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VOIi. IX., No. 1UO.
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WHOLE XUMBER 2741.
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Overtaken by Grim Itcnper
!nnox, Ma., Auk. 11. A nil re w
Carmwle,, steel magnate and philan
thropist, died thin morning at hi
summer home, "Shadow Hrook." af
ter an Illness of less than three dayi
wltll bronchial pneumonia. Death
was so sudden that hi daughter,
Mra. RonwbII Rl liter, waa una bio to
get to hla bedside. Ilia wife and
private secretary were with htm.
Mr. Carnegie had been flatting and
riding about the garden. JIs waa
taken 111 Friday and steadily becains
worse. He leaves widow, w ho waa
Mia taulse Whltefleld, of New York
and daughter, Margaret, who mar
ried Ensign Miller of New York last
April.
Andrew Carnegie began, a race
against time when. In 1901, at the
a KB of 65, hn resolved to gjve away
hla enormotia fortune. 'He held It
''disgraceful" tor a man to keep on
gathering Idle million. In the com
paratively few yeara which the atti
arr could allow lilm, be would dla
m barns hlmnelt of practically all
he had. No man had ever launched
philanthropic campaign of such dl
.tnenalona. Ilia waa then a fortune of J tint
about a quarter billion dollar, the
largest ever acquired by a forelgu
born American, eecond only to the
John D. Rockefeller wealth a the
largest Individual accumulation In'
the I'nlted Stale, and, built, aa It
waa. of B per cent ee 'bond, It
would, without so mttch aa turnliiK
over oiio' hand, have approached
half a billion by the time Carnegie
could call hlntBflf an octognnarlun
on November 25, 1915.
To give thin stupendous sum away.
In about half the time he had taken
to gather It, wa a purpose Carne
gie had fairly well fulfilled when
death overtook him today. He had
distributed about $300,000,000. It
waa giving money away at the rate
of over 120.000,000 a year, or more
than 150,0(10 a' day.
To hla native &cotlund hi largest
single gift waa fund of $10,000,
000 to old education In Seottlsh uni
versities. Ho carried out hla pet Idea of a
Hero commission, endowed In 1905
wlth $11,000,000 by which hundred
of men, women and children have
been rewarded with Carnostle medals
or .pensions for acts of herolam In
the rescue ,of Imperilled pontons, lie
(Continued on Page 2)
Sacramento, Cal., lAug. 11. With
the .peach and pear canning season
nearlng Its .maximum, and a scarcity
of women workers prevailing, local
canneries have raised their wage
aoale ao that women and girls are
now making from $1 to $3 per day
more than under the former scale.
Some of the canneries are suffering
heavy losses because the fruit on
hand became too ripe for canning
due to the lack of a 'sufficient num
hor of, women to bandle It, The lo
cal wage scale for cutting Reaches If
20 cents per 40-pound Ibox and for
poeMng end cutting pears 80 cents
per" 40-pound box. Women are now
earning; from $4 to $10 a day, some
making ai high as $12.
HEN BEYOND
ED TO
Ttvn'vc Nut Ion Kilo Ctuinw Amount
liiK to Million.; II. V. of I In
rr'Mm '212 wr rent
Mexico City, Aug. 11. Claims
miulo by variolic nation) against the
Mexican government for property
damage suffered during revolution
ary disorder amount at the present
time to 1N,2S&,K39 pimos, according
to a statement mude public by the
department of the treasury bns-d on
luU secured from the bureau of
claim which Is administering tbe
udjiislments. Spaulsh claimants
hoad the lint both iu numbers and
lit dmiiiiKea asked; lAmvrlcuns rank
slxih. Tho dlHtrlbutiou of the claim
ants ami the amount of thel claims
Is us follows: 8iiiuilt, ti.132.927
pesos; Turkinh, 3,lS,r,!iu pesos;
tioriDiiii, . 6t.'i,!0S ptos; Freurh.
2H2.HU pesos; llulhin, 272.497 po
sos; American, 139.9H pesos; Chi
nese, 38,602 pesos; Guatemalan, 20.-
000 pesos; Kngllsh, 9,907 eso;
Lutch, 7,700 pesoe; Austrian, 3,225
pesos; Mexicans, 5,537,364 pesos.
In the past nine years the cost of
living in .Mexico baji shown an aver
age Increase, of 212 per cent, accord
ing to f Inures recently made public
by the department of Industry, labor
and commerce. Seven staples have
greatly Increased, Lard has advanc
ed 25 per cent In price; sugar 233
per cent and eggs 266 per cent:
Woolen fabrics now -ot 471 per
cent morn than In 1910; cotton
goods 300 jmr cent more and shoes
166 per cent more. House rents
have Increased HO xr cent. Trolley
faros 66 per cent and railroad fares
20 per cent; Natives' shoes cost $4.
50 a pair in 1910, today they are
$12 a pair. . .....--.., .,.....
Harold, the 6-year-old son of. Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Pylc, of this city, died
on Friday, the result of poisoning,
but how the lad obtained tho poison
Is t mystery. Another of the Pyle
children has been sick for some time
and the family were at Deer Creek
iu the hope of Improvement in the
child's hearth, and while thore Har
old secured, some kind of poison. At
first It was thought to 'be 'a case of
'green apples" ibut tho physician re
ported poison as the cause of death.
II is thought by some that the boy
might have picked up some poisoned
grain set out for predatory animals.
The death will without doubt have
a tendency to stimulate great cau
tion in the placing of poison.
The funeral was held Saturday af
ternoon and burial at the Granite
Hill cemetery, Rev. Charles Drake
conducting the service. '
TDE
FOR FOREST PATROL
Sulem. Ore., Aug. 11. It Is' be
lieved that OreRon may escape heavy
forest fire losses due to the airplane
patrols. Major Albert Smith, In
Charge of the planes, has asked the
war department to replace the pres
ent eight Curtis planes with De
Havtlands, Which are larger and
more powerful altd more suitable
for long patrols. . The new planes
should arrive by September. K
Two planes .were sent to Rose
burg today and another one will be
sent tomorrow, to remain perma
nently. SMXATK DERATES OVEIl .
PROHl KXFORtTOfEXT
Washington,' Aug. 1 1. Prohl'bl
tlon enforcement legislation was
considered today by the senate Ju
diciary committee. The (house bill
was amended,, liberalized by the ju
diciary sub-committee.
BO ASK
PAY FOR
DA1E
RED AHf INS
OVER KQLCHAK
IN BIG DIE
AIMlllAL'tt TIIOOPH (Ml.li HACK
iiOO MIIJ'M AMI OMSK IS
THKHATKNKI
SOLDIERS (HIED 1 N SAXOKY
Itouiiiauluna ftwoeji Hungary Hare of
Provisions; Jew rer"teuted and
IhMttro In tttrwts
Washington, Aug. 11 Ileports to
day forecast the complete collapee
of the Kolcbuk movement in Siberia.
Kolchak's forces have fallen back al
most 200 miles and Omsk Is threat
ened with evacuation.
The allies' failure to get supplies
to Admiral Koli-hak in believed to be
responsible for the defeat. It is
suggested that President Wilson may
call congress' attention to the imme
diate bolshevik! control of all Si
berla.i
Chemnltx, Saxony, Aug. 11. Six
ty to 80 soldiers were killed and 200
wounded In the fighting during food
riots Friday, according to estimates
here. Ten civilians were killed and
50 wounded. The city now is quiet
and trains are running.
Copenhagen, lAug. 11.- Compara
Uve quiet has been restored at Chlnv
nttx, Baxoay,' where 50 persons were
killed Friday during food riots in
spired by SpartacsJt agitators, ac
cording to advices from Berlin.
Budapest, Aug. 11. The Rouman
ians have swept the country bare of
provisions for miles around Buda
pest The American food mission at
Vienna, In response to urgent ap
peals, Jias undertaken to feed the
school children of 'Budapest.
Anti-Jewish feeling is of the
strongest In Budapest. Many Jews
have been beaten In the streets, af
ter having been dragged from cabs
and train cars, the Roumanian troops
looking on laughingly and inciting
the Hungarians to furtber attacks on
the Jews.
GOVERNMENT AID FOR
Fi
Havre, Mont., Aug. 11. Old Fort
Aastnnlbolne, near frere, again may
be put to a purpose akin to its use
In the days when It was an outpost
of defense against the Indians. "Wom
en and children, with their horses
and cattle, may be housed there,
while their men aTe abroad fighting
their (battles.
However, dt Is not Indians, but
want, that the (husbands and fath
ers will be righting 1f the proposed
plan Is put into effect. Buildings of
the old tort, presented several years
ago to the University of Montana,
have been found to .provide more
thait 300 room of good size in fair
condition, steams heated and with
excellent sewer and water connec
tions. 'Barns at the post can accom
modate 1800 'head of cattle and
horses, The fort chapel would be
used for a' sdhool room on week days
and a chapel on Sundays.
Jf a few repairs can be financed
from private sources, according to a
plan now under consideration, the
fort probably will be used to house
the families of drouth-stricken farm'
ers of this district, while the farm'
ers ere "working elsewhere for their
support. It is ibeUeved they -could
be maintained imore economically at
the fort than in their individual
homes. ' '
WILSON TURNS
DOWN REQUEST
FOR RECORDS
TKIX8 KKXATOIl UMKiK DOCV-
MKNTS I SKI AT PA HIS AHK
TOO IUXKY TO HANDLE
TO KEEP MEMORANDA SECRET
Mine Ix-Uer on Kliantung Withheld
IkrafiKO K Contains Confidential
Itefcrrncw to Other Nations
Washington, Aug. 11. President
Wilson has written to Chairman
Lodge of the senate foreign relations
committee, stating that it would be
Impossible to comply with tbe com
mittee's request for documents used
by the American peace commission
ers at Paris in negotiating the peace
treaty. The data is so miscellaneous
and enormous in mass that it would
le impossible without bringing from
Paris the whole file of papers of the
commission itself and would include
many memoranda which was agreed
would be unwise to use outside the
conference.
The president said he refused to
send the Bliss letter on Shantung,
on the grounds that it contained
confidential refereces to other gov
ernments. He told the senate that
the state department has made re
peated protests against the Agrarian
law of the Mexican state of Sonora,
which is regarded as inimical to
American interests.
Senator "Kellogg, repbbllcaa of
Minnesota, introduced legislation
proposing licensing corporations
having capital or assets of ten mil
lion dollara'or more and engaged In
interstate commerce, authorizing
federal supervision over Insurance
stock and securities. The federal
trade commission. would license, and
revoke in case of combinations and
conspiracies.
Washington, Aug. 11. The orig
inal American draft of the league of
nations covenant sent to the foreign
relations committee by President
Wilson today, contains several pro
visions wlde1y differing from the
league covenant as adopted, but ar
ticle ten is almost identical.
A RARE OPPORTUNITY
A traveling salesman representing
patented fire extinguishing appara
tus had an, opportunity Saturday af
ternoon to stage a first class dem
onstration to show the efficiency of
his flame-quencher:
Two young men were traveling
south In a -bug. The gasoline tank
was behind the seat, and was leaky.
Somehow the gas caught fire and as
the bug ran swiftly along the high
way the flames spread out behind
the car in a long sheet like a! comet.
A matt whom the boys passed called
their attention to the Impending dan
ger and they stopped and made fran
tic efforts to extinguish the blaze
with dust. But their efforts were in
vain, as the flames drew in and en
veloped the bu when it came to a
standstrll. They gave up and sat
down to enjoy a smoke when the
traveling agent in another automo
bile drove swift up. ..
The moment was' ripe. The travel
ing mati quickly gathered his flre-ex-tlngulsber
in bis arms and in a mo
ment the flames were dead. The bug
was brought to Oldings garage for
repairs end the boys later continued
on their journey.
FORKOAST FOIl PERIOD
OF At C.l'ST 11 TO 10
Washington, 'Aug. O.--Paclfic
Coast States: Generally fair; normal
temperature.
ENTENTE WILL HOT
RECALL RU
niAiis
Helieve Their Presence In Budapest
Necessary to Steady Situation
For a Few Days
Paris, Aug. 11. Ihe peace confer
ence is entirely changing its attitude
toward the Roumanian army in
Budapest. The- conference is not
disposed to ask the Roumanians to
leave the Hungarian capital immedi
ately, despite the fact that the in
ter-allied council asked the Rouman
ians not to enter Budapest.
Many conference delegates be
lieve it will be necessary for the
Roumanian troops to remain to
steady the situation temporarily at
least.
2SO KDITORS ARRIVE
IX MKDFOIID TODAY
Med ford. Aug. 11. Two hundred
and ifty editors of tbe National
Editorial association arrived here
this morning and left for Crater
lake, to return bere tomorrow.
WOIXD DRSTROY AIRSHIPS
TO PREVENT OAPTTRE
London, Aug. 10. In the British
and other allied services there is a
suspicion that the Germans may at
tempt to (blow up their Zeppelins and
other airships rather than surrender
them according to the terms of the
peace treaty. An allied commission
has been created to go to Germany
as soon as peace 4s ratified by the
three signatories to make prepara
tions for taking possession of the air
ships and seaplanes. -
X.
GRANTS PASS GIRL IS
MARRIED IN SEAM
Fred W. Dodge and Louise Harvey
of this city were married recently
in Seattle, and are now on a trip to
Alaska. On their return they win
go to Lansing, Mich., to make their
home at the Dodge home. The bride
Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. "R.
Harvey and is well known in this
city, having lived here since child
hood and graduated from the high
school. She entered the naVal ser
vice as a yeomanette and attained
tbe rank of chief yeoman. The groom
was an ensign in the nary and a
civil engineer by profession, and is
also well known here, having work
for the Public Service Corporation
and other companies.- Their many
friends offer congratulations and
beet wishes.
Berlin, Aug. 11. Count Revent-
tow, editor of the Tagea Zeltung,
takes issue with Count von Bern-
storff over the suggestion that Ger
many should cultivate pro-American
policy or friendly relations with Am
erica. The editor favors Japan in
stead, as that power "did not man
ifest intense hatred during the war,
but demonstrated herself a nation
cf culture."
PIUXCB OF WALES
XEARS OUR SHORES
St. Johns. Aug. 11. The British
battleship Renown, bringing the
Prince of Wales to America, was
sighted this morning.
nOLSHEVIKS ARK RCNXIXG
OUT OF AMMUNTTIOX
London, Aug. 11. The bolshevik!
are suffering a shortage of munitions
and have been obliged to cease oper
ations against the troops of '.Admiral
Kolchak, bead of the all-Russian
government at Omsk.
Advices to this effect were receiv
ed here today. '
EDITORS SHOWN
ROYAL TIME ON
1ST COAST
PIT THROUGH A COXTIXCOCS
COITISE OF BAXQCETS AXD
6IGUT-REFJXG TRIPS
TAKEN TO CRATER LAKE TODAY
Grants Pass Boosters Board Traiat,
But City Fails to Famish Prom
ised Automobiles
The National Editorial train of 10
Pullmans, including drawing room
and observation cars, passed through
the city this morning at 5:20, en
route to Crater Lake. As the train
stopped for a. few minutes at the
Grants Pass depot it was boarded by
M. L. Opdycke, C. H. Ernst and T
M. Stott to carry out Mr. Opdycke's
scheme of letting the editors know
the Rogue River valley had been
reached and that it 'was time to get
up. They went through the entire
train and awoke the sleepers and de
livered fake telegrams to many of
the prominent editors. They also
distributed copies of the pictorial
pamphlet on the Josephine county
caves published by Mr. Opdycke.
At iMedford the party wab given
breakfast and shortly afterward au
tomobiles were started for the lake,
the machines being donated by Bed
ford, Ashland and Grants Pass peo
ple. Up to the time No. 14 left iMed
ford. .for this. cRy- only, four Greets
Pass machines were on hand, C. L.
Hobart, Attorney J as. Chlnnock, A.
X. Parsons and A. E. Voorhies. sup-
plying machines and drivers.
The editorial party will leave the
lake Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock
and be taken to Ashland, where the
citizens will serve dinner in TJthia
park. The special train will Ieav
Ashland at 8 p. m. for Portland.
The party bas been two weeks on
the trip already and all along the j
route were treated royally. At Port
land Friday evening an elaiborate
dinner was served to 600 in Laurel-
hurt park by the Caterer's associa
tion. Saturday noon the Portland
Press club gave lunch in their rooms
and in the evening a' banquet was
tedered the guests by the Oregonlan.
Telegram and News of Portland.
Sunday, morning the Rotary club fur
nished 100 cars for a trip over the
Columbia highway and the Progres
sive Business Mens club of Portland
supplied a trout and bear meat
breakfast at Eagle creek. Thirtv-
five of Portland's (business men went
35 miles to Eagle creek the night
before to prepare the meal and 15
more business men were on hand
early in the morning. The editors'
and their friends sat down at a table!
more than 300 feet long in the out-
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The Oregon auto mechanics' exam.'
Inlng board,' composed of E. E. Bog -gees,
II. JR. Fancher and M. IU Gran
ning have arrived in Grants Pass fo ;
the purpose of conducting eraralnij
Hons and can be found at the Jos
phte hotel. j
Mr. Grannlng, secretary of tlj '
board, states that they came he
from Medford wbere about 87 mi
chanlca took the examination.
mechanics are put through as a cla
the examination requiring, aba
eight hours, and consisting almc,
entirely of oral questions. Mr. Gri
nlng says that no man who is a pri
tlcaj mechanic need fear the exa '
inatlon. The latest way to do thiri
will be taught and it is the aimr 's
the board to "put the mechanj
right" licenses are Issued in ahi
a. week after the examinations i
AUTO MECHANICS BOARD
ARRIVES IN THE CITY
held.
If