Morning Oregonian., June 20, 1916, Page 5, Image 5

THE 3IOKNIXG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, JTJJfE 20, 1916.
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GUARD GATHERING
ALL OVER NATION
Centra! Department Mobilizing
Tens of Thousands in
4 Various Camps.
MEN WILL MOVE AT ONCE
Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan,
Indiana and Minnesota, to Sup
ply Great Body of Militia
for Border Service.
CHICAGO, June 19. Plans for the
mobilization of the National Guard
of nearly all the states comprising the
Central Department, United States
Army, for Mexican border service were
practically complete today, according
to an announce nent issued from the
headquarters of Major-General Thomas
H. Barry, commanding the department.
The states included in General
Barry's department are Illinois, Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan. Wisconsin, Minne
sota, North and South Dakota, Iowa,
Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado,
Missouri and Arkansas.
Michigan to Gather 35O0.
Thirty.five hundred Michigan militia
men will be assembled not later than
Thursday at the state's permanent res
ervation at Grayling. Recruiting .was
began today to bring force to war
strength 5697 men.
On Thursday afternoon 8295 Wiscon
sin Guardsmen will be mobilized at
Camp Douglas.
Adjutant-General Benson W. Hough,
of the Ohio National Guard, today or
dered that organization mobilized.
8000 Assembling In Ohio.
Preparation of a campsite at Tipper
Arlington, O., was begun. At this camp
will be concentrated 8000 men of the
Ohio National Guard.
F. L. Bridge. Adjutant-General of the
Indiana National Guard, said the In
diana Guardsmen could be mobilized at
Fort Benjamin Harrison within 24
hours.
Hasty preparations for the mobiliza
tion of Missouri's National Guard at
Nevada, Mo., were made today.
Adjutant-General C. I. Martin today
took charge of the mobilization of the
Kansas Guard at Fort Riley.
At the Adjutant-General's depart
ment at Little Rock, Ark., it was said
three days would be required to
mobilize the Arkansas Guard.
Hawaiian Guard Not Called.
HONOLULU, T. H., June 19. No
orders have been received here today
Tor the mobilization of the National
Guard troops in the Hawaiian Islands.
Brigadier-General Robert K. Evans,
commander of the Hawaiian depart
ment, said today he did not believe any
troops stationed here would be called
to the mainland in the event of hostili
ties with Mexico.
South Dakota Calls Regiment.
6IOUX FALLS. S. D., June 19. The
Fourth Regiment. South Dakota Na
tlonal Guard, will be mobilized at Red
field, which Is . headquarters for the
guard. Governor Byrne announced to
night. The regiment numbers 1000
men.
BUGLES CALL MEN TO ARMS
McMinnville Company Gets Silit
Flag and Banquet.
M'MINNVILLE. Or., June 19. (Spe
cial.) The greatest patriotic demon
stration McMinnville has experienced
Mnce the Spanish-American War was
today. Company A has been busy get
ting ready to leave. All day the bugles
have sounded In front of the recruiting
oriice and several recruits have re
sponded.
Tonight the citizens held a great
demonstration on the street and pre
sented to the company a beautiful silk
flag. The band played patriotic airs
and speeches were made by prominent
citizens and officers of the Guard, after
"which a public reception and banquet
were held in the Elks' Temple in honor
of the men.
LA GItANDE HAS WAK SPIRIT
Citizens Petition Governor to Organ
ize Guard Company.
LA GRANDE, Or.. June 19. (Spe
elal.) Formal application went for
ward tonight from a group of La
Grande citizens asking Governor
Withycombe to organize a militia com
pany here. The matter has been freely
discussed for some weeks, bpanish-
Amerlcan War veterans and militiamen
of past experience taking the lead.
Prior to the time that war with
Mexico loomed as somewhat of a cer
talnty. the movement met with ready
responses, and today's developments in
the war crisis whetted public appetite
for a guard company. It is predicted
a full complement of men would resul
apeedily were permission granted to
organize.
There are numerous Spanlsh-Amer-
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HARDMAN PIANO
The HARDMAN
Five-Foot Grand
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I Occupies no more room than' an
(Uptight. Easy Term if Dewed
$650 New York
Morrison Street at .Broadway
(Spiffed
if-
lean War veterans here who law serv
ice in the Philippines with both Ore
gon and Utah companies.
OXE UilT TO GET OUT PAPER
Woodliurn Company Has 80 Men to
io to Clackamas Camp.
WOODBURN, Or.. June 19. (Special.)
With the new recruits today and
those who have been reached. Company
I now has 80 men ready for Clackamas
and will entrain for that point some
time Wednesday. More recruits are ex
pected before departure.
Many places of business are short-
handed because of the call. In one
place only one of the several proprie
tors will be left. In the office of the
Woodburn Independent, only the Job-
man will remain, the others, including
the linotype operator, going with the
company.
Nebraska Call Is Delayed.
LINCOLN, Neb.. June 19. Governor
Morehead and the state militarv board
conierrea until late tonight regarding
plans lor mobilizing the state militia.
Messages were sent to all Guard com
panies tonight telling them to be in
readiness lor the call which probably
will be Issued Tuesday afternoon for
assembly at Lincoln or Ashland rifle
range.
Iowa Doesn't Kecelve Call.
DES MOINES, June 19. Delay in re
DAY'S DEVELOPMENTS IN MEXICAN SITUATION.
President Wilson asks of Congress full and complete authority to
use the National Guard as an offensive arm in the Mexican campaign.
Both houses expected to grant the required authority today.
Various states begin the rapid assembling of- troops, several regi
ments being already fully equipped and officered and prepared for
Instant service.
Remarkable spurt in enlistments shown at all recruiting points, but
a majority of the applicants fail to meet the required physical and
other standards.
General Pershing scorns the ultimatum delivered by General Tre
vino that his men shall move In no direction but north. Sends col
umns west and south In pursuit of bandits and says he can take care
of himself In any emergency.
Mexicans begin removing jail prisoners and hospital patients to
gether with women and children from the American border to the In
terior. Carranzista troops being concentrated in large numbers at Juarez,
OJlnaga and Nuevo Laredo. Several thousand Carranzistas concen
trated in Chihuahua are said to be moving towards General Per
shing's line of communication.
Mexican troops are building fortifications at the south end of the
International, bridge connecting El Paso and Juarez and a heavy force
of Carranzistas is entrenched across the Rio Grande from Tsleta, 10
miles south of El Paso.
United States gunboat, at Progresso, takes on board American
refugees fleeing from Mexico.
ceipt of orders for the mobilization of
the Iowa National Guard was regarded
by officials today as indicating that
the Iowa Guard would not be used at
once for border service.
GAMP IS MADE READY
SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS ARB
PERFECTED AT CLACKAMAS.
Details of Frovtaiontna; Troops Are At
tended to Railway Has Neces
sary Trains Available.
Preparations for converting Clack
amas Range into a model military
camp were started yesterday morning.
Work was begun by the sanitary troops
in digging pits, providing a drainage
system and erecting incinerators.
Dr. M. B. Marcellus, Major of the
Medical Corps, who directed the physi
cal examination of recruits yesterday,
will leave early this morning for the
range to hurry preparations for the
encampment. The sanitary troops
probably will be reinforced In order
to make the camp ready for all the
state militiamen. Companies will be
gin to arrive at the camp today.
All details for provisioning the
camp have been provided for, and the
transportation of supplies will be
started this morning. Arrangements
were made with the railroads several
days ago and all equipment needed
to transport the guardsmen, supplies
and equpment will be available at a
moment's notice.
It is probable a local train service
between Clackamas and Portland will
be operated by the Southern Pacific
as long as the militiamen are en
camped on the training grounds.
BEAR CARGO JETTISONED
ISO ATTEMPT MAKE TO Pl'LIi E5-
SEL TO SAFE WATERS.
Action of Seas Around Wreck Favor.
able Daylight Today Is Time Set
to Attempt Salvage.
EUREKA. Cal.. June 19. Daylight
tomorrow has been set as the time for
operations to begin in an effort to pull
the wrecked steamer Bear into deep
water from the rocky ledge otr the
Mendocino coast on which it was cra
dled last Wednesday night, with the
subsequent loss of five lives.
All day today the salvage steamer
Taqua and the tug Relief stood by the
Bear with lines aboard the distressed
vessel, but, although several hundred
tons of the 2700-ton cargo, principally
of flour and printing paper, were jet
tisoned to lighten the Bear, no attempt
was made to drag her into safe waters.
Officers in charge of the salving op
erations observed today that the action
of the sea last night apparently had
altered the formation of the shoals
around the ship favorably for the situa
tion This and hopes that during to
night similar action might take place
caused the decision to await aa n. re
fore making the crucial attempt.
Purser C. F. Heywood, of the Bear,
swore to a complaint here today charg
ing Walter H. Villemayer, one or her
crew, with the theft of valuables from
the staterooms of passengers after the
wreck. Villemayer was taicen irom
train Saturday when en route to San
Francisco. In his possession were
found many articles belonging to pas
sengers. He was arrested and his bonds
set at j:500. which he was unable to
furnish.
HEIGHT CAUSES DEATH
Mine Employe's Head Strikes
Against Trolley Wire.
BUTTE, Mont.. June 18. The height
of Armllls Moran, a motor operator at
the North Butte mine, indirectly
caused his electrocution. Moran, while
leaning against a steel ore car. appar
ently forgot himself momentarily and.
straightening up. struck his head
against a trolley wire, receiving
charge of 200 volts.
Mrs. Craig Laid to Rest.
JUNCTION CITT. Or.. June 19.
(Special.) Funeral services for Mrs,
E. H. Craig were held at Mount Ver
non Cemetery today. Rev. Mr. Davie
of Eugene, conducted the services. Mrs.
Craig suffered an attack of append!
I citis, for which she underwent an on
I eratlon In Eugene. She is survived by
ousDana ana tnree aniiaren.
SALEM'S PLEA FOR
MEN IS EFFECTIVE
'Your Country Needs You
Say Notices, and Recruits
"Bring Total to 130.
PROMINENT MEN IN LINE
Twenty-seven Per Cent of Company
Are College Men Governor's
Secretary and Accident
Commissioners to Go.
SALEM. Or., June 19. (Special.)
"Tour country needs you today." "Can
Salem mobilize one company in one
day?" "Enlist before 8 o'clock tonight."
These appeals for recruits to fill out
the complement of 150 men needed to
put company M of Salem on a war
footing were posted on every sign post
and in every business house in Salem
today, and members in uniform scoured
the city to find available men.
The appeals were effective and to
night Captain Gehlhar announced that
the company's total strength was up to
130 tonight. The company will leave
here tomorrow for the Clackamas mob
ilization camj at 9:20 A. M.
Company M, until the call to recruit
up all companies to full war strength,
boasted of the largest roster of any
company in Oregon.
Scenes remindful of the days of 1898
marked Salem throughout last night
and today. All last night automobiles
scoured the city and vicinity rdunding
up the members and notifying them to
present themselves for duty. The Ar
mory was packed today and hundreds
of men, women and children stood out
side the building watching the progress
of mobilization. Tearful scenes were
frequent when relatives of the soldiers
began to realize that the call for serv
ice was of a serious character.
In Company M are some of the most
prominent business men of Salem and
a number of well-known, state officials.
As a result of the departure of Com
pany M, -150 strong, from Salem, the
city seems deserted of its young men.
Among the better-known Guardsmen
going from Salem may be named the
following:
Captain Max H. Gehlhar, commander
of Company M, is clerk of Marlon
County and Republican nominee for
District Attorney of Marion County.
First Lieutenant Roy Neer is a busi
ness man and Second Lieutenant Dana
H. Allen is an attorney and was a mem
ber of the Marlon delegation in the
btate Legislature in. 1915.
Private John H. Carson is sixfeet
two inches tall and an attorney. An
other is George Palmer Putnam, pri
vate secretary to Governor Withy
combe. Ralph D. Moores is Deputy
JJistrlct Attorney.
Paul Vallace, another private, is
capitalist who owns part of the Salem
Water Company's stock. Ten members
of the company, counting officers and
privates, are lawyers. About 10 per
cent or the enlistment is from Willam
ette University and an equal percentage
s from the Salem High School. It is
estimated that 27 per cent of the mem
bers are college graduates.
Grove Hensley, who won a prize as
the best-drilled man In the company,
nas served seven years. John W. Hoi
man is a veteran of 12 years' service.
fcince his promotion to his present
rank. Major Carle Abrams. of the Third
Battalion, Is no longer a member of
Company M, but was formerly its com
mander. He is one of the stockholders
of the Statesman Publishing Company
and a member of the State Industrial
Accident Commission. His staff offi
cers are Lieutenant W. L. Spaulding
and Lieutenant L. H. Compton. the
former an attorney and the latter gen
eral secretary of the Salem Young
Mens Christian Association. Maior
Abrams and Lieutenant Compton served
m tne i-niiippmes.
EXAMINING BOARD CONVENEI
Portland Officers In Engineers to
Pass on Alaska Brother.
Colonel Potter and Majors Jewett
and "Williams, of the Corps of Engi
neers. U. S. A., stationed here, are to
act this week as a board to examine
Kirst Lieutenant J. C. Mehaffey, engi
neer of the Alaska Road Commission,
for promotion. Lieutenant Mehaffey
Government Supervision
always.
Capital and surplus $1,200,000
was to have been examined through 1
correspondence. In view of the fact
he was stationed In Alaska, but urgent
business having demanded his atten
tion at Seattle, he Is to come here
this week and appear before the board.
Colonel Ludlow. Coast Artillery Corps,
who Is in command at Fort Stevens,
passed through the city yesterday en
route to Vancouver Barracks, where
he was ordered to sit as a member of
an examining board. Troops ordered
to Mexico have left Colonel Ludlow
with only one company at Fort Stevens,
and another is stationed at Vancouver
Barracks at present.
COMPANY
ASDS 25 MEN
Oregon City Recrultng Office Is
Busy Place All Day.
OREGON CITT, Or.. June 19. (Spe
cial.) Eighteen hours after Captain
Lowell Blanchard, of Company G. re
ceived word that the President had or
dered the mobilization of the militia,
the local company was recruited from
47 to 72 members. Captain Blanchard
received first word of the order from
General White, who Just learned of the
President's decision In The Oregonian.
Late today Captain Blanchard used
up his last application blank and sent
a private to Portland for more. The
recruiting station drew a large crowd
of men all day. The fife and drum
corps of Meade Poet No. 2, Grand Army
of the Republic, plaverf stlrrine- alra.
The mobilization of the militia has
taken several of Oregon City's most
active citizens. Paving Superintendent
Worswick. who served throucrh the
Spanish American War. is a member of
company G, and today was forced to
leave his mixing machinery, road rol
lers and dump wagons and don his
uniform.
Captain Blanchard is Chief of Police.
H. C. Burk has been named temporarily
to nil nis place by Mayor Hackett. J.
C. Spagle, postal clerk. Is another who
leaves and his place has been filled
Dy frank ,B. Kirk.
DALLAS COMPANY MOBILIZES
Abont 80 Per Cent of Men Answer
Summons in an Hour.
DALLAS. O., June 19. (Special.)
Orders to mobilize to move today If
necessary reached Captain Conrad
Strafrln, of this city, at 10 o'clock last
evening. Within an hour, practically
80 per cent of the enlisted strength of
the company was in uniform and under
arms. Company L. Third Infantry, has
its minimum enlisted strength, with the
exception of two, and there . were at
least 20 on hand last night ready to
enlist for active service. Dallas will
send forth a full company when orders
to move to Clackamas are received.
Plans for quick mobilization were
completed several weeks ago, and 10
taps on the city fire bell last night
brought the local militiamen to the
Armory on the run.
V ith the musicians blowing "Assem
bly" and "Call to Arms" on the streets,
and with the Armory bustling with ex
citement, a scene was presented which
was new to Dallas folk.
Company L is commanded by Captain
Conrad Stafrin, a local druggist. E. K.
Plaseckl Is Second Lieutenant. The
company is without a First Lieutenant.
Former guardsmen already have of
fered their services, several of the re
tired officers being among them.
VANCOUVER HAS NO ORDERS
About 200 Regular Soldiers Still
Are on Duty at Post.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash..
June 19. (Special.) No orders affect
ing the 200 troops still at this post
were received here today, dealing in
any way with the Mexican situation.
The 200 men now here include the
Ninety-third Company, Coast Artillery
Corps, sent.liere when the last of the
Twenty-first Infantry was ordered to
the border about six weeks ago, and
about half of Company F, Engineer
Corps.
The remainder of the engineer com
pany is in California on a mapping de
tail. The other three companies of the
battalion of engineers to which Com
pany F is attached are in Mexico with
General Pershing's force. The remain
der of the engineers now here are under
orders to be ready to go to Monterey,
Cal.. to act as Instructors at the citi
zen's training camp, but no orders to
depart have been received.
BAKER VETERANS ARE READY
Ex-MUlUamon. Also Are Willing; to
Go if They Are Needed.
BAKER. Or.. June 19. (Special.)
Patriotism is strong in Baker tonight
and it is expected that this vicinity will
have a large number of ex-soldiers and
volunteers ready just as soon as they
are needed. According to J-J. A. Kirk'
endall. a veteran of the Spanlsh-Amer
lean War. 100 former soldiers in the
county will respond if needed.
The local militia has been mustered
out, but according to Captain C. H. Mc
Colloch, who was its last commander,
there are at least 50 ex-milltiamen here
who will go.
Prank McColloch, his son. Is sergeant
In the Stanford University company.
and Lee Jackson is a member of the
Seattle company. Both are here and
willing to go if needed.
NEW COMPANY IS PROPOSED
Pendleton's Hopes to Raise Fighting
. Force Is Dashed.
PENDLETON, Or., Jum 19. (Spe
clal.) The chief topic of conversation
in Pendleton today is the threatening
war with Mexico. Many have asserted
they will go to the "front at the first
call, others have broached the subject
of organizing a company of militia at
once.
Dr. M. S. Kern. ex-Captain of the
Pendleton Company of National Guard,
and later an ordnance officer on the
regular staff of the Army, received word
today from Adjutant-General White
that there would be no new troops or
ganized in the state -until the next call
to arms. The old company was dis
banded In 1910.
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OFFICER IS FIGHTER
Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. May
Has Record in War.
PHILIPPINE SCARS BORNE
Three Times Mounded While I -ea cl
ing Oregon Troops, Name Is Kept
Ofr Casualty Lists to Spare
Feellnps of Family.
The Third Infantry. Oregon National
Guard, not only has a fighting Colonel
In Clenard McLaughlin, who has nad
much hard campaigning in the Philip
pines with the regular service, but In
John L. May, a fighting Lieutenant
Colonel as well.
Colonel Mav commanded Company B
of the Second Oregbn Volunteers in the
Spanish War and Philippine Jnsurrec-
ton. He and his command were in
every battle of the many in which the
Second Oregon was engaged.
In that war he gained the reputation
of being a fighting captain, and one
who would go through fire and water
for his men. Proof that his reputation
was deserved may be found in the fact
that to this very day men of his com
pany would go through -fire and water
for him.
First Service in Nevada.
Colonel May began his military serv
ice as a private in the Nevada Na
tional Guard In 1888. He was soon pro
moted to be sergeant, but before he
could climb higher in the Nevada
Guard he removed to Oregon in 1890.
In 1891 he enlisted ns a private in
the Second Infantry, Oregon National
Guard, at Ashland. Two years later.
in 18S3, he was its Captain. In the
meantime he had served successively
as Corporal and Sergeant.
He held his commission In the Guard
until the Spanish-American War in
1898, when he was commissioned Cap
tain of Company B. Second Oregon Vol
unteers. After the close of the war
and the mustering out of the regiment.
he became Captain of Company B.
Fourth . Infantry, Oaegon National
Guard.
lie was soon promrted to Major. At
the organization of the present Third
Infantry, by consolidation of the
Fourth and 8econd Infantry Regiments,
several years ago, he was commissioned
Major of the new regiment. In 1913
he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.
Wounds Kept Secret.
Although he was in many skirmishes
and battles in the Philippines and was
slightly wounded three times. Colonel
May was never off duty nnd his name
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did not appear in any of the casualty
lists.
He had an especial reason for not
wanting to be mentioned among the
wounded, which he laughs away if any
body discusses it, but which neverthe
less gl- es something of an Insight Into
the innate thoughtfulness that en
deared him to his men. When he went
to the front he left his wife and three
small children behind. It was to spare
them anxiety that he was so careful
to keep his name out of the casualty
lists.
Colonel May's youngest son. Eugene
Dewey May. 18 years old. a student at
Jefferson High School, is a Sergeant
in the machine .gun company attached
to the Third Infantry. He was born
May 1. 1898. the day Dewey engaged
tne Spanish fleet In Manila Bay.
Colonel May in private life Is As
sistant superintendent of the Southern
Pacific lines in Oregon, with head
quarters in Portland.
1 OFFER . TO AID
SAN FRANCISCO AVIATORS AND
AERONAUTS WOILI) ENLIST.
Club Official Says Eight Mn With
Flylas: Machines ud Three With
Balloons Wilt Serve.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. June 19.
(Special.) San Francisco aviators and
aeronauts are ready to go to the bor
der with the California troops If they
are needed.
A prompt offer of eight aeroplanes
and ' three observation balloons with
their pilots for service with the Guards
men was made to Adjutant-General
Charles W. Thomas today by the Pa
cific Aero Club.
President J. C. Irvine, of the club.
dispatched the following telegram to
General Thomas in Sacramento:
"Adjutant-General Charles C. Thom
as Sacramento: Pacific Area Club, can
get together eight aeroplanes and three
observation balloons with pilots for
service with the California Militia on
border if needed. J. C. Irvine, presi
dent Pacific Aero Club."
According to President Irving and
Secretary Charles Craig, the Aero Club
has on its rolls a dozen local aviators
who have qualified for pilots licenses
and who have given assurances that
they are ready to go whenever needed,
Among them are Roy Francis, now
at Sunnyvale, in Santa Clara County
Franky Bryant, Harry Crawford and
Christy, all of fc?an Francisco, and Her
bert Wolf, of Oakland, all of whom
have their own machines.
Then there are Carl SJolander,
graduate of the Curtiss school and an
experienced flyer; Joe Boutelle, who
has one of Art Smith's machines fitted
with a new motor, and a newly qual
ified aviator named. Doty, who has a
machine on the way.
Edward Unger, the aeronaut, has
three balloons in Oakland, ready to be
shipped to the border at once if need
be. Most of the San Francisco aviators
hnve thefr machines out at th Ingle-
that you need.
It has been selling all this year at the low price
of $15.50. This week we are offering an additional
inducement in the shape of a special discount of ten
per cent.
A gas heater means hot water in a few minutes
at every faucet with no trouble and at lower cost.
Isn't it worth while?
GAS WATER HEATER WEEK
June 19-24
Special Price, Including Connection
$1 3.95
$1.00 Down, $1.00 Per Month
few
jit
side Beach, and. acoordlng to Beeretary
Craig, have only to pack up to be
ready.
"This is what the boys have been
waiting for," said President Irvine.
"Practically their only chance nowa
days is to get into military service.
and you may be sure they all will be
ready to go if they are needed."
SILICA COMPANY FORMS
$21,500 of $25,000 Capital la Now
Pledged for Development.
OREGON CITT. June 1. (Special.)
Articles of Incorporation for the Silica
King Mines Company have been pre
pared here and will be sent to the Sec
retary of State either tomorrow or
Wednesday. The incorporators are
Charles F. Terrill, John F. Clark and
Sam Dlllman.
The company is being incorporated
to develop more rapidly the Terrill
silica deposit, containing 400,000 tons of
almost pure silica, adjoining the city
limits. Mr. Terrill will retain control .
of the company.
The company will be Incorporated tor
125,000. Of this amount 121.500 Is
pledged.
Mr. Terrill said today that he lound
an almost unlimited market.
Methodist Minister Nominated.
ASHLAND. Or.. June 19. (Special.)
Petitions are in circulation placing
M. C. Reed in nomination as Springs
Commissioner, the result of recall pro
ceedings instituted against Bert R.
Greer. The nominee is a Methodist
minister, formerly residing in Port- -land.
At present he supplies the Tal
ent Church. He Is also member of the
firm of Hodgson & Reed, local real
estate agents.
Liner Fined for Carrying Opium.
HONOLULU, T. II.. June 19. A fine
of $1017 was levied here today upon
the Toyo Kisen Kaisha liner Shlnyo
Maru, now in Honolulu harbor, home
ward bound from the Orient, following
the discovery by customs officers of
75 five-tael tins of opium in a box
which was landed from the vessel with
a quantity of baggage from the steer
age. Eastern and Southern Hotels
Make Special Summer Rates
THK NEW PERKINS HOTEL
announces the adoption of a similar
plan here. Here are the special
minimum rates being quoted:
f'ODrt Roam. Single. 7&c Donhle. St.
Ontalde Room, Single, SI l lo.ble,
!..' I Balk Privilege Ineladedt.
Rooms, With Private Bath, Single,
SlJiOi Don ble. S3.
(When Tou Register Ask the Clerk
for Summer Rates.)
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All Cars Kne V nloa. l-fot Iaaa
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NEW PERKINS HOTEL
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