Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, August 08, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text. 1 i DAILY EDITION lite - f t j t , . , , , , .. : i VOL. VI.i No. 971. J . V ' GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OKEGOJf, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1916 , WHOLE JTCMBER ISIS. , , j u : i i-l i. : i , ; ; : : ' ; 1 ' ! x ' . ' So Othcr.Towu in the WorM the Size of. .Grants Pass Haa a Paper With Pull Leased Wire Telegraph Service. , : , ; v.. SLAV HOSTS DRIVE BACK TEUTONS Russian Armies Make Great- a 111' J T t r -a eSl Allied UainS Ot fort - l . D i' Cf mgni-UennanS Keiire I'll- teen Miles in Galicia " , prevailing. The taker cannot fire London, Aug. 8. A terrlflo smash the belt value In nutritive, digestible by the Russians against the Austro-J bread for a nlckle. The buyer hai Oerman front In aouthe.atern O.llcl. ." right to expect the tame vain. . Jin two f ve-ccnt oaves as In one dime aetted the Slav the moat important' f w - . gain made by the alllea In more than I T T Frankenburg. of Colurabua, fortnight of fighting. Ohio, director of the association The ciar's troops broke out with publicity, opposed a suggestion to heavy drive weatward agalntt the Increase the price of the five-cent important Gallclan city of Sunl.Uo. loaf to elx centa. He favored 10 They attacked on a aeventeen mile centa. front, crumpling the Autro-Oer. "Flour hat advanced 70 percent roan line and capturing the town of in two yeare and 40 percent In the Tlumacs, 16 mllea northeast of 8tan-,last 60 days," aald J. Burn of lalau, and aurroundtng heights. The Omaha, prealdent of the convention. Oerman war office thli afternoon ad- 'Ten-cent loavee ar the only aalva mltted a Oerman retirement on a tlon of the bakera trade. The In front of nearly 15 mllea. The ene- creased price of material makes It my's lines were broken and Russian j necessary for us to count our over tavslry has Joined In pursuing the(head expenses, which la the same for Austro-Germsn netaonmenta. now in -disorderly flight, Petrograd reported. Further north, the Russians con- 4inul ihir advanca alone the Ber- etb rlver.Th-Eutslanwar offlce;alat-Mreailabe demands ot announced this afternoon the capture food Inspectors and unjust leglsla- of more than 8,000 men In the Ser- th fighting of 8aturday and 8unday. The Oerman war office also an nounced resumption of heavy fight ing In the region east of Kovel. .. British troops, In conjunction with the French, moved forward last night In an advance on the village of Gull lemont, north of the Somme, The British war office announced this afternoon thst the British lines have been pushed Into the outskirts "f; the village and that fighting is pro- ceodlng around the station. Berlin ej the senate without a record roll says that tho flghtlns on .the 8oiitmelcali waa favorable to Germany. The only) aotablo reverse to the alllea report- ed In the day's war news wss the of-i flclal statement from the French war office that the Germans have recap- tured Thlaumont work, northeast ofjamj $27.rir9.000 for general defl Verdun Potrograd, Aug. 8. Russian troops have captured the Gallclan town of Tlumact, 10 miles south east or Stanlslau, In a hew and most powerful offensive on the 17-mllo front southeast of lumber. It was officially announced today. Opening their attack In the region of Tyemlenlca, where there has ibeen little activity for several weeks, the csar'a troops (broke through enemy trenches and then engaged the Aus trian while they were retiring. Under terrific Slav onslaughts, the Whole enemy line was captured. Tlumao and the region east . of the heights along the Dnelster ridge were taken. Southwest of Kolomea-Stan-lslau railway, General Lelchlsky's ar tillery silenced the enemy forces, flee ing disorderly. One Russian divi sion ' captured 1,000 Germans, sev eral" heavy guns and many machine tuns. Prisoners are sttll arriving from the scene of this action. ; On the Sereth river front south of Brody the Russians are continu ing their advance and fortifying new ly captured positions. In the fighting on this front Saturday and Sunday . Russian troops captured 166 officers and 8,115 men,' four cannon, 19 mo chine guns and 11 trench mortars. - .' ; TV K8TIMATE VALVKS OF 1 ' . OREGON GRAIN' CROPS Salem, Aug. 8. Oreaon's 1916 wheat crop Is worth $18,097,230, the state bureau of lnlw s'stlstlcs MSfltimatea today, Oats rv Wond, THE JITHEY LOAF OF. -L. Bait Lake City, Aug. 8.--Ten- jeent bread waa the keynote sounded at this afternoon's session of the Na tional Association of Mauler Baker by C. N. Powers, of Pueblo, Colo, t "The overhead expeune on the JUney loaf ti out of all proportion to h value ot the article," he hU. luterost of lue consumer, ana producer .alike will be hotter served by the (11 mo loaf. It will be prac tically twice the weight ot the pres ent five-cent toaf, local standards .m aim m u.. In his annual address on the topic Prenaredness for the Baking In- dustry." Burns urged cooperation tlon PASSED BY SENATE Washington. Aug. 8. With most of Its foes absent, the general army bill, appropriating $267,000,000 for national defense by land today pass j-ne tot a1 for preparedness Is now .$635,784,000. This Includes $267,' OOO.OOO for the army; $315,000,000 for the navy; $25.00j,000 for fort ifications; $1,225,000 for West Point clency. These figures, however, will be subject to considerable change be- fore the session ends. Final reports on the naval bill have not been adopt ed and other' bills still are to' be acted on. II, y. STREET CAR L ' New York, Aug. 8. New York to day, resumed normal street car trsf- flc after more than a week or tne blggost street car strike In the city's history. Normal schedules began early today following settlement ot the difficulties between employes and traction magnates at a long night session. v Although company heads refused speolflcally to agree to recognition of the union, the Amalgamated Asso ciation ot Street and iRallway Em ployes of America -they conceded the big Issue the men fought, tor. This was the rlghtf of the men to unionise and promise to receive com mittees representing the ; organisa tion. , . , ; The victory was the greatest ever won by the union. . It was the third big victory In three' big cities In a BREAD SOON D HISTORY GENERAL ARMY BILL SERVICE NORMA little over three years. The other .Mert of Kentucky, western campaign triumphs were Boston snd Chicago, 'manager, and national committeman. Where there was' extreme violence ln At noon he was to hold an open the 'Boston affair, the peaceful victory .handshaking performance. This aft won a ye'ar ago In Chicago was ex ernoon he will be taken for an auto- ceeded In orderliness 1y thi the New "York trtumplrv ' ' -v- lit! LOST IS BERLIN REPORT German Newspaper Reports Submarine Freighter Sunk; Company Official Does Not Deny Rumored Disaster Berne, Aug. 8. The Berlin Tag- elblatt announces that the German submarine Bremen, which was to have arrived at an American port, baa been sunk through an accident to her machinery, according to a des patch received here this afternoon. Baltimore, Aug. 8. When shown the despatch today, stating; the sub marine freighter Bremen, sister ship of the Deutschland, bad been sunk, Henry M. Hilken, head of the East ern Forwarding (company, local agenta of the sub-sea line here, said the report is "possibly true." Hlllken said local egenta of the undersea line had no knowledge when the Bremen bad left for America, nor had they any word from her since sailing. Boston. Aug. 8. After an all- night vigil by watchers along the coast ' from Eastport to Boston, the anticipated arrival "of another Ger man merchant aubmarine failed to materialise early today. Following the report of Lowell W. Dunn, look out at Cross Island, that he had observed two submarines rise to the surface and then submerge, the en tire coast or New England was stirred to watchfulness. It was expected that If -Dunn's re port was true, the mysterious craft would .have been seen again or turn ed Into a port along the main coast. Both Portsmouth and Charlestown navy yards were insistent that no United States submarines were In Maine waters and a high official of the Fore River shipyards declared that there were no British submar- Ines In Canadian waters that might stray down the Maine coast. - G. 0. P. PRESIDEHTIAL ttOTJIIIEE IS -II Chicago, Hughes is Aug. 8. Charles E. out-Rooseveltlng Roose velt In strenuoslty of campaigning. uo, luu"" "w " "" nominee waa fresh as a daisy after a day In Detroit that kept him on the Jump, in fiercely hot weather, from early morning to late at night, Including six speeches and a break- neck bit ot automobile speeding around the town. Moreover, Hughes seemed likely today to achieve a new record In Chicago for stumpers. Only onej speech was scheduled at the Coll- seum where back In June the G. O. P. selected blm as Its candidate tout the nominee had to straighten out a AKING ROOSEVELTIAIi CALlPAIGt slightly tangled up factional muss civil life, as in the Mexican mobilise between republicans In Illinois, was tlon, just as much as a city ia en expected to put the seal ot approval on a number of campaign measures for the western fight formulated by National Chairman Wlllcox and it seemed likely he would have a great deal of handshaking to do. ' Tie waa slated for a conference with Chairman Wlllcox. Alvln T. mobile system. ride of Chicago's boulevard Tonight he will address a WHEAT CROP OF NATION IS SHORT Cereal Output of the United States Will Be More Than One Hundred Million Bush els Under Early Estimates Washington, Aug. 8. A "medi ocre" crop of about 654,000,000 bu shels of wheat waa forecasted today by the department of agriculture. The crop In prospect declined 105,- 000,000 bushels from July to Aug. 1, It was stated. Estimates of crop productions this year were made today by the depart ment of agriculture as follows: Winter wheat 455,000,000 buahels, against 655,000,000 last year. Spring wheat, 199,000,000 bushels, against 857,000,000 last year. All wheat 654,000,000 bushels, against 1,021,000,000 last year. Corn, 2,777,000,000 - bushels against 8,055,000,000 last year. . Oats, 1,674,000,000 bushels against I, 540,000,000 last year. Barley, 195,000,000 bushels against 127,000,000 last year. Rye 91,900,000 bushels against 49,200,000 lsst year. v - Buckwheat 17,100,000 : bushels against 15,800,000 last year. Sweet potatoes 71,800,000 bushels against 74,800,000 last year. White potatoes 264,000,000 bu shels against 859,000,000 last year. Tobacco 1,197,000,000 pounds against 1,061.000,000 last year. Flax 14,100,000 bushels against 13.800.000 last year. Rtce 34.200,000 bushels against 28,900,000 last year. , .Hay, tame, 84,600,000 tons against 85,200,000 tons last year. Cotton 12,900,000 bales against II, 200,000 bales last year. Sugar beets, 7,570,000 tons against 6,510,000 last year. Apples 71,600,000 barrels against 76,700,000 last year. , Peaches 40,300,000 bushels against 63,500,000 last year. ..... mass meetfng at the, Coliseum. , Mrs. Fred Upham, wife of the 1111- jnols national committeman, formed greeted Mrs. Hughes. The candi- date's wife will have a busy day too, Only Just started in his campaign- ring for the highest office In the land, Hughes today had already developed an almost-Rooseveltlan vocabulary of denunciation and aphorism. Some ot his epigrams coined so far are:' "The democratic party is a party tor votes only." "The democratic party came up to the protection tax like a skittish horse approaching a brass band." "We are entitled to a standing army, without taking men out of titled to proper police protection." "The military problem la one ot good sense." , "There's no danger of our going to war unless the other side knows that 'we're too proud to fight., ", It Is a llibel this story that Hughes Is 'cold.' No human being could have porsplred any more than the former Justice of the supreme court has done since he left Bridge hampton on Saturday. Just the same the nominee sticks t6 his white vest and the wing collars he affects. The collars wilt and drop over, but ST I ITALIA!) SHIPS III ADRIATIC BATTLE Berlin, via Sayvllle, Aug. 8. -Aus trian and Italian naval forces en gaged in a fight in the Adriatic on Aug. 2, while the Austrians were re turning from a raid. It waa announced In an official statement from the Aus trian admiralty, received here to day. The Italians were hit, and turning southward disappeared. The Austrian admiralty admitted that the Austrian torpedo boat Mag net was damaged by an enemy sub marine on the same day. "Austrian torpedo boats on Aug. 2 shelled military objects at Wol- fetto, destroying an aeroplane shed. setting fire to a factory and doing damage," aald the admiralty state ment ; , .? " 'On the return the boats were Joined fey the cruiser Aspern and de veloped an engagement with an Ital ian flotilla composed of one cruiser and six destroyers. The ; Italians were' hit and turned southward and disappeared. The Austrian units re turned unharmed. . "On the morning of the same day five hostile aeroplanes ' bomoaraea Durazto without any damage. They were chased by Austrian naTsl planes. One hostile aeroplane was shot down south of Duraxxo. The torpedo tooat Magnet wss at tacked by an enemy submarine Aug. and damaged near the stern by torpedo. Two men were killed four wounded and several are miss- lnev The boat was brought lato port."..'- ' "-r-- it . The Magnet is an old 500-ton ves set. built In 1896 snd Is listed in naval registers as a torpedo gunboat GERMANS RETREAT OH EASTERN FROliT Berlin, Aug. 8. Under attack by strong Russian forces, German troops have been forced to"tall back to pre viously prepared positions on the Tlumacs-Ottynla line, southeast of Stanlslau, it was officially announced this afternoon. v The whole eastern front fighting, at some places of Intense character, has broken out The engagements are growing more lively, particular ly from the river Sereth south. At some places Slav attacks have been repulsed. Near Zarecx on the river Stochod front, repeated Slav attacks were re pulsed with enormous Russian loss es. West ot Lutsk fortress the fight ing was renewed this morning.' Northwest ot Zalocze on the Sereth river front Russian attacks failed and south of the same point, a Ger man counter-attack stopped the enemy, the Germans taking 709 pris oners. German troops have extend ed their gains on the Blaly Cseremoss valley In the Carpathian Hughes just grins underneath his beard, trimmed this morning by one ot the useful boys in the private car and now distinctly reveals the grin, and. goes right ahead. Everbody with whom the nominee comes in contact Is Interested In Mrs. Hughes. That story from Bridgehampton, that ahe is carrying only one hat on the trip was a base canard. ' It is reliably , stated that there are at least three. ' Up to date, Mrs. (Hughes has worn two different ones both dark, but tasty looking. Here Is Hughes' own definition ot why he Is a candidate, announced last night at Detroit: J" ! . . "Because Ia believed the time had come It an American wanted to have a government which represented'' an ideal of faithful conduct, erect in self-respect, to make our country tor the future and I could do something, I should have held myself the moBt Ignoble of men It I had not responded to that call." OVERTURNED AUTO KILLS TOURIST Resided of RaycoziWasi, Meets Death When Es Loses Control cf Elsclia on the Grave Creek Gxiit William Riley Osborne, of Ray mond, Washington, vu lnstaatir killed when his automobile over turned on the Grave Creek grade lata Monday afternoon, the machine pin nlng Mr. Osborne beneath and break ing his neck. Death was practically instantaneous. V Mr. and Mrs. OsVrno were 're turning home after a trip through the country to the south, they hav ing been upon a vacation trip 1st company with a nephew, O. M. Lee, and his wife,' also of Raymond. The Osbornes were traveling in the second machine about 10 minutes behind the Lees. .When they were . ascending the Grave Creek hill the engine of the automobile was killed, and both Mr. and Mrs. Osborne got out of the car. Mrs. Osborne blocked the car with a rock and Mr. Osborne went to crank the engine. When the en gine was started It .was found that' the, brake would not held, and Mr. Osborne jumped into the machine t control It The machine- backed down, however, the driver' losing control of it, and a front wheel went upon the bank, overturning; the car in the roadway. It caught Mr. Os borne underneath as it rolled over. crushing him across the neck and shoulder, and breaking the neck. Mrs. Osborne was slightly injured by the car as it backed against ber. , . The body of the unfortunate man was brought to this city. Odd Fel lows, of which order Mr. ' Osborne was a member, rendering such assis tance as was possible in the premises. The ibody will be shipped to Raymond on train No. 16 tms evening, me members of the party who wefewith the' unfortunate man leaving Wolf Creek upon the same train to accom pany the body home. The dead man was 54 years and seven month of age, and was a mill wright by trade. He was a member of both Odd Fellows and Knights ot Pythias lodges. ; SOMME OFFENSIVE RESUMED BY BRITONS London, Aug. 8. British troop pushed their lines forward to the outskirts of the village of GulUe- mont in a resumption ot the Somme offensive last, night, General Halg reported to the war office this after noon. Fighting la proceeding In the outskirts ot the town near the rail way station. The advance was made east of Tronea wood. In conjunction with the French operating north of Arde court on the British right wing. The Germans , last night heavily bombarded the positions won .by the Australians north and northeast ot Posleres but did not resume the counter-attacks which resulted . so disastrously yesterday. London, Aug. 8. Threatened with enforced retreat from T the strong Lelpttg redoubt and the fortified vil lage of Thlepval, the Germans are making every effort to dislodge the Australians from Hill 160, standing 800 teet above the Pozieres-Thtepval highway. , A heavy bombardment of this sect or of the (British front followed the yesterday's ttghtlnr , H with a Talnation of $5, 112.000.' " ' ' Sri . ' "V r