Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-02

succeeded BY wee President IA Yuan
HuDg,
.. gpntina. Oswald Kirkby dsfsstsd
FREQ ficrrAshon FOR tire Metropolitan
golf amateur championship. . up aid
1 To play. ~ Glen Cove, ", y.
Obituary: John r. HfLtan. publisher
OF the washington Post and cincsn'
natl Enquirer: eaed q.
10 Political: Charles ". Hughes nopi.
mated for president by the Republican
conventio1 ard Charles Warren Fair
banks for vice president. The PRO.
and John N, Parker os Louisiana.
y Nsvali Pennsylvania. "grsstsst Of
bsttieships," put IN commission; dis-
placement. n.4oo tonsi horsepower. a..
sporting: Molly Bjurs,edt again won
the wonsei,'a tentls tinsies champion.
ship over Airs. Edward Raymond by
scores OF GO. 81.
H. Fire: Fire on the grain pier OF the
Northern Central fniiway at Canton.
Nd. caused properly loss Of t5.ooo0op:
" persons Killed aud " injured.
u. Bandit Rad: American troops lost
killed and y wouDded In q skirmin,,
with bandits at ~. :gnacIo. Tex.
Political; Pftrlden, Woodrow wiInof
and Vice President Thomas n. Mar.
shall feDominaicd ~ ~. Louis.
is Mexico: Gen, Trcvino notified Gsn
Pcrshing that movement Of troops
south. east or west would be consider.
ed n hostile net.
H. Sporting; Syracuse wop the varsity
tmiies ~ Poughkeepsie. Time: syra-
atfa mi. ~ n aaa
min. % ~ nec. Columbia, % min. II is
Sec: Pennsylvania. % min. 4-s sec.
Junior NsrsIty: Syraeuse. II min. Is rs
sec Cornell. II nin. y j-5 see; Co.
iumbia. II min. 3. ncc.: Pennsylvania.
" min. is sec.
y. Mexico; President Wilson called out
the organized militia Of the whole
country Tor service on the Mexican
border.
%. Obituary: Edward 3. Ellis. American
noveIiat and historian. at CHI island,
Me AGED To-
Mexico: President Wilson notified the
Mexican. government that American
troops would not be withdrawn from
Mexican soil.
a. Mexico. Tto troops OF the 10Th cav.
airy were IN action outside carrixai.
ninety miles south Of Juares. with
Cnrranxa forces. Mexican Gen. Felix
Gomez was killed. also Capt c. r
Boyd and Lieut. Adair OF the 10th cav
airy: = troopers were made prisoners
by The Mesicans. u killed and 10 miss
ing,
=. Mexico: Militia ordered 10 proceed 10
tho Mexican border.
3. Mesico; President Wilson demanded
tho Immediate release Of the carrixal
war prisoners.
n Mexieoi q prisoners taken by Mexi.
cans Mt carrixai Mere delivered 10 tho
United States forces
30. Political: Germany and Austria con.
cluded = treaty of military and com.
mercial alliance for g years duration.
Sporting: Chick tcharies) Evans won
the national open golf championship
one of the two greatest golf honors
IN the United States Evans Is the
third amateur 10 win the American
open title. Ills total score was Is
strokes for 70 holes. q record.
JULY.
l. Preparedness. New United States ar.
my reorganization law In effect
Convention: National Educational IA
sociation met In New York.
. Personal: Col q. A. Dodd, leader oI
of an advance into Mexico. promoted
10 brIgadIer general.
Obituary: Mira Hctty Green. know
an tho richest woman In the world. "
New York city. aged 81
& Politicar Japan and Russia signct
treaty Of alliance.
.. Merchant Submarines: German mer
chant submarine Deutschland reache,
Baltimore; 10 days out from Helgo
land port
Is. Obituary: Professor File Metchni
kofY. noted barterioiogist. sharer Il
the Nobel prize for medical research
In Paris: aged Il.
Political: italy abrogated mutual right
treaty with Germany.
is-is Flood; Disastrous floods In Virgin
In. North Carolina and South Carolina
Deaths and missing estimated at 60
property loss upward OF t1a0oo. 900
nood victims In Alabama 5000.
H. Political: Rural credits bill became
law.
a. Neutral Rights: British trade black
list OF American firms officially pub
iishcd In London.
% The Epidemic; Paralysis cases IN New
York city totalcd a5Q0: Isl deaths.
q. Obituary: James whitco,nb Riley
popular poet, at Indianapolis, Ind.
aged " tabouU.
~ Tunnel Disaster, Explosion IN Clcve
land waterworks tunnel under LAX,
Eric killed Is persons
q. Heat Wave: Intense heat In middl,
uest; iis degrees In Iowa.
20. Munition Explosion: War munition
at n transit depot In New York har
Dor caused a loss Of about sis.0o0ooo,
Heat Wave: Temperature at loi., caus
ed liz deaths 10 Chicago. making tota
In I days 26t, Temperature highes
since 1901. Gary. Ind. registered II
degrees. San Francisco. ~: u Paso
Tex, IS. Ftt
n. Record Heat. Hottest July sist OF
record In New York city--ss degrees
chicaso. rs
AUGUST.
Z Weather vagaries. cloudburst drown
ell g pcrsons along Blalr's creek. Ten
ncssee; 10 mlssing,
Merchant Submarine: The Deutschland
sailed from tho Virginia capcs. boun,
for Germany,
.. Irlsh Revolt: Sir Roger Easement
Irish revoluilonisl hanged for trea
son IN London.
Mexico. Mexico appointed mcmbera o
Joint commission to confer on III,
issues with the tinted States
4 An arctic Explorations: Lieut. Shack
Teton reached Falkland islands and re
ported HIS failure 10 reach Elephan
island aud rescue his crew. E
Danish lslen,'s, United States and Den
mark signed treaty for the cession o
the Danish West Indian islands TO th'
United States; price ngreed upon s.h,
OCoe0l
" Storm Disaster, Cloudburst and fioo'
Iff In rnhinT t~raok vallav Wcst virginia