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only Clichama County
Nawepaper thai print
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growing County.
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worth tn price. Compar
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FORTY NINTH VE AH No. J.
OKWJON (MTV KNTKliTMfiK, I IUDA V, .H'M' l'l. Y.t
ISTAILISMID IMS
CASH EXCEEDS THE
DEBTS Of COUNTY
o
BOARD ARE ELECTED
TO TESTIFY
DRAFT
TO
IS
IE
CAMPAIGN IS PLANNED IN WHICH
EVIHY OWNER IN COUNTY
WILL DC ASKED TO JOIN.
THEFIRSTBALLOT
GENERAL ROAD FUND SHOWS
DEFICIT-US.?! It CASH, AC
CORDING TO REPORT.
CRITICISM OF COURT 8Y ESTACA
DA DISTRICT UNMERITED,
SAYS JUDGE.
OhtQON HISTORICAL
TO UK lit 1 0U'i . .
r.i ro-lfj C0!Ll TAYLOR
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MS
II II II III I I I I I II X
lO'll 11(1 I VI
WOMAN PRO
HISES
AUTO CLUB SEEKS 100
HEMBERSJN MONTH
JURYHOLDS THAT
WILS0I
IGNORES
AMERICA
DUTY
SHE
HAW IS SANE ON
INFORMAL
NEUTRALS
WATCH
Din
OF GERMAN NOTE
NOWCONSIDERED
CYC WITNESS SAYS SHE WILL
REVEAL SECRET WHICH HAS
DEIN HIDDEN V YEARS
WEALTHY FARMER, 75, CALLS
PROCEEDINGS A "HUGE JOKE"
Jam Ooy Said to Hv Ourlad Loci
Altar Robbing Bank Plat Lost
In Fir and Fortun la
8pnt In Search.
Plane fur a itifinbnialilp ruuipnlin
whlih la r (hh ttxl in bring In HiO inciu
lure lllilii (lie unit miiiilh were m !
Hi a iiii'i'tlna: of tlit Clai k iinua rounty
aiiliiiiiiilillii t lull Kilduy iiIkIii. Tlx- or
Kuiilatloti now haa ln-twecu liu and 40
ai 1 1 v iiii-inlxTa
lldra lll I"' nt In ewry re!
IitimI aiiiiiiiiolillx o hit In ll " i'iiiiiiy.
.king llii'in In Ink part In th milv
lllea ul tlii Hull Mini i'Hi li lii'lh 1'ln.il
llli'llllii'r Hi Hi" lillstllllllnii la "pi'i I
fil In lakn purl In (lit- work. Tin ilm'a
wr ml frinii .'.o lo i a yi'Kr, ul
I In' - li hi FrM.iv night.
Two I'Vi'iila, tln annual I an pu t
niul a run up Urn Coluni'iiii river, arc
lii'lnic il.intii'i fur Hi" ni'il inuiiili. The
mini run (uiiiNiltlic, I'oiiiponed ul
.toll n lliiaili, l;u' Caufli'lil ami Mori
VERDICT IS FIRST VICTORY
LONO FIGHT OF PRISONER
FOR FREEDOM.
IN
APPEAL BY STATE FROM LOWER
TO HIGHER COURT IS EXPECTED
PLEDGE GIVEN TO
AMERICAN
S
HKIiKOKH. July 9 Wild fmir mi"!
under arri'nl lor alleged roniplklly In
tin- iiiiinlrr nf a wtulthy li kuiun ami
lila ami at Hlmii. low. In Hcptcinhi r.
1 M.S. ami arranxi-nirtiia urnd fur tin'
protection of Ihn elate' rlili'f wllliea.
rcprcaeiitntlte of Attorney liclierul
1'iioim'i office IiiiiIkIiI ealtl llny were
prepared for tin lii'tt plim of Talor
riiuiily'a iluulili murder ami burled
trcuaore raai
Tlila. Ilii-y ay, would rotim Tucfln).
when l tin irilliiiliiiiry tii'arlnK '
ili'fi'mlunla, Hate llnulainati. Samuel
St rlvncr ami llrnry ami Jnlin Dam"
wood, will b culled In Ihn local ro"
('. A. RotitiliiD, nltunt attorney
Kctirrul. left tonight fur lra .Moliica
fur a conference with liU chief, Attor
lu-y General O.aaon, aflrr arrange
nii'iila hail been inaili' lo Inaurc tin ai
liiarniirn of Mra. MurU I'orti'r, of
Jiillinan. Mo., nt Hit' hearing Tucmtuy
Hhi la I In woman who, a a H ycurold
Klrl. la aalil In have wllneaai.il Ihr
kllliliK of Ihn I'ultli'inail, lii'lli'vi'i tu
huvr linn Njlliiilili'l Smith, of St. Jo
ai'ph, Mn, anil hla aim, ami tint aulmi'
tpu nt liurinl or S'lO.nnu on the otil Col
Una farm n-nr Slam.
Saimii'l K rlniT, the wiullhlra mull
annum tho ilnfi-inlnnla, In mi Inli-rvlo
hvro toilnr i liuriu IitIuhI Ihn holi
inirii'illni! na a 'hum Joko." The
lintni'WiMMla. allhoiiRh tluy ilorllni'il to
Irriit I ln tnuttr-r arrliiiiHly, aiitioiinri'il
that lu-y wlhhiU to ri'taln the "Iwat
lai'ra" In Ihn ronnlr).
Anothi-r vi-ralon of th alory rami'
In IlKht whn olr reald.-tu. raM thrl -KLiNi j,,,,. !(- vU U,uiitni j,y
"" 1 " hnrivA ,h-1fr:njli)-(i..rmiiiiV. ofl.T. .inl.o,ll..d In III..
l.y Ihn Jnnioa hoy, offr Ihoy hud ri.lH y , , j.,,,,, talrn .
lii'il n hank. Tl.la u anhl to am.unl nR , ()f H) ,,,, a,
n.r u.i.T.- r.-.....r..,a u ... ....... uhmarlim warfare, wan (Mlv.T.'d
yon
Juatk RtfuM lo Grant Motion
Raltaa Thaw Ptndlng Further
Action Dcllon la Not
Conaldertd Final.
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NKW VOIIK. July 1 1 - Harry K.
I'urka. I tnukliiK the pinna f..r llm Irl.iimw , thla afli-rniMin fouml lo he
ovir Inn lii'W a. rnlc Highway. 1 hi all
ium! huniiui'l will In- In-M I'IkMiit tin'
liittrr part nf thla tnolilll
BY THE GERMANS
BERLIN INFORMS WASHINGTON
GUARANTEE OF SAFETY
IS OFFERED.
IMMUNITY TO AMERICANS ON
NEUTRAL VESSELS IS PROMISED
Amtrlc to Be Permitted to Employ
Four Hoitilo Craft If They
Arc Needed Complete
Reply Forawarded.
uitf hy a Jury In Dm court of Jualli
lli-mlrlrk whli'h lii uril Ihe fvlilmi i
In the trial IhroiiKli ohli li Ihn aluyi-r
o fSlaiifunl W'hl 1 1' aiiui'ht liln ptTiiia
m ill r l.-uw from Miilli-awun.
Tim vi-rillrt loiluy I the flrnt rrul
vliliiry nalm-il hy Thaw In bla Ioiik
nlim )i-ar flhl for llhiTly fulloln:
Ihn kllliliK of Vhlli on Ihn Slii.lli.uii
Sipiiirn Kiirilin roof. hi'trayi-il nn
amlrty aa the J'iry flli-'l tuck Into the
rnurlrnoiii after helm out about half
an hour anil when Ihn fltiillim aa an
liounri'il auilli-U hruu.lly ami Iiiiiiil-iII-ulely
turiieil lo nrrnpt thn roiiKratuln
tlnna of hl riHinmi ami friemla.
Jimtlrn lli-mlrrik will (iroliahly an-noiiiu-o
hla ili- elMUm In the i uho to
morrow. Thn flmlliia of thn jury la not final,
aa Ihn murl ha a Ihe power lo remlnr
a illffcrent ilii Uluii. Should Jimtii-e
llemlrlik find Thaw aniii', hioer.
thn effect wll nut he to free Thaw, aa
the atuti. formally annoiinr-t'd an i
peal. Tlmw may puaaihly he re-lenMi-il
on hull.
liiiMieilliilely tho fimlliiK of the jury
w aa aiiiHiimced. John II. Plain hflelc!.
Thaw' rounarl, nmvoil that thn il-
Tlm amount of i ah nn i,., u all
lumla ereiia Ihr Uii.il of unpaid war
ran la In thn f'lai kaiim inuiify tf.at
ury, a' r nrilln lo th m ml annual re
purl of County Tp-'i'er Imiiii, whiih
haa lMn filed wllh Clerk llarrl!iK.u
K'very fund etiowa a Imlamn, viih
Ihn rireptlon of lha Retmial road fund
hli h ha niiiitiinilii.r a)-' 'it 1',;.ifil
In unpaid aarraul. Thn , .- it road
f.inil ahnwi a hnlari'n l.iil in ihr
'rt of Tmaaumr ()unn tin-... t , r-
on am itroui -I toreil.nr n'i .-r a
(.'i.nral head, ro-ol funda Tin ai-
rial fund hai -'7.i7.3' i.n iiaiid. ink
I II If thn aetieralll'd I'el.i In I'.e ri piirt
PM-ar lo ham a haUnm. Th" rnun
ly haa rah gn hand In ail ilt-punn i-nta
Thn halaniea ahoar, hy 'he turloi-i
fund, ari onllim lo Treasurer i Irinn'ej
remrt. follow :
Hpi-lal aihoiit tiind .... ..
Special rlty fund
General city fund
County kImmiI fund
ttoad fund
Hlaln ai'hool fund
liiHlllule fund
Tnmt fund
Tama rollnrtnd hy aawaiuir.
Coiiniy fair fund
ADMINISTRATION WILL AWAIT
COMPLETE MESSAGE FROM
DC"LN.
PROPOSED CONDITIONS ARE
REGARDED AS NOT NEUTRAL
Ambaador Von Berndorff Inform
Hi Government Propotal In
Prent Form Ar Unac
ceptable to U. S.
m,' '
1903i'
19I0M
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213.9:
2 037.71
131.10
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uKiIlHeForHill
Hurder'XrazyHan
Requests Sheriff
OTTO STAUB WOULD SACRIFICE
OWN LIFE FOR MAN WHO
KILLED FAMILY.
"Poopln arruan m of thn Hill mur
der and I hare come here to rdvr my
iM-lf up." Oltt Stauh. 41. told Shi-riff
fendanl be lll,..rat..d pnmllnK action of w,,,,,,,.,,,, mo g 0.copV
Thn luxe of (In1 plat III a fire which
hurnnil Ihn hinian on the pli'cp, and
Ihe ileal h of Jonathan Park, thn only
mi'inlier of Ihn clinic who know where
II had I i hurled, It waa wild, Hindi'
ncccHi'ary thn aeurcli Unit extended
IhroiiKli ho many year a.
VIM.ISCA. In.. July 9. C. A. Hoh
IiIiin, nimlHtanl altoniey uenerul, her.
today In coniieclioii with tho llcdfor.l
murder cuhk, anmiunrnd that Murlii
Colllna, who la now Mrs. Marin I'nrlcr.
mid who Uvea in Quitman, Mo., will
lie nl lli'dlord next Tuemlny to testify
fo' thn etiitn nKiiliiHt llatea llmr iinnn,
Samuel Scrlvner and John and Henry
lm;i.ctt."'.l.
ESTACADA ASKS FOR
IT OF FAIR Fl
FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS TAKEN
FROM GENERAL FUND FOR
THE COUNTY FAIRS.
to
.lame V. (icrard, the American nm
linHMidor, laat nl:ht. It etM'ntla! f i a
turea nr:
Klral, relteruled uaHiirnnceH (hut Am
erli'im ahlpa eliKUKeil In llclllmale
trade will not he Interfered wllh nor
thn Uvea of Americnna upon noutrnl
ahlpa he I'tidaiiKcred.
Sih'oiiiI. that liermnn KuhniurlneJi
will he liiHlrucleil to nllow American
pUHKfiiKi'r Hhlpa lo pnaa freely and
nafely, (iermnny enlerlalnliiK in re
turn ciinflileiit hopn Hint thn Amcrl
inn KdVernmelit will neo Hint theae
hIiIih do not carry contralirand; hucIi
ahlpa (o he provided with dlntliiKiihdi-
Iiik iimrkH nml Ihelr arrival nniioinii ed
n ri'imnmihle lime In udvanre.
The hiiiiip privlU'Kn la extended to n
renHotialde numhei' of neutral pnsHeu-
Ki-r Hhlpa under tho Amnrlrnn flng
nml Hhoiild tho nuiiihcr of Hhlps thus
nvallahlo for piiBseiiner nervlcq jirove
Inndeiiuute (iermnny Ih wIIIIiir to per
mit America to place four IkihIIIo pas
Heiwr Hleuinera under the Anierlcnn
flair lo piny hetween North America
nud Kuropo under thn name condition.
the roiirl upon Ihe Jury' recommen
diil Ion. Thla motion Justice llcnd
rick ri'fuiH'd to Krant. however. Ho
nounced he would meet the attorney
ft.r hot It flilnn In bla clamhrr al il
o'rliH-k tomorrow', when hn would
Kite 11 h nil lux on the million. The
Ji.mii e did not cay whe.i he would an
iiotim t hla ni Hi i iiikiii the re. iiiiitiieu
iliill'in ol the inry Hint Thaw he re
lenaeil ns inne.
A ileli'iiutloii of Iwelvo from Kuln
cnilii and the country Immediately ad
Jacent to Hint city enmo to Oremm
Clly h'Vliliiy to petition tho comity
court for u purl of tho $1S24 county
fair fund for tho Kant CliicknmnH fair
at KhIiic mill.
Tho county fnlr Ik held nmiunlly lit
Cnnhy mid reHlilentn of tho KhIucuiIii
illHtrlct have nlwnyH coutunded that
they were iiniihle to take pail owing
to the illHlnnco from onn nldo of the
roiinly to tho other. Several yenra
nxo tho KiihI C'liicUniniiH fair wan or
Kiinl.ed nml tho KHtncndii people hnve
lieKiiu n vlKormiH cnmpnlKK for a purl
of tho county fair fund.
Thn county court rlnliiiH that It Ih
unable to appropriate nny pnrt of the
county fair fund for any other pur
poat than for the county fulr, hut Fri
day f -100 wiih taken from the general
fund of tho county nnd turned over to
the county fnlr honrd. KHlncnila hooHt
orn hnve hoen referred lo this hoard
for n part of tho $400 fund.
Tho warrant conveyltm $100 will
ho nmdo payable to the county
fnlr honrd and Its purpoHe. according
lo tho wordliiK of tho court order, Ih
to promote county fairs and to collect
and nrrmiRO exliihlta for the nlnlo fulr
from thla county. The mo of tho term
county fulra, la taken to Indicate Unit
the court would approve tho offering
of financial aid to the EaHt ClackuinaH
fnlr.
THREE GET DIVORCES.
Three divorce decrees were signed
hy Circuit Judge Campbell, separat
ing J. If. Ketchum from L. O. Ket
c.hum, Ida C. Neff from Milton Tl. Ncff
and Grace Rollson from l. H. Rolison.
Of the three plaintiffs, only J. H. Ket
chum waa given alimony, 115 a month.
ROBBERS GET RICH
HAUL FROM LIMITED
I.Oi;iSVIU,K. Ky July 10. Four
niUHked hnmlllM held up the New York
to New UilemiB expreHH of the I.oiiIh
vlllo nnd Nnshvllli) rallioad near
Oreenvillo, Alahamn, early today,
frightened Conductor I'hll McKen lo
(lenth, overpowered other iiienihers of
tho train crow and escaped wllh cur
rency coiiHlgned to a bnnk in HoiiHtou,
Texng.
When tho mall enr wna entered the
mall clerk wna covered with revolvors,
thrown lo tho floor and securely
hound, lie wiih then tossed Into the
wonts hoHldo tho roadbed. Tho mall
wax rifled n'ter thn engine nnd iiinil
nnd exprcBH cars had hoen detntclied
from tho pniwenger cnrrvlng section
of thn train nnd run down the tracks
considerable dlstnnre.
These reports of the sensational
holdup were received nt the offices of
tho general manager of tho Louisville
and Nashville this afternoon. Efforts
wore mndo to obtain further details.
hut It was stated nt the railroad of
fices that there were no means of con
firming reports from New Orleans and
Oreenvillo Hint the robbers obtained
$200,000. Five suspects hnve been ar
rested, but posses are scouring the
woods In search of the bandits.
The currency taken by tho roblxrs
In reported to have been consigned by
express to Houston.
No estlmnte has been made of the
Iohs Biistnlned by tho rifling of the
mulls. Pouches were ripped open,
however, and mall was found scattered
about the car and on the ground near
by.
Conductor McRea was well advanced
In year and died of apoplexy Induced
by the shock when his train waa held
up.
DR. 0. A. WELSH
IS NAMED
HEALTH OFFICER
COUNTY PROBABLY WILL LOS
OSTEOPATH OFFICIAL BE
FORE NEXT MONTH.
Clackamas county will no longor
have tho distinction of having the only
osteopath county health officer In the
Vnlted Slates.
The county court Wednesday re
fused to reappoint Ilr. J. A. Van Urn
kle, who bus served two years despite
the efforts of physicians, of the "reg
ular" school to remove him, and
named Hr. Orel A. Welsh.
Owing to the fact Hint Dr. Van lira-
kle'a term expired on the first of this
month, Dr. Welsh will take over the
office within a few days, said County
Judgo Anderson Wednesday after
noon. Hesliles Dr. van lirnkle anil
Dr. WelHh, Dr. W. E. llempsted made
application for the plnce. Judgo An
derson snld that the vote was not
unanimous but refused to Bny how the
three members of the court voted, or
to name the other candidate who re
ceived a vote.
Dr. Welsh was raised In Oregon City'
and Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Welsh. Ho wns grndunted by the Ore
gon City high school, McMlnnvilln col
lege, Vnlverslty of Oregon and Ann
Artoi nnd hns taken work In severnl
other schools. He has practiced In
Oregon City for about n yenr.
when the official arrived at the court
house to open hi office. Stauh ar
rived here from Vancouver. Wash, at
fi o'clock and waited for tho sheriff
two hours.
"Did you murder the Hill family?"
Sheriff Wilson asked the' man.
Slant) hnd been praying and arose
from his knees. "I am not guilty, but
people say I am." he suld.
"If you are not guilty why did you
come here to give up yourself," Wilson
queried.
Stauh produced two Itlbles from un
der his arm. "This hook says I must
love my neighbor as I love myself," he
said. "It says I must love my neigh
bor enough to give up niy life for him.
and I have come here to give up my
life for tho man who murdered the
Hill family. Take me and let htm go.
I will sacrifice myself that he may be
saved."
The man hns Insisted all day that
he must take the plnce of the Hill
murderer. To visitors in the county
jail he reasoned with appernnt sin
cerity that he should be allowed to
take the pluce of the mnn who com
mitted the Ardenwnld crime.
Stauh, wno Is a Swiss but who hns
lived In this country about 22 years,
was found Insane at an examination
Monday and Inter In the day taken to
Ihe state hospital at Salom. Ho hns
worked at Vancouver, Falrvlew and
other towns near Portland, Including
Ardenwnld
WASIIINiiTON. July . The roll
ed Stairs xoterniiu-nl will not nitm
Informally In a dlecuaalon or negotia
tion with (Jermany guarding Ihe char
ai ter of thn furthcoming reply to the
laal Amerlian note on submarine war
fare. Amhaaaador OrkrJ. al IVerlln, haa
t-n Informed that such I Ihn prml
dent's d.Tlnlon and that the ainbaima
dor la to make no comment on th ten
tative draft given blin by the German
foreign office. If aaked for an ex-pri-anlnn.
ho I lo auy that Ihe foiled
State will await a formal reply be
fore dlscunalng the queatlon further.
The outline of the German note a
cabled by Ambassador Oranl la
known to be far from satisfactory to
official. With respect to the sinking
of the I.ualtanla, on vhlch more t'
100 Ameri.-ana prrlahed. no admission
of liability I oiade. Whether In ex
tenuation or not, the view 1 expressed
In the draft that when torpedoed It
waa not believed the I.ualtanla would
Ink aa rapidly a she did.
As for the future, citizens of the
I'nlted State would be permitted to
travel with safety on the high eai If
passengers on American ships or bel
ligerent ship not carrying munition
of w ar.
The I'nlted States would be required
to Inform the Herman government of
the date of departure and character of
vessels carrying Americans, and guar
antee) that such ahlpa had no muni
tion of war aboard.
In this connction high officials here
today said that It would be an unneii
tral act for the I'nlted States to no
tify any belligerent government of the
date of departure from an American
port or the character of the cargo of a
merchantman of another belligerent
Jmlf Grant ll. Iilu.li k and Guy T.
Hunt were elertrd ri-inl-r f Die
county fair board Thurdjy by the
iniily court. Theae lo with (). I)
Kby will form the U.ard Ihn year.
Th ro ii nly fair fund thla year
aiiinuiita lo IH.'I, which haa been
ralM-d hy a lax of on twentieth of a
mill on all Ih property In the county
Tit spending of llila fund rem with
thn roun.y fair board.
onl lerabln irltloni ha been dl
rwld at Ihe ro'iin rourt by man.'
Ihlng h Ihe Kalu 1a Ctlatrl' t. beta ."!
Ihe Kant ( la kaina fair ha not re
ceived any of the county fulr fun I.
Judxa Auderwm dlrd Thuraday,
and other official affirm hi Ute-
uicnt, that this criticism wa namerlt
ed, a h andentood the law to take
from lur. baodi of th county court
th power to iprml thn fair fund and
put II with Ihe roi nly .a r board.
REPLY OF GERMANY TO NOTE
FROM WASHINGTON RESENTS
ISSUE OF GRAVITY.
D Of
ACCEPTS
DANIEL'S OFFER
TO
111)
BOARD
BUREAU OF INVENTION AND DE
VELOPMENT IS ORGANIZED
IN NAVY DEPARTMENT.
SECRETARY URGES SUBMARINE
MENACE BE MET By AMERICA
BERLLVS POLICy IS ALTERED
By UTTERANCES Of BRYAN
Mor Favorabl Answer Indicated Two
Week Ago Formal Rejection
of Proposal a to AmH.
can Ship Probable.
Great Inventor Agree to Take Charge
of Board to Work Out Way of
Protecting Fighting Ma
chinery and Ships.
HEARD SON'S CRY
MAN KILLED ON INTERURBAN
LINE IS WILLIAM LACOURSE
INQUEST TODAY.
FATHER SEVERELY CUTS
COUNTY IS ENDED
Kenneth Ross, the three-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ross, of
Willamette, was severely cut and
bruised enrly Tuesday afternoon when
his father rnn Into him with the mow
ing machine while cutting hay.
The accident happened about 2 p.
m. Dr. Hugh Mount was called Im
mediately. Tho boy was taken direct
ly lo the Oregon Clly hospital and a
special nurse was called from Port
land. The doctors announce the case as
critical, but It Is believed that they
will save one if not both of his legs.
One leg was severely mangled Just
above the ankle and the kneecap of
the other was lain open. The attend
ing physicians say the wounds are
aucb that he may never fully recover.
The suit of Edward Kliironther, or
Portland, against Clatsop county, fol
folowing the construction of a hospital
for the county by the Portland man,
ended Thursday after a trial extend
ing over a period of three days. The
case was tried before Circuit Judge
Campbell.
The county attempted to enforce a
clause In tho contract In which a pen
alty of $10 a day wns prescribed for
every day Ihe building wns uncom
pleted. The county alleged that tlie
delay In the completion of tho build
ing was 135 days. The court allowed
j 125 days, ruling that 10 days of the
delay wns caused by the county Itself.
The decision of Judge Campbell for
Klllfenther was $3191.25. Tho coun
ty, previous to the trial, had offered
$2300 for a settlement. The total cost
of the hospital wns $18,000. Oeowo
C. nrownell and William Stone rep
resented Klllfenther nnd J. W. Searcy,
to whom the claims were assigned,
and D. C. Fulton and D. W. Mulllns
appeared for the county.
OFFICIAL NOTICE OF CHANGE.
LOS ANGELES, July 9. Official
notice of the change of the Tiger club
from Venice to Vernon was received
by President Maler here today from Al
Baum, president of the league. The
first game on the new grounds will be
played Sunday morning. Improve
ments have been made on the Vernon
field since the Tiger moved from
there to Venice last year, the outfield
being extended and the stands over
hauled.
Hetween 12 and 1 o'clock Wednes
day morning. Mrs. Clod l.uCourse was
awakened, she says, by the voice of
her son. "This Is Hill," he said, and
asked for help.
When the family gathered for break
fust, Mrs. I.aCourse told her husband
of the voice. He came down town
from their home and heard that a man
hnd been killed 1 o'clock Wednesday
morning near Island statloi' by a Port
land bound Interurban car. His son
failed to return from Portland Tues
day night and he went to the morgue,
To his horror the mangled body was
that of his son.
"The sight of his body hurt me like
a shot," he said Wednesday in de
scribing the finding of his boy.
William LaCourse, the victim of the
enr, had been working near Gervis
and spent Tuesday In Oregon City
with his parents. Tuesday night he
went to Portlnnd nnd evidently stnrted
home about 9 or 10 o'clock. At 10:30
o'clock he nppenred at the Hotel Helle
barroom and asked for a drink but
was refused as the barkeeper thought
he wns drunk. Later he was seen by
Marshal Reed, of Mllwuuklo, walking
toward Island station, the first stop
south of Mtlwaukle.
Motorman Hart, of the car which
hit LaCourse, sold Wednesday morn
ing when Coroner Hempsted began
his investigation that he saw the fig
ure of LaCourse lying on the track
when within about 20 feet of him. Al
though he threw on the air brakes, he
was unable to stop. Death probably
came Instantly.
William LaCourse was born 21 years
ago at St. Louis and has spent all his
life In this state. He intended to re
turn to St. Louis within a week to
work in a hop yard and a ticket from
St. Louis to Port lend was found in a
pocket
Coroner Hempsted planned to hnldj
tho inquest yesterday afternoon but
on the request of officials of the Port
land Railway, Light & Power company
it was delayed until today. The fu
neral will probably be held this afternoon.
WEST OIUNGE, N. J., July 12.
Thomas A. Edison has accepted an In
vltatlon from Secretary Daniels o
head an advisory board of civilian In
ventors for a bureau o' Invention and
development to be mated In the navy
department. His acceptance will gn
forward at once to Washington,
where the new plans await word from
the nan "who cai 'urn Creams li.to
realities."
Mr. Daniels' idea of utilising the
inventive genius of Americans in and
out of the military and navi! service
to meet condition? of warfare sho-vn
in the conflict on land and sea in Ku-
rope is outlined In a h-tter wirtten last
Wednesday asking Mr. Edison wheth
er, as a patriotic service to bis couu
try, he would undertake the task of
advising the proposed bureau. The
plan is to have several men prominent
in special lines of Inventive research
associated in the work.
Among the great problems to be
laid before the investigators the sec
retary mentioned submarine warfare,
adding that he felt sure that with Mr.
Edison's wonderful brain to help
them the officers of the navy would
be able "to meet this new danger with
new devices that will assure peace to
our country by their effectiveness."
PLOT TO DESTROY
Tillamook: Arenx Construction
company, Salem, lowest bidder on the
county highway.
WASHINGTON, July 12. "Secret
service agents are cooperating with
the police In every eastern and south
em city In an effort to run down what
is believed to be a conspiracy, glgan
tic in scope, to destroy freight
stenmers clenrlng from American
ports for England and France," the
Times says here this afternoon.
"The expose of the conspiracy is
now nearly ready, it is freely reported,
nnd officials expect revelations of so
startling a nature as to surprise (he
world.
"A large amount of money is behind
the conspiracy, it is hinted In well in
formed circles. An idea of the extent
of the suspected plot may be obtained
from the fact that secVet service
agents blame the conspirators for the
attempt of months ago to fire the
French liner La Toraine. It was re
ported then the fire was caused by in
ternal combustion, but officials now
believe it was due to a bomb.
"The conslpartors are also believed
to be responsible for placing similar
infernal machines aboard the steam
ers Klrkoswald, Dankdale, Devon
City, Lord Erne and Cresington court.
"The bombs found aboard several
Bhlps were not dynamite but of highly
Inflammable chemicals which were
designed to burst into flame from the
heat In the hold. All of the bombs
burst were similar In 1 construction.
They were small cylinders, construct
ed of line, about four Inches long by
one and a half Inches in diameter. At
the base were screw caps, supposed to
be for the Instruction of the chemi
cals. They are self-consuming and
only their failure to explode coused
the discovery."
WASHINGTON. July 10 Offlclul
Waablngton take a grave view of Ihe
altuatlon produced by Germany' re
fusal to meet the demand of the
foiled State, grolnf oot of the l
Inx of the Lualtanla, with a loa of
more than 100 Americana.
I'pon Prealdent Wilson reata Hip
burden of deciding the policy which
the I'nlted Statea 1 to follow. Quietly
and carefully he I considering 4he sit
uation. It waa aald at the Whlto
IIoum after telephone conversation
with the president at Cornlah. N. II .
and the country may expect him to
art with "deliberation aa well a firm-
nesa" when he has examined all
phase of the problem.
Secretary Lansing withheld com
ment As oon aa the complete of
ficial text of the German reply arrive,
which will be tomorrow, he will begin
a careful study of It and on Monday or
Tuesday will go to Cornlah for a con
ference with the president. The pres
ident will then return to lay before
the cabinet the course on which he
ha determined.
What action the I'nlted States will
take official would not predict. Some
of those who have been familiar with
the president' point of view and with
the details of the present altuatlon,
however, pointed out that there seem
ed to be only one course open with dig
nity and honor to the I'nlted State
the continued assertion and exercise
of the rights of neutral on the high
seaa in accordance with the estab
lished practices or international law.
Responsibility for any rupture In
friendly relations, which might subse
quently ensue between the United
State and Germany, it was declared
would then fall upon the Berlin gov
ernment. There Is as yet no definite crystall
zation of opinion among officials a to
details, but the distinct tendency s
toward a reiteration not only in a for
mal note,-but In actual practice of the
principles for which the United Statea
has been contending.
The unanimous verdict of high offi
cials waa that the German reply was
thoroughly unsatisfactory and leaves
the situation exactly at the point
where It waa in the days immediately
following the sinking of the Lusitanla.
While the continued exercise of
American rights in the future Is urged
as a logical course to be followed, It
is recognized also that the United
States cannot abandon the dciuans it
has made for the disavowal of intent
to drown Americans and the question
of reparation.
COURT ORDER TIES
UP WEST LINN WORK
CASE, ARGUED BEFORE JUDGE
CAMPBELL, MAY BE CAR
RIED TO HIGH COURT.
Street work in West inn was tied
up Friday when Circuit Judge Camp
bell granted J. W. Moffatt a restrain
ing order. The case was argued Fri
day, Clarence Eaton appearing for Mr.
Moffatt and B. N. Hicks for the city.
Each incorporated city in the coun
ty has received 60 per cent of the
money raised by road tax in the city
limits. This fund, which the plaintiff
alleged was Intended to be used only
for construction and maintenance of
county roads In the city limits, was
being used for the improvement of
residental streets, according to Mr.
Moffatt. The city alleged that there
was no distinction between county
roads and streets In an incorporated
city and that, once the money was de
posited with the city by the county,
the county could in no way direct or
restrict its expenditure.
The case is considered important In
that under a law passed by the last
legislature, incorporated cities will
receive 70 per cent of the road money
collected in the city. It Is considered
probable that the case will be carried
to the supreme court In ease the -cision
of the circuit court is sustained,
thb spending of this fund by citie .
will be greatly restricted.
Salem Statesman: Dr. Hills thinks
Heaven will remind him of tte Wil
lamette valley. There Is an an.'lent
story of a Boston man who went to
Heaven and asked for admission, anil
was told to go right In, but he would
not like It.