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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1918)
THE 3I0RXIXG OKEGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY- 13, 1918. POLICE CLING TO DROWNING THEORY Inquiry Tends .to Indicate Lieutenant Twohy Fell in 4 ' River Accidentally. TRACE OF BODY LACKING Military at ligation of fallows T) w Vancoaver Sr loTes- Officrr"i Paper la Correct Form. lather Ilcacbc Portland. That Lieutenant C Kremer Twohy. I f Butte. Moot-, and recently attached to the Signal Corpa and atationed at VaKourir Barracks, stepped off the landing of the boathouia bom of Jllrhard Mullen at vVUiametta Jlool Ins shortly before t o'clock Sunday Booming and was drowned, la tha theory row ud by police Inspectors and Intelligence officers from tb Army post aa to hts disappearance. After careful investigation It was! aid that so other view of tha casa Could well bo I ken. t hief Inspector Clark, of tha Bureau of Police: Inspectors . Hl!yer and I If raves and Army Intelligence officers I announced yesterday that after going ttr tba entire rasa In detail tbey fully believe the body of the young and popular officer eooacr or later will be found In tha river. W and tba Army Investigators can I find no anotive for a theory other Than that of ace-Mental drowning. aald Chief I Inspector Clark, af'er receiving reports I front bis men. -We therefore believe! that LJeuteaant Twohy stepped outside the houseboat In which a party was In pro gree and. .being unfamiliar with I the surroundings, slipped off tba land ing and fell Into watrr to a depth of I from li to 3 feet, with tha water blah and tba current strong, be would bad bo chanca to aava almself I and It looks aa though ba met bla death la this manner. Army Intelligence officers who ban- ale tba rase lor tha Government, told I t hief of I'oltce Johnson that all of bla I P-epers era In flna order and that be I always exhibited exceptional Interest fa bla work and aeemed .happy; they knew of nothing tending to Indicate list ba waa la any trouble or that he other tbaa pleased with bla post-1 lion. Lieutenant Twohy cams to Portland I last Faturday with Lieutenant Eimlller. also from Vancouver Barracks, and to gether they reglsfrrd at tha Hotel Multnomah. That night they went to a party, given by Mr. Mullen and Lieu tenant Twohy waa accompanied by I ansa oertrude Watson. After midnight. Lieutenant Twohy I left the party, stepping outalda with-I ut aanng anything to anyone. Ilia Army overcoat and cap were left with in- That was tha last seen of him. search after bis disappearance waa I noted tailing to reveal anything deft aite. William Twohy. father of the missing onicer. reachea the city last night and burned to police headquarters, where I ba went over Iba case with Chief la apector Clara and bia men. OREGON BOY DIES IN TEXAS efona I. Yt lnrr. St. la Aviation I Corps, Victim of Pneumonia, ca.xtox CITT. Or.. Febc 11 (Spe- cutr-nort of tha flrat death la tha Panka of Grant County volunteers has eVen received In a telegram announcing tha death of John D. YVtsnea. aged S5. f PayviIIe. who died with pneumonia at Fort 8am Houston, Texas. Feb ruary s. , .. rta naa been la tha service two snootna. ab soon as war was declared e volunteered and waa rejected. Just oeiore ine close or voluntary enllal- u ep(iiivo aurain and waa ac-1 C'Ded la the aviation branch of the I Jrmy uesides ais parents. Mr. and Mrs. I j-avia liner, he la survived by brother and. two sisters, all of DayvlUe. Tha body Is being returned to his I xormer noma, and la expected to arrive tomorrow, when funeral arrangements! eu ve completed. BAN IS PLACED ON WEED Four Esrrse Men rimer Pact to Quit Tobacco for Duraiioa of AVa. trVf.KSr:. Or, ,b. l-.fSieclal Tour prominent Rugeaa men yesterday entered a pact to give up the use of tobacco for the period of the war. if any one party to the agreement violates t provisions, ha must buy each of the other three a i war savings stamp. Those who hava taken tha pledge are: Joseph Koke, formerly president of tba une Chamber of Commerce. J. B. Hall, of the Lane County Abstract Company; M. V. McClatn. manager of tie atudents co-operative atora at the niveraity or Oregon, and George X. Mrl.ean.of tha real aetata flna of Millar . JlcLeaa. .Iliras at RUrrflrld ItrglMrr. r.irxir- vnrn-n. trash., reb. it p.- Ctat The registration of alien ene mas by t'oetmaater J. T. llarrta wae rather alack aatil Saturday, wbea be waa kept busy. Fifteen allena reals tervd and It waa a surprise to tha dis trict that some who registered were aliena TTioee registeretng were: Au gust tlsrn. Charlea Horn, Max Krelgrr. harlee F. Ko.nil.r. Adolf Tie ix. John Meyenlierke. Michael Lehner. Alfred .vtenther. Wtlh'lm itoebener. August A. 1'ietrlch. Max Clemens Itachter. William Mardt. Koppel Henry. Frank Alhrlrh and Alfon Tttse. ' ' - si i ii li - - - - "- - - . .--....- -i.. - in-"; . ".'.. eti. .,- ... m--.ji.,:,'-jiJ.i".:,ui,hi i.-. v,,i;i, ,.., i,M,ja..., i,triii.-,;,l,.t-l.j .... -.:r ' M USTn finished, it carries the Ambikssados story up to the present moment and covers many pointy that could not be touched at the time "My Four Years in Germany" was written. The far flung tentacles of Prussian pro paganda the secret steps by which the Kaiser and his counselors are still attempt ing to realize their dream of world dominion the gigantic web of the spy system, which has its center in the Wilhelmstrasse and extends its threads to the furthermost cor ners of the world all are exposed by the man whose four years in Berlin made him, familiar with things seldom breathed out side ,the inner circles of diplomacy. The inside story of the Lusitania disaster and the. entire history of Germany's sub marine activities-iniimate first-hand pfc tures of the Kaiser, Alfonso of Spain, Gus tavus of Sweden, Briand and Poincaire of France the "unknown, unseen, relentless power of the German General Staff," which dares defy even the Emperoir are dealt with in this new book by the one man best qualified to write of them. ' si Startling chapters tell of insidious German propaganda now going on in America propaganda that is often cleverly concealed in a guise of apparent innocence. They tell how you can help discover and suppress this "poison gas"attack. ' ' . ' . " ' ' Ambassador Gerard's New Book will be Published in daily installments in the . . v m m la m For Several Weeks, Commencing Sunday, February 24 m m es-eW J.l nJUUJLil.MhitliibihUmm aaiJkiWJIfta'illUiiafli.wiMaa, BEAUTY SPECIALIST mLS SECRET. ' A aVeaaty aoectalast Creeo sraspla " i i Siaaw steels to Darken Cray Hair. sire. V D. Gillespie, a well-known beauty apeolallat of Kansas City, re cently gave out tba following state snebt regarding gray hair: 'Anyone can prepare a stmale mix ture at home, at very little coat that will darken gray hair and make It soft and aloaay. To a half pint of wafer add 1 ounce of bay rum, a small box of liar bo Compound and ounce of gtyc orlne. Theae Ingradtenta ran be bought at any drug store at very little coat, or tha druggiet will put It up for you. Apply to the hair twico a week waul tba desired shade la obtained. Thla will make a gray-haired person look ! rears younger. It does not color tba scalp, rs sot sticky or graaay jf does aot rub oil.- jut. SHORT DAY IN DISFAVOR colo.kl pi'Qii: opposes s-notR basis' di mo CftlSlA. rredactiea of War Happllea 3laa Ba Kept at Tap Speed. Sprweo . derttea Chief aya.- Aa end la believed by lumber man ufacturers to bava been put to further agltatloa for satablishlng a baalc eight-hour day la tha logging- camps and lumber mills of the Pacific North "ML This belief la based on tbe re rent Issuanc. of a statement by Colonel isoue. la charge of soruca production, la which ba said that tha present is not an opportune time to reduce the houro actually employed la producing war supplies. - This statement by Colonel Plsque waa made la - it pons to a puoiiehed arucis la waicb a waa, Quoted as say ing that ha favored "an eight-hour day and would permit extra work with time "and a half for overtime, all this In connection with tha .labor employed In the lumber industry 'of the North west." Colonel Disqua has clearly de fined hla position on this subject In tha following language: Permit me ta say that 1 do not and never have favored Vjorklng elsht hours In any Induetry during thte war. No matter whnt derision we come te regarding recognition of tbe basic elxht-hour dsjr principle, the Gov ernment can never countenance reducing th hours actually employed la producing war supplies until there la such a sari us of labor that the production can be kept up regardless of the hours worked. ZCJa aot possible that such a condition can some about in this wvr where w. sre taking Into active military operations prsetlrsliv every young men ef good physical condition, aad aa patriotic cttisen eaa contemplats r ductng our Industrial output by reducing tbe hours that r to production ' Florence Vldor continues on the straight . road to star land. She will appear' opposite Sons tie H.tyakawa in "Tha Honor of Hla House." 'which is being produced at the Lasky studio under tha direction of William C. le itlllo.. . POULTRY EDICT ALTERED!! FARMERS ALLOWED TO KILL HES SOT PRODfCIG EGtiS, Big Lleeaaed Dealers, I'sirr -Modified Rules, Maat Depend oa Roosters aad Cockerels for "Chicken. An order from Washington yesterday brought a modification ' of the prohi bition placed upon tha killing and con sumption of egu-produclng bens and pullets until April JO. . . . Under tba altered prohibition there ts suspension of the- original ban so far aa It affects small dealers and poul trTmen and also . In permitting the killing of "boarder" hens, with greater eatinjr than producing ability. Tesrerday's alteration of the original order gives the farmer and grower the prirlleee of killing and marketing hens a-aii gullets whicn axe not iayice esss. I provided only that they must, ba killing any considerable quantity eBe fowls, consult the requirements of tbe market to be supplied and gov ern the supply -according to existing demand. It will be permissible to mar' ket the fowls supplied by tbe growers in such places as the public markets of Portland, it is said. As the matter now stands the licensed dealers In poultry. Including all who do a gross annual business (if $10,000 or more, must turn to the raucous rooster and his immature brother, the cockerel, for the supply of fresh "chicken" they handle. THRIFT. CAMPAIGN STARTS Permanent Committee Organized for ., , Jackson County. ' MEDFORD. "Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) A permanent committee to handle the thrift ' stamp campaign, in Jackson County was formed Saturday and work will start at once increasing Uia.week- ly contributions toward Uncle Sam's war chest. Heretofore there has been no concerted action and no publicity, the "monthly totals of thrift stamps in Medford averaging about , S4000, far below Medford's quota. L. J. Simpson, of North Bend, who Is in charge of this congressional dis trict, arranged for the committee and outlined the plans of the state cam paign, selecting Dr. Henry Hart as chairman. At a meeting Saturday the other members of the committee were named as follows: F. Corning Kenly, promo tion; Professor G. E. Ager, schools; C. E. 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