Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, March 06, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text: i DAILY EDITION OaUlrTf TAMM, JOSETYIITB COCaTTY, ORBOON, WEDNESDAY. MARCH fl, IUIM. WHOLE Nl'MBKH MM. VOU VIII., No. I la. V UNITED STATES liiK KID MMI KEEPS OUT OF HEAD JL0!IB0ll flHBttn JAP T AMERICA HAH RENT NO XMMl NIDATION TO JAPAN ON WHK.R IAN MATTKItH NECESSITY MUST FIRST APPEAR If WberU l Takea, What Will He the Mural KffMt on HiuaU, of laterraalloaT Washington, Mar. I. It li au thorltlvtly slated that the Halted Statea haa Mot no communication lo Japea ob Siberian action. Bad If njr vlewa are eipressed, they will bt con veyed to England, through which na tloa thli country hat received all In formation. It haa Bat been assent ad, dissented or protested. ' JapaB already uaderstaad tha friaadly attltuda of tha United States aad dtipoaltloa to take no part. Japan la credited with disinterest ed purpoeee, and If Blbarla should b takea. (ha I'nlttd Stalaa la alo Ihlaklni of tha moral effect In Rua aiB of such aa latarveatloB, a ad feels that tha aheolute necessity ahould ba apparent, before any action la taken. tendon, Mar. (. A Itautar die latck from Toklo under data of March 1, aaya: "I'ubllc and press opinion la rad ically dltlded on tliu Qucatlou of Japan's Intervention In Siberia. One of tha . strong political elamonU 'ttlilrlT a1o I commen laity power ful, urges Japan lo remain Inactive. Instating that the talk of a German menace through hibrrla la merely a mara'a nest, and opposed to tlie mo bilisation of man and resources. "Another, Including the beat vie uienta In Jaian, Is dally and more loudly demanding action. Tha lead ing newspapers In tha capital belong 4o thla aide. The newspaper Koku mln, which la regardod aa frequently eipreaslng the views of the premier, unequivocally asserts that the gov ernment la running the risk of Irre parable loss If It longer delays ac tion against German and the HoIhIic vlkl In Siberia, which must chirlly coma under (heir complete control,' RUSSIANS AT PEACE London. Mar. S.-'-A folrotrad dis patch to the Kxchanvtu Ta !i,ih company dsted Monday eve tliu ay;t that notwithstanding Ilia !.im.!.,H''i of hostilities a (lermiin airplane ap mared over 1'etrograd at 5 o'clock la tha afternoon and dropped bombs. Airplanes were seen flying over Nevsky Prospect, and the belief pre vailed that tha enemy was almlag at Nicholas Station. Sunday nlSht Zeppelins were ob served at Oatchlna, 3d miles from Vetrocrad, flying toward tha capital, but they were driven offl by the aatl aircraft batterlea. 4!l AMERICAN SOLDIERS killed iv action in francb Washington. Mar. 0. Forty-three American soldiers had been killed la iv'tlon In France at the and of March 2, whlla 35 had been captured or missing, according to war depart ment Information. STILL INCREASING Undon, Mar. 6. Germans are still adding to the number of their divisions on tha western front, ae oordtBg to General Maurice. ROUBLES Irlkh lrtulnr, friend of I'araell, Hklllful in I'urtuimetitary Matter , aad Head uf Hla I 'arty tandon, Mar. I. John K. Red mond, lylah BatlonalUt leader, died (hla morning of heart failure, follow ing a recent operation for Intestinal obatructlon Joha Kdwln Redmond was bora la Dublin In IHSt. lie was educated at Trinity college, Dublin, atudled law and was admitted to tha bar,, la 1171 he waa elected a member of the house of commons, and later held a poaltlua In tha vote office, lo the house he became a "whip" for the Irish party and waa one of the moat active supporter of I'arnell In his orffhnlsatlon of the Irish nationalist party. He made several trlpa to the t'nlted Btatee aad Canada la behalf or tha aatloaallsts. When tha party waa divided over the question of tha cootlnuanre of Parnell't leadership, he supported Parnell. ia 1900, when the factlona were united, ha was made leader of the united party, which' ha effectively organised. He waa both a. skillful parliamentarian and aa eloquent and fqreeful orator. VON HINDKMIlllO DHINKJi HKAVIIiV OK ItKMt AND WINK New York, Mar. . Field Marshal von Hlndenburg drlnka beer, wine and whiskey "until ba la purple In the face," Mine. Laura Turesnowlci, an American girl, who married a Pole, declared here today. She ob served Hlndenburg'a dissipations when he quartered himself la her house In Poland In 1115. Convlngton, Ky., Mar. (. Three men, two of them director of the Ninth Ward Building and 1-oan asso ciation, and the other a bandit, were killed last' night when the bandit with two companions entered the meeting room of the association and ordered the dlrectora to hold up their hands. Chief of Police Theodore Kfumper of Covington, who la a director of the association, .and was present at the meetlnv, Immediately opened fira on the bandits, shooting one through the head and killing him in stsntly. The other two bandits shot and killed two association members after which the robber took 'some money from a pile which contained 1 1,200 and escaped. HAROLD WHITE MAKES O.A.C. DEBATING TEAM Corvallls, Mar. 6. Harold H. White, of Kerby, who la a sophomore In the school of agriculture succeed ed In winning a place on tha Sopho more Inter-class debating team In a .uceut tryuut. . The Junior and senior Inter-clasa debating teams will be-represented by 'women,' This Is Die Drat time In the history of the college an Intor lims co-ed debate Is In prospe t. The winner of tha) sophomore and freshman Inter-class debate will have the honor of debating the champion co-ed team of tha upperclassman. AMKHICAN (X)NNl'L HAH RKTl'RNKO TO PKTROOHAD Petrograd, Mar. 0 Raymond Uol Ins, head of the American perniancnt Red Cross to Russia, with a contin gent of Red Cross workers and Rc ,"'f C. Tredwell, the American coiir i. returned to Petrograd last nlht. They express the determination to remain On "Russian soil a !) t impossible." LA FOLLETTE WK HTAND Hgl'AltKLV HKHIND NATIONAL tJOVKUNMKNT IN ITM ItiMHTKOI'H CAl'HIC1 clejeswisusk EI Ueaolutioa ' raoed Assembly Today by Vote of 3J to IM. Had Already lleea Adopted 1st aeaata ' Madlaon, Win., Mar. I. A resolu tion passed the state assembly today by a vote of tt to f 1. condemning Senator Lafollette, after a deadlock of 34 hoar, while the member were self Imprisoned. Among other thing the resolution aid: "W aland squarely behind the na tional government and condemn Sen ator Lafolette and all othera, who failed to see the righteousness of our nation's cause, and who failed to support It la matters vital to win ning tha war, and wa denounce any attitude or utterance which tend to Incite sedition and Injur Wisconsin's fair name." . The resolution haa already passed the senate. ;;dly dei;ou;;ces . k of ra Washington'. Mar. . Idler farm landa and labor scarcity were given aa the causes for a shortage of crops by Q. F. Warren, professor of farm management at Cornell university to day In testifying at the senate agri cultural commlttee'e hearing pa the food situation. The method of fixing prices for wheat waa assailed by Mr. Warren who aald the food authorities do not take Into consideration unfavorable conditions In1 wheat production. "The most effective thing that can be done to atlmulate production," Mr. Warren said, "Is to have the government definitely announce that It will allow the farmer, to sell hla producta on a free market without prlca control." WANTS UKKKN HPHING ROAD . ItKPAIUKD BY COMMISSION .Medfoid, Mar. 6. Petltlona are. la circulation aaklng the state highway commission to put in good condition the road from Ashland to Klamath Fall by way of Oreen Springs moun tain. City Engineer Walker and F. J. Shlnn, secretary of the Commer cial club of ABhland, secured many signature to the-petitlon In this city laat Saturday. a Those German EVACUATING PETROGRAD QKItMANY MAS APPARENTLY PLAYED INTO THK lU HHlAN'H BANDS MOSCOW WILL EE KEW CAPITAL Non-Peace Bolshevik! UtmU Are (Jetting tha Toper Haad aad May Itafaae to Ratify Peace Treaty Amsterdam, Mar. I. Petrograd I being evacuated by tha Bolshevlkl. Moscow will be the new capital. Non-peace Bolshevlkl elements seem to be getting the upper hand and may refuse to ratify the peace trestf next week, which will cause the downfall of Lenlne and Trotsky, unleaa they resign first. Germans apparently played Into the Russian' banda, by granting a respite before the treaty la ratified. Petrograd. Mar. .Bolshevlkl leaders are prepared to withdraw, even aa far as the Ural mountains, rather than to submit to defeat of the revolution, Trotsky aaya In an Interview with the Associated Press her today. . Stockholm, Mar. . The Polltlken Heist ngf or correslrondent reports that a treaty waa signed on Friday Smoltij' JnjtlJoU , Bolshevlkl Beadquarters at Petrograd! denning the future relation between Russia and Finland. Russia renounces all claims to property, telegraphs, rail waya, lighthouse, requistioned ship and fortresses in the territory bor derlng the Arctic ocean. Finland relinquishes all right to tha Valkaauiaarl-Petroerarl rallwat land aranta Russia cable and tele graphic facilities to Finland. The fortress of Imo remains In the ft and s of Russia. The details of the delim itation of the frontiers are to be ar ranged later and evacuation I to take place Immediately. In ease of dispute an arbitration tribunal will be established, the pres ident to be chosen from the Swedlih social democratic left party. 30 ARE IN CUSTODY PORTLAND CASE , San Francisco, liar. 6. By to night 30 persons will be In the cus today of officials here on Portland bootlegging Indictments. Several have surrendered and have been re leased on 31,000 ball. William Hunt Jr., who h Implicated, is on a United States warship. "Piece" Terms BERT E. IfAIiEY I). S. ATTORNEY Promlneat Democratic Politictaa, Formerly tluOrma of State Com mittee, Appointed by Wllaoa ' Washington, Mar. (. President Wllaoa today nominated Bert B. Haney, of Portland, as U. 8. attorney for Oregoa, succeeding Clarence L. Heames. Haney la a promlneat dem ocratic attorney. Ha alao nominated Thomas Rlggs Jr., as governor of Alaska. NKW HADA DKUdGATES ARE RESISTINO TUB GERMANS London, Mar. I. A Router dis patch from Petrograd aaya that ow ing to the refusal of tha delegate of the central power to treat with the representative of the new Ukrainian rada on the ground that the central power already had acknowledged the old rada. tha new rada delegates have returned home from Pakov aad Issued a proclamation to tha people asking them to resist the enemy and destroy munitions supplies. ger;ik;eu;i TAKEN BY ALBIS With the . American Army ' in France, Mar. I. American artillery violently bombarded the . German trenches during a heavy snowstorm this morning. The artlllerylng began at-1 o'clock and was Intense for half aa hour. The inky black night suddenly burst Into flames and dancing lines of fire. Th ground trembled and .window were shaken a mile to the rear of the lines. The German artillery's reply was weak. The entire bombardment last ed an hour, diminishing toward the last. The Germans used their heavy guns in the rear of Mont Sec. A German machine gun captured during the enemy raid northwest of Toul on Friday, has been brought in and will be sent to Washington as a trophy after being suitably .Inscrib ed. Two lieutenant In the hospital here killed a couple of Germans after being wounded. One of them, whose family Is prominent In New York, was wound ed In the shoulder by a piece of shell and bayonettcd In the side. He got his Boche with a revolver. The oth er was In a dugout when it was gre naded.' Ordered to come out, he did and shot the German who gave the order. BY HUM SUBMARINE London, Mar. 6. The British armed merchantlle cruiser Calgarlan waa torpedoed and sunk March 1, off the Irish coast. Two officers and 46 men were lost. There were 610 on board. Washington, Mar. 6. The federal j trade commission has Issued a coin-' plaint against Sears, Roebuck com-! pany, of Chicago, charging unfair, competition. . j It is charged that they advertised sugar for three or four cents . a! pound, actually at a Iobs, upon-cor,-; dltlon that certain amounts of other groceries be purchased, on which the! profit was made up. It is also ' charged that they circulated cata logues, representing competitors' merchandise as inferior. , 1 KEill'l GETSffiCC Ill THIS CITY CHAIRMAN OP FOOD ADM I SI. TRATION HOLD ROCMNO MKKT INO YESTERDAY LOCAL OZ'MIO fq JoaenadjM Ooancy Ctrcait Coart Room Filled With Enthaadaatle Detect Arthur M. Churchill, state chair man of tha food conservation admla latratloa received a rousing welcome) In Grant pas yesterday, a shows by tha attendance and interest dar ing an all day meeting. County Chairman Bam Baker had previously sent Invitation to tha agricultural council and horn eco nomic committee aad tO other dele gates, 75 of whom met at 10:10 a. m. The meeting -waa addressed by Mr. McCord. of tha O. A. C, aloBf line of food value and substitute to be used. Mrs. McCord Is asso ciated with state demonstration work which la represented In Josephine) and Jackson counties by Miss Me Cormlck. Ladles impacted food samples whlla the men were la ses sion considering prlca value. At 12: SO all delegates took dinner at the Chamber of Commerce rooms and then adjourned to the circuit coart room, again aad. eeatiaaed tha session with the room well filled. The men took up the matter of coun ty organisation and decided to work under County Chairman Baker, through the agricultural' council, of which A. Wylberg Is president and the women through the home eco nomic committee of which Mr. W. G. White I chairman. Paul V. Maria, of the O. A. C. gitve a strong talk on war gardena. after which the following com mittee waa appointed In charge ot organising a war garden campaign in Qranta Pa: H. A. Dillingham. Mr. C. U Clevenger. C. D. Thomp son, N. F. MscDuff and Prof. J. O. tmel. Mr. Churchill's talk waa explan atory of the horrible conditions In Europe because of negligence at the dawn of war In proper conservation ' of food and essential to furtherance of the ever-Increasing conflict. Tha tweaker emphatically told of the need of this nation, at the present time to conserve food that the starving al- Ilea might be supported longer and not leave the burden of war entirely ,on America's strength. Mr. Churchill prophesied the end of allied ability !ln the fight against Prussian militar ism soon, unless proper and strict ad herence to the natlon'a plea for food t conservation Is nation-wide. Statistics Bhowlng the relative strength of the fighting forces In Europe were read by Mr. Churchill., Germany's strength greatly exceed ed that of the entente allies. Accord ing to the statistics, Germany dic tates to almost 204,000,000 people, ithe greatest nation by populace In .the world. Mr. Churchill said that Germany was ready to call to her force some 1.000,000 prisoners to Swage war on the allies. men private . STEALS MILLIONS . Washington, Mar. 6. On a war rant sworn out by Councellor Berg eron, of the French embassy, charg ing larceny, ot from 13,600,000 to $6,000,000 from 'the French gov ernment by means of truck and au tomobile contracts, Frank J. Golds all, formerly a private In the French army was arrested today and will be returned to France.