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1 VARSITY PLANS 10 I MAYOR OF GRANTS PASS APPOINTS CITY ATTORNEY AND POLICE JUDGE. EXTEND EDUCATION FOR GREATEST SCIENTIFIC MARVEL OF MODERN TIMES President Campbell Will Sub mit New Idea to Board . of Regents Today. MORE TO BE BENEFITED NEW : YORK THE 3IORMXG OREGOKTA TUESDAY. JAOCKT' 18, 1916. ( A K ) 6 TLAND 'Catting Llting Expenses, Increasing Ixan Fund for Deserving Stu dents. Are Plans to Be Worked Oat to Aid Instruction. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene. Or.. Jsr. 17. (Special.) When the board of regents meet in tbelr annual meeting tomorrow and the message of President P. L. Campbell Is read, there will bo submitted for their considera tion a proposition democratizing higher education. . Tbia will mean a plan for the sys tematic education of student living ex penses and co-operation with the high vrhools of the state, whereby educa tion at the State University will be within the means of the youth of the state. Speaking of his plan. President Campbell said today: "The state of Oregon shows a total college registration larger in propor the eighth grades to the high schools within the state during the past two decades. To bo consistent we tnust allow this same democratization to creep Into our higher education." How PUa la to Work Oat.. To accomplish this a plan has been suggested by the faculty for inex pensive living among the students. The plan provides for the cutting in two of the average cost of a year at the uni versity. All the departments will unite to make practicable inexpensive house keeping clubs so that the expenses for each student for a year, including clothing, will not exceed $250. It is further planned to increase the loan funds for deserving students. In this way, where actual need demands, the loan funds will provide the mone tary assistance to students who could not otherwise come to the university. "The wealth producing power of an Individual is shown by statistics to be approximately doubled by four years passed in college." said Mr. Campbell in the Interest or his plan. Thererore the complete democratization of higher education Is to be sought as vigorous! us the democratization of elementary education. The old idea of higher edu cation simply for leadership is being abandoned in the interest of the state at large- Therefore, to the best inter ests of the state. It should be that th largest possible number be given the highest possible measure of prepara tlon." Attendance Increase. It will be shown In the President's report that the attendance at the unl versity increased per cent this year over that of last year. And this with the fact that the engineering schools were cut out has given rise to new optimism. It had been thought that fhe stress of economic conditions as existing at the beginning of the first semester would lower the registration mark of former years. However, according to faculty members the conditions caused not a lessening in numbers but an in crease in seriousness of purpose. A plan for the erection of a $40,000 wing of a new education building ac cording lo plans and specifications al ready submitted, will te presented to the regents along with many other Important matters. V Jsyf' ROAD BONDS. URGED 1 pf .j In the Union, the flood passing from I Mr, Cantine Also Recommends Heavier State Highway Tax. BEACH DRIVE IS ADVOCATED Legislation Empowering Commis sion to Lay Out and Procure Rights of Way for Trnnk Thor oughfares Declared Need. WHITE WHALES' WAY DARK Trapper Oat of Alaska First Time in 1 7 Tears Caught Only One. SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) "The white whales of Alaska are going to fool a lot of persons next Summer. They are the wildest animals i n wnu uiiua wuiits vi nates are easy to get are going to be left ao says Ben Nygren. hunter, trapper. musher. Aygren Is passing his ilrst Winter in Seattle after 17 years in Alaska. He is probably the only white man in rtorthwest Alaska who ever ac tually caught a white whale. It took him four years to learn their habits. It recently has been discovered that the skin or the white whale has con sklerable value in Europe, where the process of tanning Is known, and the oil also Is valuable for use in making jugn-arade soaps. Companies have been formed to establish stations In Alaska. PROGRESSIVE REGISTRY NIL Books at Albany Record 31 S Repub licans and 192 Democrats. ALBANY. Or, Jan. 17. (Special.) Men oumumoer women almost three to one In the first two weeks' registra tion in Unn County. Of the 586 voters who had enrolled up to this morning. jj were men and lo3 women. Not a single Progressive has regis tered yet. The voters who have regis tered thus far are distributed among the various parties as follows: Re publican. 343: Uemocratic, 132- Prohl billon. 2!: Socialist. 10: Independent. 14: refused to state political affllla tion, 3; miscellaneous. 2. RUMORED HOP DEAL DENIED Growers Association Still Busy Re ceiving Last of 30,000 Bales. SALEM. Or., Jan. 17. (Special.) Re ports that the Oreeron Hop Growers' Association had completed arrange ments for the sale of the bulk of the crop in its possession were positively denied today by J. L. Clark, vice-president. Mr. Clark said that no deal of any kind had been made and that at pres ent the association was engaged in re ceiving the last of the 30,000 bales in its possession at different warehouses. RECIPROCITY IS EXTENDED Pact Between United Slates . Brazil Renewed for 1I6. and WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. The State Department was advised today thajt the reciprocity agreement between the United States and Brazil had been ex tended by the Brazilian government to include the year 191a. The agreement, which -has to.be re- referential rate to American flour and 1 per cent to 15 other important com 'OdiUcs. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 17. (Special.) A state bond issue for making permanent road Improvements and an Increased tax levy to provide for maintaining state highways and for redemption of the bond issue, are recommended by E. I. Cantine. chief deputy engineer, in his annual report submitted today to the State Highway Commission. Con struction of a coastal beach highway from Astoria to Crescent City is also urged. When the locating parties have com pleted their work in Douglas, Wasco and Sherman counties. Engineer Can- tine announces that the Columbi Highway will be located from Seaside in Clatsop County as far as Wasco in Sherman County and the Pacific High way will have been surveyed from Portland to the California line, with the exception of a section in Josephine County. "It is believed that the date is rap idly approaching when the state will have to undertake the maintenance of the main trunk highways, such as the Columbia-and Pacific highways," writes Mr. Cantine. At the present time the State Highway Commission does not bold Itself responsible for the upKeep of roads constructed from state funds, leaving this duty to county officials. The report urges upon the commis sion the advisability of working for enactment of legislation authorizing it to lay out highways and procure rights of way for them, and empowering the commission to arrange with the coun ties for the maintenance of such state laid-out roads until a state mainte nance programme is adopted. Engineer Cantine says that he be lieves the County Courts would be glad to be relieved of the responsibility of laying out state trunk roads and pro curing rights of way. The present law empowers the commission to construct and maintain roads. Expenditures of the highway depart ment from January 1 to December 1. 1915, totaled $223,128.81. according to the report. Of this amount '58,443.48 was expended on the Columbia High way in Columbia County. ' and $15, 702.97 on the Rainier Hill section of the highway. The sum of $34,106.70 was expended on the Columbia Highway in Clatsop County. The Mitchells Point construction of the Columbia Highway1 cost $41,896.36. The report shows that since April Engineer Cantine has traveled 15,000 miles by train, 4000 by automobile and 600 by boat. Ton (Left) If. D. Norton. City Attor ney! (Rlaht) Dr. J. P. Truax. Mayor, Below II. H. Brasler, Auditor and Police Judge. GRANTS PASS. Or.. Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) Dr. J. P. Truax. the 1 newly elected Mayor of Grants Pass, has ap pointed H. D. Norton. ex-State Senator, as city attorney and Judge H. H. Bras ler as auditor and police judge. Mayor Truax has been a resident of Grants Pass since 1910 on his retire ment after 12 years of service In the medical corps of the Army In which ne saw service in the Philippines. He was elected by an overwhelming ma' Jority. City Attorney Norton was a memper of the State Senate for four years prior to 1912 and has been practicing in the city since that time. Judge Brasler Is entering his second term as auditor and police judge. He has been a resident of Grants Pass for six years. For three terms he was judge of the Probate Court of Burt County, Nebraska. of the offices since they were located here, is now in Washington. Telegrams received from him recently indicate that he will be transferred to Iowa or Nebraska. COUPLE WED 63 YEARS POST AND RELIEF CORPS CALL ON MEI.DRl M FOLK. Captain and Mrs. Washington Raw- Una Greeted. Entire Nelghbor - hood Surprising Duo. TO BE DEMONSTRATED AT Old Baker Theater, 11th and Morrison January 19, 20, 21 ABSOLUTELY FREE TO EVERYONE You are cordially invited to see motion pictures of the building of the Transcontinental Telephone Line, to see and hear talking motion pictures descriptive of the Invention of the Telephone, to listen to talking and music from New York, 3400 Miles away, and to hear the roar of the surf on the Atlantic Coast transmitted by telephone. -Three demonstrations each night at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30. By courtesy of The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Accommodations for 500 Persons at Each Performance OLYMPIA CASE BEGINS F. GILLIES FACES INSURANCE FRAUD FORGERY CHARGE. Indian Office May Be Moved. ROS E BURG. Or.. Jan. 17. (Special.) It was announced here today on what Roseburg people believe to be good au thortty that the Indian offices estab lished in this city about five years ago will be discontinued later In the year. H. G. Wilson, who has been in charge CORVALLI9 STTDBST WITTS NATAL ACADEMY APPOINTMENT. I5 . ''"wrTTV. t V- I i - I !L J in i Lfoyd Tfarriaon. OREGON CITT. Or.. Jan. 17. J (Sneeial t I.lnvrt Hurrison. 18. T son of Mr. and Mrs. lira B. Har rison. of the Petes Mountain dis trict, has won an aoDOintraent in the United States Naval Academy, J according to word received here. T He is a student at the Oregon 4 Agricultural College, in his first I year. i Mr. Harrison graduated from f the Central High School. Wash- t ington, at the age of 15. He was I appointed to the Naval Academy Z by Representative W. P. Hawley. i . ... . . . ... ijLumxui.t OREGON CITT. Or., Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) Sixty-three years of married life were completed by Captain and Mrs. Washington Rawlins, of Meldrum, yesterday, and a large number of friends, including- delegations from Meade Post, No. 2, and the Relief Corps, called on the couple. ' The re-1 ceptlon proper was Irom 2 to 4 o clocK, but in the evening the entire neighbor nooa. witn Grants string liana, prised the elderly couple. Captain Rawlins was born in San gamon County, Illinois, July 8, 1832, and when & young man moved to Cin ton County, Iowa, where, on January 16, 1863, he was married to Nancy Jane Butler. August 2. 1362. Captain Raw lins enlisted in Company P, Twenty third Iowa Infantry, and was at the siege of Vlcksburg and in all the severe engagements leading up to the surren der of the town. At the battle of Black River. May 17, 1863, Captain Rawlins captured the colors of the Sixty-first Tennessee In fantry, and he proudly exhibited the blood-stained and bullet-riddled em blem to his numerous callers. During the administration of President Cleve land a request was made to all states and organizations having in their pos session flags that belonged to the late Confederate states to return them to the capitals of the Confederate states, with the idea of convincing the Southern people that the North was anxious to bury the hatchet. Captain Rawlins sent word to Washington that he had to fight "like the devil to get the flag and any 'one would have to fight like the devil" to get it away from him. Captain Rawlins says he is willing te return tne iiag to tne man rrom whom he captured it If he could find out whe he is. Captain and Mrs. Rawlins have three children and five grandchildren living. STUDENTS RETURN SOUTH Oregon Colony at University of Cali fornia Is Increased. UNIVERSITY OP CALIFORNIA. Berkeley, Jan. 17 (Special.) Among thoee to return to the university from Oregon last week, were Frances Smyth, Sidney Hugh Smyth. Richard Adams. Clarence Jackson. Albert F. Berni, Lindsley Ross and Hollls Black, who has been visiting Portland friends; and Misses Jeune. Fiske and Dorothy Ep- Ping. Marguerite Terapleton. of the class of 1018. successfully passed the competi tive "tryouts" for the Treble Clef Club, of which Miss Geraldine Coursen has been the accompanist this season. Dan P. Foster is touring with . the varsity basketball squad through Oregon and Washington. Earl Crabb, 14, is ath letic instructor at the Placer High School. Thus far 5117 students have enrolled, an Increase of 32 over this Ujub laal ear, Panel la Examined and Jury May Be Selected Today Women Are Tentatively Accepted." OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) In opening the alleged Indus trial Insurance -fraud trials this morni ng-. Assistant Attorney-General Wilson filed a dismissal notice of the charge of falsifying public records, and pro ceeded with the prosecution of J. F. Gillies, former claim agent, oh an ac cusation of forging compensation claim warrants. After adjournment of a day passed in examination of jurrors found the state witn one peremptory challenge left, and the defense with two, leaving the prospect of a Jury being selected in the morning session. Prior to beginning the examination, T. M. Vance, for the defense, challenged the entire panel on state and Federal constitutional grounds, against ac ceptance of women for Jury duty, which was overruled. Three women respond ed to the first call and one more later, two of whom were later excused on state and defense challenges. Prospective Jurors remaining n tne box at adjournment today were: D. C. Harmon, farmer. Grand Mound; George Webber, farme', XeJm; Mrs. m. a. Ranney, Mud Bay; Henry Richards, logger, Tenino; L. J. Johnson, garage, Tenino; J. P. Johnson, farmer: Mrs. G. A. Lawrence, Brighton Park; C. J. Miller, steam engineer, Olympia; Mrs. L. E. Duval. Mud Bay; J. M. Myatt, farmer;. James Mulligan, Olympia. saw mill workman; Ross Clinton, farmer, Wards Lake. . The nearest approach to any politi cal reference in the examination today was a line of inquiry by the defense as to whether the appearance of Governor Lister or Attorney-General Tanner would have any Influence in consider ing the verdict. j. F. Gillies, the accused ex-claim agent, indulged In frequent conferences with hiaattorneys during the examina tion. will be held in Roseburg, was the as-1 superintendent of Mendota mines, is surance of Rev. Charles A. Phipps, ot Portland, who spent Sunday in Rose burg. Mr. Phipps is secretary of the state interdenominational Sunday schoo'i work. POWER PLANT DESTROYED La Grande Substation, in Constant Use of Late, Is Barned. LA GRANDE, Or., Jan. 17. (Special.) When fire this afternoon burned the Mill Creek power plant, which assists In generating electricity for the East ern Oregon Light & Power Company, the city became hard-pressed for power juice. All big consumers were promptly shut off until temporary repairs can be made, and except for the southern portion of the city lights were turned on tonight. The plant was a complete loss. In ordinary times the place was used only for emergency, but since the Cove substation froze up, the La Grande substation has been In constant use. POWDER HURLS MAN FAR Mendota Mine ' Superintendent Centralla Is Near Death. CENTRALIA, Wash., Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) The death of J. G. McMullin. expected hourly as a result of a tribu tary powder-house blowing up today. The injured man regained consciousness long enough to say that he did not know what caused the explosion. He said he was opening a keg of powder with a wooden mallet and peg when the explosion occurred. He was hurled several hundred feet and frightfully burned. McMullin has been in the employ of the Mendota Coal & Coke Company since 1907. He has a wife and family. JOHN EGGERS LOSES HOUSE Prominent Eastern Oregon Farmer Suffers $6000 Loss. PENDLETON, Or., Jan. 17. (Special.) The beautiful 16000 country home of John Eggers, a prominent farmer of Myrick Station, is reported to have been completely destroyed by fire this afternoon when the place took fire from an unknown cause. The water being frozen it was im possible to save the house and the efforts of the neighbors, who came to the assistance, were confined In an attempt to save the adjacent buildings. Mr. Eggers was in Pendleton at the time. The house was one of the finest in the county. cial.) After a Sunday of warmer weather, a storm started this morn ing and reports from the mountainous districts indicate heavy snow is falling in the higher altitudes. About Coos Bay snow and rain alternated. Tele graph and telephone communication was re-established Saturday night. Lad Tells ot Embezzlement. REDLANDS. Cal.. Jan. 17. Gerald Sullivan, 17 years old, walked into the Police Statiou here today and informed officers, that he was wanted by the police of New York CICy on a charge of embezzlement. He stated he stole $656 in cash and 13700 worth of checks from his employers. Sullivan is being held pending word from the New York authorities. Snow Heavy in Coast Range. MARSHFIELD, Or., Jan. 17. (Spe- RESCUE PARTY ON SKIS Food Being Carried to Family Ma' rooned in Coast Range. ROSEBURG, Or., Jan. 17. (Special.) Carrying a three days' supply of pro visions, a number ot Roseourg men left here today for the Coast Range Mountains, where they will aid T. A. McAllister, wife and two children, who are said to be marooned there on ac count of deep snow. The family located on the Coast Range Mountains before Christmas and are said to be living in a tent. Nothing has been heard from them for several weeks and there is considerable anx iety here as to their safety. The rescue party was equipped with snowshoes and prepared to reach the McAllister cabin through eight feet of snow. VANCOUVER IS VERY DRY Only One Individual .Takes Liquor Import Permit. Out VANCOUVER, Wash.. Jan. 17. (Spe ciaL) Since the prohibition law went into effect January 1. but one permit has been issued to an individual to have whisky or beer shipped into the county. Two permits were issued to two drug gists who desired to secure alcohol. Another man made application for a permit, but refused to pay SO cents M- ditional for the required affidavit. The permit costs 23 cents, and the general public thought tins ended the cost, but the Attorney-General has ruled that the County Auditor must charge 60 cents for each oath or affidavit. making the total cost 75 cents. Convention Promised Roseburg. ROSEBURG. Or, Jan. 17. (Special.) That one of three Sunday school con vention scheduled for Oregon Uiia TODAY IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE I! Iril In nLL LL slnLnLnLnnJ WII ln VV JiiiiLs Vivid and Dramatic in Its Portrayal of Eight and Wrong COMING TOMORROW 'THE MAN INSIDE" Featuring LOUIS LEON HALL The Portland Favorite DRINK A GLASS OF REAL HOT WATER BEFORE BREAKFAST. Saya we will both look and feel clean, sweet and fresh and avoid Illness. Sanitary science has of late made rapid strides with results that are of untold blessing to humanity. The lat est application of its untiring research is the recommendation that It is as necessary to attend to internal sanita tion of the drainage system of the hu man body as It is to the drains of the house. Those of us who are accustomed to feel dull and heavy when we arise, splitting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stom ach, can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy by opening the sluices of the sys tem each morning and flushing out the whole of the Internal poisonous stag nant matter. Everyone, whether ailing, sick or well, should each morning before breakfast, drink a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate In it to wash from the stom ach, liver and bowels the previous day's indigestible waste, sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying the entire alimentary canal before putting more food into the stomach. The action of hot water and limestone phosphate on an empty stomach is wonderfully in vigorating. It cleans . ut all the sour fermentations, gases, waste and acidity and gives one a splendid appetite for breakfast. While you are enjoying your breakfast the phosphated hot wa ter is quietly extracting a large vol ume of water from the blood and get ting ready for a thorough flushing of all the inside organs. The millions of people who are both ered with- constipation, bilious spells, stomach trouble, rheumatic stiffness: others who have sallow skins, blood disorders and sickly complexions are urged to get a quarte pound of lime stone phosphate from the drug store. This will cost very little, but Is suffi cient to make anyone a pronounced crank on the subject of internal san itation. Adv. Remember ESTYLL LADD COMING SUNDAY Remember NAT! 0NAL PARK STARK W. PARK FIRST RUN PICTURES Various Forms Of Headache "It la Decenary In order to treat head ache properly to understand the causes which produce the affection" sayi Dr. J. W. Bay. of Blockton, Ala. Continuing, be -ays. "Physicians cannot even begin the treat ment of a disease without knowing what causes give rise to it, and we must remem ber that headache is to be treated accord ing to the same rule. We must not only be particular to give a remedy Intended to counteract the cause which produces the headache, but we must also give a remedy to relieve the pain until the cause of the trouble has been removed. To answer this purpose, antt-fcamnla tablets will be found a most convenient and satisfactory remedy. One tablet every one to three hours glvea comfort and rest In the most severe cases of headache, neuralgia and particularly the headaches of women. When we have a patient subject to regular attacks ot sick headache, we should caution him to keep his bowels regular, for which nothing Is better than Actolds," and when, he feels the least s4gn ot an oncoming at tack, he should take two A-K Tablets. Such, patients should always be Instructed to carry a few anfl-kamnla tablets, so as to have the m ready for Instant use. These tablets are prompt In action and can be deoended on to produce relief in a very Jew minutes. Ask for A-K Tablets. Ajm-.iJ&aia Uklwla ft- ftU dnigftUt