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PORTLAND, OREGON, ATEDXESDAY, JULY 2G. 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. STUDENTS IN GUARD WILL BE RELEASED 10 DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE IN TUNNEL WOODEN SHOE ERA' IS HELD IMMINENT S.A.D. PUTER AND 2 SONS ARE INDICTED BRITISH CRUISER IN LIMIT ON LIQUOR AMERICAN WATERS EASTERN HOT WAVE IS HELD ILLEGAL MUSTERING OCT PROMISED IX TIME FOR SCHOOL. SUBSTITUTE FOR- LEATHER DE CLARED NECESSARY. WARSHIP ANCHORS IN CHESA PEAKE BAY; SOON DEPARTS. VOI,. VMNO. 17,371. CHILDREN PERISH IN More Than 250 Dead in Montreal Alone. STORM BREAKS IN CHICAGO Buildings Demolished and Big Trees Uprooted. BOLT STRIKES STREETCAR Units Composed of College Men to Be Dissolved and Reorganized in Officers Reserve Corps. WASHINGTON. July 25. All Na tional Guard organizations composed of college students will be mustered out of the Federal service in time for them to proceed with their school work at the Fall term- It was announced at the "War Depart ment today that the policy of the Gov ernment would be to disband such or ganizations completely as units of the National Guard and to seek the reor ganization of the college men into branches of the officers' reserve corps. Individual members of National Guard organizations who can show the intention of entering or returning to colleges or schools for the Fall term also will be mustered out on Septem ber 1. Passengers Escape Death, but Man on Sidewalk Is Killed Two Go Mad In Peoria Maryland j Town Is Inundated. ' ffflCAGO, July 25. (Special.) The present heat wave, -which envelops all of th country excepting" the Pacific Coast, is proving especially severe in F.astern, Canada-, where the people are unused to torridity. Dispatches tonight say that more than 250 children perished in Montreal the past week from heat. The temper ature there today was U3 the highest point reported in five years. In Que bec 23 children have been killed by heat Fine Sunday. Toronto also reports unusual heat, which has continued for nearly a week, resulting1 in deaths and prostrations. Montreal Condition Unusual. Conditions, in Montreal especially, are most , unusual. Ordinarily that city is positively cold when the States are baking and sweltering, and hay fever sufferers have hailed Montreal as the one spot they could count on for relief. iow conditions are almost reversed, as Montreal is seven degrees hotter than Chicago. TJght breezes helped Chicago some what today, although it was hot enough for the most fastidious. Police reports show that eight persons died yesterday. last night and today from the heat, and there were several prostrations and aoveral persons bitten by dogs. The official forecaster says there is no relief in sight for several days, but that all indications point to still hotter weather. Chicago Hag Terrific Storm. A terrific electric storm broke in Chicago and vicinity early this morn Ing, doing damage in one of the suburbs, where big trees were uprooted and buildings demolished. One street car was struck twice by lightning, re suiting in panics, in which passengers were trampled and battered, but no one was killed. Another streetcar was Ft ruk but the bolt slipped off and struck down a barber standing in his door opposite the moving car. The storm worked especial havoc Norwood Park, Edison Park and Nor mal Park, fashionable residence dis triets. and extra forces of police men were hastened out to keep People-off the street, which were tangle of 'trees, parts of buildings and live electric wires. All of these suburbs were in darkness during the night. A holt of lightning struck the residence of George Simons, hurling Mrs. Simons nnd her daughter out of bed and set tng the house on fire. - The uncon scious woman and her daughter were rescued by neighbors. Two Men Driven Insane. In Peoria, III., a militiaman and giant Kentuckian, visiting there, went insane from heat and ran amuck i different parts of the city, injuring r number of people. At Hagerstown, Mci., a cloudburst Inundated many of Torpedo-Boat Stops Attack on Ger mans in Xeutral Waters. BERLIN, July 25. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) An attack on German merchant vessels by Russian destroy ers, alleged to have taken place within Swedish territorial waters, is reported by the Overseas News Agency in statement today which says: 'Two Russian . destroyers attacked four German merchant steamers at the entrance to the Port of Laillea, within Swedish waters. The Swedish torpedo boat Virgo steamed toward them and the Russian craft fled southward, pur sued by the "Virgo, which, had made ready for action. The Swedish Govern ment has protested against this breach of neutrality." SWEDES CHASE RUSSIANS Victims of Cleveland Disaster Are 22. 12 TRAPPED MEN ABANDONED Federal Officials Have No Hope of Saving Lives. EXPLOSIVE GAS MENACES Accident Is Attributed to Faulty Electric AViring City, County, State and Federal Investi gations Promised. CLEVELAND, July 25. Federal of ficials investigating the waterworks tunnel disaster which cost 22 lives late today ordered all attempts to reach the bodies of 12 men imprisoned in the tunnel abandoned until tomor row. Retailers Say Unless Something Is Done Americans Will Go Bare ' foot In Two Years. CHICAGO. July 25. (Special.) 'This country Is in the throes of a leather famine. Unless the world develops a substitute for leather within two years America will be the next 'wooden shoe' Nation. Shoes will cost $10 a pair, high-legged boots will be a luxury beyond the reach of all save million aires and the people will wear wooden shoes, sandals or go barefooted." These were' declarations ma eke by delegates to the Shoe Retailers' Asso ciation at Hotel LaSalle today. It was the first annual session and grew out of the necessity of organizing shoe dealers to meet unprecedented condi tions of famine and arrested supply, both now and in the future. R. W. Ranney, president of the asso ciation, said: . "Few Americans are aware of the extent, of the embargo placed against shipment out of subject countries by the allies. Our supply of cattle has been reduced almost-to the vanishing point." Son-in-Law Is sA s In- FRAUD CONSPIRACY CHARGED FIRST CARS PASS UMPQUA Express , and Baggage Are Taken Over Partly Completed Span. MARSHFIELD, Or., July 25. (Spe- This action was taken because tests ! cial.) The first through car passed COUPLE KILLED IN AUTO Letters Indicate Projected Visit to Daughter in Bend, Or. DENVER. July 25. (Sprecial.) Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Waugh, of Coldwater, Kan., were killed when a Denver & Interurban car and their automobile were In collision on a grade crossing nine miles northwest of Denver today. Letters found indicate that they were en route to Bend, Or., to visit a mar ried daughter. Pearl, whose full name is not mentioned. Witnesses said that Waugh was ra cing to cross the track ahead of the interurban. The bodies were hurled 25 feet after the impact, Mrs. Waugh be ing killed instantly and her husband living only 12 minutes. of the gas through which the rescuers had to pass showed that it was highly explosive and the officials feared a second explosion. An attempt, will be made to pump out the gas so that the work of recovering the bodies may progress. All hope that any of the 12 men trapped in the tunnel are alive has been abandoned. Ten bodies, those of members of the two rescue parties which tried to reach the doomed men but themselves succumbed to the dead ly gas, are in the morgue. Eight in ured men, also members of the res cue parties, will recover. Four Investigation to Be Made. Four Investigations, city, county. state and Federal, will be started to morrow to determine the cause of the gas explosion near the five-mile crib end of the tunnel last night which en tombed the 12 men and released the gas which overcame the two rescue parties. The efforts of Gustav C. Van Duzen, superintendent of. waterworks con struction, and the members of the two DRYS ARE AHEAD IN TEXAS Ex-Governor Colquitt Leading Senatorial Nomination. for DALLAS, Tex., July 25. Complete returns from 228 counties from Satur day's Democratic primary election on the proposal to submit a constitutional amendment for state-wide prohibition showed: For 146,394; against, 142,618 In the Senatorial race ex-Governor Colquitt contained to lead his nearest competitor. Senator Culberson, by 25,000 votes. Culberson was ahead of Dr. S. P. Brooks by about 8000 votes. The majority for Governor Ferguson seeking renomination over C. H. Mor ris, will probably not reach " the ex pected 100,000. Returns at noon today placed it at 62,000. MINERS ARE TO RETURN Calgary Conference Considers Issue of War Bonus Thursday. FERN1E, B. C., July 25. The Fernie coal miners who went on strike yes' terday decided today to return to work tomorrow morning, pending negotia te streets and caused a restaurant to tions for the settlement of the war- collapse, killing three persons. The heat was also reflected in the epidemic of infantile paralysis. There were deaths in Illinois. Iowa and Col orado, and the epidemic has appeared in Wyoming and South Dakota, in dicating its spread across tho conti nent. Temperatures are high in Iowa and other big corn states, ,and fears for the crop are felt by farmers. The heat In the Northwest is also spreading rust In the wheat. EPIDEMIC STILL RAGING Federal Health Officers Increase Efforts to Prevent Spread. NEW TORK. July 25 Efforts of the Federal health service to prevent, if possible, the spread of infantile pa ralysis to cities and towns outside of I New Tork were strengthened today when an order was issued that no child IS years old or under be permitted to leave New Tork without a certificate from the Federal surgeons. The number of deaths and new cases Increased during the 24 hours ended at 10 o'clock this morning. During that time 38 deaths and 150 new cases were reported from the five boroughs of the city. There have been 647 deaths and 309S cases in the city since the begin ning of the epidemic a month ago. In the state outside New Tork City there have been 26 deaths and a total of 254 cases. bonus dispute. The negotiations will begin at Calgary on Thursday. The trouble has been brewing for six weeks. The miners demanded an in crease of 10 per cent as a war bonus, but the employers offered only 5 per cent to become effective immediately and 2H per cent later. Wbile the prin ciples have long been debated the strike was a surprise. POLES THANK AMERICANS Support for Independence Move Is Expressed Hope. THE HAGUE, via London, July 25. The Polish Bureau today informed the Associated Press that the Polish dele gates to the Congress of Nationalities at Lausanne, Switzerland, have sent a cablegram to President Wilson, thank ing the American Nation for the action begun to succor the economic misery in Poland. Hope is expressed that the "sacred watchword of liberty and independ ence for Poland will find a ready echo in America." Brussels Fined for Celebrating. AMSTERDAM, via London, July 25. A fine of 6.000,000 marks has been Im posed on the city of Brussels for cele brating the Belgian national festival last Friday, according to the Echo Beige GOVERNOR FREES RESCUER Arkansas Executive Pardons Xegro .Who Saved His Life. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. July 25. When Governor Hays today gave Hezekiah Porter, a negro, a pardon from his 21 years' sentence for manslaughter im posed in 1909, he revealed a story of hi own escape from drowning at the state penal farm at Cummins, six weeks ago. The Governor was fishing when the boat in which he was sitting capsized. The negro rescued him from the deep water. over the Willamette-Pacific bridge at Reedsport today, when express and baggage cars were taken across the bridge and attached to the trains .head ed north and south. The bridge, which spans the Umpqua River, is not completed, but Improving service will be . given until about the first of next week, when through train service will be inaugurated. MR. BORAH GIVES UP HONOR Senator. Sherman Will Notify Mr. Fairbnnks of Nomination. WASHINGTON. July 25. Senate Lawrence Y. Sherman, of Illinois, today, was chosen chairman of the Republi can i committee' which will notify Charles Warren Fairbanks August 10 of his nomination for the Vice-Presidency. ' Senator Borah, who had been selected, will not be able to make the notification speech owing to previous engagements. Illegal Use of Mails Is Spe cific Accusation. FOUR OTHERS INCLUDED About $200,000 Alleged to Have Been Collected on Promise of Slaking Land LocationsMore Indictments Expected. SAN FRANCISCO. July 25. (Special.) Eight persons were indicted today by the Federal grand Jury in the ao-called Oregon land fraud case on the charge of conspiracy to use the mails to de fraud. Those named in the true bill are: S. ' A. D. Puter, timber locator, Ber keley, with offices in this city. New York -and Washington. H. D. Puter. Berkeley, son of S. A. D. Puter. W. S. Puter, Berkeley, son of S. A. D. Puter. ' Alan McEwen. San Francisco, son-in-law of S. A. D. Puter. W. L. Murray, timber locator, Mon treal. J. L. Van Wormer, real estate dealer, Fresno! A. L. Baker, retired, farmer, Kerman. Franklin P. Bull, attorney, of this city. The indictment Is a sequel to prose cutions in Portland and in this city by United States Attorney Reames, of Portland. ' The investigation into the alleged frauds began two years ago. More Indictments are expected. S. A. D. Puter. who served a sentence in 1906 in Oregon for conspiring to take land from the Government, is al leged by the Federal officials to have been -the leader of the men Indicted today. About 8200,000 is alleged by Govern- Germans on Private Yacht Have Scare Inspection Apparently Satisfies Visitors. NORFOLK. Va... July 25. Pilotless and without warning to United States officials, one of the British cruisers lying off Cape Henry awaiting the appearance of the German submarines Deutschland and Bremen steamed through the Virginia Capes early today. proceeded to the vicinity of Fortress Monroe, anchored for an hour or more and then returned to a point just out side the three-mile limits. The Unite 4 States warship Louisiana and the collier Neptune were the only Government vessels which sighted the ship. Authorities here said that while the entrance to American waters with out warning was unusual, they could see in it no violation of international law. How long the cruiser remained in side the Capes has not been determined, but is thought to have been not more than two hours. Members of the crew of Mrs. Clara Baldwin Stoeker's yacht California, saw her about half a mile out from the American shore shortly before 5 o'clock this morning. She came within a .few hundred yards of the California and gave several German members of the yacht's crew a fright. Fearing that the craft was to be searched the Germans retreated into the hold. ADDarentlv the commander of the ruiser was satisfied with his investi gation of the Lower Chesapeake, for to- ay the ship drew away from the shore U-LINER IS STILL IN PORT Right of Owner toShip in Quantity Asserted. (Concluded on Page 2. Column 2.) PHOTOS SHOWING PORTLAND WOMAN, VICTIM OF BOMB EXPLOSION IN SAN FRANCISCO, HER HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN, WHO WERE WITH HER, BUT WHO ESCAPED INJURY. w - , - , i ' ;- -v Vv ' ' i"L 'Y 9$r' ? rescue parties to reach the men im prisoned by the explosion without gas helmets or pulmotors resulted in the increase in the death list. A third rescue party equipped with the safety devices entered" the tunnel late, today and recovered the rescuers. 10 of whom were dead. Van Duzen wm among the rescuers who were revived. Knrnrra Encounter Difficulties. Headed by D. J. Parker and L. M. Jone. of the United States Bureau of Mines, who arrived here from Pitts burg with the mine rescue car, the third party of rescuers penetrated 200 feet into the wrecked tunnel from the crib end. Five men were with two experts, and even equipped as they were vlth the gas helmets they found difficulty in making their way, so heavy was the gas. Parker and Jones, after consulting with Water Commissioner Jaeger, who had made several trips into the tunnel and had made tejettt of the gas. de cided that it was too risky to make Clearance Papers Not Issued Wireless Still Scaled. BALTIMORE. July 25. At a, late hour tonight customs officials said clearance papers had not been issued for the German submarine4 Deutschland. Concerning her wireless apparatus. which was sealed -Monday, it was said the seals cannot be broken without authority from Radio Inspector Cad mus, who is out of the city, and will not return until tomorrow.. (Coociuaed on Fag 2, Column 3.) Above L. O. My more anil Hla T Children. YlrBriniai and Billy. b Es caped Injury In the I.xploxion. Althiiush They Were Held In the Ann f Their Mother -nil They Vtrbel the lreparelneK Parade,' lleio Mn. Wjrraort, UbiM Leg,a Were Ilroken by tne liunb. and DECISION BY JUDGE MORROW Basic Law Declared Inappli cable in Oregon. PROSECUTOR TAKES ISSUE FERNALD NAMED IN MAINE Portland Man Is Republican Noml- nee for Senator. PORTLAND. Me.. July 25. The nomi nation of Bert M. Fernald. of Portland, Republican candidate for United States Senator at yesterday's special primary, was indicated by returns from all except 15 small towns and planta tions. The totals were 8926 for Fernald and 8t48 for Representative Guernsey, of Dovi r. District Attorney i:aus lcter m in oil to Ciet Highest Author ity nnd Feels Lower Courts Should Vphold Statute. Restrictions as to the amount of liquor which persons in Oregon may receive from outside the state every four weeks are in danger of being swept aside. Sections of the Oregon dry law regu lating the importation of liquor and alcohol Into the state are nullified, in the opinion of District Attorney Ev ans, if the decision of Circuit Judge Morrow yesterday in overruling the demurrer to the complaint of Wadhama & Co.. against the San Francisco & Portland Steamship Company remains in force or is upheld by higher courts on an appeal. Two-thirds of the Prohibition I .aw Is wiped out by this decision. said Mr. Evans, yesterday. "The state Is not a party "to the suit and any ap peal from the ruling must bo male by the steamship company. Judge Morrow's decision holds that the provision of the dry law limiting the right of importing large quanti ties of alcohol to wholesale druggists is in direct violation of the Interstate commerce clause of the United States Constitution. Any manufacturer, genu inely In need of alcohol in wholesale quantities, may import as much alco hol as he desires for .nanuracturing purposes, maintains the jurist. Import Limit Knoeked Oat. Possession of the alcohol by the man ufacturer not being unconstitutional, it Is unconstitutional to nrohibit him from importing it, ruled Judge Mor row. That being the case, it follows that as the possession of Intoxicants Is not unlawful for the individual, no matter what the quantity, the restriction of the amount received by him to two Quarts of whisky and 24 quarts DR. AKED QUITS MR. FORD Minister Vnable to Persuade Chief to Change Peace Plans. DETROIT, July 25. Dr. Charles F. Aked. formerly of San Francisco, today announced his resignation as chairman of the American committee to the Ford neutral peace conference in Stockholm. The announcement was made after an hour's talk with Henry Ford here, in which Dr. Aked said he unsuccess fully urged a change In the peace plans. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 67 degrees; minimum, 33 aesrees. TODAY'S Partly cloudy and occasionally threatening weaiaer; norxnwesteriy wind. War. German doctors doing effective work with army. Page 8. Official reports.' Pag 3. Brttlsti and Germans fighting hand to hand for possession ot rozieres. fago - Kaiser resents use of hyphen in America. Fag 3. Foreign. Irish situation viewed by British press critical. Page S. Detroit scout is Portland visitor. Pago 10. California star eliminated In tennis tourney. 'Page 10. Mexico. Troop A to more, probably o camp near Death valley. Page . Lighter clothing allotted troops at Calexlco. Page 4. , National. War xepartment -to muster out students In National Guara in time for school. Page 1. Wilson to Insist on full naval programme. Page z. lomestie. Many children perish in Eastern heat wave. Pags 1. Ten rescuers added to death list in Cleve land terminal disaster. Page 1. Expert says bomb explosion in San Fran cisco may have been accident. Page 2. S. A. E. Puter. two sons, son-in-law and four others indicted on fraud cftarges. Page 1. Pnrlfie Northwest. Church unity discussed at University of Oregon conference. Page 6. Sports. Pacific -Coast League results: Oakland 2, Vernon 1. Page 10. Miss Harris M'. Is new pacing queen. Pag lO. Beavers to clash with Seals today. Page 10. Paul Clyde to compete In San Diego meet. Page 10. Crippled Yankees easy for Chicago. Page 11. Commercial and Marine. -Record prune crop In Northwest Is quarter said. Pags IS. Cooler weather gives Chicago wheat market setback. Paga 10. Portland and Vicinity. Judge Morrow rules that limit en liquor shipments is Illegal. Page 1. Dry-law decision will be appealed. Page 9. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 15. Grade tangle encountered at Sixtieth street. Page 7. Merchants now are helping movie men in fight. Page IS. General Bell urges business men to prepare. Page 8. Portland starts campaign to secure new rural credits bank. Paga 11. Bishop Hughes to arrive tonight. Pag 11. Oregon Pythian sisters gather for conven tion. Page & 24 quarts of beer a month must be unconstitutional also," commented Deputy District At torney Arthur Murphy, who repre sented the state in the case, by invi tation, yesterday. The Webb-Kenyon act. which was relied upon by the state In arguing the case, and which the law-makers had in mind in drafting the present dry law. cannot touch the Oregon case. t is held by Judge Morrow. This act is phrased to prohibit the importation of liquor or alcohol for use in violation of the law. The personal use of liquor Is not prohibited, and not a law viola tion, in Oregon. The Webb-Kenyon act is held to apply only to states where prohibition is absolute, and the un denied. f Webb-Kenyon Act I.es Power. The Oregon law was based on the) assumption that the Webb-Kenyon act makes the manner of receipt of liquor into the state subject to state regula--tion divesting Intoxicants of their in terstate character if received unlaw fully. Judge Morrow asserts that his ruling follows the decision of the United States Supreme Court In the case of the Adams Express Company against the state of Kentucky. A logical outcome of the decision, if upheld, would be the unrestricted im portation of liquor and alcohol though the prohibition law would still pro-, hlbtt the manufacture and sale of in toxicants within the state. Wadhams & Co.. wholesale , gro cers, manufacture flavoring extracts, for which alcohol in large quantities is needed. The firm objected to paying Portland wholesale drug firms a com mission on its purchases, preferring to buy from California direct. When two " I arrets c f alcohol arrfved In Portland by boat, the San Francisco & Portland Steamship Company refused to turn them over to Wadhams & Co., fearing law violation. v Carrier's Demurrer Overruled. The action was filed by Wadhams &. Co., in an endeavor to obtain de livery of the alcohol. The complaint was demurred to on the grounds that the alcohol could not bo delivered, legally, to the wholesale grocers. This is the demurrer that was overruled yesterday. "Should the steamship company, fol lowing the decision of Judge Morrow, turn the alcohol over to Wadhams & Company, I shall lay the matter be fore the grand Jury immediately," as serted District Attorney Evans. "If an indictment is returned, the case will go at once to the Circuit Court. If the state loses, the caae will be appealed to the United States Supreme Court, if necessary, for the constitutionality of the most important provision of the dry law is Involved." It is understood that the steamship company has offered to appeal the case to the State Supreme Court, if it is the wish of Mr. Evans. This would bring a decision of a higher court without the state actually appearing as (Concluded on Paga a. Column L)