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

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EDITION YOU vi., No. loa. GRANTS PAHS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1910. WHOLE NTMBEB 1847. No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. v., ill WM UX JIE UfS IIOITS nnpPiiAiiiA I i Carranza Starts Campaign of Extermination of Villistas Who Had Part in Outrages Against the U. S. Miners El Paso, Jan. 1 9. Carranslsta or. rs to how no mercy to VI1IIU tmirdurrrs has struck ttirror to the heart of tho bandits. Moreover, dis play of tho torn corpses of General Jlodrlguos and Baca Vallea at tho Junrei customs house as a warning to their companions In rapine and bloodshed bos served the salutary ::r": ;e n the mountains. Meanwhile Carranslsta authorities are confident that tho campaign of extermination against Vllllstss will 1 satisfactorily avenge the murders of 18 Americans at Santa Ysabel. ' Knrlquo Cleneros, captured with Iiaca Vallea, Is slated as tho next vic tim of the Carranslsta gunmen, and his corpse will be stac ked up along side the other two rebel chieftains, so that all "who run may read." The fear of the firing squad has apparently gripped the bandits, for according to some witnesses both Rodrlguex and Valles grovelled In the dirt, pleading for their' Hves As the stories went, though, tho gun men showed no quarter, but Instead fired at the prostrate men, ending their pleas In a death shriek. The object of the great bandit hunt in the mountain fastnesses of Chihua hua and Durango Is to capture Gen eral Villa himself. Carranza leaders believe that If they can eliminate him the Inst vestige of outlawry and guerilla warfare will crumble almost overnight. The Carranxistas say they will be satisfied only when they are auto to display the rebel chieftain's bullet riddled body. To this end, the Car rantlstaa have picked a band of their most fearless men, with orders to pursue their hunt relentlessly night and day with this sole objert In view. Villa was last reported In his old haunts In Durango, and authorities are confident that he can not escape for long from their retribution. GREEKS TO LEAVE Athens, Jan. 19. All Greek troops, except a battalion, will be Vuhdrawn from the Bulgarian fron tier, It was officially announced to day, becauso of the difficulty of pro visioning them. At the same time, It was announced that England has agreed to export 5,000 tons of coal to Greece, thereby eliminating possi bilities of a tle-pp of the railroads. A British stoamer transport filled with Serbian troops has reached Salonlkl from Albania to co-operate with the Anglo-French forces. It is posslblo that reasons other than shortage of provisions actuated the withdrawal, particularly in view of the fact that the allies recently urgod withdrawal from both the Sor blan and Bulgarian frontlors. INDON MAKES GUESS AT GERMAN CASUALTIES London, Jan. 19. German casual ties have mounted to the tremendous number of S, 525,768, Under Secre ' tary Tennant announced today In the house of commons. , In this number were 618,060 kill ed and 1,566,649 wounded. Thla left 146,159 as tnlMlng. BULGAR FRONTIER Washington, Jan. 19. The war de partment had no word thla afternoon to confirm the Douglas, Arls., reports that Mexicans had seised seven Amer ican soldiers, but It was expected that an official ' report would be neces sarily slow, as it baa to be transmit ted first to General Funston at Hous ton. General Scott, chief of staff, said that United States soldiers are not authorised to cross the (border, but must first wire the state department for permission. If any crossed, as reported, they probably were troop ers, not officered. t Douglas, Arii., Jan. 19. Passen gers arriving here today on a train from the east reported a band of VllllsUa crossed Into United States territory last night and captured a detail of seven American soldiers om i3th.cv.iry. u. full ! were disarmed and taken In the direction of Cases Grandes and Chi- huahua. It Is reported thst SO men from the 13th cavalry have gone Into Mexican territory In pursuit Mexi cans crossed the line near Palomas, on the border of New Mexico. Army headquarters have no advices. FALL FROM WATER TANK TOO Mi di FOR STEEPLEJACK Portland, Jan ,19. Though he glided the ateeplo of St Francis church, ISO feet In the air, painted me flag polo 'On tho Northwestern" National bank building, 200 feet above the pavement, and fought with the Japanese at the sloge of Penuog, Clarence Rooney, steeplejack, is on crutches today after falling 10 feet from a dinky water tank. So in tense is his disgust that he has filed suit for 125.000 against the Mil waukee railroad. The accident oc curred In Idaho. ANOTHER FAREWELL T London, Jan. 19. All the dia bolical plots in the world can not keep Madame Sarah Bernhardt from maklug another "farewell tour" of America, she assures the united Iress. "I have received scores of threat ening It'tUTs from America,' said the "Divine Sarah." They were slgnnd with ter-r-r-r-lble Teuton names. A shrug of the divine shoulders. "But I defy them. 1 would have gone sooner had It not been for my physicians' orders. I will go In Octo- bor. I have no fear. If I must die In America, it must bo. It is a fate fore-ordained. But I shall be fully Insured against assassination." She Is now playing in "Les Cathe drals," a striking Indictment of Ger man destruction of Catholic cathe drals in France and Belgium that packs two big houses here dally. DEPORT CHINAMAN 20 YEAItS IN THE U. S. Portland, Jan. 19. Though he has lived happily in America for 26 years without Interference, Jeu Sing Gwong Is on his way back to China today because he could not prove that he was anything but a common laborer. He came to this country with his father when he was seven years old. His, deportation under the Chinese exclusion act was ordered yesterday. C1IAMUERLAIN LAND GRANT ' DILL IN COMMITTEE Washington, Jan. 19, The senate publlo landa committee la consider ing Senator Chamberlain's bill re garding , railroad, land grants In Oregonf"""" UR SARAH PETER OF SERVIA - V . ,v ' - I Jf x i . . . .' - " V . ):,-, , -,,'.':..;: I .'V; J I - f ' I'V i Photo by American Preaa Association Most rtceut photograph of the monarch who had to flee from bis country at the approach of the Teutonic allies. - . PL1 SERBIA AI IITEIIEII III 1 A HEW KINGDOM 4 A Rome, Jan. 19. Austria Is plan ning to unite Montenegro and part of old Serbia in a new kingdom un der an Austrian protectorate, it was reported here today. Germany is said to have sanctioned this plan, and Emperor Frant Josef is now consid ering selection of a ruler who will conciliate the Serbs and Montene grins and remove forever the Balkan danger on Austria's right flank. Serbian refugees denied that Ser bia is aibont to follow the course of Montenegro In making peace, thus aiding in the program of unification. They admitted that Austria made overtures several weeks ago to Ser bia, but they were rejected and have not been renewed. FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS ARE "EASY Portland, Jan. 19. Just to prove that he could get insurance on any thing, Fire Marshal Stevens an nounced today that 80 fire Insurance companies had written policies ag gregating $25,000 on an old fireman's helmet and a grand Jury subpoena. This culminated a long-standing fuBS between the Insurance men and Ore officials. Eagerness of Insur ance companies to write Insurance, firemen declare, has caused the form ation ot coaat-wtde arson "trusts," making a business ot burning houses. Insurance men hotly denied their responsibility. Then some firemen donned plain clothes and with their wives started out to Insure the furni ture In two vacant houses. The furniture consisted of a fireman's helmet and a grand Jury subpoena. Not a company turned them down, the firemen said. Stevens says his men are now se curing Insurance on a house which burned to the ground a month ago. THE KAISER VISITS CZAR . FERDINAND AT NISII Berlin, via Sayvllle, Jan. 19. Kaiser Wllhelm arrived today at Nlsh; where he waa warmly greeted by Ctar Ferdinand ot Bulgaria. AND HIS STAFF. REVELATIONS III CEXOli AFFAIR Washington, Jan. 19. Mexico, Its Intrigues and assassinations, engross ed the attention of the White House, state department and congress today. The promised Mexican revelations from the state department bade fair to stir the senate, for its principle feature is a list of Americans killed or wounded south ot the Rio Grande since Diaz was overthrown. The state department was ready to present the message to President Wilson for his approval before sub mitting it to the senate, in keeping with Senator Fall's resolution asking tor all information on Mexican af fairs possessed by the administration. The senate foreign committee, how ever, hoped to examine the docu ments before they went before the whole body. A stormy secret session of the com mittee seemed likely. Not only was a majority of the committee against reporting favor ably any intervention resolutions be fore It, but also Senator Borah, re publican, was so impressed by the strength of the administration posi tion that he would not force any Mexican discussion on the floor un til he Is reinforced. Due to the act that President Wil son's report concerning his negotia tions with Mexican leaders had not Ibeen received, the committee decided to postpone action on the nomination of Henry P. Fletcher as ambassador to Mexico, the house foreign com mittee postponed Indefinitely action on the Dyer and Moss Mexican re solutions with their antl-admlnlstra-tlon complexion. Congressman Treadway created a stir on the floor by reading a letter anent Vlllista atrocities, received fyorn an American refugee, saying, among other things: "Daughters of respectable families were taken from their homes and passed from soldier to soldier." PASSAIC HAS DAMAGE OF $.100,000 FIItE fRv T'tilted PreM Leaned Wire.) Passaic, N. J., Jan. 19. A $500,- 000 fire, starting In the F. ,W. Wool worth five and ten cent store, burn ed several buildings today, left 50 families homeless, destroyed power cablet, and left most of the factories paralysed' .. . . UK 1C1T HEED OF U.S. UAVY SIR FLETCHER Washington, Jan. 19. With por tions omitted bearing on the possi bility of a foreign foe landing on Americas shores, the statement of Admiral Fletcher aa to the activities of . the Atlantic fleet the last year were presented to the senate today. The senate had asked It recently af ter it bad been withheld for strategic reasons. Fletcher said that the' principal weaknesses of the navy are: Shortage of officers and men. Lack of aircraft. Limitations to the sea-going quali ties of submarines. Need for additional mine and mine sweeping vessels. Need for more anti-aircraft guns and additional battle target practice. RECOMMENDS FUNDS FOB ALASKA RAILROAD (By United Press Leased Wire) Washington, Jan. 19. The house appropriations committee today rec ommended continuation ot work on the Alaskan railway. To this end It placed a $2,000,000 appropriation in the emergency bill. No serious opposition was made to the Alaskan Item, though "Uncle Joe" Cannon, minority member of the committee, said he would oppose the appropriation on the floor. The emergency bill, totalling $12,. 582,000, provides for rushing work on 90 public buildings. BOpGH THEIR COFFINS :: 1 -( THEN COMMITTED SCICIDE New York, Jan. 19. Leaving Just enough of money to pay for their funeral, George Batum and his wife, aged and physically miserable, called an undertaker, bought their coffins and tnrned on the gas. SALT RIVER HOW E (By United Press Leased Wire.) Phoenix, Arix., Jan. 19. Floods swept Arizona today. John Hicks, formerly of Los Angeles, caretaker at The Beeches, a summer park, is miss ing In the deluge. Thrilling rescues, in which patients from the state asylum participated, saved several families. Peter Niesen, his wife and ten children were pulled to safety from their marooned farm house in ah improvised breeches buoy. After the floods had swept away the home of Agnes Stlnson, which was situated on an Island, trusties from the asylum saved an Infant. baby, putting it In a basket mounted on a pole and struggling through the swift current to the mainland. . The Salt river has reached the 12-foot stage below Phoenix and Is still rising. With the south approach to the Central avenue bridge out, the maslve concrete causeway, a mile long has been closed to traffic. Riverside park, an amusement resort, Is under six feet ot water: Ita equip ment is total loss. The damage will be $50,000. Water Is running six feet over the Roosevelt dam spill ways. This Is twice as much as ever before. The crest of the flood Is expected late today. It may get into the 'busi ness district ot Phoenix. The weather la cold and threaten ing. Train service is demoralised. Sheriff's deputies In skiffs are busy rescuing marooned families in the lowlands. RIG BRITISH SHIP SUNK BY SUBMARINE London, Jan. 19. The 6,400-ton British steamer Marerer, sunk by a submarine, is the largest victim ot evera! week The crew was ret cued. RAMPAG XI STILL I CAipi Dazage ia Severn Pcrtica cf State SJ t3 Exceed $3,000,000, Ussy .Orzr Groves Beirg Washed ;C':i Los Angeles, Jan. 19. Four are known dead, with five others report ed lost, thousands are homeless and more than $3,000,000 damage has been done as a result of the rala storm which has deluged southern California for five days. Rain poured with increasing, vio lence today. Flood waters, which bad began, to recede slightly, rose rapidly. Collapsing dykes and dams re leased a wall of water in the Pomona district At Claremont an all-night fizht waa made to save the Pomona college buildings. Many orange . groves were washed away. In the middle of the deluge at Bell station the family of John Guerzell Is starving, while rescue parties risk their Uvea In repeated efforts to get a skiff out to the marooned ranch house. Occasionally the victims wig ' . ... wagged distress signals from upper windows. The water Is rising fast. One hundred, and fifty prisoners in the San Bernardino county Jail nar rowly escaped death when the flood cat away the jail foundations, caus ing their steel cage to topple In. As the water roared over It, turnkeys unlocked the doors and the prisoners scrambled to safety. Many bad to swim for their lives. A score waa Injured. When they got to safety they were rounded up by. armed guards and marched to the Redlanda prison. . i Miles of ranch and orange lands, dotted with settlements, will be smashed by water If the Hemet dam In the San Jacinto mountains gives way. At last reports it was weak ening. ' , ' In the towns around Mount Baldy the damage is estimated at $1,000,- ooo.- The' isolation of Los Angeles was practically completed today when the (Continued on page 2) ATTCMDT fltl I ICC hi ami i uii liil OF YUAN SHI KAI (By United Press Leased Wire.) Pekin, Jan. 19. Numerous arrests were made today In a plot to blow up Emperor Tuan Shi Kai. Explosives had been found In the palace. The plot, undoubtedly that of re volutionary agents, followed several weeks of revolutionary activity. A few provinces have been active In the overthrow ot the empire program, and a few battles of comparatively minor importance have been fought Meantime, however, agents have been busy fomenting dissatisfaction against Tuan, both In China and In thla country. Yunnan province Is the chief Btronghold ot the revolu tionaries, and against this Yuan has been directing his chief military efforts. i San Francisco, Jan. 19. San Fran cisco Chinese were inclined today to attribute the plot against Yuan's life to revolutionary adherents. The re bellion against the empire, they clatm, has been growing gradually l and they believe that the revolution ists sought by dynamite to accom plish quickly their plans tor over throw ot the new government and the re-establlshment ot the old re public. ; ": ! ... ;'