Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, February 22, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text- DAILY. EDITION Ill VOL. VL, Ma. 183. ? GRANTS PASS, J08KPHIXB COVNTY, OREGON, TI EKDAV, FEBRUARY 22, J 18. WHOLE XUMREH 17. "ft, , , ' k . 'H,U No Other Tuira In the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. i 7 ; ! COAST LINE THAT ARE II SOUCHEZ htzlzzl Rcbert Twcby ad Party Arrive fa tie Cty FrcaPcrthd aid Inspect Prcgrcss cf ite Work Prteldtnt Robert S. Twohy of tht California, Oregon Coast Railroad company, arrived la the city today upon the delayed No. II from Port' land. Acootupany'ng Mr. Twohy are R, B. Miller, the vlct-preildent of tlie company and Is charge or traffic ar rangements; George W. Bosouke, chief engineer tor the company; Emory 01 meted, of the North wei tern National (bank of Portland, 4 0. E. Moore, alto of the Rom city, ' The gentlemen left jut titer noon on the regular train over the new irallroad for the Watere creek ter inlnos, and will return at six o'clock, HQt will Inspect the work of locating the lint orer Haya till daring the af ternoon. The preliminary work upon the hill hat been practically com pleted, and the campaign that will carry the line to tht lyinols valley will aoon be undertaken. It la also expected that tht work upon tht rail road bridge across the "Rogue will be hastened, thli being necessary to cart tor tht trafflo that will follow tht 'arrival of ateel and machinery from "the eaat Mr. Miller, apoka moat hopefully -of the progreie of affaire, and aald that a number of things that were now In course of consideration would "have a wonderful Influence npon the future of the district. It Is expected that tht party will visit the-Illinois valley before returning to Portland. 'SPOKANE MAN MEMBER OF FOREIGN LEGION ; New Tork, Feb. 22. Lieutenant Charles Sweeney, of Spokane, a mem "ber of the foreign legion, and the .first Amerllin to receive the Cross of the Legion of Honor In BO years, ar rived here today on the French liner LaFayette. Sweeney has a bullot In his lung and Is on a three-m6nths' leave of absence. He plans to leave for Spokane Thursday and he will spend some -time wtth his father, who Is president -of the Federal Smelting and 'Refining company. . ' WORKS BLOW UP Oakland, Cal?, .Fob,' II. For the -aecond time In six months dry house .No. 8 of the TroJanPowder com liany'a works at San Lorenio became Ignited and exploded, causing the Im mediate death of the' attending me chanic, Emll Bryant. ' The flames were confined to the one building, which waa totally de molished. Because of the Isolation of tht plant near the waters of the "bay no further damage was done. The fire and the subsequent explo sion was a duplication of tht previous one, which cost the life of William O'Brien, who was the mechanic. Deputy" Marshal Chris Hopper made ft cursory Investigation Into tht accident and reported his belief that the explosion waa caused by the unusual high temperature of the dry ilng kilns. Hopper said he could sot estimate -the amount of powder destroyed. Inasmuch as the- explosion, was felt distinctly In Oakland, It Is believed there was considerable dry powder In tht building. Tht value of tho '.Imlldlng was about $10,000. : TROJAN POWDER CO Gercirs Captire Ik!f Viz cf Wcrb Fra Allies b tie West, a:J Take lluj Prirczgrs, Paris Adriis Berlin, Feb. 21 Tht Germans captured 00 yards of French trenches and IK prisoners eaat of Souchei, the war offloo announced today. : The fighting along tht Alsnt and Champagne fronts was described as growing more violent "Northwest of Tabu re," said the statement, "French grensde attacks failed." ... ' Parle, Feb. 12. Seven German battallosa carried more than a half milt of first line French trenches and also second line trenches at many points or the Bols-Oivenchy region, It was officially admitted today. By counter-attacks, however, the French drove the Invaders from prac tically all sections of the lines, Tht Germans lost heavily, Tht Germane charged after mak ing gas and artillery attacks for sev eral hours, i Tht first line trenches wort' destroyed at many points y tht "Busy Berths," and afterward tht Teutons used nesrly 8,000 men for successive attacks along a front of leas than a mile. Answering the German moves, the ( French streamed shrapnel, machine gun nre ana explosive shells upon the advancing men, and .directed counter-attacks from the third Itne trenches. ' ' ' Strong artillery fighting around Verdun was regarded as possibly the beginning of another German offen sive In that vicinity. The official etatoment revealed that the Germans had penetrated the -French first line trenches east of Brabant-Sur-Meuse, I that two German attacks east of Sep (pols had 'been repelled and that a jZeppolIn had raided Lnuevllle last night, doing slight dsmsge. 1 W- ARMY INCREASE IS III : Washington, Feb. 12. Tht United Statea will have available at the end of five years more than 1,000,000 trained soldiers 'If plans of house leaders materialise, -'-. These plans, on wbtch the military committee Is now working to frame Its bill, call for the following: Increase of the regular army to 1B0.000 men. ! .;, Increase of the mllltla, under a plan of foderalisatlon', to 425,000.' Provision for a reserve of 75,000 regulars and 100,000 militiamen through annual retirement. Whether President Wilson will ac cept the house plan for tederallslng the mllltla. Is uncertain. As It now I stands, this plan would provide for merely nominal state control, for drafting the mllltla In case of war, and would 'bar the militiamen from federal pay unions there were uni form fedoraltted training. , AMIIASSADOH OERARD ' BREAKS COLLAR RONE Berlin, Feb. ' 22. jAmorloan Am bassador Gerard Joday broke hla col larbone In an joidont. The accldoht 'happened while the envoy was skiing near Munich, He was taken atnce.. to Berlin for I x-ray examination at a hospital. , ! Gerard'e lef J-a.iound td be injured also, though not seriously, PLANNED HOUSE r"" -Hr-; ' - I w ' & i- : n ' ' y'i 1 t !l Ifi I vf ti e .. j vf SEARCH in the plains where flashed the sword of Washington. What find . you there? Tombs? No; you find a world. Washington has left behind him the United States as a trophy of his battlefields. Chateaubri and.' - - ''v. v t . New York, Feb. 22. Shipping of ficials . professed today to feel no uneasiness about warnings of peril for the French liner Espagne, re ceived by American -passengers book ed to sail on her for Bordeaux Thurs day. Indeed, they, claimed not to ha-va seen any of tht warnings. An Investigation Is known to be under way, however, at to' tht source of a warning sent to Mrs. F. B. Hilton, one of those scheduled to sail. . The Etepsgne officers said the ship will sail on scheduled time, but they re fused to express an opinion as to whether the warning came from a re sponsible source. ,v Officials refused to believe that the warnings portend a repetition of the Lusltanla esse, though they recol lected that like warnings had been sent before that vessel. left port last spring. The present warnings called attention to the fact that Austria and Germany are about to put into effect a policy of submarine attacks against armed enemy merchant ships. , The warning letter to Mrs. Hilton said:- .... : v ' .. ';. "Madame: It is understood you In tend to sail within a few days upon tht Espagne (or Bordeaux. You are doubtless aware of the intended sub marine policy coming into effect any day which will be carried out vigor ously and Irrespective of the nation ality of passengers, Therefore, as suming that you are aware of the unusual and unnecessary danger to which you are subjecting yourself, you are requested to accept this warning as a definite one, which you are roqueatod not to question, but to accept for the safety of yourself and family." . ... , SPRING MILLINERY ' . DESIGNS ANNOUNCED Chicago, Feb. , 22. The Qalt Wllson hat of Georgette crepe, trim med with orchids, like President Wil son's wife wears, Is a new spring style, decreed by modish milliners. Others ,are tht Zeppelin, bat, the George Washington, the submarine, and the folding hat, HIBIITO SAIL Oli FE1E11CH MliER ESPffi TUB T I Oil HIE III BEFORE SLAVS London, Feb. 22. As tht Turks are retiring before the Russians along a 210-mile front, British rein forcements are being tent up the Tigris to Kut-el-Amara to meet the menace of a possible Turkish junc tion there with forces already on hand. If the weather permits, tht new British troops will relieve Gen eral Townshend's garrison at Kut- el-Amara and then engage in a new offensive toward Bagdad. ' " The Turks are completely evacu ating Armenia between Erzerum and Mush, while the Russians are ap proaching Bash Chifdlk and Oghnat TA TO KEEP OUT OF Washington, Feb. 22. Colonel Roosevelt will hot take part in any republican or progressive primary squabbles, nor permit 'his name to be used In any primary, said a con gressman today who la in Roosevelt's political nd poraonal confidence. The colonel has even refused the re quest of Governor Johnson of Cali fornia for, an expression on Cali fornia primary matters. Aloxander Moore, of Pittsburg, to day conferred with Progressive Lead er Copley, and it Is understood Moore Intends to begin a pro-Roosevelt movement for an unlnstructed Penn sylvanla delegation, unfriendly to Senator Penrose. , FIVE PERSONS DIE " IN NEW YORK FIRE New York, Feb. 12. Five persons were killed early Joday as the result of a fire that swept through a West 45th street theatrical (boarding house, Four of the persons perished in their rooms, while the fifth, an unidenti fied man, jumped from a fourth-story window and struck a fence, almost cutting oil hla head. The fire aroused guests of nearby hotels and for a time caused a near-panic PRIMARY SQUABBLE mm Two Passtr-ar zrJ 0-3 FrtlTro Arc F2:d0p vj D2d, 59 Are Ircd New York, Feb. 22. In the first serious wreck on the New Haven rail road system In many months, three trains today piled up near Mllford, Conn., killing six persons and In juring at least 60 other people." Passenger train No. 71, hound for New York, had stopped near Mllford because of defective ' airbrakes. A special passenger train ' following crashed Into the rear, turning over the engine of the apetial and the last coach of the ' stalled train. A moment .later a New York hound freight on the next track hurlted in to the wreckage, piling up the freight and blocking all tracks: - ' -The injured were picked up by a fourth train and taken 12 miles hack to Bridgeport ' v ;.'' Tht Impact hurled a coach over the freight train and toppled several cars into a 20-foot ditch. The company stated that the engine of the special jpajssenfrer train jumped the track and crasnea into- tne moving rreignu - Recovery of 10 of the Injured per sons Is doubtful. . PORTLAND TOIiG MEMBERS III WAR (By United Press Leased Wire.) Portland, Feb. ' 22. A general clean-up of Chinatown probably will be ordered . by rtHstrict Attorney Evans today as a result of the tong battle . yesterday, when four Hop Sing highbinders chased Wong Chlng, an aged member of the Bow Leon g tong, down the street and emptied two revolvers Into his body. With four bullet wonds, Wong was In a critical condition at the hospital today. Julian Alabero, a Chinese-Filipino, is in the city jail, suspected as one of the shooters. It was Alabero who was identified In November, 1914, as the Hop Sing highbinder who enter ed the restaurant of Jim Wong, a prominent Suey Sing,: and stabbed him In the hack aa he sat eating a bowl of rice. For some mysterious reason Ala- ibero wns released titer his knife had stirred up the tong war of which the present troubles are a part Double patrols of police have been ordered to . Chinatown by Chief Clark. Reports from LaOrande, The Dalles, Seattle and other cities, tell of suspicious arrivals and departures In Chinatown. The Bing Kong mem ber who was badly cut and beaten at LaOrande last week la still In a serious condition. The Hop Sings,' most warlike and powerful of all the war tongs in the northwest, have been badly worsted In most of the clashes thus far. Their opponents," the Ring Kongs, Bow Leon gs "and Suey Sings, have, kept to their homes, coming Into the open only to strike viciously and fatally, then ' disappearing behind barred doors again. , Yesterday's blow was struck by the Hop Sings and calls for the shedding of more' Hop Sing blood at the hands of the allies. Their victim, however, was hardly worth the chase. Poor old Wong Chlng could not run fast enough to give the lithe 'Hop Sing gunmen a merry chase.' But most likely he will die. I 10 0. 8 C. Cc .....tss ci HvMvv Is Ceil- frt i T"e4 f '"- j"i n"'rf"",,t fr i"",vt awl lVyH...v..l tft JmwmVW Fa?cr$ Ckzbcrhh Ci!l Washington, Feb. 22. The Wil son bill, granting preference rights to applicants In tht Oregon and Cali fornia land grant cases, was termed "loaded'! by Chairman Ferris of tht house public lands committee. WOson'a hill to one of several deal- log with the land cases on which hearings art now jn progress. Con stantino Smytht of the department of justice told the committee that the plan would promote fraudulent locators and would give raluablt Oregon timber tracts worth f 20,00 0- 000 to men having no right to recog nition. , , , ' ,. Sraythe also disapproved of tht Hawley bill because that gives prefer ence rights to persons whom tht courts have declared hold no stand ing, and because It falls to pay taxes. At the tame time, he objected to tht Raker bill because it does sot settle the whole question at once, hut he did favor the Chamberlain hflL t - .The chief -"contention lit the -committee promises to he whether tht government should stop with reaum- ing title. to the lands, as the Raker resolution proposes, or to decide what shall be done with them. Raker con tends that It Is the first duty of con gress to take over the title,-leaving disposition of the holdings to future legislation. Other pending matters, he holds, will not allow congress time in which to thresh out the details in the six months allowed by the courts for settling the situation, .' , The Oregon view, to be pressed by Congressman Slnnott, is that the sub ject should 'be disposed of in one bill. Instead of allowing the legisla tion to drag on, inasmuch as in the meantime nearly $2,000,000 in taxes due to .Oregon- counties would re main unpaid. Oregon demands Im mediate relief on the tax situation. JEAN CROXES BELIEVED TO BE IN MILWAUKEE Milwaukee, Feb. 22.-r-Chicago po lice' today notified the local authori ties that Jean Crones, "poison soup plotter, "la hiding In this city, -ac cording to their Information. ' An immediate search In " anarchistic f circles waa Instituted. ' v In connection with this search for Crones, the police are also Investi gating a $5,000 fire which occurred at St Paul's Episcopal church Sun day, aa they think he or some of his anarchist cohorts might perhaps have some knowledge of it. , SIEGE BY VILLA (By United Press Leased Wire.) El Paso, Feb. 22. Guerrero, atate of Chihuahua, is under siege by Gen eral Francisco .Villa and 900 follow ers. So hard pressed is the city that the commander of the Carranta' gar rison has , appealed . tor assistance, saying that his forces are outnumber ed, but, that he will try to hold, out until reinforcements arrive. . , . Villa baa executed 80 prisoners taken near Cuslhulrlacho in dispers ing a Carrantlata column under Gen eral Cavahos, sent to exterminate him.' ; ,;v ' ' '! ; . .Through this victory Villa replen ished his atore of ammunition. GUERRERO UNDER