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Paf?e 8 OUKOOX CITY KXTKKIMilSK. FRIDAY. JUNE 8. 1917. FRAMED BY SENATE TO PUT BURDEN ON POOR noon river is CONFRONTED BY LABOR SCARCITY WASHINGTON. Juno 1 tal levy of pproiimalrly ll.lOO.ouO, (K0, lh war row-niio Mil U undergo ing III flntahlng touches In Die senate finance commute today. The Mil as ilntg adda materially to ilia liurili'n on the (boulders of the Mir, hlle io fr Iti incomes of the HOOD RIVKIt, or, June 4. Th Hood lllmr valley faces an m ule laUir hnrUKe, according to Kenneth Mc Kay. manager of th Fruit tirowera' rrltit L.j.h.iite, and atra berry Knmera ar In dangt-r of loaing much of their crop Mr. Mi Kay mi he haa ha J call today fur 300 berry ph kers to he (in work the lat(r part of (hla week and the first of neil. The local ne.. a-IIahle it not go in( to l twr sufficient to handle the crop. ) the euhang manager, GEORGE L BAKER HAS BEEN ELECTED MAYOR; rith are ahon the greatest aollclta tlon. Millions are to be raised In . .Bnil we houIl ,gl, on th(. .,.noo, rhll ftamp. nerrl.e and consumers' Uiea Jr t .lir,nno; lf canno, fH n,.,, on mo necesaartea, turn aa sugar, cot- hvr. fee, tea and cocoa. Commodities such aa Jeelry escape entirely. Draft on the Inromea of the rich have born moat moderate, and therr haa been no Increase on Inheritance "If arenta mil! ronaent to let their children come we lll make arrange ments to meet them and aee that they ar taken car of by responsible families" A. W. 8tone, general manager of th taxes approved by the commits Upple Gro era' a.aoclatlon. doee not Many western senators today aald they MprrM a gr,Ve worry over th nil make a floor fight agalnat the ,ltB,um , Mr. McKay. He atatea xrlse tax on sugsr. tea, etc. They be- h,t ,.,. ptl.klri ,ro to lleve there ahould be a surtax on In cornea over 1 10,000. Thla was ell ml nated from the house bill by the on ate committee, 8ome eaatern aenatora. however, In lat that the aurtax and alao inherit ance lax ahould be krpt out. becauae othorwiae the atatea will practically have nothing loft to tax for themaelves Those eaatern aenatora. moat of whom oppose the "pay aa you go" Idea aid who prefer to let coming genera tiona bear year of financial burdena argue that there will be between f 300, 000.000 and 1700,000.000 In bonda that can make up the difference between the ll.SOO.000,000 proposed taxea In needed, but he ripecta material aid from the employment agency of th Portland office of the I'nlted States Immigration bureau, which he aays has been recelvelng application for the local berry harvest for some time. SOUTHERN S1ITES IRE SWEPT BY TORNADOES I'lillTLASD, June f - (".corn' U Huker haa been elected nmor. The complete count of Aral, accoiut and third choli iili from of 311 pre rim i j in the r'.ty ruca him a lend v Mtii oer W ill II. Pal) RikiT received, In III 32rt pre. In. U t S.s.'ti rtrat, .1."." s.fotid and I0 I third rhiilce otea, Da'y received l.'7 firat. lt second mid 1040 (bird I'll. 'I. e votes. The llaker total of all three choices a n.:oi, and th Uily total 21.739 votes With IS7 precinct complete th count gles A. 1.. Harbur the lending I lace for city ivntniUaloner, with !'' PRESS AGENTS BUSY' 0 LASSEN PEAK ERUPTS BIG BLACK CLOUDS! ARDMORE, Okla.. June 1. Five per sons were killed when a tornado the house bill and the $ 1. 500.000.000 ,tnick Drake. Oklahoma, ti mllea the senate finance committee wants to northeast of Ardmore. at 3:15 p. m. reduce it to. The additional $400,000.- tod,y dences and the achool wo is necessary for the emergency houM mtn demolished and other dam snipping program. . don. nre are some or toe tax Increases the people will have to pay: Tax on Incomes as low aa $:000 for mirrl.! mn mnA S1AAA .unu msm . mru. i . I, Conaumption on coffee, sugar, tea I , . K - ,. . . Thirteen persona were killed In Coal- gate, Oklahoma, and the business aeo- tlon of the town virtually destroyed and cocoa. License tax on automobiles. On railroad tickets. Pullman tickets. berths, etc. telephone message from there at 9 o'clock tonight. The telephone cir cuit failed after that Information. Velma Hlgglns, years old, Mrs ' V, Geo. L Baker Tax on parcel post and express Dack- CeorS Godfrey and one otner person apes that coat more than 25 cents to were UUM m windstorm at Pitt send. mn- Oklahoma, last night Two others Tax on long distance telephone calls ,r Injured, and telegraph messages on which the Three 65.000-barrel tanks of oil in charge is more than IS cents. the Healdton field were burned. The Stamp tax on musical Instruments, loea Is estimated at $180,000. patent medicines, athletic goods, first or second class mall, amusements and club dues. TOPEKA, Kana.. June 1. Advices that Coffeyvllie had been struck by tornado with the loss of several lives were received here tonight by Govern or Capper from R. D. Fulton, captain of a Kansas calarry troop, asking that guardsmen bs ordered to take charge of the rescue work. The governor im mediately telegraphed the necessary authority. me message siaiea mat many homes and business houses were In ruins, several persona were aerioualv UL,iMriA. wasn., June 4. E. M. Injured, and the number of dead w. Williams, of Seattle, today Bled with unknown. the secretary of state petitlona for a referendum vote on the bone-dry pro- GADfSVILE, Tex., June 1. The niDition law passed by the 1917 leg- Catholic church, a general store anrt lsiaiure. Tne petitions .bore 24 .200 several residences at Llndser. a tw IN WASHINGTON BY A REFERENDUM VOTEl votes to apare. ."ml. aecend and third choice counted. John M. M. tin comes second and li;n Kcllhher Is following along ZoVi votes behind Mann. Itnrbur's total vote In the 397 pre cincts was r.'i.CSS, Mann's 17.911 and Kellaher's 13,330. rrom these ficures It is certain that Iturlmr will be the high man In. the race for coinmltutioncr and is certain of election. Mann has overtaken Kel- laher and apparently has been elected by second and third choice votes. The race for third place lies be tween Kellaher and Hrewster, the inter having 11,327 votes In the 297 precincts, or l.OOS leas than Mann The strategic importance of third place lies In the fact that Ceorge 1.. linker, who Is lesdlng for mayor, haa pledged himself to vote for the man running third In the present election as the commissioner to succeed Maker when he leaves his present place va cant to take the mayor's chair. KKDPIN'a. Cat. Juris 4 A violent eruption of laan IVak. which wss preceded by a subterranean rt plo sion, felt for miles around, occurred her early today. Tb volcano sent forth a black Baby cloud of great vol ume, which obliterated th aun for mors than one hour, ben It was blown southwsrd by high wind. Ths erup tion aa apparently griming la actlvl ty with unprecedented rspldlty. K. L. FENTON IS KILLED Of Jl FAIL FRO M ROOF MIDDLE WEST HELPED ST. TAl-L. Minn.. May Jl.-Crop conditions are the beat In years today following a Jlhour rain throughout th middle wraL Minnesota, the !a kotaa. Montana, Wlaconaln and Iowa report soaking rain reaching aa much aa two Inches In some sctlons. Crop iprts ssy late germination will be stimulated by yestcrdsy s rsln. Heavy rains In northern Minnesota and Wlaconaln checked forest fires Montsna's winter wheat Is In excel lent condition. Portions of South Itakota, missed by :aat night's rain would not be Injured by 10 days' more drouth, it Is said, and In other sections conditions are the most favorable in years. Canadian points including Calgary, Alberta, and Russell, Manitoba, reported frost and temperatures aa low as 20 degrees above lero. NAMES OF THOSE WHO OBJECT TO -DROUGHT NOTED ST. AND IN TAKES LIFE names, 23,007 being required. The "bone dry" law, which was to have become effective at midnlRht be tween June 6 and 7, is now suspended, automatically, permitting a continua tlon of the permit system, which has existed since January 1, 1916. On July 1 the Reed amendment passed by con gress Is expected to make the state "bone dry." WOMEN SECURE LIQUOR DENVER, Colo., June 4. Since the new prohibition law went into effect, in Colorado the greater part of those applying at the county recorder's of fice for permits to ship in liquor have been women, according to officials at the Denver office. This, it is ex plained, la due to the fact that the per son who obtains the permit must re ceipt for the liquor, and because a man probably would lose a day's work by having to care for bis liquor ship ments he lets his wife do it for him, AUSTRIA LOSES 85,000 MEN IN TWO WEEKS' WAR ROME, via Paris, June 4. Austrian losses between May 14 and 29 are es timated at 85,000 dead, wounded and missing, including five generals and 40 high officers. A hundred cannon have been taken or destroyed. MEXICANS BOARD AMERICAN BOAT; SUPPLIES LOOTED of 150 inhabitants, six miles west of here, were destroyed by a tornado ear ly today. No one was killed, but sev eral were Injured. GUTHRIE, Okla., June 1. A torna do passed through a strip of country seven miles south of Guthrie at 2 o'clock today. Several persons are reported injured. Many buildings were razed. OF OLYMPIA. Wash.. June 5. The sec rotary of state tomorrow will begin to check the names of qualified elect- "rs on the petitions filed In his office to stay the operation of tlm bono dry ( prohibition law and require It to be submitted to the voters for up provul or rejection in November, 191S. If 543 names on the petitions are found Invalid the referendum will full- Usually a large number of names are stricken in the final revision of referendum petitions. The bone dry law would have become effective at midnight tomorrow niht but for the filins of the petitions. If they ure found deficient, the bone dry act will become operative immediately upon the announcement by the secretary of state that the referendum move nt on t has fulled. ST. HELENS, Ore., June 6. J. W. Boyd, a well known rancher, aged 00 years, living near here, committed suicide early Tuesday morning by sending a bullet from a Winchester rifle through his head. A neighbor, noticing the morning mail still in the mail box and no signs of Mr. Iloyd about the place, went to the house about 4 p. m. yesterday and found the body on the floor in a pool of blood. The man had evidently pulled the trigger with his toe, as the sock of his right foot had been removed. He left a letter which ho dcslcnnted Ua his last will, setting forth that his son, Guy Boyd, should have the J 700 he had deposited in the bank, and the farm, and his sister to have his moth er's trunk and her personal effects. Since the death of his wife some years ago, Mr. Boyd had been living alone on the farm. He had lived in the community for a number of years and was well thought of and was a member of the locul I. O. O. F. lodge The son, Guy Boyd, of St. Johns, and his sister, Mrs. Englcrt, of Scap poose, survive. SALESMAN MEETS DEATH WHEN CAR PINS HIM UNDER ST. HELENS, Or, May 31. John Cotes, a Greek restaurant keeper charged with selling whisky on Jan uary 3 last, was tried In the circuit court here this week and found guilty. Judge Haglcy imposed a fine of $".00 but stated that If the defend ant paid $200 and the entire court costs, the $300 would be held in abey ance pending good behavior. Fred liasse, who arrived from Cal ifornia on the steamer Wapama, bound for Portland, Is in Jail here because the trunk in which he had carefully stored two five-gallon kegs of whisky wag roughly handled by the transfer man, and one of the kegs sprung a leak. The owner of the trunk was identified by the check he held for the baggage. A. W. LAFFERTY IS NOW A MAJOR IN THE RESERVE GALVESTON. Tex., June 4. The American fishing schooner Areas, was boarded by the crew of a Mexican gun boat off the coast of Tehauntepec, Mex ico, on May 31, and looted of clothing and fishing gear, also a medicine chest This news was brought here this DUMONT INVENTS GREAT SEAPLANE TO BATTLE SUBS PARIS, June 4. Santos Dumont, the Brazilian inventorhas Invented a pow erful type of seaplane for fighUng sub marines, according to a Turin itlo. patch, which says that the new mac hine will be manufactured in the Unit ed States. SAN FRANCISCO, June 5 Abra ham Walter Lafferty, of Portland, has r.dded another title to the name that Ib already graced by the prefix "Hon which he received by virtue of the fact that he was a members of congrcs from Oregon, i-ast week the former congressman from Oregon, became Major A. W. Lafferty, V. S. R. The former congressman received a beauti fully decorated commission und was sworn In by Captain Wallace. Major Lafferty Is denied the use of his title while In camp, and during the coming weeks will have to prove his right to retain it. FORMER GOVERNOR PA88E8 BOISE, Idaho, June 6. Former Gov ernor John M. Haines, who served this state as executive in 1913 and 1914, moraine bv CaDtain S. A. Macdonald. died at his home here yesterday, aged of the Areas, who arrived in port di-54. He will be buried on Thursday rectly from the scene of the robbery, with military honors. RAILWAY CLERK IS HELD FOR STEALING GEMS SAN FRANCISCO, June 5. Elton D. Hocker, railway mall clerk on the run between San Francisco and Ashland, Or., was arrested here today by Unit ed States postal inspectors. A search of his room revealed sev eral thousand dollars' worth of Jewelry, according to Inspector Stephen H. Morse, who said that Hocker had been under surveillance for some time. WALLA WALLA, Wash., June 4. Pinned underneath his overturned au tomobile on the little traveled "Imml- grant Trail," between Hoppner and I Arlington, W. C. Dawson, a well-known traveling saleman for the Rosenfeld Smlth company, of Portland, was found dead yesterday afternoon, according to word received by his wife. Death j was caused by suffocation, as no bones were broken and the corpse was black In the face. The back of the front seat rested on his neck in such a manner as to make it Impossible for the man to dislodge it, and the coronor wired that the accident must have occurred early Saturday afternoon, so that it Is probable that Mr. Dawson lay alive under the car for hours. I'll 111 LAND, Or, May II - knnlh I- r'tnloii, eiianoiaa Portland ab let, t tubman, alloriivv and iamlr ij a ploiiiwr Portland family, died at th Portland autglial hospital at T 30 oiliM k louiahl aa th result of aa acti dental fall frm th sleeping porch of hla home, Iu7 Kaal Haluion aire!, thla in. lining Mr. Kriiton au.laliie.l a art. rly fartutr,! akull, fracture of the left elbow and other Injuries when ho pllihed headlong from tha sleeping porch while adjuallug a screen about a o clock yMirrilay morning, billing a nun-rein lihlga below. Ho aa In b night rlothre when he fell. Ir. Thomas II. Joyce, the pbyaicla rated by two phyalclan brothers of M Kenton, held out little hope for recuv ery from tha first. The fall reaulted In a fracture of the skull from lb right temple across the bead to lb left aide and bark to tha occipital bona. The brain covering alao waa ruptured Mr. Kenton was alona on the pore at the time of the accident. Mrs. Ken ton. who was In another part of th house, heard her huaband fall and Im mediately aummoned members of th family. Mr. Kenton waa taken un conacloua to the hospital. The victim was a graduate of Yale university and waa a atudent at Stan ford university, entering that Inatl tullon after being graduated from Port land Academy in 1904. He was one of the beatknon alb letea on the Pacific roaat, having played quarterback on a number of famoua elevens from both the Portland academic school and Stanford univer sity. When be entered the California Institution he waa elected the captain of tha freahman eleven and aucreaaful ly led It agalnat many rlvala. He waa the aon of W. D. Kenton, at torney for the Southern Pacific, and haa been Identified with bla father In (bo practice of taw since his gradua tlon from Yale In 1911. Hla father, who has been 111 at the beach for a number of daya, waa noli fled Immediately, aud arrived in the city last night. Mr. Kenton waa born in Portland May S, 18S7. He received hla gram mar achool education in thla city and entered the Portland academy, from which institution he waa graduated In 1904. He entered Stanford University at the fall of the same year and after attending that achool for three years went to Yale. He waa graduated from that university In 1911. and Immedi ately after began the practice of law with his father. He waa married In 1912 to Miss Ad elma Waters, of Healdsburg, Cal., whom he met while attending Stanford. He la survived by hla parents and three brothers, Drs. Ralph A. and Hor ace B. Fenton, and William B. Kenton, now at school In an eastern university. FOHMKH HEAD OF G. A. R. DIES AT AUK OF 71 YEAKS I'OIITI.AM). Juijs I Henry H Kar in, pl roiniiiainler of the (1. A. II. de pallium! of Oregon, died Hundav al hla lealJeiue, 772 Kat Teeiilfalith aiieet north, from an aiiai k of ai pl' ir Kuiieial aerrvlces will be nut dui led Tueaday. Mr. Parf. i as 71 ysars old. He aerved In the lill war as a member of a MUblgan rrglmant and rams to Portland from Indiana eight years ago He waa a laeyer by profeealon. A wl dow and three daughters aurvlve. Tha daughters are: Mrs T. W. Hharp and Mrs. K. K. Hcoll of Portland and Mrs II Y. Hall of Hartford City, I ml Mr. Kargo was department command er of Oregon (I A. It In 1113 14 and waa a nieiiber of Humnur Poat In thla city. (:()ijRiriTiK'EKSi:s LOWER DECISION; LAWSON IS FREE I'KNA'Klt. June & The atalv au . renin court haa rrirra.d the action of (be loaer coilit In th" colilli lli.lt of J"hn II. Ijieaoli, former rteciitltr hoard member of the I'nlted Mine Workera of America, found guilty of murder In mime, tlon with the strike of Coal miners In the Hoiithern Colo ra.lo eel flelda three year a ago The court did not remand the roan for new trial and no further proaeeu tlon will be untile I .aw aon now la emploved by the Vb tor American t'iNit company aa a labor agent. s WOULD BONO JITNEYS I'OHTI.ANIi. June I -The Amldoii and the Shepherd charter amend niriila, Ix.lh dcalglled to alxillah com liilialon form of government and aub alllule a roumilmanlc form, suffered defeat at the polls In 117 precincts out of 111 tha Aml.lnil charter was given a negative majority of 14.(71. and the Hhephnrd rharlnr a majority of 11.(11 again. t. The anil pli killing mnaaure la also defeated by majority of lilt out of a total vote In the $97 precincts or 17. HM The gralu elevator bond tneaaurs r reived the Mggeat majority, and al noon had a majority In Its favor of I7.HI out of IMU voles. The fliemeu's lao platoon ayatmu suatallied a decisive defeat, the mi Jorlly agalnat II being 7 J SO out of !, 411 votes. The Jitney bond measure carried, ehlte the free use of the atrvets measure Is defeated by big majority. Other meaaurea voted against were the telephone Interchange, garbage col lection bonds, eliminating grade cross ings and street eitenslons. The Mar quam tlulib playground la aaaured by a big majority and tha Portland Trackleaa Car company will receive lla four franchlaea. TOO OLD TO GO SO HE SENDS A CONTRIBUTION MA It 81 1 FIELD. Or. June 6 Will- lam J. Hmllh, 13, loo old tojlght. did hla bit of home guard duty by contrib uting to the local Ited Cross chapter Mr. Smith haa a little ranch on Pony Inlet and ralaes chickens for market and sells eggs for a livelihood. Several times a week the aged man trudges lo Marahfleld with his basket of eggs, and, hearing of the Red Croaa needs, made bla contribution, saying: I'm too old to fight, but perhaps this morsel will help In Ihe great cause and give comfort to some poor wounded boy." Mr. Smith Is the old est member of the Marahfleld chapter. AND EAT VEGETABLES WASHINGTON. June 4 -An In creased vegetable diet waa urged on Ihe American people yesterday by Her bert C. Hoover as a means of conserv ing the supply of staple food tuff a. In an appeal to the country's housewives, Mr. Hoover emphsalsed the allies' need of ataplea and the probable needs of this country nest winter. 100 WOOD SHIPS FROM LUMBER AT $35 A THOUSAND AGED PORTLAND WOMAN FA 115 TO RETURN HOME E TO TELL WAR SECRETS CALAVAN STANDARDIZES SCHOOL Mundorf school No. 18, near Canby. has been standardized by County School Superintendent J. E. Caluvan The principal change required by the board before standardization was al lowed was a change In the lighting system and the sanitary conditions, Miss Ada Kackley Is teacher and thero are 33 pupils. M'GINNIS 8EN1 TO PEN ROSEBURG, Or., June 4. Joe Mc Glnnis of Cow Creek valley, who was convicted of a statutory crime commit ted upon Lillian Rondeau, his niece, was sentenced to a term of from three to 20 years in the penitentiary by Judge Sklpworth in the circuit court here Saturday. TOO PROUD TO FIGHT TAKES HIS OWN LIFE GOES UNDER WHEELS LEXINGTON, Ky., June 4. Because he could not bear to fight against bis own kin, John Novalk, private in the Second Kentucky regiment, on duty near the Kentucky-Tenesseee state line, threw himself in front of a lo comotive Sunday and was killed In stantly. Novalk was of German par entage and several of hla relatives are in the German army. NEW YORK. Juno 4. With three men under arrest who are alleged to be only minor figures In a conspiracy to transmit information of military value to Gormany through regular mall channels, the federal authorities today Indicated thnt further arrosts which they might result In disclosures of a German spy system would be made A fourth man described as tho son of a German army captain was arrest ed this forenoon. The police refused to disclose his Identity prior to his arraignment. The police later made public the names of the first three men arrested They are Harry Perlssl, superintend ent of a steamship company; George Molcher, a Harlem saloon keeper, and Irving Donoparth, a clerk. Apparently the government offers hoped they could uncover an explana tion of how Germany knew in advance of the approach of the American de stroyers to the British coaBt so that an Irish port could be mined. Two of the men under arrest are said to be American-born, and the third a naturalized citizen of Switzer land. Examination of a quantity of mall seized by federal agents Indicat ed, transmission of Information on steamships to Mexico and thence pos sibly by wireless to Germany. The government's actlvltloa against allon enemies, it was learned here to day, have reaulted In arrests- of 141 persons in recent weeks in this dis trict, which Includes parts of northern New Jersey and western Connecticut. The specific charge in each case has not. been made public. WASHINGTON. June 4. Lumber for 100 wooden ships has been ordered from members of the Southern Pine association by Major General George W. Goothala, general manangnr of the shipping board's emergency fleet cor poration. Tho price Is $33 a thousand foot at the mills. The orders call for approximately 140.000,000 fort and delivery will bo made as fast as the mills can cut the timber. SALESMAN PUTS $5000 OF SAVINGS IN LOAN BONDS PORTLAND, Or.. Juno 1. Taking his Hiivlnits of $.".0110, Ilcyworth N. Sun- ford, a 2;i year-old salcsinnn, luvestod the entire amount In Liberty Loan bondH yesterday. Mr. Snnford lives lit t'.iiO Flanders street and Invested In the .Kinds us the best evidence of his loy alty to his country. In making the purchuso Mr. Snnford said that li Im only regret was that he did not have more money to spend for the bonds Mr. Snnford Is the son of Urucc K. Sun ford, superintendent of the Olds, Wort man & King department store. DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE IP TEXAS MAN WHO RESISTS DRAFT IS SHOT DEAD FORTH WORTH, Tex., June 5. E H. Fulcher, a member of the Farmers' and Laborers' Protective association of America, who had hidden himself In the woods, heavily armed, for the ennounred purpose of resisting con brijUon, w;b shot and killed near Midway yesterday by a pocso of of ficers from Hood and Palo Pinto coun ties. It was learned. DENVER, Colo.,, June 4. Rich ns well as poor men are volunteering for the regular army, according to officers at the army headquarters at Fort Lo gan, where recruits from this district are sent. Rocently a recruit asked the quar termaster if he could deposit with him bis savings. The answer was in tho affirmative. The recruit handed the officer a slip of paper. It was a cer tificate of deposit for $68,000. "I Just sold a bunch of sheep," was the ex planatlon. ' lt)KTLAND, Or. June 4. Mrs. T. Itoas. 1HX4 Eaat Madlaon street, haa enlisted the aid of the Portland police, the sheriff's office and friends in the search for her mother, Mrs. Matilda Miller, aged 8S years, who mysterious ly disappeared from Mrs. Itosa' borne last Friday afternoon. Mrs. Ross went shopping Friday at 1 o'clock, taking her grandson with her. She left her mother at borne, aft er the latter had declined to accom pany her, asserting that sho waa tired and wished to rest. Mrs. Uoas bade her mother goodbyo, leaving Mrs. Mil ler on tho bed In her room. When Mrs. Itoas roturned she found tho houiio upset and everything turned topay-turry. The drawers In bureaus had been rifled and general disorder prevailed. She looked In Mrs. Mil ler's room but Mrs. Miller could not be found. Thinking that sho was visit ing one of tho neighbors. Mrs. Ross thought llttlo of her mother's disap pearance until lato Friday night. Saturday morning sho appeared at police headquarters and asked thut pa trolmen bo advised of tho disappear ance of Mrs. Miller. All Portland's pollco kept an eye open for Mrs. Mil ler, but night fulled to roveal her hid ing place. Mrs. Ross, assisted by friends, sought In tho woods thut circle tho homo, hut fulled to find Mrs. Miller, so the aid of the sheriff's office was asked an ddeputios will bo detailed to scour the neighborhood for the lost woman. FRED S. JACOBS MEETS DEATH IN MOTOR ACCIDENT PORTLAND, June 6. Fred A. Ja cobs, prominent real estate operator, mot (loath as a result of an automo bile mishap this morning. Ills auto plunged over an embank ment at tho head of East Twonty- f our th and tho Alameda, pinning Mr. Jacobs under the machlno after It had rolled over his body. He was takon to tho Good Samaritan hospital and died at 11:30 a. m. His neck wus brok en und his chest was crushed. DEAD GUN-MAKER INVENTED THE GERMAN "44'S" WASHINGTON, June 4. Louis Gathmann, inventor of the "Dig Iler thas," as the howitzers which have aided the Germans are called, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thom as M. Foley, here Sunday. Mr. Galh mann was born in Germany In 1843, coming to this country during the last year of the Civil war. OREGON SOLDIER FROMWOODBURN IS FIRST TO DIE MEDFORD, Or., June 4. Private Everett Norton, a member of company I, 3d Oregon, of Woodburn, aged 20 years, Is dead of tonsllltls and his body has been sent to his home from here where he served with his company. He Is the first Oregon soldier to die In southern Oregon since war was declared. SNOW FALL8 AT J08EPH JOSEPH, Or., June 6. There was a light fall of snow here Sunday morn ing. No damage reported.