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lite 1 VM n n ,-"i f . XJW J. DAILY EDITION i VOI VI., No. BI3. GRANTS PASS, JOHEPHINB JXUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 80, llfl. WHOLE XUK2K.H 1737. .ssir-i ac-r-.:Bxw-sAs.".".-.aaaf;-v' No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Paws II us a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. 4v t niPifiKTfP Ull LUIIIMU IU PM1PM GRADUATES i , Truviinii-r u 'Class of 1916 Will Receive Sheepskins Frcm Hani ct Board President at Opera House His Evening The opera house was crowded Thursday vtning with clilxen gath ered to witness the annual Class day exercises by the members or the gra duating diM of the Grants Pass high school. The stage at the opera house was beautifully decorated with flow ers ud greenery end the class colon, and banked behind the footlights were the 45 members of the olass of J 910. The literary and musical pro gram of the evening waa eupplled by member of the senior class, and In cluded vocal and Instrumental tuualc, orations, readings and the usual salu tatory and valedictory through which the chtsa said ita bale and its fare- U. The honor place upon the pro gram were won by Miss Florence Kid dle, who held first piece through the high school eourae, and who waa vale dictorian; by Wlirord Allen, Jr., salu tatorlan. who had second place In scholarship, and by Raymond La throp, clues orator, who-held i third position. A feature of the evening- was the decorating of members of each of the four classes in the high school with honor medals, the first time this has been in vogue here. For the' fresh man clan, George Williams waa first called to the si ago and revived from the hand of Superintendent Hull the sliver medul that Is token of scholar ship for the year. Miss Esther Gil key was likewise honored for the sophomore class; Miss Mabel Han e4h for the Juniors, while to Win field (Jllkey wont the gold medal of the senior clans. Mr. Gllkey also re ceived the grand medal for general efficiency bused upon scholarship, In terest and Influence In student activi ties, etc. , Tonight will bring to a clone the exercises of the commencement week when the graduates will receive from the, hands of the president of the school board the dtplamasvthat mark iho completion of their work. The address to the class Is to be delivered by Judge Henry L. Benson, member of the supreme court of Oregon, and principal of the Orsnts Pass high school at the time of the graduating of tho first class from the institution In 1880. "The program tonight' will also include music by the high school orchestra,' vocal solo by Miss Mar garetla Wlble, a clarinet solo by Lynn Sabln, the singing of "The Purple and White," a song composed by Miss .Vivian Merrill, or the gradu ating class, by the class, and the pre sentation of diplomas by President L. n. Hull of the school board. AUSTINS TAKE Vienna, May 26. -Austrian, troops stormed and captured Italian posi tions at Chleea, 21 mllea northwest f Vlimnxa. lftitr a bsttle lasting three days, It was announced official ly today. This victory drives a wedge . . ,L. T, 1 1 ........ . J Ml M 1 -,. into ii'o iiniiuu jioiiv "u "in ram pel the Italian loft' wing In Adfge valley to retreat five miles, Ten guns were seised in the sud den plunge forward. The Austrian loft wing is substantially progress . Ing, liut fighting every Inch of the way. It Is centering Hs heaviest as saults east of Borgo. , ' ' ' Oorno dl Campo Verde, plane southeast' of Borgo, has tieeu token ITALIAN POSITION by the Austrian. AT TURKS Homo, May 20. A terrlflo smash, aimed to eliminate the Turks and Bulgarians from tb war, is the plan of the allies to bring peace, according to general reports current here. Heavy blows' by the allies from Salonlkl to Mesopotamia will be fol lowed by a tremendous simultaneous offensive agslnst 4oth the Austrian and German lines In an effort to win a victory 6ver the central powers be fore winter sets in. An enormous foroe of French, Italian, British and Serbian troops have been concentrated at Salonikl and are awaiting the word to strike wbs( the allies bope will prove the death blow of the cause or the cen tral powers. In the near-east the Russians are pressing forward toward Bagdad. Despite reports or initial Austrian successes in the Tyrol drive, the Ital ian public la confident that the out come of the struggle will spell victory for the Kalian forces. It was staled today that when the Austrian offen sive began King Victor Emmanuel's troops larked guns heavy enough sue cessrully to .cope with the Austrian cannon, but this deficiency has now been remedied. PACIFIC MILITIA TO GO Oil CRUISE Washington, "May So". Arrange ments are being completed for what will probably be the greatest naval mllltta cruise In the history of the Pttctflo coast. Aboard three warships. the Oregon, New Orleans and the Marblehead. the cltlxen sailors of California. Washington and Oregon. will put to sea July 15 for two weeks or practice and squadron maneuvers. Naval militiamen or California will embark aboard the hlstorlo old Ore gon at San Francisco and will pro coed to Port Angeles, Wash., the ren dezvous or the squadron. The Wash ington militia embarks on the New Orleans at Tacoma, and the Ore gonlsnn on the Marblehead at Port land. During July, 5, 16, 1? and 18 tne squadron or three vessels will meet at Port Angeles for drills. On Its way down the coast the New Orleans is to stop at Seattle for an other detachment of sailors, and the MaTblebead will halt for a short time at Astoria. July 18 the three warships will steam to sea from Port Angeles and head for Sitka, Alaska, where they are scheduled to drop anchor July 22. Then will follow a day or land ing practice and shore drills. Men or each ship will also be granted sev eral hours liberty ashore. vLcavIng Sitka July 23. the vessels will proceed southward until the latftud of Cape Flattery is reached. There the New Orleans and Marble head will signal good-bye to the Ore gon, which plows on alone while the cruisers turn toward Tort Angeles again. .- Arriving at Port Angeles, the crews or the New Orleans and Marblehead are to be drilled rrom July 26 to July 28. after which the Marblehead departs for Portland, where its men are to return to thofr civilian duties. ' The Oregon Is scheduled to reach Sun Francisco July 29, and disem bark Its men. This ends the regular maneuvers, but the Now Orleans will continue - Independent operations, crulelng at the discretion of Its com manding officer until August 6, when its cltlscn' sailors, will -go ashore at Seattle ami Tscoma. (XHtPOnAL MAttKRBURV KILLED nV MEXICANS , . . ' Washington, May 26. Lance Corporol Wsvid Marksbnry, a ma- tchlne gunnor of the 17th cavalry, Is ts American trooper who was killed n noting " Mexican bandits at Las Cruces yesterday, the war office an nounced today, WIN Outlaw Leader Who Has Been at Head of tie Basd That Created Reign cf Ter ror, Shot by U.S. Soldiers Washington, May 26. Brlgadler Oeneral Pershing's official repor'.. to theWar department to lay said Cindo; larlo Cervantes, bandit, killed by Americans near Los Crucet, bad teen positively identified by papers found on his body ani by several natives and a boy prisoner who knew him. Cervantes was considered the most doeperate and dangerous bandit in Mexico, next to Villa It 1 believed bis dth will expedite the capture of others. Cervantes was one oT the principal leaders la the raid on Col umbus, N. M. The detachment of cavalry pursu ing struck his band again in Alamllle canyon after bis clash with army en gineers, and the gang scattered to the hUls. ' Namlqulpa, Mex., May 25 (By Radio to Columbus, N. M., May 26). Candelario Cervantes, outlaw chieftain, was killed by U. S. troops south of Los Crucea today. Cervantes waa leader or the ban dits who bad been terrorising that section for months. He was -killed upon attempting to rush a party of engineers repairing a road six miles south of Las Croces. It wss estimated that twenty ban dits attacked. Three Americans were wounded, oue dying shortly afterward. News of the assault be ing flashed to the United States gar rison at Las Cruces, a cavalry troop commanded by Lieut. U. T. Marchant, j attached to tbe Thirteenth regiment. and a column from the Eleventh cav alry under Captain Cushnian galloped lnvpursuit. The engineers had returned the Mexicans' Are and the latter fled in disorder toward the Dacora country. Cushman's command overtook them, killing two and wounding many. Cervantes' body was Identified hy the mayor or Las Cruces. By Gen eral Pershing's order oth bodies wero brought to Columbus for further Identification. ' George Hullltt, of the Seventeenth Infantry, a machine gunner, killed both Mexicans, being himself wound ed. It was believed Cervantes did not Intend to attack the engineers, but, being cloeeTy pursuer!, ran into them unexpectedly. ' MAJORITY II STATE Portland, May 26.- With about two per cent or th vote In last Fri day's primaries mlBsing, Charles K. Hughes has a majority of more than 10,000 over his two opponents in the race ror presidential preference in Oregon. The vote thus far tabulated gives Hughes 54.321; Cummins, 27, 017, and Burton, 11,840. Roosevelt's name was written in oy more than 4,000 voters, and Henry Ford re ceived about 1,000 votes. - . The same count In the raoe for re publican nomination ror secretary or state -gives Olcott 60,205; (Moores, 44,211. MISSOURI DELEGATION NOT FOB ROOSEVELT St. Louis, May 20.- -Oharles W, Fairbanks' supporters were happy to day when it was announced that the MlsHourl delegation would not be for Roosevelt. Hughes sentiment Is strong. HUGHES Old TIT READY TO SUPPORT TEDDY IF Washington, May 28. If Colonel Theodore Roosevelt ' is nominated, William Howard Taft will support him, according to reports at repub lican headquarters today. Tart, here on work connected with International peace, chuAled and shook his head when questioned about tbe rumor. "Why should I comment on such a violent hypothesis?',' wss his only reply. . ' It was reported here that a num ber of progressives will not follow Roosevelt in any paths he may select ir he does not agree with the pro gressives' course. Should the colonel endorse a conservative candidate and sidetrack important social Justice planks featured in the 1912 bull moose platform, the progressives In tend to name one candidate and make an Independent fight. , Progressive republican senators will try to place as many progressive planks as possible in the regular re publican platform, v ' LaFollette, Norrls, Cummins, Borah and Kenyon all have pet planks. . : ' .KM KRIC'AX AVIATOR INJURED IX FUAXtT? Paris, May 26. William thaw, American, was wounded In the arm during an engagement with a German Fokker aeroplane above the battle lines yesterday, official dispatches said today. , This gave rise, to a re-1 port that Thaw, member of the French foreign legionbad been kill ed. TWO WOMEN Oil DEMOCRATIC TICKET The official count of 'the primary election ballots by the canvassing board discloses that the democrats endorsed some republican candidates and nominated others where there were vscanctes by the writing i,n ot names. For state senator to oppose Dr. Smith the name ot Attorney A. C. Hough was written' In by 61 demo crats, while Dr. Sweeney was nom inated by the wrlle-ln route'ror nom inee for representative. Mr. Sweeney received 59 votes. ' Two women were named upon the ticket, .Miss Minnie Ireland, ot this city, being given the nomination by the democrats for county clerk, while Mrs. Alice Bacon, of Merlin, was nom inated for county superintendent of schools. Miss Ireland received 68 votes and Mrs. Bacon 64. IE. A. Hunipton, of Selma, was nominated ror county treasurer with 17 votes. Dr. LouKhrldge lor coroner and Eclns Pollock ror assessor were endorsed by the democrats. . . tXM'RTMARTIAL OF TEXANS RECOMMENDED BY FUNSTOX Washington, May 26. Court- martial for the 116 Texan militiamen who refused to report for border duty was recommended today by Mojor- General Funston. The men are held In San Antonio. Funston submitted to the war department a list ot mili tary court officers, including regular army and, national guardsmen. Ac tion is expected soon rrom President Wilson. PRESBYTERIANS GO ' .. TO TEXAS IN 101T Atlanta City, N. J., May 26. The Presbyterian assembly will meet in 1917 at Dallas, Texas, it was decided today, Dallas delegates made a hard fight to win the conclave ror their city., . ' 1 '...!.'' Seattle delegates wore most active In bidding for the convention, Dur ing the debate one delegate shouted: "If the rresbytorlan ohurohls out to accomplish results for the prohibition cause, the assembly ought to go to towns where there are no saloons." TD GE1ANS AT Kaiser's Army Continues Its -Smashing Tactics, bat the Paris OScials Profess no Fear Outcome of Conflict4 Parts, May 26. French troops re pulsed violent German attacks on the Meuse west bank and northwest ot Verdun In last night's fighting, it was officially announced today. Tbe French also made gains on the east bank. A smashing counter-attack by the French also recaptured a trench lost earlier in the battle near Thlau mont farm, east of tbe Meuse. Near this farm French soldiers advanced, hurling hand grenades. West of the Meuse Germans con tinued to rake the whole French front, especially around Dead Man's hill and Avocourt, with a most vio lent fire. However, in spite or this preparation, the German infantry at tacks were halted by a curtain of S French projectiles. A heavy bombardment of Hill 304 and or strong positions in front of Avocourt was believed preliminary to an attempt to storm the French j holdings. This will brine German troops close to the St. Menehoud rail road, which leads eastward to Ver dun.- .".:.,',.,;'. ;' ..',:'- V Additional German gains on both Meuse banks aroused tbe French to a sense or the Verdun situation's seri ousness. However, no anxiety Is felt here. Even should Germans capture the citadel, H would not alarm Paris. At" the same time it is realized the Germans ' are concentrating their heaviest attacks against the fortress. Uncounted numbers of dead and wounded litter the elopes of Dead Man's hill and the territory around Douaumont. Shells are constantly bursting among them, killing the wounded and tearing bodies to bits, So there will be no attempt to tabu late the casualties until the artillery clashes cease. SPANISH STEAMER AURRERA GOES DOWX London, May 26. Shippers were informed today that the Spanish steamer Aurrera has been sunk. It was a vessel of nearly 3.000 tons. ITALIAN STEAMER SUNK Rome, May 26. The Italian steam er Eecole has been sunk, presumably by a submarine, dispatches declared today. TAKE SPECIALIST tO SEE JAS. J. HILL St. Louis. May 26. Ixuls Hill started on a special train for Roches ter, Minn., this afternoon to get one or the Mayo brothers, surgeons, to come to St. Paul to consult In the Illness or James J. Hill, railroad mag nate. s i; nill was reported resting comfort ably this afternoon, and his family said there was no cause for alarm. Dr. Wm. Mayo, eldest of the broth ers, Is returning with Louis Hill. J. J. - Hill , has been reported for several days rather 111 with a cold. There have been rumors that his sickness was more serious than that. PRES. YUAN SHI KAI ' . READY TO QUIT JOB London, May 26. President Yuan Shi Kal of China has definitely de finitely decided to retire and Is await ing choice of a suitable successor, according to a Peking dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph today. ID 11 E THE PEACE LEAGUE ' ,v. Washington, May 26. President Wilson's speech, which be is to de liver before tbe 'League to Enforce Peace, was completed today. It will require but fifteen or twenty minutes to deliver. Officials close to the pre sident believe the time is near when seeds of peace may be sown. Wilson's address at Charlotte; N. C., was de scribed as the first step to that end. Tomorrow he will go further, rt was declared, showing that the belliger ents are apparently deadlocked. It is even believed the president may go so far as to indicate that he is feeling his way cautiously on this subject.'; . '; v CAKftt.NZA'i 80LDIEIW , MOB AMKIUCAV TROOPS ' Columbus, X. M., May 26. Grow ing hostility of Carranza soldiers to wards Americans is reported today by arrivals from the front. At Casas Grandes, they said, barbed wire ob stacles were placed In tbe roadway and motor truck trains stoned when they attempted to remove the barri cades. Several soldiers were struck. Carranza soldiers were noticed in the mob. The American comnu nJcr ftp- vemea me troops irom m 5n?jr gnns.V- BRAN-DEIS COXF1RMATIC V MAY NOT BE O! 'rtF' WILSOII TO SPEAK Tor.ionnovBEFon wasningxon,aiay zs. spe2i to-i..,. nrmauon or Louis O. Brancc r s,- potntment as associate Justte- or (. United States supreme court j. dlcated today at a meeting of The : publican senate Judiciary eor.trW ambers. ' ' , , .S They decided that if the dei rs allow those opposed to Bran USr. io make, public their reasons s i'ie senate floor the republicans ? cot conduct a filibuster against tl-w pro; ceedings and will not go through with their plans to prolong the contest. TAFT TALKS FOR . PEACE Oil EARTH Washington, May 26. Addressing the first meeting of the League to Enforce Peace today, , Wm. .Howard Taft denied tsrongly that -there was any constitutional objection to Its scheme for world peace. He denied Wm. J. Bryan's declaration that a constitutional amendment would ' be necessary before the United States conld agree by treaty not to use its military power against any one of the signatories in a general peace con vention.' . "The league will not try to stop the present war," Taft said, "but we are here for the distinct purpose of preventing the more or les probable recurrence of such a conflict." RETREAT COST ITALIAN GENERAL. HIS JOB London May 26. General Erral Brusti, commanding the Italian forces retreating before the advancing Aus trlans, has been relieved on half pay, according to a Rome dispatch to the Evening Star today. RAN DON LAD KILLS SISTER WITH REVOLVER Bandon, May 26. Little Susie Netherly, 7 years old, was instantly killed when her 11-year-old brother pjayfully pulled the trigger of a .38 calibre revolver, which he aimed at her. After the shooting the, frantic lad ran 12 miles to Bandon to get his father. HAWAIIAN VOLCANO . RESUMES ITS ACTIVITY Honolulu, May 26. Mauna Loa volcano has resumed Its activity after a brief lapse. The lava flow Is pro gressing dally. The flow Is 400 yards wide. 'v . POLICEDED HODOMJ BATTLE CcMcrfsr Sa.s Dn IS iwawmf I-. J Ihri.b '. Cwvs V(13 Ccvj : San Francisco, May 24. Surround ed by 100 policemen, led by Chief of Police White, an unidentified Greek counterfeiter and murderer was kill ed today in a deserted bay pirates' cabin on Potrero "mud flats" after a battle lasting an hour and a half, while five thousand spectators looked on; " ': ; . -' . Police Sergeant John iloriarlty was slain by the desperado a short time before the pitched fight started. Peter Mark,! a citisen, watching the en counter; received a bullet in the arm. Fci"3 r htn made to Identify jtlit outlaw, wto itpe(s r S a?out After bavir.g -i AiT'ir u uf oouDUrfeitit'jr. r &-t t.., ii l r, , y j, ' " ' " " "" k ytOTUtAn K"''itu . IK lt " ' r h u"'i f ;V:Tt hSL. 1Wf!?.l!'3J!i tu 'til- 1 - osi& eabia, t.-a murUeer t.-rv n !L vitis!ntr c "ii. !r'ti-i ui ,.i jdrihlr. i;d'- with ti? i!lot..v !'.!? ti ten :i'foiiim scil hut. Telephone calls for reserves quickly brought 1 additional squad ot offioers, blazing away at the shack' from everyslde. The fugitfvq sws frs hit in the wrist. He bound up this woundVvjth a strip of shirt and went on shoot ing. Then two bullets struck his abdomen, but tie continued his de fense. Meanwhile tbe "mud flat3" were black with spectators and a squad of police was detailed to keep them out or danger. A skiff, filled with armed officers, approached tbe cabin cau tiously by way ot Islais creek and suddenly poured volleys into it rrom a new angle. For more than an hour the tight continued, bullets from the. but sing ing about the ears of the officers and coming dangerously near the excited spectators. Taking advantage of every slight unevenness la the flats, the police mm crept steadily closer. . Finally the shots from the shelter ceased. The posse kept firing into it from all sides, until the weather-beaten structure waa riddled. . ' ; Police then rushed the house. They found the desperado dead on the floor in a pool or blood, one bullet having split his head open. He still clung to his revolver. Sergeant Morlarity was killed this morning. For some time the Potrero district had been flooded with coun terfeit fifty cent pieces. The man killed today was suspected and 'Mo rlarity was detailed to question him. Morlarity approached the suspect and casually asked him where the bad money was coming from. Instantly there came the crack ot a revolver and bystanders saw the policeman stagger and fall, while his slayer rnn into the flats. Morlarity was shot through the heart. He eft a widow and three children. ' A tag bearing the name "M. K. Jones" wss found sewed to the ban dit's coat. This is the only clue as to his Identity. Several scraps of paper bearing pencil marks were found clutched In his hand. Police believe he tried to scribble a fare well meBAsge when the bullet cranhed Into his brain. TR Am. Tivrnn
