Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, February 20, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EDITION vol,, vi., No. lao ' WUXTH TARS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY. ORKOON, Kl'NDAY, HOIJUUARY 20, 1910. srs. V.. . . ', ' .. WHOLE NUMBER 1671. No Other Town in the World the Size of Gr ants Pass lias a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. 0 or C. t. 11 Conventiooof Christian Work ers Will Come to Close This Evening, All Churches Joining in Union Services TL new officer! of the Oregon Christian Endeavor union wore elect ed last night by the delegates In at tendance at the convention bore, the officials for 191 being at follow: President -LHoyd Carrkk, Port land. First Vice-President R. Barle Felko, Portland. Second Vice-President Ml Edna Whipple, Eugene. Third Vice-President Miss Clara Calhoun, Granta Paaa. Seertry-iElbrt Cbarman. Orf gon City. I Treaurer-0dlihuail4 VeiUftrf, Portland. At the afternoon aeasloa of the convention a nominating committee waa appointed, and the report made by this committee waa unanimously adoptod when presented to the body of delegate at the "banquet at the Oxford hotel later In the evening. The vatchwo'td f th.onvntiow haa beori "efficiency," and that the Christian Endeavor movement throiiKhout the state might reach a higher degree of efficiency the work ha been divided Into department, and superintendents for each were elected at the banquet. Tho depart ments, with the auperlntendonl of each, follow: Extension B. Earle Folke, Intermediate Mia Marjorle Han son, Portland. Missionary Ml Estelle Ford, Portland. , Quiet Hour and Tenth Legion Mlsa Oertruds Eakln, Salem. Evangelism Alva Patten, IIIlls boro. Efficiency Mlsa Willie McOee, Eugene. Citizenship A. H. Barker, Hayea- vllle.-' Introduction Ml Esther Stearns, Oakland. Junior Mls Opal Whltely, Cot tage Grove. Saturday waa a busy day for the endeavorers, and the varlou ad dresses proved a rich treat for the delegates and for the local people who' attended. Business -sessions were held both morning and after noon, though an adjournment wa taken early In the afternoon that the courteey of the Commercial club night be accepted In an automobile ride around the city and the valley. Practically all of the delegates avail ed themselves of the opportunity to ee the Rogue valley, 30 automobiles being provided for them. At the "millionaire" banquet at the Oxford In the evening, Rer. C. T. Hurd, of Klamath Palls, acted a toastmastor, and numerous responses were made by Individual delegates. Later the delegates repaired to the Presbyterian church, where the con vention meetings were held, and fol lowing a song service, Paul Drown delivered an excellent ad dross upon "Efficient Soul Savers." The Camp fire meeting was under the direction of Rer. C. T. Hurd. Today's servtcos will conclude the sessions of the convention. At 7 o'clock this morning there will be a sunrise prayer meeting, with Sun day school nt 9:45 and church ser vices at 11. In the afternoon there will be a meeting for "Juniors and tho Junior Conference." Tho song service at 3:45 will the Immediately followed by the Installation of of ficers, and an address by Paul rirown upon the "Call for Lcndorg." All (Continued on Page Five.) AID BRITISH TAKE GERLIS FROM UNDER U.S. FLAG Washington, Fob. 19. A British battleship slopped the liner China off tho const of Japan and seized 18 passengers, mostly second class, ac cording to a report of tho Shanghai agedt of the company to Its 8an Fran cisco office, which waa telegraphed to the state department today. Ban Francisco, Feb. 19. Reports that a British warship had atopped the liner China, flying the American flag, off the coast of Japan, and bad seized a number of German refugee on board, who were en route to America, reached the China Mail Steamship company today, according to A. M. Garland, a high official of the company. The German were refugee In the orient who were seek ing a haven In the United States dur ing the period or the war. It Is sup posed that the British naval officers olsed the German a being person eligible for military service. Gar land declared that his la advice indicated that about 40 Germans were scheduled to leave Klao Chau on bo 4 the Chna and he believes these n he persons who were seised. n e China Is the only big passenger liner plying the Pacific which flier the American flag since the Pacific Mall line discontinued business. The China waa owned by the Pa cific Mall Steamship company before that company retired It flag from the Pacific ocean. Several months ago the China Mall company, financed by Chinos capital, -nrcbised the vessel as the flrst of a fleet of ships to go Into the passenger trade on the Pacific. Captain F. E. 0. Frazler, of Oak land, commands the China. The ves sel Is 3,100 ton burden and Is re ported to have carried about 100 passengers when she was stopped. LAST VORO SAID ' 111 LUSITANIA CASE Berlin, Feb. 19. Germany ha said her last .word In the Lusltanta case and Will not' prepare another note about It, according to atrong In dication among officials today. Though they are not commenting for publication on the report that Secretary of State Lansing will not recognise Germany' right to torpedo armed merchant ships without warn ing, the official attitude la known to be: Germany doea not ' believe . that America should Interrogate her too closely ' about how the' new policy shall be enforced, a the method Is a naval secret, which Germany re gard as purely a military question concerning ' only herself and her al lies. Ambassador von Bernstorff ha been fully Instructed about the Lust tanla case, and he was permitted to make the change In the proposed set tlement which wo suggested In hi recent conference with Lansing. And again, officials declare that the Lusltanla Incident waa really closed at that conference and that the new warfare plans have nothing to do with that case. , TnM LINER APPAM 19 LIRELER BY COMPANY Norfolk, Va Felx 19. The DrltlBh and (African Steamship company of Liverpool today brought libel pro ceedings against tholr liner, Appam, solsed by a German commerce raider and (brought Into this port. FARRAR AND CARUBO HAVE WORDY DIFFERENCE Now York, Fob. 19. Because both Gnraldlne Fnrrar and Enrico Caruso are temperamental, they got Into a wordy tiff, over their opera-rehearsals, 'but tho other singers believe they will remain In the company. BREAK GRO FACTORY Moving Pictures to Be Made by ) Representative of the Pathe News Company Meeting Will Be Held in the Commercial CInb Assembly Room to Hear Expert Geo. Austin Tell of the Culture of Sugar Beets Monday, at 11. o'clock, ground for th new sugar factory In South Grants Pans will be broken. Who will be honored with putting the first ihovel to the earth baa not been announced. but the local committee 1 arranging for a suitable ceremony for the oc casion, and the entire population is Invited to be present and Join In the festivities of the hour. Moving pic ture will be made of the event by W. M Van Scoy, representing the Pathe News people, who ts remaining In the city tor the purpose, and all over the country the scene will he thrown upon the screen. Should the weather at the appointed hour Mon day not be propitious, a later time will be fixed, and Mr. Van Scoy and hi movie camera will remain In the city. At three o'clock Monday afternoon the- people of the Grant Pass dis trict will meet Alex Nlbley, secretary of the Oregon-Utah 8ugar company, and George Austin, the chief beet culture expert, for the Utah sugar people, at the Commercial club as sembly room, ., There Mr. Austin will go into detail concerning beet grow ing, hi many yeara ' of experience qualifying blm above all other men In the United States to speak with authority. Tuesday the gentlemen are to go to Wllderville, and the bal ance of the week will be put in In other portions of the valley. The first work to be done upon the site of the new sugar factory is the erection of a tool house, which has been built to house the tools of the workmen during the construction period. Mr. Oilman and the other gentlemen representing the Dyer company, the contractors who are to build the structure, have made a pre Umlnary survey of the site, and have tentatively agreed upon the exact site for tho factory proper. Confirma tion of this, however, will await the coming of Measrc Nlbley and Austin Monday, and also upon an examina tion which will be made Monday to see the character of the undersoil tor foundation. The alt which Mr. Oil man seems to consider with most favor la 2,000 feet directly south of the railroad bridge, about where the gun club has Its trap house and shoot ing ground. Surveyors Saturday found this site to be, 40 feet above PRIZES IN SUGAR BEET CULTURE Growing augar beets Is going to be one of the principal occupations of the boys and girls of Josephine coun ty during the coming season, and some valuable prizes will be the in spiration added to the intrinsic, value of the saccharine vegetables. H. C. Seymour, representing the extension department of the agricultural col lege, haa been In the county during the past week, and at every meeting held In connection with the organiza tion of the Industrial olub work found an Intense enthusiasm over the beot culture project. The Oregon-Utah Sugar company will offer a number of prizes in the contest, and will supply all contest ants with seed. The contest will bo busoil. upon the production of a plat containing one-sixteenth of an acre. All expense incurred In the culture of the cron Is to be carefully record ed, and tho prltos will ibe distributed n:cordln3 to the profit realised upon ID 111 MONDAY AT 11 the level of the river. Tho soil here Is decomposed granite, and the foun dation for the factory will have to go down to either the cement gravel that underlies the soil, or at least to the gravel strata that 1 found. It is ex pected that the walla may have to go down to a depth of five or six feet to find firm foundation. . A, augar factory uses a great deal of water, and Mr. GUman says that It Is probable that this will be pump ed direct from the river. He said that a centrifugal pump might he placed at the river and water pumped into a reservoir at the factory, when it could again be raised to the top floor of the building, necessitating a further raise of 40 feet, that being the height of the building. Six min ers Inches of water will be required for the factory. PORTLAND HOCKEY , ' TEAM CHAMPIONS Portland, Feb. 19. Portland Is 1918 champion, of the Pacific Coast Hockey league today by virtue of a tour to one victory over the Victoria Orphans last night While S.500 howling fans added to the excitement, "Moose" Johnson in the second period zlg-zagged down the Ice through a field infested with the enemy and single-handed shot the goal that broke the one to one dead lock and decided the championship for Portland. ', , GIRL ATTEMPTED SUICIDE WITH POISON FOR EXERCISE Toledo, O., Fob. 19. Asked it she had a motive, for attempting to com mit suicide with' poison, rene Lane, 20 years old, told the doctor1, "No, I took It for the exercise." ' TILLMAN WANTS MORE SHIPBUILDING YARDS Washington, Feb. 19. Senator Tillman let It be known today that he expects to ask congress to appro priate the necessary funds tor the equipment of two more yards for the construction of battleships. v The yards will be located on Puget sound; at Charleston, S.' C, or at 'Norfolk, Va., he aald. the crop. Other prizes are to be of fered at the Josephine county fair, to be held on September 19, 20 and SI. Exhibits of the beets for the fair will consist of 10 samples from each of the young growers, and an analysis will be made for sugar content, the premiums to be. given according to slie and perfection of the beets and the per cent of sugar which they con Jtaln. The factory people will buy all .the beets grown by the contestants. I Mr. Seymour states that he found a greater interest In this county over industrial club "work than In ' any other county he had yet vUlted. A number of the pupils of the public schools are interested In the organ ization of pig clubB, which are or ganized under direction of the in dustrial club work, and iboth boys and girls are preparing for exhibits of their skill as farmers, atock ralsers, dressmakers and culinary artists at the county fair, and later at the state fair. BLUNDER 01 KAfSER IS BELIEF AT Washington, Feb! 19. That Ger many has blundered in her decree of war against armed enemy merchant vessel and, realizing, it, Is now try ing to find a way ont of her difficul ties, was the interpretation put hpon United Press Staff Correspondent Ackerman's dispatch here today. The fact that he revealed that Ger many does not want to be questioned too closely about the decree waa the flrst word of how the Teutons view America's refusal to acquiesce in the decree. And. it is believed, th ntnrv constituted a hint that despite the utterances of the German' press, the kaiser government recognizes It haa placed Itself in a very awkward posi tion. Inasmuch as tAckerman did not state that Germany will not recon sider her decree, It la accepted here as an Indication that Berlin may be willing to yield to the United States, but Is puzzled, how to do so without raising an outcry in Germany. ' ' ' Though Secretary Lansing would not comment upon the Ackerman dis patch, another department official aald: '. . ' -... "Austria and Germany have blun dered. They made a mistake in issu ing the decree, which, In effect, is an ultimatum. The principal effect it has thus far Is to impair seriously relations between the United States and the central powers. At a time when there was tome sympathy with their Contention about rmed ships, the Teutons Issued a decree to which the United States could not possibly accede. " - "Our position, already officially ex pressed, Is that any modification of the armed merchantman phase of in ternational law can only be achieved by agreement of all parties concern ed, and that it Is as much a usurpa tion of authority for the central powers to make the declaration that they did a it would be for the United States to change the International lav on the subject." -, Ill LAUD Q TURK SOIL (By United Press Leased Wire.) London, Feb.' ' 1 9.--Under protec tion of warships, Russian troops are landing 70 miles east of Treblzond, a Turkish Black sea port. Only feeble resisianue uae greeioa mem. Petrograa advices Indicate that these forces will move westward to join the troop released for other ser vice by the tall of Ezrerum, and now heading for Treblzond. Inasmuch as Treblzond is poorly fortified, the Joint expedition probably will encounter no serious resistance. "".'..Tfvr" The landing parties were transport ed from Batum, where tbey have been held in readiness for several months. The fact that tbey were not nsed before leads to the belief that Grand Duke Nicholas commands more men than had been supposed and that he now plans an aggressive Armenian campaign, a move toward Constantinople, or a Junction with the British in Mesopotamia. It the latter plan Is the ocurrence In mind, it is believed the Russians will go to DIarbekr, 140 mile outh west of Ezrerum. . It Is believed that not more than 30,000 Turks were captured at Ezre rum, though this total will be swelled If the retreat from that city (becomes more confused. The defenders abandoned heavy artillery . after unsuccessfully at tempting to destroy some of It. Last night's Petrograd official statement said "the forts in the for tress ItRclf and in the surrounding country are full of Turkish dead," and claimed that already 200 guns had been counted,' not to mention largo quantities of other booty. : IN T Russri TROOPS IS ttli DRIVING AT dent Ttiis Tkt HVUui mmU''lri Al tecpt cd French Ct;:td By William Philip Simms. New York, Feb. 19. Has the long anticipated big offensive begun along the western front? ' ' " Are the recent dally smashes In Artois and Champagne the prelude to an early attempt to pierce the lines and the start of a drive toward Pari. Calais, or Cologne?' If not, what Is the meaning of the fighting in France?' :,: " V ' ; Despite continuous pounding of artillery all along the line and the spirited clashes of Infantry for the possession of. certain section of the trenches, the Indications are that the big offensive from either aide Is still some distance off.' Apparently both Germany and the allies are Jockey ing for position, playing for the In side track.- There is no doubt that Germany Is expecting the allies to launch a terri fic punch against her in the spring. Thla blow, she reasons, after looking at the map, Is likely to fall in Cham pagne and in Artois, north of Arras. or In that vicinity. The battle line Is shaped something like the letter "1M If the German line can be broken over an extended front along the bottom of the L (in the Champagne and along the top of the L (around Arras) the forces hold ing the corner will have to retire. even though nnattacked, lest they be cut off by a Junction of the two drives beginning In Champagne and Artois. This Is probably the explanation of the frenzied attacks hurled by the Germans against the allies In these two regions. They wish to prevent thel French from getting a good toe hold, from which to, make the spring. The Germans are undoubtedly try ing to harass the1 allies so much that preparatory work such as trench dig ging can be hindered. On the other band, the French are undoubtedly prepared for a big Ger man offensive." It id believed Inevit able. It is said in Paris that German public opinkm' at home will demand action In the western theater of war, and French plans have, beyond any doubt, 'been made tor an attack. Surprise In' Parts would not b great were the Germans to try seek ing a new route to Parts. " At any event. It seems little likely that any real serious offensive movement will be undertaken by either side until tho weatherman turns on enough' good weather to make the handling of artillery easy. Indeed, the' slumps ing of the past two or three days In the western operations after a 'brief outburst of activity haa been due to stormy weather. Rainy weather, with the accom panying saturated ground, bogs and loblollies, Hi hot especially helpful for 1 an advance, Inasmuch as big guns are the backbone of the war and can scarcely be moved to advantage over such positions'. ' ' The present fighting In France therefore seems to be only the sharp preliminary clashes of armies strug gling for the advantage In a double offensive movement. CAUSE OF EXPLOSION . REMAINS A MYSTERY Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 19. Officials of the Semet-Solvay company were unable today to account for the ex plosion at their plant last night which killed five persons and 'badly injured Ave others. They said, there wore no Indications of a bomb, plot.