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; DAILY EDITION VOI VI., No. 50. ' GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, MOXDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 10J5. t ; WHOLE NUMBER 1594. No Other Town in 4e World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. T .vy'Ti -v. i ' . k - " - i s , . .-.- . i . . .. .; r 1 .. ... rr : : Al I NEEDED BY SERBS wicister Yesdtch Says That Help Best Com. fan Across tie Sea fcr Safer- isg People pf His ttzdry Parla, Nov. 15. That 8efbla U be ing crushed wantonly under the Iron Jueel of German militarism," as u . Belgium, wu the claim today of Sor bins Minister Vesultch, in an exclu alvo interview with tha United Pres. t,"W have proof," ba aald, "that our enemloa wish to atanap us oat Muiiom of Inoffensive country folk who wort non-combatants waa actu ally commanded by' tha Germans. Troops were ordered to kill prison ers and to finish tha wounded. The orders -were executed mercilessly. Helpless women and children and de crepit old men were slaughtered." The minister wiped his eyes, moist with tears. "Still despite the Invaders, I 'be lieve the presence of neutral human itarian Americans will have a re- atralnlng effect. American , eli"V t badly needed." k "If hundreds of thousands of lives are not to ibe sacrificed, Amer ica must come at once to Serbla'a aid," the minister declared. "At let 5Q0.0C0 homeless, Jiunrv fugi tives are fleeing to Montenegro, Al bania and Greece. They are too poor to care for these refugees. Soon It will be as cold as a New England mld-wlnter. Typhus Is sure to break out along with other diseases. Many - f the refugees are from tho dlstrlrts recently swept "by typhus. "The American relief commission has generously promised holp, but I wish tho world to know our need. Tho babies' suffering Is tho hardest to bear. Tho prospect grows worse as Chrlstmss approaches. Clothes, blankets, medicines, flour, monts and children's foods will save thousands If sent quickly." Headquarters of the commission confirmed the minister's statement that aid has been promised. That body Intends to appeal to Washing ton. Contributions Will be accopted at New York headquarters. 1TED NEGRO LEADER AT TUSKOGEE. ALABAMA. SUNDAY A (By United Press Leaad Wire.)' " Vuskogee, Ala., Nor. 15. -Public i announcement of the details of the ' funeral services of Dr. Booker T. .'Washington, negro leader and edu i cator, who died here yesterday, prob .ably will be made late today. Messages of condolence to Wash ington's widow today ahowed tha depth to which the negroes of the south have been atlrred by his doath. Although Washington bad been 111 for some time, It was only lnflt week that his condition became sorlons and his demise camo as a aurprlad, Dr. Washington organised and con-" ducted the Ttmkogee Industrial school for nogroes since 1881. He was born In slavery at Hale's Ford, Va In 1857 or 1858. MAfWAOlIlWETTS' NKW GOVERNOR Iff OREGON DIED rpy United Press Leased Wire.) Portland cNov. 15.--Samuel j W. McCall, governor-elect of Massachu- eetts, passed through here today' en route to the, ranch of hla son. Henry, " In central Oregon,' for a vacation, 5 ' mm fij AIM DEMAND (Hy United Press Leased Wire) Athens, Nov. 15. The newspaper Ileetla aald today that tha British minister Is about to present ' a de mand that Greece guarae not to oppose the allies In tholr Balkan cam palm In any circumstances. The al lies want assurance that they will not be attacked nor interned In event reverses compel them to retreat through Greece. ,. . i ,, Pressure on Greece admittedly Is growing very strong on all sides. The j allies want assurances that they can continue their landings unmolested, and the king ia reported to have agreed that thla may continue aa al present. Meantime, however, representa tives of tha (antral powers are bring ing pressure to bear to thwart the allied plana in view of tha menace that these landinga hold for the Teu tonic campaign la Serbia. . IIP IS STILL UP III THE AIR (D United Press Leased Wire.) New York, Nov. 15. The muddled up altuatlon in the race for the east ern football championship Is hardly cleared up by Saturday's results, though Cornell waa generally favor ed today,by .the critic for the title, despite her close- call against Wash ington and Lee Saturday. Cornell's narrow escape during the early minutes of the Washington and Lee game forced the Ithacans to un cork a brand of football they had not displayed previously this season. Cor nell showed It has an almost perfect attack and defense. Yale's victory over the best team Princeton has turned out in years waa tho biggest surprise of the Rea son. - With a team practically new two weeks ago, Ell literally swept the Tigers off their feet. Although Prince ton did not show the strength which has characterised Its play this sea son, the fact can not be denied that Yale made a wonderful Improvement. Interest is paramount In the Yale Harvard game, although both teapis are out of tha, championship race. Football critics do not' anticipate an exceptionally good game . between Cornell and Pittsburg, while the Yale- uarvara should be a "hummer, aa a result of the rejuvenation of the blue. .. PRISONERS JAKE! H (By United Press Leased Wire. I .. Berlin, via 8ayvllle, Nov. 15. The AustNans have cloared the west hank of the river Styr, according to offi cial announcement today, Thla Is regarded as one of the most import ant victories In Gallcla recently. At the same time tha war office announced capture, of. 8,600 more Serbians in northern, Serbia, along with 12 canuon. Tho Toutons thero, said the announcement,' are ; tena ciously pushing their Invasion. ' Russian attacks near 'Smorgen vero repulsed by Field Marshal von Illndcnburg, while on the west front tho Germans took 800 yards of rtj led trenches northeast of ICcurlc. , T " ) "T As the result of retrieving Massa chusetts tor the republicans, McCall is bolng mentioned as a presidential possibility, Charles Baxter, McQall's campaign manager, Is accompanying hlm.V EASTER FOOTBALL CHAT IPIOI m m serb BY TEOTO MY A OFICOOA 1(1 OScbl Statement BearbgUp- ca Destruction cf tha Big l;er:is Wi t Sfafe 0?atect Washington, Nov. 15. Italy's offi clal statement, substantially aa out lined by the newspapers, regarding sinking of the Italian liner Ancona, was presented by the Italian ambassa dor to Secretary Lansing today. The state department announced that the American consul at Algiers bad gone to BUerta" to get Important Information. London, Nor. 15. Doubt ail 11 shrouded today events surrounding the Austrian torpedoing of the. Ital ian liner Ancona, though both Aus tria and Italy had presented their versions of the affair. Austria main tained warning waa given the liner and sufficient time to " debark her passengers. 8he denied that ahe had shelled departing lifeboats. Italy, on the other hand, claimed the eubmarlne fired at the Ancona without warning and continued this course even to the extent of killing or wounding passengers who aought re fuge In the lifeboats. The eubmar lne crew jeered at the panic atrlcken refugees, according to the Italians. At the same time the Rome emi grant office gave figures to clear up the conflicting stories as to casual ties, saying nine out of ten 'Americans aboard perished, and that only 209 persons of a total of 507 aboard were saved. Austria positively asserts that not a shot was fired until after the warn ing to stop had 1een Ignored and a desperate attempt was being made to escape, and that after the Ancona had been overhauled 45 minutes were given to allow the crew and passengers to debark. Only when the submarine sighted another vessel coming up did she hurl the final torpedo. Many lifeboats, aald the Austrian statement, remained unoccupied. "JOHtt bbE NO. 104," GOULD HElR " vf.-- 1 I... u.m,,Km ii.iwiiJL ' W- i v k Flve-jear-old waif picked op on catbsursl stops tu: New York and adopte by FUiley J. 'Sliopard and bis wife, formerly lelen Gould, ( KIICE IS ASKED BY Allies llaintaia Tlat They Arc Ilakcg GanshSrcth irn S?rtia, Jfcipy Mb lb Jo tpfj ?d ' MSMSSSMSWSi ' Athens, Nov. 15. Foot by foot on ly the allies are gaining In their struggle In southern 8erbla. Besides tbe principal battle along the line through Velea to Tetovo: hot combats are raging at many placet to tbe aonthwest Th French art driv ing heavily against Velea, the fall of which la hourly expected. : So many Bulgere .have, .beea.. kJUed that the Bulgarian commanders have asked an armistice to bury the dead. , jpt, French artillery, ha Inflicted heavy losses on the enemy at several points. , t . . , . In capturing Tetovo the Serbs took 50,0 prisoners , nd some munitions. Later, reports declared tte Bulgars, however, again invested the town. , : Along the western Morava Bulgars and Serbs are fighting grimly. In the mountains the Serbs are falling back gradually, but not without In flicting losses upon the Teuton pur suers. v nlie .crew members crowded .Into those that went -everbo'ard, passen gers were in panic on the decks. The crew was blamed for loss of life. . Ofllclala here aaw In the Incident somewhat of a parallel to the tor pedoing of the liner Falaba. In that case Germany pleaded that her com mender sank the vessel because he believed she was wirelessing for aid, though he bad given time for most of her passengers and crew to go over board In the iboats. Vienna denied emphatically that the shelling of the Ancona persisted and that the shots were first directed at the wireless station, but later at the lifeboats. l - "Mendacious Inventions," was Aus tria's reply to reports that her sub marine had acted in violation of the laws of war or humanity. BUS SEEKS TRUTH OF UA Nil (By United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Nov. 15. The ad ministration faced today, apparently, the problem of getting new evidence of its own concerning the torpedoing of the Italian liner Ancona with loss of . American lives. Austrian and Italian' versions of the affair con flicted. ,, Austria claimed It followed International law in Its procedure; Italy did not hold thla view. The administration, however, is resigned to delay In determining tbe exact facta, believing that Ambassa dor Page at Rome and Ambassador Penfteld at Vienna will get at the. true atate of affair la time. The interpretation of what la auf-' flcjeat Ume .forpaasengere ,to leave a ship about to be torpedoed furnish-j ed a new and knotty problem. ' Hith erto this question had not appeared. , Austria maintained that 45. minutes was sufficient time for passengers to disembark. Moreover, there . waa more time after the vessel had been torpedoed before she sank. ICE AT THE F (By United Press Leased Wire.) Monaatir, Nov. 14 (Delayed) . The calm courage of Lady .RalDh Paget in tbe face of certain capture of Uskub, where she was later held war prisoner, was told here today by Edward Stuart,' head of the Amer ican sanitary commission.' who' left Nish two daya before it .fell. Deaf to her husband's pleas,' Lady Paget, In charge of a hospital at Uskub, re fused to quit. "Sir Ralph Paget," eald Stuart, was 'at Nish when he learned that Uskub was about to fall. He stock ed his automobile with provisions and dashed over the rough roads to Uskub to save Lady Paget In charge of the hospital there. He arrived i three hours before the Bulgarians entered. The last of tha Serb ot-i diers and civilians were then fleeing.) RERO CAPTURE 0 USKUB He found Lady Paget directing theiIon continued. caro of the wounded, and urged her I to fly without delay. She refused. Tearfully, her husband begged her! to give up her task and come with him. To this she only replied: 'l ean not leave them now when they most need us,' . . , , .t . .. "So Sir Ralph kissed her good-bye and returned. tp Nish." ..... ,; ..... Eleven American doctors remained with Lady Paget to aid her in the hospital. Washington, Nov. 15. Though he has flatly announced he will oppose the administration naval program. Majority Leader Kttchtn believes that the Increased proparedness measures will go through congress " sailing. Writing- to a constituent today, Kltchln said: ' " ; , "Fear that the president will push his program through with an over whelming majority. Nearly H the republicans will vote f or It. Although know that four-fifths of the people are opposed to It, I know the great nifmber of democrats congressmen will bury their convictions and sup port it. I know this will shock the civilised world.' Whatever the out come of the prosont war, it win alarm tho World into becoming an armed Will EKPECTS . PROGRAM TO 111 camp." .. .': . .- ..... DARDAKELLE mm Wcstcii ttaxtHI, Recently tie Adrrality, Tells tb London, Nov. 15. Baring the In ner secrets of hla erstwhile office of first' lord of the admiralty, Winston ChurchlM Informed. the house of com mon today that the Dardanelles ex pedition w&s "gamble." Yet, It was a gamble taken after mature re section, hie Indicated. - I regarded the Dardanelles enter prise," M expalaed, Vas a legitimate gamble of war for prize of Inestim able value, with a reasonable chance of winning. On' that basis, I went before the ministry and accepted full responsibility for Initiating it." ..Denying .that the fleet .waa sent to the Dardanelles , over . Admiral Lord Fisher's objections, Churchill said tiat the sea lord aasented to every movement . ' ': "However, Fisher did not ' give clear .guidance and .the firm support I might have expected," said fJhurch 111, confirming stories of! friction be tween them. "If he did not approve, he should have spoken but ' The man who has now resigned his cabinet post to fight the enemy ,, from the western trenchesdefended the Antwerp expedition, recently cri ticized as a "folly," to the extent of saying it forced the Germans later to battle on the Yser Instead of far ther south in France. He disclaimed, however, any part In sending the ex pedition which ailed. 1 "We have no reason td fee discour aged," he said, amidst applause. "We are passing through bad times, though probably they will be worse before they are better. , "But they will be better," he add- e confidently, ' Premier Asquith praised Churchill as, a 'wlse counselor, brilliant col- league and faithful friend. , Churchill indicated the war may be Germany may be defeated more fatally In the second and third year than if the allies entered, Berlin the first year," he said. "The 1915 cam paign was governed by a shortage of . munitions. The 'next campaign .ought to be settled against Germany by her shortage of men." ; CACHED PLOhOER ILUEO'HTDDO Portland, Nov. 15. The finding of 200 articles of Jewelry, valued at ap proximately $2,000, in a safe in the home of H. F. Courtney, the special officer arrested Saturday charged with robbing stores on his beat, to day convinced the . authorities that he had operated on a wholesale scale. The opening of a locker in the Cen tral building, used by Courtney, also revealed three suit cases ' and five boxes, containing ' principally em brIdered .silk, .which -jylll (brlng the total of goods alleged to have been stolen by him to perhaps $4,000. Nearly 200 keyB, scores of blank keys and Imprint of keys on cards and collection of deltcate files were found among the officer's effects. Although" .most of the alleged loot Is valuable, a large quantity Is worth- less. This has led the police to ibe lteve that Courtney la a kleptomaniac. Jo effort has boon made to dispose RQRTLAFID ' OFFIQER of , any of the goods taken. - r felt ft . at tr. 4. 4. t. la ed ry oa ttf tar aa-' e- 6c ae, tf. "!.' Ica- lays ally ell, frta, 10. ).F. 1 Bts. ivlt- 2 ? . aist, Pad-