M o i ‘o , S h e r m a n
E s ta b lis h e d 1 8 8 7 .
O o u n tV . ’ O re a ro n .
E rid a y , Æ p ril
The shipping season on Hood River
strawberries», the crop of which w ill
reach more than 125 carloads, will he
.
It« Curious .4 Origin
Which, by the Way,
two weeks later than last year, whss
Is Comparatively Modem.
shipments were being made as early
An interesting feature tu "The Old
ss May 15. Apple blossoms this year
Tee tarn to t lit the lig h t of Today." by
will come about May 1.
W illiam Frederic Hade, professor of
Old Testament literature and Semitic Big Fight Will Be
Important Occurrence» of Past M. D. Boss man, Sr., arraigned In the
Whether
languages In the Pacific Theological
circuit court at Grants Pass, charged
Week Briefly Compiled for
seminary. la the following explanation
Federal Reserve
with the .murder of Mr. and Mrs. Lu
of the word "Jehovah:"
ther B. Akers at Wilderville, Fehru-
Cur
Ifcaders.
Added far Defense.
“The name ‘Jehovah’ la of recent
»ry 27 last, pleaded guilty and was
>rlgln. It was quite aoknown In an*
sentenced to life Imprisonment In the
tlqulty. As G. P. Moore has shown. It
Lane county wOi hold Its annual
Washington.—Tbs real contest ever
state penitentiary at Salem.
occurs for the first time sporadically
Good Roads <Uy Skout May 1
C
m
sort of preparedness this nation
What la hoped to prove an Impor
In the fourteenth ceatury. The word
J
of
an
automoMle
The or
arose In a peculiar way. Until tome to to have w ill bo fought this weak.
tant mineral find near Canyon City
ling planned,
elub
In
Albany
le
centuries after the Christian era the With' the essential features of the sen
has been reported by A. J. Kane and
iry school la Wae-
Boys In nearly
text of the Hebrew Scriptures was ate bill determined. Chairman Cham
J. A. Andrus from Canyon mountain.
up
corngrowing
oo county w ill
written with consonants only. The berlain and his aides w ill draw the
The mineral le sine carbonate, the ore
name of the deity therefore was w r it Uaee of battle for ttoo conference with
this year. —
■K ■
being classified as Smlthsonlte, a sam
lesion has he-
La Grande
the
the ftoml provisions
ple assayed running 11 per cent xlnc.
oard tables In
gun a crusade
District Attorney J. C. Johnson, of
tongue, words written* consonnntally of the preparedness measure a rt to he
poolhalle.
began to present difficulties to readers framed.
Curry county, has taken a stand that
y mea have sign-
Seventy-nine
The last preparation was made whoa
This fact led to the Invention of sys
he will not entertain prosecutions un
roll of Albany’s
»4 the mem
tems of vowel points, which were w rit the senate gave unanimous oonsent to
der the obsolete Sunday closing law,
uh.
new Civilian
ten under and above the consonants
vote on the bill April IS. Its passage,
and will follow Judge Gantenbeln’s
Long before the invention of vowel both friends and opponents admit. Is
Grant county la preparing to fight ruling that the law may rest until the
points It had become customary, on ac assured by a bi partisan vote.
■potted fever, one case having been people vote on the question next No
count of dread of the name of the
reported near Prairie City.
The oonferees, who w ill decide the
vember.
deity, to read ’Adonay' (Lord) wher-
A poetofflee has been established at
terms of the measure to report back
The Jersey breeders of Oregon are
ever ‘Jhvb* occurred. To Indicate thia
Belknap Springs, Lane county, with organizing all over the state to make
fact the vowels of ‘Adonay* were con to both houses, w ill be: Chamberlain.
Harvey B. Sloan as postmaster.
nected with the consonants ‘Jhvh.’ the Hitchcock and Dupont from the sen
Oregon the leading Jersey state. (Ore
The first regular passeagsr train gon now holds second place only te^
short ‘A’ of ‘Adonay’ by a regular ate, and Hay, Dent and Kahn from the
change becoming ’• ’ when connected house.
over the new Willamette-Peciflo rail New York in the number of Jerseys
with the consonant ‘J.’ Persons Ignor
The big fight w ill be on whether
Captain C. D. F. Chandler, promin road left Marshfield Wednesday.
on official test for butter production,
ant of the purpose of the vowels be •federal* reserve” shall bo added to ent wireless expert with the United
J. N. Burgees has filed his resigna and several of the best records are
gan to read them with the consonants the national guard as a factor In the
States foroee In Mexico.
tion as state senator of the Twentieth held In this state.
and thus the preposterous hybrid ‘Je
eeRjnd line defense. Hay and Cham
district, with Governor Wlthycombs.
- J. Fred flofcler, now professor of
HoVaH* arose.”
berlain are equally determined In their
A new school halldlng, 70 by 112 physical education and director of
feet, two stories high, brick construc athletics at the Washington Stats col
positions.
S u rm o u n tin g a C risis.
tion, la to be erected soon at Yoncalla. lege, has been elected to fill the posl
Edward Everett Hale used to tell Volunteer Army le Retained by Senate
The Southern Pacific company Is tlon of head director of athletics at
with a rueful smile a story of bis boy
The senate retained the federal vol
making preparations to electrify the the Oregon Agricultural college to
hood. when, like other hoys be occa unteer provision la the army bill by
sionally mislaid some of bis belong a vote of 26 to »4. rejecting Senator
lines through Independence to Corval succeed Dr. E. J. Stewart, who recent
in g . His gloves In particular had a
Pari*.— The failure of the latest lis.
Lea's amendment to strike the section
ly accepted a similar position at the
strange way of disappearing one at a
great hammer stroke of the Germans
Leading educators of Oregon met at
—
University of Nebraska.
time
At last bis mother, by way of out of the bill. - -
Advwcates of the national guard as at Verdun has greatly encouraged the Salem and held the third annual con
Business transacted by life insur
aaalatlng his memory, sent him out one
French press and public, and confirms ference of the Oregon Social Hyglens
day with a red cotton glove on one the first line of defense behind the
ence companies in Oregon last year,
hand and a white glove on the other. regular arm y supported the amend still further, the general confidence society.
as shown by the advance report of
By scattering pieces of poisoned sau
Even s t this painful crisis, however, ment vigo ro usly and the struggle w u fe lt The attack Is stated to have been
State "Insurance Commissioner Wells,
bis wits helped him.
one of the hardest fought In the sen one of the most determined of the sage about the streets, someone has amounted to 9138,445,000. Of this re
great blows delivered since the battle killed several Albany dogs the past
•T held one band In front of me and ate at this session of congress.
markable amount of business, 9130.-
one behind my hack." said Dr. Hale,
.
Without republican support, the vol began, 50 days ago. and yet it* yielded few days.
683,000 was Insurance on ths lives of
“and It aeemed to roe that people com
the least results of any of.them , al
Improvements In the Southern Pa
people in Oregon and the remainder
ing toward me would think I had on unteer section would have been voted though the crown prince hurled two
rifle yards In Eugene which will ne
out
by
the
democratic
senator«,
de
was industrial business.
a pair of white gloves, while those be
whole army corps against the French cessitate the expenditure of 9100,000
hind would think I wore a pair of spite the fact that it was unanimously
Four of the 214 accidents reported
along a 10-mlle front.
have begun.
recommended
by
the
m
ilitary
commit
bright red ones."______ __
to the state industrial accident oom
Abandoning
the
new
open
formation
Practically
all
plans
for
the
eighth
tee. Twenty-four democrats and 10
mission during the week ending April
RECIPE rOR GRAY HAIR.
republicans. Including nearly all the and the latest established practice of annual Strawberry Festival to be held 6 were fatal. They were the cases of
night
attack,
the
Germans
engaged
at
Roseburg
oiuMay
18.
19
and
20
have
T o h a lf pint of w a te r add 1 oa Bay
progressive republicans, voted
to
John Katsaros, of Enterprise, kHled
R u m , a e m a il box o f B a r t » Compound,
o army corps (n dense masses been completed.
__ - _______
strike
U
out.
Nineteen
democrat*
and
In a sawmill; Ingval Severson and
and U o*. o f g lycerin s A p p ly t o th e h e ir
against
the
French
positions
north
W hile excavating for a basement at
tw ic e a w e ^ u n til It becomes th e desired 17 republicans voted to retain I t
John MoClelland. Portland, killed In
west of Verdun, between Avocourt and Oregon C1U. xnan employed by Frank
shade. A n y dru g g ist can p u t th is up or
Carranza W ill Ask Length ef Stay.
you can m ix It a t hom e a t v e ry lit tle cost
Cum teres. Forces numbering at ¡« a il Busch have uncovered 2(f skeletons of railroad work, and James Bell, Linn
F u ll direc tio n s fo r m a tin g and use come
State department dispatches Indi
toBr killed In. a sawmill.
a
division and a half charged the line Indians In one hol«
Id each boa o f B arb o C o m p o u n d
I t w ill
cate that officials of the Mexican de
The report of State Treasurer Kay
g r a d u a lly d a rk en »treeked , faded g ra y
between Avocourt and Bethinoourt.
Rabies among coyotes has appeared
h a ir, and rem oves d a n d ru ff. I t Is excel facto government are viewing with
for the three months ended March 31,
They
approached
within
100
yards
of
again
In
the
vicinity
of
Long
Creak.
len t fo r fa llin g h a ir and w ill m ake harsh some anxiety the continued presence
the French trenches and teemed In Several have been killed while attack shows a balance on hand In all funds
•h a ir aoft and gloaoy. I t w ill not color the
One
of 91.201.674.34. During the quarter
scalp. I» not sticky o r grsaay. and does not of American troops In Mexico.
sensible to the fa£t that hundreds of ing domestic animals.
dispatch authoritatively was described
rub off.
the receipts totaled 9906,098.81, while
their men were falling by the way, but
The big plant of the George W.
aa containing a hint that certain Maxi
disbursements amounted ip 91.232,085
notwithstanding their courage and the Moore Lumber company at Bandon,
can officials believed the purpose of
and transfers to 946,007.66. A total of
weight of their masses, they were and the Courtney mill, near Marsh
Player, Say»»
the American punitive expedition had
96,391,729.08 of the common school
stopped.
field, have started operations.
been accomplished. This belief was
fund is shown to be invested.
Plans
are
maturing
rapidly
for
the
"7 ax« /o is
said to be based upon the assumption
Horses and cattle are being poison
establishing of a factory at Albany for
a good, pare,
that the bandits under Villa have been AUTO RACE FATAL TO THREE
ed in the Dead Ox country near On
the preparing and bottling of fruit
dispersed.
tario. Dr. Moore was called to the
m i l d tobacco
Burman,
His
Mechanician,
Erich juices and especially loganberry pro
Consul General Rodger*, it
Crull place to see a sick horse and
and makes a
ducts.
Schrader, and a Guard Killed.
learned, ha* advised the department
found a case of arsenical poisoning.
Raymond Weist, aged 28 years, was
w onder f a lly
Corona,
Cal.—
Both
Bob
Burman
and
that the de facto government official*
This was the second horse killed for
Instantly killed when a log fell on him
p le a s a n t p ip e -
at Queretaro had Intimated to him his mechanician, Erich Schrader, are
Mr. Crull and the trouble was soon
at
the
unloading
yards
of
the
Neha
they would like to know how long the dead as the result of an accident in
emoke.99
located In some small plies of hey that
lem Mills & Logging company at Scap
United State* Intended to kee« the the running of the Corona Grand Prize
had been soaked In arsenic solution
poose.
ce.
Burman,
who
was
removed
to
troop* In Mexico.
to kill Jack rabbit«
‘
•
Plans are being made for the cele
Riverside, died at a hospital. Schra
The state Industrial accident com
Fight far Bigger Navy Under Way.
der died a few minutes after his re bration on May 6 at Champoeg of the mission has announced that It had ap
The house naval sub-committee on
moval to Corona hospital from the 71st anniversary of the establishment
pointed Karl Hinges, of Salem, as sta
appropriations will begin work this
of an American form of government in
temporary hospital at the track.
tistician for the commission to suo-
week on framing the naval approprta
the
Oregon
country.
A bureted tire in the ninety-fifth lap
ceed Ben Williams, resigned.
Mr.
tlon hill, which include* the adminl*
At Hillside, three miles northeast of
oaused the accident
Williams will take a position with the
tratlon'* half billion dollar five-year
W hile making a desperate drive at Forest Grove, the W a it Willamette as extension department of the Unlver
program for new fighting ships. Chair
of Congregational churohee
men of
muscle and men Padgett hopes to lay the oomplet* a rate of nearly 100 miles an hour in sociation
slty of Oregon. Charles Craig, of Be
the qjoeing laps of the race, Burman, held Its twentieth annual meeting on lem, was named assistant claim agent
keen brain, testify that they measure before the house by April 25 fam oui automoMle race driver, and his Tuesday and Wednesday.
While there are many features In
tmoke Tuxedo with never
Willard F. Jones has been appointed to succeed Mr. Hinges.
mechanician, Schrader, were fatally
trace of to n g u e -b ite or the M il which w ill require debate hi Injured. W. F. Speer, a guard In the poatmastar at Flavel, to succeed Ray • By contracting last December for a
of paper upon which to print
throat-parch. That’s partly the subcommittee and later before the course, was Instantly killed and 20 Wimber, resigned. Byron F. M iller carload
election supplies, ths state of Oregon
full committee, the big fight la expect
because Tuxedo is mellowed ed to come over the 1917 program for spectators more or less Injured when has been appointed postmaster at Jas has saved 91575 over whet It would
Burman’s
Peugeot
car
suddenly per. vice Mrs. A. Wright, resigned.
by ageing in wood from three ships.
have paid had the purchase been made
The survey of the Medford-Crater ,
swerved from the course, mounted the
L » k . highway ha. begun with a or.w »«
The carload ot paper coal
Secretary Daniels has recommended
to five years. Ageing is only
curb, dashed Into a pole, turned over
the
state
92350,
but, had the purchase
the
authorisation
of
two
dreadnoughts
thebeginning—thebigthing
and pinned both Burman and Schrader of 12 men under Engineer J. W. Ball I been delayed until now the price would
and
two
battle
cruisers.
The
navy
of
the
United
States
office
of
public
isthefamous “ TuxedoProc-
under It. f
1 have been 93925, owing to the rapid
board contended for three dread
roads. The work will probably cover
ess,” that nobody else
rise in paper prices slnoe the first of
nought* and three battle cruisers.
Roosevelt Attacked by W illiam Barnes a period of five months.
‘ the year.
yse.
Senate Wants Report on Standard Oil.
Lane oounty growers w ill pool their
New York— W illiam Barnes, former
Malheur oounty has taken the Ini
Without debate the senate adopted ly chairman of the republican state wool this spring at BSugens, Junction
tiative toward the construction of a
a resolution by Senator Kenyon, re oommlttee, in a statement Issued here, City and Cottage Grove, according to
state highway from Ontario via Vale,
publican, directing the attorney gen attacks former President Roosevelt an announcement m ate by C. J. Hurd,
1 Jamieson, Brogan, Ironside to Unity
market
master
of
the
Pomona
Grange,
eral.
If
not
incompatible
with
public
and denies a published report that he
I and thence down the John Day river
T h ZVA« TeUece/w PlW aWCgswm
Interest, to submit to the senate all re would not oppose Roosevelt’s nomina the county organization.
to some point on the Columbia high
A t a meeting of broccoli growers at
Tuxedo ports of Investigations made by the de tion by the republican party.
Right ageing makes
I
way. A petition with 377 names of
Roseburg, reports were
submitted
mild, sweet
eet and delicious—the partment since the supreme court de
business men of Malheur county re
of dissolution against that com 36,000 French Are Taken Prisoners. showing that the Koseknrg Fruit Un
questing the county court to take *lm
o fte n - im ita te d - b u t - never cree
nany, and particularly an Investigation
Berlin, by wireless to Sayville.— ion received 9135 a crate F. O. B. mediate action has been presented to
equalled “T u x ed o P ro cess” Into gasoline prices.
Since February 21_yie Germane have Roseburg for all brocooll shipped from the court.
makesTuxedo the mildest, cool
The senate has rejected, 41 to 25, captured more than 36,000 French In Douglas county this season.
A comprehensive plan for the im
est and most delightful of all aa amendment by Senator Lodge to the fighting about Verdun, the Over At a price close to 945,000, paid in
provement of the highways of Coos
tobaccos.
cash, Vey Brothers have purchased 15,-
include a ta riff on ooal tar dyes In the seas News agency announces.
county has been set forth in a report
000 acres of range land from ths
Ml)
providing
for
retention
of
the
pres
One week o f T uxedo, will
made by E. I. Cantlne, chief deputy
Northern
Pacific,
The
land
Use
south
T H E MARKETS
make you its lifelong friend. ent ta riff of a cent a pound on sugar
staU/BnRlnqer. The report wee made
of Echo and has been used for a num
until 1823. Senator Norris, of Nebras
Get a tin and smoke it.
I under the dlreotlon of J. H. Lewis, the
ber of years by Vey Brothers.
ka, v a : the only republican voting
Portland.
rtate engineer, under Instructions of
The state land board has refused to
Wheat*—Club, 90c; blues tern, 91.02;
the Oregon stats highway commission,
You can buy Tuxedo everywhere with the democrats against the amend
lie h t
red Russian, 90c; forty-fold, 91c; red y-ant a request of Jason Moors, of in compliance with a request made by
New York, for permtselon to assign
Philippine Bill Recommended.
fife, 91c.
the Coos county court and the Coos
Poach
his
lease of Summer and Abert lakes
Passage of the Philippine independ
H ay — Eastern Oregon timothy,
1 county good roads association.
to a corporation to be formed Under
ence bill was recommended to the 923.60; alfalfa, # 1 .
A survey la being made for a road
the laws of the state of Delaware
house by the Insular committee Just
Butter—Creamery, 31c.
between Scottsburg and Reedsport, In
Plans
are
being
made
by
goodroads
- Famous
Eggs—-Ranch, 21c.
as passed by the senate, Including the
Douglas oounty. The road when built
green tin
Wool— Eastern Oregon. 30c; valley, boosters of Astoria, Warrenton and 1 will connect the beach at Winchester
Clarke amendment to withdraw sov
Seaside to celebrate July 4 the formal
ereignty within four year« and empow 39c.
; bay/ Reedsport end Gardiner directly
opening of the four and one-half sec
Hops—IBIS crop, 11012c.
ering the president to take stops to
‘ with Scottsburg, giving a straight out
tions of herd surface rood between
institute a free ta d independent gov
let from the coast to the Pacific high
le Tie He-
-Columbia beach and West station.
eiidtrt, 40<
Seattle.
ernment
way at Drain, without haring to travel
Paring ths way for a 91M .°°° cor"
Wheat— Bluestem, 9A>3; club, 92c;
•e d M t f
20 miles of the distance by beat When
poratlon which will work 100 tons of
red Russian. 91c; forty-fold, 92c; fife,
Canton Deolarse Its Independence.
the road Is opened to travel it la the
volcanic sand dally to secure there
le G la tt
Shanghai. — The Independence
plan of Lakftlde and Coos Bay real-
M
e.
H u etid trt,
from gold and platinum, the state des
Barley— 928.50 per ton.
Canton was formally declared after
dents to build a road from the bag to
SOceedWt.
Hay— Timothy, 924 per ton; alfalfa, ert land board has leased to Frank connect with i t This will give Coos
conference of naval and m ilitary offi
Melvin of Portland, a tract of 820
cers and leading citizens, with Lung 921 per ton.
Bay connection with the Paclflo klgh-
acres located on the Deschutes river,
Butter—Croamery,. 81c. .
Chl-Kuang. the governor of Kwang-
Iway.
ska «alias west of CalWA ”
THE WORD “JEHOVAH?
REAL PREPAREDNESS
GONTESTISAT HAND
CAPTAIN CHANDLER
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERALINTEREST
14, 1 9 1 0 .
E i v e C en t«
,
SENATOR HARDING
REPORTS OF DEATH
OF YILARECEIVED
Accounts Are Unconfirmed and
Hunt for Bandits Is Pro
ceeding Vigorously.
Shall Be
AILURE OF GERMANS
ENCOURAGES FRENCH
Ty Cobb Î
Many Famous
Athletes—
mighty
a
can
5c
10c
General Pershing’s Headquarters a t
F ro nt—Renewed reports have been
received here by General Pershing
that Francisco V illa is deed and hur
led. These reports are under Investi
gation. Meanwhile the hunt for the
Vtillsta* la proceeding with renewed
rigor.
Warren G. Harding, United States
Senator from Ohio, selected te deliver
keynote speech at Republican Nation
al Convention.
BRIEF WAR NEWS
The Dutch steamer Palembang was
not the victim of a German submarine
Germany Informed Holland.
The offensive of the Russians
against the Germans in the northwest
of Russia hag simmered down to mu
tual bombardments and bombing at
tacks by the German and Russian avi
ators and artillery actions In the l.ake
Narocs region.
Violent fighting Is' taking place on
the Austro Italian front, the Austrians
being on the aggressive in several sec
tors and reporting considerable suc
cesses, with the capture of numerous
prisoner«.
Persistent attempts by the Germans
to reduce the sallenta I d the French
lines northwest of Verdun are result
ing in steady progress for the opera
tion.
l 'The Bethincourt salient, which for
weeks has projected llko a wedge Into
the German lines northwest of Ver
dun has been evacuated by the French.
The evacuation was carried out un
der cover of darkness and without in
terference, and the French, through
the move, have been, enabled to
straighten out their line.
The German losses before Verdun
up to the present time have reached
the huge total of 200,000 men, one of
the greatest battle losses In the whole
range of warfare, according to esti
mates made publio from a French
semi-official source, "the result of
careful neutrality made in the highest
quarters in which the figures have
been rigorously checked and verified.”
SHORT NEWS NUGGETS
Unusual cold and snow was experi
enced throughout Atlantic and middle
west section the latter part of last
week.
There was launched In New York
last week a movement to urge Elthu
Root for president. A statement to
this effect, signed by 74 prominent re
publicans, was given out
On an average of 16 to 20 American
soldiers are brought from Mexico daily
for treatment at the Fort Bliss m ili
tary hospital. The hospital is filled
to capacity now with 325 cases.
Henry Ford declared the result of
the Michigan presidential preference
primary In which he defeated United
States 8enator W illiam A. Smith by
more than 5000 votes, was a victory
for peace rather than for himself.
Approximately
6000
government
clerks In Washington have formed a
union and taken affiliation with the
American Federation of Labor as a
sequel to the recent unsuccessful ef
fort In congress to require them to
work eight hours a day.
Frederick C. Tanner was re elected
chairman of the New York republican
state central committee, defeating
State Senator Charles W. Wicks by a
vote of 82 to 63. The Wadsworth-
Barnes faction was derisively defeat
ed, Governor Whitman s adherents re
malnlngLln control.
-w
Washington.— Unofficial and uncon
firmed reports that Villa Is dead have
reached the Carranza embassy, end
were given somtf degree of credence
by officials there. The report» were
represented as having come from Que
retaro, General Carranza's provisional
capital.
They were unsubstantiated by the
latest dispatches to the war and stats
departments. The circumstantial re
ports of V illa’s recent injury, however,
and the rigors of his long and hurried
flight In which ha has been variously
reported as being carried on a litter
on the shoulders of his man or In a
carriage over the rough Mezlcan trails
gave color to the possibility that the
bandit chief may have been unable to
survive the hardships of the flight in
his disabled condition.
USE OF RAILWAYS DENIED
Carranza Minister Declares Reports to
Contrary are Unfounded.
Queretaro, Mexico.—Emphatic deni
al that the Mexican government has
given the United States permission to
use Mexican railways for any purpose
whatever, was made here by General
Candldo Aguilar. Mexican minister of
foreign affairs, following a session of
the Carranza cabinet.
“Please rectify these falsa state
ments,” said General Aguilar to the
Associated press. “The Mexican gov
ernment has not given the American
government periniBblon to use Mexi
can railways for any purpose what
ever."
x fi
ATTACK ON SUSSEX
DENIED BY BERLIN
Berlin, via London.—The German
government Is able to announce that
no German submarine or warship was
responsible for the explosion which
damaged ths British steamer Sussex.
When Germany, on April 5, handed
Ambassador Gerard an interim note
replying to the inquiries of the United
States government regarding the Sus
sex and ths four other steamers, ths
matter of responsibility was still In
doubt, and the investigation was still
proceeding. The German foreign of
fice, appreciating the agitation In ths
United States over these cases, trans
mitted an Interim response declaring
the readiness of ths government,
should the Sussex prove to have been
destroyed by a German torpedo, con
trary to the understanding with the
United States, to make all reparation.
Including the payment of compsoaa
tlon. It was said authoritatively that
the investigation has now been com
pleted; that all ths craft which might
possibly have been involved In an at
tack on the Sussex have reported and
that from tpe reports of their com
manders It tfc absolutely certain that
the Sussex was not destroyed by a
German torpedo and that Germany Is
In no wise responsible for the disaster.
REPUBLICANS PICK HARDING
Ohioan to Sound Keynote In June
National Convention.
Chicago. — United States Senator
Harding, of Ohio, was named as the
temporary chairman of ths republican
national convention, which will meet
in the coliseum June 7. He la to be
the official “keynoter” for 1916.
He was selected on the first ballot
by unanimous consent when the na
tional committeemen making the con
vention arrangements gathered la th
Congress Hebei. ■ A
The sub-commltt«4 on arrangements
Is composed of Mr. Hlllee, Now York,
chairman; Fred W. Botabrook, New
Hampshire; Jams»
Ooodrlch. Indi
ana; Ralph E. William». Oregon;
Franklin Murphy, New Jersey; Alvah
H. Martin, Virginia; Thomas F. Nled-
ringhaus. Missouri; Charles B. W a r
ren. Michigan; John T. Adam« Iowa;
Fred Stanley. Kansas; K C. Duncan.
North Carolina; GeorgeWheldon, New
York.
Tragedy Disclosed In Walla Walla.
W alla Walla, Wash.—The bodies of
Mary Hawn, aged 18, and her step-
grandfather, C. M. Frazier, aged 50.
were discovered in a room of a hotel,
(he result supposedly of a double sui
cide. Miss Hawn’s death was due as
a result of taking poison capsules con
taining a White powder found In the
room. The man used a cheap revoF
ver, muffling the report In a blanket
The g irl’s home le In Toppenish.
Wash., and she has been attending
school here. The men has business Nicaragua Retlflee American Treaty«
interests at Prosaer and mining Inter
Washington. — American
Minister
Jefferson, ta Nicaragua, advised the
ests lp Idaho.
state department that the Nicaraguan
Wisconsin Majority for La Follette. senate had unanimously ratified th«'
Milwaukee, Wl«.— Complete returns treaty with the United States grant
of the result of the primary shows tag this government aa exclusive up
that La Follette ^Uhbe represented by tlon on the Nlcaraguaa «aa ‘
16 of the 24 delegates from Wisconsin and naval bases la the Bay o(
at the republican national convention. tar
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