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VOL. VII., No. 97.
GRANTS PASS, JOSE PHI Kl COUHTY, OREQOJI,
TKDAY, JAKl'ARY 14, 1917
WHOLE STMBEB IPSO.
No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
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nominate 3 -directors
for
a DISTRICT
IRRIGATION MKCTIXU KKLHCTH
C1AX1MOATKH WHOMK NAMKH
WILL APPEAR OX IIALMyr
mORXEYTELLSWHO MAYVOTE
Oaly Lead Owner Who Nam A it
em the AiiwiiiH Hull
Ca Have Voire
J. rih
The meeting of land owners hav
lag holding within tb proposed ir
rigation district on the south side or
the river, ellxl for Saturday f tor
loon at tb Commercial lub rooms,
wa wsll attended, tad much Intercut
la lb progress of mttra wm rosnl
feat The meeting was called pri
marily to place three men for direct
rt of the dletrlct In nomination, the
taction to be hold on the 17th last
The men selected, and who will be
nominated by petition, were Geo. A.
Hamilton, C. C. Haminersley and C.
B. Smith. .Their namea will appear
(ipoa the ballot aa the nominee reo
ssmendsd by the meeting. The name
f Oeo. E. Dlcklnaon waa placed In
nomination for district treasurer,
ad nhi name "will also appeaV upon
the ballot.
The question of who may vote at
the election for the formation of the
district haa been Investigated by At
torney Thomas, who Is representing
the land ownera under the Joint dis
trict which It la proposed to form
os) the south side of the river In both
Josephine and Jackson counties. Ills
report was read at the meeting and
states that under the law only those
tend ownera whoso namea appear
npon the assessment roll can vote.
Corporation holding lands can cast
ballot It so authorised by the board
f directors.
1UWCVE8 KOl'll FliOM
A IU KNINO IU'ILII1
Portland, Jan, 13, Smashing her
way through a window, Mrs. Caro
lina P. Olevlnske today saved Mrs.
F. Z. Becorska and her three child
ren from death when their home
burned. Mrs. Olevlnske, a neighbor,
aaw smoke pouring from the room,
8he broke through the window snd
earrled the family to safety, while
blood streamed down her fare from
deep cut on her brow.
PEACE HOPE GONE
Amsterdam, Jan. II. German ed
itorial comment today was practically
ananlmou In the belief that the al
lien' note has blocked all chance for
Mae at present.
"The entente's note establishes
that this Is a war of conquest on the
part of the allies It destroys our
last desire for peace," declared an
editorial In the Berlin Lokal An
aelger. "Now, as heretofore, our enemies
"sill strive for the destruction of Ger
many as a great ppwer," asserted the
Tag Zeltung.
The Tageblatt characterised the
demands made by the allies as hav
ing .. "blocked overy path lending to
peace."
"War by notos Is thus exhausted
tor the present;" declared the Taeg
llscbe 'Runttso'hsu,
Starve Jordan returned Friday
might 'from San Francisco, at which
plaee he 1as been visiting for the
past two weeks.
CREAL1ERY ELECTS
HEW DIRECTORS
tkockholdurs of the Local . Hatter
Making InsUtttUos) Hold the
Aaaaal Meeting
The stockholders of the Rogue
Valley creamery at the annual meet
ing held Saturday forenoon elected
a new board of director to have
charge of the affair of the com
pany. Tbe new board la composed
of Messrs. A. Wylberg, A. N. Par
eons, 0. H. Woodward, Ed. Bywater,
Herbert Smith, Claus Schmidt, 8.
Lougnrldge, 0. P. Jester and J. 0.
Rlgg.
The board organised through the
election of Dr. Bywater as president;
Herbert Smith, vice-president, and
0. P. Jester a secretary and treas
urer. HOfKK ITTS POHTOFFICK
BILL OVRK TIM, TUCMDAY
Washington, Jsn. 11. Tbe bouse
today deferred until Tuesday final
vote on tbe postofflc appropriation
bill with the second class mall In
crease and the one-cent local letter
rate stricken out If, in the mean
time, the rules committee makes
these Items in order, they may be
put back In the bill.
IS
FATALLY SCALDED
Springfield, Oregon. Jan. 13.
Trapped In a furnace, Milton Bally,
40, (uperlntendent of the Fischer
Boutin mill, waa almost cooked to
death before being rescued todsy.
He is still alive... Surgeons pro
nounced bis burn fatal. Bally en
tered the furnace after It waa cold,
Intending to clean It. While he was
working, a steam pipe burst. Boil
ing wster filled the boiler. Having
banked ashea between himself and
the door, his situation became crit
ical. He burled his face In his hsnds
to keep from bresthtng stesm, then
tried desperately to dig hla way out
As he slniRgled, Belly's legs and
back were terribly burned. Hla
cries for help flna.lv brought two
fellow employes who crawled Into
the fire chamber and dragged him
through the ash heap.
TAKEN BY GERMANS
Berlin, via 8ayvllle, Jan. 13.
Storming and capture of the Rouman
ian town of Hlhalea, with Its Russian
garrison of 400 soldiers, a number
of other Russians being drowned In
attempting to escape across the Ser
eth, waa reported In today's official
statement.'
"At the Junction of the Buseu and
Sereth rivers the Bulgers captured a
monastery still held by Russians,"
the statemont said.
"Northwest of Bralla TurkUh
troops stormed the town of Mlhaelea.
Of the Russian garrison, 400 were
taken prisoner and the remainder
drowned In trying to escape across
the Sereth. Ten machine guns were
captured."
The . statement said a dense fog
was covering the battle front.
Successful attacks north of the
Slanlo valley were reported, with the
capture of four officers and 170 sol
diers of other ranks, together with
seven machine guns, seven mlno
throwers and large quantities of rifle
ammunition and hand grenades, left
behind the enemy. ' ,
On both sides of the Oltus valley
strong hostile attacks were without
effect snd "In violent hand to hand
fighting great losses were Inflicted
on the enemy by the Auatro-Hungar-lani.",
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U.S.CBW1U
ASHORE NEAR EUREKA ME
ATTEMPTING TO SAVE DIVER H-3
Stndd Warship b b Series Daer cf Lea, ad life
Save Crew Prccccdi to Rcrcue lie 334
l!a zd C jeers Abard
Eureka, Cel., Jan. II. The strand'
ed cruiser Milwaukee -was practically
abandoned tonight Nearly all the
officers and crew were brought ashore
by means of the 'breeches buoy from
the fighting top or tbe warship. The
commander ordered the false bot
toms opened letting in water thus
steadying tbe ship and enabling the
sailors to climb to tbe fighting top
to enter tbe buoys.
Samoa, Cel., Jan. 11. The rescue
of the 117 men and 17 officers of
the stranded cruiser Milwaukee be
gan shortly before I o'clock this
afternoon. At 3:15 one breeches
buoy was bringing the men ashore,
two at a time, and two surf hosts
were operating between the cruiser
and the beach. At that hour 40 mem
bers of the crew bad' been brought
to safety and It waa -believed the en
tire company would be rescued by
dark. .
The Drst man rescued sPblllu
Decker, eoxswsltv fourth ' divknon.
Next came' Junior Lieutenant Hay
slip. Although the sea had calmed con
siderably, tbe vessel was still in very
great danger. Doubt that she ever
will be tsken off was growing.
That the water had flooded two
of the four fire rooms was the state
ment of some of the firemen brought
ashore.
The cruiser wss lying broadside to
tbe breakers. She was rolling and
pitching badly and fears were ex
pressed by some observers that the
tide, then coming in, might turn her
over. ,
Shortly before noon tbe coast
guard men got a line aboard the ves
sel and hastily prepared to use the
breeches buoy.
At noon the monitor Cheyenne and
the naval tug Iroquois were lying
close by, but were helpless to aid
the stranded warship, fearing to
come, too close lest they share her
fate.
The Milwaukee aUll has her cable
aboard the submarine H-3.
Eureka, Jan. 13. The cruiser Mil
waukee, which has been engaged
here in an effort to pull the sub
marine H-3 off the sand bar on which
she drifted recently, went aground
early today In a dense fog near the
scene of the H-3 disaster. At 8 a. m.
life savers reported that she was In
the first line of breakers near Samoa.
The life saving crew was rushing to
the scene of preparing to take off the
Milwaukee's company should her pos
ition prove dangerous.
The news of the plight of the Mil
waukee came when the fog, which
had enveloped the Humboldt bay re
gion lifted. . Although no details of
the trouble could be ascertained, It
was believed that the cruiser
drifted Into the breakers during the
early morning hours. For several
days the Milwaukee, which came here
from Mare Island navy yard, haa been
trying to put steel hawsers aboard
the stranded H-3 preparatory to at
tempting to pull oft the diver which
Is Imbedded In eight feet of sand.
Thursday night the hawsers wero
finally fastened to. the submarine and
two pulls were given yesterday with
out success. During this time the
Milwaukee has stood out at sea with
all her anchors down to resist the
strong pull oil her by the heavy steel
hawsers.. It is supposed that loosen
ing of her anchors may have weak
ened her resistance and drawn Her
In-shore, All Indications are that she
Is hard and fast aground. ' .
As soon as word of her predica
ment reached here, the Humboldt
life saving station was notified. A
boat was rushed to the scene out
through the entrance to the bay and
up the onter aide of the peninsula
towards Samoa.
The Brst news of the wreck reach
ed here when the cruiser sent out a
I wireless dispatch after daybreak.
This said tbat she bad gone ashore
at 4 a. m. and was In two fathoms
of water. A heavy sea is running.
and rocking the vessel violently. Evi
dently this haa pot the Milwaukee's
wireless out of commission, for no
other word has come from her.
. The Humboldt bay section of Cal
ifornia has been known as "the
graveyard or many ships." In lees
tban sis months three disasters of
nota have occurred there. The first
was the wreck of the big liner Bear,
which went aground near Cape Men
docino, with a loss of five lives. Tbe
Boar is still high and dry on the sand
sou has been virtually abandoned.
A month ago tbe submarine H-J
drifted ashore in a fog at Samoa. The
crew waa rescued after harrowing ex
perlencea. The day before yester
day, however, one member of the Mil
waukee's crew was drowned and two
were badly injured during an attempt
to pull the H-3 off.
San Frsncisco, Jan. 13. The cut
ter McCulloch rushed to Eureka to
dsy to give any aid necessary to the
stranded cruiser Milwaukee.
Tbe Milwaukee Is a cruiser of tbe
Drst clsse snd was built at a cost of
12,885,000' in 1904. She displaces
1,700 tons, has a length of 394 feet,
her epeed Is 32 knots. It Is not
known how uisny men were aboard
when the vessel went aground, but
It was stated at the Ooat Island naval
training station that her normal
complement In peace times Is 25 of
ficers and 625 men.
Calexico, Cel., Jan. 13. Hopes of.
rescuing Lieutenant-Colonel Harry O.
Bishop and Lieutenant W. A. Robert
son, army aviators, missing ' since
Wednesday, when they started a
flight from San Diego to Calexico,
were weakened today by the return
of some searching parties from Mex
ican soil with nothing to report.
However, 1t Is possible that If the
aviator were forced to descend In
the mountainous part of northern
Mexico, they found Shelter with the
hospitable Indian of that section.
Every automobile party leaving tor
the search Is being equipped with
Ave days rations and water supply
by troop at Camp Bacon. The troops
are unable to cross the border to
participated In the sea roll.
BTEAMEIl ItAIDKD FOK
HOOZK 11Y OKTKOT1VK8
Portland, Jan. 13. Every nook
and coroner of San Francisco steam
er F. A. Kllbourn was searched to
day for liquor. The vessel was raided
by detective who boarded It at As
toria, disguised as ordinary pas
senger. . They claim to have found
and confiscated 189 bottles. ' No ar
rests were made, and the hunt was
resumed today.
WILL REOPEHTHE
HOUSE LEAK PROBE
Rales Committee Will Require At
tendance of Thos, W. Lewsoa
Before Investigator
Washington, Jsn. 13. Complete
reopening of the house note leak
probe was decided on today at a
meeting of tbe rules committee. The
committee announced It -would sum
mon Thomas W. Lawson, New Tork
brokerage firm of Lockwood k Com
pany, Donald McDonald, who Is al
leged to have given Information to
Lawson; James Reilly, managing
editor of tbe Wall street Journal; F.
W. McKlnnon, Chicago broker, and,
perhaps a balf dosen or -a. dozen
other witnesses. " "
Power to require Thomas W. Law
Son and other witnesses to answer
all questions was given to the rules
committee by the bouse when the
decision wss reached by tbe commit
tee to re-open the leak investigation
and make It broader than ever.
Representative Garrett, democrat,
announcing he would not contest tbe
resolution, said tbe Wood resolutions
were a "keen and bRter reflection
and aa effort to discredit tbe admin
istration that the reoubllcana ennld
'not defeat"
. Tbe resolution, both introduced
by Henry, and passed without opposi
tion, give the committee power to
force all witness to give either real
or hearsay evidence Mrtalnina- ta the
Henry, explaining, said he wanted
It to "give the committee all the
power tbe hone can give It, partic
ularly to deal wKb Thomas W. Law-
son."
"We have summoned Lawson to
reappear," eatd Henry, "and we hooe
he will be here Monday when we will
resume the investigation. It be rails
or refuses to answer the committee
will 'bring the question to the bouse
and let that body decide its author
ity and exhaust Its power to make
Lawson answer."
DIAZ IN CONTROL OF
VERA CRUZ STATE
Galveston, Jan. 13. Practically
the entire state of Vera Crus Is con
trolled by Fellclstas and Felix Diss
Is receiving all the ammunition he
wants from this country, it being
first sent to Bells and South Ameri
can ports for trans-shipment Thia
was reported today by passengers ar
riving on the steamer Hearld from
Vera Crus.
The passengers further stated that
information had been received In
Vera Crus that rebel forces Intended
this month to begin a campaign for
the destruction of all railways In the
stats wltb General Pelais assisting
the FellciBtas.
Many persons were killed. It was
reported, when Fellclstas attacked a
Mexican National train at Paso de
Ranch o, January 6.
NORTH OF THE ANCRE
Berlin, via Sayvllle, Jan. 13.
British forces gained a footing in one
place north of the Ancre, following
a number of attaoks against Serre,
the German official statement said
today.
North of the Ancre the English
launched new attacks against Serre,
the war office said, "The greater
part of thein were sanguinarily re
pulsed, hut In one fore-posHlon, the
enemy gained a tooting. We bold
the main position."
4 STATES FEEL
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MJTMT
LOSS OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS
' IN BLAST AT THE BIO : 1
POWDER FACTOBY
OLY TWO PEOPLE LOSE LIVES
First Reports Indicated Hasty Work-
aaea Were Killed, Bat
All Are Aocoonted for
1 ExceptTwo
New Tork, Jem 13 Two miUloa
dollars property damage, but at
coat of only two Bves, seemed likely
at noon today to be the record of
the Haskell, N. J., explosion of the
DuPont Powder company' plant last
night which shook four states. The
company Hself merely stated the two
men were missing. Only two of the
thousands in the danger xone were
so seriously Injured as to require
hospital treatment, the company de
clared in a statement from Wilming
ton, Del., today. .,
The DuPont company regarded It
ss established that the explosion re
sulted: not from Incedlarie nor a
plot, bat by simple adedeat The
f rat flare came la the glasiag barrel,
raere smokeless powder h finished.
Tbe company pointed out today sta
tic electricity 1 frequently generat
ed In this process and a spark, which
would Ignite the powder, would be
possible. . ,-(p
Early reports today of possible
heavy loss 0r We were ascribed to
difficulty In checking up on panic
stricken employe and residents In
the sone affected.
- New Tork, Jan. 13. Reports ot ,
heavy loss f Hfe as the result of
the explosion- or hundred of ton of
powder in the Haskell works, Du
Pont plant, last night wss circulated -toay
in various New Jersey town. -A
sergeant of the Pompton Lake .
police declared 2? were killed. He
announced his estimate after talking
with surviving workmen. One or the "
DuPont company doctors was quoted
by the sergeant as saying he bad
counted -eleven dead. ,
Members of tbe Pompton Lakes .
(New Jersey) police force, familiar
with explosions, which have been
numerous in tbe vicinity or last '
night's blasts, declared It always I -hard
to name the number of dead.-.
They aald that at the first blaet work-. ...
ers all start to run, many or them
running so far they never came back.
Counting noses under such condi
tions avails Uttl.
Hint ot Incendiarism in connec
tion with the blase which caused tbe
explosion are many. James Lynah,
superintendent ot the plsnt, said the
nre started in a glaslng barrel, a
cylindrical piece of machinery. In
which powder Is mixed wltb graphite '
to reduce friction. From here, he
said, It spread to a magaslne In which
was 400,000 pounds of smokeless
powder to be used In cartridge for
machine guns. This caused the big
explosion.
Not a house In the village ot Pomp
ton Lakes has a whole window to
day. Houses belonging to the com
pany and located three fourth ot a
mile away, were lifted from their
foundation and flung, twisted and
broken, to the ground.
A. report that guards at the plant ;
had beaten back the nten when they
started to run, was denied by eye
witnesses, who said workmen, guard '
and residents of the village fled at
the first warning.
As In the Black Tom and Klngslaad .
explosions, company officials today
declared there was nothing about the
blow-up to Indicate a plot.
The DuPont official began a
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