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VOI I X.. No. 170.
OKA NTS PAHS, JOSEPHINE OOCHTT. OREGON,
MONDAY, MAV io, ,11Q.
whole number Mil.
A
HIKER
FAILS IN HIS
OCEAN FLIGHT
MTKHT WORD TM.I-H OF MS IK
isa ins ma iiim: is the
WATER XK AH IRELAND
N-C 4 TUNING UP FOR FINISH
NO-1 KI1 to llo Total Wrwk-Ot-i
licked Up ny Ht'tin-r After
l lvo Hour In Water
t
London. May 19. Wireless
messages to Iho Urltlsh adml-
rally luto today, says that res-
cue shliia hove round Hawker's
machine In the sea, 40 miles off
the inuuth of tlio lllvor 8han-
non. Tlio message did not slate
whether Avlalor Hawker was
In the machine.
Ixnilon, May 19. At C: 15 tonight
no authoritative news had reached
the air ministry regarding the where
abouts of tho Sopwlth machine
tarrying Harry Hawker and Lieut.
Commander Grlove, and anxiety Is
Increasing. Wireless calls are being
circulated to searching ships and
destroyers.
Iondon, May 19. Harry Hawker
was compelled to land In the sea
within 100 miles of Blnglobay, ac
cording to a dispatch received at
Limerick. The aviator was evident
ly heading for the Tilver Shannon.
Previously no official news had been
received and anxiety waa Increasing.
I,ondon, May 19. It Is reported
here that Hurry Hawker, British avi
ator, was sighted 500 miles off the
Irish coaMt today.
liondon. May 19. It Is reported
that the crew of the American sea
plane NC-3 were rescued by a Brit-
Inn, warship.
Washington, May 19. The sea
plane NC-3 was located today seven
miles north of Ponta del Gada, pro
ceedlng under her own power.
liondon. .May 19. The manaiger
of the Sopwlth Airplane company has
recolved a report from Harry Hawk
er, who was IRQ miles off thq Irish
coast at 4 o'clock today, -
Washlngton, May 19. The N-C-3,
under command ot J. II. Towers, lost
since Saturday morning at 5:15, was
found today within seven miles ot
tho goal.
Horta, Azores, 'May 1 9. The NC-4
Is tuning up preparatory to a flight
to (Ponta del Gada. The NC-1 Is
definitely out of the race and the
NC-4 wilt iirncnnd to T.lnhnn. Portu
gal, and thence to Plymouth, Eng
land.
The crew of the NC-1 was picked
1 up (by the steamer Iona Saturday, af
ter Hieing tossed about In the water
for about five hours. The crew was
fatigued and seasick. The plans Is
almost a total 'wreck. Both wings
were smashed and one pontoon, la
missing. . .. . ;
LIKE" OLD HORSF, MAN
: WANTED OWN STALL
"t : .
San Rafael, Cal., May 19. Be
cause he found some other man oc
cupying his usual cell In the county
Jo.ll Tiere, the 'feelings of John Ma
honey were lacerated and he made
an appeal to the Judge. INo one dis
putes the title of Mahoney as the
tor vagrant of Marin county, who
now Is serving Ms 32nd term. Or
ders were issued vacating cell No. 1,
so Mahoney could occupy his favor-
Its Apartment.
E
Ukraine t'loxo Frontier ami lUr
Former Prisoners From Itcturii- ,
lug to Their Home
Stanlslau, Ukraine, May 10. Di
seases Irnjiortod from Russia by the
way of Kiev and Odessa are spread
ing to suih an alarming extent that
the government ha doited the fron
tiers and clone I y examined civil rof
ii KOCH and other former prisoners of
war returning to their hoes. An in
vestigation by the International lied
Crnu mission shows that possibly
25 per cent ot the populutlon of
Umiliortf and other centers of Old
Guilds aro Infected by the varloua
forum of typhus, dysentery, tuber
culoids -or other Infectious or mental
and nervous diseases.
, Ilucharest, May 19. The typhus
epidemic which has claimed tens or
thousands of lives In Rumania In the
last two and half years Is still
smouldering byit American Ked Cross
physicians who are watching Vie spo-
radto outbreaks believe that the
disease has "burned itself out."
Their greatest worries now are tho
dangerous outbreaks of smallpox
and Isolated 'cases of cholera.
The Near East today, according to
American. 'British and French phy
sicians who have completed their sur
veys. Is ripe for an outbreak ot cho
lera and the plague. Under nour
ishment, famine and the strain ot
war upon the civilian and military
populations has undermined the
health ot the nations of the Balkans.
San Francisco, May 19. The San
Francisco labor council, representing
scores' ot building trades rafts and
thousands of workers, refused late
Saturday night, after prolonged de
bate, to accede to a petition ot the
International Workers' Defense
league that a strike be declared July
4 In behalf of Thomas J. Moqney
and Warren K. Billings, now sorvlng
lire sentences tor murder growing
out of the preparedness day bomb
explosion here In July, 1916. The
vote was 1 24 to 40 agalnBt any strike
action.
METHODIST CENTENARY
QUOTA ALMOST RAISED
Great enthusiasm was manifested
as the reports ot the teams ot so
licitors were received at the even
ing church service at Newman M. E.
church last night. A total of 39,194
was reported subscribed on the quo
ta ot 111,000 asked by the-Centenary
committee. These subscriptions
are to be paid during a tve year
period. Some members ..have . not
been yet seen, so more subscriptions
are expected , to swell the present
amount. The tine spirit and large
generosity In which everything , was
dnna was comnllmented 'by Chairman
Imel who presided at the service, and
by Director Sam H, Baker, who re
celved the I'team reports.
The largest amount secured by
any team was reported by Jan. Mar
tin and F. F. Chlltlers, 11.435. The
largest: subscriptions made were by
Dr. S. Loughrldse and Q. H. Kester
son, who gave $1,000 each, and by
F. F. Chllders, Irving Kesterson and
S. H. Rlggs, who gave $500 each.
The Pawnee Sunday school class
subscribed $425. ' "
The Centenary movement Is cer
tainly an epoch-making enterprise;
and the sacrifices made 'by the
church people to forward the cause
of Christianity In tne world Is good
evidence' that they are deeply In
earnest and much alive to the needs
of this reconstruction period.
ras
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GRIM WAR S STEPS
MANS
GET CONTROL
CUMMINS ELECTED I'KIOHIDKS T
PRO TEMPORE, DEFEATING
ITFTMA.V, DEMOCRAT '.
EXTRA SESSION CALLED TODAY
(illicit of MoiuiactiusetU Elected
SM-aker Over (1ump Hark, Who
Has Hold Gavel Eight Years
Washington, (May 19( An extra
ordinary session ot congress conven
ed today at noon.
Washington, May 19. By a ma
jority of twp votes the republicans
took control ot the senate, electing
Senator Cummins president pro tern
Mre, defeating Key Plttman, Nevada
democrat, toy a record Vote.'
In the house the republicans elect
ed Gillette, ot Massachusetts, speak
er, over Champ Clark, who lias been
speaker for the past eight years.
When the name ot Victor Serger,
of Wisconsin, was called in the house
as new members were being sworn
In. Representative Dellinger, of Mas-
sochusetts, formerly challenged Ber
ber's right to be seated. The speak
er directed Berger to stand aside and
refused to recognize him when he
tried to speak as a matter of per
sonal privilege.
FORECAST FOR PERIOD
OF MAY 19 TO MAY 24
Washington, May 17. Pacific
Coast States: Normal temperature;
generally lair weather except occa
sional showers probable first part
ot week on north 'Paolflc coast.
OFT NA
Y.M.C.A. SECRETARY. VOUIIDED IN
FRANCE, SPEAKER AT LUNCHEOf
The speaker at the Chamber
ot
Commerce luncheon today was W.
W. Dillon, who is assistant interstate
secretary for the Y. M. C. A. tor
Oregon and Idaho, and Is promoting
a forward movement that Is design
ed to bring the Y. M. C. A. into prac
tically every community In these
States as. rapidly as local conditions
warrant. , Mr. Dillon spent a year
with the Y, M. C, A. hi France, and
jerved on the Ixirralne, the Chateau
Thierry and the lArgonne fronts. He
was .wounded at Fere en Tardenols
when the Y.-fyt, C.'A; hut was bomb
ed on the night ot August 31. He
also spent tlio last' three weeks of
service In Germany organising the
work at Trior, and saw the. condi
tions at Coblens and other points 'In
ths occupled territory.' ; '
1 Mr. Dillon, in his add cess spoke
ot the fact that the Y. M. C. IA. Is"undrea thousand men. Sixth: The
commonly thought of as being only , Y- M- c- A- '" tne religious enter
a canteen and the canteen service ot tne army llf8- m08t ' the chap
has come under some criticism, partA11"8' services toeing held In the huts
ly due to a misapprehension of its!where popular religious meetings
function and partly because of war,1"5 ",8 conauciea Dy me x. w. v.
conditions over which dt had no con-
trol. As ft matter of tact the Y. M."
C. A. conducted nearly a dozen diN
terent lines of service, most of which'.
have never come un'dsr Criticism and,i'Amerlcan for iFrenoh money at the
Of which the canteen work constttu-'hSneBt cnrrent rate8 of exchange
tea a relatively small part.
J Among those lines of service are' a"rnM ye t0 Jan"aTy
t,W tfniinww. Vw. ti,-,...:!"'1'. H6.000.000 was sent iback to
tioh of huts which were made' as
warm, light and homelike an ; pos
sible, and which were the lathering
places for the boys tn over 1,500 vil
lages and camps In ,France lit the
time ot the signing of the armistice.
On March i there 'were 1,965 such
centers In. Franoe and (Germany. Sec
ond, provision of facilities for Cor
respondene.; As 'high as 10,000,000
sheets of writing paper ana a like
number of envelopes were' dlstrlbu-
U GARRISON
CASE AROUSES
DEEP INTEREST
ATTORNEY HROWX OP SEATTLE
SAYS GIRL'S SANITY Ml'BT
BE PASSED ON BY JURY
TAKEN TO ILIA WALLA PEN,
Authorities at Medical Lke 'Have
No Power to Sot Her Free and
Ruth Must Petition Court
Seattle, Wash., May 19. Ruth
Garrison has been taken with nine
other prisoners to Walla Walla. It Is
believed that she will be taken im
mediately to the state hospital at
Aledlcal lake and examined soon by
state alienists to determine whether
they believe her Insane, j
Seattle, May 19. Before Miss
Ruth Garrison, a Seattle girl recent
ly" acquitted of murder, can be re
leased from the insane asylum, her
sanity must be passed upon by a
Jury In the court that tried her for
murder, Prosecuting Attorney Fred
C, Brown declared In commenting
upon a dispatch from Walla Walla
that Miss Garrison must be given her
liberty toy officials of the state hos
pital at Medical Lake.
Miss Garrison was acquitted hers
May 9 of the charge of murdernlg
Mrs. XJrace Glatx-Storrs. her rival In
lova. During the trial (Miss Garrison
went on the stand and told how -she
took Mrs. fitorrs' lite. The Jury fonnd
the girl was mentally Irresponsible
both at the time ot the murder and
at the time of the trial. Recently
she was committed to the Insane
ward of the stats penitentiary at
Walla Walla. As there are no ac
commodations for criminally Insane
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ted per week entirely free. Third:
Furnishing entertainment. A thou
sand moving picture machines were
in operation and during a ' single
month 740,000 feet of film were sent
to 'France tor display in camps." A
great number ot high class profes
sional entertainers from American
toured the various camps in France
and Germany. On December 15 there
were 85 such companies in service.
Fourth: Athletic equipment - and
direction was provided. Two and a
quarter million athletto articles were
distributed free: hundreds of athle
tto directors attached to different
units stimulated games and other
forma of recreation. Fifth: Educa
tional features such as classes of in
struction tn French and other sub.
Jects, lectures, etc., enrolled several
A- flome or tne aoiest speakers
,n America "being on the platform
Seven tK Tho Y. M. C. A. was the
oldlers hank. It exchanged his
anQ 11 oeveiopea a system or remit-.
the home folks entirely without ex
pense to the soldiers. (Eighth: The
Y. M. C. A. at the request ot the
government provided the entertain
ment and looked after the men on
nalr tions, some 20 of the fa-
iiiuuo roouriH oi ir ranee are oeins
conducted for the 'benefit of 'about
70.000 men per week. Ninth: The
Y. IM. C A. provided hotels and res
taurants in the port and other prin-
(Continued en page I.)
$12,000 IS HIEII,
VHOKNOWSWHERE
American Chawed by Mexican Ran-
dlU Hides the Yellow Met) Some
where la Burning Sands .'
Gross Valley, Cal., May 19.
Somewhere In Mexico" $12,000 In
gold bullion 4s burled. It's where
abouts known only to J. A. Mathls,
formerly a miner of Plumas coun
ty, north of here, and two compan
ions who aided in secreting It. Ma
thls recently arrived hers after an
absence of two years. Hs Is going
back to find the gold which was
burled because the men rained their
lives mors than the precious ore, the
weight of which impeded their pro
gress when chased ty Mexican ban
dits.
Describing the flight, Mathis said:
"Two of us slept, while tie third
stood guard. Before daylight the
guard awakened us to hear the hoof-
beats of approaching horses. Soon
three horsemen rode through the
chapparal and we could distinguish
the high, pointed hats ot the "ban
dits. We wasted no time In chal
lenging, but immediately opened fire.
Two of the men fell from their
horses. The third tried to escape.
bat he tumbled headlong before he
had gone far.
"We tried to catch the horses, but
without success; so after stripping
the bodies of all arms and ammuni
tion, we started again for the coast
Valuing our Uvea more than the
heavy bullion Just then, we decided
to leave It behind, and it was burled
In the sand and secret markings
noted.
"W9 rescned the coast after a
toilsome Journey and In a nearly
famished condition."
472 Ti
FLYING 114 MINUTES
Washington, May 19. Making
457 consecutive loops during a flight
lasting 1 hour and 54 mibutes' lieu
tenants Ralph J. Johnson and Mark
R. Woodward set a new world's re
cord today at.Carlstrom Field, Ar
cadia, Fla. A La pare two-seated
fighting iplane was used.- ' '
YANKS AT ARCHANGEL
; LEAVE IN 10 DAYS
. Archangel,: - May 19.t Arrange
ments are under way to begin the
transportation to England of the
39th American infantry within 10
days. i . .
GLASS AND UNDSLEY
HAVE BITTER WRANGLE
, Washington, May 19. The war
risk Insurance 'bureau is in process
ot a sudden reorganization today,
through the appointment of Colonel
It. A. Cholmeley-Jones, ot the "bu
reau's section in France, as director
to succeed Colonel Henry Ldndsley,
who resigned yesterday In a clash
with Secretary Glass, In which he
charged the treasury department
with placing restraints on the organ
ization which is making It "a colos
sal failure." Secretary Glass ' re
plied vigorously. ,
TARRED AND FEATHERED;
, , GETS $50,000 DAMAGES
San Anton,lo, Tex., May' 19. A
verdict of-$50,000 was obtained in
the district 'court here today by W,
F. Kellar against eleven citizens of
Lullng,' Caldwell county, Texas, on
the grounds of damages growing out
of the tarring and feathering ot Kel
lar In (May, J, ftt Lullng. Kellar
sued for $500,000. . The Incident
was the result of alleged disloyalty
statements.
E
BERT CLA MS
ILL
oouxaii of Foun cossiders
GERM AX 50TE RELATING TO
RELIGIOUS MISSIONS
WILL STOP FOOD TO RUSSIA
Bobthevbt Minister Refuses to Stop
the War Poland Wants to Fight
the Ukrainians
. . .- i
Berlin, May 19. President Ebert,
in addressing a demonstration hers
yesterday, said Germany would "nev
er sign the peace terms."
Paris, May 19.--Declarations that
Germany will not sign the treaty
continue to come from nigh sources
of the German government. Mean
while, Count von Brockdorff-Rantzan
is back at Versailles.
The council of four is considering
Germany's not relating to the sta
tus ot her religious missions in for
eign lands.
It Is understood that the allies
will make no further effort to feed
Russia, owing to the refusal of ths
bolshevik! foreign minister to cease
warring on the countries adjacent
to Russia. Premier PadereweskI ot
Poland Is expected in Paris Thurs
day. It is believed that the crisis
in that countrr can ha adluatait ma
that PadereweskI can retain his of
fice as premier. v He may ask that
Poland be released from promises
made relating to hostilities with the
Ckralne. A truce had teen arrang
ed, bnt now it Is reported that Pet
lura, the Ukrainian leader, has gone
over to the bolshevik!.
St. Germain, May 19. An ex
change ot credentials between the
representatives ot the allied powers
and. the Austrian peace delegation
occurred today. It took only four
minutes.
OUPIA HEADS UST
E
Portland, Ore., May . 19.-NorU-west
headquarters ot the $105, 000,
000 Methodist -Centenary movement
for rebuilding the world reflort at
noon today that -with" reports miss
ing from two-thirds ot the commun
ities in the-Northwest,' $r,rid;998
had been subscribed at the -close' of
the first 84 hours of the drjve if
The , Olympla, Wash., district.
which has. raised 100 per cent of, ts
quota ot $105,000, heads the entire
Northwest. ' ".y u, i-
per cent of its quota ot $2U,0QO, la
a close second.. .
SOME OF THE REGUTjARS
, WILL RETURN IN JUNE
Washington, May 19. The wa.r
department announced today- that
the 4th, 5th,' 6th and 7th regular
divisions will tie released for return
to the United States during June.
REDS BEATEN IN FIGHT
Helslngtors, May 19 British war
shlps engaged the .Russian bolshevik
fleet In a -AS-mlnute . tight In the
Gulf of Finland Sunday. The bol
shevlsts fled to Kronstadt after one
vessel had 'been sunk and another
one stranded. . .
GERMANS W
NEVER SIGN UP
WITH BRITISH SHIPS