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t THE OREGON; DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1AM 1016. II, AYCOMMISSi ISSK PROMISE REFUSES TO HELP FOR NEXT YEAR N Vheeler -County People Told Flans for State Aid Must i Walt for Six Months; : - LEWIS REPORTS ON WORK f " PIONEER SERVED IN. VOLUNTEER GUARD iptltmtt Has Been Busy Superrls- tag XmyroYements and Turnlsning' ,' riass la AU Fsrts of SUte. Salem. Or. May 10. The state Mgh- wy commission decided at lta session fTuesday afternoon that It would make fi promises in regard .o the aopor- llOUBeBt'Of highway funds of 1917 for .several month. This decision came "when Wheeler county asked for state aid. State Treasurer Kay suggested Jthat tt would be well to wait, for about 5eix months before making promises. i A delegation from Sheridan was promise! that If Wasco county failed to bond aad this year's apportionment of 4I,IM reverted to the state. $5000 would b set aside for use In Yamhill county. It Is proposed to hard sur- ;aco nil and a half of road near .Sheridan. - t TnM&m Insufficient, Says Oorenior. ; "Tie (reat trouble is tliat we have net fundi enough," eaid Qoyerndr JWlthyeoJnbe. "If we had a mill levy. 'which would- yield a million dollars. we touid accompiiBn someining. is,' r ,H " A tm i ii i n 1 1 r 1 1 ni n n 1 1 1 1 JUVfNdtlCNU 0 tlHAL MFMsnrTiiiFn p SIURY UrouKKtNUtK a s ill 3 .0 3 I? " Mi ,iV$ rrl ! ; -sV Guns and Ammunition De stroyed, Food Was Gone, Wireless Last to Go, ; r By Edmund Conter. Headquarters of the Tigris Army (Via London), May 10. (L N. B.) I am able to supply the following; first hand details of the (surrender of Msjor. Oeneral Charles F. Townshend and Jbis garrison at Kut-EliAmara: The last wireless communications sent out by General Townshend were dispatched on the morning of April tt. Two messages were received here. The .first one read: "I have destroyed the guns, most of the ammunition Is being- destroyed and officers have gone to Khalil (the Turk ish general) at Madug to say that we are ready to surrender. We must have food-VVe cannot" bold t any longer. Khalil -waa told today our. predica ment, and officers have oae with launch to bring food from the J ulnar.' Th Julner waa the blp oent on. the night of April . to earry supplies to the garrison at Rut ' The next wira begln : "Hav hoisted the white flag at Kat over the fort and town. The guards will be taken over by the Turkish regi ment now approaching. I shall sJ.ort ly destroy the wlreleaa. Th troopg wil go Into camp near Shamran." Kenyon to Attempt Talking Marathon Washington, May 10. (V. P.)- if Senator Kenyon is physically able, he will apeak continuously until Saturday on the rtvera and harbors bill. By de claring a recess Instead of an adjourn ment last night, friends of the bill compelled him to take the floor at noon today. He expects to hold it. Canadians Get New Chief. Ottawa, Out-, May 10. (I. N. S.) It Is ' officially announced that Gen eral Blr Jullen Byng haa been appoint ed to the command of the Canadian forces at the front and that General Alderson has returned to England. General $yng has had a distinguished military career. BRANDING MAKE CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE SiPM mm m i sa-- - Aspirants Will Be .Publicly Roped, Thrown, Seared at PressXIub Breakfast. aent to. all! eandidatea demanding their ; Tha girt aivea w addreaa a the New presence ast tho'lnfarno and mephUto- jj0tei Washington. Bhe la ald to be phellan inojaUltten- aa tf tte rWM. tB. daughter of an attorney, gard th i command the "Myetartous i T T.M "ICu.f W will .trfa. llflAMl AlWa played for their benefit. - JEvea though Chicavgo'a Pace Briag Nephrltla. R0ASTMASTERS PREPARED on-trp Corral Win Be la OMgaa notei drts and Solags WU1 Be staid Vozt Bunday Xoon. Pitchforks and branding Irona will go Into tha fire early Saturday night to be heated to a white' heat for the torturing of the candidates at tha "Candidates' Breakfast" to be riven by the Portland Preej club Sunday noon in the Oregon Grill. Offlcal looking subpenas are being soma of the candidate do sot receive I notices of tha breakfast they are ex-, peetad to be present. t John "U Travis wtll preside and will be assisted by two roastmasters. Uhosa who expect to be present at the breakfast and are desirous of see ing their deadly rival squirm under the lzzUlng pitchforks and branding irona are ordered to notify the secre tary of the Portland Press club. In the El Its building, at once that they will be present Bunday noon. . . Actions of Japanese Suspicious. Los Anigeles. May le. (P. N. S.) i Police Officer B. Gamaah reported toihe department today that he had seen a Japanese constructing what took to be a war aeroplane in a vacant building ( here. Officer Gamaah said , the Japanese had taken every precau iinn tn VnintRln secrecv as to hla ac tions and that he saw the machine! through a narrow oracle. 'i " Wooers Make life Irksome. Los Angeles, Cal., May 10. Signing herself "R. M. Teal." a Seattle girl has written to friends in Los Angeles asking that some family adopt her tn order that she may escape ardent wooers who are making life lrksoma Chicago. Ill, May 10. (L N. S.) impossible. Tha fast and furious basins Mai ef Chicago is on of the causes of BephrV Us, Dr. Oifford Mitchell told th ZUW nols Homeopathic association . at its convention. Once the d leas gets s xootnoia, n said. cur is almost Voliiey Leonard j Volney Leonard, who died In this city on May 3. was a pioneer of Ore gon, crossing the plains with his par parents in 1852, and settling near SU verton. He waa born In Missouri 78 years ago. Mr. J.eonara was a meuiuer aimtM. vn.in. i .wi. ..nnritii tha I of the First Oregon Volunteer Infan try ana in later years epuiii um, his time In California, but always con sidered Sllverton his home. He Is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Agness h. Orr, a brother, H. Wade Leonard of Portland, and a sister, Mrs. Ellen S. Geer. of Riddle, Or. Dr. A. L. commission that conKlderable pro igrea had -been made during the past ;month In road matters. A survey has ,"been completed for the reconstruction of It miles of road south of Bend and Jth location has been approved by the .county court. H was expected that ork would commence In the nfar fut-. Leonard of Sllverton. who died sev Jure out Airricuity had been encountered ,?n arranging for right of way with one of the owners. Progress of Work Detailed. Winter slides are being removed (from, th Siskiyou mountain highway tin Jackson county and plans are being ; mad for rocking the road in the near , xuture. Right of way had been se 1 cured 111 Douglas county and construc tion work near Glendale will commence I soon. Work In Lane county has been halted to await a decision of tne su- 1 eral years ago, was a brother. Saloon Wins Rent Trom Brewery Co. Seattle Judge Holds That Brewery leases on Saloons Automatically Terminated. When Dry Xiaw Passed. Seattle, Wash., May 10. (TT. P.) A judgment of $1675 against the Seat tle Brewing & Malting Co., In favor of the .Stratford, a former saloon, was granted yesterday- by Superior Judge Vonnoih Mackintosh. The court ruled rschen- that Drewery leases on saloons auto matically terminated when th dry law became operative. The saloon sued the brewing company for recovery of rent paid in advance. preme court. Bids have been called ;. for In 'connection with the Sourgrass ' cutoff. .Arrangements have been made with the Polk bounty court for paving work near . Independence and H. Hfn berg . of Independence, has agreed to : advance tha second half of the state's appropriation, whch would otherwise ' not ba available until December. 1 j v Clatsop Work Being Adjusted. i I 11 win oe several weens Derore ill I ni a f TP i lb:jv? "'v: Shoots Over Infant I aop county can be worked out, aj- l (though considerable time was devoted to It A review of the Rainier IIU1 work In .Olumbla county, reclassified and re- teasured by the contractor, has been tade on the ground by the department. Plana and specifications were fur- ilahed for a 160 foot bridge near Rose urg, a 160 foot reinforced concrete liaduet near Tolo and a steel bridge it Salem. Oantlae Sent to Wheeler. On motion of Governor Withycombe It waa ordered that E. I. Cantlne, chief leputy state engineer, should go to Wheeler county to consult with the bounty court In regard to the survey of the Columbia river-Ontario highway In that section. .. 1 Monte A key son Pardoned. At Her Stepfather Salem. Or., May 10 Monte Akeyson. wVJt.wiA?; Mas Was Choking Mother, Polloe Bay, aad Waa Btmca by One of Fonr Shots, Arm Being Broken. Los Angeles; May 10. (P. N. S.) Firing over the head of her Infant daughter Dorothy, Mrs. Viola Choaa, a young woman,, today shot and serious ly wounded her atep-father. Bolivar Weaver, 4 2, while he was choking her mother, according to the police. The shooting took plac at the Weaver home. Four bullets, fired from a revolver of emaU calibre, sped within a few Inches 9t the infant's' head. The fourth missile struck Weaver in th upper left arm, breaking the bone and knocking him down. The other three Veterans of 6. A. R. Portland arsonist, who pleaded guilty to the crime of burning to Injure the insurer, and who was committed to th penitentiary November 1, 1915, with a three to seven year sentence, was conditionally pardoned Tuesday afternoon by Governor Withycombe. Circuit Judge Gantenbeln. who un. f xawva iiim, jjiBirici Attorney wvans I ( tj T . I and Fire Marshal Stevena recommend- ' H ftlfl KTlfQTnrkTnQnf i Jd clemency, in his letter to the "UAW JJIAWWAAIJJAXOAJ. U !., governor, . Judge Gantenbein said he i f felt Akeyson Bhould be punished to Bakersfleld, CaL, Entertaining Dele- f some extent, but was convinced that i ' . x ' 7 . . . . . ... rates Trom Two BtatA tn Vortr. in view or nis recora Derore commit- " Ing the crime, his record since that Vinth Annual Encampment, time and the assistance given the dis- Bak.M. CaI.. mw io ctt v ... . ' ' - ' . """-"i reoumng m Two thousand delegates nH vt.ltnr. Mrs. Choaa chot only after Melvln Abbott, 14 yeara old, an adopted son or Mrs. weaver, had hit Weaver with a rolling pin, the blows, however, ap- parently having no effect. ! trie peeurlng important evidence against (other suspects, that six months' Im prisonment Was ample in his case were on hand today when the forty- ninth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and affiliated organizations of tha departments of California and Nevada opened In Bak- PhotOTille Circuit Incorporated. M 1 . t . n M. ... I 0 1 1 J uwif vr., jxiay io, n raclrlC I i.it:iu. 4. Photovllle circuit filed articles with Ab the grizzled veterans assembled Corporation Commissioner Schulder- they marched to the martial strains of man Tuesday, wltn capital stock J10,- ine Ulrl I Left Behind Me," played (00r Portland the prinoipal place of by the Los Angeles veteran fife and ualness and S. Morton Cohn. David drum corps, wbioh Includes Phllo Case. jTrsedman and ITred Langerman incor- tn "Drummerboy of Shlloh," whose porators. The Golden Chariot Mining lon? roll on the drum aroused the (it Milling company, organised under Union troops on the day of that bloody h laws of Kentucky, filed notice of combat. Another member of the corps an Increase In capital stock from JiOOO was Robert Bain, who beat a drum I 100,000. captured irom tfto Hessian soldiers- under Burgoyno on October 17, 1777. Biff Lumberman nf " r Tji.v. t rk j I Sfl.n Franmsnn Man ! I I . I . I 1 Tl " J r r Belllngham, Wash., May 10. OT. P.) ; f Edmund L. Gaudette, millionaire ', lumberman. Is dead here today of apo 1 plexy. . . f. -:. ,- . Released by British Edgar Blooh Ksd Been Held la Deten tion Camp Two Months Is American Oitisea of airman Parentage. ' Vancouver, B. C, May 10. (P. N. S.) -Arter being held prisoner in a deten- Lumber InterMtj Sold r White Salmon. Wash.. May 10. The property of the Swan-Heaman Lumber tion camp at Vernon for more than two company or vvnite baimon haa been I month. Eritrnr Rlnch husir... m.n old at public sale and wtll be known of San Francisco, today was released n tne xuiure as tne MUsap-Dickey by the- military authorities. Bloch owes his release to the Influence of powerful friends In the United States, When Bloeh first came to Vancou ver he told the authorities he waa of Swiss ancestry. This did not conform to information concerning him which the authorities possessed. Taking no chances in doubtful cases. Bloch was company, mi (iced the Warning It If You Have a Coueh ! . 1 The daen-seateA onrh that .Wa sent o the detention camp. Later It yield to ordinary treatment may lead WR.8 learned -that he was an American to f distressing pulmonary troubles. oltizn' although of German parentage Or It may bring on a chronio bron- in Lorraine. Chlal affection. Many persons now in- Bloeh s-friends appealed to the gov- capacltated might have avoided such roJ??dtr aa investigation by disastrous results by timely car and Qeneral sl William Otter, his release W UOl Vft efficient medical treatment. Among the latter Eckman's Altera tive baa an enviable record. It is a lima bearing preparation whloh is xslly assimilated In most instance. "vhr used ln-connection with nour ltshlng food and proper living, it has given widespread relief. ' Its ' freedom from poisonous of tablt-formlng drugs of any nature whatsoever renders it safe to try. And Its content of calcium gives it tonl -value. , . Sold by Tha Owl Drug Co. and lead ing druggists. ,, . . Zckmaa laboratory, rhijadslpals, Farmer Found Not Guilty. J. C Thompson, a farmer on the Bandy road, was found not guilty of tho larceny of a quantity of Mult nomah county tools when he was Jlven a hearing before District Judge ones yesterday afternoon. Th coun ty road camp was on Thompson's place and Thompson testified that the tools were scattered more or reea over his place and he had used- some 'of tnem at aurerent . times but he' had no thought of taking any of tbsm., 1 Woolen Mill Building Morrison at Third St. Forroerly Cambridge Block Now Home of Brownsville Clothing for men and boys. Top floor occupied by, our electric tailor shop. Balance, retail department. Get This Building Clearly in Eye Absorb it into your mind and remember it's the Milf-to-Man Cl,o thing Store the economy cen ter for Portland clothing buyers. :m We've Surely Struck a Lively Gait With This Trade Advertkiin Eraldimig mm 8U1G If you'd come and see you'd say that business is good at the Browns ville Woolen Mills. - And it ought to be, for it is just what we were after with this popular sale. We wanted more people to learn the path to our door and they are coming in rapid file after these Portland-made Suits at the trade-building pnee or There's nothing as good on this coast for the price. Noth ing better for 20 to $25. They're tailored from fabric of Oregon wool, woven in OrSgon mills.- They're fashionably cut in our own modern shop and hand-tailored throughout. They fit they wear they look mighty good. The real proof is in the wearing itself; but you can tell much by seeing and trying one on. We'll gladly show you. Tailored to Measure Special Here's another big adveirtising special To bring our well organized -Custom-Tailoring De partment to your attention we are for a limited time, .making suits to order from a. large range of suitings for the unusually low price of $20. It's a wonderful bargain, we know, and we can take orders at this price only AS LONG AS THERE'S ROOM IN THE SHOP. The crowd is fast blocking our way and you'll have to hurry if you want to, get unider this busy tailor's tape while the special price prevails. Brownsville Woolen Mills J. L. Bowman, Pres.' a J .LIU- 5 ; ' PtAHUI SCHOONER wrr txnm Prom the "Trail of the Pathfinder" to the "Trail of the Olympian" mark splendid chapters in the advance of transportation. With the electrifica- , tion of 440 miles of main line this year "MILWAUKEE'S" ' &U-8teel transcontinental trains the 'Qjrm pl&n" and the "Columbian" are hauled swiftly over the mountain barriers strictly maintaining schedules and leaving the beautiful mountain views unsullied by smoke, soot and cinders. fror aoenery and comfort yrra can hanfh do batter than take tb "ViwaaaW on your next trip East. E. H GARRISON District Freight and Pueenger Agent Corner Third and Stark Phonae Main 8413, A-2601 Qiicago. Milwaukee & St Paul Railway Kkmu locoMonvt t!"ii innnnT 'Am Is.'-' Mill-to-Man Clothiers Morrison at Third St ECURSION RATES COMMENCING JUNE 1ST The Great Northern Railway Will havm on alm Summer Excursion Tickets TO ST. PAUL. MINNEAPOLIS, DULUTH, SIOUX CITY, OMAHA, KANSAS CITY, ST. JOE, ST. LOUIS. CHICAGO, BUFFALO, PITTSBURG, CINCINNATI, NEW YORK, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, WASH INGTON, D. C, and many other points at greatly reduced rates. Call or Write for Full Information CITY TICKET OFFICE, 348 Washington Street, H. Dickson, C P. & T. A. SSes pi Phones Marshall 3071 A-2286 ROUTE OF THE ORIENTAL LIMITED Tenth Annual Rose Festival, Portland, June 7th, 8th and 9th Northern Pacific Ry. The Yellowstone Park Line THROUGH TRAINS EAST NONE BETTER Get the Benefit COURTEOUS TREATMENT SUPERIOR DINING SERVICE Eastbound Summer Excursions Daily From June 1 Westhpund Round Trip Summer .Excursions now in effect. Tell your Eastern friends. Or, let us give them full information. X Round Trip Homeseekers' Rates TO MONTANA and return. Low, attractive. Let us explain them. J TO CALIFORNIA, have your ticket read via the "Great Northern Pacific S. S. Co." from Portland on the fast palatial steamships, making train time (but 6 hours at sea). -Low fares, with berth and meals induoed on boats. Tickets and full information: i 235 Morrison St. Phones Main 244 A-1244 A. D. Charlton, A. G. jk A., j .Portland, Oregon 's f t5t ' i-A ji V,