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♦ Poss üailg Courier VOL. XL, No. IO. G.O.P. IDEAL IS GRANTH PAHS. JOREPH1NB OOLTITY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, HEPT. 20. 1020 WHOLE NUMBER 8OH7 MRS. ARTHUR MEIQHEN ETHELBERT STEWART GO-BETWEENIN 'M** FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER «XMHUMNATED POWERS OF (X»HAITI TION WANTED f CANCELLATION OF GENTIJSMEN'S REPORTS (JITIRENT IN LONDON AGREEMENTS IH REOOMMEND- OF PLASH TO .ASSASSINATE ED IN REPORT RULER «LAID W1LLLAMS MAKES CON' FESSION TO THE GRAND JURY A ■ GAMBLERS ME Trucks I ndrr mm I Car Give Way OvwwpMta Are Hluskea Up. No Ono Injurad * ‘I . Ur»M< , Yellow R*<e Hrid UiMMeimilable and lUgoroua Esrluaion of Immigrants la Asked by OommlUee Death of Irteli Hu nicer Htrikers Is Fiwrwl in Fur of Repriaala Against Irish Toxrao Tokio. Sept. 2». Former Premier Okumah has called a meeting of loo prominent Japanese to awaken the l»oplo against the "unlawful attitude of California Amort ana" a newspa per announ es Mrs. A. D. Hassett went to Medford thia morning to be present at the ahow "The Acquittal," which Is to be given tonight al thn Page. Chicago. Sept. 29.—A black pow der bomb wrecked the home of Aider man Powers of th« 19th ward. No one was Injured. Most of the resi dents of the ward are Italians. I SS ■thslbsrt Stewart, aaantant chief of MNMM Ashland, Kentucky, Hept 29.--«A the bureau of labor statistics, dspart- federal government conducted under mont of labor, who succeeds Or. Royal the coordinated powers of the con Meeksr as chief of the bureau. stitution and always taking the whole American people into its confidence was pictured by Senator Harding as the ideal toward which the republi can party would work If returned to power. Millwood. West Virginia. Hept. 29. Senator Harding's train narrowly es caped a serious wreck when the trucks under Mr Harding's car broke down and the car derailed. No one waa Injured. The senator and Mrs Harding were shaken up. Cleveland, Sept. 29.—The report a Condon, Sept. 29.—Rumors of a the committee on Americanism of the plot ranging from conspiracies to Mrs. Arthur Meighen, wife of the American Ijegion recommended the assassinate King George, to blowing j Canadian premier, who Is considered the gentleman’s up public buildings have been cur one of Canada's beautioa. cancellation of agreement with Japan and the rigor rent in London during the past few ous exclusion of Japanese imml- days. The reports have been caused by the fear that the lives of public | ! grants. The report which was adopted, re men in Great Britain might be jeap- [ commended "We earnestly request odized should any Irish hunger strik- ‘‘ ,. cr; d™, particularly particnixriy now that that the! KI II I I Kr II r||n| f \ the state department not to consider ril <ji«, IIUU I IILU I UIIULU any proposition for granting nature- “ "black black and and tan" tan" police have made _____ i llzatlon to this unasaimilable peo- reprisals In several Irish towns. An ’ ! pie.” Investigation of the rumors obtained 1 Agricultural Boclattan W hich Orcu- only negative results. One man giv |d«l I’rojwrty of King Are Driven ing an Irish name, having tour rifles, Lancers Destroy City Following Raid I Out By Government PORTLAND MARKET« ‘and Irish self determination league I l»y Simi i’dnm.—Town Hall and ------ .-------------------- 40 Buildings Burned I Portland, Sept. 29.—Hogs are I low- , literature, was arrested . or, *19.60 to *17. Eggs are firm. I !<ondon, Sept. 29.—Members of Other markets are steady. suwlbnul Exhildt Planned— local agricultural societies which oc- copied the property owned by King Building Is Progroodng— Believing that it will aid the local low was sacked by the 17th lancers Victor Emanuel of Italy near Naplee, The new concrete machine ’hop fishermen In their fight against the last night following a raid on the have been driven out by troops. Sev being erected by C. A. Unch on D. 1 military barracks by the Sinn Fein eral peasants were wounded says a street in the rear of his sales room Is salmon canneries and further the ln- ere in which a sergeant was killed. anglers In this section of They burned the town hall and some Ilonin dispatch. progressing rapidly. The pouring of ler®st the concrete was commenced Tuesday the country, a movement Is underway 40 buildings. Ilartlon Buys Re-idcii« o— morning and It la expected that with- to send an exhibit of steelheads and Claud Bardon has purchased lots In a month the building <111 be | large cuthroat> to the state fair at HANNAFORD RESIGNS AS 1 and 2 In block 14. on L street, a rea.lv for occupancy. The rebuild- ,.T---- __ HEAD OF NORTHERN PAC ,'IFIU resides o being on the property. As Ing is 40 by 50 feet and will be mo- Salem. "Toggery Bill” Isaacs is. soon as he can remodel the place, Mr dern In every respect. It will be leading the movement and he has ap St. Paul, Sept. 29.—J. M. Hanna- used by Mr. Lin ch as a service sta- pealed to all patriotic fishermen in ford resfgned as president of the Bardon will use it as a home. tlon for the Dodge Bros, automobile. the Rogue river valley to spend a Northern Pacific. He will be suc- Tourist Travel Fall« . »ff— for which he has the agency, The day on the river and contribute their ceeded by Charles Donnelly. The tourist travel has fallen Off machinery will all be electrically ' catch to the exhibit. C. C. Cate will considerable during the past few operated, every piece of machinery assume charge of arranging the ex days. Some assign the cause to the having a separate motor. Mr. Llncb hibit at Salem and It is urgently re CONDENSED MILK PRICE CUT BY CHICAGO FIRM state fair at Salem holding a large expects to tear down the wooden quested that all sportsmen interest-. number of the tourists whe are start structure which he now uses as a ed in the fishing conditions here lend Chicago, Sept. 29—A large con ing south but who want to spend a sales room and erect a modern ga- [ their generous cooperation to insure densed milk company announced a 12 few days at Salem. The condition of rage in its place. * This “ ‘ will not be the success of the undertaking— cent prlC0 cut today the roads to the north is also given done until spring, however. ---------- . Medford Tribune. I ____________ us a reason. At x o'clock tonight monthly jazz smoker of the Chamber of Commerce will b«» Inaugurated. An extra large attendance Is expected to in order to get in closer touch be out to start the ball rolling. Something seems to be in the wind with the patrons of the Southern Pa cific company, J. A. Ormandy. assist and a general current of expectation ant general passenger agent, with Is prevalent. Some stunts are prom headquarters in Portland, and R. E ised but just what they will be no Kelly, representative of the execu one knows and It seems as though tive department, of San Francisco, the only way to find out Is to go to were In the city for a few hours this the smoker. The Courier has been morning. They visited a number of requested to announced that every local concerns and left later for Med old and new member Is not only ask- , ed, but Is commanded to ho there and ford. Tho gentlemen state that they i bring a couple of friends. Newcom have been hearing much about the ers are especially requested to at- Grants Pass Irrigation project snd 1 tend and Imbibe the hospitable "It's say that they expect to see a heavy the Climate" spirit. freight traffic out of Grants Pass In Mrs. R. R, Wilson went to Glen a few years. They wero very optimis tic over the future of southern Ore dale this morning to spend a days visiting with friends. gon. Tho Southern Pacific is attempting to got back on a pre-war basis In Fined for Aswniilt- rolling stock snd service, according, T. M. Lamond voluntarily appeared to Mr. Kelly. New equipment Is be-| this morning before Justice Holman Ing added t<k thn road to take the and pleaded guilty to assaulting AV. place of that whkh wan slloweil to G. Smith at Wolf Creek ¿ast night. go to pieces during tho period of gov Mr. Ijnmond was assessed *.'>. The ernment control. Ono serious dlffl trouble started over a school moetlag culty which is being encountered Is Mr Lamend Is clerk for the district gottlng buck an equal number of and was reading tho minutes. Mr. cars for those sent east. Tho pre | Smith objocted to the minutes as ponderance of freight traffic Is oast read and made a motion that tbey be and tho empties arc being sent west J expunged from the records and new The Southern Pacific Is finding It minutes prepared by tho clerk, As hnrd to secure an equal exchange In argument started, which finally led Mr care and this works a hardship on I to more forcible arguments. Smith was knocked down and re- tho company. Shippers, however, are cooperat celved several hard blows. He came ing splendidly In overcoming the in to the hearing this morning hut shortage of cars. Mr. Kelly stated. was dissatisfied with the result and Tho cars are being loaded to capacity i says he will carry tho case further, as and are holng hold only as short a he feels he dii^pot Mcure fair treat time as possible. It Is expected that ment, Mr, Tatmond, however, stated the company will soon bo back on Its that he Is fully satisfied with the re sult of the hearing. former basis. IMPLICATED OLD-TIMF BASEBALL STARS GET COMFORTABLE JOBS AS COACHES CZ>lCifZ7rú¡¿Z~ lint of college baseball conches shows that a number of former big leaguers acquired comfortable Jobs looking over the youngsters. AmhenW's coach during Its sensnn was I'r FJac'dltach, who caught for many yeurs with Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Ben Houser, once n prominent first baseman, hud charge nt Rowdoln. John lleary. who used to hold Walter Johnson, taught ’em how at Come’l. Big Jeff Tesreau looked after the boys at Dartmouth. Art Devlin was run ning the squad nt Fordham. Ira I'lnnk, brother of the great southpaw, and himself a pitcher of merit was nt Gettysburg. Jack Slattery, of long experlencs "up there," was nt Har vard. Jesse Burkett, famous slugger, watched over the Instruction nt Ho'y Cross, Ilay Fisher of the Beds was with the hoys nt Middlebury, Vt. Billy Lush was nt Annapolla; Monte Cross, with the University of Maine; Carl Lundgren once a Cub pitcher, produced a champion team at Michigan; Engle, lnte of the Red Sox, was at the University of Vermont, and Billy Lauder was with the Yale squad. ' Chicago, 3ept. 2*.—Following the eonfeeeion by Claude Williams, whe named ’*Chick" Oandil as the chief go-between on the White Sox team last year and "A. Brown and Built- van gamblers” from either New York or Boston, the grand jury today voted true bills against Brown and Sullivan. Williams said he received *10,000 for his part In throwing thn series. He said Gandll told him Bin Burns, one pitcher and Abe Attel, a former prize fighter were fixing It for the Sox players to tat *100.009. Chicago, Sept. 29.—Further con fessions by the White Sox players in dicted by the grand jury, to supple ment the confessions of Eddie Cicotte and Joe Jackson in connection with the alleged throwing of the 191* Worlds Series is expected in a day or two. Alfred Austrian, attorney for the ball club announced. New York, Sept. 29.—District At torney Lewis announ ed he wo’ijd start an Immediate investigation of a report that a clique of gambler* plan to bribe members of the Brook lyn Nationals to lose the games in the coming Worlds Series. Seattle, Sept. 29.—The chief of po lice here received a letter signed “Friend to Workers,” declaring the radicals were planning to dynamite buildings in Seattle. Tacoma and Portland “within 20 days.” Medford. Sept. federal trade commission investigation of the charge that the Utah-Idaho Su gar company is a “combination in re- straint-of trade” was resumed yes I terday morning, Judge J. J. Dunham, federal examiner, presiding. George Austin, for 30 years head agriculturist of the sugar company, About 20 teams of workers will was the first witness for the defense, start out tomorrow morning to make and his testimony dwelt largely with a religious census of Grants Paas. the growing of the beets, the securing This is carried on by the united ef of acreage, and the preliminary de fort of a number of churches of the tails of establishing the industry in city. The canvassers are to meet southern Oregon. this evening at the Baptist church at I Mr. Austin testified that after he 7:30, to be paired off into teams, and was able to get a line on the true j to have their districts assigned. 'conditions, he told Mr. Saunders, one Inasmuch as tbey hope to cover of the leading figures in the project, overy home, so that when the census that it "was folly to build a factory, ■ is completed, we shall know how this under the prevailing conditions.” He tallies with the U. S. census of last said that Mr. Saunders replied, "that January. Many people feel that he was a faker or words to that ef there are really more people here fect." Mr. Austin also testified that than the statistics given us would in the chief drawlfack to the proposition dicate. A hearty cooperation on the was the lack of water, ana tnat con part of the people is invited. ditions at Medford wero better than Grants Pass. "It irrigation was in-1 COX ASSAILS HARBIN« I FOR LACK OF DEFINITE PLAN stalled." The witness also testified that he told W. W. Harmon, formerly of this Omaha, Sept. 29.—Governor Cox city, and well known as a civil engl- ■ today traveled to Missouri and Kan neer, "that It was a grand mistake to sas. Tn a statement this morning he build the factory the way they did."k criticized Senator Harding for having Mr. Austin said that the arrangement “no definite plan to offer In substi of the factory did not meet with his tution for the league of nations." approval, but that he could n< t get them changed. His complaint was BARE RUTH SWATS THE i that the conveyors and tracks were' • BALL FOR MTH HOMER not built to yield the most efficient Philadelphia. 8ept. 29—‘Babe Ruth service. He was questioned by Judge D. N. got his 5 4th home run tn the ninth Stnoup, legal representative of the, Inning of the first game of a double Utah-Idaho company, which occupied , header here today. the entire morning session, all phases being gone Into with great detail. Mrs. J. M. Vinyard went to EJu- At noon the hearing adjourned gene thia morning where she waa until 1:30 when the cross examina called by a death In the family of her daughter. tion of Mr. Austin was etarted.
