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VOLUME LXI.
THE DALLES, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1921.
No. 128.
HARDING S
OF
PRESIDENT SAID TO HAVE ASKED
CONSIDERATION BY 3UPREME
ALLIED COUNCIL.
BORAH BILL FEARED
BELIEVED RESOLUTION WILL TIE
HANDS OF CHIEF EX
ECUTIVE. By UnUed Press
WASHINGTON, May 31 Informal
feelers looking toward disarmament
aiscu83ton between world powers,
have been put out at the Instance of
jtSresident Harding, It was learned
here today.
This action, It Is understood, was
taken before the senate had passed
the Borah disarmament resolution
calling for a conference.,
Details of the plan were not divulg
ed, but It la believed that President
Harding has suggested Informally to
the great powers that the question
oan be considered before tho supreme
allied council.
He believes that this method will
be more satisfactory than similar dis
cussion at a special conference.
The president still believes thnt
Borah's resolution will unduly tie the
hands of the nation's executive. In
formation obtained here indicates (hat
Qeorge Harvey's London speech was
the first step In carrying out the plan
of the armament subject being broach
ed abroad.
FOUR SAFE BLOWERS
CAUGHT BY ONE COP
By United Press
CtHUOAJGO. May 31. Police Ser
geant John Ryan early today captured
four armed safe blowers louehanded.
The four were engaged In cracking
the safe of the Chicago Typographi
cal union when Ryan surprised thorn.
PERSHING MAKES SECRET
TRIP TO PARENT8' GRAVES
By James L, Kllgallen
(United News Staff Correspondent)
' CHICAGO, May 31. General John
Pershing, dressed In civilian clothes,
slipped Into Chicago Memorial Day on
a visit he hoped would be as secret
as It was sacred.
He came to decorate the graves of
his mother and father.
The former commander of tho A. 12.
F. stepped off the train at Englewood.
He wore a dark suit and a straw hat.
He was accompanied by his brother,
James P. Pershing, who bears a
strong resemblance to the general.
They were met at the depot by O.
L. Frame, a relative by marriage.
General Pershing went at once to
Oakwood cemetery.
Few of the thousands of people he
passed in tho street and cemetery,
many of them ex-soldlers in uniform
recognized the famous visitor.
At the cemetery the general asked
reporters vtho had met him at the
depot to remain at a distance while
he went to the family plot. He walk
ed from his car to n simple granite
monument bearing the name, "Persh
Ing." Below were three similar stones,
engraved with the name3 of John
Fletcher Pershing, the general's fath
er; Elizabeth Pershing, his mother,
and Ward B. Persuing, a brother who
was a captain in tho United States
army.
The general knelt with bared head
at the side of the graves. He placed
a wreath of flowers In honor of those
he loved. After a brier prayer he arose
and returned to his machine. No
shrine of all those honored .Memorial
Day received a more simple or a moi 5
sincere offering.
"I bad hoped to keep this visit n
secret," he said. "It Is a very sacred
Bervlce to me."
An hour later General Pershing
left for Princeton, Ills., to decorate
the graves of a sister and another
brother.
AGED RANCHER DIES
IN BLAZING BRUSH
75
YEAR OLD MAN TRAPPED
IN FIRE ON
FARM.
I By United rreif
OREGON CITY, Or.. May
31 -
John E. Warner, rancher,
age m,
humnd to dimth nar wilhoit
Springs last night when he fell Into
a brush fire which he had Just start-
ed ob bli farm.
Waratr la believed to have caught
his foot la aee branches when he
(ell, and to have been unable to
eitricale himself.
He was alone at the time,
DtSrilSSIIJN
eiG hkid bono issue
IS HORSED W
OHM llll I
OHM fllLL
ANONYMOUS OPPOSITION NOW
DEVELOPING, TO BE EX
PECTED, HE SAYS.
"Wti3co county lias a wonderful op.
portunlty at hand, when It Is offered
u chance to secure state aid in
building The Dalles-California high
way. For such a highway, when
completed, will be of inestimable
value to the county. You people
here simply can't afford to pass
it up."
So declared Samuel Hill, original
exponent of tho good roads move
ment in the northwest, when in The
Dalles yesterday. Hill has Just re
turned from a six-months' tour of
Europe, where he secured much first
hund information about good roads,
as the Europeans build them.
Keternng to curtain anonymous
opposition to the bond issue which
has developed in tho county during
the last several weeks, Hill explain
ed ."that it has been the history of
all good roads movements that he
has even taken part In, that a cer
tain amount of this type of opposi
tion could- be expected.
After spending several days at
his Maryhill home, the millionaire
road builder left yesterday for Seat
tle. WEEKS ORDERS QUIZ
s OF AVIATION TRAGEDY
By United Press
WASHINGTON, May 31 Secretary
of War Weeks today ordered an in
vestigation by army inspectors inlo
the fall of the converted hospital air
ship Saturday, which resulted in the
(lentil of seven persons.
'
TENNESSEE YOUNGSTERS IN
PORTLAND TO FIND MOTHER
By United Press
PORTLAND, May 31. Three little
stragglers from Tennessee reached
Portland Monday and are wondering
where mother Is. Mother was not at
the station, and Annie Robinson, aged
nine, her little brother, Clarence, six,
and Wanda, five, are wondoring what
will become of them.
The father placed tho children on
the train with no money and little
food, with day coach tickets. The food
disappeared west of Chicago, when
passengers took pity on the children
and a dining car feast filled their
famished stomachs. A free berth made
sleeping better than a day coach.
Father and mother have separated,
and father sent tho children to join
mother. The oldest boy was tagged
for destination.
The police are trying to locate
mother.
MEMO BASIS FDR
NEGOTIATIONS
OBREGON SAID TO BE SATISFIED
iWITH AMERICAN
NOTE.,
By A. L. Bradford,
(United Trees Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, May 31. President
Obregon of Mexico will accept the
American memorandum on tho ques
tion of recognition as a "basis for ne
gotlatlons," It wan declared hero to
day by advisers of the Mexican presi
dent.
Tho exchanges which now are ox
pected to follow between tho two gov
ernments will soon develop an under
standing that will prompt the United
Stales to recognize the Obregon gov
ernment, It was also believed In these
quarters.
The next move by Mexico, it is
thought, will bo a reply from Presl-
dent Obregon to tho communication
or memorandum from Secretary
Hushes which was presented by
George T. Summerlln, charge of the
American embassy In Mexico Ctiy.
Observers here think that If this Is
satisfactory, American recognition
may be extended forthwith,
REDS GREET SYLVIA ON
HER RELEASE FROM PRISON
By United News
LONDON. May 31. A shoutla-s
swaatn of radicals, waving red flags,
greeted Sylvia Pankhurst, the lg:i-'
preaslblo agitator, yesterday morning,
when she was released from Holloway
jail, where she had been confined for
four months on a charge of sedition.
From the jail, Sylvia was rushed to
a "reception" and breakfast. She coin.
Plained that she had not been permit
ted the use of writing materials and
literature in prison and announced
that she planned to writo a book an
the Russian government,
"From what I have seen of Russia,"
she said, "I am confident that their
.prison system la better there than In
I England."
BALKANS FUE
WITH RENEWED
TiinriT nr nun
i no i ur wnn
IRREGULARS IMBUED WITH NA
TIONALISTIC MOTIVES SWEEP
ING DOWN.
MAY INVOLVE EUROPE!;
GREEKS SEEK MORE LAND TO
SUSTAIN CONSTANTINE'O
PRESTIGE.
By Henry Wocd
(United Press Staff CurresDOndent)
ROME, -May HiSweeping down
fioni the highlands uf .Macedonia and
Albania, great hands of irregular sol
diers today are threatening to start
another Balkan war which may In
volve all of Europe.
The fighters almost bandits In
their mode of 'warfare, hut driven by
strong nationalistic, feeling entered
foreign countries. Pillage and arson
marked their trail. The governineiit'i
thus taunted Immediately planned to
raise forces to combat them.
The old Ual!(an troubles were in
volved in the fighting. Greece wants
more land to the north: Bulgaria
wants to reclaim some of the terri
tory lost In the war, and Serbia wanti
to retain her newly won lands.
Latest udviees received here show
ed the situation especially critical in
Macedonia and Albania, whose prob
enis wore not solved by the treaties
of iSt. Germain and Sevres.
Reports showed that large bands of
comitnjla (Irregulars) have been re
cruited throughout tho Balkans, al
most every portion of the war-torn re
gion having contributed Its share of
fighting men. The governments back
of tliein either aro arming to protee'
their legitimate interests or are pro
paring to back the comltajls from
their own country In an effort to ex
tend their boundaries.,
'Officials hero feared that before
tho allied supremo council or the lea
gue of nations can intervene, the com
ltajls will clash with regular milltarv
forces and start the conflict which
may embroil not only the nalkain,
hut spread through the European
countries.
The danger in Albania is duo to
tho fact that tho Greeks have occu
pied strategic points commanding the
two most important Albanian cities,
Korltea and Arglrocnntro, while the
Serbians are holding tho river Diina
in northeastern Albania. The Alba
nians, nlthough intending no offen
sive themselves, are mobilizing to
prevent further occupation.
The moat serious phase of tho situa
tlon ill believed to be that resulting
from the Greeks' Initiative. They
claim Korltsa and Argirocastro be
cause of alleged allied promises to
former Premier Venlzelos for, Greece's
service to tho entente. Because .of
the reverses they have suffered in
their offensive ngalnst the Turks In
Asia Minor, the Greeks aro extreme
ly anxious to annex tho two cities
and thus re-establish King Constan
tino's prestige. The Albanians are dt
lei mined to resist this tffoit.
In northeastern Albania the Serb
Ian comltajls continue to raid to
wards long coveted Scutari.
There la n slmhuiy critical situa
tion in Serbian Macedonia, whew
Bulgarian comltajls liavo been en
croaching on both Serbian and Greek
territory. Thoy aro likely to clash at
any'time with the regular Iron I W
guards, provoking an open iar.
Wins PAID TO
LITE CHIEF JUSTICE
SUPREME COURT ADJOURNS
RESPECT TO
WHITE.
IN
By United Prers
WASHINGTON, May 31 The bu
preine court, meeting for the first
timo since the death of Chief Jus
lieu White, adjoin ned aintll tomoi
ow out of respect for his ineiiioiy.
White's chair, In the middle of the
bench, was draped In black, 4s was
ho golden eaglo Just above his seat.
UNION DAY CELEBRATION
Dy United Press
CAPETOWN, May 31 The 11th
anniversary of the granting of self
government to South Africa, includ
ing tho former Hour republics of the
Transvaal and Orango Free State,
is being celebrated throughout South
Africa today. Prlnco Arthur of Con
naught, governor general and the
Premier General Jan. C. Smuts, held
official luceptlons, and at the big
centres military parades wero hold
Hie day Is observed as a national
.lolklay.
COLUMBIA RIVER
DECLINES FOOT
IN 24 HOURS
The Columbia ilver has gone
down exactly a foot in I In; l!l
hours ending at S o'clock this
morning, according to the of-
-K flclal reading at that hour for
tho govc 'nmonl. The liver's
-K stage at 8 o'clock wrs 37.8 feet,
as compared with 38.8 feet
Monday morning. The river was
still receding slowly at noon,
bat this does not indicate that
the freshet is over. Cooler
weather on the li ad waters of
j -K both the Srake and Columbia Is
Kaiu u ii.ivu uau:i'u uie iuii
now being recorded all along
tin) courses of both sti earns.
DEATH PENALTY
SOUGHT
TRIAL OF 11-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED
OF MURDER,
BEGINS.
KNOX, lnd May 31 --Tin state
today demanded the ' f o of a 11-year-old
boy, when tho trial of Cecil
Ilurkett, charged with murder of
Benny Silvan, his seven-year-old
playmate, was started.
Prosecutor James A Uilts charges
that the crime was done in cold
blood, and will demand the death
penalty.
Cecil and Benny were playing In
the, Burkatt back yard Thanksgiv
ing day, when Benny was shot and
killed. The state said that the shoot
ing was the result of a quarrel.
Cecil said that it was accidental.
Citizens of Ora, where the shoot
ing occurred, have rallied to Cecil's
defense and raised $10,000 bail .011
which he was released.
IDAHO MAN WINS
N. W. ORATORY CONTEST
T5y United Press
"MOSCOW, Idaho, May .11. Ralph
R. Brashears of Caldwell, a senior
In tho college of law at the Culvers!,
of Idaho, was today announce'! win
ner of the northwest iirutorleal con
test upon formal receipt of the de
cision of the O. A. C. judge who cast
the decisive vote.
McKinnoy of Washington was sec
ond. State universities of Idaho, Oregon
and Washington participated in Ihe
contest.
BUILDING REVIVAL
IS BEING NOTED
NEW CONTRACTS MAY CHANGE
SERIOUS UNEMPLOYMENT
SITUATION.
By Robert J. Bender
(United News Stalt Correspondent)
WASHINGTON. May 31. Revival
of nation-wide building activities
probable increased In lailumd em
ployment and tho prospects of a tie
niendous demand for farm hands dur
ing tho coming months, constitute
harbingers of hope In the serious un
employment situation now confront
ing this country
ill Is estimated by lending econo
mists that nearly 1,000,01)0 iinomplo',
ed now stand su one of the grave it
consequence ol Ihe general econom
ic depression all'llctltig the nations
President Samuel (loiupers believes
that tho figure nioie neaily approarh
es 5,000,000. In all ovonlh, unemploy
ment increased rather than decre-i".-ed
dining Ihe last mouth anil nearlv
a half million men are idle In lit"
statu of 'New York alone Losses in
Industrie.-, such as steel, tdiipmiildin't
and lumber moie than olfsot mlnoi
gains In employment in Ihe autouio
ulie and textile Industries.
This situation lias luiiher restrain
ed buying anil has retarded busbies,
levival generalb. In addition, econ
omists estimate strikes and lockouts
are costing winkers In the count rv
at present over $800,000 dally in lost
wages and employers five limes ac
much,
lint there aro Klgns that IIioko con
dltlons will not long bo continued In
their pro.scnl i.tate. , moat encourag
Ing factor Is seen in the Increasing
building iictlvlt) Ihioughoiii Ihe coun
fry.
April and May reports show build
Ing contracts greater than at any tiulc
in the lust ear. Contracts awarde I
In New England states last month 10
tailed nearly $18,000,000, an Increase
of approximately 33 percent over
those for tho month previous. New
York and northern Now Jersey con
Etructlon contracts for April totalled
over $50,000,000, un Inciease of ovei
"0 percent as compared with the
month pievloiiH.
Twenty-five norlheasitf rn states re
corded contracts for this year In o
cess of those in any mouth, of April
In their hlstorj except April of Iuki
year Middle Atlantic
slate wlt'i
April building contrails totalling
nearly $30,000,000, also showed gain-
T I
SILESIA MAY
BE IN REVOLT
TERRIFIC FIGHTING REPORTED
WITHIN LINES OF IN
VADERS. BRITISH TAKE CHARGE
ITALIANS BITTER AGAINST
HRENCH ; BRITISH I-RATER-NIZE
WITH GERMANS.
By Carl D. Groat.
(United Press Stall' Cori'iifP'iiiiltmt)
OPPUGN, Upper Slles.a, May 31.--Polish
Insurgents at Cosel have mu
tinied, accoitllng to Italian officer;;
here today.
There was lerril'e fighting in the
town la3t night. Italians on guam
uaid it was entirely within the Polish
lines.
The allied detachments believed it
was an indication that the Pollsa
movement is breaking up in tho l.tec
of stiff German opposition and tho
threat of harsh action by the allies.
"There has been trouble beyond Ihe
bridge." an Italian ori'lcor told 1110.
"There's a saloon down there wherr
the Poles fill up on schnapps. They
get terribly drunk. All this shooting U
a sign that the insurgents are not tin.
der control."
The iltalians worn overjoyed at the
anivifl of a battalion of British yes
jterday ia portion of the famous
Hlaelc Watch, which was given an ova
tion as it tramped into Oppeln with
kilt lea swinging and bagpipes squeal
ing. "It's high lime something happen
ed, uiu iiaiians saiit. We liavu ac
counts to settle with those damned
Poles. 'We'll join any ol Tensive
against tllom In a minute."
I encountered General Von lloefor,
commander of the German volunteers
at Cosel. He, too, believed the Polish
fqrcoa were disintegrating.
"Wo 'have been trying to run t'ais
affair in cooperation with tho allies,"
lie said. "The groups under my com
mand were formed because we were
willuuit defense. General Lorond
(French) promised us safely, but we
didn't get II."
General Von lloefor losl an arm
(luring the War. lie appears to bo six
ty, hut i well set up and is as active
ns a bo j.
"I hope we won't be (Unarmed' now,"
he said, "hut I loll you Irankly we
don't want to carry arms any longei
than wo have to."
I. lice American ltlds capering behind
a circus parade, raoed Ihe bare-logged
Slleslan boys, clinging to the hand:
of the Tommies or following In open
moiilhed wonder, the tall mtislchu'
who banged the bass drum with two
sicks which swung over and around
tho Instrument but nevur nilsreil a
thump.
The lliitlshcrs appeared to believe
they will see action agalnsl the I'olep
soon, and the) fraternized openly will'
the Germiinti and the Italian:), it wa
uotlccahlc. that they had little to do
with the French,
"Wo know i 011 will rid us of tin
Poles,"' laqghed women who went tc
the temporary barracks, their ui'iti?
loadi (I with table delicacies.
DOUG DENIES THAT
STORK HOVERS OVER MARY
HV United I'ich.m
LOS ANGI.'LICS, May III.--"Tin
only bird I have ijeen hovering around
hero Is an ostrich somebody gave 11
last Chiistmas, anib thai is for sale
cheap," declared Douglas Fairbanks
today, in denying the report that hl:j
wife, Mar.v I'lcUI'oiil Kali hunks, is pre
paring for the sloi k'n visit.
"Thoto is absolutely no 1 1 lit It in llw
eport. if such a wonderful Ihint' wei'
to come to pass, more would be IK.
reason to deny II."
PROTEST AMERICAN
AID TO DE VALERA
IRISH "PRESIDENT" SAID TO
HAVE ASKED FURTHER
ASSISTANCE.
tiv United I'n. km
LONDON, .May IS! - Tho IirillHli
government hi supposed to have pro
tested Informally agalunt Ameilcan
aid to tho Sinn Felncrs "pronldou!."
Do Vnlcra has cabled an appeal I01
rtirtlKir aid from "United Stales
friends."
"Our enemies threaten Incroatied
fiightfiilncss," said the iiiuwiugc.
"They aro hoping to crush in. With
your aid we shall defy them. Liberty
ahull not perish hoio."
The message Is ivportod In have
Itielioil lliitlBh preparations fr "s"
of greater force In the suppi'tlon
of the Sinn Fein Th llrltinh nav
will be used III pa'rolln.' ih I 'Mi
roust lo prevent ninug liu' of urin
from American or othei t (1
HIGHWAY IS PARTIALLY MQRAL CRIMES
CLOSED BECAUSE
HOOD RIVER TO MOSIER, CL05
ED DURING WORKING HOURS;
DETOURS NAMED.
Travel between M osier and Hood
River over the Columbia River high
way is now regulated according to
working hours, owlnir to the laying
of "hot stuff" on tho grade imme
diately east of Hood River, Ihe lo
cal state highway oltice announced
this morning.
Travel will he penult led between
th; hours of l'J:I!0 and 1:110 p. 111
and alter work ceases at 0 o'clock
in the evening until S o'clock tin
next morning. Persons with plenty
of endurance may gel through bj
taking the old road out of Minder
past lingo's cider factory and ovei
th old Mosier grade.
Alter getting over the grade, Ihe
preserving autoniobilist'n troubles
are not over, however, for he must
then make a detour to the I 'ft
through Hood River valley to Odoll
and back by way of Tucker's bridge
lirough Ihe west sid to tho high
way at Hood River. This detour is'
2 miles long. Another detour which
had boen arranged, by way of the
Standard Oil company's plant near
Hood River, has been blocked by
the hip.h water.
RAILWAY EMPLOYES
AWAIT WAGE CUTS
Ry United News
CHICAGO, May III.-Two million
rail employes are wailing today for
the decision of the United Slates rail
road labor board, which Is expected
to take if 400,000,000 yeatly fiont their
pay ( uvolopeu. The hoard announe
ed, that Ihe decisun would be made
public tonight.
J. HAM LEWIS, IN JINGO
SPEECH, PREDICTS WAR
I Jy United Nuwa
CHICAGO, May 31 -- Japan and
tho United Stales, will In embroiled
in war within a generation, .1. Ham
ilton Lewis, former United Slates
senator, predicted Monday in a me
morial address. Hi; declared war
was "Inevitable" and miido a plea
for pieparatiou and piolcclloii
against European Intrigue.
"Not one country today is the
friend of the United Slates," he
said. "Japan is just coining into full
consciousness of her power. AhIii
will demand that France, Italy, Fug
land and Ilolgliini force the United
Stales to grant privileges to Jap
anese in I lie United Slates. These
countries, our allies in the war, dare
not decline this request of Japan
because of (heir commercial entail-
gleineiitH in Asia.
"Tills will leave the United Slates
to stand alone."
WOODLAND DIKE CARRIED OUT
HY RISING
WATERS.
I!y UiiIIim) I'li'HH
K A LA MA, Wash., May III More
than 180,000 acics of farm laud,
allied at $::,r0O,00D, and a diking
lyslem which cost $1,000,000 to
311H1I, are In danger today as a re
mit of tho Columbia ilver dike in
llsliicl number live going out last
light.
Gangs of men are at work lo pro
eel Ihe dike still standing, in an
ittimpt lo stem Ihe How of water
lltn district 11, which is beiuy; hci
otisly threatened.
The dlko which Kavo way last
night before tlie swollen Columbia
1 nor, cost $:ir0,000 lo construct.
K LAM A, Wash, May HI -- No
Ivim w-'i'o lost ill tlw lalliire ol the
Woodland dike late last night, which
resulted in tho iiiitudatiuf; of '11
winches, according to tho best avail
iblo check heie and In the lowu
if Woodland tills morning
Kver available iiiitoiiiohll" in the
list rid was ImpresM'd Into herviee
LiriiiK Hie niKht, removing Ihe
.anchers and their families.
The telephone exchange here call
ed each ranch houxo 011 Ihe system
immediately after tho dike nave way
mi !i o. m . and nollllcd all pursoiiH
In the district to leave immediately
Tho Miiitowh eieek pumping 'u
t ion. together with Hie power stu
tlon supplying Kalam.i and Woodland
Willi light, weie reported lo haVi
been washed away by tho flood
wit I1I11 110 minutes after tho big dike
failed.
Four thousand acres were report
od under water this morn hits. It wiw
esliuiaied that the immune to uoustw
crops and livestock ill tho area
would amount IHOO.OOO
Al pi"Mli" l 1"'J peoiie Wi re
fill id ' lb' from 'hui Mum dill
iiiif il 1 11 ht
FLOOD MENACES
180,008 ACRES
SENO TOOEE TO
STATE POISON
OLD PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN DE
CENCY IMPELS SLIGHT LEN
IENCY FOR DEFENDANTS.
MCATEE CASE CUED
CURTISS AND GILSON GIVEN
TWO YEARS AND THREE
MONTHS.
Uecuuso of an old law on tho stat
ute books of Oregon, limiting tho
s'litcnco possible under conviction
for the crime of incest, Roy Curtlss,
Louis Gllson and 7d Colby, alt'hough
convicted of another crime, escaped
with'' considerably lighter prison
sentences than would otherwise have
been Imposed, Circuit Judge Fred
W. Wilson informed the defendants
this morning.
Curtlss and Gllnon, accused by
minor girls, were tried and found
guilty of an immoral crime in tho
circuit com I last week. Colby, also
accused by a local minor girl, enter
al a plea of guilty.
"This court in faced with a pecul
iar situation," Judgo Wilson said,
after receiving assurance from Cur
tlss that the prisoner had nothing
to s.ly for himself before th sen
tence wan passed. "During this samo
term of court, I was called Upon to
pass sentence upon W. H. McAtee,
convicted by a Jury for tho crlmo
of Incest. I know of no more repulsive
ciiine in the human' category than
this, lint the old law, pusuod by tho
state legislature In 1804, definitely
fixes the prison sentence for tills
ciime at not more than threes yoiis.
"You," addressing Curtlss directly,
"have been given a fair trial beforo
a fair Jury, and have been convicted.
11 I were to mete out punishment
which- -1 bellevo would ho suitable
for the crime of which you aro
gullly, I would sentence you to flvo
years in prison.
"Hut this court cr.nnot, And to
consist out with Ita idea of Justice,
sentence MeAteo to only three years
in prison nnd then turn right around
and give a much larger sentence to
ti man, guilty as he may by, who at
least did not sloop so low as McAtee
did. "
"If 1 hud Ihe power to regulato
sentence, McAtee would have bce.i
given at hast 15 years In prison,
and I would give Curtlss a sentence
of at least live yearn In prison.
"It Is a strange nnd tenlblu thing
Unit, tit this leim of court, three
young men hivo been found guilty
of preying upon innocent young
girls. And young girls must be pro
tected from Just such men, who make
it a biiHln'css to seek theso girls out
and contribute to their dlsgraco and
ruin."
Curtlss was given n tienlenco of
two years and threo months In the
state prison, Louis Gllson, alio found
guilty of Ihe sumo charge, received
th same senfence.
"Colby, you appeared before thin
court like a man and admitted that
on wero gullly," declared Judgo
Wilson, when tho defendant stood
up for sentenc. "You alio showed
that yir.i wished lo pay tho penally
for our ciiiiii) ami clear the matter
from your conscience. Your man
hood in thin, mutter will save you
exactly threo months In prison. I
sentence you to servo two yeais In
the Oregon ulale prison."
SINN l-EINERS HAVE SIX
IN ULSTER PARLIAMENT
Wy United Kbwb
ItKLFAFT, May III. Full election
reiiirns In Ulster aiveo tho Unionist!
to, the Sinn Fein slv, and the, Nation
alist six.
TO DISCOSS BONDS
AT TYGH PICNIC
DIG GATHERING IN SOUTHERN
VASCO WILL CONSIDER IM
PORTANT ISSUE.
The un.iutil picnic of tho Wasc
county ttlock Growor.i' assoclatioc
Friday. June II, will this year h :nnd
1 ho occasion for u hltf uod road.
mooting and ill"": ion of the pondlnt
npeclul oloeilon on the JSOu.dOO bon.l
Issue. The picnic will be hold all day,
111 tlio Tyli Valley fair grounds.
Rum-horn and buiilaens men from all
imi Is of ihe coiliii) .lie expected to l-
in attendance, with basket lunches
roi coii.iumpiion in meal limes, Tho
('ommltteo In charge of the picnic,
K. L lluuser. J. II. FlUpatrlclc ami
A Honney. prouii .ed "froo nlr, Iron
.v.ur. 1 i--e cotfee good Hpuakori',
iiu mu and u g"id llmo" to every.
i 1 10 a tend"
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