Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, June 08, 1915, EXTRA 4:00 A. M., Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING- OKEGQNIAN, TUESDAY. JUNE 8. 1915. NAVY GRADUATES ARE GALLED BACK Six Recalled When Names Are : Mentioned in Connection 1 With Scandal. PAPERS SENT BROADCAST Students at Academy Testify That Spanish IZxaini nation Questions Came to Them In Sealed. Envelopes- One Suspect. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. Juno 7. Investi ration of charges of irregularities In examinations at the United States Naval Academy win last ten days, it was brought out today at me iirsi session of the court of inquiry ap pointed by Secretary Daniels of the Kavy Department. The reading of the record of the tee timony taken before the board of in vestigation appointed by RearAdmiral P'ulton. superintendent of the academy, occupied the court from 10 o'clock this morning until 5 this afternoon, with only a short intermission for luncheon. Then Admiral Fullam was on the wit ness stand for nearly an hour, fie did not finish his direct testimony, and wil resume the stand when the court of inquiry opens tomorrow. Graduates Are Recalled. . Six members of the graduating class, who on last Kriday received their diplomas and became ensigns, were ordered recalled at the mention of their names during reading of the testimony and record of the previous investiga tion. Professor Carlos V. Cusachs, of the department of modern languages, who was named in the previous record, also will be recalled. The old record was brought to the statement of the several midshipmen directly accused when they had been asked to give reasons why they should not be dismissed from the service for their participation in the scandal. One of the. strongest of these from the standpoint of the outsider was that they did not know they were on trial, and had, indeed, at least in one case, been told by Lieutenant Albert Cohen, detailed to represent them as counsel, that they were not on trial. They then stated as a reason for not being dismissed that they were con victed on their own evidence and did not have any opportunity to cross ex amine any of the witnesses who testified against them. All Classen Get Dope." The testimony read today was to the effect that the examination papers for the first, second, thjrd and fourth classes in. Spanish to all appearances were stolen and that following that there was a general dissemination from the hands of friends of Midshipman Moss, -of the third class, of "good dope" for all these classes. The main point brought out by the reading of the testimony given before Rear-Admiral Fullam's investigation board was that the Admiral and board of inquiry found that of the students who used the papers, JJidshipman Moss had been more culpable than the youths who used only copies of these papers. Moss say he received his copies anony mously in a plain envelope. It was explained that a -custom has grown up at the Academy of receiving from professors advice concerning the most important portions of the term's work. This is called "dope." Many of the midshipmen testified that they thought the information so generally disseminated was this so-called dope. However, others admitted that when they got into the examination rooms they felt sure they had been furnished with advance copies of the examination questions. Each seems not to have re ported it because he felt it the duty of some of the upper classmen. GOVERNOR FINDS WASTE Correction in ITsingr Asylum Silos Saves State i Many Times Fare, SALEM. Or., June 7. (Special.) Governor Withycombe, who returned from Eastern Oregon today, put his knowledge of agriculture to a practical ue. when he discovered that the silos at the Eastern Oregon Insane Asylum were not managed properly His discovery will save the state many times the cost of his trip. "The asylum has two large silos" said the Gpvernor, "with capacities double that necessary for the present herd of 17 cows. As a result the man agement is not able to feed the en silage fast enough, and a large part of it spoils. The spoiled ensilage should not be fed. I suggested that the herd either be doubled or that the mount of ensilage be greatly reduced." GERMAN REPORTED SUNK Armed Steamer Destroyed Xear Spliinxhaven, Say pritons. LONDON, June 7. The German armed steamer Herman von Wissmann ' has been destroyed near Sphinxhaven, ac cording to a statement given out to night by the British official press bu reau. , The statement says the Hermann von issmann was destroyed by the fhell tire of a British naval force The steamer had been lying in Lake Nyassa Southeast j Africa, since her disable ment by the Nyassaland steamer Gwendolyn last August. Sphinxhaven is in German territory on the eastern thore of Lake Nyassa. It was bom barded and captured May 30. RAILROAD IS INCORPORATED lloseburg & Eastern Has Capital Stock or $1,000,000. SALEM, Or.. June 7. (Special.) The Roseburg & Eastern Railroad Company with a capital stock of $1,000,000, to day filed articles of incorporation witi Corporation Commissioner Sehulder man." The company plans building a railroad from Roseburg eastwardly to the western boundary of I'mpqua Na tional Korest and the Umpqua River. x The incorporators are: Joseph Niceili J. 1". Barker, A. T. Marshall, B w' Strong. O. P. Coshow and John w' Oliver. chequer. Reginald McKenna. They dis cussed the financial co-operation of the two powers and decided on the measures to take to that effect. The conference showed perfect harmony Detween tie two government. "The Chancellor of the Exchequer was accompanied by the Governor of tne Hank of England and Signor Car cano by a director of Jhe Bank of naiy; LONDON, June 7. The British, states ment eoncernmg the financial confer ence between Chancellor of the JxcheT quer McKenna and Signor Carcano, the Italian Minister of the Treasury, says "The Minister of the Italian Treas ury met the Chancellor of the Kxcaer quer at Nice June 4-5. Proposals for financial co-operation by the two pow ers were discussed, and arrangements were coneluded on behalf of their re spective governments. The conference disclosed a com plete agreement by the two govern merits and their resolution to co-op erate in the use of their financial re sources in the same ungrudging spirit as in the employment of their naval and military forces. RIORDAN DEATH CERTAIN BRITISH CONSUL GETS CO-FIRMA-TlOSf OK REPORT. Irishman Left to Jain Regiment With Walter Pel. Giffard, Who, It la Said, II an Been Promoted. H. Deb Riordan, of Portland, who witn waiter net. Uiffard. left Port land last Pall for England to answer the call to arms, has been killed at the front, according to information, practically official, received by British consul i nomas Erskine, of Portland, yesterday. Mr. Riordan wan Attached to nis old regiment, the w est ljurrey Regiment, and ranked as a raptain. He had formerly served in that regiment before coming to Portland a year or so ago. Mr. Riordan was an Irishman and had made many friends in Portland. The report of Mr. Riprdan's death first was carried in the news dispatches without initials. It was believed sev eral weeks ago that the Mr. Riordan. mentioned was the one who had made Portland his home just before the war broke last Summer. Practically all doubt was removed with the informa tion received by Consul Erskine yes terday. , It has been reported that Mr. Giffard, who was well known in Portland busi ness and social circles, recently has been promoted to a captaincy for bril- lant service rendered in dispatching nessages shortly after he was sent with Kitchener's ''May army" to the front on the French frontier. Mr. Giffard edited the automobile department of The Ore- goniait for some time. Consul Erskine said last night that he had received no official information on Mr. Giffard's promotion. PORTLAND POLICE INDOOR REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP IS TAKEN BV TEAM. New Records Set in Target Platol and Revolver Matchra and Pocket Re f volver and Movlce Coateata. NEW YORK. June 7. Winners in the United States Revolver Association in- door championships, held throughout the united States and Panama Cana Zone, are announced by the secretary of the association, as follows: Target revolver, A. A. Atkinson, Pittsburg. 475; target pistol. George Armstrong, Berkeley Cal., 478; pocke( revolver. J. ti. bnooic, uoiumous, -., 214; novice match, G. E. Kimball, San r rancisco, 24 ; police team- match. Portland, Or, team, 776. New records were established by Atkinson in the target revolver match, with 475 out of a possible 60 J;. Arm strong in the target pistol match, with 48 out of a possible aOO, and Snook, in the pocket revolver championship, wUn 214 out of a possible 250. In the novice match the first four marksmen all bettered the previous record ot 231, with Kimball leading. with 237. POLA IS RAIDED AGAIN ITALIAN BALLOONISTS ATTACH AlbTRUX NAVAL BASE. - FINANCE MINISTERS MEET British-Italian Plan of Co-Opera (ion Js Arranged.. ROME, via Paris, June 7. An offi cial statement issued here today says: "Minister of the Treasury Carcano conferred at Nice June 4 and 5 with the British, Chancellor of the Ex- Monfalcone la Bombarded by Deatrar era and Duino Caatle la Set Afire, San Rome Official Report. ROME, June 7. A statement of the chief of the Italian naval general .staff made public tonight says: "On the 7th our destroyer flotilla bombarded Monfalcone for a third time. Three batteries in position near the Duino Castle opened a well-sustained fire against our destroyers, which, turning their guns on the batteries, re duced one of them to silence and set the castle on fire. Ouj destroyers re turned undamaged. "The preceding night our dirigible executed another raid on Pola, dropr ping several bombs which exploded at points of a military nature." ALBANY TO GET NEW PLANT I-'ruit Evaporator Planned by diaries M. ililler, of Portland. ALBANY, Or., June 7. (Special.) A large fruit evaporator will be con structed in Albany this Summer by Charles M. Miller, of Portland. Mr. Miller has leased a tract of ground at the west end of Second street in this city for that purpose, and it is probable that a large warehouse will be erected on the tract adjoining the freight tracks of the Oregon Electric Railroad. Mr. Miller expects to install spe cial equipment for the manufacture of loganberry juice. He will establish a laboratory in connection with his evaporator for experimenting in the utilization of fruit and berries in byproducts. a WEYR1GK WOMEN HELD; ACCUSERS Operation of Marriage Bureau 1$ Charge Against Realty Broker, Aged 60. LETTERS ARE CONFISCATED GOVERNOR NAWES BOARD (i. . Billings and V. K. Xeweli New Members .of Commission. SALEM, Or., June 7. (Special.) Governor Withycombe today appoint ed O. W. Billings, of Ashland, and W. K.. Newell, of Gaston, members of the State Conservation Commission, sucr ceeding C. B. Watson, of Ashland, and B. V. Jrvine, of Portland. The following were reappointed, all terms having expired May 13 last: J. N. Teal, of Portland; Fred F. Hinshaw, of Portland; William Pollman, of Baker; Mrs. Josephine Hirsch, of Yortlaod. and F. O. Young, of Eugene. The recent . Legislature reduced the appropriation of the Commission to $200 for general and contingent expenses, Notations Mention Man's Arm Round Waist of Kalr Correspondent; . Another Marked "Slob," but Garden Is Pleasing. Simon Weyriek, 60 years old, and a real estate dealer in the Buchanan building, was arrested last night on 3 charge of conducting a marriage brokerage in, violation of the city or dinances. The arrest was made by Lieutenant Harms, following an alleged report by two women that, they had been in sulted when they went to Mr, Weyrick's office in answer to an advertisement. Nearly a hundred letters from clients of the matrimonial agency were seized, the police -say, as evidence against Weyriek. Many, of the epistles were covered with notes describing tne correspondents. In conversation with Lieutenant Harms, the officer asserted, Weyriok said that he charged men correspond ents $7.60 a year. Women, the pollc say Weyriek informed them, were charged nothing. Weyriek is said to have used the daily papers as a medium for obtain ing clients.- The following is a clip ping from a recent "help wanted" ad vertisement whicli recently appeared: "Lady, educated. 313 Buchanan Dunn ing." rete Invltea Acquaintance. It was in answer to this advertise ment, the police say, that the women complainants called cn Weyriek. The following is a sample or the correspondence which the police say was found jn Weyrlck's office: "Dear Sir Would be very much Dleased to meet a congenial gentleman. I am 35 years old, weigh 125 pounds. I am a brunette. If you should care to further your acquaintance, please call or write." The followlnc notes were written in pencil on the back pf the .above letter: (Replied) To find out wnetner we are congenial, we must get better ac quainted. I hope you are jolly and affectionate."" A rra Put Around Walat. Another notation. made Saturday. May 7, said tha the woman had called at the office. "Very nice ' looking," read the comment. "Very nicely dressed!. I put arm around waist and lifted her." . Another communication, from a widow, 39 years old, was marked 'slob.! In answer to Questions by the police, it is said, Weyriek said that he consid ered the word a brief but vivid com mentary on the woman's appearance. Her children, however, evidently made a better impression, fpr the notes coa-r tinued: "I called on her. She has a nice garden. Nice daughter, 7, another 13; one in Chicago. nave paoys pio-r ture." Another letter, written on sta tionery with the letterhead "Simon P. Weyriek, Gerlinger building," follows: ".Clear Lady and New uoresponaent Your letter kindly received. But will not attempt to write you a lengthy letter, as we are connected too closely by space to travel, as well as by phone. I imagine you have a phone near by and possibly in your house. Letter Too Soft for Widow. "Yqu may call any time between 7:30 A M. and 10:30 P. M. Hoping to hear your gentle smile and see your loving voice rumble over the phone, l am yours very truly, Simon F. Weyriek." The woman, who represented nersen as a widow, 40 years old, wrote back on the same letter, using the opposite sides of the pages: "Sir. this letter Is too sott tne widow commented. "I don't think we would be suited. I am no flirt. A friend of mine told me that he knew you. and that he thought you were at east 60 years oia. l am going w Chicago.'' Weyriek was released pn ban last night. The caso win -te canea at a o'clock in the Municipal Court today. leave Pasadena tomorrow for San Diego and the Indian Prince today de? clared a fear that either at San Diego or in San Francisco or perhaps in both places men working with the Salt Lake robber 'may ba in wait for him to rob him of more money or of the jewels pf his beautiful wife. The Maharajah and his wife, acconv: panied by the Prince jyaramjat, the Maharajah's son, today toured through the foothill country. They paused "at Long Beach, where, for the "first time in their royal lives, they experienced the thrills of the roller coaster. The Princess Dujon and the Prince Karamjat declared themselves greatly impressed by American women, al though, for different reasons. The Princess was frankly chocked at the bathing suits worn by girls and women at the beach, while the young Prince declared himself disappointed " because there were not more girls disporting themselves on the sands. The Maharajah and his wife declined to discuss the roller coaster, but clung to each other agitatedly during the swoops and whirls of the coaster, and on descending they hurried to their waiting automobile and departed for Pasadena. DRUG USER IS WITNESS CONFESSED HABITUE OP DENS IN VOLVES INSPECTORS. DIVING RECORDS ARE MADE Secretary Daniels Hears of New Methods Used In Raisins WASHINGTON. June 7. Chief Gun ner George D. Stillson. who headed tlie party of naval divers sent to Honolulu to aid in raising tne sunuen suomarine F-4, reported at the Nifvy Department today and told Secretary Daniels the results of his experiences and of new diving records established. Stillson aid methods never before tried were used with success in bringing the F-4 from the ocean's bottom to her pres ent position, within lees than 60 feet of the surface. Rear-Admiral Moore s last report said the work of raising the boat to the surface had been suspended pend ing the construction of some new ap? paratus. OUSTER SUIT IS, UPHELD California er.-Of ricial's Son Loses, Point Over Homestead. LOS ANGELES. June 7. Kenneth Wallace, son of A. J. Wallace, former Lieutenant-Governor of California, lost a point today in his eifort to home stead six acres of the estate of Henry Huntington, the street railway owner, in the millionaire colony of San Ma rino. Judge Works, in the Superior Court, overruled Wallace's demurrer tq the ouster suit instituted by the Hunt ington estate and continued in force a restraining order which keeps Wal lace from entering upon the land. Wal lace claimed that a surveyor's error left the six acres open 9 claims as government land. INDIAN PRINCE IS WARY More Kxperiences With IJobbers Are Feared. LOS ANGELES, June 7. (Special.) Fearing that thieves may he stationed along his line of travel at varying ia tervals, the Maharajah of Kapurthala, who with his sixth wife. Princess Du jon, is visiting at a hotel in Pasadena, today said that he will. send a reward of $100 to the man who captured La renze- von Armin. the young German who robbed hipi of his passports, money and valuable papers in Salt Lake City. The Maharajah and, fcis party wjll Testimony Given by fnltrhlDg- Man, iVaa Telia of rid la W hich He and White Took; Graft, SAN FRANCISCO, June 7. Around a long table In a small room of the of fices of the SrtUe Pharmacy Board to day members of the Board, inspectors and attorneys and John E", Neylan, president of the State Board of Control, sat for five hours straining to cateh every syllable of the story of the ''in side" of the alleged San Francisco opium ring, its personnel and the al leged bribery of the Pharmacy Board's inspectors for proteetion. Grovec tick ler, a self-confessed drug habitue, told the story. He is the strongest witness that, Chief Inspector .Frederick A, Suther land, of the Pharmacy Board, offered to substantiate his charges against Board Inspectors Wijliam White, Sam uel Scott, and Harry Carmack that the latter protected drug traffickers for pay. As the hours dragged under a con tinual crossfire of questioning from all sides, Picklr's drug-saturated fea tures twitched, his eyes shifted and his voice broke from a crescendo to the guttural while he sat hunched in his witness chair, never still a moment. In the main, Pickler substantiated his affidavit accusing White of taking bribe money from opium-den keepers in San Francisco and told the Board and Neylan of how he and other pris oners in the Sacramento Jail obtained the drug from visitors. Pickler said there are nine opium dens in San "Francisco, and described their operations and their protection and how he and White, he charged, "shook down" one Chinese "house for $85 )n a rafd in which 'a policeman paj ticipated. CHILD PROTECTION URGED federation Council on Record for Stringent Labor Laws. Practically the last official act of the board of directors of the General Federation of Women's Clubs in con nection with the coupon , meeting in Portland was the adoption of aresolu tion in which the club leaders voiced a protest .against legislation that shall, as Mrs. Florence Kelley termed it, "let down the bars for child labor." The resolution in filH folowa: "Resolved, That the board of direc tors of the General Federation, of Wom en's Club, in session in Portland, Or., reaffirms Its opposition to. any attempt either by state or Federal legislation to weaken existing laws relating to the protection! of women and children in industry." The board held meetings Saturday and again Saturday and completed routine business. Today Mrs. Percy V. Pennybaeker, president, will go to Spokane to attend the Washington State Federation - convention. Mrs. Eugene Keilly will go to California to visit relatives. Other members of the board will do directly East. A few will visit Puget Sound pities before going home. " Double Stamps Today on First Three Floors Your Films De veloped and Print ed the Same Day You Bring Them in. Quick and Good S e r vice. SPECIALS TODAY DRUGS, PATENTS AND PERFUMES 10c Glycerine and Rose Waterf.. r M 7 10c Chloride Lime.. 10c Dutch Cleanser 70 25c Boric Acid ,,,..,,,,..,.,, J.9jJ l Hood's Sarsaparpa 75 $1 Swamp Root ,....,.790 50c Pond's Extract 350 25c Tiz 18i Peroxide Foot Powder,..., ,..J50 Crystal Corn Remedy, ,.250 50c Pozzoni's Face Powder .270 50c Elcaya Creme 390 50c Luxus Rouge ,290 DEPORTED . WOMAN WINS Colorado. Supreme Court Affirms Verdict Against Corporation. DENVER, June 7- The Supreme Court of Colorado today affirmed thj decision of a lower court in the case of Sylvia IX Smith versus C. F. "Meek et &1., awarding aggregate damages of $15,000 for the deportation of Miss Smith from Marble, Colo., four years ago. Miss Smith, who conducted a newsr paper on the grounds of the Yule Mar ble Company, was asked to discontinue certain articles criticising the 00m pany. On her refusal Miss Smith, to gether with the newspaper and other equipment, was placed aboard a train and deported. The Yule Marble Company owns most at the land in and adjojning the town of Marble. 10 HURT ON STREETCARS Concession Cfrier at .Fair Most Serl ouslj Injured in Crash. SAN FRANCISCO, June 7. Two cou pled runaway cars, with nearly 100 passengers aboard, speeded -two blocks down a steep grade on the Fillmore street hill today and plunged into two other cars, injuring 10 persons. - One of them, John D. O'Neill, chief of concessions at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, was dangerously hurt. Hia skull was thought to have been fractured, physicians said, both legs were broken and internal injuries may have been sustained. ROBBERS ENTER EXHIBITS Guards at Fair Send Intruder From Art Display With Sliots. SAN FRANCISCO, June 7. Attempt ed robbery of the Italian paintings ip the palace of fine arts at the Panama Pacific' Exposition was prevented today by a guard. Six shots were fired at the intruder, but he escaped through a broken window, through which he entered. Many paintings of sreat value and other art works were in the room. CARD OF THANKS. W c desire to express our sincere thanks ary3 appreciation to our many kind friends, and to the Moose Lodge, for their many acts of kindness, and the floral tributes which were sent to the funeral of Mrs. Martha Wellnian. GEORGE WELLMAN AND DAUGHTER. ALBERT DAPP, FATHER. DANIEL DAPP, . ADAM DAPP. OSCAR DAPP. Adv. MRS. ELLA ' STEFFEN. SPECIAL IN RUBBER QOOPS FOR TO PAY. $2.00 Hot Water Bottle, special. ... ,$1 .47 1.50 Fountain Syringe , 970 $1.25 2rquart Fountain Syringe, , . . . . 890 $1.00 Bulb Syringe 590 $1.00 Miller Reliable Rubber Gloves. . 490 $2.00 2-quart Hot Water Bottle, two year guarantee ,$1.47 $2.00 2-quart Fountain Syringe, two year guarantee $1.47 $1.50 2-quart Moulded Hot Water Bottle $1.09 BATHING CAP DISPLAY See West Park Window. Choice Articles at Low Prices. Rose Toilet Soap Something new Price, eake, 100; three for. ,250 BOe Pond's Extract Coid Cream ...400 50c Dr. Charles Flesh Food 330 25c Woodbury's Face Powder 190 2&c Colgate Tooth Powder 150 50c Hinds' Honey and Almond Cream. .:$."50 Robertfne ,,, , ,,..,.390 Universal Lunch Kit, complete with Vacuum Bottle $2.25 A complete line of Ansonia Clocks this week at 25 per cent discount. - f J This genuine Cowhide Traveling Bag in blaek and tan, leather lined, good locks and catches.- This is another shipment just re-, ceived of the same bag specialed several weeks ago. They don't last long at this price. Regular $7,00, special. . . , , . . .$4.93 HOT! TIRED! THIRSTY. The f'Wood-Lark" Tea Room offers just the coolness, rest and the delicious thirst quenchers your palate seeks. "Wood-Lark" Soda, Ice Cream, Water Ices. Tasty Lunches. Np wonder our trade grows. Woodard, Clarke & Co., Alder St. at West Park 3IATE TO CUT FORGE Engineer and Highway Depart ments to Make Changes. LESS EXPENSE IS WANTED Governor Asks for Submission of Reorganization Plan, When Treast urer Kay Brings Up Question, of Possible Curtailment. SALEM. Or.. June 7. (Special.) That a majority of th. membership of the State ' Highway Commission con templates urging John H. Lewis. State Engineer and State Highway Engineer, Jo reduce the number 0 employes In both departments under his Jurisdic tion was indicated at a meeting of the beard today when State Treasurer Kay asked if the overhead expenses could not pa curtailed, and Qovernor Withy combe suggested that Mr. Lewis and Chief Deputy Cantine, of the highway department, prepare a plan for office assistance for submission tq tne ooara. Suggesting that he understood the object of the Legislature In combining the two departments was to eut d,wn the office forces. Mr. Kay asked Mr. Lewis if anything had been donein that direction, the engineer replying that with the offices of the highway department on the third floor and those of the State Engineer on the first floor of the Capitol, it was impossible to re duce the force. He said he had asked the Onvernor to be allowed the offices now occupied on the first floor by the Insurance Commissioner for tne High way department. Even under that arr ranerement. Mr. Lewis said ha could re duce, the force pf employes c"' ' o the extent of pne stenographer, Secretary of Ste Ha. Jurisdiction . Attention later was called to the fact that the Governor has nothing to do with allotting offises to the various departments, that function being vested solely with the Secretary of State. The State Highway Department offices were recently moved from offices on the third floor, formerly occupied by the Clerk of the Supreme Court, to offices vacated by the State Industrial Acci dent Cpmmission under a new allot ment Mr. Lewis announced that he had in stalled a new system of accounting in the highway department, similar to that used in connection with the Tumalo irrigation project work, so he would, have an absolute check on all road work. Under the systepi used by Henry L. Bowlby. e-HiShway En gineer, there was not a sufficient check to prove distribution of cost in several instances, he thought. The engineer said that Lewis Mc Arthur had suggested that the name of the Columbia Highway be -nged to the Columbia River Highway to dis tinguish it from other hlshway In the United States. It was decided to act on the suggestion at the next meeting, when BeL-retary of State Olcott and the advisory board, would be present. Contractor. Keject Offe-, Mr. Lewis said that the Consolidated Contract Company had declined an offer of $62,000 as balance due for work on the Columbia Highway in Co lumbia County. Ex-Highway Engineers -Bowlby and Cantine had recommended that the company be paid $54,500. but the county had agreed to increase the amount $7500 to reach a settlement. The en gineer suggested that in counties where the state was giving aid it would be a good plan for the counties to turn their money over to thestate for ex penditure. "The counties won't do that," sug gested Governor Withycombe. "They have had sad experiences along that line." of Z. H. Davis, City Treasurer, who died nearly a year ago. He had given a check for $11.99 to Frank l'rancisco. of this city, and the charge found on the books was $811.99. IMAGE THOUGHT FAIR RELIC Petrlfiea Woman Believed Kxiilbit of Bankrupt Concession. Although the former ownership of the petrified woman, purchased by Joseph Boyd, of Taylor Ferry Road, at a recent auction held by the Pick Transfer Company as a "pot-luck" buy, has not been established, it was de clared yesterday by some who had seen it to be the same freak of nature that was on exhibition in one of the concessions on "The Trail" in the Lewis aQd Clark Pair of 1903. The concessionaire who had the ex hibit is believed to have failed, with the result that the storage charges for the stone image had never been paid and it had not been claimed. The origin of the freak is not known. Forger Gets Two to 2 0 Years. ROSEBURG, Or., June, 7. (Special!) Jack Mangun. arrested recently on a charge of forcing sewing machine con tracts on A. J. Lilburn & Son, of tills city, today was sentenced to an in determinate term of from two to Q years in the state penitentiary. EPW0RTH LEAGUERS MEET Southern Association Chooses nose burg at Nest Gathering Place. MEDFORD, Or., June 7.--(Speclal.) The Epworth League, of Southern Ore gon, brought its seventh annual con vention to a close Sunday with tfie se lection of Roseburg as the convention city next year and" the elec tion of the following officers: Pres ident, Mrs. Miller, Wilbur; first vice-r president, Luther Royar, Brockway; second vice-president, John Yaden, Klamath Falls: third vice-president. Miss Myrtle Qleason, Central Point; fourth vice-president. Miss Ruth Dan iels, Medford; Junior League superin tendent. Miss Clara Wines, Medford; secretary. Rudolph Patterson. Rose burg; treasurer, Grenfell Dazell, Ash land. About 100 delegates attended the convention. . Back of every line and stitch in ACCOUNT OFJHEFTS KEPT Items on Memorandum Show Al leged SJiortage of C. A. Dickey. CORVAIXIS, Or., June 7. (Special.) Items on a memorandum, made evi dently by the person who took the money, which C A. Dickey, arrested Saturday in Spokane, is accused of em bezzling from the Corvallis State Bank, have been found to correspond with the shortage in the bank's accounts. The items total' $1500. It is thought the notes were made probably with the in tention of replacing the money. The audit is incomplete. The first discrepancy found was in the account Smart Clothes there is the- inherited pride of tradition handed down from fa ther to son, even to the third generation, StehvBloeh Smart Clothes are the result of "Sixty Years of Knowing How" by men and women who find as much joy in doing the very finest work as you find in getting it. This label represents the attainment of an ideal. Ask to see it. HIS LABEL MARKS THE SMARTEST atAOY-TO-WtAR CLOTHK Tailored at Rochester, N, Y. Stein-Bloch Smart Clothes For Sale by BEN SELLING Morrison at Fourth .