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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1917)
DAILY EDITION GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAIM II 13, Iff 1 7 WHOLE Kl'MBER No Other Town in the "World the Size of Grants Pass '.Has a Newspaper With Pull Leased Wire Telegrag:ap, Service ; y , -V ' ; : V(M Vn Wo. 140. v - - - V -- ' ' WW . oF tiii omi'KIW AUK M.VXTWt AT AN. Nl'AI, MKKTIXO OK IH'AI. ORGANIZATION rE SHELDON NAMEO MANAGER lUrt Of (lull' KillMIHMl MIlOWN All Imloiidxliirx UtiulilMlrtl Urr riant Tim In Year At the annual meeting of the Com mercial club, held luxt evening fol lowing (lie banquet nod good roads program, the name of tho organlxa tlon tu changed from Commercial -lub to that of the "Chamber of Com inert or Grant laa." With the change or name, will follow a number of changes In plan of organisation Intended to broaden the scope of the work. At the election of ufllrer for the nailing years, Wllford Allen, who had aerved two year aa president of the club, waa elected president of the Chamber of Commerce; Theo. P. Cramer waa elected vice-president; Fred A. ,Wllllanforqtary; JYank Bramwell, treasurer; and A. S. t'mitant, Alex Mhley and Dr. K. C. Macy, trustees. All election were unanimous, The hold-over member of the board of trustee are Dr. By water and Preston B. Delano. Tho board of trualeea Immediately con vened and ratified the employment of nenj. Sheldon aa manager or the Hub, and Mr. 8hnldon waa Imme diately Installed In Ills dullea. Kollowlng the election of officer, the president anggeated that a num tber of the atandlng committee be provided for through amendment to the bylaw, those anniented being comralttee npon mining, roada and .highway, sugar beets, new Indus trie, auto ramp, tourist and Jose phine eaves, and state or the com munity. It waa suggested that the chairman of each should be elected "by the organisation from the mem oershlp. Acting npon this -suggest Hon, and the urgency of action for the arrangement for the auto ramp ground for the present season, Dr. Strieker waa nominated for chairman of the committee upon auto camp, tourist and' Josephine caves. The doctor waa unanimously elected, and will head that work for the season. A resolution wa also presented and adopted constituting the com mittee on road and hlghwaya , as named a tew week ago aa the per manent committee. This committee Is composed of Messrs. 0. 8. Blan-i-hard, Sam Baker, R. '11. Miller, Frank Bramwell, Alex Nlbley, Ceo. l.undburg and County Judge Gillette. C. H. Demaray presented the ques tion or the building or a public audi torium from the mnterlal In the old 'ourt house. He said the county court hnd signified lis willingness to give the old structure a soon a the new was ready for occupancy, and he proposed the obtaining of a site nd the building or the auditorium. The proposal waa endorsed by the . club, and a committee composed of Messrs, Demaray, Strieker, Hackett, Proctor, Colurn and Bramwell was authorised to use lis 'best endeavors to bring success to tho movement, The continuance of the weekly luncheon was discussed, with the unanimous approval of continuing, Nearly all members present signed tip tor ticket covering the next series or lght luncheons, , Action upon the request of the vonnty agricultural counoll for re onimond.tlons concerning the hold ing of g county, fair this year and lso upon the question of. the .piw- rhaso of permanent fair ground was "FUTURE LIES OM WATER" Admiral tcheer, Commander" ef German Fleet, lays ta. Admiral Sclieer couimuuiled the Ger man fleet In the vrcat Hea battle off Jutland on May III, lulil. When the recent Herman natlileiw Miilimarln or der was promulgate)! Admiral tkiieer said: ''My ali'srota U that our future Ilea on the water. However the Hrlilxb sea Uou guaNhes his teeth, we must and will attack, him until a free path on the scan ha been won." , . Action WU1 (Hop Attempt to Take Man Itark to New York to Stand Criminal Trial Philadelphia, Mar. 1 J. Harry Thaw waa adjudged Insane today by alienists who examined him In the sanity Inquiry started by hi mother. Commissioner Ballard and alx Jur or made a report In common pleaa court number five adjudging Thaw Insane. An order ha been lasued placing Thaw In custody of St. Mary' hospital, where ho has-been confined since hi attempt at suicide. The move to have Thaw declared Insane In Pennsylvania waa started In order to have him sent to an asy lum Jn thl state and escape trial In New York on tho charge of having beaten Frederick Gump Jr., of Kaniaa city.. PETITION RKVATOK UNK TO QUIT HIS jon Portland, Mar. 1J. Seven petl tlona lor the realgnatlon of Senator Harry Lane ara en route to Wash ington todayearlng 500 signature. Thl announcement wa made by W. B. Wells, a publisher, who has been very active In circulating petitions asking Lane to quit, and charging him with "humiliating" the atate of Oregon by his stand on the armed ship bill. deferred till next Monday noon, when It will be the, special order at the luncheon. The report of the auditing com in It tee showed the accounts of the club as being correct4 covering the work of the past year, The com mlttae recommended a more slmpll fled system of accounting for the chamber or commerce.' The report showed that all claim against the club had been liquidated, and that there still remained a cash balance of $49.76 on hind, with fee and due collectable amounting' to over $100 more. Thl Is the first time In re cent year that the dub ha been upon tho right aide of the ledger. The asset of the organisation In turnt ture, fixtures, etc., amount to about $i.200. , , ' t I t PEACE MOVE 10 IIP1XMATH AT NATIONAL CAP. ITAIi THINK ACTION TO END X WAH 18 XKAIt I ft Ji )i ' if . STRIFE NEAR TO CLOSING STAGE Acute FimnI HltniUion In All Wnfring Notions One Parlor, Working to Bring Knd Washington, Mar. IS. A general peace move will be launched with in three or four months, according to view of diplomat and officials 'jo day. In the opinion of military men, government authorities and repre sentative of foreign power here, there are many element at work which are tending to bring the great world war to It closing stage. - These elements Include an Increas ingly acute food situation In all the warring nations, particularly among the central powers; a growing un rest among the peoples as indicated by the dlasatlifactlon manlfeated to ward the entente cabinets; possibil ity any one of the principal -wa- tlona breaking substantially under the military strain; and growing He ller that neither side can achieve an overwhelming victory such aa would force a atrlctly military peace. It la now believed here that Pres ident Wilson' suggested "peace with out victory" will result In fact and possibly not later than July 1. By that time all 'believe that empty stomach and physical and financial exhaustion will have argued success fully for terminating the war. Aa one diplomat here expressed it, "an empty larder may aerve to re store reason." Aa a result, belief grows here that Oermany will do tverything In her power to prevent entrance of the United Statea Into the world war. It this country does enter, the cen tral powera feel that it would serve only td prolong the struggle and In crease the suffering by another coun try, poaalbly another hemisphere, and million of people, ' There are reasons to believe that Germany will exercise every precau tion against sinking an armed Am erican merchant . ahlp without first complying with every atlpulatlon of International law demanded by thl government. , By July It I believed the success or failure of the U fcoat will have been determined. i w ..,; It the U boata do the service ex pected by the Imperial government. It la believed the war will degenerate Into a conteat In which the survivor with the fittest stomach will win. If the U boat campaign fall, Ger many may be forced "for the sake of her women and children" to make further peace overtures. In all events the U boat promises whether a suc cess or failure to hasten the end of the war. Political events, shaping Europe, are read here a the handwriting on the wallv England and France both have their cabinet crises, while the Kus slan and Italian situations Indicate disruption or weakness. Germany may drive against Russia or Italy a the most vulnerable ad versary, and this may serve to In flict such a blow, a to enormously lessen opposition to the central power. Marshtleld, Mar. IS. Thomas Madden, former St. Paul politician, 1 deaf today with self-inflicted bullet wound In hi head and chest. 'He Committed suicide rathe than fact trial, on a change of bootlegging. sill SPtXTltE THAT WAS TEMPORAR ILY LAID WITH A DAMSON LAW Is) MKNACINO KO WALK GUT IF WAR COMES I Brotherhood Hcmdii at Washington Are Cunnldcrtng IsmuuKe of the Strike l Washington, Mar. 13. The apectre of the threatened nation-wide rail road strike that disappeared at the close of the session last summer, when the Adamson eight-hour law was passed through congress, loomed up again today. . One point, however, waa emphasiz ed 'by the brotherhood leaders, who will confer with the railroad heada In New York Thursday. , In the event ot hostilities, there will be no strike. Should a strike be called and war come meantime. any strike order would be called off Instantly. ? , The brotherhoods "will not climb to victory on the nation' misfor tune." ' i- Vr'-" W. O. 'Lee. W. 3. Stone. W. S. Car ter and E. L. 8heppard, the four big brotherhood chiefs, here to attend the conference of the nation' lead ers of labor, who are deciding what labor'a part shall be-In any war, con tinued silent on the strike question. '"We neither confirm nor deny that a strike call will te Issued." aaid their spokesmen. ' As evidence of their determination not to etnbarass the: government In an emergency, , brotherhood chiefs, without argument, voted with the la bor council unanimously to uphold a resolution expressing the willingness of more than 1,000,000 menfbera'ot organised labor aa represented by the brotherhoods and the American Federation of Labor to do their "bit" In any national emergency that may arise. Chief Lee, spokesman tor the four chiefs, indicated today that a formal statement regarding the brother hoods' position may be forthcoming later today. , s s- Coincidental with Its stand to help out In case of war, the labor council, presided over" by 'Samuel Gompers, took a firm position against militar ism; In taking this stand, however, a difference waa drawn between "mil itarism" and universal service; and it waa voted also to demand that rich and poor be treated with unequivocal sameness In any ; universal service plan war head might decide on. ' The council likewise voted against any nee of the military In Industrial disputes. v ' 17 MEN T BURNING COAL MINE Canonsbnrg, Pa Mar. 13. Seven teen men were trapped In one of the mines of the Henderson coal mines at Henderson today, when two ex plosions partly wrecked the interior of the mine. There were 31 at work when the first 'blast occurred. 8even of these were taken out. A second explosion then, cut the) other off from the first aid crew. Effort to rescue them were Immediately begun. The mine rescue car and crew from the Pittsburg station or the United States bureau of mines, reached Hen derson early today. . At that time It wa rumored there were It known dead. ' DIRECTS Umtm NAVY. Admiral ViCinllIL Aft" A'1"""1 Tlrpltx. kown as navy "was eaM Mfc , me - hta port as minister of A4VJstal ToaCa pelle nrtMM t m ,. (,tnet It wa then VMta, tttmt nth. leeasubiMrirtii tr,fMl4 dtewtb the stepping ink U f T- ,u who waa known u is wm lnk.t ,dru. cntele.t I A vii s .. , frtrr DeiMriinent llMi W jw (1ttnte of Armnil Abctftri; gjp tolktfir hVmIom Washingtot, Kir, ,u lr 11.- -lnstrnc- tlons to Am'tlwn ni si nirr mimneri re- rardinr their cooJciu(t h 4 f,ndlBg United Stattt armed i BerehaBUIt rtipi from Germu nbaiisi,,,,, mu 0er. many', barrtd death (ith lrHi pleted and approred. - ui r3U sued ,"whemw SMdcslj ; -. , r Secretarj' ol Ibi Niw jj' ael8 drew the orders ud Un nltwc, confer ences with Mrr Tirj of 3tAte Lan sing; made ion. etas uneven to be minor. DanleU. whounon,wutt(lt(-day com. pletlon of Hi lulmoiHruttiom declared they would k ktt td nd control of thi tllvitl 11,, that tn, contenu would id ttk h BMm pubUo from any aourc. i , There will k lllllll!l4tti,'d,iaWl' In. for warding .thi lulnicU)ttctl0Mi Bt lt ts. aumed, Danleb, Jowij m detBed to glT the eitlllme-ii,umeM tu, KJOund that .thla would r en.m M , eaas of showing thttllli!daalS(lteiof tne 4rm. ed ships. ',,,,.,,,,,. President WIliM, If I jj u ua.der.tood, saw the ordm tin n ert com. pleted .and with her un,ng approved them. Secretary Daniel a m, B t rio request thai u-fit,ewiip.rasi refrain from any Infract as ,s a( l0 (he contcns of the order, The goverannalli rid 8 not placing srm ed guards iboirdtlii-.li thi nurcnant ship to protect contraband hiant targoessl ... The official tinouaiHlomt,TOnilt' t0 tne world yeattrttr,tODfiiB0n(nn,l. the rm. ed" guard Nan, liwlwtpeclllcallv omitted mention ot'rotttllowoi!.t)1 0 c,rg0( saying only that lit twi mit .ere plac. ed aboard to protect hscet Uvea mnd prop erty. Thli tu lik-laka to b-? a noti fication that the owinirC wlihes It clearly nndertlootlXmod that It recog nises the rlihtlodeaUnriestroyccantraband. 'but Insists Hi! Ilia (fci, doMie )n ar. eordance with lilenaJUbrnitloul law-not through unnriedaltii ( attacks. Sheltlon TaknlliarfviiaMi, , Ben Sheldaa air! m insy ,, jvaaciuii; from. Med hrd, aid tratlira Ula mor-nlng took charge ot the office) iHe at the Chamber or comment Br. .iHr. Sheldon was a member of lb atate I i.te it,axure from Jackson county. IIKIIMI. r BETTER ROADS AT STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONS!! PRINtTPAX SPEAKER MONDAY EVENING OTHIJEipjISFAVCl ! . . T " !'' ". "' -''"-. V ' Spetdur Telia of Method of BaaaUg Fonda to Meet the Proposed 9V 000,000 Boad Isene 'Grants) Pasa throngs, ita Coasnaer- cial club was host last night to the Hon. E. J. Adams, of Eugene, mem ber of. the new state highway com mission, thia being the first visit which the gentleman had madeJ to any of tbe districts within his- ter ritory. The occasion waa the annual banquet of members of the club and their Invited guests, and following the hour about tbe banquet ' table a good roada program, with speaker npon various angles of the highway question, was listened to by the as sembled , throng that filled the as sembly room to the door. The pre- . ldent of the club presided, first In troducing Attorney O. S. BlanchareV chairman . ot ' the ', committee : apon roads, aod.btxhwava.- who spoke of . the work of the organization in solv ing the better highway problem. Following Mr. Blanehard, J. W. Morris, consulting engineer 'tor the' . Oregon State' Motor aasoeiatlotv spoke ot the work being accomplished by the association clubs now being organised In all portions of the state to advance the" interests ot olghwmy building. ' 1 - . County Judge Gillette explained I a most comprehensive manner tte difficulties that confronted Josephine county In te construction and main tenance of highways and Mdgetf where 'the taxable property wa attck' a small per cent of the entire are' ot the county. He favored the state aid proposition and endorsed tbe bond Issue to be voted upon In June. Supervisor K' F. ' Macduff shed much' light upon the operations "of the forestry department In road building through, -co-operation . with' counties and . state, especially through anticipation ot revenues to be derived later In the sale of tlm ket.. v- .-'rt ?": ..--l-:'lv?-y. rrvn .the address' by Commissioner Ad- ams waa a moat enlightening one, and gave those who. were present a much more comprehensive Idea of the re cently-enacted' ' highway ' legislation. Mtv Adams made a most excellent lm" presalon UKn his hearers, hla man ner and his -every word bearing tho ; stamp of sincerity and of, honesty.: 'He Is no doubt a most capable gentle man who will serve Oregon wen In the position which he occupies.' As an Introduction, Mr. Adama laid low the ghost that haunted many I southern Oregon over the rumored attempt to be made to change the route of the Pacific - Highway by routing It via the Tiller-Trail road.' He stated that he was for the Paclflo Highway as at present laid, - Tin Grants Pass, Medford and Ashland, and would combat any attempt to route It otherwise. He also read a telegram wmcn naa seen nanaea mm since he had "been seated at the ban quel table In which S. Benson,' the chairman or the highway commission, placed himself on record for the Pa cific Highway as how routed,) and branded a false any claim that he favored the so-called Tiller-Trail cut off. , i' . Mr. Adam gave a most compre hensive digest of the bond Issue bill to be voted upon at the June election, and while he said that tbe commis sion waa neither aa a body nor as Individuals endorsing tbe measure, be made It lo clear that the bonding was mnnA thlnr avurv man nreiiiatt CLUB BAT'QUET (Continued on Page 4)