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There was also a man, escorting his
wife-the same man and the same
wife each time-and at the end,
though l had never spoken to them,
felt that I had known them all my
life. They did not miss an evening.
And other habitues went by along
this great avenue. so royalty illu-
minated but as deserted as a village
road-families returning from some
party, some "tertulia," fostering pairs
OF lovers, or hurrying taxicabs.
Every so often, a small, motionless
group of people-the entrance to some
theater or movie show. Beyond them,
silence and solitude again! Again
that electric-lighted vacuum, in which
your footsteps echoed as in q tomb.
Gay Under Dlsx Regime.
I found Mexico City a very gloomy
city.
People who have lived there all
their lives assured me that in former
times II was not like that. They said
that under Diaz this city, which a
famous traveller OF the era of Spanish
rule referred to as the "City of Pal
aces" had a night life as elegant and
amusing as any great metropolis in
tho world.
am inclined TO believe them. In
those days there was peace and pros
perity, though liberty may not have
been so great. People could go out
on the streets at night without run
ming very serious risks. But now,
after ten years OF perpetual upheaval.
bad business, and personal insecurity
for anyone not connected with the
revolutionary profession, how can the
Capital avoid an appearanCe of sad
ness and discouragement?
Besides, the old wealthy families
which supported the amusements OF
other days, have now been reduced to
poverty, or else they have gone
abroad into exile far from Mexico.
The newly rich are not anxious to dis
play their wealth. They AFFECT very
modest ways OF living to avoid any
questions as to how they may have
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HUSBAND VAN|SHES
AS BRIDE browns
Mystery Shrouds Identity of
Man Saved From Death in
Susquehanna River.

PORT DEPOSIT, Nd. June 5.-Of-
stabulary said today that the girl
drowned Thursday at Culley's Falls,
above here. was a bride of a few days,
whose maiden name was Sarah Allen.
They have not established definitely
the name of her husband. The latter
Is believed to be the man who was
with her in a skiff which overturned
In the treacherous water OF the falls
The feature OF the case that is puz-
cling the officials Is the disappear
ance OF the man. He has vanished
since he was rescued from the boat
by Harry Warner. a fisherman.
Suspicion was directed to the miss
ing man, as II was thought possible
that he took the small craft into the
rapids with the deliberate intention
OF drowning the girl. Testimony Of
Warner End Norman Kaufman. an
other fisherman who witnessed the
accident, seem TO have disposed Of
this theory. however. Both say the
overturning OF the skiff was acct
dental
The other theory is that the man
feared he might be held responsible
for the girls death and decamped.
This is the theory the officers are
now inclined to accept
The girls home, the officers have
found, was in Bainbridge, Pa. She
went there to live a few days ago
with her husband. They arrived in a
rowboat, II is said. and the husband
got employment at the Bainbridee
Quarry Company plant. Residents OF
Bainbridge and vicinity say the pre-
valent opinion is that neither Of the
pair were of sound mind.
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WONBYHOUSE
End of $3.50 System Here VIC
tory for Lower Branch
of Congress.
$40, 100000 APPROPRIATED
Measure Putting Bulk of Civic
Upkeep on Citizens Be-
comes Law.
$40, 100000 APPROPRIATED

President Wilson this morning
signed the District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill, which includes the
provision changing the fiscal plen
$3.50 to 6O-40 and carrying $2o,-
100000.
The bill was signed at 1l:3O
o'clock.
Under the new provision the reve-
nues for the support Of the District
government will be payable go per
cent out Of the funds raised by
District taxation, and 40 per cent
out of the Federal treasury.
The passage of the bill ended a
deadlock of several weeks tetween
the House and Senate conferees and
marks q victory for the House,
which has attempted the passage OF
q bill abolishina the half and half
plan for the last ten years.
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RESUME
FUNDS PROBE
Senate investigators Of Cam
paign Expenses Agree to
Continue cn July 9.
TO HEAR MORE WITNESSES
More Candidates Than RepubIi-
cans in Texas, Says Col.
E. H. R. Green.
TO HEAR MORE WITNESSES
BY J. BART CAMPBELL,
Internati0aal News Service.

The Senate investigation of Presi-
Dental campaign expenditures and
contributions will be continued after
the San Francisco and Chicago con-
ventions, Senator Kenyon, Repubi-
can, Of Iowa, announced today.
To Resume on July 8.
As chairman Of the subcommittee
of the Senate Committee on Privileges
and elections conducting the investi-
ably would be resumed on July 8 or
8, or "soon after the Democratic con-
vention is over.
There are a number OF witnesses
still to be heard who cannot appear
before the conventions are held"
Kenyon said.
Senator Pomerene. Democrat, Ohio,
said he had no objection to the COM
mittee resuming on July S or 0. al
though he would be unable to be
present, a. he expected to remain In
tn West for several weeks after the
San Francisco convention.
1t was finally agreed to adjourn
until July o.
Colonel Green Unpledged.
Col. Z. H. r. Green. millionaire son
of the late Hetty Green. who before
her death was the worlds wealthiest
woman" was the only witness heard
today. He was on the stand only a
few minutes.
Green entered a vigorous denial OF
the report he had financed Gen.
Leonard Woods campaign in Texas.
As a delegate elected from that
State to the Chicago convention,
Green said he was "unpledged to any
candidate" and was certainly not
pledged to vote for Wood"
"The trouble with us Republicans
down in Texas is. Texas has more
candidates and prospective post
masters than she has Republicans
Colonel Green remarked amid
laughter.
Senator Kenyon read a telegram
from william H. Crocker, of San
Francisco, stating 81 have no knowl-
edge OF any campaign expenditures,
nor have / ever had any books or
documents in connection with the
johnson campaign in California or
elsewhere"
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This quality Of sadness and lone
liness is only intensified by the bril-
liant lighting of the streets. Some
habitual gloom when, after sunset,
they are shrouded in romantic semi
darkness. But Mexico is one OF the
best lighted cities in the world. New
York may surpass IL in it's Great
White Way, with it's electrical adver-
tisements, but the majority OF New
York streets are pitch dark as com
pared with those of the Mexican cap
ital.
Electricity costs very little there.
1t comes from waterfall OF enor-
nous horsepower that lights all the
cities OF the Mexican plateau and
drives the machinery in the factories
and mines. That is why the street
lighting of Mexico City is the best
in the world. Every twenty-five feet
there is an iron column with fve
large globes. The streets blaze like
a conflasration. The lamps seem to
meet a few yards ahead of you, shut
ting you in between two narrowing
walls of nre.
solitude Beneath spIepdor.
And underneath all this splendor, as
intense as the brightness OF noon
time-solltude, nothingness, empti-
moss, made moro acutely noticeable
by the occasional appearance of some
passer-by. In this city of brightness
the after dinner problem of anyone
unable to go to a theater is some
thing maddeninR. "What can l do?
Where can l Ro?"
used to go for a walk every night
along the principal avenue of the city.
wincing under the binding glare. Be-
fore long I came to know by sight
all my habitual companions on this
promenade, much as you come to
know by sight the people who eat
regularly In your restaurant or stop
at your hotel
One Of them was a dog.
II was the same dog every night,
and after several meetings felt
like wishing him good evening.
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DIPLOMATS SAVED
FROM PROHIBITION
Palmer Rules That ENJOYS May
Import Liquors Whenever
They Desire.

The right OF diplomats to import
wines and other beverages with more
than one-half of 1 per cent alcohol
was established definitely today by
decision Of the Department OF Justice.
Attorney General Palmer, transmit
ting ruling upon the question to
Secretary of state Colby, said nothing
in the national prohibition act can be
construed to abridge the time-honored
custom OF envoys to bring from abroad
beverages for use In their official
residences.
Secretary Colby is advised that any
other construction placed upon the
act would not be in keeping with in
ternational comfy, and might be
fraught with danger.
Beverages thus delivered at ports
OF entry must be obtained by diplo-
mats or their authorised agents and
transported by them from such ports
to their residences.
All envoys enjoying immunity from
seizure, presumably will have their
beverages shipped, under seal. II Ia
not even necessary to list the con-
tents OF such shipments.
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|. UP TO WILSON
Jones Bill, damned Through
Both Houses, Goes to
President Today.

The Jones bill. providing for the
surrender Of the American merchant
marine. which was jammed through
both houses last night. was sent to
the White House today for the Pres
ident's signature.
AS finally passed, the measure
would allow the transfer of the Gov
ernment fleet to the Shipping Board
and foreign shipping interests. Sales
may be made on the installment basis.
payment to be made over a period
of fifteen years IL the vessels are
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Any Of Eight Leading Candi-
dates Conceded Chance to
Win Nomination.

CHICAGO, June 5.-A Wood
Lowden contest In the seventh
Congressisnal district of Georgia
was decided by the national com
nIttee today In favor of the Wood
delegate.
The committee voted unani-
mousIy TO scat ms delegate ID. G.
Cole, of Marietta. A. &. Green WINS
seated ss alternate. They arc
pledged to General Wood.
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Sees Victory Ahead.

Sees Victory Anedu.
Johnson's glowing humor and his
efrulgent smile were evidence that he
was satisfied ne was on a fair way to
win the nomination.
Discussing the situation with the
newspaper correspondents, johnson
talked frankly and freely in stating
his belief that the people are re-
spending to his preachment of the
clements. which has been the chief
note in his campaign. On this point
he said:
at is difficult without talking in
a personal strain to express my views,
but Just as we have felt coming
across the continent. 1 feel the same
response here-not to the individual,
but there is response to the thing
that / have been preaching for year
in the country, and that response Is
Overwhelming.
when i started out following the
President 1t was rather hard sailing
to talk what 1 have been talking
ever since. That is not SO now at all
!! Wherever you go. 1t doesn't make any
difference whether IL is the most
sparsely settled country precinct in
Nebraska, or the heart of the great
est city, and present your position OF
what this administration has endeav-
ored to do in our international fela-
tions, there is this overwhelming re-
sponse that will make itself felt In
this election beyond doubt"
Others Avoided Issue.
johnson declared this sentiment Of
10000 Sk> william unli~v
Of foreign entanxlement had become
part of his candidacy, not soley be-
cause of him, but partly because, none
of the other candidates has assumed
to take a position i'm opposition to
It,. He saids
at has attached itself, perhaps
without reason or justification, to ny
candidacy. 1 don't think there II any
, question on that score, that may be
because I have been particularly out
| spoken and my adversaries have
| spoken very little concerning 1t. But
| nj any rate It has become . part of
the candidacy we are presenting to
the convention, and 1t constitutes q
great ground swell over the nation
today that makes me very hopeful OF
| the result"
| Insists On q Winner.
Johnson. continuing in chatty
strain, threw down a challenge to
| the managers of other candidates by
suggesting they tell which candidate
\ was sure of election the instant he
| is nominated. He said that II such
. candidate could he selected from
1 the field against him he would be
.deIighted to abide by the result"
This was a direct thrust at Lowden
| and Wood. for the Johnson managers
have been pouring into the ears of
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CAPTAIN SHOOTS SLAYER.

Captain Stout of the American
steam yacht Dolphin, shot and fatally
wounded Claude Moore, q seaman, at
|Cayambi, Cuba, May 25, the State De-
partment was advised today. Stout
declared eh shot in self-defense.
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PRESIDENT DEN0UNCES CONGRESS FOR INACTIVITY
Outlook of Winning Nomination
VILLA TO DESTROY
Mine UNLESS HE
GETS $4,000

Pancho villa has threatene6 the
destruction OF the 'AIvarado Min
Ing Company's plant near Parrai,
unless he Ii given $4,000 By June
20, according to the statenent Of
Leslie Webb, an American en-
ploye OF the mining company. who
talked with villa last week. the
American consul nt huahua rc-
ported 10 the state Department
today.
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Y. BLASCO IBANEZ
Tells
What's Wrong With Mexico
Gloom in the Capital City Tells
Story Of the Country's Suffering.
Gayety Ended With Diaz-The
Zapatistas Have Been Maligned.
BY VICENTE BLASCO IBANEZ,
Author of "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"
copyrighted by the Foreign Press servce)


III MEXICOS SORROW.
The Mexican capital is city of gloom.
In daytime, under dazzling and sky of deep blue
lit has and animation Besides pretty women with
great deep eyes and golden compexon going about the
streets But when the night shuts down Mexico City
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ny WILL ~. HAYS,
Chairman Of the Repubiicsn Nations
Com u,ittee.

Every pre-convertton activity
shows the full appreciation by the
Republicans of the great re-
sponsibility which IL on the party
ms the one Instrument OF larger
national service.
The unity Of the national ccs~-
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Penrose, Too III to Lie
In Bed, Propped in Chair;
Knox Won't Attend Either

PHILADELPHIA. June. g.
United states senator Boies PEN
rose. propped up In . chair, at his
Philadefphia residence-his ailnent
In OF such peculiar nature he IL
unable to lie In beds making a
frantic endeavor to straIkhten out
the obvious confusion which ex-,
lists In Chicago today. His efforts
are being made by lons-distance
telephone.
Despite the persistent assertions
OF Leighton &. Taylor, secretary
tend the Chicago convention, the
Old Guard leaders, physical condi-
tion IL such that close friends can
not escape the conviction that the
trip IL utterly impossible.
Senator Penrose will not 30 to
Chicago. II was stated authorfta-
lively here today by several of his
Republican colleagues who have
been In close touch with his Phila-
deIphIa residence during the past
twenty-four hours.
Neither will Senator Knox, Sen
ator Penrosc's Pennsylvania COL
league, 20 to Chicago. IL In en-
phsticaIIy denied that Knox is
"sulkinG In his tent because the
seventy-six me mbers of the Penn
sylvania delegation have pledged
themselves to Governor Sproul Of
that STATE.
II n stated Knox hns several
"ImpOrtant legal matters" COM
mandinG his immediate attention.
His appearance In court at Phlls-
deIphin or Pittsburgh next week IL
Imper erntfve, IL Is explained.
"senator Penrose In n dying
man." today said Republican
leader OF the Senate, who In an
intimate aasociate. and who Wis
tied the Pennsylvania senator this
week.
senator Knox declared this
afternoon that "business reasons"
probably woald keep him from
going to Chicago, but II he could
20, he would vote for Governor
Sproul of Pennsylvsnia.
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II ycu eontempiste . trip 10 New
vorh, the wsshirGtcn Times Hotel
nuresu will, without charge. ~
servs rssns fer ye~- Can MsAn 49,.
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Here's How The
CHIEF G. 0. P.
LEADERS
Size Things Up

CHICAGO, June 5.-Internntiont
JetUs Service herewith presents tn
signed statements q
edding Republican figures:
BY SENATOR HIRAM JOHNSON.
am delighted to be here md
particularly in the very friendly
atmosphere of this great city. I
have come primarily to aid In
having the Republican party bold
Iy take it's stand for true Amer
icanism.
Just as the Republican party in
the time Of the nations greatest
stress stood for human liberty II
must. to be true to itself, today
champion the preservation Of
American sovereignty md inde-
pendcnce, the right In any crisis
OF our people TO determine their
course with their freedom OF ac-
tIon ever unfettered.
hope that the convention will
empkstically repudiate the pres
ent covenant of the league OF ma
tions. There should he NO trim
ming, no declaration requiring
explanation or Interpretation.
I trust, too, that with our party
at this time the spirit Of Lincoln
will abide and that those he loved,
the plain people OF the land, will
receive their just recognition. No
higher duty can he perform than
to resist with all our strength the
cfrort made In some quarters to
dchumanisc the Republican party.
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Chicago Delegates Bewildered
By Lack OF Convention Leader
Senator Sees Public With Him
On Doctrine of Avoiding For
eign Entanglements.

CHICAGO, June 5.-"I am tickled
to death with the situation and have
feeling of confidence that makes
the other thing delightful to me-"
This was the statement today Of
Hiram johnson after a careful re-
view of his nomination chances in
the center of pre-convention activ-
ity.
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BY MAJ. GEN. LEONARD WOOD.

BY MAJ. GEN. LEONARD WOOD.
The whole situation looks good
to ms. We have no kicks TO make,
no complaints to oner. I do not
think the convention will he =
long one, hut, OF course. that In
pure speculation. The hrst day
Of bsIIoting will clear the situn-
alton up. So far ns we are con-
cerucd the whole thing looks
good.
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WEATHER

nais tsis arssrss~@
asa tesishtI ts@errew
fair with rtsiss temper
ssurr. Teaperstsrs st .
.. a. " sesrees.
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The King of England owns
many palaces. In some Of them
live poor relations, n majority
with German names.
Other poor royal relations are
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is mood of somber melancholy
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-06-25
IMPORTANT
LAND DEAL

One of the largest land deals in the
matter of monetary consideration that
mas ever taken place in this part OF
che Okanogan valley was recently
consummated when Chas. Simpson
sold some 200 acres, chiefly of land
under the West Okanogan Valley Irri-
cation system, located at Ellsforde
station, some eleven miles south of
Oroville. The tract includes 100 acres
In thrifty bearing orchard and 100
acres of pasture and alfalfa land This
land was improved and set out to
orchard by Messrs. Ellis and Forde,
who at the time had large tract Of
improved lands on the west side of the
Okanogan river almost opposite the
land in question. These gentlemen
spent thousands of dollars in trans
forming bare sage brush lands into a
valuable orchard and alfalfa field
Last fall they sold the large tract to
Chas. Simpson, and Mr.. Simpson has
Just disposed Of the same land to the
c. H. Haskell company of Wenatchee,
and this new possession gives the
company large acreage Of valuable
producing orchard in the neighbor-
hood or Oroville. This company Is
experienced in the apple industry and
know good thing when they see it.
Inspection of this big tract convinced
them it looked good enough to chance
large sum of money in it's purchase,
and that land will never depreciate in
value while the Haskell people have
the ownership.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-06-25
CHAUTAUQUA AT MOLSUN.

Nelson has been enjoying a Chau-
tauqua festival this week, afternoon
and evening and there remains two
more days of the entertainment, to
day and Saturday. Some very int :, St
ing features were secured aad uu-
doubtedly many atten lei and all 0uO
attend receive their moneys worth
Tonasket has billed :. series of the
same class OF entertainments. Whetb-
er these entertainments pay from a
monetary point of view is hardly to
be taken into consideration. The bu-
reau that sends out the entertain
ments supply clean and instructive
line of amusements, not all amuse-
ments, either, as the course supplies
every day lecturer who talks upon
some subject that is both entertaining
and instructive, and these speakers
ore selected from among men who
have a reputation for their ability as
orators and instructors. These bu-
reaus are often arbitrary and exact
ing, and some times fall down on the
class of entertainment promised, but
as it is to their interest to supply first
class material, as their profit depends
upon repeating at places once covered
as a rule the Chautauqua entertain
ments are up to high standard. OrO-
vile made two or three bluffs at Sc
curing a summer Chautauqua, but
those ready to put up sinews felt that
the bureaus they were in correspond
ence with were not toting fair, SO
that the order was finally cancelled.
Considering the gas shortage at this
time it looks as though it was for
tunate that the town did not close q
contract for large company this year
as was under consideration at one
time The Commercial Club is now
figuring on a winter series of enter.
tainments, which may or may not
materialiZe.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-06-25
OLD BUNK.

In an item on the late ball game
Times of our neighboring town makes
the following statement: The ticket
lsellers were particularly keen for the
50-cent admission fees, searching the
crowd diligently for the untagged
spectator. Quite properly, too, al
though their explanation was a little
odd, saying as they did, that Oroville
has three imported players in the
game and it takes lot of money to
pay them." Pshaw, what rot. Although
the towns are only few miles apart
yet there were several in the Tonaske.
lineup that were strangers to the
Oroville crowd, yet no one for a mo-
ment thought that Tonasket had out
side players. The only man that To-
nasket could have suspicioned as be-
ing imported" was the catcher, and
he is young man running on the
railroad. Every one of the other play
ers are residents of the town or the
immediate vicinity. This catcher was
used because the regular catcher oil
the local club was away from home
and that same gentleman caught fol-
keremeos Sunday. AS the local team
is now lined up all the members arr
residents of Oroville or the valley, and
surely no other team can object tc
valley players holding positions will
| the Orovile nine
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-06-25
HEAVY HAY CROP.

The first cutting of alfalfa in the
valley is yielding very heavy, except,
of course, where the plant was frozen
out last winter, and there are quite &
number of spots where the cold gg in
it's work, reducing the usual acreage in
the older fields, although there is con-
siderable new ground that came in this
year. This freezing~was freakish, ac-
cording to statements reaching this Of
flee. G. M. Van n/Atta, who had quite &
oss from freezing, states that in places
the llhes' separating the frozen from
the ilVe alfalfa was as true as though
laid out by surveyor. On one side the
plah hI/was in vigorous condition, on
the/other side the plant was perfectly
ussad and this line of cleverage extend
ed for long distance. Again the field
would be spotted where the frost had
gotten in it's work, making the land
looh though it. had suffered a Sc
we're case of small pox. lie is un-
able to account for this singular con-
dition.