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DAILY EDITION VOL. VII., No. . t i, GRANTS PARS, JOSEPHINE COUNTf, OREOOX, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1016 WHOLE NUMBER 1880. !rr th'cp Town in ;tho World the Size of Grant Pass Has a Paper With Pull Leased Wi re Telegraph Service. GUESTSFRORfl PORTLAND PLEASED Many Expressions of Approval for Rogue Valley Heard al Reception Tendered by R. B. Miller Last Night Tho reception tendered by II. II. Miller and his associates Wednesday evening was a most fitting close to day of pleasant commingling between jtwo Jail doors and when the tire do the' delegation of Portland business psrtment attacked the crowd with men and local cltliene: The guests I,,rw,ra of w,tcr the ,orce! lho r,re' .... ... ... ,: men to retreat at gun polnta. were ntertalned upon tho beautiful 8fUln), ,)udlpV( tho mob hnrrM Uwn at the club house, about a hun- nlm to wtltng motor cars, threw a dred being present. Luncheon was rope around his neck, sped a quarter erred and the evening spent In mak-ot a mile to the Frisco depot and tng the acquaintance of the visitors. j h,ni lo lcloinon fcl .,... ... J Dudley, an ex-convlct and a white With Mr. Miller In the position of man w convfUd of flrlt dtgree roaster of ceremonies, which ponUlon ml,rder whlch CBrrle, wltB ,t t Mn. he graced most admirably, a number t)nce of fe lmpr.onment. K,ai or try visitors from out-of-town snddoPi , ,nfllct caplu, punahment. of local townspeople were called upon , for brief addresses. John F. Carroll, publisher of the Evening Telegram, first voiced the spirit of good will for the Rose Cltyltes, and said that they appreciated fully the entertainment that had been accorded them. "We of the metropolis of the state have com to one of the smaller cities for Inspiration, for" here ts a community that ts loins riant ahead dolnir tWnss ... ., ... . rniie otner communities are wbh-i lng," Other speakers who voiced the ill sa, 'mri niivHaria miw vivm tn r ,.. . h. th.v .a in .nnyrn nn.: simi Prru sis "',. w,p., and who besnok a closer relationship: tM.i.M.n.t.onrttM.oftho.tat.i,nBI weon ana 106 " ' , , ., . were Kmery Olmstead. vlce-pres dent . . . .i 1 v -1.. of the Northwestern Nations! bank , LMMi n . .v Addison nennctt, of the Oregonlan, and Julius h.i Meier, of the Meier & r rniin ciimwii7. rfuiint- uhj iu.uv m W T.J.a mAA one of his characteristic addresses, .I-- ..ll.f.nHnn !. Ih. Aim. 17111 1 aniiiK .mini Ri viuii ... u.c ... , , , ,., trlct was progress ng In material . . . ..... wars, and wh 0 he made no definite promises as to the plans of his com Continued on Page 3. PUBLICITY AN jopen up at Ilaltlmore (or the first Chicago, Sept. 31. Many promln- time In a counter-attack upon Repub nt Chicago men and women are ,ut-n Candidate Hughes on the elght breathlng easier today than thoy have hour Issue. for some weeks, following the con - nscatlon of a card Index case whereby tho blackmailers, some of whom are .n..mi.n.i n 1m iinrinr nrroMt horn. , Kepi iraca 01 moir victims. jngain wun appeals rrom ernes bcck "At leaBt twenty names were listed, ing a place among the chosen few. nnd opposite each was a note o( some iieforo accepting any of the lnvlta nilsconduct which the syndicate hoped tlona before him, the president Is to use (or extortion," said a detective making a careful study of the nature hore todoy who workod on tho case..' 0f the organisations before which he "All thoso listed were ot prom- has been asked to speak. Anything Inonco financially and socially here, that savors of a partisan meeting ts But tho names will not be given out," discarded, ho said. Evidence of tho syndicate's opera- tlons continues to pile up here. A 1 woalthy machinery manufacturer Is. . known to have becomo infatuated San Frnnclsco, iScpt. 21. Intro wlth a woman In a cafo, As the ductlon of testimony In the trial of romance waned, the woman told him Warren K. Billings, charged., with nh wan 111 and suRKostod he send bar murder In tho preparedness parade to tho mountains and " give her bomb explosion, was completed at 1100,000. (noon today, when the prosecution fln- ' "It you do not seo the Justloo of lulled Its rebuttal cane. The defense this, perhaps your wife will," she rested Its case "earlier tit the morn wroto him In answer to his objoctlons.'ing. Prosecutor Flckert will begin llo had the woman shadowed In New his argument for the state this after York and forced her to sign a state- noon. . ' ment that she hnd lied and absolving Several witnesses were called by him from further pnymonts. the state to bulwark the testimony of Another woman hired out as a John McDonald, the prosecution's stenographer and after several rounds star witness, who testified that he saw ot cafes and roral houses demanded Billings' deposit a suitcase, supposed flJ.OOO. iBut she did not get It when ly containing the fatal bomb, atfltew- 0 toctlvo expound her game. , art and Markit streets. MURDERER IS LYHCHE0 Iff 1,1 TO INGE CUE Olathe, Km., Sept. 21. Storming tho jail, fifty armed mtn early today lynched Burt Dudley, avenging the brutal murder of Mr. and Mr, Honry Mueller, (or which he was convicted Tuesday. The mob aroused 8hcrlff Carroll about midnight and demanded that Dudley be released to them, lie re fused. "Better let us have him,'" aald the mob leader, "we are prepared to take him." ' ' ' The men cut loose with a volley of shots and the officer yielded. But Mrs. Carroll had fled In the mean time with the Jail keys. Determined to get their man, the mob battered In WILSON TO SPEAK TO Asbury Park, N. J., Sept. 21. GRAIN DEALERS .-- Ti" ,B 10 nmgion ana Mex- firatnr I ni irr a nra let M afiall hv flhan'l. ...1 1 w . . .. ... ttjpmocrats lo Prcsldont Wilson s ao . . . . . . 1 drees next Mondsy afternoon before . . , . 4 t I lue "" WB UC11'" 11011 Baltimore. ,Mft I.I UA - . 1 . """". ' corded his speech, they believe, will . . , ' . ... 1 havo strong nfluence In two of the ; . , "... . . . most Importsnt voting strongholds of I i C0U f' ' . . , I Tha vrafn flualur. .pa lit Intlmttfa ; touch with the farmers.,' They also are among the foremost shippers of , , , . .. . ' the country, who, the railroads say, ' ' . . . . . iwl I "have to pay the, (re ghf u a 1 ... . K. . ..... result ot President Wilson (orcing j the eight-hour' "legislation through icongress. j 'Appreciating the Importance of the 1 address, the president already has be l gun work on It. It is likely to show j what the administration has done and proposes to do (or business and what 1 It has done (or the farmer. I ITt. K...M.... I. .I.a n.nnnlnj ,n i sinco tho news has gone forth that ih nrinlilent will acnent several west- rn speaking Invitations, the offices t.... ... ii...n ..mnot I COMPLETE TAKING OF mfjLIXGH CASE TESTIMONY UiHEUlSWIN COtlflEVIfSSIQN AND LOSE IN AGREES HI - Reach Tentative Plan by WPershing'sMenWai Remain Where They Are for the Time Being j New London, Conn., Sept 21. The Alexloan-Amerlcaa commission has about finished Its first task that of settling the problem or border patrol. A tentative program for border pa trol waa today practically completed. It provides that General Pershing's forces shall remain where they are (or the present. There Is an addl Uonal proviso by which the Carrania forces will take over a liberal share of the work of protecting the border. but Its exact form baa not been re vealed. v The United Press received positive i assurances 10114 that the plan con tains no recommendation (or an im mediate withdrawal. "The situation remains as It Is (or the present," It was stated. The entire plan Is being submitted to General Dllss (or his approval. Some revamping (or military reasons may suggesntself to Bliss. It is pos sible the whole plan will be in shape I by Saturday, but more probably it w ill require another week before ti Ico City for approval. if the scheme aucceeds and Car- ransa forces are (ound adequate, then .withdraws! of American troops troops Will ...... accompusnea inter. Villa's activities around Chihua hua will not vitally affect the situa tion. COPPER STOCKS 8TRO.NG IX XEW YORK MARKET New York, Sept. 21. U. S. Steel Common sold at 109, Up 1 and a new high record, shortly before the close ot the stock exchange this after noon. Coppers were strong and the general lists were Arm at the close, SYfJPATHETlC STRIKE Iffl BE CALLED IN N.Y. BY LABOR LEADERS New York. Sept. 21. -New York's protracted traction strike situation 'approached a crisis today. The last . .... . lany w nicn moor ifHueio duvb Biiuncu 1 the officials of the traction com-' panics to accept the proposals ot Mayor Mltchol (or (urther negotta- President Gompers of the A,merl tlons was ushered In with Increasing 'can Federation ot Labor has not come violence, and with no sign ot waver - lng by either side. Unless their demands met, are union organisers are prepared to call tomorrow for the greatest walkout In j honorable adjustment of this horrible Ernest Bohm, secretary of the Cen the history ot the city, a sympathetic situation. I want to bring about an tral Federated union, declared that strike of BOO.000 union workers. ' early settlement and I will do all in 'as a "last resort" a general sym- Prosldent Shonts ot the Interbor- my power to aid the carmen." pathetic strike of all trades and .ln- nugh announced today that tho posl- The citizens' committee of 75 will ustrles will be called. Hon of the company "will not be al-jcoufer with the mayor and Oscar Tho strikers are said to have en tered under any circumstances." jStrnus, chairman of the public ser-illsted 10,000 women pickets, who will Organizer Fitzgerald declared that j vice comWsslon. at 3 o'clock today, attempt to urge union men and wo unless the carmen's grievances are in a last effort to bring about a settle- men not to ride on the transit lines adjusted a "general strike will eVr-jment of some sort. First, they will of the city. talnly bo called Friday." ihear the side of the carmen, present-1 Service was again normal on the Crowds of strikers nnd sym-,ed by Organiser FlUgerald at a con-subway and elevated lines, and more pathleers are growing more hard to.forence which Gorupers will attond. 1 surface cars than usual were running handle as the crisis In the situation J The mayor, the police department and 'early today. draws near. Five hundred strikers ; city officials are now working along Over ascore of violent outbreaks and their sympathisers engaged In a tWo definite lines. One to prevent arly today were reported to police running battle with the police In rioting, the othfr to secure postpone-j headquarters and two men, arrested Central Park west last night, In the ment o( the effort to call a general (or violence, were charged with felony worst outbreak since the strlko be- strike. and face long prison sentences, gan, ' A police captain was knocked Meanwhile, In secret conferences, For the second time subway trains iinconsftlous and an aged woman serl ously hurt. The police department Battle in the Balkans Re sults in Shifting Fortupes, With No Decisive Engage ments fa Last Few Honrs -London, Sept. 21. -Halted in his invasion of eastern Roumanla, Field Marshal tod Mackensen has shifted his attack and la attempting to carry tho war Into King Ferdinand's coun try by a stroke from the northwest Tho German war office this after noon announced that the Austro- Germans have won victories on both sides of the Vulcan mountain pass, one of the gateways on the Rouman ian northwestern (rontler, after driv ing the Roumanians back 10 miles. The Roumanian war office admitted a retreat In this region, tut declared the Roumanians have halted and are j defending themselves behind a new fortified line. The Bulgarian war office today ad mitted the defeat of German and Bul garian attempts to penetrate the new Russo-Rouuianlan (ront In the Dob rudja. The Roumanian war office not rnly reported the repulse ot all Teu tonic attacks, but declared that the Russians and Roumanians are' now attcklng-on the whole, front. In Macedonia fierce Bulgarian counter-attacks have held up the pro gress ot the allied left wing, except at the extreme northwestern corner of Greece, where the French reported a three-mile advance. Some progress was made by the British on the Somme (ront last night, but bad weather hindered. op erations on both sides. The principal fighting on the western (ront occurred northeast ot, Verdun, where the French carried German trenches and advanced 100 yards at one point. Heavy fighting continued yesterday along the Russian (ront, hut there .was no change in the general sltua- tion, except In the Carpathians, where the Slavs captured a German position. today neys united office with the distrtct attor and the magistrates' cmna !n determined effort to stamp out rioting. Long term sentences have been threatened and more than a score now race terms from, nve to , 1 . twenty years. 1 out flatly In favor of the sympathetic strike, for which other leaders are uireporlug today. He said: , . am trying to help arrange an - the union leaders are laying their plans for the sympathetic walkout of II F IHFAltTflY PASS El Paso, Sept. 21. In -a column twenty miles In , length, national guardsmen and regular'' soldiers marched through the city and passed tho reviewing stand at Fort Bliss (or seven hours today In the biggest In fantry division review ever held In tbia country. More than twenty-six thousand men, marching (our abreast. comprised tho column. Every regi ment baa been filled to (all war strength by combining organisations, and every branch of Infantry la a division waa represented. In the reviewing stand were Major General Charles 1C. Clement, General George Sell, Jr.', and their staffs. From early morning until after noon the lines swung steadily through, the streets of El Paso and si miles beyond the city to the re viewing stands at Fort Bliss, to the music of thirteen bands. For hours a solid line of the famous four-point-seven artillery lumbered through the crowds. Then followed engineers, sanitary trains and signal corps, all with full war equipment. There were a thousand wagons and motor trucks and 8,000 horses and mules in the parade. At noon the lines halted while the men at their lunches by the roadside. In making up the division, one brigade of Massachusetts and Michi gan state troops were need, one brigade of Kentucky and South Caro lina and one brigade ot 'Pennsylvania and Ohio guardsmen. The remain der of the division was composed of tegnlara." - - " -" -'-r ' ' BRAVES PREPARE FOR WORLD SERIES GAMES Boston, Sept. 21. Although the Braves have been running In third place, with only an outside chance of capturing the National league pen nant, the? have made preparations tor the world's series. About' a month ago the Braves club announced that "whoevr got In first with their cash would be taken care of first on the post-series games. 'f Thousands of dollar piled Into the Boston National league offices from the (ana who did not want to be left. Should the Braves (ail to cop the pennant, the money is to be returned to the would-be world's series spec tators. CXCLE SAM WORKING DAY AND XIGHT OX SMALL CHANGE San Francisco, Sept. 21. The scarcity of small change has become so prevalent that Uncle Sam is work ing day and night to supply the ne cessary pennies, 'nickels and dimes. The San Francisco mint Is now work ing three eight-hour shifts, Instead of one, as heretofore,' in the manu facture of minor coins. union workers throughout .the city. While the police several days ago were Inclined to doubt Fitzgerald's power to call out these workers, state- ments from union heads today tend ed strongly to show that at least-some i of them would support the carmen. .were stoned today. 8everal persons .were Injured by flylnjr glass. II S REVIEWII1G STJUID BECilE A SHIPPER Dr. ReJdy Purchases a Half Interest fa Copper Eagb NearGalice, ad Wag:a Road Has Been Ccr:!ct:i Another producing mine was added to the southern Oregon district to day when a wagon road was com pleted to the Copper Eagle on Pea vine mountain, near Galloe. Imme diate hauling of the ore was started and will continue as long aa poesltle. aa several thousand tons of ore aro on the dump and the demand for this ore Is very great The mineral Is being shipped to the Tacoma smel ter, where it Is needed hecause of tho large per cent ot silica contained and which la necessary in the converter process at the smelter. A half Interest in this mine was recently purchased by Or. J. F Reddy, who Is interested In several mines In this neighborhood. Dr. Reddy states that the new mine la de stined to become one of the largest producer In this part of the country- MR. BRYAN SPEAKS, BUT NOT FOR WILS05 Missoula, Mont, Sept. 21. Wm. 7. -Bryan la to speak In Missoula next Sunday, It was announced today, bat he is not campaigning (or President Wilson, at least during his stay here. He has chosen the topic, "The First Commandment" " SPROULE TELLS OF Portland, , Sept. 21. Lumbermen and other northwestern shippers testi fied today In the Oregon public service commission's investigation into the. freight car famine. Charles MoGowan, manager ot the Ewauna Box company, of Klamath. Falls, In his evidence asserted the California Pine Box Shook company waa able to get can and make de liveries when he could not do so nnd their plant In Klamath Falls, with a production half as large as his, la given tully as many cars. Wm. Sproule, president of the Southern Pacific, was an Important witness in the opening hearing. He promised relief and asserted shippers conld help lessen the car shortage by not taking so long to load trains. AT ROUND-UP IN PEHOLETOII Pendleton, Sept. 21.- Pendleton's Round-Up opened with a bang today. Hours before the bronco-busting be gan a crowd of perhaps 60,000 swarmed around the huge arena.' The whole town Is like a great camp. Folks who came In autornqblles slept In them also. "Hot dog" venders reaped a har vest Cow punchers, girls In (rontler re galia, and noble red men In sketchy attire mingled with throngs of sight seers. ' A Red Cross fluttering (rom a pavilion In the grounds furnished the grim reminder ot what some of tho outlaw horses might do to their would-be riders botore night. SHORTAGE 60,000 ; 1 1
