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IPLOT TO TIE UP
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ADMIRAL WINBLOW NOW
COMMANDS PACIFIC FLEET
-ANCIL Of BLIND"
HELPS SIGHTLESS
MARTIAL LAW IS
COLUMBUS. SHIP CANT
MAKE THE VOYAGE TO
BAN FRANCISCO FAIR
BUILDER OE BIG
CANAL IS GUEST
WAR VICTIM
PERIL AS RESULT
III PLANT
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OF
MARMATON RIVER FORCES PEO
PLE INTO TRf Ct ANO HOUSE
TOPI FOR PROTECTION.
AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR DOES
FOR HON INFLUENCES BILIIVID
GENERAL OOETHALB' DAY It
CELEBRATED AT BAN FRAN
CISCO EXPOSITION.
NOT DENY PLANNINQ STRIKE
OF HIS COUNTRYMEN.
TO BE TRYINO TO BLOCK
PIANS OF WASHINGTON.
TELEPHONE OPERATOR A?iO 4
COOTNCE WITH SECRETARY
ttJWCE IS CI ACCORD WITfl
WORK IS DECLARED TO HAVE
TAKEN All Of fOUR CEMURIES
CABMEN SHAKE HERO ROLES
POLO Of 0. S. IN REPUBLIC
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Fart Scott Cauata Rlr to Ltav
Ita Banka and Destroy Many
Abandoned Horn.
KOItT Ft OTT. Kan.. Sept. 7. Water
from the Marinaion riwr, ablch row
20 fret In (r boura early today,
flooding wholesale and residence sec
tlona of Tort Scott and imperiling the
lives of hundred of persons, t-
ceding tonight and fear of Iom of life
and further property damage bad
Md.
Although wore of person were
rescued from tree and boiitnr, an
many smaller inicture were wer,i
ay by the flood, no on wa killed
a far aa la knomn. The property dam
are U estimated at loo.ooo.
An unnamed telephone oiM'rator a
I'nlonioan. 14 miles aar. and four
cab drivers employed by George A.
Konantt. an undertaker, abarc with
Konanti the hero role, I'nlontown et-
perlrnced a all Inch rain laat night.
Tha Vnlontown operator, rcHzfng the
Impending danger to North fort Scott
the residence section here, telephoned
to Konantt.
The undertaker quickly aroused the
four cab driver in bia employ. Horses
ere harnessed and In a few niinutea
ere driving to the Imperiled section.
The Marmaton river divides North Fort
Scott from the main aectlon of the city
Once Into the realdenre aectlon, the cab
men beiran to shout
"Get out. the flood' coming." tliey
cried aa they drove through the
streets.
Twenty-five hundred person reside
In the diatrirt Fifteen hundred. It la
estimated, heeded the midnight warn
ing from the cabmen, left their home
and sought aafety scrota the river In
Port Scott. Everyone wat warned,
and thoae who remained took refuge in
aecond-etory room. Before morning
the watera of the liver, mounting from
the all-Inch rain that prevailed over
the entire watershed, had awept into
North Fort Scott and desroyed many of
the abandoned homes.
IMMtRtl WIN f LP
iTesldrnt Wilson ha dralKttated
Rear Admiral Cameron Mrltae Win
low aa the new commander in chief
of the Pacific fleet. lih (he rank of
admiral. lie lll relieve Admiral
Thoma It. lloard. ho wilt le aa
algned to duty aa president of the nav
al etamlnlng board at Washington.
Admiral Window as tiom in the
Hlstrtrt of Columbia and appointed to
the naval academy In 1ST0. He haa
ahown conplcuou ability In every
duty he baa been assigned and la re
garded a one of the most capable av.
efficient officer of the navy.
He commanded division of the At
lantlc fleet for two year under Rear
Admiral Ostcrhous and Badger and at
the time of the Mexican toruble at
Vera Cnu was assignod to command
a special cruiser squadron and dis
patched to Mexican water.
He remained on thia service until
September. 1914. when he waa assigned
to duty at the naval war college.
LANSLNC TO EE HELD TODAY
Charge Made by Pras'dsnt Comptrt of
American Fadsration of Labor
Efforts For Strike A ro Be
ing Mad Constantly.
DMA SITUATION !S
STILL UNSETTLED
ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT AC
CEPT AMBASSADOR'S EXPLA
NATION AS FINAL.
SALEM. Ore, Sept ".The drier on
Hie Lone Maple fruit farm six miles
south of this city will be heated today
for the first time beginning the evap
oration of the crop of the farm, which
contains 120 acres. The crop is esti
mated at fifty to one hundred tons and
the drier will run twenty-five to thirty
days. A force of twenty-four people
aa rut on at the farm yesterday to
pick the prunes and fill the drier.
Among the other lrge orchards be
ginning to dry prunes are the Wm. .Mo
Gilchrist place which begins today, the
HosBier plare controlled by Mrs. Rose
W. TlBbcock and C. 0. Constable which
will dry prunes for four orchards and
the state hospital which has a new
drier with a capacity of 100 bushels a
lay. A. T. Wain on the Jefferson road
is building a large new drier. Frank
Ferguson began drying about a week
ago and will soon complete his crop.
BANKERS OF ALLIES
ARE ON WAY TO 0. S.
6ECRET OF ARRIVAL OF FINAN
CIERS FROM LONDON AND
PARIS IS WELL KEPT.
WASHINGTON. Sept. S. What dis
position the administration will make
of Austrian Ambassador Dumba was
undetermined early today. His expla
nation concerning his admitted plan to
call out Austrian workers In American
munition factories and bia subsequent
enon to forward details thereof to
Austria, through American Correspond
ent Archibald, does not close the Incident
The administration did not accept as
settling the situation finally his de
fense that he waa acting as an emis
sary of his government under Is de
cree that Austrian subjects in foreign
lands must not work on war supplies
ror the allies.
President Wilson Is reported to be
awaiting further information before de
ciding whether Dumba Is diplomatical
ly personna non grata.
His conference this forenoon wlt'i
Secretary Lansing was regarded as di
rectly bearing on the Dumba case, and
he undoubtedly received full details of
the Dumba conference at that time.
The official change of front In the
case is deemed significant. Previous
to the envoy's meeting with Lansing
late yesterday, officials strongly Inti
mated that there wpuld be no action
against Dumba.
The White House and state depart
ment sentiment, however, apparently
veered sharply to a more unfavorable
poslton toward him following the ses
sion.
WASHINGTON, dept. Ambasaa
iUT fonslanlln Ihimha of Austria to
day wired Secretary of State lapsing
asking for a conference tomorrow. Ilia
request aa granted.
If there were ordinary time there.
mould be an excellent thane- for the
state uvpe.rtrr.rnt to ask Austria that
the ambassador be recalled, officials
aald confidentially todav.
Ambassador Dumba does not deny
that he planned calling out Austrian
and Hungarian employed In American
teel and munition plint.
From his aummer home at Lenox,
Mass., the ambassador admitted James
K. Archibald, an American correspond
ent arrested In I-ondon, carried dla
patch to the Austrian government out
lining plan to tie up munition plants
by railing a strike of cltltena of the
dual monarchy employed there.
Despite this, however, the adminis
tration Is admittedly so unwilling to
take any action that would Rive bel
llgerents an Impression of the slightest
unneutral American leaning that the
atate department la believed to be sure
to accept even a semiofficial explana
tion from Dumbs.
On the actual merits of the rase,
however, authorities on question of
diplomatic uaage today said Dumba'
view that he waa within bis right
would almost certainly have made him
persona non graU In Washington.
It is understood that his activities
furnished the basis for the charge of
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor that efforts were
being made to bring about atrikes In
alt munition plants.
Ambassador von Rernslorff of Ger
many Is not embarrassingly involved
by thi disclosure following the arrest
of Archibald in London.
MISS W til FRED hOLT
"Going to France lo Veep blind nien
from going mad." Ku, h is the mllun
on which Mlsa Winifred Holt, chief
llghl keeper" of the New York, Awl
elation Fur the Mind, has gone 10 Ku
rope. It baa Wn remrt-d that l.ino
men have bern bllmM br the war. and
many hundreds .more are unreported
BY BIG DEDICATION
FIFTEEN HUNDRED AUTOMOBILES
MAKE TRIPCOLUMBIA HIGH
WAY IS IN8PECTEO.
Stala Department I BHn t Is Crisis
Which Is Said t Hav Bn
Preclaiuwa r Unsatd
Wark ef Agitator.
STATE FINANCE SUBJECT
OF OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR
AT EXECUTIVES' MEETING
ER
SUNK BY TORPEDO
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 The six Eng
lish and French financiers on their way
to this city to borrow a huge sum of
money, popularly estimated at half a
billion dollars or more, with which to
pay for ammunition supplies for the
allied armies and other imports from
this country, were believed to be with
in a few hours' sail of New ork har
bor at 10 o'clock tonight.
The date of their sailing from Eng
land and the name of the ship they
took have been withheld by the Hritinh
censor, hence the time of their arrival
will not be definitely known until the
vessel bringing them is met off quar
antine by the customs and health offi
cers.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3 The
William T, Lewis, a lumber schooner
Deiongtng to Hind, Rolph k Co. of
San Francisco, was fired on and tire-
Biimably sunk today by a German sub
marine off Queenstown, Ireland.
The Bhlp was loaded with 2,000,000
feet of lumber from Everett, Wash.
Dispatches to the San Francisco ma
nne exchange told the story. They
saio. Lapt. Manning of the William T,
i-ewis and bis crew of 30 men were
rescued by the Danish motor ship Aus
tralia.
ITALIANS CAPTURE PRISONERS
GENEVA, Sept 8. Telegraphing
from the front the correspondent of
the Tribune today wired his paper as
follows:
"The Italians have driven back the
SHARPENING A PENCIL
Ths Way a Child Does It Is an Index
to Ita Character.
It Is very often the little things that
children do which give the best indi
cation of wlnit their future characters
will be. Schoolteachers, for Instance,
have a first rate opportunity for watch
ing the different trails In the children
who come before them. i their work
and In their play the e'y.-t of man or
wouiau the child wlli become 1b dally
unfolded. In such u smull matter evcii
as the sharpciiliiff of a jjencll valuable
bliitM may be obtained by any one in
the least observant. Here it may easi
ly lie discovered whether a boy or girl
is careful, destructive, wasteful or eco
nomical. Tlie boy, for instance, who sharpens
his pencil Into a stub Is Inclined to be
economical, careful ami quick In after
life. The boy or girl who takes an
Inordinately long time to make a slen
der jKjint. cutting very precisely and
rcguiany ail the time will usually
Austrians from Plezzo to Savoreck.
They also have advanced from Marno- prove ,)t UQ artU , d d
a -i .nr..iK(ir man I . . '
apposition. The child who. regardless
c4
JiU
IH1RTI.AM). OreM Sept. .-The i
lumbla river high ay I Inspected.
Ilenson park la dedicated, fifteen
thousand people, coming from all parts
or two atatra. In automobiles and by
trains mohtllred between Hensoa park
ana Horsetail falls this morning am
thia afternoon and took part In perla
Inspection day eserrlea.
m marhlnea were so thick they
were parked solidly hMeen IW-uson
park And the falls. It is estimated
15oO automobiles stood lined on both
sldea of the highway between the two
places.
Some of the train bringing people
to the celebration were late. Thia ne
cessitated poatponement of the ex
ercises until Z oclork. The weather
waa perfect.
Henry Dodge Eatabrook, a promi
nent New York lawyer, waa the prln
clpal speaker at the dedication.
After pointing out that September
was not only the date on which Port
land celebrated the acquisition of her
new park and the duy dedicated to
labor, but the day which the American
people celebrate aa the anniversary of
the birth of I Fayette.
AWIIMiTOY, Hepl. i-Torrl.n
inriuenrea In Haiti working lo him k
plana of lh I'nlled Htatea lo pacify
the republic and rehabilitate Ita fl
nancre under American supervision.
hav mad It BM-enaary to drrlar mar
lial law la Port au Prince, h capital.
nil practically all but to of lha conn
try a open porta.
Pur rvaauna of International IkiIU
the slat department will not disclose
ny of the ItifnraiBtloa It baa melted
bearing on the aub)erl. There kav
recently been persistent reports of the
"""i iwreign aaeoia. and so
marked baa been tha effect of their ac
tlvim-a upon menibera of lha llalllen
congress and government thai lb
According lo rprt tio eiaiulned
the hull, the raravrl Hanla Maria, ropy
of lha ship lili h carried t'olunibus on
his toyage of illM-overy In I'M. now
llng at New York. Is so weak In her
llmbera that she will not lie able In
make lha vuyage In the Panama Pacific
et position at Han rranclwo aa plan
ned. The raravrl left Chiraao In the
fall of 1913 In company Hh her ller
hips, the Nina and the I'lnta. to go
through the great lake and the Hi.
t.a fence lo the Atlantic and then by
Ilia Panama ranal to th Pacific ocean
atopping for few days on the way al
the principal cltlea. They got raimht
In the Ice In the winter, and the Pint
atate department found It necessary tol "' ,n N'" ''r aeverely damaged
hurry Ita policy of educating the " 'hT were sent back last summer
pbj of Haiti to an appreciation of the ta lh,,,r wlK'nal anchorage In the Jack
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 7. John
HoIIaender. aged 23 years, one of the
two brothers Injured early Sunday
morning on the Sandy road east of
Portland, when their motorcycle col
lided with one ridden by County Motor
cycle Officer Eugene White, died at
11:30 this morning st the county hos
pital.
Death resulted from the shock of the
loss of blood and a fractured skull.
His brother, George Hollaendor, Is In
a crltcal condition at the snme hos
pital, suffering from almost Identically
the Injuries that cause John's death.
Officer White, chasing n speeder.
was riding without lights. Passing
one motorcycle ahead of the one on
which the Hollaenders wore riding, the
dust prevented his seeing the other
machine, and he swung back on the
road to collide with their motorcycle.
White wbs not badly Injured and was
able to leave the hospital early yester
day.
benefits of American financial control
itn its protection against lnUt
roreign creditor.
Prance has not only rfralnei
opiroatng the development of the Amer
ican policy, but Ambassador Jusserand
yesterday assured th state department
of French approval of any plana hlch
wolud result In the establishment of a
atable and responsible government In I
Haiti.
son park lagoon In Chicago. The three
vesels were presented to the Pnlled
Rtatea by the Rpanlsh government In
sS after the clime of th Chicago fair.
POWER COMPANY
Not Mn of Army r Civilian, but Ley
ally and Spirit of Caua Aecom.
Ilhd Grat Tats, Dclrt
Bpakr of th Day.
NO ACTION TAKEN IN
0. & C. ASSESSMENTS ?r
TAX COMMISSION OIICUIIII
TAXES ON RAILROAD GRANT
LANDS WITH GOVERNOR.
SAI.K.M. Ore.. SepL . At meeting
attended by Governor Withy combe,
Mate ireasurvr Kay. Secretary of
Slate Olcott and Commlaaolner Gallo- on ,0' canceled, and had received
way, the atate tag coiumlslaon today th llk "10,"ll of preferred at the
PORTLAND, Ote, Sept. 3 Comple-
llon of th refinancing plan of (he
Portland Railway IJght A Power rout-
pany. ubereby l.2io.000 of new capital
oblaned by the wlthdraal of com
mon stock and the Issue of preferred!
In It plare. la marked by a certificate
Issued yesterday by Corporation Com
missioner Schnlderman authoring
the reduction of rapitallutlon from
f iri.ooo.ooa to liti.ooo.ooo.
A. T. Hoggins, treasurer of the coin-
pany, staled Unlay that all Ihe holder
of common atork prior lo the cancella
tion of some of the common, had per
fected their payment of $25 per ahar
HAN HIANCIHCO. Hepl. T-!oethal
day Jn honor of Ihe "builder of Ihe Pan
ama canal aa celebrated today al
(he Panama Pacific r-tpoaltion, lha
guest of honor and principal speaker
being MajoMieneral Goethals.
In the Court if lha Vnlverse, In lit
presence of city, slat and federal rep
resentative of the eiposlllon, General
(loethuls addressed an assemblage that
more than filled Ihe court, reviewing
the history of Ihe ranal, which he aald
had been four centuries In Ihe making.
Introducing General Goethals, Pr evi
dent Moore said thai owing lo Ihe un
usual modi-sly of the man being hon
ored II had required more than a year
for Ihe eiposlllon officials lo arratigs
Coellmla day and finally persuade the
general lo attend the eierrlsca
Iteglnnlng bis vildn-ss, General Goe-
thall la'd he nrreled that all who
.rtlc!pnted In the i construction of the
ranal could no! N present. 'Though
I waa fortunate enough lo tie at the
ead of the organisation at the time
when Ihe dream of centuries became a
reality." he said, "we mint not lone
sight of He fail that success crowned
Ihe efforts r.ol cf one. but of many men
and thes.', ion, of many nationalities."
He made a rhorl talk In the enlisted
service, laylrin In conclusion:
"It wasn't the army that bniil the
ranal, nor wa It the civilian It a
the loyalty and Ihe spirit of the cause."
GREATEST AERIAL
IS
E
YOUNG HARRIMAN TO MARRY
LENOX, Mass., Sept. 7. William
Avelll Harrlman, son of the late rail
road wizard, today took out a license
to marry Miss Kitty Lanier Iwrence,
grand-daughter of Charles Lanier,
prominent New York banker. No date
for the wedding has been announced.
Harriman's axe was given as 25 and
that of Miss Lawrence as 20.
decided to take no action In regard lo
Hie assessment of Oregon and Cali
fornia railroad grant landa.
Commissioner Galloway brought the
matter up at Ihe meeting, aaylng that
assessors of the various counties In
which the lands are located are punted "l""llng
and wanted to know what should be
done. The big question waa whether
the lands should be assessed at their
value, na In 1913 and 1914, or at f2.R0
that being the price at which the lands
are to be sold, aa some people construe
the I'nlled States supreme court's de
cision.
The lands were assessed at $21,225.-
4:15 In 19H and the trues for that year
amounted to $.H7,000 and $159,733 In
1913. All the counties but Douglas
assessed the lands In 19H. Tho ra
road company has paid none ot the
taxes for tho two years.
Commlsloner Galloway said he had
taken the matter up with Attorney Gen
eral lirown, but tfie latter was not
ready to give a written opinion. Coun
ty board of equalization will meot next
Monday and the assessors are anxious
to have their rolls ready before that
time.
Treasurer Kay said there was a
question whether, following the court's
declsioa, the lands could bo SHscssed
for more than $2.50 per acre. He
doubted If land which the court said
could not be sold for more than $2.5(1
per acre could be assessed for a great
er amount.
premium slated,
"The commissioner's rerllfleste la the
final step." said Mr. HugKlns. 'The
negotiations for the new money were
practically completed June 30. but
aliout $200,000 of stock was still out
This was taken up by a syn
dicate, however, which allowed the
program to go forward until all the
atock to be retired should have been
sent In."
COOL THIEF TAKES
GEMS FROM STORE
GOVERNOR WlLL'M
BIG FIRE AT 8AN JOSE
While a large part of the program of
the governors' conference In Iloston
was allotted to the Important and time
ly subject of national defense, other
weighty matters were not neglected In
making up the list. To Governor Rob
ert L. Williams of Oklahoma was as
signed the subject, "The Functions of
the Executive Department With Rela- flames.
Hon to the Budget."
SAN JOSE, Cal., Sept. 2. One of the
biggest fires seen here In years was
raging at San Jose this afternoon. The
A. 8, Averill machinery works, the
storage and hay warehouses of J. John
son and a half dozen residences about
the Market street station were In
TAKEN
BY GERMAN
ARMY
OAKLAND, Sept. T. nrty yenrs In
San Quentln prison was the sentence
imposed today upon Albert S. Jones, a
negro, who last July assaulted Miss
Ethel Heitmun. The assault took place
at night in a vacant lot.
vo to Caporetto, capturing 700 men.
Our forces also are making rapid prog
ress In the Sugana valley, taking 200
prisoners."
8TEAM8HIP3 IN COLLISION
8TOMNGTON, Maine, Sept 8. The
passenger steamers Pemaquld and J. T.
Morse collided here today. The Morse
was beached, but the Pemsquld was
only slightly damaged. A fog was re
sponsible for the collision. Two hun
dred passengers were landed safely.
Of the look of the pencil, gouges oat
great pieces In order to get to the lead
will show impulsiveness and generos
ity. Mere destructiveness, however, b
comes apparent when a child take s
delight In sticking his knife In bis pen
cil snd splitting It or destroying It in
some other way.
Psrents. watch your children when
sharpening their pencils, and correct
and advise them accordingly. Pear
son's Weekly.
BERLIN, Sept 8. (By wireless to
Sayville.) The German general staff
today announced the capture of Wol-
kowysk, 45 miles southeast of Grodno.
Twenty-eight hundred Russians were'
captured at Wolkowysk, according to
the official statement The Russians
were overtaken and forced to fight.
A force of Russlns also has been
defeated at Izabenlin, southeast of Wol
kowysk.
FIRE IN 8AN JOSE, CAL.
GERMANS SINK 3 TRAWLERS
. SAN JOSE, Cal., Sept 8. Fire from
an unknown cause today destroyed th
Pacific Shingle mill and box factory
on rark avenue and threatened
blly's wood and feed yard adjoining
as well as block of other buildings
along the railroad tracks.
The latter places were most small
cottages and storage shacks. The loss
Is placed at $30,000.
ARMY GIVEN MORE POWER
LONDON, 8ept 8. German subma
rines today cannonaded and sunk the
Britsh trawlers Manuel. Vlctorimia ont i rmn-. i . u , i.
- , -' - " wvriu n - IlKIJ MKUUIU w
c "cu. imue nnng across the Rio urance.
HROWN8VTLLE. Texas. Sept 8.
Orders tantamount to martial law, were
Issued today giving army offlers the
command over civilians and Texas
IN CITY OF GALVESTON
GALVESTON, Texas., Sept. 3. Ty
phold is prevalent In Galveston as a
result of unsanitary conditions brought
about by the cutting off of the water
supply during the recant hurricane.
Except for drinking purposes, no
water Is to be hud.
Quantities of typhoid vaccine are be
ing shipped In.
All federal employes already have
been vaccinated and the government Is
urging citizens to follow In their wake,
the Inoculation being done free.
DEPOSITORS LOSE $7550
SALEM, Ore., Sept. 2. Reports from
Oregon banke show a total of $7550 In
their value which will be escheated to
the state because not called for by de
positors during the last seven years.
The reports were received by' Secre
tary of State Olcott, who, In accord
ance with the law, turned the list over
to Attorney General Brown to arrange
for the proceedings by which the funds
will be turned over to the state treas
ury.
PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 3. Learn
ing the description of a diamond
brooch and two diamond rlnga valued
at neurly $H00 found In Coffman's can
dy shop, 1112 llrnndway after they had
been lost by Mrs. Mae Lewis, 555 East
Yamhill street, a mysterious slrnnger
walked Into the store, gave a pluiiKlhle
explanation and secured the diumonds.
At least this Is tho story which de
tectives have been Investigating for
two weeks, but with which they have
mndo very little progress. The entire
caso Is mysterious and the police and
others concerned have made every at
tempt to suppress the fuels concerning
Ihe disappearance of the dinmonds and
Jewelry.
Mrs. tawis was In the candy shop
with a party of friends two weeks ago,
making a purchase of sweets, when
she dropped her handling containing
the Jewels. 8he had owned them for
years and prized them very highly.
HEAD OF SOLDIERS'
HONE IS REMOVED
I)NIK)N. Sept. 7. The greatest
aerial bombardment of Ihe war, accord
ing to 8 wins dispatches today, wa that
of lha allied airmen yesterday against
Hsarbniecken, Germany. In the Kronen
communique yesterday It wa said this
expedition wa a reprisal for a German
bombardment of l.iinovllle. an unforti
fied Krenrh town.
According to Information from Snar
bruiH'ken, which lias rruched Basic,
Switzerland, the allies' avlntor. 10 In
number, attacked Saarbruerken ami
threw more than too bombs. They
amashed email arms factories, lorn up
railroads, mil way stnllons and sheds,
and utterly ruined the barracks and oth
er inllllury buildings of the German
town. Many of the men in the bar
rack were killed or wounded, it was
reported. The aviator from Ihe Krenrh
and British lines swooped down low
over the town and picked their vlcltlnn
deliberately, there being no high anglu
guns with which to drive them off.
Every one of the to aeroplanes on tho
operation withdrew without Injury.
SALEM, Ore., Sept. 3. Command
ant Elder of the Soldier' Homo, at
Roseburg, was removed from office
this afternoon by the votes of Govern
or Wlthycombe and State Treasurer
Kay, and Robert G. Markee, of Port
land, a Grand Army man, was elected
as his successor.
Socretary of State Olcott voted
against the resolution, asserting that
Elder had niacin good and that he saw
no reason for the change.
Wlthycombe charged that there had
been constant turmoil under Elder, and
that for the good of the service ha be
lieved a change necessary.
LLC.
IS
SALEM, Ore., Sept. 7. Governor
Wlthycombo today paroled E. E. C.
Von Klein, sentenced from Miiltnoinuh
county Juno 17. 19H, for polygamy.
Ills sentence was from ono to four
years, and, having servod his minimum
sentence, he was eligible to parole.
He will work for a company In Minne
apolis, his former homo, ,lt being the
rule of the present administration not
to pardon or parole prisoners until
they are asMired of employment. The
parole was recomnimlcd by tho parolo
board. Von Kloln has been a model
primmer.
BANK STOCKHOLDERS SUED
DIE8 IN BOILING BEANS.
8ACAMENTO, Cal., Sept. 6. Little
Joe Deaus, the 20 months old son of
Mr. and Mrs. August Deaus, died to
day as a result of hums sustained
when the baby fell into a pot of boil
ing beans on a campfire at the Gibbons
hop ranch near Perkins yesterday. The
two babies of Deaus were playing
about the fire when one pushed the
other and he fell Into the boiling water.
CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Sopt. . O. n.
Lull, former state forester, was arrest
ed here Sunday afternoon on a war
rant charging petit embezzlement. Lull
Is aleged to have embezzcld $20.65 from
the Strong Farr company. Insurance
agents of San Francisco. He was re
leased on $100 ball and say his ar
rest Is a mistake.
SALEM, Ore., Sept 78. G. Siirunnt.
state superintendent of banks,, bus In
stituted suit against eastern stockhold
ers In tho Yonralla Sluto bank, which
was closed by the state bunklnir de.
partment last February. Superintend
ent Snrgont returned lo Salem Satur
day night after conferring with the
prosecuting attorney of Domrlns cnun.
ty at Roseburg, who is to represent the
state. -
By a law passed at the last legisla
ture stockholders In fulling bnnks are
held llablo for double the amount of
their holdings If the assets of tlio bunk
ing institution are not sufflelont to pay
the depositors In full. Refusal of tho
eastern stockholders, who are said to
hold 01 per cent of the stock, to com
ply with this law, furnlrfhes ground for
the suits.
FRANK PROBE FAILS
MAKIETTA, Ga., Sept. 3. After two
days' examination of witnesses the
Cobb county grand Jury Investigating
the lynching of Leo M. Frank by a
mob, reported that It had not found
sufficient evidence to Indict anybody
for the crime.
QUINARY HOPPICKER3 STRIKE
yUINABY, Ore., Sept. 3.-Aftcr
picking hops In a drenching rain Wed
nesday morning at the William P. Mas
sey yards the pickers say that one
pound was deducted from the 80-pound
measure, the manager stating tho rain
weighed that much.
The plnkers, 100 in number, already
dissatisfied with the rate of payment,
which Is 70 cents per hundred, Inaugu!
rated a strike and left the yards.
No hops were picked Wednesday
afternoon or Thursday, but the strlk.
ers have been ordered from the shacks,
to make room for a new crew from
Portland.