DAILY EDITION
r 'o Other Town in the World the Size ofXGrants Pass Has a Newspaper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service
VOL. VII., No. IM.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHUTS COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1917
WHOLE XUXBEK 8W2S.
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FURTHER CHIMP IS PIT IN GK1U
MAN LINK BY tlKliI MAR
1 SHAL IIAIU 1
StresigUt of lh Allied Offensive (.
Unoee on the 00-Mile Rattle ,
v Front In Northern Pram
With th British Armlet In Prance,
April 11. Field Marshal Half's
orlanp la lb Oar man lint rahed a
depth of Ave miles east of Arras to-
day.
With this sweep forward the
trongth of the British offensive In
ereasea with each ballerina or the
enemy lint. The push today was
pressing alone the entire fifty-miles
f fcnttt front.
The Canadians hold on Vlmy
ridge, of bloody memory,' -grows
stronger each hour, deapttt desperate 1
Sorts or the enemy to dislodge them.
Counter-attack after . counter-attack
by the Germans was repulsed during
tht night and today.
Through fht wfaote forest covering
the northern alona af ha rMm'iiuUv.
-British patrols were 4reaalng ea.
Prom tht plain beyond the ridge the
M m . ... .
, uwnnans revenaniy aervea ineir guns.
directing shells at all parts, of the
Torest In the fc ope of checking the
oirward rush.
London, April 11. Field Marshal
Halg'a smarting Vpw carried him
till farther forward against the Ger
mans today. Capture by British
lore or tut viuage and heights of
Monchy-le-Preux-L Bergert was
announced In an early dispatch from
him today. .
"Satisfactory progress la being
made elsewhere," Halg derlnred,
and tht battle front situation Is de
Teloplng generally In accordance with
our plana."
iMonchy Ilea at the southern ex
tremity of Vlmy ridge and the
height of Ia Bergere are Just ad
jacent. ' "'
All England Is prepared for a re
port of bloody fighting In this sec
tion. , Front dispatches Indicated no lot
vp In the constant hammering along
the whole or the fifty-mile front at
various sections of which Halg had
been thrusting his forces forward
no dlmlnuatlon either in the arflllery
hammering or the sledgehammer
blown by massed Infantry forces.
Tht territory northeast of St.
Ottentln Is being swept cleat of Ger
man forces as the British encircling
movement goes on,
TO FLOAT IN FRANCE
Parti, April 11 The American
uniform and the ttars and stripes
will soon be seen In action on tht
French front. Tht war office today
decided that the lFayetta air squad
ron, composed almost exclusively of
American aviators, In tht future will
b (permitted to wear the army uni
form. On their aeroplanes will be
1 painted tht 'American flag.
URUGUAY KNDOKKK8 THK
POSITION OK TIIH V. H,
Montevideo, April 11 Uruguay
formally announced her neutrality to
day, .but declared her adherence to
and endorsement of the principles
nunelated iby President Wilson. An
xtra, session of the Urugnnynn con
' stress was called.
CANADIANS HOLD Mfl RIDGE
CENSORSHIP Oli
WARSHIPS RIGID
Only Communications Hearing ttte-
' : reuiyped KnprcMloiin Are Per
milted to IU) Kent In Mali
New York, April 11. The most
rigid form of censorship now ef
fective on the battleships of tht Am
erican fleet was revealed in a print
ed postal card received at the marine,
corps publicity headquarter here to
day.:,;'., ...
Tht only form of communication
permitted la by these printed cards.
carrying various messages on the
back, tht writer marking out all but
the sentences he wishes to use. The
writer, a marine on board the Del
aware, said: ,".
"I am quite well. I have receiv
ed no letter from yoa lately."
Crossed out were other sentences,
uch at "I have been wounded: I
have Owen admitted to the hospital;
I have been In the hospital, but am
mow reoorering," etc
. The card contained so messages
calculated to thrill sweetheart. The
sentences art. nil deadly matter of
tact
DAN mII IS TAKING
, A BREATHING SPKLL
Portland, April 11. After estab
lishing a record Monday and ma
nlng unusualiy high during practic
ally all laat week, the number of
marriage license la decreasing here,
dut. It It believed to the suspicion
ot "slackers" attending those -of, mill
tary age who take wives at this stage
or the war game. Thirteen licenses
were Issued yesterday. Seven of the
brldegrooms-to-be were over the eon'
scrtrptloa. age, two took refuge In the
non-oommltal "legal" 'and four were
Issued to men of military age.
OPPOSE
u.s.n
St. Louis, April 11. Tht entry or
the United State Into tht world war
it bitterly denounced as "dishonor
able" and "a crime against the peo
ple or the United States and against
the nations or the world," Is the ma
jority report ot the socialist com
mittee on war and militarism; read
here today. The report is signed by
11, of the 15 members of the com
mittee and ' recommends continuous
active and public opposition to the
war. .
A significant paragraph recom
mends "'unyielding opposition to alt
proposed legislation for military or
Industrial conscription." j;
The report calls upon workers of
all countries to refuse to support
their governments In their wars.
That socialists must be "loyal to
the fundamental American Institu
tions and that Indifference on the part
of the soi'inltHts, as to the outcome of
the war will be sure party suicide,"
was the plea of the minority report,
signed by iohn Bpargo of Vermont
and three others. :
OIltthitVK ANMVEKMARY
". OP BATTLR OP LEXINGTON
Portland, April 11. The 42nd an
niversary of the Ibattle of Lexington,
April II, will be observed here with
a celebration In which over 00 or
ganisations of the state are asked to
take part.. iAa effort la being made
to get 20,000 .porsomi to march In
the parade, which will feature the
day's program..
HKItMAN HEHRHVIMT8 IN
,, CHILIS MORIIJZING
Santiago, Chile, April 11 Mobili
sation of German reservists In Chile
for "service In Mexico," was reported
here today. Allied ministers put
enough credence In the report to ap
praise their respective governments,
BILL FOR FIVE
BILLION BOND
ISSUE IN HOUSE
MEASURE IS INTRODUCED IN
BODY BY MAJOIUTY LEADER
KfTCHIX v
BEAR INTEREST AT 3 1-2
WiU Be qffered to the General Pub-
Ue for Purrhaae by Popular
Spberriptton at Par
Washington, April 11. Majority
Leader Kltchln today Introduced In
the house the administration bond
bill authorising the Issue ot 15.000,
000.000 In bonde and $2,000,000.
000 In treasury certificates. .
Kltchln Introduced the record
breaking bill after a meetnlg or the
ways and means committee at whitfh
the measure wa approved unani
mously. The bill -will be reported
favorably and will be passed In tht
house not later than Friday.
The bond will bear IH per cent
interest and art offered at par for
public subscription. Three billion
dollars of the issue will be used to
tony three and half per cent bond of
allied government.
The bond bill also authorised an
additional bond Issue of $82,4S,40
t redeem a S per cent loan of 168
to 1918. which mature August 1.
118. " " "
In a report accompanying the bill,
the ways and means committee,
stated:
"Your committee deems It advis
able to authorise the $5,000,000.
000 bond Issue at thla time la order
to enable our government to 'extend
liberal credits and In order to pro
vide Immediately an ample fund to
meet such expenditure aa are au
thorised for the national security and
defense."
The report concludes: '
'The total Interest bearing debt of
tht United States outstanding Febru
ary 28 amounted to $872,000,000,
and under existing law $427,000,000
worth of bonds are available to bej
Issued. This Iblll authorises, In ad
dition to the bond already available.
ALLIED IIS, ELATED BY VICTORY,
CQflTINUE GREAT OFFENSIVE IH WEST
With the British Armies In France,
April 11. In freealng, blustery
weather, with bursts of ' blinding
storms, the British smash continued
today, unabated by the flrecent re
sistance from the Germans.
On the blood-soaked crest ot Vlmy
ridge it was established by count to
day that the, Canadians had taken
almost 3,600 prisoners, including 72
officers and 23 gun. Included in
this number were nine guns ot heavy
caliber. The booty from the defeated
enemy also Included 70 machine
guns and albout 4D trench mortars.
Elsewhere along, the lint where
General Halg meshed hi men for
ward, three corps of British troops
took 7,284 prisoners, Including 170
officer. . They also seised ' 88 guns,
18 trench mortars and 84 machine
gun.
Prom the top or Vlmy rldgo, now
attained and rirmly held, the British
were clearing out snipers In villages
further ahead on tht lower slopes.
The steady ' pounding of field guns
searching out such nest of the ene
my continued Incessantly. -Bad
weather made no difference to
day In the strength of the "big push,"
Elated by their victories, confident
of their superior strength and confi
dent of the perfect co-ordination
on
AUDITOR
BASLER CALLED
MUNICIPAL OFFICER ORDERED
TO RKPORT FOR DUTY AT
BREMERTON NAVY YARD .'
TO I ASSISTAST PAYMASTER
Will Slave Rank of Ensign, Corre
, apoodlim to That of Second
Lieutenant -in Army
H. H. Barter, city auditor and po
lice judge of Grants Pass, has been
called for service as assistant pay
master ot the Uonted 8tate navy,
the call coming by reason of the re
cent enrollment of the judge ht tie
naval reserve corps. At the time ot
the visit or the enrolling officers her
10 days ago, Judge Basler enrolled
In the reserve, and hi paper bad
hardly gone the rounds before he wa
officially ordered to report at the
Puget Sound navy , yard at Bremer
ton for duty as assistant paymaster
With the rank of ensign. The rank
of ensign In the navy corresponds
with that of second lieutenant In the
army, and bears corresponding pay,
or $140 per month. ; ...
Judge Basler is putting his official
duties In chape that.be cam report at
Bremerton In the next few days. What
arrangementa will fee made for the
conduct of the municipal offlce during
his absence 1 not yet determined, but
It Is expected that only temporary
provision will be made till it t
learned whether or not the judge's
absence la to be permanent. He ex
pects to leave for the north before
the end of the week.
to be Issued under existing law and
exclusive of the three billion dollar
bond issue to extend credit to for
eign governments, which takes care
of Itself, the Issue of $2,000,000,000
worth of bonds. Should thl amount
or bonds be Issued the total Interest
bearing Indebtedneea exclusive of the
$3,000,000,000 credit to foreign gov-
errments, will amount to $3,445,000,-
000."
ot all arm of the service, the British
poured forward In waves, steadily en
croaching on the German-held land
and as steadily taking it away from
the enemy.
It was possible today to under
stand, In a way, why the British losses
kn the great spring offensive to date
have been far lest than the minimum
anticipated. British artillery In Its
concentrated fury of discharge, lit
erally turned the ground the Ger
mans held into a. muck. It was the
tame story over again that was first
told when the Germans started their
retreat They had to go back, , Brit
ish artillery had made their position
a horror, a shambles, so of hum
moofcy earth, pock-marked by cra
ters. . .
German prisoner today led back
behind the lines, declared the Brit
ish fire was so cyclonic that many of
their officer fled for their Uvea at
tht first , titanic outburst. The ter
rific hell of shell tire had a per
ceptible effect on the morale of the
German! t ,.. ,
"At fighters,' they are finished,"
remarked one British officer today,
who had been fighting constantly for
two days. "Picked men faced us
but we we're better men than they.
' '
(Continued on Page I)
EM
JUSTICE SEE!
IN U. S. ACTIO
Argentine Maintain Neotral Posi
tion, Rut Recognize Propriety of
War Ifc-rlamtloa By U. 8.
Buenos Aires, April 11. Argen
tine today formally "recognized the
justice", of America's declaration of
a atatt of war against Germany bnt
announced her strict continuance as
a neutral.
Tht announcement showed clearly
that while Argentine maintained her
present status as a neutral, she had
not decided as yet on a future course.
, The formal decree announcing Ar
gentine' policy contained this state
ment: ..
"In view of the cause- which in
duced the United State to declare
war on Germany, the Argentine gov
ernment recognize the justice of this
decision, because it wa due to vio
lation of principle of neutrality,
eontsorated by the rules of Interna
tional law, which were considered as
definite gain of ervUlxatkx."
Prom tht highest source today yit
was learned that Argentine intends
'strict continuance of her neutrality
unless either side violate her rights."
Despite rumors, the actual publica
tion of the decree surprised every
one. Allle and tbelr supporters
here were pleased, but skeptical ot
the genuineness of the government'
friendship, '.v."-', -" V-":
Cttliea were loomy over the an
nouncement, considering that Eng
land' threat of a eoal embargo,- in
reprisal for the baa against exporta
tion of wheat from Argentine, bad
"sandbagged" President Irigoyea in
to hi course of attempted placatlon.
They credited Irigoyen with attempt
ing to avert the eoal embargo with
out rescinding the wheat embargo or
der. Freedom of export for thla grain
would, it I said, create a grave sit
uation In Argentine, because of the
scarcity of the crop.
Leader figured today that Argen
tine was neither neutral nor unneu
tral. The prediction wa widely voic
ed that the republic would speedily
be Involved- in tht war.
Simultaneously with his proclama
tion, Irigoyea ordered federal Inter
vention in Buenos Aire province to
supplant Governor TJgarte on account
of hi disaffection toward Irigoyen.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY v
, GETS SOME 81NSHIXK
.Portland, April 11. -After a week
of steady downpour unseasonable
rains, which were rapidly bringing np
the Willamette the sun came out to
day and a clearing aky gave promise
of the return or spring.
0.,W. McCalllster went to Rogue
River this morning and will be em
ployed In the Spaulding sawmill near
that place. , ,
DUE DEAL
Portland, April 11. Alleged to
have advertised forty acres of Cal
ifornia desert land as a ' thriving
towneite with banks, schools, stores
and many homes, E. R. Erlckson and
E. B. Rivers are on trial here today
In the federal court on a charge, ot
using the malls to defraud.
Rivera and Erlckson, according to
the government, traveled through the
east with motion pictures ot Cali
fornia. At each performance they
secured names of those of the au
dience who were Interested and
either held drawings, or sold them
lots. The government contends that
Erlckson and Rivers did not have
lots enough on their 4u acre tract.
so they gave many persons the ea.me
deed. The two were arrested after
many had tried to pay taxes on the
saint lots. '
ATSAISTO
FEMES jlS
MOBHJZATIOY OP FOOB9TXFF3
AX1 TRANgPOItTATlojf THE
PRK8EXT PItOBLEM
ni.Bni.ona
Fleet of Entente Nations Win Co
operate la Beading Material to
Earopa
Washington, April 11. "Feeding
oar allies" 1 to be thla country 1
part la the great war for the pres
ent. KcMlixatkm of foodstuffs and
providing mean by foil navy co-operation
for delivering them, at the
port of England and Prance, 1 to '
be the extent of America' physical
effort, now. y' .:e
Meantime, bund reds of thousands
of men will be training for notion on -European
front a soon as they art
fit and as toon as the transportatioet
faeUitiM art available.
The problem of supplying the allle
with food a gigantic one Is being
worked out in practically every de
partment of the government. Mil
lions of acre of land not ander cul
tivation ana. to be Immediately put
Hundred of ships wlU be built to
carry foodstuff to Europe. German
and Austrian ships taken in Ameri
can porta will be speedily repaired
if or use.
The fleet or the United States,
Franc and England will co-operate
In safeguarding the delivery of the
precious supplies te entente ports.' L'
Farmers, agricultural experts and
farmer students are being mobilised
as "soldiers' of the eommiaaary," to
carry on the "bread and butter war"
against the central powers.
And while these supplies go for
ward to keep up the strength of the
allied fighters In the European
trenches, America is to build up and '
train her manhood, later to relievo
her fellow fighters and drive home
the victory. , ,
This will probably be sis month
hence but it may come sooner. ...
It is probable, however, that no
word will be sent out from this coun
try when the first expedition starts
for Europe. For purposes "of pre
caution. It la probable the people of
the United State wont know their
men are on foreign battle fronts un
til the men arrive. . '
Congress opened the fifth day of
the war with the big revenue bill.
Debate will start tomorrow and tht
measure Is expected to pass the house
The bU) call for a $6,000,000,000
bond Issue, $3,000,000,000 of which
will go as a loan to tht allle. Fur
ther, it has been agreed to provide
issuance of $2,000,000,000 in one-
year treasury notes against added
tax receipts planned as a war mea
sure.'
The senate doubtless will not delay
long with the (bond bill and within
a week or two at the latest the mesa-.
ure should be a law.
.Pacifism and politics apparently
are linked In a move to prevent se
lective conscription, according to
friends of that, plan today. They
attributed a growing sentiment la
congress against the administration;
army bill largely to peace propa
ganda, , .-
Army men are surprised at the de
lays which the congress permits at a
critical time and astounded at tht
fight against a plan recognised by all
military men as equitable and ef
ficient, , ,,. ; V .:' i'"V ; .
J. B. Cummtng, ot the Oriole mint
at Oallce, was a local visitor tor a
tew days, returning to tht mint this
rooming.