Rogue River courier., January 11, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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DAILY EDITION
vou vi No. on. tnixsrn pahh, johki'Iiisk county, okkmo.v. Tuesday, January 11, iio. whole xumber jo.
No Other Town in the WurM the Size of (1 rants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
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POSTMASTER
NAID FOR
IP
W. P. Quinlaii, Secretary of
the Commercial Club, Ap
pointed by Pres. Wilson to
Succeed Republican Official
Washington, Jan. II. President
Wilson today uomluated W. I". Quia
Inn to tie postmaster ut Grunt Pass,
Oregon.
The above announcement, received
by the Courier from Win national
capital, marks the clone of a most
spirited content, the poult Ion of post
master of Grants Pan, tho coveted
lilum. going to W. P. Qiitnlan, who
for four year has boen secretary of
the local Commercial club. There
wore numerous candidates for the
office, and for tho pant throe or four
week the appointment was looked
for dally, Postmaster Donnell's term
having expired tho middle of Decem
ber, While tho appointment of Mr.
Quintan has not yet been confirmed
by the senate, favorably action of
that body la anticipated, aa both Ore
Ron senators are understood to have
been agreed upon the appointment
Tho supplying of the necessary bond
nd the Issuance of tho commission
will occasion some delay, but If there
comes no hitch In the unwinding of
the red tape, Mr. Qulnlan will prob
ably qualify by tho first of tho coming
month.
Uncle Sam requires a bond of
18,000 from the local postmaster to
guarantee the faithful performance
of the work, and prefers that this be
a personal bond, though a surety
bond Is now sometimes approved.
fleorge W. Donnell, who will re
tire from the office with the coming
of tho democratic appointee, hns held
the position for eight years, and has
Riven general satisfaction. Mo was
allowed to hold out his full term even
under a democratic president, and
will have served a considerable more
than his term Oiy the time his suc
cessor can qualify. While there were
n multiplicity of candidates for the
democratic appointment, none, It la
understood, ever altemptod to have
Mr. Donnell's removal brought about,
his retirement being In keeping with
the policy of giving the post offices
to representatives of the party in
power.
SHIP C01I IS
(By United Press leased Wire)
New York, Jan. 11. Charles W.
Morse, a mighty power In financial
circles before he was sentenced to
Atlanta fodoral prison, Is forming a
now world ship combine, according to
reports today. Ho hns already gath
ered togothor 13 companlos, ouch of
which will furnish a ship, and this
combine la understood to have strong
Wall street (backing.
Threo million dollars havo already
boen paid for the ships, and a sopar
ato company will be Incorporated for
each ahlp, with a holding company
for all. The new soamen's low gave
Morse the Idea whereby he expects
to merge .the forces of Individual
owners who say they ran not do busi
ness alone since the law went Into
effect.
Tho companies In tho new comblno
nre thoso owning the Frodorlck,
Onto, Ocoitm, Northland, Huron,
Lansing, Minneapolis, St.' Paul, Wil
liam Castlo Rhodes, Oswosa.
Chpmulir, J, O. McCiiMo'.tyh and 7,?a
Inndla.
BEING
FORMED
I IN
GREAT BRITAIN IS
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Ijondou, Jan. 1 l.-r-Ovtrwbelmln
passage of the government's conscrip
tion bill to tho second reading 'be
came apparently certain tonight with
announcement from John Itedmond,
Irish lender, that IrUn opposition to
compulsion has been withdrawn.
Tho fact that Irelund Is excluded
from operation of tho bill won over
several Irish leaders, and then In con
ference Redmond defeated the min
ority of hi colleagues who favored
continuing objection to the proposal.
Though J. Anderson, Independent
laborlte member, moved rejection of
the conscription plan, Labnrlte Will
Thorne was hailed with cheers when
he announced that Anderson was not
representative of the labor party's
position.
Efforts will be made tomorrow in
a conference with labor leaders to
win their support so that the bill may
finally pass as nearly unanimously as
possible, to show Great Britain's ene
mies that she presents a united front
In the situation.
IS
WAY TO THE COAST
(By United Press Ieased Wire.)
San Francisco, Jan. 11. Prosper
ity Is sweeping toward the Pacific
coast, the 1916 tabulation of foreign
trade from the port of San Francisco
showed today. It was made public
by J. O. Davis, collector of the port.
Both exports and Imports showed
a large gain over the same period In
19H. San Francisco's exports In
1915, exclusive of Pacific coast, Ha
waiian and Philippine island trade,
were valued at $81,203,554; In 1914.
$64,784,092.
Imports in 1915 were valued at
$$2,947,817; In 1914, $69,995,210.
Tho total business for the year
rom the port to foroign ports was
$164,073,371. War and the stimulus
given to American exports are assign
ed by shipping men as the reasons for
the Increased business.
WtMM AMXtllOL KILLS
TIIKKK IX SEATTLE
Seattle, Jan. 11. T. Takana, a
druggist, Is in jail today and will do
charged with manslaughter for sell
ing wood alcohol which is alleged to
have caused several deaths. Three
men died yesterday from wood alco
I'.iol poisoning, bringing up to 12 the
J total number who have succumbed to
i cheap liquor substitutes since the dry
law became effective.
I Detectives declnro they saw Takana
I sell two pints of wood alcohol. John
llurns, John Alton and an unidenti
fied man are the latest victims of al
coholism. Henry Gilmartln, 28 years
old, la In a serious condition from the
same cause. Five men who aay they
bought wood alcohol from Takana
are' held In the city Jail as witnesses.
PLANS FAIL TO ,
EXTEND BIG STRIKE
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Youngstown, O., Jan. 11. Plana
to extend the strike of steel workers
here to the Carnegie and the Brier
Hill plants failed today to ma
terialise. ,
The strike was slatod for noon
and was to call out the commqn la
borers of both plants In a demand
for an Increase of wages to 25 cents
an hour,
, The failure of the plan was taken
as an Indication that there will be no
Sympathetic strike In the Mahoning
valley and that the men are satisfied
with the recent Increase In wages
from 19 rents to 22 cents an hour.
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ASSURED
PROSPERITY
BULL KIRS Will
MEETSAfliE DAYAS G.O.P.
Members oi Party Who Favor Amalgamation With the
Republicans Win Victory When Convention Date Is
Fixed As June 7th and the Place As Chicago, Coinci
dent With Meeting ol the Old Organization
Chicago, Jan. 11. Theibull moose
convention will be held In Chicago
June 7, the same day as the repub
lican convention.
Selection of this date stands as a
victory fur tuo in favor of amal
gamation with the republican party
if terms for such combination can
bo arranged.
Chicago, Jan. 11. "Peace with
honor" Is the only kind of peace the
bull moosers will accept from the
O. O. P. If this kind of a peace can
be obtained, three-fourths of the bull
moose national committeemen favor
amalgamation with the mother party.
This was the outstanding feature
today as theibull moose national com
mittee got down to the business of
their gathering here. A national
convention, simultaneous with the re
publican session, appears extremely
likely; and If Colonel Roosevelt, or
a progressive republican, Is nomin
ated by the O. 0. P., the bull moose
party will become a memory. The
only bar to such a situation Is the
bull moose fear that the standpatters
will-control the republican conven
tlon and squash a Roosevelt boom be
fore It can be developed.
Committeemen Lyon and Hotch
kl8s declared that amalgamation pre
sents the only possibility of defeat
ing President Wilson; and they think
that the majority of republicans feel
the same way.
Some line aa to the bull moose at
tack In the event they again get Into
the fight was given last night In a
banquet for the committeemen when
George W. Perkins criticized Presi
dent Wilson's foreign policy and call
ed tt vacillating.
The committee must arrange rep
resentation In the convention based
on the vote Roosevelt received In
the laRt election and It was expected
this would consume several hours,
though such a scheme would be
merely perfunctory If the party de
cided on amalgamation.
A strong minority favored waiting
London, Jan. 11. England may
Insert in final peace terms with Ger
many a clause by which Germany
will bind her own hand In the mat
ter of commercial expansion.
With Great Britain's announced In
tention of striking at the roots of
German trade, It was learned today
that commercial experts have sug
gested that one of the most effective
methods of doing this would be . to
insert a clause In the peace terms
whereby Germany would agree to re
frain from export business for a
period of years.
Leading business men today ap
proved the speech of President Run
ciman of the 'board of trade in which
he announced the war-to-tho-hllt
policy against Gorman trade and
finance. Advocates of cutting oft
Germany's export business declared
that while the British navy as mis
tress of the seas could enforce such
a plan, Germany might "buy her way
out" through heavy indemnities.
Meanwhile, the board of trade la
Inquiring as to the possibility of a
general boycott agreement between
the ntente allies, under which these
powers would refuse to buy German
products In the period after the war.
Simultaneously, England Is preparing
GREAT BRITAIN IKES READY FOR
COMMERCIAL 11 A
until after the other parties had held
their convention, but Committeeman
Lyon of Texas and western commit
teemen plan to override this faction.
At an open conference of commit
teemen and party leaders, Allen
White precipitated discussion of the
LniaUer of holding a convention sim
ultaneously with the republican meet
ing when he moved that it "be June 7.
Several committeemen, however, shut
oft a vote by saying that the commit
tee Itself should decide.
Committeeman Flynn of Pittsburg
insisted upon open discussion and de
clared himself flatly for amalgama
tion.
"Most of the republicans are pro
gressives, anyway," he safd. "And if
we had affiliated with the republicans
as a party Pennsylvania would not
have been afflicted with Boles Pen
rose as senator. The progressives
should not care what they are label
ed. All we are after la results."
Flynn declared that Roosevelt Is
not the only mat) capable of running
the party or nation, but, he added, he
knew of no one who could do It bet
ter. '.. v;, ,-
A. E. Griffith of Washington state
was ibitter against an amalgamation,
saying: "Our people want the pro
gressive party to live and to continue
as a party." ,
Several others spoke against sim
ultaneous conventions, and finally
Perkins adjourned the conference un
til 3:30 o'clock. The time and place
for the convention was to be decided
then.
From Governor Johnson of Cali
fornia came the following message
today:
"We have every reason to ibe Jubi
lant that the men and the party have
exerted a most wholesome Influence
on the nation's political life."
From Charles Sumner Bird of
Massachusetts the committee had this
word:
Former Senator Beverldge of In
diana sent a message with a plea for
preparedness.
FTEfl U
to bid on an enormous scale for neu
tral commerce.
In fact, the commons was told the
English have already grasped trade
opportunities In such commodities as
optical goods, dyes and others in
which Germany was supposed to have
a monopoly. England has been
reaching out her trade hands In a
! bid for a larger slice of South Amer
: lean trade, In view of the destruction
!of the German connections with that
i land caused iby the English blockade.
I The Industries of the empire fair,
J to be held In London in 1917, will
, pay particular attention to English
! products formerly made In Germany,
(and Great Britain will endeavor to
attract to this exposition commission
ers from all lands.
J In addition to artificial means of
Bhuttlng off the German trade, Eng
lish people see a natural ibarrler to
such business in Sir Alfred Mond's
suggestion that after the war Ger-
j many will be an outcast by reason of
her violence during the war.
Judge Thomas Carroll, ' traveling
from Los Angeles to Tacoma, stopped
eft In Grants Pass on a business and
rtoaaure visit, loavlng north this
tncrnlnj.
POPE WILL TAKE
STEPS AT OK
TO
Rome, Jan. 11. Pope Benedict
hopes to take the first practical step
toward peace this week. Cardinal
Mercler of Belgium and Bishop Hey
lan of Namur are expected here and
will be granted an audience with
his holiness, when they will tell him
the terms upon which Belgium will
agree to an early peace.
The pope has been convinced from
the beginning of the great war that
restoration of Bolgium Is an imper
ative preliminary to any peace terms,
and It Is understood that he baa so
notified both sides.
In the recent consistory. Cardinal
Hartmann of Cologne submitted Ger
many's terms for evacuation of
France and Belgium. The pope next
desired to learn the Belgians' views.
and to this end Germany readily con
sented to passage of the prelates to
Rome.
Several members of the Belgian re
lief commission from London are al
ready In Rome and it Is understood
that the Vatican will solicit their
views as to the solution of the Bel
gian problem. After learning the
terms of Belgium, the pope plans to
submit them to Germany, hoping to
begin a series of compromises he be
lieves necessary to peace.
Though Belgium has 'been conquer
ed by invasion, the fact that she has
the backing of the allies places her
In a position at least to formulate
the terms which the pope seeks.
DAIRY HERD CREMATED
IX BURNING BARN
Portland, Jan. 11. Officers today
are investigating a mysterious lire
which late last night destroyed a
barn, cremating 28 valuable dairy
cattle and one horse. The barn was
owned by the Irvington Dairy com
pany. The Are was not discovered
until It had gained such headway
that it was impossible to save any of
the livestock.
WOMEN DELEGATES
VISIT THE SENATE
Washington, Jan. 11. Miss Jane
Addams, of Chicago, and a delega
tion of the Woman's Peace party,
holding a convention here, appeared
today before the house and senate
foreign committees and presented
their peace and anti-preparedness
plan. This proposes:
iA congressional investigation of
national defense within six months
. A peace conference of neutral's im
mediately. Government ownership of muni
tlons plants.
Creation of a joint commission of
Americans, Japanese and Chinese to
study oriental questions.
LUSITANIA CASE
IS UP TO BERLIN
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, Jan. 11. While the
state department had no, word today
that the BernstorffLanslng amend
ed agreement In the Lusltanla case
had reached the Berlin foreign office,
it was expected that it would he In
Secretary Jagow'a hands by tonight.
Officials are confident that a com
plete acceptance of American de
mands would be, forthcoming.
With the Lusltanla case out of the
way, Secretary Lansing will devote
his time to completion of the lengthy
note concerning contraband lists in
effect with the allies. While it Is net
stated that It will be directed against
Great Britain, it is certain that Great
Britain's contraband list will ibe the
first subject" for protest in view of
England's command of the seas.
WATER RAT
QUESTION If
CLUB
Cdmmittee Reports That City
Attorney and the Company
Manager Are Working oa
New Schedule for Scznuer
The special committee appointed at
a previous meeting of the Commercial
club to investigate the question of
water supply and rates for the city
of Grants Pass reported hack to the
club last night. The report stated
that conferences had been held with
the manager of the local water com
pany, and that a project was sow un
der way by which it was hoped a sat
isfactory adjustment of rates could
be made before another summer sea
son. Manager Clark of the water
company and City Attorney H. D.
Norton are now working upon a new
schedule for the summer months, and
through this it is hoped water can be
supplied at a rate that will permit of
more general sprinkling of lawns and
flower gardens. The committee was
continued for farther Investigation
and report. The committee that had
been authorized to Investigate the
water supply from wells north of
town reported that it was making in
quiry, but had no definite findings to
report at this time. '
The club decided to become active
participants In letter-writing week
activities, and a form letter will h.
prepared by Messrs. Geo. Lundberg.
A. E. Voorhies and Dr. Walker for
our citizens to send to their friends
throughout the east next week.
Letter-writing week was Instituted
through the efforts of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, and many
thousands of letters are to be sent
out telling probable tourists of the
natural wonders that should call
them to Oregon on their outing this
summer.
PROPOSED RATTLESHIPS
TOO BIO FOR DRY DOCKS
Washington, Jan.' 11. 'Battle
cruisers proposed by the administra
tion program are too large to enter
the navy drydocks of either coast,
Rear Admiral Stanford told the nouse
naval committee today. He declared,
however, that the docks at Puget
sound can be enlarged.
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Washington, Jan. 11. Rising op
position to the administration pre
paredness program, reported existing
throughout the entire nation, was
considered today by President Wilson
and his cabinet. The president also
conferred with Chairman Hay of the
house military committee on the
same subject.
It was understood the executive's
plan for a big continental army is
apparently doomed, but that national
sentiment favors some increase in
the regular army and the increase of
the militia as a reserve army.
In addition to making speeches In
support of his program, President
Wilson plans to wield his personal In
fluence with congressmen to counter
act the anti-preparedness Influence of
former Secretary Bryan.
KISSING COMES HIGH IN
IHNGHAMPTON, NEW YORK
Blnghampton, N. Y., Jan. 11 -Colonel
George E. O'Neill, million
aire, was fined the biblical penalty
of 60 shekels for stealing a hug and
a kiss from a: pretty dressmaker.
The amount Is about MOO.
PPOS
PROGRAM
PREPAREDNESS