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♦ GRANT* PAMH, JOSEPHINE < Ol’.NTT, OREGON, VOL. X., No. I »2. ♦ WHOLE NI MBEK TI OM>AY, MAIU 'H 9, 11*50« iilvc-r i|> of Or« Librar . . Ä — -, . «u Imus BILLS LOCAL HOTEL ♦ Measure Will lie Given Fair Trial by Maintenance of Way Worker* lie. fore Walkout I < rilcrcil Mail Who < onf«>»ed Guilt In Murder Trial Said to Be Normally Rational The rail road REPI <*hlcago, Mar. rnaintenance of way in on will not To NEW DRAFT OF TREATY strike. The grand lodge brother- RESERVATION hood voted to abide by the rullroad bill until It was given a fair trial before u walkout is ordered. Montesano, Wash., Mar. 9, The CHAIRMAN WISES MEMBERS state placed several alienists on the OF ATTEMPTING TO KILL LEG- stand in the Grimm murder trial to 1 SLATION day, who testified that Loren Ro berts, one of the defendants who con fessed before the trial and whose sanity is questioned, was, in their opinion, normally rational. TIONS AIJ4O DEMANDED BY RI TI MINIMS MINER« Manufacture of Brew I» 1« kuowledu- •si anil Mini- llu-t Itcldi Say» He Will Pli-.ul Guilty Does Not State Stand on Covenant ' Government Hus Not Lived Ip to Agreement to Reduce Cost of Liv Qualification« Except Is a ing Say Vnlons Whole Uncoln. Neb., Mur ’9. Opposition Culled to Grants Pass upon receipt of u lott.-r which slated that illicit ¡to Senator G. M. Jilt- hcock as the liquor was being manufactured in democratic candidate for president quantity ut th« Grants Pasa hotui, was expreaaed by Bryan In a state '.so revenue officers, repr«’ •ii’.-ng ment here today In which he said the li iterai prohibition i-nfor • ui nt lie would not vote for Hitchcock If 4«, aided by Chief Mol «Mil* . < elded elm ted as a delegate to the conven the hulei today, and discovered » ”) tion though the state Instructed him. quarts of i»eer, bottled, and a quan Ills reason was that Hitchcock voted tity of lx.tl«y malt, from v. hull the ' against prohibit Ion. woman suffrage brt-A » uh being inaile, the li<|uor be and opiKMert the currency bill. ing in the storeroom of the hotel. Th« proprietor of the hotel, Au-1 Fighter« Util Arrive— gust Rei h. was placed under arrest. , AH the fighters who are to appear ’ I and was arraigned before I'. H Com-jln the smoker to be given by the Am- With u <-rl( an la*»don Thursday night will mlasloner Heris-rt Ainlth bottle of the liquor on the table in ! arrive In the city tomorrow to re- front of him, .Mr. linich made no at-'reive their final workouta before the ................ — ------------- tempt to deny its manufacture, and bouts. Cedersi rom and Webb have ata-ted that If the brew was liquor been working out In Hoseburg for pial ‘ few days and both are re- ‘ ‘ under the federal laws then he was Hi-- guilty mi charged. He stated, how- I ported to l>e in -•< eilen: condition ever, that the licer waa made tor The ticket sale la being pushed anil disposition the committee reports a lively de- home consumption. The ’---- — -- of the ciuu! wa <- I i i ’ ,i i ». stoner .i.and for ««als. It Is said that \d. Bui I th this afternoon, lirici) said at Garloek, of Port'und. will mit on a the time of bis nrraignmea: mat ne I wre .tling e»hibRion following the would decline tu gl» a bends, -nd ■ Igh;. that W waa up lo 1he federa' official ' . W 'I II Teui Ilin-— wtiat was done with bint Mrs. Mue Rose, who has charge of 'tiller stated District AGu tiuit a warrant would be «worn out the upper grades of the Takilma n-'-ool'. h so far recoverad from for the arrvat of R ii ’ a> ’ her recent nervous breakdown that with violation ' the stat laws she is able to lei. e the Good 8a- gnr-lli-s.« of the out ome of the marltim hoy tai and re-umc her erul charge. Ira. Wlllia lAusland will Refeli waa ordered iMt-ind over lo teaching. at Dryden fin! ‘i tho s hoM .er h the federal grand J .y n l* •• her*' cipton v i left vacant for I2.’»o tond.'. by the resignation of (Mrs. Myrtle Walton. Indianapolis, Mar. 9.--The united Washington, Mar. 9. The modi min« workers -will refuse to accept fied draft of the republican resena- the findings of the bituminous coal tion to article ten of the i>ea e treaty cominisalon unless a substantial in- Is understood to have been assented rease in wages and improved work to today, by a number of republican ing conditions are provided it was in leaders working with the democrats dicated in a statement sent from headquarters today. I nless a settle for the ratification compromise. ment is marie 'Wi that basis, the state The president's letter to Senator ment says, the miners wHI not feel Htlchoock on the jieace treaty gave that full justice has been done them. a new angle to the ratification fight. There has been a steady increase in Although the president did not »)' the cost of living in spite of the gov what reservations he would accept ernment promise of reduction. No or reject, he declared that almost all I more such promises will be accepted, say the workers. of the qualifications suggested were in effect virtual nullifications of the New York, Mar. 9.- The anthra treaty. To weaken article ten, he cite miners and operators of Penn said, would cut the very heart from sylvania have opened negotiations for the covenant. Especial interest is a new wage agreement to be effec manifested in the president's declar tive on March 31, when the present Good feeling ation that im|>erialistlc policies are agreement expires. by no means dead in the counsels of prevailed at the conference. Wage demands are somewhat similar to h« nntlous we most trust. The reservation on the equality of those of the soft coal miners Neith voting power in the league of nations er side «ares to proceed to definite waa readopted 37 to 20 after a mod conclusions until thè awards to be ification on the motion of republican made bv the bituminous coal coni ; mission are announced. leaders. I... I . «»Ji . » I Pl r MiRDERilD HIS -IEXI \N « Lì ICK Nanking. China. Mar. 9. Nanking I’nlversity’s college of agriculture and forestry Is starting a movement iiliat has as its ultimate purpose the rel 'testation of ( Ilina’s denuded hills by Inducing all the schools of the i country, Chinese and foreign, to ob- •'tve a Chin- e National Arbor dav. I Addresses have been sent out in I Eugnsu and Chinese to the schools of the country urging that an Arb^r day holiday be Instituted and giving instr ictfon In tree planting methods. It is Intended also to supply seeds to the schools. Tn tho messages to the schools it has been pointed out that economists have held that reforestation is prob ably the country's most vital need ¡in making over Its national life. I Lindon. iM^r. 9.—The Bishop of lx>ndon told a congregation at Southwark Cathedral that he was not at the moment advocating prohibi tion for this country but he could not help looking with somewhat envious eyes on the present condition of things in America. ' In view of pres- ent public opinion it would be a mis- take, in his opinion, at this moment to aim at a similar measure in this country, but at least they could aim high. “Just think what Ixmdon would be.” he added, "if we could get con trol of the drink traffic; if we could make drunken homes sober. It would have an enormous effect upon the moral question, because more than half the immorality existing in Lindon today Is due to intemper ance." Fonlney Says Privates Overwhelm- ingly in Favor of Aid Given by Government — .f Washington. Mar. 9—Charges that members of the house ways and means committee were endeavoring to kill bonus legislation by delay were made by Chairman Fordney when the committee resumed hear ings on the question of soldier relief, and members suggested postpone ment until after the meeting of th« American Legion on March 22nd. Of ficers who had good pay, dont’ want the bonus, said Fordney, 'biit private« Attend Board Meeting— who suffered losses are overwhelm Chas. T. Wheeler has been in the ingly In favor of tome sort of relief city for a few days in the interests plan of the local Salvation Army. He was present at a meeting of the advisory i tfoard last night at which the ques- I tion of sending a representative to I the state convention was taken up. He left this mornig for Klamath ' Falls. • J, Washington, Mar. 9.—'Louis Titus, of San Francisco, wrote to President Wilson asking the withdrawal of his nomination as a member of the U. S. Shipping Board. Titus recalled that the board considered the recent bids for oil too high, and being in the oil business himself, he might be embar rassed. DESERT OF NEVADA < 'omidation Is Formed— The local electric store, run by Clyde Harper, has formed a consoli dation with Paul’s Electric store, of Medford, and after the first of April the new business will be conducted In the building now occupied by the L. W. Richardson grocery. The gro cery will ’ move into the McIntyre building on South Sixth street. Winnemucca, Nev., Mar. 9.—▲ wild man lives on the Owyhee Desert, a great stretch of bleak, barren coun try on the eastern part of the line between Nevada and Oregon, accord ing to ranchers They said they had seen him many times, but that no one was ever able to approach him until last fail when some riders sur rounded him and made him talk. He looked wild, they reported, and hla hair and beard were long. The men BIRTH RATE RECOVERING FROM WAR IN GERMANY let him go. Berlin. Mar. 9.—The birth rate is i making a rapid recovery throughout Germany, according to statistics which have been gathered by the American Red Cross representatives! here. In most sections of the conn-, try, the numlier of births per month ; is now double that of a year ago. when the lowest point in the curve of vital statistics was rea-hed. WRECK OF FRENCH SHIP BEING CLEARED OF HARBOR Papeete. Tahiti, Mar. 9.—Blastiifg oi>erations are being carried on in the harbor here to clear the wreck of the French gunboat "Zelee,” sunk by the German cruisers ■'Scharnhorst" and "Gneisnan" during the bombard ment of Papeete, September 22, 1914. v Washington, Mar. 9 Raymond >p ;m ' m-'ricsn v. a muri-r- cd by hin Mexican - l«rk on Fc’iruury Peking’. Mai. 9. A strike by .’■th, ac ud;,;g • uu.ieca receive.I teachers of the various government' liy the stute department here today. schools In Peking has resulted in the MEXICAN FATHER« ANI» SONS ministry of education meeting their ( HOLD FIRST BANQlCT IN I 8. joPIl M «.HI GGLERS IHM RLE demands for prompt payment of sal CROSS THEIR RIVAL» aries and In siher or good banknot- s, El Paso. Tex., Mar. 9.—.What is in place of <lie no’ea of a Chinese i Sun Frincfsco, Mar. 9.— Rain be San Francisco, Mar. 9.—Opium said to be the first annual Mexican liank which recently have been ac gan falling In Northern California father-and-son banquet ever held in smugglers apparently take their spite cepted at only .0 per cent of their last night and a generous wetting of the I’nlted States was recently stag out on rivals “in the trade” by writ face value. The premier has an 1 he whole state is promised. Oregon ed here, by the “Hl-Yi” club of the ing anonymous letters to the customs nounced that lie will appropriate the and Washington also will be given El Paso high echooi and the El Paso officials telling of the expected arriv whole amount of tin- Boxer Indem a soaking, tile weather bureau pre- al of the drug on ships bound for Y. M. C. A. nity relinquished by foreign powers dieted . San Francisco, according to J. O. as a reserve f .nd 1 >r educational EIRTHQl AKE Kill« M ANY Davis, collector of customs, who said ptir|ioses. A further, demand by the WHEN VILLAGES DESTROY El» i that these letters frequently were re- teachers for dismissal of Fit Yu-feng, ASSISTANT I NITER STATES ; sponsible for large seizures. vice minister of Education, was tak Tiflic, Russia, Mar. 9.- Several FORESTER RESIGNS POSITION Occasionally the letters are type- en under advisement. hundred persons are dead and thou- j written products whose composers sands have ibeen tnade homeless as ■ would have no trouble dictating cor- H IRIIISS TELEPHONE OFFERED a result of an earthquake today Washington, Mar. 9.—Albert F. . respondence for a big American bus- FOR SIU’. IN GREAT BRITAIN which destroyed several villages near Potter assistant I'nlted States for i iness concern, Davis stated, and al- Istndon. IMar. 9 \ company Is Tiflis. ester, resigned his post here today. I London, ^lar. 9.—Theoretically. it I most invariably the information they offering for sale In Great Britain a Newton Abbot, Eng., March 9.—■ would seem possible to turn jq gi'e is correc. “home wireless telephone” appuraius This little town lias been chosen as pounds into 100 pounds merely by, contained In a I m > x light enough to the site for the first electrolytic rop- taking a short trip through France, I THIEVES PILFEIC BKITiSH SHIPS be carried by a leather handle. It is per refinery in Great. Britain, to Switzerland and Italy, says a Swiss claimed the outfit is capable of re j 10,<100,000 pounds. correspondent of the Daily Graphic. ceiving messages from nil the prin London, Mar. 9.—Thefts from Tho war reve'ed tlist there He gives this formula: cipal wireless stations In Europe. It | no refinery of tiii.s kind in Great cargoes of vessels are so prevalent Take a 10 pound bank note into i now that several meetings have been needs only to be placed on n toble Britain. The non-ferrous trades France, and change it for 4 20 silver' held between representative ship and tho sounding .telephones connoct- ¡committee, formed by the «ocern ■ francs. With these enter Switzer manag- rs and merchants to devisa od and ft Is ready for use. No ex |nient, strongly recommended ii. plant land. where they will b-,ty 2.100 Ttal- means of stopping it. ternai “Aorlrl" Is required. It costs n >« of produe.ng 100,000 tons of |ia paper lire, then |tass into Italy and 30 pounds. 'copper should bo established in the ¡cash into Italian silver. You now i I’nlted Kingdom for wlii h. as far as have 2.100 Italian silver lire. Take i o bl«. iBritlsh copper in blister those back into Switzerland, and you I’-imi should bo used. | have 2.100 Swiss francs, as the silver rj I Tho government promised lire are Accepted here as equal In • I -ltnn«< n i eqiiir- d, an value to Swiss fran s. Kow buy I'-erard 'Muntz, a member of French pa|>er money, and you will W< nt 'Bro: iwlch cop >er firm. receive 1,200 French Francs. Rettirn ' ; ■ chairman of the committee, to France, where you buy English beedi a syndicate which will erect Milwaukee. Mar 9.—In accepting notes, and you get -100 pounds— I ini.-ii i. Jlnr. 9. Glenn 'he no v ci .- r fining plsnt. ; t*»c invitation of the Order of Camels more or less. ’in- 'ey, th« ( shier of tile South \t V- .tun V'«-t there fire Ito attend a banquet in New York on rrnitically, it 's not ro eaay, as SI le hank, In the heart of the resi water fa; llltles. in nildltion t > I s 'ver coin is rare on the continent, ! March 30t.h. Governor Edwards, of de « di tri t « is killed durlw a of over ROO.OOO.OOO • ns of ' and there I the Fr-r h >rohlWt!on I New Jersey. declared his intention sen-nt I on :i I attempt by four bandits for the generation of electricity •o carry more than 1^000 francs out I to carry the prohibition fight tn the to hold up the bank this morning. very low cost, • o’ the - o itry. I democrat! ■ uational convention. Variable March Winds X RY
