Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, March 27, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EDITION VOL. VI., No. 101. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1916. WHOLE JfOlBEIt 1703. U No Other Town in the World tho Size of Grants Pass lias a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. " V';"' v. ' I Mil L.III Ull II Vil All Citizens of United States Who Were Aboard the Torpedoed Steamer Have Now Been Accounted for London, Mar. 17. Sevoral A merl on wero aoriously Injured whon a terrific explosion damaged the Brit ish steamer Bussex In tho English channel, but no United States rltUona were lot, the American embassy an nounced today. - ' Mis Calliope Fonnell. of New York, reported killed, haa been lo cated In Paris. The announcement confirmed the report that Elisabeth Baldwin and her parents, of Phila delphia, had been saved. They are at Boulogne. Twelve bodies of passenger -and sailors bnve been recovered. Seven ty persons are etill missing. Doth the United Slates embansy and the British' admiralty are continuing their investigations. No statement lias been made as yet by the British naval authorities, although the French admiralty la positive that the Sussex was torpedoed. A majority of the survivors are confident that tho explosion was caused by a sub marine attack. Iondon newspapers are In accord that tho 8urox was torpedoed, and are speculating as to the action of the United 8tatcs. t The Chronldo said: "Obviously, no more direct .chal lenge, ever has been handed another nation than Germany has launched toward the United States. Whether the United States picks It up or lets It lie, all belligerents will know with a clearness hitherto lacking Just where the greatest neutral etands." Duplication of survivors' lists made It probable today that the toll of life might be more than 100. George Crocker Is the, only American survi vor at Dover reported tn a serious condition. The others luftorod from hook. Berlin, Mar. 87. Reports that the 8ussex had been damaged by a Ger man submarine were generally dis believed here today. The admiralty, however, has not yet denied the charge. Teuton submarines oper ating oft the French coast probably will not return for days. In the meantime, officials hoped that neu trals would not base their opinions of the disaster on allied versions of it. Washington, Mar. 27 Diplomatic relations 1 with Germany will prob ably be broken off If the govern ment finds that a German submarine torpeoded the Sussex, bight admin istration officials said today.' Tbe president is awaiting facts," announced tha White bouse, s Presl- . dent Wilson baa asked the state de partment to rush tbe work of gather ing official reports. Ha conferred wtth Secretary Lansing by, telephone. ; ( A fragment of bronie, such as is used in German torpedoes, was found In tbe wreckage of the- Sussex, ac cording to information received here. f it la also known tbat a German sub- . marine was operating near where the Sussex explosion ocoured. The stats department's view is tbat if it is established a submarine was responsible, there will be no need to Inquire as to its nationality, as neither Turkish nor Austrian undor aea boats operate in the English channel. The white houso holds the same view. Thore probably will be no in quiry made 'to Germany, because, in view of the statu of previous nego tlatlons, America's position il be- ( Continued on page I) OF ALLIES' VESSELS SUNK III PAST 24 HOURS London, Mar. SJ7.Throe more ves sols have been sunk In the past 24 hours, It waa loarnod today. They were the French tteamer Hobe, the British ship Come, and the British fish carrfer Khartoum. Nine of the tatter's crew were reported missing. Berlin, Mar. 17. A French trans port, with troops from Balonlkl, bas been mined and sunk with large casualties, Athens dispatches de clared today, ' Only ,73 were saved. WILLAMETTE AND COLOIIHA RIVERS RISE Portland, Mar. 27 Steady rains for several days and backwater from the Columbia have forced the Wil lamette river up until It reached a stage of 18.6 feet early today. This is S Vt foot above flood stage and little more than a foot lower than the mark reached during the Feb ruary floods. ORDER ISSUED BY Douglas, Arlx., Mar. 27. Ameri cans arriving today from Uermoslllo, capital of Sonorat declared that Min ister of War Obregon had issued an order discharging all employes of .the do facto government who are paid In gold. ' Tkls nutlon. is regarded here as an Indication that tho Carranzlstas are preparing for any possible exigency which might result from the pre sence of the American forces in Chi huahua. All Americans In the de facto army and, department of munitions supply are paid in gold. They have been forced out, according to Americans who came up from Uermoslllo today. It became known today also that Americana were In grave danger from an anti-American outbreak the latter part of last week. The Ill-feeling was Incited by the ctentlflco clement, It was reported. , General Calles, military governor of Sonora, today accompanied Sheriff Wheeler to Cabullona, Mexico, today on a tour of Inspection. It had been porslstently reported that large de ' facto forces wero concentrating at : Cabullona, menacing Douglas. D. A. Richardson, by telegraph,' re quested federal Investigation of the charges by Mayor Ellis that be sent alarmist reports of border conditions to senators at Washington.' , (1KRM AX TORPEDO I10AT' "t RELIEVED LOST IV ItATTLE 1 Berlin, Mar. 27. Not having 're turned from tbe scene of a fight with British warships last Saturday, a Ger man, torpedo boat is believed, to be lost, the admiralty admitted today. The action was fought off .u the Frieslan coast. Two German armed patrol boats were sunk. German aeroplanes scored several bits, sev erely damaging one British destroyer. Washington, Mar. 27. Destruction of two out of eight army aeroplanes usod In Mexieo was announced today by the war, department. The cause was not explained. Other machines, If vn mM "nnml haw nArta." Onlv two are,?"In actual continuous ser vice.",,;.. ,V.1t Secretary of War Baker is, nego tiating for the purchase of additional aircraft."' The' Intermittent wlrelesB service dvje, tjoor statics has em- -v yrVi """i'-P" . phosued the need tor aeroplanes. MINISTER OB IIS Carranza Offers Fortune tor Body of the Bandit Chief tain, and Hunt for the Outlaw Takes New Spirit U. S. Army Headquarters, near Dublan, Mexico, Mar. 27. (By Aero plane to Columbus, N. M.) Venus- tiano Carranxa baa offered f 4 0,000 for Francisco Villa's capture, dead or alive, It was reported today. "We will outmarch Villa In the next fortnight," said Brigadier General Pershing, in expressing pride in the spirit manifested by bis men. "The boys are stepping with such 'heads-up' as was never seen in or dinary maneuvers. If Villa holds bis men together, the expedition has a good chance of accomplishing Its ob ject." ' Pershing Is confident tbat Villa can not greatly Increase his force, as massacring of Mexicans at Corralltos ranch turned his own countrymen against him. The alcalde of El Valle from bis pulpit explained the real purpose of the American expedition. It was reported that one . Mexican forced into - the Vllllsta army there was a woman. Pershing indicated that Villa was fleeing due south from El Valle. His whereabouts are apparently unknown at headquarters. The Americans have never, been In contact with Vll llstas. A sniper once fired at an American aeroplane, but missed. VANCOUVER SOLDIERS ARRIVE AT BORDER El Centro, Cal.. Mar. 27. The Third battalion of the Twenty-Unit Infantry pitched camp here today, following Its arrival from Vancouver late' last night. The battalion numbers 286 men, and Is under the command of I Mator JT T. ttaan. I Gill E - Columbus, N. M., Mar. 27 A tale of adventure sensation in the extreme was told today by Lieut. Gorrell, the army aviator who was lost for sever al days on the northern Chihuahua desert last week. '" '' " , Gorrell ; told bis story ' when he reached bere today after having flown from, General Pershing's base near Casas Grande. i "I leftiOolumbus on Sunday, he said, "and waa making an uneventful flight ' when ! I suddenly discovered tbat my gasoline tank was empty.' I volplaned to tbe eartb and landed in safoty. "'. ' i ' . . ' ' - "I spent the whole night in the bills without blanket or any cover ing whatever. So intense was"he cold that I nearly frose to death.,, To keep up my circulation, I swung my arms for hours at a time. i "In the morning, with tbe aid of my field map, and carrying only a hint of water, I began a long hike in the hope of reaching some of our troops. I was afraid to eat for fear I would need my rations later. At noon on Monday I ran out of water, but t still hurried on, In spite of the heat the most unbearable I have ever experienced. Soon I was con vinced1 that I could never 'bold out under those conditions, and I start ed back IS long miles towards a water hole which was shown on my map. ' ' AVIATOR XPERIEIIIT IN SESSION up Fleet of Aeroplanes Guards Building in Which Repre sentatives ol Allies Consid er Plans for the Future Paris, Mar. 27. Extraordinary precautions were taken today to pre vent Zeppelins from raiding tbe building where representatives of all the allied nations were meeting In war council. Tbe biggest fleet of aeroplanes assembled In months flew out at dawn to form aerial scout lines extending into the northern suburbs. Working in relays, the swarms of aircraft constantly circled over tbe housetops, maintaining sharp watch for German machines. The weather was considered favor able for Zeppelins. It was believed there was little cause for alarm, but no chances were taken of bombs crashing through the foreign build ing's roof while the conferees who guide the allies' destinies were as sembled there. -:.,.' Among the men at the council board while the aeroplanes cruised the 'sky lanes to keep barm away from them were the commanders of the British, French and Italian armies, the Serbian prince regent, tbe premiers of France, Great Britain. Italy, Belgium, Serbia and other na tions. Military questions were dis cussed" today. 1 Economic questions will be considered tomorrow..' The conference probably will end tomor row night. RECORD BEEF PRICE IN PORTLAND MARKET Portland, Mar. 17. -The price of beef struck a new high record today when steers on foot sold for $8.75 at the North Portland stock yards. The wholesale price of beef may soon be advanced to IS cents a pound. . TELLS STDRY OF WHILE LOST IN L1EXIC0 "My tongue was parched and swol len and hung from my mouth. 'I breathed in alkali at every step and finally fainted. ' In a few minutes I recovered my senses and was up and forward again: ' In a little whflo I went down again and did- not revive for several minutes. Good God, It was awfull,, .;, - "I saw a big lake as I staggered on and started eagerly towards it. . Then I remembered that mirages torture thirsty persona" in the desert when they become delirious, "Fifty feet from the water hole my map showed I fell again. I fin ally succeeded in crawling to the bole and stuck my head Into It and drank as I bad never drunk before. "For an hour I rested by the water hole before filling my canteen and started On my' Journey again. " "Another night on the desert and then the next day I saw a horse and stole It. I was outting strips from my trousers to make a bridle when I saw a Mexican running up. I got the drop on him, but he threw up his hands and said be 'was a trtend. I did not take any chances, however, and, at the point of a gun, forced him to get another horse and a bridle.. Then I kept my gun covering him and made him ride ahead of me leading the way to our camp at La Ascension, where I got in touch with the U. S. column." i ' 1 HOUSE INSISTS TtiAT IMMIGRANTS inn Washington, Mar. 27. By a vote of 225 to 82, tbe bouse today re tained in the Burnett immigration bill tbe clause providing that Immi grants be required to read and write their own language. President Wil son is expected to veto the measure because of this clause. totvtts nr wiscoxsr AND ILLINOIS FLOODED Chicago, Mar. 27 Two men' bad been drowned today In flood sweep ing northwestern Illinois and south ern Wisconsin. The dead are Wm. Orr, station agent at Wlnslow, Wla, and Lester Kelley, who perished near Mineral Point, Wis." 1 " Dozens of towns are' inundated. Winslow is u nder several feet of water.' " Citizens of Galena, 111.,- are nslng boats In tbe streets.: Tbe rain which started Saturday, continued pouring today with undiminished volume, v ; .' . ' '- OP. SCRAP III MEXICO El Paso, Mar. .27. Unconfirmed reports that Vllllsta enipers wounded six soldiers of tbe American expedi tionary force near Namiqulpa, and that, several Mexicans were kUIeA.or wounded by'the return fire, were de nied today by J. O. Crockett, vice president of the Mexico & North western railroad. He stated be was in constant communication with Casas Grandes and points south. , Villa is fleeing from Namiqulpa to ward Sierra' Tarahumares, according to army advices. A censored report from the expedition stated tbat Villa was impressing peons Into his ser vice and that all who refused to join him were executed. Thirty-five were conscripted at El Valle and at Nami qulpa half tho Carranza garrjson is said to have disappeared. It may have joined Villa. Villa's horses are poor. The Amer icans, , within two days ride of the outlaws, are better mounted and hope to head. him off before be can ob tain refuge in the Sierras. ; Refugees arriving bere said Villa had encouraged Canuto Reyes, his leader In the Torreon 'district, with reports of great victories. ... , ' , They declared . box cars carrying a number . of women and children from Torpedo reached Monterey af ter Villlstas had engaged in a run ning battle with , the train guard. While bullets flew, the passengers' built barricades of trunks and hid behind them. . ;. Ri' F, Crosby; a : "miner ot 'Parral, said that Mexicans there believed the VlUlstas' wildest etories, and that peons were gladly joining the bandits,' hoping to live1 by looting, e There are practically no peons employed in Par- ral at present, according to Crosby. 11 PERSpHS LOST OnBRITISH LIHER London, Mar. 27. Eleven persons were killed when the' British ' liner Minneapolis was sunk by a submar ine in the Mediterranean Wednesday, It was announced today, The Minneapolis presumably was carrying troops or supplies to Salon ika It was a 13,540-ton vessel and plied between European ports and the United States prior to the war. When the Volturno was In trouble, the Min neapolis figured in rescuing its pas sengers. At the war's outbreak the vessel was taken over by tbe govern ment and put in the king's service. First word of the sinking" was brought to Marseilles by the British DENIES RUMOR SHELLS RAtr II FORTS OF VERDUN Historic Buildings Are En dangered by Gercaa fire, But French Are Ccf izzi cl Hcldisg Their Pccitica By W. P. Simms. French Army Headquarters. Ver dun, Mar. 27 Thrice baffled in their efforts to enter Verdun, the Germans are today seemingly bent upon the city's destruction. Daily they burl large incendiary shells Into tbe bus iness and residential districts. I saw several large fires raging simul taneously in private bouses and trades blocks. From a military stand point, the city is nnscratched. Other wise, however, it seems destined to become another Rhelms, Arras or Tpres. Destruction of its beautiful cathedral, bishop's palace and other noted buildings is threatened. About 350 big shells crash Into Verdun every day. Our party arrived there during the morning when tbere was a lull. I asked the commander if be thought a bombardment would occur, v. . "Certainly, that's our dally ration," he replied. 1 As be spoke the terrific explosions began. Tbe scene waa Intensely grip ping. Great clonds of smoke pierced by red flashes of flame rose over the city. Guns hammered a titanic accompaniment. Northwest we could see the crest of Douaumont under French fire. It resembled Vesuvius belching black smoke. On its southern slopes, Ger man shells exploded thickly in flashes of fire. Smoke geysers shot op like magic mushrooms. ' ' ' Paris bad been confident about Ver dun when we left the capital. 'But we found it to be an axiom that the closer one gets to the front the more confident French soldiers appear to be. ' :"-' . . During the bombardment we enter ed an underground city.' dug months ago in preparation for just such a shelling. Groups of soldiers off duty lay calmly on cots or sat on boxes of army beet absorbedly listening to a - young violinist playing f "Saint-Saen8,'-"Leyecone" and other clas sics.' Elsewhere troopers were mend ing', writing, shaving or aiding at routine. It was Just as" if a com plete peace brooded over the world. ' AboVe'them guns were shrieking fire' and death, v vV , .i , Further heavy stacks on Verdun would not surprise the soldiers, but they believe' all such assaults fore doomed to failure; Officers ask noth ing better' than a continuation of at tacks since tbe enemy's losses rise higher with each onslaught " Verdun seems impregnable. Cer tainly it is not to be taken without v enormous losses to the attackers. Its sectors are like giant ant bills.' Men and 'i transports swarm: aneeastngly day and night, methodical, and unex cited, without baste. Ammunition is stacked at vantage points like . cord wood. J Guns seem to be there in unlimited uuanttles, likewise great stores of spare parts, ''i . -. i .tt . Verdun ' defense marks an-epoch in war history. ,The defenders ara an Inspiring sight ay as the best of France's traditional warriors, harden ed1 as 'Napoleon's forces, bulldoglsh , as' Britishers. ' , 'iv vi .Undoubtedly they are better fight ers now than they were at the start. steamer Leicestershire, which caught , her wireless call for help but arrived after the Minneapolis had disappear ed under the sea; In announcing that 11 were "killed. the admiralty indicates that the vessel possibly was . shelled. Others aboard are under stood to have been saved.