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DAILY EDITION VOI. VI., No. 4fl GRANTS PASS, JOHEl'HINE COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOV. iO, 1015. WHOLE NUMBER 1500. No Other Town in the World the Size of 0 rants Pasa lias a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. -a. . v 1 imm International Complications Likely to Follow tie Sink ing of Italian Liner by "an Austrian Under-Sea Boat Washington, Nor. 10. Two hun dred and seventy persons were tared In the Ancona torpedoing, according to Conaul Whit at Naples, cabling to the stste department th first ofll rial news concerning the torpedoing' The conaul atatod that two Ameri cana, Mra. Francisco Maacolo LsMura and her minor child boarded the vet ael at Naplea. Afterward Secretary Lansing cabled Ambassador Page at Homo to have consul sent direct to the acene of the torpedoing and to make a personal report. State department officials stated 1hat Intervention of America In the situation hinged on the question whether or not the Teasel waa escap ing after being warned. The president la seeking all poa sIMe Information. It waa pointed out, however, that even If Americana were killed, aa newspaper messagea aeemed to Indicate, no protest could he mad to Austria If . the Ancbna waa fleeing after being warned to atop. Berlin, via Saytllle, Nor. 10. An Austrian submarine sank the Italian liner Ancona while she was trying to scape, It waa officially announced to day, on the strength of reliable In formation. Owing to the Ancona'a efforts to escape the submarine used her gun a. London, Nov. 10. Nearly three hundred persons, mostly women and children. v possibly Including several Americana, lost their Uvea when a aubmarlne torpedo crashed Into the Italian liner Anoona off Blterta, Tunis, yesterday, according to Lloyd's today. Of (S3 aboard only 170 are defin itely accounted for aa saved. Madrid dispatches reporting Brit ish destruction of two German sub marines off Gibraltar were deemed significant. Suggestions were current that a German undersea boat, shield- (Continued en page t) ' t FAREWELL TO THE LIBERTY BELL (By United Press Leased Wire), Ban Francisco, Nov. 10. San Fran claco today reluctantly bade farewell to the Liberty bell. All the reverence and dignity which marked the bell's triumphant entry Into San Francisco early last July was accorded the his--torlo relto when Ban Francisco took leave. The bell doparts tomorrow on its Journey home, , ' Decorated ' with flowers and sur rounded iby 48 children representing the states of the union, the boll was takon from its retttlng place in the Pennsylvania building to a point In front ol the Tower of Jowols, with Unltod States marines, the Philadel phia joint exposition commission and exposition officials forming a guard of honor. After the formal fare well was made by Governor Johnson, Mayor Rolph and others, the bell was taken under the Tower of Jewels, where it will remain tinder a mili tary guard until tomorrow. It is estimated that nearly 8.000, 000 persons have sees the Liberty bell while It has been at the exposi XP III BIDS RIPPLES FROHTHE SINKING . s. era VHhlnKton, Nov. 10. The re cently placid horlxon In the subraaj' Ine controversy clouded ominously today as newt dispatches gave grow ing evidence that Austrja or Germany had sunk the Italian liner Ancona without warning and presumably with Americans aboard. Another diplomatic crisis seemed, ou the surface, Inevitable. State de partment heads, however, withheld JudKinent In the absence of absolute Information to prove what newa mes sages Indicated. If the vessel wss warned and then attempted to escape, .the controversy will be avoided, as International law would Justify such action, Juet how far Austria la bound by the negotia tions between America and Germany la another point that Is still undeter mined. The logical outcome, how ever. In the event It Is proved an Aus trian vessel was culpable, would t a note to Austria asking disavowal, reparation and a pledge not to re peat the offense. Administration officials plainly In dicated their hope that another di plomatic crUls would be avoided, but they were far from certain that It would be. Suggestions that a German sub-; marine, shielded under the Austrian colors, was responsible, sdded a new sense of gravity to the situation. There were some who felt, how ever, that unofficial reporta that the Ancona had been ahelled and some Injured indicated that she was In flight, and hence that there was Jus tification for the sinking. 'The administration expected that Ita representatives abroad would, without being asked, file reports of the disaster, giving the Tltal facts, If obtainable, as to whether the ship was warned and whether there were Americans aboard. SLEIGH BELLS ARE P.IAKIfifi MUSIC Itl HORTHVEST TOWIIS Portland. Nov. 10. Tinkling sleigh bells today announced the ad vent of winter at a number of places In the northwest. From one to seven Inches of snow covered tho ground at Baker, LaQrsnde, Canyon City, Ore ion, and In the vicinity of Walla Walla and White Salmon, Wash.', Stockmen are acurfylng to the ranches to ibrlng their flocks to shel ter. ' The Indians around White Salmon predict a long, hard winter because of the abundance of acorns and the fatness of the bears. BALKAN KINGS TO CONFER Bucharest, Nov. 10. The kings of Roumanla, Bulgaria and Greece were reported today planning to meet to discuss the Balkan situation. EES RECAPTURED P BY Athena, Nov. 10. The French have recaptured Voles, In south-central Sorbla, from tho Bulgarians,' accord ing to roports reaching hore today, Fighting continued today at Bulbuiia pass, northeast of Prllep. British troops captured Buluar posi tions In the, Dolran district. Superiority of French artillery re sulted In placing the Bulgarians at a disadvantage. . 'r' The Serbians heavily defeated the Bulgarian's advancing from Uakub to A Ri BULGARIANS FRENCH TROOPS fli BILLION NEW RULE IRE FOR ONTHRONEIN J. BULL NIPPON Premier Asquitb Asks Parlia ment lor Sum to Pay Ex penses ol Great Britain in Conducting Its Part in War London, Nov. 10. Dealing In dltxy totals, Premier Asqulth today asked parliament for 12,000,000,000 additional credit for carrying on Eng land's share in the war a shsre, he admitted, whose cost Is constantly continuing upward. In seeking this vaat sum, bringing the total to 17,000,000,000, Asqulth announced that from a total of $3, 715,000,000 expended from April to November 6, 13.S86.000.000 hadlbeen used In buying shells, guns and other munitions with which to blow the en emy to bit. ' Loans to aid her allies have also continued, and of the above total from April, $191,000,000 was used tor this purpose. The balance was spent In miscellaneous ways. While picturing a continuing In crease In England's dally war bur den, the premier assured the house of commons that the government Is do ing Ita utmost In the way of econ omies. He mentioned that the crea tion of a Joint English-French war eon pelf Is anRected, while It Is hoped Russia and Italy will also be repre sented. Asqulth estimated that up to Sep tember 12 the war had cost $21,750, 000 dally. ' BRITISH CLAIM SINKING TWO TEUTON SUBMARINES - Madrid,. Nov. 10. British cruisers were reported todsy to have aunk two German submarines off Gibraltar. mm r. ....... ( I - ' .. " i , - . San . Francleco, Norv 10. Giving the 11 to those who, he ssld, blacken ed the name of English labor, C. O. Amman, British fraternal delegate to the American Federation of Latbor convention, In session here, swept the other delegates to their feet todsy with a declaration for unity of all races. "There la no reason," he shouted, "why . the workers of Germany. France and Austria should not be gathered here on neutral soil today. The worklngman has no quarrel with his fellow worklngman, but the men who blacken the labor cause know no race nor boundary. "It has been reported to you that labor failed England In her crisis. You have been told that the work lngmen were drunk when needed. There never was a more Infamous lie. "You have been told that the men will not volunteer. More men aro coming forward than - are neoded. Conscription its desired by tho capi talistic clnss to fnBten a stranglehold ou labor after the war." He closed amid wild applause. President Gompers was 111 abed with a bad cold. First Vice-President Duncan presided In his stead. Ernest Blevln, fraternal delegate from Great Britain, called forth salvos of applause when he said the despotism, of Europe must give way to the democracy of the world. - "The time will come when there will be no place for kings," he said. "All the kings In the world have not been worth is muca aa one family 6f Yoslihito Succeeds as Em peror of the Japanese, Cer emony of Coronation Taking Place at Kioto Today Kioto, . Japan, Nor. 10. Among the pomp and splendor of the Orient, and before a brilliant assemblage of gold braided naval officers, gorge ousfy robed high Japanese, and rep resentative of foreign governments, Yoahlhlto, son of Matauhlto, formal ly succeeded to the throne of Nippon today. The American representation at the coronation waa the largest of any of the foreign nationalities, ow ing to the arrival of Rear Admiral Albert Wlnterhaller and bis staff. The United States was officially rep resented by Ambassador George W. Guthrie and Post Wheeler, first sec retary of the embassy. American diplomats, being unable to accept decorations, Emperor Yos hlhlto presented Mrs. Guthrie and Mrs. Wheeler with superb lacquer boxes. 'The empress was unable to attend In person on account of hep health. San Francisco, Nor. 10. Banxal the Japanese free ting, meaning suc cess waa on every Japanese up In the city todsy.' It was the dsy they celebrated, because their emperor ac ceded to the throne. , Consul Numano will give an ela borate banquet and reception tonight to Japanese, Chinese and Americans, which Mayor Rolph and other prom inent men are expected to attend. During the forenoon the local Jap anese attended a reception at the con sulate and said their banial for the emperor. pioneers that trekked across the Rocky mountains and braved the hardshlpa In a new land." San Francisco, Nov. ' 10. Heated arguments were expected today by delegates to the American Federa tion of Labor convention, in session here, when the controversy between the Chicago federation and the exe cutive council of the federation over the council's order for the expulsion of L. P. Straub comes up. Straub led the sympathetic strike of the Chicago stereotypers when the pressmen's union struck against the Hearst papers In Chicago. A fight Is expect ed to be made by the council against the appeal of the Chicago federation. In ltajjppeal the Chicago body de fends StrauAb In this manner: L. P. Straub's record In the labor movement before and after his al leged expulsion from the Internation al Stereotypers union constitutes a manifestation of heroic adherence to the fundamental principles of trade unionism. This ought to entitle him to the commendation rather than the censure and further punishment of the American Federation of Labor. Hope was held out today for a com promise between the United Labor ers union and the A. F. L. on the re fusal of the union ft) reduce Us Initia tion fee from $10 to $5, with a cor responding increase in dues. Officials of the union are inclined to be con ciliatory. They will Introduce a set of resolutions outlining i the union's proposals. ; ; ; BULGARIA AND .. GREECE AGREE QN TERMS IF PEACE Athens, Nov. id. Bulgaria and Greece reached an agreement yes terday whereby Creece will keep out of the war, according to looal news papers today. Bulgaria was reported to have agreed to demobilization and end her Serbian campaign, as well as not to cross the Doiran-Gyevgyell line nor enter Monastlr. Should operations around Monastlr be necessary, Ger many will conduct them without Bul garia's aid. Newspaper In printing these stories quote a "diplomatic author ity." - Though the agreements are deem ed in the nature of a safeguard to Greece, they do not hamper Bul garia's plans to conquer most of Macedonia. V HEW YORK CITY TO CENTER OF FINANCE New York, Nor. 10. New York la bound to supplant London as the world's financial center, according to M. Chouffour, of the visiting French commissioners, who are Intent on ar ranging for purchase of millions of dollars' worth of American products to rehabilitate France after the war. "London may not like It," com mented Chouffourrpoltihlng his mon ocle, "but it is Inevitable. ClvUiza tlon and finance are moving west ward." - 'H The commission will go to Wash ington to meet Ambassador Jusser and. ';. M. Damour, leader of the commis sion, explained that the details are not completed yet in making con tracts, out they are looking over the field with a view to making vast fu ture purchases. "It is impossible to know what we need, because the Germans hold much of northern France. But when we throw them out" here hepan- ' occupation of Alekslnac, Lasotlnce, the government what Is needed. We can not buy from Germany after the war perhaps' after B0 years we will forget we'll see." ' Three of the five commissioners, who themselves had served at the front, repudiated the . thoughts . of peace at this time. i GERMAN SUBMARINES ARB AGAIN GETTING. BUSY .London, Nor. 10. The British vessels California and Moorina hare been sunk by submarines. London, Nor. . , 1 0. The British steamer Clan McAllister, 4,855 tons, has been sunk by a German submar ine. SOUTHERN PACIFIC SEEKS REDUCTION OF TAXES IN STATE Salem, Nov. 10. A request for a decrease of $8,585,266 In the valua tion of the Southern Pacific's proper ty in Oregon Is being considered to day by the state tax commissioner. Win. M. Colvlg, attorney for the Southern Pacific, In making the re quest, set forth that S3 per cent of tho railroad's net earnings In Ore gon went for taxes in 1914, and that taxing districts received larger re turns thsn the bond and stockholders themselves. The assessed valuation of the Southern Pacific's property In Oregon was 144,401.111 In 114. SUPPLANT Mill MIMED BY MM 1S.P.RY. Geo. C. Tcrpin, Blacksmith, Was Struck by a Freight Near Ulerlia arJ Grcmd to Pieces Beneath Its Wheels George C. Turpin, : an Itinerant blacksmith, who has worked in many of the shops In southern Oregon dur ing the past few years, was struck and probably Instantly killed by spe cial freight train No. 2591 on the Southern Pacific Tuesday afternoon. The accident occurred at a curve about two miles south of Merlin. The special freight train left Grants Pass, being pulled by three engines over the heavy grades. The head en gine was In charge of Engineer Fred L. Johnson, of Roscfourg, his fireman being Will J. Kanny, also of Rose- , burg. On rounding the cum this side of the Country Club orchard tracts the engineer saw a man walk ing down the center of the tracks, he then toeing about 25 yards In ad vance, according to the testimony brought out at the coroner's inquest held this afternoon. The whistle was promptly sounded, but the man paid no attention to It, and the whistle was. fastened down and the brakes set It was too late to stop the heavy train, however, and it rushed down upon the .ualortuaate man, who was then In the center of the tracks. By the time the train could be stopped the engine and fifteen cars had pass ed over him and the body was badly mangled, the head being crushed and every long bone In the body broken. Portions of the remains were scat tered along the tracks for some dis tance, and it was evident that death came as soon as the engine hit him. ' The officials were at once notified and an Investigation proved that the dead man was George C. Turpin, who has worked In this city on many oc- ( Continued oa pag 4) N FLAMES DESTROY GUHS FOR ALLIES AT (By United Press Leased Wire.) : ' South' Bethlehem, P4.V Nor. .10. Munitions for the allies and machin ery worth several ; million dollars were' badly damaged ' today when , number four machine shop of .the Bethlehem Steel company was de stroyed by fire. ' The flames started In the boring mill sections and spread quickly to the entire apparatus of the plant. Four borougha' fire ap paratus could not control the fire. , Only the skeleton of the building Is now standing. There were in the shop 800 guns, including 150 ready to ship. Some were intended for the allies; others for the United States. The shop had recently been rebuilt at a cost of $3,000,000 and It con tained 1,000 different machines. The fire started in oil near the en trance, but there is no reason to sus pect Incendiarism, according to offi cials.' ... New York, Nor. 10. Short circuit ing of electric wires in the Bethlehem Steel works . at South' Bethlehem caused the tIg blaze there, according to Vice-President MIxell there. Else where the plant is' running as usual. The company plana to rebuild soon." The fire forced out of employment 2,100 shop employes and caused an estimated loss of $1,000,000 or mora. Officials were unable to tell exactly how touch final figures will show. RETHLEHEI OR