Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, March 29, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMm "r "re, i , DAILY EDITION c. AOL. VI., So. 10.1. s CUAXT8 PA88, JO.SEPHI.VE COl'XTY. OUKOOX, W EDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1918. ' f WHOI NUMBER 1707. No Other Town in the World the Size of (Irants Pass lias a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. tmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfmmmm awssBBMatMsMsBBWsBtsBSMawsj IRRIGATION PLANS FOR SEASON Ditches Will Be Extended on Both Sides ol the River, and New Ditch Will Carry Water to the South of Town Work upon Hie enlargement and extension of the dltchcn on both sides of the vlly will be commenced with in the next 10 daya, "h the an nouncement nmde by Mauaiter Geo. &ndr of the Public flwlee cor- poratlon litis morning. The plana of a aaluon flitbt, John W. McGratb, along thle line for the season In- private secrotary to Colonel Roote ludo the extension of the North Slilo yclt. went to UUckwell'a laland today ditch to cover all territory to the city ( for a sojourn of SO daya. " llmlta on the wet, "d Ita enlarge- 1 went so that It win tarry amine water for all lauda that will coma under It. The Brevity ditch on the north able will also be extended and placed In coinutlaalon. The moat ex tntve work will be upon the south aide of the river, however. A new ditch at the 410-foot level will be; built, from which the sugar factory, will receive ita supply of water, Ita requirements calling for 2,500 gal lone minute during the sugar- making season. Thla ditch - will i , . 7 ' Aartn9 ,hB carry water. for Irrigation during tnej Hiwtni lAainn. atwV'W body of land on the aouth aide not) "w should not criticize the of already covered by the Fnritdale jf and men for not getting Villa i..h ih... M-miim the bin tracta of ."'ore quickly." ha said. '.'The nation flat landa now covered with brush under development. It will alao cov- ready -under development on the.wrlUn to the continental congreas aouth aide. The Frultdale ditch will complaining about the conditions, be Improved and served with water ,Our troopa have ever had more spirit a aoon as the Irrigation scaaon eklll-and at tlmea their pat- ... m n a rtntlnm ha nnt hlaxn.1 Inn hrlehtlv. opens. Tnia mien, wnn u asv-iuui," lift, la raid to bear the distinction of J carrying Irrigation Vktor lifted to ha rAntiHt nlAvktlon nf any lrrlua tlon ayatcm In the world. The lift In the uresent North Side ditch la 158 feet. Engineer Dodge, of the Public Ser. rlee corporation, la now In Portland, and upon hla return active survey and construction work will progresa up- on all of these dltchea. . . ANOTHER INQUIRY HEXT BY U( LK HAM TO KAlSEIi Wash naton. war. -AmoaRB rtor Gerard at Berlin was Instructed by the state department today to In quire If Oormany had any Informa tion about the sinking of the British Manehoatcr EiiKlneer, reported torpe doed without warning. f.f.'AVIM.K HAH i 100.0(H) IXSH IX FIRH TODAY war equipment, but not all of It, In 1. .the opinion of Frankllng D. Roobo- Loadvllle. Colo., Mar. 29.Flre assistant secrotary of. the navy, which started In the clty hall at 5 .expressed at a meeting of the house m. m. today from an unknown cause naval committee today. He also de destroyed 18 buildings on the north bribed America's rulnerable points wide of East Sixth street. The loRSitt Is 1100,000, At one time the- blazo threatened tho whole town. T TRIED TO ESCAPE Washington, Mar. 29. Tho nrit Ish steamer Englllihinn was shelled and torpodoed by a' submarine lifter Itliad attempted to esrapo, accord ing to affidavits of American sur vivors cabled to the state department from (Liverpool today. The vesaol ank. , . . . , The . Englishman's commander made affidavit that he attempted to ftacape, but halted when the submar ine shelled him. When "he stopped bis vessel It was torpedoed, ORPE DOED SHIP ALLIES TO FORCE I TO EARLY CLOSE London, Mar. 29. In July the al lies will Htrlko almultanoouiily, every where attempting to force the kaiser to hl knees and end the war by next Christmas, It iu reported hero to day. The story wan to the effect that the allied war council which ended In Part last night decided on that plan of action. The, Germans, however, may anti cipate them. It waa rumored ' the Germans had taken advantage of the lull at Verdun to ihlft their forces tor an offensive eliewhere. PRIVATE MKt'lltiTAIti' TO TEDDY (iOVA TO JAIL New York, Mar. 29. As a result E Washington, Mar. 29 "We are trying to organize an army that wont have to delay four or five daya be- faro tackling little border trouble," declared Senator Chamberlain today in opening the debate on hie army , , , ( ;1 waa not ready. Our army la hlstor Ically Inefficient. Even George Vaah- lngton had to spend houra and days - -. " of i "The present bill haa the approval every export who has examined it. It contains the beat parts of a jgrcat number of plana. .While the committee waa drafting this, It had the provlalona of the Hay bill before It. The Hay bill waa inadequate." Chamberlain's moasuro la a com plete aubatltute for other bills with the tame object, and the opposition .Is expected to consist principally on 'amendments and attempts to re- )'form thft Proposed law's details. Ther ro no organized' padf Iclsta In the senate. Senator Kenyon may de- mand ahnlltlnn nt "nnlltlrnl ' armv poata.", HAYS I. S. SHOULD MAKE . PAItT OP WAli EQUIPMENT Washington, Mar. 29. It would be wlae for the United States govern ment to manufacture a portion of Its nu,,,B0 " i"B iro1" wu,,:" "T tacks could bo hurled against this country. "The government would find It ad vantageous to manufacture some things, but not nil," ho said. "We altoud not undertake to make sub 'marine engines. Development of the best engines will come through com petition between private manufac turers and tho government. "We aro more vulnerbnle In the West Indloa than along the Atlantic No enemy navy could make Its base of operations In Europe and success fully asnnll us. There are only three possible, enemy naval bases: Canada, the nermudtts and tho Went Indloa, Newfoundland Is too tar. north and Nova Seotla and Halifax would not sorve the purpose. ' "Bermuda belongs to England. Any other enemy must turn toward the West Indies, and It Is up to us to be weir prepared there." ElllilU'EM CHAMB RLAIN WANTS ARMY ED 27 KILLED IN CRASH OF 3 PASSENGER TRAINS Early Morning Wreck in Ohio Sees Two Sections o! Lake Shore train and the Twentieth Century limited of the New York Central Railroad Piled Up With Many Dead and Injured in the Morgue and Hospitals Cleveland. 0., Mar. 2?, With a craah audlblo two miles away, three trains plied up near Amherst. Ohio, before dawn today, killing at least 27 persons and injuring more than 40. " '" Most of the caaualttea occurred In the flrat section of eaatbound Lake Shore train No. 86, which waa pro ceeding slowly through a dense fo? when the second section dashed Into It. The shock threw both trains from their own rails to the wentboun 1 track, and a moment later the Twen tieth Century limited ploughed into the wreckage. People fully two miles distant from the scene say they could distinctly hear the terrible noises of the horror. the shrieks of dying and mangleS vic tims,' the roar of escaping steam and the shouts of trainmen. In the atill- neaa of early morning the sounds car rled far through the mist It waa so dark that the engineer of the second section did not see the red lantern which a brakeman, sent back to warn him, awung frantical ly before his eyes as the locomotive (lashed by and rushed on toward the doomed train and Ita sleeping passen gers. Ambulances from Loralne, Am herst and Elyrla attempted to apeed through the dense fog and bring suc cor to the injured, but all stuck In the mud. The Injured lay on the ground more than two hours, Most of them were taken to Elyrla at 6:30 a. m. on a special train. G. B. Gillette, of the Amherst fire department, said: "Masses of wreckage, piled In ev ery direction, met my eyes when we arrived. Coaches had been overturn ed like toys. The firemen pulled 20 victims, Including a number of wo men, from the windows. We prob ably aaved them from cremation." It. D. Turner, fireman of the loco mottve on the flrat section, declares the fog was almost Impenetrable. "There waa such a fog , that we could not aee 60 feet," he aald. "I do not see how' Hess, the engineer of the second section, could have seen the algnal to stop." ' A vivid description of the collision was given by Frank PrevoBt, of New York, who was In a sleeper of the first section. , "I was asleep," he said. "The shock hurled me out of the window. Washington, Mar. 29. Not only a complete disavowal and punishment of the offending submarine .command er, but absolute abrogation of the kaiser's decree against armed enemy merchant ships will be demnndod by the United States It Germany admits that a Teuton submarine torpodoed tho nrltlsh channel steamer Sussex without warning. The alternative will be severance ot diplomatic rela tions, if It Is proved that a submar ine was reaponHlblo, even If Berlin refuses to admit It, tho sumo action will be taken. This will be the Amor lean attitude In tho latest submarine davebpmentn, It was dotlarod today. President Wllaon desires a com plete oettlement of the undersea boat iHsue, Including the Lusltanla Inci dent. Ho will demond that the of fending commander be punished the 'aame as any other sailor would be for disobeying imperial orders. Re- ffill 1ST ABROGATE DECREE FOR ATTACKS Oil MERCHANTMEN Before I realized what had happened, !the Twentieth Century Umlted struck the wreckage. Men and women in their night' clothes wore scrambling about. I heard cries, screams and groans. . One man waa praying." "It was a most ghastly eight," de clared O. W. Hershaw, passenger In the second coach, which was smashed to kindling. "As I left the car, I saw a man pick up a severed, leg. An other man was carrying a bundle wrapped in sheets and asked train man. 'What shall I do with tnlsT' The trainman asked, "What's in it?' Whereupon the man replied, 'Anns and legs.' Legs and arms .were picked up among the debris, lying mingled with torn wearing apparel. It was impos sible to piece together some bodies. The remnants of a man and a woman were found driven Into the steel bars of the second locomotive's pilot Conservative estimates said the total killed would be 28 to SO. More than 40 were injured. Fifteen of the dead hare been identified and there are nine unidentified. Several more bodies' may be -pieced togetheHfested when the contents tf ihe gov- from fragments In the wreckage. A. S. Ingalls, general superintend ent of the New York Central, ea,ld to day that a sleepy towerman probably was responsible for the horror. One towerman's wife gs-ve birth to a child Sunday, and the man, assert ed Ingalls. had gone without sleep for several nights. He was on duty, It is said, when the second section of a Lake Shore train, with Engineer Hess at the throttle, boring through the dense fog at CO miles an hour. flashed past two light signals show ing "all clear" and crashed Into the first section, which waa moving slow ly. , , ... . Many were killed as they slept. The terrific impact made the locomo tive spear its way through the mist. Then both trains jumped the rails and tumbled on to the westbound track, where the Twentieth Century limited plunged Into the debris. The dead were torn limb from limb and many of the Injured were mangled beyond description. Their cries were audible at a distance of two miles. Mrs. Alice Rodgers came In from Wolf Creek this afternoon. .paratlon for all property damage will be asked.' Compensation as far as possible for the loss of life will be requested, and the kaiser will be ask ed for a final conclusive agreement to abide by International law and re tract his orders directing submarines to attack armed enemy merchant ves sel without warning. ; ' '; ' It Is known that the administration Is prepared to go to the length of breaking oft relations, not angrily, but for the purpose of. obtaining posi tive assurances with regard to fur ther submarine operations. "Germany must pay handsomely If guilty,': said one official today. He explained that if Germany were guil ty, nothing would be accepted from the Imperial government unless it would "entirely appease the Irritation and wrath which has swept the coun try as a' result ot this latest trifling with American lives.' I T. Paris, Mar. 2 9. French troops have conquered 200 yards of trenches at the southern end of Avocourt, It waa officially announced today. They also seized an Important fortified work. The Germans called up fresh men and sent them against' the French in a counter-attack, but they were repulsed heavily. Fifty who failed to get back to their defenses when a withering French fire shat tered their ranks, dropped their rifles and surrendered. German big guns rained sheila on Bethlncourt, . Dead Man's hill and positions in the Cumieres woods. East of the Meuse there were artil lery duels near Vanx, Dooaumont and Moulalnvllle. FORD EMPLOYES HOT AT JOHr Los Angeles, Mar. 29. Bitter feel Ing was apparent here today at the local Ford assembling plant, where four hundred men are employed, as a result of Governor Johnson's pro clamation that the Ford Motor com pany be compelled to quit business In this stata for failure to pay f 2 4,0 00 state corporation tax. - ' "There was a meeting of our boys last night," said B. L. Graves, local manager. - "Bitter feeling was man! ernor's mandate were made known. "We will give Hiram Johnson run for his mpney that be will never forget," be added. "We will keep on .fighting until the highest courts in the land say he Is right and we are wrong. If that happens, we will then, but not until then, shut up shop and quit the state. V " ' JACK LOXDOX DESERTS , ( THE SOCIALIST PARTY New York, Mar. 29. Jack Lon don Is no longer a socialist today. He resigned because he said the party lacked fire and flghL , AMERICAX TROOPER DIES IX MEXICO Washington, Mar. 29. George Hudnelt, saddler of Troop B, 10th cavalry, died March 24 from injuries i rpjolvrw1 In a rail mud vrnelr In Mat-I lco. the war department announced today, confirming rumors ot his death. His home was at Fort Hua- chuca, Arts. TPST VTSW AEItOPIiAXE EXGIXR IX MEXICO Columbus, N. M., Mar. 29. In an army aeroplane propelled by a new engine, the most powerful yet used by the American expedition, Lieut. Joseph Carberry flew from Colum bus tpday, carrying despatches to the new base of operations tar south of Casas Grandes. , Aviators were much interested in comparing this motor with engines which failed in thin air of mountain altitudes, causing narrow escapes from bad falls. ' S Washington, Mar. 29. The British steamer Eagle Point has been torpe doed without warning, the American consul at Queenstown cabled today. All on board, Including one Ameri can, were saved. London, Mar. 29. The British steamers KUbrldge, 3,700 tons, and Westoll, 8,100 tons, have been sunk, according to announcement by the ladmiralty today. The crews of both 'ships were tared.'. . . SKIP SOU WARNING WHEN STEAMER WA OF 1 10 FOR ARillY Carranza Permits Shirments cl Supplies, and Tentative ArrfM-f live Poen J fcr l!oYCcct cf Trccps Washington, Max. 29. Message from Consul Rogers, at Quoretaro, stated it was positively known aa agreement bad been reached for ths sending of military supplies over Mexican railroads, ' the state depart ment announced this afternoon. . Washington, Mar. 29. There waa a growing belief here this afternoon that General Carranza would soon formally announce permission for American troops to use Mexican rail roads. 1 Officials would not discuss the question, but they admitted a ten tative agreement for the move bad existed tor several days. The formal announcement Is being withheld for fear of Mexican criticism. ' San Antonio, Mar. 29. American soldiers are pursuing Villa and his brigands in the Santa Maria valley. General Pershing officially reported today. The United States troops are more than 250 miles south of the bor der.' " ' V;, . ' General Funstbn pointed out the many advantages to be derived from use of the Mexican railroads. Villa appears to be heading toward Chihuahua City. r Troops ' may be rushed there Via the Mexican Cen tral railroad It use ot It Is permitted. El Paso, Mar. 29. Colonel Dodd'a "flying cavalry" Is reported to bare reached Madera today, developing a new phase of the hunt for Francisco Villa. Dodd Is ' understood to have shifted, bis headquarters from. El Valle to Madera. Co-operating with. the.Carrazuistas, Dodd will throw out detachments to form a ring around the territory In which Villa is sup posed to be hiding. This ring will be gradually ' made" smaller, until the bandit" chieftain Is ' forced to come out and fight ' ' -s Reports that General Pershing Is ,a8,n aInS Mlco Northwestern railroad south of Casas Grandes was 'an Indication of the rapid'movements which are being made In furtherance of the plan to surround Villa. Madera may be the new advanced , 0888 1110 expeuiuon. Cloaked In i full authority, Pershing Is believed to be acting without referring bis plans to army headquarters at San Antonio. ' ; a That Major General Funston Is giv ing htm all the aid in bis power was demonstrated by the arrival of many trucks with supplies en route to the front. The Indication Is that Fun ston intends to keep Pershing sup plied with necessities by motor truck, mule drawn army wagons and old-fashioned pack train if permis sion to use the Mexican railroads is not obtained. ' ' : ' . FLOODS CLAIM LIVES . IX MISSOURI BASIX Bismarck, N. D., Mar. 29. Three persons were known to be dead .today from floods which swept away many homes In the Missouri basin. The rain and snow are continuing, mak ing conditions worse. . FIRE TORPEDOES AT SUSSEX RESCUE SHIP London, Mar. 89. A submarine fired two porpedoes at a British de stroyer which was rescuing survivors after the Sussex explosion, it was learned on the highest authority to day. Both torpedoes missed. : .Iff