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y DAILY EDITION You viii., No. an. GRANTS FAJM, JOMCFHIJOI OOVXTT, ORKGON, Tl'EHDAV, OCTOHEH IS, 1017. WHOLE NVMHKR S1HS. OF SCHOOLS ARE TO IP 0. S. l.K :.1, IHII.IlllKN TO (illANTN V,KH Ol OTA OK IMHHITANT UMl ItUSKj MOST CHILDREN tiuunn a inl prisoners were (uken. After the lapse of three day the ... m. .... ij.v) artillery duels have been re tiring .Mlt mill Join III Wlrlim Blllne, w,Hnn the French and Oer I'Ik,Ii. of Hi)' loyalty !mani on ,n- Verdun front. espe.Hal- i J v to I bo north of the fumoiis hill A plau has been evolved which Propitiations apparently are being will , raise thin city's quota ul llm made along the Julian front of the war-camp community-recreation) Austro-ltnllan theater for another fund easily nnd quickly and nt the big lint tip. In the Hreslnvliza val aame lime rtu lo other equally, l'jley and on several other sectors the not niori', Important thing. - gUe artillery of faith aide In engaged In Grants 1'nwi another surresa mark heavy fighting and there also have on It already good reputation In j been sharp reconnolterlng enrotin these wur-hplug art union. mid iter be the mean of In liming hoiim t' The entente utiles In Macedonia the children of the city the grculure keeping up their harassing tar tlini'h throiiKh which they are pun jtli against position held by the In and making them feel u art ol Teutonic allien, dally throwing thime affair hy hnlplnx In them. heavy bombardment against them With the approval or the achool or launching i Infantry attack of authorities, the Chamber of Com- ronalrierable proportion, mere) will suggest to each achool; child of (Irani Pas that on a E tain duy, some time during the p tnt week, each child hriim lo school &n cent for thl fund. These con-t trllmtlon will be collected by th teacher and turned over lo the local treasurer of thl fund, Hoy K lck-j. ett. of the First Natlotiul bank, who win transmit the same to the na tional treasurer. rtut that I oiily one part of the plan. A telegram I being prepared. to lie nenl to Herretary of War New.j ton W. linker, which telegram will bear the name, as one of thu signer of esch and every school child this city who contributes to the fnni! Th Iftlnirrnm will MRHiire the ..reel.rv Ih.l lh.. v....n -l.-nnr. rel'' glad to do their little "bits" Inward helping the great rtiune for which the country In fighting, nud If those In authority think Hint by helping the soldiers In our training rampn go out in better fighting trim, with that true American spirit that each man must do hi beet, then that In the way the school children of Grant Pas' want their help to be applied. Each child will he handed B print ed letter, stating the purpose of the fund, to take home to hi parent the day before the "drive." It la expect ed that these contribution will' bo enough to moke up this city's full quota. Those having this movement In charge, point to one training camp where over 40,0(10 men are to bo quartered which Is near a city of only i"i,(i no people, The committee Is planning to spend $r0,000 at thl camp In supplying the men with healthy, enjnyuble recreation, Hiich as an auditorium, swimming pool, ball grounds, etc., so that the stag nating routine of camp life ahull not be allowed to quench what fighting spirit of loyalty the men may bring to the camps with them. rtiAYTKH IlKVl'K-VrilS SHJAII PLANTATIONS TO BRITAIN London, Oct. 16. Alexander Ash by, a planter who owned large en tatea In Durbados, bequeathed his two Urgent sugar plantations to the llrltlsh secretary of war. The be- niinnl ttljih hns nnW ItAon II !' nl" twl t by the Brltlnh government, Is valued at about 2r.0.000. EXPECI BILLION IN Washington, Oct. 16. The treas ury officials declared thin morning that unless nil signs fall, the second Liberty loan will have reached the first billion dollars In subscriptions by tonight, BRITISH TAKE i: lly Artlll.ry IimI lktcii I'rrin li mill (iirnnui In l'nioi 4 Verdun l-oudon, Oct. 16. In Flanders no """Tr oimtuiiops on a ih i tc scale have been attempted, but the IiIk gun are citrryltiit out r.i.roeul bomlmrdinetits of great kiolunre.. Tim Hi UIhIi troops lime rsnlcd out several Hincfinfiil ruliU la which casualties were Inflicted uu the (!or- ALL DRAFTED BE WanhlnKton, Oct. 16. Secretary Tinker Indicated Innt night that a de'inlon a to the examination and tiannlf leal Ion of all remaining men i registered under the draft law might he reached within a few day. emigres eliminated "from the ur- ...... .l..ll..H.. t.lll u n A ., (.pin. I, lion tor tin work ami it nan ueen assumed that the project could not fanM OI" until money wan forthcoming at the next nenslon In IVremher. Discussing the report that sev eral bills disposed to change Jhc draft age would be offered when congress re-assembles, the secretary said he hnd not changed hln opinion that 1 to 26 was the best age lim it for military service. OKFKU1XG UV CKIITIK1CATKS AMtKAOY OVKIt-HniSCItlllK.O Washington, Oct. 16. The gor eminent' Infest offer of certificates of Indebtedness, amounting to $JOO,nno,(ino n't four per cent, has been heavily over subscribed. MEXICAN VILLAGE ON E Mission, Tex., Oct. 16. From seeming' reliable sources comes re ports of a bandit ruld on Grengeno. a Mexican village on the Rio Grande. No dntnlla of the, raid have been se cured. It was later learned that five Mex ican bandits, wearing only trousers swam the Rio Grande and attacked Orangena. Armed citizens replied to their fire and dispersed the Invad ers. There were no casualties. SAYS PEOPLE WOULD APPROVE PEACE PACT 'Amsterdam, Oct. 16 Speaking at the Wurxburg convention, Herr Rb crt, president of the socialist party, nnld n speedy coucIuhIoii of peace Is n vital necessity for working nion of nil countries, and that the policy of tlic mnllid rirt would disappear af ter !lie horrors of the present war. "If n tin I lot should he tken today, nlnn-lnnths of the people would ap prove peace by agreement," he declared. r s 1 GRAND DISASTROUS FIRE RAGES TIIOIHAMm OK CATTLE DKH. TltoYKO IX KANSAS MTV, "., YAR08 STEERS ROAM 1H CITY STREETS Forty Thousand Animals In Stock Yard When Kim of I nknown Orl(ln U IHMtiteml Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 1 6. Over half of the Kaunas City atock yard, the second Urgent yards In the coun try, were dentroyed by fife. Thous and of cattle were killed, some es timating Uie number at lu.oui) kill ed. There were Jo.ihio rattle In the yards when the fire marled, but mont of them were liberated and hun dred of the frantic animals crowd ed Into the down town street of both Kansas City, .Mo., and Kunnaa City. Kan. The origin of the fire Is unknown. Two former fires have been caused by cigarette stub. I QFV YEARS Copenhagen, Oct. 15. Germany him extended military service to Tiien 47 years of age, and In calling up thomi who heretofore have cs.'upi'd service on account of military unfit ness. The army already Included a large number above the legal limit of 43 years on the ground that al though nobody above that age could be mobilized, yet no requirement ex Isted for the discharge of a soldier reaching that age. i IFI IS BY london, Oct. 15. Two hundred and fifty live were lost when the steamer Medio was torpedoed Sep tember 23 In the western Mediter ranean, says a Renter's dispatch from J'arls. The explosion of the torpedo detonated the munitions In the ship's cargo. There wore more than 500 passengers on board the steamer, Including soldiers and pris oners of war. The Medle was a French vessel of 4.470 tons. YARDS "IN THE NAME OF LIBERTY. SAVE ROOD " E Washington, Oct. 16. "In the name of Liberty save food," Is the message given to the people of this country through the national emer gency rood garden commission to day by Raymond Jas. Whitney; an ambulance driver from the Verdun front who went to an Atlantic port to suit for France today. Whitney, whose home is In Bed ford , Ind., has Just completed a fly lug visit home and he stopped in Washington long enough to call up on the national emergency food gar den commission to ask that the peo ple be again urged to conserve every ounce of food. Whitney Is In the American Hold service and Is taking back 20 pounds of sugar to Mrs. Vnndnrbtlt, so scarce Is the lump ar ticle over there. He won the war cross for work at the front. "The declaration of war by Pres ident Wltson." said Whitney, "eared the world from the kaiser In my opinion, for from my observation of GERMANS IN POSSESSION OF OESa ISLE TKITON REINFORCEMENTS Alt- KIVK. AM) OFFENSIVE TO WAKII OKSEL STARTED TAKE 2400 RUSSIAN PRISONERS ItUMtUn NhvmI Authority Think Kurtlier Otmitfciiia In Gulf of IUg InlUely . Ilerlln, Oct. 16. The Germans have taken full ponaennlon of the main portion of Onel Inland not wlthntandlnK the deaperate renln-tam-e offered by the Russians on the Svork peninsula. The Germans took 2.400 prisoners, SO (una and nevecAl aeroplanes. Petrngrad, Oct. 16. German force on Ocnel Inland are develop ing successes, being reinforced by additional troops. They started a te riffle offensive against the Svorb peninsula In an endeavor to cap ture the Russian batteries at Sefel, covering the Gulf of Riga. The Germans have occupied Runo and Abro Islands. Russian naval authorities think the German operations In and around the Oulf of Riga are not likely to extend this fall to the Gulf of Finland. The lateness of the sea son will localise their efforts. II . E Washington, Oct. 16 Dispatch of American troops to Salonikl to as sist In a big drive in the Balkans was urged upon President Wilson by Senator King of l lah today. The senator also advocated dec laration of war against Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria and pro posed that definite promises of mili tary co-operation should be obtained from the Japanese mission now here. NATIVK AM KrtIO AN HKAI) OK AVNTIUIJAN STATE Adelaide, Australia. Oct. 16. John Greeley Jenkins of London, who-Is one of the founders of the new national party in England bears the distinction of being the only na tive American who ever became the head or an (Australian state. He was born In Clifford. Penn., In September of 1851. In 1878. however, he came to Australia and settled In South Australia. From. 1901 to 1905 he was premier of that state. DRIVER Fl a year and a half In the war's fierc est fighting there was nothing that could possibly have put the 'pep' In to the. battle front as that did. Men and women kissed us Americans and; I wept whenever they met us. j Bremerton. Oct. 16. A dozen re "Food Is the thing and the con-voIvr hot8 wer exchanged early servaUon department of the Amerl-tody. Between a watchman and the can forestry association Is doing n engineer or the water works and an great work In Its campaign for warnl1?ntlfle1 mn. h. H Is alleged gardens. Keep It up for yon Willi'" attempting to cripple the water need It next year too. The rorest Vatem which supplies Bremerton, regiment will do n great work overje Puget Sound navy yard. None there for the cleaning up that hss;' the shots took effect and the to be done In that wrecked country stranger escaped, will be a big Job. '! "At a restaurant today I saw a1 avarfhoiskmi. v waiter dump a half pitcher of cream j?1- ARF.HOI SK.MKN and part or a square of butter In a STRIKE DEMANDS RK.KISKD cup hair full of coffee. In Europe ' he would be shot for that. The boys Tacoma, Oct. 16. One hundred at the front will do their part If you land fifty warehousemen struck folks at home will do yours and if. when their demands for Increased you could see what I have seen you pay was denied. The workers de would feet like shooting any one manded 50 cents per hour and 75 who waste food now." AUSTRIAIIS E Count Cwrnin I rgre that Germany Make IVmrcMlona on the Weetrm llnttle Kroot lndon, Oct. 16. The Deutche Tages Zeitunc, of Berlin, makes the statement that County Czernln, the Auntro-Htingarlan foreign minister. recently asked Chancellor Mlchaelis to state Germany's peace terms, and urging that Germany make conces sions In the west. Count Cxernln received a vague and evasive reply, whereupon be stated that he could no longer negotiate with Mlchaelis. as frankness was Imperatively ne cessary. The paper nays these statements made a sensation, being particular ly illustrative of Austria's fervent desire for peace. ARE QUIET TODAY Portland. Oct. 16. No disturb ances by shipyard strikers has been reported today. Prompt police ac tlon last night Is thought to have averted a crisis. Portland, Oct. 16. E. P. Daniels. aged 2H, a non-union workman was sent to the emergency hospital and eight strikers were sent to jail late yesterday, following an attempt by several hundred striking shipyard workmen to "rush" non-union work ers coming off shift at the plant of the Northwestern Steel company. Panlela wan badlr beaten with cluhs. The police said eight strikers at tacked him at once. The strikers congregated down town in South Portland. Police re serves were rushed to the scene and tried to head the strikers away from the shipyard,, but small groups broke through and surrounded the works None entered. Strikers tried ' to board trolley cars on which work men were leaving the sliipyard, but were kept off by the police. A trol ley of one car was thrown off the wire and the car stopped, but the strikers were kept off by the police. Daniels was pursued by a crowd and beaten before the police could get to the scene. One striker, Frank Novorra, was found to be armed with a knife. ' OF Washington, Oct. 16. Senator La Follette formally demanded that the committee submit a copy oJ the charges preferred against him, and that he be permitted to summon and examie wnltnesses. The commit tee Ib considering the demand. ATTEMPT TO DESTROY WARTERWORKS PLANT cents per hour for overtime. HOLD PATRIOTIC MEETING FOR LIBERTY LOAN MANY GRANTS' PASS CITIZKNS LIHTKN TO TA1JC OF GEIIMAX INTRIGUE BUY A BOND OB PAT IWMTJI Value -and Desirability of. V. S. Rood and the Necessity tor Mak ing Cammlcn Surer la Told The patriotic meeting held in the opera house last night waa well at tended but many who sjiould have been there were not present. After the open air concert by the Grants Pass band the speakers, the clergy, and prominent citizens occupied places on the platform. After a vocal selection by Mrs. J. O. '.N'lbley, which was enthusiastic ally received. Chairman George E. Lundburg, of the second Liberty loan committee, with a few prelim inary remarks Introduced Senator Sam Garland of Lebanon, who had the entire attention of the audience. Senator Garland traced the his tory of the present emperor of Ger many and of his Prussian ancestry, and their hatred of all freedom for the common people. He emphasized their savage belief that God had created their family to rule over other men. He told the audience of the yJuth of Emperor William fand hffw Ws grandfather and Prince Bismarck had Instilled In his child ish mind, day by day, the belief that he was called by God. not only to rule the German empire, hot that la time to come he waa to he the di vine Instrument for conquering the world that he should govern all mankind and carry to the common people what they consider the bless ings of the Prussian caste system of peasant, squire, noble and emperor; that he should thns confer on all mankind the blessing of the Prus sian military system by which every man must he a soldier during the best years of his life for the glory of his emperor, or as the present crown prince expressed it "War is so much fun." Senator Garland Impressed on the audience the necessity for winning this war unless we are willing to surrender American freedom and ac cept German despotism. His speech left no doubt in the minds of his hearers that America Is today fac ing the greatest danger 1n her his tory, and that every citizen witl fkfl in his patriotic dnty unless he gives the nation his utmost support until the close of this war, and the many who cannot fight can all buy bonds. After the singing of Columbia hy J. S. MacMurray and a piano solo by Miss Berenice Qulnlan, both of (Continued on page t.) ESCAPE RETAKEfi San Francisco, Oct. 16 Two Ger man officers of seized merchant Tea sels escaped from the Angle Island detention ramp In a life boat be longing to a government vessel, but they were captured by the police a few hours after their disappearance was discovered. Their names were given as Cap tain C. Brauch and Engineer Lor enzo Lau. SEVEN Hl'JfDREn ALIEN ENEMIES RESIDE IN JAPAN Toklo, Oct. 16,-c According to an announcement made by the authori ties the number of enemy subjects residing in Japan at the end of July waa 719. The majority are German.