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

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Newspaper Page Textflft ft,'.-. , I 11 1 ' CI I u i ill ill CAA ' i -"'.' , DAILY EDITION V GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1916. WHOLE NUMBER 1750. No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service:" : ' 4 - . : ' ; J . IV Vikl. Vf v m i ' V I' A r HARDOR AHO RIVER BILL WD By Narrow Margin, the U.S. Senate Approves Measure ' Carrying $42,000,000. for Waterways ct tie Nation Washington, May 29. Tba senate ty vote of IS to S3 passed tb rivers and harbors bill today, ap propriating $43,000,000. The Newlands amendment to cre ate a general waterways committee of non-partisan pr0Dnel to laws . tlgate plana for river com mere and flood eoatrol waa Adopted. Kenyon'a amendment to cut the appropriation to 125.000,000 waa defeated. Tht bill carries the following ap propriation! for tbw atate of Oregon: Com bay, 170,000; Tillamook bay, $5,000: Coqullle river, 88.000; Cooan river, 13,000; 81s'slaw river, $5,000; Snake river, from month to Pitta hnrgh, landing. I2S.O00; " Columbia river and tributaries above Celllo falla, 138.000; Willamette and Yam bill rivers, $17,000; Columbia and lower Willamette rlvera below Port land,' $160,000; mouth of Columbia, 11.100,000; Clatakanie. $1,000. Washington, May 20. The motion of fillbuaterera to aend the rlvera and harbors 1)111 back to committee waa defeated by the eenate today, the vote being 17 to 41. The motion In cluded Instructions to the commerce committee to report on the 820,000. 400 application to be apportioned by army englneera. 8enatora Ashurst, Borah and Lane voted affirmatively. fl. Y. GIANTS TAKE 1. T Boston. May 29, "Matty" pitched the Glanta to another clean-cut vic tory today 17 atralght for New York, " Score, S to 0.. The Ooaton Braves could not do much with "big Six" and the Glanta hit opportunely. Three Boston errors aided New York on lta sensational and t record breaking spurt. When the Glanta started their ter Tlflc drive they were In the cellar. They are now only two games from the top. ' ' New York, May 29. The attention of the New York baaoball fans was festered today on Boston, where the Giants clash with the Boston Braves In the flnnl games of the aeries. If WoOraw's men can grab thla after- Boon's contest they will have cap tured 17 games atralght,. within two games of the "major league record of, 19 straight, made by the Chicago mite Sox. . The Glanta today were only twd ramea behind the National league leaders and were going strong. To morrow they will open a new series -with the Phillies at Philadelphia. ; In the American league the reno vated and rejuvenated Cleveland In dians are going almost as atrong as the Giants, but they have slipped during the last week and are now In second place. 43RHMANA ItEI'ORT RKPl'I-SR OF ATTACK AT CTM1KRK8 Berlin, May 29. Two French at tacks st Cumleres during the night 'h were repulsed, it was officially an- GAMES STRAIGH MVM..bW.. t , .W.VMft .1 ...... . ' fighting' on both banks of the Menus "was reported.;' VILLISTA CACHE ED HIE .'KID RIFLES With the American Troopa sear Nemlqulpa, Mex, May 28 (Via Col unique, N. M., May 29). Search for other Vllllata eachea la In progreaa to day, following the dlaoovery of 10 machine guna and ISO rifles In Ealso canyon, a bandit rendecvoua. Toe Americas bunt for email bandi and watch on suspected Vllllata hid Ing placet have not been relaxed. The good condition of tht loot found in the canyon auggeatl that Villa prob ably cached It there upon retreating from Columbua, N. M. A!JD GREEKS BATTLE Undon, May 29. Drlak fighting between Oreeka and Bulgarians la In progreaa today following the Vul garian 'lavuloa of Oreeoe. A de tachment from Tort Rupel fired upon Bulgarian troopa, whereupon the lat ter returned the shots, without aerl oua loatea to either aide. Greece haa warned Ma border commandera to prevent eerloua encountera. It la be lieved the army of 25,000 Bulgarlana which entered Oreeoe did ao In order to be on guard against an allied at tack.' The Venlxeloa party la sow again demanding that Greece Join the allies. It la believed, however, that King Conatantlne la atlll oppoaed to TRAXWXttTIXKXTAI, I1IKKR OFF OX FREAK STl'NT San Francisco,' May 29. Deter mined to break' the tranacontlnental record of Edward Payaon Weston, 104 days, aeven hours, from 8an Pranclaco to New York, Joseph Scott, amateur hiker of Philadelphia, start ed tor the east today over the Lin coln highway. He expects to make Sacramento in two days. . ROCKKPKLLER INFLVKNCK MAY CONTROL (i. X. ROAD New York, May 29. It seems cer tain today that the .National City bank of New York, closely allied with Rockefeller, will exert a mighty In fluence on the Great Northern rail way now lhat James J. Hill is dead. J. P. Morgan's holdings In the North ern Paclflo may thua bring the two lines Into competition. Hill prevent ed active competition during his life time. LOS ANGKLKS MAYOR MAY SEEK GOVERNOR'S JOB Los' Angeles, May 29. Mayor Phaploa m flAhaaHan ,if Tjtfl lnaatAa today refused to either confirm or deny Teports that lie contemplated I becoming n candidate for governor ,of California. When questioned as (to his gubernatorial aspirations, he replied: " I "I hftvo no etatoment to make in that matter, I am not denying or affirming It." ' ,' TEXAS INFANTRY FOB BORDER SERVICE San Antonio, May 29. The Third Texas Infantry regiment entrained to day for service in the Brownsville sootlon. Simultaneously Colonel 8lb toy of the United States army depart ed with Instructions regarding patrol ling the Del Rto region. Authorities here are perploxod as to why Gen eral Gavlra, Carranslata commander at Juaret, plans to confer with Gen eral Pershing regarding co-operation when that matter was settled at the recent conference between' General Scott and General Obregon.' BULGAR IflVADERS EMPIRE BUILDER PASSED i ' sfs ' 'j ' 'J''"'' James J. Hill, Aged Railroad Shock of Operation Performed .Saturday, Died This Morning, and Through His Death One cl the leading Industrial Captains of the Nation Leaves Stage oi Action St. Paul, Minn., May 29. James J. Hill, one of the last of the American empire builders, died at Ms home here at 9:43 a. m. today, following an operation for the removal of a car buncle. On account of his age, 78 years, be waa unabhe to resist suc cessfully the shock of the operation. James Jerome Hill was called "The Empire Builder" because he was one of the greatest transportation geniuses of an age when railroad building was the most Important fea ture of American expansion. Hill waa born near Guelph On tario, September 1(, 1838. Educated at Rock wood academy, he left bis father'a farm in 1850 and entered steamboat line offices In St. Paul, where he remained ten yeara. He waa man-ted In 1867 to Mary Theresa Mehegan. About thla time Hill went Into the fuel and transpor tation business as a member of the flrnv of Hill, Griggs ft Company. 1 In 1870 be established the Red River Transportation company, oper ating .between St Paul and Winni peg. Three' yeara later he sold tots interest In lhat concern and organ ised a syndicate which obtained con trol of the St. Paul A Pacific railroad. Thla waa reorganised under Hill's guiding genius, and became known as the St. Paul, Minneapolis A Mani toba Railway company. 4 ' Hill officiated as general manager, vice-president and president of this road Until It merged with the Great Northern system In 1890. Hill then directed the building of the Oreat Northern, extending from Lake Supe rior to Puget sound, with northern and southern branches and a line of steamers running to the Orient. Hill was president of the Great Northern until 1907 and chairman of its board or directors until 1912. He waa also president of the Northern Securities company, a director of sev eral railway syatema and a number of banks, and vice-president of the New York chamber of commerce. One of the finest collections of modern French paintings Is in the Hill galleries. He also Interested himself in writing and was the author of several works touching on trans portation problems. One of the best known Is "Highways of Progress." Hill's final collapse came with startling suddenness. It was late last week before a word of his serious condition was allowed to leak out. Thcn it was stated. he was merely. suffer Inn from a cold.' The Mayo brothers, surgical specialists, were brought from Rochester, Minn., tor a consultation and It then developed that Hill was afflicted with an tlnal carbuncle, Newspapermen, motion picture operators and press cameramen be gan besieging the Hill mansion. It was learned Sunday that Hill was worse. He suffered considerable pain and was restless. He grew steadily; weaker. Special trains began bringing friends and relatives to the bedside. The best surgeons were summoned. Louis W. Hill, president of the Great j Northern, opened hla residence next door for the accommodation of doc- t6rs and nurses. Early Sunday after noon Hill suffered a sinking spell. Rev. Father Thomas Gibbons, pas tor of the St. Paul Catholic cathedral and vicar-general of the St. Paul arch diocese, hastehed to the bedside. Four hours later Hill 'was said to have rallied. At six p. in. his pulse was Reported Improved. But at 1:80,- twelve hours: before his death was to come, Doctors Biggs and Gllflllan Man, Unable to Ssnive announced that "the outlook was ex- tremely serious." : Desiring a special sedative to quiet Hill, the doctors sent to Chicago for It, a distance of 411 miles. . The se- dative was brought to 8t Paul on a special ! train, witch covered the ground In 8 hours S minutes, a new record. When tha sedative arrived, surgeons decided not to use It Mrs. Samuel Hill, of Washington arrangements, Alabama yielding to state. Hill's daughter, arrived on a) Whitman of New York. Hughes will special train and rushed to the death .have 50 New York votes, the majority chamber just In time to grasp her of the New York delegation, on the father's hand before life flickered ontl first ballot HOI was conscious to the end. Mrs. j The first candidate, Coleman Da A. M. Bard, of New York, who was Pont svrrlved la Chicago today and en route on a apodal train, was the took personal charge of bis bead only child not at the bedside when quarters. He said: the end came. "Delaware, my state, haa endorsed Phyalclana declared that Hill would m' 1 expect otber uPPrt- But hsve survived his illness but tor his what 1 mort wnt ! for the mfn great age. Hill's activity continued.10 wln-" right up to the last and he held a RooaawU supporters are prepared business conference on his death bed. t0 mwA tn olonels train at four Realising that his illness would prob- n- m- waen he passes through Chi ably prove fatal, the aged financier c .mte to Kansas City for, a on 8unday called several railroad ,Decn- H wlu ner 'our hours, offlclala to hla side and Instructed but ha will not apeak unless he makes them regarding the disposition he wlsbed to make of several pending raatters. He also conferred with two m nere bank officials. One of the last glgan-f tic deals In which Hill participated was the allied loan. Hill was one of the close personal frlends ot the king of Belgium and did everything In hla power to assist the king and the people of Belgium. The history of Hill's life Is the his tory of development in the northwest. Fifty years ago be waa a dock clerk In St Paul and practically penniless. He died a multl-mllllonalre. Hill's parents were plain, hard working Scotch and north of Ireland biock. nui wiuiea to oe a great sur geon. His father's death when he was 15 years old blasted that hope. When Hill entered the fuel and transportation business for himself he became simultaneously station tMaalAM 4f C4 Y)a Anita 11 m n A master of St. Paul's only railroad. Lord Mount Stephen, Lord Strath cona and Norman W. Kittson formed the trio which purchased the Minne sota St Pacific railroad from Dutch bondholders and put Hill in charge. This road, running between St Paul and Minneapolis, was the foundation of the groat Hill lines. TA. ?r?at Nrthe ?" "an,M? In 1889 to merge ail branches and feeders in Minnesota and the Dako- tas. The same year. Hill pushed the Hne toward Puget sound hnd the ore proaucing reK.ons m ormern jam- nesota. The organization of steamship corn- Intes-'panles pperating to the orient through Seattle was the next step in Hill's career. In the meantime he put ,ng P,nK ,n Los Angeles, through the Northern Pacific, which Ij0cal RllBslan narchlsts are is another line connecting 'St. Paul 8tronfr ln the,r denunciations of the with the coast. polIoe for killing Ward, and a col Needing a line between Chicago lpotton ,h.B hppn tftk.B . tft v,. and the coast, Hill bought the Burl- jlnston route In 1901. But the North- em Securities company, organized to 'control the three roads, was dissolved s Illegal The Great Northern purchased Its subsidiary Hives In 1907. Expansion was the keynote of Hill's life. Louis Hill replaced his father In active1,! chn direction of the railroad Interests In 1912. James J. Hill's children are James N. Hill. Mrs. A. M. Bard and Mrs. Michael Gavin, of New York; Mrs. George Slade, Mrs. Emll Boeckmann, Miss Clara Hill and Louis 11111, of St. Paul; Walter Hill, of Hallock. Minn., and Mrs. Samuel Hill, of, Washington state. EM HITCHCOCK IH CHARGE OF THE HUGHES HO Chicago, May 29. Justice Hughes' presidential boom was put under way in earnest today when Frank Hitch cock, postmaster-general In Tart's cabinet, arrived here. ' "I am not here to open Hughes' headquarters, but I will keep my ear to the ground, declared Hitchcock, who Is one of the supreme court Jus tice's most aggressive supporters. "I am confident Hughes will accept if nominated by the republican party. He has not told me so, but that is tbe way I feel. I have not seen Hughes for month. He is the most 'likely candidate. It will be bard to .beat Wilson, but Hughes is the man to do If - Hughes will be placed In nomin ation flrat, according to convention 1riet depoy Roose- will confer with bull moose lead- U BANDIT VAS T San Franclaco, May 29. While funeral services were conducted to day for Police Sergeant Morlarity, killed, by Philip Ward. Russian au archlst, fresh mystery beclouded the cose of the latter, who was slain bat- tllng poyce His body still lies In the public morgue, despite tbe fact that a mysterious man, claiming to act for an equally mystic "Miss Fitz gerald," has called up a private un- riartuklntr aatahltahmonf unnl t,me8, directing that the corpse be transferred there, Th nnllm for a. flmn believe,! fhat mn Mls. PIterald.. mIght tn. same woman as Mrs, Anna Stone, who came from Los Angeles with her little girl to Join Ward here shortly before his death. Investigation con vinced them, however, that this clew was false, and that Mrs. Stone return ed secretly to Los Angeles after Ward was killed. Detectives have found a number of ,ptter ,n Ru.8an whlch contaJll code ,-,,- thftm thnt WM Implloate1 ,a the operatlons of bandit gangs In many Pacific coast cities, that he was a member of the Neiac-n-Juber 'bank robbing organiaa tlon and connecte4 with a counterfeit fn,r.i rnii.P.' '' ' : , ' 'oKNKRAT CONFKRKVCE OF METHODISTS ENDS Saratoga. N. Y May 29. With Kmpi9 prayers Invoking divine aid on the work of the Methodist Epls- h during the next four years, the Meihodlst Episcopal con ference which has been In session for a month waa brought te a close here today. . 4 j 'Rev. E. M. Randall, of Seattle, and Rolls V. Watt, of San Francisco, were Included among those named on . a committee to work for a union of the Mtthodtsts of the' north and south, ' RUSS m I mm ATTACKS CHECKED Battle Vfat cl Ciri:res a Raged UslK:it, Et Tca- ttzzMt Frail Defies Paris, May 29. Two terrific Ger man attacks west of Cumierea hart been -checked, following five-hoar battle. It was officially announced to- Thi Germans first charged at T o'clock last night attempting to rV capture Thursday's losses. For an hour they struggled In vain to pene trate the French defenses, finally re treating into a ravine east 'of Dead Man's hllL A second assault came Just before midnight In the ghastly glare of Illuminating bombs, French and Germans battled hand-to-hand on the parapets of trenches until the Teutons were driven tack Into Cor- bean woods. -: East of the river Mease there war a heavy artillery duel near Vaox, bnt no Important Infantry operations., ' A. German reconnoissance In Lorraine was repulsed, ssld the communique. W1LSOX MAY ACCEPT ' OYER THE TELEPHOXaT Washlngten, May 29. An effort la under way today to have President Wilson address the fit Louis conven tion by telephone when he accepts the democratic nomination. . . HALF MILLION LOSS " IX VANCOUVER FIRS Vancouver, B. C, May 29. A loss. of $500,000 la the estimate today caused by. fire Sunday night which started In the Alberta-Pacific grain elevator. The origin of the fire Is unknown. Before the fire department could respond the flames had spread to the million-dollar plant of the New England Fish company, destroying their wharf, offices, stores and par tially destroying a warehouse. HOLD SERVICE IX PORTLAND IN MEMORY OF J AS. HILL Portland, May 29. The chamber of commerce today adopted a resolu tion calling tor memorial services in honor of the late James J. Hill sim ultaneously with the funeral services when they are held ln St Paul. Near ly all the flags displayed here were at half-mast. IS AT WASHINGTON - Washington, May ' 29, Mexican Representative Arredondo announced today that Carranzlsta Agent Manuet Mendes had , arrived . from Mexico City, but that he knew nothing about a note he was reported carrying to President Wilson. v ' Arredondo explained he Was ex pecting a transcript of : the Scott Obregon conference and it possibly led to a report that Carranza was sending a note . again demanding withdrawal of American troops. - Nevertheless, Consul Rogers , tele graphed that Carranza's communica tion should have reached Secretary Lansing on Saturday. .Rogers under stood Mendes was the message bearer. ; f , r .. Lansing will protest It an Inrestl- ' gatton develops that decrees affect Ing i Americans In Tamplco are, con flscatory. ' .; CARRANZA AGENT