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GIIAVT8 PASS, J08KPIIIXE COUNTV, OltEGOJf, FIUDAV, OCTOBKK t. VH.
WHOLE NUMBEK 1M2.
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No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wirt' T.-V
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IKE OFFER
FOR WATER
SYSTEM
Grants Pass City Council
Votes to Tender Rogue
River Company $65,000 in
Bonds for the Plant
. Tbo city council at 1U session lout
night cxprefd IU wllllngues and
desire to purchase tbo present water
system If lta owner would part com
pany with It In return for $05,000 of
municipal bond, payable In 20 years
and bearing C per cent Interest The
question wa rained on the presonta
tloii of a resolution by Councilman
Davis, the purpose b'lni; to direct the
auditor and police Judgo to communi
cate with tho water company and see
If they would accept such an offer,
the proposition to bo anbjoct to rati
fication by the voters of tho city. Aa
orlslnally prevented, the resolution
called for an ofTer of $65,000, but
this was amended to make It read
that payment was to 1m mado In n
bond Issue of that amuunt. Coun
cilman Atchison objected to the
offer being made, as he said he could
not see that value In the plant. Mr.
Davis said that a canvass which he
had made showed that there was a
sentiment among the people In favor
of purchase, the popular Idea of price
running from $60,000 to 180.000,
and the figure proposed In the reso
lution seemed to meet tho general
average of the public's appraisement.
The resolution was adopted, being
supported by - the votes of Burke,
Caldwell, Demaray, Davis, Herman
and Trimble, Atchison voting no and
Durkhalter being absent.
It wss Indicated It a previous
meeting that the water company
would sell the plant upon the basis
of a bond Issue of 1125,000, or a
cash payment of $105,000. An or
dinance waa prepared and presented
to the council providing for sub
mission to the voters of the purchase
bond Issue, but the ordinance has
never been acted upon.
The ordinance Introduced at a pre
vious meeting, providing for the
licensing of transient merchants,
came up for final action, and was
passed by unanimous vote of the
members present. Under the terms
of the new law a merchant who comoa
under the classification of transient
will have to pay a quarterly license
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T SUP AT
ALLIED NATIONS
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Paris, Oct. 8.- Tho Balkan cam
paign Is opening today. At the same
time terrific artillory battling marks
the front In tho Artota and Cham
' pagne regions, while from Russia
and the (Dardanelles thore Is 'but
little fresh news.
In addition to giving her reasons
for aligning with the Austro-Qormans
a reason based largely on expedi
ency 'bocnuse of Bulgaria's bollof In
victory for the Teutons Sofia also
made publlo her rejection of the
Russian ultimatum. It denied wt
Bulgaria hnd employed Teuton or
(leers, 'as Russia clalmod, but main
talned the right to employ them or
any one tho nation, choso, It also
nssortod tlmt Bulgaria might borrow
BULGAR
MESSAGE
EC
,, from any, one she doslred, and to
make any political affiliations she
wished.
The message is deemed here at
Intentionally lnsolont to tho alllos.
BULGARIA WIS
HOSTILITIES BY
ATTACK OH NISI
London. Oct. 8. Bulgaria has
struck, IJIrdinen from her country
Hound over Mali yesterday afternoon,
burling bombs as they went, killing
live and wounding two others, ac
cording to Mull dispatcher early to
day. The craft was reported to have
escaped safely.
two (himhi:n iosk
IJVKH IX CALIFORNIA K1HK
Needles, Cal., Oct. 8. Wbllo the
frantic father and mother stood help
less, listening to tho dying shrieks
of their little ones, the two children
of J. Mnrdln, rancher, 'burned to
death here today. Their mother
waa fatally scorched trying to rescue
them.
Mardln was awakened by the cries
of his daughter, 7 years old, and his
son, 4. A wall of flame barred him
from their bedroom. After a vain
effort to dssh through it, Mardln fell
almost unconscious from burns and
suffocation. His wife throw herself
headlong Into tho fire. As she. drop
ped nenseless Mardln curried her to
safety.
TICKET SCALPERS
REAP HARVEST OF
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Philadelphia, Oct. 8. -Cold and
gloomy the world's series opening
day dawned, driving before It a chilly
night.
A fine drltzle whipped the Quaker
city fitfully, and gusts galloped down
the streets, driving every one into
hotels, except the ticket speculators.
But It appeared certain that the
two mighty nines would clash, bar
ring the unexpected. Club officials
were on the ground at daybreak, In
specting the field and the skies, aa
well aa the 1,500 shivering baseball
nuta before the ticket window. After,
giving the situation the once-over,
the magnates announced that the
game would In all probability bo play
ed today.
Seldom In the long and variegated
history of baseball has a gullible
public been prodded in the pocket
book to such an extent as today.
Scalpers, who seemed to have corner
ed the ticket supply, were fairly well
along the road to Independent wealth.
Sets of three $3 seats brought $30
to $40 without a protest.
John D. Rockefeller and Andy
Carnegie could hardly touch a $5
pasteboard, so high wero the quota
tions. It was Impossible to walk
along Broad, Chestnut or Market
streets without being fairly mobbed
by ticket speculators? Policemen,
popularly supposed to possess an un
dying hatred for the scalpers, were
conveniently absent, and the grand
little sport of prodding the populace
went merrily on.
, The betting odds were practically
even. Occasionally a feverish parti
san put up five to four on Boston's
chances, but aa often the reverse was
true. The newspapers reported
heavy "betting, but If It existed it was
not visible to the naked eye.
One hundred and fifty ot the nut
tlest fnns, mostly youths, braved the
chill breese from the ocean all night
to be on hand at the ticket window at
11 o'olock this morning. By six
o'olock tho crowd had grown o 500,
while at 8 o'clock It had swelled to
1,500.
Heading the string were nlmtit 25
youths who frankly admitted they
did not expoct to see tho game, but
wanted to sell their places at prices
that would make Charley Behwab
blink. As the hour for opening the
ticket sale approached, these prices
skyrocketed with the abandon of
DOLLARS
GAME
Bothlohem Steel. ,
BULGARIAN
MANIFESTO
ISSUED?
Balkan State Defiantly Casts
Its Fortunes With the Teu
tonic Allies, Foreseeing
Success lor tie Latter
Berlin, via Sayvllle, Oct. 8. Bui
garla has Joined tho Teutonic allies
becauso only In this way can all Bui
garlans be united, according to a
manifesto issued by the Sofia govern
ment.
In ' return for the Bulgars' aid,
Austro-Cermany promised part of
Serbia, giving Bulgaria a frontier
with Hungary, which Is absolutely
necessary to Bulgarian Independence.
the manifesto declared.
At the same time the statement
raat doubt on tho good faith of the
allies' pledges. Russia waa de
nounced as seeking Constantinople
and the Dardanelles, England as aim
ing at the destruction of German
competition and France aa wanting
Alsace-IiOrralne, with the other allies
planning to rob foreign countries.
The manifesto held np Austria and
Germany as defenders of ' property
snd peaceful progress. It declared
that Serbia Is Bulgaria's worst enemy
and 'accused her of oppressing fpu're
ly Bulgarian Macedonia with unheard
of barbarism."
The Teutons, It declared, are vic
torious on all, fronts, and hence it
would be suicidal for Bulgaria not to
Join them.
CHLOROFORM ASI BURY
CATS WITH DEAD MASTER
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Watortown, N. Y Oct. 8. Charles
W, Grossmon leved his two cats. He
could not bear to leave them behind.
So they were chloroformed and put
in the same coffin with him, in ac
cordance with his request made be
fore death.
LIEGE HOMBAHDKD BY
ALLIED AIRSHIP FLEET
London, Oct. 8. Allied airmen
are reported to have raided Liege.
A Gemmench dispatch v said five
heavy explosions were heard from
there.
ParksrBburg, W. Va., Oct. 8. Two
masked men early today held up a
westbound Baltimore & Ohio train
at Central, 60 miles east ot hero, and
after uncoupling the mall car and
engine forced the engineer to take
them, to Toll Gate, six miles west.
Thore they rifled the mail car and
escaped with a large amount ot un
signed paper money and' $300 cash.
At Toll Gate the robbers boarded
an automobile which was awaiting
them. Clarksburg federal authori
ties formed automobile posses at 4
a. m. and are In sharp pursuit.
The unsigned paper money was
consigned to western banks, mostly
In fives, tens and twenties. Several
hundred thousand dollars In unsigned
notes is reported to have 'been the
haul, though enrllor. roports placed
tho amount at $1,000,000.
That n third bandit aided tho "get
away" was lonrned this foTencfbn. The
trio got all" of tho" registered tnnll,
but reports conflicted ad td'whothor
or not the hold-up men actually did
or did not get a vast quantity of un
signed currency aboard the train.
HITS I0LB OP Al I'Till
Oil BALIIE OHIO RAILROAD
GREECE 11!
IBM
King Constantine Holds That
Treaty of 1913 With Ser
bia Does Not Require That
His Country Join Conflict
Athena, Oct. 8.Greece has de
cided to declare an attitude of bene
volent neutrality toward the allies, it
waa learned today.
The king declared he Intended to
engage In no conflict with any belli
gerent. The Grecian-Serbian treaty
of 1913, he maintained, does not ob
lige Greece to do bo In the present
circumstances.
Athens, Oct. 8. Greece's new cab
inet, headed toy M. Zaimis, waa sworn
in today. ; .
GREAT ELECTRICAL
ENT TO LIFT
FOG FROM WATERS
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By United Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Oct. 8. Solution of
the problem of dissipating heavy fogs
lying over rivers, harbors and In the
paths of ocean liners is believed to
day to be nearer than ever before
by scientists of national repute who
are working on a giant electrical
machine at the Panama exposition.
The largest electrical transformer
ever built, capable of transforming
a million volts, heretofore considered
impossible, will be used in the experi
ment. Scientists of the bureau of mines
and the Smithsonian Institute believe
the discharge of this high power will
create an electrical disturbance and
thunder which will cause fog to rise
from the surface of the water.
Dr. C. O. Cottrell, of the bureau of
mines, is in charge of the experiment
and is Installing the transformer at
the ' exposition. The first test will
occur within a week, according to Dr.
Cottrell. ...... :
They climbed aboard when the train
stopped to take water, held up the
enginemen at the point ot revolvers
and forced three clerks to surrender
the mail car. Surprised, they offered
no resistance.
Among the twelve consignments of
unsigned bank notes sent out yester
day was one for the Harney County
National Bank of Burns, Oregon. The
government probably will have to
stand the loss, as all the -banks took
out Insurance with the government
on the shipments.
Washington, Oct. 8. The treasury
department said today that If the
West Virginia train hold-up men se
cured a large haul of unsigned paper
currency, it was Just as good as sign
ed money if put into circulation.
Clarksburg, W. Va Oct. 8. -Telo-phone
reports this afternoon snld a
posse with bloodhounds had rounded
up "in the woods near GTeenwood
four men believed to be the bandits
who held up a Baltimore & Ohio
train near here today.
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o -l 8 Portland bus!-
.?. J nanciers were entbu-
i'i- .Siia.'i'.c
build 400 miles of
-v al Oregon which will
' ng lines in the state's
; t )Ject includes:
. rod
V
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Bend to Klamath
: with the O.-W. R.
"'Vr.i
ft ,V. s, f'Ji 'Jragon Trunk at Bend.
l-'Vi
ora .liver Laae o LAice-
lint wleli iha nrnnrvOAfl
lk:iis KlvV V'ne at Silver Lake
a 15,4 vjti, t;i& herada,' California &
i"
A Rtiakevlew.
i, .A fi;ul SrYm point between Bend
i4 'fc'H'.fcj L ice Eastward to connect
y.Va -, O...V U. & N. company's
ex:,.fl5ta 'ww 'Mng built' westward
f i ' ?;. , ' :': l , .,; --;
T vv Hutu', awt 'dtng to Strahorn's
p! in.j vhivli " ' outlined to a large
riijf Mf t, ViirU-iai representative
b ; .1 6. ii -a t. yesterday, will be
b ; h j t;- in$p. vndent capital at a
ccf. 'f ic.f iK, '44, but will have the
cc.-iprstioa of t ie railroads with
wl. ".! fliey ;;'!, --.nnect. '
PRiiLSOH AND
(fiancee go to
GET TROTH
, VaihiaRloti. O, 8. President
Wilson did i(rty,. including his
fiancee. '.Mrs. N'r'jnan-,rtalt;. left here
at 14 . o'vIiM-'r. tday . tof . New fork.
Iq the raet! ci ol .u they will be guests
at a houw. surl givers i 1 Colonel E.
M. Houe auii.rr'obab'i"; , k purchase
the engitit'iWfty-ittg 'a&i, attend a
theater. ;Tju :rj.w ih? w,U witness
the world V rfe g.u.V at Philadel
phia. : . ; V :y ;' ;-;-;. ' v .
; A great t !!ioiVij " et ,ti: Union
srtation to gt-i.. fei'i.u-.WV. te future
mistress of tct 'pUMi 'Hou- The
crowd, mostl.' tJ'-'Min'a, w 1st. 4 also
to see the pre -if At, vii ?p -m' he
was of less !atitV tfeau' act'ar 1
the party. " :' V
Plans "of the iviy art so" moiled
that they will epey t anctk-jr d&? ,i'
New York should v Sifjf Jaj's bail
game lb postponed by re.lt.
It was nnderstovd tb.t tho el
dlng date has been advanced fcuAtbat
It will be In the latter vH f No
vember, Bimply, at M.- v. a.t'6 hopie.
San Francisco and fw .Diego al
ready are bidding ear-'.JUy for the
honor of entertaining the presidential
honeymooners, but they are still un
determined about their trip.
AMNESTY IS HOT
TO BE GRANTED
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Denver, Oct. 8. Blaming " : his
change of 'mind upon premature pub
licity, Governor Carlson has an
nounced that he will not grant am
nesty to miners lndlcted in connec
tion with the strike troubles of 191 1
1914. Ho declared he did not want
to purchase Industrial peace at such
a price. This significant announce
ment followed the action of the
democratic anpreme'eourt In releas
ing on ball John R. Lawson, high of
ficial of the United Mlneworkers ot
America, convicted as strike leader
for a mine guard's death. Lawson
has not secured ball early today, but
was arranging it and expected to be
able to leave the Trinidad Jail short
ly. It was hinted he would nevor be
re-tried.' Carlson once aHacked the
supreme court for disqualifying
Judge Granby Hlllyer from sitting In
strike cases.
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M IIAILRQADS
EASTERN OREGON
RIG
INDICTED
MINERS
FIRST GAI
3101
Series Starts With Brilliant
Contest for Baseball Hon
ors of the World on tie
- Qaaker City Diamond Today
Phillies', park, Philadelphia, Oct
8. Grover Cleveland Alexander did
the expected this afternoon and down
ed the Boston Red Sox In the first
game of the title series, 3 to 1. The
big Nebraskan never pitched a better
game In some respects. Boston bat
ters were on base in every inning,
but each time Alexander tightened
up and pulled himself through by his
own efforts. -1 -;. . .
. Stock scored the winning rum in
the eighth. He started with a walk,
waa sent to second by Bancroft's
single and both moved up when Shore
also walked ; Paskert. Cravath
blngled to the infield, which Scott was
a bit slow in fielding and Stock came
home. Cravath, however, was caught
at flraf
Luderus scratched a single next,
scoring Bancroft.
Shore lost a tough-luck game. The
breaks at all times favored the Phil-'
lies. " Several 'times what should have
developed: WA easy outs went for
hits because of the slippery field.
Shore allowed the Phillies only five
hits, whereas Alexander waa touched
for eight, one in each inning.
The Phillies got away to a one
run lead in the fourth. Paskert led
off with , a single, was sacrificed to
second by Cravath, sent to third by
i Luderus' infield out and scored when
wniued poled a single over second.
Boston tied it up in the eighth.
After Scott had died, Speaker walked
on four pitched, balls, waat.to' second
on Hoblitxel'e iaflltfouTand scored
wln-Duffy Lewis laid a screaming
single ..almost against the left field
wall. '' .' ' ',.''..'. ' .' ;.'':''.'
Alexander struck out tlx men, mak
ing Lewis whiff twice. Shore's strike
outs totalled two. Alexander passed
two and Shore walked three.
Not an extra-base hit was record
ed during the game and several of
the hits were scratches. Each pitch
es waa responsible for all the runs
scored against him.
Boston "Royal Rooters' " club, re
fusing to be down-hearted, swept
the last out of the game and paraded
around the field to the tune ot Bos
ton's famous war song, "Tessie."
Manager Carrigan made, a last
ditch effort to tie up tae score in the
ninth. He Inserted two pinch hitters,
but Alexander with the first game
under his 'belt, tightened nip land
they died easily. ,
Umpires Klem, RIgler, O'Loughlln
and Evans officiated. The game was
played in one hour and 58 minutes.
Hundreds were turned away, un
able to gain admission to the park
because ot lack of room.
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First Inning
Boston Hooper singled; Scott
sacrificed, Alexander to Luderus.
Hooper on second. Speaker walked.
Alexander labored hard with Tris.
He had him In the hole with two
called strikes at start, but lost the
advantage. Hobltiel forced Speaker,
Bancroft to Nlehoff, Hooper on third.
Hoblltxel was caught off first, Alex
ander to Luderus. No runs, one hit.
Hooper's hit was on the Becond ball
Alexander pitched and was a clean
safety. . . :
Philadelphia Stock fouled to
Cady. Baucroft filed to Barry. Pas
kert fouled to HdbllUel. : . No runs,
no'-hlts.'.. '.,"" ": ''
. . 'Second Inning .
iioston snore had it on Alexand
er In the first. " He disposed of. the
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