DAILY EDITION
Vl V!., No. 807. ' CJKANTO PA88, JOSEPHINE COUNT!, OREGON, MONDAY, Jl'IY 81, 1016. , WHOLE 5UMBER 1S11,
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Body. Will Convene at Nine
o'CIock Tuesday Morning
to Investigate Explosion at
Golden Drift Plant
The grand Jury has been called to
convene at the court houso at nine
o'clock Tuesday morning for the ape
clflo purpose ot probing Into the ac
cident that wrecked the machinery
at the Golden Drift dam early Fri
day morning. The mystery continue
to deepen, and puhllo sentiment li
-divided as to the cause of the burst
tng of the big pulley. The officers
are determined that If dynamite waa
need every possible effort to appre
hend end bring the guilty parties to
Justice shall be made. Wltfa this tn
view, the district attorney talked
"with Judge Calkins, and It was de
cided that the grand Jury should be
called In special aesalon to thorough
ly Investigate the affair. If dyna
mite waa used. It Is believed that It
can be demonstrated. There are
some, however, who contend that the
machinery may hare gained greater
momentum than Mr. Davti believed,
and that the pulley threw Itself to
pieces with ehoiigh force to splinter
the heavy timbers and rip the bjg belt
Into pieces. The contenders for the,
dynamite theory point to the cord
with Its chaired end, picked up t
the scene, the rocks that lsy by the
wrecked machinery and that had not
been there previously, and the terrlflc
force exerted both upward and down
ward by the explosion. There, are
also parties who maintain that the
explosion was plainly beard by them
at Grants Pass, a distance of nearly
three miles.
The grand Jury Is composed of J.
A. Slover, foreman; C. II. Klmann,
A. L. Edgerton. Geo. M. Flint. T. It.
Cornell, Jan. W. Dean, and V. C.
Ablf.
An order for a belt to replace the
one rulnod In the explosion Is being
wired today, and the extra pulley at
the plant will be Installed and made
ready for operation as soon as work
men can do the necessary labor. It
Is believed that the pump can thus
be again started by Thursday. The
-agar beets under the Fruttdale. ditch
are not suffering materially for water
yet, and are making an excellent
.growth. If water can bo flowing
through the ditches by the end of the
week the crop will not be shortened.
The north aide pumps will be running
again by tomorrow.
FRENCH RECOVER
LOST GROUND
. Paris, July 31. French troops bril
liantly retrieved a temporary German
footing ' obtained around Monacti
farm, according to today's com
munique, The enemy had taken a
light hold there, but French counter
attacks drove them out,
The official statement ' detailed
"numerous" German counter-attacks
against Hem wood and extremely vio
lent combats In that neighborhood, In
which the Germans were repulsed.
".In the course of these attacks,"
the statement nenerted, "our left hnnlt
' batteries enfiladed the enemy, causing
bosvy losses to them. Around Ver
dun German attacks on Hill 804 were
checked by French fire. In the re
gion southwest of Fleilry the French
progressed further. A German gren
ade attack west of Vauxohapler, was
uinsuccesdful."
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Washington, July 31. The blow
launched against the British blacklist
In the American note published today
Is but the first act ot an aggressive
move for this country's share In
world trade, now and after the war,
officials Intimated today.
Government officials aro Inclined
to see In the blaokllst the allies' pre
liminary step In a trade war against
Germany which was clearly outlined
at the economic conference at Paris
some weeks ago. The necessity of
keeping elear of "the war after the
war" and of showing England that
the United States, as a neutral, will
not participate In. nor allow herself
to become victim of, any such move,
Is understood to have been one under
lying reason for the American black
list protest.
The far-reaching effect ot the Brit
ish blacklist upon neutral trade and
the feeling that the trade war to fol
low military ipeace may contain, even
more serious consequences to neutral
nations, determined the administra
tion to enter a vigorous protost
against the principle Involved. It
waa feared the United States might
be considered committed to the allies'
trade policy through keeping silent.
It Is for tbls reason that England's
preliminary reply to the protest,
given the state department Saturday!
'is unsatisfactory to the government,
'in It the British foreign office took up
'only the question of Immediate ap
plication and extent ot the blacklist.
jwRhont meeting this government's
(contention against the principle.
POItTLANH MOV1H SHOWS
WANT tTCXSOHSHII' CIlAXGKD
Portland, July 31. Lengthy peti
tions bearing many signatures de
manding a new motion picture cen
sorship ordinance will be presented
to the city council this week. Scores
of additional names were added to
the documents today. They are In
circulation at every theater In Port
land. The movle'producers want the
law changed so they will have a right
to appeal from the, rulings of the
censors.
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IIKAITII (MURK OF
'HARRY mifiER'8 81IOUE
Portland.- Jnl 31. Ill health Is
believed today to have been the cause
of Harry Bulger, chief probation
officer, committing suicide Sunday.
Bulger, who has been attached to
the county courts for nine years, shot
himself through the heud while sit
ting at his desk in the court house.
He left a widow.
SWIFT EMPLOYES
TO GET PENSIONS
Chicago, July 31. Swift & Com
pany, packers, today announced a 12,
1 000,000 pension plan for employes,
Including those In the main .plants
here and In branch houses all over
the country. A notable feature is
:thttt. employes do not contribute to
'the fund, Swift officials estimated
that $400,000 a year, In addition to
the Income of the 12,000.000 Initia
tory fund, will be required to con
duct the system. About 38,000 men
and women will come under the plan
August 1, 1910, w'hen It will go Into
operation,
Men In the employ ot the company
30 years who have reached the age
of 60 may be 'pensioned. When they
reach the age of 6ft they must retire
on pension,' Women's ages are fixed
at Ave years less. Pensions for In
capacitated employes who have
served less than 25 years are pro
vided. '
I No pension will he less than $240
per year and none over $5,000 n
year. In general, peuslons are to bo
one-half of the average salary re
ceived by , the employe for the Ave
years precVdlng vetlremeut.
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Cause of the Setting Of of
Dynamite and Other Muni
tions of War On Black
Tom Island Not Determined
New York, July 81. Mystery ear
ly today still beclouded the real cause
of the explosion and fire which early
Sunday morning occurred on Black
Tom Island. Whether a fire, start
ing on the barge loaded with nitro
cellulose, or Ignition of four freight
cars loaded with high explosives, was
the cause, no one could tell today.
Perhaps the exact cause never will be
known.
The condition of the area of de
vastation made it Impossible today
to examine the scene of ths Brat ter
rific Impacts. At 8 o'clock flames
were still shooting hlgb from wreck
age of railroad cars and warehouses
on Black Tom, which Is really a pen
insula. At that hour shrapnel and
three-Inch shells burled deep tn the
ruins were -being Ignited occasionally
by the heat. In a desultory pop-pop
that kept workmen and crowds of
spectators at respectful distances.
Dead, missing and Injured were
mere estimates. The following epi
tomises the facts as determined at
thla honrr - " v ;
The cause Still unknown.
Known dead Three. Twenty-five
missing.
The Injured 118.
Destroyed by explosions or fires
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SEEK IIUEIII FOR TRIO III
THE SAtl FRANCISCO B0L18 CASE
San Francisco, July 31. Indict
ments making formal charges against
Edward Nolan, Thomas Mooney and
Warren K. Billings In connection
with the San Francisco suit case
dynamiting will be asked by District
Attorney Fickert when the grand Jury
meets tonight. Fickert announced
today that he would, urge the grand
Jury to charge the men with murder
In the first degree. These announce
ments followed the Identification of
Mrs. Rena Mooney, wife of the sus
pect, by Miss Estelle Smith, as a wo
man she saw with Warren Billings
when he carried a suit case to the
roof of a building at 731 Market
street shortly before the explosion.
The Identification was positive, Miss
Smith declaring she could not be mis
taken. Coroner Inland announced today
that the Inquest Into the deaths of
the bomb victims would begin to
morrow. The police are making a wide
search for a man known as "Big"
Swede," or "Big Monte," supposed to
have information regarding the dyna
miting which may-have an Important
bearing on the case.
Bit by bit the ipollee have pieced
together the evidence and today Cap
tain Matheson, In charge of the bomb
squad, offered for the first time what
he believes were the Incidents leading
up to the placing of the Infernal ma-.day. Formal sessions ot the supreme Fred O. McArthur, ot Winnipeg,
chine on July S3. lodge open tomorrow, Thurston Manitoba. J
"I believe the bomb was to have (Temple, Pythian elster, began their Atlantic City's supporters are al
been thrown from in front of 721 proceedings with a memorial In the,ready making the welkin ring with
Market street," said Matheson. "Bill-1 Elks hall. Delegates to the grand their urglngs that the next convention
ings and Mrs. Mooney had sought aodge ot Oregon, K. P., arrived .on be held there; A' number of other
place on the roof of this building, every train this morning. Slxty-flve cities are actively after this prlxe.
according to Miss Smith, the sten-jthousand dollars to pay convention Those making. the most aggressive
ographer. They were to have been expenses were deposited at the First lights at present are Buffalo, Pitts
taken there, we believe, by Isldor National bank today by Thomas D. burg, Norfolk, Richmond ami Chl
Welnburg and Julius Kohn, who were Meares, supreme master of the ex- cago.
,to have whisked them away Inter In
automobiles.
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KILLED BY
Bandit Raiders Are Engaged
by Soldiers of the Eighth
U.S. Cavalry, and Two,
With Five Raiders, Are Killed
El Paso, July 31. Two Americans
were killed in a clash between a de
tachment of troop F, Eighth U. S.
cavalry, and ft party of Mexican ban
dits at the Sanches ranch, one and
a half miles below Fort Hancock,
Texas, at 5:30 a. m. today.
Five of the Mexicans, nearly half
of the band, were killed In the run
ning fight that followed the bandits'
resistance to arrest.
Three troops of cavalry ordered
from Fort Bliss to purine the escaped
bandits' were afterward ordered held
back. Pursuit of the bandits across
the line Into Mexico was contemplated
for a time.
Robert 'Wood, a customs inspector,
with the cavalry patrol, waa one ot
the first to be killed tn (he engage
ment. Private John J. Twomey also
was killed . and Sergeant , Louts
Thompson waa wounded. The ac
curacy of the American cavalry took
a heavy toll among the bandits and
pursuit waa abandoned after the re
maining Mexicans disappeared In the
'bruah. ' " "
Captain H. B. Cashing, of the
Eighth Massachusetts Infantry, made
an official report ot the fight to Gen
eral Bell at Fort diss. ' Cushtng Is
snklng officer In the Fort Hancock
cipated In the clash.
"We believe the plot was aimed at
the Unlte Railways division ot the
preparedness parade, and that the
bomb was timed tor 2 o'clock, when
that division was due to ' pass.
Mooney, Welnburg and Kohn waited
on the sidewalk outside while Bil
lings and Mrs. Mooney went upstairs
with a suit case. We believe that as
two o'clock neared they feared the
bomb might have been mis-timed, or
that the United Railways division
would not pass on time. They hur
ried towards where the United Rail
ways' men were lined up, we believe.
That they did not reach there was
due to the way in which the police
handled the crowd. We believe the
persons Involved took a chance, put
down the suit case and fled."
Matheson said one more man, who,
he declares, was a prominent figure
In tbe alleged plot, hat yet to be ap
prehended. MEET III PORTLAND
Portland, July 31'. Knights of
Pythias from all over the United
States took possession ot Portland to-
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chequer.
Many prominent men are being
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A decree in foreclosure and order
of sale was entered by the circuit
court of this district end placed on
record this morning. In the case of
Herbert Smith, trnstee for the Jose
phine Irrigation and Power company.
against the Chicago-Rogue River
company. Attorney Fred A. Williams
represented the trustee In the appli
cation for the Issuance of the decree.
The case has been pending In the
court for more than two years. Under
tbe terms of the decree the amount
Involved Is $41,000 due the stock
holders In the original Josephine Irri
gation company, and $1,000, trustee's
fee and $5,000 attorney's fee. It Is
stipulated, however, that these fees
are to be paid only In case the prop
erty Involved Is redeemed by the de
fendants. If It should' revert to the
original owners through being bid tn
by the claimants, then the fees to be
allowed the trnstee and the attorn cr
shall be such amount as la agreed
upon by the trnstee and the original
stockholders. If no agreement can
be arrived at "by these parties, three
arbiters shall be named tn the usual
way for naming such boards to ad
just the matter, and to determine
whether the payment shall be In cash
or In securities.
BIG BRUSH FIRE III
North Bay, Ontario, July Sl.--One
hundred and eighty-tour lives have so
far been reported lost in the greatest
forest fire northern Ontario ever has
suffered.
More than two million dollars
property damage has been done.
The fire district forms a strip of
territory shaped like the letter J, with
Bourkes forming the end ot the case;
Cochran the Junction with the cross
bar, and Hearst and Iroquois at either
end.
The fire broke out at four o'clock
on Saturday afternoon and was re
ported simultaneously at several
points forming a semi-circle from
Bourkes to Hearts, over a hundred
mile frontage. 1
Driven by a 40-mlle an hour wind
from the south, the flames rolled over
the countryside Just like a heavy
thunder storm coming up ahead ot a
hurricane, and with everything as dry
as tinder there- was never a chance
for people to save anything.
The villages of Bourkes, Ramore,
Matheson, Mushka, Monteith, Kelso,
Iroquois Junction, all were completely
wiped off the map, the flames consum
ing everything before them. Cochran
Is still burning, but all the business
section of the mining town has gone,
while Iroquois Falls has disappeared,
except the large pulp and paper mills
of the Adblttbl Power & Pulp com
pany. A heavy rainstorm on Sunday pro
videntially stopped further disaster.
boosted for the office ot supreme vice
chancellor. Seven candidates are cam
paigning, John G. Brown, present
vice-chancellor, automatically ad
vances to the position of supreme
chancellor during the biennial.
Among those In the race are Robert
Burns, of San Francisco; Wm. Ladew,
of New York;' C. S. Davis, ot Denver:
Wm. Broenlng of 'Baltimore; Rlch-
ard S. Wltte.
bt Milwaukee; F. M.
Laconla, NL H., and
hBeckiford, of
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PROVINCE
All delegates will meet tonlghf at
a reception tn the Baker theater.
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CONVOY FOR
ISM
FREIGHTER
Narj Departeect May Pro
tect Deutschlaid Fro En
tries Wfcen SfoPttsfoSea
and b Wife 3-t2s lift
Washington, July 31. A convoy,
or tome special protection, may be
given the German submarine freight
er Deutschland if her agents can show
there la a dellnite danger to her safe
ty before abe passes outside of the
three-mile limit. It was said at tlu
state department today.
Tbls was In answer to a request
last Saturday for a naval convoy.
Definite reason was assigned for the
request by the agent at that time.
Vessels such as newspaper launches
and other craft may not be allowed
to follow the Deutschland when she
leaves, It was : intimated at the de
partment ; The possibility that' she
may request a naval convoy to follow
her along the coast within the three
mile limit before she makes a daeh
for the, open sea was admitted here,
and It was said such a request would
probably be kranted." ' ?
' . The naval' department' will be on
watch to pick up any wireless mes
sages which vessels following the
Deutschland "may" try" to send to the
waiting cruisers. Such an act would
be unlawful and will be suppressed
by the authorities. , , -
Baltimore, July $1. At 1:30
p. m. the tug Thomaa F. Timmons
started its engines and began clear
ing away the barges obstructing the
passage of the German submarine
freighter Deutschland, now resting at
the foot of Andre street There Is
every Indication of immediate de
parture. '
"The Bremen will reach the three
mile limit tonight, and then, or early
tomorrow morning, the Deutschland
will go down the bay."
This prediction was made by a
member of the big U boat's crew in
saying "auf wedershen" to a friend
on Locust Point today. v
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Berlin, July 31. Anglo-French at
tacks throughout yesterday morning
along the front from Longueval to
the Somme were everywhere repulsed
with sanguinary loss, according to
the war office statement today.
In the eastern fighting tone also.
the war office declared, Russian at
tacks had been repulsed.
"Northwest and west of Buctaci."
the statement asserted, the enemy
penetrated our first line, but were
driven back. All attacks were vic
toriously repulsed."
Between Posieres and Longueval,
the report said, hand-to-hand com'
bats were progressing In favor of the
German army. In this fighting 781
prisoners and 13 machine guns were
captured. South otthe Somme, the
statement eald, violent artillery com
bat was continuing.
Describing the Russian fighting,
the war office said between Wltowiez
and Turgo southwards, and also en
both sides of the Llpa, the Slave were
again repulsed with heavy losses.
Near Zareeze the Muscovite trootw
penetrated, but , a ' counter-attsok
drove them back. In thla sector 1S8
prisoners were taken Sunday.',
R. B. Miller Is spending the day In
Medtord attending to business .matters.
MAD
PRISONERS