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i CITY EDITION CITY EDITION le All Here and r All Tnke ' THE WORLD AT TOUR DOOR The t Journal brings to you a comprehensive act f count of world happenings for the precede.' ins 24 hours. Do you appreciate its full significance? v ---- - - , .- - . ' .AH ere and 7fV AM True . - 'THE WEATHER Tonlgiit and "Wednea- day fair; northwesterly winds. - -T Maximum r temperatures Monday j ,- Portland ....... 80 New Orleans.. . W : ""Boise H - -;"Nw York ... 7g ' Los Angeles..... 7 St. Paul....;.... 74 8 VOL: XX. NO. 126. Entered a Second CIm Httte at Postal Hoc. Fortiaad. Oistoa PORTLAND, OREGON- TUESDAY EVENINGr: AUGUST 2,-1921. EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS: TWAinS M KtWI . STAN OS PIVC CHITS HMK WEEK j: Registration From Dozen States and Territories i Exceeds 600; Wives of i Visitors Patroniz- r ing Portland Stores Freely. With more than 00 merchants from a - do-ten states and territories registered Monday night. Portland's ninth annual Buyers' Week broke all previous records for first day attendance and the steady stream of visitors wending .its way past the registration desk at headquarters on the ground floor of the Oregon , building seems to warrant the prediction of of ficers of the 'Chamber of Commerce that the week's attendance will far surpass that of last year.: '"-. '''" : ; : An " outstanding' feature ; of '- the , at- . . tendance this year Is the number of families accom panyin g the buyers. This vwas explained by a, visit to a number of ' 'Portland's large J department ' stores, where it was stated that the wives and daughters of out-of-town merchants are doing more sh6pping than at any ipre ,t vtous Buyers', WeeL t "; ij v 'NEW 'FACES SEEN "''' 'x" ' . While there is a greater representation at Buyers' Week this year from faraway " points, many" new faces from Southern Oregon towns also are in evidence., Ac cording to officers in charge of the event, many.! merchants in the -southern tier of counties who: formerly dealt- to a large extent with San Francisco jobbers have - found Portland a better market during the past year and are here to attend Buyers week. . . Andrew Hears, manager, of the Phoe nix Mercantile company of Phoenix, Orf. said that he was making his first visit to Portland as a buyer and that he was so pleased with the service rendered that ha was permanently sold to the city.- - did all my buying Monday- and shall . . spend the balance of the week enjoying myself. The Portland wholesalers are ' a. fine bunch, . One of them drove me over the Columbia highway. Monday and showed me a lot of other glorious seen ery ;around Portland. "Next year I'll , $ bring the whole family along and make " an outing of Buyers', week.'! .... v, 5 v MAST FUW ALASKA , 1' . Eugene Wheeler and two other mer , ch&as , -trtmr Wrangle. Alaska. , arrived from the Nor th this morning and regis tered at tho--Oregon bmiding.' O.'.W. : Washburn an4 Mrs. Washburn of Ketcb- t ikan, Alaska, came in-Monday and Mrs. (Concluded on FX Three, CWumn Two) San Francisco,. Aug. 2. (IX. P.) The Canadian steamer Canadian Exporter, which went aground at WOlapa harbor ' Sunday, is a total loss, according to. advice to the San Francisco chamber, of commerce's marine department. The crew has been taken off and the vessel abandoned, this . announcement said. ' . The hull yielded to the strain of her perilous position and the battering of the, sea' early today, and broke amid ships. Astoria, Aug. 2. It is reported on ex cellent authority that tne uanaaian mx- - sorter has broken In two and no pons blllty ' of salvaging her cargo remains. . Her crew is thought to be safe. The tugs are reported to have returned to Victoria. ' The Ahrerine. Canadian salvage tug. : and the cutter Snohomish pulled all night on $he stranded vessel but were unable to move her. sne Droxe amia - ships at 10:30 o'clock this , morning. At i the point where a sand ridge neia ner on a pivot. The strain of her resting In the middle and of the towing or ue resca i ers caused her to break open. Lad Is Mathematical Wizard Working on New Text Book i "I fr Carl Welnert, IS years old. former w sani 1 1 ' s sniuiiiK w " ---w student ''Of the tua kuwi lg just now astonishing the pubUc school teachers of Long Beach. CaL Carl U spending his eummW vacation Instead at the playful task fj compiling a mathematical volume whichjhe expects to supplant the present text books in the teaching, of grammar acaool arith metiO, -:.;;: ., CALCUULTES BY LETTERS Carii according, to press dispatches, has devised Jn ;. his vacation hours a system . which experU ; declare may actually supply a s much needed link between arithmetic iand higher mathe matics. i t The system Initiates the grammar , school student Into . the mysteries - or I algebra' and geometry by teaching him '' ' te calculate by letters Instead of figures. Thus. the student is taught , by the Portland boy's system to express the a number M42 a 6 th plus h plus i t J plus 2, "the abbreviations standing re- spectlvely for thousands hundreds and tens.- t ,.'' ! . x' a '-' "'.gets: idea; " 1 " Carl is certain that with this ground work the average- student will find it easier to progress from the study of X arithmetic to that i of algebra. . His teachers also believe that he has worked - out a " new and important - contribution , to mathematical Instruction, and are as sisting him In every way. M- ' r carl was Interviewed the other day at - - .4 Single Spirit One Flag, Is Harding Plea International New Sarrico , Staff Qn-roapoodant Portland, Maine. Aug. Z. President Harding. - speaking here today, called for an America, "with one spirit, one pride, one purpose and only one flag the American flag."" - "It will not be. long before our Amer ica comes to the new established order, the president declared. ; i "I'd Ilk to restore In! America those industrial activities which made us fa mous." declared , President Harding, speaking at the city hall shortly after his arrival. He had just expressed him self in-favor of protection for the po tato growing industry. V "We are a government by law. and I am glad to come to bespeak the in terests . In your - Stat. . I - believe that America draws its strength from - the many states and ;not from sections," said the president. "I want an America of good people.' I want an America with one spirit, on pride and one purpose and only erne flag, the American flag,? he continued. ' Though ; there are discouragements and though" we are handling conditions that the world never appraised, our con fidence in America makes us know that we : are comingv to a better : order. - It will not be long until our America comes to the new established order." The . president's ' objective is Mount Prospect, the summer home of Secretary of War Weeks, at . Lancaster,' N. H., a motor Journey of some 150 miles from Portland. - .'.- JEWELER TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF Lying in his own blood,' M.-F. lioren ren, 42 years old. who operates a small jewelry shop at 200 East Broadway, was found at 7 o'clock this morning below a small bridge a mile out on, the Cornell road. He had . slashed himself In four places with a pocket knife and had lain on the embankment all night. - V Lorenzen was removed to St. Vincent's hospital, where - nurses said - ie has a fair chance to recover, although he Is weak from loss of blood, and from ex posure. v;v Investigation showed no financial mo tive for suicide, aa his debts were an paid and he appeared to have plenty of money. Despondency over something which-he refused to discuss probably led to the attempt on his own life. ' J., M. " t Rosumnyi M'ho v conducts , a Jewelry establishment at 241 First street heard Ixw-ensen groaning; in the brush a he passed along the-' read; this morn-. fts." He Investigated ana fouad -the vsxn about CO i feet down 'the- embankment. Police inspectors removed him to the hospitaL Lorensen has been rooming at 451 Tenth street. - . Bear That Feasted On Fat Sheep Gets Foot in Steel Trap .-,v- .i - Depredations on the part of one brain against sheep In the Santiam national forest led to his death, according to a letter received this morning by Stanley Q. Jewett of the' predatory animal divis ion of the. U. & biological survey, from A. G. Ames, ! government : hunter with headquarters at Cascadia. si The bear had been killing sheep, no less -than 28 in three days, and-when caught weighed about 600 pounds. Re ports came from the herders of the kill ings and three days after the first re port Ames had the bear In a steel trap. - Jewett states that bear are proving to be more destructive to sheep . than coyotes. : !, - Disarmament Meet- Armistice Day, Plan Washington, ! Aug. -2. (U P.)-An agreement probably wilV be reached be tween the United t States and the, other powers for the Washington disarmament and Pacific conference to meet early In November, according to belief at the state department today. It is hoped that the conference can open November ill. Armistice day. as desired by President Harding. I V - , r the Long Beach public library, where he spends most of his time delving into anstru8e mathematical works. "I got my Inspiration when I began the study of geometry. the boy said. "I saw that it was easy enough to under- mana . mamemaucs wnen you prove uungs as you go along as you do In mat subject. . SAYS IT IS EASY' , Tt seemed to be that, if. the . same method were adapted to arithmetic, it would make It i a lot ' easier for. every stuaenc Arithmetic . came pretty hard to me when I was a student in Portland. Then the Idea came to teach arithmetic and algebra at the same time by the substitution of letters for numbers. It sounds complicated, but it won't be when l nave all worked out. J . Carl now has half his book written and expects to have It finished by the uma ccaooi oegms. .4 The boy is the son of "ifr. and Mra. Sam Welnert, former Portland residents. Mrs. John Gratke. a friend of the fam ily, recently returned from Long Beach rua cr entnusiasm tor the boys future. WOSXS AXOKE ! The ' teachers . there think Carl will be a second Einstein. Mrs. Gratke said today at the Norton la. hotel- "They are au mienseiy . interested in ms idea and would be glad to assist him. ut he pre- rers to worg u out aione. f ; v Carl's method of working out metrical theorems Is now being used m the Iiong Beach ' school Instead of the text book method.' Mrs. Gratke said. c IS SHOT DEAD Police Inspector. Wounded in Lo cal Hostilit'es Following Kid naping of Chinese Slave Girl; Hop Sings,' Suey Sings Clash. Deserted streets and closed doors, along the Streets of ; Portland's -' Chinatown spoke eloquently today of general prep aration for the next move in the tong. war which opened Monday night with the killing of one tong man and the wounding of two other men one a police inspector and the ' other believed to be a member of a rival tong.' 05E 8HOT BEAD Special men were being sent from police headquarters into the feud district in an effort to halt the ho utilities before further deaths : are counted. The victims so far In the renewed tong outbreak are: :- ' Lai Lung,' a Suey Sing tong- leader. shot and instantly killed about t o'clock last night in the rear of a gaming room at 93 Second street, i ."f- Lee Wong.- a Hop Sing man. shot four times in front of 77 Fourth street ; ex pected to-reoover. - ' ' : Police Inspector Norene, shot in leg by a Chinaman in a raid made by him self and other officers on a rooming house at 912 Kelly street ; injuries not serious.. i . 1 MTSTEBY C3TSOLVED Three Chinamen were arrested in the raid which resulted in the shooting of Inspector Norene. : AU are being held at police headquarters." Meanwhile, the police experts In Chi nese g4ng methods were trying to break down the barrier of Oriental silence and Concluded on Pace Two, Columa Tire) i,?oseIbjnty,jtht. n retface JifO a -day as the "going wage" of common labor employed by cltyT county, port and dock commissions, loomed this -morning when Mayor Baker.' at a meeting of the emergency relief committee,, referred the question, as it was suggestea or Chair man Rufua -C Holman of the county commission, for recommendation to an advisory committee headed 'by W. B. Ayer.t,'- ! ' .3,; ' :"".- Other 'members of the advisory com mittee are L Lowengart, J. C. English, Charles F. Berg. K. C. Sammons, Joseph R. Bowles and "Glenn H. Tlcer. - The chairman has power to add to its mem bership at his discretion. " -' SOLUTION IS SOUGHT . The advisory committee was instruct ed by the -mayor to, bring in a report recommending, the entire plan by-which pending emergency of unemployment may be averted, the "work test" Rigor ously applied to floaters and relief af forded families through the . avenue of special employment.; H The tentative program Includes a wood cutting operation from timber tract to bucksaw yard in town, a relief Industry supplementing' that now operated by the public! welfare bureau and the move ment of surplus foods into town from production districts for winter distribu-j tion. .. r . - ; . -. ' .-'" ! ' We serve notice that, we will care for our own but we dorigt want floaters," announced the mayor; : "Idle men who won't cut wood will break rock. What the -able bodied get in the war of help they; will have to work for. MAST BECEIYLXG AID Preliminary analysis showed there are COO . families , receiving aid from t one agency, the public welfare bureau. The American - Legion has 1190 ex-service men registered who are unemployed. . t "The North End is congested with un employment," the mayor added. "I sent six picked men out to investigate the in dustrial situation and they found only a few industries that were planning to maintain their present working forces.' In attendance at this morning's con ference la 201 courthouse in addition to those mentioned were Cameron Squires. Victor 'Johnson, P. O. Powell. Commis sioner Charles Rudeen and A. R. Gep- hart. Tanker Blows Up; Crew Meets Death, Wreckage Proves i Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 2. (U.i P.) -A cable today from Australia' says that wreckage has been found at Lord Howe island which leaves no doubt but that the New York tanker Canastota,, which has . been missing for six weeks, has been lost. . ,'. .- - . ; ; ." ' - The Canastota left "New Zealand for Sydney., and though she was 'equipped with wireless, .was never heard from after she left harbor. . She had a cargo of 60,000 barrels of benxlne. which evidently- took fire and blew up and all the crew perished. . ... r Ford Factories to Use ;Water Route EDcins. W. Vs.' Aug. 2. U.' P.) A new era of activity-for the Erie canal as a great freight carrier -was seen here today in the announcement of Henry ford that ne will put m operation a fleet of self-propelled barges between Detroit and New York, .via the canal These barges, construction of which will be started soon, will handle the entire Atlantic seabord freight of the -- Ford Motor- company. - .f " "- . 111 $3 PAY SCHEDULE 1...- L. ' WOMEN TELL PHONE GRIEFS AT REHEARING One Explains on -Stand How Neighbors Flock to Her Home to Use Wirej 0tfiersDecIare Service Bad; Sarcasm Injected. The telephone company is entitled to a return of per cent on the fair value of its investment, provided that depre ciation be taken into account and pre suming that the company la efficiently managed and operated with due. regard to economy, in the opinion of C. R. Ded erick. an electrical goods factory agent put on the stand by Assistant City' At torney . Tomlinsoa this morning at to day's opening of the telephone rate re hearing. . . I .. However, Dederick on redirect exam ination by Tomlinson.-after he had made his 8 per cent statement to Shaw on cross-examination. contended that the company was not entitled to any consid eration whatever, or to any returns upon its investment, should the assumption be true that the company was not conduct ing its business in a proper manner.; with economy or efficiency'.' - - r bices fall ;' ; v. f': : Dederick. in general, testified that, the prices of electrical goods were, on the downward trendy and had been for some time. . He said that, the average-costs were probably 50 per cent lower ; now than they had been a year ago. - - w . He also insisted that the burden should be placed on the long distance toll, rath er than on the. local users, contending that when a man used the long distance line he was pretty sure he was going to get something out of the use before he spend his money. He insisted" that If the long distance lines were making more In proportion, according to the rec ords of the company, than the local lines. there was a wrong allocation of charges which should be corrected by shifting the load to the toll lines and lightening that upon tne local users in proportion. SHOULD TAKE LOSS s k ; Continuing, Dederick " testified, that he believed the telephone, company ought, to be required to take. its. share 'of. busi- CCaocluded en fui Tvo, Cblttmn Os i. ' Washington. Aug. 2. (WASHINGTON BUREAU - OP THEj JOURNAL) Ru mors circulating here for several' days that Interstate Commerce Commissioner Clyde B. Aitchison will soon resign' ap pear to be unfounded. ".. Aitchison Is now in the West. Reports have, said that he probably would not be reappointed, his term expiring late this year. , 'Reports appear to have originated from three circumstances flrst. - that Commisisoner Campbell of Washington having ben appointed it was declared unlikely that1 an Oregon man will be retained; second, that Chamberlain's ap pointment to the shipping board would satisfy the legitimate claim of the state for big commission Jobs ; third, that President Harding was presumed to be unfriendly. Senator McXary today stated that he believes Aitchison will be reappointed. I feel sure that the shipping board will not be considered related in any way to the interstate commerce commission," he said, "nor does the appointment of an other commissioner from' Washington state mean that an. Oregon man must be displaced. . He does not represent one state alone, but is a man of the West who has particular qualifications and grasp of transportation problems. I feel assured there is no Justification for re ports that the president is unfriendly, and see no reason why his reappointment may not be expected." OREGON CANDIDATES FOB ALASKA JOBS LOSE-OUT "Washington ! Aug 2. CWASHINO TON BUREAU" OF THE JOURNAL.) Alaska Jobs for Alaskans is understood to be a definite policy of the Harding administration evidenced by the nomina tion of six Alaskan residents for Judges, marshals ' and attorneys. This sounds the knell for several Oregon aspirants. Including, George Davis of Ontario, who were believed to have bright prospects for' one of these places. '- V - . HOUSE FAf'-ES MtSTSG BILL. Washington, Aug. 2. (WASHINGTON BUREAU . OF THE ! JOURNAL) The house of representatives yesterday passed the Rh-Ccs bill fixing the ye- for,, as sessment work on mining claims to run from July first each year instead of the calendar year. - If passed by the senate this will enable work for 1921 to be done up tq July first next year. , , V.- FLOOD "SUBYEY. BLOCKED Washington, Aug. 2. (WASHINGTON BUREAU - OF THE JOURNAL) Bills Of Congressman Albert Johnson to pro vide for flood -.rol - surveys of the PuyaUup and CowliU rivers. Washing ton . ' are laid aside -or. objection by re publican floor leader MondelL A bill to permit construction "of a bridge over the Pend . d'Orlelle river at Newport-Priest River crossing. Bonner, county Idaho, was parsed, by the '.ouse. . , i ' t .- - ' t ' ''' MilwaiiHe'Hill lavement Is Opetied f - -.,.v--? ."..'.-,.. - .-"t i Oregon City, -Aug." 2. The Mllwaukle hill road., which has been paved with concrete, was .thrown open to traffic Monday. . The . pavement completes the last stretch between Portland and Ore gon City by the Milwaukie route, pro viding two. completely . paved highways into Portland. - , AITCIUSOIIIKELY V TO KEEP POSITION EPiRICO CARUISO SAYING GOODBYE TO vAJIERICA T AST picture of the great singer who died ' in Naples today, ; taken . in . America. He, his I J American wife, who" was Dorothy Park 'Benjamin of New ' York, and their daughter, Gloria, are1: shown standing at the. rail of the liner Presidents Wilson, waving farewell. This was last May. when- Caruso left New -York for his native Italy Wking health. ; , . PIJfL.I I. 1. I Mill. Ji,l s - tin v Following the acquittal Monday night of Mrs, Ann Louise Agee from blame .for the. murder of Harry Agee. her husband, Deputy District Attorneys Hammersly and Pierce .were; preparing today to pre sent to the grand jury, what evidence the attorneys, .for the "defense had pre sented -In the effort to f ix responsibility upon J H. Klecker, Mra. Aee'a trom bone. teacher.- ,VvV &,$'pA. With "this ide, tBvestlgatore were re. I-Pewing; their efforts ; to fix Sie owaef- onip crtne blotfy-overcoat -introduced as the; surprise of the trial, r Who owned the blood-smeared huntlag knife wbicbl was- found, with, the coat when -the' ven erable - father: of,- the accused woman found - the grim, relics in a vacant lot near the Druid street home of the' AgeesT When-these points have been cleared so far -as possible, the whole will be placed before. the grand Jury : " ; , A verdict of not guilty was returned by the jury at 11:15 Monday bight, in Circuit Judge Morrow's court that was instructed by the Judge and locked In the Jury room at 10 :30 o'clock. Jurymen beating on the door of their room really , announced .the verdict at H. o'clock,, but the court ; was not ready to receive It for IS r- nutes., . "I do - not want any demonstration. either of approval of disapproval, until court is adjourned,' JuZr Morrow an nounced before the jury was brought In. MBS. -AGEE OBEYS - ' . ' And : Mrs. Agee," the "grim widoW,' obeyed to the letter. , Not a muscle of her face twitched, not a tear.fell from her eyes when the Judge read,, fNot guUty, . :.,:. -;.; '. .,,-:.-- . : . Stern, unemotional child of the Ozarks. she sat with her bands folded., her veil drawn back, from her white face, until tne judge pronounced ner a Iree woman end ordered, court adjourned. .. . . t Then .friends, jurymen and attorneys flocked' around her.-and .her faithful father. D. J. Swing, to wish them well. Several of Mrs. . Agee's . neighborhood friends - hugged - her consolingly.. The jurymen who stopped seemed particular ly anxious to shake the hand of - the white-haired Missouri i farmer who, as self-appointed detective, secured most of the evidence that resulted. in Mrs. Agee's exoneration.. ... .. '" TO BETTJBK TO MISSOUBI f Shortly before midnight "Swing and his daughter left tne courthouse. They an nounced that they wculd return I to the ,.(Coodndd'oa Pas Two. Column Four) Woman Islnjured' :FInfAut6iG611isibn As the result of a' . collision at East Tenth and Siskiyou streets Monday night between an automobile - driven - by G. Terrell. 725 Mississippi avenue.-and an automobile, driven by Mrs. . F. -E. Kee- nan of Great Falls. Mont. Mrs. M: .A. Marshall, the ' mother of Mrs. Keen an. suffered a fractured ' arm. M She was taken to St.' Vincents ' hospitaL ' Terrell was 'arrested and released on $250 ball. His automobile skidded - 42 'feet before the crash.' according to -the' police. Jouriial Plane . : Coast Service - v Todaj'g Trip - -PUot Arcido RoU . i - I Pilot Jack Clemence -I fieagnll left Portland. I r03 p. m. Arrived. Astoria ' i . 2 :2S p. in. ;' Jfo Seaside trip (fog;).-- a - -i -Left Astoria v. . . . f .S:SS p. m,' Arrived Portland ..'...". 4:33 p. m. MRS. AGEE IS FREE; HUHT NEW THEORY . ... . : ' Big Crowds Riisli Boats In Ra te War Bargain day for river; travel brought its trials to- the owners of the' steamer Georgians, .this morning, when, for, the first time .In , years, t the nimitr signal wa passed to the boat from federal of ficers.'- The- Georgiana pulled C away from the foot of Alder street this morn ing . with .the limit of ' -350 ' passengers aboard many of them attracte by .the bargain day rates.-; On -the ddclt; were . wher -dlsaMInteawheS'tlw steamer bad . taken -on her -- maximum toad." - rtts-i-rf?;..-.-. .. :-'-?rc- r- Toe steamer Iralda. -schedaled to ' call an hour 'later, -was checked out by the inspectors a full 10 minutes before the leaving time.'; Families were all-twisted. Some got one boat when the. inspector said no and the balance, had to go, on the other boat. , - -':.i,-- - J.. Beach points was the .destination of the majority of the passengers. The sum mer exodus has' been late this year on account of the cold ' weather and . heavy fogs bangmg. over along the-coast. With the first of 'August, the excursion 'rates on and the -"vacation period at its height the man came on the- water transporta tion' lines.' Alder street' looked like -the good old .days when-the Bailey Gatzert made the run 'to The Locks with the limit every' day. and many left on the dockv- - : a . - b-r : i . . 7 ; New York,' August 2.-KL Jf. S-V-rFire broke out . In the New . York Stock ; Ex change, building this morning but was extinguished before. It did. serious dam age. It originated from, crossed electric wires behind the annunciator; board. The blase - burned, through " the wall of , the building but was out before the market opened ...--- '. . The exchange opened at 10 o'clock but immediately suspended-' until ' 1 . owing to the smoke, which was still In the building. ; V .': T ;in,i:ugiuve .ianker,: Reportedi : fiaTitiirfifl 4ti Mfiiino ; CbIcago; Aug. 2.-U.-P.J Warren" C. Ppugm. fleeing president of,the.Iich- igan AyenueTrust.company, was caught near nana,- icxh loaay, accoramg vo messages . reaching ; private , detective agencies engaged in the. search for 'the mlsslcg banker. f . .: ' . , , t El Paso,' Texas,- Aug. 2. L NJ 8.) Ross Hart, a chauffeur of Marfa, Texas, todays informed the police that he yes terday' drove -a .man answering, the des cription of. Varren O. Spurgln." fugitive president of 'the Michigan Avenue Trust Company ' ot I Chicago. . from - Marfa . to Presidio, Texas, another border town.. The chauffeur, sid t was:. positive the man ' was , 6"urgiru The man .ap peared extremelr anrri.ns a- get to the border. Hart- deoiared and sa'--be waa going from there to Chihuahua, Mexico, The man had one piece of. baggage, s large, suitcase. , Colmnbia Highway; rDetoiirs Announced The Dalles Aug. 2-TTavef over the Columbia highway between' The Dalles and Mosier must ge Jther by way of the old Seven Mile hOl or detour at the Standard Oil company's plant to Goose berry, springs, the. local office of the state 1 highway ;-commission has an nounced. - The road is closed from Mos ier to The Dalles except by- the way of the detour. Work was started Monday an the .stretch .of highway to be paved. The Gooseberry springs, detour Is .con sidered the better road.-,- - , rrnr - Straight reductions of 6 cents a 1000 pounds in ; the price of team heat was ordered this morning . by, the ' public service commission, following 'filing of a 'new tariff by the" Northwestern. Elec tric company. .The reduction is effective aa of August ! and applies throughout the 'scale of rites' as .regulated by the amount of. steam heat consumed . - The reduction follows a -suggestion nit lj Se. Curday -byQre -oanmigBton; raka has been studying the heating-situation since the. increase, waa -authorised -February 28. -Decreases in the price of oil. hog fuel -.and -tout waste led to the .rsuggesUon" which -'the company im mediately-acted upon.'.'."' The new rates a 1000 pounds, based on the number of pounds of condensed steam, are as follows: ' : Quanoty. - - r Old rate. New rate, Up' to 25.000 pounds ;..-$140-Nxt 25,000 ; . . ...v. .... 1.15 . $1.25 1.10 Next 50,000 ...5 LOS Next 100,000 .... V...'. ... ' JS": Next 200,000 ii t,85 f 1-00 ,90 .80 Next 500,000 V.-.. .75:' -.70 : .5 Exceeding L0O0.OOO C . . ..- .70 Portland ; Swept by . Most Costly yEme :48 Years Ago Today Members of the fire department and Sity officials 'Were' reminded today-that just 48 years ago this morning Portland had her most disastrous1 fire.' . v Captain. Kerrigan ' of - engine ' company No. 15, whose home was burned out at that time, ' stated today, that the fire started about 2 o'clock in the morning in the furniture store of Hurgren Sc Shind ler, at -the -southeast corner of Salmon and First 'Btreets..- It spread With, great rapidity south to Clay street and north erly to Morrison street, wiping out practically- all of Front,' First - and Second streets.- Nearly all of the buildings were of -frame -construction and were - dry from the long heated weather of that year, a 'v': ' --.'-- -1-. ' k - t The fire fighting equipment at' that time consisted mostly of hand pumped engines.: .. I . ..'.. ' - CitjWorlr:Killedr ; mn'Tracke ;:Riint Over -His Chest s W M.' Covert,' 45 an -employe: of the city, street -cleaning department, was instantly . killed ;at soon-, today- when be fell beneath the- wheels of a heavy de- paKmental truck at Lombard and Oat man Veets. . - . . - t "' , , , Coverbt -was riding backward In the truckv which was in charge of CO Sleeper. . His - seat was , an 1 unsecured blank. ;1 When the truck . swerved ..and a rear', wheel, struck the curb; - Covert was unbalanced. Aa, he fell he reached for 'a windshield stay, bar and the action is-said: to' have thrown him around in front. of the rrhachine,. so thatwhen. he lost! hia 'grasb he fell, in the path of the. front wela. -One of -the wheels passed, over his,chest-" 1 4 - - f t ' , - , . -"J7"" -""""""""" """"" . IUinqisCentral Is :'Peitedito Sell S8jppO.QOO;Eonds ? Waahn-igtoiw Aug.-, 2 (L N. S.) The interstate . commerce i commission today granted authority) to the Illinois Central railroad to issue and -.sell 8,000.000 of 15-year per .cent aeenred gold bonds at not less tann 1J.7 per cent of par and accrued interest. -,-.'.'..,. ; : , . I The carrier was authorised to pledge as collateral security for the proposed bond 22225.000 of Illinois Central re-' funding mortgage 4 per cent gold bonds and 22,820,000 - of IllinotA : Central and Chicago, St. Louis. 4b New Orleans Joint first refunding- mortgage -6. per cent bonds. of aeries. "A." - - - STEAM HEAT COST ORDERED REDUCED ARUSO DIES FOLLOWING OPERATION Golden Voice ' Stilled Forever, Peritonitis Being Direct Cause of Deatfi; Famous Singer Made Hard Fight to Regain Health. Naples, Aug. -2. The golden voice' of Enrico Caruso Is stilled , forever. - jThe gallant and 'spectacular, fight which the world-famous tenor has waged against disease ended this morning, when Caruso died here from acute peritonitis.: Mrs. Caruso . was at the bedside - Caruso's death-was not unexpected. The attend ing specialists, had announced last night that the patient was ranking rapidly, and that he would barely survive' another 24 hours, even If he held out that long. STBESGTH FAILS " '. At midnight ' It s was announced ' that Caruso was dying. ; His strength ' was ebbing swiftly-and already the death coma was hovering over him. ' ' The physicians were In constant at tendance and continuously 'administered restoratives, but the battle was ended. . Caruso became 111 last week and was brought from Sorrento to this city, where the f acuities for medical treatment were better. ' . ' - .' . Four specialists were retained. Upon diagnosis, it was found that the singer was suirerlng from an' abscess between the llver-and the diaphragm.- Caruso was very weak and his lungs bad suffered from the strain of previous illness, but an operation was decided upon as the only means of saving his life. , - - V DEATH FOLLOWS - OPERATION ' . Acute ' peritonitis followed' the ' oner- a tion and Caruso's condition grew stead ily worse over Sunday and Monday. He , knew that death was- near, ; but main- f tained his . old-time cheerfulness. - Mrs. Caruso and , the singer's brother were constantly at , the -bedside. ' giving such comfort as they could. - By Monday night Caruso's heart was fluttering so feebly that camphor, was administered. . It was reported also that oxygen was administered. J ... , Caruso's : last illness developed at - a time when lie was believed .to . be re covering from, his long illness and nu merous operations m New York last winter. He told his friends that he wa rea-ainingbia vyljtr; vd . was alraad r. tOaadodad a Pasr Two, Coloaa Bu She told me she was a single woman. Then, when I had fallen m love with her, she tried to throw me over.", i : This is the 'explanation given by Jack Boydston. who was - brought back from Boseman, Mont.; today by Deputy Sher iff Boy Kenaali. or his nearly successful attempt -April 19 to kill Thomas Baker - and Mrs. Baker. ' .i --': I was desperate, Boydston told Ken- -, dalL . "I had given Mrs. Baker presents and money under the Impression that she was single and that we were going to get "' marnea some asy. - . - '. : .. , -.., SATS HUSBAUD HAD AXE : i "Finally she told me she had a hus band, and that she didn't want to see me any more." Then she made a .data with me to come out to the bouse,, and when I got there I found her husband waiting' for me: with an axe. Then I shot them both." . . . . ,:. . ....- . -,. , ' Boydston also told how he had evaded the cordon , of police which was thrown out following the attempted double kill ing. ,w - - ' , . . "I was hiding in the rafters of a build- - Ing near the Baker home whlle-tha nollca were. looking for ine," be said.; ."They - even camo into the building, but they didn't look in the right places c- HIT FOB TAC6MA ; . . " . ' .- ! -T stayed. tbereaU nirht. Then In the morning I went - to Vancouver. They were looking' foe me there. I made it out1 for Tacoma. From there I went to Billings and then to Boseman; where I was captured.1: .' : '-'.-!.;- - ' ' It was thought for a time that Baker and his. wife would die from Abe effects of their wounds, but both, have recov ered. They have announced their inten tion of prosecuting BoydsbMiL- . . t Rain Brines Jov to Northern America i Chicago, Aug. 2. L" . N S. The northern part of the United SUtes, from the Atlantic coast west to Nebraska, was receiving great' benefits from rains which have fallen almost without inter ruption since Monday afternoon, accord ing to feather bureau reports today. - AXERICAK -',.;'"--V-'-' ' At Boston Tint faux: " K. H. X. 8t Ixmia . 0O0 040 220 8 11 1 Botoo.... ........ 000 020 03S i if t Batteries - Van GUdr, Kelp; - Bayn aod Stvercid; Jonea, Karr.-Tbormallica sad UkL at. Boston taceood cainc) : R. H.-. E. St. Lol-.. ...... 200 OS 000 - 6 11 1 Bostotfc .......... oo ooe ii . Batteriei Daria anil Setcicid; Faasoek. Bua aeB.. Xbrauh len and Rati. ; : . -. t , . i at - Pklladtlpliiai' Chk-ago . pluladelphia gam poatponed, rain. - At Kw Tork :CIarelaad - Kawl To ' sal - '-V;V -jtaTIOICAL-, ''"".- ' At Cincinnati- "'' B- H. C. Brook Ira 000 000 I0 1 Cincinnati ....... 000 001 280 g- "1" Battariea Cadort - aod Tajlor; ; Loqu and Winso. . -' .- .. ' . - - ' ' ' : At CMeaso'. Boatoa -Chieafn saaae pea. pootd. ' fain. , w at Fiuatmrs -. rlaiUdelphi - HUabarj evm. poatpoaed. wet . srooada. : , BOYDSTGN TELLS HOW HE ESCAPED