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DAILY EDITION
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VOI V!., No. 4T.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 11, 1915.
WHOLE NUMBER 1891.
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No Other Town in ,? -rid tho Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. t
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Ill TEUTON
IMP
Defeated Soldiers Surrounded
As Tbey -Attempt to Es
cape ad Are Hade Pris
oners in Morna District
Berlin, via Wireless to Say y tile,
Not. 11. Cornered by the Teuton
allies, 4,000 Serbian prisoners were
taken south of the western Morava
Titer, whore they were retreating to
ward Montenegro, the war office an
aonnced today.
The fact that to many were caught
prove that the crushed Serbs are ex
periencing difficulty 1b escaping the
central titles' efforts to surround
them, K wss stated.
Dulgars under Oenersl Boyadjotf
are co-operating with the Germans In
driving the Serbs from the Morava
valley.
A Russian attack In the Riga re
lion has been repulsed by Field Mar
shal von Hlndenburg. The extreme
right wing of tho Russians nests on
the sea with three warships support
ing It. 8ome Russians were captured
onth and east of Riga.
ritOIlK CAUSE OP FIRES
IX MUNITION PLANTS
Washington. Nor. 11. Suspicious
res In munitions of w at. plants re
cently are tinder Investigation 1y the
department of justice. It was sdmlt
ted today,
TURKEY FOR UNFORTUNATES
IN STATE INSTITUTIONS
(Dy United Preae Leased Wire.)
Olympla, Not. 11. All of the six
thoueand Inmates of Washington
atate Institutions will est turkey,
cranberries, celery and other trim
mings on Thsnksglvlng, the board of
control announced today. ,
FOOTBALL STARS .
T
PLAY SATURDAY
Saturday an all-star football team
will slay tho fast Central Point ag
gregation on tho local high school
grounds. Tho Central Point team la
composed of members of their ath
letic association. This team has not
"been defeated yet this season, and
judging from reports they hare one
of tho fastest teams in southsrn Ore
gon. , V t
The Grants Pass teem' will contain
all tho old stars of previous gridiron
battles. Tho best players of tho high
ohool team will also bo In the line
up. This team will bo nearly the
-smme one that meets Med ford here
on New Year's day. They have teen
practicing every night and will be In
the best of condition for the coming
contest.
Tho game Is to bo flayed ns a bone
lit for tho high school nthlotlo biro
elation, all the monoy over expenses
going to tho treasury of this organ
lxatlnn. As tho deficit Is still quite
Inrgo, tli 1b mnnns Is beln takon'to
conto out somewhere near oven for
tho football Reason, . Here Is a good
chanco not only to see n fine game lint
nlso to help the association out of
the hole. " '
I Thi line-up will bo as , follows:
Fullback, Dean or Snauldlng; halves,
llarvoy and Cornell: quarter, Moore
or Harmon! center, Gllmore; guards,
Webb and Deans; tackles, MUllkln
AND
CEHTRL
III
nd Morey; ends, Jny Fry and Han'
aen. ' , ',.
f DELEGATES
FRATEHtHZE IT
UIBOR COIICUVE
San Francisco, Not. U. -For the
first time In Its 35 yesrs of history
the American Federation of Labor
has slated two Japanese as fraternal
delegates. On of these, addressing
the delegates, outlined the struggle
between resctlonary and progressive
Ism In Jspan, and expressed tho hope
that the Japanese labor movement,
now three years old, will be as firmly
entrenched In Jspan as the American
federation Is In America, when It has
reached the latter's age.
Vice-President Duncan, before the
convention moots tomorrow, will pre
pare a resolution opposing altera
tion of the seamen's law. Another
resolution, farorlng creation of an
American merchant marine, will also
bo submitted.
NORTH ATLANTIC VESSELS
REPORTED IX DISTRESS
Washington, Not. 11. Three
coast guard Teasels were en route
post hssto today to Teasels In distress
In a serious gale reported off the
north Atlantic coast. ,
PORTLAND STREET CAR '
HELD UP AND ROBBED
Portland, Nor. 11. Two masked
men, revolvers in hand, held up a
street car jon tho Woodstock lino ear
ly today and relieved Conductor D.
W. Cooloy of f 9.75 In small change.
There were no passengers on tho car.
NOTED ENGINEER
ASSOCIATED WITH
TUC Tl!
inc i
Engineer J. D. MacVlcar, who was
here last summer and made an ex
tensive examination and report upon
the proposed railroad from Grants
PSAS' to the coast at tho lnstsnce of
Twohy Brothers company, will arrive!
In Ik. Al.tf Att fatnm QaallU ttfllil
.... . "
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ROAD
Hum
w 77 V 7 , iZiVZ houses in this town of 4.000. wreck
with the Coast wad. Mr. Ma Vlcar,
left Seattle by auto with hi. wife and , then $w
machine requiring a de ay for re-1 wer, .
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ISUJ VBWv Ull vj tiiu, iitviug m-
nesdar night. Mr. MacVlcar is one
of the . foremost locating ' and con
structlon engineers of the coast, hav
Ing been with the Milwaukee lino
t.ll. I. .. k..H4l. k.n...k 1A.in
ui. ,v w.. u..u.u .v.,u .-u
W"h!t.
tAfltt ft flit ik MinitritA- Ar thai YlMnnta 1
Pass-Creecent City Una was so favor
able that It was largely .responsible
tor the taking oyer "WJtx
the Twohy a, and tt la now a matter
prophetic of extensive operations In
the Immediate future that he to
coms permaneatiy Identified with
the firm. Mrs. MacVlcar and daugh
ter are at the Josephine awaiting the
arrival of MacVlcar from tho north.
'. B. SRERMAII AND
ASSOCIATES GET
. . . i
RRIGATION WATER
(By Unltod Pfbss Leased Wire.)
' Poitlaad.v Nov. 11 Stato Engln
er l.owla toduy Issued a permit to
the (Ivan's Crock Irrigation project
to npproprlnto sulllclont warter from
Graven and , Jump-Off-Joo rroeks to
lrrlttte twenty thousand hcros of
land .ami to develop 8.000 horso
power. ' Two larico reservoirs aro in
cluded n the plang and. exclusive of
thotrf, the tout of tho work Is mini
ated at f 1,000,000. The project Is
located In Josephine county, W. B.
Sherman Is chief promoter of the
plan. ' ,
ATES SUFFER N
BATTLE OF THE
Tornado Kills acd Maims As
West, acd Leaves Behind a Path of Desolation ia
Which the Property Loss Will Amount to Hundreds of
Thousands of Dollars, Kansas Being Worst Sderer
Kansas City. Nor. 11. Tearing its
way over si states last night, a tor
nado killed nine known victims, in
jured 100 and crumpled hundreds of
thousands of dollars' worth of prop
erty, according to Incomplete reports
this afternoon. " r
Making Its way over all or part of
Kansss, Nebraska, South Dakota, Il
linois, Iowa and Wisconsin, tho twist
er reaked Its greatest havoc at
Great Bend, Kas.' There It ripped a
broad swath through the town.
The hamlet of Seyba, Kas., was
almost wiped out The death toll,
so far as reported this afternoon,
stood:
Great Bend. 4; Seyibe, 4; Hoopes
ton, 111., one killed by factory Wow
ing down.
Several persons were hurt at Hart-
, ford, 8. D., where buildings were bat
tered down and unrooted and mucn
livestock was killed. A
Marshfleld, Wis., and Iowa towns
reported damage from wind and rain.
Great Bend. Kas., Nor. 11.
Smashed by a terrific cyclone, which
killed at least 4, injured a score or
more, with several missing, and
worked an estimated property loss
of $5,00,000, Great Bend today came
out from under the debris to the
work of rehabilitation. '
Following a hard wind, with fitful
electrical showers, a dark funnel-
shaped cloud rushed In with a roar
from the southwest last night and
struck in the light and water plants,
leaving the city in darkness and with
out fire orotoctlon. It smashed its
way through, taking its lire toll and
wrecking many structures in Its
wake.
Tho twister swept away many
three mills and many homes,
J. . Other towns In the path of the
cyclone,' but which suffered less dam
aire. Included Larned, Hutchinson,
Derby, Ciaflln. Holslngton and Hart-
i ford.
lU'U. .' r '" t
.p.ti- nlrkM tin manv
hurling thorn considerable
distance, or crashing them into kind
ling with their occupants beneath
them. Number five, Santa Fo pas-
belng c,ught
in the atmosphorlo maelstrom. ' Cut
oft from fire protection, cltlaens form.
d a volunteer fire- department .to
fight many biases following in the
path of overturned .lamps and stoves.
Tho cyclone ripped a throe-fourths
ot a mile path through tho town, tak
ing its ohiot toll la the residence dis
trict ' In tho outlying district; how
ever;' many sheep were picked up
dead, smashed to death In tho feed
ing pens after being thrown high In
the air. A drenching rain fell all
night, At dawn tho city was Btlll pry
ing tinder ruined ibulldlngs for trace
ot other dead and Injured., Physi
cians poured In from nlghborlng vll
lntfes to give aid to the wounded.
Rescuing parties feared that the
death toll may .run higher than the
earlier reports Indicated.
Tho tornado cut a path nearly a
quarter of a mllo wldo through the
southeast section of Great Bend. The
Santa Fe depot, three flourlnir mills,
a number of roBldcnrcB, tho city
water and light plants and a' laun
dry were wrecked. Definite damage
estimate Is lacking.
Five fires broke out In different
parts V)f tho town, but the heavy rain
saved Great Bend. Firemen
were
helploBS In their fight without the
EI
It Tears Through the Middle
ususl water supply. As far as is
known, none perished in tho flames.
A wrecking train with doctors and
nurses has arrived from Hutchinson,
Kas.
Wichita, Kas., Not. 11. Mrs. Wil
liam La Force and her servant Miss
Meadows, and Mrs. Hartle were kill
ed in the cyclone which struck Seyba,
south ot hero last night
Mr. Hartle and two children wore
brought to a hospital here, seriously
injured. Seyba was badly damaged.
A Mexican was killed and 27 per
sons Injured when a bunk train was
demolished at Derby.
TRIAL OF ALLEGED
DYNAMITER IS
' HOW' IN PROGRESS
Los Angeles, Nor. 11. UUleglng
(hst M. A. Schmidt purchased 500
pounds ot dynamite in San Francisco
under tho name ot Leonard, stored it
In' vacant house there, and went
through the Times building here to
select the best location for the de
structive explosion, Special Prosecu
tor James W. Noel today reached the
climax of his opentrfg statement to
the lurv in Schmidt's trial on a
charge of murder.
Noel promised to prove that J. B
McNamara and Schmidt were paid
Quenttn. It created great excitement
"old man."
He asserted ho would show that
Immediately after receiving this
money, Schmidt and McNamara went
to a roadhouso near San Francisco in
a taxlcab with two women.
Outlining the alleged proceedings
preliminary to tho dynamiting ot tho
Times and the death of II employes,
Noel asserted ho 'would prove that
Schmidt, David Caplan, Ortle Mc
Manlgal, J. B. McNamara, Brie Mor
ton and Anton Johannsen held num
erous conferences at tho Argonaut
hotel, San Francisco, shortly before
the explosionand that Schmidt or
dered 600 pounds ot ' dynamite at
Giant, Oal., about tho same time.
This dynamlto. Noet asserted, was
of such high power that-it had to bo
manufactured especially. . Later, he
claimed, he would prove It was call
ed for by David Caplan and others,
Schmidt signed a receipt for It with
the name of "J. B. Leonard,'' accord
ing to- the state, and it was transfer
red to launch of which 8chmldt
waa engineer, stored in an empty
house, and ultimately landed at Los
Angeles.
Sticks ot dynamite from this cargo
were found in bombs under the
houses of General H. G. Otis and F.
J. Zeehandelaar, secretary of the
Merchants' ft Manufacturers' associa
tion, Noel promised to prove.
Tho principal witness for the state
will bo Ortle McManlgal. It Is upon
him that the state depends for sub
stantiation ot Noel's various charges
against Schmidt.
Noel's statement reopened many of
tho Issues supposedly burled when
the McNhniaraS .wero "scut to San
Quentln. ' t created great excltemont
In tho court room.
Tho flrst.wltness probably will bo
called to the stand late this after
noon. .
Ci H. Topping returned today from
Portland, where he spent several
days on business.
WARNED BEFORE
SEIITTO 80TI
Washington, Nov. 11. The prima
facts tho stato department sought to
day to know in tho torpedoing of tho
liner Ancona before making a pos
sible protest were:
Was the vessel warned before be
ing sunk by tho attacking submar
iner
Was tho submarine Austrian or
Germant f
Preliminary dispatches to tho de
partment loft officials in doubt as to
these points. Press dispatches indi
cating rather conclusively, however,
that the liner tried to escape pur
suit lessened the gravity of the situ
ation.
No protest could or would be made
if It. is officially established that the
Ancona did not observe International
laws requiring submission to aearch
after she had boon overhauled.
A sharp, peremptory, immediate
demand for disavowal, reparation
and assurance againsfa repetition,
however, would follow establishment
of the fact that the vessel had been
sunk following a baiting command.
GRAND JURY STILL PROBING
PORTLAND ARSON TRUST
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Portland, Nov. 11. Another al
leged arsonist is under indictment by
tho grand Jury today. Mrs. Daisy
Miller is charged with burning Iter
homo last November for the insur
ance money.
Three members ot the coast-wide
arson trust will begin serving sen
tences ot from three to seven years
In tho penitentiary today. , They are
Sanford Currier, Monty Akeyson and
W. Wooletto.' Mordie Keeneyi given
the same sentence for arson following
conviction several days ago, is taking
advantage of lf days' stay of execu
tion (o perfect an appeal to the su.
preme court
LABOR DELEGATES
TAKE A DAY OFF
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Nov. 11. Delegates
to the convention ot tho American
Federation of Labor laid aside lousi
ness today and Journeyed to Vallejo,
where they inspected the United
States navy yard and the Mare Is
land shops. ) , ' .
President Samuel Gpmpers, who
was unable to attend tho business ses
sion yesterday because of a cold, ex
pects to be back In harness tomorrow,
AS ITALIAN LINER
WAS TORPEDOED
, (By United Press Leased Wire.)
Rome, Nor. 11. Whether help
less passengers ot tho Italian liner
Ancona wero slaughtered by shells
while an Austrian submarine , pur
sued her, or whether they were killed
In cold blood, as the diving boat had
overtaken her, waa a point still un
determined here today.
Reports on this point vital n de
termining the position of neutral
America In the torpedoing Incident
conflicted.
' A Tunis' dispatch quoted Ancona
officers as saying the vessel halted as
she was commanded t,o do. so. On
the other hand, a survivor told of
shells killing some In pursuit, follow
ed by a hall of shrapnel over tho flee
ing, panic stricken passengers In the
lifeboats aftor the vessel had 'been
holted. , ' ' 1 ' i
All messages agreed that tho Aus
trian shrapnel took a bloody toll.
The number ot casualties was still
In doubt. The best Information
agreed that 800 were saved and that
not over 200 perished.
PERISHED
TELLS STORY
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Scrriycr Says Q-FatcJ Shi?
Was Pursued hi ShM
by Acrhn Sirafcs E
fere Being Tcrpti::d
,, Malta, Nov. 11. Tho horror, tht
panic, tho bloodshed, the thrUllna
chase in the Austrian submarine's)
fatal attack upon the Italian liner"
Ancona wero pictured here today by
a survivor. His story indicated pas
sengers wero given a chanco to got
oft after the liner waa hatted by
shells. '' '
"On Monday," he said, "wo sighted
the submarine coming up astern. W
were somewhere between tho south
ern coast of Sardinia and Blserta.
Tho submarine was several miles
away, with full speed up. We could
see she was very big by tho way she
split the water. Our captain ordered
full speed ahead. In a minute tho.
submarine fired. The wildest panic
followed among the passengers and
crew. Women and children, scream
ing and crying, knelt in prayer. The
next shot struck aft, where a number
of passengers were ,u watching tho
chase. Several were killed,' I un
derstand. Others ran forward, with
blood streaming from' them. We
were making 15 knots, but the sub-'
marine Was taster and she kept shell,
ihg us as quickly as she could ram
the shots home.
"One shot wrecked the chart house
and pieces ot it scattered all over tho
deck. The next lot of shells strik
ing us stopped tho engines. In a few
minutes the submarine came along
side. She was tho biggest I ever
saw.- Her commander megaphoned a
curt order to our captain to get oC
the passengers and crew. .. ..
"The submarine withdrew a short
distance, with her guns trained on
us. Instantly there was a rush tor
tho lifeboats. Women and children
went over in the first, tut men, fight
ing, screaming and cursing, pushed
into the others. Tho din was awfuL
Above it th'ongh, I could hear wound
ed passengers screaming for, help to
get them into the boats.
- "The fourth boat over ,'capalse4.
Then something seemed, to go, wrong
and the boats began sliding down the)
aide, striking on the edge. Most ot
them were righted, ' but others wort
capslsod. Tho crew, yelling a4 pas
sengers, interfered with the lowering
ot tho.boats. . .
Rome, Nov. 11. Snapping out
wireless calls for aid. the ill-fated
Italian liner Ancona fled before her
Austrian submarine pursuer under a
rain ot shells, a majority of dis
patches today agreed.
I Estimate of dead In the subse
quent torpedoing wore still confused,
ranging from 150 to 300. The moot
reliable, placed the number around
74. ... ' .. ..
The Societa Italia stated that only
11 Americans wero aboard, naming
Mrs. Ceclle Gretl as the only native
horn and the others as naturalized
Italian-Americans. Other estimates
placed , the American victims at a
score, while the American embassy
here indicated that 37 were aboard.
" Forty-five survivors, landed at
Malta, described scenes ot distressing
panlo preceding tho sinking. Disre
garding tho rule ot the sea women
and children first men fought over
tho blood-spattered decks for places
in the lifeboats. Rudely they push-,
ed women aside In their road
scramble for safety. Shrieking, ter
ror stricken women leaped Into the
sea, some of them clasping 1 their
babies to their breasts. Many 'of tho
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