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1 J I 1 I I I I r I L'l I 7v DAILY EDITION VOL. VI., No. SM. GRANTS PASS, J08EPUINK COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBEB 1, 1015. WHOLE NUMBER 1582 i. . . ' ' ' , ' " . ' ' No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. CJV UL lU Ufll 1 1 X BOMBARDED BYBULGARS Nish Is Under Attack, Ac- cordiDgloSofiaReport,and;rr.riwr?.rS Balkan State IsBeingHard ''TL, PrPWPfl hv Tpllfnn Hfrtk wnol or ,n l)art"' woman suffrage rreweu uy teuton nosis ptay a dom!nftnt wrt ,n the eh)C. tlons of Now York, Pennsylvania and Berlin, via 8ayvllle, Nov. 1. garlan artillery la bombarding -Bui- the outer forta ot Nish, Serbia's capital. According to a 8ofla dispatch today. , london, Nov. 1. Serbia's war time capital, Nish, trembled today be neath the lire of Bulgarian artillery, According to a 8ofla dispatch. If this word be true, It moans that tbe Bulgarians after getting their grip on rirw, xey to Mid, made a hurried move against the capital nearly 40 miles distant, or else from elsewhere In the Timolt valley. The report declared that the Bui gars' Ore was directed at tbe outer forta of the city. At the same time, the heralded Russian troop expedition to Bulgaria to aid Serbia or abut off the T vu drive for Constantinople was reported to havo approached Varna Sunday, while warships biased the way with bombardment of the port. Paris officially reported that the Bulgarians withdrew from- the Istlb region after rcconnoltcring, without fighting. Cannonading In the Re brovo reirlon and from Kfirolalt to Voles was also reported. On the western front tho battle around Tabu re still rage. Turkish artillery Sunday was busy, sinking a French submarine and hit ting an allied transport. WOULD MAKE JOHN AUSTIN HOOPER A MATE (By United Press Leased Wire.) Baker, Nor. 1, After robbing his employer and riding 120 mllea.by horseback to Ontario, an unidentified man, arrested In Ontario, Ore., Is be ing brought here today (by a deputy sheriff. Ills activities for ten hours yesterday were: At the point of a revolver compell ed fcU .employer, C. B. Adams, a rancher 80 miles , from Baker, to addle him a horse, robbed Adams ' of 9160, bound htm securely and then rode the horse ten miles to Auburn. At Auburn he made another ranch or bring him 20 miles to Baker In an Automobile. At Baker he' spent, two hours, lolsuroly eating dinner, and then boarded an O. W. R. A N. train And rode 90 miles to Ontario. Ar rested at Ontario on arrival. In the meantime Adams had sev ered his bonds and notified the au thorities by telophone. The robber claimed to Adama that ho was Hugh Whitney, the notorious bandit, but this is not bollovod iby the authori ties. 1 NO REFUND OF TAUIFF FOH GOODS LOST IN FIRE (By Unltod Press Loaned Wire.) Portland, Nov. l.Thore will be no refund of tariff duties pnld on a cargo of goods destroyed in tho Seattlo dock fire last week. Collector of Customs Thomas C, Rnrlio so ruled today. . A Portland consignee askod Col lector Burko for the opinion. Burke Informed the applicant that If the goods had been Anally roleased by tho government Inspectors, the con signees had no redress and tbe duty as paid would stand. RUNNING in nniiT rioTrnn SMS TOESH (By United Press Leased Vlra.) New York, Nov. 1. Election breezes tomorrow In eight states may show to some extent which way tbe national political wind of 1916 are blowing. Massachusetts, Maryland, Missis- Massachusetts. , Suffrage leaders !Itmed confidence today In the re sults of the teats. If all three states adopt suffrage, fully 6,000,000 wo men will be enfranchised. Odds were offered everywhere against suffrage winning, however. ' While the gubernatorial contests may not furnish much line on tbe It 16 possibilities, the complexion of legislatures will give at least an in dlcatlon, political experts said today. PUBLIC OPINION IN GREECE AGAINST ENTERING THE WAR By Wm. Q. Shepherd. Copyright 1915 by the United ;,;,.,i,'.press..,...i.. Athens, Nov. .1. Chance that Greece will enter the war are extremely remote at present. Public opinion regarding participation is ex actly what It is In the United States. Everybody wants to keep out of It. If the Bulgarians should spill over tbe frontier a small Grcek-Bulgar war might be possible. Germany promises, however, that tho Bulgarians wont. Former Premier Venizelos remains In Athens. The American cruiser Des Moines dominates the busy scene in the har bor of Piraeus, the port of Athens. VOX HKKNSTOKFF WILL RKK I.ANHING TOMORROW , (By United Presa Leased Wire.) Washington, Nov. 1. The state de partment announced today that Ger- jman Ambassador von Bernstorff'wlll .confer with Secretary Lansing to morrow., ., THK BRITISH VESSEL TAWAItn SntMARIXET) London, Nov, 1. The British ves sel Taward has been aunk by a Ger man submarine, bat her ere .was saved. IS Ill JAPAN'S NEW NAVY (By Unltod Press Leased Wire) j Toklo, Nov. 1. Owing to the pres sure of financial conditions, Japan's navy department has decided to re trench In nor naval building program, Last year tho national dofenso coui sel endorsed the program fixed upon after tho Russo-Japanese war, where by the Japanese navy would bo built up to eight supor-drendnnughts, etght battle orulsors, with light cruisers, destroyers and submarines in pro portion. Tho now program calls for eight supor-dreadnaughta and only four battle cruisers. Inasmuch as four dreadnoughts and four battle cruisers are alroady afloat, so there remain only four dreadnaughts to be constructed, the whole fleet, it la ex pected, will be completed by 1928. RETRENCHMENT ORDER BUILDING Ill SHELLS EXPLODE 01 A1E1AN TERRITORY Battle Between Rebels Under General Villa and Govern ment Troops for Possession of Agua Prieta Is Now on, and 5000 American Troops Lie in the Trenches to Protect Interests ol the United States During' the Fight Douglas. Aril., Nov. 1. With the opening of the battle between Car ranzlstas and VUllstas for possession of Agua Prieta at 1:17 o'clock this afternoon, a shell exploded In front of the home of Mrs. Alice O'Lougblln, an American, 100 yards from the trenches. 4 The battle was started when the Carranzlstas opened Are on tbe Villa advance guard. A Villa battery of four-Inch guns was dragged to an ad vantageous position 200 yards south of the International boundary and re turned the fire, aendlng a stream of shrapnel shells into Agua Prieta. Villa's artillery fire was most ef fective. Destruction in the city; ot Agua Prieta waa visible from the American side. At the same time tbe Carranza fire waa apparently high and Villa casualties few. Under cover of the artillery fire, a Under cover of the artillery Are, within a few yards of the Carranza trenches. , "We'll be in the city In two hours," their leader yelled to the American soldiers on the border within a stone's throw. Mis men lay flat on the ground, waiting for' aT oppor tune moment, while the Carranzlstas potted away at them briskly from the shelters. Before tho fight had been In. progress five minutes half a dozen shells burst within 50 yards of the United States custom house, rattling the windows and sending a knot of spectators gathered there running hotter skelter for cover. Following closely behind the In fantry advance guard came several squadrons of cavalry, led by General (By United Press Leased Wire.) London, Nov. 1. While Teutons and Bulgara progress triumphantly in Serbia today, developments along the west front commanded attention. The bill of Tahure, in the Cham pagne, la In the bands of the Ger mans. They, are noip directing their biowa at the town of Tahure Itself. While the hill waa taken only after days ot merciless founding, -the French claim that the( German leasee were heavy and .that elsewhere they were repulsed. ,' Tbe capture of the hill Is Important from the fact that It baa a command ing position with relation to the strategically Important Challerange- Bazancourt railway. . Meantime the Teutons and Bul garians are squeezing Serbia in a re lentless vise. , With Plrot, key to ' Nish, in Bulgaria's hands, the situation now presents two Important moves. There is a drive from' the southeast toward Nish, while the Teutons are moving on Krauvuvetnbats, Serbia's arsenal. Capture of the latter would mean shutting tho Serbians off from their ammunition supply and would mean tho earlier shattering of their desper ate resistance. Control of Nlah would give addi tional railway facilities to the central alllos for their planned move to as sist the Turks. Montenegrin forces are harrying the lines of tho Austrtans advancing from the. west and are slowing their movement appreciably. In Russia there Is terrlflo artillery battling on the Dvlnsk front. The official Petrograd statement today TEUTONS CQHTHtUE IIL1P1IT LURCH THROUGH SERB'S COUNTRY Villa himself. Other dense masses of Infantry, were seen behind the cavalry." The excitement la Douglas was In tense. General Davis baa ordered the people to remnJn Indoora during the battle. Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 1. General Villa's army today trained upon the town of Agua Prieta 45 field guns and about 0 machine guns ready at a moment' notice to. open the im pending battle with the forces of Gen eral Carranza. j The audden unmasking of Villa's artillery was done with considerable theatrical effect Clouds of horse men scouting close to the Carran zlsta trenches around Agua Prieta suddenly retreated, opening their ranks as they did so to reveal the guns being dragged forward, some by columns of men laboring at long ropes, some by teams of six horses. When the dust cleared the artil lery was In position, remarkably close to the town. Villa's infantry scouts advanced at the same time and de ployed just In front of the guns. Tbe main Villa army is still en camped six miles east of Agua Prieta. Three thousand American soldiers occupy trenchea dug along the Ari zona side of the border In plain view of the Villa camp. More reinforcements are "expected by Villa this afternoon, when 3,000 VUllstas from Naco, comprising the combined commands of Generals Ur ballajo and Mendez, arrive. They (Continued on page 2) told of fierce fighting northwest of Cxartorsyk, whero the Emitons were halted by the artillery and rifle fire of the Russians. Partial repulse ot ,5th,e 'Teuton .joffenelva :around the Strypa-Dnelster Junction was claimed. Two German steamers have fallen to ', the Russians In the Gulf of Qn.lbe Italian front the offepslve continued, but the Italians are still bard pressed. Tbe official Italian statement early today told of a ruse la the AaUco valley whereby Aus- trlanp pretended to surrender but were' met by a "'murderous fire," which ended In their rout. v In the Rlern .valley the Austrtans gained an advantage, only to be routed the following day with the ar rival of fresh Italian forces. Artillery still thunders along the Isonzo front. ' How the reported Rus sian troopship expedition to Invade Bulgaria la progressing Is unknown, though a naval battle between Rus sians and Turks In the Black sea was reported. That Russians will be permitted to cross Roumnnta is tbe growing be lief. Tho expected permission from Rou manla, however, has been delayed. Mcantlmo the allied fleets are again bombarding tho Aegean coast of Bul garia. ' Heavy battling between French and Bulgarian forces In the Strum- nttza and Krlvolak regions was re ported In Athens dispatches. Much of the Serbian fighting has , degenerated Into guerilla warfare, , which annoys but does not check the Invaders. DEFENSE MADE BY GREAT BRITAlli IS II SUFFICIENT (By United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Nor. 1. England's defense that her stoppage of Ameri can trade to neutral nations was on the ground that tbe goods were de stined ultimately for tbe central al lies is not acceptable to tbe United States. This was made certain to day when American Consul General Skinner of London arrived for a con ference with Secretary Lansing. "It is true," Skinner commented, "that American exports to the Nether lands Increased after the war start ed. But England's contention la by no means correct. The Increase in dicated eimply that goods formerly distributed from Hamburg, Bremen and ' Antwerp now all go to Hol land.- . ." ,('; ;" . - Lansing denied that Skinner's ac tivity in presenting American views to England concerning the latter's blockade would result In preventing his return to the London post BLANCHE WALSH, STAR , IN VAUDEVILLE, DEAD (By United Press Leased Wire.) CleTeland, Nov. 1. Blanche Walsh, noted actress of a few years ago, and more lately vaudeville star, is dead here. She collapsed recently at Youngstown, Ohio, having insisted on filling her engagement there be fore she bad completely recovered from an appendicitis operation. : She was booked to appear on a Pacific coast vaudeville circuit this week, but death called her last night ARMENIAN COLLEGE ARE TORTURED (By United Press Leased Wire.) Boston, Nov. 1. Four professors ot the Euphrates American college founded by American missionaries at Harpot, Armenia, were horribly tor tured by the Turks before being put to death, according to a letter made public here today by Rev. Robert Keating Smith, of Westfleld, Mass. The nails ot another were pulled out with pincers. Seven-eighths of tbe students were deported,1 killed or exiled, . and .the', young girls carried away to harems, the letter said. !,' The letter was written by an American connected with 'the college.' Rev. Smith said, and waa addressed ' to Bishop' Caspar! an of Boston. ' It is dated July 19, 1915, but the name et the writer Is withheld, In the fear that he may be hunted and killed. , Fourteen professors were engaged In instructing 150 Armenian students, two-thirds of them girls ot American Weas, when tbe war broke out. It was stated. The Turkish authorities took over seven of tbe eight buildings of the school. "Seven principal native professors. educated In America, . were taken from the college," the writer aatd. "Four were killed; three are atlll liv ing. Prof. TenekeJIan, who had taught mathematics tor 85 years and was my personal friend, waa taken prisoner on May 1. The hairs of his head, hla moustache and his beard were pulled out by the roots. He was held by soldiers, and as his' hair was long they we're actually wrenched out by the handful. This was done In an attempt to force him to confess that he was involved in some political plot. , "Ho was kept without food many days and whs then hung from a beam all day, suspended by a rope tied to one arm, and then at night 'by a ropo tlod on one log, hanging upside down. He was then taken down, nearly dead from strangulation and apoploxy, beaten and then forced to make his way as beet he could on toot 50 kilometers. On the way he waa killed." TEACHERS IJUEIATZ IS TAKEN BY IIS Strongly Fcrti&d Pcit, Lcca- tisa cf Cticf Ssrlhs Ar b Captured $y & Acstro-Gonb Trccps Berlin, Nor. ; I. Tbe Austro- German armies have captured Kra- juevatz, It was officially announced today. " "-. " This capture is the most Important more since the Teutons Jammed their way across tbe Danube and Save rirers. Strongly fortified, the town occupied a mountainous position, eas ily capable ' ot ' defense.' Austrian forces on a previous Invasion attack ed in vain. Here is located a great arsenal, tbe main source of the Ser bian munitions supply. FROM JOSEPEE AT THE STATE U, University of Oregon, Eugene, Nov. 1. Every, county in Oregon except four, eleven other states and two for eign countries are represented among the students of the state university this year. Josephine county has twelve students enrolled. They are: Don Belding, Rea Calvert, Tyrrell Carner, Gladys Conklin, Edith Dahl- 1 bery, Helen Hair. Elmer Howard, Cedric Marshall, Alva Kipper, Edward Thomas and Lawrence Underwood, of Grants Pass, and Marian Reed, of Merlin. Josephine county students are tak ing an active interest in student body enterprises and activities. " This year's registration shows an increase ot 10 per cent over the en rollment of the corresponding time last year. CREW HAS TAKEf! SiireEL Washington, Nor. 1. A British prise crew seized tbe '" American steamer Llama, afterward grounded ' off Scotland yesterday, according to the Dundee consul's report to the state department today. No reasons were assigned for the seizure. The ' Llama grounded at Skee Skerries, Weetray, but not seriously. ' . Consul Young, at Halifax, also wired that the American vessel Hock- lng, formerly the Danish vessel Gron- , land, reported to be on the British blacklist, was brought Into Halifax 1 yesterday after being halted off New York by British warships. 1 Still another vessel, the Danish Hamborn, was seized. In the absence of details, state de partment officials did not attempt an explanation ot the British reasons, though it was suggested in some quarters that, the solzures are per- , haps the beginning of a new policy ; concerning neutral ships suspected of engaging In German trade. Halifax, Nov. 1. Captain Van Ede ot the Danish vessel Hamborn said today he did not know why a British warship seized his ship and brought It Into port here. It was expected that 4h rlml'raHv nAnrt onulil lua.i .warrants this afternoon for the tor : mal arrest of the Hamborn. DOZEII STDEIITS BRITISH PIE
