Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, November 20, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIf mmfm mm DAILY EDITION YOU till., illt. Q RANT! PAM,JUMEPHI5tE COUJfTT. OHKOO.t, Tl KHOAV, XOVK.MIIKH go, IUIT 0 Russians are CALMING DOVfJ; FAMINE FEARED .AIM'lttlAMI OK UIVIK.lt WITH II AH HNilt MTI'ATIOX ACI'TK jtniiFitisH iki.i:n: . eOLSHEVIKI STILL IN CDHTROL Two Ann) WMt HnUI lit ll l,U)iil lo Krtiiky. (hily HM.imillr KlgM Inga In ltrMirtd Pelrograd, Nov. 10. Two army nrps loyal to the committee for (tin alvatlou of Kuaala, am stationed at Lug. It la Imported that Keremiky la with them, hut of this there la no confirmation. ThJa committee la uppoMil la the Alol ilmClkl regime al Petrograd. l.ondoii. Nor. 10, The Russian political alt nation, roughly speaking la thai lha Holshrvlkt have been vic torious' everywhere. A Mohcuw lelf. grant aava: 1 "The fighting lated In Ilia city from tha seventh to the fifteenth and an did In a complete victory fur Iba RoWhevlkl. Tha casualties amount ad In several thonisnd and the pro party damage was heavy. All la now qalet and excellent order la being maintained." An (Mia dispatch, dealing with tha situation In Kiev, says: (- . "All la quirt now, after a period of serious disorders." lUlU'rlie froin Petrogrsd sty that lht Holshavlkl were victorious hut, addict Ultra la evidence that re art Inn already la setting In against them. . The fniiil problem In ltilHln sud denly, ha become more pressing than Jhe question of revolution nr roiinfrr-revulutlnn, not only In Pnt rogrud and Moscow, hut also at Ilia front, according tu telegrnma from Petrograd. Moscow and Odessa. Tha spectre nf faiiilua appear ti have done mora than tha fore of arm In bring about quint. In many places'the llolahevlkl and bourgeois (ha pacifist and tha military cadet and Mtf Kerenskyllcs nnd tha l.en Initaa .have Joined force, against the common enemy hunger In n con centrated effort to slave off disaster, which aeem nlmoat Inevitable, in view of the disorganised slate of Iranaportullon and . wldn-apread de al ruction of store and supplies. AMERICAN TROOPS READY FOR WINTER With the American Army In "France, Nov, 20. Preparation fori winter "are begun actively toduy by the, American troops. Various units j have been ordered to cease drill! temporarily on account of thla work, j Tho principal taaka ara found In the towns where thn soldier" are billeted I In buildings which ara-draiighty and;,10 ,.,., cltUV Is .progreaalnK In some rases dump. Tha weather Ima been cold and wet for the last few weeks, and the troops welcome the opportunity to provide for their own comfort. ' ' FEDERAL MEDIATOR TO San Prnnclnco, Nov, 20,; lOrnent V, Marsh,, proaldent of the Washing ton Hlato Federation or l.itbor, Is en rnittu lo Seattle as a member of the pi'eHldeut's mediation commission to arrange for an Investigation of the lumber and touring labor situation, lie also ha a message for the strik ing telephone worker. ' STUDY LUMBER LABOR Fft ALASKAN VESSEL SINKS Oil A BEEF lHMMt, Hmi Vnwrl on Alakaa Hub, Hunt Aground S'mr Wran arll Willi Vahuttd Cargo Heallle, Nov. 20, Cnlaaa a aud den atorra abould rotue up aoon, It If iiellatred ilia Mariposa can ba patchad and floated. Kha lie partly abort water at low tlda. Tha cargo li valued at 7. 000,000. Seattle, Nov. 20. Tha ateamer MarlHia. Iba largaat and flnaat paa atngar alaamtir ou Iba Alaaka run, owned by thn Alaaka Ktaumalilp company, waa arackad on a rarf on rttralla Inland, In Hummer atrnlta, SO mlli from Wrangla at 6:30 Sunday morning, and Kllpiied off Ilia reaf and aank at t:fn o'clock laat olgbt aftar the 21 paaaangara and the an tlra crew had baan takrn off by the atramera Curarao, Jaffnraon and lUralll. Tha alaamar Marlpnaa atrurk tha raaf In tha aarly irvnlng hour In a amooth aea and har wlralaaa ralla for hlp wara rart'lvad at Katlrhkan from which point tha alaamart ru racn and Walnwrlght ware dlapatch ad lo aaalat tha risked ablp. rmr nionnrorn niU. UI0UUILILU ui IB TRAin An Atlantic Port, Nov. !0. Klre Woka out In tha hold of a t'nltedl State Iranaport tied tip at a plar here early thla morning, nnd la not yet under control. A guard of anl- diera waa thrown ahout the pier and local1 firemen Wero permitted to imaa only when It waa found tha ahlpa' new could not oinlitil ' aucceanfully tha flntuea. Wualtlngton, Nov. 20. AnibaHa- dor Lancia la advlalng Amarlcnna to Ivavo ItUHaia. - Meaaagea received from him yewterduy atuted that all Amorlrana In the principal Russian cltlea' or ua yot aafe. (ondltlona In both place, were oulnt. but at 111 clinolic. . , . AniliiLsHBilor Kraft la reported HihI lie had obtained lrunpiirlutlon from I'etronradto Murliln over, the trnna- Slherlun railroad for Aniprlcana who wlahed to dopart from tint capita.! He had recommended that all un attached women and men accom panied women and children leave. Ofllt'liila rattmated that there ware about 300 American In Petrograd. ROUND-UP- OF ALIENS Wnnhlngton, Nov; 20 The ronhd- VP nf Htiicj':ted nermann, nmlnly In under the presidents proclamation. By means of new reitulutlons tha department of Justice expects to he able to round up a number of Ger mans who nro believed to have di rected the organized campaign of sabotage nml propaganda to em buiTHHt the United States In the war. 'E OUT OF TWELVE ' OF BOAT CREW SAFE London, Nov. 20. The mlsHlng lioal from' tho American stpamahip ItochvHter has landed at an Irish port, It contained 'five men, the only Biirvlvors of tho original crew or 12. AMERICANS LEAVING TURBULENT RUSSIA FATE OF VENICE HANGS UPON ITALIANS HOLDING Crucial Battle cf lie Itaba Cacpsisa Niw b Progress With Teuta HL::2 Masses cf Fresi Trc:ps Against Resistiig Ita!iaa Ices v A lulu dtaiiatch thla afternoon tatia that tha Italian forfa are holding firmly at tha point which la now moat vltul to tha praaarvallon of tha I'lava line. Tbalr Imrolc ra alaluuia checked tha eunmy's at tainpu, mnda with heavy maaaea of troopa to drlra aouthward from Quero, along tha waat bank. Tha Italian holding poaaeaalon of Venice aud tha security of the I'lave line depend, apparently, upon tha outcome of a desperate battle now In progress between tha Plava river and lirenta. Tha Aualro-tiariuana are attacking with tremandoua force, and making aome headway against a deaperale lealalance by the Italians. If Iba Invaders have captured Monte Touiba. as Herlln claims, tha Invaders are within a few miles of tha plains behind tha Plave. The Teutonic strategy Is an attempt to drive a wedge between tha two forces of Italtana, those aear Aala go and those along tha Plave. ' Apparently the Anglo-French ra Inforcament hare not reached the t li In Helena. Mont., Nov. HO. The su preme court today affirmed rhe dis trict court at llutte In finding Prank K1nher and John O'Neill, guilty of murder In the Brat decree for kill ing Thomas HlgKlna three year ago when attempting to hold him up They are under sentence of deatn. ixaia wux in ir.ii TWKXTV-TWt KTKA.MSHIPS London, Nov. 20. It I announc ed her that Great Ilrltain has plac ed orders In Canada for 23 steel vea aela or 3.400 to 8,000 ton, the total tonnage now under ronalderation be ing U.0,000. The veaaels are to be launched "this year or early In 1918." Orders ror wooden . ships tu the value or $1-0.000,000 are glao under consideration. FRENCH VICTORY OF Krcnch hont. Oct. I J. (Corre- Sionduca of the' Associated Jress. I One of the disappointments which the German Crown Prime has suf fered since the utter doteat of his great efforts to capture Verdun hus Just been brought to light In docu ments round on German prlHonora. Prom these It appears that while the French were Inflicting their smash ing blow on the Gorman troops still menacing Vordun on'August 20, last when the crown prince not only loat some valuable ground but about .X,000 or,hlH selected men were taken prisoner the Germana were care fully preparing an attack ou a grand scale from a point about a mile to the eaat of Auberlve to the Sbtinln height. French activity In front of the fortress or Verdun timet these pinna completely nnd cnused the irrown prince to put off for an Indofl- '..I.. . . . - . irnou uny uuemi'i to carry our an offensive movement In this re gion. Details of the projected attack, ns a result of which the German com mander had hoped to gain pnsHea .Ion of an Important tract of terrl- flxhtlng tone yet. Tha Itatiana have repulaed Teutons four times since their attempt to take 'the Monte Mnnfenera spur, .Tba enemy Is trying with strong forces lo tha north to beat back the troopa of General Dial, pierce tha line and force a retirement west ward from tba regk or Vldor to the Adriatic sea.1 ' In . this eudearor. tha Invaders have raptured several Important polnta of vantage, . notably tha vil lage of Quereo and Bonte Cornelle and have compelled the Italians,, under heavy bombardment, to evac-i ated their etrongly fortified position; of Monte Tomba, almoet tba. lastj stronghold barrlpg.tha way to the northern edge of tha V'anetlan plains.. . These captures arer reported by , ,ndln. Nov. :0.There waa ser ha war office but tha admission h.4!l0Ui r,otng , g(iBdy mM been previously made liy Rome that the enemy was attacking In , this re-1, "u" J oouoi.e,to , whI.B twhn mB ftr nuniHs inrui rnniunfmraii wnicn It had been' known far several weeks they were hurrying southward. Tha Germans announced also the taking of 1.100 prisoners during tha fight ing. . , 200 n d? ATHMI.II.I. Hoboken, N. J.. Nov. 20. More than 200 Germans were rounded, up In the aoft drink saloons ' on the water front here laat night by' fed eral agents -and. falling to present Identification cards, were sent to Ri lls Island. The action was taken on the strength or President Wilson's proclamation or yesterday. Kl'OAK PLANTATIONS I'AV LAIUiK WAtiK BOM'S Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 20. La borers on Hawaii's augar planta tions will receive bonus payments ror the fiscal year Just ended of 78 per cent, which Is a record breaker for the territory. It will mean the pay ment or approximately $7,000,000 in addition to thn regular wages of ' the laborers. AT VERDUN UPSET PLANS CROWN PRINCE FOR FLANK MOVE tory on the Champagne front, show that the chief part In the operation was to be played by the First Ba varian division, which was brought upon full strength for the purpose and had enjoyed a period of special training for the task. It was to be supported by two other divisions on its right and left flunks respectively. 'Ijiter orders show thai-tha Ger man commander was obliged first to put the attack off till September 1. Before that date arrived he had evi dence In the 'shape of French artil lery and Infantry raids In the Cham pagne Boctor that a surprise waa out of the question. Finally the French fire became so severe that on Spp tember 10 the crown prince decided to give tip the Idea of an-offenstve In this section nnd began to withdraw to the rear his guns, troops and other material which had been In tended to help In the reaping or an abundant harvest or prisoners and the gain or n Considerable strip of territory. ' Once 'more the French had beet) able, to Impose their will on the ene my' and to make him ' ripht Just where they wanted him to do 10, CHILDREN 1' III A T Tlirra Killed and Twrlra lajurxl W'lirn AuUi Itua lUaaniml lly I'MMongrr Trala al Walla W atU Walla Walla. Wash., Nov. 20. Two were Instantly killed, oaa prob ably fataUy Injured and 1M some what seriously hurt, when an Ore gon and Washington Railroad and Navigation (rain backed over a cross ing near College Place, a suburb of thla city, and hit an auto-bus loaded with children being taken to school. Tha driver, Pltlllp Ochs, failed to sea tha train. The killed were Wll Ha Green, It years, old and frank nweguj, li. Their bodies were hor rlbly mangled. Edward Walters. 14 had a leg and arm torn off. He Is not expected to live. The remainder of tha list of hurt are expected to live. All were real' dents of College Place. bis trai sines if mri, knot I many casualties among the members mob M- tfc po,ce .A wireless press report says that tke Berlin police had to oppose the progress or the Independent aoclallst demonstrators which precipitated a bloody riot. The Berlin newspapers have been forbidden to publish any mention or the affair. MARTIAL LAW OVKK - - . GKItMAX HIXTION BRAZIL Buenos Aires, Nov. 30. President Brat has signed an order establish ing military law In all states of the Brazilian republic south of the state of Rio de Janeiro. This, Is the sec tion of Braxll thickly populated with Germans. . '. i COVETED GOAL IS ' REACHED IN DRIVE ' New York, Nov. 20. The full amount or $3o,0'oO,000 has been! raised In the Y. M. C. A. drive, This was the announcement tonight of I Geo. Perkins, chairman of the finance committee of the war fund. While rinal figures will not be avail-able before Wednesday, Mr. Perkins stated that reports from varioua parts of the country left no doubt that the full ,, amount, and probably more, had been contribut ed. : .J Although the campaign closed of ficially at midnight last night, an nouncement was .made that It will continue all week In Georgia and ror'several days In parts or Tennes see. Mr. Arthur Curtis James, na tional chairman of the . woman's committee, which has been active In the campaign, stated that the lorgan- zauon wouio continue 10 receive contributions until the end of No vember. BOY SCOUTS WILL AID FATAL ACCIDEM Washington. Nov. 20., Aid of the Boy Scouts in the war savings cam paign was offered to Secretary Me Adoo today by James F. West, of New York, chief scout executive. Somo means will be worked out to use the boys for savings work. . "Mr. West telegraphed that Jatest compilations show Boy Scouts ob tained 500,837. subscriptions for the second Liberty loan totalling 19a, 493,000: Scouts got one In each 19 subscribers and 1 of each $50 sub scription." y - - , . : LLOYD GEORGE HURLS DEFIES AT (WW WLKMIKIt HTUKMJTHKKM HIM. KKLK IV niWT (1UM HIS MI.NIWTItV FA031 COMPELLED PEOflE TO TO AUd (ttodl la .Wee ry to lax aare Prompt aad t ailed Actios. Paat Mlataaea ftertoae London. Nor. 20. The first sar- Joua attack which Ua Uoyd Georga minjatry kad faced, reaultad la Ua opinio of tha average unbiased ob server, In a complete vletory for tha premier. The attack waa metered on tw points tha character of the war council which tha premier aonoono ed in Paris, and the condemnatlo of the allies' past strategy, which ha pronounced In ale Parle apeach. Former Premier . Asquita waa spokesman for the oppoattioa. Hla speech waa not in tba tone of an at tack, but a sharp criticism of tha new plan for allied control of tha war, and a vindication or hla own government. It waa keyed In a much milder strain than the oat burst from the newspapers and sec tions of the liberal conservative par ties, which greeted the premier oa hla return home. , , , . . j . The Welsh leader's reply was A characteristic fighting speech of tha typaK wakh. kaa-mad hire famoaa. There was no thought of retraction for anything he had said or done, ao hint of an aiiologeilc atrain which " some expected for what had been called the Paris Indiscretion. The entire cabinet sat beside hint on the front bench, and every one la the common bent forward for every word. - . r. 4 ' i ; 'm Mr. Asquith's criticism waa based on two grounds that the war coun cil would conflict with the general I staff, and there would be two sep arate military advisory bodies, and I the omission of the navy from' mem bership. , . v IS : FIGHIG; NOT LOST Washington, Nov. ' 20. Gabrielle O'Adnuniio,' aviator-poet who ' waa' retried missing arter a night over ' the enemy lines, la actually at tha front displaying great activity, say.,: an official dispatch . Just received, here. PLOTTING TROUBLE ' CHARGED ON HinOUS San FranciBco. Nov. 20. Extreme precautions have been taken by gov ernment officials to guard against any possible untoward ocenrances at the trial which starts here tomor row In the federal district court or 42 person charged with attempting to foment revolution in the United State against British rule In India. 'The British government ha ask ed that special guards be provided ror Hindu witnesses who will testify ror the prosecution in the rear that some attempt might be made on their lives. The Identity or wit nesses has not been disclosed. , ' Fifteen Hindus are among the de fendants. Fifteen attorneys will ap pear for the defense and the prosecu tion will be conducted bv Federal District Attorney Preston, assisted by Mrs. (Annette Adams, assistant redernl attorney. The trial is ex pected to consume three months.