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TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, APRIL 50, 1915. COOS BAY STORES : PAY FORGERS $700 iheck Swindle Is Worked by ; - Gang and Leader Escapes i:v With Most of Cash. OUR MEN ARE ARRESTED (Manager ot Mursh field Business ; Locks Doors on One of Alleged j Swindlers and Calls Police I and Arrests Kesult. . MAKSHFIELD, Or., April 18. (Spe cial.) Marshfield and North Bend mer- ! chants paid out about J700 to six or , seven men last night who maae email .purchases and obtained from $30 to 50 change with each on checks forged on ; Mauser & Hauser, railroad contractors ; building' the Coos Bay portion of the ; Willamette-Pacific Railroad. The sup ; posed leader of the gang and a com panion escaped with a large part of the money obtained. Three men, JIak Ma tich, Joe Seavich and Jo Fenovitch, were arrested In North Bend by Deputy Sheriff Laird, and another, who gave the name Joe Davis, waa arrested in .Marshfleld by" Chief of Police Carter, utter Manager Harris, of the Parisian tore, had locked the store door with Davis Inside and had telephoned the police. - Merchants had handled similar checks before and the Hauser & Hauser Com pany is well known here. Those who offered the checks bought anything that was offered to them, and none said what he wished to buy when offering the forged paper. It was this fact that is said to have aroused suspicion. Gang Roanded. Up. After the arrest of Davis the check he had tried to pass at the Parisian tore was shown to Kenneth Hauser, .who was in Marshfleld, and he detect ed the forgery. The others then were rounded up in two hours, i Davis is said to have cashed several .checks in Marshfleld before being ar rested, but he had only $58 in cash. Mak Matich had ten checks secreted 'about his person when arrested at North Bend. Joe Seavitch carried two checks. Seavitch told the officers that Matich took the men, four or five of them, to his room and gave the checks to them, telling them he would give them half the money they obtained. Seavitch as serted he did not know he was doing anything wrong. There is said to be no evidence againBt Fenovitch, but he was arrested on account of being of the same nation ality as the others and also because he is said to have changed his clothes sev eral times since yesterday afternoon. Leader Gets Away. The total amount of money repre sented by the checks taken from Matich and Seavitch was $533. All the checks were for sums between $30 and $50, with a few cents over. Of the money piven out in exchange for the checks, only $123 was recovered. The rest evi dently was passed to the leader of the Kang-, who Is described as a tali, dark man. The police also have obtained the description of another man, who is said to have been implicated. The police and Sheriff carried on a search for these two last night and today without suc cess. Those who had losses aggregating from $30 to $130 were R. A. Copple, of Ciolden Rule store; A. J. Mendel, of the Hub Clothing & Shoe Company: the Ki.xup Clothing Store at Marshfleld and North Bend; the Lando store. Marsh field; Norton & Hansen, Marshfield; Thomas Howard, jeweler, Marshfield; the Stein shoe store. North Bend; J. Albert Matson, dry goods, Marshfield. One Man Lours i:tO. The checks were prepared so care fully that they deceived even the most careful merchants, although they were written on the Bank of Oregon of North Bend, an institution that was merged with the First National Bank of this city several months ago and Js out of existence. The Hauser & Hauser Company had banked there, however, until the change. The checks were evidently printed in some city on the Coast, for an official of the Hauser & Hauser Company said today the company had not issued any checks April 16, the date all the al leged forged checks bore, nor had any been missed by the company paymaster, H. A. Nelson, whose signature the checks carried. The imitation in print ing was close to the original form, but inspection showed several defects. pm r nr i Minn nrninrn uHLl UP LHriUD UtDllttU OREGO.V OPPOSES REVERSION OF RAILROAD GRANT. Resolution Paoaed by Last Lrgixlature Declares Settlement Vital to Interests ot State. SALEM. Or., April 18. (Special.) That settlement and not withdrawal 1 rom taxation by reversion to the Federal Government in the case of the Oregon & California grant lands is vital to Oregon is plainly set forth in the joint resolution passed by the last Legislature. It is this resolution under which the Attorney-General of Oregon is now in Washington seeking to intervene in the Government's for feiture suit. The resolution is as fol lows: Whereas. The Legislative Assembly of the Stale of Oregon, at Its regular session in 19t7. adopted Srnato Joint memorial No. 3. urging th.i tnlted States Congress to enact such laws and take such steps, by resolution or otherwise, as might be necessa ry to compel the Oregon & California Rail road Company to comply with the conditions of the acta of Congress of July 26, 1866, and April 10, 1SG9. granting to the predecessor in interest of Buid railroad company vast tracts of public landfi within the State of Oregon and requiring such lands to be sold to actual settlers at a price not to exceed $-.50 per acre, and to enact and declare Rome sufficient penalty for non-compliance tlitrev Jth by way of forfeiture of the grant, or otherwise, as in the wisdom of. Congress might seem best, and urging the Senators and Representatives in Congress from the fctate of Oregon and all other land-grant states to use their utmost endeavor to pro cure the needed legislation in such mat ter, which memorial was forwurden to the l'reaident and to the Oregon Kcpresentatlves In Congresri. and Whereas, Pursuant to the prayer of said memorial and the efforts of the Oregon Senators and Representatives In Congress, action in compliance therewith was taken by the United States Congress, under which authority suits were commenced in the District Court of the United states for the District of Oregon and are beinir pros ecuted by the United States, and are now rending In the United States Supreme Court, in which it is sought to forfeit said grant, and if the decision of the District Court is affirmed such will be the result of said suits and the land will revert to the United states Government, and thereby be withdrawn from taxation by the State of Oregon and its several counuus and mu nlclpalltles, and Whereas, such g-ranted lands constitute vast areas and a large percentage of the total area of several counties in which they aie located, as auovvn bjr Ilia following table, taken from the report of the engi neer to the committee created by chapter 374, General Laws of 1913: Forfeited O. & C. land grant Taxes not Counties. (acres) paid. Benton 63,L'7 $ 2O.07S.7S Clackamas 89,163 30.6S1.62 Columbia 17,679 1.,042.S2 Coos 106.563 50,922.62 Curry 7,845 2.313.67 Douglas 616.843 96,901. 7 Jackson 441.791 71,219.20 Josephine 167, 4S1 35,874.60 Klamath 43.015 10,359.50 Lane 299.606 80.527.C0 Lincoln 15.906 2.158.22 Linn 61.966 13.871.38 Marlon 30,256 8.273.46 Multnomah 9,047 2.328.26 Polk 37.018 13,557.69 Tillamook 29.741 3,444.93 Washington 17,932 4,876.54 Yamhill 28,683 4,461.22 Tota 2.074.161 8466.872.87 Xnrt whereas. It Is of vital Importance to the development of the entire State of Oreiron and several counties in wnicn sucn granted lands are located that such lands should not be wltnarawn irom iauuu, om that thev should be disposed of for settle ment and development under the terms of such a decree as the court may deem just and eouitable. now. therefore. Be it resolved. By the Senate of the State of Oregon, the House of Representative Jointly concurring, that the Attorney-General be. and he is hereby authorized and directed to intervene on behalf of the State of Oregon, in such manner as may be per mitted and authorized by the rules of the court, or any court in which such ult or suits may hereafter be pending, for the purpose of securing and protecting me oest interests of the State of Oregon and its cit izens and to take any and all steps and pro ceedings which may be necessary or per missible to safeguard such interest. TAX REDUCTION SHOWN WASHIXGTOJT TOTAL $1,492,705 LESS TIIA-V THAT LAST TEAR. Levies for Educational Purposes Are Increased by $028,000 and Road Levies Cut $1,350,000. OLYMPIA, 'Wash., April 18. (Spe cial.) The total 1914 taxes being col lected in Washington this year amount to $36,818,416, the State Tax Commis sion shows from a compilation of Coun ty Treasurers' tax rolls. This repre sents a reduction of $1,492,765 from the taxes of the previous year, or a little less than 4 per cent. The various taxes for school pur poses, including the state levy for in stitutions of higher education, com prise 35.65 per cent of all taxes levied in the state, the statement shows. City taxes constitute 22 per cent of the total and the various taxes for road purposes 18.78 per cent. The state general and military fund levies combined amount to only 7.27 per cent of the total. All county levies, exclusive of those for schools and roads, amount to 13.29 per cent of the total. The taxes for educational purposes aggregate $13,196,660, an increase of $628,000 over taxes paid last year for the same purpose. The road levies of $6,911,056 repre sent a reduction of nearly $1,350,000 from the previous year in county and road district expenditures. They are divided under the following heads: Public highway levy, $1,037,190; per manent highway levy, $1,548,989; coun ty road and bridge levies, $1,590,310; road district levies. $2,734,567. Of the total taxes, 14.5 per cent are paid by railroads, telegraph and tele phone companies and street railways; other'real estate pays 72.9 per cent and other personal property 12.9 per cent. ROADS BEING IMPROVED BAY Cir V WORKING OX FORTLAKD. TO-COAST HIGHWAY. County Engineer's Plan for Paving Streeta In Bay City, Eliminating; Grades, Etc., Is Put ThrousrH. . BAT CITY. Or., April 18. (Special.) Following the favorable report of County Engineer Hobson on the "Sour Grass" route for a through road from Portland to the coast, a movement has been started here to extend the paving area until it reaches from city limits to city limits, so as to offer a good road for tourists when work is fin ished. The paving area which has al ready been contracted for merely touches the downtown portion of the city, leaving a bad hill at either end. Both hills are steep and in wet weather it is difficult to negotiate their slopes. If the new scheme is carried through the road will either be changed to run along the beach, cutting out the hill or else the hill will be cut about 14 feet at the top, using the dirt removed to fill in at the bottom, making a good grade. The county is in accord with Engi neer Hobson's report and has already let contracts for the hard-surfacing of several portions of the road running through the county. Hills are being cut down, curves straightened and new bridges built, while between Bay City and Tillamook the concrete pavement will be added to until it reaches Wil son River. Work on the paving of the streets of Bay City has already started, and it marks the end of one of the most: bitter municipal fights that was ever seen in the state, the City Council standing for the improvement and cer tain property .owners fighting it to the last ditch. MOTOR TRANSFER DUBIOUS Question of Legality Without Regis tration in Court. SALEM, Or., April 18. (Special.) Is a contract for the sale or exchange of an automobile that has been used void because of a failure to register the transfer with the Secretary of State as provided in the motor vehicle law passed at the 1911 session of the Legis lature? That is a question which Cir cuit Judge Kelly has been called upon to decide, and which is interesting automobilists throughout the state. M. T. Morson. of this county, made an automobile exchange with Sherman Shank, and as a part of the considera tion Mr. Morson gave a note for $750. Neither registered the transfer and Mr. Shank is seeking to collect on the note. Linn County Crops Promising. LEBANON, Or., April 18. (Special.) Linn. County should have record breaking grain and potato crops this year. The acreage sown to grain last Fall and this Spring will exceed any previous year by many thousands of acres, and the prospects for a good crop have not been so promising in many years. Many were uneasy about the effect of the freezing weather last Winter, but the Winter grain came through in fine shape and seems to have been benefited by the cold weath er. An unusually large acreage of river bottom lands in the Santiam Val ley will be planted to potatoes this Spring. The prevailing high prices for both these farm commodities have stim ulated the farmers to put all available lands in these crops. Berlin Hears Australians Mutiny. BERLIN, April 18. by wireless to Say. ville, N. Y. The Overseas News Agency says it, has advices from Cairo that a mutiny among the Australian troops has been caused by the complaint that they, like the Indians, always are sent to ihe front, while the English, troops FINDING WORK FOR CONVICTS PROBLEM Laws Handicap Officials, but Great Progress Jn Near Future Is Expected. FRANK DAVEY EXPLAINS Bookkeeper Points Out How Statute Prevents Sale of Products of Prison Plants and Suggests deeded Remedies. SALEM, Or., April 18. (Special.) With the appropriation or 50,ooo maoe by the last Legislature for providing means for the employment of the con victs of the state, and the members of the State Board of Control determined to solve once and for all a problem that has vexed and embarrassed various ad ministrations, it is not improbable that the penitentiary soon will be nearer self-supporting than ever before. Governor Withycombe says the em ployment of the convicts is one of the vtal questions of his administration, and he is confident the flax retting plant to be installed in the prison will supply labor for a large numDer. Others will be put to work on roads, and still other means of employment will be provided. Frank Davey, a member of the House at the last session of the Legislature and now bookkeeper at the prison, has made a study of conditions there for more than 20 years. Calling attention to the general desire to have the in mates of the penitentiary employed and to make the employment profitable to the state as well as to the convicts, Mr. Davey made several suggestions today, which may be of benefit to the Board of Control. Many Theories Offered. He said: "Many theories have been advanced but there are several existing condi tions which make difficult the practical operation of those theories and it would be well to have those conditions understood by the public, by the peo ple who have created them. "The people and their representatives in the Legislature have placed upon the statute books the following laws with-relation to convicts: " 'In order to minimize the cost of maintaining the several institutions, all wards of the state who are capable of a reasonable amount of work with out physical or mental injury to them, selves shall be used as fully as possible in the production and manufacture of articles for the use of, and in the per formance of labor for the state, but it shall be unlawful for the board, to enter into any agreement or contract with any private person, firm or corporation for the employment of convicts of the Oregon State Peniten tiary or to place any prison-made goods on sale in the open market in com petition with the products of free labor.' Products Cannot be Sold. "The board may in its discretion operate and maintain brickyards with the labor of convicts from the Oregon State Penitentiary, but bricks so manu factured shall be used only at state in stitutions, and snail not be sold in the open market. "The following law was enacted by the people at the 1912 election: " 'It shall be unlawful for the state to enter into any agreement or contract with any private person, firm or corporation for the employment of con. victs of the State Penitentiary. " 'Upon the written request of the County Court of any county in the State of Oregon, or of any superintend ent of any state institution, the Gov ernor may detail from the state peni tentiary such convicts as in his judg ment may seem proper for uso on the public highways, or on or about any state institution. Said convicts shall be delivered to any County Court or to the superintendent of any state insti tution on such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Parole Board and approved by the Governor." State Gets No Revenue. "The effect of these laws is to shut down the state brickyard and tile plant. No possible revenue can be derived to the state by the work of convicts, for while each institution pays the peni tentiary fund for what it buys from the penitentiary, such payment is made from state funds, or in other words, the state is taking out of one pocket to put into another. "There is only one avenue open to revenue-producing labor for convicts and that is working on the roads for the counties, and even should there be a general readiness of counties to use them, there is a large proportion of convicts who could not be used in such employment. "This whole question is a problem that furnishes much worry to officials and one that will require time and care to solve. How Much Will People Spend? "How much will the people of the state be willing to expend for an equipment that will keep 450 men em ployed and what will be the nature of the industry? "Oregon has no factories of farming machinery or binding twine, or of sev eral other articles of common use, that could be made within the Oregon prison, and it has a water power that could be used to advantage, but the question is, are the people of the state prepared to provide the proper means for such work and pave the way by law for the disposal of the products? It means big money at the outset and though it would mean good profits and material benefits, it may be difficult to get the public to favor such embarkation." CANNED SOUP FATAL TO 2 Man and Wife Succumb to Pto maine Poisoning in Seattle. SEATTLE, April 18. Twelve hours after his wife had succumbed from the same cause. Albert Bordeck,. 36 years old, a baker, died today of ptomaine poisoning, which physicians said was caused by eating canned soup. Dr. J. Tate Mason. County Coroner, and Dr. Bolivar J. Lloyd, of the United States Public Health Service, are in vestigating the case to determine whether the pure food laws were vio lated. Dr. Lloyd is making an analysis of the contents of Mrs. Bordeck's stomach and is also seeking the cans which contained the soup, which was eaten Thursday. A. L. Mills Due Tonight. A. L. Mills, president of the First National Bank, will return tonight from the East, where he has been on an extended trip. While away he attended the annual meeting of the board of trustees of Harvard University,- of which he is a member, and participat ed in conferences with financial men in regard to the business situation Na tionally. In a small town the marshal knows all the people so well it becftmes a painXul duty, to arrest any. of. .them, w -jVi THE skin of a shark may seem a queer substance to use in mounting an eyeglass but this is Just what is being done. The Sharkgrlp mountings, with sharkskin pads, combine the STRONGEST GRIP WITH THE LIGHTEST SPRING PRESSURE. Of course we also carry Shur-On, Fits-U and other satisfying mountings. As to Prlees, Ours Are as Loir as the Very Best Serv ice Warrants. Our Specials Not One 'Day, but Every Days Flat lenses in gold-filled eye glass or spectacle mountings, $2.50; better mount- (JQ fTf ings gdidU Torie lenses; same(Tpf f( mountings tOaVlU WHEELER OPTICAL CO. fifth Floor, Oregonian BIdg. We Do Our Own Grinding. are held back. A large number of In dlans have deserted to the Turks the report says. DEMOCRATS ON DEFENSE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN IS TO BE OPENED IN NEAR FUTURE. Activity Laid to Attacks by Republi can National Committee. Which Has Made No Attack. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 18. The Democratic Na tional Committee and the Democratic Congressional Committee are prepar ing' to launch a campaign of publicity from now until the election of 1916. A. Mitchell Palmer, the active head of the Democratic National Committee, has started out to raise a fund of $100,000 to finance a press bureau, and mem bers of both the National committee and the Congressional committee in every state have been appealed to to aid in raising funds. The reason assigned by Mr. Palmer for organizing an elaborate and exten sive press bureau at this time is that answer must be made to the publicity of the Republican National Committee, the Republican Congressional Commit tee and the Republican Publicity Ba teau, of which ex-Senator Bourne, of Oregon, is chairman. But the fact is that none of these committees has, up to date, sent out a line 'of publicity matter, either attacking the Demo cratic Administration or lauding the Republican cause. All three commit tees, suffering from a lack of financial backing, are today inactive. Toward the close of Congress efforts were made by Republican Senators and Representatives to infuse life into the Republican National Committee and the Republican Congressional Commit tee, but these efforts- were not met with success, and without money neither committee can conduct a pub licity campaign. About the same time a number of Senators and Representa tives did organize the Republican Pub licity Committee, under direction of ex Senator Bourne, but that committee has yet to. produce its first line of "copy." These being the facts, it appears that Mr. Palmer, in sending out his call for the collection of $100,000 to finance a Democratic publicity bureau, indi cates that the Democratic leaders ac knowledge themselves to be on the de fensive and find it necessary to defend the Administration and the Democratic Congress against independent attacks which are being made daily from all parts of the country. RAILWAYS ARE ACCUSED ROADS OPPOSE RIVER IMPROVE MENTS, SAVJ CHAMBERLAIN. Harbor Work and Separate Bills Fa vored Because Lines Own Termi nals, la Senator's View. WASHINGTON. April 18. Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, chairman of the Senate military affairs committee iu a statement given out today declared that the transcontineutal railroads are behind the opposition to inland water ways improvement. He said: "Having lost the fight against the Panama Canal construction, but having won a victory with reference to tolls exemption, their efforts are now being directed against legislation for im provement of inland waterways. The purpose of this opposition is plain. These waterways have become com petitors with the railroads and are more powerful as rate regulators than either the Interstate Commerce Commission or State Commissions. "No objection is being urged against the improvement of harbors, where, as a rule, railway companies own and con trol terminal facilities. The opponents of appropriations for river improve ments seem to be willing that any amount of money shall be appropriated for harbor improvements because, in the final analysis, money so expended benefits railway corporations. - "I predict that there will be in the future organized efforts to defeat bills for improvement of internal waterways, particularly where these waterways compete with railway transportation. "I know of no better way to compel the enemies of waterway improvement to show the cloven foot than by placing appropriations for harbors, which are railway terminals, in one bill and ap propriations for internal waterways, which are competitors of railways, in a separate bill." Rancher's Home Destroyed. DUFUR, Or., April 18. (Special.) The ranch home of Sam Ward, near Rice station, was destroyed by fire yes terday morning. Mr. Ward carried no insurance and did not have sufficient time to save the furniture and he and hie family also lost practically all their clothes, except what they were wear ing at the time. Mr. Ward had about $90 in the hovise. which also was lost. The fire is thought to have started as a result of a young child playing with matches. 0 OF OREGON Since the law recently enacted at Salem im poses a tax only on trading stamps or coupons which are redeemable in GOODS, WARES OR MERCHANDISE, The ZVC Green Stamp Com pany will redeem its Stamps in CASH after May 15, 1915. Under this arrangement neither the Stamp Company nor the merchant will be subject to the tax. A similar method has been employed in the State of Washington for two years pend ingthe decision of the Courts. In more than a score of states like legislation has been declared . unconstitutional. Filled stamp books will possess the same value as now. Remember the Green Stamp Company will continue to do business without interruption, any statement to the contrary notwithstanding. A good merchant insists on getting a cash discount for his prompt payments; secure your discount by saving ZC Green Stamps. THE. SPERRY & HUTCHINSON CO. Twenty years in business. BISHOPCONIESHOME Prelate Goes Immediately to Hospital on Arrival. THROAT STILL TROUBLES Hope Held Tliat He Will Be Able to Attend Reception Wednesday. Confirmation of Class Is Performed at Eugene. Bishop Walter Taylor Sumner, of the Episcopal diocese of Oregon, who was taken ill at Roseburg Thursday reached Portland at 5:35 last night and went immediately to Good Samaritan Hos pital, where he will remain until Wed nesday. Bishop Sumner is suffering with throat trouble. He was resting com fnrtnhlv last niarht anH his physicians say his condition is not serous and that he will be able to attend a reception in his honor which is planned by the Episcopal Social Service League Warinesdav nieht when the social service workers of the city will be guests of the league. ThS reception will be held in Trinity Parish House. EUGENE. Or.. April 18. (Special.) Despite the fact that he had been for bidden by his physician to speak. Bishop Walter T. Sumner delivered the confirmation ritual to a class of 29 and gave the closing prayer and blessing at the Episcopal Church this morning. His voice was clear and could be heard over the entire church, that was filled to the doors. He left soon after on the Oregon Electric for ' Portland and intended to go directly to the Good Samaritan Hospital to rest for several days and receive treatment for his throat. The bishop retired early last night and spent a good night. He chose to stay at the hotel and rose early. He ate a hearty breakfast and walked over to the church at--10:30 o'clock. His voice was fairly strong, but he avoided conversation. He stopped to greet with a handshake many of the parish loners. The church was beautifully decorated with flowers and special music had been provided. The confirmation chtes marched in, followed by the choir and the clergy. The morning service was read by Archdeacon Chambers. Fol lowing the confirmation rite. Rev. E. T. Simpson, the rector, preached in place of the bishop. Bishop Sumner was accompanied to Portland by Archdeacon Chambers, who has been with him throughout the trip. The completion of the schedule, which included Albany, Newport and Toledo, will be made after the bishop leaves the hospital. He expects to re turn to Eugene in June to deliver the baccalaureate sermon for the 1915 graduating class at the University of Oregon. , FIRST CAR RHUBARB SENT Canby Grower Makes Shipment to San Francisco. ' CANBT, Or, April 18. (Special.) C. R. Cummings last week shipped the first carload of rhubarb sent from Ore gon this season. The rhubarb was grown on Mr. Cummings' farm a mile and a half west of Canby, and was for San Francisco. Mr. Cummings has nine acres of rhubarb this year. By careful treat ment of the soil and cultivation of the plant he can get the product on the Portland markets within four or five days of the earliest grown anywhere on the Pacific Coast, the earliest of which comes from the warmer regions of Southern California. Mr. Cummings furnishes a large per cent of the earlier .rhubarb supplied the Portland THE PEOPLE markets every spring. He Is the larg est individual grower of rhubarb in the state. He expects to harvest 6000 boxes of rhubarb this season 100 tons. BANK SYSTEM IMPROVED Cost ' or Collection Between Cities Will Be Materially Cut. The creation of a general gold fund at Washington. . C, to be used as a clearing system to expedite settlements between Federal reserve banks In trans ferring funds from one district to an other has been agreed upon by the Fed eral Reserve Board, and already the intra-district clearing plan has been in augurated by some of the reserve banks. The system is offered as the first step in improvement of present methods. Some of the changes the plan Is ex pected to bring about are: Elimination of charges for collecting checks im posed by banks in niapy localities; elimination of complaints over shrewd business methods resulting indirectly from collection charges and simplifica tion of collections. When collections are made through clearing-houses the Intention is not to disturb such rela tions at present. MRS. BOHLANDER IS DEAD Woman,) Resident of Clackamas for 4 0 Years, Dies at Beaver Creek. OREGON CITY, Or.. April 18. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Lydia Bohlander, for 40 years a resident of Clackamas County in the Beaver Creek district, died at her home yesterday following a long ill ness. She was born in 1873 in Wisconsin and came to Oregon with her parents when 2 years old. She is survived by her husband, Valentine Bohlander, and six children, all at home Gertrude, Emily, Katie. Wilbur, Richard and Wal ter Bohlander. The funeral was held today at the Beaver Creek Presbyterian Church, and interment was in the Beaver Creek Cemetery. Rev. W. S. Vogt, of Beaver Creek, and Rev. J. R. Landsborough. of this city, officiated. CHILDREN PALL- BEARERS Little Girls Who lost Lives in l'Ire at Pine Grove Are Mourned. HOOD RIVER. Or.. April 18. (Spe cial.) The tragic death of Ruth Rob ertson, aged 7, and Violet Robertson, aged 14. in a fire In their father's home in the Pine Grove district Friday night cast a spell of gloom over the entire neighborhood. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. G. IS. Helneck, pa.stor of the Pine Grove Methodist Church, this rnorning. The student body of Pine Grove School, of which the children were pupils, attended in a body. The Robertson children were general fa vorites. Six little girls, schoolmates, were pallbearers. DR. GAEBELEIN SPEAKS Leader of Bible Conferences Pis cusses Christian Birth. Rev. A. C. Gaebelein, who will con duct a series of Bible conferences this week in the White Temple, occupied the pulpit of that church yesterday at both morning and night services and at a special meeting at 3 o'clock. The conference today will have as Its subject. "The Threefold Work of Christ." Tdnight at 7:45 o'clock Dr. Gaebelein will speak on "What Shall Be the End of These Things?" He will review present day events in the light of the prophecy of Daniel. Dr. Gaebelein spoke eloquently last night on "The Way Into the Kingdom," which he explained is the belief on Christ and the birth of the spirit, the second birth. "The trouble with many of the churches is that there are too many people in the church who have no business there because they have taken on an outward profession but their ouis have not been born again." This was the mjbstmu-e of '.he .speaker's eciuiou which, be ciotcd with, an appeal for men and women to accept Chrlat. The conferences this week are entire ly non-sectarian. In addition to the afternoon and night meetings, Lr. Gaebelein will speak dally at noon at the Young Men's Christian Association. KohiI Congress Bate St-t. NEW YORK, April 38. The I'an American Koad Congress will be held at Oakland, Cal., during the week ot September 13, It wag announced hern todaj. The cona;rens will be h:ld under the Joint auspiceH of the Amer ican Koad Huilders' Association and th American Mfrhwnv A pnrta i inn. 95 OF ILLIJESS DUETO OiiE CAUSE Physician agree that 95 per cent, of all tllnes in possible only because of ac cumulated waste in the Colon (Lower In testine). In fact, the most eminent of the World's Specialists claim that if the Colon were always kept clean the average li.e of Lu inanity would be doubled. There is now a new and n'mo'e method of clearing the Colon of this poisonous waste and keeping it clean, pure and healthy. Of curing Constipation and the depressing bilious attacks which make ua dull, blue and inert without any spirit o ambition. That method is Internal Bathing with warm water, administered by the "J. B. L. Cascade," aptly termed "Nature Cure I Over 300,000 people are now enthusias tically using this modern warm water cure and Physicians are prescribing it every where. 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