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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
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER
«XMHUMNATED POWERS OF
(X»HAITI TION WANTED
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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
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GAMBLERS ME
Trucks I ndrr
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Car Give Way
OvwwpMta Are Hluskea Up.
No Ono Injurad
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‘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.
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■thslbsrt Stewart, aaantant chief of
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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
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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
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Out By Government
PORTLAND MARKET«
‘and Irish self determination league I l»y Simi i’dnm.—Town Hall and
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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-
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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.
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Medford Tribune.
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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.
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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«
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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'
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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.