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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1921)
PACK TWO THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS' WORLD WEB OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. Reductions of freight rates oa cer tain commodities approximating 20 per cent has been decided on by all trans continental railways west of Chicago, It was announced by O. W. Luce, freight traffic manager of the South ern Pacific railway. There was a sharp decline to 13.93 in American exchange in London Tues day. It was attributed to buying for German account to satisfy some of the reparation claims. It is believed the dollars thus obtained are being held for French account In New York. A second huge mud slide occurred Saturday on the southwest slope of Mount Adams, according to Sidney Carnine, who, with a party of Hood River folk, motored to Trout lake Sunday and climbed the base of the mountain as far as the snowline. The nomination of Richard Wash burn Child to be American ambassador to Italy was approved Tuesday by the senate foreign relations committee, but action was deferred on that of Dr. Jacob Gould Shurman of New York to be American minister to China. Mrs. Anna Irene Hopkins was sen tenced to from five to 14 years in the Arizona state prison in the super ior court Tuesday. She was convicted of -asBult for having thrown acid into the face of Miss Lucille Gallagher, a Jerome, Ariz., school teacher. Mar. 31. The New York naval training ship Granite State, once the pride of the American navy, Monday was burned to the water's edge in a spectacular fire in which sailors dived through portholes, after flooding the magazine. The old wooden frigate for years had lain in the Hudson river. Headquarters of the Great Northern railway Tuesday announced that every shop on its system, except two, will be closed from May 27 to July 5. More than 3000 men will be affected. Light traffic was the reason, it was said The shops to be closed include those at Great Falls, Mont.; Hlllyard, Wash., and Delta, Wash. Investigation of disturbances in MIn go county. West Virginia, was propos ed in a resolution Introduced by Sen ator Johnson, republican, of California. The resolution said conditions in the district along Tug river, the Kentucky West Virginia border, daily were re sulting in bloodshed and violence and were a menace to democratic govern ment. General Rodriguez, commanding all Mexican troops in the northern dis trict of Lower California, announced Tuesday that a detachment of cavalry men seeking bandits who fired on the jail and other buildings in Tijuana May 5 had been ambushed by a party of bandits near Ensenada a night or two ago and the lieutenant command ing the cavalry was killed. Hungry senators no longer need face the toilsome trip to the ground floor of the senate wing of the capltol. As sailed by hunger or thirst when on duty in the senate chamber, a few steps will carry them to th famous marble room and out into an open air luncheon place on the terrace, where tables, chairs, waiters and elec trics stoves have been installed for senators only. The economy drive against the $495, 000,000 naval appropriation bill was shattered in the senate Tuesday when many increases, recommended by the naval committee, were adopted. Dy a vote of 45 to 23, the senate adopted a committee amendment opposed by the economy forces, providing for a personnel of 120,000 men as against 100,000 authorized by the bouse. After ward committee amendments calling for Increases aggregating about $42. 600,000 were quickly approved. TARIFF BILL UP TO HARDING Battle Over Emergency Measure End ed -Approval Likely. Washington, D. G The long battle of congress over the emergency tariff bill ended Monday when the house, by a vote of 243 to 97, adopted the confer ence report to which the senate had agreed. The measure was sent to the White House, where it Is expected to be signed soon by the president. Tht emergency measure passed at the last session waa vetoed by Fresl- dent Wilson and was reintroduced In the present extra session. It carries tariff duties on 30-odd farm products, together with com pensatory duties on articles manu factured from them. It also empow ers the secretary of the treasury to employ penalties In staving off dump ing of foreign-made goods, continues war-time control over Importation of dyes and operates to clarify tangles In the assessment of duties which result from fluctuating exchange rates. During the long debate opponents of high tariff predicted retaliatory ac tion by Canada, South America and some nations of Europe. Only slight opposition appeared as the bill went into the rollcall Monday, Reprtsentauve Garner of Texas, a democratic member of the ways and means committee, restated the post tlon of a majority of his party. Business men of the country were warned by Senator King, democrat of Utah, that "if they keep on trying to destroy competition In business by tariffs and combines which challenge the tight of consumers to live they will have socialism to face." The senator, in an address in the senate, urged congressional Invest! gatlon of lobbies in the national cap ital and particularly of efforts which he said were being made by dye in teresta to get tariff legislation. "We are confronted," he said, "with gigantic conspiracy on the part of combinations and monopolies to dom inate absolutely the markets of the United States, to maintain prices at high and unbearable levels. We are going to see here the reign of con' spiracles, trusts and , monopolies. They are here and they will be here by scores to demand thoir pound of flesh, to write the laws that will en able them to oppress to an intolerable degree the consuming public of this republic "I want to say to the American cap italists, the American business man, that it isn't only his duty to his coun try, but it is his duty to his own bust ness interests, to see that the laws of supply and demand are not set at naught by these activities." Votes Fund For Dry Workers. Washington, D. C After heated dis cussion of the prohibition question during which Commissioner Kramer was bitterly criticised and as vigorous ly defended, the house Monday voted an additional $200,000 for enforcement of the Volstead act until July 1. Repre sentative Volstead proposed to in crease the total of the deficiency ap propriation bill to permit retention on federal payrolls ' of 700 prohibition agents, who Mr. Kramer had announc ed would be dropped for1 the remain der of the fiscal year because of short age of funds. Druggists Get Warning. Washington, D. C Druggists profit eering on whisky sold for medical pur poses are to receive the attention of the federal prohibition agents when the full force Is again in the field in July, Commissioner Kramer said Mon day. Complains have been received, he said, that whisky sought on pre scriptions for sick people had in some Instances been found to have been adulterated with water and prune juice or other liquids. Druggist In Death Trap. Grangevllle, Idaho. P. M. Grange- vllle druggist and former county super intendent of schools, was drowned In the basement of his store building at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon during a cloudburst which caused the creek passing through the town to overflow and flood the basements. Mr. Gran ville had gone into the basement to remove goods and was caught by the flood waters. Six persons were killed late Friday when 12 freight cars piled up in a ditch at Eagle Flat, Tex., on the Texas & Pacific railway, according to a re port made by train crews. AH PLANE FALLS; 1 KILLED Two Civilians and Five Army Men Lose Lives. HIT BY WIND STORM Accident Declared by Observers to Be Worst in History of Aviation in United State. Washington, D. C Seven men, five of the army and two civilians, were killed in the wreck of an army Cur tlss-Eagle ambulance airplane near In dlan Head, Md., 40 miles southeast of of Washington, Saturday night In a terrific wind and electrical storm. The Dead. Lieutenant-Colonel Archie Miller, U S. A., M. II., Washington. D. C. Maurice Connolly of Dubuque, la.. ex representative in congress. A. G. Datchelder of Washington, D. C, chairman of the board of the Amer ican Automobile association. Lieutenant S. M. Ames of Washing ton, pilot. Lieutenant C. W. McDermott, Lang- ley field, Virginia. Lieutenant J. M. Pennewlil, Langlcy field, Virginia. Sergeant Mechanic Richard Blum enkranz, Washington, D. C. Army air service officers said the accident was the worst la the history of aviation in the United States, and one of tho few in which all passengers In a plane bad been killed almost In stantly. The ship struck nose first and the force of the Impact was so great that the 400-horsepower Liberty motor was thrown back into -the cockpit on top of the pilot and the passengers. Ail bodies were badly mutilated. The Curtiss-Eagle was returning from Langley field near Newport News, Va., and bad just crossed the Potomac when it ran into the storm. The exact cause of the accident probably never will be known, as those in the machine were dead when wit nesses from Morgantown, a village near Indian Head, reached the scene. An official investigation will be or dered.. Air service officers said that when the plane left it was apparently In perfect condition. Captain De Lavergne, military at tache of the French embassy, who went in the Eagle from Washington, said that in his opinion the Eagle was unbalanced. "It had a small motor," be said, "of only 400 horsepower. The weight was too much; the pilot could not control it." Brigadier-General Mitchell, assistant chief of the army air service, who ac companied the Eagle to Langley field, and who had a battle with the storm during his return, said Lieutenant Ames, piloting the Eagle, was consid ered a very good pilot. Apparently the motor either failed to respond or the high wind checked the ship, for it was seen to turn over and fall nose first when only a few hundred feet up. Officers at Indian lead sent out a detachment, but word of the accident did not reach Dolling field here until 11 o'clock Sunday night. Estate Is $10,000,000. Butte, Mont. Marcus Murray has filed a petition in the district court of Silver Bow county for letters of ad ministration of the estate of the late James A. Murray, Montana million aire. In asking that letters of admin istration be given here the petition alleged that James A. Murray, who died May 11 at bis home In Monterey, Cal., was a citizen of Montana and that the bulk of his estate, valued at between $10,000,000 and $15,000,000, Is in Montana. North, Bend. L. J. Simpson Sunday afternoon turned the first sod In the ground breaking ceremonies attendant upon stationing the new Mercy hospi tal at Klttyville, between this city and Marahfield. STATE NEWS J TTVT PPTPP Salem. Funchboards are lotteries under the meaning of the statutes, ac cording to a legal opinion given by I. It. Van Winkle, attorney general The opinion was asked by Robort D Lytic district attorney ot Malheur county. Salem. Approximately 175,447 tons of grain were inspected under the dl rectlon of the grain Inspection depart ment ot the Oregon publle service com mission last April, compared with 29,- 085 tons during April of 1920, accord Ing to a report prepared here. Eugene. Nine of the 18 airplanes of the 91st squadron, which Is to make Its headquarters In Eugene this sum' mer during the forest fire patrol sea son, arrived Sunday afternoon at o'clock from Mather field and alighted on the municipal aviation field. Eugene. The postoftlce clorks, rural carriers, and city carriers of the state will hold their separate conventions In Eugene June 23, according to an an nouncement by I. P. Inman, clerk In the Eugene postoftlce. who Is a mem her ot the committee on arrangements. Salem. The Irrigation securities commission has under consideration the certification ot $75,900 in bonds ot the Grants Pass Irrigation district The nroceeds from the sale ot these bonds will be used In taking care ot the expenses for construction work in the past few months. Salem. The Southern Pacific com pany, in a letter to the Oregon public service commission, has declared Its Intention ot starting work Immediate ly on the construction of a tunnel through Elk rock bluff on the Portland to Oswego line. This tunnel will cllm Inate a dangerous trestle. Salem. The tax on Oregon sales of gasoline and distillate by the Standard Oil company and the Shell company ot California for April aggregated $52, 424.98, according to checks received by tho secretary of state Friday. The Standard Oil company remitted $48,- 415.62 and the Shell company $4009.36 Eugene. Logging Camp No. 29 of the Booth-Kelly Lumber company will resume operations soon to take out timber that Is down and subject to fire, according to A. C Dixon, man ager. Tne crew required to ao tnis work will probably not exceed 60 men, said Mr. Dixon, and the work will oc cupy several weeks. Salem. The Union Oil company of California Saturday remitted to the secretary of state a check in the sum of 14,108 covering Its tax on sales of gasoline and distillate in Oregon dur ing the month of April. The tax of the corporation on its general stations aggregated $13,291.77, while the tax on sales of the Klamath Falls substation amounted to $816.23. The Dalles. Farmers and business men from all parts of Wasco county assembled at Maupln Saturday, to at tend the big good-roads rally being held there in the Interest of the pro posed $800,000 bond issue and result ant construction of the Dalles-Califor nia highway. The rally was made a holiday affair with a big basket picnic and trout feed at noon. Roseburg That Douglas county will be the banner prune section of the state this year. Is the prediction of Professor Clayton C. Long, who has just finished a survey of the prune crop situation in the principal coun ties of the state. Professor Long com pleted his inspection here recently and said crop prospects in this county were excellent. Marlon, Lane and Polk counties will have light yields. Toledo. Ira P. Hutchinson, manager of the Corvallls and Brownsville can nery, was in Toledo recently investi gating canning conditions here with a view of possibly taking over and op erating the local cannery the coming year. Mr. Hutchinson was in confer ence with County Agent Cooter and Peter Frederick, secretary of the To ledo chamber of commerce, and also with a number of prominent growers. Salem. Members of the executive committee of the Oregon Jersey Cattle club met here Saturday and went on record in favor of protecting purchas ers of cattle from diseased animals. Under a resolution adopted by the committee, cattle offered for sale by members of the club will be examined by a veterinary surgeon and tho ani mals will carry a guarantee that they are free from communicable disease. DOY& SCOUTS (C'onducU.l ty National Council ot tho Hoy Hroulo of America.) DRIVE FOR RE-REGISTRATION The fnct that Urge number of. scout troops full annually to reregister, and consequently Irsve to be stricken from the national records U caualng the iinttoiinl council so much concern that they are endeavoring to Investi gate each case of a dead or lied trtop to see what ended Its dormant condition sud wlmt. If anything, rsn be done to revive It and put It In good working order again. In many cases the trouble baa been traced to the lack of projer leadership, of laxnea In handling troop bustm on the part of tho In charge. This Is, of course, a serious Injustice to the boys themselves, who are usually not 'only willing but anxious to "carry on." Scout leaders everywhere sre being re minded that unlc,M a troop Is regularly registered at the national council head quarters It cannot be Included In the boy scout membership nor so rertcd to congress. This means even more to the boy according to set of con gress: No unregistered scout I enti tled to wear the scout uniform and In signia. Tho chief scout executive has this to say on the subject : "Tho fundamental objectives of scouting are character development ami citizenship training. Good cltlierixlilp means law and order. That M, not only knowledge of laws, but obaerv nnce of laws, rules snd regulation. Surely evpry scout leader wants to have members of his troop lawful and orderly In tho matter of membership In the Boy Scouts of America. "Only scouts and scout oitlcluts who are duly registered In accordance with the regulations of the Hoy Scouts of America, adopted pursuant to federal, charter granted by congress, can law fully represent themselves as scouts authorized to wear the uniform and ofuclnl Insignia. "Scouts whose membership Is al lowed to lapse violate the regulations and therefore are not lawful and or derly. "This Is sn Important matter. Act promptly J" It Is to be hoped that every person Interested In scouting will concero him self with the question Involved and see to It that no scout troop is allowed to lapse for want of adult leadership and action in behalf of tlte boy and com munity who both need scoutlug. THAT SOMETHING. Whnt Is It that makes a Troop? IT IS THAT SOMETHING I Whnt Is It that makes the Troop boom, what causes the wonderful attendance at each meeting? Why does the Troop make such wonderful progress? IT IS THAT SOMETHING! Ton can have. the best cannon In the ' world, and thousands of pounds of shells, but the metal and powder Is absolutely useless unless ,vou have a flame to touch' off the fuse. IT IS THE FLAME THAT. DOES THE WORK I You can have the bent bunch of boys In the city, the best scoutmaster, the best meeting place and the moat money In the treasury but all thl amounts to nothing unless you have the flame to set the things going, and the flame which will start the Scout Trop going is THAT SOMETHING. No, it Is not pep alone; nor Is It loyalty alone that mnkes the good troop. It Is not cooperation or team work alone, nor Is It obedience alone. But the flame which will set the scout troop off which will make It hum right along Is all of the above qualities rolled totrether and called THE TROOP SPIRIT. From Service, Philadelphia scoot magazine. 6COUT8 STAR IN PENROD. Over near the river In New York city three small boys, by name, WI1-' llnrn Blair, Richard Rons and John Call lived and played and got Into mis chief with the rest of the "gang." One day they heard of the scouts and de cided they wanted to see what scout ing was like. Accordingly they pre sented themselves at Kennedy house and demanded to know all about It. The result was they joined the boy scout , family of Kennedy house and began to do all the Interesting things scouts do and to understand what scouting stands for In health, happi ness and outdoor life, as well as for comradeship and clean living. The three are today good scout, In every seriHe of the word and aro also known , to every film lover for all three are playing In Booth Tarklngton's famous boy play "I'cnrod." Young Rom Is Penrod himself, Blair la "Georgle Baa- sett" and John Call U 'Sam Williams."