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THE SUNDAY OttEGONlAtf, PORTtAn, FEBRtTARY 20, 1916. OHINATOWN IS ALL PREPARED FOR IB Deserted Strets Have Quiet of Huge Bomb That Is Ready to Explode. SPARKS MAY RENEW STRIFE San Francisco Arbitration Commit tee Said to Be En Itotite to Ar- range Peace, or at Least Pre serve Battle Conventions. With its streets populated by a few sleepy-looking Celestials, Chinatown rarly last night resembled a huge bomb ready to explode at the slightest spark of renewed hostility, according to the opinion of the best-informed whites. The igniting spark may be supplied by any of several agencies. For one thing, the Hop Sing's ar still searching for a Chinaman said to have pointed out to the gunman his victims Thurs day night. The police are not especially eager for this man's arrest In the pres ent crisis, as thry fear that the pris oners friends In the affiliated Bow Leong and Bing Kuntr tongs might re taliate by more shooting. Police say there Is not sufficient evidence to con vict th fugitive of any crime. The Eleventh-street theater is anoth er weak point in the peace plans. Through an attorney, Chinese last night hired Patrolmen Morns and Nilcs. who were tiot on police duty, to sit in uni form In a box during the performance, Captain Inskeep likewise sent a squad of police and plainclothes men to the scene under command of Sergeant Bunn and lieutenant Harms at 11:45 o'clock The theater is a common meeting point for Chinese of all affiliations, and the police have received repeated reports that there were gunmen in the crowd. Theater Row Rumored. Still other reports were circulated yesterday to the effect that the local shooting was precipitated by a tong- man who spit In the face of a rival ton groan when they met at the theater. I' riends of the combatants backed up their respective tongmen and war In the playhouse was narrowly averted Still another source of irritation locally was the shooting of Kng Chon, a Bow Lcong. at La Grande Friday mgnt Dy Lem Uuong, a Hop Sing. This is believed to have been In retaliation for the local Hop Sing casualties. The - war at La Grando is over, however, unless Bow Lcong gunmen are shipped there, for Gnr Chon was the only rep resentative or Ms clan in that city, jieanume me local trouble has as sumed ail the dignity of a real tong war. An arbitration committee, com posed of representatives from the war ring tongs and a few neutrals, left San Francisco for Portland yesterday. according to reports. The committee is sent out as a sort of super-Ford peace party, to make peace if possible. and at least see that the conventions of tong warfare are observed by the belligerents. The peace' party is ex pected here today. 20,000 Bail Furnished. IO Quong, or Lo Gong, who is under arrest lor the snooting Thursday night, was released on 120,000 bail yesterday. K. B. t-eabrook, bis attorney, put up 170,000 worth of collateral to insure nis client s appearance in cour. Chung vv ah, the Hop Sing shot mursday night at Third and Couch streets. Is Improving at the Good Sa maritan Hospital. It Is hoped that the tongman's recovery. If he does recover. wui aia in clearing up the local sltua tion. The fact that the tong trouble has spread along the whole Coast, however, leads the authorities to doubt If the real root of the trouble is to be found locally. Local troubles, it is believed. precipitated the fight, but the war Is thought to have originated in the wily brain of some Chinese higher-up." ing of silt was deposited and all the gophers which are the gardeners' worst enemy either were drowned of killed by the gardeners as they tried to reach nigner ground. The silt deposit, is very rich and is considered a valuable addition to the soil. J. R. Stewart, Chebalis, Burled. CHEHALIS. Wash., Feb. 19. (Spe clal.) Tomorrow afternoon, from the Episcopal Church, will be held the fu neral or J. R. Stewart, who died yes terday in this city. Mr. Stewart was 75 years Of age and came to Chehalis from Schuyler. Neb., in 1888. He had been a Mason for many years and the Masonic .Lodge will have charge of the services at the cemetery. A widow and five daughters survive the deceased. Tenino OH Well 1042 Feet Beep. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Feb. 19. (Spe cial.) The Washington - Oregon Oil Company has reached a depth of 1062 feet at its well in Tenino with fair showings of oil. President H, W. Fen ton is optlmlaUc ad to the ultimate success of the well. The annual meet ing of the stockholders of the com pany, the majority of whom reside in Portland, will be held in Tenino Feb ruary 26. i . . Northern Pacific to Extend Road. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Feb. 19 (Special.) Announcement has been published here that the Northern Pa cific will this season extend Its Sunny- sldo branch to Gibbon, on Its main line; will extend Its reservation branch sev eral miles and ita Cowiche branch a mile. Extension of the Surinyajde LEAGUE ORGANIZES TO BUILD RAILROAD Construction of Line From Val ley of Rogue River to Hum boldt Bay Is Intention. (Famous Broadway Star) With Loretta Blake GOVERNMENT AID WANTED Southern Oregon and Northern Cali fornia Join Hands in Project and Counties to Be Touched Will Be Asked to Help. V MEDFORD, Or., Feb, 19. (Special.) With the return Of the Medford delegation from Treka, Cal.. today, it was announced that, at the meeting held in that city Friday, the Northern California and Bouthern Oregon De velopment League was formed to con struct a railroad from the Kogue Kiver r-1 ' " 1 v1'.." -1 V "' I'll' 1 -1 T7 T?T7 rN . IN air banks PICTURE the PAPERS Pete (Douglas) Fairbanks offers to get his picture on the front pages of all the New York papers after win ning a prize fight, wrecking an auto and several other adventures ; he finally gets results in a highly amusing manner. If You Want to Laugh and Can't or if You Feci Like Laughing and Are Looking for an Excuse, Don't Miss This Out" Newest Courtesy Tea Served in Our Handsomely Ap pointed Ladies' Room Daily From 3 to ." P. HI. 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 r 4 I, ..-. s- .s-.... 2... .r, '-y-tiirrnJ MEDFORD'S NEW- FEDERAL BUILDING IS NEARING j ; i - 'iir ;; COMPLETION. - . " I : ; j f ? , - '-ow- , .1 Charles 'Murray'- 1. tiS- j - MSmi . , " AIlce Davenport f "Jyjrab?"iit p-W "t '! 1 2 Reels of Fast Fun for Your Entertainment It's Called ; 5- ' . y-.'";-7 '. ' i - Ifr t j iff risk" i H-ibt' I ! . i,u-j l It's a New Keystone and That Means Comedy . v , - 5 "Ti T HiHHaaHMMB ' lA "J 1 ' ' . ' , vm PEIISPECTIVE OF 1 00,000 STRlCTL'ftE. I A T T" y "" . " . J 'H'N "TT" fT MEDFORD, Or., Feb. 19 (SpeciaD Mediord'a now $100-,000 Federal I ' W l I VA " building is nearing completion and will be opened about April 1. The f f I j 1 I ! iPv fe 1 4 i buildins is one of the finest structures in Southern Oregon and with ft M IjS j I I t J B I V X interior furnishings will represent an ouUay of $110,000. t VV J 1 jS V J J I J J The site was donated by publlo-apirlted citizens. The basement and T S mJLmiim3 afa V 1 1 It i it tZik mi ikmt top floor will be used by the Federal Forest Service,-the first floor will I - ' XV be taken by the postoffice and the second floor by Federal offices, in : ; - r -ri , 1 tn x ! 1 ' 1 iit 1 X. X eluding the Federal courtroom. . t tiome of Photoplays De Liitxe Sixth ana Washington vS, i branch will give alternate lines from Gibbon to Parker, a few miles south of this city. Pendleton Masque Ball Gay. PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 19. (Spe cial.) A whirl of black and white cos tumes in a poster-like setting of black and white hangings marked the masque dancing party in the Eagle-Woodman hall Tuesday nigh't, - for which six bachelors, Dan 8mythe, Clarence uisn op. Dr. Guy Boyden, Roy Ritner, Fred Lampkin and Harry Oray were hosts, as one of the gayest and cleverest dances of the season. GAR SHORTAGE IS ACUTE BAKER REPORTS LtMBER MILLS MAY SHUT DOWN TOMORROW. ability to Get Transportation Is Said te Prevent Shipments Except in Western States. BAKER, Or., Feb. 19. (Special.) So serious has become the freight car shortage that one, and possibly two. lumber companies will not be able to operate Monday if cars are not forth coming by that time. . The Oregon Lumber Company today announced that it needed 40 cars to catch up on its orders. The plant shut down nearly three weeks ago and has run only two days In that time because it could not ship. The "W. H. Eccles mill is running only about half time and is able to take care of only orders for Western states, where lumber can be shipped in stock or gondola cars. The Baker White Pine rnill is also threatened with a shut-down unless it gets transportation at once. Other mills are caring only for local shipments. The combined mills say they could use more than 100 cars at once, and at least ten a day regularly thereafter. Davenport May Get $40,000 Hotel DAVENPORT. Wash.. Feb. 19 (SnaciaLl Davennort. which has been without a modern hotel for many years will have a fine new structure of 40 rooms, fireproof throughout, to cost S40.000 if clans undertaken by Dr.- H. Z. Dean materialize. The Methodists of Davenport this week finally decided to build a church to cost about i 6000. Rufus Holman to Make Address. PENDLETON. Or.. Feb. 19. (Spe clal.) J. Rufus Holman, of Portland, member of the Multnomah County Court, has consented to address the members of the Umatilla County Good Roads Association on good roads Mop. dav night here. An Invitation has been extended by the association to all of the commercial bydies in the county. Yakima to Get More Elk. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Feb. 19. (Special.) The Yakima County Game Commission has arranged for importa tion of 25 additional elk from Yellow stone Park thia Spring. They will be released in the mountains in the north ern and western part or the county, where a number of bands now range as a result of planting several years ago. CAL.IFORXIAJT WILL SPEAK TO KNIGHTS OF COLL'MBCS. STEVENS STOCKMEN ELECT Association Sessions at Col vl lie Are Well Attended. COLVILLE. Wash.. Feb, 19. (Spe cial.) At the session of the Stevens County Livestock Association yester day more than 100 out-of-town stock- Jivestock and dairy extension depart- men attended. Luncheon was given by the Chamber of Commerce. Professor J. N. Price, of Pullman, the head of the ment of the Washington State College, discussed the feeding of stock. The annual election of officers re- " suited as follows: Alex Morrison, Valley, president; J. W. Reynolds, Meyers v Falls, vice-president; James -Crawford, Echo, secretary; M. A. Daggy and Earl T. Gates, of Colville, assist ant secretaries; C. M. Baker, Narcisse, treasurer. - 1 - s v ' J' fx. VALLEY GARDENERS HAPPY Jlccent Hich AVattr Leaves Thin Coating of Rich Silt on Land. ALBANY, Or., Feb. 19. (Special.) That the recant high water. did the gardeners thousands of dollars' worth of good is the statement of many of the prominent gardeners of this section. The Santiam during Its highest stage inundated the most of the rich garden ing section in the Santiam bottoms, while the Calipooia and Willamette did as much for the tracks along their I fcank-n, IJia result i -Lh&t a thia coau 1 JOfieph Scott. Joseph Scott, president of the : Board of Education of Los An geles and a well-known Califor nia attorney, will be the speaker at the Knights or ColumDus cele bration of George Washington's birthday, which is scheduled for, the night of February 22 in the Lincoln High School auditorium. The meeting will be open to all. Musio and other features have been provided, but the address of Mr. Scott is expected to be tire chief attraction. - - "Ideals of Citizenship" will be his topic. This is the address he has given in a number of East ern cities. He win De intro duced, by W. D. Wheelwright, of Portland. Valley through the Blue Ledge mining district to-Humboldt Bay, at Eureka, Cal. . . The meeting was an enthusiastic one and ' the sentiment was strongly ex pressed that, under the present organi zation, the proposed plans will be car ried through. Each county covered by the work of the league is to have an executive committee whichwlll compile at once a survey of the resources in their dis tricts and endeavor to secure an ap propriation of $1000 from their County Court to assist in preliminary work, The Department of the Interior will then, be approached and application made for Government aid under the loan plan recently advanced by Secre tary Lane. The counties represented include Jackson and Klamath counties, Ore gon; Humbolt, Siskiyou- Trinity, Modoc and Del Norte counties, California. Officers of the league were elected as follows: President, A. L. Hill, president of Medford Commercial Club; secretary and treasurer, H. A. Latta, Medford vice-presidents, W. L. , Lambert, of Eureka, and J. P. Churchill, of Siski you County. x President Hill will call a second meeting of the league In a few weeks. and meanwhile an automobile trip will be taken over the proposed railway route as soon as Supervisor Ryder, of the Foreht Service, declares the Call, fornla roads are in proper condition. . ATHLETICS ARE HIT E INTERSTATE SPAN PROGRESS NOW AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IN PART. Indications Are Storm Delay Will Not Prevent Completion by October 1, I Date Specifically Specified. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 19. (Spe cial;) Work on the construction of the Columbia River Interstate Bridge has been resumed, following the recent storm of Ice and snow. While more than a month was lost on account of bad weather, all of the contractors are up to time in their work, and several of them are ahead. The two unfilled cribs, which floated down stream during the high water, are being towed back to place. One was 42 feet deep. It. is uninjured." The other. 28 feet deep, iinated below the North Bank bridge. Piling has been driven to hold them In place, and when returned to their positions, they will, be driven full of piles and then- filled with concrete. The high water was better for the piers than lower water would have been, as the heavy ice floated clear of the partly completed piers. Work along the length of the bridge has now been resumed, from the as sembling of steel to replacing the pier in Oregon Slough which toppled over when a fill slid into the water. Thre is every prospect that the bridge will be completed by October 1, the official date. . Four spans have been completed now. The method of floating the spans from assembling ways to the piers has bees proved to be the best and cheap est. Had false work been used it would have been knocked out by the immense pressure of toe. La Grande Teachers' Session Bans Friday Meets. DAY'S WORK STRENUOUS Preparedness and Military Drills In Schools Are Debated Movies, Playgronnds and Credits Get Special Attention. LA GRANDE, Or., Feb. 19. (Spe cial.) Principals and superintendents of Eastern Oregon put in a strenuou day in their annual session here to day. Placing their unqualified stamp of disapproval on Friday lnterscholas tic contests and banning them for good, listening to an impassioned plea for modified military training in schools and a bitter counter attack upon the plea, voicing protest against other than instructive and educational films in Saturday matinees, agreeing that Sun PROHIBITION CAUSE LOSES ARDENT ADVOCATE. Transportation Flap Criticised. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Feb. 19. (Special.) The experiment undertaken by the North Yakima School Board in transportation of pupils of the Fair-, view School, in the southeastern sub urbs of the olty, probably will be dropped as unsatisfactory. Many com plaints of the service have been made. The latest is that the driver smoked a cigar while making his trip two morn ings . ago,- and made -all the children sick. . .... A one-armed -watchman at the central crossing between Shiloh and Bridgeton, X. J., gets his Winter supply of potatoes free by exacting a toll from each load that passes W. . r .Vs.. . " Jerry Stone. ADAMS, Or., Feb. "19. (Spe cial.) Jerry Stone, pioneer citi zen of Umatilla Counfy. died at his farm home near here Wednes day. He was 61 years old. Mr. Stone was born near Charleston, 111. In 1864, with his par ents, brothers and sisters, he crossed the' plains by ox team to Marysville, Cal., coming to Ore gon in 1863 and settling in Marion County a year later. He was a participant in the battle at Wil low Springs in the Indian upris ing of 1S76. For several years preceding his death he had been an ardent worker for the prohibition cause. He is survived by his widow, formerly Miss Josephine Peringer, and the following children: Mrs. J. L. Hunt. Bellingham, Wash.; David T. Stone and Clifford -E. Stone, farmers, near Adams, and S. A. Stone, city editor of the Salem Statesman. day School credits along a literary basis should be enforced thoroughly if taken up at all, they listened to a halt dozen other Important speeches. The first matter considered was mov ing pictures, then camo spirited dis cussion on Sunday School credits. Pro fessor Purcell, of Enterprise, known as the premier playground promoter of the up-state, explained his card index system for each student's physical de velopment. Superintendent Churchill, who was present, assured the assem blage that school boards are not re sponsible for accidents to children when the apparatus is substantial. Then came a long debate on Friday interscholastlc games, ending in a res olution stringently forbidding them. Coupled with this went a resolution to hinder and prevent as far as pos sible long trips by athletic teams. 'Baker was selected for the next an nual Eastern Oregon track meet, and in this connection the superintendents placed a ban on gold and silver medals for point winners. Bronze and rib bons must suffice hereafter, with a loving cup for the winning team. Coming back to moving pictures, it was decided to urge parents to demand educational films only at Saturday matinees, and that moving pictures of educational nature be installed in schools. A. C. Voelker, of ' Baker, said he thought "I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier," was sentimental slush, that military training in schools prepared a reservoir to draw from in the future in case of war. That this training provided as much exercise as football, established poise, good bearing 'and discipline. That in' our present state, Old Glory is dragged in the dust be cause we have no weapons to back our "strict accountability" note. Near approach of evening ended what was rapidly becoming a heated discussion on the subject. B. rhillips, of Tacoraa, and Secretary and Cashier A. B. Iiood were re-clocted. Recent examination of the coal deposits of fcipitzenheTRon indicate that thov contain more than l.H0,C00,ooo ions of fuel ut ro markable purity. PRETTY STUDENT ELOPES ELMA BASKETBALL PLAYER WEDS " EMBRYO JOURNALIST. GIRLS! LOIS OF L BEAUTIFU mi 25c-Cent Bottle of "Danderm'' Makes Hair Thick, Glos3y and Wavy. Removes All Dandruff, Stops Itching Scalp and Fall ing Hair. fMisa Roth L, Murray and Gerald Cloud Are Principles In Washington High School Romance. ELMA, Wash., Feb'. 19. (Special.) We're married," was the long dis tance telephone message yesterday from Seattle in the voice of his daugh ter to J. Murray, a prominent and wealthy member of the Greenwood community, near here. The family was Just beginning to worry about the non appearance of Miss Ruth L. Murray, the pretty little Elma High School basketball player. She had been away few days, ostensibly to visit girl friends. 'Married! Who?" asked 'the aston ished father. "Oh, Gerald and I re plied the daughter. "We're coming home soon." "Hurry," said Mr. Murray. The bridegroom. Gerald Cloud, is a graduate of the Montesano High School, who was supposed to be on his way to enter the University or Washington for a four-year course in Journalism. He is the son of Dan Cloud, repre sentative of the Associated Press at Montesano. The elopement of the young people proved a complete surprise to relatives, friends and fellow students. The news quickly got abroad and their hosts of friends are wishing them a happy journey through life. N'orth Yakima Banlc Re-elects. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Feb. 19. (Special.) The Central Bank & Trut Company has re-elected its former di rectors, with the exception of George Mitchell, who has disposed of his In terests in the bank. His place Is taken by H. C. Davis, of Granger, prominent aa a Hoistein oreeaer. it,, u. rear nas been added to the "board. President W. : J - I f J t $ ' it?- v - 1 f h-V -.'-".- . 1 V i S 1 Li , f; r: v ! :' t A,-- .-V ' .- V.-. .. - .. To be possessed of a Lead of heavy, beautiful hair; soft, .ustrous, fluffy, wavy and free from dandruff is merely a matter of using a Utile Dander ine. It is easy and Inexpensive to have nice, soft hair and lots of it. i Just get a 2¢ bottle of Knowltoa's Dantfer- ine now all drug stores recommend it apply a little as directed and within ten minutes there will be -n appear ance of abundance, freshness, fluttine&a and an incomparable gloss and luster, and try as you will, you cannot find trace of dandruff or falling hair; out your rea.4 surprise will be after about two weeks' use, when you will see new hau fine and downy at first yes but really new hair sprouting all over your scalp. anderine is, we Deiieva, the onlv sure hair grower, destroyer of dandruff and cure for itchy scalp, and 11 ne'er falls to stop fall hair at once. If you want to prove how pretty and soft your hair really is, moisten a cloth with a little Danderire and carefully draw it through your hair -taking oca small strand at a time, lour hair v-.i be soft, glossy and beautiful in Just a few moments a delightful surprise awaits everyone who tries this, Adv. ' KEEP KIDNEYS ACTIVE WITH A GLASS OF SALTS Must Flush Your Kidneys Occa sionally if You Eat Meat Regularly. Noted Authority Tells What Causes Backache and Blad der Weakness. No man or woman who eats meat regularly can mako a mistake by fluah Inn the kidneys occasionally, says a well-known authority Meat forms urlo acid which clous the kidney pores o they sluggishly filler or Btraltl only part of the vale und poiaons from the blood, then you get sick. Nuarly al rheumatism, heaUuches, liver trouble, nervousness. coiiHtipauoii, dizzlneas, HleeileH.sncsH. Madder disorders coma from tiluKi.Hh kidney;:. The. moment you feel a dull acho In the kidneys or your back hurls, or if the urine Is cloudy, offensive, full of sediment, irregular of passuKe or at tended by a semtutiou ol scalding, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any reliable pharmacy and tako a tnble spoonfull In a ylnsa of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This fa mous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with lithia, and has been u.sed for genera tions to flush clogged kidneys and stim ulate them to activity, also to neutral ize the acid.i In urine so It no longer causes irritation, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Suits Is Inexpensive and cannot injure: makes a delightful effervescent lithia-wuter drink which all regular meat eaters should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and the blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney complications. 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