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VOL. XXXtNO. 49 OF ROSEBURG
i By FRANK JENKINS
IF YOU read this newspaper care-
fully, you aa-v vhla significant
statement day before yesterday:
"Thirty new members have been
added to the Roseburg chamber of
commerce since February 1 with
out any high pressure efforts on
the part of the membership or oth
er committees."
That is a mighty good showing.
yilFSE new members, joined the
chamber of commerce because
they realize that it is doing out
standingly fine work for this city
and for the entire Umpqua valley.
They are right. No better com
munity 'promotion work is being
done in Oregon than that which is
being done by the Rosehurg cham
ber of commerce.
TJF.RE, put brieriy In the polite
language of diplomacy, is the
present status of the London naval
conference:
France will not agree to limita
tion of naval armaments unless
Great Britain and the United States
will agree by treaty to guarantee
the security of France.
So there is a deadlock.
f ET us put it In simpler terms:
France says to Uncle" Sam and
John Bull: "If you want me to
play ball on your limitation of
navies scheme, you must give me
your promise to roll up your sleeves
and administer a first class spank
ing to anybody who hits me."
Whereupon Uncle Sam and John
Bull say to each other: "If we have
to spank everybody who hits
France, we will get into more
trouble than a naval limitation
agreement can keep us out of. So
we might as well call it off for this
time and go home."
That is where the matter rests at
present.
T 1ERE Is an opinion culled from
an article in one of the current
magazines: "Singing In the bath
lub would be, a morning rule with
the average American husband If
wifey followed the old English cus
tom of serving n cup of tea in bed
before breakfast."
And here is this writer's cynical
reaction to the suggestion: Any
American husband who falls so low
as to lie in bed while bis wife gets
up and goes and gets him a cup of
tea might as well be taken out at
once and killed with a club, for he
has sunk too low to be of any fur
ther use to himself or anybody
else, in an up and coming country
(Continued on page 2)
II
Editorials j
i Day's News i
Ratification of 18th Amendment
By Legislatures, Instead of People,
New Basis of Attack by Wet Group
(Associated Press Leased Wire)
NEW YORK. March 1 3. A new question of the consti
tutionality of the eighteenth amendment, not heretofore passed
on by the United States supreme court, was raised today by a
committee of the New York County Lawyers association which
recommended its presentation to the court.
Ratification of the eighteenth
amendment by state legislatures
and not by the people the com
mittee report said violated the
tenth amendment to the constitu
tion and was therefore Illegal.
The report Is to be voted upon
at the next general meeting of
the institution in April or may.
After quoting the tenth amend
ment which reads. "the powers
not delegated to the United States
by the constitution or prohibited
by it tti the states are reserved to
the states respectively or to the
people." the report says:
"The state legislatures, under
control by either states or people,
have not been made the agents of
th people to vote away the peo
ple's rights or to give any addi
tional power over them.
"Th e eighteenth amendment
' conflicts with these constitutional
rights of the American people and
can confer no powers On the na-
REVIEW
Hindenhurg Accepts
BE PUT 1
PACT DESPITE
President of Germany Puts
. Thought of Self Aside
and Acts for Good
of His Nation.
Urges Countrymen to Bury
Controversy Over War
Debt and Join for
Common Benefit.
(AmoMoIH Previa T-psrd Wire)
BERLIN'. March 13 Paul Von
Hindenberg, Ccr:::.iJiy's venerable
president, today set his hand and
seal to the Young plan for the set
tlement of the war debt despite
the urgent appeals of his one-time
followers many of them men who
had fought shoulder to shoulder
with hfm and others who had
helped elect him president.
The president, who otherwise
Is extremely punctilious about not
mixing in political situations, cast
aside his reserve at this, critical
hour and penned a declaration in
which he gave clear indication of
his devotion to his duty as be saw
it.
Appeals for Unity
Only once before did he thus ex
pose himself politically when in
conjunction with the unveiling
of the Tannenburg monument on
September 8. 1927, be told the
world that be repectd the charge
of Germany's war guilt. "
His present declaration. In
which be made an anneal to all
Germans for cooperation in the
common task and to reunite In
one thought, "Deutschland uber
alles," wns looked upon as one of
the most important documents in
German history and as a great
force in reuniting the German peo
ple. Duty Above Self
After explaining he could not
refuse his signature as failure to
sign would precipitate a grave
crisis in German business, indus
try and finance, the president
said :
"Many who wrote implored me
well-meaningly not to darken the
Continued on page4, Story
CANADIAN FLYER IN
WORLD WAR KILLED
( A(twlnltil Vron LaMl VirM
POCATELLO. Idaho. March 13.
I Merrill r. .Morgan, .i. chiihuiuu
aviator uunng ine worm war. was
killed last night when the plane he
was flying crashed near the airport
here after going into a dive. Mor
gan's body was burned beyond
recognition when the ship caught
fire.
Morgan Is the second Canadian
aviator of tho World war to meet
death in an airplane crash within
21 hours. The first victim was Col.
W. G. Barker, who brought down
52 enemy planes. He was killed at
Ottawa. Canada, while demon
strating a machine.
tional government over the peo
ple or their Individual rights unill
ratified by Die people themselves,
assembled In constitutional con
ventions in tbfir several states.
"Consequently, the attempts of
congress and the courts to enforce
the eighteenth amendment with
out itB prior adoption by the peo
ple of the United States attack
th very foundation of all our con
stitutional rltrhts and liberties as
American cf tiz.ens."
The committee consists of Dan
iel F. Cohalan. former snnreme
court lust ice, rhafrrom; Profes
sor Leslie .1. Thompkins. bead of
the law school of New York uni
versity; Martin Son boy. former
president of the bar asfneiation of
the ct'y of New York: Selden Ba
con. Charles Strauss, Julius Henry
Cohen and Robert McCurdy
Marsh, former supreme co'irt jus-
tire. .Indue Marsh cast the only
dissenting vote against the report.
URGENT PLEAS
nrn
LEADING INDIA'S
PASSIVE REVOLT
MAHATMA GANDHI
Leader of the "passive resis
tance" to British rule in India In an
effort to obtain independence. Not
withstanding his plea for orderly
disobedience to British authority.
riots have occurred in the cities. of
Horn bay and Calcutta, and the na
tive mayor of the latter city, who
exhorted the populace to support
Gandhi's revolt, has been arrested
on a clnrge of sedition. Gandhi was
educated in England but could not
adapt himself to western Ideas.
SOLI
GOES STILL LOWER
f AftMciatwl Prow I.onwd Wire)
PORTLAND, Ore., March 13.
Wholesale gasoline dealers blamed
retail dealers and vice versa, in
Portland's gasoline price war
which continued unabated today
with at least one filling station re
tailing motor fuel at 124 cents a
gallon.
Several other stations sold at 15
cents while others maintained a
level of 1GJ cents.
SEATTLE, March 13. Seattle's
gasoline war was in full swing to
day following more than three
weeks of skirmishing between sta
tion operators and a few of the
larger distributors.
Three largo distributors the
General Petroleum company, the
Texas company and the Gilmore
oil company, which entered the
northwest field but a few days ago.
announcet wiioiesale prices ef
124 cents a gallon.
Other companies held wholesale
prires at 11 J cents today, officials
na d.
Retail prices have varied from
14 to 18 cents a gallon in Seattle
for more than a week. Station op
erators supplied by the three cut
ting companies said today that re
tail prices would probably stay at
about 14 cents a gallon.
LAFOLLETT MESS
GROWS IN COURTS
POItTLAND. Ore.. March 13
The affairs of Charles It. La Foi
led, stale legislator from Washing
ton county, became more involved
today when he was brought into
court from the county jail for re
sentence under the mandate of the
supreme court affirming his convic
tion lo six months for contempt
of court.
Judge Evans, who sentenced La
Follett August 14. said that re
sentencing was unnecessary ami
the lecislator was led back to Jail.
Another development was the
disappearance of the judgment
role supposed to be in the county
clerk's office. J. A. Jeffreys, attor
ney for I,a Follett. receipted for
the role several weeks ago but told
the clerk he did not know where It
is now.
Jeffreys was instructed to find It.
James Alexander and Guy Wal
lace, attorneys for Mrs. 1j Follett.
told the court that three $" checks
sent to the children by the father
had proven worthless..
ALAMEDA SHERIFF
ORDERED REMOVED
(AvintM CrrM IjvH Wire)
OAKLAND. Calif.. March 13
Sheriff Jturton F. Berker of Ala
merla county was ordered removed
from office todav hy Superior
Jndc Fred V. Wood when he
pleaded guilty to one count of an
acruratlon charging misconduct In
offfrp.
The count to which Becker
nleaded pulltv was "visittne bont-
i legging establishments iwvfallv and
faUing to mike arrests." There
(wore twelve other counts in the accusation.
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THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
ROSEBURG. OREGON, THURSDAY. MARCH 13, 1930.
looms
CURSETOLD BY
ALONZO STAGG
Famous Football Coach of
Chicago, at Washington
Hearing, Upholds
Prohibition.
Declares Youth of Nation
Has Better Chance for
Success Than Under
"Wet" Conditions.
(AMorlnteri Prcns LcwiM-d Wire)
WASHINGTON, March 13.
Alonzo Stagg, whose big maroon
elevens of Chicago university
have written many a chapter of
football history, today urged
tenlion of the eighteenth amend
ment before the house judiciary
committee, saying It was his ob
servation that the youth of the na
tion was better off under prohibi
tion than It had been before.
Stagg took the stand nfter a
group of women who had testified
previously in support of the dry
law had been cross-examined and
Carlton M. Sherwood, executive
secretary of the citizens commit
tee of one thousand, bad endorsed
prohibition. Sherwood. who is
from Nlw York City, had said the
wets had become f anal ics.
J Contracts Drawrr -'5t "'
The white haired athletic di
rector from Chicago said he was
interested In young people, psr
ticularly hoys. He has been at
Chicago for 38 years.
In tho pre-prohibitinn days, be
said he could remember "beer
drunken men" fights, young men
"chipping In together to buy kegs
of beer to take out In hog lots
nearby and get good and soused."
"We got our drama at first band
and In the raw from the saloons
and the show was continuous,
Stagg said.
In contrast, he pictured the
"quieter" streets of today.
Stagg, whose name is known to
colleee students throughout the
nation, is one of the veteran
coaches of the western conferen"'.
an organization comnosed of ten
big universities In the midwest.
He said his home training "in
comparative noverly was all that
could be desired but the environ
ment in whleh I played was far
from helnfnl."
Curse of Saloon
"The saloons," he went on ''were
our substitutes for the movies.
Continued on page 4, Story 2
LIQUOR GIVER TO
CHILDREN FINED
fAnaorliilfvl Vn-u Tawil Wire)
ALBANY. Ore.. March 13 The
Invest IeaI ion of Mrs. J. E. Moe of
Crawfordsvllle, Ore., mother of
(wo children, which placed her in
lhe Linn county iall continued to
dav a renorts drifted Into the
sheriff's office regarding children
In various stages of Intoxication
who Rpneared In public places.
Sheriff Shelton said lhat many
of the children had apnea red in
church under the influence of
liquor. Following complaints of nn
rents the sheriff arrested Mrs. Moe
at her home where he confiscated a
large quantity of home brew and
alleged liquor.
On her appearance In justice
court. Mrs. Moe was fined ?2ft0
and remanded to jail In default of
pavment. Welfare agencies started
efforts to deprive her of a hoy. 7.
and girl. 9. The father is said to
have deserted the family.
WHITE BOY. SOUAW
IN MURDER TRIAL
MaanrlntH Pre .my1 Wiff)
COLVILLE, Wash.. March 13
An attractive Colville Indian girl
and a white youth she once
planned to marrv fought today to
ronvinre a superior court Jury that
the other shot and killed the girl's
mother in her home near here last
Sentemher.
HeN-n Moses, th girl, one
signed a confession in whifh she
admitted firing the shot after
her mother, Susie Moses, had
spanked her bemuse of the atten
tions paid hv Clarence Hartley,
the youth. Then she repudiated it
and Insisted that Hartley handled
the gun because the mother had
threatened to turn him over lo a
enutv sheriff as a parole violator.
Both Hejon and Clarenc were
accused of first degree murder.
Young Plan
U.S. Boats To
Guard Seals As
They Go North
(AMocInlnl 1'rru I-necil Wire)
SEATTLE, March 13. "Safe con- I
duct" for the great fur seal herd
on its migration from southern wa
ters to the rookeries of the lonely
Pribloff islands in Bering sea
will be provided by United States
coast guard service. Orders to this
effect have been received at the
northwestern division headquarters
of the service here. This convoy
duty Is a yearly function of the
coast guard and is a result of an
international treaty agreed upon
several years ago.
lhe seals gather in the spring
far south of California and move
northward in regular "steamer
lanes" as unerringly as If guided
by compass. A cutter from the Cali
fornia division will escort the herd
to the Oregon line, where the
cutler Snohomish of lhe northwest
ern division will take over the con
voy duty and guard lhe herd to
Dixon entrance In soulheaslern
Alaska. The herd Is expected to
reach Oregon early In April. At
Dixon entrance the Unalgn will re
lieve the Snohomish and accom
pany the seals to Bering sea.
where she will remain for general
patrol duty.
ACT
APPEARS DUBIOUS
MMvtnlpI I'rpsa Lrnm-rt Wire)
LONDON. March 13. The dele
gations of three countries at (he
five-power naval conference were
adhering tonight to the position
lhat some solution was possible
despite the crisis growing out of
the French big navy demands.
. The situation was extremely
grave but. Premier MacDonald and
Secretary of State Stlmson, upon
whose shoulders the brunt of (he
problem has fallen, were still try
ing lo persuaile France to alter
Uxer views. They continued theii
conversations with the veteran
French foreign minister, A risible
Biiand.
Thai France might not be per
suaded was freely admitted on all
sides but the other delegations at
the same lime refused to admit
that the case was hopeless.
Those close to the inner work
ings of the conference reiterated
that ir all else f:ifled there still
was a possibility of a three-power
agreement between the United
Slates, Great Britain and Jap;in.
PAHIS, March 13. Frond: of
ficial circles in Paris leM that
practically nil hope must he aban
doned of a five-power navnl reduc
tion treaty, especially if such a
treaty hinges upon further entices
slons from the French delegation
It Is felt here that some sort of
agreement may be pa t cbed u p I o
save the fitce of the London con
ference and not In have it go down
in history as a complete failure.
LIQUOR RAID HITS
HIGH SOCIETY PARTY
( AMorintnl Prran l-csiwd Wir)
OAKLAND, Calif., March 13
Enter ing lhe $ to. not) home of Tom
C. Turner In the exclusive Mont
clalr district here early loday, ope
ratives of District Attorney Earl
Warren's office lined up a score of
Abimeda county business and social
leaders, men and women, and then
arrested Turner on a charm of
maintaining a nuissince nnd pn:4se
sion of liquor. Names of some of
the guests appear in the social
register and manv of them were In
evening dress. They departed In
limousines, some driven by private
chauffeurs.
A search of the house, officers
said, revealed scores of empty bot
tles Hint once contained rare vin
tages in the basement, a vhlnkv
"rutting phint," and a smnll amount
of liquor. In a room upstairs was
found a complete bsr room.
WIIIIS CREEK MAN
FACES TWO CHARGES
E. W. Grim wood, wanted in Nor
walk, Ohio, for family desert Inn
and forgery, was nrreslrd this
morning on Willis creek, near Dll
lanl. hy Deputy Sheriff r,enrge
?)ietHch. Ohio offlcinls recently
ybtaincd Information ' tht. Grim
wood was lornted near Hoseburg
and the officials here have bc-n
conducting an investigation lo
learn of his whereabouts. He has
been employed as a wooden! ter.
Officers in Ohio hnve been noti
fied and will arrange for his extradition.
GEWSUS
mm
FACING TEST
Examination to Determine
County's Enumerators,
Says J. H. Koke, Head
of District.
Number of Aspirants More
Than Positions; Blanks
Sent Out to Help
Farm Survey.
Joseph H. Koke of Eugene, cen
sus supervisor ror this district,
was In Tloseburg yesterday mnk
ing plans for handling, the census
work In this locality. Enumerat
ors will start out April 2. Mr.
Koke states, and prior to lhat time
a great deal of preliminary work
must he given attention.
Enumerators Tor this county
have not yet been named. Mr.
Koke states thai he has six or sev
en Mines as many apnllcut Ions as
avMiable positions, so that there
will be no difficulty in securing
men ami women, to do the work.
Test for Applicants
Before enumerators are selected
applicants will he required lo take
an examinnlion testing their quali
fications. They will be given a test
sehydulp: and those Passing .with,
the highest grades will bn-chosen.
Ex-service men applying for cen
sus work will have a preference of
5 ner cent In the examination.
.Remuneration varies in connec
tion with the territory to be cov
ered nnd the type of work l.i be
done. The basis of pay has b-?en
cnrefullv worked out by the .gov
ernment, lining lhe experience of
previous enumerations as the
means of determining compensa
tion. Each enumerator will have nine
blanks to be mnde nut, so. that the
ul most accurncy Is required.
Blanks Sent to Farmers
A very detailed questionnaire 'is
being used in the agricultural sur
vey, as the government Is endeav-
j oring lo gather a great deal more
I Information lhan has ever been
solicited heretofore. In order to aid
enumerators, farmers are being
furnished with smnplo copies of
this schedule Ihrouch the cooper-
a t Ion of cou n t y a gen t s. ( 'on n t y
Agent Leedy hss been furnished
with copies of the blanks to be
mailed out to all farmers In Doug
las count y whose names be has
upon his list. Fanners who do not
receive the bl Jinks may obtain
them from the county agent. They
lire asked to have the samples
filled in when (be enumerator ar-
Mvcs. so that there will be no loss
nf time In gathering the httorma
Hon.
Working Divisions
The county has been divided In
to sections according to voting
precincts, when a voting precinct
extends outside the city limits, the
enumerator Inkes not only that
part within the clly hut the nut
Hide territory also, so that the vot
ing precinct boundaries in each
Continued on page 4, Story 3
EXPELLED STUDENT
IS REINSTATED
f A-v ln(vil I'n-M !rfn"il Wire)
Tt AINIKIl. Ore.. March 13.
John Smith. Jr.. student expelled
seven week ago bv the school
hoard for his alleged activity In
connection with the rlrruhilinn of
petitions among nl h'-r students
asking tin Invent igation of high
Hehool conditions, wns reinstated
here today.
The youth, 17. signed nn agree
ment wtth members of th school
board that he would "conduct
mvmdf as other student. "
Three weeks ago the bny's fnh
er, i) former Instructor in Sntlth
Hugbes al th school, asked the
board to reljiHlrHo bN son. The
father was convicted of an nMsault
on a member of I be school board
NEW YORK JUDGE
OUSTED FROM JOB
NEW VOrttf. Mfirrh M Macls
Irrtte Albert H. VII "te was order
ed removed front office today bv
Hie appellate division of the strtte
r tin rem e court , on chnrpes prefet.
red ffilnpi Mm bv Hie New York
CM" ftnr pocinMon.
Vttnle km found euiltv nf im
pittrlng nnhHe confidence In the
rnurti hy horrnwlnp ?ft nan from
titp bit Anold flotbteln, mur
dered Broadway gambler.
Machinery Exhibit March IS
VOL. XX
ROSEBURG'S NEW
TEACHER MAN OF
WIDE ACTIVITIES
PROF. P. L. JENSEN
Newly engnged principal of .the
Ilosehurg high school, comes from
Junction City, Oregon, whore he
was vuperinteiident of city schools.
His previous teaching experleirje
also covered schools at Tat ;-m.i,
St'oKnne mid Bremerton, Wasn.,
and at Ftiiversity of Oregon, lr "iu
which he was graduated. Profes
sor Jensen ha' :lso taught Y M. ('.
A t-hisses and at ted as in u.ti r of
Boy bconts.
A college. Professor Jeiis?n wr.s
;i h-auing alh!"ti mid played in lhe
Far. West foot hull game at Iimi
diui, Calif., m 1!H7. Duii.v; u-e
World war, wlle. serving in the
njivy, lie was middleweight hoxi.ig
champion of the Pacific fleet, ffH
is n member or the Mi.r.iodlHt.
(burch, the Lions club and the
.MiPcimn City hamlier or eom-
Il'.lT "
.6.
DIES IN PORTLAND
( AHMH-inlct 1'itiui lawtl Wire)
PORTLAND, Ore, March HI.
Colonel J. G. Day, Dli, builder of the
Cascade Locks in tho Columbia
river and father of the late Sena
tor I. N. Hay. who died In 1 !2r.
died ill a hospital here late last
night following a year of fallin;:
health.
Colonel Day bail made Portland
his home for the hist two years.
For morn lhan 20 years previous
he had lived with Mrs. Day at
Kosouurg. Ore. Ho bad been retir
ed from active work during all
those years.
lie is survived by bis widow,
Mrs. Sarah Hay. one hoi Dr. J. G.
Iav. Jr., and three grandsons, N.
G. Day. III. and O. N. Day and I. F,
Day, all of Portland.
Funeral services will be held
here Friday.
Colonel Hay was a picturesque
figure of the old west.. Tall, big
framed, active ami keen of mind,
ho belief! his years and many tgok
him lo b but 7n years. Hi first
vote was for President Grant.
Day was horn In the province of
Quebec, Canada, February -I. 1S37,
and became a contractor early In
life. He lebt llostou, Massachusetts,
In 1 S7t for Call torn la and con
structed tin supreme courl buLld
Ing In San Francisco, the farmers'
exchange building al Fresno, and
other buildings. His crowning
achievement was the building of
CaHrade locks, which was begun In
Ii2 ami finished three years later.
This job whs one of great responsi
bility and as many as lino men wero
working there at one time.
MISSING PUGILIST
OBJECT OF SEARCH i
M-wfialrt l'n t..ai Wire
KLAMATH FALLS. On.. March
H.-Three automobiles filled wllh
searchers left here todav to search
the Green Springs highway for
Aunt in Itnsander, Klamath Falls i
puiffll!. who was to have appear-
bo! never arrived.
Itnsander Ii knnwn lo have left
Ashland Wednesday for Mdford
with i wo men who he Is uld
never to have met before. Since
then his whereabouts has been a
mystery.
CORVALLIS Victor P. Moses.
Ttenton county Judge, announced
that this county would ae war
on sheep killing docs. More than
nr. head of sheep have been killed
by dogs within the pasl two weeks.
V
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Highest temperature yesterriny 50
Lowest temperature laat nlj-'ht llfi
Precipitation 24 hours 0
rotal itrecip. for month .22
Precip. since Sept. 1, 1929 ig.55
Deficiency since Si-pt. 1, V.rl'3.. 8.56
NO. 28? OF THE EVENING NEWS
REFUSES TO
'2 CTJATE
Switch of Two Solonal
Doesn't Suffice To
Overturn Result
Of 1st Vote.
Decreased Aluminum Rates
Also Hold; Duty Voted
on Certain Kinds
of Flooring.
WASHINGTON, March 13. Tho
senate today refused to reconsider
the Increased tariff on sugnr.
This leaves in the senate tariff
bill a rate of 2 cents a pound on.
Cuban raw sugar as ngniust 1,7b
cents In existing law.
The lipusc liill carries a rate oC
2.10 cents.
Tho vote against reconsidera
tion was 47 to 33.
Two Senators Switch
Two senators Nye and FraJep
of North Dakota who previously
had voted for the sugar increasa
changed today and voted for ru
consideration hut the switch oC
those two votes was not enough to
overturn tho previous result.
Thirteen republicans and 25 dem
ocrats voted for reconsideration,
while 0 democrats and 3tt republi
cans voted against the motion. '
Senator Nye, republican Imh1
pendent, North Dnkota, who voted
on two previous occasions for high
or sugar levels, requested tho ro
consideration. He had said he vu
not entirely convinced that a "trad
ing agreement" involving sugar,
cement, lumber nnd nil was not in
force at. the llmo tho sugar levy
was raised.
Duties Favored
Tho senaie last night votett a
duly of 8 per cent on maple, blrcli
and beech flooring, now on thy
free list. It also approved Its re
cent action In cutting the existing
rales on aluminum, which would
slash the rate on crude aluminum
from 5 to 2 cents a pound nnd that
on sheet from !) to 3i cents.
The senate also refused for tho
second time to increase the tariff
on pig iron and left in the bill a
reduction won by the coalition.
MANILA FIRE RAZES
THOUSAND HOUSES
(.Wc!iiti'. Pri-M tiincl Wfrf)
M AN! LA, M a rch M ( Friday )
One thousand houses have been
burned, o.otMi persons estimated
undo homeless, one person killed
and scores injured in a specta
cular fire which swept Manila last
night and early today.
The conflagration was In Mho
Slngaiong district, where five
blocks were leveled. The Jted
Cross established a lent city In
aid sufferers. Several children
were reported missing.
NINTH PLANET OF
SOLAR AREA FOUND
( dfia1.'.l 'r.;t Ij-rm-il Win-)
CAMimiDGK. Ma.. March 10.
Professor Harlow Sliapley, di
rector of the Harvard obnervatory,
today announced receipt of word
from the Lowell observatory at
r'higHtalT, Ariz., of the discovery
there of the ninth planet of tho
solar system. The planet, as yet
unnamed. Is heyoml Neptune, and
Is probably larger than the earth
but smaller than I'lanus.
Dr. Shaplry paid the distance to
I be new planet beyond Neptune
had not been definitely computed
and neither bad its orbit been
calculated, as far as he knew.
JOSEPH IN RACE
FOR GOVERNOR JOB
(Ax-i:ilr.t l'rem .MM'I Wire)
POItTLAND, Or.. March 13.
George W. Joseph, Portland
attorney, and former senator of
Multnomah county, today an
nounced bis candidacy for the
republican nomination for gov
ernor. lie Is the fifth candidate to
enter the gubernatorial contest
thus far, the others being: Sena'
tor Henry L. Corhetl, Charles
Hall, J. K. Ilennett and Gover
nor A. W. Norhlad.
Joseph's announced platform
Is "freedom of speech, justice,
abolition nf the public service
commission and government,
stale or municipal development
of water power."
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