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1 J V DAILY EDITION VOL. VI., Nw. BO. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE OOUKTY, ORFXJOJf. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER SI, 1915. WHOLE NUMBER 1599. 'f!U, ' V Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. "f i . . . : , ' ! - - . : .... ' . ; - .- ' .- V CANDIDATES FORRACE Petitions Filed With the City Auditor Last Night Nomin ate Two Men From Each Ward to Coztest at Election When the city auditor cloud nU office last night the time for the HI 1ng of nomination for candidate for cltr office had come to an end. But contest art provided for each of the wrd, there being two candidate! for the council from each and two tor mayor. There la only one seeking the privilege of handling the city fund, however. Jester being unop posed. For mayor. Dr. J. P. Truai and 0. M. Caldwell have Qualified aa nomlneee by petition. . For council men the nomlneee are it followa: First Ward W. A. Paddock and A. L. Edierton. Second Ward F. Q. Itham and C. 11. Demaray. Third Ward Wm. Bunch and Ike M. Davla. , ' Fourth Ward Wm. Trimble and Otto J. Knlpa. The proposal for the purchase of the water system at (110.000 will ap pear upon the ballot. The ordinance providing for the submission of the IS0.000 bond preposition- tor build in a new system will not appear up on the ballot, the ordinance not bar ing been passed at the session of the council Friday nlgnt. TRUNK MYSTERY 15 BAFFLING THE, PORTLAND POLICE (By United Pros Lessed Wire) Portland, Nov. 20. A blood satur ated bed in a rooming houso at 407 Stark street today revealed the place whore the unidentified man whoss body was found in a trunk In the Willamette river last night was mur tiered. . The dlscovory was made by Mrs. Anna DeCorsey, proprietress of the rooming house. Entering a ground floor front room, she noticed .that the shoets and pillow slips were new. Pulling them back, she was horrl flod to see a mattress soaked with blood. The police wera Immediately noti fied. Mrs. DeCorsey told the detec 'tlvos that two men had rented the room Monday afternoon, paying a week In advance. One was heavy set and spoke with a Swedish accent. The other waa small In stature. , While the men occupied the room, Mrs. DeCorsey .said that she heard no noises out of the ordinary. The : larger man, however, made- several trips to the cellar yesterdny morn' 1iiK, ostensibly to 'burn trash, the woman said. He also gave her two stiff bosomed shirts bearing the name of the doaler, "A. S. Sherman & Com pany, Sherman Square, Boston." Yesterday afternoon the trunk was taken away by an expressman. Mrs. DeCorsey knew little of the removal of the trunk, but her neighbor, Mrs. Jessie Althoff, saw the express wagon drive up and tho ttrunlc llftod Into it, Mrs. Deuorsey said that sue gain wod from chance remarks that the v murdered man had lived 2B years In Boston, and that his companion had come from California. The police are bending every effort '- toward capturing the murderer, and , , Identifying the dead man. The driver ' of the express wagon is also being ought.,. ' ' .'- ', , ,PX Mffi mm of eli UH BU LU lb HOT iter At the' adjourned meeting of the city council held Friday night the ordinance providing for the submis sion to the voter of the question of the Issuance of (80,000 bonds for the building of a new city wator eystera was read the first and second times. A motion was mad to suspend the rules and read the ordinance the third time and place it on final pas sage. The suspension of the rules require a three-fourth vote of the entire council, and a Burkhalter, Demaray and Herman voted against the suspension," only five, one less than the required number, could e mustered for it The ordinance, therefore, waa laid over till the next regular meeting of the council, which will make It too late to get it on the ballot. The matter.ot the budget .for 116 expense wrought up on the mo tion of Councilman Demaray, and the only change that ha been made in the budget a submitted by the fin ance committee was reconsidered. This was the reduction of the budget allowance for the conduct of the au ditor' office from 91,500 to 11,850. The figure wa placed back at 11,500. Mra. Jeanle Burke addressed the council, protesting aa chairman of the nark commission against the pro posed, lease of the municipal bath house In Riverside park. 8h also brought up the question of the con templated combining of the office of park superintendent and city engi neer and street superintendent, and asked if It was contemplated that the work at the park should still be un der the direction of the commission It was explained that the present council did not ecek to fix either the duties or the compensation of the employes for next year, and that the new council to take Its seat on Janu ary 1st' would have to determine those things. The next regular meeting of the council will be held on December 2. MANY SMALL FIRES IS BETHLEHEM STEEL WORKS South Bethlehem, Pa., Nov. 20. Five small fire were discovered re cently In one projectile factory of the Bethlehem Steel works. It wss learn ed today. All, ' however, were ex tlngutshed without great damage. i BULL MOOSERS WILL REFUSE TO SUPPORT ROOT FOR PRESIDENT (By United Press Leased Wlre.1 New York, Nov. 20. Whethor the bull moosors will 'reunite with tne republicans depends upon the latter, Modill McCormick announced today before leaving for Washington, fol lowing a conference with Colonel Roosevelt. Many bull moosors, he said, will vote for Wilson rather than for Root, whom the republicans ap pear to be grooming as their candi date, v ' ; "The progressives." he added, "do not Intend to support the men who helped to 'frisk' thorn In the Inst convention." OTHER VOOTIIALL RESULTS Harvard, 41. Yale, 0. l 'J Minnesota, 20; Wisconsin, LaFayette, 88; Lbhlgh, 6. .. , , Syracuse, 0; Dartmouth, 0. Cnse, SO; Hiram, 7. ; : Purdue, 7; Indiana, 0. ; Carnogla, 80; Western Reserve, 8 Georgetown, 61; South Carolina, 0 Illinois, 10; Chicago, o. Navvi Urslhus. ' lO. Steven', 8; Rutger's, 89. Ohio Slate, 84; Northwestern 0u Fordham, 14; Carlisle,-10. V , Wooster, 21 i Wesleyan, 1, 1 Nebraska,. 52 Iowa, 7. DEFEAT AT EUGENE State University Eleven fakes Great Game Froa Old Tune Rivals by Score of Nine toNothing Before Big Crowd Eugene, Nov. 20. In one of the most heart-breaking football game ever seen on an Oregon gridiron, Ore gon university defeated the Oregon Agricultural college thl afternoon by the score of 9 to 0. In the very last SO second of the game the Ag gie forced the ball over Oregon' line for' what appeared to be the score which wonld have saved them a shut-out, but the referee declared they had played off-side In doing so. Throughout the game Oregon play ed the better ball. The field was a sea of mud and close formation play were mostly used. The forward passe almost all failed due to the slippery ball, t i Oregon made her first touchdown in the first quarter after a aerie of line plunge. The other scoring was done In the final quarter, when the varsity secured a safety. It waa estimated that nearly, 11,- 000 person packed the grand stands, bleachers and aide line when the ball waa kicked off in the O. A. C. and U. of O. game here thl afternoon for the championship of the state and second place In the Northwest con terence. The ground waa aoggy, de spite large quantities of sawdust scattered over it. The ball was wet and hard to handle. Between halve, the Oregon root era, led by their band, serpentined around the field, chanting their col lege song. A huge Ibonib wa ex ploded and a shower of green con fetti ' floated over the field and bleachers. , Five hundred O. A. C. cadets also performed. . . . - .. CLAMPING LID DOWN i ' TIGHTER IX LONDON t , London, Nov. 20. London will be dryer before It is wetter. Following enforcement of its antl-treatlng or der, England has clamped the Ud on cafe liquor selling by reducing the hours tn which wet goods may be sold and prohibiting any loan to ba used for buying drinks. Salt Lake City, Nov. 20. With Governor Spry planning a campaign to rid Utah of I. W. W. members and revolutionists in goneral, au thorities today set their plans to guard against an I. W. W. outbreak Sunday when the funeral of Joe Hlllstrom, executed' murderer,. Is held from an undertaking chapel here. ..-''. ,;i . ' Without a clergyman, and with on ly the services of the order to which he belonged, last rites for Hlllstrom will probably be conducted by Ed Rowen, secretary of the local organ isation, . Police saw In the funeral ceremony the Possibility of a wild outburst. Just as Now York police Jammed Union square when I. W. W.s held services for their bombmen, so Salt Lake City officers will be out In force to prevent any bomb outrages here. ,-,, ' ..The body-will be sont. to ".BUI Haywood at Chicago, where probably A efforts will be made to have a bigger funeral. - : - '.; ' ;' BEATEN Bl HARVARD Yale Team Pet Up Desperate Battle, But, Was Swamped . Under a Score cf 41 to 0 cn the Field at Cambridge Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 20. Yale' valiant team that flouted the critic and defeated Princeton waa unequal to the task of adding the crimson scalp to its collection and went down In honorable defeat before the Har vard eleven today by a score of 41 to 0. ' .- C.' Yale fought with true Tale cour age Even In the face of overwhelm ing defeat, the son of Ell struggled gamely, and when the final gun sounded they were contesting every inch of ground as desperately aa they were when the first kick-off started the game. ; ; : Harvard was a much superior team. The figures composing the score, in tact, accurately ' represented the strength of the rival elevens. In de fense and offense the crimson easily outclassed the grim Yale fighters; in everything but gameness Yale wa hopelessly outclassed. . Captain Mahan added to his repu tation won on many hard fought fields. 8eldom did he fall to add ma terial yardage when lie carried the ball, and his work on the defensive was perfect. 'As usual, Mahan's toe was a bio- factor la the game. , He more than held bja own with the Yale kickers, and after Guernsey left the game he gained from five to ten yards on every exchange of punt. Furthermore, he added point after point with machine-like regularity through hi goals after touchdowns. With Mahan. Halfback King of Harvard, shared the laurels of the victors. King's work throughout wa of high order. Time after time he was hurled through the line for sub stantial gains, and his speed was greater than in any cf the prellmln ary game. He electrified the bleach era by the most. sensational run of the game, sprinting 58 yards to a touchdown after he had eluded the entire Yale secondary defense. Guernsey had little opportunity to do service for Yale. He was com pelled to quit the game early because of an injury. . , Approximately 50,000 persons wit nessed the game. Tho governor Is In deadly earnest In hi threat to rid the state of the organisation. His life haa been threatened repeatedly by members of this bcIly. They have said they would destroy the capttol and other public buildings as a result of Hill- Strom's execution. . Salt Lake City has gone for weeks In fear of them. Now Spry Intends to clean the state of the last I. W. W, It he has to use the militia to effect this. - .. . , "The fight has just' begun," says the governor. "I will . drive ; out every lawbreaker .and, every ,man who defies law and order, , no matter what he may call himself." - Spry has called upon the notice to enforce hi mandate, but he proposes to act Independently and thorough ly If their campaign does not bring results. He Is Incensed kt what he 1 regards as an obvious "plant" by I. W. W. member to tree Hlllstrom at the eleventh .hour by getting the William , Busky affidavit at Seattle. T OEM BEDEL LEADER DESERTED ja,- DYPS Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 20. Hun dreds of Villlsta troop are deserting the rebel leader, according to re fugees arriving here today from the Sonora battlefields, where General Obregon and his Carrsnzlstas are seeking to eliminate Francisco Villa from the Mexican situation. Short of ammunition and supplies. Villa 1 re ported i still desperately maneuver ing his troops in an effort to escape the CarranzlBta trap, which is trying to close In on him from three sides. Many of hi men, believing capture imminent, are said to have deserted to arranza. Others have departed Into the mountains and 'become 'bandit. A number of slightly wounded men have arrived at border points. They say many other wounded are suffer ing great privation In Sonora. IS FOR DEAD MINERS (By United Press Leased Wire.) Ravensdale, Wash., Nov. 20.- Ravenadale today, 1 devoting Itself to the holding of funeral services. Several bodies of the miners killed in last Tuesday'a mine explosion either were buried here today or were sent east Two more were recovered from the third level last night and thl morning. They were those of Romeo Medaine and Joe Baldacoi. - Fourteen bodies still are burled in the third level, but gangs of men are removing the mass of debris still blocking progress and hope to have them out within a day or two. MOIIASTIR HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY TEUTOH ARMY (By United Press Leased Wire.) Paris. Nov. ' 20. Monastir. In southern Serbia, has fallen, accord ing to reliable reports today. With this city evacuated and crushed, it is believed, that the re sistance . of the southern Sers against the Bulgars has ended. In the future, H Is expected, the French and British must do the fighting there, while the Serb guerillas are campaigning separately, harassing the enemy as vigorously as possible. Thus far no official announcement of the city's fall has been made, but reports of the Bulgar victory are from reliable sources. The Bulgars are not expected, how ever, to press their advantage much farther south of Monastir, because it Is loss than 10 miles from the Greek border, and the Bulgars probably will be careful not to violate Grecian neutrality. Northwest of Monastir the French and Bulgarians are reported In des perate combat. The French have resumed their movement toward Veles, but have not claimed gains In It. Bulgar forces have hurled ' their forcoa against Strumnltsa, only to be reputed. They are now trying iby counter-attacks to recoup their losses. , He has notified the Seattle authori ties to investigate Busky'a story, de claring that Utah desire to prose cute Busky if he waa with Hlllstrom the night the latter committed the aoti'Die murders tor which he was shot yesterday. . At. the aame time . Spry wants an Invest cation of the record nf . the I man who signed Busky's affidavit NO Dl FUNERALS DEMOBILIZE "lib VbUwul Iwi llnuiWUWit llVuvJ Is Made Upcai Keg ad Greece Bsccmss Criiisd Malta, via London, Not. 20. -Im mediate participation on the aide of the allies, or demobilization of the Greek army, has been demanded by the allies of Greeoa. London, Not. 20. The Grecian diplomatic situation Is regarded here , a Tery critical. Private German advices from Cop enhagen that the Athens government has ordered Greek Teasels to leave French and Italian porta Immediately despite the allied order temporarily interning them. Is regarded as a hint that King Constantino Intends to defy the allies. Other German reports that the allies have sent an ultimatum to Greece, however, are not confirmed. Lord Kitchener was expected to see King Constantino today, unless the queen Induced the latter to refuse the audience. Her' efforts In this direction, however, were expected to fall, for she could not Induce the king to deny Denys-Cocbin, French cab inet 'official, a conference. , ., , ; WANTS HEXRT FORD PUT ON LABOR'S UNFAIR LIST San Francisco, Not. 20. That Henry Ford, automobile manufactur- , er, snould m placed on organized - labor's unfair list, was the claim made In a letter from the Central Labor council of . Oklahoma - Cltr, Okla., to the American Federation ot - Labor, in convention here. The Oklahoma communication al leged that Ford is employing an "un fair" construction firm in the erec tion ot a. factory at Oklahoma City, and that union carpenters on the Job have struck. . A request that Ford be placed oa the "unfair" list was referred to a . committee.' ' HURL 10 SHELLS IIITO GORITZ CITY Vienna, Not. 20. GoriU Is turn- ; ing at many points. , Three thousand shells, hurled by the Italian batteries without let up, piled many houses In to ruins, set serious fires throughout the city and killed many inhabitants.' The damage Is enormous. From a military standpoint the bombardment accomplished little. The Austrlana still hold their . original positions and have repulsed, enemy attacks. The Increased Intensity of the Gorits Btruggle is Incidental to a general assault on the Isonso line, but the Austrian are holding their own at every point. The Gorits bridgehead has become the center of the Italian attack. Gun of every caliber are shelling it. "On the northern slope of Monte San Mlohele," the war office admit ted, "the enemy repeatedly pene trated our positions, but ' Tloient hand-to-hand fighting resulted In our troops completely maintaining their original fighting line. All attacks against the San Martlno sector mis carried, with severe losses for the Italian. ' ' r North ot the Gorlti bridgehead several attacks of varying fierceness were, driven back.! Bombs were dropped on a Schlo cloth factory. . ITALIAN BATTERIES ! ! t ? i i.i I .' '. I.'