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DAILY EDITION VOL. VI., No. JSHfl. i GIUTTO PASS, JOSEPHINE COUJf Tf, OREGO.V, Tl'ESOAV, Al'GtHT 22, 1916 WHOLE NUMBER 1830. No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Pull Leased Wire Telegraph Service. - V V r. BULGARIANS TAKE FIVE TOWNS Teuton Ally in tie Balkans Rushes Southward in Greek Territory to Forestall the Allied Offensive Forming Berlln. Au. II. Bulcarlan troooa 1 . . i .ii 'wara movement, tnougn the r gains av. captured five Creek v I WWi not ,0 m,rked M wer, th- ,4. and town, since the beginning of their , TMcM u , t ,tock genera oflen.lv. against the . illed Wnem a(,vinM(J wth , of force In the Balkans said an official j ' ' .tatement from the Bulgarian war , W eow of office today. . elreel. sold up IH to 109. .Erie .a . ! r 1 dl,M,ed 1 Jumped IK to 39 on a floor rumor b. V ".iT ".K,Um "! I th,t "PoX had promised not of the Mtlfttlt. Of the niea, wfco Jo, Mtlon.wlde ,P,rlk, ,hould ..patently were prepartof for an of b, jI-d fenslve movement. A ,hkMown b be .j,,, ,n On aoconnt of military opmUm I ,to ,tt Mnt wlUyij0verUnd t0 oftb.alllMlnth.Vrd.rall.y.M;,t , f ?bjiIiIma lab a ami 1 a9 wailtia Ka mr, 1 SI general offensive on August 18," It was stated. . "Bulgarian troops advanced In the Struma valley and occupied the town tf Demlrhlssar (41 mile, north.au cf Salonlkl and ten mile. In.lde the Creek frontier, after and engage ment near the. town ( Serraa, we r pnlsed English and French force, on the right bank of the Struma and oc coplid the left bank between Butkova and the Tachlno lakes. Detachments between the 8truma and Meata ad ranccd In accordance with orders. "In the Vardar valley English and French troops have attacked our positions for 10 dsys without aucres couth and west of the town of Dolran, uttering heavy losses from our. In fantry and artillery fire. "Our right wing, after a victory over the Serbians near Fiorina suc cessfully pursued our plans. Yester dsy we occupied the railway stations of Banllia and ,Ekshlu on the re.ll road.from Salonlkl to Fiorina and re established railroad communication with Monastir. South of Fre.ba lake (extreme northwestern Greece.) we! occupied the villages of Zueidabloll thea and BresnlLa, thus interrupt ing definitely the communications between Qorltsha and Fiorina aa well as Oortsha and Kosturkastorla." Berlin, Aug. 33. Bulgarian and Oerman forces have defeated allied troop, on both wing. In the Bal kans, capturing positions from both the Serbians and the French, It was officially announced this afternoon. Serbian "positions near Malka Nie eplanlna were captured and the at tack Is progressing. The Serbs re peated their fruitless attempts to re capture Dxomaat Jerl, and were driv en back' suffering heavy losses. In the fighting northeast of Sal onlkl, the French were driven across the Struma river between nutkova and Tahlno and the bmlxnlca Flnnlnn ridge was captured. SLAVS VICTORIOUS IN THE CAUCASUS Petrograd, Aug. 22. The Russian, havo made some progress In the Cau casus fighting west of take Van, and tu the eastern Euphrates valley, 11 was olllclally claimed today. sMany Pcrslun Irregulars wero .taken pris oner.. Tlio Turks were defeated In .the region of Uilinun and Xalnpan eovn. ' The situation on the Austrp-Uer man front Is unchanged, ii, F. Lnyton left this morning ,for JMdford to spend several week.! HEAVY FEATURES IE 1 II New York. Aug. 22. The public jumped Into tbe 1m II market on tbe stock exchange to en extent not not ed since the wild advance of the "war brlden" severs! months ago and V. 8. 8teel again act a record, selling at 96 H, while advances of one to two points were made elsewhere. Com mission bouses were swamped under orders and sales lor the opening hour were nearly 400,000 shares. Approx imately one quarter of this trading was In steel common, the barometer of the market. i " and Maxwell at 83 waa off 2 from Its best price of the day. Equipment atocks soared. Bald win locomotive wa. up to 83. U.S. BATTLE FLEETS IN BIG WAR GAME Washington. Aug. 22. At six o'clock this morning a fleet of United States battleships sailed out to sea from some point on the Atlantic coast to repel an Invasion by an "enemy" fleet. The annual war game of the Atlantic fleet was under way. Ad miral Helm commanded the defend ing, or "blue," and Admiral Mayo, the attacking or. "red," fleet. All the commissioned "vessels on the Atlantlo coast are taking part. The battle will rage from East port. Maine, southward to Cape Hat teras. The attacking fleet this morn ing dashed landward from an un known position 600 miles out to sea. An Iron-clad censorship has been in stituted by the navy. It will last un til September 1, when the game ends. Admiral Knight, aboard the battle ship Pennsylvania, Is umpire and Is keeping In touch with both fleets by radio. Admiral Mayo', object Is to elude the defending fleet and land traps on the coast for a march Inland. Mi I I GIRL TROOPERS ARE TRAINING Vi" 1 XT'- Hi ten i X v.s ( 'V-i' viaD-, Ut.. Jj.Jui.'", M 7,! V k-'.-.1v Vjs:, I , ' ' '. VY' 1 S Photo by American PrM Association. Person. Injured In riots Incident to strikes will revolve dint aid treatment from "girl trooir" of the Women's League For Self Defenae. In .the 'accompanying Illustration la shown William Russell of the Seventh regiment. New Yak, teaching the girt troupers the use of tbe. wireless In a camp at Biaten l.lnnd, New York. . . ARfVIY British Force Way to Within 1000 Yards of Fortified Town of Thiepval-French Take Important Junctions London, Aug. 23. British troops advanced on a half-mile front north of the Soninie last night and establish ed themselves at the highway Junc tion outside Mouquet farm, north west of Poxleres, General Halg re ported thla afternoon. Other de tachments moved forward on the right to the Posleres-Mlramont road. In the Lelpslg redoubt salient, northwest of Potleres, the British extended their gains to within 1,000 yarda of Thlepval, taking one hun dred prisoners. At Gulllemont the Germans are atlU resisting most obstinately, des pite heavy losses from British ar tillery. Paris, Aug. 33. French troops ad vanced their lines on both aides of the river Somme last night making progress toward Clery on the north bank and capturing some trench ele ments south west of Estrees and Neast of Sayecourt. It was officially an nounced today. Northwest of Solsaon. a French surprise attack drove the Germans from a trench on the Vlngre plateau. A French air squadron hurled 79 bombs at the railway atatlons at Noyons and Tergnler. A French pilot brought down an albatross machine near Neates. In the same region a French squadron drove back four Oerman biplanes attempting a raid 1 over the Frenoh lines. 1 In the fighting north of the Somme the French captured two more Ger-1 man cannon south of Gulllemont, making a total of eight captured there. RTKKIj PRICE ROCKETS AOAIX New York, Aug. 22. The common stock of the V. S. Steel corporation again established a new high record shortly after the opening of the stock exchange today, when sales were made at 95 H, the fraction being a gain over yesterday's record price. Strength also was shown In some of 1ne raugi reflecting apparently the b0lef (hRt a railway strike will be 'avoided. ... 'X ALLIED J GEM ADVANCE 'fe.--'.-' V-.i-"' v . . '" ;.;:( : ? TARIFF IS AGAIN I HUSHES European War Is All That Saved Wrecking of Amer ican Industry by Under wood Tariff, says Candidate Fresno, Ca!., Aug. 22.Swlnging back east today on the return lap of bis trans-continental tour, Pres idential Candidate Hughes spread the gospel of a republican protective tar iff through the San Joaquin valley In 14 speeches. ' At Exeter Hughes spied an old friend In the audience. "Well, well, my old friend. Bishop," he shouted, gleefully, as he leaned over the rear' rail of his car to shake hands. 'This' la the first time I've seen you In 38 yeara." Some one In the crowd volunteered the information that Exeter was the first town In the country to ratify Hughes nomination on June 14. Hughes' one sentence pledge of service at Klngsburg was: "I tell you If I am put In a place of great re sponsibility, the highest place that any one can occupy, I shall devote myself to your service and the build ing up of American enterprise." Bakerafield, Aug. 22. Cahrles E. Hughes, republican presidential nominee, started a ltttle more than three wenks ago to make a '10.000 mile campaign trip, lut he has al ready covered nearly all of that mile age and just began to bit the trail back across the continent ' Speaking at severs! California towns today on his way to Sacra mento and Reno, the candidate dwelt nrtlrn nrlr nn hi fhnriro nf riomn. . Uc lnefficlency n tarlff legl8,a. Hon. His managers declare that he has found this a popular theme with his audiences. Preparedness, too, they declare, Is also a subject of deep Interest on the Pacific coast, Judg ing from the volume of applause with which Governor Hughes' statements on this Issue -have been received. Twelve thousand persons packed Shrine auditorium to the doors and thronged in the streets outside, un- able to gain admittance when Hughes spoke at Los Angeles last night. Dem ocratic tariff ideas were attacked by Hughes, and he asserted that only the European war prevented them from (Continued on page S.) FOR STRIKES asst. mmmmmmmmmmtimmwmmmm ST' k SIX MS SEIIS TROOPS FOR HEW BWIOFFEIISI Athens, Aug. 22. Russian troops have landed at Salonlkl to Join in the allied offensive. Despatches from Salonlkl today reported that allied transports arrived with the Russians, as the first Italian contlgent was dis embarking. For the first time since the begin ning of the war, the troops of six allied nations will be fighting side by side. Serbians, oMntenegrlns, French and British already are engaged on the Balkan front, and the Italians and Slavs probably will be seen In action within a short time. London, Aug. 22. Greek and Bul garian forces have clashed in the re gion of Serres and fighting bas been ! going on since Monday morning, said an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Athens today. A number of Greeks have been killed. The Creek com mander ia summoning all neighbor ing reserves.5, This despatch is as yet unconfirm ed from other sources, though Bul garian forces are known to bare ad vanced to a position a few miles north of Serres. 40 miles northeast of Sal onlkl. The last official despatches reported tbe French forces attacking this Bulgar detachment at BaraklL On tbe whole front the allies are at tacking the Bulgarian lines, the en gagement developing into a aeries of battles. In the center the allies have press ed forward n the Dolran lake region in a preliminary movement toward Strumnitxa In southwestern Bulgaria. Montenegrin troops are fighting be side the Serbs on the allies' right wing. A small Montenegrin detach ment repulsed a Bulgarian cavalry attack near Fiorina on Sunday. Of ficial despatches to tbe French war office report that the battle Is con tinuing In this region, and that the Bulgarians have occupied both Ser res and Batlca. On tbe right the Ji- gars are within a few hours march of the Greek port of Kavalal and already may bave entered the city. Increasing activity of the pro-war party In Roumania was reported to day, through , Berlin despatches re peated that Germany Is not uneasy over the present situation In the Bal kans. V The Greek government has thus far taken no decisive steps to counterbal ance the Bulgarian Invasion. IMJIIGRATIOJf BILL HAS NO OHANCB TO PASS Washington, Aug. 22. President Wilson let It be known to callers to-' day that he will reto the Immigra tion. bill again if it comes to bim for signature. A short time later, the senate voted 32 to 23 to consider at once the rev enue bill. This Is believed to mean the Immigration bill will go over un til December. ' BRITISH CARIXET NOT IX MOVIES London, Aug. 22. The British cabinet wont appear In the movies after all, Premier Asqulth announced today. Mrs. Asqulth, wife of the pre mier conceived the Idea of filming the ministers, the proceeds to go to war charity. ARM! BILL PASSED AFTER MODIFYING Washington, Aug. 23. The house today adopted without a roll call tbe army appropriation bill, as re-Introduced by Chairman Hay. It Is the same bill vetoed by Presi dent Wilson, save tor the elimina tion of the section exempting retired army officers from the provisions of the articles of war. It was to this section the president objected lECTOHSOF DECIDE Railroad Presidents Fail to Reach Decision and Hare PctbceOptoMeaWicM Isresfcests Are fochd .' f Washington, Aug. 22. Iadi- -t- cations of a split In the ranks of f the "big eight" railroad execu- Uvea. formulaUaz a reDlr la President Wilson's strike plan, , waa seen this afternoon. It was learned several of tbe big -t--- chiefs are holding out firmly for ecceptanee of President Wilson's proposals, while a bare majority f la firmly opposed. Washington, Aug. 22. The great- est industrial struggle la tbe history of tbe country hangs in tbe balanca today. ' The question of acceptance or re jection of tbe proposals made by President Wilson in an effort to arert a atrike that would tie np the rail roads of the country, has now hMa passed to the na -whose' inoney fa Invested In the great arteries of the, nation's trade. ' As the situation atanda this after-" noon, the employes have put their demanda for an eight-hour day and time and a half overtime in the hand of President Wilson. He has put it up to the heads of the great railway systems and they, in turn, bare pass ed it on to tbe directors. 1 After an all-night session, the com mittee of "big barons, appointed by the two score railway executives. failed to reach any decision early to day. They then wired their directors and upon the reply from the money powers behind the country's trans portation systems largely rests the final result. In the meantime the high salaried railroad executives continued to wrestle with the various negotiations. Counting the salaries and expenses of the various railroad beads and union heads, tbe negotiations are costing between $25,000 and $30,000 a day, it is estimated. There ia no doubt that a division exists among tbe railroad presidents. Against one faction, wbicb favors (Continued on page 2) NEW REVOLUTIONARY PARTY IN MEXICO El Paso, 'Aug. 22. Declaring De Facto President Carranca the worst enemy of Mexico and that his rule could result only in factional tyranny, , Manuel Bontllla, former minister of 'the Interior under Madero, made the firs public statement in behalf of the new revolutionary party of Legal-' tstas here today Bontlla said that efforts were under way to unite all Mexican factions against Carransa. ' Meantime United States secret ser vice men here are watching oloaely the activities of the new party. "The Maderlsta faction of whloh I am a member has cast aside all dif ferences,'" Bonllla said. "Several ot the tactions have united In a common effort to free Mexico from Interna tional troubles. Some ot tbe taner elements ot the Carransa party have , already Joined us. We will endeavor not to -violate the neutrality of the country, which Is sheltering us now," Bonllla has Just returned front HNew York where he wa. enlisting aid.. for the revolutionists.""