2W
DAILY EDITION
VOL. VI., Ho. 108.
GRANTS PARS, JOflEPHINB COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1910.
WHOLE NUMBER 1049.
ft-;
No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
SALARIES OF
OFFICIALS
SLASHED
Council Uses Axe , on City
Payroll, and Wages Are Re
duced in Every Department
of Municipal Government
The city council under the new
regime did not appear exactly Id tho
light of a Sauta Clfus to the men
who are upon the municipal payroll
when It got down to busing In Its
. , ......... vian nation irom laaiug aireci acuoa.
Aral regular session last eight. There llowevor( lt known that ho would
was a general chopping down of - weicomo an offer from the United
salaries, and with few exceptions tho'SttttW for a joint protest over Eng
employe. from auditor and pollro'uah nc.-oachmenU on neutral rights.
Judga to teamster, will have to trim Swedish authorities are watching
their living expenses during the next the American senate agitation for an
12 months. j embargo of exports to England. They
The nxlng of snlnrles becoming the believe, Indeed, that merely cutting
order of buslnetw, the mayor recom- off ot colton exports to England
mended that tho stigKiwtlons recent- 'would be a sufficient reprisal to gain
ly made by the tax leage be followed jllHt. concessions from England, with
in establishing the payroll. The out tho more drastic, step of prevent
audltor and police Judso hod been ag exportation of munitions,
paid a salary of 11.500 during 1915,1 The Spanish situation meantime Is
but from this ho was obliged to em-'BVng the allies pause, It Is under
ploy his own office help. His salary ,,loo, European reports that Spain
for 1919 was placed at 1 1.200, : may De preparing to turn the balance
though It waa agreed by the council .gainst the allies by a stroke against
that If he should need an extra Portugal, coupled with reporta of
amount of help at any time it should ! heavy munitions purchases In the
be provided. lie will still supply as-1 united States, Is making Spain an
siatance to moot ordinary emergencies
from his own salary.
The police force will represent a
material saving. The chief was re
duced from $80 to $75 per month,
and the patrolman will receive his
.1 I M.i a r t a. At 1 1 1
uiu hui nmrjr ui fuu, uiu mure win
VW W J' IU v v t til V w J " V
these amounts. Under the formor ar
rangement the chief and tho ono
other officer served 12-hour shifts.
and divided the salary of a third pa-
trolman between them. This madoi
the chlof'a salary $101.66 per month,
and thnt of the patrolman $86.66.
Under tho now arrangement the chlf
will servo from noon to ton o'clock
nt night, when the patrolman will go
on duty till eight o'clock In tho morn-!
Ing. At that hour Street Supcrln-
mnn, will do duty till noon. Mr. i
Dean, who Is also city engineer, J
Plumbing Inspector, street superln-;
tendent In cbargo of streets and ,
parks, and a few other things not'
enumerated In tho ordinance, will j
contlnuo to draw his old salary of i
$80 per month. j
Tho chief of the lire department (IJy Unll0(, preB Leased Wire.)
suffered a reduction of salary from i,()H Angoles, Jan. 21. Flood
$85 to 80 per month, and tho assist- wator8 M a,mo8t enlreiy BU8dod
ant from $05 to $00. Heretofore eouthern California to3ay and re
both theso men hava been on constant ',mr work. WM i)clng ruBhodi Tue
duty at the englno house during tho moro important highways are expect
24 hours, but a committee from the' (, to bo , 8hal)e for traVel enrly
council Is to attempt a readjust- noxt wook( but thero will be many
meni or uuuos ana give tne men some
hours of relief during each 24, dur
lng which time only a Blnglo man
need bo at tho station,
The olty teamster was reduced
from $70 to $60 per month, and the
elty attorney waa Instructed to draft
an ordinance repealing tho old ordin
ance thnt establishes the wages to bo
paid to day labor at $2.50 for eight
hours' time. The attitude of the
council, as gatnod from romarks
niado by tho Individual members dur
ing tho discussion, Is that laborors
Uei paid whatever the ruling wago In
the open markot Is at the time.
Thero was no contest over any of
the reduotlons except In the case of
the city engineer. Mr. Doan callod
attention to tho report of the tax
lenguo whoroln the work of his de
partment had boon commended and
no request made for a roductlon. The
motion made to reduce his salary to
$75 was defeated by ft lie vote, tho
roductlon toeing favored by Council
men Atchison, Burke, Knlps and Pad
dock. The motion to leave the. sal-
(Contlnued On page I)
SPA!!! BUYING
i tins
III MUTED STATES
Washington, Jan. 21. Sweden and
Spain flashed promrnently today on
the km of world politics.
The former was reported trying to
persuade the United States to join In
a protest against the proposed Brit
ish Actual blockade of Germany; the
latter la said to be making heavy
purchases of munition In the United
States.
As American Interest are Involved
In both of these neutral nations,
diptomatio quarters are rife with
rumors as to what the outcome of
the two situations may mean.
It Is understood that Sweden Is
maneuvering guardedly against Brit
ish Interference with commercial and
mall matter nf Sweden, though fear
f troub.,e detn th. Scandlna-
important factor In the world poll
Ileal situation. Hence the allies are
understood to fee keeping a watchful
eye on her maneuvers.
siXfiINO SONG WAh
i
C'Al'HK XK Ml' It DK It
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Seattle, Jan. 21. Witnesses at the
tt1nl In .TtiilirA ItVntor Hnnartnmnt nf
th)J mmlQf today of Kambulat
Kooloff, charged with killing Mike
Kuczorskl on December 9, testified
that the formor shot Kuczerskt bo-
causo the latter persisted In singing
a song unpleasant to Kooloff's ears.
Kooloff was captured a few days
after the trouble. Mrs. Kuczerskl
and five chlldrpn were left destitute.
FLOODS SUBSIDE
dotours Bnd tcm,,orary bridges con-
fronting motorists.
Train Bervlce Is still uncertain.
Dredgos are busy in the Inner har
bor removing the silt which stream
ed Into it. . Acres of rich land are
smeared with mud and littered with
dtfhrls.. Families driven from their
homes are returning, but many resi
dences have been damaged nlmost be
yond repair.
Extensive areas of low lands, form
erly Inundated, ore veritable swamps,
and will probably ' remain so for
weeks.
It Kl lUGKll ATIOX (Tl AUG 148
di:kkm)i:i) iiy railroads
Washington, Jan. 21. The present
$5 per car charge for rofrlgeratton
from Washington state to eastern
points was defondfd today In ft brief
the Missouri Pacific and othdr de
fendant railroads (lied with the In
terstate commorce commission In the
complaint of the . Northern Pacific
Coast Fruit Distributors svnd the
Northwestern ' lYuit exchange.
CALIFORNIA
EXECUTE
VI LLISTA
Pay Penalty for Assassination
of Americans at Santa
Ysabel-Report of Villa's
Capture Not Yet Confirmed
El Paso, Jan. 21. Eighteen VII
llsta bandits paid with their lives to
day at Chihuahua City because of
the assassination of 18 Americans at
Santa, Ysabel.
While details were lacking in the
official Carranzlsta advices, detailing
the story this afternoon, it Is believed
they were lined up before a firing
squad In a public place. Most of all
of the 18 are said to have partici
pated in the Santa Ysabel outlawry.
As for reports of General Villa's
capture, Mexican Consul Garcia said
today that he had neither confirma
tion nor denial of It. General Her
rera at Chihuahua City was quoted,
however, as denying the report, and
again as saying he had no confirma
tion of IL
El Paso, Jan. 21. The fate and
the whereabouts of General Francisco
Villa stood today a mystery, In the
face of conflicting reports that he had
been captured.
Following announcement by Mexi
can Consul Garcia that the bandit
chief was being brought to Juares
for execution, possibly before a large
crowd at the race track there, Gen
eral Luis Herrera, chief commander
of the Carranzlstaa, wired from Chi
huahua City today that there was no
confirmation of the story.
Officials admitted that, after all,
he may not be In the tolls.
With the fondest hopes of the de
facto government thus dissipated, the
new revolution around Torreon was
reported making progress, with hu
man bodies swinging from poles and
bloody corpses left In the streets.
Stories as to Villa came from sev
eral sources. They were conflicting
and official confirmation ot the re
ported capture was lacking. Earlier
private messages from mining sources
In Chihuahua stated that Villa had
been captured allvo on the promise
that his life would be spared. This
report said that threo Carraanista de
tachments had, surrounded him and
18 followers, and had captured them
after they had mado a pretense at
resistance.
Included In the group were said
to be Colonel Carlos Lopez and 15
other participants In the execution ot
18 Americans at Santa Ysabel. These
16 were reported to have confessed
and to have paid with their lives
By United Press Leased Wire.)
Stanford University, Jan. 21. At
tacking hazing as a combination ot
oowardlce and bullylsm, Dr, Wilbur,
new president of Leland Stanford
Junior university, Indicated today In
an address to the student body that
ho Intends to wlpo lt out here for all
time.
"At the best," he Bald, "lt Is con-
tompUble; at the worst, criminal. It
marks the downfall of democracy,
and anything that has to be done In
the dark can not be sanctioned."
He hinted that student control will
be eliminated if the practice con
tinues. He counseled his hearer to par
take of university activities other
than mere study, holding that only
the men who hare interest In healthy
I
NO MORE STUDENT HAZING SAYS
HEAD OF STAND
endeavors, and are not mere book-
18 BULBAR FORI
SILENCED
BY ALLIES
Squadron From' Anglo-French
Fleet Quiets Guns at Porto
Lagos, and landing Party
Is Sent Ashore :u
Athens, Jan. 21. After two days
ot relentless bombardment, an Anglo-
French squadron silenced the forts ot
Porto Lagos on toe southern Bul-J
garian soil. The landing party de
stroyed gun emplacements there, but
returned to their ships after a recon
nalsance showed superior forces of
Bulgarians a few miles north.
The Sofia war office today officially
reported the bombardment of Porto
Lagos,, and Deadeagatch to the east
ward, by a squadron of 24 warships,
but did not mention the landing of
troops at Porto Lagos.
From the Constantinople war office
came the report that another squad
ron had shelled the Turkish positions
in the Gulf of Saros.
The Porto Lagos landing may be
fraught with significance. The squad
ron engaging therein was probably
Admiral Robeck's from, the Dardan
elles, and the reconnalsance was pos
sibly preliminary to a landing In
force. Though 8aIonlki messages re
ported heavy damage to Dedeagatch,
the Sofia war office announced that
there were no casualties.
Aviators directed the bombardment,
hut Constantinople reported that
Turkish batteries htt a cruiser, three
times, compelling her to withdraw in
flames, , " .
tor those of the Americans taken.
These stories are not confirmed.
Terror rules in the Torreon dis
trict, according to refugees here.
Nearly 4,000 soldiers Vlllistas and
Zapatistas chiefly are said to have
declared the lives ot Carranzlstas and
Americans forfeited, and to be In
favor of having Felix Dlai at the head
of Mexican affairs.
Executions without mercy are the
order of the day. More than 100
Carranzlstaa are said to have ibeen
shot down before a machine gun
squad southwest of Torreon, after
Americans had been warned to quit
the district on a quarter of an hour's
notice.
General Argumedo is leading this
revolt, and stprles say that he is car
rying on an outlaw war, which In
cluded the robbing of an American
mining company ot a $10,000 draft.
Ills forces are said to outnumber the
Torreon Carranalsta garrison by fully
1,000 men.
UHiVERSITY
worms, amount to anything In the
evwy day world.
"You can not be a good citizen
and lay down," he said.
Dr. Wilbur indicated the university
must limit its student body, and he
expressed a desire to have more dor
mitory life. He announced, too, that
careful selection of men will be made
to fill the places of professors retiring
soon because ot the age limit.
An appeal for chivalry toward wo
men students ot the university and
an exposition ot the value ot high
alms and Ideals, written by Mrs. Jane
Lath r op Stanford, and intended to
be read at the opening of the univer
sity was read by the president. Mr.
Stanford noted on the manuscript
that she had not had the courage to
read It, so left It to be presented after '
her death. , !
BBS III
RIGHT BEFORE
AUSTRIAN UK
Rome, Jan. 21. Montenegrins',
following resumption of warfare after
the break In peace negotiations, are
retiring toward Scutari, Albania, ac
cording to dispatches today. They
are constantly -clashing with the pur
suing Austrian.
The army of Essad Pasha, former
Albanian ruler, who declared war on
Austria, has arrived at Scutari and
will Join the Montenegrins.
FORD DELEGATES WILL
CROSS GERMANY AGAIX
(By United Press Leased Wire)
New York, Jan. 21. The Ford
press toureau announced today that
the few Ford peace delegates remain
ing at The Hague with the intention
of later establishing a permanent
peace tribunal have finally gained the
consent of Germany to cross that
country to reach Stockholm. As In
the , first crossing, they will Journey
In a sealed car They were expected
to leave The Hague at noon;
CONGRESS WANTS'
ADVICE Oil GRANT
(By United Press Lesaed Wire)
Washington, Jan. 21. Secretary
Lane and Attorney General Gregory
have been asked to advise congress
what legislation will be passed for
th relief of homesteaders on land'
bought from the Southern Pacific un
der Oregon grants, the titles to which
have been voided by the supreme
court. '
Chairman Ferris, of the house
public lands committee, said be be
lieved lt will be necessary for con
gress to validate the titles of many
who bought in good faith. He said,
too, that litigation involving millions
of dollars' worth of timber lands pre
sents one of the most difficult and im
portant problems before congress.
The supreme court has set a six-
months' limit for congressional ac
tion, and Ferris said his committee
will act after receiving the advice of
the two cabinet officials.
L
TO HIVE GRAIN CROP
,
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Portland, aJn. 21. Between three
and five million bushels of grain are
tied up between Chicago and New
York for lack ot railroad facilities,
exporters declared here today. The
western grain exporters are frankly
displeased at the situation.
Because ships are scarce, they are
forced to send grain to Europe over
the transcontinental railroads. At
least 20,000,000 bushels of the 1915
crop is going from the Pacific north
west to Europe over this route, they
declare. Because they are not re
gular customers, the eastern rail
roads do not favor them. So, while
ships are waiting at New York for
their cargoes, the grain is stalled on
the way. One Portland shipper is
paying $1,000 a day demurrage on
a ship In New York.
RIVERS IN ILLINOIS
ARE NOW FLOODING
Ottawa, 111., Jan. 21. Scores of
houses are flooded and thousands of
acres ot rich farm lands are inun
dated as the result of overflowing of
the Illinois and Fox rivers. The
streams are rising at the rate ot two
fee an hour.
The worst ot the flood in the Illin
ois, however, Is being held hack by
an fee gorge to .the west ot Ottawa,
though this Is damaging up-river
points. Interurban service Is suspended.
ROADS
UNABLE
rie LOST
CREEK
Hayden Dean, Aged Abut
GO Years, Disappears Jaa
cary 7th, ad Has Net Yet
Been hzzi by Searchers
Hayden Dean, a mining man aged
about 60 years, has been missing
since Friday, January 7, when he left '
the home of Wm. HcCalllster, on tbs
lower Rogue river, for his cabin at
the Schan creek, and his friends hare
given up hope of finding him alive.
On the 7th, Mr. Dean left for the
Schan creek cabin, carrying a pack
of provisions to tide himself and his
partner over during the storm then
raging in the hills, and was to have
returned in a few days. Not arriv
ing at the cabin, his partner, Mr.
Carleton, of 'Central Point, attempt
ed to come out, being short ot pro
visions, and was himself lost in the
hills for two days and nights, finally
arriving at Merlin. On the night
that arr. Dean left McCallister's, the
heaviest tall of snow occurrd, and at
the head of Schan creek it now lies
about ten feet deep.
, The pack with which Dean left Mc
Callister's place was found by the
partner at a forks In the trail only
about a quarter of a mile from "the
cabin, indicating that Dean had ar
rived that near his destination on the
night ot the 7th, and probably be
coming exhausted had put down his
burden to make his way to tft cabin,
and return later for the provisions.'
The night of the 7th several feet of
new snow fell, and it has been Im
possible to track Dean from the point
where he left his pack. When Carle-
ton left the cabin on Schan creek he
left Dean's dog locked up In the
building, expecting that Dean would
arrive without delay. Searchers who
instituted a hunt for Dean found the
dog In the cabin, he having lived on
the meat that was there when Carle
ton left. No trace of Dean has been
found, however, and other searching
parties are starting out today, though
there is little likelihood of success,
for If Dean became exhausted in the
deep snow and perished, his body will
lie under the snow till spring. Those
who know the district where Dean
was lost state that there Is little
chance that he could have found re
lief at another mining camp, and be
lieve that when he left his pack he
was already too near exhaustion to
make the short distance to the cabin.
They therefore expect that the body
ot the unfortunate man will be found
not far from the cabin in which he
would have found warmth and com
fort. L REPLY TO U.S.
Berlin, Jan. 21. Germany's final
reply to America in the Lusltania tor
pedoing case is being prepared, and
while the time of delivery is not de
termined, officials are confident that
It will settle all submarine differences
with the United States.
It is understood the messages de
clare a willingness to grant Indem
nity for American lives lost; again
expresses regret for the casualties,
(but reiterates the German reminder
that neutral persons had heen warn
ed not to sail aboard her.
The, most Important clause guar
antees the future safety of neutrals
aboard belligerent passenger ships,
and promises not to torpedo them
without warning. It maintains the
position which Ambassador ron Bern
storfl told the state department.
GERMANY
PREPARES
IN
A.