Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, January 09, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTK DAILY EDITION VOK VIII., No. UN. GRANT PAN, JOflEPHINB CO(OTT, OBKQON, WEDNESDAY, JAM AltY . 1017 WHOLE Nl'MRKH MM. F "HERE DOVE, DOVE, DOVE!" EE IS OFFICIALS TliV .1 SEATTLE ii OVER THE TOP RELIED 10 DEO D AID BAN 1 MILE FRONT St'lVKHNFCI, HOHTIK IH X. rumen ami i .vi niiHosKiiH AHH TAKEN Htxra U Vrrjr Ml I In Activity Along Any of tin Front", V.ct Tlml In Italy, Where Artlllrry Active London, Jtn. 9. French troope la th Woevr dlnlrlrt enlivened the lami-tlvlty loiUy on the western front, by urcefully com (lifting ortle Into th German linn ut of Ht. Mlhel.. They penetrated position ob ft an mil front, toon i.u ri oners, some machine gumt. destroyed:'". nd cutting opeiatlon have be defenses and shelters and returned 'mm. and the qneMlon of upending to their own line. OtherwUs there -were only local mucks. Berlin. Jan. ". Strong tote at tacked the German position oh a mile front today and penetrated the line of Herman poata. German coun ter attacka drove the French hack to their former poaltlon. Uadon, Jan. . On the fighting front there la little activity aside from artillery duel und amul) np?ra tloita In the nature of raldn. In one of three email affair near Hullnrourt the German succeeded In entering, ft British trench, but Inter were -driven out In counter-attack, leer ing prisoner" In 'the hamfa of Field Marshal llalg'e men. Likewise sev eral small attack against French po altlona were repulsed. Although bad weather haa fallen upon the Italian front, heavy bom bardments are In pronre on the northern part of the line from the Aslugo plateau to the Plave river. At Monte Asolnne, around which sanguinary fighting occurred several ween ago, mo uannon are nuiniu' helling the Austro-lierman posi tions. CASCADE PASSES ARE . NOW BEING SURVEYED Eugene, Jan. 9. C. M. Thomas, assistant state highway engineer and n crew of men have Just com pleted reconnaissance of several different routoa over the Coast mountain Tor the Central Oregon highway, between Eugene and tho Slimlaw. In addition to the route over -which ft permanent survey waa made during the past summer and fall. Aftor this route was surveyed peo ple living along other routes peti tioned for survey In their localities, notablv by the way of the "high pass" road leading out of Junction City. The commission ordered the reconnaissance made and the report 'on the work to the state commission has beon Tiled. One of the prelimin ary surveys was made through the Tillage of Franklin, another by way of the Hall road, extending 'torn Cheshire to the Ooldson mill, and the other by way of the "high pass" rood .proper. TO Washington. Jan. 9. Parcels for American troops In Fiance, not ex reeding seven pounds weight, may : hereafter be addressed directly to the .soldiers, but will no longer bo re eled for forwarding -by tho com snandlng general port of emliirks titlon, as previously, In nnnrmnceil 'y i .-.he .pitonieo.rt-pnrti:int. ItiMHiiw of I ho Frllrieiit (loaning I'p ITimtm Mow Knfowwl, H Altera ("an Vhtlt HwMtl Tacoma, Jan. 9. Th baa which tinil been placed on Seattle by gun it order No. 81, prohibiting ml ilinn from Camp l,ewl from visiting that city, wa impended at noon to day, becau nf the cleanup work done there by Chief of Poll' War rrn, which wa highly praised In I Inter from Major Foltt to Mayor am. K I. A MATH INDIAN TIMIIKH EXCHANGED Hill LIVEMTOCK anhlngton, Jan. 9. Regarding aiiggaatlnna by reiddcnt of th Klamath rervatlon that lit timber he inld and llveMork purchased for Indiana, Indian Commlsaloner Cato Ml advlara Senator Chamberlain that over 500,000.0(10 feet In the rervatlon la now under contract to the proceed for livestock will be given consideration. Th rommla- nloner advteea (took men to confer with the aiiierlnlendent of the Klamath agency If they wish to ob tain grailng privilege. Washington, Jan. 9. Blame for the Ohio coal ahortage waa placed entirely upon th fuel administration by .lame !ugun, Inspector of rail way division on the Ohio utilities commission, In testifying tndny be fore the senate committee. TROTSKY SIZES UP DESIRES OF ALLIES liOndon, Jan. 9. Foreign Minister TrntNky Is convinced that the en tente government wlj.h Germany to muke advantageous peace with Hun sla, ao that Germany will agree mure willingly to surrender what the al lies want In the west, according to a Dully New Petrogrnd correspondent 'gfter an Interview. Amsterdam, Jan. 9. Brest-Llto- vsk reporta say leadera of delcga Hons representing Russia and cen tre! powers yesterday held prelim inary discussion. The following rep resentatives were present: Foreign Minister Trotsky, Count Cxernln, von Kuehlmann and Talaat Bey, the Turkish grand vlaler. IWfllE Washington, Jan. 9. Prealdent Wilson told the house leaden today that be favored th enactment of the Anthony federal auffntg move ment and would issue ft statement tonight. Washington, Jan. 9. House lead erg favoring the woman suffrage amendment hope to get him to aid them in the passage of the Anthony amendment in the house tomorrow. WANT OltHGON TO MAKK AKItOI'LANK PAIIT8 Washington, Jan. 9 Former Gov ornor West had a further conference iate yesterday with Colonel Deeds, of the construction dopnrtment of the Aircraft board, . and a told lhat nny Oregon manufacturers wishing to secure contracts for the making of airplane parts, when they come to Washington, be prepared to visit airplane factories with Major l.endbetter to familiarise themselves 'vlth details bo they can close con tracts. Mr. West left last night for Ore- ion after a conference with officers of the shipping board on . wooden ihlp construction on the Pacific roast. MAYSILP EARL READING WILL T lndon, Jan. 9 Earl Reading lord chief Justice, will go to the Tolled States as direct representative of the Urltlsn war cabinet, according to the Dally Express. While Earl Read ing will have the title of ambassa dor, purely diplomatic matters will be In the hands of a charge d'affalrs. the earl controlling war activities. Karl Reading's work will, accord ing to th understanding In official circle, deal mainly with financial and general business matter. Col onel K. D. Swlnton, assistant secre tary of the war cabinet, and one- of the originators of the British tank. will accompany the lord chief justice as an attache. The appointment of Earl Reading aa the ambassador Is primarily for war purpose. It Is said, and prob ably means that Viscount North cllffe will not return to the United Stntea as head of the permanent British mission. Lord Northcllffe will continue the active direction In England of the American mission of fices, which has Just been established In Crewe house. Karl Reading was attorney gen eral of England as Sir Rufus Isaacs. In October, 1913, he was appointed lord chief JuBtlce to succeed. Lord Alverstone and waa elevated to the peerage In December of that year. He was one of the leading members of the Anglo-French financial com mission which vUlted the United States In 1915. In 1916 he was created viscount and presided at the trial ot Sir Roger Casement. His last visit to the United States was. In Sep tember and October, 1917. Earl Reading presided 'at the Anglo-Am erican war conference In London In November, and during the same month was created earl. MISSING IN ARE NOW Washington, Jan. 9. Two men from the destroyer Jacob Jones, sub marined nn December 6, are now hold prisoners . In Germany, It is of ficially announced. One Is Albert Demeelo, of Massachusetts and the other Is John Francis Murphy, of Rhode Island. Nine men ot the 'American steam er Harry Luckenbach, sunk January 6, are still missing. Twenty-two were rescued. ' " ' New York Telegram TO BE WELL TREATED Amsterdam, Jan. 9. The follow ing official statement has been laaned by the WolS Bureau In Berlin: "The report la published from American headquarters that the -Ger mans intend to treat American pris oners systematically worse than Brit ish, French and Italian prisoners and Is based allegedly on an official Ger man statement that -Americans are hard of understanding and unable to conduct themselves like gentlemen. Such an official statement was never made. "American prisoners will be treat ed just aa kindly and considerately aa all other prisoners." NEW RAILROAD RATES Washington, Jan. 9. It Is official ly announced that ft general read justment of the country's complicat ed rate system, to fit the new, non competitive situation, will be an early outgrowth of government rail road operation. Some material In creases are considered as inevitable. Washington, Jan. 9. Senator Mc- Nary today was assured by the wi; department that there Is no for. n -la tion for rumors current In Oregon, that a transport bearing some ot the Oregon troops had been sunk. All the Oregon troops, he was told, had landed fttfely. L BYE London, Jan. 9 The hospital ship Rewa waa torpedoed today and sunk in Bristol, channel, enroute from Gibraltar. Three casualties among the crew are reported. All the wounded 'were saved. FAVORABLE REI"ORT MADE ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE Washington, Jan. 9. A favorable report was submitted by the women suffrage committee today on ' the Raker federal woman suffrage am endment resolution. It Is identical with one already reported without recommendation by the Judicial com mittee. The house votes on suffrage Thursday. This Valuable Ore a Abundant la Houthrra Oregon, Hut, Mlnm Ar frartMlly tndeveloped Eureka, Cal., Jan. 9 With the great war preparations all over the United States and the demand for chrom or as hardening compound for steel used in big guns, Humboldt county, Del Norte county and south ern Oregon are being looked upon as among the dependable source of chrom deposit. Eureka already baa a record of being a ship Ding point for approximately 1,500 tons of ore since the first shipment were made to the east from this city. According to Martin lldall, a fre quent visitor In this city and who has charge of tranafer of the chrome ore. the richest deposit of chrom is lo cate in Del Norte county, at the French Hill mine. This mln It Is stated ha a higher percentage of pur chrome than any mln of Its kind In th United States. Another large deposit of chrome lies In th hill back of Smith river and five large truck ar working with all hast to transport enough metal to supply the demand of th large steel manufacturers. Crescent City la the distributing point for the metal and some .or has an outlet from Smith River. It la stated that every steam schoo ner leaving Crescent City for San Francisco or Ssn Pedro, In addition to their lumber cargo carries from 45 to 65 ton of chrome each trip. Owing to a recent car shortage here several tons of ore were tied up on a local wharf but through the co operation of Northwestern officials car were secured and the shipments routed east to Chicago the eastern distributing point . , Th gasoline schooner Magnolia of the Coggeshsjr fleet ha carried nearly 2.000 tons of ore to this city. Thl week she was forced by rough water to leave the open harbor of Crescent City and return to thl city without ore, but will return when weather conditions permit her regular trips. From this city the chrome ore Is taken by the Northwestern Pacific railroad to San Francisco and trans shipped by way of the Western Pa cific, Southern Pacific and Rock Island to refining plants on the At lantic coast. - Metals ot silver, copper and gold found In the chrome rock are then separated and put to the nation' uses and the chrome put Into steel which will finally reach th battle fields of Franc as a part of the huge guns. .--. ; -! : ARMY TAKES OVER Eugene, Jan. 9. Official notifica tion has been received by Major Robert C. Yenney, director of the University ot Oregon base hospital No. 46, that the organization has been taken over Into the army of the United. States. The unit has (been certified as complete and the equip ments gathered at an expense of $60,000 has been assembled. OIL SUPPLY WILL UK TAKEN OVER BY GOVERNMENT Washington, Jan. 9. The govern ment Is preparing to take control of the oil supply, under tho fuel admin istratlon. A man has been selected to take chnrge. RUMORS OF TROUBLE Madrid, Jan. 9. According to news reaching here from beyond the frontier, another outbreak has oc curred In Portugal. Crews ot Port iigese warships have mutinied and bombarded Lisbon forts. The army remains faithful to the government of Dr. Sldonlo Paez, It 1 reported, and tranquility has been restored. REVOLUTION TRY TO SELL ARMS. Ml .WTIO.I" AND MIUTART STORKS HKLD BT THE GOVERNMENT DISCOVERED BY AOVERTISEL'EHT Munition Had Been Conafisentod to Prevent Mexican Rmrolntioa Two Years Ago Los Angeles, Jan. . 9. Arms, am munition and military slorss, valued at $285,000, stored In ft fdral building her, war offered for sal by local federal official, to start ft revolution In Mexico, th army In telligence officer announced her to day. Th Intelligence officers answered a mysterious advertisement for "tea husky men" and unearthed th plot. Nicholas Sena Zogg, N. A. Myle and Joseph Collins were arrested. Th munition wr confiscated by the U. S. government two year ago, they being consigned to th perpetrator of s new Mexican revo lution. Federal appointee here who had charge of them saw a chance to profit by selling them, it I charged. OREGON V.hlS SUIT , AIID AWARDED O Salem, Jan. 9. In an opinion covering six ot the Benson h Hyd land fraud cases, Instituted by Attor ney General Brown to recover ap proximately 27,000 acres of land al- . leged to have been procured through fraud, the supreme court today or dered approximately 9,130 acres re stored to the state. Deeds tor all the remaining lands, save 12,000 acres, had been accepted by the gov ernment, and the court held that it was powerless to order them restored as the government had refused to appear as a party In the cases, al though requested to appear by the x attorney general. Attorney conver sant with the litigation pointed out that If the government would Insti tute suit, these remaining land could In all probability also, be re covered, but the opinion of the court on this phase wa silent With re gard to the 12,000 acres, the court held the evidence of fraud ws In sufficient. ' i-'- f "Ui"1 The opinion was written by Jus tice McCamant, and order the land restored to th state in th following counties: Crook, 3,890 acre: Jack son, 2.360 acres; Linn, 600 acres; Lane, 160 acres; Clackamas, 1,360 acres, and Hood River, 760 acre. In nil seven cases were Instituted by the attorney general, and the Klam ath county caee Is still pending be fore the court and will be decided later. ' HIGH WAR PRICES ARE El San Francisco, Jan. 9. Tom Allan of Crane, Ore., head of a big cattle and sheep ranch, said Monday that the big sheepmen of Oregon are fast becoming millionaires. Allan, who Is manager of the 100,-000-acre cattle ranch, belonging to the Louis F. Swift coterie of Chica go, say that sheep men alroady are' making contracts to sell next spring's lambs at $15 per head. "This Is a phenomenal price," said Allan. "Last spring lambs sold as readily for $9 and $10 each. Before the war the price ranged from $2 to $3 each. With the big price of lambs and the unheard of price at which wool is selling, the sheep men cannot help but make fortunes."