Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, March 21, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOVER THE ARTHUR GUY EMPEY'S ' "WATPH FOR EMPEY fought hard in the great book will be repro- W f 1 vFl F. UI trenches, and he writes like IN THESE TOP" duccd in full in the columns IT COHM i he fought.. He uses clear, T TTiIsVTQ of The Rogue River Courier 1 1 OvJUlN II I vivid and forceful English L.UIUIvIIn D DAILY EDITION VOI VIII., No. lift. GRANT! PAN, JOMKPIIINB OOVITTY. OREGON. THIIIHOAY, M UM H 81, IttlN. WIIOLK M'MIIKH MIS. 44 IT BEATS 1 DUTCH TO GET SHIPS SEIZED AM. OK IIOLLAMi'il HUIPU IN AMKIlHAX WATKIW WKRK TAKKN L.HT NIGHT SHE FEARED GERMAN EMPEROR American Mr-reliant Martin l . rrnaard If 11 VrtweK With Ton. ttiqce rlllMtral at ACMMMMt WsahlnKtou, Mar. t . All Dulch shipping In American waters was or dered slsd UmL ulvlit In prod l mallon by President Wlln m The prmlsnistlon was Issued, afio- the war trade board received, wrd fr.m London that Holland hud T-'ueil "e American ultimatum (or a transfur of the ships, aecOrdiug to the urlic Inal agreement,' which llrrnun blocked. v All Hutch shipping In lirllkh wa tor In (wing requisitioned simultan eously. Approximately 77 vemmU, with tonnage estimated a high a 000, 000 will be added to tin American merchant marine. The ships In 'British water will add another 100,000 or sOd.Oftft lo .the- silted tonnage. Washington, Mur. 21. 8creury Daniels announced that the naval or der actually taking over the ships went Into effect at f:05 o'clock. Through the bureau navigation, the department began severs! days ago to onreutrule at the , portu where the ships .art lying the naval reaervlaia who are to form the new crews. It la not expected that there wlllab enough or these available to man completely all the ahlpa taken over, tut fairly complete flreroom and engine room forcea already have been selected, with part of the deck forcea for moat of the ahlpa. Home or the Dutch aallor will he need and the othera will he kept In thli country. If they , wish, their wages being paid by - the tnlted Statea government. Thoae who de alre to return to Holland will be transferred there aa faet ss accnm modatlone can be found. Final disposition of the 'tonnage alfotted to thla government will be a matter for future conference be tweon the executive departmenta. It la thought probable that tanker, at 'leant, will be added to the naval supply flotilla. , . New York, , Msr. it. Naval re aervlata, acting under ordera from Washington, took over laet - night the SI Dutch veaaeli In (deleted) harbor. When the work waa com pleted the American (lag had been hoisted. on veaaeli having an aggre gate tonnage of approximately 100,. 00. TO 0F WESTERN I V.W. Washington." Mar. 2lASenator Chamberlain today cited actlvltle of t. W, W. In the weat, aa making ne cessary the passage of the adminis tration bill, giving, the government , authority 'to commandeer timber and ' in pnndiiFt loulns: operations. : He said It may yet be necessary to send men with run Into the sprite district. IBM 11 BY SAFE PLURALITY Victor lU-rg.r Will II the HmlalM Candidal anil J. K. Ikavlea llaa ll-VO Naiiml hy Ornwrrals Milwaukee, Mar. I. -More or less complete returns- from .every county In the atale toduy sustained the lead of Congressman Irvine I. Lenroot, the loyalty republican can didate for aenator, In the primaries. delated returns today gave him I, II more than James Thompson, the (.aFollette candidate. Thompson' did not concede defeat pending complete returns. Joseph E. Davtes, democratic can didate had 54,171 votes compared with 11.101 for Dr. Charles McCar thy. The same advices msda the Victor Hcrger (noclallnO vote SO,- KB. Milwaukee, Mar. II. Wheeler Mloodgood. chairman of the county council or defense, has announced he will seek tha Indictment of Mayor llosn, socialist, who has just been renominated, and M try to have Milwaukee placed under military law. "KNKjllTH 'Of l-HlKltTV" . ) ACTIVK IX OKLAHOMA Altus. Okla., Mar. SI. Two far ntera of German descent, alleged to have made pro-German remarks early today were dragged from their bed by bands of "Knights or Liber ty" forced to kla the American riag, flogged with blackanake whlpa. tarred and feathered and driven from their homes. Today every road Intersection In Jackson county la posted with no tices to "Pro-tlermans and slackers," to leave the county or suffer similar treatment. 1! Moscow, Mar. 31. Germany hss Increased her demands upon Ru mania. She now asks for the sur render of all her own munitions and those the allies left In Rumania. SENATE APPROVES , TWO-FIFTY IEAT Washington, Mar. SI. The sen ate has approved an Increase In gov ernment guaranteed price of wheat, from two dollars to two dollars and fifty cents per buhsel, adopting an amendment to the agricultural bill. K. O. 8IHTKK RKtiHINH FROM FOKK8T HOARD Salem, Mar. SI. E. O. Slecke, deputy -state forester for Oregon for the last eight years, has resigned and' has accepted the office of state forester for Texas. The resigna tion was submitted to State Forester Elliott la a message from Mr. Slecke,' who Is now at Bryan, Texas He explained that the spring fire sea son Is now beginning In the Texas forests, making It necessary for him to enter upon his duties at once. HRITIHH AXI FRKNCH DKHTItOV KXKMY ("HAFT 'London, Mar. 2 Two enemy des troyers and two enemy torpedo boats have been sunk by a force of five British and French destroyers. One British destroyer was damaged. GERMAN DRIVE ON IVES Heavy Cttzczdi:? hn With Sach Severity it Wu Pbifly Heard cn Ecglish . Coast, Where Dccrs ad Window Rattled London, Mar. It. Germans shortly before dawn today opened a heavy bombardment over a wide sec tion of the Urltlsh front, from the neighborhood or Vendeull, south or St. Quenlln, to the river Scarpa. The artillery action was distinctly heard at Dover and other towns on the east coast or Kngland, where doors and windows were shaken. It la the heaviest firing yet beard. At Ramsgate the explosions dis lodged tiles from roofs. Vienna, Mar. SI. Austro-Oerman artillery Is taking part In the fight against the Hrltlnh and French on the western front. Paris, Mar. SI. There la an In ar ms BEEN I1CTED New York. Mar. SI. Professor Scott Nearlng, formerly of tbe Uni versity of Pennsylvania and the To ledo university, has been Indicted by the federal grand jury, on a charge of violating the espionage act. ltrXXRI IHtKAKINO AIKPLAN'K WORK With the Urltlsh rjnles In France Msr. St. The air war on tho west err. froU la record breaking. One hundred and sixty-seven ene my airplanes have been downed so far thla month in daylight Hying, In cluding S3 on St. Patrick's day. Of these 10S were reduced to kindling wood, while OS were forced earth ward beyond control. Night flying Is unprecedented. There Is much mutual bombing; at night. The British bombers, seem positively tireless. The night scenes at the airdromes are most amasing. Huge airplanes silently roll from the eheds Into the moonlight. Big bombs are loaded onto them. Hooded creatures climb up. Then they v whirr away like giant moths toward their objectives behind the German lines. v After an hour or to they return, guided by the flare or landing tights. The aviators assemble In their read ing rooms, gossiping and comparing notes, then absorb a "nightcap" and climb Into their bunks. AltMIHTICK WITH lU'MANIA HAS ftKKN K.XTKNDKI I Berlin, Mar. SI. The armistice with Rumania has been extended un til midnight of March SS, It was an nounced In today's army headquar, ters report. . . , ENT MEXI If Los Angeles, Msr. 21. Ricardo Kloreg Magnon, once active in the proposed Mexican revolution against Porlforlo Dlax, has been arrested here, charged with sedition. He Is accused of writing sn editorial In revolutionary pnpers, urglnj Mexi can radicals and nnardilsts to rebel against the I'nlted States. This lhwi Befcre Daylight tense sustained artillery bombard ment on the sectors north and south east of Rhelins, and also on the Champagne front. Urltlsh Army Headquarters, Mar. SI Germans have launched a heavy attack on a wide front In and near the Cambrai sector, Infantry hss attacked heavily from north of I.ag- nicourt to Gauche wood. It Is prob sbly the beginning or the grand of fensive. i ' Amsterdam, Mar. SI. Big Ger man guns have opened up a ter rifle bombardment on a front of ap proximately 50 mllee la northern Pranre, on the areas or Somme, Ar ras and Cambrai. ' IS SAFE III (KM " Washington. Mar. SI. The Amer ican Red Cross mission to Rumania, which fled from Jassy to Odessa, to escape advancing German armies, haa arrived safely at Moscow. It consists of 28 members, mostly phy sicians and nurses. -' 1 HKNSATIOXAL AIUIKST WAH , HIGH HOTIKTY LOVH 'AFFAIR . Washington, Mar. 21. Suspicious thst the quartet arrested en route to Cuba were a band of spies were exploded when government agents found that a love affair between one of the women and a neutral diplo mat in Washington was the real bas is of the activity of the four, which had brought them under observation of the department of justice. The full disclosure Is withheld by the government, out of consideration for the neutral diplomat' and his asso ciates. STATK POLICK ORGANISATION TO UK GREATLY INCRRASKO Salem, Mar. 21. The state emer gency board was called today and allowed the sum or $250,000 for the maintenance or a state police organi sation, which is to be formed for the protection of shipyards and agricul tural Industries. The forces will be composed of four troop of 50 men each, with an adequate motorcycle attachment GOVERNMENT TAKES CONTROL FUEL OIL New York, Mar. SI. The govern ment took over . today control of fuel oil east of the Rocky mountains according to an announcement In this city by Mark L. .Requa, d'rect'-.r of the oil division or the futl ad ministration. - Irregularities In dis tribution caused by rail congestion and the shortage or tank steamers, have hindered Industries which use oil for fuel so seriously that President Wilson Issued an ' order which gives st he fuel administration power to distribute oil under a pri ority list established In the original presidential order of January 31. Railroads and ships come first, then the allied government. ' nr. ER1CAN TROOPS OVER THE TOP Yankee Kaat of l.um-tllle Par. tlclpated In Ibid Lat Mglit and Peaetrated German Lines With the American Army in Prance, Mar. St. American troops esst or Luneville, last night .partici pated In a raid, penetratlnj Germau trenches soma distance. Hand to band fighting ensued. They stayed 10 minutes. Details are unavailable. 8m-F.HeKll BKLFXTKI TO MIH8 FOX AT V. OP O. Eugene. Mar." 21. Miss Louise Ehrmann, a graduate of the Univer sity of California In 1902, was ap pointed as desn of women of the uni versity during the absence of Miss Elizabeth Fox, at a meeting of the executive committee of the board of regenta last evening. Miss Ehrmann la a teacher of Eng Dsn In the Los Angeles polytechnic high school. HOI SR PA8HKH WAtt FIXAXCR HILIj BY- VOTK OF AA8 TO 2 Washington, Mar. 21. The house has passed the administration, bill for establishing a war finance cor poration, by a vote of SSi to two. TKCHXICAI, POH1TIO.NH OCT HPrXIAli 1X8TRVCTION Washington, Mar. 21. Provost Marshal General Crowder wilt .begin within a few days calling out for spe cial Instruction the men In the draft needed by the army in technical posi tions. A general survey or the edu cational institutions or the country is In progress, It was announced to day, to determine what colleges ana- Industrial schools will be available for British training during the sum mer months. . BLUFFER BILL IS III A CONCEITED POSE London, Mar. 21. Emperor Wil liam has telegraphed to the Rhen ish provincial council tbat "We are at a decisive moment of 4he war and ;one or the greatest moments In Ger jman history." FOUR ARE KILLED Oil BAIIJESTROYER . Washington, Mar. 21. One Am erican officer and three men were I killed on board a destroyer on March 19 when the. vessel collided with a British warship. A number of sea men were wounded. , compelled by .force. The American London, Mar. 31. British have; government and people ace too dep taken three towns in Palestine and ly interested in the prosperity of the repulsed counter-attacks of the Russian people for them to abandon Turks. . Russia to the Germans. America Is ' i sincerely Interested in the liberty of KLAMATH OOVXTY TO ( GET NKW COrilTHOl'SKthtng possible to safeguard the real Klamath Falls, Mar. 21. A con tract waa awarded today by the coun ty court for the erection of a new i court house at a cost of $131,775. County Judge Marlon Hanks and Commissioner Frank' McCormack voted to let the contract, and Com missioner Burrell Short voted against the proposal, on the ground that a 'courthouse building already begun six years ago should be fin ished In stead.' On this ' building $180,000 .haa been spent, and the lowest bid for .completing $116,000. . ' 1 It. T ROW SAYS TO MUIS OFF EH ACCEPTED AXU TftAJXED OraiKIW AIlK,NOW EXAMIV I.Q OO.XDITIOX8 HQ PBOfJEIM II-m America U Aahed to Asstot la Or tanking New Volunteer Amy, and for Railroad Supplies Berlin, Mar. 21. Kherson, In Ukraine, 92 miles northeast of Odes sa, haa been captured by Teutons, the war ofllce announced today. . Moscow, Tuesday, Mar. 19. Leon Trotsky's reply to the entente allies' Inquiries concerning reports that the Bolshevlkl bad armed thousands ol German and Austrian war prisoners In Siberia, who now threatened the trans-Siberian railway, was: "Send trained officers and Investigate. I will give you a train." The offer was accepted and tonight Captain Wil liam R. Webster, of the American Red Cross and Captain W. L. Hicks or the British military mission, left for Irkutsk, Tchlta and other points where the Germane are reported to be provided with rifles, field piece and ammunition. The Bolshevlkl papers charge that the reports of the menace of armed German and Austrian prisoners In Siberia Is part of the German propa ganda to discredit the Soviet govern ment and encourage Japanese Inter vention. . ' M. Trotsky also has asked the American military mission for ten American officers to assist him aa In spectors In organising and training a new volunteer army and has re quested the service of -American rail way engineers and transportation expert to assist in the reorganisa tion of the railways. He also asked for American railway' equipment In the way of locomotives and cars. There Is a marked change in the attitude of the entente allies toward the Soviet government. The entente missions are nq longer rushing away from Russia. The English, French, Americans, Italians . and Serbians now have military missions in Mos cow, and they are taking quarters, as they expect to remain. There are many signs of renewed cooperation between Russia and the allies. Moscow. Mar. SI. When asked today whether the American em-, bassy would depart from Russia in view of the ratification of the Ger man peace treaty by the congress of Soviets, Mr. Francis said: . "I shall not leave Russia until the Russian people and will do every- Interests of the country. AMAHS PLEDGE AID TO RUSSIANS Moscow, Mar.' 18. Ambassador Francis has told the Russian peo ple that they will become a German province, It the submit to Germany, and has pledged American aid . to any government that will resist. liJVESTIGATE"