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DAILY EDITION
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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.
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