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. i ''lit. .', '. .";' DAILY EDITION VOU VI., No. KM. GRANTS FASS, JOSEPH I XE COUOTrY, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 17, WHOLE NUMBER 17M. No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service, - f- . , , , , , .,.,. ''', ,. , ... , .'. :, ." if 1RETEU1 TRENCHES TAKEN Britons Cosfcac Progress Abg the Western Frost, While in tie East the Rus sians Maintain Advantage ,,, ir" ft fluUer boom and pretty daughter. tortned and captured German aecond Tna boon, u to nominate William line position on a front of 1,500 Sulzer. of New York. The daughter lard In a continuation of the steady jl delegate from Arizona, who could 4rlve north of the 8oiume. General not ot lMt b" Ilalg reported this afternoon. t aroimn. - I Mlnshaw and Chaffln are duo for The advance was made northwest cUsn tomorrow, when the project of of Hantiue-U-Petlt woods, which Is ,f hanging the name of the party Is now In the bands of the British, and B,Bted for , ,re-conventlon session. Dressed the British line forward to gom t0M fI0r lD9 name the teryedgee of MarUnpulch village. ..Amerleiin arty ,nd ..Xt. one of the German strongholds de- tional ptrty,- wuts a platform based fending ilapaume. (on Issues other than suffrage and The German 'war office admitted . prohibition. Chaffln gets all heated this afternoon that the British have up when interviewers make the pro made further progress towsrd the Ira- po8Bl ind ftBjkg . portent highway town of Poleres. Rising $1,000,000 and mobilizing penetrating Ovlllers wood, southwest 5,000.000 votcra Is also due for.dls otPoaleres, where heavy fighting con- euMton tomorrow, tlnue. The Berlin official statement -paM t0 run Henry Ford for pre reported lively fighting west of Per- Mm Md w, 0. Calderwood. Mlnne onne, the objective of the French tpojlg for vice-president, were all rmles, though ,th? Ftetc.h war office mtiesed up today when Calderwood was silent on the French operations aouth of the 8omme. The British left flank, near Or- intimated his disinclination to run as Tillers and I BolseJIe. made further vice-president with Ford. Trogrees. capturing the remaining Presidential timber today narrow ntrongholds and the "brave rem- dow (o ex0vernor Foss of nants" of a German garrison. Gen-' Massachusetts, Wm. Sulser of New eral Halg reported. York. J. Frank Hanly and 8. W. At the aame time, the right flank, luine of Indiana, advancing eaet of Longneval village, I captured the Waterlot farm, further widening the breach to the German econd line. V Reports of the new British success only slightly overshadowed the news of allied victories on the esstern front. The Germs n war office this afternoon officially admitted that -General von Llnslnten'a ttaht wine In ' "Volhynla had been compelled to re- "nf appealroni his conviction of treat behind the Ltpa river. The treason, carrying with It the desth Russian war office reported the cap- luH-. rgued before Justice ture of 13.000 prisoners In Tester.''!!" 'odr. associate Justices day's fighting In Volhynla. lot tho ourt ot criminal appeal today. Casement's counsel argued that OREGON' COAST ARTILLERY ' th actions described In the Indlct OOMPANOa ARE IV CAMP went did not constitute a statutory . jOffnnse. He argued further that the Fort Stevens. Ore., July 1 7. Near- definition of treason given to the Jury ly 700 militiamen today began a two y Lord Chief Justice Reading was weeks' grind of living like regular soldiers. Under command of C. C Hammond, eight companies of const. artillery, Oregon national guard, are: PRICK FOR ADVANCE encamped here today to spend the ! - next fortnight practicing with the Berlin, via Sayvllle, July 17. 'Rus coast defense equipment at the mouth elan losses In killed alone since the Of the Columbia Tiver. 'beginning of the present offensive, Although the coast artillery com-J from June 4 until July 1, total more panles are not recruited up to war ( than 262,000, the semi-official news strength, as the war department 're- anency estimated today, cently ordered, there are more men In j "According to offiolal reports Is the two battalions here today than sued at Petrograd since the begin on any prevloua summer's encamp- jnlng ot the Russian offensive until went. Two of the companies are July 1. the killed Include 14,900 of from Eugene. The others are from 'fleers, among them 17 generals and Ashland, Roseburg. Albany, Cottage 29 regimental commanders, and 248, Orove, Medford and Portland, with ' 000 men," the news agency stated. canitary aetaenmoni rrom kobo brg. 'PORTLAND MAMMAS SEND GOODIES TO SOLDI EU ROYS .Portland, July 17. High school boys In th Oregon militia at the Mexican border will be distinguished , Forest Grove, Ore.' and Albany col from their comrades by the number liege at Albsny Into one Presbyterian of luxuries they csn afford. Having entered a vigorous protest against their eons betnir taken to the border, parents of more than a score of the school boys today planned to -Bhower the lads with luxuries As, merged Into onft',non-sectarlan coi a vtorter they will send S2B0 ft month lrge'but are opposed to any plan to "regularly to the machine gun com- make the consolidated school a sec pany of the Third Oregon Infantry, tarlan one. Rejplutloui to this effect In which most of the high school boys were adopted throughout Oregon yes- ra enlisted. terday. . .'(v -t , I FUSING WITH QQQSERS FOR THE St. Paul, July 17. ProhlbltionliU won't fuse with progressive! la the letter's post-eeaeon series at Chicago August 6, Eugene W. Chaff) n laid to day. Chaffln, who was prohibitionist presidential candidate la 1908 and 1112,' arrived from Tucson today, He launched an attack at V. 0. Ulnahaw for carrying on several weeks' correspondence with John M. Parker, looking forward to pro gressive-prohibition amalgamation. and then announced be would tup port Ulnahaw if nominated. Ptej jrord', statement that he would .not run. Calderwood had previously ARGUE SIR ROGER I CASEMENT'S APPEAL London, July 17. Sir Roger Case inaccurate UISSIAXH PAY HKAVV MERGER OF COLLEGES FAILS' TO WIN APPROVAL Portland, July 1 7. Nearly every Congregational church In the state was on record today In opposition to a plan to merge Pacific university at school. Pacific university was found ed In 1848 by the ppngregatlonaiists Eight years nn6 'it was made non sectarian. The Congregatlonallsts are willing that the, two schools be PROHIBITIONISTS Pres. Wilson Attaches Sig nature to Bill Estahlbhizg Line of Lac J Mortgage Basks Throacst Nation Washington, July 1. Accompany ing the act with a speech paying tribute to the farmers of the country, President Wilson today signed the rural credits bill. It provides estab lishment ot a list of land mortgage banks to handle long-time mortgage loans to fsrmers. ' On Invitation of the president, many Interested In the Initiating of the rural credits system were present st Its signing. These included house and aenate members who bad handled the bill. Speaking before he signed the bill, the president said: "On occsslons of this sort there are so many thlnga to tsy that one would despair of saying them briefly and adequately, but I can not go through the simple ceremony of signing this bill without expreselng the feeling that I have in signing It. It Is a feeling not only of profound satisfaction, but of real gratitude that we have completed this piece of legislation, which I hope will be Im mensely beneficial to the farmers of the country. "The farmers, It seems to me, have occupied hitherto a singular position of disadvantage. .They have not had the same freedom to get credit on their real assets that others have had who were In manufacturing and com mercial enterprises. And while they sustained our life, they did not in the same degree with others share In the benefits ot that life. "Therefore, this bill, along with the very liberal provisions ot the fed eral reserve act. puts them on an equality with all others who have genuine assets and makes the great credit of the country available to them. "One can not but feel this Is de layed Justice to them and can but feel that it Is a very gratifying thing to play any part In doing this act ot Justice. I look forward to the bene fits or this hill, not with extravagant expectations, but with confident ex pectations that It will be of very wide reaching benefits and, Incidentally, It TO. STOP SLAV Petrograd, July 17, Profoundly Impressed by the Russian advance, which see-saws first at this point and then at that, the Germans are mass ing enormous forces before Kovel. They are bringing up every available reserve In the hope ot stalling the new Russian mowing machine. The present comparative calm Is deemed here to be a mere prelude to a Russian offensive ot great force. .The fall of Kovel now would be a staggering blow to the central pow ers,. completely disrupting their plans, Lemberg would be menaced more than ever, the road to the great fortress of Brest Lltovsk opened and the rear of the Plnsk region threat ened, , necessitating a German with drawal. ." '. ' The Russians apparently do not lack ammunition. Printed on the cartridge cases are the phrases: '"Don't spare bullets. Don't spare courage. There's enough a plenty for all." - : ' . '::' ' Cossacks from the Don, Urals, GERMAtl REIIIFQRCEMEUTS ATTELlPT I RUM Department of Labor Officer Predicts That Government Will Take Orer Railways If Strike Is Called 8L Louis, July 17. Declaring that the United States government was better prepared now than ever before to operate the railroads ot the coun try, J. J. Keegan, of the department of labor, predicted today the govern ment would take over the railroads should the four great railroad brotherhoods call a strike of their members. Keegan said that once the govern ment took charge of the roads the men would go to work Immediately. He based this assertion on the fact that the government bad long since recognized the eight-hour day, one of the bones of contention in the pre sent controversy between men and employers. ' '' , Keegan, who la In St. Louis as me diator between the Missouri Pacific and. .Its trackmen, who threaten to tjske, would not say plans had been I formulated to take over the roads, fcowerer.he said that, according to his Information, this step can not be avoided It the men leave their post. He said he waa practically certain that the four brotherhoods would vote to strike. 'But I can not conceive that either the railroads or the brotherhoods will let a break occur." he said. "A com promise seems more probable. How ever, should the; break occur and nearly half a million men leave their work, paralysing transportation and threatening atarvatlon of the nation, the government would act In 24 hours. "It could do nothing else. Every railroad In the country would be seized, and once these roads passed Into the control ot the United States they would never again be returned to private ownership." will be ot advantage to the com munity, tor I can Imagine no more satisfactory and solid Investment than this aystem will afford those who have money to use. -(Continued on Psge 4.) fresh young giants from Siberia and elsewhere are fighting like game cocks, striving to outdo each other In daredevil charges. The quarrel with the Germans Is now personal, owing to the Germans' use ot liquid fire and gas. Consequently fewer German prisoners are taken In proportion to the number ot dead on the field. -Russian officers appear satisfied not only with the situation on the Russian front but with ' the spirit of the troops, which, they declare, was never higher.' JUDICIARY COMMITTEE REPORT FAVORS HAY -Washington, July 17. The senate Judiciary committee today reported favorably on the president's nomin ation ot Congressman Hay to be Judge ot the United States cpixrt of claims. A iub-conrtntttee was named to con- slder the qualifications of Judge John H. Clarke, Cleveland, Ohio, for the supreme bench. ICE Oil Will Washington, July 17. Villa Is dead, General Pershing's troops will be out of Mexico within a month, and the national guard back home within three months, a high war department official aald today. Villa's name Is being used by minor leaders to inspire fear emon; Carranzlstas, the official declared. He said Carranza was stronger today In Mexico than be ever had been, prin cipally because he bad averted war with the United States "without loss of dignity by Mexico.'' Army men In touch with border and Mexican Interior conditions a&!d today there "Is not a chance in a thousand" ot further trouble with Mexico, either by a repetition of the Parral and Carrlzal Incidents or by bandit raids. Since the Carrlzal attack was clear ed np, and the last Carranza note re ceived, the war department has taken the view that the Mexican trouble is over. Pershing's moving nis Dase north helped Immensely, it was de clared. Now rains have come and threaten to necessitate" further short ening of the lines. ' "We expect. Pershing to be out of Mexico In a month or so," said a de partment official today. "In three months the national guard probably will be back .home. v , "The Carranza government was never stronger than it Is now. Sen- Ulment has crystallised behind him sine the recent trouble. This be cause without loss of dignity to Mex ico he staved off war with the United States. Villa himself could not hurt him for that reason. , "Anil .Villa, according to our re ports, Is dead. ' We believe his name is being used by leaders to embarrass Carranza and to inspire fear in the Mexican people. We think he Is dead and his cause burled with' him." THE KAISER SAW RETREAT AT SOMME London. July 17. Kaiser Wilhelm j was at the Somme front when his army retreated under battering Brit ish blowe In Saturday's fighting, it became known today. An official statement Issued at Berlin confirmed previous reports of the kaiser's pre sence at the front of the great Anglo- French offensive, where he has been visiting -his troops and Inspiring them to a more stubborn defense. The Ber lin etatement said that the kaiser conferred with his chief ot ttaff and commanding generals, ' visited the hospitals and conferred several Iron Crosses. : - v ; ti u. - These dispatches showed that the British advance carried forward the lines .to the outskirts ot both the vil lages ot Pozleres and Martlnpuch, two of the most Btrongly defended German posts before Bapaume. The assault was begun Just before day light on a moonlight night It fol lowed an artillery attack which for Intensity, If not duration, exceeded the bombardment that marked the beginning of the Anglo-French offen sive two weeksi before. 1 British . guns batted out enemy works, leaving only ruined redoubts, from behind which German niaohlne gunners raked the attackers until blown to pieces by bombs. The fighting . tor Longueval on Friday was a bitter battle from un derground works and cellars. ."In some of the cellars the Ger mans fought like wolves at bay." wired one correspondent. "Down In the darkness of these places men fought savagely, seeing only the glint of each other's eyes and feeling tor each others throats unless there were still bombs handy to make a quicker ending. It was primitive warfare, cavemen fought like that In such jdarkness, though not with, bombs, ' which belong to our own age." 1 15 IE DEAD If PATH OF FLOOD Kyers Are 0:tcf Heir Eds in North ad Scdi Caro fca, ad Dasase cf I.!:re Than$10,CC3,CCJRc:;rtd AshevUle, N. C, July 17J Tve Cincinnati-bound trains, the Carolina special, which left here Saturday night, and another which left last night, are "lost" aa a result ot the Sood which swept eastern" North Caro lina, with the loss of 15 Uvea. All railway and commercial telegraph lines are down. The dead In the flood caused by overflow of the French broad river are: Louise Cressler, Aaheville; Lucius Frailer, Aaheville; J. B. Lite, Bllt more; Charlotte Walker, Biltmore; Mabel Foster, Biltmore; Louise Walk er, Blltmore. Three are dead at Hendersonvtlle, and eix at Charlotte. Many bridges were carried away la the Hood and railway traffic la para lyzed. Danger of a food famine la Aaheville caused the local officials to day to seize the food supply ot the city, , " -Sy; ' More than 500 persons are home less. The flood came so suddenly that many had to wade from their homes. Those drowned at Biltmore were caught in the current and swept away. ': .'. . Washington, July 17. The South' em railroad today practically eus pended traffic south of Washington. Reports continued to pour in telling ot disaster from floods In North and , South Carolina. A second bridge on the Chsrlotte division went out at S a. m. Trains are unable to proceed beyond Salisbury,' and no wires are in operation eouth of that point, At lanta being readied by way of Chi- cago and New Orleans. , ; Ten million dollars' worth ot property deetroyed, five persons ' known to be dead, hundreds Injured " and missing, railroad traffic and tele graph and telephone communication -demoralized. Is the toll of the flood sweeping the Carolines and. Virginia vJ known to date. Meager, disjointed details are drifting into Washington over the crippled Unes of communi cation. The floods are the result of hurricanes of wind and rain which struck the south Atlantic coast Thursday, lifting rivers and streams far over their banks. . AshevUle, N. C, the famous resort city, is hard hit The French river has toroXen Its course near there, flooding factories and homes in the lower part of the city.' Two persons were drowned attempting to put food In the upper story ot the Glenn Rock hotel. Many are marooned In their residences along the river, while . rescue parties fight against the rush ing current to rescue them. (Aaheville was without lights last night and water Is flowing In swift " streams down many of the streeta ot the lower city. ' The Southern railway depot and buildings in the vicinity are flooded to a depth ot six feet. Western North Carolina Is report ed facing a serious situation. Lake Toxa way's big dam and two dams at Hendersonvtlle are reported to have collapsed, setting free hundreds of . tons of water. The Southern railway bridge over the Catawba river at Belmont, N. C, was washed away, carrying IS men Into the river. It has not been learn ed whether they were saved. ". . ' - The missing reported to Washing ton in scattering dispatches are: H.. P. Griffin, Toad supervisor: Joseph Klldan, resident engineers C. 3. Bar- (Continued on Page 4.) )