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MEPFOTCP MAJIj TliTBtTXTC, MKPFORD, ORFiOX. Til HWDAY, .TAX TAR V 25. 1017
WOMAN FOUND
MURDERED IN DED
IN LOS ANGELES
l.OK AMIKLKS, (Jul., Inn. -'. A
woman identified by the police as
Sirs. Nell llnrvey of Kxeter, C'al.,
daughter of A. M. Dreisbucli, an or
nne;e grower anil former clergyman
was found clrnd early today, lying
. J'nce downward in a lied al t he .coll
ide hold, anil llailan J. Winter, a
motion picture, actor, was taken into
custody al a rooinine; house, where he
ran, partly dressed, limn the hotel.
Winter claimed to he the son of a
fonner district attorney of an up-
fctato county ot New York.
Winter, according to the police
said Hie youn woman died from nat
ural causes. He said he and she hail
registered at the hold as Mr. and
Mrs. Harlan of Sacramento, hut thai
they were to have been murricd. Tin
police said tho woman's body was
bruised.
The body was found by the hotel
proprietor, who said he lienrd sounds
apparently of scuffling.
The door to the room had to he
foreed open. Mrs. Ilnrvcv was found
laec down in a pi ml of blood on the
bed. - She had in her room a large
iiialitity id' elolliii"- and several
; pieces of cosily jewelry. According
to Winter, she was recently divorced
and was in comfortable circuiu
Ktances. He said I hey planned to be
married and go to Sacramenlo. She
' was to join a motion picture company
Willi him.
ISE
WASHINGTON, .Ian. ':. - The rail
road brotherhood leaders today laid
before President Wilson in writing
I their proposals for a compromise on
' his railway legislation program, and
ho began considering them. The la
bor leaders propose instead of a law
to prevent a strike or lockout pond
ing an investigation, that provision be
made for investigation by a mixed
board of employes and employers.
This, they say, would settle every
dispute.
The action of the senate inlor
slate commerce committee yesterday
ill voting down the president's plan a
second time was taken by some offi
cials as I lie forerunner of some sort
' oi' compromise.
EDULE
The athletic association, which is
composed of the principals of the fol
lowing schools: Talent, Phoenix,
Central Point, (lold Hill, lingua Hiver
and Jacksonville, is conducting a
schedule of basketball games. The
first games were played January I'J
with the followliiL' results:
, Talent vs. Jncksmivillc, al Jack
sonville. hoys II to 20 favor Jack-!
sonvillo, girls 7 to 1 I favor Jnck'-on-!
villi'. J. M. liuch, referee; .1. Ilag
shaw, umpire.
Phoenix vs. (Vnt nil Point, at Phoe
nix, hoys .1 to .1, giiK I C, :rj favor
Central Point. (Ill,, Khun, refene;
K. Kish, umpire.
liogue Hiver vs. ,,1
Hill, boys 7 to :IH favor liogue 1,'iwr,
girls Hi lo 17 favor (lold 1 1 Ml.
The following giiincs will be played
on the evening of the L'liili in-t.:
Phoenix vs. Gold Hill, al Cold Hill-.
Central Point vs. Talent, at Talent;
Jacksonville vs. liogue liivcr, al
Itoguo liivcr.
WEED BANDITS SEN!
Karl Wbclsel and Vm-ninn Sal
mon bine been found guilty of hold
ing up the Southern Paciii,- station
at Weed by the Siskiyou county irraiol
jury, according to Chief of p., lice
Kittson, who returned Wednesday
night from Yrcka, where lie was a nit
ncss in the ttial of Salsmon.
Hie men held ui Hie -latum at'
Weed, November 17. liilii. Whct.elj
was captured in M.dUid l,v itt-,,t,
the next day, and the following day i
Kittson look hi- partner inm cn-todv. i
Whel-el pleaded guilty
id v. as j
given two ami one-half ear- in San
Qucntin prison. Sal-iaou hn- not yet
been sentenced.
Arthur Peterson of Klmnaili fulls
wan a business visitor In the city
Wednesday.
CRUSADER IS
INTERROGATED BY
HIS VICTIMS
(Continued From Page One.)
life," replied Smith, as Mrs. Gmnbl
stood awaiting his reply with breast
henviug,
"I low many of you have children ?'
he listed.
Three-ipiaiters of the women rais
ed their hands,
yuorloB tho Women.
"How many of you are in this life
because you couldn't make enough to
live on?"
All hands were raised.
"How many of you made less than
fH a week?"
Half of the women raised their
bauds. Tin; pastor's voice shook.
"There are lols of Ihiags 1 would
like to solve, but 1 am only one poor
individual," be said.
Mrs. (Iambic "A girl can't live on
less than $211 a week."
liev. Smith ".Men who nre beads
of families get less than 20."
Mrs. Clamhle "Yes, and these nre
prostitutes."
Kev. Smith (to the girls) "How
manv here would work for $10 a
week?" -
There were colored women wilh the
white and there were cafe entertain
ers whom the minister has attacked in
bis expose.
Attacks Hie System.
"You don't mean lo class us with
these," piped up one woman who
seemed to lead a group of entertain
s.
"I did not mean to attack any of
yon." said the preacher. "I am at
tacking the system, and if I have done
you any harm, I'm willing to make it
good."
We are not bad." said another en
tertainer. "We have to light all the
lime In protect ourselves. We can't
even stop on the street, to look in a
window, without some man sidling tip.
And w hen we (ell htm lo mind his bus
iness, ho says, 'Aw, quit your kid-
din'."
I knowlhal's the Iragedv," re
plied the paslor.
Other girls crowded up to the rail
ing to tell their stories, beginning
lint would you do if you" and
then reciting the fortunes that drove
them into the vice alleys of the eilv.
"1 know, I know, I know," said the
preacher. "My heart goes out to
you. '
If you want to stop prostitution
stop (ho new girls from coining in
Don't mind uh" said Mrs. (nimble
"We have our cross. The girls coiu-
; in will always lie coining in as
g as conditions, wages and educa
tion are as they urc. You won't do
lay good attacking ns. Whv don't
you attack those conditions.'" said
Mrs. (Iambic.
"We want lo slop it.
"It won't do any good to drive us
out of the city, lias your citv and
your church a different find that you
h ive evil away h sending us to other
rities?
It's the men who prrneh morality
and contribute to churches who lake
upport from women lo whom they
pay wages that drive these women
e into the lite they lead.
We will work for a living wage."
Ol.YMPlA, Wash.. Jan. 2.1. The
liou-o today put the "hone dry" bill,
which headed the calendar, over as a
special order for next Monday al
:i:.'il o'clock. Advocates of the bill
-ay it will be passed by a large ma
jority, and that they favored post
ponement of the vote so that it can
not he said they rushed the bill
through without consideration.
The -cuate suspended the rules and
permitted introduction of the bone dry
bill, 'flic senate passed Prawn's bill
to prevent spread of rabies. It pro
i ides iiiarantine districts and give
persons the right to shoot tmmux.lcd
dogs. This is the bill which caused a
list fight between Senators Drown
and Taylor in the senate chamber re
centlv. BUFFALO BILL LEFT
ESTATE VALUED $65,000
DKXVKK, Colo., Jan. 2:.. The
will of tlio late Colonel William F.
Cody (Buffalo Hill) will be filed In
probate court nt Cody, IVyo., In a
few days. It was announced today.
According to Judge William A. Walls
counsel for .Mr. Cody, the hulk ot the
o. nit, valued at about $''.5,000 I to
so to the widow. This does not In
cludo a valuable collection of tro
phies, which t also to become the
property of Mr. Cody.
Judge Walla also stated that a
painting of lluffalo Bill by Paplclna.
a noted Italian artist, will be given
to the city of Pcnver by the widow.
BIGGEST STEEL
bit iWJJW
Hell date bridge, tlie largest and
New York and ran-ica four tracks.
000,000 pounds in the immediate approaches. Tlio winding steel and concrete approach Is nearly a mile long.
WHAT ARE I
TO DO WITH
OUROLD MEN?
(Continued From Page One).
ini; todaaluiut thcue tliruwn-out cos
ot our iniTi-ili'ss inrlustriiil imu.lihii'f
For nomv. sti'iingu n'.isou we mv
very far behind in drilling with this
problem. Kvery year it prows moro
acute, because the state of the worn
out worker is certain, under ordinary
conditions, to jt worse. Hut we do
nothing almut it. Kvcry other ?re:it
and prorossive nation on earth has
started in to put the poor bouse out
ul' business and is doing it. We still
elin-f to it. ''
lu Great Ilntum, for instance, ev
ery person that has reached the age
of 70 years and docs not have an in
come of .flO,") a year is pensioned by
the national government at the rale of
$1.25 u week.
This, of course, does not seem very
much, but before the war it was
enough to sustain life in Great T'rit
n in, where n shilling would go about
as far as a dollar in Ann nca.
Other Nation Tension.
1 Germany has pensioned all her old
people for more than n generation,
her pension organization being part
of the vast system of social reforms
so often referred to as the source of
her national strength.
Franco has an excellent system. All
her old people come into a pension
at I ho age of G.".
Australia nnd Xew Zealand dealt
with the matter veal's ago, ,'idoptiiur
plans by which every citizen is made
certain of his support when his Inbur
is no longer saleable.
Kach of these countries reeogni.ed
that old age is not a crime and Mini
the worn-out human cog has not of
fended against society because oei
ety has worn him out.
Kach of thcM' countries aKo Im;
made war upon that foul blot on eiv
ili.ntion, t he poor houe, wherein
stupidity has hitherto- ndmini-tercd
the punishment for the crime of grow
ing old.
What is the I'nited Stales to do
about it f When will we wake ii and
get into step wilh the re.-l of ihe
world
WANTS TO MAKE NEW
YORK REGULAR TOWN
Ni:V YORK, Jan. 2:.. Mrs. Vin-
eeut .stor"8 plan to Amertnumc
New York City's alien population
took concrete form today at a lunch
eon given in her Fifth Avenue home.
once the scene of this city's most
brilliant social functions under the
leadership of Mrs. John Jacob Aster,
til three score residents of the I'ast
Side, at which wealthy society wom
en touched elbows with those dwel
ling In less pretentious quarters.
"Wo need here In this great city
a neighborhood spirit". Mrs. Astor
snld In telling her plans. "A spirit
whl.h will bring Fifth Avenue anil
First Avenue together nnd which will
make us acquainted with the homes
nnd needs of each other as neighbors
and friends, not as charity workers.
"U ar strlvlnn for two things:
to niakp service, not charity, our
watchword, and to have on call at all
times residents, who will render per
sonal servire to others In the ucisli-
lioi hood as It is needed."
ARCH RAILROAD SPAN
heaviest steel nrcli railroad span
The steel span is 1017 feet lontr.
T
PAKIS. Jan. 2 r. Krance is in tho
grip of the severest cold weather for
many years. The thermometer in
I'aris registered 17 decrees Kahren
heit today and even in southern cit
ies like Marseilles and Bordeaux,
there were several deurccs of frost.
The number of dentils froni cold and
the suffeiliiRs of the Parisians have
been agKravutcd by the coal shortapo.
Kdoured 1 Ion ret, minister of na
tional subsistence, has taken cner
Kctic charge of the situation. The
cold has brought packs of wolves Ino
the department and bears are ravag
ing the fields :n tiie Loire valley.
FOR ATTACKING ALLIES
LOXDOX, Jan. -."). In compliance
willi one of the demands of the en
tente powers recently agreed to by
Greece, the Greek government todav
handed to the entente ministers a J
note fonnally expressing regret, for
the events ul cany Inst December,
when entente forces at Alliens were
fired on bv Greeks.
EL VALLE EVACUATED
Kl. PASO, Tex., Jan. 'J.V Kl Valle
tS:in Ilucnavcntara) was completely
evacuated by the American outpost
troops of ihe punitive expedition yes
terday, nil official message received
by Carranra Consul Kduardo Soriano
P.ravo be:e today stated.
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IN THE WORLD NEARLY COMPLETED
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over built, Is nearly ready for use.
Forty million pounds of steel were used
CLi.VONWATI, O., Jan. 23. Six
sealed Indictments naming 99 indi
viduals as defendants were returned
hero today by the federal grand jury
which has been Investigating the al
leged election frauds. The names
were given to the United States mar
shal and he will bring them into
court under capias and ns soon as
they are apprehended.
KKW VOKK, Jan. 25 Directors
of the Chicago, .Milwaukee & St. Paul
railroad, in session here today, au
thorized the electrification of some
L'OO miles of the I'uget Sound divis
ion of the road from Othello, in the
state of Washington, to the Pacific
coast.
It was reported that the directors
of the road had under consideration
a plan to issue .f -Vj.OOO.OOO additional
general and refunding mortgage
bonds bearing 41!' per cent interest.
Oct. nils of this proposed issue have
not vet been determined, but it is
thought some announcement of new
financing will soon be made.
D'Arcy End of Fight $30,000
PITTSnUItO, Pa., Jan. 25. Lph
D'Arcy, middleweight champion of
Australia, has been matched to meet
Al McCoy In a ten round bout nt the
Madison Square Garden in New York
on March 5, according to announce
ment made here tonight. D'Arcy will
receive $30,000 as his
'purse.
end of tho
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DEFENSE LEAGUE
WASHINGTON, .lan. 2 5. Presi
dent Wilson, speaking today to u
delegation from the Maryland league
for national defense, which attacked
the National Guard and advocated
universal military training, rebuked
them for their "unrestrained
language" and said thoy would liavo
a better chanco of their support If
they were more reasonable In their
attitude.
The memorial read to the presi
dent by Major Randolph Harton
spoke of the National Guard system
as "a disgrace" and a "failure." It
urged universal compulsory military
training and service and mentioned
the mobilization .of the Xatlonal
Guard along the Mexican border ns
an example of "the failure" of the
system.
President Wilson told tho delega
tion that their attitude closed the op
portunity for discussion of the ques
tion and was not helpful.
RECORD PRICE PAID
FOR OREGON WHEAT
KNTUHPKISH, Ore., Jan. 2 1. A
record wheat price for the central
Oregon grain district was named In a
contract signed here today whereby
the crop of a 2 7.'i acre farm is to be
sold to C R. Klliott. upon payment
at the rate of $1.50 a bushel, Novem
ber delivery.
.lohn A. Honey, of Devils Lake,
X. D., and his father-in-law. Dr. K.
H. Rishel of MayviHo, X. D.. are
in the valley looking after their farm
and orchard Interests, south nnd
west from Med ford.
CONGRESS HELD
WASlir.VGTON", Jan. 2.1. To uni
fy the efforts of patriotic societies
for measures of national prepared
ness against war, a congress of con
structive patriotism began a three
day session here today with Alton
11. Parker of New York as presiding
officer and more than a score ot
prominent men on the list ot speak
ers. The meeting is under the auspices
of the National Security league. Rob
ert llacon, president of the league,
presenting Judge Parker, laid stress
on the two great objects lo bo accom
plished; tho enactment of legislation
for universal military training and
service as the basis for physical
measures of defense and the Inculca
tion of patriotic spirit throiiBho'.fT
the country by means ot lecture
courses on patriotic topics.
Judgo Parker, In his opening ad
dress, declared the outbreak of tho
Kuropeun war had shown to thought
ful men the utter Impotence of tho
United States to defend itself against
a first class power.
"Wo continue to muddle along,'!
ho said, "until the people at Inst
siiceed in making their protests
heard above the declamation of
those who urged that to nvold vac
we need only to follow In the foot
steps of !l5hteousness and cultivate
a Christian spirit.
"Chi ii (lied that method. Sim fol
lowed lr. the footsteps of righteous-
npss and cultivated the spirit of Con
fucius. No".- she wishes she hnd
done more. Now who can tell what,
the future has in store for her?"
Judge Parker said President Wil
son was the real leader of the pre
p.iredress movement and had taken
i lie subject to the peiple lust year
when congress was ;lo'V to act.
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