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. . . ? 5 m DAILY ED If IdN , .1 . , , T - - ' VOL, VI., Wo. MB. ,.' . ; ' - OIUXTS I'ASS. JOSEI'UINE COIN TV, OREGON, FKIIMV, - ttXlT JW, 1010. r i;; '' r WHOLE WMBES ISM .' " 7-V- "I ' . " , " " " " 1 - - - , -r ,z. , ,j. rs ' . V -: - ; , .. No Othcp ,Towd in the? World the Size of Grants Pass Haa a Paper With ftill Leased Wire Telegraph. Service. , ' Y i Si BRpOY FAILS f suns'. Advances Agaiast the Central Powers Are Reported on Both Eastern and Western frOiltS Oy Allied 1 MODS London, July 28. Tbe Russians have captured the city of Urody, sc. cording to , II usx I an dispatch re -celved here tonight. ' Petrograd, July 88. Toe Russian advance In the region of the Stontcvkl and Boldurevka rivers rontlnuea suc cessfully, the war office communique declared today. Gains were also re ported In the Caucasus. London, July 28. British troops lisve driven the German Branden ourgera out of Delviile wood, accord ing to General Half's report to the war office today. SCENE OF BATTLE London, July 88. The same des verste hsud-to-hsnd lighting by which the British, wrested fotleres from the Oermans was proceeding today In the outskirts of tongueval and beyond the Delvllle woods northeast of that town, as well as In the Fouresux woods. General Halg reported thut In one -of theee clashes at Delvllle woods tils troops had been successful. The Berlin statement Insisted' the lighting was still In process there, and that the 'British attempts had "broken down" before the German positions. ' Halg! claimed "further progress" around 1inguevll and Potlercs. . The British report -hnd It that strong German counterattacks, pre sumably directed 'at trenches newly won by Kitchener's men around those positions, had been beaten off with heavy loss to the Teutons, Elsewhere, he reported artillery combats which the Berlin state ment confirmed, with the additional Information that north of the Somme It Increased to "the highest strength.!' Both London and Berlin statements agreed on a German patrol engaging the British lines lu the Nouve Chap elle district; : the British admitted Germans temporarily occupied first lluo trenches at two points,; but as serted they were ejected by cdunter V'ittacks. Berlin made no claim of German troops occupying any ground but! spoke of booty In men and guns, and ' concluded with the declaration that the allies could not boast of any pro gress. - ,; . South of the Somme official state ments from 'both sides Indicated heavy artillery duels.. The French nwuneni ruxv.ru . Hie MUBHIWI iruopa Bl u 10 HHt uii the French battle front, In a recon- noltorlnur expedition at Aubcrlve. Berlin and Paris reports agreed on i 1 L0N6UEVAL ngnting arouno in.aumoni. -sma ,,,,, Wwh . nporKe w glcori claiming repulse of attacks. Ii-Urtllno. Wash.; -Prank , R. Perry, , PetroRrad merely reported sucneHs-1 MnpJe v WMh ( D ful advance of Russia i troops, both ;wvrnmn Spoltane; Wallace Clarke, In the sector around Brody and In Kstnnol(li ,Mh, nwUrA A KgheV( the Cauottsus.; The Berlin version ad- ew p,ymnlth. ,ho Martl wIaK milled considerable ground gained bjr'Blll 1(lRho. Arthltr 0 U(t,0 the Mar's forces In the northeast of 0mUi WMh . ; gimon j Svlnluchy, but stated counter-attacks Chelan,. Wash.Knute .Neff, Stan v;,were pfogresslng. ' ; , lVv..h.! j.,. ' Michaels'. Oeorgo Riddle and family left to- day for MeiWord to witness "The Olrth of aatlon." JUDGE BRAIlDEtS VILL BEMEfJBEfl . OF C0ML1ISSIQN Washington, July 18. It u re ported this Afternoon tljiit President Wilson bad selected for the American members of tjie Joint committee to Investigate tbe whole subject of Mexican-Anierloan relation Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandols, Gen eral George W. doeths.lt and Judge Victor J. Dowllng of New York. The report could not be confirmed t the White House. Drandels was named, according to report, because of hi experience jan an Investigator. Coethils u con- sldered an expert not only on the mili tary phases to be handled but n con structive work of the kind the de facto government Is understood, to wish td undertake. . ' Judge Dowllng. la a Catholic. The report of these selections followed a cabinet meeting In which "favorable progress" was again reported by Act ing Secretary of State folk, on his negotiations , with Mexican Ambas sador Arredondo. . - TRAINMEN AGAIN J CONFER WITH R.R Cleveland, July .88. The tour brotherhoods today notified the rail roads' committee that they are pre pared to resume conferences on an etght-bour day at ten-hour pay and time and a half for overtime on August 1 in New York. The brother hood'offlciaU hope for'a satisfactory settlement of the demands, previous ly refused by the rallrosds. The brotherhoods' officials will go Into the confcrcnco backed up with the power of the referendum' vote of 380.000 railway employee to "act as they deem best" in case the deadlock can not be broken by argument.- , A statement from the brotherhood jt and the pulley will take weeks of headquarters today said: , Itlnie. The pulley" was worth about "The vote- does not necessarily 1350, ,nd other damage will run the mean a strike, because the ballot only J property loan to about 82,500. authorises the chief executives of the An examination Indicates that the four brotherhoods to call a strike charge of dynsmlte had heen placed provided a satisfactory settlement csn within the big pulley, the evident ln not be obtained from the railroads, entlon' being to put the pumps tor "The ballots were sesled In envel-jthe South side ditches out of com opea .by the Individual members and'miM!on. By what method the dyna no one knows what the vote Is mtll 'mite was exploded Is not known. Mr. It Is opened by the brotherhoods' navls says that he saw no smoke committee In tfew Yprk August 1. from a burning fuse when he entered Any announcement before that time J the pump room, and it may have as to the result of the vote Is only a been so set that it was exploded when Ktiess." s 'the pulley commenced Its revolutions.' " -' 1 I Powder smoke on the pulley shaft M EWI LfliiiiKG!P0LICE.IES110H:,SUSPECTSIti Spokane, July 28. Interest In the land drawings for panels In the Col vllle Indian reservation. was unabated and when tho plolilug of cards hear I11K the names of the lucky entrants began today's crowds thronged the Amorlcun theater to clidcr tho win ners. - , j " Today's selections follow: Judd H. ThoinHon, Colton, Wash.; B. Culvln; lsanc A. Simmons, Volmer, Idaho; Ix'onnrd Smith. Spokane; Syd jney R, . Cruse, .Wirkerham, Wash.; i Margaret O'Brien, Cashmere, Wash.; wminni Havner, Mansfield. Wash.; ... ,,.., T,n... I-n1.. Rrnat c. I NIbhoi, Vliiona, Idaho; Walter S. ' 11 v i t si. . t - J l1lrii 1 tn.Mitrtit ' MTiiali I f anlin Hiiitfl vv ( i if 1 1 1 it pih turn urn viii i.i lie Buc. ldiilin: Hnci'v Hratli. Ellis ,, Tekoa, Wash.', William Rose, Buckley, Wash.: Samuel J. Noland, PUMPS AT THE GOLDEN Danjage , Will noant to About $2500 to M Property Through Loss of Big Pulley and Belt, and Fanners on : the South Side of the River Will Be Wiflicut Water forIrrigation During Balance if' the Season Through the action of vandals who last night dynamited the big driving pulley that operated the pumps for tha south side ditches at the Golden Drift dam, the farmers on the south side of the river, and la tha Prultdale district, will be without Irrigation for the balance of the season. The work of the local dynamiters occurred at about 12:80 o'clock last night, Just after the water had been turned upon the turbines by Ike Davis, who was In charge. Night watchman Carjlll had left the pump- tnf plant at about 11:30, and Mr. Davis came on Just after midnight. In the Interval between the leaving of Mr. Carglll and tha coming of Mr. Davis the vandals must have entered the power plant at the dam and have placed tbe dynamite or other explo sive thst was used In the great 48- Inch pulley that drives the Friritdale pumps. Mr. Davit was Just starting up the machinery, and the turbine had not yet gained speed, when the explosion occurred. Davis was only eight or ten feet from the point of the explosion, but was luckily shield ed from tha flying metal and splinter- ed timbers by a couple of 10-inch rangement whereby they were prom posts, otherwise he would no doubt 'ised their pay at specific dates In the have been killed. The force of the expi0Mon broke the heavy pulley, six feet jn Altmeter and of 48-Inch face; tnto bits, and the 41-Inch leather belt tnat connected It with the nnmp was lorn "tn(i broken Into pieces. ( This belt alone cost 81.800. and to reDlace shows that the charge must have been T Sun Francisco, July 2 S. Thomas Mooncy, street car strike agitator, and his wife, brought hero from Son oma county as suspects lu connec tion with the recent suit cuse dyna miting, were examined , by members of the police bomb squad today In un effort to ascertain whether they can thrpw any litsht upon the conspiracy which Is alleged to have causvd the outrage. After a preliminary exam ination, District Attorney Flckert au nounced that Mooney would be held, but that, for the present, no charge would be lodged agalhst him. Both Mooney and his wife declare their Innocence and assert that they will have little dimculiy .In clearing themselves of suspicion.;. They ar rived here at 1 a. m. Detectives today again questioned Ed Nolan, a member of the machin ists' union, regarding the presence In his home of various kinds of acids rrtncisco rower company, ana mat which were found when police 'made th.er mV be Bom9 connection be a search of the premises yesterday, twen ",nt "Jb" Rndth" out rag of These are being annlyied by the city .Saturday.' The bomb was in a suit chemist, whose preliminary" report in- case ami carried a clockwork attach- dlcated that they are harmlesa, fastened at that point, . Pieces of the broken pulley were burled about the dam, and a score of chunks of the castings tore their way through the heavy Br planking, four Inches thick, with which the dain isn roofed. A number-of. these planks were torn In to splinters.,. No damage was done to the turbines .and ,, pumps for the north, side ditch, and the Injury to the" dam Itself not, material . ft. At the presept. time no suspicion points toward Individuals as the per petrators of , the outrage that must result In Irreparable loss to the farm ers on the south side. Since the troubles over the payment of wages between ttie Public Service corpora tion and the laborers upon tbe ditches and dam there have beennumeroua threats of personal violence against tha officers of the company; and oc casionally it Is said the threat has been voiced that no water' should go through the, ditches till the men had oeen paid tor ineir iaor. . At a meet ing last night It was supposed that these matters had been adjusted for a time, the claimants, through their attorneys, havlnig agreed to an, ar- future. At a meeting of the water users, also held last night, Mr. Sanders agreed to put the pumps all In good order and to turn them over to the water users for operation dur ing the present season. Plans for financing the operation of the plant were msde1 at the same time, and the way seemed clear for the delivery of the water now so badly needed for sugar beet and other, crops that are under the ditches. With the adjust ment of the difficulties under way, the motive for the deed of last night be comes more of a mysiery. and the officers advance no theories to point to a solution. A thorough Investi gation Is to be made, however, and the guilty parties will be brought to justice tf possible. It Is only a mir acle that prevented the loss of life, for the chances are against the man who goes through the hall of metal and fir splinters as did Mr. Davis and escapes with his life. Officers of the machinists' union pre dicted today that Nolan would be speedily released.--Miss Entelle Smith, who Identified Warren Billings,, the first suspect ar rested, as a man she saw on Market atFAnt nDrri'lna- a hoavv milt rnnA . : . . . . . . ' snorw.v oeiore aaiuraay s explosion, . , . , oner todav In order to clear any doubts she nilglit entertain as to his' Identity. - When she first saw Billings she 1 lit mediately pointed lilm out as the man she had peen and Said she could not be mistaken, despite Bil lings' pleadliiKS not to cast suspicion on him. v ; Meanwhile experts on - explosives are examining an infernal machine found June 23 near San Bruno, south of here. The police believe the bomb was Intended to blow up the trans mission towers of the Sierra and San - Coutlnned on page 2) FRISCO D F ENDi sd inoK Mexico City, July 28. Pancho Villa is being driven Into a trap. Ten thousand Oarranztota troops are driv- hng bim and his capture Is imminent, according to officials here. , The an nouncement was made In reply to rumors from the United States bor der that tbe bandit chief is moving toward Torreon . - "Such a story Is ridiculous," it was stated today by a high official. "Villa can not move south." ' Reply to First Chief Carranzais note suggesting; a Joint commission for settlement of the border difficul ties is expected hourly from the United States. ; ",' "Settlement of certain matters," according to the view of official, Is probably delaying it. Irt the mean while, Mexico City expects the Amer ican expeditionary force will be with drawn, thus avoiding discussion on this point when the conferences 'be tween the Mexican and American commissioners begin. Baltimore, July 28. The Dentsch land prepared today to take on a pilot from the Maryland Pilots' association, but that organization said Owen Coleman, who brought .'her np the river, was out of town and not imme diately available for service. While Captain Zack Cnlllson of the tug Tim mons wants Coleman, the rules of the association require that vessels take the "first man out" the first man on the pilot list. A 24-hour crew is aboard the Tlm mons, giving the impression that tbe stay of the Deutschland Is not lone and that when she does head out she may plan a lay-over In the lower bay before trying to run the allied patrol. G. 0, P, STATEMENT MEXICAN POLICY New York. July 28. First formal Indication that Mexico will be the main issue on which" the republicans will attack the Wilson administra tion In the presidential campaign was contained in a statement issued today by National Chairman Willcox. The statement denied the repub lican party's criticism of the handling of the Mexican problem was "dictated by any sinister Influence." and bit-' terly assailed Wilson's "maladminis tration" of affairs there. The Willcox' statement follows: All statements made In news- 'papers or elsewhere to the effect that the attitude of the republican party towards the situation In Mexico is dictated by any . sinister influence, corporate or otherwise, are contrary to the facts. Our Interest In Mexican affairs is the result solely and exclu jslvcly of the maladministration of American relations with Mexico snd the various Mexican factions. The weaknoss of the Wilson admlnlstra question, Is so fully before the Amer ican people that It Is a vital Issue lit this campaign. , "It Is therefore not possible for the democratic pnrty to evado the re sponsibility for conditions In Mexico by ascribing ulterior motives. - The Issue is plain and clear cut.: It is the principle of the, republican party to insist upon the full protection of American cltlreng and American rights." ChicagoJuly 28. While the mid dle west sweltered under a blaxlng sun today, residents at Winnemucca, Nev., shivered In a temperature of 8G. "The coolest spot In the country," said the weather bureau here, ..J. SUB-SEA FREIGHTER IS SEEKH.G PILOT MS III JOE II AEHE Sfcdect cf Arcy Am&a Crashes Air Craft Into Lbs if Actsicbi! Wrwkizi Fear, ad Carzg Di Ontario. Cal., July 28. One child was killed and its mother, Mrs. C. A. Stoebe, was seriously injured when Lieutenant 8. H- Wheeler,' U. S. A., itUmpUng to rise fronj the ground in a warplane near Mesa, crashed into a line of watching automobiles.- Four automobiles were , overturned and wrecked. The officer was nninjured. Lieut Wheeler landed here in a fog last night while en route to San Diego- from Los Angeles In an army aeroplane. , Three other planes start ed at the same time. Lieut. Wheeler became lost in a heavy fog. A large number of persons, many in automo biles, gathered at Meaa, north of this city, to witness the departure this morning. , The army officer, having no mechanic, was forced to start hla own plane. The area in which the start 'was planned was cramped by motorists. - -f;' K' ' At ":J o'clock" .Wheeler climbed aboard the warplane. For a consider able distance the craft sped down the field, gaining momentum. When the plane lifted from the ground, Wheel er, attempting to steer clear of a grove of trees, veered his machine toward the line of motorists. Support seemed to fail as the huge war bird swept , upon the spectators Several persons started to run as It became apparent the officer was having diffi culties managing his machine; Suddenly the craft, speeding at sixty miies an hour, seemed to lower in the air, struck the ground with ,a bound, and hurtled into the parked automobiles. Four machines were overturned. :' '" 1 Haroid Stoebe, four years old, was instantly killed In the crash. His mother, standing between two cars which overturned, was horribly; In jured. She may not recover. The war plane was reduced to a mass of wreckage, despite the fact that the pilot escaped with hardly a scratch. Lieut. Wheeler Is one of the student officers studying army aviation at North Island, San Diego. BRITISH PATROL " SHIPS ARE SUNK Berlin, via Sayville, July 28. The Dutch newspaper Handelsblad 're ports a naval battle off the Scotch coast between several German sub marines and the patrol boats Nellen, Nutten, Onward and Eve. The Nelleu and Nutten sank. Three sailors were killed, the remaining 'sailors being rescued by a Dutch fishing boat of the Dogger bank and landed at a Scotch harbor. The other two patrol boats are supposed to have been lost with tholr crews. , Four German torpedo ' boats brought up two British trading ships oft Landskrona, In international waters. It is understood that three ot those rescued from the Nellen and Nutten died later as a consequence of their wounds. ' The above newspaper report of a naval battle was circulated by the official German news agency and by It , transmitted In connection with dally wireless news to the United States via Sayville. ' 1 RltsvHIe, Wash. v ' . " , v
