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DAILY EDITION 'FT "VOL. VI., No. IW. t :. j.:1.: GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY,. MAY 2, 1910. WHOLE NUMBER 17M. s No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Pull Leased Wire Telegraph Service. J I.. PREPARE FOR Pershing Places Troops As Though Atlack Were Feared at Any Horaemt, and More Troops Prepare to Cross . Columbus, N. M., May 2. Briga dier General John J. Pereblna: Is con centrating and disposing his force today aa though an attack were mo mentarily Imminent. With the con terence between Mexican and Amer ican representatives hanging fire at Et Paao, the altuatlon la admittedly tena and he la taking no cbancea, tt waa awerted, acting under actual war conditlona. Every movement tn the conference room la reported to him by wireless. Scattered American columns have twn drawn Into an advanced baae, and additional defensive worki con structed at several points. All troops at the Columbus baae are held In readiness to move on abort notice, If necessary. Four com panies of Infantry are preparing to inarch at an early hour. It Is be lieved they received orders to cross the border to reinforce advanced de tachments. One machine gun -com pany Is ilso under orders to leave to- day. A heavy delay In the transporta tion of auppltea is now confronting the authorities. One hundred and thlrty-flve motor trueks. comprising five trains, were sunk In deep mud near Aecenslon and Dublan yesterday and last night. The heavy rainfall made quagmires of the trains. When sunk In the morass the motors were making rapid return trips, piling up supplies at the front., If the heavy rain continues It will probably bring on a most serious situation. A new 165-horaepower Curtlss aeroplane made a test flight today. With its great power It la expected to pnMB the altitude test easily, and will probably be sent at once to the front. SENATE TO APPROVE PHILIPPINE BILL Washington, May 2. Senate lead ra will probably approve the Philip pine bill as it passed the house, it was believed today. The senate fav ors Independence, but will accept the house measure as better than noth- The house downed the administra tion bill with the Clarke amendment . promising the Islands Independence ' within four years, and accepted aa a substitute the Jones bill, which pro vides for greater solf-government and declares the United States Intends to grant the Philippines independence at some later date, which la not given. Thirty democrats voted with the .republicans In smashing the' Clarke amendment, which had the support of the president. This was the first defeat of any administration measure of any Importance this year. VICE-PRESIDENT RULES TO SUPPRESS FISKK LETTER Washington, May 2. On account of ita tone, Vice-President Marshall today ruled to. suppress the letter which ' Admiral Flake wrote to the senate, criticizing Secretary Daniels and answering the latter' charges .against him, Marshall aent the let- ter to ' the navy affairs committee, which will decide whether to make it public' ' ; ' PARIS REJOICES OF Paris, May 2. In a most success ful offensive the French late yester day captured 660 yards of German trenches southeast of Fort Douau mont. It waa also officially announced today that In an attack on German positions near Dead Man's hill last Saturday the French captured one thousand yards of trenches to a depth of from 300 to 600 yards. Tbere is great enthuslssm In Paris. The offi cial statement waa taken to mean that the German drive against Ver dun Is definitely checked. It Is believed her that the offen sive around Verdun baa passed to the hsnds of the French. One hundred Germane were taken prisoners. West of the river Meuse there waa active artillery fighting throughout the night Berlin, May t. Fierce attacks souh of Douaumont and Callette woods were completely repulsed y the Germane after houra of hand-to- hand fighting, it was announced of ficlally today. The Germans were de- dared to have maintained all their position. . SECRETARY BAKER STILL CONFIDENT Washington, May 2. Secretary of War Baker and members of the state department bolleve today that Gen eral Hugh Scott and General Alvaro Obregon ran reach an agreement tor better cooperation between Ameri cana and Mextcana In the hunt for Francisco Villa. Though both Obregon and Ambas sador Arredondo strongly desire withdrawal of United States' troops from Mexico, It is felt that they may see tho logic of assisting the expedi tion when they realise that the hunt Is to continue. Concerning this point, tho admlnlstdatlon left no doubt. Baker has taken no steps to Indi cate that he anticipated an unamlc able outcome of the 131 Paso confer ences. It this ia accomplished, the conference will be considered success ful. With the conclusion of the meet ings Secretary Lansing will be In a position to discuss with Arredondo the question of the withdrawal of American troops from Mexican soil. Intervention advocatea at El Paso are endeavoring to befog the atmos phere there and Influence the opinions and actions of the military authori ties, Secretary Baker was Informed. Whether this information came from official sources waa not revealed, but it apparently was offlclat. When shown the border story that Inter ventionists had Interviewed General Hugh Scott, Baker said: "You know Scott so well that there Is no need for me to say anything about that, particular phase. I have heard rumors of Interventionist en deavoring to spread information with a view to influencing the situation," He made It plain that he had the utmost confidence in Scott' ability to handle the situation. ' ." MINER LOSES OUT IN A RACE WITH DEATH Santa Rosa, Cal., May 2. -A race with death was lost today when Paclflclo Rochottl, 30, a miner, died from terrible burns while being rush ed from Preston to a hospital here. Last night he splllod gasoline over his clothing, then entered a mine at Preston' with hts candle burning. When the gasoline fumes were Ignit ed, he became a human torch, wrap ped in flames. ; , : lt First aid was given at the mine, then an automobile flash for Santa Rosa was begun. At Hillsborough the victim was alive, as he asked tor water. .While the machine was speed ing near this city, however, he ex pired. ' ; !( : I IRISH REBEL LABORERS TO LOSS 500 IN DUBLIN Canvass of the Capital City Shows That the Casualties Will Much Surpass the Es timates Given Earlier Dublin, May 2. At least 500 Irish rebel were killed and 1,(00 wound ed In the seven day of street fighting here, It was estimated tqday by sol diers who canvassed the city. Rebel bodies were found In the ruin of the post office, Liberty hall and other buildings demolished by artillery. The casualties are far In excess of early estimates. Many corpse are believed still undiscover ed. Hospitals are overflowing with wounded, Including women and chil dren. Lord Donoughmore, former Brit lsh commander In Egypt, and at one time a member of the cabinet, waa shot while motoring north of Dublin. He suffered a slight flesh wound. A small aquad of rebels, deter mined to die hard, fired the last vol ley of the Insurrection last night near the Westland atatlon. The whole party was wiped out by machine gun. , - , IRISH REBELS ATTACK POLICE AT GARRISTOWX Drogheda, Ireland, May 2. A party of rebels attacked the police of Garrlstown, 16 miles from Dublin, early today, wounding four, eight rebels were captured. The rest es caped. Slight disturbances occurred In the suburbs of Dublin and the out lying districts. THIRTEEN LIVES LOST ox nnrnsH steamers London, May 2. Thirteen persons were lost in the sinking of the Brit ish steamers Aegusa and Nasturtium, the admiralty stated today. El Paso, May 2.- What wera re garded as final Instructions for the American representatives In the con ference with General Alvaro Obre gon, Mexican war minister, arrived from Washington today and General Hugh Scott Btated that a second meet ing would take place this afternoon. The time and place will probably be left to the convenience of the Mexi can members. The instructions which the Amer ican are to follow conform to the outlines given in Washington dis patches and confirm statements that the conference will have no power to decide future movements of Ameri can troops In Mexioo and that there will be no Immediate withdrawal of the United States' expedition. At the next session Scott will ad vIbo Obregon that Washington re fuses to consent to discuss at this con ference the question of Immediate withdrawal. Obregon is expected politely to decline to discuss any other question until the proposition of having the American forces leave his country Is settled, In which case the conference can only adjourn In a deadlock. Obregon, In a statement to the United Press yesterday, said that, In such an event, he would report the whole situation to President Car ranza. This was taken to indicate that AMERICAH CONFEREES GET FINAL INSTRUCTIQtlS WASHINGTON GET HIGH United Press Statistics Show Increases Effective lay 1st Will Put Millions b Pockets of the Workizg Man New York, May 2.-Mr. American Laboring Man 1 starting the month of May drawing down a dally Increase In wages of $204,616. Statistics gathered by the United Press today ahow that wage Increases affecting 692,500 workers and totalling $5, 268.873 monthly, or 164,426,464 a year, went Into effect May 1. At the same time, strikes, lockouts and labor troubles, Impending or in force, will affect 508.100 workers. Poremoat In the wage Increases which heme effective Mar 1 are,""' proem those granted by the United States Steel corporation 250,000 men, at a monthly Increase In the payroll of $1,660,000. a further boost to the Bethlehem Steel company employe, affecting . 24,000 men and adding $170,000 to the monthly payroll; Pittsburg district coal miners, 40,000 men, boosting the monthly payroll $215,000. The eight-hour day la the rock up on which the worker and employer have split in most of the Impending or pending strikes. The crisis In the demand of 175,000 anthracite coal mlnera, asking recognition of the union, may come thl week. A lock - oui is nouny expeciea in me ciosea ,.... r -ru m.b-r. .ewi., son nnn ,,!,.,. Munition, worker. In and around Pih tnnMn. ti.. wh. ... . , , house plant, are planning to force an elghUhour day, possibly by a strike which would involve at least 70.000, and maybe more, men. In the western mine centers wage. have been boosted again. Miner, are so scarce In the Tellnrlde district of Colorado that the authorities are ap pealing for help. . failure of the conference would be followed by further dlplomatto ex - changes rather than by military op erations. A break is considered un likely. ' The date of the American expedi tion's final withdrawal and detail, of cooperation with Carranslsta troops while hunting Interventionists are still very busy along the border, trying to bring about a situation that will make In tervention Inevitable. The general belief here is that they will fall, un less, some hothead among the Ameri can or Mexican forces permits a clash to occur which might be so Berious aa to render peace impossible. In the meantime, both the Mexi can and American armies, are In active. At some points along the line taken by the American expedi tion the forces are only a few miles apart. No alarm 1. felt for General PerBhing's command, as It has been heavily -rointorced, strongly equip . ped and provisioned to meet any situ ation which may arise. There are now 17,000 American soldiers in Mexico, all except about 200 along J the line from the border to Naml jqulpa' protected by entrenched and fortified camps. General Funston is confident that the Americana could hold ' out Indefinitely against much larger forces of Mexicans and could take the offensive If It were desirable, SENIORS Will 1 FEU ET AT Tl A large crowd wltneased the May day celebration at the high school yesterday afternoon, the day being ideal. Miss Eleanor Bocock was crowned Queen of the May, then fol lowed the May pole dance. The field meet then started, and from that time till dark things were hamming. The senior won the meet with a total of 70 points, with the Juniors second with 33 point. After the meet a parade was formed and nearly all the high school student marched to the Bijou theater, where a show waa put on by the athletic association, and which was a decided success. " Much good material showed up at the field meet and a large number of the successful trackmen will go to Medford next Saturday to represent the high school at the southern Ore gon track meet to be held at that place. Grants Pass hope to carry away high honor at this event, as many of Its men hare competed at much larer mu A carried away In the morning, before the meet, the tennis players will hold a tourna ment between the high schools of southern Oregon. A large number of ;tennls sharks will try for this as well ,M "cR cnampionsnip. II'AE SUITS HQS FULL OF VAR ORDERS Washington, May 2. "Uncle Sam, manufacturer( u trylng to Uke . A. . , . , 01 mor rler th ae Physically Quipped to fill." ' Except tor,th foresin con?,iUon' commerce-foreign and domestic i. the best It has been for years, Secre- . . , . . . f ,ot J ,n " ,nte"lew with th Un,t!d if88' Time and an adequate merch- &nt mar'ne retthe on remedI,68 !fT7fi? TT ?. 5? United State, ascend to dlzsy heights ia uum sua v&iue oi snipping. i That the European war proved a big incentive to foreign commerce of the United States 1 shown In Btatis- t tics given by the secretary. At the same time the relative importance of shipments of strictly war articles has been generally exaggerated, he said. "A great many persons believe the munitions shipment form the bulk of our foreign trade," Redfleld said. "While It Is true that our trade In arms supplies and articles used by armies of the belligerent power. 1. very great, yet the proportion which such exports bear to all exports Is not so relatively large as is generally believed." SPECIAL POLICE GUARD STEEL PLAMT Pittsburg, May 2. One hundred special police from the Carnegie com pany were brought to the Pittsburg district today to guard the Edgar Thompson Steel company plant at Braddock and other establishments where strike, are threatened. Four hundred more special officers are due later. 1 The Braddock plant is operating with a reduced force. The number of strikers there is estimated at from 1,000 to 6,000. Resumption of riot ing by Westlnghouse worker, and their allied striker, is momentarily expected. Five, hundred employe, 'of the Pressed Steel Car company Joined the strike today. Leaders claim a thous and enlistments to the strikers ranks. Fortynve thousand, including 4,000 machinists who struck yesterday, are said to be out S JOIBULLIO BE FORCED Precier Aiqdli ktzzzzm That BriSsl QwmzzS Has Decided Upca Co pilscry Military Service . London, May 2. Premier Asqalth announced that the government had decided on a policy of compulsory military aervloa. , ; Asqnlth'. announcement cam as a surprise. It had been understood that the premier would give the vol unteer system a tew weeks mora trial before asking the enactment of a law calling all married eleglble a well as single men included In the conscription measure recently passed. The government win Introduce its conscription bill In parliament to morrow.' r The. decision was , complete vic tory for the David Lloyd-George and Lord Northcllffe parties. Adoption of conscription will add to the British army a force estimated at from 100,- 000 to 600,000 men. ,c. - . -4 t aspirants use up - : - " t ' FOR PRESIDENTIAL RACE New York, May 2.Wtth the re turn of Theodore Roosevelt and the opening of headquarter, for the Root and IDu Pont booms, presidential politics became very active today. Regular republican, regard Roose velt's statement a. a profession of the colonel solely for himself, voic ing a hope that the convention "will nominate a man upon whom the re publicans and progressives can com bine." TURK TROOP SHIP SUNK IS SEA OP MARMOXA Berlin, May 2. A submarine sank the Turkish troop ship Chtrketl Harla in the Sea of Marmona, according to despatches today. ' FREIGHT CAUSED BY STRIKE New York, May 2. -Thousands of tons of freight are piling up on the wharves today, with only slight pos sibility of their being moved until an agreement ha. been reaohed with the striking tugboat hands and barge men. Terminals of the railroad are chocked with freight. Freight vessels have been delayed sailing on account of lack of tugs. Much of their freight Is war muni tions tor the allies. Other vessel, carry cargoes of perishable goods. New York, May 2. Orders calling out every garment worker in the in dependent .hops a. well as in those establishment, which are members of .the Manufacturers' association threat ened a complete tie-up of the cloth ing trade today. President Schlesslnger said that hundred, of non-union tailor, would Join in an individual, sympathetlo strike. The longshoremen's strike I. spreading, and .hipping 1. greatly effected." ' , . Strike, of stevedore., marine engi neers, firemen, cooks, deckhands, warehousemen and tugmen'. unions have resulted in the tie-up of 650 harbor tugs, it i. claimed. ' There i. a possibility that laok of tug. will hamper the' entrance of four trans-Atlantlo liners tomorrow. BLOCKADE
