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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
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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
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VALLEYS THAT ARE ALMOST
AVALANCHE KILLS PORTERS
IN EXPEDITION.
THROXGS DAXCE IX STREETS.
INACCESSIBLE VISITED.
. FLAGS BEDECK CITY. '
WITNESS BARES
MURDER DETAILS
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CAUGHT III CHASE
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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
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Submarine Tunnels and Ropes
Are Used to Lead to Home of
Early Hawaiian Peoples.
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"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
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Handicap
Wrestling K
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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
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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.
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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.