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63384 ' DAILY EDITION 5 VOI VI., No. 79. . 'i a. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPH INK OOVMTY, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, l15. WHOLE KOIBER 1623. No Otter Town jh the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. ' ' ''. ' ' ',. . . ; ' ' ' i . f ' s ' i i ft II iif joiraii FORCES Former Traffic Manager for 0,-W.R.&N. Co. to Be come Associated With the Road From Grants Pass Portland, Dec, CO. That II. B. UUw, formerly trafllc uumatffr of the Orrgoa. Washington Railroad & Navigation company, will lo irml drat of U10 new Twohy llrufhr-rs' mil road, from (JrawU Vim, Ore., Ui Cr. cent City, Cal., kw tacitly admitted JoriAjr by IMiert fwohjr. "I'd rather Mr. Miller mitde llie an ' noum-wiirnt," he aald when ques tioned. Mr. Miller lilumelf would make no sMU'UMMit. ll Intend to go to Omnia !' within a few day and ays no announeement can be made until hla return, or at least iinttl ha ha had another conference with the "Twohys. " ' , ' R. B. Miller, one of the foremost railroad men of the northwest, and who resigned last summer as general traffics manager for the O.-W. R. ft N. company, Is henceforth to be asso ciated, ta the direction ard manage ment of the Twohy Drothers com pany and the Coast railroad. This announcement, Just coming from the Twohy company, undoubtedly fore casts Immediate developments of an extensive character In the progress of work upon the new -railroad that Is to tie Grants Paaa and the interior to an ocean port. Mr. Miller, accom panied by Judge Twohy, the head of the Coast lino, will arrive In Orants Pass Tuesday morning from the north, and it Is belloved that an nouncement of plans for the future will be made during the visit. The coming of a man of Mr. Miller's caliber and standing In rail roading circles portends much for future operations upon the new rail road. When he resigned his position with the O.-W. R. & N. last summer there was a rumor that he was pre paring to Join, forces with the Twohys, and shortly nftor his resig nation ho came to Orants Pass In hla special car and made a trip by auto over the route of the new line to Crescent City. Two weeks later he returned again, his car stood up on the siding here for several days, and his Investigation of the district that would supply trafflo to the new road was pretty thorough. TO AID ALLIES IN London, Doc. 20. That Russia has abandoned the Idea of entering the Balkans ' was apparently confirmed today by Sofia dispatches saying her , forces had withdrawn from Rent on the Roumanian border, whore thoy llad aeen massed for weeks. These reports eaid the troops hod ..been transferred to the Bukovlna frontier, presumably for a new blow against ', Austria. " :. ','.?! Diplomatic circles learned here re cently that the czar had abandoned the hope of Roumanian oo-operatlon and that the Uoumanians had threat- ' ensd to flich t the Slavs it they invaded Roumanian . territory to reach ib Balkan theater ot war. ' ; I. f. Peek, tfolland mining matt, RUSSIAN ARMY T BALKAN CAMPAIGN 1 returned-., thtoVmoralng'jtrom tsnVooeatlttl UtrpHa f German bp? tnani .SuaiaeM trio 10 ixs ABteies. CLAUDE A. SWANSON. Short Trm Msmbsc of UnlUd 8t $nU from Virginia. Phnlo by Amcrknn yrrt Awmymin", rairsiM AGAINST EM IS HOT ALL BLUFF London, Dec. 20. Britishers today regard Germany's much-advertised Egyptian campaign as mostly, though not entirely, a bluff. They were much interested In the report that Field Marshal von der Oolts had arrived In Syria to lead a Turk-Oermau Invasion, hut the story did not agitate military circles. Officials whom the United Press In tervlewed today said that such a campaign would require a more for- ,, .' , pi. V. j j t I fx -K ,.uu ..., v.-- - ---- " went into the near-east, and subse posribly nuster ta 1 ouently the Dardanelle. operation- of conditions at other fronts. If the 7 ' ' vi ... 4tinr a , 1 ft. a t lamnAMH . a flaw Teutons attempt such a drive, they must retain huge forces In the Bal kans to prevent the . allies co operation with the Serbians, and P0tltwicked siuiy tne uussians, iroiu uuiuus men communications. Nevertheless, tng land is taking no chances. She. is ready : v While the United Press is not per - mltted to specify them, raordinary defenses have been made in the Sues region since the Turks' early abor- v. lilt) KLLt'IllllL KU uni IIIUV IVfttum perts agree these measures of pro- tectlon are iractlcally Impregnable. "It would require at least two , months for' the Turks and Germans, to. assemble forces large enough to menace the Egyptian front," said an official. "Meantlmo, England would have ample opportunity to reinforce In Egypt sufficiently to meet the In vasion." , s,Vhile the hew Egyptian Campaign Is ibolng advertised, there are reports of a "drive" on the western front, but the German1 offensive at Tpres and other recent activities on the western line are not considered a new drive. Manifestly the " purpose : ot theso moves Is to prevent the allies from reinforcing their troops now at Salonlkl. STEAMER EASTLAND SELLS VOn llfl.000 AT AUCTION Chicago, Dec. 20. The ill-fated excursion steamer Eastland, which carried hundreds to death in the har bor here last summer, sold for $46, 000 at auetlon today. - E. A. Evere, representing the Illinois Naval Re serve was the purchaser, and ' the vessel will he used as a training ship. BELGIAN ROYAL COUPLE , J , ''iWftEATO IN AIR ATTACK .''m'-I f'ir V; -'HI1' , ' ' .:(., , Paris, Deo.i,IQ.---Presa feporttMto dk.baid.''tta ittM and queen of! Bel- glum recently earn near feeiasi ,th ni-i ., v oww.w : . BRITISH AR OlllUlflu TURK SOIL Forces ot More Than 100,- 000 English Soldiers Leave the Dardanelles Operations for Sakiki cr Egypt London, Deo. 20,- British forces in the Suvla Bay and Anzae regions of the Dardanelles, together with their guns, have been transferred to "an other sphere of operations," It was omctally admitted today. The statement declared the trans fer was accomplished with "Insigni ficant casualties," indicating that the Turks had attacked during the re embarkment. The objection to abandonment of the Dardanelles expedition had been a fear that Turkish artillery would slaughter them in the small boats leaving. for the transports. Hence, it Is assumed that allied warships must bare covered the retreat. These forces presumably withdrew for service at Salonlkl or In Egypt The removal affeots more than 100.- 000 British soldiers who have been vainly trying for months to advance on Anaao and the vest shore ot Galll pott, peninsula.' The message, how ever," did not mention withdrawals from Sedd-Ul-Bahr. Possibly the step Is the forerunner of abandonment of the entire Dar danelles expedition, In favor of Bal kan or Egyptian operations. , , Reports were current recently that England Intended to mane such a clearance. . Then Lord Kitchener took, at least temporarily, a new lease of, life, thus creating the Im presslon that the possible abandon ment had been completely side I More than 100,000 troops, mostly Australian, , and New. Zealanders, jlanded in the Suvla bay and Anxac Mveral n,onth8 fter th flr8t DardaneUee atUcks began In the re- omm. r oijocl 10 muniiNitlons and attack the Turks from the rear. ..They failed alter be- nK Wflf 8"coe"fu,1 ,n f Rnd8J ;The 'Turks . them 'back c 089 hore, and their advance 1UC0 luen 'fla oeeu uuuuowh. TEDDY SUBIECT (By United Press Leased Wire) , Washington, Dec. 20.. Anybody can have a guess as to what Colonel Roosevelt Is going to do In the com ing presidential campaign, lie Is the best dope- upsettor in politics and his attendance at the Gary dinner last Friday may have meant a powerful lot or may not. - Summarised, this Is the view ot politicians here today concerning what the leader of . the bull moose has In mind. , Frankly, they are up in the air. Senator Borah, himself a candidate in .. the presidential lists, was chary of advancing an opinion. Senator Clapp, an ardent Roosevelt man,' declared, "I see ho political significance In the dinner. RooBevelt has ' had enough of experience with those gentlemen to withstand their blandlshmtta." , . . . . r ( At .the aarae time,. Senator poln dest Jfogrfye'Mpubllcan.'aald! ''fcyMilt Wwtk' tk rtiht o attend V teb'94erW; iwt ' for A.M. J,., mm FH Memherj of the Ford Party Doutt Success of the Pil griaae and Seek to Have Fcrd Ahandsn His I-Iissicn Chrlatlanla, Norway, Dec. io. For the' first time since thV Ford peaoe ship started on its Journey leaders of the party today began to doubt of success.' This doubt grew as it be came evident that the reception In the first neutral country at which the ship has touched lacked warmth, If it was not actually hostile. Leaders were convinced from the unfriendly tone of the press that their plans to bring the warring men out of the trenches will encounter rough sled ding henceforth. Bo strong Is the feeling that suc cess will not crown the party's peace efforts that Jtfdxe Ben Lindsay of Denver counseled Ford to abandon his mission. Lindsay la convinced that Ford's efforts will be (hopeless and begged him to turn the enter prise Into one of finding homes for war orphans. To this proposal, how ever, Ford turned a deaf ear. Ford Is not downcast at the re ception accorded the party here, nor is he disheartened at the row In mid Atlantic which left the party divided against Itself. He is now trying to get an audience with the king ot Nor way, that he may seek to enlist him as an active supporter ot the peace party. -, - Rumors of important developments were current today. . Ford's Heutea ants admit thai their plans are no better developed now than they were when the argosy left New York. Thus far the expedition haa cost Ford $125,000, and It is estimated the final figure will he at least S500, An attempt to oust several news paper men for alleged unethical tac tics' failed, for the executive commit tee agreed that expelling them would end publicity for the expedition and Impair its success. The attitude ot the European press baa been influenced by unfavorable reports regarding the party . cabled from , America. Moreover, quarrels reported aboard the ship also have weakened the possible Influence the ship might have carried. OF - OPTHE W On the other hand, Congressman Curry ot California had this com ment: "I do not think that any com bination of rich men can lead the re publican party into nominating any man. 'The republican candidate will bo nominated by the party, and I do not think that ' Roosevelt has a chanco." ' , Those who have pow-wowed with the colonel ,reoentlyv declare that he will not be smoked out . concerning hla probable candidacy. He told them that he, would support a republican like Hughes, Hadley,' iohnson or Knox, but e tabooed Root. ... 1 Dopesters, though, saw "a connec tion .;btween a, Roosevelt boom and the mysterious visit ot, Frank Hltch oock,!jtpr,mejr ftof imaster general, te the national; j.mmAtiee naeetlng. Hitchcock steered the republloan taa- chlne,,,toaMTrt:(In 10I under RooeeMSt's' 1 oMera. 'OoMaralng ' Its nlaatom betebxook said thai ae wm iMreiy r a wiag old IHeAdslsi- SULTAN OF EGYPT. Arabs Are- Said to Furious at His Appointment. I a I Los. " Angeles, Dec. 20. That Japanese squadron is guarding the Sues canalfor -the British "was he aesertion here today of A. M. Pap pajlan Bey, former Egyptian minister ot the interior. ( Pappajian Bey is visiting Los Angeles while touring the United States. -i In addition to the Japanese war ships, he declared British forts make the canal Impregnable. Pappajian Bey says the British have fortified Salonlkl, in Greece, and will .prob ably seize It alter the war because Greece refused to aid the allies.' He scoffs at the idea of a German inva sion of Egypt, saying the desert and the (Red sea form impassable barriers to the Teuton. v - . "f 1 REVOLUTIONISTS III 0 opt im wndn iui-uli nu iiuiiu FROM ACROSS SEA , (By United Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco, Dec. 20, That Em peror Yuan Shi Kai has cut off com munication., between Chinese revolu tionists in China and America, to pre vent war funds fbelng sent to China, was the belief of prominent Chinese here.today. ' , ; ;', ' This belief was given tangible sup port following" a meeting of represen tatives of fifteen tongs and other Chinese organizations, when word from the revolutionists had been ex pected. Despite this, the revolution ary movement was given a new im petus. Large sums were contributed to the war fund and promises of sup port from many Influential Chinese throughout the United States were announced. 1 ' Fear for the safety of advocates of a repuoiio in unina was expressed oy a Chinese merchant, who Bald poll tlcal dissenters are frequently thrown Into prison or summarily executed without the formality of a trial. SNOW SLIDES BLOCK EASTERN OREGON TRAFFIC (By United Press Leased Wire.) LaOrande, Deo. 20. Four i itnow slides on ths Oregon-Washington Railroad 4b Navigation company's line near Bacon ihave blocked traffic since early last evening.:, five, trans- eesgeU.fpen.tihe Sight a the ooun' - V , I 7 s v i-, .; i At I k i i ! .irv. RfPlSS SEIZED Acericaa Flag Is Ripped Dcvnhy Bulgarian atLIca astir, aid Qiap Sccisty Vcsaa Nasi 'Is Arrested Salonlkl. Dec. 20. Mrs. Walter Farwell, Chicago society woman and newspaper correspondent, was handled roughlr. and Dr. Harry S. Forbes, American Red Cross doctor. ot Boston, wa attacked when Bul garian forces raided American Red Croes headquarters at - Mouastir. Likewise, they ripped down the American flag and seized Serbian re lief stores for the Bulgarian army's use. Then stationing sentries, the Bulgars virtually held Mrs. Farwell and American Red Cross workers aa prlaoners. Vi-'.-lv.-, Edward Stewart, chief of the American Red Cross in Serbia, ap pealed today to the state department through Consul Kohl here that Mrs. Farwiell and Dr. Forbes be allowed to leave. The.Red Cross worker who renorted the attack a&id that the couple were safe Wednesday, but that tneir suuauon was growing un- pleasant V'f '-:t ' - The conduct ot .Forbes and Mrs. ' Farwell , vraa heroic .Forbes , had purchased 24 carloads of flour from the .Serbians before they evacuated the city. This he stored In Red Cross headquarters and ' was distributing small portions daily to 2,000 im poverished families within the town. Repeatedly the Bulgarians demanded that Forbes sell them flour and offer- . ed him double what It cost original ly. He refused steadfastly, explain ing that the flour .was American. property for civilian distribution. Then the Bulgars threatened. So Forbes, thinking to protect his stores and himself, hung the stars and stripes atove the door of ' his headquarters. Suddenly several Bul- gar officers, with . 30 soldiers, des cended upon the building and ripped down the flag. One officer, who said he was a former deputy sheriff in Kansas, exclaimed! to Forbes: "I know that rag. It'B only good enough to scare Mexicans not Bulgarians." Thereupon several ot the soldiers sprang at Forbes, and In the struggle an officer hit him with the butt of his sword. At the same time, Mrs. Farwell, calmly and showing no signs of fear for herself, attempted to take a picture of the fight, As the camera clicked, three soldiers seized her by the neck and arms and smashed her camera. .' ' They then seized two carloads of flour and warned Mrs. Farwell and the doctor not to .attempt to leave. A Red Cross officer who , went into Serbia in an attempt to reach the pair was returned, into Greece by the Bulgarians. From .them, however, he learned the story ot the raid. Chicago, Dec. 20. Mrs. Walter Farwell, reported arrested by Bul gars at Monostlr, Is the wife of Wal ter Farwell, millionaire eon ot late Illinois senator. She has been en gaged recently as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune for, tlo south eastern theater, of war.( Her mother's first husband was Stephen A. Doug las, who defeated Abraham Lincoln tor the United States senate. . . . Recently MreM,Farwell was lost", t,n the.Bouthester, husband direct ed, anxious inquiries tor her and at Ij'er gWlng a 'trace'' of "her '"slairted abroad to find her and bring her back to' this country -with him. r ' ' J-r ittdsoa., me ',14 yeeterdiay from, hli m in tne wiroa 0 rwi icb.v'b'-'-UetS- 1adfW! sfr'-r' '. 1. r?i. , . J ,
