THE MOItXING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MARCII 4, 1022 GOMORUSES FIST 1 111 Oklahoma Executive Resents Use of Oath. EACH ESCAPES MARKS Executive Not Allowed to Appear Before Grand Jury Probing Closing of Bank. OKMULGEE, Okla.. March 3. Governor Robertson of Oklahoma.Te senting art oath hurled at hi-m by James G. Lyons, an oil man of Okmul gee, Okla., today engaged in a fistic encounter with Lyons in the county courthouse here, -which was crowded with lawyers, court officials and spec tators, A half dozen or so blows were exchanged by the two men before they were separated. Neither bears any marks of the conflict. j Pandemonium broke 'loose In the crowded corridors of the courthouse, many persons fleeing-, expecting- more eerious occurrences. Lyons' Blow Declared Firat. That Mr. Lyons struck Governor Robertson the first blow was the statement of W. H. Crume and As sistant Attorney-General Sewick. -- Th governor had arrived here early today to present to the county attor ney a. letter offering to appear Id person before' the grand jury inves tigating the affairs t(. the defunct Bank of Commerce, and testify;- - Governor Robertson was not ln Jured in the encounter. . The governor, accompanied byrnem- bers of his party, later returned to his hotel. "Who caused this disturbance?" shouted County Attorney Hepburn. "James Lyons," was the reply from a bystander. Hepburn Makes Move. Mr. Hepburn started toward Lyons and two or three men told the county attorney that a remark of the- gov ernor started the affair. "I know who started this," Judge Sewick intervened. Mr. Lyons is president of the Lyons Petroleum company and a director of the Guaranty State bank. Recent statements from County At torney Hepburn, In charge of the in vestigation, intimated that the gov ernor was under investigation in the case. This was followed by a de mand by the executive that he be per mitted to testify before the grand jury to prevent any action which might "throw a stain upon the stateV County Attorney Hepburn has said nothing further than that Governor Robertson would be called If his tes timony was desired by the grand jury. examining board, state land board, state pure seed board, tax supervising and conservation commission, trustees of A. R. Burbank trust fund, board of recents, university of Oregon, board of regents Oregon Agricultural col lege, and board of regents Oregon Normal school. Appropriations Are Made. Boards and commissions receiving appropriations from the state, to gether with the amount provided for each for the present biennium, follow: Board of higher curricula, $300; board of inspectors of child welfare labor, J6750; budget commission, $6000; com mittee on tax Investigation, tc.ou; desert land board, $10,660; emergency board, $300; fish commission, $168,800; industrial welfare commission, souu PRESIDENT PHOTS "-DRASfnG GUT IN ARMY General Pershing's Appeal Leads to Intervention. DRIDR OF" STATE SCHOOL HEAU EX-QREGOJIf ... TEACHER. 18 COMMISSIONS PAID fContimird From First Paee.) inent board, board of education, board of higher curricula, board of inspec tors of child labor; budget commis sion, commissioner of hydro-electric power, committee on tax investiga tion, dairy bull registration board, desert land board, emergency board, industrial welfare commission, irriga tion and drainage securities commis sion, legislative service and refer ence bureau, Oregon bureau of mines and geology, Oregon geographic board. Board of aeronautics, board of con trol, Oregon state library board, Ore gon tourist and information bureat committee. Pacific Northwest Tourist association, parole board, securities commission, soldiers' and sailors' com mission, stallion registration board, banking board, board of accountancy, board of architect ' examiners, state board of engineering examiners, state board of eugenics. State board of forestry, state board of health, state board of medical ex. aminers, state board of vocational education, state- bond commission, child welfare commission, state em balmers' examining board, state high way commission, state horticultural society, state land board, state lime board, state livestock sanitary board, state printing board. State . pure seed board, supreme court library, tax supervising and conservation commission, trustees of A. R. Burbank trust fund, trustees of Sodaville soda springs, world war vet erans' state aid commission, state board of regents, university of Ore gon; state board' of regents, Oregon Agricultural college; state board of regents, Oregon Normal school. Some Get- Annual Pay. - Commissions and v.oards for which the members receive an annual sal ary, eft kwsive of the insurance and corpor in commissioners, follow: Three lgembers public service com mission?' f 333.33 a month; three mem bers state industrial accident com mission, $300 a month; state tax com missioner, $250 a month, and state water, board commissioner, $250 a month. - Members of the commissions and boards allowed per diem when actual ly in the service of the state follow: Board of Istate fair directors, $2 a day; fish commissioners, $5 a day; Oregon board of pharmacy, $5 a day; Oregon land settlement commission, $5 a day; board of examiners of grad uate nurses, $4 a day; board of ex aminers in optometry, $10 a day; game commissioners, $5 a day; vet erinary medical examiners' board, $5 a day; board of barber examiners, $4 a day; board of chiropractic exam iners, $10 a day; state board of con ciliation, $5 a day: state board of dental examiners, $5 a day; state board of horticulture, $3 a day; state board - of textbook commissioners, $100 a meeting; board of pilot com missioners, $200 a year and expensea Actual Expenses Allowed. In most cases where members - of. the boards and commissions are serv ing without compensation they are allowed actual expenses attending tlw performance of their official duties. These expenses are nominal, accord ing to the records of the secretary of state, for the reason that their meet ings are not frequent and in many cases are held not mora ttran once a year. Among the boards and commissions which do not receive any maintenance appropriation are the. following: Advisory livestock brand adjust ment board, board of education, com missioners of hydro-electric, power, dairy bull registration board, irriga tion and drainage securities commis sion, legislative service and reference bureau, Oregon board of pharmacy, board of examiners of graduate nurses, board of aeronautics, board of examiners of optometry, veterinary medical examiners board. Parole board, securities commission, soldiers and sailors' commission, stal lion registration board, banking board, fcoard of accountancy, board of archi tect examiners, board of barber exam iners, board of chiropractic examiners, board of dental examiners board of engineering examiners, state board of eugenics, board of medical examiners, state board of textbook examiners. State bond commission, embalmers' 1 4. , , " 3 v - 5 Mrs. J. A. Churchill. 4 SAL.ifj.i, or., jviarcn a. wpe- cial.) Mrs. J. A. unurcnin, state superintend- struction, whose ace in Chicago, Is a- former teacher in the schools of Linn, Lane and Baker t brjda of the sta t eiit of public ins J wedding took pi is ' a lornier it schools of Linn, 1 counties. Mrs. Churchill, for-, t merly Miss Inez Depw, taught ; t in. the Baker schools for eight " J years while Mr. Churchill was superintendent of schools there. She is a graduate of the Oregon Normal school at Monmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Churchill are ex pected to arrive in Salem in a few days from a visit in eastern and middle-western states. Oregon bureau of mines and geology, $60,000; Oregon geographic board, $250; Oregon land settlement commis sion, $25,202.27. Board of control, $20,550; board of pilot commissioners, $2400; game com mission, $11,000; Oregon state library, $75,000; Oregon tourist and informa tion bureau commission, $25,000; Pa cific Northwest Tourist association $75,000; Oregon public service com mission, $177,949.44; state board of conciliation, $1000; state board of for estry, $86,000; state board of health, $ (0,000; - state board of horticulture $12,000; state board for vocational education, $40,813.18; child welfare commission, $20,000; state horticul tural society, $875; state lime board, $10,000. State livestock sanitary board, $50,- 000; state printing board, $5000; state tax commission, $19,140; state water board, $42,000: supreme court library, $20,000; trustees of Sodaville Soda Springs, $800; world war veterans' state aid commission, $120,000. Fees Are Received. - '. " Fees received through the activities of the several commissions and boards, exclusive or the corporation commission and insurance commis- ibn. follow: ' Dairy bull registration board, $246; fish commission, $101,579.20; board of pharmacy, $5680.35;" board of exam- ners of graduate nurses, $2434.02: board of aeronautics, $115; board of examiners in optometry, $3429.68; board of pilot commissioners, $174.91; game commission, $325,856.47; Oregon tate library, $21,965.54; veterinary medical examiners' board, $329.85; Oregon public service commission, 160,082. 84 stallion registration board, 1192.28; banking board, $41,136.70: board of architect examiners, $3000.53; board of barbjer examiners, $3995.20; board of chiropractic examiners, $2937.70. .... Board of dental examiners. $6378.02: state board of engineering examiners. l,i47.bs; state board of forestry, 107,012.56; board of medical exam- ners, $2719.49; embalmers' examiners' board, $2516.50; state lime board. 1750.15; state printing board. $157.- 65.15; - supreme court library. $1816.94. 28 Supported by State. Twenty-six of the boards and com missions are supported entirely by tate appropriations. One of these. the dairy and food commission, Is supported by appropriation, but col lects a considerable sum in fines, fees. tc, which goes into the general fund and is not automatically appropri ated to the collector as inother cases. The state highway commission and the state land board derive, their funds from sources other than either appropriations or fees. The state fair board also operates under special arrangement. Another appropriation, not included in the above list, aggregates $20,000- ror the biennium and is for the state exhibit agent at Portland. Out of this she receives a salary and pays the-expenses of her department. .Funds lor the operation of the state highway department are obtained from motor vehicle fees, gasoline taxes and self-retiring bonds, while the money necessary for the conduct of the state industrial accident com mission is derived from fees charged against employes and employers who take advantage of the workmen's compensation act. A survey of the official records shovs that the charges that Oregon is burdened with 70 or 80 commis sions for which their members re ceive fat salaries are untrue. COMPROMISE IS EFFECTED Mr. Harding Indicates to Members of House Committee 130,000 Men Should Be Jlinimum. WASHINGTON, Z. C. March 3 President Harding tok a hand in the army strength discussion today, summoning members of the house army , appropriations subcommittee into conference after a ; talk with General Pershing. - the subcommittee vesterdav agreed tentatively to cut the army enlisted strength for nest year from the au- inorizea lbo.uuu to 115,000. Alter the White House conference it was dis closed that an administration policy for a force of not lels than 130,000 had been formulated and expressed. The present actual strength is about 137,000. " General Pershing; Silent. - General Pershing would not discuss the nature of his taiik with the presi dent, but when the summons to Chair man Anthony and his associates fol lowed there was.no effort to conceal that General Pershing had felt 't nec essary to appeal to the president against the cut in the army the com mittee had in mind. . As active head of the army, General Pershing is known to feel that not alone the efficiency, of the new mili tary policy, worked out under the national defense act of 1920, is threat ened, hut that even the post-war scheme to combine the regulars, na tional guard and organized reserve into one army would be Impaired if the regular service were further re duced before the new system had been perfected and was in operation. Military Policy Permanent. At the war department Acting Sec retary Wainwright said the military policy of 1920 was adopted as an abid ing policy and was not a plan "sub ject to the whim or caprice of every shift in the economic situation." 'If that policy was needed in 1920, it also is needed in 1922," he said. Full confidence was expressed In administration circles, after the sub committee's conference with the pres ident, that a conservative course would be followed in army reduction when congress completes its work on the appropriation bills. The commit teemen are known to have been as sured of complete sympathy by the executive, with their desire to reduce government - expenditures in every possible way. It was quite evident, however, that a cut below the 130,000 strength figure would not be regard ed by Mr. Harding as "conservative in view of the present situation of the world. The president also is fully awara it was said, of the situation with re spect to putting the military policy of the 1920 act into effect. ARMY STATIONS THREATENED Secretary Weeks Says 25J Forts, losts and Camps May Close. MIAMI, Fla., March 3. Reduction of from $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 from the war department budget for the new fiscal year, reported to be the plan of the house appropriations sub committee, would mean a decrease of at least one-third In 250 army forts, posts, flying fields and training 'camps "of this country. Secretary of: War Weeks said today. ' It would be impossible, with a force of .only 100,000 men, to man these forts, camps and fields, even with a sufficient number of men to drill squad," Mr. Weeks declared. "The member of congress who votes to make the cut. beyond what we think it ought to be should not com plain if the department finds it neces sary to abandon a fort or post or field or eamp which happens to be in his district, said Mr. Weeks. "It is not my army; it belongs to the people. and if they want to make the cut, they have the right to do so." I family from Garnett, Kan., in 1891. Before she came west she was for sev eral years a national lecturer and organizer of the Woman's Christian Temperance union, and in Oregon she was untiring in her W. C. T. U. work. In addition to serving as a public speaker and lecturer, she acted as local president, - local secretary and stat and county officer and from 1900 to 1903 was Oregon's state presi dent of the W. C. T. U. Mrs. Harford was widely known in the state for her church and missionary work, as well as for her enthusiasm as a tem perance leader. She wa3 a member of the Arleta Mental Culture club. Richard S. Richardson. . HLBANY, Or., March 3. (Special.) Richard S. Richardson, senior vice commander of McPherson post 78, G. A. R., died here at his home last night from bronchial pneumonia. He was born in Rockford, 111., August 19, 1843, where he resided until after the Civil war. During the civil war he served with the 45th Illinois infantry. When he received' his discharge he went to Denver and later to Deer Lodge, Mont. Six years ago lie came to - Al bany. Mr. Richardson is survived by his widow, one son, two brothers and one sister. Funeral arrangements will not be made until the son ar rives from Montana. Mrs. Ena Cross. 7" ' VANCOUVER, Wash., March 3. (Special.) Mrs. , Ena Cross, who, though but 53 years old, had lived more than 60 years m Clarke county, died at her home, 805 West Tenth street, last night after two years' ill ness. She is survived by a son, Basil Cross; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Rickets, Mrs. Anna Parker of Van couver, and Mrs. Ida George of Port land, and three brothers, William A. Gilmore of Seattle. Thomas Gilmore and Charles A. Gilmore of this city. Mrs. Joseph Churchill Ryan. TUALATIN, Or., Maph 3. (Spe cial,) Mrs. Jos?ph Churchill Ryan died at Tualatin, February 28. She was the wife of Superintendent Ryan of the Tualatin schools and was her self an experienced teacher. Surviv ing are her husband and their four children, Rachel, Jeannette, Jane and Joseph, three sisters and one- brother. The funeral was held at the Sellwood home of her father. Professor Orcutt and interment was in the Mount Scott cemetery. FOREIGN LOAN DATA ASKED OF BANKERS Notice of State Department in Nature of Warning. CO-OPERATION IS SOUGHT Flotation of Bond Issues on Amer ican Market Held to Be As ! suniing Great Importance. WASHINGTON. D. C, March 3. Notice was issued today by the state department that the government ex pects American bankers to advise it fully of the details of the foreign loans with other governments or mu nicipalities abroad before negotia tions of such loans are concluded. The department in its notice, which was in the nature of warning, said that the desirability of co-operation in such loans which was explained to ,the banking Interests at a con ference last summer between Presi dent Harding and certain members of the cabinet arid representative Ameri can investment bankers did not seem sufficiently well understood in bank ing and investment circles. Information Is Requested. "The flotation of foreign bond is sues in the American market," said the state department, "is assuming increasing importance," and on ac count of the bearing of such opera tions upon the proper conduct of af fairs, it Is expected that American concerns that contemplate making foreign loans will inform the depart ment of state in due time of the es sential facts and of subsequent devel opments of importance." Officials explained that while there Is no law compelling bankers to fur nish such advance information to the government, the department believed "that in view of the possible national interests involved it should have the opportunity of saying to the under writers concerned, should it appear advisable to do so, that there is or is no objection to any particular issue." Guard to Be Taken. The department informed the bank ers that the absence of a statement from the government even though the department might have been fully informed regarding any loan did not indicate either acquiescence or objec tion. It was emphasized also that the department would not pass upon the merits of foreign loans as business propositions nor assume any responsi bility whatever in connection with loan transactions. It was also explained that it was necessary to guard against represen tations by bankers that foreign loans in this country had received the sanc tion of the American government. CHINESE FEAR SHOOTING " i Walla Walla Orientals Appeal to Police for Protection. WALLA WALLA,. Wash., March 3. (Special.) Local Chinese reported to county officers today that four strange Chinese had reached the city in an automobile about noon. The locai Chinese asked for protection, fearing that the strangers were tong- men. Chinatown has been in a state of fear for several weeks, ever since tong troubles started on the coast. Arrest yesterday of Jow One Chin on a warrant from Yakima served to intensify the fear. A Chinese arrived today from Yakima and told the offi cers that Chin was the m'an who shot at him in Yakima several days ago. He declared thAt Chin is a Hop Sing tongman. ST THROAT OF LATE TEXOR NOT REMOVED. SAYS WIDOW. Announcement That Rome Papers Had Printed Diagrams Is ' Called Ridiculous. NEW YORK, March 3. (By the As sociated Press.) Mrs. Enrico Caruso, widow of the famous opera tenor, to night spiritedly denied cable dis patches ffom Rome to the effect that her husband's throat had been re moved shortly after death and left to the Naples museum for acientlfic examination. The announcement that Rome pa pers had reproduced pictorially the throat of .the tenor she greeted With a single word "Imposition!" Mrs. Caruso's denial was supported quite as emphatically by Bruno Zriato, who was Caruso's secretary. He branded the report as "preposter ous." "Impossible," Mrs. Caruso declared after she had seen the dispatches. "There is not a word of truth In the statement. The throat of Mr. Caruso was not left to the Naples museum nor to any other museum or persqn. "At no time after Mr. Caruso's death was his body unwatched by some member of the family until it was sealed away in the Canessa chapel at Naples. There is but one key to the chapel,- and I have it. It has never been out of my possession. "I cannot understand the reported publication of pictures of his throat," she continued. "if must be some hoax." ROME, March 3. (By the Associat ed Press.) The throat of Enrico Caruso, which was left at the time of his death to the Naples museum for medical examination, was reproduced pictorially by the Rome newspapers today. Doctors whose opinions were published described it as the most ex traordinary development known for vocalization. Caruso's vocal cords er twice the normal length and his breathing power was described as phenomenal. The epiglottis was as thick as that of the deepest bass slnger'a. while Its attachment to the tongue was of such a nature as to permit the greatest rapidity of vibrations, thus account ing for the immense range of the great tenor's voice. His lunir power was so enormous that he could make the chords of a piano vibrate by merely breathing upon them. The doctors described Caruso's lung a those of a superman and declared that from head to foot ho was a mag nificent singing machine. Power Service Extended. SEASIDE, Or., March (Speclal.l As a result of the unprecedented building activities at Surf Beach in Seaside, the Pacific Power & LlRht company has a crew of workmen erecting "poles, and stringing wires to accommodate persons who are erect ing new houses In that district. Four new houses recently have been com pleted, and others are under construc tion, while a score of others,' who have recently purchased lots there have announced they will build this year. Xj. E. Bean to Be Icted. EUGENE. Or.. March 1. (Special.) L. E. Bean, Kugeoe'i gubernatorial candidate, will be guest at a dinner Saturday night at the Hotel Osburn by his supporters here. Among the speakers will be Dr. W. Kuykendall, W. W. Calkins, Frank Jenkins and George H. McMorran. David M. Gra ham will act as toastmaater. Mr. Bean will end the speech-making and It la expected that he will give a clear outline of his platform at that time. Gibson and Bride Sail for Home. SOUTHAMPTON. Eng- March . Hugh S. Gibson, American mlnlHter to Poland, and his bride, formerly Mile. Ynes Keyntlens, daughter of an ex Belgian court official, sailed for New York today. Mrs. James H. Gay. 'MEDFORD, Or., March 3. (Special.) - Mrs. James H. Gay, who died at her home In Central Point, Or., near here at the age of 82 years, will be buried tomorrow. She was born in Hillsdale county, .Michiga-n, and with her hus band had resided in Central Point for the last 35 years. Surviving are her husband and two sons, Charles B. Gay of Medford and Louis J. Gay of Se attle. William Uee Farlow. MEDFORD, Or., March 3, (Spe cial.) Funeral services will be held Saturday for William Lee Farlow, aged 27, of Lake Creek. He was jffceputy sheriff of Jackson county for the last three years. He is survived by his widow and 2-year-pld child. Nathan Barnes. EUGENE, Or, March 3.--(Special.) A military funeral was held for Nathan Barnes, world war veteran, yesterday. Members of the local, post of American Legion attended in a body and taps were sounded at the grave. Barnes died Tuesday. John O'Neill. Word was received yesterday by Mark O'Neill that his brother, John O'Neill, had died on Thursday, . at Augusta, Ky. The deceased was 75 years old and had been mayor of Augusta at one time. , llSAIIOr OFFER IDE EX-GOVERNOR WEST BIDS ON POWELIi BUTTE PROJECT. Obituary. No- Saving Shown, In Clarke. Vancouver, Wash., March 3. (Special.) Statements have been at tributed to Governor Louis F. Hart that the cabinet system of govern ment in Washington has saved the taxpayers $4,000,000 a year. At the county -courthouse today the records were examined, showing the amount of money this county has had to pay to the state ' for the last three years. The amount for 1919 was $196, 500.17; for 1920, ?316,624.66, and for 1921, the first year under the new system, $319,960.31. " Community Chest Established. SHERIDAN, Or., March 3. (Spe cial.) The Yamhill county nurse made her monthly visit to JSheridan last Wednesday, and held a confer ence with her committee and other Sheridan women. She .arranged to establish a community chest here, consisting of second-hand clothing, shoes and other articles, to be under the management of a committee of three, with Mrs. R. C. Field as chair man. Otto W. Heider donated space in his law office for the establish ment of the chest, where donations from local orgauizatiorj will -be lefU Mrs. liea Bogart. The funeral of Mrs. Lea M. Bogart, wife of Dr. M. D. Bogart, of this city, will be held at 10:30 o'clock this s 3 morning from the Finley mortuary, Mrs. Bogart died Wednesday night at the home of her sister, Mrs. Tom W, Leekley. Mrs. Bo gart was born at Eugene.,Or in 1888, and was the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blair, pio neers of that city Besides her wid ower, she leaves F. F James W. and three brothers, Claude Blair. "Uncle Joe" Garoutte. . COTTAGE GROVE, Or., March 3. (Special.) "Uncle" Joe uaroutte, aged 86, a resident ,of the Cottage Grove country for 68 years, died early Thursday morning from a stroke of apoplexy. The funeral will be held at 2 P. M. Sunday from the chapel, S. B. Kern officiating. Interment will be in the Oddfellows' cemetery. The wife, "Aunt" Hattie Garoutte, died 18 months ago. Surviving children are Mrs. S. E. Fleming, Spokane; Mrs. P. B. Sherwood, Los Angeles; Mrs. J. F. Thrasher, Cottage Grove, and G. F. Garoutte, Cottage Grove. Sur viving sisters are Mrs. Jane Gross, Cottage Grove, and Mrs. A. G. Hoyt, Bandon. Surviving half brothers and sisters are M. P., Roy, Verne and Alex Garoutte, Cottage Grove; Mrs. W. F. Hart, Portland; Mrs. R.- D. Stephens and Mrs. J. L. Lingo, Arlington, and Mrs. Frank Kelly, Cottage Grove. John Lenox Thompson. THE DALLES. Or. March 3. (Spe cial.) John Lenox Thompson, 89 years old, a pioneer of Wasco county, died at the family home In The- Dalles this morning after an illness of sev eral years. He is survived by his widow; three daughters. Mrs. Adaline Richmond, Mrs. Anna Thompson Lind say and Miss Laura Thompson, all of this city; a brother, George Thomp son, and two granddaughters. Miss Frankie Elizabeth Richmond of this city and Mrs. John Stuben of Port land. Mr: Thompson came to the Pa cific coast in 1858 as a gold miner. Mrs. Helen Dickinson Harford. Mrs. Helen Dickinson Harford, who died recently at her home, 7142 Forty third avenue, waa a noted temperance , worker. She came to Oregon with, her I tiff One of the' . . Best v-r -mmm Hart X V - ki'J2 '-'Wm Ever ' ' 3gp A mg ..if vf$ imfc j, - -wan w -; 'iPp- . 45v yiL SZ Mffiz&M tt jk pen ?) TTTTnT ?EA?UE- A VfiV1 I V3 I 1 ' ' 1 and In concert to- . i h'f- I A f ' 1 n morrowtl:80P-M- f, - 1 I J f i ' 1 I I PROGRAMME: I Light Cavalry I - - Aiiiihi.:iiiii lull ! "raii-iM-1-'-1 -ri ' 1 mi -ii hi i- - - Suppe 1 , . Don't Leave Me, llllllllllMlPWfflllMIl 7;" T" """" " f Mammy.... Santly ibbkp xj , j - vvr7t s IffilSilllW 1) q HAD neither name . M-KllGllfi? .. 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Redfield, engineers, and J. D. Will iams. Portland contractor. It was proposed to enlarge both the Central Oregon and Pilot Butte canals to carry additional head. They could ir rigate Pilot Butte lands and, save the Central Oregon irrigation district seepage loss, as the line would be shortened 18 miles. High-line water would be carried as far as possible through Central Oregon canal. Three Sought in $500,000 Fraud. HONOLULU, T. H., March !. An official and two employes of New York offices of Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd., a shipping concern, are being sought in connection with irregular ities in trade acceptances involving approximately $500,000, according to John Waterhouse, treasurer, of the company, Mr. - Waterhouse charged that -acceptances involving, this amount have been discovered to be forgeries. RMJMAT1C TWINGE MM YOU WINCE! USE Sloan's freely for rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, over-worked muscles, neuralgia, backaches, stiff joints, and for sprains and strains. 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