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DAILY EDITION "VOL, VI., No. 84. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE) COUKTV, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 87, 1015. WHOLE NUMBER 1578. No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass lias a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. l lvori.iij, of ()re. Library E TO DEFEAT IF PET CI 1 II OPEN WAYTOBREITUNG IS NEUTRALITY VIOLATORS Residents of San Francisco Are fed Guilty of Con spiring to Recruit in the U.S. lor the British Army 8an Frtncltoo, Oct 17. Ralph K. Blair, partner ot Supervisor Mur dock, and Or. ThouiM J. Addis, both of 8aa Francisco, were found guilty today of violating American neutral ity by conspiring to recruit men for the British army. Lieutenant Kenneth Croft, Harry K. Lane, alleged field agent, and Clive Lawrence were acquitted. The probable punishment for the crime will be two years' Imprison ment and a 110,000 fine. This Is the first conviction for neu trality violation of this nature since 1855, when a British ambassador was recalled 'by his government after being convicted of recruiting for the Crimean war. Federal Judge Doollng's opinion, which took him 40 minutes to read, ays with respect to the defense con tention that no contract existed be tween the men and the British gov ernment that they were to enter the army: , "It would be taxing credulity to the utmost to urge that the defend ants did not know what was sought by the consul-general, that they would go to England and enlist In the military or naval service." Without leaving the box, the Jury elected Wm. Leahey, qf San Francis co, foreman, and voted a verdict as Instructed by tho court. Blair and Addis will be sentenced Saturday, J. J. Dunne, tholr coun sel, has filed a bill of exceptions. It Is said that tho case will be carried to the supreme court of the United Stst through English orders. JuriKO Doollng said the Instruc tions from the British consul-general to the nrltlah Friendly association seemed designed for no other pur Pobo than to secure new recruits for the British army here, without ap pearing to have violated the law; to accomplish the results against which the statute Is directed, and to do the things forbidden without appear ing to do so. MONTENEGRO'S KINO IUXJM IIRIiP FROM SON-IN-LAW ; Rome, Oct. 27. King Nicholas of Montenegro has tolegraphed the king of Italy, his son-in-law, begging help against the Austrlnns, It was learned today. . CHAMP CLARK TO DIVIDE TIME WITH MRS. OALT , Washington, Oct. 27. President Wilson today sent a letter to Speak er Champ Clark asking him to come to Washington as soon as possible to discuss the legislative program. UNCLE SAM AIDS CARRANZA TO MOVE 01 VILLA Washington, Oct. 27. Officials to day expodltd tho transfer of from 7,000 to 10,000 Cnrranxlstas to pre vent possible fighting with raiders along the border and to relieve tho situation at Douglas, Arls, They hoped these Torcos would arrive be fore Villa started his assault against Agua Prlcta. The Carranilstas wtll not be per mitted to detrain while crossing America. VICE III LATE IBIS Vienna, via Wireless to Sayvllle, Oct. 27. Heavy damage was done to Venice In air raids made Monday and Tuesday, it was officially stated today. Bombs were rained from 10:80 o'clock Monday night until af ter 'midnight on the arsenals, rail road station, supply dopots, forti fications and barracks. Numerous Area resulted. Tuesday's raiders ob served these still flaming, and fol lowed up the previous night's work by bombarding hangars and war ships. "Feeble" attempts by two aero planes and anti-aircraft guns to drive them away failed. The damage thus reported Is far more extensive than Rome admitted, though the latter told ot damage to the St Ralil church. POPB WANTS PARTICULARS OF RAID ON VENICE Rome, Oct 17. The pope has asked the patriarch of Venice for de tails of Austrian air raids this week over the city, Intending to protest against destruction ot churches, the Correspondents said. tt" TO HARDSHIP Oil THE EASTERN FROMT tondon, Oct. 27. The blasts of winter are adding to tho terrors ot the fighting on the eastern front, ac cording to dispatches reaching here today. Roads are frozen hard, and the first snows are combining with the Russian resistance to make the path of tho German invaders far more difficult. In the Dwina region artillery and rifle Are still mark the struggle, ac cording to the Pctrograd official statement received here early today. This donlcd the Gorman claim of pro gress In the Illukst region, although It admitted the Germans tried an offensive there. Tho Styr river fighting rages with varying fortunes, though the Rus sians claimed further successes. "West of Volltza," said tho state ment, "heaps of enemy desd cover the ground." RUSSIA PREDICT CIVIL REVOLUTION San Francisco, Oct. 27. Russia is on the verge of the greatest civil re volution In its history. It Is only a matter of weeks before the peasants and people who are supplying the fighting men tor the Russian army will declare against war. So declared Mat Surgeowsky, Rus sian refugee, who arrived with 60 other refugees on tho stoamer Mon golia today. Among tho 60 are flvo men who escaped from tho war r.ono after tho success ot tho ftrBt German drive against the czar's forces. K. Gerogeoff, ono of the party, tells of terrible hardships experienced In tholr break for liberty from Russia. They travelod by night, ' through "Little Russia" amid the" rigors ot wlntor and wore forced to travel 'by out of the way routes to escape de tection. Through more than 1,000 miles ot desert, Siberian steppes and vast stretches ot uninhabited coun try the part walked, finally reach lng Harbin, Manohuria. The Russians will settle In the United States, T'.'v-" WHITER ADDS REFUGEES ROM TURKISH Austro-Germans and Bulgar ians Effect Union fa Ser bia, Thus Clearing the Road for March to Relieve Turks (By United Press Leased Wire.) Berlin, Oct 27. After days of slow, persistent progress against fiery resistance, Austro-Oermaa and Bulgarian Invaders have Joined forces at Ljublcevac In northeastern Serbia. Thus the road to Constan tinople, their ultimate goal, Is open. The official statement today told of this Junction and declared the valiant defenders had been burled back at all points. 1 "Generate von Koevess and von Gallwtts have driven back the Ser bians everywhere they attempted to stand," said the official statemenjt. "We are In direct communication with the Bu'rarlans at Ljublcevac. We have tal :' NerseencL Our forces captured 12 Heavy cannon east ot Orsova." t PACK DENIES THAT HE INTENDS TO RESIGN (By United Press Leased Wire.) London, Oct 27. American Am bsssador Page today denied persis tent reports that he Intends to re sign. He said the origin of the stories Is a mystery to blm. DIMICK'S GARAGE AT WOODBCJIN DESTROYED Woodburn, Oct 27. Fire early to day destroyed Dlmlck's garage, with an estimated loss of $25,000. Four automobile and two motorcycles were ibtirned. San Francisco, Oct. 27. Holding that the war ot the future will be a war ot machinery, Thomas A. Edison, electric wizard and head of the new civilian naval Invention board, out lined before leaving for the south some of the Ideas for preparedness he will push It congress grants his com mittee a big experimental laboratory. They Include: Development ot an Invisible sub marine periscope the "eye of the submarine." Improvement of submarine en gines. Development and Improvement ot aeroplanes and aeroplane engines. Creation of special machinery tor making shells, Creation of a new brain supply through organisation ot the 66,000 engineers ot the United States. Preparation must ibe the keynote, he held. While he would not have the nation pile up giant stores of munitions and field pieces, ho would havo everything In readiness for sup plying on 48 hours' notice as much ammunition and artlllory as nro bo lng used now on the European battle holds. Admittedly, tho few Ideas he out lined were not all he has stored In his head, But they are a starter. "Lack ot munitions and niarhln cry," he said, "Is dragging the Euro' pean war along. It both sides had had plenty at the beginning of the war it would have been ended long ago, and not so many would have been killed either." Among the Ideas already com pleted, Edison explained, la one for EDISON OUTLINES PLANS FOR UK I.S. III HE EFFECTIVE HELD UU BIDS Relative of Millionaire Charg ed With Ccnspirbg With Germans to Blow Up Ships Carrybg Motions cl War (By United Press Leased Wire.) New York, Oct. 27. Max Breitung, nephew of Millionaire E. N. Breitung, appeared today at the federal build ing, where he was given preliminary bearing on a charge of participation In the alleged German conspiracy to blow up munitions ships. He was held In $25,000 ball for bis appearance November i. Ball was furnished by a surety com pany. John B. Stanchfield represented Breitung. Assistant District Attorney Knox was assigned to conduct the federal grand Jury investigation. New York, Oct 27. With the ar rival today of Max Breitung, relative of the wealthy E. N. Breitung, to surrender in the gigantic German bomb conspiracy, secret service men said their case Is complete. Never theless, they continued to Investigate reports that enormous sums had been provided tor the conspirators to pur chase explosives, hire autos and motor boats. The prisoners already in custody were held incommunicado In the Tombs prison, following preliminary court action by the federal officials. Authorities were inclined to doubt the truth of Robert Fay's story that the plot included a plan to bribe Rus sian commanders to turn their cop per cargoes into German ports, where they would receive a big price for them. a trench digging machine which could rip out a tunnel six feet deep, three feet wide and 265 feet long in an hour. As for the nation's harbors and harbor defenses, Edison would have them impregnable. "Until we have made the San Fran cisco harbor and every other harbor Impregnable," he said, "and are In a position to supply enough machin ery, artillery and ammunition to ac commodate a trench runnlntt from Maine to California, we are unpre pared. Munitions, munitions and machinery that's what we must be able to supply. "I don't mean that we ought to make them now, but we should have the buildings and the machinery to make them, and make them quick. All harbors should 1e so that an enemy ship could not get within 15 miles of them." The Inventor admitted his life had been threatened before he came west. He had been making his own car bolic acid because the war cut oft his supply. Then he was warned that It he did not stop making supplies for the allies, he would 'be killed. Then he said a German representative got some ot his supplies and he had not heard any more ot the threats. 100 LOSE LIVES IV PHILIPPINE) TYPHOON Manila, Oct. 27. One hundred person! were reported today to have been killed by a typhoon which part ly destroyed the town of Tobacco, Relief has been sent there. , If ORES SEEN BY GOV. Mill San Francisco, Oct. 27. Admit ting the defeat ot bis non-partisan and other measures at the Special state election yesterday, Governor Johnson today expressed the belief that non-partisanship will ultimately and not at a distant date be adopted in California. His admis sion was based on Incomplete official, returns which Indicate the non partisan (bills were defeated by plur alities exceeding 20,000 and the nine proposed constitutional amendments by small pluralities. More complete returns today show ed that most of the measures were defeated in nearly every county in the state. In San Francisco there was a majority ot 7,000 against the non-partisan measures, while all oth er parts of the bay district registered heavily against the proposals. In San Francisco only 20 per cent of the total registration, or 60,000 voces, was cast Returns from all parts of the state show that everywhere only a small percentage of the total registration went to the polls. Sentiment against non-partisanship was strongly ex pressed throughout the San Joaquin valley, with the exception of Fresno county, where the talance In favor of It was small. ' In the Sacramento valley there was a majority against the measures. as there was in Alameda county. BRAMD WHITLOCK MISQUOTED BY THE BRITISH PRESS (By United Press Leased Wire.) Berlin, via Wireless to Sayvllle, Oct. 27. Denial of British reports quoting American Minister Brand Whltlock In connection with the exe cution ot Miss Edith Cavell by Ger mans at Brussels was issued In an Inspired statement today. "Minister Whltlock," said the statement, "states that Great Bri tain's publications regarding Miss Cavell's case are untrue, as far as he Is concerned. Especially was It un true that German authorities put him oft by vain promises In order to con ceal her sentence before executing her. "Sir Edward Grey said the authori ties did not keep their promise to in form Whltlock regarding the pro gress ot the trial. No such promise was made, Whltlock admttted. He said he had been put under a pain ful reflection toy the publications, and immediately informed Ambassador Page at London and the American government." TO AID THE SERBS Paris, Oct. 27. Lord Lansdowne's admission In the British house ot lords that only 13,000 British had boon sent to Saloulkl was regarded hero today as disposing of the possi bility that Greece would aid the al lies for the prest'nt. How many French have been sent Is unknown. Greece, however, specified that 40, 000 must be dispatched before she would even consider casting her lot with the allies. This number was regarded as out of the question." The story that King Constantlne Is going to Salonlkl was doubted. Reports of a clash ot Greek troops on the border, presumably with Bui garlans,' was thought not to have been serious. ENGLAND SENDS 3, SOLDIERS BANDITS IB HMD. TRAIN Whole Garg cf Rcbbcrs With Faces Blacked Held Up a "hif Passenger Treia zrd DyE2te lis '.&fe (By United Press Leased Wire.) Oklahoma City, Oct 27. Taking their time to work, a gang ot mask ed bandits early today held up and robbed a southbonnd Katy passenger train two miles south ot Onapa, blowing open the safe of the express ear and escaping with an unknown amount of money and valuables. Swarming over the baggage car. some ot them forced the engineer to put on the brakes. Others went sp the track and stopped a following freight train. Then tor nearly two hours they systematically looted the passenger train. " The conductor was compelled to open the express cars. Five charges ot nltro-glycerlne were necessary be fore the first safe was opened, but the bandits failed in their efforts to blow the two sates in the second car and one in the third. Then, thank ing the crews tor their, services, the masked men disappeared in the dark ness. ' Passengers were unmolested. Later reports said that there were from 12 to 18 bandits, with their faces (blackened with cork. Their loot was reported to be tour packages containing cheap Jewelry and whiskey. The fireman was about to strike two of the bandits over the head, be lieving they were negroes. Then he noticed the 'cork blacking and was constrained to laugh, but the bandits flashed guns and the mirth subsided. McAlester, Okla., Oct. 27. Posses organized here and at Eufaula after the Onapa train hold-up early today tailed to get any trace of the bandits. It is believed they scattered to hiding places along the Red River. MR. BRYCE WANTS TO KNOW IF PEACE PLAN IS PROPOSED London, Oct. 27. A. Bryce, lib eral member, announced today in the house ot commons that he Intends to Interrogate Premier Asqulth as to whether any official peace negotia tions are proceeding, whether any neutral nation Is Inquiring regarding peace and whether Asqulth still ad heres to his Guildhall declaration that England will not stop fighting until "militarism Is crushed, Belgium treed and the safety of small countries guaranteed." It Is believed that Asqulth will answer Bryce, as cabinet members agree that the country should be definitely Informed. Asqulth, too, has Indicated that he plans to make a statement of the war situation soon, though he did not In dicate how far he would care to go in this. . 1,000 MICHIGAN CENTRAL CLERKS GO ON STRIKE Detroit, Oct 27. One thousand clerks of the Michigan Central rail road in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois struck today because the com pany refused to meet a committee from their union regarding a demand tor an agreement on wages and hours. .Freight and baggage conges tion was reported from a score ot cities. ,,lwp ir)vt-wr.-owK l