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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
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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
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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."
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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
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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.