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

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Newspaper Page Text"OVER TOP" THE ARTHUR GUY EMPEY'S groat book will bo repro duced in full in the columns of Tho Rogue River Courier WATCH FOR - i . EMPEY fought hard in the fjv T 'TLICCR trenches, and he writes like -UN ,1 ilJDOd he fought. He uses clear, T TTI77TVTC vivid and forceful English LAJLUMINO IT i SOON DAILY EDITION ....... ' Vol VIII.. N. I UN. YANKEES GIVE ' aw iiKTAitv iukkh gktm hap TINM OF FIRKIN FRONT MKK TKKttCHKM Vtumf AlrpluiH Twice Hjf Over American Hrrlor mtil Ihttp In IJquM Form With the American Army In Franc. Mar. 10. Secretary llaker had a baptism of fir In th front Una trenches yesterday, when a Ger man shell burnt 50 yard from hi automobile. Ha waa uninjured. With ilia Ainitrl-an Army ' In France, Mar. 20. German airplanes both last ntitht and thli morning flew over the American ureter north went of Toul and dropped a number of bulla II Inches In diameter, filled with liquid mustard gas. Thin I the flint time alrplanei have been thin employed. Amerlran artillery on lh Toul front has heavily at larked Germans with gas shells during the past day 'or two. . Four different attacks were launched and 'from the manner In which the enemy waa silenced, they had the desired effect. . On the French Front In France, Monday, Mar. 18. The center of military Interest during the last few days has paused from the Cham pagne to the vicinity of Verdun, where both the French and the Ger mans have broken Into marked ac tivity. In the Verdun region the corre spondent watched the execution of two trench raids on a large scale carried out by the French on Hatur day evening and at dawn on Sunday, tha reeults of which exceeded all M peotatlone. Within 12 hours . the French had penetrated the remark ably strong systems of ; German trenches In both Choppy .wood and Malancourt wood to depth at some polnta of more than a quarter of a tulle. They destroyed all the enemy works, his blockhouses and abetters, which had taken the Germane three yeara to construct, and brought back two groups of prisoners, each com prising 80 men, while the French thomnolves suffered only slightest losses. HAIUm IH HKWAHIKI FOIl SAVING IIIUTIHHKIl Washington, Mar. JO, Charles J. Jones of San Diego, Cal.. an oiler on the U. 8. 8. Machlas, was commend ed today by Secretary Daniels for gallant action of February , 6 In Jumping overboard and rescuing from drowning a British enlisted man. who had fallen Into the water from a nearby vessel. 1LLAI S REPLY E Washington,. Mar. 20, Holland's reply to shipping nominations Is on the cablos now. It Is expected to ar rive late todity. GERMANS GAS III ARTILLERY Iomion, Mar.' 20. A Renter d's pntch from The Hague says condi tions laid down by the Dutch are unlikely to be acceptable to the al lies. ,Y ...... . WISCOIISIII HAS lEUM smi Apparently Ijtrg .Majority of People In That Mate Art" In Pympnthy With Gcrtimiiy Milwaukee, Mar. 20. 'Inroot la believed to have won by a narrow niantln. Milwaukee, Mar. !0. Unroot 'U only too ahead at noon, but clalme countlea where the vote Is still un counted. Milwaukee, Mar. 20. Partial re turns from (2 out of 71 counties, In cluding Milwaukee, Rive Ienroot SS.tft and Thonipton 64,783. About on third of the vote la uncounted. Thompson Is the LaFollett candi date. The socialist vote Is heavy. Victor fierier, nominated as a social ist, says "tha primaries Indicate that Wisconsin opposed to the war." GEM ROES II ' With the American Army In France, Mar. 20. General I'ershlng has spproved awarding the flrst American war crosaea, for extraor dinary heroism to nontenant John Green, Sergeant William Norton, and Sergeant Patrick Walsh. All have been decorated by tha French gov ernment. ' " M MKIAN FLAG RKMOVKD IIV VANtXHTKR riTI.KNH Vancouver. B. C. Mar. 20. The Vancouver city council haa ordered the Russia flag removed from a set of flags or the entente allies at the city hall, It was announced here to day. The action was taken, the res olution said, because Russia signed a disgraceful and Ignoble peace. HUH SYMPATHIZER IS BADLY BEATEM Reno, Msr. 20. Elmer White, an alleged Oerman nympathlxer, who boasted that he helped celebrate the sinking, of the Lusltanla.was lashed to a stske and beaten with an Iron cat-o-nlne-talla by a cltlsen'a com mittee at Yerlngton .last night and It Is reported that he was tarred and fenthered and driven out of town. DRIVING AUTOMOBILE Modford, Mar. 20. While driving his wire and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe or Ashland to their homes. Joe O. Hurt of that city died of heart failure at the wheel of hi uutomobllo, just after leaving Med, ford yesterday, the car leaping from the road and striking a telegraph pole. The occupants of the car es caped without injury, but It Is re ported the car, a 1918 model Hudson Speedster was ' practically demol ished. :". V , : V' The party hud come to thU city lo attend a theatre, and had left about 11:30 o'clock. Mr. Hurt nppeoreJ In the best of health and bad trlve-i tho car from Ashland to this city without mishap. ' His body, -van taken to the Sacred Heart hospital shortly after the accident. Persan Investigating the clrcnmntances de clare It Is remarkable that tho re mainder of the party emerged from the wreck. with but minor scratches. GIUNTI rAM, JOtEPHINB COUNTY. PETROGRAD IS TOTTERING TO EAEE TO IIIIIIS NO OI'IIWITIOX IH MASIFKMT ON TH START OF HOUMIKVIKI GOVERNMENT . German love em:.',ci::g SLAVS ItueaUna AUnund Ikx-aiVHt Invader Herat to lie Conducting nn En velopment oej Moscow Amsterdam, Mar. 20. The fall of Petrograd la Imminent. There la no Indication that the Bolshevlkl wilt oppose It. Ixindon, Mar. 20 Various reports from Russia Indicate the greatest anxiety prevails over what appears to be an enveloping movement of Austro-Oerman against Moscow. There la strong; talk of moving the government elsewhere. Moscow, Mar. 20. M. Trhlcher In, th Bolshevlkl foreign minister, told an Associated Press correspon dent today that Russia's relations with tha entente, are unchanged and that relations with the United States art) friendly. Copenhagen, Monday, Mar. 18. Chancellor von Hertllng, on the Orst reading In th relchstag of th peace treaty with Russia today, declared that he did not wish to discuss the opinion of Germany's enemies re garding th treaty. Deputy Fehrenbach of the centrist psrty, expressed regret that help had not been given Finland by Sweden aa German action apparently had failed to meet with complete approval In Sweden., Germany, he said, only alms at clearing Finland of Bolshevlkl bands and when this Is accomplished the German forces undoubtedly will be withdrawn from Finland. Dr. Kdward-Davld. majority social ist,' denounced the Brest-'Litovsk peace as not a peace by understand ing but an unvarnished peace by force, adding: "Not only did the Bolshevlkl cap itulate but our diplomatist capitu lated to the militarist Ideas of might. General Hoffman cast the vlctor'a sword' Into the scale. "This peace has evoked dissatis faction among the widest circles In the German nation and haa shaken the confidence In the honesty of the i Oerman policy. Reference to Brest jLltovek represses all peace feeling In I France and Great Britain. The en tente ally Is working again welding together the broken ring In the east." ' . 8. 81IXIVAX OF , . u . urownkviu.k, ih ganmkd Ottawa. Canada, . Mar. . 20. The casualty lint says G. 3.. Sullivan of Brownsville, Ore., was gassed.- L SESSION NOT 10 BE CALLED Salem, Mnr. 20. At a meeting or the Oregon emergency hoard,' Stan field, Moser and Kubll, urged a special session of the IcKlalature to authorize a mileage tax for a fund to maintain state policies. The gov ernor Is unqualifiedly opposed to it, and claims It I unnecessary. SPECIA OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARTI! OFFENSIVE OF INS BECOMES A DEFENSIVE ALLIW FIGHTING THIH YKAKi WILL HE DIRECTED FROM Coor. of the food admlnla fOMMOV CENTER tratlon meat division, told th senate 'OFFENSIVE" MADE IN GERMANY With Entente H Haa ' Heretofore Been Bverj Fellow for Hlm-wif Against Autocratic Power Washington, Mar. 20. The key to the 1918 riddle of the western battle front Is In th hands of th supreme war council at Versailles. . Decision as to th time and place of major offensives by the allies rests with that body. It directly controls, officials here believe, a new weapon forged during the winter with which to make effective Its plana of grand strategy. That weapon Is believed to lie In a pooling of th army reserves of all th allies'" armies, permitting overwhelming concentrations at se lected points of attack. . American observers now are con vinced that . th German high com mand plana a defensive campaign and that the long talked of offensive on Parts or th channel port haa been abandoned. The Initiative, according to this view, rests with th allied forces. Communiques are being closely scanned for the flrst Indication of any offensive operations mapped ont at Versailles. Th supreme war council -was cre ated under th urgent Insistence of President Wilson for aggressive action this year, based on co-ordinated plans and under the direction of a single agency. The exact scop of the council's authority never has been disclosed. KELLY FIELD HAS i San Antonio. Mar. 20. First; lieutenant Walter Johnson, aged 22, , of Bellesvtlle. 111., was Instantly ) killed today, when his airplane fell j 1.600 feet at Kelly Fled. UlUf AOITATHDO . PLACED Oil DIET St. Maries .Ida., Mar. 20. Sixty five alleged I. W. W. members held here by the military, received but one meal today, at o'clock this af ternoon, as the result of a disturb ance they created late last night; and It was declared by the authori ties that a repetition of the offeflae would result In the prisoners being put on a bread and water diet. All employes of logging camps In this vicinity are being examined by soldiers as to their attjtiule toward the war and the doctrines of the I. V, W. and it was stated today that i -11 !!- . .!,,..... on. I swer will be brought In nnd held. Half a doien logplng camps in th! vicinity were visited today, . , Federal infantrymen here are ev pected to be ordered back to Fort George Wright. Spokane, shortly, It was announced today by lieutenant Stiffson, In command here.. He said he believed the state guardsmen had the situation well In hand and that he had recommended that the fed eral troops be withdrawn. -JO, 101H MEATLESS DAYS L Joseph Cotton, Itnul of Meat Divi sion, Kay More Meat Is Conmned Meailran nys Titan I'nual . . . . Washington, Mar. JO. Joeph investigating commute today mat meatless days hav not conserved th meat supply, but. on tb con trary he believed there was more meat consumed on thoa days than usual. Washington, Mar. 20. I food administration tonight announced the first of a series of steps planned to stretch flour supplle sufficiently to feed the country and maintain shipment to the allies until tb next harvest. Beginning with th baking trade, which use 40 per cent of the wheat flour consumed in thin country, the administration haa approved plans for a division of flour supplies be tween shops, sparing of wheat sub stitutes and for a natlon-wt,! educa tional campaign to eliminate waste, which will be worked out at a meet ing In Chicago next Friday. Further restrlctiona on this consumption ot wheat which were announced last week as under consideration will be put Into effect next. Aside from the shortage of wheat In the United States, another serious problem Is confronted by th food administration. In making good Its promises to th allies. Not a single week' shipment of grain nd cereals abroad haa equalled the announced program sine January 1. so tbst there remalits a deficit of 812.000 tons to be made up In addition to the regular supplies. 3 KILLED I nCIl Washington. Mar. 20 The casu alty list contains 37 name. The only officer la Lieutenant Frederick Klakrlng. Wbo waa slightly, wound ed. Three were killed in action two died of wounds, two by accident and eight by disease. Flv were wound ed severely and 17 slightly. YOUNG GIRlI WK8 ON . DAY BHR WAS MARRY Klamath Falls. Mar. 20. To be called by the grim reaper on the day on which she was to have been mar ried was the unusually sad fate it .. v- . k.,.l from Med ford a few days ago wun the Intention of wedding Fred Car rich, a mill employe at Worden. Miss Baker was 111 n her arrival here and was taken to the. Klamath hos pital where she passed away on Sat urday afternoon. Her sickness was caused from a complication of troubles. - ' . ' ' ill IS QUICKLY QUELLED London. Mar. 20. A native up rising in Beluchlstan recently, caus ed fighting and many casualties. It Is announced by the India office that natives attacked the (British, and wore completely repulsed and the guilty are ' being punished. ' Dover. Del. Mar. 20. The Dola ware senate haa ratified the federa prohibition constitutional 1 amend ment by a vote of 13 to 8. It passed the house last week., Delaware Is the ninth state to ratify the am endment. ill! SUCCESSFU WHOM M MIIKR 3311. NOT IB HAVE 180.000 III! AN.Nl'AL APPROPRIATION BILL M FAVORABLY RKPORTED TO THE HOISK eras oil tsmtB Hrrretarjr Daniels Says Comasittes H Improved on Hrmmnind' Uon Submitted by Hint Washington, Mar. 20 The annual naval appropriation bill, carrying more than a billion three hundred million dollars, and authorizing a war time Increase In th navy's en listed strength from 87,000 to 180. 000 men, was reported to the house today by Chairman Padgett of th naval committee. Secretary Daniel tonight expressed complete satisfac tion with the measure, saying th committee had Improved upon offi cial recommendation, a a result of a thorough study, of th department and Its needs. "The bill Is larger by over $880, 000,000 than any .prior naval bill, carrying roundly $1,3Z7.00.000,' said Mr. Daniels. '"This sum, togeth er with last year'a bill and the sup plemental appropriations carried la the two deficiency bills of th preced ing session, make almost three bil lions ot dollar provided for lb navy In a little more than 12 month while the total expenditures of th navy from 17(4 to It H, Inclusive, a period of 122 years, only exceeded this sum by three hundred ' and sixty million odd dollars. I make this comparison better to convey what It means to support and oper ate the navy on a scale demanded by the present conflict." FRENCH DISCOVKH WTKEI.K8S STATION . t .... ; Saint Naxalre. France, Mar. 20. The police have discovered a wire less outfit concealed In a large villa at one of the fashionable seashore resorts on the right bank of the River Loire. SEIIATOR QVEil HAS PEACE PROPOSITION Washington. Mar. 20. Senatdi Owen, of Oklahoma, outlined to the senate today an International eace plan, to be effective at toe close or the war, tor the maintenance of fu ture peace. UNIONS 0!l SM III LOER CAi: Baker, Mar, 20. One - hundred and seventy-live employe t In two logging camps, of the Oregon and Eccles ' lumber companies, have struck against an eight hour day schedule, which is slightly less than formerly. They also claim food prices have ' been raised In lorae camps. .,- , i -. , Toklo. Mar. 20. Alexander Ker etisky Is safe In Chrlstlanla,' accord ing1 to word received here today. ' Major General Iakhontoff has been named vice minister of war under Kerensky. . ,,,