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-,. I , . ' mrmm VOL. IX., No. VI It. r v GIlAVTt PASS, JOSEPHINE COUHTT, OREGON, 8ATLKDAV, JILV 155, 1010. WHOLK Kl-MBIS X71S. WILSQNFAVORS THE DAYLIGHT SAVING PLAN VKTOKM AfiHUTLTlliAL HILL HKOAl'HK IT HAH I'ltOVIMION KILLINU PET ME.UilltE SUNORV CIVIL Bill KNIFED 1mJiim It Would Nullify lni-Me of Vocational Education) ltcpiilill ruit Plan Investigation Washington. July 12. H'roIdent Wilson vetoed the agricultural bill todpy tUM of the provision Re pealing the daylight avln law, He loo vetoed the sundry civil dill, ex plaining thJ he did o.''beeause of certain Items In the bill which seem likely to be of moat serious conse qunnees." The president said the repeal of daylight saving would Iks very treat Inconvenience to the country and, would Involve a serious eco nomic low. lite declared (bat the sundry clrll bill would nullify the whole' purpose of vocational educa tion and rehabilitation 1)111 -which be signed today and retard work of re storing aoldlera to useful, contented Uvea. Washington. July 1 1. 'Republi can loader In the house today agreed In an Investigation of appropriation and expenses of the shipping board and Emergency Tieet corporation. It 1 reported that 'Representative Walsh of Massachusetts will Intro duce a resolution today for the ap pointment of a spscla committee of Ix member to conduct the Inquiry. II IS LOST ON ENGLISH tendon, July 12. The English people like American photoplays but they do not like the sub-titles when slang In used. A well-known Jjondon critic' has .raised a new American (Urn pro duced here but In. rather severe on the captions. Ille could not under stand iwhat a "honehead" meant, a "boot)" won completely beyond him and ''bring bnck the bacon" he con sidered Impossible from any view point. , . , . Aside from the ,word , "noma" which has been taken up as an ad jective by Londoners, Americans In England still have a monopoly on their slang. WNHIIKACV T1UAL ' - . NMIUXU AN KNI " r f Jaok'son, July 12. The de- tense completed 'Its case In the 4- conspiracy trial of i. C. Town- 4 4- Icy and Joseph Ollbeaj, non-par- 4 4 tlsan league leaders charged 4 4- with conspiracy. ...The defense 4 -f Mked that Townlejr be- permit- 4 4 ted tq make part of, hla address 4 V to the Jury, (but the attorneys 4 4 for the state protested against 4 4 hla being allowed to address7 '4 the Jury. 4 BANK ' GUILTY OF CHARGE Portland, Ore., July 12. Jerome Mann, former cashier of the 'Llnnton bank, was found not guilty today of misapplying $123,000 of the 'bank's funds In connection with the J. Al IPattlBon Lumber company, CASHIER NOT U. S.TO HAVE TWO GREAT AIR SHIPS Hangars Will foot :tVM),CHH); 'le wn TyH Airship to Cot $-',-.VKl.lMHI; iMtttrr Than It-lit ' Washington. July 12. Acting un der specific authority granted Jo the new naval appropriation blll.t ,lhe navy department moon will start e struotlon on two of the jajgest d iKlble hangara In the world. Hear Admirals Taylor an1 Parks, heads of the bureaus of construction and re pairs and yard and docks, respec tively, today had Instruction to apeed up 'the preparation of the working Tlinn. aa an expenditure of about 13.500.000 for two lhangars to house flyln ginaclilne of the Zeppe lin type Jia Ibeen authorized. They will be located on the seaboard, -prob ably In New Jersey, and possibly on the same site. , Ground area necessary for the con struction of a double hangar will lie about one square mile. Each hangar will be about 800 feet long. 2G0 feet wide and from 150 to 200 feet high, tt Is probable that all ateel construc tion will be used and officials esti mate that from six to eight month will 1e needed for their erection. Provision for the purchase aboard of a Zeppelin trite" airship at a cost not to exceed I2.S00.000 Is made In the naval bill, and the construction In this country of a similar machine at a cost of S1.SOO.000. It Is prob able that the machine purchased abroad will be of the iBrhlsh iR-34 model although larger. It probably wHI be flown to this country hy an American crew, the only other al ternative being to attempt to tow It by cables made fast to a ship. Ne gotiations looking to the. purchase have already 4een entered Into with foreign nations. . ' rholn hr American Pram AMoelatloa. VyiH-IAM JENNINGS RYAN. OppoNca plan for the InlWd States to go to the aid of France In case that country la attacked by tier many; believe such agreement - would defeat -real purpose of Ukb ' league of nation. 7 T n; T , Toledo, Ohio, July 12, Disagree, ment between Oliver Pecord, ret- eree,' and W. Warren (Barter, time. keeper of the WlHard-iDempeey fight, 'became. .Known wnen . record . an nounced having .red yed . ti . letter Cram Barber declaring the . bout onded In the fourth round. Barber dcolared that the. 'bell rang; for the fourth round 'before the towel was thrown Into the ring as a token of defeat. Pecord had deolared official ly that the round ended In the third, that he 'heard no toll, and that he will stick to hla original ruling. KOKMKll OOMM1SSIOXEII , ,' ; OF FBAXCK PASSES , ParlB, July 12.-Edouard De Bil ly, 'formerly deputy high commis sioner of France In the" United States died suddenly here today. OREGON HAS JUST CLAIMS . FOR HIGHWAY AIMUMKNTM hXHl IMXsSKVKIT IUMO WI.NH AI'ltOVAL OK HO. UiSH; $2WM,(XM Kl'XO PARTOF OREGON Jl WILDERNESS Antliur of IUII TclU How Heven (Vmnlie Are N'Utel and $3a0, MMI.(MM Withheld lin Taxea Washington, July 1 2. Advocate of the Kooeevelt military highway on the Oregon coast made a strong case In their appeal to the house roads committee today for a favorable re port ou the Hawley bill, authorizing an appropriation of 12,600,000 to match an equal amount voted by the people of Oregon for building the road. The hearing afforded remark able and Interesting exhibition of the effectiveness of sound argument. It was evident when Representative llawley arose to address the commit' tee that there was much antagonism to the general proiMMltion of appro priating money for such a purpose, on the theory that every one of the 48 states would have Just aa valid a claim for a,' like appropriation. This antagonism came from Jtepreeenta- tlve Dunn, chairman of the commit tee, end other, members, and was manifested oy one member of the committee to the point of ferueque- ness. but the change vaa Instantan eoua when S. F. Jones, of Toledo, Ore., author of Jbe iRoosevelt high' way till paused by the Oregon legl lature, got down to the Important facta of the argument. (Mr. Jones looking frail and still showing the marks of an Illness from Influent,' which left ' his ' searing slightly dulled, showed some of the qualities of an evangelist tefore he had proceeded far in his argument. The attitude of the committee chang ed i rapidly as he pointed out how Oregon's right to ask something from the 1,'n It ed States Is different from the rights of some other stales The members of the committee warmed up to him aa he told how the area of the seven counties in western Oregon, which this road would connect. Is more than halt withheld from the state tax rolls by the federal government as forest re. serves, Indian reservations, national parks and monuments. He said further that the lands withheld In this way by the govern ment In Oregon, It released, would add $350,000,000 to the taxable pro perty of the" state. Forty-three years residence In Oregon, he said he "believed, qualified him to speak for that country, v . ; ' IParls. July 12. The Italian dele gatton .has sent a note to the peace conference, asking that Italy be given a concession at Tien Tsln. China. ' ' i ri-K! $50,000 PAID FOR JOSEPHINE CO. MINE A mining deal involving a mi chase price of $50,000 iwas closed and tiled In the county clerk's of fice on Thursday. The sale Includes a group of claim In the Grave creek unorganized , mining , district and were conveyed oy I IM. Weckler, F. P.l Nourse. U W. Beach and John IMalonev tn thn IntnrnaMnnsl Cnnn, .... vompajiyJ an Arizona corporation. Toe terms of the sale required cash payment of $21000, with $3,000 payaJble In October, 1919, $5,000 payaible January 8, 1920. and $5,000 payable every three months until the entire amount ot the purchase price Is paid, the transaction to 'be com pleted January 8, 1922. MURDER LA Ti - IN BIG STEAL K. A. UOW8KV; HPKCIAL agkst. 1.X1'!1 lKAI IIKKOKK TI H.V ' IXO IV EVIDENCE SEATTLE MEN ARE SUSPECTED llelieved Murdered Man Hwl HnITi- rlent IVitlence to Head Many Iflgh-Vps to Penitentiary Seattle. Wash., July 12. Convinc ed that F. A, Dowsey, whose body was found on the morning of May 2 in a washroom on the fourth floor of the Securities building, was mur dered at the Instigation of local bus iness men whose connection with a fraud afcalnst the VnHed States gov ernment Involving mUHons of dollars he was Investigating, expert govern ment criminologists are in Seattle probing the circumstances of the man's death. It became known today. The probe was Initiated at the re quest of Coroner C. C. Tiffin, who, although he rendered a verdict of seath from appoplexy at the time, was suspicions that Dowsey was a victim of foul play, because ot a jag ged cut over the right eye, which he at first believed to have been caused by a,' fall. With Information in his possession which would have sent several inea prominent in ' Seattle financial and potitlcal circles to the penitentiary. It is alleged, Dowsey was murdered the day before he was to have filed 4 report ot his investigations to Washington. D. C. He . was one of the government's most trusted investi gators, havln-g been in the service 22 years, and at one time chief of the customs Intelligence bureau. ,, ' Federal officers here will not talk for .publication, but say that what bafe been learned of the plot Is true and that promlnentSettttle men are involved. Dowsey made reports dally to bis home office In Washing ton and. according to Coroner Tiffin had In hla possession when killed (Continued on page I.) Tl'RKS COXPEMX U3ADKR8 TO DEATH . ' " ' -f Constantinople, July 12. Enver Pasha. Talaat Bey and- f Djemel -fasha. leaders of the' Turkish government during the war were condemned to death by a Turkish courtmartlal, in- vesttgatlng the conduct of the 4 'Turkish 'government during the 'war. . -v- ;-- ' Enver and bis two associates 4 f in the young Turk government f fled from Turkey several years ago and their whereabouts a're uncertain. Other officials of the government were sentenced to 15 years while some others f were acquitted. REV EL. GREAT RACER. ILos Angeles, July 12. -Rey; El Santa lAnlta, king of the turf, the most famous racing horse in Cali fornia ' 'history and the pride ot the late IB. J. ViLncky", Baldwin, died re. cently at Santa 'Anita Ranclio, near here, the former home ot "Lucky' now occupied by his daughter, (Mrs. Anita Baldwin. ; Key El, as he was familiarly known from the "Pacific to the At lantic In the days when horseflesh reigned supreme, was a winner of the American 'Derby end of countless races throughout the country, and Mrs. Baldwin estimated that Rey El won more than $250,000 In purses during his life. LI MEN CAI JLiHT PREulCTS THE FLU VILL STAY 3 YEARS ol Chicago Itiyxictaa Kays Germ Have Not Ojilt and Will Coatiniie . to Oat her In Victims Portland, July 12. That little In fluenza germ that rocked a world in distress by attack In wave on wave of its deadly forces, Is not won ont or ready to rive up the ghost yet by any manner ot means.' Although Its greatest harvest has been reaped, it Is still running rampant ready for new victims and will continue Its vis itations to castles and hovel alike for a,t least three years to come So predicts Dr. W. A. Evans, noted physician ot Chicago, whose work as health commissioner of that city from 1907 to 1911". gained him a reputation in the medical world tha has gained momentum as the years have passed. Saa Francisco, July 12. Confir mation of reports that the native In dian population f Bristol Bay, Alaska, virtually was wiped out br an epidemic of Influenza was brought here today by the United States cruiser Marblehead on' Ks return from a relief expedition to the north. According to 'Lieutenant W. R, teahy, senior medical officer of the espedltion, 95 per cent of a pomvla tlon ot more than 900 .persons had died by tbe time the expedition reafched Bristol 'Bay. Only appro Imatelv 50 of the Influenza. Mi, ftmr, rs were alive when relief arrived. Lieutenant ieahy said, and half this number were saved.. r 1 PRESIDENT WILSON. , Rsosnt Portrait sf ths Natisn's ChM Exeeutlva, Vetoed the agricoltoral bill today because It carried a provision de feating the daylight-saving law. ' ID f OR NEV GAME f ARfi) Salem, Ore., July 12. There Is no question but that the state has a legal. right to purchase the lleddlsh farm in Land county for the purpose ot China pheasant 'propagation In Oregon. Carl .. Shoemaker, 'state game walden. 'who is one of the de fendants named tn the action brought by H. IA. Molmes to restrain the offi cials from making the Initial pay ment Of $2,000 on the property, de clared today. . , . ' ' . ' ' "The law is specific In this partic ular," sajd Shoemaker, "and It not only gives the commission the right to control lands already in posses slon ot the state, but clothes it with power to purchase additional proper ty when the same is essential to tbe future of the game and fish Industry ot the state: la the case at issue the land 1s needed and there Is no doubt In my mind but that the courts will sustain the action of the , commis nan PRESIDENT IS SHYANSWERiNG VITAL POINTS UESEBCHDiO DEMOtlUTIC SEN ATORS CET LITTLE IXFORMA. TlOJf FIIOM THKUt StASTEK BELIEVES LEAGUE SUFFICIENT Monroe Doctrine Would Not Be Need ed; No Way But War to Force ' Independence of Ireland Washington, July 12 After Pres ident Wilson had delivered his ad dress and retired to his private room off the senate chamber, a score or more of democratic senators crowd ed about him. beseeching him for , information to answer vital objec tions raised against the peace treaty by the opposition. ' t. Thev wanted to lenow nartTpiilarlv about Shantung, the Monroe doctrine and the Irish question.. They had expected him in his address literally , iv wuuiiumie ma vpptwuoa oasea on these .points and he failed even to mention them in his speech. ' They learned from the president ' that be is entirely satisfied with tbe , Monroe doctrine reservation, that he a it , ... , ... w...va wp-.u wh .i m net tnlte date for relintinishing her con trol of possessions; scrcb: as Shantang, turned over to her in the Orient, and that he considers the Irish question a most delicate one, which the peace conference could not touch. President Wilson said he 'had brought the question or the status of the Monroe doctrine dp In the peace conference and was more than satisfied with the result. The action of the conference in agreeing to "the amendment'1 ' to' the :league covenant was an acknowledgment ot the Mon roe doctrine as an International un derstanding. .'Heretofore, he pointed out. It bad only been regarded as an assertion ot the United States. He c&iHBiueu mat n consiaerea me ac tlon. of the conference to be a -ii.r- antee of the recognition of the" doe- trine. 'Besides, he added, the league Itself would prevent aggression by (Continued on. Page 2) Portland. Ore., July 1?. Dr. Geo. Parrlsh, city health officer,. . ' In ' a statement today blamed the shipping ' boa,rd of the (Portland office for the spread of scarlet fever, of which 650 cases were reported here since last December. Dr. Parish says the Emergency Fleet officials refused the health of ficers authority Xo' vaccinate aH the shipyard employes. The . disease started In the shipyards., , , NEW AKMY DIRIGIBLE Washington, July 12. Complet ing a night flight from lAkron, Ohio; the new army dirigible A-4 arrived' at 'Washington today, - The dirigible . left an hour later, tor Hampton, Va.. where it Is expected to arrive , at Kangley Field late today. The aver age speed was 26 miles an hour. SEVEN FIREMEN LOSE LIVES IN WAREHOUSE Plitleilnlnhla. .Tulv ' 1 2. ftaven firemen are reported killed and 14 others Injured In a blaze destroying a. five-story warehouse. The victims were plunged into the flames with out warning, when the roof and wajls of the building' collapsed.