Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, April 30, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EDITION VOL, VI., No. 100. nil i ft , GRANTS PA, JOSEPHINE COUNTV, OREGON. SUNDAY, APRIL 80, 1010 WHOLE NUMBER 174. V 5s J '"'n(0 err No Other Town in tho World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. ! V at MACHINERY FOR iVilLL IIS First Four Cars of Materials for New Industry Reach City and Are Unloaded in Yards of Coast Railroad Ths first four cm of machinery for the new sawmill to be erected on the Hoe of the Twohy railroad arrived from Dutte Fall Saturday morning, and were at once tut over to the yards of the new railroad, where they are being unloaded pending the aottlo ment of the definite alte. Three oth er cart will arrive Monday tnornlug. tsd theae will also be unloaded In the railroad yarda. Two ran of the boilers and the heavier plecea of ma chinery will not be shipped' till the matter of the alte la determined, aa It would entail too much expense to have to handle them again, and they will be hrought and unloaded In place at the mill alte. Edgar llafer, who li In charge of the new enterprlae, came over from Med ford to receive the machinery aa it arrived, and atated that the ques tion of alte would be cleared within a few days, and Intimated that the ruction of the mfll Vould proceed within a week or 10 day. lie laid that if one of the two altea In view between the box factory and the Wil liam mill wa not selected, that the plant might be act on aome of the railroad land In the aame vicinity, the Twohy people having obtained 26 acre of tormlnal Innda from the city when they took over the railroad. The mill will bo one of the tnoit roodernly equipped In the district, ac cording to the statement of Mr. Hafer. It will bo erected In a mont substantial and business-like manner, with a view to permanency, there be ing timber along the line of the new railroad to keep the mills buiy for many yeara to come. It la under stood that negotiation are pending with the owner of tho Warren box factory, and that If they are con aummatcd, the mill and box factory will be merged, otherwise the mill will be established furthor down the line of the road. Rate on log and lumber are alto under consideration, and Mr. Hafor and R. B. Miller, of the Twohy company, will go to San Francisco Monday to arrange theae matter. TH III CHICAGO TO TiLKTO LAWYERS . Chicago, April 29. Colonel Roose relt arrived In Chicago today to ad dress the State Bar association to night. He refuted to dlacnta his can didacy for president. Crle of "We want Teddy!" echoed through the tatlon aa he alighted from his train. Crown Clarence Orr, who In 1905 won the president' marksmanship medal, wa In the crowd. He pressed forward and showed Roosevelt a' tot ter the colbnel wrote to him express ing a belief In universal military ser vice. "My vtewa have not changed since I wrote that letter," Roosevelt said. ANOTHER flllTPHUlLmNO PLANT TOR PORTLAND Portland, April 2D. Another wood en shipbuilding plant -will bo con structed In Portland. Announcement was made by F. C, Knapn, president, wf the Peninsula Lumber company, that eastern capitalists will help htm finance the plant, Five way will le "built at once. . .. . . 10 RUSSIANS ABE CAPTURED BY Till TROOPS Berlin, April 19. More than 5,600 Russian, Including high officer, were captured when German carried position between fftanarooze and Stachowe, It waa officially announced today. The Russian suffered heavy losses, Increased by numerous counter attack on thlr part, all of which were repulsed. The Slav attacked again and again In maw formation, but were unable to re-conquer their lost position. Flfty-alx officer, Including four members of the staff, cannon, 10 mine-thrower and 28 machine gun were seised. Germane advancing In the Olven chy aoctlon on the western front re pulsed British counter-attack. START WORK SOON ON GOVERNMENT RAILROAD Seattle, April 29. Work will be gin on the government Alaska rail road at Fairbanks, according to O. F. Cramer, disbursing agent of the railway company, who la In Seattle today with a party consisting of J. C. Williams, assistant disbursing agent; F. H. Oalley. division engin eer and 23 men of the engineering crew. They will leave here at once for the north via White Horse and tho Yu kon River route. Thomas Rlggs, Jr., a member of the committee, will ar rive here. Thursday, en route north. ITEi BERLIN Berlin, April 29. Publication here of President Wilson's memorandum with regard to armed merchant ves sels caused a new flurry of excite ment. No official comment was ob tainable. .' The average Berlin citizen, his first wave of anger over the submar ine note having subsided, thought he saw In the memorandum new sub stantiation of the old charge that Wilson Is doing hi utmost to help England. The president' statement that an armed ship should be deem ed peaceful until there waa conclu sive evidence to the contrary, brought the following comment from a cltl- aen: ....- "It I walk down the street with a gun In my pocket how Is President Wilson to know whether my Inten tion Is offensive or defensive?" "It Is too early to say whether the memorandum will cause a hitch In the negotiations on the submarine Issue, which are now In a satisfactory state. Probably this will be known after Ambassador Gerard returns from hla conference with Kaiser Wllhelm, whtch begins today. OREGON CITY WOMAN ACQUITTED ON ARSON CHARGE Oregon City, April 29. Mrs. Mary C. Wells, Is free today after a five day trial on a oharge of arson. Late yesterday a jury acquitted her of the charge of consplrlrtg with W. H. Newman to burn her throe" houses. During the trial Mrs. Wells' daught er, granddaughter and great-granddaughter eat benlde her In the court room. TAXV.H IN MEXICO WILL m DOV1ILKR ' Galveston, ' April ,29. Mexican taxes will be doubled after next Mon day, according to a Carranza dorrce, official Moxlco City , telegram said today. Tho do facto government cur rency Is being withdrawn, to be re placed at 10 to 1 for now paper back ed by a special reserve, ' WILSON jiiaWnmfa city Irish Rebels and Government Hand Conflicts, and Many Are Killed by Rifles and Machine Guns Trained Upon the Rebellions Hosts Who Set Numerous Buildings Ablaze in Center of Capital Dublin, Ireland, April 29. Amid. ABln flamaa wk(tt tk tun aI a ' weep the city, British troops and Irish rebels engaged In a furlou band-to-hand straggle until an early hour. Routed, the rebels scurried away aa dawn broke npon the black ened rulni of the Sinn Fein strong holds In tho heart of Dublin. As they fled, fire from Maxim guns and the troops' rifles mowed them down. It was estimated that more than 100 persons were killed or mis sing as a result of the four days street fighting. The military la apparently In con trol, though the disorders are not completely, quelled. A ring of steel has been thrown around the rebels, who seem disheartened at their fail ure to arouse a general uprising In Ireland. Late Thursday, a troop began closing In, the revolutionists started numeroua fires In the heart of the city. They evidently planned a great conflagration, hoping to escape In the resulting confusion. British troops rushed toward the fires, being obliged to kill all rebels who attempted to prevent tbem from extinguishing the flames. The troops had scarcely begun bat tling the blaze when fusillades burst forth from tho roofs of adjacent buildings. The battle which follow ed eclipsed anything on the European fronts for plcturesqueness. Blasts of smoke and flame hid the buildings In rebel hands, rolling away a moment later to disclose groups of men on the steep, upright roofs, fir ing at soldiers below. It was reck less work. The rebels' figures against I the background of fire were easy tar gets. One after another they were 'picked off, the troops firing from shadows In the streets. . I The general pottofflce and the cub 'toms house escaped, flames stopping I just short of them. The work of ! cleaning out snipers Is proceeding 'systematically, troops avoiding do ing damage to public property or In juring non-combatants. London, April 29, Irish rebels es timated at from 2,000 to 10,000 strong have been cornered and sur rounded In the heart of Dublin by OT AND FUNSTON PAY SOCIAL TO El Paso, April 29. General Hugh Scott and General Fred Funston are contemplating a tour ot inspection to the American front in Mexico It was learned today. Plana for this de pend upon the outcome of their con ference with General Alvaro Obregon, Mexican war minister. If the trip is decided on, It will include a tour from Columbus to Namlqulpa. The fullest honors were accorded to Obregon when he visited Scott In El Paso today, returning the formal call wade on him In Junre by Scott and Funston lost night. "Tho visit was merely to return tho courtesy,", said Funston, who was prosont. "Absolutely no points in the coming conference wore brought up. Wo expect, soon to arrange a ' time and placo for tho conference. I nm In hoies that the meettngs will be hold on tho American side, of tho border, but this matter will be settled in a manner satisfactory to the con ferees." The Eighth cavalry regiment es VST Troops Engage in Had-to- the British, advices from the scene of the disturbances said today. Troops are besieging the postofflce in which the Sinn Pelners estab lished headquarters. Several nearby buildings have been captured from the rioters.. Light artillery has been trained on the postofflce but com manders hope to seize it without further damage to the building. A press despatch from a point near Dublin declared that some rebels had made overtures for surrender. The most severe fighting occurred late yesterday when British troops attacked and captured strongly en trenched positions on St Stephen's Green. The Green Itself Is enclosed by a wall and entrance may te gain ed only through comparatively new gates. These the Sinn Felners bar ricaded with overturned motor trucks. ' Government troops rushed the bar rlcades In close formation and after 15 minutes of desperate hand-to-hand fighting broke through the gate. Inside the rebels had shallow trenches protected by sand bags and Iron spikes. From these defenses they fired volley after volley Into the masses of British pouring through the gate. Despite this, the first gov ernment soldiers charged without waiting for reinforcements. One detachment of the rioters was cut off, surrounded and captured, more than SOO men laying down their arms. Unofficial despatches assert ed the entire Green was in posses sion of the military. Several women Sinn Felners figur ed In the early street fighting. Later they disappeared. It Is believed that they have been hidden by rebel sym pathisers. The authorities were in formed that the Countess Markle vlecs, attired In a green uniform, marched with the rioters on the day the uprising commenced. Fires are burning in several parts of Dublin. Other disturbances nave occurred In' Ennlscorthy, Killarney, Gorey, Glocomel and in certain parts of Galway county, but everywhere else the situation la calm, according to an official" announcement. , The British cabinet met unexpect- (Continued on Page. Six.) corted Obregon and six Mexican gen erals when they entered El Paso. American . Infantry was stretched along the main streets. They salut ed as the Carranelstas passed from the International bridge, to Scott'a private car in the railroad yards. Nearly 4.000 troops from Fort Bliss, representing every branoh of the ser vice, participated in the demonstra tion accorded Obregon. Obregon, accompanied by hla bride, an orderly and a chauffeur, took a sunrise ride through El Pnso In a machine which he brought with him from Mexico City. El Paso. April 29. -Refusal to withdraw the American expedition from Mexico until Franrlsro Villa Is taken and demands that use of rail roads and other facilities bo granted the United States forces are expect ed to bo among the proposals of Gen Hugh Scott, chief of staff, when he meets General Alvaro Obregon, Mexl- ( Continued on page 2) I sra BE Oil SUCKER CIEK YIELDS 13 OF Seventy-three ounces of para gold waa the cause of the smile that II. O. Slskron wore when he came to town Friday. The gold was the product of the run of only 12 tons of the free milling ore from the January 1st mine just put through the mill, and proved that the rein Is Improv ing as it is followed Into the earth. "It never looked 'better," said Mr. Slskron. "Or that gives vs better than 1 120 per ton Is pretty good staff, and we are sure satisfied with the showing made by the 'old reliable'." CASHIER OF PORTLAND INSURANCE CO. SUICIDE Portland, April 29. W. It Robert son, 38, cashier of the Pacific States Fire Insurance company, shot him self through the heart early today, The body was found by other em ployes when they entered Robertson's office. A check payable to his wife and dated today was lying heslde the body. COLORED SPRINTER i SETS NEW RECORD New York, April 29. Howard P, Drew, colored sprinter of the Uni versity of Southern California, es tablished a new world's record for the' 90 yard dash In the Smart Set A. C. games, here, covering the. dis tance in nine seconds flat ' ; ATTACK AT VERDUN Paris, April 29. German forces resumed their attack on Verdun dur ing the night with heavy assaults on both bank of the Meuse. Hurl ing hand grenades, the French charged and stopped the onslaught against Hill 304, the keystone of the northwestern defenses. An even more violent attack east of Thlau mont was heavily repulsed. Fighting on the east hank of the Meuse spread from the river to Dou aumont and Vaux. . There was sav age battling raging there throughout all yesterday. ' Following one of the most violent artillery actions ot the Verdun cam paign, which dropped an Intense cur tain of fire over the French defenses, Germans charged again and again east of Thlaumont where they were frequently defeated, said tho com munique. They sprayed the French works with streams of liquid fire as they advanced, but steady showers of shrapnel ripped their ranks to pieces and the survivors were hurled back, leaving many comrades dead and dying on the field. ' Another force suddenly emerging from Calllette wood attacked the Douaumont-Vaux line, only to be thrown back without gaining a foot hold. ; , v On the Meuse west bank, French gunners got the range of a hidden munitions depot and shortly after the first shell screamed Into It the magazine blew up with a terrlfflo ex plosion. The Germans shelled Avo court and Esnes all day. SLAUGHTER JURY ADJOURNS UNTIL NEXT MONDAY Orovllle, Cal., April 29.- With the second trial bf 'Rev. Madison Slaugh ter, Baptist pastor at Chko, on a charge of attacking Gertrude Lam son, 15, barely started, an adjourn ment of court was taken over today until Monday, when the prescutlon will resume the Introduction of its evidence. The first witness called was Mrs. Thcfmas Whtdden, who re peated the story she told In tho first trial with regard to Gertrude being at Slaughter's residence on the oc castdn ot the alleged offense. IB GOLD REPULSE GERMAN IMEflP mm Besieged Garrison Held at Kct-El-Amrafor 140 Days Is Fcally Forced to Yield Thresh Food Shortage London, April 29. The British garrison of 2,970 English and 1,009 British Indian troops, which has been besieged in Kut-el-Amara by the Turks for more than 140 days, has. surrendered. It was admitted official ly today by the war office. This is the first instance ot the present war, and one of the few oc casions in more than a century, la ' which a besieged British garrison has surrendered. The Kut-el-Amara garrison has been believed in serious danger for several days because of lack of food. Officials made no attempt to min imize the gravity ot General Towns- bend's position. Official statements last night told ot an unsuccessful effort to ran a food ship on the Tigris river through the Turkish lines. This indicated that the predicament of the British was desperate. ' . . Floods Mocked relief forces which are now 23 miles east ot the city Turks trapped General Townshend In Kut-el-Amara early, in December, after the Bagdad campaign had col lapsed. . v Townshend destroyed all the gar rison's guns and munitions before surrendering. Sir John Nixon occupied Kut-el-Amara on September 19, 1915, and advanced to within 10 miles of Bag- . dad, where on November 26 he was defeated and, retreating, suffered an other defeat when his Arabian vol unteers deserted and joined the Turks. Nixon left Townshend with a force estimated by the Turks as 10,000, and also left large quantities of sup plies, believing that a relief expedi tion would later reach him. Nixon did not want the Turks to have Kut- el-Amara, barring another advance on Bagdad. Subsequently Nixon was relieved ot bis command, Sir Percy Lake suc ceeding him. Dardanelles veterans then tried to relieve the garrison. RETURN FROM MINE oh mm GULCH Members ot the syndicate that has recently purchased the Neil mining property on Fidler's gulch returned. Saturday noon from a visit to the mine. In the party were W, Q. Swalwell, ot Everett, WaBh.; Capt. Smith, Fred Firth and A. Coates, ot Seattle; Attorney Tom Smith, of Mt Vernon, Wasa.; and Engineer Wal ters. Mr. Coates and Attorney Smith left on tbe afternoon train for San Francisco on business connected with the company, but will return In a few days. Mr. Swalwell departed for hla home at Everett on the even ing train. One car of machinery tor the equipment of the mine has already arrived at Waters creek for transpor tation to the mine, and another car will reach this city from tbe south Monday, and the work ot getting the property npon a producing basis will proceed as rapidly aa possible. Some of the materials will be sent in by pack train, but the heavier pieces ot machinery will be hauled by wagon down to the mouth of Josephine creek on the Illinois river, Tafted over the Illinois, and continued to the mine by wagon.