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DAILY EDITION
Vol VIII., No. 1 7:1.
GRANT! PAflU, JOMKPHINB OOUnT, ORJCOON,
M'NDAY, .MAY 12, I0IN.
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liudon, May 1 1. Whatever l
move th Qermant niy b preparing
for on th wralern battl front, they
ar finding an active and alert fo
coufronllnK them.
Tha French official atuleutent, In
particular, fairly brlttlea with ac
count! of Intensive artillery nd
raiding actlvltlnt and more Import,
ant minor tkruata again! the (ler
man In varlnua lector. In addition,
tha lalrat llrltlah aviation report In
dlctatci auch thorough command of
tha air that In one day'! flitlitlnii
ST German marhlnra were brought
down while the HrllUli louse! were
only tlx machine.
French troop flmirtxi In the moat
telling atrokea delivered by tha In
fantry Ian! nlxht, both In Klander
ml louth of tha Homme.
In the former area an operation
waa carried out which advanced tha
French Una lomawhat In the re t.n
ait of lxcre. an Important hold-
In point against flafklng operations
directed at Mont Route.
British trnoiia made a stir-restful
raid near Mervlll. to the weat ..at
thla area.
On tha aoulhern battlefield, while
carrying out aeveral raid, the
French bit Into tha Oerman line on
tha front between Montdldler and
Noyon. An appreciable gain of
round waa made here northwe-t of
Orvllleri Borel, aven mlle south
went of Montdldler,
Paris, May II. Heavy artillery
fighting li In progreaa below Amiens
In the region of (lilvcsne and Mail
ly Italneval, It la reported.
The French have gained ground
on the aouthern aide of the Plcardy
front near Orvlllera and Sorel,
southeast of Montdldler.
Along tha front to tha north there
were acattcred engagement! during
the day. notably at Aveluy wood,
north of Albert, where the contend
ing armies are striving for atrateglc
ground. There were a I no amall op
eration! In the Kemmel hill front,
nonthweat of Yprea.
ADMINISTRATOR OF WAIl
LABOR ACTIVITIKH N'AMF.D
Waithlngton, Mny 1 1. Secretary
of Uhor Wllion haa made the ap
pointment of Felix Frankfurter of
Harvard unlveralty, aa administrator
of war labor actlvltle.
P.
In the third Liberty lonn cam
paign the Itoy Scouts acted as
"gleaners after the harvest," and as
their work waa done'nfter all other
solicitors had completed their cam
paigns the amount and number of
bond snles they made Is not aa large
as If they had been permitted to
work from the beginning of the ran
palgn. The snles of the Tiny Scouts of
thin city amounted to $7,000, In
cluding smnll snles made by the
aconlmnster and his assistant.
Tom McKlnstry lends with 2.100;
Ilnrold Tndhurk second with
JU.fioO; Ernest Calhoun, $1,100;
Nowell McKlnstry, $8 50; Nirrls
Clement and Ralnh Bobxlnn, $!R0
oi-V nprf-e R'dritn, $100; Ruford
Wardrln, $50 and Waldo Ttnkr fn
ioe m.
PI $5,000
Hffi'iiil I Inl ( rinii Drive 0nii ,Mn
.day, My iio, nd t'untlnur
For On Week
Tha Josephine county'! war fund
executive coinnilttee baa apportioned
13,000 to (Irani ana and $2,000 to
tha balance of tha county.
Tha amount assigned to each dl
trlct or town aa followi:
Holland, 1250; William!, 1250;
Waldo and Takllma, 1250; Wilder
villa, 250; Kerby, $150; Murphy,
1150; (Mm. $160; Merlin and fla
llce, $150; Inland and Placer $100;
Hugo, $100; Provolt. $100; Wolf
Creek, $75; Mlaaourl Flat. $75.
In tha varloua district where
there ara Red Oro-i auxiliaries tha
chairman of the auxiliary haa ap
pointed a branch war fund chairman
and two other to eollclt their quota.
Where there are no auxiliaries aep
arnte committee are' being; appoint
ed. It I expected that all mllcltori
In the Red Crosa drive, both In the
town and country, will at art out
early Monday morning, May 20, and
complete tha Red Croai drive by
Tueaday night. It li believed that
the quota aaalgned to each town or
dlitrlct li reaaonable and It la ex
pected that each district will go over
tha lop by Tuesday night.
VALLF.V MAS IS KMKHtMF.D
If President Wllion haa auRlclent
'confidence In the ability of Will If.
Hnrnlbrook to appoint him to the
, Important pout of Cnlted Statea min
uter to 81am, tha Oregon democracy
can make no mlatake In making; him
Ilia ehiilra nf tha nartv for damn.
,.. ........ -. , . -
eratln national committeeman. To
jtake any other con me might ha re
I larded a a repudiation of tha pree-
Ident-Oregon City Courier.
FREIGHT WRECK FRIDAY
Six loaded rrclght can were ditch
ed Friday afternoon at about A: SO
when a flange on one of the car
composing extra went bound freight,
broke about four mllra cunt of thin
city. No one waa hurt but traffic
was delayed more than 10 houra.
Passenger train No. 54 and It,
northbound, due here at 6:50 and
7:20 did not arrive until about S
o'clock a. m. Saturday morning.
Ono refrigerator car loaded with
bag of corpa was demolished and a
'refrigerator car loaded with miscel
laneous, and government ship
mints wa overturned and badly de
molished. Two loads of lumber were
overturned and the lunlber scattered
along the right-of-way, and a load
of piling covering two flat cars was
overturned. While the track was
not torn up the roadbed and ties
were left In bnd condition.
The wreckers from Ashland i..id
Roaehurg cleared the track.
This Is the third freight wreck
which hni occurred near Oranta Pass
In the past few weeks. The over
loading of cars Is supposed to be re
sponsible. NARROW ESCAPE FOR
ES1ERLY AND WIFE
tieorge M. Katerly, of Waldo, on
Friday Just missed plunging over
a bnnk Into Slnte creek with hi au
tomobile, In .which were also Mrs.
Etteily, a Japanese with wife and
baby. Mr. Eaterly noticed an un
usual sound and a little difficulty In
steering the 'machine niid waa Just
turning off to the side of th. road
after crossing the Slate creek bridge,
beyond Waters Creek, to Investigate
the cause, when the front wheel on
the aide next the creek enme off. Had
the machine been traveling at high
speed nothing could have prevent
ed a serious accident. '
HUB NOT
COMPLETELY
OBSTRUCTED
HltlTIHII (ItUHMt "VIMHtl.
TIVK" 1.1 K AT AMJI.K OF 4.
JlFXlllF.rM ACIUHM IXI.KT
CAUSES SERIOUS BLOCKADE
AiiltHi nt Title fKiitrvtrtl to Further
Fill Harbor Knlraiire Willi Hilt
And Hamper Navlgntkoa
Uiudnn, May 1 1 ft I declared
on unquestionable authority that tha
aunken cruiser Vlndlcltlve Ilea In the
neck of the channel at the entrance
to Oatend harbor at an angle of
about 40 degreea. It la obvloua that
a vessel 300 feet long lying at thla
angle doe not effectively block a
channel aome 120 feet wide, but a
very useful purpose baa been served.
A partial and aerloua blockade haa
been achieved and under the condi
tion! of tide and rapid allt prevail
ing on the Relglan coaat the ob-
atructlon will certainly tend to In
crease. It la not claimed that the
aunk'en cruiser will prevent the eg-
ren of aubmarlnea or entirely atop
that of destroyer. However, It will
materially hamper both, and that la
Important. Oerman light craft will
not be able, when pursued by IliitlahJ
forces, to rush full ipeed Into the
harhne aa (ha. hava rina. t...tf.
M. .
Tne entire operation waa earrlctf
out on almllar llnea to tha raid of
April 23, when concrete laden cruis
er were annk In tha harbor of Zee-
brugge, tha moat Important Oerman
km.rf. I.. a.. . k. -
HuiiiHiiuf uinv. r ur (iiD avcviiu i
time In a month a amoke screen waa
used successfully.'
The ftmnan Matemmt
Berlin. May 11. The British at
tempt to blockade the harbor of
Ontend waa a failure, according to
an official atatement laaued today.
An old cruiser entirely battered t
pieces Ilea aground before the har
bor outside the navigation channel,
and the entrance to the harbor Is
quite free.
Chlrgo. May 11. The Wlllard
Fulton acrap scheduled for July 4
has been called off It waa announc
ed here today.
GREAT NAVY AND ADEQUATE ARMY IS
GUARANTEE- OF NATIONAL SECURITY
Captain Klchard P. llobson's arri
val In thla city adds one more to the,
long list of distinguished men who
have been the gueat of our cltisens.
He was welcomed by prominent men
and will be fittingly entertained
while here.
Captain Hobscn expresses himself
In vigorous and plain language on
the great question of America's part
in the military life of the world.
He said In part:
"It la a cause for national con
gratulation that the object lesson of
the great, war haa at last brought
home to the American people a rea
lization of the vital and fundamental
Importance of making adequate pro
vision for self preservation. All liv
ing things, even in the plant king
dom must make such provision;
much less can a great nation hope
to escape the law. In nature, the
anlmnl that cannot fight niutft be
able to hide or run. The American
nation can neither hide nor run; H
must be ante to fight. In civilized
society there are two general meant
of self preaervatlon; the first and
primitive one la thpt of Individual
self, defense. The latter is obvious
ly to be preferred wherever It can
be, realized and we should make It
axiomatic In our national defense
W CABINET
WELCOMES U.S.
SOLDIER BOYS
THIIKK IIATTAMO.VM OF A M Kill-
CA.VH I'AKADK THIUX till THK
IX)X1KW HTItKirTH
,300,000 OSS BY IE
All Koldtar Hoarding Transporta
Sitw Fully ulrd With Ma
chin Gun and (lannon
lndon, May 11. Troops of the
national army of the United Statea
arrived in tandon thla morning for
a parade through the principal
street. There was a regiment of
three battalion! la line. Tha men
ware brought in from a nearby
camp. l.rge erowda cheered them
In the atreela and they were re
viewed by King George and Ambaa
aador Page.
The Americana came through the
archway of tha Horseguard'a parade
Into Whitehall to begin the march
through tha weat end streeta and
thence to the ambaasy and Bucking
ham palace. Member of the war
cabinet Including Premier Lloyd
George, Chancellor Bonar Law, Vis
count Mllner and J. Auaten Cham-
berlalu, came out on the balcony at
the war offlre and watched the
acene with Interest.
Washington, May II. More than
1,300,000 men have been called In
the draft and are 'either In France
or In camp nnder call to go across
before June I.
It la expected that the army will
have a full atrength of over 3,000,
000 within the year. Some officers
aay the number will be closer to
5.000.000.
' Washington, May 11. Although
the American troopa are going over
aeas In large numbers the ordnance
department has been able to keep
up with the new program and every
soldier who boards a transport is
fully equipped.
Artillery and machine guns al
ready are In France In sufficient
qusntitles for Immediate needs, the
ordnance bureau announced today.
policy that America will continually
encourage, promote and Indeed take
the leadership of the. world In hast
ening the day when the nations col
lectively through adequate Interna
tional organization will provide ef
fective means In providing each in
dividual nation In Its righto and vital
Interests and .In settling the differ
ences that arise between nations b)
regular recourse to the processes of
law founded upon fundamental prin
ciples of justice.
"It Is not inconceivable that the
advanced nations might develop ul
timately a constitution somewhat
analogous to the constitution of the
United States which developed the
confederation of colonies Into the
United States of America. Of course,
I do not mean to say that In short
order we are to expect sii"" s com
plete development ' tv l-t-rna-tlonal
orga'nt'"" 'i t 1 At firy that
the phv' t-"! hTrl'rs of distance and
spsc? r?ve been practically annlhll
etrd end ns America; In whose home
the various religions, races and na
tions have mingled, shall lead In the
removal of barriers of prejudice,
hate and distrust there will be a
Proportionate growth or evolution of
International organization : which
(Contlnued'"oir Page8 1
200 f.IEN WANTED
I1
Building of High 1'laUMit lload aad
Improvement of Oregon
Mountain
Announcement i made in the ad
vertising columns of today's Courier
that 2uu man are needed for road
work at (0 cent per hour. This an
nouncement should be welcomed by
tboi of this county who are aeeklng
work. Already hundred have left
the county for the northern Califor
nia mllli, the coast, sound and Co
lumbia river shipyard, lured by the
promise of big wage, not taking in
to consideration the equally high
cot of living at the industrial cen
ters. The men are needed for work near
Monumental In constructing a road
leading from High Plateau to con
nect with the old Wlmer road, a dis
tance of seven miles, and in repair
ing the Wlmer road a distance of
eight miles, to the Crescent City
road on the Oregon mountain. There
are now 50 men at work and with
a full crew it la hoped to complete
the work by June 15. Then the men
will be put at other work.
Thla road will make available the
shipping of 3,000 tons of chrome
ore, or (00 carloada, and whether
the ore eomes to Grants Pass or Is
sent via Crescent City will depend
on the condition of the Oregon
mountain road.
The company operating the High
Plateau property is under the di
rection of Martin Uldell, who Is In
the city for a few days. He states
that they have under contract 14
auto trucks tor ore hauling. Some
of the trucks being special narrow
gauge tracks for mountain roads,
The company he represents Is the
heaviest shippers of commercial
mineral! r ich as chrome, inagneslte,
manganlse, tungaten, etc., In the
United States.
New York, May 11 Gutzon Borg
lum, accused of having Bought secret
ly to capitalize his friendship with
President Wilson by undertaking to
promote a private airplane company.
issued a formal statement today
denying "any connection now or at
any other time with any airplane
production company or any plan to
organize such a company." He de
clared further that the war depart
ment had "systematically directed
the opposition" to Investigation of
aircraft production in which a "bit
Hon dollars In 11 months had pro
vided us with no planes," and charg
ed that "every subterfuge had been
resorted to to gain time."
RTftSfAXS ItETAKK CITY
London, May 11. The Russians
have recaptured Rostov from the
Germans and Ukrainians, It Is re
ported.
FOUR JERSEYS KILLED
BY PASSENGER TRAIN
Passenger train No. 16, which'
should have passed through this
city at 7:20 p. m. Friday, but was
delayed by the freight wreck until
about 3 a. ni. Saturday morning ran
Into a band of high grade 2-year-o'd
Jersey heifers a few miles west
of the city, killing two of the ani
on's .'nstnntly apd so badly Injur
'ns two rth'rs that they hid to be
killed. Four ot tho heifers bo
longed to J. E. Hair and one to A.
iBartlett. They were being pastured
In the Bartlett field along the rail
road right-of-way and It is stated
I that they got onto the track through
la defective fence.
I Mr. Hair has put In a claim to the
j Southern Pacific for $200, and Mr.
i3-rt'pt"s loss Is from $10 to $50.
FOB ROAD
IK
ONE ROBBER
OF BULLION
. IS CAPTURED
KOBEKT W. beWITT DKaEItTU)
BY COMPAXIOX FOIUTil) TO
WORK 18 lUMTOXIZED
IS
HheHnT Lewis Secure HoWw at
Trek and Reward Money Is
Paid by Young BoaweU
Robert W. DeWltt. on of tha
robbers who held np R. Boswell aad
his son Robert Jr. at their placer
mine near Holland May 2, ha been
captured and I now confined In the
Jocephlne county jail awaiting ex
amination. DeWltt was apprehend
ed on Thursday at a mine about half
way between Trek and Happy
Camp, where he had stopped to te
en re work. From deacrlptlona of
the robbers which had been sent
broadcast from the sheriff's office
men working at the mine suspected
DeWltt and went to Treka, 40 miles.
In order to telephone to Sheriff
Lewis for further details. The sher
iff was positive they had the right
man and gave Instructions to ar
rest him without delay.
Sheriff Lewis and Deputy Sheriff
Lister, with Robert Boswell Jr.. left
Thursday night for Treka and re- '
turned Friday night with the pris
oner, who when arrested had a 30
30 automatic rifle and an automatic
pistol. v,
From the story of DeWltt, who
admits the crime, a story of du
plicity and treachery Is revealed, aa
well a th details of a well planned
holdup, which resulted in the theft .,
of 16.000 in gold bullion.
According to the story. DeWltt
and bis partner went to Waldo for
the express purpose of robbing tha
Esterly mine. They camped In the
hills overlooking the mine for a few
days, and for a day his partner"
watched operations at the mine
through a glass, but decided that
the plan was not practical. They
(Continued on Page 8)
OKHGOX HOY IX LIST OF
THOSE WOUXDF.D SLIGHTLY
Washington,' May 11. The casu-.
alty list for Friday contained 89
names eight killed In action, tour
died of wounds, seven from acci
dents, tour from disease.
Clemle Atkinson of Denmark,
Ore., Is listed among the slightly
wounded.
AVIATORS lH'RXEIV AT
FLORIDA FLY1XO FIELD
Pensacola. Fla.. Mav 11 Richard
McCala, of Toledo. Ohio, student av
iator, was burned to death, and
George Henderson of Pawtucket,
was badly burned when their air-.
plane fell to earth.
MUST CLOSE PLANT
OR RAISE GAS RATES
Salem, Ore., May 11. George H.
Eckhart ot San Francisco, manager
of the Oregon Gas & Electric company,-
which furnishes gas to Med
ford. Grants Pass and Roseburg,
has asked the public service commis
sion, to be allowed, either to discon
tinue operation of Its gas plant,- or
to Increase rates to meet the rise of
.25 cents a barrel In the cost of oil.
,He states the residents of Rosehurg
and Grants Pass have signified their
Intention of acceding' to an increas
ed gas rate but that late additional
increase !n oil would Impose a still
additional charge of from eight to
nine cents. He asks the commis
sion either to clo"se the plant or or-
, would be automatically lowered
when the price of oil dropped.