Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, January 03, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOI VIII., So. AMERICA IS REGARDED AS WAR LEADER ltrX"KNT ALLIKII COXrMlKNCK ALLHTTKO KAMI NATION ITS HlltltK IV tXiNrLICT AMERICAN TROOPS ARE'NEEDED lmmiMt Hlili I'nmrmn, t'iMinlliia ttua of HMppltig r'M'ilWe awl I'MlflisI War Direction Washington. Jan. I. Ai the full iRBiflCAiir of the plan agreed up on at tha recent allied conference, from which Colonel House recently returned' (liter through tha mlmU of offlclalilum her. It become ap parent that America la to be looked to for Betting the para In war r paratlona leading up to the terrific drive Id tha prln which la expected to ahaka the Teutonic hold on north ern Franca. American flailing men are lo mm the Atlantic ai rapidly n they can ha mustered and tralued. Kranre nd Kngland. on their part, under take not only to Join In provldlni ehlpt to carry them, but to aee that any deflrlrncle In anna and equip ment are mad up on the other aide. There la to be coordinated effort nut only In fighting on land hut In production at home and In the vait ahlphulldlng projeota upon which de pend the lta problem of maintain ing Important transportation In aplt of aabinarlne. The 8rt recommendation of the mimic la for "entire military, naval nd economic anlty of notion," by the power opposed , to Germany That la regarded aa having been ae rorapllshed. The tuinmary of the military conference, attended by (ieneral Winn. hw that an agree ment "lo pool reeource for the mu tual advantage of all." wa entered Into. There follow till significant atatement. "The contribution of the t'nlted State to thl pooling arrangement was agreed upon. The contribution likewise of the countrle aiwoctated with the United Slate were deter mined. Thla pooling guaranteed that full cooperation of every kind woi'ld be available In Handing Am erican troop oversea." The third recommendation of the mission to which the country I now committed I for extension of the .American lilpplng program,.' "8y ematlc coordination of resource of man and material," to produce the necessary hlp. I urged upon gov ernment and people alike. SIS TROOPS FIRE Geneva, Jan. 3. BwIb troop on duty on the hore of l-ake Con' tance yesterday fired upon the new ly launched German lake steamer Kauter Wllhelm. which entered Swla territorial water. The ve el was pierced In many place by rifle fire and withdrew rnpldly. No "Uvea were lost. ' , 1 The incident I regarded a mark ' ing Switzerland's determination to protect her nuutrallty. E BEFORE COMMITTEE Washington, Jan. 3 Woman it.ir TraglHta and ' antl-suffraglsts came ou t in for o today be Tor o the !io .:sc ssiiffrage committee (or the IhkI biz skirmish prccepdltin the llqiit In Ihf lious January 10. Nat'nnUiy .'t'.nown leader '.cn kII .ai.k.s .'. a. c MUST INCREASE SPRUCE OUTPUT HirtniK AmI Mmk y t.cmvamchl to NorthwcM fur MitlrrtMl I l in Anroplune Itulliliiig I'ortUnd, Jn. 3. What I peeled of logger and mill men In the northwest by the production di vision of tha government's aircraft board, during 111, la outlined In a statement and apieal by Colonel llrha . !Imii, head of the spruce production work, now being cent out to member of the tayal legion of Logger and Lumbermen. The or ganltatlon now number 15,000 member- in tha northwest. M. F Crumparker of Col. Dlique's oftV I In charge of organising the legion. Included In the atatement I a warning to lumbermen not to pay heed to the nonsense and "malign whisperings," of spies and traitor who pred their propaganda In the spruce, production belt. 'The headquarter of this divi sion," says Colonel Dlsqii, "looks to you to prevent all act' of aabotage nd sedition on the part of employ er, employe or other. Thl duty your government expect of you, to prevent aid or comfort to the enemy In any way." '.'Germany la obtaining airplane material with forced labor ill th In vaded Russian forests and the Bal tic, which do not belong to her. Thousands of helpless prisoner are driven to work at the point of the bayonet from early dawn tilt dark." IS Whlngton, Jan. 3. Admiral Men son, chief of operations, told the house naval committee today that If waa folly to believe there w any lost of morale among German sub marine crew, and that Information gathered from prisoners Indicated It waa tha best In the German navy. iFOLLOWl Washington, Jan. 3 Congress, In receaa since December IS, re-assem bled at noon today after Its holiday vacation, prepared to proceed with a big legislative program. Both house adjourned after brief sessions out of respect to Senator Newlands of Nevada and Represen tative Bathrick of Ohio, who died during the recess, and the first Im portant business I scheduled for to morrow, when President Wilson Is expected to address a Joint session on the matter of government opera tion of railroads. V Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 3. The rapid Inflation of the note Issue in Austria-Hungary, which ha reached seventeen thoimnpd million crowns and Is Increasing at Hie rate of one thousand million per month, Is caus ing great apprehension In financial circle In the dual monarchy. Var ious remedies are under confedera tion such nil the payment of govern ment contractors In war loan stock or non-negotiable treasury bill. The itibllc l also urged to subscribe liberally to the seventh war loan inrt help the govrenment restrict the note Issue. Die Zelt declare all these meas ure to be useless and says there Is io longer any possibility of stopping '.he ccnttnunl rise In price and the Inflation of 'trTe currency. RUSSIANS PREPAR NG 10 BREAK WITH HUNS Bolshevik. Leaders Make It Known That They Strongly Oppose Teutonic Position Respecting Occupied and Territory Threaten Resumption of Hostilities I'etroxrad. Jan. 3 ftolshevlkl foreign Minister leon Trotsky has declared the government of Russian worker can not ronsent to the Ger man peace proposals. A crista la nearlng In Kuaao-German negotia tion and indication are that a def inite break Is not far off. The Rus sian government haa demanded that the conference, which was to have re-convened January 4. be transfer red to Stockholm and ha protected against tha German attitude regard ing occupied territory. A resumption of hostilities I not improbable, ahould tb German de cline to meet Russian demand. Emperor Wllhelm and German ruler are apparently arouted over thla audden change In tha dtuatlon and German and Austrian foreign secretaries are reported a hurrying bark to Brest-IJtovsk, with new In structions. Military and political leader have conferred with the em peror and there la a widespread de mand thai th relchitag be con vened Immediately. Independent socialist are aald to be dissatisfied with the Oerman at titude concerning occupied territory and a breaking off of negotiatlona will probably upset German plan for a formidable attack on the west era front. It I believed that Rua ila might put an army- In the field of 3.000,000 men. The Bolhevtkl Red Guard, composed of armed NOW IN CONFERENCE Washington, Jan. 3. After a three hour conference with the head of the four railway brother hoods, Director General McAdoo an nounced that ' tome definite agree mcnt of railroad labor to govern ment management, would be made oon. These conferences will be con tinued tomorrow, when a general re adjustment of passenger train sched ules, Involving a general curtailment of present traffic Is now considered certain. The advisory council will report recommendations to Dlreotor General McAdoo tomorrow. CALLED BLIND PIGS Salem, Jan. 3. Governor Wlthy combe today placed In the hands of the attorney general evidence show ing that Marshfleld drug stores and soft drink establishments have been selling extract to loggers which have been demoralizing and intoxi cating them proving a serious handi cap to tlmbermen in getting out gov ernment lumber. T . OREGON CITY CHIEF Salem, Jan. . 3. Labor leaders have' complained to the governor that tho Oregon City chief of police hB been deputizing strike breakers and allowing them to carry guns and ha discriminated against the strikers In many ways. Bloodshed Is feared. The governor ha start ed an Investigation. workmen, have already started to the fighting front. The Russian delegation upon It return from Brest-Lltovsk on Tues day laid before th council of com mlssloners at Petrograd Germany' demanda, which caused amaxement The German hold that Poland, Li thuanla. Courland, Livonia and Ee- thonla have already defined them- selve nationally within the meaning of the peace term proposed and In lst that they (hall not vote again. The Germane also explained through General Hoffman, that Ger many cannot evacuate Riga, LI ban and other occupied polnta until cer tain that all Russia aanctlona peace; otherwlae Germany's enemle might assist Ukarlne or other disaffected section In opposition to the central power. Washington, Jan. 3. Extract from many leading Oerman paper received here by cable today contain boast that the peace formula given the Russian by Dr. Kuehlmann and Count Oxernln mean nothing and have no binding force upon Ger many. They agree that Germany never will give np certain of the landa ahe ha conquered, but some of the editor auggest that what can not be appropriated by violence may be taken by agreement ' .Sneering reference are made to the "demo cratic peace," demanded by Russian delegate. NEEDED IN THE ARMY - ; I, . ..... Washington, Jafl, 3. General Crowder, in reporting" lo congress today on the progress Of the draft. expressed for the first time the defi nite promise and aim of the govern' metvt that it would not take for ar my duty any other men than those listed in class one under the draft questionnaire. This classification excludes mar rled men entirely whose wive or families are dependent upon them for support and other men who have dependent. General Crowder estimate that there will be 1,000.000 physically fit men In this classification that will be available. This, he says. Is sufficient for present military needs but to assure a future supply he re commend that men who have be come of age since June and who hereafter reach that age, should be added to class one. This will auto matically Insure 700,000 yearly. JAPANESE STEAMER SENDS HELP CALL A Paclfc Port, Jan. 3. The Jap- s anese freighter Shlnjjou Mam No. 2. which left an American Pacific port December 22 for an. oriental port, was reported last night to have sent out a distress call from somewhere In the Pacific. ' The message was picked up by an American vessel and relayed to Honolulu and thence to this port. It reported the vessel on fire. An American warship is rushing to It old. mirrisH I'koplk-to iirc OX COMPULSORY rations London. Jan. 3 U is officially an nounced that compulsory rationing will be put Into effect In England. CLASS SPEAKER TO TALK OPFI At .Monday's t'. of C. Luncheon Ro-Ix-rt IVIiium Will Tell of Work With French Hinplul Unit Tb erle of Monday noon talk which have been arranged by Ben Sheldon prior to hi leaving th Chamber of Commerce work Includ ed talk by Governor Wlthyrombe. President Campbell of the state uni versity. President Kerr of O. A. C, and Robert N. Stanfleld. speaker of the state legislature and candidate for th United State senate. One of the most Interesting of this series will be the talk next Monday noon by Robert P. Pelouse of Eagle Point, who has Just returned from the fighting front In France. When the war broke out, young Pelouse waa a student at Stanford university with an enviable record a a college athlete. A hospital nnit waa or ganized among the college boy which was dispatched to France at once and enrolled aa a nnlt of the French army. It saw active service almost Immediately upon Ita arrival In that country. Pelouse drove an ambulance be hind the fighting line following many a sharp engagement of the French division to which hi nnlt waa assigned. But with the arrival of a number of American hospital units and the stentorian cry for tint cla air fighter, young Pe louse wa ordered back to (hi coun try for the aeroplane aerrl.e. He will leave next week to commence hi training for that branch of th ervlce. In his talk to the buaines men Monday noon, Pelouse will tell of hi experience with the French army. London, Jan. 8. Tha French cap tured more prlonrt thad they had hien engaged In the recent opera' tlons at Monte Tomba. They cap tured 1,400 prisoners and counted 56 dead, whereas they lost only 50 men. Among the prisoner were of ficer and men scarcely clothed, starved and wretched. They were mostly Austrian. TO EAT POTATOES St. Paul, Jan. 3. A. D. Wllaon, state food administrator, speaking before the member of the Minne sota Farm Bureau association, in session today at the University' of Minnesota declared there Is a sur plus of from forty million bushel to 100,000,000 bushel of potatoes In the United State. -. "Eat more potatoes," Mi. Wilson Bald. "They are perishable and a a war food fall below corn, bean and wheat." ESINKI London, Jan. 3. An Increased loss of merchantmen is shown In1 British and French report.- Sub marine sinkings also Increased dur ing December. Eighteen British' merchant ships of 1,600 tons or pver have .been sunk by mine or submarine during the last week, according to the ad miralty statement last night. Three merchant ships under. 1,600 tons were also sunk. This Is a material Increase over the previous week when the sinkings numbered 12, of which 11 were more than 1,600 tons. M ARMY DECEMBER ELECTRIC BUSINESS MEN FOR ORDNANCE BUREAU WORK IMPORTANT IIIUXCH OP WAR DKPARTMEXT WILL BE IlEOIt GANIZED FOB EFFICIENCY Kxprrieare ha Taught Heed of Get ting Men of Affair la Charge of Strictly Bnsinee Fanctione Washington. Jan. 3. Today' an nouncement of the war department to the effect that experienced bud- new men were to be placed at th head of the ordnance bureau, Indi cate a complete remodeling of that Important branch of war work along line designed to speed tip prod ac tion and an efficient handling of the supplying of America' fighting forces at th front with needed mo nition. The new plan under which It to proposed to make the bureau a great working nnit modelled somewhat after the British ministry of muni tion, was outlined to the senate military committee recently by Ma jor General Croiler, chief of ord nance, while he wa being sharply questioned concerning delay and deficiencies In anpplylng rifle and cannon. It now has been approved by Secretary Baker and put Into af fect. Colonel Samuel McRobert. for merly executive manager of the Na tional City bank of New York, la .named chief, of the procurement di vision, one of the branches Into which the business function of the bureau are divided, and the name of a civilian to bead the production di vision will be announced In a few day. ! t ! . I. IS COT III THE EAST .). Philadelphia, Jan. 3. The Penn sylvania railroad today made a dras tic cut In Its passenger service In an effort t? clear the line tor freight traffic. The company cancelled 104 trains, including the Congressional Limited, operating on the line east of Pittsburg, The change will take effect January . f.'.ILLS CANNOT FILL E Seattle, Jan. 3. Even with the northwest mill working at their maximum capacity, It will be almost Impossible to turn out the 11,000, 000 feet of spruce that the govern ment wants from them each month for airplane work, declared Colonel B. iP. Dlsque, who has charge of the work. LINES TO BECOME FEDERALIZED . Allentown, Pa., Jan. 3. What la probably the first, step In putting electric roads under government control came in the shape of an or der to President Fehr of the Lehigh Valley Transit company today from Director General McAdoo. The or der places all the company's lines between Easton and Phlllipsbnrg, the two line between Easton and -Bethlehem, and the line to Nazareth, under the jurisdiction of the United BUSINESS METHODS TO RULE State government.