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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.