Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, November 04, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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GRANTS PAM, JOMEPHINB COUNTY, OHKOON, Hl'MAV, NOVEMHKB 4, lIT.
WHOLE MMflKH MM.
GERMAN LINE
PUSHED BACK
mi rnrunii
bl rntlNUn
llerlln, Nov, a. The capture of
UKTKMT WITIMHT IVTHU. jAleilcan miWlsrt ,,y , til,rniun tec.
MCHTXt K MMN IvMvMY ounolt rrluu parly ha been antioiiiic-
j mI by the war offloa. TW statement
Hint mi I lie It hi no marine maul
roruru t ivr ion dip piilo u "'""'i ,,f reconMoitering thrust,
rncNtn I Me 4lu Bib uUilo,'",r,h "' ...idler.
, 'brought In.
Teutons llurM llrlihjt ArriMa Alletl
IUve In llnlrral to Mould Itttnk l
llu- stream
arp
Part. Nov. 3. -The French
advancing between Mm rauul
MIII
tlm roalon aroiiml Corbeny and have
r..,...h.,l the ...nih hunk of the Allelte
river, the (iertmtn lotiealliiK to the;f," Ani.-rl.Bn prlaonera In (iermanjleial. mi arm of the Nonh aea. and
north hank. ileelr.O Itiit the brldgea ft,'H- that prlaonera are l-lnii brought In.
roi.a the Allette In their rireat.
Since t.tolr S3 the Prenvh hnve
k.i..u.l . ,.r All l.iu w 1 1 ii hiiiI
mi'kuiru ti'iN. - "
7:0 machine icuna.
llerlln. Nov. 3 The Herman havej
retrcaied frnm pnlnl alona the
t'hemlu-.leii-lhimea In the .Mhiih mic
tor o the front In rfiince, aconlliiK
to the nltli'lal nommunl. iitlun IhniiciI'
I lint evenliiu. The puiiimiinl atlon
Klvea no rciiKon for the maneuver,
but eaia It n mn.le diirlim Tii"
lny nlaTlit 'ayatematlrally and without
Interferetirw hy the Kiench troop".
llerlln. Nov. 3. -The eauleru bank
of the Tnxlliinirnto river from the
I Vila valley to me A.irinur aea nan
been cleared of Italian.-arcordlng to
Hie lierinnn om.-tai imiiiiiciiiimi.
lued today. On the mid
lower aei'lnra of the Taullumento ih
Teuioulc nrmliiH are In flKhtlng con.
tact with the Itullnnii, who have
been holding out along the enatern
bank of the Tiiglliimentit river, either
were compelled to retire or nuide
primmer.
Hiiuu.uiry of 0htiiIiii
The Oertniin lime rrtreiited from
pulnlH along the hlHtorlc t'hemln-dea-Inline
m-i'tor on the AIkiiu region In
Frame, where for evral months. ,
the French troop of tletierul Petnln
had been keeping them to task. .lust
w here (he retrograde' movement took
nli.ee und bow far.lt extends ctiitnot 1
yet be told, as the (lerman nflldul
ciiiniiiiinlcatlon iinnounclug It merely
snya the Teutons' unnoticed and tin
disturbed hy the enemy." syHtemtttic
allt withdrew their line from the
Vtiitw imai In 4hla sA.lt(in Th en-
tire line to the north of the Alsne.;ert h" 'WUml the en
where the tlermans were laat
ed a. facing the French, is undulat-
.
Ian to charucter from the olaon
aeitor eastward to the vicinity
Craonne, and thereroro. It Is Impo- """ - - -
alble for the rather terae account ot;l,H
the withdrawal to delimit the terrain j
which ha been given up.
Nevertheless It seems apparent
that the Oerman tired of the ter-j
rlble ordeal they had heon forced to
undergo, 'for some time from the!
French artillery and violent Inrantry 1
attack, have decided to fall back
upon Iaob. capital of the department
of the Alsne. which with Ua nntwort
of railway haa been the quest of the
French. It la possible that the with
drawal of the flermana will compel
also the falling 'back of the Oerman
foreea In the tura of the battle line
In the region rnnlng northward to
St. Quentln. If. Indeed. It doea not
effect the Orman position a far
north na Arra. . :,1 '' '
B TAKE 3 IMS
E
' ' division of the United Stifle food
ndmlnlHtrutlon announced here to
Uitiden, No. 3. llrltlsh force In night that, effective Immediately mll
soiithuiistern Pnlimtlue iitta kcd M10 lers, exiorteis and blendora of flour
Turkish lines defending the pity of, with Knropenn eouiTirlcs Ik prolillil:
t'lufn, takltiR -the tranche a on n S.oOO.chI.
yurd front. Thre Icinilred irlnn- This business will be hnn-tled horc-
PtH am! flvi tv.achlne sun wnreN;'?e only uy ttu Tend ii;lnil!ils;rr.-tj';r-,
-n, '
U. S. SOLDIERS
ARE CAPTURED
tic-riii.iny lbMirt rapture of North
American Hnl.lleni by lUliling Par.
lie. WnnhliiKlon Mllrnt
Washington. Nov. 3. None of
jOnnernl Pershing' dispatches men.
IIiiih tliH riiilurn of American sol-
illr dy l lit (itTiiiaiia, but the offi-
rlulK here liti not doubt the Herman
u n mm in cnicut , aa thorn have been
I ii Id I ii n parties seen In th section of
Irenrliea o riiplod hy the Americana.
The KoviTiimont haa arraiued to care
Tim Khlne-Marn ranal run.
normeaaiero rranre. croa..ea
r ii'iicu .ruin iitrnr iiip mvi iiimu
bonier. 20 mllea nortlieKt of
;vllle.
SHEEP HERDER DIDN'T
.S.
" I
Cortland. Nov. 3. Kate Wilson,
.central Oregon Hheepherder. who haa
l',,,n ""I" '"" 20 month and.
' nut Know me i lined Hiarea waa;
- - .
" flacker when he came to loB.lllwI1 4.owmprre raldpr crwcMilH anflf""' women. They have nromked td
me armed trawler have been unk
U.ough he never aaw ,,l. nor .he,bv , H.an(nliv,un
.". He wnta to lnvet hi mv- f )y mn m Uh
i"" "i ...... i,im.mi
SUNK IN WAR ZONE
j .WB
Itlo lie .lanelio, Nov
"ranlllnn stenmsUips. the Acar. and
tn" limiruhy, were torpoilued In Ku-
ropcim water. It la officially an-
nonnced. There waa a losa of t
killed and four InJuVed.
"i.uiKltTIKH" Nt PKItHKHK
THN WHIHMXO IUNu!.
. I
Pi'liillelon. Ore.. Nov. 3. The lib-
rtiHirt-irm"rm,,n n"K
In Pendleton. One
"" "" ,n
hPftm luai tfi I'An urouatnlntl h la hrllA.
'"" 7 "' " " '"
i uliia nt li Hi ttVfilia n iro It t tt t rln ir If '
U. OF 0.111 FOOTBALL
rortland, Nov. 3. 7:15 p. m.
The following football scores bad
been received here up to 1 o'clorli
this evening:
Amherst 14, Columbia 8. ' '
Notre-Daut'e 7, Army 2.
Illinois 0. Chicago 0. - ,' .
California 37, Washington 0.
Oregon Unlveralty. 0, U.8. Ma
rines 37.
Washington .State 19, Idaho 0.
M1L1.KK TII.AOK WITH
FA ItOPKANH lltOllllllTKIi
New York. Nov. 3. The moling
NAVAL RGHT
IN KRESS
NORTH SEA
IIUITIHII KLKKT HINKH (.'HUMAV
( III IKKIt A.l l OTIIKIt PA
TltOI. IIOATH
PRISONERS BEING BROUGHT IN
Thirty MiimlxTa of Crew of tirrmao
frills .Maria Are KHIsl Other
flellevctl llrtuuisl
I million. Nov. S. The admiralty
haw announced that certain British
force have been engaged In tlie Cat-
The a.lmlialty bun announced thatj
(
I.nne-i''r"lw,r' w,Me ,unk'
i Umdon, Nov. J. Thirty men of
the OiTiuun auxiliary crulaer Maria
of Klenahburg wore killed In an en
iKUKement with ilrlii-oi i.ohI royer.
I The Murla met the Itrltlah dntro-
era lit mlli-n north of Kulton, and
opo nod file. The llrlllli deatroyeri
anawered and In 10 minute lh
Marl wa ablaite. Thirty of the
crew of HI were killed, the reat took;
to biMila. It I believed they wir"
reamed. 0
(.....nhuuen. Nov. 3.'-The C.er
iDiuiIhIi bliN, who miiw' the alnklng.
'They Ntute that they aw the aiiip
burning and later kmw them ink..lle Ie vlctlma of the terrible "Prua-
! The frocodlle carried a crew of'wn Ryatem" of atarvatlon. If It lie
100 men.
i Klsimir, iK'iiiuni'K, Not. Wound
ed men from Hi. i liermun auxiliary
cnilher whii-h wna sunk in the North
sea, were landed here. .
London, Nov. S. An electrically
untniled high speed boat attacked
, llrltlsh vessels putrolllng the Itel-
jglun coust toduy. The boat was des-
troyed by the Urltlsh.
STlMMiKlt.MAX HUM KS
PltKSSINti ITALIAN
I.KKT
Home, Nov. 3. Austro-Oci inan
pressure waa more noticeable yester
day on the loft wing of the Italian
armies on the Tagliumnnto line. The
Italian detained the Teutons at-
. ... .... . ...
tempi to reain tne ngni nang or tne
Irlver.
I ' ,., , ,. .
SOMEWHERE
SECURING OF
SIGNATURES :
COMPLETED
WOMAN'S COI'KCII, OF DKKKNMK
completm tiir wohk uvavs
HY PIPIL8
EXCELLENT WORK BY STUDENTS
Woman MoggV! ToWcolewa laj
for the .Men to Incrt-a the Mb ;
erty llonil Funds
The woman'a council of ilefenM
haa JiimI comtdeted the Job ao well
bfKiin by the aohool rhlldren laat
week, of aerurlnic alxnaturea to the
Hoover earda.
We here dealre to "hand a boqtiet"
Mf young ppopl, for th, exre,
lent work they did. nd to our
teacher who Iniplred auch activity
ami ao efficiently directed the cara
paln. and to the reeponilve women
folk. n aeveral dliitrlct not a card
waa placed by our women ranvaaaera
becauae the rhlldren had been there
ahead of them.
We dealre aluo to cull the atten
tion of the public, to the peralatent
effort of our women worker, who
went araln and again to home
tney fonna the woman of the
noUHe "out." until on Friday night,
jpledge card had been alirned by near-
jly every honnekeeper In the city
Surely thl beaoealct the eplrlt of
aave the food It la now up to tht
government to defeat the aubinaiine
and land this food aafe on the oiher
aide.
Never ahnll our boy nor our al-
In 0lir power to prevent it. no mat
ter how great the actifice.
A number of intereatlng Incident
were reported by our canvaiwier. One
little woman, a ahe willingly sluued
the card with a toll-stained little
hand, made the following request:
"Will some of you ladlea ask
jome loyal man, good at figures to
mstlmate what the proceeds of a
'Tobaccoiesa Day would he. and
how much It would swell the Liberty
bond fund."
We present the request and sug
gest that the "loyal man" get at
once tn work on Investigation and
"compilation. "
Ami we herewith pledge that our
women will leave hrooma and mop,
wash tubs and Jronlng boards, sew
ing mn.'hlnes. crylr.fr 'babies, social
activities, and food conserratlon to
carry the pledge card with the
same persistence shown In the re
cent campaign. .
OVER GERMANY
INnANASOt.1 Niwa fJ.
URGE
nun
TO USEE '!K
Houulii liiU.n Lmdw Asrt Mrike
Will Continue I'nlll TMr lit
mamls Are Met
Washington, Nov. S. Inttmrtlon
'wot to striking telephone employee
at Walla Walla, Seattle, Tacoma and
1 Cortland to return to work, pending
t mediation conferences were repeated
; In telegram eenl today by Prank
i McNnlty. president ,of the Interna
tional Amioctatlon of Electrical
i Worker.
Seattle, Nor. 3. fnlon leaden
here have, aaeerted that the atrlkem
will return to work only when the
government taket over the telephone
ayatem or the company grant their
denianda.
SIX JOSEPHINE MEN
EH IF! FKE
There are at leat alx Joaephlnei11 country at large.
county men. with the American ar- These funda are to be diatrlbuted
mle In Krnn.-e. with the probability;" follow: for work with C. 8.
of others being on their way. Re-rni)r and nary men In thta country,
crultlng Offlcer Bauer haa received I MM 20.000; for work with V. 8.
notly of the afe arrival or Worth rmy and navy men overaeaa. lt.
Hamllton, Theo. J. Flh. Howard J.,4.00O; for work In the Ruwian
rJberley. Roy E. Hart and Krnent E.irm'. $3.O5.OO0: French army $1..
Caiwel. Lieutenant Trenton H. Del-,'4'000: Italian army, $1,000,000
ano. with the regiment of railway prison camp. 1 1.000,000. There
engineer, arrived there aome weekiwl" lso supplementary um for
afro.
RUSSIANS FRATERNIZE
1'etrograd. Nov. 3. Kuaian troopai
in the Voshnotf sector fraternized j
yesterduy with the German troops,
the Hussian war offl.e announced.!
The Voshnotf section Is on the west-'
ern front, southeast of Vllna.
KN) III V KHS IMM KKItlTKD
Ity hll) AIIIMsTKATIO.
Washington, Nov. 3. The food
administration denies plans to rom
mandeer canned goods.
Men attempting to buy honie-can-ned
products, (declaring themselves
to be food administration agents are
Imposters. It was announced today.
L
School work.' waa resumed Ihtirr-
aay morning alter three days vaca
tion given by " the school board In,
order that the teacher might attend
the " Jackson cojiuty Institute held
ik Ashland. Every teacher from thia
city was In attendance,, showing that
all appreciated the opportunity given
, . ' 1
...am. .. .-viiiifh urn iiivuKeni irom
other part of the country were: O.
M. Plummer, State Superintendent J..
A. Churchill. Mlsa Margaret Boyland.
of Humbold State normal. Professor
E. T. Reed of O. A. C. Dr. H. D.
Sheldon, of IT. of O., M. C. Seymoro
, .' . ' ' , ' ,
of O. A. C. and Mrs. Mry U Ful-
kerson. City School Superintendent
Imel addressed the high school sec
tion on the subject, "Proposed
changes ln the Course ' of Study to
Meet Jesent Demands."
The Institute adopted resolutions
favoring re-eetabllshment of Ash
land State normal school, and the'
establishment of a similar school at
some suitable place ln eastern Ore
gon. Another resolution that the
teacher should use every effort to
Inspire the children with a love for
their country, reverence for the fla
and a riesre to make such sacrifices
as may seem expedient and wise.
The teachers of Jackson county
also expressed appreciation tor the
voluntary attendance of the delega
tion of Josephine county teachers.
CAMPAIGN
EOR S200Q
YJUA. RED
JOHKPHIXK OH.XTY IS ASKED
TO HILSK 8 I'M FOII WOHK AT
HOME AXI AHROAI)
$35,000,000 OWL KEECED
leai ftiainno. CentnU (manite
l Chalrmewi for Holkltiaf (bo
aahteee Are 8eiectd
The next drive for war fund la
Joephlne county will be opened on
Sunday, November 11, to raise the
una of $2,000, apportioned to thl
county for the work of the Y. M. C.
A. work both in thl country and la
Euroiie. The campaign la national
in arope and It la proponed to ralxe
the mm of $35,000,000 throughout
.Inevitable expansion of 13.333.000.
i The central committee la headed
j by T. P. Cramer, county chairman;
Oeorge C. Sabln. speaker chalrmaa;
I A.- E.. Voorhle. publicity; T. M.
jStott, treasurer, with the follow tag'
, team chairmen: .
No. 1. Frank Mashburn.
No. 2. Or. 8. Loughridge.
No. 3. Frank Bramwell.
No. i. C. II. Woodward. .......
No. !. E. T. Ludden.
No. 6. Dr. E. C. Macy.
No. 7. A. C. Hoicomb. "'
No. H. C. A. Winetrout. . .
Nb. 9. Paul Blanchard. "
No. 10. H. U Stonaker.
Out of town men to assist the
teani ln making campaign In outside
luiwricia: seima, r. K.
,
iJ. (1. Anderson; Kerby J. F. Stlth.
U. Q. Wllllts: Takllma B. F Hogne,
C. E. Tucker; Holland H. B. Reed.
E. H. Wise, Ed. Llnd; Murphy U
M. Mitchell. U W. Carson. W. O.
White. R. K. Woodson; Williams
D. Vinyard, Henry Norton, Bert
Bigelow, A. U Blodgett; Merlin
jO. W. Mitchell Jr.. H. E. Gale; I.e
iland Chaa Prultt, iA. A. Porter. A.
;C. Epperly; , Wolf Creek M. A.
I Steward, Chester Cook; Oatlce
j Harry lwla; Wlldervllle C. P.
1 Lovelace. J. A. Bish. Rev. C. ..Mor
ris.
The excellent work already done
by the Y. M. C, A. Is a matter of com
mon knowledge. Its service 1a the
war baa Indeed become essential t
the proper prosecution of the war
The present movement tor funds baa
received the hearty sanction of Pres
ident Wilson, General Persuing, rand
1 . " , V -. . .w
staged In the actual conduct of the
practically every U. 8., official en-
war. , ' . 'I
Here Is the message from Presi
dent Wilson sent to John R. (Mott,
formerly general secretary of the In-
IDI UHUVUftl VISIUWllUD.
v; ., . .
iproachlng meetlnc of the war work
( Coat! n see oa wis) 4.)
PiCKET COAT OS
V.1THALL Oil DK3
Washington, Nov. 3 The navy de
partment Is advised that a picket
boat on the I'. S. S. Michigan floun
dered tn home waters October 30,'
and apparently the entire crew of 12
metr-were lost. The finding of the
bodies of three men and the failure
to flud any other sign of the boat or
occupants leads to the belief that all
the occupant ot the boat war lost.