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VOI VI., No. 50. ' GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, MOXDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 10J5. t ; WHOLE NUMBER 1594.
No Other Town in 4e World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
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BY SERBS
wicister Yesdtch Says That
Help Best Com. fan
Across tie Sea fcr Safer-
isg People pf His ttzdry
Parla, Nov. 15. That 8efbla U be
ing crushed wantonly under the Iron
Jueel of German militarism," as u
. Belgium, wu the claim today of Sor
bins Minister Vesultch, in an exclu
alvo interview with tha United Pres.
t,"W have proof," ba aald, "that
our enemloa wish to atanap us oat
Muiiom of Inoffensive country folk
who wort non-combatants waa actu
ally commanded by' tha Germans.
Troops were ordered to kill prison
ers and to finish tha wounded. The
orders -were executed mercilessly.
Helpless women and children and de
crepit old men were slaughtered."
The minister wiped his eyes, moist
with tears.
"Still despite the Invaders, I 'be
lieve the presence of neutral human
itarian Americans will have a re-
atralnlng effect. American , eli"V
t badly needed." k
"If hundreds of thousands of
lives are not to ibe sacrificed, Amer
ica must come at once to Serbla'a
aid," the minister declared. "At
let 5Q0.0C0 homeless, Jiunrv fugi
tives are fleeing to Montenegro, Al
bania and Greece. They are too poor
to care for these refugees. Soon It
will be as cold as a New England
mld-wlnter. Typhus Is sure to break
out along with other diseases. Many
- f the refugees are from tho dlstrlrts
recently swept "by typhus.
"The American relief commission
has generously promised holp, but
I wish tho world to know our need.
Tho babies' suffering Is tho hardest
to bear. Tho prospect grows worse
as Chrlstmss approaches. Clothes,
blankets, medicines, flour, monts and
children's foods will save thousands
If sent quickly."
Headquarters of the commission
confirmed the minister's statement
that aid has been promised. That
body Intends to appeal to Washing
ton. Contributions Will be accopted
at New York headquarters.
1TED NEGRO LEADER
AT TUSKOGEE.
ALABAMA. SUNDAY
A (By United Press Leaad Wire.)'
" Vuskogee, Ala., Nor. 15. -Public
i announcement of the details of the
' funeral services of Dr. Booker T.
.'Washington, negro leader and edu
i cator, who died here yesterday, prob
.ably will be made late today.
Messages of condolence to Wash
ington's widow today ahowed tha
depth to which the negroes of the
south have been atlrred by his doath.
Although Washington bad been 111
for some time, It was only lnflt week
that his condition became sorlons and
his demise camo as a aurprlad,
Dr. Washington organised and con-"
ducted the Ttmkogee Industrial school
for nogroes since 1881. He was born
In slavery at Hale's Ford, Va In
1857 or 1858.
MAfWAOlIlWETTS' NKW
GOVERNOR Iff OREGON
DIED
rpy United Press Leased Wire.)
Portland cNov. 15.--Samuel j W.
McCall, governor-elect of Massachu-
eetts, passed through here today' en
route to the, ranch of hla son. Henry,
" In central Oregon,' for a vacation, 5 '
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AIM DEMAND
(Hy United Press Leased Wire)
Athens, Nov. 15. The newspaper
Ileetla aald today that tha British
minister Is about to present ' a de
mand that Greece guarae not to
oppose the allies In tholr Balkan cam
palm In any circumstances. The al
lies want assurance that they will
not be attacked nor interned In event
reverses compel them to retreat
through Greece. ,. . i ,,
Pressure on Greece admittedly Is
growing very strong on all sides. The
j allies want assurances that they can
continue their landings unmolested,
and the king ia reported to have
agreed that thla may continue aa al
present.
Meantime, however, representa
tives of tha (antral powers are bring
ing pressure to bear to thwart the
allied plana in view of tha menace
that these landinga hold for the Teu
tonic campaign la Serbia. .
IIP IS
STILL UP III THE AIR
(D United Press Leased Wire.)
New York, Nov. 15. The muddled
up altuatlon in the race for the east
ern football championship Is hardly
cleared up by Saturday's results,
though Cornell waa generally favor
ed today,by .the critic for the title,
despite her close- call against Wash
ington and Lee Saturday.
Cornell's narrow escape during the
early minutes of the Washington and
Lee game forced the Ithacans to un
cork a brand of football they had not
displayed previously this season. Cor
nell showed It has an almost perfect
attack and defense.
Yale's victory over the best team
Princeton has turned out in years
waa tho biggest surprise of the Rea
son. - With a team practically new
two weeks ago, Ell literally swept the
Tigers off their feet. Although Prince
ton did not show the strength which
has characterised Its play this sea
son, the fact can not be denied that
Yale made a wonderful Improvement.
Interest is paramount In the Yale
Harvard game, although both teapis
are out of tha, championship race.
Football critics do not' anticipate an
exceptionally good game . between
Cornell and Pittsburg, while the Yale-
uarvara should be a "hummer, aa
a result of the rejuvenation of the
blue. ..
PRISONERS JAKE!
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(By United Press Leased Wire. I
.. Berlin, via 8ayvllle, Nov. 15. The
AustNans have cloared the west hank
of the river Styr, according to offi
cial announcement today, Thla Is
regarded as one of the most import
ant victories In Gallcla recently.
At the same time tha war office
announced capture, of. 8,600 more
Serbians in northern, Serbia, along
with 12 canuon. Tho Toutons thero,
said the announcement,' are ; tena
ciously pushing their Invasion. '
Russian attacks near 'Smorgen
vero repulsed by Field Marshal von
Illndcnburg, while on the west front
tho Germans took 800 yards of rtj led
trenches northeast of ICcurlc. ,
T " ) "T
As the result of retrieving Massa
chusetts tor the republicans, McCall
is bolng mentioned as a presidential
possibility, Charles Baxter, McQall's
campaign manager, Is accompanying
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Washington, Nov. 15. Italy's offi
clal statement, substantially aa out
lined by the newspapers, regarding
sinking of the Italian liner Ancona,
was presented by the Italian ambassa
dor to Secretary Lansing today.
The state department announced
that the American consul at Algiers
bad gone to BUerta" to get Important
Information.
London, Nor. 15. Doubt ail 11
shrouded today events surrounding
the Austrian torpedoing of the. Ital
ian liner Ancona, though both Aus
tria and Italy had presented their
versions of the affair. Austria main
tained warning waa given the liner
and sufficient time to " debark her
passengers. 8he denied that ahe had
shelled departing lifeboats.
Italy, on the other hand, claimed
the eubmarlne fired at the Ancona
without warning and continued this
course even to the extent of killing or
wounding passengers who aought re
fuge In the lifeboats. The eubmar
lne crew jeered at the panic atrlcken
refugees, according to the Italians.
At the same time the Rome emi
grant office gave figures to clear up
the conflicting stories as to casual
ties, saying nine out of ten 'Americans
aboard perished, and that only 209
persons of a total of 507 aboard were
saved.
Austria positively asserts that not
a shot was fired until after the warn
ing to stop had 1een Ignored and a
desperate attempt was being made to
escape, and that after the Ancona
had been overhauled 45 minutes
were given to allow the crew and
passengers to debark.
Only when the submarine sighted
another vessel coming up did she
hurl the final torpedo.
Many lifeboats, aald the Austrian
statement, remained unoccupied.
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ASKED BY
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Athens, Nov. 15. Foot by foot on
ly the allies are gaining In their
struggle In southern 8erbla.
Besides tbe principal battle along
the line through Velea to Tetovo: hot
combats are raging at many placet to
tbe aonthwest Th French art driv
ing heavily against Velea, the fall of
which la hourly expected. : So many
Bulgere .have, .beea.. kJUed that the
Bulgarian commanders have asked an
armistice to bury the dead. ,
jpt, French artillery, ha Inflicted
heavy losses on the enemy at several
points. , t . . , .
In capturing Tetovo the Serbs took
50,0 prisoners , nd some munitions.
Later, reports declared tte Bulgars,
however, again invested the town. , :
Along the western Morava Bulgars
and Serbs are fighting grimly. In
the mountains the Serbs are falling
back gradually, but not without In
flicting losses upon the Teuton pur
suers.
v nlie .crew members crowded .Into
those that went -everbo'ard, passen
gers were in panic on the decks. The
crew was blamed for loss of life. .
Ofllclala here aaw In the Incident
somewhat of a parallel to the tor
pedoing of the liner Falaba. In that
case Germany pleaded that her com
mender sank the vessel because he
believed she was wirelessing for aid,
though he bad given time for most of
her passengers and crew to go over
board In the iboats.
Vienna denied emphatically that
the shelling of the Ancona persisted
and that the shots were first directed
at the wireless station, but later at
the lifeboats. l -
"Mendacious Inventions," was Aus
tria's reply to reports that her sub
marine had acted in violation of the
laws of war or humanity.
BUS
SEEKS TRUTH OF
UA Nil
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, Nov. 15. The ad
ministration faced today, apparently,
the problem of getting new evidence
of its own concerning the torpedoing
of the Italian liner Ancona with loss
of . American lives. Austrian and
Italian' versions of the affair con
flicted. ,, Austria claimed It followed
International law in Its procedure;
Italy did not hold thla view.
The administration, however, is
resigned to delay In determining tbe
exact facta, believing that Ambassa
dor Page at Rome and Ambassador
Penfteld at Vienna will get at the.
true atate of affair la time.
The interpretation of what la auf-'
flcjeat Ume .forpaasengere ,to leave
a ship about to be torpedoed furnish-j
ed a new and knotty problem. ' Hith
erto this question had not appeared. ,
Austria maintained that 45. minutes
was sufficient time for passengers to
disembark. Moreover, there . waa
more time after the vessel had been
torpedoed before she sank.
ICE AT THE
F
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Monaatir, Nov. 14 (Delayed) .
The calm courage of Lady .RalDh
Paget in tbe face of certain capture
of Uskub, where she was later held
war prisoner, was told here today
by Edward Stuart,' head of the Amer
ican sanitary commission.' who' left
Nish two daya before it .fell. Deaf
to her husband's pleas,' Lady Paget,
In charge of a hospital at Uskub, re
fused to quit.
"Sir Ralph Paget," eald Stuart,
was 'at Nish when he learned that
Uskub was about to fall. He stock
ed his automobile with provisions
and dashed over the rough roads to
Uskub to save Lady Paget In charge
of the hospital there. He arrived i
three hours before the Bulgarians
entered. The last of tha Serb ot-i
diers and civilians were then fleeing.)
RERO
CAPTURE 0
USKUB
He found Lady Paget directing theiIon continued.
caro of the wounded, and urged her I
to fly without delay. She refused.
Tearfully, her husband begged her!
to give up her task and come with
him. To this she only replied: 'l ean
not leave them now when they most
need us,' . . , , .t . ..
"So Sir Ralph kissed her good-bye
and returned. tp Nish." ..... ,; .....
Eleven American doctors remained
with Lady Paget to aid her in the
hospital.
Washington, Nov. 15. Though he
has flatly announced he will oppose
the administration naval program.
Majority Leader Kttchtn believes that
the Increased proparedness measures
will go through congress " sailing.
Writing- to a constituent today,
Kltchln said: ' " ; ,
"Fear that the president will push
his program through with an over
whelming majority. Nearly H the
republicans will vote f or It. Although
know that four-fifths of the people
are opposed to It, I know the great
nifmber of democrats congressmen
will bury their convictions and sup
port it. I know this will shock the
civilised world.' Whatever the out
come of the prosont war, it win alarm
tho World into becoming an armed
Will EKPECTS .
PROGRAM TO 111
camp." .. .': . .- .....
DARDAKELLE
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Wcstcii ttaxtHI, Recently
tie Adrrality, Tells tb
London, Nov. 15. Baring the In
ner secrets of hla erstwhile office of
first' lord of the admiralty, Winston
ChurchlM Informed. the house of com
mon today that the Dardanelles ex
pedition w&s "gamble." Yet, It
was a gamble taken after mature re
section, hie Indicated. -
I regarded the Dardanelles enter
prise," M expalaed, Vas a legitimate
gamble of war for prize of Inestim
able value, with a reasonable chance
of winning. On' that basis, I went
before the ministry and accepted full
responsibility for Initiating it."
..Denying .that the fleet .waa sent to
the Dardanelles , over . Admiral Lord
Fisher's objections, Churchill said
tiat the sea lord aasented to every
movement . ' ':
"However, Fisher did not ' give
clear .guidance and .the firm support
I might have expected," said fJhurch
111, confirming stories of! friction be
tween them. "If he did not approve,
he should have spoken but '
The man who has now resigned
his cabinet post to fight the enemy ,,
from the western trenchesdefended
the Antwerp expedition, recently cri
ticized as a "folly," to the extent of
saying it forced the Germans later
to battle on the Yser Instead of far
ther south in France. He disclaimed,
however, any part In sending the ex
pedition which ailed. 1
"We have no reason td fee discour
aged," he said, amidst applause. "We
are passing through bad times,
though probably they will be worse
before they are better. ,
"But they will be better," he add-
e confidently, '
Premier Asquith praised Churchill
as, a 'wlse counselor, brilliant col-
league and faithful friend.
, Churchill indicated the war may be
Germany may be defeated
more
fatally In the second and third year
than if the allies entered, Berlin the
first year," he said. "The 1915 cam
paign was governed by a shortage of .
munitions. The 'next campaign .ought
to be settled against Germany by her
shortage of men." ;
CACHED PLOhOER
ILUEO'HTDDO
Portland, Nov. 15. The finding of
200 articles of Jewelry, valued at ap
proximately $2,000, in a safe in the
home of H. F. Courtney, the special
officer arrested Saturday charged
with robbing stores on his beat, to
day convinced the . authorities that
he had operated on a wholesale scale.
The opening of a locker in the Cen
tral building, used by Courtney, also
revealed three suit cases ' and five
boxes, containing ' principally em
brIdered .silk, .which -jylll (brlng the
total of goods alleged to have been
stolen by him to perhaps $4,000.
Nearly 200 keyB, scores of blank
keys and Imprint of keys on cards
and collection of deltcate files were
found among the officer's effects.
Although" .most of the alleged loot
Is valuable, a large quantity Is worth-
less. This has led the police to ibe
lteve that Courtney la a kleptomaniac.
Jo effort has boon made to dispose
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