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P t -HJ u S m , -iH.iiu, HERMAN f QUINT Y! B5ERYEM Moro, Sherman Count Oregon, Friday, May 1, 1925 ' Price Five Cents MNOEIHURG GUBEN GERMAN PRESENT C,BRYANT AtüBrnty-at-Law " J ohn c. M c K enzie Dr. Marx Gets Second Place in Defendant’s Friends Stage a Demonstration Despite Order of Judge. First Popular Vote of Republie. 93 Oregon Office Phone Main Moro SENATOR WHEELER IS ACQUITTED BY JURY Berlin. —The people of Germany have rallied to the banner of Field Marshal ^won Hindenburg and elected him president of the republic. He 1» the first president of Germany to be elected by popular ballot. He-was nominate^ by the nationalist-conaerv- atlvb bloc to replace Dr Karl Jarrea, who fhHed of election in the first bal* lotlng on March 29. His opponent was Dr. Wilhelm Marx, Practice in AH the Couru candidate of the republican bloc, ad herents of the Weimar coalition, com of Oregon posed of centrists, socialists and dem Rhone Main 541 ocrats. The third candidate was Ernst BANK OF MORO BUILDING Thaelmann, communist. Oregon Hindenburg’s plurality stood at Moro something over 900,000 in the official tally. The official figures were: Hindenburg, 14,639,399. Marx, 13,752.244. Thallmanfi, 1,931,593. • John C. McKenzie of Illinois, who Other candidates, 21,910. The big vote polled by the com has been named chairman of the com DENTIST munist candidate, Ernst Thallmann, mission to consider the problem of once a resident of the United States, operating the Muscle Shoals enter- United States Dental Exam was a big surprise. It was the con iner for this district. tention or defense of the supporters of Dr. Carl Marx, the defeated repub lican candidate, that the communist Office at vote was what brought about the vic tory of Hindenburg. The Marx forces MORO. OREGON had believed the communist vote would go to Marx, and if it had, the Washington, D. C. — A nation wide 900,000 plurality of Hindenburg would have been cut down to a point where demonstration by^the army to express its affection and appreciation for the Marx would have been the victor. Hindenburg is expected to take of mothers of the soldiers of America fice about May 15. It will be that has been ordered by the war depart time before all of the official docu ment on Mothers’ day. May 10. Instructions to commanding gen ments and attendant details of the Physician and Surgeon election are completed, it was said. erals of all corps areas and independ Th» present cabinet will within a few ent army commands, ordering them to days offer its res.»nation to Hinden- arrange suitabe ceremonies at posts, bur* and he will ask it to remain in camps and other stations, were for Office and Residence office for the time being, it was said. warded by Major General Robert Von Hindenburg comes to the chair Davia, adjutant general of the army Hotel Moro Wherever practicable, the oru rs once occupied by Friedrich Ebert, who was chosen president by the national said, a ceremony by the personral of assembly at Weimar in February, 1919, the army in honor of attending and and who di«d la Berlin In February, absent mothers shall be held and the oooooooooooooooooooooooooo ISM. graves In post cemeteries where sol diers’ mothers are at rest shall be deaerated. Commanding generals were instructed to Issue invitations to mothers of soldiers to attend the ceremonies and it was suggested that Physician and Surgeon special invitations be presented to all Gold Star mothers who could be reach London. — The election of Field ed. Marshal von Hindenburg to the Ger Main 182 man presidency is regrettable but not BRIEF GENERAL NEWS OREGON WASCO a catastrophe, according to the opin ion expressed in various European E. J. Henning, assistant secretary of countries, except France, where the labor, was appointed to the federal OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOc German people, by electing the field bench for southern California. marshal, are held to have thrown off Erection of a 32,000,000 auditorium the mask and issued a challenge to in Washington, D. C., was voted by France and the, allies. The Paris the Daughters of the American Revo press appears to believe that not much lution. sepanues Von Hindenburg and mon- The April 18 issue of the Lampoon, Optometrist arohy militarism a publication conducted by Harvard Outside of France, however, so far college students, was held by the post- Spec ¡list in the examining of as views are available, the election of office department to be unmailable^ eye» and fitting of glaesea. Von Hindenburg, although it clearly Southeastern Massachusetts, includ Lens grinding »hop in disturbs officials and popular opinion, ing Cape Cod, the Islands of Martha’s connection. 1» neither a great surprise nor con Vineyard and Nantucket, was shaken Upstairs across from the sidered a great disaster. ~ early Saturday by a slight earthquake. Edw. C. Pease Go. store The apprehensions that exist ire George A. Sanderson of Chicago, sec not on account of Von Hindenburg’s retary of the United States senate Room 10, Vogt Bldg. personality or for any fear that he wince May 19, 1919, died in Washing Th« DaHes. Ore. will prove faithless to the republic, ton. D. C. A heart attack was given whose constitution he has frankly ac as the cause. cepted, but that he might prove too Chicago's worst elevator fire In 20 tiW- H-4 -l 1 1 1 11 4- 1-1 lililí I b l weak politically to resist the intrigues years gutted two huge structures and J of those around him, whose one idea destroyed approximately 2,000,000 would be restoration of the monarchy bushels of corn and oats, doing dam and militarism. age estimated at 32,250,000. s Dr J. R. Morgan Great - Fallt, Mont. Burton K. Wheeler, Montana senator, was acquit ted of a charge of unlawfully using his influence a» a senator before the "de partment of the interior by a jury which reported in federal court her*. The "accused senator received two pieces of good news simultaneously— the acquittal and that of birth to Mrs. Wheeler of a daughter in Washington. But one ballot was taken. In spite of Judge Dietrich's order against demonstrations there was a rush to- ward the bench when the verdict was read. Friends of Senator Wheeler crowded about him and offered double con gratuat ions, on the birth of a daughter and his acquittal. The Montana senator was charged with appearing before the department to prbsecute oil prospecting claims of Gordon Campbell, Montana oil oper ator, after hla election to the senate. The government charged his appear ance was a violation of section 113 of the United States penal code. MOTHERS' UAY TO BE CHARGES AGAINST WIDELY OBSERVED HART INVESTIGATED Dr. M. F. Froyd Dr W. N. Morse GERMAN ELECTION DISTURBS EUROPE Dr. Penn C. Crum De Larhue Optical Co. Eyesight Specialist» Manufacturing Opticians Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted Exclusively Optical Complete Lens Manufacturing Plant in Connection OREGON THE DALLES 15-16 Vogt Block. 4 I 11 4 - 1-1 -1 4 1-4 4 -H-d-bd-I-H- Hr-M-4-4 IIIHI l-M-l 4-! 4-b4-14 -l-I-l-H-4-:-M- JAMES STEWART SHERMAN COUNTY STOCK AND BRAND * INSPECTOR Moro - - Oregon X ’UTIES: L. Schadewitz, Kent, [on; Dr. Joe. Stunden, Moro, Ore.; W. H. Mover, Wasco, Ore. b+++++ ++4 / • STOCK* & WHEAT RANG HE'S FOR SALE F. Td HURLBURT Condon Oregon FARM WOMEN ORGANIZE Campaign to Start in June to Enroll 50,000 Members. Washington, D. C.—Organization of the Federated Farm Women of Amer ica was completed here after the dele gates had been received by President Coolidge and Secretary Jardine. - The purpose as set forth in the tentative draft of the constitution is to "re-establish the peace, happiness and prosperity of the farm homes, to enlist as members groups, associa tions or individuals in a national or ganization which shall be strictly non- political and essentially educational and economic In character.” The organizing committee plans to start an active campaign in June to get 50,000 farm women in the federa tion from every state in the union. . Court Suspends Packers’ Decree. Washington, D. C.—Indefinite sus pension of the operation of the oon- sent decree by which the big five meat packers agreeg with the government to divorce themselves from unrelated Unes at business was ordered by'the District of Columbia supreme court Callfomia Votes S-Cent Gas Tax. • Sacramento, Cal.—The bill increas ing the gasoline tax to 3 cents per gallon passed the assembly by a vote of 42 ayes to 34 noes. The measure now goes to the goy »mor for signa ture Britain Put on Gold Basis. London.—Great Britain returned to a gold standard Tuesday, Winston Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer, announced in the house of commons where he introduced the budget for the coming fiscal year. Addressing a house in which every seat was filled, the galleries being crowded with dis-, tinguished visitors, and peers while the entire country waited for details of the budget, Churchill added that the government had decided to pennit the bank of England to export bullion, „starting today. The chancellor of the exchequer announced that the domin ions also were returning to the gold standard. Oregon Highway Body Sued on Paving Portland, Qr.—Suit has been filed against the state highway commission to determine two points, first whether the commission has the right to re build a paved highway when other state highways are still unpaved, and the second, whether the commission can decide, after bids are received whether it wants concrete or "black- top” pavement. This is the first tlme that these matters have ever been raised since the creation of the com- mission. Olympia, Wash. — Attorney-General John H. Dunbar refused to comment on the result of his investigation rela tive to charges against former Goy-, ernor Louis F. Hart in connection with the Scandinavian American bank fees, other than to say he had turned the entire matter over to Prosecuting At torney Roscoe R. Fullerton of Thurs ton county and stated as his reason for so doing that "the attorney-general is not allowed by law to file criminal prosecutions.” Shortly thereafter Prosecutor Fullerton, in response to many pre^z’ng inquiries, gave out the fjllowfn;' statement: "I have this mortuuM received a ’communication from John H. Dunbar, attorney-gen eral, relative to a charge against ex Governor Halt. This charge is now being investigated by me, and until that investigation is completed I will have no statement whatever to make in connection with the sama.” The exact nature of the charges against ex-Governor Hart to this time continues a matter of speculation. London.—The Earl of Balfour Join ed the British cabinet, being reap pointed president of the council in suc cession to Marquie Curson, who died recently, May 15th. The Contest closed April 30th at 12 p. m. Points will be awarded on all bills paid on or before May 10th. CURB ON JAPANESE UP Canada to Consider Further Immigra tion Restriction. Ottawa.—While Canada will not of fend Japan, there are evidences that the Japanese immigration question as affecting the Pacific coast Is again to come up for dla< uaslon. Persistent demands from members of parliament representing British Co lumbia constituencies for further re struction of Japanese Immigration into this country will, it is now understood, form the basie of an investigation by a sub-committee of the cabinet. The chief matter for Investigation is the charge, freely made by the Brit ish Columbians, that the Japane.se are not strictly adhering to the restrictive agreement between the Canadian and Japanese governments. Western Union to Fight Oregon Tax. Salem, Or.—The public service com mission received a letter from the Western Union Telegraph company, signed by Francis R. Stark of New York, general attorney, Indicating that the company will refuse to pay the state of Oregon gross earnings tax un der house bill 485 of the 1925 legis lature. The contention is that the act is unconstitutional for the reasbn that It declares an emergency on a tax measure. .* Haney Asked to Remain On Board. Washington, D, C.—President Cool Idge indicated Monday his desire to reappoint Bert B. Haney of Oregon to succeed himself as a commissioner of the shipping board. The president ex pressed himself at the close of a con ferenep With Commissioner Haney at the White House which lasted one full hour. Child Beater Faces Life Imprisonment. Tillamook, Or.—Murder in the sec ond degree Is charged to Mr| M. C. Paton, 59, homesteader of the Meda district, 35 miles from Tillamook, for beating her 4-year-old granddaughter, Sylvia LOU,B* Descamps, so severely that the child died a few hours after the punishment. An indictment was returned against Mrs. Paton, The penalty is life Imprisonment. Naval Base at Victoria Burns. Balfour Suocseds Curzon In Cabinet. Names of Contestant* who will be awarded Prizes in Walt's Profit Shar- Victor!^ B. C.—The shore shed and part of the jetty at the Esquimalt naval b»«e, which housed the Cana dian navy'« Pacific fleet ammunition, torpedoes a*d other supplies, was gut ted by a 1100,000 tire. Williams Motor Moro, Oregon Lincoln FORD Fordson Authoriz'd Sale* and Service Everything for Autos, Delco Lighting Systems, Electric Refrigeration, Farm Power Batteries, Complete Line of Genuine Ford Parts and Automobile Accessories Walt Sells to Serve and Satisfy
