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Newspaper Page TextVftT U"V V Tjn -OS 7" ' sacoad-Claai Mutw j, T yflj. :AA ilU. SO :.,.. FMtoffie. Portland. Omos PORTLAND, . OREGON, MONDAY, EVENING, JULY 3, 1922. FOURTEEN f PAGES. PRICK TWO, CENTS cV"mC! Vnts V 5 r J, 7000 MORE AWMSGIL 10 WALK OUT Maintenance of Railway Work " ers in Northwest Expect Or- der From Their President Tonight; 2000 1. in, Portland. . Walkout of 7000 maintenance of way workmen In the Northwest Is. predicted for tonight as the next complication of the general railroad shop crafts strike situation. Local1: maintenance of way men are -waiting now for in structions from union headquarters in Detroit. A walkout by this branch of railroad employment will take 2000 more inert from therailroad lines about Portland. - - - Railroad officials today made opti mistic reports about the situation here, -announcing that the service had - not been -interrupted tn any way, and no trouble of any kind is expected. A walkout by the maintenance of 'way forces would also call out all line men and overhead Ttprfcmen on -electric lines Under oifpfitlon by the rail roads, necessitating some ' immediate readjustment In many cases. . -I - It may compel some of the railroads to operate steam locomotives over elec tric lines until readjustment is made. The Oregon Electric and Southern Pa cific electric lines, operating out of Portland, would be affected by tLis walkout of linemen. An employment bureau has been es tablished by the Southern Pacific at the union station, where applicants for shop work are being hired in great numbers.- Officials of j the Southern Pacific announced; this morning- they were literally being swamped with ap plications for work, because of a large unemployed element here only too glad for an opportunity to work.: r - Officials of the Southern Pacific, O-W. It. and S. F. A S. reported today that they,, have . sufficient men to keep the shops in operation, for -a week - at least since no immediate emergency. Is expected to arise; from . the lack of shop men. 1 -.--i- The Southern' Pacific and the S. iJP, & S. have given the men until Wednes- , M'-cncludwi on Pace Kleen, Column Four) Port of Portland' 7 May Get Big Strip r - In Trade 'for Fill f " The Port of Portland may secure a )' strip of 'waterfront 2030 feet long and 700 feet deep In .exchange for a'-ftU ?. requiring 12,600,000 cubic yards In. the Guilds lake district. Negotiations for .the exchange are in progress today, with , Port ? Commissioners Warren, Kenworth'y and Keliy, handling the -matter for the public. . - , .The completion pf the west channel around Swan Island necessitates the dredging i of about 12.000,000 cubic yards and tho port Is ready to deliver this material to the adjacent property : owners at a rate of 4 cents a. cubic yard, this being the cost- reported in connection with the f Ul just .made for the terminal company.' v.:.--v - The waterfront to be secured by the port is Immediately north of the North Pacific lumber mill and amounts to about 43 acres. The property - owners are active as" & district organization in making -the trade. . Property owners understood to have agreed Informally to the transaction include the North Pacific Terminal company, i Portland - .Terminal , Invest- ' ment company. JCorbett & Strong,: Reed estate; J. Be Yeon, Therkelsen estate, John Klemaiv Ruth Realty, company and. Porjter---Investment . company. 'These control the greater part of the area, leaving several- owners of Km all tracts who are not recorded as having consented to the arrangement. JournaVs Phone Number Changed For many years; The Journal's tele phone number has been "Main 7173." With the issuance of the new telephone directories today, the number has been changed to "Main 7161." Co it ea pond ing changes have been made in the night numbers; when the exchange is not in operation. It would be inter- estlng- to know how many . telephone 'Galls have been' made under the old number. ; BHt suffice it to say that it is a great many more scores of thou sand than one would care to count, and in the meantime the new number will bring equally . quick service. . Home Folk-Await Harding Marion Is 1 00 Years Old -'- Special IMiritc to Tb Jaaraal i ' Coprnsht. 128. ..I ' Marion; Ohio, 'July. X The pand and ' the people are all -ready to welcome President Harding and the ThJChess,' as Mrs. Harding is known . to se many ; of her old town folk. In the days, of - few short year ago the "welcome" would take place at the station. In c these modern times - of r lonjr-distance motoring and ' Indefinite1 hour ' of ar j rival, the band will have to. rest on its i instruments," fireman fashion, ready for i ' duty Xt the first bugle note signalling i the incoming party. . : ' Marion's' official welcome, to hr s most diatlnsruisaed citlsen, who is re- turning to Help celebrate ' the eenten niai anniversary : of -the city's found ing, will take place at the modest home of Dr. George T; Harding. the presi dent's father, - , AWJT PKESIBEXT , : The famous "front porch" on Mount -Vernon avenue will erarr,elvv he In the centennial picture for the duty there has passed temporarily out of. the posr j , : aassion of .the Hardings on lease. . - 1 Men Seek La Grande Rail Jobs $ La 'Grande,' July .3- A score of strikebreakers arrived in La Grande Sunday, and reports are that officials of the company are taking the places of strikers in some instances. All passenger and man trains were from one to two hours late here this noraing. John Shea, air inspector, had charge of the car inspection on the passenger trains this morning. All the men I sent here,- many of whom were thought to be strikebreakers, are on guard duty, all bridges, tunnels and other vital points being guarded by armed, men. There was no strike of section men as rumored Saturday. A hundred men. racztly Mexicans. . had . been , shipped here by an employment agency to go to work on the ballasting gang and were Informed that the wages were 40 cents an hour , and on arriving Sat urday were told of the cut to 35 cents an hour. They refused to go to work and some - obtained legal counsel in an effort to get more money, while a large number besieged the police authorities with their troubles, many being without funds. The strike com mittee this noon declared that super visory foremen here had in some in stances declared that they would not take the place of the strikers, but, that in at least ' two instances they had done so. ' OFFICIALS WORK C. F, Roberts, assistant superintend ent of the second division, is reported at work. In a striker's place at Rieth, and a traveling engineer -In a similar position at - Huntington. Twelve men are reported to .have been hired in Pendleton Sunday to be put to work In Rieth-. today,- and at Huntington things ' are virtually at a standstill. The foremen in the La Grande shops did not walk- out. reports to the con trary : Saturday, notwithstanding. Of the rank and file of the men, 99 per cent are out. The strikers at a meeting held . Sunday voiced strenu (Concluded on Face Two. Column Tine) Journal Radio to Carry News Eeport Evening of July 4 ..The "radio broadcast, - program to morrow' will be considerably scram bled, -v. The Journal wlll broadcast its news report at 7 :30- o'clock, but other wise throughout the day the Hallock St: Watson station, whicti broadcasts for-The Journal, will be silent The Northwestern .Radio ."Manufacturing company station -KGJf.' will be silent all day and evening. The Stubos Elec tric company station. KQY -will broad cast : on . schedule - at : and p.' ra.t while Frank Mcaiynn..-tar-'T"Atra ham Lincoln," will give Lincoln's Get tysburg address! over the radio- from station KQW at 5 :45 n, m. , ; The big broadcasting event of the day will . be another , ooncert by Port land's , noted , bUnd musician, tFranei Richter. ovr ? the' Willard i v.i Hawiey Jr. instruments. i Richtere concert last week- brought ' forth so many' compli mentary . comments and requests - for its repetition, that W. A. MeDougall. who arranges ' the Hawiey !s programs, prevailed ore Richter' to give, another radio program. '.This time it will be by Rlchters orchestra. It is expected. however, that " Richter will play couple of piano solos. The vocalist fcr the . evening will- be Miss Mary- Talr madge Headrick,. with Miss Rose Bed ford at the piano. -. Miss Headrick Is a pupil ot William Wallace Graham and Is the object of his unqualified praise. -1 - - - - - ' - -All schedules "will be resumed Wed- ne8dayv -at, " Warm July Fourth Forecast by Bureau " Washington, : July l-ML K. S.) A pleasant, warm Fourth of July was promised! today by . the -. weather "bu reau for most parts of the country. ' iaeL at nntvniTiin Roseburg, Or-! July :.Thi ther mometer in Roseburg registered 106 Sunday, th hottest day on record since 1916. when It-reached 105 on July 16. Yesterday's heat Is the worst ever re corded for Roseburg this, early in the month of July. One hundred and six is the highest ever recorded here, this happening in 1906. Comptroller Calls " For .Bank Figures -: Washington; July . I. , N. S.) The comptroller of the currency, today is sued a call for the condition of all na tional banks at close of business on Friday, Jane SO. : Days and nights of ceaseless labor have made the old- town a real riot of color. Streets and buildings are a solid mass of flags and burning. The combination tef the Fourth of Jury, the centennial of the town and - the first homecoming of Warren- Harding since he became president, has stirred every patriotic heart. - 4- Already , the centennial - celebration has began, but it awaits the president to get into full swing, v Relics of the century have displaced t&e .usual ar ray of merchandise in the windows of the city's - business . establishments. Many of thm tell - the silent story of lee years ot progr-eaa. . , GttAXBSOJT THEB f In the old. home throngr already awaiting the arrival of the president is Charles Eber Baker of Chicago, a grandson of the father' -of : Marion. Eber Baker, a, Yankee, who came to ,' Marion t from' Norwaik. ! Ohio, in March, ' 1821, at r a time when " there .-. ?was--- nothing -but & squatter's cabin on what is now the tOtmeimML ea Pac Two, Cola Four) DRIVER MEETS DEATH RACING WITH ENGINE A. R. Garrett, in Log Cabin Bak ery Truck, Makes Vain Effort to Get 'Over Crossing First Truck, Man Crushed to Pieces A. M. Garrett, No. 269 Beech street, driver for the Log Cabin Baking com pany, was . killed and his automobile demolished when he was struck by an 8. P. & S. switch engine at Whltwood Court, near the west landing of the SC Johns ferry, at 7 o'clock this morning. Garrett, who was about 50 years old, had been, a driver of, delivery wagons for the company for several years and was well acquainted with roads in the neighborhood of the acci dent. He had been to Linnton and was returning to the ferry to cross to the company's plant at No.' 269 Ivy street. According to witnesses interviewed by Patrolmen Fleming and Stevens, the signals at the railroad crossing were ringing, - but Garrett started across the track in an attempt to beat the train.. An engine, southbound, caught the delivery truck broadside. The truck was twisted and torn as it was hurled along the track in front of the engine. Wheels and parts were scattered along the right-of-way. The box was finally torn off the truck and dropped on one side. The body of the driver, mutilated almost beyond rec ognition, was found in the box. The chassis was: carried 150 feet from the crossing before the engine could be brought to a stop. Al Babcock was engineer on the: en gine and with him was F. Allen, con ductor. Garrett was married and had one daughter, aged : 10. TEXAS-PORTLAND AIR FLIGHT MADE , "When I left Fort Bliss, Texas; yes terday " . -Sounds unreasonable, but if s so, just the, same. The quoted words are those nonchalanjjy spoken - by ,: Lieutenant Alexander . -Pearson, army-. Oier, who alighted, at the Ayres field tn East moreland this morning, f rom DH4B Special airplane, ; a machine that car rtes alas gallon: gas tank. j . v, Lieutenant ' Pearson, who is a Port land man who wonfaroe in -the., war. will -stay several days in Portland "vis. ltlng relatives before iie continues his night.-i'-rv r"-. Vf -a The lieutenant took the atr. from Mather field,: Sacramento, at :ll this morning and reached Portland at. 8:58. Alexander Pearson, Sr., No. 734 . Bast Main street, is the noted lieutenant's father, and William and Guthrie Pear son of Portland are his brothers." They were all out-to the field this morning, chasing a herd of cows off the . field at 8 :45, so that Alex would have a clear field to light upon. . - : "He said he would be here at 9 o'clock," , remarked the father, scanning the sky, "and he's always on time." f. Sure enough two minutes ahead of time the big plane dropped down to the landing place, and Pearson climbed out into the waiting arms. He will depart for Texas again Friday and in tends to make the whole trip in, one dy. On the way up he stopped at Sacramento to visit friends and be cause he had nhever flown over Oregon before and. did not, know whether smoke from " the' forest fires would make navigation difficult. With shim i Serjeant K. F.' NendeH, iwho comes from Woodburh-V , i ' Chamber, Will Cut Salaries Tenth, to Meet Bequirements ; 'i ; - i A flat salary cut of about 10 per cent, including all employes ot the Chamber of Commerce from the lowest to the highest, -will be. put Into effect Immediately, according to announce ment today of W. . B. Dodson, gen- erai manager. - ' This is a result of the retrenchment policy adopted by the directors of the chamber. They expect to save SI 000 or SS000 a year, making this money avail able for development uses or saving It outright. ' ? ' The retrenchment. - also., is saiJ by those whc have englheered T it, : to- be necessary tt' vlew-tf the, general . low ering? of the price .jtf tfvtiur, , Other businesses have reduced wages in keep ing with declining prices and the chamber-should do- the same, .it . is main tained. -. . '.:! ... Girl Faints When r " Fined for Speeding Hutchinson, " Kan.; - July .(!. ' N. a Pretty Mise Gladys Dickerson, clerk in a local drugstore, ; nearly fainted today when she was fined $100 and sentenced to 30 rfays in Jail : on a. charge' of reckless automobile driving- .- The sentence . wa ' lmpoeed. by Judge R. -F. Cox.- who recently de clared he would hand out Jail , terms to careless auto, drivers and speeders; Miss DIckerson was the first to face Judge Cox and: the Judge kept his word.:.- v . : ... . j ..'a...... . , . Germany Paralyzei By ; Many Stril:e3 Ttrlfn. i Jnlv 3. TT - 3JL 8.1 ftrt , strikes occurred alt over Germany t - day. - The ; printers are on tiiKe throughout the country. At Hamburg ttt fuilara and mteamshin stokers ouit work. paralysinB' ahspping. Old Sol's Hoi Smile To Keep Up TIMPEftATURES TOOAV . l a. jo. ... ..... S:10 a. m. ......... TT S a. m. .-.... -. el 1 a. ah... ..... ., SI T a m. ...... .ri 6912 m. ... . . KS H a. m. ........ TOI 1 m. . a. m. 74 2 P. m. ..a.,.. "No sign of a break. satd Weather Forecaster Wells this morning, cast ing his weather eye at the sky and at the barometer. Which ' was heartbreaking news to everyone in the state, after sweltering and mopping their foreheads Sunday In the hottest day of the year. The mer cury achieved 95 degrees at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Portland and stuck there until 5 o'clock. The hot test day prior to this was . May 31, when the mercury stood at 94. The barometer was falling slightly this morning, according to Wells, and there v was -no Indication of a passing of a stagnant air condition that has brought on. the heat wave by- inter rupting the cooling ocean breezes. ' "However," he added consolingly, "these stagnant air pockets seldom last more than three days." Sunday started out with a sensible temperature of 65 at 5 o'clock in the morning and by 8 p. m. it had reached the previous high mark of 94.. At 4 o'clock it went to 95 and was yet at that point at S o'clock. After that hour the temperature gradually ' cooled. Portland received good treatment from the weather man, however, com pared with some other parts of the state. Med ford, for instance, withered un der a temperature of 108. Walla Walla and Takima, in Washington, each re ported a- maximum of 100 degrees. Roseburg reported 104,alem 100, Al bany 101, Eugene 98, Hood River 98, Astoria 88, Baker 92, Spokane. 96, and .tsetse. Idaho. 94. Marshfield, with a maximum of 82, (Concluded en page Two.- Cofoma On) UP STRIKE ORDER Detroit. Mich.. July . (f. N. S.) The executive council of the -Brotherhood of Maiatenance-of-Way Employes and Shop laborers, in conference to day, voted to 'postpone strike r until it eonf ers- tomorrow . with : - the - United States. labor board at .Chicago. - Plans for the -perfection of strike machinery continued to be laid, however..- ... . The entire council will leave early to morrow for, Chicago. Officials here believe the labor board . will oresent some proposition in attempt to avert thte threatened strike.- Chicago, July J.-The Railroad Shop Craft union,; which called a strike Sat urday, Jost; all standing before the United States railroad labor board. The board declared the " strikers' or ganisation would be no longer recog nized and erged that the men who- remained in the employment of the railroads, together with newly em ployed men, form an organization to take the ' place of the Shop. Crafts union. ' -" . :' ' The board declared that the shop crarts workers were no longer em ployee of the railroads, and therefore not governed by the transportation ac. -- J .i - . The - ruling will be : applied to all union organisations ordering their men to strike. STOJTE COACHES . T The board reiterated "the statement that every resource at the govern ment's command would he called, upon to protect men in the , employment ot the railro&dsj , .f f. . . '.v-'-& First signs of disorder in : the Chi cago district came today when 20 men gathered in the-yards of the Baltimore it Ohio railroad . and stoned coaches standing on the tracks. - The crowd had vanished when the police arrived. - Reports were received here: that Im portation of strikebreakers at Perry, Iowa, caused an outbreak at the Chi cago, Milwaukee . St. Paul shoos there. Strikers drove the recruits into a cornfield, where they dispersed.' and none had returned. . - FIVE WALK OtTT ; ' Ifneoln, July 3.- (I, S.) Five men who refused to loin the walkout at the Havelock shops of the Burling ton railroa dSaturday, quit worlc at noon tooay, according to O, B. Able, secretary of Xhe local union. Not a man appeared for work at the shops in Lincoln today. - ; . . - . rCIEBKS 8TBIXE I Roanoke.' W.-.Ya4 July i ! K. S.) C3erks and office men of the Norfolk k. Western, railway here wenjt out on strike in sympathy with 4000 shopmen who laid down their tools. :. 1 ; - Dodson Announces Hethertbn Has Quit i Chamber Posit ion W. D. B. Dodson. reneral manager of the Portland Chamber of Com merce, today announced that P. Heth- erton had resigned as executive sec retary. . . rne cnamoer is very sorry to, lose Mr Jietherton." said Dodson, "but he has decided to enter some other buai nesa. -' , i Hetherton has been with the cham ber -for, three years, taking the posi tion of - -assistant - executive- secretary on his return from war service. ' Dod son was at that time executive secre tary. Dodson then became I general manager and Hetherton took the posi tion left. Open. .: --"..-'..; .; - :!-..-.-,-. . ;: Woman ;Killed When Gas "Stove: Explodes Greeleyl ColOw July J. ra.P Miaa Edna Skinner. 24," tof Springfield. Ilia, was instantly killed . sere yesterday when a rasollne stove exploded. Miss Skinner was preparing dinner, on -the stove , when' tt . expioded. - 'Several piece of iron pierced her efcuIL RAIL UNION HOLDS FOREST FIRES SWEEP OVER WASHINGTON Flames on Olympic Peninsula Beyond Control Loggingjim ber PInat on Duckaush River Is Destroyed) Danger Grows. (By United Piw) Olympia, Wash.. July 3. (U. P.) The state 4s- almost a mass of forest fires today,- and only a. heavy rain will prevent a tremendous loss, F. K. Pape, state forester, said. 'Reports show fires in all counties, some beyond control, with literally dozens of 'small fires springing - up everywhere along highways and rail roads. Few men are -available be cause of the Fourth of July holiday. Three bad fires were burning in the Olympic peninsula forest reserve today, one four miles west of Duka bush and the other two on the Dose Wallips river. Two of the fires started from campflres left by -tourists. - The Duckabush river fire has destroyed a camp of the Webb Logging Se Tim ber company. AH three are beyond control, with small crews fighting- them, according to R. I From me, fedr eral supervisor of the Olympic forest here. COWLITZ COrSTT CAMPS ARE THREATENED BT FOBEST FIRE Kelso. Wash., July 8. With three logging camps in Iminlneht danger of destruction ,the Cowlluc -county forest fire situation was the worst in years Sunday. Only a change in the direc tion of the wind savedi'the Ostrander Railway & Timber company camp Sat urday night. One Inman Poulsen Lumber ' com pany camp and the Euf aula company camp west ef Kelso. : were seriously threatened. - Danger was' increased by the absence of crews, who . are taking a Fourth of July holiday. vx . . The Long-Bell Lumber company sent 60 men into the woods Sunday to fight the spread of fire from the In mah Poulsen property into their tim ber. , A small acreage already has burned. . . . ..-.-.,..: ! -. .- , Five Ares are. burning west of Kelso, and there also Are bad fires at Co- weeman, -Ostrander and Toutle. -s-v' -,t -Fire fighters - are gravely handi sapped pit account , of " the dry condi tkm of . the . woods. Only rain can '-Thftt"HmmoBa -Lurber-ornranyj. luuwr .nx ul iveiao uireacenea oy nre from its Multnomah company ooiQings.- - - ,---! v '.' v - -i FIREFIGHTERS SATE MUCH - ; : PROFERTT' FROM FLAMES Chehalia,? Wash.. July S. : A large force of firefighters - succeeded late yesterday afternoon it bringing-under control one of the -- largest fires in Southeast Washington s which was burning - in the La i Camas Logging company' property of La Camas. Lecy shifts in the wind,-coupled with efneieat work by gasoline tramps op erated by the sUte department and. Che pumps .by the logging engines,, suc ceeded in keeping the fire joat of green timber and saving trestles! and logging equipment.": Thousands of dollars' worth of damage would be done to ex tensive holdings Of the La Camaa Los King company, the. O'Connell Lumber company, Onalasks. Lumber, company and Weyerhaeuser and Milwaukee in terests, should the fire break Into the green - tlmberr The fire . burned -over 60ft acres of logged lands. MA crew bf men is also at work cighting fire In the timber of the Emery & Kelson com pany and the Ouerrler company. ; BAXB MOriTTAIir. SLOPE 1 -- ' IK POLK COUKT AFIRE i -Dallas. July-3-A forest ifire was He ported this morning to be sweeping p the ; west slope of Bald mountain, tn western Polk county, and District Fire Warden W. V. Fuller has taken a crew, of men to fight it. " Bald mountain is the highest point in Polk county and the forest service maintains a- lookout station at Its toe. Reports as Xa the extent of the fire have not been re ceived here, f ':?-'- IX :.i- :.: Dock Workers iatr Manila !onE Strike Affamst Wake Cut Special WlreUw to Th4 Joonu tad tbf Chleaco rally Kew ... j- - - -OoprrlBht. l2Ji - j Manila, P. 1. July 3. Dock employei and engineers have struck on account of a. 20 per cent cut-in their salaries and all lnter-island shipping is ' tied up Governor General Wood insists that the freight rates must be lowered as -. the present rates between . the islands exceed In many Instances the rates - across -the - ocean. - For Instance, hemp pays more from Manila to one of the Islands in the archipelago than from Manila to New fork. -. . j- The shipowners contend that the sal aries and wages are excessive, . being higher than " ort British ' ocean-going ships. All prime products are affected as rice cannot move to the sugar, hemp and tobacco provinces, - " : ...".ii .. 'I . i - -'," Fife' Does Small 1 Damage in Tlant i Of Lumber; Firm Fire broke out -this morning in the boiler room of : the : Peninsula. Lornber )meu at Uie foot : of . UcKenna street.-. Little damaee was done. The fire started when coals front the bricked-la open dropped through and caught timbers underneath. . The fact; that thecompartment Is. bricked in made f ire f IghUi-g difficult thetigh there wae practically.no danger of the fire getting beyond control, s - Engine No. 32 remained on the scene this afternoon, with firemen breaking down - the - brick obstructions -mo they could pi ay a streim on the moulder ing timbers. - ...'' - Portland Tot - :.:S, , . -Si. " n' . , 5' X ' 'x t ?' - t y. -.. Bedard, . ' V.JVl, J , . J 3-year-old - JilT ' foLkl-A daughter -- S . " j :Sj. ,4 7. of , P " , I 'Mrs. . , "fyl " - " y : -x'i-:V' f ::?:;:; .."S:?:?.x:..:::fi ' I 'i.j :-:.: Gracc ' ' - -V: r-i ' Bedard," p ) whose , ? " 1 N ' r : "whistling , - ' -'S :: w puzzles ; ' .'7. ' '"J scientists-; - SX TRIBUTE PAID TO LEWIS AND CLARK Seaside; July 3. Before a crowd rtumbering many thousands and! repre senting .the entire Northwests, tribute was paid at the salt cairn and camp of Lewis and Clark to the memory - of those i famous trall-blasers when - the ''End of the Trail" monument dedicated today. ': was Lieutenant Colonel .William S. Gil bert, Oregon National Guard chaplain and veteran of .the World war, told of the Journey, of the tw men 'sent west by President:. Jeff erson.ii .f-' A parade -in which troops from Fort Stevens-and members of the -Seaside American legi6n post participated pre ceded" the dedication. , K. - N. - Hurd of Seaside spoke and Miss Helen Parker read a paper on the historical aspects ofthe celebration. . ' . - t ,i - Following a salute of 100 guns to morrow morning, the Fourth program will open. A pa tariotlc .parade and band . coticert will . oe ' morning- diver sions, i with, IS.,' Ti:. Haf desty, commer cial club president, reading the Dec laration of .- Independence, and ' J. M. Anderson .as .- speaker. The : bathing girls' parade win occur at 1 o'clock, and beach and river sports. will follow, with a band concert in the evenimg. Whistler Is i " Puzzle . to Science San Francisco, July J. Virginia Be dard of Portland, Or., is ony J years old. but' you' should hearv her wjtistle. She made quite a hit when . In. San Francisco with- her mother, Mrs. Grace Bedard; Scientists cannot figure' how the 'youngster - became - such a . great whistler. She carries any tune and for sounding the : call of the birds well the birds themselves are 'fooled. : PACIFIC COAST USAGTTE XjOS Angeles at Portland, J :45 p. wa. f Ban Francisco at Seattle, 3 -AS p. m. (No other games, teams traveling.) ., " ,- aTATIOSAIV. , At Vew Tot - -' H. H. E. Brooklyn 019 JOS 000 4 14 I New York i 150 Ol0 70 t 14 1 Rattoriea Brtax' Bmtta.- M array aae lUner; Doastea sad gmitlu : - - . Diteae i. .... ei eoe-eie a te a Pittxban) . .v. . . . 212 OOO OO' S ' 0 Brtene owmana. aaaiman aaa xiftx nU: IUohaa and-Gach.i : Cincinnati at St. Ixmia, part bloody. s:15 t- ot. - Philadclpiua -n. Baateat at, Boetso. poatjxmed aeeonni at rain. At Chioaro 1 it Gtm ' It.' IT. E. rtetroit.:. 20 0H 001 OOO 01 I 11 Chicaao . 200 021 010 O0 0. 0 S 3 ' ... . . : 0L. , .... Sehapp, BUakeeship and Bcbalk. , -. - , At rhiUdtlphla R. H. K. Kw Tort ...... 120 030 240 12 IT 0 Philadelphia . .. . 000 OOO 010 1 - 1 Hattenaa Man and Hoffman: SuUiTaa. Eekert and Perkraa, , (Only game scheduled. , I .Games Today Is Whistler i l T i . f - S Marshfield, Jury t.BL W. 'Wllson, expert, accountant of ! nOorvalll," - was accidentally,; shot and 'killed' in Carry county.' fat a , peculiar' manner. ' With District-Attorney Stearns -he1" was at Hunters creek n a fishing trip. ' i .':-'Wnsoa-had.-r''tiookedk-'atv'-trout 'and leaned over toland the fish In his net. A revolver he carried fell from his belt, struck on the ground and was discharged. The bullet struck , him on the chin : and : went through his head, killing him - instantly.. The I body, is being brought to Marshfield. - Wilson "had been engaged in,? .auditing ; the books: at the courthouse in Gold Beach. Eutlx!GetstHiail3tli HomerjTBases Empty :m ' - -.V' Philadelphia, Pa.- July!; S.I K, S.i -Babe" Ruth continued his -home run swatting streak today, crashing out a circuit clout " in the i seventh .inning ,of the New York-PhlladelphU . game for his nth-homer of; the season. No one 'was on base. Jckart..was pitching- for, ;.ths Athletics. ; ' This is Ruth's fifth honver in the .last; three days. ElevatoMeir IGulOutdn Strike Kansas City. Mo.. July. J.(L, N. &) Employes In 11 grain-elevators In thla city.; numbering . 25 men, went -out on 'strike today, - They have- been re fused a wage Increase .and 'demands for seniority .rule.' -, -- ' .; ' :i f-ii i- i if r i .,.. But Fireworks What-do the r pin wheels . say when they wheel and the firecrackers say when .. they erack? : r. y 'ia-:, f. " 4 What do the - rockets shout when they trail, across , the dark Tky and burst in a shower , of brilliant sparks T Undoubtedly they . are trying to give expression to their wholehearted' sen timent about a certain group of be rnffled and ' Intrepid, gentlemen who gathered on-July 4, 17T6. m Indepen dence hall,' Philadelphia, and declared themselves: as. free and equal . as the rest of the vAyrld and - a : darn algbt freer -and eqdaller.. iv - : Such will be , the , meaning ot -to rocket's -red glare and the rest of tiJ tumult that will, break forth In splen dor all ' over the continent. Tuesday, We celebrate - the Declaration of In dependence,;: and having - grown more independent and prouder of it. as the ygars drop behind, we 'even celebrate witn, more-gusto ana aDanaon. ' FIBEWOBKS ARE BAtRED ' We 4 have , rejoiced -' with . so much gusto; tn fact, that Fir Marshal Gren fell hae decided that fireworks ought CORVALtlSlAHIS: ACCIDENT VICTIM SIGILll NI?JE KILLED Towermain Lets Fast Passenger -; Plunge Through Open Switch ; , : Memory "of Dead and Screams i of Jnjured j DriveT Him .Crazy. REALIZED HIS ERBOR, Atlantic City, N.V July P. r"My Ood. I have sent No S3 on the wrong track," ' 1 ' , John de Walt, . signal .man at Wlnekrw 'JuncXIon'," hammered out "the above frantic telegram to the dispatcher's, office'et Atlantic City few moments after the' "Mil' night Flyer" flashed past his tower, i.i Atlantic City made desperate but unavailing efforts to raise De Walt after - his 'message had been. re ceived. .He had f ainted. -. WInslow: Junction, N. J-, July 3. tT. -P.)-Nlne persons were killed, ac cording ' to : official figures, and 3 J injured Cwberi the j"MldnIght Flyer" of the Philadelphia' and Reading rail road plunged from the rails here early today. ' ' ' ', - J . John de Walt,. 60, the towerman at WInslow Junction, was found tn his home by a detail . of : troopers under Lieutenant William Slckler, who went to question nun. ,, ar auempi wan made to take the old man to jail,' but his enfeebled condition made It Impost slble. Troopers, one on each side cf hint, attempted to help him through tha door of his home on the way to Jail.; -The old man became hysterical and! collapsedV'-' ";:.-v'i i "My God ! he screamed. "I sent the engine through the wrong switch ! I sent those - people to their death.. -Oh, why did I do ItT . I'll hear their screams and shrieks and see the man gled bodies of dead men for the rest of -my Hfe.,.', --v - BEGS ILEA YE TO DIE ' .' . "Let me die. I'don' dare live any longer. .. I want to join those whom I sent to death." - . - .Lieutenant- Slckler changed his mind abetit aaklncr Ta Walt to Jail. He was . ( Concluded oil Pas iaran. Coiiuaa Twi EXPLAINS AIMS OF LEGIOll AUXILIARY To help the disabled ex-service man and the orphans of soldiers and sailors Is the ' task the . newly organized -women s : auxiliary or i the American Legion has set - about to do, accord ing to Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, national president' of the- organisation, which was formed only laat November.- - Mra. - Hdtart; Is spending 1 four days n Portland,- tea th guest of the Oregon auxiliary, visiting the various hospitals and outlining the work of the year. . "1 am "visiting the different depart ments and find Ing out the work they are accomplishing," said Mrs. Hobart this vmamaIs "T navl wv elrno aa A llV HIH' ' SSVUS MWStlUQ a BS W C J L. rhat ki-TkltAlsl -m TA rh nAr1 r 9 Sa sa. vies men, so-that I 'can better make. a nillAniL ttmMUM.,i'.:-,s - . t, . -: . 'pne of our. alms, is. .to , look after the ex-soldiers who are being sent from, eastern' hospitals to the perma nent? hospitals: In California .or Texas, to' see they have closing and money (Coneladad on Tg Eiareo. Coiomn Oae) Plan for Limiting : Armies Submitted v To league -Board i.j r--i i' '. '. i .;.: . iVFarls July a. Plan ' for the limita tion ' of European - armies was sub mitted : to the disarmament commis sion of the League of , Nations by Lord Escher; of England' today; Lord schers scheme proposed that the armiee be trimmed to the follow ing figures: - France, 180,000 J Poland,- lUly, 120. 000 each ; England,, Greece, Rumania, " Jugo-Slavia. : Spain and - Csecho-Slo-vakia . 90,000 . ach and Belgium - and Switzerland 60,000 each. V n Are Banned tote confined to towns and cities where there Isn't o much to burn -aa there: is here; so he has decreed that .the aqjLi-flBeworks ordinance shall be enforced In Portland and anyone try ing to be Joyful In this way wilt be marched Uf police court. ? A like fate awaits stoHekeepers who "bootleg" fire works among the inhabitants, he states. But that 'doesn't bother most of the people, for 'with the dawn they will be ' trekking 'out the various hignways to picnic grounds and ahadadjnoolM and mail towna . and waterfalls, where for a few brief hours they will enjoy, ree-. pits from dairy trials. : ? i , For' the benefit of : those, who can not or will not leave the 'city, however, plenty 'of entertainment has been ar ranged. -: Programs have' been' sched uled tor-several of the community play grounds; as a result of the success of these program' in past years,' PROGRAMS AT PARKS, -j ', -' v : Laurelhurat playground will hav ! fa iUavaa. Coloma Cass)