Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1919)
T TKE UEATXXLlt "ITS ALL HERE and 1T8 ALL TRUE" OCLOCK yi O'CLOCK " ' Tonight and Sat-- - vtDltlQN. urday 'showers; ' - v - gentle westerly i'4 - VrtT "JCVTTT Mfl 101" Entered Son1-cIiu Matter PORTLAND i OREGON, FRID AY EVENING; -JULV,V 1919. TWENTY7 PAGES; 5 5 l - PRICE TWO CENTS " tUU0 !, . . ' I v. A-'-r: -.V ,, .:..:-- v l-" ''-tTT-V ' -v. A '' " A-f ': - - '.i.m. iV j.. .i. 4 a- - -. . - ..... . ...... . i- '. ..... . , , r. c ic i zA. z i . c v z - I si - ' I : k : v ZH- x. .J I I I V ?- V":. 7 SSSJSSMSSSMSW- - - i-- , . - I . ' . - . . J , , . - " , - , . -' . . . .. 4 i i ', , . " " , ' . , I' , I ' t ' , t . - - . , - -v fx tv. ' -' v - : - . , , , . . ' , I ' ii i i - in i . ill i i t-i f i -... . 4 11 i 11 1 " 1 '- ' r ? . - . , " ' ' " . : . ' ) ; 1 :. "' v " V. '-'V.' " , . : " I '' "' - j. & II nil y HI Fourth; of July for Majority of . . Portland's Pleasure Seekers Spent ' in ; Wilds and Resorts. Joyous Throngs Up, With Birds to , . Get Early, Starts on Jaunts; Rabid 5 Fans Remin for Fight. i - Sacred haunts of Portland , pleas ure seekers today are' teeming- with happy ; Fourth of July ; thronsrs; re leased from the rush of formal com memoratlon of the birth of a nation, and only the slaves of toil are at their : places in the gTeat machines of .busi ness and Industry. Scattering here there and every where, carefree thousands early this morning1 Crowded public and private, i conveyances, forgetting the thrills of second-hand reports, of ' champion ship prize fights, t household labors - and the confinements of the routine life' In the face of a joyous holiday, V To th Tiirnle nlirM crowd! ar1v this mcrntnf ' started. tbelr ptlgrimagea Narb communities attracted many Visitors bent upon taking part In typical Fouflh celebrations; . whera firtworkg and excitement lend novelty to the day. The unusement 'place's' early drewtfielr quotas f - pleasure-eeekersi ' burdened wltll heavy laden lunch baskets. ' t CB0WD8; STAJftX, EAELT ' ' . . The r. !U l 3P- Co. rnobilixed Hs tolling stock for the migrations of "Port land folk,' and cars arriving at junction points as early as 7.oclock were crowded with family groups. The railway lines - out of Che city, carrLed , early morning throngs to near-by places of pleasures whilefhighways - and by ways fairly steamed under the wheels of automo biles. ; The Columbia river highway, with its wealth of outing attractions, bid fair to break records for usefulness' during the day. - Some few. comparatively, .remained in the ' city, -nevertheless, to celebrate . in Keeping with their own desires, at the vbaseball' park, where- two ' games will ' mark ' the : day. The . flrft contest be- - t ween, the Portland -Beavers and the ,Xos Angeles visitors started at 10 a. m. Otters will 'find . pleasure in hearing, blow by blow, the returns from the Wil- lard-Dempsey fisticuffs at Toledo, Ohio, through ; The Journal's: megaphone or otherwise. . " " " &ES0BT8 POPULAb t . Gresham and .Vancouver drew f large r (Coci-lvluod rn FMt Two. Column Tito) : FAMOUS SPEEDERS Thousands Gather for Automobile Classic af Lakeview TracR; . 1 . 'Weather Is Perfect ; ,r . Tacoma, Wash.', JuV 4.- (U. P.) :', With perfect weather for the event, , thousands oX visitors arrived yester day and today to witness the seventh annual automobile race -meet "of the , Speedway, association vat the Lake view J track. Three races of 40,' 60 and 80 miles are scheduled. 't ' ' Five of the world's 'fastest'" drlvera- Mulford, Durant. Chevrolet. Hearne, Rests wer on their toes waiting for me u mne opener ai a o ciocr. .. " V . unmcr wa given ai me commercial club , last l: night - for Captain Eddie TUckenbacker. who . will referee the races, , Rlckenbacker was presented with a platinum: biplane stickpin,, stud ded wtthj, 48 "diamonds. j - PRIZES FOR RACING IN TACOMA M .LIBERTY DAY BABY '. - As. announced n last Sunday's Journal, the first btby born-In ' Port land today. July .4, 1919, LIBERTY DAY BABY, as determined by the puWicrecords, will be the 'owner , of War Savings Certificates and Thrift Stamps, fine clothing.- silverware. Jewelry, kodak, flowers, furniture and many other things which the taby may use now or icrow up to appreciate,' All these are the gifts of Portland merchants and institutions and The Journal. . v. .. , ' , -' t The decision wilt be made next Wednesday at noon as o whose is the first baby born on Liberty day as determined by the public records. The name of the fortunate baby will be announced In -The -Journal of next ThursdaytJuly to. , ...... I l , , . - FIRST ROUWD I Dempsey, drove a lef hander to Wll tard's jaw and ' Wlllard Staggered. Dempaey drove at punch . to ' the heart and "Wlllard went to the floor for the first 'time in his' career., ; - Dempsey floored Willard six times in the first round and driving him all around the ring and having hjm on the ropea. Wlllard never once was able to punch back. When Dempsey had. Wll lard on the floor for the sixth, time and the referee apparently. had counted him out. Dempsey was sent back to his corner. The Pempsey crowd went crasy assuming ; that -. Pempsey.; had knocked out Willard in the first round. The crowd surged forward while! Willard was being led. to his corner and broke into wild cheers for Dempsey." Willard had to be assisted back to his corner. BOITND I Dempsey .ran to W illard's corner, ; smashing rights and .lefts to the . jaw. The champion fought back, but was ' u nable to stand the terrific bombardment. Dempsey " deliberately measured Wlllard and then crossed right to the point of the chin, but 'Wil lard did npt falL Dempsey missed .a smashing left hook, Willard's left eye was closing and he bled from the cheek. Dempsey hooked the left to the chin and Wlllard . reeled to the ropea. WillaTd fought gamely, Dempsey was very cooL Dempsey fought "to . a clinch. : .Willard -staggered t c about the ring, 'his ring generalship saving him time and again. The furor about the ring, was : so great that " Willard did not bear the bell at the . start of - the second and Dempsey .was on him be-, fore the champion saw - him with his one good optic- . . TH1KD EOU5D- . . . V . . " ' Dempsey drove a left to , the Jaw asd followed with a right to tke body. Wll lard staggered to tke ropes. - Willard's faee was blood smeared. .. Pempsey smashed aim a gals. v Hit seeoads tossed tke towel Isto the ring. - ' ' .Dempsey smashed him again in the jaw and followed with : a blow to the stomach. 1 Willard atempted a rally but every swing went . wild. Wlllar - hooked a left to Dempsey's body as the third round ended. Willard was staggering as he walked back to hla corner. . - Xidri't Dodt . On2,75Beer New," York, 'July 4. CI-. N. 1 &) The first prohibition Fourth of July that New York and the Long Island coast resorts ever experienced was very hot. very safe, very sane, but not very dry. v -t Amid the thousands that jammed Into the - Brooklyn- bridge : station wr!y this morning en route for Coney Island were numerous gentlemen whose 9$ degrees of hilarity could not possibly have resulted from drinking "8 per cent." Reports from Coney last night. said that in the crowd of early holiday ' celeb ra tors were a number of drunks.' -.- " Greiatestr Victory ;Being Celebrated,,. Declares -Pershing ' .Washlnjrtonl July 4.-(1." IC. .S.) The following - message from , General' Perr shing was received ; this " afternoon by the committee lit 'charge, of the celebra tion here today; -v t ' "Each anniversary : of , this great day brings us added reason to rejoice, but today we celebrate the greatest victory for freedom won, with our allies, by the clean hands of out courageous soldiers, backed by, the. united, will f the Ameri can" people." j " Yank Second Crew,: . ; Loses; at. Oxford V!l'.--,i ? ' I. ."v.Ct;.,!-. Henley-on-Thames, v July 4. (U. P.V Oxford university won today over the American- army second trew competing In ' the Henley regatta. The American crew - was composed of Lieutenant D. Morgan, bow ; .Lieutenant H. S. Brook, Lieutenant D. E. Maclay and Lieutenant J. It. Breltlinger, stroke.' - Troop Olasti Under ' Aii Investigation i Bisbee, Arts.. July 4-(I S.V Au thorities: here today - are Investigating' the cause of a (flash between local police and members of the Tenth cavalry (col ored), in which pne negro soldier' was wounded and several others slightly hurt lasf night ;" : THE FIRST -.- Celebrants I 1 1 I I I 1 f 'HI - I I I ! 1 I I II v 'i TO 0. IllPilS Coast Manager of Foundation Company and tyartin Schacljt inrurchasing "tompany, baid Corn foot Admits : Negotiations Under Way, but Says Sale Not ' Made; Plan tg Build for French . Negotiations for, the purchase,, of the four" :wi3 steel shipbuilding plant of , the Albina Engine Ma chine Works,, which have been pro ceedincf quietly for several weeks, reached an advanced stage toay with, the arrival from Seattle of Bayly Hlpklns, . Pacific coast man ager of the Foundation ; company, and Captain Trlstalnj representative of French Interests.' - f HJpkins is the moving spirit in the deal and associated with him In an en gineering capactty- Is Martin Schacht, Portland architect,' with-offices in the Pittock block. Captain Tristain's pres ence1 Is due to his familiarity with needs of French shipping. Should the deal be consummated the plans are, according to Mr. Hlpklns,- to construct 10 steel- steamers , for French interests during the ensuing' year. The vessels would be -of the same size that have Just been completed for the. gov ernment '-by ; the Albina ' plant. ; These ships have a tonnage of S800 deadweight, t Immediately after their.: arrival to -, (Concluded on P Two Column Three,) PLEA FOR LEAGUE Strength c of: Allied Governments M ust Be Organized T6r r Pro-' . tection, - He Says. r . . .', t V". ."f. I. , ' ... ... V" " : v.." :- . Columbus, i Ohio, r July 4. (U. P.) William O. McAdoo. speaking today be fore the Methodist Centenary celebra tion,' pleaded for . the. League of Na tions, declaring it, would make . practi cally certain the future"1; peace of the world. It was being resisted,; he - said, by 'the same, type - of uncompromising men' who, fought' the; adoption "of, the federal constitution." ; :- ' . Tt : "McAdoo aenied the league would In volve America j in every' fsture. Euro pean conflict, saying the United . States could always withdraw upon 'two years" notice. ; --i - , , . 'Germany has. not accented the peace treaty voluntarily' said McAdoo. iShe wU .comply, 'wl'sj its covenant reluc tantly. This matea it essential that the strength- Of the ;. allied governments re main organised." . - - . Without the League of Nations, he de clared, Germany and all other, countries would begin immediately to. rearm.', - Los Angeles Defeats . Beavers; Score 5 to 1 -t - c- Los : Angeles defeated Portland in the morning game today by the scare of 5 to 1. Bunched hits in the second and third Innings gave the visitors their runs, while , Penner's triple and an Infield out gave Portland's lone count. : ' - Score: - , . , - - R- 'H.'' E. Los 1 Angeles . . 5 13 1 Portland 1 ' 6 x ' Batteries Crandall and Bassler ; Pen ner . and Koehler. " 'AMERICANS IN'LONDON CELEBRATING T ondon, ' July ;. . 4j Americana . celebrated Independence day In Great Britain with a - huge demonstration in jCaxton hall this 'morning and a score of ban quets Ih the 'leading cities. - The Stars and Stripes "were j flown frpm'pnbllc.bnlldlngs. - , i Closer Anglo-American Tela-, Hons were urged . at the demon stration In .' speeches by Ambas sador' Darls, WInsto Churchill. British -. secretary of war,? and Viscount Eryce,. former ambas sador,to tb, United States. .Spe cial programs also were held by the American lied Cross, the Y. M.'C."A, and the Knights of Co lumbus. - - Mi BY 00 British Dirigible, Near 'Coast, Ruiis Out of Course to Avoid Rainstorm R-34 Expected to Reach Min . eola Saturday. Morning; Aver- ; ages 33 Knots on Trip. St: Johns, F, July 4.- L;N. S.) The British dirigible R-34 will ar rive over St. Johns at about noon to day. New York time. " - The airship swung across tHe northern coast of .Newfoundland in a south westerly direction early today and ap parently -was headed-for-the Gulf of St. Lawrence, to avoid the fog and rainstorm over St. Johns.-' Shortly afterward she changed, her: course" and ,was reported th.is afternoon to he heading directly for tBis city, .where she- is expected to drop a pouch containing; official letters and messages..."-'' . . ? - - " 4- A fog overhangs the 'Atlantic off .St. Johns this 1 morning - and 'rain Is fall ing. " ' j s The Handley-Page aeroplane, which abandoned the proposed - transatlantic flight and was to hop off for New York this morning in an" effort to get ahead of the R-I4 , was unable to start because of the unfavorable weather. If the wea ther clears she will try to get away this evening. ....'- , . , , The R-34 crossed the Atlantic- from Fast Fortune Scotland,- to the New foundland coast, a -distance of about 19&0 nautical miles, in slightly more than. 60 hours, an .average - speed of about 33 knots an hour. r,';' : The Cunard liner Mauretanla crossed the .Atlantic . from Queenstown to New Tortc Septmber 11, 19J 5. . in 109 hours 41 minutes, a distance t 28H nautical milea, Her. average speed on this trip, which broke, all steamship records,. was t$. knots per hour. - v - The gienr Leviathan- has a speed 'f M1NEOLA" ATTRACTS BIG S - v ;r . ' - CROWDS FROM ALL PARTS :t Mineola, U 1. July 4. (1. N S.) The crowd that is to greet the British airship R-34 upon her - arrival " here tomorrow i morning - began ;- pouring . Tnto Mineola today. -' , : Before noon more than a - thousand1 persons had arrived, some prepared to spend the night In the fields -near the flying stations. - ' The , thrifty Nassau county residents took advantage of the situation by boosting room rents to from $5 to $? a day and making, a charge of from SI 0 to $35 a day for room and board during the dirigible's stay here. - 1 : ,VilI Wireless to . U.' S. ,r s London, July4. (I. N. S.) The air ministry announced this forenoon that no more bulletins regarding the progress of the R-34 are expected here. She will wireless, her position to American sta tions,' it was said. Brooks-Salem Work, Says Corrf missioner, Meets Specifica : tions and Is Satisfactory. - ' The. latest development in the Brooks-Salem road improvement controversy Is the statement that the pavements being laid Is satisfactory and . meets the specifications. . This announcement is made by S. Benson, chairman of the state highway com mission, ' following- en investigation made by, himself and . chemists, rep- . . r . . . . ...... . . . resenting tne state ragnway; depart ment and the federal bureau of pub lio roads. - - , - We made -17 ' cuttings in - different i sections .of the " pavement, ' said Mr. Benson, "and found that the pavement! maintained a general average of thick ness i in i excess of the stipulated - five inches. In v some places it . fell "beloW five . Inches and in. other places, it was above. - ' - . Mr. Benson will report the result cV his 'findings , to the highway commis sion ' at,. Its- regular monthly ; meeting Tuesday. ,. . 1 As to the,quslity of the mixture it is reported that It meets all requirements. In the 'examination- of the pavement jit was found that the thin spots were gen erally along -the edges. .,- This; It is ex plained, may have been the result of carelessness . In not' sweeping - weir 'the roadbed along the' headers of -dust and loose 4 dirt which.- had accumulated - as the result-of abrasion from the cpnier." Pair Held to Jury .. ; On Burglary Charge .. . I - , 'iii -i... . IMck Berg - and " Dave Miller, who were captured early Monday morning by Officer William Finn, after a ptstOl" duel with John Luttl. whom he killed, were bel over for the graiid , Jury by Judge -Roseman of the municipal court, on charges, of larceny,-highway robbery and burglary.- Berg's bail was fixed at 15000. and Miller's at 4000.-. - - CHAIRMAN BENSON FINDS PAVING GOOD DEMPSEY; WINS TACK DEMPSEY. the western pueilistic star, who defeated J Jess Willard, the-" giant heavyweight, today before the larg- .i.iIA AAA 1. ' ...1.." . .i . M . onic5t,.w,wu Deing in aitenaance. , - t. wjm,A.iiiwkmmwtKmw 111 OFFICES CLOSED, i ; ASSERT STRIKERS ?;&'tfM -f, .... V ) ' Phone r Workers 'k Claim Firmer Grip on Walkout With Closing! a of J Several ' Exchangesr ' . Much progress is claimed today by the telephone operators In their strike against 'the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company, several of the upstate. locaJ exchanges being now crippled, by walkouts, according to the " strike officials herei It is Isaid that at Salem 39 girls out of 42 'em ployed; have walked out. and that' the office has virtually closed, down.- J. Mi'Halliday or'the" company denied the: report about the Salem ' office. He said tUl the- up-state exchanges- are in order-'? He --said this- morn-i ing. that conditions . . ...... were Improving n..;t..y. aaa tnai tne service !wss daily" being more closely restored to its normal efficiency. - . . t' ; .' t . Moncyls being donated ' for the -sup-, port of the'strlke. j. : , At a dance Thursday night in Cotil lion hall the girls took in about 11000 above expensea Collections taken up by individuals at the Standifer shipyards In Vancouver -netted - $35. : and members of local 746 in Vancouver took up a collec tion 'of $51 for the operators. .- .:. ; : The men are t alio -ecelving ' strong support from the brother local. No." 48, L-B. IS. W which Includes Inside elec tricaF workers,. It-Js- contributing $400 s week, ; .. .w - - FOt'R 3TOHE 8A1EM OPEEATOBS i BEPpKTED JOIKINO. STRIKERS . Salens'. July A? Striking , telephone girls " here -report an increase of four operators . to. their, ranks' today. -r over Thursday,:. with a total of 89 out of the 40-; girls regularly - employed J -on .the switchboard . now out. - Several former employes of the' company.' called -In to help out In the emergency Thursday,, are said to have joined the local union when 1 they discovered the explanation of 'the Strikers are picketing .the telephone building but there has bees no attempt at violence H. Da nier, local man ager. - for 'the Pacific -.company, - this r morning- expressed confidence in an early- settlement of the trouble but re f nseoT to estate the - number of - girls at work on the board.- Strike officials de clared that the ' number Is necessarily less than that of Thursday; when seven girls were reported to .- have remained loyal to the company. L . -. , - ; "I '' ,-,, r : ' Ik ' t ' RING TITLE . 'W. ....:, .-, :."."... ,-:;'i . i is ' -... . '. V Refugees. From, 8 udapest.Tell; of : Frightful Severity ofRed ' i Indon," July, 4. (t. N. S.) The fol lowing' dispatch was received by the Dally Express today from Xucien Ar; thur Jones, its Vienna correspondent t -i : "Refugees .tell of the frightful severity used In the suppression' of the" counter revolution - at. Budapest, - Moderate es timates place -the : number " of : persons shot and hanged at 300. t It Is difficult to divorce the total casual ties, but from reports of : unburled corpses .In the streets it ; is - probable that 400 were killed and . three . times that number wounded. , , , t . "Special tribunals are working at high pressure - trying and condemning to death ; the participants., in. the counter uprising. It Is ramlniscent of the French revolution, although , members of -the bourgeois still- possessing old Austre Mungarian bank notes are able to put chase their' lives - for , sums '- ranging around $25,000. , -. ' "Members of the British mission con firm the Information that one, cf the fa vorlate.. activities. of i the,. Xenlne Boys' Is to -take, a ruspected counter revolu tionary ; Into 5 private --rooms "in soviet headquarters Injhe Hotel Hungaria be fore a seleet assembly.' tie 'him -up and thrashhtmto, death., "Atefan Veyersto, an Insurance man ager, who has just" arrived here ' from Budapest, said :- , . a , The plot, had a successful start. The counter" . revolutionaries captured the airooryVbarracks. -From' m window I saw, r the "fighting around" the 'military academy. -.This engagement lasted four hours and 200 were killed. Finally, when f their ammunition, ran out. the 'Wh1te guards advanced, fighting xwlth ithelr bare fists, dubs and long pikes. Finally; however they were overpowered.'. jt Unheeded ' Chlcagev J July :'4yF.)-The'ealJ for a general, strike to aid. in securing a new trial for Tom - Mooney ' was rrae- Ltically -unheeded here "today.- Four meetings . were - held, . in the interest.- of the strike, , but they were .lightly at tended. 1 It was - believed- that' only a few ..hundred will remain out. .---' II IL VRIl Pl 1 1 II. D II IUHO II U U Li I i t i i m m m ' m . - w m mm m m n : , - ii n it 1 1 i 1 1 ' it ii ii , -b m. s imp rJirF Me 'j . l'.j HUNDREDS HANGED TO QUELL REVOLT ; ' II I II III MM HUH I "1 - I ll'ULHnDUU1v-': u'l liOLlLi ' " t -gr I as I I fas 1 1 1 iss: ibi i i . R- . - Mill III ;M. BL II I H - Thousands of Spectators Who Game Early Leave Stands i andrTake Refuge Under ' Them to Avoid; Prostration by the Heat -! ' j.J ' r ;T "T ri r -J Promoters' Dreams of 70,000, Crowd Dis- pelled Whfeh Bleachers Are Less than .Third' Filled Few; Hours Before Time -L m the third round and Dempsey wa declared the winner. I T.f RINGSIDE; Toledo, July-4.- Te9c Rickard announced just be fore the fight that the gate would total "perhaps $600,000." v - He did not estimate any attendance. A $600,000 house means Ia probable profit of $150,000 for A wild cheer broke out at Dempsey entered "the arena and hustled into the ringf. He was pfecededy Bill Tate, carrying a huge umbrella, which was held oyer Dempsey when 'he took his seat in his corner- " rr At 3;o8 Villard made his appearancebut the cheers for him were, but a whispervin 6mpanson with that for his smaller rival. -Ar'soon'-as htr jumped through the" ropes,: Jess -walked across thr tinff :and sh6ok; hand3 wfth -Dempsey. The champion towered habove: they challenger.- . - :: - s aj rraii u,,.aisaKe ''ArenaVBay View Park. Toledo, Ohio, July 4. L N. S. Sun rays broiling, staggering, blinding In their Intensity shimmered down this afternoon' on the flghf. stadium. ,-'',.: , - And under the! pitiless seating of the sun, which warmed typewriters and tele graph Instruments' almost to a 4 point where they were untouchable. Jess Wll lard v and - Jack "Dempsey ? fight their battle with ; the heuvy weight champion-' ship of the WoMd at stake. : " Thousands of persons who came here early so as twitness every fistic move made in this-vast stadium, quitted the stands shortly, after their arrival and sought refuge under them and remained until time - for the big fight . tq begin. Willingly they sacrificed seeing a- tew preliminary bouts,' rather than risk heat prostration.- And. as, a result, huge sec tions of . the ' stands were peopled but sparsely until the principal" fighters en tered the ring."- r A' small thermometer' which one ; of the telegraphers- brought to- work regis tered at 11:30. Jaisped to f$ at noon; was8$V' at viz :30 and apparently still soaring. Only an. occasional whisper of breeze from Maumee bay. saved hundreds from collapsing In their eeas. ' - The.:; emergency hospital. Under . th east entrance to the stands.- was ready long before . noon to take care ; of heat cases. , - "f- ' .Those who : had the courage . to re main in the sun baked stadium, which itself : radiated the beat like a deaen furnaces, -divested themselves, early of coat and collar -and many went to the extrerne of doffing down to their, B. V. D.'s long before fight time. -- : 'And all the while airplanes, ready, to FAMILY IN AUTO DROWN IN FLOOD Six.; Persons,3 Lose Lives When Car Is Swept Into Raging Tor-" rent From Cloudburst.' Denver," Colo., July 4. (UV P.) Six" "person "were'drowned when their automobile was swept. a-way In waters following a cloudburst which turned-Pawnee-creek from a dry .bed s,t this time of the year Into a rgging torrent- ' . - : The dead are Mrs. Arthur Kestler, Stoneham,' Colo., -her four children and .her - Wother-ln-law, Mrs. 'Annie Kestler i ' ?w,:::'tl0if 'xx'. ':: a They attempted to - ford the crek shortly"' after midnight. Their' hod'es were found some distance from Welser crossing.,, . ji 3 :: - i :; ; fcloudburst Floods ' Town '. ' Colorado Springs. Colo;, July 4. fLM". B.)--6everal blocks of the 'wealthy resi dence district: In the- north -end of this city were buried under four feet of water as a result of a cloudburst late last night Two autos were washed into the stream. Police and firemen worked steadily In an .effort to clear the cellars and streets of water. The storm, was general In the Pike's Peak region, On the. Pueblo road a- bridge over. Sand Creek was washed away., .'...-' the promoters. v'; 1 3:57 for it.was then1 that Tack ': carry away the mall and photos, hov ered overhead like vultures waiting for i prey that the scorching sun seemed to promise. , , ., , 4- . v ..- f Two hours before fight time It was apparent that the promoters' dreams of a 70.000 crowd would be rudely, dis pelled. There was only, a sprinkling of reserved seat holders in sight. Tlie really surprising fact, however, was that the bleachers were less than one third filled. It had been anticipated that all of the 20.000 seats, at $10 per, certainly would be sold out by noon. Yet the bleacher throng at 1 p. re.' showed only a trifle more than 6000 and the vacant spaces were being blotted out only a specs: or two at a time. OuUlde the park unhappy ticket specu lators 'Who had been kidded Into believ ing that the Willard-Dempsey skit would be put on before a packed house offered pasteboards at far below cost. 'Beats of the $60 i variety wereT "hawked" and without purchasers for $10. and all the other varieties were offered at from 50 to? more - than. 60 per . cent below cobt. One saddened "spec'" had six S30 seats total cost,, $180. -v.-. , , '. NlnWu(tf '.an 'li.u. , m. . . . . m f . pleaded. : But no one was Interested. Jack Dempsey may not emerge a vic tor in this afternoon's clash but he will have win, lose or' draw-the glory of being the only challenger in all ring his tory who went Into battle a betting fa-vorlte-ovef the champion. " . -- Outside the park and insldev too the Dempsey -enthusiasts devoted themselvei until the noon hour in-trying to' locatV men who wanted to back Jess Wl!lart . (Concluded on Vs Ninrtm. Column ,On). Chicago Brewers to Withhold Fight Axmyl Demobilize " Chicago July 4. (I. N. S. ) tJntit President -Wilson; formally .declares the arnly j demobilized .thereby' suspending the wsr lime prohibition edict,. Chicago brewers' will make .no -'attempt' to let theconstltutlonallty of federal or. state prohibition laws and -win 'hot manufac ture beer- containing m more than ' one half of lt per cent .alcohol.. , . - .This announcement was made i today " William Legner, president of the Chicago Brewers', association, who de clared that organization will take no part In .a'ny -court fight on the war time -. prohibition - measures.- Germans Will Not t Berlin. July 9lV. P, J The German government does not 1 intend to answer the noto from the entente, protesting against the sinking of the German ships at 8c a pa JTlow. It was pointed Out to day that no answer wss required. TT government Is inclined to believe ti e allies will not press the Issue. O- ' , '. Cooks Fear -Indictment . Los Angeles, July 4. The men h cooked the county grand Jury's banquet are trembling in fear. It has tr learned two secret indictments were re turned after dinner. r