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WE'RE TELLING THE WORLD ; : COME AND ENJOY IT " " IT'S THE CLIMATE ! rt.ntralty ul Ui. Ljlbrary 1 i t VOU X., No. IM, GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHIXE COCJfTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. tMTOIJEit 22, llllft. WHOLE NCMHER 2803. OLD SOLDIER MEETS DEATH NEAR LELAND J. I'. IWWMN. WHO HEUVKD IX JFIIWT OUKOON IXKANTMV, KILLED 11V 8. I. THAIS . wcnoiHOFiim Formerly at Moldier Home at llone burg: Had Item Minnlng hi m e Day 1'revloun Jtuliton 1. Hoimu was struck and almost instantly killed Tuesday af ternoon by the locomotive attached to passenger train So. 53. south bound, due hore at 2:43 p. m. Mow man. who tH 73 ytwrs of age. and subject to frequent lapses of memory wait walking on ttiu truck between Inland and Pollard, and although there was a view of the train fur dletance of ?00 yards the old man paid no attention to tt and deliber ately walked Into tho locomotive. He wan at ruck In the Kce which wax badly crushed. 'and both Ihks were hrokon. besides many brut. Bowman, who was veteran of the Civil War and sorved as a jirlvate In Co. A, lit Oregon Infty., and an other veteran had lieen living to dot her In a cabin aliout a mile south of Inland since spring, mid prevloiii to that were at tho soldier home at Roscburg. Howninn liHd lieen miss ing since the previous day and had Olx-nt the night alono In the wood. ItAllroad worker eaw hlin In the af ternoon and took him 'to Ieliind where they headed hlin toward 'home but In Dome manner he lout his hearlnxs aitnln and was truvellnK In Uio wrong direction. He Is believed to have a sinter and an uncle near Eugene. Coroner Ioiik"lirldo vltilted the acene and ordered the body sent to Grants Tiuwi. The Inquiwt will be hold t Hall's Undertaking parlors at 4 o'clock thin afternoon. I WutthliiKton, Oct. 22. The federal trade commission Issued a statement today, asserting that the char nee made by Senator Watson and Sen ator 8horman were "part and iwrrol of a welfare of the Chicago meat packers agnlnst the deiuirtmenU of justice trade commission, iwlth the purpose of subverting Juatlce." The statement questioned the good faith of the senators and de clared that WaUon was lobbyist In 1909. The statement said the opnvmlsslon employes hud Ionic been subject to attacks which the public never knew about. RESERVATIONS ARE ADOPTED BY SENATE Washington, Oct. 22. The aenale foreign relations committee today adopted (four revjacd reservations to the .peace reaty, with administration loaders voting solidly against them. The committee also adapted a pre amble to the reservations, providing that the treaty should not Ibeoome ef fective until three of the other prin cipal allied powers ha'd agreed to the -senate's reservations. On most of the roll calls, the vote stood 11 to 16, all the republicans and Senator Shields, Tennessee dem ocrat, voting; With the affirmative. . The reservations related to ar ticle 10, the Monroe Doctrine, with drawal, and domestic questions. ASSERTS KOREANS HAVE SEALED DOOM Jap I'immt Greatly Stirred by. At tempted jMwanlnatloni Japan le termliied to Hold Korea Seoul, Korea, Oct, 22. -Commenting on the attempted assassination o Governor-General ftaito, the semi official Seoul (Press expresses the opinion that by this act the Korean agitators have "sealed their doom." The paper says: "If Korean malcontents think that the assassination of few heads of the government-general of Korea will row Japan and make her relax her hold on Korea they are Indeed mistaken. Japan 1s determined to hold the peninsula at all cost and will not lot It go, no matter what things Korean agitators may do. They will now lose whatever sym pathy they may have had among a section of the people and have scaled their doom." PRESIDENT ItKTTKIt Washington. Oct. 22. -President Wilson had one of the best nights since his Illness began. Ills tompera ture, pulse and .respiration are nor mal. . TEN CENTS FA I It MUCK Washington, Oct. 22. Attorney C.tMieral Palmer has secured a con ference of the 'Producers, represent ing 90 ner cent of the beef sugar out put, replying that his suggestion for ten cents to wholesalers was a fair prlco for the new crop. NTIIIKKHS STII.I4 OCT New York. Oct. 22-The long shoremen on strike Jiere failed to re turn to work today an was exiiected yesterday. KOMK HIIAKKV Uome. Oct. 22. This city was Hhaken by an earthquake this morn ing. Reports of the damage done have not yet hecn received. GOLDEN DRIFT DAM The repairing of the Oolden Drift dam, which lias been in .progress for the jmat x weeks, has 'been ro- groHKlng satisfactorily, and with fa vorable conditions for another week all danger or delay through high water will be avoided. There have beon from 22 to 25 men employed at the probity and they nave tised three oar loads of cement ml uavomiI cars of dumber. The expenditure for now cement work will amount to 115,000, and when this Is completed the amount expended for concrete work will total $75,000. The present repairs Include 40 feet of concrete wall with .openings for penstocks large enough to accom modate two electric power units. Should the capacity of the dam. 2,000 horse power, ue required, ad ditional concrete iwork would be ne cessary. . IF. M. Pauvre. owner of the ipro perty. and his son, J. IM. Fauvre, have ibeen .here from Jndlananolla for more than a week, and will remain several days longer. - IGHT Portland, Ore.. Oct. 22 Three un masked robbers held up the Jewelry store of M. T Smith, In the IHelllg Theatre nulldtnc this moratns? In broad dayllgiht and .bound and gag ged Smith and escaped In an automo bile with $2,500 worth of iewelry. 'Utter Smith manager to grab a revolver and fire wo '811015. hut without effect. Policemen on motor cycles are trailing the robbers. WHEN ATTACK THE BRITISH LtlHK TWO TOItPEDO BOATS IX WLFOF FINLAND; BIX SUB- VIVOItH AUK picked I P Ktruiude for I'etrotcrail Continues. With lU'ictmenU From Moscow AnmImUdk the ItolHhevllU iondon, Oct. 22. Two boUhevlkl torpedo boats were sunk In the Gulf of Finland when they attempted to attack Bsthonian vessels and British destroyers. Six survivors were picked op. Holsingfors, Oct. 22. The cap ture of Krasnala Corks' on the Oulf of (Finland, nearly opposite Kron stadt, by the Northwestern Russian army Is announced. The battle of Petrograd continues and there Is heavy fighting six miles south of the city. Tiolshevtki regi ments from Moscow are helping de fend Petrograd. THE LEGION "SMOKER" Tuesday night's American J-eglon "smoker" proved to be the most suc cessful get-together the . ex-eervlce men or this district have had to date, with five snappy boxing bouts on the boards. Three matches were Ixuitani wolght affairs and two were heavier battles. Cedrlc Fields and Aubrey Golf put on the main attraction of the even ing In three fast rounds. Fields gain ing the referee's decision'. Both boys are from the high school and weigh 158 pounds each. Bill Richardson and James Hoxle also furnished three good rounds. T. J. Armstrong refereed, the matches and handled them In a real professional style. A six piece orchestra from the high school livened the evening with a continuous flow of Jazz music. The business meeting of the jot was made very brief and important matters ifor discussion' were put over until next meeting. R6bert Hoake' more than two cen turies ago predicted telephony over a wire. PHILIPIIIOS ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT IP Manila, Oct. 22. Confirmation by Governor Harrison upon his arrival here recently of "his recommendations that, in the event that Independence Is granted to.the (Philippines., restric tions such as were provided In the case of Cuba by the IPlatt amendment be embodied tin the 11 berating act and resulting treaty, has, contrary to expectations, aroused practically no hostile comment among the Fili pinos. . - The native press Is remarkably silent on the Attitude of the. chief executive. The opitosltlon .paper, representing the "Partido Democ ra ta," contents itself with pointing out that the attitude of the governor Is undoubtedly approved by the Naclon altsta party leaders, and, after all, was only to be expected. The Na clonallBta papers refrain from any comment whatsoever, favorable or otherwise. s 'Governor Harrison's statement up on his arrival here as carried by the local press fa as follows: RESTRICTIONS CAPPER SHOWS FARMERS' SIDE OF HIGH COST hh'lJMSd JUItKKT 1UIXOV8 TO TIM-KIW OF HOIL, HIT COX Kl .MKICH PAY MOHK WHEAT HAS BEEN SOLD AT LOSS Advocates "Cessation of Government ProptiKanria Which Tends to lower Farm Products" Washington, Oct. 22. Senator Capper of Kansas, republican, pre sented to the senate today the farm ers' side of the high cost of living, declaring that while the farmers sell products at a loss in the declining market, the consumers are paying high prices. He blamed the condi tion to faulty distribution. He deplored the numerous Indus trial strikes and the small repre sentation given agriculture In the In dustrial conference. "In our efforts to get rid of the high cost of living disease," said Mr. Capper, "I fear we are In great dan ger of dying of the remedy. As a result of Washington's efforts to re duce high prices by breaking down entirely the cost of food, we have the remarkable spectacle of a rise of 1 per cent In the cost of living, co Incident with market drops that are putting livestock raisers out of bus iness and causing serious losses to other producers." J Illtitratlng the anomalous sttua tlon of farmers and consumers. Sena tor Capper said farmers are selling their .wheat at a loss, adding: ' "It takes four and a half bushels of wheat to make barrel of flour. The wheat raiser gets about $8.37 for the wheat, the miller $12.70. Che the baker $58.70 and the hotel keep er here in Washington, as it Is doled out in thin slices, $587." The government, through tie grain corporation. Senator Capper said, profited $23,000,000 at the ex pense of farmers last year, the farm ers selling from 20 to 70 cents lees than the guaranteed price. "The situation of the livestock farmer Is even more deplorable," he said. "Farmers are selling their grain fed beeves and hogs for less than It costs to produce them, but the consumer finds little or no change In the price of meat. "While everything a farmer must buy demands the high dollar, the price of his commodities, the cheap est In the market is held down by a foreign embargo and a government guarantee. (Continued on Page 2) "The recommendation that early Independence be iglven the Philip pines under an arrangement similar to the iPlaitt amendment for Cuba was made by me officially as gover nor-general of the Islands and 1s al so my personal' recommendation. The recommendation and this point I took pains to make clear to con gress was not presented by me as representing the opinion of the Fil ipino pebiide nor aa representing that of my superiors. "Naturally I am not in a position to come back with Cny promises as to dote for the granting of Inde pendence," continued the governor In reply to the queries of his Inter viewers. "That Is a matter which Is entirely In the hands of congress Congress has already promised the Philippines their independenceand It will have final voice in determin ing when that independence Is to be granted." ' GRANTED FREEDOM SAYS UNIONISM IS HEW AUTOCRACY' Sew Jersey Senator Cites Fact That In Ion Labor Is Trying to Dictate ' ' to the Vnltcd States Washington, Oct: 22. Unionism under its present leadership was at tacked In the senate yesterday by Senator Frelinghuysen, republican. New Jersey, as "a new autocracy" tending toward bolshevlsm. Criticizing the demands of the bi tuminous coal miners for a five-day week and Increased wages Senator Frelinghuysen, -who Is chairman of the senate committee investigating the coal strike, called upon American public opinion to scotch a movement which he feared would result in class government The New Jersey senator said the demands of the miners, half of them aliens were 'inordinate" nd could not be granted as they would result in decreased production and an In crease of prices to the consumer of from $2 to $2. B0 a ton. "It, the United States ready to be dictated to by these men?" he asked. "The time has come to put an end to this new autocracy." said the sen ator, "unless this intolerable condi tion can he rectified; unless some means can be found to prevent impo sition of such unthinkable demands and penalties; unless collective bar gaining can be continued in an order ly manner and with due regard, to the public welfare and comfort, a new remedy must be applied the remedy of making labor amenable to the same extent as capital to the laws of the Vnited States." Referring to the steel strike, the New York longshoremen's strike, the Boston police strike, the Xew York pressmen's strike and other la bor disturbances. Senator Freling huysen said: "When will this striking frenzy stop? Unless a halt Is called we shall reach a state of anarchy Infin itely worse than the autocracy of Germany. This is class government and not democracy.' (Continued en page t.) ADVISES JAPANESE Toklo, Oct. 22. Former United Stales Senator Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio, told the Japanese financiers In a speech he delivered recently at a banquet tendered to him at the Bankers' Club, that what the United States most desired was that Japan should do everything possible to pro mote peace among the nations and "avoid .that spirit of Imperialism which has so disturbed the. world. ' "What America asks of Japan in the Orient," he added, "is a fair field for competition in trade and no pol icy of aggression toward other coun tries. We only ask that no political control or special privlle'ges- shall ex clude us ifrom entry to the ports and to the trade of the Orient." Speaking of the future relations of Japan and America, Mr. Burton, said, "every Interest points to amity. rather than discord." GREAT SLAUGHTER OF "ANIMALS FOR FURS Nome, Alaska, Oct. 22. For tunes'ln furs were brought out of the far north this summer hy the few trading schooners that braved the unusual (heavy Arotlo ocean Ice and worked .their wy along the north ern rim of the continent to Banks Latnd'and Herschel Island and back again. Over 2500 furs were stored on Banks Land alone awaiting ph boats, according to reports brought here. For two years the ice has prevented boats from reaching the spot and as a result, the trappers on the island have been piling up what Nome men said was the greatest cango ever brought around Into the 'Bering sea. WILSON PLAYS FINAL CARD AT CONFERENCE LETTER DICTATED YESTERDAY HEAD TO CONFEREES; HOPES FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE MESSAGE ELICITS NO APPLAUSE President Mays It Will Be National Disaster If Body Adjourns With out Agreeing Washington, Oct. 22. In a last effort to prevent dissolution of the national industrial conference. Chair man (Lane today read to the dele gates the letter dictated by the presi dent yesterday, urging the impera tive necessity of some action to in sure industrial peace during the reA construction period. The president said it would be a ' pected the conference to stay to gether until a' way was found for the establishment of a eurer, heartier co operation or until tt was revealed that "men who work and men who manage American industry are so set upon divergent paths that all efforts at cooperation are doomed to fail ure." The president said K would be at national disaster if the industrial leaders and workers are to be with out faith In each other, doing naught but what Is compelled. He declared his mind turned away from such a posBtbimy,- '.i'--' -v Organized labor representatives forced the reading of the president's letter. They did not applaud, and' may leave. Later the labor group decided to return to the conference, after an Intermission. Washington, Oct. 22. The D resi dent today signed several bills which were recently (passed. Washington. Oct 22. .When the conference reconvened today the la bor group renewed their efforts to obtain recognition of the right of the workers . to bargain - collectively. They indicated this was the condi tion upon whioh tfiey would remain in the conference. Washington, Oct. 22, 8:07 p. m. The national Industrial conference late today voted down labor's reso lution for recognition of the right of collective bargaining. This was the resolution that Gompers had characterized as the last word on the subject Mr. Gompers annoupoed that the iahor group will withdraw from the conference. HALF MILLION POLES E Warsaw, Sept. i5, via Paris Sept 20. Poles who have Just completed a pilgrimage of many months from the heart of Siberia to the newly-redeemed city of Minsk, have brought to American Ked Cross headauartera in that city the news that at least 200,000 former war prisoners are waking In Siberia for an opportune moment to return to iPoland. Some placed the number at 600.000. AMERICAN AGENT IN Washington, Oct 22. William Jenkins, American consular agent at j Puehla, Mexico, was kidnapped by three masked bandit "Friday and is being held for $50,000 ransom. The state department Is endeavoring to secure his release.