Rogue River courier., October 15, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

DAILY EDITION
GRANTS PAM, JOflErtUXB OOCWTT, ORJDOwN, MO .YD A V, OCTOBER 15, 1017.
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VOL. VIII., No, aU.
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XIMKTV GERMAN WAR YKMMKIM
ASM ST THE LANDING OF
11.1 TON' THOOI'H
I'lHrittiriil lU'lUnnl to IU in .No I
mrliiuj Danger Although ltiiU'
Strategic ImIIiii A Rim led
Petrograd, (VI. . 15. German
who Unded nt Oee Ulituil, aie
pushing forward east mil south, and
are placing tha Russian fo'rc and
batteries in (ho Areiishurg dlstrlrt.
Creel penlnsulu, la m (llrrirult posi
tion. A UHtltl Ht'llllll In the Gulf of
Riga predicted followed liy an in
vasion of the mainland.
PitronrU, Oct. 15, --The Ger
mam, who landed on Oesel Inland
Saturday, have occupied tArenshurg.
i" capital of the Island, The north
ern gmup of German warship dis
patched a torpedo boat squadron be
Iwmo Oce Inland and Da o Inland,
pressing bark the Russia patroU.
The Russian naval force relnforred
thn patrol and avreptod battle,
whereupon the (iertnan ship re
tired. Berlin. Oct, IK. Itapld progress
baa been made by the Herman at
Oeael. Warahlpa shelled the Russian
batteries and allenred Ihftn. Hvorh
peninsula had been rut off from the
northern part of the litlnnd.
Petrograd, Oct. 15. Thn German
force which landed on Oexel Inland
In the flulf of Riga, under the rover
of 0 war vessels, had orrupled tip
to 10 o'clock Huturdny morning the
whole northern and eKtern part of
the Island, were within 12 versls of
Arenshurg, on the southern shore,
according to an announcement mnde
today by Oie Rusetan navnl general
a,lff. The Russian still occupy
Serel Point and the Svorb penln
aula, on the southwestern coast.
Premier Keranrky, In an urgent
appeal to the nnlllc fleet to defend
the fatherland "In this hour of
trial," divulged the fact that the
garrison of Kronstndt, the chief
fortress and military port of Tins
el a and the stntlon of the tlultlr
fleet, 20 miles west of Petrograd.
by Its altitude already hns weaken
ed the defensive resource of the
fort res.
rjttght dreadnniiKhts, a dozen light
cruisers, 40 torpedo boats and 30
mine-sweepers participated In the
landing on Oesel Island. The peo
ple of Petrograd received the news
of the occupation calmly.
The newapaper publish Interviews
with some of the cabinet ministers
nd other who agree that while the
operation seriously affects; tiussln's
strategic position, It doea not con
Xiltute an Immediate menace to the
Rusalan capital.
Premier Kerensky today sent a
telegram to the commnndor-ln-chlef
of the national arntlea In which he
Mid:
"Tell the redoubtable Baltic fleet
that the hour of trial haa arrived.
Russia expert tor her safely val
ient effort by the navy and I, as
generalissimo, demand that the sail
or make sacrifices,"
ENTENTE ALUES HAVE
Iondon, Oct. 16. The entente al
llea have Increased their shipping fa
cilities by acquiring the Royal Mall
Steam Packet company and the l.m
port A Holt Line, and the. control
ln Interest In the Argentine Navi
gation company, which, Mtnueihr.
rontrol over SOO vessel.
MOID
COAL MIIIEDS
HIT STRIKE
Heath or I lilted Mln Workers of
America Vole to full HtHke on
NrU Fritlay
Kanaaa City. Oct. 16. Keaolu
tlona rallln 'or a trlke affecting
all the mine of the Southwestern
Coal Operator aso lurlon, Invnlv
Inn nilnliii propertied In Oklahoma.
Texan, Missouri, Kansas and Arkau
aa, to begin next Friday, waa punn
ed by the praaldent and secretaries
of the mate organisation of United
Mine Worker of America here to
day. EXPLOSION AT DUPONT
Philadelphia, Oft. 16. An ex
plosion In the nltro alarcb dry
house of the DuPont powder work
at .(llhbstown, N, J occurred tbl
morning, resulting In the Instant
death of two workmen. A third
sorkman I missing, probably dead.
and another seriously Injured.
There mere only 'four woikmen In
the building at the time of the ex
plosion.
The building, which wa a email
structure and laolated from the reel
of the plant, waa destroyed, and
window In Philadelphia, 20 mile
distant., were ahattered. The com
pany official atate that there wa
nothing auspicious about tha explo
sion.
Petrograd, Oct. 15, General
Cliablovsky,' president of the com
mlsHlon of Inquiry Into the Kornlloff
rebellion hits returned and declares
Hint he does nut believe the action
of tho general constituted high trea
son, aa Kornllulf com mil led no ui't
of a nature to weaken the fighting
front. General Chnblovsky believes
life Imprisonment Is the greatest
sentence possible to Impose.
STOP PUBLICATION OF
PRIVATE CABLEGRAMS
Washington, Oct. 15. The war
department Is aroused by the publi
cation in aome parts of tho ct untry
of private cablegram from former
national guard o filters In France to
governor of states, announcing 1'ie
safe arrival of troops. 8teps will be
tnken to prevent these messages
from being sent. The department
olTlrlHla Btnte that all casualties will
be promptly announced.
CUBAN RED CROSS IS
EI
Havana, Oct. 16. The Cubun
Red Cross society, of which Mme.
Mariana iMenocal, wife of the Presi
dent of Cuba, ia chairman, has be
gun the work of equipping a 1 Cu
bed hoHpltal unit, manned by a staff
of Cuban physicians and nurses, for
active service on the western front
in France. Thla enterprise, which
will reach completion at an early
date; Is to be financed by a fund or
$1,000,000, which Cuban women
prominent In society here, have set
themselves out to raise.
Announcement of the plans of the
Cuban Red Cross followed a special
meeting In the presidential palace
here, . presided over by the wife of
the president, and attended 'by all
the Cuban Red Cross director, and
representatives of various govern-
( Continued ' on page 2.)
CHICAGO AIR CANS Will
WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Thirty-Three Thousand Base
New York Nationals in
Series-Score
Polo Grounds, New York, Oct. IV
It waa an Ideal day for a world
scries ball game In New York today,
and 13,000 wild-eyed fana witnessed
one of the moat alr-tlght ball game,
with the exception of the fatal
fourth, In the world series history.
The Chicago Americana marched
triumphantly off with the world ser
ies championship by winning the
seventh game by a score of four to
two from the New York National.
"Red" Faber pitched superb ball
for the victor. It wa an even
break up to the fourth Inning, when
13,000 fana saw the Giant's defen-
slve blow up when Zimmerman's
wild throw, Robertson' muff of fly
and a hit by Gandll score three tal
lies for the White Sox. The Olants
got their two runs In the second as
tha result of two passes and Her
tog'a' triple.
Yesterday at Chicago the Giant
came back at the White Box
and;
trounced on them to tune of three
to, two before one of the largest
crowd In Chicago's baseball history.
The New York's victory at Chicago
yesterday the betting on the serle
lui-neit from first nriris for the WhllelNew York J
Sox and then odda for the Giant,!
and when the two team marched
out on the field at New York It waa
EYE WITNESS TELLS OF HORRORS OF
TURKISH EXTERMINATION OF
'New York. Oct. 15. Burial alhe
of babies In trenchea with the bodies
of their mothers, who had been
slaughtered or allowed to perish
from exposure, waa practiced by the
Turk in their work of exterminat
ing the Armenians, It wa rieirlarcd
here today by the Rev. Henry 11.
Rlggs, misHionary of the 4m"rican
board of commissioners fje f uelgn
missions to Harput Turkey, - who
recently came back to thla country.
iA trench wa dug beside a camp (H
Armenian women, he said, and as
they met death the survivors were
forced to drag their bodlea to It and
bury them,
"The gendarme said they could
not take care of the babies that were
left behind so many of those were
burled with their mothers," Dr.
Riggs said. "When 1 visited this
camp I frequently saw Turks wan
dering about among the Armenian
picking out pretty girl and little
children to take away to their
homes. Some mothers told us that
they themselvea had thrown their
babies Into the Euphrates river rath
er than allow them to be taken to
Moslem home. Many more threw
themselves Into the river to escape
a bondage of shame worse 'than
death. -
"About 16 miles from Harput Is a
lake hidden from sight with many
ravines about It. We were told that
the Armenian exile were being
killed and left In these ravines. Two
Americans Investigated and brought
back photographs and actual fact.
They saw in a 20-mlle ride 10,000
human bodleB. most of them killed
by the bayonet. With a few excep
tions they were women and children
and the mangled condition of their
bodies showed the horrible fate that
has been theirs."
The story of the deportation of
the Armenians of Harput is one of
"perfidy, violence and murder," Tr.
Rlgga went on. adding, "It Is nearer'
to the truth to say the Turkish gov-i.,,
eminent undertook the extinction nf
the Armenian population." After
the Issue of an edict for all Arme
nians to go to Mesopotamia, he said,
there came the arrest of all the men
of standing.
"They were sent out on the road
tied together in groups of two to
Bail Fans Witness Defeat of
Seventh Game of Wcrld
Stands 4 to 2
to even break a to who the champ
Ion ball club of tbe world would be.
but New York waa the Drat to crack
under the (train and before she
collected her thoughts Chicago had
romped off with tbe honors and
McOraw's chancea for managing a
championship team had gone glim
mering like the kaiser' hopes of a
world conquest.
The crowd began to gather early
last evening, many of the fan bring
ing their blanketa and sandwltches
!for breakfast with them so aa to be
sure of a chance to see the deciding
game. By 4 o'clock this morning
: the line of waiter bad grown to be
several blocks In length and by 12
o'clock noon tbe stands and bleach-
era were filled almost to, capacity,
with the exception of a few reserv
ed aeat which were still vacant, by
the time the game started every aeat
In the stand waa taken and every
fan
wa anxious to see what the
game would bring forth
Summary
R. H. E.
iChlt' f
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3
Datterlea Chicago, Faber and
Schalk; New York, Benton Perrltt
and Rarlden.
five," he said, "driven and beaten
by the gendaame. Of tbe first party
800, one young man survived to tell
the story of what happened. The
party was taken into a ravine and
ordered to sit down, he told me.
Then the gendarmea climbed up on
the surrounding rocks and fired
with their rifles Into the crowd of
bound prisoners as long aa they
ahowed signs of life.
"The man who told me the story
succeeded In getting hi knife and
cutting himself loose. As he mhde
his dash for liberty he was followed
by a volley of shots but got away
unscathed. All the other men of
that and similar parties were ruth
lessly butchered. ,
"The women and children were
then started on the road toward
Mesopotamia in companies of two or
three thousand. By Indirect routes
they were forced to wander about
until the summer heat and disease
wasted away the majority. No
transportation was provided. I saw
one old man, who had travelled 200
miles start out to go the remaining
250 miles carrying on his back hi
pack of quilts and clothes and on
top of that his aged palsied wife,
who could not walk.
"Often the routes chosen took the
people over waterless deserts where
thousands perished from thirst,
passed through such a region where Rlm, emerltt. aged 17. a resident
thusands of bleached skeletons each0 Klrkland. a suburb of Seattle.
side of the way told the story of
waterless Journey across the plains
la August
"The people who passed through
Harput from the north usually spent
two or three days In camp within
sight of my home. T'he sights we
saw there can never be forgotten.
They were absolutely without shel
ter, day or night, from heat or cold.
The air waa unspeakably foul from
dead' bodies lying near. As we ap
proached the women and children
me .round ... like hungry wolves.
re,trant ogt ,n the one desire
for a piece of bread.
"The sick and dying lay around
under the blazing sum with no one
to care tor them, waiting for the
end. One place I saw a row of 12
dead women and children who had
(Continued oa page I.)
1 SPIRIT FUND
HOST ii:
Military Aatborlllra Imprea the
Seed of Mending Amerlraa Trouf
ArariNwl With Right Hpirlt
Washington, Oct. 16. The na
tional committee on which many of
the country's prominent men and
women are serving, nsmed by Secre
tary of War Baker to handle the
war camp community-recreation
fund, has secured the co-operation
of the Playground and Recreation
Association of America, and will
use the later organization's corps of
experienced workers In carrying out
the purposes of the fund among the
SO soldier camps scattered over the
country.
Victor R. Manning, one of the
field secretarle of this association,
explaining their plans regarding
this fund, aays:
"Army authorities visiting the
training camps In urope, and the
camps Just behind tbe firing lines,
bring home to us tbe Imperative
need of Instilling Into, tbe soldiers
going abroad from- this country a
spirit of determination to do their
best, and particularly to prevent
their getting Into the train of
thought that they are adrift, unim
portant atoma In a vast machine,
which expects of them only that
they undertake riaks and perhaps
give up their lire. It has been the
universal experience among other
recruits that those who have been
given the rousing send-off at home,
who have been shown that personal
attention which make sthem feel
that they are fighting for people who
appreciate their aacriflcea, have
been the troops that have brought
home the victories. Military authori
ties say they cannot too atrongly
emphasize the importance, of Instil
ling some such spirit into our new
troops."
"This Is a matter which the pa
ternal hand of the government can
not handle alone. They can drill
and furnish equipments, but no one
but the home people can give the
men tbe right kind of fighting
aplrlt."
' It is to carry out thla ImperMive
adjunct to camp training that this
organization, at the request of Sec
retary Baker, has asked for a small
fund from the people of the nation
Grants Pass has been asked for Its
quota which Is small. The Cham
ber of Commerce has responded that
It will be forthcoming, and It goes
without saying that the people of
the city will back up the promise
to tbe full.
IE
HI Al SUM
Seattle, Oct. 15. The Seattle po
lice will ask the British Columbia
authorities to aid In their efforts to
find the murderer of an unidenti
fied woman, whose head!. body
was found near the city lli.tlts The
woman had evidently been dead
about four months. Letters found
on the body bore a British ColumMi
post mark.
Earl O'Brien this afternoon Iden
tified the headless body aa Miss
OiO'Brlen. whose name was attached
to a note found on the body, said he
saw Miss Demerritt at a dance a
month ago. He had not seen her
since.
FORK-CAST FOR THE WEEK
BEGINNING OCTOBER 14
Pacific Coast States Fair weath
er except occasional rain on the Oregon-Washington
coast about Wed
nesday; normal temperatures.
lU'TCH SHIPPING TO
ENGLAND IS STOPPED
Amsterdam, Oct. 15. The Maas
bode says it learns that all Dutch
shipping to England haa been stop
ped on account of the pending dif
ference between Great Britain and
Holland.
iporau
LIBERTY 111
CAMPAIGN IS
ON TONIGHT
ALL 8XTIO.8 OP STATE WILL
HEAR PATRIOTIC APPEAL Br
XOTEft ORATORS
WDlUmSPFJHERE
Opera Hoiukb Khould lie Packed
With EathuUatV Kameat Par
tiitsta to Hear Mesaage
Tbe opening gun of the aecood
Liberty Loan campaign will be 11 red
tonight at the opera house ' when
State Senator Sam Garland of Le
banon and W. a U'ren of Portland
Ul apeak on behalf of the bond
sale. These gentlemen are reeo
nlzed throughout the state aa ora
tor of ability, and their message to
night Is one that should be listened
to by every patriotic citizen la the
county.
The band will be out in force and
give a concert on the atreet before
the meeting. At the meeting Mrs.
J. O. NIbley and Prof. J. 8. Mac-
Murray will each give vocal selec
tions, snd Miss Berenice Qulnlaa
will give a piano selection.
This meeting will be patriotic la
nature, In fact a patriotic rally In
preparation for the Liberty Bond
campaign.
In view of the fact that Germany
at this time is floating a great na
tional loan, the success or failure of
the Liberty bond will have a great
economic effect on Germany.-
The Liberty bonds are In denomi
nations from $50 up and the fullest
particulars concerning them eaq be
obtained from the nearest bank.
The bonds are an Investment la the
United States government They
pay four per cent Interest and up to
15,000 are free from all taxation, no
matter what the nature, and up to
any amount are free of all local and
state taxation. '
UNIVERSITY IS TO
SUPPLY INFORMATION
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oct
15. The school of commerce, of the
University of Oregon, again has
made arrangements to supply Ore
gon people with Information Intend
ed to assist in the development of
the state's commercial and Indus
trial interests.
This service now has been sup
plied to the business, nien of the
state tor the last two or three years,
and has proved exceptionally help
ful, especially to manufacturers and
exporters who are endeavoring to
reach into foreign markets. The
school of commerce is In close co
operation with the federal depart
ment of commerce and with various
other agencies that maintain connec
tions In foreign countries.
LOAN ON CHINESE RY.
Peking. China, Oct. 15. Japan
today signed an agreement concern
ing the lease of the Kirtn Cbaag
Chung railway In Manchuria. Jap
an will loan China 6.600.000 yea
for a period of 30 years at five per
cent Interest. The railway will be
under the management of the South
Manchuria Railway company!
DUTCH ADVENTURESS PAYS
PENALTY OF ESPIONAGE
Paris. Oct. 16. Mata Hart, the
Dutch dancer and adventuress, who
was found guilty by court martial
of espionage, was shot at dawn to-