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VOL.XX.-NO. 132. Estered aa Ssoosd-Claas Simitar at Poetoffioe. Portland, Orcaoa PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY -EVENING, AUGUST: 11, 1922 TWENTY, PAGES.-; PRICE TWO CENTS ON TlQlN AND RtWI STANDS . riVt CINTS IN CITY HALL Ganna Walska Becomes Bride of Harvester King at Cere mony Performed in City of 'Paris; Both Recently Divorced Paris. Auk. 1L Harold F. McCor mick. American millionaire, wiaa mar ried today to Uanna Walska, Polish . opera singer star. Dudley Field Ma lone and his wife were the witnesses to the ceremony, which took place in the city hall of the sixteenth arron dizement, : . The Malones then motored out -of Paris with the bride and bridegroom. The destination of the honeymoon party was unknown. A wedding luncheon was given at the Ritz before the party motored away. j Both McCormick and Ganna Walaka have , been recently divorced, i McCor mick was divorced by his wife, fcdith Rockefeller McCormick, daughter of the "oil king," In Chicago on the grounds of desertion. He did not con test the action. j GETS , DIVORCE r Ganna Walska recently obtained a divorce in Paris from Alexander Smith Cochran, who before his marriage to 'the diva was known as New York's most eligible bachelor. I Dudley Field Malone, who Was- Me Cormick's best man, obtained ! the di vorce for Walska. ' Mr. McCormick is the father of 17-year-old Mathilde McCormick, who has just- gone from Paris to Switzerland to meet her suitor, Major Max' Oser 47-year-old riding master. ' ) Cochrane is the owner of a great carpet making industry at . Tonkers, N. T., but spends a great deal of his time abroad. His married life with the polish woman ' lasted less than a year. They separated. "Madame ' Walska 'came to Paris; and established a residence . here. In the meantime action for divorce was taken. Mr. McCormick met Madame Walaka : when she was with the Chicago Grand Opera company. Even before Madam I Continued ea Pits Sixteen, Column four) HALL'S CANDIDACY BLOCKED BY LAW That any independent candidacy for Senator Hall, which was the obvious .inference of the public statement Is sued on his behalf by the Public De fense league Wednesday afternoon, would involve more, litigation is " evi dent from' reading section JJ7S of the session laws of 1919, which state "that no candidate for. a nomination who falls to receive the highest number of votes for the nomination of the politi cal party with which he was affiliated at the time of filing his petition for nomination, small be entitled to be the candidate of any other political party, or to become an independent candidate at the ensuing election." ' Although some attorneys are of. the opinion that this act- ;Woul4 not stand the test of the courts, tit fact remains that it$ Is the law . until the . supreme court rules otherwise. ". . ' Development in the Republican go- bernatortal recount are oererred until next week when on Monday the case will be reopened In the Marlon, coun ty circuit court at Salem- At that time it is expected that the Hall forces will produce winessea In substantiation of their charges of Illegal voting. Just what will be accomplished .in this re gard, of course, is problematical,' but their whole case rests on these charge In view of the discontinuance of the actual recounting of ballots. The recheck of the ballots, in 232 se lected precinct in three Oregon coun ties Marion, Multnomah and Clatsop, which is about one seventh of the en tire number of precinct in the state ; gave Olcott a gain of SI votes over his original lead of TCI. t r In only one Instance, in precinct 201 in Multnomah county, was any evi dence of fraud uncovered.- And this ingle instance, where IS votes east for Olcott were not credited to him and where IS vote were tallied for i Continued Pais Sixteen. C-oimnn Fow) Hood River Boys Stage Wild Trip On Stolen Money Hood River. Aug. 11. Two Hood ; River boys. Hugh McNutt, 15. and ; Richard FenwkSc. 1. -- broke into f a house in Hood River and stole $200. . According to their confession to Die trlct Attorney Baker, they took the -money with ' them to Portland and perrfc one night with two women at an east aide house. They assert that the women took- nearly all the money' they had before they -left the house next "morning, y The elder boy appears ton be unconcerned -about the affair, and ex plains that he had a "good time.' He will probably be sent to the state: re form school, while the younger boy, who is believed to have been ted away by the McNutt boy. will probably i be paroled to his parents. - - x - 1 " i . r- Eight Injured in Fire at -Camp Grant Rockford. Tit, Aug. U. L K : Eight men. four Of. them soldiers, were Injured by flaming ember and flying debris in a fir which threatened the ilMtrirtlon of Camn ftran rtv !tv- day. The, fire was of alleged Incen diary origin -and caused damage Of u,wew, Married in Paris Today GANNA WUI Polfch opera singer, aad Harold F. McConnkk. millionaire Chicagoarv who were- married today , in Paris, both having recently been divorced. Their impending marriage has been a matter of current speculation for weeks. ,-;r , ; ... : !; f , Y' Wet track conditions at the Multno mah county fair at Gresham caused postponement of today's racing pro- gram, it was decided just before noon, when little prospect of sun had ap peared. The races will be run' off Sat urday, according to calculations. La Creole's Lord's Queen, a B-year-e-ldf Jersey, ' owned by . Sam; Weiss of Peruana, won the 48-hour milking eon. at i tne fair this mornina. Her record was 88.8 pounds of mUk, -an average of 6.614 per cent butter fat, S.T$ pounds butterfit; total value of prod uct, Jl-268. Cows owned by K. Hanne man of iCorbett won second -and' third. The poultry judging contest was. won by the team from the Gilbert school the members of which are Fred Bow man, Edwin Maxwell and Carl" Bow man. The prize is a free trip to the" three members to the Pacific Interna tional Livestock exposition next "No vember.; - - 1 ,. FRIZES IV O " " . ' ! ,-4 A livestock, .judging contest among the boys' livestock clnbs,' drew -the in y r 'f'tVf l v V - ' X s fcJMMUsm-liU'iJilli JilU , ' " - f .. ' DhDTiAfiin nmi ic; i I M v i : I III! I I-Hllll lllllf 111 -l I J : f 71' . . a - ' . w wt ui. r , I si i l .'.rtj.v.--' ..-v.'.-.'.'.--. "...,v v-v-'j:;" .'.'. 'v' terest of a Urge number, of fair, vis-. London, Aug. 11. (IT. P.) Apparent ttora Thursday. The dairy 'herd record" Uy believing Atljat authorities have no team, composed of Henry Meyer. John! right to mix In hi love affairs,; CQunt Flemroing and A nil I KUIin.won ftest;i3e' LuearTago", reputed Spanish noble place fdr. Judging teams' with' a T score ;ah, defied Scotland. Yard today 'and of 1237-1 Sever Xelson. Arthur Xaehahn refnet to leave. Enaiandt and cnrrord Exrrom - of the Orient and Powell Valley Sheep club, won second "place with a score ; of U7o Third place was won by the Victory (Ceaelnad ea ;Pe. Bi. Cohupa f Dr. Sun to Confer On: Proposals for , Reuniting Chinese Shanghai. Aug. ijJs. S.) Eu gene Chen announced todajr-that Dr. Sun Tat Sen, deposed president of Southern China, who 1 arriving here tomorrow from; .Canton, wilt, probably go to Hanaxhew .to - consnlt "with .-the tdcaun of Chekiajigsprovince, who has oeen stnnmonea name to 1 eKlng. An agreemdnt was expected at this meeting with the government which jwill result In unification, of . North;, and 'South China. .- - Dr. San's home.' where" Madame Sun Is. awaiting his arrival, is-under heavy guard. - - . Bootleggers Fuss; Young Girl Is; Shot New-Tork. Aug. ll.-Kl.iJfJ S.) An 11 -year-old girt and two men were shot and seriously wounded by an unidenti fied gunman at Second avenue and Twelfth; street this- afternoon One of the men. Vmberto Valentl, died in St. Marks hospital from hi. wounds, - The police believe Jhat the shooting was the result of a fead among Jaat Sid Boot leggers. - ; . ' - rf y esy v.it r ji ' 1 v v mm Spanish Count Is 7 Defiant of Order To Leave England The unt-was politely requested to get out of the -country by Scotland -Yard after a scandal which linked his name with, those of many wealthy 'and Cttled'soclety women;- -'It, was reported the -daughter -f a duke, ws included in the. count's heart Affairs. -; Although"' no political' or criminal charge ' have been placed - against '. De Luarago, authorities', pointed lout' to hjtn'. that -his. ifraence in . Kngtarm waa objectionable, following disclqeure that he -had . written many fervent love let ters: to '.Lady- Diana Manners, society. favorite who scorned-him' and reported the matter---,tne .autnonues. StWking"' Shppnia i Found MurdSred Kansas CityVMoAug. 11. ( I. K. S-V-PoHce found the ?bdy or .Peter Ha vert. ' tor Jlleved '. to tiav been - a striking- Missouri Pacific; shopman.- on a -bluff neer ? the, bottomi -here., today: He . had . been beaten, - then ' ehokent to death -with ' two .belt straps fastened together, after ; which the - slater at tempted te make death - appear t a sui side. , - ' . .- - r i Harvrest?Halted j ' At -Walla Walla Walla "Wan, "Waali-, Aug. 11. Rain which started to fall in a light 'driasl this morning continued" to get heaxier later in .the. day' until harvest opera tions were halted for : the second time this season. Weather Observer. C C Garrett' predicts rain tonight and to morrow for this 'section. - i - - - m -bbli i r'waasi-.. w.1, .-a-, w o. v, w.vwv .. . . iJ BLESSING 10 THIRSTY LAND Pastures Are Refreshed and Late Crops Benefited by Greatly Needed Moisture; Devastat ing Forest Fires Quenched. Steady rainfall continuing since Thursday afternoon " has been worth several millions of dollars to timber owners and farmers in the Northwest, according to reports received by the district weather office today. Forest, fires have been stopped or smothered out, pasture lands have been refreshed, farms have been placed in shape "for fail plowing, late crops have been improved and all the other troubles of a 60-day drouth have been ended. ' Since Thursday afternoon a total of .68 of ' an inch of rain has fallen ''in Portland and ' similar amounts have bees reported from other points in Western Oregon and Western Wash ington where dry weather has con tinued. Additional showers were fore cast for tonight and Saturday. Reports received by the weather office indicated that the rain of the past 24 hours has been confined., to Western Oregon and Western Waah- ' (Concluded on Pace Six. Column Fire) a- - j ;fif &i wmim c ' - i y v , -t .mhmw a- Lord Northclif f e Amazes Physicians By Tight for Life London, Aug. 11. JLT. P.) Fighting for life with the wiH that carried htm from penniless childhood to the peAk of British journalism. Viscount North -cliffe today amazed physicians by once more winning a respite when death seemed bqt a matter of seconds. A bulletin isued by his physicians stated that the condition of the famous publisher was unchanged. 1 AlChpugh' Northcllffe's condition was hopeless, doctors and specialists . were doing their utmost to prolong his life. Workmen "during the night cut. a hole in "the roof of his bed chamber and erected : a temporary shelter roof. It Is planned today to hoist Northcliffe's bed near the roof to give him more air. Messages of cheer from all parts jot the world reached the viscount, who waa too; weak to know them. - ' t Jn .'hi ,deJirium, which grows more frequent, rthe chief." as - they called hiin in Fleet street, fought - with those about him to get up and send order .to his papers. He refused to give ; In. ; A . telephone, connected near bis bedside, enabled him to send in structions to his editor a But the. mes sages never reached Fleet street. -A secretary took them down In an ad joining room. -. i - ", Armed Guards in ; Yards Draw Protest Pocateno,; Idaho. A.ug. ll-(tF. P.) Oregon .Short. Line- switchmen. In the local yards, who etruck Jast night as a protest against the armed state con stabulary patrolling the railroad dis trict, - resumed ' work toda y. The ac tion was followed by an-, ultimatum which th hg four brotherhood served on the railroad officials and Governor W. Du Davis to the effect - that, they will refuse to move any trains througn this division unless armed guard are removed. - The ' ultimatum - expires at .o'clock tomorrow. . t , ; , - EXPENDITURE $12,000,000 to Be Spent on Natron Cutoff; East Side Ter minal to Get $6,000,000; Afl t Hinge on Recent Court Rule MAJOR PROJECTS OF ' KAIL LIKES SO FAR ANJforSCKD Southern Pacific elevation of east side tracks and tunnel work, J6,00,000. Pledged, completion of Natron cutoff at cost of ll,OOO,OO0 by SotBthern Pacific, contingent upon adjustment of C. P.-S. P. unmerger order. Similar pledge made by Union Pacific Union terminal project, under way. cost exceeding J2.000.000. Portland, Astoria & Pacific ex tension into timber beyond Ver nonia. .Extension of Portland South western line by Tourish interests to a point beyond Pittsburg. Construction of Yakima Valley cusoff by O-W. R. & N. Proposed expenditure of more than $18,000,000 In new construction and Improvements to , the lines of the "Southern Pacific company In 'Oregon was announced today by Ben C. Dey, general counsel for the company. Completion of the Natron cutoff from Eugene to Klamath Falls would cost $12, 00, 000, Dey stated, and elevation Of trackage and other improvements on the company's east side terminal would represent an investment of more than $6,000,000. Both project -are contingent on a favorable appli cation of a recent eeclsion of the supreme- court ordering the segregation of Central Pacific and Southern Pa cific interest. OFTJOSS OX LAUD Purchase of , land alsng the weat Side of East First street between Burn ! side street and Hawthorne avenue ha been in progress during the last few month and the. first option were se cured prior to the unmerger order of the aupreme court on -May 28, accord ing to uey. The real estate operations ot the . company were handled ' by Claude D. Starr and represent an ag gregate investment of approximately $1,500,000. Strict secrecy wa observed by offi cial of the company ai to.it nuFoosef i tn- acquiring th fvarteual t parcels vot Vtrtnatd ' and Snecuiation was keen among business men and property owners of the Kast Side district for several week. The Journal published a prospective 'plan for the elevation of the main line trackage southward from Bumaide street several weeks ago, makSng the first announcement of the project a, planned by the company's engineers. -The plan as outlined by Dey calls for the elevation of .two main line tracks from East Bumaide street to a point south of the Inman Poulsen Lumber company's yards. ' The eleva tion would be along the present right of way of the company and two ad- (Concluded on Pie Tbrac, Column Two) 6100 TELEPHONES TO BE REPLACED Replacement of 6100 manual tele phone instruments in the Irvlngton, Rose City Park, Beaumont and Ala meda district with the new machine switching sets will be started Tuesday by the Pacific Telephone tt Telegraph company, according to announcement made today by C. E. Hickman, division commercial superintendent. These replacements follow the com pletion of similar work within the past few -days among subscribers connected with, C automatic office. A total of 1004 automatic telephone sets were replaced with the new machine switch ing instruments under the program just concluded. The changing of these 7100 manual and! - automatic- telephones has been in contemplation' for more than! a year In connection with the arrangement of the new Garfield machine - switching office at East 24th and Stanton streets. This office will be ready late in the fall and! will serve the Irvlngton- and Rose City Park district under the new ma-'chine-switching method of operation. The cost of replacing these 7100 tele phone Instruments is - estimated at (120,000 by telephone officials. The new instrument has a small dial on the base but otherwise Is similar to the present manual set- . Where manual telephones are changed, operation will be continued ,as at present until the new Garfield office is ready for service and the .dial will remain useless until that time. Cholera Sweeping In Typhoon's W ake ; America Sends Aid " Shanghai. Aug. If..-I. I. S.) Chol era is adding horror in the - wake of the ' typhoon, which .destroyed Swatow with a Jos of anywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 - lives. United States Consul General Cunningham today received a cabbed appeal from the United States consul at Swatow for supplies to fight the - cholera epidemic ; -, Doctors and nurse are sailing from here Saturday, under the auspices Of the Red Cross, ; ; i ." The local -: of flees of the Britlsh-In-dlaa -company : reported, . today they have had no word from " the freighter Gondta, which Is believed to have been sunk in the storm witji all hands. T Report reached here today of the destruction ef : several hundred fishing villages along the Southern China coast by the typhoon, in addition to the Jieavy Iocs ot life In Swatow. . BLAST ROCKS LINER 300 MILES OUT Adriatic, Famous Atlantic Ves sef Shaken by Mysterious Ex plosion; Two Firemen Killed; Reports 700 Passengers Safe. On Board Steamer Adriatic at Sea, by Wireless, Aug. 11. (L K. S.) A terrific explosion was followed by fire in hold No. 3 of this famous old White Star liner shortly after midnight. Cap tain David, not knowing the serious ness of the consequences, sent out a wireless . call, saying that he might need assistance. . It was announced by the ship's master that two men, both employes in the fire room, had been killed. Another is missing. . All the passenger an safe. After lowing the vessel down to ascertain the damage Captain David ordered full speed ahead. . In the meantime steward . and other . officers of the ship assured passengers that there was no danger. The ' ship was about S00 miles off the American coast when the explo sion took place. There are .between 600 and 700 passengers on. board. Cap tain" David- Immediately began an In vestigation. ' i The American liner George Wash ington reported by wireless that she was coming to the assistance of th Adriatic, but it was believed no help would be needed. After getting assurance of safety from the officer, the passengers were calm. New York, Aug. il. (L N. S. The White Star liner Adriatic was making port this afternoon with ' all on board reported well. The following radio gram wa received at the White Star offices from Captain Fi .P. Davl: "Eight hundred anK ninety miles east of Ambrose Channel lightship. Anticipate arrival, at 2,;30 p. m. Sun cate. Alt well at present. Among the 700 passengers on board are former Governor: Martin H. Glynn of Albany. N. Y.. and Mrs. Glynn; Mr. -and Mrs. Joseph? Mlnet Of Boa- ton. Thorpe Bates, the English actor. and number of Irish prtesta. Washington, JLur. il-WhUe Presi dent Harding met - with his cabinet- at the White House -today to consider fur ther government action 'in. the -grave industrial -situation, representative of th H standard railroad unions went into session -eight city, blocks away to formulate -a -policy, ot sympathetic ac tion that will make the railroad strike more effective- i : These developments were In prospect as the two meetings' got ' under way this morning: . -1 The striking railway shopmen will reject the president's proposition - of Monday for the men -to return to work pending a decision on the contentious seniority question by the railway labor board, :. . 2 Other 'railroad unions, ' including the -four powerful brotherhoods, will agree upon a policy of sympathetic ac- (Ceaetadad on Pace Six. (Wnn Thna) Lloyd George Has Substitute Offer For Poincare Plan London, Aug. 11. (U. P.) Lloyd George Introduced a substitute for the Poincare German reparations plan in the allied conference here late today. . Discussions designed to iron out. the differences which for a while threat ened the success of the financial con ference were then resumed by Pre miers Lloyd George. Poincare and Theunis. There was a plenary .session of the conference today, but before it metr the delegates Studied the counter propo sals offered by the British cabinet to take the place of the' "productive for feits" program of the French. It was understood that the reports turned in by -the experts were opposed to the French indemnity demands. . While the- French cabinet in Paris has approved the policy of Premier Poincare, ' it - was reported that the French might modify their demands. t PACIFIC COAST IEAGCE ' Vernon at Portland, postponed ; rain. Oakland at Seattle, postponed ; .Wet grounds. ' Sacramento at Los Angeles, 2 r45 P- n- f: ' ' ' . Salt Lake at San Francisco, 2 :4 5 P- ni. ' 3TATI03TAL ' At BtooUtb - - B. H. E. Kew Trk -. 009 02S 100 0 Beook)T eoo ooo lee l 8' l - Btteri J. Bknes . aod Sayder; ..Smith aa4 ililler. . ! At Philadelphia 1 . - , B, H.' K. BortoB ......... 200 01 O04 1 10 PhOadelpUa ... ; . Jl OOO 00 14' S Batteries Wstaoa.aad, trUU Gibaoa HnbbeU aad Hmline. ., - at Pittsbars B. it. E CfatetenaU ... .. . OOO 001 1 Plttatmrs ...... 262 11 ei T il 0 ' Batteries Lakh. ; Xsrkle ; aad - Barcnret; Leopec -aaa oenmrat. : . " At -"STeW Tork- ! . B. H. E. Philadfilphia ...... OO OOO 020 , 2. . 4 " 2 Sew Tot ... .. . OOO Oil 001 2 BMlina Bomaeu. Ketcnua and Persia Bnah and Selians. .;' .'. ' .7ri'-:.,v- At Bowoa . H. H. E. Wastunstoa 00110 OOO . t 13 .0 Benton . OOO 000 04 4 1 Battel itm Jehnaea aad Ficioieb; CeUisa, STRIKE LEADERS MEET IN CAPITAL GaniesTocky XTBtcmj, naaseu aaa no. ; ... v . - Crude Radio Brings Joy To Convict ". -; 4 By CaMcd Nswi) - - Boston, Aug. -11. Listening in on a crude little radio set -made by him self. George Rollins, ; , convicted : of first degree murder and awaiting the death sentence, sat in his -cell In Charles street jail Thursday night and heard a message which may take him from the shadow of the .electric chair to freedom. '' i.' . ' t ; For - several years Rollins, - who has always maintained hl Innocence, has waited while his attorneys fought .des perately ! for a new trlaL -; Recently lease Murphy."-' a convict serving time in a penitentiary la Phil adelphia,; signed , confession,, accord )ng to the dlsUict- attorney, , that he is the. murderer of the man for-whom Rollins was convicted. The grand-Jury here recently indicted Murphy for first degree'- Imurder- and the authorities mad plans to arrest the man as soon as he wa released from the Pennsyl vania'', prison,, r;'"';-s- ' Vsr'.f -i,-.! t Out of the night from a broadcasting station, far away, . Rollins, picked up otti his crude little set a news item which-said that Murphy would be re leased . from prison at once and that Boston detective . would bring . him back to stand trial for murder. RAZE CORIt TO RUINS i Belfast," Aug.. 41. I. N. SJ All the public building In, Cork and Queens town have: been destroyed by the Re publican -irregular before evacuating these i cities, said advices- from the South today. : , ' : ".. " ' It Is reported that the damage from explosions and fire may reach nearly I15.000.00O. .' 1 - Latest' advices from Queenstown said that rebels were still holding out amidst -the ruin of ravaged bulling In Patrick street; Thousands of refugees have fled into the . country . from Cork ' and. Queens town.. J !-!.' ? ' Eamonn d Valera, chief leader of the Republicans, Is reported to be gghtlng in the rank of the Irregu .ra He is said to have been seen in Cork Wednesday. - 1 Irregulars at Howth seised a freight train.' Ofter looting t the cars - the ir regulars wrecked them. f V FBtE STATERS C05TK0L ' KEPCBUCA5 : STRONGHOLDS oublin, Aug. 11. Free State, troops today control Cork and ClonmeU the two most important x strongholds of the Republlcane in Southwestem,.Ire- lana. - ; - . . I addition, the Free State troop have occupied Cahier and tfungarvan. Flghtlhg is In -progress in the sub urbs of Cork. Much; of Cork ha been destroyed by fire et by . the irregu lars before they evacuated the place. All the police and military barracks have been destroyed. ;T - ii " ii ii iimi iiM.wiitMe . Portland-t6-Lyle PassengcrService- Lack of traffic ha caused officials of the S, P. r S. railway company to decide upon the withdrawal of local passenger, trains No. C and 7, operat ing between Portland and Lyle. The withdrawal wilt " be made August ' IS. Spokane trains Nos.1 4 and 1, operating close to the schedule of the, local train will make local stop dally, to .receive or discharge passengers' on signal- .at Waahougal. Cape .Horn, Pr indie, Slu- mania, Greenleaf, . Cascades. Carson, Cooks and Underwood. These trains have been withdrawn at former slack traffic periods and the . official an nounced j that a revival of business probably; would result In replacement oi tne local trams. - i Harding Nominates Navy Man for Post Washington, Aug. lL (I. N. S. President Harding sent to the senate this afternoon the nomination of Cap tain Henry K. Hough othe United States hajpr to be governor of , the Virgin Island. - .. r :-j-- -;r:,r-'i- . .TTs,- t T v - v-rxrr-. w BIG 4 SI RIKE SPREADS TO Santa Fe ; System ; Hard ; Hit by Walkout of trainmen, Who. Leave Passengers to . Swelter in Desert Suhl Trains Stalled .TRAIX 8ERTICS . CRIPPJLED IS .WEST AKD jMIDDLB WIST . Chicago. t,Avg. 11, (U. P.) De moralisatjon of rail - traffic In the West and Middle! West continued today with the spread of the "Big Four"; brotherhood's strike. I -' Transcontinental :.. .train . service over the Santa, F wa practically at a' standstill wRh the strike re ported to be spreading to the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific, t Traffic to the Industrial' centers of Northern i Illlrtois :, and Indiana was badly crippled by the strike of brotherhood - men 'on the Klgln, Joliet.A; Eastern at Joliet, 111. - Tne walkout -of firemen and en gineers on the Louisville Nash ville railroad at lEvansviUe. Ind.f added - to. the traffic tangle. Re ports at noon frosn Svansvllle in dicated - that - th walkout . waa spreading to the Ctiicago 4: Kastern Illinois - railroad. I Illinois Central men : were': scheduied to join ' the striker at S p. rd. today. A complete tleup on the Louis ville, A ; MashvUl was : indicated. Only two trains had operated - up to noon. 1k :: r- :--.r- Union ' off teera were expected to arrive to receive a complete report of alleged activities - of ' striking coal miners outside of Bvansvllle. Both union sand (non-union mine "in Kentucky' were! virtually closed today- by the walkouts of firemen and engineers on .lines hauling coal to, the north - throegh - Kvansville. in the ItsatioB of th walkest ef rail-, road bretherheod jm4m on the Saata F system 1 cleared j throagk tralai will leave Le AsgeUs ea that Use, I. X. MJbbardJ general masfr. assosscea looay, , Los Angeles'. AugJ IT. U. P.) The railroad- shopmen's strike in the West today centered In .(the - great, deserts which lie south and (east of the Sierras -In Southern California. w , ' ' : . There, a near a could be learned, 1 four trains, including the California, , Limited. eastbound Ail on the Santa Fe, were tied up ot tut-ning back be neath the blistering! desert sum j v? three trains, said' td have been carry ing about 400 passengers, which were noppw ai necuin mat uirih ttiih , their crews. In compliance with a deci sion of the railroacj brotherhoods, re- 1mA- a niAv, Yfii-Aiiff-h dfarrirtn. where armed guards were stationed, ' had started, back to Barstow. : Needles, famed as on ot the hottest spots in the deaert, showed a tempera ture of 10S yesterday. Today' reports Indicated no relenting on the part of the . sun.. Barstowt to which point - the ' ' trains were said to4 be returning, . was hIu A JaAa Aac 4 aw. muIav ... - Meager, information : described the - passenger . as . sweltering 'neath t he . flhrnlng, desert heat. No cloud In the sky, no shad tree on the right of (Coschaded en Paea filxteao. Column Ont) r none uompany in ot Decided ton .Action I ,- Officials of the Pactflo Telephone Telegraph company! have not decided on any course or action it tne circuit recent increase Inj rate granted the ntmnanv bV the Public Service ram- mlseion. said C E.1 Hickman, division commercial superintendent. With , the answer, to the suit brought against , the , service 1 commission! by different or-1 ganlxatlons and individuals wlhtdrawn, ' the "circuit "court IS believed to have' but one alternative Sand that Is to de clare the rates illegal. -' It Is possible that the case will i be 1 carried to the federal courts. MY ROADS - i