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VOL. VI., No. MS. r,ltNTH PASS, JOHEPMNE C0UN1Y, OIIEOO.V, TVESDAT, A1018T 1, 1
, . No Otlicr Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
PEARS BRING
$1.65 PER
BOX F.ri.n.
Market Starts Off With a
Rush, and the Grants Pass
Growers Make First Sale at
Most Satisfactory Price
Dartlett pear at $1.60 per box
1. o. b. Grants Pass la the way the
market ha opened in ' the Rogue
Tiver valley. A telegraphic order for
two cart or 5-tlcr fancy Bartletta at
that price was accepted by the Orants
Pass Fruit association today, the
-order to ho filled by the Uth of
August. Thla la a moat excellent
quotation for the opening of the sea
on, and la the cause of much gratl
'flratlon anionic the orcbardtata. Pick
ing will commence next week, and
thla order, the first to be accepted,
will he filled at once. The pears hare
keen growing nicely the past week,
and the fruit waa never more uni
form and handsome than at present.
"While the order accepted calli only
tor fancy atock, It la expected that the
bulk of the local crop will be extra
fancy, commanding even a higher
figure than 11.65. Thla first sale la
wade to the Northwestern Fruit ex
change and It la not yet known what
the destination of the cant will toe.
The local fruit will be packed out
under a eperlal label, and the asso
elation will maintain the excellence
tf thla pack. No pcara that are off
in any respect will be packed out.
Aa only the mature peara are picked
from the tree at a time, and pipings
are continued aa the fruit becomes
mature, thla grading ran largely bo
accomplished In the orchard.
auuxy run rmowxs
IV THE CAMPOOIA
Albany, Ore., Aug. 1. Caught In
the swift current of Callpoola river
back, of the Masonic cemetery here.
George Daggett, 13 years old. waa
wept to death today while hl boy
companions watched In helpless hor
ror. His body has not been found.
The boya were hunting hazelnuts and
decided to toko a plunge. Daggett
was first In and was Immediately car
ried away. Ralph Roley, aged 13
years, ran for help. Divers searched
the stream thoroughly but have aa
yot found no trace of the corpse.
txrrrY lives ixxst
IN WRECKED 8TEAMKK
Santiago, Chile, Aug. 1. The
Chilean steamer Ecuador waa wreck
ed near Coronei today. Forty per
'ons were drowned.
ALLEGIANCE TO
MEXICO
REQUIRED
El Paso, Aug. 1. Foreigners do
airing to form stock companies for
the purpose of exploring or exploit
ing Mexican oil fields must renounce
their nationality and swear allegl-
'.anee to Mexico. This woe the sub
stance of a mossage received here to
day from the ministry of Justice In
..Mexico City.
Another official report stated that
the Mexican government recently pur
chased $1,500,000 gold to coin
twenty peso pieces and that a new
monetary system had been devised to
raise Carranxa paper money to the
standard desired.
Following the military funeral for
i John Twomey, killed In yesterday's
"'clash with Mexican bandits below
Fort Hancock, . the body was to be
shipped to his mother In Madison,
N. J. .
W. MURRAY CRANE.
Ca-Mattaehuaatts Senator Notts!
Advocate of republican Harmony.
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Fill II IM
TO
San Francisco, Aug. 1. Prepared
to submit the letter filet kept by
Thomas J. Mooney, one of the sus
pects in the suit' oase dynamiting
caae, District Attorney Flckert will
go before the grand Jury tonight and
ask the Indictment of Mooney, his
wife, Warren Killings, Edward Nolan
and Israel Weinberg on charges of
murder.
Thla announcement waa made by
the district attorney today after a
careful examination of the letter
taken in a visit by the police to the
home of Mooney's sister. According
to Flckert and Captain Matheaon, of
the bomb squad, the letters reveal the
plana of the alleged plot.
One letter la said to have Indicated
that some man In the east, whose
name detectives will not reveal, had
given Mooney certain sums of money,
evidently to further bis plans. An
other la declared to have been ad
dressed to two men, former associates
of Mooney, asking them If they would
be "foot loose for a couple of
weekaT" Newspaper cuttings refer
ring to the recent Martinet and Car
olines dynamiting! were Included in
.the evidence.
I Flckert said that In one letter
Mooney aald hla vlewa were "becora
I Ing more radical," while In a letter
to Billings he urged the latter "above
all things, keep your mouth shut."
I The most Important additional de
velopment during the past 24 hours
was the positive ldentl float Ion of
Israel Welnburg'a Jitney bus' as the
machine which stood in front of 721
Market street, while Billings, Mooney
and Mrs. Mooney were there ehortly
before the explosion which cost nine
lives.
j , The dlstrlot attorney says he also
has located a Jeweler In Oakland who
I declares he sold to Billings four
alarm docks like the one found In
an unexploded bomb picked up tn
San Mateo county recently.
KANSAS IS HOLDING
PltlMAKY ELNCTIOX TODAY
Topeka, Kas., Aug. 1. Today's
primary election promised to be the
quietest Kansas has known In years.
In spite of at cool wave prediction,
the vote was, expected to be light.
Of the state officials who left Topeka
yesterday to vote with the home folks
not a one arranged for a telegraphic
report of results. ,
Governor Capper .republican can
didate to succeed himself, has no op
poHltlon. On the democratic side of
the city Ben 9. Galteklll, of Glrnrd,
and V, C. .Laivfison, of BatlmV lire
after tlie nomination,
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BENEATH WAVES FOR H0PJ1E
Submarine Freighter Left Her
This Afternoon on the Return Trip to Germany With
Cargo of Nickle and Rubber, the Vessel Being Piloted
Out by Same Pilot Who Was Aboard on Her Entry
Baltimore, Aug. 1. With the Ger
man flag flying at her stern and Cap
tain Koenlg and Ills sailors on deck,
the Deutschland. In tow of the Tlra
mona .left ber dock at 6:33 p, m. to
day on her return voyage to Ger
many. She received a royal send-off
from the hundreds of motor boats,
tugs and other craft in the harbor.
Her escort consisted of the launch
Efco, the government tug Wlssa-
hlckon and the police boat Lannan.
Baltimore, Aug. 1. Germany's
first submarine freighter, the
Deutschland, left her Patapsco river
berth this afternoon en route home.
Flanked by vessels to guide her,
she turned her nose toward the Vir
ginia capes, where' she may await
further before dashing to sea.
The channel for a hundred yards
or more had been dragged lest the
submarine come to grief from hidden
mines. The managers apparently
feared that some of the passing allied
Biiii nnu inruwn eucn macnines over
board, but the search showed
'nothing. ' , (
During the forenoon harbor' tugs,'
'revenue and pojlce boats had swarm
jed near the Deutschland pier; they
were to watch for any vessels that
I might "accidentally" ram her.
At B p. m. two government tugs
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New York, Aug. 1. Charles Evans
Hughes' "keynote" for the coming
campaign pleased all republicans to
day. Party chiefs who assembled to
hear the former Justice- formally ac
cept tho nomination last night were
unanimous today In praising the
striking sentences with which the can
didate outlined the IssueB on which
the O. O. P. Is to start eviction pro
ceedings against Woodrow Wilson
and the democratic majority In the
senate and house.
The fact that 4,000 men and wo
men eat for nearly three hours In
sweltering, slszllng heat to hear the
nominee 'break another one of his
famous silences in the meeting at
Carnegie hall was looked upon by
I republicans today as auguring well
for success In November. Moreover,
the same sticky, sweating auditors
had enough enthusiasm left at the
end of that session In the close air
of the hall to cheer Hughes vocifer
ously. They would have liked to have
heard something from Roosevelt, but
the former moose, playing "second
fiddle" t a political gathering for the
first time tn a great many years,
hustled out of the hall.
'Hughes' speech pleased today be
cause, tn the view of his friends, he
supported his harmony plea with a
selection of the issues for the cam
paign which combine vlewa of re
publican standpatters, republican lib
erals and progressives.
The "old liners" were pleased with
a ringing protection declaration on
the tariff; the liberals with the labor,
conservation and Administration's ef
ficiency sections In his upbraiding of
the Wilson administration, and the
bull moosers with the "Americanism"
.creed,. tho preparedness platform and
the Mexican dlscusslqn.
Republicans and democrats alike
today were convinced that Hughes'
prtnolpnl Issue In his fight against
DEUM
Dock at Baltimore Late
took positions on either aide of the
Deutschland and arrangements were
made to give the boat a safe de
parture from American waters.
The tug Tlmmons, which has been
the guardian angel or tho Deutsch
land, drew In closer to the submar
ine, vne or tne barges that had
maintained a screen lor the sub
marine waa moved out of the way.
; The large number of motor boats
bove to, crowded to the gunwales
with sightseers, but the vigilance of
the police boata and the government
cutter kept them at a safe distance.
, BatjUraore. Aog, 1. Owen Cole
man, the pilot who brought the sub
marine freighter Deutschland safely
Into port, will take her out again.
Plana of the promoters call for him
to pilot her down the bay before
night. This was learned authorita
tively early today, and It was under
stood that Coleman was then at the
dock where the Deutschland and the
tug Tlmmons He. ,
: Shortly after the Information con
cerning the pilot became known, the
tug .T4mmons and the smaller launch
Efco started out toward mid-channel,
carrying a drag, apparently to pick
op any mines or obstructions.
Everything was ready for the get-
(Contlnued on page 2)
Wllnon will be the Mexican situation.
The second line offensive will be
the 'bombardment along the lines of
"adequate" preparedness and the
tariff.
Nearly eight years ago Hughes ac
cepted the gubernatorial nomination
In Madison Square garden. At that
time and tn the campaign which fol
lowed, he was adjudged one of the
best campaigners New York had ever
seen. Considerably grayer of beard
and more bald last night than on that
other night of acceptance, Hughes ex
hibited no diminution of vigor In hla
stumping ability, in the opinion of
those who knew him In other days.
On his transcontinental trip, start
ing Saturday, his supporters expect
him to give the country a sample of
the sort of campaigning that made
him famous tn the gubernatorial raoe.
Following is a. symposium of edi
torial comment on the acceptance
speech of Justice Hughes In New York
last night: .
New York Tribune One clear
note runs through the whole of Mr.
Hughes' speech. It is a challenge of
lnoapaotty, an indictment of failure.
It is rightly an Indictment of Wilson's
scattering point of view. 'But it woul
be Idle to pretend that portion of the
address which deals with the Lusl-
faille, massacre is satisfactory to the
Tribune.
New York Times 'Little that Is
new appears In the speech. It will be
remembered he wishes to make the
Mexican question the burning Issue so
that citizens accused of hyphenlsatton
'may have an opportunity to show
their patriotism.
New York World Mr. Hughes'
speech) of. acceptance la public Con
fesBlon of a candidate who is without
an Issue and without a policy, His
policy Is to be one of firmness. But
what form is firmness going to takef
War? Intervention?
SENATOR THOMAS.
Wants Suprtm Court Juatieee
Barred From Nomination.
Washington, Aug. 1. Germany has
refused to agree to England's terms
tor Polish relief. The answer to Eng
land and to the circular note' of the
state 4partmant qt July ,7, erea-
ing tne nope for a Polish agreement,
was cabled from Berlin by Ambassa
dor Gerard and given out by the state
department today. ,
Germany places the blame for the
food scarcity In Poland on the Rus
sian army, which Germany claims de
stroyed or confiscated all the food
stuffs in Its retreat
The note eaid the Germanovern
ment had offered all the guarantees
regarding Polish relief which were
consistent with the requirements of
war and that It Is England's fault
that the American relief waa required
several months ago, as it was in
northern France.
j As October 1 was the date set for
jthe end of any relief agreement
made, the note said further negotia
tions are devoid of purpose. How
ever. Germany claims that the com
ing harvest, due to extensive culti
vation, will furnish enough food for
the civil population of Poland and
tmthanla, although some hardship
win be felt until the harvest
CANADIAN FIRE
TAKES HEAVY TOLL
Halleybury, Ontario, Aug. 1. As
scores of dead in the Are-swept dis
trict between Ramore and Cochrane
were burled in deep trenches today
there was every indication that the
toll of life taken by the devastating
forest lire never will be known. It
Is believed that more than 500 were
lost in the forest fire which swept
hundreds of square miles in northern
Ontario. .
Identification waa Impossible as the
flames ate up every Identifying mark.
Refugees who escaped have been un
able to tell how their neighbors fared.
The survivors found were' pitifully
few. The first train bringing sur
vivors carried but forty-seven, of
whom three women and 17 men were
horribly burned.' v
Whole settlements were wiped out
Relief workers sent back reports of
eight survivors In a village of S08, of
57 bodies ind In a single railway
out, 16 f.ad In a pit, 24 found tn
one house and of 130 bodies burled
In the course of a single morning. For
every' "body found along the railway
a dozen may be seen lying dead under
the ashes of northern Ontario; was
the word sent hack by the rescuers.
FLOODS FAIL
TOSTOPTHE
RUSSIANS
Slay Hosts Coztbe to Ad
vance Against the German
Positions to North cfKcvel
on the Stocklcd River
Petrograd, Aug. 1. Hash
swamps, flood fields and barbed wire
entanglements, partly submerged
have failed to stop the Russian ad
vance across the Btockhod river
north of KoveL German positions
which the Teuton commanders spent
months in perfecting are crumbling
before the Russian advance.
General Kaledine's force have ae
gollated the difficult marshes of ta
Stockhod, and General Sakharoff's
division Is forcing ' the Austrian
troops under General Ton Boehm
Ermolli westward from Brody.
, Between Kovel and Brody Is
"kink" In the line. Military authori
ties estimate the Teutonic army most
retire from this angle If the Russian
advance on both sides continues or
ftliiA ran fha rtlr nf havln Urn flanV
turned . , v t
, Judging from tttle front ; dis
patches today, the floods on , the
Dnelster river have subsided some
what; 'permitting General Letchitsky
to press forward with greater rapid-
Austrian big guns are bombarding
Brody in counter-attack, but It is -unofficially
stated the fire fs waning.
Petrograd, Aug. 1. Continued
pursuit of the Turkish forces toward
Mos8ul was announced In the war
office statement today.
Petrograd, Aug. 1.- Charging
through marshy lands, some times
vatst deep In water, Russian forest
drove "back the Teutonic line from
the Dnelster river to Kroprieti, and.
etsewhere along the eastern front
have pressed the Germans and Aos
trians hard, according to today's war
office statement. . . . v
Heavy counter-attacks from Kovel
and Lutsk . .were repulsed after the
Russians had attacked in the region
of Tchekhuv and Dubeneka. Crossing
the Dnelster toward Koropleta waa ac
complished despite destruction of
bridges by retreating Germans, the
czar's troops wading across, reaching
the west bank of the swollen stream
and taking 1,000 of the enemy pris
oners. . i :
The German line was again bent
backward in the bend of the Stock-
hod In the region of VelicU and
Kuchary. ,
ZEPPELINS RAID
ENGLISH COAST
London, Aug. 1. Probably' one of
the Zeppelins engaged in the raid on.
the eastern counties was bagged, the-
war office thought today. ' The raider
was engaged by British aircraft and
bombarded by anti-aircraft guns.
Later It was seen to drop-to a low
altitude and disappear In the mist off
shore. '
The number of dirigibles engaged
In the raid was not announced. A
number of explosive bombs were drop
ped in a score or more places and
the Zeppelins apparently cruised over
halt a dozen or more counties, drop
ping bombs at several places of no
military Importance. . ' , '
The Zeppelins flew at a great
height, and It was extremely difficult
to determine their exact number, the
war office said, but there were at least
six. The bombs which they dropped
'fell in thinly Inhabited districts;