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1 'i i DAILY EDITION VOI VI., No. 120. 0r"ty GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUXTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1010. or WHOLE NUMBER 1670. Wither Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass lias a Paper With Full Leased Wi re Telegraph Sen-ice. mim. HOLD COUNTY FAIR SEPT. 191021 Dates Selected for Josephine Exposition Week Ahead of State Fair, and Board Urges Citizens to Get Busy' The Jo(ihlno county fair will held tu OrunU ran on Tuesday, Wed neday and Thursday, September 19, 30 Hi) il 21. TIicmo dates were sclect d by the county fair board at Its lata meeting an the moat advantage ous for thta district, and coming Just a week ahead of the ntutn fair will permit the exhibit from tlio cdunty i fair to sent to Salem for tlUptuy. I Tho alto for the holding of the fair haa not yet (icon announced. Thej board states that with amide funds' from county and atato libera! prom-, luma can ho offered In all tho classes, ' and it wishes every citlxen of Jose-i phlno to UHe hla beat energies In! making the exposition tho beat yet 1 held In aoiithorn Oregon. The appeal i from tho board la as follow: j "We have the fundi aecured to Rive ua good premium and prise on all llnea, and now we auk every man, woman and child In the county to get buay and produce aomethlng for the fair. Let ua make tola the biggest and beat fair over held In southern Oregon. Let ua show that Josephine county can produce the finest gralna, grasses, vegetables, fruit and atock in Oregon. We will bavo a big apace for augur beota. The ladle1 department will he made a atrong feature. Mr. Miner, tiring In some of that 1 ...I.. ..I. I. ..,.!. ,K, la famous and valuable rock that la stored away caverns. In our underground "Mr. Stockman, the stock ibuslness i(,rupulouHly tne interests of his of Joaophlno county is growing to be clients while connected with the S. D. a leading factor, therefore there la warron CBtate. Appearing before no better place than tho fair to ad- the senate sub-committee conducting vertUe your speclsl breeds and buy the urandols; bearings, Bailey od or sell. I mltted, however, that the complaint "The fruit business Is coming to ghould be tried in court, the front. Let Josephine county's president a W. Wlnslow, of the display prove she can produce the , iTn.tel Shoe Machinery company, finest fruit In Oregon. , 'charged that Brandels helped to form "The bualnose men and Commer- ( thRt company, was a director therein, cial club have-evidenced a willing- an(j ,jrcw clauses whereby the con ness to co-operate to make the fair cern lcasod its machinery to patrons, a three daya' celebration In honor font that later he attacked the com of Josephine county's products." j,Bny as a vicious trust and its leases The fair board Is organlzod with as Invalid. Wlnslow will be cross- II. II. Hartor chairman. 11. M. White secrotary, tho third member being County Superintendent Lincoln Sav age. AEROPLANE BOMBARDMENT KILLS SIX AT SC11 10 Rome, Feb. 15. Six persons were killed and several wounded when areoplanos bombarded Schlo Monday. (By United Press Leaaid Wlrs.) Washington, Feb. 16. That Presi dent Wilson Is considering American Ambassador Morgentbau of Constan tinople for the vacant posj of secre tary of war (was reported today. Coincident with the .fact that Mor gentbau, en route from Constanti nople, will not arrive here for severol days, 1 the White House statement that the president will "take his time" In picking Secretary Garrison's successor, , A report that the president wants some prominent middle western law yer for the place boomod the stork of Judson Harmon, of Ohio, who re cently came out strongly for preparedness, URGENT MAY SUCCEED GARRISON HE HOLIDAY I ARE EXECUTED El Paso, Fot. 15. While 6,000 persona, Including many Americans, made tho event a holiday affair, three former VIlllHtas, accused of theft, wero executed at Juarei today. Tho death march to the north western atatlon was headed by a band that played popular airs, while hundreds of civilians fell In behind tho condemned men in a Joyous pro cession. Two of tho men faced death with out fear. They even refused a blind fold. But Manuel Rojaa, former buglor for Villa, gave some evidence ' f9 ti.i I, h,Ht Inunlnop Airttlnat thft V, . m r u . r. ........ adobe wall of toe depot for support, land accepted tho handkerchief bllnd ' fold, lie was the first one Bhut. lie had scarcely fallen to the ground when the second man was lined up In front of his dead body and shot. As tho third man tared the firing squad, he looked at bis dead com panions, muttered a prayer, and then said calmly to the captain: "Shoot when you like; good-bye comrades." Tho 1G rifles sputtered and the third man roll between the other two. Three other Mexicans sentenced to die were then dragged up to the heap of corpses, while the soldiers pre pared to fire. Just as the crowd thought the command to fire had been given, the squad captain read a pardon from General Gavlra, where upon the trio broke Into cheers. ATTACK BRANDEIS BEFORE COMMITTEE (By United Press Leased Wire) Washington. Feb. 15. Louis D. nrandols, President Wilson's choice . . . . tor tne supreme couri oencn, was charged by Hollls Bailey, Boston at torney, today with 'failure to guard examined tomorrow. E IN FRANCE FURIOUS (By United Press Leased Wire.), London, Feb. 15. While the steady roll of artillery reverberates In the Champagne hills, the Germans, according to dispatches, are prepar ing for a still more powerful offen sive there. This is designed to throw the French back along a 15-mlle front 'from the Challerange railway. Paris expects the Teuton blow to strike before night. Evidence of the German Intent has boen seen in the battling of recent hours. , For a day pt German guns have concentrated their Activities on Tahure and the sector east of the Navarln farm.' By making a wedge in the French lines west of the Kavarin on Satur day and repeating this operation Ave miles to the east on the Sabbath, the Germans threatened the French, re tiring on a wide front. Indeod, they may force them back to the Soualn rorthos rond. ', , The French, In turn, probably will counter-attaok, . and thus furious .fighting Is likely to continue for days. HSffi GERMAN E IV ClAI PLOT BRYAN WILL TO DESTROY OPPOSE I. U. S. SHIP WILSON Attempt to Blow Up Battle ship Kentucky at Vera Cruz Said to Have Been Foiled by Carranzista Agent Washington, Feb. " 15. Carran- zlstas, according to reports today. notified the United States that a plot to blow up the battleship Kentucky at Vera Crua had been foiled by Car- ranta's agent. The story went that the alleged plotters were unknown. No informa tion concerning the report was pb talnable from either the atate depart ment or the Mexican embassy. Mexican Ambassador Arredondo is known to have filed certain affidavits with the state department. It la re ported these charged that not only Mexicans, but also Americans, were Involved In the plot, the alleged our- pose of which was to Involve the tnited 8tates In war as did the blow ing up of the Maine In Havana har bor. It is understood that the navr haa wirelessed the Kentucky to be on the lookout. It waa reported.too, that Carran zlstas had declared Consul Canada at Vera Cms was in the alleged plot, though Just what part he was sup posed to hsve played was not made clear. MONSTER 61 IIMARIXES IN' THE KAISER S FLEET London, Feb. 15. New monster submarines will enforce the Teuton decree to sink armod merchant ships without warning, said the Tele graph's export today., These new craft, he declared, re semble the original American moni tors except that they will submerge. Above the almost cylindrical hull Is an armored battery, which can be made air-tight. The -vessel can sub merge and bring this battery Just above water. ANARCHISTS III WORLD-WIDE PLOT J THE CLERGY AIID CHURCHES Chicago, Feb. 15. Police authori ties of Chicago and many large cities of the nation are hunting for anarch ists Involved In a plot, the ramifica tions of which spread all over the world, to wreck churches and kill the clergy. The plot waa fully revealed today after Interpreters had dug Into Ital ian letters found on John Allegrlnl. arrested as a witness In the conspir acy to poison Archbishop Mundelein, Governor Dunne and many other no tables at a banquet here last week. The poison banquet was Insigni ficant compared to the deadly alms of the (Plot as a whole. Steeped In the bitterness of reli gious hatred, the plotters, taking their directions from an anarchistic headquarters In Rome, were to blast churches, kill clergy and ruin public buildings In this country. No creed was to be spared. Fif teen persons are said to have consti tuted this gang of "reds" and the police are now making every effort te round them up. Meanwhile the authorities are hopeful of catching soon Jean Crones, mlsBlng University club sub-chef, suspected of being the plotter In the poison banquet ease, Letters revealing the antl-clerlonl plot bore Chicago and Salida, Colo., date lines. They were unsigned, but Correspondent Says That Former Premier of Presi dent's Cabinet Will Be Against Second Term New York, Feb. 16. "William Jennings Bryan, the man who made President Wilson's nomination pos sible at Baltimore, will in all human probability oppose his renomlnatlon In Juno," said the Evening Post's Washington correspondent in a copy righted article today. "This was the fixed impression Bryan left in my mind after two long talks with him recently. He asked particularly that nothing be said about his views until the president had announced his candidacy, and even then he did not want to be re stricted in any utterance or pro nouncement in advance of the con vention. He wanted to be free to do as he thought best to express him self at the moment he thought was most opportune. "The fact that President Wilson's renomlnatlon seems assured will not alter Bryan's conviction about the single term for president, tor he Is wedded to that principle. He holds that It is -vitally related to the public welfare and he has held that view' for twenty years long before he ever heard about President Wilson." The correspondent stated, how ever, that Bryan's opinion will be 'based nfore on technicalities, and that preparedness and "many other differences" will furnish him with the ammunition to fight the second term. It Wilson is nominated, though, Bryan will not bolt him, the writer stated. "The Lord does not require us to win. He simply requires us to do our duty," Bryan was quoted as say ing. The former premier believes, it was stated, that President Wilson has needlessly alienated the German- American vote and is saddling dem ocracy with unnecessary burdens. from their contents the recipient ap parently knew the sender and knew who waa meant when 'blank spaces were left in the writing. One of them told of a new bomb that would "be fine thing to throw among a lot of religious people" af ter church attendance on Sunday. Another discussed the Colorado strike and said things were getting "pretty hot" there. - The pot is believed to hare In cluded the attempt sometime ago to destroy St. Patrick's Catholic church In New York, together with plans to ruin a number of churches and big business buildings In this city. Letters found on Allegrlnl's room mate, Indeed, hinted that two score of local (banking men were marked for death In the plots, though author ities have refused to throw particular Itght on this phase of the case while hunting for the man. ' The plotters are believed to have a surprisingly large fund for destruc tion and for ball of any arrested members. Strenuous efforts were made to get the release of Allegrlnl, and ball to almnBt any amount was offered. Authorities) however, re fused to release, him overnight and said emphatically that nothing would be dono for him before today. (Continued on page 8) LUSTAM CAUSE OF STRIFE . Ill Berlin, Feb. 15. Settlement of the Lusltanla negotiations has suddenly become the center of violent party storms. The newspapers today attacked Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and Foreign Secretary von Jagow for falling to explain terms of the settle ment in the relchstag, and declared that these officials ought to tell the public whether Germany bad made further concessions tending to cripple Germany's submarine warfare. The papers, however, expressed de light at the unofficial reports of a settlement. Inasmuch as they are anxious that good relations between Germany and the United States shall be maintained. They considered that neither side had triumphed, and be lieved that a compromise on both sides was more gratifying than It one nation had yielded all to the other. Conservatives, desirous of annex ing Belgium because of its harbors and Its iron ore, are very Mtter and are carrying this feeling into the Lusltanla fight On the other hand, the radicals are now supporting the government JURY CONVICTS McMlnnvlIle, Feb. 15. William Branson was convicted of mnrder In Khe second degree today on a charge of killing William Booth. The jury was out from 5 p. m. yesterday until 10 a. m. today. V Booth was found with a revolver bullet In his heart at Wlllamlna Octo ber 8. After a brief Investigation Branson and Mrs. Anna Booth were arrested and Jointly indicted for the murder. Mrs. Booth, It was alleged, had been intimate with Branson. Circum stantial evidence against the pair, was all the state could find. Mrs. Booth's trial In December was a long-drawn-out affair, resulting In a disagreement of the Jury. RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL, $40,000,000 (By United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Feb. 15. "Anti-pork" congressmen indicated today that they will fight lor reduction of the rivers, and harbors bill appropria tions. The measure, carrying near ly 140,000,000, was booked tor final consideration in committee today, with an early report to the house. Among the Pacific coast appropri ations aske'd are: California Humboldt harbor and bay, $450,000; Sacramento and Feather rivers. $115,000, with $75, 000 more if $75,000 is contributed locally; Oakland harbor, $106,500; San Pablo (bay, $105,500; Los An geles and San Francisco harbors, $75,000 and $15,000. Oregon and Washington Colum bia river, $1,200,000. Washington Waterway Joining Lake Union and Lake Washington with Puget sound, $348,000. Oregon Columbia and lower Wil lamette rivers, below Portland, $360, 000; Coos bay, $70,000; Yamhill river and Willamette river above Portland, $47,000. . Surveys, with possible later" Im provements, were authorized for these localities: California Black John slough, Eel river. Venice. 11 Washington Baker's bay from the main ship channel of the Colum bia to Ilwaco. Oregon Channels In the St. Hel ena and Ralnter rivers; Hoquarton slough; Sluslaw . river; Willamette river between Eugene and Corvallls. REICHSTAG BRA 111 OF MURDER CLUB HOLDS Commercial Body Discusses Many Hatters Affecting its Pcblic Welfare at Regular Monthly Meeting last Night At the regular meeting of the Com mercial club Monday night a number of most Interesting subjects were up for discussion. The special commit tee that had been appointed at a pre vious meeting announced that the city and the water company were working upon a plan for lowering the water charge during the period when there was greatest need tor water for lawns. It was reported that a request would probably be made to the state commission for a reduction of the water rate during the months of July and August. The special rate nnder consideration was said to be the making of the charge for water after the minimum charge of $1.20 for the first 300 cubic feet, 10' cents instead of 17c per 100 cubic feet Members of the club who discussed the question thought that the re duced - rate should cover a longer period. It being practically as neces sary to Irrigate in June and Septem ber as In July and August The club made nb further recommendations In' the matter. . The officers of the club were instructed to communicate with the council in an effort to have the city make a filing upon water for municipal purposes from either the Rogue or some other available source, and hold the right for future development and use. It is under stood by the club that under a state law municipalities can make such fil ings and hold the water till It may ibe convenient to develop it A plan that had been proposed for the Issuance of a tourist guide was endorsed by the club, and the ad vertising committee will work out the plan. A small booklet will be pub lished showing numerous trips that can be made from Grants Pass as a center from the short tours of from one to several hours over the roads adjacent to the city to the longer ones to the Caves, to Crescent City, Crater lake, and other points of in terest Supervisor Macduff, of the Siskiyou national forest, who was present at the meeting, kindly offer ed assistance and co-operation, and will make a series of. photographs covering Borne of the trips, such as that down the Rogue river and the one to the caves, and will leave sets of these photos at the Commercial olub. where they will be available for tourists In connection with the guide books. The proposed road to the caves and down Grayback crook to connect with (Continued on page 2) IE HI DEAD III E FIRE Butte, Mont, Feb. 15. Nine per sons were known to be dead this af ternoon as the result of a fire that tor hours flamed In the Pennsylvania mine of the Anaconda Copper com pany. The presence of live horses in the lower levels led to the hope that some of the 12 missing men, believed to be entomibed, are still alive.' Reports that most of the missing men had probably gome home with out registering ' proved erroneous. The company forced water down the air shaft, while a rescue crew tried to penetrate the smoke-filled levels. Some of the dead men were hor ribly burned, while others were suf focated In struggling to reach the air. COPPER -