Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, March 31, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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DAILY EDITION
VOU VIII., No. HIT.
IRRIGATION FOR
NORTH SIDE
IS IN SIGHT
AUG OP PROPERTY OP TUB
ROOT! RIVER Pl'RLIO SER
VtCa CORPORATION
i IK FOB ELEVEN THOUSAXD
ICmricxalMltoN of Company mmI An
KMiamtMHit of I'Uiim dir Work
Eipertad Boon
Another chapter In the affairs or
th Rogu TUvr I'ubllo far-vice
corporation tu clnsd on Saturday
by th uli of th property on order
of th foiled State dlntrlot court
by Robert P. Magulre, master In
chanery. The affair of th com
pany war placed In the handi o re
ceiver In Junt of last year and tba
real object of the Hilt, whlrh waa
brought by P. M. Feuvr against the
company, waa to conserve the pro-,
prty.
At the sale, whlrh win hold nt the
court hous yesterday, Attorney
flpei'r of Portland, attorney (or
the receiver, bid In the property In
the name, of Newton W. Itpindtree.
for a aunt a little In etees of tit.
00, aubjert lo a bond Issue of untie
MOD, 000. The 111,000 represents
the coet of receivership pens
and maintenance during the part
yeef. :
A reorganisation and re-lnrorpor-atlnn
of the roropany will he (Tett
ed In the ?ery near ftitnre and It I
' ex per ted that within two week def
inite announcement of the pinna or
the new eompany will he made pub
lie. It la ballered that thla move mean
the early operation or an Irrigation
system by gravity and pumping (or
the northslde, and will eventually
Include all the Irrigable landi In the
dlatrtot.
MER GRM1TS PASS
fl
Word waa received hero through
the I'urtland papera thut l-eo Uroy
Graham, a former resident of Urent
Paaa. leaving here about a year and
a hair ago, la a prisoner at Kiel,
Oermany. Graham, wbo ta a broth
er of Mra. Harry O. Hltchey of till
city, waa a member of the crew of
the achooner Kncor when the ve
ael left Portland last May with a
cargo of lumber. Th Encore waa a
victim of the raider Wolff.
News concerning Oraham waa
aent to Portland by the bureau or
navigation, department of commerce
and waa received by the bureau
from th naval attach at Copen
hagen, Denmark. '
toe Angeles, Mar. '30. An In
4 junction to prevent th abolition of
aaloona by ordinance at midnight
hai been denied.
The people of Josephine county
responded freely to the call o( the
war aavlnga atampa houee-to-houe
canvas. In Oranta Pane there were
170 families who purchased thrift
stamps or war savings stamps and
the atotat sales amounted to" $1,148.
84. , The s-hools continue their mar
velous work to help win the war.
Accurate figures are not available,
but It Is known that the sates of
thrift stamps and war savings
atanuis made In the schools exceeded
.1.R00.
The total sales In Josephine coun
ty,. to -rt.-.fo exceeds $19,000.
HOUSETOKQUSEOANVAS
EIGHT im DAY
II HOUR PAY
Eight Hour Day ami Equal Pay for
Mom ud Woiuea Engaged In Mk
Work la (Jmiitml Today
Chicago, Mar. 10.-Th eight
hour day wag Increasea and equal
pay (or like work by nun and wom
en were granted to Chicago packing
house employes by Judge Samuel Al
achiiUr, arbitrator la th recent
wag hearings here. Several other
demands of the workers also were
granted.
Beginning May t, lilt, eight
hour ahall constitute th basic work
day and such work ahall be com
pleted, Insofar as possible, wltblo
nine consecutive hour.
Overt I m ahall b paid for at th
rat of doubl time for all Sundays
and holiday, except that where the
operation la necessarily and general
ly carried on for save day, pro
vision may b mad for relief work
er so aa to give th regular em
ployes a day off.
MIW. MiMINKY REAIJiAHED
OX 910,000 MAIL
San Francisco, Mar. 10. Mrs.
i(ina Mooney has been released on
17,501) ball on each of two murder
charges.
nun vooloi ais '
W BEEN SEIZED
. Washington, Mar. JO. U great
(ierman-owned New Jersey woolen
mill, wltk a total valuation of more
than 170,000,000, have been taken
over hy the enemy alien property
custodian, who has named govern
ing boarda of directors to assume
control of them. ' Th earnings' of
the properties during th war will
go, Into the federal treaaury for th
purchase of Liberty bonds.
Tb mills taken over were an
nounced today by A. Mitchell Pal
mer, the gmy alien property cus
todian, as follows:
The Passaic Worsted 8plnnlng
mills, the Ilotany Worsted mills, th
New Jersey Worsted Spinning com
pany, the Forstman and Huffman
company and the Oera mills, all of
Passilc, N. J and the Garfield Wor
sted mills of Garfield, N. J.
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HOLDS VITAL P0!!IT
New York, Mar. 30. By restrain
ing further ' movement of German's
first reserve troops across France,
America' "Increasing military
strength along the Alsace-Lorraine
border la exerting what may prove
to be a decisive Influence upon the
progress or Hlndenburg'a attack
against the Anglo-French lines.
The key to the situation now con
fronting Hlndenburg, Halg and Po
tato Is the question of reserves. Both
sides must depend for a renewal of
activity upon fresh reinforcements.
If Hlndenburg were able to bring up
still more ahock troops - and to
slaughter them In large numbers at
a further sacrifice to the Hohensol
lerns, the situation along the west
front would cause much anxiety.
There are German reserves ready
for auch a purpose, concentrated at
Mett and southern Alsace.
It would be ratal, however, for
Hlndenburg to draw on them. If
they were to vanish, the road to the
Rhine would be made Into an easy
nassnge ror General Pershing. Were
It not ror the American armlea now
In eastern France and the rast-arrlv-Ins
American reinforcements, there
would b'a nothing to prevent Hln
denburg from throwing nt least a
quarter of a million men more Into
the western combat at this critical
moment, i ' .
(HUNTS PAXS, JOCSPHIVI CCrTTT,
LIBERTY LOAN
mam
IS
CUMMITTKW APPOINTED POIl
EACH lilt.mil OP PIltXIMIV
AltY WOltK
0ISTE1CI CAPTAINS SELECTED
City IMvlded Into Your and (tooaty
Into Nlaeteow Dtetricta, Kadi
With Captain In Ctiarg
Th orgsnlxatloa work for- the
Liberty loan drive In Josephine
county Is about completed. All com
mltteea have been appointed for.
each particular branch of th work.
A map baa been prepared dividing
th county In It district. These
district have been outlined to
conform aa nearly as possible to top
ographical conveniences. Eah . dis
trict will hav a team captain wbo
will hav charge of the work In pre
paring queitlonnslrss. Thla captain
will select any number necessary aa
members of hi committee, to make
a thorough canvass of the district
and obtain th names of all persona
who are th head or a family . or
have an Income or earning capacity
sufficient to Justify th purchss of
a IJberty bond. It I th Intention
of th committee having charge of
this part of the work to hav all
questionnaires returned by April f.
Th card will then b turned ovr
to committee which will. Insert the
amount of taxable property of each
person aa shown by the county tax
rolls. Wneu thla la completed the
sarde will b delivered to the rating
committee.
' The name or those who sub
scribed ror IJberty bonds or either
of the prior Issue will alto be pro
vided and the amount Inserted In
th questionnaire cards. All prelim
inary work will then be completed
and Josephine county will be ready
for a systematic drlv when th time
arrive for the IJberty loan cam
paign. The appartlonment for thla
county has not been made. Definite
announcements as to the amount.
rat of Interest, kind of bonds, etc.,
will be made as soon at the Informa
tion la available.
Chairman Bramwell haa made the
following committee appointments:
Executive committee Frank O.
Bramwell, chairman;" Geo. E. Lund-
burg. 8am H. Baker. N. F. Macduff.
E. T. Ludden.
Other RWndlrui Committee
Questionnaires and teams cap
tain E. L. Coburn, chairman; A.
N. Parsons, C. 'A. Wlnetrout, T. P.
Cramer, E. H. Balalger, Oeorg W.
(Continued on pag 6.)
FOCHS APPfliraiT
PLEASES THE ALLIES
Washington, Mar. 30. New of
the appointment of General Foch
was conveyed to President Wilson
during th cabinet meeting yester
day. Th text o( the cablegram to
the general was made public before
the cabinet adjourned.
The president, In addressing the
cablegram, however, did not make
clear whether Foch was supreme
In command or merely In command
of the Anglo-French-American army
of maneuver the "victory reserve."
The announcement that Oeneral
Foch commands the allied reserves
la most pleasing to the military ex
perts, who tinf that the , veteran
French general has no equal In all
Europe as an exponent of military
strategy. Wlth his transport line
short, so far a these things go In
Europe, and with an abundance of
men anjt supplies o( all sorts, Foch
can 'be depended upon to reach ,the
vital spot In the German advanced
lines by the quickest route.'
HI
CSS30N, SUNDAY. MAltt II
GERWUSII
THEIR WEDGE
IIITO EIITEIITE
AI'KX OP UNK.MY'k) LINK DIUVKN
TO WITH I 13 MILKS OP CITY
OP AMIEXg
LIFE STRUGGLE EE3S ATD FLOWS
Han (lain to Have Itofoaleil Brtt.
Mi and French Troops and to
Hav Captured Ileaacort
, Parte, Mar. SO. Germans have
driven forward an apex or their
wedge toward Amlena, now astride
of the Somme, about 11 mile east
of Amiens. The British line Is now
west of Marcelcav and Demuln and
la atlll regarded hopeful. Th ene
my advance haa not yet been arrest
ed, but Is certainly greatly retarded.
French have completely checked th
Oermsns west of Montdldler. Con
tinuing their counter offensive In
tb region about Arraa and Olse, the
enemy's line offers positions for the
entente counter blow to roll up on
side of tbe enemy wedge.
Berlin, Mar. 10. Between the
Somm and Avre, Oermsns hav
driven the British and French troops
further back, reinforcements of the
enemy brought np from parts of
their former positions and have cap
tured Beaucort and Metier. French
attacka against Montdldler hav
failed.. . , . ;
London, Mar. 10. Fighting on
th battle front between th Scarp
and the Olse hat diminished greatly,
except between Albert and Montdl
dler. The allies are preparing for a
counter blow. The Oermtn atrength
given Indication of waning. Gen
eral Foch wilt command the British,
French and American armlea In the
xpect attack.
British Headquarters, Mar. SO.
In th vicinity of Albert, Germans
ar digging themselvea In, along
line from Thlrsval to Labotselle.
London, Mar. 10. The war office
announcea that the Germane have
captured Aubvlllers, flv and on
hair mllea northwest or Montdldler,
aa also th villages of Grievnes, Cat-
Igny, Mensll, 8t. Georges and Ayen-
court, all In the Montdldler region.
They ar also making progress west
of the Aver river. . A feeavy rain la
falling.
MORR UNIONS THREATEN
TO HOLD CP SHIPtlCILlMNG
New York. Mar. 10. Th work
of camouflaging ships In thla harbor
may be brought to a halt next week
unless the demands of ship painters
for a rals In pay la granted.
Th painters, who now get (0
cents an hour, aak an Increase of 10
cents and threaten to strlk tomor
row unless their demands ar
granted. ,
BOY SCOUTS MAKING
GOOD STAMP SALES
The sale of war savings and thrift
stamp which Is being conducted by
the Boy Scouts Indicate that they
are putting forth good efforts.
Stamps which have been delivered
by the postmaster and were sold
through the activities of the scouts
total 11.194.28 for the past week.
Thomas McKlnstry sold stamps
valued at $646 and is high boy for
the week. Newell McKlnstry la sec
ond with $195. Claud McCracken
la third with $71.75 and la again in
the honor columns.
Scout Norrls Clemens has gone to
Kerby and Holland to sell stamps to
day. V ...
81. 101.
FIIITFKSS
OF II I.1DEH
I'aria (liurrh I. Struck tiy Mietl Ihir.
In d Friday Service. Women
and Children Pay the Price .
Parla. Mar. 30. Oermanr's long
rang gun has surpassed th air
Plan for frlgbtfuln!. A shell
struck a Paris church during Good
Frldar service, klllins- over IS and
Injuring 10. mostly women and
children. ' Mor bodies of woman
wera found today.
Washington. Mar. JO. French re
serve troops hav stopped tbe Ger
man advance on a 28 mile front, ex
tending from Moretill to Laaalgny,
according to an official Parla dis
patch.
Parla, Mar. 10. Germane have
renewed powerful attacks in th
Montdldler region, wher their
wedge (hat been pushed farthest
toward Pari and a great battle 1
raging. Apparently French have
been forced back slightly on the
northern edge as fsr aa Morevll
which forma a part of the line.
food AD::;;isiii
an i;eeo
Engineer John Dubul of the
Grant Paaa Irrigation district pro
ject and F. 8. Bramwell, president
of the ' Chamber . of Commerce, left
laat night for San Francisco lo con
far with the federal reserve board,
In connection With th local Irriga
tion situation.
Mr. Bramwell on. Friday received
th following wire from W. B. Ayer,
federal food administrator for Ore
gon, showing hla Idea of the Import
ance of the project: '
"I understand that you are leav
ing for San Francisco tomorrow
evening ror the purpose of present
Ing to tbe federal reserve board the
application of the Granta Pass Irri
gation district. Will you please say
to them that I consider it of the ut
most Importance that Irrigation de
velopment ahould be encouraged as
a food production measure and that
I trust that In their Investigation of
the merit of th Granta Pass pro
ject they will give due consideration
to thla phase of the matter. W. B.
Ayer." ,
liiLFOKD ALIBI Ml .
GIVE FISH GIL TALK
WUford Allen, former editor o(
the Courier, and former president
of the Chamber of Commerce, now a
member of the state Industrial acci
dent commission, will be guest at
the noon luncheon at the Cham
ber of Commerce on Monday and
will present some Interesting infor
mation regarding the fish bill.
There will also be a discussion of
the irrigation district project.
MOLLA lUri'RSTKlrT WINS
, TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
New York, Mar. 10. Molla BJur-
stedt haa won the Indoor j'ennls
championship, . defeating Miss Elea
nor Goes. ..
NEST OF SPIES IS
Ml
tu in
Newark. N. J., Mar. 80'. Admls
slon that a grouj) of spies ' have
ueen empio.vea in me pinnia or me
Curtis engineering corporation at
Hampstead, N'eW York, has been ob
tained, from Mrs. Lydla White, ar
rested with blue-prints of airplanes
la her possession.
WHOLE M'MIIKR
SIIMLDFJIS
OFFER TO I'M
OBI FIRS1
CAN Tl'RN OIT MORE YK88KLA
THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN
THE INION
o o sites ra
Prepared to OotuOmct ISO Motor
Driven Woode Ship Without Ia
terferestro With Program
Washington, Mar. 10. The ship
building board has granted permis
sion to vacant wooden shipyards of
Oregon to accept contract for tb
construction of 150 motor drives
ship of 100 tons each. Vaael will
probably be put Into Pacific coast
and China trad and will cost about
$400,000 each.
Washington, Mar. 30.--Oregon
ahlp builders hare madj an offer to
the shipping board to build ISO motor-driven
wooden ships, without la
Urfarlng with the government'
program. Timber and sites ar avail
able. They offer to mak Orsgoa
th foremost shipbuilding state, by
turning out more vessels than any
other state of the union.
Portland, Mar. 30 A seventy-flv
million dollar- shipbuilding project
at Portland will be entered upon by
Delaware ' "' capitalists presumatly
th Da Pont aa soon as Chairman
Hurley of th shipping board, con
firms in writing assurances he gavw
over th telephone yesterday to Sen
ator McNary. Thla written confir
mation is promised today.
In brief, th shipping board has
agreed toamend lta regulations, ac
cording to suggestion mad by Sen
ator McNary, ao that privat capital
may build at Portland for private
American account, and receive assur
ance that It can complete and turn
over to the owners ships of 3,000 to
3,200 ton, such ships to be operat
ed after completion In trans-Paclfle,
Australian and South American
trade.
DEATH PENALTY FOR . i
ESPIONAGE IS PROPOSED
Washington, Mar. 30. The death
penalty for many acta of espionage
111 be proposed . In legislation
brought before congress, said Sen
ator Overman, after . hearing th
testimony of . several government
agent. .;- ;
OHIO MOB TEACHES '
PRO-Hl'NS PATRIOTISM
Cashocton. Ohio, Mar. 30 A mob
of 600 to 600 persona early today
visited 16 homes and forced between
26 and 10 alleged pro-Germans to
klsa the Stars and Stripea and say,
'To hell with th kaiser."
JOSEPHIIIE'S QUOTA
LEAVES THiS
Josephine county's quota repre
senting the first 5 per cent of the
second draft will leave thla morn
ing on No. 14 for the camp. The
county will be represented by Lewis
S. Fall, Merlin; Roy -Ruby Reed, Le
land. and Maple Carmen Page, Ga
llce, and these are the first men
called by draft from Jorephlne
county. Five other men will leave
for ramp at the same time, having
been drafted from other counties,
j but are temporary residents here.
It Is expected that a large delega
tion of citizens will be at the, sta
tion to give the men a patriotic
send-off.- j ; J . .