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GRANT PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, TIT DAY, DECEMBER 21, 1913
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Revolution Has Entirely Col
lapsed, and the Former
f Rebel Leader Is in Hiding
I in the United States
; El Paso, Doc 1. -General- Fran
cisco Villa's campaign to make him
Mvt Mexican loader baa crumbled.
Beaten at every point during too last
few mouths, be has abandoned the
lost reninauu of power, and, accord
ing to roports today. U biding in thla
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His "brother, Colonol Hlppolito
Villa, gave himself up last night to
Justice department offlciala. They
told him lie would be sate and un
molested within the United States,
provided he adheres to strict neu
trality and makes no effort to foster
new revolution against the Car
ranalsta regime.
Villista and Carrantista hoads have
signed peace articles. These give
control to the Carranzlstas In the
territory where "Pancbo" Villa once
held sway. The state of Chihuahua
and the cities of Juares and Chihua
hua fall into Carransa control. Villa's
men are promised Immunity, hut, ac
cording. to reports, General Villa end
' Colonel Villa are not allowed am
. aesty.
This, however, may be only a sur
face peace, according to officials
here. They fear that wild disorders
among Villa's henchmen may follow
reports that he has definitely quit the
revolution. The Villa treasury Is
"clean." When the soldiers find they
ran not be paid, the' trouble, It Is
feared, may start at once.
With the signing of pace articles
nearly eight years of revolution came
to an end. In that time Villa saw
himself rise almost to controlling
power within Mexico, only to he over
whelmed by General Carran. with
whom he broke after they had been
allies for some time. Recognition of
Carranxa put the quietus on his am
bitions and lod to the present abso
lute destruction of his power.
MUNITIONS IN THE
UNITED STATES
New York, Dec, 21. Spain has en
tered the American market to buy
120,000,000 worth ot munitions and
machinery to complete equipment of
SpAnlsh munitions plnnts. .
Francisco Xavler Salas, Spanish
consur-general here, admitted today
to tho United Press that a committee
of five military offlcors have been
hero since February, quietly engaged
in rounding up huge orders.
Four hundred million cartridges
nd shells alrottdy havo been ordered
for the earliest possible delivery.
Many rifles, and field guns nro re
quired, but no orders have been
placed because manufacturers are
asking exorbitant prices for thorn.
Gibraltar, Dee. 21. English - of
ficers here attached great significance
today to the Spanish order substitu
ting the latest type of Remington
rifles for the country's old Mausers.
Largs num'bers of Spanish recruits
are constantly training, henoe the
two Incidents are taken to mean
Spain may foe contemplating a war
more. !
SPAIN
NOW
BUYS
Anton Fernandas, of Yreka,1 Is
U ths city tor a few days for optical
treatment.,-. ',. , .
irali" fiili I if in i i mrj bull rjoosEns to iriA n rnnnn
I Ul I IILU. WILJUIl
TO GOTO EUROPE
New York, Dec, 21. Colonel
House, President Wilson's closest
friend, is going to Europe within a
fortnight, acting unofficially as the
president's agent. In response to a
United Prwui Inquiry as to the Justi
fication for rumors to this effect from
Washington, House said today:
"I am going at the reauost of Pre
sident Wilson and 8eoretsry Lansing
for the purpose of taking Information
to some of our ambassadors In order
that they may have intimate knowl
edge of the administration's attitude
toward oertaln phases of ponding In
ternational questions and In order to
obtain their viewpoints.
"It Is not advisable to bring them
home hence I am going to them."
House said be desired to male It
clear that he was not engaged on a
peace mission. He will be gone about
six weeks. This will be the colonel's
second European trip on avmt-offlclal
business. On a previous trip it was
said he went to sound out European
leaders as to their peace views. Upon
his return he conferred at length
with the president; and In some quar
ters It was deemed significant that
since then the president has declined
to take a hand for the present in
peace moves.
RUSSIAN GENERAL
II
tills
Petrogrsd. Doc. 21. Due. to "Hi
health," General Rusaky has been re
lieved of command of the Russian
forces defending Riga and the Dvlnsk
line, It was officially announced to
day. He remains, however, as a
member of the war council, and In
congratulating him on his services
tho czar expressed the hope he would
soon resume command.
General Russky commanded the
Qallclan Invasion and captured Lorn-
berg In the early days of the war.
His resistance to Field Marshal von
Hlndcnburg won him praise. Wheth
er there are other reasons than "111
health" for his removal is not known.
TWO MORE NEGROES
LYNCHED IN GEORGIA
Maeon. Ga... Dec. 21. Two bullet-
riddled negroes' bodies swung from
nooses today at Eastman, near here,
recording a double lynching by 00
angered men after the negroes were
reported to have confessed that they
robbed and killed A. M. Batcheldor
Sunday. . , ,
HIT WASH1NGT
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ANOTHER ANGLE
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Soattle, Dec. 31. Another legal
test Is to bo made of the state-wide
prohibition law, passed Ty tho voters
ot Washington, the validity ot which
has already been upheld on several
points by the state supreme court.
It Is understood a brewer In east
ern Washington, probably North
Yakima, will continue to operate bis
plant after the first of the year. He
will make a test fight ' In fedwal
court, standing on bis constitutional
rights against confiscation ot his
property. This will put a hew phase
ot the law up to the courts.
, There Is not believed to be any
chance, however, that thr federal;
ooiirt, will brdpr t4 UHr tout ine-per
atlv pending settlement of this' new
RUSSKY
RELIEVED
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SHIP IS AT
Leader ot Peace Move Hay
Be in Serious Ccsditica,
and Party Remains at Christ
tiara Till He Recovers
Chrlstlanla, Norway, Deo. 21.
Henry Ford, who conceived the mis
sion of getting the boys out of the
trenches by Christmas, Is 111 in bed,
possibly in a serious condition. Until
he recovers the peace party will re
main at Christian!.
Meanwhile, publlo sentiment has
veered sharply In favor of the De
troiter. They do not poke fun at
him, though newspapers "joshed"
his delegates today, particularly
criticizing Madame 8chwmmer, Hun
garlan. Of Ford they said that ha la
an admirable personality.
The Af ten poet en accused Madame
Scbwlmmer of cabling from New
York, to an imaginary peace commit
tea la Europe for the purpose ot fool
ing the other delegates.
The Tldensteg, a leading paper
called Ford "another Tolstoy," but
declared that he brought only his
personality, which was insufficient to
accomplish his great task.
,v"Hls- chtldUk faith .will. vb re
membered long after his mission is
forgotten,"' observed the Tldensteg,
It was learned today that spies
have been sent here by the belliger
ents to ascertain whether an ulterior
motive prompted the peace party.
A delegation of Norwegian peace
advocates is certain to Join Ford.
Last night 3,000 persons attended
a meeting under the auspices ot the
Ministers' society. As Rev. Dr.
Charles F. Aked, . ot San Francisco,
booked as the star attraction, arose,
the crowd began - to dwindle. So
Aked spoke very briefly and explain
ed, that the exodus bad led him to
condense his prepared speech.
SPORTSMEN WILL
PROBE ROGUE RIVER
FISHERMEN'S FEUD
Portland, Dec 21. A committee
from the Oregon Sportsmen's league
today is Investigating charges made
against commercial fishermen In con
nection with the Rogue river fishing
fond. The committee consists of A.
E.Roames, of Medford; I. A. Roble,
of Grants Pass; Walter F. Backus, of
Portland; J, B. Johnson, ot Gold
Beach, and Dr. Dundy, of Medford.
BOX CAR TRAVELER GOES
FIVE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD
Seattle, Dec. 21. Thomas Ander
son, a one-lgged adventurer, has re
ported here In a box car from DunB-
mulr, Cal., after having been locked
In the car without food or waiter for
more than four days. When tho
train wont onto a siding here yester
day foe pounded on the door for five
hours before being released. He was
in a greatly weakened condition
from bis long fast.' " "
800 SPORTSMEN EAT
REINDEER MEAT AT BANQUET
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Portland, Dee, 21. Three hun
dred members of the Oregon Sports-
meii's, loa'gue' awoX'eilrty' todfcy aid"
found Mat they -didj nc-t feet any dif
ferent 0)i amutt'of 'consuming' a
reindeer at the annual', banquet of
tbVlw:ue'1nft hlghi , The tneat' wait
the gift "of Louis Dart, a former Fort-
land man. now in, Colordp.t , . ,
RE If
TO AiS
Premier Introduces Bill h
creasbg Great Britaifs
Array to a Total ci 4,003,
000 Trccps ca BjttlefclJ
London, Dec 21 Premier As-
qulth today sought to call 1,000,000
more men to the British standard.
To this end be introdnced a bill for
such a number, bringing England's
total troops to 4,000,000.
At the same time be announced
transfer ot Sir William Robertson,
chief of staff in France, to the post
ot chief of the imperial general staff,
succeeding Sir Arthur Murray, who,
he said, Is going to an "important
command." Murray's new post Is be
lieved to be Egypt
As for the Dardanelles withdraw
ais, Asquitn explained tney were
counseled by Earl Kitchener, who re
cently visited that region, by General
Monro, in charge of the expedition,
and by other military and naval men.
In withdrawing the men England suf
fered only slight losses; her supplies
were removed virtually intact. ,
Without giving the total number of
enlistment , gained through. v Lord.
Derby's volunteer campaign, Asqulth
bad praise for Derby, whose work Tie
characterized as affording "a strenu
ous exhibition of patriotism."
From the fact that the premier did
not mention the subject of conscrip
tion, it was taken that Derby's cam
paign had obviated the need for such
a step, at least for the present
But, in moving for passage of the
bill providing an additional million
troops, Asqulth referred to the heavy
toll that the war has taken on both
sides, necessitating the filling up the
gapsof death. '
"At the end of 16 months," he
said, "we are fighting in the various
theaters with about 1,250,000 men
and It Is necessary to augment them."
Tn QAitamftH A ami tr Vt ln'rtrm A A ftiA
house of commons that 3,000,000
men had enlisted, while in November
he declared that nearly 1,00(5,000
were engaged In France and
Flanders,
While all of the 8,000,000 men are
not on the firing lines, and many ot
them are In training in England, the
premier's announcemt today Indi
cates that there is only a slightly
larger number of men engaged now
in the struggle' than there was In
November. ,
TURKS MAINTAIN
T
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(By United Presa Leased Wire)
Borlln, via' Wireless ' to Sayvlllo,
Doc. 21. The Constantinople war
oflleo today claimed a graat vlotoVy
In the battle when the British, forces
were withdrawing from the Galllpoll
peninsula. The enemy was defeated
at Anafarta and Art Burnu, where
the English reached the ocean.
Though the British countered at
Sedd-Ul-Bahf, ' they ' were 1 repulsed,
and Turkish artillery lnflioted heavy
losses on them.
The' British withdrawal had been
awaited tor months and was hailed
with the greatest enthusiasm at Con
stantinople. London yesterday claimed the
oases "consequent upon withdrawal
I ware, fwrtgnlftcant.
EA
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BRITISH
TslEET IN CHICAGO
Oil HI 111
New York, Dec 21. The magic
political date Is now January 11. On
that day the bull moose national com
mittee will meet at Chicago to select
a convention date and city. Then
politicians expect to get a clear view
of what the republican and bull
moose line-up will be.
Though It was reported the bull
moose rs may hold their convention In
Chicago on the same date as the re
publicans, there was no confirmation
ot the story today. George W. Per
kins says that he does not know when
it will he. He expressed fesr that if
the republican convention uses steam'
roller methods, somebody might
"draft" Colonel Roosevelt -
Many politicians believe' that cer
tain bull moose and republican lead
era are trying to come to peace terms.
Unconfirmed reports said that Sec
retary of the Treasury McAdoo and
Presidential Secretary Tumulty tele
phoned acquaintances here asking
what the Gary dinner, at which
Roosevelt was present, was about. It
Is estimated that a tenth of the tui
tion's wealth was represented at the
dinner. Fortunes of 15 guests alone
totalled nearly $1,000,000,000.
EPIDEMIC OF LA
GRIPPE CLOSES: THE
- ftA,C,AT CORVV.LLIS
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Portland, Dec. Si. Because of an
epidemic of la grippe which Is swoop
ing over western Oregon, the Oregon
Agricultural college at Corvallls will
Close for the holidays tonight, two
days earlier than scheduled. From
the same cause, the public schools in
Eugene were closed yesterday.
City physicians in the Portland
schools are conducting , an anti
grippe campaign, but have been un
able to stop the decrease , in school
attendance. ,
Unseasonably wiet weather without
sunshine is the cause, the doctors
say. ,l . ..- . . : ,,. -
REPORT Oil LINER
TA
(By United Press Leased Win.)
Sun Francisco Deo. 21. Advance
information from federal officials in
connection with the crippling of the
liner Minnesota today Indicates that
blame will not be attached to federal
officials nor officers nor members ot
the crew, , '
The report will be sent to Wash
ington tonight by Inspector Bulger.
It contains the findings ot Inspectors
Guthrie and Dolan. The report will
recommend that new boilers 'be In
stalled which will necessitate an ex
penditure of $250,000. '
Blame tor explosions la the ship's
boilers it Is understood, is laid by
the, Inspectors to the collection ot salt
water, dirt and foreign substances In
the upper and stronger tubes, which
had been forced into tho lower and
weaker tubes, causing them to burst.
It Is probable that faulty con
densers, will be given as the specific
cause of the Minnesota's mishap. '
U. OF C. AND MULTNOMAH '
WILL PLAY JANUARY 8
..Portland,, Dec. .21. Basketball
fans today are looking forward to
the game between the University ot
CWtfofrilaJ ajn4 'til u'lthotnah club
in 'Portland 'k January : .Graduate
Manager- Stroud ot Callfornl agreed
to tb' dsitV Vterdiy.
MIKE
DEAD in HIS
CABIU
Neigtbcrs Find BdycfJcb
Jciies Oreci, Us Prcb-l!j
John McLean, a homesteader who '
lived about three miles up Jones
creek, or about five miles from this
city, was found dead in his cabin 'by
neighbors today, and from the con
dition of the body it is evident that
he had been dead tor three or four
weeks. One of the neighbors noticed
that the McLean cow, chickens, etc,
were not reoedving attention, and an
Investigation at about noon today
disclosed. Mr. McLean lying dead is
his bed. The body was in a bad
state of preservation and bad teea
mutilated by the dead man's dog,
which had been starved to feasting
upon hnman flesh.
. Mr. McLean was about 45 years of
age. and came here a year ago from
Roseburg and filed on an 80 -a are
homestead on Jones creek. He built
a cabin, got chickens and other do
mestic animals, and was a quiet and
well-liked neighbor, There were no
evidences of foal play about the cabin
and It is supposed that Mrr McLean
died from natural causes. An In
quest may be held, however. That
a sister of the dead man, Mrs. Har
vey, lived in Chicago was determined
from letters in the cabin, and she -has
oeen . wired and disposition , of
the body will await word from her.
It Is not known that he had other
relative. ' .
Berlin, Deo. 21. There will "be no
quarrel between' AuBtria and the
United States if Washington keeps
cool. , : .
Count Tisza, who next to Emperor
Frana. Josef Is Austria's strongest
man, gave this assurance to the
United Press in an interview at Buda
pest in the course of my week's visit
to Austria and Hungary to ascertain
sentiment concerning the American
Ancona note.
"To think of trouble between Aus
tria and America heer nonsense,"
said the Count, who had Just con
ferred with the emperor at Vienna -
over the Ancona situation.
"I muBt confess, though, that we
were greatly surprised to receive the
American note. But it Is far from
our intention to pet into any quarrel
with America. Perhaps I should not
Bay quarrel, because I know It would
not be that, but, of course, matters ,
do not depend on us entirely. There "
is no reason for trouble over the An
cona case, It muBt be settled satis
factorily, not only from the Ameri
can standpoint but also from our '
own. The only way to reach a settle
ment Is through correspondence that
will suggest th mews."
Further Indications that Austria
doe not contemplate a break came
from Tim's statement that Austria
ts not studying the question ot select
ing a successor to the recalled Am
bassador Dumb. Moreover, Ameri
can Ambassador Penfleld also point
ed this out at Vienna when he- said
that twice on, th day that the An
cona reply wa sent to Washington
Foreign Minister Burl an asked Amer
ica to us her good oflloe to obtain,
concessions for Anetrlans la belli
gerent coontrt,
AUSTRIA!' GOUIIT
FEARS 110 BREAK lit
TROUBLE
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