'I Gold Hill G rooloit N u tu to l H u o l e n » f S o u th a m O rogon It On boouhful Huyuo Kivor VOL. 18 TEUTONIC TROOPS CAPTURE BELGRADE he offensive In the Balkans, with the add­ re-conquered near Tahure. In the. ed menace of Bulgarin, has begun In Champagne territory, on a front oi | earuest. Almost simultaneously with four kilometer» (about 2% mile») and the rupture of diplomatic relations be 10(1 meter» deep.” tween Sofia and the entente powers, The French report say* of the fight an Austro-Gerinan army estimated at Ing In thi» region: 400,000 men, with an enormous weight "In Champagne we are still making of heavy artillery, started to attack progress to north of Tahure. A brll Serbia from the north and west. llant assault made us masters of a Belgrade, the old capital of Serbia, new German trench to the southeast la In possession of an enemy army for of the village." the second time since the outbreak of The German» report capture» ol the war, while other Austro-Gerinan tranche* near Souchei. The French troops have crossed the Save and Dan tell of violent struggle» with bombs uhe rivers and are attempting to make uud torpedoes In the Vosges and In a great drive Into Serbian territory. tense bombardment by both »Ides In The capture of Belgrade has been ex­ the Argonne. The French report adds; •'One of our air squadrons dropped I pected by the allies, as "It was not thought that tho Serbians would make about 100 large shells on the stations i any serious attempt to save the city. at the rear of the Champagne front It Is situated on a point of Serbian and on enemy troops who were con soli at tho Junction of the Save and centra ting.” Danube, Jutting toward Austria, and could consequently be attacked from - GREECE TO AVOID WAR three sides. “Armed Neutrality" Will Protect Vital Interest*. London.—The Greek chamber was Informed by Premier Zaimia that In order to better assure the vital Inter­ ests of Greece, her neutrality will, "foi the present be armed," says a Reutei dispatch from Athens. The premier added that the future course of the ministry will be adapted to meet events ns they occur, and ex­ pressed the belief that the govern 'ment's course has the support of the people. Former Premier Venlzelos replied to M. Zalmls, making an extended de­ fense of his policies and stating it was essential that Greece enter the war agnlnst Bulgaria. He concluded his address with the wish that the policy of the present government might prove to be better than his own. German* Hammering at Dvlnak., London.—The Germans are still hammering nt the positions before I di, their, latest effort being to i ' ihe Dvina river 10 miles above •. Elsewhere, Russian forces are attacking fiercely, particularly In eedern Galicia. Here they are re- polled to have won a considerable vie lory. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERM INTEREST Hom* Telephone Plant Inventoried. Baton.—Convinced that aa Investi­ gation of tbe rates and practice* of the Hom* Telephone A Telegraph company la necessary that an lutolli- gent ruling may be made on an appli­ cation asking for a physical connec­ tion In Portland, between It* *y*t*n and that of th* raciftc Telephone A Telegraph company, the public service commission ha* called upon the Home company for full Information aa to Its capitalixatlon, earning*, expense*, fix ed charge* and a complete Inventory of *11 property used in It* service. t Credit For Baker Fair Given People. Baker —Cooperation among tbe peo­ ple of the county will revive the coun­ ty fair and mahe It a profitable enter­ prise, as well aa a benefit. This waa shown when Walter H. Meacham, sec­ retary of the Baker County Fair board, reported that the People’s Fair of Ba­ ker county had netted 1757.46 and the amount may go still higher when odd* and end* are cleaned up. The fair wa* thi* year oonducted by the people a* a whole for the first time and reo- ortl* of all kind* were broken. Klamath Exhibit Wins at Denver. Klamath Fall*.—Word has Just been received by the Klamath commercial club that the Klamath county exhibit at the Denver Dry I-and show recently took the third prise. Since this was a national show, Io which dry land sections In alt parts of the United States competed, thjs Is considered one of the biggest triumphs Klamath county has won. The products sent constated mostly of dry-land alfalfa, peas and Soudan grass. NEW RAILROADS PLANNED Four Hundred Miles of Lin* to Be Constructed. « Portland.—The first evidence of a coming revival of railway construction on a considerable scale In the north­ w est was afforded In Portland by the organisation of the Oregon, California & Eastern Railway company, designed to supply some 400 miles of standard gauge lines for central Oregon and ad­ jacent territory, at an estimated ex­ penditure of several million dollars. Some 40 leading bankers, merchants and others met to Inaugurate the en­ terprise and engaged Robert E. Stra­ horn, builder and former president of various Harriman lines in the north­ west, to head the company by assur­ ances of support. The plan Is for an e a s t‘and west line of 150 miles to connect the Har­ riman and Hill lines at Bend with the Oregon Short Line In Harney valley, a north and aouth line of 170 miles to connect Bend with the Nevada-Callfor- nla-Oregon line at Lakeview, a 60-mile branch from the latter In Silver Lake valley, southwesterly to Kirk, the ter­ minus of the Klamath line of the Southern Pacific, giving Portland and Spokane a direct line to Klamath Falls .and a 30-mile branch from the Lake- SHORT NEWS NUGGETS view line easterly to Warner valley. For the first time since 1871, Chica­ From reconnaissances and surveys go saloons closed Sunday. already far advanced. It Is believed John Lawson, the Colorado labor tbe system can be completed and leader has been given liberty under equipped In about three years. $35,000 bail. Secretary of the Navy Daniels an Sumpter Mining is Planned. nounced that America will own the Baker,—Dredging operations In tv.* fastest battleship afloat—a 35 knot Sumpter valley, requiring capital of vessel. President Wilson issued a procla­ $500,000, are being planned by William mation creating the Dinosaur national J. Lachner, Ed Rand, H. H. Salisbury monument in Utah, where the remains and W. B. Willoughby, who have se­ of gigantic reptilian fossils have been cured options on more than 5000 acres of valley land between Baker and Mc­ found. More than 20,000 baseball mad fans Ewen. Several eastern corporations saw the opening gnine of the world's are Interested in the proposition, and baseball series at Philadelphia, which are watting until prospecting reports was won by the Philadelphia Nation­ show that the venture will be worth while. als defeating Boston 3 to 1. Secretary Lane Is quoted us saying Fish to Go By Parcel Post. that he will recommend the appropil- atlon of $10,000,000 by the next session I Eugene.—Parcel post will save the of congress to continue the construc­ Sluslaw llshlng Industry, Jn the belief of Herman Wetxel, secretary of the tion of the Alaska railroad. The state department tnstructod Sluslaw Fishermen's Union assocla- Ambassador Morgenthau at Constan ; tlon, who declares he will reduce the tlnople to inform the Turkish foreign I cost of living in Lane county. He is office that continuance of the Armen ' preparing to ship Sluslaw salmon into Ian massacres might threaten friendly Eugene by mail at half the present relations between Americans and the price. peop’e of Turkey. BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON C o m m u n ity o t O p p o r­ tu n i! y / t o g u . R ìv .r V ollo y, u/horo th o oppio g a in o J forno NO. 24 GOLD H ILL , JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCT. 16, 1915 Crossings at Four Points on Danuba Bolow Samsndrla Forced. GERMANS ANO ALLIES | ASSERT SUCCESSES VtUÖ Jackson Co. GENERAL CARRANZA A lose of $10,000 wa* sustained el Brooks by ft»« Tha third aanual Cora Shew opened At Bt Peal Bunday. The Oregon Federation of Women'* d a b * will meet in Salem. Oct. lirM. Flame* swept practically tbe whole hu*4n««> section of Elkton with a loe ef $8 2,000. The Central Willamette Valley ea position win be held at Albany Oote- ber 14, 16 and 1«. H. P. Kate* of Walla Walla baa pur­ chased the Tom Proffitt ranch at North Powder for $74«000. The ranch conellt* of 1586 acres. Actual flgucrc compiled assure the marketing of 4,088,000 pounds of prune* from Douglaa county during the n u t two or three week*. Lloyd Parman of Condon I* reported $e have bought Oroaa brothers' hay rauch near Summit prairl*. Wheeler county, at a price said to be $22,000. Oregon ha* 28,126 motor-driven ve­ hicles, according to figure* complied In the office of Secretary of State OP eqtt, for the first nine month* of 1815. Judge Henry Braltler, born In Johns­ General Venustiane Carranxa, whe town, Pa.. In 1830, died at Seaside af­ will be recognized a* de facto head of ter a residence In Oregon since 1860, th* Mexican government, a* a result when he came west and located In Til­ of the Pan American conference. lamook county. The dedication of the new armory at Eugene Saturday will be attended i by commanding officer* of the differ-. ent formations of tbe O. N. G. from all parts of the state. Teachers in Oregon'» public school» , receive an average monthly salary of Wilson Creek, Wash.—The body of $76.32, according to a report issued by J. A. Churchill, state superintend­ the bank robber who took hia own life after having been surrounded and ent of public Instruction. badly wounded by a posse of citizens Delegates from Oregon, Washing­ here, was identified as that of H. C. ton, Montana and Idaho gathered atI Portland for a three-day session of I (Babe) Pruett, a notorious character of the buckaroo type, who waa ‘well the convention of Independent Order known about Ephrata and Soap Lake. of Good Templars, the Scandinavian Tbe robber walked into the bank lodge. during the lunch hour and, at the Surveyors in the employ of the state , highway commission have begun work' point of a gun, forced C. T. Oriesin- surveying tbe Pacific highway through ger, the assistant cashier, who was alone, into the vault, turned the com­ Douglas county. The object of the survey is to eliminate heavy grades bination lock and took all of the gold and currency, part of the silver in the and short curves. W. J. Mariner, postmaster at Bla money changer, and the automatic pis­ lock, has been removed from office tol under the teller's window. He then and Harry E. Long appointed to sue walked out of the front door. With the aid of a screwdriver, which cem'-tilm. Gbarlotta Bement w ai'tp - potnted postmaster at Arrow, vice was kept In the vault for such an emergency, Mr. Grelsinger soon took Edith Reigel, resigned. Joseph Brown, a wealthy Klamath the binges off the vault door and Indian, was indicted by the federal spread the alarm. The robber was first overtaken grand Jury at Medford for the murdei o' another Indian, Eugene Isaacs, last about two miles east of town by two July. Brown does ont deny the killing of the posse and while they waited for reinforcements the robber retreated but alleges self-defense. Heart disease with which he had across the Crab creek meadow, swim­ been afflicted for some time ended the ming the creek and taking shelter life of J. Bishop Putnam, father ol among the bluffs and rocks along the George Palmer Putnam, private sec­ Krupp road, east of the Shiew farm. Barricaded here among the rocks retary to Governor Withycombe, at the family’s summer home at Rye, N. he made a last stand, firing at his pur­ suers whenever they came within his T. The Oregon City Congregational range. After 30 minutes’ desperate fighting church, the oldest church of its de­ nomination west of the Rocky moun­ in which hundreds of shots were fired, tain», was the meeting place Tuesday, the robber tumbled headlong down the Wednesday and Thursday of the 67tb bank, dead. LONE FOÌBER KILLED AFTER LOOTING BANK conference of the churches of the CARRANZA IS PLEASED state. Twenty-one counties of Oregon, rep­ resenting more than two thirds of the Chieftain Says Formal Battle* Will Be Fought No More. population of the entire state and one half of the total land area, will parti­ Vera Cruz.—General Carranza re­ cipate in the Manufacturers’ and Land ceived witli^great pleasure the news Products show at Portland, to open that the Pan-American conference at October 25. Washington had decided to recognize After a three days’ session, the twen­ him as the de facto government in ty-third annual meeting of the Colum­ Mexico. bia River branch of the Women's For­ In response to questions General eign Missionary society of the Metho­ Carranza said: dist Episcopal church adjourned at "The immediate effect of this will Salem. The meeting next year will be a great moral strengthening of the be in Spokane. cause of constitutionalism aad ot cor­ Extraordinary low cost in adminis­ responding disheartening of opposing tration of workmen's compensation is factions. There will be no more for­ claimed by the state Industrial acci­ mal battles. Fighting of that sort al dent commission In Its first annual re­ ready has ended, but naturally the port. It cost but 13 1-3 cents In admin­ struggle to put down minor outbreaks istration to place a dollar in the hands and lawlessness must be continued for of injured workmen. a greater or less time in a country District Highway Engineer Elliott such as this, where there are exten­ has finished the survey for the pro­ sive open areas." posed location of the Columbia river highway in Wasco county between Notable Life of Mrs. Duniway End*. The Dalles nnd Mosier, and has begun Portland.—Mrs. Abigail Scott Duni­ work in Hood River county between way, 81 years old, sister of the late Hood River city and Mosier. The quarterly report of State En­ Harvey W. Scott and known as the gineer Lewis shows that he Issued 152 "mother of woman suffrage In Ore­ permits for the appropriation of water gon” died at Good Samaritan hospital under which it Is proposed to irrigate following an illness of several weeks. 23,143 acres of land, develop 362 horse | Germany Make* Proteet. power and supply municipal water for Berlin, by wireless to Sayville. Amity, Halfway. Newport, Port Or­ ford, Tillamook city and Marshfield. Germany has made formal protest to Greece regarding the landing of allied troops at Salonika. FULL RECOGNITION TO BE GIVEN CARRANZA Embargo on Exportation Arms to Enemies Will Follow. ot Washington.—Recognition of tha party led by General Carranza aa the de facto government In Mexico waa unanimously agreed on by the Pan- American conference aa the step to be recommended to their respective governments. Official advices have been received here that the governments of Argen­ tina, Brazil and Chile are in accord with the decision of the United State* to grant recognition to the party led by Ceneral Carranza as the de facto government In Mexico. The form In which recognition la to be accorded ha* not been decided, but it may be done by formal notification to Elíseo Arredondo, authorized repre­ sentative here of the Carranza govern­ ment. Extension of recognition is ex­ pected within a week. Thia will re­ sult quickly in an order of embargo on arms to factions opposed to the Car­ ranza government, which will mater­ ially weaken the resources of the Villa element. George Carothers, American consul­ ar Agent, telegraphed the state de­ partment the substance of a long in­ terview he had had with General Villa at Juarez, at which the latter explain­ ed that he intended to continue fight- Ing Carranza. WILSON AND FIANCEE RETURN FROM TRIP Washington.—President and Mrs. Norman Galt, his fiancee, relumed to Washington much pleased with the reception accorded them in New York and Philadelphia on their first public appearance since their engagement was announced. The couple complet­ ed two busy days by watching Boston defeat Philadelphia in the world s series and joining with 20,000 othei fans In applauding spectacular plays. • It became known-that viane consid­ ered on the trip and now believed to have been practically decided, provide for the wedding at a date that may surprise their friends and the country. It is reported the event may take place within two weeks. Firends of both have told them that to avoid continual newspaper stories the wedding should be held promptly. The wedding will be strictly on the quiet, and few. if any, invitations will be extended beyond the immediate families. CANAL SLIDE IS ENORMOUS --------- - Hope of Opening Waterway Before First of Year Abandoned. Panama.—A careful survey of the slide area in the Gaillard cut reveal« the fact that there are probably 10. 000,000 cubic yards of earth in motion, which must be taken out by dredging operations before a permanent chan nel through the cut is probable. This is the conclusion ¡cached by the canal engineers, who concede that there is now little hope of opening the waterway, even for temporary use ot shipping, much before the first of the year. The present rate of wet excava tions is a million yards a month and this would require not less than ten months to remove the mass, which is now sliding into the canal consider ably faster than the dredges can take it out Oklahoma Election Officials Guilty. Denver.—Election officials who con­ spired to deprive negroes of the right of suffrage through the enforcement of the "grandfather clause" of the Oklahoma state constitution are liable to conviction and imprisonment, ac­ cording to a decision of the United States circuit court of appeals, an­ nounced here. The grandfather clause was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court of the United States on June 21, 1916. Sir Redmond Robin, Manitoba pre­ mier, and three former cabinet minis­ ters, Dr. W. H. Montague, J. H. How- den and O. P. Ooldweli, have been committed to trial for conspiracy to defraud the government in the con­ struction of parliament buildings.