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VOL. Li. NO. 15,438. PORTLAND, OREGON. FRIDAY, - 3IAY 20, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ELY DROPS WITH FLYING MACHINE CDMETPRDPHESIES MADE CHARILY NOW AUTO SPRING MAY BILL PRETTY GIRL DYED WOMAN IS BRAVE AS VESSEL BURNS CUT. COST IN HALF IN BATHING SUIT CENTER OF SYSTEM TALKED IN SENATE CONTROL LOST FOR INSTAXT, FALL FOLLOWS. AIR DEVICE IS IN VENTED BY COLOR WON'T COME OFF NECK GEORGE WESTIN'GHOCSE. SO SHE MISSES DAXCE. OREGON TfiUI COMBINE Assurance Is Given of Many Feeders; MAIN LINE TO BE EXTENDED Lakeview and Prineville to Have Railway Connections. . MR. HILL ENTHUSIASTIC Contented Settlers Dot Expanse of Central Oregon Only Recently Opened--Cattle Trails Are Traversed by Autos. BY R. G. CALLVEBT. KLAMATH LAKE, Or.. May 18. (Staff Correspondence.) The Oregon Trunk Line, now under construction trom Celilo on the Columbia River to the north end of Klamath Indian res ervation, is to be the "backbone" of the Hill system of railroads in Oregon. Branches are to be built wherever the traffic will justify them. This, in brief. Is the assurance that has been given the people of Interior Oregon by Louis W. Hill, president of :he Great Northern, who has just com pleted his tour of that portion of the itate. With this statement as a basis and taking- also into consideration Mr Mill's enthusiastic comments on the country he has seen, the prediction is ate that not only will the east and we.st line be built tnrough Oregon but there will be a Lakeview extension, a branch or a main line, through Prine rllle and a continuance of the work low in progress to Kiamath Falls. Yet !t should be understood that the presi Sent of the Great Northern has -care fully refrained from making any prom ises to the communities which he has t-lslted. Country Promising for Fruit. The most promising fruit district of Central Oregon' was traversed in a por tion of the 170-mile Journey Monday .'rom Lakeview to C""cent. This dis trict lies In the Chewaucan and Sum mer Lake Valleys. The two valleys ire practically one. . Between them there is a low ridge on which there has been made a segregation of a 12,000 cre Carey-act project. Combined, the two valleys are nearly 50 miles long, the Chewaucan 'being taken up partly by a reclaimable marsh and Summer Lake Valley by the body of water which gives the valley its name. In these two valleys Is one of the nldest settled communities in Oregon. The farmhouses are well kept and shaded by tall cottonwoods or poplars, and practically each farm has a home , orchard. In the northern - end of the Chewaucan is the small village of Paisley, ' which with Its streets shaded by big maples and other trees and Its old buildings has the appearance of a town in one of the Eastern states. In the two valleys, although the altitude ranges more than 4100 feet, the finest of peaches are produced and the fruit products include grapes, pears, plums and all kinds of small fruit. Along the shores of Summer Lake are thousands of wild plum trees and for this fruit the settlers come even from as far as Burns, 120 miles away. The fruit products of the district are necessarily consumed by the small nearby mar kets, and when "nearby" is mentioned in that part of Central Oregon it . in cludes Silver Lake, Paisley, Burns and Bend. Like the rest of Interior Oregon the main standby of the farmers is stock. Country Like. Garden., In this little-heard-of district one might, think he was "in another state, In the northern end of the Chewaucan Valley the elsewhere inevitable barbed wire fence disappears and board !ences lining roads improved for their entire width take its place. Cultivated fields, meadows or orchards are on both sides of the road. Similar condi tions prevail In Summer Lake Valley with the difference that the cultivated land is. a strip that lies between the water and high cliffs of rim rock. These cliffs are so high that In the mid dle of May the enow still remains in patches while In the valley there Is Sum mer heat Springs innumerable gush out and irrigate the fields and find their way Into - Summer Lake. These hig-h cliffs have the name of Rim Rock Mountains or Winter Ridge and It Is probably due to their heat holding properties that the Summer Lake Valley is so mild in its climate. Summer Lake is more or lees alkaline. On the western shore there are broad, glittering. white stretches of borax, which could be shipped out by the train load without making an impression on the quantity of material there Is there. Between this borax deposit and the eastern shore are more farms, the pecu liarities of one of which are indicated by the name "Ranch of a Thousand Springs." . The route of the Hill party took the automobiles after leaving Summer Lake over a high ridge and down Into Sliver Lake Valley. If the Hill line to Lake view serves the Summer Lake and Che waucan valleys It will probably pass well to the east of Silver Lake, because of the topography of the country, and (Concluded on Page 14. Plane Damaged to Extent or Several Broken Ribs and Battered Pro peller, Aviator Unhurt. ROSEBCRG, Or.. May 19. (Special.) On the last day of the aviation meet at Sutherlln. a partially wrecked flying .ma chine paid for a. moment's lost control on the part of the aviator, Eugene B. Ely. After rising to a considerable height, Ely attempted to soar In a circle back to the starting point. It appeared from the ground that he could not control the ma chine for just an instant. It tilted and then began to fall. To drop where he was would have meant a landing in Jhe midst of the numerous buildings near the track. Therefore Ely tried to maneuver his craft so that he might get away from this danger. In this he was partly successful. Although " he continued to fall, he land ed partly In the open and the damages to the machine consisted of several broken ribs and a battered propsllor. This can be repaired in a few days, he 6ays, and then the plane will be taken to Port land, and thence Ea"st. Ely was unhurt. Great crowds of people gathered at Sutherlln today. In the morning the O. A. C. Cedet Band gave a concert and in the afternoon before the flight were various sports at F. B. White's race track, including horseraces, ' footraces, high Jumping and other events,. Then came the flight, which started well. As soon as the plane was allowed to go It rose gracefully and soared away to the east, toward the Walte home. Then came the drop. A dance closed the festivities tonight. SIX BISHOPS CONSECRATED St. Paul Ceremony Never Over . shadowed In Importance in U. S. ST. PAUL, Minn., May 19 With great' solemnity and splendor, the six new bishops recently appointed by the Pope to fill vacant dioceses In the Province of St. Paul, of which Arch bishop Ireland is metropolitan," were consecrated today. The bishpps con secrated were: - Rev. James 0"tellly. of Minneapolis, Bishop of Fargo, X. D. : Rev. John J. Lawler, Cathedral of 'St. Paul, auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of St. Paul; .Rev. Patrick R. Heffron, rector of St. Paul's seminary, bishop of Winona. Minn.; Rev. Timothy Corbett, of Du- luth, bishop of Crookston, Minn.; Rev. Vincent Wehrle, of the Benedictine order and abbot of the monastery at Rlchardton, N. D., bishop, of Bismarck, N D. ; Rev. Joseph F. Busch, head of the missionary band in the archdiocese of St. Paul, bishop of Lead, S. I). Archbishop Ireland was the conse- crator, and was assisted by Bishop James McGolrick, of iJuluth, and Rt. Rev. James Trcbec, of St. Cloud. Minn. This event has been overshadowed only once in modern times in the Catholic Church when the Pope himself con secrated 14 new French bishops and was approached only when Archbishop Ire land consecrated three bishops at one time. Eight hundred priests and 130 seminar ians took part in the great procession. mere was a public reception tonight. FIVE BLOWN TO ATOMS Explosion in Powder Works Shakes Xanairao, B. C. NANAIMO, B. C, May 19. Five men were killed today by an explosion in the Hamilton powder works, four miles from this city. One of the dead Is Bert Hugh. ine snocK was reit here like an earthquake. The court buildings, where the as sizes were being held, were Jarred bv- the shock and the doors slammed all around. This is the second explosion at these works. The explosion took p'ace while a quantity of nitro-glycerln and acid was being brought into the separator from the main building. The separator blew up with a terrific roar, being en tirely demolished. All the five occupants were blown to pieces. Pieces of human flesh were found scattered among the wreckage over a radius of 100 yards. Superin tendent Hall, of the Hamilton powder works, had left the separator just be fore the explosion and was but 100 yards away; CROP CONDITIONS GOOD Umatilla Irrigation Project Well Supplied With Water." OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington, May 19. Weather conditions on the Umatilla Irrigation project, Oregon, during April were favorable for the growth of crops. There were no severs winds. The maximum temperature was 95 degrees and- the minimum 27 degrees. - -om springs reservoir waa kept well filled with an available capacity of about 42,000 acre feet. Sufficient water has been flowing In Umatilla River to supply all Irrigation needs of the project and to make up any wastage in the reservoir by seepage and 'evaporation. Construction has been in progress on the drainage system near Hermlston and the manufacture of concrete pipe for the fourth unit and some email ditches for the third unit. The greater part of the water right charges due has been paid. MARRIED WOMEN BARRED Forest Grove Employs as Teachers Only Single Women. FOREST GROVE, Or.. May 19. (Spe cial.) No married women will here after be employed as teachers in the public schools of Forest Grove. This is not because they have not done satisfactory-work, but rather that the School Board has decided - to employ only unmarried women and widows women who make their own livelihood. The School Board of Directors has chosen the teaching staff for'the com ing school year and three married women were -dropped. Astronomers Wonder ing What Happened. MYSTERY OF VISITOR DEEPENS Earth's Passage Through Tail Regarded as Uncertain. SPECULATION IS GENERAL Explanation of Appendage Failing to Sweep Earth, on Time Is That Curvature,' or "Lag," Causes Streamer to Veer Away. HAIXET'S COMET SETS TODAY AT 8:11 P. M. Halley's comet sets today at 8:11 P. M. : tomorrow. 9:12 P. M. Sun seta 7:11. . Comet's speed today Is about 1G19 miles a. minute. Comet's dis tance from the earth, 14,300.000 miles and rapidly Increasing. Comet's po sition directly north of Orion, where it was last Autumn; right ascension, 5 hours 3 minutes 23 seconds;- declin ation. 19 degrees 8 minutes north. For a time the supreme query was: What will happen when the earth goes through the tail of Halley's comet? Now the question of the hour is: What has happened to the comet? Wednesday night astronomers were congratulating themselves that the earth had passed through the tall ac cording to schedule, without any dam age and with practically no manifesta tions. Now everything is speculation. Astronomers are agreed, first, that something has happened to the tail; second, that it did not arrive on sched ule; third, that the earth did not pass through it; fourth, that It will be al most impossible to tell when this pas sage does take place until after the event has happened.. All these things leave the subject of the comet as much of a mystery as ever. The apprehension felt by certain timid ones has by no means decreased, but rather strengthened. There is still fear that the tall of the comet may hold deadly gases that will wipe out all life from the earth; that there may be showers of meteorites to work harm when and if the earth passes through that tail. I Astronomic Doctors Disagree. mis interesting event Is very much a case of. the doctors disagreeing. Calcula tions carefully' made as to the entrance and exit of the globe into and from the appendage of the comet seem all to have gone awry. Now there Is a lack of con fidene'e among astronomers about mak ing any more predictions. From one of the leading observatories an announcement was sent, out yesterday morning that the passage of the tail be gan at 10:30 and we were even then in the midst of the conical streamer. This was later denied, and now astronomers are reticent fn their statements both of what has happened and what will happen. Amid all the conjectures regarding the (Concluded on Page 9.) WEARY WILLIE' 'GOSH! A . I'm Rubber Tires May Be Taken From All Vehicles, if Success Is as Great as Expected. PITTSBURG, " Pa.. May 19. (Special.) A new Invention has just been com pleted by i George Westinghouse. It is an air-spring, and by It Mr. "Westinghouse says the expense of running all vehicles now rubber-tired will be decreased at least 60 per cent, since the rubber tire may now. be dispensed with. It is said the new Invention will ultimately reduce the price of automobiles one-half. The new air-spring idea, which is now being tried out In Pittsburg, is a series of plungers working on air. cushions on the same principle as an elevator plunger. An air-spring is placed under each cor ner of the frame of an automobile and takes up the shock with greater ease than do rubber tires. Each spring" for an automobile is a cylinder about three inches in diameter and perhaps ten inches long, the plunger connected with the automobile frame working - up and down as increasing or diminishing weight requires. Inheritance Revenue Grows. . State Treasurer today received from the estate of Isam "White, of Multnomah County, $5102.21 as inheritance tax. The inheritance tax law, which has been in force since 1903, has ' brought Into the state treasury since January 1. 1910, $26. 230.33. The revenue from this source in tana .oa til 1Q1 Tharck Vine been A steady increase year by year since the law was enactea. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS - , The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum' temperature, 59 degrees; minimum, 46 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. National. Regular Republican-Democratic combine on rate bill tans to materialize in fiensiei Insurgents may be won over. Page 1. Taking testimony in Baliinger-Plnchot hearing may end today. Page 2. House debates tariff bill. .Page 5. Domestic. Zlon City again torn by factions contend ing for control of $l,OU0,00O property. Page 1. Socialist congress clashes over woman suff rage. Page 5.. George Westinghouse Invents spring to take place of rubber tires. pass A. ""' ' Sports. Joe Thomas knocked out by Billy Papke in 10th round. Page 8. Pacific Coast League results: Oakland 8. Portland 4; Sacramento 1. San Francisco 0; Vernon 5, L.os Angeles 4. Page 8. Johnson, satisfied with reduced weight, goes slower in training. Page 8. Pacific Northwest. Assurance given that Oregon Trunk will be suDplied abundantly with feeding branches. Page 1. Ely drops with his flying machine at Suther- Itn, but Is unhurt. Page 1. Clans catherlng at Athena for Caledonian picnic and games.-. Page 7. "Wife of Captain shows bravery as flames devour steamer J. Marhoffcr. Page 1. Pretty girl dyed in bathing suit and misses social affair. Page 1. Oddfellows close convention In Eugene; will meet in Portland in 1911. Page 7 Commercial and Marine. Buyers lower bids on Willamette Valley wool. Page 21. Few stocks offered for sale In Wall street. Page 21. Bears are routed in Chicago wheat pit. Page 21. - Portland and Vicinity. Lr. Jacob S. Giltner. pioneer surgeon, dead at bis home, aged SU. Page 13. Insanity experts to testify in Scriber trial. Page 53. O. R. & N. distributes Milo maize seed as experiment to Increase crop yield. Page 14. Devlin's suit against ex-bank officials will be taken up next Wednesday. Page 12. ' Sewer 'trust" cuts price of terra cotta. pipe. Page 12. Cometary interest now centers on what has , happened to the tail. Faze 1. FELLER MIGHT AS WELL BE W0RK2N' AS DODGIN' WORK ALL THE TIME." Deal With Insurgents Now Most Likely. RAILROAD ISSUE UNCERTAIN Trade, Almost Made With Democrats, Falls Through. EARLY VOTE IS DESIRED Aldrich, After Busy Day, Hints at Arrangements to End Uncertain ty Cummin Pleads for Su pervision of Schedules. WASHINGTON, May 19. Beginning to day with a fair prospect of an agree ment between the "regular" Republicans and the Democrats, which would permit an early vote upon the railroad bill, the Senate concluded today's session in as great uncertainty as it has been at any time during the consideration of the bill. The day was full of consultation and the situation shifted many times. When adjournment was taken shortly after 4 o'clock there iwas more talk of an under standing between the regular and the insurgent Republicans than between the regulars and the Democrats. The first reports of the day indicated the strong probability that the large ma jority of the Democrats, if not all of them, would agree to accept a proposi tion of the Republicans to strike out the last three sections of the bill relating to the capitalization of railroads, as this arrangement was to have carried with It the adoption of an amendment - pre evented by Senator Simmons to prohibit the lowering of railroad rated to. destroy water competition and to give some advantage to the New Mexico and Ari zona statehood bill. - In returnlbe Demo crats were expected to vote against most of the amendments to the railroad bill offered by the Insurgents. '- - - Democrats Far I rom Unanimous. When this proposition was put in writ ing and Senator - Johnston of Alabama began to circulate it on the minority side of the chamber he met with much opposition and before he had proceeded far his associates became convinced his party was by no means unanimous for the proposed compact. Among those who refused to sign were Senators Bacon, Rayner, Frazier, Over man and .Smith of South Carolina. They raised the objection the agreement would be construed as a surrender to the "Aldrich Republicans." With such large defection, the movers for an agreement practically decided before the close of the day to refrain from further effort in that direction. Cummins Has Floor. The failure to put through this formal plan did not, however, cause complete discontinuance of efforts to bring the bill to an ' early vote. Senator Aldrich, the prime mover In this direction, was busy throughout the day. Just before the Senate adjourned he said some ar rangement would be made insuring the passage of the bill at an early date. Sen ator Hale In an open talk in the Senate (Concluded on Page 3.) Stenographer May Sue Xalatorlum for Giving Her Costume Which. Stains Body Blue. SEATTLE, May 19. (Special.) Agatha Ford, a pretty stenographer who lives with her parents on Westlake avenue, threatens to make trouble for the pro prietors of a local bathing pavilion for causing her to mtes an important social engagement last night. On invitation, she joined a bathing party yesterday afternoon and donned one of the suits regularly kept for hire. Fol lowing a two-hour splash, the young woman hurried to her dressing rooms. "You certainly are the girl in blue." said Miss Ford's companion, as they be gan to- disrobe. One look In the mirror and Miss Ford wilted. Her pretty neck and shoulders were a deep blue from that unwashable bathing suit. TJie stain wouldn't come ofT. When she reached town, she can celled her dance engagement and when she got home she mournfully put away her pretty low-necked gown. WATER HEARING IS StT Vacation of Permit to Use Hetch Hetchy Valley to Be Argued. WASHINGTON. May 19. Colonel Spen cer Crosby, Lieutenant-Colonel John Bid die and Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Taylor, all engineer officers, have been appointed a board to meet In Washington within a week to attend the hearing before the Secretary of the Interior on the question of vacation of . permit to San Francisco to use the Hetch-Hetchy Valley for a water supply. San Francisco is seeking to draw its water supply from the Hetch-Hetchy by throwing a dam across the valley. There Is atrong opposition to the scheme among naturalists' and others, who allege making a reservoir out of the Hetch-Hetchy Val ley would -rob this country of one of its. greatest scenic wonders. Proceedings have been begun against the City of San Francisco to show cause why a permit to use the Hetch-Hetchy should not be revoked and the Secretary of the Interior will give a hearing on the subject next week- SCHOOL BOARD ARRESTED Worker, Unpaid by Contractor, Gets Judgment Directors Won't Pay. ABERDEEN,. Wash., May 19. (Spe cial.) H. W. Weathered, Albert Frank and Jacob Anderson, directors of School District 48, were yesterday arrested by Sheriff Ed Payette on bench warrants Issued by Judge Mason In ther"Superior Court, following a refusal of the trio to recognize a judgment secured against them by Hans Hanson, a carpenter. The directors authorized the con struction of a new school building and failed to require a bond of the con tractor. Hanson was employed and the contractors failed to pay him. His judg ment against the directors followed. It is stated that there is more trouble ahead for the directors, as there are other claims of a similar nature unpaid by the contractor. HANGING STORY SUIT CAUSE Bellingham Editor Arrested Rival Said to Be Instigator. BELLINGHAM, Wash., May 19. W. D. Dodd, editor of the herald, was. arrested today on an information filed directly In the Superior Court charging violation of the public morals Statute forbidding the publication of details of legal executions. The charge is based upon the publica tion of the story of the Quinn execution at W"alla Walla, May 13, In which Quinn slowly choked to death and begged to be taken to the scaffold and dropped again. The charge. It is alleged, is backed by a rival publication which does not receive the press report furnished the Herald. Dodd asked for speedy trial and will ap pear in court tomorrow morning. COMET CAUSE OF SUICIDE San Francisco Man Says His Mother Was in Deadly Fear. BAN FRANCISCO. May 19. The body of Mrs. Mary Troller, a middle-aged woman, was found hanging in the base ment of her home today by her son. The face of the woman was badly bruised. The police suspect that foul play, and not suicide, was the cause of her death. According to Mrs. Troller's son, who cut down the body, his mother commit ted suicide through fear of the comet. AMERICAN JACKIES LAND Gunboats Send Men to Protect In terests at Bluefields. BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua, May 19. The United States gunboats Paducah and Du buque landed 160 bluejackets here today to protect American Interests in Blue fields and to prevent fighting within the town limits. The American force is prepared for any emergency, having taken ashore several field guns and rapid flrers. METHODISTS EDIT PAPER Neither Christ Nor Fiske Is Plagiar ized in the Itemlzer. DALLAS. Or.. May 19. (Special.) Neither Christ nor Fiske were victims of plagiarism in the issuance of the I tern -izer this week by the Methodists of the city. The paper appeared today on schedule time, well fllled with choice local and editorial matter, a liberal allowance of advertising and contributions upon the subject of prohibition. Steamer Marhoffer Is Lost Off Coast. COOK FALLS ONLY VICTIM Crew of Twenty Reaches Shore in Small Boats. NIGHT IS SPENT ON BEACH Explosion of Gasoline in Engine room Starts Fire That Spreads Kapldly Captain Orders Vessel Toward Shore. , NEWPORT. Or., May J9. (Special.) When flames were leaping from the hold of the steamer J. Marhoffcr yesterday af ternoon and threatening to devour the 21 persons oh board before the lifeboats could be launched, no one maintained more composure than Mrs. Gustave Peter son, wife of the gallant captain. Members of the crew today had only words of praise for the plucky "woman who wanted to stay beside her husband while he directed the beaching of th vessel and the lowering of the boats, but the captain finally persuaded her to leava In the first boat which put to shore. Explosion Starts Fire. During the long wait in the cold night air on the wooded beach Mrs. Peterson's cheering words encouraged the tired and hungry men. All members of the crew and the dead body of the steamer's cook were brought safely to Newport this afternoon. Fire which destroyed the steamer start ed from the explosion of a gasoline torch In the engine-room during the watch of First Assistant Engineer James Jane. Chief Engineer"' George Hastorf was off duty and asleep when the alarm wa sounded. Vessel Is Headed for ltecf. Hastening to the engine-room, ho re alized that it was impossible to save the vessel, and signalled, to the captain, who ordered the man at the wheel to head in shore. The vessel was about four miles distant, and the prow was directed toward a rock reef. . Two lifeboats were carried by tho steamer, and these were ordered lowered. When the steamer hit tho reef she listed to starboard, and this made disembarking easier. Captain Is Last to Ijeave. The first boat left the Marhoffer 20 min utes after the fire had been discovered, carrying, besides the captain's wife, 10 of the crew. The second boat was soon launched, and with a farewell glance at the doomed vessel. Captain Peterson started for the shore. It was about 3:30 o'clock when the small boat carrying Captain Peterson put oft for shore. In their hurry to escape any possible explosion the crew pushed away at rapid speed and ran broadside of a huge comber, which swamped the boat. The other boat came to their rescue, however, and with the exception of the cook, who later died as a result of ex posure, there were no casualties. Tho cook had been severely burned before leaving the steamer. The scene of the disaster was near the mouth of Fosarty Creek, about twenty miles north of New port. Engineer Hastorf and two of the crew were sent to Newport for aid. They left about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Exhausted, however, by the day's strain, they gave up the effort to reach Newport after walking 15 miles and stopped for the night at the Taquina lighthouse. Tlii3 morning they arrived at Newport, bring ing the first intelligence of the disas ter. Automobiles and wagons at once started to bring in the survivors, who had spent the night in a deserted cabin. In water ballast the J. Marhoffer, Cap tain Peterson, left San Francisco for the Columbia River May 14. She was to load lumber at St. Helens and Oak Point for tho return trip to the Bay City. Recently the Marhoffer was chartered by Beadle Bros., of San Francisco, from the Olson & Mahony Company, the own ers, for placing in the coastwise lumber trade. She was engaged for a year. In this service the steamer was coming to the river on her second trip. Her capa city was 750.000 feet of lumber. The hull of the J. Marhoffer was built at Aberdeen, Wash., in 1907, and her ma chinery was turned out by the Willamette Iron & Steel Works, of Portland. The same firm built the machinery for sev eral other craft belonging to the Olson & Mahony Company. Her official trial trli was made In the Willamette and Colum bia Rivers. The first cargo of lumber she carried was picked up at the local mills. The steamer was 174.1 feet long, 37.6 feet beam and 11.8 feet depth of hold. She had a speed of about nine knots an hour. San Francisco was her home port and Oliver J. Olson the managing owner. Less than two weeks ago the Mar hoffer was in the river. She took out a cargo of lumber, clearing May 7. She never met with a serious mishap dur ing her three years of active service until now. Los Angeles Brewers Strike. LOS ANGELES, May 19. Four hundred and fifty members of the International Brewery Workers' Union in this city went on strike today for increased pay. Every hrnwprv in Los Aneeles is affected.