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- - ' V ' DAILY EDITION VOL. VI., No. 160. VjIlANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. BUXDAV, MARCH SO, 1910 WHOLE XOIBEB 170V (1 No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wi re Telegraph Service. (I,- TO VILLA Human Quarry of American Troops Escaped from Trap Set, But Is Now Hard Pres sed, Reports Gen. Gavira El Paso, Mar. 25. -Francisco Villa's main force ot 300 men Is in Santa Clara canyon, 80 mllea from Its western entrance, with Colonel Coorge Dodd's cavalry close uion him. General Oavira assorted In a statement to the United Treat today. Villa la nearly aurrounded, Gavir. declared. Hla only avenue of escape la through the eastern entrance to the canyon. But Carrantlstaa at Lsguna and nearer the eastern mouth might cut him off.- The canyon la nearly 200 miles long. Carransista and American co-operation forced Villa's present plight, Oavlra said. He declared reporta of friction be tween Mexicans and. Americans ori ginated In the United States. - Arrivals from Chihuahua City re ported General Luis Herrera was attll loyal, and was In Chihuahua with his troops. -. Military anpnts are tracing muni tions shipments to Juarez, In order to prevent Villa from obtaining them. El Paso. Mar. '2B.Fr.ncl.eo Villa "Uof h,p. wh,ch w, be 8ent ,n la believed to have escaped the Amorl- pn,n LkmSlr Ernest Shackel-ean-Carraoilsta trap laid for him ton. British Antarctic explorer, whose near Namlqulpa. With a great mini- fte 'n JUW in the light of recent ber of his followers he is thought to developments. Although it was re have reached the San Miguel country, ported Sydney, N. S. W., that Military mon expressed this con- Shackelton had aucceeded In crossing vlctlon today .when reports of a de-,the Antarctic continent with his expe nsive battle with him failed to ma- d'tion. garbled wireless message terlalUe. throwing doubt on the story was re in absence of word to the contrary, lved ,Btr frm the ltHBH Aurora, It is believed the American expedl- M been sent to bring him tlon lost Villa's trail. The bandit hack. The radio dispatch said the hlef was last repbrted at Namlqulpa had hrn damaged and was a week ago. The American expedl; returning to New Zealand for re tlon did not reach there until Thnrs- Plrs. It failed to mention Shackel day or Friday. 4 ' .ton or his men. . ... Consul Garcia had no further word ! '' 8hkeUon's friends here today today with regard to the situational Wf the New Zealanders to try and telOso,' where Villa was reported ' wireless communlca Ion wrlth hacked'up in a canyon Wwcen Nam- the Aurora again,, Udy Bhackc ton iqulpaand Santa Clara. Hghtlng' for her friends are confident that hi. life.' Villlsta." have' cut "all tele- Vrty will return a vs. They be "graph wires south of Caaas OrandW Shackelton ha. either abandon It is'apparent that Villa ha. .cat- n, i0 louth tered his forces. A small number la perhaps surrounded la .the Nam loulpa district from which come per Ulntnnf r&nnrtl nf h AmArlmn Bxnfl Sutton enveloping, the bandit..' An- other group probably , set fir-'" to. W a .mill town wh ch 'the United States troops' found burned. Vllliatas are believe 'to have been connected with the wreck" of an, American troop .train south of Casaa, Grandee. The enirlne and ' several car. turnSd1' v'er ' near '.CuinfireiT .There were no fatalities, but a num ber of cavalry horses were so badly ,lurt they had to . be killed. .. The column marohed overland for the re mainder ot the Journey. ' .' DIRD MAII BRIH6S :. HEWS ' FROM PUT Columbus, N. "'to.,' Mar. 25. Nar , rowly escaping deaith In a 166-mile lilght from Aniorloan headquarter. In Mexico, Lieut. Dargue arrived ( here today with dispatches from General , Pershing and newspaper correspond ent, at the front. He made the flight In two and one-half hours, Over e : mountain pass a wind whirled htm to within 50. feet of the ground. Ho nld U was very cold at the Tront. Ill TT DEATH BY 1,1 T Idaho Falls, Idaho, Mar. 25. Wil bur Breckinridge was shot and killed late last night by two masked ban dits who held up the bunkhbuse of the Now Sweden Irrigation company's ranch. The robbers, holding tied four of the ranch bands, rifled tholr pos sessions. Then they Jollied tholr helpless victims, compelling them to walk on tholr hands and knoes for their amusement Pan Evans, one of the bunkhouse Inmates, offered resistance. One of (the robbers struck blm over the head I with a 45 caliber revolver, breaking .the barrel off the gun. Evans re ceived a severe scalp wound. I Leaving the bunkhouse, the rob bers met Breckinridge. When be ac costed them, they shot blm through .the head several times. Not until one o'clock this morning was George Jackson, one of the ranch employes, able to release himself and give warn ing. He untied the hands and feet of his companions Evans, Billy Hay i wood and Frank Voting. It is believed the robhers escaped on a train leav ing here at 1:50 a. m. The police and sheriff's office have notified of ficers in surrounding cities. ' ' SEIID RELIEF TO HUJ1T EXPLORER London. 'Mar. 25. Hasty arrange mentsVere made today to outfit a can side and is returning to Buenos Aires, or that he is already safely over the South, Pole and will soon !n, CPta'n Mcintosh at Cape The rst message received ta"B oKon was safe, were garbled. NRRAn I VILLA'S ARMY Mexico City. ; Mar. 25 Reports of TarranMUHKrtnJ -ono "orer.to Francisco Villa "wer'i tfMclanotiled today At Queretsro, the temporary Mexican capital.' '".i ' - IP Oeneral Obregon admitted that trouble might develop through con tinued presence of American troops' in Mexico. He .aid the de facto government's enemies on both aides of the border .were trying to force Intervention and that he hoped Villa would be speedly captured, so the United States soldiers could1 leave the country. , Tho western Chihuahua Carransls tas who were reported to have en gaged ViUii In battle were being rein forced today, 7' ' . . 1 Arthur Edgertonjjipcnt Saturday at Ashland on business. ' ; . 1 Oil IPS SINK LfflU FAILS IN NORTH SEA DUEL Announcement Just Comes of tie Battle Between German Raider Greif and British JaVotecled Cruiser cantani London, Mar. 25 Battling In the North Ma Feb. 29, the German com merce raider Greif and the British armed " merchant cruiser Alcantara were both " so badly damaged that they aank, the admiralty announced today. " The Greif was an unprotected cruiser of 2,028 tons. She carried a crew of 180. The Alcantara was probably a crack four-deck steamer of tbo Royal Mall line, 15,300 tons. The Orelf. according to the admlr- Iftlttf. flflV 4tlA VnMTAstlll Hmn .nil planned to repeat exploits of the Ger man commerce raider Moewe. When the ships came together can non fire sank' the German. As she went down she launched a torpedo which struck the Alcantara amidships . A crowd or fourteen thousand wlt and sent her to the bottom. It is be- nessed the fight. ' It Included New lleved 180 of the Grelf's crew perish- York's; elect : society, ; which rubbed ed. . Five officers and 118 men were elbow, -with fight fans from the East made prisoners. The Alcantara lost' s'dc. ; . five officers and 69 men.' ( Moran bled profusely In sixth and According to admiralty accounts, ;seventh rounds. , Wlllard escaped the Greif slipped out from Kiel canal disguised as a Norwegian tramp. The Alcantara, nntrnlllnr In tho Vnrth sea. met and hailed her. ,ner8 w0rkln8 like 'mad amid scenes When asked to identify his vessel, reminiscent of old time ee battles, the commander of the German raider With several holes below the water replied with a fictitious name, arous- Mjne, the German began sinking slow ing the suspicions of British officers ly As she plunged to the bottom, a on the Alvantara. They launched a boatload of armed sailors to board! the raider and examine her papers. Suddenly, as the small boat ap-' proached, guns were unmasked on the Greif and a German flag was run up, British and Teuton gunners fired sim ultaneously. ' , ' 1 Struck In several places, the raider continued fighting, and for ten min- tries the two vessels rained' shells on each 1 other- at close quarters, : gun-' Boulogne, via Paris, 1 Mar. " 25 Two Americans are missing and it is estimated 60 may tie dead today as the result of an explosion which dam aged the British steamer Sussex as she was crossing the English' channel. Three Americana "aboard "declared they saw a torpedo , coming toward the Sussex just before the' explosion; '-.There were at least 12 Americans on the vessel, including myoelf. The missing 'United1 "States citizens are Elisabeth Baldwin."' and her father1 of' Philadelphia. " Others' endangered were, W. O. Tenfleld', 'in American' studeutlat Oxtord nnlversityV Edward tfuxley, president of " the '' bolted Btatei Robber company t 'Francis E." Btakei 'head of that ' vorporation's Enrdpean ' brahch,'- and ' Miss ' Alice Rues; .. "t;- ' W , Although' the ' explosion damaged the Sussex so that passengers had to abandon her,' the1 steamer arrived at Boulogne today under her own steam. 1 There were 880 passengers aboard when we sailed from Folkestone yes terday noon. Excellent weather was encountered. Near the French port of Dieppe the' ternlfto explosion oc curred. I was conversing with sov eral Americans about 4:30 p. m., when the blast shook the Sussex from bow to Btern.' One empty life boat Iflll Cbanpion Heavyweight Pug- ilist Retains His Title ia Ten Ross i Battle Staged in New Ycrk City Last Night New York, Mar. 25. Jen Wlllard retained; the .world's championship tlUe tonight i lifeless ten-round bout with Frank Moran. - . Sheer superiority, reach and weight won. Moran hored in frequently, but was unable to damage the champion, who smiled throughout the fight Wlllard announced he had broken the knuckles ot his. right hand In the second round and continued fighting with one hand. In the seventh round "Wlllard made the only 'spurt. Seemed going after a knockout. Before the round was over Moran rallied. At least a dosen times Wlllard had an easy chance for a knockout punch, but -did not take dT'ntage ot U- ; , without a scratch. torpedo was launched from one of a number of . torpedo tubes visible on her deck.' The torpedo ripped such in the British warship's sides ithot it disappeared under the waves wlthln IS minutes. "The Greif carried 800 men, al though in normal times her crew only numbered 180., .Prisoners explained that she had been double-manned, so prize crews could he placed aboard captured enemy steamer.. 1 was splintered and a huge fountain ot water spouted over the side. Many passengers standing at the, rail .were engulfed in this . wave and hurled violently into the sea. H was among them, that moat of the casualties occurred.-.'- .,...,."'!:..,;,'.'..,.',. Life boat, were launched imme diately, but 1 learned that several peN" sons struggling near the rail were not i picked i up. i , !1; V f Just after the explosion the 8us sex listed sharply and it was feared she would sink.' .Passengers were panlo stricken. ' Women and children rushed shrieking about the decks. OffVeera-flnally quieted them, and the panto subsided when the veeeel right ed Itself.-' -.' 'Wt , m. el t . ' Survivors remained aboard until 11 p. m., when most ot them were taken oft by the Maria Threesa .and landed at Boulogne early today. It Is believed the estimate of '50 dead may be exaggerated, as there is a chance of some passengers having been picked up by other ships. The explosion occurred in the for ward part of. the ship, wounding many. It shattered the wireless house, so there was no chance ot call ing for hlp by radio. Four hours the Sussex drifted in the channel, vainly signaling for aid. The wound- (Continued on Page Six.) GEWJAH SHELLS SET FIRES IH THE CITY OF VERDUII Berlin, Mar. 25. German artillery has set fire to Verdun, It was official ly announced today. There were no Important changes on the western front during the night ' Berlin, Mar. 25. Return of crisp spring weather to Verdun signals the renewal of heavy Infantry . fighting there, which la expected to slowly squeete out the French from the Malancourt-Betblucourt salient The recent lull was due to fog and rain. which hindered artillery. Now the weather is so line that German sol diers from their, newly-gained posi tions on the Meuse west bank can look down on" Verdun's glistening spire..'.; ; !'" - r''-' Shell, from German 42 centimeter guns have greatly damaged forts on the eastern and northeastern aide, of the city. Neither Russian attack, nor allied reports of heavy German losses at Verdun have shaken German confi dence In the success of their smash against the strong fortress. .Reports of 200,000 Teutons, lost at Verdun are deemed absurd here. ' , The disorganized Russian offen sive convinced German critics, that the czar was not ready when General Joffre asked him to aid. HEW DEATH OEALHIG ' ; By Win, G. Shepherd. Paris, Man 25 Equipped with a new. nornDiy destructive device, a great fleet of Zeppelins , will accom pany the German navy when it dashes out to meet the. British, according to stories told by Swiss boatmen on Lake Constance. They obtained their .Information, they said from residents of FriedrlcbBhafen where the great Zeppelin works, are located. 'They have watched German sky cruisers experiment. with: the new, death mis sile.:.; .,..,, :':;, .- -J Suspended from the gondola ot the Zeppelln:ls a, wire more than ,vo miles long. ; At the: end of) the v wire dangles- a oluster of , .hornbs, ', filled with ' high Haxploelves. (. h ;f v ?.''.! Scouting ahead of the , fleet. at a great height, the. Zeppelin, boatman say, will i drop Its explosive; halt to the water and ,drag It an a high rate of speed. M When the bomb cluster strikes the 8ide ;.ofn enemy v warship,, the .Zep pelin, commander, two; miles j above the water will touch an electric, but toniiSettlng ptt.the pharge. t... i The. bomb -dragging teat, it is said has Vbeen; practiced , several, tlm.es In the past fortnight by (pew Zeppelin that apparently maintained a speed: of 100 miles an hour. -i Washington, Mar, 25 Four Amer icans are believed to have perished In itheitprpedpin of Ihe.ppmlnlon liner Englishman, according to a cable gram to the state department today fromt American Consul -Armstrong, at Bristol, England. Thirty-three survi vors were landed at a British port ' Armstrong ' did not mention the time or place of the attack. o ' ' The Americans aboard the English man, not reported saved were Peter MoDougal, horse foreman, Boston; P, Buckley and M. A. Burke, horse men, addresses unknown, and George MoDougal, trimmer, ot Lawrence, Mass.' The dispatches from Consul Arm- (Continued on Page Six.) . ; GERMAN nn inirrnnn re nr ir it I-1 ii in . wLfiirhiniiiO; i nor Jilfiii! APRIL 10 Gnd Jcry WillBeCcayend Apnl 3rd, ad Ctrtxlt Cral WHIl!eetcaKc:iay;A:ril ICaS,- fcr r Rcgdar Tera liU .1' The jury list for the term of the ' circuit court to convene Monday, April 10, has been drawn, and con sists of the following jurors: G. H. Kesterson, Grants Pass, mill owner. ." v J. C. Calhoun, Grants Pass, tanner. WUlard Hadlock, grants Pass, farmer. ., -..." . , .Oscar, Grim, Hugo, farmer. J. , P. Anderson, Placer, miner. H." H. Gibbs, Kerby, farmer. M. M. Ainswbrth, Murphyi farmer. L. M. Graham, Grants Pass, Route 1, farmer. ... .-. - . . E. A. Rathbone, Grants Pass, Routs farmer. H. A- Johnson, 'Williams, farmer. Andrew Gigler, Grant. Pass, farmer. ' ' - Harry Mills, Grants Pass, miner. . E. R. Crouch, Grants Pass, miner. Frank W.AUenl Grants Psss, Route 2, farmer. ' ... H. A. Dillingham, Grants' Pass, retired. ' '' ; Ed Jordan, Wolt Creek, farmer. Albert Anderson,, Grants Pass, con tractor. .' ; '.''.. . . W. Turvey, Williams, farmer. F. C. Farwell, Three Pines, farmer. F. E. Barrett, Kerby, farmer. G. T. McCormick, Hugo, hotel keeper.,,. , ... , v. ... Walter Evenson, Grants Pass, laundryman. Louie R. Loesch, Murphy, farmer. A. R. Marsh, Grants Pass, farmer. S..J. Taylor, Grants Pass, car penter. H. M. Gorham, Grants Pass, Route 1, farmer. ':, t H. J. Bacher, Grants Pass, painter. : ; H J.. Schmltt, Selma, farmer. . , C. H. McCann Wildervllle, farmer. V W." V5. DeArmond, ' Grants Pass, Route iV farmer. " ' ' ' ; v Geo. A. V Bardon, - Grants Pass, farmer., ' rt ' : . From the above list seven men will be selected to serve as the grand jury, and from the balance the trial juries will he chosen." : The old grand jury will meet on Monday, April 3, and during the week, will transact such business as may come .before It, go ing.toutyof office wjth the4 coming in or tne new jury, inere are noi many oases on the docket to take the attention of either grand jury or the circuit court at.the April sesatpn.,The one, importancaae is that of .M. D. Bousman.lr.whq klJledMr. and Mrs. Akers at Wildervllle. Bousman Is now held In the count? lall. and has Indicated his intention of plead ing guilty to. the charge, that .will be placed,, against, him. Hq spendahls days , in. jai vln a , morose condition, seemingly oniy awaiting tne iormai action that will send him id the peni tentiary at Salem for the rest' of his days;'. S-.i in' .."-Mi:- -i ,'vv7-'.', CALIFORNIA RAXCUKR . .f ' ,-:, .V.kBATTLES WITH BULL : iltcirrn '!'.". v. ' .,, San Bernardino, Cel., Mar. 25. With only a shovel as his weapon of defense, Jack Flynn, manager of the South Mountain ranch at Glen Oak, fought oft an. infuriated hull for half an hour .today, ;. In, the oombat Flynn received Injuries from which he may die.' Flynn was attacked as he was mak ing his way across the stock corral. He fought back the animal until ranch, hands, attracted by his calls, aame) to. the,, rescue with guns. ,, The buU.was filled, and Flynn was rush- 'ed.to the Ramona hospital' here.