VOL.. L.XI XO. 19,273
Entered at Portland Oregon)
Postoffice as Second-cias Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CENTER
MAYFIELD'S VICTORY
CONCEDED IN TEXAS
ERA OF ACTIVITY
FACES BUSINESS
COSMETICS SHUNNED FLIGHT OVER POLE
BY MISS NEW YORK! BELIEVED ABOUT DUE
GREAT NATION HELD
LOST IN CATACLYSM
JOHNSON
RACER HITS AUTO;
1 KILLED, 5 HURT
One Car Is Forced Off
Columbia Highway,
OF STRONG
FIGHT
FERGUSON" ADMITS DEFEAT
IN RUN-OFF PRIMARY.
WINNER OF ATLANTIC CITY
TRIP NATURAL BEAUTY.
AMUNDSEN IS . 100 MILES
FROM POINT BARROW.
EASTER ISLAND STATUES
LEFT UNCOMPLETED.
Other Issues Pale in
California Campaign.
MOORE STRONG CONTENDER
Surprisingly Good Showing
Made by Challenger.
PRIMARY ELECTION HERE
Contest , Conspicuous by Absence
of Interference by Harding
or Official Family.
BY SHAD O. KRANTZ.
(Formerly of The Oregonian Staff.)
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 27.
(Special.) With Jhe primary elec
tion fairly at hand, the issues of
the California campaign have set
tled down to the personality and
the performances of Hiram John
eon. Either you are for Hiram or you
are against him. That is about all
there is to it. They have rune in a
lot of planks and platforms and pro
grammes, including the tariff, the
league of nations and the four
power treaty, party regularity, sup- j
port of the Harding administration
an.1 some minor local issues, but all
these are important only in the .de
gree that they bear upon Senator
Johnson's effort to obtain a renomi
nation. Air. Moore Strong Rival.
The opposition to Johnson has se
lected, in Charles C Moore, proba
bly as formidable a candidate as
could be found In all California.
Moore was politically unknown
when he entered the campaign less
than three months ago. There is no
question that he lufs gathered a lot
of support since he took the stump.
Of -course he wouid have to gather a
lot of support to make any headway
at all. for his tollowiug was unor
ganized and not very enthusiastic
and the tradition of Senator John
son's overwhelming strength - pre
sented a mighty barrier.
But Mr. Moore stepped into the
proverbial arena courageously, ener
getically and, it appears, confident
ly. He really has turned out to be a
good campaigner. He has none of
the tricks o,f the fini3hed platform
speaker, but he possesses a good,
clear voice and a sense of humor.
He goes after Senator Johnson's of
ficial scalp without apparent per
sonal bitterness, but also without at
tempt to spare Senator Johnson's
personal feelings.
Alliance Witk Hearst Chnfctd.
He accuses Senator Johnson of
unholy alliances with "William Ran
dolph Hearst; he accuses him of dis
loyalty to the Harding administra
tion; he accuses him of lack of vis
ion in opposing the league of na
tions and the four-power pact; he,
or his supporters, anyway, demand
to know why Senator Johnson was.
not in the senate and voting when
the question of seating Newberry
was up.
These and a great many other
high lights in Senator Johnson's rec
ord have been brought to the fore by
the opposition.
The opposition has resorted to the
"old stuff" of preparing a list of
questions bearing upon his official
conduct, for Senator Johnson to an
swer, and he has followed the ways
of experienced politicians in refus
ing to answer them, or any of them.
Senator Johnson has been back
for' the last four or five weeks de
fending his record; and yet yOi can
not say that he is on the offensive
either. Certainly you qannot say j
that he is here in any apologetic
mood
He is just as aggressive, just j
as sarcastic, just as bombastic, just
as magnetic, as ever.
Senator Johnnou Weary.
But all the same he is not the
same Hiram Johnson as when run
ning for governor the first time 12
years ago, or for senator six years
ag-. He was in the height of his
power and glory then. Probably
Johnson was at his best as a plat
form speaker when he campaigned
the country in opposition to Wood
row Wilson and the league of na
tions three years ago. He was vig
orous and forceful and eloquent on
that trip. He seems tired and weary
now.
Senator Johnson has made two
trips to southern California in this
campaign, as Mr. Moore seems to be
strngest in this part of the state.
He attracted big crowds in Los An
geles bigger than did Mr. Moore, in
aci. And they were enthusiastic
crowds; they were Johnson crowds.
The first time be spoke here nearly
4000 people were turned away from
the Philharmonic auditorium, but
not before Senator Johnson talked
to them briefly on entering the hall.
A part of that crowd waited until
after the meeting to get another
glimpse of Senator Johnson.
Mr. Moore Impressive.
Mr. Moore's first public appear
ance here was at the Trinity audi
torium, which holds fewer people
than the Philharmonic The place
was not quite filled. The crowd was
respectful but not over-enthusiastic.
The meeting was poorly managed.
They had a lot of preliminary speak-
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Loser in Democratic Race for
Senate Nomination to Keep
Up AA'ar on Klan.
TEMPLE. Tex., Aug. 27. James
E. Ferguson, ex-governor, tonight
conceded the election of his op
ponent, Earle B. Mayfield, in the
run-off primary yesterday for the
democratic nomination for United
States senator.
Mr. Ferguson said that he would
continue his campaign against the
Ku Klux Klan. He opposed the
Klan in his campaign.
DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 27. The lead
of Carle B. Mayfield, railroad com
missloner, in the primary election
yesterday for democratic nomination
for United States senator was re
duced to 59,991 by returns that came
in today. Mr. Mayfield's opponent
is ex-Governor James E. Ferguson.
Mr. Mayfield is said to be the Ku
Klux Klan candidate.
The vote stood: Mayfield, 282,043;
Ferguson. 222,052.
BONUS WILL BE PUSHED
Republicans Plan Passage Before
Adjournment Tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 27.
Passage of the soldiers' bonus bill
by the senate before adjournment
Tuesday to clear the way for pos
sible legislation growing out of the
coal and rail strikes, is the plan of
republican leaders. A night ses
sion was in prospect tomorrow with
disposition at that time of several
of the pending amendments to the
measure.
Proponents of the amended house
bill believed it would be approved
as reported by the finance commit
tee, except that probably the Smith
McNary land reclamation bill, which
has been approved by the appro
priate committee, would be added as
a land settlement option for the
veterans. I
MILLIONS IN GEMS GONE
American Girl Held. in Germany
for Theft of Jewels.
MUNICH, Aug. 27. Miss Kathe-
r'.ne Gray, 27, an American, was ar
rested by German detectives as she
was entering a hotel here for the al
leged theft of jewels in Brussels
worth 2.500,000 francs. Jewels worth
25,000 francs were fdund on her
pereon.
Belgian police have telegraphed
requesting her deportation. The
authorities asserted that she gave
the jewels to her sweetheart, an
English captain. She was also said
to -'have given the English captain
a racing stable recently. -
AMERICANS QUIT VIENNA
500 Tourists Told to Leave
for
Fear of Rioting.
(Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service
Copyright, 1922, by the Chicago Tribune.)
VIENNA, Aug. 27. The American
consul today warned more than 500
American tourists in Vienna to leave
the city as soon as possible for fear
of riots, unless detained on abso
lutely urgent business. Women and
children in the tourist parties were
particularly asked to leave.
Several hundred left during the
day. American consuls in neighbor
ing countries have been asked to
prevent Americans from coming to
Vienna.
F. S. PEABODY, 63, DIES
Coal Operator and Wartime Com
mitteeman Suffers Stroke.
CHICAGO, Aug. 27. F. S. Pea
body, one of the country's largest
coal operators, died today after suf
fering a stroke while horseback
riding on his farm near Hinsdale.
Mr. Peabody was 63 years old.
.. Mr. Peabody was the founder and
president of the Peabody Coal com
pany. During the war he was chair
man of the coal committee of the
national council of defense. He
had been active in democratic poli
tics for many years.
GEESE ARE FLYING SOUTH
Three Flocks Reported Passing
Over This City.
Any goose' may "predict" what
kind of weather is looming, or when
an early winter Is approaching, but
geese are supposed to know and to
act accordingly, says tradition.
And yesterday two flocks of geese,
flying high and bound south, were
reported by responsible citizens of
Portland Heights, and last night at
9 o'clock a third flock flew over,
going in that direction.
It's now up to the Indians up the
Columbia river to prognosticate.
PLANES TO HUNT LIQUOR
Aviators to Trail Aircraft Used
by Bootleggers.
NEW YORK, Aug. 27. Discovery
that an organized ring of rum run
ners is using a fleet of at least 11
powerful airplanes In smuggling liq
uor into the United States from
Canada has led the prohibition au-
thorities to plan for the use of air
craft in trailing international boot
leggers. The decision was announced to
night by Zone Chief Appleby of
New York and New Jersey.
Factories Reopen When
Fuel Is Splied.
GOAL DEM AN. ENORMOUS
J L
Steel Wage EJ Stimulates
All iris stry.
OTHER PAY LIFTS LIKELY
Scores of Big Corporations Are
Preparing to Cut Ripe
Dividend Melons.
BY HARDEN COLFAX.
(Copyright, 1922, by The Oregonian.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 27.
(Special.) The industrial setback
caused by the twin strikes promises
to be as brief as it was sharp. Op
timism has -followed immediately on
the heels of the strike settlement
in the bituminous fields. Reports
to the departments of commerce and
labor disclose that manufacturing
and other plants which had to slow
down or close for lack of fuel are
planning to reopen or Increase op
erations as fast as they can get
coal to meet their requirements.
So heavy is the demand for coal,
however, that the hand-to-mouth
needs of these plants cannot be met
short of three weeks to a month, in
the opinion of thi government's
distributors. Coal production next
week will approximate . 10,00u,000
tons. Actual running requirements
probably approximate 8,000,000 tons.
Transportation Is Problem.
There is coal enough for every
body's immediate needs, according
to a survey of the producing capac
ities pf the various operating fields,
made by the geological survey. The
problem .is to get the coal from the
mine mouth to the consumer.
Transportation facilities will be
pressed to the limit, in the opinion
of the carriers' executive commit
tee, orders for coal, in the opinion
of the railroads, seeming likely to
bring every available coal car into
service.
As a result of the strike settle
ment the entire surplus of railway
equipment bids fair to be wiped out.
A car shortage within six weeks is
among the probabilities. The rail
roads are. carrying freight now, with
the exception of coal, at nearly
capacity tonnage. The settlement of
the coal strike in the bituminousJ
fields bids fair to hold transporta
tion tonnage to new- high records
within the next 60 days.
Wasje Rise Spectacular.
The most spectacular Industrial
development of the last week was
the 20 per cent wage increase in the
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Girl, Never at Public Dance, Din
ner In Hotel or Cabaret,
Rises and Retires Early.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK. Aug. 27. 'Miss New
York an Erasmus high school
sophomore who uses neither rouge
nor powder, who hasn't owned an
evening gown, a lip stick or a jan
gling vanity case; a girl who has
yet to attend a public dance, .dine at
a big hotel .r sup in a cabaret; who
is abed at 10 and up at 7, who can
and -does wield a rolling pin, a dish
rag and a carpet sweeper and who
believes the romances of Dumasare
tne grandest dooks:
She is 16-year-old Dorothy
Hughes of Brooklyn, chosen to rep
resent New York as queen of all
bathing beaches in the Metropolitan
district when the royalty of otheT
strands gather at Atlantic City the
week of September 5.
Neysa McMein and Henry dive
artists, were two of the judges who
attributed Dorothy's selection more
to her aura oftubling Titian curls,
facial charm, her grace and person
ality than to the beauty of her fig
ure. A kickless eggnogg before
breakfast, a wealth of outdoor ex
ercise and- housework, regular hours
and nothing but pure soap and
water 'on the skin are Dorothy's
health and beauty secrets.
DIVER STRIKES PLANKS
Youth's Nose Broken by Leap
From Top of Boathouse.
Misjudging the distance in a dive
from the top of a boathouse, yester
day afternoon, George Wilson 20,
191 Russell street, failed to clear a
float which surrounded the house
and landed on his face on the
planks. , He suffered a broken nose
and numerous cuts about the face.
Wilson, with a number of com
panions, was diving from the roof
of Craig's boathouse at the east end
of the Broadway bridge. The top
of the house was about ten feet
from the floor of the float.
The injured youth was placed
aboard the harbor police boat and
taken to the emergency hospital.
After treatment there he was able
to return to his home.
HUGHES AIDS IN FROLIC
Secretary of State Participates In
Sports on Shipboard.
ON BOARD STEAMSHIP PAN
AMERICA, via Naval Wireless, Aug.
27. On a smooth summer sea, the
shipping board steamship Pan
America, on which Secretary Hughes
and his party are proceeding, to the
Brazilian Centennial expotion, at
Rio, increased her speed today to
18 knots an hour. With other mem
bers of the American commission,
Mr. Hughes took part in some of
the deck sports, much to theminter
est of passengers generally.
At noon today the Pan-America
was 1087 miles from New York, her
course being southeastward, straight
to the corner of Brazik
COME TO STAY.
Explorer Reported at Wainwright
"With Aviator and Moving
Picture Photographer.
NOME, Alaska, Aug. 27. (By the
Associated Press.) Captain Roald
Amundsen, who last month trans
ferred to the schooner Holmes from
the Maud on his Arctic expedition, is
now at Wainwright, 100 miles
southwestof Point Barrow, accord
ing to a message from Captain C. S.
Cochran of the coast guard cutter
Bear.
Captain Cochran's messa-ge was
sent through the coast guard sta
tion at Point Barrow to Captain
Thomas A. Ross here.
Captain Cochran said that -Lieu
tenant Oskar Omdal, aviator, arid
moving picture photographer were
with Amundsen. and that the
Amundsen party intended to land a
Wainwright.
It is thought here that Captain
Amundsen and his party have trans
ferred to the Bear from the Holmes,
due to heavy ice, and- that they may
be planning to start at Wainwright
the afrplane flight which the ex
olorer nlanned to make over the
Arctic circle.
The Bear arrived at Barrow Mon
day, the first boat to reach there
this, season. The next day the
schooners Herman and Fox, belong
In? to the Liebes company, San
Franciscp, the Holmes, with govern
ment supplies, and the Lady Kin
derslie of "the Hudson's Bay com
pany, made Barrow. Captain Coch
ran said that he had encountered
heavy ice. f
SWEDEN VOTE FOR WETS
Stockholm 142,000 to 22,000
Against Prohibition.
M-hioairn Trihuno ForeiKn News Service.
Oo-pyright, 1022, by the Chicago Tribune.)
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 28. The vote
early this morning on the proposed
constitutional amendment to estab
lish prohibition in Sweden shows on
precincts tabulated the following re
suits: Wets, 485,000; drys. 358,000.
In Stockholm the count stands:
Wets, 142,000: drys, 22,000.
The wets swept Stockholm by
tremendous majority and thousands
of persons are still packed in the
public squares cheering enthusias
tically. The wets ar.e beginning to
claim an easy victory.
DAY IDEAL FOR FROLICS
Highways and River Attract;
Mercury Registers 81.
Yesterday was a delightful day
for- the Dicnicker, automobillst or
for a boat ride on the river and
many took advantage of the day to
indulge in those pastimes. The
f A.mnerature was neither too hot
nor too cold.
The thermometer reached 81 de
greesshortly Wftar 4 o'clock, which
was a considerable drop from the
high temperature recorded the two
preceding days.
The weather man predicted fair
weather for today, with westerly
winds.
MILADY 0EFIE0;
SKIRT TO BE LOi
Down to Ankles Ukase
of Fashion King.
HIGH BOOTS ARE DECREED
Draped Gown Not to Hide
Body's Beautiful Lines.
POIRET VISITS GOTHAM
Parisian Declares Styles Usually
Adopted 3 Years Late by
Some, Says Dictator.
BY CONGER REYNOLDS.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 27, Ankle
length skirts. Draping of the gown
to clothe the body without hiding
its beautiful lines. High boots in
colors to match gowns.
These are the last words in fash
ions for women as told today by
Paul Poiret, of Paris, visiting New
York'for the first time since 1913.
M. Poiret smiled indulgently over
all the fuss that has been made
against long skirts and waved it
aside with a graceful sweep of-his
artistic hand.
"There are always women who
resist the fashion," he said, "but In
the end they always follow it. They
are usually about three years be
hind, and so really out of fashion
all the time.
No Attention Paid Women.
As for me, I do not listen. When
I began 20 years ago with the nar
row skirt there was a furore of
opposition-. Women said it gave
them no room to move. When I
started the full skirt it was the
same. They objected to the full
ness.
'It is not necessary to pay much
attention to what women say. They
are always dominated by a spirit of
contrariness."
The man who is known and fol
lowed by millions of women
throughout the world as creator of
their ideas for dress, and who cares
so little what they themselves think
they want, is himself as original as
many of the daring ideas he has de
veloped. Of medium height and
stocky build, his movements might
be heavy, but they are not. There
is the grace of the dancer in his step
and the ease of an actor in his every
pose. '
Beard Short and Bristly..
His iron gray hair is smoothed
back pompadour above a face nearly
covered with short bristly beard.
His large, blue eyes are filled with
keen understanding and interest and
twinkle ever so lightly as If with
secret merriment at the gaze his
fashions causei .
An example of dress for the Amer
ican man, M. Poiret's costume of
this "morning would be a knockout.
Over conventional enough gray
trousers, shirt, collar and tie he
wore a light tan lounging jacket of
nearly knee length with high roll
collar unbottoned at the throat
In the pocket on the upper left
breast was a blue and. brown striped
silk kerchief. M. Poiret was shod
with crimson boots sVrmounted by
tan spats.
"I was surprised and shocked," he
said in telling Tf an hour's inspec
tion of New. York crowds at Times!
Square, "to see so many and so tigh
short skirts.
Terrific Protest Recalled.
"When I started the short skirt
terrific protest that it was im
moral came from America. Coming
o . this country, reputed to be so
moral, I had not expected to find
the exaggerated short skirt.but
here it is the same exefessive de-,
gree of shortness which we had in
Paris in 1917.
M. Poiret conceded that he had
Sot been in America lonff enough to
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occ wul ie iucrs oi lasnion
were wearing:. But skirts must be
long now, he said, and would even-
tually reach the ground. This he i
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saia, wuuiu uume oy ae&rees, an-
kle length being proper at this stage !
a A1 . . , ...
or Lne reversion irom snore sKirts.
FARMER DEAD AT 126
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West Virginian Is Said to Have j
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Been Born in 179 6. !
CLARKSBURG, W. Va.. Aug. 27.
John Drisdale, farmer, said to be
126 years old, died at his home near
Craigsville, according to a. dispatch
received here today.
Drisdale was born in Scotland and
a family record gave 1796 as the
year of his birth.
HEAT 106; RAIN FALLS
San Bernardino, Cal., Has High
est Temperature of Month.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Aug. 27.
The thermometer registered 106
degrees here this, afternoon. This
is the highest for the month.
Shortly after 3 o'clock .2 of an
inch of rain fell, which lowered the
temperature appreciably.
Unmistakable Evidence of Sud
den Abandonment of Work
. Found by Professor.
BY JACK MYERS.
(Chicago Tribune. Foreign News Service.
Copyright. 1922, by the Chicago Tribune.)
SYDNEY, Aug. 27. Professor Mc
Millen Brown, a noted Polynesian
authority, has returned from Easter
island, which he says is the most
inaccessible place in the world.
The huge cattle ranch there,
owned by a Valparaiso firm, is in
habited by 300 natives and two
whites and Is visited annually by a
Chilean schooner. There are no land
birds or native animals and once
small gray rats were used to cur
rency and ultimately served as the
tid-bits for the rich.
Professor Brown examined the 100
famous stone images in human form,
standing on great stone platforms
below which are chambers where
are placed the bleached bones of
the dead Some of the statues are
of immense size, fully 70 feet in
height and crowned by huge stone
hats. The figures are carved in
solid blocks of stone.
The professor believes that tens
of thousand workmen erected the
monuments to the people of a by
gone Pacific empire, inhabiting the
ring of archipelagoes, of which
Easter island is the center. The
native name means navel or center
of the earth. Professor Brown's
theory is that food was taken to the
workers in canoes from neighbor
ing islands by the masters who
came to bury the great men of the
race.
There is unmistakeable evidence
of the sudden abandonment of the
work. Probably a cataclysm sub
merged the islands, cutting off the
supplies of the workers, who be
came hunger striken and turned
cannibals, almost exterminating the
population of the islands. The pro
fessor thinks the stoppage of the
work occurred more than two cen
turies ago, as there is evidence that
the natives are descendants of
slaves.. They do not believe in an
after life anfare taught they have
no souls, though other Polynesians
believe in Immortality.
MAJOR ADLER MARRIED
Rabbi Jonah Wise Officiates at
Wedding of Publisher.
MENLO PARK, Cal., Aug. 27,
The wedding of Miss Barbara Stett
heimer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Stettheimer, and Major Julius
Ochs Adler, vice-president and
treasurer of the New York Times,
was held here today at the country
home of the bride's parents.
Rev. Jonah B. Wise of Portland,
Or., performed the ceremony. The
young couple will go abroad for
thr honeymoon, and will make
their home in New York. Major
Adler "is a nephew of Adolph Ochs,
president of the Times.
GERMAN IMPORTS
CUT'
Buying of Luxuries Abroad to Be
Restricted by Law.
- BERLIN, Aug. 27. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The council of min
isters at a meeting tonight, under
President Ebert, decided to restrict
the importation of luxuries and to
increase duties on exports.
These measures have been taken
pending steps to stop speculation in
exchange.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
31 degrees; minimum, Dtf degrees.
"01AY'S Fair; westerly winds.
Foreign.
Great nation held wiped out by cat
aclysm. Page 1.
National,
U. S. regular army cut to 325,000 men.
Page 3.
Harding oh outing discusses rail strike.
Page 3.
Mr. Cox is advised to praise league
highly. Page 2.
Activity to follow end of coal strike.
Page 1.
Tariff big help for chemical men. Page 2.
Domestic.
Long skirt decreed'despite wishes of fair
sex. Page 1.
Flight over pole believed about due.
Page 1.
Senator Johnson is
fight. Page 1.
center of strong
CosmetIcs shunned by Miss New York.
Page 1.
Movie murder held deliberate. Page 6.
Opponent concedes Mayfield's victory in
Texas. Page 1.
T J
Judse
Pacific Northwest.
Sehlbre.de dies at
Corvallis.
.Page 4.
Racer force another auto off highway,
killing one and injuring five. Page 1.
Sports.
Chicago Cuba climb into second place.
Page 10.
paclf lc Coast league results: At Sacra-
mento 0-0, Los Angeles 1-2; at Salt
.Lake 3-5, San Franctoco 6-4; at Los
Angeles, Portland 3-1, Vernon 9-6; at
Oakland 6-6, Seattle 8-0. Page 10.
Giants' engine now hitting on all six.
?age 11.
Eight eliminated in championship flight
Ht EaBtmoreland. Page 11.
Commercial and Marine.
Bond issues are few, but. prices are ris
ing. Page 17.
Numerous vessels to call in next few
days. Page 16.
Germans spreading stories of financial
ruin. Page 16.
Tariff big help for chemical men. Page 2.
Sawmills running despite strikes. Page
16.
Portland and- Vicinity.
Xew civil service change advocated.
Page 5.
Ex-Inmate of asylum dressed as woman
caught. Page 18.
Eternal triangle cause of north end mur
der. Page 18.
Bible withstands thrusts of fools. Page 6.
1025 fair plana to be discussed. Page 6.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page
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OTHER TAKES TO FLIGHT
Fugitives Are Captured 50
Miles Away.
MAN'S WIFE NEAR DEATH
Four Children Arc Badly Cut and
Bruised Fleeing Mon Too
Nervous to Talk."
THE DALLES, Or.. Aug. 37. (Spe
cial.) Edward M. Hill, blacksmith
of Dufur, 47 years old, was fatally
injured, his wife crushed probably
fatally and four of their children
badly cut and bruised when the
Hill machine was struck and hurled
from the Columbia highway at noon
today by a speedy California road
ster, which did not stop until it was
hatted by a town marshal 50 miles
from the scene of the crash.
Two men were in the car when
it was stopped at Arlington, 50
miles east of here. They were
Frank Gilchrist and A. II. Pullen,
both of whom said that their homes
were in Pasadena.
The men were captured as the re
sult of Sheriff Chrisman of The
Dalles notiylng all officers along
the route which they took in their
flight to watch for the California
roadster.
Both Men Are JVervou".
The two men were arrested less
than, two hours after the accident.
Sheriff Chrisman took charge of the
prisoners and brought them back
to The Dalles tonight.
Both men were so nervous they
could scarcely speak a word, the
town marshal said, but finally he
elicited their names. Neither is
more than 25 years old. The men
were said to have been on their way
to Lewiston, Idaho. They left Port
land this morning.
Neither was able to say a word
about the accident here, although
they did not deny having struck an
other car. Their own machine suf
fered a deeply dented right fender
and a scratch on the right front
wheel.
The Hills had been on a vacation
near Mount Hood and were return
ing to their home by making the
loop trip through Portland. Last
night they were at Hood River
Wiin Air. ana Airs. iuarsnau mil.
parents of Mr. Hill. Mr. Hill was
driving toward The Dalles when the
v.. i i 1 1 u i 1 1 1 n lui nfjruai:ueu lrom De
hind, at a high rate of speed, wit
nesses said.
Hill Auto Oorm Over Hank.
In endeavoring to pass the Hill
machine, the roadster did not give
enough, room and hooked and
dragged the Hill car about eight
feet. It plunged along the embank
ment for 40 feet before dropping
over the precipitous edge. The
car dropped 20 feet, turning com
pletely over and landing on Its
wheels. The occupants were thrown
out. 'Hill was found a considerable
distance from the machine.
Dr. A. A. Esson of The Dalles,
was one of the first at the scene.
He summoned an ambulance and
also notified the police. In the
meantime the car that had caused
the accident had passed through
The Dalles and disappeared. Mr.
Hill died as he. was being placed on
the operating table in the hospital
here. The body was taken in
charge by Deputy Coroner Mogan,
who, following an, investigation, an
nounced that he would hold .an in
quest Monday night.
four' Children Injured.
The four children, Helen, 15, Wen
dall, 12, James, 8, and Marshall, 6,
were badly cut and bruised. Mrs.
Hill suffered a fractured pelvis and
other injuries so serious that her
recovery was tonight regarded as
extremely doubtful. Physicians at
the local hospital, where they were
brought by passing autoists,. said
they believed the youngsters would
be all right in a few days. The acci
dent happened about two miles west
of the city limits and just east of
Crates Point.
Besides his parents at Hood River,
Mr. Hill is survived by a brother,
Roy Hill of near The Dalles, and
threo sisters, Miss Mllllsa Hill of
Portland, Mrs. Julia Atwcll, New
York, and Mrs. Bertha Suggins of
Hood River. Mr. Hill ran a shop
at Dufur- and was widely known
over the county.
News of the wreck and a request,
for the arrest of the drivers of the
unknown automobile was tele
phoned to the Portland police by
The Dalles officials yesterday aft
ernoon. Patrolmen were stationed
on roads leading into the city with
orders to arrest the driver and oc
cupants of the car.
2 Killed, 8 Hurt In Accidents.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Aus. 27.
Thursea Allen, 8, and John Connair,
60. ' retired merchant, were killed
and eight other persons injured in
a series of week-end automobile ac
cidents in the San Francisco bay region.