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i 'l .11' r. vr V .' i : . . Mm. IP DAILY EDITION YOU VI., No. 21. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1015. WHOLE NUMBER 1508. pother Town in tho World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. ; - SlCAPITi SOUGHT BY Struggle on Between Bulgar ian Invaders and Serbian Defenders for Nish, Present Seat of the Government Paris, Oct. 16. Austro-Gerniau In vader and the brave fore of 8erblan defenders are locked In desperate (attle south ot Suiuendria. Slmul aneously Serbians and Bulgarians, bow definitely under war declarations, are struggling for Nlsh. capital of Sorbin. Tb Bulgarians, spurred to action by their war's call (or them to ahako off tho Serbian yoke, are re sponding enthusiastically, With their aid. tho Teutoolo drive tor Comtantlnople Is developing formidably. Reliable report today eald Held Marshal von Mackensen, In charge of the German Serbian cam palgn. haa 350,000 men behind blm, while the Bulgarian have upwards of 900.000. All reports from the allied capitals Indicate, however, that these force will toon be opposed by huge bodies of British, French. Italian and Russian soldiers. Serbia admittedly ts hard pressed. Her army la vastly smaller than the. forces of the In vaders." In the face6TlhoTIorthern boundary Invasion, the Serbs have re tired Into the Avala mountains and re prepared to battle to the last ditch. Meantime, the struggle along the front In France and Flandera goes on. Heavy bombardments and grenade at tacks marked the fighting around Ios and 8ouches and through the Champagne region. Drltieh forces maintained 'their gains " along ' the northern line and are making des perate efforts to oust the Germans from the positions to which they are tenaciously clinging. , Suggestion In : England that the Dardanelles offensive be abandoned by the allies have not yet reached a stage where there, la any Indication that, those directing the fate, of the allies are seriously considering..' a change. , , The question of Serbian aid protbab.iy.wlIl be mef, largely through proposed reinforcements from Rus sia and. Italian source. , , j . , ' , Mcantimo, however, the allies are continuing their battering at the great dofenaoa of Constantinople. (., , Alonj the eastern front the Rus sians admittedly' 'have' been checked In their recent gains. " , Reports of a naval battle near the entrance" to ber sound told ' of the destruction of one1 German4 destroyer. DESERTED BY COMPANION WHEN AUTOTCTpf9 f TURTLE (By United W'tied Wire.) 8eattle, Oct. 15.--W."0. Kennedy, a Seattle plumber, lies seriously ' In jured In the Tacomageneral'hospital today,11 following Vn automdbfle1 ac cident 'on i the 'Pacific hlfhw'ay' near Ardena. Kennedy la said to have hoe'iT traveling along the Klgh'way with an unknowa nan, at a high rate ot speed, when the automobile went Into the ditch and turned turtle, , Kennedy's companion, according ' to ' reports, lighted the car and sped on, leaving Kennedy lying on the roadside, un conscious. , ' SHANKL1N, V, S. CONSUL TO MEXICO, HAS RESIGNED ,-(By United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Oct. 15. Arbold Shanklln, American consul general to Mexico, today resigned to Jake ; position with ti),Waters-PlerceOJl company, which operates extensively In Mexico. Shanklln'a name had re cently been mentioned ' as a" possible' ambassador to Mexico when the Car; ransa government ts recognised. BULGA I llllS OPPOSES II L mill niim nnriT IIM FOR U. S. Davenport, Iowa, Oct. 15. Dis agreement with any policy designed to make the United States the world's dominant naval force, was voiced to- lay by United States Senator Cum- mlna before the mid-west conference on preparedness here "The suggestion that we ought to enter upon a program which, when finished, would make the United Stales the dominant naval force ot the world doea not commend Itself to me," he said. "I- have no sym pathy with the proposal to enter Into the mad competition which baa char acterised the policy of England and Germany. "I am also utterly opposed to any plan Involving compulsory military training, except In schools, for If there I not enough of patriotism In this nation to induce voluntary pre paration, then the country Is hardly worth defending. , ,, ... . . to make all things ready for an ad-i vance In behalf of international peace. The Instant the war In Eu rope ends the opportunity will come to broaden the scope of arbitration, to increase the efficiency ot media tion and to secure the high advan tages of reflection and delay. "We must, however, be ready to meet the misfortune of war If It la unjustly thrust upon us. This pre sents a practical Inquiry which con gress must ask: 'What Is reasonably required for national defense?' With these- considerations In mind, con gress should look to the future with honest eyes and prepare for it with persistent coo rage." WILSON APPROVES I of;p (By United Press Leased Wire.) Washington. Oct. , 16. President DANIELS PROGRAM REPAREDNESS Wilson 'today gave his official '"OK"' rt tomorrow, will. hear any to Secretary of the Navy Danlela' pre- new. evidence Joe Hlllatrpm, I, W. W., pareijiess program. This, laclodee convicted of murder,. desire to offer. greater' 'provisions ' for ' construction A reprieve of death sentence, granted activity among government ship' PreaMent Wilson' request, ex yards during the coming year than; Pi" tne' i not believed the ever before, i Every government yard ,court wl1' ftt clemency. It their will be made a manufacturing plant decision is adverse. HUlstrom will be as well as a repair shop, and large 're-sentenced by the strict court, but amounts will be apent to equip each for this system. 1 For the first time the government will go into the 'buslnoes of making IU ' own aeroplanes to increase its present comparatively email fleet of aircraft. A naval resoarch laboratory 'do'slrd by -the' cWUIajiIiidyliiorV"'boar.d will be built If congress 'ngfees'W'.'ihe appropriation asked Vill be less bin the $5,000,6bo heretofore sugg'estei. 'l Ct (f l ttVtv ' GUATEMALA 10 PRES. CARRAIIZA 15. American Washington, Oot. recognition of Carransa as proviBlon- al president of Mexico encountered, a temporary obstacle today. Guatemala was reported to be balking at the program, though her minister joined the Puri-Amtfrlcan conferees in fee emmondng ;that the ,"Jrst chief" be recognised by the countries of North, South and Central America. Still another cause ot delay wa the effort to ; have all . the pan Amerlcati"naUons set simultaneously, Despite these temporary' hitches, however, official .hope o bble not later than Vext week, to announce the recognition, f the new Mexican government ' ' i DELAYS 51 1 HI BILLION CAlPifl Next Session ol the National Legislature Will Be Cdied Upon to Make Appropria tions to Cover Deficits Washington, Oct. 15. The nation faces the certain prospect of another 'ibllllon dollar" congress. " Budget estimate compiled today indicate that the legislators will be asked to appropriate from 11,100,000,000 to 11,200,000,000. ; The treasury has a weekly deficit of about $500,000, and this must be met. A bond Issue to make up this shortage and to provide for the mill ' tary preparedness program is under discussion. ' . Revision of the tariff, with con tinued dutioa on sugar, are certain. Washington, Oct 15. The United States government will spend more money on its Indian wards and. less on irrigation next year 'than hereto fore, Secretary of the Interior Lane stated today, after a conference with President Wilson. His estimates for appropriations show a decrease ot about $1,000,000 from t.last. year' and will total about 1110,000,000. Nine million dollars will be expended on the government railway In Alaska; another nine on, irrigation projects, a decrease of $3,000,000 from last year; and $76,000 for the Flathead reservation in Montana. , Larger appropriations for the bureau of education and mines will fee sought and much more will be ask ed than previously. ' HILLSTROM REPRIEVE WILL EXPIRE TOMORROW ! Salt Lake Clty,lOct.-,15'-Thfl par date ef its meeting Is uncertain, i CRITICISM FOUND III GERMAN PRESS By Carl W. Ackerman. 1 t (By Raited. Pes,Lease4;WljreJ . perlln,; Oc,t. , J5. Anti-Amerlcn ofltlclsm.'ln an, 'undercurrent,. if, ,1 true, but, nevertheless, criticism, has greeted the German-American, settle ment ot the Arablo controversy, since parts ot the settlement have come to' ,the knowledge. of;' the, public through tn newspapers. , The settlement cer tainly does hot moot with the public approval in. Germany thai America hM giVen lL ; Therefor I , am asking the censor to pass this st,ory, knowing that the Arablo disagreement was settled of ficially, but believing the American publlo should know i what the Ger mans think. , ... J I asked several high officials the basis for the German settlement One salcV the reason is the price that Ger many is willing to pay for.Amerlcan friendship, VBut we wait noW to see if Presl dent( Wilson is as firm against the Rritjsh blockade as he Is against Germany," the official added. "It he 1, Germany will understand that he i really neutral." !: . I w : r,Mi 'UK Spirits ; of (; the People i of Grear Brilam Drop1 With Anncsnceineni oi Transfer of the Army's Operations London. Oct. 15. Despite the sug gestion Li the house ot lords yes terday that the siege of the Dardan elles may be abandoned, the allies were reported In news dispatches to day to be bombarding the defense more fiercely than ever. Whether this is merely a final effort to crush the impregnable protections or not the public baa no means of knowing. Unquestionably Lord M liner' in sistence on a transfer of operations from the Galllpoli peninsula "else where" has caused great discourage ment In England. , Replying to Lord . Milner's Idea, Lord Lansdowne, of the cabinet, re fused to promise that the Mllner sug gestion would be adopted. , He point ed out. however, that it would be un patriotic, to force the government fur ther, to disclose its hand regarding present operations, 'though he sug gested the situation at present . is grave and that there are several fac tors confronting the allies. Including the failure of Greece to define her at titude with certainty. . ... . Coupled with the difficulties in the path of the Galllpoli operations, dis patches said that the autumn rains have added their hindrance and . dis comfort to the allies' troubles., . , It was believed here that If there Is any withdrawal . from ..the ..Galllpoli operations the troops will be sent to aid the Serbians, hemmed, in by Austro-Germans and Bulgarians. - PROSECUTE LUMBER CO. UNDER TRESPASS LAW . (By United Press Leased Wire.) -; Olympla, Oct 15. Alleging -the wrongful taking of 6,000,000 feet of timber on state school lands in Skagit county, 'Attorney Generai Tanner is today preparing a suit against the Parker-Bell Lumber company ' tor 145,000, treble damages being allow ed under, the trespass law. i, . IMSEY (By United Press Leased Wire.) - Trenton,- N.:iJ 6ct ' l5.Suffra- gone andantl today entered upon the last lap of several week ot hot compalgnlng before Tuesday's special .. i'.' t , ...... suffrage election. The suffrage work ers are confident They count on out lying districts to offset the losses in the densely populated counties, where factories with many foreign workers, mostly men,, wield the balance ot poVer. ' , 1 The women have been assisted In their campaign toy several auto loads of New York speakers,' who today ad dressed big throngs at street corners from their machines. The antls will virtually end their campaign tomor row night with, a big mass meeting here. Not to be outdone, the "pros" will hold a series ot street meeting outside the hall, and they predict the "overflow'', win be as great, or .great er, than the Inside session. So bltter U the campaign that suf fragettes tear Illegal toting will be attempted at some points, to defoat the cause, and hence they are taking extra precaution. WAGE CAMPAIGN AUSTRIAIIS STOP, . PROGRESSOF.StAV STEAU ROLLER Vienna, via Bayrllle, Oct 15. Aus trian forces have thrown serious ob stacle in the path of the Russian steam roller. It waa officially claimed today that all Slav attempts against the Austrlans had been repulsed, while small engagements along the Montenegro and Herzogovina frontier were repulsed also. The main Rus sian attack was west of Tarnopol, where the Slavs stormed in three files. Only the foremost ranks were protected and the Austrlans mowed them down and drove them back with heavy loss. Favorable progress in the Serbian operations was likewise claimed. Concernin g ' Wednesday ' opera tions, the statement said: " ' ' "Our troops stormed from the re gion of Belgrade, advancing to the southeast to the fortress-like posi tion on the Erlno, Brdo, Cunak, Staawaras line. The enemy, who, ac cording to statements made by prison ers, had been ordered to stand to the last man, fled to the Avala mountain and the region to the east. His losses were extraordinarily heavy." Heavy artillery fire tore the en emy's ranks to pieces at many points. 10 UUIIlii PAVIIIG WAY FOR! R. R. PURCHASE (By United Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco, Oct 15. The issue whether the present valuation of rail' roads . by : the interstate commerce commission is for the purpose of rate- making or the ultimate purchase .ot the railroads by the federal govern ment took rather a sensational turn today in the convention of the Na tional Association of Stab Railroad commissioners, in session, here... -j. -u , Max Thelen, president of the Cali fornia railroad commlaaloa intro duced a. resolution proposing that the National, Association ot Railway Com misslonei; urge the interstate com merce commission 4o refrain- from making any ultimate finding of value ot railroads until congress has had an opportunity to designate for what purpose the, mlaton la to tx .used. It ha been supposed that the gov ernment' valuation has been purely for purposes t rate-making, 'and it waa not .until the present convention met that It became known the valua tion imlgh be, tor anbsequent pur chase.; The railroads; in tfuhmltting their valuations, are placing them at the present coet ot construction, which would i mean a' difference ' of $5,000,000,000 - It the 1 government were to accept the figures as the basis tor a- purchase, price. U is the con tention ot 4h men and the members of the California commission that this valuation. should be based' on original cost;- ;.. v-. ..': "WHITE RIBBON" SPECIAL 1 J WILL RUN TO EXPOSITION (By United Press Leased Wlre.1 . Seattle, Oct. 15. Imbued .with a determination to see the national pro hibition amendment a reality before the close of the next session ot con gress, 700 delegates to the national convention W. C. T. U., which closed here last night, will leave 'Seattle by special "White Ribbon" train Satur- day for the California expositions. Miss Mary( P. W.( Anderson, ot Bos ton, waVvjieeted general secretary of the young people's branch, W. C. T. U. SENATOR CHAMHERIiAIN . , . ' .. , FAVORS ARMY INCREASE Portland fOit, 15. That,,,he Is heartily In favor of Secretary ot Wat Garrison' plan to Increase the army waa the declaration today of Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the aenat military affair committee. pnRiMiccn HOOIUlt Warrant C2cers" cf Tedca Raider, KrczprczWilheb, Disappear With SiaD Yacht Ech'pse, Fro Newport Norfolk, Va.," 6ct 15. If the tlx missing .warrant officer of, the tn- , terned German raider Kronprinx Wilbelm have actually attempted to escape by putting to sea In the little , yacht Eclipse, as many believe they . did, their feat was as daring as the ventures of the cruiser Emden, which terrorized the seas till she was beach ed on Cocos islandnaval men said ' today. -: ;-.-3 , v:.-.;.-. :.' '"' . vrv- The Eclipse is little more than a -tub. Built of wood 24 years ago, she la about ready to crumble to piece. If she was not wrecked inside the , bay, she has gone to sea, where, with ; good weather, he may reach Haiti, ' while with bad weather she. stands 1 a good chance of going to the bottom.' Purther, she faces the probability ot being captured either by , a British cruiser or an' American cutter. Coast- ' guard stations have been notified bjr u wireJess to look out for her, following""" Captain Thierf eld t'e- report that ah . and. the, lx men . had heen missing since Sunday night and that he fear all had (been drowned. i Provided the tug is privateering, she will he-able only to capture oil" tankers hound for England. . These carry crews of 35 or 40 men,' so six are hound to get some excitement if they- attempt to capture a tanker. ' If she la armed, a one-pound gun is ' ' all she . can mount, for the recoil of a heavier gun would, break her up. Washington. bct'lS; All leaves'of ' absence' tor ' members f :the: ' erew; ' r aboard the interned' German 'iufderr1 Kronprins Wilbelm and Prlnx Eitel -Frlederich at Newport were, revoked,, today hy the navy department Thl action' resulted from' the ijellet 'that " six -warrant' offlcert :from theTKroh- !r- prlna, .reported mleairip, had 'escaped1 f ' with the yacht Eclipse and' were per- ' -haps trying to damage British com merce1 iff the' south" Atlantic. " The crew will be held' prisoner Iff5 their 8hlp-uhUl iH fletermlhed 'whether11 - the six- officers violated their parole. - - It was rumored the Eclipse was seen , last night at Hampton Point, hut no further trace of - It had been touhd thl morning- r J.u virv;. s 4iMiau .,; Norfolk, (V., Oct lVThe orysr-' terloue disappearance, of , a, German- owned yacht with six warrant officers ' of ; the- -Interned Germah converted " ruievKronpTin'Wilhelm gaVe lmV'!5 ' petus today to repOrtrthat a new Ger!'1! ,; man raider 1 off th coast-of, Mexico. Captain Thierf elder ot the Kronprins i , reported the disappearance., Lieut Hoffman, navigation officer of the Kronprins, was the purchaser of the '' ' yacht and he waa on the captain's' ' list of missing. -The captain said, the ' officers disappeared Sunday., He be lieves they have been drowned. Other persons, however,' pointed out that the yacht was sufficiently large and powerful to sail out to the open sea, T " thus lending color to the suggestion: that the officers may have made a. dash for liberty to Join the reported raider off the Mexican coast. ' ' Newport NewS,i Va., Oct. 16 Pot :. lowing tho mysterious disappearance ' of lx officer ot the interned German if , raider Kronprins, WUhelm, three men .,. from the Kronprins and the Prlnx Ettel-Prtedric'' tflday!'iattmpte'd ' to u'r escape; fremiti inrtstthmeli oriWr clamped on the vessel by seeking to hip on a Dutch steamer for Rotter dam. Custom and naval authorities- - - tolled them, however. if i in I f- w i A 1 1 H 1 fl .t"'-l. . J i I i It is V-rf