Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, May 07, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textf I t;.: DAILY EDITION VOI VIII., Kit. IOU. GrUNT PASS. JOHKPHIKB OOCNTT. OltkUON, TlfcSDAV. MAV T, WHOLE Xl'MBER 2S54 E CRUEL TO U. S. Ill KHKNCII hOLIHKIl II IU Mitt TALK OF KXTItb.MK flllKLTV TO AMKIUt'AX AMI JIIUTINII Caimiml Nttldlw Made to Work Ml) lave III t'Dlirallhful Condition and Glvca. Hrut Nouriahmeat With th American Army In franc, May 7. American prisoners of war ar bi'lnf shamefully treated In German prison ramps, If tit have had (he experience of an Anierlran . Interviewed by a French eoldler, al io prisoner In Germany, Just before he escaped. ' "A ihort time before T left llnmeln Hanover, ! wu able to have a few minute Interview with an Amerlrtn oldler, who wai taken prisoner sev eral month axo on the French front. Being unwoiinded, .he was assigned directly to a prtion ramp. Weakened by eihanetlve work he wai forced to do la the aalt mine, and belaic un able to atay longer, he waa sent to Hameln. I do not remember . the name of the man, or the number of hla regiment, but he had been among the Ant American In the trench, nd hi home wai In Vew York. He told me that during the three month he waa In the Ilnra mine he had Inst tl pound. He w a man whh waa olldly built and It could he eailly teen that he had been vlcorou and healthy, but when T aw him he wai Incredibly thin ind o weak that he eould hirdty crn a room without stopping repeatedly, leinlng on piece of furniture, or enppnrtlng himself on boxei nlled there. "Enallshmen aim ire badlv treat ed In the mine, f found out that three of even who were aent hack: to fTimeln. died. PickiR service doea not exlat In the mine, and the nrts tmen receive nractlcally nnthlnf. The onlv nourishment la from thin aoup, made from bartey or rahhig. noma tlmea rodflnh ea and thoae of other flh. which It la Impossible lo eat. There were few notatoe and very little bread. It I Imnosslb'e for a mm to work without becoming atch or weak to the point of falling down. 'The men are atruck with, rifle liutti and the flat aide of bayeneta and are placed In dark cell on bread and water. Theae cell are known to the mine priaoner aa hot chamber, at they are heated by iteam to a hlxh temperature. After the men are held In theae cells, they are turned out In the mow where they are required to tand at 'attention' for a certain length of time. Needleia to aay deathi are frequent. "Thin American had been punlah ed aeveral time In thla way and told ma all that ! am tela tin; to you. I : am able to confirm hla story, be came other Englishmen and French- ' man I aaw at Hameln did not hare the strength even to hold a cigar ette," - v DM KOiGEl, jnnv nnwi : h.u.ll UUuli (Washington, May ?, Graduates of Camp Stanley, Texa. training camp who qualified for prospective lieutenant Include John Clark, Win ford Crandall and Robert Glese, of Portland; William Hathaway,, of Friend, Ore.; Albert Woodcock, of Maupln, and Charlei Osten, of Hep pner. Washington, May 7. The Span ish ateahier Louisa hn been tunk by a German Submarine In broad day light. The captain ayi the Spanish flag wa flying. Eli All WAR FfilSONERS III PRACTICES EKJOYED iccin I00IU JOSEPHINE CO. MAKES FINE M RECORD TOTAL Hi IIW UIII'IONM AMOI ST TO IlitJ.S.IO Nulmrlptloaa Knm I.OIN pmple Am Miwtly Vol u nt tr jr and Few . HbuktM-a NoIihI The final return of the third Li berty loan campaign In Josephine county revealed the fact that 1,(1$ Individual! purchaied bondi. The total aubacrlptlun for the county waa 1 112.850. With an original allot ment of I06,000, the quota waa over-iuhtcrlbed 115 per cent Of the total amount $115,850 wa tak en up by local subscription. The Southern I'ailflo coinpmy allotted 4,000 of Ita aubserlptlon to thla county and the California-Oregon Power ' company Invented 11,000 with the local committee. Josephine county made one of the finest record In the itate. Other communities anbactflbed "larger amount and many made a. higher percentage over their quota, but very few can bot of a larger volun tary lubacrlptlon without aolldta- tlon. Neirly 10 per cent of the total quota waa mbacrlbed voluntarily, or 190,000. No lollcltor went Into the field the drat week, nor until Wed- neiday of the necond week of the campaign. After the canvaaalng waa complet ed the committee went through the questionnaire card and picked out about B0 whom It waa thought oonld auhacrlbe who had not done ao. Of these another Inventory wu taken and It wai fonnd that SO of them were not able to bily a bond and were eliminated. The remaining 10 were called nn and It waa found that alt but two or three had either pur chased or were unable to bny, and they were given a clean atate. Of the remaining two or three, whom the committee la convinced are perfertlv capable of buying bond they ere being given another rhinoe. While the loan li ctoaed. arrange- ? Con'tl noed "bnpig ID ROUMANIAN PEACE PACT IS SIGNED lit 44 4444 444 Amsterdam, May 7. The peace treaty between Rumania and the central power waa 4 algned today,- l.oiulon, .May 7. Count Ciernln. then AiiHtrla-llungiirlau minister, paid a aecret vlxlt td.Jaaaey In the latter part of February and deliver ed In penon a verbal ultimatum of the moat drastic sort from the cen tral powers lo King Ferdinand of Rumania, It haa become known with the arrival here of the American Red Croai million to Rumania. ' Count Cternln'i visit wai known only In. the hlgheat official circle and the fact that It waa made I re vealed now for the first time through ft' correspondent of the Associated Presa, who accompanied the mission. The reason for the visit waa that the Germans and Austrian- had deter mined to bring to a speedy conclu sion the negottatloni with Rumania and had decided that a threat deliv ered In' person by the head of the Auitro-Hungarlan foreign I office would be more effective than reame of document. ' v ' , 5 " So Count Cieinln waa sent on the errand. He arrlved(.ln Jessy about February 15 fend went straight to the king. - HI manner wa stern, un bending, ruthless. He told the king bluntly that Rumania must con clude peace on Germany's terms. There must 'be no further delays and unless RunmnlAiconnented to thla program, the central powers pro posed Issuing an ukase deposing the Rumanian royal .house and dividing the entire country between Austria and Bulgaria. ! The Rumanian king saw no way out, and, a weejj later, the formal pence ne?otlntlonrwere begun. ALLIES MAKE GAINS ON NORTH FRONT Gercacs Still Held in Check Soon oo Flacders, Arras ad Aciess Seders in Ose llijkty EIow London, May 7. Germany'! bordea are still held In check. They hare not reacted against the galna made by the British north of the Somme. The artillery fire on both battle fronts la Intenae and the Ger man attack cannot be much longer dnlayed If they hope to tike advant age of whatever damage ha been done to allied positions by the bom bardment!. The French think that the ' Ger man may attack on the Flanders, Arras and Amiens fronts simultan eously In a grand effort to push- the allle back In one mighty blow. - Australian and Canadian - troop are in action on the British line along the vital sector of the battle front In France. The Australian have struck the German near Mor tancourt between the Ancre and the Somme river, eaat of Amiens, and advanced their tinea upward of three- quarters of a mile, ai a result of two aiaaulta on the Teutonic positions. 1 The Canadians have appealed In the Arraa sector, farther south than they have been since the bittlei In thli region begin March II. Thla part of the line la moit Important, aa It defend Arra to the southwest nd Includes localities auch a Neu- vllle-Vltaiae, Mercatel and Bole-leaux-St. Marie, where there have been bitter struggles ilnrw the Oer mini launched their great offensive. American troop on the French front, not fir from Montdldler, have been under a itorm of ahells for the lait couple of days, projectiles 'Con taining high exploalvea being ming led with those charged with poison ous gas fired Into the line held by General Pershing's men. Along the reat of the front In France there have been no engage ments of unusual character, nor haa there been, any fighting of note aa yet on the Italian front, where the Austrian have been assembling large numbers of reinforcements. 4 From the official reports and dis patches filed by the correspondent STEAMER DEFEATS Washington, May 7. A fight be tween the American ateamer Tide water and a German inbmarlne March 17, In which the submarine waa defeated and probably sunk, haa been reported to the navy de partment. GRANTS PASS FROM HUGO TEAT.1 In a one-sided game Sunday after noon at the A. A. C. ball park, the Oranta Pa Midget defeated 'the Hugo team, 18 t6 1. The battery for Grant Pass was: Patterson and Williams; for Hugo: Dingier and Werts. t,-. CF London, May 7. Th Frankfurter Zeltung admits that th recent Brit ish attack on the submarine base at Zeebrugge was successful. It nrges the navy to take steps to deal with "and antagonist of remarkable bold ness." . IAN PAPER AC FURTHER Bet Are Expected to Strike at to (root titer com Intimation that heavy fighting may u resumed at aay Urn on th western front. Th Qwrma&a may attack In tb Tpres, Arra and AmUna sectors at the asm time, It la believed. These blows, while carried on Indepen dently would really b phaaea of a aaw German attempt to eut through th lines In th Somme sector, elim inate the Arraa sector, and carry the high around lo the southwest of Tpres. It baa been pointed out by obser ver that aa attack on th Arras sec tor either oa th apex between Ar raa and lina, or on th ilde or lb allltd lines, as they stretch back from thos cities, must come be for the German can hope to carry their advance la either Flanders or Pic ardy much farther, It la reported that large forcea are being assembled before Arraa for the expected attack. From Serbian souross It la learned that on at leaat two occasion there bav been claahe between the 81c- veolaa population of that country and th Germaas. Th method by which the mili tary, authorities have dealt with Uk raine have been denounced In Berlin and Vienna by socialist leaden, AaiatrUa M trial UtU Threaten Berne. May 7. Bwlss newspapers say that labor and socialist organ! tatlons In Auatrla threaten to revolt axalnit the Rovernrfrent'i action In suspending parliament. Nicaragua I la San Juan-del Sur, May 7. Nicar agua ha declared war on Germany and heralile. London, May 7. The British msde a successful raid last night near Veuvflle-'ViUBsa southwest of Arraa and captured three machine guns. The British casualties ' reported during the week reached a total of 18.111. ' Washington, May 7 Provost .Mar shal General Crowder has sent out a requisition on all states except Arl sona, Vermont and Delaware for 4,0(0 specially quailed draft regis trants to go to camp May 20. . WAR lX'UKASKS AKK ! RRCOMMENIKI UV McAIMH) Washington, May 7. War In creases recommended . to Secretary McAdoo by the railroad wage com mission will average slightly more than 80 per cent, or about 862.000,- 000 annually. ' New York, May 7. The Amerl an steamship Tyler has been tor pedoed and sunk off th coast of France. Eleven of the crew were either killed or drowned. ttnrr i I A I I0DLC IM I Washington, May 7. The depart ment of justice Investigation of the deportation of over 1,000 . copper mine workers from Blsbee, Aril., last July, has developed an appar ent violation of the law and officials hav gone to Tucson' where the fed eral grand Jury Is In session. nTMiniTlr. ILATII 1 HTATB MA.VAGKK TO UK IUJIB TO MA HE !LArt Campaign Vi lli II Outlined at Moon Iriinrlinon, at Which All Leader Are to Be Preeeat A telegram from Henry L. Cor bet t, state chairman of the second Red Cross wsr fund campaign, haa been Just received by O. 8. Blanch- ard, chairman of th Josephine county 'chapter, that F. U Cham bers, assistant stat manager of the second war fond campaign, will ar rive n Grant Pass at 1:10 Thurs day morning, May tth. bringing Jo sephine county's quota with him and full campaign Information. H Is prepared to spend th antir day with th local organization, going over the detail of this Mooad Red Cross drlv. A meeting la called at the Chamber of Commere rooms at noon Thursday, May tth. of all di rectors and officer of the Red Cross. Th eight branches of the Josephine 1 county chapter hav all been request ed to send In any number of dele gate they may And It possible to hav present. Every man and wom an In Josephine county must sub scribe to thee funds. An accurate check la going to be made of all In dividual! able to subscribe, and It Is hoped that no slacken will be found la this drive. No funds wfll be c llctted at thla meeting. It Is simply for organisation purposes. A luncheon will be served at noon and bustne wtTI be discussed Im mediately after luncheon. All here tofore mentioned, aa well as team captains, are expected to he present at th luncheon. T. M. Stott haa been selected as chairman and -8am H. Baker has been selected manager of this second Red Cross drive. minis I for ion At a Joint conference of the G. A. R. and W. R. C. held Monday night, preliminary arrangements for a fit ting observance of Memorial Sunday and Decoration day were made. - - Rev. I- Myron Booier will deliver the Memorial day address at the Presbyterian church on Sunday, May 20, and while the speaker for the Decoration 1 day exercise haa been decided upon, he has not yet given his acceptance. FEEL HUN BULLETS Washington, ' May 7. Forty-one names are mentioned on th casual ty Hat received her today. ' Four Were killed In action; live' died of disease. - John A. Kennedy, of Port land,- was severely wounded and Carl P. Huffman, of Oregon City, -waa slightly wounded., V .; ! i- v .1 OH PERSIAN PEOPLE ' Washington, May' 7. A disoatch from the American legation at Tee- 1 horan, says that condition In Penia arc. desperate. Famine and typhus are Increasing. The population is forced to eat dogs and practice an- nlballsm. Camp Kearney,' San Diego, Cal., May 7. Sergeant-Major Frank Da vis, alias Dyer, formerly wlth'the In telligence office here, has been ar rested at Camp Dodge, la. He may be charged with pro-German activities. 1RSD IBIHI OF AIRCRAFT IS SPEEDING IIP BOTH CONGRESS AND DEPART MB.T OF Jl STICK MAKING IX. Ql'IBICS INTO GRAFT CHAMBERLAIN Ml O Say Sensational Charge Are Cos. tag to IAgM aad That There Will Bo Ho Whit Wasblac Washington, May 7. Th Investi gation of th aircraft situation, la taking ahape in both th department of Justic and congress. - Senator Chamberlain announced In rigorous terms that th military committee have an Inquiry of their own under way, attempting to locate the per sonal responsibility for th tailor and promised that there would be no "white washing." He said that there has bean some thing radically wrong with the wool program and aald that new aenaa- tlonal charges ar coming to light dally. He declared that not on American-built plane has bean sent abroad, although many American material bad been shipped for as sembling across th Atlantic Senator Jones, of Washington, aid that not only haa th aircraft board wasted money- In securing spruce on th Pacific coast for air plane, but It "has very seriously endangered" the spruce supply by lumber operations of Inexperienced men. " " "V, Washington, May 7 Talk of craft and mismanagement in th national airplane construction program, beard for months in senate debate and cP itol lobby gossip, culminated yester day In a presidential order for an investigation by the department of Justice. 1 Almost simultaneously It became known that General Squelr. chief signal officer and, until recent ly, In direct charge of army aviation, haa demanded a military-court of in quiry. The White House In announcing President ' Wilson's action, Bade public a telegram received Saturday from Howard Coffin, former chair man of the aircraft board, urging an official inquiry "that refutation of innocent men ' may not.be ruined." and a series of letten and telegrams exchanged between the president and Uutson Borglum, .the sculptor, to whom Is attributed responsibility for statement that corruption in the ex penditure of funds and prd-German Intrigue have hindered airplane production,- and who reiterated his as sertions that criminal liability could be established. . ...... Exactly what the Borglum charge! are, never has been revealed oublic- 1)".' Whether the senate committee will consider them, has not been de termined, 'but a majority opposes ac tion.- A meetlnr will ha iih in few days to settle the question. iir. . Baker i making-a personal study of the situation.,. .Besides such statements aa Mr. Borglum has made he ha before . him voluminous corre spondence with European' officials, aa well a American offloer on the oth er side dealing . with aircraft effici ency, and throwing light on many phases of the matter. If a military court Is called. It will have authority to summon witnesses and the introduction of books or other papers. Army officers prefer to have such a court Instead of a con gressional committee conduct the in quiry. , , , . Those. Involved, it is said, propose to be ably represented by counsel and to seek, not only to disclose the facts In connection with aircraft pro duction, but to look into the motives of. those behind the critical agitation against their work.