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GIIANTH PAHH, JO8EPHINE OOVN TT, OREGON,
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TI ENI» IV, FEBRUARY IB, 1021.
SAFE BLOWERS
DEFEATED BY
Hearing on the Application From the
Pacific North wont O|wma lu
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Sins Feiner» Attack Coaches With
II oiu I m and Rifles and Many Are
Injured
Belfast, Feb. 15.—<A P.)—A pas- NEW FORM OF DEFENCE USED
»enger train carrying troops from
WITH I’ERFEi T RESULTS IN A
Cork to Skibbereen was ambushed
MICHIGAN BANK
by Sinn Feiners with bombs and
rifles and many casualties are re-
f
| ported.
Omaha. Feb, 15.—(A. P.)— The MHANI REN AIMED AT MOTION BltlTIHII LAW MAKERM REAMNEM-
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hearing on the application for a re­
BLE AFTER A RECEM OF
PICTWIE HOUMA INDEFI­
duction of lumber rates from the Pa­
‘
SEVEN WEEKS
NITELY PONTINJNED
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cific northwest opened here today.
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INK ItFXXiNNIDERATION
OF DEI’OICTATION ORDER
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HUBERT RERRY EM’APES
FROM INNAN’E WYIAJM
Washington. Feb. 15.—(A. P.) —
I .ord Mayor O'Callaghan'a count«!
Salem, Feb. 15.—(A. PA—Hixbert
H*s rr>< Hervite Men Think Hellenic asked the state department to recon­ A mend Game Code Bill Making O|Msn King George Makes N|»eech From the Berry, Portland youth committed to
May Involve Plan to Wreck Hlu>|x>
sider Its deportation order.
Season on Deer From September
Throne and Siteuks of the "Mis­
the insane hospital after his arrest
and Other Ship«
guided" Irish
1 to O« tol>cr 31
for attempting to rob a pawnbroker,
escapes last night.
Washington. Fab. 15
(A. P.I —
Enlisted men of the navy were ar­
rested at the navy yard here In con-!
nectlon with an alleged plot to blow I
up the president’s yacht Mayflower <
The secret service is proceeding on
the theory that the plot may have ex­
tended to the shot» and to other ves­
sel! st the navy yard. A man under
arrest la said to have offered an of­
ficer a bribe to be permit ted to put a
package aboard the Mayflower
Salem. Feb. 15.—(A. PA—The!
house today passed the antl-allen
land bill baaed on the California Uwj
by a vote of 34 to 25, one member*
being absent. The bill was intro­
duced over the signatures of the
house American legion delegation
and endorsed by the state executive!
committee of the I-eglon
Salem, Ore, Feb. 15.—(A. P.) —
Motion picture bills, one of which
would have made it unlawful to
show pictures representing crime,
and the other to sell tickets when
seats were not available, were indef­
initely postponed by the house. The
game code bill was amended to fix
the open deer season from Septem­
ber 1 to October 31 instead of from
August 15 to October 15 and was
passed by the senate. The bill pro­
viding for appointment by the gov­
ernor of a commiasloney to regulate
the coo[>erntlve marketing of meats
passed the senate.
luid Kill- Big Cougar—
The forestry office has received n
Ji DKTARY COMMITTEE
letter*from the lower river district
WOULD SEE PICCININA IM
telling of the killing of a monster
A shipment of 16 purebred Hamp­ cougar by Judas Frye, the 12-year
shire sowa and gilts was received b) old son of George Frye, from near
Washington, Feb. 15.—(A. P.) —
expri-ss last night for Hayes * Harter Marlel The cougar, which measured The senate judiciary committee no­
S
feet
and
9
Inches
from
tip
to
tip.;
as the nucleus of their Hampshire
tified Secretary Houston to make no
breeding farm at Murphy. This herd was killed with a 22-calibre rifle, ; further advances to foreign govern­
the
lad
firing
five
shots
Into
the
will be headed 'by the Illinois state
ments until the committee could con­
1920 grand champion boar "Model nnlinal's head before It became a sider thorn
good
conger
The
news
of
the
kill-'
Defender," which was purchas’d and
•hipped beta a short Um» ago at an Ing was phoned to the ranger sta­
expense of »1000. The Individuals tion at Rand by the boy’s father. It
th?
comprising the shipment were select-1 la believed that the animal la
In
one
that
has
killed
much
stock
ed with care, 13 from the Ortega-Un-'
the Mariel district.
derhlll breeding ranch at Santa Bar­
bara. and three from the Fairbanks
ranch at Redlands, the Utter ranch
being owned and operated by a son
of the former vice president, and
Missoula. Mont. Feb. 15—(A. PA
each has qualifications to recom-i
l»ve of the silent places is the lure
mend as breeders.
which Is attracting Mrs. Charlotte
This shipment will mean much for
McGill, of Weyerhauser. Wis., to the
the purebred stock industry of Jose­
forests of Montana she wrote in a
phine county.
letter to District Forester Fred Mor­
Raleigh, N. C.. Feb. 15.—(A. PA rell here, asking for a (»osltion as
—Dr. A. B. Hawkins, of this city, ranger or fire potroiman in this ris-
who celebrated hl* 98th birthday on trict. Mrs. McGill In her letter stat­
January 25, besides having been for ed she is 35 years old and has lived
years the oldest living graduate of much out of doors and in the open
the University of North Carolina, the and tn foreign countries. For live
first state university to be establish-' years, she said, she lived in Peking,
ed In America, is also probably the China.
oldest active bank director in the
Though it is not the custom of the
Honolulu. Feb 15,—(A. PA—Last United States.
forest service to employ women on
the
1
Dr. Hawkins, who is one of
spring’s strike of workers on the
the special fire protection crews, due
sugar plantations of the Island of wealthiest men here, has been
to the fact that such reenforcements
member
of
the
board
of
directors
of
Oahu on which Honolulu is situated
are used for trail work and other
cost employers and employes approx­ one of the largest banka of Raleigh
hard labor, Forester Morrill has of­
imately »17.000,000. according to of­ for more than 30 years, during which
fered Mrs. McGill a place as outlook
ficial and semi-official estimates from time he has missed but few of its next spring. He said that if she ac­
meetings,
always
taking
an
active
in
­
both sides.
cepts the position she will be called
The Hawaii latborers’ association, terest in the direction of the policies |
upon to do only such work as is fit for
th«» Japanese organization which was of the Institution. He is now in
a woman.
the backbone of the strike, announc­ splendid physical condition, retaining
ed recently that the workers lost »4.- all of hfs faculties. In addition to
000.000 In wages and bonuses, while his hank duties, Dr. Hawkins
administering the strike coAt an ad­ sonally look» after his Urge
estate and other holdings in
ditional »1.000,000.
state and in Florida.
Born in Franklin county on
I uary 25. 1825, Dr Hawkins gradu
atod from the University of North
Carolina, In 1845. the same year that
James K. Polk, an alumnus of this
Institution, was Inaugurated presi­
dent of the United States. He com­
pleted his studies at the Jefferson
Medical college, Philadelphia. Pa.,
Oxford, N. C. Feb. 15—(A. PA
The scat of an ordinary pair of jeans, receiving his M. D. degree In 1847,
trousers, is the cine on which Gran­ thus making him one of the oldest
ville county authorities are working alumnus of this college. He practiced
in the hope of arresting a negro medicine in North Carolina for a
moonshiner who eluded prohibition number of years after finishing col­
officers near Bethel church, five lege and then moved to Florida, but
returned to this state about 40 years
miles from here, a fow <!•■ » ago.
Three officers found throe negroes ago and ha» »Ince made hl» home In
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at a still, Surrounding them, one Raleigh.
Dr. Hawkins’ wife, who died sev­
of the officer» commanded, "Hands
up!” to which ( >e of the necrose re- eral years ago, was the daughter of
away from General William Bailey, a veteran of
piled, "we’ro g’wln
the war of 1812 and the Indian wars
here." And they did
Deputy Ed Lyon
Tsneil one of tn 1812 and the
the negroes. Ent'Tl"
brier natch Florida.
Lyon stumbled but rubbed the ne­
gro by the seat of !<*•» ants.
The
pants gave * nV, 1e ng the seat in
Portland, Feb. 15.— (A. PA- Live­
possession of Lyon. With this clue
the authorities hope to capture the stock, stendy: eggs, firm; butter. 1
I three cents higher.
negro, whose still was destroyed.
SILENT PLACES LURE
UN BREAKS AS DOOR IS OPENED
London. Feb 15.—(A. P.)— New
political alignments and proposal of
legislative and governmental issues,
of tremendous Import to Great Brit-|
aln were foreshadowed when parlia-|
ment reassembled today after aj
seven-weeks’ recess. Opposition to
the Lloyd George ministry and dis­
content with many of its policies
sietned to have reached its climax
and ft appears that the stability of
this cabinet would be given a crucial
tSst. Atta ks seemed certain to cen-
ter around the policy toward Ireland,
«’domestic situation, including un-
employment and high taxes, attitude
toward trade with Russia and accept-
ance of a British mandate for Meso-
potamla, also caused criticism. It
was predicted that Lloyd George
must fight in his most vigorous man-
ner to come unscatched from the.
struggle King George, in his speech
rom the throne, spoke against vlo-
lence Indulged in by a "misguided
section of the Irish people." and said
he favored a commercial treaty with
soviet Russia.
Pontiac. Mich., Feb. 15.—(A. PA
—Two safe blowers opened the vault
of the Farmers and Merchants Bank
at Utica early today, but were driven
back by a wave of mustard gas placed
in the vault by bank officials in such
a position that the can containing the
gas was ‘broken open when the door
O. 3. Blanchard will leave for San was forced. The robbers fled empty
Francisco tonight to join a delega- handed.
tion from Crescent City that goes to
the southern city to appear before
the engineers of the department in
support of the appropriation for the
Crescent City harbor.
The delega-
tion from Crescent City will include
Messrs. Geo. Keller. J. J. McNamara
and Jas. McNulty. The Coast city
now wishes to get congress to waive
the condition calling for the build-
Calgary, Alta, Feb. 15.—(A. P.)—
fag of a railroad before further ap- Plans to provide transportation from
propriatton is made, the construction Eldmonton to the Fort Norman oil
of the highway in a large measure fields by dirigible airships are under
taking the place of the railroad, and way and C. K. Wollam, associated
making the immediate construction with Captain E. L. Janney, head of
of the railroad less a need. The dele- the concern which proposes to open
gatlon is to meet the engineer from up a quick route to -the far north is
the navy department in charge of J now In the United States completing
harbor projects at San Francisco.
arrangements for the delivery of the
first "blimp" to be used in trial
Waukegan. Ill.. Feb. 15.—(A. P.) flights.
—.Miriam Rubin stopped talking sud­
Mr. Wollam is convinced after a
denly at noon today after chattering meteorological survey and of a gen­
almost continuously for 11 days.
era! search into the conditions pre­
vailing in the north, of the absolute
i feasibility of the scheme, and is con­
fident that in a short time a passen­
Raleigh. N C„ Feb 15 -(A. PA JUdLlilInL UUUll I I
ger service from Edmonton to Fort
— Fifty-two years of continuous ser-,
Norman and back in 30 hours will
vice as postmaster at South Creek.
be an accomplished fact.
Beaufort county. North Carolina,
[j, (Y
HuulJuInllUll
It is proposed that dirigibles capa-
without a mark against him, is the !
I ble of carrying 32 passengers shall
record of E. D. Springer. His record
i be used.
is exceeded by but one other post-
The constitution and by laws of
master in the United States, R. J. the building and loan association
Knorr, of Clausvllle, Lehigh county. now fa process of organization were
Pennsylvania, who was appointed No- presented by tue committee at the
vember 13. 1S65.
meeting held in the chamber of com-'
Postmaster Springer, was born merce rooms Monday night.
The
March 2, 1S38, at Cape May, New name adopted for the organization is j
Jersey, and was a seafaring man in' that ot the Josephine County Build-
his early life, serving in the United I ing and lz»an association, the capital
States navy during the war between stock being »100,000. Shares will
Shanghai. Feb. 15.— (A. P.)—Mm.
the states. He came to North Car­ be »100 each. Incorporators have
Helen McCauley, bride of Lieut. C.
olina in 1886 and was appointed I not yet been selected, but these will!
McCauley, commanding the Ameri­
postmaster at South Creek under be named and the association legally
can gunboat Elcano, has just achiev­
President Grant's administration in Incorporated, though there must be
ed the distinction of being the first
1869.
paid up subscriptions of »5,000 worth woman given the privilege of prac­
Although four score and three of the stock before incorporation
ticing law in China.
years. Captain Springer continues to Two classes of stock will be provided,
i
handle personally the affairs of the one a paid up stock to earn 8 perj ^he was admitted to the bar by
office at South Creek.
cent interest, the other an install-! Judge C. S. Labingier in the United
ment stock to participate in the States court for China at Shanghai
in December. Mrs. McCauley was for­
earnings of the association. To pro­
merly Miss Helen I.earv- of Austin.
vide an immediate and sufficient
Texas where she served for a period
working capital, a campaign tor the
in the legal department of the Aus­
placing of the paid-up stock will be
tin Associated charities following
started, and with the assurance of
her graduation from the law depart­
an excellent interest return, many
ment of the university of Texas.
citizens have announced their inten­
.
tion of subscribing for this. It Is ex­
pected that the association will be
ready to assist In the i
homes within the county In the very
near future. The expense of organ-!
Izatlon is to be kept at the minimum,
as attorneys and others are lending |
their assitance without charge.
Following the subscription of the
Tuscaloosa. Ala., Feb. 16.— (A.
stock, the stockholders will elect the
directors and other officers of the as­ P.)—“Old Ike,” a negro sexton In a
Tuscaloosa cemetery, was not super­
sociation.
stitious. That seems to have been
proven with the recent demolition of
SHERIFF’S FORCE HUNTS
FOR A MISSING HOUSE a mausoleum here.
When the vault fell into decay,
Butte. Mont.. Feb. 15.— (A. P.) wierd happenings were related and It
Members of the sheriffs force have was pointed out as a place where
been called upon to solve the disap­ ghosts congregated. It was shun-
pearance of a two-story frame house, ned ecept by ’Old Ike," the only
formerly situated In the south sec-1 name by which he was known.
tion of Butte. The owner visiting the j There was a hole in the wall and
place to make repairs discovered only when Ike discovered it, he decided
the foundation remained. The house to utilize the place for storing hla
had been vacant some time and it is, pick, shovel and other tools. He la
believed it had been torn down for credited with saying that he never
lost a tool.
fire wood.
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