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WHOLE NIMBEB 1833.
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GRAlJTS pass
TOHEAR I.
HUGHES
Rcpabli
kan Candidate Will
Make Brief Address On
Arrival of Train No. 15
Next Thursday Afternoon
A real live candidate for the prel
4noy of the United Stat, th man
ftven the overwhelming endoraetaent
of Oregon republican, will be enter
tained for a abort time In Granta
Fa aaxt Thursday. Cbarlea Evan
Hughe, now tourlog the weat, will
arrlv bere oa train No. 15 Thurs
day afternoon, and according to
present arrangement will apeak
briefly before the train conttnuea Ita
way weetward. For a time It, ap
Deared likely that efforta to rout
JIugbea through aouthern Oregon-by
daylight might fall, but a telegram
received Saturday afternoon by At
torney William, chairman of the
county committee. -from the atat
ommKtee, atated that the original
plan would be followed, and that
Hughe would apeak here for few
mlnn tea.
Arrangement are under way hare
for a aultabl reception to the dlatln
xnlah Tlaltor, and ha will undoubtedly
be greeted by a large crowd of hla
admlrera. The band eland In Rail
road park will be utilized aa head
.uarters and the band will dlacourae
music before and after Mr.iHugh.ee'
arrival. An Invitation haa been eirtend--d
to the people of the county to t
bere Thuraday and to aaslit In show
1ng thla notable Tlaltor a rousing wel
come. Wednesday Hughe will apeak
In Portland, leaving for the eouth on
the train at 1:80 o'clock Thuraday
morning.' Hla flrat talk south of
Portland will be at Roeeburg early
Thursday morning,, while Granta Paaa
will be honored with hla flrat talk In
southern Oregon. Proceeding aouth
ward on No. IS Mr. Hughes will
apeak at both Medford and Aahland,
then proceeding directly aouthward to
San Franclaoo.
MEXICAil EXILES
STIR UP TROUBLE
El Paso, Aug. 12. "Trouble for
ha United Statea and the Carranta
government la afoot and 1 being
stirred up right here In El Paso' by
a number of wealthy Mexican exile
who desire Carrania'a overthrow and
American Intervention, If necessary."
atated a government official today,
, Several allent and mysterious
atranger. reported to be agenta of
the exiles, have been aeen around El
Paso hotels, conferring with Influen
tial Mexican. These men are under
surveillance by United Statea secret
trvlce men.
"Behind the projected revolution,"
stated the government official, 'are
a number of Mexican, owning mll-
Hone of acrea of land In Mexico, but
ow living In ILos Angele, San An-
tonlo and other outhern place. They
, Are 'at out' with the de facto gov
ernment and the safety of their wealth
depend on the crumbling of the Car
tanta regime. They are going about
thalr revolutionary activities cau
tiously.". .. " '
' "Some of the Cnrransa garrisons
are undermined now, I believe," con
tinued this official.
( Along the border custom raiders
and army outposts are on the alert
today to hunt smuggling of ammuni
tion Into Mexico for the "new lusur-
-.recto. , "'fit',-
HUGHES CHARGES
DEBS WITH
SECTIONALISM
Helena, Mont., Aug. 1J The dem
ocratic party wa assailed aa a party
of sectionalism by Republican Nom
inee Hughes bere today. He read a
long lint of chairmen of Important
aenate and houte committee, showing
bow the aouth waa firmly entrenched
In Important lawmaking committees.
"Such an adiulnlitratlon which
make bo many men from the aame
aectlou chairmen like thia," he said,
" I teotlonal admlnlitratlon. It 1
not an American administration In
a broad and proper aene."
Hughe pointed out that In both
aenate and house "pork" bills were
bandied by committee of which
aouthern member were chairmen.
"Tha preaent admlnlatratlon doea
not understand the bualnea of the
country," Hughe asserted. "It la not
so organised a to take care of the
bualnea and enterprise of the coun
try." ; , . .
Hughe cited the democratic policy
on augar taxation a an Instance of
lemocratle Inefficiency.
FEDERAL PROBE
OF WHEAT PRICES
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Chicago. Aug. 11 Utmost aec
recy today surrounded a reported
federal Investigation here of rising
wbaet prlcer and a mrespondtng In
crease In the price of flour. Trad
era Intimated that the rumored In
vestigation already waa having Ita ef
fect, for wheat, flour and livestock
prices, soaring for a week, began to
decline allghtly today. ' ; V
Flour which aold for $7.15 a bar.
rel yesterday, declined five cent to
day. Fractional declines character
Ixed the wheat market opening.
Rumor of the federal Investiga
tion persisted, although E. N. Hurley,
chairman of the federal trade com
mission, flatly denied he waa mak
ing any probe of wheat or bread con
ditions. "The only grounds on which we
could Investigate," Hurley told the
United Press, "would be In event of
unfair trade combines In restraint of
Integrate trade."
District Attorney Clyne, however,
was aald to be probing charges that
the wheat price jump waa duo to
market manipulation rather than the
natural Increase due to a crop short
age. ,
New York Herman Patrick Tapp
was held up by the British authorities
because they thought tasty kilt golf
costumes he was gathering for women
of thla country might be war uni
form for Irish rebel.
ALL TO THE BORDER
Washington, Aug. 12. A Baeral
order to all department commaoieri
waa Issued by the war department to
day to send all the remaining na
tional guard organisation In their
respective districts to the border as
soon after they have been equipped
as transportation can be obtained.
The order, It waa explained, will
mean that the troops will be en
trained whether they are up to tbe
required atrengtn or not.
' r There Is no special emergency, It
was atated, the order growing out
of the general staff's desire to have
the militia mobtlliatlon on th bord
er completed as soon as possible.
Th 'order applies only to those
organisations numbering about 30,
tfOO'whldli already liave'beeri mobl-
Jliaed In the various states.
NATIONAL
GUARD
17 Kill I CAPTURE OF
COLLISION 1N10IS
OF CARS HUT
Scores of Others Injured
When Trolly Cars Ccse
Together Oa Traction Cca
paay Lee la Penzsylvam
Johnstown. Pa., Aug. 12. At least
17 were killed and scores of other
were hurt In a bead-on colllalon be
tween trolley car on the Southern
Cambria Traction company line at
Echo, aeveral miles north of here
this afternoon.
The dead are: Joseph Rlbblett,
Johnstown; Benj. Rlbblett; Frank
Rlbblett, a aon, Moorevllle, David Dls-
hon; Mr. BenJ. Rlbblett, Coopers
dalo. little son of John Lents, Jami
son; Mrs.. John Lents, Jamison, An
gus Verner, motorman, runaway car;
Taylor Thorn, motorman of out
bound cart six unidentified men.
At least a score of Injured bave
been brouht to hospitals here. Scores
more are being treated at the scene.
la Impoaalble to get the exact num
ber of Injured.
All the Johnstown automobile fire
engine were pressed Into service aa
ambulance and there la a constant
stream, of them to and from the
cenei Several women fainted aa one
of the fire truck, carrying two
young women, apparently badly In
Jured, drove Ita way through the
crowd on Main atreet, apparently
headed for a crash.
O.S. LOSES
T
Chicago, Aug. 12. An estimated
loss of 1100,000,000 In Russian trade
to American firms within the last
elzht months throuah theft or de -
lay of cablea by tbe British censors,
waa charged today by A. S. Postnl-
kof, president of the International
Manufacturers Sales company.
Postnlkot confirmed United Press
despatches from 'Petrograd, atatlng
that efforts are being made to lay
a direct cable between Russia and
America. He declared this was be-
Ing done because of the Inability to
get proper cable transmission of
Ruaslan orders through the British
censor.
He charged that England had ac -
luauy oeen nesting American iraue,
with the declaration that out of 60
caoies recetvea oy nis company m
the last eight months, only five have
been transmitted in their original
Vai..
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nuiiuu iima Ai uicu vur vuivjg iU
f h paw 4iana T thn nnin maniiravr.
urer. I am pretty certain that such
w. -
io uio uibq, aiu jiuoiuiivuE.
' In the nast elaht months of elaht
cables from bere to our Petrograd
office and from that office to thla or-
fin .ov.n k.r. h.. 1a. v am
exists In my mind that Enaland Is u-
in. A.ihi m..n. f.u
foul, to Interfere, and If nnulhle. nut
an end to. direct trade relatione be -
tween the. United States and 'other
II
countries. England Is particularly sn" ,BCl America musi reiy
desirous of discouraging such trade ch,ef,y 00 0rlt,8h ord-and lnva
between American firm and their England has "Indignantly de
Russlan customers. , , ',n,ed" the c,lm,
' "Prior to the war,' Germany en-1 For thl m8on- the tate depart
Joyed this lucrative position In all ment hM """""T P '
our dealings with Russia." .relieving the situation confronting
The .International' Manufacturera AmeTloan f,m, e1,n wlth RuM,a
Sales company Is a eubsldtary sales En,nl dmlttedly has the right to
organisation of 80 American firm. "Mefams under tbe plea tbat
representing a total capital of 400,- lt u ".,y because of th exlgen-
000 000 "t"" ' ' oles of war. In fact some Interna-
' Postnlkof sald hls concerns prov-
Italians Now Ccntecdhg For
Austrian Strccgbld Oa the
Isszo,Sccrcg Ccsthicss
Victories South cf Gcritz
Rome, Aug. 12. A new and fierce
battle baa broken out around the fort
ified Austrian town of Tolmino, next
to Gorltx. the greatest Austrian
stronghold on the laonao. The city,
lying twenty miles north of Gorltx,
la believed to be In Imminent danger
of capture. ...
Roue, Aug. 12. Italian troops
have scored further vlcotrlea south of
OoriU, crossing the , Vallone and
carrying the weatern elopea of Monte
Nadlogem, It waa officially announced
this afternoon. ' Italian detachments
have occupied Oppachlasella. , .
Oppachlasella, lies six miles touts
of Oorttt, and about two mile eouth-
east of San Martlno del Carao, whoae
capture was announced yesterday.
THREATENED STRIKE .
KEEPS WILSON ON JOB
.-Washington, Aug. 1J.U view of
the threatening railroad strike situa
tion, President Wllaon remained at
hla desk today and did not take bis
customary week end Jaunt away
from Washington.
ed to Washington regarding the cen-
sorshlp of their cables and that con
slderable correspondence with the
;aute department followed. Nine ca-
bles from the company's Russian of
flees are still missing Postnlkot de-
clared.
"The loss to America will run over
9100,000,000 throuch England's
acts," he said.
Postnlkof considers the situation
o serious that be plans to leave for
New York tonight to confer with
Newcomb Carlton, head of the West
em Union Telegraph company re-
gardlng the laying of cables between
nussia ana thin country.
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Washlnrton. Au. 12. Eneland
."indignantly denlea" that she has dl-
wted to her own UM My caWod
Ru88lan bu8lneM order ,ntended for
UnUea 8tate8 nrm,.
ml. m a .
Aav sthot fhta hast ftaan 4 Via nnnbAt
v I I ) l it
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ft trarii rABilno. nvnMH whAMhtf
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compiami oy American nrras
M been "m'ned to the limit. In
" Instances, It developed that
wM1 thwe had been no
were had 'been cabled "delays" In
DOln d Russia.
' " mwn "icuuy in nnaing any
ProOT 01 Bmwa mtartownca lies in
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(100,000,000 III TIE
BRITISH 1TERFEHEIICE
ISTRU
coiitiiiiig to
retreat north
London, Aug. 12 The advance
guard of the Russian force that oc
cupied Stanlalau, pressed on two
mile northeast of the city and
crossed the river Zlota Bistritsa, 18
miles south of Halltz, according to
Petrograd despatches today.
The Austro-German offered but
weak resistance, and then continued
their retreat north. Several gun
were abandoned by the enemy in their
retreat from the Zlota Bistritsa.
Two separate Slav force are now
converging on HaMx, the immediate
objective of General Letcbltaky fa
hi drive against Lemberg.
The first, moving eastward ilong
the nortb bank of the Dniester, la
less than 20 miles from Halltx. The
second force operating south of ins
Dniester, is composed of the detach
ment that took Stanhlnu.
There ia no Indication In despatch-
e from either Petrograd, Berlin or
Vienna that the Russian advance, the
most rapid made by ny army since
the Austro-German Balkan campaign.
has been slowed np. In, four day
they bave progressed 20 mile and
In tbe fighting about Stanlslan alone
they have taken nearly twenty vil
lages and towns.
Battling over mncb difficult conn
try, tbe Italians scored successes of
equal Importance In tbelr southward
swing toward Trieste. The news from
both Petrograd and Rome suggests
that tbe demoralization of the Aus
trian armies may be more complete
than earlier.' advices Indicated., No
official statement has been made Pub
lic bere tbu far of the activities In
the Balkans, reported from Pari yes
terday. '
ARBOPLANER RAFD ENGLAND
London, Aug. 11 Two German
aeroplanes dropped tour bombs on
the English coast town of Dour at
IS: 25 this afternoon. General French
commanding the borne forces, report
ed that no material damage was
done.
SOFKETTES' UE
our for run
Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 12.
Organisers of the National Woman's
party met here today In tbe closing
sessions of their conference to plan
a $500,000 campaign In the 12 suf
frage states along the lines laid out
Jn resolutions adopted late yesterday,
The declared policy of the party is
to use "its best efforts to defeat the
democratic candidate for , president
and the democratic candidates for
congress so long as their opposition
to tbe federal amendment enfranchis
ing women continues."
'While the conference unanimously
congratulated" progressive, prohi
bition and socialist parties and "com
mended" Charles E. Hughe for their
stand in favor of national woman suf
frage, many of the organisers today
announced theld determination to
wage the campaign strictly In behalf
of the republican presidential candi
date.
Misa Anne Martin stated tbat the
general policy, which did not en
dorse any speclflo candidate, ; was
merely "political expediency.''
A majority of tbe leader of the
woman' party are women who have
aecrlflced comfort and luxury In their
borne atate. to take up legal resi
dence In suffrage states and vote.
Miss' Elsie Hill moved from Connecti
cut to Colorado. Mrs. Harriet Stan
ton Blatch left New York and rented
an "attic" In Kansas,' she said, Mrs.
E, St. Clair Thompson, of an old
South Carolina family, has taken up
her residence In Arltona. Mlsa 'Mar-
(jorle Ross of Pittsburg : became a
Wyoming homesteader.
IDIATIOP IS
uriuo
in
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to Scire Ccircycrsy, zzi
Predict Wiksa Ais
Pcrcidca to fcitr?iz
New York, Aug- 12. -Members of
th executive board of tbe trainmen's
brotherhood will accept an la vita- ,
Uoa from President Wilaon to ter
rene u an attempt to aetUe amicably
th difference between tbe brother- '
hoods and tbe railroad managera,' A.
B. Garretaon, brotherhood official, an?
nounced tM afternoon. Garretaon .
aid he had not yet received any of
fer from the president Ho Indicated
tbe brotherhood will delay any ateo
until they confer with tbe president '
if tbe latter so desires.
Waehlncton. AnL 19. PreaMant
Wllaon has aent word to represents-1
Uvea of the railroads and of tbe four'
brotherhoods who threaten to strike, 1
stating that before they take any final '
action tbat would result ta varalyslns t
traffic, be wishes to talk with them.
New York.. .AugV. 13. Mediation
has failed In the' controversy between
400,000 railroaif employee sad tb '
managera of the ,124 railroad af
fected. -" Vm;. ,'V"'.. -:;'0"f-!:';r
This was the formal announcement
made today by Judge Martin Knapp,
of the United Statea board of media-'
Uoa and conciliation in a eommnnlca-"
tlon to the trainmen. - v
Judge Knapp's communication r
read: -
"la our Judgement, after two days
of consideration of the difficulties be
tween the railroad managers and th
employes, there is no prospect of
settlement by mediation and there
fore, we suggest arbitration as the
means of reaching a settlement." .
Immediately they were handed ,
Judge Knapp's communication; the
executive board of the brotherhood
who (have been empowered by a 94
percent vote to call a atrike. If, la,
their opinion, such action is essen
tial to success of their fight for aa
eight-hour day and time and a halt
for overtime, went' Into executive
session to consider the suggestion.
Prom statements made a ahort.
time before, the board . declared
unanimously and unequivocally that,
they would never consent to arbitra
tion. . '
Admitted failure of mediation, it
waa believed In railroad and brother
hood circles, developed tbe most om
inous situation since the men made
their demands. '
This seriousness was emphasised
by the statement of a prominent re
tired railroad president that the
road would face a strike rather than
give up their plan to settle alKdlf
ferences by arbitration.
WILLARD READT TO FIGHT
ANOTHER $80,000 WORTH
Chicago, Aug. 12. Jess WlUard.
champion heavyweight boxer, is ready
to take on all comers at 150,000
per. . '
This was the Information WlUard
sent from Denver to friend here to
day In "reply to queriea aa to whether
he had quit the fighting game. ,v:
RECOVER BODIES OF M
VICTIMS OF FLOOD
Charleston,' W. Va.,' .; Aug. It.
Ftfty-slx bodies have been recovered
and 38 person are missing, and are
now known to have lost their live .
In Wednesday's' flood. In the, Cabin
creek district, Colonel Charles Mor
rison reported to Governor Hatfield .
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