Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, December 19, 1915, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EDITION VOI VI., No. 7. GRANTS PASS, JOfiEl'HINB COUNT. ORMXMf, SUNDAY, DECEMBEU 19, 1915. WHOLE NUMBER 1023. No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. ENGINEERS APPROVE HARBOR Crescent City Project Is Ap proved, and the Building ot a Breakwater to Cost $490,0001$ Recommended That sucoee ha attended the ef fort ot ill people of southern Ore-' gun and northern California ta their effort lo obtain approval of the fed eral government for the improvement of the harbor at Crencent City was made certaiu Saturday m or u Ins when O. 8. Blanchard, chairman of the local harbor committee from the Commercial club, received a telegram from Congressman Kent'a private ooretary. The telegram atated that the board of army engineer in lta report recommended the harbor Im provement, and aaked tor an appro priation to cover the cot of the breakwater, this rot being given at 1490.000. Of thla amount which it la estimated the breakwater will coat, the report make it a recommenda tion contingent upon the providing ot $100,000 by private donation and the construction of the railroad from OranU Fas. The report of the approval of the Crescent City project by the board' of engineer brought Joy to OranU Paea., The full value of the railroad to the coaat, and assurance of Its con tinuation boyond Takllma, depended largely upon improvement of the har bor at tidewater. While action ot congress Is yet required to make funds available, the Important fact of approval of the project Itself makes the appropriation certain to come, where an adverse report would have killed It probably Sot all time. The board of engineers has mado an exhaustive examination Into the harbor at Crescent City and the need for Its Improvement. During the summer of liii, mem'bor of the (board came up the coast to Crescent City, where they wore mot by dele gation from Grants Pass with auto mobiles and brought through to this city. They were mado acquainted with the vast amount of commerce that would bo affected by e building of tho harbor, and were undoubtedly lmproseod by what they aaw and heard. Later a delegation from this district, Including men from Grants Pass and Croncont City, went back to Washington and at a hearing before the bourd presented data bonrlng up on the project and tho Industrial needs for Us taking up. Dr. J. F. Reddy and O. 8. Dlanchard repre sented OranU Pass and . Josephine county at tills hearing. l.at August members of tho congressional com mittee on rivers and harbors Inves tigated the project, coming up the coast to Crescent City, and being brought overland to Grants Pass by a delegation from, here, as were the engineers. A meeting was held at Crescent City before tho start for Grants Pass, .and the congressmen were fully Informed ot the vast re sources tributary to the harbor, i The conditions which the board of engineers have imposod for the development of the harbor are direct ly In lino with tho representations that have boon made to them at all times. At the meeting hold at Cres cent City, and in the arguments pre sented by the representatives of the city at all ttmos; the willingness ot the people of Dol Norto county to aid 1n the starttlng of the work has been states. It Is proposed to bond the county under the provision of law passed by the last California legisla ture to raise the fund,' and In a statement Just Issued t Orescent City tits pledge Is renewed. "In fact, the people ot Del Norte have guaranteed , i ,i . i i ... irMlTi4 m rage HV,V 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 WEDDING DAY OF A 4 V. 8. PRESIDENT 4 President Wilson arose at 4 7:60 a. m. , 4 t Had breakfast shortly "before 4 4 nine. -.. '"-..,, .4 4 Then he autoed to the home 4 4- of bis fiancee, Mrs. Norman Gait, at :80. 4 Returned to the White House 4 at 11. 4 Called In Secretary Tumulty 4 at 1130 and clonred away num- 4 erous state matters. ' 4 4 Attended christening of his 4 granddaughter, Ellon Wilson 4 McAdoo. 4 -f Took luncheon at 1:15 with 4 the christening party. 4 4 Devoted considerable time to 4 Secretary Lansing's memoran- 4 dura on the Austrian rejoinder. 4 4 Received Lansing's report on 4 4 Charge Zwledenek's visit. t 1 4 4 Hosted in the late afternoon. 4 4 Wedded at 8:80 p. m. 4 44 4 4 4444 444444444 Commencing Monday morning a new schedule for the winter will be effec tive upon the California & Oregon Coast line, the rails now having been laid through to Wators Creek station at the foot of Hays hill. Under the now schedule, which is especially ar ranged for the convenience of the resldenU of the Illinois valley coun try, close connections are made with the most of the through trains on the Southern Pacific. Train No. 1, leaving Grants Pas at 7 a. tn.Vwlll arrive at Water Creek at 8 o'clock. Train No. 2 will depart from Water Creek at 8: IB, arriving at Grants Pan at 9:15. Train No. 3 will leave Grants Pass at 2 p. m., arriving at Waters Creek at 3 p. ra. Train No. 4 will leave Waters Creek at S p. m., arriving in Grants Pass at 6. ' With the completion of track lay ing to (he Waters Creek station, the Twohy Brother company has met the conditions Imposed by Us contract with the city for the building of the unit to Hays hill, meeting it within the time limit of six months. .There is still some ballasting to be com pleted, and tho entire line will be fenced in on both sides ot the track. A comforta'Ulo depot has been erected at Waters Creek, and one is also provided at Wildervlllc, it hav ing been built a year ago. ALLEGED PLOTTERS APPEAR IN COURT NEXT WEDNESDAY Ban Francisco, Dec. 18. Daron von Brlnckon, C. C. Crowley and Mrs. Margaret Cornell, accused in recent Indictments as bomb plottors, will be arraigned In federal court next Wed nesday. . ' M ' When tuolr case was called before Federal Judge Doollng today, their attorneys waived preliminary reading ot the indictment and asked the post ponement of pleading for four days. The government agreed, It' 1' learned that before court opened today the defondanU asked Federal IMstrlct Attorney Preston to postpone the case until January 8, but Preston refused. Daroness von ?. Drlncken accom panied her husband to court. RECALLED ATTACHES TO SAIL Kn ROTTERDAM Washington, Doc. 1 8.- Attaches Boy-Kd and von Papen of the Ger man embaasy, recalled "by the kaiser upon America's request, notified th embassy today that they r tailing, probably December 18 and December 83, f respeotlrailf , on Hollaad Atnertoaa liner tor. Rotterdam. , TRAIN SCHEDULE OUHiWD TO WATERS CREEK B.uAlI AI SPOKANE Chief Executive ot the U. S. Takes Washington Woman as Bride and Leaves State Troubles for Honeymoon Washington. Dec. 18. At 8:30 o'clock tonight President Wilson took unto himself a wife, and the nation , was presented with a new "First Lady." Mr, Edith Boiling Gait at that hour becoming the pre sidents brldo. Tho". .Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rector of St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Church of Wash ington, officiating. Following the performance of the ceremony, which was witnessed by a few guests, the president and Mrs. Wilson left lor the south, where they will spend the holiday season upon their honey moon. ,- , ' President Ha Busy Day Though it was hi wedding day, tho president Indulged in his cus tomary routine work. Saturday. He was about the executive offices early, clearing up the unfinished business on hi desk, preparatory to leaving on his fortnight's honeymoon to night.' ',. Only one shadow crossed his Joy. This was the threatened. Austrian crisis, the only emergency la the way of an ' uninterrupted bbneymdbn. Should this affair take a turn' and need the president's attention, Secre tary of State Lansing will visit the president on his honeymoon. About the White House there was a notice able stir as attache prepared it for the reception of Its new mistress. Wedding announcements were being prepared for mailing to every one on the White House official list. The weather man drove oft the rain, wind and black clouds this af ternoon, though during the forenoon these swirled about the White House and the Gait home. The president's visit to his fiancee during the forenoon was for only a few minutes. On his drive, he stop ped at the. bank, presumably to get a little loose change for his honey moon Journey. , Attends Rnptlsm of McAdoo Haby Returning to the White House, he attended the baptism ot his grand daughter, Ellen Wilson" McAdoo, In the Blue room, and became her god father. "' ' The bustle at the White' House was enhanced frequently by the appear ance of express wagons with gifts. Though the president had lot it be known he did not care tor gifts, ho failed to dodge them. At the Gait home extra police were detailed to keep away the curious, and orders were issued by Police Superintendent Pullman that only guests should be permitted to ap proach the residence after eight o'clock. The street was cleared. The president dlnod at the White House and then shortly before 8 o'clock, accompanied -by his daughter and Mlsa Helen Woodrow Bones, went to the Gait home. " ' After the wedding ceremony and supper the couple went direct" to the station. Only the president's private stonographer, Charles Swem, accom panied them, and their destination wa kept socrot. ' "Uncle Joe" Cannon was an early visitor at the White House to con gratulate, the president, hut the latter had already gone to Mr. Gait's home to pay her hort call. ' V The New First Lady' ' The new mistress ot the White House 1 quite the Wilson type, plus the Virginia manner and a southern lor ot lit' She' was formerly Miss Edit Boiling, daughter of the lat (Ceattas m pas 4) Division Street Bridge Gives Way, and 7 People Lose Their Lives in Waters of Stream, Others Being Hurt Spokane, Dec. 18. Seven person were believed to have met death and 12 were Injured early today when the North Division street bridge caved in beneath a street car, permitting it to slide with 1U human freight into the Spokane river. , , Rescue work was made slow be cause the bodie ot the victims were pinned foeneath. debda but one body had been removed from, the wreckage three hours after the accident occur red. Almost the entire police and fire departments were trying desper ately to reach the others. ; .Twelve Injured were treated at the emergency hospital. Three ot these were severely hurt " The accident almost became a catastrophe when a second street car, more heavily loaded than the first, was halted on the brink ot the river near where the death car plunged. Occupants of the second car rushed panic-stricken to the street Within a very few minute great crowd gathered around the approach to the bridge and on the bank of the1troopa near theborder. , ; , J river. Police bad great difficulty taj Wbile these preparations are go stretching lines and keeping back the ing forward, Montenegrins and Sep excited mob. f ; , blans are offering a valiant resistance Tug and rowboats requisitioned 'Q tne enemy. A big battle in the by the police were soon at work aboveJDrina valley is on, with the invaders the wreckage. tMany persons were reported progressing. ; pulled half conscious from the water, L y among them the twelve who were 'mjpQjj. gHOWS REVENUES taken to the emergency hospital. i Th t fho rnll.no nf tha bridge beneath the car is not yet de- termlned. . It was stated that a thor ough investigation would be made. Acconllng to persons on the gee- ond car, the cave-in came with ap- parently no warning. There was no crash, and practically no sound of grinding timbers. The bridge ap - parently dropped beneath the weight ot the car, which slid noiselessly through a great hole into the river. A majority of the passengers were laborer on their way to work. Sev - eral working girls were aboard the car, but it was believed that all of these were eaved. , The conductor of the second car on the Hillyard street line was warn- ed by the sudden extinguishing of the landi ore., folks will be shy their llfvtitA r9 , V Nmt An. anA Aaf 'hla'.. . . . .. uu to. " brakes. His car groaned its way to the very brink of the gap in the bridge, tottered on the edge and fin ally caught fast by 1U trucks, though tilting at a perilous angle. Firemen with long ladders were able to reach the Astor car and a piece of flooring from the wrecked bridge. On the top of the car perch ed the motorman and conductor and eight passengers, who had extricated themselves. Only the top of the car was above the water and the firemen were unable to save any of the pas- sengers who failed' to climb through the windows. One of the first of the injured to get out of the water was Walter Cleveland, who said: "The lights flashed out and every thing went dark. The first thing I knew we were in the river and I could feel the water coming up about my head. Some way I got out and onto A piece ot the floor of the bridge. It seemed years until some on came. All the time I could hear groans and cries from the passenger Inside." KnlgUto Will Elect , Tha KnlghU of Pythias will elect officers at the regular meeting of that order to be held next Tuesday even ing. Ther will also b work la th second rank, ' . 4- 4 -f 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- POINTS IX AUSTRIA'S' ' 4- REPLY TO V. S. XOTB -4 .v. ;.'' ;-' - .-:' :.':' 4- Austria want further dls- .cusslon of the case. - , -4 She holds her submarine com- 4 4- mander can not be blamed. : ' 4 4- , She wants information on 4' which America based 1U de- -4 mands; likewise names of per- 4- son killed. ; , For their death she expresses 4- regret . - 41 She reserves the right to place -4 her own Judicial inte?pretatlons -4 4- and ask Washington to formu- 4 late .the actual circumstances on -4 which America bases its case. .' 4 , She claims not to know fully 4 4 of the German-American sub- 4 4 marine controversy and holds 4 4 the case therein are not par- 4 4 allel. ";;''.'", 4-4 4 44 444 4 444 4444 EXPECT GERMAIIS TO ATTACK ALLIES (By United Press Leased Wire.) Athens, Dec. 18.-Germans will sweep into Greece before the end of next week and assault the allies, ac cording to reports today from per son close to the German embassy. The allies' first determined stand will be 20 miles north ot Salonlki. . ' Strong works, begun before the allies withdrew from Serbia, now be ing pushed to completion, are expect- ed to check, and probably stop, the 'invaders. ,;? :" Meantime, the Greeks are - giving powerful aid to the allies. They have arranged more , speedy ; communica tion "with SalonikT Tind " with the I 1 1WM 0U.1I (By United Press Leased Wire.) Salem, Dec. 18. The twenty-nine steam railroads of Oregon show a net operating revenue of 86,225,508.35 fw the year ending June SO, 1915. Those figures were set forth in the , annual report of the Oregon public service commission, on file today with . Governor Wlthycombe.; The roads Paid $1,472,577.01. in taxes to the tate. ' -. , i ; : - - , XMAS PR:SEXTS FOR OREGOX PEOPLE BURNED ( By United Press Leased Wire.) Boone. Iowa, Dec. 18. Some Port lUnriatmas oresems. tor a man ca bearing a large number ot packages from Chicago, to Portland took fire near here this afternoon and was rushed back to the city. Only a few ot the packages were saved. T 111 COASTAL DISTRICT (By United Press Leased Wire.) Vienna, Deo. 18. Seventy thous and Italian dead and wounded fell In what the war office designated as the "fourth battle ot the coastal dis trict" ; ' The population ot Gorlts, the state ment admitted, had been hard hit by the "impotent fury" ot tho Italian bombardment, but thus 'far no mili tary Importance' can be attached to the resultant destruction of the town. Concerning the southeastern front, th war office claimed to have cleared Bosnia ot Montenegrins, .' to hold BJelopolJ. and to be pursuing the Montenegrin wast of, Ipek. 0,000 ITALIAN DEAD AND WOUNDED LOSE JO Tlil H'AMOW Rejoinder to the Reply h Accona Controversy Ss:t Last Night, and Situicnls Said to Be "Very Grave" Washlngton. . Dec. 18. A brief, sharp note, permitting of no quib bling, will go forward to Austria to night' in the Ancona case, Secretary of State Lansing has pre pared it in vigorous language; upon it President Wilson has placed hi "OK", and it will be cabled tonight, according to plans announced today. . Already it is in President Wilson" hands. .'' , . "The Austrian-American situation is very grave," according to official dom. ! The promptness with which Amer ica makes its rejoinder less than 48 hour from the time Austria replied to the first American demands leaves no doubt that Austria rejected these demands. "Whether Austria Is given a time limit within which to comply with American Insistence on a disavowal could not be learned. Such a limit would mean' the rejoinder is an ul timatum and the rejection thereof woold jresult ia a severance of diplo matic relations -between " the two oountriee. v h-:- Secretary lanelng drew the reply last night, following a lengthy cab inet session. ATTEMPT HADE TO DESTROY THE VELLAIID CAIIAL New York, Dec 18. With three men in the toils as alleged plotters to blast the Welland 6hip canal, the gov ernment today took . into custody Fred Schleindt, a German clerk in the National City bank, the largest in the country, on a charge ot par-. tlcipating in anti-ally conspiracies. It was claimed he furnished the kaiser's Becret service, with informa tion concerning the finances of the National City and- other banks, in connection with munition purchases and other allied transactions. He confessed that he received $25 a week thus, ' In the case ot Paul Koenig, Com missioner Houghton today fixed his bail at $50,000, while in the case of his alleged accomplice, Richard Ley endecker, (bail was placed at $30,000. The third alleged plotter, Fred Met zler', was still in the jurisdiction ot New Jersey, Defense attorneys objected to the heavy bail, but the commissioner held that the charges are "very serious," and that heavy ball is necessary. He set the hearings for January 12. ENGLAND WANTED BALKAN ; TROOPS SENT TO EGYPT (By United Press Leased Wire. 1 Berlin, via Wireless to Tuckerton, Dec. 18. England told , her allies December 8 that she Intended to withdraw from Greece and send Brit ish forces to Egypt to meet a possible Turk-German invasion, it is reported here today. This subject was dis cussed by the Paris war council ot all the allies tor. three days. " The ma jority Overruled England and finally on December 8 It was agreed to con tinue th Balkan campaign. : Th above . corroborate United Prose xelnfT dtopatchec from Part. irn HI OWL TO AUSTRIA