Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, June 02, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextV. mm DAILY EDITION 0 vaii. vi No, am. iiu rt pass, josbphink cwukit, Oregon, rmnAv, jike a, iio. whole nimbeii 1702. t No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. . TREitflENDOUS 1 4,Ieven Warships and Other Fleet, With Thousands the German Fleet Meeting With Comparatively Small Damage in North Sea Engagement on Wednesday Now York, .1:23 , m., Juue Si. -Tho IlrttUh and (Jprnum fleets mei In the great t sea battle of the war on Wednesday ami tfie Brttlnh suffered tremendous losses In ships mill men. The Grnuui (IihH m!m aunVred In Hi long, fierce bottle, which extruded Into the night. , At thia hour nil ofllelal 4eiiMnl Indicate tfiat I1m ItritUh were much heavier loner tluui tle German. ' ? The ItrlUih admiralty statement, wlik-h reached New Vork more than an hour after Uie llrt new rame ly German wLelesa from Berlin, admitted the Ium of throe battlo cruUorn, three cruisers and five destroyers. Tito German admiralty admitted the om of one battleship, one cruiser and several torpedo boats, wltli me twiner and several torpedo boats ml. la. The German and HritWi lIMs agree on the kinking of the Juc- Mary and the Indefatigable, Itrltluli ltwttle cruisers. The nritUh al.1 Wnvit the lone of the battle cruloer, Invincible. The German lint claims I! ueatrnction of the . Ilrltlxh supor-dreadnauKty Warsplte, but the Itrltlxh Ut did not tnrlude tlio Warsplte. . The total number of men on the ItritUh ship sunk, If they were carry log normal complement, was tiJOH, excluding the crown of two destroyers wltli unrecorded complement. On the Marlborough, reported by the German to have Iteen torpedoed, were 1.000 men not Included in the. above figures. . ,. . , , Th total I oKa In llrltlnh tonnage claimed, by Uh Germans Is 123,H30. Ttte Ions In German tonnage admitted by the German admiralty la 1 3,013. ' - .. - . Ttie M'lcaltaden Is not Included In Uie estimate of lost German tonnage. The German ships lost carried at least 90S men. New York, June J. The British and German high sous fleets clashed In the biggest naval engagement of the war on Wednesday, May 31. The engagement, starting in the daytime, continued throughout' the night. Nine British warships, a submarine and numerous small British vessels were sunk, according to a German admlrallty official statement received here via the ffayvllle wireless this afternoon. The German report admits the loss of two German warships and a pos lblllty of a third with a torpedo boat unaccounted for. The German statement was Issued following tire return to Its bnse of the German 'high seas fleet. No report haa come from British sources, The arena of the naval en gagement the greatest naval fight of the great war was between Ska gerak and Horn Tllff. In the channel connecting the North and Baltic eas. . German estimates of BrltlBb losses are apparently based on roporta of British sailors rescued by the German hip. 1 An Intimation of tho prdbable ex tent ot the British losses is contained in the statement that only two ur- Srors of the great battleship Jnde tlgable were rescued by the Ger mans. The greatest British ships reported lost are the battleship Warsplte and the battle cruisers Queen Mary and Indefatigable, The hoavlest German-losses were the battleship Pommern, pre-drend-naught ot the Deutschland type; the cruiser Wiesbaden and the protected cruiser Prauenlob, the latter reported mlealnf. . The Germans make no estimate of the numter of tholr torpedo boata lost. Tholr estimate of the British losses, In small craft, is covered by the phraso, "a large numbor." Prom the fact that the engage ment took place on Wednesday, It is obvious that the British floet has liad full opportunity to reach Its oase. That no report has been made Jhy the British admiralty, and that the Germans were permitted to Klve the world the first news of the big bottle, Is regarded as significant. ' LOSS TO E Vessels From King George's of Hen, Sent to the Bottom, More than an hour after the Ger man wtreloss, announcing the North sea battle had reached New York, tho first statement of the British ad miralty arrived by cable. A cable message, the first part of which waa delayed in transmission, stated that tho .known British des troyers lost included the Tipperary, the Turbulent, the Fortune, the Spar- rowhawk and the Ardent. This list was the first enumeration, by name, ot small British craft lost In tho en gagement. The ucen Vary, the Indefatigable and the Invincible, battle cruisers, and the cruisers Defense and Black Prince were sunk, according to the British admiralty admission. Berlin, via Sayvllle, June 2. An engagement between the German high seas floet and the main part ot the English fighting fleet, in which more than eight British vessels were destroyed and marjy badly damaged, was announced In an admiralty offi cial statenvent today. The admiralty statement, under date ot June 1, said: "During an enterprise directed northward, our high seas fleet on May 31 encountered the main part of the Kngllsh flgnttng fleet, which was considerably superior to our forces. During the afternoon, between Ska gerak and Horn RICal, news of a hoavy engagement developed which was successful for the German fleet and continued also during the night. "In this engagement, as far as known until now, we destroyed the large battleship Warsplte, the battle orulsors Queen 'Mary and Indefati gable, two armored cruisers apparent ly of the Achilles type, one small cruiser, new flagships of the des troyers Turbant and Nostore and Al- caster, a number of torpedo destroy ers and one submarine ' I "Prom observations," which were I free and clear of any1 obstruction, It, was stated that a large number I of British 'battleships suffered heavy damage from the fire of -our ships and the 'at tacks of our torpedo boat flotillas during an engagement whloh lasted during the entire day and all 'night. --.iSX'" . j "Among others of the large British ships, the battleship Marlborough was T SEA FIGHT OF THE WAR hit by a torpedo. This Is confirmed by prisoners.' - ' "Several of our ships rescued parta of the crew of the sunken British warships, among whom .were only two survivors of the Indefatigable. "Among our loss, was the small cruiser Wiesbaden, which was sunk by British gunfire during the day's engagement, and His Majesty's ship Pommern, which wss sunk during the night engagement by a British tor pedo boat "The fate of His Majesty's ship Prauenlob, la as yet undetermined snd there Is a possibility that this boat has been lost together with a number of torpedo boats which have not yet reported and whose fate Is unknown. "The high seas fleet" returned to Its base today." The Skagera1' Is a broad arm ot the North sea otrwn Norway and Jutland. It it ISO uia long and 80 wide With Caltegat. the sound, and the Great and Little Belts, It con stitutes the channel connecting the North and Baltic seas. The Warsplte was a dreadnaught of 27.600 tons, waa 650 feet' long, 94 foot' beam and had a draught ot 27 feet. 8he carried eight 15 Inch guns, sixteen 6 Inch guns, -twelve anti-aircraft guns and four torpedo tubes. She was built In 112 at a cost ot 2,(00,000 pounds. ' She car ried 1,600 officers and men. The Queen Mary was a battleship of 27,000 tons, 725 feet long, 87 feet beam. Her armament consisted ot eight 13 inch guns, sixteen 4 Inch funs and three torpedo tubes. She bad a speed ot 27, knots. She car ried 1,000 officers and men. The cruiser Indefatigable was ot 18,750 tons and was 680 feet long. Her armament was eight 12 inch guns, sixteen 4 Inch guns and three torpedo tubes. She carried 800 of ficers and men. She was built at a. cost of 1,500,000 pounds. The Achilles was a cruiser of 13, 550 tons, 480 feet long. Her ar mament was elx 9 inch guns, four 7 Inch guns, twenty-four 3-pounders, tour Maxims, one 12-pounder and throe torpedo tubes. She carried 704 officers and men. She was built In 1903 at a cost of 1.180,000 pounds. Tfle Lowestoft type of cruiser, pos- slbly the type of the small cruiser i sunk, Is 5,500 tons and 450 feet! lonir The armament Is nine 10 Inch guns and ten 4 'inch guns. Tho Marlborough reported torpe doed Is a dreadnaught ot 24,600 tons. Her armament Is ten 13 Inch guns, twolve 6 Inchers, foor 3-pounders and four torpedo tubes. She car ried 1,000 officers and men. The Pommern (German)- waa a pre-dreadnaught ot the Deutschland class. She was ot 13,000 tons and 430 feet long. Her armament was four 11 Inch guns, fourteen 6 Inch guns, twenty 4-poundors, four 1 pounders, four machine guns and six torpedo tuteB. She carried a crew ot 729 officers and men. London, June 2. The greatest sea battle of the world war, In which Zep pelins co-operated with the kaiser's fleet, resulted in the admitted loss ot 11 war vessels of the British high eoas fleet, with six additional British vessels missing. The German losses were less than' half as large, the kaiser's fleet suc cessfully withdrawing to its base be fore the full' force of the superior British armada could be brought to bear. The battle was fought during the day and night of May 81, off the Jutland coast, with practically every i Continued on page 2) SE8S1 II IP. Old Guard Said Preparing to Trade Decbratica cf Pro ciplesfcr Nominee lor Head cf Party Ticket at Chicago Chicago, June 2. Ready to swap a platform for a candidate, the old guard of the G. O. P. turned its at tention on the planks the republican convention is expected to draft. The old guard is ready to concede practically any old plank to win Its purpose. The platform will contain practlcaljy every bull moose plank. In hope of winning the progressive suppoH right off the reel. Under plans tentatively outlined by leaders today, It Is stated the plat form, roughly summarized, will read something like this: --First, a plank for "Americanism" parading spectacularly the view of the republicans that the American flag should be "restored, to Its place of honor." This may be' preceded by a brief preamble, setting forth jthe "failure of the Wilson administra tion." . Second, a plank for preparedness, "not half-hearted preparedness, but actual preparation for war, with prob ably a clause favoring universal op portunity for service." The convention is not expected to go on record for universal or com pulsory military training, but merely for the "opportunity." Third, the tariff plank. As the progressives are believed to favor a higher tariff than In previous years, this plank, it Is said, will come out flatly for the practically life-long principle of republicans a nigh pro tective tariff, based on schedules sim ilar to the ones in force before the Underwood tariff bill paased. j In this connection, it is understood, It will be set forth that the nation's business has survived the democratic ! administration only through a mir- acta. It will be contended that the European war and its flood of war business enabled American business to billd up a false prosperity that "must cease and can only be perman ently built up 'by a protective tariff devised as to "foster the develop ment and extension of American trade to all nations ot the earth, etc." The republicans plan to go on re cord for "mild" regulation only. , The fifth plank,' it Is understood, will advocate a large merchant mar ine, but will oppose government own ership and subsidies, but gets around this ticklish question by "advocating a merchant marine that is encour aged by the government." . These planks, It is said, have al ready been decided upon. Two oth ers are to be fought over In com mittee, one, the suffrage plank, with a slight chance of success; the other, prohibition, to be squelched imme diately. ' Senator Borah will fight hard tor the suffrage plnnk. Whether or not Roosevelt is a pos- j slble winner of the republican nom-l (nation, even the standpatters werel apparently willing today to let thej colonel have his way about the plat- ( form. . t Bull moose planks will be Inserted , "beyond number, If .the colonel will only let somebody else be the nomi Inee, That was the view today among the old guard. " ' r WABnSH FAST rJAIL III IS BLOWN Pontlac, 111., June 2. Twenty per' sons were Injured, one seriously. when the Midnight special, the Wa bash railroad's fast mall train, Chi cago, to St. Louis, was blown from the tracks one mile south of Saune mlu early today Jn one ot the most severe windstorms that has visited central Illinois In years. The wreck occurred In a deep cut which kept the cars from overturning and pre vented more serious injuries to pas sengers. The engine, combination smoking and baggage car and four coaches were blown from the track. The baggage car was literally torn to pieces. One woman was thrown through the window of a coach for a distance of 20 feet c Q . Washington, June 2. Spread out on a five hundred mile Una twenty thousand, parrausa troops have been mustered or "border patrol work. according to General Funston's re port to the war department today, following careful investigation - of the Mexican troop movements. This number is double that which General obregon promised to dispose in northern Mexico. The bulk of the 80,000 troops. i mostly infantrymen, is massed In Chihuahua City and vicinity. Four thousand are in Chihuahua City, 2,' 000 just south of there, and 5,000 have moved toward Madera, just northwest of Chihuahua City. Two thousand have moved toward Ojln- aga, 300 miles east of Chihuahua City at the tip of the Big Bend. Others are scattered at various points on the 600-mile line between Madera and OJlnaga. ' Funston said that while the news papers reported entrenchment ot the Mexicans, his investigations found no evidence ot such a move. In an nouncing this disposition. Secretary Baker declared General Funston manifested no apprehension. In contradiction ot recent reports of threats against the American forces, Funston's message declared General Trevino recently issued strict orders that Mexicans insulting Am ericans would be summarily shot. RELEASE SHORT CHANGE ARTIST The young man who was held In Fortland upon a charge of larceny, the charge resulting from the eliort- hange gine through which he en riched 'himself in this city during the winter, will not be returned here for trial. Deputy Sheriff Denlson left for the Rose City to bring the pris oner home, but on arriving there he found the young man In the last stages of a disease that will soon claim his lite, according to the physi cians. A brother of the prisoner phoned the facts to Prosecutor Miller, and agreed to make good the amount which the young man had dbtalned from Russell's here. Mr. Miller au thorized the withdrawing ot the ac tion it conditions were found by Mr. Denlson as had been stated. The prisoner had already been held in jail for 48 days, he having been first arrested by the Portland authorities for a short-change offense such as he had worked here. FROr.l THE TRACKS 20.000 CARRANZA TROOPS BORDER Justice Breaks Sileccc toAa csice lb 02 b A:i:r ized io Spsak far lib cf Washington, June 2. Justice Hughes, through his secretary, told the United Press today that neither Frank Hitchcock nor any one else la authorized to work for the nomina tion of the justice at Chicago. "Justice Hughes has no represen tative, and there is so man author ixed to ose his name as a presidential possibility," said the secretary, Laur ence H. Green. He said he was sur prised that the Impression had beea gained that Hitchcock might be act ing with the authority of the Justice. "We supposed the public knew that Justice Hughes baa no representative or any one who has been authorized in the -Slightest. degreeC" no added." The justice is sticking closely to his library these days. Except for Mondays, he spends all his working hours, and they are many, in his library studying, cases. Supremo court justices have no offices except their own libraries. , If he has business down town, he walks a distance of two or three miles or more -or rides with Mrs. Hughes in their electric car. The justice knows little "society," except official events from which there is no escape. One of his recreations Is nia Vlctrola and another his children. Chicago, June 2. Justice Hughes' disavowal ot Frank H. Hitchcock's (Continued on page 2) flAVAL BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE Washington, June 2. The house this afternoon passed the administra tion naval bill. ' The vote was 358 to four. " Washington, June 2. News of the 24-hour naval battle between the British and German fleets in the North sea spread like wild Are among members ot the house, lighting over details of the naval bill, to be voted on this afternoon. The reported destruction of twelve or more British war vessels and the damaging ot many others by a Ger man fleet, said to be smaller in num ber, was Immediately grasped as an argument by many for a .larger United States' navy than proposed In the bill. The bill, with the biggest naval ap propriations ever reported, has a building program to cost J1S0.000, 000. It was understood the republican minority would attempt to have the bill re-committed with instructions to add two dreadnaughts to the pro gram. ". A last-minute effort to obtatn a larger 'building program failed when the house rejected by a vote ot 18 to 1 S3 Representative Browning's motion to re-commit with instructions to the committee to change the bill so as to 'provide for two dread naughts, six battle cruisers, six acout cruisers, fifty submarines, 23 destroy ers, two fuel ships and material In crease in personnel.' , i i I