Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, January 11, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EDITION YOU VI 1 1., No, TO. GRANT! FAM, JOSKPHINB OOUMTY, OBEGON, FRIDAY, JAXIAKY II, IHIH. WHOLK Nl.WHKB t25S. V CITIZENS OF III TO BE IMMUNE l I MKT Kit MWKIl AHHAXGKN FOR TIIF.IIl lIM IIAIUiK IK IUIAFTF.I) ORDER IS JILREADY EFFECTIVE CltlMHia of (Mlwr X wit ml IWntrle Cm AUo He PIm IiaTkisI From the Hervke Washington, Jon. I l..MInlater BuWer, of BwltierUnd, hss reached an agreement with th tut detri ment, w hereby Swiss alreidy drafted Md In soms Instance serving In the American army, will be discharged tf they desire, on proof of their 0wIm cltlhenshtp. Cltlxens or sub jects of Kuropesn neutral rountrlrt, whether or not they hsve tsken out their flrat cltUenshln pepers. till lie freed from liability to military r Ire, If they appeal through their diplomatic representative here. All AIRPLANE FLEET IS GREAT SWITZERLAND New York, Jan. 1 1. Predlrilon that "there would nut be minli left Of the war." If the frilled Slate . OOlllil send a flet'1 Of MIO night bomb lnn airplane Into one attack over ...... .. the enemy line. wg made Iq n ad- dress here today by l,teutunant-('ol- onel V. K. Clark, head of the army aviation engineer division, befnre the convention of the Society of Au tomotive Engineer. '"There are four typea of alnitnima now In ime In Kurope." he eald. "ob Mrvlnii machine, combat machine, pursuit piano and day and night bombing machines." Major Jesae Vincent. Introduced M the "renl designer of the liberty aircraft engine," unlet the new engine la being made only for heavy battle and bomblnK marhlne. AUSTRO-GERMANS ARE TO -Home, Jan. 11. The AuHtro-Ger-nirtiia wore forced to evacuate aome trench section near Cavaxurchnrlna. on the Italian mountain front yester day. The retreating Teuton were caught under the Italian fire and suffered considerably. ' ' SOARING EGG PRICES Chicago, Jan. It. Kgg prices In , Chicago today reached a new high level for the season, soiling; tip to 65 cent a dozen In wholesale lots to the retailer. Cold storage eggs were ad Tancod two cents a dosen to 42 cents and Commissioner Prlobe. local rep resentative of the butter and exit di vision under Administrator Hoover, took advantage of the rise to notify dealers . that nny further a1 vnn would he considered s Inking art antngo of tV unusual wenthor to secure enhanced profits. (IF.KMAXH SHOOT UOWX 110 airpiiAXKn, iiurmx hays Dcrlln, Jan. 11. One hundred and nineteen nllled airplanes and nine cnntlve balloons were shot down by the Germans during Docem .mr, the war office announced todny. The Oermnns admitted losing 82 air- Tilanen tin :l two emtlve balloons dur Ing the same period. NOONDAY III HE MONDAY I lit re Will IU- He end Miort Ad d reuse Matters of liiixrlHne to 111 Coiiiniuiilly The noon luuclieon to be held on net Monday at the Chsutbsr or Commerce will be addreiied by men who attended Farmers' week at U. A. C. Topics of especial Interest were discussed and many new line of work demonstrated, Irrigation received ieolal attention and t'. U I'pton Jr., was elected president of the Oregon Poultry I'roducers' ao- elation, and will telt about that or ganisation. County Agent Thomp son, W. W. Csnby and It. K. Ran dolph will speak along their special line and will make th la luncheon of special value to every member Visitor to our city and fi lends of the members ars always welcome to the luucheona. All proceed go to the lted Crosa fund. The speaker for the four follow ing luncheons In order will be Pre. W. J. Kerr of O. A. C. Pre. P. L. Campbell of I', of O., Ilobert. 8tan fleld and Governor James Withy combe. The noon luncheon have become a very pleasant and Instruc tive feature of the Chamber of Com merce activities.' E. 0. Harris has been elected to th office of manager to take the place left vacant by the resignation of lien Sheldon. E OF COPPER IS FIXED FOR 4 IMS New York. Jan. 11. Copper pro ducers here todsy received word iroin waaningion, staling insi an. federal authorities for fixing the price of copper st 2Sty cents per pound for the next four months. AMONG 1 GERMANS Amsterdam, Jan. 1 1.--Comment ing upon President Wilson's address, the Nord Deutsche Allegemelne Zel tung of Berlin, says: "The fourteen points do not form a program for world peace, but a real symphony of will to no peace. Re- glnnlng with hla Joyful fanfare of freedom of the sens, and other things on which the whole world Is agreed, even If diversity of opinion exists regarding the method of reali sation, Mr.. Wilson's Intervention Is not wanted. . Having the opportun ity of serving peace he has not only failed, but has clearly expressed a contrary Intention. "Appealing to the self-determina tion of nations, he presumes to In terfere In the Internal affaire of Austria-Hungary and proclnlms the pol icy of doing violence to tho nations with disregard for all historic!)! iintl racial facts. "With equal nonchalance, he finds reason for the partition of Turkey, such as could only he voiced ty a mnn whose pollpy 'aims at playing: off, one against another, of peoples and parts of peoples who belong to gether and are conscious of their homeogenlty." SENATOR BRADY OF IS Washington, Jan.' 11. Souuior Brady of Idaho, was stricken Inst night with acute heart trouble. He Is slightly Improved today and liopiw of his recovery are entertained. James H. Brady, republican, or Pocatnllo, Idaho, was horn In Penn sylvania, movod to Idaho In 189r and was elected governor November 3, 1908. Has represented the stntn In the IT. S. senate from 1913. His present term will expire March 3 1921. COUNCILORS OF PEACE PROCEEDING !IH CARE Peace Conference Now Acknowledges That Negotiations Are Exclusively a Matter of Separate Peace Between Russia and the Central Powers Petrograd, Jan. tl Foreign liter Trotxky ha agreed that the Itusslan I'kranlan repllea to the cen tral powers will be resdy today. Washington, Jan. 11. Some re ports received Indicate that peace negotiation may be continued at Breat-Mtovik despite the protest of Foreign Minister Trotsky. I,ondon, Jan. tl. Before leaving Petrograd, ostensibly for Finland. but probably for Stockholm, for con ference with Austro-flerman social Uts, Premier I,enlne declared that If the central powers did not accept Russian peace terms, the Bolshevik I will declare war against Germany. Initial comment In the German and Austrian press on President Wilson's message li bitterly hostile. I x) tut on, Jsn, 1 1 Confirming pre vious reports thnt the Holshevlkl are preparing to re-establish the flght-j Ing power of the army against a pos sible final break In negotiations with the central powers, the Petrograd correspondent of the ' Dally New saya they are not attempting a re animation of the old army, tint, are creating a new and murh smaller one. Foreign minister Trotxky said. "The new army will wage not war. but revolution. Its trenches will be harrlcailea asulnst oppression.'' Amsterdam, .lun. II Count Cxer- nin, Austro-llunnnrlan forelvn min ister, said st the peace conference yesterday that as Russia's allies had ,the damans replied they did not de not replied to the Invitation to par- cl,ne trt" "rry 00 n Pear negotla tlclpute In negotiations, It was a Hons, but that they failed to specify question of separate peace between 'here. Russia and the central powers, who The Russian delegation at Brest refused to transfer negotiations else- Utovsk Includes, in addition to (where. He said If Russians had the ,snme Intentions as the central now-j dent, one wonmn. Mndmue Rlthenke, jera. negotiations would be satlsfac-ja former exile, and M. Joffe. M. Ka , tory. Otherwise, tho responsibility meneff.. M. Pokrovsky and three for war would fall exclusively on the i Russians. "'""""lii"'. .'n. 1 1 -worms n isrium lor several nays resi. 'Verdun. l Vw ( 7.. X ( Jl"""" . Lieut enant-ColoncI S. ftlacMlllan on left, Major Frank B. Hdwards o n right, and ttapUin R J. Cook In I Lieut enant-ColoncI I. MaoUllan on left, Major Frank B. Hdwards o Center, who will address monster patriotic meeting Monday evening at t Min-'Foreign Minister von Kuehlmao an nounced m a speech yesterday at the peace conference that the cen tral powers hsve withdrawn their peace terms, made public st Brest Utovsk on December 25. In explaining why the central pow ers refused to trsnsfer negotiations to a neutral country. Count Czernln said both parties had direct tele graph communication with their re spective governments, which neither could forego without prolonging ne gotiations. indon, Jan. li. rnofflclal .re port received hers concerning the flret session of the peace conference at Rrest-Ittovsk. which was resumed Tuesday with Leon Trotxky, the Bol shevlkl foreign minister, at the head of the Russian delegates, says that Trotxky, In a speech. Insisted on a removal of the conference to Stock holm. Trotxky declared the Russians came to Rrest-Mtovsk, not aa repre sentative of a conquered country and did not intend to ask for pity, but would continue to act as true revolutionists. He Is reported to have told the German and Austrian delegates that If they did not accede to his request' they would feel the weight of the voice of the democra cies of the central powers snd the weight of arm at the Russian de mocracy. The Evening Post asserted that Trotxky, who Is serving as Its presl- counsellors Nikolai limine, the Bolshevikl j premier, has gone to a Finland TRENCH HEROES fill hot Hul l Is Scarred juxl Maimed, TUey Will Descrllio Bremen In the lUt lle Mors of Franre The three Canadian officer who will ipeak in Grants Paaa Monday night have spent the week In the Willamette valley apeaklng to large audiences. At Portland 8,000 peo ple were crowded Into the auditor ium building and hundreds were turned away unable to get inside. All along the Jlne their stories of actual fighting scenes snd condi tion at the front have thrilled hun dred. ' They will srrlve here Monday af ternoon at 2:10 and leave the next morning at 1:08. Their lecture will be given at the opera house Monday night at 8 o'clock. They have an especial message which every, pa triotic person 'should hsar, snd they desire espedslly to meet the rural population. There will be no admission fee chsrged snd" no solicitation of fundi for any purpose whatever. The Portland committee In charge of their tour through Oregon asks thst everything else give way to the coming of these Canadian officers who will tell the first authentic story of the European battle front. OF IS STILL TESTIFYING Washington, Jan. 11. Secretary of War Baker, testifying -before the senate military committee today, was warmed up by the rapid cross fire questions by senators who dis agreed with, the generally favorable view of war preparations depicted by the war, and said he only meant to convey the idea that all men ready for fighting were adequately equip ped. UtOWX IMUXCK .MAY BK KKPI.ACKII OX THK WRST Rome, Jan. 11. The newspaper Epnra printed today a Zurich report that Field Marshal Mackensen has gone to the French front, where It WB. 1 p'IpvpH h U tn ronli.ro the sanl-icr0wn prince in command around n right, and ttapUin R 1. Cook In he opera honse. AlLHSOil ISI ORDERED TO BE CLOSED ItNMIHLY THIS MAY I.N'Olt'ATK THAT THGIK GKKAT DRIVE U NEAR AT HAXU MGEUISTD.1E If It Succeeds, a Teuton I'eeee Mess age WiU Be Agaia Beast Forth to the World by th Kaiser London, Jan. 11. tiermanjr has closed her frontiers bordering oa Hollsnd and Bwltserland, said a dis patch from Amsterdam today. Tha sealing of the borders may mean the movement of Germaa aad perhaps Austrian troops to the west ern front for a major operation. The German and Austrian orders touching Switzerland were closed for some time before the Austro-Germaa offensive against Italy was launched. . Paris, Jan. 11. Germany's hops) to make a "victorious pesos" Is bas ed upon the success of the proposed offensive on the western front, ac cording to an Interview with a cap tured German officer, printed In L'Excelslor todsy. - Before his cap tuer the officer was attached to a German headquarters staff, the news paper adds. The captive Is quoted ss saying: "The offensive, which Is to begin with simultaneous attacks In several different parts or the front, will be lauenhed as soon as possible. If It 1 a, case of another- Verdun our hones of concluding a 'victorious peace' are at an end. By a 'vlctor- Inna naiM' I mean Deaea with an nexations and Indemnities. It must be admitted that onr Internal situa tion is wretched snd all Germany yearns for a quick ending of fha war." T IS TIED UP FROM CHICAGO EAST Salem, Jan. 11. That an embargo -i-tt of Chicago exists on all east :.cund freight shipments, except gov ; rnment orders, was Information nveyed In a message sent, by the (negon public service commission to ri ly to eastern Oregon lumber com--unles and to W. E. Meacham, secre l iry of the Baker, Ore., Commercial lun. in renlv to comolalnts received rf the shortage of cars. - Chairman riller of the commission explained iat the embargo means that the r jvernment orders have right of way :'-id that other shippers must run the 'sk of delay .If they start shipments anv point esst of Chicago. VTATK TKKASl'RKR FIIJCS HIS QVARTERJ-Y KKPOtlT Salem, Jan. 11. The balance on ' and in all funds at the end of the "jarter ending December 31, totaled i, 663. 495, according to a report of tate Treasurer T. B. Kay. The dis 'nrsements during the period total d $2,651,596 and the receipts. $3, , 45.01 5. ULEGED GERMAN SPY HELD IN CALIFORNIA Hantord, Cal., Jan. ll.Elixa :eth Oulstorf. apparently a German, ias been arrested here as a suspect d spy. She had two seditious let ers, one of which referred to Fort Grant, Oregon, and the Presidio of San Francisco, and to the sending of a mysterious set of plans. There Is no Fort Grant In Oregon. Officers suspect the prisoner of be ing the mysterious "Madam H."