Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, March 23, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text' ' . ' i 1 , '. ' ' r " DAILY EDITION VOL. X, 'l V. GRANT PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTf, OREOOJL; TIItltSDAV, MARCH 23, " WHOLE XTJtBEIt 1702, No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Pafcer With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. V STARVATION DANGER If! SERBIA Balkan State flas Lost Ose Million of Its Population Since War Opened, and Balance Suffer fcr Food a i 1 UpeCeflf afiQ Rome, Mar. 13 nearly 1,000.000 of her 6,000,000 population through death by the word, by starvation, or in the recent typhoid epidemic, the Prince Regent Alexander Informed the United Press today. Tbe remaining 4,000,000 face star vation. It la to save them from the groafcwl calamity of history that Prim- Alexander, Prime Mlnlater Pachltch and the foreign mlnlater have begun a tour of allied capitals. They hope to secure military ac tion In the Balkans that will auure the restoration of their native coun try, "Terrible a have been the loss In our army, they have been vaatly lea than our civil Iomm," said tht prince regent. "During tb flrat two Austrian Invasions or lytb entire civilian popu atlon in the debated district. ,i.rrll.tltftt Austria. Then came the typhus epl- dmlc. carrying off more then 100,- Austrian Invasions ot 114 practical O00. Hardly bad this been overcome when the Germans mvaoea last ucio- ber. Hundred, of thound a more fw wm Jn itber fell before the Invader, or dli(rwa M ... v..m for 8eattle from Reondo, went to ber Prlnca Alexander realised ht .aid, MW that only by keeping Intact jlerbU. llgbtlng forcea could ha hope o r U(, ye,,frdw tn, C0Mtguard cat deem hla country from 1U ter Bllohoml!n ntmrt6i th. Oakland was abandoned during tb disastrous ,tMmep yeeter( monlag retreat Into A'banla. fcRd h QeJlTer reporte ner poiltion Tht tgd ; td the tug Oneontii The Oneoata . tenaoly from tha bardah p i of tU re- WM g to vage ber. treat through the mountains, left his armed forcea In command of the son. I Prince Alexander refused to leave the Albanian coast until the last 8erblan oldler bad been transported to Corfu, or elsewhere. j "With tbe Berbian army which re-, s.AkiKr thr combined Germany Austrian and Bplgarian force., vastly ; ; uperlor In number and equipment! Washington,' Mar. 23. For the first to their own. there retreated thous- Umf lnce Vlla al'arted1 bW border ands upon thouaand. of m eb' rftMtng thr g0vertme1if today itri' Sr thr pM of "mmitted btb. Ausfungarlani orcea being a necessity on 7i SI lJva.lon.ot AugnBt, Sep- tbe International boundary. Ever fluriuB ,h women available regular may be needed to Z : T7JZi cop. with the Vllllsta Held force iosMerrlSi. condition. Im.g.n- when they are reinforced by desert u Ing Carranxlstas. . .-. -Information reaching ua ' from If. the entire regular army border wXV Arabia give' force marched Into Mexico, It Is be SV.ombrJ picture of the gen- Heved Prerident Wilson would bav Sll .Uuetlon. Enemy armies, w. to call militia or relnnteer. to guard have learnedi have taken from the the line. -ilrtlaropulatlon every mean of1,.. Major-General Funston reported as. tleVenee There are whole dlstrlcta entirely unauthentlcated 4ho etory of Ibere the entire population I. dylng.Qeneral Lul. Herrera and 2,000 men "Those Serbian refugee, who lied milled the situation presented grave across the Albanian Alps suffered un- poslblUUea. . The report that Colonel tolotorture. during tbe wandertnge. Cano. commanding 900 men. tu par greats Art would aurely have ley Ing with Villa, Increased official died but for the help extended by concern. Another rumor waa that mir noble Americans. Thank, to General Gavlra, at Juarex, waa re ttale energetic assistance, thousand, belllous. and that Yaaul. on the west S children, with their parents, wero'coastand Vllllsta. near Tamplco were ' aaved. It Is truly a pleasure to say (.ctlve. . this publicly. In the terrible dls- aster which has befallen the Serbian ,tmrate, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grey people, and amidst the general hor-;Blrucl, out thla n,0rnlng on the second rora of war everywherett 1. no small ttp of tjief 850-mlle honeymoon tonsolatlon to see the noble Amerl- Wftlki tan people undertaking a work of f They wre marric,i in valla Walla liumanlty with self-abnegntlon, Wednesday. As the result of a dare, mlrnble as well as incontestlble." t)loy decided to walk to their ranch KPKXIt HONEYMOON OSf LONG, LONO lllftW.weiviner uuuijcu mom uu miv.uioi ;lap'and it took eight days to cover "Baker. Mar, 23. Equipped with a the 125 miles from Walla Walla to roll of blanket, and a marriage cer- Baker. , ; FATE OF AVIATOR UDELL OF I S. raiin Columbus, N. M., Mar. 23. Lieut Qorrell, army aviator, la atlll lost somewhere In the desolate country around Ca Grande, it was official ly stated today. 'Code wireless mes sages received from the American ex pedition said no traca of the missing flyer could be found. 1 The rate or Aviator aorrou wae not mentioned In dispatches from the front, ire carried meager rations ana only one canteen of water. Field wireless operations were re sumed aftor static difficulty during Serbia baa lost;,h- niaht Supply train are reported making but alow progress, owing to tb deep desert Mnd. Army officials bare discredit stories of General Luis Herrera going over to Villa. He la believed heading the Carranileta force attempting to en circle the bandit chief. OFF BAY CITY COAST Day City, Oregon, Mar. 23. Aban doned by ber crew, the three-masted schooner Oakland, of Ban Francisco, aground north of her. today and htf Moit of h mg0 of uroa4 ties bM - (rt4 .WEy The oi.nd nwthwd J00 ,,, h. rtt Tdir .he crun mii mi TQ MEXICAU 100 miles south of Salt Lake City. Iniirt roads, floods and dlsatcreeable SCHOONER ASHORE IIIV BOH DEI) SLAV ARnlYHOUSE HAS HIRING GERWS Russian Troops Are IIaki:g Vigcrcus Assadts Up;h vcn Hindenburg's Lbes cn Battle Front ot 200 Miles London, Mar. 23. Half a million Russians under General Kuropatkln are assailing Field Marshal von Hin denburg'a Germans along a front ot 150 mile today. Petrograd officially announced that tbe 81av attacks dented the German line In six places. It waa -reported unofficially that the battle waa rag ing most furiously 40 miles south of Dvinsk. Whether this smash is tbe begin ning of a great Russian offensive or merely a demonstration to relieve German pressure against Verdun, baa not yet been determined by military critics. Tbe London Post's Petrograd cor respondent declared It was the com mencement of a "great Russian move." He pointed out that Kuro patkln bad tremendoua force, at his command. Other Petrograd messages declared khe -attack wa. an attempt to batter In the dangerous German wedge at Dvinsk, removing the threat of a Ger man offensive there when the weather become favorable. Northwest of Verdun the Germans are apparently striving their utmost to capture the dominant height In the Avocourt region. Emerging from the woods, the Bavarians charged across aa open plain wnicn waa raxea vj tbe fire of many Frenoh guns. The swoop waa partly successful. Bava rian, gained a foothold on Harcourt hill. r a w-i u.,,.i Germah nary according t6 reports in London, Mar. 23. Field Marshal, , M t. . . AMis. -r. hMn-lneral clrcftlatlon In diplomatic and voa HindenbUrg. German are being heavily assailed by Russian troops who have widened the froat of attack until terriao fighting ta proceeding today along a curving line 200 mile. long southeast of Rig. The Berlin eemmtfmqtte aid severe Russian attacks were hurled 1ack from tho. German line, during tbe night near Jacobsudt. along toe Mltau-Jacobstadt' railroad., north of Wtdey, near Lake Narcoci and Wis niew and south ot Dvtnsk. General Knropatkin i bringing up atlll heavier Roasted force to kroash at tbe German railway poslUotsj but Berlin claim, that all' charges td date have been repulsed. ' The extension ot the eastern front fighting naff made the battle there rival that at Verdun where" there wa a lull last' night, according to both rrenon and Oermad statement. 'Berlin claimed capture' ot fortified heights southwest of Haucoort, where 440 French' were captured. There were unimportant change elsewhere. Pari, admitted losing a portion ot Havoourt bill. WANTS ItEWAfttt 6FFEIIEI POU BANDIT VILLA'S BODY Washington, Mar. 23. A resolu tion authorising President Wilson to offer 150,000 for the delivery of Francisco Villa's body to American military authorities was Introduced In the house today by Representative Scott Cummins llooelcr Here G. B. Howard Is In the city today in the Interests of the candidacy of Senator Cummins for president of the United States. Mr. Howard Is secre tary of the Portland' Cummlns-for- Presldcnt club, and states that he finds a great deal of sentiment favor able to his favorite In the state at large. tleasnre Proying for 140, 000 Regdar Trccps Gets hacWylfsarncaVcte, Oaly 2 Oppcsbg Increase Washington. Mar. 23. The Hay army bill passed the nouse oy an overwhelming majority this after noon. Randall of California voted only "present" when hi. name waa called. Britten and- London rore tbe only members casting negative votes. Tbe bill provide, for 140,000 regu lar. The house had previously adopted Gardner's amendment to the bill pro viding that efficient members of the regular army may be discharged af ter a year's service on agreeing to remain in tbe reserves subject to call if needed utttll their full terms ex pired. Tbe vote was 204 to 198. Hay opposed the amendment Washington, Mar. 23. Congress man Kahn's amendment to the Hay army bill, providing tor 220,000 re gular, Was defeated this afternoon in, the bouse by a rote ot 213 to 11. ARK WRECK Paril, Mar. 23. Admiral Ton Tlr- pltx hse become a pUyftlcai and men tal wreck by brooding over tbe death ot score, of bis closest friends In the military circle. Ill Lbcerne and Berne. A high Swiss military, authority gave me some Information that ha reached him recentiy, Just before I left 6erne. , "Vori TlrpHi," be sald,."re8eTabfes in sensitiveness the great japanes military leader' hb; oYerwheltaed by the" memory, of vftat (oeses of Japanese soldiers be eent against Port Arthur, committed suicide1 uptrtt tne death of the laie Japaaese emperor. Vffi Tir plts has died a thousand deaths tlnce the war began. He has bide' fare well' to hundred's, of splendid young submarine officer, who wen out to Perish miserably under the water. The code among German submarine. require, that" toe shoot themselves when the situation ot their IT boat be come hopeless. Von Tfrpfts ai pic tured to himself for such Is the na ture of bis mentality too" many ter rible under-water" scenes involving his friends. It la. known beyond a doubt that von Tirrdta felt himself living in a world of horrors. Even the kaiser himself was unable to calm his self reproach. , "German military men eay the Lusitanta Incident was tbe beginning ot von TlrplU breakdown. The strain became too much. Both the foreign and German newspapers the latter boastlngly connected the name of von Tlrplti with submarine horrors. The thing became too per sonal. It simply broke him down." Fl'NSTOX WANTS MORE AEROPMNE9 IX MEXICO Washington, Mar. 23. General Funston has asked for eight or ten tmore aeroplanes, It was learned on good authority this afternoon. It may be necessary for tbe war depart ment to purchase them. A number are at San Diego, but they are mostly hydro-aeroplanes, which can not be used in land operations.. Oil IPE 11 oEin nn IB CONTROL OE ; EEII. PERSHING El Paso, Mar. 23. General Persh ing has taken control of tbe Mexico North western railroad south of hi base at Casas Grandee, It was unoffi cially stated today. He Is said to be transporting American Infantry over the railway toward Madera, in an effort to get behind Francisco Villa while Colonel JDod4's cavalry pushes the bandit chief and ' his fol lowers southward. The Americans were reported to have, entrained at Casas Grande with equipment Persh ing obtained at Cass Grandes and Pearson- Cavalry Is understood to be pro tecting tbe line.. It is unknown whether Pershing seized the road or was given permission by the Car ranzlstas to use it ARMY PROGRESSES fflESPEROSy With tbe United Stale Army; Some- A. t where in Northern Mexico, Tdeaday, ttkf. (By Gdrlrnflent Wireless tb Columbus, N. M., Mar. 23; delay ed). We are making progress by easy stages, owing to the big retinue of supplies, field hospitals and am munition wagons. Since the army entered Mexico from Columbus, this division head quarters has traveled about 12 mile a day, while the cavalry advance, which crossed at' Gibson ranch, a few miles, west, under General Persh ing's personal command, did mu6h better. 4That detachment has already reached It permanent headquarters at Casas Grandee. The division with the accredited newspaper correspond ent is expected to reach Casas Grande Thursday. The correspond ent Joined ihelr escort from army headquarter, tor the march into Mex ico Just before noon March 13. Tbe march will be resumed tbday toward 0)6 FredefW We should" reach . Casas Grandes In two more hikes. , ' ' ... ., :" The army aeroplane, made (belt base at data Grande la two short flight. , ; . 1 ', ''?-! I", i i i-u t t. COWIOF Paris, Mar. 23. A greater entente, bringing not only France, England and Russia but the smaller of tbe allies Into complete' accord, will re sult from the conference, to be held here late this week or early next. . Military and .political leaders ot the allies were assembling, here to1 day In advance of the meeting. They plan to organize for concerted action, both In a military and political way, to shorten the war. , Since Arlattde Brland became prime minister ot France, he ha worked ceaselessly toward this end, and is now called the artisan of the greater entente. Briand will preside over the deliberations.- rnnce Kegent Alexander or Serbia is due to arrive In Paris today. Gen- eral Cadorna, Italian commadder - ln - chief, Is already in Paris, and will be El ITE ALLIES Joined shortly by General Potto, sec-1 Senator Works, of Los Angeles, d ond in command. Great Britain will clared that advocates of preparedness be represented by General Douglas were spreading a "gospel of fear and Halg, Premier Asquith and others. Premier Brland, General Joffre and one or two French cabinet members will represent France. General Gllln sky will be Russia's representative, and Premier De Broquevllle and Gen- he believed open discussion of the eral Wlelemans will act for Belgium, situation "inadvisable." Sherman General Cadorna visited the French jlater Issued a statement declaring "it front today. The Serbian prince re- has become alarmingly apparent that gent received an enthusiastic recep- Unr forces are pitifully weak and un tlon when he arrived at two o'clock able to meet even a moderate emer this afternoon. r 'gency, much lees a crisis, In Mexico;" UPRISiOE Elf Hcrtlert Part icf lie Eep:b lic Is n Ccniitica cl Ua rest ed Core Accricb Trdcps Dtrty to Ecriir San Antonio, Mar. 23. Northern Mexico today Is like a powder maga zine with Ore burning on all sides. The entire border tear of Mexican uprisings ha been renewed. Though. Major General Funiton ha not re ceived official word of General Lul. Herrera reported desertion tb the Vllllstas. he is racing the situation frankly and baa ordered additional troops to the most dangerous border points. ,. Tie ra b'ailalloin of the Firth infantry is en route to Columbus, and a portion of the Twenty-fourth sot required to protect General John J. Pershing' lines of communication will also be distributed along the border. ' The Fourth artillery has been transferred from ' Mercedes to Brownsville; opposite Mata moras, which J. a Teritable hot-bed of VU- I.lstalsm. ,-,t ...r - ' The total American strength ' at firownsvllle Is 5,000. Army headquarters stated precau tion were being taken to protect Pershing's communications from re volting Carranzistas.- General Funston had no Informa tion about tbe reported engagement between Vniists and the Seventh cavalry -detachment 80 miles sooth Of Caea Grandea.v . The rumor that two Americans and 83 Mexicans bad been killed waa uhednnfmed. Fun ston stated that the news might pos sibly have reached the border before it came to Ura. ; y , ',-"''' General Bell's reported establish ment of a censorship at El Paso was "not Imbfobable." stan offtceffl said. here: biis itett no" ofiicial innounce- inetrl btf censorship orders beids; is sued there. ' i ':." MEXICANS ARRESTED FOR , PLOTTING EL PASO FIRE El Paso, War! 23. Police Captain Harf today claimed tb hive Informa tion" of a plot cdncoeted by 200 Msl can to. barn Et Paad and loot, the city. t EJevea suspects were arrested, including, Melchor Herrera, brother of General Luis Herrera, Carran ' list; leader. , fit voun CALL Washington, Mar. 23. During a turbulent debate on Mexico in the mnx9 today, it was asserted" that a sontu rjiakota cttuen had offered to Wnd too troops to tbe border at Ms own expense. Senator Sherman tried to call np bis resolution empowering the presi- 1 dent to ask for 60,000 volunteers, but . he was unable to do so. hate" and that President Wilson had "fallen under its spell." When Sherman tried repeatedly to get a hearing on his volunteer mea sure, Senator Stone Interposed that