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ft ' THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SATURDAY. MAY. 1, 1C:3. ft i V 1 BLUEBEARD MAY BE MADE TO DIG FOR BODY OF ONE VICTIM Los Angeles, May 1. TJ. P.) It 'Bluebeard" Charles N.) Harvey's physical condition peints . his re moval from ; the - county hospital, -where he is recovering frira. two at tempts at suicide, he wil be, taken to Berego valley to ', point out the lonely spot in the desert! where" he , buried the body of Nina tiee DeIo ney, one of the four-wjnrijen be? con fessed to murdering; by beating her to death with a trammer. - Utterly exhausted after .toiling all .day yesterday In the torrid sun f the desert following an all jiight'.automobile ride, 'the searching party, headedj by District Attorney Thomai t. ;s Woilwine, sus ' pehded operations until they can . set a more definite location from Harvey of the spot where the woman's body Is . buried. .: ":- - :;,::'" . '.', . '.. HABVET IS JfEBTOrSv T ',) Whether Harvey will be able to make the trip is considered doubtful by his physicians. lie is in s highly nervous condition as a result of the confession . he. made Thursday night, ' In which he admitted killing- four of the more.' than 25 women he la alleged to have mar ried. ' -' ' ' I ' . - The four "wives" Harvey confessed to .slaying are: Nina Lee Deloney, whom'he- married in San Francisco, October 9. 1919; Betty i Prior, married in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. March 25. I91S - under the 'name of ' Iewls; Alice Ludvigson, married in Spo kane under the : name of Hilton, and i Bertha Goodntck of Seattle. ; HIS FOUR C05FESSI05St l1 : The part of Harvey's confession" dealing- with these murders follows: Nina Deloney "Nina and I "were namplng near the artesian well at Sig nal If til. Long Beach. j Some; letters from another wife fell front my pocket. She read them and threatened to have me ' arrested. 'I grabbed a hammer and hit - her on the head. I hit her several times, then wrapped her body up. put it in the auto and drove all night till I came to ' a canyon about 30 miles this side of 1 Centro, where I buried her."' - -j. Betty Phior-i Last spring we were ' driving from , Portland to Seattle. . We . - had some "words. W came to a de serted house.- She grabbed her hatpin ta stab me. I gave her a: hard shove and she struck her head on the corner of the bunk. I got a hammer and struck her several timea to make sure she was dead. I buried her body. 'Then I burned the house." ! '? i -. ' (Her body was found near! Plum sta tion. Wash.). 1 I . FALLS OCT OF iyAT I 1 Bertha Ooodnlek "We were in a boat on Lake Washington. ' The engine . stopped. : She got scared , and moved to th center of the btat. As she did so she went overboard. . J was afraid to report, knowing I would be accused of her murder." . vi - t i ! ' Alice Ludvlgson "We were in a boat on- the St. Joe river, Idaho, ; and , got cramped between two log driven. In' helping me "push; the boat loose she lost her balance and went under i the cur rent. t Being unable i to swim, I was helpless to tw her. I did not report it, for something told tne I would be .ac cused of her murder." - ! i HE'S FORI-OR, pE SATS j . Harvey declined to See newspaper men today. ! i I j "It is nothing i but curiosity that isj cauelng you to Hound oie for state- monu." he cried. 1"I have already told t you all I can tell. s Why addto my mis- ery? I want t think. I am weak, for- lorn - j From all quarters totTay came pro- ! tests against any compromise which will save the confessed wife murderer : from the hangman's noose. Mrs. Kathryn Wombircher, the "wife" iwho caused v Harvey's arrest, scorned the idea of , mercy. ; i 1 "Mereiy! He did not have any mercy ' Ait tfo nnnr wnmn : Vim miirAM betrayed.-' she said. : "He . deserves to rtav tho riitl nAn&itv et yrlm pHmii And . I shall not rest until I see that he does," Glark Admitted to Bail Pending Appeal To Supreme Uourt Eugene, "May 1. Judge' O. F. Skip worth granted a stay of execution- in the sentence ' of . Martin A. Clarkj con victed of killing Charles A. Taylor, and an extension of the time of filing cer tificate of appeal to the supreme court for a period of: 90 days, noting that there is. probable cause for appeal. In the meantime- Clark Is subject to re lease pn securing bail in tbe sum -of $6000. He wa convicted of manslaugh ter and sentenced to four - years ' In ' prison. - ' ' .-'i-'. v BarghduXf I Game .Warden . 1 A. E. ? Burghduff, who became state perintendent of . hatcheries and Senator John Gill, left Portland Friday evening to visit the "Tumalo hatchery ' near Bend. Burghduff succeeds Carl D. Shoe maker as state game warden and Shoe- maker becomes secretary of the newly segragated fish commission. SAXOPHONES Martin Martin Band struments are superior worth In of Ask any musi cian of reputa tion and he will tell you thit the "OH" VlrttrtinT line is . first class. Tb Martin Line Is y: Complete Cornets, Trumpets, Saxophones and everything for .the modern Band. 6.O0HHS0HPIAH0C0. 149 Sixth. Bet. Alder and Morrisoa ; -7 -I Sale, of Sl,500,000 In Bonds Requested By Highway Board Salem. May 1. A request for the sale of an additional $1,500,000 of state highway bonds under the provisions of the 1920 amendment to the Bean -Barrett act to meet federal aid for poet roads and forest projects was filed' with the state board of control by the state high way commission' Friday.. The request covers the balance of the $2,600,000 asked : for by the commission under a resolution of March 22 and asks for the sale of the bonds before June 10. "-!;.- ! . All bids for the-other $1,000,000 Issue approved by the board of control here tofore under this resolution were re jected last week as being too low .and new" bids will be received by the board May 111. Unless the bond market- makes a rapid recovery from its present de moralized condition the approval of this last request as well as the sale of the 11,000,000 issue already approved Is held to bet doubtfuL : SWIFT CURRENT HALTS SEARCH FOR BODIES OF -!- Oregon City, May 1. Hugh Brady, city grappler of Portland, was unable, on account ef the swltf current, to work here Friday in his search for the bodies of David B.; Thorn as and EL B, Thomas, Portland men believed drowned while fishing Thursday morning. No 'one saw the accident, and the only, clue to the death of I the two men was the partially broken boat which drifted back toward town. : 1' ', S . I 'l . Oldfbne river mew here are urging elty grappler of Portland, was unable, on account of the swift current, to work here jYiday 1n! his search for the bodies of David B.J Thomas and E. R. Thomas, Portland men believed drowned while fishing Thursday morning. No one saw the accident, alnd the only ' du to the death: of the two men was the partially broken boat: which drifted back toward town.; iJ-'i i' ' ' - "'": :'. Oldi tinra river" men here are urging that: (publicity I be given the fact that flshmir near the falls is dangerous, as the current is treacherous, and even ex perts lin the water and those most 'fa milial! with the rocks and piling are extremely careful how close they go. One previous drowning has occurred this season, supposedly near the same Spot. ' : V : -U-w i - Latfe information of the two men de velops that they were not brothers, as reported, but lifelong friends. E. R. Thomas was the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Ci . Thomas , of Mount Pleasant, a suburb of Oregon City. A brother, David. Thomas is proprietor of the Mount Pleasant ' grocery. Another brother, , T. i J. j Thomas, lives in Port land;! one sister. Mrs. Owen Thomas, re sides at Mount Pleasant, ajid another sister Mrs. L. IA. Davis, lives In Idaho. The drowned matt had lived 'tn Portland for 20 years and for several years had been- V- salesman for-the ; Frank L. Mc Gnlref Realty company,. ' He was mar ried nnd bad a wife and an 18-year-old ! daughter. Their home was at 1?4 Nine teenth, street, j , DaVidS. Thomas had been connected with (the Portland water bureau for some (time, j Tears ago young : Thomas resided at 1 Beaver Creek, near here, where his father conducted a . general The! automobile In which the men niade j the trip to Oregon City was re- turned to Portland Friday. Members of the men's families; nave been nere con- tlnuaijy Bince the arctdent seeking in- formation, but there Is almost no flount now but that the bodiea are held in the brush and rocks at the bottom of the river.i The water at the point where they lere svpposeo: to have gone oown is 13 feet deep. Invaetigations with a view to moving the deadline for fishing below the falls tat Oregon City further down the river. were made riuay ny jpv In. Brown, sec retary of the- state fish and game com mission. ' Brown &und a change in the -present deadline Impracticable and also that it is impossible to place a barrier across the dangerous eddies below the falls to prevent fishermen from getting caught. :',.. ' sIie iiflv howeveri, preparing ito post a warning to, all fishermen not familiar with the dangerous currents 'below the falls to use; the utmost caution in navi gating the' river and to ask advice from men- in charge of the boat houses as to the best course to take in the stream. Temporary Receiver Appointed for Reed Engineering -Fixm Vaicouver, Wash., May I. F. M. Ket tenring has been ' appointed temporary recetver of the Reed Engineering cbni pany en petition of M. B. Osgood, R. Wiswall and W. J. KJnney, stockholders. The: company - manufactures' small boats and furniture and Is said to be unable to meet .Its obligations. Con tracts -for four boats, which are nearly eompletedi ; are held by the company. Material and labor of constructing the boats wiU be paid fof by the owners and Vt Is believed the, company wili be able to continue in business If this ar rangement ; can be carried out. Petitioners believe that in order to do this It is necessary that a temporary re ceiver be appointed to take charge of the company's 'affalrsNandf prevent ered-i ttors from string upon their claims. The total Indebtedness of the company Is said to be J60.000. with this week' payroll of 57500 to be met. i Kettenrlng. who will be under $10,000 bonds, will take Immediate charge and May 24 the company will be given an opportunity to show1 cause. If any, why temporary receivership should not be continued. '.!;- -. Felix H. Mitchell - Is CritioaUy 111 .Felix R. Mitchell, superintendent of the mecha mechanical department of The Jour , is cylUcallTtir at St. Vincents hos il. ! Mr. Mitchell was removed to nal. pital. i Mr. Mitchell was removed to the hospital Wednesday suffering from what appeared to be acute indigestion. This' has developed into pneumonia and but J ight hope' is held out for his re covery, Rctnra of iand Aske4 Oregon City.v May 1. Rudolph , Hey ting brought suit Friday against Marion Phillips, IL C Stevens and S. Bottaglia, charging that Phillips has failed to live up to an agreement for the purchase of land. 1 Steve na holds a mortgage on the land and Bottaglia has been leasing it. Heyting asks that he be given clear title I to the land and 1230 as damages.: MEN BELIEVED DROWNED CITY ATTORtJEY LA T That City Attorney W, P, 1 Roche is to resign his position on his re turn from Washington, D. C., ia a persistent and widespread report cir culitin At ; the city hall. He la to enter private practice and probably las attorney top the dock commla- sioij If : legal obstacles can be sur mounted, the rumor indicates... I Deputy City Attorney Tomlinson land former City Attorney Frank 8. Grant a are spoken of by commissioners as pos- sibl appointees to the position if La Ro che resigns. - CttSCES AEE EI JIOEED j ' For several months impending changes ir. ihe attorney's office have been .dis cussed at the city hall. At one time every indicailon pointed to the resig nation of La Roche as city attorney al though he was to retain the berth with the dpek commission. : Again, La Roche was to retain, the city attorneyship! but relinquish the post of dock commission La Roche decided to remain at tbe helm of both offices, with Deputy City Attor ney. Lionel Mackay assisting with' the dock commission work. ,s ; j Itj is knowh that La Roche has recent ly Conferred with Mayor Baker oni the subject of his resignation, and It is be lieved that the city attorney, at ithat time, harbored a 1 desire to leave the city post. , 1 . REPORTS ABE PERSISTENT 1 Since his departure for j Washington- to : represent Portland at the rate hear ing, reports have become so persistent that he is to resign that the subject of a successor has been widely discussed, and the race seema to have narrowed to Tomlinson and Grant, with ! the edge at present with the. deputy city attorney. The selection is jup to the city coun cil. It la said that three commissioner, will vote for Tomlinson to succeed LR Roche., . ' -i f' 'iiM-:Ui V ! . 1 ' Ajthougb the mayor' and other i city officials admit thjat j they have heard rumors of a change, and some ' freely discuss their choice of a " successor, it Is stoutly denlet. that there is any as surance from La Bsoche that he is to re tire from the head of the city's legal department.'- j !v . !- - -. i OVER G 0: PJlTANGLE (Continued from Pan tlelphla yesterday, j declared., he too, was for : Knox . for president as j a "national and international figure." Slemp echoed Penrose" in adding that VKnox position enj the peace treaty "differs from the positions of " Senators Keed, Borah and Johnson . who are in favor j of a policy , Penrose's declaration , that the pri maries so far "do 'not seemi to liave de- veloped any paramount candidacy" oc- caaioned no surprise ewnong tuose at the heard other express tne national capitol who have old guard senators freely tame opinion. -vv - I JOnXSOX RAP$ POLITICIANS jWHQ JUGGLE PEOPLE'S VOTE TERRB HAUTE, Ind.. May 1. (I. X. ft.b Holding that itKe vote of the people isj final and that j"the politicians ought nut' to be permitted to Juggle, with or thwart that expressed will," , Senator Hiram Johnson Issued a statement here today declaring- that If he does not lead infthe Indiana Republtfan primary next Tuesday he does "not , aak any votes from Indiana." ' , J i i Senator Johnson's statement declared that "whatever tnay be the technical provisions of the law of this state, good faith and fair dealing demand that the' candidate with the highest number of votes at the primary receive the votes of the delegates. t "the national : conven tion," and that he cannot ' "conceive of any man placing jhla1 candidacy before the people and asking their support with the mental reservation that he will , in some cunning fashion, If the people re ject him, obtain the delegates to the na tional convention.'- FOUR COJtNERfcD' G; O. J. RACE IS INDIANA tlARO tTO . GUESS I - . By HIHlare p. Garretsoa Iidianapolls, May L (UN. S.V Four Republican candidates tor president are in1 Indiana today, bunched -for the final spurt under the wire In the races-for the state's 40 delegates to the Chicago con vention,, to be decided in the etate-wlde primaries next Tuesday, and .no politi cal observer has the temerity-to boast quartet.-1 ' ;') I They are Major-General i Leonard Wood, Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali fornia, Governor I Frank O. Lowden of Illinois and Senator warren G. Hard ing of Ohio. , j. . ; i : " , - AECOrNT ORDEREDOP WOOD and Johnson vote in n. j, Newark. N. J.. May 1. l. I N. S.) Chief Justice William S. ? Gummere of the supreme court today signed an or der, for a recount sl the vote cast in last Tuesday's' presidential preferential primaries for Senator Hiram W. John son and .General Leonard Wood, Repub lican candidates. J The " recount will be, I for the entire state. It will , begin May 10 In Essex. Morris, Camden, Gloucester and Cape May counties, in which counties the sup porters or senator Johnson alleged that mistakes were made in; the tabulations. It was stipulated that Senator John. Son must deposit S50.00Q before the re count can begin. This amount Is to de fray the expense entailed by the various county boards, : v n : . . :- . , Tne j-ecount may be abandoned at any time the Johnson forces desire. If the result ef the recount does not change tne voters- cnoice of General Wood the expense of the recount; must be borne py benator Johnson, :-, t1 i ' AKEn DEMOCRATS GAIN DUE TO COUNTS JUDGESHIP FIGHT ! Baker. May Baker county's total registraUon for the May primaries is 7i, Including 4097 Republicans and S3 Democrats, slightly lower than the total registration last year. : i . The number of last year's Repub licans yvno are voting on the Democratic ticket this year is slightly larger than mat or tne .Democrats who have switched, but this ! believed to be due to the prospective fight in local politics over the .Democratic nomination for the office of county judge.? In Baker, 1705 Republicans , and 134 Itemocrats have registered, a total of ts?.-j. Within the ciiy xour oauois win D ured. ROCHE Villi RESIGN n LD GUARD ORRIED John Natil Bruised ; When Fender ; of Car r Knocks Him Down "Whenil hohked my horn he did not move.; so mjfender hit him, said K. L Ewarthout over the telephone to - the police- early this morning when he re ported an accident. v ;L Swarthout, who lives at I 9854 Albina avenue, was driving td work. At Sev enteenth and Thursdah streets he struck John Natil, Grand avenue. Swarth out took Natil to Good Samaritan hos pital,: where he is reported to be suf-, f erlng front bruises. Traffics officials announced that an investigation would be conducted, - I I 1 1 KIDNAPING TRIAL ENDS; COWBOY i JURY ACQUITS i ByM. D. Tracy f -Tombstone, Ariz May- Jj (U. P.) The Bisbee deportation trial ia at an end today. It. closed last night with a-verdict acquitting Defendant Harry M. Wotton of kidnaping; Fred. W. Brown, one of 1182 men deported from Bisbeel to Columbus, NVM., on July 12. iSn. :-y --j .J. 1 The verdlc waa 'reached on the first ballot. The j "cowboy! Jury had been out an even i two factors, during - which Ume it had taken dinner besideV decid ing the case.! : -.,.' vVj Todayj" County Prosecutor Robert N. French;'; whose conduct of the case has made him a popular hero in Tombstone, was arranging to put 159 defendants under joint indictment to y-lal oa June 7. rWItL PRESS CASE ' j Krench announced that he would press this case with vloror. dnanite Wrmtton'a acquittal, but would not press any Indl- vidua! -cases untll the outcome f of the blanket Caee was. determined. . A dramatic moment was enacted when French 'and Wootton met just after the verdict : : was : received. Wootton was Quick to grasp the) hand of the man who had prosecuted him. r ' - : "You shot fair. Bob.'" he said. ' "Thanks, Harry, answered French. With the final decision In the depor tations trials, a case which lawyers de clare to be one-ef the most remarkable ever tried In an American court, came to a close, j - . .r-' . :;.j; ; 1 ;f . DEFESSE 18 U5IQUE ' The defense set up was two-ialfled : 6 First, was the claim that: Brown had not been forcibly- taken from -Bisbee to Columbus, N". . M-. as charged, bnt that he had been given an opportunity - to avoid deportation and had refused it. The second;-and the one on which the bulk of evidence hinged, was most novel; It applied the law of necessitythe law by : which firemen are permitted to dy namite,, buildings .when fire I threatens a ww, " ' ; " . , , ',. mutiny when' the captain Insists- on con tinuinff a voyage on a leaky i shipto the situation In Bjsbee. as a means of jusU-' fying mob aetion. . v. ..-i , - j. ., ':: -!.'-: ' j Utahans Unite! in Formation of New Society of Oregon Organization ef the-! Utah r Society - of Oregon was effected Thursday night at a banquet at the -Hotel Benson at which about 100 former residents of the land, of the Sego lily were present. J. H- Stocks njn was elected president, Sam Itaddon Jr., vice-president, and Miss Fern Hobbs secreiary-ireasurer. f ine immeaiaie ei forts j of thei society ; will be directed toward assisting in the receptions and en tertainment of Utahans 'who-visit Port land during Shrine convention week and arrangements to this end wiH be under taken at once. It is planned, during the summer also, to promote a number of social functions and outlngrs. . , J. H.. Stockman preelded at the organ Ization meeting. There were brief ad dresses by Beber C. : Iverson, Soren Peterson, Dr. J: O. Nibley and others. Pastors Investigate Red Wine Orgies m WallaWalla;'Jail f,,j;W - :. ,:.. Mv:r;'--r :: Walla Walla. Wash., f May J 1. Two members of the Walla Walla Ministerial union, , the Rev. M. E. Bollen of the First Baptist: church and the rRev. Har old C. Warren of the First Presbyterian church, are sitting as an advisory board in the investigation of -the "dago red" orgies at : the-: county jail, which County Prosecutor Earl W. Benson Is making. Additional information regarding the disposition of the confiscated liquors has been disclosed, it is said, i Leta Agee New Head .Of Women Athletes Oregon Agricultural i College.' Cor4 vallis. May 1. Leta.Agee of Pendleton is now the new president of the Women's Athletic association. She Is a Junior in physical education, a ' member of Delta Psi Kappa, women's national honorary physical education fraternity, a varsity 0' woman.l and captajn-elect of " next year's varsity basketball team. Flor ence Wharton of Roseburg was chosen manager and Mary, Bayne of Salem secretary. ' ' ; .::: Waterpower I Eight - i On Deschutes Sought :. '--;. I V.- ' ' . - The Dalles. May 1. ExploiUtion of the much talked of Deschutes power project was again opened Friday when C, D. Charles, ; representing the- Columbia alley Power company vof New . Tork city, filed maps and papers at the land office to secure the priority right to the tremendous water power of the ,. Des chutes river, .r ,, i.- . ., . Tax Collector Shot By Iron Works Guard San Francisco, May 1. CC. P.J Thomas Laughrin i assistant tax colle tor.. was -shot and probably . fatally wounded today by sa guard at the Union i Iron Works. . , - ' GREAT METHODIST CONFERENCE IS ON IN DES MOINES i Dee Moines. May 1. (TJ, P.) Dea Moines today was' the mecca for Methodists from -all parts of the globe. They came to attend the gen eral conference of the ehUrch, which opened here' this .morning. Morf than 800 delegates are In attendance. I The conference was formally opened with the reading of the apostles' creed in unison by every delegate in his own language. Bishop iosepa Berry, Philadelphia,, presided.'; ' . Dr. Edmund Mills, I Syracuse. N. jT was . elected secretary ehortly before noon today. , Following appointment of committees, the conference will adjourn until tomor- row afternoon. - Senior. F. Dowel!, Washington. Bishop William will deliver the Episcopal address at this session. The address, which is approved by the board of bishops, is considered the most im portant to be delivered k before' the con ference, as-, it. will outline the board's stand' tm matters of. importance to the church.. - ' I "y-.-- - - A move to annul the Methodists ban on i dancing, card playing and other amusements ' is also - expected- to be launched uripg the ;) conference. J J. Henry Smythe Jr., Washington, son of a Methodist minister, has served notice that he intends to lead such a move ment. , . ) The conference will continue through- out tne month or aiay. Poindexter'slName Is Withdrawn Prom Primaries in Oregon 1 ' ' BeattleT, Wash., May l(TJ. P.) Press of business at the national capital is the reason assigned today I for the with drawal of Senator Polndexter's name from the Oregon primaries, n ' t J 4- C. , Herbsman, who had li been ' ; in charge of the Poindextier campaign ' in Oregon, forwarded the! official with drawal to Salem. '- 1 i . Had Poindexter been able to ,make a personal campaign In Oregon he would have allowed his name on the. ballot, it was stated. The other presidential con tenders. General Wood,. Hoover, Johnson and Governor lowden, j will remain - on the i ballot,' though none :ot them will make a personal campaign, v The pr maries will occur May : 21. , . x Wm. B. Eidgleytls : )ead; Was Formerly 0 S. Comptroller I William Barrett Rldgleyi formerly comptroller of the currency and promi nent throughout the .country in mining; industries and the financial world, died today at the Union ' Protestant infirm ary In this city. His-body probably will to be taken to Springfield, , 111., for burial. .,:,,. : ' - : . Ridgley was born in Springfield, I1U in 1855. Early In life he became iden tified with the mining business j-nd in 1903 became president of . the Republic Iron & Steel Co. . ' . Washington Wins In Debate Against Two 0. A; 0. Teams Oregon- Agricultural -College. Corval-" Us, j May 1. Continuing Its string of vic tories. University of Washington debat ers) won from the Oregon Agricultural college in tor o 'straight decisions Friday night, j Washington's, record for the year stahda at 16 victories out of 18 contests. ' William Bailey and Morris Robbins. upholding the negative of the Shantung question for Washington, defeated W. P. Black ! of Corvallis and Harold Hearten of Portland, the O. A. 5 C. affirmative team, by a 2 to-1 decision. Paul Km mett and Don Morse, the college nega tive team, lost the other of the two con tests at Seattle by an unanimous decision-. Newsprint Inquiry . Commission Bill Is ; Repiorted Favorably Washington, May 1. (U. J?.) Thei Underwood resolution-, recently passed by ithe senate, providing for a joint com mission l to confer with Canada on the print paper situation, was reported fa vorably today by the house foreign af fairs . committee. - An amendment ap proved - provides that the commission shall report to the president' instead r of to xongress. ; ; . . - ; Parcel Post Jam To Be Cleaned Oiit Baker, ; May l.Seven teams have been pressed Into service to move r SO tone of parcel post matter that has been collecting during the spring between Canyon City and Monument 4n Grant county, according to word received in Baker. The mail contractor, Frank Hol- laday. owner of tbe Canyon City-Monu ment stage line, it is said, was not using sufficient equipment to handle the wprk. Im Woldenberg hae been employed by the! bondsmen of Holladay to relieve the congestion. .-. -.. s, - - - ; S. P. Men.Eefuse to Work With Mexicans : ... ,:t :' - ' - ; ; Roseburg, May 1. Because the South ern Pacific company has imported Mex icans to work on the sections, is men who were employed as -section bands quit, refusing to" work or associate with the Mexicans. 'Nearly aU were given other employment. A large number of Mexican laborers ' have been brought to the southern part of -the state to work on- the sections- r i Restaurant Ian Fined ' :, Municipal Judge Kossman levied ' a fine of 125 Friday : against S. Ishil for allowing insanitary conditions to prevail .in-his restaurant, 33 North Third street. - j - - - Searchlight Test ' On Larch M(kntain Prevented by Fog '.Tests made with the" army search light by forest service officials were un successful - Friday night because ; of heavy cWuds. - W. B- Osborne-Jr. r of the forest service, his sister. Miss Bessie Osborne, and two representatives of The Journal, who climbed Larch mountain for the purpose of observing the "helle graph" signals, were- disappointed be cause of the fog that hung over. Um mountain. - ' - I -!.-- - On the preceding night the signals were not only plainly discernible .from all the outlying towns within its radius. but were so bright at Crown Point, where-forest .Ranger Albert Weiaea danger was stationed, that the ranger could tell the time of his watch by the light, , ' V ' i U - - -.f J Ti BE HELD IN . Advisability of submitting City 'Engi neer Laurgaard's $14,000,000 waterfront improvement project for vote of the peo ple in November along with the 110, 000.000 i Swan island harbor project will be held m abeyance pending the report of the - committee of Zl appointed by Mayor Baker to investigate Laurgaard's pliin. . - - . : - . his was the decision reached by the city council Friday afternoon -in a Joint meeting with the port commission and dock commission. Tbe committee of SI Will submit Its report i within the next six weeks, it-is believed. Laurgaard's plan provides for location of, interurban terminal: sites - on Front street; with public acquisition of prop erty, building of a gigantic seawall,.lo cation of the public market and wars- house sites. ( Over-head crossings at the Burnside and Morrison bridges to re lievo traffic congestion. . ' . - County cbmmissiojierLiRufus Hohnan stressed the need of Immediate aetion in determining approaches for the new bridges contemplated in a few -years to replace the Morrison and Burnside bridges. : I ' ... T Commissioner Barbur believes a part ot the waterfront project can be sd tied up with -the Swan island project. ' - Goodrich Is Bound ; Ovgr to Grand Jury A. 1. Goodrich,) aged 71, alleged to have gained a small : fortune through "raising" $1 bank notes to $20 and $50, was bound, over to the federal grand Jury by United States Commissioner Drake today after; he had waived bear ing. . Goodrich was arrested by the police on Thursday and turned over to government authorities. He is said -to have professed -no fear of the conse quence because of i the fact that his life course is so nearly run out. Dr. R. LVGillespi l Pays Fine of. $100 1 Dr. R. li Gillespl paid a fine' of $100 In the federal . -eontrt today - after he j pleaded guilty to violation of the Harrt aojn narcotic act, admitting he had dis pensed opium. -'Glllespi declared- he pleaded guilty -merely because of the condition ; of his own health, which would not permit the strain of litigation, but denied he had Violated the law when h . prescribed opiates for patients ac cording to medical practice. '- Misuse of Kail Pass Brings $100 Fine R. H, IlHl this morning paid a fine of $100 for the misuse of a railway- pass granted him to transport himself ' and "Wife from Denver. Colo., to Portland. Hill's difficulty arose when he brought to! Portland a. woman not 'his wife. He was Indicted by the grand jury for mis- ifing tne pass ana a not true out was Wund on the charge that he had vio lated the Mann act. He pleaded guilty to the Indictment before Federal Judge Bean. i Mother Seeks Missing Son - Wanderlust selsied ' Paul i Sydney MH- rr is, March 12, and ne left nts noma 832 Front street, Mrs. D. Miller. other. Waited oyer: a mimtb for him come back home. Friday she ap pealed to' the police to help find him. Police Inspector Craddock talked to sev eral of Miller's boy friends and obtained i Information that he had a desire to, go, to San Francisco, ) where he intends tr , sen papers or worn in a tneatre. -in San Francisco police will be. asked to search for Miller. Miller is feet s inches tall and wejighs about 14S pounds. He has blacsr bnshy hair and dark blue. eyes, wnen ne lert nome ne was wesrt ing a navy blue suit. . Boyer Sued for Divorce Oreeon City,' May 1. Katherlne O. Boyer entered suit for divorce from Fred A. Boyer Friday, charging desertion. The Boyers were married September 24, 1912, at Vancouver, Wash. shaving tattate your slsln use Kisinpl Perhaps the daily shave makes your sensitive skin bum snd smart, or it may cause a rash which i oncomfortable land embarrassin. ResinoL OiNT- I ment helps grestly to relieve and clear away such - ailments, dui wiwt Shaving Stick tends to prevent them entirely. It rich, tencrous, non-drying- lather makes shaving a pleasure because no aher-shaving: lotions are netessary, and the face "is left smooth, and soft, t Resinot products at al druggists. LAURGAARD S PROJECT 0 IMPROVE HARBOR TO II II -r GOVERNOR URGES FOREST PROTECTIOH WEEIC OBSERVANCE Salem, May 1. Governor Olcott today by t; p roc la; nation , urged the people of Oregon' to Join in the ob servance of forest protection week. May. 23 to 89. '-.II ; -vy-- Civio organisations are asked by the executive-to bring, to the attention of their membership the need for care of the forests and th duty of eltisens to prevent and suppriiss forest fires. Set ting aside of part t)f a day for observ- anoe In the schools; and the cooperation of state, county and: city officials is sug gested. . , .. -y Two orders involving permission to construct grade cFinsinps "were Uwued by th.publia eervlfV' commission Friday. ' One grants pernpseion fqr the con struction of-a cro ilng over the tracks of the Coos' Bay brnch of the Southern Pacific railroad nea'r Reedsport, Douglas county,' ' . b;' : -. ,l -. The other order grants permissjon for the' construction of a permanent grade crossing at the end of Fourth street in the.city of Myrtle reek. ; Three gmen empl,ed in Oregon In dustries died as th'V result of. accidents durtngthe week Ending April S9. ac eordlns; to the report of the state indus trial accident , commission. V Of the 80 accidents reported flr the week, 44$ were subject to the prorinTons of the work men's oompensatloij act. 19 were from firms ! and corporations that have re jected the provisions of the act, and 15 were from public utility 4 corporations not subject to the provisions ef the act. , Application for ! Wrmisafon to appro priate water from i"ox Creek, for the Ir rigation Of 182 ne'es in Grant count v has been filed with fctate Engineer Percy A. Cupper by Oijrin Xedgerwood of Fox, Or. - '; -. J Other . appllcatioiia for water rights have been filed as follows: ? from an unnamed nprlng In Hood River county lor aomesui) purposes. By the Leland Iwmber company. Ke land. Or..-water ftpm Brimstone Gulch for a hg pond. I . ( By Kugene F, sforrisonlof Williams, water from the Kijst Fork of Williams Creek for the Irritation of 20 acres in Josephine county. ;f T By S. F. Flnley jif Kerby, -water from Second gulch and spring fpr the irriga tion of 40 acres In; Josephine county. By Hugo C. A, Von der Ilellen of Wellen. water froi I Antelooe creek for fthe irrigation of fW. acres in Jackson county. . . 1 By M. R. Noble f Hood River, water from an unnamed (pring for the irriga tion of a small tract in Hood River county. f , By Samuel S. Bi nch and A. J. Faulk of Kerby, water ftom Mucker creek for stock purposes and? for the irrigation of 57 acres In Joseph ie county. . The field force ttf the stateffire mar shal's office will I pave .Monday for the Coos Bay country fVhere they will put in two weeks making', surveys of the fire hasards at Marshfld. North Bend. Co qullle, Bandon and;-Myrtle Point, i . State Fire Marine! Barber plans to send 11. IL Pomercy of the field staff to Roseburg next wejk to Investigate : the Mercy hdspital, w hich ' experienced its rourtn nre recenm. In. an order tssned by the public serv- lee commission Friday, the. etate ' high way comimssldn U ..given prmlspn- to construct an overf eed crossing on The Dalles-California Mghway at its crowR Ing with the Southern Pacific rallway near Klamath Fails. . Klamath county will bear half the cost of the eressing. Petition fr Single Tax Measure Piled Salem, May l.-4.An initiative petition asking for a placemen the November bal lot for a proposed ;ingle tax' amendment to the state constitution Was filed with the secretary of state's office here this morning by J. VL'x Herman, manager of the Oregon State tangle Tax league. The petition contains the . names of 14,385 voters. 10,862 of wjiieh are certified to. : When answering' advertisements men tion the farm psgr of The Journal. 1 It helps. WHY CHANGE YOUR WIFE? ;TH PERFECT PICTURE THE PICTURE THAT EVERYONE IS SEEDiG COLUMBIA ORCHESTHA V. C KnowIe Director Afternoons anci " Evenings Orchestra Matinee at 2 P. M. NOW PLAYING Mrs, Helen Corbett Appointed to Board j Of Eose Festival1 At a. special meeting of the board ff governors of the 1920 Rowe Festival thi morning, Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett wb.h unanimously elect el to memberhlp on the board and to the post of vice rieU dent. In' this capacity Mrs. Corbott w iil have charge of the selection of the fes tival -queen and of the prt-tty galeti-,, that surround the court tif tbe roe. The election of. Mrs. llelen lndd Cor-J bett was to the vacancy creuted by-the resignation of Mi-s. Klliott R, Corbftt. who resigned from the directyrate bo causje of pressure j of Important dutien in other fields. ; COMMITTEES NAMED FOR ANNUAL MEET OF STATE GRANGE AT BENQ Oregon 'Citv.- Mav- 4 C. K. Snencfv- master of the Sute Grange, has coin- j pie tod committee appointments for. the j annual session of the1 grange, which will , be held at Bend June! 1-4, and In an an- nouncement' made here thts-morning sn tlclpates a busy; session. S pence Is ad vising delegates" tfiat Y. has been un able to' soenre. the usual railroad fare j reduction slnoe,th return of the lint s t to private ownership. Following are tre new commitleea. with ) the chairmen: Credential. O. V. Larson;. finance. W.H. Holder; division of lu- I bor, S. K. McBee; elecilona. K. A. Blakf ; , pure foMi. Ona Phelps; foreatry, K. K. Dimmtck: legislation, j. j, Johnon;j home economics, ; Mrs. liattie L. .VII;j cooperation, J, C. Leedy : iniiraiioH. O. C. Weller: Oregon Agricultural collesp, Mrs. W.ill.. Whitby; traiifportntlon, T.-Shell ;; by-laws, A. H. Tarbell ; gowi roads, H. M. Peterson ; imlllaire' and pry diem,. Charloe- Hart; etlucatton. ' A. Coutantl agriculture, I. a, Kruae ; a- seesment and taxation, G. W. Btapletoif dormant granges, R. W. Cltl ; good of I order. M. U Carter; appeals, C. C. Boi' land ; resolution. C. V. Oalllgun. j Spence Is sending word to deleg;r that there will be four f fill-days 'of f and that they should arrunge to ren in Bend mull Saturday morning, for ing the close of the sefxion. i Highway Smooth r ' - ti Glass on Sum' m- . , Medford. May 1. Tourists In 'the city report that the Paclf1, wsy " between Menford and J ri tTi n.iAI, i. . i . the exception of five milos o easily paaable road Uiwf and the summit of the isi' tliat from the summit on 1 the road is smooth as gl ' . Auto Crti&hrM Worn.' TlVe wheel of, a taxlb! IL. Shores, .255 North Ninf ran over Mis Catherine I foot at West Fark an'i streets Friday afternoon, stopped his machine to l discharge pasHengern and up tO give, more room-. -, Y-K rve the' nroper signali ing : his machine. J I FLYINf INSTRUC '- Afmy Gai System Tr Expert Instri Pilot License Cv Write or Call for j Oregon, War & Idaho Airp1 1209 Yeoni ; Main 127 Tz3
