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VOL. LX-XO. 18,929
Entered at Portland (Oreiron)
Poatofflee as Second-Claga Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SERVICE SCORED
BYPHONETESTER
Portland Investigation
Results Presented.
GIRL IN BATHING SUIT
STARTLES SHOPPERS
FRANCE WILL S.END
TROOPS TO SILESIA
UNDERTOW DROWNS
. 8 BAPTIST DELEGATES
SAN FRANCISCO VOTES
FOR GENERAL STRIKE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED BY
BCTLDISG TRADES COCXCIL.
VESSEL CRIPPLED,
12 OF GREW HURT
ABILITY TO FIGHT
SEEKS IMMUNITY
COMELY MISS JAOTILT MIX
GLlBS WITH CROWDS.
ACTIOX BT GREAT BRITAIN
Wllili SOT BE AWAITED.
THREE OTHERS, NEAR DEATH,
RESCUED FROM WATER.
A HPLANE
PROVES
GOVERNOR
SMALL
EX EMPLOYE ON STAND
Long Waits Before Central
Responds Are Charged.
COMPLAINTS ARE MANY
Wrong Numbers Declared Given in
Many Instances Connec
tions Are Interrupted.
SALEM. Or., July 21. (Special.)
Telephone service testa made recent
ly in Portland by Mrs. Agnes Johnson,
ex-employe of the telephone com
pany, were introduced as the first
evidence presented by Assistant City
Attorney Tomlinson in his effort to
have the advanced telephone rates
effected last March set aside.
Mrs. Johnson was in the employ of
the company for 12 years, first as an
operator, later as an information oper
ator, then as a supervisor and finally
lis chief operator.
Records of the service test made
through all ot the Portland exchanges
showed that she had gained a re
sponse from 339 calls.
She testified that she had made a
greater number of calls, but in some
instances the telephone subscribers
re-fused to divulge any information
after learning that ihe was employed
by the city attorney's office. They
expressed fear that their telephones
might be taken from them.
Long Walts Reported.
The. exhibit, on which records of
the test made by the witness were re
corded, showed that of the 339 sub
scribers who had answered Mrs. John
son's questions, 141" complained of
long waits for the telephone operator
to respond for the number.
One hundred and fifty Portland
telephone users complained of trouble
in getting wrons numbers. Com
plaints about long waits without re
ceiving a response from central were
mads by 131 subscribers. Being
called to the telephone when the call
was for another number was an ex
tensive complaint.
According to the witness, 126
Portland subscribers Informed her
that in this respect their telephone
eervice was poor.
Complaints Get Konhere.
Having a telephone disconnected
before the conversation had been
completed, through central pulling
down the wrong cord, was another
source of complaint, the witness said,
her record showing that of her tests
169 subscribers made specific com
plaint of that annoyance.
One hundred and eighteen subscrib
ers complained to the telephone com
pany about their respective troubles
with service, she testified, and of this
number 66 reported that the troubles
complained of had not been corrected.
Slvty-nine telephone users informed
Mrs. Johnson that the telephone serv
ice had caused them not only incon
venience but in some instances mone
tary losses, she testified.
When Mrs. Johnson first testified
under direct examination that in ber
test she developed that the average
ait for central to answer a call in
Portland was 5(52 seconds as com
pared to 3.. seconds in Seattle, it
was apparent thai the service was
not what it might be.
But it took Attorney Shaw of the
telephone company to bring out the
fact that the test was not made un
der normal conditions, mainly be
cause of the fact that telephone
operators rccogrnized Mrs. Johnson's
voice, and some recognized the voice
of an experienced operator and there
fore speeded up the calls.
Tent Declared Not Knlr.
Attorney Tomlinson first developed
. the fact that while Mrs. Johnson was
in the St. Johns section making her
tests over the Columbia exchange
the operators had appeared to recog
nize that a te-st was being made, and
as a result one-second and two-second
answ'ers were not infrequent.
"Several times 1 had to ask the
operator to close the key," the wit
ness said, "as 1 knew that they were
listening in"
"Yes; we knew you were making
the test, Mrs. Johnson." admitted At
torney Shaw of the company. "Now,
then, if these girls recognized that
you were mak'ng a test, didn't that
tend to speed up the service?"
"1 should say it did!" said Mrs.
Johnson. "I got real snappy service."
"Well. then, you must admit, Mrs.
Johnson, that this report of yours was
not made under normal conditions,"
Attorney Shaw stated.
"Maybe not normal conditions." she
answered, "but it certainly was a
fair test for the company."
Method 1 Kxplained.
Mrs. Johnson explained to the com
mission that, in making her service
tests, she had been directed to certain
places throughout the city by the
city attorney's office, but that she
selected her numbers to call at ran
dom. If she obtained an answer, she
testified that she first informed the
subscriber that she was making a test
for the city attorney's office.
"Don't you think that the fact that
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Scanty Attire Shocks Clerks and
Motive Leads Policemen to
Scratch Heads.
Mystery, -which not only set the
host of clerks and attaches of the
Meier As Frank department store, but
most of the police bureau as well,
agog with excitement and wonder
ment, surrounds the unexplained ap
pearance at the department store of a
comely young miss attired in a one
piece bathing suit which was not at
all bad to look upon.
With a jaunty air and without the
least sign of concern, the girl mingled
with the crowds of shoppers while
she made her way to the women's
wear department.
There she selected a little summer
dress and. slipping into a dressing
room, donned it and went her way.
The girl was hatless and wore silk
stockings from which the feet had
been cut. Her bars feet pattered on
the floor even as she made her way
out of the store. If she noticed the
shocked appearance from all who saw
her, she paid not the slightest heed.
Store officials were astounded. At
first they stared and then they started
to wonder. A telephone call was
made to the office of Mrs. Lola G.
Baldwin, head of the ' women's pro
tective division. Everybody seemed to
think the girl needed a chaperone.
An operative from the women's divi
sion hurried to the store, but before
she arrived the bathing-suit shopper
had made her purchase and departed
as quickly and silently as she had
come.
Whether she was a bather who had
lost her clothing while in swimming,
or was a curiousminded young miss
who wanted to get a "kick" out of a
summer's afternoon in the city Is not
known. Some members of the police
force hold to the theory that she
wanted to see what would happen to
her if she were found shopping in a
bathing suit. They recalled a recent
news story from an eastern city in
which a police chief recently an
nounced he would arrest any woman
attempting to shop in a bathing cos
tume. TWO PORTLANDS LINKED
Xcw Hawaiian Governor, From
Maine,, Sworn in by Orcgonian.
HONOLULU. T. H., July 21. (Spe
cial.) It was an Oregonian whe
swore in the new governor of Hawaii.
Both the governor and the chief
justice are from Portland the one
from Port!and, Me., and the other
from Portland, Or.
W. R. Farrington took the oath of
office, succeeding Charles J. McCar
thy. James L. Col-ie, chief justice,
swore in the new governor on the
steps of the capitol, while Hawaiians
in gaily-colored leis and cloaks wel
comed the new executive to his chair.
FEVER TO BE STUDIED
Montana' and Japanese Diseases
Will Be Compared.
HELENA, Mont., July 21. Dr. Noa
sake Hayashi of the pathological in
stitute, Aichi Medical college, Nago
ya, Japan, will arrive in Helena July
29 to begin a comparison of spotted
fever in Montana with the "tsu tsu-
gajnushi" disease prevalent in Japan,
said a telegram received today by
Dr. W. F. Cogswell, secretary of the
state board of health.
MANILA GREETS MANNIX
Archbishop Touring World
Gets
Enthusiastic Welcome.
MANILA, July 21. Archbishop
Daniel Mannix arrived today from
Hongkong and received an enthusias
tic welcome, particularly by Irish
residents. Archbishop Franklin J
O'Doherty and many other church
dignitaries escorted him from the
pier.
Archbishop Mannix will leave to
morrow for Melbourne, Australia,
completing a trip around the world
which included visits to the United
States, England, and Rome. .
FOREST FIRES RUN WILD
Heavy Gale in Montana and Idaho
Drives Flames Beyond Control.
MISSOULA, Mont., July 21. A heavy
gale, declared to have been general
throughout the western part of forest
service district No. 1, comprising
Montana and Northern Idaho, last
night drove forest fires in the Pend
d'Oreille and Kaniksu forests in
northern Idaho, beyond control, it was
reported to district forest service
headquarters here today.
PEEK-A-B00 GARB TABOO
Mores in Zlon City Forbidden to
Sell Filmy Garments.
ZION CITY, 111.. July 21. Orders to
sell no more peek-a-boo waists, mosquito-net
stockings or shadow
skirts were given to the stores here
today.
WilburGlenn Voliva, overseer of
Zion, issued the order.
WOMAN NAMED FOR BENCH
Mary OToole, Washington Attor
ney, Nominated by President.
WASHINGTON. D. ,C, July 21.
President Harding today nominated
a woman to be a judge of the muni
cipal court. District of Columbia.
She is Mary O'Toole. a practicing
lawyer here.
Destruction of Capital
Ship Easy Job.
BIG EX-GERMAN GRAFT SUNK
Ostfriesland Dispatched
Exactly 25 Minutes,
in
BOMBS REND GREAT HULL
Brilliant Work of Aircraft Brigade
Praised by Secretary Dcnby
and Others.
ON BOARD THE DESTROYER
LEAR'S", En Route to Norfolk, Va,
July 21. (By the Associated Press.)
The ability of the airplane to destroy
the capital ship was demonstrated to
day to the satisfaction of the war de
partment off the Virginia capes.
Army bombers, launching projec
tiles weighing one ton, sank the for
mer German battleship. Ostfriesland
a 23.000-ton heavily armored ship, in
exactly' 25 minutes after they opened
their attack at 12:15 P. M., from an
altitude of approximately 1700 feet
Two bombs, which landed overboard
within a few yards of the port quar
ter, gave the ship her death blows.
Seven of the one-ton missiles were
dropped by as many army planes,
which came from Langley field, Vir
ginia, 80 miles away, but Immediate
ly after the two had exploded near the
port quarter the Ostfriesland began
to settle by the 6tern. Those bombs
were launched by separate planes
within a minute of each other, and
within five minutes the ship's quarter
deck was awash and she began to list
to port.
Once Great Ship Gone.
As the water, rushing in through
.rents torn in the hull, flooded com
partment after compartment, tne Dig
hulk went gradually until she had
turned bottom up. She was then badly
down by the stern and astshe started
the final plunge, the bow rose high
out of the sea and disappeared slowly.
Thus the end came to a once great
ship of the German navy which took
an important part with the German
first battle squadron in the battle of
Jutland and reached home safely
after having struck a mine laid by
the attacking- British grand fleet.
Naval men and many others of the
thousands assembled on a half score
of war craft viewed the end of the
big ship almost in awe, but the army
men, and particularly the aviators,
were highly elated. Many of them
regarded this as proof of the claim
of Brigadier-General Mitchell, assist
ant chief of the army air service, that
the airship was making the battle
ship obsolete.
General Mitchell, who has person
ally directed work of the army
bombers in the tests, circled around
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THE
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Premier Briand Would Safeguard
- Soldiers on Ground by Send
' ing Reinforcements Sow.
LONDON, July 21. Notwithstand
ing the report made by the allied high
commissioners from Oppeln that the
allied troops In Upper Silesia are In
sufficient in number. Great Britain
still maintains it is unnecessary to
send reinforcements. She believes the
supreme council should meet imme
diately to settle the Silesian troubles,
it was stated in official circles here
today.
While the formal reply of Premier
Briand of Prance to Earl Curzon's
proposal for an immediate supreme
council meeting has not been re
ceived. It was learned in official cir
cles this afternoon that a verbal an
swer had been given to the British
charge at Paris, in which the French
reiterate their . desire for postpone
ment of the meeting until late in
August Meanwhile, It was added, the
dispatch of further troops for the pa
cification of Silesia is necessary.
PARIS,. July 21. (By the Associat
ed Press.) France, it was declared in
official circles this morning, will send
reinforcements to Upper Silesia
whether or not Great Britain joins in
the movement. The French move will
be made, it was declared, to insure
the safety of the 10,000 French sol
diers already on the ground there.
Premier Briand sent a note yester
day in reply to the British note on the
Silesian issue, expressing lack of
conviction that the supreme council
could serve any useful purpose by
convening before measures are taken
to assure order and provide for the
security of the allied troops now in
the district
LONDON. July 21. The "Warsaw
correspondent of 11' Paese of Rome
says he learns from a "most authori
tative source" that a treaty has been
concluded between Poland and France
regarding the military and economic
policy to be pursued in upper Silesia,
says a Rome dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph today.
The treaty, according to the corre
spondent, provides that Poland shall
undertake to maintain a standing
army. of 600.000 men, France to con
tribute one gold franc daily toward
the maintenance of each man. If
France succeeds in settling the ques
tion, even In part, the correspondent
says, Poland undertakes to grant
France the right to develop all the
mines in tbe Pless and Kybnik dis
tricts, and also to assign to France 40
per cent of the capital of German in
dustries In upper Silesia in the event
of the allied supreme council assign
ing the latter to Poland.
ROBBER SUSPECT CAUGHT
Man Sought Since March Arrested
in St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. July 21. Thomas Mc
Kean, 27, sought since last March in
connection wjth the $36,500 mail rob
bery at Jefferson City, was arrested
here this afternoon. Several revolv
ers and a auantity of ammunition
were found in his possession.
McKean is an associate of John
Blair, held for questioning at Canton.
END OF
PERFECT VACATION.
Sixteen Campers at Palacols, Tex.
Are Caught tn Treacherous
Current in Gulf of Mexico.
HOUSTON, Tex.. July 21. Eight
persons were drowned and three
others, near death, were rescued
when 16 delegates to the Baptist
Toung People's union annual state
encampment at Palacios, forming a
bathing party, were caught in the
undertow of the gulf of Mexico at
the mouth of Green's bayou, 22 miles
from Palacios. late today.
One message received here said
there were no Houston delegates, but
that there were several residents of
Austin on the excursion with the
Breckinridge party. '
The excursionists were in bathing
and were caught in a strong under
tow and swept out into deep water.
The party was composed mostly ot
delegates from Breckenridge, Tex.
The dead are:
John Price of Palacios.
Drue Cumbie, Breckenridge, Tex.
Grace Courtney, 14, Breckenridge.
Mrs. B. Mays, Breckenridge.
Miss VI Buster, Breckenridge.
Miss Iona Hodges. Breckenridge.
James E. Dykes, Breckenridge.
Archer Bryant, Abilene, Tex.
Three of the' bodies have been re
covered.
NEWSBOY WIELDS KNIFE
Ear or One Is Nearly Severed iu
Fight at Sixth and Alder.
A fight between two 15-year-old
newsboys at Sixth and Alder streets
about 9 o'clock last night ended with
Isidore Kane, 148 Whitaker street, in
St. Vincent's hospital, and Harry Cohn,
788 Second street, in the juvenile ;
ward ot the county Jail charged with
slashing Kane with a pocket knife.
Cohn speaks but little English and
has been In this country about ten
months, coming from Russia. It was
said by companions last "night that
he has been taunted lately by Kane
and others of his calling, which
brought on the fight. Cohn nearly
severed Kane's left ear with a pocket
knife and inflicted a bad cut under
the ear.
GIFT IS WORTH $4,500,000
Mr. and Mrs. Werner A. Wicrboldt
Donate Property to Charity.
CHICAGO, " July 21. One of the
largest individual gifts to charity
ever announced in Chicago was dis
closed today through the transfer of
several valuable pieces of property
to the Chicago Charitable corpora
tion. The first property deeded to the
corporation is valued at 94.500.000,
and was given by Mr. and Mrs. Wer
ner A. Wierboldt.
BLAST KILLS 20 PERSONS
One Hundred AVorkcrs Are Injured
in Nitrate Factory Explosion.
BERNE, July 21. Twenty persons
were killed and 100 wounded today
in an explosion in a nitrate factory
at Bodio, in the canton of Ticino.
The explosion destroyed the fac
tory and other buildings in the neighborhood."
Executive Says He Need
Not Submit to Arrest.
POINT UP IN COURT TODAY
Politicians Wonder if Guards
Will Defy. Sheriff.
AIR TENSE AT CAPITAL
Succession to Executive Chair If
Incumbent Is Disqualified Is
Debated by Public Men.
SPRINGFIELD, 111.,' July 21. Coun
sel for Governor Small, appearing as
"friends of the court." will present
arguments to Judge E. Smith tomor-
row that the governor, as the state's
chief executive, need not submit to
arrest for embezzlement or conspiracy
to defraud the state, as charged in
indictments returned yesterday
against him, Lieutenant-Governor
Sterling and Vernon Curtis, Grant
Park banker.
State's Attorney Mortimer, it was
reported, will be on hand to contend
that the governor's position does not
make him immune from arrest and
that warrants issued against Small
should be served.
Lieutenant-Governor Sterling was
expected to appear in the court to
morrow morning to give bond unless
his attorneys attempt to show that
he also may, on constitutional rights,
resist arrest. Mr. Curtis' bonds were
arranged today.
These were the developments In the
24 hours succeeding the indictment
of Small. Sterling and Curtis for
alleged manipulation of state treasury
funds. which, according to the
charges, involve close to $4,000,000
used by the trio for private gain.
The political air of the capital
today was tense with speculation
Who would be governor of the state
in the event of Small's conviction,
and whether the national guard
would be mustered to keep the sher
iff from serving warrants on the
governor, were the chief questions
propounded.
Governor Small will stand on the
opinion of his counsel and refuse to
submit to arrest.
SPECIAL ELECTION POSSIBLE
Ex-Governor Lowden Tells Course
He Thinks Proper.
CHICAGO, July 21. Frank O. Low
den. ex-governor of Illinois, said to
night that in his opinion, should a
vacancy in the governor's chair re
sult from the indictment of Governor
Small a special election- would be nec
essary to fill the office, as provided
by Illinois law.
Other lawyers had held that the ex
Incumbent would hold over until the
office was filled properly.
Discussing the possibility of failure
of Governor Small's counsel to con
vince Judge Smith of the legality of
their opinion that the governor is
I immune from arrest, politicians to
night were speculating on the next
move If the governor defies the court
f I and county authorities and ignores
J ! the service of warrants.
i ( On the other hand, if Judge Smith
I recognizes the legality of the gov
ernor's contention what will be the
status of the charges against the
governor, and will the whole affair,
as far as the governor is concerned,
end with the indictments? they ask.
Supporters of the Brundage faction
contend that in criminal proceedings
the governor, despite his authority as
chief executive of the state, occupies
the same status as any other citizen.
No disposition to attempt imprison
ment of the governor was manifested
by any of the authorities connected
with the proceedings.
GIRARD MILLIONS SOUGHT
Legal Contest to Obtain Philadel
phia Property Started.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. July 21. A
legal contest to obtain an estate of
more than 120,000,000, part of the im
mense property accumulated by
Stephen Girard in Philadelphia fol
lowing the revolutionary war, has
been begun by Miss Susan Shabach,
telephone operator at a Mlwaukee
hotel, and other Milwaukee relatives.
1 MiNR Khftharh stnii hr rp 1 a 1 i n r A
direct descendants of Dominic Girard,
cousin and only heir-at-law of
Stephen Girard. Attorney Frederick
F. Groelle, representing Miss Shabach,
will leave for Philadelphia tomorrow
to press the claim.
NOTED OILASE SETTLED
Stockholders of Defunct Texas
Company Get $250,000.
HOUSTON. Tex.. July 21. An
agreement terminating the noted H.
H. Hoffman case, tn which a judg
ment for 1250.000 was obtained by
the Ranger & Burk Burnett Oil com
pany for 250 stockholders, was signed
today by Hoffman and W. A. Paddock,
receivers of the company.
The agreement was approved by
District Judge Ash.
Support of Craftsmen in FI;
ht
Against Open Shop Move
ment Is Favored. x
SAJJ FRANCISCO. July 21. The
San Francisco Duilding trades coun
cil voted tonight in favor of the
calling of a general strike In San
Francisco in support of the fight of
building trades craftsmen against
the open shop recently declared by
the builders' exchange, an organiza
tion of employers.
The council is affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor and
is the recognized building trades
labor body of this city. Earlier today
a conference of building trades work
men formed to act in the present
dispute, but which Is not a formally
organized labor body, voted in favor
of such a general strike.
Tonight's vote was not announced
officially, but it waj said by officials
of the council to have been virtually
unanimous.
The council named a committee of
20 to go before the San Francisco
labor council at its meeting tomorrow
night and urge the calling of a gen
eral strike of all crafts here.
A resolution indorsing the policy of
a general strike of organized labor in
the San Francisco bay region "as the
only effective means of carrying on
the fight" was adopted late today by
a conference of 400 building trades
workers formed to bring peace to the
unsettled building industry here.
The resolution was adopted after a
special committee reported that meet
ings with the builders' exchange,
made up of contractors and the cham
ber of commerce failed to reach any
understanding that would aid in set
tling differences that have crippled
building activities In the region since
May 1. The chamber, however, in
vited the committee to return tomor
row for another conference, it was
announced.
'The newspapers estimated that the
number of workers affected by a gen
eral strike would total 100,000.
The conference committee of 400
will meet again Saturday to hear re
ports as to how the Individual unions
looked on the proposal. At that time,
also. It was announced, a decision will
be made as to whether the general
strike. If called, will be a protest
against the open shop alone, or
against reduction of wages as well.
SEATTLE, Wash.. July 21. Seattle
Marine Engineers' Beneficial associa
tion No. 38 tonight voted to call off
the strike with private steamship
companies, on the basis of terms pre
viously made with the shipping board,
W. C. Jackling, the secretary, an
nounced today.
OIL MEN ATTACK JUDGE
Court Asked to Disqualify Himself
Because of Reputation.
SAPCLPA. Okla-. July 21. A for
mal request that he disqualify him
self from hearing further testimony
in a suit involving title to oil lands
valued at between 3.000. 000 and
S, 000,000 has been filed here before
District Judge Lucien B. Wright, by
the Sinclair Oil & Gas Co.. the Minne
homa Oil company, the Gilliland Oil
company and other Tulsa interests.
The request was lodged on the
ground that Judge Wright is now
under arrest on a charge of having
accepted a bribe for the decision he
rendered in the $2,000,000 Tommy
Atkins oil land case.
The request also charged the Judge
with being interested In the litigation
before him and with being intoxi
cated on the bench.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The' Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
S3 decrees; minimum, 56; clear.'
TODAY'S Fair and warmer. 'north
westerly winds.
Foreign.
France to send troops to Silesia regardless
of Britain's action. Page 1.
Irish conference ends for present. Page 2.
National.
Tariff develops slight Interest among
Importers. Page 3.
House, by vote or zo to 127. passes -Ford-ney
tariff bill. Page 7.
Congress fully alive to present serious con
dition of farmers. Page 6.
Japan helps clear up far-east Issues.
Page 3.
Airplanes' ability to destroy capital ship
held fully demonstrated. Page 1.
Domestic.
Business men fight Japanese deportations
by mobs. Page 7.
Governor Small seeks immunity. Page 1.
San Francisco building workers favor gen
eral strike. Page 1.
Undertow drowns eight bathers at Baptist
encampment. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.'
4000 miners ordered to vacate homes.
Page 5.
Service scored by phone tester. Page 1.
Brumfield reward is raised to $2000.
Page 4.
Umatilla roadmaster's bookkeeper accused
of thefts. Page 0.
Sports.
Frankie Murphy booked for good battles.
Page 13.
Hatching of ball plot charged to players.
Page 12.
James Barnes sets pace in national golf
tourney. Page 12.
Main Lick springs surprise and wins,
page l'i
Commercial and Marine.
Wool market improves. Page 19.
Call money goes down at New York
page 19-
Wheat shows strength at Chicago. Page 19.
Lanibi still weak and hog market alow.
Page 19-
Two dredges to begin work Immediately
on shoals in Columbia river. Page is.
Steamer Effingham safe in port. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Girl in bathing suit startles department
store crowds. Page 1.
Salem preacher, alleged violator of Mann
act. held to grand Jury. Page 10.
Mermaids' attire is called modest. Page 4.
xast of invading Elks leaves Portland
Page 11
School directors launch economy pro
gramme. Page 9.
Money for charity used Up by county.
P
Admiral Farragut Adrift
in Fog, Helpless.
ONE OF INJURED MAY DIE
Main Feed Pipe Explodes, Se
verely Scalding Men.
CRAFT IS FOR SEATTLE
Passengers and Freight on Dis
abled Steamer About 3 6 Miles
North of San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 22. The
steamer Admiral Farragut was dis
abled 12 miles north of San Fran
cisco lightship by an explosion of her
main feed pipe, according to word re
ceived here early today. The Farra
gut was reported helpless and adrift
in a dense fog.
Twelve members of the engine
room crew were reported to have
been severely scalded, one probably
fatally.
The steamer Farragut belongs to
the Pacific Steamship company and
left San Francisco at 6:53 P. M. last
night with passengers and freight for
Seattle.
Tub Is Sent With Doctor.
First news of the accident to the
steamer was a wireless message re
ceived about' 1 o'clock from Captain'
William Hall of the Admiral Farra
gut. The tug Sea Eagle was imme
diately sent from San Francisco with
a physician aboard to attend the in
jured men. but it was not expected to
reach the Farragut for several hours,
owing to the fog.
San Francisco lightship is about.
24 miles north of here, being twelve
miles out from the Golden Gate. The
Farragut is a 1400-ton vessel.
Officials of the Pacific Steamship
company here early - today expressed
the belief that the Admiral Farragut
was in no danger.
There were 73 passengers aboard
the Admiral Farragut, which has a
crew of 60 men.
Home Port Is Tacomsu
The Admiral Farragut, according
to the list of merchant vessels of
the United States, has a tonnage
of 1361, is 280 feet long, has a
breadth of 36.1 feet and a depth of.
The engines of the vessel were
listed as having an indicated horse
power of 2360. The Admiral Farra
gut was built in Philadelphia in 1S9S,
and her home port was given as Ta
coma. The Admiral Farragut carries
a wireless outfit.
TACKS HOLD UP EDITOR
George Huntington Curry Delayed
by Punctured Auto Tires. ,,
BEND, Or., July 21. (Special.)
George Huntington Curry, editor of
the Baker Herald, was one of the
first, and easily the "tackiest" news
paper man to arrive in Bend today
in preparation for the state editorial
convention beginning tomorrow.
Driving at night from Burns to Bend,
Curry was unable to heed a warning
given by the Bend-Burns stage driver
to the effect that a portion of his
load had fallen off midway on the
road. Curry inadvertently picked up
part of the load 12 carpet tacks.
From the 12 he netted six punctures,
and the trip ordinarily made in six
hours, took him twice that time.
"I didn't, have a fair chance,
though," Curry said. "The car ahead
of me got 29. and I had to take what
were left."
WATER, LIME CAUSE FIRE
Spontaneous Combustion Starts
Blaze , in Basement of Home.
Spontaneous 'combustion, effected
by water dripping from a faucet onto
a sack of lime, caused a fire last
night in the basement of the home of
E. J. Nuffner at 350 Marguerite ave
nue. Firemen declared that it was
the first fire of the kind in three
years. The damage was slught.
The water had been noticed falling
on the lime earlier in the day and
had been shut off. Nuffner thinking
nathing more of the incident. It was
not until late last night that the
lime, heated by the chemical action of
the water, was ignited and caused the
blaze. i .
0RCHARD1STS IN SESSION
Washington Association Discusses
Problems at Yakima.
YAKIMA, Wash. July 21. Horti
culturists and orchardists from all
over the northwest assembled here
today for the opening, session of the
mid-summer convention of the Wash
ington Horticulturist association, of
which F. A. Wiggins of Toppenish
is president. The red spider, preva
lent here, will be discussed.
Speakers today were Roy Larson.
Washington State college, and D. F.
Fisher, United States pathologist, the
former on soil problems and the lat
ter on merits of oiled fruit wrap.