Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, April 14, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextM . l w m ii DAILY EDITION Vol VIII., No. III). i i .... . GRANTS PAM, JOAJCIMIIXB OOCWTT, OREGON, HINIIAY, APRIL II. ItlH. WHOLE .NUMBER 834. HUN ADVANCE IS STOPPED ON NORTH OF LINE IIKITIHII VITHHTAM ATT.N'KM AMI ItltlVK OFF INVAHKIlH , AT IMIfMUST HIVrt4 S ARE THRUST OUT AlUuk Xcnr Mirtllln Full. Ilrltlli Adtenre Vtt of l-'mlulirrt Tk liitf l'rliior London, Apr. IS. Ths Urlllah repulsed an enemy attack west of Marvlll and advanced alliilitly near Fealubert ami took aome prlaonars. Heavy fighting occurred hint iiIkIiI near Nueve Kgllite and Wulve rghem. The Uiriuana entered the HrltUh Hurt aunt of locon al certain iiulnta, but war ejected by counter-attacke. With the Urlllah Army, Ar. 13 Further attack on the HrltUh rlxhl wing between (llvenrhy and Koliecq. on lallaaaee canal, wholly failed. Twit attempt to rapture Ucon were repulsed. The HrltUh a I no deliver ed ronnler-ettarks around (llvenrhy and took an Important Herman pout "" Umdon, Apr. IS. While the posl tlon of the northern line on Die British front la a little lea alarmlim today, military authorltlea atlll take grave view of the altuatlon, accord ing to the evening newspaper re view!. They do not conceal their apprehenalon that If the enemy were successful In hl heavy blows writ of Armentlores and compelled . the British, to retire front Hallleul'and Hawbenck, Tprre Would1 have to be abandoned and the Kreneh channel porta would be In Imminent danger. , For the moment, at any rate, the Onrmans are being held, It la point ed ouL ! TJie next three or four daya. the reviewer consider, will he the moat critical In the war. OVER 30 BOYS ARE IN Normaii.OlilH., Apr. IS. Between 30 and 37 boy of from 10 to IK year of age, patients of the elate hoapltal for the Inaane, were burn ed to death here this .morning at S o'clock by a fire which atarted from an unknown cauae. There waa a panic among the children. ,. COUNTY SAVED BY I BUILDING IN 1916 .That Josephine county laved a substantial turn of money by build lag It courthouse In 1916 over what It would coat now waa the state- ident of J. M. Dougan, of Klamath Fall, who la In the city for a few days with Mr, Dougan. ( Ac ordlng to Mr. Dougan, who had the contract for building the .Josephine courthouae, an exact dup licate of the building, except that brick la being uaed Inatead of terra rotta, which he Is putting up for Klamath county, . I costing Klam ath county $150,000. ' The local building coat about $100,000." v If terra cotta was used the coat would bt $20,000 more. This Is a differ ence of $70,000. Mr. . Dougan states that If the contract waft to be let t0 day the same building would cost $181,000. , " - i ; Paris, Apr. IS. The city of minims Is In Haines. The French are attempting to limit the burning aoa and nre working under a heavy bombardment. . . It ENTERS CUTEST IomkI Man MM iMlnmilou To IUf nime Candidal fiir PWUilo , Her vice) ConimlMloner Fred A. Williams, prominent local attorney, has filed hla declaration to become a-candidate for the republi can nomination for the office of couimlaaloner of the public aervlce communion of Oregon. Mr. Wllllama spent part of the week In Portland, where he receiv ed every encouragement poaalble, and hla many frlenda In that city feel confident of hla nomination. The announcement came aa a surprise to local people, for It waa not known that Mr. Williams waa conalderlng a political office. In fact, he was not. and when he went to Portland W'ed- neaday at tha Inatance of prominent republican leaders of the metropolis. he had no Idea that he would try for the office. He slopped off In Salem on hla way home Friday and filed hla petition with Secretary of rTtate Uen W. Olcott. Nine years axo Mr. Williams came to (i rants Paaa and entered the law IniMliieaa with Reoriie W. Colvlx. a former member of the railroad com nilaalon,' with whom he has since been aaaoi lsted. Prior lo his real- done In this city he practiced for nine years In Iowa. He waa born In Iowa 40 years ago. lie was a grad uate from the I'nlverslly of Iowa, receiving his literary degree In 199 and hla law degree In 1900.. During hla residence here Mr. Williams has built up a good law bualneas and has. won a wide circle of friends sit over the Rogue river valley and In other parte .of the state. Previous experience . In cor poration work ha fitted him for the position he seeks. There Is no lawyer on tha Public Service commission at present, and matters which regularly oome before that body relating to public service corporations naturally Involve many legsl questions of Import. The reg ulation of corporations Is vaatly In portant to tha cltlsens or Oregon, and especially to all towns and cities where the light, water and gas are furnished by such rompanlea. i Kverv means to reduce overhesd expenses, costs of operation, useless repairs and extensions snd other im provementsi should be first tried be fore ralalna- ratea. The Increasing of rstea at all times depreciates the vain of nronertv and especially dis courages the .home-bullder as well as the business man. Under tne present stress of circumstances where titer can be no competition of public utilities, It Is unfair to the consumer to raise light, water or of dead weight R" " , units. Tn other words, the patron should not be made 'the sufferer be cause of the unfortunate experi ments of the corporation.. Ve Williams will do all In , his ...... I. enhance sericulture, and 1 1 yj c . " - anerlallv encourage Irrigation pro jects of merit, both private and pub lic which he Insists must he operat ed at the lowest possible cost con .i.t.ni with ennd business. ' In all matters that may bo referred to the commission he will Insist 1 upon value received both as to the patron of and Investor In puMlo utilities. He ask printed after his name the following slogan "A six cent fare Is too much for, a five cent ride." PLACED UNDER ARREST ChlcBKo. Apr. 13. A warrant charging a statuatory offenfte was Is licit .foe the arrest of Dr. William tsaae Thomas, a professor of the university oi uimnu. rw rested for registering at a local ho tel with Mrs. U. M. Granger, the wire of a Texas arnry officer, who Is now In Francs", as "his wife and un der an assumed name. Dr. Thomas' wife ha taken the womon Into her own home. ' FRED WILLIAMS JOSEPHINE GOES OVER THETOPWITH $106,150 Backs Take Up Remaining $40,000 of Quota asd Lock to People For Re-Purchases-Big Drive Will . Start In Counly Tuesday Morning Josopblne county came from be hind today and leaped over the lop with her quota for the third Liberty loan, thanks to the patriotism of the Klial National bank, the Grants Paas Usnklng Co., and the Josephine county bank. With $6,15Q sub scribed by volunteer sales. County Chairman Frank C. Dram well waa Saturday notified from Portland that this was one of four counties hold ing the state out of the honor col umn. ' The banks Immediately held a conference and decided to pledge the amount necesssry and took up $40 000 worth of the bonds. It U now up to the people to purchaae them ED' Improvements which will give this city one of the besj fire depart ments In the state for a place of this tlse are under way at the fire house. A new Ford chssals. togeth er with the body and chemical tanks from which a chemical truck will be made, have arrived and upon the arrival of a few more parts an ex pert will come up from Portland, as semble the mechanism and make al terations on the large Are truck. A powerfal iJkFrence'' pump which' will be operated from the An gina of the) truck, has been ordered. The chemlcsl tank will be removed or replaced from the large machine and the jmmp Installed In Ita place. This will Insure sufficient pressure In case of fire In buildings In the higher portions of the city. Another Improvement that wll be of value Is the Installation In the homes of each of the firemen, of an alarm bell. The wires of the Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph Co. are being used. A louder sound Is made by these bells and In case of fire the firemen will know at once the nature of the call and be able to respond more readily. HALF SUBSTITUTES County Food Administrator Sam Baker announces that beginning to da all hotels, restaurants and eat ing houses must serve bread con taining as much substitutes as wheat flour.' C v . ' x i y. '"If they" can do this," he says, "where they are serving the public, will not you voluntarily and. patrio tically do 'as well 'In f your own 1. W . - A It A I MAU numB I 4Uliy RIO UUIIIK umv uun . 'Are you 7" AMERICAN WOMEN ARE ey Peking, 'Apr. 13. Miss Kathoilne Schmidt and Mrs. .Stanley Dixon, American missionaries formerly of South Dakota, have been captured by bandits. .The women aro represen tatives of the China Mennonlte Mis sion society. ' Washington, Apr. 13. The state dopnrtment has .been notified that tho two women missionaries were released soon after the bandits took back and take part of the Invest ment of! of the handa of the Insti tutions. The wet weather of the past week has prevented the soliciting commit tee from going Into the country. Hut Tuesday, weather permitting, the drive will start and Takllma. Kerby and .Selma will be visited by committees from Grant Pass. The locnl csptaln from each district will Join the committee and It la the In tension to call upon every available person In the county. It Is plsnned to complete the work In on dsy. . The banks hsve confidence In the people and are sure that they will respond faithfully with their sub scriptions. L BEEN HERE 25 YEARS On Monday It will have been 2S iiui-q vramor oroe., m wen known hardware merchants, started In business In this city. During that time they have steadily grown In the confidence of the people and have built up a aplendtd trade. In 1 892 T. P. Cramer came to Orant Paaa and for a year he waa associated with the firm or Jewell k Cramer. Hla brother. George, P. Cramer, who was In bo sines In Omaha, waa not In vary good health and when he heard or tha wonderful climate and or the possibilities or the Rogue river valley, he moved to Oregon. . On April 15, 18(3, Cramer Bros, took over the stock and store or J. T. Tuffs and Co., which was then located In the Layton corner. Later they moved to the opera house block where they stayed for, five years, and when . the Odd Fellows built their new building the firm leased a por tion or It and has been In the same place since. Cramer Bros, had planned a cele- ihrstlon upon the completion of their 26th year, hut owing to the war this hat been abandoned. PROVISIONS OF THE Washington. Apr. 13. Provisions In the sabotage bill penalising acts obstructing the production of war materials were eliminated by . the conferees. They also struck out the clause permitting labor to strike for higher wages, wbioh the senate had rejected. . Medford, Apr. 13. Pastor K, P Taliaferro, traveling for the Inter national Bible Studenta association, scheduled to lecture here- Friday night was refused permission and ordered from town by Mayor Gates. He remained until a' crowd of sev eral hundred threatened violence and then left , hurriedly In, an auto mobile. . . i - The crowd followed to Ashland, but failed to find him. They then seized George Maynard, the local lea;:? r or the Rnssoultes, painted a huge Iron cross upon his body and .'gave him until Monday to leave town. APPROVAL OF FEDERAL BOARD GranU I'ase Irrlgatkia District Henri PetittiHi to Fetleral Hoard for Approval John Dubuls. engineer for the (irsnta Pas Irrigation district, Sat urday sent a petition to the federal reserve board at 8an Franclaco ask ing Its spproval of a bond Issue of $105,000 for the purpose of develop ing tha first unit or the local dis trict. Tha board, contrary to reports published In Portland paper and elsewhers, ha never acted on a pe tition of the Orant Pasa Irrigation district. Correspondence has bees had on tha subject, bot tha Issue has never been approved or disapproved. The board made some suggestion, ana the district decided to Issue a smaller amount thin It first antici pated. " With the approval or tha federal board of the $101,000 bond Issue, construction win ahortly begin on irrigation work wnten will pot un der water 1, ?00 acre or land. About 1.300 acres or tha land are adjacent to Grants Pass and 100 at Rogu River. The Grants Pas district ex tends from Rogue River - to the Applegate river a distance of ' 15 mile and comprises 6,200 acres or land. cnr Iin m I If L rVILLLU II io;i;i; 24 i;i m uonaon, Apr. II. Five were killed and 15 other Injured in a German air raid on England Friday ' Paris.' Apr.'T3M3n an air raid' Pari Friday night' 14 persona were killed and 62 others wounded by the German. - CRAZY MAN FRIGHTENS Sheriff Lewis thia afternoon .went to Takllma to take into custody Dan Pfefferle, who has run amuck and threatened to kill several people in that vicinity. Thla afternoon a call waa received from Frank Hogue and Constable Shaddlnger, who ' stated that Pfefferle was' Insane and dan gerous to be at large. Armed with a warrant for his arrest, Sheriff Lewis went to the place to bring him to the county .Jail where he will await his hearing before County Judge C. Q. Gillette for Insanity. Pfefferle has given trouble before and there seems to be little doubt bot that he should be placed where he can do no harm. : bivorceWafter i 31 YEARS MARRIED : After 31 years of married life, during which time a family of Ave children have been brought Into ex istence. Mrs. M.McCalllster Satur day; through' her attorney, filed. suit for divorce f rom" George McCallister. Desertion is the charge stated In the complaint. 1 ,The couple was married December 19, 1887. They lived "together up to four years Ago when, 'the com plaint alleges, the husband left bis home and has thus far failed to re turn. There Is considerable proper ty belonging to defendant, but plain tiff asks for custody pf the two min or children, Elden, aged 16, and Wil do. aged 14, who have been living with their mother. HK AID nui WITH FRENCH x'ANKS KKl'lLMK DESPERATE AH8AIXTS A.l TAKE S PRIS ON FJWK ILL MA MY HO MID WERE lEI l'. 8. Troops Also Help French to Break Assault ia Apes-moat Pur est Sector With the American Army la France, Apr.. 1 J. In an all-day bat tle Friday northwest of Toul tha Americans repulsed two German at tacks and Inflicted heavy casualties. They took SS prisoners. The Am erican casualties were slight. None were captured. There was much hand-to-hand fighting. The Ameri cana drove the Germans back from trenches where they had galneo a footing. t Pari,, Apr. 1 J. Renewed attack have been made by the Germans on French positions In Brule wood In Apermont forest. American troops In this sector, in conjunction with the French, have broken a majority of the enemy'a attack. At one point tho enemy obtained a footing bat was ejected. OR RED GROSS ; m e:s suojess - - - By D. WH. t . Long before the hour for opening the Junior Red Cross sale Saturday, a crowd had fathered, ready to pur chaae the warea for sale. The Jun ior high school had a good assort ment of clothing 'which found plen ty of buyer. The girls of the Jun ior high school had a very fine dis play or war candy, and there was a steady 'Stream or customers. The Riverside school had provi sions for . sale, bread, pies, cookies, salads, vegetables, eggs and chick en7" which were sold almost before the teachers who were in charge, had time to place them. - The East school had a mammoth supply of fresh ' pop' corn halls, sal ads, canned fruits and vegetables tor sale, all of which sold readily. During the day the East school ' served tea and wafers, and the Riv erside and Junior High school serv ed coffee, cake and . sandwiches, from which a neat sum wss rea lised. - " "':' - ' "" To the supervisors, teachers and acholars of the three schools hold-, Ing the sale, a great deal of credit: Is due, and It Is gratifying to' them' the way the publfo so generously pa tronized their sale and made it pos sible tor them to replenish v . their j treasury. i A report of the sale for ' each; school will be given later. ' . ! : . ) V ,c i vvr, f . . ! Percy A.' Cupper, of Salem, has filed his petition for the republican' nomination for the office of super-; tntendept of water division No. 1, of which Josephine county Is a part.! Mr, Cupper has been assistant state engineer tor the past nine years, and. with his legal and engineering train--ing he believes that he Is well fitted of the engineering department of O.J A. C. and of the Willamette unlver-; for the position. - He is a graduate, stty. law school. He has adopted as his slogan,' "My record In this work as assistant) state engineer. . , i f r)ra) ' . .ft. vr ;-.-its-.