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Weston r Deader VOLUME 42- WESTON, OREGON. FUIDAY, JULY 18, I'A'J NUMBER 7 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAC INTEREST Him Navy !Mtilil will visit llm Co. li.mh'n rive harbors ln-n tli m-w fi.li"i' dlv'fl'in of Ami-rua't navy In emit i lkw up Hd pnuitiou cm tli western coast. Una million dollars aorth of. mat -,,, ' ' , highway bond wero. dllred by rrlnClpil tVentl Of thi WieP Htate Treasurer llorr Id a syndicate . Brl.fly Sketched for Infor. STta Jf E ZXZl OlltlOD Of Our Rtldert. ' Hui of the highway commission la . . . - ' Portland t f4.2(l. the Issue netting IHm to the rspld growth or Wheeler the state $42,00 with accrued into (be locsl postotUce hai brta mate t t from J una. , ' .. j third els office. . '. llnresfter convicts who vlelslo tbalr All Portlsnd hog price rroords were piro,, by the commission of a crime smashed Saturday when boa acre returned to (ho tat prison, quoted at 33 hundred pound. to arm (he fun maximum senMnco The Ubsnoo rannery Is iail,lo wthout any hop of further eonsld- II utmost to rare frjlhe'lnanbrrlc era Hon for parole by the governor or offered for canning at hU time, . Oi elate parol board. Tha Oregon atate blshway cominls- ""Blame for tha rpldcmlofTiiilirpUi 'Ion baa let contracts for approximate which h resulted lu 150 esses In ly 109 mile of road paving, to cost I'urlland since tt began In December .$1,713,113. Is fsstened by Dr. George Psrrish. city ' Records at tha I'ortlaiid city health health officer, upon Inefficiency and ' 'bureau show that blrtha from January rd tape In tha I'ortlaiid oilier of the to July have exceeded the number of I'nlted Statea shipping board. deethe by 171. . v Dr. T. V. Holllstcr of Portland was 4 1 r : -: ' i , .1., ... . I Wj 4'su iimai ssssv ' . I ft' ! t ! ; ! - j I 5 3 1 t 3Hf v ,4 1 r 1 17 :1 ! A 4 BELIEVE FEDERAL I A6EHTUUI10EEEP Claimed F, A. Dowsey Slain When About to Charge Prom inent Men With Graft ICS). L - J i . .4 W" I 1 :vr W. A. Held, aeeretarjr of tba lrb- electfd president of tha Oregon fltata field rbamber of commerce, baa ra Dental aiworlatlon at the cloae of tbe celrcd an otfr of tea aecrataryahlp annual conrentlon In Portland. Ho of Tha Dalle chamber. , baa been aecretary of the aaanclatlon David C Sandereon, publlaher of for the paat year and I a member -of tha rreewater Tlmea, died anddenly tha atate Itoard of dtotl examiner. In bl room at tha Denaon hotel In Pendleton" nowt.t financial Inml- Portland, auppoacdljr from heart die- tutlon la the Inland Kwplre bank. It aw. i " aurtcd with a capital of 1250,000. Deputy Secretary of State Koaer which la exceeded by only two bauka announcea that the 1911020 volume in tbe atate outalde of Portland. J, of tbe Oregon Blue Book will be ready W. Maloney, for T year a resident f I 1 Turkish dclecnte to the puni-e conference lio bare been aent onck to Contantlnojle. 2 I'rlvme I'nul Itollu and Corporul Inurd J(iillple with tlu-lr nlven about to lnrt from New Tork on the second leg f their journi' from 'Trance to f'r:w". A American circua perfonnasce for tbe Tank at Bordeaux, France, awaiting trtintnorlatlon Iwn e. , '. . SENATE FIGHT ON PEACE PACT BEGINS DEATH PENALTY FOR TURKISH LEADERS Conetantlnoplo. EntT Paislia, To- tion of the lofts. Waahtngton. After weeka of prelim for distribution the latter part of tfala of Umatilla county, la president of tbe Inary dlicuslon and maneuvering, the Wt Bey and Dj.?mal Pasb. the lead- rotlbed J(Mj xarvlch, an Anstrian. of month." . - bank. - . . actual ngui over nnreaorvea rauuca-era ov,m mraian Bovernmcni aunng pjj,,,. ;oo0, was Saturday Ooveraor Oleott tppolntH Arthur Prod M. Hee, of the Hesae-Martln ln of the peace treaty with lis league the war, were condemn. lo death by Bcntence4 u, imprisonment for the DerrWge, of Portlgnd. a member of Iron work of Portland, baa been ap. of covenant began Monday in a Turkish courtinartlal investigating erlma tbe itate board of accountancy to auc- pointed by Governor Olcott member tho aeuatc. the conduct of the Turkish govern- feed W. It McKeMle. who baa re- of the atate board of engineering e aenaw roreign reiauoua cow went aunng uio war penua. Igned. "amlner. lie will take the place of roltlce, beginning consideration of the Enver and la two lpadlng assocl: Ownere of nearly 1000 acrea of c. Ptrange or I'oruana. who was -.- . .....v.. nam8(J ag Aiaerican ,mblgsa(ior to . n..l,i. t ni ih. inmiinim.nl tnr OIUUOIIS ocanns ou me entsHU'a nw ilea iroiu lurm-y Bvcrl UIOIIUIS BXO . prvnea is uana couniy net sin o mem- - -r " - . .,, . , iau. n r,u r.M r. r- buslneaa -reawna. gotlatlona., , and their whereabouts la uncertain. . . operative s.socl.Uon at a meeting held With tbe ehlpmeut through Bend of The reaolullon. reported would call David Bey. former mlnbtcr of fl- la Eugene. Iwgo quantity of lumber and tank P President and the tat de- nance, and Aluw MeUaa Klai.lm, Bend. McMlnnvllle, KUmath Fall materlala by Jaaon Moor who bolda Prtment for Information regarding an mer Sheik I'l lalara were aentenced to nd A.torla are the laleat Oregon option on the nitrate depo.lla at ,wrt't " hefeen Japan IS ycarj at bard labor. .mi.i. r, flnrnmeeandAbertlakealnLakeeoun. and Germany; eg.rdlng a protest aal a Tb court martSal acquitted Rifaat satlon of local chapter can JLeglon. dh..j ,... ..i..4i i-.i,.. n... i... mw ttnnnnnnn in Coata Illca "waa not permitted' siRn ine peaue irvtij. . In the aenate chamber the debate for ratification waa opened by Sena tor 8wanson, democrat, of Virginia. A charge that Japan secretly se cured pledge from Great .Britain, franco, Italy and Russia early in 1917 Of the Amerl- ty. It I. Indicated that there wit) be to.h.vrbeen made by Ceneral B i.s. Bey .former president, of the senses. ccr8((o chalrman. w. w Con. comiderable development of these do Secretary Lansing and Henry W hile and Pachlm Bey. iormer minister of former eaker of ,he 8tatehoUM Mayor Baker poalt. this aummer, , lt the Shantung settlement; why posta and telegraphs . of wpro8WltaUwBi tour depoty BheT. n i. m -'t. Costs Blcs "waa not permitted" to ... . .,t Seattle. That Fred A. Dowsey, gov ernment secret service agent, was murdered on the eve of filing papers that would send prominent men to the penitentiary 1 the opinion of secret service men now In Seattle, who are working on the case, which is one of the most myateriona In the history of the secret service. . Valuable papers which were aaM to be In Dowsey'a possession when be waa killed in the washroom of tbe Se curities building on the morning of Hay 2, were missing from the. body when It waa found by G. H. Donglas. clerk in the disbursing office of the Emergency Fleet corporation. . With the announcement by Coroner Tiffin that an inquest into tbe death of F. A. Dowsey, federal agent Investi gating shipping-board affairs on the coast, would be held, leaders iq tbe shipbuilding Industry in Seattle be lieve that the investigation of tbe crime will fall 'into Insignificance in comparison with the scandal that will arise In connection with wood ship building during tbe period of the war. Many were free In their assertions ' that tt baa' been known for s long time that all waa not right with the government department handling ship building and they have told federal agents in the last few days that they are ready and willing to take tbe atand Brand Whitlock Goea to Italy. tM,lfy w,t vtxyt know Paris. Brand Whitlock has been garding the alleged crookedness of certain officials connected with the shipping board. ... Federal agenta stated that sffldaviU are on file st .Washington, D. C, giv ing the nsmes of the men who en deavored to involve certain Portland shipbuilders into participation, in their fraudulent practices. - The probe now in progress has narrowed to a point . where arrests may be expected st any, time. - .. 'Life Sentence la Given Robber. Roseburg, Or. Mike Zclock, leader of the quartet who entered a bunk bouse at the government rock crusher betow Scottsburg s month ago snd SEATTLE MEN INDICTED . Seattle, Wash. Superior Judge Clay Allen. Charles G. fner, former dem Hon to President Wilson to accom- highway building funda in sight for pany the new Pacific fleet when It vis- the years of 1919-20-21, according to , Its Portland. . Informstlon received by the dopart- Conatruetlon of in Port of Astoria's ment of Industries of the Portland 1.0U0.00O export pier No. 3 will be chamber of commerce from Roy A. v started Immedlstely by the rounds- Kloln. secretery of the Oregon stste :.r:irrr:r:z . T::,:r ,h.o r.,,,e..io.. .,.. n tem,t si.an.uu8 W Vlg)llWI SB I V HW fit M V I -- " C- "-i,- --n,. Sheriff Anderson of Baker baa re- egstion was present at a hearing on turned from Ban Franelwo with the Hawicy bill appropriating $3,500.- ( harlea Connors, the alleged Hsines 000 for the Roosevelt highway held by bank robber, who Is now locked op the house committee on public roads, - In the Baker county Jail awaiting trial. In Washington, An appeal for the high- Senator L I Patteraon of Polk coun- way was also msde-by Louis J. Simp- ty, mentioned ss a possible selection on of North Bend, Or. for wsrdeu of. tbo Oregon siste peul- , Stolen property . worth sbout 1000 , tentlsry, denied smpbstlcally that he was recovered by tbe Portlsnd. police is or ever bed been s candidate for after s workman had plowed up two' the position, " H welts of sllverwsre snd other srtlcles ' Excavation has started for the I70.- from a cache at Sixth and Main streets. R-34 REACHES HOME iffs, one superior court clerk and one superior court bailiff, were Indicted by the King county grand jury that The law intended to prohibit the movement of cattle across the ststo Return to EnSland Made Without h,4 been Investigating the disappear- ljne ,nt0 0regon Mon tnef have ba Mishap In 5 Hours. .anCe of whiskey from Judge Allen's in8pected ta inoperative in that it P- lulham,, Norfolk, England.-Great court room on tha night of June 4. only so shipment of cattle" by Britlan's mammoth trans-Atlantic nir In all 12 persons were Indicted. . common carrier and not to driving; plonoer, the dirigible K 34, arrived at Two indictments were returned them. This wss- the opinion of Attor the air station here, completing her against Judge Allen, who waa former-'" yf.enerai Br0wn n response to s nunlnsiila. hnulit for rertain rniiHlil. .-- . uey-Vienerai oruwn in rcsyvira v m mttotolZrSto rUnJ lr'P frm U'e BriUsh l3leS 10 'y Cn!t8d S,atM Pr08ecuU8 "'torney comnlsint filed by S. a Correll of Ba- government, by Senator Norrls, Vrpubllcsn, of Ne braska, who produced what he de clared to be copies of diplomatic cor respondence embodying tbe promises of Great Britain -and France. voyage from ixmg isiami was compiet- mcr speaker Lonnor, one, in eacn anj Horee Raisers' association, who ed In spprbxlmately 75 hours. "The case, charging unlawful possession of chanted that many district attorneys Gold Rush to Central Idaho. Spokaue, Wash. A. gold rush, said to alnioot rival the rush of 1884. la on 000 engineering laboratory building st The atolen gooda bad been burled nn-. n cmtnl Idah0 A r,cn g-ol(l glrike In Oregon, outside "of The largest vessels In the American proceed to Flume, where there have city and wiped out 21 residences, is 'J? Austrian treaty, which meant J he month oi 52? .5 b.ttle fleet, soon to .tart to the P.- . boon disorder, between Italian estimated at approximately J100.000. JJ pjet Mt. sccordln, lo s clflc coast, can safely and easily be troop, and other elements In the. tores Insurance figure, are not availabio but ulTT the Oregon Aarlcultursl college su- der tho porch of sn old house, which tborlxed by the legislature, the con- hss sines been torn down, irscl bsvlngbeen lot to Hoover Mo- Jerome 8. Msnn, formerly csshler Nell, of Albany. ; of the First National tank of Llnnton, A group of Scandinavian merchants,, was found not guilty by s jury In tbe financial men and trader visited In .federal court st Portland of a charge Portland and placed contracts for big of having misapplied $123,000 of the quantities of foodstuffs, msnufactured funds of ths bsnk In connection with good and raw product and for the the financial manipulation of the construction of hlp. - J. At rattlHon Lumber company, Fire losses Portland, for the gresalod $446, statement b State Fire Marshal Her- brought Into Portland harbor. Tula vey Well. Albany, Hood River and wa established st a mooting of a spe- Msrshflcld suffered the hosvlest loss, clsl committee appointed by Mayor Clatsop county Is in need of school Bsker to Investigate actual chsnnol , teschers snd unless application ars re-, conditions from Portland to the sea. . celved for existing vscsncles soon, Upon the recommendation of Conrad ' several country schools will be with- Stafrln, adjutant-general. Governor 01- out instructors next fall, according to cott sent a letter to the ws depsrt, O. H. Bylsnd, couniy superintendent, ment st Washington, D. -G, requesting Beth L. Roberts of Portlsnd wss sp- thst Msjor Percy A. Willis be sppolut- pointed by Governor Olcott to succeed ed Inspector-Instructor for the Third J. W. Ferguson as a member of ths Oregon Infsntry. Msjor Willis served ' stste board of sccountsocy. Mr. Fer tor eight years in the usttonal guard guaon resigned when he becsme ft of Oregon, previous to his entrance In ' member of tbe Industrial accident com- ths United 8tates army. ; mThsgraln yield of Clackamas coun- Pu"r 8UU Se".Ier wu,w A M- ) ty for 1919 Is to be Isrger thsn for rof M 0 rU froM many year, and the farmera. who ou P01"" in ?eutr1 0ron tt, have plsnted much of their l.nd this f " representing "ha been made at the Center Star mine, near the mouth of the Crooked rtvor on the south fork of the Clear water. . .'. voyage homif has. been without in- intoxicating liquor and tbe other keep cldent," aald Major Scott, commander in intoxicating liquor with the intent of the dirigible. "We estimated we unlawfully to dispose of the same, would make it in from 70 to 80 hours," Their bail was fixed at $500 each. . he said. "We made it in 75. When we Tlie other indictments were against left we had a strong wind behiud us Deputy Sheriffs Stewart Campbell, F. and we covered the first 800 miles In A. Brown, Matt Starwich and Roy Mur about eight hours. When we circled dock, Superior Court Docket Clerk Os over New York wo could plainly see car Springer and Superior Court BaH the crowds on Broadway waving to Iff George Gau, F. A. Martin, Dr. J. H. us s, we passed, but we could not Lyon and. Dr. Frederick G. Nichols. ' . hear them because of the noise of tha ' throughout Oregon were neglecting to enforce the law. , The industrial welfare commission has accepted the recommendations of the special wage "conference regard- lug houra and wages of women work----. . ers in Oregon. The new regulations will go Into effect early- In October. They provide briefly for a 48 hour week, with a minimum wage of $13.20. ' with proportionate Increases for ap prentices, forbidding the employment Allied Warships Ordered to Flums Paris. Three allied warships, one each from, the AriiQricau, British and French navies, have been ordered to engines. ,' - All matters concerning the peace of sheet music demonstrators or elevs- ' ' ' - trenties are now In the hands of the tor operators In lodging houses, with : new-council of tlve, comprising Lan- certain exceptions, after p. in., a $100.000. Mug. Mclion. Balfour. Tittonl and m,nimum w,ge0i $60 a month of ; Lose in Brownsville Fire . Albany, Or. Loss caused" by -the Maklno. Tittonl let It be known that Brownsville tire, which destroyed one- Italy wished all territory tnfcen from third of tbe business section of the Austria to be definitely disposed of experienced adult office workers. APPROPRIATIONS VETOED of occupation Butter wraps at Leader shop. V much of the property destroyed wss not Insured aud the total insurance will cover, a relatively small propor- Working His Way In year to oats, whest and other grsln, sre optimistic over the outlook for a himself to be an employe of the de partment of weights and measures, Is ...... I .1 -fain- n.l jnl. large harvest - "'"a "Vlu'" ...v- ..... v,-. The war mineral relief committee lec'mS 'ecs therefor. Mr. Daliell calls will arrive In Portland July 21 and lt ,0 rct ""deC th! "will remain one day Investigating tho P61 8," 0,0 ",c " "ot claims of chrome mining Interests In P000. Jhat capacity. Oregon for reimbursement of losses but that a scaler Is Iocs ted. In. each jt.,.i.. . . .1 .. . 1. 1 ,a, m nA sustained whlis producing ore for the " " , Inspect sll weights and measures, snd Teeordlni to report, from Ws.hlng. thst no fee wh.tever 1. collected for ton tho Pacific fleet and Socretsry of tntt OTTlc' ' ' 7 - Jtt 9 Mwe'; President Wilson Holds . Up Agricul. tural and Sundry Civil Bills tion especially. Washington.-The daylight ssvings The Chinese delegates said they ex- . . , . . pected to n'Sn the treaty with Aus- rescued froffl repeal by Presl- tria. In which they found nothing ob- ient Vllson's veto of the agricultural jectiontible.-and thereby gain admls- appropriation bill. . sion to the League of Nations despite The president also vetoed the sun- the withholding of their signatures dry civil appropriation bill because, from the German treaty. China prob--he said, by restricting funds. It crip- ably will muke a separate peace with pled the work of rehabilitating and Germany, tn refusing to sign the storing dissbled soldiers and sailors German treaty the Chinese delegates to cljj doUeyed their, Instructions- from The taUer vet0 apparently waa ae- 2 !T c"P,ed b' ingress without contest China revolutionaries. - . . - ... . , . . , - tod the sundry civil bill went back to committee to be retrained. Washington. The dayllght-jsavinB plan under which the clocks of tho country are turned forward an hour in March and moved back in October, will be continued indefinitely. This was assured when President Wilson's veto of the $33,000,000 agricultural ap propriation bill because of Its' rider It was nredictiMl In Washington thnt with tbif return of President Wilson , there, would be a radical change In the government's policy toward Mex ico. Senator King of Utah, Democrat, said the administration would prac tically Issue au ultimatum to Carran sn, demanding guarantees for the pro toctiou of American lives and prop-, erty In Mexico and hlntfns; at Utter- reutiou by the United States. Tito repealing the daylight-saving act, waa ? public has Jitst Jcnrned the facts con- sustained by a vote of 247 to 135. i coming the brutal murder of John W. Correll, an American' citizen., near Tamplco on June 10, and the assault on his Tli.rt is eerv nnson to believe that Carrnnsa soldiers were France, arrived here with his staff the perpetrators of . those shocking Tuesday to take partlo the peace celo--r:-:". . bration. . ' 1 ) London. General VJ. J. Pershing, commander of the American forces in