Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, February 20, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EDITION VOI-VII.. No. lit. flRANT. PASS, JOSEPHINE COUHTT, OREGON, Tl'KHDAY, FKHRl'ARY 20,' 1917 ' - WHOLS KCMDKB IM9. Xo Other Town in the Tforld the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With 'Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. ' . V OREGON STATE LEGISLATURE MIX MII.IJO.V HIGHWAY IIOMHNU .j III I J- PAHHKM HKNATK IIV VOTK OF 1BI TO 4 TO VOTE OF PEOPLE ME 4! lw Maker Completed Their Work Mid Adjuurneri HIih Die al 8: HO o'tltak Balem, Feb. SO. Alter having pas sed the alx-mllllon dollar good roads bonding bill, (be Oregon state legis lature IJoiimed sine die ( 2:30 a. m. today. The highway bill, already pasacd by the house, went through the senste. 15 to i. It waa rushed to the house for concurrence. Shortly after mid night a Joint conference toiiiiiirttec agreed on all disputed points, and then both houara ronrurred. The measure now goat to the governor for aignature. According lo the act, the good road proposition will h put lo a rot of the people June 4, 117. An emergency rlauae 4a attached with reference to the election provlalon, ao It cannot ba delayed by a referendum. ALBERTA FAMILY PERISHED WHEN HOME YKy Lethbrldge, Alberta, Feb. 20 It Is believed hern today that all portion have perlehed In a fire which do, troyed the home of Fred Dam-, In a lonely district, five mile aoutti of Taber laat Saturday. Coroner Hum phries of lthhrldge, who visited the rulna yeaterday, announced that the bodies of Dane, hla wife and hie wlfe'a sister, Mm. John Tankruntx, had been recovered from the rulna nd that aearch waa being made for the bodlea of three children who were In the house at the time of the re and who have not bean found hTEA.MK.lt KXTANOLFJ) IX NETS IN HAMPTON' HOADH Norfolk, Vs., Feb. 20. The first v Ml in of the United States navy sub marine nets acoss the Hampton Ttoads rhnnnel waa the Old Dominion learner Madlmm, entangled as she left Norfolk for New York. Efforts were .being made early to day lo get the Madison atarled on her northward trip. LINERS ARRIVE FROM DEER CE New York, Feb. 20, Hold In the lower bay by a heavy fog, four large steamships today were waging It lifting, so they can proceed tit plera. They are the Petrla of aha Fab re line, from Genoa and Marseilles;, Ibe Or duna of tba Cunard line from Liver pool; the San Gugllolmo or the Pierce line from Genoa and Naples, and the Hlo do Janeiro, from Para and Ban Junn. All the ship are ctrrylng passen gers and the vesel from European ports are armed against submarine attack. The t'Htrio had aboard 1,800 Immigrant. The heavy fng constituted a men ace to shipping nnd harbor operation nil morning. Ignoring the faot that two ships It had chartered, were sunk by sub marine yestorflay.Tlie Korr line an nounced the Spanish eteamthlp Mar Baltloo, alster ship of the Mar Ad- rlnJtloo, would aall today for Dor rieaux, with a general carlo, She I unarmed and It manned, by a Span 1)l crew, commanded by a Spanish captain, " She files the Spanish rial ENTER THE BARRED IE 1 PERISH Oerman Oflklal lrr lliu-ran ' Re peals That Hulrmarliie Warfare Will lie Continued to F.nd Berlin, via Hayvllle, Feb. 20. "It uiuat ba repeated again that who ever darei penetrate the barred xone, perlshe," declared tba official gov ernment preaa bureau today. In a statement, dlacuaalng the Brltlab clalma that the submarine war haa failed. The statement In full Is aa follows: "Ventral preaa reports from Eng land say that tbe British consider themselves now masters of the sub marine danger sone and continue that It la certain the number of the sunk and the submarines captured are kept secret. It being only a question of time when navigation will be re commenced without danger. "Oerman papers observe that re sponsible British circle If sincere. think differently. For several days the English have chosen the tactic of keeping secret their losses of eh I pa, In order to make the public belleveJ that there Is no more strhmsrine dan ger. "Hut the British public will soon be undeceived." the statement con tinued. "Aa to the destruction of Oerman submarine alnre February 1, competent authorities do not know anything about It, and aa for the af firmation that Oerman submarines were captured, It Is not clever. "It must ba repeated again and Main that whoever dare penetrate tbe tarred sons, perishes." OUMffl Washington, Feb. 10. America's real danger of an actual claah with Germany cannot be removed until the kaiser's government revokes Its de cree for submarine warfare. Detention of Americana in the Yar rowdale raee and other Issue, them solve admittedly aerloua. are re garded by the administration as prac tically collateral to the main proposi tion. There was highest authority for Ibis statement today. More than two weeka have now paesed without an "overt act" but official were In clined to believe Ithla might bo due more to the fact that there waa scant opportunity for comnilsalon or such an act, rather than to any purpose or Germany. .Today, however, there are at least two unarmed American merchant ships In Germany's barred aone. They are the steamer Orleans and Ro chester. Both carry American crews. Itolli bear cargoes held contraband by Germany.' Their safety rrom now until definite word of their arrival at port la nmde, will be or tht liveliest Interest In offlolaldom. In the meantime, It was pointed out In a ki pater measure Germany has achieved, In part, at least, one or the main objective or her submarine blockade. Bite has kept American sill I a in American porta, due to rears of American skippers and crewa or sinking. Thus she has practically shut off on the trade to the alllea. The "collateral" case of the Yar- rowdale, while flagrantly Illegal In Itself, -Is expected iby the admlnkilra tlon soon to be cleared up. Preat dent Wilson I understood to antici pate a member or other such "Inci dents." Hut he I devoting moat or hi attention to the main Issue or sub marine warfare, l 8. CONftriiAR OFFICKR8 GO . TO SWITZERLAND Washington, Feb. , 80. Th Swiss legation today notified the slat de- nanment that twenty American con sular ofllcer and .their families left Munich this morning for StyHnerland ASK SENATE TO GIVE WILSON AUTHORITY WANTS RIGHT TO HANDLE THE INTKHSATIONAL HITIATIOV WITHOl'T WAR USE UM AND WATER FENCES HerrrUrr of Stale ami Attorney Gen- rrnl Seek 1'aanage of the New Law Washington,' Feb. ' 20. Secretary of State Lansing and Attorney Gen eral Gregory today asked the sen ate Judiciary commiftee to pass Im mediately a bill which would give the president power to handle the pres ent International' situation without recourse to war. Tbe bill empowers the president to employ the land and naval forces of tbe natlqn "to enforce compliance with and prevent violation of, the obligations of the I'nited States un der the laws of nations." Briefly such a law would .mean that the president could employ thla country's army and navy In engaging in any trade or commerce with any I .-IK . . I . ' i iua rent couoirj aa long aa iniei,mu luuaj, uim yimvc win u- u'-1 national law, aa understood and agreed to by thla government, Is-not violated by such trade or commerce. , ir thla bill paeae, it is understood, the president will not go before con- gress at all unless some act snould.of the forces under him, but It was occur which would force him Into a. like the fighting Kansan to make nojwa cut and Captain Rose descended request for a declaration or war. 'complaint and to stick out his work into the conning tower, waving good Home difference or opinion exists tt the oapltol as to Just how far such a law would be held applicable In the present situation. Senators and representative say that alnce (his government feels that It is "niattd of obligation" to keep IP) trade open to any belligerent, that can profit buy auoh trade, the 1)111 would mean the president would be vested with broadcast power in keeping Ameri can ports open and In keeping Am erican ahlpa plying the seas. Thla bill was promulgated and studied by the Judiciary committee along with tbe H espionage bills which were passed in the senate to- RIOTING III HEW YORK CAUSED BY INCREASE OF COST OF FOODSTUFFS tiV. New York, Feb. 20. Dractlo ac- tipped It over. In a moment, hun- tlon to reduce the cost or rood In New York will be demanded today by a committee headed by Or. iA' H. man, which will call on 'Mayor Mil-'for chel and Food Commissioner Dillon, following riots In three or New York's congoated tenement districts. Push carta were etrlppwl, overturned and burned 'by frantic women. In the Williamsburg section on Long Island, the open air market waa wrecked and dealera hid behind lock ed doors. Police reserve bnibtled to restore order. The riot tollowed a udden Jump In the price or onions I and potatoes. In the Brownsville section and on the eat side or Manhattan there were rood riots almost as serious. Commissioner or Weight and Mea sures Mwrtigan planned today to eend to state department of rood and mar kets or other state offlolals through out the union a letter urging that food shipments to thin city be Increas ed. Hi letter asks for particulars . ...1 ... Hnu,AM rfalW rr, h..-. n.--- p(1lin wrt, ,bllt in every eection of the product, csnnerle. shippers and.P ' tan,lli'B nf tnnA in A inftnilfaMlirMl products, s The trouble started In Williams burg, when a woman, unablo lo pay the price demanded for onions, put hor shoulder to the ."push cart and Fine IB FUSION AT PRESIDIO POPl'LAR ARMY OFFICER PARSED AWAY SUDDENLY LAHT NIGHT II IT FORT SAM HOUSTON Overwork During Campaign In Mex ico Bald to Have Caused Itemise of Military Chief i identification waa completed" when he I met Captain Hans Rose, commander San Antonio, Feb. 20. Flags t0f the aubmerslMe and aaw the name hab-maat and every khaki-clad man. on the craft. the bod guard, the remalna of the! The Housatonhs waa aunk February l.t. l. Ir.f:.nml Vrm Pn-nn ! s- n ld tt Fiber's Light. : "The submarine appeared about were In Fort 9am Houston today. To- j J00 Jfom n Hoj. night the remains or the "best two- j ionic's ntaater. She signalled t fisted fighter in the world for his , to stop and sent a boat out to us with Inches." will be transferred to San ; he commander in it. He came FranchKo,. There on Saturday be;bo, or Interrupting .... lour Journey, but said my ship must will be burled with full military hon- (be Bk K con. ors at the Preeldlo. itraband to the enemies of hla coun- Few men were more popular wltn jj officers and men of the ranks than) loaded m, M(J By cre , in anon r igiKing rrea, wno aim "ddenly last night i prodigious worker, army officials ; , J J Wl .1... , 1 JtSt t flcult one to fill. It was thla tlreleas-1 ness In work and close application to his duties that caused the general'a i death. He bad become greatly weak- ened by tbe steady grind of details just me same. Major-General Pershing, Just back trom .Mexico, assumed temporary chsrge or the Southern department today In place of his late chief. day. With three others, the bill quoted, while favorably reported to the judiciary committee try a sub committee, haa never been reported by the whole committee to the sen ate. ' Following the visit of Lanalng and Gregory today, the committee an nounced It would take action on tbe hill Thursday. dreda or women were on their knees, scrambling for the potatoes and Fried-'onions. The contagion of the fight food spread and soon other carts 'were in the street and the peddlers fleeing. Kerosene waa thrown on some of he carta and in some InAtances they w re net an re. Later 2,000 residents of one dis trict assembled In maas meeting to hear the peddler's side of the rase. One man declared he made but 20 cent on a barrel of potatoes that cost htm $10. ""the dealei- charged they were al lowed to purchase at one time from only two cars of potatoes, when 11 cam were on the tracks. A boycott, In which women of these districts will agree to buy no more onions or potatoes until the price goes down, and itn which tbe deal ers will agree not to purchase any more, seema probtfble. Prices or roods, not only In the have advanced tremendously I'll Some or tbe advances are shown In the following: String beans, KIT. 58 cents pound: 1916. 30 to 40 cents pound. (Continued on Pag 1) SUBMARINE U-53 SUNK HQUSATONIC Commander of the Torpedoed Am erican Veaael Telia of I e ruc tion of His Ship New York, Feb. 20. Tbe (Ameri can steamer Houaatonlc waa aunk by tbe submarine V 62 tbe German submarine which raided shipping off the New England coast laat October Captain Enaor of Brooklyn, com" maader of tbe torpedoed ahlp, declar ed on bia arrival here today. . Captain Enaor, reaching here aboard the Cunard liner Orduna from Liverpool, aald be aaw the name U-51 on a life belt and that tbe 28 Into a boat anil then sank the Houaatonlc. He threw ns a line and towed ns about In near by waters ... ... . ... until a Brltnn patrol boat W8 sighted. ' ' ' . There come your taxi,' said Captain Rose. 111-nnrry her along.' He ordered his gunner to pre a shot !n the direction of the patrol boat. which hurried toward ua.' Our line jbye. The U-5I disappeared ' Imme- tdlately." Captain Ensor said hla crew l aboard the American liner Phlladel- phla, which this port. Is now on her way to COWLITZ CREEK BLOCKED BY HEAVY RTN OF SMELT Portland, Feb. 10. Speaking of fish stories a smelt run surged Into Cowl It a creek so strongly today that the stream was Jammed from hank to hank. Those who -were present flatly declared the finny tribe flared up and made an cttral ridge about tbe surface, forcing water over the bank. Fishermen went-to work on the piscatory harvest with scoop hovel and the price of smelt drop ped two cents a pound. SENATE HAS PASSED THE ESPIONAGE BILL Washington, Feb. 20. The admin istration's espionage bill passed the senate today, 00 to 10. The espionage 'Mil Is aimed to arm the Justice department to prevent what Is now believed to be a wide spread, organized system of obtain ing Inrormatlon relating to the na tion's defense and production rapa city. . , So thorough haa the bill been made that It has aroused Senator Cum mins and others to denounce It a a "drastic encroachment upon Individ ual rights." It pre-aupposes. Its op ponent contend, that every Ameri can is a spy. The department of Justice I known to have inrormatlon showing the United States ror the past three years haa been a hot bed ror conspiracies against foreign coun tries. Frequent plots have been un covered agalnat present and paat Mexican government. In nearly nil cases the government was powerless, through lack of laws. Discussing the bill on th senate floor, Senator Overman declared latt yesterday that he "had been told" ther are one hundred thousand spies M th United States. VE WANT BREAD IS CRY OF NEW YORK WOMEN MAYOR MITCHEL IS BESIEGED ' BY 800 VICTIMS OF HIGH COST OF LIVING MOTHERS QMLY REPBESEKTED Visitors Are Driven Down Front 8epa at City HaQ by n Sqnad of Folic New York, Feb. 20. Crying "W want bread we want bread." more than S00 women, bareheaded, scantily-clad, their warmest garment being ' a shawl thrown about their shout- dera stormed up the steps of the city hall here today, demanding re lief from Mayor Mltchel from the high cost of foodstuffs. ' v Some declared their families were tarring. Moat of the women carried babies, their facea showing the pinch of ban ger. In their arms. The women were headed by Mrs. Ida Harris, president of the Mothers' Vigilance League, and Maris Gang, known a "Sweet Marls." .They earn from the .Rutger'a Square tenement district. " where push cart peddler hare (been steadily raising price n til the women declared the; are now 1.. utterly unable to feed their families. . "We are starring; ws want bread," was the constant cry raised by tbe women a they surged abont the en trance to the city hall. Waiving quietly across the city hall park, the women were at the very steps of the building before they were noticed. They swept up the steps en masse. The doors were banged abut in their faces and wild cries and 1m-. rreeatlons followed." A swarm of police reserves and plain clothes men appeared. They drove the women down from th step. Marie Cans then mounted th step and addressed the women. . She urged the women to remain In the street, and especially to do noth 'ng that would give ttw poi'ce an ex cuse to arrest them. Witt this the crowd quieted and "Sweet Marie" and Mrs. Harris were 'admitted to the building a representatives of the pro testing women.' Mrs. Harris declared she represent ed no political organisation of any kind. . ' "I represent no one but mothers," he said. "My husband Is a watch maker. I have three children and we Just manage to get along.' But other mothers who ean't get along come to me with tears in their eyes and ask me what to do. "We were promised a publlo school in which to hold a protest meeting next Tuesday. By that time, though, hundreds would be starving,' so w determined to march down here to see the mayor." Mrs. Harris was told that Mayor Mltchel was not tn hla office, (but waa promised that he would meet them later today or tomorrow. SWRDEX MAKK8 IMtOTKST TO GERMAN GOVFJINMKNT Copenhagen, Feb. 20. The Swed ish minister at Berlin has been In structed to make formal protest to Germany with a demand for compen sation for the loss by torpedoing of the Swedish steamer Varlng. An nouncement to this effect was au thorized today. FRENCH TROOPS RAID - ' GERMAN TRENCHES , Paris, Feb. 10. "Many prisoners" were captured In a surprise raid, north of Fttery and west of Water vllle, the French war office statement claimed today. , In the Ois and Alan regions there was considerable artillery firing',' hut elsewhere It was calm. "