Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, August 06, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EDITION 4 40L. VI., No. m J HANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTV, OREGON, Hi l.", Al UIHT , jojo. WHOLE NUMBER 118. Vo Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. mm - '- i " , - -.. ; .1 . ' : ' TEN PER CEN INCREASE IN BEEIJJ1IE Fifty Cents Per Ton More Than Contract Price An nounced Elective for Pres ent Crop-Raise Unexpected "Tito r4 lm-r on Krue - valley mkkt twrta whlt'li w an. nouncixl some wnI ago for the f 1017 cniu will tw rffertlve for 4 Um 1910 crop," Tlioa, It. Culler f (kvrl Manager VlltlUho Hugsr Compuny, 44444444 44. 44 Tea per cent mors thsn the con tract rate It to be paid for the 1918 crop of sugar beet, according to tht statement mad late yesterday after aoon by General Manager Thomaa R. Cutter of the Utah-Idaho company, who arrived In the city near noon. Thin ralie for the rrop beets now In the ground la the same that was an nounced last month for tht 191? crop and when figured up In dollars and cents means the turning of many more sugar dollars Into local circu lation than It necessary under tht contract. The change In plans has - seen made In view of Jhe recent rise In the price of sugar, the company deciding to allow the farmers who raise the beets to share In the re wilting greater returns from the finished product, , ... s "...,... -The preeent schedule of prices Is much more liberal than that under yhlch the required acreage was sign- '- si up, amounting to 93. 60 per ton for beets now In the ground, where the former rale was five dollars. Where tbo beets, formerly had to test fifteen per cent augur to come ' under, the regular rate, the minimum has been reduced to twelve "per cent, and for ' every additional one-half per cent over fifteen, ten cents per, ton addi tional will be paid.' At this rate bmt testing 20 per cent would re turn the grower 6M. A corresponding raise is the rate to be paid for 1916 beets will be ef fective In the Utah and Idaho fields. The Sutherland growers gct.95.2S for tbls year'a crop,, the former contract nchedule having been J4.75. SPEAKER HACK IX (JAM 14 Cleveland. Aug. G. Trls 8peaker, who It waa thought would be out of tht game for several weeks, will be In the Indian line-up today. Speaker got nervous while watching his team mates piny yesterday, and demanded today that he take his regular posi tion In center Hold. His Injured ankle Is not causing him any trouble. BY London, Aug. 6. -German second lint positions on a front of more than 2,000 yards north of Poslcres were captured, by the British In a resump tion of tht Somme offensive last night, Oenersl Halg reported to the war office today. Several hundred -prisoners were taken. , The attack was delivered by the Australians and Jroops of tht .new army, and was "completely success ful." Halg declared. Repeated Ger man counter-attacks agnlnst the new ly won positions were repulsed, the Ormnns suffering heavily. No other Important .engagements , occurred on the French front last night., The only other activity re Ttorted consisted of mining opera tions. , ; GERMAN POSITIONS TAKEN BRITISH TIMBER SOLD rO CIS HI CO. A Forest Supervisor Macduff has re ceived the contract between tht For est Survioe and the Coos Day Lumber company under which 27 million feet of timber on the Coqullle River In the Siskiyou National Forest Is sold to that Company. The stumpage prices provided In the contract art 93.00 for Port Orford Cedar or Law- son cypress, 91.25 for Douglas fir, 91.00 for Western red cedar and 50c , for western hemlock and grand fir. 1 The estimate value of the timber Is j 939,000.00. Cutting will begin Aug. just 7. Forest Kvamlner llaefner of tut local office of the Forest Service has gone to Powers to tske cbsrge of the sale for the Forest Service. He will 'not only scale the logs aa they art cut but will also see that the conditions of the log contrsct srt complied with. About half of tht proceeds of tht tale are turned back Into community purposes and spent among the people who reside in or near the national forest In which the timber lies. Nine thoussnd, five .hundred dollars from this sslt will go to county school and road funds, while the construction of roads and trails Inside tht forest eight hundred dollars. These forest highways are for the use of tht. gen eral public, making the resources and recreation grounds of the mountains more accessible. . Part of the receipts are used- to reimburse the government for funds advanced to National Forest counties for road building 'done under tht ShackWord 1)111. Tht remainder Is turned Into the general fund of the United States Treasury. RQBIHS, PROGRESSIVE, TO SUPPORT HUGHES . Chicago, Aug. 5. In a statement Issued here today, Raymond Robins, chairman of the last progressive con vention, comes out flat-footedly In support of Hughes for presidentand urged progressives to rejoin the O. O. P. and boost Its candidate. ; "We progressives stand at cross roads," Robins sold. "American so cial, Industrial and political life has broken down unden the old Individ ualistic control. A new national mind and conscience, developing so cial unity, Industrial standardisation, and political honesty from a self controlled democracy this Is the goal of our American life. I beflevt In the character and courage of tht nominee of tht republican party. He la tht most conspicuous example In our history that American politics may hold for success In able and un selfish public service. For myself, I gladly enlist with the great majority of tht progressives of the nation un der leadership of Hughes." - Robins said tht 1914 elections had showed progressives regarded tht progressive candidates bf 1912 mere- ly as the representatives of a protest, Issue raised by Charles K. Hughes In cenary, tht concessionaire, the Euro and that Roosevelt correctly Inter-. his acceptance address. pean bondholder, tht mining buc- preted this In refusing to run In 1916. ST. IXHJM WANTS TO - . HEAD FIA8KI1ALL MiAGtii ( 6t. Louts, Aug. S. President 'Ball of the Browns has offered $5,000 to his players If they reach first place for ont day. Thiols not a bonus for them to win the pennant. ' ' If they remain In first place for three consecutive days, each player will be given a 950 suit of clothes In addition to Ms share In tht IS, 000. AUSTRIAN DN8THOYKH IS SUN. Rome, Aug. ri.--An Italian sub marine sank an Austrian destroyer In the upper Adrlntln this morning, It was announced by the war office tonight. , Ilfl Great Austro-German Coa ler Ofensive Said to Be Under. Way Against tie Russian Array at Kovel London, Aug. 5. -The Germans art massing both troops and guns on tnt essiern front for a great counter- offensive under General von fllnden- burg, designed to stem the .Russian advance against Kovel and Jemberg. This news was received here from several neutral points today and was partly confirmed In dispatches from Berlin. For several days troop tralna have been leaving Berlin dally, carry ing reserves to tht eastern front. Berlin believes tht crisis of tht war Is approaching on tht eastern front and for this reason great crowds are gathering daily to bid tht departing troops farewell. '".' Field Marshal von Mackensen, who Inaugurated tht great German offen sive against the Russians more than year ago, has Joined von Hlnden- burg on the eastern front. The Aus trian crown prince, recently on the Italian front, has assumed charge of operations In Gallcla. A ; ; Reports from Amsterdam today said the Drat blow probably would be struck In the southeast, where the Slavs tbavt achieved their greatest gains, Hlndenburg aiming to throw back the whole 81av line by driving In the left flank, and at the same time silencing the Roumanian leaders who have been urging King Ferdinand to Join the allies. The battle, It' Is be lieved, will be gradually spread until the whole eastern front Is Involved In a glgantlc struggle, comparable to that of early last Rummer. It Is too early to deteamlnt whether the strong German counter-attacks In the region east of Kovel form the be ginning of the expected Austro German offensive. The Russian war office statement admits the evacua tion of Rudka Mlrlnskala under heavy Austro-German attacks, but the fighting at this point continues. DEMOCRATIC WHIP CHARGES EWES LOST IN MEXICO TO REPUBLICANS Washington, Aug. 6. On tht heads of tht "generals" of tht republican party lies tht responsibility for lives lost in Mexico, . Democratic Whip Lewis charged today In a senate speech., Senator Lewis announced his speech aa an answer to the Mexican lit declared that irresponsible ,caneers,xthe land pirates, the pillagers Mexican bandits had betn encour-Jof the peons, the oppressors or lib aged to commit acts of horror because rty, and all this procession of blood republican leaders, In their anxiety , tarnished votaries led by the repub to . embarrass tht president and llcan nominee, Charles E. Hughes. create a campaign issue, had given "Mr. Huerta declares that Wilson the Impression that tht country was had nothing to do with tht morals not united in support of Its executive, of Huerta; that It was tht obligation head. , "Here, this day, I put the respon stiblllty for, tht death of every Amerl- would exclaim: 'Stand not on morals, can soldier killed on the border of but on power 'tis bloody, but hath Mexico In 1916 upon the heads of the rewards.' " generals of the Republican party," j: Huerta having been eliminated, lwls declared. "I charge that not peace could havt been restored with until the captains of the republican either Villa or Cnrrania at tht gov party shot at tht' president of the trnment's head, Lewis said, had hot United States did thtMexIcan out- financial forces in tht United Stales laws shoot at tht . aoldlers of the and republican leadera determined to of tht death of those Americans. American president." keep boiling the pot of Mexican dls- Whenv they shot at the president of ; The Mexican Issue, he asserted, had orders. the United 8tates they summoned been picked up for purposes of ex- 1 "But by t false display of tlie na-'also the outlaws or Villa and Car ppdlcncy' only, '-After prosperity had tlon's sentiment toward Mexico." lit ransa to kill his soldiers." BURGFRENCH HOLD BUS IDE Furious Attempts of Teuton Armies to Retake Lost Positions Are Repulsed Mre Still Holds Fleury Paris. Aug. 6. -The Germans st tacked furiouy on the Vtrdu'n front ... . - . . tempta to recapture Thlaumont work and to drive tht French from Fleury. Tht war office announced todajj that the German counter-assaults were checked with heavy losses. The Germans launched a particu larly heavy attack against Thlau mont work at 9 o'clock last night after a violent bombardment along the Thtaumont-Fleury front. Tht fighting' continued until early this morning. i .' . , "Every enemy attack waa re pulsed.", said one dispatch. "Tht Germans did not gain a yard, though they suffered . heavy losses. In Fleury village the situation remains unchanged, despite heavy lighting." On tht' Somme front only minor engagements. In which several Cer man patrols were dispersed, occurred last night Bast of Pont-a-Mousson, southeast of Verdun, a German at tack In Sacq forest was checked by French machine gun fire. In 1 7 air fights yesterday two Ger mans dropped to their own lines, damaged, '., and two others were brought down In the region of Ver dun. . The Germans again attacked on tht whole Fleury-Thlaumont front, repeating their tactics of the previous night, when they moved forward In dense columns against the newly won French positions. ' Desperate bayonet fighting again occurred In the streets of, Fleury, the war office stated. The Germans charged repeatedly, but were check ed by the French, who defended themselves with bayonets, rifle and (Continued on Page Six.) made the favorite republican doc- trine, the tariff, impracticable. "The cry has gone forth 'Mexico Is tht Issue.' Tht Issue, mind you. Not that there Is a principle to be vin dicated, Justice to be asserted. No. But that Mexico Is to be the political lasut. "Tht army Is summoned the mer- I of diplomacy to recognise him. With the murdering . Borglas. Hughes STATE SCRIBES SPEND TUT UT CRATER LAKE Oregon editors closed the opening sesrlon of the State Editorial Asso ciation meeting at Med ford with unanimous approval of plans for the organization of a Trl-State Associa tion to include Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. The present convention marks the highest point yet reached j by the state organization, both In number attending and the warmth of Interest shown. The , movement to ward a three-state association Is taken to promise a better Journalism and better mutual understanding between the communities of the great north west. Saturday sessions were especal- ly full, with all phases of the news paper game aa it Is played la Oregon threshed out by men particularly fit ted tor the subject assigned. Several Washington and Idaho Journalists were present, taking part In discus sion and working for the larger as sociation. : i The editors with their families are today e njoylng a trip to Crater Lake as an expression of the hospitality of Medford. All public clubs In that city art doing their utmost to accord the visiting journalists tht best time they have ever enjoyed in conven tion, and reports from the meetings indicate that success has resulted. Tht Medford Sun report of the meeting follows in part: , "How to make a country dally pay" waa th't subject discussed by A. E. Voorhles of the .GranU Pass Courier. After pointing on t that in the news paper business dollar and cents are Incidental, the enjoyment of work and happy contentment contribute largely to what a newspaper man considers. JbJa .'pay .'Vie .mentioned certain matters which he considered Important in maintaining a profitable newspaper. .These matters included the strict maintenance of rates, elim ination of free, readers, elimination of white paper waste, In keeping up delinquent subscribers, faith in one self, one's community and one's, pa per, diligence and; "knowing how." BRITISH LOSE IN ATTEMPT TO ADVANCE Berlin, Aug. 5. British troops lost heavily in an unsuccessful attempt to advance in tht sector north of Or- vlllers and in Foureax forest the war office announced this afternoon. Near Pozleres a new battle has de veloped, the British launching fresh attacks. South of Maurepas, in the region north of tht Somme', a French advance was repulsed. On the Verdun front bitter fighting is going on In the region of Thlau mont work. I ' continued, "the republican masters encouraged every outlaw and cut throat to feel privileged to assail whatever represented Wilson or his policy. These knew they would have the support of a great party in Amer ica which for years had been suc cessful in electing presidents. "Thus It was that Just a month after Senator Root had struck his keynote of opposition to a democratic president tht murderers dashed into Columbus, N. ,M.n . : "Tht bandits of Villa found their allies in tht leaders of the republican party. All were for tht destruction of an American policy and American president. 1 ' "By the doctrlnt of the law which holds responsible those who set in motion the machinery which ends In the murder of a man, tht republican platform builders who denounced their president were the perpetrators GOUM POSSIBLE Strike Trccbles ca America Railroads Hay Fcrce Fed eral Acfca fcr ReEef cf Pcblic, Says Setter Herns Washington, Ang. 5. The strong- ,' est argument ever presented for gov ernment ownership of railroads is tht threatened paralysis of traffic due to aa employers-employes controversy. Senator Norris of Nebraska declared today.., .;.'' , ..V- Should tht Impending disaster fall. ha announced, he will seize tht op portunity to advanct the doctrlnt that - private ownership of a public utility necessarily is opposed to. the public Interest. '--' Norris will Introduce a bOl call ing for the construction or purchase of a nation-wide system,, a line from tlie Atlantic to Jtht Paclflo and from ! the gulf to the lakes This ht will propose to operate as a model utility, , both as to treatment of tbt public In rates and to employes In pay.. "Watered stock Is tht great evil of ' railways," said Norris. "Many of ' them, must earn interest and dirl- dends.ef from two to five times their actual vmiue. iouung, inererore, is more unfair and unintelligent than to rcuss' railroad managers. Simply hired men, tbey must operate with " such economy toward their employes, , and with such a make-it-pay-regard- . less attitude toward the public, that the surprise is that the blow-up has not come sooner. 5 "This strike is as inevitable as summer or winter. Possibly the situ- , atlon may be patched up. But so long as the railroad managers must de- vote their energies toward earning dividends and interest on values that do not exist, there is hanging over v tho traffic of this country over its i' business llfo. its food supply. Its milk trains that carry food for its babies a Damoclean sword. . J , "Government ownership would sue- ; ceed because there would be no wat-' ered stock. 'Admit that operation ' might not ' be so economical and that term may mean, remember, , grinding the men-and gouging the . public nevertheless, with the tre mendous watering of stock ell m In- ated, operation would pay. "One class of stock I would reserve for employes exclusively, , for them : to Invest in when they choose. ' , "I believe these two lines ont east and west from ocean to ocean, the other north and south from tht lakes to the gulf would have so great an Influence In moulding rates and treatment of employes that fur ther extension of government owner ship might not be necessary or, if It was. Its advantages would be so ap- v parent as to rout opposition. ' "Far more important, It would be In the public Interest. ' A manager . would not ask 'how high a rate can i get for this commodity? How cheap can I hire this man?' And all rates would bt uniform and fair, and with out rebates of any kind. "If lines could not be purchased for a fair price, I would build other lines." TELEGRAPH OPERATORS . IN CANADA MAT STRIKE . WInntpeg, Aug. 8. Strikebreakers . reported ' Imported by tht Oreat Northwestern Commercial Telegraph company will be deported as unde sirable aliens. If a committee of em ployes that Interviewed ' Attorney General Hudson today' is successful. Tht men say a strike Is Inevitable. Tht majority of the strikers plan moving to tht United States to re lieve an operators' shortage In tht states. ' ' )