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a'A'.AM i v 'Am' DAILY EDITION vol. yi., Wo. 803, GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1910. "1 miAi f wrwnrr t , : , V" o;wer Town in the World the Size of Gr ants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. -i. wY mm WATURAL GAP m m NMV MLUHU ,,,TM rnnn n,, 118 23 i Wcrkcen in Water Works Tcsel 125 Feet Below uv. Mw .... Scrface cf lake Erie Are XVLTZ Kited Wttn Gas Enyes"i'"?::J:!::""!"l'. Twenty-three' Cleveland, July 35 lives were muffed out in the new water worka tunnel, It waa estimated at 1 p. m. today, when workmen were trapped In ft gas pocket IIS feet below the aurface of Lake Erie. The gaa, Ignited by electrical mi ehtnery. exploded, with terrific force. Ten bod let of the vlctlma bare been taken from the death bole.'! Beaouera eatlmate IS more men are' v . -dead In the tunnel. Ten escaped with! 8"n Antonio. July 25.-Three Injurlea ' ,niro "Mere of company E, 8th Burrowing towards shore, a little m,nol l'"trjr. were In the hos band of workmen. 185 feet below the P,ul dv the reault of bullet urface of Lake Erie, plunged ahovela W0l'nd rcUt when they were Into a monater natural gaa pocket. ftred u',on b t08 f rovo' rd l"t WJth tremendoua force gaa awept In D,ht f,er n "ck n upon the helpless workmen, trapping uer of N' Braunfels. Texas, them In the 10-foot concrete tube. A ourth ukn Then cam terrific exploalon aa the William Blue, shut In the groin! gaa Ignited from a spark In electrical Kd'd Ughtborn, fleah wound In machinery aid tha tunnel waa turn. thlh: 8,dM Williams, left let d into a death hole In a twinkling. brkn lw the knee; unidentified 'Fellu to make pVreararof Wwental gas strength and lack' of aufflHerrt air c,mp- preesure In the tube were pointed out1 AU r prlvatea. The wounda are ma contrrbutlng cauaea of the die- ,lht- ,D to guard having tep ed "guard" ammunition, a light It was seven hour sfter the accl- chrK. wh maximum range of -dent before pulmotore and helmeta ouL800 yarda. were secured. It waa two houra be- Tb tro,"l r,,( H'ne fore help arrived. Three men taken driving" Ma. automobile paet . a trom the tunnel died before pul-up of the negro militiamen. Henne motora were available. "ton thron. tr'k, A triple probe by city, county and the f tn. of- itopped and tate offlclala will .be held to Ox the went bck to Moerlata who threw the -cauae and reaponalblllty for the dla- ,lon'- ld met with . aater. Offlclala will meet Monday threal nd nvecUvea. He ran to wlth Alayor Oavla to act the time for w"d a nearby aaloon, followed by the Inqueat and Inquiry. lhe nltlamen. By the trma Henne Captain ana Hapaen, of Jhe n'n'bel tb loon bl lrauera are United Statea life earing etatlon. waa o bv numbered 30 or 40. tha flrat on the acene, but he had no H tb,o cutter and helmeta or pulmotora, ao went back knocked down the ' fljet ' aoldler tor them. Two email fcoate from the through the door, he aaya. A eecond or freighter Star of Jupiter next ar. b kicked In the groin. At thla June-, rlred. but they had no apparatua b PTol guard, compoaed of lth which to cope with the deadly 11h 8. Infantrymen, arrived. With Tumea. Finally word waa telephoned l"ed giina they forced the ne from ahore to 0. C. ton Duxen. aup- ro ,nto b treet. The negroea rtntendent of tunnel work. He gath- r B'd hv there, red a gang of workmen, aelxed a tug ' withdrawing aome distance and led the reacue work, waen went Into the tunnel. Twelve i BISHOP EVEUD IS r'.rllnln. I'm Julv 2t. The nar ELECTROCUTED tlally burled body of Rev. William courtmartlal. . Perry Bveland, blahop of the Meth- " " ' odlst church in the Philippine Islands Hagerstown. Md.. July 25.Two nd southern Asia, was found this men nd ",an ,0Bt thelr VM afternoon along the banks of a creek, here today when the Vivian restaur .... hi. .,,,. hnm. i Mm.nt t. owned by O. D. SUerley, South Holly Springs. Jle had been electro- ...tA . .i.t fi.hin. nnu h waa carrying connected with a high tension wire concealed by foliage. Eveland bad been missing from ' bis home since .last night. He start ed for a favorite fishing point several miles trom his home and when he failed to return after darkva search ing party Was organised. All night the posse searched the storm -swept mountains. , . When the body was found, the steel fishing rod . was still caught in the fatal wire, Around the face and -arms tha clothing was burned off and ' the flesh terribly seared. Father E. A. Wall went to Hugo this morning, to be gone until Wed nesday. . ,.' .; I Will IUIIU UILI E Detroit. July 25. Dr. Charles r. . ,Aked, of San Frsnclaco, bat resigned as chairman of the neutral peace cpn jference in Stockholm, which was es jUMUhed aa the outgrowth of the Ford peace expedition iMt year. Or, Aked mad the announcement 'If: ST" 'JJSL F.'I! H6nry Fordt promulgator of the policy for the future guidance of the conference.' ' I am through with the peace on feronoe,M the doctor laid. frora the aaloon. Upon their failure to obey repeated "orders to return to their quarters, they were flred upon by the guard. Four of them fell and ,the remainder retreated. J CitUena were disposed to regard 'the Incident aa purely a matter for the military to aettle and there has been no demonatratlort against ne urnAB aa a. rmiU nf th arfitlr. Arniv are Investigating, 'preparatory to Jonathan street, collapsed. were weakened by a The cloud- burst. San Fratu'lsdo, July 25. The death toll of San Francesco's dyhamlte out rage was awaited to seven today when Captain Reuben Vaughn, of this city, succumbed ai the United States mar ine hospital to injuries received when the Internal machine exploded., He was progressing favorably ,( with a mangled right' leg "' hen complica tions iV lu'dftd' hi succumbed. ' PLANS FOR PEAC GUARD WOUNDS lEGRO SOLDIERS FRISCO BOMB '2... ' . . i ill? oiilfJ Purchase "cf khfci Group Is Expected to Es CIcsed To day, Dennnrk to Be Paid $25,000,000 for Wards t . - . w ' '' ' ' ' Washington, July 25.- Negotla tlona for the purchase of the Danish West Indlet by the United States will prdbably be closed today. Conalder- atlon la approximately 125,000,000, It waa stated officially at toe White House. The negotiations hare teen carried on by (he etate department and the Danish foreign office, j The treaty probably will be signed today and submitted at once to the United States senate and the Danish parliament for approval. The Islands are of tremendoua stra tegic value to the United Statea. Their acquisition will eliminate danger of any Kuropean power acquiring hem and establishing a naral base near the Panama canal. Negotlatlona have been on and off for some years. -It la understood now that sentiment In the Danish parliament favors the purchase, , The Danish ..Wt Indies omprtae the Islands of t. Thomas, St. John and 8t. Croix, a group of the Lesser Antilles. The area Is 180 square tulles, and the population approxim ately 30,000. It Is understood the United States, aa a part of the deal, relinquishes any "lights by discovery" to certain parts of Greenland, a -Danleh pos-i session. v E. M. Light returned to Hugo last night after a day In town attending to business affairs. quEsnou becomes mm TO THE BRITISH London, July 25. The coalition. cabinet waa endangered today by the Irish question. David Lloyd-George, minister of war and originator of the compromise plan for settlement of the Irish problem, waa quoted aa hav ing offered to resign In view erf the failure of the cabinet to acquiesce In his proposals to the Irish nationalists. Premier Asqulth waa understood to be ready also to step down It Lloyd George retired. Threat to submit the question to a vote of the people In general election was freely made during the commons' debate. . The only hope of averting such a break lay today In the chance that the Irish nattonallsta would consent to further negotiations with John Redmond, the party's leader, de manding Immediate action, and his followers burling charges of breach of faith at the ministry, it was ad mitted this hope was a 'faint one. Some 'London newspapers today ex pressed the belief, however, that It the break came and a general elec tion were called, It would result In support of . the cablnet'a course, the nattonallsta, having lost the confi dence of -many Irishmen through their willingness to treat in a com promise plan. Such a victory tor the cabinet would, however; It was pointed out, still leave the IrUh ques tion suspended. The situation today was that the AttihlfiAt nnntaunnA Ma mirnAtt. nftt tn Introduce a home rule amending bill t until there was a compromise unless there was a complete, agreement among the Irish parties, and appealed to the nationalists to endeavor to ob tain sttoh an Agreement. Grcnit Judge Renders Deci- sisa That ; Pricsecctor Be lievesBIow to Statute II Upheld by Higher Courts Portland, July 15. An opinion rendered today by Circuit Judge Mor row, should it be auatained by the higher courts, strike a aerere blow at the Oregon "dry" law, In the opin ion of the'dlstrlct attorney. In overruling the demurrer to the' complaint in the suit of the Wadhama k Company against the San Fran cisco k Portland Steamship company, Judge Morrow holds that the provi sion In the prohibition law limiting to wholesale druggists the right to Import alcohol In large quantities Is In . violation of the interstate com merce clause of the federal constitu tion. He holds that any genuine manufacturer may Import as much alcohol as he desires for his own use.'' " ' Judge Morrow pointed out that while his decision might result In many pseudo manufacturing plants springing np, it would be the district attorney's 4hity to prevent auoh rn- tltutiona from 'becoming "blind Pigs." Arthur Murphy, deputy district at torney, said: i "If the courts hold that It la un constitutional to prohibit a manu facturer from importing alcohol but permit him to use alcohol, then the provision which prohibits a ' man from buying more than two quarts of whiskey but permits him to possess whiskey must be unconstitutional, too. So there .will be nothing left of the law." (MM WET Retention in parliament of the na tionalist representation In undimin ished numbers was the main' point which invented agreement dn the cabinet on the bill and among the various Irish parties. One other point which gave anxiety was the open threat, voiced by Red mond In the commons' debate, that the Irish members held themselves free to exercise their individual judg ment In criticising the government'a course, not only In domestic affairs but In the conduct of the war. It was admitted that it the Irish de liberately seek, as this threat Indi cates, to air British conduct of the war on the floor, they may seriously embarrass British success in the pre sent great offensive. "It is humiliation to us In the face of our friends and our foes at a time when we claim to be fighting the battle of the small and weak na tionalities," the Dally News said. "It means that the sympathy of the United States Is lost to us and tho whole sentiment of the dominions la against us." "Now we have-the bid stone tied once more round our neck In a hea vier and more dangerous shape than ever," said the Dally Telegraph. "We shall be fortunate if It does not ham per our progress at every' step through the deep waters which have yet to ba traversed." v Evidencing the cruotsl nature of the situation, Premier Asqulth today conferred with A. J. Balfour, Con servative Leader Bonar-Law, Minister of War Lloyd-George and Austin Chamberlain, secretary of state for India, and later bad with the king. a conference deny ran PEilSlI TO LI II! EM! London, July 25. British authori ties today refused permission to Thomas Kelly and bla wife, and Joseph Smith, all Americana, to land from the American liner Philadelphia at Liverpool. ' Kelly wjred Ambassador Page In London that he waa bringing 50,000 to Ireland aa treasurer of the Irish Relief Fund of America, but when Page sought to intercede with the home office to permit Kelly's landing his request was politely refused. ' Mr. and Mrs. Kelly and 8mith are all three New Yorkers. . Tbey well all ordered back to America. S. S. McClure, American news paper and magazine publisher, was for a time threatened with' similar deportation, but after being detained aboard" the Philadelphia for sereral houra waa permitted to land, after he bad Invoked Ambassador Page's in tercession. McClure was one of the Ford peace party and as such would come within the British order for bidding any members of that party to land.-' ;'-J.; KEEP HEW YORK BABIES AT HOME New York. July 25. Another de cided increase in the number of In fantile paralysis cases waa followed today by a drastic movement by gov ernment authorities which may mean the barring of children under 16 years from tearing New York state, -eports to the health department up to 10 a. m. today accounted for 150 new cases of the disease, against 89 reported yesterday. Only on one day July 11, when 155 cases were re portedhas today'a record been ex ceeded. Thlrty-lght deaths were re ported, as against '31 yesterday. The total number of cases since the epi demic appeared is now 9,098. There hare been 647 deaths. CULBERSON INCREASES LEAD OVER PR, BROOKS Dallas, Texas, July 25. enator cuiDerson lncreasea nis leaa over ur. A. P. Brooks, former president of Baylor university, In tha latest com pllatlons today In Saturday's demo cratic primary vote for the United States senatorial nomination. Cul berson is now believed to be assured a place In the "run off" primary, Augua The results from 626 counties showed the following vote: O. B. Colquitt, 100,627; Culberson, 75,280; Brooks, 67,295. , . RELEASE COLLEGE MEN PROM MILITIA SEPT, 1ST Washington, July 25. Formation of college mllltla organizations into an officers' reserve corps Is proposed by the war department today in an order providing tor release from bor der service of the university students September 1. , ;v Chicago, July 25. Wooden shoes for Americana within two years was the prediction made here today by delegates to the Shoe Retailers' asso ciation's first annual convention, 'This country Is facing a leather famine. Embargoes placed by the allies against cattle shipments Is gradually boosting the price of leath er until it will be a, luxury to wear a pair of shoes," said one delegate. "Shoes will cost $10 a pair, and only millionaires will be able to afford high-legged boots." AMERICANS MAY WEAR OODEII SHOES ALLIES GAITJ 1 General 0 fcive Shsws Tbt French, English, Rccrs, Ita&E Fcrce the Testers to Gre &c:d ' London, July 25. On nearly., every front,, it appeared today from official statements of all belligerent nationa war offlcea, the Teutonic allies, at some spot or another, were compelled to give ground la the fac of a general offensive movement. ; No large gains were reported aay- wIiata It wa. inniHint frim th statements that on two stretches of nt five miles each on the Flanders battle front the armies of the allies) and the Germ am forces were locked' la bitter, death gripe. Berlin reported unsuccessful "re solute attacks" oy the British around Pozlerea. , General Haig detailed counter-attacks in the same sector, adding that the enemy had .failed to reach his trenches.! - ; : From all reports It is apparent the deadlock at Posleres, where each, aide holds half of the town, is still con tinuing, and presumably also the aaud-to-hand fighting "isT the," woods' north of Longueval. The second stretch where fighting is apparently of the most violent character Ilea between Fries and Soyecourt, where, judging trom the' French and German statements, a bitter artillery duel, V Interspersed with Infantry attacks, is proceeding. it is in tnis sector tnat tne uermans admit that the French have "tempor arily" gained ' ground aouth of Estrees. , -V:. ;V ' 7. 'i Full admission in the German statement that General Sakharoff'a Rrslan forces have penetrated the. first German lines south of Bere steczko confirmed previous iRussiaa claims of the progress of the envel oping movement around Brody, on the way to Lemberg. v ' ' Petrograd claimed further gains by these same forces. It also reported additional gains by the Grand Duke Nicholas in the Caucasus campaign tsUm the Turks. ',";', . The Italian statement today claim ed capture of Mount Clmone, highest peak in the northern Appennlnes, which must have been an engineering as well as a military feat. ITALIAIIS'JAKE Rome, July 25. Italian troops stormed - and captured another long Austrian entrenchment near Casera zeblo, according to a war office state ment today. Between the peaks ot "Mount Chlesa and Camplgoletta the Italian forces crossed three lines ot Austrian entanglements and succeed ed in establishing their lines just b low the crest of those heights. Rome, July 25. Mount Clmone, the loftiest peak In the northern Appenlnes, ' has been - captured by Italian troops, It was officially an nounced today. Clmone 4s 7,103 feet In height and lies just south of the Austrian bor der. ! ' ' . ' '' ' . AUTO TOURISTS KILLED BY INTERURBAN OAR Denver, July 25. Mr. and Mrs. JW. A. Waugh, tourists from Coldwater, Kaa., were killed at a grade crossing near here today when ' their automo bile was struck by aa Internrbaa electric tar. ' ; ; EMTREIICHS v
