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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1917)
DAILY EDITION OBAJm pass, Muntein coo m, oreoon, wedjiehdat, septbmbebs, mr WHOLE HTMBEB Mi. ii . o-v vol tit, am 4 , .- , r v ' V , , U lyaV. r by WOMEN FIGHT, f Mi H ItUIUIIS aaam, a m ssaaBaaaaai ska a. a I WOMEN Or DHUION Of IMC.tTII KIIAMK MEN COMUAOKS WITH TUNIl HtnowM IB 'KIUIB FROM RIGA I'etrofred Paper (silt lor I'ftUml Nation ir RuaUaa Freed- ni May IU IN PHee Pad Petrogred, Sept. 5, Women sol diers near Riga threw back the at Mult of ttia Germans along front of a fifth of roll. Their firm it an 4 Mil nut Ut ene my Inspired their eomradwi to a re aletanc that bald th enemy In check, according to dispatches from tha front. These dlspatohe praise tha valor of tha legion of Death In tha hlgh- t terms. Tha Russian commander I en deavoring to extricate tha Russian troopa trapped northwest of Riga. Beml-ofnYlal dispatches state that tha Ruaalana ra ratlrlng In an or derly manner following a pre-ar ranged plan. The Patrograd morning papara agree on the gravity of tha altuatlon caused by the fall of Rig. . Moat of the newspaper are of tlie opinion that tha fall of Riga o Itself doe not threaten Patrograd. ' For euoh an operation, aay tha Reoh. von Hladenhurg ha on the north front only ven corps. Boris Savinkoff, assistant mlnliter of war, aa.v measures are being taken to halt the German advance, but that It la not yet poaalhl to Ul trie poult Ion of tha new defen sive line. The Rtiaetka Volla ex pre men fear , that the next German operation will he agalnat 'Minsk. Riga' fall, de clare the paper, I the lat warning. The Novoe Vremya echoel this sen timent, declaring that tha army must . be reorganlied at once. THIRD AIR RAID Oil BRITAIN LAST NIGHT London, Sept. 5 The third Ger man air raid In aa many day oc curred lust night with tha result that 11 ware killed and IS Injured la the city of London. One of the German aeroplanes wa brought down. tierman raldeia have killed lit and Injured HI people In England since last Sunday. ELEVEN MILLION BILL I PASSES HOUSE TODAY Washington, Kept, n. An Infor mal sirrcenicnt nmong the ' house lender aiwiiml the iNtasMgo this ternoon of tne ll,nO4),0O0,(M)0 bond Mil. Washington, Sept. 5. Pannage of the U,r.38,8iM0 war bond nnd certificate bill 1iy the house In vir tually the form It was received from tho committee seemed assured to night, after Tour hours-debate. All parties are united In supporting the 'general foiitures of the hill, nnd a fight by Representative Moore for his proposed amend mont to create a war exprndllurei) committee will not dolny tlin votomntorlnlly. . President Wilson let It be .known at the White Houho today that ho still opposed any congressional war committee and administration load ers Immediately laid iplans to strike out the Monro proposal on of order. . - af point Industrial Worker1 HewJqnarier la Several OUlea Raided m Same Dey. nerorde Are Chicago, Sept. I. Government operative (hit afternoon, raided tha Socialist Industrial Worker national headquarter, tailing Hteratur and ford. ' ' ' Adolph Qermar, executive secre tary of tha aoelaUit parly waa pres ent when tha raid waa made. Wil liam Heywood aaw hi office roh- ed. There were no arreet. Seattle, Sept. 8. Federal agent her raided the headquarter of the InduatrlallaU thla tnorhlng, aelilng paper and other record. Portland, Sept. 6. X printing pre, literature that aet out the anti-war prqpoganda of the order, and correspondence waa Mixed when deputy sheriff and federal ageota raided the I. W. W. headquarter her today. Carl Unker, who could not give an account of himself, was arrested Tecoma, Sept. 6. The local bead' quarter of the Industrial Worker were raided by federal o Ulcers to day and all paper and latter found there were seised. GERMANS PREPARE FOR VIE RETREAT London, Sept. S.AIHed aviators have reported tha Oermans as pre paring for another "strategic treat." They are clearing western Pleader east of Ypres and Dtxi mund a far aa the line between Courtraia and Thourout. The retreat ia expected to release 125 mile of Belgian territory. Mill tary experts believe that the Ger mans are preparing to open dykea and canals flooding the entire ter rllory with water. Many of the trenches along the battle lines of thlt area are below tea level and would be flooded. It will be remembered that Just before the first German "strategic retreat," they devastated the terrl ory which they were vacating so that it would contain nothing of military value to the allied army when they moved forward to occupy the tame. " "" A dispatch to the Haves agency from Haxebrotick says: "Western Flandor I being evac uated a far at ths line of Courtrai Thourout (this line running to the east respectively of Ypres and Dlx mtide.) It 1 learned today that many refugees are being cared for at Ghent, large numbers of them ar riving from Rouler (northeast of Yprea) whloh the Britten are bom barding ceaselessly. "Tha population of Courtral ha been authorlted by the German mili tary official to leave, If they desire. and a majority of them have depart ed. Refugee from northern France and Flander are going . to Lltn bourg." ALLIES AIM DRIVE Washington, 8ept. 5. Endoavor- Ing to offset the menacing possibil ity of the Russian situation forcing that country Into a pence more rapid ly than otherwise, the alllo will probably soon undertake a npw antl- 'AiiHtrlun campaign. There Is a strong pressure Uelng exerted to have tho United States doclnro war oa Austria and then help down lior. It Is known here that official are withholding the details of new ant! AiiHtrlnn activities as a military secret, but It Is expected that all the allies will helo Italv In hor new driver ; " ' All Over hzi Tab Arc uzpi f:r mrd Tranrj . Jittlj fitiii tf Ecrc;i. Camp Lewis, Amerloaa Lake, Sept. 8. The first of America's coa-. scrtpted army reached this camp this morning. Tb first detachment Included 91 men from Seattle. Twenty-five hundred met from all parts of tha northwest will be here by the early part of next week. It la estimated that It will require two day to orgaalso tha skeletoa companies. The conscript with sof- Meat military knowledge will b appointed non-commlttloned o Ulcers aoon aa possible. Washington, Sept. 5. America's first 14,160 drafted men today bade horns good by and maroted away to war. . TIijiv rnt amid iAia t r aiwl cheer of million. Some with the? llght of adventure lighting their eyes, others not so happily. I From every walk of Ufa and from every nook and. cranny la aa na-1 tloa tbey came trooping in early to day, each with bis meagre bundle aad his vlsloa of Franc and the fighting front. i Id cities, towns, hamlets and til lage gayly bedecked In honor of their going they lined up, the first of America' conscript legions,, at salute before the local board which caoee them. Their procession formed but the vanguard of a larger which follow ed In their wake. Wives, mother and sweetheart, brother, father and friend trudged along at their side and stood at a distance while they reported themselves ready to dO their bit. Tomorrow these boy Who yester day wer prosperous young business men, clerks, laborers, artists, rousta 'bouts, stenographers, students, so cial, butterflies or pool room hang er oil, will all be levelled to the drab plane of khaki. Indistinguish able units under the orders of the war masters, learning the business of battle at the country' alxteen cantonment ramps. ' ' Assembled from home, and ho tel and rooming house where many of them spent the night, the groups were each put In charge of BUTTE: IS THREATENED IH COMPLETE TIE-UP - 1H LITTLE PROMISE Butta, Mont, Sept. B. -A com- Plate tle-up-not of the leading cop - ... ..a .,. m. v or me aisinci atone .out oi vuo entire city of Butte a far as all building and almost all business are their defference. The union' is pre conoerned. paring to call out the 200 painters The district's labor troubles take on new and more complicated as- peels dally. As It Is, the population of Butte ha been roduced several thousand through the movement of miners to the harvest fields and to other camps. -.' The Metal Trades council will vote on a genral walkout Friday, It the metal workers vote to quit and It is generally predloted that they win the Independent mines, which are still trying tQ operate, will be closed before the end of the week, The metal trades unions contend1 that the companies have broken the recent contract, giving them grounds to make new demands and Btriko. They want 86. SO a day and the cmnnlote abolition of the rustling card. ; ' Tho strike fever Is spreading to other labor organlxatlons. , The walk out of 5.000 members of tho building trades unions Is freely pre- dieted.;! Tha palntors' union, and a Sjsdirg New S:!iisrs to kz Unzi f:r tie Oresca Ha Rezly a drafted maa selected from among 'their number. Headed by the member of each local exemption board, all day long, through the hud, parades of draft- ad men followed by parade of tbelr relative and friend, wended their way through heme town streets to long train watting at the railroad stations to whisk them away to camp. , . ;:;,'' Tbey go on their own recognis ance. Bach maa la oa hla honor to rport to his cantonment eamp com mander. The only guardian of their loyalty as ettixona and member of the military organisation of the na tion la on of their own number.. Comedy .and tragedy commingled In the scenes of parting everywhere. ?ot.?sr wPl- Brurqae old father bluffed it through. Sweethearts threw klates or cried a the mood aaluui rhm. Bova without oarant L, Boma w,nt iM wkh B0 0B . m. thmlr rnlnr nthm uft families, and prosperous businesses they had worked bard to get and knew tbey would bar to build over again when they return, if they ever do. . Soma conception of the magnitude of the railroad' task ia moving the men may be gained from the fact that ft requires 6, 2x1 ear made up In 86 trains, with engines anH craws for each train, to move a field army of 10,000 mea. , y But the railroads have assured the government the mea will be at camp on the dot ' and the toys climbed Into the trains all over the country all day long - and rolled away. ' STRIKERS ARB WIS.MNG IX WASHINGTON MILLS Taooma.i Sept 5. The Addison Hill aad Midland Lumber companies resumed operations this morning on the basis of sn sight hour day. The Index Lumber company, and Index- Washington , Company, ' resumed work on the tains tjssls. Indicating that the striking workmen winning their contention. OF EARLY SETTLEMENT local contract brought on this new l BuUe't labor troubles. The contractor ana tne nnwn were ,.bie to agree on the employment on - -.. .,h nna ,!,,. ud unable to agree on a way to settle here, and the building trades conn ell, with, which the painters are af filiated, are preparing to call a gen eral strike. Butte's labor troubles have no promise of an early settlement. The . striking , Metal (Mine Workers' ! union's officials believe that the com- nanles will keep the mines shut down for at least two months, un less the government takes a -hand In the situation, Others say that the mines will not open for two months Horses, mules and machinery have been brought up from the mines. The fact that the government la planning to fix the price of copper at 20 to 22 cents has complicated the situation. With copper at 20 cents the men would get $4.50 day under the wage schedule re- wntly -by the Anaconda com pany. With copper at 81 to 23 centa, the men would get $4.74 day. which was under the price paid before tha shutdown. The striking minors want $6. HITS RICH-POOR .LIKE Colonel Hoaet Wealthy Dodtfers, Cefair Striker and Peace Advo- Waatts Heavy Tea Chatham, N. T., Sept. 6. Theo. Roosevelt, speaking bars today, de manded tha conscription of war profits. Hs declared that bo favor ed a heavy graduated tax oa excess profits due to war conditions, tag as heavy as Britain now Imposes. The eolonel attscked as anemias of the United States the war pro fiteer aad workmen who retfased first class work for first dees wages. He called professional pacifists who advocated a paaes without victory, p re-Germ an patriots, . ' t The Industrial Workers and so cialists party machine came in for a round scoring. He declared that rhe Certnan-langvage papers were scandalously disloyal. 1 - "The German methods of warfare are titdeoo beyond beHef," declar ed the eolonel. .'"The words obsosao. cruel, brutal and unspeakably foal. are all too mild to express the real facta." ':: - '. TWO HUNDRED MHJLIOX i MORE IA!fS TO ALURH Washington, Sept. S. Secretary McAdoo today announced loans of 1100,000,000 each to France : and Great Britain. LIVE-STOCK r,H SMHIPOMD Portland.-Sept. 5. -The Portland Union Stock Yard report the week's opening market as active in all de partments, especially so In the cattle section., Offerings consisted of 1,400 cattle, 1,000 hogs and 1,500 sheep. The great bulk of cattle trading was in good and unfinished steers, telling between eight and nine dol lars. Trading was brisk with ' a strong demand for top stock. ' The week's opening found an of fering of, splendidly finished hogs and the market went up to $18. The supply is inadequate to the demand. ITALIANS OITFLANK 8BCTIOX OF A18TRIAN BATTLE LINE Home, Sept. 5. The war office ibas announced the capture of Mon- tesanga Briel, enabling the Italians to outflank a section of the Aus trian line. , TACOMA HAS TWO . "MiATOOK FIRE SYSTEM Taooma, Sept, 5. Tha city 'com mlasloners voted the two platoon system, averting the threatened strike of the Ore department whloh had been set lor September 10. The firemen thereupon withdrew their resignations. Sl'llMARINR VICTIMS INCREASE PAST WEEK , London, Sept. 5. An Increase In the number of British vessels sub marined during the past week Is au- thoratatlvely forecasted. . London, Sept 5. An official dis patch from Petrograd reports the Russian army a vigorously oppos ing the ' advance of the - Germans north of Rigs. . . SEATTLE HAS GREAT LABOR DAY PARADE Seattle, Sept. 5. Seattle Monday hold the greatest Labor day parade In the city's history. Twenty-three thousand organised tollers were In lino. Stepping In close files extend Ing aecroes the broad ' business thoroughfares, It took more than two hours to psss a given point. ROOSEVELT in sis PURCHASED BV SEAM ESI FAMOt'g - JOBEPHI1IB OOCBJTT PLACER property; chAxge HAKIM AT GOOD nOOUC in to ee ami Mew Owaen Plaai Extewsrv lat Which Wul Mate Am ass! Pl'odSKs'tosi Larger i Oaa of the most Important mla log deals la the history of aouthara ' Oregon has been eoBsaasatad wKhlS ' tho last day or two 1b the Bate of the famous Logaa placer miae s lu sted oa the Greats Pass-Cresceat City road, about two miles northwest of Waldo, to George M. Bitterly aad associates of Seattle. Tho purchase pries Is $140,000. . Aa option oa tho property was taken by Mr. Eaterly about text months ago. Since that time aa immense amount of sampling baa been made, tb first pits aantbariag over oa hundred being pat down and sampled by Lewie. Levensaler. representing Mr. Bstarfy and asso ciates. The average -value of tha ground as disclosed by this exten sive sampling has not been anaounc- ed, but the fact that the parties want the option by the terms of which final payment on the property need dot -ba made 1 till !' Jecaber, ' 1818. and are closing It by final payment at this time, iadtcataa their satisfaction with the showing made. The change In ownership means that the property will be operated on a considerably larger seal than heretofore. The problem la thla district Is the water supply The Logan mln owns practically all the available i water. The new owners Intend enlarging the ditch e and ex pect to increase very materially the yardage handled annually. Aa the property has netted nearly $40.- 000 annually, tHr. Eaterfy's plana when consummated mean that tha property will be a very large pro ducer. - i' .'!'.';. The mine Is one of the oldest la the state. It was in operation be-' fore there was even a village oa the present site of Grants Pass. Ia tha early days, supplies were brought in and tha mlna nirtnnt waa aMnnjul tv way of Crescent City. Its early his tory Is contemporaneous with ;' the gold ruah to Jacksonville, , where $88,000,000 of placer output waa recorded by the Wells Fargo Ex press company, within a few years. James Logan, the seller of tho property, and his . mother-in-law. Mrs. Simmons, who formerly owned the property and has lived on the ground for nearly half a century, have operated the property for many years. ' .'- - . '..-.'vY y .- Only about ' Jft of the pla cer ground In the Logan ownership has been worked up. The remain ing shows 'by extensive sampling, ' gold content equalling that of tha ground worked over. '' FRISCO STREETCAR TIE-UP (MIS San Franoisco, Sept. 8. tJnlted Railroad' cars were running again today after having been Idle all of yesterday. But while the can iwere idle efforts to end the strike were In progress. 'i A commltte of the trend Jury baa taken a hand In the situation, it became known today, (having met with President Llllenthal of the United Railroads yesterday. The only announcement whloh followed the conference was that ' there la
