Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1916)
V DAILY EDITION OU VI., No. 800. GRAN '488, JOflEPHIXE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1010. WHOLE 3TUMBER 1844. No Other Town in the World Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. WHEAT CROP OF NATION Federal Bureau Estimates the Production of Spring Cer eal As Barely Enough for Home Consumption Washington, Sept. 8, Rarely enough spring wheat for borne con ii nipt loo vii forecast (or the pre sent crop today by the bureau of crop estimates. An estimated production of 611.000,000 bushels will be "not tnor than the normal domettlo re quirements." This crop compart unfavorably with an full mated production liut year or more than one billion bushels and with a five-year average of 73K, 4)00.000. ' IL The condition of the spring wheat crop on ScptemAwr 1 was given aa 48.6 per cent of normal, an compared with 63.4 on Auguit 1. The yield per acre la only 8.1, a against 12.1 In 1915. The total pro duction of 156,000,000 buahela la forecast aa against an August fore chat of 190,000,000 buahela and a 1915 production of 357.000.000 ' Dtishels. A forerasted'yleld per acre of 1 3 bushels for all wheat it report ed, aa against a yield of 16.9 per acre for 1915. A total production of Gil. -000,000 buahela la forecasted, against 454,000,000 bushels aa an August forecast and a total production of 1.020,000.000 bushels for 1915. The condition of the corn crop Sep tember 1 was 71.3 per cent normal, aa against 78.1 September 1, 1915. Tola condition forecast a yield per acre of 24.9 bushels, against 28.2 In ,1915. The total production of 2, '710,000,000 bushels Is forecast, aa against an August forecast of 2.777, 000,000 and a 1915 production of 3, 55,O0u.0OO bushels. Price per bushel on September 1 was S3.G cents, against 77.3 last year. Tho condition of the oats crop on September 1 waa 78 percent nornml, as against 81.5 on August 1. This condition forecasts a yield per acre of 30.3 bushels, aa against 37.8 In 1915. A total production or 1,231.000.000 against an August forecast or 1,274, 000,000 and a 1915 production of 1,540,000,000 (bushels. Price or oats September 1 wu 43.1 centa per bushel, aa against 88.5 Sep-, tember 1, 1915. The condition of the barley crop -waa 74.6 per cent or normal, against 94.2 September 1, 1916. This fore casts a total production or 184,000, OOO bushels, against 237,000,000 In V1915. The price was 72.9 cents per ushol, against 51.9 September 1, 1915. , The condition or the tobacoo crop was 85.5 per cent of normal, against 80.7 September 1, 1915. This fore casts a total production or 1,224,000,- 00 pounds, against 1,061,000,000 -pounds In 1915. 1 A preliminary estimate or the total production of tame hay Is 86,200,000 tons, against 86,200,000 tons In 1916. Price or hay on September 1 was 110.42 per ton, against $10.80 Sep .tembor 1, 1915. " The condition of the cotton crop . August 25 (was 61.2 por cent of norm al, against 69.2 August 25, 1916. This condition forecasts production of 11. 800,000 balos, against 11,200,000 bales In 1915. Price of cotton on September 1 was 14.0 cents per pound, against 8.5 centa Soptember 1, 1915. 1. O. Pease, returned to Glcndnle last night after spending a rew days In tho city attending to business matters. 1 ONE UNSETTLED T III COAL II Kansas City, Sept. 8. -The threat ened strike or coal miners or the southwest tuay to averted. With the vacancy caused by the withdrawal or tho Oklahoma opera tors fllled by the appointment or W. J. Jenkins, of St. Louis, tiead or the Western Goal & Mining company, 'the sub-committee or the Joint conference resumed deliberations today on the one disputed point dealing with the hiring of men. The operators submitted new pro posals covering the disagreement. The sub-committee was In session all morning considering this proposition, and resumed Its conference after luncheon. Members of the committee refused to reveal the operators' pro posals. Report or the sub-committee la not expected today. SAIITA FE TO ENTER EXPRESS BUSINESS Topeka, Kas., Sept. 8.- The Santa Fe railroad plana to go Into the ex press business, according to reports In circulation here today from reli able sources, that the railroad will jtake over all business done on Its 'system and auxiliary lines by the Wells Fargo Expreai company. OirtctaUannounccnient or the an nexation or the Wells Fargo business, It waa said, will come In the next five weeks. If the negotiations go through as reported, this will be the first step of Its kind In the history of Ameri can railroads. A part of the offlcea necessary to take care of the express business would be In Topeka, with additional offices In Chicago, Oalveston and La Junta, It waa aald. NKVVroit LKW1H SCOUH8 HTATK DEPARTMENT Washington, Sept. 8. Declaring that Japan and Russia are "combin ing to force America out of the orient." Senator Lewis, democrat, Illinois, today scored the state depart ment for Its "peculiar silence on the rar east." Lewis declnred "Inquiries should be made as to why there is so little in formation" regarding Japan's latest demands upon China. .He declared there Is apparently little effort to In sist upon American rights In the orient." DIRECT VILLA FROM EL PASO El Paso, Sept. 8. With the arrest today or two more Mexicans, United States secret service men announced they had discovered thaMhe opera tions of the bandit forces headed by Pancho Villa are being directed from this city by a revolutionary Junta here. The Mexlcana now under ar rest will be charged with violation or the neutrality laws. - Plotters here are In direct com munication with Villa by messenger, It Is believed, and dlreot his move ments with a view to embarrass the de facto government and for effort upon the mediation' conferences of I the Mexican-American commission at I New London, Conn. I Mombers of the Junta are former iVllllstas, Huertlstaa and followers of iMadero and wealthy men who have been driven from Mexico and their ! lands confiscated by Carranza. Their ! object Is to secure the downfall of Carranca by any means. Tho cutting of the Mexico North western railway by, Villa. Is expected at any time by military 'men here. raw S NOTE SENATOR Chamberlain 'of Oregon Al leges Pernicious Lobbying on Part of Canadian Of ficials Agabst Measure. Washington, Bept. 8. The senate lobby committee will Investigate charges of Senator .Chamberlain, made on the floor late last night, that Sir Joseph Polk and other Canadian officials lob-bled against adoption or the Chamberlain amendment to the revenuo bill. This would have pre vented admission Into the United States or halibut or salmon from the north Pacific, except when the Dsh waa sent In bond from an American port. The Investigation was ordered by a resolution introduced today by Senator Curtis, republican, of Kansas, just before adjournment of congress and adopted without a vote. The lobby charge was made by Senator Chamberlain, Oregon, when the conference committee reported the amendment, adopted by the sen- tate, had been stricken out. Cham berlain declared striking out the sec tion wss a "humiliating and disgrace ful surrender toy the United States to the Canadian government In the in terest or Canadian commerce." Senator Curtis' resolution was tabled, but he Introduced a second one, saying: "It Is charged a lobby representing a rorelgn government has lobbied against passage of a resolution which would have protected an American In dustry 'against commercial aggran disement by an industry or a foreign country." PARTY LEADERS EXPRESS VIEVS OH UK OF CONGRESS I Washington, Sept. 8. Democrats and republicans entertain very differ ent views of the congress session Just ended. Statements by Senate Ma jority leader Kern and Acting Min ority lieader Smoot prove It. Kern said: "The problems presented to this congress for solution were grave and momentous. The first Important work was to provide for the mobilisa tion and reorganisation or the army and for the creation of a great navy. There ibelng much difference or opin ion throughout the country on these questions, the work or preparing sat isfactory and efficient legislation was difficult. Upon the disposition ot these questions came the problem ot how to raise the vast sums or money to carry out the preparedness pro gram. Those who clamored most loudly for preparedness objected most seriously to paying their share ot the bill, but after great labor the revenue hill has been enacted. Fair (n Its provisions, It will command the respect of the country, The rural credits bill and good roads bill, and measures of Improvement of the par- cols post and rural delivery will ap peal strongly to the farmer. The child labor bill and the workmen's compensation bill will appeal strongly to the humanitarians of the republic. ' "Considering the great problems presented and the splendid spirit shown In meeting them, this congress will compare favorably with any pre vious congress." Fmoot said: "For nine long weary months con HI QUITS Longest Session on Record Comes to a , Close After Spending Mere Moiiey Than Any Preceding One 1 Washington, Sept. 8. Congress ad journed at 10 o'clock today. The session that lasted longer and saw more dramatic moments than any In recent history and that had appropriated more money than any congress preceding It came to a close amid scenes that contained little of the spectacular. The senate waited until 9:40 to day to, adopt the Joint resolution set ting the adjournment hour. The house tad gone through with 1U ad journment resolution early last night. During a two-hour morning session there was only a slight undercurrent of real work, but a lot of speech making of the eagle-ecreamlng vari ety and some fun, The senate continued on its course or politics and legislation until the last minute, when exactly five min utes before 10, Senators Kirn and SmootV democratic and lepubllcan leaders named to wait on the presi dent, announced the decision to ad journ had the president' approval At the same moment hostilities and hilarities In the house stopped at the appearance of House Leader Kitchln, Representative Fitcgerald and Representative Mann, who had wailed on the president and received the same message. A shout went up aa Speaker Clark banged the gavel and declared the session ended. gress has been In session. For years to come It will toe known as the most extravagant session of congress In the way or appropriations In' the history of our country. The direct appropri ations made by this congress amount to 11,630,383,682.64 and there have been contracts amounting to $316, 875,366, or a total direct and author ised , appropriations and contracts amounting to the enormous sum or $1,947,259,048.64. THE Al'STRO-GKRMANS RETIRE TO GVILA L1PA Pet'rograd, Sept. 8. The Austro Germans have been forced to retire to (he right bank of the Oulla Llpa river, from which they are bombarding the advancing Slavs, It was officially an nounced today. NO RECALL OF ARMY OUT OF MEXICO Washington, Sept. 8. Neither the mllltla stationed on the border nor General Pershing's column will be re called until the Mexican-American conference at New London, , Conn., makes Us report on the subject. It was stated today on high authority I here. It the meantime, It was said, tho plans to send othor organisations, ' now in their state camps, to the bor-1 der have not beon changed. GRINDING T HUGHES IKS OF S III LIE SPEECH Lewlston, Maine, Sept 8. In Maine's "spindle city," . Republican Nominee Hughes today talked labor's right and republican promises to labor before a crowd in the city halL He was given a rousing welcome. Hughes attacked the democrat!. child lajbor bill, asserting that It affected only 800,000 child laborers and that the remaining 1,800,000 other child workers were left to state regulation. He then read his labor record aa governor or New York. Hla reading and the explanation by the nominee that he produced this ca dence to offset attacks "Intended to poison the mind of the electorate," were both received -with cheers. KING GEORGE OITLIXES , POLISH RELIEF VIEWS t Washington. Sept 8. British Am bassador Spring-Rice called at the White Honse today and left an auto graphic letter from King George of England outlining that country's views on Polish relief. TO SOMME FRONT London, Sept, 8. Renewed Infan try onslaughts toy the Anglo-French troops of even greater' magnitude than the successful strokes early this week on the Somme are certain to follow the incessant night and day bombardment of the German lines. The allies intend to give the Germans no rest The Paris Llberte reports that the kaiser has returned to the Somme front and Is inspiring his troops to the heavy counter-attacks mentioned iby the French war office. POST OFFICE EMPLOYES GET THEIR JOKS BACK Washington, Sept. 8. Orders to reinstate Immediately all employes of theVst office department on their discharge from the militia without awaiting formal approval from the department were issued today to all postmasters from the postmaster gen eral. ROUMANIANS LOSE 2 SEAPORT TOWNS London,' Sept. 8. -The Bulgarian right wing, moving up the Black sea coast, has occupied the Roumanian seaport towns of Balchlk and Cav- arna. at the same time taking two other Roumanian villages in conjunc tion with the Germans. An official statement from the Bul garian war office this afternoon re ported this victory, hut also admitted an Important Roumanian success. The Roumanians have captured the forti fied Hungarian town of Orsovo, open ing the way to a new Invasion of Hun gary. Orsovo Is on the Danube, near the Junction of the Roumanian, Hun garian and Serbian frontiers. It Is a few miles above the "iron gates" or the Danube, and has considerable Im portance. It has a population ot about 6,000. Strong Russian forces reinforcing the Roumanians near the Roumanian town of Doibrlo have been beaten hack by the German-Bulgarian armies, said an official statement Issued at Berlin this afternoon. v - While heavy fighting continued on both . western and eastern fronts, there was no such radical changes as marked vthe battles reported yesterday. HIS I KAISER RETURNS ALLIES LOSE - 1 !H Frca German ScaxesCcnics Claim That Kaild,fcd ed a&I lliss&g h Q5o sire Reaches That fire Berlin. Sept 8. The allies have lost more than million men In kill ed, wounded and missing since the grand offensive against the central powers opened with a Russian attack three months ago. , " . This estimate was made today by German military experts, who aald they thought it conservative. ; , , Against these losses the allied armies have only the conquests ot Bukovlna and some Gallclan terri tory by the Russians, the capture of Gorltz by the Italians, a shallow thrust into the German lines on the Somme and the occupation ot the mountainous Transylranian territory by the Roumanians as positive mili tary achievements. The armies of the central powers, keeping their lines Intact everywhere under tremendous pressure, at the same time struck back with success-, ful blows in the Balkans.. The But-., garians advanced on both flanks to . positions menacing the allies In' Greece. German and Bulgarian forces struck a severe blow against' . the Roumanians : by occupying Tu trakan fortress, one ot the ibrldgehead positions defending Bucharest The losses of the allies, as conser vatively estimated here, follow: Ruseions, 600,000; British, 330,-' 000; French, 150.000; Italian. Ser bian and Roumanian combined, 60,- . 000. , .; ' . .', Some Austrian experts and a num ber of Germans, have estimated the Russian losses at more than 800,000; and the combined British and French losses at more than 400,000. Official casualty lists given out at London . show British losses ot about 125,000 for the month of August alone. The danger of any serious reverse on either the western or eastern fronts is believed to have passed. Bnt any additional gains, it is held here. must be made at such a frightful ad ditional cost in human lives, and with such an extravagant waste of muni- . tlons that the people of the allied . countries will cry for peace. News of the capture ot Tntrakan fortress and the surrender ot 20,000 -Roumanians aroused more enthu- slasm here than even the military Importance of the victory Justified. , Next to an Invasion of England, no ' movement would he more popular , here thai a drive northward to the capital of Roumania. because ot the universal opinion that the Rouman- lane treacherously deserted their aSlea in declaring war. HAVE ESCAPED Galveston, Sept. . f . The British steamer Veraston, which arrived to day after being Interned In Petrograd for two years, reported that ehe and 59 other steamers of allied nations were able to escape from the Gulf ot Finland and Gulf of Bothnia, through the Baltic, Cattegat and Skagerak im mediately following the naval battle off Jutland. .The Veraston's captain said the battle was a great British victory and that In addition to the three-score ships coming out with him many others followed. " INTERNED SIS