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oil of Or, DAILY ; EDITION VOU VI., No. 819. r.KANTM AM. JT08EPHIXE COUNTY. OIttiO.V. ' Kl'XIfAV, ; JUNE 4, ' 1914. WHOLE JiTMBER 17a. No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants PaasHaa a Paper With -V, 9 r X"V 9 Brick Laying on Smaller of Two Main Buildings Com pleted Yesterday, Steel Go ing Up on Man Structure Tb brick work on the mailer of the (wo main tutor factory buildings iH completed yesterday, and the structure la now ready for tbe roof ing. The planing of the atructural steel (ram ot the main building aas been commenced, and that will now b crowded aa rapidly m the arrival of macbtuery will permit. Tba hollers ar all now placed In the boiler rooms, ready for toting, and at toon aa the teat la complete they will be bricked In. Two big Cor- llss engines arrived during tb week for tbe main building, and the lima ot labor la Washington, at the aug klln also waa received and Is now Rest Ion of " Harris Wetnatork, atata being put la place, market director. Other machinery that baa been re- Efforts to settle the major strike, oelred during tba week Include five however that of the riggers and crystalllxers and two cart of sugar 'stevedores working on seagoing vet mncblne. Tha progrett of tba work tela war still unsuccessful today, upon tba large factory building It d- Several meetings were called ,) at termtned fey tbe receipt and placing which repreaeatattvea of both sides ot (ha machinery, and It la fitted Into Expressed their views, but no under place aa th steel frame 1a construct- j standing could be reached. , Although d ' v . ' "r ompante la 8an Tran,nJsro hare Tbe machine shop, which It In the granted the strikers' demand ' tor building now about done, will 1m higher wages, the majority of the ready to operate during the present employers atlll refine. Tbey have week. Power for this will be tup- threatened to Jock out all union men plied by a 30-horsepower electric Monday and Import stride-breakers motor. ' ' The leaser hulldlngt ' about the work and accept the 10 per rent In plant are being constructed by the 'create which la offered. Southern Oregon Construction com-j ,., , pany, and work is now under way upon two large syrup tanka, one of which waa completed during the wk and the construction of the second haa been commenced. The building of the beet sheds, silos, etc., wilt follow. The first' of the kilns ot brick at the yards east of the factory, where . Chicago, June 3.- The progressive nearly a million brick will be madelparty reBdy at any Uma t0 aecept for the factor waa opened .thlg, t MkM Mnduut, wno .. flIl week. They are a good grade d, of Room,ti.. can now be delivered as fast ne need-j iQ W how0W. d 10 th work' publkana bave shown no unanimity : . , .. on any candidate, oor have they pro- ,10 PARADE Ml FOR PREPAREDNESS v We gtan(j on our January ttate- Cbloago. June S, More than 200,- inent," Perklna isJd, "that doea not 1)00 paradert swung through the Chi- necessarily mean Roosevelt. But the cago loop today In a great demonstra- J word 'necessarily' of necessity Implies tlon for preparedness, Dispatched that some other man must be pro wlth military regularity, tbe paradere'd need who can fill Roosevelt'a place, passed the revlewera' stand at the tBut there has been no unanimity ot rate of sllghUy more than 20,000 an opinion on any republican candidate hour. other than Roosevelt." in the first hour and a half, iby of- j Will H. Chllds. of Brooklyn, pro flclal count, 34,673 had passed the gresslve leader, Interrupted Perklna stand. The parade Is to continue tin- to state that during the past three til late tonight Determined to tur-'tnontht the eentlment for Roosevelt pasa the recent Now York parade, had grown to practical unanimity all In which 160,000 persons marched, Chicago closed up shop for the day. Factory glrlt), shop girls, business men and fraternal and military- so cieties participated. All marchers except the 7,500 members of military , organisation) carried American lings and the entire city waa a mass of red, white and iblue. One hundred and ninety bands were In line. ; ' OKLAHOMA DICLKOATK . DIKS AT CHICAGO Chicago, June S.--Whll the r publican national committee today waa hearing contestt'ln the fifth and Sixth Oklahoma districts, A. D. Wood, of Mulhall, Okla, the "regular" dele gate from the Fifth district, died at Wesley hospital. ' V HIICE . Waablogton, Jun I. Tba senate ihla afternoon, adopted tba con fereea' report on tba Oregon land grant bill providing eale ot timber and land for cash, of which 10 per rent goes to tbe United 8tate treaa- aury, forty per cent tor the general reclamation service, 25 per cent to the Oregon stale school system and 35 per cent to land grant counties for road, schools and port dlstriots. THE U. S. MAY TAKE HAflO III STRIKE San Francisco, June 8, Federal mediation seemed, likely today to help solve tba longshoremen's strike here. leaders of tbe striking rlrar boat men and tba employers both signified their willingness to submit their differences to tba department unless the longshoremen return to PERKIHS-SAYS , : "BARKIS IS VILLIH' " I video a man who can mi Roosevelt a place. This stand was outlined to day by George W, Perkins, 'bull moose chieftain, He emphasised even more i, the "belief that Roosevelt la the only man. over tne country. PRES. WILSON SIGNS HEW ARMY BILL . Washington, June 8. President Wilson today signed the army iblll providing for material , Increases In the land defenses. The new law provides a etandlng army of 306,000 regulars and In creases the strength of the nvllltta to 434,000.1 The regular army la elastlo under the bill. It can be at the dis cretion of the prealdent kept below Its maximum strength during pesce times and 1a time of war Increased to about 180,000. If STROfJG TESTL0FT!rJ0$ POSITION fJAUIES Big Business Gets Behind the Roosevelt fciiJacy, Tfcsagh Gennaa-AEeriKss Take a Hand at Chiefs Chicago, June 3. Oerman-Amerl-csnt took aa active hand in the pre conventlon tight against Roosevelt today.' Some of the .big three Penrose. Darnea and Crane were bombarded with telegrams asking them to pre vent at all coats the nomination of Roosevelt by the republican conven tion. Senator Penrose, It was re ported, had heard from the Pennsyl vania Germans today. There hare been persistant rumors that Penrose, while perhaps not ready to lend hit active support to . Roosevelt, would at leaat not fight against him. Favorite sods hoped against hope today that the Rooaevek-Hughea sit uation would develop a deadlock which would, furnish aa opportunity for com prom lee. . - The bulk, of the delegates will not arrive here until early next week, but those oa hand today were frank la their statement, that, so far. R .j-, sevelf apparently haa the best of the bargain. ' .. ' S'r . V Among the arrivals today waa for mer Governor Franklin Murphy-of New Jersey. Murphy, formerly a foe of Roosevelt, waa said fey tome poli ticians to he "on the fence" regard ing the colonel now. Chicago, June 3.Sudden realisa tion of the fact today that Theodore Roosevelt haa now garnered tbe sup port of a goodly portion of Big Bus lne that portion (from which a slseable share of the sinews of war are usually collected, Injected a new problem In the pre-conventlon log rolling along Candidates' row to day, ' . . ., '.; '' The "Old Guard" contingent has heretofore felt secure In Its stand that the candidate they preferred wouldi to !le to command a goodly bankroll.' But the appearance in the open of Herbert L. Satterlee, brother-in-law of J. P. Morgan, aa an active Roosevelt worker; word from New York that Frank A'. Vanderllp. credit ed with considerable Influence In the Standard Oil group of Wall street, had announced for T. R. and know ledge that J. Ogdn Armour, ot pack ing ibouee fame, was a Roosevelt ad herent, had the effect of weakening the most potent argument, ot tbe standpatters, their ability to back a candidate with money. , It the gossip along the row Is an Index, big business is dead against Hughes. Before the old guard came to a full realisation that Roosevelt , : ..... i support, eaders started a back-f re movement against the justice, hold-1 in inat -enure lacic or knowledge as i to his position on the tariff. Indus- ISZtl thwt ,a the German W Willys-Overland compaVp big probloma of the day made It prob- . . . , A u. . . ' .v. lematlcal whether he could command big business support.. The plan, to kill off Hughjs with Roosevelt and;the wlthdrew. then to kill off Roosevelt with a com-1 !.,,,,. blnatlon of allloa the favorite sons'. was In the maklna last nlrht was in the making last night. Today, however, the .pussy-footers were not eo sure this niornln. that v.re noi eo sure mis morning mat it would hAi.i (!. 1 , Meanwhile a email wedge .of .dis- ------ -- - , , I sentlon showed today In the progres sive ranks. The radical progres sives, f the type of Governor John son of California,-want the progres sives to meet on Wednesday ' and name their .candidate which of course would T, R, --within au hour or jio. .; Then they" would sit ' ' (Continueda"Page''li) Ncrth Sea Fight Inckded En tire High Seas Fleets cf Two Nsfcs, With JeOico adScherr is C&zazd London, June 3. -Developments today clearly showed that the entire British and German high teas fleeta were engaged on Wednesday in the greatest naval battle Id the history of tbe world. ' Sir John Jellicoe, la supreme com mand of tbe British naval forces, directed the English fight, with Vice Admiral Scherr, Germany's supreme power on the seas, heading the kaiser's armada. . - , . Against more than 15 British ships which were sent to the bottom, Ger man losses were hardly tialf as large, hut the English found satisfaction today when it was learned that Jelli coe and his dreadnsnghts had faced the enemy1, that not ship of the first powerful line was lost and that the. Gorman dreadnaughts were forced to return to their base.' i It is not estimated that more than 5,000 British officers and men went down with their ships. ' Rear Adro1r-hlp'-were blown up Che loss ot life als Hood and Arbuthnot were lostl! approximately the total com- Rear Admiral Beatty, hero ot the fight which resulted In the sinking of the BIeuchr, was the first British commander in action, and waa all but trapped by the Germans. Hla cruiser squadron endeavored- to cut off what appeared to be only a Ger man cruiser fleet from Its base. But lurking "behind the cruisers and low hanging mists' waa the German battle fleet of dreadnaughts nd.euper dreadnaughts. - " ."' ; ' Beatty could only retreat, but not before the heavy German guns were able to do deadly execution. Hla cruisers and destroyers were shattered by the heavy fire and with Beatty. signalling for help, Sir John jeiHcoe. ungwnas guardian or me Washington, June 3. Two dread ea. hMdnd his ft not of minnr.) - . - oreaanaugnis io tne rescue. Then came the battle ot ages. With dreadnaught against dreadnaught, battleship against battleship and cruiser against cruiser, the guns ot by the house, as the result ot loa the mighty sea forces belched forth! sons from the German victory in their fire. Not a British dread-! the North sea. Chairman Tillman of naught was lost The German state-jtb senate naval committee, said to ment of tbe sinking of the Warspite ; day.. , 1s officially denied. Prom mid-afternoon until dark ness began to fall, the main battle i raged. At 9:20 Id the evening the finish of the encounter of the big ehips came. -All during the fight torpedo boats and submarines had been uaed for small sallies, but with the fall ot darkness came the real struggle for the smaller craft. T.lIrA InfantnmAn .In lonit fltrtitlncr these small "boats made desperate htrgea th 1BM of the,r lenemy. Eight British destroyers W(..aW h. n.,m.n. w .i.. ,,,, th .Jm,M,, hl, . 1ini(inil nu. , Aer jeiucoe arnvea ana i torpeao auacKs were completed. I '" " ' ... . . .. . . - .. 1 I " "B lM remainaer 01 ,n , ht 0n Thursdfty n,orn,ng when ,Miai, rm.i-j mm t,a 9 nothing toflro at, he rp,,H th Briti.i, mai Mnf ! vi mo 'iiAiivitiH vi qo Hi ft niisKc vn -from five to. six miles. AT h & H ii h H n n nei .k (tnHtts r9 It waa established this afternoon that despite his encounter with the j full strength of the German fleet and! his narrow escape. Admiral Beafty has returned safely to port, ' At the admiralty It la considered h- d I, -I....! h. superiority to the Germans, Em- v . , . (Continued on Page S.) mm. says WARSPITE Indon, June 3. Admiral Beatty was In command of tbe first British squadron to clash with the Germans In Wednesday's great battle. Tins the four phases iwere com prised first, of Admiral Beatty'a at tempt to cut off the Germans; set ond, his forced retirement to the open eea by interference ot the Ger man battleships, -when the British were outnumbered for time; third, the arrival of the -main. British fleet nnder Admiral Jellicoe, when It he came a dreadnaught against dreaA naught fight, and fourth, retirement of the German force In the face of the Britieb attack. 1 It was officially stated at the ad miralty that the auper-dreadnaught Waraplte was not sunk. . That only a portion of the British fleet met the German fleet and forced It to retire to Its harbor la tho official version and official response to whatever Idea neutrals may have of the result of the ettle. f Whatever opinions to the contrary that may be entertained by neutrals are regarded as being due to the poor handling of the first reports of the engagement by the British censor. While retreating the Germans sow ed mines Into -which, the . British cruisers then forced German destroy ers, causing heavy losses among the ieaenry ehlps from their owm mines. "It is, admitted that la cases where plefnerit of the crew. , In other cases where the ships tank, owing to leaks caused by German shell fire, . sur vivors escaped on rafts In largo num bers ..' :' Survivors of the Shark eaid a tor pedo struck her oil tanks. Her steer ing gear was damaged, and her decks swept clean except one gun. IAVAL BILL WILL E naughts, one battle cruieer and a , ,,otina of Hr'SlIee the equivalent ot Zeppelins will be added by the "enate to the naval program endorsed j 1 ' " (IITfl iiuuuiuuu nuiu COMBINE IN EAST Toledo, O... June 3. Confirmation a n n . M tu. merger ot the Wlylls-Overland and other automo bile companies into the biggest motor , car corporation In the world was iven hv Pr,lHm John h wiiiv. . v v . . W ' noon rrom New York. Th, new corporation will have a capital of 3300.000.000. In the merger will be the Willys-Overland. H Hudson Motor Car company, the ChalmerB Motor Ci.r -om4J.BV. the . ' 01 r "r convPanv' tne latter two ot Detroit, the Auto Lite ........ ... company ot xoieao ana otners. The new corporation will bt a hold ing company, of which John M Wil lys will be president. : ; '' , VThls corporation will be the big geet thing In the moto c!r indus try," Willys announced today be fore he left for St. Paul.- " " yntiicsie is in ITM.t.t .il.M AW. J . . i . - l ... , ... dent of the Chatham, & Phoenix Na- OT CARRY SHIPS T9nn nnn nnn IULUI tlonal bank of New York. CHUM WILL OPECJ run PrcraHs fcr tis Wctk Cc kb ' lipjr'.'l Fesiares cf kfvtn awti4 Vwtf (una V4 Attsrizce b Ared - The second annual sessloa of the Grants Pass Chaatauo.ua will open toBorrow, and for six days there will 2e music and speech-making and en tertainment galore. The tents are al ready in place, and everything Is ia readiness for too opening number. Monday the first thing on the pro gram will be the organisation of King Arthur's court, by the Junior Chau tauqua, at sine In the forenooa. Th first of the main programs will oc cur at 3:80 in the afternoon, the pro gram Including the Ionian Seren ade!, and, readings by Ruth' Meeker, la the evening the Ionlant will again appear, and S. Piatt Jones, humorist. Is also oa the program. J King Arthur'a court, the Junior Chautauqua, will be the program ev ery morning, at nine o'clock, during the week. Miss Georgia Latta being the Junior supervisor. .. Tuesday afternoon the Chautauqua program will include the Gullotta Trio, and th. popular lecture, "The' Seen and (he Unseen," by Dr. El liott A. Boyle. In the evening the Trio will again appear, and Hon. Vic tor Mnrdock Of Kansas, will t speak from the subject, "Uncle 8ain'a To morrow," ' ; Wednesday afternoon the v Lyria Operatic company," and Arthur ,a' A. Franske, lecturer, are the numbers. itr. Franske will give his Inspira tional lecture. "The Matofaleas Book." In the evening the opera "Martha' will be presented by the Lyric com pany, and Ernest J. Slaa will lecture upon "Home; Town Preparedness." Thursday, both afternoon and even ing. Wltepskle's Royal Hungarian orchestra will appear.' In the after noon there will also be a lecture by Mrs, Harrlette Gunn Roberson, and in tbe evening Mme. Fay Morvllius, messo-contralto. ' will sing. ' v Friday. Elisabeth deBarrie Gill, harpist, soloist and entertainer, is first on the program, and she will be fol lowed Iby Dr. Frederick Vining Fish er wltn a lecture, "One Blood." In the evening Mrs. CHI and Dr. Fisher will again appear, the subject for the evening lecture being "America Be fore the World. It .will he Illus trated with etereopticon views.. The last day, Saturday, will be fill ed with good numbers, one at the afternoon being the result ot the week's work with the junior Chau tauqua, when Mies Latta will direct the young people In "King Arthur'a Pageant." There will be a prelude by Kekuku'a Hawaiian Quintet The closing program Saturday evening will Include an Illustrated lecture by Frederick A. Halton on the "Isles of Peace" In addition to the Hawalians. The season ticket sale will close at noon Monday, after which ftlme there will be an advance In the price ot these, or single admissions will . have to be paid for. The ticket sals docs not yet come up to the guar antee, and some of those who signed orders last ,wr have not yet received tickets.' All can be accommodated :up to Monday noon by calling upon or phoning to Geo. Cramer, who is in charge of the ticket sale. ' The season tickets are $2.50; high school tickets are 31.50, and children's tickets are 31 for the week's entertainments. Chicago, June 3. The republican national committee today appointed and Hernian A. Phillips, patent . v iiffovixw' isi ' Vt ' S V'U V IV SW convention. . , ' , . ...