- .1, OHASW PASS, JOSEPH!!! COCHTT.RN, THlftSOAr, JULY IT, .- tT It oS' TRYING TO 1 m republicans" NLS ;,r ' 1' SI IPPORT (1FTHF SFNATF fflS OTffl wm MURDER a.ooo kmpioykb railway: bys- TKM TIB IIEAW HATERS' CITY ) 1'P IN HARD KNOT i Strikers t ftaa r'ranrUt-o Turn Cold fihoaldnr oa Employers aad Bond Irlegtei to Walilnjrln . Huston, Matt., July 17.-!-Car ser vlna oa street, subway and elevated lines hero and la II adjacent cities ud towns 4a tied up by trtko of 8,000 employe of the Boston Elevat ed 'Railway system, as "'"" protest against tha war labor board's dalay la announcing award In the wage dispute. Workmen demand eight bour end 71 Vk cnta aa hour. Una Frasolsco, July IT. The etrlke conference committee of the telephone operator and electrical worker todajr refused negotiations with the telephone company to team detail of the etrlke settlement agreement reported a reached ys terday la Washington, V. C. A com mittee of two of the strikers' repr aeatatlve loft for Washington today for further conference with tha wire control board end Postmaster O en oral Burleson. PLENTY OF HARVEST HELP AT $4.00 DAY Cortland. July 17. (He porta re volved for the peat week (by the Port . tend office of tb United CKatea em ployment aervlce failed to aubetantl- ate rumora that have been circulated la tMa city to the effect that the Beaten Ore on wheat field .jwere drawing men from all part of the Ute, lured by blgh wm'ge. .' The employment errtce found that - tftpt in a few cae 4n which the men are expert in aome particular line of work, a header driver, Back sew ers, Vox tenders, and the like,' the prevailing wage Is $4 ,' day and toard., Reports also Indicate that at the present time there Is no treat shortage of laibor In any of the Wheat districts. A report from Mora, Oregon, re ceived yenterday rodtcated that the wages are 14 a day ud that more nea are go4ug there than are need ed at' present. Ait Salem .men are .being paid $3 and $3.60 a day and board and no more .are neecred. ALABAMA FAILS TO JIATIFV AMKN1KMKNT .Montgomery, Ala., July 17.- The jEkbam senate today refused to ratify the federal woman suffrage amendment Iby a vote of 19 to IS. "WHEAT GROWERS BUY LAND WITH ONE CROP Amarlllo, Texas, July 17.-'Bump-,er wheat crops, which ae assured .4n this district, are causing an unl aue altutlon as regards crop values .and tha present prices of land, In many Instances the crop will yield as much as twice the value of tlie land. One farmer near here recent ly purchased 120 acres of which half was planted In, wheat, and hie yield, as now estimated, will more than .double the price paid for the farm and improvements. Some farmers axe assured of '50 Ibushels to ' the" .acre, almost an unheard of yield in tibia district. -' Former 1'rrmlnr , of . Japan Make Such Assertion Upon Failure to . Secure "Racial Equality" Yokohsma.- July 17.-Fallure of the peace conference at Pa'rls to sdopt Japan's proposal of racial quality was denounced 'by Marquis Okuma. former premier of Japan, In an address he delivered recently 4e fore the Japan Civilisation society. "ft la a blot on justice and human Ity that the whites, who constitute less than one-third of the world's population, assume the control of the world, and I declare that a Justice and a humanity whlob do not recog nlse racial equality are scarcely worthy of the same," he said. "Oer many ton hitherto been a great In. fluenee 1n the world and this Influ ence I about to be replaced by Anglo-Americas Influence -which will produce a far reaching effect on the future peace of the world and the weal of mankind." Concluding, (Marquis Okuma said that tha Japanese are considerably Inferior to westerners In Intellectual powers, physical strength and wealth and they must show no hesitation In possessing themselves of whatever la required to make them the equal of others, lie added: "There Is nothing wrong In secur ing development, morally, economic ally and socially. If tha best efforts re made tn these directions K Is to be hoped thst no great difficulty will be experienced la surpassing the ar rogant westerners and bringing them to their knees." .. , , , , , . iiitKAn prick ix rorciXAXti '. Wlliti H TNCRRAREn CRVT Portland. Or., July 17. .Portland bakers may soon Increase the price of bread 1 cent a loaf. Final set tlement on the Increase baa not yet been determined, but the majority of the bakers in tha cHy Insist that he 10-ent toai la sold at loss. Other cities are paying more for bread than la charged In Portland, according to the bakers, wtoo say an Increase la Justified. Just when the contemplated advatace -will go Into effect Is not yet known, as the bakers are desirous - of having - a meeting among themselves In order to decide on a uniform charge. PUtVfc IUSKB jtO FF.KT , CRASHES TO GltOl'.Mt et. Johns, July 1 7. Frederick illaynhara again failed to depart oa a U-ans-Atlantto flight. His machine rose to a height of 30 feet and then crashed to the ' gronnd ; and was wrecked. ' None were Injured. lift ONE CAUSE FOR WAR 'Mount Clemens, Mich., July 17. Henry Ford today : was . questioned about an article written by John Reed about him, called "Industry's Miiracle Maker. "-Mr. Ford said Red got bis, Information elsewhere than from him. , The article In question said Mr. Ford opposed tha use of alcohoMc drink. tReed pointed out that the Germans thrived on beer and the French-on irlne. v- ,"' "Yes, and I think that waa one of the causes of the war," Ford said. "' "MowT" a lawyer asked. 'It invade them suspicious of eaoh other," Mr. Ford answered. IUN8 WANT TO TRADE r WITH SOVIET RUSSIA : London, July 17. Cermany ds be 1'eved to have sent ; mission to es tablish trade relations with soviet Russia, ;'', iv . Washington, July 17. nPresldemt Wilson today signed, an executive order increasing the guaranteed price of tbe 11919 rwihet crop to $2.30 per bushel at Oajveston and Ne w Orleans. ; ' - " ' j ?v -jwj: 1 ill 11 uhi m 1. : Holding Star Session With I Determined to Learn Facts About Shantnng-Sher- manAsbSenate to Reject Shantnng Provision n: Washington, July 17. President Wilson ha begun hi conference with republican senators. The first caller was Senator McCumber of North 'Dakota, a supporter of the treaty and covenant. Senator Colt, of 'Rhode Island, and Nelson of Min nesota were Invited to call later. ! Senator Colt, who bad not pre viously made known his position on the league, announced in a senate apeech his support of the principles embodied In the league covenant but withheld judgment regarding certain reservations. He said "the nations must at least sea the great undertak ing upon wb4ch Wo embarked In en tering the war,' through to an end, which can be done by becoming' a member of the league." lie did not believe the league 'would creux a super-etate or subvert the American constitution, but added that' the Mon roe Doctrine must be clearly eafe- guarded. Domestic questions, said Sonator lOuit, should be left for na tional action, but "not to try the experiment of the league would leave the world la the same condition of VITCT COAST Dayid F. Houston, secretary of agriculture, accompanied by ' Mrs. Houston, beaded a party of officials from Washington, D. C, and from the .forestry department of Oregon and California who. visited OratoU Pass today. Among the delegation were HI. 9. Craves, head of tbe for estry department, at Washington, D. C, Oeo. H. Cecil of the forestry de partment, et 'rortland, and Austin B Fletcher, state highway engineer of California. - ; .. ,v -t Secretary Houston, Mrs. Houston, Mr. and Airs. Miller. Mr. Graves and a few other made the trip by auto mobile from Safe Francisco to Eu reka. Crescent City and thence to Grants Pass. -Last night they stop ped with Mr. and Airs. Geo. M. Ee- terly at -Waldo, where they were royally entertained, and Mr. and Mrs. (Esterly accompanied them to this cHy today. ; ' Air. (Houston stated that he was merely on a tour of Inspection, being greatly interested in the beautiful highway now under construction from San Francisco north to Cres cent City and oa to Grants Pass. The state of California; has already voted f 400,000 for this scenlo highway and additional fund will probably be available from tbe government. ; The secretary and party left tor Sacrafrento this afternoon and will then o to Salt Lake City to attend the, cattlemen's convention. . . ,; (Messrs. Graves and Cecil . wltl leave the "city this evening, going a f ar aa Riddle by auto, and then take the train for Portland. V FIREALf; CITY OF E Medford,, Ore. July 17.' Jackson ville, the oldest settlement in South ern Oregon, was , a,Ved from com plete destruction by fir yesterday only by the aid of the Medford fire department (ending their motor hose cart when the Jacksonville hose burst in a doiea places. The loss Is estimated at $10,000. Four houses and one barn were destroyed, and a doieh houses were scorched. .--....4....... . jwu vuieeni I in I I II II I I I III I Certain Republicans Borah International anarchy as before the war." Washington, July 17. The senate today adopted Senator Borah's reeo lutlo asking President Wilson, "If not incompatible with public inter est," to send the senate a copy of the American peace commission 'a al leged protest against the Shantung provision in the peace treaty. Washington, July 17. Senator Sherman of Illinois, republican, urg ed the senate today to refuse to com ply with the Shantung provision of the peace treaty. j Washington. July 17. After his conference with President Wilson to day, Senator Colt said he thought the Shantung settlement "could be mad much clearer." He thought the .president oould make a comoiete exposition of the situation satisfac torily, and said Japan made certain concessions In return foe what thev received and that Che Influence of the league of nations on Japan should, be considered. -- PURCHASE OF GROUIt'D The Josephine County Fair Board held meeting Monday 'and trans acted some Important business. . Owing to lack of grounds and a greater lack of funds the bo art pas sed a resolution that no fair be at tempted this year, but that all ener gy be given toward preparations for a good fair and exhibit in 1920. As the whole energy and all ot the resources ot the county are need ed to complete the county's work on the Pacific Highway so that the road may be fully paved during next year so far as Josephine County to eon cerned. the board loaned the fair fund of $45.3 to the County Court to be used for the road fund in as sisting in the finishing of this work of grading In readiness tor paring. A resolution waa adopted to ueti- tion the County Court to .11 a spe cial election to provide funds for the purchase of permanent Grounds to lb enclosed for fair and other purposes. ' " ,., , M also voted to circulate a subscription paper to raise funds to close a deal of aome sort for i the purpose of holding such ground un til such a time as funds may be pro vided to purchase the grounds sub sequent to, approval by the qualified voters. An election is not probable until the primary rote next May, fol lowing which the funds must be se cured in e regular way. - The funds furnished by the State can only be used In the payment of premiums, hence none of them ean he used in buying or preparing grounds. . ' SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS - liondon, July il6. The Spanish cabinet, headed by lAntonlo Maura, formed last 'April, has resigned. Ill FOREST HRES Spokane, July 17. .The forest fire situation in . Western (Montana " and Northern Idaho Is most serious to day. Thousands of sheep have burn ed and human Uvea are threatened. Washington, July 17. Approxi mately 175 ships with an aggregate tonnage of more than 800,000 will constitute tbe newly organized Pa cific fleet, it -was said today at the navy department. A full strength the armada will be manned by about 34,000 men and 1,800 commissioned officers, but the personnel wfll be about 30 per cent below this strength when the fleet begins Its history making voyage from Hampton Roads next Saturday. ' Inosuded is the fleet will be these hips: ,- , . .y ." Oreadnaughts New iMexlco, Wyo ming, Arkansas, Mississippi, Idaho, Arizona, Tszaa and New IMexlco. Pre-dreadnaughts Vermont, Ne braska, Georgia, 'Rhode Island, Vir ginia and iNew Jersey. Cruisers Seattle, Chicago, Cleve land, Denver, Taooma, 'Marblehead Machlae. Vleksburg, 'Montana, North Carolina and Pueblo. There will be 108 destroyers of the new 1400 tons flush deck type, built after the United States entered the -war. They -will be divided into two squadrons with the scout cruls era Birmingham and Salem as flag. ships and with the Melville, Prairie, Buffalo and Blackha'wk as tenders In the fleet "also will be 14 sub marines of the 8 type with the Sa vannah as tender. The mine detach. ment will consist of the cruiser Bal timore ..as flagship, the mine layer Aroostook and the mine sweepers Ortolan. Partridge, Redwing, Sea guH. Thrush, WhtpporwiH. Tanager, Lapwing, Tern. Bittern, Sand Piper, Vireo. The fleet train will consist of the cruiser Minneapolis as flagship and the repair ship Vestal, hospital ships Comfort and Mercy; supply ship Rappahannock, Glacier and Celtic: fuel ship Arethusa, Maumee, Nechee Kaaarha, Brutus, Vuivan, Mars; target repair ship Nanshan; radio repair ship Saturn and 11 tugs. WILL TEST WASHINGTON'S BOVB DRY LAW IX COURT Spokane. July 17. 'Formal notice of appeal to superior court has been given in the case of (Maurice Oppen hetmer, son of the late Mose Oppen- heimer, convicted in police court on city and state charges of ' having liquor la hbj possession. . He waa fined $350 and sentenced to four months' in jail after chances of Miking liquor bad been changed to lesser charges, oa motion of the prosecutor. - GREAT STORES OF YA!,'X FOOD GO TO TltE HUN Cobiens, July 17. Civilians , in the American occupied-area of Ger many have been buying nearly mil lion marks worth of food daily dur ing the ilaet few weeks from the Unit ed States army supplies. The amount sold thus - fax totals 40.000000 marks. Germans In Treves and Cob lens have organised a non-profit as sociation wh,h deals with the inter allied military, commission on food, the supplies being distributed to the consumer through the retailers who are allowed a! 'limited profit on all sales. , . "i ' v Such staples as bacon, rice and canned milk were at first sold to the Germans by the commission ot ex perts' reports that the poorer classes especially the women and children, were In need of certain foods. 'Later, when thousands of American soldiers were homeward bound, the commis sion decided to, open certain stores or the army to th Germans, owing to the fact that there was more food on hand than the army had use for. START FIGHT TO PASS MEASURE WHICH WAS FORMERLY DE FEATED OVER VETO AGRICULTURAL Bill FRIT Hons Passe Bill Providing $14, 000,000 for the Rehabllltatjosi of Wounded Soldiers ' Washington, July 17. iRepublican leaders of the house, supported by party leaders in the senate agreed late yesterday to attempt repassage of the agricultural appropriation bill with its daylight saving repeal rider despite the president's veto. 'Pro vision of the daylight saving law authorizing the interstate com mere commission to fix standard tlm ion, however, would not b dis carded under the proposal In line with this decision, mad by the republican legislative steer ing committee and after assurance had been obtained that the rule committee would authorise th day light-saving repeal being incorpor ated In the appropriation bill. Chair man IHaugen of the house agricul tural Committee late yesterday rein- trodueed the agricultural biU. Con sideration of the agricultural bill on , the floor of the house probably will begin 'Friday;-' . " ; Washington, July 17. The bouse today again passed th sundry civil bill, amended to provide $14,000, 000 instead of -$$.000,000 for the rehabilitation of wounded soldier. HARVEST ViUL KOT BE FAILURE 0;6C;i Portland, Ore.. July ; 17. Condi tion in Oregon have been favorable for fruit during the past week, ao- - cording to the weekly summary is sued by th weather bureau. The ' week a a whole was warm and dry. The temperature was variable but on several days exceeded - SO . degrees over a large part of the state. On , the 14th temperatures of 100 d- ' grees or higher occurred at many places. - Precipitation was confined . to a, 'few local showers. They -were hea,"vy in a .few localities but cover-. ed email areas. Farm work pro- greased without interruption. Harvest of rye is complete in most sections. (Harvest of winter wheat Is In progress over a large art of ' the state. In some sections the yield Is better than expected. Spring wheat Is still promising in the Wil- lamette valley (but needs rain. In other sections, except where Irrisst- ed, it is generally very poor. The warm weather has been favorable to corn but rain in needed. It is mid by in Josephine county and Is tassel- ( Ing In Douglas county. , : Apricot ar nearly srone in TTm. V tllla county. Loganberries are abun dant, but need ' raid. Evergreen blackberries ar promising. ', BRITISH REVEAL TO London. July 17. The Britlah Admiralty has revealed that one nf the .developments of the navy In the ' war was an 18-inch gun which fired a ton and a half shell, seven feet long, twenty miles, with : sufficient ' force to pierce a foot of the hardest steel. . It was used in the memorable attack -on Zeebrngge with excellent effect. i