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VOL. VI., No. 0(0. 'gRANTS rASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTV, OREGON, MONDAY, AVQVWt 21, MM WHOLE NUMBER 1829.
No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
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SLAVS TAKE
ENEi BY
SURPRISE
General Brusiloff Shifts Drive
to Stochod Front ' and
Makes Easy Gains Against
Weakened Line Near Kovel
My William I. BIiiuim
Petrograd, Aug. 21. By suddenly
hitting bit attack to too Btochod
river front northeast of Kovel, Gen
arl Bruelloff bat caught the Germans
off their guard and la driving wt
ward for substantial galna.
Realising that General Dothmer's
army bad been crushed the Germans
began stripping their northern front
at every aTsllable man and sending
tbem southward to derend lemberg.
"It was while this troop movement was
under way that Brusiloff struck fur
tber north with his right wing. His
flanking attack menace both Kovel
and the German army at Pinsk.
The Slavs' frontal attacks on Kovel
have ceased. The Germans have sunk
turrets In the marshy ground west of
the city. These turrets are practical
ly Invisible to Russian air scouts and
must be overcome by strategy rather
than massed Infantry onslaughts.
Consequently the line west of Kovel
a remained stationary for some
''-..;-
During the lull on the Kovel front,
the Russian armies under General
Xaledln, Sakharoff and Letchltsky.
swung westward like a deadly pend
ulum from a point enst of Kovel, as
pivot. The advance was propor
tionately faster in tho extreme south.
Expert opinion here believes that
more depends upon Bruslloff's cam
paign that the mere stand or fall of
Lemberg and Kovel. Prisoners say
the northern part of Hungary Is be
ing evacuated by civilians because of
the Slav advance near Koromezo.
In Friday and Saturday's fighting
on thin front, 1,386 prisoners, one
cannon, IK machine guns and other
material were captured.
Petrograd, Aug. 21. Russian
forces In the Caucasus have captured
a whole series of strongly fortified
heights in the region of Dtarhektr,
taking many prisoners, It wss of
ficially announced today.
ANDREW CARNEGIE'S CONDITION
Bar Harbor, Maine, Aug. 21. Ap
parently In feeble condition Andrew
Carnegie, steel magnate, today was
off Mount Desert Inland In his yacht,
the Surf, for a few days stay. Ilia
weakened condition was plainly no
ticable when ho came ashore for an
automobile rldo. Carnegie told
friends he did not "fool sick but only
tired." A physician 1s constantly
within call and attendants are on
hand to assist tho Laird of Sklbo.
TENNESSEE EXPLOSION KILLS 7
Jackson, Tenn., Aug. 21. Seven
tnnn wore killed and two seriously
Injured today when tho hollers at
the Harlan & Morey Woodworking
plant exploded, shattering buildings
half n mile away.
FRISCO HUHINESH MEN
ARE GUESTS AT EUGENE
Eugene, Aug. 21. After scvoral
hours spent In Eugono during which
they were the guests of tho
Eugene. Commercial club, the 100
members or tho Snn Francisco chambf
er of commerce wholesale trade ex
cursion left here today for Marsh
' Hold. The special train on which the
merchants are traveling will reach
"Marshfleld at 8 p. m. and a program
ot entertainment baa "been arranged
:y'the merchant's of that city.
ILSL HI STAYS
III no UNTIL
BECISIOII BEACHED
Washington, Aug. 21. The Am
erican troops will not be withdrawn
from Mexico until the joint Mexico
American commission has met and
such action has been recommended
by the American members, a high of
ficial said today. The statement was
made as an answer to a question re
garding the action to be taken on
General Funs ton's report that the
troops might now be withdrawn
without endangering the safety of the
border. At the same time the be
lief was expressed that the militia
on the border would be returned to
their respective states not long after
the troops are withdrawn from Mex
loo and the border patrol duty left
entirely to the regular army.
NEW YORK'S STREETCAR
8TRIKE HAS KEEN BOTTLED
New York. Aug. 21. New York's
threatened strike of surface, subway
and elevated employes is settled,
Mayor MKrbel announced this after
noon. AMERICAN AMUAH8ADOH
HOME FROM FRANCE
New York, Aug. 21. Wm. O.
Sharp, ambassador to France, with
his daughter, Margaret, arrived today
on tbt French liner LaFayette and
wlU go to Washington and thence to
his home at Elyrla, Ohio. Sharp said
he recently suffered an attack of
pneumonia and waa returning home
to recuperate.
SHOEMAKER SAVES
STEELHEAD FISHING
Carl D. Shoemaker, state game
warden, announced here this after
noon that he had Just completed tak
ing testimony In a hearing at Gold
Beach which had for Its object the
establishment of a dead line at the
mouth of the Rogue River. The
hearing lasted two days and at the
conclusion Mr. Shoemaker established
the line.
"I found that there was consider
able difference, of opinion among the
fishermen themselves as to where the
line should bo established, hut In
reaching my conclusion that the line
should be established at Doyle Rock
I took Into consideration the preser
vation of the sport of angling for
steelheads on the upper Rogue, as
well as the continuation of the com
merclal fishing Industry at the
mouth," said Mr. Shoemaker.
Mr. Shoemaker explained that
Doyle Rock Is about 1700 feet up
stream from the mouth of the river
and at that point the stream has a
width of nearly a mile. At the mouth
where fishing la varrled on the river
at low water Is lesB than 200 feet
wide. By placing the dead line at
Doyle Uock two set net locations have'
been cut out and the best seining
ground of tho McCleay company has
been taken away. The lino becomes
effective In thirty days.
"I consider this the most Important
piece of work I have accomplished
since I have been state gome warden.
It will be a great benefit to Josephine
and Jnckson county sportsmen," con
eluded Mr. Shoemaker.
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PANAMA PRES. UNDER SHADOW
Washlngton, Aug. 21. Secretary
Lansing today admitted that an In-
vestlgntlon Is being made of charges
that Ramon Vnldes, newly elected
president of Punamn, was Instru -
mental In getting a land concession,
estimated at about sixty thousand
acres, for a Spalard named Fernn-
des, It has been reported that the
United States may not recognise Val-
dei because of alleged frauds and
coerolon In his election.
HEAVY ONSET SIOI ROBS
BEGUN BY THOUSANDS
BULBAR 0EH01ES
Teuton Ally Starts Drive To
South on Wide Front-Aim
at Serbia and British m
, the Region About Salonika
London, Aug. 21. The Bulgarians
have opened heavy attacks on both
wings of the allied armies In Greece
and serious fighting Is going on at
both ends of the ISO-mile battle front
The German war office this afternoon
announced that the Bulgara have cap
tured Vlllchllla, southeast of the
Greek town of Fiorina.
The Invasion of Greece has brought
a new crisis to the Greek capital and
has resulted In sudden conferences
between the ministerial and the mili
tary heads. The Bulgarian advance
has aroused no alarm In allied mili
tary circles.
The Bulgsrs ,lt was stated here
this afternoon, are merely playing the I
game the Germans tried at Verdun.
They are hitting hard, counting on
MtMn a atirt hnfnra the allies be -
gln an offensive.
The fighting in the Balkana, which
threatens at' any moment to develop
Into a great battle along the whole
Greek border, eclipsed interest in op
erations on other fronts today. - , v
Aside from unsuccessful attempts
by the Germans to recover lost j)00. .
ground on the Verdun and Sommej Tne ftrmy long tne Rlo
fronts, no events of importance oc iQrande escaDed nmetlcalir unscathed
curred in any other theater of war.i
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Salonlki. Aug. 21. Bulgarian
forces are advancing south of the
Greek town. of Fiorina, despite
born Serbian resistance. Heavy fight-
Ing continued all day Saturday near
Banitx, 81 miles northwest of Salon
lki.
Sharp fighting with the Serbians!
Is marked on a 15-mlle front seventy!
miles northwest or Salonlki. The Bui-J Washington, Aug. 21. The senate
gars emerged Trora the village of thls a(ternoon voted 27 to 24, im
Fiorina and attempted an advance medlately to uke up tne immisra.
southward. At the same time other tlon billf whlcn tne democratic cau
strong Bulgarian detachments at- cug na(j TOtei to put ovep nntu tne
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ENTIRE Mil TO
LACK OF FOOD
Washington, Aug. 21. Loss ot erlng of the railroad presidents to
mllllons ot dollars in crops through- day was that there appeared no or
out the country in event ot a rail- ganized plan afoot to meet the Bit
road strike, was the new possibility uation created by President Wilson's
before the administration today. firm refusal to recede from his de-
The treasury department reported mands on them,
that agents of the federal reserve . The brotherhood representatives
board In the south, west and north- through A. B. Garretspn, made it
west are beginning to ask for funds known today that they do not Intend
for the purpose of the crop-moving to deviate from the president's plan,
movement. Tying up the railroads Answering persistent suggestions that
would nieon thot wheat and other the executive will offer a compromise
products now ready for tho mills solution, Garretson told the United
would be held up Indefinitely and pos- Press:
slbly rot on side tracks, If stopped In
transit.
This ansle of the threatened gt-
. gnntle strike wus borne home to of-
! flclals, not only by reports from the
J treasury department, but by the ar-
rival qf western railroad presidents, taken by the president, it would ap
such as Louis W. Hill, whose father's pear from Garretson'e statement, de-
jname was synonymous with the em-
: plre of the northwest, and Its wealth
of form lands.
More than two score railroad presl-
jdenta and the 640 brotherhood repre
sen tatlves held separate meetings to
( day to continue discussion of Presl
j dent Wilson's proposal looking to
ward peace,
An outstanding feature of the gath
Texas Swept By Hurricane
Suffers Great Property Loss
Though Few Arc Killed
Ask State Aid for Homeless
Dallas, Texas, Aug. 21. Thousands
ot families are homeless In the gulf
region as the result ot Friday's hur
ricane and preparations are being
made throughout the state today to
rush supplies, tentage and funds to
them.
The storm-swept area extends from
Corpus Cbrlstl south to Brownsville
and Inland from thirty to fifty miles.
The death toU was placed at thirteen
to sixteen today and the total prop
erty loss at $2,000,000.
The dead include six or nine tail
ors, drowned when the small steamer
Pilot Boy was wrecked off Port Ar
ansas, and seven persons on land.
All the latter were Mexicans. The
damage, which included the opening
cotton crop, Is apportioned as fol-
lOWS: - f 1 , . i ' '
Corpus Christl, $500,000; Aransas
Pass, $150,000: Bishop, $150,000;
Alice. $100,000; Klngsvllle. $100,
000; Rock port, $75,000: Robstown,
$50,000; 8an Diego, $50,000; Rio
Grande valley. $300,000; widely, sep
arated farming communities, 1500,-
lt te belleTed th, ttrge .tore. of
food and tentage in the bases there,
will be sent to points farther north
along the coast State and federal
stub-'oncers are expected today to organize
the relief work.
IMMIGRATION HHJj
IS UP THIS SESSION
' ,
SUFFEft HOO
III CASE OF STRIKE
"President Wilson has announced
what he regards as a fair plan of
settlement. If there Is to be any de-
vlatlon, It will not be from our side."
Upon the final decision of the rall-
road presidents and the final action
pends whether thousands of mills are
likely to stop, cities face food and
fuel shortoges, and tho entire coun-
try become prostrated before what it
Is believed would ,be the greatest
struggle between capital and labor in
history,
Various cities, have estimated they
would face food and fuel shortages
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GREEK CABINET IS
WORRIED BY NEW
IHH LIVE
Athens, Aug. 21, Bulgarian troops
are reported within 10 miles of the
Greek port of Kavala, In their ad
vance to attack the allies' right wing
The Greek cabinet has been called
into special session because ot the
Bulgarian advance Into Greek terri
tory, Generals Moschopoulos, Sottills
and Gbenadis attending the confer
ence. Kavala, a port of 5,000 population,
was taken from Turkey by Greece in
the Balkan wars. It lies 18 miles
west ot the Bulgarian border, and
has long been coveted by the Bul
gars. The government Is watching the
Bulgarian invasion of Greek terri
tory with the greatest Interest. The
newspaper Patris says the cabinet
thus far has reached no decision and
will await farther developments.
From the military standpoint the Bul
garian advance Is considered unim
portant, so far as the allies are con
cerned. The Bnlgars apparently are
trying to seize strategic positions on
the allied flanks, from which to de
liver attacks when the expected allied
offensive begins. '
The British and French ministers
conferred with Premier Zamasls to
day, who Immediately afterward
summoned the chief of staff ot the
Greek army. - The discussion turned
to the question of withdrawing por
tions ot the Greek army and civilians
from the territory occupied by the
Bnlgars. ' v";
BRITISH LOSE TWO"
London, Aug. 21. The sinking ot
two such valuable light cruisers as
the Falmouth and Nottingham Sat
urday in the first North Sea naval
fight since the Jutland battle, Is
"distinctly unfortunate," the naval
expert of the Dally News asserted to
day, "but it Is the penalty that must
be paid by a fleet commanding the
seas."
"In the Dodger-bank fight last
year and on several less important
occasions, the enemy tried to lure
the British force's Into a submarine
trap," said the News' expert, "but
although our pursuing ships often
found themselves in a nest ot U boats,
they never before suffered loss there
from." THREE FATALLY HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Portland, Aug. 21. One' woman
was dead today and two other per-
jsons near death as the result of an
automobile wreck on the Columbia
highway. Miss Olive Erlckson of
Portland was killed when the auto
mobile of J. H. Shields backed over
the edge ot a 20-foot bridge near
Troutdale and hurtled through the
darkness Into a deep gully. Shields
was probably fatally hurt. Miss Ag
nes Erlckson suffered an Injured
I spine. The wrecked machine burst
Into flames, while all three were
j pinned under It. An unknown auto
imoblllst ran Into the ravine with a
fire extinguisher and stopped the
blaze.
Chester Shields, son of the Injured
I man, had stepped from the car to
walk while his father steered it off
jthe bridge. He witnessed the tragedy.
I NEW HIGH RECORD FOR
iiwrrifn eriTra ctktt.
. New York, Aug. 21. A new high
record price ot 95 was set by United
States Steel common during the late
grading on the stock exchange this
afternoon. The figure exceeds the
1909 record by one-eighth.
CRUISERS
TID
111 PUTS
ISSUEUPTO
ROADS
Pleads forConcessicato A?ert
Domestic and Foreign Bcs
fcess Crises-Kay Weill
Starve it Strike Is Fcrccd
Washington, Aug.' 21. Two score.
railroad presidents, representing th '
greatest railway systems In the world,
were in conference here late this
afternoon forming the final answer
they will make to the proposals ad
vanced by President Wilson 1a an ef
fort to avert a strike that wonld par
alyze the nation.
The heads of the great systems went
into secret session after hearing an
impassioned appeal by President Wll-
on to "keep the railroads running.
tot only in the Interest of this coun
try, but in order to meet the demands
ct the entire world." - ,.
President Wilson made the railroad
presidents a 30-mlnute address dar
ing the White House meeting. The
heads of the systems walked or rode
through a blistering heat front their
hotels to the White House to hear the
chief executive's final appeal. r
rresiaeni wuson ouuraea to them,
the need for railroad cooperation In
the Interest of preparedness as one
point in the broader (round It took.
It had been learned earlier in tho
day of reports from the :. treasury,
and agricultural departments that a
strike wonld mean the loss of mil
lions of dollars in crops. But the
president vent even beyond the do
mestic situation, when he told tho
railroad heads that not only In this
country but abroad "where the people
of all the belligerent nations are look
ing to the United States," the co
operation of the big railroad systems
is absolutely essential.
"I am willing to allow the case
to go to the great American Jury
and let them assess the responsibil
ity," said President Wilson to the rail
way presidents. "I wish you to con
sider the consequences of a failure to
agree as they may affect the people
ot the great cities and the country
side. The country cannot live if the
means of keeping alive its vitality are
interfered with.
"The lives and fortunes of 100,
000,000 men. women and little ones,
some of whom may die, depend on
what may be done In this room. I
leave the matter to you.
"I appeal to you as one American
citizen to another, to avoid hls dis
aster.".
Washington, Aug. 21. Arrival of
the western railroads presidents and
receipts of hundreds of telegrams
from commercial organizations were
the feature of the first day of the
second week of the president's Inter
vention between the railroads and the
four brotherhoods. The presidents
came at President Wilson's invitation
and the telegrams In part, at least,
at the invitation of the railroads.
Railroad executives here made no
secret of the fact that they were lin
ing up all possible business support
for their arbitration contention.
The president made his answer
known In reply to one of these tele
grams, that from George Pope, presi
dent of the National Association ot
Manufacturers. Pope declared 8,700
manufacturing organizations, em
ploying millions of men, are utterly
dependent on un-lnterrupted railway
service. iHe urged the president to
prevent the threatened stoppage ot
train service and at the same time
to maintain the principle of the open
hop. . . . .
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