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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
DIRIGIBLE IS SIGHTED lYflllTH flT RFMPQFV
JOSEPHINE PRESTON
HEAD OF EDUCATORS
C0ME.Dy-.0F; FIGHT
"WET" FOR PRESIDENT
DECLARED IMPOSSIBLE
OEMPSEY TOPPLES
OFF ATLANTIC C0ASTi,uu,u ul """"'
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FOR CITY DWELLER
T.
5 BIG BATTLE
BIG AIRSHIP CRCISES ALONG AT
REDUCED SPEED.
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PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL TEMPERANCE BOARD
ISSUES NOTICE.
VOL. LVIII. NO. 1S.2SC
FOURTH
DUIET DAY
WIN
URNSTOTHAGEDY
G AN
CHAMP ON
Blows Hurl Willard to Floor
Seven Times.
BATTLE LASTS THREE ROUNDS
Heavyweight. Bleeding. Sur
renders world s ime.
CROWD EXCLAIMS 'MURDER
BiS Jess.
Swollen,
fie";
Etc Closed and Check
Declares "It Was No
Dempejr Vninjured.
mt.v-rwv rv. Julv 4. Br virtue o
em of the speediest and mo? t one-side
f battle which ever decided a bis fistic
event. Jack wmpify, who may no
wish to be known by his full voting
Mnt of William Harrison Dempsey,
todar became the world a champion
heavyweight boxer.
To .11 intent., and purposes n
hlored the huge Jess Willard. favorit
in the meacer betting. In one round
IrinDfv thought the referee had an
nuunced him a winner and actually left
ih. rin; Rat he was called back and
the butchery continued for two round
more, when Jess, sunns in nis cumt
with a bewildered look on his swollen
-....m.n.rre failed to respond to the
cor.: for the fourth round.
It was no use to continue.- said the
xwhamniop. -Mv strength went from
me In the firs! round."
Beatlaa la Tborwugfc.
ii there, apparently the most
surorlsed man In the United Statea
the moment. His right eye was closed
and his rlsht cheek swollen and blue
with bruises. Blood covered bis Doay
and his arms nuns so helplessly over
the ropes that It seemed as If a child
might sive him further abuse without
rouyliu his Interest.
remp-ey was breathing- hard when
the fight ended, but It was from ixer-
t.nn and not from punishment. in
reaped almost unhurt, but as he had
.,.. usii.ir tw arms nke trip-hammers
en tie anatomy of his opponent for
. . i . - - ...n that
.... m. thermometer to 110 degrees.
vi. h,.ri was stilt pumping at high
pressure and he appreciated the breath
iiif spell.
( luartol Kwwekea) Dwww T Tiaaea.
In the first few seconds of the con
tet It looked as If the experts who had
been assigned to keep detailed account
r all blows struck might come meas
urablv close to doing so. but It was
only for a fraction of a moment. After
that the experts did well to count
. . let alone take note of
how each was made. The challenger
knocked the big fellow down five times
in the first round and had him hanging
hrii.lr.-lv on the ropes or draped over
his own shoulders most of the time
when he was not taking advantage of
the count.
The crowd thought the fight was
er in that round. Willard was down
for the seventh time and the count was
apparently about to end when the
gonj sounded. It was a modest gong
which could not make itself heard, so
many people and even lenipsey did not
hear It. He crawled through the ropes
and was headed out onto the shoulders
r screaming fans when the truth was
broken t him and he was hauled back.
Millard Is 'Ideal.
Such fighting as the Kansas ranch
man produced waa placed on exhibi
tion at the onset. He had stood in his
corner a picture of confidence. His
amile seemed that of one who had a
b-if and not unpleasant task before
him He certainly was all set to so.
f..r Just before time was called he was
h'ard to have remarked: "Lets get
this thing over."
He measured the attendant crowd
which disappointed estimates by about
per cent, with an appraising eye.
Ienipey presented a contrast. None
or the confidence of his training camp
statements appeared In his bearing.
.-Mala wrwr. ilea t raa.
The man across from him outweighed
hun 40 pounds and looked as big and
iirpregnabla as a metropolitan bank
buiM'ng. The mood of the challenger
j- plainly thoughtful and more than
! e ringside gazer whispered: "He's
1.. Ked right now.-
When they were introduced Jess
stuntcrcd over with the cordial man
vr of one desiring to reassure i
youngster, anil took his hands in the
friendliest way. Jack's handshake was
jrindl. too. Just then, but It was the
list token of friendship from those
s'oves. A minute or so later they
were using Willard for a chopping
b'ovk and some in the crowd were cry
tng "Stop it! stop it: It s plain mur
r " Eves close; Jess staggers.
lmpsey's first effective blows, and
is, ones which apparently settled Wll
l.rds fate, were a right over Jess'
r'touhier to the Jaw. a left to the body
and a right to the Jaw. Jess staggered.
I.. a eye was closing and he reeled, and
in, challerger. with all the energy of
lua pulsing outh. began hitting him
at will.
The attendance was below expectat
t on. Sests were built for .0Oe and
tlie estimate wa. that not more than
half of these were occupied. Specula
tor, lost heavitv. No betting was re
ported at the ringside, nor was there
much elsewhere ro far as could be
ascertained.
Twa het f ' day was terrific. In.
British Filer Accompanies Gas Bag
on Voyage Down Coast 50
Miles Off Shore.
STDNET. N. F.. July 4. The British
dirigible R-34. en route to Mineola. N.
T from East Fortune. Scotland, and
the Handley-Page bombins plane which
started for Mineola from Harbor Grace.
.V. K, this afternoon, both were about
SO miles off Sydney at :40 o'clock
(New Tork time), accordins to wire
lesa reporta received here.
ST. PIERRE. Mlquelon. July 4. The
dlrlsible R-34 was sighted by officials
of the colonial administrator's office a
4 P. M.. local time, crossins slowly be
tween Mlquelon or Langley Island and
the island of St. Pierre, headed west
wwrd.
HARBOR GRACE. N. F.. July 4 Th
Handley-Page bombins plane, origina
ly entered by Vice-Admiral Mark. Kerr
for the London Daily " ""'
Atlantic coniest, started at 4:15 o'clock
(New York time) this afternoon on an
attempted non-stop night to
vipj -Admiral Kerr ana nis "
three hope to land tomorrow mornin
. 4l In
at Mineola In ampie nm m j
th. ereeiln: to the British aingioie
R-24.
The distance from Harbor Grace to
Min.nl la aDoroximaieiy maw mi.,
. . encMt
..a ih. fliers estimaiea m ...,-
w. .t.iv nnirl take between is ana i
ivvbw. -
hours.
Challenger Takes Role of
David Against Goliath
GIANT LACKS NERVE TO STAY
headed
wire
vigil
field
British
st JOHNS. N. F.. July 4-Th
. . r-1 Iil.r.B
Handley-Page biplane pasatu di. .
at S:S P. M-.New 1 org time,
for Cape Breton, according to
less message received here.
MINEOLA. N. T, July 4. A great
crowd of motorista ana speciaiurs
foot maintained an untiring
throughout the day at Roosevelt
hoocf'il that the mammom
dirigible R-34 would make its appear
From Far Rockaway to Momaus.
Point seaplanes rocked on the waves or
their harbors ready to iao ..w -
ha R-34 came within
miles of ber destination. From both
these noints and from the naval sta-
..... i rhaihBm
in. -1 fun. Mav. . . a., auta u.. i
vi.. .nuadrons of seaplanes will fly
. - . ih. Hirlfihle. forming what Is
s.ii.ved to be the greawst fleet
. . . j atl.ntic
aircraft ever asaeinoicu on
coast. In aauuion. i" -
...mi ..ii iron Mantauk Point ana may
be accompanied by
smaller blimp.
ENLISTMENTS END TONIGHT
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l-w WUn Wl U IO Pec naiiiiii.iu
Muni Act Quifkl.
Tki. i thfi last dav for enlistment
.... . ww- if ! f ha imr.cin
Vv w AVartaaH II U I 4 I""
.n..litloaarv force In r ranee ana
..... - -1 Innlirht nil
ll.rm.nV. Alter I- O ll"V -
more aDDlicalions can be received.
Those who wish to see the battlefields
of the arcat war as American soiaicrs
must act aulckly.
A rush of men desiring to get mio
i h.rnre inr Dan swa "i ' J
nc .iii'i - -
xpected at the local recruiting on ices,
Third and Oak streets, urty men nave
Dolled since Monda. and a good pro-
...,i,.n nf th.ni have been accepted. A
arge number today, to keep up I on
and's reputation for patriotism,
oped for by army officers.
Encouraging reports are coming rrom
he various recruiting panics now
.. . .. . . -I . k. ni.llnnb fnr
ourtng tne siaie. aim .-
enlistments Is considered bright.
Th. bronze buttons issued by the
government for all wno nave Dcen in
he service will be given out at local
eadqoarters toelay.
McADOO UPHOLDS LEAGUE
Organization of Victory to Assure
Peace Held Need.
COLUMBUS.' O.. July 4. Upholding
the league of nations covenant in the
peace treaty. William G. McAdoo. for.
mer secretary of the United States
treasury. In an address at the Metho
dist centenary celebration here today,
declared:
-We are now facing the most critical
situation in which the world has ever
found itself the disposition of our vic
tory." He declared a league of nations to
tirevent war "would consolidate ana
organise our victory and make prac
tically certain Ihi peace of the world
in the future."
Willard, Unlike Jeffries, Re
fuses to Face Knockout.
FIGHTING IS HALF-HEARTED
Champion Enters Ring With Air of
Confidence and Opens Bout
With Few Gentle Blows.
BY HARRY M. GRAYSON.
BAY VIEW ARENA. Toledo. O., July
4. (Special.) William Harrison (Jack)
Dempsey of Salt Lake City won the
world's heavyweight championship
from Jess Willard of Lawrence, Kan.,
when two towels came hurling into the
rlns from W'illard's corner Just as the
bell rang for the fourth round to start.
Willard went down on record as the
only champion who refused to respond
to the bell.
It required exactly nine minutes for
the 193-pound Utah youth to win the
title and to play the role of the modern
David slewing Goliath, who was repre
sented by the 245-pound Willard. The
34-year-old son of the far west proved
that May will triumph over December.
Willard. 37 years of age, simply could
not stand up under the terrific mauling
dished out by Dempsey.
Fight Wn by Tenth.
Jack Kearns' protege gave the Kan
sas cowboy one of the worst beatings
ever taken by a pugilist, xoutn was
served. Willard follows in the foot
steps of the late John L. Sullivan, Jim
Corbett, Bob Fitzslmmons and Jim Jef
fries. To Dempsey, Willard looked not
unlike Fulton, Morris and the other
big men whom he has punched into
submission.
It would have seemed wicked If
Dempsey had faced Willard in the
fourth round. Knocked down six titpes..-
the first round and beaten to a pulp
the other two, it was only because
Willard was abnormal that he stayed
as long as he dia.
Willard's right eye was closed as
ight as a. drum. He was staggering
helplessly after the first few seconds
of the opening round. He was bleeding
at the forehead, eyes, nose and mouth.
W illard Fights Half-Heartedly.
Despite Willard's unpopularity the
huge crowd, as It surged out of the
Convention at Milwaukee Also In
dorses Cabinet Place and Do'
partment for Schools.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. July 4. (Spe
cial.) Six thousand delegates to the
National Education association today
unanimously elected Josephine Corliss
Preston of the state of Washington
president of the association for the
coming year, to succeed Dr. George D.
Strayer. The association unanimously
Indorsed the Smlth-Townrblll, provid
ing for a national department of edu
cation with a secretary in the presi
dent's cabinet, and an annual appropri
ation of 3100,000,000 for the nation's
programme to equalize educational op
portunities for all children.
L. Kirk was unanimously elected
state director for Oregon.
During a lull In the business session
Mrs. Preston, surrounded by woman
leaders of the convention, led In sing
ing "America" as part of the patriotic
celebration.
Willard Found Pitiably
Unfit for Ring.
DEFEAT IS PRESAGED BY GRIN
Ponderous Kansan Likened
Unto Floundering Fish.
PEORIA FIRE LOSS $10,000
Corvallis and Albany Departments
Aid in Checking Flames.
CORVALLIS. or., July 4. (Special.)
The Corvallis fire department suc
ceeded in preventlns further spread of
the flames which threatened yesterday
evening- to destroy the town of Peoria
The sawmill was a complete loss. It
was valued at 310,000. Half a dozen
private dwellings were also destroyed.
' The flames were fought by a bucket
brigade and a chemical engine from
Corvallis. After the flames had sub
sided the Albany fire department ar
rived on the scene and soaked up the
adjacent premises with a pumper engine.
SHORT SERVICE
Army
POSSIBLE
Will Accept Men for One-
Year Enlistments.
SEATTLE. Wash., July 4. Enlist
ments in the army for one year by
men who have had no previous military
experience are now possible, according
to announcement by Colonel O. W. B.
Farr, commanding officer of the Seattle
recruiting district, today.
Such enlistments, he said, will be for
domestic service only, in the quarter
master corps and medical department of
the army. ..
FIRST ACT STUNS CROWDS
Banker and Burglar Jostle Elbows
Under Hot Sin to Sec Sweating
Boxers Stage "Massacre."
BY IRVIN S. COBB.
(Copyright by tne Ev.rng Mail Syndicate.
Published by Arrangement.)
TOLEDO, Ohio, July 4. (Special.)
When you are assigned t6 write a
yourself suddenly
(Concluded on Pag 17, Column 1.)
AUSTRIAN TREATY DELAYED
Document Expected to Be Ready for
Transmission Soon.
PARIS. July 4. (Havas.) Presenta
tion of the completed peace treaty to
the Austrian delegates will suffer a
few days' delay, as the drafting of the
document has not yet been finished.
La Libcrte says.
The clauses concerning Italy remain
to be inserted.
comedy and find
called upon to deal
jvith a tragedy, what
ire you going to do?
When you see a
contest turned into
massacre; when
you behold a great
slaughter where you
had counted upon
witnessing a fine
play of science;
when a so-called
champion reveals
himself as a broken
husk, a foundering
scuttled hulk, a
splintered reed, jt ysyjz Cobb.
whatever you would choose to call that
which typifies complete and total loss
what are you goinr to say in the line
of sportive comment?
W hen that which you had figured
would provide material for good-hum
ored persiflage reveals a display of piti
lame unfitness, the like of which is
I rarely seen even in the degenerated
modern prze ring, how r.re you going
to coin whimsies and quips? The
swer is that you are not.
The new Jack the Giant Killer won
creditably considering that what he had
to beat was part myth, part popular
fiction and part inefficiency. The loser
acquitted himself creditably, too, con
sidering that he was trebly licked be
fore he started, for he showed courage
of a sort.
Let us consjder this lamentable affair
after some rougti pattern of chonologi
cal sequence. The earlier proceedings
are fraught with slight relief; the trad
edy is to come afterwards.
It is 12:30 o'clock, by the cx-war
President Reported on Blacklist Be
cause of His Recommendation
That Ban Be Lifted.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, July 4. No "wet" will be per
mitted to succeed to the presidency in
the election next year, according to
notice issued by Dr. Clarence True
Wilson of Portland, Or., secretary and
directing head of the national board of
temperance. This warning is sounded
by Dr. Wilson in the weekly clip sheet
issued from the offices of the board in
this city. It reads:
"Notice No man can be elected presi
dent of the United States in 1920 who
is not openly and emphatically in favor
of strict inforcement of the prohibi
tion law. Every reform agency and
every church and every informed
patriot will fight a man of any other
type to a finish, no matter whether he
is republican, democrat or mugwump."
It is understood that the prohibition
ists have placed President Wilson on
their 1920 blacklist? by reason of his
recommendation that the ban be lifted
on wine and beer. This feeling of
antipathy has been further intensified
by his rather apologetic cable of last
Saturday explaining his inability legal
ly to lift the ban.
Aside From Ball Game and
. Fight, Little Is Doing.
PORTLAND WORKER DROWNS
GREAT OUTDOORS CALLS ALL
Portland Folk Flock to Near
Resorts to Celebrate.
AUTOS AND HIKES POPULAR
Thousands 1 Ice Heated Sidewalks
to Ba.sk Beneath Summer Skies
Among Hills and Streams.
of
(Concluded on Page 17, Column S.)
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PLANE LANDING IS FATAL
Wife of ex-Supreme Justice of North I
Dakota Is Killed.
SIINOT. N. D.. July 4 Mrs. C. J.
Klske. wife of the former chief Justice
of the North Dakota supreme court and
an unidentified girl, were killed here
this afternoon when Chester Jacobson
of the United States aviation corps at-I
tempted a landing. Another man was I
so badly InjureJ that he Is not expected
to 1iv.
Jacobson Is the son if Martin Jacob
son, former candidate for governor.
GIPL INJURED BY CRACKER
Gerald Sears May Lose Fingers as
Result of Accident.
r-EATTLE. Wash, July 4. Florlan
Kjos. i-ear-o!d girl, was perhaps
fatally burned and Gerald Sears. IZ,
may lose eeverel fingers as the result
of fireworks accidents her today.
The little girl'a clothes were set afire
by an exploding giant cracker and ehe
was terribly burned. A large cracker
exploded in Sears' hands. I
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R. B. Wise Falls Into Tailrace
Electric Power Plant.
R. B. Wise, 21 years old, an employe
of the River Mill power plant of the
Portland Railway, Light & Power com
pany, located between Estacada and
Cazadero, was drowned late yesterday
afternoon when he slipped and fell into
the tailrace at the mill. The body was
quickly carried down into the river,
and was recovered 20 minutes later by
workmen who witnessed the accident.
Efforts made to 'resuscitate the vic
tim failed. The home of the drowned
man is in Portland, and he is survived
by his parents at 1144 East Harrison
street. The body was taken in charge
by the coroner of Clackamas county.
EAST SWELTERS IN HEAT
Five Cities See 100 Degrees Temper
ature; Three Die in Chicago,
CHICAGO, July 4. A temperature of
93 degrees -was recorded today, with
three deaths attributed to heat by the
coroner'3 reports.
WASHINGTON, July 4. Thermom
eter readings In five cities Washing
ton, Boston, Hartford, Conn.; PhiladeJ
phia and Harrisburg, Pa. registered
100 degrees today, and weather bureau
forecasters said the day was one of the
hottest Fourths of July on record.
HUN PRISONERS HOME SOON
Allies Reported to Have Plans Ready
for Releases.
BERLIN, July 4. (By the Associated
Press.) It is expected all German
prisoners of war would be on their
way home soon. The Germans held
prisoner by France will be turned over
to the German authorities at Cologne,
Mayence and Coblenz. Those held in
England will be sent by way of Holland
or direct by steamer to Germany.
It Is said that 20,000 German prison
ers are remaining voluntarily in Siberia.
EX-SOLDIER IS DROWNED
Girl Companion Makes Futile Effort
to Save Seattle Youth.
SEATTLE, July 4. Seized with
cramps while swimming in Lake Wash
ington today Frank Giezentanner, 20,
son of the chief engineer ot the school
board, drowned despite the heroic ef
forts of his girl companion, Miss Eve
lyn Johnson, to save him.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
i YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, S3
degrees; minimum. 55 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; moderate westerly winds.
Foreign.
Trio of presidents figure in reported revolt
in Peru. Fa&e 1.
Food strikers in Florence, Italy, .storm
stores. Pase 4.
Popular enthusiasm aroused by proposed
trial or ex-uaiser. 1'age
French and Americans join In celebrating
Fourth. Page 2.
Holland held unlikely to release ex-kaiser
on extradition, ir'age o.
National.
I Senator Poindexter says Europe would con
trol under leasue oz nations, fage 3.
Wet for president impossible, says National
Board or Temperance, .rase l.
Domestic.
I Striking telephone operators may resume
work soon. -age a.
I Willard's wife, unknown to crowd, sees hus
band beaten, rage 7.
British dirigible off coast on way to Mineola.
Paso 1.
1 National Education association elects Mrs.
Preston as president, fage l.
Pacific Northwent.
I Governor and highway commission reported
at outs over paving JoD. rago i.
Commercial and Marine.
Strike threat fails to delay steamer. Page 2L
Sports.
I Ninth-inning rally wins Portland game and
splits days Honors, fage id.
1 Wagner wins bout with Conrad at Marsh-
Ileia. rags in.
I Pacific Coast league results: Seattle 6-3.
San Francisco u-a: toacramenio o-s, uaK
land 3-4; Salt Uke 2-3. Vernon 1-2: Los
Angeles 5-3. Portland t-4. Page lo.
Louis Chevrolet wins Taeoma speedway hon
ors, traveling los miles per nour. .rage 10.
j Willard quits cold under Derapsey's punish
ment, rage ij.
I Comedy of fight turns to tragedy. Page 1.
Portland and vicinity.
(Fourth of July celebrated by general exodus
rrom portiana oy cny ioik. rage i.
IHillsboro banker accused of fraud. Pago 22.
Many Portland teachers reported in role of
strtkeoreaaers. rse j-.
I Rise for technical employes urged. Page 11.
Laurelhurst park Is scene of new kind of
Fouria ccicurauun. o-
Any slumbering doubt of the abso
lute demise of a world war went wen.
yesterday, when Portland celebrated the
Fourth of July In the quiet, peaceful
manner of pre-war days.
Hearts which a year ago were given
to dull palpitations of fear for the
safety of loved ones overseas Quickened
with a foolish trepidation over the pos
sible result of a fistic mill in an Ohio
town between two cave-men in whom
the interest was chiefly financial. Just
like the good old days when no Inde
pendence day was complete without a
slugging match for pugilistic suprem
acy. Not that the interest in second-hand
returns from a three-round exhibition
of the sovereignty of skill over bul'c
was anything to marvel at in the city
of roses. Though fight news vied with
a double-header baseball game for Port
land interest, it was a sorry showing
they both made against the lure of the
out-of-doors. It was even less im
pressive than the Indentation Willard's
mastery of the fight game made upon
the challenger.
City Mostly Deserted. ,
Streets of the city were deserted, ex
cept at three strategic street corners,
where men with megaphones told the
tale of Toledo. These crowds were not
so great as on past days of champion
ship contests, for there was the con
stant call of bright blue skies and
shaded walks where city pavements
steamed not. The crowds might have
been termed apathetic. It was not
strange, for no sooner had the spirits
begun to rise above the dampening of
a hot summer day, by the recounting
of the opening round, than there
flashed the news of the tossed sponge.
Newsies tearing about the streets
with "extras" accomplished more In the
matter of noise-making than the audi
tors of the fight returns. ,
All Autoa Appear Out.
Popular beyond all prior experience
was the man at the crank in the nu
merous gasoline filling stations with
which Portland is dotted, until a late
hour Friday night. And he was
bothered again early this morning. His
was the mecca of the personally con
ducted tourist, be that tourist posses
sor of multi-cylindered car or flivver.
To carry the average seeker of pas
tures fair over a three-day vacation.
such as was afforded this year to many.
gallon upon gallon of precious "gas"
and not a little oil and "free air" was
indispensable. It was not an uncom
mon sight for a queue of automobiles .
to extend half a block away from a '
station, thirsting for the pep-giving '
1 gas.
Those not falling into the class
usually termed "leisure," because mo
ments spared from work were not util-'
ized in tinkering with a car, stowed
food into capacious wicker hampers,
put rompers on the youngest, canvas
shoes and "sport" clothes on them
selves, and flagged the motorman on
the nearest carline.
Outgoing Trains Jammed.
Excursion trains were jammed with
pleasure seekers, some bound for mere
picnics in the country, others for three
day fishing trips or hikes. The Co
lumbia highway was traversed by rec-
ord throngs. Gresham lured thousands
with its general celebration, and large
numbers trekked across the interstate
bridge to the Vancouver festivities. St. '
Helens and other towns staging cele
brations drew quotas of Portland citi
zens. Near tne city limits venaors or
firecrackers and other noise-producers
catered to heavy trade among those
who were taking their youngsters
away from the city, where such evils
were barred.
Yesterday was not a real, old-fash
ioned Fourth of July, it is true, though
decidedly on a peace basis. Street cars
did not bounce along on torpedo-strewn
rails, for din was not,the order of the
day. Calls for antiseptics and ban
dages for burned fingers was not above
normal, and the hospitals noticed no
increase in patronage. It was not an
old-fashioned celebration in this city.
A few daring souls, it is true, clandes
tinely exploded fireworks purchased
outside the forbidden zone, and glee
fully enjoyed the startled results from
the safe shelter of nearby trees, but
the celebration was not audible, speak
ing generally.
The few pessimists who had predict
ed a rainy Fourth crawled into their
holes early in the day and did not
emerge, for the sky was' without a
fleecy speck of cloud. The sun was
warm, though a cooling breeze pre
vailed at Intervals throughout the day.
Church and lodge picnics abounded
in the many parks with which Port
land is graced and every resort cater
ing to the pleasure-bound was crowd
ed. Columbia Beach, the Oaks and
score of others naa ineir quoia. ai
.(Concluded oa Page C, Column 1.)
A