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GRANTS PISS, JOSEPHINE (III NTY. OREGON.
WHOLE NI MBER ;MMI.
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HONDURAN CAPITAL IS
CAPTURED BY REBELS
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Berlin, Apr. 28.— (L N. S. I
♦ —The ex-crown prince has a
♦ good memory.
Five years of
♦ exile have not been able
to
♦ make him forget all about u
♦ costly wedding present made to
♦ him nineteen years ago by four
♦ hundred Prussian cities.
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Frederick William has filed
♦ a suit against
the Prussian
♦ state to have the gift—a table
♦ service
consisting of about
♦ 1,900 pieces of heavy silver,
Washington. Apr. 28.— (A.
P.) Th« rupture of Tcgufl
guipa by Honduran revolution­
ist« utter heuvy fighting was
announced Io » telegram to the
stat« department today, Amer*
leans are reported safe.
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AT lit TION IN
MESSAGE SENT TO DEARBORN
Interview Wna llelil on That Dale
Willi President, Record*, Show.
Ilenring I n* 1er Way
Alturas, Cal., April 28. (A. P. »
- One hot»«« was »old for 25 cents
and 30 hone« were sold for 81 each
nt a recent public aucUnsi held here
to dear the national forest ranges
of linn*' herds of little value. The
blgheet price paid for any horse was
»17.
Th« a.uctlo»i wan arranged by offi­
cials of th« Modoc National Forest.
Cuttle and sheep grower» of the re­
gion require few horses, th« auto­
mobile having rejtlnctM the broncho
In all exoept actual range riding.
Thus the surplus of home« htul in­
creased until It wan a problem. Hun-
tired« of home« Were disponed of at
Many others may be
thn uuctlmi
had a!moot for the asking.
100 MINERS ENTOMBED
BY EXPLOSION TODAY
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♦ MOVE FOR
TWEEN
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COMPROMISE BE.
GOVERNMENT
RICA NCR ES STARTS
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china an<l crystal, which was ♦
♦ not complete at the time of the ♦
♦ wedding—handed over to him. ♦
♦ While Frederick William was ♦
♦ at Wleringen the table plate
First Balliti al National Convention
♦ had been completed and depos­ ♦ PrcHideut and Chairman of Commit-
Will lie Given to Him, Says
tec Have Meeting——Huge* and
♦ ited in the safes of the Reichs- ♦
National Manager
Lodge Are Also Met
♦ bank,
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"The present state of my ♦
4 finances does not permit me to ♦
Cleveland. Apr. 28.—(A. P.) — ♦ withdraw my claims," runs a ♦
Washington, Apr. 28.— (A. P.)—
ASSURED OF AN EARLY LEAD
CONFERENCE IS HELD TODAY
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Wheeling, W. Va., Apr. 28.
—(A. P.)—More than 100
miners were entombed by an
explosion in the Bendwood mill
mine of the Wheeling Steel Cor­
poration near here today.
FORESI FIRES
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<*ia ims
many
VICTIMS IN INDIA MOST ARE BYING OFT OR ARE
NOW UNDER CONTROL SAYS
REPORTS
tahore. India, March 28.—(A. P.)
—A virulent form of pldgue is rag­
ing here and at Multan and several
of the outlying villages, 30 deaths on
an average occurring in tahore daily.
Four colleges have been closed and
It Is expected that other institutions
also will be closed soon. The Coun­
cil of the* Punjab University will con­
sider at an emergency meeting the
question of postponing the examina­
tions. The authorities are taking
means to combat the epidemic and
the commissioner at Multan has for-
bidden the holding of the annual
religious fair at an adjacent village
where thousands of people general-
ly congregate.
LUMBER COMPANY IS BURNED
I xmìs of *2.10,000 Occasione«! in
Portland When Blaze Sweeps
Through targe Concern
Washington, Apr. 28.—(A. r »
Portland, Ore., Apr. 28.— (A. P.)
President Coolidge was quoted In a
William Gibbs McAdoo, with 217 ft
—Forest fires in Oregon and South­
passage of the letter he ad­ ♦ The move for a compromise be­
lelegram produced today nt th'
western Washington, which the past
votes pledged. Is assured of the lead ♦ dressed to the Prussian su­ ♦ tween the executive and legislative
Muscle Shoals hearing us having
few days have damaged timber and
♦ branches of the government on Jap­
on the first ballot of the democra­ ♦ preme court.
staled Unit lie was trying "to de-
buildings, were reported this morn­
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♦ anese exclusion, provided for in the
The
mayors
of
the
Prussian
tic national convention, David L.
liver" the Muscle Shoals project to
for­
ing as subsiding or under control,
♦ cities will convene shortly to ♦ immigration bill was carried
Rockwell, his national manager de- ♦ discuss the claim.
Henry Ford. A telegram was sent
owing to the absence of the stiff
♦ ward at a conference today between
by Junies Martin Miller, to the Dear­
the president and Chairman John­
breeze which fanned the flames on
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born Independent, Ford’s newspaper,
son. of the house immigration com­
Friday and Saturday.
date ha« more than halt that many."
AMERICAN LEGION EMBARKS
on October 1 2. 1923.
mittee. The president later con­
Portland, Ore., Apr. 28.—(A. P.)
ON welfare CAMPAIGN ferred with Hughes and Lodge.
In offering tin* telegram. Chair­
New Project Will Be Maintained at —A loss estimated at >250,000 re-
man Norris said the White House
Junction of Highways
I
ulted from a fire which half des-
records showed that Miller had an
Itwlianapotls, April 28.— (A. P. I
Almost 10,000 Present When It. A.
troyed the St. Johns Lumber Com-
Interview with th« president that
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The
"Community
and
Civic
Bet
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Jcnclery Manufacturing Concern In
An information bureau, main­ pany plant, in a suburb here laat
Booth Bridge Dedicated
day. The telegram read: "In a pri­
terment Bureau," eatabltahed at
New York Mises *1,10.000
tained by the hotels of Oregon and night. The south part of the plant
vate interview with the president
American Legion National Heda-
California, the only one of its kind burned away before the flames
Rivoli
Management
Is
Busy
Putting
the
this morning, lie sulil Incidentally,
of
A crowd estimated at almost 1 New York. Apr. 28.—(A. P.)— quarters here under mandate
on the coast, will be opened here could be checked.
in New Equipment
‘1 am friendly to Mr. Ford, but to.uoo p**ople was present yesterday,
is be-
Three bandits today bound and gag­ San Francisco convention,
on the first of the month. The
wish some one would convey to him al Roseburg to attend the dedication I
of
the
intensive
extension
ged Charles Kresney. in his office ginning an
store
room of the Pacific-Redwood
that it Is my hope (hilt Ford will of the R. A. Booth bridge across the and Jewelry manufacturing plant in community and civic welfare work
Almost in line with the Music
not do or say anything that will I'mpqua river at Winchester, Sult- Nassau street, In the lower Manhat­ among the 11,000 posts of the or- Week, which is to be celebrated in service station, a half mile south of
Grants Pass, har been rented for Secretary Mellon -Unable to I ncover
make It difficult for me to deliver able dmlloatlon ceremonies w ere
Grants Pass on the week commenc­
tan skyscraper district, and escaped ganlzation.
the purpose and will be mainta'r.ed
Muscle Shoals to him. which I am held, with many prominent officials
Fraud in Bureau of Engraving
division
will
distribute
to
The
new
ing
May
4.
comes
the
announcement
with diamonds and platinum mount­
to pass out reliable information
trying to <lo‘."
all posts a booklet, "Your Poet and by Manager James Dunlop, of the
taking part. The bridge was named ings valued at 8150,000.
to all tourists. Arthur L. Watson,
Washington, April 28.—Secretary
Your Town." which, while founded Rivoli theatre, that construction has
after R. A. Booth, former member
owner
of
the
Lorenz
hotel
at
Red-
Mellon
advised President Coolidge
on actual experiences of many poets been started looking to the installa­
of the state highway commission and
Washington, Apr. 28.—(A. I* J
in community welfare work, is not tion of a new organ at the local play­ ! ding, and R. H. Walker, were in the last night that the treasury had
one
of
the
most
constructive
builders
A categorical denial was made by
city today making the final ar­ completed its inquiry into charges
intended a« a manual of procedure house. The new instrument will be
President Coolidge In the statement of the state.,
rangements and getting the furni- of Irregularities in the bureau of
Robert Morton orchestral pipe jture
to be followed In organizing the a
A committee representing thej Tuesday and Wednesday Tag Ihiy
installed. Mr. Walker will be engraving and had found them base-
that lie wn* ‘Trying to deliver Mus­
Under
organ,
to
cost
approximately
812.-
High
School
to
Give
Play
work
among
legionnaires,
cle Shoals to Mr Ford or to nny one Grants Pass chamber of commerce ’
in
charge
of the bureau, which is to less.
the guidance of the bureau, legion 000. The Rivoli management de­
else." lie said be did not think and the Cavemen attended the meet-!
The charges, made by Charles B.
in the sires to do everything possible to be known as the California-Orecon
posts
will
be
asked
to
aid
Ing
nnd
are
staying
over
for
the
Tneeday
and
Wednesday
will
be
Ford’s favor was for sale and that
Information
Bureau.
'Brewer,
department of Justice at-
make
the
theatre
one
of
the
most
days for the gradeschools. Since development of playground», recrea-*
the question of th« disposition of meeting of the booster organizations
The tourist can stop at the bureau torney, and which were accom-
modern in Southern Oregon and be­
Ot
the
state
being
held
today
at
‘
he
program
for
May
Day
is
to
be
en-
ttonal
work,
community
centers,
boy
Muscle Shoals ought to be decided
and make reseivations in any hotel ‘ panied by wholesale dismissals in
RoMburK. Judge Eclua Pollock re- '«rely free for everyone, the money aim! girl scout troops and in the lieves that the new organ will go a
on its merits.
in the twe states. The telegraph, the bureau by President Harding,
long way in this respect.
presented the county court of Jo- fof cootumlng the 300 participants wider use of the schools.
charges ar > cared for by the bureau, conttalned no element of fact, Mr.
The
new
organ
has
been
built
es
­
must
bo
raised
In
some
other
way.
saphine county al the meeting.
pecially for the acoustics of the Ri­ the travel? • being at no expense. An Mellon asserted. He informed the
The first speaker introduced by I The high school will raise their
voli and has already been shipped assistant wi’l be maintained to take chief executive that he was enabled,
George Neuner, chairman, was ('. B «hate by producing a three-act play,
from the factory at Van Nuys, Cali­ dictation for the tourists, this acr- as a result of the investigation, to
McCullough, state bridge engineer, "The Cliarm School", while the
vice to be free.
Miss Margaret confirm the integrity ot the govern-
grade«
will
sell
tags
to
pay
for
theirs.
President Coolidge Put« Stamp of who spoke highly of the man whom
Conference Committee From G. A. R. fornia. It will be installed within a
Rengstorff
will
have
this position meat's securities,
few
weeks.
Approval on Work
they were honoring. Other speak­ They have been working hard to
and W. R. <’. Has Meeting
in addition to this service, a rest
ers including George Baker, of Port­ produce a good program.
room and library will be maintained tion to the office at Grants Pass.
The high school, to secure their
Washington, Apr. 28.— (A. P.)— land. Governor Walter M. Pierce,
The conference committees from
for use by the tourists. Information The bureau is in the nature of an
Setting anew the stamp of approval George Brown. W. B. Barrett, for­ share of the money for the May Day Gen. Logan G. A. R., and Gen. Lo-
of all kinds, hunting, fishing, roads, experiment now. If it works out as
on the work of the National Acade­ mer commissioner and Charles Hall, performance are presenting the gan W. R. C. met Thursday after­
detours and such matters, will be expected one may be established on
my of Science and the National Re­ of Coos Bay. The state highway play, “The Charm School.' on Fri- noon in the G. A. R. room in the Mrs. Mary Post and Son, George
kept up to date.
the Nevada border by the hotels. No
The
play
tells
of
a
young
Are
Found
Dead
Poet,
search Council, President Coolidge, commission, composed of William ! ’lay night.
court house. Commander James
Cards will be placed in every hotel preference is to be shown by the
speaking today at the dedication of Duby, H. B. VnnDuzer. anil W. H. I automobile salesman who inherits Holman presiding, when the prelim­
Portland, Ore., Apr. 28.— (A. P.) I room along the coast calling atten-l bureau in its information.
the new home here of the two or­ Malone was present. Roy A. Klein, a young ladies' boarding school, and inary arrangements for the annual
ganizations. predicted n "new day state highway engineer, was also when he take« over the management memorial week’s program were ar­ —With their throats cut. the bodies
he and bls friends proceed to edu­ ranged. The memorial sermon will of Mrs. May Post, 67, and her son,
in scientific research."
present.
cate’the girls to their liking, to be be given in the Baptist church. Sun­ George S. Post, 33, were found in
"charming."
day morning. May 25, by Rev. C. M. their home today by two other sons.
It is a poor rule that does not Cline.
The police believe the mother and
work both ways, and the girls of the
son
entered a suicide pact.
The memorial day program will
I school fall in love with their new be held in the Rivoli theatre Friday
I gentlemen teachers, one ot the girls afternoon. May 30. Rev. F. Gordon
Portland, Ore., Apr. 28.— (A. P.)
Oklahoma City, April 28.—(A. P.) i president of the Oklahoma Editorial
| becoming so infatuated that she nuns Hart will deliver the memorial ad­ —The police announced after an in­
vestigation that Mrs. May Post was —Members of the National Editorial asoedation. will extend the welcome
away, in her despair. She Is brought dress.
association, who will visit Oklahoma of the Oklahoma editors, who are
Ixyndon, April 28.— (I. N. 8.) — tion Tax—and this absolutely pre­ back by the new principal, who re­
A second meeting ot the commit­ slain by her son, George S. Post,
ChairceNor of the Exchequer Philip cludes any sweeping tax reductions. proaches her bitterly but finally tees from all the patriotic orders who ended his own life. The note in May en route to Mexico where hosts to the visiting newspapermen
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" of
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) they • will
go ■>< as — a __ feature
their 4urlng their gtny jn Oklahoma. Near
Snowden introduces the first Labor
But some reductions the Chancel­ falls in love with her himself.
will ibe held in the G. A. R. room purported to have been written by |
Bristow the editors will have their
the
mother
was
written
by
George,
,
annual
convention,
are
to
be
shown
Budget tomorrow.
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lor Is determined to try to make. In
on the afternoon ot May 8, when re­
LADY SACKVILLE
the 7 mingling of
the
old
and
the
new
first closeup view of an oil field.
said
the
detectives.
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Admittedly it will not bo of a the firat place he wtll make changes
ports and final arrangements will be
that characterizes the southwest.
Every operation of oil drilling will
drastic labor character. The new in regard to Old Age Pensions. At
made.
PageaMs that bring back the days be demonstrated, and a well actual­
GEORGE CHAMBERLAIN
Chancellor has not lieen long enough present those qualifying at seventy
when not so long ago bands ot In­ ly "coming in" is to be one of the
In office to initiate far-reaching for pensions are shut out if they
dians roamed the hills and prairie» | features of the visit to the Bristow
MlhomeH of Labor finance, anil lie have, through their own thrift, made
of the state will afford a contrast to pool.
candidly confefflos that he has had provision for their old age. Philip
the forests of derricks, the busy re- ’ The editors will be in Oklahoma
to take the ideas ot his predecessor Snowden is determined to wipe out
Date Set for May 10—Idaho Banker
fining diistricts, the expanses af ag- City May 22, 23 and part ot May
In a more or less cut-and-dried this disquallflcalion.
Will Be In Charge
rlcultural land and the up-to-date ' 24. Business sessions will be held
shape. At the same time he will at­
Then he will make reductions in
towns and cities through which the here, one in the senate chamber at
tempt to make some adjustments to the present duties on tea and iMtgtvr.
Announcement was made Saturday
visitors will be taken.
(the state capital. Fi
From Oklahoma
suit l4tl>or’s viewpoint.
The "Free Breakfast Table,” la his
afternoon that the Gold Hill Bank,
Entering the state May 19 from City, the editorial caravan will move
In on« respect the Chancellor is slogan, but lie will be able to ac-
closed last March by the state bank-
Kansas City, Mo., the concentration to El Reno and Fort Reno, army
fortunate. He doe« not have to fuco complish only littile on this occasion.
( ing board, when an alleged shortage
point, the editors’ special train will remount depot, where a polo match
a dcflelt. Instead he has n surplus And then ho will lighten the Enter­
of 810,000. (approximately) was
stop first at Ponca Olty, home of the will be staged by army officer!. Law­
of more than forty million pound« tainments Tax so that the cheaper
i discovered in the accounts of then
Marland oil company, with ita large ton, Fort Sill and Wichita National
sterling. But under British law tills seats at places of amusement will
: Cashier P. H. Bell, would be re­
refining plant and the nearest city park are next an the Itinery.
cannot be alllocated to relief of taxa­ not be penalized.
opened May 10th, with a capital,
to the well-known 101 Ranch, a pri­
At Fort Sill every arm of the mill-
tion. Every penny must automatic­
Although this is not expected to
stock of 815,000. and reserve fund!
vate reservation' on which are ob­ tairy service will be employed in a
ally go toward the reduction of the bo an exciting Budget. That will
of 81500, and reserve fund of 81500.1
served today some ot the old habits shaim battle May 26. Fifty airplanes,
National Debt—In addition to the come next year—if the I^alior Party
H. Zimmerman, an Idaho banker, j
of the Indian country.
including squadrons from Fort Sam
forty million sterling which is pro-U« «till In office, But it ts hoped
endorsed and approved by State
Al barbecue of buffalo meat, a Houston, Fart Riley and other army
vded under the law for the sinking that It will carry the promise of re-
Bank Superintendent Bramwell, will
rodeo in which the leaders in the posts will take part. A mountain
fund.
d'ucetl taxation In the future.
be la charge, and subscribed 8*000 '
roping
and riding world will com­ ■side will be the objective of the’ pre­
Philip Snowden's problem is.
In one respect the Chancellor will
to the new project.
pete. and an Indian pageant parti­ tended attack. Behind a barrage of
therefore, to discover whether the give ground for satisfaction. By the
The balance was aubacrlbed by
cipated In by members ot the Chey­ live shells laid down by every type
present rate of taxation will pro­ abandonment of the project of Inilld-
citizens of Gold Hill, in cash. In one
enne, Choctaw, Arapahoe, Kiowa, of field gun used In the United States
vide him wiith a surplus in the com­ Ing a great naval base nt Singapore.
day.
Comanche, Cherokee. Osage. Sioux irmy, battalions of infantry will
ing year and yet. nllow hint to re­
'-'and by the sweeping outs he has
It i» said that the depositors will
and several lesser tribes, will await sweep forward. The editors will view
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lieve some of th« burdens under >r made
In the Army and around White­
receive 85 cents on the dollar now,
the visitors. The next day will be the battle with binoculars from an­
Which the poorer classes In Britain hall, he will be able to announce a
with the probability later of recelv- j
spent in Tulsa where several of the other mountain aid«.
Lady Margaret Sackvilla, who ha*
are groaning.
Unfortunately tor saving of dead-weight expenditure
Ing 95 cents on the dollar.
New portrait
former Jenator lairgest oil refineries in the world
In this display the army win dem­
him, some of the war time taxes are' amounting to morn than one hun- been reported engaged to Ramsay
In the reorganization of the Insti­ George E. Chamberlain, who was em­
onstrate for the first time, kt is said,
now returning an 'increasingly dl-| dired and fifty million dollar», For MacDonald, Groat Brltaln’e fl ret labor tution, 816,000 In slow and doubt­ ployed by former Attorney General I will be inspected.
premier. She le the aunt of the pres­
At Brttaitow. on May 21, Gov. M. the use of dhemiioal bombs dropped
mlnlshlng revenue — especially the this the British tnxpayer will offer ent Earl de la Warr.
ful paper was culled from the re­ Daugherty to defend his Interests In E. Trapp will welcome the editors from airplanes which will raise a
Excess Profits Tax and the Corpora- him thanks.
the eenate investigation.
source«.
In behalf of the state and Ed Ingram smoke acreen.
RIG CROWD AT DEDICATION
INFORMATION BUREAU STARTS
GEM THIEVES MAKE BIG HAUL
NEW ORGAN IS INSTALLED
CHARGES WERE UNFOUNDED
RAISE FUNDS FOR MAY DAY
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MEMORIAL PLANS STARTED
SCIENCE ACADEMY LAUDED
SON IS HELD MURDERER
TOMORROW BUT IS NOT OF DRASTIC NATURE
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