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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1918)
DAILY EDITION VOI, VIII., X". MO. UiiAM I'AMs 4mM'IIMk cut MTV, UHMfO.N, WHOM-: M'MIIKK Ifclllfl. , Tl KriD.lY, JINK jtf, ER COURIER SHE OF LAGRA AMERICANS MAKE rVKIHCK ADVANCES Washington. June 2J Ociicral Perah-j lug reported toJey lunlier American ad Vautss and lb captors ol live niaihtus guna Cud other material in iti legion ol Cliatcaa Thierry. The Uaiiuaa coiiutar Hack al Tkwcy was repulied. Several Aiusrtcau ws.e nittaiug aiUr tit raid la Loiraius. O.tfl.'V KXTMl N.VU.i.N MI.MV TOIlAV AT ,.P I.KWIS ERIOR OF OFFICE A MASS OF CHARRED RUINS. TYPE AND MACHINERY IN CHAOTIC CONDITION Tho Courier was today visited by a destructive firo wliiclr linn left tho interior of the building and tho entire mechanical department a mass of charred, blackened, smoked and water soaked ruins. The, lire originated in tho back yard whero tho melting of metal for tho Linotype hud been in progress. The melt ing pot had booh placed out of doors to avoid heating the work room. A zinc covered board was placed back of and a short diManeo from tho melting furnace; Tho zinc be- Ihllnu I, I !..., ... . !..!.! I ll. U.000 new men will have boitun: nw " uuru u ikhimju uuu me lire thir military training in the dopot .spread to the wood shed which was a mass of flames before brlxadnt. Mora thau a thousand (,.,. ,. , .... , . ... dy win cnmi. in for the r-i..iindr 1,10 ,,r0 Wlls discovered. Within a couple of minutes the or the week. flames had spread to the rear walls, which were of wood Rome, June 2S.-Th- It.iiiana forced conHtriilion, n nl in another minute the interior of the thiait war guard of the reirraiing . 0ui Iding was a roaring furnace, f laaiiv w cmi iihiivi lininj It'll .Camp lwla, June 26. Today U the bin day in tlie movenunt of draft limn of tlie June contingent, w.eu 1,165 in r li ere sihedultd for Intro duction Into the national army, Three hundred and twenty fro.n Washliig lon and Oreunn tame yesterday and Inat night and by next Baturday nlxht HUNS REPULSED IN ATTACK ON FRENCH Paris, Jnnc 2S The Ocnnaas last oight attackeil new France positions in the region of L Porte, north of Aisne but maale no gains. In ssrprise attack! near Wocvre and Lorraine, the French captured 20 prisoners. plelely rt-orrupying the wel bank of t e river On Ihu niout.t'iin front in tie Monte Grappa scciur, the Italian vigorously attackid the Austriana in Dieting heavy lout's, end gaining con idurable ground. AMMl'MTION HKl.i:i IN -llll-X.tMt IIV TIIK If M.I ( Y. Dublla. June 25. The poll;e tod iy seUed 40,000 round of ammunition found In a consignment of grain in the BinlthMd market. It li be lieved the coimlHnnsnt foimed a pnrt of a cargo of arms and ammunition landed on the northern const tome time ago. Paris, June 25 Hav Airency -The D'trlun Inane total 2flO.(HK men ae cdlng in a Milan newapaner. Some di 'lalona n two third" Of their effect ive" ' The Italian cavalrv advanced be yond the eastern bend of the I'iava. With the Italian Army on the Plave, June 25. An Italian staff of ficer arriving from the fighting mne on the Plsve river, exclaimed : "Victory la ours! We have put the enemy acroa the Plave all the The lire depurtment responded immediately and did valiant work, saving tho building with tho exception of tho roar, and putting out the lire before the front office had been reached by tho flames. Dense volumes of smoko filled tho rooms and rolled forth from every opening, hampering the work of the fire" men, but Chief Cass, wearing a smoko mask, entered the building and directed tho streams of water. The smoko penetrated every crovico of the machinery, including tho Linotype, which will have to be takon apart and thoroughly cleaned. 'Books and records were smokod but fortunutely not burned. Tho ofllco furnituro and library show tho effects of smoko and water. More than a hundred sheets of glass in thofpartitions are broken, and seven of the nine sheets of pluto glass in tho front of tho building are cracked. The loss will amount to several thousand dollars, fully covered by insuranco, except for the stock of paper which has increased in price to such an amount that tho loss will bo considerable. Five tons, of nowspaper, a commodity wav " ' - - - The prent victory of the Italian which is now hard to secure, is scorched and ruined, army la considered by military offl- The Courier will bo issued daily in abbreviated form z Stu s!J.rta:r2,7 T8he!unii; y th eic wiring and Aitetriao retreat was made tn the machinery, can bo made. The issue today and for several midst of a violent thunderstorm. Idavs is made oossiblo throuph the ennrffisv nf thn moH. V I O j mv vvuvi ver, by tho uso of their job press. The Courier cylinder press having been the only cylinder press in commission in nation of Montello hnd the rlnht t,G oitv. it will bo several dnvs beforn th nnnor will Kn bank of the Plave river bv the Am- ' . . ..... trlan troops. GERMAN OrriCIAL. 4 STATES WAR. AIMS London, Jane 25 Dr. Richard Von Knclmao, German Foreign secretary declared in the German reichataf ycatcr" day that Germany could not bind her self to any pledgee regarding Belgium, according to an Amsterdam dispatch Referring to the war aims, he said. "Germany wishes for herself and her alllics a strong, free independent et istence, within boundaries drawn for as by history, overseas possessions corresponding to onr greatuess and wealth, freedom of the seas, carrying oar trade to all parts of the world." Von Knchlmann laid the chief blame for the instigating of the war at Russia's front door. He said that France, then Eugland were next in culpability. The adjutant general at Portland sent word to James Martin today that the quota for Josephine county for the next draft bad been changed from 37 to 20. This has been done as Josephine county has but 20 left in class I. 7H IEA1 IS TOTAL OP WKECK Belolt, Wis. June 25. The Ha genbeck. Wallace circus today bad completed a Hat of ita dead and miss ing In the Gary, Ind., wreck, which totala 78. Of that number 61 were laborers. Vienna, June 25, via London The war office announces today the exec. resumed in usual size. Washington, June 25 A dispatch to the Italian f mbaasy from Rome con firmed the announcement that prisoners had been taken by the Italians number ing 45,000, however, 12,000 or 15,000 of them had been captured during fighting of the past week. Washington, June 25,-Offlciat Rome dispatches say that the Austians are in full retreat, , - SPANISH SHIP SINK CHKW LANDKl) IJf AFRICA Madrid, June 25. The captain of the Spanish sailing vessel Joaqulma reports his ship which sailed from Cuba, 'was held up by a submarine which declined to examine the ship's papers. ' The vessel was sunk and the crew was afloat tor five days, being rescued off the coast of Africa. The vessel which picked them up landed them all at Gibraltar except the captain.
