Morning Oregonian., April 06, 1916, Page 7, Image 7

TTTTi MORNING- OKEGOXIAX THURSDAY, APRIL
6, 1916.
KM PROGRESSES
DESPITE MIL LOSS
Insurance Companies Lose
Suit and Now Plarr to
Appeal Case.
MEW BANK IN OPERATION
Coanty Seat of Cowlitz County Moves
Along as Though Business Ile
j verses Were Trifles and Pros
perity Will lie Hers.
BY ADDISON BENNETT.
KALAMA, 'Wash.. April 5. (Special.)
When the bi sawmill of the Mountain
Lumber Company at this place burned
on July 24, 1914. it was insured for
more than $250,000. The loss was
practically total and the mill owners
and citizens supposed that as soon as
the Insurance companies paid the loss
the mill would be rebuilt. It was sup
posed, also, that these losses would be
promptly adjusted, but the companies
would make no reasonable offer for
he adjustment, so the mill company,
through President Kobert G. Drake,
brought suit. It now seems that all of
the companies joined in fighting this
suit.
The trial was held last Fall and
lasted three months. It was held be
fore the judge of this district and he
decided that the full loss should be
paid. And there is where the matter
now stands, but. It is said, the insur
ance companies will appeal the - case,
though on what grounds they expect
. reversal of the judge's decision is
not known.
Now, the loss of that mill was a
irreat blow to Kalama a terrible blow.
Hut in spite of it the town has gone
elowly ahead. Then, on the fourth of
January of this year, there was a bank
failure here that hit the little city
mighty hard. This matter, of course,
has not been adjusted, but another
bank was organized and began opera
tions on February 10. This is called
the Kalama State Bank and already
has deposits of $59,000. C. C. Ruckles
is president, George N. Campbell
cashier and C. L. Buland, a capitalist
of Castle Rock, who is the cashier of
the bank at that place, is chairman of
the board of directors. So the bank
has strong backing and doubtless will
become a powerful institution.
But the bank failure did not have a
depressing effect upon the Kalama
people and, as in the case of the loss
of the mill, it did not stop the onward
march of the town. Indeed, the place
prospers, seemingly, on adversity, and
now the clouds have cleared and the
people here are of such an optimistic
nature that they look into the future
with the faith that this is to be a.
large and prosperous city.
Kalama 1 County Seat.
Kalama is the county seat of Cowlitz
County and promises to remain so as
long as the county lines remain un
changed. I say that for the reason that
various attempts in the past have been
made to change it, strong campaigns
have been made in the interest of oth
er places, but Kalama always has won
with many votes to spare.
It is, indeed, a fine little city. It
lies on the east bank of the Columbia
River, which here flows nearly north,
and is the old crossing point of the
Northern Pacific train ferry, Goble, Or.,
being just across the river. It is about
4 2 miles to Portland. There are two
good weekly newspapers here, the Bul
letin and the Cowlitz News. The Bul
letin was founded by the Imus boys
nearly 30 years ago and ever since has
remained in the family, liite Imus, the
present owner and editor, wrote the
salutatory for the Bulletin when the
first number was issued and since then
has been more or less intimately con
nected with it. The News is a younger
paper, being some seven years old. R.
H. Mitchell is the owner and publisher.
The Bulletin has a linotype, cylinder
press and large job plant. The News
ofifce is not so well equipped, but does
a good business and both papers enjoy
a. good local advertising patronage.
There are two good hotels here, the
Hotel Kockwitz, managed by H. W.
Kockwitz. and the Kalama Hotel, man
aged by M. "J. Scott. There is an active
Commercial Club. Its president is
(ieorge N. Campbell and William Mof
fatt is secretary. There are a goodly
number of mercantile establishments
with large stocks of goods. The streets
are well paved and the city has a
cleanly, attractive and prosperous ap
pearance in every way.
Two Meetings Are Held.
"Farmer" Smith held two meetings
here yesterday. The morning meeting
was held at the theater and a large
audience was present, mostly farmers.
Mr. Smith made his usual interesting
and instructive talk and was followed
by J. B. Mitchell, who is the superin
tendent of manual training in the Ta
coma schools.
The afternoon meeting was held at
the schoolhouse at 2:00 o'clock and was
attended largely by pupils, parents and
farmers. Farmer Smith and Professor
Mitchell also did the speaking there.
After both meetings the farmers gath
ered about Farmer Smith and told him
their troubles and sought his advice.
That is usually the rule and no doubt
their heart-to-heart talks are of as
BABY A SIGHT
WITH PIMPLES
All Over Head and Face. Hard
Crusts Formed. Cried Night and
Day. Suffered Terribly.
HEALED BYCUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT
' "My little boy became red all over bis
head and face, and he lost all of his hair.
Later be broke out in little pimples and
bard crusts formed. The skin was sore,
red, and inflamed, and it burned so he used
to scratch all the time. He was nearly
crazy and be cried night and day. He was
a sight to behold and suffered terribly.
"The trouble lasted about two months
and nothing seemed to do any good. ' Wo
were told to try Cuticura Soapand Oint
ment and we did so. They seemed to
relieve him at once and he slept for two
hours, and after we used two boxes of the
Cuticura Ointment and about three bars of
the Cuticura Soap he was completely healed
and did not have a mark on him." (Signed)
Mia. J. K. Hall. 1345 Farrell Ave.. Butte,
Mont., Oct. 22, 1915.
Sample Each Free by Mail
With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad
dress post-card "Cuticura, Dept. T, Bo.
too.' , Sold throughout tbe.woxtf.
much benefit as the regular speeches
perhaps more.
There was a big demand for seed
corn here, for it has been demonstrated
that this is a good corn country and
therefore a good dairy country. In
fact, all of Cowlitz County is admir
ably adapted to dairying and that in
dustry is developing rapidly in every
part of it. It is the same across the
Columbia In Columbia County and
quite a number of the progressive citi
zens came over to hear "Farmer"
Smith and get seed corn. All were
supplied and the area of corn over
there will be greater by far this year
than ever before.
VOLUNTEER ARMY SAVED
(Continued From First Page.)
of the belligerents had asserted the
doctrine that ships should not leave
the ports of this country unless their
manifests had been vised by her.
"How long is the United States going
to" tolerate indignities like this?"
"Is this country now at peace with
all nations?" inquired Senator Varda
man. "Peace of China" Prevails.
"We are," replied Senator Chamber
lain. "We are enjoying the peace of
China now and every great nation
that comes along may want to enjoy
some of. that peace. There is not an
obligation entered into in The Hague
conference that has not been violated
whenever it suited the notions of any
of the signers to violate. If we can
believe what we read. Holland even
today is about to be invaded to suit
the whims and emergencies of those
engaged in the war, not because of
anything that Holland has done, but
Because one or more of the belligerents
DENTIST WANTS TO
PAY PRICE HE SAYS
Dr. Waite Has No Dread of
What Lies Beyond; He Ex
pects "Fresh Start."
OWN SANITY IS ADMITTED
Remorse for Death of Fatlier-in-Law
e
Expressed, Bigamy Denied, and
Motive Said Not to Have
Been Money ''Definitely."
NEW YORK, April 5. Dr. Arthur
Warren Waite, in a talk: with newspa
permen at Bellevue Hospital today, ex
pressed remorse for the death of his
father-in-law, John E. Peck, of Grand
Rapids, whose murder he has con
fessed, and declared that he was ready
"to pay the .price." He also eaid he
had no accomplices in the crime.
"If any word uttered by me now
could save me I would not utter it,"
POINTED EXTRACTS FROM SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN'S
ADDRESS ON PENDING ARMY BILL.
"If the National Guard intends to come here as a political force,
as it has done, and undertakes to control legislation that has for its
purpose the raising of an army to protect our country against at
tack, I shall favor elimination of the National Guard as a factor in
this country. I shall favor putting them out of business."
"If there is danger from militarism, it is danger of the control that
is being exercised in Congress right now."
"No member of the military committee thought the National Guard
a wholly dependable force."
"We don't need preparation If we are going to submit to indigni
ties such as have been heaped upon us by belligerent nations during
the war with Europe." ,
"We have not the power to Insist upon the performance of a
single demand we have made upon belligerent nations."
"I do not think the bill now before the Senate will prepare us
adequately; it does not go far enough."
"As stated by Mr. Bryan, we could raise a million men overnight,
but to send a million untrained men against a division of trained sol
diers would be to send a million men to absolute and certain death."
i.ngland failure to respect our rights was due to our lack of
. preparation."
"We are suffering the peace of China now."
"To assert the Monroe Doctrine we must be able to maintain it."
t "Universal military training is bound to come; perhaps not now,
S but in time."
"A small but strong and well-trained army -Is worth millions of
untrained or partially trained organizations, state or otherwise."
he had never counted did not contain
any bills of that denomination.
Waite appeared weak, and spoke at
times with an apparent effort.
A letter found in his apartments ad
dressed to him and signed "Your Afri
can Mother," Waite explained, came
from a Mrs. Steyn, mother of the man
ager of the two farms which he said
he owned in British East Africa.
"Mrs. Steyn was very fond of me,"
Waite added, "and it will be a terrible
shock to her when she learns of my
predicament."
Waite refused to say anything fur
ther about the "Man from Egypt," the
evil side of a dual personality he re
cently told, the! District Attorney pos
sessed him.
"Dr. Gregory knows why," he ex
claimed. Dr. Gregory is .head of the
phychopathio ward at Bellevue Hospital.
PETTY OFFICER MISSING
ACCUSED SAILOR MAT LAT HIS CASE
' BEFORE HEAD OF NAVY,
sees a way to harass her enemies
through the peaceful country."
Senator Chamberlain took up the
question of sustaining the Monroe Doc
trine. "You all know as well as I," he de
clared, "that colonization has already
set in on the East Coast of South
America. You all know or if you don't
you can easily find out, that on the
West Coast colonization has set in
by another warlike power.
"We may have to assert that doctrine
again; but in order to assert it, we
must be prepared to maintain it with
an adequate Army and an adequate
Navy, too.'
LIQUOR WARANT ISSUED
Restaurant Employe Sought
Giving Man Drinks.
for
Following the ruling established by
Municipal Judge Langguth, which con
strues the drinking of liquor in restau
rants as a violation of the prohibition
law. Deputy District Attorney Deich
yesterday issued a warrant for the ar
rest of "Curley" Hayes, who is em
ployed in an Alder-street lunchroom.
F. R. Mathieson appeared in Muni
cipal Court to answer to the charge
of drunkenness. When questioned, he
said that Hayes had given him several
drinks from a bottle in the lunchroom.
The hospitality was tendered without
payment. Hayes will appear before
the Municipal Court today.
Boise Electrician Killed.
BOISE, Idaho, April 5. George Ness,
an electrician employed by the Elec
tric Investment Company, fell across
a high-tension wire while at work on
a pole in the city tonight and was in
stantly killed. He came from Eauclaire,
Wis., 11 years ago and is survived by
a widow and one child.
An XJp-to-Date American.
. Kansas City Journal.
"Is he a typical American?" "Yes; he
likes baseball, has a motor car, owes
mortgage, pays alimony and thinks
the moving pictures have grand opera
beaten a mile."
ONTARIO MAN IS CANDIDATE
FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSIONER.
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ONTARIO, Or., April 5. (Spe
cial.) J. W. McCulloch, who has
filed his declaration of candidacy
for Public Service Commissioner
for the Eastern Oregon district,
is a resident . of Ontario. Mr.
McCulloch is a lawyer, and from
1904 to 1913 served as District
Attorney for Malheur, Harney
and Grant counties. In his 30
years' residence in Oregon he has
been a school teacher, printer,
business man, farmer and lawyer.
He was an instructor in a busi
ness college at Salem when ad
mitted to the bar in 1894. He
served in the Legislature from
Marion County before removing
to Eastern Oregon in 1900. In his
law practice here in the last 15
years Mr. McCulloch has never
represented a public service cor
poration. His ballot slogan will be: "Fair
and equitable regulation after
careful consideration of the rights
of all parties."
he said. "I want to pay the price."
When asked regarding his own ideas
of his sanity, he said: "Ot course I
am sane. There has been no thought
of anything else in my mind."
"The whole thing revolves around me
and no one else," he continued. "I
don't wish to justify myeelf in any
way. I can't justify myself. I feel
perfectly at ease. I have no dread of
what lies beyond. I shall go to the
new world, wlverever it may be, and
I expect to get a fresh start. It Is all
clear In my mind now. My only de
sire is to pass on and let society for
get me."
Bigamy Is Denied.
In reply to a question, fir. Waite de
clared: ,
"I am not a bigamist. I have had
only one wife."
The prisoner is still weak and for
that reason he has not been told that
his wife has petitioned for a divorce.
"There wasn't any definite idea of
getting a large amount of money,"
Waite answered in reply to a question
as to- whether his motive was to ac
quire riches. He did not explain, how
ever, what'his motive was.
Waite said there was J9000 in the
roll of bills he gave Eugene Oliver
Kane, an embalmet, in an effort to in
duce him to put arsenic in a sample
of embalming fluid similar to that used
on the body of Peck. The roll subse
quently unearthed by Kane from the
spot where he had hidden it on Long
Island contained $7800.
Detective John Cuniffe, who was
present, asked Waite if there were
any $20 bills In the roll, and Waite
replied that there were several.
Money Mystery Cleared TJp.
"That clears up the mystery," Cuniffe
said.
The roll Kane got and which he said
Boatswain's Mate, la Dishonor for Ex
plosion Daring: His Abs?acer After
Sixteen Years Clear Record.
SAN DIEGO. Cal.. April B. Chief
Boatswain's Mate -Nick Burmeister, of
the torpedo-boat destroyer Preble, who,
it is reliably reported, was held re
sponsible by a general court - martial
board for the explosion on te warship
here March 4, has been missing since
Sunday, it became known today. Among
his closest friends it is intimated that
Burmeister has gone to Washington to
lay his case . before Secretary of the
Navy Daniels. .
The report of the court-martial board
has been reviewed at Washington and
returned to Admiral Cameron McR.
Winslow here, but it has not been made
public It has been persistently report
ed that the court-martial placed the
blame for the explosion on Burmeister
and sentenced him to six months at the
naval prison at Mare Island, after
which time he is to be discharged dis
honorably from the service.
Resentment over the findings of the
court have been expressed among en
listed men In the division of the de
stroyers stationed here. They declare
Burmeister, who has a perfect record of
IS years in the Navy, has been made
the "goat." It developed at the inquiry
that Burmeister, who had charge of
several men who were cleaning the
bilges in a small compartment with
gasoline, was not present when the ex
plosion occurred. In this explosion
Arthur Grossert, cozswain, .was fatally
burned and four other seamen slightly
hurt.' , .
Under Navy rules Burmeister will be
classed as a deserter if he does not
report within 10 days.
Burmeister's wife lives in San Francisco.
COMMENCEMENT JUNE 2
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
TO INCLUDE ANNUAL PAGEANT.
AIuuibI Day for Annual Get-Together
Will Be Held oa Saturday,
. June 3.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
April 4. (Special.) Commencement at
the Oregon Agricultural College, in
eluding the annual pageant. Alumni
day, baccalaureate, class day and grad-'
uation exercises, will begin Jb rlday,
June 2, and conclude Tuesday noon.
June 6.
The pageant, which consists of the
Seasons and Russian State day, will be
held Friday. Music for the occasion, fur
nished by the college orchestra, direct
ed by E. Hellier-Collens. will consist
chiefly of classics, which will be In
terpreted in the processionals and
dances. On Friday night, June 2, the
senior play will be presented by the
class.
Alumni day, Saturday, June 3, has
been chosen with a view to accommo
date both the alumni who are teach
ing and those who can spare only a
week-end for the annual get-together.
The usual noonday luncheon will be
followed by the business meeting and
by the class reunions, which will be
the big feature of alumni day this year.
Monday, June 5, will be class day. In
addition to the usual outdoor festivi
ties of the graduates, there will be a
review of the cadet regiment in the
afternoon, and the graduating recital
of the school of music in the evening.
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