Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, December 21, 1915, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVi in 4 ' . DAILY EDITION VOL. VL, No. NO. GRANT PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, TIT DAY, DECEMBER 21, 1913 WHOLE JSTMUER 1024. Of INu r- 'n in the World the Size of Grants Pass lias a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. I r mm mm Revolution Has Entirely Col lapsed, and the Former f Rebel Leader Is in Hiding I in the United States ; El Paso, Doc 1. -General- Fran cisco Villa's campaign to make him Mvt Mexican loader baa crumbled. Beaten at every point during too last few mouths, be has abandoned the lost reninauu of power, and, accord ing to roports today. U biding in thla Uy. . : . v His "brother, Colonol Hlppolito Villa, gave himself up last night to Justice department offlciala. They told him lie would be sate and un molested within the United States, provided he adheres to strict neu trality and makes no effort to foster new revolution against the Car ranalsta regime. Villista and Carrantista hoads have signed peace articles. These give control to the Carranzlstas In the territory where "Pancbo" Villa once held sway. The state of Chihuahua and the cities of Juares and Chihua hua fall into Carransa control. Villa's men are promised Immunity, hut, ac cording. to reports, General Villa end ' Colonel Villa are not allowed am . aesty. This, however, may be only a sur face peace, according to officials here. They fear that wild disorders among Villa's henchmen may follow reports that he has definitely quit the revolution. The Villa treasury Is "clean." When the soldiers find they ran not be paid, the' trouble, It Is feared, may start at once. With the signing of pace articles nearly eight years of revolution came to an end. In that time Villa saw himself rise almost to controlling power within Mexico, only to he over whelmed by General Carran. with whom he broke after they had been allies for some time. Recognition of Carranxa put the quietus on his am bitions and lod to the present abso lute destruction of his power. MUNITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES New York, Dec, 21. Spain has en tered the American market to buy 120,000,000 worth ot munitions and machinery to complete equipment of SpAnlsh munitions plnnts. . Francisco Xavler Salas, Spanish consur-general here, admitted today to tho United Press that a committee of five military offlcors have been hero since February, quietly engaged in rounding up huge orders. Four hundred million cartridges nd shells alrottdy havo been ordered for the earliest possible delivery. Many rifles, and field guns nro re quired, but no orders have been placed because manufacturers are asking exorbitant prices for thorn. Gibraltar, Dee. 21. English - of ficers here attached great significance today to the Spanish order substitu ting the latest type of Remington rifles for the country's old Mausers. Largs num'bers of Spanish recruits are constantly training, henoe the two Incidents are taken to mean Spain may foe contemplating a war more. ! SPAIN NOW BUYS Anton Fernandas, of Yreka,1 Is U ths city tor a few days for optical treatment.,-. ',. , . irali" fiili I if in i i mrj bull rjoosEns to iriA n rnnnn I Ul I IILU. WILJUIl TO GOTO EUROPE New York, Dec, 21. Colonel House, President Wilson's closest friend, is going to Europe within a fortnight, acting unofficially as the president's agent. In response to a United Prwui Inquiry as to the Justi fication for rumors to this effect from Washington, House said today: "I am going at the reauost of Pre sident Wilson and 8eoretsry Lansing for the purpose of taking Information to some of our ambassadors In order that they may have intimate knowl edge of the administration's attitude toward oertaln phases of ponding In ternational questions and In order to obtain their viewpoints. "It Is not advisable to bring them home hence I am going to them." House said be desired to male It clear that he was not engaged on a peace mission. He will be gone about six weeks. This will be the colonel's second European trip on avmt-offlclal business. On a previous trip it was said he went to sound out European leaders as to their peace views. Upon his return he conferred at length with the president; and In some quar ters It was deemed significant that since then the president has declined to take a hand for the present in peace moves. RUSSIAN GENERAL II tills Petrogrsd. Doc. 21. Due. to "Hi health," General Rusaky has been re lieved of command of the Russian forces defending Riga and the Dvlnsk line, It was officially announced to day. He remains, however, as a member of the war council, and In congratulating him on his services tho czar expressed the hope he would soon resume command. General Russky commanded the Qallclan Invasion and captured Lorn- berg In the early days of the war. His resistance to Field Marshal von Hlndcnburg won him praise. Wheth er there are other reasons than "111 health" for his removal is not known. TWO MORE NEGROES LYNCHED IN GEORGIA Maeon. Ga... Dec. 21. Two bullet- riddled negroes' bodies swung from nooses today at Eastman, near here, recording a double lynching by 00 angered men after the negroes were reported to have confessed that they robbed and killed A. M. Batcheldor Sunday. . , , HIT WASH1NGT L ANOTHER ANGLE (By United Press Leased Wire.) Soattle, Dec. 31. Another legal test Is to bo made of the state-wide prohibition law, passed Ty tho voters ot Washington, the validity ot which has already been upheld on several points by the state supreme court. It Is understood a brewer In east ern Washington, probably North Yakima, will continue to operate bis plant after the first of the year. He will make a test fight ' In fedwal court, standing on bis constitutional rights against confiscation ot his property. This will put a hew phase ot the law up to the courts. , There Is not believed to be any chance, however, that thr federal; ooiirt, will brdpr t4 UHr tout ine-per atlv pending settlement of this' new RUSSKY RELIEVED THOU COMmAIID R I HUM case.. !, , ', . ;.- , ' " SHIP IS AT Leader ot Peace Move Hay Be in Serious Ccsditica, and Party Remains at Christ tiara Till He Recovers Chrlstlanla, Norway, Deo. 21. Henry Ford, who conceived the mis sion of getting the boys out of the trenches by Christmas, Is 111 in bed, possibly in a serious condition. Until he recovers the peace party will re main at Christian!. Meanwhile, publlo sentiment has veered sharply In favor of the De troiter. They do not poke fun at him, though newspapers "joshed" his delegates today, particularly criticizing Madame 8chwmmer, Hun garlan. Of Ford they said that ha la an admirable personality. The Af ten poet en accused Madame Scbwlmmer of cabling from New York, to an imaginary peace commit tea la Europe for the purpose ot fool ing the other delegates. The Tldensteg, a leading paper called Ford "another Tolstoy," but declared that he brought only his personality, which was insufficient to accomplish his great task. ,v"Hls- chtldUk faith .will. vb re membered long after his mission is forgotten,"' observed the Tldensteg, It was learned today that spies have been sent here by the belliger ents to ascertain whether an ulterior motive prompted the peace party. A delegation of Norwegian peace advocates is certain to Join Ford. Last night 3,000 persons attended a meeting under the auspices ot the Ministers' society. As Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked, . ot San Francisco, booked as the star attraction, arose, the crowd began - to dwindle. So Aked spoke very briefly and explain ed, that the exodus bad led him to condense his prepared speech. SPORTSMEN WILL PROBE ROGUE RIVER FISHERMEN'S FEUD Portland, Dec 21. A committee from the Oregon Sportsmen's league today is Investigating charges made against commercial fishermen In con nection with the Rogue river fishing fond. The committee consists of A. E.Roames, of Medford; I. A. Roble, of Grants Pass; Walter F. Backus, of Portland; J, B. Johnson, ot Gold Beach, and Dr. Dundy, of Medford. BOX CAR TRAVELER GOES FIVE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD Seattle, Dec. 21. Thomas Ander son, a one-lgged adventurer, has re ported here In a box car from DunB- mulr, Cal., after having been locked In the car without food or waiter for more than four days. When tho train wont onto a siding here yester day foe pounded on the door for five hours before being released. He was in a greatly weakened condition from bis long fast.' " " 800 SPORTSMEN EAT REINDEER MEAT AT BANQUET '"?: ;.' " ' 1 : ,: ; Portland, Dee, 21. Three hun dred members of the Oregon Sports- meii's, loa'gue' awoX'eilrty' todfcy aid" found Mat they -didj nc-t feet any dif ferent 0)i amutt'of 'consuming' a reindeer at the annual', banquet of tbVlw:ue'1nft hlghi , The tneat' wait the gift "of Louis Dart, a former Fort- land man. now in, Colordp.t , . , RE If TO AiS Premier Introduces Bill h creasbg Great Britaifs Array to a Total ci 4,003, 000 Trccps ca BjttlefclJ London, Dec 21 Premier As- qulth today sought to call 1,000,000 more men to the British standard. To this end be introdnced a bill for such a number, bringing England's total troops to 4,000,000. At the same time be announced transfer ot Sir William Robertson, chief of staff in France, to the post ot chief of the imperial general staff, succeeding Sir Arthur Murray, who, he said, Is going to an "important command." Murray's new post Is be lieved to be Egypt As for the Dardanelles withdraw ais, Asquitn explained tney were counseled by Earl Kitchener, who re cently visited that region, by General Monro, in charge of the expedition, and by other military and naval men. In withdrawing the men England suf fered only slight losses; her supplies were removed virtually intact. , Without giving the total number of enlistment , gained through. v Lord. Derby's volunteer campaign, Asqulth bad praise for Derby, whose work Tie characterized as affording "a strenu ous exhibition of patriotism." From the fact that the premier did not mention the subject of conscrip tion, it was taken that Derby's cam paign had obviated the need for such a step, at least for the present But, in moving for passage of the bill providing an additional million troops, Asqulth referred to the heavy toll that the war has taken on both sides, necessitating the filling up the gapsof death. ' "At the end of 16 months," he said, "we are fighting in the various theaters with about 1,250,000 men and It Is necessary to augment them." Tn QAitamftH A ami tr Vt ln'rtrm A A ftiA house of commons that 3,000,000 men had enlisted, while in November he declared that nearly 1,00(5,000 were engaged In France and Flanders, While all of the 8,000,000 men are not on the firing lines, and many ot them are In training in England, the premier's announcemt today Indi cates that there is only a slightly larger number of men engaged now in the struggle' than there was In November. , TURKS MAINTAIN T I (By United Presa Leased Wire) Borlln, via' Wireless ' to Sayvlllo, Doc. 21. The Constantinople war oflleo today claimed a graat vlotoVy In the battle when the British, forces were withdrawing from the Galllpoll peninsula. The enemy was defeated at Anafarta and Art Burnu, where the English reached the ocean. Though the British countered at Sedd-Ul-Bahf, ' they ' were 1 repulsed, and Turkish artillery lnflioted heavy losses on them. The' British withdrawal had been awaited tor months and was hailed with the greatest enthusiasm at Con stantinople. London yesterday claimed the oases "consequent upon withdrawal I ware, fwrtgnlftcant. EA 11 BRITISH TslEET IN CHICAGO Oil HI 111 New York, Dec 21. The magic political date Is now January 11. On that day the bull moose national com mittee will meet at Chicago to select a convention date and city. Then politicians expect to get a clear view of what the republican and bull moose line-up will be. Though It was reported the bull moose rs may hold their convention In Chicago on the same date as the re publicans, there was no confirmation ot the story today. George W. Per kins says that he does not know when it will he. He expressed fesr that if the republican convention uses steam' roller methods, somebody might "draft" Colonel Roosevelt - Many politicians believe' that cer tain bull moose and republican lead era are trying to come to peace terms. Unconfirmed reports said that Sec retary of the Treasury McAdoo and Presidential Secretary Tumulty tele phoned acquaintances here asking what the Gary dinner, at which Roosevelt was present, was about. It Is estimated that a tenth of the tui tion's wealth was represented at the dinner. Fortunes of 15 guests alone totalled nearly $1,000,000,000. EPIDEMIC OF LA GRIPPE CLOSES: THE - ftA,C,AT CORVV.LLIS (By United Press Leased Wire.) Portland, Dec. Si. Because of an epidemic of la grippe which Is swoop ing over western Oregon, the Oregon Agricultural college at Corvallls will Close for the holidays tonight, two days earlier than scheduled. From the same cause, the public schools in Eugene were closed yesterday. City physicians in the Portland schools are conducting , an anti grippe campaign, but have been un able to stop the decrease , in school attendance. , Unseasonably wiet weather without sunshine is the cause, the doctors say. ,l . ..- . . : ,,. - REPORT Oil LINER TA (By United Press Leased Win.) Sun Francisco Deo. 21. Advance information from federal officials in connection with the crippling of the liner Minnesota today Indicates that blame will not be attached to federal officials nor officers nor members ot the crew, , ' The report will be sent to Wash ington tonight by Inspector Bulger. It contains the findings ot Inspectors Guthrie and Dolan. The report will recommend that new boilers 'be In stalled which will necessitate an ex penditure of $250,000. ' Blame tor explosions la the ship's boilers it Is understood, is laid by the, Inspectors to the collection ot salt water, dirt and foreign substances In the upper and stronger tubes, which had been forced into tho lower and weaker tubes, causing them to burst. It Is probable that faulty con densers, will be given as the specific cause of the Minnesota's mishap. ' U. OF C. AND MULTNOMAH ' WILL PLAY JANUARY 8 ..Portland,, Dec. .21. Basketball fans today are looking forward to the game between the University ot CWtfofrilaJ ajn4 'til u'lthotnah club in 'Portland 'k January : .Graduate Manager- Stroud ot Callfornl agreed to tb' dsitV Vterdiy. MIKE DEAD in HIS CABIU Neigtbcrs Find BdycfJcb Jciies Oreci, Us Prcb-l!j John McLean, a homesteader who ' lived about three miles up Jones creek, or about five miles from this city, was found dead in his cabin 'by neighbors today, and from the con dition of the body it is evident that he had been dead tor three or four weeks. One of the neighbors noticed that the McLean cow, chickens, etc, were not reoedving attention, and an Investigation at about noon today disclosed. Mr. McLean lying dead is his bed. The body was in a bad state of preservation and bad teea mutilated by the dead man's dog, which had been starved to feasting upon hnman flesh. . Mr. McLean was about 45 years of age. and came here a year ago from Roseburg and filed on an 80 -a are homestead on Jones creek. He built a cabin, got chickens and other do mestic animals, and was a quiet and well-liked neighbor, There were no evidences of foal play about the cabin and It is supposed that Mrr McLean died from natural causes. An In quest may be held, however. That a sister of the dead man, Mrs. Har vey, lived in Chicago was determined from letters in the cabin, and she -has oeen . wired and disposition , of the body will await word from her. It Is not known that he had other relative. ' . Berlin, Deo. 21. There will "be no quarrel between' AuBtria and the United States if Washington keeps cool. , : . Count Tisza, who next to Emperor Frana. Josef Is Austria's strongest man, gave this assurance to the United Press in an interview at Buda pest in the course of my week's visit to Austria and Hungary to ascertain sentiment concerning the American Ancona note. "To think of trouble between Aus tria and America heer nonsense," said the Count, who had Just con ferred with the emperor at Vienna - over the Ancona situation. "I muBt confess, though, that we were greatly surprised to receive the American note. But it Is far from our intention to pet into any quarrel with America. Perhaps I should not Bay quarrel, because I know It would not be that, but, of course, matters , do not depend on us entirely. There " is no reason for trouble over the An cona case, It muBt be settled satis factorily, not only from the Ameri can standpoint but also from our ' own. The only way to reach a settle ment Is through correspondence that will suggest th mews." Further Indications that Austria doe not contemplate a break came from Tim's statement that Austria ts not studying the question ot select ing a successor to the recalled Am bassador Dumb. Moreover, Ameri can Ambassador Penfleld also point ed this out at Vienna when he- said that twice on, th day that the An cona reply wa sent to Washington Foreign Minister Burl an asked Amer ica to us her good oflloe to obtain, concessions for Anetrlans la belli gerent coontrt, AUSTRIA!' GOUIIT FEARS 110 BREAK lit TROUBLE ;