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I ' i o fa smog "t" Am Indpndsl Newspaper PrlnU the Nawi Ik Day It Happen. MElfBER 0rFH AS10CIATID FItlll SIX PAOESliA (IRANI") 10. PRECOX; THURSDAY. JULY lit. 1JH9 SIX PAOKS NUMliKR L(;() ' 2 . M 'A TJ iTAfi? Yrm I n .I - -Ai 11 j . I- --4 ft L nrnnniin j I MJuuliu q F . ... v.i r in nun hit cima f.r If UfiH HI f lt;l Ml? 1M1 I" I Ul LI1UIML 1 ... M Mitj v.. .1 mil iiv L'iciv fV ILL. IX HOSPITAL WITH I UltOKKX ANKI.i:. r I SRM BURGUNDER'S AUTO .' t I I FSFRUn IllENSE TkLUE OF,AffiICOT CROP al.. July 31 The of the aplcj crop In Southern 110 has been estl by fruit dthoritks at $75, fO. A recfA price of 1100 a evalls, cawd, IJ la said, "by fst-war deiandi of practidally Jarge cottnry except Germany dimated thre aee 65,000 acrox Icots in louihorn California e total pnductlon will bo up dot 150,00ctons. Seven thous en, 'woma and children -nro nil In gellng the fruit ready rket. 1'arly Wore Hiivinc Over Crossing on ;ieeiiHfHid Street When Accident Occurred All lirliKcd r(. i,r Mi". I'm guilder Thrown I'roin Cur unci .Mrs. Hill Jumped. Nine persons riding in S. E. Cur Bunder's auloinobllo had a very nar row escape iiom serious Injury or death last night when tho machine was struck by train No. 21. the Baker local, as it was coming Into town. The accident occurred on the littl" used crossing on Greenwood street. Those who were riding In the car were Mr. and Mrs. Uurgunder and their liille, girl Florence who is Just ovet one year old; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nichols and their four months old baby Kill: Mrs. Nichols' mother, .Mrs. Garrett, and Mrs. Nichols' sistct, M b. E. J. Hill, and Mr. Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Hill have been here from Elgin, Illinois, for the, past couple of weeks visiting at the Nichols I homo. Mrs. Hill wad the most ! severely injured of the parly. She jumped fiom the, car as the t:ain j struck it and suffered a broken bon' ill her leg. i Tho party were crossing the track I'oni the south side, of town, going tut toward the offices of the Grande f s fomio Lnmlier Company, where Mr. j lurgiinder is employed. The, large Tarchouses of tho Sawyer-Holme'' Bfcantilo Company and the W. B. lafka Company here, running close lack to the track, cut otf iprnctically III view of the track from the south lido and Ihe machine was on the ( middle of the cross.ng before, Mr Durgumle- saw tl'3 train coming lepidly. upon him and only a short ( distance away. lie was driving very slowly over the crossing, MS Is his usual practice, and was unable to spied up stiff 'ci'-nt'y to get entirely cloar bcfo"' the engino struck him. Ho turned iiis car in the direction th train .was' going and thereby, saved I ; the imiehinc being struck broadside As y wi'S, tho side of the engine hit tit' rear ot the, machine a glancing 'yiow s it passed, p ushing in thr 'back scat cnlirely and throwing the 'occupants against Hie jump se-nts and the front seat. Mrs. Hill, -who wjh silting just whc.re the engine struck squarest. jumped just before the Im pact and it Is thought a certolnly that this is all that saved her a b okeii back. Mr. Uurgunder was thrown sonic fifteen feet from the car ana severely bruised, and though none of the others wt e thrown out, ull of them . hut Mr. Nichols suffered painful contusions. All who were in the car decidedly nffirm that as the engine approached tile crossing there, wjj not the slight est warning given, and M-. Ilnr gundcr immediately instituted pio ceedings against the railroad com pany for recovery of damages, en-" gaging H. E. Dixon an hour after the accident as his attorney. Mrs. Hill Wiis taken fioni the scene of the accident to the Grande, Honde Hospital, 'where she U reported to be noting easily. We ausi be b: ca K sa deit he 0 KMTIHM-AXS . COM'EIt WITH piii;sii)i:xt. iicc of tho Treaty as it Slund- lrly litiKiNsible says Sen (or Xew, of liulliina. AIINGTON, July 31 "My stirrer than evctr tor ratifi- onwllh tesorvations." Senator s, publican of Now Hampshire, :r a conference, 'with the presi. tay. nar New. of Indiana, said that tol the president it would be or impossible to get the senate to meet the treaty os It sands. It t ior he ratified with reserva- a tfnll altogether". enir New, told tho president luas utterly opposci:l to article ofhe covenant. He said the tit of reservations was one for Uied States to decide legi'd ofs effect on other countries. VISI OF FLEET. A GREAT EVENT All tils In Hie Koute Are Tiepar j it lo Kxtelid Ainliitious i lltM'eptloiis, HI XS AtilSKi: TO T!!.Nsri;u . I1ISTIIUTS TO POLAND I'AKIrf, fA. I' ) Huron hurt voil I;isncr, chief of T!w Grnian pea.-i delegation, h.-s sent a leivr to th. f.are conferenrA Acfr.filng thepr- crfluie p oposed by the allies f,r the transfer by fermany to l'olaud of the rufe treaty. " SAN' I(A.CISCO,July 31 Out side; of sar and poaco no event of recent ears has rlieivcd tho at tention tiilch Pacific coast cities will Rivet to ;he visit of the new Pacific fleell Sjhedilcd to arrive al San Diego on of about August 10 the fleet then is to' proceed to Los Angeles harhoi . San Frincisco. Pugct Sound and from thfre lo Honolulu where Secre tary of the Navy Daniels will official ly ope the great Pearl Ha:hor dry (lock. Everywhere the fleet is to stop ambitious receptions are being Planned to eclipse any similar event in I'aci'ic Coast history. At San Kr.incisco about August 15 Presidon; Wilson Is expected to gicet the fleot on his tour of the country in Iwhalf of the League of Nations. Pieiident Wilson." if nothing Inter- feroPwIMi his Itinerary, will review tho'fles! in San Francisco hay o" JubI orr the Golden Galo. This, naval "iej say. will bo the greatest naval ha j.nt ever witnessed in waters o( the Pacific ocean. Iy every city the) fleet is to visit. ro"iiilt!ces to a: range, for Its wel- C0Iie have b.'en named. Parades Will k. vUif..rl it "C IIUIU 111 CH'J . wa- said. k moot places It is planned to nahe :u l-i.Ki one ilnv of the fleet's sli,:l a legal hollduy. P'om the In lunii cities and towns thousands of I'crtons ' n re expected to .make their '" '"tto the citi's, and aid in cxtena- lUKKpIrnmo If is planned to out do the meinor e receptions wlilch attended the sit nf th. Attuntin fleet to the 'aci'ic coast in OAR during Its f.HDftis trip aiound Ihe world. . A; Man Diego a great ae ial dls Piayin connection wlih the fleet will be h Id. Thi'i-o. many army airplane willjy rui in welcome with navy alr- eh-. At San Francisco airplanes rt expected o come from Mit.4her( 'ill t Sc amcnto to ai in th cl?ation. . ' c mm REDLICIN6 (OVEHX.MEXT WILL SELL A Sl'PPLV Sl Itl'Ll'S DlltIXT TO THE PEOPLE. COMPLAINTS ARE RECEIVp FROM BROTHERHOOD IEN illllliiliN of Dollars Worth or IihI Stock to lie Kolil Postliiiudei jml Mail Ciirriers to Act as Sal Ilciails or Hk! I'lan Heius Made cd Out. AIRPLANES AS WASHINGTON, July 31 -President is giving "deep thoughtful consideration" to high cost of living and all bra of tho government that niigh In Ihe problem are now at according lo an announccineii sued from the White, lious morning. I Railway Brotherhoods coijiaiu resident Wilson is deeply. Imposed over a statement p:esented tilhini by Warivn S. Stone, chief o the Brotherhood of Locomotive jngl- nrprs, describing tho unrest tlidigh out tho. country due to the declised he nd tin lie.i nut k, Is- fthi-i FIRE SCOUTS TWO MACHINES LEAVE CAMP . LEWIS EOU SALEM. Will Iteport lo (lovei-nor Ulrolt and by Him .Assigned lo Duty in Oregon Eoresta. TACOMA, July 31 Answering a tele-tram from Mather . Field, tiwt. urmy airplanes left Camp Lewi for Salem, Oregon today to assist in lo cating forest firos. They will report to governor Olcott and will bo ny him assigned to duty. The pilots are Lieut.. Einjl Kiel and Sergeant Fliank McKee. Iteiiclied Porlland nt Xoon. PORTLAND, July 31 Sergt. Mc Kee. army aviator, reached Portland from Camp Lewis, at 12:30. Lieut. Keil, his companion aviator, hud not arrived an .hour later. McKee, lust saw him in' a cloud bank over Che halis, Washington. KIEL ARRIVED AT 2:10. PORTLAND, July 31. Lieut. Kiel, army aviator, arrived from Camp Lewis at 2:40 this afternoon, after be ing lost two hours in the fog and clouds. HUNTERS OFF 10 SOLDIERS QUELL TH E GOVERNOR ORDERED TROOPS OUT AT THE REtH EST 01' 1 MAYOR" THOMPSON. DRIVING RAIN PREVENTS CROWDS FROM' GATHERING HILL5T0H0RR0W Purchasing power of the dollar Brotherhood of . Railway Tinmen REASON I'OII PHEASANTS AXD ad- mustliavo ; ini. due i have ulo Informed the rallroi minlsintlon that lli'y an increase of wrges unit mediate, steps are taken to he cost of living. Tialninent Must llavo Keif Prosldoul William G. Lee Ilrotherhood of Railwiiy Tr announced that unless the, admlnlbtj.ation. has taken act October 1, on the demand wages either be increased or of livin reduced, steps looli the cuforct-m?nt of the deinunlt be taken Will Sell Army Stocks) The government took th steps today by inaugurating for tho selling of $12fi,uuO.Vi of army food stocks dl act pet)lo with every postuis-r mail cartier & salumau. i Working Out The PI Secretary of War Iiake Tho GltOl SE OPENS. tlio imen I road i by that COit ig to will first plan worth lh.' niitf Post- Plenty of Ithds nre Hi-iHirled, Many or Them Are Still guile Small. Hill master fieneral Burleson aniUKopre- sentatlvo Kelly, of Peniv author of the house resolut po.-ing the plan, ai:e worklngbut the u sur tails for the disposal of plus army supplies. The senate today debnterl cost of living and is consider olution to reduce the amount- rency in circulation which sole claim is partly responsible. Senator Poindexter said tlf dent hud given a hundred m lars to feed distressed Eurojl t would be impossible to get to feed Americans. van la. pro le high n res f cur- Presi- ,ion doi ans but million Iocal hunters will bo taking to the hills and tl.o -woods In large nuiu - , hers tomorrow long befo' e the sun is up, for tomoriow is tho oponlnR day of the reason for pheasants j and grouse, In "Union -and Wallowa I counties. Tho birds are poported plentiful this year and many ot the 'city siportsmon will go no farther r.Tleld than the hills immediately west of the city In the fluent for tho game. Tho season opens two weeks e.itiller this year than It has for several yours past, and remains open two weeks longer, or until November 10th. Tho birds are, reported to be rather small this year, with the season opening two weeks eurliur, and II is likely that If sportBinen find they are, not satisfactorily developed, so as to be good for tho table, the state game commission will be urged next year to delay tho opening or the season until August 15th again This year has been a splendid one for the hatching and growth of thr, birds. Absence of both riiln and hall all summer has provided the host of weather conditions for tho youn)' hfcds to grow. The China Pheasant season does noli open until October. Incendiary Fires Indicate I'lct to Hum Down Large Section of the lllacl Belt I-roapectM Good For Early Settlement of Slreet Car Strike City Comparatively Calm. (Hy Associated Press to The Observer' CHICAGO, July SI. Six thousand soldiers nre patrolling the main negro districts. Many injuries are reported and numerous fires have taken place The death list has grown to thirty and nearly n thousand have been in jured. Governor Low-den ordered out troops at midnight on the roiicst of Mayor Thompson. Rioting thereafter dimin ished. The city is comparatively calm. Officials believe that the riots have been quelled. A driving rain pre vents crowds gathering. 'I he city is under murtinl law, thu state troops working in connection with the police. The mayor said he had information of a plot to burn down u lurgo section of the black belt. There hnvo been fifty incendiary fires in that district within the past 24 hours. The prospects aru good for an early ending of the street car strike. EXPORT OF WHISKY HAS COMMENCED LOUISVILLE, Ky.. July 30 Ex portation of Kontuckoy whisky has begun im a result of the lifting of e,mourgoes In the British Isles, ac- cording to dcalois here. Large ship ments from warehouses throughout tho state arc being mudo to England Ireland, and Scotland exports so far having exceeded 20,000 barrels, uc co ding lo reports. The distillers aro represented aa udrous of disposing of tho big Kon tuekcy holding before constitutional prohibition l:i January halts oxporta Hon. WEATHER 10 CROPS FREAKY TEMPEISA I 'I:-" AND It AIM A L. I'O.tle: IX SPOTS. Grain Yields Itango l-'i-om ,eur Ab solute l-'alliiro lo Some or lite Host o,i Kcco.-l. PORTLAND, Juy :1L.-Ila vost or winter wheat continues throughout Oregon with results varylnK from al most absolute failure lo the beat on iccord. Howcvor, In the principal wheat growing counties the yield ' generally as good as war. expected. iceordlng to tho weekly weather and crop report of tho wonthor bureau here,. High leiiipointure prevailed at the first uf last week but there was a change to cooler about tho middle of tho week, tho temporature In1 falling almost to AUSTRIAN CABINET DECIDES TO RESIGN (Br Associated Press to Tho OhaorvorF VIENNA, July HI Tho Aui.ri.in cabinet, hvutlod by Or. Kail Hi'twicr has decided to resign. BILL TO DEPORT UNDESIRABLES WASHINGTON, July 311 The houce this afternoon passed llio bill to dopwt tho undesirable Interned nllcns. CHAMBERLAIN INTRODUCES BILL (Hy Associated I'resa to The Otisorvon WASHINGTON, July III. Senator Chrimherlain today introduced a hill fur the universal army, navy and vo cational training of youthi from IH to 20 and for a nulhnal rftfistnitiun system. pie Pig, s are in the Clover MI;.Vsri!K Mrl hi) I'LAI K AX OX KlVtli KXPOIiTs .111 WASHINV.TOX. fA.P. Kxpoitfi 1 ion of .-iucar woufd he pt nhibii'(J 4,r two e.ir? undw- a ill in' toduct-d Widiivt--V " Krprcenlntivc KIHott. : n-pHbllru. Indiana. !f-airi whole-i rulers Pivinp ps u reuaon for f..ll- t- fill. r,AP. ,,,... r demand. i'b' tTTtK STUlKKIIUKtKLIt.s. fiUHAGO. A.l'.?- A .cor-- of' trik.Og ripar clc.-'o Vednesd.-0 at taed tw employes no a i. nll'11 vitr :e. neat tn-rn severely and tol III l0 i't't T-ILLD HI"X SHIPS 'lIKADf TO UK LS-Mi. i"'Nl)(v (A. P. One battleship. liaht crulseis and 1 5elerr)vet mrn f.r uwmijii w ... . -. Mi ... seuitha by their crews 1 fPn Flow, In Ihe Orkney lslan 6 ne JJ."tire resuy 10 n announced Wednesday in the 1 f ol commons. It was sjid there l-Ji Intrnipn of holding cou't tulr)-. rronse to a r.nt call o. r e, theoa-le. arrived in in,,. I , v u . I i I'KiAlXS OX ODDS .1 XI) KM" ""nB. P 2 p?lce, Ftraw Sailors ,r'. 13.50 reitular, LWieIlath- "Ji''.';rt -wool at bargins. Han small sixes 5, 6 1J. f P less than cost. 7-Jl-r.t V. -fWfldlhji .... yrZS1- " .S-m- o o o J L o o , Oro 1 o -L... . ' , t i I ,. ...... D Homo locullltes freeinn. Tho temperature toward tiie close of tho week nalu was ubove normal. A Icrtio number of thunder storms occurred In vanlous parts of Oregon but Iho amount of rainfall Heiieraliy was loo small to bo of bene fit to crops, to quench forost flren iii to seriously delay farm work. Many forest fires were started by ll;;htnii.(;. Water for Irrigation le ti.'cjmln:; sct'.rce In, many localities. Ilurve.st opspiini; wheat an-l oal. !s pi-our;ssinK except 111 the more elevated districts. Tho crap n Unlit oxc.'pt in tho western counties uuu wheio Irr'Kiited. leriKutud corn hi 100(1; tinlrrlitnted corn noods rain lint c;xeeut oi-i-r limited aroas has not boon Injured by dii ought. Huts are foiniintt in Josephine valid Malheur count ies. Aprleols still are In the market. Peaches and early apples are bcluC marketed In inereaslllK uuuntltles. Plcklni! of raspboi-riosv olid logan berries Is approaching completion In most, sections mid p(cklnK of black biHiios Ih in full progress. Kver-m-een blacklierrlos aro ripening. Ilaylnf: Is genorully comjilote ex-c-pt for tli late cutting of alfalfa and clover. hero not Irrigated iheso crops need ualn. Tho second end third crops of ulfalfa will be short III some places, owing to scar city of initiation water. Thu third crop or alfalfa is api-iochlug matur ity In pails or Umatilla county. Pastures unl raiigeii ro vory dry except .ti thu higher mountains hut thcr- Is llltlo cnmplulnt of shortugn of food .mil stock Is geuotally III fair to good condition. Potatoes and nil ttnlrrigateil ' dm ve'teti.bh s need -tain- Somp early Kitiiloe suffered from blight. The market l fairly well supplold with (lioialois and vegetables. Hops uro doing well. COMMISSION JUT LET 60 S POSTAL TELEGRAPH TO REDUCE RATES (Hr A nunc I ii tod Press to Ths t)h.nrvr) MOW VDKK, July III. President McKay nniKuinecd a twenty per cent reduction in Postal Telegraph rates when the wires go back to private eolitiol at midnight tonight. lli;Jll-:ST Oh' l-THK illl-;." TOR l-'Ol ltTII PAID MAX 1UISI-:.S rOKSlBIMTf. ACTION ON TAX ARREARS STILL HANGING FIRE niy's Answer lo lleiirsl of Property llwnei-k In Souili J.'ourtli Street Im provement District fr Kleiisiii of Time on Puyin.-lilM Depend on Viren Construct ion Coiupany. Discussion ot the South Fourth street Improvement rtiso occupied o gooa part or the nieutiiiK of the city commissioners In the city hall luai night. Tho suit brought by tho pro porly owiurB ugwlnst Iho city to pre vent the city ro clng payment or tho improvement tux assessments was dis missed by the supremo court, with tho rosult that the city decided nt once lo ndvortiae tho various pro perties Tor sale, ir the arioors dui rioni tho ownurs wero not sooner paid. Many ownors huve roiiuested an extension or time for puyiuiiut uf thek arrours, but tho city is unable to grnnt such oxtonslon without first securing tho consent of the Warren Construction Company, who hold tho city's wnrranls for tho work. Tho city has wcillcn tho cunpuny regard- lug the matter, but having yol re- coivod no reply tho co;mi,lisloncr de cided last nlf-ht to leave tht matter In tho iLunds. or the city attorney, who will proc.ed with the advertis ing of the properly f ;.ul within ti e noxt few days unless the a-i rears aro paid In the mc'intimo or Ihe con sent of the Warren Consu ucnon Company to tho extension of the time limit on the payments is s -cured. Tnlk Paid Kilo Department, A rcouoBt from tho fi,-j chief for an extra paid man for Jis f-irce.- so that tho iii-.Mi:r,ers of tho fo-i:- would bo ablo to wck In two shi's with i wo men -;t t!'c hall at ail tiui.'-s as tlu iii'urn::te ,:iws-reiitr ?, wii iet bv f rti. in':,: loners bj tl.e in u niCDl His', if r i y had to hire nucther n Miov v i,ld feel t Iho opinion ihn' the force, .consis' l-i ' of f.iu- nirn, would t" all me lo ce, r (.U"CJ i"d lhal thu .tlunleor U.-'-ii.-io tv d be li-p-Vtd with. This nia.t r wm 'litMsscil for a short tiino sii'l liral- ly loft e'er 'or furlh r A'csusslon next we'k- Labor Council Heipiest Dolegiilcs f'loui tho Central Labor Council of La Grundo eamo beforo the commission with a reiuest that Ihoy bo granted the use ot part or Jerrerso.i Avenue for a carnival u'. trartioii during thek 1ubor Day cele bration Iho first, week III September. Tho commission de.liyed ctlon on this ulso and will docldo upon It at their next meeting next Wudnusilay livening. I lu-li .North Side Mjiliinls In order to freshen Ihe valor sup ply for the P?ople living on tho norHi iildo of tho town, tho clly manager Interjected a suggestion that tho hy drants In tho city and particularly on the north side bo thoroughly fluslied . There- aro many "dead endu" on tho ninth side, where tho wuter lies until oMon It hns becomo rather stale. In order lo do ihi. with a little waste or the waicr sup ply us ipossiblu tin- iiKinam. "is.' gesled that Iho street sprlnkh rs i'. Illlid rro'ii th hydrunls on the uoit i side whllo the riushlnK of Iho hy drants Is taking place. This plan will bo carried out. The city manager's weekly jepori Is printed In anoth -r place In flic, Observer today. . LOCKOUT ON AT PORT OE BREST (My AKnoclnW lr;j i The Obmrvcr FiKKHT, July J . A II workat thin Ipoit vt-iwA when empl yern declared Jock'.ut, due to thu dcrnundif of lht I dt i-kerV union. DS.ITlfJH TORCE. TO.ARCHAMGEL a I I.'iViio.V, ,dy :n.Keih,l ia ar ran;: m (o send a ival force to Kus- te cevct the f-VHClliition Ar the Sn-h-.irpi.l district "y troops there. A cuili i'(-i0i(if regnlarrnO toois will :;Uo lie heft in rendiuess to :9iist if sw DOUGHBOYS AT ' BREST HAVE MONEY ItltliST, July 7-,Aiiicran lioiigh hoys sailing from ltrc-t are not re turning limine without nrjeey di-.-tpllo the hlglt cost of living In frsnce. In thieu d;is the Camp Plnanre, Offleo at Drcst exrlinnged S,2:i.'..4ut fiancs Into American dolleoi fir homeward bound Vunk(!j. Tlitri'jj tlMiusjind retiiruing snl;iier:i nnd rt llee.i rcrrled back to Iho United SlnO'S $1.37j" "o'i on lumrd Hid trnnv po is tlnr ai; i..-00!.r-' i lavs 'n.i r.-ift ot ewhi'iiln,'. allowed them w.: Ov rranes 'Plain HtnckwoM, Camp Kinin-i t n f ie.-r ays :i it- l iP.i ln unusii il fe.Ohii ori-rv lu i-xc ii.ngo two niilltnn0trancs In one day TIIJ-: WKATMKII POUTLANi), July 91 F ir 0e :',on. fiiirPgcntle northO''-mlr Vinlt. 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