Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, December 27, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textmm DAILY EDITION 0U VII., .No. M. tilUNT VAHH, JUMKI'HIKK tOL.N ( V, UllfHMsN. WKIMMBDAY, IttCKMBKIt VI, ltM WHOLH NVMBKB IMC No Other Town in trie World Che Size of Grunts Pass lias a Paper With Full Leased Virc Telegraph Service. ,. 1 SAFE AT ' 111 ARIEL I.IaaLost In Rogue River Moca taiss Since Friday Morcisg Brought la By Party At Eleven o'Clock Last Nsgbt Tom nili, tht young mn who u lout in the hllli between Writ Pork and Marlel while on his way to Agnesa to spend Ch rlii man with hli parents at that place, wn found Utt Tuesday, though the particulars hav not yt been received her, Super vlior Macduff, of tho 8lsklou forest, received despatch from Ranger R. I. Hilm, at Agness, this morning, In which h reported that "Rllea had been brought In to Marlel at II o'clock lit night." The telegram stated only that "Rllea waa not fros. n and la doing well." Nothing waa aid ai to where the searchers found Rllea or hla condition when found. Ha had been out sine Friday morn ing, however, In tht mountains be tween Marlel and West Fork, where there Is a heavy snow UV and In severe storms. He was traveling "light" being on foot, and whsn he left West Fork expected to reach Marlnl without difficulty before night The psTty that found him left Mar- 11 Tuesday morning, and as It did not return till 1 o'clock at night It Is evident that It must have gone to the divide a1ov Marlel where there Is now a great depth of snow. Nothing was said In the telegram concerning Commodore Fleming, sup posedly lost la the some country, and the forestry officials here are Inclin ed to believe that he la safe, prob ably not having left Marlel to at tempt to cross th divide. Communi cation with the mid-Rogue district Is almost Impossible, the telegram to Supervisor Macduff having coma out by th way of Oold Beach, Mashflvld and Roseburg. Word has been sent to Osllce by Mr. Macduff to have a man go to the forestry telephone ntstlnn at Mule creek and swtlcb the wire on there, when communication down the river will again be possible. WILSON BEAT OF HALF r; HALF MILLION New York, Deo. ' 87. Woodrow "Wilson will b president for four years mor by virtu of a popular plurality over Charles B. Hughes of 18,147 votes out of a total of 18. 110,7,77 oast on November 7 for the two major political parties. This total does dot include votes for the social ist, prohibition or socialist-labor can didates. ThVflgures, as assembled todsy by th United Press, see "based In a rfla Jorlty of cases on th official counts of states, ss certlflecf io the electoral college. ' They show that Wilson received, .814,463 votes sgslnst 8,790,815 for Hughes, ' Four yesrs ago the democratic can didal (Wilson) polled 6,293,091 -votes, Th democratic candldste's total this year was an Increase of 48 per cent over thos figures. Similarly th republican nominee tTaft) Is 1913 poU0 3,484,966 votes. .Hughes' total In 1916 was an Increase ot about 183 per cent. Th total wot cast for th two major parties Na 4,313,395 mor than that cast In 1919 .for th then thre major pol HUGHES yv;viLLIAM C. AOAMSON. WV " 1 t Cengrenman Whe Framed ' Famous tight Hour Lsw. S OFF CHINA COAST Toklo, Dec. , 18. The steamer Sanksku Maru Is aground off Chefoo, with crew and passengers totalling 400. The position of the vessel to day wss raid to be hopeless. Two Americans are among the Ssnksku's passengers. Sbefoo Is a Chinese port in the province of Cbantung, separated from Port' Arthur by a neck of th Yellow sea. San Francisco, Dec. 27. Efforts by the United Press to Identify th steamer Sankaku Maru, aground off Chefoo failed today. Th name-does not appear In Lloyd's register or In any available list of vessels on the Pact do coast. An official of the Toyo Klsen Ksl shs, one of the lsrgest Japsneie stesmshlp companies, expressed the opinion that the vessel operates be tween Oriental ports exclusively. IN POPULAR VOTE itical parti. . In other words, there wal an Increase In 1916 of mor tbsn 30 per cent In lb total vot cast. ' There Is no way on th basis of th figures themselves, to ascertain what became of th 4,119,607 pro gesslv vote registered for Roose velt four yrs ago. Figures for th nation rot on th socialist, and prohibition tickets are as yet incomplete, but It Is estimated that Allan L. Benson, socialist, re ceived about 751,000 nearly 200, 000 less than th socialist ticket poll ed In 1919; and the prohibitionist candidate, Hanly, 325,200, or about 17,000 mor than th same ticket re ceived 'four years ago. , Every slat In the union had a bigger total vote In 1916 than In 1 1 2. Montana led In the list of big lnnreascr th Wilson-Hughes total being 143 per cent in excess of that she gsv Wilson, Roosevelt and Taft tour yesrs ago. Illinois jumped her toint 101 per cent due to this year being the first time th women of he Sucker state hav voted. ' . Th western statea without excep tion, showed an Increase la vote. Or (Continued on Pag 2) HOED SHIP AGI.QU BY PLURALITY '-''.V ' "''li 'I., Federal PIees Are Haded Out, asd Cotry Divided Into District According to the Rcral Credits Act Waiblngton, Deo. 27 Th federal farm loan board today announced the following cities in which farm loan banks will b located. ' Springfield, Mass.; Baltimore, Md.i Columbia, 8. C; Louisville, Ky.; New Orleans, I.; St. Louis, Mo.; St. Paul, Minn.; Omaha, Neb.; Wich ita, Kas.; Houston, Texas; Berkeley Cal.; Spokane, Wash. ' "Y w' The twelve farm loan districts In to which th United States Is divided according to the rural credits act arc": FirstMaine, New York, New Hsmpsblre, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey. ' : ,' ; ' ; . "'" Second Pennsylvania, Deleware, Maryland. Virginia. West Virginia and th District of Columbia, Third North Carolina, South Car olina, Georgia and Flordla. " : ". , FourthOhio. Indiana;' Kentucky and Tennessee;-' ' ' " Fifth Alabama, Mississippi' and Louisiana. .-' Sixth Illinois, Missouri and Ar- kansss. ' , Seventh Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota. Eighth Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. Ninth Oklahoma, Kansss, Colo rado and New Mexico. Tenth Texas. Eleventh California,. Nevada, Utah and Arlsona. Twelfth Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho. 18 BELOW ZERO IN. MONTANA TOWN Denver, Deo. 27. Th cold war which struck th Rooky mountain region Christmas day, still holds this territory In Its Icy grip todsy. Below-sero temperatures wer re ported this morning from many point. Th coldest weather In tb Rocky mountain state was at Havrt, Mont., where th mercury reached Is he low. . Aa a result of snow slides lit the western part of th state and In Wyoming, all trains over th I'nlon Pacific and Denver R"o Qrsnd railroads ar from ten to twelve hour lat. SNOW BLOCKS MOVEMENT OP OARS IN PORTLAND Portland, Dec. 27. Street cars were running today on alow sched ules as a result 6t a snowfall, which began at five o'clotk this morning and continued until after 10 o'clock The weather bureau predicts' the snow will to followed by rain. ANOTHKIl OKLAHOMA HANK ItOHUKD I1Y BANDITS Temple, Okla., Dec. 27. Bandits early today (blew the safe of th Fax on Stat bank, Faxon, Okla., and es caped with booty estimated at 13,000 according to word received her. Earlier In th night an unsuccess ful attempt was mad to blow th sat U th security . bank at Wirt, Okla., 40 miles from Faxon; All wires Into th towns were out. , CLUBS00NT0 STAGE BIG SHOW CcEsercial Orgasizatica Is Fb2 Cczic Opera ad Ma Nextfew Weds At th Commercial club luncheon held today, th plan of putting on a comic "opera and vaudeville enter tainment for the purpose of raising funds to wipe out th club Indebted' ness wss discussed,- and met with much isvor from th club members. The club has cleared Itself of prac tically all of Its Indebtedness during the past 1 3 months, snd expects through the medium of this proposed entertainment to wipe th balance off th boks and atari Its new year with a clean slat. Discussion as to th character of th entertainment to be given ran the gamut from vaudeville and negro minstrel to Comic opera, with the concenus of '"opinion 'seemingly In clined to malt us of the excellent musical talent now la the city, and much of It ladrdad i In th dab mem bership, in the stsA-Ing of a comic opera, with program of vaudeville stunts between the acts. Th enter tainment commute of the club Is in charge of the matter, with a special committee to aid In arranging th program. " " " The luncheon today was one of the most Interesting yet held the mal sup plied by th ladle being excellent In quality and service, and th "round table" discussion after it, informal but valuable. This luncheon com pleted the series called fbr by the first, ticket Issued, and a new series or tickets will be Issued before th first of th year. The sentiment or th members was strongly In favor or holding; a luncheon next week, and not calling ioff because of the con flict with th New Tear holiday. It will, however, be held Wednesday noon Instead of on Monday next week to miss the holiday. After that it will be on Monday aa usual. Chairman Demaray, of th com mittee that has bad charge of the arranging for th organisation of a southslde Irrigation district, stated that work was progressing as rapidly as th red tape of th legal proceed ings would permit. He gave warning ol a possible danger that might arise when th snow In th hills melted off and caused a sudden rls In th river. He said that should th pen stock at the Golden Drift dam to menaced th loss or th pumpa would seriously affect the Irrigation on th north side next year, and suggested that means be taken to protect them. Discussing the progress of th cam paign for beet acreage, It was stated that th factory people had suggested waiting till after the holiday season and then a union of force to sign up every available acre of suitable land. County Agent Thompson msde an earnest tslk in which he urged the value of th beet industry In th up building of the live stock and other farming Interests and the great bene fit which would com to the com munity as a whole. 8WKDKN JOINS IN PKACK ' NOTK8 TO 11KLLIMKRKNTM London, Dec. 27. 8weden has joined with America and Swltserland In peace suggestions, the Dally Tele graph asserted today. According to this Information, a Swedish not, Identical In terminology with th Swiss prsce statement, has been pre sented to belligerents. KING FERDINAND. Reumania'i Ruler, Who Coun try . I Invaded by Teuton Little Rock. Ark.. Dec. 37. Four whit persons and six negroes are known to be dead, and 16 other in jured in the tornado that swept a 75-mll path through soutB central Arkansas" yesterday afternoon. The casualty list Increased this afternoon as further reports reached here over badly crippled wires. ' Flooded roads ar impeding travel. It la believed here restoration or wire communica tion will Increase th tolls. The deaths occurred In Pine Bluff, Carlisle and near England. A report which could not be confirmed at noon . said that a negro settlement near. Wampoo had (been wiped out, killing , 17 negroes. i Property damage is estimated at 329,000. - :' y ' ' TORIIAOQ CUDS ENGLAND TO TELL WORLD WHAT SHE , IS FIGHTING FOR IN REPLY TO NOTE London,. Dec. 27. England In tends to tell the world exactly what she is fighting for. Hw answer to President Wilson's eote suggesting that belligerents In the great war de fine their peace terms will be a clear outline or the objects which Great Britain and her allies hop to at tain. ' ; That this sort or a, note la now In process or formulation was learn ed on unquestioned authority try the United Press this afternoon. Presumably It was this business ot drafting the reply which called the ministry Into conference at Premier Lloyd-George's official residence In Downing street today. - It Is known that yesterday Lloyd George conferred at, length with Alexander' Thomas, minister of fin ance In th French cabinet, and Al bert Thomas minister of munition and manufactures ot the British min istry. This conference probably had as Its object also th question of a joint or, at least, an identical not from all th allies, not only In answer to President Wilson's p suggestions, but also In answer to the German note. ' " "' " , The outline or th reason! why Rca Fcrccs A!::ja to the (rc3 Arqr BerUn, via SayvUle. Dec. 17. "Complete defeat? of the Roaiaat Roumanian forces along a front of 17 kilometers (10 miles) southwest of ' Rimnicnl-Sarat was ' reported ia today's official statement ' " ' "In live days' struggle," the state ment 'said, "our force at ' several place pierced strong Russian posi tions which consisted of several liaaa cf barbed wire And which wer ten aciously defended. "Southwest ot Rimnicul-Sarat the Russians are completely defeated. "The Danube army also captured a strongly fortified village and tb.ua pressed the enemy's front and cosn pclled him to retreat into positions prepared farther north. ; "The fighting was' violent and oar success was due - to "the eaergeUs leadership and fullest devotion .. ot our troop. 'J,-J-:.-'r-. "Th enemy's sanguinary losses were very large, besides which' th enemy left since December 22,' in all, 7 600 prisoners, 27 machine guns and two mine throwers in th hands of th Ninth army. , "Th number ot prisoners the Daanbe army' has Is more than. 1.300." )' The statement detailed progress la attacks against the bridgehead of Hacin, with airships and flyer squad rons active in the enemy's rear, aim ing successfully against Important 'establishments. ' " .'' ' Th Ninth army and th Daanbe army," the statement said, "had cap tured more than 8.900 prisoner since December 33. George Howland la a business vis itor at Medtord today. England and her allies are fighting v probably will not go into minute de tail, but It wUl be sufficiently deft-, ntte on all questions to answer com prehensively what the allies are fighting for. It is apparent from th foregoing despatch that England intends dip-, lomatlcally to fore Germany into a , position of stragetto disadvantage in her forthcoming answer. Germany ' failed to answer what was consider ed the main point Of the Wilson not the suggestion for an outline ot -peace terms. Moreover, sh,i -ailed to submit any statement ot principles . ' tor which she Is contending, which, might be taken as Indicative of what her peace terms would be. ' ' London, Dec. 27. The allies cer- talnly will - not accept Germany's . proposals In her note to America, for . anjmmedlate peace conference. That was clear today. But th Teutonic reply to President Wilson's not was hailed bar as at- ' fording a splendid opportunity tor England and her allies to set before the world a statement which would . concretely epitomise th Ideals and , (Continued oa Pag 4)