THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, 1 OREGON.
oaTURDAY, OCTODER ' 21, 1922.
GUILT FIXEO FOR
RECTOR'S DEATH,
OBSERVERS AVER
''pf.-'t '- 5 B-TJttisal Serfiee) "
f- JCew Brunswick, NV J.. . Oefelr-Th
Hall-Mills murder raystera has reached
1 a. nninr vlum ttu uitir nf earfv In-
dictments and - arrest lies with the
Somerset ccunty aTand Jury. s
largely through thai unexpected -dls-,
covery f & woman eye-witness .to the
- murderous attacks upon the Rev. Kd-
warA W Rill aivl .! KlMnAr Milla.
hU choirister, on the night of Septem
' ber 14. the authorities now are pre
pared to accuse at least two persona
of actual participation in the strange
and dramatic crime. ' j -
The name of the woman is veiled
In secrecy It became known tonight,
: however, that she has made an af
fidavit in the ' possession of District
" Attorney Beekman of Somerset and
'which was executed after ' she had
confronted Mrs. Frances Hall, widow
of' the slain clergyman. In the court
house here last, Tuesday.
The dramatic denouement was forced
: by the - astonishing exclusive revela-
tlons by Universal Service yesterday
which. prcrved by documentary evidence
that bad feeling existed between Mrs.
Hall and Mrs. Mills several weeks be
fore the double murder.
leaving Middlesex county courthouse
after a hasty conference with officials,
District Attorney Beekman of i Somer
set county refused to deny: that the
Somerset grand jury earlier in the day
, had voted . an indictment against, the
alleged slayer or slayers of the Rev.
Edward W. Hall and : Mrs. Eleanor
Mills, his . choir singer, whose bodies
- xwuxxtx xxx x wcftuun neat xxxxxs Vliy
' on September H.
Mr. Beekman was asked: i
' "Will VOU denvsthe errand larv todav
! returned: an indictment in the case?"
The prosecutbTj somewhat disturbed
and irritated, answered :
T refuse to make any statement
-rtisw sinrcnT x nrin
, The clash between the two groups
; of ', investigators seeking to solve the
mystery was brought to a head when
.- District Attorney Strieker of Middlesex
.. I.IJ T 1. . . n . .1. . w-
"y iwu ijccm u u uui mere xu us l ue uei-
lnite action."
There were two results of this clash,
one was .that Beekman appeared be
fore the grand jury in that body's
Inquiry into' the murders.
The other was that certain officials
permitted' it to be believed that there
would beVan arrest 'during the after
noon.". The arrest did not materialise,
however. ! ,.
As neither of ,thel prosecutors has
announced their plans for the future,
action hs been ' put squarely up to
Governor Edwards. .The governor Is
sued the following statement:
G0VEB50B KEEPS OUT - ' '
"I - do not think the people of New
' Jersey are looking to me to solve this
' mystery. I have every confidence!
the law officers working on the case.
I know they will do their duty. It Is
not for me to say hoyrthts investiga
tion shall be carried; on.
"I do not intend to reply to the
letter of Timothy N. Ffeiffer, attorney
for Mrs. Hall, demanding he appoint
... ment of a superceding prosecutoe. The
letter was published in the ! newspa
' pers before I received; it, therefore I
: ; shall not answer. I do not answer
f such letters." i,
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Finds Improvement
Costs Excessive
-Commissioner Barbur. In charge of
. public works, win report to the city
council next Wednesday xhai, check has
hAAn mstAa, rtn thrAA rwtl t inna f Ar ner-
manent street improvements, wa.uim
in each instance the cost of the im
. provemeht would exceed "the bonding
capacity -of , the adjacent properties.
i Kor this, reason, and that the- owners 3
would'have to put up casn lor tne pro-
posed improvements, the petitions are
plawif on file and the petitioners so
5 notified. . -Tlie
proposed improvement are for
East SM street north, from Frecott to
i Crane- streets. ;43th avenue southeast,
5 from -7th 'tdv SOth streets southeast,
J rnd Es-st 7$ th street, from East GUsan
I to -East Stark . streets.
5 TtGES DEI.AT TJf FliACIJfO
! rEBMAXESf WATIB MAIIfS
" Although 65.8$ per cent of the prop
i erty along the street' naa petitioned for-
the permanent! Improvement of East
sth street from Tillamook to Thomp-
ports to tne-city council that the water
t bureau objects. to placing permanent
filter mains at this time, because of
2 Insufficient revenues, and recommends
4 that the petition be placed on tile until
5 , arrangements axe made; with the water
Kureau for laying the larger mains be
J fore the hard surface is( placed on the
t street.
i. . .
I Commissioner Barbur recommends
i-that the city council grant a permit
i-to G. A. - Morrison Lumber company for
a one story frame building to be used
"f as a. planing mill at a location on 7 2d
t street southeast, between 60th and 61st
streets.
.-'ATtiewase of typhoid fever was re
I ported to the health office today, that
I of SA. if. Anderson.- who has been liv
I inr atthe Y - M. tG. A. He has been
Jtakeiuto the Portland sartiUrium ;
' Atlanta.- Ga. Oct-tl. !. N.
Mrs. Cora Low - Vinson,' convicted and
I sentenced to-, death for the murder of
! her; husband here last March. .todajH
; escaped the gallows when she appeared
! in superior court, was givenn imme
diate new trial, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to life imprisonment.
Huge Locomotives
Used in Mountains
"Denver.- Colo., Oct-i ?1- tU. - P.)
Ten of the largest, passenger locomo
tives in the world have recently been
f placed in service by the Denver &
I Klo Grande Western railway to be used
over the-. Rocky mountain- division,
I . The' locomotives, of the moantaia type,
I twere built ' especially for the Rio
I Grande and are 95 feet long and weigh
644,600 pound. Fifteen loaded s steel
I passenger oars Are -handled' with ease
over the eieep, mountain, grades by
i -on of these monsters: where formerly
two ana tnree emaiter, engines were
required. The total weight 4f the. en
gine and such : a - train is 2,644,600
pounds. - - -, - - f :
DanceToniglif
COTIEION HALL
Bob Gordon's Orchestral
Fair Caravan Is .
'Feted on Fruits c
By Scappobse;Folk
Scappoqse. Oot' 5.4-Other .Oregon
cities' visited--by,.i9S7 exposition cara
vans have' nptfiing on Scappoose when
it comefl.o enthusiasm,-according to
Mayor 'George L. . Baker ; of Portland.
ope of the speakers when the last
tcaravah of the season visited this city
this morning. More than 200 gathered
to welcome the visitors and the guests
were treated to apples and srrapea.. A
box of -the fruit waTs also presented to
Mayor Baker by J- G. Watts of Scap
poose, who officially welcomed the
party. '
William P. Merry directed the cara
van of a score of ears and about ,100
persons. A. R, Hitter was- chairman
of the day and Otto Hartwig and the
Rev. Charles MacCaughey spoke.. The
party left for St. Helens at 0 :45
o'clock after half an hour spent tfere.
WARM RKCEPTIOS GIVEX " " '
CAKAVAX AT ST. HE1.ES8
St. Helens, Oct. 2L More than 250
residents of St.. Helens and - vicinity
gathered ' n front of 1 the - caurthbuse
this morning to welcome the 1927 expo
sition' caravan. The caravan was
piloted .into the city from Warren, four
miles east, by Mayor Edison I. Bal
lagh and County Judge Martin White,
who welcomed the-visitors. The cara
van was about 20 minutes late and. left
at 10:42 o'clock, expecting to make up
time n-the lower stretches of the Co
lumbia river highway. , t-
A. BL Bitter, Bev. Charles Mac
Caughey, Mayor Baker; and A. A.
Patterson spoke for the visitors, who
were given a warm reception. Dr. Mac
Caughey said 60,000 acres of Columbia
county land needed settlers and that
more than 9.000,000.400 feet of timber
remained to be Out in the county, urg
ing the' proposed fair as. a means to
attract settlers and business interests
to the county.
FRIENDS AND FOES
OF LABOR LISTED
; (By t'nitsd Sw)
Washington, Oct.. 21. The American
Federation of Labor, through its non
partisan political campaign commit
tee, headed by President Samuel Gom
pers, has just made public a compre
hensive list of organised labor's politi
cal friends and enemies, i
This is the most extensive political
activity of the federation in years.
Complete records of these candidates'
will be sent to the 40,000 trade unions
in the respective congressional dis
tricts of the United States. : The list
of enemies la tieaded by Senator Fre
linghuaslrtf who . "stands alone as be
ing tlie only member of congress who
lias a 100 per cent record of votes
against labor' and th people." f'ormer
Senator Beveridge, often regarded as
a progressive, is listed as unfavorable
to organised labor.
The list f Wends l headed by
Senator La Follette.
In addition to - their stand on their
injunction, the further issue is raised
regarding the several candidates' stand ;
on the 'sales tax, la which Wganliad
labor Is strongly opposed, .jfe-? .- -
Congressman Fees of Ohio, Senators
Sutherland, Lodge and Calder listed
as "birds of a feather'' Kellogg, Poin
dexter, Reed of Pennsylvania and' Mc
Lean, and Floor Leader Mondell are
included in the list of enemies.
"The campaign of the wage earn
ers," the committee declared, "is to
bring congress, back, and to that end
wage earners and liberty loving people
ave devoting their energies to the ejec
tion of Senator La Follette in Wiscon
sin, Smith W. Brookhart in Iowa, Lynn
J. Frailer in North Dakota, Hiram
Johnson in California, John B. Ken
drick in Wyoming, Peter G. Gerry, in
Rhode Island, Royal S. Copeland in
New York, Claude A. Swanson in Vir
ginia, Kenneth McKellar in Tennessee,
Henry L. Ashurst la A risona find Sen
ator Key Pittman in Nevada."
This personal survey favors all ' the
accepted progressive candidates and
those already elected, except Beveridge.
raxs Keynote speecn at uoiumDus in
opening the Ohio campaign, which de
voted considerable -attention to taxa
tion and indorsed the sales tax. was
characterised as offensive to organised
labor. t .
Steam Shovels at
Work Getting Coal
Out of Culm Banks
(By ttutod Pren)
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 21. Hundreds
of snorting steam shovels are attacking
culm banks in the anthracite fields, to
remove the coal from the piles in an ef
fort to aid in averting a threatened
hard coal fuel famine this winter.
From dawn until nightfall the Iron
diggers Tmbard'" ; the culm .banks
that have" been abandoned for "years.
Before the World war, coal operators
threw the poorer grade of coal into the
refuse piles, as there was no market
for this product. x
The suspension of operations for five
and a half months created such a snort-
age oedal that wartime activities
again prevail throughout the hard coal
region.
Many culm banks, 50 and. SO years
old,, are rich with coal. Some banks
are. 83s per cent coal, although.! the
major portion of this fuel - is steam
sixes. - -
Steam shovels dig into the culm
banks, many of the , banks 200 or 300
feet high, the so-called waste is taken
to waehories in little' ears hauled by
"dinky" engines and prepared for the
markets..:
One company hauls SOO tons daily
from the culm banks and turns) -the
culm into 20 tons of coal.
TJ. S. Tariff Causes
Cut in Golf Balld
(&y IstnnaMmal Nnrt Sarnoe.) . ,1
, .lndon, Oct 21 qojfers are th
only persons in England who get any
satisfaction out of the new America.it
tariff Jaw.,. The new tariff fixes a 43
per cent daty ea golf balls, and fear
ins that their export market will be
cut off. the manufacturers have re-,
duced the price of golf balls in Eng4
land by 20 per cent- - - j
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, - jomr jiattsox"
Vancouver, Wash.. Oct. Sl.-The' fu
neral of John; Mattson Trill be held
from Knapps chapel Monday sfter
noon at 1:30 o'clock,' Rev. L. B. Deck
officiating.- Mr, Mattson had lived on
his farm at" Hoeklnson for El years.
Three eons and four daughters survive:
INDICTMENT OF
ONEY DECLINED
BY GRAND JURY
Burtoa Oney. forest service employe.
whom a former ; grand jury indicted
on a charge ; of perpetraUng a fraud
against the government, was released
from tfe charge In a not true, bill
retarned "by ; the federal grand ; .Jury
this morning. Oney was 1 hditf ted with
Kl wood L. Clark, prominent La Pine,
Or merchant, on October 11. 192L The
men were charged with attempting to
defraud the government by 'padding"
Oney 's expense account. Clark was
acquitted : by a jury : several , months
ago. This, made the : charge against
Oney ineffective, authorities ruled," un
less a ttew indictment was returned.
This the grand jury refused to do.
Other not true bills were for Lee
Summers and Warren Ruff, Klamath
Indian reservation1 charged with tak
ing liquor on - the reservation ; Moy
Ham. charged with violating the Har
rison narcotic act, and Nellie R. Har
rild, , charged with re presenting herself
as a representative of the department
of justice. . ,
The Jury also returned" three secret
indictments and four .general true bills,
the latter being against Albert -C. Tan
ner for white slavery ; E. J. Lenehan,
-alias Hutrh McCoster. alias Hueh Mc-
Custer, larceny of an automobile ; An
tonio Saso. robbing boxcars- in the
Albina yards, and C. O. Holton, larceny
of an automobile.
Another report . containing 18 true
bills and seven not. true bills was re
turned Friday afternoon. Those named
for trial In the true-bills follow:
Introducing liquor on the Klamath
reservation. Jason Charles ; introducing
liquor on the Umatilla reservation. H.
D. Miller; violations of the prohibition
law. M. C.: Cestello and. C. Flynn,
Clayton Kirk, Frank Stlplch and J. M.
Sroter, Daniel Weeks ; violation of the
motor vehicles theft act, George Stew
art Parker ; violations of the narcotics
acts, T. F. Brewster. Edward Jenkins,
Harry Leighton, Charles Pitts, Paul
Robinson, Sam Wong, Jefferson Saul,
Maggie- Sykes, John Wilkinson, Woo
Sing and Wong Hi. -
Not true bills were returned as fol
lows : Violation of the prohibition act.
McKlnley Cowen ; selling liquor to
Klamath Indians, John Skellogg; vio
lations of ths narcotics act, - Ah Lee,
Leslie Eller, Lee Sing, Song Lee, Lee
wan ana ranK M. Royal.
COSTCMEB FILES SUIT TO
COLLECT $47T FROM ELKS
More trouble has cropped up out of
the Elks' carnival of progress, peace
and prosperlry, held in Portland last
May 15 to 721. Alys May Brown Mc
Clurg, coetumer. today filed suit in the
circuit court against Portland lodge No.
148, B. P. O. E..- intwhich she seeks
judgment for $477.40. : ',
She says she was engaged to- make
the costumes for the pageant given at
this carnival ; that the costumes cost
her $342.60, which was paid, but that it
was represented to her that the carnl
val was run at a loss. She submits
schedules which she says show that the
total income of the carnival was S19
132.37,- and that the profits were; $11,
542.72, which would give her 1577.40 as
her share, but that she has received
only- 100 of such amount.
ROTARIANS HEAR
BOYS' WORK PLAN
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' Vancouver, ' Wash., Oct. 21. A sur
vey of conditions and. a plan of: work
for ' the next three months was pre
sented In a report to the Rotary club
Friday, by C&iaplain B. F. Bronson,
chairman of the boys' work committee.
The work will be along educational
lines and an effort will be made to
keep more boys in school who have
reached the working age.
A resolution adopted by the national
Rotary organisation, which will forbid
Rotary members joining any similar
organisation, was discussed and ap
proved. N. TS.- Allen, candidate for
mayor, addressed the club.
! The second annual banquet for
teachers and tnetnbers - of the school
board was given by the Rotarians in
the high school banquet hall last night.
One DollarVBill
Changes Hands 30
Times in 14 Days
(By Unitrd Nm)
s Chicago. -Oct. 21. Tha Jforth' Chi
cago Chamber of Commerce sent out
an unsophisticated new dollar bill at
taching a circular for a record ofaJi
transactions ' in which it figured.
The bill returned Tuesday -after 14
days of travel, soiled, .wrinkled, de
jected looking, and Its 'original crisp,
ness gone.
It had kept away, changes of owner-
snip, navina- Dees spent: ...
i Five times for salary. .
: Five times for; tobaoco.
1 Five times for cigarettes,
; Thrde times-for candy.
' Twice for men's furnishings. -
Once for-collar buttons. .
: Three times-' tor meals.
1 Once for automobile accessories.
, One for bacon.
, Once for washing powder.
' Once for garters.
: Twieeor shaves.
; , Once for tooth paste.
Woman's Pierce Club
Offe rs planation
An article appearing in The Jour
nal Friday, on page 13. and headed,
"Women Add. $3i0 to Campaign for
Pierce," was ' misleading 1a on ' re
spect. The Woman's Pierce for Gov.
ernor .dubof which Mrs. Bessie H,
Rich&rds is, president, is a non-partisan
; organisation, composed - of -. wo
men - from " -ail - political parties, with
headquarters " in .room . S24 Railway
Exchange building, said, has w con
nection With the Benson hotel organ
lsatlon, nor has it received and fi
aaitcial hel from it or anyone else;
This club has no committees) : nt
soliciting funds a present, but is
working to secure votes for Senator
Pierce, and have volunteered ... its
services because it Is 100 per cent for
Senator Pierce for governor, whose
election Is the sole .object of 'this
club. . ..
: Experiments by a British commis
sion . having shown .that alcohol is
superior to gasoline or bensol as a me
tor fuel in many ways, the commis
sion is experimentlm?- witli mixtures
of alcohol and the others.
TWO ARE ARRESTED IN
DEL NORTE MURDER
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Above FTit ; O. 3errold; said to
bare confessed be slew two com
panions on ; the beach near Ore
gon-California state line. Below
-Lawrence Burse, associate of
tierrcud, beld for possible com
plicity.
ACCUSE YOUTH OF
DLOODY MURDERS
Gold Beach, Or., Oct 21. Robbery
and- a young Indian woman are in
volved in one of the bloodiest trage
dies of Northern California, as a "re
sult of which; Frits OTlSereidorouth
in his twenties, . is held on charges
killing his two companions, Joseph Mc-
Intyre, 23, husband of "Shoe Buster,"
the Klamath Indian woman,' and Jack
Brenton, 26., The men were shot
down Sunday afternoon, .October S, on
the beach two miles below Crescent
City. j
Gerrold was arrested On the night
of the murders on a eharge of com
plicity in a Crescent City robbery. At
the time the murders had not been
discovered. When Jess Millet, a cell
mate, informed Sheriff J. R. Breen of
Del Norte county, that Oerroid had
told him details of the killing the
sheriff investigated and found the
bodies as Millet said Oerroid had de
scribed them. Millet asserted Oerroid
said he killed Brenton because the
latter had witnessed the slaying of
Mclntyre and that after the two had
been shot down he shot each in the
head to make sure they were dead.
Efforts by the authorities to get Oer
roid to talk have failed and he main
tains an unconcerned attitude. '
The men involved are said to have
eblonged to, a gang operating about
Crescent City. The Indian woman
was arrested on bigamy charges but
was released after Mclntyre's death.
She was the wife of Lawrence Burse,
reputed leader of the gang, at the
time she married Mclntyre, officials
say. One theory of the crime is that
Mclntyre had incurred enmity of his
fellow gangsters and that Gerrold was
chosen to kill him.
Pinchot, M'Sparren,
Rival Candidates,
On Friendly Terms
( Bj United News.)
Philadelphia, Oct. 21. It's "John"
and "Gifford."
The two candidates for governor of
Pennsylvania are friendly. -Saluting
each other thus and smiling the while,
they sat dow;n together at a luncheon
of the League of Women Voters here.
Then John A. ' McSparren, the Demo
cratic candidate, rose and appealed to
the ladies for their support as against
"Gifford."
Election 6f pinchot, he said, no mat
ter how -fine a man he is personally,
would be to continue the "Penrose
gang In power." He could not buck
the machine that elected him.
And Gifford Pinchot, the Republican
candidate, responded in kind.
"John" was ail right and all that,
but Pinchot needed, ' and urgently
sought, the women's support of the
Pinchot program for "a clean? eco
nomical government.' A termination
of the "joyrtde as concerns expend!
tures in the . state," and promised the
same domestic economy as is exercised
by women, namely, "not to spend mors
money than incoming revenues' per
mit." The women applauded both speeches
and exercised their prerogatives in
delaying their answer to the appeals
of their political suitors.
Heirs Must Be 50
Before Will Paid
By International Nt) fietviee.)
New York. Oct- 21. Mrs. Clementina
Ghioxxl of No. 113 Central avenue.
West .Hoboken, N. J.. who died rer
cently, arranged in her will for a son
and a daughter when -"they reach -old
age. ' Mrs. Ghiossi leaves Mrs. Mary
Ramella. ' a daughter, and . Adam
Ghiocst. a son. 11000 each, but which
they are to receive only when they
reach .the age- of SO years. They ar
now fa their twenties. .
QUIET FOR BOXAK fLAW -;
London. - Oct. I 2L (U. jp.) While
Lloyd Oeorgo was . eampaigntns; rat
Leeds -today, Benar Law,' the new
prime rpimster, was planning" quiet
week-eijd.- s
25 FARMERS OF ;.
RODOD FILE
BALLOT PROTEST
Twenty-five farmers of the Rock
wood district appeared before the coun
ty ctmunisaioners this morning to make
protest against the election held last
Saturday on the proposition to organ
ize the; Rockwood water district sand
authorise issuance of water bonds to
10 per cent of "the assessed valuation
of the district. This election was car
ried, by a majority of 39 votes.
The farmers protest that unfair
methods were used at the " electidn :
that electioneering was permitted di
rectly at the polls; that the election
board permitted persons to cast their
ballots who have lived in the district
only three months, and that inmates
of the county poor farm were rounded
up and carried to the polls to vote,-for
the bond measure.
Today was the last day
in which
PZ?,l Ji!!? f"l.t5f?mJn?r
' - wvaitAVf uvatll t IIO Wi-
licial canvass, of votes at this time.
They determined that they must pro
ceed, but gave assurance that comple
tion of the canvass - will be 'delayed
until 10 o'jclock of next Tuesday, said
this- gives time for the protestants to
take, legal action. They declare they
will file a petition for an injunction
to restrain the county commissioners
from issuing certificates of election
to the water district directors -certifying
that the destrict is duly created
y the vote cast.
The Rockwood water district takes
In a territory approximately three Ty
seven miles. It extends from theV Co
lumbia .river to Greaham and fronV a
line two miles east of Portland's east
ern boundary,, line to Troutdale. It is
proposed to "put in , a system to be
supplied by" Bull Run water from the
city trunk lines from Bull Run head
works. WITNESS DILL
IS
OPPOSED
Washington, Oct. 21. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Effort of Representative Volstead,
chairman of the judiciary qornmittee
of the house, to empower the United
States district courts with authority
to bring witnesses from any 'part of
the United States to attend a trial In
a suit brought by the government,
and to sue all the defendants in .a
case where one of them resides? if
there be more than en defendant,
has so far failed.
This legislation has been asked by
Attorney-General Daugherty as an aid
to civil suit to be instituted in war
fraud cases. He says it is necessary.
would be futile in many instances
to sue6eparatey the defendants in
volved in tMs--class of .eases. ' and wit
nesses would oniyte-.jsummoned from
one district to another in unusual in
stances upon special permission from
the trial judge. - f
Objections have been raised that (his
is greater power than congress has
ever before thought safe to lodge in
the judges, who will thus be able to
order a, witness brought from Oregon,
for example, to Boston, or from New
York to Seattle. It is pointed out that
the legislation is general and not 'spe
cial. .It Is said to be needed for war
fraud cases, but it would apply te all
cases,
Mr. Volstead said this is necessarily
so because it is difficult to: define a
war fraud case, and he did not believe
such power would be abused, anyway.
Asked why the government should be
given special privileges to sue all the
defendants in one district, when citi
zens suing in the federal coutu can
not do so, Mr. Volstead said tno spe
cial reason was given," he would leave
that to some one" else to explain. Con
siderable criticism of the bill is 'mani
fested, 44,186 Eural Mail
Routes; Costs to
U. S.f $86,800,000
Washington, Oct. 21. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
In a resume of the rural mail service,
the postoffice department reports that
the number of routes has grown from
82 in 107, to 44,186. with a mileage of
1,180,448 miles. The expenditures have
increased from the first appropriation
of 810,000 to 886,800,000.
The first carriers' were paid $200 a
year. They now receive as high as
12160. while the longest motor routes
pay 12600. Illinois leads in the num
ber of routes and mileage, Ohio second,
Missouri third. Texas fifth and Penn
sylvania sixth.
Oregon has 265 routes which cover
7254 miles. Washington has 392 routes
including 14,763 miles. Idaho has 216
routes and 5776 miles. ' . Oregon has
fewer routes though a greater mileage
than Connecticut, and is just ahead, of
New Hampshire in each.
Subterranean Fire
Again Breaks Out
In OHio Coal Larid
By .fatted Prestl; . :- j .
- New Lexington. Ohio, Oct, 21. Geol
ogists and miners estimate $50,060,000
worth of bituminous coal has been
burned in the subterranean ve'ns of
Perry county where incendiarism start
ed a fire during the great; eoal strike
of 1884. . :. . ; . -.-.!.
The blase, which.' has been eating
Its way through the unmtned stocks
of Ohio fuel, is raging again at the
mouth of an abandoned i shaft near
Shawnee. The furnace hurls Its tongues
of flame a hundred feet Into the air
and -can be seen for nlleai r - f J
At other places in the hills the fire
has broken throgb the surface -stra-tum
and shoots as high as the sur
rounding tree, taps. .--
At the present , rata geologists , esti
mate it will take is yeara for the fire
to evhanst its acreage. , '! fr-; t. :
Chasms large s enough .t hold - two
story houses- have been opened by the
blase fa the' New Straitsvilie district.
Great fissures scar the earth's surface
all along the three mile Urm f the ore.
For heat i and smoke, residents i of
this district might be living -on- the
slopes of Vesuvius. After . ch' rain J
clouds of smoke rise from the cracks
In the earth and : amoka constantly
ascends over th land.. -!.'- . . -
On one farm near New Straitsvflle
water im at the steaming point when
drawn from the well because cZ. the
intense underground heat.
Wear Corsets?
: My. No! Adhesive
'. Tape, Say Co-eds
Eugene, Oct. 21. Wear corsets?
University of Oregon co-eds will
ioC at least : some of them, . despite
..he efforts of the fashion makers to
force women back into bondage. ;
What's the ue, they say. when
adhesive tape does just as welL
- Eugene, modistes are authority
for word that the co-eds have dis
covered a way to get around the
need of corsets w hich the gowns of
the day have brought about. - They
just stick the tapewell it's kinds
hard to explain where without giv
ing away secrets, so just try using
tape yourself, that is If you are of
the gender inquisitive.
OLCOTT TELLS OF
PLANS TO REDUCE
The Dalles, Oct. 21. To an audience.
U - hich comfortably filled the theatre of
the Civic auditorium. Governor Ben W.
OJcott last night set forth his plea for
reelection. Accompanying him was
Tom Kay, ex-state treasurer, who
launched a 'vigorous attack against
Walter M. Pierce, Olcott confining him
self to an exposition Of the Items of
state governmental expense and en
larging upon his own plans for reduc
tion of . taxes. '
The governor repeated his statement,
made at1 various points in Eastern Ore
gon, that taxation costs in Oregon to
day are not due to extravagant ad
ministration ; by state officials, but
rather to acts voted, by the people.
SCANDAL IS MISSI3TG
The 11 state institutions, he declared,
were never functioning better than to
day, and he said that during his ad
ministration id taint of scandal -had
eter anneared. 1
The largest item of State expense, he
reminded, foe highways, was not eosi
int iHTonn onR.rent in taxation, and
he commented upon the great plan of
construction being put. through by the
highway commission, which will have
lesulted, by j the end or. tne year, in
construction of 810 miles of paving.
The saturation point In taxes, he de
clared, was foreseen by the administra
tion and resulted in appointment oi tne
committee which later recommended to
the legislature the appointment or tne
tn-r tnmstieiation commission. ' This
hiv. twsaid. has nreBared data which
he fnreasted would i result in relief
measures before the state legislature
next winter.
SIDE STEPS PROMISE.
"Tax nroblems are ' always complex
and T .wont say that 1 can do this or
do that in solving them, he aeciarea
in conclusion. "I was taught never to
make promises that t couldn't fulfill.
but I will say that every effort of the
tat a Mivernment will be exerted to
kn cost r .down, consistent with decent
Ltattncnt of our unfortunate . warus
and efficient maintenance or tne in
stitutions that must be kept up.
Kay devoted his talk to refutation
of statements being made by Senator
Pierce on taxation -, matters. Today,
the governor's party swung out Into
the southern part of Wasco county, vis
iting Dufur and other points. " He made
no more speeches in this county. This
afternoon he wiH visit Cascade Locks
and tonight return to Hood River for a
imblio address.
Germans Vaccinate
Trees and Produce
Imitation Hard Wood
. By FerdlBsBd C. M. Jahn
United Press Staff Correspondent
Berlin, Oct- 21. Several acres of
"dyed" or "vaccinated" trees are grow
ing in the vicinity of Hanover, their
leaves red and black and other unusual
colors, their wood similarly stained.
This is the result of the newest
achievement of German science, which
converts ordinary wood into an imita
tion hard wood by feeding the tree dyes
while its grows. The process can be
further amplified, so that an actual
hardwood mahogany, ebony 'and so
on 4s developed under hydraulic pres
sure. Holders of patents for the new pro
cess eay that they will make the Ger
man furniture industry independent of
import of costly foreign woods, while
with the hardening; process it is'ex
pec ted that a substitute for hard woods
in furniture making and in bobbin
manufacture will be achieved at low
prices. - i .
The Overseas week in Hamburg dis
played a number of samples of the vac
cinated wood, the promoters claiming
that these specimens) were scarcely to
be distinguished from the genuine.
There is a question, however, as to
whether or mot the color would remain
fast. The inventors aay It will hold.
Democratic Spirit
Urged on Students
By Charles Schwab
(By I'nitid Kevwl
- Boston, Oct. 21. The hosts of friend
ships made, among ; my business' asso
ciates, ,1 regard ; as the proudest
achievement of my 43 years of indus
trial life," i Charles M. Schwab, steel
magnate, told 1000 Harvard students
here.
With the same forceful personality
that carried him from a stage driver's
job to the head of a csore of iron and
steel Industries,, Schwab pointed out to
the students- the manner in which to
succeed in business.
He told them to be democratic in
their tiseociationn, hut by that be did
not mean that they .- should "con
descend" to be seen - with people not
educated as they. Schwab wanted
them to be democratic in spirit and
mentioned John D. Rockefeller . and
Judge- Gary asi embodiments of the
democratic spirit.'-' .-';::' -'-
I am convinced that tha tXTnlted
States vill lead the world In Industry
and .business within the. present gerv
eratlon.";, lie declared. ' W , are - the
workshop f , the world.' 1 envy you.
You' have the chance of making the in
dustrial history and by that I mean
real history of the next 50 year. -
TlKiTTO KEFOBX AtOST?
Vancouver, Wash., Oct. 21. A travel
ing guard from the state reformatory
came to Vancouver Friday after Ben
Hoxden. sentenced to from Six months
to-- five years f for stealing sur automobile-
from N-3 5". Tower, Holden,
with Joe Rice, drove the car to- Eph
rata, Wastw where they were arrested
by the sheriff of Orant county and re
turned to Vancouver. The boys had
old aU of th accessories belonging to
the car to obtain food. TgieM were re
covered on the trip back. ;
Oregon City Churches
Oregon City, Oct. 21. Church serv
ices tor Sunday are as follows
First ' Methodist Episcopal, Rev. A.
HL Lathrop. pes tor Eighth and Center
streets. Sunday school, 0 a. m. ; 11
a. m- sermon by Dr. t. H. Leech ; 7 :S0
p. nv, "Making a Living or Making a
Life." -..
' First German. Rev. F. Welvlsiek 10.
Bible school, L. Schuler. superintend
ent ; 11 a. m. and 3 :30 r. nW Prayer
meeting, Thursday evening. - '
First Baptist church. Revj W, E.
Petti bone, pastor Sunday school. 10;
11 a. m.,1 ? :30 p. m.". ...4 :
German Lutheran,' Rev. W. JL'Krax
berger 8:15. Sunday school;;; 10:15,
sermon In German ; - Luther league at
7 :00 p. m v :-:v'. .i V- i-y .--
United Brethren Morning, 11 ; eve
ning. 7 :30. --. k ' i.
First Congregational church. Rev.
Caradoc Morgan. . pastor 11 ; a.'
"RejecUrig jhe BssentiaV; t :80 p. ro
"What Will Be the Religion of the Fu
ture?' and Paramount Post nature pic
tures. ' , - - j...t. .
! Reorganised Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints Division street.
Elder Wilson presiding.- Sunday school.
1p. m.; preaching, 2 p. m. , j ;
I Gladstone Baptist church. "ReVi Har
dey Coru.i,r, pastor 10, Sunday school ;
preaching, u a. in. -C 1 :..
Church of God, T. MundeH. pastor
Sunday services, n a. nv. ! sermon;
7:45 p. m., sermon, 611 Seventh street.
Seventh . .d Center, streets.
Seventh Day Adventists. A.Ijj Miek
lejobn Saturday. M0, Sabbath
schiol. 11:30, preaching. -
Oak Grove MethodlsLKpiseopal com
munity church. Rev. A. F. Lacy, pas
tor Sunday school at 10 a. m.; preach
ing at 11 :15 a. m. ; evening at 7.
First Church of Christ, Scientist
10:45 a. m., "Probation After Death."
followed sby Sunday school. I Wednes
day evening testimonial at 8 o'clock.
Reading room in church edifice. Ninth
and Center streets, open daily,, except
Sunday. 2 to 6 p. m. !
St. Johns Roman Catholic,! Rev. A.
Hillebrand, pastor Early mass with
sermon, C ; high mass, sermon and ben
ediction, 10:30. i v
First Presbyterian, Rev. H. G. Ed
gar, pastor Services at Shively . Opera
house;. Sunday school. 10; 11 a. m..
"A Feast of Remembrance" 7 :30 p.
m., "Where the Break Occurred."
The Spiritualistic Church of the Soul
Services at Moose hall ; afternoon
services, 2 o'clock; .lrelee, 4 o'clock;
evenings, 7:30, Dr. Norto ii pastor;
Annie Bath, message bearer, j
!-dstone Christian church. Rev. B.
P. Clay, pastor Sunday school. 10; 11
a. m., 8 p. m., sermon.
Jennings Lode Congregational, Tlev.
A. B. Snyder, pastor Sunday school.
16; II s jm. and 8 p. m., sermons by
pastor. r
RECALL PtTITIONS
FORMALLY FILED
Oregon City, Oct. 21. Petitions for
the recall of County Judge H. a Cross
wereformally filed with County Clerk
Fred A. Miller "late yesterday. The
petitions bear 2563 signatures, while
but 1984 were needed to. put the. issue
on the ballot,, ' U
No definite date Is provided for re
call elections by the lawr but the clerk
is empowered to call an election within
2S days after the filing of a. recall pe
tition. Every effort will be made to.
put the recall upon the same ballot as'
the general election, November 7. ac
cording tos Fred Miller. Checking the
petitions will begin at once. !
The county judge is allowed a five
day period by law for the filing of his
resignation. Judge Cross has repeat
edly indicated, however, thlit he will
fight the issue, and only the formal
checking of the signatures remains to
place the recall on the ballot. ' '
BRIDGE WORK PROG BESSES
Oregon City. Oct. 24. A new name
plate, bearing the words, "Willamette,
River. Oregon State Highway Com-
mission. A. Guthrie A Co., Inc. 5 Con
structed 122," has been placed upon
the east side of the new bridge, cross
ing the Willamette 1elow the -falls. The
old inscription bore the date of 1888.
Construction work on the bridge is
progressing rapidly, with the artistic
railing nearly completed. January will
see the"' opening of the bridge for,
traffic t
DEBATE TO BE EEPEATED .
Oregon City, Oct. 2L Much interest
is manifested here over the repetition
of the public debate on the compulsory
education bill, given last Tuesday at
the Live Wire meeting, scheduled for
tonight at the library at 8 o'clock, J.
E. Hedges and C. Schuebel will again
appear as opponents. It is understood
that both, debaters have added many
new. arguments. ..-
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of irialcirig good
Bal
.cer s
cwirt to the
esses and
si
methods.
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WALTER BAKER & CO
Established 1780
pooktd of Choice.
M'HASY 10 RUSH
CRdP IflSORANCE
FLAN Jfl FINISH
Washington. Oet. 21. (WASHING-
i -xw.r.w
Just before the adjournment of the
senate President Pro Tern . CUmir ins
appointed uie committee of three au
thorised by the McNary resolution to
undenike Investigation if the subject
reporting what may feasibly be done in S
that direction. The committee c6m-i
prises; McNary of Oregon, chairmen ; '
Keyesi of New Hampshire and Omitli of
South! Carolina, . i .
W-'hether any meetings will be. Held
before, the next sessloit of Congress is
uncertain. Senator McNary considers'
the question one of great impartat.ee,
and says he will . advance the nees-
CAPV aHskAlrkcT'BTi A Or saah a -tvivaalKlJ t :
order that a report may not be unduly
delayed.
ISStjBASCE BIKEAU 'S '1 . -
has crop Insurance bill pending be
fore the agricultural committee In the
house, and it has been wldelv indo wd
by farm organisations and economists.
It provides for a crop insurance bu
reau fin the department of agriculture,
with ja revolving fund Of $10.000,00a lo
Inaugurate a system of -insurance; by
th rovemment. Hut with mr(n.
that Tit. shall be made, self-susuihlng
fromtpremlums paid. .
V. pf. A'algren, associate agricultural
economist of the department of agrl-
cuiiurc .wno nas maae a study of the
subject, , has laid down the i. follow Ing
- " . mvit -xiv xxciii; ves
shoukl govern In formulating a law):
CHOP DAMAGES ;. ; , 1
First Insurance : ahhult
such crop damage as results in tub-
sianiaai . loss, a reasonable amount
cased upon averaae cronand nriea fn-
a series of years. : , T
seiiond It should cover all hazards?
that jare beyond the control of the In
sured ; not a uollcv hat mm nt
agalsst frost and , hall, i for example. "
but leave a total loss If the field Were
swept by fire or grasshoppers. f s
' Third No 'inRurani r,m.f ;
" i ,vfcf
, - w ""tciKf) i
uw iiisurea. . I1 I 5
furui--ine premium shotiiit hrJ.i. a
. J i i fr ta Liuitmii ii I fx ma: vain. xwM
i . i UV fJX
rrn! Inniicail f - n i
sonably indemnify on I the figures
Shown bv tha .1-- Jl .,
and inot be dccnuuAd hv t-x,... J-i
""Y' nave Dee a received. I
SPri nv x n . .-.i--,.. . ' -
- m & M. XX M 1 - .11
be fmeedy and the amount diie be
DlalSlv fnAlr-atA K i . 7.
amount tint anAn xv. ....I ' .
labeir mnff i(fii t - ihxt..xi .
, .0.m.-Uuiment or partial Ida m-
-..v..tx ins uexerrea 'until th rrnn
im imrvesiea.
t -. xxfa wjiu on in umx
liri rlr t ru mm t . i .
With an 1 " iukici, lira not ,i
for
... ' .ivnusin rwjyvrien
xiii uamages every year or, two.
Pys Fiye Bucks
To Crown a Qu
pen
iWm TnUnatUi..i m ,1
iiiisuaiii. Aia., ucs. 2i. ,-rne cor
onation of a queen for only flJe dol-
11-- TltAm-m. u.xi. i . . . : I
- -"fo mxiua, : in police
here, decided that this would bel
rigilt.' The mnlilnxii
Vlcftorla" Gales a .dusky damjsel -of
Second alley; the defendant, Kiag"
Wqoflng, also colored. The. evidence
mhttOTMA that xB.. 1. .
xxxi mu Kigument over
a rhan, the "klng'f informally crowned
OOMn ViibiHx'I .Mltl. . I,
4. -, nun u. one.
their majesties paid $5 fines. .
Both.
SEW AHfilVAL IJfjrHFJn
Cafcy was painfully injured in an
auqomoDiie accident on the highway,
twd mllea east of Clackamas, v.'hen, In
making a turn, he was blinded by a
glaring headfight of another nutomo
bll. and. in trying to slow dow t, skid
ded on the wet pavement, ran into the
ditch and overturned. His leg Vas cut
r-rm knee to ankle. Ha was taken to
Cahby and attended by Dr. H. A. Ded
man. The Peck family recently! moved
to tqanby, from Washington, j J ,
LECTURES ABE AXNOukcED
Oregon; City, Oct 21. Dr. Ihnes V.
Brent of PortUnd. lectures at die Con
rrerational iiunh Vir vs.mi,: a x..
noon to women, and in the evening to
sacral puoiic .
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The puril, palatatility
cKarebterck of KigK jgrado cocoa ,
beans are retained in Baker's . Cocoa
perfection
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