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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1919)
TIIE 3IORXIXG ORECOXIAX,.' SATUKDAT, AUGUST 2. 1910. "TRIANGLE" IS CAUSE OF Hsnry Krone Slays Brother and Sister-in-Law. KILLINGS ARE DELIBERATE tTaTla "Walla Family Wiped Out by Crime Due to Jealousy After Husband Returns. WALLA WAL.Hi A, "Wash.. Aug-. 1. (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. George Krone were shot and killed last night at their ranch at Lamar by Henry Krone, brother of the man, who then shot and killed himself. The murders are said to be the resul t of a "triangle," in which the brother-in-law was the un lucky man. Coroner MacMartin has de cided that an inquest will not be neces sary, the case being so plain in its de tails that no further evidence could be brought out before a coroner's jury. The position of the bodies plainly told how the double murder and suicide occurred. George Krone, the husband, was killed by his brother as he was running from the house, the bullet entering the back of his head. The woman was next shot, one bullet striking her behind the left ehoulder blade, and a ppcond penetrating the back, of the head. She fell dying, and Henry Krone lay down beside her body and fired a .shot through his brain, with the wom an's head lying on his outstretched arm. Dor Seen Tragrdy. The' only living witness is George Krone's dog, Joe, a cross between a bull and an Airedale. He was brought , to the city with the bodies early this morning and chained up at the home of the sheriff. He broke loose, and when the officers went to the Krone home; in the city this morning the dog was i lying on the steps guarding the property. Love of Henry Krone for the wife of his brother led to the shooting. George Krone went to France with the 347th machine gun company in the 9 1st di vision, and Henry Krone fell in love with Mrs. Krone. After George Krone returned he and his brother quarreled, with the result that'Henry Krone was arrested June 2J charged with threatening the life of his brother. After one day in jail he was released on application of George Krone and his wife. Family Lived Together. The Krones had been making their home on ell avenue, this city, and this summer have been working at the warehouse at Paddock. They patched up their differences after the quarrel. Yesterday Henry Krone came to Walla Walla and bought a second-hand .38-caliber automatic pistol. He took the evening train to Lamar, and the shooting occurred within 15 minutes after he reached there. The Krones had just eaten' supper, and there were unwashed plates on the table. An extra plate had been set for Henry Krone and had not been used. If the Krones have had other quar rels none knew of them, as neighbors on Iell avenue say the family lived quietly and without trouble. Officers' Trip Mow. The Krones mother, Mrs. C. Krone, lives at Chewelah, Wash., and a sister of Mrs. Krone, Miss Juanita Rafath, lives at Centralis. The relatives have been notified. The officers had a hard trip to the scene of the shooting last night, as the roads were bad. The distance is only miles, but it took more than two hours to make the trip, and returning the- journey was slow, as there were three bodies to bring in small auto mobiles. The murder is the most sensational in the county for many years. Henry Krone was 24 years old. George Krone 25, and Mrs Krone 24. Woman Held Innocent. Officers say that everything goes to how the woman did not return the love of her brother-in-law, and was in nocent of any wrong-doing. She was a party to having charges brought to have him restrained from bothering her husband or herself, and she re marked at the time that Henry Krone was taken to jail: "He will shoot someone yet." She said she had nursed him through a severe attack of illness and that he was insanely in love with her ever since. Examination of the bodies showed that George Krone was shot three times, once at close range. The woman was shot twice and Henry Krone used one bullet to kill himself. WIT. HOOD CALLED MARVEL Chairman of New York City Water Board I. ikes Oregon. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aur. 1. (Spe cial. ) Charles Strauss, chairman of Ihc New York city water board, ac companied by bis wife, a dauphter and a nt phew and Samuel C Lancaster, en pineer for the Columbia river highway in Multnomah county, have returned from a motor irin to Mount Hood lod.se and 'lou-d Cap ::t n. Mr. St rauss was naturally int rested, he said, in the preat source of water supply furnished by the snow peak. "You Oregonians cannot realize the asset Mount Hood is to you. Even thouph it had no beauty, its water sup ply cannot be valued. But the superb and appealing scenery of the forest, the peak itself, with its crevasses and Rlaciers and the mountain meadows it is wonderful. We New Yorkers are made to feel very poverty stricken after a visit to Oregon." LOGGING CAMP IS SOLD Allison & Taylor to Move Operations "Nearer to Centralia. CENTRA LI A. Wash.. Aug. 1. (Spe cial.) Allison & Taylor, who have been operating a logging camp near Toledo, have sold out to St. Germain, Moore & Fleming and will engage in logging near this city in the near future. Messrs. St. Germain and Moore are W'lnlock men and Mr. Fleming is from Kelso. They have taken over the old firm's contract to furnish logs to the Winlock Lumber company. Joe Wilkins. T. E. Stearns. T. N. Stearns and W. A. Tighe are operating a new shingle mill on Bunker Creek un der the name of the Bunker Creek Shin gle company. The plant has a daily capacity of 40.000 shingles. LEWIS COMMAND CHANGES Colonel Carlton Xow Senior Officer at Bis Army Tost. TACOMA, Aug. 1. Colonel Guy Carl ton. who has been in command of the demobilization group at Camp Lewi today became temporary camp com mander with the reduction of Major General W. H. Johnston to his regular army rank as colonel. Colonel Carlton is the ranking colonel at camp and mmwmim. ... in . . .jl ... , ,j, iMjr . ..... ..;,..r,..T - iwiKiiataiMix,' , tm i nil M - ' ' . ' ' . ' ' -: IKK fc-A-.;.-;fcxwr. f:-.rf.!T't gpgg; m IL " " '" T ; !4' ' ' ' - M ( - rt i ' : 'A I--; i-cv-': : -wn - ' . - i . " ' , As & - ' ; m-m- ly f S, , ' s i U I , - . M 5- 4 " 5 i t. V i - Is" - s ? s? - -"V mmsMM:smMr: fs II kmt & m?m :u :-n t y. &mmwmmm t . t ' :- f 1 ALICE JOYCE, WHO CARRIES THE WHICH OPENS TODAY TODAY'S KIL.M FBATtKES. Peoples Earle Williams, "The Hornets Nest." Liberty Wallace Reid, "The Love Burplar." Star Alice Joyce, "The Cambric Mask." Majestic Alice Brady, "Red Head." Columbia Lillian Gish, "True Heart Susie." Sunset Bill Hart, "The Narrow Trail." Circle Dorothy Dalton, "H a r d Boiled." Globe Charles Ray, "His Own Home Town." A" LICE JOTCE. in 'The Cambric Mask." shows that old-time skill and daring in the saddle which made her such a favorite in her earlier western features. She then was headed for fame as a serial star had not her path in photoplay been changed to gentler roles, in which she has won highest fame. In this swift-moving romance, adapt ed from the novel of the same name by Robert W. Chambers, Miss Joyce not only gives an exhibition of wild riding in the night, but she also does a clever bit of gun play. Her role makes her a spy in the ranks of a band of White Riders who are leading to death in a swamp the man she loves, but who believes she is one of the conspirators. Her father leads the band Unsuspected and undetected, she gallops among the band, ranges her horse against that of her sweetheart, slashes the ropes at his wrists and slips a pistol into his hand. Then, to give him an opening for a dash, she drives her horse among the others, stampeding the entire outfit. There are other big dramatic scenes also in this Alice Joyce picture, which opens today at the Star. Screen Gossip. A Spanish Charlie Chaplin has ap peared, a comedian so beloved that one day in Mexico City, when he expressed a wish to own a theater of his own, the bricklayers, carpenters, electricians in fact the entire building trade re sponded to the request and erected a theater for their idol. This tribute was paid to Manual Noriega, the principal comedian of the Spanish opera at the Cort theater in New Y'ork. In his own country Noriega is a motion picture star. In this coun try he plans to continue his screen work and with that view in mind has organized the Latin-American Film company. In two weeks he will begin work at the Solax studios on a serial said to contain many unique features. Mary Miles Minter has been a stran ger to New York for the last five years, having spent that time at Santa Bar bara, Cal.. at the head of her own pic ture company. She returned to New Y'ork about a month ago and immedi- will probably remain in command, of ficers said, until Brigadier-General E. D. A. Miller, now absent on leave, re turns Sunday or Monday. Bripadier-General Miller in turn will remain in command, it is believed, un til Major-General John F. Morrison, assigned by the war department as permanent commander at Camp Lewis, arrives. General Morrison is not ex pected for several weeks. MILLS IGNORE STRIKE Operators Say Business Is Not Af fected I) j" Walkout. SPOKANE,, Wash., Aug. 1. (Special.) Standing firmly behind the Loyal Le jrion of Loggers and Lumbermen and the open shop, the operators of the Coeur d' Alene lumber mills today de clared that they were "doins business as usual," in spite of the strike of the timber workers' union. General Robert M. McWade. concilia tion commissioner of the department of labor, returned to Wallace today to re sume deliberations on the labor situa tion in the Coeur d'Alene mining dis trict. The lumber strike will remain undisturbed in its deadlock until Gen eral McWade returns to Coeur d'Alene Aupust 9 for a final attempt at ar bitration. Mrs. Castner Is Pleased. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 1. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Charles H. Castner, asso ciate grand conductress of the Oregon grand chapter of the Order of the East ern Star and president of the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs, who has just returned to her home here from Seattle, where she attended a meeting of the general grand chapter of the world, has the highest praise for the hospitality of Seattle people. Kelo Plans Xcw Streets. KELSO. Wash.. Aug. 1. (Special.) At a recent meeting of the city council, called to consider the formation of local improvement districts Nos. 27. 28 and 2!, the districts were organized. Ap proximately two miles of streets in the residence section are included in the improvement districts. I.Ein X "THE CAMBRIC MASK," AT THE STAR. THEATER. ately went to Aalantlc City for a two weeks vacation, the first in ten years. She has now not only established her home on Fifth avenue, but has entered social circles. In playing: the part of the. hostess, for the first time since her return to New York, Miss Minter en tertained the heads of the Belgian mil itary mission to the United . States at dinner at her home. After a year in vaudeville Alexander Gaden has submitted to the call of the movie public and after a series of ne gotiations has affixed his signature to a contract with Arthur K. Beck, the pres ident of the Arthur E. Beck Serial Pro ductions. Inc. Mr. Gaden s mtiaial appearance on his return to the Cooper-Hewitt's will be as leading man for Miss TDoris Ken yon in the first Iietrich-Beck corpora tion productions, starring Miss Ken- yon. "The Bandbox," by Louis Joseph Vance. "Bunkered," the first two-reel com edy in which Mrs. Sidney Drew is starred alone, has been most favorably received by the New York critics, who reviewed this picture at the Rivoli the ater, as is evidenced by the following comment from one of them: "It ('Bunkered') is a charming little comedy which Mrs. Drew has filled with people who are exactly the kind of people you find in real life. Thank goodness, Mrs. Drew is going to keep on writing and producing these come dies, for there is no other to take her place." Norma Talmadge isn't going to have any cause for complaint when she re turns to her studib to resume work af ter a two months' vacation. During her absence a modern five-room apart ment has been installed for her on the second floor of the Norma Talmadge studio. It is being papered and attrac tively furnished. In addition to the dressing room this studio apartment contains a kitchen with electric ap pliances and cold storage icebox, a but ler's pantry, a bedroom and a reception room. The organization of a -new company to be known as the Cosmo Pictures cor poration was announced in Los Ange les by Jules Ratzkowski, first vice president of that concern, who has just left for Egypt and Palestine to stage a motion picture which it is said will contain much of the romance and life of the near east. Director Frank Crane has begun work at the World studio on "His Father's Wife," in which June Elvidge will be the star. The story was writ ten by Helen Christene Hoerle and was scenarioized by Phillip Lonergan. One of the interesting scenes in this picture is a boarding house located on West Fiftieth street. New York, that in its day was the most noted theatrical boarding house in the country. Here gathered around the table in their earlv days before they had become fa mous such well-known people as Elea nor Robson, Edgar Selwyn, Margaret Mayo and Julian Eltinge. COUNCIL" FAVORS PROBE RESOLUTIONS OX HIGH PRICES ARE ADOPTED BY CITY. Proposal for Investigation by Presi dent Wilson Heartily Indorsed at Suggestion of Mayor. Hearty indorsement of the proposed investigation by President Wilson into the high cost of living, and of steps which will tend to break down all spec ulation, combination and other un necessary elements contributing to the ultimate cost of necessary commodi ties, is given in resolutions adopted by the city council yesterday at the re quest of Mayor Baker. Copies of the resolution were sent to President Wil son and members of the Oregon con gressional district. For weeks Mayor Baker has been studying the high trend of prices for the necessities of life. Offers of the government to supply army foodstuffs to municipalities tor resale to the pub- have been investigated, and may offset the continual advance in the prices of virtually everything required by the average consumer. The resolution adopted by the council points out that rapidly increasing costs are the basis of many hardships, much suffering and a great deal of the strife in the various communities and sec tions of the United States. The resolu tion further states that the power and machinery of the federal government is such that the control of prices and curbing of combines may be accom plished in a way and to an extent not possible in cities or states. Brighton Mills Grant Wage Rise. WHEELER. Or.. Aug. 1. (Special.) The Brighton Mills company, located at Brighton, have granted many of their employes a wage increase of 5 cents an hour, effective August 1. The minimum wage now paid by them is $4.40 per day. This is the second raise given to their workers since April 1. F $3,505,000 CERTIFIED Other Applications Are Before State Commission. MANY DISTRICTS ACTIVE Ochoco Issue of $1,100,000 Largest to Be Approved Since Knaetment of Law in 1917. SALEM. Or., Aug. 1. (Special) Since the enactment of the irrigation district law by the state legislature in 1917 bonds in the nnm nf S3 505 nfln ha rbeen certified by the irrigation securi ties commission. They are segregated as follows: Ochoco district, 11,100.000; Warm Springs district. $750,000; Payette-Ore gon slope district, im. 000; Squaw Creek district. $98,000; Hood River dis trict, $167,000; Gold Hill district. $60. 000; Talent district. $175,000; Teel dis trict, $930,000. Of these bonds. $225,000 for the Pay ette-Oregon slope irrigation district and $167,000 of the Hood River district were refunding bonds, and the $80,000 issue of the Squaw Creek district was for property and works of the Squaw Creek Irrigation company. Applications Are Pending. There are also pending before the irrigation securities commission appli cations for the certification of $600. OoO for the Warm Springs irrigation dis trict. $300,000 tor the Silver Lake irri gation district. $395,000 for the Suttles Lake irrigation district. $75,000 for the Talent irrigation district. $2S.0o for the Gold Hill irrigation district. $55,000 for the Grants Pass irrigation district and $15,000 for the Squaw Creek irri gation district. It is proposed to use the proceeds of all these bonds for construction work. The irrigable areas in the various dis tricts are as follows: Silver Lake, noo acres; Suttles Lake. 15.000 acres; Teel. 16.500 acres: Horsefly. 19.800 acres; Talent. 8500 acres: Ochco. 22.000 acres; Grants Pass, 5500 acres: Payette Oregon slope. 5500 acres: Gold Hill. 1100 acres; Squaw Creek, 8150 acres. Iirrrlopmrnt Alno Proposed. A number of other Irrigation districts contemplate development work during the present season. including the Horsfly project in Klamath county. which proposes to spend in the neigh borhood of $40,000 in the installation of additional pumping units. The Lan gell Valley district contemplates the irrigation of approximately 30.00 Oacres with water stored In the government's Clear lake reservoir. The Silver Creek Irrigation district In Harney county proposes to water 17.000 acres, while the Medford irrigation district includes 0.000 acres, with the proposed expen diture of $1,500,000 in construction. The North Unit irrigation district in eludes 100.000 acres of land, which is about one-half the area of the Des chutes project. Bonds have been voted ami development in this Fection is awaiting the outcome of the investi gation of the Benham Falls reservoir site, which is now being carried on by the United States reclamation service in co-operation with the state engi neer's office. Irrigation District Organize. There are also a number of small districts in Klamath county which pro pose to divert water from the United States reclamation service irrigation system. In Baker county several irri gation districts have been organized and others are contemplated. Work is in progress on two Carey act projects. The Walker Basin devel opment project in Deschutes and Klam ath counties includes 2i,000 acres, and the Jordan Valley project in Malheur county will ultimately serve 30,000 acres. More than half a million acres in Ore gon are included within the boundaries of irrigation districts, and it is esti mated by the state engineer that 1.000,000 acres are being irrigated. Some of these lands have only a partial water right and considerable area is irrigated by the overflow of streams. the natural overflow being increased and controlled to some extent artificial ly by dams and levees. The average value of the irrigated lands in Oregon, including those par tially irrigated, is estimated at $100 an acre. HOOD SHIPS MANY APPLES Summer Movements to Portland Heavier Than in Former Years. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Aug. 1. (Spe cial.) Summer apples are moving from here to Portland in heavier quantities than in any former season. An average of about 250 boxes is shipped every other day by the Dalles-Columbia line's Columbia river steamers. The fruit consists of Astrachans. Red Junes and Early Harvests, for which growers are receiving approximately 2 a box for best stock. Heavy express shipments of the early apples are being made to eastern and central Oregon towns. EX-SERVICEJWEN ARE FETED Speeches, Banquet and Dancing on Rochester Programme. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Aug. 1. (Spe cial.) A large crowd last night attend ed a celebration staged in the Wood man hall in Rochester in honor of re turned service men of Rochester and vicinity. Carl Degan presided as mas ter of ceremonies and addresses of wel come were made by Rev. H. W. Thomp- fell HZ?s A on of Centralia. Rev. Hideen of Roch ester and Professor Vanderslice, super intendent of Rochester schools. The pro -gramme included community fling ing, dancing: and a banquet. The Rochester service ftais, conta'n- inur more than 100 stars, six ot them -gold, was displayed, while the photo graphs of the six boys who pave their lives to the cause of democracy were given prominence. WEST LINN SCHOOL RISING Completion of Build ins fr Occu pancy in Fall Expected. ORE-UON CITY, Or.. Aug. 1. (Spe cial.) Work on the new union high school In West Linn is progressing favorably. The foundations have been completed. It is expected that the I building will be completed in time for I occupancy at the opening of the fall term, September 22. J. L. Gary, newly appointed principal of the school, arrived recently with his family from Baudon, Or., where he 1 has been acting in the capacity of I principal of the Ban don schools. The I teachers and their departments follow: I J. L. Gary, principal, science, mathe matics and athletics; Miss Helen Leathers, manual training; Miss Doris Mace, history and girls physical educa tion; M iss Vesta Lamb, foreign lan guages and commerce ; Miss M inerva Uleason, domestic science and art; Muss Jane Lindscy, English and dramatic work. The full four-year high school course, including manual training and commerce, will be taught and it is ex- 1 pected that more than 100 pupils will be enrolled when the school opens. IDAHO ADMITS DENTISTS 12 of 19 Applicants Pass State Examination. BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 1. (Special.) The law enforcement department of Idaho, which has supervision over the examinations for all professions, has announced a list of 12 successful ap plicants for dentist certificates to practice in Idaho. Nineteen applications took the ex aminations. Those who passed follow: Dr. Vern R. Greenwood. Monroe, Utah; I)r. George H. Grover. St. Anthony. Idaho; Dr. Adolph Nathaniel Pearson, Troy. Idaho; Percy G. Klack. Boise. Idaho: Marvin A. Gould. Boise, Idaho; Paul E. Dutton. Portland, Or.: Fred L. Edele, Portfend. Or.; Joseph Alonzo Knox, Coeur d'Alene. Idaho: W. B. Walker. Idaho Palls, Idaho: William Irfroy Wylie, Elberton. Wash.; Ear Walton Udick. Caldwell. Idaho: Henry Leonard Holter, Spokane, Wash. BOY KILLS J3ABY SISTER Lad at Play With Weapon Shoots Child as She Sleeps. BELLIXGHAM, Wash., Aug. 1. The 8-year-old son of George Peterson of Hamilton, playing with a gun that "wasn't loaded," last night accidental ly shot and killed his baby sister as she lay asleep in her cot. The mother saw the boy playing with the weapon, it is said, but she did not believe it was loaded. Centralia to Sell War Stamps. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Aug. 1. (Spe cial.) N. B. Coffman. county chairman of Chehalis, has named Edgar Reed, su perintendent of the Centralia public schools, as assistant chairman of Lewis I county's 1919 war savings campaign work. Organization plans now com pleted contemplate selling this year in the county the sum of 1193.950 in war savings stamps. To date voluntary pur- chases made total SoO.000. Superin tendent Reed will have direct charge of the Centralia (north end) district work. Eugene Clearings Rise 4 0 Per Cent. EUGENE. Or.. Aug. 1. (Special.) An increase of nearly 40 per cent was made in Eugene bank clearings for the month of July over the same period last year, according to the report made yesterday by the secretary of the clear ing house association. Last month the Fall Stetsons arrived Fall Caps $3 Ben Selling Leading Hatter Morrison at Fourth New Fall Suits For Boys Daily, now, the new clothes are coming in smart, well-tailored garments that have teen made with an eye single to good service; attrac tive Qolor blendings that are extremely pleasing; tweed, cheviot, cassimere, novelty weaves; clothes that fathers and mothers will want to buy. Suits From $10 to $27.50 Extra Knickers With Nearly Every Suit Children's Wash Suits .9S-r to S6.50 K. & E. Wash Togs S1.25 to S3.00 Boys' Shop, Second Floor s yen IJM.tU' - r naon orreei clearings amounted to $1,122,584.78 as romparH with S,t.99.S In Julv 03333 I 1 I The Theater Beautiful 'ZZC?m.L'" I AtiZf if kiH On Jd It I r-iMF wrrv cj f i rl STARTING Anni.r r.-.. N M TODAY " V I i LI Griffith Drama I I n n m 3 i 1 1,1 E 1 I J II f I U U I 1 I'.. "J'' - ' TS 't jf - I : t ytt . ZYy l k . , w. -.m uum-A ; 1 li b - ANfr.; : !i : I ;! n ri : An Artcraft Picture J She knew as much about Paris gowns as an Eskimo all she knew was how to love, be faithful and smile through her tears, when he marries the other girl. There's a world of wonderful thrills for you and a glorious joy at the end. COMING Dorothy Dalton in "Other Men's Wives" Good Attractions Always Lj - TfWa; at ten year. The larpet single da inc.' amounted to $Rfi.Hi$.TS 1