Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, September 11, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texta'Y -DAILY EDITION . I, . , ., '. i i' i . i . t ? . VOf VII- o. Utt. OBAJfTf FaJB, JOtEPBira OOCITTT, ORBOOff, TUODAY, UTPTEHBEB 11, 1017 WHOue mvkzs sua -1 Deposed General Leads' Dirbiszs of Followers Agabl Petrcsrad icd Kerecsky GoVercJeEt Russia s Da$est Hciu' Approaches With Dcrnestic War Abcst Certain Pelrograd, Sept. 11. (Late dle patca) Russian divisions former ly under 0nrl Kornlloff have rehd Vyrll, l mile from Pet Iwgrad. Want their disposition i ragardlag th rebellion against Pr mlr Kerensky headed by Kornlloff. a not yet been divulged. Ruaela' womn oldlr announc ed this afternoon that they were wiling to die (or the Kerensky gov rnmanl. Th Tuition of Death, fully reorganised, stand randy to fight wenevar ordrd. Th provisional government thli afternoon announced receipt of a wlrelea telegram from the ofhVcr aad stair of tha entire Baltic flMt, placing themselves at the disposal of the provisional government. Stockholm, Sept. 11. The newe paper Aftonbladet thla" afternoon printed a report that Premier Ker naky of Ruaala was killed Saturday by aa aeaaesla named Kotakevlkl. : Patrograd, 8pt 11. Newa of the 8 nit battle between the forcee of democracy and mllltarlam at Lug. II mllea from Pelrograd, la expected heraaay liour.tr N - General , Kornlloff'e revollers reached Lugs, The provisional gov ramnt' troop at that point were instructed to atop any further pro gress of Kornlloff and hla follower. The entire gorernment haa re signed to enable Premier Kerensky full freedom of action. Their renin natlone havo not been accepted. . Member of the cadet party bv refused . further participation In the provisional government, expressing Indignation that Kerensky had not consulted them In making hla "pre paratlnne for control of the Kornl loff revolt. Kurt her more General Vaaolofaky, military governor " of Pelrograd. haa resigned. ',' . ' Kerensky 's supporter eipreaa eonfldenca In hla aWlltjrtO nope ultb the situation. A lara delejttUm of Coseacks pledged their auipoTt t any measured Kerensky "might' In voke. "', eighty Kornlloff ' leader her bare been arrested. The provisional MAYOR OF TACOMA J LED A "SLACKER .IX' Taooma, Sept. II.- Mayor Faw- ttt la Tacotna'a first slacker. , Tbat today la the brandy placed on tha city' executive by. Kev, frank Dyer, pastor of the First Con gregational church. A week or two ago Mayor Fnwrelt refused to Interfere with Judge Butherford, of the International Bible Students' association, although Rutherford took occasion to, te tare that Liberty loan bonds were valuelea and to make a few sllKht tng remark about ministers. - "I luggeat, that Mayor wcoit tick out hi ears so that ha run learn something to keep,hliu out of Mayor Thompson' claaa.'l.Dyer aald today. ; , .; ' JCKW W)I.I)IKH8 (XHAN HOISH AT CAMP MCWW Cnu I-ewls, American Ukn, Wash., Hopt. .11. The first contin gent of conncrlpt here today are cleaning house, , Tlarracka are Hieing ' awept out, men lialls cleaned and the camp put in good order made ready for the aarond contingent whloh will begin to arrive In about a week. ' , Tha men, however, are drilling, ai well a housa cleaning and akeloton All ompantea organliad. . i' t fi 1AM W ' i ....,.,, ... 1 1 xoverainent i b asked General Aleiff, chief of staff under Grand Duke' Nicholas, to aaaunie the post of commander. Premier Kerenaky'a proclamation lamed yesterday reads: ;, "On Beplember I a member of .the duma. M. Ltoff. arrived In Petro rad aad ealled upon men, la (he name of Oeneral Kornlloff, to hand over all civil and military power to the generallsalmo, who would (orm a now government at hla plea aura. The authenticity of this sum mons waa afterward confirmed by Oeneral Kornlloff himself, who had a conversation irttb me over the di rect talearraphlo wire between Pet rofrad and mala headquarter. ' "Coaalderlng tha aummons, ad draaaod through me to the provl alonal government, aa an attempt by certain quartern to profit by the dif ficult altuatlon of the country, and eatabllah a state of thing contrary to the conquests of the revolution, tbe provisional government baa re cognised the necessity of charging me, for tbe aafety of tha republican regime, to Uka the urgent, indispen sable measures necessary to cut at tha : root all ' attempU awalnat the supreme power and right of the cltlaeas won by the revolution. "I therefore, for the maintenance In the country of liberty and putolle order, am taking all measure which I shall announce at the proper mo meny'to the people. At the same time I order General Kornlloff, to hand over hla function to Oeneral Klembocaky, commander In chief of the arm lea of the northern front. vNcb bar the way to Petrograd. and order General Klembacaky to aaeame provisionally the functions of gen erallaalmo. while remaining at Pskov.-! - "8eoondly, I declare a Ut of war In the town and district of Pet rograd. ) i Ml. appeal to all cltlsena to re main calm, maintain tha order ne ceaaary for the faith of the father land,' army and navy, and tranquilly and faithfully fulfill their duty In the defense, fatherland against the foreign enemy," TWKT.VR THOrSAXH TICKETS 'WY A HOIiDIKIU)' tXRK LRG Ix)ndon, Aug.. 30. (By mall) Iondon echool girl have discovered a connection between old street car tlcketa and cork laga for legless sol diers. , of rather, they nave found a relatlonahtp between one cork leg and 11,000 tlcketa. That number turned In at a London hospital buy a cork leg for a crippled Tommy and the girl are now picking them up off the aldowalka and begging them from paaaengera . '' s. t, OLD SOLOiERS MEET t M ir 'v n . . n 1 ft . Ashlnnd, , Sept. 11. Two-score tenta are being pitched In what waa formerly "Chautauqua park, for the aiith annual reunion of tha old aol dlersand sailor of 8opthrn Ore gon. Tbe saver a I campa will b designated a .'' Ashland, Medford, Central Point and Qranta Paaa. The reunion began Monday and ends On Friday nighty September U. Today la Grants Paaa day, with appropriate exercises under the aus pice of John A. liOgnn Post, Q. A. H. Thunday' will' be Central Point day, with veterans of Harrison Post, No, 67, In charge, assisted by the W. R. C. organisation,' No, 27, Re. M.OReed of this city will dellvor the afldress, ' , i Friday will be Medford day. ATTACK FLEET MKAGEB AOOOt'JtTS REACH WASHINGTON OV WOHT WITH UKItMAN H'HMARINBI BATTLE WAS LAST WEDHESOAY .ew Germsa Policy Disclosed of Hen (I lag (tuamsarino Fleet Again 1 Convoyed Tmop Ship Waablngton, 8opt. 11. Secretary Daniel late today announced that, through ,89 error la tha , transml aion of tha report on tb submarine battle; tha atatemsnt that alt ut nMurlaea -ware sunk ahould read that on aobmarlna waa aunk. ;. f n.. t Tha American .., merchantman, Waatwego, reported tha atil to tha navy department from Parla to day, .i- The of9c(al atatement did not re veal whether the attacked ship were transport or supply ships. It I believed . that American warablpe convoying the merchantmen fought off tba eubmarlne. -' Tbe attack reveals the fact that Germany haa adopted a new policy In handling her submarines and I ending, them In group to. attack group of merchant ships convoyed by war veeaela. ;v. It I believed no lives were lost However official circle here aieak of tbe battle" the moat severe that ha occurred oa water for eeveral month. : i ' v Washington, Sept. 11. -The navy department today announced a bat tle between a fleet of ' American ateamera and alg German aubmar tnea off tbe French coast on the 6tb of September. Two vessels and prob ably all of the submarines were sunk. ONLY liOCAL FIGHTING AliOXrt FLAXtKRS FRONT Ixindon. Sept. 11. General Halg'a report from the front today referred merely to local fighting around Bar glcourt i l" f )'. ft THE MODERN .,1 ' aBaaaBBBBan - t , . LARGEST TAX BILL PASSED BY SENATORS JfKABMT.TWO BtLUOJT AKU A HALF PROVTDBI) BY GREAT . BUVSNUB MEAcWBE - ONLY FOUR OPPOSiMG VOTES Eleventh How Ctuwgea Strike Owt Extra Th oa Pmbtlsber aad Sao - ca4 OIom PUa : Waablngton, Sept. 11. Tbe war tax bill tba largest alngle taxation meaaurela American history was paaaed yeetorday by tba senate. It provide for a levy somewhat under 11,400,000,000 aa compared with $1,87,870,000 proposed In the bill a U paaaed tba noua May 21. . Tba vote waa f to four. Senaton Borah, Gronna, LaFolletta and-Nor-ria were recorded la opposition. . Tb great bill .nearly four months In the making, win be returned to tbe bonne tomorrow, and tbea go to conference with enactment within tea day 'or, two 'week - probable. Senator Slmmooa, Stone and Wil liams, democrats, and Penrose and Lodge; republican, of th finance committee were appointed tha sen ate conferees. , i Of th 91.400.000.000 new Use provided In tb tax Mil for the dura tie of th war, S4,s00,00 la ta be taken from "Incomes, corporate and- Individuals and fl.OOO.OOO.OOO from war -profit. Most of the re mainder Is levied' on llqnor. tobacco and pnblte utltltle. ' , ' , m. In last night' len-np the prin cipal eleventh-bour action of the senate-were 'the -elimination of all provision for taxing publisher and Increasing aecond-claa periodical postage rate and all oonsumptten taxes on sugar, ti coffee and cocoa, the latter reducing the bill $84,000, 000. The senate alio atntck out the clauae proposing repeal of the "draw, back" or re-export allowance given agar ref Iner and defeated pto posala.to add Inberltanca taxes. . . In a last effort of tha high., tax group to Incraaam vat profits .taxes the annate rejected tba LaFollette amendment to raise $3,100,000 mora In tax. ',, ," '" -V ' MOSES. , , t;.i 1 i . '. i :.i.',i i i Break b Relp K;t IVcHIe b:t rj cf f ,Sweica ly AE: Tlsrjjl Afciit Ccrtb . , Stockhoba, Sept. 11-Swedea W adoalttad that abe acted aa aa bt tatwaedlary tor Oeranaay ba cMaasa- -wtth ArgeaUaa, jaaMtfykag with the daJoa tbat she adopted the aaaae atUtuto xegard- baaj eoaaaaBudcatkma with other am tralnatfeM. ' ' Tha Swedish forcigB office la a foraaal atateauetaV, explalaed that ha ItlaV oa reqaeat of thS BritUh for atga aanoa Rwedea dfaMoatlaawd the traaanalasioa of ..aaeaaagc ..betweea Gwinany aad North America, Jbat that that wan not roadderw) by Sweden a a bar against th coatla- nation r4 ttsuaaaritttag nsesaage to other aeaitioJa . Th atateaaent adds that Swedea ast goat leara whether the coo- ton ta of the an range; waa aa report ed aad that, if so, It nraat tbea get Germany' explanation of It The trial ot Ralph Torpin, charg ed 'with th murder of Wm. McCal- Udtar at tha Spaulding saw mill Mac Salma. th .10th ofuwairnjmy. Tha Sepxaa &m&r waa started before Judge Calklna yesterday . afternoon aad continued thla morning. The Jury1 waa secured by 11 o'clock after Ut veniremen . had been i examined. -. The Jury consists of: W. O. Vanderbllt, Three Pines; Geo: v: KelIogg, Mnrphya ;W. G. White, Varphy: W. C. Long. Qranta Paas; Theo. M. Renshaw, Grants Pass; Mike McBriety. Takllma; C. H. Hall. Wonderf. Will Scoville, Grant a Paaa; H. Wood, Qranta Paaa; F. G.. Olson, Grant Pas; kD. W. Hearn, Granta Paa and Geo. W. WaRon,' Drydeoi '-'h, ,i,'.. r. - The first witness called by the tat was D. 8. Fisher -and follow Ing bim came F. B. McOalllater no relation to the murdered man.) Both of th men -were fellow em ployees of 'McCalllatar-aad k Turpi and war eye witness to the shoot ing. '' .'-j-ir a. Following AtoCallleter, the state called J. R. Gunning and A. M. Rhode,' who were alio eye witnesses to th tragedy. ' J The trial la progressing rapidly and. If the unexpected does not .oc cur, should be concluded tomorrow. The defendant 1 represented by J. D. Wurtsbaugh. . . The Jury returned a verdict of murder In the second degree at 5:16 thla evening, -after being out about an hour. MORE SHEP RAISING Chicago, Sept. 11. Immediate and extehelve expansion of tba ahp raising Industry waa urged at th opening aesslon of tha Great Lake Wool convention here today. .Tha convention, will be In session two days, ' s The National More 8hep, Mora Wool association with headquarters In Philadelphia la co-operating with the National Sheep and Wool bureau of Chicago In formulating plan for more activity In the sheep Industry. ' Plans are 'being arranged for the leasing of vast acreages suitable to sheep raising. , t Scarcity of wool for clothing 1 re sponsible tor agitation In the sheep Industry." . . ' Swedea has received of th Jranrrakarfawa of tba St Waablagtoa, Sept. 11 It la latl mated la semi-official elrel bara that tba alllae Intaad to dlaetpBa 8wdn aevarely lor tba AJgeaUaa , affair. The exact trend of thla die- -etpline I aot yet dtoeloaed tboagb It 1 generally beliered it will mean m. abortanlag of ratloaa aad a -tab oa S wad lab aaNegramt. Londoa, Sept. -11. Tha urea made by th state depart meat of tb United State to the affect that tha. Swadlab foralgn, office acted am maanangor for German aplonaaatc eommnnl cations, may sweep a liberal cabinet Into power la Stockholnv K eordlag to ;dlpatehea received hera, , from Swedea today., , K ;. -pokAxr souhkb wnx FIGHT TBK BLATTVBa. .; ' t ; .l-JI -.1.1 r: VI . Camp . Lewis, ; American . lakw Wash., Sept. 11. Fred A. CeacfcBk. of Spokane, who la training here for Tthe new national army, will flgh hi own relative whea ha get t tVurop with tha America. , H baa two uncles and eight eonalaa in tlon board denied bl exemptioa pa tltion that he didnt want to fight bis, own relative.- :i;..J-.V fn-1 K.-vi ' Portland, Sept. : It. Oregoa'sj, food conservation program la. beta! mapped out, her, this afternooa at a conference between "WV B. Ayr state food administrator, sjid repra aentatlv hotel men' and resUnraat1 proprietor from every part- of i tb atatertv,it"i '.; ,.i;i-'Vif Particular attention ia being paid method of working .out plan a reducing the us of wheat and aaw- . Ing food which heretofore 'baa be. thrown- away."1 M . , Mk large art ot tba food used n any community- passe through tha hand ot tb. hotel men and reataa- ' rant proprietor," Ayer explained to day. ' "If we are going to adopt food conservation, we must have their oo-ope ration and aupport. They ara pledging ther aid here today.-. . , il IS .. f Washington, Sept 11. Utter coat- fusion exists regarding tb coal ta- dustry of tba country and the ahut- . ting down ot a number ot large la-s dustrlal plants la threatened, - i . Public utilltle are facing coal famine In many place thla winter. Coal .Administrator Garfield I facing a threatened strike ot 400. 00 coal miners, shortage of ear for carrying the coal where needed, an Increased demand from abroad and exceptional demanda. at home, all of which help to complicate th altuatlon. GRKSHAM FAIR OPENS . TODAY) GOOD SHOW .' Gresham,, Ore., Sept. 11. Th Multnomah county fair one of the largest' county fairs in the west opened here today for a four-day ses sion. The quantity and duality of thla year' exhibits broke all re cord. ' V. - . .- eoaat tetegra naeatloaad. . .!.. I .v. 'it .r. I WHO ' BOM -Klrby In New York World,