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GRANTS PASH. JOSEPHINE COUNTT, URBGON,
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MILLER RESIGNS PLACb\
AS PROPERTY CUSTODIAN
SEATTLE FIELD
SUEDES IIIVE ITT TIMBER
Foil ONE THOUSAND YEARS
( Stockholm. Sept. 29.— (A. P.I •
j Sweden'* work of forest conserve-
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I tion bn* munugi-d to keep the lead
In th« neck-to-neck race
rapidly Increasing output
¡>trlul
products, according lo a gov- Both Sitien Drenched Willi Shrapnel
l*t ><'011111111 i»<l«r of Hqtiadron, Wrr<k
|<rnm«ntal report In which the stille-
—Belief Stations Filini With
rd In AI iim I ui , on llnnd lo Meri
1 ment Is mud« that Sweden has "an
Wounded During Day
FrlrndN al End of Journey
, Inexhaustible gold mine in her for
ests."
Shanghai, Sept. 29. — (A. P. I—
Till* assurauce is regurded us of
Seattle. Sept. 29.— (A. P.i—The
six army lieutenant* who yesterday ureat Importance to the nation, since Hundreds of Chinese soldier* were
officially ended I heir world flight I ubout 80 per cent of It* export* con- I killed and many other* were wound
her«. ure to leave by train tomorrow I »1st of lumber, wood pulp, paper und ed today on u six-mlle front from
for Dayton. Ohio. The threw air other forest product*. In 1923 the»« NattMiung to Malu. when the armies
plane« they flew arc to remain here. export* alone umounted to a value of tin- rlvul mllltury governor* fight
of shout $ 1 S3,000.non, and lu the ing for possession of Shanghai, con
12 month* ended lust 'June, upward* tinued their liOHtliltie*. According
Hand Point Aviation Field. Seattle. of $19.000.000 of Swedish wood to u witness who returned front tra
Hept. 29. — (A. P.I — The United ( pulp wun shipped to paper mill* in versing the sector, both side* were
Slut«* army uvlator* officially com the United Slates.
drenching th»- line* with shrapnel.
pleted Sunday their flight around the
Numerous relief station* behind the
The forest* In Sweden, which have six-mile front were filled with
world. They landed at the aviation
field on the outskirts nt 1:38:40 been drawn upon for commercial pur wounded today, The dead were left
pose* for at least loot* years, now where they fell.
p. m.
cover
ubout 53 per cent of the total
Lieutenant Lowell II. Smith, the,
flight commander. In the flagplane
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Chicago, wa* th« tirat to land
principally ot *Pruce and pine.
th« field from which they began)
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their world-famous flight April 6, Inal commander of the flight, whoae t'onopimey In Restraint of Trude I*
Charged by I'. S.
ut K .14 u m
|airplan« met disaster In the Aleutian
GREATER FURY IS SEEN
PORTLAND GROCERS ARE SUED
Lieutenant Leigh Wade of the l"l‘*,,,l*'
Portland. Sept. 29.— (A. P.I —
plane Boston II followed ,th» light | A family reunion took place on lite Tlie United Stale* government today
commander, and Lieutenant Erik field u few minutes after Lieutenant brought suit aguinst the Portland
Nelson Hi the New Orleans camo Arnold got out ot bls airplane. He j wholesale grocer*, members of the
down third.
Lieutenant Wade's was hugged and kissed by Ills moth Oregon Wholesale Grocers ' associa
time ot arrival was 1:37:50 and er. Mrs. Coru Arnold, and his »Iter, tion. charging conspiracy in restraint
Lieutenant Nelson* 1:39:35 p. nt. Mrs. Frances Cole, of Spokane. of trade, and asked an injunction
The three world glrdler* arrived Wash., who had not seen him »Ince against price fixing.
over the field ut 1:30 o’clock, and h« started on the flight that made
after circling over latke Washington history In aviation Circles.
Dll. W. I* POWKRM N AMED
yrnld the blowing of whistles und the
TO HURVKV .NORTH UNIT
The airplanes, on landing, taxied
ringing of bells on the boat* In the
Oregon
Agricultural College. Cor
lake and the cheer* of the thousands in a large circle to the reviewing vallis, Sept. 29.— (Special)—Dr. W.
the
left,
stand
with
the
Chicago
at
surrounding the field, they aguin
L. Poser*, head of the soils depart
crossed the field preparatory to mak Boston II In the center and the New I ment here, was one of the three ex
band
in
prlean*
at
the
right.
The
ing their final landing ot the tour
perts »elected by Governor Pierce to
thul began In April. Three airplanes the meantime continued playing make an economic analysis and feas
during
the
taxiing.
accompanied them to the field and
ibility survey of the North Unit ir
landed.
Hopes were strung around the rigation project early in October.
Among th« Vessels In the lake famous machine* and the reception
W. W. Mclstughlin. irrigation
awultlng the filers' urrlval was the committee gathered to greet the economist with the United States de-
Canadian destroyer Patriclati. The (Ilers. Lieutenant Smith stepped partment of agriculture, ha* been as
officers board hud been dolegatod by from the cockpit of hi* machine and signed to the special commission at
domltflon officials to extend the made a short a<jdress to the assem the suggestion of Dr. Powers, who
greetings of the Canadian govern bled committee. The crowd that ha* done similar work with him pre
ment officials.
gathered around the roped off air vlously on the Vale, Baker and Owy
The condition on land and aloft plane* was so great that the recep hee projects. State Engineer Rhea
for the fliers wa* ld«ul ut the land tion to the lauding field was cur Lu per will be the third member of
ing fluid. Th« sun wna shining tailed to merely a shaking of hands the commission.
brightly as the airplanes came down of the filer* and expression* from
nnd the weather was warm, ap the reception commute* of "glad
proaching sultriness.
you are here.”
One of tlie first to greet the three
»Each of the filers was the recipi Bandit* Make Off With 1*12,000 from
famous alrmeu and their three me-
Bank Vault*
chanlc*. Lieutenant Leslie I’. Arnold. ent at the field ot large bouquets of I
Lieutenant John Harding. Jr., and | dahlias, which they took with them t
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San Francisco. Sept. 29. — (A. P.I
Lieutenant Henry IL Ogden, wa* to a private luncheon aboard a
The Woodland. Yolu county, branch
'Major Frederick L. Martin, the orig- yacht.
of the Bank of Italy was held up by
two men today and several customers
were robbed. The bandits escaped
In a smftll car with about $12.000
' after forcing Manager Hoppe to open
the vault.
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Washington, Sept. 29. (I. N. S.) tion* section was organized for the
— The coloHHul task of whipping into purpose of investigating nnd prose
"court ahape” more than 700 war cuting war frauds and cases in
fraud cases in the hand* of the war which the Government had overpaid
transaction* section of the Depart contractors, or ha* been underpaid
ment of Justice will bo pushed to u on Its sale* of property.
“This organization of the depart
rapid conclusion, according to the
announcement of Attorney-General ment ha* recovered in two years and
paid into the United States Treusury
Stone.
$9,195,099. It has obtained judg-
The Attorney-General has recent
meats against contractors for tnore
ly completed a reorganization of the
than $102,96$ additional. And com-
war transaction* section of his de
promise offers, amounting to more
partment, selecting Paul Shipman
than $2,500,000, are now In its
Andrew*, of Syrncuse, and Jerome
hands.
Michael, of New York City, as direc
"Thirty-five indictments charging
tors. Both men are attorneys of an-
criminal conspiracies to defraud the
llonal reputation. With a strong
Government have been obtained.
force of assistants, they have at
Nine of these have been tried, re-
tacked what is one of the biggest
s'lltIng in three convictions, four ac
problems of tho administration, HC-
quittals and two disagreements."
cording to Department of Justice of-
In spite of these accomplishments,
tidal*.
the Attorney-General pointed out
"fg 1922 the colossal task of ox-1 that there are 700 cases remaining
antlnlng the »cores of thousands of before the section for action, refer
war-time contracts on which the red to it by the War Department and
Government has paid up, or on other branches ol I the Government,
which it sold surplus property,
Upward of 200 civil cases and I
proved tar beyond the facilities of tw'enty criminal action» are pend-
tbs Department of Judies.” Attor ing io the conrts and
awaiting trial,
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ney-General Stone declared.
according to tho official announce-
"Accordingly, the war trunsac- meat.
Mu»t He Die ?
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Bernard Grant, nineteen, a Chi
cago boy without money, hat been
sentenced to hang for a murder to
which he deniee all guilt. Hi* cat*
»• compared to the recent Loeb-
Leopold life imprisonment for con-
feMed murder has aroused public
•entiment and a great effort ii be-
to «eve him from the
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Iguidon, Sept, 29.—< I.N.H. I
London ha* "arrived” a* a
mecca for American marriages,
According to figure* from
Ixtndon registry office*, more
than 2000 couple* from the
.Polled Stale* wore married
here during the last three
moot h*.
Many of the license* were
issued from the office* of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, sev
eral of them.being of the spec
ial variety permitting the cere
mony to be performed at other
than the prescribed locality and
time. These licenses are issued
on payment of 25 pounds.
The favorite church«» are St.
George's, where President
Roosevelt was married in 1886,
and St. Margaret’s, a small
chapel adjoining Westminster
Abbey.
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WHOLE N't MBER :WI1O.
MONDAV, SEPTEMBER 21». 102»,
MANY AMERICANS ARE
MARRYING IN ENGLAND
IIP HOSTILITY
Washington. Sept. 29. —I A.
P.) - Thoma* W. Miller tender
ed bls resignation to Primldeut
Coolidge today a* alien prop«
erty custodian,
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GREETED BY HUGE THRONG
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Grant» Pass—Gateway to the Oregon Caves
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TO JUVENILE FILM STAR
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The pope
diente to
visiting in Europe.
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BILLICK CASE
Tacomo, Wash.. Sept. 29.— (A. P.) DINTBKT ATTORNEY INDKATF.H
♦ DEMAND THAT LEALI E TAKE
I—A species of worm that Ilves only
THAT (ASE WILL NOT BE
ACTION TO SETTLE THE
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In
ice
and
cannot
withstand
even
DROPPED
QUESTION
NOW
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th« heat ot a human hand, has been
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found and photographed l>y a seien-
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tfic expedition that recently went
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into the Olympic mountain*.
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The ice on DodwelljRixon pass in
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alive with these worms. They are
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• barge of Jury After Dclilwr-
So Tliat Mattem Di'enu-d Internal
black, thin and about half an inch
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sting for 27 Hours
Maj He .Made World-Wide
long, When thç sun I* out they
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into
the
interior
of
the
ice
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A retrial of the case against Dr.
Geneva. Sept, 29.—(A. P.I- -Two ¡Scientists with the party said that so
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declared to pre».* representative* to- ’ had been found before in the United . slaughter, will in all probability be
asked by Prosecuting Attorney W.
day that if Japan did not obtain a I States.
WASHINGTON' CINCHES
While the worms were photo-1 T. Miller, it was announced today
AMERICAN PENNANT satisfaction of her demand for an
♦ amendment to the proposed protocol ; graphed, it was impossible to get' from the office of the district attor
♦ , Boston. Sept. 29.— (A. P.) — ♦ of arbitration and security she prob any of them out ot the mountain* ney. The Jury reported at noon
When the ice surrounding' terday that it was unable to agree
♦ Washington cinched the Amer- ♦ ably, much to their regret, would ¡alive.
♦ lean league pennant by defeat- ♦ be obliged to vote against the proto ¡them begins to melt, they die imme-| on a verdict, being hopelessly di
col when it wa* submitted to the ' diately. What they live on is still 1 vided between acquittal and convir-
♦ Ing Boston today 4 to 2.
tion. Judge C. M. Thomas discharged
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the jury, after the foreman had ah-
Many delegates believe the whole I ; •
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que*tion of racial equality ha* been !
SHENANDOAH HAS PORT
thrown definitely before the world ■ raurn TDIIQT Dilin CRD 1/tTC 1 to arrive at any verdict.
I The jury went behind closed doors
IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST by the Japanese amendment, which LtAvto lilUOl lUIvU I Uli VLlO
Saturday morning at 9 o’clock, fol
touches upon a state's sovereign'
lowing th^ instructions by the judge.
I rights, and that Japan will insist |
through the league tor a revision oft Ijolta" Crabtree 1-caves «2.000,000 Early that afternoon they returned
Tacoma. Wash., SeSpt. 29 — t A the international law so that mat I
in Will for Veteran*
, to again receive instructions and
P.I—The Pacific Northwest port" (er„ now deemed to belong exclu
that evening reported that they
for thé Shenandoah, and any other • slvely to the internal jurisdiction
Boston. Sept. 29 —(A. P.I — A ! would be unable to arrive at a ver
heavler-than-air craft the navy or of a alate may lie a subject of world trust (und of $2.000.00« for dis- diet. Judge Thomas sent the jurors
army may send to this section, is wide concern.
abled veteran* of the World War back to the jury room for longef
ready on the Camp Lewis m Hit ary
and their wives, mothers and other deliberation but no progress was
reservation, about 10 miles south of
dependents, was created by the will forthcoming. The six to six vote
this city.
j of "Lotta” Crabtree, actress. who stood throughout the night and all
i died last Thursday, which w as filed of Sunday morning. The vote stood
The port consist*
mooring Work to Start Immediately on New
the same way when they reported
; for probate today.
mast IRQ feet high, together with the
Cement Building
back to the judge.
necessary machinery to handle a
I Stating that he wants a court de-
dirigible and to supply it with helium
A cement garage will be erected
nilT cision on the charge. Prosecuting At-
gas and fuel. It is expected that the by Al I-eMoss and son. Deway Le-
UUI torney Miller indicated that he would
Shenandoah will be on Puget Sound Moss on their property at Sixth and
ask Judge Thomas to set a new trial
in October.
M streets, according to a statement
for the January term of court. He
given out by them this morning. The Injunction Refused by (ourt to Dis- i had no comment to make on the out-
qiuilif) Nominee
construction work will start tomor
1 come of the case with the exception
row. with material already being
of the indication that a new trial
taken to the site of the new build
Austin. Tex.. Sept. 29.—(A. P.)— might l»e called.
The Jury was out (or 27 hour*.
ing, It is estimated that the struc-
MacDonald May Not Ik' Retained I« tn re will cost 15000 with the con- Mrs. Miriam Ferguson today won the
first
step
in
the
court
fight
to
have
Premier Is View
tract awarded to E. W. Britten.
her disqualified as the Democratic
The new building will be 50 by nominee for governor of Texas, The
100 feet and will house a garage, injunction to keep her name off the
Man Runs Amuck During Service at
New York. Sept. 29.—(V. Pl- machine shop, accessory house and
ballot was refused by the court.
Jewish Festival
Dissension within the ranks of the wrecking establishment. In the ac
British Labor Party has reached cessory end of the business. Mr. I-e-
Los Angeles, Sept. 29.— (A. P.I—
serious proportions, and Premier Moss announces that he intends to
Harry Denny was shot dead and a
Ramsay MacDonald may not he the do a cut-rate business, with every-
man and woman were wounded In
bead of the government aguin if the thing for the atito on hand.
The
laiborite* are returned to power af front end of the building will be Will Answer to Charge of Murder the congregation of the Zion syna
gogue today during the Jewish fes
ter the end of their present term.
given over to the store, with plate
of Motlier-iu-la>w
I tival service, when Sol Ostrow drew
glass extending the full length. The
The MacDonald rule has been a
; a revolver and started shooting, Os-
structure will be mission style* with
Cincinnati. O'., Sept. 29.—-(A. P.)
one man dictatorship and has alien
tile roof. The present service sta —Rain-soaked and disheveled, with I trow was captured.
ated both the conservative and the
tion will also be maintained.
his clothes bearing marks of 60
radical elements within the labor or
Los Angeles. Sept. 29. — (I. N. S.)
hours out of doors. Vinton Perin.
ganization. The middle-of-the-road
50, surrendered today tp answer for —Hollywood Is getting wilder all
lahorltes who are neither conserva
the slaying of his mother-in-law. the time, according to police. Re
tive nor radical, are the only ones
left wholeheartedly supporting Mac All ’of Business District Is Buruesl Mrs. Francis D. Rawson. 77. and I cently a coyote was roped by a pe
Fairly Today
(or shooting his sister-in-law. Mis* liceman in the centre o( the movie
Donald's methods of direction.
Ina -Rawson.
colony.
Reno.
Sept.
29.
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There are two rifts within the La
bor rank*. The first has been caused early today destroyed all of Gold-
by objections of Philip Snowden. field's business section except the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the Goldfield hotel and the building of
MacDonald policies in foreign af the Deep Mines company.
fairs. Snowden strongly resented
the form of MacDonald's negotia
tions with Russia, which gave the
impression of a bolshevik victory
London. Sept, 29. —(A. P.i—Gen- win was the man who made tho
over the British negotiations.
The
eral Charles G. Dawes promises to Dawes Committee possible and spur
Chancellor of the Excheuer's po
become a central figure in an Eng red it on to success.
sition Is in effect that of vice-pre
While the die-hard Torrles are la
lish election campaign this Fall, as
mier, nnd Snowden believes he
well as in the American Presidential menting the acceptance of the Dawes
should have been consulted more
plan. it Is a curious coincidence that
campaign.
than he was about the Russian trea
similar grief is heard from the more
There
are
indications
that
Eng
ty. which i* in danger of being
radical wing of the I.abor Party.
land will have a general election In
thrown out of thw House of Com
The Glasgow Forward, which is
the
late
Fall
or
early
Winter
and
the
mons, when it comes up for discus-
the organ of extreme Scotch l.abor-
Dawes plan will be one of the Issues.
sion.
ites. says:
Since thu Ixvndon Conference,
"Germany has to pay £125,000,-
The radicals have been waiting to
which reached a reparations settle 000 per annum. To be able to do
catch MacDonald lu au embarrass-
ment based on the Dawes plan, there that she must greatly expand her
ijtg position, and they have succeed
has been a loud hue and cry front foreign trade.
ed In doing so over the Incident of
some quarters predicting the des
"If she expands her foreign trade,
his acceptance of what amounts to
truction of British trade by the she steals our markets.
a subsidy from Sir Alexander Grant.
dumping of German imports in Brit
"If she steals our markets, she
Bart.
this
year, followed a few
ish markets. The question is being causes unemployment here.
months later by the grant of a bar
made a political issue, and loud cri
bot
"The Dames report will
onetcy to Sir Alexander, which
ticism is aimed at Ramsay MacDon- bring peace to Europe; it is eco*
makes hl* knighthood hereditary in
nomlcally disastrous to the working
his family.
Die-hard Tories will couple the class of this country.
The explanation of MacDonald is
The Liberal* are coming to the de
London Pact, based on the Dawes
that first he received a motor car
plan, witty the Treaty with Russia, as fense of MacDonald and bi* 'accept
from Sir Alexander, and then accept
This picture of Mai. Gen Johnithe two principal issues iu the forth- ance of the Dawes plan and are de
ed $150,000 tn preferred stock of L. Hines was taken just after he' coming election. More liberal Tories claring that, under the terms of the
Sir Alexander's cracker company to had assumed bls new duties a* chief ar* inclined to soft-pedal the antag- plan. Great Britain will receive
allow him to keep up the motor car. ot slatf, succeeding General John J. i onism against the Dawes plan and enough money to cuncel her yearly
are oven declaring that Stanley Bald- payments to the United States.
Pershing.
(Continued on Pago Three.)
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JURY WAS IN DISAGREEMENT
PROBLEM IS BEFORE WORLD
NEW BUILDING IS PLANNED
” FERGUSON WINS
LABOR NOW DISSATISFIED
ONE IS KILLED IN SHOOTING
FUGITIVE GIVES SELF UP
GOLDFIELD DESTROYED BY FIRE