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QIUNTS PAS8, JOSErni.VB COUNTY, OREGOM, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, f 01S.
WHOLE XCMBER 1505.
No Other Town in tho World the Size of Grants Pass lias a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
Piira
IRKII
RAGE
Defense of Nation Will Be
Main Theme of Document
to Be Delivered Personally
Before Congress Dec. 7
Washington, No. 16. Working
teadlly Hi hla. message to congrea,
President WlUon plans to have It fin
ished by Tbankglvtng and to de
liver it personally on Docember T
oofors a Joint teuton of the bout
and senate.
-. National dofense, It U expected, will
t the main theme. In thU connec
tion the president will recommend
tho five-year schedule of strengthen
ing the army and navy at a cost of
fl.OOO.000,000, giving the nation an
rmy tnd navy second to none "ss a
defensive Institution."
The president will not recommend
presidential primaries, as he abides
by Senator Pomerene'a opinion thai
those are unconstitutional." '.' 1 '
Important subjects which he will
discuss Include: s . . -
Urging of economies In govern
mental expenditure; pesssge of con
servation measures; sweeping
-changes In the mining laws; trade ex
pansion; establishment of cooperative
citing agencies abroad for Ameri
can exporters;,, jjassag. 0ff aatW
Jumping" legislation to prevent cheap
foreign foods from flooding the Amer
ican market after the war; Increased
taxes for liquor, tobacco and wool.
1IIUXTUOM ExmTmx
PIIOTKSTKI ltV A. V. OF I
Mty United 1'rexs Leased Wire.)
Sun Francisco, Nov. 16. The
American Federation of Labor's con
demnation of (be death sentence
against Joe Illllntrom, I. W. W., at
Salt Lake City, was dispatched today
to President Wilson, the Swedish con
aul at Washington and tho Utah
"board of appeals in tho hope thnt It
mlKht result In aiding IUUstrom to
scape death before the Utah firing
squad Friday.
.Al'HTHI.t IS ASKK1
FOR AXOOXA UErOItT
(lly Unltod Press Leased Wire.)
." Washington, Nov. 16. The state
-department this afternoon instructed
Ambassador Penfleld at Vienna to
ask for -a detailed report on the sink
ing of the ltner Ancona by an Ana
triad submarine.
JONATHAN BOURNE
SAYS M'ADOO HAS
IUI
Washington, Nov. 16. Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo was charged
today by x-Sonator Jonathan Bourne
of Oregon with ahlfttng figures and
concealing the true financial condi
tion of the government. '. .
The shift, according to Bourne,
was over $100,000,000.
Harvey Chase, a certified public ac
countant, swore to this analysis of
McAdoo' figures, charging that the
' balanoe of the general fund October
S3 was actually about 13,600,000,
JnsteAd of more than $117,500,000,
as McAdoo figured.
. "The statement issued by Bourne's
republican publicity bureau for poli
tical purposes," said McAdoo, "is ao
ridiculously untrue as to be unworthy
of notice. We have In the treasury
sill the money which the dally state
ment shows." ' ,
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FUNDS
UUUULLU U
LEE DE FOREST.
V ,''l, ' 'v.ntor Went to Eng
land . . ".hook Ztppolins.
Phot by Paeb Brae. '
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Washington, ' Nov. 16 America
ought, in the opinion of Senator
Chamberlain, to protect her merchant
vessels to the limit.
"We should be careful and con
scientious about' giving American re
gistry tv ships ( other natlonaiJUo.
but when we have done ao we ought
to stand by our declarations." V
Speaking of the Weeks proposed
ship subsidy bill, Chamberlain said:
"I am not entirely opposed to the
subsidy plan. " We should do some
thing to put our vossels on an even
tooting with, subsidized foreign
ships."
FOR SLOWING UP OF
Berlin, Nov. 16. Terrible natural
difficulties of the country rathor than
resistance of the enemy Is slowing up
the central allies in central Serbia.
. Tet, with growing numbers of
Serbs captured dally, and with the
Qermana pushing their way,: un
daunted, the rare good prospects that
the main army of the Serbians will
bo surrounded soon.' They are be
ing driven gradually westward, 'while
at the same time the Austrian! are
cloning in from, the north and west.
'.The Austrian force are slowly,
but surely, crushing the resistance of
the Montenegrins In the west. '
In southern Serbia the Bulgarian!
are combatting the enemy vigorously.
Th situation at Tetovo la in doubt,
that place having changed hands sev
eral times.
The Bulgari are massing heavy
forces around Veles, the point for
which there has been strong battling
during tho past week, with varying
fortunes.
REINSTATE ASSISTANT '
POSTMASTER AT WINNETKA
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, Nov. 18. III orders
to Postmaster General Burleson to
day .the White House unqualifiedly
ordered reinstatement of Assistant
Burkttt at Wlnnetka, 111., who was
removed 'because he criticised the
presldonfi engagement for being tpo
soon after his first wife's death.
Assistant Postmaster . General
Roper today telegraphed Postmaster
Kloepfer to reinstate Burkltt Imme
diately.
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DHEG01I SENATOR
for rum
DMITSfS
NATURE
LAMED
BALKAN
CAMPAIGN
I B E
UP BAR
Cocparica of the Dead Man
Is Wounded in a Battle
With tie Oncers is Which
the Latter Escape Injury
San Jose, Cel., Nov. 16. Two un
known men who early today held-up
the bar of the Swiss-American hotel,
robbing four patrons and the till,
were overtaken by a posse at Moun
tain View, 11 miles from here,' and
in an ensuing battle one of the ban
dits was killed and the other wound
ed by a charge of buckshot in the
I. . $
None of the officers was killed, al
though the robbers fired a dosen
shots from automatic pistol. The
wounded man, who was brought here
by train, refused to divulge his Iden
tity, but said be waa a 8an Francisco
tailor, and that the dead man was
hi partner. Both men were well
dressed, but no marks which would
lead to an identification were found
on their clothing. '
After robbing the bar, the bandits
are believed to have hidden in the
local freight yards until a freight
pulled out. They then commandeer
ed It at tbe point of pistols. Con
ductor Phelps dropped off unseen a
(ow. minutes, later and notified tbe
local police. ,
The sheriff, organising a posse,
started out to head off tbe train at
Mountain View. Traveling in auto
mobiles at the rate of 60 miles an
hour, they arrived at Mountain View
Just a few minutes ahead of tbe
train. As the freight slowed down
the officers threw searchlights on
the bandits, who were entrenched in
a pile of machinery on a flat car.
The bandits answered the com
msnd to surrender with a rain of
lead. The elder man was struck
down with a charge of ibuckshot and
three pistol bullets.
When the poue reacted, him he
was dead. ' ' '
The other bandit loaped from the
car as he saw his partner fall. A
charge of buckBhot struck him as he
landed on the ground, but he con
tinued to fire as he ran. dropping
fifty yards from the train. An ex
amination of hla pistol showed that
a shell had Jammed It
The local posse, augmented by
Constable Petersen and Town Mar
shal Butler, were grouped together
less than 25 feet from the car when
the bandits opened fire, but escaped
injury. , :
GEN. VILLA LEADS
TROOPS AGAIN
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
rvimrin. Arli.. Nov: 16. A Ditch
ed battle is reported raging between
Vllllstas, commanded by Francisco
Villa himself, and Carranslstas, led
by Alvaro Obregon, near Hermoslllo
today. ' ,
Evidently Intending to crush Villa
by simultaneous attacks, from, three
sides, Obregon hurlod three columns
of troops asalnBt the rebel chieftain
yesterday. Villa ' forestalled this
move by deserting hla headquarters
at Magdalena and suddenly assault
ing the .enemy advanceguard hear
Hermoslllo. In this fight he had the
advantage of superior numbers, and
ST
(DEAL
ARMY
hi scheme appears to be to engage
the Carranslsta columns ! one at a
time, thua preserving his own num
erical superiority, V-
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THE ALLIES
REFUSED
King Coastacfce Threatens
iSercaentlof Troops That
I Hay jBe Forcedto Seek
j Refbge b His Country
;parl Nov. 16.-Creece has re
fused demands which the allies in
sisted are essential to their safety,
diplomatic officials admitted today.
Moreover, tbe allies are prepared to
force compliance with these demands,
while the central powers will help
King Constantino to rests?
J Allied diplomat Insist that. Inas
much a former Premier Venlzeloa
countenanced and, In fact. Invited
landing; of allied troop at Salonlkl,
Greece has no right to threaten, as
she baa. that tbe allies, if forced to
flee to Greece for safety after Balkan
reverses, will tbe interned.
,'. If necessary, the allies' fleets will
be sent to Greece to insure non
interference by Greece with the Bal
kan plans, and, It is hinted, King Con
stantino may be uncrowned.
At the same time the fleet 1 dis
tinctly likely to meet strong resis
tance from Austro-German undersea
boats, known to be heading for the
Grecian vicinity. , ,":
',Msntlm,. the allies are bringing
pressure to bear upon the king to
force him to alter his attitude. He
is being strongly reminded of hla tie
to the entente powers, and it is hoped
In the allied capitals that he will not
dare to defy these warnings. ,
,Denys-Cochln. of the French cab
inet, and Lord Kitchener, now In the
Island of Lemnos, supposedly the al
lies' near-eastern naval base, will see
the king soon. The allies are con
vinced that the majority of Greeks
favor tho allies and honestly want to
help Serbia against Bulgaria.
' At the same time,: Constantino Is
pro-German. The entente powers had
asked that he at least guarantee to
give them a free hand in, tbe Bal
kans. In answer, however, he gave
no promise. The allies are under the
Impression that he actually Intends to
Intern any of the Invaders who may
be driven out of Serbia and Bulgaria
Into Greece. The powers feel that
this course is unreasonable, in view
of the fact that the expedition was
undertaken at Venlzeloa' invitation.
They argue that, Inasmuch as they
have been permitted to go to Serbia
via Salonlkl, they should be permitted
to use the same route out If circum
stances compel.
CHURCHILL-OFFu-h
FDR'ISERVICE WITH
K
(By United Pre Leased Wire,)
London, , Nov. . .16., .Winston
Churchill, up to last week the most
criticized publlo man in England,
prepared to sail across the channel
tomorrow to Join his comrades of
the Oxford yeomanry, as a subordin
ate officer. , , , '
The erstwhile first lord of the ad
miralty suddenly became in his new
role one of the most popular men In
England, from hla speech yesterday
In the house of commons, in which
he bared the secrets of Engllah re
verses and,' without excusing him
self, showed that he had not had
enthuslastlo support. Newspapers
predicted that he will soon return to
the cabinet. - j,
, Hi position of oalm confidence In
England's ultimate success; his ex-
on
YEOMANR
- SAMUEL W. M'CALL .
Has Long Etn Ambitious to Rule
as Govtrnor of MasuchuMtt.
. London, Nov. 16. Suffragettes
are stirring anew in England,' after
keeping under cover for month. .
r A maas meeting they planned for
Thursday having been cancelled "by
the adthorltles, Emmellne Pank
hurst, militant leader, announced de
fiantly today that it would ibe held
elsewhere.
At the same time she charged that
the government wished to hush the
publlo protests against "the betrayal
of Serbia."
Tbe suffragettes bad advertised
that they would, demand "loyal and
vigorous conduct of the war," and
it was suspected that they wished to
demand the removal of Premier As
qulth and Foreign Minister Sir Ed
ward Grey because of their diplomatic
defeat In the Balkans. ; " :
. Authorities determined, however,
that they would permit no such riot
ous talk, and hence cancelled the
gathering.
MUCH DAMAGE IS
WROUGHT AT GORITI
BY BOMBARDMENT
Vienna, Nor. 16. That Gorits has
suffered heavily from bombardment
was officially admitted today. Fifty
soldiers have ibeen wounded and 68
civilians killed thus far, while 800
buildings, largely churches and con
vents, have been badly damaged. 1
Less violence on the Isonso front
was reported. In the Monte San
Michel region, the Italians, it was
admitted, penetrated an Austrian po
sition after clearing the way with
artillery fire.
WOMAN SLAVER OF NEGRO
DISCHARGED AT SEATTLE
.; (By United Press Leased Wire.)
Seattle, Nor. 16. -Mrs. Martha
Ramatha, white wife of a Japanese,
who shot and killed a negro, George
Grasty, here last spring and was
found pot guilty by reason of tempor
ary Insanity, was discharged as sane
by a Jury In' Judge Everett Smith's
court today, "
p6sltlon of the situation under which
he Jabored as 'director of England's
naval affairs changed, hla position
with the British publlo and gave him
a popularity he had failed, to have
In his troubled place a navy leader,
SUFFRAGEntS 1 1
U ABOUT TO
FOR BEETS
Public Ueelcg cf Signers cf
Acreage zzi All Oiers
Berested Will Be He!J at
tot Ecxe Wednesday
Wednesday tbe sugar beet will -
have the right of way In Grant Pa.
At two o'clock' In the afternoon a
public meeting will be heldt the '.
cpurt house, and at this meeting tho
situation as regard the securing of
acreage will be gone Into from every
angle. The interest exhibited by the
people of tbe district will determine
in a very large measure the outcome
of the campaign," for determined and
united effort will be needed In the
few remaining days to bring success
to the enterprise. . . ,
The committee from the Commer- .
clal club has been working early and
late the past few days. In calling:
the meeting the committee has sent
a letter to every person who has
signed acreage urging that they be
present and that they bring their '
neighbors.', The call from tbe com
mittee Is as follows: "
' "Are we to have a ibeet sugar fac
tory The time has come for tho
question to be settled definitely. .
. , 'C W. Nibley will be here in the
very near Jutnre to decide whether' '
tbe factory will be established and,
if so, the exact location of the site.
The campaign for acreage has been
on for a month, and while the out
look la encouraging, there , Is much
to be done to secure the required
amount We have reached a point
when we .want your counsel and as
sistance. 'We' dare not think of
failure. ' . '
"The establishment of the Indus
try in our midst means a market for
the produce of our farms at an es
tablished price and free from the
hands pf the middleman. In short,
it means prosperity' tor 'the com-
munity. Shall we meet the issue?
"To consider all' of the many
phases of tbe question a meeting has
been called at the court house in
Grants Pass for two o'clock on Wed
nesday, November 17. It la Impera
tive . that every subscriber to acre
age and all who are interested be
present at this meeting, as there is
much information to be given to
those Interested. Come and Invite
your neighbor.1' , ' , :
THE SHAH OF PERSIA
LEAVE TEHERAN
Petrograd, Nor. 16. Fearful that
the plots of the central powors and
the entente allies will end in blood
shed at Teheran, the Shah of Persia
and hla ministers left there Monday.'
Their exit waa a virtual flight. It
was believed they had sought refuge
in Ishpaba.
At the same time, it was under
stood the Germans and Turks are
preparing to follow the Sha'a suite.
The allied diplomats are expected to
overtake the Persian government
members, if, indeed, they already
have not done so. - They have' long
accused the central allies of trying
to corrupt the Persian offlslals. i
MAYOR MTTCH EL IS
RESTING WELL TODAY
New York, Nov. 16. -Mayor Mlt
chel, who lato yesterday suddenly un
derwent an appendlcltl operation,
waa reported resting well today.
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