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DAILY EDITION
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GRANTS rAK8, JOSEPHINE COUNTT, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1910,
WHOLE NUMBER 1850.
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No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Haa a Paper With Pull Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
BRITISH ARE
ADVANCING
ON IR1
iweep of English Army To
ward Combles Continues,
Raisers Soldiers Being
Threatened With Capture
London, Sept. 15. Brltliih troops
have broken the German third line
In the great assault Inaugurated thin
morning, said a Router dispatch from
lrs headquarters at the British
front thli afternoon, it I reported
that the village of Fleers, a mile and
one-half northwest of Glnchy, ha
boon captured. The llrttlah are
swooping eastward toward the village
of Morval, about two miles directly
north of Combles, In a great move
inont that threaten! to surround the
'termans In Coinbloa and effect their
rapture.
The greater part of Boulcaux wood,
. n I. ,11.. nrkPlllU'MMt tt f 'itlll 111. fllrAJlritf
' ha been captured by the HrltUh
Tho Hrltlah advance, according to
fragmentary bulletin received here
tonight, la the greatest ntad by Gen
oral Haiti' men lnee the opening
day of the allied offonalve.
The British are also reported to
have reached the outskirts of the
vlllago of Martlnpulrb, fiv mile
from Bapaume. 1
London, Sept. ir. Two of the
areateat battle fought In Europe In
several week ere now raging along
the Bomme front In northern France
and along a 75-mllo line In northern
Greece,
Allied war office announced today
strlklng.vletorlc In both encounters,
British troops pushed out In a great
blow north of the mpi this morn
! 'Ing, advancing more than $.000 yards
' on a front o! about six mile. Gen
eral Halg reported to the war office.
The struggle Is continuing and al
ready large number of tlerman pris
oners have been brought In.
A few hours before thl ndvan.o
on the British right wing snd renter
began the British left wing struck
Inst night southeast of Thlepval. Ger
man trenches were captnred on a
front of 1.000 yards, Including the
strongly defended "Wunderwerk."
At about the snme time the French
advanced to the edge of the village
of Rancourt, further tightening the
Anglo-French noose about the town
of Combles.
In the llnlkin great successes were
Announced In an official bulletin from
Paris. The Serbians hove driven the
Bulgarians baok ten miles on the al
lied left wing, capturing two villages
, and the principal parts of the heights
of Malkanldge. The French war
vofflce further announced tho capture
of Matchoukevo village and two
heights to the north by the'ltrltlKh
r s tho capture or nenny a nine oi
Bulgarian tronche to a depth of six
hundred yards Iby the French.
The German war oITIco, for the first
tlmo since the allies took the offen
sive in Macedonia, admitted allied
. successes this afternoon. Berlin an
nounced that the Sorbs have rap
tured iMnlkanldgo positions, but
claimed the repulse by the Germans
of British soldiers who had gained
a temporary success in the Vardar
valley.
While the nllles were winning suc
cesses on the Bomme and in Greece,
the Italian attacUod and captured
Austrian entrenchments eat of Val
lone, taking "2,1'17 prisoners and a
large amount of booty, Including ma
chine guns and trench mortars, It
ras officially announced at Rome.
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Darwin Ingalls left Inst night for
O, A, C to resume his studies at that
place),
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TO BE ELECTED BY
Mexico City, Sept. IS. Mexico la
about to resume her place among the
republic of the western hemisphere
after six year of revolutionary die
turbancea. A decree lamed by General Car
ranta on the eve of the annual cele
bration of Mexican Independence pre
paroa the way for the preaent de facto
government to -be replaced by a sub
atantial government.
The. decree ralla for a revialon of
several artlclea of the Plan of Guada
lupe, drawn up on December. 12,
1914, and make provlaion for the
election of member of a national con
gress. Another decree will be Issued
tomorrow calling Cor the election of
a constitutional congress on October
15. The flint session of the new con
gress will be held November 20,
probably si Croyacan, a suburb of
.Mexico dir.
The decree Issued last night pro
vide that each stale and territory
shall elect a deputy to congrose and
a sub-deputy for every 70,000 In
habitant, and an additional deputy.
If the fraction above 70,000 exceeds
two-sevenths of that number. Any
state or territory not having 70,000
Inhabitants la' entitled to elect a de
puty and sub-deputy also. .
The eligibility requirements are the
aamo as those provided In tho election
of 1857. Thoio who opposed the
constitutional government with arms
will be Ineligible to hold office.
IS
TO BE SENT
E
El Paso, 8ept. IS. That tentative
plana are under way for withdrawal
of the national guard from the bor
der was revealed today when tele
grams from Washington reached
J every guard commander, asking how
'many tourist and stock cars would
I be necessary to transport troops back
) to their respective state mobllUatlon
points.
j Guard officers today are' making up
reports of the number of cars needed
to carry each organisation.
I As the report of the receipt of the
telegrams Spread over the militia
'camps it caused a buss of excitement
among officer, who iMIeve It fore
casts an early withdrawal of the
guardsmen.
! Army officials at headquarters,
however, pointed out that the actual
.withdrawal may he weeks or months
distant as this stop always is only the
'first tentative one taken In such
transfers. '
C. H. Harreschue, who haa been
working on the state highway at
Glendale, left this afternoon for Ash
land. . '
BORDER PATROL
New London, Conn., Sept. 15, If
General Porshtng's troops are with
drawn from Mexico, Mexican troop
mustlbe sent to replace them, General
Tusker H. Ultss, assistant United
Statea army chief of staff, told the
Mexican commissioners here today.
Bliss put this proposition before
the commissioners at today's confer
ence. Luis Cabrera, heading the Mex
ican delegation, replied that person
ally he holleved General Carransa
was prepared to send enough troops
to relieve Pershing's force, hut he did
not deal re to commit the Mexican
government, he said, without consult
ing with officials at Mexico City.
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MILITIA
0
M
MEXICAN
TROOPS
HRE RAIDS
III OPEN ON BORDER
TUESDAY FEARED f
Exhibits Are Already Arriving
at Grounds, and Carpenters
Are Hastening Erection of
the' Show Buildings
The stage Is now about set for the
Josephine county fair, which, will
open next Tuesday morning and con
tinue over three days. The carpen
ters are hurrying the erection of the
buildings at the ball park, where the
fair will be held, and the receipt of
stock at the stock pens has already
commenced. The first receipts con
sisted of the show herd from 8teel's
Winona ranch, a car containing 17
head of Berkshires being taken to
the pens today. The track at the
ball park Is ready for the sports that
will be run on It, and has been fenced
In so that there wlllbe no danger of
ponies flying the track and hutting
Into the crowd. '
The forenoon of the Bret day will
Include a number of races and sports
within the fair grounds, the relay1
race of two miles, with change of
horse and saddles every half mile,
which will be run at 10 o'clock, toeing
the main event of this day. There
will be a continuous performance of
sports snd races during the day, how
ever. In the evening, at Railroad j
park, "Farmer" Smith, agriculturist
of the O.-W. R. A N. company, and
Agriculturist Austin, of the Utah
Idaho Sugar company, will speak.
There will also he sports, stunts, car
nival features and dancing Tuesday
afternoon and evening, as on every
other day of the fair, upon the streets
of the city. The dancing pavilion Is
now being erected adjoining Railroad
park.
Wednesday premiums will be
awarded at the fair and the stock
entries will be Judged. At 11 o'clock
there will he an address hy Mr. Aus
tin at the fair grounds, and at 1:30
"Farmer" Smith will deliver his sec
ond address. On both this day and
Thursday there will be he usual con
tinuous performance of sports and
stunts within tht fair grounds, and 1
. . it f ,. -1 . iv. n.ll !
nirr mo ciuse oi uin imr hi um nnu-
road park and city streets.
LOWOEN WINNER '
BI BIG PLURALITY
Chicago, Sopt. 15. With only 344
down-state precincts missing from
Wednesday's primary, Indications to
day were that former Congressman
Frank O. Lowden, republican, for
governor, will have a plurality of
107,000 over Morton D. Hull, his
nearest opponent. The vote gave
Lowdon 206,884; Smith, 72,524. and
Hull, 108,758.
With 844 precincts missing, Gov
ernor Dunne, democrat, for governor,
received 129,624 votes, a plurality
of albout 70,000 votes over Wm.
Brlnton, Roger Sullivan's entry.
Traynor's vote was 18,759.
Latest returns Indicate that MedUl
McCormlck Is an easy winner for the
republican nomination for congress-man-at-lni'ge.
Former United States
Senator Wm. 15. Mason Is still lead
ing over B. M. Chlpperfteld and Is be
lieved a winner, though Clilpperflold
continues to cut down Mason's Cock
county plurality with a -heavy poll
down state.
James R. Mann, republican leader
In the house of representatives, won
for te-electlon by 14.806 over Rev.
E. H. Boynton,
Members ot the U.S. Army
General Staff Have 'Hunch'
That Villa Is Preparing
for a Spectaclar Stunt
Washington, Sept 15. The pri
vate, whispered hunch of many mem
bers of the army general staff circu
lated through the war department
today la that Francisco VUla is plan
ning what he hopes to he a mixture
of sweet revenge and the coup d'etat
of his spectacular up and down life.
' Inquiry from several members of
the staff today developed the same
answer to the question: "Do you be
lieve Villa Is allveT"
The answer inevitably was: "I
most certainly do."
And almost Inevitably detailing of
the hunch followed. Each officer
emphasized it was a "pure hunch,"
but based on letters that read very
much like similar letters received a
month or two prior to the lost Mex
ican crisis, which caused at least one
major general to prophesy Just what
afterward occurred.
The hunch Is that .Villa, nursing
resentment over the Carransa recog
nition hy the United States, plans a
series of lightning like (border raids,
just as close to election time as com
patible with strategy. Army officers
generally do not fear any real Villa
activity until Pancho has spent sev
eral weeks more gathering ammuni
tion and as many of his old follow
ers as possible, In order to make It
necessary for the Carranza-Unlted
States field armies to enter Into oper
ations against him on a larger scale
than either would want to at such a
time. v
NEPHEW OF KAISER
IS KILLED IN BATTLE
Berlin, via Sayville, Sept. 15.
Prince Frederick William of Hesse,
a nephew of Emperor William, was
killed in the fighting near Cara Or
man, In the Balkans. It was officially
announced today.
London, Sept. 15. Field Marshal
von iMackepsen, In supreme command
of the Teutonic operations in the Bal
kans, has arrived on the German
Bulgar front to direct the defense
against the new onslaughts f the
allies, A Salonlkl dispatch today re
ported that the German-Bulgarian
commanders are hastily re-grouping
their forces in Macedonia. Large
bodies of troops are being concen
trated In the Vardar valley to meet
an expected Anglo-French offensive.
The fighting on the whole of the
allies' left wing Is growing more vio
lent every day. Capture of a salient
held by the Bulgars In the Vardar
valley southwest of Dolran was the
most Important victory won by the
British on this sector of the front
since the present offensive began. x
Greece's Intervention In the war Is
still being delayed by dlplomatlo ne
gotiations nt Athens. Dispatches
from tho Greek capital today said that
Kln Constantino has. summoned a
conference of all political leaders In
a new effort to find a prime minister
who will guide Greece Into war and
at the same time unite opposing fac
tions In Greece.
MAC E E
HEADS
BALKAN
CAMPAIGN
WISH
ran bps
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v London, Sept. 15. -British troops
resumed their offensive this morn
ing with a powerful blow against the
German lines north of the Somme.
General HAIg announced this after
noon that the British advanced 2,000
yards on the front from Boulanx
wood, northwest of Combles, to a
point north of the Albert-Bapaume
road. The attack Is continuing and
many prisoners already have been
taken.
Southeast of Thiepval the British
last night captured German trenches
on, a front of 1,000 yards. Including
the strong Wunderwerk position. .
The British used a new type of
heavy armored car for the first time
In thli morning's great smash, and
with remarkable success, Halg re
ported. Four German aeroplanes were
shot down In flames and four others
damaged. On no single day on any
front since the beginning of the war
have so many aeroplanes been put
out of commission. . ,
British air forces co-operated splen
did ry with the infantry In the attack,
flying low and turning machine guns
on German Infantry.
British airmen attacked German
headquarters at Bapaume and the en
emy railway station, bombarding roll
ing stock and damaging one train.
Two hostile kite balloons were de
stroyed. VOTE-BOOZE OUT OF
Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 15. Brit
ish Columbia has gone dry. This was
.clearly indicated today in early re
turns from yesterday's voting. The
prohibitionists are conceded a major
ity of 7,500, with 10,000 soldiers (bal
lots to be counted October 12.
Vancouver and .Victoria both :rvre
a big majority for, prohibition. The
dry law becomes effective next July.
Woman suffrage carried by a vote
of four to one.
PRESIDENT'S SISTER
IS FAST SINKING
Asbury Park, N. J., Sept. 15. Pre
sident Wilson received word shortly
before noon today that his sister,
Mrs. Annie E. Howe, who is gravely
ill at New London, Conn., is Inking
rapidly. The news was brought to
him just after he had finished a
morning round of golf at Long
Branch. He immediately canceled
other engagements and made tenta
tive arrangements to go to New Lon
don later in the day. It Mrs. Howe
dies, President Wilson probably will
accompany the body to South Caro
lina for the funeral services.
LOAD OF WHISKEY
STOPPED AT SALEM
Salem, Sept. 15. Driving an auto
mobile which was loaded with 226
quarts of whiskey, J. A. Turner, of
Stanwood, Wash.', came to town last
night. . He was en route from Horn
brook, Cal., whore he had taken on
the cargo of whiskey for Stanwood,
and would have Iboen at his Journey's
end by this time had the Salem po
lice not Interfered with his plans.
Acting under advice from the fed
eral authorities at Portland, Chief of
Police Welsh looked Turner up. He
will have a "hearing before City Re
corder Elgin tomorrow. The auto
mobile used by Turner Is a covered
one and bears upon its side a nursery
company's sign.,
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BRITISH
COLUMBIA
HOST
Mrs. Ed. H. Allen, cf Grants
Pass, Dfa&f Frca Ca?,
'and Searching Parties Are
Sccsrfcg Fcrtts fcr Her
Searching parties are scouring the.,
forests in the vicinity of Fish lake,
27 or 28 miles northeast of Crater
lake, for Mrs. Ed. H. Allen, of Grants
Pass, who Is reported lost in the
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Particulars of the case are difficult
to obtain aa the camp of the Allen
is far back in the mountain. A tele
phone message was received, at about
four o'clock this morning over the
forestry department line announcing
that Mrs. Allen had become lost la the
forest surrounding the camp, though
when she was lost is not known here.
At midnight last night the forestry
people started ont 10 men to aid In
the search. J
Mr. and Mrs. Ed H. Allen and son.
Glen, left thl city on Sunday, Sep
tember 3, for an outing at Fish lake.
They were taken to Tiller, above
Canyonvtlle, by Geo. H. Carner In
the Carner automobile. From Tiller
they were packed 40 miles over the
trail to Fish lake. As soon as word
that Mrs., Allen was lost vaf received
here, Mr. Carner started but by auto
and at 11:20 phoned from Canyon-,
rille that no word had yet been re
ceived of the missing woman, though
search 1 being most vigorously prose
cuted. There are many campers in
the Fish lake vicinity, who are aiding
the forestry people in the hunt, and
It was not considered advisable to
send people out from here, as they,
could not possibly reach Fish lake.
before tomorrow. The search will be
continued till the missing woman Is
found, and It 1 expected that as soon
as she is found word will be hurried
to her friends and relatives in this
city. Mrs. Allen' mother, Mrs. Red
dick, lives here, as do also other of
her relatives. Mr. Allen Is connected
with the Grants Pass Lumber com
pany.
LARGE GAINS FOR ,
ALLIES IN BALKANS
Paris, Sept 15. Allied troops have
scored the greatest victories against
the Germans and Bulgarians since
the Balkan offensive began. It was.
officially announced today.
The Serbs drove the Bulgarians
back ten miles In a hasty retreat on
the allied left wing, capturing Gar
nltichevo by , a brilliant bayonet
charge and the major part of the
crest of Markanidge. Serbian cavalry
pursued the retreating Bulgarians
and captured the village of Okesu.
' British troops have captured Mat
choukevo and two heights north of
the latter village. On the right bank;
of the Vardar the French captured
Bulgarian trenches to a depth of 600
yards on front of 1,500 yards.'' '
The Serb captured 25 cannon and,
a large number of prlarnera. ' Ti
Bulgarians are still In retreat and
fighting Is continuing. The ' exact
number of prisoners and the amount
of booty taken has not been reported
to the allied base at Salonlkl. The
Sorbs won their greatest victory
northwest of Lake Ostrovo, where
Serbian successes were reported yes
terday. After smashing Bulgarian
trenches In the hilly region, the Serbs
evidently poured through the breach
In the Bulgarian line In force and
threw back the defenders In retreat
toward the Greek frontier.
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