Rogue River courier., October 28, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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DAILY EDITION
VOU VIII., No, IM.
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WHOLK Nl'MBEK UN.
FIRST SHOTS
BYAMEUJ
TROOPS HRED
I M1M HAM '8 AltTILIJ-.ltY AUK.
F1IUNU ON tiKKMAN TIUMH'M
AMI UM
(tint of lUscultini Air la Front
Use Trv he WIUi rreacti Vet
man ( lurn HnU War
Headquarter of American Army
In Franco, (lit. 27.--Th following
U th flri official statement (rum
American army headquarter In
France:
"lo continuation of their training
aa nuclei for Instructing other Am
erican unit to rach thla llu of the
water later, contingent from aom
of the battalion of mir flrHi con
tingent, In association l(h veto
ran French battalion, arn In Hie
front Una trenclte of a quiet etor
on thaFrenrh front.
"Thsy are supported by certain
batteries of our artillery In assoela
tlon th veteran French batterle.
"The sector remain normal t the
present time. The men have adapt
ed themselves to artual trench con
dition In moat satisfactory man
ner." The artillery of the l' nit ml titate
forces fired the first ot of our
army la ihU war at oVIikr o(
recent morning at a Merman work
Inn party, aid there hi heen inter
mittent rtcMlos sinew, ;
The sector In which the Aun-rl-Via
are worltlng t nnW of the quiet
est, at present, on the French from.
It ha not heen formally taken ovor
by the American force, but la at III
under the control of the French
army.
Blni e that flntt shell from the Am
ericans, a helllng between American
forces and the dormans has taken
place frequently. Hnf.i movlim
troop and positions of the nermann
have been shelled 1y the Americans,
the enemy returning shell for shell.
The cane of the first shell fired
will he aent to President Wilson. II
I now In the possession of General
Stebert. The bot wn Tired hy
rod-hulrcd Runner amid the cheer
of hi comrade. Tilt? Run wn one
of the faniou French "Seventy
five." "
l,ter a luncheon In the field wn
attended by French and American
Runner In celebration of the first
American contact with the enemy.
After a lime, then troop will he
replnced by Uher American.
London. Oct. '27. -Six ton of
bombs were dropped by Hi UIhIi avlu
tors on the Ilurlmch work, went or
Saarhrueken, Itliclnlhb I'riiHHln, on
Wednesday night, o.vh ii llrltluh of
flidnl aviation communication I
ttnd tonight., The cotiimiinlciitlon
add that four honlilo nlrdrome
iiIho were attacked, 45 heavy bomb
having 'been dropped and that di
rect hit were obtained on n Krnup
of hangar,
NIK REPORTED
IN
London, Oct 27. Two thotiHand
(lonnnn Infnntrymen at Cologne mu
tinied when ordered to thn Flanders
front hint week and destroyed their
ririe nnd equipment, according to u
dispatch from Amsterdam to the
Dully KxprcH. A general who tried
to cnlm them was toned. Thn mu
tineers and 2(1 of the ringleaders
were cnuvtmurtliilcd.
TBOOPS TRAINtNG IH TRENCHES
BHIWEIO
STILL DRIVE Oil
Ikitti llalg aad retain Make (mud.
tmt Gala Against the Horriy
PreMed Teutonic Force
I
London,' Oct. 27-Opeiation with
limited objective were undertaken
by the Ilrltlah and French armlei In
Flander early thla morning and
notwItbaUndlni (real dlfllcultlea
caused by weather and bad ground,
considerable proireia wa made and
valuable pool! Ion taken on the
Kreutnr part of the front atuckod.
a the Ilrltlah official atatement la
aued tonliht.
The llrltlnh troop made proRreva
weet of I'aaarhenduele. repuUlDR
two counter-attack. The Polder
hoek Chateau, which the llrltlnh
took yenterday, fell Intie Oerman
hand today.
The French are continuing their
offenlv and captured n atrlnR of
fierinaa trem-he north of thone
taken yeaterday.
In another attack on the rUht,
the vlllaR of Fllaln hi been taken,
a footing h heen nlned on the pla
teau north of Fplna de rhevrexny
and thn enemy haa been forced to
live ground north of IChapelle
Saint llerthe. Thene aucceHe aerve
materially lo bring the right wing
Into alignment with the remainder
of the front and place the entire line
lo a better position for another drive
northward toward laon.
VDOFPlfllTO
DESTROY FOODSTUFFS
. H.altl. -O. I. 1 7-Food Attaint
thUor Hoover at ght telegraDhed
lo Charle Hebbnrd food admlnlntr
tor for the Mate of Wanhlagton, de
claring he ha heen Informed of a
wldcRpread connplracy to destroy
grain upille nnd animal In stock
yard and urging that Immediate
Rtnp be taken to safeguard food
Rlinre in the northwest.
Mr. Ilehlicrd Immediately advhad
Covernor Lister of Mr. Hoover'
warning and recommended that ad
ditional guards be placed at all grain
elevator and atock yard.
ELKS WILL EQUIP
U. S. WAR HOSPITAL
. New York, Oct. 27 Itaso hospital
No. 4tl of tho University of Oregon,
will be equipped completely nt a
cost or $110,001) by the War Itellof
Association of the llenevolent and
Protective Order of Rlks, It was an
nounced here. The money will he
taken from the Jl .(inn.uiio wur re
lief fund contributed by 500, in"'
member of the order. The asso
ciation alreitdy has equipped the
hare hoHpltnl of' the I'nlverslty of
Vlnflnla.
ARE RECAPTURED
At Unit a, liu., Oct. 27. Six of the
10 German prisoner who escaped
from the alien enemy dutentlon
enmp at fort 'Mcl'hnrson . Tuesday
night, were raptured by agents of
the deportment of Justice. Five were
Inken at Currency, On., utid the
sixth, Johanna Adelhnrdt, u non
eonimlHslonod officer, was arretted
here.
HOItllFIIS IU.OW IT si i:
AND SKtTIIIC FIVF. TIIOlMWI)
Cnrml, 111., Oct. 27. Ye-; lilnv
up the safe of the First National
bank of Crossvllle, neir here, early
today, und escaped after cxrluinv
Ing shots with posses. They secured
$.",000, The explnslon wrecked the
entire front of the building. .
five eiiiio:
now Till
it
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IMHCATIO.VH AUK TP Alt NATION
HAH ItKAdlKU THK tTKKMK
(KIAIi HOt'KII VOH
f
mm win fud
Oregon I'amm Mlnlinam Vuo4 ajxl
May Ileacb Maxlaiam. Joenphine
County Kvcred tlOO.OUO
WWUaKtoa, Oct. XT. ! p. M.
liMltrMlnna are that saWrliNlloa to
the liberty loan will reach A,0K,
OtiO,000 hNalKbt or aa awm an all re
turn have been reported.. ';
Josephine county' total aiibscrlp
tlon for the second IJberty loan,
when the bank cloned at 8 o'clock
last night, were atated f 1 05.700.
Portland. Oct. 2T. At ' midnight
tonight Oregon' second Liberty loan
campaign close. ' What will be the
ultimate total? '. ,
In th hurry and acurry' at Lib
erty loan headquarter, bo one can
tall. Manager are all praying that,
In an eleventh hour outpoarlng of
patriotism, the people will' ruth to
their bank and awing Oregon up to
the required 110,000,000 ..To - do
thla It will only be necesassary for
the counllea that have aot yet made
their minimum quota to achieve1
that quota. The maximum ronn
tlea a4 Portland will take fare of
ah balance. ' " - " " -A
' The official Liberty loan total at
noon was, Just over 121,000,000.
Wallowa county 4 the ' leading
county in the Mate outside Port
land with 100 -per rent of It maxi
mum. Lake county come econd
with 113 per rent. Benton tag close
behind with 71 iter cent, a wonder
ful 11th hour record. Clatsop, with
70 per cent, 1 making a desperate
race. L'matllla 69 per cent l hard
after Clatsop. Then comes t'nlon
with 06; Yamhill 1; Sherman 61:
Wasco 60: Hood River 69: De-
chute 58; Wheeler f8; Jackson 56:
Polk and Tillamook 55; Ttaker and
Douglas : Washington and Co
lumbia 46: Harney 48; Lane It:
IJnn, Clackamn and Multnomah,
outside Portland, 41. '
The town of Power, " Oregon,
head the United States with five
tlntea It minimum quota and three
time its maximum quota, an in
spiration to th? entire state,
GREAT CAMPAIGN TO
TO HELP TEED ARMIES OE FREEDOM
WuHhlngton, Oct. 27. With Na
tional Food Pledge week upon us,
the food administration today an
nounced thnt Us army of Iinlf a mil-,
lion men nnd women volunteer can
vassers I mobilized nnd ready for
the campaign under the various state
food administrators.
Food Pledge week begin Sunday,
October 28, und end November 4.
The 500,000 canvassers reported
on a preliminary survey several day
ago that they were sure to get thn
signatures of approximately 13,000,
000 American housewives to the
food pledge. A million and a quar
ter or the country' 22,000.000
housewives already have signed the
card promising to conserve food.
This leave between seven and eight
million unaccounted for, and1 the
food administration today expressed
the conviction that all of them will
be pledged 'before tho campaign
ends.
Report show that scltool children
ate organized In many places as
volunteer assistant units to help In
the campaign to enlist all the coun
try's 22,000,000 housewives In the
work of conserving "war -foods" of
which there la a world shortage.
GENU!
REAL VICTORY
OVER LATRIS
I1KIUJX CliAIMM HIXTY TIKH K
AMI I'KIHONKlUt A1UC t'AITl'IV
Kl. ItO.HK HKIUOl'H '
ITJUU UDET HAS GES0ED
All Fwctloiui la Nation lietermlned
t4 Klgbt for Final Victory, Hut
Admit Kertoua llevemea
Washington, Oct. 27. It la re
ported that Field Marshal von
Mackennen. leader of two offensive
against the Russians, Is In command
of the Teutonic force fighting the
Italian.
The Italian statement la that the
alternative of the atruggle atj a
yet undecided, but admits that the
iltuatlon la "certainly grave. The
enemy haa croased the boundary line
between Monte Canin and the head
of the Judrlo valley onto Italian ter
ritory. The enemy I attempting to
reach an opening on the plain."
Rome, Oct. 27. The resignation
of the cabinet wa announced today
by Premier Roselll.
Washington, Oct. 27. N'o change
In Italy' foreign policy, nor weak
ening of her aggressive prosecution
of the war la expected here aa a re
mit of the fall of the Botelll cabinet.
Official dispatches from Rome today
say that before the failure of a rot
of confidence In tW chamber 8P
utiea yesterday, the Ctntire chamber
enthusiastically applauded a speech
by Foreign Minister Sonnlno. re
viewing the international situation,
calling phase of the pope' peace
proposal pro-German and declaring
the Intention of Italy and her allies
to fight until victory 1 won.
Berlin, .Oct. '27. Sixty thousand
Italians have been taken prisoner
by the Attstro-German forces and
450 gun have been taken since the
commencement of the recent offen
aiva. INDIANA 81TFRAGF. IS
KNOCKED OCT BY COVRT
Indlananolls. lnd.. Oct. 27. The
Indiana supreme court today affirm--
ed the decision of the lower court
and held unconstitutional the law
pnased by the last legislature grant
ing the right of women to vote.
Sunday, the opeulng day of the.
campaign, will bo marked by war-J
food conservation sermons by the!
country's 100,000 ministers In the
churches all over the land. The
food administration states that Ibe
response of the ministers has been
extraordinarily generous In this re
spect, j
The workers will carry cards for
those housewives who have not yet
enrolled. To each housewife who
hasn't a "Home Card," telling what
foods the government would like to
have them conserve and why. they
will present one. 1
Tho workers will explain briefly
and clearly what the government's
food conservation Idea is and what Is
asked of each housewife.
The food pledge Is not. food ad
ministration officials pointed out to
day, an effort to get the people to
eat less, but to substitute those
foods of which the country haa tto
abundance for those that are urgent
ly needed by the peoples of the al
lied countries In Kuropn nnd their
armies and ours.
President Wilson, In a letter to
the food administrator hn said: "In
(Continued, on page 4.)
PLEDGE ATI
OIIE-SIDEDHE
Medford Tram No Match fur fkroag
Klevea of Local High firhool. (
Una and Bear Mar
The sturdy - hunch' of football
player of the Grant Pn h'gn lim
ply overwhelmed the. ?lren from
Medford In their game 4i the local
field yesterday afternoon fhe local
boyi had the 'advantage of having
played one game, ana 1 outweighed
their opponent about five pound
per man, but at that, t- locale
proved their unqualified superior
ity at every point of 'at tamo.
The score of 62 to 'I J nil about
represent the real auperlorltv of the
local. They made thrdr w.m
throughout the gane, then bolng IS
point mad In each of the quarter.
While every mc ou the lwal
team played good ball In fact It
might be called an All-star" aggre
gation, special mnnt'en ahould to
maae of the fine wul: of Fred Col
Una and Howard Hears. They
rere a tower of strength to their
team. The abtence of the captain
of the local team n a real hind'
'. but one that w o-tncne by
hi team mate. ,
The Grants Pas Hie n;.- Center.
Dooth: right guard I in Uiy: t ft
guard. Smith: right taekii?. Kev
old: le tackle. VI''e right end.
Isenoe.grr; left enu. Kern: q tarter
back, t. miners: f i back, Kdjre r
ton: .-It-It iilL CMw left half.
Beaj's.
Th result I In no small way the
result of the careful coaching of
Paul Dlanchard.
"Rose" thought ao much of the
howlng made by the boy that the
entire team wa called down to her
confectionery and told to "order."
4rWt was signed today tor
a game on the local grounds with
Eugene high on THankigtring day.
eugo;e is victor
MIO AGGIES LOSE
Kerkeley. Oct. 27.' California de
feated Of A. C. at football here to
day by the score of 14 to S.
P.ugene, Oct 27 Oregon took the
University of Idaho Into her foot
ball, camp here this afternoon by
the score of 14 to 0.
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OUT OF TRINIDAD
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Oct. 27
Cyprlano Castro, former president
of Venezuela, has been requested by
the government to leave Trinidad
The general protested against being
compelled to sail at this season, but
; piepai'ing to depart, lie nttri
btUes his expulsion to American in
tervention. CNCLK SAM MAY t'LOSK
lU TTF.It PRICK IH)AHI
Chicago, Oct. 27. The Elgin but
ter board, which has set the price of
butter for most of the country, may
he closed at the government's re
quest, it was announced today.
FLOUR TAKES A DROP
Sun Francisco, Oct. 2. Flour
was a little nearer pockethook ratv-ie
today.
When the store opened here this
morning it was down 40 cents a bar
rel. " A 50-pound sack sold for
2.9.V
MilleVs declared it would be lm
posslbte to sell any cheaper with
wheat at $2.14. and some predicted
the new price could not be main
nn
hold an
connon
WOMEN DELEGATE YHOH
HOVTHKJtN OIUUO.N 4 ITD
uiMxm uric Tones
MAJT OUWJf-TOrtK EUESTS
Mlae Fox of tnhrerltjr Give Sptrar
did IManualon nt Life' problem.
Meet at Medford Next
The fourth annual convention of
th First Southern Oregon District
Federation of Women's clubs was '
held in this city yesterday. The
train from the south bringing saoat
of the delegates was lata so that th
morning session was curtailed, forc
ing th business of electing officers
for th ensuing year onto th after- .
noon session. -
The new corps of officers, as sleet
ed yesterday afternoon is:
President, Mr, E. L, Jacks of
Ashland: first vice president. Mrs.
W. p. Counts of Grant Pass: ss
ond rlca president, Mrs. J. T. Mun
dy of Medford; corresponding tse
retary, MUa,Reae Pattersoa of Ash
land;' recording secretary. Mm. R.
J. Goaroy of Medford; treasurer,
Mr. E. Fowler of Rogue River; au
ditor, Mn Corliss, of Phoenix; dis
trict organiser, Mrs. E. E. Card of
Ashland.
'Among the out of town delegate
attending taf sessions were:
From Ashland Mrs. K. D. Brigg.
Mrs. E. L." Jacks. Mrs. A. W. Bos
lough, Mrs. H. W. Barron, Mrs. B.
E. Card, Miss HM1. Purvis. Mrs. Oor-,
don and Mrs. McCrackea.
From Medford Mrs. R., J. Co!
roy. Mr. W. E.( Crews, 'Mrs. J. F.
Mundy. Mrs. Chas. Gchleffelln, Mrs.
T. 6. Heine. Mrs. C. U Cpshaw. Mm.
Ed. Pottlnger. Mrs. A. W. Clark aad '
Mis Kelllhor.
From Rogue River Mrs. O. H.
Gllmore. Mrs. Sam 8andrr, Mrs. B.
J. Horning. Mrs. E. Fowler and Mrs. '
A. Q. Earhart , ,
Mrs. T. J. Malgren of Phcenlx and
'Mrs. Clara Crawford of. Talent.
At the afternoon session, follow-'
Ing the election of officers, and the
singing of "Star 8pangled Banner." ,
'Mr. W. Frank Gtoeckner read a ."
paper on "Man's Responsibility to
Win the War, From a Woman's
Viewpoint" Rev. L. Myron Booser
spoke on "The Function of the
Women's Club In Wsrtlme," and
Miss Elizabeth Fox, dean of women
at the state university, spoke on
"What Men Uve By."
In Mr. Boozer's talk, he offered
five suggestions to the club women
as to their special opportunities dur
Ine these troublomt times- rimi
! that In as much as club women are
only a small perceKtage of the en
tire womanhood of the land, there
(Continued on page 8.)
TELEPHONE STRIKE IS
CALLED EOR MIDNIGHT
Son Francisco, (Ht. 27. 4 p. m.
The Pm iric Telephone and Tele
graph vompnny ha refused to re
cognize the women MterntorV onion.
The Washington and Oregon dele
gates declare that thla refusal means
a strike at midnlyht tonight.
San Francisco, Oct. 27. A strike
of the union telephone operators in
Washington. Oregon and probably
California ami Xevada appears to be
Inevitable. There is no Intimation
that the company will grant the de
mands made in Hen or which the
operators state that a strike will be
called at mld-nlght tonight.
Seattle, Oct. 27 Telephone work
ers here express the hope thnt fed
eral Intervention may prevent a
strike. k