Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, August 04, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textlife DAILY EDITION TOU VI., No. 871. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPIIINK COUNT!, OREGON, FRIDAY", AUGUST 4, 1016. WHOLE XTHBEIt 1815. Xo Other Town in the World the Size of Grants PassJIas a Taper "With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. ' U.8. 1 MEDIATOR IN STRIKE Wilson and Federal Board of Arbitration Are Prepar ing Plans in Case of Strike on American Railroads Washington, Aug. 4. Indications that the Unltod Statu government U rapidly formulating the court of ac tion It will punue ibould the threat ened railroad strike materialize, were seen today In a series ot conference! between President Wilson and Judge Chambers ot the federal board ot mediation and conciliation, The question also was dlacussod at Jength at the cabinet meeting. Cham s bers held his first conference at the White' House with the president at ' o'clock. Upon entering the conference he expressed himself as optlmlstlo over sucoesstul termination St the pend ing differences. After talking with the president for halt an hour, he prepared a statement authorised by the president Before he could give - It out, however, the president tailed ntm on the telephone, requesting an other conference, . . At the conclusion ot ths second one., It is believed likely a statement out lining fhe administration's proposi tion on the situation wU be made either at the White House or the United States board of mediation and conciliation. "I am Inclined to think the scare about the situation at prcaent Is greater than the actual facts war rant," Chambers said. "I believe the situation la going to work out satis factorily." The senate Interstate commerce commission and the United States chamber of commerce applied them selves today to consideration of a method fo prevent the threatened strike. The chamber wants the senate com mittee to give It a hearing. It prob ably will be granted. Arbitration by the interstate commerce commission will be urged by the chamber. Organized with Senator Newlands at his ead. the special Investigating committee wrtqin a -few days is ex pected to summon leading labor lead ers and railway magnates for a hear ing Washington, Ang. 4. Following . Teeelpt of a telegraphic request from both sides for the services of the United States board of mediation and conciliation In the matter of the dis pute between the switchmen's union and the railroads, Commissioner Chambers today dispatched Asslstsnt Commissioner Hangar to New York. FIERI ; Berlin, Aug. 4. -German troops re captured the village of Floury and trenches west and northwest ot the town. In violent fighting this morn ing, It was offlolally announced this .afternoon. The village had been taken during the night by the French. The Oeman counter-attacks south of Thlaumont work this morning recaptured the lost .ground. , Northwest of Thlaumont,. on the Chapltre sector and iu the mountain forests of the Vosgefl, French attacks we're . repulsed with heuvy French "losses. , i On tho Soinme front Anglo-French attacks north of Ovlllers. southwest of GuiUouiotit. north of Monucu furm j and nenr Bnrlcnx were repulsed. GERMAN TROOPS RECNA LAI S b S GtIS TREATY TO BUY Washington, Aug. 4. The1reaty between Denmark and the United States for the purchase of the Danish West Indies for 2S,000,000 was sign ed In New York today toy Secretary of State Lansing and Minister Brun, the state department announced today. Early ratification of the treaty Is expected. The sentiment of the United States senate fsvors such ac tion and unofficial word from Copen hagen Is thst the conservative party, which rejected the proposal for the sal In 1902, Is not now opposed to the sale. Chairman 8tone ot the senate for eign relations committee said today the opposition to the Danish West Indies purchsse apparently was negli gible and that ho believed the vote to confirm the treaty would be unan imous. The only opposition at all was because ot the price paid. Under the treaty the United States obtalna the islands of St. John's, St. Croix and St. Thomas. The house of representatives as well as the senste will have to ratify the treaty for this country, because of tho money Involved. From the United States' standpoint the chief gain tn getting the islands is strategic For European govern- mnii tn hold the West Indies Is con- sldered to threaten this country's terests. ITALIAN LIHER lit London, Aug. 4. Betweei 80 and 100 persons are -missing and many have perished In the 'sinking of the Italian mall steamer Letlnibro by a submarine In the Mediterranean. In cluded among those unaccounted for are many women and children. Dispatches received here today said that only th'reeboat loads of sutvlvpra J have boon landed thus far, two at Syracuse 'and one at Malta. ' Survlv ors declared thst a panic emitted dur ing the lowering of the boats when the submarine, overhauling the steamer after a chase, began shelling her at close range A number of passengers and crew are reported to have- been killed ami wounded by shell fire The Letlmbro Is the first large pas senger liner sunk by a submarine in several months. She was attacked by one of the fleet ot Austro-German sub- merstbles which has displayed great activity in the Mediterranean within the post few days. , Washington, . Aug., 3. Judging from the reports ot the survivors, the United States has no immediate in- in IK MEDITERRANEAN terest In the shelling and sinking ot.est ot all strikes, so would the re the Italian liner Letlmbro by a sub-, sultant loss and suffering be the marine, state department officials said today. There .were no Americans re - ported aboard, and the vessel was said to have been attempting to es cape American consuls near the scene ot the disaster will make Inquiries, how ever, to determine whether any Amer icans were among the crew" or pas sengers . . TWO LABOR UNIONS : . FAVOR PROHIBITION San Francisco,' Aug. 4. Two San Francisco labor organization's have re versed their positions on state-wide prohibition. . They are asking other unions to tske similar taction. The Rlgiws aiyf Stevedores' tinton and the Watevf Front federation, formerly opnjtfpdtothe two ".dry" measures which Wfll' come before the people at the November election, have voted to support bpth. Officials of the two organizations say this action was taken beeVKf' 6fhe open shop campaign of he Jaw gnd order com mittee of the 'chamber, of commerce. WHiniriii Tornadoes and Hailstorm Rein Crops on Both Sides of the American-Canadian Line to tie Extent of Ten to Fifteen Million Dollars. All Connections Temporarily Cnt Off and Thousands cf Square Miles Are Affected St. Paul, Aug. 4. The wheat-crop ot the great northwest on both sides of the American-Canadian line was so seriously damaged today by hall storms and tornadoes that the dam age this afternoon was variously es timated at from $10,000,000 fo $15. 000,000. As telegraphic communication was restored with the damaged towns, it wss learned that an area of one bun dred square miles In one section of Saskatchewan and of more than a million acres In the Dakotas and Min nesota had (been swept by two se parate storms. . The Canadian damage was estim ated at, $5,000,000. Late reports .this afternoon from Crookston, Minn., said damage to crops there would run high Into the millions, perhaps five millions. From Fargo, N. p.. It was said the' damage In that vicinity would be at least $5,000,000 and per- haps $8,000,000 The rusted and blighted wheat, in-.turned over under the hall, was bat tered down, broke off snd Is prac tically valueless. That which wss not bioken was laid -flat try the w-hid. Portland, Patton, Leeds, Garske, Ed moor, Melville and Nneta, North Dakota, and Crookston, Thief Riven Falls and "Red Lake Falls, Minn., were herd hit, although no one was believed tobe killed. At Melville four buildings were wrecked by the winds and one woman Injured. Fifty horses were killed near Aneta. A small cyclone cut a path through Grand Forks, N. D. Reports from Carlisle, Sttsk., to Winnipeg, declared one hundred square miles of grain territory in FOOD SITUATIOtl New York, Aug. 4. The United States would face one of the most serious food situations tn decades It the threatened strike ot 400.000 rail road men should materialize and be come a protracted fight, according to HP J opinions collected In a score ot largereeks, but until organisation ot the cities by the United Press today. As the impending tie-up of 250,000 mlles of railroads by the army ofi"1- some or the producing territory railway employes would be the great- greatest, businessmen from coast to coast declared. ";. Coast cities and -cities located on navigable streams would be least at- fected, according to the symposium ,ot opinions. But they would be hard nit, nevertneiess. Babies and children would feel the brunt of such a strike. There would obviously be great difficulty In sup- plying perlsDable foodstuffs to thick- ly populated centers, even with water facilities. Shortage ot milk would be the first felt, the opinions agree. Shortage of other foodstuffs would come according to how perishable they are, as well as to supplies held In warehouses and storage plants, pointed out that the problem ot get Some cities could get along after a ttng coal would Ibe very difficult to fashion for anywhere from two weeks f solve. In Kansas City and many other to a month, steps having already been : cities officials said a coal shortage taken-by city officials and public or - ganlzatlons looking toward motor supply trains that would scour out- put. Many officials said gasoline .squadron across tbe Istrla. penln lying districts for foodstuffs. Phlla- shortage tor automoblfes, etc., would eula, shooting down one Italian delphla Is one of these. , At the city statistician's ofilce there it was stated that authorities would mobilize 80,000 automobiles to gather 0 .that vicinity was laid waste by hall. The loss to growing wheat was se rious. , . , 'v Scores ot silos filled with grain were wrecked by the wind near Crookston. Standing grain in the fields wss driven Into the ground by hall and rain. Grand Forks, N. D Aug. 4. Grain on (00,000 acres of land in thirteen counties of North Dakota and Minne sota was completely destroyed by hall and wind early today, with damage conservstlvely estimated between $5,- 000,000 and $8,000,000, It was learn ed this afternoon when communica tion with the storm-swept district was restored. Winnipeg, Aug. 4. The crops ot Seager Wheeler, world's champion wheat grower, were destroyed In the terrific hail storm at Rosthert, Sask., last night, it was learned today. Mil lions of dollars damage to the north Saskatchewan wheat fields resulted from the hail and wind. At Ballcarea every window in the town facing west was smashed. Windows ot passenger trains facing the side of the storm Flndlay, Ohio, Aug. 4. A sharp decline in the price of gasoline is an ticipated following another slash in the price of central-western oils to day. . The price was cut 10 cents on the barrel, , making a 25 cent drop within two weeks. New prices are: North and South Lima, $1.48; Indiana, $1.33; Illinois and Princeton, $1.52; Wooster, $1.70, and Plymouth, $1.38. v E WOULD MAKE 111 U S. SERIOUS : ... I.!?n'8xs supplies from the rich farming lands for forty miles west, south and north of the city. The supplies on hand now, officials said, would not last any length of time. New York, being a clearing point for many other cities, could live for motor transportation could be I achieved there would be some suffer- up-state could be tapped by way of the fcudson. Los Angeles feels more secure then many cities, chamber ot commerce members declaring the city could hold out from three weeks to three months with only little inconvenience, ! The most pesslmlstlo oplnfon came from Kansas City. The transporta- ,tlon commissioner there said Kansas ,Clty could not stand a nation-wide railroad strike 24 hours, From Denver and St. Paul and Cleveland came opinions that the strike would not be felt, except for lack ot milk, for from two weeks to a month. In all titles, however, emphasis was laid on the suffering that would be caused from lack of milk. Many.;teon 1re Italian battle planes flew .would mean no motive power for thea hydroplane. Banfield ascended at 'thousand and one uses to which It Is .Trieste and pursued the Italian prove a hardship, since motor vehicles would be largely depended on for bringing foodstuffs from producing centers, RUSSIA!) Mil DORS Oil TOWARD KOVEt no Petrograd, Aug. 4. Driving In to ward Kovel, Russian detachments crossed to the left bank of the Stochod river in the region of Lu- becho, capturing a series of heights. where they fortified themselves, it was officially announced today. The enemy was forced back be hind the river Stavok, a tributary ot the Stochod. On the west bank ot the Stochod the Russians advanced, fight ing all the way. A bloody battle took place In the village of Ruda Midlskal, where bayonet fighting was resorted to in the streets. The village changed bsnds several times, but was finally retained by the Slavs, who resisted repeated attempts to dislodge them. In the region ot Korytnik Russian fire repelled enemy columns. Else where there was mutual artillery fighting on the eastern front 'l Washington, Ang. 4.--General Car- ranca still insists tbat the first thing to (be decided by the United States and Mexico is tho withdrawal of the American troops. Mexican Ambassa dor Arredondo today delivered to Act- Ing Secretary of State Polk a note, which, r while naming a commission and tacitly accepting the latest Amer ican proposal for a joint commission to Investigate Mexican-American re lations, laid stress upon the f set that the Mexican commissioners are to de vote their attention preferably to the resolution ot the points mention ed In tbe previous note of this depart ment . . . ' The points referred to are the ques ftlong of withdrawal ot United States troops from Mexican soil, border pa trol and fixing of responsibility for border raids. ' . 'Washington officials agreed that Carranza in this manner is Indicating his Intention to urge these questions ahead of all others. No specific mention is made of say broader issues to be discussed, al though the last United States note particularly pointed out that the ad ministration desires to go Into a larger discussion ot the Mexican prob lem than the purely military phase. No doubt has yet been expressed, however, by state department officials that the Mexican conferees will show a willingness to take up questions ot Mexican finances and industrial de velopment. On the other hand, the note Implies that the commissioners will follow whatever lead Is made by American members, as they have been instructed to devote their attention preferably to the military problem. NEXT K. OF P. CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN DETROIT -Portland. Aug. 4.--Detrolt wase lected today as the 1918 meeting place of the Knights ot Pythias su premo lodge. ITALIAN AEROPLANES ARE PUT TO FLIGHT Berlin, via Sayvtlle, Aug. 4. Four- over Istrla, via Pirano, at 7:30 a. m. Tuesday, the Austrian admiralty an nounced today, and' were engaged by the Austrian Lieutenant Banfield in plane, killing the pilot and capturing two observers. The Austrian lieu tenant and his hydroplane were im harmed. CARRANZA HOLDS TO L robbery" Masked Hen Stage Daylight Theft ca Detroit Streets Dramatic Setfcg-S!. Detroit, Aug. 4. While frightened pedestrians scurried to shelter before a fusillade of shots, bandits this after- '. noon held up and robbed the pay car of the Burroughs Adding Machine company of $37,000., w Burroughs officials admitted tho extent of their loss this afternoon. x During an exchange of shots be tween the hold-up men and company guards In the ear Rudolph Cooper, a Burroughs employe, was shot through the hip and seriously wounded. Ho Trill recover. The bandits were armed with auto matic shotgans. Three men parti cipated In the robbery and all escaped. The pay car was within a block of the company's offices at tho time ot the attack. Riding close to the par car, the robbers, who were driving - a Ford automobile, suddenly pulled guns from the tonneau and ordered the driver to bait " ! . i . V ," The money, In 11 ve boxes,' was -shift ed quickly to, the bandits' machine and the trio, driving at terrific speed, escaped down Cass avenue. ,. 'A sixth, box of money was left In the pay can In the pay car at the time of tho hold-up, were Paymaster Thomas Sheehan, Louis' Kegelschats and Frank "'Price employes of the Bur-, roughs company. v I ! ; .v Detectives 'and policemen br the scores patrolled- the city this after noon, searching tor the robbers. They are armed with, rifles, shotguns and automatic pistols. Ford 'cars, wher ever encountered were stopped and searched. - ',.' ;'' The hold-up, which was the biggest daylight robbery In Detroit's history, occurred at tbe corner of Cass and Amsterdam avenues, near the com pany's plant The messenger was returning from a branch bank with the company's payroll when the attack-occurred. , . . ' , . , TAT Medford Is at present the Mecca , toward which all the publishers and editors oft newspapers in the state are flocking. The Oregon Editorial association Is now In session there. Medford acting as host for more than one hundred editors and their fami lies. Preparations have been made to give the .visitors a hearty wel come, but the people there were hard ly prepared for the large number In attendance. The first day ot the meeting In cluded a trip to the summit of tho Slsklyous. after which a banquet was held in Lithla park at Ashland. The means of transportation were furn ished by the cars donated by Med 1 ford people Sunday a trip to Crater lake will be made. Night will be spent at tho lake and the return made tho next morning. The meeting will come to a close Monday afternoon. Grants Pass will be short of edi tors for the next few days, A. E. Voorhles, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Coutant and Mr. and Mrs. Wlltord Allen leav ing this morning in the Voorhles car. They expect to return Monday even ing. Mr. Voorhles will speak at the banquet In Lithla park, his subject being "How to Make a Country Dally Pay." , ' ,: , ' ' . OREGON EDITORS ME MEDIO V .VI )