WORLMAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume Most Important
Daily News Items.
Medford.—Water was turned in Fri
day to the new concrete 2.000,000 gal
lon capacity new reservoir of the Med
ford city water works department,
which cost $3000 and is situated be
side the old reservoir.
Bill VALUATIONS Belize
UNDER SCRUTINI
at Last
Has Revolution
Conference Is Formed to Pro-
teet Public Interest.
Hillsboro. — Steps to organise a
union high school in Hillsboro, result
ing from action taken by the chamber
of commerce several months ago. when
a committee was appointed to investi
gate the matter, give promise of suc
Eventa of Noted People, Government« cess.
"Progressive Bloc” and Labor Take
and Pacific Northwest, and Other
Part Advocates of Government
Salem. — Five special trains will
Things Worth Knowing.
Ownership Also Join.
carry the Oregon National Guard to
camps of field instruction the last half
of June, according to detailed sched
Judge J. D. Harvey in district court ules for the movement issued recently
Chicago. — Railroad labor leaders,
in Houston, Texas, Saturday granted by George A. White, adjutant-general representatives of the "progressive
of the state.
212 divorces in 245 minutes.
bloc" in congress, members of various
Salem. — Fake advertisers and agricultural organizations and propon
C. Lee French, formerly auditor and
inoochers will find hard sledding in
recorder of Power county, Idaho, was
ents of government ownership of the
putting over their schemes in this
sentenced to serve from one to ten city. This was announced last Fri railroads, meeting here Friday, organ
years in the Idaho penitentiary Satur day night after the members league ized the “conference on railroad valu-
day in the district court at American had voted to affiliate with the Port
ation” for the announced purpose of
Falls, on a charge of embezzlement.
land Ad club.
promoting and protecting “public In-
The French army of occupation in
Newberg.—The local cannery, oper terests in the valuation of railroad
the Ruhr is to be reinforced by an ated by the Oregon Canning company,
other fifteen or twenty thousand men, commenced last week putting up property.”
Approximately 300 invited delegates
says Le Matin. It has been decided, gooseberries and will start on straw
the newspaper asserts, to proceed to berries next week. Officials of the from all parts of the country, meeting
a still more complete exploitation of company state that they will put up in executive session following a two-
the occupied territory.
50 per cent more fruit this year than hour public gathering in the morning,
A tornado struck the south part of last.
named Robert M. La Follette, senator,
McLean, Texas, Monday afternoon,
Salem.—President Harding probably of Wisconsin (republican), permanent
and destroyed eight homes. No lives will embark from Portland on his trip
were lost and no injuries were report to Alaska as originally announced, and chairman of the conference, and W. T.
ed. Several farm houses and barns will return by way of Seattle. This Logan, democratic representative of
were destroyed. A heavy hail storm was indicated in a telegram received South Carolina, secretary.
followed. Considerable livestock was here Saturday by Senator C. L. Mc
The meeting was the outgrowth.
killed.
Nary. who is spending the summer in Senator La Follette said, at the pub
The army transport Merritt sailed Salem.
lic session, of a conference “of the
for San Francisco Wednesday with 540
Pendleton.—Luke Minthorn, aged 70, progressive leaders in the halls of con
Russian refugees who came to Manila a Cayuse Indian of the Umatilla reser
four months ago from Vladivostok. vation, who has been an active leader gress.” The purpose of the confer
Admiral Stark, their leader, and 50 in Indian affairs for many years, died ence, he said, was:
others will remain in the islands to suddenly Friday at his home. He is
“1—To promote and protect public
try to sell the 11 ships that brought survived by his widow. Mary, and his interest in the valuation of railroad
the Russians.
son Albert, who is the sole heir to the property now being made by the in
terstate commerce commission, par
A legal battle is in prospect in the large estate.
ticularly for the purpose of prevent
Kansas courts and possibly in the
Salem.—Whether C. E. Spence, re ing excessive appraisal of the prop
United States courts to test the Kan
cently appointed state market agent erties which will result in unreason
sas criminal syndicalism law and to
under a new law enacted at the last
set aside an injunction granted by session of the legislature, will retire as able charges for transportation.
"2—To take steps, through the in
Judge Ayers of Butler county, Kan
master of the Oregon state grange, terstate commerce commission and
sas, enjoining the I. W. W. from con
will be determined at the annual meet the courts and elsewhere to require
spiring to stop work in the wheat and
ing of the grange to be held in New the commission to act in strict ac
oil fields.
port next month.
cordance with the provisions of the
An apparent cure for cancer, con
Prineville.—A picnic for Oddfellows interstate commerce act in determin
sisting of a solution of colloidal lead,
of all central Oregon anl to which the ing the valuation of the railroads.
which is an enemy of diseased tissues,
“3—To organize, maintain and sup
general public will be invited is the
has been discovered by Professor Blair
plan of Ochoco lodge No. 46, Oddfel port such proceedings as may be nec-
Bell of Liverpool university. Dr. L.
lows. This picnic will be held at the essary to accomplish the foregoing
E. Houghey of Concord, Kan., who re
picnic grounds on the Ochoco highway aims.”
turned Tuesday after studying surgery
Among the delegates are three Uni-
at the mouth of Canyon creek on June
abroad for several years, made this
17. The Mitchell band has been en ted States senators, three governors,
announcement.
11 congressmen, representatives of
gaged for tlje occasion.
William J. Bryan was defeated and
railroads or utility commissions of
Salem.—The attorney-general Satur four states, personal representatives
the evolutionists scored a victory
Tuesday when the general assembly day filed a demurrer to the complaint of the governors of four additional
of the Presbyterian church of the Uni in the case brought by S. R. Diefen- states, leaders of virtually all railroad
ted States of America in Indianapolis dorf of Portland to restrain the secre labor organizations affiliated with the
defeated the commoner’s resolution to tary of state and the state treasurer "big four” brotherhoods and the Amer
bar schools permitting the teaching of from issuing a certificate remitting to ican Federation of Labor, sponsors
the evolutionary hypothesis from use the city of Astoria taxes assessed of the Plumb Plan league, and spokes
against the municipality for 1923 un men of various associations interest-
of church funds.
der a law enacted at the last session ed in transportation.
President Harding of the United of the legislature.
States and President Obregon of Mex
Turkey Now Haremless.
Salem.—Following the appointment
ico may signify the resumption of cor
dial relations between the two na of Wade Malone of Corvallis as a
Chicago.—Turkey is now haremless.
tions by clasping hands across the member of the state highway com Neither are there any sheiks, because
border at Douglas and Agua Prieta. A mission to succeed Robert A. Booth it is all Turkish men can do to get
campaign to that end was launched of Eugene, speculation has been rife along with one wife. So says Dr.
recently by the chambers of com here as to who will be elected state Fuad Bey, member of the Turkish na
highway engineer. This office car tionalist assembly and former minister
merce of the two towns.
ries a salary of $6000 a year and the of health and public works of Turkey,
Former Premier Clemenceau has appointment of the engineer is in the
who arrived here Saturday.
refused a senatorship which would hands of the highway commission.
Dr. Bey denied news dispatches that
have been his for the asking. Repre
The Dalles.—Indictments were re Sultan Mohammed VI abandoned his
sentatives of the different parties of
turned by the grand jury in session harem of 67 beauties when he abdicat
fered to make him their common
here Saturday against 26 men, most ed some months ago.
choice as successor to the late Sena
of whom are believed to be residents
"The only girls the sultain left be
tor Leroux in the “Tiger’s” birthplace,
of Wasco and Sherman counties, on hind,” he said, with a smile, “were
the region of La Vendee, where he
charges of rioting and fishing unlaw servants, housemaids and cooks. There
still retains a seaside residence.
fully. The riot charges resulted from were 15 or 20 of these, not 67.”
A gift of $200,000 to the College of an alleged altercation between the 26
Chicago Debt Five Million.
Puget Sound from Mrs. Charles H. named and Deputy District Game
Jones was announced Tuesday after Warden Hadley at a fishway on the
Chicago.—Mayor William E. Dever
noon at the ground-breaking exercises Deschutes river May 11.
shocked and astounded 200 of the
on the site of the new college campus.
Bend.—A new lake has made its ap city’s leading business men Saturday
Mrs. Jones announced that the money pearance. The lake has no name, but night with the frank statement that
will be used for a college building in it is the largest in the Deschutes na the municipal government might cease
memory of her husband, a prominent tional forest. Damming the Deschutes to function because of lack of money.
lumberman, who died a few months river at Crane Prairie to accumulate
"Instead of the $1,000,000 general
ago.
storage waters for reclamation of the ly reported to have been in the city
Some statisticians assert that either north canal lands and the Powell treasury when I took office, a care
the steel industry or the automobile Butte project has brought the lake in ful investigation has revealed an ac
indusry is the largest enterprise in to existence, and in the last few days tual deficit of $5,000,000,” the mayor
the United States, but other investi its area has spread to more than that told them. "Unless you men come to
gators declare that the greatest single of Odell lake, according to II. L. my assistance the city administration
will slacken and may stop alto
business in this country today, legiti Plumb, forest supervisor.
gether.”
mate and otherwise, is liquor. In the
Salem.—Through the use of a form
number of men engaged and the daily letter in which corporations operating
Stage Drivers Strike.
amount of turnover in cash, it stands in Oregon have been urged to remit
at the top of all American Industries. promptly their license fees for next
Redding, Cal. — Stage drivers em
COMPILED FOR YOU
Approximately 1,250,000 pounds of
wool was sold Saturday to George
Colby, representing the American
Woolen Mills, by J. E. Clinton, wool
grower of Boise, Idaho. The sale
represents the largest individual sale
ever made in the state of Idaho. The
price paid for this wool is understood
to have been 43 cents a pound, at
which figure the price would be $537,-
000.
300 PERSONS GATHER
year, the receipts of the state cor
poration department have increased
rapidly during the past few weeks,
and are far in excess of the receipts
during a similar period in 1922. On
May 23, 1922, the receipts of the state
corporation department aggregated
$233, while on May 23, of this year,
the receipts were $2356.50. Friday thfe
receipts of the office totaled $2900, as
1 against $300 a year ago.
ployed by the Southern Pacific com
pany to transfer train passengers be
tween Redding and Pollock as the re
sult of a tunnel fire recently went on
strike here Saturday. The company
called for volunteer drivers and ob
tained a sufficient force to continue
the work of transferring passengers.
The drivers were said to have asked
for increased wages and better work
ing conditions.
Set Down Amidst Warring Re
publics of Central America It
Has Remained Peaceful.
WILL WED AN EARL
Husband Never Took
Bath in 12 Year*
Kansas City.—Because, she
Washington, D. C.—Belize, which of
avers in her petition, her hue-
ficially Is British Honduras, has u rev
band did not take a bath In thelr
olution, according to praas dispatches.
twelve years of married life.
To those who know Belize this Is like
slept until 4 o'clock every after-
the report of a volcanic eruption In
noon, then «rose, bought a
New York or u blizzard In Death Val
nickel's worth of cundy und n
ley. A bulletin from the Washington.
six-cent novel, and went buck to
1». C„ headquarters of the National
bed, Mrs. Louisa Van Kanegotn.
Geographic society tells why.
Is suing her huaband, Carl Van
"Set down In the midst of a group
Kanegom, for divorce. She snld
of republics in which revolutions have
she gathered sticks In the park
been at least not Infrequent for the
to keep the Louie tires burning.
century of their existence," says the
bulletin, "Belize's bld to fume bus
been that It wus 100 per cent revolu
tionless. Although It Is one of the
least known and most neglected patch«« nnl victory. From thnt time the Brit
The youthful curl of Norihvsk and
of the British empire, still British law ish claim to the territory rested on
Miss Jessies Brown (above), formerly
and order hovered over It, and It has conquest as well ns settlement.
of the Ziegfeld Foillee, have admitted
Kssps American Jaws Busy.
been to a certain extent, like the Dutch
“Belize, like the other countries they ure practically engaged and that
West Indian colony of Curacao, an asy
lum for alien leaders who were more along the east side of Central Amer the wedding may take place soon.
ica. has a low-lying region along the Miss Brown, who lisa just returned
revolutionary thun successful.
from London to America, is a native
"The country's 45,000 inhabitants In coast with highlands farther Inland. of Buffalo. Her tiunce, who is only
Its
dense
tropical
forests
have
discour
clude probably less than 1,000 whites.
twenty-one years old. Is nn officer In
The remainder of the population Is aged agriculture Growth la so rapid the Coldstream Guards ami he suc
that
it
Is
a
task
of
the
utmost
diffi
made up of negroes and muluttos and
ceeded In 1DS1 to hla title ami the
Spanish Indians, the latter living chief culty to keep trails open. Most travei $750,(MM) estate his father left.
ly In the back country. But In the Is along rivers, nnd little In known of
capital, Belizo, throughout the whole the Interior away from the streams.
coast country, and wherever govern The one Important exception In the erntlon, going to America for tbelr
mental machinery hns t>een set up. the southern region tapped by the only higher education, tend on their return
atmosphere, whether It be made up of railroad, along which thousands of to look to America for their Intellec
business, government, or sport. Is un acres of bannflu plantations have la-en tual leadership.
established to supply n part of the
mistakably British.
"Few concessions have been mnde to market In the United Staten. Down 1
the climate. The two and three-story the rivers millions of dollnrs' worth Builds on Wrong Lot,
houses that line the main residence of mnhognny nnd logwood have been '
Owners Exchange Land
street of Belize are of accepted British floated during the life of the colony. • OMlnlng, N. Y. A blunder U.' work
In late years tbns of thousands of i
architecture.
bales of chicle, the rnw material of men who built her bouee on the aroug
Geographic Names Tell Story.
chewing-gum, have Joined the stream. ! lot resulted In nn exchange of real
“Geographic names tell of the sud to be shipped north to keep busy the j estate between lira A. E. Klltig und
den transition from the lands of Span restless Jnws of America.
Adrian Vanderbilt, It was learned
ish culture to this little patch of the
here.
“For this outflow to America there «
Spanish Main that hns been Anglicized. Is an Inflow not wholly confined to I Mrs. Kling engaged n contractor to
One leaves Puerto Cortez, Honduras, money nnd goods. Rome British lend- j build a house on u lot she had bought.
or Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, to sail ers complain that the colony In be- j Instead they started to build It on
a few miles farther on past the Cox coming ‘Americanized.’
Newspapers ) the Vanderbilt lot which adjoins It.
comb mountains. All Pines, and Stam nnd tnagaslnes from the United States Work on the Kling home was well
creek.
Inland are Middlesex and far outnumber those from England. ( under way before the error wus dis
Orange Walk. Belize is one of the American agents gain much business ; covered. Mr. Vanderbilt volunteered
few exceptions, and even thnt Is said In competition with the more leisurely to exchange lots and the work on Mi'S.
to be a corruption of the surname of methods of the British; and a numtier j Kling's new home was allowed to pro
an early Scotch settler. Wallis.
of representatives of the younger gen- t ceed.
"British Honduras, a trifle larger
than Massachusetts or New Jersey, is
wedged In between the Mexican states
of the Yucatan peninsula on lie north
and Guatemala on the west and south,
while Honduras, Nicaragua Salvador,
and Costa Rica are nearby.
“The mahogany Industry is Justly
commemorated on the flag of British
Honduras by the representation there
of the tools of the trade. Mahogany
lured early settlers to Belize; put
money In their purses; furnished some
empty m<i hotel
thing for them and their backer. Great Passport, Police and Housing |
.
facing
bankruptcy.
Tourist agencies
Britain, to fight the Spaniards about; i
Regulations Are Source
no longer refer visitors to hotels, but
and has ben chiefly re«i>onslble for the
send them to boarding-houses.
land's main Industry, lumbering.
of Much Complaint
In Hamburg and Bremen there Is ns
“British Honduras came under the
much
complaint about overcharges In
Berlin.—Foreign tourists, especially
British flag largely through the well-
known ‘squatters' rights.’ grown to In those from North and South America, hotels as there Is In Berlin. During
ternational stature. Spain claimed the are so wearied and annoyed by the the recent Llepzlg fair American buy
entire 'Slain,' or mainland, from the passport, police and housing regula ers were charged such extortionate
time of the earliest explorers. But tions In Germany that only the moat rates thnt ninny of them left In dis
she was Interested chiefly In gold and resolute are remaining in the German gust without making any purchases.
The troubles of foreigners begin
sliver; mere trees seined beneath no cities.
when
they attempt to get vises to en
tice. So British and other adventur
The Influx of outsiders Is so slight
ers who cut timber on the eastern that the German pr<*s, backed by ter Germany. For a time only per
coast of Yucatan, the present British complaining hotelkeeper«. merchants. sons with documents proving they are
Honduras, and the mosquito country, restaurantkeepers and theater man coming for business reasons were
Students nnd
farther south, were not molested at agers, Is criticizing the central gov- granted permission.
tourists who desired to visit Germany
first.
eminent for the difficulties it has were curtly refused.
“When the settlers were seen to be placed In the way of obtaining pai*-
Complaints Pour In.
making a good thing of their mahog port vises, arid the municipal govern-
Complaints
poured In from Ameri
any trade, the Spanish changed their ment for its heavy tax on foreigners cans In London. Paris, Rome and
policy and began harassing them. A and the exacting police regulations.
Vienna who had come to Europe with
Costs $4 a Day.
series of wars and treaties between
the
Intention of visiting Germany, but
The simplest sort cf single room In
Spain nnd Great Britain followed. In
who had failed to get vises in New
1798 the Spanish made a supreme ef a Berlin hotel of the second class now »Y’ork before leaving.
fort to drive what they considered the costs the equivalent of $4 a day. Ttds
There apparently hns been some re
‘squatters' out of Belize. But the set comes about through the RO per cent
tlers, with a cannon mounted on tax which the city of Berlin Imposes laxation in the vise policy. Business
men now realize thnt by requiring for
rafts and flat-boats, had the best of on the room charge.! to foreigners.
the strategic situation and won a sig-
The result of this Is hotels are eigners to limit their wtny In German
cities, and by preventing others from
entering, the financial situation has
been made worse than ever.
Prices nn practically all manufac
tured articles In Germany were up to
the world level, so there was no rea
son to keep visitors out on the ground
that they would profiteer If admitted.
The uncertainty about the status of
foreigners In Germany, coupled with
the difficulties of crossing the Rhine
land because of the train service In
terruptions Incidental to the French
occupation, hns been widely heralded
In western Europe.
France and Italy have used It to
advantage In their efforts to attract
and retain visitors ns long ns possible.
Nevertheless- the cities still collect
their high taxes on foreigners, nnd
hotels nnd shops continue to charge
foreigners more thnn they do Ger
mans. One hotelkeeper defended the
practice on the ground thnt the Ger
mans must Increase rates because
their hotels nre nearly empty.
Tourists Keep
Out of Germany
Genuine Americans, All of Them
Game Warden Kills 118
Rattlesnakes in Den
Ileal American children are the sons and daughter of Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Theodoro Roosevelt. They are all fond of outdoor sports and
Theodore, Jr., Is an ardent horseback rider, following In the footsteps of Ids
famous grandfather. Left to right: Quentin, Cornelius, Theodore, Jr., and
Grace.
Yakima, Wash.—W. B. Gunnoe,
deputy game warden, accompanied by
hla son, recently killed 118 rattlesnakes
In a don on Cowlohe creek, about
twenty miles from here. The killings
were accomplished with 22-callber rifles
until the ammunition gave out, when
the Job «as finished with clubs. The
snakes ranged in size up to four feet
in length.