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

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Newspaper Page Text. ' DAILY EDITION : v-. ' ,- ... ... . . To Other Town In the World the Size of Orante Paw Haa a Newspaper WU VOL. Vn, Wo. 1M. V ; CHlAJfTB PASS, JOSEPHINE OOl'ldT, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL M WIT , WHOU ITUHBEB MM. i L.j,.'.y-jii.,.KV,ii ' , , 'iij : i, 1 , , ,', '''. " " ' ' ' s ft nun is MB AT PUBLIC MEET LAKUH AIIHKNOK ATTIC KIM tTCI.WlHATlON OP LKXINO TON'S ANNIVERSARY ORGME BED CROSS CHAPTER Mr. Iura TImhmm OunswU and Iter. ' U MyrtM llooaer Deliver Ad- I Of Mri4MlO AtMMll The palrlotle rally at the opera house lutt night was a splendid suc cess, feeing attended by a large au dtence of loyal cltlsene, and each number upon the program waa of moat pleating quality and waa round )y applauded toy the audltora. The attendance and the attention fitting ly espreaa tbe deep and patriotic In tereat which the people of Qranta Paaa have In thla hour of national concern. Kach number upon the program waa capably handled. Mra. Knapp't solo, with wblob tbe program wai opened, wu aplendldly rendered, as waa that or Mr. Talbot 'a Ute In the evening. , Miss Florence Kiddle up held her own fame and that of "Old Olory"'y her reading of the poem of that title. Mra. raraoni' aolo. "Tent ing Tonight," ahowed her rich con tralto votae at Ha beat-.- j u k , The" ttb" roilalnrf afldrease'. the trat by Mra. Laura 'Thomaa Ouu nell and the second by Rev. U My ron Hooter, were most appropriate to the occasion, and each held the Inteniie Interest of the audience. Mra. Ounnell directed her remark par ticularly to the work that can be done In 1ehalf of the nation In war time by the "people back of the trenchea," and especially through the operation of the Red Cross eoclety. She made a moit eloquent appeal for the rallying of the men and women of the nation to the aupport of thoie who are to do the real fighting In the trenchea. Mr, Booser' addreia wai commem orative of the day, the anniversary of tbe battle of Lexington. He proved hla patriotism to lie right from the heart, and made a ringing addreei that will long live In memory of thoae who heard It. To Lexington, he aald, hlatory would point aa the place where the world war now rag ing had Ita atart. At Lexington the thought of liberty and of government by the people themselves, had Iti real birth, and all natlona were now looking to America aa Ita guiding light and atar of hope. To the suc cess of democratic America and to the happiness of Ita peace-loving clt lienihlp, he attributed the demand of the people of other natlona for the overthrow of autocracy, and he ex pressed the hope and the belief that the end of the war would find all the natlona of the earth ruled by the common people and not "by crowned heade. The ipeaker ipald a glowing ' tribute to the men and women who had coma to free America from other land and wbo now were loyal and true cltlaeni employed In making of thla In reality a land of the free and a home of the brave, Following the program . of 1 the evening, the organlaatton of the Grants Paaa chapter of the Amert can Red Cross -waa formally com- , plcted. A nominating committee waa appointed, and Its report upon or ganlaatton waa adopted. The officer aelected were 0. 8. Blanchard, chair man; Dr. J. P. Truax, Mra. W. W, Canby and Dr. 3. , C. Smith, . vice trhairmen; BenJ. C. Sheldon,' secrc tary; R. K. Hackett, treasurer. The board of director Include tbe above named officer and the following i Dr. B. a Maoy, Dr. W. W. Walker, T. p. Cramer, 0. H. Demaray, A. Wyl- berg, Dr. L. 01 Clement, C. O. Oil (Continued oa Page 4) GERMAN REVOLT IN BRAZIL GROWS llorugeea That Reach UragMy lirlng Report of Ktjchtlng IMwwm Re- jhels and Federal TrKtMi Buenoa Alrea, April 20. With an alr-tlgbt Braslllan censorship clapped on, report! from Uruguay today de clared the Oerman revolt In Braill' province, near the Uruguayan boun dary waa growing. Refugee were pouring Into Uruguay, reporting fight ing "between the Oerman rebel and government force In Braxll. The Montevideo reporta Indicated a ser ious condition of affair In probably three Brailllan slate. The Uruguayan government hur r edly dlaiwtched reserve force of It troop to the frontier today to pre vent any violation of neutrality. Dlapatche from Rio de Janeiro quoted the minister of war aa deny ing that a military mission from 3 ra il! would shortly leave for the United States to co-operate with the allies against Germany. ." AMERICAN' SEAMEN GET NEWS BV I'NITKD PRESS Washington, April .20. American seamen will horeafter get their news "by. United Press." Each night at 10 o'clock the big Arlington radio flashes out to sea the news of the day war stories, domestic new, baseball scores, "boiled down" by the navy censor, from the United Press leased wire report. Every a-hlp baa orders lo "listen" at 10 o'clock and copy the "report" as sent ont by the censor. SPY LEGISLATION UPTO CONGRESS Washington, April 20. Eeplonage legislation the moat drastic ever proposed for thla country held the spotlight In congress again today. The senate entered on It third day of bitter debate on the administration apy bill, with Influential senator at tacking the section that, they claim, though aimed, oatenslbly, at hyphens and dangeroua agitators, will com pletely mnisle every newspaper In the country. .Pear that under the bill newspa pers will be unatole to criticise any government In war time even such an Incident aa the costly Dardanellea expedition of England caused much of the senate discussion. Another clause that brought crit icism waa that which permlta the president to declare food embargoes from any port to any port. The houie Judiciary committee late yesterday finished It draft of the ipy bill. Chairman Webb waa to have the bill prepared by today. It carries perhapa 100 amendmenti, all, or nearly all, calculated to soften the effect of the bill. , ;. Both minority and majority mem ber of the military committee were engaged on their report of the gen eral army bill when the house meet again Monday, , '. GERMAfiS DURiNG WAR Portland, April 20. Qermana will not be admitted to cttlienshlp In the United State until after the war, and lubject of the kaiser who have application pending must wait. Thla ruling was made In tbe federal court lo connection with the application of Solomon Bhanedllng.' O. W. Tyler, naturalisation exam Iner from the Seattle district, called the court' attention to a statute of 1113, whloh prevent a oltlsen from a nation at war with the United State taking out naturalisation pa per durjng lb itruggla. ' NEW Gercsa Use Is Presd Back Ale:; a 40-JIi!e Fred, ad 77 Square HIOss bf Territcry Has Been Geared of Tectcss Dsrcg By Henry Wood ; . ! With the Trench Armies In the Field, April 20. eventy-ven aguare mile of France had been re claimed up to today from tbe Inva der by five days' continuous steady smashing Iby the French. General Nlevelle's men have now progressed over a front of nearly forty miles to a depth of from three quarter of a mllo to tour full mile. A score of village and town have been taken since Monday when; the great offensive started. The Oerman loasea have been staggering. - Two complete division (forty thousand 'men) which made a counter attack on Juvlcourt were literally wiped out by the French artillery. Democratlsatlon la spreading among Germans even among their officers. Oreat masses of reinforcements hur riedly ruahed to tbe line are un availing In atopplng the advance. "The battle la progressing favor ably," la the calm way In which the French military chiefs regard the of fensive. "The results exceed the ex pectations." French officers regard the advance between the Ostel and Courtecamp as having reached the proposition of a great atrtke. The utmost atrateglcal Importance la attached to the formid able positions captured there. It I the battle of the snows that la raging over forty twisting miles to day 'on the great French offensive front. French artillery fire turns the carpet of anow Into ooxy mud and red apattered paths through which Nlevelle'a men were advancing al ways advancing today. I succeeded In following the French advance In this battle of the snows on one nameless hill southwest of Moronvllllers. Trenches, dug-outs. shelters everywhere were filled with German dead. Dased Germane were being hauled from dug-outs where they had bidden, burrowed deep In the pllea of their own dead. Farther back where French troops were clean ing the horrors off the ground taken by the first forward movement, I had seen daxed, starving Germans stag gering out of dugouts choked with their dead comrades, thlrty-lx hours after thoae dugouts had been taken Iby the French. Beyond the nameless hill the new French -and German lines were ris ible. Between them waa an aban doned German 'battery, atark and bare on the snow. A I watched t aw one of those blU of French strategy executed. The French es tablished line to the rear from this battery. They were plainly put there to entice the enemy to seek a re capture of the abandoned guns. The ruse wa successful. A I watched, out the Germane dashed. Their horses were hurriedly hitched to the abandoned gun. Then the Frenoh machine gum suddenly apat death. Horse men all except 30 German were wiped, out In a twinkling. . The morale of the French troop la astundlng. At 4 o'clock Wednes day evening I found the same troops which I had seen capture the posi tion they, were then la on Tuesday morning, preparing for a fresh ad vance, ., The dash was to atart at 5 o'clock and the French, troops were jokingly dubbing that their "five o'clock lea.'.', . It I typical of all operations along the great French front that Ntevelle I not seeking to pierce the Oerman line) at a given point. , Instead he pro pose an advance along the entire front by steady1 stages. It I not Ilk the warfare of the previous Bomme campaign. How well It I working out I evidenced by the fact that the French have advanced more now, tn tbe Pist Tea Days thla style of attack, than at any time since the battle of the Marne. From another nameless hill today I aaw across the Champagne plains an endleas mate of Oerman trenchea. It represented three year work of million of men. Counties tons of baited wire; numberless carload of teel plate; mile of concrete forti fication marked it. There were thousand of bombproof. Many were fitted with electrical plant equipped with the most costly and moat mo dern service. These the French captured Intact - Tuesday the fighting centered in the Rbelma' sector. The French ad vance waa executed over anow clad ground, wliich curiously aided them. The Oerman occupied a crest of hill o strongly fortified that In tbe plain below the French had heretofore not been able to advance since the battle of the Marne. But the French ahell bombardment waa so destructive that in IS mlnutea after leaping out of their trenchea the French infantry had- occupied the Oerman positions on a front of more than two-thlrda of a mile, advancing forward more than a mile and a third In an hour. Despite thla terrific artillery fir the positions were so dotted with machine guns that there was brisk fighting. The French settled down during the night. At dawn, the French moved forward.' The Oer-' mans, blinded by the glare or the sun, were unable to use their ma chine guns before the French were upon them. A Russian brigade, which took the oath of allegiance to the new Rus sian government ahortly before going Into action, distinguished Itself In one attack of the offensive today. IIUASTIO CENSORSHIP CLAUSE REMAINS Washington,, April 20. A sub stitute amendment offered by Sena tor Cummins, designed to lessen the drastic effect of 'the newspaper cen sorship clause hi the spy hill, wa lost by a vote of 40 to 34 late to day. MEXICO DENES ALL GERMAN InFLUEfJJE Mexico CUy. April 20. General Hay, president of the Mexican con gress, declared today he knew of no German Influence that was being brought to bear on members of con gress to oppose General Carransa's policies or plan of neutrality. "It I true," he aald "that the au dience In the galleries gave a dem onstration for the German minister Sunday when General Carransa read hi message, I called them to order ,1 however, and warned that any man ifestation In favor of, or against, any diplomat was prohibited snd that a repetition of demonstration accord' ed the German minister would not be allowed. "We are duty bound to follow the policy of Carransa for atrlct neutral ity, In essence aa well aa In form. I have no knowledge of pretentions W the part of German agents to Influ ence members of congress to oppose the neutrality policy or to urge a Ger man alliance., ' "The congress Is merely an elec toral college and Is not legally capa. cttated to treat with International questions. We have not even ap pointed committees." ', WILSON CA GET IRISH HOLI RULE Xatkmalbit Member of Parliament Dedans That Qjoeatio Can Be Solved by President London, April 20. "President, Wilson can obtain home rule for Ire land merely by saying the word." The nationalist member, J. Devlin, acting leader of the Irish parliamen tary party since Redmond's Illness, so declared to tbe United Press today. He explained If the president made It clesr to England's leaders tnat a settlement of the Irish question waa necessary to bring about whole-i cart el American participation In the war, the leader would not' fall to a:t on the suggestion. . "One evatyn follows another la disheartening succession," Devlin aid, "but there are signs that the government appreciates the effect of American asking themselves, "How about Ireland' ' "We bare 4een led time and again to think that a settlement of the Irish question would be granted only to be put off once more. Preal dent Wilson's 'action would be final and positive in obtaining Ireland her home rule." Supporting Devlin's hint that greater American participation might be' obtained if the government would settle the Irish question, the tone of the British press for the past few days has been unusually strong In urging action by Lloyd-George. ' The greatest Interest Is manifested In what Lloyd-George may have to say next week about the Irish settle ment a statement being .. promised from him by Chancellor of the Ex chequer Bonar-Law. RoosEvarsw V . is .flub New York, April 20. If the war department, will accept Colonel Roosevelt's offer to lead a division to the European war front, here's what the colonel can do: Have a completely organised di vision of 23.000 men. Including In fantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, machine gun detachments snd aerial corps, ready for active service within four months. ' In addition, he has 100,000 re serves waiting to be called for ser vice. . Requisitions are ready for every Item of military equipment tor the division. These lists can be placed Immediately In the hands of the war department officials. ' Here are some of the potables who, It wa learned today, are ready to join 'the colonel'a division: Senator Jamea Hamilton Lewi, of Illinois; Charles Jerome Bonaparte, former attorney general; Roy O. Woodruff, republican congressman from Michigan; William Curtis Far- abee, explorer; John M. Parker, Louisiana, hull moose candidate for vice-president In the last election; Jack Oreen way,-famous Tale end of years ago; 8eth Bullock; ' Gilford Plnohot, (he's to be a lleutenant-col- oael); Lleutenant-Oovernor Oglesby, Illinois; Rock Chsnnlng, famons Rough Rider; Sidney Drew, actor; Judge Alfred Page, New York; Pro fessor Hiram J. Bingham, Yale; Ro bert D. Curry, former governor of Wyoming; Rear Admiral , Wlnslow, U. S. N.; 8tate Senator Hutchinson, Washington; Randolph Hagerman, Denver; Congressman Medlll McCor- mlck, Ulnots, and scores of others. No applicants under 25 years of age are being accepted for the dl vision, Officers already, have , been selected and so great has been the response that Roosevelt could not only enroll a division ot 23,000 men, but has enough applicants to make three full army corps. ' More than 25,000 negroes want to go to the European front with Roose velt. ; " . ' ''- CO-OPERAM OF THE AIDES 11 BE TOPIC COMMISSIOXKItS FROM . GREAT BiUTAIX WILL DI8CU88 WAR -PLANS IX V. S. Monitions Output and FoodstaaTs Supply Wm Bo Bwbjects Beta the ADJed Board Washington, April 20. Great Britain Intends to lay all her war cards on the table when her com missioners meet with the American government heads. She will present . fully and frankly all problems. These will cover a .wider scope than here tofore announced. The general question of military snd financial co-operation will be the foremost problem, but other subjects to be considered are: Diplomatic questions, such as ul timate peace terms; ; munitions; wheat supply; general transporta tion; blockade of Germany; comma- . aications; aviation and anti-submar ine work. On the' first . matter diplomatic questions this government antici pates that there will be little diffl- ClltxJUt, clearing p suca controver sial matters as England's ship sels ures and mail censoring as they af fected American rights. With respect to ultimate peace terms, government heads are saying nothing further than the United States la not Inclined to make any separate peace with Germany. The -work of munitions supply will be taken up thoroughly and some ar rangement may be made wherefey ' England will Increase her own out- put giving American firms an oppor tunity to supply American neqds. Whest supply must be considered. In this connection, the British prob ably will give their experience with 1 liquor In war times snd their advice may have much to do wlta this gov ernment's determination with respect to suggestions for closing distilleries snd breweries which now eat up a vast grain supply. Discussion of the blockade of Ger many will be Included In the broader topic of general navy co-operation. This co-operation already Is under way, the United States having taken over Atlantic patrol work, hitherto in allied hsnds, -' Anti-submarine wrork Is belnz de veloped, both here and abroad. The big fleet of wooden ships Is probably the key to the -whole problem, aa aermany eannot build submarines fast enough to keej up with them and even It she sinks them, she des troys only a saist, cargo in each ' case. As ; America Is planning for a big air fleet too, ahe will be able to assist the allies sfbly In that vital field.':,!-1 -W ' .,: Plans .for reception of the com missioners are going on rapidly. They will be met here by Secretary Lan sing. Counsellor Polk and other dig nitaries snd lster will be President Wilson's guests. , The ways and means committee met today to consider, for the tint time In a general session, suggestion Of Secretary of the Treasury MeAdoo for new taxes, totalling from 91,400, 000,000 to 11,750,000.000 to meet war expenses. ' . RAISE INTEREST RATE ON 9300,000,000 ' BONDS San Francisco, April 30. The In terest rate on tbe $200,000,001 war tonds to be sold through ths federal reserve bank has been raised from 3, to 3 per cent. It was announced oday at the reserve hank. -A.