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

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Newspaper Page TextA DAILY EDITION P-L Vol VIIJ., X... um. ORAJTO PAM, JOSKPHIXB COCBfTY, OfUSOON, BIN HAY, OtTOUEIt r, Itl7. WHOUC XCMBKB tlHT. SUGAR PLANT TO OPERATE 1 TUESDAY MliAU HKKIh ItlirKIYMi MT TUilX. TKtM AMI AITO TRICK All OISTBICTS SENDING HRiJSrXS 0r i Grants I'ukh recently led ttin , country In the collection of Ihe ttrmy Ku-ly Tmh HuiiilrtHl .Mrii Will H''hntrr fund. KinplueO fur et Tlilrtjf Unys Ily j lb t tali-Mitlio Nuiinr Co One Tuesday morning Ml 7 o'clock work at the I'lah-ltlal.o Sugar com-j pauiy'a Grants I' limt will mm-' anence In real earnest and lha liti-J mense allcers will box In on she. liiu ' i pU of sugar beet already at rlu plant, ami In 2 4 limin morn the high-grade granulsted sugar will lip In tha tarda for shipment. On Saturday niMin 3: tarn of beets fptim ItiA Mmlrnrit kfittlnn hail been i wnloaded and several more ears were "'" M '"J"1 lh" r""" of In h. 8. I', yard. ready for switch- lttHl nim' "l",ln r"1' Inn onto tha p. (). C. track, and! Al ""1 ' " ' airship J.out Sf.0 ton of beet had bean n..r,,'Hl M""rn northeastern llvered at Ihe factory by team andlloun,l" KmUnA. droning auto Iruck. lie h.ullng will bel1"""1" vsrlo.i point. Inrludlni rarrlad on without Hup until thai" f" ' '""u"n .ntlrp cn.p b. In tha 1,1 nn. j Wtunl Jul Iwupd. Th workln ..roa. Inrln.Unf lha Th followln ofllclul rommiinlra. nnii forra. tha factory tiiiilo),lon , br,th dy and nUbl uliirta. and """"" WP la, kpd tha tl.. ami.loyrd In tlm yard, i w 111 j 'J,',r" ' nd ""rthfaalnrn euntlaa tutnl nparly :o. bo will be am-lhl "'nln.' Tho anamy aircraft plojKd for alxj.it lo day, tha aati.tPr'''! aome dlKtan.a Inland ovrr mid run of lha lartory. lhaaa x-ountlPa. but did nit r,rry out Vord hlia bean nwlvrd by lh. "Jr g.-nimo auama. I.mi.1 fartorv ll.nl thrn. I a HbortHMpj "8' " l'r ln r,.. i.,rv Ui ll.h nl l.tuhn 't""' U " l" " droi.pad t and It l puaalbla thul.aom of thevrl"" l"ln"'- InelndlnK ....... h,. i..m it.Mi... m'niiii uiiiiii fiiri"' Umdon area. tork hora and .-ra not i.mkI. will: Th..r woro ll.a ruaiomary -nnnNorPKlan hm Kent lo Hip nihir fartorl. I,n ''"'' Tl.o people hurried tol . 1 1 1. H..t..UH... . .. .1 ..lit.... .t..llAHa Tbn nanUn nl for the day ami " "'" - nUht .blftH In ..a miln. tmi dnvjhlh er. nun filled. The on.nl ahlft .o...men.m ut 7 n. m. nnd the !. howelar. continued runnlnf.j nUbt ohirt ut 7 .. m. !Af,"r h" rnln "', Kollowlng are ll.e n.n.-M of men AMnl roura of Kun were l.eurd i . . . .. for a few iiilnntea. The aearchllKhta , (Continued on page 5.) TWO KILLED, TWO 14URT. I .on AnKelos, IM. The bodies of Kriimls l. Ano. Vusudeua dis trict, and .Mrs. Charles Jordan were found In a wrecked siftn In the outskirts of the city It Is believed the machine was hit by a street car. Nearby lay Oniric Jurdun and Minn Margaret King, Washington stsle movie artrcKS, both of them serious ly Injured. j I I'etrograd, Oct. 20. -The south ern Moon sound and Moon Island have been abandoned by the Kus alsns under the pressure of super ior hostile naval forces, It was olll- dally announced today. The statement In piirt says: "We discovered mine fields sown hy the enemy with the Intention of rtoslng to our whips the entrance to the Gulf of Riga from Moon sound, which the enemy landing at Dago Island ahow It I the enemy's desire M destroy our naval forces here." Washington, Oct. 20. Anicil an aviators In Frame flow over Ihe Herman lines dropping thniiKiinds .of I-lbett.v lean poment. GUTS PASS IS T III II. S. Completes lla (junta for New War I'mnp Community Itccr-eMllon 1 Fund rinii V mil el wo, Oct. 20. Grants I'ans, Oregon, completed l quota for the ni'w r cmiii p coiiimuiiliy nTMillnn fund yesterday, the flrnt In (tin lulled State lo t in u In it n share, II Ik niinmin imI. Camnx, THREE ZEPPLINS I'urik. Oct. One Zi'lulln was hroiiKht don In flames ' at lUubervlllers, near the Alsatian bor der Ihki night. To others were forced lo In n1. l,ontlon. (Ht. 10.- Twenty-seven a few In iwera In a Hon, but no hoHtlle air- j j craft waa aeen. It la evident the raldera were prevented from reorh IlliR the tondon dUtrlrt. I'etrograd, Oct. 20. Zeppelin iJ. shlim appeared In the Gulf of Riga nnd the Gulf of Finland Thursday night, according to ifn official com munication iMiied (onlght, Twenty bombs were ilroiHMsl on I'ernau on I the western shore of the Gulf of I lllga. Ten persons were killed. ! O.A.C. ELEVEN BESTS I OE j I'onilli'toii, Ore,, Oct. IslylH foot hull hacked by 2U. Old superior weight won for the O. A. C. here this afternoon over the University Jof Idaho by ft score of 5 to 6. The tit' in hi a i cm uisputyen u variety ot deceptive pln.vs, but were nut able to gain consistently over the heavier Aggie team. Seattle, Ot t. 20. The final score between Washington I'nlverslty nnd Whitman stood: Washington l 14; Whitman, A. Pullman, Oct. 20. The I'nlver slty of Oregon was outclassed here this afternoon In her game with the Wnshlnnton state college. The Anal score stood: Washington State, 2ft; I'nlverslty of Oregon, 3. W. W. Pl IILH ITY AtJKXT Kt'ltlllOMiKIIS IX HAY (1TY Suit Fraiicls.-o, Oct. 20, Charles RhlH','h, Indicted In Chlcngo ns an I. W. V surrendered to the police today, It !s claimed that Ashlelgh w.is pnblMty B'ent for the I, W. W. during the troubles at Kverett, Wash. FIBS UlDHir NINE MERCHANTMEN Two British Destroyers, Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish Ships Fall Prey to Germans In North Sea Three Ships Escape tendon, Oct. 2U.-To Uuiuuii raldera attunked a convoy lu the it'orth aa on Wuduvaday and aank two of the llrltlnh ewortlnn dehtroy era, It waa announced officially to day by the Hrltlith war oltlie. ' " The llrttlHh torpedo deatroyen Htiuk were the Mary.toae and the Strong liow, The offldal announcement eayi that three niorcbant veaaela eaoaoed in Uie action, but that Ave Norwe gian, one Ianlah and three 8wedlab reaaela were aunk without warning. Thirty Norwegians were, readied by patrol craft. The raldera.' which were heavily armed, allowed anxiety to escape be fore llicy could be. Intercepted v by llrltlnh force, adda the official atuteuient, and made no attempt to rwue the crew of the sunken dea troyers. i All the olfiiers and men of the Mary Hone and the Strong, 'How were loat. The statement declare untrue the Herman story to the effect that the attack occurred in the territorial waters of Ihe Shetland Inlands. The hostile raldera, It appears, succeeded In evading the ! llrltlnh watchers on dark nights on both the eu'wsrri nnd the homeward: daah. ! The admiralty statement reeds: I ' "Two Tor fiint anil heavilv armed Herman raiders at larked a convoy In the North neasabo.it midway be- . ,1.. ah.l.lJ (nit. .lu m-A iU const on Wednesday, BUT RETURN TO WORK Scuttle, Oct. 20, Telephone girls numbering about 800 went, on a strike at 2 a. m. today but returned to work a mil n at a. m. when bus In ens tAaent W. K. Delaney tele graphed from San Francisco thai employer had agreed to settle their demands for higher wases. Tacoma. Oct. 20, Fourteen tele' uruiili operators wulked out this morning but were gotten back to work when notified that a truce had been declared. n I'KHSIHTKXT SKNTIXKLS ri,.CKII r.MIKU AKKKST Wushlngtoii. Oct. 20. Silent sentinel of the women' party re sumed picketing at the White House today. Pour women were placed under arrest. , HTATK. KIMIS 1XVK8TKII IX LinKltTY 1IOX1IH Salem. Oct. 20. State Treasurer) Kay today Invested' $100,000 of the state Industrial accident commis sion funds in Liberty bonds. Medford, Oct. 20. School Super intendent lllllls has agreed to with draw the school history, "Dawn of American History In Europe," by I'rofcsMor N'ida, from the schools at tbn request of. parents who claim that the book Is pro-German. Some aiiifgewt that the books be collected and burned, but ngreed not to do so If he hook was Immediately sup-:i'osFed. Two llrltisli doxtro era, bis majesty's ships Mary Hot, Lleutenaut Com mander Charles Fox; and Strong Row, Lieutenant Commander Klw. llrooke. which formed the anti-submarine escort, at once engaged. the enemy vensels and fought until they were sunk after a short and unequal engagement. "Their gallant action held the Or r man raldera sufficiently long to enable three merchant vessels to ef fect their escape." ' Berlin, Oct. 20. A copvoy of 13 veeaels bound from Norway to Eng land was attacked by German light naval forces on Wednesday, with the result that all the ships of the con voy and the protecting vessels. In cluding two British destroyers, were sunk, with the exception of a small fishing steamer, says a German ad miralty statement Issued today. The German forces suffered no loss. The text of the statement reads: t)n Wednesday light German sea fltfhtlng forces In the northern part of the North sea. within territorial waters In the neighborhood of the Shetland Islands, attacked a convoy bound from Norway to England, consisting of IS .vessels. Including by way of protection two modern British destroyers, 0-I and G-SL "All the ships of the convoy and the protecting Teasels, Including the destroyers, were destroyed with the exception of an escorting fishing steamer. Our fighting forces retnrn- ed without loss or damage." SECOND LIBERTY LOAN Washington, Oct. 20. Subscrip tions to the second Liberty loan are $2S,000,000 Jtbort of the two billion dollar mark tonight. Washington, Oct. 20. Uberty loan subscriptions are expected to amount to $2,000,000,000 tonight. General apathy "extending from the middle west southward into Texas, and eastward to the Atlantic sea board," Is causing greatest concern. TO Portland, Oct. 2U. Indications are that the ship yard strikes here and along the Columbia river will end Monday. The three largest unions have voted to return to work under the federal adjustment plan. IIKKW CAMIMTTI LS RKLKASF.II FROM JAIL Seattle. Oct. 20. prew Camln ettl, who was recently paroled from McNeil Island, was released yester day, ' COLVMI1IA niOTKSTS UVTHLKSS KIHM AWNING Washington. Oct. 20. The Co lombian senate today passed resolu tions protesting Germany' ruthless submarining. t IIAY OK I'UAYKU KOIl AMKKICAX HmivKM 4- - 4 Washington. October 20.t -4" President Wilson has proclnlm- 4 ed Sunday, October 28, aa a 4 day of prayer for the success V of the American arms. R. L SURVEY COHTinUES Knglneera Xm at lite Apod-gate I'oat Olllce iuiiI Continuing up the AilKalr Kivrr ' The force of engineers under the direction of Chief Enginetr llenj. U Campbell, who are making a sur vey or the proposed railroad to the Ulue Ledge mine, are now at Caiup 3, near the Applegate post office, and will continue on up the Apple gate river for some distance, the work probably requiring another two weeks. ' Then will commence the checking up and the establish ment of the permanent Hues. The permanent location will depend in some measure on the securing of the right of way, which la under the directloa of E." V. 'llelller. No diffi culty la expected in securing - the rights of way aa the farmer of the Applegate section realise the Im mense benefit to be derived from the building of a road through that dis trict and they are willing to co operate In any way possible. , The gentlemen who are at the head of the project state that they are not taking options on any of the lands a they are not In the land bun In ens, their proposition Is a rail road proposition pure and simple and If anything Is to be 'made by the Increase In the price of lands the farmers and land owners are the one to be benefitted by such rise In value. The securing of right of way has alread begun. -1 - TIWE FOR AMERICAN ; SElf-DEIJIAL AT HAIJD i. - - . Chicago. Oct 20. food Control ler .Hoover has issued a formal warning that a sugar famine is upon the country, and the moment ot America's self denial In the matter of this food has arrived.. SI IIMARIXKS ;KT OXK MOHK AMKKICAX SCIHMIXKK London, Oct. 20. The American schooner Jennie K. Kighter was sunk by an enemy submarine Tues day off Cape Vlllano. Spain. The crew was landed safely. E MEN ARE LIBERAL American Training Camp, France. Oct. 20. Subscriptions totaling sev eral millions have been made to the second Liberty loan by the Ameri can soldiers on foreign soil. w Josephine coutny, Oregon, is one of the really patriotic counties of the state and of the west, and we be lieve, makes a better showing than any other county in the west In the number of Its enlisted men now in the various branches of the govern ment service. Through the kind ness of Sergeant P. J. Bauer ln charge of the recruiting office at Grant Paas, and Luther Tingley, his assistant, the Courier I able to publish the following list of men re-mlted through the Grants Pass office, the total number being 195. There are a dosen or more among the commissioned officers and In the naval reserve. There are also others who were recruited In the county by officer on recruiting excursions, which are not -included in this list. as the reports were sent in direct ana not tnrougn tne Grants rnss nea a quarters, tne total numoeri reaching about 375. The following were recruited (Continued on page S.l II TORPEDO CRASHES INTO i fiKVKXTV' IJVtiH ARK VOtft W HK.X TKAXttHOItT ANTILLES ; KK KIVKH UliOW ' All Amiy and Xaval Offlrer Aboard Am Saved; Sixteen Soldien Lose Uvea 1 1 Washington, Oct. 20. Later fig ure to the war department showed a lost of 70 Uvea on the transport Antilles, sunk by a torpedo which crashed Into the engine room tnlk head.' One hundred and sixty-aevea were saved. Sixteen soldiers and several enlisted men returning home were among the victims. The ship waa convoyed hut the submar ine was not seen. The casualty list Is not yet available. '' .The ship, a former Ward liner, was under convoy by a naval patrol when 'attacked. The submarine waa not seen nor waa the torpedo, All naval and army officers aboard were saved and all but three of the ship's officers, but 11 soldiers out ot 33 aboard were lost. Those lost Include Walker, third engineer officer and Boyle, O'Ronrke Junior engineer officer. Navy men R. L. Klniey,, second etas seaman, IWater Valley, Mis,; J.- -W. Hunt." second las aan. Mountain Grotre, Moj; C. L. "Au burn. radio electrician. New Or leans: H. F. Watson, radio electri cian. Ruthland. Mass. The name of the soldiers and of the merchant crew missing cannot be determined until the muster roll in France of those on board ha been examined. Further details will be made public by the navy department as soon as tbey are received. No army units were aboard the vessel. Such officers and men of the . army as were aboard were being sent home on special assignments. Invalided home or those to he dis charged for tome reason or other. The list of these will not be avail able until It can be obtained from General Pershing In France. . The army personnel aboard retnrning ships is not communicated to the war department ln advance. LIF.VTENAXT SUICIDES AT VAJTCOCVTB RIFLE RAXGR Vancouver, Oct. 20. Lieutenant McCoy. 14th Infantry, was founa dead In his tent at the rifle range today with a bullet through his brain, a revolver was lying beside him. Ill health and despondency are believed to be the cause of the lieutenant's rash act. INMATE KltOM MVLTXOMAH KHCAl'KS FROM ASYLL'M Salem, Oct. 20. Kamel Pres.er, committed from Multnomah county to the state asylum, escaped today while working In the kitchen ff the Institution.' . TO BE CLASSIFIED Washington, Oct. 20. President Wilson has approved the new Crow der draft regulations governing the selection of the remainder of the registered men for the national army. The regulations call for the class ifying of every man not yet drafted, and to postpone the drafting of those most needed In the industries and those having dependents. I F1TZIMMONS WORSE Chicago. Oct. 20. Robert Fltitlm- mons Is slightly wor.-e today. I