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"VOL, VI., No. 84.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE) COUKTV, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 87, 1015.
WHOLE NUMBER 1578.
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OPEN WAYTOBREITUNG IS
NEUTRALITY
VIOLATORS
Residents of San Francisco
Are fed Guilty of Con
spiring to Recruit in the
U.S. lor the British Army
8an Frtncltoo, Oct 17. Ralph K.
Blair, partner ot Supervisor Mur
dock, and Or. ThouiM J. Addis, both
of 8aa Francisco, were found guilty
today of violating American neutral
ity by conspiring to recruit men for
the British army.
Lieutenant Kenneth Croft, Harry
K. Lane, alleged field agent, and
Clive Lawrence were acquitted.
The probable punishment for the
crime will be two years' Imprison
ment and a 110,000 fine.
This Is the first conviction for neu
trality violation of this nature since
1855, when a British ambassador
was recalled 'by his government after
being convicted of recruiting for the
Crimean war.
Federal Judge Doollng's opinion,
which took him 40 minutes to read,
ays with respect to the defense con
tention that no contract existed be
tween the men and the British gov
ernment that they were to enter the
army: ,
"It would be taxing credulity to
the utmost to urge that the defend
ants did not know what was sought
by the consul-general, that they
would go to England and enlist In
the military or naval service."
Without leaving the box, the Jury
elected Wm. Leahey, qf San Francis
co, foreman, and voted a verdict as
Instructed by tho court.
Blair and Addis will be sentenced
Saturday, J. J. Dunne, tholr coun
sel, has filed a bill of exceptions. It
Is said that tho case will be carried
to the supreme court of the United
Stst through English orders.
JuriKO Doollng said the Instruc
tions from the British consul-general
to the nrltlah Friendly association
seemed designed for no other pur
Pobo than to secure new recruits for
the British army here, without ap
pearing to have violated the law; to
accomplish the results against which
the statute Is directed, and to do
the things forbidden without appear
ing to do so.
MONTENEGRO'S KINO IUXJM
IIRIiP FROM SON-IN-LAW
; Rome, Oct. 27. King Nicholas of
Montenegro has tolegraphed the king
of Italy, his son-in-law, begging help
against the Austrlnns, It was learned
today. .
CHAMP CLARK TO DIVIDE
TIME WITH MRS. OALT
, Washington, Oct. 27. President
Wilson today sent a letter to Speak
er Champ Clark asking him to come
to Washington as soon as possible
to discuss the legislative program.
UNCLE SAM AIDS
CARRANZA
TO MOVE 01 VILLA
Washington, Oct. 27. Officials to
day expodltd tho transfer of from
7,000 to 10,000 Cnrranxlstas to pre
vent possible fighting with raiders
along the border and to relieve tho
situation at Douglas, Arls, They
hoped these Torcos would arrive be
fore Villa started his assault against
Agua Prlcta.
The Carranilstas wtll not be per
mitted to detrain while crossing
America.
VICE III LATE
IBIS
Vienna, via Wireless to Sayvllle,
Oct. 27. Heavy damage was done
to Venice In air raids made Monday
and Tuesday, it was officially stated
today. Bombs were rained from
10:80 o'clock Monday night until af
ter 'midnight on the arsenals, rail
road station, supply dopots, forti
fications and barracks. Numerous
Area resulted. Tuesday's raiders ob
served these still flaming, and fol
lowed up the previous night's work
by bombarding hangars and war
ships.
"Feeble" attempts by two aero
planes and anti-aircraft guns to drive
them away failed.
The damage thus reported Is far
more extensive than Rome admitted,
though the latter told ot damage to
the St Ralil church.
POPB WANTS PARTICULARS
OF RAID ON VENICE
Rome, Oct 17. The pope has
asked the patriarch of Venice for de
tails of Austrian air raids this week
over the city, Intending to protest
against destruction ot churches, the
Correspondents said.
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TO
HARDSHIP Oil THE
EASTERN FROMT
tondon, Oct. 27. The blasts of
winter are adding to tho terrors ot
the fighting on the eastern front, ac
cording to dispatches reaching here
today. Roads are frozen hard, and
the first snows are combining with
the Russian resistance to make the
path of tho German invaders far
more difficult.
In the Dwina region artillery and
rifle Are still mark the struggle, ac
cording to the Pctrograd official
statement received here early today.
This donlcd the Gorman claim of pro
gress In the Illukst region, although
It admitted the Germans tried an
offensive there.
Tho Styr river fighting rages with
varying fortunes, though the Rus
sians claimed further successes.
"West of Volltza," said tho state
ment, "heaps of enemy desd cover
the ground."
RUSSIA PREDICT
CIVIL REVOLUTION
San Francisco, Oct. 27. Russia is
on the verge of the greatest civil re
volution In its history. It Is only a
matter of weeks before the peasants
and people who are supplying the
fighting men tor the Russian army
will declare against war.
So declared Mat Surgeowsky, Rus
sian refugee, who arrived with 60
other refugees on tho stoamer Mon
golia today.
Among tho 60 are flvo men who
escaped from tho war r.ono after tho
success ot tho ftrBt German drive
against the czar's forces.
K. Gerogeoff, ono of the party, tells
of terrible hardships experienced In
tholr break for liberty from Russia.
They travelod by night, ' through
"Little Russia" amid the" rigors ot
wlntor and wore forced to travel 'by
out of the way routes to escape de
tection. Through more than 1,000
miles ot desert, Siberian steppes and
vast stretches ot uninhabited coun
try the part walked, finally reach
lng Harbin, Manohuria.
The Russians will settle In the
United States, T'.'v-"
WHITER
ADDS
REFUGEES
ROM
TURKISH
Austro-Germans and Bulgar
ians Effect Union fa Ser
bia, Thus Clearing the Road
for March to Relieve Turks
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Berlin, Oct 27. After days of
slow, persistent progress against
fiery resistance, Austro-Oermaa and
Bulgarian Invaders have Joined
forces at Ljublcevac In northeastern
Serbia. Thus the road to Constan
tinople, their ultimate goal, Is open.
The official statement today told of
this Junction and declared the valiant
defenders had been burled back at
all points. 1
"Generate von Koevess and von
Gallwtts have driven back the Ser
bians everywhere they attempted to
stand," said the official statemenjt.
"We are In direct communication
with the Bu'rarlans at Ljublcevac.
We have tal :' NerseencL Our forces
captured 12 Heavy cannon east ot
Orsova."
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PACK DENIES THAT HE
INTENDS TO RESIGN
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
London, Oct 27. American Am
bsssador Page today denied persis
tent reports that he Intends to re
sign. He said the origin of the
stories Is a mystery to blm.
DIMICK'S GARAGE AT
WOODBCJIN DESTROYED
Woodburn, Oct 27. Fire early to
day destroyed Dlmlck's garage, with
an estimated loss of $25,000. Four
automobile and two motorcycles
were ibtirned.
San Francisco, Oct. 27. Holding
that the war ot the future will be a
war ot machinery, Thomas A. Edison,
electric wizard and head of the new
civilian naval Invention board, out
lined before leaving for the south
some of the Ideas for preparedness he
will push It congress grants his com
mittee a big experimental laboratory.
They Include:
Development ot an Invisible sub
marine periscope the "eye of the
submarine."
Improvement of submarine en
gines. Development and Improvement ot
aeroplanes and aeroplane engines.
Creation of special machinery tor
making shells,
Creation of a new brain supply
through organisation ot the 66,000
engineers ot the United States.
Preparation must ibe the keynote,
he held. While he would not have
the nation pile up giant stores of
munitions and field pieces, ho would
havo everything In readiness for sup
plying on 48 hours' notice as much
ammunition and artlllory as nro bo
lng used now on the European battle
holds.
Admittedly, tho few Ideas he out
lined were not all he has stored In
his head, But they are a starter.
"Lack ot munitions and niarhln
cry," he said, "Is dragging the Euro'
pean war along. It both sides had had
plenty at the beginning of the war it
would have been ended long ago, and
not so many would have been killed
either."
Among the Ideas already com
pleted, Edison explained, la one for
EDISON OUTLINES PLANS FOR
UK I.S. III HE EFFECTIVE
HELD UU
BIDS
Relative of Millionaire Charg
ed With Ccnspirbg With
Germans to Blow Up Ships
Carrybg Motions cl War
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
New York, Oct. 27. Max Breitung,
nephew of Millionaire E. N. Breitung,
appeared today at the federal build
ing, where he was given preliminary
bearing on a charge of participation
In the alleged German conspiracy to
blow up munitions ships.
He was held In $25,000 ball for
bis appearance November i.
Ball was furnished by a surety com
pany. John B. Stanchfield represented
Breitung.
Assistant District Attorney Knox
was assigned to conduct the federal
grand Jury investigation.
New York, Oct 27. With the ar
rival today of Max Breitung, relative
of the wealthy E. N. Breitung, to
surrender in the gigantic German
bomb conspiracy, secret service men
said their case Is complete. Never
theless, they continued to Investigate
reports that enormous sums had been
provided tor the conspirators to pur
chase explosives, hire autos and
motor boats.
The prisoners already in custody
were held incommunicado In the
Tombs prison, following preliminary
court action by the federal officials.
Authorities were inclined to doubt
the truth of Robert Fay's story that
the plot included a plan to bribe Rus
sian commanders to turn their cop
per cargoes into German ports, where
they would receive a big price for
them.
a trench digging machine which could
rip out a tunnel six feet deep, three
feet wide and 265 feet long in an
hour.
As for the nation's harbors and
harbor defenses, Edison would have
them impregnable.
"Until we have made the San Fran
cisco harbor and every other harbor
Impregnable," he said, "and are In a
position to supply enough machin
ery, artillery and ammunition to ac
commodate a trench runnlntt from
Maine to California, we are unpre
pared. Munitions, munitions and
machinery that's what we must be
able to supply.
"I don't mean that we ought to
make them now, but we should have
the buildings and the machinery to
make them, and make them quick.
All harbors should 1e so that an
enemy ship could not get within 15
miles of them."
The Inventor admitted his life had
been threatened before he came west.
He had been making his own car
bolic acid because the war cut oft his
supply. Then he was warned that It
he did not stop making supplies for
the allies, he would 'be killed. Then
he said a German representative got
some ot his supplies and he had not
heard any more ot the threats.
100 LOSE LIVES IV
PHILIPPINE) TYPHOON
Manila, Oct. 27. One hundred
person! were reported today to have
been killed by a typhoon which part
ly destroyed the town of Tobacco,
Relief has been sent there. ,
If ORES SEEN
BY GOV. Mill
San Francisco, Oct. 27. Admit
ting the defeat ot bis non-partisan
and other measures at the Special
state election yesterday, Governor
Johnson today expressed the belief
that non-partisanship will ultimately
and not at a distant date be
adopted in California. His admis
sion was based on Incomplete official,
returns which Indicate the non
partisan (bills were defeated by plur
alities exceeding 20,000 and the nine
proposed constitutional amendments
by small pluralities.
More complete returns today show
ed that most of the measures were
defeated in nearly every county in
the state. In San Francisco there
was a majority ot 7,000 against the
non-partisan measures, while all oth
er parts of the bay district registered
heavily against the proposals.
In San Francisco only 20 per cent
of the total registration, or 60,000
voces, was cast
Returns from all parts of the state
show that everywhere only a small
percentage of the total registration
went to the polls. Sentiment against
non-partisanship was strongly ex
pressed throughout the San Joaquin
valley, with the exception of Fresno
county, where the talance In favor
of It was small. '
In the Sacramento valley there
was a majority against the measures.
as there was in Alameda county.
BRAMD WHITLOCK
MISQUOTED BY THE
BRITISH PRESS
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Berlin, via Wireless to Sayvllle,
Oct. 27. Denial of British reports
quoting American Minister Brand
Whltlock In connection with the exe
cution ot Miss Edith Cavell by Ger
mans at Brussels was issued In an
Inspired statement today.
"Minister Whltlock," said the
statement, "states that Great Bri
tain's publications regarding Miss
Cavell's case are untrue, as far as he
Is concerned. Especially was It un
true that German authorities put him
oft by vain promises In order to con
ceal her sentence before executing
her.
"Sir Edward Grey said the authori
ties did not keep their promise to in
form Whltlock regarding the pro
gress ot the trial. No such promise
was made, Whltlock admttted. He
said he had been put under a pain
ful reflection toy the publications, and
immediately informed Ambassador
Page at London and the American
government."
TO
AID THE SERBS
Paris, Oct. 27. Lord Lansdowne's
admission In the British house ot
lords that only 13,000 British had
boon sent to Saloulkl was regarded
hero today as disposing of the possi
bility that Greece would aid the al
lies for the prest'nt.
How many French have been sent
Is unknown.
Greece, however, specified that 40,
000 must be dispatched before she
would even consider casting her lot
with the allies. This number was
regarded as out of the question."
The story that King Constantlne
Is going to Salonlkl was doubted.
Reports of a clash ot Greek troops
on the border, presumably with Bui
garlans,' was thought not to have
been serious.
ENGLAND
SENDS
3,
SOLDIERS
BANDITS IB
HMD.
TRAIN
Whole Garg cf Rcbbcrs With
Faces Blacked Held Up a
"hif Passenger Treia
zrd DyE2te lis '.&fe
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Oklahoma City, Oct 27. Taking
their time to work, a gang ot mask
ed bandits early today held up and
robbed a southbonnd Katy passenger
train two miles south ot Onapa,
blowing open the safe of the express
ear and escaping with an unknown
amount of money and valuables.
Swarming over the baggage car.
some ot them forced the engineer to
put on the brakes. Others went sp
the track and stopped a following
freight train. Then tor nearly two
hours they systematically looted the
passenger train. "
The conductor was compelled to
open the express cars. Five charges
ot nltro-glycerlne were necessary be
fore the first safe was opened, but
the bandits failed in their efforts to
blow the two sates in the second car
and one in the third. Then, thank
ing the crews tor their, services, the
masked men disappeared in the dark
ness. ' Passengers were unmolested.
Later reports said that there were
from 12 to 18 bandits, with their
faces (blackened with cork.
Their loot was reported to be tour
packages containing cheap Jewelry
and whiskey.
The fireman was about to strike
two of the bandits over the head, be
lieving they were negroes. Then he
noticed the 'cork blacking and was
constrained to laugh, but the bandits
flashed guns and the mirth subsided.
McAlester, Okla., Oct. 27. Posses
organized here and at Eufaula after
the Onapa train hold-up early today
tailed to get any trace of the bandits.
It is believed they scattered to hiding
places along the Red River.
MR. BRYCE WANTS
TO KNOW IF PEACE
PLAN IS PROPOSED
London, Oct. 27. A. Bryce, lib
eral member, announced today in the
house ot commons that he Intends to
Interrogate Premier Asqulth as to
whether any official peace negotia
tions are proceeding, whether any
neutral nation Is Inquiring regarding
peace and whether Asqulth still ad
heres to his Guildhall declaration that
England will not stop fighting until
"militarism Is crushed, Belgium treed
and the safety of small countries
guaranteed."
It Is believed that Asqulth will
answer Bryce, as cabinet members
agree that the country should be
definitely Informed.
Asqulth, too, has Indicated that he
plans to make a statement of the war
situation soon, though he did not In
dicate how far he would care to go
in this. .
1,000 MICHIGAN CENTRAL
CLERKS GO ON STRIKE
Detroit, Oct 27. One thousand
clerks of the Michigan Central rail
road in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois struck today because the com
pany refused to meet a committee
from their union regarding a demand
tor an agreement on wages and
hours. .Freight and baggage conges
tion was reported from a score ot
cities.
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