Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, August 21, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMV mm DAILY EDITION r - 'I, ; , t VOL. VI., No. 0(0. 'gRANTS rASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTV, OREGON, MONDAY, AVQVWt 21, MM WHOLE NUMBER 1829. No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. 3 r SLAVS TAKE ENEi BY SURPRISE General Brusiloff Shifts Drive to Stochod Front ' and Makes Easy Gains Against Weakened Line Near Kovel My William I. BIiiuim Petrograd, Aug. 21. By suddenly hitting bit attack to too Btochod river front northeast of Kovel, Gen arl Bruelloff bat caught the Germans off their guard and la driving wt ward for substantial galna. Realising that General Dothmer's army bad been crushed the Germans began stripping their northern front at every aTsllable man and sending tbem southward to derend lemberg. "It was while this troop movement was under way that Brusiloff struck fur tber north with his right wing. His flanking attack menace both Kovel and the German army at Pinsk. The Slavs' frontal attacks on Kovel have ceased. The Germans have sunk turrets In the marshy ground west of the city. These turrets are practical ly Invisible to Russian air scouts and must be overcome by strategy rather than massed Infantry onslaughts. Consequently the line west of Kovel a remained stationary for some ''-..;- During the lull on the Kovel front, the Russian armies under General Xaledln, Sakharoff and Letchltsky. swung westward like a deadly pend ulum from a point enst of Kovel, as pivot. The advance was propor tionately faster in tho extreme south. Expert opinion here believes that more depends upon Bruslloff's cam paign that the mere stand or fall of Lemberg and Kovel. Prisoners say the northern part of Hungary Is be ing evacuated by civilians because of the Slav advance near Koromezo. In Friday and Saturday's fighting on thin front, 1,386 prisoners, one cannon, IK machine guns and other material were captured. Petrograd, Aug. 21. Russian forces In the Caucasus have captured a whole series of strongly fortified heights in the region of Dtarhektr, taking many prisoners, It wss of ficially announced today. ANDREW CARNEGIE'S CONDITION Bar Harbor, Maine, Aug. 21. Ap parently In feeble condition Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate, today was off Mount Desert Inland In his yacht, the Surf, for a few days stay. Ilia weakened condition was plainly no ticable when ho came ashore for an automobile rldo. Carnegie told friends he did not "fool sick but only tired." A physician 1s constantly within call and attendants are on hand to assist tho Laird of Sklbo. TENNESSEE EXPLOSION KILLS 7 Jackson, Tenn., Aug. 21. Seven tnnn wore killed and two seriously Injured today when tho hollers at the Harlan & Morey Woodworking plant exploded, shattering buildings half n mile away. FRISCO HUHINESH MEN ARE GUESTS AT EUGENE Eugene, Aug. 21. After scvoral hours spent In Eugono during which they were the guests of tho Eugene. Commercial club, the 100 members or tho Snn Francisco chambf er of commerce wholesale trade ex cursion left here today for Marsh ' Hold. The special train on which the merchants are traveling will reach "Marshfleld at 8 p. m. and a program ot entertainment baa "been arranged :y'the merchant's of that city. ILSL HI STAYS III no UNTIL BECISIOII BEACHED Washington, Aug. 21. The Am erican troops will not be withdrawn from Mexico until the joint Mexico American commission has met and such action has been recommended by the American members, a high of ficial said today. The statement was made as an answer to a question re garding the action to be taken on General Funs ton's report that the troops might now be withdrawn without endangering the safety of the border. At the same time the be lief was expressed that the militia on the border would be returned to their respective states not long after the troops are withdrawn from Mex loo and the border patrol duty left entirely to the regular army. NEW YORK'S STREETCAR 8TRIKE HAS KEEN BOTTLED New York. Aug. 21. New York's threatened strike of surface, subway and elevated employes is settled, Mayor MKrbel announced this after noon. AMERICAN AMUAH8ADOH HOME FROM FRANCE New York, Aug. 21. Wm. O. Sharp, ambassador to France, with his daughter, Margaret, arrived today on tbt French liner LaFayette and wlU go to Washington and thence to his home at Elyrla, Ohio. Sharp said he recently suffered an attack of pneumonia and waa returning home to recuperate. SHOEMAKER SAVES STEELHEAD FISHING Carl D. Shoemaker, state game warden, announced here this after noon that he had Just completed tak ing testimony In a hearing at Gold Beach which had for Its object the establishment of a dead line at the mouth of the Rogue River. The hearing lasted two days and at the conclusion Mr. Shoemaker established the line. "I found that there was consider able difference, of opinion among the fishermen themselves as to where the line should bo established, hut In reaching my conclusion that the line should be established at Doyle Rock I took Into consideration the preser vation of the sport of angling for steelheads on the upper Rogue, as well as the continuation of the com merclal fishing Industry at the mouth," said Mr. Shoemaker. Mr. Shoemaker explained that Doyle Rock Is about 1700 feet up stream from the mouth of the river and at that point the stream has a width of nearly a mile. At the mouth where fishing la varrled on the river at low water Is lesB than 200 feet wide. By placing the dead line at Doyle Uock two set net locations have' been cut out and the best seining ground of tho McCleay company has been taken away. The lino becomes effective In thirty days. "I consider this the most Important piece of work I have accomplished since I have been state gome warden. It will be a great benefit to Josephine and Jnckson county sportsmen," con eluded Mr. Shoemaker. , PANAMA PRES. UNDER SHADOW Washlngton, Aug. 21. Secretary Lansing today admitted that an In- vestlgntlon Is being made of charges that Ramon Vnldes, newly elected president of Punamn, was Instru - mental In getting a land concession, estimated at about sixty thousand acres, for a Spalard named Fernn- des, It has been reported that the United States may not recognise Val- dei because of alleged frauds and coerolon In his election. HEAVY ONSET SIOI ROBS BEGUN BY THOUSANDS BULBAR 0EH01ES Teuton Ally Starts Drive To South on Wide Front-Aim at Serbia and British m , the Region About Salonika London, Aug. 21. The Bulgarians have opened heavy attacks on both wings of the allied armies In Greece and serious fighting Is going on at both ends of the ISO-mile battle front The German war office this afternoon announced that the Bulgara have cap tured Vlllchllla, southeast of the Greek town of Fiorina. The Invasion of Greece has brought a new crisis to the Greek capital and has resulted In sudden conferences between the ministerial and the mili tary heads. The Bulgarian advance has aroused no alarm In allied mili tary circles. The Bulgsrs ,lt was stated here this afternoon, are merely playing the I game the Germans tried at Verdun. They are hitting hard, counting on MtMn a atirt hnfnra the allies be - gln an offensive. The fighting in the Balkana, which threatens at' any moment to develop Into a great battle along the whole Greek border, eclipsed interest in op erations on other fronts today. - , v Aside from unsuccessful attempts by the Germans to recover lost j)00. . ground on the Verdun and Sommej Tne ftrmy long tne Rlo fronts, no events of importance oc iQrande escaDed nmetlcalir unscathed curred in any other theater of war.i " Salonlki. Aug. 21. Bulgarian forces are advancing south of the Greek town. of Fiorina, despite born Serbian resistance. Heavy fight- Ing continued all day Saturday near Banitx, 81 miles northwest of Salon lki. Sharp fighting with the Serbians! Is marked on a 15-mlle front seventy! miles northwest or Salonlki. The Bui-J Washington, Aug. 21. The senate gars emerged Trora the village of thls a(ternoon voted 27 to 24, im Fiorina and attempted an advance medlately to uke up tne immisra. southward. At the same time other tlon billf whlcn tne democratic cau strong Bulgarian detachments at- cug na(j TOtei to put ovep nntu tne (Continued "on" page't) next session. ENTIRE Mil TO LACK OF FOOD Washington, Aug. 21. Loss ot erlng of the railroad presidents to mllllons ot dollars in crops through- day was that there appeared no or out the country in event ot a rail- ganized plan afoot to meet the Bit road strike, was the new possibility uation created by President Wilson's before the administration today. firm refusal to recede from his de- The treasury department reported mands on them, that agents of the federal reserve . The brotherhood representatives board In the south, west and north- through A. B. Garretspn, made it west are beginning to ask for funds known today that they do not Intend for the purpose of the crop-moving to deviate from the president's plan, movement. Tying up the railroads Answering persistent suggestions that would nieon thot wheat and other the executive will offer a compromise products now ready for tho mills solution, Garretson told the United would be held up Indefinitely and pos- Press: slbly rot on side tracks, If stopped In transit. This ansle of the threatened gt- . gnntle strike wus borne home to of- ! flclals, not only by reports from the J treasury department, but by the ar- rival qf western railroad presidents, taken by the president, it would ap such as Louis W. Hill, whose father's pear from Garretson'e statement, de- jname was synonymous with the em- : plre of the northwest, and Its wealth of form lands. More than two score railroad presl- jdenta and the 640 brotherhood repre sen tatlves held separate meetings to ( day to continue discussion of Presl j dent Wilson's proposal looking to ward peace, An outstanding feature of the gath Texas Swept By Hurricane Suffers Great Property Loss Though Few Arc Killed Ask State Aid for Homeless Dallas, Texas, Aug. 21. Thousands ot families are homeless In the gulf region as the result ot Friday's hur ricane and preparations are being made throughout the state today to rush supplies, tentage and funds to them. The storm-swept area extends from Corpus Cbrlstl south to Brownsville and Inland from thirty to fifty miles. The death toU was placed at thirteen to sixteen today and the total prop erty loss at $2,000,000. The dead include six or nine tail ors, drowned when the small steamer Pilot Boy was wrecked off Port Ar ansas, and seven persons on land. All the latter were Mexicans. The damage, which included the opening cotton crop, Is apportioned as fol- lOWS: - f 1 , . i ' ' Corpus Christl, $500,000; Aransas Pass, $150,000: Bishop, $150,000; Alice. $100,000; Klngsvllle. $100, 000; Rock port, $75,000: Robstown, $50,000; 8an Diego, $50,000; Rio Grande valley. $300,000; widely, sep arated farming communities, 1500,- lt te belleTed th, ttrge .tore. of food and tentage in the bases there, will be sent to points farther north along the coast State and federal stub-'oncers are expected today to organize the relief work. IMMIGRATION HHJj IS UP THIS SESSION ' , SUFFEft HOO III CASE OF STRIKE "President Wilson has announced what he regards as a fair plan of settlement. If there Is to be any de- vlatlon, It will not be from our side." Upon the final decision of the rall- road presidents and the final action pends whether thousands of mills are likely to stop, cities face food and fuel shortoges, and tho entire coun- try become prostrated before what it Is believed would ,be the greatest struggle between capital and labor in history, Various cities, have estimated they would face food and fuel shortages "Continued on Page 2. GREEK CABINET IS WORRIED BY NEW IHH LIVE Athens, Aug. 21, Bulgarian troops are reported within 10 miles of the Greek port of Kavala, In their ad vance to attack the allies' right wing The Greek cabinet has been called into special session because ot the Bulgarian advance Into Greek terri tory, Generals Moschopoulos, Sottills and Gbenadis attending the confer ence. Kavala, a port of 5,000 population, was taken from Turkey by Greece in the Balkan wars. It lies 18 miles west ot the Bulgarian border, and has long been coveted by the Bul gars. The government Is watching the Bulgarian invasion of Greek terri tory with the greatest Interest. The newspaper Patris says the cabinet thus far has reached no decision and will await farther developments. From the military standpoint the Bul garian advance Is considered unim portant, so far as the allies are con cerned. The Bnlgars apparently are trying to seize strategic positions on the allied flanks, from which to de liver attacks when the expected allied offensive begins. ' The British and French ministers conferred with Premier Zamasls to day, who Immediately afterward summoned the chief of staff ot the Greek army. - The discussion turned to the question of withdrawing por tions ot the Greek army and civilians from the territory occupied by the Bnlgars. ' v"; BRITISH LOSE TWO" London, Aug. 21. The sinking ot two such valuable light cruisers as the Falmouth and Nottingham Sat urday in the first North Sea naval fight since the Jutland battle, Is "distinctly unfortunate," the naval expert of the Dally News asserted to day, "but it Is the penalty that must be paid by a fleet commanding the seas." "In the Dodger-bank fight last year and on several less important occasions, the enemy tried to lure the British force's Into a submarine trap," said the News' expert, "but although our pursuing ships often found themselves in a nest ot U boats, they never before suffered loss there from." THREE FATALLY HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Portland, Aug. 21. One' woman was dead today and two other per- jsons near death as the result of an automobile wreck on the Columbia highway. Miss Olive Erlckson of Portland was killed when the auto mobile of J. H. Shields backed over the edge ot a 20-foot bridge near Troutdale and hurtled through the darkness Into a deep gully. Shields was probably fatally hurt. Miss Ag nes Erlckson suffered an Injured I spine. The wrecked machine burst Into flames, while all three were j pinned under It. An unknown auto imoblllst ran Into the ravine with a fire extinguisher and stopped the blaze. Chester Shields, son of the Injured I man, had stepped from the car to walk while his father steered it off jthe bridge. He witnessed the tragedy. I NEW HIGH RECORD FOR iiwrrifn eriTra ctktt. . New York, Aug. 21. A new high record price ot 95 was set by United States Steel common during the late grading on the stock exchange this afternoon. The figure exceeds the 1909 record by one-eighth. CRUISERS TID 111 PUTS ISSUEUPTO ROADS Pleads forConcessicato A?ert Domestic and Foreign Bcs fcess Crises-Kay Weill Starve it Strike Is Fcrccd Washington, Aug.' 21. Two score. railroad presidents, representing th ' greatest railway systems In the world, were in conference here late this afternoon forming the final answer they will make to the proposals ad vanced by President Wilson 1a an ef fort to avert a strike that wonld par alyze the nation. The heads of the great systems went into secret session after hearing an impassioned appeal by President Wll- on to "keep the railroads running. tot only in the Interest of this coun try, but in order to meet the demands ct the entire world." - ,. President Wilson made the railroad presidents a 30-mlnute address dar ing the White House meeting. The heads of the systems walked or rode through a blistering heat front their hotels to the White House to hear the chief executive's final appeal. r rresiaeni wuson ouuraea to them, the need for railroad cooperation In the Interest of preparedness as one point in the broader (round It took. It had been learned earlier in tho day of reports from the :. treasury, and agricultural departments that a strike wonld mean the loss of mil lions of dollars in crops. But the president vent even beyond the do mestic situation, when he told tho railroad heads that not only In this country but abroad "where the people of all the belligerent nations are look ing to the United States," the co operation of the big railroad systems is absolutely essential. "I am willing to allow the case to go to the great American Jury and let them assess the responsibil ity," said President Wilson to the rail way presidents. "I wish you to con sider the consequences of a failure to agree as they may affect the people ot the great cities and the country side. The country cannot live if the means of keeping alive its vitality are interfered with. "The lives and fortunes of 100, 000,000 men. women and little ones, some of whom may die, depend on what may be done In this room. I leave the matter to you. "I appeal to you as one American citizen to another, to avoid hls dis aster.". Washington, Aug. 21. Arrival of the western railroads presidents and receipts of hundreds of telegrams from commercial organizations were the feature of the first day of the second week of the president's Inter vention between the railroads and the four brotherhoods. The presidents came at President Wilson's invitation and the telegrams In part, at least, at the invitation of the railroads. Railroad executives here made no secret of the fact that they were lin ing up all possible business support for their arbitration contention. The president made his answer known In reply to one of these tele grams, that from George Pope, presi dent of the National Association ot Manufacturers. Pope declared 8,700 manufacturing organizations, em ploying millions of men, are utterly dependent on un-lnterrupted railway service. iHe urged the president to prevent the threatened stoppage ot train service and at the same time to maintain the principle of the open hop. . . . . (Continued on page t).