Daily Weather Report Fair Tonight) Thursday Fair and Wanner. Highest temp, yesterday TO Lowest temp. Inst night 55 The News For Results . Qr . . . If you have lost or found. If )u want to bay or sell. If you want work or worker. Use The News Classified Ads. VOL. VI. KOSKllUltG, POUULAS COUNTY. OiiKi.U.V WKDNKHDAV, 1VI.Y II, 1013. No. 31 GIRL KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Machine Falls Hundred And Twenty Feet. OCCUPANTS THROWN WHEN CAR UPSETS tils'ier Huns Mile mid Half For Help and Falls Exhausted on the Steps After Gasping Out Story. An accident which resulted in Ihe death of Miss Bessie ' Hansen, of Glendale, occurred last night on the Pacitic highway near Canyonville. The accident was caused when the autoi driven by A. H. Hansen, a gen eral merchandise dealer of Glendale, went over a bank and fell about a hundred feet to the banks of the creek. . . Mr. Hansen and daughter, Bessie, and Mary Van Storm, a step-daughter, had been visiting at Canyonville and had started home when, after rounding a sharp curve they saw a, car coming towards them. Mr. Han sen stopped his car as near the edge as he thought possible and waited for the approaching car to pass. When the auto came nearer It was found to be a party of tourists going to their home at Seattle after a vieit at the exposition. After talk ing with Mr. Hanson a few minutes they started to pass, but as the road was narrow there was not room. The road a few feet ahead of. Mr. Han sen's car was wider and looked good so he drove onto It while the tourist went. on. The rdtfS, however, which looked firm in the shadow, Sva soft and the back wheels of the car started to slide down the bank. In the endeavor to hold the car on the road, Mr. Hansen turned on more power, but the auto continued to skid until it was over the edge and then turned a complete somersault back wards and rolled down the almost perpendicular cliff, stopping on the edge of fhe creek about 120 feet be low the road bed. The occupants of the car were thrown when the car turned over the first time and they also fell to the botom of the cliff, Mr. Hansn's daughter, Bessie, strik ing her head and shoulders on a log with the result that the head and features were battered beyond recog nition, while the bones of the chest and shoulders were crushed and broken, death being Instantaneous. Mr. HanBen was also severely scratched and bruised as was Miss Van Storm. The latter, however, ELKS LODGE HAS I LOS ANGELES, July 14. Only two contests developed in the elec tion of officers of the grand lodge of Elks, which held Its first business session of the reunion yesterday. Edward Masters, of Charlerol, Pa., defeated Major John B. Jeffery, of Oakland, for grand trustee to succeed James R. Nicholson, of Boston, who was chosen grand exalted ruler. Geo. F. Cooper, of Knoxvllle, Tenn., won over William Lown, Saginaw, Mich. Baltimore won the 1916 conven tion from Atlanta by a vote of 711 to 259. A parade of electrical floats dec orated with the colors of the Elks wound up a day of entertainment, which was spent at Santa Monica and other beach resorts. Reports of officers showed the or der to be flourishing In finances and membership. In the year ended April 1, 1915,. 43.085 new members were admitted, bringing the total membership to 442,658. There were 16,228 members dropped from the rolls, 232 expelled, 7843 admitted and 4701 deaths. Thus the net In crease in membership was 14,081. Ten new lodpes were added, bring ing the total to 1326. There Is n surplus of $649,547 In the treasury of the grand lodge, while subordin ate lodges have net assets of $26,-815,739. .showed groat presence of mind wTfen she started for aid, leaving, her step fathrr crazed with the shock of the fall and grief over the death of his daughter and powerless to aid him self. After .climbing the cliff, a task 'which taxed the strength of men she ran a mile and a half to the nearest farm house and after gasping out her story, fell exhausted and fainting on the steps. Neighbors immediately started for the st'ene of the accident after phon ing for a physician, and upon arriv ing at ths spot found the father ly ing unconscious at the side of his daughter, seemingly exhausted, aft er a vain endeavor to revive the girl. The injured man was taken to tho home of his daughter at Canyonville and the body of his daughter was taken to the home at Glendale. Mr. Hansen is well known in this county, having been engaged In busi ness at Glendale for Beveral years. He has four daughters, two of them being married, one living In Canyon ville and one at Los Angeles, and a son who Is living at Glendale. He is a member of the local Elks lodge, having been initiated at their home coming meeting. Bessie Hansen was 17 years of age and was well known In this city and in the section in which Bhe lived. She was a .beautiful girl, a leader In the younger circles and loved by all who knew her. The funeral will be held tomorrow at ihe home in Glendale and Interment will probablv take place at Canyonville, where her mother Is burled.' The car which was driven by Mr. Hansen was found In a badly wreck ed condition, the fenders were bent and torn from the machine. The wheels were broken and the steering gear bent and twisted. The auto was brought to this city where it will be repaired. ' The road at the scene of the snd occurrence makjs a sharp turn, a cliff rising on one side while It is almost a straight drop to the creek on the other. The road is newly built and had no guard at the edge BUSINESS REVIVES ; Along the river front at Dlnant today; little shops among the ruins. Business is almost dead, but not quite, in what was once the beautiful little Belgian village of Dlnant, burn ri by the Germans in their onward march last August These pictures, just received from Belgium, afford soma , f Umpses of the unhappy city as it looks today. LONDON, July 14. The first . rope's most beautiful little cities, authentic pictures of the little Bel-' After many months the streets glan town of Dlnant taken since the! have been cleared of their debris. Germans hurned and occupied thej Following their occupation the Ger clty in their onward march last' man military authorities called upon August have Just reached London. They show the town still In ruins, but with here and there a little shoo erected amid the debris of what were ! once lino nusiness pinres. After the Germans had go! through bombarding the town and! fire and explosion had spent them-l selves It was found thnt the streets' were choked with the ruins of nnm-' berless houses. Dlnant cojuld not longer boast of being one of En-' ROAD MEETING j WORKS GOOD! i i State Engineer Makes Clear The Intentions of Commission. BOND ISSUE OFTEN MILLIONS FAVORED , Systematic County Survey of Muln Thoroughfares Urged Tills Kxponse to Ho Met Ity Comity. RoBeburg was honored yesterday afternoon by a visit from the advis ory board to the state highway com mission, accompanied by State En gineer Cuntlne. . These gentlemen were met by County Commissioners Nichols and '.Plnkston at Eugene, who accompanied them to the city, imincdiately upon 'their arrival .a hurried call was sent out for a meet ing of citizens at the Commercial Club, and within a very short space of time there was a splendid rep resentative body of citizens present. President Pearce, of the Commer cial Club, explained the purpose of the meeting and called upon County Judge Marsters, who thanked the gentlemen of the board for-the privi lege, they had given the citizens of Douglas, county to meet them. It said that while he was new at the road building business, he was be ginning to appreciate the great needs of the county and was very glad of the opportunity .of getting sugges tions and advice from such a com petent and authoratlve source. State Engineer Cantine then made of the curve to prevent the car from leaving the road. IN BELGIAN TOWN BURNED BY GERMANS, .tWtMC r " " ' - ' 1 i 1 1 1 1 " r tm rr(LaiimaK-J-li tbe Inhabitants to produce brooms, spades and shovels, and organized the 'Inhabitants Into bands In order to clear away the destruction that naa neen wrougnt. wnen tne roaugi had been cleared and Bwept the or-! der went forth, "Now trade and be, prosperous." The bridge across the Meusn river has been restored to traffic, the nave of the church has been re-roofed, and the two towers have been tempor - a very comprehensive talk on the ob jects and intentions of tho highway commission in the -near present and continued future. He said it whs the duty of this board to look over the need3 of the state and counties and make recommendations to the commissioners. Douglas county, he said, was one of the problems which faced them, and alwuys had been, for of the. 366 miles of the Pacific highway from Portland down to tho state line, 106 miles, or 3-10 of tho entire distance was fn this county while the valuation of the cour'ry through which it passed was not in nroportlnn to the distance. Part of this Is in Pass Creek and Canyon Creek, and there wers other bad stretches. It was the Intention of tho advisory board to size these up for further attention from tho state next year. The state fnglnvrr urged that a systematic survey of this main thoroughfare be made so that when 'he tate' was asked for assistance the board would be able to make a close estimate' as to 'the cost of such Improvement. The expense of this survey should bo borne by the coun ty and Includfd In the budget for next year. Mr. Cantine dwelt upon thls u.t being vrry Impo tant, ns did tho Dporl.ers whJ followed him. Mr. Bonson, of the board, coincid ed with the views of the engineer on the survey as being highly Im portant. He nleo elucidated Mhe proposed ' Issued of ten millions of state bonds for highway and road (Continued on page 4.) SWEEDi STRIKES A MINE I STOCKHOLM, July 14. Captain Strldback and four of tho crew of the Swedish schooner Daisy were drowned when the vessel struck a mine and sank in the Baltic. arlly capped. A few men a greater number of women, children and babks still live among the shattered ruins of ther former homes. A wall: through the streets recalls alter nately memories of Pcmp?ll or Mes sina, so complete has been the de- structlon In certain parts, and yet j hero and there a building will lie little namagen amid ine surrounu- ing ruin. Great gaping holes and gaunt rows of window spaces lt j, through tjio brilliant summer sun- Bhlne, and between the masses of masonry which still stand a few of the Inhabitants have succeeded In , eretlng little shops or dwellings. THAW IS FOUND TO BE SANE NAN First Victory in Over Nine Years of Legal Battle. IS NOT VET SURE OF HIS LIBERTY Specialist necluroa llmw Had De lusions of l'urseciitloii, and is Not a Sufferer of Maniacal Iiibiuiity. NEW YORK, July 14. Harry K. Thaw, this afternoon, was found to be aane by the Jury in the court of Justice Hendricks, which heard tho evidence in the trial through which the slayer of White sought perman ent release from Matteawan. Tho finding of . the jury Is not final, as the court has the power to reuder a di'fferf nt decision. Should Hendricks find Thaw sane, however, the effect will not bo to free Thaw, as the state has formally announced an ap peal. Hendricks will probably an nounce hia decision tomorrow. The verdict is the fist real victory Thaw has gained in his nine years' fight for liberty. No Sign of Insanity Given. "Has Thaw shown here in court any evidences of paranoia?" Mr. Stanchfleld asked. "I don't think he has," Dr. Flint j said. "Only to me lie does not act I like a sane man." i Dr. Flint wont on to explain that he did not think Thaw ever was a "persecuted paranoiac," but decler ed he 1iad delusions of persecution. In this disease, he added, the. delus ions change from year to year. "But there were, no indications while he 'was on the stand 'In this trial?" Mr. Stanchfleld asked. "No Indication that would be evi dent from what he said," the wit ness replied. Paranoia Not Indicated. "If you didn't know his history,' Judge Hendrlck Interrupted to ask, "would you. think him a parallels from the indications he has given here?" "No," Dr. Flint answered. According to Dr. Flint, Thaw is not and never was suffering from Maniacal depressive insanity. Th3 alienist declared if ho had been, sent to Mnttenwan for that, ho Was In carcerated for an ailment he did not possess. He said he did not consid er paranoia curable. FLY OVER ESSEN LONDON, July 14. Several French 'airmen made a reconnuls sanre over KsHen; tho Purls reports declared, an,d. located the Krupp gun works In thn .city. PROTEST MADE BY BERLIN, July 14. Sweden. Nor way and Denmark have Joined In a protest to Great Britain against mo lesting their shipping, the dispatches from Stockholm report. ' LIBERTY BELL 3BATTLE, July 14. Enormous crowds of parlotlc citizens and thousands of visiting Bhrincrs shout ed a noisy greeting to the Liberty Bell when It arrived at 9:1! this morning. Mayor Gill, Governor List er and others welcomed the relic In brief spoeches. A company or ma rlnes and a company of United States soldiers, with veterans from the Sol diers Home, aldod in the celebration. Almost countlesB thousands viewed the historic relic, and the patriotic enthusiasm was Intense during tho bell's visit. TISDALFS AUTO TURNS TURTLE Arthur Krusmark, a young man of Slayton, Minn., who has Ibeen, visiting at the home of Mark Tts dalo In Sutherlln, met with an acci dent this afternoon which might have resulted more seriously. While rid ing in the Tladale auto in company with Mr. Spaulding, Mr. TlBdale and his son Charles about two miles south of Sutherlln, an auto was met and In attempting, to turn out and pass the machine Charles Tlsdale, who was driving, drove a little too close to the edge of the road, which was newly graveled. The auto turn ed over Into a ditch about six feet Teep and young Krusmark was pin ned under the machine, crushing his foot. A. D. Bradley, who was follow ing close in the rear, gave assist ance to the unfortunate party and brought the Injured man to this city where he was given medical atten tion. At the time of going to press? an X-Ray examination was being made of the injured member in or der to determine the extent of his Injuries. Mr. Krusmark was on his way to the exposition and had stop ped off to visit with the TIsdales, whom he had known In the east. MORE BOMB NOTES BOSTON, July 14. An Unsigned note, declaring that bombs 'were planted In the state house and cus toms house, and that the governor was to- be killed, was received today by the Boston Traveler. "There ira two bom In Ir tha slato liout3, and one in tifc rumoms hi'se lowec, tho nolo suld. "Holt was a Oennn spy, and so cm I." The governor is to be klllnj. Tho bninua will go. oil about Friday, and wo have fooled tho police." T'hp writer e 1 elng souijl t by tho nuth' lilies. T PORTLAND, July 11. Sixty-six . million three hundred thousand bushels of wheat, 3:i,000,onn bushelo of outs and 14,000,000 bushels of barley, the largest crop of cereals that Washington, Oregon and Idaho over produced, is now being harvest ed, according to estimates of llyman Cohen, commercial editor of tho Journal, following a trip of Inspec tion. Cohen estimated that Oregon will produce 18,900,000 bushels of wheat, 14,000,000 bushels of onts and 4,000,000 bushels of barley. HltlTAIV TO FOLLOW LEAK United Htjites Must He I Irnt to Itec ognlzo .Mexican f;iivernineiit. WASHINGTON, J'nly 14. Great Britain Intends to follow the lead of the United States In the matter of recognizing a government In Mexico. This was explained to Miguel Diaz Lombardo, minister of foreign affairs In the Villa faction, In a conference yestorday w"h Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, tho BrltlBh ambassador. Mr. Lombardo, formerly Mexican minister to France, is here on a special mission. The decision to follow the lead of the United States, It Is understood, growB out of A desire to avoid such a miKundersinndtng as occurred when tho British government recognized General Huerta. t