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.
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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
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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. Gates, commerce; Claude C. Cats,
industry; George T. Collins, general
social and civic work: Postmaster
George P. Mims, director.
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