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VOL. 2
BOA RDM AN, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1923
NUMBER 11
HARRY L KEEFE
L ir'ESE BANI
KIDNAP PASSENGERS
Pek'n. One foreigner was killed
ai:d 150 passengers were carried olf
v. hen bandits held up the Shanghai
Fekin exprtss train on the Tientsin
p.i; in railway near the Shantung
border according lo word received
hare. Miss Lucy Aldrich cf New York
c ty, daughter of the late United States
Snator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhod
L .-'.ad and s'lter-in-law 'of Joiin D.
Rockefeller Jr.was among the passen
ger. The foreigner killed was believed to
be a Russian.
sjhe express train was northbound
from Soochow when attacked by the
bandits, who tcre up a long stretch of
railroad track. Fifty first class and
100 second-class passengers were car
ried off, it was reported here. Six
foreigners escaped.
OHtGON NEWS NOTES OF IMPIIR1ANT
EVLNTS HAPPtNiNU DURING WEEK
Harry L. Ksefo of Nebraska, who
was elected head of the United States
Grain Growers, the marketing firm cf
the American Farm Bureau federation.
ON LIQUOR FEARED
Washington, D. C. The suprem a
court decision barring liquor on shii s
in American waters will be so liberally
construed that there will be no com
plications with foreign powers, it was
indicated at the White House.
While the government is proceeding
with extreme caution in drawing up i
the regulations that are to be effei -tive
June 10, it was said that these wi'i
take into consideration the comity and
amity between the nations established
by international law.
It was not intimated whether soma
loophole would be found which wouU
enable foreign ships to bring liquor in
under seal, or to class wine and rum
rations for crews as other than bever
age liquors.
Ambassador Jusserand, the French
envoy here, acting on instructions
from Premier Poincare, conferred with
Secretary of States Hughes and in an j
extended conference set forth tb.3 .
views of his government, which while
not in the form of a written note, was
in the nature of a protest.
GERMAN OFFER REJECTED
French and Belg an Governments
Agree Proposals Unsatisfactory.
Paris. France and Belgium have
again served notice on Germany that
ttaay Intend the reparations bill shall
be paid in full and that there will ha
no consideration of any German pro
posal as long as passive resistance in
the Ruhr continues to bs the Reiche
watchword.
The French note to Germany was
Communicated in substance to Pre
mier Mussolina of Italy before the
final draft was made, it was declare 1
In official circles, and he expressed
full approval of it, agreeing with Pre
mier Poincare that the German pro
posal could not be taken into consideration.
Seattle Port Project Wins.
Seattle, Wash. Returns from Sc
ot "e's municipal election, referendum
on bond issues and port district elec
tion indicated that the voters passed
the proposal to build a bridge over the
Ll ko Washington canal near the Uni
v i si'y of Washington and granted a
3 mill tax for a school building cam
paign and that the port district ap
proved toe proposal to develop the
SI. inner & Eddy wartime shipyard site
as part of the Port of Seattle. The
75O,000 school bond is ;ue w as lost.
Tacoma Passes $2,400,000 School Bond.
Tacoma, Wash. The 12,400.000 bona
election for new schools for Tacoma
carried nearly 3 to 1 on the face of
unofficial returns. Two school direc
tors running for re-election were re
turned to office.
Spokane Re-Elects Mayor.
Spokane, Wash. Incumbent city
commissioners, Mayor Charles A.
Fleming and Dr. Ralph Hendricks,
were re-elected on the basis of the
returns in the city election.
THE MARKETS
Portland.
Wheat Hard white, $1.31; soft
white, western white, $1.23; hard win
ter, $115; northern spring and re 1
western, $1.16.
Hay Alfalfa, $22 per ton; valley
timothy, $26; eastern Oregon timothy.
$27.
Butter Fat 41c.
Eggs Ranch, 2328c.
Cheese Tillamook cream, 26c
Young Americas, 27c; block Swisi
33 35c; cream brick, 31 33c.
Cattle Choice steers. $8.25 $9.
medium to good, $7.258.
Sheep Choice spring lambs, $11
12; medium spring lambs, $1011.
Hogs Prime light. $8.759.1Q
smooth heavy, $7.50 8.75.
Seattle.
Wheat Hard white, $1.30; soft
white, $1.25; western white, $1.24,
hard and soft red winter, northern
tpring, western red, $1.19.
Butter Fat 41 43c.
Kggs Ranch, 2228c.
Cattle Prime steers, $89; me
dium to choice, $7.258.
Hogs Prime light, $8.7539.25;
imooth heavy, $7.25 8.25.
Indict Ex-Banker on Two Counts.
Tillamook, Or. Frank A. Rowe, who
was connected with the Nehalem
Valley bank at Wheeler, Much was
dosed by the state bank examiner
O. tober 25, 1920, was indicted by the
ccuntv grand jury on two counts,
charging him with Mt)baiatnent of
piblio runds. it was announced. Rowe
at oiip time represented Tillamook iu
the Rtatp legislature.
Chinese Promise Ransom Payment.
Washington, D. C. The l'ekin gov
ernment bus promised to pay the ran
ge m demanded by Chinese bandits who
captured American citizens and a num
ber of foreign nationals after wreck
In1; the Suanghai-Pekin express Sun
day morning, the state department was
ad . ised by Jacob G. Schuriuan, Amer
ican minister st l'ekin.
Forces at war against the western
ill e beetle in the Klamath Falis dls-
rict were elated by a telegram from
iacramento saying the governor ha.!
icned the bdl creat.ng beetle contro.
,it:icts in California fmd providing
. r coii palsory contributions towaro
iie bee.'.e traJ.caticn tund by tini
e.- owners therein.
7o know
how rood a cigarette
really can oe madty
you must try a-y
IIstrikeJI
WNCIGARETTE,
The annual raestins of 'he State Bar
as-celadon wje held in Portland.
Forty six new buildings and Wfu
m 11a ara under construction at Resilt -pcrt.
United States Senator McNary wi'.l
arrive In Sal. in May 20 to spend the
summer.
Three trusties employed at the stat
penitentiary wood dftuip near Marion
escaped last week.
Mere than 3G00 Shriners attended
thj Willamette valley ceremonial hj! 1
In Salem Saturday.
The new lath mill of the Winchnstf
Bey Lumber company of R-edspor
ha3 began operations.
Fish Lake has been selected as th
site of the permanent camp of the Bo.
Scouts of Linn county.
As a result of an 861 to 587 vot,
the honor system will be tried ou,
at the Oregon Agricultural college.
The highway over the Cascades X
way of the Willamette pats is expect
ed to be open earlier this year tha-.
usual.
PrscMdent Harding will spend th;
F( urth of July in Portland and lea( (
the! following day on a battleship tv.i
Alaska.
Thursday is the day scheduled f
the dedication of the new $1,260.01'-hydro-electric
plant, just completed o
Hood river.
Appointment of Mrs. Mary V. Char
ton of Powell Butte, as justice of th
peace, has given Crook county its firt
woman magistrate.
The sale from 'he Oswego pos if4
which was stolen on the night of Jane
ary 2G has been found four miles froi;
Vancouver, Wash.
The Salem Kiv.anis club is leadin;
all the clubs in the United States ii
the ten weeks' attendance contei
which will end this week.
Concrete workers and other aerc!
skilled building trades craft worker!
wont on strike at Portland, refusing t
w oik for less than ?0 a day.
Wiiliain B. Gretiey, chief f t. si
of the United States forest service
will arrive in Poland on a lour ci
national forest inspection May 20.
Reduced rates to compete with thosi
arnouneed recently by the Oregoi.
Electric railroad have been put iuti
eLect by the Southern Pacific com
pany.
Nearly 1000 persons attended tin
ninth annual field and track meet at
Talent conducted under the ausptoei
of the Jackson Couaty Athletic asso
oiation.
A meeting pf alfalfa growers, whos.
crops are menaced by tue eel orm, I
pi st which is fast spreading owi th
oastern Oregon country was b( Id a
Marmislon.
First Lieutenant Benjamin Full
Doris, of Eugene, has been ci'.sd b.
the war department to receive th.
silver star for gallantry in acton ll
the world war.
Senator McNary has advised th;
Portland Chamber of Commerce lha.
his measure extending market newt
service to th s coast w ill become oper
ative about July 1.
The public service commission hat
set Friday as the day for heating ?
complaint filed by the Payette -Oregon
Slope Irrigation district against the
'daho Power comp any.
Burglars, gaining entrance by let
ting themselves down from a skylight
In the roof, looted the A. M. William
t Co. store at The Dalles of mi ri han
dle valued in excess of $1500.
Preliminary steps have been taken
at Salem to initiate at the general
election In 1924 a cot.stitutional
amendment fixing the legal tat- of in
terest in Oregon at 6 per cent.
District fire wardens from ail parts
of Oregon will 3te mble In Balem .V
21 and 22, in the first statewide con
ference to be held under the directiM
of the state forestry department.
Umatilla county's wool clip for 1923
of close to 1,300,01,0 pounds is report
ed foid. The price ranges between 40
and 44 cents, between five and s;veu
cents better than that of last year.
Dr. Richard B. Dillehunt, dean of
the University of . Oregon medical
school, has been chosen as surgeon
in chief Of the Portland unit of the
Shrlners' ho.spitals for crippled chii
divn.
A movement; has been begun by tha
Clackamas county farm bureau to en
deavor to join with three otlur eoun
ties of Oregon to organ ze an asso
elation for the grading and market
ing of potatoes grown in Clackamas
Multnomah, Washington and Columbia
The matter is to be taken up with
the state farm bureau.
The Southern Paclffc company had
an operating Income of $41,726,048 69
during the year 1922, according to thf
annual report of lh ccrpo a.ion filer'
with the public service commission.
More than 300 Salem men and wo
men attended a mass meeting in tha
dty and adopted resolutions protes'
ing against the high sugar prices.
boycott of the sw et was demanded.
To finance an extra sivs progra:
if street iniprovem; CtS, which it ;
toped to start by the middle of Jun;
ha Lend city council voted to advei
iise for bids on $200,000 worth o.
imids.
With nearly 200 pioneers of Wasco
;ouniy in attendance, and an addition
il 200 gu. Ets. t'ae ByCo:!.: a' nu.il re
inion of the Old Wasco County Pio
leers' association was hsld at The
Oalles.
Employes of the B ik;'r V.'h'te tine
Lumber company of Baker celebrated
Way day. especially set aside by the
1. W. W. ps a day of paralysis for the
tdustry, by turning iu a record cut of
tnbi r.
The Errwnlre Lumber company I
mill In Medford, with a capacity of
125,000 feet every eight hourj, bas
iecu sold by J. N. Prownlee to M. 1).
Olds, owner of the Pacific & Eastern
ratlrcad.
Motor vehicle registration fe-cs f o '
the month of April aggregated Z9Bv
765.25, according to a report prepared
by the seen tnry of state. A total of
)5!-2 passenger automobiles were reg
istered during the month.
A great rush of landseekers to Ruse
burg Is expected as a result of tha
announcement of the general land of
fice at Washington that 220,000 acres
nf land in Coos and Douglas OOUntiCS
will be thrown open to entry.
James Blair Miller, 82, brother of
'he late Jor.quin Miller, poet, died at
h's home at Creawell, near I u'4' ti I,
from an attack of pneunion.a. II I eaBM
across the plains to Oregon In 1862
and settled near Coburg, Lane county.
Completed petitions looking to the
referendum of the so-called oleomar
garine law enacted at the last sessioa
i tlid legislature were filed in IBS of
fices oi the secretary of state at Balem,
the petitions contain approxlma eiy
10,500 names.
Arguments for publication in the
votcts' pamphlet lor and against the
3tate income tax law, which v. Ill be
subjected to the referendum at a spec
al elettion to be hold in NOVemher,
most be filed with the secretary of
stale by May 18.
A handsome granite boulder with
sun d.al on top was unveiled at Med
ford in tribute to the memory of Mi.'..
Julia CheeUiam Fielder, veteran teach
ar, who had taught 2U years alone in
ths Washington school in that c ty
and who died last July.
Ex service men will be given 91 days
preference In filing on 220, ",69 acrs
of land In Coos and Dou as unties
thrown open to settlement by the sec
retaiy of the Interior. The lan I wa
originally part of the On g in & Culi
foruia ati i the Coos Lay 'wagon roao
grants.
Charles L. McNary. sena'or from
Oregon, has left Washington wit.
the senate commission for ref r ta
tion, of which he is chairman, far M
gan and Minnesota to hold a seii. s :
hearing. At the conclusion of th.
hearing he will go to Oregon for thi
summer.
Investigation of :he facililbs afford
; ed by the Northern Pacific Tormina,
c.inpany, owners cf the union siatiui
prope.ty In l eriloni. with relation tc
the handling of traffic, depot accommo
ilatlons and yard practices, will be un-
: dertaken by the Oregon public serv
ice emm :;lon.
ON flekib e tariff
Washington, D. C. President Hard
ing told a delegation from the south,
which protested to him against revl
don of the vegetable oil schedule of
he Fordnoy McCuniber tariff act, that
'n acting under the flexible provision
Df the tarilf law he would modify rates
"only in most striking evidence of
the necessity for such a change in
"ales."
"I can tell you surely," Mr. Harding
sa:d, "that the president would pro
claim no reduction of the tariff unless
there wre very pronouncid reasons
for it."
The flexible provision of the tariff
law, which was enacted by congress
a gely at the insistence of the ex
mtive, the president told the dele
cation, is designed, "to protect tl.
Amcr'can consumer against Inordina e
charges as well 83 the Amerlcaa pro
ducer against unfair competition.'
STATE DRY LAW RETEALfc!)
Fedtral Off.cials Face Necessity of
Dryir.g Up New York State.
New York. federal prohibition en
torcement officials In New York, fac
ing the necessity of drying up Ha
state unaided if tile bill repealing th.
Mullan-Oage stite enforcement act be
comes effective, have started drafting
plans for spreading their attenuate 1
lines over the territory which has
been largely covered for them by stale
and municipal forces.
Palmer Canfleld, enforcement (I
rector for New York state, had SbOUl
2000 men at h's ct mniand to cover
the entire state, it eluding the Cana
dian border, now largely patrolled
against rum-runners by state polio
The bill will make New York the
only stall' rescinding legislation sup
plementary lo the federal Volstead act.
Indiana to Sue U. G. for $753,000,000
Washington, D. c. The government
will be sued for approximately $750,
000,000 by the Sioux Indians who claim
a gigantic fraud . s I, en perp.-tm:
ed againet them through violation ol
their treaty r ghts. The suit, probably
the bigg., st . ver fil -d against the go
eminent, was entered iu the court Ol
claims here Monday. Attorneys for
the Indians claim that 8,000,000 acrer
of valuable lands, Including the Iliac
Hills cf South Dakota, where gold wa
discovered shortly after the Civil win
were taken from the red men In viola
tion of lb ir treaty rights and .. .thou
just eon pensatton.
Court Voids Limit On MscJio.ne Booze
New York. Federal Judge Knox d
Clared void that poition Ol the (folates
act wh eh limits the amoit'it of llqui
which a physician may prescribe an
granted an Injunction ia h ra n ng pc
hibitk n enforcemsnt auiborlties fro:
InterfeMitg with the pract CS of D
Sato tel W. Lambert,
i ne baiiii eiia.i-.er el com uc ic
s started a movo.neut to advert,
liem and Mar. on county as tic gl
,t I. -i rygrow .ng Center in the Unite
itatis. To defray the cost of tl.
Jvei titdng, it Is proposed to a-s" .
ach loganberry graver .1 cent i
..uud for his ent re output.
'I he Oregon public service eommls
on hi s ordered a hearing to be belc
i Portland June 14 to iiiestigaie in
astate rate and charges made b.
10 railroads ol this slate on fr Sb am
led fiu U and vegetables. A lota
I 42 railroads have been requSStOi
i have repre-e.it.., n es at the BOftMUl
GOOD
CIGARETTES
i.oc
r 4','? GENUINE
FRANK J. IRWIN
duri:a,i
TOtlACCO
Piank J. Irwin of New York, who
has been named chairman of the re
habilitation committee of the Disabled
American Veterans to aid in speeding
up relief.
WHITFIELD TO DIE
FOR KILLING GIRL
'Vancouver, Wash. George E. Whit
field, 21, must pay the death penalty
for the murder of little Anna Nosko,
the Jury which heard the five days'
rial of the youth decided. Little time
was consumed in reaching a verdict
if guilty of murder in the first de
gree, which was reached on the second
ballot, it was said, but In this state the
ury in a murder case must make a
a pedal finding as to whether or not
the death penalty shall be inflicted.
It was on th h question that the jury
halted and deliberated, finally deotaV
ing thai Whitfield's act merited death.
On the night of March 8, 1923, Clarke
DOanty was shocked by reports of the
murder of little Anna Nosko, 11-year-ild
school girl of Hnttle Ground. She
ailed to reach home on the night in
question, and search made by a largo
number of men resulted iu fiud.ug her
l.oily hid In a dense thick 't of under
lined! south of the Northern Pae il
railroad track, Whitfield was aire I
that same night as he stood among
he crowd of men gathered near the
liudy.
FCRD COMPANY IS RICHEST
Figures Show Motor Company Hss
$159,005,687 in Treasury.
New York. -The Kuril M tor coii
'lany, inc., has more actual cajh in i's
res than any other corporation in
he United States, If not n the entire
vi rid, according to figur.-s announced
n Wall street,
The f ;,r s, tattsn from a st"t
ii ent ri'eil with the If a 4 'ehus.'tts
tommlsslos at Boston, shy w that on
'ci ru..ry It, 1923, the K id c m pany
ad a total of 159,6o5,6i;7 cash on
.and. This 01 mpares with total eah
lOldingl of 12fl,700,131 repined by
he Units I States Steel ci rporatlun
u its last annual report of December
U, 1922
U. S. Rights Upheld Over Ship Owners.
Washington, D, C. The United
Stale;, can ( umpel masters of arriving
vessels to submit ' inifesta showing
all articles aboard, including those
whose importatiofl is prohlbitsd, the
supreme court i dd In a ease brought
by the government fii m the state of
Washington against Wesley L. S.tcho.
Seattle Metal Trades Workert Strike.
Seattle, Wash. Iletween 2T.00 and
3000 metal trades workers went on
strike her.' wlon employers refused
a demand for a flat increase of 10
cents an I "nr.
There were six fatalities due to In
luntrlal accidents in Oregon during
.he week ending May 3, according to
i report prepared by the state indus
trial accident comm 'sslon. The vio
lins were Karl Mohorick, Portland j
'.. ('. Stewart, second loader. Yank
on; Hugh Hurt, truck driver, Prine
ille; Tied Vanryt, tail grfcaser, lists
ada, (iharles Heed, logger, I'ortland,
ml W. C. Tuf ord, laborer, Portfand.
v total of 609 tOCtd nts wus re; ort
,,d during the week.