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DAILY EDITION VOL VI., No. 15, , ORANT PASS, IORBPHIVB CDUKHf, OREGON, Tt'ESIHY, OCTOnBIt 5, 1915. V - WHOLE NUMBER I M. Xo Other Town in the World the Size of Granta Pass lias a foper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service." ; DMA GOES res INCH ID . BUCK TO AUSTRIA Discredited Ambassador De parts Fr on New York City Today, His Work ia the U.S. Ended by Request New York, Oct. 6.-Tbo United Status today stamped "OnU" on the (irwr of Dr. Cunatantlu Dumbit Austrian amlmasador to thla coun try and Milled the Incident of his machinations to halt ammunition manufacture which reaulted In hia re call at the administration's request. Dumba nailed at noon aboard the liner Nletrw Amsterdam, bearing with him the usual diplomatic courlcay of a safe conduct from the enemy, lie left the country without any message or parting, declaring merely be would have no comment to make until he reachea Auatrla. Dumiba and hla wife have been buty during the paat few daya enter taining friends and attending fare well function!, for doaplte bla diplo matic faux paa he waa regarded ai one of the moat popular of the .Wash ington dlplomatlo corpa. Military Attache von Papcn of the German embaaay, Involved in tho Duniba Incident, denied that he In tended tcTaah with the ambassador. In Dumba'a leave-taking there waa a touch of pathoa. lite countrymen here paid him their tribute with masses of flowers. Big sot pieces and stacks of bouquets from Austrian so cieties, whose member ho had nought to' keep from working In American munitions, plant, wre bunked high on the Nlouw Amsterdam deck. Attaches of the Washington cm bassy and the Now York conaulato were moved as their chief sailed for the hotnclnnd. With them were a number of friend tho embassador and hla' charming wife had made In thla country. Madnmo Dumba seemed' delighted with the prospect of going to Vienna and she laughed and chatted before the ship cast off. Attaches of the two offices kissed her hand In leave-taking and were re warded with a bewildering amllo. Then as tho liner pulled out In a cold, drilling rain, the ambassador's frtonda stood uncovered, watching him out of sight. Mrs. 8. B. Gorbutt returned this af ternoon from a visit at Roaoburg. . OREGON SPRUCE TO AEROPLANES FOR THE BRITISH (By Unltod Press Leased Wire.) Portlnud, Oct. 6. A. contract for 200,000 foot of clear spruce lumber to be used In aeroplane construction was ontored Into today bctwoon the British government and Bwayno & lIoyt tlmbor ibrokers. The Atlantio Transport company also participated In the contract, in that the lumbor will be shipped to Great Britain in steamers it controls. The price was $08.76 per thousand foot delivered. The lumbor will bo shipped to San Francisco and there transferred to tho steamer ' Manchuria, which is scheduled to leave for tho British Isles lit about ten days. Tho awarding of tho contract brought Into bold contrast the stoam or freight rates existing before the European war and at the present tlnio.1 When hostilities broke out the rate was $1B per thousand foot of lumber. Now It Is 5S.7B. BUILD ME in no i Morend, Art., Oct. 5. Doclarlng all non-union workera must be driven out of town, Mexican atrlkeri todiy started searching the city for laborers without union cards. All such were ordered out. The Mexicans made a systomatlo canvass of every house. Three thousand striker, carrying American flags and banners, led by a band, paraded down the seven-mile road toward Clifton this afternoon. They were mot by sentries of the na tional guard, who informed tbom troops were In Clifton. The miners declared their intention was merely to welcomo the militia. No arms were In sight. , Tho eight-Inch pipe supplying water to tho miners' colony near here was dynamited today. Repair work. Is be ing rushed, as the settlement Is with out water. The strikers claim this Is part of a plot to starve them out. Food supplies are running low here, but Clifton Is welt supplied. The stores of the Arltona Cop"per company and the Detroit company were reopened today upon assurance that the sheriff would give ample pro tection. The companies' warehouses snd offices are closed. All windows of the Arizona Copper company's gen eral offices In Clifton have been smashed with rocks. ' GERMANY PROTESTS SALE TO ALLIES OF AMERICAN BOATS (By United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Oct. 6. For the sec ond time the state department today had a protest from Germany against the sale , of American-made motor boats to tho allien. Tho note con tended that England arms these craft and sends them against German sub marines. Tho state department Is preparing a reply to this objection, sustaining America's right to ship these vessels as long as they are unarmed when leaving the United States and are not consigned direct to the BritlBh gov ernment. , 1 Uocent reports have Indicated that a fleet of armed motor boats, with a series of sporlally designed nets, have ibecn working havoc, among Ger many's undersea vessels. ERICANS W FIGHT FOR FRANCE (By United Press Leased Wire. Parla.Oct. 5. Thirteen Americans who have battled for the trl-color In the foreign legion are reported miss ing an'd are bellovod to;; have lost their lives In ,tho recent allied offen sive, in the Champagne district. ) Included in the number is Jack Casey, a Now York roportor and car-: toonlRt. ' - ' In the American quarter, today troopers told of the bravory of one American. Dr. David Wheeler, Boston surgeon, who went into the Infantry bocause tho ambulance corps was "too tamo" for him. Wounded by a German bullet, he crawled aeven , kilometers, minister ing to tho wounded as ho went, un til he reached the rear, whore com rades picked him up exhausted. Wheeler took with him his hypoder mic needle and morphine, and wher ever he found a soldier writhing In death agony, ho quieted hlH suffer ing with an Injection of tho opiate. fr. '"Smith wont to Roiobnrg 'this morning.- AMONG MISSING Letter Delivered to Secfciag by Von Bercrff Today Is Considered as Clearing Two Countries, Germany Attack, Offering Indemnity Washington, Oct. 5. All existing differences between this country and Germany were practically disposed of today by a letter which Ambassador von Bernstorff handed to Secretary of State Lansing, specifically disavow ing the torpedoing of the liner Arabic with loss of American Uvea. State department and White House statements indicated this afternoon that the effect of the letter is to -wipe out the Lusttania controversy as well as the Arabic. The Lusltanla case, however, will be taken up informally In a manner almllar to the Arabic Now the ad ministration protest against the Brit ish order-in-council and against gen eral Interference with American trade will be dispatched soon, it was learn ed on high White House authority. The envoy'a lettor f ollowa: "My Dear Mr. Secretary: "Prompted by the desire to reach a satisfactory agreement In regard to the Arabic Incident, my govern ment has given me the following in structions: " 'The orders issued by His Ma jesty the Emperor to commanders of German submarines, of which I gsve notice to you on a previous occasion, have been made so stringent that re currence of an Incident similar to the Arable ts considered out of the ques tion. " 'According to the report of Com mander Schneider of the submarine which sank the Arabic, upon his affi davit ns well as the men's, Schneider waa convinced that the Arabic Intend ed to ram the submarine. On the other hand, the Imperial German gov. crnmcnt does not doubt the good faith of affidavits of the British of ficers of the Arabic, according to j which ,the Arabic did not Intend to ram her. . , " 'The submarine attack, therefore, was undertaken against It. The Im porlul government regrets and dis avows this act and has notified Com mander Schneider accordingly.' "Under these circumstances, my government ia prepared to pay in demnity for American lives which, to Its deep regret, have been lost on the Arabic. I am authorized to ne gotiate with you about this Indem nity. I remain, etc." ' , . London, Oct. 5. While Europe today waited impatiently for Bul garia's answer to Russian demands, the allies' preparations to meet the new menace In the Balkans went rapidly forward. New troops wore being Bent to strategic points. Since the time limit of tho Russian ultimatum expired no word has come from Sofia or Petrograd. Back of thla screen of mystery, however, mili tary experts saw no chanco of aught but war. Sofia dispatches are sub ject to a delay of a day or two, hence her answer, If any, may not reach the Russian capital before atght. The London papers today unantnv onsly agreed In tho bollef that the Bulbars had Ignored the Slav de mands that German military officers be expelled and that relations with the central empires be definitely sev ered, They thought It probable the Russian minister had quit Bulgaria InBt night, as ordered to do In the event Bulgaria failed to meet Rus sia's terms.' v ' , WAR IS BELIEVED QKLY REPLY OF ' BUS TO SLAV ll Away the Difference of the Expressing Regret at the for Loss of American Lives "Progress has been made," Secre tary Lansing commented. "The Arabic case baa been settled," Bernstorff declared, following his ses sion with the secretary. That the ambassador presented a satisfactory disavowal Is believed, though Lan sing would not say whether he bad received any document. Lansing conferred with President Wilson soon after noon, and, it is understood, submitted for the exe cutive's approval the form of dis avowal Bernstorff Indicated Germany would make. Washington, Oct. 5. Ambassador von Bernstorff today promised to sub mit a disavowal of the torpedoing of the liner Arabic to meet President Wilson's wishes. Formal announce ment of a settlement will' ibe made soon. It waa stated officially. Von Bernstorff Indicated that he was vested with such discretionary authority that any ateps he takes are certain to meet with Berlin's 'ap proval. His promise on the disavow al, however, was without qualifica tion. Washington, Oct. 6. After a twenty-minute conference today be tween Secretary Lansing and German Ambassador von Bernstorff all differ ences over the sinking of the liner Arabic appeared to be headed toward a satisfactory conclusion. The am bassador, however, declined to com ment on his visit, though he had pre viously declared everything was all right or "soon would be." , Washington, Oct G. German Am bassador von Bernstorff arrived at the state department at 10:30 o'clock to fill his appointment with Lansing, at which, It Is intimated, praclcally all differences over the sinking of the liner Arable will be cleared. The ambassador waa most optim istic as he entered the department. While he would not discuss the pur pose of his visit, he commented that "everything Is all right or soon will be." This was taken to mean that -he considers the adjustment chiefly , a matter of achieving a satisfactory wording of the avowal America asks. All expressed the belief that war ia the answer without further dlplo matlo parleys. " The size of the allied expedition landed at Salonika is unknown. The newspapers printed . merely the Athens dispatches telling of the land ing, and they assumed that these forces are adequately supplied with artillery to meet the. expected Bul garian invasion of Serbia. The Bul garian first blow, It Is expected, will be . an 'attempt at a swift dash to ward the NlBh-Salonlka railway, a vital expedition In view of the allies' probable use of It In aiding Serbia. Both Rome and Athons reported ex tromo military activity at Odessa and Sobaatopol, declaring that Russia Is proparlng to transport a big expedi tion to the Bulgarian coast. Exports, however, dou'bted that the mr will attempt an Invasion of Bulgaria. Reports that Roumanla had .de-1 eldod to remain neutral, at least for the present, , are not surprising. Though tho' allies had hoped. Rou- THE HALF BILLIQII 111 TO ALLIES New York, Oct. 5. Without any fuss or ceremony the syndicate books on the allied half-billion dollar loan closed at 10 o'clock today. Late ap plications for blocks of bonds came In a rush, but the loan Was already over-subscribed, although to -what ex tent Is not yet known. Rumors in Wall street said the DuPont family took 135,000,000 worth, Charles M. Schwab $25,000, 000, and other big financiers corres ponding large sections. j Theworkof selling small blocks to the general public will "o"e" started soon. ' : . ' '""'. Placing of the bonds on the stock exchange, and signing of a formal agreement between the commission ers and American bankers will be the next steps in the situation. It will be several days (before the bonds are ready for delivery. Although Morgan & Compant would not state the amount of sub scriptions, reliable Wall street reports indicated the applications were for $650,000,000. J. P. Morgan called the loan a great success," and announced that subscribers' name would be made public later. Thus far it Is Impossible to say in Just what proportions the east, west and Pacific coast sub scribed, though naturally a large por tion of It came from the money cen ters of the east. , ' DYED CODFISH SOLD ,...'... IX XEW YORK MARKET ' New York,. Oct- 5 i Dyed a beau tlful red, and looking almost like the real thing, a lot of codfish have been unearthed here masquerading as sal mon. San Diego, Oct. 5. Gasoline went up another cent a gallon today, re tailing at 13 : cents. ,; Up to two weeks ago It sold at 11. Engine distillate went up half a cent a gal Ion. INDICTMENTS IN ' D.& C. LAND FRAUDS ARE MADE PUBLIC (By United Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco, Oct. 6.- The federal grand jury's recent (blanket Indict ment In the Oregon land fraud cases was removed from the secret file to day. It revealed that four men charged with complicity in land frauds are yet at large. They are S. D. Aubrey, Ben F. Fairchlld, A. T. McMenamln and Charles Heaton. Federal officials say they will be able to find the miss ing defendants. , , ' 1 Eleven persons have been arrested on charges In the Indictment. Three men now serving terms In, McNeill Island prison, under sentence from Oregon courts on similar charges, are named In the indictment. They are Fred Banter, John Cogburn and John W. Logan. The allegations of the indictment are similar to those in the Oregon cases. They charge that the accused men knew they were not accredited representatives of the Oregon California railroad, and misrepresent ed land, sold land and conducted a business In lands which they bad no legal right to do. Scores of business men in the three Pacific coast states are under Indict ment for complicity In the frauds. Tho operations of the ring covered Indiana, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa and Nevada, as well as California, Wash ington and Oregon. mania would aid them in tho event of Bulgaria's -.entry, recent Bucharest .dispatches have Indicated little hopo that Roumanla will Immediately aid Sorbin. ' Prerier Vcczelcs kneuzces Arrival cf Allied Amy ca Grecian Soil to Aid pa lis Expected Balkan Strife Athens, Oct. 5. premier venueios formally .announced to the chamber of deputies today that French troops have arrived on Greek soil and are preparing to march to Serbia. i , Athens, Oct 0. Greece has not at tempted to prevent landing of allied troops at Salonika nor to check their march Into Serbia, Premier Venlzeloa declared today In the chamber of de puties, In reply to questions. News reports bad Indicated a protest to France on the points. In keeping with the Grecian rales that legislative ac tion is necessary to sanction such 4 move. Venlzeloa emphasized the seriousness of the Balkan situation by stating that the allies bad with drawn territorial concessions offered to Bulgaria . some months ago for - aligning with the allied cause. No further negotiations will be un dertaken with Bulgaria unless she replies satisfactorily to the Russian ultimatum, demanding ; severance of relations with the Teutons. ? JOFFRE PREPARES FDR A DECISIVE " CAMPAIGN 111 WEST , ( By United Press Leased Wire.) " By William Phillip Simms. , Paris, Sept.. 17 (By Mail to New York, Oct. 5.) "In the scale ot hu man hazards the allies have SO chances out of 100 of scoring a de fensive victory when the general of fensive, begins." - ;l General Joffre, commander-in-chief of- the French armies, made this statement to his life-long friend, the 'editor 'of the Depeche de Touiouse, I am Informed, Pe did not state when the offensive would start, but. the allies are ready. High offi cials believe the offensive is due. The French, commander told the editor that be has at his disposal J.OQO.000 Frenchmen.'; not counting 700,000 British and 60,000 Belgians. Moreover, ammunition has been pouring in, and in addition to the supply at the front the allies; have an emergency, reserve of 15,000,000 shells, " ' ,'. . -. ': ;. ; ..' ' Every German trench, and all the network of special defenses, earth works and blockhouses have been pa tiently,, plotted . from' 'photographs which French aviators took tn sys-. tematio flights daily,? week after weck from the sea to the Alps. These blueprints have been trans ferred to "range canvases" and the ranges for the big guns have been worked out by expert artillery men. This colossal task Is now complete. In preparation for expected-counter- attacks, the allies have constructed fourth, fifth and even sixth lines of trenches, arranged on a scale posi tively awe-inspiring. ... . ,v Everything Is ready for the great move. Few know exactly when It will come, but the thrill of it Is in the alrV! Hospitals In the region of Paris to the northward him "been cleared and cleaned; hospital trains have been made up,' ready to take the road. Correspondents are barred; leaves of absence have been, Suppress ed;, the claaa of, 1916 has, been as signed to posts; and veterans,! after resting fof weeks in tho interior, have been sent northward. , .