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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PO RTLAND. SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1819.
RAILROAD LEASED
BY MEDFORD
MAN
Gagnon Takes Over Line Between
Medford and Jacksonville
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From W. S. Barnum.
. Medford,' June . .7hTe railroad be
tween Medford and Jacksonville, -which
baa been operated for several years' iy
the Southern Oregon Traction company,
amj which waa sold at public! sale flu
ttered , by the circuit court, May 30,
"ha been leased for a year by W. S.
Barmim Jto J. T. Gag-non, the j Medford
lumber mill operator and box manu
facturer, pending confirmation of the
ale by tlie court.
..The railroad and all its equipment is
jincluded In the lease. including two en
gines, two passenger coaches, 13 freight
cars and the electric streetcar operated
. between Medford and Jacksonville. Gag
.'jpon said that he would improve the
property, make a better streetcar serv
ice schedule and operate the road in
connection with his logging and lumber
operations' and for hauling general
Jr eight. He will name it the Rogue
tiver Valley railroad.
It is understood that Barnum boughl
the railroad property for $45,000, while
the amount of .mortgage bonds and in
terest due him waa $65,000.
Sill Designed to
; Aid Home Building
Washington, .June 7. A bill to stimu
late hme building by creating a federal
tome loan board and home loan banks
was .introduced Friday by Senator Calder
of New York.. The bill seeks to permit
building and loan associations to ob -tain
long term bonds. Issued by the
home Joan banks, against mortgages
deposited. Senator Calder said the bill
would make available-$2,000,000,000 held
by loan associations for immediate
building.
Permanent Service
v For Labor Sought
Washington, June 7. Creation of a
permanent United States employment
'service as part of the department of
labor is provided for in a bill introduced
today by Senator Kenyon. Iowa. Th
bill carrie1? $4,000,000 for inefirBt year.
,the bulk of which would go to states
maintaining employment agencies.
Dr. Matson to Talk
" On Tuberculosis
v Cl.ehalis. Wash., June 7. Dr. Ralph
Matson.a former Chehalis boy but iow
ff Trftla eirt " rpivtmiM! nil nvo r fha
"United States as an authority on tuber
culosis, will deliver an ad areas Mondry
evening in the Centralia high school
auditorium, preliminary to the mem
bership drive to be held the latter part
f next week by the Lewis countjj
branch of the Antituberculosis league.
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UNQUESTIONABLY THE STRONGEST PORTRAY
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Mother" Points Out
Daughter and -Young
Man to Polic em a n
Discovered after a short search on the
part of police officials, Lorene Brown,
15, daughter of Mrs. Laura Brown of
Walla Walla,' Wash., and a -young man
of 20, said to be Arthur Anderson, alias
Jack Lewis, were arrested by Inspector
Smith this morning at West Park and
Washington streets. , They; will be held
for an" Investigation into the. age of
Anderson or Lewis, ' who is thought to
be 21, despite his alleged statement. He
is held on charge of kidnapping and the
girl is a witness. , .
The search : for the. pair was started,
with the arrival here of . the girl's
mother. . While,' searching the jelty with
Inspector: Smith she saw the two on the
street and caused their arrest. . They
were charged at first with stealing Mr.
"Brown's automobile, but this -was found
damaged and deserted. If the young
man is found to be 21 years of age it is
possible that a charge of violation of
the Mans act . will be placed against
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Jewish People Are
Not Mistreated in
Poland Is Report
Washington. June I. II. X. S.) 'There
have been no tttroclties against Jews in
Poland. Lithuania or Oalicia.
This was the burden of a lengthy dis
patch received -by -the state department
this afternoon from Hugh C. Gibson.
American minister ,-; at - Warsaw. Hts
source of information. Minister Gibson
said, included newspaper reports, in-,
eluding the Jewish press ; the American
relief administration, whose representa
tives cover all parts of Poland ; repre
sentatives of Jewish organizations, "who
have -talked freely with me on the nlt
uatlon." and various other sources.
Union Officials
Tell Strikers to
Go Back to Work
Seattle, June 7. (U. P.) The strike
of more than 1000 shipyard workers in
local shipyards will be ended' as the re
sult of action taken by the Boilermak
ers' and Shipbuilders' and Helpers"
union No. 104 at a mass meeting here
Friday night.
Riggers, plate hangers,, burners,
welders and drillers have been out on
strike in several yards since Thursday,
May 29.
The union, at its meeting Friday night
notified the men who have walked out
if they did not return to work by Mon
day, local 104 would see that other union
men filled their places. There are 18,
000 members in the boilermakers' union.
Esthonians JJow 30
Miles From Capital
London, June 7. !. N. S.) A Cen
tral News dispatch from Copenhagen
Bays th Esthonians have reached Gat
china, 35 miles southw-est' of Petrograd.
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REPORTS
NATWOULD NOT HURT
City Council Loses -Only Excuse
Available" for Revoking Permit
For Swimmin Tank.
No damage will result to the founda-i
tion of the First Congregational church
from the construction of a natatorium
at Broadway and Main street; according
to the 'report of Building . Inspector
Plummer and Engineers "Randlett and
Laurgaard submitted to Commissioner
Barfour. . .. , i k
The- report declares the soil is In con
dition to carry such a. building as the
natatorium and that tile sub-drains con
structed In a gravel trench under the
swimming tank will carry away any
possible leakage that might be danger
ous to the Congregational church.
The report of the committee leaves the
council without valid - excuse for revok
ing the permit granted builders of the
natatorium and. means, without doubt,
that the protest of : the - church delega
tion will have been in "vain- By mistake;
the permit was issued for the natatorium
without allowing members of the church
to be heard. iV The, ' council must have
lesral excuse to revoke the "permit.
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Streetcar Men in
Detroit Insist on
Increase in Fares
Detroit, Mich., June 7. (I. N. S.) A
strike ot street car motormen and con
ductors seemed to be a certainty this
afternoon unless the Detroit United Rail
roads company . recedes from its maxi
mum demand of 5 cent fare with a penny
for transfer by- 8 p. m.
- The street car workers will . take a
strike vote immediately on learning the
decision of the company. The men are
demanding increased wages and the
mavor and city council have submitted
to the 'street car company a proposition
to raise the present 3 cent fare lines to
a 5 cent fare," with universal transfers,
in order to provide money to pay the in
creases asked, - but the street car com
pany rejected this offer and . countered
with 'the demand of the 1 cent extra for
transfers. -.
President Places
Bronze Wreath on ;
Tomb of LaFayette
Paris, June 7. (I." X. S.) President
Wilson this afternoon placed a bronze
wreath at the tomb of La Fayette. It
took the place "of "the wreath he placed
there last December. The inscription
on it read : ,,; '
"To the great La Fayette from -'a
fellow servant of democracy." ;
. Early in the day the president sat
for a portrait bySlr William Or pen.
The
woman
said
she
loved
him
and
he,
like
'a
fooV
innocently
' caused
her
husband's
9 deaths
. Then
' in a
crowded
court
room,
- she
denied
him,
said
she'
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knew
him.
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Governor of Texas ; .
'Orders Out, Cavalry
To Protect Border
' Austin, Texas, June 7. Governor
Hobby of Texas Friday sent a request to
the war department to call ' out two
brigades of Texas cavalry for service
on the border.
Need for state troops -in guarding
the border. Governor Hobby contended,
was made pressing by recent Angreles
Villa operations in the northern states
of Mexico. - Residents near the border
are in constant fear of a Mexican raid
on .American soil.
Aside from the Angeles-Villa activi
ties, the- governor " pointed , out, there
has been rapid increase, in smuggling
of ammunition : into Mexico and petty
crimes along the border. One report said
American, ammunition was being smug
gled in airplanes. Recently a squad of
rangers was sent to the border to assist
rangers already there In suppressing
the smugglers, v !; .
130 LISTED TO GET
COLLEGE SHEEPSKINS
IN DEPLETED CLASS
200 Who Might Have Graduated
Left Studies in Course of
World Conflict. .
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis, June 7. Candidates for graduation
Tuesday at the college include 130 on
the tentative list, according to figures
from the office of H. M. Tennaht. regis
trar. Of this number 21 come Trom the
school of agriculture, 59 home economics,
6 commerce, 7 mining, 7 mechanical en
gineering, 2 logging engineering, 4 civil
engineering, 1 chemical engineering,. 2
industrial arts. 6 electrical engineering,
2 pharmacy, 1 music, 8 graduates In
pharmacy, 4 pharmaceutical chemists.
Official reports show that in 1916-17
as many as 149 withdrew from the class
,of 1919 and in 1917-18 as many as 61
withdrew, making a total of 200 students
who might have been graduated.
The report shows that the number of
students who withdrew from college for
military reasons or to engage in some
necessary industrial pursuit in 1916-17
was 672, divided as follows : Freshmen
220, sophomores 149, juniors 109, seniors
92, graduates 14. vocational and optional
8S. Irf 1917-18 the total to withdraw for
the same reasons was 362, divided as
follows : Freshmen 92, sophomores S5,
juniors 51. seniors 80, graduates 4, voca
tional and optional 50.
The complete program for commence
ment exercises at the college has been
announced. Dr. Beniamin Ide Wheeler.
president of the University of California,
will deliver the address ; Dr. W. J. Kerr
will confer degrees upon more than 100
students and will; present the Clara H.
Waldo, prize ; and- 'the invocation will
be offered by Dr. J. R. N. Bell, a for
mer regent of the college. Music will be
furnished by the college orchestra and
Stuart McGuire, Portland vocalist.
"College to honor memory
;OF, ME5 WHO DIED IK WAR
eoni Agricultural Colleee. Corval-
tla, June 7. The. list of feS wold star men
whose names will be honored at the
special memorial service' at the college
next Monday Includes 11 Portlanders.
The' Portlanders are Gerald Joseph
Barrett, William Hansen, Clifford Har
ris, John George Kelly. Arthur Roland
Knouff. Theodore, Eugene Iewton, Wil
liam Harold Morrow, Robert' NicJveas
Walpoje, Douglas -.H. .iVaraer, C, M.
Wilcpx, Richard K. Wilmot. Others are
Arlo Cecil Armstrong. Corvallis ; Earl
B. Blackden, Ashland, Cal. ; Rue! M.
Bond, Corvallis ; Verne C. Branland,
Colton, Cel. : Ray Ross Bravinder, Sierra
Nevada, Cal.; Samuel L. Canevascini.
Norval ' C. CamieH Chicago. 111.; Roy
Ross Clark. Barton : Carl D. Douglas,
Carl Edwards. Corvallis; John D. Gar
butt, Sheridan, Wyo. ; Leaman L. Graves,
Kansas City. Mo. ; Donald M. Gray,
Philomath : Harold W. Hyland, : Wey
muth, Mass. ; Owen H- Johnson, -Quln-cey.
Or. : . Donald Kellog, Hoquiam,
Wa4h. ; Harold H. Linderman, Alham
bria, Cal. ; Ralph E. Linn. Meridian.
Idaho; Paul Lorens, Grants Pass; Julian
T. Lowe, Nyssa; W. Maxfleld Macpher
son, Pasadena. Cal. ; C. B. Maynard.
Alexander J. Millar. Clayboum, B. C. ;
John F. Morse, San Francisco. Cal. ;
Clair Edgar Myers, Pendleton ; Krlc W.
Neale, Nelson. B. C. : Albert B. Oldham,
Bakersfield, Cal. : Ernest E. Paeschke,
Junction City; Walter A. Phillips, Ash
land ; Maurice A. Reid, Fresno. Cal. ; Al
bert R. Roy, George F. Sanders, The
Dalles; Bert L. Stiell, Clement Sum
mers, Ashland ; Frank W. Thomas, Salt
Lake City, Utah ; Jacob Van Hine, Cor
vallis; George Gordon Watts. Corvallis;
Harold Wilson, Maynard Young, Col
lins, Wash.
ORECOS " DAIRYMETT WIIL
DISCUSS MARKET METHODS
Oregon Agricultural College. Corvallis.
June 7. -A. series of dairy meetings will
be held in Coos county June 12, 1$ and
I-' Dairymen from all parts of the
state will gather to discuss dairy prod
ucts and cooperative methods of market
In? -with a view to benefiting the pro
ducer and consumer.
The schedule for meetings is as fol
lows : Marshfield, June 12; Bandon,
June 13 ; Norway, June 14. Big men-from
over the state will' speak at these con
ventions and include J. D. Mickle, state
dairy : and food commissioner. Salem ;
Alma D. Katz, president of the Oregon
Dairymen league. Portland ; A. E.
Westcott. president of the Oregon Dairy
men's association, Portland, and Proy
feasor P. M. Brandt, secretary of the
Oregon Dairymen's association, Corval
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J. L. Smith, county agent in charge of
arrangements for the series of meetings,
asks aJI visitors to come - by automo
bile and bring along; fishing rods and
"bear" guns. -
PORTLAXD BOT 18 ELECTED
HEAD. OF COMMERCIAL CXTTB
'Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis. June 7. In the election of com
mercial club officers for next year no
candidate won by more than 12 votes.
TBose elected were George Powell of
Portland, president; Margarlte Turner
of Corvallis, vice president ; Frances
Maginnis of Corvallis, secretary ; Ernest
Abbott of Ashland, treasurer; B. F.
Schumacher of Portland, sergeant-st-ami.
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: Carl Long of Oakland. Or... was chosen
editor of the Commercial ' Print, a. pub
lication Issued , semi annually by the
Students of. the school of commerce.
v Fire Does $25 Damage"
Engine - No. 20 responded to .a call
from s461 Bid well 'street about noon to
day, - and - extinguished ; a small fire on
the ,roof. of F.. L. Roberts home. It
is reported "that the fire began from
sparks' r from : a. defective - flue..' The
damage has been estimated at about 1 25.
AUTOS DEMOLISHED
IN ROAD COLLISION
BUT NO ONE IS HURT
Ashland Man Meets With Second
Accident in Two Months,
Driving New Machine. .
Ashland, June 7. Ross Small lof Ash
land, returning from MedforcT inj a new
ly purchased automobile Tuesday eve-
nlng ran into ; ''bug' t driven by , Al
Clements at Phoenix. Both ca:-s were
demolished, but 1 the occupants : escaped
with slight scratches. This Is the; second
automobile accident Small has exper
ienced jn two months. , . . -
DOMESTIC SCIENCE STUDENTS .
HOLD CONTEST AND EXHIBITS
Ashland, June 7. The domestic sci
ence department of ! the . junior and
senior high schools gave an exhibit of
the year's work in the sewing .. depart
ment. Voile dresses and embroidered
blouses, together with) gingham house
dresses and cools aprons were shown. V
A bread making, contest was held, the
winners being Florence Mastiers, first
prize ; Marie Porter, second ; Claudia
Klum, third; Elizabeth Lennox,: fourth.
The judges Were- Mrs. E. V. Carter,
Mrs. J. P. Dodge and Mrs. J. H. McGee.
Fifty Are , Graduated
Ashland, June 7. The Rev. C. A. Ed
wards delivered the sermon to the class
of 50 high school , seniors, whp were
graduated Thursday r evening ' The
Methodist choir furnished music. The
Rev. G. S. Brett of. the Congregational
church and the Rev. C. F. Koehler as.
sisted in the service. A jarty i for the
class was given Tuesday evening at "the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Herrin.
Tramps Are Old Men
Ashland. June 7. Along with the
summer tourists comes the annual
movement of hoboes through Ashland.
This year it is noticeable that most all
tramps are old men, with no 'desire to
work in orchards or fields.
Site for Mason. Home OUject
Ashland. June 7. Frank J. Miller
Albany, of the committee to select the
pte for the proposed Masonic home to
be built in Oregon, was in Ashland
looking over offered sites this week.
Bell Found Not
Guilty of White.
Slave Allegation
A verdict of not guilty was returned
Friday afternoon by the jury In United
States district court,, in the case of G.
H. Bell, charged with violating the Mann
white slave act. Bell was allegd to have
aided in the transportation of Mrs,
Gladys Story from Spokane to Portland
for immoral purposes.
According to the evidence. Bell fur
nished the money for Mrs. Story's ticket,
and dictated and , signed a telegTam,
which was written .by the girl's mother,
requesting her to eome. and informing
her that provisions had been made for
her railroad fare.
In his charge to the jury. Federal
Judge Bean resolved the issue to the
intention of Bell at the time he sent the
telegram. The defending attorney
claimed that no proof had been intro
duced that could prove that there .was
any intent for Immoral relations at the
time the telegram was sent.
Soldiers Urged to
Use Lynch Law in
Suppressing Reds
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Oakland. Cal., June 7. An appeal to
all men who have worn the i United
States uniform, throughout the! United
States and on foreign Boil, 1 to combat
the I. W. W., anarchist and Bolshevik
terrorists, even to the extent of bringing
Into play the lynch law 'and the. vigil
ance committee methods of 1849 and
1850, was issued Friday by the executive
committee of the local post of the
American legion.
Mayor 'John L. Davie has been; asked
to call a mass meeting, so that, as In
Winnipeg, the menace to labor, homes,
churches and industry shall be wiped
out once and forever.
Veterans of foreign wars, Spanish
American wr veterans and members of
the G. -A. R. have expressed themselves
as anxious to join a movement which
has a nation wide scope. !
Workers on, Strike -Seek
Compromise
Ivos Angeles. June 7. -- A committee
representing the 6000 striking employes
of the Los Angeles Shipbuilding
Drydock company Friday conferred with
Mayor Woodman and proposed a settle
ment of the strike on a compromise
basis. He will . confer with Fred L.
Baker, president of the company, at
Ran Pedro, tomorrow, when a settlement
of the strike may be arranged, j
Mrs. Cole, Formerly
. Of Eugene, Is Dead
Spokane, June 7 J. Mrs. Lula Cole,
a native of Eugene. Or., and widow of
former Sheriff C. A. Cole, diedi Thurs
day at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
E. N. Campbell. 3210 Monroe street. Mrs.
Cole came to Spokane from. Oregon. In
1887. She was born In Eugene, 87 years
ago. She leaves two daughters, Mrs.
Campbell and Mrs. E. A. Borden Of Twin
Falls, Idaho, and a son, Charles A. Cole,
who is with the Holley-Mason company.
She was a past grand matron ef the
Rebekah lodge. The funeral was held
Friday. ' I
Professor Lewis
Visits Orchards
Oregon Agricultural College. Corvallis,
June 7. C. I. Lewis, chief in horticul
ture, has returned from a three days'
trip among the Willamette valley fruit
farms with students in horticulture. TAe
itinerary included stops at Dallas, SheV4
dan, McMlnnville, Newberg, Salem and
the surrounding country. . Orchards of
all classes of t fruit of the valley -were
inspected with, a view to determining
various production factors." The Phe
jam and Jelly factory- at Salem con
sidered one of the most modem ; of .its
kind In the country, waa visited. , -
Single. Taxer Holds :
Giving Land to Men
Would Be Mistake
Washington, June 7. Outright gift -by
the government of land to returniag
soldiers was opposed today by former
Representative William Kent of - Cali
fornia, member of the tariff commiafcion.
anC by Western Starr and Carl Brauniti
of the Farmers' National Single Tax
rague, appearing before the house pub
lic lands committee- which Is holding
hearing on the soldiers' land 'settlement
bill. - .y-; ." . !
"Such a plan will lead to speculation
and landlordism," Kent argued. .'
The better plan, he said, would b
for the scvernment to retain title and
give the settler a perpetual lease. Under
this plan there would be no temptation
for him to sell at a profit to large lanl
or cattle oomnanica or speculators.
Big Need .
Of Latin Republics
Washington, June 7. The press as a
means 4of promoting friendly relations
and furthering. pan-American trade was
discussed from various phases by ex
perts at Friday's session of the second
pan-American commercial ' convention
conference.1 Speakers told, of the needs
of further publicity in regard to Latin
American affairs in order to build up
pan-American tf ade. The conference
ended tonight with a reception and gar
den party by'the governing board of the
Pan-American union. s ' ' t ,
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INSANE MAN TRIES
TO DIE 8Y HANGING
Gives Self Up and Jail, Then
Is
Balked in Two Attempts to
Take His Own Life.
Grants Pass, -nine ..Thomas Loveal!.
insane man . who' at , his own " request
was i locked : up In -the county jail . on
Jun 3, tried twice in one nightto com
mit isuiclde. The only otner Inmate of
the ail Is Roy Cox. ,. y .
Loveall made his first attempt at self
destruction . Thursday evening just before
dark. The men were out m the corri
dor, J when . Loveall stepped back " into a
cell. Tearing his red '.bandana into
stHpB. he plaited ,it and made a short
rop4 Presently Cox was attracted by
a shuffling sound. He turned and saw
Loveall hanging by his neck In the cell.
Cox cut the Improvised rope from the
mart's neck. 'jsv;'.':--.'';-i '."
Friday morning at about 4 o'clock Cox
was awakened by a scraping sound, and
rislog, - saw Loveall making a sec
ond; attempt at suicide. He had taken
a light cotton blanket and rolled it up
tlghklyi which madeia fair rope for the
purpose. His , feet, which were scarce
ly touchinff the floor, were scraping and
kicking about. Cox again cut the rope.
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i R. Oreea Hfatmpt for cash. Hot
mail Fuel Co., Main 3C3. A-3353. Block,
wood, short : slabwood. Rock Springs
and Utah coal ; sawdust. Adv."
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IN A NEW AND , -,,
WONDERFULLY DIFFERENT. SORT
OF A BILL. HART STORY, AS
."Tlhe Night:
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WHO SHOOTS THE DATE OUT OF A
DIME INI MID-AIR FIGHTS A
TOUGH 1GANG OF-CROOKS
AND! BEATS 'EM. WE KNOW HE
WILL SUIT YOU TO A "T."
VtVt2,c cai cr PArrfiw
None of 14 Points
Violated in Treaty, .
; Declares President
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? Paris.: June 7. U. PO The Matin t
day stated that '.when President Wilson
learned the details of the German coun
ter proposals, he said : ; '.
Vl conscientiously believe our draft of
the treaty violates none ot my principles,
if I felt otherwise I should not hesitate
to admit It' and would rectify the error.
The treaty we Jlave made entirely con
forms with the 14 points.". , ,
Oblivion Approaches
l- U.S.News Committee
. Washington, June 7. The committee
on. public Information ; will cease to
function on June 15, and onJuly 1 will
go out of existence entirely. Orders
have been issued to those, connected
with the foreign service of the com
mittee to start for home not later than
the former date, .
Youth Is Taken Here
On Seattle Charge
Harry Cornell', 21 years old," was ar
restee! Friday in the Tourist hotel
by Inspectors Hill and Morris upon
telegraphic information, from Seattle.
The telegram states that he is wanted
n a charge of contributing to the de
linquency of a minor.
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