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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1918)
; Cnlvenlty or Ore. IJbrary "?K OA ; DAILY EDITION you viii., x... im. omm pam, joHicriiiNK copwtt orkoow, rnimv. apuil i iiim. whole .mmiikk aaai. PRESSURE IS CONTINUED ON WESTERN INI GMIMANH NTItlGGI.IMi TO . t'HKAHK TWO MILK il 0 sM MII.K HlOT lrillli ll.ilil rt Ml Important I'iduU ami (hiiiimm (iulna Art Mmlii ni Nnrrlilre By Associated Pre Having pushed bark tlitt ' British on a front or 25 miles north and uutb or Arnientlen-e to n averagr dnpih of over two mllee, the Ger mans are struggling to Itu reasr their mini. ' - . General Kir Ihiuglaa HuU's lirll iUnt defense bit slowed up the ene my, ftlthouili the German attacka ere null Intense, Mesnlnea Itldge unit Wyschaeta are vital points which the Germane have tern unable to reach. American marines have landed at Vladlvoatok and tha Russians are expartnd lo le reaaeured at tha In ternational aspect of tha situation there. , tandon. Apr. It. Attacking yea terday In tha neighborhood of I'loeg ateert, tha Germans pressed back tha British in tha vicinity or Neuve Kgllse. laat night tha Germans raptured Marvllla. ( Heavy fighting a rontln. ulng Id tha neighborhood of Mar villa and Naur Berquln. On tha remainder of tha nurtbarn front there Is little rhanga. North of Featubarl tha British regained ground by counter-attack and ra pnlaad German altacka batwaan Lolana and tha River I-aa. PHILIPPiME GOV. IS SUED FOR DIVORCE 8aa Dlago, Apr. 12. Divorce pro reedlnga against Francis Barton Harrison, governor of tha I'blllp plna Islands, wara Inatltntad hera to day by hit wire. Tha charges ara secret. 10 ill KAISER Lloyd Harvey of Olendala wrltaa his rather, 0. P. Herrey of this city: "Otandale oversubscribed tha third Liberty loan allotment ao far that we have lost sight of tha original quota In the dust.' I think we ' ara about 60 per cent over and atlU go ing strong. We are to have a apeak er here tomorrow night to talk on the war and boost for the bonds. Wa will be glad to hear him balk but ean give him the laugh so 'far aa boost-' Ing for bonds." Medford. Apr. 12. Medford Is being considered aa a alte for an avi ation ramp. A telegram was re ceived by the Commercial Club yes ,torday from U.' 8. Senator Chas. 1 McNary asking lor all necessarj rinta as to this city's advantages, for such a alte. .A commltee wns ap pointed to collect the data and for ward It to Washington at once. Hermlston, In eastern Oregon, Is the other location under considera tion for a training field. MESSIHES, WKTSCHAETE HOLD HEOF0R0 MAY GET : . ' AVIATION CAKP AGREEMENT III KflfESli I'lintr-nlhin I'liiil Object lima Iiiimh sllile Jo ttrrroiii Jolm IMIIoit t rroleala London, Apr. II. Hlr llorart I'lunkrtt, rhalrinan or tha conven tion, eaye tha Irish convention has laid the foundation for an agree ment on tha Irish question which la unprecedented In history. They found It liniMMlble to overcome the dtijertlone of I'lster and tha t'nlted States so a majority of tha other fac tions agreed upon the erhrma. London, April I J.- John Dillon, nationalist leader, said In the house of commons that ha understood that motor cara. machine guna and tanks had already been shipped from the battle front to Ireland, and pleaded against "gullllllune methods." LOSS OF ARMENTIERES iOF T ''Itoar old ArmentUtree baa fal len!' Many and many a time hava I taken tea In that beautliul place," said Lieutenant Hector MacQuarrle last evening when ha heard tha nawa that tha Urltlah had evacuated that famous city. '" Lieutenant MacQuarrla elated that Armvntlerea was a elty of from 100,000 to 160,000 population and a Kerr beautiful' place. WJille It haa been under heavy gun fire tha past few weeka, a Urge part of the pop ulation had remained In tha city un til qnlte recently.' . The military value of tha place la of little consequence, said Lieuten ant MacQuarrle, and there waa no strategic loss In retiring rrora It. The Germans had driven In on aallanU on each aide or It, leaving the city on a dangeroua peak In the Urltlah line, and to have attempted to hold It longer would hava endangered a considerable portion or the Urltlah line. Ueutenant MacQuarrle had fought over tha country alt around this place, Yprei and sooth of Armen tleres and knowa tha country well. Ha haa no doubts about the final outcome of the battle. 0!l CABLE STATION , WashlngtonV ,Apr. 12. A large German submarine bombed the wire less and cable station at Monrovia, Liberia, April 10. OF ENGLI ARTISANS ARE HIGH .Sheffield, England, Mar. 18. The collection or Income tax from wage earnera Is causing many heart-burn-Inaa Jn tha nroaneroua Industrial dis trict ' around Sheffield.' Investigates' of the Income tax ran there haye shown manv ' Incomes almost fabu lous when compared with peace-time . After all allowances are made for children,' Insurnnce, expenditure for tools, and . other deductions, It ; Is found Hint fndlvldual workmen here will pay fax on Incomes ranging up to 110,000 a' year, the highest flg uis 'boln reached by the so-called "tonnage men," who are paid on the amount or material turned' out. A list or fitters In one . Sheffield factory shows Incomes ranging from $2,400 to $3,000 a year, while oth ?r ; crarts receive corresponding - Maiuvof tho best paid workers ire Swedes end Dutchmen, who work their machine to the limit and are not. trammelled by any rules or reg ulations as to amount of output. B ISH OFFICER PLEADS FOR CLOSER RELA Lieut. MacQuarrie Asks for Better Understanding Between England and United StatesSays Germans Cannot . Win This War "You people are golug to suffer during lb coming year," waa the warning Hint was passed to the crowd which parked the opeia house lust night by Lieutenant Hector MacQuarrle, or the royal field artil lery, who spoke hera under tha aus pices of the National Council of De fense. It was an Intimate Insight Into the great, titanic atruggle which Is being wsged on tbe other side of the water, and many people were awakened to the fact that tbe weight of the burden la really going to come home to the people In every remote part of tha country. Lieutenant MacCJuarrle's address was a masterly effort. In spite of his protests thst ha Is not a public speaker. He carried bla audience with him, swung them with pathoa. wit, facta and humor. It waa tha best thing or Its kind that haa hap pened In Grants Paw (his year. , Proceeding Ueutenant MacQuar rle, several selections were played by Maboney's orchestra and aa the speakers ,and the reception' commit tee went onto tha stage the tuna of "The Star Spangled Banner" waa struck up and the entire audience arose and sung the atlrrlng words. 'frank C, Braiuwell, president of tha Chamber of Commerce and chair man or, 4he third Liberty loan com mittee, aa presiding officer or tha meeting, welcomed the visitors and Introduced them with , fitting re marks. Ha brought forth applause when ha mentioned that up to yes terday Josephine county had volun tarily subscribed 157,000, which Is 14,000 more then 60 per cent of the quota. ' He expects lo see the entire amount nearly subscribed voluntar ily before the end of next week. ; . Lieutenant Leslie O. Tooie, 364th Infantry, Camp Lewis, wss Intro duced and made a atlrrlng appeal for tha purchase , or Liberty bonds. (Jculenant Toor.e Is a grsduate of the University of' pregon and '... bla brother. Lieutenant ' tamar Tooie, waa, attending Harward law school when the war broke out,, The former , received hjs commission at the San Francisco training camp and ye.attee at Plattaburg, N. T. Referring to the, bonds aa an In vestment he aald that the dividends that would be paid after the war would be a new code of Internation al morale that will guarantee , to Belgium the aanie rlghta . as the strongest nation, will receive: the re specting of the, chastity and virtue of women; the discarding of the views that might makes right; the freeing of the world from autocratic tyranny; and the making of liberty a treasured word throughout the world. , He described the present conflict as the clash of Ideals, of democracy against antocracy-r-of the German Ideal that might makes right With the American Ideal that right Is right only when It la right. He then aketched the difference between the representation that the German peo ple have In their government and that enjoyed by the people or Eng land, France and America. He warned against the spread of propaganda, which he declared to .be the greatest enemy or the allies. The war will end In either of two ways the victory of one over the other on the field or by neither side winning. E CARRI 14 San Diego, Apr. 12. A seaplane carrying 14 passengers arrived from Snnta Barbara, having covered 190 miles In three hours and oite minute, or over 63 miles an hour. The latter would be equal to a Ger man victory. Mrs. Harry Clark, accompanied at tbe piano by'Mra. George C.'Sabln, sang two selections Just prereedlng the main sddress or the evening. Ueutenant Ma Quarrle'e principal theme waa a plea for a cloaer rela tion and understanding between the t'nlted SUtea and England. He brought out the fact that moet peo ple have forgotten from their his tory books that tha people of Eng land never did right tbe American colonies, but that the war or the revolution was brought on by tbe ty rannical oppression or a German prince, King George HI. who , waa ruling England at tba time. Tbe people or Rngland .were largely against (he war and the fight was waged , bjr. hired troops (rom Ger many -tbe Hessian mercenaries. . He pointed to' the fact that his tory record' Burke's-speeches on tha concllllatlon, Pitt's pleaa for the colonies, and the' efforts of other great men to give thla country a peaceful solution or Us own prob lems. That the constitution of the United Statea Is nothing more than an ex tentlon of the Magna Oharta. for which .English blood waa spilled, In ITT 8, that tha bill of rights, and other measures of self-government were handed down by. the English, were facta brought out by the canny Scotchman. , ' "You Americana hava been told that England waa the only enemy that America ever had," he aald. "Well aa we would aay In polite Eng Hah, that la a d He. For over 40 years Germany haa been prepar ing for thla fight, and aba has rea lited from the start that your blood and ours, our speech, customs and mannera were closely related, - and that In caae of a big eerap that you would help us. And Germany has seen' to it that the proper kind of feeling has ' been cultivated in this country against England by having published the wrong kind of facts. It la thla deadly propaganda which :ou people at home muat fight' as hard aa the boys are fighting the Boche on (be battle field." ' In telling of hla own experiences Lieutenant MacQuarrla brought out the fact that at the beginning of the war England waa worse off by far than the United Statea. . He re lated many amusing Incidents con nected ;wlth bis enlistment, training, lack or equipment and supplies. He waa made a lieutenant six weeks af ter hla enlistment. Ha gave the Illuminating state ment that England haa given the French and her colonies the greatest credit for the work done, while In reality aha haa borna the brunt or the attack. In the war Great Brit Ian haa put over 8,000,000 men Into tha Held, of these 1,800,000 have been killed and the same nnmner wounded beyond repair. Of the to tal number, 60 per cent or them came from England proper. not counting a man from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Canada or other pos sessions. Speaking of the present drive, he said, "We got it In the neck over there pretty badly two weeka ago (Continued on page .) E London, Apr. 12. Turkish and German forces in Palestine opened an offensive Wednesday, attacking the British front near the const. HELLISHIIESS onus sua Paris Agitin llombettlod bj Umf lUinge Guns, Killing ItitMra and Women Perl, Apr. 12. The Germans have renewed tha bombardment of Paris with long range guna today. iesteraay a shell airuck a foundling asylum on the outskirts of the city killing tbree and woundinc 11. Thirty women with new-born babies were there. One maternity nurse ona mother and one baby were allied, six women natlenta and tbree babies were Injured. B'S (f SUM London, liar. 18. (Correspon dence of tbe Associated Press) Crews of the German submarines ara downhearted and often -extremely nervous. British seaman whose veasels have been torpedoed ' and who have thus had an opportunity to observe tha Germane bear teatl mony .to thla fact. In the official recorda of the submarine war, aays the Manchester Guardian, again and again the aubmarlne crews are des cribed aa "very depressed" or ''very nervous." . Here la one description: "Master and crew all agree and were very much struck, by the .pallid ap pearance of the officers and crew of the aubmarlne, and by their nervous and excited manner. The captain of tha submarine waa continually urg Ing haste and the officer who .was placing the bomba could hardly hold them from the condition of nervous tension in which he appeared to be." One of the crew who had. lived long In England, speaking to tbe boat's crew, .cursed the war and wished it was over. In many cases the Germans tried to Juatify them selves or excuse themselves to their fellow-seamen. Some of these re ports show the. hldeousness .or the German fighting system, but they are all mild compared with the clas sic story of German bestiality, aa in the caae or tbe Belgian Prince, where the men were taken on the submar ine deck, .their lirebelta removed and, then It submerged. The men of one three-masted schooner, were left with .only one oar In their boat, and for this the master had to beg, the others being thrown overboard. GRAttlpp. L Melita Commandery,- Knights Templar, will be hosts thla evening to two officers or the grand com mandery, who will visit this city on their official inspection, trip. , They are Grand ' Eminent ' Commander Edward E. ' Kiddle, of LaOrande; Grand Secretary R. D. Robinson, of Portland, and C. W. Nlms, of Ash land, members of the grand com- mandery, ' A 6 o'clock dinner will be served in honor of the visitors at the Ox ford hotel, , which will be followed later by the annual visit of the grand eminent commander to Melita Commandery. ' Haa Cousin Here ' ' Roy Dyer, of , Mosstown,' Wis. passed through the city this after- non on his way from Camp Lewis to San Francisco where he and others will be assigned to an artillery bat tery. Mr. Dyer stated that he has a cousin, William Payne, living In this city. V. S. MARINES. LAXI . ,AT VLADIVOSTOK ' Harbin, Friday, Ait. 6. Ameri can marines have been landed at Vladivostok, as well as British and Japanese forces, according to ad vices from that place. ' The Ameri cans are In control oJ the. docks, while the Japanese are guarding the railway and ammunition depots. GERMANS DRIVE WEDGE DEEPER NEAR BEIHUIIE ENGLISH HAXG GRIMLY TO ME8. SIXES KIDGE WHILE GEHMAJf HORItEM BUtGE O.N GERMAN LOSSES USE Mill Three Attacka In Great Waves Are Repelled With Frightful Lws at Villa fhapiielle By Associated Preaa With the British hanging trlmlr onto the bulk of Mesinea Ridge, tha Germans aouthward are pushing a wedge deeper Into tbe British line near Bethune. . The point of the wedge waa driven further laat night along the Lye canal to Mervllle. The .Germans are making soma progreaa today. 'They gained soma ground along Mesalnea ridge, hut tha British again drove them out this morning by a counter attack. The British repulsed three attacka In great wavea at Villa Chaoelle. The ground la strewn with German corpses. OVER TO? OH L0.MI Waahlagton.' Apr. ll.-Oregott la the first state to report over-subscription of the Liberty loan quota and will stand at the bead of tha natlon'a honor roU. Iowa claims tho flag, but haa not filed reports eub- etantlatlng its claim. , Portland and Toledo, Ohio, claim first honor for the flag for the large cltlea. DK6KDER EXPB1SIVE TO CU5S Chicago, Apr. 12, The drafting of pitcher Grover Alexander for ser vice in, the .national army, will coat the Chicago, national baseball club, 150,000, President Weeghmaa an nounced today. ' "But we are glad to help the government, anyway," ha aald. LI Washington, Apr. 12. As a part of the government's plan to encour age the - Increased production - -of food, the reclamation, .service will) lease 66,000 acres of public lands in, Lake, Malbuer, Harney, and . Grant counties; Oregon, for ' agricultural and pasturage. The landa are now all withdrawn . from entry. A por tion qI the Truckee-Carson Irrigation project In Nevada. will also be open ed to homesteaders. . ASTORIA MAYOR FILES FOR GOVERNORSHIP Salem, Apr., 12.--,Mayor. -F... CX, Harley. of Astoria, today filed hip, petition for the republican nomina tion : for governor. He declares ror a live state and against national prohibition. ' i .? ' i Cyril, iBrowneil, of Umatilla coun ty, and Allen Eaton, of Eugene, tiled for the lower house of the ''legisla ture. " 'Both are republicans. Maria L; Thldden,' of Portland, a woman, filed for the democratic nomination as representative in congress. EASE
