Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, January 03, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY KOtiVK iUVBH CXHRIKH TUl'llhl'AVi JANTAKY M, IOIM. lit ROGUE RIVER CPM'G GERMANS INSIST PERFECTED AIR BARRAGE BY WUI-AIRCRAFT Published Dally Except Saturday 1AGE TWO IS BOMB MAN S A. E. VOORH1ES. Pub. and Propr. Bntered at the Postofflce, Q rants Past, Or., at second elaaa mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES Display apace, per Inch...... 15c Local or personal column, per line 10c Reader, per line............ ...... 6c i DAILY COCRIER j By mall or carrier, per year....f .00 j By mall or carrier, per month.. .60 WEEKLY COURIER J By mall, per year.. 1.50 MEMBER Stat Editorial Association Oregon Dally Newspaper Pub. Assn. Northwest Patriotic Press Assn. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PREis The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the u?e for republication of all newt dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited tn this paper and also the local newt pub lished herein. - All rights of republication of spe cial dispatches herein are also reserved. THVR8DAY, JAXVARY it, J18. OREGON WKATHKK 4 Rain, strong southerly gales. THE OREGON CAVES This community it deeply Inter ested in any practical plan for the development of the Oregon Caves and will do Its part In the premises. Their present condition is an unfor tunate one, being located In a gov ernment monument, and it it up to southern Oregon to devise a plan that will meet the approval of the general government, which can be done, if the matter is handled care fully. First settle the character of the reservation, then take up the matter of road construction. These two will bring everything else Into line. To do this we would suggest that the Chamber of Commerce appoint committee to serve through the calendar year, with authority to act long at no expense is incurred. Communication should he had with the proper officials In Wash ington, and the character of the res ervation and its size determined as toon at . possible. This will , take considerable time. While it it In progress, however, there should be a preliminary Investigation at to road and the character of construc tion desired. When this matter Is settled, communication ehonld be had with, the office of public roads and an engineer asked for to make preliminary examination. Then will follow the survey for which the government will provide an engi neer, the other expenses being pro vided In Oregon. For this work help can probably be had from the etate. If this can all he accomplish ed during 1918, we will have made excellent progress, hut, to do so, there Is no time to lose at such work proceeds slowly. NEW YEAR'S OREGQNIAN The New Year's Oregonlan is a credit to journalism and a mine of , information. Loyal citizens cannot ' scan its pages without feeling a deep sense of pride for the state and an awaking of tender recollections, as they tee .the lines of young men In Khaki, whose lives have been dedi cated to the cause of their country. There, as, no where elBe, Is gathered together In visible form the sinews of war, as provided by Oregon, In cluding ship yards, factories, forests and the willing hands to warp them into form, to fight the battles of de mocracy and defeat the ends of au- tocrats. It is a creditable Issue and will do us all good among those who LOWKK PKUKS Site IK). STOItACK look upon Oregon aa a (ar away land In an Impenetrable wilderness. 1 Oregon see Californiaa offer to build 600, 000 tout of ahlpa during 191$ and goes her considerable bet-; ,ir. She promises to bulla 626,000 tons of wooden ships at (he leant, and may equal California' offer of 600,000 tout. In addition she prom ise to turn out 400,000 tuns of ateel ships. This la more than oue ton of ship tor each perton within her bor- ders. At the tame rate In all the I states, the production would be I 100,000,000 tons, or enough to scare Kaiser BUI off the high teaa. Salem Journal. Terrible storms in northern Ore gon. Terrible storms In western Washington. Bitter cold weather in the eastern states. Everybody suf fering but us. Say, you fellows, why don't you come to southern Ore gon and enjoy life? QUESTIONNAIRES SENT NUMBERS 425 10 453 Questionnaires were mailed on January 3, 1918, to the following persons. Orders Numbers 425 to 453 inclusive: A. Floyd Everton. Conrad Lee York. Arley Cook. Lloyd Alpheus Dyer. Loren Reynolds. Fred Everson Lichens. Eugene Franklin Morrison. Sam Rogenovlch. Albert Milton Rhoads. Roy Bliss Dysert. Charles Lee Johnson. Henry Charles Franklin Peterson Harry Emmett Brtgge. Mflford Elbert Brock. Walter Earl Ferren. Rudolph Hanenkrat. Root. Edward Rowell. George Norman Bailey. Leroy Noel. Henry Becker. Elmer Connel Harman. Jessie Carmckel Freeman. William Oliver Snider. George Robert Inks. Rennlg William Melssner. James Kenneth McWtlliams. Ariton Lorenzo Heath. Roy Herbert Metts. William John Frankum. Earl Neat Browne. SEVERE UN IS1EN! EOT AFGERMAN SPY San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 3 Lieu tenant Wilhelm von Brlncken, for merly military attache of the Ger man consulate general here, pleaded 'guilty to conspiring to foment revo lution against British rule In India for the purpose of embarraslng the English government in their conduct of the war. He stated In court that his reason for making this plea was that the lees come out", the better It would be for Germany. Lieutenant von Brlncken already was under senten-e to prison terms on one and two years each, running concurrently. These were Imposed after his conviction on charges of conspiring to violate neutrality laws and violating the Sherman anti-trust law, the violation of neutrality also bringing a fine of $10,000. The maximum penalty for the charge of conspiring to foment revo lution in India is two years Impris onment and a fine of (10,000. An indictment charging use of the malls to Incite mtyder and arson still penda against the former consular agent. ItV IHI. stmm.v KKKKII KtitJS KINXKY TIUA.X (ilUMKItV yl AIJTY HKST. t Does Not Rib Otf.Uit. 4Tm Use at Other Sema Work. GetaCanToday JEROME PRAIRIE - Otto Fox, of Portland, spent a tew das lust week with bis sister, Mrs. C. U. Voorhles, Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Mis Ca- hill attended the New Year ve services at the Wildervlll church and teport a pleasant avenlng. Mr. Randolph' father and moth er are spending the holidays with Mr. Randolph. Nell 'Armstrong was a visitor of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Armstrong, a few days Inst week. Mr. and Mrs. Klux, of California, are apendlng this week with Mr. Flux's brother, Alfred Flux, of this ivicinlty. Mr. and Mrs. Voorhles attended New Year's party at the home of the 'Adventlst Sabbath school teach er of Grants Pass. A meatless war dinner was served t? 18 people New Year's day by Mr. and Sirs. J. E. Tucker, which all pro nounced excellent. The crowd was entertained in the afternoon by Swedish songs by Mr. and Mr. Smith. Herbert Bull was a visitor In the Prairie Wednesday. MARK TWAIN LOVED TO TALK Noted Author Asserted He Also Prof ited From Instruction and Moral Upheaval Would Not Charge. ! (un. Kreil llnint ice invited Murk j ivvr.iii to deliver n lecture fur IU benefit of the Robert Fulton Monti- IVi'lll to deliver lei-tun' fur tbe i nient association for u fee of Kl.fMJU. Twain agreed hi lecture, comment n writer, hut declined the fee. Grunt tliiinked lilm In the name of I he asso ciation, but urged him to (:ike part of the sum, ii skint; why he should work wholly without couiiMisutlon. Twuin wrote in reply : I i 'ear in'licriil iJcenusc 1 siopjieu j talking for pay u good many years ' sign. I could tint resume the habit now without n groat deal of pcisnnnl dis comfort. I love to hear myself tall;, bce.-iiixe I p-t ho much Instruction ami morul upheaval out of It, but 1 lose the bull; t t thW Joy when I charge for It. Let the terms stand' Lnter he wrote to Grant: "What shall I talk about? My Idea Is this: To Instruct the iiudlenee about Robert Fulton, and . .'. Tell me wus that IiIm real name, or v,:: It his tioia de plume?, ilov.iver, never mind; li is not iiiipoiifint I -.ii -;;li It, ami the house will think I km- all aboil' it, I.'il for:ot. Could you Had out for me If he was one of the Klgui'M of the Declaration, and which one? But If It in any trouble, let It alone; I can klp It. Wus he out wllli Paul Jones? Will you ask Horace Porter? And ask him If he brought both of them home. Those will be very Interesting 1'aelM. If they enn be established. But never mind; don't trouble Porter; I can es tablish them anyway. The way I look nt It, they ore historical gema gouis of the very first water." Msrine Torpedo, A torpedo will explode under water as well as out of water when It comes In contact with solid matter sufficiently strong to force an explosion. Tho Cacctlvc rano of a torpedo dis charged against a single object moving at high speed may be considered as ap proximately within 1,000 yards. This distance is considerably augmented when the target consists of several ves sels. It may be deemed worth while to discharge torpedoes from a distance of two or three thousand yards for the chance of bitting one of the vessels. A classified td will give result. W-H A1AV tS?s . - MI Petrograd, Jau. S. More than 200 Germans and Austrian attach ed to the peace deluKatlon cerebral oil New Year' eve at a dinner, that wa attended by several neutral dip lomats. Heir von Itlermnnn, the former (lermun consul-general at Potrograd, is among the latest arrivals. Thorn were no peace conferences yesterday as It was a (lornum holiday. Tin foreign affairs building has been put In readiness for the session. Baron Admiral Keyaeillng and Count von Ml rib Insist upon direct telephone connection with lierllu and express unwllllngtiesa to resume negotiation until telephones have been installed In their offices. Germnna and Itiissiuns have been designated to arrange an exchange of prisoner and a resumption of the mall aervlce between the two countries. Lot Angel, Cel.. Jan. 3. The war camp community recreation tor vice has been tho moans of creating t new bond between American moth lets, according to Mr. Jonlah Kvau t'uwles, president of the Genorut Federation of Womou't club and a member of the natlonul committee of the, war camp community recrea tion fund, who recently returned from a tour of the gulf atalet. "The wy the women of the com munities adjacent to the many camps In these states are openlm; their hornet to the soldiers, as a part of the war camp community recrea tion service. Is wonderful," said Mr. Cowlet. "And the benefit to the nation I not alone In Die Im provement of the morale of the mcp in training, which la the prime ob ject of the aervlco, but In the tense of gratitude awakened In the hearts of the mother In northern stales whose tons are the beneficiaries of the southern hospitality. It Is bring ing the mothers of the north and the south together as nothing else has done." Mrs. Cowles said her correspon dence a president . of the Genera! Federation" of Women's clubs allow ed the club women of the nation were giving the movement their en thusiastic support. As one example she said In one state a large num ber of club women had pledged themselves to pay from 35 to $25 a month each. Into the fund a long as the war lasts. DEAD. YET STILL IT LIVES. A Most Curious Frtak of Natur I tht Vagtablo Cattrpillsr, Among I ho many strange growths, apparently Creaks of nature, which ar to be found In New Zealand the vege table caterpillur readily ranks among the foremost. This caterpillur la sev eral inches In length, Is hairless anil dues not differ essentially In appear ance from some of the caterpillar of our own land. ' Its claim to distinction lie In the fact that when It gets reudy to die It digs a hole for itself In the earth and completely burlea Itself. Later a slen der green shoot springs from the sisit. Th!a bears two or more leaves near Its top. ' " t'pon Investigation it Is found that the green shoot springs from the head of the dead caterpillar, and further In vcsflsatton !:'Vc!or. the fact that tho body of the caterpillar Is tilled with roots. The form Is retained without change, and the roots do not pierce through the skin or enter the ground. When dug up this dead yet living freak pre sents a most odd appearance, for the head and even the eyes of the cater pillar are distinctly seen, yet from the head Is growing the green sprout, with its leaves. By tho Light of tha Moon. The phrase "the light of I he moon" Is an Indefinite one, not used by scientists and used by other In a mistaken and misleading sense. The moon haa no light of Its own. and the oiilv lleht that nmnou frnht It lii lliu f,.H,w.fn,1 Unlit I of the sun, without any warmth or life giving quality or any effect on vegeta tion. As loosely used by many peri sons, the expression "light of the moon" means a few nluhts In each month preceding and a few nights fol lowing full moon. Many iktsoiis think this "liuht of the moon" perils! has an Important bearing on seed germination and plant growth, but Hint la a mis take. IM'-olt Free Pns. Cards at the Courier ofnee. Somewhere lu Frame, Deo. 10. (Corresimndeni e of Ike Associated j Press) -The anti-aircraft barrage l today the most dreaded enemy, weapon which tho alrimin has (o face In hU flights over the lines. Ill1 the midst of a sea of bursting shells, I tho airplane hobs up aud down llltei a shjp In a violent storm. The con- russliins which the shells make In bursting produce a swift succession of air pockets and air bumps, and It Is absolutely Impossible to keep a machine ste.uly through them. Meanwhllo there Is the strain of; knowing always that tho next In-, stunt one of the thousands of fly ing shell splinters may reach a vital spot In either machine or pilot. Yet It Is not possible to avoid fly ing through a bin roue at times. The( latest type of anti-aircraft guns can' place a burraso aa hlh as 23.000 j fee-t. and It la not practical to turn i about and try to climb over the bar-j rage. It take a very highly special ised scout machine to climb to 23.-; 000 feet, and the heavier in bines cannot achieve that altitude under' any circumstances. ! The longer the airman hesitates to ran the barrage the longer he Is exposed to the fire. Anti-aircraft gunnery at the front has now reach-j ed a point where the range "is cal-: culated to a nicety almost Instan-t taneously by processes of trlangn- j latlon and. therefore, the flyer who healtatet la lost. The only thing ho. ran do I to take hla chance. Just asl a ahlp at sea take a storm and ac COURSE OF A RIFLE BALL Just What Happens Prom In Instant th Gun la Fired. Two sportsmen were disputing. One claimed that If a rlllu is sighted on a dead level the bull commence to full the Instant It leuves the barrel. The second man claimed that the bull first rises above the level of the battel and then fall "They dldu't settlo the que tlou, but here la the answer: Gravity act upon a moving and un supported body instantly, 1st tho body large or small In a rllle the line of tight (that la, the line of aim) la one thing; tho line of the bore la another. In order that gravity will not cause a bullet to drop Iihi awn a rllle la always made so that the Hue of the bore points slightly upward aa compared with the line of sight. Thu result Is that, while the bullet begins to drop away from the direct Hue of the boru the moment It leaves the piece. It rise at first above tho line of sight aud then slowly drop below It. Itllle are usually made so that they will strike thu object aimed at at a cer tain distum e uy 200 yards from the hunter. That la to say, they carry "point blank" at 200 yard. If the ob ject 1 farther away more front eight must be given. I'mler any and all cir cumstances, however, the bullet drops away from the Hue of the bore, owing to the gravity, tho moment the gun 1 fired. New York Tribune. " AGED SOAP BUBBLES. Oawar Make Monster Onts and Than Kp Them For Months. Tbe transient existence of tba aoan bobble la proverbial, hut Professor J. River Banks (Leonard Katate Pays highest market price for Itmtterfat Honest Test Full Weight Prompt Payment ' (Jrants pass, Oregon Racine Tires 5000 Miles Guarantee C. L. HOBART CO. cept Ita chance of weathering the galo. Next to lbs barrage, the moat feared of the ground defcixca I the "cluster." This Is a group of tlx anti-aircraft shells, sent up tUKctb. er, aud pluci'd Just ahead of the ma chine, with one shell aimed to burst the tip of the fuselaio, two on each side of It, two oil each side Just ahead, and one further and directly abend. The side slip is the favorite pro le Hon against these "clusters." Tht anti-aircraft gunners get their rang nowaday so accurately that the slightest move out of range la fair ly certain to get the machine out'of thinner, unless the gunner have an ticipated this move, as they some times do, by placing another cluster at the most likely 'spot for an ex pected aldn-allp. The sldiKsllp la produced by tip ping the plan down slightly, and while flying ahead, slllherjng over sideways, and down, that changing the rsnge without seeming to do to, for the gunner looking up see ta m ich of the machine as before and Is JuKllfled In estimating Its height to be tho same. In reality the ma chine la a llttln to one side and sev eral hundred fret lower aa the re sult of hla skilful slde-allp. Ilelow a height of B,000 feet anti-aircraft guns cannot be used to advantage, but machine gun and rifle provide equally dnngeroii enemies. A machine gun playing a ttream of 800 bullets a minute is no mean foe, even though the bullet are not iplolve. Iiewar, lu a discourse recently deliv ered at the lloyul Institution in Lon don, explained how soap bubble) could be iiimle to last for months and exhibited several apcvluicne. The first requisite Is that the air Used bi blowing ine bubble shall lie free from dnsL In Professor liewar't process tbe air la tillered through cottou wool, and the bubble are blown by opening a stop cock lu the air supply lulu.. For the soap solution he prefers the purest oleic acid (tested by tbe Iodine nuo. ben aud ammonium soap mot potas sium or aodluuo. To make a bubble durable the aac of liquid must be removed from lit bot tom by suction through tubea applied from outside. Tbe lecturer showed bub Idea that had endured for luonlha aud that were more than bait a yard la diameter, blown In glasa vessel con taining pur air at atmoapherle pres sure. A little water la kept at the bottom of the veasel. A ffnlfonn temperature of about 00 degree F. la favorable to longevity. Hume of Professor I)ewjre smaller bubbles were uearly a year eld, -Philadelphia Presa, HOME, $WEtT HOME. Your dreamt of reputation, your dp utUrod vows to win a namt, hava all loWsd Into afroetion, hava M blanrte int. that slow of tsndtr feeling which finds Its center and hop and joy in tho horns. From my soul I pit him whos soul dots not leap a', tk mar vttirsnc of that nam. Mi Marvel. nSRUSWOXS! Creamery Co. Owner)