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' 1) DAILY EKITION VOU VII., No. M. ? v , QUASI1 PASS. JOWKPHISK OOCUTY. OREGON TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 21. iai6V ; , ' ' WHOUC Kl'MBER 1MT. ' ' ; N( Other Town in the World the Kize of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full leased Wire Telegraph Service, " . ' T - -- , , , ' g". DIVER IAIN LE1S FOR BIE1 Seccd Stat fcr Hcs Pert, Bearirj Crga FreiLt Valued at. $2,000,000 ' New linduD, Conn., Nov, 21. The Oermsn underlet freighter Dsutscb land made her eecond start for' her borne port of Bremen ( S: 16 this afternoon, escorted by two luge, which were to accompany her to the three-mile limit, st the end of the sound. To the accompaniment of cheers from the crew of her "mother Whip" WMehad, the Deutarbtand alowly wane out Into the harbor shortly be fore I; JO, The treat Heel net, which guarded her stern, had been swung aside and the sea-green monster of the deep slipped out of her berth un der, her own power. Once out Into the main stream, sho alowly swung about, pointing her nose toward the open Atlantic, and. with the tug Alert afongslde, was oon headed for the open sea. Several members of the , Deutsch- land's crew were on deck and waved their caps to their countrymen on the Wlllehsd as the Deutschlsnd gather ed speed and started her homeward Journey In earnest. The Detitsch land's helmsman. Klees, stood at the wheel. Captain i Xoenlg, smiling snd as, affable as ever, stood by his side. A grest crowd lined the shore, cheering snd wsvlng goodiby to the German merchantman. There Is no secrecy Incident to the Deutechtsnd's departure. Early In the day rumors were flying that the submersible might sail at any time. J At 1:10 two tugs reported st her dork i to escort her to sea and the crowds 1 were then soon lining the shore. I At 1:40 the Deutschlsnd psssed fort Trumbull snd wss hesded for the sound. , . The tugs Deck with snd Alert were teaming alongside the Deutschlsnd up to the time she passed New Lon don light. After leaving the light, however, the submarine Increased her peed to about 11 knots an hour, and the tugs dropped behind. , The Deutschlsnd then headed Into the dangeroua waters of the "race," where the accident of last week oc curred. The three-mile limit Is just beyond the "race." Reports of al lied warships ibelng'off the cosst have subsided during the last few days, but It wss believed the Deutschlsnd would submerge Immediately sha j passed the three-mil limit. ARTICHOKES HAVR NOT . HEARD OF EUROPEAN WAR The election was called after a San Franolsco, Not. 11. News of i hearing held ,at Jscksonvllle before a grest discovery todsy Is startling h (,"nt M,,rl Friday and Satur California. Tha discovery "'In this j of ,Mt tne Popu)ar de- case Is the finding of one article of; mnd of th eUon appearing diet at the same price as last year, rMt noh ,h ksrlng to Justify with assurances of a bigger supply f.h c,,,n of th ctlon. than ever." Artichokes, say dealers, j County Commissioner Madden last will soil at the usual prices knd the week went on reoord'ileolarlng that crop Is 28 per cent larger than a 'he would refrain from voting upon year ago. ' ' 1 j submission of the district to a vote, Artichokes mny replnce potatoes ' because he was a property owner and entirely and the erstwhile lowly taxpayer In the district affected ami tubers may be listed as the piece de because his business sssoolate.. and resistance, for dealers say the present 'partner, K. 1), Hanley, was the prln price of potatoes, much higher than I'lpsl objector, though he himself wss last year, Is bound to Increase. The a believer In Irrigation. California crop Is reported only ons- ' '. third 'normal.' 1 , "PORTLAND Hllll'VAHDS TO . ; L ,' LAUNCH MANY VKHHKI OKHMANH TOKPKIK) THE GREEK STEAMER HTARTI , shipyards will put throe flve-nmstcd Athens, JMoV. Ill A German sub-, auxiliary sohonnnrs In , (ho water mnrlno torpedoed (he Greek steamer within a month, It Was announced to Start!, All the psssengers and crew day. 8tecl ships will .begin sliding xcept . three bsve been saved, r-ff the wnys by February, PASSENGERS MID CREW OF WRECKEO SIBERIA SAVED Deal, England, Nov. J 1. Life boat orews from the Deal and Walmer stations today succeeded In rescnlng all passengers and members of the crew of the stranded . American steamer Blberla. The Siberia struck the Goodwin sands late yesterday. All through the night the waves mercilessly pounded, the vessel's passengers and crew taking to the bridge and waiting for aid that lifeboat crews could not give tbem In the face of the moun tainous seas. Life savers from the Deal, Walmer and Kingstown sta tions fought all through the night and through most -of the day to bridge the gap of swirling waters and take the men and women off the ship. Two or three times the lifeboats were capsised In the surf, several life savers narrowly escaping drowning. Late today, however, the Walmer crew succeeded In getting a line aboard the Siberia. The American vessel wss only one of half a doxen that were In dire straits for a time as a result of a tremendous blow thst had swept up the channel and the Dover straits Sunday night, continu ing with great violence since that time. The Goodwin ssnds, a strip of shoal extending for about 10 miles off the shore of Kent, and one of the ocean's most dsngerous spots, claim ed Its usual quota of vessels, but the I Blberla was the only vessel of great ,M ,0 be driven on the trescherous sands. She stuck fsst snd the comb ers rolled over her. ' ' Pounded by the tireskers. the big vessel ssnk lower and lower Into the ssnds, until todsy her bridge, on which the two-score -passengers snd crew hsd clustered, wss only a little above the level of the highest wave TO VOTE FOR WATER The county court '.Monday morning ordered a special election to be held December 9(7 for the creation ff an irrigation district, ssys the Medford Sun. The land to come under the pro-' posed district Includes about 2S.000 'Mrw yni u-IWMn Medford. Phoenix ia j.keonvllle. ,n, touching the corporate limits of these twons. Also there Is a strip lying to the esst of Medford and Phoenix, extending to the Hlllcrest Orchard, and another small strip north of. Jacksonville, hounded by the Hopkins canal. All olltiens of Oregon owning land In the district, whether or not they reside on the land, may vote In the election. Cltlsens of Medford, Phoe nix and Jacksonville will not vols unless they own land In the rural dls I trlct which will be subject to Irrlgs J tlon. ' Portland, Nov". It. Portland's 10M CODE ArePcrsd ky Titers, Were " Qrta Tii!i- Sslonlkl, Nov. zl. Serbian forces are pursuing the Bulgarlan-Oerman forces retiring toward Prllep, after having evacuated Monaatlr. They have captured the towns of Makovo, Oredovo. Vraoeel, Rtdarle, Bltlsnlk, Novak and Buhsdol, despite resist ance by reinforced columns of the enemy. This resistance Is more stubborn, as fresh troops are being brought to the Teutons' aid. Serbian cavalry entered Monastlr from the east., swimming the Cerna river. In the .meantime the French, Russian and Italian forces' entered 'the city from the south. Those of the people left In the city met their liberators and covered them with flowers as they-made triumphal progress Into the city. . Paris, Nov. 11. The Bulgarlan Oerman rear guard of the army that evacuated Monastlr has been closely pressed by the allies, according to the French official statement today. The rear guard. It was stated, is for tified with strong artillery support On the western front, the state ment detailed active artillery Are In the Ballllee! and Douaumont regions, with quiet elsewhere. CONDITIONS IX NORTHERN MEXICO AIIE I'NRKAItAnLK El Paso. Nov. 21. Americans In this district having property Interests In Chihuahua state have forwarded a petition to 'President Wilson ssylng conditions In northern Mexico are tin ibearable and that ste'ps be taken to protect their property. The wife of Captain Bcobel, British consul at Chihuahua City, reached the border Inst night. Winnipeg, Nov. II. The Canadian government today placed 120,000, 000 with chartered banks for pur chasing grain for England. AT. Nogales, Ats., Nov. 11. Four Americans, employes of the Alvarado Mining company, who fled from Par ral, Mex November 10, when word reached them that Villa bandlta were to attack that town, took steps to day to learn the fate of eight other Americans known to have left the vlulnlty before Villa entered the place. The four arrived here last night after a two weeks' flight which carried them from Parral to Cullacan, on the west coast of Mexico. From thst city the Americans Journeyed to Hermoslllo, Sonora, and came here by rail. The party Included T, O. Hawkins, Bernard McDonald and L. Webb, of "El Paso, and W. A. Morris, of Los Angeles. According to Haw kins, eight Americans who were with them at Parral are yet unaccounted for. Fear was slno exprcoscd that it number of white foreigners, residing at Psrrnl, may have 'been slaugh tered. The other eight Americans, accord ing to the four refugees, are Jaob Meyer, E. W, ftalmer, W.'S, Scott, Homy 8c)iaifer, It. P. Colwell, Dr. Thomas Flsnnn?sn, Howiml Crny snd C Smith. PARR ef Railway Trails. I sbtslkt TrtdlsbCcs- cj If DeJ Is M Baltimore, Nov. 11. "There's go ing to be an eight-hour day on the railroads or there's some unfinish ed business betoiVthls country." In this manner today W. 8. Stone, bead of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers, answered the ques tion whether the railroad brother hoods will call a strike If pending In junction proceedings tie up the oper ation of the Adamson eight-hour law. 8pealUng In response to an enthusi astic welcome given himself and the heada of three other railroad brother hoods by the delegatea to the Ameri can Federation of Labor convention. Stone declared: ''Lstbor wlll watch from the side lines while the railroads light their own government" ' , Efforts to obtain from the other brotherhood leaders an expression of their purpose In the mstter were trultless. notwlthstsading President Qompers' assertion from the plat form: "We expect the brotherhoods on the first day of January to inaugur ate the eight-hour day." . Affiliation of the railroad brother hoods with the American Federation of Labor within a short time seemed likely at the conclusion of the four leaders' visit to the convention. Washington. Nov. 21. A general railroad strike January 1 may not follow as the result of the present situation growing our of the Adam son law dispute. This Interpretation was placed to day on remarks of Chief Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers that the question of such a strike "will be answered later." The element of doubt regarding his remark arises from the fact that last week, In New York, brotherhood chiefs flat-footedly said there would (Conttaued ea peg I.) I IUII MJIHII 350Q-VARO FROItT London, Nov. 21. Successful ad vance on a front of 3,500 yards was announced in a war office statement today. : "On Saturday morning," the report asserted, "our guns started a barrage fire against the trenches opposite the Canadian positions. Our troops leaped from the parapet, , The Ger man guns began a counter-barrage Ore, -which was comparatively weak. Our forces hsd fewer casualties than could be expected. We advanced on a front of 8,000 yards to a depth of from 100 to 1,000 yards. Our whole objective wss quickly consolidated and held, except for a stretch near Pys wood, where a knoll proved a machine gun neat. Our troops fell back and established themselves be hind the nest. There the Germans occuplod a trench. Our artillery cut them off. We exceeded our objective by five hundred ysrds, capturing a section of the Grsndoourt trench, but we withdrew because It wss In too dangerous a salient. , . "Our losses throughout were com parntlvely light We took IT officers nml S 2 other unwounded prisoners stl 150 wounded men,',' . , ' . I OF London, Nov. 21. Notwithstand ing protests from America, Holland and the Vatican, Germany la still de porting able-bodied Belgian work men. Moreover, she Is now register ing, presumably for future deporta tion, all cltlsens of Bwltserland and the Ducby of Laismburg who are. re siding la Belgium. A statement from the London office of the Belgian de partment of Justice made these asser tions today. 'The deportations of Belgian sub jects continue without respite." the statement asserted. "The council of aldermen at Brussels wet arrested because they refused to communicate lists of unemployed to the German authorities. ' Deportations are pro ceeding in the province of Halnault and In WeHs and Flanders. Subjects of the Duchy of Luxemburg and also of Bwltserland residing In Belgium are compelled to register. A group of Lnemburgers already have been deported." IVILSOli WOULD ECD mm quio8li::g . Atlantic City. N. J., Nov. 21. A Dual plan of border patrol and with- LdKawal ol the American punittve force now in Mexico, backed by President Wilson's approval, was to be present ed to the Mexican member of the American-Mexican commission today, with the statement that the adminis tration at Washington expects it to be accepted without further wrang ling. The plans are contingent upon several concessions by General Car ranss, which have not yet been made public. " '., , I ... ' It is understood that ' President Wilson Intends to put Into operation plans of his own In regard to the Mexican situation. . RAILWAY BROTHERHOODS . NOT ALLIED WITH A. F. OK L. Baltimore, Nov. 21. Any expecta tion that an affiliation of the tbig four railroad brotherhoods and the Ameri can Federation of Labor might be the result of these two bodies' mutual light for the eight-hour day and the unlimited right to strike was damp ened here today when W. S. Stone, j of the engineers, addressed the con vention. . , - . "We are not allied with the Ameri can Federation ol. Labor and only because of Jurisdictional disputes that would at once arise 16 case such alli ance should come to pass. Thst Is the reason, and that alone," be said. Stone was the first of the tour brotherhood representatives to speak. "I come with a -message of good will from the' locomotive engineers," he said. "We four executives are thoroughly happy and thoroughly well contented, though we have had 100 Injuncttona served on us during the past five .days and are expecting more ln-the next few daii." ... . Stone said more had happened to help 'the cause of labor during the past 12 months than In aa many years previously. . "You no doubt have read of the tft.OOO.OOO.OOO combine of employ ers." he said. ' "That does not worry orgsnlsed labor In the least." L. F, Bhepard, of the conductors, acting In the absence of A, B. Garret son, Indicated that the brotherhoods would line up In support of the Adam son law, i . CONDITION OF KMI'KROIt ; F1UXZ JOHKF IS WOHSK Berlin, via Sayville, Nov. 21 Vienna this afternoon reported (he condition of Emperor Frans Josef as worse. His temperature Incrcsscd this afternoon, , . . . - i .'. DEPUKTAT 0 DELblJI 1 BEIi'i OIITI ED CRAIOVA IS OCCUPIEDOY PIbCCcJ Berlin, via Snyvtlle. Not. 11. Craiova. Rou mania, lying midway be tween OrsoVa. Hungary, and Buchar est, was occupied by German troops today..:' ,.,'..': V (Cralavc is one of the principal , cities in western Roumania, located in that section known as Little Waia chla. It is 120 miles distant from, Bucharest, capital of the nation, and until recently has been need as head quarters by the First Roumanian army. ' Its occupation by the Ger mans means, it is believed, practical -success of the enveloping movement engineered by General voa Falkea hayn. U may force complete evaoua Uoa of all of western Roamaaia by troops of that aatioa. If this with- , drawal is not made, the Roumanian forces will face attacks for two sides T-across.the Transylvania Alps from the north Aari fmm tha. nmm Una drawn in the taking of Craiova to-. day.) '.-.,.' " ,t"' .' V " Berlin, via Sayville, Nov. 21. Our infantry now stands before ' Cralavo." declared tha German offi cial statement today, telling of tha IVMn nr tn Ian tnnt irai u . the Roumanians. "On the Alt some important towns and entrenched heights were cap-' tured by us from the Roumanians la a severe struggle," tha statement continued. "Our Infantry now stands , (before Craiova,, which until now has been the seat of the chief command of the First Roumanian army." The official statsment also detailed ' a report from Field Marshal voa , Mackensen, in Dobrudja, that Con- : stansa and Cernavoda had been ; shelled.. "Our flyer squsdrons bombarded a ' trsnsportatlon establishment near Bucharest,"; the statement said. I Cerna (Macedonia front) the enemy Is feelicg ahead with vanguard troopa toward the German-Bulgar positions. . 0M a rl wa n u. . -1.- . - the Moglena front, prepared by strong fire, failed." ,, ; From Archduke Carl's front. In the Ludova sector, the report said: "A patrol enterprise In tha Carpa thians wss carried out by German rifles as planned. Tha Russian ad vance In the neighboring sector, made , In order to relieve pressure on an other part, failed In sanguinary fashion. German-Austro-Hungariaa troooa north of Camnolunar remilsed several Russian night attacks." '. COPPER SELLS AT, 85 CENTS PER POUND IN NEW YORK New York, Nov. 11. Copper sold at 25 cents a pound, new high re cord price, today, and an advanea of H4 centa over the record estab lished last week. CONCLV8IYK PfcACK . ONLY FOR CANADIANS New York, Nov. 21. Only a peace that Is conclusive In gaining the ends of the allies will be acceptable to Canada, the Dominion premier, Sir Robert Borden .declared In a speech to the Canadian club here today. He said that Canada, having sacrificed her men and money, Is In the war to the sam- end that prompted her en trance August 4. 1914. t
