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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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MJODFORD, OltWION, TUESDAY, .JULY 13, 10J3.
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NO. 93.
GENERAL STRIKE OF 5,000 TRAINMEN
THREATENS SOUTHERN PACIFIC SYSTEM
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HOUSE PASSES NUMBERS USED CUT OUT GRAPE
BILL AVERTING TO TAG OFFICIALS JUICE IS ADVICE
GREAT STRIKE SAYS MULHALL OFFERED BRYAN
D;iiirr of Walkout of 00,00 Eastern
Railroad Trainmen and Conductors
Passed hy Afirccincnt of Confircs
slonal Leaders,
Controversies Which Cannot Be De
cided hy Mediation May Bo Re
fcrrcd to nn Arbitration Board.
WASHINGTON', Julv IV-liy
uiinuiiiinu vote the limine this after
noon adopted till' NowluillU' lltlielltl-
iiihiiI in thi' Kidman net. It now
'kh' to tin' I'uiiti) fur tiiiriial il'
miiHir iiiih'iiiIiiii'iiIh, mid ntiilniilili'illv
will Im mgut'd by I'liwlili'iit WiUon
before night. ,
WAKIIINOTON. Julv !.-TIik
Mtnnto iiunniuiouslv t'utii'iitii'il thii
nllctunou in Him NowluiiuV muciul-
lllllllt I1M It pllHXCll tllll lllMIIH. Till'
IIIIKIIllllll'Ilt now goo to thn prcsi
lUni Tor hi siguuturi'.
WAHIIINOTON, July 15. -All
danger of n mii Iko of upwards of SO.
nun cnliini ritltroinl trntiuiii'ii mnt
conductors wn averted today tiy llu
agreement nf majority nnd minority
lender nf tlio bourni to stiiucud oilier
IhuiIucm mill linn n perfected miiriid
iiutiit to the Krduntn arbitration net
nuthorlslng n federal mediation com
dilution to settle- all uclt Inbor dl
plltcil.
Tho limine Judiciary louuultti'o
mrt early In tin' iliiy, prepared to ro
port fiivorulily tlio New land unieiid
iniint wild minor change. The Oluy
Ion amendment will lv pigeonholed
Tim perfected mcmuiro will lie pars
ml tliU afternoon niul signed before
nUlit liy President Wilson.
To .N'niiio Aiblfnitor
Announcement of tlio personnel ol
llni new federal nii'illatlou roiiunW
dun utilhorlfod liy tlio Nnwliiiiilii
iiliitmdmeut lo sulcrt two of tlio hI
arbitrator In tliu dispute Ik oxpc'rt-
ill lain thin nrtiirniion It Im miikr-,
htiiuil Hint tlio president submitted ,
to tliu imlilniit till morning thn,
inline nf tboio Im oiertn to upl
point.
Tlio Ncwlniid iitni'iiiluii'iit to thoj
ISrdmmi net, nn It Ih expected finally
to pits congress, provlilnH for tlio
mediation of nil dispute affecting
tlio wage, hours niul condition of,
oinplo) iniint of roinnioii currier. Un
der It a hoard of iiu'dlatlon mid run
dilution Ih ('rented, ciiiihIhIIiik of :i
(Continued on imuo a.)
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HARRIMAN'S
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HELPED TO PREVEN
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WASHINGTON', Julv J.i. -Mm. J.
Dorilcii lluirimuii, u uleeo of llm lulu
inllioiiil wiriinl niul now a uu'iulii'i'
of tlio luiliihti'lul I'ouiinlHhloii, played
u piouiiuent purl ill preveiiliui; u
Hi i ll.e of more t hull eighty IIioiikiiiiiI
li'iiiuiueii wliieli wuh holllcd at u
mei'liiiK u llm while Iioiiho lietweeu
l'hihiileul Wilson nud lepiertenlativert
of liotli hiilcH lo tlio eoiitioveiHy.
MontliK iiko, when blm heui'il tliu
Mrs; riiiiiui'H of u rupluio lietweeu
Ihy eiiMleni rnllionilH mill their em
ploy! k, fhu lieuKi'd I'li'hiileiil WilMin
in iuliiere, hut he ileelined ut (hat
liiue, I'l'iuinu that ho niiuht ho lie
eusml of eseilliiK' "wliilo lioiihii In
llui'iice," Ho iikuiiImciI, however, to
ii'ii DM nn lutei'ineiliai'v in n conlVr
iiii'c niiuiiuKil ii 41IM Iho oiiIhiiIo,
Mim. Ilurihuuu went hi'fuiu Iho
Kuliniial I'ivio I'Vilernlloii, ami I'iinU
ileiit Hi'lh Low of lliul iiiumii.ulion
III iMIii' uil'iiUKeil .eleiihM'i noillei'-
I'll!'")
Manufacturers Aficnt Says Vice
President Sherman Was Numhcr 8
Expense Accounts Identified
Showing. How Money Was Spent.
Lahor Leader Offered Bribe to Call
off Strike, Then Refused to Pay
Him Because of Time Taken.
WAHIIINOTON, July 15. Tim
senate lohliy (omniltleu resinned Hi
hearing today with Martin M. Mill
hnll of llnltluiuro, self-reputed chief
lobbyist mid strikebreaker for tlio
Nntloiial Association of .Manufactur
ers, on the stand Seiuitor Reed of
Missouri took iii Hie exniuluatloii of
the witness. Mulliall Identified a
largo niiniher of letters nud tele
grams, most of nlileli already bnvo
been pilhllKlled.
Ill one letter to W. I). H.iyle or
Cleveland, In July, 11)07, Mullinll
NiiKKi'Hteil that Knylii nsk President
Van Clc.ivo to have member of tliu
N, A M In Clevelnnd unite to defeat
(lie Into Tom I.. Johnson for tuuvor.
.Mullinll swore ho went to Cleveland
iiiidnr Instructions to dofenl John
hoii, nud that lm did no.
nr.Uindhfof'thelinimrjt'rtrTBcere-
ttiry Schwcdtmun of tdu N. A. M.
wrote, to Mullinll'
Iti'piitilli'iiii Safe
"Hoinii ItirKe tdltiRM are lirewlim,
and tdero In ewry ludleatloii Hint In
our tariff riiiupnlKii ue liavo with im
a majority of tlio republican leadltn:
rciimrcuKiniiii. nenatorrt nud tho.ii
dlKlier than that, too. To n small
deitree tliU Ih ii fael nUo In ri'Kard
to tlio lahor Imiio nud miiiiii other
propoaltloiiH advocated hy the N. A
M."
On Keiitemher 5, 1H07, It Ih nlleu
ed, Krdvtodtiumi wrote Mullinll t.
follow h:
"You hiiw, of rnunm, Intro Hecro
tnry Tuft ruferred to tlio National
AMorlutlon of MmiufnctiirerH it
Kront li'iiKth In hU 1'oIiiiuIiiih ad
dreH. If not we Hiueeeded In got
tliiK tho councH'H plnus tlioroiiKdly
(Contliiuea on p.'iro 3.)
CASE 10 BE TRIED
SAN' KIIAN'flSt'O, t'al., July 15.
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AUGUST SECOND
The DiKKK-fmuiuetli while hIiivu
oiim', whii'h, toi'lliei' with tho We.it
ern l'uel eouipauy, poslpunemciit of
willed hy Attorney (leuerul Molloy
iihIiIh hioiiKht Ihe heuutlotiul lvMnuu
lioti leeeiitly of Uniteil Statei Din
triet Alloiney John L McNnli was
net for liiul Aujpint r, hy UniU'il
Slides Judge Van Fleet today, Spu
eial I'liHi'i'ulor Matt I. Sullivan, ap
pealing for tho KoveriiuiL'iit, iloi'lared;
"Tlio KiivcriiiiuMit desires these eiibos
to ho set for tho euiliest poshihlo
lime."
.Indue Van l'lei'l hluled that as lie
wiirt uliout to Jeuve for Kiueku to
oiiii his teiiii llici'o August Ti wus Ihu
euiliest ditto ut which they could ho
M'l.
The eusii of Altoruey IIiiitIh of Sn
(iramcnlo i-cprceulini; Muury I, Disk's
eliuiKCil with Huhornnllon of per
jury, will he tried ul tliu hiiuio lime.
Tho Western Fuel eoinpniiy oftl
I'ials' eiiscH were set for Anuust -').
Atliiruee MeCulchccii, who appeared
for Ihe ilcfcniluiltx, ileelarcd they
were ready for iiiimciliute (rial, hut
this was Ihe cuilicM ilutu ut wlildi
they coiilil ho hcl.
Juiluii Vim I'leel hlulcil Hint he
wniilil nut try (he ca-cs, anil II Is uul
i'l il ih'il uhu will he Ihe picldliij;
JihIkc.
Secretary of State Told (o Use Cold
Water and Reduce Cost of Livlni)
so That He Can Live Upon Salary
Instead of Lecturing for Pay.
Congress Debates Thrifty Habits of
Statesman Who Says His Pay Is
Insufficient to Keep up Two Homes
WASIIINdTON. July 15.- Stunt;
hv iiriticioiu of Iuk recent declaration
that lie U forced to lecture to n le
nient his xuhirv, Seerelarv of State
William J lirvaii today promised to
ive out a hlaleini'iit cxpliiininu' junt
what lie meant. It will ilcuv that he
Is n champion of diuhcr xnlarie foe
L" crnuient ofl'ieiaN and explain that
te incut Iijh salary ir. iiiKtiffieiciit he
caiiM' he is coinpclleil lo maintain his
poHiliou here as M-cretarv of nlnte
and iiln to l.cep up his liomu nt Lin
coln, N'ch.
''I ilio not intend to find fault with
pru-ent fiixernmeut iahiriei," said
lirvaii ih!" afternoon. "Later in tho
day I'll hiivn a statiinent uinkiuir
eervtliini: clear. Tho statement will
not iliscuhH the 'higher eos( of IKinc,'
eitder."
., , Cut Out CJinH Julrt)
"Cul out the crape juie,eiiiud ti'Ic
to Hpnnir wnlir," was one of the
MiL'ttcstioits hurled nt Secretary of
State llrvan this afternoon hv mem
hcrs of the hcnnte nud eoiiKresi.
Uryan's declnrntion that his salnrv
as M'creturv of htute was insuffi
dent to cnaliln him to maintain both
his dome in Lincoln, mid his Misition
here n roused con-iileralile eouimeut
".Men u'o on mentions,'' snid Senn
tor lliitow, "in order to rceupernto
their strcnslli and render better
service for the remuinder of the yenr.
A loan iisiu his vacation to earn
money exhausts his mental imwers
mid hy so iloinc is not trcntim; his
employer riaht, if tho employer
payiut; his sularv diirini; Ihu vnention.
"If Hrymi followed the miiiihI Kan
sas doctrine of Mining only tuirc
spriiiK wnter on the tnble iuslend ol
this iiausciiliui: erapo juice, I feel
sure he would luivo no trouble in liv
iuir within his salary. I understand
Krape juice is cheaper than ehnui
pnene. but it is not so economical nor
so cooil as spriiiL' water.
Cold Water Solution
"The solution of tho whole mutter
lies In cold water."
Senator N'onis of Nebraska took
a different view of the situation.
"Any man in ordinary- occupation,"
he biiid, "mind! to live within $1'.!.
UllO nniiuully. If Hryan lives on
moic, in mv opinion, he ouht to tie
vole his ntleutioii to ileereasini; ex
penses rather than iuereuhiui; bis in
eouie." Senator Olllu Jnmert of ICenlueky
ilefenili'd Mrynu.
inezSmland"
weds in holland
LONDON7, July 15. Announcement
was made hero today of tho marriage
last Friday of Mis luer. Milbollaiul,
a well known New York Miffrnuist
Icuder, to Fuen Holssewuiu of Am
pterduiu. The couple nve spenilini
Ibeir honeymoon in Holland. Mis
Milhollniid nrrlvod bore u week ugo.
She went to Soutbamptoii nud tele
phoned tho news of her uiurriiiKo to
her family here. William Maicoui,
Iho vvirclcsx inventor, introduced
Puissoweiu In Miss Milhollmul in
New York Inst winter.
UnlHKUuoln Is tlio hoii of Oliurlui
UolsHcweln, a rich coffee planter of
tliu Ifdnuil of Java. He I uUo con
nected with tlio Mureonl coinpaay.
Tint uiurriiiKo wiih pm formed In tint
Koiitlt KeimlUKtun rexl'lci')' office. A
civil ccieinony uUo wun icrfoinicil
in Ainnlcnlnin.
VETERAN NATIONAL TRACK CH
MANY LOSE THEIR
III ' HF m vv r 1 1 1 IHHK"" ym
( HBr 111 m c H 1 1 1 1 1 nPjVt
.John JYicfioUosz T 'ffif ,r
SiilST Mwr
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ATHFTCCnNTKST 7 f IRMfc I
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP M . tf p
Seldom if ever before has uch n
wholesiile uiwettiiiL' nf favorites been
seen at a big athletic tiled n took
place ul tde National A. A. I. ebnm
iiiniwliiiii in Chlraeo last week. In
nearly every event n topnoteher went
iloivn In defeat, mid in this respect
the east New Work espeeiully suf
fered particularly.
'I he lrisli-Aiiifrienn A. C. of New
York had not less (liati half u dozen
of its veteran ehan'LUK turned back
lv "vouug lilood."
Matt McOrutli lost liU sixtrcn-
iwuiud liauuiier title to young I'mldy
Hyan. while l'at McDonald, tdu
Olympic sliotput clinmpion, dud his
color' lowered by Larry Whitney ot
Dartmouth College, who weights but
little more than half what big l'at
doeji
IMutf Adams wns another Olym
pian to feel the sting of defeat Tho
K. Y. A. ('. clmmnion. who has been
justly called the greatest all around
jumper in the world, was trimmed by
Styles, n ( bicago sehoolhoy
John Nicholson of the I'liiversitv of
Missouri, despite his defeat at the
Olympic games, lias dcen regarded by
sciine cxnerK as the leading expon
ent of tlio liiud hurdling art, but like
ninny nuotlier clinmpion Nicholson
"got his" ut tTiicngo.-uiul Fred Kelly,
tde boy from Southern I alifornia,
wns- tde ntdlete wdo sent tlio lanky
Missouimn down to defeat. Kelly
Im.l liiiiclv conouered tde great
Nicholson vvdeii lie too got a denting.
In tde low hurdles tdu raeifie const
flier in.l his nuister in Correv. n Chi
cago Athletic Association youngster.
One of the most surprising form
icvcrsnls nt tfie meeting was tlieile-
(Continued on paeo 3.)
WOODLAND, Wash., July 15,
Tho hotly of C. U. Smith of Portluud,
wdo wltd dU wife wan lost in a utorm
vvhllo dcKcoiidliiK Mount St. Helens
n wok lino, wan found last nlKht, n:
cordliiK to telephonic udvlce9 reneh
ur doro today. No truce wan founl
of Mrs. Smith. Tho news telephoned
hero contained uo dotalla.
Smith's body wltd the neck and
left arm hrokeu, was found in u luvu
nud Biiow hud ntiout a half nillo from
tho beaten trait by n party of search
ers, who for three da) a had camped
at tlio foot of the mountain n wait
ing mi abatement ot a miovvtitorm
willed for three duya dud bwept tdu
mountainside,
Seared In being continued for tlio
body of Mrs. Smith, willed In bollev
ed to bo In the vicinity, hut progress
Is necessarily slow oil account of the
roiiKdiiess and prcrlpltniituics of the
houtliern slope of tho mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, In company
wild MUs Voi itt Mouion ami Han
dolph Monro, ulii nf I'orllund, us
rended the moiiutulu Kuiidny, J illy
0, While at Iho sunuult tho part)'
wiih ovuilukeii Ii) u lenlhlo mln mid
kIIVViUl
FIND SMITHS BODY
WITH NECK BROKEN
AMPIONS BOWLED OVER IN BIG CHICAGO MEET;
TITLES TO YOUNGER AND UNKNOWN RUNNERS AND JUMPERS
. . II K'dMM Oei I
.aBIHtr-NSSv &MJK-V' xtf
S?7 7c?fpin,
I'KKIN, July 15." The Chinese
pnrliumeiit convened hurriedly today
to consider four new demands con
cerning Mongolia suddenly submitted
by Iltissin. The demands call for
full reefgnition bv China of nil the
rights concede to Ifu-sia in the agree
ment signed nt I'rgu, Mongolia last
November, full niitouomv of outer
Mongolia; that China accept Hussion
intermediation, mid that China '
Suzerain only.
Considerable excitement has been
enused hy the action of Ilussia,
which is strongly opiiosed by foreign
ers here us well as Chinese.
BY PEAR BLIGHT
OLYMPIA. Wasd.. Julv 13. Ac
cording to reHirts biMiight lo the of
fice of Commissioner J. H. Perkins
nud Deputy T. O. Morrison, of tho
new depaituieut of agriculture today,
the Yakimu valley is suffering great
losses viwimj to the appearance there
of pe.ii blight. One grower in Olyin
pia nud elsewhere estimates the losses
already this season nt $1,000,000.
Hie government is taking every
step possible to stump out tde af
fection. EO DAY LOSES
LIFE IN ALASKA
A telegram to K. It. Ilnnloy niul F.
1(. Muddoii received in Medford Mon
day gives the information that Kd
wnnl Day, who hud been placed in
charge of their cannery locnted near
Fort Wraugel, Alaska, lust spring,
was found i!uad in tliu water near by,
(videullv having been drowned nut
lone, hefuie.
Mr. D.it' was the eldest son of the
lute Judu" Silas J. Day of Jackson
ville, uued nboiil it) vears, mid li un
live of Ihu pioneer town, lie Is stir
vlvcil by hn iiiniher, and u sUler.
Mr, O, N. NeUoii,
RUSSIA PRESENTS GREEKS ACCUSED
CHINA DEMANDS OE BARBARITIES
EOR MONGOLIA AGAINST BULGARS
YAKIMA SUFFERS
$1,000,0000 LOSS
A.R
MWUt
Jfatt
JiftGrritfi.
LONDON, July 13. lilood curd
ling ebargus against Greek troops
arc voiced in despatches received
her? today from Bulgarian officials.
Aiter enttrting Pmvishtn, the Greeks
it is nssertcd, massacred practically
ihe entire liulguriaii nud Turkish
population.
The combined forces of Greece mid
Servin today continued to udvnnec,
the Gieck conunauder predicting the
ii"xt big engngemeiit would occur on
llulguriun territory.
OAKLAND. Cul.. July 13. Plans
were started hero today by the board,
of education for the training of tho
voi-cs ot a chorus of five thousand
children, taken from the grammar
grades of the eitv schools, nud n
boys' hand of eight hundred pieces,
to take part in the cbildrciis' cele
brations dining the IDl.'i fair nt San
''ruiicd-cn.
The children will be trained bv the
miisicnl directors of the city schools
nud thu baud wilt bo under the di
rection of several prominent musi
cians. It will take a yenr to twin
the children.
MARTIN RE-ENTERS
FLYING BOAT CRUISE
pKVTW.VTtfll. Mudi.. Julv 1.V
After uiiiioiineiiig his withdrawal
from tlio tliieago-Dctroit i"ju tuilo
flvii.r. III. Ill fl-lliiiit. fillMlll Ii. fll ft 111.
of Li R .M'udes changed his mind this
afternoon i'iul resumed his flight in
nn if Cult to overfuiul Heekvvith
Unveils, Ifinler in Iho rneo. Huveiis
passed .Maekiuae btrmtg nt noon.
Itoy Fnuielrt of Oakland, Cab, whose
ninenini lnoke down here, ih out oi
it, leaving two maeliiiics lo fight for
supicuuie.v.
Aviator Fails In Lake.
CIIH'AUO. Julv I.V-Avhilor Max
l.lilie fell lulu Luke .Michhtuu two
mile olf sliiiic, when hiw uioiiopluim
tiiliicil lilithi loduy, Hn siviiiii from
Ihu VM iLiiuu uinl wiu iccucil,
vS BFQEt, Jy
0 CHILDREN TO
SING
CHORUS
TROLLEY UNE
QUARREL
ENDS
N STRIKE VOTE
Same Basis for Electric Line Em
ployes as for St earn Reads De
mandedFive Thousand Men Like
ly to Walkout IncliNlIni Ctwlncters
Ballot on Strike Vote Returnable
July 27 Action Fellows Failure ef
Negotiations With Calvin ,
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 15.
Starting with a dlsnuto between
tho employes of tho Trans-Bay olcc
trie lines, operated hy tho Southern
Pacific company In Oakland, Berke
ley and A tamed a, n Kneral strlko of
all conductors, brakemen and yard
men ot tho company Is threatened
today. Unless tdo railroad officials
allow employes of tho suburban elec
tric lines to work on tho same basis
as employes of the steam roads, morn
than G000 men probably will .wn!!c
out, affecting the lines In the terri
tory extending to El Paso on tho
south, Ogdcn on tho cast and Port
land on tho north. A strike rote cf
all trainmen on tdo entire system U
now being taken and Is returnable
not later than July 27.
The strike vote was decided upon
allowing negotiations . ulth Vlcv
President K. U. Calvin, exteadlr.K
over a period of two weeks. T&
general committee ot tho Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen and thu
Order of Railway Conductors, after
a final conference with Calvin, brok'n
off negotiations and left boro to
canvass tho voto In each transporta
tion ccntor.
Start of Trouble
Tho troublo started when th'a
Southern Pacific posted a notice thnt
tho trans-bay electric system Is to
bo operated by an Independent com
pany, at tho same time remaining
undor the control or tho Southern
Pacific company. Delegations nf
trainmen and conductors called on
Calvin to find out It thoy wore to
bo classed as "streetcar" men or
"railroad" men and what their status
would bo concerning pay, working
hours and seniority. Calvin's ex
planation was not satisfactory, and
tho deads of tho two organizations
wcro notified. Immediately Vlce-
(Conttnued on page 3.)
ARTIST WHO LETS
DUKE ASSIST HIM
MOULIN, Juy 15. The grund
duke of Ilessu has exasperated tho
aristocracy und tho socialists of his
duchy by bestowing his putrouage
ou Richard Kolb, a lt -year-old ar
tist of gront promise. The formro aro
angry becmuu tho grand duke rec
ognized n socialist, and tho latter
blame him for "corrupting n com
rade with his false democracy."
The grand duko Is a grcut patron
of nrt. and, having Inspectod Kolb'a
work, he offered to pay his expenses
to Rome lu order that he might con
tiuuo his studios. Kolb got red In
the faro and said: "Rut I am a so
elullst." "Never mind," was tdo re
ply, "I lovo socialists when they
can pulut. You aro tho first I liuva
met. Are you a republican?"
"Yes," said Kolb,
"Thcu you will do bettor in Rome
th mi here trying to stel my throne,"
said tho duko. "Rome was onee
republic, you know, but IIms uever."
Tho grand duke liiu promised to
ullow Kolb 1750 u yMr while pur
suing his studies) uud tills bus Mus
ed further wrath nmoNg the intuUil
1st, who blume Kolb fur his 'trwili''
nry to thu run" In NMfeMlHK M
pMtronuiio,
SOCIALISTS ENSURE
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