Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, March 18, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 ) 44 DVFP ifTt? ARTHUR GUY KS VLl "uy,)tn" -t book will TOPX g VOU VIII., No. VM. STANDARD OIL I'ltOI'KKTY IN GKIIMANY TO UK TAKKN BY ' GOVKIt.NMKXT One llumlml Times w Mut-h Hun Itoprrty In felled Mitlv Am erkan I'riqicrty In Germany 'London. Mar. , IS. Spanish and 8Im smbasaadora at Berlin, art di rected by Germany to Inform the United States thai aho la proceeding with meaeure against Americas property In tha asms manner aa la being dona wltb Oarman roMy In America. Washington, 'Mar. 18. There li hundred times aa much German pro perty In tba Cnlted States aa Ameri can proarty In Germany. Moat of tha American property In Germany : be lonta to tha Standard 041 com , pany . . I i Kl'GKNK III'MINKHM 14MKM . KAttLY T Alll GAItDKNM Eugene, Mar. 18. Eugene stores will close at 6 . m. In stead of p. in., beginning today and continu ing throughout tha aummer to per mit employers and employee to plant and cultivate war gardens. The new closing hour will be In force each day In tha week except Satur day. An appeal to cltlsens has been Issued, aaklng them to do their shop ping early, In assisting in tha success ot tha plan. I ' DELAY DRAFT FOR Springfield, 111., Mar. 11 Men en gaged la planting or cultivating crops, will be allowed by exemption boards to continue their work until It la finished, according to a message received from the war department. (X)Mih.nation for M-oWixa ' HAVK8 GAKDKN KXPKNBE Corvallls, Mar. 18. By going la together and having their loU plowed In succession, town lot gar deners can often get their gardens plowed at half the cost of Individual work. Tha case of a man charging l for a half hour's plowing Is Re ported by Professor A. G. Bouquet, of O. A. C, who says that If others In tha same neighborhood had got ten thslr ' lots plowed on that day by the same plowman, the charge wqiild probably not have been more than on dollar. The plowman had to go considerable distance to this one Job, and had to charge for the tint wasted. i i nnn !T r Washington, Mar. IS. Resolu tions have been Introduced In the house, asking Secretary Daniels for Information regarding charges that ths Tuscanla crew left the ship without an effort to save passengers. A soldier wrote home to that effect. RETALIATION BY GERMANY OF 110 AVAIL dolla.sstodougk::utsfd3U.s. of The Roue Riyer Courier . , EBT FIK Oil WEST FBI IYmm'Ii penetrate (irrnuia ft Millions Fourteen Hundred Yards, an West Mile of MruM lUvcr ttandon, Mar. II. Frenrh and Gorman troopa bare been engaged In heavy fighting on Ijoth tldea of the Mouse, In the Verdun sector. Weat of tha river Trench gained tha ene my positions for 1,400 yards In depth. East of tha liver Germans were unsuccessful In attacking on a Is mile front. " ' , LAW TO (Tltll AM THH JACKUCG LAWVKI18 Washington, Mar. IS. Deception and fraud have been practiced on tha benefW'larles of American sol diers killed In the war wltb Germany Representative Flelda, of Kentucky, member of tha house military com mittee, said today, after be had In troduced a bill designed to put an end to the alleged practices. The measure limits (ha few of agent to !S and Imposes heavy penalties on persons collecting mora. , "Service of a apeclal agent or at tornoy la not necessary collecting war risk Insurance, except la some unusual cases,'-' ' HELD F0:.l Peking, Mar. IS.- Engineers George Kyle, of Portland, Ore., and Purcell, are safe and . well, being held In northern Honan, for ransom of 71 rifles. Government represen tatives are negotiating through mis sionaries with the bandits and It is believed release will be effected soon .''! ' .r OONRKKVATION OP PMTINIM J MAY TAKK IV JKWKLIIY ' Washington. Mar. 18. The v war went home to Milady fhls afternoon. Tha Woman'a National ' League for the conservation of platinum .Issued a warning to all 'American women to prepare for a federal order comman deering rlnga, bracelets, mesh bags and other Jewelry containing plat inum.' The statement carried no official weight. It set forth the belief, how ever, that auch a commandeering order may come. The statement was i made that the commercial consump tion la 165.000 ounces of refined metal per year. There are npw available but 11.000 ounces ot crude metal. ' li: ARRESTED IN GOTHAM New 'York, Mar. 18. Saiendara Nath Ghose, a Hindu Indicted In San Francisco with Frans Bopp and others, charged with plotting a mili tary uprising in' India, has been ar rested here, charged with being a fugitive from Justice. He was with a young woman named Agnes Smed ley. ' . GOVKItN'OK WHITMAN MAY KI N THIItl) TIMK New York, - Mar- 18. Governor Charles S. Whitman has definitely decided to accept the nomination for a third term. He hns also persuaded the entire republican state tlckot to accept renomlnatton. This ' an nouncement followed a conference at the St. Regis this afternoon.''. EMPEY'S be repro- WATCH FOR IT SOON DAILY EDITION obajits tAsx muefhiitb oonrrr, SPECIAL CITY ELECTION Oil ABM I'KOPOHKD CHANGK OP C'HAUTKB TO filMVLJFY CtLLMTIOX OK dklinqvkxt ahmehhmknth POLLS QPEK8A.M. TO B P.M. Vote on Two Year Term for Mayor and Vomr Years for OMSxilmra to Conform .to Bute lr1od The Grants Paaa apeclal election will be betd tomorrow, the polls opening at 8 o'clock a. m. and con tinuing until 8 p. m. The election la tor the purpose ot changing the city cbarter In order to almpllfy the foreclosure of delln quent Improvement accounts and to prevent the outlawing ot auch ac counts. As the charter now stands the city Is authorized to foreclose on property where assessments are delinquent for 10 days, but the city la' not permitted to bid In the pro perty. tAa It Is proposed to amend the cbarter the, city will be permit ted to hid In property, and It I ex plained, the advertising fees will be lessened as several properties may be bunched la the advertising, Toe owners of property may redeem at ant time from the city by the pay ment of Intallments due. together with Intereat. ' . The question of changing the charter provisions for time of city election and term of office Is also to be voted on.' This amendment provides for the election to be held with the regular state- and county elections, and extending the term of mayor to two years and of council men to .four years. ,, ., , . ' Polling places are aa follows: -First ward Guild : hall, - Fourth street, between C and D. . Second ward Court house, cir cuit court room. ' i Third ward Old Observer build ing. Seventh and O. Fourth ward City hall, council chambers. P0STLW1D MAY GET A GREAT SHTflD Washington, Mar. 18. The larg est wood shipbuilding yard pn the Pacific coast will be established tn the environment of Portland In the very near future, to build ships for trans-Pacific and coastwise trade, if the shipping board will ' formally agree to permit this yard to build on private account, and turn over Its output to private owners upon com pletion. ' . ' ' ' ' ' Delaware capital Is backing the enterprise. Millions are at the com mand of the company, which after'a survey, or. the entire Pacific coast, has selected , Portland as the - best point tor establishing a wood ship yard of vast magnitude. ! They! propose to bnild wooden ships of their own design of approx imately 8,200 tons to be propelled by Diesel engines and make 14 knots an hour, with ths Idea that these ships shall be employed In the trans Pacific trade. In trade with Austra lia and In carrying nitrates .from Chile. , , Washington, Mar. 18, An Idaho law, prohibiting the driving of sheen upon a cattle ranre, has Just been declared constitutional by the Unit ed States supreme court. owcoow, Monday, march m, HIS AT cciuixn HKKS KHtf'HHlTY FOR GOVERN. MKNT A88IHTAXCB IN SKCTIU ING CllltOMK TRANSPORT t ' fAismranrWW jtnrernor Wlthyeombe to Ue Onewt t Kerrptlon Tonight ,t Oowrt Honaa Ht. Patrick's Bell 1 , Governor James Wlthycombe ar rived this morning to be the guest Of Josephine county for the day. He waa met by a number of friends and after a short time spent tn visiting was tsken to the high school, where he sddressed the students. At noon the governor was guest at the Chamber of Commerce lunch eon, nearly 100 members of the chamber and friends of members be ing present. , At the close of the luncheon served by the ladles of the Red Cross, President Bramwell with a few pleasant remarks. Introduced Oovernor' Wlthycombe who spoke with especial reference to war con ditions. In the course of his re- Governor Jam Wlthycomtxi marks he referred to the Importance of the Pacific 'Highway, and to Jose phine county chrome. ' ' la reference to the rdad question the governor said: "While I am op posed to any large public expendi tures for public Improvement dur ing the war, with the exception of the main trunk highways which may be utilised ss military highway, such aa the Peclflo and the Columbia, to my mind It Is exceedingly Important that the Pacific highway be ' con structed so ss to make It passable , (Continued on Page Four)' li X Washington. Mar. IS Trntnliv has placed himself at the "head of the commune in ' Petfo'grad. The commune referred to 'Is a new name for the Bolshevik! by Ambassador Francis. KGYPTIAX COTTON CHOP , v'; TO BE COMMANDKERKlt London, Mar. IT The britlsh and Egyptian governments have decided Jointly to acquire the entire Egyp tian cotton crop, beginning next Au gust. ' A commission ' has been ap pointed to take control of tho regu lations. . SPEAKER EMPEY fought hard in the trenches, and he writes like he fought. He uses clear, vivid and forceful English km. iiinpr (It ill still mm After Taking Poeseawloa of the Moat Important Oraia Porta of ItuasU, Germane Move Northward Amsterdam, Mar. 18. After oc cupying Odessa and Nlkolayer, im portant grain posts, Germans con tinned to advance northward. Boi sbevlkl leaders seem to bare very little hope that the peace treaty will be effective, and are calling upon lo cal Soviets to form military organi sations to combat the Germans, should their invasion continue. Washington, Mar. 18 Boris Bat h met elf, the Ruaalan amVasador who repudiated the Bolshevik! last Novemoer, denounces Russia's ac ceptance of German peace terms. Hs ssys the embassy will continue to co operate with the allies.' sill e::::3 i;? LltliS LI Iims3 St. Marie, Idaho, Mar. 18. Sher iff Nolan and Adjutant General Moody, assisted by . home guards, have begun a roundup of I. W. W. In - Benewah .teuntj, - b '.going . . to rem wooa, a town said to be popu lated almoet entirely by members of the order. Since Friday all arrivals on trains have been examined and new guardsmen are belna enrolled. COIIOFShES osied i;i ii. y. New York, Msr. 18. Two men and two women, of foreign birth. living In fashionable quarters, hare been arrested, and turned over to the immigration authorities for de portation. They are said to have a code cor respondence with diplomats and high officials of, foreign govern ments. They are apparently connect ed with activities of the enemy. Their names are Baron Henri De- bellvllle, Madam Desplna . Davldo vltch Storch, Mrs. Elisabeth Nix and Count Robert Declalrmont. . Mrs. Nix admitted getting $3,000 from Count Bernstorff as "a loan.", GEHS OWiihS PRISONERS i;i RUSSIA Toklo, via Shankhal, Mai. i8. It Is reported that the Germans, are trying to organize two army corps of German 'war prisoners In Russia. One corps, it is said. Is being secret ly organized at Irkutsk, Siberia. Two cavalry corps also are being formed. , ' . Toklo, Mar. 18. Premier Terau chi and Foreign Minister Motono told parliament yesterday . nothing had been decided upon , with refer ence to the Siberian situation. - The military situation has reached a state of perfected preparedness. - Last night the Selyukal (Consti tutional) party, the - largest In the diet, held a conference and reaffirm ed its position taken at a recent meeting in opposition to immediate mobilization. The press is almost unanimous t Jn urging mobilization. The Ashat Shlmbun and the Yora dzv Choho say they are unable to understand America's , , "excessive generosity" toward Russia, now giving supplies to Germany and 1m periling ths stores In Vladivostok. in IN THESE COLUMNS WHOLE NTMBKIl Silt. YANKEE TROOPS ALONG CHEU INS-DES-DAIKXS AKE FROEI NEW ENGLAND TELEFlIE MS CUT tl hi Sentry Sees Signal Flaebes Window, Fires At It mm Hones, bat ftade No One With the American Army la France, Mar. 18. Americas troops which have been In action along the Cbemin-des-daimes, are composed of a division ot exclusively New Eng land men, particularly of Massachu setts. American Intelligence "oBcers be lieve a spy is st work within the America lines northwest of Tout. A sentry saw flashes of signal ilcht early this morning, from a wis'ow facing' enemy Unes. He Crei through the window, dashed Into the house, bat found Do one. lexport- fnf telephone lines have been cut br a spy. , On Board Secretary Bsker'a Spe cial Train Iq France. Mar. IS. New ton D. Baker, secretary ot war, spent a large part ot today ta a rude ob servation ear, which waa only 4 Rat car baatly fitted at .the loncheon hour with pine benches. The car traversed the . railway yards of the Amertcaa forces, which spread over the lowlands bordering a certain water front in France. The yards will be the biggest thing ot tho kind la Europe - when finished something to bring railway engt ners from afsr In France to see. The tracksge will be 280 miles and will provide for 2,500 Incoming freight cars and 2,500 outgoing cars, as well ss 1,800 on the Interior switches.' General Pershing and Brigadier General Atterbury explained thenv in abundant detail aa the flatcar with Secretary Baker was slowly drawn over the trunk and switching lines during the afternoon. A dozen or more French and Am erican engineers were In the party, some of whom were members of the engineering staff which constructed the yards, and they added' a point now and then to General Pershing's explanation. ".' Dredges are constantly at work along the - waterfront, end nearby the warehouses of steel and galvan ized iron are rising along the switch ing arteries. This development is purely for American military requirements and will provide a rather small port In France with potentialities equal to those of Hamburg," es one of the French officials said to the corre spondent. ' '" ' " v GEO! 0FrW,t IS A STALE ELUFF Washington, Mar. 18. The war department's weekly review' states that Germany's threat of a great spring offensive is no longer Impres sive. It Is not' believed the enemy will take the offensive unless forced tO Hft KA. AntA1.lf.An lfrrm " ham. engsged on five separate fronts, one sector lying close to the Swiss bor der. . " 1 mm- BEIIIG BUILT FOII ALr,FM A.