Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, January 31, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EDITION VOL (III., No, NT. i ... . . . . Q RANTS PAM, JOfiKPHINC COClfTT, ORBOON, Till IlKDAV, JANTAHV SI, lOlsJ. WHOLE Xl'MHEK 8273. STRIKERS IN GERMANY ARE INCREASING OKI-HIM, INFORMATION MIOM JIKIII.IX ' MAVH IW.fMM) HTIllK KHM AHK Ol T IX CITY SEVERAL CITIES UNDER SIEGE ttiM'inlixU I'ltwnli iMiinaiuta In Ilia ' Kalaer Maul lance Move Ac relaralait Amsterdam. Jan. 31.Th Dum ber of striker lu llttrllu I estimated t I 20,000. According to an official uiimii! luiivd lu llerllii. ll.Tlln. claims, however, that there re no other disturbance elsewhere In Ilia empire, A Mat of lgs ha Iteen declared t Hamburg, Altnna and Wandsbeek, ar-ordlnaMo tha newspaper. laondnn. Jah. SI A word Inn la an Kxrliange Telegraph from Copen hagen correspondent. German strikes are growing, rieven hundred thou ami ara striking In Merlin, iO,nno of whom ara women. Many social ist leader hava been arrated. According to the Ontrnl Von. rlallnt leader liava asked praaldcnl 'Kiwnif In in mm on I ho rnlchtag Immediately, In view of , alarming avent. Amsterdam. Jan. J I. Tha strike ou been axlended In .district near ' Berlin, especially" Tn TVgel Abler hif Riwndau and Marlendorf, where tOO.nnn man have quit work, a'ud a nlmllar number In lb remainder ol tha empire, ' " 1 Zurich. Jmt. Sl.-The socialist linper Vnrwaart announce lhat tha Rarlln striker hava now bacoma mora numerous and threatening, Thay hava addressed In the govern. mant an iiltlmntnm of which Ilia fol lowing; ara the principal demand: First Accelerated conclusion of a general pnHra without Indemnities tr annexation. Bwond Participation of work . men' delegate of all Ih countries In tha pear pour parler. Third Amarloliulon of tlia .food situation and. better distribution. Fotirlli Immediate abolition of tha state of siege and restoration of the right of public meeting, suspend ed by the military authorities. Fifth Abolition of militarization vif war faclnrle. . Sixth Immediate release of all political prisoners. Seventh Fundamental democratl v.atlon or stnte Institutions Highth The Institution or equnl vloctorat suffrage by direct secret hallot. ljindon, Jan. 31. A dUpatch to lha Ially Kxpraaa-rrom Geneva re port thHt there have boon idnahea lintwean aoldier nnd atrlkera In the sitburba of Berlin In which live were lout.. The diapntch ftdds that tha troopa In Home Instance refused to fire on striker. . RX FREIGHT RATES WaHlttngton, Jan. 3t.VBHmlna tlon from the administration bill or he provlnlon glvlnu the ' president jn)wr to fix rntca,' waa approved by the twnate ItiterHtato commerce com mittee today by a vote of deveu o -lx. No amendment wa drafted, but irt motion of Senator Underwood, the committee went on record as fav oring leaving rate fixing In the hands of the Interstate commerce vommlsslon nnd the atnte . coinmls- WILL BIG ZEPPELIN OVER HEW YORK i .,,. ..it. Aineriran Hliigtltl 1.1 Ml VrM 4iiji Make Mui-nWul Kllailil Over Manhattan Inland New York. Jan. 31. New Vorkara who hapiwnad to ha gaslng heaven ward lata today, aluppad, rublwd their ayaa and then thought or hor rifying morion they had read or Zep pelin raid on ltndon. Moating ma jestically oar their head wua a huga rlgar-shaiied dirigible balloon, at legal Jim reel long. Tha dirigible Itrnt appeared over rioufh llrooklyn, then over down town Now York, and finally oer Oovaryor'a Inland. Investigation brought thn Information that lt Atartail at I:1U o'clock on a trial flight from tha new fort at Kock- way Point, and It returned aafely at t o'clock. - It carried a craw of eight men. At tha avlHtlon field at tha fort. It waa ld the baloon la of tha type known aa tha '"American Zeppelin." Tha flight today waa tn teat tha ef ficiency of dropping; man In para chute. Two men of the craw drop ped to the ground aafely from ' a height of 300 feet at different polnta. I KAHMltHHIl' HI'MX TO UK LKHM HTHMT IN' TIIK I'. M. Wunblngton, Jan. ai.- l'rena din putchua filed from nulional army aud national guard rampa In. tha tnlted Klute by aceredltnd nawapa per enrraapondenta. not In the mili tary aervlce will not be cenaored by thu ipllltary authorltloa, under an order made public tonight. The cor respondent will ba Inntrncted by the camp enmmandera, however, that tbey iniiKt rigidly ndherato the re uueatiT for " aeerecy with raaiiect to Information of value to tha enemy, aa defined lu the printed card ant out by the committee on public In formation. , . Correspondent violating thla re quent will be deprived or the priv ilege of the camp. E S : Amaterdatu, Jan. 31. The lllieln liiche Welfallarh Zcltung of Keecn. a copy or which haa benn received here, rnport that Field Marshal von lllndenburK hn warned the striker In llerlla lo cpbhb their movemant Imnieillately. Ha told them accord Ing to thla newspaper, that they were being minted, adding: "Kvary hour you lime mean the wenkentng of (iermany'a defence Yotf. are committing a crime againitt our arm and an act of cowardice against your brethern In the front tranche." PORTLANOER IS A Petrograd, Tuesday Jan. 39. The workmen's nnd aoldier' government today appointed John Heed, an Am erican newspaper man and socialist. las consul of the workmen' and sol diers' republic in New York, In suc cession to the consul appointed by tha old regime. M. Tchltchortn, deputy minister of foreign affairs, today sent a letter to David R. Francis, the American m basxador, notifying him of the ap pointment of Mr. Reed. Mr. Reed has been In Russia Tor . several months participating In the meetings of tha Bolshevik I and during that time hns made several addresses. Mr. Reed snld today that he would start homeward next week to face an Indictment against Mm in New York In connection with an alleged pacl- flt .propaganda, and that the litis alnn socialists had declared that they would make a "new l.lebknecht case" out of It.' , Mr. iReed la a former resident of Portland, Ore. ERfCANS After Violent Artillery Barrage, Germans Attack Acericza Position on French ,Fr est at Daylight-Three Americans Wounded and Two Killed With American Army In Fiance,. Jan. Jt. American poiltlona In car-( tain sections of the French front were raidod during a heavy , fog shortly after day light on Wednes day. The attack waa preceded by a violent artillery barrage. Two Am ericana were killed, four wounded and one missing, who Is believed to have been captured. For several day casualties have been occurring almost dally. It is now permitted to disclose that all recent casualties have occurred In this sector. Deaths from shell fire are mostly by ahrapnnl. EIS ACUTE IN CHICAGO Chicago, Jan. '31. Chicago's sugar shortage became o acute to day that In several large department Klorea hundreds of persona stood In line for hours fo obtain a half pound for which they were charged five renta. Restaurants in some cases were reduced to the necessity of ser ving lump sugar with baked apples and giape fruit. Relief of present conditions was said to deiwad nnon the rvcidpt of supplies from the west which hnve been held up by congest ed traffic. KUATIN(J ICK HM'OMKrt HKItlOlS IN OHIO ItlVKIt Cincinnati, Jan. 31. lea gorges have again formed above and below the Olnclunati harbor tonight and men expressed the fear that when these gorges break the dumage to river proierty would be aa great. If not greater than that caused by the break-up of the lea earlier today. Three large steamer were sunk In the local harbor and another was swept, away by the Ice floes, 'as ware numerous Mnaller craft. The lost to property was estimated at ISOO.ooo. I XT MtHTATK 1M M KIM K DM HltvH KltKIUIIT CASK i Washington, Jan. 31. Increases of about 15 per cent In railroad com modity rate from the east and Inter ior points, were authorized by the interstate commerce commission to duy In finally deciding the ruinous Inter-mountaln rate case, pending in various forms for years. This ac tion will make the through rules to the const eiuil to hlirher rates main tained. to Spokane, Denver, Suit Luke City, .Reno and othor Intermediate cities, nnd remove, the rate'dlscrim- Inatlon against which commercial In terests of the cities have long pro tested. The order becomes effective March 15. GKNKItAKH I'KltHIIINU AMI lUdSM ATTKXD COI NCT1, Versailles, Jan. 31. General Per shing attended Wednesday's meet ing or the supreme war council with General Bliss. I TO Washington, Jan.' 31. President Wilson has sent the farmers of the United Statos a messuge, calling: at tention to the country's need of their assistance during the coming year, In winding the war. It waa sent through the : farmer's confer ence at the University of Illinois ARE RAIDED One man was bit by a sniper' bul- let aud fall into a trench filled with water and almost drowned before being rescued by bis captain. Sev eral were wounded In the hands. It is certain that enemy casualties from American cannon 'and machine gun fire baa been "greater than ours. American dead were buried with in sound of the gun. One man was blown to place by a shell In regimental headquarter, while following his colonel Into a dugout. Three were killed by one shall In- the trenches. CAPITAL AKD W i Masnington, Jan. 31. The na tional Industrial conference board, through Magnus Alexander, execu tive secretary and the American Fed eration of Labor, through Samuel UoniMrs, have been asked by the department or labor to name the conference members representing; capital and labor, who will endeavor to outline policies which shall gov eta their relations during the- .war. Prevention rather than arbitration of disputes will be the ftlni or the de partment or labor In reorganising its administrative machinery and ob taining the definite formulation of policies,' to meet the problems raised by the w,ar. A formal announcement today of the proposed changes in the depart ment was in accord with the outline already made public. The adminis trative system to be set up for avert ing Industrial disturbances wtlt be based on xones, with mediators in charke of each xone. SCARCITY OF OOAK IX HOSTOX IS 8KRIOIS Boston, Jan. 31. Arrivals of coal by rati nnd water were so light to day that the city fuel commission was seriously considering an exten sion of the 48-hour period which be gan at 4 a. m. today and during which retail coul dealers have been forbidden to make deliveries of coal to office buildings', stores and fac tories. GENERAL WOOD IS Paris, Jan. 31. Major-Oeneral lxonard Wood, V. S. A., who was wounded recently while vlnltlng the front In France, is confined to the Ritx-Carlton hospital, where he is reported to be doing well. He ex pects to be out tn a week. He is suf fering from a flesh wound on the arm. which Is painful but not dan gerous. Uatitenant-Cnlonel Charles K. Kll bourne, chief of General Wood's staff vlio was wounded In the face, may lose his right eye. Major Kenyon A. Joyce, who was wounded in the arm I improving. MKItCHAMHSK KXPORTS IX) SPAIN ARK STOITKD Washington, Jan. 31. The war trade board ha ceased Issuing li censes to export merchandise to Spain. Five ships about to sail are held. It Is suspected that German Influence Intervened when Ganernl Pershing attempted to buy merchan dise there. " " VIOLENT FIRE BY AUSTRIAIJS Slight OmIiw 4lan by Italians .War t'il-liJ-roasc. , Improved Condi . (loan In FrmaeU Valley Home, Jan. 31. The new posi tion of Italians weat of Frentela val ley. In the mountain front, was Im proved yesterday. It la announced by the war office. The line was advanc ed slightly northeast or Col-del-roaao. The Austrians have bean bom barding with extreme violence the positions captured by the Italians. The Italian fire haa bees powerfully centered on polnta behind tha enemy line. Extremely heavy losses were suf fered by the Austrians, two or their divisions being almost completely wiped out Berlin, Jan. 11. Italian attacks launched yesterday, south-west of Aslago. have broke down under the Teuton lire Is announced by the war office. Italian prisoner have been Increased to over 800. KK-Ctmn icsTAIlIJHHEll FOR BOMHER'ft INSURANCE Washington,' Jan. 31. A new re cord waa established In the applica tion for 32,004 Insurance' policies from soldiers, Secretary McAdoo an nounced Tuesday. . The application totaled $260,393,500 and brings the grand total to 34.923, 8H.0OO. Ap proximately 600,000 persons are cov ered In this grand total. HAKKItH WILL DK ... LICENSKO FKRRIARY Washington, Jan. 31. The presi dent has ordered all persons or firms making any form of bread or pastry, to be licensed by February 4, If us ing over three barrels of flour,' or meal, monthly. This also applies to green coffee handlers. GERM REJECTS 0 Petrograd, Jan. 31. The semi official News Agency issues the fol lowing: "Tha flerman foreign secretary. Dr. von Kuehlmnhn, informed the Polish premier, J. Kuchartewakl, that It was Impossible to grant his request to represent Poland at the Bwt-Litovsk negotiations, as to the Russian delegation had not recog nized the Independence of Poland. "This Is raise, the Russian delega tion recognizes the right of self-determination of all nations, but not the dependence of the Kucharzewskl government, appointed by Germany. because It does not express the will of the Polish people." ' ' 'The Warsaw workmen have de clared a general strike as a protest against Dr. von Kuehlmnnn's effort to make Russia recognize a Polish government protected by Germany. Demonstrations have been violently dispersed by 4he Germans.". GRORGK W. MANNING OF Mi'MINWIfLR DIES IN FRAXCK Washington, Jan. 31. General Pershing report that Privates Geo. W. Manning of McMinnvllle, Ore., and James Glenn, of Idaho, have died of pneumonia. RAID Oil PARiS IS FIRST IN SIX MONTHS Paris. Jan. 31. German airplanes raided Paris last night. The alarm was "given at ll:30 o'clock.' Bombs were thrown at various points in Paris' and the suburbs.' Twenty people were killed and ".0 Injured. . . One German machine was brought down and the occupants made prisoner. Hi SHIPPING IS CENTRALIZED HHIITI.XU OK- ALLIES HAS REKJT PLACKD I XDKU ALLIKI) CKX. TRAL COMMITTOU r.ufdju is en AO Yeaaelsj Entering or Leavlma; At laatfc Porta Will Be Omtrotol by Jhlppiag Board Washington, Jan. 31. Central ized control of trans-Atlantio ship ping was established today with the creation of a ship control committee to have supreme charge of th oper ation of all ships American, allied and neutral entering and leaving American ports. The committee was named by rep resentatives of the shipping" board, tha war and. navy department, the food and fuel administrations, tha director-general ' of railroads, the British government and ship owner who met to devise some plan for speeding . op the movement of sup plies to Europe. . It comprise P. , A. 8. Franklin, of the International Mercantile marina, chairman; H. H. Raymond, head of the Clyde and Mallory lines, and re cently made shipping controller 'at New York, and Sir Cannon Guthrie. director of Britbm shipping In thla conntry. WHEAT PROSPECTS BETTER II FRAII Paris, Jan. 31.' The condition of wheat on January 1, compared with a year ago. Shows a ' gain I of '8 'per cent. If maintained to maturity, thla means a remarkable Increase In the yield per acre. The Journal Official gives the acreage of , winter wheat this year as 800.000 acres more than a year ago. i CKNKKAL CROWDKK MAKES . CHANGES JX EXEMPTIONS Washington, Jan. 31. General Crowder has announced changes In physical' examinations of draft reg istrants . Men with remedlble di seases will not be rejected. E TO BE LOGGED OFF .Marshrteld,' Jan. 31 The contract for logging the Southern Oregon company spruce lands on the Coos Bay peninsula. haa been signed be tween Manager . Herbert Armstrong and McDonald and Vaughn and the work of preparing for the logging has been started. The lands 'which comprise 2,500 acres lying west of Marshfield and north . and south from the old 8truw, boulevard are all to be cut over and Wm. Vaughn today estimated the work would ex tend over a period of three years. The contract la drawn on a sturap- age basis, the Southern Oregon com pany to receive so much for all logs removed from the land. Although the first efforts will 'be expended upon the choice spruce and white cedar areas, In order to help speed the government needs, all the timber Is to be removed as the logging pro ceeds. This Is made necessary through the danger of fires In brush and waste left from picking trees. Mr. Vauxbn said while discussing the coming activity there Is an area of the finest white cedar on the coast not far from Tarheel point and is included in the contract.