Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, October 07, 1915, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextjS5 DAILY EDITION vol. V!., N. 17. OltANTO PA8g, JOSEPHINE OOUNTV, OIUSOON, TIII'1WIAV, OCTOHEIt 7, 1015. WHOLE NUMBER 1501, Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. PRESIDENT 15 ffi ISL TO WED IN oBSk IADED BY SHIFTING TO (IFPfUFR jsssa TFIIT1K MM mm mm W mm I I k mm Chief Executive's Betrothed Traces Her Ancestry Back to the Indian Princess Heroine, Pocahontas Washington, Oct. 7. Without the pomp attendant upon a Whit Houso ceremony, President Wilson la l cembur will b wedded tit Mrs. Nor ma (Jail. charming southern widow, who truces her ancestry buck to the Indian hnrolne. INnnli uiitttii. Tho ceremony will bo performed In Mrs. Gull's paliitlul homo In the mHt ex clusive portion f WuNhliiKtoii. Tomorrow the president, his prom ised bride, nml a small puny will k to N'w York for a house purly given hv Colonel House. In tho metropolis. ll h understood, tin" chief executive j will purchime tho ring to designate j their lictrotluil. At Now York ho will j attend a theater with his tliinceo; and ; on Saturday the presidential party will attend tho world Hoi-lfH game at Philadelphia. Washington, (et. 7. - Tho nut Ion U In have a now First Lady. She will Im. Mrs. Norman Gait, of thin rity. a charming widow of 3. member of a line mint hern family, whoso i-hk'-meiit to Treslrtrnt Woodrow Wtlnui whs annotiiii rd lust nighl , With thin announcement from tho White limine romance records fori he executive Inanition were shuttered, for the wedding, planned for early In heceml.er, will he the third nuptial jl'Vetlt there since 1'lesldellt IIhoh'n Inauguration Tin' White House today literally was HWiimpi'd with congratulatory messages for the president. From iery eoiner of the land came a na tion's expression of happiness, wish lug him much Joy. High othVlals Join ed With lott It) felicitating the chief executive. Cahlnet bends and others In Intimate touch with the president personally expressed their good W Islies. The president, Mi years old, has liecn a widower for I I months. Inn ing that period, until a few months ago, ho observed strict mo'irnln. llts llrst social activities were at Cornish, N. II., where the charming widow xxho is soon to he his wife was the pllhlle curst of his daughter. Then a few wee,s iir.n he lilt' tuli'd his llrsl Ihi'Mier performauc In more than a yea,'. In the months idnee his first wife's death, the executive had been a man of Holllnde. Ills closest friends oh- font inneil on page H I BLOCKADE WILL BE ESTABLISHED T (My Culled Tiws Leased Wire.) Athens, Del. 7. 'I'h" allies today notllled tin 1 that all merchandise construed Ihroimli Greece to Hul narla will lie treated as contraband nnd eonllscated. The llrlllsh minister announced n blockade, thonnh no formal do elnrallon of war ban passed between ItiilKiirlii nnd Iho allies. Tho allien Intend to blockade Bui AGAINS BULGARS gnrla In a manner similar to the Washington, Oct. 7. Secretary of blockiido tnnlnlnlned against Ger- the Treasury MeAdoo today ordered tunny under tho British order-In- Hint, tho Scuttle, Bolso and several coiinrll. J other nssny offices reduce their clmrge King Constantino yesterday re- to $1 for melt motnl pound. Previous reived Iho British envoy for n few ly tho charge of $3 each hnd driven minutes, but tho subject of their con- business to private firmB who charged Terenco wits not dlsclosod. $1, .- -..- (By United Press leased Wire.) Berlin, via The Hague, Oct. 7. Quick and overwhelming victories for the central empires, and a speedy ending of the war, will follow Bui- garla's eutranoe, It wa believed in military circle today. They believed the Austro-Oermans will be able to smash their way throiiKh to Turkey'! aid, and there wan talk ttiut through this tnovo the decisive battlefield would be the Dar danelles and tho eastern territory. l'remler Radoalavoff conferred with tho Austro-German and Turkish ambassadors for four houra yester day. Ilnda I'est dispatches said. The English charge d'affaires called sltn ultaneoiisly and was received by the premier's secretary. , Geneva messages reported that the landing of French troops at Salonlkl was ordered after the French mill ister at Athens had reported that the Creek minister Venizelos' position could not be shaken and that he would not object to the debarkation Foreign Minister drey of England however, objected, suspecting that King Constantino would not support Vetil.elos. MINERS' LEADER IN CONFERENCE I'hoenu, Ariz.., Oct. 7. Charles II. Mover, president of the Western Federation of Miners, conferred with Gov in r Hunt lure today on the subject of the Clifton strike. Kn route here from Clifton, Mover had a narrow escape from being mobbed j by non-union workers who had been driven out of Moreuci. j The refugees boarded Mover's train at Guthrie. 12 tulles south of Clif ton, rushed Into his car and backed It t in into a corner, threatening 'bodily Injury. Conductor Mike lieardoii ran j to Mover's assistance nml succeeded ' In persuading the miners to let him K'l. Mover said today that the strikers j ask only Justice and a livinit wnire. j ii . .. i l ... i it... ....toil., f ..iicKji.ti I -i I i ceq ill' ii u io o i ii it i iiui.iin ......- i r the fed. ration would leave Clifton if tlu v would restore peace there and brim; about belter conditions. This meets the chief requirements of the operators, who refuse to arbitrate as Ions; as outsiders participate in the conferences. FRENCH DRIVE T OUT OF TAHURE Merlin, via London, Oct. 7. The official statement today admitted French nl tacks In tho Champagne re clon had driven Iho Teutons from 'failure, but claimed that elsewhere tho French were repulsed. "The French offensive In Iho Cham- !psi',ti( nppnrenlly lias recommenced," said the statement. "It. lias sin'ceeded in the Tahure region, but afterwards was slopped by our counter-, ittacUs. "North wesl of Sonnln the enemy Iliads temporary ualns west of the Somme-Soiinln high road, but was nf- I wards repulsed." r. s. ASSAV Ol'ITCFM TO RKIH'CK (il.MKJDS I - mm m mm m m mm -M m m M mmf AND GOV HUNT GERMAN ROPS SERBIA ISM! CENTER Austro-German Troops Havel Crossed Into the Balkan State and Obtain Foothold at Three Different Points Berlin, via London. Oct. 7. Offi cial announcement of the Austrc- Uerman invasion of Serbia was made here today. "We have crossed the Danube river at several points," said the state ment. "We obtained a firm foothold on the eastern bank of the Drlna and the southern hanks of the Dun u'lie and Save." Tho Invasion along three river fronts Indicates that larger forces were concentrated on the Serbian frontier than had been intimated In recent dispatches. For weeks the Au.Hiro-Uennans have been directing artillery attacks at the Serbians along tho south hank of the Danube near Senieiidria. Field Marshal von Mac kensen has been reported in com mand there, and It has also been re ported that a second German army had concentrated nlong Serbia's west ern frontier. This one apparently crossed the Drina. The AiiKtro-Cermans probably will strike quickly toward the railway lending to Nish, tfofla and Constan tinople. Hulimria Is expected to in vade Serbia's eastern frontier and cut the Salonikl-Nlsh railway, thus 'Shutting off Serbia from conimunica- lion with the outside world. LONG FIGHT FOR SPALDING FORTUNE San IMotfo, Oct. i , Attorneys for today preparing both factions were , for the lone hal battle over the for of the late A. G. Spaldin G. Spalding, fol lowing the appointment yesterday of Mrs. Spalding executrix of the estate. Keith Spalding, son of the sport ing goods magnate, who is contesting the will, which left the bulk of the j.' iion.oiMi estate to the widow, said today that the true facts concerning the will were being withheld from the aged mother of A. G. Spalding in the east. lie denied statements attrr.iuted !n Madame Kallierine Tinglex, bead of the Theosophic society, of xxhich Mrs. Spalding is an active member, that Spalding was a poor man when he married the second Mrs. Spalding. "His fortune xvas already estab lished," young Spalding said today. Ilo also took Issue with Madame Tingley In regard to the funeral of his father, 'which, he says, was held almost before relatives of the de ceased in the east were notified. !i:i:sllKTI.li HOM YMOON i w shim: i l itis Washington, Oct. V Davidson of tin position, here today, asked President Wilson to attend the exposition. It was, regarded as possible that the pres'ldent might go to California on his honeymoon. Ill NGUY MAN FAINTS IN LOS .WGF.LFS ST I IT! FT Los Angeles, Oct. 7.--Starved al most to death, M. J. Oremi, of San Francisco, fell senseless In the street , today. He told hospital surgeons he had eaten nothing for a week. NOW ANTICIPATED Diplomatic Representatives of the Allied Powers Leave the Bulgarian Capital As Strife Approaches London, Oct. 7. With the allied diplomats reported by Athens already to have withdrawn from Soia, the niaelatrom of war today rapidly tend ed toward engulfment of the Balkans. Following an unsatisfactory reply by Bulgaria to Russia's warlike ul timatum and dispatch of another sim ilar ultimatum from Bulgaria to Serbia, hostilities were expected soon along the Serbo-Hungarian border, simultaneously with an Austro- German attack on Serbia's northern frontier. General Llman von Sanders, the German officer In charge of Turkish operations, has arrived at Phllllppo- polis and is conferring with Czar Fer dinand. Other German officers are reported to have gone into Bulgaria from Constantinople for the begin ning of the Serbian invasion. Mean time, reports of heavy relnforcements of Teuton forces withdrawn from the Russian front were circulated, though experts inclined to believe that the Austro-Gernians had not made any serious inroads on their Russian lines because of the difficulty under which they are already struggling there. The first French forces landed at Salonlkl are reported to have reached the Serbian frontier near Gievgeli, j w here they were enthusiastically re- 'ceived by the Serbians. Other French I forces continue to land at Salonlkl, according to reports today, whila .British reinforcements are said to bo debarking in that vicinity, having started this operation yesterday. Front Salonlki French troops are going forward ns rapidly as railway facilities will permit, though the Brit ish were reported waiting there for supplies. Athens Is wild with excitement over conflicting rumors about the situa tion. Announcement of the person nel of the new Greek cabinet which tho king has "commanded" M. Zai mls to form, is expected tonight. King Constantine hopes to secure the approval of parliament for this new body by including in it several members of tho old cabinet who re sinned after Premier Venizelos did. Reports said Germany had un doubtedly given Bulgaria assurance that 'Greece and Romuania w ould re main neutral and that for this rea son Bulgaria had assumed a more warlike tone toward Russia and Ser bia than she might otherwise have adopted. The Greek king is bound by marriage ties to tho kaiser, and hence It was thought in some quar ters his sympathies have been sway ed toward Germany and had deter mined him to aid that nation in blazing a trail to Constantinople In' keeping neutral. Serbia bad not replied early today to tho Bulgarian ultimatum demand ing that slio cede Serbian Macedonia within I hours. Tho Serbian lega tion here presumed, however, that Bulgaria's demands would be rejected President G, sharply. Similar views were enter San Plogo ex- tallied In many diplomatic quarters and none saw any result other than war. A portion of the press suggested that the allies may have partly with drawn from tho Galllpoll operations nnd landed for Bulgarian operations. From Suvla hay In the Galllpoll re gion to tho Bulgarian const nf the Gulf of Saros Is less than four miles. Mrs. F. H. Norman, of Millwood, Ore., returning from Sun Francisco, stopped off hero this morning to visit her cousin, Mrs. L. A. Heath. I iu ot ntifliio SAYS PISIIIT (By United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Oct. 7. In addition to retaining the tariff on sugar, as announced today by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, President Wilson contemplates making further changes In the tariff. No general revision of the Wllson- Underwood law is under considera tion, but a reduction of the income tax exemption to $2,000. even to $1,500, has been suggested. PORTLAND GOVERNMENT COSTS $3.72 PER MINCTE Portland, Oct. 7. Experts today figured that it costs $5.72 a minute to conduct Portland's municipal ai fairs. El BLOCKED PLAN FOR SLAV OFFENSIVE (By United Press Leased Wire.) Berlin, via The Hague, Oct. 7. A gigantic offensive by the Russians, simultaneously with the Anglo French drive, was planned recently, according to information received by the authorities, but Field Marshal von Hindenburg blocked the plan. Russian prisoners disclosed the (Slav strategy, which provided that 'the eiar strike the Dvinsk-Smorgnn J line, driving the Teutons back to the swamps and duplicating the feat of von Hindenburg in the battle of the Mazurian lakes. General Ruszky actually launched his attack accordingly. But he found jvon Hindenburg menacing his flanks, and his every move countered. Von ; Hindenburg threatened, indeed, to envelop the Slavs, whereupon they 'retreated in force, abandoning their munitions and leaving stragglers to be captured by the Germans. Concerning operations on the west ern front, an officer from there com- imented today: ! "It is hell to endure that avalanche of artillery, but the men are optim istic and certain that the French will never pierce our lines." "CESSANT FIRE FROM ARTILLERY E Paris, Oct. 7. Heavy, incessant artillery firing for the past few days has worn down the German resistance in the Champagne, according to dis patches today. The second line of Teuton trenches is crumbling beneath the giant shells and Indications point to a German retirement along a wide front. French capture of Tahure and Tahure heights, xxith comparatively slight tosses, was reported In last night's communique. French guns blotted out redoubts and levelled stone bridges concealing enemy guns. V few regiments stormed the remain ing works ami attacked the German occupants with tho bayonet, The Tahure victory Is one of the most important successes since the initial drive in tho Champagne swept tho Germans from their first line of defenses. The ease with which the capture was effected convinces ex perts that the Bazancourt-Challe-range rnllwny, less than two miles from the French advanced works, will be pierced within n fortnight. For some time past the tricolor forces have been aiming at this goal, a highly strategic, point, because of Its value to Germans ns menns of trans porting supplies. VON HINDENBURG CHAMPAGN NEW GRECIAN CABINET IS NAIED King Constantine Indicates by Selection of Official Ad visors That Greece Has No Aid to Offer the Entente (By United Press Leased Wire.) London, Oct. 7. Without retain ing a single Venizelos' cabinet mem ber, and, In fact, naming the most bitter foe of Venizelos and the allies, King Constantine of Greece, accord ing to an Athens message, hae named the following new cabinet: M. Zaimls, foreign affairs; General Yanakitas, war; Admiral Countouri otis, marine; M. Thallis, Justice; S. Dragumis, finance; M. Thakois, in struction; M. Gounarls, interior. The latter is known as Venizeloa' foe, hence his appointment was re garded here as particularly signifi cant, as Indicating Constantino's in tention to stand pat on his objection to an open alliance with the entente or permitting them to land forces for Serbia's aid. FANS WAIT IN LINE FOR CHANCE TO BUY BASEBALL TICKETS By United Press Leased Wire. Philadelphia, Oct. 7. When dawn broke over the Quaker city today it found a line of weary baseball fans grimly determined to camp outside the Phillies' park until they could get a bleacher pasteboard for the world's series. Fred Wagner, 25 years old, was the first in line. Behind him was a be draggled set of men with soap boxes who during the night had snatched a bit of slumber on their precarious perches, but always with one eye open lest somebody pry them loose from their position of vantage. All were dyed-in-the-wool fans who confessed they would be willing to wait a week if necessary to get a ticket. "I'm the first one here, and I'm going to stick until I get that ticket," commented Wagner. "I've rooted for the Phillies since I was a kid and I would not take $100 for my posi tion." Included in the motley throng ot weary fans was a man with one arm, another with only one leg. The tickets are scarce and talk of a ticket scandal is heard on every hand. President Baker promised to tell the public tomorrow where the tickets havo gone. "Speculators undoubtedly will get some, he said. They always havo and always will, but we are trying to keep them down to tho minimum." KXPLOSIOX OF t.l N COTTON KILLS FOl It MKN Emporium. Pa., Oct. 7. Explosion of .",000 pounds of gun cotton In the Aetna Explosive company's plant here during tho night killed at least four men and seriously Injured a dozen others. The cotton was Isolated In the dry ing department, so tho rest, of the big plant did not suffer. Tho cause of the explosion has not been learned. Reports snld the company wns working on a $35,000,000 war order for the allies. New York. Oct. 7. President C. A. Mosher, of the Aetna Explosive com pany, left here by special train after learning of 'the big explosion In tho Emporium plant of the companv.