Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, October 30, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EDITION VOOU VIU., No. HT. GRANT! fAM, JOUPUINB CXXJITT, ORI0OON, Tl'KHIUY, OCTOBER 80, 117 WHOLE NVMBKB SIM. TO HOLDS ! HARD PRESSED DEFENSE UN i JTAUA.NN AI'PKAIt IX) UK HTIK. FKNINU Til Kill DKrKViK TO POVYKIlrTL IHUVK . TEUTONS WW il REAL VICTORY Om of In iUrni Telling Mows of War l Mm krimro'i Iu4 On. HiJtughl Again Italians Washington. Oct. IV. The Ital ian rraUunce to the Autro-(ierman Invasion U apparently ntlfTcuIng General Cadnrna It preparing to re form hi force along a Mrong de fensive linn at the Tagllamrntn river. The rnttre litonto line haa ln turned and the Carno poiltlona hav been given up to the vlctorlou Teu tona who are now before t'ndlhV, the former general headquarter of tha Italian army, , Today's report from nerlln doe not mention any additional prison era which mean that the fore of their blow haa been apent. From the head of tha Oulf of Trivste' northwurd along the Iwinto front to beond tolmlno and thence weaiward through tha Carnlo lAlpt region to tha Ploeeket Pa, forming rh eaatevn and northeastern boun daries of the AuMtro-ltallan war front the German and Autro-llun-rartan troopa are operating awlftly and strongly against the Italian In ajk aodearor la .eru tha. force of Oneral Cadorna. la tha pre wentwnrd from Gor 1ila, the nermann huve raptured the town of CormonM. 10 mile to the southeast of I'd In (i and the entire Italian Una southward to tb head of the Adriatic In reported In re treat. . In addition to the wedge driven Into the Italian front In the eaet nnd northern!, the Teuton alllea have started a third wedge In the, north through Ploecken Pah, their hope l . being to cut off the retreat of the greater portion of Cadnrna' arm ten moving went nnd onthwet. Military nuthorltte here have not disguised their anxiety hh . pre re port showed the ltnllnn wavering under the crushing blow of the ene my. Satisfaction wa found tonight In the announcement from Iondnn that tep hnd been taken by the; Wench and British to upport the ltnllnn front. There was no Indica tion of whnt operation that an nouncement tnlglit foreshadow. In hi weekly summary, made public today, Secretary linker said Italy wn pnsHlng through a critical moment. The statement wa prepar ed brore the full extent of the at tack had developed, but It Indicated the opinion in military elide here that General Cndornn might find It neceHMiir.v to surrender much of the ground recently won by hi force i when only the Austrian faced them. The belief prevail here that the . underlying motive of the German high command, which I directing the attack, and ha furnished the men and gun for the drive. I a purely political one. Ixmdon. Oct. 30. A dlputch to tho Exchange Telegraph from Rome aya It I reported from llerne that tho Autro-8wls frontier again hn been closed and that the Herman are hurrying reinforcement to the Italian war front. LOOKS LIKE STEEL CO. New York, O.t. 30. The direc tor of the United Htnle Steel Cor poration declared an extra dividend of three per cent on tjio common to gether with the regular nrterly diuur anient. I IS MUhaolla Haa Mhort Miift At Head of Government. Ilerumr Prim MlnlaU of Prunl Aniktrrdum Oct. 14). 4 nuit Georgw rosi Herding, lUvarla prime minister haa been aHolnlel Impec Ul chancellor. Former (ImrtoHlor Mtrhanll hat hern earned rtme ml elate nt lruala. i Amsterdam, Oct. 30. Chancellor J .Mlrhaelli' realgnatlon ha been ac cepted, according to a report reach Ing here today. Chancellor Mlchaella handed hi realgnatlon to tha kler neveral day ago, according to report which wa cabled from . Amsterdam. Tha kalaer delayed action and It had been reported that ha would rfua to "Cpt tha realgnatlon. FEDERAL 1 MAY SETTLE STRiXE tan KraArlaco. Oct. 30. The ma' chtnery of the federal government haa atarted to move to avert the threatened telephone alrlke on the Pacific roast which had been Hor tomorrow night. Conference art being held to pare tha way for Immediate action n poo I he arrival here ofA'erner Z. Reed, of Denver, appointed by Sec retary of Labor Wllaon a federal medtetor. He I expected tonight. TO PROSECUTE WAR Petrourad. Oct. 30. Korelcn Min uter. Toreate-banko, In addrewtlng the preliminary parliament today, wild that a aeparate peace wa lm poiotlhle and that the defenne of Rum iun territory wa the one fund mental need of the hour. IS With American Troop 1u Km nee. Oct. 30. The flrt American to be wounded In the trenches ha arrived nt n Imne honpltal. lie I a lieuten ant In the algnut corp. He - bit In the leg by a Mplinter from a nhell. TO DISCHARGE ALIENS Now York, Oct. 30. -A letter warning nil proprietor of hundred of Mhlpyarda, dry dock, machine shop nnd factorle to discharge alien enemies that were being em ployed, before November I, wa ncnt out today by If. 8. Mnrnhnl Power of Brooklyn. IS ETI linker, Ore.. O.t. 30. The 1'hll-llpR-Inulc IrVlmitlon project, on the lower Powder, ' the largcHt prlvme j project In linker county, . Ik uliuo.it completed. Work now finished Hiire storage nuil dirt, Ihutloii of j ;itHclent water for over "(,0(ltl acres j with additional diium and catfTls iprojn'ted for next year, to ralne the j total to around 30.0UII acres. ,Thc promoter or the project lire Htock men. A. N. Ingle nnd P. A. Phillip. 1 n II 0 WILL n Hlf FOR FOOD PLEDGE MM ML CAMPAIGN IM'ltl.N'U MMr VKII UK UKI.VG WrXU II Ml.r:i) IIY tM.MITT:K Hlmlt Help la Aaked. HmaU In the t ait. Hut of Mighty Importance If AH Itrapvod Jonephlne county" campaign to help the nation by aeeu ring food connerratlon pledgee from her houHfwlven, la well under way. That part of the campaign entruated to the K'hool children wa done laat week owing to the achool belnt cloied for three day thla week. The membership tarda were not then available, aa the aupply from Port land had not arrived. Hut Thurs day morning a committee from the Women' IMfene league will atari out to rover thU city -by a home to hou canvaa lecurlng pledge and leaving window card. Thla work I under the direction of Mr. E. K. Olanchard, Mr. W. W. Canby and Mr. J. R. Hair. The country district have been divided Into four section with one person In charge of obtaining the pledget from each district. Mr. Alice Bacon will look after the Ap plegate and Wllrlam Creek valley: Judge Gillette will have the north era section of the county V .is charge: R. L. Coburn, the section west of the city. Including Hugo and Rulico. and C. D. Thompson,, the Il linois valley. Many sections of the country are returning report that are nearly one hundred per rent. Chairman Sam Haker hopes tbat-th-U county may nearly If not quite, equal these record. Portnlnd. Oct. 30. The big drive la on. 'A an evidence of thia fact, the office of food administrator W.i II. Ayer 1 teeming with activity and there la bustling intereat equal to an election headquarter when return are pouring In. Already the returns of the number who have nlgned the (Continued on page ) - GERMANS ADVISED WITH LESS GREEKS WERE Allien, tireete, Sept. 20. (Cor respondence) Ureck authorities have received Information which convinces them that not alone the Turk but hi Cernian advlHor were responsible tor the deportation of Oreek from Turkish dominion, a a consequence of which 700.000 have Buffered persecution or death. An account of the persecution of the Greeks which ha been given to the Associated Prena states: "The method of depopulation adopted has been very similar to the method adopted with regard to the Armenian races. During the night. armed irregular troops of the Turk ish army would form a cordon around the doomed district. The In habitant would be awakened by mean of bells and ordered to evac uate the village In ten minute, for military reasons. No extension of time wa allowed, one object being that the victim should not bo able to take nnythlng with them, either food or goods. In the event of de lay, the troop drove forth the tr r'flert people at the point of the bayonet. "The moment that the people hnd Vine, horde of bandits and Irregu lar soldiery poured' Into the empty vlllnirc nnd looted nnd burned the houses In a frenxy of deduction, while the Inhabitants, old men. wom MAKE QUOTAS IN BOND SALE 1-Oim.A.Vn GIVKH A UTT1JC MOJIK THAN ILtU' HTATKH TtJTAL AMOV.VT SOUTHERH DRE60N DOES WELL Many (Itiee Exoeed Their Allot meat. Final Tvtala for Nalkm Will lie Oivea Tharaday Portland, Oct. JO. Oregon's tout subscriptions to the second Liberty loan were 115.330,450. Of this aunt, Portland subscribed I1J,56,330 or a little more than half. The minimum quota assigned to Oregon was $18,000,000. The max imum whloh the government hoped the state might raise, was 130,000. 000. The counties which attained this maximum quota were ' .Benton, Union and Wallowa. The counties which attained their minimum quo tas but not the maximum were, in the order of their percentages Umatl.Ma, Lake. Clatsop, Tillamook, Grant, Columbia. Jackson, Lincoln, Wheeler. Wasco, Yambill, Coos. Deschutes, Clackamas, Douglas, Hood "River. Sherman. Crook. Polk, Lane,- Washington and Morrow. Southern Oregon cities and towns, with the percentages of the minimum quotas attained by each, are: Pow ers. 623; Jacksonville, 217: Central Point. 222: Canyon City, tlo.; Rid dle, 117; Lakertew, 13: Eagle Point. 1t4; Medford. 132; Ashland. 120: Talent. Ill; Roseburg. 126; Port Orford, 115; Sutherlln. 100; Marebfleld. 100; Coqullle. 9R: Grants Paaa. M:: Rogue River, 79; Klamath Falls. (3: Brookings. 2; Merrill. 7: Gold Hill. 48; Butte Fall. 30. The cities having the best record of the state, in their order are: Power, 623; Moaler, 227; Sea- Me, 269; Wheeler. 264; Westfall.! 251: Rainier. 235; Bridal Veil, 229; Jacksonville. 227: Central Point. 222: Echo, 218; Carlton. 212; Aumsvllle 200; Wallowa, 200; Wheeler, 193; Canyon City, 1190; Sandy. 189; Lafayette. 187; Philo math, 186: Corvallla. 186; La Grande. 183: North Bond, 175; Cloverdale. ITS; ;Pendleton. 172; j Enterprise. 172. TURKS WHEN HELP DEPORTED FROM HOMES en und children a well a the able iiudiod, were on the march. "Soon after the march began, the process of extermination begun to be put into effect.. Men were sep arated from their women and chil dren, nnd parties were made up for a trek to various places, usually lo cation in far-distant part of Asia' Minor. Needless to say, few of these partloa ever reached their destina tion, being gradually killed off by exposure or starvation. Thousands died in barren desert lands. With out food or drink, and poorly clad, a speedy death at the hand of the soldier would have been welcomed by many. The soldiers, however, seldom attempted direct killing at this stage, except of refugees who at tempted escape, the soldiery gener ally being content to lot hunger and thirst and exposure do the work of extermination for them. "The lot of tho women nnd chil dren wa tho usual one, which has been described many times in uc counts of the Armenian deporta tions. Helni? defenseless, they fell a prey to the first passer-by. Any Turk along the way who fancied u child or n youn? woman, merely took possession, nnd thousands of yount Greeks aro now Interned In Mussul luan villages. To abate this scandal, the Turkish government bad he FEKE DISPUTE CAUSES HURDER Eagle 1'oiat tanner kills Nelghtor Iju4 Night Over Hood aad rYare) TMffrrenreo. Harrradrrs - Medford, Oct. 10. W. JC. Butler, a farmer living near Uagle Point, 13 uhlea north of thla city, ehot aad killed Donald Stuart last night Stuart was aa ' unmarried farmer who lived nearby. The trouble arose over private roads and fences. Butler telephone to the Medford police about 10 o'clock last night that he bad shot a man out In his yard and asked that help be sent at once. Sheriff Jennings with one of the Medford police officers hasten ed to the scene. Butler gave himself up at once. . v Stuart lived for several hours, but died before morning. ;;e ra IS ARRESTED AS fi San Francisco, Oct. 30. An al leged plot to steal the plans of the submarine now under construction for the United State government at the Union Iron works here is being Investigated, following a raid today on the home of John KulcliS, a riv eter at the plant. Kulcllff took pho tographs la the ship yards and had them developed at a drag store. ' NF.W ITALIA CABIJTKT HAH BRKN SKLKfTKD Rome, Oct. 30. Minister of the Interior Orlando' was' believed ' to haver completed the everw ItaHan cab inet lata this afternoon. Formal an nouncement was withheld. AliD MAKE GET-AWAY Seattle, Oct 30. Two masked robbers, with drawn revolvers, forc ed their way Into the apartment oc cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Milton Broadwell on Pike street, bound and gagged them both and stole $900 from Broadwell' . pocket. They made their escape In an automobile. NY Tl BUT FEW ARE LOST l.oudon, Oct. 30. In the house of common today Premier Lloyd George .said that since the beginning of the war 13,000,000 men had been J transported with a loss of only 3,300 1 and that of these only 2,700 -had j (been lost through enemy actions. EOR NEW POSITION Washington Oct. 30. Russell C: Uftingwell. a New York lawyer who hn been assisting Secretary McAdoo aa special counsel ia the Liberty bond flotation, hat been appointed Assistant Secretary of the treasury, assuming one of the two office created by the last congress. police collect hundreds of these wretched persons and concentrated them nt Pant-aldl. where their fate I nut yet known." It is declared that, a a result of these deportations, nil Greek com munities have been eliminated in the Thraclan region of Detnottra. S.ifll, Istrnnja and Eregll, from the count of the sen of 'Marmora, from the peninsula of Artnkl, from all the villages alms the Bosphorus and from the const of the Hlack ea. PROMISE TO BUILD ROAD DURING YEAD NEW RAILROAD PItOSBCTKD .TO BIA'K LEIKiK MJXH3 8 All) TO UK ASAl'RKD ua sisaiou ebvbiej 1 tight of Wa Are Rapidly Relax Secured aad Estimate for Ma terials Ara Beiac Aaked "You may now tail the people that the railroad will be built, aad that construction work will be car ried oa during the eotolng winter," said E. F. Helllere and BenJ. L. Campbell, who have been working on the Blue Ledge railroad project tor some time past. They state they have assurances from the east that the project la a good one, that It aaa all the elements necessary to a good business proposition, and that the road will be built The war wl!l hare no effect except to stimulate the building, aa the war price for copper make the road almost a ne cessity. , -V v Incorporation papers have not yet been filed, but the road win fee known as the Siskiyou it Wester. The surveyors bare mow. rly completed the preliminary work for the Ant unit, which will be entirely la Oregon, extending to the CaMfer- ata line at Seattle bar a distance of 44 miles. The detail work, reoolr Ing couple of weeks, will fellow, and then, -whea tt the rtfjWsw w v are secured, the actual construction will be commenced. T. F. Helllere, who is In charge of the securing the rights of way, state that they hare been secured for about six miles from this tty, and many pieces further, on. He . also states that the final location of the road will depend upon the securing of certain rights on the upper Ap- plegate. Estimates tor material are bow being asked, and no difficulty la ex pected In securing all neceaaary ma terial without unnecessary delay. Copenhagen, Oct. 30. German newspapers print the first official re port from the American army ' in France without comment except sar castic emphasis on the fact that they are in a "quiet sector" of the front. sKVKIUI, lAVS 11KI)HK SPANISH rAIUYKT .AMHD Madrid, Sunday, Oct. 28. King Alfonso held conferences with var ious pol'tlcal leader during the day, but the solution of the cabinet crisis promise to consume several days. It Is not expected that the new cabi net will be announced before Tues day. CLi Montreal, Oct. 30.-The tock market failed to open this morning. It has been closed because a num ber of brokers were In danger o' ruin on account of the holdings or. hand which they were unable to dis pose of In the recent unfavorable markets. It has been decided to close tho market for a time and re-open It to ter with minimum prices fixed for a number of secnritiei.