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ROSEBtlRG. OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 23. 1925.
VOL. XIII NO. 107 OF THE EVENING NEWS
CHINESE KILL
ONE AMERICAN,
SEIZE- ANOTHER
Bandits Raid Farm of For
mer Yankee Relief Worker
Near Peking Settlement
DOCTOR IS CAPTIVE
Washington Distressed Over
Affair Demand Is Made
for Immediate Return
of Noted Doctor.
INF
Cloudbursts Flood Colorado
City Last Night. Doing
Damage Estimated at
About $400,000.
(Aaoclattd ITm Lrurd Wirt.)
PEKING, 'July 23. Morgan Pal
mer, an American, has been killed
by bandits at his ranch on' the
Sungarl river, near Harbin. Dr.
Howard, an eye specialist attach
ed to the Rockefeller Hospital wan
captured at the same time.
Consular advices from Kalgan
state that Palmer was killed on
July 20 while defending his prop
erty against bandits.
Mr. Palmer and Jits mother. Dr.
Howard and his son, JameB, and
an American trader named Bald
win, of Kalgan, Cbihli province,
together with his wife and child
was visiting Palmer's ranch which
is in tbe Manchurian province" of
Kerin, when the attack was made.
The consular advices say that
Dr. Howard last night was still In
captivity, the others are "safe for
the present," but their where
' about s is not known. The Ameri
can consul Samuel Sokobin, has
gone to see the military governor
of Kertn, In -on effort to secure the
release of Dr. Howard.
The Rockefeller hospital has
been advised that Dr. Howard'
son, James, Is safe on a customs
launch at Fuchochen.
NEW YORK, July 23. Morgan
Palmer, kill -d by bandits In Man
churia, formerly lived in Piatta
burgh.'N. Y., he was an engineer
and several years ago joined the
American Red Cross for service in
Siberia and China. As a field
agent during the great Chinese
famine in 1920, he was instrument
al In saving many lives.
Palmer was unmarried and lived
with his mother in Peking.
Dr. Harvey J. Howard, captured
by the bandits who killed Mr. Pal
mer, had been chief of the depart
ment of .opthalmology at Peking
union medical college established
by the Rockefeller foundation,
since 1918. A brother, George C.
Howard, is an attorney in New
York.
A cablegram received by the
Rockefeller foundation today said
. h II t T- Ilnnnl V .1 V. ...... .. I - .. .1
by bandits near the Junction of the "ee ,. ,,ne. "p,a?d nl"n, re"
Amur and Sungarl rivers. In Man-1 lued. t0 lh.e r home" today after
churla. near Harbin, and that the i nl"ht P?Bt ,n "Ptown hotels and
American consul at Harbin had roomlng hou8e"'
taken action to secure his release. I Many of the flood refugees were
Dr. Rogers Greene, general dircc- housed In the Centennial school
tor of the Chinese medical board ; building on the north uhle of the
has left Peking for Harbin, the i river, which was thrown open as
cablegram said. a shelter after the first cloudburst
Dr. Howard was born at Church- I drove hundreds of lowland dwel
III. N. Y . and was educated at the j lers to higher ground.
University of Michigan. University
of Pennsylvania and Harvard. HU TRINIDAD, Colo., July 23.
son, James, is 12 years old. . . ,, .
Railway traffic was gradually be-
WA8HINGTON, July 23 Of- "oid ' Trinidad today fol-
flelals here were manifestly dls-!lowln- lrtual tie-up of all ays
tressed over the killing of one x"mt 1,1,1 nint "r cloudbursts
American and the capture of an- flooded the city and washed out
other yesterday by Chinese ban-,ect,on" ot tr,ck bridges,
dlts. Iiut there was no indication I The Atchison, Topeka and Santa
that the development would Inter- i Pe railroad resumed service on Its
nipt negotiations In progress for main line Into California, by means
friendly effort by the powers to or a detour Into Des Moines, and
i
NO MISTAKE
HAD FEDERAL
ERVED BOOZE
NEW July 23. Iny
Einstein i. long boon an actor,
but now he' gone and posod as
one, much to tho dislike of
thirsty mem bars of tho profes
sion and tho Forn Club.
Representing himself as Ethol
bert Santsrro, a legitimate actor
at liberty, Isy got himself elect
ed a member of an establish
ment in tho roaring forties with
a clientele confined to recogniz
ed member of tho theatrical
profession.
Yastsrday ho introduced Mo
Smith and two other federal
sgsnts.
"They're actors too," said lazy.
"Set 'em up."
Came forth four whiskies at
sixty ocnto each, as Izzy tolls,
and Charles, Burn, manager of
tho club and a waiter were ar
Then In walked one of the
club' sources of supply with
half gallon jug. He, too, was ar-l
rolled.
(AaocUtxl PrM. Lued Wire.)
TRINIDAD, Colo., July 23. Fair
skies and a warm sun today greet
ed Inhabitants of Trinidad as they
returned to their homes and pre
pared to check up property dam
age resulting from cloudbursts
late yesterday.
No casualties are reported fol
lowing the heavy rains that sent
the Purgatolre river out of its
banks last night, but property dam
age may reach the 1300,000 mark.
Property loss Included washouts
on bridges and highways and
flooded bssements in business
houses and homes along the river
bottoms.
Train service on all railroads en
tering the city is practically de
moralized. With six hundred feet of track
and a ateel bridge gone between
here and Raton. New Mexico, the
Atchison, Topeko and Santa Fe
railroad today was unable to main
tain service over Its main lines
from Chicago to California. Small
er washouts have likewise Inter
fered with the service on the Col
orado and Southern and the Den
ver and Rio Grande systems.
Reports dribbling In from outly
ing communities Indicate that
i property loss and damage may ex
ceed the 1400.000 estimate made
I early today by Trinidad business
men. 8cores of families, forced to
help China out of her domestic
troubles.
Formal comment on the raid on
the Palmer ranch was withheld
I Continued on page 6 )
Mexico, over the Colorado and
Southern tracks. A mile of Its
track and a bridge between here
and Raton, New Mexico, was wash
ed out.
Thousands Tell Rich Philanthropist
How to Invest His Millions; Most
Suggestions Have Selfish Viewpoint
MMM-utH Prm Uw4 vi.) .about to suicide."
NEW YORK. July 23 -Leopold u w loo much for vMx.
Bchepp, 83-year-old Phl'anth.-opist , ... . . .
and cocoanut magnate, aought sur-' P'"- Wearily, he packed his
cease today in his country horns ,nln and departed. To answer
In New Canaan. Conn., from a de.. appeal, a printer waa ordered to
luge if suggestions as to how to strike off 10.000 formal notices
spent his money for benevolence, acknowledging their requests and
On the heels of his appeal to the slating all appeals would be re
public to advise him how. to do ferred to Phillip Reater, In term "d
good with his mil. Ions came angary for Mr. Bchepp.
avalanche of mail, telegrams and I A committee will be appointed
personal appeals. to adjudicate the most worthy
Three thousand letters bulged claims and Mr. Bchepp will abide
his correspondence. Most of th by Its decision. A few altruistic
letter were frank touches for letters pertain to plans for aiding
funds and pleas for jobs. boys and girls, a subject close to
All but fifty of the letters failed Mr. 8chepp's heart. He has al
to hit upon Mr. Schepp's main pur- ready established a 12.500,000 fund
pose tbe most good or the most to help young boy.
In the longest time. Most of tho As a nine-year-old boy Mr.
anpeels for aid ranged from ro-'Bchepp bought cocoanut palm leaf
mantle request of a woman, fat and fans for II rents and sold them for
to t for 14.000 to set a husband. 3. Ho continued to deal In cocoa
to ths request of a man fi endo-nut products throughout his life
ment of a "refuge for poor souls and amassed untold millions.
JOHN H
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P v:
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THIS CITY DIESifT
AT AGE OF 85
Civil War Veteran and Ac
tive Worker of G. A. R.
Passes Away.
TWOOPERATIONS
Second .Surgical Effort to
Relieve Condition Re-
suits in Death Aged
Roseburg Resident
flATORS ARK KIM.KD
II K.N Alltt'l-ANtC FAIJX.w
rAanrUtnj his Lnard Win.)
BOSTON. Mass., July 23.
Lieutenant Mark C. Hogue.
commercial aviator and a
student passenger, were kll-
led today when an airplane
piloted by Hogua crashed
near the Boston airport In
East Boston today.- Hogue
was formerly an army flying
Instructor and an air mail
pilot.
RAIN IN ALBERTA
SAVES WlHEAT CROP
o
4 (AawiaUd rtw. Usard Win.)
MACLEOD, Alberta, July
23. A heavy rain which fell
today from Medicine Hat to
the Rocky mountains virtual-
ly saved the wheat crop In
Southern Alberts. A heat
wave had prevailed over the
wheat belt for weeks.
.
I
John Halmln, for thirty-six years
a resident of Roseburg, died in
Portland at 8:20 p. ni. Tuesday,
July 21, according to word received
here today. Mr. Hamlin, who was
85 years of age was required to
undergo two major surgical opera
tions, the second one proving fatal.
The son of Simeon Hamlin, he
was bora June 18, 1840 In Tuscara
was county, Ohio. Taken by his
parents to Wisconsin when but five
year old, he had very limited
school advantages in that pioneer
county, the sessions In the old log
scboolbouses being necessarily
short. In 1854 tbe family removed.
to Madison county, Iowa, where he i
ing up and Improving a farm, while ,Tm EPPn,f J00.81 ".lc'
in the winter term, he attended ! cleck-. wa J-0"? D4d"r '"J""!
the district school morning when he was struck by an
, auiuuivmto umvbu uj v. a. diuu
Tom Epping, Post Office
Clerk, Receives Injuries
to Head and Back
This Morning.
July 26. 1862, he enlisted in!
! of Overland orchards.
The acci-
Riverslde
EXPLOSION
1
FIRE ENTRAPS
CflALJVflNERS
! '
Fire-Fighting Party in Ten-
t nessee Mine Imprisoned
. Behind Cave-in.
SEVEN MEN IN PARTY
Rescue Attempt Starts 'to
j Save Men One Man
Escapes Before Gas
Fumes Reach Him.
i
(AMuriatMl I'm. LMd Win.)
CHATTANOOGA, Tens., July 23.
A telephone message received
here from Hock wood this after
noon stated the . number of men en
tombed in Ihe Rosne Iron com
pany's coal mine was thought to be
ten and that little hope wasienter
tained for their rescue alive.
ROCKWOOD, Tenn., July 23.
William J. Snow, superintendent
of Roane Iron company coal mln?s,
and a party ot six men, who went
into the Bryson dip on No. 1 entry
to combat a mine tire last nlgbt
were trapped behind an explosion
early today and grave fears are -n-teriained
for their safety.
Ilryson's dip Is the scene of a
fire that broke out some time ago
and was walled up In an attempt
to extinguish it. The barricade
was removed this week In the p re
store a short distance north ot theisence of state and federal mine In
city, a place where a number of specters who pronounced Its con-
Company H. Twenty-Third Iowadent occurred neBr the
vuiuuteer inianiry, ana me follow
ing September was mustered In at
Des Moines. Going south to Mis
souri and Arkansas, be was engag
ed with his regiment In many skir
mishes, afterwards taking part In
the battles of Magnolia Hill, Jack
son, Champion Hill and in the
charge ot Black River Bridge, siege
of Vicksburg and Milllken's Bend.
He then accompanied his regi
ment on the Feche expedition to
western Louisiana and nn returning
marched from the mouth of the Mr. Brand, approaching from be- parts of the mine and as he was
Rio Grande to Fort Esperama on , nlnd started to pass the truck, returning to the scene of the fire
the east end of Malagordo Island. I Ju,t Mr- Epping started across shortly b-fore 2 o'clock ho heard
After patrolling the Mississippi!"16 roau t0 accept the Invitation, an explosion and smelled an on
and Ita tributaries for aeveral : As Brand sounded his born, rush of after-damp gas. It Is said
ait. r.pping turneu, in time to see jinst he only managed to escape by
the car but too late to avoid It leaping Into a mule-drawn mine
He was thrown Into the air, and c,r and outrunning the deadly gas
accidents, some of them fatal,
have taken place recently.
Mr. Epping was walking along
the highway on his way to the city,
being upon the left side of tho
road, facing the traffic as is custo
mary for pedestrians. A truck drove
up even with him, traveling slow
ly, and the driver invited him to
ride into town.
dltlon satisfactory and left the city
las night. At 11 o'clock the old
blaze broke out again and Mr.
Snow organized a party consisting
of Roy Llmberg, John and Tom
Oreen. Jim Wilson, Mai K. King
and one or two others to go in and
fight thn flrea.
Later the superintendent told
King to make his rounds In other
months, he took part In the siege
and capture of Mobile, Fort Span
ish and Fort Blakely.
In June 1865 he went with his
regiment to Galveston, Texas,
thence to Columbus, Texas, where
he was stationed until July 24.
Proceeding to Harrlsburg, he was
mustered out and returned to Da
venport, Iowa, where in August,
1865, he received bis honorable dis-
K nocked backward In a. somer
sault The auto was stopped in time
to prevent the wheels from passing
over his body.
He was rushed to Roseburg and
taken to Dr. Hoover's of rice, where
it waa found that his head was cut
In several places, and he was sur
charge. Although Mr. Hamlin par-'ierlng from probable Internal In
tubated in every skirmish, raid juries. He was suffering from
and battle of the company and regi-1 bruises across the back, and it is
ment, serving as fourth sergeant, I tearea mat his spine Is Injured.
he was never wounded, and was
never in the hospital.
On returning from the conflict,
Mr. Hamlin engaged In farming
and teaching In Madison county,
Iowa, until 1869, when he removed
to Labette county, Kansas, where
he continued In those occupations.
In 1874 he was. admltttd to the
bar, and a short time later migrat
ed to California, settling In Kan
Although badly hurt. It is not
believed that his injuries ore nec
essarily of an extremely serious
nature.
GRAND JURY PROBES
CASE AGAINST PAPE
cloud and that when he reached
the main slope he was semi-con
ftclous and barely able to speak.
A rescue party headed by James
11. Kins: went in to try to save the
entrapped men today.
(A-mcUtc-l Vrrm Win-.)
PORTLAND. Ore.. Julv 23. The
Luis Obispo, where he was engaged county grand Jury today consider
in stock -rat sing for three years Ke-jed charges against Clements J.
sum ing bis profession, he estab-JPape, former German vice-consul,
llshed a large law practice there, ( that he Is $60,000 short in his ac-
KLAMATH FALLS MAN
FACES BOOZE CHARGE
(AMoelatat k im Leurd Win.)
POKTLANI), July 23. Johnny
O'Shea. arrested at Klamath Falls
last night, Is charged with con
spiracy to violate the federal pro
hibition luw and with manufac
ture of liquor. Assistant United
States DIM riot Attorney McOll
christ said the alleged offense
was committed In Klamath coun
ty, west of Klamath Falls.
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., July
23. O'Shea waa arrested here last
night by a deputy United States
marshal and later released on
11 nnn hnml. With Ihma nthera
and was Justice of the peace tour counts with the Shanghai Building 'h. w.. .i i.n,..r.
years, and police Judge two years. Icompany, with which he was con- c harged with the murder of Oscar
In May. 1889, Mr. Hamlin came nected up to June of this yesr. The Krlckson In a gambling house
to Roseburg. where he continued ' Jurr was expected to report this , s aying. He "lyaa the only one of
nit proiessionai labors for a num-.",lrl " siaie aouui .tne four men to win an acquittal.
Innocent Victims in "Thrill Murder?
f
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CAPITAL APE
E
1 OPEN
While police are conducting nation-wide search for Philip
KnanD. wealthy youth who it accused of having slain Louis Panella;
New York taxi-driver, for thrill, the Panella children ace crying
for their daddy. The tots are seen in the arms oI.UKir motutr
COLUMBIA PROJECT
TO HAVE NEW BOARD
OF TRUSTEES SOON
f Aiex-lalrd Prut Lfunl Witt.,
SPOKANE, Wash., July 23.
The organization of the new
board of trustees ot the new Co
lumbia Basin Irrigation League
will be held in Portland July 31,
It was announced here today by
Harvey Llndley of Seattle, presi
dent of the league. - .. , -
At that time the board elected
at the Pasco meeting July 1, will
elect new officers for the league.
The question of enlarging the
hoard by the addition of two
members for each of the larger
congressional districts In Pacific
northwestern states and the ad
dition of one member of each of
the smaller districts will be con
sidered, Mr. Llndley said. Kach
district now has two members on
the board, regardless of size.
PRESIDENT ASKED
TO GIVE ADVICE ON
SCRAPPING VESSELS
(AavUtH Ftm Uud Wir.)
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 23.
A request has been received by
President Coolldge from "chair
man O'Connor ot the shipping
board for a ruling by the depart
ment of Justiro as to whether tho
board has authority under tho law
to sell ships for scrapping.
- A .telegram from Mr. O'Connor
was received ' yesterday by Mr.
Sanders, who was unable to pre
sent It to the president before
today. Mr. Sanders declined to
disclose details of the request or
predict what action, if any, would
b taken by the president.
Since coming to New Kngland.
Mr. Coolldge has depended lurgely
on press dispatches for informa
tion as to negotiations for the
sale of ships. He has taken the
position that he thought It wise
I TO
G
E
Suit Attacks Federal . Law
Barring Payment of Sal
' aries to Teachers.
WILL OUTDO DAYTON
Expects to Hear Testimony
of Experts and Fundamen
talists in Testing Validity
of Appropriation Rider.
The next step to be taken by to place actual negotiations
the league looking to congres
sional action on the Columbia ba
sin Irrigation project also will he
discussed by the board at tho
Portland meeting.
TO REFUND FARES
TO VISITING BUYERS
the hands of one man. President
Palmer, of the fleet corporation,
the shipping board retaining
final say as to acceptance if bids
and policy.
RIFFIAN TRIBESMEN
ARE RETREATING ON
(AmriaM Vnm LftMNi Wtre.1
WASHINGTON, July 23 Sci
ence will have Its day in court
upon the question or teaching
evolution If Loren H. Wlttner, an
avowed atheist, realizes the ob
ject of his suit brought here to
test a provision of federal legis
lation. In making It clear that he wat
attacking from the "evolution
side." a provision of the recent
District of Columbia appropria
tion bill, barring payment of sala- ,
ries -to any pulilio achool official
here who teaches or permit tho
teaching of "disrespect for tho
Holy Bible." Wlttner declared tho
purpose of his action to "make
possible the teaching of all theo
ries and factions in the schools."
He and his attorneys believe
the Injunction proceedings brought
yesterdsy against pay officers In
the District and Federal govei-n-ment
to prevent further payment
of certain salaries, will open the
way to a constitutional test of the
question of teaching evolution In
a mannnr that the proceedings
thai the Dayton, Tenn., case did
not nernilt. They further believe
It will open the door wide to tho
testimony in court from both
scientists sno iiinunmeniaiisi ana
(hus achieve an oblect that the
defense failed to gain In the Day
ton trial. x
"No, I am not an agnostic: I
am an atheist," declared Wlttner
who Is a government employee
and once candidate for congress
! from . Illinois, in discussing the
motive of his suit.
"Congress is trying to stifle
education," he said. "The dif
ference between the Scope trial
and the present esse Is Just this:
In the Scopes trial the Issue was
whether the state legislature
should prescribe the cnritculum In
the schools: here congress say
that all curricula must be nar
rowed to a point where It will
agree with the Inane ideas of the
MOROCCAN FRONTS I People B.OOO years ago. Congress
Wlttner made this statement'
Just after he had spent an hour
at the zoo posing with monkeys
(or a group of photographa.
' On the question of the consti
tutionality of the clause Involved,
nserted ss a rider to
According to established cus
tom, merchants visiting the 13th
Annual Hiryers' Week at Port
land, Oregon, August 3-8, whose
purchases during the week from
participating Jobbers and manu
facturers aggregate a minimum
a in u nil i ui iinu, .in ii u ye rwi uu- i .1..1. kAi. .. I.. ... ,
ed lo them an amount equivalent , ' ' ' """V" ,7. i A J' ! the appropriation dim ana .pous-
rallroad fure at "". ""'"i win. ,.ir, imui - oreo nv nenrcsenimi.e nuuimari
(AMwI.tnl 1'rrM lawnt Win.)
FEZ, French Morocco, July 23.
The Rlfrian tribesmen are now In
full retrent from the Ouergha riv
er northward closely pressed by a
French detachment with nrtlllery which was
Per or years, being very success
ful as an attorney. For six years
ne waa also justice of the peac
an hour to present Its case. He has extensive sheep Interests
Thomas O. Greene, of counsel ; in this section.
ATTORNEY WHO WON
CASE GETS NO FEE
ror rape, rnaracterized the esse
In January, 1903. he removed to his i as an attempt to use the criminal
fsrm, a short distance northeast of 'arm of the law to settle civil ac
the city, where he made his real-1 tions against the accused man.
dence continuously until his ill Thomas O. Rvan. atlornev for
health compelled him to go tojthe comnany, said today he and re-1 (Wiw Hr Il ir,.i
Portland to aeek relief, and where presentatlves of the company an-' SALEM, Ore., July 23. W. P.
his death occurred. convinced that there was no Justl- Laroche, attorney of Portland, who
March 11, 1887 Mr. Hamlin mar- "cation ror a charge that Pape had ppeared In the E. Henry Wemme
rled, in Madison county, Iowa Miss ' lvM o'ly presents to a girl. 1 'state case, representing the at
Mahala J. Thomson n.tlvo f , They believe Pspe's statements, he ' torney-genersl at I.aroche's own
Marlon county. To Ihe union was ald. that he had merely given her lamest hns written Attomey-Oen
born four children all of shins!"" ""'P In the support of herlTal Vsn Winkle, expressing
survive: f?nftt a In PriLnk R ll.mim I family, made difficult when her '"lap ensure because
of Springfield; Mrs. Emma
Richards, of Mllwsukie; Edmond
T. Hamlin, of Drew; and Jay L.
Hamlin of The Dalies. The widow
also survives.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with in
terment In th Mt Scott cemetery. I
his
the supreme
ji ! mother waa made invalid by a pop- lourt did not allow him a fee for
his services. He points out that
Judge Corliss of Portland received
25,040. and attorneys Mannix and
Powers ftn.OtiO for their services,
while he, the nominal winner In
tho case, didn't get a cent. He
fAMnrtotM Ftm. lmmI wit..) .wants to know If aomethinr can't
ml' .?'IBJei,r:.r 52 ." " ""P """ " Prem. court opinion held that a. a
lexy.
MacMILLAN SHIP IS
HAVING BAD GOING
to the round trip :
the reduced rates In of foci on oil
railroad. This refund Is avail
able wbothr or not merchants
trsvfd to Portland by railroad,
auto, or aeroplane.
Indication show that th com
ing Buyers' Week at Portland will
he the most successful ever held
there. H pedal arrangements nava
been made for entertainment as
4ft-ell as for the accomplishment
of bunlness. It Is tho Merchants'
opportunity.
Further detailed Information
with regard to any point will he
furrflshed by Mr. K. N. Welnbaum,
Secretary of the Buyers' Week,
Portland Chamber of Commerce.
lions leathered by the French In-1 republican, Washington. F. 9. 8t-
leiiipcenre service, snnws tnai inH.rPn, counsel for the iHsirict, wno
leader of the rebellious tribesmen, mm defends the district officials
Atd ICI-Krlm, has slven up the Idea j in the suit, expressed the "off
of attacking thn center and Is re-1 bund" oninlon that It was In con
verting to the plan of attacking the j ftiot with the first amendment to
wIuks, for which he Is ml suing his the constitution,
regular troops In Ihe regions of j "Ths provision In question." he
Ouezzan and Taza. Ouezzan Is lo- pnA. "seems to me to be an In
ratiHl about sixty miles northwest' direct way of legislating an estab
of Fez, headquarters of the French llfthment of religion, and my Im
troopn In Morocco and objective of j prenwlon Is that congress has no
Abd Kl Krim. Taza Is about the j right to enact It."
same distance to the east. I Wlttner expressed surprise to-
Reinforcements for Ihe French j day at the statements his suit has
army are rearhing tho zone In In- drawn from William J. Ilryan and
creasing number. ' (Continued n pag g.)
SPANISH WAR VETS
HOLD ANNUAL MEET
(Awiclatmt Prw. Wire.)
PORT OR FORI). Ore., July 21.
The I'nlK'd Hpanlh War veter
ans, Oregon department, opened
their annual encampment here
today, and will remain In session
until Ssturday. A reproduction
of the historic battle of Untile
Rock. Is a feature of the enter
tainment planned for thn visitors
Friday. There will alto be a sea
food dinner.
Sportsman's Paradise Would Be
Opened to the World in Event
Road Up North Umpqua Is Built
Post, O. A. R , and very active In '
having rough voyage northward represenistlve of the attorney-gen'
Ifrom Hnpedsle, Labrador. It was eral's office, I, Km he had no right
all of that organisation's activities.' ' ' ' . " ""'211,
m uTikiiivni nviunn sj juit ti snq sain: v- a trrmn r f ttr T
r.Dr.uMrr. im tro a Mc 1 ''Yesterday the Bowdoln was 1 Jr OLA I LI O I
"' , WOMEN CONVINCED
CAnrlalnl fnm I mi Wit..)
BIARRITZ, France, July 23
Mrs. Williams, an American wo
man whose address Is Dot yet
available and James Hett, an Eng-
makinr better than 10 knots under
smiling skies and dir'lng h-r nose
Into rough sas which laid loi
LINCOLN. Neb.. July 23 Three
Omsha women, leader In the
eight men out of eleven and made latest movement to save Waller R.
snrrotssh of the contents of our Simmons, former Montans deputy
refrigerator. Not a tnan mlssd his "he-lff, from the elortrlc chslr fnl-
trlrlc ml the .hMl nr nn neefe Knt lowlnv his cnnvtrtinn for the a'-
llso artist, were drownrd while sea tn consnmptlon of food dropped jleged slaving of Frank Pahl, Hpen
bathing near here today. Mr. t0 a minimum. Today we aren't, Nebranka. garage man In 19
Hett lost his life attempting to swinging around on a hesvy roll ! 21, today ssld they were "eonvln-
rescue Mrs. Wllllsms. A daughter with a warm sun and allghlly overbed by Governor MrMtllen that
of Mr. Williams was rescued. ct skies' Hlmmon waa guilty."
TheVeather I
Highest temp,
yesterday 9
Lowest temp,
last night (8
Mostly oloudy to
night A Friday;
mild tempers,
turs.
We know a girl who's an dumb
she thinks a baseball fan la a cool
ing device.
A scenle route, excelling the
fam'd Columbia River highway.
' would result from the extension of
thn present road up thn North
Tmpqua river, connecting with thej
Diamond lake and Crater lake ;
! roads. The tourists could be routed '
. over the roads either from Rose- j
burg, Medford or Klsmsth Falls, J
and the circuit would ofrer them
some ot the finest scenes obtain-;
able along the entire coast.
I It Is not a selfish move on the'
I part of iMiuglan county in boosting
I for the rosd up Ihe river. It merely i
I completes the circuit, for a conneo- j
tlon with the road already Into!
Diamond lake would be an added
(attraction for visitors to Oregon. !
' There. Is no better fishing or
.hunting In the entire slate than i
'that offered to the sportsman along '
the North I'mpqua. Fine catches
"are being made this season all t
, along thn river and In the tribu
tary streams. Deer are plentiful and
during the recent trip, of Ihe road
party lo the lake, the wild animals
'Blood within a few feet of the trail
and watched the men and hones!
ride by. To the newcomer from the
east this would be a rare treat.
Numerous .Me tritis ran be tak
en on the way to the lake. At al
most every creek that tumbles In
to Ihe river by taking a few steps
from th-., trail one can aee beauti
ful waterfalls, lowering blurrs and
w'M game. No matter where the
road Is finally located, scenery will
abound. It has been said that
should the road be forced to leave
the river's side much of the beau
tiful srenery will be lost to view.
Such Is not the case. Rack of each
mountain He new sights, more
marvelous than the onea Just wit
nessed. There Is now a big project facing
us. We must rgt let the grass
grow beneath our feet. Htrlklng
while Ihe iron Is hot has won many
a battle and we must hammer
away for this road to our wonder
land with a mlghiy force. The
road can be built there la nothing
imiiosslble about It, and by coopera
tion of every cltllen of Douglas
county, enough pressure can be .
brought In bear to put the propo
sition over with a bang. Let's go I
ev-