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DAILY EDITION , ; ' "A - ' .- -- - . ' -. " . . ; - -. VOL. VI., No. 8W1.' GRANTS PASS, JOfHJI'HI.VK COUNTY, OREGON, MKDNK8DAY, AUGUST 16, 1910 " ( WHOLE X UMBER 1823. ' 1 ' No Other Town in the World the Size of Or ants Pass lias a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. ,. GOV. HUGHES SPEAKINGIN OREGON Republican Nominee Comes to State That Gives Him Endorsement for Chief Of ficial Position in Nation Portland. Ante. l6.-Charles K. Hughes preached his doctrine of "America rtrat and America efficient" In Oregon todaythe state which, diMiptt bU protest from the supreme bem-h. Instructed for him In the prl warlea. lie was to mike at least two tpeechca and members of. bli ftrty were authority for the state ment that he would rite more con crete Instances to support his claim of democratic Ineaplelty for efficient government t So far the republican aspirant for presidential honor has cited Instanc es to support charges of "payment of political debts at the public expense." Inclusive of wordy laws In the "antl dumplng" sections of the democratic tariff law and the failure of the Wil son administration to live up to the platform pledge of protection to Am erican clllsena and property abroad. It Is known Hughes recently has received a great deal of data from Headquarter In New York, Includ ing one ITS telegram. This Is a treasurehouse of Information for bli use. From now on In his speeches, the candidate will attempt to strike a new blow at his political opponents by citation of specific Instances sup porting bis claims. Seattle last night accorded the re publican nominee the greatest dem onstration he yet has received. Bight thousand Jammed the hall and a thousand more Jostled outside pound ing vainly on the doors for admis sion. Even above this din Hughes' voice could be heard. This vast audience cheered every shaft which Hughes shot at the democratic admin istration with a vim and enthusiasm that echoed and re-echoed through the hall. Vociferous cheers Rreeted Hughes' first direct reference during the tour to Roosevelt. 'He did not mention the nam of the former mooser, but the reference was unmistakable. It was In connection with a satirical ref erence of democratic claim to "Infallibility."- Hughes said: "Then a stalwart figure appeared before the American people. . He told them a few things and then the ad ministration changed' Its mind." Hughes assailed democratic control of the army and navy and promised "ompotent and efficient men" la the armv and navy portfolios If he was .elected, , , "'You've got an empire here In Alaska," he said. "I want to see It developed," and the crowd yelled Its approval ..In roof,-ralslng volume. Again the cheers came when, after declnrlng he had 4een associated In correcting abuses he declared not tn Alaska or olsewhore, "Is any one going to pull anything out If I know of It." "If we ever fall so low as to rcc.ig nine It as unnecessary to protect Am erican cltlsens." he asserted, might as well haul down '..n- flas.'' "The administration,", he declared .at anothor Juncttae'knooked HucrU out of tho box. It amuses, meu when 1 asked whether t favor lurventlon. Why the administration Intervened , when It sought to oust Iluerta " . Tlio republican nominee lint udrttvl a new feature or two to his reper tory and he Is now In such form that ha simply has to spring a few laugh getters, ill "pulls" these with a qulstlcal smile and acts mlghtly pleased with their Invariable result In laughter. Despite the faot that .he has polished off hit Pcu now w sos i sjsnv w Hi HEW LOAIi III U S. of noooio New York. Aug. 16. Details of the new Hrltlsh loan were announced by J. V, Morgan ft Company today. The Usue will be for $250,000,000 In two-year five-pound secured loan gold notes to be dated Sept. 1, 1916, with Interest payable semi-annually. At the option of the British gov ernment, the notes may bo redeemed In whole or In part on thirty uays' notice on any day until and Includ ing August 31, 1917 at 101 and ac crued Interest and on any day there after until their expiration at 100,. with accrued Interest. The loan will be secured by the deposit with the Farmers' Losn and Trust Compsny of New York, of 1300, 000,000 worth or securities, which hare been approved by Mor gan. A large part of these securities. It I understood, will consist of stocks and bonds of American corporations held in England and recently mobilis ed by the British government. One purpose of the loan Is to stab ilise exchange between the two coun tries. The loan Is the first ever negotiated by Great Britain here In which It was required that it be pro tected here by collateral. The col lateral must Include $200,000,000 worth of American securities. Of this, $100,000,000 must be In securi ties either Issued or guaranteed by the following governments: Argen tine, Chile, Norway, Sweden, Swlts erlsnd. Denmark and Holland. . If the value of these securities depre ciate so as to Impair, the twenty per cent margin, more securities must be deposited as collateral. ' The loan wlH be underwritten at 98 and Issued to the public at 99. AMKRKttN' ON8ULATfc NKARLY HIT 11Y HOMIW Home. Aug. 16. Austrian air raiders nesrly hit the United Statea consulate at Venice In their recent raid, It was learned today. Bombs exploded within thirty yards of the building, showering It with frag ments. United States Consul B. Harvey Carrol and his staff were bad ly frightened. i DEFER OPENING OF New York, Aug. 16. The Infantile paralysis epidemic again registered a decline for the past 24 hours tn figures given out ' by the health bureau today. One hundred and thirty-three new cases were reported, compared with 163 yesterday. There were 34 deaths, against 3 the pre vious day. It ,1s understood the bourd of education will defer the opening of the public schools for two weeks, hoping by that , time cool weather will have checked the epi demic. Fifteen children, the first discharg ed as cured, have left Wlllard Park er's hospital. ' 1 , - so that It Is a completely finished product, the governor now talks at a slower rate that he. has In years. James C Marriott, one of the oftclal stenographers 'on tho transcontinent al trip, who "has taken" Hughes' speeches for ,: the last twelve years, said todahe. was "hitting It up" at about 150 words a minute. "I recall times," he said, "when the governor talked at a rate of 180 or even 200 words a minute rate. He Is an extraordinary eusy man to take because )jo has splendid enunciation and talks tat an even rate of speed." ' Mrs. Hughes Joined the campaign party late,lat"nlght, greatly refresh ed after 'a water trip from Tacoma to' Scftttss, 1 Mrs. illughes so far hat not "missed sending a postcard to each of ttitT three Hughes girls Helen, Catherine and Elisabeth Lbac.k at Bsldgehampton, at every city whlchrJwr husband has remained for more than a few minutes. NEW YORK SCHOOLS Only Result Yet Obtained In Negotiations Between Chief Executive of the Nation and Railway Heads and Train men Is Agreement of Representatives ol 400,000 Laborers to Hold Personal Conference on Thursday Washington, Aug. 16. -One of the most dramatic Incidents In the history of American labor will be enacted tomorrow In the east room of the White House. Six hundred railroad workers, representing 400,000 of their fellows, wll hear from President Wilson, his reasons for believing they can settle the differences with their employers without using their threatened weapon paralytatlon of transportation. The men are coming to hear the appeal the president has made to their sub-committee. Word was con veyed to the president at 12:30 todaj' that the conference In New York be tween the dejegates of the general committee and W. S. Carter of the sub-committee had resulted In noth ing definite beyond an agreement to go to Washington. With the agreement by the manag ers to accept the basfc principle ot the eight-hour day, providing the question ot overtime shall be sub mitted to an Investigation, the em ployes were considering a proposition embracing this temporarily, with present rates for overtime. Both sides would thus yield some what from their original stands. The employes Insist the railroads or the president suggest the means of Investigation and allow them to pass on it. One plan discussed Is that advanced by the Industrial Re lations commission. It provides that in case of a disagreement such as the present, a board of mediation and n by Prince. . xn I be:- 1 CMARIbES -EVANS WGIHES AT GRANTS PAMN THURSDAY 'AUGUST IT. Investigation should, be created, to Include one member from each side and a third to be chosen by the two selected, or by the president. It wonld be necessary then to give by executive enactment powers to the board to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, compel attendance and testimony and demand production of 'pertinent evidence from both sides. - It is understood that the employes may be willing to make, or. at least, consider a six months' trial of the proposition comprising an eight-hour day and present rates of overtime. While the president today tem porarily ceased his activities as me diator, pending the conference held by the employes and managers In New York and Washington, admin istration officials are hopeful that with the resumption of direct efforts tomorrow. It will be possible to es tablish the groundwork for settle ment " The famed east room never held a gathering similar to that scheduled for. tomorrow. The gilded chairs will have to give wsy to camp chairs and the big gilded $10,000 gTand piano probably -will have to be rolled out. The dancing floor's smooth sur face la large enough, It is believed with the present decorative Impedi ment removed, to accomodate the 600 chairs. Such events as the Alice Roosevelt and the Jessie Wilson weddings and Roosevelt's dinner to Prince Henry of Prussia have been held In the east room. ' tmjr. St- ROOSEVELT WILL SPEAK IN MAINE FOR REPUBLICANS New York, Aug. 16. William R. WUlcox, chairman of the republican national committee, announced today that Colonel Roosevelt will speak in Maine Sept. 5 and 6, and In Battle Creek, Mich. Sept 30. Charles W. Fairbanks, republican candidate for vice-president, will also speak in Maine Sept. 5 and 6. Tentative plans hare been made to have Fair banks speak in Pittsburg on Labor day and during the same week In Oklahoma. ENGLAND MAY DECLINE . RELATION'S WITH GERMAXY London, Aug. 16. England ma? not resume diplomatic relations with Germany after the end of the war until Germany makes foil reparation for the execution of Captain Fryatt and similar alleged outrages, Premier Asqulth intimated In the house of commons today. The premier replied to a question put to the government by Sir Edward Carson. Sir Edward asked If. In view of the Fryatt and other casec, whether England was prepared to re sume diplomatic intercourse with Germany after the war unless- the alleged crimes were expiated. Asqulth said that In the opinion of the cab inet, the country would not tolerate a resumption of diplomatic inter course with Germany until such rep aration hadbeen made. The cabinet. ne aaaea, is consulting England's allies as to the best method for secur ing such reparation. WORLD'S RECORD BROKEN BY PACER AT COLUMBUS Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 16. Paced by a runner, Directum I, this after noon broke a world's record record of 12 years sanding at the Grand Cir cuit races. Driven by Tommy Murphy, he paced a mile and a. six teenth In 2:09, clipping five sec onds off the previous record made in 1904 by Cherry Lass. Directum I went the mile In 2:00. MADERO FAMILY TO RETURN TO MEXICO . Corpus Christ!, Tex., Aug. 16. Forty-eight members' of the famous Madero family of Mexico now re siding in Corpus Chrtstl, will return to their native country as the result of the Carranxa government granting amnesty to political refugees and re storing confiscated estates. we ao not consider this any special concession to the Madero family," said Alfonso Madero, brother of Francisco I. Madero, the martyred president, but it seems to be the pol Icy of the Carranxa government to re turn ail estates to their former own ers, thus bringing order out of chaos. "There is no way ot estimating the value of the Madero properties, which ran into the millions. There are hundreds of members ot the family now living In El Paso, San Antonio, New York City and Corpus Chrlstl. It Is our desire to return to Mexico as soon as possible, but until normal conditions are restored, we do not consider It safe." VMT EXPOSITION" BUILDING TO NEW SITE San Francisco, Aug. 16. A thous- and-ton building floating down the bay was the unique spectacle San Franciscans saw early today when the structure that officially represent ed Ohio at the Panama Pacific ex position was moved to San Carlos, 23 miles south of here. The building was purchased by the' Peninsula Country club of San Carlos as a club house. . It wss lifted bodily on barges and towed south today. ALLIES KEEP FORGING AHEAD Russians and Italians Main taining Steady Advances' Against the Germans, with Many Priscncrs Capfcred: London, Aug. 16. A steady ad vance by the Russians and aa Ital ian victory south of GoriU were an nounced In official despatches from allied capitals today, while an almost complete calm settled over the Anglo- French battle front :v i In southeastern Galicla, the Stars I are forging westward and have cap tured I Tillages, sdso other Austrian positions, the Russian war office an nounced. Only in the north, where stubborn Anstro-Germon resistance west of the Zlota Lip river has checked the cxar'a troops, is there any indication ot a slackening of the Russian advance. In ten weeks of General BrnsiloiTa offensive, the Russians claim to have taken 158,600 prisoners and a great amount of booty. ; , . . . The German war office countered upon .the Russian claim of further gain.. with a'statemest that Russian attacks north of the Dneister were completely repulsed with heavy losses in yesterdays righting. - Delayed des patches from Vienna covering Sun day's fighting make similar claims. The Italian war office announced thj capture of Austrian trenches south and east of Gorlts. ii ll nuiii TO THE BAPTISTS The Baptists last night won the Twilight, league baseball champion- ' ship for the year by defeating the Christians, with the score 8-5. The game was well played but the lead established by the Baptists in the first iTo innings was too great for the Christian sluggers to overcome. A good sized crowd was present and about ten dollars were taken in a col lection. This leaves a small deficit ' in the treasury. - t The first inning resulted in goose . eggs for each team but in the second ' the score was made 3-1 tor the Bap tists. By heavy hitting throughout the game they managed to keep this lead. The last inning was played in semi-darkness and It was nearly Im- ( possible to see the ball. In this in ning the Christians threatened to ral ley but after bringing their score up to five their hopes were doomed to disappointment. Trimble and E. Smith were the battery for the Christians while the Baptists had Summers in the box and O. Smith behind the bat. FRISCO MERCHANTS START TOUR SATURDAY San Francisco, Aug. 16. In the first chamber of Commerce trade ex tension excursion out of California, more than 100 local business houses will be represented on the trip to Marshfleld, Ore. The excursion leaves by train Saturday night and after a stop In Eugene, the trip to tho Coos bay metropolis will be made over the new railroad. Coos bay towns have arranged extensive enter tainment for their guests. ' , , Chicago. John J. Calvev. whose ' first Job was that of bell hop. cele- ' BASEBA on mnp brated the .first anniversary, of his appointment as, general manager of , ' the Auditorium hotel at a birthday dinner in his honor here last night. '