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1 t . . mm DAILY EDITION VOI VH(. v.. '.; (illANT IMtW. JOnKPHIXE COUNTY, OREOOX. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1010. W HOLE HTMHER i90t. OiImt Town it. tlif WY.rh, the of Grant Par Has a Paper With Pull Leased Wi . .jfrapL bervice. : ! . , V CAPITAL AfJD i unnn miT LHoun rur Tfl TfQT IU ILUI Idlrial; Battle Opens at WasHtca Wlea Joint Ccssittee ca Interstate Ccszsrce Starts Probe Washington, Nov. SO. The curUIn lifted here on one of the iftoat dratna tle battles or industrial unlta In the nation's history today. Tbe Joint Wmutlttee on Interstate commerce alerted It inveellgallon of rondltlint relating to Interstate and foreign coromerco and tbe necessity for fur ther regulation along the Unea of the Adamaon elKht-hour law and to near ly all Interstate public utllltlM. Represented In the fight are com merclel organisations of all kind and from all over the country, great cor poration! and Industries. Kvery In fluence of capital and labor lll clah during the bearing. The railroad' light will be direct ed by the railway executive' advisory oommltte. or which Frank Trumbull, chairman of the Chesapeake A Ohio, l the head. The brotherhood will nave their four chief Stone of the engineer. Carter of the Bremen, lee of the trainmen, and Sbopard of the tonduotora ll of whom are now In the city ready for work. Kaeh tide la armed with atatUtlce to support contention that have been made for years. "Tbe public I Inlereited moil ahd la the one to be considered In thl controversy," Judge Adsnuon, head f the Joint congressional committee, and parent of the eight-hour law. Mid today. "Doth tbe employer and the employe aeein to forget they are our aervanta." ' During the day Judge Adamion will confer with President WlUon on the matter of putting through con ire the legislation the preHldent ha proposed for aettlement and prevent ing of Industrial dispute. The Amer ican Federation of Labor already ha sent out It challenge on urh regu lation voicing oppoiHlon to any law which will limit the strike. right of labor. ' In a formal atalement before the convention, Chairman Newlaods ex plained the object of (ha bearing, "Upon tha Initiative of President 'Wilton, a congressional Joint commit 4 composed of Ave, aenatora and live representative wa anOiorlxed to In veetlgate all problem referring to tranaportatlon and to. make a new amy not only of tha defect of the existing ayatem, If there are any, but of lmprovementa which may b mad In that ayatem," he tald. "We want represented every cla organisation and Interest connected -with tha aubjeot of tranaportatlon, 'The Inquiry will relate to avery phas of transportation, rail oarrlora, river earrlars and ocean carrlera, and H will alto o applied to telegraph and telephona line, axpreaa com panioned other public utllltlei. "It will embrace not only tha tub Jest of government oontrol and regu lation of these utllltlei, but alto tha wUdom and tha feasibility of govern ment ownarehlp and -jomparatlva worth and . efllolency of government regulation and oontrol as compared with government ownership and oper-, tlon.", ; i Newlaudl aald tha bearing would Investigate whether the Interstate .commerce commission Is now over loaded and, If to, how thlt could bt remedied. , Tha committee apart It morning session classifying those who4 will 'be 1... J . 11.1,, HftpMnnN l Avmi.II MM IITHI Ul hi.vi.iwii wwv....w ... 11 ... . ' anipiioa was nniui Rome surprise wat occasioned, when TSCHLAIiD TO MAKE .ANOTHER New London, Conn., Nov, 0. Fol lowing the lifting of libel against the Deuttrhland by filing of bond by a surety eomptfhy thl afternoon, It wa reported the German submarine freighter; might make her second start for Bremen tonight. Paper In three libel aulta totaling $130,000 were , filed agalutt the Deiitscliland' by adminlitratora for the estate of Captain John Ouerney, Clarence Davidson and William Capron, who lost their Uvea when the submarine rammed the tug T, A. Scott, Jr. A fourth ault for 120,000 waa to bo filed by tha administrator of the estate of Edward O. Jackaon, fireman on the tut. The Maryland Casualty company, of Dalllmore, Died IM.OOO bond In superior court, releasing the Deutseh land. ..--: EJECT BRITISH OUT OF GRAHOCOURT Berlin, via Sayvlll. . Nov. JO. Ejection of British troop from the western nart of the vHl.se of Grand- Jcourl waa announced In today's offi cial atatement. Tbe report declared the British sus tained heavy losses In attack agalntt the Qernian line. -' V , ' - "Kngllth artillery Ore or yesterday j wa generally less strong on both 'Ides of the Ant-re," the atatement aald. - "Between Berraand Beaucourt, and against our position couth ,of MlraViont, during the evening hour, attack were launched. They tailed, with heavy losses to the enemy. . . "Our Infantry, In band grenade en gagement, ejected the English from the western rt of Orandcourt." . MUST QUIT FAT JOBS Sacramento, Nov. SO, Twenty-five tlatf legislator will have to give tip other j tate position of employment, or trust, aa a result of an opfnlon by Attorney Oeneral Webb, tq State Con troller Chamber today, relative to the Initiative measure recently adopt ed by the people prohibiting law maker from holding other state Jobs. Tha opinion, aaya that not only the Jeglilatora-etect, upon flukllfylng for their offices, but those who are now serving are effected. . K ,. The opinion also emphasises that a atata senator or assemblyman can not resign hi legislative place with the hope of ataylng on hla steady state Job that even It he resigned he would toe disqualified from holding tha ateady position. v . ., Soma of the senators and assembly men will be forced out of their state Jobs tor only about, a month, until their legislative terms expire, while other will lose their regular atata "meal tloket" altogether. railway head failed to ask represen tation. The brotherhood chief may later make application to be heard.' Capital, represented by a mighty Hit of railroad presidents and head of commercial , organisations, jiorved notice that It wanta full hearings. The main oontentlona of this, group, It waa announced, will be opposition to government ownership oC,.publlc utlll tlei and lupport of federal control. Representative of statt railway cpm missions announced ( they will fight any attempt to. wrest control from them. Requests for hearing came from business organisations In Boston, P.hltftdelphlk," Chicago, New York, Seattle, Memphis and elsewhere and from telephone and telegraph and express roriijmnltVtl'nnio bodies tind livestock Jt"rowtr'"orgihlstlpn, V ' . . ATTEMPTTO SAIL CALIFORNIA 5 Bf" 1iSb ALLIES 0F111I3 Frca EaS Cly, E:t Escape Frca EccircH2 K9VuewtS2eiuS I iSwe London, Nov. 20. Wh rain and sleet Interfering with rull resumption of operatlona along tha Bom me, It waa the Balkana that furnished moat of the battle newa today. Additional advicea served to Increase tha bril liance of General Bar rail's French-Russlan-ttalian-Serblan victory In the taking or Monaatlr'. It la now doubt ed here that the, Oerman-Bulgarlan f orcee can make complete escape from the encircling of the allied flanking movement. Desperate light ing la proceeding aa the allies strive to close In atlU further onithe retreat ing Teuton-Bulgara. Road churned Into a aea of mud from snow and rain will. It la believed, make It Impossible for the Teutonic force to proceed with aufficlent haste -in their retreat to accomplish a complete withdrawal of orcee and equipments . Moreover, It appear that, far from being content with mere occupation of the city, the allied forces are (till thrusting forward in their drive. Prllep, to which city the enemy la 'Withdrawing, It about 14 mile to the north. The way a for the most part across level ground, with very few natural defensive feature. The allied occupation of position along the Cerna river bend givea them a ful crum for their lever to force clear ance of the plain. Military critic here today agreed that tbe rapture of Monastir la of the Continued on page I) M.C. GOES TO CAPITALS BY THE AIR ROUTE ...Washington. Nov. 20. Flying high and circling In great spiral form around the White House. Congressman-elect nieakeiey of Pennaylvanla arrived here at 5 p. m. today, a . Philadelphia,' Nov. 20. Sergeant Wm. C. Ocker, United Statea army aviator, left here shortly before ! o'clock thla afternoon for Washing ton, with Congressman-elect O. D. Bleakeley, of Franklin, Pa., a his paasenger the Brat member of con gress to travel to the capital by air. The aeroplane la the property of Congressman-elect - Bleakeley. He expects to travel to and from hi home while congresa la In session by the air route. Ocker Is on leave of absence and brought ' the machine down from Mlneola, I I. . 'ANT EN EXPORT OF WHEAT Ban Franctaoo, Nov. 10. A nation al campaign to persuade President Wilson to put an embargo on exporta tion of wheat and of food products. In an effort to prevent further rises In the cost of living, will be carried by retail grocers the country over, ac cording to announcement today by, Chairman Frank Connolly, of the exe cutive committee of the .National lin ts!! Ofooers' association, It li plan ned to place a petition Jny inch n embargo In cvury grocery nlid ask customers to tm (t. ! , Hexicaa Ceri::s &3 Scca Cera b hpuzzi t WiA tie U. Sfsr Paiicce b Near Bredzj Pczt Washington. Nov. 20. The admin istration will stand for but little fur ther delay from the Mexican tide of the Atlantic City conference. Its pa tience la at Hie breaking point and the next four daya may bring Import ant developments. The Mexicans will be told emphatically, In language stripped of all diplomacy, that the United Statea can not alt In the ses sions if dilatory, obstructive tactics are continued. By such means tbe administration hopes to force a peaceful agreement on vexatious problems between the two nation. The border patrol plan la but part of what the government hopea to accomplish. Primarily, however, protection and ' safety of American rights and property In Mex ico la the big problem. ' ; The United Press learned theae facts from a trustworthy source to day. . .t ; ; What the alternative course Is In event of rallnre at Atlantle City no one would aay. President Wilson, Secretaries .Lane, Lansing and Baker alone know what It la. But It It free ly predicted by those close to Mexi can problems that a ahitt In policy will be forthcoming which will deal rather more atrlctly with Mexico than in tha past.' The administration, however, la really hopeful that such Ideaa need not be used; leaders think that the Mexican commissioners will be whipped Into line. : OUR GEO, HITS CO Portland, Nov., 20. Carrying a pro posed - amendment to the United Statea constitution, abolishing the electoral college. Senator George E. Chamberlain of Oregon la en route to Washington today. He, believes the electoral college Is obsolete and that the president ahould be chosen try direct, popular vote. ': ... " In explaining that the electoral col lege ayatem might frustrate the will of the majority, Chamberlain pointed out Juat before, atartlng east that In the present election 5,000 votes In California . might have awung that atate to Hughea and elected htm, whereas Wilson had a popular' lead of 400,000 volet throughout the country. ,. .'...;. Chamberlain aald hit amendment would be proposed so It could become effective before the 130 election.' E SUICIDES AT HUSBAND'S DEATH Loa Angelea, Nov. 20. The death toll of the drand Prix race at Santa Monica Saturday waa raised to six today,- when pretty Mrs. Gwendolyn tlonsjlomo, 21 yenrt old, unable to bear the grief of her husband's death, caused through an automobile crash Saturday while returning from the fatal event, ended her life by swal lowing poison , thla morning,'. Her husband, a prominent attorney, waa hilled while returning from the race last Saturday. Or'of caused he (fo'r rash. act? .:,. ,. 3 V'w ELECTORAL COLLEGE PEfHTEHTIARY Salem, Nor. 20. Charles A. Murphy, of Pendleton, was appointed warden of the, Oregon penitentiary by tha state hoard of control, la an executive session today. lie take office immediately. " Murphy Is at present chief engi neer of tha insane ootpital at Pendle ton. Governor Witbycombe and State Treasurer Kay voted, for him at to day's meeting. Secretary of State Olcott, the third member of the board, cast bis ballot tor Frank Meredith, of North Yakima, Wash., former secretary of tbe atate fair board here. , TREVIuO BACK III CHIHUAHUA CITY 1 Paao, Nor. 20. From the pas sengers of a refugee train reaching Juaret at midnight last night. United States agents obtained confirmation of the return of Oeneral - Trerino, Mexican do facto commander, to Chi huahua City after marching his army out to open a campaign against Villa. The train toronght 200 frightened natives, many of them women, to the 'border. Trerino Is impressing all ; able-bodied men Into his army, the ! natives aald, and the civil population of Chlhnahna City is momentarily ex j pecting a bandit attack upon the city. One woman told of aeelng the body of a gray-haired American lying In front of the Jimlnet hotel In Jlminex, It la believed here the body waa that of Dr. Fisher. Another woman, who claimed to have come from Parral, aald she saw four Americans being taken along the street by the ban dits, hut does not know their fate. A report wired from Carransista military headquarters at Chihuahua Cltyststed thst all Americana In Par ral fled the town upon advice of Gen eral Luis Herrera, Carranxtsta com mander there. . Many other conflict ing reports are reaching the border concerning the rate of tho Ave Ameri cana who did not leave with a party of Alvarado mining men. New York, Nov. 20. Six men Were killed and several Injured today when the boiler of the tug Rambler 'ex ploded. The boat waa lying at her pier In the Eaat river. ' . SEATTLE ViOl SHOOTS SISTER Seattle, , Nov. 20. Miea Alice Carey, 20 years old,' la near death, with three bullet wounds In her body, fired by her sister, Mrs. Margaret Hartman, who afterward committed suicide by taking poison during a lit of temporary Insanity Sunday morn- . The tragedy waa enacted on the dairy ranch of Robert Hartman, hus band of the dead woman, near Red mond. ' ',' ' " Both women were graduates of the University of Michigan. Their par ents live In 8andusky, Ohio. At the Lakeside sanitarium at Klrkland to day, MlasCarey, Dr. George H. Davis, her physician,' and the husband 'ad vanced, only the theory of Insanity Ia nlsln lha aITaIi . : ' I.' .' Ml Carey was washing dtshe In ' the kitchen,, she . said, and , Robert Hartman and his father were work-' log Outside. ' 'Mrs, Hartman walked Into th kitchen ' and fired the first thot Into her stater's back. Miss Carey turned. Two more bullets. In quick., succession, entered her abdo men. ' r . '. .. v" k' ; Her sister. turned and fled upstairs, where the took formalin, and, the physician, .taya,," probaMy died In-; etantty; V';': , v,;; '""'' V?.- OEIWD SET BY BIRD t3nYtACc7j87J New Tork, Not. 20. Miss Rath Law, little American, took her place' as tha premier woman aviator of the world today when she equalled tha American record for cross-country flying. She landed at Governor's Is land at S:28 a. to., having flow 840 miles from' Chicago in an old-style exhibition aeroplane. V ' Vis Law made but two stops, the first at Hornell, N. T., and the second at BIngbampton, where she spent the night She was forced to alight bo-, cause the, had run out of gasoline. Fully exposed to tho wind and cold, owing to tbe fact that the type of machine she drove forced her to ait: out in front of bar motor without any shield for protection, tbe plucky young woman outstripped Victor ( Carbrtrom'a record for continuous e roes-country flight, made on Novem ber 2 in tho very newest typo of ma- ney and flew farther than baa any wuuiu utiunio iinor;. Miss' Law left Chicago at 7:25: (central time) Sunday morning. She" reached Hornell, 690 milea away, at 2:24, continuing 120 miles farther t Binghampton, reaching there at 4:20 p. m., and resumed her flight early, this morning. Her flying, time tor tho entire trip was eight hours and1 59 minute. .. "i s , ;'; ! . In announcing Mjss Ruth Law's1 official time tor her flight from Chi- cago to New York, the Aero Club of -America isday placed it at 8 hours, and 55 minutes actual flying time. Tbe distance waa estimated at 870 mile.. ;;'!' ';'.'' '-- ,;: i''''1. "' V V New Tork. Not. 20. The very flrat ; thing Miss Rntb'Law asked for today . when ah finished the record-breaking aeroplane light on Governor's Island waa face powder. Her nose was aamy. ;... She was hustled Into a waiting au tomobile at the army aviation field, whisked away to tha home ot Major , Wm. Hartman, of the army algnal corpa. and the travel washed off her rosy face. Then thla daring maid ot the air, who bad out-Carlstrommed Chicago to New York placidly asked . of Mrs. Hartmann: ' ' ' . "May I borrow aom ot your face powder?" ' . Having powdered N her nose, she telked to tho United Press of her flight Sitting In a automobile, aad . rosy-cheeked from contact "with the . frigid air of the. upper regtona, swathed In aheeoekln and oIlad tar- 1 menu, snv riumiiy uvwrivea uwi . thrilling Toyage. . "rnt awfully well pleased that IT? . been able to beat the American re- cord," Mlsa Uv began. "But I conld have dona better. I belter I could have made the flight all the the way I expected them to. And I'm rn& In trv It asaln. . ' "When I made up my mind to try , thla flight from Chicago to New ! munlcatton with the Curtlaa ro plane factory, and tried to buy a big battle plane, one ot the moat pow erful I could get. But they would not let me have It. They were afraid that a woman could not handle the their big maohlne In that long trip. : "When they kept on putting me