Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, February 05, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EDITION VOI,. VIII., No. Ut. (IRANTI PAM, JOSEPHINB COUNTY, ORJUJON, Tl KhDAV, KK.Illtl AKY fl, IUIN. WHOLE M MBKK 174. WIRELESS IS DISCOVERED AT TIMBER feOlTIIKIt.M PACIFIC AUKKT HAH HAIMO HTATIOX PLAXT AT II IH IIOMM OFFICIALS . ASK INSTRUCTIONS liotrrouM'Ut HtmioiM M1 ( Hie inert Troubled lijr FreUot I nlnrf areata Hlllaboro, Feb. 6. Sheriff Apple gate today selied a Cully equipped wireless plant hidden at the home of J. K. Jarobson, atstlon agent fur the Houtheru Pacific, at Timber, Ore gon. Government radio stations and coastwise steamers have been tron bled by Interference lately Ihul was thought to come from the Nchaleui liny section. Jacohsou has not been arreMed. Government officials have been inked fur I itnt ru Iitnn. Timber la a small lallun on tlit- Tlllamook branch of the Southern Purl fin and consists of I ho depot and a few houses and la located In a densely wooded section. U. 3. IS A I alili)Kton, Feb. .'...-((, iniiiciii Inn on atatwnt-nu fiom 'Versailles. officials today pmphssUed thai while the i'nlted Stales might agree with the conclusions of a conference. It la atlll In the status of a co-bollluer- ent rather than a political wily. Thli week In registration w;ck uud all alien Germans In Josephine co.m ty over 14 yearn of ago iiiiihI r.'ji li ter at the postoflicc nt Grant Pais or other postofllre In the tntmty where they net their mall. While this l obligatory to nil alien Germans It In not icMrlctlnt or conflnlnK them In any way. It r merely to get a linn on IIipiii while thla country la In war with their fatherland. Aside from filling out the rooltt- (ration curds, each German alien In required to -furnish four unmounted photographs of himself, and signed by the registrant. Blank forniH of registrant affidavits and a blank for finger prints must be produced by the registrants, If the latter can not write he must make hit mark In the signature apace and affix his left thumb print in the apace provided opposite the signature space. There are In Orants Pass about 20 who will be required to register, and a few in other parts of the coun ty. These are advised to make haste In securing their photographs as the time for registration expires on Saturday. HHITIHH OAHIAIHKH HOT A NEW WW RECORD 'IiOndon, Feb. B. The Ilrltlah cas ualties reported during the week ended yesterday totalled fl,,ir4 divid ed as follows: Killed or died of wounds: Officer Til, men t,32": Wounded or missing: Officers 17.1; men 4,R0i. The lowest mark for ninny months past Is reached by the last week's casualties. They rompnre with 8,1(88 the previous week; with 17,043 the week Immecflately preceding that and with 9,95 1 for the week ended December 31, the previous low fig ure for any week In recent months. Gtm.KB0r.1B4 ITALIAN CITIES .No ('nmiiiIUn. nl Vciilir 4 IvilUiin killed mill Injured In Three other IUIiM (1iIn Koine, Feb. 6, It U reported that Teuton airmen today bombed Venice. I'aduu, Trevlso and .Ventre. The Italian planet succeednd In bombing the enemy rear linen. Home, Feb. 6. Venire and a number of town on the Venetian plain have been bombed by enemy airmen, according to the Italian offi cial communication Issued today. While no damage and no casualties resulted from the attuck on Venice, considerable destruction wat done In the towna of Padua. Trevlso and Mestre, where also a number of ci vilians were killed or wounded, In cluding many women. SIX THOUSAND MEN Washington, Kcb. 5. -Six thous and additional men are wanted at ome to bring the 20th engineer! (forest) regiment up to full ntrenitth according to officials of the, forest service, who have been requested by the war department to aid In secur ing the necessary recruits. This Is the second forest regiment formed by the war department and will be the biggest regiment In the world. The first forest regiment hat been In France for several months, busy In rutting and getting out of French forests timber, ' lumber, and other material for our army. - Some buttal lons of the 20th have also gone across, and others will follow as their equipment and preliminary training are completed. Men who enter this unit are therefore assured. the officials say, of early service abroad. Men can Join the regiment by en listment If not of draft age and If within the age limits, which are from 18 to 40. Registrants under the selective draft law who have not been notified to hold themselves In readiness to report for duty at a camp can be "Inducted" Into regi ment If they ran show that they are qualified for It. Applicants for enlistment or In duction may apply by letter to The Forester, Washington, P. C or to the various listing officers who have been receiving local applications for pluces In the forest rep.lmonta. Let ters of application must contain a full statement of experience in any of the various lines of work Involv ed, with names and addresses of em ployers. It Tl OF it Washington, Feb. 6. America's war making machinery la pictured as a "conglomeration of ambitious and scattered agencies," Incapable of loam work, by Senator Wadsworth, republican member of the military committee. This statement was made in the senator's argument for the war cabinet and munitions director bills, now before congress, AmNterdam, Feb, 6. Gorman newspapers predict that the next six months will be the deciding period, as the central powers will strike a doclding brow ou the western front before 'American iiillltnry help reaches Its holght. They any that the German rear Is free and the great blow can fall where Hlnden burg wishes. AMERICAN BARRAGE FIRE PREVENTS GERMAN RAID Uciled StalesJArtillery bfered of Ictecded Attack Cca nences Bombardment Fifteen Minutes Before the Time Set For Rush Washington. Feb. 5. American troops may appear In the llrltlnh trenchet In Flanders, according to a plan suggestod by the British war office, through General Pershing. The troops would be punned through the Drltlsh training system, thus has tening the expansion of the Ameri can army In France. With the American Army In France, Feb. ft. American troops are holding a sector of the western front northwest of Toul. Early Mon day morning the American artillery with a barrage fire checked the Ger man plans to raid the American trenches. It had been learned that the ene my Intended making raids and 15 minutes before the time set the Am erican artillery fire was concentrat ed ou the spot where the German preparatory moves for the attack were being made. It Is believed the Mercians suffered heavy casualties. The length of the American sector and the number of men In the front line cannot be disclosed. Northwest of Toul the battle line ruus almost due east and west from Stlmlhiol toward the German border. American In Duel Apparently with the Germans It was a rase of the biter having been bit In. their attack on the American CALIFORNIA CATTLE FOR DOUGLAS RANGES Uoseburg, Feb. 5. That Douglas county wilt soon be the objective of many California cattle owners with herds aggregating many thousands or Head. Is the statement of J. A. Armstrong, of Sullnas, Cal., who Is In Uoseburg today. J, R. Helton, prominent stockman, who operates! here and in northern Klamath conn-! ty, Ih assisting Mr. Armstrong In his search for a winter pasturage for his 2.000 head of cattle. ' Mr. Armstrong brings word of. driest conditions In all parts or Call-; fornla. where tho drouth aspect bus; become so acute that many thous-j ands or cattle are actually too thlni Washington, Feb. 6. Teu month? to withstand the hardships of a; of war have cost the United States train trip to the green hills or this about $7,100,000,000 or nearly $24, sectlon, while thousands are dying. 000,000 per day. The total cost of Mr. Armstrong has mat with ,war Is Increasing over 100,000,000 fair degree of success In his search monthly. These figures are below for growing forage, which he wishes the official estimates made early In rather than hay, and upon complet- the war. ing his quest will return to Salinas and start the northward. shipment ot cattle NO INFORMATION ON GERMAN 8TR1KR PLIGHT London, Feb. 5. Meager Informa tion concerning the German strike situation falls to state whether the workmen returned to their work on Monday. GIVE ME sector In Lorraine Saturday. Al though the attack wat a sudden one, and the Oermant placed a beary bar rage along the American line of sev eral kilometers, the Americans re sponded with avidity, and with their 75's tore up the German front line trenches, blew up several of their dugouts and cut their barbed wire entanglements, causing damage that will require several daya to repair. Utile damage waa done to the Amer ican positions. Seemingly the Amer icans outgamed the enemy and later even extended their tone of bombard ment over a wide region. Where's That Offensive After weeks of watchful waiting, there still Is no Indication that the Germans contemplate at an early date their promised big offensive against the entente fronts, which It hat been asserted would be delivered with k the old armlet reinforced by troops brought from the Russian theater. Toul, capital of the department of Meuthe-et-Moselle, it 14 miles west of Nancy, and It a fortress of the first claaa. The present battle line Is about 16 miles north of Toul, where It extends eastward from St. Mihiel toward the German border. Recently there have been raids by French troops in the region of Fllrey and SeVhepray. ' ' s. OF Salem, Feb. 5. Arthur S. Benson, for 16 years deputy clerk of the su preme court," was today unanimous ly appointed clerk, succeeding the j late Judge Moreland. Mr. Benson has appointed Iee Morehouse, or Pendleton, deputy clerk. OF 7 CAPITOL CITY NOW ON UltK.AI) RATIONS Washington, Feb. 6. The two ounce bread ration for patrons of ho tels and restaurants Is now adhered to in Washington. Dining cars also come under the regulation. This al lowance is the same as now observed in England. YOUR HAND PEACE EFFORTS THOUGHT GermMiu llelleve Itrtura of von Kiiefilniftan and (Vrmln to lie lailirathm of IMsaMar Berlin, Feb. S. la German cir clet It Is believed that the return to Berlin of von Kuehlmann and Cter- nlne forecasts the breaking up of ne gotiations at Brest-Utovtk. London, Feb. 6. The Amsterdam correspondent of the Exchange Tele graph says the andden return of Dr. von Kuehlmann and Count Cternln to Berlin Is considered In German po litical circles at the forerunner of the rupture of the negotiations at Brest-Lltovsk. The special confer ence to be held In Berlin, according to thla correspondent. Is for the pur pose of considering tho general peace situation. The Bulgarian premier, Vasell Radoslavoff, and the Turkish grand vizier, Talaat Pasha, are also expected at Berlin. TREASON TRIAL IS BEGUN IN PARIS Paris, Feb. 4. The trial by court martial of Bolo Pasha on a charge of treason In having conducted German propaganda In France was begun yesterday. The court rejected objec tions of the defense to the procedure because It was Impossible to compel witnesses living In a foreign country to come to France to testify. The act of accusation detailing Bolo Pasha's life was then read. The court room was crowded when Bolo appeared but the assembly was mads up principally of witnesses oi interested parties, as the general public was excluded as far at was possible. Bolo was accompanied by his fellow defendant, Darius Pochere and listened stolidly and unmoved to the reading of the long Indictments, which charged him with having maintained communication with the enemy and with treason. A conspic uous figure in the court room was Madam Bolo, who was surrounded by a number of friends, who will tes tify during the proceedings. As soon as the Indictment had been read, Bolo's counsel moved for an adjournment, taking the ground that certain witnesses would be tin able to appear for him. The state announced that Madame Caillaux, wife of former Premier Caillaux whose name has been mentioned prominently In connection with that of Bolo Pasha, was too ill to come Into court, but that M. Caillaux would be brought berore the court from his cell In Sante prison, when ever he was wanted. POTATOES Rl'RN IN COBVRO ELEVATOR FDRE Coburn, Feb. 5. Roasted potatoes could easily have been served to all the people of Cobnrg Monday morn Ing. An elevator owned by the Eu gene Mill and Elevator company in which 3,700 tacks of potatoes were stored, was destroyed by fire early Monday morning. The flames were discovered about 4:20 In the morn ing, and were breaking out In many parts of the building. The potatoes were owned by Jesse Fox, of Cobnrg, who was at Salem with his family at the time the fire occurred. It Is reported that there was $3,500 Insurance on the pota toes. TRY TO DISCREDIT R. R. MANAGEMENT Washington, Feb. a. W. G. Lee, head of the railway trainmen's or ganization, today charged that the railway management Is attempting to discredit tho Bovertsment opera tion pf railroads. He charged that experienced railroad men are not permitted to operate as their train ing dictates. FAILURE ItS ARREST HI (WW OK Ill'HHI AX KOItnci AND. HIS KXTIIIK 8T AFF OK OFFI- CEItH ARK liKTAIXEO Itumaaiaa Army Now Fighting Una aian Troops aad Disarm the) VCh ad Mti Kuxvlan Divisloa . Amsterdam, Feb. 5. Wireless dispatches today from Kiev through Berlin aay the Poles have occupied Mobile?, the Russian headquarters, and have arrested Ensign. Kryleoko, comuander In chief of the Bolahs vlkl forces and his entire staff. It Is reported officially that the Ukran iant have suppressed the Bolshevtkl uprising at Kiev. London, Feb. 5. Official dis patch rrom Jessy Saturday says tha greater part of the Rumanian army now Is engaged in fighting Russian troops who are overrunning Mol davia and Bessarabia, while Bolshe vlki troops are concentrating In Bu kowlna. After 24 hours fighting the Ru manlant disarmed the Ninth Russian division which attacked Galatt, tak ing more than 60 guns, and sur rounded and disarmed the Eighth Russian division. This division was tent under convoy to Russia. Fighting is In progress et ween the Rumanians and the Bolshevlkl over all of Bessarabia as far as the Dniester river. MM IllUl WILL BE KID Washington, Feb. 5. It has been definitely decided thdt heatless Mon day cannot for the present be aban doned. Washington, Feb. 5. Most dis couraging reports on the movement of freights and coal, due to the ex treme cold weather, threatens to de feat the plan to abandon the Mqn day closing order. Washington, Feb. 5. A critical coal situation throughout the east was pictured to the fuel administra tion today by a dozen state fuel ad ministrators, called to Washington for a conference on fuel conditions. So serious Is the shortage in some states that a number of administra tors urged that there be no suspen sion of the Monday closing order until conditions are better. , ... f New Hampshire with a three days' supply, had the most favorable re port to make of all the states repre sented. Pennsylvania, Delaware. Maryland and Michigan, all reported they were dependent on day-to-day shipments. Chicago, Feb. 6. Chicago's third heatless Monday, also the coldest of the year, saw the city In the grip of the worst fuel famine in its history. Suffering was widespread, hun dreds of persons beselging the offices of the fuel administration for the pink coal slips which proved value less when presented at many yards which were closed ' because of lack of fuel. With the thermometer "Suddenly down to 10 below zero, many who could afford It. closed their homes and went to hotels. In other cases relatives are living together, and In extreme cases neighbors have all gathered Into one flat. Meanwhile hundreds of carloads of coal were on their way from the mines, but delayed by blizzards and traffic conditions, could not reach the city In time to meet the sudden drop In temperature.