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11 THE $1,000,000,009 ; MYSTERY SUPPRESSED BY THE CENSORS. THE MORNING OKEGONIAN. MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1915. vol. I. THE moxdax CBAwnsa. "It Vmr Crabe,- Monday. April IS, DEAN COLLINS. Editor. EDITORIAL About tomorrow afternoon the bras bands all will sat In tune: ths fervid Ian wltb Joy will flout and slip a losenga In his throat, and Bpray h! pipes whila he prepares to sins; some pat riotic airs about the home team, strong and true, and what ha thinks that team will do; for at that time the almanao says the Bearers will come back. Soma twenty thousand fans will roost on bleacher seats, pre pared to boost and yell until their throats are sore and, after that, to yell some more, because they all are strong believers in ihe bright future of the Beav ers. At that time, too, there will te some, who, while they won't refuse to come and see the game, ' will groan and kick, and knock until It makes you sick, and roast the team and use their fr-reath to talk their hearers-half to death, with varied reasons they advance, wherefora the her, ot pressed against ed," he Frank we refer, to the w. j 7. Grand IBeavers have no chance. If such there be. go mark them were groggy well; observe their antics for a rpell; then In thy hinder pocket stick a hefty hunk of stone or trick, and, when the knocker ptarta to pull more talk, just cap him In the skull whereby tie' II get a notion dim, that everybody's tired of him. and the taking LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Rain is not needed in these jtarts tomorrow. We do not know who reported Ihe first rose to bloom this sea eon, but our est. contemp. The Telegram, was the first to pull the tt. k, boner or referring to Ihe late Rex Oregonus as King Rex. O. M. Plummer was among those present ak the Civic League dinner at Mr. Joyce's Hazel wood the other evening. He was one of the leading listeners of the evening to State Supt. Churchill's discussion of the new school legislation. Since St. Johns decided to let Portland consolidate with it, we understand that a rumor Is float that D. C. Lewis contem Xlates running for Mayor of tne united commonwealths. The Lip man hoys and Mr. Wolfe had their store front laundered and manicured last week, very successfully. Ye scribe was appointed an honorary vice-admiral In the fleet that Is going to celebrate the opening of the Celtlo Canal next month, by Admiral Gray. VVe have arranged to borrow a Ialr of spurs and Intend to go Jn full uniform if we can arrange to be present on that occasion. ' Larry Fernsworth, ed. of our et. rontemp., the Banks Her ald, Saturdayed In our midst and said the situation In Banks was unchanged. The Rotary Club will view our condition of military nnprepared ress with alarm at Its luncheon at the Benson Hotel tomorrow, and will hsve several expert mil itary men Jin their midst to lead them In viewing with alarm. The jitney bus bandita, who have been viewed with alarm by Frank Griffith and others for some time, retaliated the other day by viewing with alarm the ordinance the City Council passed to regulate them. They 10x20, with Memorial Service Dedicated to Departed Lodgemen. AIMS GIVEN IN ORATION lr. John H. Bojd Delivers Address, I'rging Development of Best in r Manhood; Appropriate Musical Programme Is Rendered. "We only see one hemisphere here, the other lies beyond where the friends we hold In memory nave grone," said Ir. John II. Boyd, in his address de livered at the memorial services of the - Portland Lodge. No. 291, Loyal Ordirr of Moose, at the First Presbyterian Church yesterday. The speaker breathed a. note of hope for the future. "Our friends who have sone," he aaid. "become a part and parcel of that eternity beyond the silence of the grave. lJr. Boyd said that it was a peculiar ity of men that those things held to be the most real were in fact the most fcuhject to change. "The soul is the reality, the spirit the abiding thing." he said, "and the clay goes back into Mother Earth." Manhood Development t riced. The speaker treated this life as place for the shaping of character. "The deepest and most inexplicable law of this life is that we shall be come something; that we shall de velop Into soma kind of a man." he Mid. "If we get nothing else out of life we must develop something of manhood, sometning of immortal char acter which passes with us to the be yond. "This eternity of our manhood should impress us and keep us up in the strug trie against wrong. The struggle is worth the while, for any man who is to achieve must struggle. Dom J. Zan sang a baritone solo. Lead Kindly Light, and a quartet consisting of Mrs. Jane Burns Albert, Mrs. Lulu rahl Sillier, Joseph P. Mulder and Mr. Zan sang "'Nearer, My Clod to Thee. The organ prelude. Chopin's "Funeral March," was played ly Ldgar ti. coursen. Service Well Attended. Andy Weinberger. . dictator of the Portland lodge, spoke a few words rela tive to the memorial services, and Oeorge M. Orton. prelate of the lodge, Jed in prayer. Preceding the services at the church. ritualistic ceremonies were conducted hy the officers of the lodge at Moose lodge rooms, Broadway and Morrison street. Both the services at the lodge rooms and at the church were well at tended, a large number of visitors be ing present at the church. The memorial day committee was composed of Mr. Weinberger, Dr. Theo dore Fessler, George M. Orton, George li. Punk. Henry E. Reed and B. E. Vou mans. UMATILLA B0NDS URGED Association Farmed to Work for Is sue to Build Roads. PENDLETON1, April 11. (Special.) MOOSE HONOR DEAD PORTLAND. OREG, MULT CO.. APRIL. 12, will Invoke a referendum against the ordinance If possible, on the around that they dislike be RABBITVILLE NEWS. Hank St If el now wares 3 w od der!" leggs. Not both ing reguiatea. Mr. urirntn ana when interviewed by our H h" J?"11. ma Id of bass wood, representative, said that ther be Ueved the jitney bus bandits are over-critical. "I am sure there is not a person in the com pany with which I am associat vern into It -for a be wares only on Sundays. film Dlpp is going intwo the poultry biziness up hawing swiped a the slightest resentment ?ock hen nd 5 ncr ntwo nine this ordinance." henesges and 3 duck eggs, Suck- ecess atend thee. Sim. sale, "who has ex- ecess atend thee. Sim. If old man Bunco can get the ovsters he' will give a oyster supper next Lord's day In the Theatrical 'otea. McQettigan said that he evening and if he didn't know about our state ment of last wk. that his show at the Empress is great stuff for the t. b. rn., so we hasten to explain for him and others that ice cream he will desert at the lame meel, pro vided him and hfs family don't go plcknlcking that day. Spring has shure came. Ton can tell it by the roosters crow- when we say t. b. m. k tired business man j b tne KObbIer.8 , . Li. ana by the nats' Opera Company Into his by Liza's barber poll meauir ut otner ua ana m ljjkeway8 by a kean desire to went out and announced his can- d, wurms Rabbil- dldacy for the office of City now recomembera that Jack Commissioner, which - Johnsln(r was a Democrat and , C, -i7 h firll Proflslghing the saim finnlsh wff PrM?"i r.- his party as has came to him. production by the Grand Opera h tWenty 6th round will come Company, where eo- off yeafrom next NoVember. f ran rZl f'L tennr (Society Note.) Misses phut up tt'srr: X9t9s tkc the result that both contestants . K-.n- vAi.a in the fourth round , ff . match enaea with ootn drug store. the count. ADDISON BENNETT, March of Progress la Rex. W notice quite a great deal of building in and around Rex: Bert Dean has just finished a commodious barn ; J. T. 8 em mer having added a fine new cow and a wagon to his equip ment has built a new shed to accommodate the latter; K. N. Morrison is having plans drawn for a new wood house, possibly Geo. Nearly Wound Up. Geo. Griffin, who had a severe hitch at the mumps, had a re lapse and was also attacked with a blllfous spell which came near winding lilm np hsd it not been for the prompt attention of Dr. Hobson. santiam News. His Goat Often TVe are sorry to a main drive way Pond's bad luck in through the entire plant; J as. many of his goats. Yoncalla Kane Is making some much Times. needed repairs on his prune e dryer and has in mind the erec- Business of Being Busy. ' tion of a new pig-stye, the old Avon Jesse of Grlbble Prairie one being inadequate for the was busy transacting business In two pips he now has. -Newberg Can by this week. Can by Her- Knterprlse. aid. SOAK THE KNOCKERS TOMORROW. ( RAT5 Ion THE A move to bond Umatilla County to obtain funds tor building good roads was launched here Friday, when the Umatilla County Good Roads Associa tion was organized. Whether the ef fort will be to hold a special election or to await the next general election is to be determined by the executive committee, in whose hands the circu lation of petitions and other arrange ments for the election were placed. Officers were elected as follows: President. J. F. Kobinson. Pendleton vice-president, Frank Sloan, Stanfield secretary-treasurer, Roy W. Ritner, Pendleton. Members of the executive committee to serve with the officers are: C. A. Barrett, Athena; Herbert Boylen. Pilot Rock; Hugh Bell, Helix; A. R. Shumway, Milton; W. W. Herrah, Pendleton; Asa B. Thomson, Echo, and R. O. Earnhart, Holdman. TWO BELIEVED DROWNED OVERTl'R.XED BOAT OF BROTHERS, OF EHALEM, IS FOUIVD. Bodiea of Kenneth and Henry Herchen. heln. Yonn Ranchmen, Are Not Recovered by Searchers. NEHALEM, Or.. April 11. (Special.) Fenneth Herchenhein, 30 years old, and Henry Herchenhein. 23 wears old, brothers, were drowned in the Nehalem River yesterday, it is believed, half way between Wheeler and Nehalem, wh returning from the tidefiats, where they had been digging clams. The capsized boat waa found today on the river, but searchers dragging the river have so far been unable to recover the bodies. An alarm was sounded last night when they did not return. The oars were found soon after, but the boat was not discovered until daylight. Both young men were ranchers near this place. Fenneth Herchenhein is survived by a widow and two children. His brother was single. SUICIDE EXAMPLE TAKEN Cornelius Farmhand Takes Poison Same Day of Year as Brother. CARLTON, Or., April 11. (Special.) August Kamp, a native of Germany, 32 years old. attempted suicide by tak ing sulphuric acid about 9 o'clock this morning at the home of Delmar Per kins, two miles east, of here. He has been in the employ of Mr. Perkins since last October and appeared to be a steady, hard-working man. He arose and helped with the chores and shaved. He had been talking to Mr. Perkins a few minutes before and came out of the house doubled up as though with cramps. He said his brother bad killed himself two years ago today. Little is known of his relatives other than he has one brother living. A let ter found on his person was written by Mrs. A. Drees. West Hoboken, N. J. His recovery is not expected. X6rway Wearies of Arctic Relief. CHRISTIANIA, March 20. (Corre spondence of tse Associated Press.) The government has asked Parliament to pass a bill to establish control over all scientific or exploring expeditions from Norway to the polar regions. Un der the proposed law expeditions would be required to carry provisions for at least two years. The law is regarded as necessary to protect the government against the constantly recurring ex pense of relief expeditions to rescue improperly equipped explorers. . BAT Jrrr No. 49. GREAT FLIM DRAMA CENSORED. to wunit "er l with a cav- Episode Six Oeleted by Local bo t tel. wlch Board, The maddening Million-dollar mystery with which we have old Plymouth been ce really enthralling our to. bins nee; our reaaers ior mt pwi wks.. has encountered rough seas and Is temporarily mired down In the frosen drifts of of ficial disapproval. can get the In short, episode Six. In the serve it for great film, production, which has been having an unparalleled exclusive run in nearly all of the movie houses of the city, has been suppressed by the local board of censors, and It Is un certain whether it will be possi ble for the gen. pub. ever to have the opportunity of gasing gobbling biting, awibo stockings. upon the matchless features of the stupendous artistic master piece of film production. No objection was advanced to any of the previous episodes by the local board of censors, but in the first run of the Sixth Epi sode, the board dropped down upon the great masterpiece of clnemetographlo art -with Its cold disapproval. The objeotionable scene was that Impressive and gripping mo ment when Mortimer Sarcopha gus was discovered employing the naked eye to discover the vestiges of the bare truth in the great mystery of the missing Billion Dollars. In vain did the producers argue with the censors that the actor playing the part of the detective portrayed with naked eye with consummate and deli cate artistry. "Either eliminate or alter," was the ruling. "The undraped eye don't go In this community, which we are trying so hard to safeguard from the manifold pitfalls you are trying to cast about It." An appeal has been taken, but it will not be known before next Monday whether or sot the flira production Is to continue. In the meantime public inter est Is at a white heat, and In case the producers are success ful In getting a decision, It is expected that the attendance at the performances of Episode Six will be record-breaking. t t u Spec. Cor. Gotten. learn of Mr. losing so Oar Weekly Sermonette. The Rev. Corinthians I. Bett., In his sermon yesterday, said In part, as follows: "Charity begins at home; and It is sometimes surprising how little she gets out around the neighborhood." Boosts City Beautiful. A Iliac bush overhanging the sidewalk at 425 Taylor street bears the following placard, showing how the city beautiful idea has taken hold : "Help to make the city look beautiful and do not steal the flowers, please." POET'S CORNER. The following extract from George However Comely's cently Issued' volume ot Vers Libre, is. we believe, one of the finest examples we have yet dis. covered of the work of the new school of poets. The entire poem is entitled. "Why Do I Not Be grudge Cigars; Tet Balk at New Suspenders? ' and the bit publish Is the most effective li the entire production : (Continued on Page T.) DR. DONEY SPEAKER Educator Heard at First Meth odist Church. WASTE OF WEALTH THEME Value of Soul Declared Demon strated by Death " of Savior, AVho Would Not Have Made Sacrifice for Mere Gold. Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, president elect of Willamette University, occu pied the ouloit of the First Methodist Church yesterday morning, when he preached his first sermon in Oregon. Dr. Doney was introduced by Dr. Frank L. Loveland, pastor of the church, who paid high tribute to the visiting edu cator and theologian and asked for him the support and loyalty of Oregon Methodism. "if anyone actually believes that the kingdom of God will endure when everything else has passed away, that man is wise to throw away all he is and to enter into that kingdom." This was one of the statements made by Dr. Doney in the course of his sermon, which dealt with the story of the ala baster box of priceless value with which the woman anointed Christ the question of the waste of wealth being the theme of the address. "It depends upon one's standard what waste is. said Dr. Doney. "For in stance. John Bunyon spent his life working for a coin of unseen wealth while the King of the country wasted his life and energies in the palace. Who was mad? Who wasted his wealth? "Christ came to this world a weak, innocent babe; he came to work, to suffer, to be condemned and crucified to sow a seed in the world that should take root in the hearts of the 12 apos tles and they in turn should carry that seed until it reached all parts of the earth and finally come back to the land from whence It started. "The great difference between men is one of compulsions. No function of eduction is. so great as the awakenini in one of the compelling influence to shape the life for broad service for Christ and humanity. The physical world the material thrusts itself to the fore and It is of value. Worldly things must be with us. but the greater forces are the moral and spiritual. "Scientists say that there seems to be ho limit to the interpenetration of matter and if this is true in the Physi cal, so also is it true in the spiritual. It is the soul that gives the controlling value to what a man does and is. "In Christ a great sacrifice the value of souls is shown. He would not have died for wealth, for gold and riches: but he died for a soul. "Who can measure the dimensions of a soul? It is the birthplace of all that is beautiful in the imagination. The supreme moment in a man's life Is when he becomes conscious of his soul and its relation to God." Dr. Doney expressed his pleasure at being in the West. LONELY VETERAN IS DEAD. Body Is Found in Cabin at Baker Three Days After Deatb. BAKER, Or., April 11. (Special.) 1915. ; to mmw" mmm.j , , j f if 3 . - 'J . 1"F----h- TEE-T-i il'L. 1 p mmEmwmm t... -?:JL - Si Fi T T nil. .M 1 11 -' - lML- MM.Mi'i 1 - v . ii ft " IW'iJ'ggEsJ.waCT mi m issass-viwa.vi3swwg-- 7. T1gffiEa''wHjBsgei y"M"t'''! Jjvg!. ta . I11' . )(, , '"MJtotJT T' '"" flttll.m,ll. ....... M.M. .I.,.-! -W-lMl...Vl.1 I? ..H. HI - 1 ' - V '-'vl-V::::.- mmmmmmimik . boston, mass. KfsSpiS Vj'J$l!l L UU SSIHL nil Alone and without friends, Cajvin Burkhart, aged 70, a veteran of the Civil War, died at his cabin near here three days ago, as nearly as can be determined by Coroner Earl West, to whom the finding of the body was re ported today. s Mr. Burkhart came here from bump ier two years ago, and has no rela tives. The body was found by Chief of Police Jackson, who was informed that the cabin seemed strangely quiet and deserted. Plenty of food was found in the cabin, but the dead veteran had but $3.05 in his possession. . The funeral will be Monday. FEES DEMANDED FIRST Constable Refuses to Hear Case Till Money Is Paid. OREGON CITY, Or., April 11. (Spe cial.) "Now I believe that both of you are honest, but you cannot try this case before me until you have paid your fees." Constable Jack Frost- made this announcement to Attorneys Hicks ad Eastham Saturday when they appeared before him to argue an attachment case. Both attorneys protested. It is not the duty of my client to pay the fees In this action, proiestea jvir.- Hiasmam, and Mr. Hicks took the same stand. ' 'Are you going to pay the fees?" asked the Constable of each attorney, and the reply of each was an emphatic No." "Well, case is dismissed." the Con stable decided, as he reached ior his hat and left the room. Charles White, of Maple Lane, at tached wood and tools belonging to E H. Bollich. Veitta Matters, who was employed by Bollich, alleged that the tools belonged to him and were not subject to attachment. CANNING SITE IS SELECTED Plant to - Be Erected at Once for Chebalis Business. CHEHALIS, Wash., April 11. (Spe cial.) The Lewis County Canning As sociation has closed a deal for a site in the heart of the railroad section of the city, a large tract belonging to the Western Development Company having been taken on a long-time lease with an option to buy. The property is well situated with reference to transporta tion. It is believed that a large ex press business in the way of berry and other shipments can be accommodated at a minimum of cartage cost. Plans will be made for the erection of the necessary buildings for the plant immediately. 3 WAR CRAFT TO BE BUILT Seattle Company to Start Work on Submarines for Government. SEATTLE. April 10. Work on three large submarines for the United States Government will be begun at the yard of the Seattle Construction & Drydock Company within SO days. Material is being assembled. All three of the submarines will be laid down at the same time, and there will be only a few days between their aunchings. Two hundred extra work men will be employed. The boats will cost Jl.500,000. - . IN talking Gillette, buying Gillettes. Dealers are ready with special Gillette Week assortments. This is the week! This is. the life! Belong to the Great Fraternal Order of "No Stropping, No Honing' Join the Seven Million men who start the day with the clean, cool, velvet-smooth Gillette Shave. Sit in! Get your Gillette and give the counter-sign "I've got mine. Have you got yours?'' GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR COMPANY MR. DAVIDSON ELECTED GOVERNORS' BOARD OF SHIPPERS' COUNCIL MEETS lit SEATTLE. Hood River Association la Elected to Membership New Head of Dla trlbntora Also Admitted. SEATTLE. Wash.. April 11. (Spe cial.) The board of governors of the Northwest Fruit Shippers' Council and the executive committee of the Grow ers' Council met Saturday in the New Richmond Hotel and perfected plans for harmonious work during the com ing season. Each of the Councils held separate meetings during the morning and afternoon and a joint meeting was held in the evening. The purpose of the sessions was to consider the legal phases of the situation. Worrall Wilson, of Seattle, and N. C. Richards, of North Takima, attor neys for the Growers' Council, were present and directed the sessions. H. F. Davidson, of Hood River, until recently president-and representative of the Council of the North Pacific Fruit Distributors, was elected presi dent of the Shippers' Council after he had been accepted as a member of that body to represent the Hood River Applegrowers' Association. This body was received into membership in the Council at the same time. Mr. David son recently resigned from the North Pacific Fruit Distributors. The new president of that organization, J. H. Robblns, was today elected to the board. By-laws were adopted by the shippers and ordered printed. DISTRIBUTORS TO SELL OXX.Y Xortb Pacific Fruit Association Re organizes in Spokane. SPOKANE. Wash.. April 11. The North Pacific Fruit Distributors, a marketing agency for many of the fruit growing districts in Idaho, Washington, Montana and Oregon, with headquarters here, announced last night that because of the past bad season and the with drawal of the Hood River district, it had been reorganized. The reorganization changes the fruit distributors from a central agency to one for selling only. The sub-central's relations to th central selling organi zation will in the future be on a part nership basis. . The fixed marketing charge has been abolished and the oper ating, costs will be paid according to tonnage. The uarrieid and Spokane districts and the Walla Walla and Takima districts have been consoli dated. ' Expenses have been reduced by the abolishment of tne publicity depart ment, a reduction In tne auditing and clerical forces, the closing of the New York and Chicago offices, the resigna tion of the traffic manager and the voluntary decrease of the salary of the general manager to $1500. FIVE-YEAR APPLE AVERAGE 91 Northwestern ' Exchange Manager Urges Sinking Fund of Excess. SEATTLE. Wash., April 11. W. F. Gwyn, general manager of the North western Fruit Exchange, said today that notwithstanding losses and da- PORTLAND Wafch the Windows! kLL over town, display are smashing home the fact that this is Gillette Week. Men are BOSTON, MASS. All GUlette Razors are sold and guaranteed by Woodard, Clarke & Co. S. & H. Trading Stamps We Give Double Stamps Monday moralization of the apple market for the season Just closed. Northwestern growers for the past five years have received an average ot II a box net. "The orchardist must take the excess above tl a box in the good year," said Mr. Gwyn, "and create a sinking fund wherewith to finance himself in the lean years." FLEEING CONVICT ELUSIVE tern Parker Evades Officers Guard' ing Every Clackamas Road. OREGON CITY, Or., April 11. (Spe cial.) After thoroughly covering an the country between Oregon City and Canby and watching every bridge across the Clackamas River. Joe Keller, pa role officer, and three deputy wardens from the State Penitentiary, who are in search of Lem Parker, the escapea convict, left today for Oswego, Tualatin and other towns on the west side of the river in a final effort to locate the man. It was supposed that Parker was hiding in the wooded lands around New Era, and last night Deputy Sheriff Frost was atatloneu at New Era to watch every train northbound. Other officers were placed at tne soutnern .r-acmc, the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company and the county bridges. Bishop Sumner at Asjiland. ASHLAND. Or.. April 11. (Special.) -Bishop Sumner. of the Episcopal AMUSEMENTS. MARIE RUSSELL HONEY GIRLS WALTER GILBERT and MARY EDGETT BAKER JESS In WlllafH Prizering Photo-Play 4 Other Big Acts i PRICES Afternoons 10c, 15c. Mints ISc, 115c fcyr2 i-. Marines i is! in ,S'" M I 1.1112 I A gU 1 sh , i 7:30. : IS my: WIT''"' " 'f ' - i - - i ini -1--- windows diocese of Oregon, paid an initial visit to Trinity Church here tad ay. He was accompanied by Archdeacon Chambers. On Monday a reception will be tendered the bishop by the women of Trinity Guild, followed by a luncheon. AMUSEMENTS. w w w i w o I Broadway, a Tarts in HtlLtl VJ J Mala 1, A 11Z3 TONIGHT, AH ThU Week NIGHTS. BOc TO t.H. HAT. MAT.. TO II.SO. J"01 MAT.. "KI 2 So TO !. CKF.ATI-. A H'KHIIK AX THJK 11 Kl l.Hi THEAlh.K, TUOUSAMD LAUQtfAlLROUID WTOTrt CRCATCJT XUCCtSJCDHAM HAS EVER. WfclTTPM- THE OBIGINAT. CHICAGO AND NEW VPKa I AM. iNCi.rroiNo oral scott. BAKER THEATER Mala , A AXM fee. 1 ltafcer. Mrr. Italian Grand Operm Ca. (Maria Lambardl. Imn.l All -wask. Th talk at lbs wools olt. 75 artists; orchestra of 20. Tonlaht. Alrta. Tuesday, "11 Trovatore. woo. su., letto.' Wed. eve., 'Travlata.' Rrsnlns, 2M, to 11.00. Mats., 2 So, Mc. First tuna In Amsr Ica at thnss prices. EA1TY Z30 S BKi-KKAlCKE ACT Herbert I.lorl (a., tvtllr UmsHTnau, The tirat Ararsras. 4 OTHJr.R l(i-TIMF. ACTS t Boxrs and firt row haloeaqr isssi isi ay phone. Main t3. A 28. VSjgN COMPANY ATgi ash I I a4Ls' 1 1 s A T i I