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CONVENTION PLAlS
LOtAL ELKS LODGE
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The Med ford lodge of Elks l
already making arrangements (or its
resident members to attend In i
body the annual national conven
tion of the B. P. O. E. order at
Portland, July 13 to July 18 on f
special train from here. The com
mittee on arrangements hus sent
every, member of the lodge an out
line of this trip, which in part
reads as roiiows:
UNION PACIFIC
TS USE OF
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PORTLAND, Ore., May 6 Reasons
for the unwillingness of the Union
Pacific system to extend its central
Oregon line from Rurns to Bend and
from Bend to Klamath Kails or to
l Join the northern lines In building
southerly from Bend are shown in a
statement received in Portland from
Carl Gray, president of the Union
Pacific.
The chief objection of the Union
Pacific to invading the Southern Pa
cific's domain in South Central Ore
gon is that no opportunity is afforded
l the Union Pacific to have joint use
of the Eugene-Klamath Fails cutoff
as a menus of serving the traffic
needs of the upper Willametter valley.
According to Orny's statement, the
interstate commerce commissioner
The price Is $30.00 per reserva
tion, which includes transportation to
Portland and return, and your bed
on board Pullman sleeper while in
Portland. Pullmans will be parked
handy to street car and taxi service.
This price of $30.00 per reserva
tion does not include your meals.
We figure two people to a section,
a jina r, hai-th Tli 11 in fi n a will
be under watchman's care both day.wno at yenr heard testimony in the
case involving the petition or Oregon
public service, commission for an
order requiring the Union Pacific to
build the east-to-west line across the
state, correctly found thatv without
giving the Union Pacific Joint use of
the lOugene-Klamath Falls cutoff
! there would be insufficient traffic to
and night.
'The train will consist of stand
ard Pullman sleepers, observation
and dining car. The train crew,
from engineer to hind-end brake
man will be brothers. A radio or
Victrola in every car, dancing and
mill. U1JI1KH III III" UUBKUgC (1.1 uhu
hard drinks off the hip. iiimify the construction of a I ne from
"The time of leaving Medford i3 Burns via Bend to a connection with
II n'nlnl. Cum nv n ir i In Tl til I mo (.uvim.
with a toast to our absent brothers,
both home and above. A half-hour
parade at Eugene at nine in the
morning. We will urrive in Port
land at high noon, th 13th. We
leave- Portland at 8 o'clock Fri
day night, which will put us home
etgrly Saturday morning. This sched
ule Is tentative.
"Your committee is going to ask
I each brother for one dollar. This
is a donation whether you attend
tha convention or not. With this
fund we expect to take the D. O.
X. K. band and George Gates' buck
ing Ford along. Also our Hick Or
chestra (you saw It In the show)
will put us on the map in hotel lob
bies, etc.
AUTO INSURANCE
AGENT IN BAD
MILE (RL SUB
FOSe PARENTS FOR
DAMAGES TO tEGS
ST. LOUIS. May 6. Charging that
.skin was unlawfully cut from her legs
and thighs and grafted on another
child, Sarah Finer, 13 years of nge.
hus brought suit for $10,000 damages
against Abraham and Rebecca Finer,
grocery . proprietors at Brentwood, a
suburb, with whom she formerly
lived.
The action was brought through
Samuel Finer, her legal guardian.
.The removal of patches of skin
took place August 17, 1923. the suit
avers. The skin, according to attor
neys for the child, was grafted on a
child of the Finers who was badly
burned and later died.
Thcsuit charges that Finer and his
wife abused Sarar. struck and men
aced her and compelled her to under
go the operation, in which the child
was given an anuenthetlc by hypodermic-Injections
and the skin removed.
The removal. It Is charged, left her
limbs permanently disfigured and
scarred.
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LADY MACBETH
CHICAGO, May 6. References to
Ijidy MacBeth were employed today I
In Judg6 Harry Olson's closing state
ment In the- MVl'ntck Inquest In
dcjiiriblng Mrs. Wlllhim D. Hhojiherd
as a strong-willed purposeful womun.
Her husband is under Indictment,
charged with the murder of Willlum
McCllntotk. , -
Judge UJson. said there was evi
dence that the death of MeOHr.took,
as probably those, of other persons,
"were incidents" In a conspiracy of
"which Mr. and Mrs. Sheoht rd were
a part."
Mis. Shepherd has not-boforo been
o directly accused.
"Ijidy Sbephprd" was the phrase
with which Judge Olson ivferved to
Mrs. Shephtttd in one insiMiu-e. He
said that Mrs. Shepherd w is "strong
wilted and masculine and purposeful
where Hbephcrd was weak."
PORTLAND, Ore., May 6 Edward
R. Joplin, claim agent for the United
States Underwriters Auto Insurance
company, was arrested on a secret In
dictment charging that he hud altered
a bank check. v
The exact charge Is that he gave
fi "; ohonb tn n A IVallu nf llnnil
No hotel accommodations are , r, ,uan i,iW'i i. -,,i nf.n-,nwiu
visitors! ., . m,,tn .,'.1 f . t n
;i available In Portland; 200,000
it
are expected and the city boasts of
only 10,000 hotel rooms. There will
not be sufficient room in- camp
grounds or garages for the thousands
of autos. nor will it be possible to
pork cars on the streets; hence, the
special ' train using Pullmans for
sleeping quarters while in the city.
Those who snore will be mobilized
In the . front car. Many of the
brothers wilt be accompanied by
their wives." -
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release from all further claims
against the company over Wells' sig
nature. Wells at the time was In a hospi
tal. His car had been struck by a
Columbia Stage, which was protected
by the Insurance company. Mrs.
Wells and Merwin Wells, a son, have
since received civil judgments for
$4000 and $2500.
PARIS, May 6. The wedding of
Miss Dorothy Gould daughter of
Frank Jay Gould and Helen Kelly
(now the Princess of Vlora) .tothe.; The horse yesterday underwent an
Swiss Baron Roland deGraffenried operation but was unable to rise after
WALES IS DEAD
LONDON, May-6. (By Associated
Press.) The Prince of Wales during
his absence on his southern voyage
has suffered the loss of his most
valued hunter. Little Favorite, which
carried him to victory or defeut In
several steeple chasing contests.
ROSTOV, Russia. May 6. Leon
Trolzky, former Soviet war minister,
passed through hore last night on his
way to Moscow, from Suhum, the
trans-Caucasian resort, where he has
been staying for his health. He is ex
pected to arrive in the capital tomor:
row morning. '
The famous bolshevik leader, who Is
now definitely reinstated to good
standing in the communist party,
spent a half day here, conferring with
the secretary of the local communist
party, government officials and non
party peasants.
After leaving Sukhum he addressed
large audiences of peasants in the vil
lage districts and received great ovations.
POLA MAY LOSE
ZEE JEWELRY
NEW YORK, May 6 (By Assoc!
ated Press.) Three of the four pieces
of jewelry two bracelets and a dia
mond ring Which Pola Negri, movie
actress, is alleged to have attempted
to bring into the. country on her re
turn irom- rjurope msfweeK, nave
been seized subject td forfeiture,
Philip Kiting, collector of ! the port,
announced today.
The fourth piece, a diamond ring
Miss Negri admitted she purchased
In Europe, will be subject to duty he
said, as soon as It is appraised. She
will be subject to fines, the collector
said, for attempting to bring 15 bot
tles at liquor into the country.
TERRORISTS ACTIVE
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WARSAW. Poland. May 6. Ter
rorists activity alleged tn he organ
ized and directed by communists Is
being renewed in Voland.
From the Biolowlseka Puszoccoca,
the former" Russian crown forests,
comes a story of murder and pillage
by a band of armed men who left
"receipts" iln the pillaged houses
signed "the White RusKlun Commun
ist Party."
The gang killed a policeman, the
head forester and a forest kuopor and
woundud four other persons.
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da Villars was celebrated quietly
In the church of Notre Dame de
Passy yesterday In the presence of
only the famllyi and a few friends.
The civil ceremony was perform
ed Monday at the city hall.
The Baron Is 25, a former lieu
tenant In the Swiss army and now
a real estate dealer in Paris.
The bride wore a white satin gown
with a large picture hat and was
given away by her father.
EIND CLUE TO LONG
CHICAGO, May 6. The finding of
the skull of a 20 months old baby by
boys searching for baseballs between
two south side tenements has started
police search for Mrs. Helen K&ratum
3 9 years old, who over a year ago
' reported her baby was kidnaped. She
formerly lived a block from where
the skull was found.
When the child disappeared In De
cember 1923, Mrs. Kanuum waited
two days before telling the police.
Her conflicting stories resulted In a
test of her sanity and she was released
after being found sane.
BETTER HOMES WEEK
Complete endorsement of the Better
Homes in America movement, which
la to be observed In . Medford and
Jackson county May 11 to 18, Is given
by President Coolldge In a letter to
Heibort Hoover. 'Coolldge Is chair
man of the advisory council of the
movement.
In his letter to Hoover, President
Coolldge said:
"The American home is the founda
tion of our national and Individual
well being. Its steady Improvement Is,
at the same time ,a test of our civill
aztlon and our Ideals. The Better
Homes in America fnovement pro
vides a channel through which men
and women in each community can
encourage the building, ornamenting
and owning of privnle homes by the
people at la,re. We need attractive,
worthy, permanent hones that lighten
the burden of housekeeping. We need
homes in which home Hi? can reach
Its finest levels, and in wnich can be
reared happy children and upright
citizens.
"I commend participation In Uetter
l Homes demonstrations and i the
other work of the movements to the
American people."
the anaesthetic and had to be' de
stroyed.
Heir Is Expected Soon
For Jap Crown Prince
TOKIO, May .6. (By Associated
Press.) Official announcement that
Princess Nagako,. wife off Prince Re
gent Hirohito, Is In an interesting
condition was made today from the
household of the prince. The an
nouncement said all the princess en
gagements have -been cancelled. No
hint was given as to when the heir
would be born.
Radio News
HASTINGS. Neb., May 6. Recep
tion of a radio program of station
KFKX, Hastings, at Johnnesburg,
South Africa, nearly 10,000 miles from
here, has been acknowledged to Lloyd
C. Thomas, director of the station.
This Is the most distant point on rec
ord which the Hastings station has
reached.
A letter, which has been enroute
from the African point since in
March, was sent to the station by G.
Galbratth, accompanied by a log of the
program which was given by the Kear
ney. Neb., state normal school. Mr.
Galbratth . said the program came
through 'clear" despite the fact that
it came In broad daylight.
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OMAHA, - Neb,, May 6. As plana
for the fifth annual nationul ; con
vention of the disabled veterans of
the world war, here June 22, to
27, were launched today, it was an
nouneed, at convention headquarters
that National Commander James A.
Drain.' of 'the"' Amortciin- Loslon- had
accepted an invitation to attend the
gathering.
It was also announced that Clone'
ral Frank T. Hlnes, director of the
United States . veteran's bureau would
attend the meeting as well as repre
sentatives of the government and
allied nations.
Between '8000 and 10,000 disabled
vetorans are expected to come here
for the convention.
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happiness of all of us, and hence, the welfare of
the Nation. ' .
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