Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, September 21, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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HAfG REPORTS
LAST BATTLE
REAL VICTORY
MIJMT IMPORTANT ACHIEVE
JIKNT OK VHAR ON WKMTKHM
FRONT YESTERDAY
jiumis m the day
ArUlltwy ltmK Fire I'mwli In-faU-y
Advance as llrttUli Troop"
Hwmp Acme (irwiml
British Front In Kruno and Bel
gium, apt. II. During the night
th Hrillah forces, with comparstlve
ly Hill opposition, consolidated anU
Improved Ibtf uow position which
they won yesterday In lhi offensive
Ml of Ypres.
The new Una marks an advance
of over a mils.
Today, from the newly won
trenohea, known aa "Anxac." the
Australian flax flutters aa the sym-
of the greatest victory on the
western front during the paat year,
not except lux the great battle ol
Messlne. The position raptured
yesterday were considered among
the strongest on the Oerman front
Field Marshal Main's official re
port. of yesterday's baitle.aaya .that
"North "country and Australian bat
talions penetrated the German por
tions In the center to a depth of over
mile and captured the whole of
their objectives. These Include Ham
let. Veldhoek and western portion of
Polygon wood.
"farther north. Xevenkole was
raptured and also a few guns.
Heavy artillery preparation for
days had been going on and extcn-j
atve raids In antlctpstlon of a tre
mendous Infantry assault and when
the British left their trenches they
were preceded by row upon row of
bar raw fire, reaching Into the Ger
man lines to a greater depth than
on any previous occasion.
Concrete redoubts, hundreds of
machine guns, barbed wire entangle
ments and marshy ground faced the
British In their storming operations,
but the heavy guns bad cut down
many of the barriers and tha British
went forward ateadlly, gaining all
their objectives and penetrating the
Herman lines In places for a mile or
mors.
EXHIBIT FOR STATE
IGHT
Josephine county's exhibit at the
Mate fair Is being assembled today
and the enr will probably leave to
night or In the morning. A J.
Green has had charge of the car and
has done most of It personally, trav
eling between 250 nd 300 miles
over tha county within the last few
1kvi collecting rpedmens.
The fruit exhibit Is astlsfactory.
Generally speaking, the exhibit "of
farm products Is below an avorage
nd poorer than was shown last
year. An exception must be made
In the case or corn, Many good ex
hibits are being secured or this
crop. The county also raised some
good .potatoes, but the foest have not
yet been 'harvested.
HINA PLANS TO HRND
TROOPS TO F RANCH
Tokto, Sept! 21. China, accord
ing to the correspondent or the
newspaper Nlcht NIchi, will send
80,000 volunteer troop to France.
The force will be tha first detaoh
ment of a Chinese expeditionary
itrmy to aid the allies. '
LAS GETS
LARGEST TAX
l4uul Oram Tax I'aymeat to Bring
J 1 Molina County One Hundred
, Thirty Thousand Dollars
Portland, Sept. tl. Josephine
county la to receive approximately
1130,000 In back taxes on grant
lands, and Klamath county, $311,000
according to Oswald West who has
checked the government's lists,
Washington, Sept. 21. Secretary
l,ano rocommended to congress to
day the payment of taxes on lands
ssgregatlng ft.604.MI to one
Washington and IS Oregon land
grant counties.
Douglas county receives the high
est amount, IS00.132. .,
Portland, Sept. 21. Word was
received here this morning that the
payment of the taxes due on the
Oregon A California Railroad grant
lands by the government may be de
layed temporarily because of a suit
brought by 8. W. Williams, special
assistant to the United States at
torney general, for an accounting of
the sums received froiri the sale of
the grant lands.
The Ferris-Cbaiberlaln bill au
thorised a ault to determine what
amount shall be paid by tha govern
ment tor Ita 12.50 an sera equity In
the 2.100,000 acres of . the land
grant forfeited.. ""
'"ifrom this equity there ttdbe ds-"
ducted under the till, money ,. for
back; taxes due the 'counties, and
money which the railroad company
has received for the sale of Ita lands
In excess of 12.50 an acre. Just how
much has been so received, and ac
cordingly how much to deduct, will
be determined In Hie suit for an ac
counting. IiATH BAVARIAN KINO'S
. HEART IN IRON I'RN
London, Sept. 1. (lly malll
With solemn ceremonies the heart
or the late msd King Otto or Bavaria
was recently . removed from the
Chapel Royal of (Munich, where the
remains are burled, to the Church
of 'Altosttlngcr near Paasau, where
the hearts of all Bavarian kings are
kept In gold urns.
Owing to the jwar the urn of Otto
la Iron. 0
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HOMING PIGEONS TO
Cleveland, v 0 Sept. 21. The
United States Is mobilising Its birds
of war. Two. hundred homing pi
geons, billed to Fort Wood, N. J
left here during. the night as the
first unit of an army of 2,600 birds
to be transported to France.
They are going to be used aa mes-J
sengcrs on the righting line where
barrage fire wipes out. the use of
motorcyclists, ' telephones and wire
less, . ' ; , v
ATTACK' COMMANDER
Petrograd, Sept. 21. A small riot
occurred yesterday In the ranks or
the woman' "Battalion or Death"
at Moscow. The riot took the form
or an attack by some of the girls
upon Vara Butchkareff, , the . regi
ment's twice-wounded commander.
Infantrymen rescued the comman
der. , The 'cause of the attack la un
known, . .
DOUG
BERNSTORFF HAD FUNDS
FOR PARTICULAR USE
I i i ii hii V viTc'',"' 'N
Pepartcest of State Eakes Public' Intercepted Message
Fro Forcer Acbassadsr to Hcze GoTercrszt
Askisg for AUowbce to kfsecce Ccsgresszen
Wain. ton. 8pt. 21. Secretary
of Stale Lansing today made public
an astounding addition tq the series
of disclosures showing Oerman In
trigue In America and elsewhere.
A message from Count Bern
storlT. formerly Oerman ambassador
here, sent January 22 of this )ear to
tha Oerman foreign office, Berlin, re
quested authority to pay fSu.OOO to
Influence members of congress
through an un-nanfed organisation,
apparently known 1 Berlin. Beru
storff Indicated that money had there
tofore been paid In this organi
sation to perform similar work. '
"I request authority to pay up to
150,000 In order, as on former occa
sions, to influencu congress through
the organisation you know of, "vhl.h
can perhaps prevent a declaration
of war.
"Am (beginning meantime to act
accordingly, in the above circum
stances, a public, official declaration
by Oermany In favor or Ireland Is
highly desirable in order to gain the
support of Irish Influence here,.'-
It la not assumed In any quartera
here that the money which Bern
atorff Indicated he wanted, was to
ST. PAUL AUDIEIiCE
HISSES LAFOLLETTE
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 21. Sena
tor LaFollett was repeatedly Inter
rupted by cries of "yellow" and
"put him out," during the course of
a speech made here last night.
"I have just come from Washing
ton, where, with a little handful or
men, 1 have been .waging a light de
manding that taxation should be
paid according to the ability to pay.
I waa not , in favor of beginning this
war. We had no grievance. The
German government had Interfered
with our rights to travel on the
high eeaa-r-as passengers on the mu
nition ships or England. ,
"On these grievances, which were
Insignificant, considering the rights
and consequences Involved, we went
to war. We had a right to ship mu
nltlons, but I was hot In favor ol
riding."
Cries of "Yellow" stopped the sen
ator. '
He hard hardly got started again
when some one called:
"What ot the UislUnla" and the
din was on again, Governor Frailer
or North Dakota, chairman of the
meeting, assisted In quelling the dis
turbance. -
McNAB REPRESENTS V. 8.
IN STRIKE CONFERENCE
Washington, Sept. 21. Oavln
iMcNab, a San Francisco attorney
has' been named special representa
tive or the redral shipping board In
negotiations looking toward the set
tlement of the strike of 25,000
worker In the San Francisco bay
shipyards.
RKKT SI GAR EMPLOYEES
RECEIVE WAGE INCREASE
Chlno, Cel., Sept. 21. A live
cent an hour lnorease today was
given all southern California em
ployees of the American Beet Sugar
company. To many field laborers
working II hour dally the Increase
means ,14.20 a week additional. ,
be used In bribing members of eon
gress. It waa pointed out that such
a sum would go but a very short
way Indeed In actually baying con
gressional support.
, But the money might do much In
the way of paying the agents of the
propoKsnda machine Bernstorff
built up here, to promote peace talk
throw Interference In the way of the
administration's plans and for ., es
pionage purposes.
Some local publicists think that
Bernstorff waa referring to peace so
cieties when mentioning "organisa
tions" in hia communication. -His
reference to "avoiding war"
Indicates that Bernstorff knew .In
advanre, of Germany's Intention to
proclaim, on January 23, her merci
less aubmarlne warfare, although at
the time he' emphatically denied
having any such knowledge.
Representative , Heflln. of Ala
bama, said on tha floor of the house
late this afternoon that If permitted,
he could name 13 or 14 congressman
who ' acted suspiciously" and who
ought to be Investigated as a result
of the disclosures made In Bem-
storff's letter.
HOUSE STANDS OUT
FOR HIGHER TAXES
Washington, Sept. 21. The house
conferee on the, war tat bill late
yesterday Insisted upon increasing
the provisions ot the bill respect
ing war profit taxes and by so doing
have delayed and somewhat compli
cated the passage or the measure.
Coincident with the adjournment
or the conference, a meeting of the
house ways and means committee,
which drew 'the original bill, waa
called tor, today to discuss the' sit
uation. It was explained that the ways and
means committee would try to In
duce the house conferees to accept
the larger figure, but should this
rail, hlh tax advocates declared
they would carry the contest to the
floor of the house. They said that
recent announcements that approxi
mately $2,500,000,000 more money
would toe needed this year than al
ready provided makes It certain that
unless a start Is made now to fur
ther Increase taxea, the country will
be swamped with bonds.
APPLE BOX SHORTAGE
Portland, Sept. 21. J. B. Knapp,
representing Food Administrator
Herbert Hoover, believes that the
shortage of apple box for " the
northwest crop 'has been solved. Only
the co-operation ot the Individual
apple growers is needed to put the
plan In operation. Agreements have
been made with mill, whereby the
production will be kept up to full
capacity If advance order are re
ceived.,. Mr. Knapp said this morn
ing that If the Individual grower
will place their, order protutply
ithe boxes will be forthcoming !irr
wsnted.
RECRUITS
FOR
ATHLETICS
Commandant of Cantonment Re
quires All Men to Participate In
Games Aa Part of Training
Camp Lewis, 8ept. 21. Troops,
parte of the second increment of
the new national army, are arriving
hourly at the American Lake camp.
Today's arrivals are to be 3,750
men. ''
Moo Wing, a Chinemaa from Van
couver, Wash., one of the new men
and the only Chlnemsn, said today
that Americana think he cannot
cook , well enough for them so he
will fight in the trendies.
Elghty-dlve athletic teams have al
ready been organised. Major Gen
eral Greene says that all the men
must participate In athletics.
One of the . regimental football
teams baa already arranged game
with the Washington State college
team to be played In the - Tacoma
stadium on October It.
PORTLAND ENGLISH BVLL-DOO
HATES GERM AX DACHSHUND
Portland, Sept 21. The ten
dency of an English bull-dog to
lump on a dachshund belong to Mrs.
H. Kerstrlng was brought to the no
tice ot the police here today.
Mr. Karstlng eoamlalned that the
bulldog make frequent trips to her
back yard and administer pro-ally
chewings to the dog from kaiser-
land.
The police asked the owners of
the bulldog to put him in the pro
posed dog division If they wanted
him to fight
E
MM
Seattle, Sept 21. The committee
representing the striking lumber
yard . employes In the Washington
mill, ' announced today that ' the
strike had notsbeen called off des
pite the statement made 'yesterday
at Aberdeen that timber" worker
could return to" work U : they
thought it necessary. V ' "
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TO SELECT OUARRY
Corvallls, Sept. " 21. A meeting
of the state lime board will be held
In Salem, Thursday, September 27.
The board has1 beeu making a care
ful survey of all avllable lime rock
with a view of establishing a quarry
In that location where the fpek can
be shipped at the least possible ex
pense. Dean Cordley of O. A. C.
said today: ''As stated In the call
for this board meeting, I think the
Information now available Is suffi
cient to enable us to select the most
favorable location."
OREGON CITY INITIATES
' ' FIHH PROHIBITIVE LAW
Salem, Sept. 21. Attorney Gen
eral Brown has prepared the ballot
title for the proposed Initiative bill
prohibiting fishing In ' Oregon
stream with flshwheel. traps or
selns. The bill I being Initiated by
Charles C. Balbcock of Oregon City
Under a new law the official Fallot
title must be prepared and be print
ed on an initiative petition before
th petition I circulated. - : .
MORE IIDY
RECRUITS ARE
WELL PLEASED
LOCAL COaOOTTEBS TBANKBO
FOB MANNER TROOPS ARB
" HANDLED
sEneuneETSCEM
TUa Monism's CocOingntt Wan
Larger aad Better H died,
v Third ADotaaeat Taeaday
The second contingent of hungry
California recruits to be served
breakfast by the local Red Croe
chapter, reached Grants Pass at
:20 this morning and ten minute
later were seated at , well-laden
table scattered through the city..
The party numbered 479 and were
from Los Angeles, Riverside and vi
cinity.,' Unlike the contingent, yes-,
terday moining, they were organis
ed in companies with temporary
company officer In charge and were
marched to and from the dining
halls In , military i formation, rather .
than straggling back and forth, each
man for himself. In this way thoee
in Charge of the party saw to it that
none were missing. At Redding, Cal..
yesterday,' a train had to be toppeT'
and ' beM while " an " automobile
brought four recruits seven mile up
the line, because of their having
missed the train. ' ' ,
The boys seemed to be well pleas
ed with the treatment accorded them
and suggested a -football excursion
from a large college more than a
military expedition against a power-'
ful enemy.':-'
The Courier I In receipt of the
following, letter dated at Roseburg
yesterday: '. :-',''
"The boy ot the Oakland division
wish to express their appreciation
of the hospitality shown them while
In your midst this morning. ' Ta
breakfast certainly nit the spot and
everyone ot us Is a warm booster
for Grants Pas. :
J. C. TORMEY. ,
, 'For the bunch.
The Roseburg Review quote L
W. Sweetland of the , Oakland divi
sion as saying: '' "We ' have been
treated royally ever since we , left
Oakland. The reception given, os
have been surprises and entirely un
expected." . The next contingent to be fed
here arrives next Tuesday morning
and will be handled . a were the
first two.
EXPLOSION IN GERMAN .
( MUNITION FACTORY FATAL
Amsterdam, Sept. 21. At least
24 persons were killed and more
than a score injured In an explosion
In a German munitions factory near
Cologne, said a dispatch received
here today.
TILL FIGHT IS WON
Washington, Sept 21. The for
mal pledge of the new Russian re
public to remain in the war Until
German autocracy 1 crushed, , waa
laid before Secretary of Stat Lan
sing this afternoon by th Russian
ambassador,' Boris Bakhmetleff. '
Details of the momentous meet
ing were not divulged but it Is
known that the envoy. In most vig
orous fashion, denied any possibility
of Russia'' concluding a eprt
peace with Germany and her allies.