DAILY EDITION
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VOL. VII., No, 2.
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Govini
AFTER COAL
. TRUST
Dissolution of the Reading
Combination Is Sought,
Brief Bring Filed in U. S.
Supreme Court Today
Wtihlngton, Sept. 19. Declaring
th "Reading combination" U the
backbone of an alleged , anthracite
monopoly, that It control! about two
third of the anthracite deposit and
that It supply will outlast many
year that of auy other producer, the
government today filed In the United
Stat supreme court It brief ask
ing for complete separation of the
Reading company, tho Philadelphia
& Heading Hallway company, the
Philadelphia k Reading foal & Iron
company and other.
Violation of the nnti-trnut law 1
charted.
A docialon In Mil rate In the dis
trict court w it only partly favorable
to tho government, but iu some im
portant aspects the decision was ad
verao to the government. Cross ap
peal to the aupreme court followed.
In It brief the government con
tend that unit's tho combination Is
completely dissolved, It will In time
own or control every available ton of
commercially available coal known to
ilt. The combination was estab
lished, the government contends,
through acquisition of tho Schuylkill
canal, wholesale purchase of anthra
cite coal Innds. purchases of the out
put ot Independent producers, exces
sive freight rates, preferences and re
bate granted to the Reading Coul
company and other ways.
It Is further rontendod the Read
ing combination acquired control of
the Central Railroad of Now Jersey,
a competing carrlor, and of the Ie
blgh ft Wllkesbarre Coal company, a
competing anthraetlte producer,
"thereby further restraining and
monopolising production, transporta
tion and sale ot anthracite coal."
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London, Sept. 19, Great 'battle
between whole (lost of land dread
naught may result from the Intro
duction ot the new "tanks," or
motor cars, monsters, In the Sommo
fighting by tho British, a Times cor
respondent at British headquarters
suggested today. J
"In one hort hour," the corre
spondent wired, "the tanks' did more
military service and killed more tier
mans In uniform than all the Zep
pelins have over done. It may be that
before this war Is done, we, the Our
mans and' nil tho allios alike, shull
be building other monsters, hughor
and each more horrlblo'than the lust,
until there will be land battles of
wholo fleets of drcadnaughtB and tor
rential monsters."
Only ono of tho "tanks" whs des
troyed In the Sommo fighting, It was
learned today. In the ronter of
Rouleaux wood, where fierce fight
ing occurred, one ot the new mon
sters lies with Us nose In the earth
between the opposing lines, forming
a barricade for both 'British and Ger
mans. How It was destroyed, bus
not been revealed In despatches from
he front.
INTRODUC
TANKS
MOD
WAR
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No Other jlWii in the World the Size of Grants Pass
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TRACTORS FDR
DUIUS
SOUGHT BY U. S.
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Washington, Sept. 19. Twenty
seven caterpillar tractor, similar to
those converted . Into "land dread
naught tank" by the British in
northern Prance, will oon bo a part
of tho U. 6. army's equipment. The
same Peoria, 111., firm whloh sup
plied the British with tho engines for
the armored fighting monitor ha
contracted to build the hugh tractors
for this government. They, are to be
delivered within ninety days.
The tractors will weigh between
11,000 and 14,000 pounds. This Is
'considerably below the weight of the
tractor furnished for Engtand. Their
price will be 14,755 etch. It will
jcoet 11,000 additional for encasing
'them In armor.
Colonel Rice, of the ordnance de
jpartment, explained today that while
these tractors coiilo easily be turned
Into land dreadnaughte similar to
the British tanks, It Is unlikely this
will be dono.
"Conditions here would not call for
such engirt of war." Rice ssld. "In
fho flnt nine It lit not likelr that
'war In America would develop Into
trench warfare, because of the enorm
ous distances, except where It wonld
be confined to local territories."
Tho tractors 'bought for the U. 8.
army are to be used to haul big guns.
They will bo armored and probably
will carry rapid firing rifles, but more
for defense than offense. They are
much similar to the ordinary farm
tractors, except thst they are more
powerfully constructed.
IN
New York, Sept. 19. Upwards of
40 persons were Injured, most, of
them girls en route to work, In four
accidents today, growing out of the
j street car strike.
A Jitney auto truck, crowded with
'girls, swerved eharply approaching
i the Wllllamrfburg forldge and pitched
its two score passongors into the road
way, Home of them fell beneath
other automobile or the hoofs of
horses and received serious Injuries.
A Third avenue car operated by
a strike breaker.Jumped the track
and crashed into a telegraph, pole.
A motorman and two passengers were
Injured.
Two cars In tlie llronx. operated by
green motormen, wero In collision,
but nono was Injured. The police
explained that strike hardened Bronx-
.Ites always keep their eyes on the
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moioriuen uowauays,' nu jump ue
foro ho crash contest ,
Mayor ' Mltchol and Chairman
Strauss ot the public service commls-
jslon, conferred this afternoon with
business ana commercial leaaer in
an eleventh-hour attempt to avert
the general sympathetic strike threat
ened by union leaders, unless the
railway companies agree to arbitra
tion. tv (xmit xX(i:incs
DKFUAT lY SPKAKKU
Detroit, Sept. 19. Ty Cobb this
afternoon concoded his defeat by
Trls Speaker, of the Indians, tor bat
ting honors ti the American league,
This season mark the first In 10
years that' Cobb has been deprived of
the title of premier Wtsman ot the
league. ; '
"I'm not worrying shout tho 'hat
ting 'championship," Cobb said this
afternoon. "I gavo up all hope of
beating out Speaker two weeks ago,
My whole concern now Is In aiding
the Tigers to cop ths" pennant."
MAY
INJURED
ACCIDENTS
PASS, JOfiEI'inXB COUXTY, OREGOX,
NUBuS ENTRIES
DELUGE EXPOSITION
AH Departments Are Filled to Overflowing, and Judges
Will Commence the Work of Placing Awards Wednes
day Morning-Continuous Program of Sports' and
Tnusements Provided-- fanner" Smith Tonight
The gates ot the Josephine county Berksblres from Winona ranch are
fair swung open to the public thle.the equal ot any to be found in the
morning, and for three days the ex-j United States. There are also fair
position at the ball grounds will be showings of poultry, sheep and
the center of attraction.
The secretaries and clerks were
swamped this- morning when entries
rolled in upon them, and In every
department the chief have been!
rushing to get the displays arranged
ibu lue various ouuaings in snip-:unic.
jsbape. In consequence of this
eleventh-hour entry by exhibitors, the
placing of awards can not begin till
Wednesday, when the Judges will
commence their work. Every de -
partment will be full, however, anoj
the competition will bo keen.. I
Kxhlhlt llulldlug Are Filled
Two main display buildings have
been erected, the first housing the
ladies' textile department. In this
are to be found many raagnIflcenUompany, will address the public.
exhibits ot woman's handiwork,
paintings, flowers, canned fruit, etc.
Beyond Is the horticultural building,
and though It is spacious, it falls to
provide the room that should be
given to the rich array ot products
of farm and orchard. Within this
bullding'are the exhibits of four of
the granges of the county Merlin,
Frultdale, Murphy and Rogue River
Valley granges being represented.
The Btokk. pens that are built be
yond are housing the best display of
tock yet brought to a Josephine
county tair, uie snowing oi uairy
siock is especially soon, ana me
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DID
LE" OF BILLINGS OFFERS ALIBI
for m mm bomb suspect
San Francisco, Sept. 19. By call
ing the "double" of Warren K. Bil
lings to the witness stand, the de
fense In the murder trial resulting
from the preparedness day bomb plot
this morning opened a wide breach
In the state's chain of evidence.
Shortly after the defense opened
Its case, Attorney Maxwell McNutt
called to the witness stand Al De
Cassia, a clerk. De Cassia bears a
j remarkable reeemblance to Billings,
lie testified that It was he, and not
( Billings, whom the prosecution wit
nesses saw on the root at 721 Market
Bireei jubi umuru wio vajjiubiuu.
The j eame high cheek bones,
straight nose and peculiar Indentation
ot the forehead by which state wit
nesses had Identified Billings were
prominent' characteristics of the de
fense's new witness,
DeCosula testified that It was he
who leaned over the edge of the roof
and waved atv pedestrians below, Tho
people he hailed were not Mr. and
Mrs, Thomas Mooney, hamb plot sus
pects, but were companions who
worked for the same Arm on Market
street. '
While the audience jvhleh packed
the court room watched with tenso In
terest, De Cassia climbed on a chair,
leaned over the edge and Imitated the
gestures which state's witnesses tes
tified wero made by Hillings.
The only other person on the root
with him at any time, DeCassIa. testi
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1910.
Has a Paper With Pull Leased
GATE
horses.
Numerous local firms have taken
advantage of the opportunity to
make showing from their stocks, and
Uncle 6am I on the ground with ex-r
hlblts from the forestry and the post-
qepanaienis.
The Moose band Is continously
Ion the Job discoursing fine music,
and the race track in front ot the
grand stand Is the scene ot many
sports and races. ,
"Farmer" Smith Will Speak
The fair will not be open this
evening, but at eight o'clock, at Rail
road park, "Farmer" Smith, of the
O.-W. R. & N. company, and Frank
S. Bramwell, of the Utah-Idaho Sugar
The big dance at the pavilion con
structed alongside Railroad park will
be on this evening after the ad
dresses, and there will be a series of
sports upon the streets and at the
band stand.
Wednesday will be the big time at
the fair. The delegation of Portland
financiers, newspaper men and others
from the Rose City, to arrive on No.
13. in the morning, will visit the fair
between nine' and ten o'clock. The
placing of ribbons upon the prize
winning exhibits will be lnprogress,
and there will be a lively program
of sports. i
v
fied, was a photographer, carrying a
small black camera, who remained
there until after tour o'clock.
Attorney McNutt Intimated that
Billings himself may take the stand
this afternoon or tomorrow.
Thomas Dodge, a motion picture
man, was called by the defense andltunlty.
contradicted the testimony ot Trafflo
Policeman Moore that Moore had
talked to Mooney in front ot 72VMar-
ket street.
The defense called John McDonald,
the state's star witness, who again
denied telling any one ot three men
that the police had paid him for his
testimony.
The defense later called Henry
Plncus to the stand to corroborate
De Cassia's testimony, lie said that
he tried to go on the root ot the
building with Do ChbhIii, but that a
girl prevented him. ' ,
Plncus apparently figured- as "the
little Russian Jew", whom Miss
Estelle Smith testified last week in
sulted her when she refused to let
him go on the root.
W. P. Crump was another defense
witness who told ot av mysterious
photographer on the roof ot the
building. v T
Just before court adjourned, De
fense Attorney McNutt said he Is
searching for the photographer who
was on the roof ot the building, and
hopes to Bet him to testify.
Wi re Telegraph Service.
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New London Conn., Sept. 19.
The threatened rift In the Mexican-
American conference appeared today
to have been closed, at least tempor
arily.
The American commission has con
sented to five Immediate considera
tion to the withdrawal ot troops and
to arranging for border protection.
In this matter, the Mexicans have
pledged to send a force to replace
Pershing's men.
On the whole, the Americans feel
that there is no actual break' ahead.
But the Mexican temper Is such,
manifestly, that the border patrol and
withdrawal questions must be decided
definitely, and at once, else there will
be trouble ahead for the commission.
The Mexicans have pledged them
selves to hunt Villa to the "bitter
end." The attack on Chihuahua sim
plifies the problem, they say. Hither
to it ha been a problem ot locating
the bandit leader rather thai) fight
ing him, and now they foelieve he has
revealed his whereabouts. ; .
One big problem, upon which the
world in general -must pass, Is the
subject ot the Mexicandeclaration ot
"equal rights" to Mexicans and for
eigners in Mexico. The Mexicans say
Mexico wlli be more peaceful by rea
son of becoming "less subject to out-
sifie contentions," 'hence, Carranxa
will put both Mexican and foreign in
terests "on the same footing."
IS'
TAKEN BY VILLA
El Paso. Sept. 19. With six auto
mobile loads ot ammunition captured
from the 'arsenal In the attack on
Chthuahua City Saturday and with
more than a thousand recruits from
the Carrania ranks added to his
forces, Francisco Villa today is re
ported fleeing back Into the fastnesses
of Santa Clara canyon, entering it by
the east mouth.
De facfo government troops from
j Chihuahua City have abandoned the
chase of the "Fox of the Sierras."
In the meantime new troops from
Monterey and other points south are
being rushed north to take up the
trail of the ibandlts.
General Trevlno, Carranza com
mander at Chihuahua City, fears to
use the men recruited from northern
Mexico against Villa, as they Invari
ably desert to htm at the first oppor-
Military men here do not under
estimate the Importance of Villa's at
tack on Chihuahua City.
Scores of refugees from Chihuahua
City arrived In Juares last night,
bringing first-hand accounts of the
attack and confirming meager reports
that the Vllllstas overran the city nd
left It at their leisure.
Only two civilian residents were
AMMUNITION
injured and none of the lew Amerl-ifor the sugar factory, which will he
can residents. In the early fighting j Inspected, when the trip to Waters
the Vllllstas herded all civilians who Creek, and through the Illinois val
appeared on the streets Into a vacant iley, will be continued. Lunch will b
building and kept them Inside while served on Deer creek,
the fighting wVs In progress. I Only a few of the excursionists will
All Incoming refugees from theihave to return home in the evening,
south declare that a large number of land at least 25 of the visitors will be
de facto troops deserted and march
ed away with Villa with tholr arms
and ammunition. Before beginning
the. retreat, six automobiles, com
mandeered by the bandits, were back
ed up to the arsenal and loaded with
ammunition. Four hundred Carransa
mutineers guarded them on the
march out. ( "
Most of the 1,200 political prlsorr-
ors In tho penitentiary were released.
by Jhe Vllllstas.
WHOLE XUMBER 1833.
HI IS
TARGET
OF ALLIES
Trcsps Cress the Serbia
Frostier At Two Pchts
and Are Advancing fcr
Attack Upsa Bdgar Base
London, Sept 19. Allied troops
have crossed the Serbian frontier at
two places and are advancing against
the Bulgarian base at Monastlr. Ser
bian soldiers are fighting on their na
tive soil for the first time since their
retreat through Albania last winter.
They have captured a series ot
heights from the Bulgars at Kamak
cbalan, and have crossed tbe Serbo
Greek border north ot Lake Ostrovo.
French and Russian troops are en
gaged with the Bulgars near Kenale,
on Serbian territory. Practically all
the territory conquered by the Bul
garian right wing In the recent Inva
sion of Greece' has already been re
captured by, the Serbs, French and
Russians.""'''"''""";'
The most savage fighting has oc
curred where Serbs and Bulgarians
came In contact. Eager for revenge,
the Serbs are flinging themselves at
the Bulgarian' lines with knives and. t
bayonets. Despeiate hand-to-hand
fighting was reported northwest of
Lake Ostrovo. ". ; ' ;
The Bulgars have made almost no
strong stand since .; their first
defensive positions were wrecked by
French and Serbian artillery. They
hare moved steadily northward in re
treat, excepting at Fiorina, where
they offered stubborn resistance, but
were defeated by French and Rus
sian forces. i
General Cordonnler. French com-
jmander, established Headquarters la
Fiorina, and ordered the pursuit ot
the Bulgars continued, says an.
Athens dispatch today.
TO
BIG DELEGATION
The latest report from Portland
was that at leaa.t, 35 would be In the
excursion party that would leave
for Grants Pass this evening. Tbe
party will arrive here at 8:S5 Wed
nesday morning, and will be met at
the . depot "by the local committed
with automobiles sufficient to carry
the party on a tour ot the county.
First will be a ride around the city,
arriving at the tair grounds at about
9:30. Following inspection of the '
exhibits t the fair, the special train
on the new railroad will be boarded
In the city till Thursday, and it Is
hoped that they can be given a rid
through the upper portions of tho
Rogue valley and see Medford, Ash'
land and the other cities of that por
tion. No visit to the Rogue valley
can be said to foe complete without
an auto ride from the Junction 'ot
the .Rogue and the Illinois to tho
foothills at Mount Ashland, and tho
local committee hopes to make tho
visit of ths Portlanders complete. .
PORTLAND
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