CITY EDITION It' All JJerm and If All True PROBLEMS EOLVEr.Fruit;canning season always present a problem to the average housewife. The prudent housewife ratchet the daily Market' - Basket on The Journal's market' page . to learn when fruits are plentiful and; the cheapest. . - CITY EDITION . iff All Herm and It's All True THE - WKATJIER Txntffht and Thurs- -'- day, fair, westerly winds. v - Maximum temperatures Tuesday ; - Portland ...,. TTiMMnphls . 88 'r . Boise .......... .82 'Kw York ...... . 5 " ' Los Angeles.... 82:st Paul........." 78 t t'1 ,r x. 'ilk i . - r "v w ,t - t V, .; VOL. XX, NO10. Xaterad ea Sacoad-Claas Kattar t PeetoUiee, PorUd. Onm PORTLAND, : OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY, 12, 1922. TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS " TRams o I . . a 1 i i -v. END SOON U. S. Labor Board Head Confers With' Union Chiefs and Rail . road Officials i Both Sides Are r in Conciliatory, Mood. Chicago. ' July : 12. (U. P.)Railroad executives, i meettng; with "big : four" railroad ' brotherhood chiefs here late today, assured' the union heads . that they would not be expected to do the work of .striking shopmen. - - Samuel Fetton? chairman of the meet ing, announced that one case of train men being asked to takeout an engine in poor condition had been taken tip and the ' labor leaders were informed that - no t workmen 1 would : be' expected to take 9ut equipment not in good re pair.:. , "j,";., ,v . v;.W-t; No further questions were discussed st the meeting, Felton i said; The brotherhood chiefs returned to, Cleve land tonight. . v Felton stated . that ' the executives .had not yet agreed on the answer they will - make to the request of Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the. United States railroad labor board, that they meet with union chiefs of the shop crafts to j discuss a- settlement of the 'Strike. Chicago. July IJ. U. P.)-r-End of the strike of railroad shopmen. is .ap parently n sight. . ' . Information gained by the United Press today was that a settlement - within a week was hoped' for by both union leaders and railroad executives. Working under personal instructions from President Harding. Chairman Ben W.-Hooper of the United States railroad labor board was in a series of conferences today with shopcraft chiefs . and company -officials which promised to bring about peace.' Both were in a "conciliatory mood" and ready to make concessions.:. . The peace , move promised to, bring results Just as indications pointed to the ' strengthening of the shopmen's strike' through action of the big four railroad! brotherhoods and the switch J men wniQ&.l i-'v'j't ""f.y "" . Heads of those ' five organizations ' met here (with , railroad ; manftgers - ts , prptest against operation ' of trains swlta defective .equipment ..and main tenance' of, troops on railroad property Sf embers of the five unions have al--ra4y started ' unauthorised .strikes on lho. points avrOloommgrtoa IH-H atMt otner points. '. , - '' ACTS OF ' IOLE3TCK IT - ' ' ' ? i RAIL STBIKB rOLtED San Francisco. July 12. KU. P.) Three acts of violence in' connection with tke shopmen's strike today. re ; msined : unsolved, t f - ' 3 " Thoes - who ' Attempted to wreck a Southern pacific train near Hayward ; who - dynamited . the Southern Pacific water tanks at New Castle and who (OoneloScd aa Pin Tn, Cotania Te SHOP FORCES OF E Addition ' of 75 more railroad shop workers to take ' the places of those who walked out in response to the call of the federated shop crafts 12 days ago was reported by - the railroad -managers today. ;. . " . Of this number it ' could not be de termined .whether any were former employes, but union Officials after making a check of thelrl morning reg istration reported that their ranks had remained . 100 per cent. - Kach of the railroad managers re ported that the greatest demand now is for skilled labor. They also reported that trains continue to operate prac tically without any delays and none -.which could be 'credited to the strike. Officials of the, O-W. R. AN. re ported the addition of 35 men at Al bina "shops Tuesday .and Southern Pa cific managers said 43 men were hired - during the last , 24 hours and that "many of these had been added to the -Brooklyn shop forces. The S. I A S. reported that of a .total authorised force off 502 for that system. 24 places were filled. The shortages were 154 out. of 293 at Van couver, 42 out of 171 at Portland and 13 out of 19 at. scattered points.. . 'Auto Plunges Into Water; 4 Occupants ; Gut Way to Safety Taooma. ""jury 12. (tT. P.)- -Plunged into the waters-of the sound . Tuesday night near. SteUacoom. Mr. and Mrs. George . Piper.- - Miss ' Maude Stener and Mrs. Frank Cascaden, all of Ta eonit, escaped drowning by cutting their way .through the side curtains of their automobile with" a pehkntfe. The roadway on which they were . riding caved in. throwing the car up side down ihto the sound waters. The four occupants - of - the ear climbed to safety and were removed to a Tacoma . hospital.- -The three women were se verely cut in the accident.- ' ' Anti-Tfust:Laws Violated, Is Charge '- -. -" . --. . . - . ' San Francisco. July 12; -I. N. &) Police Judge O'Brien .today. Issued warrants for the arrest of 7S indi viduals and heads of corporations en charge: . of violating the state anti trust - laws on . allegations that : they had 'refused to sell plumbing and steamfitting materials to plumbers employing union labor and not having liermits from the Builders' Exchange. ROADS INCREAS ?rea( Diva Vefyt Much Alive f ASREGON i$"a place to live,' not 'die." May Peterson . V- said this morrg as she trnnmed the;rose bushes in the yard of her brother's home in Elastmoreland and laughed over the New-York story of her untimely end.' ; : ': ; If - t A. l --. 9 Who MeDead? No, But Mosquitoes Pass On ' ' . : ' ! " Meliiet ; Boys; If Tm going to die it won't -be In Oregon. y This Is a place - And the silvery laugh of Miss May Peterson, Metropolitan opera star of New York, 1 rippled out Into the dusk cf Eastmoreland Tuesday night as she sat on the porch of her brother's home at No. 1S59 East 80th street and ex hibited herself to-prove the falsity of the rumor of her, death.. . ,r , " V(Miss Peterson slipped Into the city' a couple of ;. days : sgo- s .tor l; attend ;, her brother's wedding and; the: newspapers didn't even" know; she was supposed to be here until the: Eastern press wires brought a report that she ; had died here. , Great excitement ! She couldn't be found Tuesday afternoon and the rumor of her demise- was printed. -COXES TO -WEDDIXO - When' located at the' home of Guy H. Peterson she was resting in . negligee after a day of shopping., mowing the Is wn and washing' dishes, a, She came out on ,the porch, in the cool of the evening,' and -Immediately took the vboys ; hands and spoke . to them in'- her million dollar vofce. They ere willing .captives. (: - v ' , "WhMi. I opened the? evenings paper and" read the story ;she said. ,1 - just naturally went to the ceiiipg.? X pretty, nariy died .laughing, but - that's as close .as f I've' been'-to death lately. ' J suppose" -'J .J-s. ,T - ' She paused Jong -enough to pulverise a mosquHo on her, bare, arm.' 'Vv . "I suppose the ; rumor "got " etarted from the hospital In New . Tork You see, six weeks ago I was run down, by" an - automobile and. I was hv bed . in the hospital for Iive Greeks. - I got out of bed 'to; come to . Portland forthe marriage ' f my; brother,' Frank', S. Peterson. " - t ' While Twas -tn the hospllal.-'Teople t " ' n j mi.: tfr v Attacked onStreet ( By Bail Shop Striker La.' Grande. July 12. Max . Terchln-. skyk- a second,' hand dealer, , was , at tacked" and '.beaten by-lra 'JCantrell, striklcg-shopman and prominent mem ber of the' local central labor council, last nifht. . According to' the complaint of Terchlneky, Cantrell drove up In his machine and - asked . htm If s he still thought that - the shopmen would lose the. strike." Falling to get 'a satisfac tory answer. : CantrelK jumped out of the - machine, and Jhit - Terchinsky in the eye, the latter said. The machfne was filled with men. according to re ports.., . t . . U - - ' l - , . - ''fS i Vi NT 'f. ?' -V f t. ' 4 V r - - Ml. ;V- It: meer weren't' allowed . In r to see me Hnd of course rumors got started. Then when i .slipped away. I , suppose someone started the talk that I had died, after x got nere. ; ' , .f ' ' . 'But I don't look very dead, do; ir - Again the silvery laugh. Then Miss Peterson's f see slowly lost its smile . as the 'laugh-died , away and her thoughts seemed to' be . far., distant. 1 Herveyes were m the shadow and .the "boy could not. see" whers they were directed, i vSlap and another mosquito Mt, the dust. , . : ' : -Miss Peterson said r she .'had reieelved CSoaelod4 en,Pse Foar,. Column Two) STANDIFER GETS : Washington "July J 12. U.' PJ.)i Set tlemeritf ot the claim 'iof the C.' JC Standi fer Construction company. of Se attle' against, the United "States' ship ping board, whichoriginally totalled more than 110,000,000. for ' $938,416.22, was - .announced today - by Chairman tAskei'.'This Amount is In addition to SS0O.0O0 which was "paid byvthe jboard on account' tn May. 1921. " . ' e ' The claims ,of the- Standifer company grew"- out of 'the war-time ? construction of ships for the government, and the settlement is a-compromise agreement which . ends - long drawn out x con troversy; rv - 'i; LPicliford.Weddihg Ui.win :-d - ? BeUs Wm-Hinff at V HonTOoo'd Shortly - - " 1 '., 'r 1 --' JUosngeles. July M2. (LV P.) Sup pressed - excitement hovers In Holly wood where Mrs. Charlotte " Pick ford, decidedly , pleased' with, her prospec tive daughter-in-law. . is already ' mak ing 71 preparations f or - the reception of her son Jack and Marilyn Miller, stage star.-, who are coming here to be mar ried in August. . J v , f ' , Tt will probably be a a ulet" church wedding. Mrs. Pickford has explained. Md practically all Hollywood is Said to be. secretly planning to be on' hand to help make it quiet, - . ... sksO MILLION ON CLAIM TO AID PM 1 CAMPAIGN Recent Public Statements by " Former: President Show He Intends to Exercise Party Leadership Again This, Fall. Washington. July 12. f WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURXAL) The attitude of Woodrow Wilson is one of the things most- closely . noted by those who. are watching, the trend of political events in the approaching fan campaign. It is clear enough that (1 while his acUvlty is restricted by his physical ; infirmity, he- is .watching all points of the com pass, and he ha no thought vof -. relin quishing the leader ship of. his party. : . This is made evi dent by the several short, but pointed messages . . which Wilson has written to nrominent Dem- 1. ocrats and orgtn. '6tasM twiS) ix&tions since the W ood re w Vises first of thenar. He made a personal appeal to ' the Democrats of North Carolina districto renominate Con gressm&n Pou. one of -his loyal sup porters In congress, and Pou has been renominated. . He has made, another appeal to th Democrats -ef Missouri to reject Senator Reed and that ques tion will be decided August 1. . . wiisoir is cosriDEST . , Recent letters of; the ex-president, when summarised, show the lines along which, he desires to direct the party and exhibited a note, of confidence In theiearly return to the principles for which he "battled as president. He ad vocates American -cooperation - in the league of nations, and progressive leg islation In the domestic field., V ia ; ;nis most recent i message, ad dressed In - the second' person through 'BABY' MARRIAGE: ENDS IN DIVORCE . . The divorce court today wrote . finis to ; the . baby' marriage of Homer Ij. and . Lucile Ross, whose marital . trou bles kept newspapper readers here in terested, for several days in the spring of 1931. ; - ; ' " T The:youns people were married Jan nary 17. 1921, when Luclle was 1 and Homer 15.-and a month later the girl was sued, for divorce on the grounds of cruelty and infidelity. ": Homer.4 was hailed , in the headlines as the "boy caveman." - 4 -:-.-,.... ;!- ; The courts took a great interest la the case, and after considerable par leying back and forth, the young folks killed and made up. They started for their-new home In San Francisco amid hearty cheers. .'-.,' i ; But since then many, things have happened, and this morning in Circuit Judge Tucker's court, where default divorce cases were being heard, Lucile teld the judge that Homer nagged and nagged. - He is very jealous, but Is faithless himself, she said.; He told.. her he loved a widow, and again, that he was in love with a"g)rl at Pendle ton. Luclle testified. He was -charged with not supporting his wife. i". -The judge granted the decree.:" The case was by. default. Homer not ap pearing. Rain Halts Golf ; ; Play in Chicago ' Skokie Country Club, - Chicago, -July IS. (U. P.) Continued rains resulted hi calling off play of the third quali fying flight in the national golf -tour-mament here this morning. - If the weather clears up tnts afternoon play will be started. However, If the rain continues the entire tournament will be set back, one day. The morning round was postponed shortly after the first pair had teed off. and found play almost Impossible. Games Today t PACIFIC COAST TLB AGUE : Portland at Los Angeles, 2:45 p. m. - Seattle at San Francisco, 2 :4B p. m. t Oakland at Sacramento, a '-p. ;m. ..; ' Vernon at Salt Lake.' 2 :30 p. m. " 3CATIOXAI. - ' ?At Ptttaburs: ' ?: Jt. ft. J5. Kommi ....... .. ese eon not t - t, j Pittxburr ........ 02O 10O 609 13 ' 1 BattciM Wataon. MiDer and Vibson: Tel towhone and Gooch. ' ....;.?. at CiBCiaaati: , - ' R. H. TB. Braoklra i . . t . . -10 000 000 1 4 (aneinasti -,...; SOO 19 Oil 4 t 1 . Jlll.i fiTamra, Ieatas aad Miller, De tnr: Itoaohne ami Wiaso. . - At Clncsso: B. H. E. Sw Twk ..... ISO 000 202 5 1 . 0 Cbiraco 00O QfrO 010 1 8 t . Batteries -Ttmrr - and Sarder;. Alexander, Stenland sad O'FarrelL At St. Lemis (fint came) : . ; B. H. B. PhiladfJphia 102 0O orv 8 lO , 0 St. Loutl ...... MO 002 000 2 8 S i BatterlM Meadows ; and "" rten; 'wta, Barfoot sad , McCanly.' . .. .. .. '- '".AMEBICAf . - At Bortoe Omlsad . . i . . - .--K. H. B. Tg A AAA - -a na Boston . ; oee OOlrooe 7 14 2 Batcwi CorekMti and O'Nofl: Faanock. KsTT - and Burl, lrach. , At haw lork; B. H. E. 8t Loatj -. . 020 1 00 040 T 10 1 tw torlt ... . . . 000 020 010 4 j. 7-1 ; , Battenes Praett. Van .GUder. Danfarth and Bftmrf; Hoyt, Mniray and Sehaas- At Philadelphia; . -. v ,., R h.: E. TVrroit . . .... ,.2W 000 014 7 14 3 PkiladeJp" .... -.101 010 OO0 3 8 2 KaUenea -tiaoaa and JUaJos; Raylor . and BfUC SJ!. .j .....i.i ' v ... . -.:i,.,w Chicago at Washington,' dear 2 :45 - A Vlai V X "iv i Says Hug f Of Gloria Cost $500 ; Los Angeles. July IT CU. P.) Gloria Swan son's alleged (500 hug and other costly caresses were expected to figure again today in. the suit to break the wilt of Matthew H. Burns, -wealthy shoe store owner, who left practically his . entire estate to Gloria and , her mother, -whom Burns- married . late in life. - - "-;'"'' Miss Ida Morris, formerly' employed in one of Burns' stores, testified that Gloria, vamp of the movies, was a very affectionate stepdaughter, 'and that she. frequently -sat ' on ; Burns knee, hugged him and then- asked for funds. -i. , ; Usually she - whjd him Vfor funds later. Miss Morrts declared,' and once when she was in New York Burns sent Gloria $500, it was stated. He also sent her a $100 check . to San Fran cisco. , - - ' 1 . 4" j : The prosecution, representing Burns sister, his two - brothers and nephew, who received an aggregate of $3500 of the $100,000 estate, was expected to close its case tomorrow;- when the' film actress, whose ectivities : have ' sus tained the brunt of the attack, wilt probably be called by the defense to repudiate the allegations. - ' .-. . Attorney Bee be., for the prosecution, asserts that Burns was mentally In competent and fell under the Influence of the screen- actress, who induced him to marry her mother and remake the will. --'. ' ir, ' w-' -v.:, i -ifv Mrs Adeline Burns, Gloria's mother, asserts that Gloria was not Implicated in the match, having just been married herself," and being too Interested in her own husband at the time. HOTEL THEFTS PUZZLE POLICE Police are now looking for the "Inside track" - that will lead to the . sol u tion of the robberies at the Benson hotel early Tuesday - morning, which netted the burglar more than 41800 in "jewels and money. . After 24 hours of - investigation de tectives j are certain that the prowler was in- a position to be well Informed regarding the loot that awaited him In the various rooms. ;'. They also hold that the asm thief is- responsible for three large burg laries in the Benson hotel dur I ng the last year. . In ea ch- case : '-the bu rgla r picked rooms from -which -he- found jfrw-etry -valued at mere-than $1000. Gl'TESt:'TiF?:; "; , Several thousand 'dollars-worth ' ef jewelry was stolen November l, .192l, by burglars who entered the rooms; of Herman .Winters. New1 York Jewelry salesman. Included in the loot was- a platinum set w ith 78 small diamonds. ' Jewelry valued at $2300 "was stolen from the rooms, of Hamilton C. Kolfe, Seattle real estate dealer, on the night of June 21 ' -" The faet that In each" case the thief picked big "spoils" indicates that he operated on a tlp,". possibly from the inside. -.. ; ....j - ;,..,,.'.;.;, Detectives. however, s- learned - from Manager '.Smith ' that five rooms .had been entered In alL One, he said, was occupied by persons whose loss Is sup posed to. have been-over ; $1000," but they requested the management that no publicity be given their names. Po lice were even- unable to learn the room they occupied. . " The prowler got $167 if rom the room of I V. Samuels of Sarj Francisco, the police learned. He oceppied room 701 on the fire escape, two stories below the room of VW. I- Hughson, who was the principal loser with $1400 In money and Jewelry stolen. Booms 809 and 804 were also entered, but police were unable to learn the amount of loot stolen from them. - i A valuable clue In the ease was fur nished the police by S Klee of Nw York, occupying room 5D1. About 8:45 o'clock Tuesday; morning -a well dressed stranger cautiously opened the door of his room and looked around. Klee watched him until; he stepped in side,, .when he asked- the & Intruder "What's the Idea?" TWO BOOMS ROCKED ' "Oh, 1 beg .your pardon, the man returned and' withdrew. He is de scribed as 40 or 45 ...years 1 of age, weighing 158 pounds, and about 5 feet 7 inches in height. He wore dark gray- suit and a straw . hat. Police believe - he may be the - prowler for whom they-are looklng.v Only two of the ' rooms which ihe thief entered were locked, according to Manager Smith. Police say the .in truder displayed good ' Judgment ; in picking rooms on : the ' fire escape, thereby giving htm a double -exit in case of emergency. It Is thought, however, that in each - Instance he gained entrance through the door. .. Inspectors Goltx, Howell. Collins, Moloney and Schulplus are working on the case. , '. , . -t i ' ,-' .v-..-. T.wo Youths Taken, , For Holdup Prove . Alibi and Go Free W, . H. Roy. grocerymsn,'. his wife and a third person partially identified two youths arrested this morning as being the same two who held up Roy's store at Xo. 1 Bast 28th street north late Tuesday nighty but the young men proved they were . at the Clark-Wilson Lumber company mill at work at the ; time of , . the jobbery - and they were released Immediately- by, the po lice, i When the ; timekeeper showed that the young men. Lionel Peak, 22, and A. C. Fortney. 22, were on the Job at the time, Roy qualified his identifica tion by saying he couldat be sure. ' The arrest - was made by Inspectors Persinger. svnd Westcott, who "were working on the clue - that the burg lars escaped in red "bug." The young men were found In bed at Ko. 48 North Ninth street, a rooming house. Tut - , T -S'' ; ' EVOLUTION THEORY ON BIBLE HIT Portland "Conference Launches War to Finish on Interpreta tion of ' Scriptures Accord ing.to Modernist Viewpoints. Protestant-churches of America are about to enter a conflict over the age old subject of interpretation of the Bible.' It will begin with? the effort on the part of the Christian. Funda mentalists association to throw out of the !- Sunday schools the uniform or International - Sunday ' school ' lessons which, according to Dr. William H. Riley, chairman of the association, in ject Into the minds of children un proved theories such as evolution -and the 'interpretation of the . Scriptures according- to the views of the "mod ernist'' or "rationalist." - ? i - Dr. Riley has come here for a series ot- conferences which will be held at the White Temple Thursday. Friday and Sunday. - He ' Is pastor of . the largest Baptist church In Minneapolis and head of the fundamentalist move ment in this country. He founded at Minneapolis a Bible mission school which has large influence in the Mid dle West. - BIFTS ABE PBBICTE1 , Dr.. Riley frankly '"admitted today that -the movement may cause many rifts -among - churchmen. 1 1 -vf- "I received a clipping today from a scientific, publication which censures us for attempting to restrict 'the field of scientific Investigation.-, he - said. "Why should we not do so? We are taxpayers and should have something to. say about. the kind of teaching our children receive., whether It is . truth or ' unproved theory. , . . - "After January 192 J, we will pro vide Sunday schoV literature for all our members and friends. said Dr. f Concluded am -Fas Eichtaaa. Oohtsn On FORBES TELLS OF L mann . hsrMtAl,. now- used aa govern ment hospitsl Ko. "77, and It may , be that I snail recommend that -It -bv. pur chased by. the, government. v 1 shall in vestigate the possibilities of building a new. unit,; and I may also recommend that. C 1 - j - "As.to Pierce's sanitarium, where the tuberculosis : patients are ' kept, t will frankly say that I am not pleased with conditions there. If It Is put in fine condition and fire menaces eliminated, I'll recommend that It be continued In use for - government patients, and If these, changes are made, it may be 'so used, for a long time to - come. . V-; These were tho outstanding . state ments made by. Colonel ; Charles -;B, Forbes, director of the United SAates veterans' bureau, before a large body of leading-PorUand clUsens n the dty council chamber this morning.. WASt BOT HEBE :v;- ; J;" v ; - The ft Ate men t "were made'" at the close, of : expressions of sentiment by representatives of various veteran, pa triotic and civic organisations com pos ing the general committee selected by Mayor Baker some time sgo to under take to keep the Oregon hospitalised patients in Portland and!' vicinity- In stead of their being removed , to the hospital at Walla Walla, - g l The meeting, called by Mayor Baker, was briefly .addressed by him. . He declared the purpose to bo to acquaint ( Concluded on Pas Tbiae. Colons Few U. S. to Regulate' V Grain Exchanges Washington July 12. CL K. S.) Fed eral reguution -of grain exchanges to prevent manipulation of prices by spec ulation in . futures is more important at this time than a year ago. Secre tary of : Agriculture Wallace declared this afternoon In a message to the sen ate agriculture committee. 5 Wallace nrged Immediate action m th Ttncher "anti-grain gambling"' bill, now imuB uiunsena oytna committee. - HOSPITA PLAfS Reforested Tract fe Buriied t '-.- -; - A careless .smoker riding In an au tomobile last week destroyed - th re sults of, 18 years of labor by private timber owners In an ' attempt to forest burned -over lands, on several square miles along the summit of the road from Gales peak to Tillamook by the . Wilson river, which : has . been known as Brown's, burn, Wells Gilbert, president of the Til lamook County Forest Patrol' associa tion, this morning stated that th fire answered, the question- as to why tim ber owner do not go to the expense of reforesting burns.. ... . a v ' "This area was burned In 1900 when I ' first passed Over the road.' said Gilbert.- "the year when we commenced our purchaslag upon Wilson river, v FIBE PAT&OX. rSED - ,1 - A year or two later, In company with other timber e-wners,-we put a fire pa trol on this territory and have main tained it ever . since, a.. It J an es tablished r fact that,.- an area - burned over. If . fire are kept . off It win re forest Itself naturally through av long" period of years. ; In 1908 a fire started in this old - burn " and ' spread to the vareies Fori Fair Deal OLONEL CHARLES FORBE teratris bureaiv jv1k) it' nved on inspection trip today with assurance - that disabled veterans are to be given every consideration and encouraged in vocational Irauiing. ;. Jt ' j.'!!-' ' ? "1 : ? ! If.' 0LC0TT5 PARTY ; SEES GREAT CAVE I ' ; - By R. C. Johssos ''Y' j ' .' .Janrnal ittxfl ODirafpondaBt. - ?. . ' Grants" Pass. July 12.- Governor 3-eott-and the state highway commission arrived here- today from Crescent City after having . spent,- Tuesday, night at the Oregon.,- caves ' as',;guests ..of .. the Josephine county ' court. . It, was ' the first time any of the party- had seen the '-caves, .which -have recently been made apcesalbl. by. hlghwsy . -"It i3 .a wonaf ul-ighC said Gov ornor OlcottT 'One of those rare things In which : the. reality comes up, to the prospectus.", - j ' - .Thsv party? was, taken on the two hour; tour of the caves which culmin ates in the. "Paradise . Lost,; chamber by Guide Rowley, who .has been- leading tourists through the caves for; the past 12 years. A special feature ot the tour ras the presentation of the' caves to the people of Oregon through Gov ernor Oloott tn a mock eeremonyVput on by- local talent in the ghost chamber, symbolising the passing-of the Indian and-the coming of the. white man. -' '. Besides ' being 'Impressed 'with- f the eaves Commissioner Teon eommestted on the 'vandalism of the past that is apparentrvlm the stumps .of "broken stalactites and fhe figures and letters painted "'on the 'stalagmites " '.srrth' the soot, of miners lamps. The tour of the governor-r and highway , commissioners was made; at "night. .. ; Tho ,vs.lue of the newv highway - to the caves Is reflected in the fact that In the. 15 days since the road has been opened 2000 persons -have registered, at the caveev This -..is;;, greater number of people than registered -during? any entire season when , the trlp wss made either on foot tor horseback. A The con cession at the. caves has been . let to R. Mellveen. who has erected several tents and Is w prepared' to accomodate ,;.a limited : number . of person, r Williams i Swats -His 21st,Homer. of - Year New York. July, 12. (I.:N..S.) Ken Williams," St - Louis outfielder;, went into, a tie' for American .league-" home run ' honork when x he crashed out his 21st homer of the season - in the sec ond Inning of the second game. . -Hoy t was pitching for the Yankees." ' - , - St- Louis. . Mo: July? 12-U. R. Rogers Hornsby hit his 23d .home run today- In- the flrsf'game of . the St Louis-Philadelphia , double-header here today. .No one was on base. .Meadows pitching for the .Phillies. - n , - iv"v at'; vn - -' '' 'I . r.v I; " t -1 i '! s omoker-ls :d ameri :-, a J - - 1 green, timber, increasing, the size of th ,; bum f materially: ; But ,, this first fire cleaned up a great deal or downed timber and brush and .materially,, re duced the fire hasard In. this,distr!ct T,For'"l8-yers we have kept- firevout of hlsvokf! burn ' ami .protected "the young - timber. t The -whole' - are was covered, with -thrifty young, saplings. Last week the ' road was 'opened and a number -of . machines went in from the Tvalley.. Someone; threw' a cigar , or cigarette stub Into the brush and, in a fewi hours' th - clearing "was barned and the young tlmber ruined, '? PrBLIC.Ig CABEXBS8 ' V ThIs is the 'answer vto" prlvatere forestation. and until the public use the same 'care in- the 'woods It .would use la the cltie And Villages. Jt.wlll be impossible to keep the fires, out of the timber. .There are other, cause of fire, such as lightning t or., sparks ,- from donkey engines, but the bulk '..of-the fires, are caused by a careless public.- --7s It ( reasonable, to; suppose . that passerby would toss, a lighted cigar , (Concludedr on Faea Four, Celums One) - IMBER NEAR COCHRANE, 0". Fire-Fighting Forces Turn Out : to Battle Flames in Area 15 Miles Long and Seven Miles Wide ; in ; Tillamook County. 'Forest . flames , continued: to .. leap through the." tops : of magnificent standing timber within a mile of Cochrane ' today, despite the cloudy and, damp days early, this week. - .While augmented forces continued to battle this crown fire, other large fire-fighting organisations were : at tempting to '- prevent' : the . further spread .- of flames which have swept an- area 15 mile in length and seven mile Inwtdth in4 Western Tillamook county. v.t ; t . ; 4 ' ,t ' The report s of the sweeping crown fire was received from CX-H... Wheeler of the Wheeler Timber, company, who ha been In the - fire . area since the fltmu- Via r t f ra - iinAnnlMtUKI. proportions. ' -This blaze ; has - been checked -by the damp-weather, but not stopped, and; timber men report , pros pects of ' a ; 'new Impending disaster should the winds shift r r ' : -VIBO IJT 'TTX BE B : B UB31 8 $?t " . : Timber ' -men were ; still too busy fighting fire today to estimate . their losses. - but -oo local timber ; owner expressed - the opinion that $3,000,000 would scarcely . cover th - loss up to the pinC,'-vVivi:-'.;-V-i.n-!f;i - - The crown Hr which t fs bothering th Wheeler company 'came up from Beldlng and today was again in virgin timber about -one mile from Cochrane. The full extent of this blaze has not been determined. , But the fire which spread through th Hammond timber lands, ha been surveyed . and officials -calculate that 105 square mi had been covered by th flames. The larger amount of this flr. v-'wa - over .second-growth and slashing lands, v ' DEITIES BEPOBt ' j - In . denial of t th report that the Hammond blaze spread from a slash ing fir , on the Wheeler property. Wheeler sent . advice to his local of fice today that - the 105 square ml! fire bad started from- a . blase whloii had been - set by fire wardens on the Whitten eV Bryattt company slashings in Junev Wheeler said that this blase spread" to Hammond and Cochran and that slashing fires from the' Douty and Wheeler lands had Joined this blaze after- it had passed practically beyond control," Wheeler-disclaimed that the - (Concludd oa Pas Tve.-Calama Two) i irnriri h YiTn i nn Vt.wUiMKImll ON PUGETSOOiiD ': Seattle, - .July iSOir F.-Th learner niuuimis, su rrsncjsco to Seattle, went sgronnd on Point J'o Point' Whidby island, snd the steamer Northland, ' from ' San - Francisco, crashed ;on Smith- ; Island at i Point Partridge this morning in a dense fog, it wag learned by radio late this norn tag. e-vdsi M!' -':." -;. --'- -'- ( Neither vessel was In Immediate danger- late this morning. It .was - said. The Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Victoria, took off 15 passengers - from the Willamette,-at 8:10 a. m. and brought them to Seattle., The steamer CrtrAnvM .Aijulca. tA 54ftf f .. v re ported standing . by the disabled -vessel. wh,He ..twgs vwer ; Attempting to aid ..her. j..,.,;T. - , . , r The 'Northland Is still aground,, de spite' efforts to float her by tugs 'sent from-Seattle. - , i Officials of th Charles Nelson com pany,, operators of the .Northland, state that.r-nart- of ' th Korthland a cargo' will be unloaded before further attempts are made to float her. - t.iiorxa in noai in w ijiametie nave not succeeded and lighterage barges will' be used: to unload part of the cargo. t . : rn steamer wiuamene is a com - m.' ...... i.'' bination freight and passenger steam er and is operated - by ' the Charles R. Mccormiclr. company ot. San - l- ran. Cisco, She has been in regular service between Portland snd San Pedro. The Northland - is . small steam schooner and-has been operating in the lumber trade for. the Atlas Steamship com- , -"j ji. sn-uais i ieri.-.a-in sisssslaasi ' '"-' Vnvt I a n ri Willi i.at v viuiuu.: iiiuuuv; o titi cp '? :-' . KHJklJJ IJ. 1UU UUW1 "U0 ' Following 'th appeal . sent -to the shipping , board - Toy vtha Chamber . of Commero for the allocation of ships to handle. cargo outbound from this dis trict and eliminate - the necessity: ot diverting local tonnage to Puget Sound for dispatch, advice was received to day by the organization that -R. - J. Relyeav district, director of operstions nn th TttrtM r mt wrniM l.av. K headquarters at. San Francisco today for the -north to conduct an Investiga tion, i " ,' - Alec" Herd, former British open golf champion, has pre pared a series of "Golf Les sons jTbr Beginner' which will be published daily on the sports page of The, Journal beginning today, 'V This series is ayailable to Journal readers through the United Press and- will be wel com ed by the ; army o f g cl f fans in this corner 'of ihs country.,', .