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K VOL. LXI NO. 19,236 Entered 1 at Portland (Oregoi.) 7 Poatofflce els Second-claps Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS FIRST WHITE MEN E ASCENT OF EVEREST HALTED BY 7 DEATHS RADIO DANCE MUSIC WINS LOUD APPLAUSE PORTLAND HOTEL ORCHES TRA GIVES GOOD CONCERT. FOREST FIRES JAZZY EARIS BEGINS SWINDLE SUSPECT SEE ANCIENT FARMS FETE DAY REVELRY CE E.T S VALLEYS THAT ARE ALMOST AVALANCHE KILLS PORTERS IN EXPEDITION. THROXGS DAXCE IX STREETS. INACCESSIBLE VISITED. . FLAGS BEDECK CITY. ' WITNESS BARES MURDER DETAILS TMES iSI ON LLOYD GEOR MENAC 1 CAUGHT III CHASE V Killing of Rival by Wom an Described. FRIEND IS ON DEATH TRIP Flight of Victim Halted; Hammer Then Used. SLAYER WELL KNOWN Mrs. Clara Phillips Is Declared to Have Carefully Laid Plan to Kill Woman. LOS ANGELES, July 14. Develop ments in the investigation of the death of Mrs. Alberta Meadows, whose mutilated body was found early Wednesday night on a lonely road, came rapidly today following the discovery of an eyewitness to the slaying. The details surrounding the al leged attack ifVon Mrs- Meadows by Clara Phillips, wife of A. L. Phillips, an oil promoter, in which Mrs. Phillips was said to have beaten Mrs. Meadows over the head with a lTRmmer, ' were told today to the county grand jury by Mrs. Peggy Caffee and resulted in an indictment charging murder being returned against Mrs. Phillips. Mrs. Phillips today was under arrest at Tucson, Ariz., and Sheriff Traeger was on his way there to bring her back to Los Angeles. Mr. Phillip Known Year. The story told by Mrs. Caffee commenced with her relations with Mrs. Phillips, whom she said she had known for more than a year. On Tuesday, she said, she went shopping with Mrs. Phillips, who, t among other things, purchased a jammer. At Mrs. Phillips' request, she said, she remained at Mrs. Phillips' that night, and it was then that Mrs. Phillips told her of al leged intimate relations existing between Mr. Phillips and Mrs. Meadows. Mrs. Caffee said Mrs. Phillips asked her to go with her to see Mrs. Meadows, to which she con sented, and they met the latter as ehe came from her work at a local bank Wednesday night. Ride Asked of Woman. Mrs. Phillips, she said, asked Mrs. Meadows to drive her to her sister's home, and as they reached the lonely spot on the road asked Mrs. Meadows to stop the car and Set out, as she wanted to talk to her alone. When the three women reached the ground Mrs. Phillips accused Mrs. Meadows of being in-, timate with her husband, accord-1 ing to Mrs. Caffee, which Mrs. Meadows denied. It was then, Mrs. Caffee said, that Mrs. Phillips began striking Mrs. Meadows on the head and shoulders! with the hammer, which she had until then been holding behind her back. Mrs. Caffee said that she at tempted to respond to Mrs. Meadows' cries for help, but that Mrs. Phillips immediately turned upon her and threataned to kill her if she in terfered. Attack Is Renewed. As Mrs. Caffee retreated, she said, Mrs. Phillips again returned to Mrs. Meadows and renewed the attack upon her, Becoming nauseated at the scene, Mrs. Caffee said that she started down the road and was soon overtaken by Mrs. Phillips, who was driving Mrs. Meadows' car. Mrs. Phillips, she said, demanded that she get in the car, and as they pro ceeded toward the city, Mrs. Caffee said Mrs. Phillips threatened her with death if she told what had occurred. When they reached the city, Mrs. Caffee said she was put out of the car and Mrs. Phillips drove away. Mrs. Caffee, who is the wife of M. D. Caffee, an oil worker, first told her story to the police. She was later taken before the grand jury and the indictment was re turned. Hammer Head Mixsing. -Mr. Phillips, who first told of the slaying yesterday and has since been under the guard of a deputy sheriff, accompanied officers today to Pomona, where, according to his statement, he and his wife drove Mrs. Meadows' car after his wife had returned home Wednesday night and told him of the affair. The authorities made a fruitless search for the head of the hammer which they said he declared he threw out of the car on the trip to Pomona. The hammer handle was found near Mrs. Meadows' body. On the trip today the officers said Phillips told them he and his wife once lived in Pomona, where at one time in a fit of temper .she used a hammer jto break all the glass in a sedan automobile. Phillips Show. Surprise. Phillips showed considerable sur prise, the officers said, when told that Mrs. Caffee had declared she had accompanied his wife on the trip with Mrs. Meadows. Upon be ing told her name, he said he did not know the woman,- according to the officers. Mrs. Caffee said she and Mrs. Phillips formerly were chorus .girls in the same company. . The grand jury returned an in (Concluded on Page 4, Column 2.) Submarine Tunnels and Ropes Are Used to Lead to Home of Early Hawaiian Peoples. v""" "HONOLULU, T. H., July 5. (Spe cial.) -Valleys on the west side of Kauai, which had never before been entered by white men, were in vestigated recently by a party head ed by Dr. Herbert E. Gregory of the Bishop museum, which secured val uable information, - expected to throw some interesting lights on the mystery of the origin of the Hawaiian people. Some of these valleys are so formed that the only means of in gress is by rope ladders. To others the only way of entry is by way of submarine tunnels. Two of these hitherto inaccessible valleys' were explored. The finest type of ter racing for agriculture in the Ha waiian islands was found in the valleys of Nuaolo and Kalaaiau on the Napall side of Kauai. The irrigating system used 'n these terraces, In which taro was evidently grown, displayed great engineering skill on the part of ths dwellers, according to Dr. Gregory. According to ancient Hawaiian stories the people who lived in these valleys were the only ones who were not mastered by Kamehameha the Great. In one of these valleys, Koo lau, the famous leper, held at bay a veritable army and perished from starvation without giving up his Cight for liberty. FAIR POLITICIANS TARGET Zion Leader Scores Women Who Run for Office. ZIOX, 111., July 14. (Special.) With Paul's first Epistle to Timo thy as his guide, Wilbur Glenn Vo liva denounced women senators or women in office of any kind where by she has authority over the man. Quoting: "But suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence," Voliva says: ,,"If there is any place on God's earth that a woman ought not to be, it is in the United States senate. I am opposed td a woman's running for any office. The word of God foretells that in the days of deca dence, the nations will be ruled by women and children. God Almighty never made a woman the head of a house. "Whenever a woman usurps the man's place you will have hell to pay. If my wife ran for office 1 would sun for the lake." MISS RUTH JOHNS WEDS Daughter of Philippine Island Justice Is Married. SALEM, Or., July 14. (Special ) Miss Ruth Johns, daughter o Charles A. Johns, formerly of Port land, but now associate justice of the-Philippine islands, and Dr. Phil Newmyer of Salem, were married in oan jvrancisco last nignt, according to a telegram received here today. Dr. and Mrs. Newmyer will reach Salem Sunday and will make their home here permanently. Dr. New myer is a physician at the state tu berculosis hospital. Miss Johns, who accompanied" 4ier father to Ma nila about a year ago, returned to San Francisco recently where she was met by Dr. Newmyer. Mrs. Newmyer is a talented musi cian and prior to her departure for Manila took an active part in local social circles. Before moving to Portland with her parents Mrs. Newmyer resided at Baker. BONUS ATTACHMENT UP Veteran Seeks to Collect Cash Paid to Oregon ex-Soldier. Can an Oregon soldier's bonus be attached?- ....... . . It depends on whether or not the bonus may be considered a pension or adjusted compensation,-according to Circuit Judge Rossman, before whom a case is pending with this the issue. ' Clyde B. Grewelle,. city policeman and ex-service man, won a recent Judgment' In' the circuit court for J525 against L. O. McLaughlin, ex service man, and filed suit to collect it by attaching the latter's bonus, which totals $420. McLaughlin con tended that the bonus is exempt as a pension paid for service to state or nation. Urewelle insisted it is but adjusted compensation and may be attached. The case Was set for argument Monday. ASSASSIN'S PLOT FAILS Plot Against French President Is Terminated Harmlessly. PAR.IS, July 14. (By the Asso ciated'' Press.) Three shots were fired today at Prefect of Police Nau dln by Gustave Bouvet, an anarch ist, well known to the police, in the belief that it was President Miller and at whom he was aiming. None of the shots took effect. - The shots were fired while the parade was passing along the Champs- Elysees at the corner of the Avenue Marigny. The assailant shot from behind a woman and the fire scorched her dress. The assailant was beaten, by the crowd before the police seized him. The shooting occurred on the return of the presidential cortege from a military review at Longchamps." Northcliffe No Longer Controls Policy. OLD FEUD THOUGHT OVER Turn for Worse in Publish - er's Illness Cause. CHANGE IS MARKED ONE Paper, Considered Mouthpiece on Foreign Policy, Now Sup ports Government. ' BT JOSEPH W. GRIGG, (Copyright. 1922, by the New York World. Published by Arrangement.) LONDON, July 14. (Special ca ble.) With the turn for the worse in Lord Northcliffels condition, there is a belief in political quarters here that the sensational feud between the great editor and Premier Lloyd George is practically over. Without any fanfare of trumpets, the Times in the last week has abandoned its blind support of French foreign policy in Europe. The "thunderer" has long assailed the British premier for his repara tions attitude. The interpretation placed on its change of attitude now is that the great newspaper, which has always been considered Eng land's mouthpiece, has changed its foreign policy in general. It is now more in keeping with the policy of the government and its own tradi tions than at any time during the battle between Mr. Lloyd George and its owner. Change Shown Markedly. The change has been shown mark edly in the Times' editorials in the last few days on .the German situa tion. Today especially, the paper's Paris correspondent stressed the change in. French opinion as to Ger many's ability to pay. ' This is a change which is not only of far-reaching importance to this country but to the continent and es pecially France. The "thunderer" has come more into line with the general trend of public opinion on the question of reparations than it has since the Versailles conference. Were it not for the great sympa thy felt fer Lord Northcliffe in his serious illness, this change in the Times' policy would cause a sensa tion. Nevertheless, it has led to the belief that the great newspaper Is under new direction. Printing; Truth Attempted. The Outlook, which appears to morrow, will say of this, "the Times is still regarded abroad as the voice of England, and a change in the for eign policy of the Times is therefore a matter of great political import ance. Such a new orientation, it is now clear, has taken place. "No longer is the tone of the po litical dispatches apparently dic tated from the Qua! D'Orsay. The paper has clearly been making se rious and honest efforts to print the truth about conditions in Germany (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. ) 4 ' T ' - - Handicap Wrestling K HATCH'.! 7 J - ---- r ay( ' Messrs. Mallory, Somervell : and Crawford Narrowly Escape Death in Mountain Disaster. A (Copyright, 1922. by the Public Ledger company. Published by Arrangement. ) LONDON, July 14. (Special Cable.) A delayed dispatch from the Mount Everest expedition, re ceived in London tonight, reported that the expedition had been aban doned owing to a disaster in which seven porters were killed. In the avalanche which occurred during the attempt to scale the- last 1700 feet of the mountain, Messrs. Mal lory,. Somervell and Crawford had narrow escapes from death. The account of the difficulties which were encountered by the ex pedition reads: The monsoon was approaching and little time was left. - Unfor tunately already some of the party, named Strult,- Longstaff and Mora head, had been obliged to return to Darjeeling," Morshead needing spe cial treatment for his frost bites, while Norton and Captain Bruce also were obleged by the state of their health to go 'to a lower alti tude in the Kharta valley and there fore were not -available. There were still, however, six men j left for a final effort, therefore the party was organized with two mo tives. So little time was left be-; cause of the monsoon and conse quent bad weather that it was ne cessary to arrange to evacuate the camps on the east Rohgbuk glacier and also the camps on the slopes of Mount Everest itself during the time an effort to make the climb was being made. The party consisted of Mallory, Somervell and Finch, with their as sistants, Wakefield and Crawford, with Morris in charge of the evac uation. : . It left the main base on July 3 in threatening weather. During the night the weather got worse and a heavy snowstorm, continued for J6 hours. Most unluckily Finch was feeling the results of his great ex ertions in the attack on Everest. On arriving at camp one, he was unable to continue and. returned to the base camp to Join the first party returning to Darjeeling. The re mainder of the party arrived at camp three June 5. On June 6 the weather cleared and the party had a day of rest in the 'glorious .sunshine.. Up to this time monsoon conditions were prev alent, that Is to say." it : was warm with a comparatively warm south wind accompanied by snow, but that day a freezing northwester again set in. There are no better conditions for getting fresh fallen snow in trust worthy condition than first a good melting in the hot sun, then at night a tremendous drop in tem perature, especially if assisted by such a dry and inconceivably cold wind as. a northwester on Mount Everest. . This was the condition that gave the party confidence next morning after a night during which the thermometer registered ten below zero, that the slopes leading up to North Col and Changla were in trustworthy condition. So confi dent were they of this that they not only determined not to evacu ate the Col but planned further to try for the iriountain. The caravan left camp at 3 and at 8 o'clock Mallory, Somervell and Crawford were helping with path-making to north. HO HUM. Harold Graham, Baritone, Sings Four Solos, With Wife Play ing as Accompanist. The regular Friday concert of dance music by . Herman Kenin's Portland hotel orchestra was a zip py, snappy affair, and the air was kept warm withnusic nearly every minute of the full hour allotted The Oregonian for broadcasting. One of the numbers, a trio consist ing of piano, xylophone and saxo phone, was acclaimed by more than a dozen listeners one of the most beautiful selections ever broadcast. In addition to the orchestra music, Harold Graham, baritone, assisted at the piano by Mrs. Graham, sang four solos of high order that won applause from many operators who telephoned in their appreciation. Mr. Graham sang as his selections "Jean," "Keep on Hopin," "The Star" and "The Birth of Morn." A new sound box installed in The Oregonian tower yesterday and used for the first time last night con verted practically half of the tower room into a huge funnel, in the larger end of which the orchestra was placed. It almost doubled the volume of the music and put an end to the troubles caused by vibra tion at a number of stations. The orchestra was in a particu larly peppy mood and played as it never played before. About half of the programme which was orig inally announced was played, and then numbers played by request kept the orchestra busy for the rest of the time. Walter Galloway, xylophone; Del Porter, saxophone, and Hoy Adams came near touching perfection when they played "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider" as the . trio number. The success experienced earlier in the week with xylophone solos prompt ed Herman Kenin, director, to in clude the selection in his pro gramme, and it was by all means the hit of the concert, A similar numBer will be included in the pro gramme next Friday night. Another solo which won praise from the radio audience was played by J. D. Gilmore on the trombone, with orchestra accompaniment. Mr. Gilmore played "Out of the Shad ows" by request. Other numbers played by the or chestra were "On the Alamo," "Three o'clock - in the Morning," "Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixie Land," "Some Sunny Day" and VYou Won't Be Sorry." ; Radio Programme Canceled. - Tonight's radio programme sched uled to be broadcast from the W i 1 -lard P. Hawley station at 9 o'clock, has been canceled on account of sev eral changes being made in the transmitting apparatus. Other local stations are expected to fill up the hour with musical entertainment of some kind so that fans will not be disappointed. According to Mr. Hawley, the station frill be in good working order for the regular Tues day evening programme. . - TRAIN WRECKED, 1 KILLED Crash, Attributed to Spreading of Rails, Injures Seven. WHARTON, Tex., July 14. Jake Herman, express man, was killed, and seven passengers injured when a Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe pas senger train was wrecked 18 miles north of Wharton today. The wreck is believed to have been caused by spreading of rails. Three' Settlements in Path of Flames. . SOLDIERS FIGHTING BLAZE Remount Station in Danger and Horses Are Moved. ' FIRE PUMPS SENTYETH Columbia River .Highway Town Is Threatened, but Large Crew of Fighters Watches Fires. FOREST FIRE SITUATION, I?T JfORTHWEST STATES. Flames threaten settlement near Montesano, Wash. Fire within 100 rods of town of Aladdin, Wash. Wyeth, Or., is menaced by flames. . . Every available fighter sent to combat blaze started Columbia River highway. nn I Remount station at Camp Lewis, Wash., threatened and every soldier in camp sent to battle fires. Fifteen acres of park near CTrehaiis burned, lumber camps' damaged' and new blazes break out. ' Dismantled mill near Hood River burned. Cut wood in Mill Creek dis trict caught by flames. PfOOD RIVER, Or., July 14. (Spe cial.) Hood River county, remark ably free from forest fires up to date, developed an epidemic of bad burns today. The Columbia river highway town, Wyeth, was menaced tonight by a fire three miles square and a serious burn wae discovered on the ridge between here and Mo Bier". A heavy stand of timber is located on the headwaters of Mosier creek and the column of smoke ris ing tonight indicated that the flames were raging through this. John Smith, lessee of a ranch near Wyeth, arrested by Forest Rangers Weisendanger of the Eagle creek camp grounds, and M. J Brown, in charge of the Herman creek station, confessed to starting the highway fire Wednesday when he tossed away a match or cigarette stub. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail by Justice of the Peace Onthank. Thirty men have battled the Wyeth fire throughout the day, and 20 more were rushed from Portland tonight with three large fire pumps and 1000 feet of hose. Unless the wind rffises, Mr. Brown, in charge of the fighters, expects to save the town. The fire is spreading up Herman creek, however, and forest rangers fear it may reacn the Wah tum lake district. HELP SENT FROM PORTLAND Settler Declared to Have Let - Brush Fire Get Away. Every available fire fighter in the Portland district has been rushed to combat the blaze near Wyeth and to prevent it spreading back, into the mountains. v The fire was discovered yesterday morning and, according to last re ports, the fire was burning fiercely aTid threatening to get away from the crew which was attempting to restrain it. : T. H. Sherrard, supervisor of the Oregon national forest, set out from Zig Zag mountain yesterday morn ing, to take charge of the blaze. Ac cording to information received at the local forestry office, a settler had been burning brush and after the fire got away from his clearing, he watched it for two hours before reporting it. Another blaze, not thought to be serious, was reported in the timber on Ross mountain, about four miles south of Latourell Falls. It was discovered by Curtis Gould, lookout on Larch mountain. As this blaze is burning on private property, out side of any recognized patrol area, county authorities took steps to check it. ' : Aside, from the Herman creek blaze, the forest fire situation is sat isfactory forestry officials stated. In Tillamook- all fires are under control and unless strong winds spring up and fan dying embers into flames, no further trouble is ex--pected in this section. Military authorities at San Fran cisco have been advised by the war department to re-establish air pa trol service over the Oregon forests, according to a telegram received here yesterday by the Portland Chamber of Commerce. Senator Mc Nary sent the telegram, in which it is declared that Secretary of War Weeks has notified the commanding general of the ninth corps area at San Francisco to restore the patrol in Oregon with such equipment as is available. Chamber officials yesterday were inclined to believe that there still (.Continued -on Page 2, Column 2.) - Fireworks and Liberal Flow of Wine and Beer Help to En liven Rejoicing. (Copyright. 1922. by the New York World. Published by Arrangement.) PARIS, July 14. (Special cable.) The unquenchable zest of Parisians for organized frolicking has again been illustrated by the outbreak of rejoicing on the national fete day. All Paris is hung with flags, bunt ing and illuminations. The dancing, which commenced on the sidewalks last night, will continue ceaselessly over Sunday. The myriad cafes along the boule vard and side streets have the tem- j porary right to commandeer the sidewalks in front of their prem ises for open-air dancing floors. The streets, are, therefore, hung with lanterns, while to strains of con certinas and banjos, Paris, young and old, gives itself over to terpsi chore. Fortunately the four nights' rev elry can be sustained on a liberal flow of wine and beer. Fireworks enliven and illuminate the night and at many of the theaters free matinees were given. In the bigger public squares thou sands are dancing at government expense. Imagine Union square con verted into one huge open air cab aret with wine and beer set -out on thousands of tables while police bands supply dance music. Then you get an . idea of what is happening all over Paris this week end. The visiting contingent of 40.000 Americans has plunged enthusiasti cally into the festivities, especially the sidewalk dancing, choosing their partners haphazardly in the gayest Parisian style. Members of Gover nor Cox's party were prominent in one of these dances. The Eiffel wireless supplied the music for one district. Here Apache looking young gentlemen jazz with their fantastically painted young friends in the gayest of the festi vals. Unfortunately a good deal of crime attends this national junketing. Also Paris will see some powerful hang overs Monday morning. WEATHER TURNS COOLER Temperature Yesterday Six De grees Lower Than Thursday. - A shifting of the area of high at mospheric .pressure closer to Port land yesterday resulted in holding t)ie thermometer down six points lower than it was on Thursday. The maximum temperature recorded dur ing the day was 79 degrees, while onJhursday the high point reached was 8-5 degrees. Continuation of northwest winds helped keep the temperature down, and the high pressure moving in, permitted better circulation of cold air out of the ares of high pressure. The forecast for today indicates no change in weather conditions. The smoke from forest fires, gradually clearing from the air,' may have a tendency to increase the tempera ture, the district forecaster said. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S: Maximum temperature, 79 degrees; minimum, 55 degrees. TODAY'S: Fair, northwesterly winds. Foreign. Almoat inaccessible ancient valleys found by whitemen. Page 1. Jazz Paris begins fete day revelry. gage 1. Times ends war on Lloyd George. Page 1. lomeNtic. Witness describes woman murdering rival. Page 1. Dime novel series exhibited In New York. Page 3. Two murderers escape after auto wreck kills sheriff. Page 3. Mr. McCormlck books passage to Europe. Page 0. Hooper and Jewell confer on strike, but settle nothing. Page 2. Pacific Northwest. Oregdli normal fichool regents eliminate tex-tbook. Page 5. Higher tax rate in prospect for Seattle. Page 7. Griffiths flies against Poindexter. Page 7. Sports. John Black. Oakland. Cat. leads in Skokie golf tournament Page 14. Pacific Coast league results: At Los An geles ti, Portland 5; at Salt Lake 9. Vernon 6: at Sacramento 4, Oakland 3: at San Franotsco 9. Seattle 3. Page 15. State golf title to be decided today. Page 14. Frank Troeh wins coast championship for 36-yard zone handicap. Page 14. Two San Franciscans win way into finals of tennis tournament. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. Five million bushel potato crop prom ised in Oregon. Page 20. Black rust scare subsides and wheat weakens at Chicago. Page 21. Highest prices of year registered by liberty-bonds. , Page 21. Nw York market is fairly active. Page 21. I Crew begins work on first of four dikes History of Standard Oil under way. Page 20. Portland and Vicinity. Green corn latest arrival in Portland market. Page 13. Veal is plentiful on local market and of especially good quality, rage 13. pire on highway has three-mile front Page 1. Printer's ink test weapon for fighting cancer, says noted surgeon. Page 10. World declared near last days. Page 10. Washington men fight Oregon law. Page 20. Thirty reasons for 1925 fair advanced by managing committee, rage 4. Swindle suspect caught after thrilling chase. Page I. Radio dance music wins loud applause. Page 1. First results of Literary Digest poll re ceived. Page 6. William Z. Foster, radical laborite, as sailed at labor temple mass meeting. Page A. . . Paint official speaks- at convention. Page 8. ' ... .- Weather report ' data' ' a8d forecast. . Page 20. - Captive Is Choked Into Unconsciousness. HUGE FRAUD IS CHARGED Money Orders Stolen at Warrenton Passed. ANDREW KINNEY JAILED Proprietor of Aulo Accessory Store Runs Down Man Who Tried" to Pass Check. An alleged swindler who has been passing American Express company money orders, stolen from the com pany's office in Warrenton, Or., late in May, wars captured at Sixth and Pine streets last night after a spec tacular chase which started when he attempted to pass a check in the automobile accessory store of Fletcher & James, 54 Sixth street. Papers on the man's person re vealed his identity as Andrew Kin ney. In a hurried estimate at police headquarters, Kinney was said to have passed money orders amount ing to several thousand dollars, and to have operated in many cities, in cluding Salem. Or., and. Tacoma, Wash. According to the account of Jack Fletcher, who captured Kinney, the latter came into the store to buy a spare part for his car, which was parked around the corner. He of fered a money order for J49 in pay ment. Unfortunately for him, Fletch er knew of the operations of such a man. several other persons in the city having been bilked within the past few days. He Immediately started to put KinneyJ under ar rest, but t.ie latter ran out of the store, Fletcher after him. Attracted by the chase, nearly 100 witnesses Joined in. Kinney ran about three blocks before he was overtaken by Fletcher. A slight struggle ensued. but Fletcher choked his captive into unconscious ness; then he put him in an auto mobile and took him back to the store. Oneral Alarm Mounded. In the meantime clerk had te; ephoned police headquarters and caused a general alarm to be sounded. The police arrived just as Fletcher was bringing the cap tured man back to the scene and In spectors Tackaberry and Phillips at once took him into custody, rec ognizing him from descriptions fu--nished by the chief of police at Warrenton. At headquarters, when the man was searched, over $150 in cash waa found in his pockets, together with the money rder he had attempted to cash. Other money orders were found in his pockets that appeared to corre spond with the papers stolen from the express office and Kinney was said to have confessed to the police that he had committed the acts for which he was arrested. Office Robbed In May. The office of the American Rail road Express company at Warren ton was robbed late in May and a large quantity of checks and money orders was stolen. Attempts to ap prehend the thief had until last night been entirely unsuccessful. He passed from one city to another, dropping a trail of the orders be hind him. The checks came back from all the larger cities between Salem and Tacoma, but the passer was always just one step ahead of the sleuths on his trail. DR. BELL IN 46TH TIME Grand Chaplain of Oregon Ma sonic Lodge Again .Installed. COKVALLIS, Or., July 14. (Spe cial.) A number of officers of the Masonic grand lodge came here to day and tonight installed Dr. J. R. N. Bell for the 46th time as grand chaplain of the grand" lodge. Among those present were Grad Master George G. Brown of Salem, Past Grand Master Judge Burnett of Portland, Past Grand Masters D. P. Mason and F. J. Miller of Al bany, Past Grand Master Frank S. Bailie of Portland, and Past Grand Master W. J. Kerr of Corvallis and Deputy Grand Master Bruce B. Stu art of Corvallis. CASHIER PUT IN VAULT Lone Robber Holds Up Bank and Escapes With $ 1 5 0 0. OMAHA, Neb- July 14. A lone robber held up the Commercial State bank of Florence, near here about noon Thursday, locked the cashier in the vault and escaped with about $1500 in cash. Cashier R. A. John on and one customer were the only persons in the bank when the rob ber entered. Johnson freed himself with a screw driver. This is the second time the bank has been robbed this year.