Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, January 25, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWW DAILY EDITION '.Ibrary VOL. vr., No. IOH. ; GRANTS I'AKH, J08EPIIINE COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1916. WHOLE NUMBER 1653. ' '"No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. , . . ' . 0 p. IIUI MHELDBY TEUTONS Report From Berlin That En tire Balkan Kingdom Is Now Occupied by Austrian Troops,Peo pie Not Resisting Berlin, via Wireless Suyvllle, Jan. 25. Tho main Montenegrin army tins surrendered to the Austrian, and tho wholo (if Montenegro la now livid by the Teuton allien, according to din patches received here today. Report that King Nicholas, of Montenegro had withdrawn hi ro quet for peace were again denied, nd It waa expected that ho had gone to Franca under pressure from tho allied. especially King Victor Em manuel of Italy. "Tho travel and utterance of King Nicholas," said tho advice, "are now of less Importance than tho fact that nil of Montenegro la occu pied by tho Austrian, who nowhere found tho people resisting. Tho main rmy that occupied the Nlkttl-Panllov-KTad-PodKorltxa-S.utarl line la In Austrian hands." DESPERATE CRIMINAL ESCAI'EH FROM hALEM PEN Salem, Jan. 25. No trace had liw-n found of Georfe Clark, who escaped early thin morning by cutting through the bars of his cell door and tho win dow and over tho rtiof. Clark Is un armed unless he has procured a weapon alnco ho miulo thoibreak. Ho Is about 35 year old, wns committed In 1913 for burglary, and I consider ed one. of tho most desperate men In tho penitentiary. ARE BIG PINSK (By United Pros Leased Wire.) Petrograd, Jan. 25. Russian force aro within three mile of Plnsk, according to dispatches re ceived here today. Their offensive toward Pimtk 1 an extension of tho attack against the Austro-Germans in tho Kovel-Snrny region, started a few weeka ago. Plnnk was occupied by the German Field Marshal, von Mackenson, after the fall of Warsaw. Tho above cable gram Is tho first mention of the new offensive WHEAT PRICE ADVANCES Portland, Jan. 25. Wheat price struck another Reason's record to day at $1.15 a bushel, with holder unwilling to soil for loss than $1.18. LINER NORSEMAN IS ' (By United Pres Leased Wire.) liondon, Jan. 25. The Dominion liner Norseman ha boon Bunk by a submarina, according to a Liverpool dispatch Today. Tho Norsomnn I a 10,750-ton teol scrow steamer, flying ' the Brltlah Hag, which has boon In the Atlantic norvlco. Presumably she was sunk around the British, Isles. If the 'report Is true, It means she 1a the largest submarine victim thus Tar, except the Lusltanla and Arabic. 'Submarine' have jbeen. reported oper- Iwi'ltanl 4iMtr, ' RUSSIAN FORCES REPORTED UK won sue of PERSECUTOR IS FREED BY JURY San Francbico, Jan. 25 Mra. Mary Pumlaa, confessed ' alayer ot Michael Wolnatolu, who dismember ed the body of her victim, waa froed today by a jury In Judge Dunne's court Self defense, tho plea of tho wo man, won tho verdict for her. It took tho Jury but twenty minutes to acquit nor. On October 20 lout Mrs. Pa m las crushed Widnsteln's akull In with an axe she had aocretcd In the bedroom of her lint. She claimed tie attack ed her. WolmUcIn was a cripple she bad known in tho east. Ho perse cuted her with liU attentions, she declared. Tho body Mr. Pamlua hid In a box couch. She slept In the same room with it that olglit. Her husband was with her, Ignorant of tho crime. Tho next day she took a knife and cut the Ninths from tho body; stuffed the parts In a trunk and then told her husband. After a night of pleading with her j woman walked Into police headquar ters, wnero ne toiu or me kuiidk. Pamlaa, a stroot car motorman, estab lished an alibi, which cleared him ot any complicity. SIBERIA SUFFER San Francisco. Jan. 26. German and Austrian prisoners are dying by thousands in the starvation prison dens of frozen SfTIerla, F. W. Wake fluid, millionaire, said today upon his return from Siberia and the Far East. Wakefield' story of tho fato of tho Teutons herded Hko cattle in a land of perpetual winter aaid that 900, 000 in a camp at Teklta and another camp on the Trnns-Slberlan railway have been reduced by the ravage of death to 700.000; he estimated an other 10 per cent will perish within tho month. Sufferings of tho living are lndo- scrlbable, he anld. They aro clod on ly in tho uniform In which they were captured, while the mercury hover around tho 40 below zero mark; thero I little food, for the czar la sending all hi provisions to his armies. Wakefield, who gained prominence by wedding Mrs. Jack Spreckela, Jr., nt Honolulu directly after she re ceived a divorce decree, declared that Ames and Warfield, two Ameri can Red Cross worker, are the only hope of the dying men and tholr work is almost futile compared to the enormity of the suffering. Wakefield Intends to take up the situation with . representatives of foreign countries In the United States. His observation were made at first hand, during a month's stay with his bride at ono of the camps. Turkish prisoners, he said, get scant attention, for. the authorities know that they .will die of the cold sooner or later, anyway, It starvation does not take them. IMPERIAL Tl'IUC YACHT SUNK IIY SUBMARINE Athens. Jan. 25. The Turkish Im perial yacht Erthogroal, with Gorman Field Marshal von der Golts aboard, was sunk by a French submarine In the Bosphorus a month ago, it was learned today from travelers. All aboard were rescued. Von der Golt Is reported to be heading for Bagdad to tako command of the Turks around Kut-Kl-Amara, FRENCH AEROPLANES ROM HARD 1UUMR CAMPS Salonlkl, Jan. 25. Sixteen French aeroplanes again bombarded Ghev (olMmth Sorbq-Greolan frontier yesterday, killing and. wounding over 100 persons and doing heavy damage to biiigfriM s,mps. . ; WAR PRISONERS 118 AT GAUGE 10 BE PLACED IN OPERATION The Oriole Already Cleared of Litigation, and an Excel lent Showing Made Under Its Receivership in Paying Off Indebtedness, and Funds for the Almeda Said . to Have Been Received It Is evident that the Gallce mining district will aoon be upon the map In capital letters, for the litigation that ha Involved both the great proper ties ot thut camp, the Oriole and the Almeda, I about to be cleared and both mine will resume their right ful places among the big producers of the west. The records ot tho court show that the Oriole has Just been released from litigation, and it Is stated that It will soon resume operation. One of the retiring officers ot the company states that previous to 1907 the Oriole wa a paying property, hlp- plng high grade ore and paying for it development. It fell into the hands ot a promoter, was incorpor ated, and stock to the amount of $200,000 was sold throughout the east, the official state at all kinds of prices and up on nil kinds of repre sentation. About $80,000 of this stock sale found its way into the de velopment of tho property, and for tunately was judiciously and intelli gently expended. The balance, It Is said, went to pay the premium upon the promotion, and the property was deliberately allowed to become In volved In debt. In March, 1915, the local officials, in hope of saving the creditors and stockholders, placod the property in the hands of Sam H. Baker, of the Josephine County bank, as receiver. The receivership was a success and sets a record for southern Oregon In such cases, as Mr. Daker In seven months cleaned up the affairs of the company and the creditors have been paid one hundrod cents on the dol lar; but in order to do this, J. C. Mat tlson, who originally was sole own er of the property, voluntarily gave up a majority ot his remaining In terest to repay" the eastorn stock holders and to secure money to pay off the creditors. The Oriole Is probably as system atically developed as any in the state; It has about a mllo of underground work, a ten-stamp mill, electric lights, power drills, air compressor, otc. There aro large bodies ot good ore openod and it should soon be again among the producers. It has In the post shown many lenses of high-grade that gave returns of from $200 to $240 per ton by carload lots at Tacoma smelter. But the real TELL GREAT INTERFERENCE Washington, Jan. 25. Pursuing its purpose of halting British trade interference, the state department has practically completed the draft ing of a vigorous, unequivocal pro test to England, declaring In sub stance that tho United States will not rocogntze as legal the British "trad ing with tho enemy" law it It disturbs commercial relations ot American firms with German interests. This new phase ot the Interference subject will bo forwarded soon to Ambassador Pago in the form of rep resentations to be presented to Down ing street. The virtual protest does not ques tion England's right to apply the act prohibiting "trading with the enemy" to Its own citizens, but it does hold as Illegal any interference with the trade ot American firms In which German citizens or German money are Interested. BRIT1 From the East value ot the mine is conceded to be Its vastbody of medium and low grade ore, which must be worked at the mine. The property Is now in control ot Ohio and Kansas people, the head quarters being Dayton, Ohio, and W, W. Piper, ot MlamlBburg, Ohio, is here representing their interests. Portland, Jan. 25. With a check for $225,000 In his pocket, Nat P. Bills, of Waverly, Iowa, Is in Port land today reorganizing the Almeda Consolidated Mines company. He conferred today with Captain T. S Burley, receiver of the property, which la located in- the Gallce dis trict of Grants Pas. Ellis will at tempt to have Judge Calkins close the receivership, after which the mine will be operated at full (blast. The above telegram, received by the Courier from Portland this morn ing, carries great good news to this district, for It indicates that the Al meda will soon be brought from un der Its tangle ot litigation. The Almeda has recently been operated under lease by P. B. Wickbam. . It baa a smelter upon the property, and Is known as one of the richest cop per properties in Oregon. PRIXCETOX HEAD FOR "AX IXVISIItLE ARMY" (By United Press Leased Wire) Seattle, Jan. 25. "The ideal form of preparedness is an army that Is Invisible, but that may be mobilized within 24 hours," said President John Grler HIbben of Princeton uni versity, successor in that capacity to Woodrow Wilson, speaking before the Rainier club yesterday. "The only person having a right to call himself a pacifist is one that believes in some sort of prepared ness." PUBLIC ni'ILDlXGS BILL TO GET THE AXE Washington, Jan. 26. As a result of a conference today between Presi dent Wilson and House Leader Kltch ln, it was announced that there will be no omnibus public buildings bill this session, while the rivers and hor bors bill will be limited to $24,000, 000. TO CEASE ITS MTU II C T U. J. I Meantime, negotiations over the Lusltanla case with Germany have apparently taken an unsatisfactory turn, for tt Is indicated that fresh proposals turned over to the govern ment today do not meet American demands fully. As for the Persia case, this government will take up with Turkey the matter of disavowal, reparation, punishment and subscrip tion to American demands In conduct of sea warfare should Turkey admit responsibility for the torpedoing. If, however, ehe denies responsibility, the incident will be closed. . Austrian Charge d'Affaires Zwle donok is preparing a protest against the Italian liner Veropa, whlcb. ar rived at flew Tork armed with email guns. He, cqntetyis that she,! not eniiueq xo admission, and The treat raent aocorded to ajy unarmed, mer wmum or paaaenger Tessai. IE Willi COURT DECISION EFFECTS WATER Washington, Jan. 25. Conserva tion men said today there may be far- reaching effects in the decision of the supreme court that states have the right to pass laws authorizing the states by eminent domain to con demn power sites and. water rights. They declared . that this ruling will mean that states can condemn even federal lands except such properties as military reservations and the like. They believed it will have the ten dency of opening up irrigation and power Bites, though they indicated that many such extensions may be op posed to the theories of men believing in reserving and conserving snch lands. PION EER OF SOUTHERN OREGON" DEAD AT KLAMATH (By United Press Leased Wire.) Klamath Falls, Jan. 25. Alexand er Martin, 81 years old, known throughout southern Oregon and northern California as "Uncle Jerry,'' died here today. He was president of the First National bank. He came to Oregon In 1854 and was one of the superintendents of the stage line from Portland to Sacramento. NO PROBE OF THE (By United Press Leased Wire.) Seattle, Jan. 25. Responsibility for the Corea snow slide disaster will not be determined by the public ser vice commission, but evidence will be gathered at a hearing to be held as soon as possible to use In framing preventative measures against such accidents in the future. That was the announcement made today toy Chairman C. A. Reynolds, ot the state public service commis sion, today, after returning from the scene of the accident. , Coroner J. Tate Mason has stated that he will not hold an Inquest. He says that there ts no legal reason for holding it, and has eliminated the ele ment of criminal negligence. Hope of finding the three missing victims has dwindled hourly since the army of laborers started clearing away the tons of snow and rocky 'soil. If their bodies were swept past the lower track they will not be re covered for months. The missing are: Mrs. Fern Wallace and her baby, of Lyons, Wash., and Ralph Batter man, the eight-year-old son of Ed ward Batterman, of Wenatchee, who, with two of his children, was killed in the elide. Three ot the bodies of the Batter- man family have been recovered. Mrs. Batterman Is In an Everett hos pital with her five-year-old son, after a narrow escape. IN ..WANTS BAIM, (By United Press Leased Wire.) Portland, , Jan. 25. Demanding $50,000 heart balm, Cue Bothman was scheduled to go on the witness stand today in his salt against Mrs. Caroline Elwert Alexander. Numerous letters, some of them containing word, ; of endearment, nave Deen proaucea ior use at me trial. Bothman Is trying to ehow that Mrs. Alexander, then Miss Caroline Elwert, promised to marry him In 1902. . , , ...... ,: ' Instead of marrying him, Bothman alleges she eloped to Vancouver, B, C., with .Temple Alexander, a par oled .convict nearly 80 year her junlotv Bothman claims be has act' ed, aaJNirs, Alexander's business agent (qrjw years. She U reputed to be wealthy. RIGHT OF STATES COREA DISASTER N ED FEELINGS 111 SI NOT TO Latest Commimlcatioa Fro the , Kaiser gin rj Iiisitajia AffairReportedat Capital to Fail to Meet DemaiJs (By United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Jan. 25. That an un satisfactory turn has been given to the Lositanla torpedoing negotiations by the latest note from Germany on the subject was indicated by the White House today. This came In an official statement that press an nouncement that the new note meet all of America's demands "la pure supposition, not justified by facts." . The new note, which tn advance bad been regarded as probably the last step in the case, was handed by Berostorff to Secretary Lansing Sat urday and presented yesterday to President Wilson. Today it was laid before the cabinet. In the hope of clearing up the case as far as pos sible before he starts his prepared ness stumping tour, the president will confer at length with Lansing to morrow. He postponed his Wednes day departure for New York to mid night, in order that he might have this session. . . , Meanwhile, it Is possible that Lans ing will hold a conference with Bernstorff. Forecasts of. the note to which the state department is believed to have objected said that Germany had re frained from mentioning the matter of future warnings to liners before making submarine attacks, and had modified her refusal to concede wrong-doing on the part of the diver that sank the Lusltanla. ',. A German embassy official declared the note is Germany's last word and indicated that he had reason to think that the president and the state department would regard it as meet ing the situation. He declared he did not see how Germany could go far ther. '" r fr - f - f I- j SHADE OF BARD OF T (By United Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco, Jan. 25. William Shakespeare, the well known Bard of Avon, rolled over in his grave today Lwhen he heard, that , the San Fran cisco board of supervisors had drawn odious comparisons about his place in the eun, and had even feared that for the sake of neutrality San Fran cisco ought not to honor his tercen tennary April 25.,... , In an interview received by a spirit reporter, Shakespeare declared: "In faith, my lord, it gives me pause that John O. Walsh' should de clare Byron a much greater poet than Wh. mv lord, thou eh in mv own time I was regarded as no better than a penny-a-liner, prithee have I not since been known the world over a tne greatest writer or au timer' The bard's shade was a bit peeved, too, because Supervisor Wolf had de clared Charles Dickens did more for the plain people than Shakespeare ever did. But, anyhow, after sweep ing aside the objection that citizens might object to the celebration on the grounds of neutrality, jthe . board agreed to hae the celebration, . Sup ervisor Hocks, of Teutonic extraction, swung the tide In favor of the re nowned Englishman 1 when he de olared. he had ' Shakeepeare works in Qerman as boy, and declared that hetwa,onpre4 ;la a)l (toaguee, and nowhere more than la Germany. , SHOT AVON ED