Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, February 20, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextILY EDITION ' 1 t rr, i I.. .. VOU WIL, Ko. 101. oiunts tkm, , jocsraivi oocmr. orboon, wkhxehday. fv.hiuaky 20, iim WHOLE Vl'MHKK 2ttw. i .' . . I . . ' . I , ... .. PKJCMIKtt Limit UKOIUJK .Ufi. ntni Hi.v (11KINTH THK v.s o'AMKIU'A UX1FIE0 EFFORT IS ' IECESSART .. , ,. , , ....... , PrawiUeal WIIm , IMornUiwol Tha felted Maim HfuinUl ,.Mt WnMo It Ktfeagth Washington, Kb. :0. Frank ad ailealoa by , Premier Uoyd Oorge that lb convincing demand (or uni ted military effort nndr ; a .almla directing body bad torn from tba United State, oonflrmad tba Itnpr 1on that baa prevailed here alnc the proposal to aend thi mlailon beaded by Colonel llouaa to a eu prem war council al Versailles. . It waa known unofficially . at that im iK.i taiiaiit Wllaoa had beeni. - ' " convinced that the allied cauae atood I .1..... II kl.u. A MRlnl la arete danger unleaa a central body could be erected with authority () to Initiate vlcoroua warfare baaed oa a well-dlgeated plaa of alrateay that, overed all front The prealdnnt waa determined that the Unl tad ttutea ahautd not.vaat Ita atrenith la.th war. but ahouldr with tba co-belltgereat. wag aa oM ( j. (eulv battle of the moat . vlgorou" , i,,,,, r.0 ... n. couat character. , Hie mlHUry aad . Cierala, Anatro-Huntarlin . foreign advtaera had troaiy urged upof Lutlr proceeding te Rumania him th advlaablllty of aeeatag 'uaUa'att the'forcve oppoeed to Or maay Into a'ilagl ualt of talllUry ewer, atrlkJac vry blow tor It relation to a grahd aebem of cam 'paiira aad.,wata.Bq.trnith.i ,laor ,eagiraeata or dUrelated or feaatre oa th aeveral front. 4 I ! 'TOM - . '! (lemonafrjitlye ptrlke in the miihl ' ' V i' iJ.a,,tactarlea of .the' empire, com PorUaa4. ,v O.WaUat J iaccordi.R to B.r .Pood Admlalatratoi: Ayer h- laauedf " a warainc to lOregoa bakera gan-r- lrtf. who ire not bervng the order, lor th nee, of flour aubatltute., AM lee reoruary !.. v meat be uaed.' baker falling to com ply will b denied Hcenaea end the right to purchat flour. Agent are .being aent out to check up. 112 STATES FAVOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS New Tork, Keb. JO Twelve aUtea (have declared by legialatire .action tbt they favor the formation of . a league of nation after the war, eo 'cording to announcement , by tba iLeague to Bnforce Peate her 10- llht. ( . . , ' : The flrat waa South Carolina,' and 'it waaifpllowed b, Oklahoma,, Dela- iware, Illinois. Tenneaiee, Georgia,!. (Maryland lxiulalana,- Texaa, Saaaaa- 'ohuaetta. Mlaalsalppl and Kentucky ita two other. New Jersey and Rhode Inland, almllar'taeaiiure are 'pending. , , ... ..... ,,i . . i "It ought to be determined before .the war cornea to an end what our ,'pollcy will be after the war Is over," according to a statement from Wil liam tH. Taft, president of the league, jread here tonight. "You cannot,. 1 am afraid, after the war, arouse the .people Into a declaration of prlncl los. They have to be advised, and they have to consider and discuss, and now 'is the time to make up our minds what we are fighting for." t, I Washington. Keb. 20. Secretary 'Baker, In his weekly review any both allies aad Oerman are ready for aa offensive la the went. RED CROSS IS GIVEN LICENSE Thin iuuil.ii Inn Sow, Carr) KimmI. Mom?, Mail aad lliMhe lo America) I'riMtnm lit Germany New York. Feb. 20.--A lleem to trade with tbe enemy bi been granted to the American Red CroM, It was announced tonlKhl. The Ger man government has given to the organlutlon the privilege of send ing null, fond, money ni doming lo Anmrcn prisoner In Germany. Germany has Insisted ths la re- tnrn. the Red Croa must act the madlum through which father and mothen In tbat country eaa commu nlcate with their aona In American Internment tamp and to a minor eg tent , with prisoner. In French and Brltlah camp. . la a aenae thla coa atltutea ."trading wlth the aemr,M and It wa necessary to obula the sanction of the war trad board. THKJtK AIUC T4 AMERICANS MIHMIXU FRUM TVHCANIA . Wasblagtoa.' fab. 10. There are till 74 America soldier of the T.iaonU unidentified or unaeeouat- wi. ...i4.n IWr. Bl lit V. U UWW Hi.VVH.i- fld buri4 d fl sported missing. mm is .. aB Mrly da,( ctorag t0 a V. f.ooa,, dlipatob. la reapoaae -to HaA mania' expreaaed.wlah to enter into preliminary dlacnlon with the cep tral power' regarding the eventual cocluloa of peace, . .. ... . Rapreaeatatlve of the other pow er la the quadruple alliance ai al io goldg to TumaBI. ' II' V iln. AlUtVXOINO l-OIt MTItlKK ( London, reb. SO. Oerman Inde Mt-sos iiii j ,Aa Atlatif Port, b. , J0.Kood coniltlooaara vary 'bad la Berlin, but there la plenty of bread. Thla waa the word brought Mon day by Mr. Clarra Steinberg ot Saa Kranclaco, who arrived on . the , Nor weglan American liner Bergenafjord. She left Berlin four week ago. Mr Stelnberc. an American be fore ahe married aeverul year ago and went to .Oertnany, aald ahe paid $7.50 a pound for butter and waa itlad to get It. She aald aha paid f30 ior a gooae tor ChfUtma din ner. . Her ton, naoul, nine, aeciarea rht wu ' the laet aauar meal ha had .. wlnt to o aome place and get soma real soup," h said Soldier are rarely seen now oa the streets of .Berlin, ahe declared, all furlough having been revoked. omt opersa.were produced during the winter In Berlin and there Is aa occasional theatre performance, aha said,, but ,few people attend. Erery one In Berlin, ahe asserted, wear mourning. Nearly everyone has uf fared some loss In the fighting. ' . -. i . ... Wl. UW MtD X HT MKMCCTHK DRAM' Washington. Keb.'-'JO. S:retary of. War Buker says no date has been imectcd for beginning the second draft. The government does not want to disturb the labor situation;. ,xml(vi!ury In plautlun seKoa. which U vartly responsible.. . J UUU UU IU UllJ IM B01VIKI WILL ACCEIT K TERiVIS liKHMAK TIUMH-M AUK AUVAXC 1XU AJ.t.VfT KtHMIA OH UK "- MILK FRONT mmni b warn lU.lxtmlkJ (iuvetmat Itoccd Into UumllUliac Peace by the (toeaaao People ot Biiaeia Knalerdam, ' Fb.,,20. German; baa not yet replied, to th Bolshe vlkl'a peace offer, but eoatlquee to advance on a front pf over. 400 miles,. It la uncertain whether or not the Bplshevlkl backdowa will stop, the Germans, ai their power dtpfod on making .peace.. Accord- Inn tq Oerman and Auatrlaa paper, renewed war with Ruaala I unpopu lar with the people. Amsterdam.. Feb, HO.-rOeriuan Porelga Mlolater von Kuehlmann said to the relchttag today, "Wa can ao loager. believe In the pacific la- teatloaa of Huaala aad muat ee .lo It that peace and order prerall.". He also aald. ha hoped Oermaay'a , new war! with Raaala would Hrengthe Petrograd's iacllastloa for peace. f Petrgrd..iiKb. , . JOOeper Hoffman; German' military, repreana- tatlve at Breet4.ltovi. naa teie graphad.tho BpUhfIW' fof, wrtttwa authentication of: the Ruselan wlre- len ' peace mi-anage, sent ' to Berlin yesterday. He saya authentication muat be seat to the Oerman com' mand .at Dvlask. Th" Russian offl clat statement saya. meeaeager from Perogsnd.are belag ffino Dvlosk today, with n peace message. Washington, Keb. SO. Announce meat of the purpose of the Bolahe rlkl government 'of Rnssln .to sign a peace treaty baaed upon the hu miliating conditions Imposed by the Germane caused no surprise ,1a orB clal clrclea. In view of the failure of the attempt of the Russian to In fluence the German aoclallbt to-pre- ent an attacH on unresUtlng peo pie. An irresistible demand by the sreut masses of the Russian people for 'peace 'has brought about the downfall' In turn of thine successive governments that of Oar Nicholas. Prince I.votf and Kerensky. limine and Trotsky, according to the offl clal understanding her were .fully aware that their regime would share the same fate If ,they failed . to re spond to tqe overwhelming .demand of tba.Rukaiaa.puDiic. . t. There 'waa danger of ( overthrow (Contlaued on Page Kour( mm Washington. Keb. 20. Launched and maintained "with the h vowed purpose of starving the alllea. Ger- many'a U-boat campaign ha miser ably, failed. .. , , V . New figures given congress by Herbert Heover showed today a loss 6f. but. seven per cent in food ship ments during 1917. ' Starting at the high' water month last; April, -when it ' per cent, went down, the food ahtp toll has steadily decreased., , In October a,nd Novem ber but "one or two per cent" was lost. . .,, . . (. ... ... . . But Hoover warned more sharply against railroad failure In this coun try. Thla already he said, has hurt food shipments vastly more than the enemy. "The number of grain cars reach ing terminals during the 10 months ending with January, waa 1 00,000 less than during the same pvrlod of 11." Hoover said. FAVORS THE Ml II FOUMOSS AHKJI HHIPYAKJI WOHKKIIM TO HIIOW IOO PER (H.VT AMKRI CAN MM IX (TtlSIH Aa Maa Guilty of PutUag UhmbA GUm la Cead few SuidWa, Mtuwld ... . . . . i . .... i . Be fHaot like a Itog 8alm, rob. 10. "Aay maa guilty of belag roapoBsible Cor patting de fective steel Into ship eadaager th live of thouaaada of young Am arkaa sailor aad ahoald be placed gainst a wall to face the firing squad. Any person guilty of putting ground gtaas or poison la eandy to reach the soldier or sailor boys of the ' country should be shot down like a dog." declared Governor Wlthycombe today. Th statement was part of aa In terview leaned by the executive call ins: upoo hlpyard workers aad em ployer to how 100 per cent Amer Iranlsrd la aiding la the progreo of th ar. - Th eaecative waa la receipt of a telegram from W. P. Straadborg, or Portland, director of publicity for the Public Barrios Reeerre la ore- goa. transmitting a statement from William Blaekmaa. director of Ubor of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Th. atatemeat .was traaamlttod to the governor or each state today for comment, 'a h choee. aad la ah atance declare that the whole fate of labor, organised or uaorgaalsed. denends u dob the orogrees of work In th shipyard. Pointing out that the vital need of ehlpping tor war ImporU aa eurC ' " ' ' ' r ' . . . ' a. tailed , even to impori ibio w country, aad , thus , will cut otowa manufacture of non-eaaenttats snd hit .labor la , tbat way, '"tMrector Blackman made aa urgent appeal to all workers to nut every ounce of effort Into their work.. BY EliEf.fY PLAIIES Washington, Keb.. 20. Vice Ad miral Siina has advised tba navy de partment that th Amertcaa seaplane In which Ensign Albert Sturtevant was lost, is' claimed by Germans to have been shot dowa la Flames. Sturtevant waa second pilot in the) machine, which apparently was at-; tacked by ten enemy airplanes. ' j . - i : ' AKJUAIi ACTIVITY, BJCPOBjTKl) ,. ON WEOTKRJf BATTIJII FKOaT . London. Feb. 20. -There Is mark ed, aerial actirlty oa - the western front. The entente aa , brought down or disabled 1 airplanes . in three days.. The British are busy bombing airdrome aad docks in Belgium. ,'' to i: E p. 8.' Blanchard today fecelved a telephone meeaage from . Crescent City, which Included the following telegram: .Washington, Feb. 20-Judge John U Chllds. Crescent City, Cel.: Rlverr and harbors bill reported favorably today,, Including Crescent City, on terms proposed by me, In. behalf of your community. Indorsed by , the war department. Prospects of final passage are. excellent. CLARENCE F. LEA. twaawaMaia ' EVERYTHIXG DEPEK 03i SHIPS OUT TREATY BEFORE SENATE l ader lu Prortiiloae lalted Will ffntt Rotlt tViMaat ad CaiuMlUa Clilaeaa Washington, Feb. 20. Treatlea between the United States and Great Britain and the t'altod State aad Canada to govern tba application of th army draft to the dtlxens of each country residing In the other. were aent to the senate today by Secretary Leasing. They were pigs ad b,y Mr. Laaalac aad Earl Reading, Brltlah high commissioner. Under the treatlea . ih United State may apply the. draft law to British subject and Canadian living- la thla country, between . the age of 20 aad 41 year, the British draft limits, while Oreat Britain aad Canada may draft roeideat eftlten of tha United SUtes from 11 to tl yarn. Similar eeaveutlon are bow be ing negotiated by fhatate depart ment with Other eo-belllgernt na tions. By tba enforcement of the Amer ican' Brltlah treaty. It la ' expected that more thaa 150.000 mea la this country will he made liable to r- vlce. while at least (0.000 will be affected hy th treaty. Estimate place the number of draft age Americans la Bnglaad at 18.000 sad In 'Canada at 'about !.- 000. aa fan .ami's Stockholm. Feb. "s0f-8pcll J porta aay there haa been a great' dee 1 of. revotuiioaay ffghtlag Tn Russia and la Flnlind. ' Chita, capital of Trsas-Bailtatla, teak of Siberia) haa been captured ' by revolutionary troop and the Bolaherl'kl claim to have established their authority In that part, of the country. ' .All "the Cnita batlerles ' passed la(o tna bands of the Red Guard. The Bolshevikl ajasert , that! their force have taken Botatak. 'and ad vanced eight versta 'beyond , Roslov-on-the-Don. They also say Jtlit their forces dispatched to Astrakhan have been completely victorious over the Cossacks and tbat all authority there haa passed into the hands of the workmen's and aoldlera'. group. , In Finland, according to Bplabe rlkl . sources. ,the , , Finnish . White Guards ire still retiring before' the Red Ouarda, who continue to ad vance on the Karleskl line. ..The White Guards are aald to hare vlrt ually evacuated the line from Borgo to Helslngfora. The arrival of Finnish White Ouards In the Aland ialanda compli cated the aituatlon 'Previously they, had been defeated bjr Red"Ouardal and fled for refuge aboard Swedish hlp. OSEGOrj TO GET ONLY ; ; 1 . . W u, r "k '. "a. L J . nHuiHKiuy. rsv. w. i'. ' T w v - riters and harbors committee. Cop - greesman , Hawiey ia inrormea. : win . report only ihrw new projects this, session. Galveston. Ung Beach and, Crescent City, Cel. ' , ; tbis; action, snui out yiaqumu. umpqua ana otner uregon projticis favored by army engineers. Tbu list was reduced to the three named, it Is "said, upon a statement by the war department and shipping board. These only are deemed urgent. It has been decided.. The' Crescent' City Heui' Involves no application to the government this, year, money provided by local Interests being now used. ' The chrome ore 1 deposits furnished ' tNe controlling argument for Its adoi- tloo. OIF II 0FSFJI1E ' ' ' i f i "it f HI GIIiL MAKES A fWU THIRD IX SEATTLE llAYORALTV PKlMAJir SEVEN C:i3iTS CCif ESTED Two Oppoainc CeidMm tor (Ity Electloa Will Be Ola Hum aaad aaaea K Bmdfardl Seattle, Fab. 10. Complete re turn from th primary eleetloa show Ola Haasoa with 22,000, Brad ford with 11,000, Olll T.000, HotT la fourth with I.TOO. - Haasoa .aad Bradford will compete la . tha mayoralty final to bo held la March. SeatUe, Feb. 20. Ola Haasoa, real estate ataa, aad Jhmea B. Brad ford, attoraoy. led a field of eerea candidate for the two asayoraltf nomlaattoae la Seattle' primaries early last nfght Wad. 'aecordinf to early complete retsras. will eohtost at th final eleetloa oa aUrch t fof the post aow held by Mayor Hiram COM. , Complete return from over naff the precincts placed Mayor Ofll third oa the Hat. Early ia the raJag tha mayor admitted he was oat of the runalng. ,.,.', . i Ralph A. Horr the mayoralty eaa- dldate who was shot by aa unidenti fied stranger Horr said he feead hid ing la hta-omce last night, was fifth In tha reea. ... ... . Complete returaa front ItS eat of the 277 precinct gava'Hasoa, 14. 511; Bradford, 7,140; fll. I.IOI; John T. Miirphy,-l,40; Horr. 1.972; A. I. Grtfltha, 2.071; aad C. 9. France. 478. ; -i ' Hanson waa progressive candidate for United States senator la 1014. Several years ago he served ia the Washington legislature. Bradford was former Seattle corporation coun sel. lxndon, Feb. 20. (a the house of commons today Noel Ptmbertoa Bill ing asked -whether, in view of the fact that the late Sir Cecil Spring Rice, ' the British ' ambassador at Washington mu instrumenUl In the, Calllaua-Bolo Pasha dlaclosare. sn inquest would be held to determine if his death waa due to any cause othep . .naonnced. The speaker replied that irtr.' BIII- was required to put his 'question 'in writing and that It would be a- 'Iswered In regular order. AOKRK OX LMJIS1.ATION I Washlnston, Feb. 20. The presl ideht and' leaders of both, parties' in he senate have virtually reached informal agreement for i prompt ..... , , . . action on legislation giving tbe prea- j,,v " . inane rrfvoom in co-orainaiiDK mu , , ,-a- u . - . lUri-;iv , ,.,'t LA , k. ,ntTtta .... A ... . , . . .UnMrt of both aides. AVSTWAX OFFICIALS , J, AKK BUSY BTXPLAIHINO Amsterdam. , Feb. 20. -E?ery ef fort is being made by Austrian au thorities to convince their pe'opte that peace made with Ukraine Is not only -one Of great 'material adrant aw. to the central powers, but that any Injustice done Poland by Uklng ! aay tbe province ot Chotm' and giv ing It to Ukraine, wilt be remedied.