Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, December 17, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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    DAILY EDITION
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Italian Front I'lil Very HHghi Vn
are la Maile
Berlin, Dec. 17. British troops
on the Italian front yesterday
launched an attack against the Teu
ton poaltlon loutb of Mont fon
tana ectnr lut It broke down before
reaching the Aufro-Germnn linen,
the war office announred.
Rome, Dee. 17. The Autro-Ger-tnan
attacking the Italians today
from the direction of San Mann...
were driven hark In dlaorder.
The Italian front remain the only
major field nf military operation In
which there I more than local activ
ity on the part of the Infantry. -
The Italian line, althouah almoHt
eeaaeleaaly aaaalled In the mountain
region. I atlll Intact and holding
welt except for a email receaelon
here and there, forced at the rout
of heavy raaualtle on the part of
Auatro-derman Invader.
Merlin claim the taking of more
that S.nnn additional prlaoner In
the fighting of the laat few day and
the repulse of Italian counter-attack
on positions won by the Teu
ton ', . '
STARTS WITH A 1
"100 per cent Hed Cross."
, This I a phrase you are to
heart pretty frequently In Oregon
for the next few day. It designutcH
atore, a factory, an office wnere
every member from the officials
rUlit down the Hue haa Joined the
Red Croaa.
.It la poaalble to go higher to 200
per cent Red Croa.
That figure denote those firms
every employe and member of which
ha Joined Ihe Red Croaa, and where
the firm ha donated an additional
memherahlp to a member of the fiim
lly of each employe.
The Walkover Shoe company waa
the Aral firm In Oregon to report 100
per cent Red Croa and declare that
In few daya they will make It 200
per cent Red Croa.
The Red Croaa Christmas mem
herahlp campaign starting today la
devUiod to add 240,000 members to
the American Rod Croaa In Oregon,
or one-third of the complete popn
' latlon. There are two alogana aaao
clated with the campaign which
atnnd out. They are:
""All that la needed a heart and a
-dollar."
"Every man and woman In Oregon
muat Join the Red Croa."
GENERALS GIVEN
CHANGE OF DUTY
Shifting of Iiiimh tnnt oimiiunila
Keen In Mine to Create Council
Within War Ih-pnrtmeiit
Washington, liec. 17. A re-arrangement
of aome of the high com
mand In the war department I In
dicated by Ihe detachment of officer
dealgnated by Secretary Maker to alt
aa a department war council.
It became known today that Gen
eral (loethala, builder of the Panama
canal, ha been offered the poaltlon
of quartermaster general to auoceed
Major General Sharp. General
Crowder la the only officer dealgnat
ed aa a member of the war council
who will not be detached from hi
preaent poaltlon.
Rrlgadler General John Barrett
of the coaat artillery baa been aelect
rd for the poaltlon of chief of that
branch of the aervlce, laoceedlng
General Weaver.
T
Waahlngton, I)ec. 17. The prohi
bition constitutional amendment re
ceived the neieaaary two third vote
In the houae this afternoon.
The bill now goes to the aenate,
and If paaaed by It, then to the leg
islature of the states and muat be
ratified by three-fourth, or 86, of
the stale government to become a
law.
IIOTH HlllKM (1.AIM
VHTOKV IX IIOISK
. Washington. Dc.,.J7. Roth,, the
"weta" and "drya" claim a victory
In the vote which will be held late
tndHy In the house on the conatltu
tlonal amendment fur prohibition
Roth expect to win by a margnln of
ten vote or more.
IN
ARRESTED AT FRISCO
'Sun Francisco, Doc. 17. Curt S.
.Mutachlnk, a former officer' In the
Oerman navy, found working aa a
longshoreman here, wiia arrested to
day on n prcldentlnl warrant cham
trxx htm with violating tho band
zone regulation, he having wni fc.'cl
-ltliln half a nil'e oi ,i military rr
UK!,li'.vout. Federal- olReinla slat-
tt tli 't. tl-c charge was technical and
!MV't It wm titav.entvl i f .nn; :
iSP.v, ...
Halifax. N. 8., Dec. I7.---L?an
Uaptiate Glokln. flrat officer or t'.e
Ill-fated munition ahlp Mort Blanc
testifying at the resumption -if the
government Inquiry to .lolermlne re
aponalblllty for tin rnlllsUMi be
tween that veaael an-1 tie lielgla'i
relief ahlp Into, wnlcn ciuatl the
Halifax disaster, oatlDel that the
signal-) given by tin relief hli hist
before the cnlllalon weri contrary to
the rules of navigation.
ENLISTS AS PRIVATE
Waahlngton, Dec. 17. Represen
tative Royal C. Johnaon of Aberdeen.
South Dakota, has enlisted aa a pri
vate In the regular army, and baa
been aaalgned to Camp Mead. He
has not yet resigned hi position In
congress.
PROMINENT CHINAMAN
OK ST, liOl'IS KILLED
St. Louis, Dec. 17. Lung Hong
l.en, "mayor of St. Loula China'
town," waa allot and killed herd to
day by J ue Sick, wealthy Chinese
merchant, who turned the gun on
himself, committing suicide. A tong
war was the cause, police any
I'HKHIHKNT SENDS
CAST OFF CLOTHINO
Waahlngton, Dec. 17. President
Wilson's cast-off clothing waa sent to
the Melglnn relief commission today
for needy Belgians. At the same
time the commission received from
one of- Herbert Hoover'a office boya
n package of his own old clothe.
RUSS ANS AND TEUTONS
TERMS OF PEACE
Apparently Nothing Found in Negotiations ! to Prevent
Permanent Cessation of Hostilities on Eastern Front
Fraternizing and Exchange of Newspapers
I'etrograd, Dec. 17. The term of
the Russo-German armistice accord
ing to a atatement leaned here, obli
gate no tranifer of troop until Jan
uary 14. There la to be no Inereaae
of troopa on toy of the front, nor
on Moon Sound; nor la there to be
any regrouping of the forcea.
The Germane are not to concen
trate troopa at any point between
the Dlack and the Battle ea east of
the 15th degree of longitude. Group
meeting thoae of the enemy force
arj to be limited to 25 persons at a
time who are permitted to talk and
exchange newspaper.
ensealed mall carried on war or
trade vessel are not to croa a ape-
clfled line of demarcation.
Waahlngton. Dec. 17. Ruaalan
embassy officials and the atate de
partment were tonight anxioualy
awaiting confirmation of press re
ports that a peace treaty actually has
been consumated between the Bol
slievlkl and the German. Due to the
difficulty of communication, how-
ret, nelthtr bad received any word
of th work of the plenipotentiary
at Dret-L4tock.
In view of tbe concept of th Bol
hevlkl government aa pro-German,
If not actually th tool of Germany,
la view of th known Instruction to
th delegate from Ruaala, tbe re
ported agreement on peace terma
wa not & lurprla bar.
Merlin, Dec. 17. Th protocol
commission whlcb will ratify the ar
mistice between Germany and Rua
ala on the eastern Russian front waa
alttlng, today, the war office an
nounced. At yesterday' sitting the
full conference of representatives of
th two nation agreed upon a draft
london, Dec. 17 Tbe Ixindon pa
pers forecast that the allies will give
recognition to the Bolshevlkl to
prevent Russia pasting under tbe po
litical and economic heel of Ger
many. .The American delegatea to
Pari conferences are eald to have
tempered the allied attitude toward
tbe Bolshevlkl.
FOR CLOSE MOUTH
' Ixindon, Dee. 17. Emphaalxlng
the taciturnity of Col. E. M. House,
head of the American mission to the
Inter-allled war conference, an Eng
llsli newspaper describes hi in as a
man who "would go so far as to ad
mit It was mining If there was no
one within earshot." Thla comment
evidently was evoked from the ef
forts of newspaper men to Inter
view Colonel Houae concerning his
mission while he was In tandon.
Chesterfield House, that beautiful
old home In the Mayfalr district of
Ijindon. was the scene of many In
teresting meeting during the visit
of the American mission here. Col
onel House and Mrs. Houae, who ac
companied him from the I'nlted
States lived there and . meetings
were held there between American
and British admirala, generate and
financier. Ijtdy Burton let Chester
field Houae to the Duke of Rox
burgh, who placed It at the aervlce
of the American government, with
all It Gainsborough and Reynolds
pictures and precious old china and
hooka, nnd even servant with cock
ades. Colonel Houae met the newspaper
men In the library upon his arrival
from the United State. He atood In
front of the big English fire and
beautiful chimney-place of the house
that Isaac Ware built for Lord
CheBterfleld of "Utter." There
waa little new In what the colonel
had to say.
BE FULL! EQUIPPED
Waahlngton, Dec. 17. There If
"not a chance" that any troopa sent
abroad, even a amall unit, will leave
the shores of America without being
fully equipped and clothed. This Is
the word given by the adjutant gen
eral to Senator Polndexter, who had
made Inquiries based on apprehen
sion of some of his constituents that
some of the Washington troopa
might be sent over without full
equipment.
10 YOUR BEST" FOR
SLOGAN: NOT '.'Bin
II
DESTROY
TRADE VESSELS
Heveu Mm lutntiiMtti With Tlielr Ilrtt-
lh ( onto) Hunk by Onniuut Draw
Iroyer Hot Ilia In North 8ea
Iinilon, Dec. 17 One British and
flv neutral merchantmen, on Brit
lab destroyer and four mine (weep
er have been tunk In the North Sea
by German naval force.
The lottflea wer the reault of an
attack by th Teuton upon a con
voy bound from Scotland to Norway.
The total merchantman tonnage lost
amount to 8,000 ton.
Two neutral merchant reeiel and
on trawlar were lunk off th Tyn
December II by German destroyer.
It wa alao announced today.
GERMANS SAY HAIG
SUFFERED A DEFEAT
Berlin, Dec. 17. Failure of Brit
ish force In tbelr drive at tbe chan
nel aubmarln base waa accentuated
by defeat of Field Marshal Halg'a
armies at Cambral, the war office
declared officially today.
"It ia more than four week alnce
th English discontinued their at
tack in the violent offensive aim
ing at possession of Belgian coaat
and destruction of submarine bases,"
the statement (aid.
IB
FOR SAVING 01
FOOD IS Gilt
ASSISTANT STATE FOOD ADk
IHTKATOR NEWELL E.XPLAI
GREAT XKED
STAPLES MUCH HEEBED ill
Average American bate Jfla
Pounds of Sugar Muat lie CU
Thlrty-eli
San Francisco, Dec. 17. That the
British war slogan "do your bit" Is
Inadequate and Inappropriate for
this country and the crowing con
viction of those connected here with
the federal food administration for
California.
In England to do one's "bit" Im
plies the carrying through of an un
dertaking to Its accomplishment. In
the I'nlted States, and on the Pa
cific coast In particular, the general
conception of a bit Is a relatively
small thing. It la a term applied to
12V4 cents. . .
"A 'bit' conveys the idea of a
small piece of a morsel and prob
ably has a wrong psychological ef
fect on the people," said Ralph P.
Merritt, federal food administrator
for California. "The millionaire
who buys a few thousand dollars
worth of Liberty bonds has done his
'bit' but certainly he has failed by a
long margin of doing his best.
"It this, the world's greatest cri
sis, does not call for the best efforts
of the American people then cer
tainly there never will come a time
when It can be demanded of them.
To do one's bit may mean anything
or relatively nothing. It gives the
people no measure 0f what is ex
pected of them. The nation Is call
ing for the best efforts of Its citl
xens. Every man or woman, if hon
est with themselves, knows whether
or not they are doing their best.
"It would be well for the Ameri
can people to forget about 'their
bit' and do their best."
E TO
VARIETY OF MATTERS
GKHMAX OFFENSIVE MAV
HK ADVKKTISIXG OTOfT
Washington, Dec. 17. Report
heralding the German offensive on
the western front Is attributed to
"bold enemy advertising," aaid Sec
retary Baker In the weekly war re
view,- who aay nothing . In the stUj
uatlon leads u to conclude the In
Itaflve ha passed from the allies to
th enemy.
WEEK WILL BE RAINY
'S
Forecast for the week beginning
December 16, 1917:
Pacific Coaat States A rainy
week with mild . temperatures in
Oregon and Washington. Rain in
northern California early part of
week; latter part probably fair with
out decided temperature changes,
Southern California generally fair
without severe cold.
GERMANY TO PROPOSE
PEACE TERMS AGAIN
Washington, Dec. 17. Informa
tion has been received among the
neutral diplomats that the Intima
tions from abroad that Germany
will soon make another peace offer.
Is correct,
KAI.KM PASTOK IS OFF
FOR WOUK IX FltAXCK
Salem, Dec. 17. Rev. 'ames El-
vln. pastor of the Salem Congrega
tional church and a menue? the
prison parole board, tofii-y receittd
orders from the army M. C. A.
board to reporj at once at Fort Sill
for pre:ai-.i"en for service in France
as a Y. M. C. A. secretary. He will
leave Thursday.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallls, Dec. 17. Seven conventions,
three conferences and- four schools
form part of the program for , the
coming Farmers' and Home Makers'
week, December 31 to January 3.
Conventions will be held at that
time by the Oregon State Dairy as
sociation, Oregon Holateln Cattle
club, Oregon Jersey Cattle club, Ore
gon Guernsey Cattle club, Nut Grow
ers' association. Vegetable Growers'
' association.
SAC1UMKXTO RKPLAt'KS
1-ORTliAXD IX LEAGVE
Los Angeles, Dec. 17. The const
league directors have voted to take
Sacramento into the coast league In
stead of Portland. There will be
only eue umpire instead of two dur
ing the war.
Washington, Dec. 17. It has been
intimated In semi-official circles here
that the president will make no fur
ther more In the railroad situation
until after congress reconvenes fol
lowing the Christmas vacation.
Before an audl.inc of nearly
men and woman at the wee
Chamber of Commerce luncheon
day. W. K. Newell, assistant
food administrator gar a moat
terestlng statement of tbe needa
food conservation In each and evl
home throughout the land. If (
country's ahare In the world
was to be performed.
Mr. Newell explained th abeol
necessity for saving foods. Th
Is a real world shortage, and 4
ahortage I emphasised by the sbq
age of ship which prevent
bringing of auppllea from Austra;
India and Argentine. America m
aave 200,000,000 bushel of wh
out of what we would us betwJ
now and next harvest. I
"Every pound of our avails
aurplus ha already been hlp(
abroad and the further supply m
come from our savings," said
Newell. "We bare fortunately,
good corn crop and a big crop of
tatoes, which we can aubetltute
wheat.- Corn will be cheaper h
just as, soon as the new crop of d
meal comes on the market.
"Tbe great need for saving
meat ia on the side of pork, parti!
larly the bam and bacon. We sho
eat almost no bacon and bam. . I
use up the spare ribs, sausage, e'
and save the cured meat for si
ment. Ham and bacon are the
bone of the army ration. Use
table oils at home and save tbe a
mat fata for export.
"Never has condensed milk bi
used in the army ration until ni
and we are shipping abroad eno
oua quantities.
"There Is also a world short.
of sugar because France and G,
many, who formerly supplied
rope, are producing now scarcely d
half their former supply, France
nearly supplying her own neel
The serious shortage In the last t
months in this country was cam
by Mr. Hoover's action In send
100,000 tons of sugar to France
relieve the sugar famine the!
While we have been using sugar
the rate of 12 pounds per person :
year, and recently have not b
able to get even that amount,
use sugar enough in this country
making candy to supply England
an entire year. One of the first sta
of the food administration wh
the sugar situation became serlq
was to cut the allowance of cai
factories, ice cream manufacture;
etc., to 50 per cent of their nornl
i
(Continued on page t.)
ON VICTORIOUS TROO
London, Dec. 17. A detailed d
cription of the capture of Jerusald
has been received. It shows h
the British, despite the stord
weather making it almost lmpossll
for the camels to carry the suppll
and the transports to keep their fo
ing, fought onto the Judea hills a
the Mount of Olives until the Tun
had been driven off.
The people showered flowers v
on the troops as they entered t
city, as a token of their Joy as I
ing delivered. About 1,000 pr
oners were taken beside the wounF
ed Turks In the hospitals.
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