Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, December 26, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textwill 1? DAILY EDITION VOU VIIU No. 5T. GIUXTO PAM, JOflEPHIXE COUNTY, OREGON, 'KIXEHD.V, UFA'. 20, 1017. WHOLE M MIIKR 22 It. MORE LADIES NEEDED FOR LOCAL VORK OIHIHTM.IH MEMIIEIINHII DRIVE CAMPAKJV IH AIMHT AT AX KM) JOSEPHINE COUNTY 81 PERCENT Sum Out I; Inn rrlm1 Have Xnt Ye Ibvortml Will Probably In' Trace I'rerrntag Ths Christina drive for member- tblpi Id the Hed CroM Is about and d In Josephine county. There are a number of people, however, who hart nnl been solicited tnd the local chapter urgently requests that those who have not berom members apply t the office of (he chairman or the treasurer. In ease you cannot do thin, drop the chairman or the treas urer a Una, and your application will be taken care of. The outlying preclnrl are Kill to be heard from, but aa It aUnda now, Josephine county ha again put her air In the front rlnir. While the quota wa figured at S.nno, yet 1n nil fairness the quota should have been 1,100. Figuring on that basis, our percentage would be about SI per cent. The local chapter of the Ameri can Red Crosa today expressed Its appreciation of the splendid services that were rendered by the men and the women who acted aa solicitors, and especially to the splendid or ganization effected and results ac-. eompllahed by the chairman, N'. F. Macduff, The name of all those who have performed all of auch ser vice In behalf of the Red Cross are being kept for future references so that appropriate service certificate can he Issued to them at the end of the war. A desire was expressed today that more ladle engage In sewing at the sewing rooms. Anyone, who Is a mender can do this kjnd- of work. It wsa stated that those who could not work at the roonia might be able to take knitting home with them. Bvery little along this line helps. A report will be made shortly through the papera of the rounty, showing xactly what has been made In the local sewing rooms and how much has been shipped. The management expressly de sires also to state that no rent la be ing paid and no salaries or commis sions are pnld to anyone. The local chairman said: "The Seattle Star I offering a $500 cash reward to anyone who can prove a single case of graft or dishonesty In - the Red Cross, and here Is a splen did opportunity to call the bluff of anyone who thinks he knows that the Red Cross money Is nt being used for proper purposes or that Red Cross article are sold to prl- - vate people. The offer Is bona fide, and the money can be claimed by ny person who can . prove such charges." AMERICAN 8TKAMKH AND ' CREW RELIEVED LOST New York, Dec. 26. The Ameri can steamship Tuscarora, with a crew of 35, I believed lost at sea. il GETS BOMB THREAT Sacramento, Dec. 26. A letter raying thut nine bombs hud been placed In the executive mansion, the rnpltol building, police station and residences of "two bead officer of the slate," wns received by Gover nor Stephens today, who turned It over to the pollre. The letter de manded that $50,000 be pinned In t'ck pile, presumably near Oakland, "iCal., on December 31 at 3 o'clock, PLOT TO SPREAD 1' I'liia t I'olwm l( ( Tow llandsgee Espmwdl Oi iv eminent HoekluK Perpetrators Cleveland, Dec. 26. A plot to poison, Red Cross bandages snd spread wholesale death among the soldiers of the American allies has been exposed and frustrated ' here, Th department of Justice officials are hunting for the perpetrators. OF Washington, Dee, 26. Senator Francis Grimih Newlanda of Ne vada died of heart failure at Ihs home here Monday night after an Illness of a few hour. He wai stricken while at work In hi office at the senate office building during the afternoon, but was able to go home and the capital knew nothing of his Illness, until the announce ment of his death. No one realised the aerlousness of the senator's condition and a physi cian waa not called until late In the evening. Then the heart attacks hsd become acute. The end came auddenly at 10:16 o'clock aa Mrs. New lands and her brother watched at the bedside. A meeting of the Interstate com merce commission, of which th sen ator was chairman, which was to have been held tomorrow to plan th forthcoming Investigation of the railway situation, was today post poned. , tlenator Nwand' aenatorlal term would have expired In 1921. but no regular election will be held In Ne vada untU the fall of l18. Gov ernor Boyle has been In Wahalng ton several weeks, but loft last night for the west. He Is expei ted to ap point a Democrat to fill the vacancy until a successor has been selected. DEFINED BY '1 LAP" London, Dec. 26. Partial dis memberment of Rotimanla, control of the Danube river and domination of Serbia, are the Hungarian war alms as defined In the Budapest lilrlap. organ or Couut Stephen Tlasa, formerly premier of Hungary. "We want part of Rotimanla, an area of about 15,000 square kilo meters, Including Buxen, Dnnbolotxn and Prahovo," declares the news paper. '"Why? Because it Is prefer able for us to have a frontier near Bucharest. The cannon will roll better descending the Carpathians. The Roumanian fox must not play the role of the wolf between the Magyar town of Busen and the Bul garian Dobrudja. The richest oil wells are there, and the beat salt mine Is at Prahovo "Then we want , 10,000 square kilometers near Orsova and In the elbow of the Danube. Why? Be cause It Is preferable that our door should be shut. Let us possess the Danube In common with the Bul garians, In order to make the Berlin Bagdad route more sure. "In the peace treaty we must be assured of a 20 years' right to con struct an Austro-Hungarlan canal across the iMoravo-Vardar valley, which must ho under our adminis tration and control. To make this certain we shnll demand that the Serbian army be permanently sup pressed and the Serbian throne occu pied by ft sovereign approved by the mperor of Austria-Hungary. "A miracle will be accomplished 'n the twentieth century: seven hun dred millions of men In China and India wl)l enter the productive sys tem of European activity. That will mean an Influx of sold from the New Enst to the New West. It Is Ger many whlnh will be. this New West." mm DEATH SEEK WOMAN VI DIRECTED SCHULENBER6 MVKTfcltlOCH WOMAN KNOWN AM "11" RELIEVED TO UK OX PACIFIC it)HT ASSOCIATE OF FRANZ VON PAPEN Ton of Dynamite Purchased Pre vious to Explosion of llortfe Load ed With Munitions Ban Francisco, Dec. 26. A mys terious woman, designated only as "H," who haa been high In the coun cils of Wllhelmstrasse headquarters of the German aecret service, direct- red the activities of Krenx Schulcn- berg, the alleged master Teuton spy. held here for purchasing dynamite, Maxim allencer and rifles. Accord ing to the federal authorities, th woman, who escaped apprehension here a month ago, la still In th United States and her capture la Im minent. She Is a brunette about 33 year of age and of high parentage. Ssn Francisco, Dec. 26. Federal officials announce the .arrest on a preildentlat warrant of Frank Schu lenberg, alleged to be one of the cleverest and most dangerous Ger man spies operating on the Pacific coast. According to army officers, he planned to destroy government docks and shipping In most of the big coast ports. Military authorities said Bchulen berg, undor Instructions from IJfUt Wltheltn von Brlcken, former mili tary attache at the local German consulate, purchased a ton of dyna mite In Seattle at about the time of the explosion of a barge loaded with munitions In Ptiget Sound. There Is evidence, it was stated, of close association between Schulen berg and Frans von Papen, former bend of the German secret service a the I'nlted States, and with Ham Chandra, who Is on trial In the fed eral court on a charge of violating the neutrality of the Vnlted Suites. Information In the hands or mili tary authorities Is' said to cover al leged unneutral acts on SVhulen berg'i part as follows:' "In December, 1914, Schulenborg teported tb von Brlckon at the Ger inan. consulate In San Francisco and volunteered for service of any kind. He was sent to see Ram Chandra and was furnished money to go to Seattle." - " 1 ' CASUALTY LISTS ARE London, Dec. 26. The British casualties reported for the period of December 19-24 Inclusive number ed 13. 919, as follows: Killed or, died of wounds, officers, 208; men, 2,714. Wounded or missing, officers 837; men' 10,160. . ; . ' ; ' A very considerable decrease In the British casualties Is shown In the latest figures. The casualties tor the week ended December 18 were 17,976; for the week ended Decern her 11, 23,356, and for the week ended December 4, 28,882, Washington, Dec 26, Arroused by the reports of the shortage or winter clothing In the national army camps, the Benate military affairs committee passed a resolution today asking the. secretary of war to ascer tain the condition, by wire and to supply the deficiencies from sources near the camps If necessary. HUNS BREAK PROVISIONS OF ARMISTICE MOVING TROOItl HtOM THK Itl'H- HIAX BORDER TO THK WKHT KRN FRONT PEACE NEGOTIATIONS SLOWING Trotsky Protest Against Transfer ring of Troops, Hut Orders Muni tions Plant Closed While their guns were bombard ing th western front the Germans sre taking troops from the eastern lines for use elsewhere, despite the provisions of the Russo-Germaa ar mistice, which prohibits such action. The artillery activity In France Is moderate over most of the front, but Is quite violent on the light bank of the Rlrer Metise to the northeast of Verdun, which wsa the scene of the great German Infantry attacks of two years ago. The German Infan try has not yet. become active. The Russian advices, tell of Ger man withdrawal In th east, and add that some troop are being taken to the Roumanian front, ai Roumsnla Is not participating In the peace negotiations, and the Ckrlne, lying beyond Moldavia and to Bes sarabia, which la opposed to the Bol shevlkt ' movement. After two dsys of bitter fighting the Italians hsve regained posesslon of the lost positions on Col Del Ros so and have attacked the' enemies positions on Monte Pertlca on the east side of the river. Berlin claims the capture of 9,000 Italians. Trotsky has protested to the Ger mans against the transferlng or troops', but also ordered the Russian factories to stop manufacturing mu nitions. ' The peace negotiations are mak ing little progress. The majority party or the constituent assembly or social revolutionists has convoked the assembly to meet on January 2. despite Rolshevlkl dlssaproval. TAKE COAL SUPPLY .. Washington, Dec. 26. Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield, told the senate committee today If the war contin ues very long the government would be compelled to pool the coal supply and place It on sale at reasonable figures. ' . CITY OF MANNHEIM London, Dec. 20.-' The city or Mannheim, In Germany on the River Rhine, was bombarded by a British air squadron early Monday, says an official statement covering the oper ations of army aviators during Sun day and In Monday's early hours. A ton of bombs was dropped and sev eral fires were started. All but one of the British machines returned. t'KMENT PLANT CI-OKD TIIX AFTKK HOl.lK.WS Gold Hill, Ore., Dec. 26. The em ployees of the cement plant were laid off the past week and will re sume work again after the holidays according to one of the plant' offici als. Much of the heavy machinery needs attention to bearings and to have adjustments made. It was first rumored that the plant would not open until spring, but this has been denied. . , . .. ARCTIC EXPLORER 11 HlfaiiMHin With I'artjr Readies Fort Yukon First Word lor Twenty Months Ottawa, Dee. 26. Vllhjlmur Stf. snsson, the A tlce explorer, who wss last beard frflra In a letter received March 19, 1916. has arrived with a party at Fort Tukon. Alaska. PIM LOSSES SAID TO BE Amsterdam, Dec. 26. 'A frontier correspondent of the Hsndelsblad say that the explosion which oc curred recently at the Krupp works had Its origin In a building where thousand persons were employed. The engine room and turning shop suffered most and only the wooden portion of the building wss destroy ed. According to this correspon dent there wss no loss of lire. A. dlspstch of December 21 from Maastricht, Holland, gave workmen from Essen ss authority for the statement that the Krupp plant had been ablate for 24 hours. GRKKKS ADVISFD TO FA'IilHT IX V. H. ARMY Washington, Dec. 26. The Greek government haa notified the state department that Greece wants her citizens In the United States to en list In the American army and will reward those who enlist. ITAUASft KEUXQWSH --- '-" CAPTTREO TERRITORY Rome, Dec 26. Col Dec Roso and Monte Val Bella, which were taken by the Italian forces yester day, were released, it being found Impossible to hold them. ffl EM IN CAMOUFLAGE ART Behind the British Lines In France, December 1. (Correspon dence) Many thousand French women and girls, ranging In age from fourteen to well past 60, are employed, by the British army at various kinds of work behind the lines. One line at which they excel all other workers is the painting or camouflage on guns. They also make very good packers at the var- olus army storehouses and ordnance dumps, their deft, active fingers making It possible for them to do this work with 50 per cent more effi ciency and speed than any other class of worker. ' In many of the clerical sections or the ordnance department they work side by side with the uniformed Eng lish girls belonging to the "Waacs," as the members of the women's aux iliary army corps, are called and In these departments a numerical sys tem of marking has been adopted In order to facilitate sorting, as most or the French girls have no knowledge of English. . More than 1,000 French women are engaged In the "Receipts and Salvage Department," where ' their work Includes the repairing or res pirators and other equipment, the scrubbing and renewal or harness and leather materials In an oil bath, and the sorting and recovering or cartridges and water bottles. In the boot and shoe repairing de partment at one base 1,500 French women are employed In boot mak ing and repairing. In the armorers' ihops French girls .clean, oil and test bayonets. In the wheelwrights' shops they clean and straighten bolts and 'mint wagons and travelling kitch ens. In work at piece rates, the out put of the French girls has been found to exceed that ot German prisoners by more than BO per cent. HEARD FROM 15,000 IRON WORKERS OUT ON STRIKE STRIKE AKKIXT8 SoO rXH'X DRIES NOT EX 0 AC ED IX SHIP. BULDIXO WANT 10 PER CENT WAGE BOXUS Employers AsaorUtlos) Refuse He numd for 10 Per Cent In Over SI Per Cent Greeted San Francisco, Dec. 16. By noon today practically all of th 1S.000 Iron workers affected by the strike ultimatum of the Iron Trades Coun cil, asking 10 per cent wage bo nus, had walked out of 2S0 foun dries, plants engaged In Industries, other than ship building. Labor leaders state the strike will be continued until the 10 per cent Increase Is met or the men are de cisively beaten. San Francisco, Dec. 26. The Iroa Trade council with 26 of Its 2T al- n I Is ted unions represented, has vot ed unanimously to strike Wednesday unless Its demands for a ten per cent war bonus affecting more tha 10,000 Iron workers, exclusive ot of shipyard employes. Is granted. At the meeting of the Iron trades council. In session until esrly yes terday morning, communications were read from the California' Metal Trades asoclatioa and the San Fran cisco Found rymen's association, the Employers'., organisations, refusing the demands. '' San Francisco, Dee. 25. A strike of 10,000 metal trade unionists In the San Francisco bay region seem ed inevitable when the two larger employers associations voted unani mously late today to refuse the em ployes demand for a 10 per cent wage Increase In addition to the 31 per cent advance recently granted by the rederal shipbuilding wage ad justment board, according to mem bers or the executive committees. The men effected are employed in In dustries other than shipbuilding. Fred V. Met calf, secretary of the California Metal Trades association announced that the shops would re main open and would endeavor to operate despite the threatened strike. The meeting was attended by ap proximately 30 members of the Cali fornia Metal Trades and the San Francisco Foundrymen's associa tion. E E Washington, Dec. . 26. Orders have been Issued that no new war contracts shall be placed In Buffalo before the war industries board cer tifies that there is power for their manufacture. Canadian authorities hare been assured that 100,000 horse power, imported from Canada, will be used only lor the manufac ture or war products. GENERAL BLISS TO SERVE AFTER RETIREMENT AGE Washington, Dec. 26. General Tasker H. Bliss will be retained In active service as chief or staff of the army, after he reaches the age of retirement on next Monday, -it is an nounced by Secretary Baker. FORECAST FOR THE KF.K BEOIXXIXO DECEMBER 2.1 Pacific Coast States Frequent rains In Oregon and Washington, and generally fair , In California, with no decided temperature change.