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WTCPFORR OH EOON. WE 1)X KSi )A V, M AY in, IfKifi
NO. 45
MiABL
KB
IS
LANDED ON
P.
Shipment Valued at $100,000
Runs Blockade at San Pedro
---Rum Ships Also Run thej
Blockade On Atlantic Coast'
Land Offensive Planned
By Prohibition Director.
SAN PEDRO, Cal., May IS Liquor
valued conservatively by federal and
city noliee official!) at S100.000 was
landed from the rum fleet off south
ern California last night and today
la snugly under cover In secret
caches In Lob Angeles.
Speedy motor launches plying from
who deep sea carriers, anchored be
lt ween this port and Sun . Diego aro
credited with running the blockade
attempted by the government cut
ters Vaughn and Tamuroa.
The six ships reported In the rum
fleet are directing operations by
wireless, according to Itadlo In
spector R. M. Linden, and also are
Intercepting and Interpreting code
messages to and from federal agents
auoat and ashore. ' ,
LIQUOR
CAM
COAST
Local quotations on bootleg liquor secretary of war, who has been HI
are reported to have dropped $10 per some time, died today, at his resi
caae during the past few days owing ctence. Slurry Court, near Canterbury,
to the increase in deliveries from He had been suffering with sleeping
the marine whiskey-row. i sickness. He became 111 about three
LumtiMl at Ctwk. weeks ago. Lord. Mllner's death re-
. , ! moves one of the prominent figures
NEW YORK. May 13. (A. P.) m British South African affairs.
Ttecnuftf nf !hn hlnrknrio nf rum imv 1
llquoc smugglers workinc alonir the
nguou smugglers working along tlie
Canadian border are Increasing thoir
activities
A Dunkirk, New York, newspaper
tells or- 300 cases of liquor landed
at the mouth of Canndaway creek
and carried away by more than a
dozen trucks. !
In Detroit, prohibition agents have
raided a threo stwy building with
equipment rorxbottllng liquors. More
than 6000 gallons of liquor were
confiscated. . ; "
Meanwhile rum 'row still displays
some life. Yesterday a big French
steamer dropped anchor and was
promptly surrounded by four const!
guard boats. a German steamer.
which loft the row in Monday morn
ing's fos, reappeared and anchored
near, the Frenchman.
115 Oukw Aro IjiiihIccI.
Isolated cuses of. blockade running
were reported. Fifty cases of whis-l
key are reported to have been land-1
ed at Seabi'lght, X. J., yesterday. The
New York American today publishes
a story by Norman Hall In which he
usserts that he camo In on a bout
which lunded 115 cases of whiskey i
within the limits of Manhattan. He;
says that he believes ! much more
whiskey was brought ashore at the
same time. I
Ten cutterst throe former destroy.
are patrolling ... rum row. Among
them is the Sea Sleigh, a new type,
40 .knOtS
nn knur . '
ntuZT VU n be, u"cd '", t,,e and his condition caused grave anxiety,
blockade. A seaplane, iwth fuel en-. Sketch of Life
jmclty for four hours' flying at high I Confronted in early life with manv
speed, is being prepared at SSquan- obstacles in earning a living and dis
tum, Mass. . appointment In his iitlrnimt in tnin
. The present blockade, according to
Lincoln C. Andrews, assistant secre-
inry 01 me ireunury, in ennrge ui
prohibition enforcement, "is only a
minor engagement," and will be fol-
lowed by a "real liquor warfare." I
liand Of fcnsivo Planned. I
WASHINGTON, May 13 With the of the 19th century, pushed, their way
sea offensive well under way, reor- into political power in England against
ganlzatlon of the land forces of pro-.the tradition of a governing class,
hibition enforcement has been start-1 Lord Mllner's first attempt to enter
ed with a view to co-ordinating the Politics was through parliament at the
two campaigns. I request of several prominent leaders
One of the first moves has been of the llberal Prty- He went before the
the consolidation of special forces, ?on,s'it-,le,ncy ot the Harrow division
operating under the general agents ln ls8. t was deteated. The result
In 19 states, with the staffs of the mvhe,d rrm,,,51trs .miml ,anf, tmtl,eT
state directors. The erfect will be "u1 ' add'ng l l,ia na,m,e'
, . .,. , . ... ' . ,. but the way for his entrance Into
to give a unified organization which ,ol,tjcs wa e when he waB
will be used, under present plans 'named private secretary to the then
exclusively on conspiracy cases and chancellor of the exchequer. From
In major raids. tnat time h ise ln pomlc8 wag
As the strategical plan develops rapid,
federal agents will be transferred to( in succession he was appointed
the general field until the state dl- under-secretary for finance in Egypt,
fCom.tniif1 nn Pur
LOS ANGELES JUDGF, FOE OF SPEED
FIENDS, CONVICTED OF FINE GRAF!
LOS ANGELES. May 13. Alvah
Floyd whose severity toward speeding
motorists was widely celebrated while
he was municipal magistrate and re
corder at Culver City, a suburb, faces
a term of from thirteen to fifteen
years in prison as a result of his con
viction in superior court yesterday of
j falsifying public records In order to
pocket the heavy fines he meted out
to automobllists.
Fines for speeding ranged from
Chicago Millionaire
Pays $500 Fine for
Possession of Liquor
FOSTON May 13. (A. P.)
Joseph Lelter of Chicnjto, who
4 maintains a summer home at
Beverly, pleaded guilty in Unit-
ert Stu4es district court to an
indictment charging Illegal pos-
session of. liquor and paid a
fine of $500. . Counts of the in-
4 dictment charging trnnsporta-
tion and smuggling of liquor
were noli mossed.
LORD MILNER
FIRS! VICTIM
OF EPIDEMIC
Former British Secy, of War
and Noted Statesman Sue
cumbs to Sleeping Sickness
in England Prominent
Figure in the World War.
LONDON, May 13. (By the Aaso-
dated Press.) Lord M liner, former
Viscount Mllner's death is the first
' """"u' umm i mo urn.
fatality in the epidemic or sleeping
sickness which has affected several
h"mlred ,!??r8,T throughout Great
Ur'tain. Physicians have been unable
to exl"uln t,le ,a1m appearance or
the disease. The cases have been
na tne patients nave usually
1 .nrH Mdno tn'.tn,l I
parliament, the rise of Alfred Mtlner
from a humble commoner to be a peer
or ungiuna anu a knight of the most
exalted Order or the Garter, was a
characteristic example of the social
revolution in England that followed
the Victorian riavti Hd n nna nf fi
group of men who, in the latter part
rnnMntii1 nn Pava Hit)
$200 up In Floyd's court at Culver
City but griflid Jury Investigation dis
closed that few such fines were en
tered In the court records.
Floyd will be sentenced Friday and
if refilled to serve consecutive terms
ion the seven counts of embezzlement.
two of mutilntinK public records and
four of falsifying jfcjblir records, of
which he wns found guilty, will have
to spend from 13 to IS years in
prison
The I'nited States will lose, its most priceless aeronautical relic unless immediate action is tak
en to cause Orville Wright, co-iiivriitor of the plane, to clianrre his decision to Rive to a Rritish mu
seum the craft in which he and his late brother, Willmr, made their first successful Might. Mr, '
Wright says that the U. S. lias no museum for it. Aeronautical bodies are expected to take action on
the protests being mode against removal of the. plane,' shown here, to England. Also pictured arc
the Wright brothers and their first machine shop, and Orville Wricht as lie is todav
CITY PLANNING
COM. GIVES COS!
0 FT WO SI T E S
P. & E- Tract of 16 Acres
.
Costs $26,500 and Holly j
Street Tract of 10 Acres
Costs $28,250 ''Various
Options Are Made Public.
The City Planning "Commission
made the following public statement
today which shows the relative costs
q! the P. & B. and Holly St. tracts:
The P. & 13 site upon which School
District No. 49 has an option contains
the land enst of . Bear creek and be
tween Main street and Jackson street
known as the Olds Tract, plus a Small
tract to . be purchased from Joe
Brown. - The acreage contained in
this entire tract is 16.08 acres, com
puted by Fred Cummings, licensed
civil engineer.
The frontage on Main street Is from
the east side of Bear crebk to the
Corey store on' East Main street. It
does not include the Corey store, the
building and-grounds upon which the
same is situated and for a distance
back being reserved by Joe Brown.
Cost of Olds Tract is $20,000
Cost of Brown Tract Is 1.BO0
Total cost of P. & E. site $26,500
On the North Holly street site the
school district owns the block con
taining the ball grounds, comprising
3.7 acres. Balance due nn purchase
price of this tract is $2600.
. The city owns a tract west of the
ball grounds In the next block adja
cent thereto comprising 3.26 acres,
which it will sell to the School Dis
trict for $3000.'
Options are held on Block 62 owned
by Silliman, and the west half of
Block 6D owned by C. C. Beekman.
just east of the ballground site, which
when Inclosed contain 2 acres, which
will sell for $5000.
Total ucreage and cost of above
tracts (8.95 acreH) $10,600.
In addition to the above there are
five houxes on West Second and
Woodstock streets on which options
are held as follows;
B. W. Paul house . ...$ 5.(100
Morton house 5,000
Godlove house f..v.... 2,500
Wilhelm house , 2,100
DeVoe house 1,600
Berrian vacdnt lot 400
Godlove vacant lot...- 250
$17,650
Acreage, l.S acres. Woodstock
street, 0.25 acres.
Total acreage and cost ofall
above tracts, 10.50 acres
(including houses) $28,250
Options are held on all of the above
tracts.
CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
O. C. Boggs, President.
O. O. Alenderfcr, Mayor.
Emil Mohr.
Lewis Ulrlch.
Eva Evans Anderson. 1
John Catkin, city Attorney.
Mrs. A. J. Hanby.
C, W. Davis.
J. B. Coan, .
Priceless Aero Relic of U. S. Given to Britain
NOftO POETRESS V0NH1NDENBURG
DIES SUDDENLY
IN BOSTON HOIVIE
Miss Amy Lowell, Cousin of
James Russell Lowell and
Sister of Harvard President,
Is Victim of a Paralytic
Stroke.
BROOKLIN'E, Mass., May 13. (A.
n atlUltn f .r..vu liou hdun rn-
'I' " ,T." "...-
movea iroin eonioinporiiry iuuiuiukj
bV the death Of M UN Amv I.OWUll.
the death of MIhs Amy Lowell,
. and critice. A paralytic stroke
poet
caused' her death at hor home yea -
terday. She wuh in hor Slat year.
Born of a family which repre
sented the conservative New lOnff
land of history, Miss Lowell trod out
now paths in poetry. Her verties,
with a freedom of vocabulary and
structure of a kind brilliantly and
surprkringly new, stamped her as a
revolutionary in her art.
Khe was a cousin of James Rus-
sell Lowell, and a sister of A. Lowell,
now president of 'Harvard. Her
mother was a daughter of Abbott
Lawrence, a captain of the textile
industry and founder of the city of
Lawrence. Her father was tho son
of John Amory Lowell, also a pio
neer and lewder of tho textile in
dustry in this section.
She visited, in her busy life, nearly
every part of the world, lectured in
many colleges and was the recipient
of more than one distinction from
institutions of learning of this coun
try and abroad.
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
SEATTLE May 13. rolioe were
investigating here today what caused
M. J. Bailey, 22. ot Trego, Mont., to
leave his bride of a month ln Trego,
where he had lived most of his
life and start on a career of burg
lary nnd crime. Bailey was caught
breaking into a clothing store .in
Kent a week ago.
He confussed a forgery in a Mon
tana town, an automobile theft In
Hpokano and a series of burglaries in
Oregon and Washington.
He told a Judge, "I Just didn't
reulize."
Cnofnin'a Brother Kcflects Glory.
CHICAGO, Jlay 13. Such is fume
that the mere arrival ln Chicago to
day of Robert Anthony Coogan. five
months old brother of Jackie Coo
gan, noted artist of the films, com
manded a half column of newspaper
space.
Hix .enmeronujj met the younger
brother of the screen's youngest ce
lebrity. Residents nf Eugene spending Tues
day here Inclurli'd P. M. Anderson,
'. M. Keniler. K. W. Harney. I.. 1!.
Thomal. V. W. Kurth; M. A. Draper,
E. F. Carleton and C. VFox.
MAKES BIG HIT
WI T H GERMANY
New President's Attitude Isn'uoZnofTones Tf
, " noionse ot bcopes. who con-
hmmiuvcu uvcn uy nia iui-
D. .
Pledge tO
mer Fnemip.s
JUPP0ri nepUDIIC laKen HS
Evidence of Unity.
nr.riTfv a ti-t.i t- i
,.,:'"'''.-,'",u' r",u '""
on lllnuenliurg In nis Inauguration
inl,l,.nl ,,f ihn riarmnn rennhlln
as prudent of the .German republic
yemerday went "over the top" an far
'ns the German people aj-e concerned.
Of this there can bo no doubt, when
one mingles with the peoplo or reads
the commentH even of the opposition
pi-ens. '
The hew president's laudatory ref
erence to tlie late President ICbert, his
hearty participation in the cheers fol
the republic; his act in cementing the
formal oath by a double religious af
firmation and later ln his address by
I nl pledge a R nian and his 'specific
promise to uphold the republican con
stitutlnn nil mude an' excellent 1m
.presslon upon tho public. . '
1 Even the newspaper Vorwnerts,
aside from the communists, the bit
terest' opponent of Von Hlndcnhurg,
remarks that- although tho election
constituted a defeat for the republic,
the Inauguration means the republic's
victory.
Tho paper adds:
"After the election tho nominee
supports everything for which his op
ponents fought during the campnign
and throughout the years hefore."
It expressed the hope that as presi
dent he will exert "a strong influ
ence", on his followers. , ...
The democratic organs, such as the
Berliner Tagesljlatt and the Vossische t senior year the college atmosphere of
.eltung declure -the republic was : unbelief has so Influenced their lives
strengthened by yesterday's events, that Miere are 46 per cent who are
and admonishes tho republicans to Vwithout religious faith,
watch carefully lest the reactionaries "The attack being made right now
draw Von lllndenburg from the path .upon those who stand squarely for the
he Intends to follow. - Christian faith of their fathers, is not
Some of the pronouncements of the an attack on orthodoxy. It is an at
presldent did not altogether suit his tack on religion. There are about
monarchist followers It would appear 6,000,000 scientists and probably half
from the fact that the Lokal Anzelger of them are atheists. In the United
one of whose editors was Von Hln- States. Are we going to allow them
denbuig's campaign publicity chief ln
lta announced "verbatim report" of
his acceptance speech, omits Ills
declaration that "the reichstag and
tho relch president together constitute
the incurnution of the people's sover
eignty." ROSEBURG CALLS FOR
L
nORnP.L'ao. Ore., May 13. The
school hoard today authorized a call
for bids on the new high sehuol
building to he constructed hore dur
ing the corning summer. Bids are to
lie received a the afternoon of June
'I. The school district hai issued boons
In teh suiu of $1(15,000 fur the nuuc-1
ture.
Ex-Mistress of White
House Stands in Line
To Gain Admittance
WASHINGTON. May 13. Mrs.
William Howard Tuft stood in
! line for more thun hulf un hour
4 today otltslile the executive offices
at the White House where she
once was mistress, awaiting her
regular turn to be admitted to
shake hands with President t'ool-
iilRO.
Mrs. Tuft, who was with n del-
ecntinn of Colonial Dames of
America, made no effort to gnln
special privileges, and her Iden-
tlty was not disclosed until she
was discovered by a photo-
grapher.
THEORY
TO BE ATTACKED
BY BIIIJRYAN
Great Commoner Agrees to
Prosecute Professor Charged
With Teaching Evolution
MONKEY
,. . . . lingness of Poland and noumauia to
NOted Lawyers EXpeCted t0,Buum't to arms control unless Rus- .
Defend Savant.
I ration of their problem..
MPMtJina . ,o: iim . m I M' Be""!"""1" of Greece, praising
MEMPHIS. May l-When J. T. the American announcement pictured
Scopes, scionce teacher, Is called Into the United States as really promul
court in the little town of Dayton, K""n thereby one of the basio prln
Tenn, to face a charge of violating i ci"u'a ot " league's covenant.'
the Tennussee law against teaching' Between publicity of arms traffic :
evolution in the public schools, the aa,x l,ul,Hclty ln the private manu
cate will have passed beyond the fac,ure 0( arms, the representatives
borders or Btute Intcrost and an array of BolKiun approved the Idea ot un
or nationally known individuals and verHnl publication of' statistica re
organizations will be found lined up gwdlng the prlvote manufacture of
behind the prosecution and defense. I "rm" nnl ""Id Belgium already la
The latest prominent Individual to making such publications,
enter the lists in Williani -jAunings 1 Nicarui(ua.luslatod :that wltUclty
'Bryan, foe of the theory of evolution. f private manufacture of arms '
He announced in Pittsburg yestorday "il "aid .Belgium already is making
that lie bad accepted nn Invitation to such publications. '
represent the World's Christian Fund-I Nicaragua insisted that publicity of
amentnl association in the prosecution ' private manufacture of arms should
of Scopes. r ii,o dealt with before the nniMn of
test case ot tne evolution law, an-
"T ",r l,,B "Miecuon o a
'ndH' L?,ef'y e,VBn f carrying
I the litigation to the school.
onrne mr.;r
of evolution," who was responsible or
the issuance of the warrant under
which Scopes was arrested, announced
at Dayton that before slnrtlng the
proceedings he had obtains ir g,ir-
Antn fmin h Ami ni,.n mi...
antee from the Amerlcnn Civil l.lh.r.
,, (- ii,, , V, .
: " " -u ummi
nancla ly to carry the caw u7l J
hlRhest courts . - tlie
Following his arrest. Senima lonnboi-
In the Rhea county school, was hold ' Tn6 M"fr' voted approval pf
for action by the grand Jury, which "UKftestlon that It follow the roc
meets in August. I ornmendatloh of the loague's per
Mr. Bryan's acceptance of a rolo In manent commission and discuss prl
the prosecution, contingent upon such ' v"(0 manufacture of arms after the
representation being agreeable to tho ' Kenornl question of arms traffic Is
legal department of TonneBBoo, came disposed of. .. .
as the result of the request by the All derogates to the conference
Christian Fundnnintal association, j havo shoUii surprise at Mr. Burton's
meeting hore. The association also 'statement that the United States al
asked the commoner to tour the col-' ready Is ' publishing statistics of the
leges and universities of the country
and present tlie arguments of funda
mentalists hefore student bodluB nnd
reply to advocatos of the theory of
evolution. v
"1 have been asked to help In the
fight to preserve the Integrity of that
law (Tennessee evolution law) and I
.am going to It," Mr. Bryan Bald ln an
address to the Pittsburg Presbytery
after the Invitation had been received.
"We cannot afford to have a system
of education that destroys tlie relig
ious fulth of our children."
Mr. Ilrynn asserted that "carefully
prepared figures Indicate that among
freshmen who enter colleges, 15 per
cent are without religious faith. By
the time they have reached their
to run our schools? We are not.
R0CKEFEL1ER
WEDDING" IN BALL
NEW YORK, May U. Mies Abby
nockefeller will he married to David
Merrlwether Milton tomorrow at a
simple home wedding in the ball
room of the Bockefc-Ik-r town house.
The ceremony will be performed b
the I lev. Cornelius Wool f kin, pastor
of the Pnrk avenue Ituptlst church.
It will lie rehearsed todfiy.
MIkb Rockefeller Is the eldest ot
six children of Mr. and Mrs. John
Al CRISIS
AVERTED By
U.S.A.ENV0Y
Ex-Senator Burton of Ohio Is
Credited With Saving Gen
eva Conference From Col
lapse Pledges U- S. A. to
Agree to Publicity On Manu
facture of All Arms.
OENKVA, May 13. (A. P.) -The
tension In League of Nntiona circles
hns been relieved today by the dec
laration tuado yesterday by Repre
sentative Theodore E. liurton of
Ohio, head of the American dele
gation to the international confer
ence for the control of traffic In
arms and munitions, that the United
States Is willing to sign a conven
tion which would compel all states
manufacturing arms to publish sta
tistics giving details of such manu
factures. I The American delegation has off
, set the gloom caused by the unwll-
Ioiu ivnn aiiuimriy reguiaiea. . uotn
Poland and Roumanla agreed In con
ference today to postpone conslde-
'"" tnifno. but u..
raguan delegates made no reference
raguan delegates made no reference
to Mr. Burton's speech. .
Carton DeWlnrt of Belgium, presl-
dent of the conference, summarising
the debate, said the sentiment! ex-
i pressed clearly favored publicity re-
nrm nmnufacture. He snld
, tro uced a Z v and Z , f .
l' ' " J y imt"'rtani
ft " " J ..e?, !T" "
''T However, a.
"e .""'f1? i" convok?d
i to "lve thfc problem ot traffic In
arms,
he was convinced thMt the
RBWCl P hy the United States
j would he BUbmltted to all govern-
nnH for their consideration.
prlvato manufacture of arms ' and
they nrd asking him for . official
publications giving tho figures. -
Mr. DUrton explained that the
United , States contus law compels
the publication of such statistics
periodically and he said he believed
congress will approve more frequent
publicity.
Yale Girls Call Of f
Baseball Game in
Fifth, Score, 65 to 18
, . "
MAItlNB CITY, Mich, ' May
13. Wtlh hots badly battered.
their shoes sorely worn and their s
feet Weary from running girls of
tho Marine City and Yale. Mich.,
high schools ended by mutual
consent .a, haseball game here
yesterday at the end of the fifth
H inning. .The score stood 85 to
18 in favor ot Lale.
ft .-. . ; .. .
TO HAVE A "SIMPLE
ROOM N. I MANSION
D. nocktffrfllen jr., and the mtly
dnughter. Hhe'ls 2t years old. Mr.
Milton, who is 25, recently wad ad
mitted td the' bar. Ho is well to do,
but not extremely wealthy. ' The
hAde will wear a gown of white
xailn, embellished with soft fluffy
tulle and chiffon nnd set off with
otd point litep. Mlxs Evelyn Milton,
dster of the Kroom, will bo the
bridesmaid. Charles K. Milton, the
groom s brother, will bo beamun.