Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, January 21, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text2W DAILY EDITION VOL. VI., Ho. 108. GRANTS PARS, JOflEPHINB COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1910. WHOLE NUMBER 1049. ft-; No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. SALARIES OF OFFICIALS SLASHED Council Uses Axe , on City Payroll, and Wages Are Re duced in Every Department of Municipal Government The city council under the new regime did not appear exactly Id tho light of a Sauta Clfus to the men who are upon the municipal payroll when It got down to busing In Its . , ......... vian nation irom laaiug aireci acuoa. Aral regular session last eight. There llowevor( lt known that ho would was a general chopping down of - weicomo an offer from the United salaries, and with few exceptions tho'SttttW for a joint protest over Eng employe. from auditor and pollro'uah nc.-oachmenU on neutral rights. Judga to teamster, will have to trim Swedish authorities are watching their living expenses during the next the American senate agitation for an 12 months. j embargo of exports to England. They The nxlng of snlnrles becoming the believe, Indeed, that merely cutting order of buslnetw, the mayor recom- off ot colton exports to England mended that tho stigKiwtlons recent- 'would be a sufficient reprisal to gain ly made by the tax leage be followed jllHt. concessions from England, with in establishing the payroll. The out tho more drastic, step of prevent audltor and police Judso hod been ag exportation of munitions, paid a salary of 11.500 during 1915,1 The Spanish situation meantime Is but from this ho was obliged to em-'BVng the allies pause, It Is under ploy his own office help. His salary ,,loo, European reports that Spain for 1919 was placed at 1 1.200, : may De preparing to turn the balance though It waa agreed by the council .gainst the allies by a stroke against that If he should need an extra Portugal, coupled with reporta of amount of help at any time it should ! heavy munitions purchases In the be provided. lie will still supply as-1 united States, Is making Spain an siatance to moot ordinary emergencies from his own salary. The police force will represent a material saving. The chief was re duced from $80 to $75 per month, and the patrolman will receive his .1 I M.i a r t a. At 1 1 1 uiu hui nmrjr ui fuu, uiu mure win VW W J' IU v v t til V w J " V these amounts. Under the formor ar rangement the chief and tho ono other officer served 12-hour shifts. and divided the salary of a third pa- trolman between them. This madoi the chlof'a salary $101.66 per month, and thnt of the patrolman $86.66. Under tho now arrangement the chlf will servo from noon to ton o'clock nt night, when the patrolman will go on duty till eight o'clock In tho morn-! Ing. At that hour Street Supcrln- mnn, will do duty till noon. Mr. i Dean, who Is also city engineer, J Plumbing Inspector, street superln-; tendent In cbargo of streets and , parks, and a few other things not' enumerated In tho ordinance, will j contlnuo to draw his old salary of i $80 per month. j Tho chief of the lire department (IJy Unll0(, preB Leased Wire.) suffered a reduction of salary from i,()H Angoles, Jan. 21. Flood $85 to 80 per month, and tho assist- wator8 M a,mo8t enlreiy BU8dod ant from $05 to $00. Heretofore eouthern California to3ay and re both theso men hava been on constant ',mr work. WM i)clng ruBhodi Tue duty at the englno house during tho moro important highways are expect 24 hours, but a committee from the' (, to bo , 8hal)e for traVel enrly council Is to attempt a readjust- noxt wook( but thero will be many meni or uuuos ana give tne men some hours of relief during each 24, dur lng which time only a Blnglo man need bo at tho station, The olty teamster was reduced from $70 to $60 per month, and the elty attorney waa Instructed to draft an ordinance repealing tho old ordin ance thnt establishes the wages to bo paid to day labor at $2.50 for eight hours' time. The attitude of the council, as gatnod from romarks niado by tho Individual members dur ing tho discussion, Is that laborors Uei paid whatever the ruling wago In the open markot Is at the time. Thero was no contest over any of the reduotlons except In the case of the city engineer. Mr. Doan callod attention to tho report of the tax lenguo whoroln the work of his de partment had boon commended and no request made for a roductlon. The motion made to reduce his salary to $75 was defeated by ft lie vote, tho roductlon toeing favored by Council men Atchison, Burke, Knlps and Pad dock. The motion to leave the. sal- (Contlnued On page I) SPA!!! BUYING i tins III MUTED STATES Washington, Jan. 21. Sweden and Spain flashed promrnently today on the km of world politics. The former was reported trying to persuade the United States to join In a protest against the proposed Brit ish Actual blockade of Germany; the latter la said to be making heavy purchases of munition In the United States. As American Interest are Involved In both of these neutral nations, diptomatio quarters are rife with rumors as to what the outcome of the two situations may mean. It Is understood that Sweden Is maneuvering guardedly against Brit ish Interference with commercial and mall matter nf Sweden, though fear f troub.,e detn th. Scandlna- important factor In the world poll Ileal situation. Hence the allies are understood to fee keeping a watchful eye on her maneuvers. siXfiINO SONG WAh i C'Al'HK XK Ml' It DK It (By United Press Leased Wire.) Seattle, Jan. 21. Witnesses at the tt1nl In .TtiilirA ItVntor Hnnartnmnt nf th)J mmlQf today of Kambulat Kooloff, charged with killing Mike Kuczorskl on December 9, testified that the formor shot Kuczerskt bo- causo the latter persisted In singing a song unpleasant to Kooloff's ears. Kooloff was captured a few days after the trouble. Mrs. Kuczerskl and five chlldrpn were left destitute. FLOODS SUBSIDE dotours Bnd tcm,,orary bridges con- fronting motorists. Train Bervlce Is still uncertain. Dredgos are busy in the Inner har bor removing the silt which stream ed Into it. . Acres of rich land are smeared with mud and littered with dtfhrls.. Families driven from their homes are returning, but many resi dences have been damaged nlmost be yond repair. Extensive areas of low lands, form erly Inundated, ore veritable swamps, and will probably ' remain so for weeks. It Kl lUGKll ATIOX (Tl AUG 148 di:kkm)i:i) iiy railroads Washington, Jan. 21. The present $5 per car charge for rofrlgeratton from Washington state to eastern points was defondfd today In ft brief the Missouri Pacific and othdr de fendant railroads (lied with the In terstate commorce commission In the complaint of the . Northern Pacific Coast Fruit Distributors svnd the Northwestern ' lYuit exchange. CALIFORNIA EXECUTE VI LLISTA Pay Penalty for Assassination of Americans at Santa Ysabel-Report of Villa's Capture Not Yet Confirmed El Paso, Jan. 21. Eighteen VII llsta bandits paid with their lives to day at Chihuahua City because of the assassination of 18 Americans at Santa, Ysabel. While details were lacking in the official Carranzlsta advices, detailing the story this afternoon, it Is believed they were lined up before a firing squad In a public place. Most of all of the 18 are said to have partici pated in the Santa Ysabel outlawry. As for reports of General Villa's capture, Mexican Consul Garcia said today that he had neither confirma tion nor denial of It. General Her rera at Chihuahua City was quoted, however, as denying the report, and again as saying he had no confirma tion of IL El Paso, Jan. 21. The fate and the whereabouts of General Francisco Villa stood today a mystery, In the face of conflicting reports that he had been captured. Following announcement by Mexi can Consul Garcia that the bandit chief was being brought to Juares for execution, possibly before a large crowd at the race track there, Gen eral Luis Herrera, chief commander of the Carranzlstaa, wired from Chi huahua City today that there was no confirmation of the story. Officials admitted that, after all, he may not be In the tolls. With the fondest hopes of the de facto government thus dissipated, the new revolution around Torreon was reported making progress, with hu man bodies swinging from poles and bloody corpses left In the streets. Stories as to Villa came from sev eral sources. They were conflicting and official confirmation ot the re ported capture was lacking. Earlier private messages from mining sources In Chihuahua stated that Villa had been captured allvo on the promise that his life would be spared. This report said that threo Carraanista de tachments had, surrounded him and 18 followers, and had captured them after they had mado a pretense at resistance. Included In the group were said to be Colonel Carlos Lopez and 15 other participants In the execution ot 18 Americans at Santa Ysabel. These 16 were reported to have confessed and to have paid with their lives By United Press Leased Wire.) Stanford University, Jan. 21. At tacking hazing as a combination ot oowardlce and bullylsm, Dr, Wilbur, new president of Leland Stanford Junior university, Indicated today In an address to the student body that ho Intends to wlpo lt out here for all time. "At the best," he Bald, "lt Is con- tompUble; at the worst, criminal. It marks the downfall of democracy, and anything that has to be done In the dark can not be sanctioned." He hinted that student control will be eliminated if the practice con tinues. He counseled his hearer to par take of university activities other than mere study, holding that only the men who hare interest In healthy I NO MORE STUDENT HAZING SAYS HEAD OF STAND endeavors, and are not mere book- 18 BULBAR FORI SILENCED BY ALLIES Squadron From' Anglo-French Fleet Quiets Guns at Porto Lagos, and landing Party Is Sent Ashore :u Athens, Jan. 21. After two days ot relentless bombardment, an Anglo- French squadron silenced the forts ot Porto Lagos on toe southern Bul-J garian soil. The landing party de stroyed gun emplacements there, but returned to their ships after a recon nalsance showed superior forces of Bulgarians a few miles north. The Sofia war office today officially reported the bombardment of Porto Lagos,, and Deadeagatch to the east ward, by a squadron of 24 warships, but did not mention the landing of troops at Porto Lagos. From the Constantinople war office came the report that another squad ron had shelled the Turkish positions in the Gulf of Saros. The Porto Lagos landing may be fraught with significance. The squad ron engaging therein was probably Admiral Robeck's from, the Dardan elles, and the reconnalsance was pos sibly preliminary to a landing In force. Though 8aIonlki messages re ported heavy damage to Dedeagatch, the Sofia war office announced that there were no casualties. Aviators directed the bombardment, hut Constantinople reported that Turkish batteries htt a cruiser, three times, compelling her to withdraw in flames, , " . tor those of the Americans taken. These stories are not confirmed. Terror rules in the Torreon dis trict, according to refugees here. Nearly 4,000 soldiers Vlllistas and Zapatistas chiefly are said to have declared the lives ot Carranzlstas and Americans forfeited, and to be In favor of having Felix Dlai at the head of Mexican affairs. Executions without mercy are the order of the day. More than 100 Carranzlstaa are said to have ibeen shot down before a machine gun squad southwest of Torreon, after Americans had been warned to quit the district on a quarter of an hour's notice. General Argumedo is leading this revolt, and stprles say that he is car rying on an outlaw war, which In cluded the robbing of an American mining company ot a $10,000 draft. Ills forces are said to outnumber the Torreon Carranalsta garrison by fully 1,000 men. UHiVERSITY worms, amount to anything In the evwy day world. "You can not be a good citizen and lay down," he said. Dr. Wilbur indicated the university must limit its student body, and he expressed a desire to have more dor mitory life. He announced, too, that careful selection of men will be made to fill the places of professors retiring soon because ot the age limit. An appeal for chivalry toward wo men students ot the university and an exposition ot the value ot high alms and Ideals, written by Mrs. Jane Lath r op Stanford, and intended to be read at the opening of the univer sity was read by the president. Mr. Stanford noted on the manuscript that she had not had the courage to read It, so left It to be presented after ' her death. , ! BBS III RIGHT BEFORE AUSTRIAN UK Rome, Jan. 21. Montenegrins', following resumption of warfare after the break In peace negotiations, are retiring toward Scutari, Albania, ac cording to dispatches today. They are constantly -clashing with the pur suing Austrian. The army of Essad Pasha, former Albanian ruler, who declared war on Austria, has arrived at Scutari and will Join the Montenegrins. FORD DELEGATES WILL CROSS GERMANY AGAIX (By United Press Leased Wire) New York, Jan. 21. The Ford press toureau announced today that the few Ford peace delegates remain ing at The Hague with the intention of later establishing a permanent peace tribunal have finally gained the consent of Germany to cross that country to reach Stockholm. As In the , first crossing, they will Journey In a sealed car They were expected to leave The Hague at noon; CONGRESS WANTS' ADVICE Oil GRANT (By United Press Lesaed Wire) Washington, Jan. 21. Secretary Lane and Attorney General Gregory have been asked to advise congress what legislation will be passed for th relief of homesteaders on land' bought from the Southern Pacific un der Oregon grants, the titles to which have been voided by the supreme court. ' Chairman Ferris, of the house public lands committee, said be be lieved lt will be necessary for con gress to validate the titles of many who bought in good faith. He said, too, that litigation involving millions of dollars' worth of timber lands pre sents one of the most difficult and im portant problems before congress. The supreme court has set a six- months' limit for congressional ac tion, and Ferris said his committee will act after receiving the advice of the two cabinet officials. L TO HIVE GRAIN CROP , (By United Press Leased Wire.) Portland, aJn. 21. Between three and five million bushels of grain are tied up between Chicago and New York for lack ot railroad facilities, exporters declared here today. The western grain exporters are frankly displeased at the situation. Because ships are scarce, they are forced to send grain to Europe over the transcontinental railroads. At least 20,000,000 bushels of the 1915 crop is going from the Pacific north west to Europe over this route, they declare. Because they are not re gular customers, the eastern rail roads do not favor them. So, while ships are waiting at New York for their cargoes, the grain is stalled on the way. One Portland shipper is paying $1,000 a day demurrage on a ship In New York. RIVERS IN ILLINOIS ARE NOW FLOODING Ottawa, 111., Jan. 21. Scores of houses are flooded and thousands of acres ot rich farm lands are inun dated as the result of overflowing of the Illinois and Fox rivers. The streams are rising at the rate ot two fee an hour. The worst ot the flood in the Illin ois, however, Is being held hack by an fee gorge to .the west ot Ottawa, though this Is damaging up-river points. Interurban service Is suspended. ROADS UNABLE rie LOST CREEK Hayden Dean, Aged Abut GO Years, Disappears Jaa cary 7th, ad Has Net Yet Been hzzi by Searchers Hayden Dean, a mining man aged about 60 years, has been missing since Friday, January 7, when he left ' the home of Wm. HcCalllster, on tbs lower Rogue river, for his cabin at the Schan creek, and his friends hare given up hope of finding him alive. On the 7th, Mr. Dean left for the Schan creek cabin, carrying a pack of provisions to tide himself and his partner over during the storm then raging in the hills, and was to have returned in a few days. Not arriv ing at the cabin, his partner, Mr. Carleton, of 'Central Point, attempt ed to come out, being short ot pro visions, and was himself lost in the hills for two days and nights, finally arriving at Merlin. On the night that arr. Dean left McCallister's, the heaviest tall of snow occurrd, and at the head of Schan creek it now lies about ten feet deep. , The pack with which Dean left Mc Callister's place was found by the partner at a forks In the trail only about a quarter of a mile from "the cabin, indicating that Dean had ar rived that near his destination on the night ot the 7th, and probably be coming exhausted had put down his burden to make his way to tft cabin, and return later for the provisions.' The night of the 7th several feet of new snow fell, and it has been Im possible to track Dean from the point where he left his pack. When Carle- ton left the cabin on Schan creek he left Dean's dog locked up In the building, expecting that Dean would arrive without delay. Searchers who instituted a hunt for Dean found the dog In the cabin, he having lived on the meat that was there when Carle ton left. No trace of Dean has been found, however, and other searching parties are starting out today, though there is little likelihood of success, for If Dean became exhausted in the deep snow and perished, his body will lie under the snow till spring. Those who know the district where Dean was lost state that there Is little chance that he could have found re lief at another mining camp, and be lieve that when he left his pack he was already too near exhaustion to make the short distance to the cabin. They therefore expect that the body ot the unfortunate man will be found not far from the cabin in which he would have found warmth and com fort. L REPLY TO U.S. Berlin, Jan. 21. Germany's final reply to America in the Lusltania tor pedoing case is being prepared, and while the time of delivery is not de termined, officials are confident that It will settle all submarine differences with the United States. It is understood the messages de clare a willingness to grant Indem nity for American lives lost; again expresses regret for the casualties, (but reiterates the German reminder that neutral persons had heen warn ed not to sail aboard her. The, most Important clause guar antees the future safety of neutrals aboard belligerent passenger ships, and promises not to torpedo them without warning. It maintains the position which Ambassador ron Bern storfl told the state department. GERMANY PREPARES IN A.