Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, November 18, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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    DAILY EDITION
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GRANT, f AM, JONEPHIXB COU JOT, OREGON. HI' N DAY, OVK.VI IIF.lt IN, WIT
WIIOLK NIMBER Ull.
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HOLD! N G
UNTIL ALLIED
HELP ARRIVES
lKM1TK IXTFAhlVK ami ms
TMST mUKK, ITALIAN
holding viaxk link
- FREKCH-BR1T1SH 111 IIP
If Italian a Hold Present w
Unit t Mill Allie GW Into Action,
hay la Sevrd
Oi lit Italian from, which ta Ihe
only theater In th world war where
Intenxlve fighting In Id prngrrna. the
Kalian dally continue to stiffen
their frjnt from Iba region of l-ak
4 lard a In the Adriatic ea. Nohr
have the Teutonic alllea been able
In penetrate. thel front for nw
tlu of great Importance.
All along the Plav n tnrlntia ar
tillery action la In progr aul Ital
ian alrplanra again hive eoni Into
the fray anil are dolnic notable .work
In dropping bomb on, the enemy
Una. '
toadon, Nor. 17. The British
lorrenpomlent accredited to Italian
headquarter. In a dputh dnted
Thursday, any:
"Allied reinforcement are ranch
Inn Italy dally In Increasing , num
ber. To aave waiting for train on
the congealed railroad,' aomo
French troop bnva been brought
nrom the Alt Oirquglr the. .nqw
covered p. The alllea' troop
are marching ateaillly forward to
their appointed place, In the Itnlliin
scheme of defense.
"Both, the British and French
troop aie In high aplrlt. The are
dWighted at the change of ncnnn, and
the prowpeui of a new adventure."
.Home, Niv. 17. The German
troop whli'b forced proline of
the Wave river at Snenon, are bulog
ntfudlly pushed bark. In oilier ec
, tinns, nearly l.nno tlermiln H
oner have been taken.
Berlin. Nov. 17 The Autro-Sr-maa
troop stormed Monte I'raHMila
between the lirenln nnd Plav river
nd took HOO ftallunn prisoner,"
DELEGATES f HEAR
Seattle, Nor. 17. Three dele
gate from the north wextcin tele
jihntte striker, twn of them from
Portland and one from Seattle, have
left for,Han Frnoloo to confer with
the lorirriil mcdlntor, They linve no
power to niHk n settlement only to
report. "
-X Mt'Klrr:itKII KII.M
THItKK S MWMl
Virglnlu, Minn., Nov. 17. Thrue
victims of an ex murder wnre dis
covered when the poltre found the
bodies of Paul Adarm, hU wife nnd
' a boarder, Peter Treplch, In thnlr
bone here, spattered with blood and
their skulls crushed.
FIRSI AtiERiCAfi TO
FACE FISiNG SQUAD
Washington, Nov. 17. An Ameri
can soldier, member of (lenornl
.Vnrtthlng's forces, found jiiillty by
n ' court mnrtliil of the rhirge of
rspe nnd 'murder of n Krcnch wom
oin, Ims been exnculnd hy n' flrlnn
qnad.
All .details of this first dnnth roy
alty Imposed slnro the troops Innd
ed on Kronen soil are being with
hold hy the war department.
III
SHELL-FIRE IE
Gt'rnmiu Hn I'aiiy of Aiuwkaa
littratiitutor anil Shell TIhiu Via
nmly Hut Without ltrull
On Hit llrltlah Krou) In lielgiuui,
Nov. 17 -Five members of the party
of Ainnrlran iongrrmen and pri
vate cltlxnu who spent yterdy
Vlaltlnif the llelulnn war xon had
a narrow urepe. front" death or In
jury whi.'H they wore caught In
uddcn burnt of Uerman niachl
Kim fir whllo Inspecting front linn
treuche near IHxiniide.
The Ainnrlcun In dungnr were
Congreaamnn C. ('. IHH of flpokau,
John F. Miller, Seattle, Albert John
on, Hoqulam, Wash., Cha.'ll. Tlm
berlake, I'oloraaVo and former con
gresman Stout of Montana.
Hy n freak of luck no oua wa hit.
Seven othar member of the party
were lu another section. Later
when all were together, the Herman!
dronxd n big slwll only ten yard
away, endangering th entire part.
The German had aeon them and In
tentionally at rued tha destruction of
th entire party.
PRIZE KM
SHO NAMED
, The Southern Oreeon Corn Show
held yenlerday In the rooma of th
I not rout ' lmplcuient Co., waa an
(I
uoquallflfd auccea. lloth. In thejtluj ,mmllnit0B Bnt to be capable
numbor of eiUlblt and their nl-1 of . Btoldtnin; out for noma day.' 4
fi fTiii excellence, the hnw U)trw than .
JuHtlMed the effort of the W'lnc-j
trout Co., the t'alifornla and Oregon!
Count railroad,, the (iranta Pan'
Hanking Co., and the Jonephlnej
County bunk. It proinotor and pa-j
tron.
The iimirdH were a follow: 1
Ytx ihowet ten ear of non-lrrl-j
Kiitrd com Klrst, Mr, J.
Beve-niiH
rlilK",. Hiiro: 'second, J. Christie,
(irnnta I'a; third, W. V. Wood-
slo k. Frultdale. , .
. Kor the beet ten ears of li rlxated
corn Klrst, V. II. MniUny, Merlin;
siTond, Hayes Bros., Murphy; third.
J. K. Howlnnd. Wlldervlllo.
Kor the best alnKle ear Flnit.
Glenn Provolt, Provolt; second, W.
B. Lindiwy. Merlin; third. W. U
Mortlnnil, Kogue Illver.
Kor the heat ten Htnlk of silage
torn Klrst. II. T. Vedder, Murphy;
second, taster , Spurlln, Williams;
third. C. K. Uontner, Murphr.
Kor the best peck of shelled cdrn
Klist, J. ChrlttH. Crauts l'as:
second. W. K. Woodntpck ; Krult
dale; third, Wm, Auslund, Dryden.
At th Saturday morning essloo
of the show, n corn stringing con
test between , teams representing
school of the county, was the fea
ture, Kach team was to siring
three string of ten ear each. Speed,
neatness, simclnn and igeneral ac-
jpurncy rminted in the scoring.
. The team representing Jerome
J Prairie school, consisting of Agnes
iSmlth and Martha Oclwltx,' won first
prise. The second went to the Mer
lin school, w hose 'team consisted of
Oordon Cochran and , Bland Pru It.
Kdna Sundell end Alice Luck of the
Dixie chool won third prise.
SWiSS FEAR TROOPS
m MTO PASS
WashlnKton. Nov. 17. The Swiss
political department has emphatical
ly denied t lie rumor that one set ot
bell I go re n Is asked permission of her
to inovp troops through her terri
tory, Thi four Is expressed that the
other hollgcrcnts may use this as 1
prat ex to forcibly do the snine thing,
IIKIT1SM M'H I. MAKING '
I'ltlKlltKMS ALONG It I IX J K
London, Nov 17, The British
hufe made further progress todny
along 'the Pnsschenduele ridge.
(ERENSKY IS FUGITIVE j
UULOIILVIIl IIUUHIIUL
Radicals Extend Their Ccr.trcl to Msscow-Preder
Deserted By Oncers ad Trccps ad Escapes
Dfesd As a Sailor ,
I'etroKi'Md. Nov.
1". lfeated In
batllo by the bolHbevlkl, and deaort
d by moat of hla officer and men,
former I'remler lerenikr I In
flight, hla whereabout unknown.
General Nebreakoff, arrexted with
other menibera ot Kerenky'a afaff,
haa been relened on the ground that
be waa only obeying the order of
hla auperlor. I'remler Kerenaky,
when told that hi officer were
again! him, and the men were at
the point of denertlng, agreed to
come to I'etrograd, but while a
guard waa being arranged, tie din
appeared. '
General Dukhonin ha aaaucaed
temporarily the pot of couimander-In-ohlcf
of the Kerenaky force fol
lowing the dlKappearanve' of ..Ker
enaky, who I reported to have fled,
dlagulned ajt aallor.
Seven thoiuund military cadet
and 1,000 troop are beelged In the
Kremlin at Mokcow by g.00 bof-
lahevlkl, who are battering the alfograd.
elent walla and building with beavj
artillery, according to a well
thentlcated report received thla
evening. "
The government troop are aald to
have a fairly plentiful aupply of food
petitions to make
caiifor;w
Ran Kraoilsco, Nov. 17.--With
ilUiiir i iivtltluD bearlne 40.-
000 uamvs in I.o Angolcs Thursday,
bsckers of the Rouiinger antl-biMize
bill expect to have 90,000 on tile
i.fre the end of
the week. Petl-
tlona hearing 20.000 names were
filed here yesterday. In addition,
Oakland petitions bear 11,000 names
and 5,000 have been filed in San
Jose. The law require 75,000 valid
slgnuture to get the .measure on
too ballot for the next slate elec
tion. AMKKH AX MISSION HAS
MtNCH WITH KINO K.KWAKII
?
Ixindon, Nov. 17. The members
of the American mission to the Inter-allied
conference lunched at
Buckingham palace this afternoon
with the king and queen.
. .
Kt'NSIAN KIIKKIHI IS
CAKItlKI) TO KXTKKMK
To show to what ludicrous ex
treme Ideas of liberty are running
In Russia, a returned traveler says
that the Petrograd schoolboys are
demanding the right to elect their
own teachers and to dismiss any
they do not like. Providence Jour
nal. N
CHINKHK I'HKMIK.U HAS
' RF.SIGNKI) HIS PkHITHN
Tokio, Nov. 17. Premier Tuan of
iilna has resigned, said a Peking
dispatch to tho Nichl-Nlchl todny.
' The same dispatch said the Chi
nese' governor of Hunan provlnre.
Fn Liang Tsu, has fled. .
IS
San Kranrjgco, Nov, 17. Kedertil
ofllccis here chnrKo t hnt .Mrs. Vio
let Pructt, Indicted at Portland ns a
niPinber of a hand conniilrlng to
smuggle liquor Into Oreuon nnd
Washington, was the directing ngent
of the entire purty.
Aciordlnu to the information of
the Aao luted Pre a aenii-olllclal
American returning from Moeow,
the torie of wholesale looting and
burning there have been exaggerat
ed. There haa been Indiscriminate
firing throughout th city, but alide
from th havoc at the Kremlin,
there haa been little damage done to
property.
' The loaa of life alnce the begin
ning of the Insurrection I estimated
at from 2.000 to 5,000.
General Kaledlnes, upon whoae
help the defender of the Kremlin
are counting, la reported to bav ent
the railway southward to prevent
provllona arriving, while he la mov-
ing toward Moscow.
London, Nov. 17. A belated dis
patch from Petrograd to Keuter's
Umiled, aaya that 1.50 vCoeaacks
were killed r wounded In lighting
that occurred near Alexaadrofsky
tathin, five mle southeast of Pet-
ixindon, Nov. 17. Keuter' corre
spondent at Stockholm saya advices
received from Haparanda are to the
effect that all work haa ceased
throughout Finland and no tele
grams or train are being dispatch-
RED CROSS REFUTES
Washington, Nov. 1 7. Following
the report of rumor that article
made Jor the Red Cross by workers
throughout the country, were being
sold. General Manager Gibson issued
a most positive statement that there
was absolutely no vestage of truth
in the report.
He called attention to the fact
that It was impossible to prevent
private firms manufacturing . gat.
ments similar to those designed for
the Red Cross, but that if any In
stance wan brought to hla attention
of the use of the name of the Red
Cross In' either getting them made
or In selling the 'same, vigorous
prosecution would be commenced at
once. ,
THEATER B PLOT
Chicago,. Nov. ,17 Federal agents
late today made two arrests in con
nection with the placing of a crude
bomb In the auditorium theater last
night. One of the men is said to be
nn employee of the theater.
ITS
New York, Nov. 16 With two
days remaining of the $35,000,000
war fund campaign of tha Y. M. C.
A., It was announced from the head
quarters of the National War Work
council that the grand totul of sub
scriptions rniRed throughout the
Pnlted Stntes totalled Friday $.'B,
3N0,58. ' "
, (ienrge W. Perkins, chairman of
.the finance committee, sent broad
cast yesterday to the 'army of 300,
000 workers In the campaign au
appeal for extra efforts, . The result
was a 'general Increase throughout
the United States.
G0A
IVn.lilug's Mem Keep t p Heavy Kx
t'liaiige of HlHfll With Tratona,
. Hrveral Caaaalrlra Itepnrletl ' ;
With American Army In France,
Nov. 17. The artillery duel In
which American Iroopa form one of
-the partle, baa become more fre
quent and violent. There have been
further rasualtle. A diacharg of
hrapnel wounded aome of our met
in the trenchea. An enemy ihell
hit ilfAnierlcan gan, causing fr
ther caauattle.
Home of the wounded of the laat
two day hnv died.
Th American batterie are Im
proving In their fire. Their visibil
ity has become better. It I believed
that their return of the German fire
caused more damage and eaari ti
tles In the enemy ranks, than the
American have suffered.
w mm pay
EESFECTS TO FOSTER
Washington. Nov. 17. President
Wilson, menibera of the cabinet and
ambassadors of piany foreign' coun
tries yesterday afternoon attended
the funeral of former Secretary of
State John V. Foster, -father-in-law
of Secretary Lansing, at the Church
of the Covenant. The church wi
thronged with other high official of
the government. Thej body will be
taken to Evansvllle. Ind., for Intern
ment. . .. . -
CiKRMAX IJKITKJIAJIT .
. AT AM'ATKAZ PKIHO.N
S San Francisco. Nov. 17. Lieu
tenant Wllhllm von Brlcken, former
military attache of the German con
sulate here, was transferred today
to the Alcatrat disciplinary barracks
thereby probably establishing perma
nently his statu a a military In
stead of a civil prisoner.
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WashlnKton. Nov. 17. The war
automobile commission ot . the war
Industries board haa practically com
pleted Its program for the curtail
ment of the manufacture of pleasure
cara. ' The curtailment will take
place, by progression. Orders will
probably be Issued for a 10 per cent
curtailment next month and a 20
per cent curtailment the following
month and bo on.-
KX-HF.NATOU PKTTIGItKW
MCST KACK INMCTMKNT
Chicago, Nov. 17. Representa
tive of Richard F. Pettlrrew, for
mer United States senator. Thursday
filed 'bonds for hla appea ranee In
Aberdeen, S. ;D.. where he Is under
Indictment for alleged violation . of
the espionage act, according to fed
eral officials here. As a result, he
will not be formally arrested.
E
BRUSH IHH SEA
.tendon, Nov. 17. The ' British
light forces engaged' the German
Hunt cruisers off Heligoland this
morning. The Germans retired and
were pursued by the British vessels'.
KOVAIMHt KCF.NK OF
LATF.ST KKVOLITION'
Buenos Aires, Nov. 17, A revnia
tlon has broken out In F,cundor. The
rebels have taken Pueblo Viejo, Car
acaol and Catarain. Many have 'ecn
killed and wounded. '
KEXT DRAFT TO
BE RASED UPO
ALL KHUIHTKKKD MK.X WILL
FILL OCT giKHTION LOT OJf
QUALIFICATION!
mm MD TO ASSIST
lrwwl4 of Men for Next Arm WOt
Depend I'poa DepeooVsrte ami
Work More Thaa Lottery
Jamea Martin, clerk of th local
registration board, ha received
apply of th questionnaire for
draft classification. , They will to
mailed to tha registered men la tb.lt)
district a aooa a practicable, aa4
each man receiving such documeat.
1 required to fill It ont la full aa4
return -within aevea day of H re
ceipt. f ,
Baiem, Or., - Nov. 17. Prowaat
Marshal General jCrowder baa re
quested Governor Wlthyeombo t
call on all member ot the' Orefoa
bar to give legal advice to regist
rant for the second army draft.
The provost marshal general sug
gest that th governor appoint a a
central committee to plan orgaabta- ,
tlon of legal advisory board
throughout the state, the rice pres
ident tor Oregon of American Bar
association, the Oregon member of
the general council of that 'eeod
tlon, the president of the Oregon. Bar
aeBtTon,'an4 lb attorn?, tomeral .
of the Hate.
Th9 sute will be districted and a
legal advisory board be named for
each district, with county Judge or
member of circuit court probably aa
chairman. ' They will be associate
member of the draft boards.
The questionnaire . which I the
basis of the new system Is a collec
tion of questions bringing out the
essential facts upon which all classi
fications are made. It is the only
printed form . which any registrant
needs to use either in making
claim or filing proof.
Questionnaire are to be mailed by
the local board to S per cent ot the
registrants each day. . The principal
work, or the legal advisory boarda
will thus be 'oyer In 20 day,; by
which time all the questionnaire
should be returned to the boarda.'
Every man has seven day in which
to return hi questionnaire fully
made out. . Tb process of classifi
cation will begin about December
cation will begin about Decaiaber
15. Eight days later the boards wilt
begin the great process of classifi
cation.1 which becomes, In the words
of the president, "a national war un
dertaking of such significance a to
challenge he attention and compel
the assistance of every America. "
FUEL 0l WILL
CURTAIL SHOTS
Washington, Nov. 17.' Following
the announcement that the priority
shipping board could ' curtail the
shipments ot non-essentials only on
the recommendation of the fuel ad
ministrator, . It was announced-that
fuel ' administrator Garfield would
prepare such recommendations.
JAPANESE STEALER
SNO'iYS UP UiiK'EO
Seattle, Nov. 17. The Japanese
freighter, Salkl Maru, which was
yesterday reported wrecked on the
Japanese coast, entered Puget sound
today. It Is believed that the name
was confused with another steamer
in yesterday's report. ' .'''