Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, August 09, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EDITION VOL. VI., No. 178 GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COVXTT, OREOdN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1010. WHOLE NUMBER 1819. Xo Other Towu in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. : : A V II IIS ACCEPTED Representatives of Employes Announce That Offer of U. S. Board Is Approved if Immediate Action Is Taken New York, Aug. I. Representa tives of the railroad employe an onnced thti afternoon that they would accept the offer of the United States board of mediation and concil iation to submit their demands to me diation, provided action I Immediate ly taken. Acceptance of mediation by the em ployes came as a big surprise. It las been officially atsted by big brotherhood officers that they would discuss with the railroad managers, but that a third party was unneces sary. ft Is believed the personal plea of the members of the United States board brought about acceptance by the trainmen. That means at least postponement of the strike that would have railed out 400,000 men and tied up 150,000 mile of railway on 125 railroads of the country. It was believed by representative! of both tides that mediation negotts- . tloni will, start Immediately, a, de manded by the brotherhoods. Immediately following the reading of the decision of the employers, aa executive meeting of representative! of the 400,000 train employes was called to consider the employers' standing. , Representative of the employer! headed 4y Ellaha Lee, chairman of the national conference of the rail ways, started at once to find memb ers of the federal board of media tion and conciliation and to present their tequest for help to them per sonalis. T Mexico City, Aug. . Eighty thou sand Carransa troops are now pat rollng the northern border states, Toundlng up and exterminating band Its as rapidly as possible. War Min ister Obregon said today. He describ ed conditions along the iborder as "satisfactory." ' Both In official and financial circles It was denied today that the Mexican government' plans at this time to at tempt a loan in the United 8talei. Because Commissioner Caberea li particularly fitted to dlicuu financial .and economical questions, It waa ru mored that the conference between the Mexican and American commis sion! would discuss the economic sit uation and survey the field for a loan. For the present, officials said, the commissioners will discuss ' only questions relating to a solution of the difficulties between the two countries. 'TEN SECONDS ENOUGH - FOR JAPANESE WONDER New York. Aug. O.dleralded' ai the Japanese wonder, Jalean Car tuska of Toklo, entered the ring with Teddy (Hayes, negro middleweight here last night. He lasted ten seconds. WHEAT HAS TAKEN ANOTHER JUMP UPWARD Chicago, Aug. 9. Wheat Jumped five and three-eights eonts for Sept ember and 8 cents for December at '. the opening of the grain, market, amid a wild rush to buy) as a result .of the government's crop report, pre- dieting a wheat shortage. September B MI ,00 CARRANZA OPS BORDER -opened at 130 and December at 143. DRlllDEIS HEADS IHH HER COMMISSI Washington, Aug, 9. -President Wilson has selected Associate Justice Louis D. Brandels to head the Am erican commission, which will confer with that appointed by General Car ransa to settle Mexican border ques tions, It wss authoritatively itated today; Secretary of the Interior Lane has been asked to serve and hat ac cepted. The name of the third ban haa not yet been announced. The first subject to be considered by the commission, It was made olear by the state department today, will be the time for withdrawal or United States troops from Mexico. Ambas sador Arrendondo and Acting Secre tary of SUte Polk conferred today regarding Carransa' last note. Ar- redondo explained he was authoris ed to lay the conference meant an ac ceptance of the American note of July II. T II IHUII III GERMAN HANDS Paris, Aug. 9. German troops again recaptured Thlaumont work, northeast of Verdun, In heavy fight ing last night, the war office an nounced today. The French repulsed all other attacks on the Verdun front, apd made some progress In the vill age of Fleury. Norttrnr tne umma tne German constsntly Counter-attacked through out the ttlght against new French positions, finally gaining a foothold in a single trench from which they were partly ejected. The battle Is can tloulng In this region. The recapture of Thlaumont work waa accomplished after the Germane had suffered heavy losses In several unsuccessful attacks. The French are still clinging to the outskirts of the redoubt, which is being bom barded unceasingly by French artil lery. " In the Vaux-Chapltre wood. In the same region, a German attack was repulsed. The battle south of the Son) me Is extending to the region of Chaulnes, where a violent bombardment Is re ported. On this sector the Germans occupied an advanced French trench but were thrown out by a bayonet attack. ACCIDENT THROWS . PASSENGERS IX PANIC New York, Aug. 9. Mowing out of a transmission box on an electrlo New York, New Haven It Hartford train in the village of VanNesa threw scores of passengers Into a panlo and resulted In the Injury of one woman, reports to officials here stated this afternoon. Many passengers were suffering from the shock. Ambulances from three hospitals were hurried to the scene, but trafflo was resumed on the line within 15 minutes and the accident was declared not to he ser ious. The transmission box blew out with a loud report as the train was entering the Westchester yards and smoke pouring from the car gave rise to reports of a serious accident. , CANADIAN WHEAT CROP 18 REPORTED SHORT Winnipeg, Aug. 9.- Manitoba, Al berta and Saskatchewan will yield 270,000,000 bushels of wheat this year, compared with S70.000.000 bushels last year, . the provincial bureau of crop estimates declared today. ' ,n, , Thli year'i yield will be: Alberta, 35,000,000 bushels;' Saskatchewan, 175,000,000 .bushels and Manitoba, 60,000,000. . About one-fourth of western. Canadian wheat is shipped to the United, SUtes. . . , ,.,r,. , Mn.S. M. Marsh went to Weed this morning and will visit there for several weeks. HlfOIIT AGAIN in Italians Achieve Greatest Victory of tie Present Offensive Against tie Central Powers, and Open tie Way to Advance Upon tie City of Trieste, fopturing 10,000 Prisoners Wlen tie Citadel Is Surrendered London, Aug. 9. The great Aus trian stronghold of Gorlts which, for 14 months has blocked an Italian Invasion of Austria from the west has fallen before the victorious Ital ian armies. The Information first, given the United Press from a London source, was confirmed a few minutes later by the receipt of official despatches from Rome. The Italians are believed to have stormed the citadel last night or early today, only a' few hours after they had battered their way to vict ory at the Oorlts bridgehead and captured Monte San MIchele, over looking Gorits from the south. ' Ten thousand Austrian prisoners were taken, according to reports reaching London. ' News of the Ital ian stroke, the greatest single vict ory for the allies since the offensive against the central empires began, tu received here an hour after of ficial word came from Petrograd of another Russian victory. Advancing swiftly toward the rail road city of SUnlslau, the Slavs cap tared the town of Tysmtenlca'-an ad vance of alxWles in J 4 hours and a series of minor villages and fort ified river heights In the Immediate vicinity. The capture of 7,400 Aus-tro-German prisoners In this region slone was announced by the Petro grad war office. On the Somme front only minor operations were reported iby the Brit ish and French war office today, In cluding a alight British advance north of Poxieres. The French officially admitted the recapture of the Thlaumont work by Germans, northeast of Verdun. ' . News of the fall of .Gorlts came as no surprise to London after word of the capture of the bridgehead and surrounding positions had been re ceived. A United Press despatch from Rome this forenoon said that the fall of Gorlts Itself was a matter of but a few hours, "if It is not already In Italian hands." The taking of Gorltx, the greatest achievement for Italian arms since Italy declared war on Austria In May TWELVE KILLED III MINE EXPLOSION , Michel, B. C, Aug. 9. Twelve men j Washington, Aug. 9. The house are known to be dead and all mines j today accepted the conferees' report are closed down, following an ex-!on' the army bill, appropriating $267, plosion la Mine No. S here today. l000,000 for national defense on land Lightning struck signal wires and and lowering the age of enlistment carrying the current down to the, In regular army and national guard mines, Ignited dust or gas, starting from 11 to 18. the explosion. Boulders and debris j, The law will empower the United were thrown a quarter of a mile by the explosion. Fire starting In one part of the mine was extinguished this afternoon. FORMER SENATOR Till' I WTO V PASSES AWAY AT OMAHA Omaha. Neb., Aug. 9. Former United States Senstor John M. Thurs - ... . ton, 69, died- here today. ,He has been In the hbspltal since July after being4 prostrated by heat. .r!ttBA,W"Jn "V!? I""0"1 1895 to 1901 and was one of the fore- most orators In that fcody. His fa - moua speech In -1898 was largely In - fluentlal In bringing about the Span- Ish-Amerlcnn war. ' 3le arose from plowboy and driver of a delivery wagon to a prominent position among the leading lawftrs of the country. . LO IS CAPTURED 1915, opens the way for an Italian advance southward toward Trieste, one of the principal goals of the Italians. Gorlts Is the point of convergence of important railways and the key to the whole plain opening up to the Invasion of Austria from the west. In earlier attacks on the great Aus trian stronghold the Italians had sac rificed many thousands of lives. The Austrlans. too, have suffered enor mously In repelling Italian attacks. The elty of Gorlts has a population of about 30,000 and Is the capital of a province. It lies on the east bank of the Isonso river, surrounded on three sides by mountain ridges and peaks which constitute it a na tural fortress. - Perhaps the most notable building of the city Is the an cient castle, formerly occupied by the counts of Gorltx, but In modern times converted Into a barracks. The city has a tamoua fourteenth century cathedral and a fine museum. Rome. Aug. 9. Two million of meCtra battering fiercely along the Inonio front In a great atruggle cen tertng about Gorits that may prove the turning point of the war. With the Gorlts bridgehead and surrounding heights strongly In Ital ian hands, Italian troops are pour Ing across the river for the assault on Gorlts Itself, singing as they ad vance under hot fire. Scores of great guns already are pounding the Austrian stronghold It Is believed certain here that Oor its will fall before a storming at tack within a few hours If It is not already In Italian hands. The battle Is spreading along the Isonso. In the first two days of the great offensive, more than 15,- 000 Austrian prisoners were captur ed. ' The Austrlans resisted with the greatest atubbornnes and suffered heavy losses. Rome was swept with a tremend ous wave off enthusiasm today as fresh despatches from the front brought fragmentary details of the (Continued on page t.) FIX ENLISTMENT , AGE AT 18 YEARS States to enlist Into military service J boys under 21 without the consent or against the protest of their par- ents. j The bill, if It ibecomes a law, will i permit iboys of 18 to; enlist in either the regular army or the guard. Senator LaFollette today dratted a bill which he says not only will pre- . . ni,fm,nt. w whinh win 1 ... ..,,, . mi.,.ii. iiiswnv ajiiiiiauoai sja aaiioa vaa vofuvivii ultl omoeri n obtalnlng w. n.ant I T1. nM.l(,anf hQ. ,,,,,.., U wo" th army bill as accepted conferMS. , , . . ' ; PORTLAND nARREH PICKS i 1 . POCKETS OF PATRONS ' ' ' , . '. , , Portland, Aug. 9. George Mover, a barter, was In Jail today, charged wtth extracting a marked 110 Wll ENGLISH COAST HI OBJECT OF HlliO London, Aug. 9. Zeppelins raid ed the east coast of England early this morning, and another Zeppelin raided southeast Scotland without penetrating far from the coast, the war office announced today. Four persons were killed and 14 Injured. The Zeppelins dropped a nutsbc? of bombs on certain localities. They were engaged by coast guards and driven away from their objective without doing any damage of military importance, the statement claimed. TEN CHIT BREAD IS "SOD OUTV Salt Lake City, Aug. 9. The mast er bakers' association, in resolutions adopted here today, declared "It was their sacred duty to the pub lic" to fix the uniform and minimum price of a loaf of tread at ten cents. "Recognizing that the American public would not be a party to any lowering of the present high stand ards of food values." the resolutions declared that the bakers, "confronted with unprecedented advances In price of all materials, labor and overhead charges," would encourage - every where the 10 cent loaf "to conserve the quantity and quality rights of the public." I' - ' advertising columns amy press or tne country are to be used by the national association, to take the pufbllc into full confidence regarding the reasons and necessities for the increased price of bread "The baking business is a. public trust," the resolutions said, "and the bakers must secure a living return upon their investment' . "Permanent, general recession In prices never Is to be expected," the resolutions declared, after eltlng the consistent advance In retail prices of all foodstuffs In recent 'years. L AGUI REPORTED KILLED 1 Paso, Aug. 9. General Aguilar, commanding the escort of Carranza troops and a number of soldiers and passengers, are reported today to have been killed in an attack by Vllllstas against a passenger train at Noria station on the Durango-Torreon line yesterday. About halt of the 20 Vll llstas in the band were killed by the troops In the fight, the Chihuahua City advices stated. An unconfirmed report reaching American military men here was that Torreon had been captured fcy Vlll lstas. PORTLAND FIRM TO BUILD NEW VESSEL Portland, Aug. 9. Contracts for the construction of an auxiliary power four-masted motor ship tor the Alaskan trade were today awarded by LTbby, McNeill ft Llbby, Chicago, to the Standlfer-Clarkaon company The vessel will be built In . North Portland harbor. It will cost 1250, 000. The York shipyards starts the work Immediately. The firm expects to employ 100 men at first and rapid ly enlarge. ' . Mrs. B. H. Perry left this morning for Gold Ray. ' from the wallet Of George McTarna han, while the latter was prostrate In the chair, his face swathed in tep id towels. McTarnahan said he pre viously lost 840 under suspicious circumstances, so he marked the $10 bill, got shaved, then called the police Detective Snow alleges he found the bank note In Mover's possession. LA if Andes ci Central Powers Forced to Yield Greed, to AEied Ofedrefa E:ti tie East zzi tie West London, Aug. 9. A mighty triple offensive, with several million mea and thousands of guns engaged, is ' slowly squeezing in the armies of the central empires on every front. Fighting stubbornly and In many instances with rare bravery, the Aua- tro-Germans-Tnrklsh forces are giv ing ground In every theatre of war, . save the Balkans, where recent skir mishes were herald the beginning of another great allied push. - - In the east, the czar's troops, ex tending the advantage reported la an early bulletin yesterday, , have thrown back the Anstro-Geraans on a front of thirty miles, extending from Nadworna and Misaiof. Nad worna, a railway city of 10,000 haa been captured. The filar center la now within a few hours march of the important city Stanislau. whose cap ture will materially increase the dan ger in which General Ton Bothmer'g army .oftufiad -Itself, .--r- 'The' most striking victory won by . the Italians since the war began, haa partly opened the way to Trieste, the great objective of the Italian Isonso campaign. The Aostrlaas may offer desperate resistance at Gorlts, but the apparent ease with which the Italians took the fortified GoriU bridgehead convinces military mea here that the Austrlans have heea forced to strip their lines to the dan ger point to meet the Russian men ace in eastern Gallcia. . On the western front, the allies have won another slice of the German second line, advancing on a front of nearly four miles north of the Somme. . German counter-attacks caused the French to yield ground' only slightly In this region last night. Only on the Verdun front, where the Germans again re-occupled the Thlaumont work In heavy fighting last night, are the Teutonic armies still on the offensive. The position has changed hands eight times since the Verdun campaign began. Even In the far away Caucasus, allied troops are again marching vic toriously. Both the Russian and Turkish war offices report the be ginning of a new Russian offensive In which the Turks admit they have been forced to yield some ground. Following successful artillerying. the Italians also completed the oc cupation of heights west of Gorltx. said the official dispatch from Home Large quantities of arms, ammuni tion and other material fell Into Italian hands. The advancing Italian troops found trenches and dugouts filled with Aus trian dead. On Monte San MIchele, enemy counter-attacks were repuls ed. More enemy trenches were cap tured In the region of San Martina. FLOUR COSTS MORE . IN PORTLAND MARKET Portland, Aug. 9. Flour Jumped ' 20 cents a barrel on the Portland market .today, selling for 15.80. A . further Increase to 86 a barrel Is ex pected. Market experts said the present price of wheat justified the )6 rate, hut It will not be fixed until big mills agree on It.' New London, Conn., Aug. ' 9.' -Quantities of nlckle and rubber said to have been received here and- the watery peregrinations of a mysterious launch off shore, added fuel to the flames of reports here that the Ger man submarine Bremen soon will dock at this point.. " ; 1 "