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DAILY EDITION VOL. VIII., No. IM. GRANTS PAM, J08KPHIXB (XMJHTT, ORKOON, FRIDAY, OCTOHKIl 12, 1BIT. whom: xiMiiicn siao. 1 NATION ASKS for ion HELPING FUND MonT IMPORTANT WORK NF.FD ED TO KEEP HOI.IHKItH IN FIGHTING HI'lltIT GUIS PASS SHI IS SMALL Illy Will Ihi IU lilt In Matlr Wlik-h Vitally AhV1i 1 1 id Mun'rwt f Am rricnn Arm Another patriotic fuud, th move ment for which h been 'inaugu rated at the requenl or President Wilton and Secretary llaker or the war department, will be raised ovr Ilia nation next week, ll purpose U to create around the soldier and aallor ramp the right kind or an environment, the giving to I no I Nain'a soldier, llirounh proiwr rec reation and Ilia helptyl Interest or I hi cominunlile neighboring lo the i-ampa, that spirit, that filing, that the country la behind them and ap- nrfMlalra their sacrifice, which Ro ao (ar In helping, an army to arrnm lillah retiill. The letter ol Secretary llaker. glv log the purpone of the move, la elf- explanatory! "Prraldenl Wilson III a recent M- Inr had pointed tho commercial and civic organUatlon of America to a service dlrectlv related to winning tha war. "Experience at the ramp already .established ha clearly shuwij 'he vital necessity for wholesome" en vironment for healthy social contact In the adjoining cnmtnunltlea. ThU contact' during the next few month I going to he the determining In fluence In making the spirit of tha new American army. To the ! dleri It will reflect the attitude of the entire nation toward them. "The atrength of an army It In BRITISH Al E IS STEAD ROLLER Hlow Hut Hleatly Pi-ogres llelng Mad lly IliUg' Men, Hut Jtmh lliinl FlgMIng Iteinalna Uiiiiluii. Oct. 12. Major-General Frederick II. Maurice, chief dlrertor of military operatloiia al the war nf- fli, In hi weekly talk today with tha Associated I'res. after an op timistic review or Ilia last week'a work on tha ilrltlth front In Flnn- dera, aald: "We have every right to he confi dent when we tea what our man have done. Hut tha fighting It hard and wa think that the present erle of battlet In Flanders I not going Id and the. war. Thar It a great daal more hard fighting before u. "The word 'ateamroller' which waa ao often uaed In the early dyi of tha. war, In connection with the Russian army It exactly the right word to characterise the llritith ad vance In Flanders. It la an advance not rapid, hut Intlttent. Irretlatlble. Commenting on the German re port that the llritith had lout a half- million of men In the present sarle of battle. General Maurice laid: The figure are grotesque, we have not had that many men engag' ed. At I already have told you, caa ualllet have been very light and tha German catualtlet are known to have been 75 per cent greater than ourt." URUGUAY REACHES A BREAK WITH GERMANY HALF MILE IS GAINED ALONG A.WIDE FRONT IIAIG'H TROOPH ITttll WKIKJK mix mile8 wide into tel tox lixeh today SEVEN PERCENT LIBERTY LOAN IS SUBSCRIBED Preliminary Mimm Being Itwaa oa MMwed Ituaul FVum GraaU Pane to tireat Cowrr .Mine ONLY HTRENTOIH EFFOKTM DIKING REMAINDER OF THK MONTH AX BIWEED Amsterdam. Out. i:. The I'ru guayair1 charge d'afTalrs In Herlln hn notified the German foreign of fice that relation between Uruguay and Germany have been severed, ac cording to a dispatch received from Ilcrlln. The dispatch add Hint the charge also request hi passport. AIRSHIP LANDS AND FIGHTS lUweat llrillah Huoiw HrlnR Mnny ('onipllmenta to Marwhul IIbIk, la eluding One h'nim I'endilng liondon. Oct. 12. Hrltlth troop lunt night attacked the German In Klander along a Iront of atwut tlx mile northeat of Ypret. General Halg report "tatUfactory pro gre." A heavy rain wa falling and the advance of the Hrltlah wa etiipeded. The' troop have pushed forward to an average depth of 800 yarda on a wlrin front. Many prisoner are being brought In. Vlnedy night the French re- iioised a heavv counter-attack eat " of Draeibank. Along the eonthcrn front In France the German again have met with defeat In attempt to capture i-'rnnch nosltlona on the eat bank of the Meusa In the Verdun nector. The attack, however, were . not made In ttrong force, being more In the nature of trench raiding opera tlollH. An offlclul statement on Hrllltth aerial operation, lued today, etyt: On TuoiMlay and Wedneday nav al air nnl nil attacked ent-my .VaUon'a iVedit Muat lie Ifwenred itr Iln4 Cfforte of Armlea WUI Count lor Naught Waahlngton. Oct. 1 J. Only by the moat ttrenuout work during the next 13 working days can the Lib erty loan reach the aubacrlptlon goal hoped for. The treaaury de partment announced thla afternoon that about aeven ner cent of the amount had been aubacrlbed. The total la.IS25.l25.000. Thl figure Include every dollar report ed to the reaerre bank from every uptlnn of tha United Statet. One reserve district, however, Minneapo lis, reported no figure. "The aubKcrlptlona Indicate the necessity for the hardest kind of work on the part of the whole coun try for the balance of the cam paign." read the treasury depart ments announcement. "The cam paign is more than one-third gone. Thirteen working days remain." SURVEY IRK 01 BLUE LEDGE ROAD A crew of surveyors numbering a doien men, under Civil Engineer I. P. Kurtx, have been at work for sev eral days paat, and la now In the Murphy section working oa a pre liminary survey for a railroad to the Blue Iedge mine. The crew Is fol lowing, to far a practical, the old Granta Pass A Rogue River railroad tnrvey, extending np the Applegate river. The Grants Pasa office, located In the corner of the Josephine hotel block, la In charge of A. H. Wise, white the gentlemen la charge or the project are B. T. Helller. BenJ. I Campbell. F. P. Kurtx, Wm. B. Mil ler and E. B. Cooper. These gentle men aar they "have nothing to say" except that they are running a pre liminary Bunrey. and If they find conditions satisfactory they will make an announcement at the pro- tp lime, which they Intimate will be several weeks la the future. IUB8IAS BAITIC FLKKT PROB ABLY BAVEI) BY BKRIOIB RO VOLT OP CEItMAXH MUTINY UPON TEUTON IPS BLOCKED RAID DELIS EBOED FAILiE German Newaoapera Demand Cbaar ceJIor HhosOd Reaagn, rHattavg Ha Is Far Weaker Tha HoUweg -One hun-pnrtli'lpftted In a great demount ration here today In favor or the entente nlllos, and In approval of the government's rup ture with Germany. The president and foreign minister made addresses and the diplomatic representative or the allied powers reviewed the procession. .,.11.11 Mi.rn number do not! Miinivlileo. Oct. 1 in n". i" j ' ' make an army-million of soldier j,m thousand persons who luck the fluhllug spiru can rr treat without a struggle. The Am erican bnya must know that the fin nst Ideal of elvlllnatlon are In their hands: thnt the rolk t home are living and fighting In their heart. "The novelty of camp life wear off quickly. The routine of drill und Instruction oon palls unless there I relaxation and a change of scene In the communities nearby. H pall on these men who are righting our battle exactly a It would on you If you were In their place. The plan I I" furnish the en Hated men hospitality In locn) social circle, to promote wholesome am usement In piibllc places, to supply buildings, swimming pools, etc.. and to prevent the exploitation of the boy by commcrelnlUed attraction of an undesirable sort. "The trained personal service and Yi IN ONE PLACE LOSE IN ANOTHER I'etrograd, Oct. 12, Austrian and (lerman soldier have renewed ef forts to fratornle with the soldiers In lluasla'a army, but a yet wjtn no success, the UushIuii war office slates. (Continued on page J.) LA FOLLETTE DENIES STATEMENTS CHARGED 1 San Kraocisco. Oct.. 12. Secre tary McAdoo tounded a new note In his campaign for the Liberty loan AA vhait tlan WAPtiAil the Dfttton J IICID, Wt HUH " - Une that ahould the present or toy ub- trenches by mnchlne gun fire pilot, heavily shelled by antl-alr-: pqent Issue of bonds fall during cmft nuns, descended and attacnea ; ,h . ered It of this govern- Khe gun crew, scattering them anl'nient W0l,id he destroyed. silencing the guns. "if the credit of the nstion is un- inni in Vlunilor ' iiartninArf lh secretarv declared. I lie rcicin iiiri..." ... " have brought many congratulatory i "what la property worth to the rich message to the British troops. . man. what is lire worm 10 uie irt-r Field Marshul Halg has Issued an or- man?" der of the day containing a number, or dispatches received on October . TKjK.H()xk RMPIAWKKH and the replies sent to them. Gen-j THRKATEX TO STRIKE eral .1. J. fershlng. commanuer 01 1 the American expeditionary force In: France, telegraphed: San Kranc.sco. uci. Termlt me to extend sincere con- eral strike of approximately 6 000 KratnUt on to you and your mag- nlon employee, of the Pacific Tele n fl armv upon the recent l.n-'phone and Telegraph coiopsny. for niliteni arm. ui demands said to Include an Increase me . .,n,ia" thought to be mmlnent here, weak-kneed peace propaganda. "' a GERMAN PROPAGATiDA AGAINST RED CROSS Washington, Oct. 12. Declaring that efforts to discourage Red Cross work over the country is being made as part of an anti-patriotic propa ganda. General Manager Harvey Wilson today telegraphed all divi sion managers, to begin a nation wide campaign to trace the move ment and combat It. ' REMAINS AS Ottawa, Oct. 12. A conference between representative of the two major political parties has resulted In the establishment of the admin istration under the premiership of Sir Robert Borden. Strong opposi tion, however, has been manifested bv some liberals. It Is understood the personal following of ex-Premier Laurler will oppose the new regime. Is STARING HIM IN THE FACE. u'.HhliiKion. Oct. 12. The senate ...n...niiiin uniiolnled to Investigate the UKollette matter, has Invited the senator to appear before It next Tuesday ror a hearing regnrdlnn the .1 In l.lu mill' fnmouH St. ttsseriiunn ,ii " Ha ill speech. ' Yesterday Senator Uroliotto pu sented to the sennto committee. In vestigating his St. Paul "Pi'oi'h hi transcript or tho address accom panied by a lutter denouncing the press reports as grossly raise. The committee also received oth er trunscrlpl or the speech rrom the Minnesota Piihlle WcUaro com mission which made the first reo,iiest for Senator l.nFollotte'a cxpiilHlom In his letter to 1 the comivlltee Senator lFollette denied reports iv. 4 t.. ...m this rnuntrv hnd no IMrograd. Oct. 12. In Kurdes- lan. soiitheiist of Uiko Van, Kussmn troops have engaged In successf ill- operations against tho Kurds, cap turing numbers of them, occupying two villages and driving the remain der of the enemy to the banks of the 8ea.li river. German troops attacked Russian lines south of tho Paskoff road on the Russian front yesterdnyv and pressed hack Russian detachments, the war office announced. OFFICIALS TO TAKE Snlom, Oct. 12. Secretary of States Olcntt, Stato Treasurer Tom Kay. and R. H. Goodwin, secretary of tho board or control, will go to RnsehurK tomorrow to accept the new $00, 000 hospital at tho soldier'): homo, on behalf of tho state. The governor, It Is thought, cannot at - ssssssstasssstswattittti i ... GOVERNMENT WANTS Washington, Oct. 12. In making requisitions on shipping October 15, the shipping board Is considering the taking over of all American ves aU nf nver 1 Ron tons, deadweight capacity, Instead of making the limltJxeal and a narrow-minded a - r n . . n .....t ?nll. T a. -n nit llA mAfli 2.500 tons as at first announced The great need of trans-Atlantic tonnage makes the change probable if not necessary. London, Oct. 12. It Is stated here on reliable authority that tha recent Inactivity of tha Germaa fleet la the Baltic, when there waa excellent chances of attacking U Russian ships, was due to a mutin ous outbreak among tha German teamen. The outbreak la stated to bare affected six Important nnlta of the German fleet. The Vorwaerts. which, la common with the other German nawtpapara, arrived here after IS hours delay, contain a scathing attack oa tha im perial German chancellor. Dr. Mich- tell. Referring to the Michaella-van Capeile hint of the existence of a conspiracy In the nary, with wide ramifications, and tha eertala depu ties participated In the revolt, it says: "Enemy countries will rejoice and will not believe that this is a ridicu lous exaggeration, Invented ty an Incapable statesman, unable to Bod other means to Justify himself. It was not a revolutionary conspiracy. but a case of military revolts each as. In view of the protracted war. has doubtless occurred In other countries, and no shadow of proof has been adduced to showthe depu- ' ties, were concerned in It. Declaring that unless the depu ties were arraigned, the statement of Chancellor Mlchaelis and Admiral von Chpelle would be branded aa frivolous. It says: Dr. Mlchaelis and Admiral von Capeile have ottered afeaat to for eign countries of the prospective triumphs of Bolshevlklsm in Ger many. With clumsy flsta they hava pushed the Independent socialists In to the limelight. Mlchaelis must go. When Deputy Neumann men tioned - von Bethmann-HoUwera name the relchstag gave the ex- chancellor an ovation. We . who have combatted von Bethmann-Holl- weg. must say that, compared with the present chancellor, von Beth-mann-Hollweg was a giant. "When Dr. Mlchaelis ended his second speech, his words sank Into a grave silence. Even the conserva tives seem to have interest In the chancellor. Germany cannot wage defensive war while her fate la di rected by threadbare bureautcratlc police spirit. Let an end be made to the tragedy." A ADMIRAL MAYO HAS BEEX VISITING ENGLAND art. fl in Atlanta Censtitutien. Washington, Oct. 12. Details of the development of the govern ment's new war motor truck, an nounced last night by the council or national derense. reveal an accom plishment that officials declare Is second only to the production ot the liberty aviation motor.. The truck Is of a standardized construction and Its parts will be made In probably GO factories throughout the country. The na tion's best automobile engineers worked together on Its design nnd It Is declared to be the best ever produced In any country. The government's first order calls for 10,000 of the new trucks. With in a few months the country can Washington, Oct. 12. The navy department today authorized the statement that Admiral Mayo, com mander of the Atlantic fleet, had re turned with his staff from England. where he had been In conference with naval authorities of the allies. FRENCH THINK WILSON SHOULD GO TO Paris, Oct. 12. The suggestion has been made In a-French newspa per, which has met with great en thusiasm in all France, to the effect that President Wilson should visit Europe. The papers state that the j allies need his counsel, and his in fluence would he powerful in , es tablishing a unity of the allied na tions regarding their democratic mm H p. ...... grievance for war. tend. ' . I : - turn out, it was aald 8,000 a month Ideals. i
