Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, March 14, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EDITION VOL. VI., No. WO. : GRANTS PAW, iOSRPBIXB COtTfTi. ORKflOX, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, J81. '::' ' WHOIJB KUMBER 100. . '" No Other Town in the World tho Size of Grants Pass lias a Paper With FullLeased Wire Telegraph Service. ; ; a- (Iff RFKi PP Ul I Uu U nlVLi linn iirTrnaiip ELECTED BY CLUB " 1 f I A " II lomraeraal urganization Has Anneal Meeting, Which Is Largely Attended, and Much Enthusiasm Is Shown . The annual meeting of the Com- morel.! I club, held Monday night, at w UIV.U iw w. .u ng year was , .cheduled. called t the largest attendance that has been tiered at any similar meet- la. In th club room, tor a number of year. put. The election resulted In the naming of the following onieers 10 aireci in worn oi in ciuo for th year: Pre.ldent. Wllford Allen. Vice-president. Danlol Hull. Treasurer. R. 15. Dratton. Secretary. E. 8. VanDyke. t&Truatees for two years, F. 8. Brara wIl and Dr. Ed Bywater. Th holdover trustee, ar Dr. MaeyA.rvlr. , ,, ., .,M rnm. A. 8. Coutant. and H. L, Truax. mander Roy W. Kesl today. All officer, wer elected by ac- Commander Real say. he will open cUm.tton except th treasurer, for bookl wUnIn two dly ,nd ,k , which office there were two nominees. J ve(mnil wno woin, TOfanteer ,0 n. Mr. Haekett, who served as treasurer ;glHtcP( Anticipating that National for . number of years, being Si, commander Dyer , might ask tor I votes despite bis declining to b,,,,, a8 , IM number),0f nghtlni cunnmurra an a mnaiciaie. air. orat' ton received the election with 61 bal lota. Annual Report Read Previous to the election the annual reports of the officer, were read. The report o me secretary, wn.cn is pud-Wocatlon for ,nformatlon to the llHhed elsewhere In the Courier to.ttVftUb,e Bujnhw of nm for ervce day. detailed some of the activities f a c, for volunleers u ,MUed 5, of the club for the year, and showed President Wll.M, 8tate Commander that excellent progress had been y j CunnlnRham of the WaBhn(?. made In getting from under the load,on 8l,nnlHh War veterans' assocla of indebtedness that had retarded th't0B tod a,d ft fompIete rCK,ment ork of the organlxatlon. The club of voll!DtW5r cou,d be promptiy or. la now practically out of debt, enough ganicd norei . being due from members to balance, . th account due Mr. Williams for rent, all other claims having been taken caro of, ' ! Chairman Bartlett, of the committee! that has been seeking to find a solu tion for the water rate question, recT; ommended that the club give Its en-j dorsement to an attempt being made i to secure a reduction of rates durlnir Washington, Mar. 14.- Former ,tho months of June, July, August and President William Howard Taft. September. ,Tho proposed reduction BHhu Root and Josoph H. Choate la from 17 to 10 cents per 1,000 gal- opposo the elevation or Ixttils D. Ions for wnter used after the mln- nrar.dcls to the supreme court bench. imiA'?ainount. The club, by unanlm- This became evident today when ou. voto, gave the endorsement. , Aualln Fox. teHttfjiiiK before tho scn lUnd Ghvo Cwneert ate sub-commlttoo Investigating Provlou. to tho calling of the moot- Brandula' qtiallllpatlona for tho olllce lng to order, the Moose band hod to whli h he was appointed by rresl played a number of selections upou dent Wilson, produced a letter slgn tho street and In tho club rooms, and el-ly all threo nion. In this letter o. voto of thanks was tendered tho they declared it to bo their Vpalnful "and for It. excellent music. Then, duty," In view of the "reputation, 'it a more substantial testimonial, a,cllRraclerinlu' professional career of motion wa. mad and unanimously ;BrandoIs." to express the opinion Its best support for It. concert being arrangod for April 7. A committee was authorized, and the president appointed Messrs. Sam Baker and Daniel Hull a. such committee, to solicit the .ale of ticket, to the con cert. Leader Williams of the baud tated that It wa. desired to rats th balance of th fund, needed to purchase uniform, at th coming con cert, Within a few minute, th spe cial oommltte reported that mem ber, and visitor, present had signed up for 196 ticket, at 50 cont. taut. O. & Cs Land. Discussed 1 . A soore or more of the members nd visitor, present made brlof ad dresses. Dr. Smith later spoko upon theiO-. ft C, land grant matter, and siuggested that lotter. be written to Individual congressmen setting forth lelnta an they affort tlio laralltlcB In vTilch tho lands aro located, Upon the doctor's motion, a commlttoe was jirovlded to draft a letter setting .XCcmtlnned on pa go 4.) wan mum 1110 RESPOND Washington, Mar. 14. Congress- ;mnn Dyer, national commander of the Spanish war veterans, today reques ted mate commander to notify him jhow many men wero available for service In Mexico If President Wilson can for volumes. Dyer ms 50,000 would bo raised. Phoeulx, Arlx., Mar. 11. Captain Charloa Alexander, bead of the Na tional Spanish War Veterana' auo clatlon In Arizona, when told today (of Congressman Dyer's request as to how many men would be available In rase of call, said that every able- b(M,,ed B0mlw of lh org80llttlon w nd H ,lUnutei-there bM J60 , th, t n Bltt FrancUc0f Mtr u M thouMnd s , w T,ter, ,n ,B ,, ,A ... gt ,f PrWdent Wilson called for volunteers, Charlea J. Dutreauz, pest commander of General Mile, camp, said today. Three companies are ready to fight. Portland, Mar. H. "There are 600 Spanish war veterans In Oregon hn wnnt.l wllllnvlv vntnntoAi tar men available In each state, Mr. Kesl telegraphed him yesterday. Seattle, Mar. 14. In response to ConBrflMm8n national com mander of the Spanish War Veterans' unfit for the supreme Sirs JAPAN WANTS THE PHILIPPINES Los Angelos, Mar. ' 14. " Japan want, ihe Philippine islands, and is determined to grab them." V This was the statement of former Mayor Rudolph Blankenburg of Philadelphia here today. , , "She Is backing up thla determin ation ; by contriving every clever scheme imaginable to annex the ter ritory," he added. "We all know that Japan sympathies with Mexico In her grievances against the United States, and the first antagonistic step taken by Moxli'o against our country would bo welcomed by tho Japanese. It Is a critical fBltuatlonthis Inva sion of Moxlco by American troops. FORMER PRESIDENT OPPOSES BRANDEIS SURROuN D Announcement Hade From El Paso That the Constitutional Troops Have the Arch-Murderer in a Tight Place in His Rendezvous, and That the Object Is to Forestall American Expedition Now Being Formed Along Frontier El I'aso, Mar. 14. General Gutler res arrived at Juarez today and an nounced that hi. Carrantlsta troops are surrounding Francisco Villa In the Qaleana district. He .aid he hoped to capture Villa before the American expedition could enter Mexico. Gutlerrei Is In Juares outlining what I. believed to be an effort to forestall the American expedition in to Mexico. "The Carranxa government can take care of Villa." he continued. He outlined a comprehensive military scheme for the surrounding of Villa and Indicated the Carranxlstaa al ready have the bandit chief virtually hemmed In on all sides in the Qa leana district. "We are In touch with Villa," h said. "My scout, will follow him un til all my columns can come into ac tion. He ha. only a small guard with him." Gutlerrei, commander of the de facto government troop. In the state of Chihuahua, . ha. been placed in command of the Carrantlsta. hunt ing Vlfla? 4 ; "Five cavalry columns of 1,200 men each have been ordered Into the field to pursue him," declared Gutter rex. "They will draw a complete ring around Villa. General Jose Caiavos will move In from the south, General Herrera from the east; Generals Rafael Maldonado and Benjamin i Carta will command the other two 12,000 U.S. TROOPS TO El Paso, Mar. 14. Mobilization of United States soldiers on the bor der continued today, while Carranza's forccB were reported in hot pursuit of Francisco Villa, hoping to capture him and render the American Inva sion unnoressary. , ' With Major General Funston de claring Carrunxa'8 "possible opposi tion will not bait the expedition," army leaders wore planning to smash southward simultaneously from El Paso, Douglas and Columbus. It may be Thursday or Friday before the Americans enter, although with more than 12,000 nion, 4S batteries of ar tillery and scores of machine guns already on the boundary, officers de clared the troops ready tor the word. The Carranzistas are more active in northern Mexico near the border than .they have been tor months. They are concentrating at Kacozarl and Chihuahua City. . It I. reported that' three hundred cavalry left for Casas Grande, and the Galeana dis tricts to protect American Mormon colonists and attempt to cut off Villa. General Bertranl Is watching the VUllBtas from Palomas to the west ward. He predicted the bandit chief would either attempt to massacre the Mormon, or else ride to Slnaloa for refuge. , Canuto Reyes and 2,500 horsemen are reported near Torreon, endeavor ing to join Villa. Reyes Is leading a considerable part of the former Vllllsta force that cut through tho Carranzlsta army and marched al most to the gates of Mexico City dur ing the height of Villa's rebollton against Carranza. , General Flcrro, 'called "Villa's butcher," , recently reported killed, ts now snld4o be with Reyes. There has been no dlreot news of the Mor mons Blnoo Sunday.' Offlrlals of tho BANDIT VILLA columns. I will have charge of the column from the north. My troops already are moving for this purpose. "I have ordered General Bertanl to assist and he will evacuate Pa lomo. shortly. Bertanl probably will Join our force, at Gasman." Guiterre. Intimated that to offset any further need for an American ex pedltlon,. i Carranxa . government would attempt to completely wipe ont the Villistaa. "In addition to our five column," he declared, "we have ordered be tween 7,000 and 8,000 troops' to con centrate at all town. In th territory where Villa', bandit are." Gutlerrei will leave Juarei within a day or two and take charge of the campaign. His statement was inter preted to forecast a farther attempt by the de facto government to . pre vent American troop, from entering Mexico. Galeana, where the constitutional ists are reported surrounding Villa, is in Chihuahua state, about 1Q0 mile, due "South of El Paso and B0 miles West of the Mexico National railway. It 1. within two days' ride of the American Mormon colony In the Casas Grandes district. - El Paso, Mar. 14. "Carranxa forces will have Villa before the end of the week," announced General Gutierrez, leader of the constitution alist forces here, today. Mormon church here stated the ab sence of news Indicated the church men had suffered no disaster. General Pershing, who will com mand the American expedition, is at Columbus,' T. M. Colonel George Taylor, of the Eighth cavalry, is in command at El Paso, indicating that the main column probably will start from Columbus. I Lieut. Martin Schallenberger, aide do camp and official censor, issued his first bulletin today. He said: tin... . .i . . ... , uucmirauon ana mooiuzatlon are now being arranged. General Pershing is engaged In studying-.out a strategic plan of movement." The army of "war correspondents" here already is having trouble with Schallenberger. They charge be re fused to aid them in their work, and that they were obliged to gather their own equipment and even trans port their own horse, to concentra tion camps. Troops from Cheyenne, Fort Lea venworth, Fort Riley. San Francisco. Monterey, Chicago and Chattanooga are reported coming here. Officers believe that practically all tho regu lar army will be used either on the border or in pursuing Villa within a fortnight. '"; - Before night It Is expected fully 16,000 men will , be mobilised be tween El Paso and Nogales, ready for any service, and .all anxious to "go In." . There are 2,000 .oldlers at Col umbus and work Is being rushed there on a new headquarters build ing tor Brlgadior-Genoral Pershing. Four thousand men probably will be concentrated thore shortly. In addi tion to the wireless and the aoro plane, the automobile branch of the army will receive Its first real Amer loan war trlnl In this campaign. READY FOR II I1ICAII SOIL HEHEW 1NFAIITRY T F London, Mar. 14. Breaking the long lull in infantry fighting before Verdun, German, today charged Into Haudremont forest only to have their rank, shattered by artillery fire which covered every toot ot ground with mathematical precision, accord ing to Paris account.. The German did not attempt to advance with large force, and those who survived the ball of French shell, were forced to flee. In the La Pretre forest, Pari, .aid the German, attempted to regain lost ground. Again the French artillery blasted .core. Into eternity and hurl ed back the charging Teuton In de feat '- ,': :Y.:.-.-,- There wa. a steady artillery bom bardment around Vaux, bat the ex pected grand assault against Verdun had not begun, latest dispatches .aid. Berlin remained silent regarding all operations around Verdun. The only Important Infantry work' men tioned by the German, was a repulse of British near Wleltje, in the Tpre. district v Clear weather brought on the avia tors, and battles high aloft were fre quent Berlin announced three Brit ish and two French machines had been brought down. MEXICO PREDICTS lin QDfnlT HITll II Q 11U UHLIitA Itllll UlUl , Mexico City, Mar. 14. All danger of a break between Mexico and the United States has passed, according to evidently inspired articles in to day's newspapers. There was no official statement, but Washington dispatches said America had conceded the Justice, of Carranza's demands in accepting his Informal note. ' General Candido AguIIar, newly appointed foreign minister, will handle further American - negotia tions under Carranza's guidance. It is believed Agullar will be provisional president before the regular .elec tions, Carranza resigning so that he may become a candidate. v , General Obregon's appointment as war minister has long been fore casted. .' " v . '.' " .' NO MILITARY OFFICERS FOR TRAIXI.VG CORPS Washington, Mar. 14. A shortage to the American Francisco Villa, abandonment ot summer military war department of army officers, due campaign against has resulted in the all plans for civilian training camps, the announced today. Scores of light and heavy trucks are being listed for transportation to the border to serve as supply trains when the long "hike" Into the bandit coun try begins. Civilian chauffeurs prob ably will drive them. ; ; ,; ( While the mobilization ot Carran zistas and Americans has driven Villa from the border region, vigilance on the United States sldeMs greatly in creased since the Columbus raid. Light and water plants close to the border are closely guarded. - Nearly every foot of, rail way track skirting the boundary is patrolled by uniform ed sentries. With only single track railroads paralleling the border to the west, tho absence of strategic railway, for military concentration is frequently commented on. The delay in arrival ot some American regiments from the Interior is explained by the lack of rolling stock to move the troops Immediately, . A. fast as new companies arrive they are distributed "somewhere on the border" according to General Funston's secret orders. ' The quartermaster's corps ta work ing day and night keeping a steady stream of supplies flowing toward the many camps. , .Columbus has beoome a vast city of tents almost overnight Anns i RE IGH FORTRESS FEAR SAFETY AUGl COLOfJISTS Deserter Frca Villa Bris News That the Banit Chief HaJIIarched Agahist Set tlecsit cf 5C3 llcrc: El Paso, Mar. 14. Fear, for BOO American Mormon colonist, in Chi huahua were renewed this afUrnooa when a Villa deserter arrived at Casas Grandes, reporting the bandit chief wa marching against the set tlement, determined to exterminate th colony. Information to this effect reached Carranzlsta official, at Juarez over th restored telegraph lines. Despite earlier constitutionalist claim of Villa being surrounded by Carranza troops, he was said to bare arrived at Casa. Grande, and to hav demanded surrender of the Carranxa garrison there as well a. of th Amer lean colonists. VDla v has burned every bridge on the Mexican North' western railroad between Sablnal and Corralltis, making it impossible for the Vain awaiting the Mormons at Pearson to travel toward the border. According to tho deserter's story, Villa became enraged over, stories that the Mormons were to act as guides and scouts for the American expeditionary force. Tho loss of half of his 600 men at Columbus by the fighting around th town and by subsequent desertion, further angered Villa' and he swore to kill Americans, men, women and children. "MILITARY RECIPROCITY:" ACCEPTABLE TO MEXICO Washington, Mar. 14. Jose Acuna, representative of the Carranzlsta gov ernment, formally notified the state department today that the American note regarding the "military recipro city" agreement with Carranza, and making arrangements tor the pursuit of bandits . across the international boundary, was wholly acceptable to his government. THE KAISER'S THROAT IS AGAIN TROUBLESOME Paris, Mar. 14. Kaiser Wilhelra's throat Is again troubling him, accord ing to an unconfirmed report from Rome today. , " . EXPECT DISAVOWAL OF SILIUS SINKING . Washington, Mar. 14. Trouble be tween the . central power, and the United States over the. alleged un warned torpedoing ot the Norwegian . bark Stilus with seven Americans aboard as members of the crew Is ex tremely unlikely, according to the beBt German authority here today. , It was said If it was proved a Ger- man submarine sank the Stilus with out warning, the kaiser would un-' doubtedly disavow the act and make , all reparation required. , The Austrian and German , em bassies have not received any report on the Stilus case. Meanwhile there la doubt that the vessel was torpe doed, In view of the fact that It was an unarmed neutral. Many bollove , a mine responsible. The American consul at Havre con firmed the report of one American sailor having been Injured. He has not enlightened the government with ! regard to his previous report that the stilus was torpedoed.