Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, January 03, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextAA(AM t vA. I,"", I DAILY EDITION cm ni i x t "J . t , ,((' I.M. V 'IT, y In J ul;. Mil .CHANTS PASS, JOttb'PIIINK COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1010. WHOLE NUMBER lfl.13. Vv No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has' a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. t nf?4r 'on II MM Hit maw ut CPA tv .n s t it n lUlliiw nr niirtnrnrinn UllllU I II Ul UIIUIM1UM HAM n IfillS n A Rl 1 1 f lUU'l l CotH- Railroad : ' I ',.5 : 7jW iv, t.ii. Washington, Jan. 8. With Asso ciate 'Justice Joseph It. Lamar, of tlio supreme court dead, politician turned today to speculation as to hia successor. Included lu ihuHe men tioned for th iont wan Secretary of the Interior Lane. Lajunr dlud last ; ul-Jit, T heart failure. Ho had been ,la 111 health since September,, when ' - v 'linoc tat'9 'ffrd stroke of paralysis. : " .' 'rr" . jOfctb,' however, was due to heart V V"- fl! failurav- ; . M !if,: VUiJ Thft I M !!. u'onlil hnv n,l.,l n ynar survlee on the hooch had he lived until today. ' n wa a native of Oflorjrii, 6' yeara old. In the A.-B.-C. mdlatton confsrene at Niagara Falls he waa one of tho adminlitratlon rejireBen tatlvM. He waa of a democratic turn of mind and beloved .by his iutlmatea. Offldal Waahlngton anticipate that the preaidont will nominate a democrat to OH the vacancy, In order to avoid a chango In the present party llne-up of the court. Lamar, a democrat, waa appointed by Taft. In addition to Secretary Lone, other namee mentioned are those of Secre tary Oarrlaon, Secretary Houaton, Joseph Folk, Solicitor-General John W. Davie, and Frederick Lehmann who wu one of tue United State repreaentatlvea t the A.-B.-C. con ference In 1914 at Niagara Fall. It la antborltatively learned that former President Taft will not even be conaldered. President Wllaon teleiraphed from Hot Sprlnsa to mitameriof 'owrtir family, expreealnf hia aytnpathy. llroad to w of but jnt Itob be plan protren oatiphlne Saturday i one of the pro il by the ' Moose he moot . come In Jtuatlon. plan of i O exten added : connec . ; Twohya promises in Presidenttuts jlmimi Trip Short to Return to the National Capital and Direct Diplomatic " Negotiations Following tie Sinking of Two More liners by Teuton Agents, the Ships Haying Americans 'Aboard ..it1 of the ompany, hia com- uat now le valley tm their tban rr 1 "t; with the : it ' ' Illinois ' u.i:.' algnlfl -i-. : -inc rail ii. u 'f that a ii '- .i.'aa" waa m 'i.i if of the l h '. what all 1 1. . t i 'Upletlon . vi-1 during ut to o .-"'.or than we . ; h j, r .-v lae more t !'. mpllah," i .-. -..- ' word . ' i!'it rlty and ' " v ; i'. u. al done .i i r j i tv taed the :. ivp'i that he '' ' c T -ihjr here .' ;, . i.M. th good i i' i i Takllma ' i . . flthln i , '.nonth," i. ! ft l.c It waa j, i i. 1 i: !.h ! ' i ''in 'Ml' ' Yi c. ,, . ,f i , H' t ; "t I J i ! ' ' ! If' f ' I. ' !! . iri. . i'i, . ir i fit !;..:- ii ::.: ", ii l,i it i i allowing j latter'a leurance k he car ting. He i In the tha now which In the In the n i i of the ' I timely i.'' t'ila moat - ' tf plana left for '; ) i malned " tii :iiKlneor un liift today . )' re thoy r i- , i e bulld- ;' 1 if ; ting cn. ' .i at once v., i .! ra, .who : u' nnrth on HOLD Timui chei7 E FOR RESPOiiSIBL ROSEBURG WRECK l By United Press Leased Wire.) Roseburg, Jan' J. Three mem bera of the crew of Southern Pa cific freight train whloh crashed Into another freight six miles north of here Saturday night were today held responsible for the -wreck by the board of Inquiry, H. D. Ryan, en gineer; R, A, Bailey, fireman, and C. H. Caffney, bead brakeman, are thevmen blamed. Glen Patrick, fireman on the eoutlfbound train, lost an arm In the wreck. Ten hogs and fight head of cattle were killed when the stock cars tumbled over wooden trestle A carload of matches caught fire and Ave freight cara were burned up Trafflo waa not resumed on the line until late yesterday, Y London, Jan. S.- That Greece will declare martial law January 15 was the claim of an Athena paper today, according'to press dispatches. mm TAIIK LIIJER V IN jirl '"H'll V" .CAFKS ii ;l f ' Ml t H h' Of i ,.! T 1 i I r -c- ) ilau I'iiittifg and n a erupded i' ' nd grills rt )hll)1td v,r 1 J'l, ttA X :n (fes hns inn AZTEC SUNK AT BROOKLYN DOCK New York,. Jan. 8,--One man la known to have boon killed and seven nre mlHRlng as tho resiltt of an ex ploslou aboard the 8,600-ton Norwe Klnn tank liner. Aateo' at a Brooklyn dock toda.V4 " ;", ,1 : Tho tanker sunk soon nrti'r the explosion,, 'which ''toro dut the' rear end, blow. ip two oil tanks aft and hurled men into the air from a hols torn In lur. , ' : Over. 2,000 men wero employed about tho dock and other thousands crowded (here to seek relatives. The voshpI hid" recontlyJ)oen engaged In carrying oil to the allien, henco there was a bHrX..that she waa the victim of antl-ajly jagents. ' -"v "" Washlniiton, Jan. 8. The gravity of tho International altuatlou canned by 'tho tor)edolrt of the British liner Glcngyle, coming on the heels of the sinking of the liner Persia, caused President Wllaon today to deter mine to cut his vacation short and return here, arriving tomorrow morning.' ' ' " " The Southern railway took Imme diate steps to fetch him quickly here and at once act to work to snd hia private car to Hot Springs. H should be In the capital early to morrow. ".. V . Meantime, official circles awaited details of both the Peraia and Glen gyle sinkings with moat anxious fore- Coding. Their worst fear were realised In the death of American Consul McNeely of Aden and the re ports that.tha torpedoing was wlth- out warning, a required by Inter national law. The etate department expected that Austria or Germany which ever owned the attacking submarine would anticipate protest or nltlm atura from America and hence would voluntarily diaavow the torpedoing of the Persia and girt guarantees of future observance of International law. The situation seemed the more serious from the fact that the Peraia Incident followed so closely upon Austria's reassuring note la the An cona case, and that the Persia sink ing was in turn succeeded toy the Glengyle torpedoing. Before any action can be taken, however, the administration roust first settle whether a submarine or a mine waa responsible for the Persia sinking, and If it was a submarine, what its nationality was. The state department Is deter mined to obtain from the central powera a binding promise that In future submarine attacks the safety of non-combatants, not only on liners but on merchantmen, shall be as sured. One result of this position ill be a show-down in the Lusl- tanla case, inasmuch aa Germany's pledges in this incident have thus tar . extended only to liners. j Meanwhile , Charge d'Affalres Zwledenck of the Austrian embassy sought to have the public withhold Judgment , He pointed out that it had not been definitely established that a submarine sank the Persia, and, moreover, that the circum stances surrounding the incident had not been entirely proved. Hence, he asserted, no one knows whether there was Justification. In any event, he suggested that Austria, through her Antona reply, indicated her readi ness to 4o right. He expressed him self as confident and hopeful that it Jbe submarine proved to be Austrian bla government would take imme diate steps toward a satisfactory set tlement. , , la this connection, officials sug gested that possibly the contents of the Austrian note and 'instructions to ' submarines contingent thereon had not reached the submarine com mander who tank the Persia, tf. In deed, it waa an Austrian diver. while It was reported , that the president will call a cabinet session on his return, the state department showed the real gravity of the situ- atlon when It said, "No effort should be made to minimise the seriousness of the situation." '...;. Moreover, it was intimated that an understanding with all the cen tral allies as to submarine attacks will be demanded immediately. The presence of a .45 Inch gun on the Persia, as reported by Consul Garrols at Alexandria, together with the fact that there were 25 British officers en route to Egypt aboard, waa regarded as of minor importance, Inasmuch as the administration rec ognizes the right of merchant ships to carry small guns for defense. The soldiers among the passengers, it was held, could not give the vessel the status of a "troop ship," liable to attack without warning. Later a special train "was rushed to Hot Springs, Va., to bring Presi dent Wilson back to Washington. He may arrive before, , tomorrow morning. - ts pass mm mi (Hill 10 SID coin ran PIPIKSS New York, Jan. 3. Henry Ford, back from bis peace expedition in Europe, and former Secretary Bryan may co-operate to oppose the mili tary' preparedness j-rosraEi o the administration. They conferred to day for overman hour, and it was thought this might have been the subject of their talk. Ford caite back from Europe con fident that there may still come some good from his expedition. At any rate, be said, it will have been worth while U it succeeds in the Slightest in shortening the war. He declared that people who allowed the mon arch to do their thinking were re sponsible for the war, and inciden tally be took a fling at America for what he regarded as a similar state of mind here. "The kaiser's granting permission for the peace party to cross Germany Is a great moral victory for the dele gates," he said. "It will have a de cided effect on bringing the move ment ' Into more general favor la Europe." '.. , " "1 have made no plans about peace with Bryan, said Ford after their conference, "and as far as I know I may never see him again." ; Palo and haggard. Ford reiterated Us belief that his expedition will prove successful, even If no peace steps result for some time. ."The American movement," ". he continued, "will have a good effect upon the people of belligerent coun tries, becauee it win open their ty to the attitude of the outside . world, When the war is over people will take a greater Interest in their city and national governments.". Ford denied that there had been trouble aboard the peace ship except for a few minor Incidents which crept in and were misconstrued. ; SMI mot OUSY Tv,ro Oners Unicr Eriiich flag Are S'd'tb Lc:scf life With tb Dcctatin cfPersiaHaTiraEscnfrc: Persia si;;xi;;e CAUSE OF CRISIS S ELGLAL'D ii By Fred Williams. Ex-All-Western . Tackle. '' The new year of 1916 was ushered In 'by a good gridiron contest on the High School grounds, when the Grants Fasa grads walloped the Mod ford "Has Ueena", to the music of 12-0 In a ..well-played game, with sulllclent amount of sky attacks and submarine defenses to thrill the most morose. It waa an ideal day, though the footing was uncertain, and fully five hundred "bugs" were there when Referee 8oely Hall start ed the fifth annual football battle. (Hertford kicked off to valiant Joe Dean,' who 'with his cuBtomary dash returned flfteon yards, only to be tilled back because of offside play by Modford. , Then you ought to have heard him "holler," The sec ond kick-off Cornell returned 20 yards,, ; : '., , " ;, . There was no scoring until ' the second quarter, whon Harvey, by magnificent off-tackle glldos, . ably ien. of Pennsylvania fame. assisted Mllllken to land the ball be- Medford did not have the varletv bind the gor.l posts for the first six of play that Grants Pbbs showed, tpolnts.o Cornell tulssod-goal, Med- ' ' 'tZtZVlA TC 1 (Continued on page 8) ford- here seemed to meet reverses and MacDonald fumbled Harvey's punt only to have Mllllken scoop the ball up on the run and score another and the final -touchdown. Beares missed goal. ' During the first quarter the Med ford line out-played the Grants Pass one, "but during the' rest of the game the boys from Bear creek were clear ly out-clased. Allen should be a likely candidate when Stanford capi tulates to American customs. Cnld well and lAllen had the Jump on tholr adversaries in every piny and made brilliant stops of Med ford's heavy backs. It wns Caldwell's best game. Terry ABhcraft was the fox of old. but had lost some of his agility, 'yet ho had the boys guessing on his hesitation waits before attempting the throw of the forward pass. He got away in the lost quarter for a nifty run, only to bo summarily stop ped by the hardost tackle of the day, on the part of Giant Garry McCrack- (By United Press Leased Wire.1 London, Jan. 3. American Consul General Skinner today cabled Consul Garrela at Alexandria to obtain a statement of the liner Persia sinking from Charles H. Grant, of Boston. . Upon this statement may depend whether America will take drastic action in the case. Consul Robert McNeely, en route to his post at Aden, was lost when the big liner went down. He was last seen struggling in the water aa lifeboats pulled away. The ainklng of the Peraia horri nett tne English press today. They speculated extensively as to Amer ica's course now and were unanimous In their expressions that the central powers regard America with 1 eon- tempt and through the Persia case are flouting her with their acorn. ', Despite reports that there was no panic, it was deemod significant here that only 59 out of 241 passengers were saved, and 94 of the crew of 150 to 200. Moreover, only 17 out of 87 wo men, and two out of 80 children were rescued and landed by a warship at Alexandria. ,; London, Jan. 3. Fresh toll of life was believed today to . have been taken with the torpedoing of the British liner Glengyle, largest of England's ships exoept the Lusitanla and Arable to succumb to undersea attacks. 'About 100 aboard her were rescued, but while It is believed she carried no passsngers, she undoubt edly had a large crew, some of whom probably perished. ; With the news of the sinking of the Glengyle came word, too, of the torpedoing of the Japanese vessel Kenkon Mam. Her crew waa saved. News of these new torpedoing ar rived in the midst of the admiralty's efforts to get details of the sinking of the P. ft O. liner Persia, with heavy loss of life, j The Glengyle was a 9,000-ton twin screw vessel, "owned by McGregor. Gow- i -Company, of Glasgow: Tht Ecakoa Kara' waa owned by the Ihnnt .Gomel Kaiffhs Shipping Com pany, which runs six vessels of tha same name, numbered on to six, and ranging In tonnage from 1,900 to 6,000. - v, c: With the recent heavy-toll of sab marines in the Mediterranean region, it was reported that several firms will stspendj sailings through the Sues canaL The 3 ret or these to quit is the Jspanene Mall Hne, which announced several days ago that It would make Us sailing by the Caps route.. " '.'' Moreover, it waa predicted today that insurance on Mediterranean shipping will soon (become prohibi tive in view of the enormous risks taken. :' .' ',''' -w . MORE SNOW IN SEATTLE ' , THAN FORTHN YEARS f By United Press Leased Wire.) .' .Seattlo, Jan. 3. Seven Inches of Hnow has mantled Seattle, piling, up tho heaviest downfall In ten years. A-north wind Indicates a steady con tinuance of the storm that started at 3 o'clock this morning. Cable slots on hill llnee were frown. All rail road trains are arriving late. The snow claimed one victim when U-y ear-old Russell Marvin crashed Into an automobile while coasting Alexandria, Egypt, Jan. 3. Of ficer of the sunken P. ft O. liner Persia were positive today that she was the victim of a submarine and not a mine, as some sources tended to, indicate. That the loss of life aboard her will run past the 200 mark seemed certain. Included In the list of dead is probably Consul R. N. Neely of Aden, reported miss ing and said to have been last seen struggling In the water as the ill fated liner went down to a watery grave. .'.;..; Various reports of the sinking In dicated the vessel was sunk with out warning. The nationality of the attaching submarine, however, was not determined, for officers claimed., not to have sighted the diver, though they said positively they had seen the wake of her torpedo. The second officer said he eaw the white streak of a torpedo; hut no survivor reported getting an actual .," sight of the diver. Graphic details of the liners last moments were told here today by Leonard Moss, an English survivor. There was no panic, and the loss of Ufa was due to two things," he said. "First, the Persia Sank In less than six minutes; and second, most of those aboard were having lunch eon at the time, and were not think ing of submarines. We were mak ing 18 knots whon the first dull boom came, followed" by a funny cracking sound. It seemed only a second when the big ship began to Hat. Those en dock rushed to th boats, but those on the starboard side were worthless, because they listed heavily. People ran up from below, while women and children were crying, but there was no wild and was killed. (Continued on page 3)