Ua Weather
Highest temper.ilun yesterday .. 85
Lowest temperature last night... 67
Forecast for southwest Oregon;
Fair tonight and Thursday; tern,
perature somewhat above normal.
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DOUGLAS COUNTY
"TAe End o the
Homeseeker's Trail"
Consolidation of The Evening Newt and
The Roteburg Review
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COUNTS a
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VOL. XXVIII NO. 70 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, ,1927.
VOL. XVIII NO. 146 OF THE EVENING NEWS!
K0SE
DESOLATION IN
IKE OF E
IN HOLY LAND
Claire Windsor,
Lytell Latest
D
crann
0
in!
'. Jncompatibles
vwra
- "f ' '
Cities in Trans - Jordania
and Palestine Take on
Death Appearance.
NABLUS HARDEST HIT
Fatality Estimates Range
Up to 1,000, Wit, 500
Injured Famous
Ruins Menaced.
(Amocialctl Proas LcaM Wire)
JKHUSALEM, Palestine, July u
Nulilus, ancient Snmiiiitau cent
er. :f0 miles north o Jerusalem,
and other towns in the Holy Laud'
iipiiour like cities of tho dead, say
reports which leached Jerusalem
today of tlie disastrous earthquake
that rocked the region Monday
afternoon.
Latest official estimates of tho
casualties place the dead in Pales
tine at mote than 150 and in Trans
Jordania at 100. The total injured
is given us more tliun BOO.
Unofficial figures are much high
er, some estimates of the dead
touching 1,000. Up to the present
no American or Europeans have
been, reported among the victims.
Sad Scenes at Nablus
lletails from many of the af
fected places were still being
awaited today, but the story of tho
late of Nablus says It presents an
awful spectacle of destruction.
Scarcely a house in the old part
of the town escaped. Some collap
sed entirely, while others seem to
he held together by a miracle.
High rretted buildings piled fan-'
lastically above narrow streets
collapsed like cards, burying not
July the inmates but persons in the
markets below.
Usually busy streets are desert
id save for occasional cowed fi
gures salvaging bedding on the
backs of camels or donkeys to
take to improvised camps outside
the town, wlere the inhabitants
are collected in pathetic groups.
Sometimes a long wailing proces
sion pusses with a rudo coffin at
the head the . latest harvest of
some digging party.
The work of exhumation, is pro
gressing steadily under the di
rection of the British police. At
one place, where it Is estimated 40
persons are buried under the de
bris, the search has been given up
owing to the unsafe condition of
the surrounding buildings, Tho
searches have brought many pa
thetic scenes, exposures of the
dead showing how sudden death
overtook them.
Death Check Incomplete
LONDON, July 13 While much
has yet to be learned about the
earthquake In Palestine and Trans
.lorilania. it is clear that the ca
tastrophe exceeds any disaster in
Palestine since the earthquake ofv,;eat crop w'ni be much Ie8Si re
is:i7. when 4,600 persons perished.
Lute reports from Jerusalem doj
not support the big estimate of!
more than 1.000 dead, cited In j
Cairo dispatches on the authority
of British military airmen, and i
there is no means at present of 1
checking such discrepancies as :
the official estimate of eight dead
nt Amman and the report of the (J00 acreg j
Cairo correspondent of the Daily- .yYe tR'me ,iay crop 810WS a;
Express that 300 persons were kill-!sHght (lecrease in tonnage al-i
ed there. J tho-igr- the acreage has ,en d;-j
The authorities are reported to !,,.(aae(1 ppivimalev 2.00.VC0
he doing their utmost to relieve ' ton9 wm be pr0(iuced from 898,
thn distress, hut apparently 00 acres 0f imi, it is believed. The
hapered by lack of modern com-1 fiv0.yeaP average is 1,396,900 tons
munirations and insufficient storeB 1 from 959,000 acres.
upon wnun 10 umw iu i.v.y
slriktMi people. It is learned that
l-'riiiHli air force headquarters ai;(J00 bugnels of apples will be pro-
1 lino lias ueen uiuuiru i" '"
medical supplies to the devastated
areas.
Historic Ruins Menaced
niftiune n.... i
Antiquities authorities, says the
Cairo correspondent of th'e Dally
(Continued on page 4.)
LOON LAKE ROAD
BIDS REJECTED
BY COUNTY COURT
All bids on the Loon Lake
road were rejected late yes- .
terday hy the county court.
Due to the fact that there was 1
some objection. ' to allowing
the contract to the low bid-
der, the Inland Construction
company, which Is involved In
litigation with the Port of
Tmpqua. the court held up
the bids for several days.
pending the return of District
Attornev Cordon. After re-
ceiving legal advice the court
S decided to reject all bids re-
celved and to readvertlse the
work. Bids will be opened
again on August 4.
-
(Auorlatetl Pre aic. Wire)
LOS ANGELES, July 13.-tThe
Examiner says Claire Windsor, film
8tar, and Hert Lytell, stage mid
Hereon actor, have separated and
that the question of a reconcilia
tion would he discussed at a con
ference with attorneys today.
According to the paper, Miss
Windsor, in a statement given out
from the home of her mother,
where she went after .leaving her
h tin band yesterday, said she and
Lytell, with their attorneys, W. 1.
Gilbert and Michael Narllan, would
meet today and, If the marital rift
could not be bridged, a property
settlement discussed and divoree
proceedings started by the couple.
In her statement Miss Windsor
Is quoted as saying the long ab
sences of Lytell on vaudeville
tours was the chief cause for the
separation. She said that Lytell
left her on a tour in August, 192(1,
and that she had seen little of him
until his return a month ago.
"Misunderstandings arise when
people are separated that long,"
I he actress said. Then, referring
to the possible reconciliation, she
added:
"It is possible that we may
patch this trouble up."
They were married at Juarez,
Mexico, May 14, 1925. , -
LARGE OUTPUTS
OF
Official Report on Oregon
Crop Prospects Issued
. By Statistician. . ,"
' I: u''r lift- - w'
HOP YIELD GREATER
Fruit ' Production Less' and
, Prices Poorer Owing to
Big Carry-Over From
1 926 Season.
PORTLAND, Ore., July 13 Re
ports gathered by F. L. Kent, Ore
gon statistician for the United
States Department of Agriculture,
show increased acreage of Ore
gon's principal crops for thta year
and a marked Improvement in con
dition during the month of June.
The Pacific northwest wheat
crop is now estimated at 104,054,
000 bushels. Of this, Oregon will
produce 21.1US.000 bushels of wint
er wheat from 900,000 acres, and
2,870,000 bushels of spring wheat
from 155.000 acres.
Hie winter wheat estimate is
considerably higher than the five-
,'n.K ai-ai-no-n Wh a lltn Anrinfr
pons Indicate; The five-year .iv
mnge for winter wheat Is 15, ISO,
S(;u, and for spring wheat 4,595,
0(0. More Spuds and Hay
Oregon will produce 5,4fllA'90
1 uhels of potatoes from' 52,000
.iriD fiv.vpnr rvpu
' , . . , SOnoO bnshals from 43.-
The fn,it cron sh0ws a general
, cHne in yield. More than 4,600,-
.1.. i knu-nvsr althniitrh It (lOPH
(o'uch Ute y'!eId ot 6,573,400 as
ffVPvpar averaEe. More than
110c nun hushnlR of nears will be
1.128,000 bUPhelB
pcke(j jn Oregon
Jverage is i.hos.i
tnis year, me
hitm is l.IUS.ZUU. i-eacn iru-
ihirtinn took a heavy slump, with
only 139,000 bushels estimated for
this year. The average for five
years Is 319.000.
A considerable increase in hop
production, both in yield and in
f:rr.-n?o. in Been from the report.
.The yield Is estimated at 16,200.000
tnr 1927 and the acreage at lfo,uuu.
This represents an increase of
4.082,200 pounds and 2,600 acres
over the average.
Fruit Demand Light
In commenting on the lruft sltua
tion. the report says:
"The heavy carry-over of can
ned and barrelled fruit from last
Reason's crop, particularly or a.ii
berries, has caused a light demand j
for the 1927 crop. This is partly
cularly true of raspberries, wnicn
have been contracted this year for
at about 65 per cent of the price
to grower for the 1926 crop. Con-
giderahle loss resulted to thp straw-
berry crop from rapid delayed rl-
(Continued on page 4.)
WHEAT
SO
COIN
LODGING
HOUSE
KEEPER SLAYS
UNRULY IDLER
Fred Hartwick Claims Self
Defense in Taking Life
of Dan Hanley.
PORTLAND IS SCENE
Annoyance of Former Wife
and Threats to Kill
Two Persons Lead
to Tragedy.
(Associated 1'rca Leased Wire) -
l'OHTLAND, Ore., July 13. "I
killed him in self-defense."
With these words Fred Hart
wick, 52, lodging house proprietor,
last night admitted police to his
house and pointed to the body of
Dan Hanley, 39, lying on the floor.
Mrs. Hanley, wife of the slain
man, and from whom she was re
cently divorced, had apartments in
the Hartwick house. For about a
year, Hanley has not been work
ing, his former wife said. She had
been furnishing him with some
money from her labors as a seams
tress and paid his room rent.
Dosplte warnings to stny away,
he 'had visited the lodging houpc
several times recently, abusing his
Yife while there, Hartwick said.
Threatened to Kill
On his visit yesterday, Hanloy
demanded that Hartwick produce
Mrs. Hanley, who was out shopping
at the time. 1 The landlord remon
strated with Hanley -and was
threatened. Hanley left, promising
to return and "kill the two" of
them, Hartwick stated to the po
lice.
Hanley later returned tnd enter
ed the room crying: "I'll kill you
and then I'll kill her!" Hartwick
stated.
"Not until he was so close I
could feel hi3 breath upon my face,
did I fire, the proprietor declar
ed, "thru I shot from the hlo. linn
ley rolled over, dying almost in
stantly." Wife Escapes By Window
Mrs. Hanley had seen hnr hus
band through the glass In the fioi't
door and escaped by jumping from
a window. .
' Hartwick was arrested and form
Mly charged with murder.
Mrs. Hanley iUes not bl&ine
Hntlwkk for what . happened, the
told peiice last night. She r-jturr-eJ
to '.he room after the atonln,;
and he.self telephoned tho polte'j.
Hartwick ha3 a wife ar.d two
sons. J7 and 22. All were nwny
at the time, Mrs. Hartwick- boir.g
at u theatre. Hanley, by a pievi
ous marriage, Is r-urvived -I. two
daughters, 7 and s; who ar living
at IhVChrfstie homo. Tho Ilanleys
were married two years ago lit
Vancouver, Wash. .
A coroner's inquest Is scheduled
for ttday.
(Anoriated PrrM Leaned Wire)
CHICAGO, July 13. Cecil Haw
ley, a civil engineer, son 'of Con
gressman Hawley of Oregon, has
left no trace, as far as known,
since he vanished from Chicago
some .time ago, after which it de
veloped that two women claimed
him as their husband.
Mrs. Andree Marcelle Hawley, to
whom he was married in La Porte,
Indiana, on December 5, 1922, has
filed suit for an annulment. She
had written to Hawlev's relatives
and In that way Mrs. Bella Hawley,
of Salem, Oregon, heard of her.
She had been married to Hawley
for a number of years, and had
two children. Whether Hawley ob
tained a divorce before his mar
riage nearly five years ago, Is not
known here.
Mrs. Andree Hawley was born In
Paris. France. At the time of their
marriaee Hawley gave San Francis
co as his home.
SALEM, Ore.. July 13. Nothing
Is known here of the whereabout
of Cecil Hawley. Chicago engineer,
and son of Congresftmnn V. C.
Hawley of this city, who Is report
Activity Of Lumber Company Gives I
Medford Vision of Rail Connection
With Hill Line In Klamath Falls
- (Auooiuted l'reu Leased Wire)
MEDFORD, Ore., July 13. The
Medford Mall Tribune will say to
day: -
A railroad between Butte Falls,
the eastern terminus of the Pa
cific and Eastern railroad owned
by the Owen-Oregon Lumber com
pany, and the Hill lines iu Klam
ath Falls Is "feasible, practical,
presenting few heavy rock cuts,
and within financial reason," ac
cording to James H. Owen, gener
al manager of the Owen-Oregou
Lumber company, with headquar
ters In this city.
Mr. Owen, after questioning,
reluctantly admitted that with a
party of engineers, he had gone
over the country between June 30
and July 5, last, and studied the
topography and terrain, seeking
possible rail .routes.
Mr. Owen was reluctant to go in
to detailB on the data, that he had
collected on the jaunt, except that
a cruise of the timber available
for tonnage showed a variety,
"with some of the best stands in
Modern Machinery Being
Installed in Order to In
crease Capacity to
Mee Demand. .
' Because of the greatly Increased
demand for feed ,and flour In the
territory served by the local plant,
the Douglas County Flour. Mills
is adding a great -, deal ot new
equipment and making . other
changes to increase the output. The
territory served by the mills is
being enlarged, bringing . about
such a demand for flour, feed and
the other mill products that the
plant here has barely been able
to keep up with tho orders.
To Increase the supply of mill
feed, Mr. Bash ford has purchased
two new machines, making the feed
mill one of the best equipped and
most modern on the Pacific coasL
A Guant Feeder , one of the latest
and most improved pieces of equip
ment, will increase the capacity of
the feed mill more than 35 per
cent while an automatic packer,
which fills bags automatically, will
also speed up work. These two
pieces of equipment are of the
most modern type, and bring the
local mill up to a high standard.
Mr. Bush ford states that addi
tional machinery for the flour mill
is also being secured. The demand
for the flour products of the mill
have been so great that it has been
found impossible to build up a sur
plus or reserve, the flour being us
ed to fill orders as fast as it can
be turned out. The new equipment
will increase the capacity by a
big degree.
Mr. Ralph R. Harding has been
employed as head miller and Is
taking over his dutte.t here. He
has formerly been employed with
the Triangle Mills in Portland and
has over 15 years of experience in
the business. He has leased a home
In Edenbower and will move his
family down soon.
TONSORIAL SKILL SAVES
MAN FROM PENITENTIARY
(Amoctited Prcit Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore., July 13 Be
ing a capable barber 'saved King
Jackson, Mutnonf:ih county pri
soner, from going to the state
penitentiary yesterday.
Jackson was Indicted last De
cember tor forgery. Yesterday he
was permitted to plead guilty to
a lesser count anil will continue
to function a head barber In the
county jail. He la more than pay
ing his way and his services have
become Invaluable, according to
Deputy District Attorney Ham
mersly, who made the recommen
dation. ed to have vanished from his Chi
cago home some time apo leaving
a wife. Mrs. Andree Marcella Haw
ley and two children.
Hawley has not made his home
In Salem for several years, al
though his first wift. Mrs. Helle
HaWley. has been living at the j
home of Congressman Mawley. Mrs. '
HHie Hawley says that she was
married to Cecil Hawley 17 yearn
ago. and that she has nevr hoen
divorced from him. She refiised to
dlscuMs the Chicago report that
Hawley has a second wife living
thfre, to whom he was married In '
1922, and said that she content
platen no action against her hus
band.
southern Oregon." He further said,
that it was his intention later of
naming tentative ran surveys,
looking Into the Jenny Creek couu
try, as a connection tfith some of
the Klamath railroads. 1
This section has a heavy stand
of pine.
Mr. Owen stressed the fact, dur
ing the interview that his trip over
tho country "held no significance."
"Of course, it is within tho
range of possibility the Hill linos
or some other railroad might tap
tins rich section," he added.
"There is no use to excite the
public with rumors of railroad
building." .
The Owen-Oregon company
owns a large amount of timber
that could be economically mar
keted, with railroad facilities, by
building a short railroad line to
the southwest. There are also large
saleable areas in Crater Lake Na
tional Forest reserve, joining the
timber holdings of the Rogue Riv
er Timber company and the Owen
Oregon Lumber company.
C.J.
IT,
Excessive Work in Forma
tion Prune Market Plan
Hastened End of
....v-.-. . ... Life.
Word was recelved here today of
the death at Corvailis last night of
C. J. Hurd, former county agent
for Douglas county but who has re
cently been serving as marketing
specialist with the extension Serv
ice of the Oregon Agricultural
college. Mr. Hurd had been In
poor health for several years, but
became suddenly Ifl the first of
the week with heart trouble, which
resulted In his death last night,
The news of his death will be
received with sadness by his
great host of friends In this county.
Mr. Hurd as county agent accom
plished a great deal of good Jn
Douglas county, his work being of
the most constructive type. He
made friends wherever he went
and was a help In many ways to
the producers of the county.
nnrmnn' w l,Z ' '"
position he practically gavo - hi.
life to the cause of better markets
for Oregon grown products. His
Intense enthuHlasm for his work
and his earnest desire to help the
farmers caused hlrn to keep active
when he could probably , have
lengthened his life many years by
less application to his duties. Dur
ing the activities surrounding the
formation of a plan for cooperative
marketing of prunes he worked be
yond the limit of his endurance nnd
this resulted , In the breakdown
which caused his death.
The funeral services are to he
held at Corvailis, Friday morning
at 9:30 o'clock, according to word
received here.
Served In Legislature
CORVALLIS, Ore., July 13. C.
J. Hurd, extension specialist on
marketing and organization at Ore
gon Agricultural College and for
mer representative from Lane coun
ty, died here last night of heart di
sease, nge 62, following a werk of
Illness, brought on, according to
physicians, by overwork In connec
tion with the organization of tho
prune industry during the last
three months.
Hurd came to Oreson In 189R and ,
engaged in farming at Santa Chita,
near Kugene. In lf)13 he was elect
ed to the legislature and served
one term. In 1917 he became coun
ty agent of Douglas county and
promoted three years later to as
sistant county agent leader for the
state. He entered his present po
altfon In 1923 and has been Identi
fied with cooperative marketing for
the last ten years and active In all
forms of farm organization work.
Hurd was advisory member on a
rommlt'ee of nine to perfect de
tails of the grower-packer prune
markelng plan. He Is survived by
his widow and three sons and a
daughter, all grown.
TWO-WAY TRAFFIC FROM
ANNA SPRING8 TO CRATER
!
MKDFOFin. Ore.. July 13. The
road to the Crater Lake rim from alppl wrecked their rlrhest em-1
Anna Springs, that has been sub- plres. Half the beehives in 1 ,011 In
ject to one-way traffic, owing to lana were afloat. Many a keeper
snow since the opening of the fiund whole colonies lodged in
park July 1, waB opened at noon to- swamps, tho myriad workers
day, without any traffic restrlc- drowned beside tholr queen. 1
(Ions. A warm sun has melted the I But bees, queens and hives havo ,
snow rapidly and a force of men been donated through a trade jour
have completed the work. The nal to persons whose solo source
road Is In excellent condition and of Income washed away In tho 1
tourist travel Is heavy, l flood. .
T
AN S ASK
LOWDEN TO TRY
E
Petition Bearing Names of
10,000 Is Presented by
Farm Bureau Head.
ANSWER IS WITHHELD
Former Illinois Governor
Declares Time at Hand
for Prosperity to !
Reach Farmer,1
(AmocIiiUhI Prcu I-cafed ft'lrv)
OREGON, 111., July 13. Frank
O. Lowden, former governor of
lllionts, today received a petition
bearing the signatures of 10,000
Montana voters asking him to be
come a candidate for the republi
can nomination for president.
The petition, which hacf been cir
culated In every Montana county,
was presented to Mr. Lowden at
his farm home by W. K. Stockton
of Dozen mil, Montana, president of
the Montana Farm Bureau,
"Mr. Lowden said that, nothing
could bo said at this time," said
Mr, Stockton after he presented
the petition, v
"Montana is very strong for Gov
ernor Lowden. . We appreciate his
attitude towards the- farm prob
lemiand that Is-the big problem of
our stato. We bcllove that Gov
ernor Lowden is the man who will
bring about better conditions."
Lowden Scents Old Foe
MADISON, Wis.. : July 13. The
same force which opposed the
"radical" interstate commerce law
when it was first proposed are
those which nre now fighting farm
relief legislation, said Frank O.
Lowdon, former governor of Illi
nois, nddrossing the Wisconsin leg
islature. - .
Theao same forces, he added
now give the interstate commerce
regulations full credit for the great
prosperity or the railroads, and the
same beneficent result has come
from grouping the country's credit
unuer the fedGra, resei.vact
N he 8n,d u , aci
- l PeililUOd to e.ljo
farmers
onlov tho
benefits of stabilizing his market
wun tno approval of the govern
ment. - , .,
Tl
E
. GET
LOS ANC1KLKS. July 13 Jlh
momls dnclnred worth $r,o,0(iu wcin
Htoli-n from n ji-wolry more nil'v
hero today by two young men who
ballorert Sum Cohen, lis, a clork,
unconscious with thHr r -vot'vcrn.
Cohen whs atlackpd Just artcr
entering tho store. Ilo had open
ed the safe to nlace the leweliv
m mo snow cases. When ho un
locked tho store door to admit a
nemo Janitor, tho two holihip men
stepped up from their walling place
In a npiirhv tlnnru.ni. (l,w nf M.nn.
struck Cohen down with a revolver
butt and the other at the point of a
gun ordered the janitor into the
rear of the Jewelry store.
The robbers clemied tho safo of i
diamonds and jewelry and while
early workers passed the store
cnlmly walked to their automo
bile and ciicaped.
Cohen recovered const lunations
as the pair were driving away. He
said the robbers took all the dia
monds and Jewelry tho safo con
tained and that they were worth
around $f0.00).
HONEY BEE COLONIES
ARE REHABILITATED
WASHINGTON, .Inly 13. Win
ed royally rules asaln In tlie nee-1
tar domalna of Iouilann. Tho .
honey lino queens are hack. i
Weeka ago the turbulent Miauls-
FOR PRESTO
lib!
Hollywood's
Florida Rival
Goes On Rocks
(AmocIiKi',! TrciS Lptm-d Vlri) :
MIAMI, Fla., July 13. Throe
suits totalling almost 3.01)0,(100 iu
claims, were filed yesterday In
United States district courts here
and in Jacksonville, by the High
way 'Construction company, Incor
porated, of Ohio, asking receiver
ships for two ' conipanlea which
played major pnrlB In the develop
ment of the city of Hollywood,
famous Florida boom resort near
here.
Joseph W. Young, founder and
developer of Hollywood, is presi
dent of both companies named and
is himself named ns tho defendant
Iu the Billts which are for balance
due on sidewalk and street paving
construction completed, and 'for
profits lost when contracted con
atructlon.was ordered stopped early
this year. The companios for which
recolvershlps wore aHked are the
Home Seekers Really company of
Hollywood and the Hollywood Lnnd
and Wutor company, i
Hollywood, from a population of
26,000 llttlo more than ttfo. years
ago, 1iaa dwindled to a scant 6,000
inhabitants and its wide boulevards
and Bldewalks in many cases spread
thru thousands ot acreB of unpop
ulated dovolopmont planned or
iginally as an ideal model com
munity resort town. The city sur
fored severely from tho hurricane,
which devastated the east coast of
Florida last Septomber. s
Rehearing to Be Sought in
High Court in Office '
. Building Case. -
ALL FUNDS AFFECTED
Authority of Treasurer to
Borrow for Authorized
' Expenditures Chief
Thing at Stake,
(AutoHuh-il l'reu Lt'uiHfi Wlrr) ',
SALEM, Ore.. July 13. Oecauso
it Is believed the opinion of the
supreme court yesterday nullify
ing an act of the 1927 legislature
whereby the stato would bo author
ized to build a $U00,0U0 office
building with funds borrowed from
the state accident commission viU
throw stato flnanceu into an ox-
tremely- chaotic coudltloil, It was
virtually decided by ' tho Btato
board of control today to ask for
a rehearing of the case. It was
discussed informally at n sesHlou
ot the tax commission.
Inasmuch us ' the opinion. In
which four members or the court
joined and against which three dis
sented, Is based on a constitution
al provision that the state may not
go into debt over $50,000, state of
ficials see the following dire pos
sibilities which they believe will
result if the opinion stands:
It may knock out a total of some
$1,100,000 In appropriations voted
by the legislature and approved
hy the governor, but which are In
excess of visible slate revenues.
It may nullify tho Haro bill au
thorizing the Htate treasurer to
borrow from various state funds.
it may knock out tho authority
of the state treasurer to borrow
money from any source In excess
or $f0,000 and compel the stamp
ing of state warrants "not paid for
want of funds."
It may nullify any. action of the
stale emergency board In nuthor-
MJonnnwd nn page 8.)
BOYS DROWNED
Word was received lule
Mils afternoon Hint two boys
hud been drowned Iu the
Unipqua river near Tyee.' A
call was sent to lite city for
a pulntolor. hut hh none Is
nvalliihlo nothing couid he
done locally to aid. Mra.' M.
E. Itltter, deputy coroner.
left for Tyeo to Investigate
die accident in the ahseiu'e
ot Mr. Itltter, who Is on Die
way back from Port land. The
names of I he boys Has not 4
learned.
CONTROL BDARQ
IN BAD WAY IF
RULING STANDS
THREE KILLED
OUTRIGHTTWO
OTHERS DYING
Stolen Car Crashes At:
2 A. M. Against Curb
of Los Angeles
. Thoroughfare
Remaining Two of Party of.
Seven Injured Ages
. ; of Victims From 13
to 18 Years.
, . (AsHOCiatcd I'ttu Tnlefl V ire) -
- LOS ANGELES, July 13. Youth
today paid for fun with death.
Two sixteen year and vone thin.'
teen year old boys were killed, and
one 16 year old youth probably la
dying, and an. 18 year ' old girl,
driver of the jajcz party's stolen
automobile, also is not expected-to
live thru the day. . ,
Their automobile, speeding Into
the city from the beach at 2 a. m.,
leaped from tne girrs control wnen -she
suddenly turned to. avoid hit- -ting
another car, struck a curb, and
rolled over and over, to crash In,
the front of a real estate office.
The dead:
Ruben Dietoh, '16, ; - -
Theodore Humes, 13.:
Isador Goldberg, 16. .
'' Those ' unconscious . f romr. frac
tured skulls or other Injuries, and
who hospital physicians do not ex
pect to survive the day:
: Betty Peck, 18, driver- of tho
car. ..'".' , . .-. . -;
Buster Meyers, 16.
The party included another boy
and girl, Norman Brill, 17; and
Wllma Scheffler, 15, who were In
jured, Brill escaped with minor in
juries, , i
Oar Had Been Stolerf
The two girls nnd flvo boys;
gathered at Myers' home Inst
night. Ho bonsteil he had just
"bought a new sednu" anil urged
them all to ride to the beach.
The pollco learned today that
the car a new one had been
stolen from in front of the homo
of C. S. lloglG, West Tenth street,
Sunday.
The party of youths lert tor
Venice at 10 o'clock last night,
danced until midnight and diovo
to Snn Pedro.
Tho police nre Investigating to
loarn what they did there lor morn
than un hour.
Car Skids 100 Feet. '
According to young Brill, who :
told tho story of the party to thn
police, the Peck girl drnv-3 the car
from San Pedro, following closu
behlud another ipeedlng car. At
Main atreot and Ono Hundred 111 d
Blxbth sho decldod to pain : tho
car when It suddenly turned to ou
ter a side street. She swerved tliu
car. It skidded with the brakes 011
a hundred feet, struck, tho curbing"'
and rolled over nnd over acroad
thirty feet of lawn to crash into
(Continued from page 8.)
SIX YOUfliG LIVES
(AmotIhImI Prow t.Hol Wire) ;
VANCOITVBR, Wash., July 13
Wilfred Watnon, lit, died yester
day from lnjurh-.i received when
a team of horses he waa driving .
ran away and three him from a
load of hay.
STKVIiNSO.V, WBKh.. July 13
(ilea Watfon, 11, gavo her life yes
terday In an atlrmpt to save her
companion, Margarttn Sm,fth, 9,
from drowning In a nlough near
here. Iloth were drowned.
THK rATJ,KS, Ore.. July 13
Nona Muxiue Martinaon, 7, daugh
ter of Mrs. Hans Martinson, of
Ulchleton, Vaeb died In a hospit
al hero yc.itt-rday from burns, sut
fort'd wiimi her clothing caught
fin while nlie whb attempting to
light a fire.
MONTKSANO, Wash.. July 13
Hornice, 10, and Virginia, 7,
children of Mr. nnd Mrs. Samuel
IMnnick, of Midlmurne, are believ
ed to havo been, drowned In tho
Chfhalln rlvor yesterday. Tho
river la being searched.