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".Leader TON f VOLUME 42 WESTON, OREGON-. FRIDAY. AUG. 1, 1119 NUMBER 9 WES OREGON NEWS NOTES OF. GEHERALJMTERCST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infer matlon' of Our Readers. Tha Kugene lodge of F.lhs li organ ising braaa band. A tier lo years of service. Captain R. R. Khoi haa returned lo Albany. Tk wwl electrical storm U ld lo have atarted eren fire In the re eada nillomt fnreet Loyal Legion of lnggre and Lum bermen of dle'rlct No, I will tnnfl at Kugena oa August II. A llt of D. 8, C. award announced by the war department Included John II. Womer k. Wallowa. A fruit and berry "cannery company, wib a paid-up capita! of :5,0rtu, haa been organised at Marlifild. Oarar Newton Ilae. pioneer of Lebanon, aged It' years, died at tba homa of hit son In that tit jr. There ar IJ.150 children of school in Marlon county, eceordlug to tba annual census, juet completed. There are I17 peraone of acbool age In clateop county. Tba enroll ment In lb county acboota la 4 no. Medford acboota will open Septem ber 14. doing away wltb tba necessity of Ktendlng the Kbool year Into next June. Captain Walter L, Tooaa. after a two-years' service In tbe United State army, haa reUuraed lo bla bom at Dallas. Tba Ravla A Webber aawmill. two mllea aoutb of Alrlle. waa burned down. Tbt origin of tho fire la un known. Oulldlnf and other construction work la at Ita height In Merahflold and Idleness la not found In any etty (a the county. With only two dlueotlng vote, the cltUena of Helix, at a epcclal election adopted the new charter submitted by . the city council. . . - . According to word received In AI- bany, moat of the building In the old , Quartxvllle mining dletrlct have been " deatroyed by fire. Spark carried from a threshing ma chine by the wind atarted the big fire that burned Vonderhae brother!' wheat ranch near Milton. Over 10 returned eoldlere, sailor and marlnea of the late war met In Corralll snd organised a branch of the American Legion. Machinery and equipment for lin ing care of ntlk are being InaUilled In the dairy department at the agricul tural college at Cor vail la. Of (18 Induatrlal caaualtlea reported to the atate Induatrlal accident com mlaalon for the week ending July 24, there were four fatal raaee. Excavation work la now under way for the erection of the main building of tba Oregon Pulp Taper company'a 1500,000 paper mill In Salem. Governor Olcott haa reappointed Robert K. Hunt of Hoseburg aa a member of the Oregon atate veterin ary medical examining board. Jetty work at tba mouth of the Ump qua rlvar haa been ordered, suspended by the Port of Vmpqua commission era, owing to a ahortage of fundi. White eroealng the Walla Walla riv er near Milton on a footing. Claude Wallace, aged 87 yeare, allpped, fell American Legion In Portland sM"U casii. W. A. Wvlla, known In Corvallla and throiuli -t Oregon Red" Welle, la died. If" " HI ;'ir old and had been a fumlllar figure In Curvallla lore pioneer day, Umatilla county'a wheat crop, from all appearances, will total at least 4 600,000 buihela. In average ylld per acre aud weight It I bettor than tart year. The farmere have one con plaint; "unit thla year In worae than for Many yarn. H-iloiis formerly e nipt are now affeclnd. On of the largest sawmill burner In the United state will be erected by tin? fllieviie lllxoo company at Iieud Tho humor will be K5 feel blgb and 45 feet In diameter. Willi Inn n totaling morn than ISOO, ooo and with a membership of 21'. the First National Perm loan association of Kugoiin la aald to be tit large! unit of the Twelfth federal laud bank district "Jay walking" on Aiorlu'a bualnoaa street ha been madn a mlsdctnean or. and yellow lines have been painted to mk pf drslrlans' nbservo the law, whtoh provides a fine of 11 to 110 for violation. Negotiation have been opened by tba city of Pendleton with Superin tendent Swartslender of the Umatilla Indian reservation for the purchaat of a 40 aero airplane landing field eait of Pendleton. " The committee ntnd to investigate the affair of the Industrial accident conimlaln organised at a meeting In Halem by electing A. C. Dixon of Eu gene, chairman, and Robert S. GUI, of Portland, arcretary. Paving of the- Columbia river high way between Hood River and Cascade !ork, according to Information gath ered from Hood River office of the atate highway department and con tractor, will begin aoon. ' Taxpayera of the acbool dlatrict of WUbur voted to will l.'o.ovo wortb of bonda to match 120.003 promised by tho Alumni association of the achool for rebuilding of tho old Wilbur acad emy, the oldest Institution of Ita kind In aoutberu Oregon. , Of 20 aaplranta tor adiulaaion to the practice of law In Oregon who took the examination conducted by tbe etato board of cxamlncra In tjnlvm tho Iat week In May, 17 were eucoeevful and nine failed. Four of the aucceaaful applloanla are women. . Lieutenant Lloyd D. Browne of 811 Verton. whose airplane waa damaged In a fall and who void tbe machine, haa gone to San Pranclaco wltb Lieu tenant Kranaevn of Portland to pur-, cbaae a new plane fur commercial uo, which he will fly home. That airplano patrols for the pro tection of Oregon forest a from fire la virtually assured is Indicated by an exchange of teli-grama between Gov ernor Olcott aud Colonel I!. If. Arnold, of San Francisco, commander of the air service for the western division. Governor Olcott, Wardpn R. K. Lee Stelner aud Former Blato Treasurer Kay were among the many passengcra carried by Lieutenant E. C. Kiel aud Sergeant McKoo In the two army air planes during their atop In Portland en route from Mather field to Seattle. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Rooee velt Jr. will address tho Pacific Coast Fire Chiefs' association at tba barbe cue at Bonnevlllo'durlng tbelr conven tion from September 13 to 18. Word to the effect that Colonel Roosevelt would apeak waa received Jy the Under authority of the Postmaster General, on account of recent increases 1n waKt'B to employ!, totaling W the State of Oregon upwards of 1225,000.00. certain changes in exchange rates haye been approved and made effective July 29, 1919, lor the State of. Oregon. , . 1 CHICAGO RACE C5X ' IS FATALJO l.'.MIY Believed at Least 25 Kavi Been Killed in Flirci Clashes. Tho changes in rates apply particularly to residence service, changes having been made in tho principal business rates May 1, 1919. . All new business taken on and after July '9th will be at the new rates and bills to present subscriber for the month of August will be rendered at the new rates. j The increased rates will yield an annual revenue of upward of $250,000.00, but as the increase in wages is upwards of $225,000.00, the net return to the Company under the rates now made effective is approximately 2J per cent on the valuation of its property at f 13, 464,000.00, as found by the Public Service Commission. . ' - - " " ' . ... . ' . " The new schedule of rates is identical with the one approved by the Postmaster-General for the State of Washington, which has been in effect since . March 1, 1919, and the rates are the same for exchanges that are comparable. -We believe that no proof as to the advanced cost of living and the general high costs prevailiDgfor labor and materials is necessary and that the telephone using public will accept this increase in rates in the same spirit of fairness and consideration as it has the advances in almost every other necessity in these un usual times. ' Chicago. Cblcago'e race war la b lleved to hare claimed at least tl Uvea, In rioting bursting forth la tfc negro section and eitettdlag to Chi cago's baalneea dUtrtct Police aad other observers said tba deatha would exceed that number. Tba Injured over 150 stabbed, abot and beaten. i When tho rioting, which atarted Sunday night with tba atoning and drowning of a aegro who had drifted oa a raft Into tba water of a beach need by whits, broke out afren, Mayor Thorn peon aaked Governor Low den for troops. Back of the Immediate cause of tba rioting la tho resentment the whites long had felt at the rapid fnflni of negroee, who have , spread over a large territory formerly constituting a fine residential quarter of tba Sooth Side. - Both parties to tba contest, en raged by atorlee of tho cruelties of the other during Sunday night' melee, deliberately armed themaerve and went out IS atalk their prey. Aa aoon aa darkness fell tha fighting tn various forms became fierce. In agorae caaea negroee In automo biles dashed through tha etreeta fir ing at any try of whites encoun tered. In other caaea Caucasians at tacked tha buildings occupied by Ethl opiana, shooting through window and doors, while tha inmates fired back from barricade. Banda of both race Inarched through tho atreeta aad meet ing fought battle that ceased only when tbe pavement was covered with deed and wounded or tho mounted pollen had spurred their horses through the truculent mat. , THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE S TELEGRAPH CO. PACIFIC FLEET PASSES CANAL FIVE WEEKS'" RECESS , FOR HOUSE MEMBERS Into the stream and waa drowned. ' Tha county court of Coo county haa ralaed tha wages of men and teams employed on county work to a mini mum of f ftC for men and ft for teama. Winter wheat In Linn county la largely In the shock, and the largest Seymour Jones, npealter of the house of rt'prvHPiitullvea nt tho lnal session of the state lcglalature, IsduocI a pub llo statement in which ho aald ha was strongly In fnvor of a special session of the legislature to ratify tho woman'! suffrage amendment to the constltu- Aboard tlya Flagship U. S. S. New Mexico. The Pacific fleet, "under the command of Admiral Rodman, la float ing in Pacific watora. Six dreadnoughts, led by the flag ship New Mexico, 8unday aucceaafully negotiated tbe Panama canal, the larg est (hlpa that ever have passed through this waterway. The average time .for each warship from Colon to Balboa waa ten hour. "Thla Is the biggest event in the blbtory.of the canal," aald Governor Chester Harding of the Canal (one. "It was no more trouble than put ting through the cannl a fleet of Qreat Lakca tugboats," aald Admiral Rod-man.''-' "'-:.v' ment by the United States of $25,000, )00 to that republic resulting from the' partition of Panama but with thai original clause expressing "America's' regret" for tha loaa by Colombia eliml-' oated by the agreement between tho Washington,- Senate controversy t department and Colombia wiH, over tho peace treaty with Ita league andoubtedly be ratified. , of nations covenant will bo halted temporarily this week to allow con- HONOR WASHINGTON WOMAN slderatlon of the long-pending Co-. , 111 1111 lomblan treaty. " ' " ' s Mra. Emma P. Chadwlok at Seattle While the senate consldera tha" two Elected Grand Conduclreaa. treaties the house will bo occupied with a rush of legislation preparatory to the planned- recess of five wecka beginning Saturday, While- the house la In recess tha tenate will remain In session, chiefly working on the peace treaty. The re ;ess will delay enactment of several bills, Including tha prohibition enforce ment measure, until September. , ' The Colombian treaty, involving paw yield of winter wheat ralaed. In tha tlon, and would use bla beat effort a eounty for many years I practically (0 that end. Vacation Correspondence Seattle. Wash. Mrs. Emma P. Dhadwtck of Seattle was elected right worthy associate grand conductress of the general grand chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, holding Ita triennial issembly here. Will W. Grew of St Louts. Mo., was elected right worthy associate grand patron. " The other principal officers of the order, follow ing usual custom, were advanced ona tep. Mrs. Elite Lines Chapln of Pine Meadow, Conn., becoming most worthy grand matron. ' Waehlngton. D. ' C, waa selected for the meeting place of Die triennial assembly in 1923. safe. Tha Medford Red Cross chapter and : War Community aervlce have taken up tha work of tha Medford federal employment service office, which has closed,- . , The taxpayers of achool dlatrict No. Children made orphans by the accl-, dental dosjh of their father who elect- d to take advantago of tho workmen's compensation nc are entitled to conV pensatlon until they reach the age of 18 years, according to a legal opinion rendered by Attorncy Gonoral firown 1, Bay City, with but one dissenting tt the request of the atate Industrial voice, voted to authorise tho directors accident commission. . to erect a four-room concrete achool - building. . , A board of directors tor a permanent eounty fair to be held In Albauy an nua Uf was oloftted at a meeting of etockmen, farmera and business men in Albany, After wanderir.3 aimlessly about In the mountain of eastern Marlon coun ty, A. C. Barber, aoon to bocotue state Insurance commissioner, was found by , aearrhera Since the straw balloting started at . the general army recruiting offices In Portland, 1200 ex servlc.0 men have voted.. Tho total vote to date stands is follows: National prohibition, far,' 132, against 610; universal military! ervice, for 7jJ0. against li52; league ot nations, for 776, g,i!n' 244; woman tuffrag( for (!, ngalust 347: dlspo-,. iltlon ot the kalr-er and hlfl aides, death Ralph J. Eveleth of Stanford, Mont. Penalty 458. exile 360. freedom 66; the has eloaed a deal whereby be puis Amanoan-r-roncn s.n. .e Aiucr.., chaaed the Chouowith ranch of 1886 Uil best 6S8, the F.-ench-'glrl best acres near Oakland for the sura of cholc' 101- not voll" , - N. Y. Negrcee Want Equal Rlghta. New York. Nearly two thousand aegroes shouted their approval here when various speakers addressing a iteeUng held under the ausplcea of the "equal rlghta league" uVged tha kdoptlon of radicalism among negroes as a moana of obtaining their "rlghta." French Treaty is Scnl to SentU . Washington. Prealdent " WUnon Tneaday tranamiUedl to tha senate the special treaty with France, by which the United States pledgee iteelf to come Immediately to the aid of that republic in. the event of unprovoked attack by Germany, and asked for ita early ratification "along with the traaty with Germany." The president did not follow hia neuat custom of presenting tbe treaty in pertton. He sent it to tha capltol by special messenger along with a message explaining ita object President Wilson's meeeage to the aenate accompanying the Franco American treaty, said la part: Gentlemen of tha aenate I teka pleasure In laying before you a treaty with the republic of franc, the ob ject of which ia to assure that re public, of tha Immediate aid of tha United Statea ot America In case of any unprovoked movement ot aggrea alon against her on the part of Ger many. It was signed on tha same day with tha treaty of peace and is intended as a temporary supplement to it It Is believed that tha treaty or peace with Germany Itself provides adequate protection to Prance against aggrea aion from her recent wnemy on tha east; but tha years Immediately ahead of ua contain many Incalculable poa aiblUtlea. Tho covenant of tha league of Rations provides tor military action for the protection ot ita member only upon advice ot tha council ot tba league advice given, It 1 to bo pre sumed, only upon deliberation and acted upon by each ot tha govern ments ot the member atate only if Its own judgment justlfiea auch ac tion. The object ot the special treaty with Franca which I now aubmlt to you la to provide for immediate mili tary aaslstance to France by the United Statea in case of any unprovok ed movement of aggression against her by Germany. ; 1 ' $157,549,000 Lent to Franca. Washington. A new credit of $167, 549.000 for France waa established by the treasury, making a total of 83,010. 326.800 advanced to that country and a total ot 80,615,400,827 advanced to tha allies. ' , The question, "Can monkeys talk" ia again being presa-agented. If they cun they are entitled to approval for not developing their power so as to add more voices to current dissensions. Better' a word that lasts than the Inst word. ItninlroTv chasers get at least a run for their money. A little success Is apt to make a a smnll uinn dlwy. The public grits Its teeth and coar ageously braces Itself for the" shock ef lower prices on beef, butter and eggs and anything else that can b Included In the adventure. "This will be the worst year for po tato bugs tbe country has ever known." ueclaree an aaricaUtoral louraajl. That's good we'd been hoping that ootato toics.would have a bnJ r-ar