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DAILY EDITION
VOL. VI., No. SM. GRANTS PASS, J08EPUINK COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBEB 1, 1015. WHOLE NUMBER 1582
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No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
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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.
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