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DAILY EDITION
V()U VI., No. HI.
GRANTS PASS, iOSEPEIint COUNTY, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1915,
. Ko Other Town in the "World the Size of Gr ants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
'''" '. '"" WHOLE NUMBER 1573.
FIRE DESTROYS
Eight Buildings, lacjudisg the Southern Pacific Depot and
the Postoffice, Are Burned to the' Gross! ia Early
Morning Conflagration Saturday, the Loss Being Esti
mated at About $20,000, With but little Insurance
Merlin, seven mlloa north of Orama
T'M, was visited early Suturduy
morning by a mimt disastrous fire
that destroyed an fiillre block of
bulldlnx", M well aa I tie Southern
I 'r! Do dopot across the, Hired from
thft burned block. Tim (Ire was first
discovered juitt past mldulght In tbe
two-story frame structure belonging
to I. II. William, of Grants Pbjw.
The building had formerly been oc
cupied m i room I tig bonne and hotel,
but bad of late been unoccupied ex
cit for caretakers. During the ev
ening the range In tbla building had
been fired up to make coffee for a
aot'lal gathering in a nearby hail, and
thin la supposed to have started the
fire from a defective flue. Prom this
building the fire soon spread both
ways In the blockvburnlng two build
ings to the north belonging to W. M.
Rlrhsrds, and the building occupied
by D. W. Mitchell's genoral mer
chandise atore. South the fire de
stroyed the Mason building, which
was vacant, and the building owned
by A. J. Shafcr, and occupied by the
post office. The Ott blacksmith shop
to the roar of the pout office building
waa also burned, and the flames leap
ed acroaa the atreet and wiped out
the; Southern Pacific depot. : ;
There waa no equipment in the
Village for tho fighting of the flames,
and only for the fact that there was
HEADLINED If!
FOOTBALL GO
DOVH TO DEFEAT
(Dy United Press Leased Wire.)
Now York, Oct. U.-The "big
leaguers" in football bit the dust this
afternoon. Cornell beat Harvard, 10
to 0, before a big crowd In the Cam
bridge stadium; Yale: fell - before
' W. A J., 16 to 7; and Dartmouth
waa defeated by Princeton, 30 to' 7.
On the strength of tholr showing
today and on previous Saturdays this
seaeon, the Tigers now look fit for
any and all comors.
rootbnll Itcsults
-.
.'.Harvard, 0; Cornell, 10. ,
Western Md., 6;' Delaware, 19.
Army, 10; Georgetown, 0.
Case, 12; Oberlln, 2.
Carnogle Tech., 60; Grove City, 6.
Pitt, H; Ponna., 7. ,
.. Yale. 7; W. & J., 16.
Princeton, 80; Dartmouth, 7.
Ducknell, 0; Carlisle, 0.' , -
Nebraska, 0; Notre Dame, 10.
Novy, 20;. Virginia Tech., 0. ;
Wisconsin, 21; Ohio Stato, 0. , .
Lehigh, 0; Muchlonberg, 0. , ; .
Mh. Colby, 84; Dowdoln, 6.
'- St. John's, 01 Gettysburg, 18.
Syracuse, 6; Drown, 0. .
Minn., 61; towa,18.
Columbia, 57; St. Lawrence, 0.
Lafayette, 46; Albright, 0. ,
' Penna. Slate, 28; West. Va. Wee
leyan; 0. .
v Union College, 21; Stevens, 0.
Denlsnn, 36; Cincinnati, 0. .
St. Louis, 21; Depaw, 0. " - .
DIAZ RI5P011TKI) AT 11RAI) , '
' OV 4b,WH) ZAPATISTAS
El Paso, Oct, S3. The American
embargo agnlnst arms and munitions
shipments to and fron northern Mex
ico is in full effect. ' It cuts off some
sources of Conors! Villa's revonuo
and all of his inunltions, tA 11 local
dealers have boon ordered tq report
strictly, the dotalla of cvory sale of
arms and ammunition. V ' " ','
A rumor that General Felix Dial
Is leading .40,000 Zapatistas BgAlnst
Mexico City Is unconfirmed. ',
no wind, and that g rain waa falling
at the, time, there would have been
Utile 'left of the town. As K ' waa,
'the string of buildings waa licked up
In a very short time, they being as
dry as tinder, the first rain for six
months being the shower that was
falling at the lime of the Are.
The cltltena of the town gathered
and rendered such assistance as they
could in removing goods front the
doomed building The stock of the
Mitchell store waa "all saved except
some of' the heavier merchandise,
such aa bay and feed, the fixtures al
so being largely removed. Every
thing .waa also saved from the post
offlco. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Illcharda
lost practically, all of their house
hold goods, Mr. Richards rescuing
only bla typewriter, and part of bla
library. The (ecorda or the railroad
company were lost in the depot
There waa Insurance on some of
the buildings. The two' buildings
owned by Mr. Williams were covered
at about one-third of 'their value.
Tho Mitchell atore was Insured, hut
Mr. Richards carried no insurance
and the lose falls most heavily upon
him.-" I "jV'V ; " ,
Tl : railroad. omoany ,ajjent re
quisitioned a box tar, and waa aoon
transacting the lousiness of the com
pany In that, telegraph wires being
run Into It. .
At VOM MOD ATI XO FIUKXD
..... fACKI VXUKR AltltrSIT
- (Dy United Press Leased Wire.) .
, Seattle, Oct. 23. When George
Marino, driver of an auto truck for
a public market, waa ordered to go
to police headquarters and be book
ed ou a charge of violating a trafllo
ordinance, ho hunted up his friend
George Pay, and had him go instead.
Pay, the accommodating friend,' ac
cordingly got himself ; into jail,
though with no charge against him.
l.ntaK tha Tallin nf!lrii" tthn hail nr.
dured Torino to report, failed to find
his namo. on the police court docket
and had a warrant Issued. Where
upon Pay was released. , ; ; ;
AXOTHKIl PHOTICST TO
11R 6KXT TO JOHN 1ULL
Washington, . Oct. 23.Pre8ldent
Wilson this aftornoon approved a
note to Kn gland protesting against
British Interference Clth American
trade. The stale dopartmont proV
ably will forward It Monday, it waa
announced. , 1 "
ALLIES SEEK TO
ILUEIIJGREECE
(By United Press Leased Wire) ?
Paris, Oct. 23.Nogotlatlons were
In progress today regarding tho al
lies' jvollcy In the Ilulkons, In view of
Grouce's refusal to accept the island
of Cyprus as tho Prize for joining the
entente' forces. . ' f .,
Some authorities wore disposed to
substitute foroe for dlplomatlo par
leys In dealing with Greece. Dut in
asmuch as Greece 'said her refusal
was "for . tlioS present;" others in
oltnod to believe that nothing would
be lost iby waiting. 1 , ,;
Increasing of the allied forces so
that Oreoce need not fear he would
bo overwhelmed by the invasion of
her own territory; and the pressure
of publlo opinion In favor of the al
lies, inay determine Greece finally to
come to tho allies' Aid. ,
II
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' Washington, Oct, 23. A dragnet
of American troops and special secret
agents was thrown out along the Rio
Grande border today in a search for
leaders of recent disastrous raids by
Mexicans which have cost . many
American lives. . " .
President Wilson himself person
ally directed the efforts to check the
raiders, and he authorised Secretary
of War Garrison and Attorney Gen
eral Gregory to resort to drastic mea
sures to bait the marauding which
has grown In volume since the United
Slates recognised General Carranza
as provisional president of Mexico.
American Influences were believed
to be responsible for the circulation
of wild rumors of border conspir
acies. General Villa waa reported In
stigating attack on American troops
In reprisal for recognition of his en
emy and in the hope of forcing Amer
ican intervention In Mexico. '
Stlli another rumor said Villa had
secured new American financial back-
lug. General Felix Dias, too, was
rumored to be fomenting a new re
volution with the aid of General
Zapata, Villa's ally.
' Even more American reinforce
ments are contemplated for the
Brownsville district ' .
SHIP
mm
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, Oct. 23. Evidence to
show, that the American steamship
Zealandla l now a German pirate
ship, whose crew Includes missing of
ficers of the Interned Kronprlnt Wil
helm, was obtained today by Attor
ney, Aa a pirate, the crew is subject
to capture and hanging by any one.
Department of Justice agents re
ported that the Zealandla, New York
to Tamptco, called October 7 at Pen
sacola, changed crews and got a Ger
man captain and German sympa
thizers. It la alleged that she drop
ped the American flag and changed
her name to Pensacola. 1 . 11
P. W. Streeter, a New York ship
broker," said that one of the Zea
landla's engineers told htm the steam
er is now a German raider. H. V.
Dixon, of the Fluke Trading com
pany, owners, denied Streeter's
clalrii8.
TEXAS CITIZEHS
DISCUSS WAYS
TO STOP RAIDERS
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Brownsville, Texas Oct. S3.- Boil
ing with rage over the continued ban
ditry along the Rio Grande, citizens
of towns berealbouts gathered today
at Mayor Brown's call to . discuss
moans of relieving the situation.
Brown. 'himself announced there
would be no .discussion. of reprisals.
But in the temper of the citizens
there was eoine doubt that he, or any
one else, would be able to restrain
such efforts.
It was true that dispatch of addi
tional forces had somewhat of a
quieting effect, and the people hoped
Congressman Garner's visit to Wash
ington would result In additional aid,
yet the fresh killings of the past
week made it likely that, unless
strong measures are taken, Texans
will take affairs into their own hands
at an early moment. .. , ... v..
Two suppoeod raiders were slain
by. a cavalry detachment last night
while trying to cross the Rio Grande.
Their bodies were not found. Lead
ers are still at large. ,'
Mr, and Mrs. Douglas Wood epent
Friday in Medford. ,
HIS
AMERICA!!
BELIEVED
HI
ofS
IS SHORT
Gsvenaent W21 Supervise
Distrihstica cf Provisions
fa Future to Equalize the
Conditions ia lepire
Berlin, via Sayville. Oct. 23. Ger
many Is about to take over, nation
ally, tho food supply and regulation
of prices, it was officially announced
today. . . . :'
Hitherto these matters have -been
in the hands of state and provincial
authorities, . t
"'It la necessary to equalize condi
tion la various parts of the empire,"
satd the statement, explaining this
move. "The supply is abundant, but
it ia desired to avoid differences and
to make distributions even through
out Germany, thus assuring a suffi
ciency everywhere at . reasonable
coat" ..-', ' ....A"
While Germany explains there is
sufficient food, travelers returning
from abroad this week have reported
that, the situation really 1b grave and
that food riots have occurred in lead
ing cities. .. For some time there has
been the localized supervision of dis
tribution to effect as )road an econ
omy as possible. Bread tickets', for
Instance, have permitted citizens to
get Just so much and no more bread.
Even greater economy is forecasted
by the complete nationalization of the
food supply. Prices . are said by
travelers to nave gone to exorbitant
figures. "
SERBIAN CAPITAL
TRANSFERRED FROM
THE CITY OF HISH
Berlin, Oct. 23. The Serbian capi
tal has been transferred to Kroljevo,
according to a Bucharest dispatch to
day. '. : : . . .- '
Transfer of the' capital to Monastlr
and Prlzrend has been announced
previously, but it developed only cer
tain departments had been sent there.
It was stated positively yesterday
that the capital would remain at
Nish. ';.'
TWO TQ HANG EACH
WEEK IN CALIFORNIA
Sacramento, Oct 23. -California
will begin on November 5 to hang
two men a week for five weeks, itc-
cordlng to the "execution calendar,"
as it now stands In the governor's
office. The executions are slated for
consecutive weeks, except for Thanks
giving week.- The governor did not
wlBh to have a condemned man go
to his death the day following the
holiday, eo the men who were sche
duled to tbe hanged on that Friday
were reprieved for a week."
The cases are at present in the
hands of the advisory board of par
dons and only a recommendation by
that body for pardon or commuta
tion of sentence will Interfere with
the .carrying out of the execution
schedule In, Its present form, . ,
The first on the death list are Earl
Loomls, of Sacramento, and Louis
Bundy, of Los Angeles, boy murder
ers. Loomls Is to hanged at Fol
som November K and Bundy at San
Quenttn the same day. t '
ALLIES CAN USB
I TUB GRECIAN PORTS
i Paris, Oct. 23. Though Greec
will not actively help .the allies, Bhe
will permit them to use Greek ports
and railroads' in order to get troops
to Serbia, it was learned semi
officially today,; ,
BULGARIANS HAVE
OCCUPIED TWO
SE1IJUI CITIES
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Berlin, Oct. 23. Bulgarian occu
pation of Negotin and Rogeljevo,
Serbia, was officially reported today.
Both places are about 85 miles
northeast of Monastlr.. This implies
the Invaders are steadily advancing.
"In the region of . Vlceerad we
have forced a passage of the Drina,"
said the official statement. "We
stormed Serbian positions between
Lukavirvo and Kosmaj. :.
"General von GallwiU has driven
the Serbians across the Jasenica and
ejected them from Alexandrovac.
"The Serbians are retreating, from
the Kosutlcab-Slatlna line.
'"The Bulgarians repulsed the Ser
bians southeast of PI rot. This la 12
miles within the eastern frontier and
33 miles southeast of Nish."
MRS. PAMIES KILLED
CRIPPLE LOVER TO
HIDE OWII PAST
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco,- Oct 23. After
pohderlng all night' over the latest
confession, secured yesterday by
sweating" of Mrs. Mary Pamies,
who murdered Michael 9 Weinstein
and chopped up his body, police to
day were convinced her deed reunited
solely from a. deslro toblp':ou the
man w no stood oetween ner.land a
past she sought to forget . That she
truly loved her husband "was their
belief Juet as she told them.
But Weinstein,' according to ad
vices from Atlantic -City, knew her
history. His appearance here, bis
possession of letters she had written,
and the tell-tale photo he carried in
his watch . all brought Iback other
days. She feared her husband would
learn- so she killed", htm," as she
confessed. ' ' '
And the police learned that' be
hind the tragedy is still another
the tragedy of a wife starving in a
flat at Atlantic City. . This woman,.
Welnstein'a . wife, will be given the
3225 whloh the girl said Weinstein
offered her to elope.
That Weinstein perhaps was a
"white slaver" who lured immigrant
girls to a life of shame was one
theory the police held.
The story of Mary, PamieB' life
back east showed affairs with men
at Bridgeport, Conn., and Atlantic
City, and a career under an assumed
name in the latter place.
The girl-wife seemed more com
posed today; her confession that she
slew Weinstein ' deliberately seemed
to have removed a burden from her
mind. She eat in her cell surrounded
by magazines and a novel, and ap
peared resigned to any fate.
REPRESENTATIVE TO
SEEK RELATIVES
(By United Press Leased Wire.) .
San Francisco, Oct. 23. Repre
senting Hebrew aid societies here and
In Chicago, New York and other east
ern cities, Isodore Hirechfeldt, attor
ney, was en route to Europe today,
preparing to locate relatives of thous
ands of Jews In this country. ,
Before sailing he said that devas
tation of Russia and Gallcla had
broken up many families, whose re
latives have been unable to locate
them through the ububI channels.
In addition to this mlaslon, Hlrsch
feldt intends to study the conditions
among Jews in Europe, particularly
In Russia, and to act for the depart
ment of labor in instructing foreign
ers aa to the possibilities of depor
tation under certain circumstances In
this country, -,,. .. .. .,,.;.,.,,,:
HEBREWS
SEND
Tests cf Experfcsiital Fhts
Caa Be Prciicei ad Farcers Show Faith b Industry
By Signbrji Acreage fa tie Carpaijo to Secure the
Lccatica d z Fadcry
- ;
Will sugar beets grow UUhe Rogue
valley?",,, ''.-y ,- y
The present season baa answered
that question fully, and to the satis
faction of tbe grower and the fac
tory man alike. Beets will grow no
where better than they wUl grow
here.-' " . '
"Can you neat that bunch," said
A. G. Hood aa he dumped a dozen
of the big roots on the floor at the
Commercial club rooms Friday after
noon. "I can grow. 40 ton of them
to the acre, and at the 15 per ton
at which they can be contracted It
looks Uke a pretty good proposition
to me. I am signing up for all I can
grow of them next season, for besides
the $5 per ton which I will get for
the beets. I will have the tops and
the pulp for feed for toy stock."
The dozen beets which Mr. Hood
brought In were shipped later In the
day to Portland where they are a
part of the Josephine county: exhibit
at the land products show. They
were part of the patcli grown from
the few ounces of seed auppUed Mr.
Hood by the factory people, last
spring. The seed had teen planted
in young , orchard between the
rtrees,'and the young. neeta were given
absolutely no attention. They were
irrigated after the water had been
turned In the ditches In August, but
in the face of the lack of cultural at
tention they were great roots, weigh
ing from five to eight pounda each.
One of them measured 21 inches
around. They had been grown in
some of the rich river bottom land
on the Hood . ranch.
But other of the experimental plats
in the. valley have done equally as
well as Mr. Hood's. ' Out In the Wll
dervllle district the committee found
a patch grown by W. O. Hill on the
red soil t&at was equally as good,
while the largest and smoothest beets
yet seen are those on the River Banks
ranch of the Leonard Orchard com
pany holdings. These beets were
grown in the orchard on sub-irrigated
river bottom soil, and received no
surface irrigation whatever.
Last year, when the campaign for
acreage waa on the beet that could
be said of yield was to quote what
other countries had done. It was
said that the farmer should get-12
to 15 tons per acre. But It is demon
strated that in the Rogue valley he
D. JR SAYS
CAPITAL AIID LABOR
MUST CEASE STRIFE
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
New York, Oct 23. "If capital
and labor do not get together in the
right spirit, America's future is doom
ed,", declared John D. - Rockefeller,
Jr., In an interview today. -
"One can not exist without the co
operation of the other. To drive this
stupendous fact home to each of
these two forces and to make each
know that one ia but a complemen
tary force of the other, and not an
antagonists force, is the most vital
problem before America today.
"I am not so bold as to say that
my "Colorado plan' will be the means
or bringing about this understanding
completely, but I hope It may contri
bute to this end." ... :
The ybung oil king denied that the
plan. is aO attempt to suDDlant the
union, and he reiterated that both
his father and himself had alwavs
believed In personal contact between
tbe employer and employe. He said
there might never be another strike
in ; the Colorado Fuel A Iron com
pany plants.' ' . ' - y :'' '.
JOHN
hiicate That Big Teenage
will get more. Down at Rogue River
Friday a test was made. One of the
experimental plats there bad been
roughly estimated at about 16 tons
per acre. Under tbe direction of Mr.
Bramwell a large part of the patch
was pulled, and the largest and small
est together with one of medium size
were weighed. The three weighed
a fraction over eight poundsv Beets
are planted in rows 20 inchw'ijrf V
ana the beets are left about tz m ,
fin art tn fh rnv With 1 fun n.nji.
an acre produces 1 6,00'V; AeeN, the "
Rogue River patch therefore yioMir.J ;
at the rate of 21 tons pfer acre. ' -
Those farmers who have made a
test of the crop are signing up all
the acres they can possibly make
ready for the spring planting. So .
well pleased with the character of
the soil and .the growth of the beets
the past season wss Mr. Mizoguchi,
the Japanese contractor who came .
here with Messrs. Nlbley and Bram
well, that he solicited the lease of
1,000 or more acres in the lower val
ley, stating that be would take it
either at a flat rate or plant it on k
share. :.,-.. .-H ;; ,V '; - '
...... aieq . regarding Kf;,t,SM xnaM
of the beets grown here Hi. nVaiii.
well did not state the exacts "prjyior- :
tiona of sugar, . but jyemark'iiaf, i bat
tbey "averaged tetter SX& -thtf Utah'
beet They averaged so well, in fact,
that Mr. Nlbley decided that the
question of . freight rate differential
could be eliminated, therefore we are
offered a flat rate for the beets de
livered at the railroad, regardless of
where the factory may he located." '
It is stated that the farmers in the
upper portion of the valley are fast
signing up acreage, and with the in
terest being manifested by tho pro
ducers it seems certain that the faty-
tory will be guaranteeltV?44ii.'i
acreage. . ' .r -
1 At,
ARIZONA VOTERS
vir-F.. -
START RECALL Of
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Phoenix. Ariz., Oct 23.-Recall
proceedings against Governor Hunt
the first to be launched against a
state executive In the nation's his
tory, were started here today; The
recall petition was first circulated
in Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix. It was
signed by 150 farmers. The petition
alleges: "
That Hunt is incompetent, that his
administration has been "wantonly
extravagant," ' that he disregarded
laws and set himself above the courts,
that he attempted to foment class
hatred and by catering to the mot
radical element created conditions .
approaching anarchy in certain sec
tions of the state. ' 1
Thirteen thousand signatures ore
necessary if a recall election Is to ho
held. Hunt's opponents expect to file
the petition with the secretary of
state next week. . '
"It Is up to the people," said Hunt,
when asked for a statement ' Fur
ther than that he declined to com-,
ment. ; v ' '
PRES. WILSON AND
. . FIANCEE GO VISITING
Washington, Oct. 23. President.
Wilson and his fiancee, Mrs. Norman
Gait, disappeared for fM hours to
day, Accompanied 'by Mlue Margaret
Wilson, they went to EmmlttHburg,
Md., 76 miles from here, and vlelted
Editor Sterling Gait, a brother of
Mrs. Gait's first husband. ' , . : '
GOVERNOR
IT