Roseburg news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1920-1948, March 11, 1925, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Roseburg news-review., March 11, 1925, Page 1, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Roseburg news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1920-1948 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1925)

Page of 8 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.6 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 8 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page Text- ' T " " saaaa, mmm Lsi' - ar-f ALLTi:i:r::i. waa-aaawass- BY - WEATHER IiItttjc ID. VIEW Highest Yseterday . Lowin Last Night . Fair tonight and Thuraday. leased k::e ::.- DOUGLAS. COUNTY An Indapandant Nawapapar, Published tar tha Baal Interests at tha Ptepla. Tha fvenlng Nairn and Tha Reatbursj Rsvlew. VOL. XXVII NO. M Or ROSa. 'VA? ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1 1. 1925. VOL. XII NO. 307 OF ROSEBURO REVIEW 3Rsii 'I . 4 MRS.ST0KKT0 TESTIFY If! DE FENSE OF Will Take Witness Stand in Effort to Establish Her Character, 'i DENIALS ARE MADE Witnesses Today Deny That ; WomanlMade Overnight Railroad Trips With Young Cousin. ' (Aaaoclatad Preaa Uued Wlra.) CHICAGO. Mar. 11. Mrs. Helen Ellwood Stokes of Denver was call ed to (he witness stand thia morn ing in the trial of her husband, D. E. D. Stokes, charged' with con spiracy to defame her. Her appearance on the witness stand marked a departure under the Illinois .statutes which prohib ited a wife testifying against her husband. Judge W. N. Gemmlll ruled that her testimony should be circumscribed that It would not be ..evidence sgainstaher husband, but rather a defense of attacks on her good name. Mrs. Stokes was on the wUness atand 30 minutes and was not -cross-examined. She made a 'gen eral denial of all accusations made against her by Mr. Stokes and J. P. Burke and C. V. Hanson Chicago sleeping car conductors who testi fied ahe had travelled overnight with a man companion. She de nied she ever had been an inmate of the Chicago Everleigh Club, re sort. - x i Mrs. Stokes denied Testimony of the two sleeping car conductors that she had shared on 'one occa sion a berth, and on another, a compartment with a young man en route from Denver to Chicago, or in the opposite direction. She also denied statements of Mr. Stokes as to occurrences in their New York home New Year's Eve in 1819 when Mr. Stokes testi fied she twice appeared partly dis robed before her cousin. Hal Bill 1g of Chicago, which, the aged defendant testified was followed by their final separation January 1 1919. Mrs. Stokes said that she never had ridden on a train with any oth er man than her husband and that she invariably travelled with a woman companion. Mrs. Stokes testified that she never had taken the train from Denver upon which Burke said she Tode to Chicago with a man she introduced as Billlg. She denied that she had travell ed from Chicago to Denver with her children n 1922. as testified by Burke, who said that was what made Mrs. Stokes a figure iu b:s memory. "The children were wards of the Denver court," she said. "And I could not have taken them from the state." Mrs. Stokes said that Mr. Stokes left ber January 8, 1919. as Maiunt his statement of January 1. te the final day of their life together. She identified a diamond ring as a present to her after the January 1 fixed by Mr. Stokes. "Yea, I did scratch him," ad mitted Mrs. Stokes in her testi mony, "he was trying to choke we and I defended myself in that man. ner." "Mr. Stokes left the house," aald Mrs. Stokes In a reply to a ques tion aa to who was responsible for the separation. "1 did. not know he was leaving. He said nothing; about it," Mrs. Stokea was asked to re- move her hat and displayed a mass (Continued on page 6.) NAME Secretary Jardine Makes a Plea for Observance of Forest Week 1 (Aworatn! Prea Leuad Wire.) I will be assured." WASHINGTON,' Mar, ll.-Pleas! Mr- "Ma ?,ard' "lhe ,,'T , . . . 1 est problem outside of our nation- for national observants of Ameri- , Tery, largely a state can forest week were made by Seo-1 problem." retary jardine or tne department 1 of agriculture and former Gove-! -TrJh?ier-.J ?' J?7h. f ' Anglian .- -- - -- Forest ek committee In stale- ments Issued today, colncldentaliy with a proclamation by President 9 i. 1 pril 27-May 3 for the observsnc "The observance of American forest week In .-pverr American community." Secretary Jardiue ssld. "will help put the United States on the road to what this na- matt aiMHa a i am I national policy of forestry. When American j citizens, more fully rclllze the rap-1 Id rate at sahlch this nations 11m- ber 'resources are being exhausted a national forestry policy with federal, atate and local govern ments all performing their parts 4 wwwwwww AVIa, FROta a . ,ONVER8E ARATE PLANES ' (Aaanrlatad hi Uaard WW.) DAYTON, O.. Mar. 11. Today for the first time in history, according to army aviation office ni here, two men aeveral thousand feet In the air atyl more than five a mites apart, held converaa- tion. This was accomplished by radio above Wilbur .Wright field by Major H. J. Kiierr and Lieutenant M. N. Stewart I hour1 in oposite directions. 1 DOES HALF Indiana ..and Southeastern Illinois Swept by Severe ,Storms Yesterday. ' HOUSES BLOWN AWAY - Terre Hatijte, Ind., Suffers Damage fcf $50,000 When t Several Houses Are ' Torn Down. - ; (Aaaarlattd FtM Leupd Win.) INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. March 11. Indiana and Southeastern Illinois today were taking stock of the damage done by the severe wind, hail and rain storm which swept over these states late yes terday and last nfght and caused property damage' estimated at more titan a halt million dollars. Several persons 'were Injured, none of them seriously. The storm apparently struck in Edgar county. III., and then mov- en eusiwaru in me general ulrrv. ijnn f T.m U.nla InH 11 nrnnf. Ing bouses, blowing down trees and barns. Telephone and tele graph and rail service was Im paired. In Edgar county where the damage was estimated at $75, 000 about a doien homes and the Methodist. Church were levelled. Ten houses were destroyed near Paris, Illinois. At Terre Haute, Ind., the storm blew down several houses and un- !i00,e.l"!Tf1rj;,..!?,Ul,.d.ln"-C.ttU.85 damage estimated at more than $50,000. At Rochester, Ind., wucia uv ni" 1 111 nasuuicu rerrnl vrere VXltl ' the grandstand at the county fair, grounds demolished and many trees uprooted. Many other towns reported houses and barna un roofed. LOS ANGELES BOY no in AND MILLION DAMAGE IO MATinNAI HFRO to overturn a tie vote on conflrm 13 IMAMWIAL I-.E.KVJ ton hag pft the of ,,. (A-Briatnl mm U-d Wire.) NEW YORK. March II. Jo hannes Bartholowsky. 12, of Los Angeles, Cal haa been awarded the Boy Scout medal for heroism, I It was announced today from the .i.i 1 i ,, . , , hnv mula nf America The award w.. in ruv,nitinn nf iha vnnih's , gallant conduct In rescuing a com. rade clinging desperately to the side of a forty foot cliff. Bartholowsky and another 'Art aensec! ona uoy leu over me eage. n ciuicnea a small intuo ana nem 1 dn until Bartholowky rescued him by snspendlng 'small tree. himself from a ,.Th., ..., " B. ,d- ,th., ,tat8I themrelves must ensct sup- 1"iiHatlon to Mui. I out ana maxe etiective a nauonai poi- ,cy For(,t tTtm are the (rregtest ment,e , ,ore,t rejources. Ade- , fr. protectlon. although prl- marlly a atate function, under the riarke-McNai-r law Involves thn e cn-oneratlva elements, the federal MvwnmMit .in-i nHvatn ! owners. Tax lawa In the various states that shsll make possible the nmfltable commercial iniwin cf . iimh.. . ....i-i o ' Csmas Vsllsy Ceupls Hsrs Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Spring arriv-lihe ed here Tuesdsy from Camas Val- ley, and are spending the next ! several days In Roseburg visiting i with friends. ' NOMINATION OF i BE DE-SUBMITTED Tie Vote in Senate Reject ing Him for Atty. Gen. ' Causes Uncertainty. REPUBLICANS LOSE Tried to Break Tie but Lost Coolidge May Send Name Back to Satiate ; . No Announcement. (Aaax-Utad ma Leuad Win.) WASHINGTON. Mar. 11 Presl. dent Coolidge' was advised today by republican leaders in the senate not to resubmit the nomination of Charles B. Warren of Michigan to be Attorney-Qeneral, because it could not be confirmed. Mr. Warren shortly before leav ing for Washington said he did not have sufficient knowledge of the situation in Washington to enable him to make any comment on the action of the aenate yesterday. He said that President Coolidge had . telephoned him and asked him to go' to Washington for a confer ence and that until after he bad been In Washington, he would have nothing to aay because he dir not understand the situation, aa he had not been there for some time nor had anything to do with the details of the political fight in the senate. Some of those close to the presi dent were Inclined to believe that 'instead of making a new selection tor tne attorney generalship, he might decide to let the whole sub ject remain In its present status until the senate adjourns and then give Mr. "Warren a cccesa appoint- menL rmi in SN.M. . . . . Beecher Warren whoa, nnmin. , iieecaer warren, wnose nomlna- ' I tlon to be by the sVnate ves- M . , . ' rwdWwTl lUBioii, WBere De will OISCUSS Wlin President Coolidge and senate re-1 publican leaders what, future course ot action is to be taken. The leaders who visited the White House early In the day aald the chief executive haiT given them no indication as to what his course would be, but some were ot the opinion that be would make anoth- tt -i - i r- f 1 1 .1 i forrneS that the "full support for Mr. Warren had been counted In the vote yesterday when the nom- . . , , . .1 .rt , .... S - "" V" 7h WASHINGTON, Mar. 11. The Ana.A- . t , - .Ami... Charles B. Warren of 1 ftlon Of Michigan to be attorney-general at ja session yesterday featured by I the dramatic efforts of republicans ling that office enveloped in un certainty, with the White House declining to comment on the mat- lPr there was n0 indication today what courae president Coolidge .,, Durl,ue ., --k- uniy py ine presiaeni s H"a"l "i uuimuauuu It come again before the senate. whose action yesterday, after vot- 0 to 40 on confirmation, in finally taDiing ot to a a mouou 1 " '"""S!" " .OT SZ ..,. , r-lmiB. - ... i.nhn nr .emllnc .I' . ..;. : . new i jU. J"-"'.,'.-r 1 president may eiiner leave lor oanem Bet l e ,7' ' ';ho.M ,. r. ,a;: 7. vm justice apparimeirc uniu itiv session of congreks or make a re- cesa appointment for that period, Coming with almost startling suddenness late In the day, the vote on confirmation apparently raucht the administration forces, who even during the roll call seemed confident of the result, off guard. While demonstrating op- ponenta of the nomination sought to clinch their victory by demand-. Ing that the roll call be closed and administration leaders strove , to meisy it, a laxicao umu ."..lory 01 me game. lie received President Dswes from his hotel to $52,000 a season. It Is said that 'iKe capltol In an effort to arrive In Ruth haa one third of hla salary time to break the tie was awaited iwltheld by thr-)Yanks owners who aa the Impending ,cllmax. H waa too late for that, the : mil rail havinr been announced. hi tn tha meantime republican leaders had resorted to further strategy when Senator Reed of Pennsylvania awltrhed bis vote- to .m Miiuulttnn enlumn. maklnc the iresule. technically 3 to 41. so thst lhe .might move reconsideration of ; question. On an Immediate counter mo- tlon of opponents of confirmation to lay the Reed motion on tbe ta- (Continued on page I.) I ' LARGE CROWDS VISIT THE TOMB OF GIZA . (-tnrt,Ad Praia Laaaad WHO s . CAIRO. Mar. 11. Crowds today visited the -seen A of the . discovery of the tomb at una which it la hoped may prove to be that of a personage in the reign of the Pharaoh Sene- teru of the fourth dynasty, it not the monarch : hinmelf. Barbed wire feucing, how- 4 ever, prevented the work of excavation, undertaken by the Boston-Harvard expedl- tloq, being Interrupted and no additional information as to the progress of the task was a- forthcoming today from the 4 excavatora themselves. ' It waa learned, neverthelera, 4 that mirrors placed at the bottom of the deep shaft to. reflect' the sun's rays into thtr tomb showed the contents much more Mearly, especially the Alabaster coffin which al- " pears almost transparent. FLIERS PROMOTED. - (AaorUtrd Prm Uurd Wire.) WASHINGTON, Mar. 11. In Jtne with legislation passed by congress President Coolidge today nominated Sergeant Ogden and Second Lieutenant Harding of the offlcera reserve corps, two of the army world filers, to be xoeoud lieutenants In the army air service. 8TATE JUDICIAL ' COUNCIL NAMED (AaorUted Prea laad Wire.) SALE.t Ore Mar. 11. Chief Justice McBrlde. under an act f h. . the recent legislature appointed me state judicial council. The ap pointees are Justice John L. Rand of the supreme court. Judge Fred W. Wilson of The Dalles, Judge Walter H. Evans of Portland and Judge Ci M. Thomas of Mrdford. The main duty of the Oouncil will be to try to work out uniform rules and procedure for the several Judi cial districts of the state. 0 JAP EXCLUSION " '. . BILL- IS PASSED ' ' (Aaiwiitca praa Wire.) TOPEKA, Kans., Mar. 11. The Kansas senate passed- the Japan ese exclusion bill which now n "e. governor for his signature. The bill prohibits Japanesef ram ,wn',n or ,e,8,nK '"" Kansas. . Previous v the un. Ii-h jh.. j Previously the senate had dlsap - .h""! I18 bl" ln con,Dt,te oI JtaV" a W' extensive nielnn .rnn... nv m,,;i.:u ... "1" " - - uu TO ARGUE SCHOOL CASE. SALEM. Ore.. Mar 11 -lAtiz... ney-General Van Winkle today re.'came l'Jown that a census taker celved a letter from his nsiiiant P,ac,1 Rhinelanders bride ln Willis S. Moore, who Is In Wash- hl" f01,11" a" "mulatto".' The iVJ.vS o. l BSper "K'"re ,he BiniD. nuLJirmi COUrl in .uumiuriii oun, aviiiiii:- the parochial and private school lander alleged that the bride had bill cape, saying that iho case will deceived him about herirace. probably he argued th9 litter part1 Names which have disappeared of this week. Moore la represent- from fhe social register In recent ing the attorney general's office, yeara Include Mllllcent Rogers, while George E. Chlinherlnln ten- who married Count Ludwlg Salm resents Governor Pierce and Sinn- Hoogstraeten; Mrs. James A. Stlll- le,5rMyer"; "trli;t attorney for niuuuomau county, renresenti Inm self. Van Winkle, Pierce and MvPM wre all named as defendants In the case. NPwTmTl Z T? r, enin vu Th" Ev' ening World prints the following today from its special correspond- ent at St. Petersburg, Florida: naoe Ruth has very little to Buuw loaay ior n s ardueus years ' 'oiling In the big leagues. This was gleaned from . i.ik .1.1. n,... r -" " A country home In the shadow of jthe famous Inn at Sudbury, Mans., ; where he might farm In his later yeara Is sll that Ruth really pos- sesses today, wlih the exception of his wires holdings. Ruth haa passed the shadow line jot his youth. He. Is growing fat and old. Time la collecting Its toll and hla best days are behind him During the last three seasons :RU,A) was known as the highest ! aried baseball player ln the his- are Investing K for him for a rainy dav. The revelation nt n.uh'a fln.n. rial atatna nom . . v.i. being sued In New York for a rac- ltlK Aht nrurred aM .Ummer at th. tracks in end arnnnit v.. i Vnrtr The' suit wss brought by Harry Llchstenateln to whom the claim wss assigned by Edward J Calla- ban. "Yes. I owe the money." Ilutb said today. "I made the bets last iRIRFRIITH iwiTuninicrpnrnL unuu iiuill, linn ULU ilUL. UliLLI ! .... '1 01 15 RBI FJUEi May. I lost $7,700. I went to Cal-jot SECRETARY HOOVER PREDICTS PROSPERITY - (Aanrlattd Pro Uurd Win.) WASHINGTON, Mar. 11. Business conditions in the country were never more tav- orahle than at present for continued proapot-lty In the opinion of Secretary Hoover, who today predicted, "reason- able stability" In Industry for the coming summer. The Indications, Secretary Hoover aaid, point nelthor to a stump nor to a boom In business but toward stability I hut inspires confidence. ROSS NOT A MEMBER (AwvUttd hm LnuMt Wire.) SALEM, Ore., Mar. 11. In an opinion to Secretary of State Ko ter. Attorney General Van Winkle, holds that Dr. Thomas Ross of i'ortland, ceased to be a member of the state fish commission, on January 10, the date of the gover nor's letter to Ross notifying him of his removal for cause. Koier asked the attorney general whether he was to. audit claims bearing the signature of John C. Veatch, whom the governor appointed aa Rosa' successor. o REST8 HER CASE (Aivx-Uted fnn Lnwd Wire.) LONDON, Mar. 11. Mrs. Ian Onslow DennlHtnnn. ithmn.h km counsel, rested her case against ' her former husband. Lieutenant vuiuuei uennisioun, arter the op ening of court today in continua tion of the trial of her claim for money she alleged she loaned him C.rj'V, a,VOree' , ?,r dward. Marshall Hall, counsel for Colonel Dennistoun. today admitted the valdity of the divorce obtained by .hps. uennistoun In Paris in 1921, after the presiding Judge had point ed out that to declare this divori-) Invalid would open up the ques'.loi of the subsequent marriage of Col onel Dennistoun to tne widow r.f the Earl ot Carnarvon, discoverer of the tomb of Tut-Anku-Amen. Colonel Dennistoun'o counool during yesterday's pracea lings had maintained that the dlvorco waa not valid. , . , SAYS WIFE A NEGRO NEW YORK, Mar. 11. The name of Mrs. Alice Beatrice Jones Rhinelander, former waitress and housemaid who is being sued by .her husband. Leonard Kip Rhine- ...v.- . ' ... ... i lander, for annulment of their . "age on the grounds that ahe Is a .ISOT ""ory 10 ine city a socially elect. . 1L ui-eniut; Known louay. The entry appear as Rhlneland- er, Mrs. Leonard Kip (Phillip) j Jones. Mrs. Alice B., married Oc tober 14. at New Rochelle, N. Y. ' Shortly after the marriage of Rhinelander to Mlsa Jones, It be-. .T, 1... . iv . -J, man and Mrs. W. E. D Stokes. J. C. Malone was an arrival here Veflt..rilnv f rum 1xirnr,1 Mnd Iran,. seted business matters for a few hours. ,an wno wa" mMn took and 'ofd him I could, not meet the ob- ligation Just then, but to give me until the end of the season, wh.n I had some more money and I would pay him. "He said 'all riehl ' A few month. Inter, fnrffetlliie- nr HI. re. ..il aV. ' '. . 7""'.- " ". 1'". ' T' ... v - " u l"n ooney. He told me "I'm going to expose you. I'll have It pushed in U papers "I aald. 'all right. If that's the "Ind of a fellow you are, go ahead. "1 feci that Inasmuch as Calla han had a gentlemen's agreement with me and violated It and by so o.utwiting that I welched, and re- 17!,,ed th,lt he '" gambler, I be- Heve that be should be barn d from "P?"?" on Y"kM ir",i ' - 1kept hl ord " 1 t He na 'ven tr"e'y to cnr,,3'- Ju,t ,l,w ""J" n" " hy' iag bl rlnHtr X-rayed in a one- 'tor's office when s cripple csme In. He handed hlin a dollar and remarked: "Uenrae. here I am complaining .f busted finger.' In his career aa one ot the great- est aouthnaw Dltrhers in the game ai nruestiOnably the greatest of hitters, Kuth has earned a small fortune. Iiut tolay with old age crerplng on, he has very little to how for his being the most color- ful baseball player ln the history the game. STATE MflyiLP KEEP OFFICER AT District Attorney and Sher iff Pleased by Conference With Levens. . SENTIMENT NEEDED Cooperation of Public in Enforcement of Law Is Greatest Power Attor ' ney Cordon States. - Aa a rear.lt of a recent confer ence with W. H. Levens, the re cently appointed stnte prohibition commissioner, 11 was intimated today by District Attorney Cordon that sufficient aid will be received ,rom the 8tate prohibition fund, to enable the county to retain the services ot Win. Qrubbe aa deputy sheriff at Reedsport and of De puty Sheriff Croy at Cftmaa Val ley, offices which It waa recently announced would have tb be dis continued as a result of the adop- 1 ,!on.0' 'n n,ow",a;w. Perta,'1 10 the distribution ot the prohibition fund. Sheriff Starmer and District Attorney Cordon have expressed great satisfaction over the result ot their interview with Prohibi tion Commissioner Levens last week. f REEDSPDRT "We have every hope," said the y District Attorney today, 'khaf there will be complete co-operation and co-ordination between the Commissioner and the local enforcement "officers' thrfu8hmit the state. Mr. Levens i a man of practical experience and under. I stands thoroughly the situation existing in the state. We discus- sea tne latter at lengtn wun mm 'a8t weelt and expect 1o arrive at ome agreement within the near Hum hi.h win fnr iha future which will make for the be"t Possible law enforcement in do. 't'nat. rar"picer ,.hniH Via nn Huw nt Dnwlflnnpl. ! - " - - - and, so far as Is necesaory, la : Camas Valley. Referring to Senator Eddy's re cent statements relative to the amendment to the prohibition law passed by the last Legislature, Mr. Cordon said: "I note that Senator Eddy ex pressea the opinion that it la not within the spirit of the prohibi tion law to employ local officers 'on fxed salaries to bo paid from the prohibition fund. I confess I am at a loss to determine how he arrives nt this conclusion. I know that it Is not supported by our experience In this county, i "This is particularly apparent I when we consider the situation , as It formerly existed at Reeds I port. The papple of that com I munly are one in the opinion that the centlnual presence ot Deputy Sheriff Grubbe in that sec tion has been of Immeasurable I benefit In keeping down law vlo , lations, particularly violatlona 'of ! the prohibition laws. Both Mr. ' ijr.rni.t .ml tnvi.lt h.ia had loi ters from people ln that section imploring us to use every effort to retain Mr. Grubbe at a fixed salary. The purpose of every criminal statute is to atop actions which are detrimental to the pub lic good. The fact that vlula ttonn of such laws are punished Is only Incidental, the chief pur pose of the punishment being to prevent repetition of the crime and to deter others from committ ing similar crimes. That is also true of the prohibition law.. The chief factor In keeping down law violations Is the known presence of peace officers. That Is one of the' reasons why offlcera ot the "a are often uniformed. The known presence of a peace offi cer In any locality Is a great fac tor in preventing lawlessness In that locality. It la better to pre vent violations of the law than It la to punish law vlolntjans. That being the case, In my jWlg ment, the spirit of the prohibition law would dlctato that prohibi tion funds be expended In pay m, of out for the services of peace ffirers who are known to be - ,nrh .nd wno,e known presence 1 wl11 rR""11 ln bel,nr enforce- ment or mat law. Due to tna great extent of Douglas County, It la absolutely necessary to keep enforcement officers at strategic points such aa Iteedsport and Ca- mas Valley. We intend to do that If we posaibly ran. "Vi ITh regard to the resultant effect npon, Douglas County of the Increased contribution of pro hibition funds to the state Prohi bition- Department, I fall to get the same result as does Senator j;ddy. j j924 Uougiaa County contributed $227.14 as Its shsre of the $26,000.00 State Prohibl- tlon Kmd. According to my cal- culatlon. In order to raise $50,- (Continued on page a.) SHAMROCKS SENT BACK TO IRELAND 4 (Aaaoclatad Preaa Uaaad Wlra.) ) BOSTON, Mar. 11. More than one thousand packages 4k ot shamrocks Intended to brighten Boston homes on Bt. Patrick's Day were ordered sent back to Ireland today by representatives ot the de- partment of agriculture. The action waa taken under the regulation which prohibit the importation of live plants be- cause of the danger ot pests. in one box Inspectors found a small bottle ot Irish whls- key with a note reading; & "This will keep the snam- rock fish, so St. Patrick said." BATTLE STAGED IN THE PACIFIC Newest Type of Submarine Pierces Lines of In. vading Ships. r ENEMY IS DEFEATED Much Harassed "Enemy Left at Base on Coast of Mexico Subs Cruise for 2,600 Miles. (AaaoctatM Pre. LaaaaH WM) ABOARD rj. g. g. BE ATT L,, At 8ea oft the Coast ot Lower California, March 11. Uncle Sam's newest fiubmarlnea those of the "S" type nfter cruising 2,800 miles from the Panama Canal, pierced the lines of "Invading" battleships In the greatest naval sham battle ever staged In the Pacific early this morning and left a much haraased "enemy" at his base on the west coast ot Mexico. One hundred and nine ships of the American nary, divided Into the black or Invading fleet and the "blue" or defensive fleet, came to blows, on the moonlit aea off the Mexican coast last night and until an hour before Hnwn I.H.V Iha .l,.nl.nmn. wan on over hundreds of square miles of ocean This mornlnr found the areet problem the defense of the Pad. fie coast agalmt Invasion flhally worked out. The decision on the result of the battle will come later. The aim of the black fleet, with her great dreadnaughta guarding supply ships and screened by de- ,.,' '.a ,- . . th. en..i fmm -hii-h i r.n-r.i. the coast from which to operate 1 on the Invasion. The duty of the . blue fleet, the defenders, whose mainstay waa its wing of swift ! scout cruisers, wss to get Into sctlon with the black squadron at sea and destroy It or cripple It. The blue fleet accomplished the first phase of Its nasaslon by sighting the enemy before the latter reached Its designated base. Then began a hot battle, blue era. It started at nine o clock last ' night and raged until nearly dawn today. The great "8" type submarines ........ 1 I A . 1. - ........ I. S biack d-VrVir. .harassed the enemy unceasingly until he reached his base. fAavWatrtf Preaa LaaaMl Wtra.) AnoAnn v. s. 8. brattle. At Hea off the Coast of Lower California. March tO. (Delayed) NlKhtrall found one hundred trnnMnneo' on ns alvi GREATEST SHI City of Danzit? Like a Powder Magazine, Says French Newspaper fAanrlatad Praaa Uaanl Tire.) PARIS, Mar. 11. "Danilg is like a powder magazine." says the correspondent of Le Journal, who. tin went to the free city to Inve , the dlffUltles between it with the representative of Lft Ma- and Poland. "The day Enope blows tip It will be because Prinsig has exploded," the correspondent continues. "Two Prussian artillery men await, one at Koenlgsberg and the other at Derlln, fuse ln hand, ready to act When the time comes. I i. t..Mi.l Bnrf T Wailn iwmia pnndents arrive at lhe same con- elusion, that Is, that the free city of Danrlg la neither free nor neu tral. and la preparing an army to sld Oermsny In Wresting the corrl- dor from Poland. I.e Journal cor- respondent says that Instead of ths expected few hundred police, be I found In Danilg 1,000 all,former of- GOAL SET TOO SEAS0H1X Oil FOREST Project' Calling for Ova 800 Miles of Trail Is " Adopted. TIMBER IS DOWN Workers in Forest Will Be Called Upon to Cope -With Difficult Situa tion Thia Year. ' It will be the objective of tha forest service officials, working in the Umpqua National Forest, to eliminate incendiary fires, reduce man-caused fires to 10 per cent of the total number of tires and re duce fires of over 10 acres to one tenth ot the total number, as well as reducing the area burned over to one-Kifth ot one per cent of tha total foreat acrsjage during the coming flra seaaon. One tenth ot one per cent of the. foreat area would be approximately 1,000 acres wbich would be a particularly good ahowing. In order to reach this goal tha service is planning an extensive trail system, whiclS will checker board the forest with rough trails, so it will not be necessary to travel more tban two miles through nnopened forest to reach any pos sible tire camp. These trails will not be highly Improved trails, but will be clear, ed and roughed - out laterals to main trails, so that pack horses may ahe put over them with UtUa. klnoa nf tin Tlia villi fallnar Iha, topography of the ground traversed doing grading only where abso lutely necessary. It is estimated that this system ot trails will be over goo miles in length and will cost In the neighborhood of (5(,000. It will probably require three or more years to complete the pr JecL The anuat maintenance work on the trails already established win cost approximately $6,650 this year, the total value of existing trails being 1150,000. It is planned to re construct about ISO miles of trail, at a probable coat of $17,000. It Is also planned to build about 48 miles of new telephone line, In order to get better tire fn-otection. ! Thl" "n9 lb; connected up In ' such a manner that communication ! lo be established with Deschutes and Cascade forests. An unusual amount of mainten ance work will be necessary this year, because of the heavy storms of the winter season. The trails are filled, with. slides ln many j f,ac.e- " e re aa ' h,ve e w',ed 'f base and hurled across trails. There Is an unusually targe amount of down timber this year, accord ing to reports, and consequently much work will be required to re pair trails and telephone lines. The condition will also make the fire danger greater. Tbe official force of the Umpqua forest has been well organised, the plans for the season's . work being srrsnged ln advance, so that little time will be lost in getting district conference la to be held in , Engene on the 30th, at which time j officials and rangers from aeveral . ot the Southern Oregon forests will i " control methods Sale Well Attended The auction sale held yesterday at the D. D. Shaw place In Eden bower waa well attended, and was very successful. Bidding was keen, and a fair price waa realised from the sate of the goods. fleers or noncommissioned men while from twenty to thirty thou sand German officers and non-commissioned men "camouflaged as po lice or functionaries are preparing dynamite to blow up the treaty of Versallle and again unchain war In Europe." La Matin's representative say that Danr.lg with Its Herman popu lation of a third of a million can arm 00.000 men at the first call. He adds that the city Is a regular ar senal of rlflea'and machine guns. I This correspondent quotes a so called secret renort tn thn senate by Major Wagner, chler of this ! veritable army, and who la camo flaged before the curious aa an to spector of customs to show that Dsnilg srmy Is prepared to take over me oeiense oi me comcior against Poland after the German! from both aides bave pinched it joff and forced the Poles to retire.