The Sunday Oregonian., July 29, 1917, Section One, Page 8, Image 8

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JtTLT 29, 1917.
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FIVE DAY'S TOLL
FROM HEAT WAVE
HOOD RIVER WOMAN'S CLUB
HOST TO 35 BOYS AND GIRLS
Annual Treat Given for Members of Portland Aid Society and Many
Crates of Fruit Are Taken Home by Youngsters.
Starts This Morning
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A trip to the trenches
Without the risk of your life
Many Prostrated in Wisconsin
and Minnesota When Ther-
mometer Hits 93.
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DROUTH DAMAGES CROPS
IfortU and South Dakotas Suffer
From Hot Spell Hundreds of
31en Battle Flames as
Forest Fires Rage.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. July- 2S.
Three deaths and many prostrations re
sulted from the intense heat here to
dav. The Government thermometer
registered 99.3 degrees at 3 P. M-. the
highest mark in more than four years.
This makes a total of seven deaths
here in the past three days, due to the
heat.
MILWAUKEE. July 28. Two deaths
and several prostrations are the results
of today's temperature of 33, the high
est this Summer.
LINCOLN. Neb.. July 2S. Reports
from all over Nebraska show damage to
the growing crops by the drought and
hot winds of the last two days, the
damage increasing from east to west
across the state, the western part re
porting heavy damage to some crops.
Hot weather records were shattered in
many parts of the state Friday and to
day, the official temperature in Lin
coln reaching 110 each day.
SIOUX FALLS. D.. July 28. Un
precedented high temperatures were re
corded throughout South Dakota today,
the thermomenter ranging well above
100 degrees in almost every section.
Jleports from several towns showed
temperatures as high as 110 degrees.
A continuation of the extreme heat and
drought will seriously affect the grain
crops, it is said.
FARGO, N. r.. July 28. A record
breaking drought throughout the state
of North Dakota is burning up what
ever chances remained for a fair crop,
according to reports received by
Thomas Cooper, of the North Dakota
experiment station here.
GRAND FORKS, N. D.. July 28.
Forest fires are raging along the Du-luth-Grand
Forks line of the Great
Northern Railway in Northern Minne
sota, being most destructive in the vi
cinity of Kbro and Fosston. Minn.
Heavy damage also is reported north
of Bagley and along the Clearwater
line of the Soo. Near Fosston several
hundred men have been fighting the
flames, which are not yet under con
trol. Communication is difficult north of
the Great Northern line and although
heavy damage is reported from that
region, little definite information is
available.
REV. T. B. HUGHES DIES
Himself Minister for 6 0 Years,
Leaves Two Suns as Bishops.
PASADENA. Cal., July 28. The Rev.
Thomas Bayless Hughes, father of
Blrfhop Kdwtn Holt Hughes, of Boston,
and Bishop Matthew Simpson Hughes,
f Portland. Or., and himself a minister
in abe Methodist Kpiscopal Church for
60 years, died here today in his S2d
year.
The Rev. Mr. Hughes, who was born
In West Virginia in 1S36, entered the
ministry in 1S57.
His wife survives him. They were
said to be the only pair who had lived
to sec two sons raised to the episcopacy
of the Methodist Church. Among other
surviving members of the family is
Mrs. Effie Barton, of Anaconda, Mont.
Bishop Matt S. Hughes, of 406 East
Twenty-fourth street, was notified yes
terday that his father was dead, and
left for Tasadena last night. Bishop
Hughes received a telegram early in
the day announcing that his father was
critically ill. and had prepared to go
to his bedside when the second mes
sage announced that the illness was
fatal.
"LIBERTY BREAD" IS TITLE
Kanie Chosen in Preference to "ATar
Bread" lor Substitutes.
WASHINGTON. July 28. "Liberty
"bread" is the term to he encouraged by
the food administration as applied to
substitutes for wheat flour rather than
the phrase "war bread" used in other
warring countries.
"The name 'war bread" gives the im
pression that there is something in
ferior about the breads made of substi
tutes for wheat." says an announce
ment. "The fact is that breads made
from wheat substitutes are healthful
and just as tatty as those made from
Wheat."
Use of substitutes will be encouraged
at the food training ramps to be held
in connection with fairs and expositions
In the near future.
Sargeut Men Banquet.
A banquet was tendered the members
of the Portland office of Sargent At Co.
fiscal agents, at the Imperial Hotel last
night. It was a sort of get-together
affair, n. M. Floss officiated as toast-
master. Those present were A. L. Dun
das, district superintendent; R. A. Rob
erts, manager of the Portland office: E,
A. Dundas, Fred Johnston, G. K. Ha
maker. V. B. Wilbur, James A. Logan,
J. H. Devlin. Wilbur F. Jouano. Julius
Helwig. C. S. Field. W. L. Green. M. F
Quillou. H. 10. Morton, I,. V. Potts. E. N.
Wheeler. H. I Stoner. P. A. Gruber, H
Pi. Putnam. Ii. J. Martin.
Damage Suit Follows Accident.
Damages aggregating $7800 are de
manded from J. Canby Morgan in a
personal injury action filed yesterday
by Charles Morrison, aged IS. It ii
charged that the plaintiff was serious
ly and permanently injured July 10 last
when a machine owned and. driven by
Morgan crashed into him on Russell
atreet.
Canning Class Announced.
Canning classes will be held at the
Vernon, Lenta and Woodmere schools
tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. In
fctruction will be given housewives in
practical methods of preserving and
canning various truits and vegetables,
The work is under the supervision o
Miss Kdna Groves, of the Portland
tcliool system.
U. S. Ambulance Men at Front.
PARIS. July 28. Ambulance section
No. 31 of the American Field Service
left for the front this morning.
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Photographs showing autos loaded
the train and group caught by camera
HOOD RIVER, Or.. July 28. (Spe
cial.) For the past four years
the members of the Hood River
Woman's Club have given a day of
happiness to the little inmates of the
Boys' and Girls' Aid Society Home, of
Portland, the philanthropic women
playing hostesses at a picnic on the
orchard home of Leslie Butler on the
West Side.
The 1917 picnic waa held last
Wednesday, when a party of 35 little
boys and girls, free for a glorious day
in the country, were taken for an au
tomobile ride through the orchards by
business men and ranchers, the journey
terminating at the country home. A
iny brook runs through the Butler
place, and as the sun shone brilliantly
and It was very warm last Wednesday,
it was continually lined with tads, per
mitted to wade until tired.
At noon .the women served a sump
tuous dinner of fried chicken and other
good things to eat. In addition to the
dinner many baxea and crates of fruit
OWER PLANT DAMAGED
SEVERAL TOWNS NEAR BAKER ARE
IN DARKNESS.
Mines Are Deprived of Power and Sev
eral Hundred Mra Will Be Idle
for About One Week.
BAKER, Or., July 28. fSpecial.)
Fire put the Fremont plant of the
Eastern ' Oregon Light & Power Com
pany plant out of commission today
and put small cities west of here
in darkness. The cause of the blaze
was not determined.
Fire Is reported to have caused the
headgates to open, flooding the plant,
so that all the machinery is under
water. The building is of stone, but
the roof and all woodwork was de
stroyed. The damage probably will amount to
$12,000, covered by insurance, and it
will require at least a week before it
can resume. It is at Olive Lake, 60
miles west of here, and supplies many
mines and mining dredges with power.
so that a general shutdown in that dis
trict is expected, which will throw sev
eral hundred men out of work.
It has also been supplying light and
power to Baker since the Killamaque
Lake dam burst a month ago and de
stroyed the company's Rock Creek dam,
until yesterday, when the Rock Creek
plant was repaired.
PORTLAND MAN HONORED
Jay Keller Only Man From Oregon
Sent to Annapolis.
Jay II. Keller, a member the Ore
gon Society of Engineers, with offices
at 612 Henry building, is now at the
United States Naval Academy, Annapo
lis, working for a commission in the
Navy. He was ono of 200 young men
chosen from the United States, and the
only man taken from Oregon.
Mr. Keller enlisted in the Naval Re
serve Corps under Lieutenant-Corn
mander Blackburn Just before tho war
with fiermany. He had been in the
BROTHERS DRAW SAME NUMBER
IN TWO STATES.
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EUGENE. Or., July 28. fSpeclal.)
Robert Kane Shimmin. aged 22. of Al
vadorc. Or., and Everett Gladstone
Shlmmin, aged 24, of Anacortcs. Wasli
are on thef way to their respective
homes from Los Angeles, Cal., to be
ready to answer their country's call
They are brothers. Robert was No. 7:
In the draft for Lane County and Ever
ett was No. 72 in his home county in
another state. No. 72 was the 315th
number drawn at Washington.
A third brother, Albert K. Shimmln
aged 26, was No. 71 in the list for the
district of Skagit County, Washington,
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fame CJzjcffs72 Jfocx? tfjy&jr
with youngsters Jtist as they got off
after delightful outing.;
and berries were prepared and taken
.back to Portland by the little visitors.
The local annual outing of the Port
land wards is made possible by the
philanthropy of the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company and the O.-W.
R. & N. Company, both of which con
cerns furnish transportation service
free of charge.
The members of the Woman's Club
in charge of the picnic of last Wednes
day were: ' Mrs. L. E. Taft, Mrs. A. D.
Ramsay, Mrs. N. E. Fertig. Mrs. A. L.
Page, Mrs. Jesse Edgington, Mrs. J. W.
Ingalls, Mrs. C. A. Bell, Mrs. V. C.
Brock, Mrs. T. J. Kinnaird and Mra.
A. G. Lewis. Young women who helped
were Miss Ethel Blckford, Miss Lottie
Kinnaird and Miss Minnie Mundy.
The occasion of the picnic was the
farewell visit, in an official capacity,
to Hood River of J. G. Kilpack, finan
cial secretary of the Portland home,
Mr. Kilpack. who has been associated
with the institution for the past 10
years, having resigned.
service only three months when he was
chosen for Annapolis, being one ol
three taken from the Thirteenth Naval
District. Mr. Keller's wife is now at
386 Montgomery street.
NEW STAR IS DISCOVERED
Heavenly Body of 1 Itli Magnitude
Located by Professor Ititchey.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. July 28. The
discovery of another star said to be
he only new one found in five years
was announced to the Harvard College
observatory today by Professor W. S.
Adams, of Mount Wilson observatory.
California. Credit for the discovery
was given to Professor George W.
Ritehey, of Mount Wilson.
The star was estimated to be of the
14th magnitude. It was found in the
outer portion of the spiral nebula of
he star classed as -"Dryer No. 6946: 105
seconds south and 37 seconds west of
the nucleus.'
E. Z. FERGUSON IS DEAD
Portland Realtor expires Suddenly
at Seaside.
SEASIDE. Or.. July 28. fSpecial.)
Edward 34. Ferguson, secretary of the
Alameda Investment Company, of Port
land, died here tonight of acute palpi
tation of the heart. He was 63 years
old.
Mr. Ferguson came to Seaside to pass
the week-end with hts family, and at
tended a dancing party tonight, particl
pating in the amusement. Tho exertion
proved too much for him.
Mr. Ferguson Is survived by a son
and a daughter, Mrs. David M Clay, Jr.,
with whom he was.visiting.
BEND BOY IS POISONED
Death Laid to Candy Damaged in
l'Irc; Four Others Are III.
BEND. Or.. July 28. fSpecial.) A
death believed to, have been indirectly
caused by the fire which destroyed the
Millview Hotel occurred this morning,
when the 6-year-old boy of Mr. and
Sirs. M. J. Couillard died of Indigestion.
The little fellow is understood to
have eaten candy salvaged from the
stock of the poolroom operated In con
nection w-ith the hotel and to have been
poisoned. Four other children are now
in a serious condition from the same
cause. v
War Bread Is Sampled.
EUGENE. Or., July 28. (Special.)
Students and members of the faculty ef
the Summer school of the University
of Oregon sampled various kinds of
war bread, prepared yesterday by Mi.'s
Winifred Kerr, who gave the last of
a series of lectures on food economy
suggested by Herbert C Hoover, Na
tional food director. Potatoes, beans,
peanuts, squavh, bran, brown unpol
ished rice, corn, oatmeal and rve are
among materials used in making war
bread, for which recipes were given.
Son Born to Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Giesy
riu v txr uui ii , ii m iiiui ihuk 10 JUL
and Mrs. Paul C. Giesy. of Portlan
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with Mrs. Chester G. Murphy, and Mr.
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x i rMuiu, -wncre ne is anenaing
officers' training camp.
the
A. McCaw III at Lebanon.
Archilus McCaw. of Portland, is
seriously ill In the hospital at Lebanon,
Or., It was reported last night at hit
home in Lents. Mrs. McCaw has lefl
for Lebanon to be with her husband
who is a well-known ttmir- . t ,
M r. McCaw underwent an operation at
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Lebanon recently.
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No Advance in Prices
GAPPS TO BUILD SHIPS
GO 1ST HALS SUCCESSOR WILL RUSH
YARDS TO LIMIT.
Reorganized Shipping Board Will Con
cern Itself With Operation ot "
Ships and Rate Questions.
WASHINGTON, July 28. Determina
tion of a shipbuilding policy will be
left by the reorganized Shipping Board
larelv to Rear-Admiral Capps, who
has succeeded Major-General Goethals
as general manager of the emergency
fleet corporation. The board, it was
learned tonight, will spcclaliie on op
eration of ships, the Uirection of traffic
and questions of rates.
Admiral Capps Is unaerstooa to oe 01
the oninlon that all the ships that pos
sibly can bo built should be con
structed. There will be no question of
steel or wooden ships, but all yards will
work to their utmost capacity.
The question of commandeering ton
nage for Government use Is under con
sideration and a programme probably
will be worked out within a few days.
Members of the board conferred today
with the British shipping commission
ers on an international ocean rate
agreement.
British representations on the food
and submarine situation, which have
reached the American government, in
dicate that Kngland is h no danger of
actual hunger for another 12 months,
even at the present rate of German
sinkings and if ship construction were
not increased.
Officials view the submarine cam
paign with less alarm than a few
months ago. The British have on hand
now. tho reports show, enough food
stuffs to last four months. This sup
ply probably will get much lower be
fore new tonnage is put in the water
in large quantities, but tho British be
lieve it will tide them over until the
American and British building pro
grammes have advanced to a point to
make it impossible for Germany to sue
reei in her effort to starve Kngland,
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