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Ik 1 I THE WEATHEK Wig - The Statesman rtlr the leased wire report of -the Aa Mtoelsted Presa. 'tb "greatest Thursday fair, warmer except near the coast; gentle westerly winds. . .od -meet reliable press aoclttlna la the world. 8lXTV-XIXTIr VEAIt KALKM, OKKGOX. THl'ILSIKW MOKM.X'i. .UUhT II, Pl'JCK: 11VU CiLXTH. MM EXPLORERS MAKE HOME ONICEFLOW Storkerson and Party Live on Drifting Bergs for Six Months to Study Currents and. Discover New Land V. STEFANNSSON IS kEPT FROM TRIP BY ILLNESS Keenan Land Proven to be , Expanse of Water by ' Party Just Home ELK FUES TO MEETING : : . . . PLANE TRIP 55 MINUTES : : : . . AUTO TIME IS 10 HOURS MEDFORD. Or.. Aug. 13. A Med ford airplane with Lieutenant Floyd Hart as pilot, and Geo:ge Collins, exalted ruler of the Med ford lodge of Elks, as passenger, made the first air riigbt from this city to Klamath Falls today in ui minutes. The same journey by motor car takes at least U hours, while by train It is a jruoney of a day or two depending upon con nections at. Weed. Cal. The plane was sent over for the Elks' state convention at Klamath Falls where it will perform for the remainder of the week and then ; visit various towns in northern California. salemSo products firm TO REORGANIZE . EDMONTON, Alta., Aug. 13. En route to linn If to discuss his adven turea and findings of six --months drifting on an ice flow in the Arctic wastes with V. Stefanson. Stroker T. Ftorgersoa arrived here last night. "Later he will go to Ottowa to report. ' to the Canadian government. Stor kerson wu StefanssonV chief lieu tenant during the latter's arctic journeys- . Stefansscn bad originally Intend ed to accompany the ice flow party but at the last momeat became ill and had to ivturn to civilization. It .was then Storkerson took command of the party and proceeded without his chief. Year's Stay Planned. On March 15. 1917. the little party of 15 men etul from Border Island to board an -ice flow with the object of staying on it , a year or so and determine the currents if any, in Ben fort sea, to take soundings and riiiwnver new land. Eighty dogs and eight sledges were taken aboard the flow along with supplies tn May, "191. After four months Storkerson was taken 111 and on October . 1918, the little party, then in lati tude 74, loogitude 147, west, left the flow, started Its return to the American continent and arrived at -Cape-Halkett November 7. From Cape Ifalkett they proceeded to Bor- der Island where they fell in with Captain Anderson fro mwhom they got supplies for the winter of 1919. Tfliui to North. Belief. Ftorkerson is Inclined to believe, i owing to certain pneuomena. --nerved, that land exists north of the point reached by his party on the ice "Tne flow upon which the party embarked was seven miles wide and 15 miles in length. Seals, polar bears, ducks, gulls andjand birds abounded on It, while "hrinips and shell fish appeared to be the chier food of the seals, according to Btor- -fcercon. -;- . Keenan Land Mytlu ; Keenan Land, which was opposed -to have Deen found by Captain Keen an was found to l non-existanU In ,tead or land was water from meter to 4500 meters deep. TMSPOirrsfflP 1SLK1PINGIN Sheridan Breaks Propellor Shaft 1700 Miles Uii Pacific Coast HARBOR, Cal. CONVICTED PROFITEER rlEDjjSOO Grocer in Birmingham, N. Y. First Conviction in High Cost of Living Probe Sug ar is Sold for 15 Cents PALMER WOULD JAIL AND FINE HOARDERS Rise in Bread Price Held ap pending City Hearing PORTLAND. Aug. 13. Announce ment made recently that. bread would advance in price one cent a loaf next Monday, was withdrawn today by the bakers, who said that the proposed advance win be postponed pending a hearing before a citizens fair price committee as to the necessity of ad vancing the price of bread on a fall ing flour market. According to Port land bakers, bread here is sold lower than at Seattle or Spokane. Storage Conditions Chief Con cern of Investigators at ' Present C A. Park Becomes Presi dent, Patterson and Jones on Directorate FUTURE PLANS ARE BIG 350 Shopmen in Tacoma to Resume Jobs Upon Order TACOMA. Wash.. Aug. 13. After being out for nearly a week. 350 em ployes of the Milwaukee car shops voted today to return to work tomor row morning to comply with the or ders of the district officers of the various unions and the railroad de partment officials. Those who will return to work are machinists, black smiths and sheet metal workers. Som 1200 employes of the Northern Pa cific car shops went out at the same time as the Milwaukee workers and were today voting on the question of returning to work. . ARGUMENTS OVERTREATY TO END SOON Reservationists Claim Demo cratic Assent to Program for Ratification Score of Republicans Pledged HARRY B0WEN IS KILLED CHOKER CRUSHES SKULL WIDOW AND SON SURVIVE WHEELER. Or.. Auk. 13. Harry I to wen. aged 2S. was fatally injured at Comstock loggia k camp today when bis akull was cruahed bv a flying choker, lie waa rushed to a hospital but only lived about four hours after the acci dent. He is survived by his widow and one son. HITCHCOCK THREATENS SENATE FLOOR ACTION Lodge Expected to Join Group of Seven Lead by MTfary Local Business Men and Farmers to Become Inter ested Financially As a part of the complete reor ganization of the Wittenberg-King company of Portland, who owned all the stock of the Salem King's Prod ucts company and The Dalles King's Ptoducta compary. the whole plan disorganization has bed changed and enlarged. The Wittenberg-King company is now the King's Food Products com pany, with a greatly increased capi talization, and although the Salem company's name has not been changed its capital has been increas ed, as in the caee at The Dalles. New people are invited ,to become interested, the result of which is that the Salem company from now on will not only be an industry doing busi ness in Salem, hut a large share or its stock will be wned here and three of Salem's leading business mea will participate in forming Its policies and management. . ' Board of Directors New. WASHINGTON. Aug. 12. Import ant new developments in the govern ments fight to reduce the high cost of living came today. One of the most interesting was the announcement by Attorney Gen eral Palmer that the first federal conviction for profiteering had been obtained. District Attorney Lucey tel egraphed from Binghamton. N. Y.. that a retail grover had been fined $500 for selling sugar, at 15 cents a pound. No details were given and the law nnder which the case was brought was not known here. "A few good cases of profiteering in each state will settle that trou ble," Mr. Palmer remarked. Rigid Amendment " Proposed In order to bring to book persons guilty of raising prices exorbitantly or hoarding food to advance prices. Mr. Palmer submitted to the agri culture committees of congress the draft of an amendment to the food control act extending its .provisions to clothing' and to containers of food and (feeds and providing a penalty of $5,000 fine or two years imprison ment or both for violation of the law. Chairman Haugen. of the house com mittee announced that the amend ment would- be considered immed iately by a sub-committee and that a report might be made tomorrow. It Is Mr. Palmer's idea that this amendment ehould be considered be- i fore taking -up other amendments HUGESWINDLE CHARGED TO 3 Two Men and Woman Held on Forgery Allegations Men Confess a Va The United States army '--a .. from transport Sherman. , , irlt tiinin tr. Ran Francisco, is adrlli suggested by President Wilson to The new board of directors will . me euecuve . consist of C. A. Park, who will ue- cum. - come president; M.i-iL. Jones or Money tor i&use vameu Brooks. J. L. Patterson of rolk coun- Three cabinet officers asked spe- PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 13. Three persons alleged to' have swindled merchants of Portland out of hun dreds of dollars by stealing, forging and passing spurious checks were ar. rested today. Elmer Sibley. 31, an alleged ex-convict. Is ring leader, the police declare. He confessed to forg. lnr and passing many of the checks. It Is said. Richard O'Keefe confessed to the detectives that he had stolen many checks and industrial accident commission drafts from mall boxes, forged -and passed them, it was an nounced. Mrs.' Amelia Fuller, 22. is said to have passed many of the cheeks that Sibley forged. Among these checks were dosens which bore the forged name, of Dr. George Par rish. city health officer. Plane Starts on Trip From Paris Overland to Denmark San ttr,nr.initi to San Francisco -v taa mtiAs out from Francisco, having lost, a fried" according to a radio message picked up today by the U. S. S. New Mexico. In port here. , , , t The message said only IJ-daya supply of coal was on board and asked that a vessel be aent to tow the oi : Can .VrailCiSCO. t ls -probable the Prairie or Vestalmo ther ships to the destroyer equadron of the Pacific fleet-In port here, will be sent to the aid of the Sner- - ldan. ' ," 'LATE MKHSAOE STATES ww, 5 VESSEL PROCEEDING 8LO LY SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. lSA radio message received here yeter" day from 'the army transport Sher idan staled the Vessel was makinP slowTieadway with a broken propel ler shaft and 'would not need the proffered aid of a naval tug, army transport officials aaid tonight. PARIS, Aug 13. A passenger carrying airplane, a sister ctaft o" the Goliath which flew to Morocco on ty, George F. Judd, foraie-Iy of Ma- clli appropriations from congress fo Monday, left here today for Copen rion county and now connected with -amr,aIira -..!nt Inflated nrlces. bagen. aa air line distance of about the Kias's Food Products company, ejw,.aM. ronntM 1410.- 650 miles. The machine carries two F. A. Clark, president of the King's b WQrk Qf tne burean of Fnm Products company of Portland . , , , who will become vice resident of I . . bureau of fish- the Salem company. S. L. Eday. vice lrltr new fish foods. F2?V Sd ai-5 .s an retkry Wilson alked for $475,000 Portland, and Cameron squt es. an .mniovment of anecial aeents officer and director oi uaaa imua ' k1, xma, n,.t- J H Walker present manager of ed $1,000,000 for the bureau of in- ihe Salem company, will be made vestigatkm and for the expenses of secretary of the local company and the state food administrators assist- C C Cook treasurer of the KtJg's Ing the department of justice. Food Products company, jwill most Another $200,000 was asked for likely become treasurer of the Salem anti-trust snits, especiall that against Company. the five big packing companies. The -Well Known Jlen Interested. attorney general also wants $300.- . . a h Wittenbers- 000 for other work of the depart- :Aa Blat !It-!iCAif fo ment. not already connected with the the K S fJ Prucu aw ling Problem, such as the enforce wlch companTis owned and con- ment of war-time Prohibition, prose trolled bv ETA. Clark, president, M. cution of appeals and hiring of spe- A. wmenberg. S. U.Eddy, vice pres- ciai assistants. Ident Ladd & Tilton Bank. F. w. Governors Want Quick Action Clark, president V F- N.- Clark asked today if he had any reports In company, Portland. Cameron htimres dicatnK enffkMent food held In stor- of the Wilcox fanmy. anu-a age t3 affeet prices materially if re- f the Ladd Ll leased. Mr. Palmer revealed that Isaac D. Hunt of foruan a. i ttUmber of governors had appealed to five named make up the Loara oi ai hlm tQ cQt .red tape in forelng on rectors. i.M the market "amazing quantities" of The Dalles Company Reorganises. foodstuffg now in storage. In some .nmhiinv at The Dalles IS I"- pshm it ran tiiirl the fond ha been .. .nni,orl slnne the Same lines I v.m nnr.-r than nornilttMl hv Ktatp as the Salem company. fcw"a laws, but technicalities regarding in- pease. a leading merchant of The terstate commerce had prevented the Dalles, is to be. prwaldent; . Mr. '-wli- govern0rs from undertaking seizure iiams president of the F,r8t,flmai or prosecution. Mr. Palmer ordered Rank, of The Dalles, and Edward dlstrlct attorneys to assist the French, presmem oi goveroors.. . are the otner iwu rteoort of excessive stocks of food nalles men with Mr. Pease on h,d n storage have been received hl hnurd of directors. from at least six states, the attorney "We have taken lots of m "J" general said. He declined to be rao'red no expense," said F. N. V?: more specific, but It was indicated f-' . , nr.,!nir the local I . . . - . ,.T ,.. reorgknization, -in SnlKdrT- . .... eanizations oi me - --- mouc m tion business arong goou, - storage conditions also are en gag conservative lines. tnir the attention of the state food ad The peopia ii, l - r minigtratore. several of whom have At, not fcnnw -av im - - cirH If ther were authorized v t-v has sprung hd nnhiish the fa'ts when it appearen - .A ..AA.0A wo nnvq uwia i - . . . a - , . . ... n H wnn. r rti y w npm I nun lllitl uiuic -e the public than the reasojaDie re- pilots, several' passengers and French and Danish diplomatic records. A stop near Amsterdam is planned. Arrangements Complete for Funeral of Steel Magnate X.ENOX. Mass., Aug. 13. Ar rangements for the funeral tomorrow morning of Andrew Ca:negie were completed today after the arrival of Dr. William Pierson Merrill or New York from his summer home at West weymouth. Dr. Merrill will conduct tne ae.- vlees sad the Pre&hyterian service for the dead will be used. POLICE RESUME HOARDING HUNT We realize it because rnontlnued on page 6.) FLIER AUTHORITY FOR STATETAT FOUR PLANES WERE PRESENT ANU '""'fti REVEALS TRUTH OF SEEMING WILD ASSERTION If you've rot a foolish question Ir lour aystem and want to ge rid of it an aviator. He will answer t He Is used to just that kihd of nnestlons. This waa demonstrated yesterday upon the arrival of the orthern patrol of one of the army file tn stationed here. The curious bvstander had asked U the usual ones about the motor nd the speed and the wings and the danger and the dizziness and stunt flying and expenses and the cold and Uie heat and several other questions. hait answered them in courteously but withhe a of me repeating an old story. many n?s qnSionfr asked: "How many airplanes are there here now? . The lieutenant turned around in order to get a full Tlew of all the machines on the field and seemed SSully. to estimate the situation Then turning again to .his live friend he said a though he had nideVdiscovery: "Why-there are flle was right there were. nnrnvpnti of a Healer demanded "I told them ti o right ahead and to use the nan.es." Mr. Palme announced. "I am Interested in ga ting as much , Information on thl subject to the -ultimate consumer a I, possibly can-" The effect of the government r campaign was indicated in th r vislon by the war department of charted for surplus army , j nwtntnnii were made "to i vuu - . . meet competition by retailers. Portland Work Halted Tem porarily Carload of To matoes Is Lost PORTLAND. Or.. Aug. 13. Oppo sition encountered yesterday by nine policemen who wee making a sur vey of foodstuffs in storage in Port land will not halt the work. The investigation was called orr for a lew hours, but after consulta tion with City Attorney La Kochf and United States District Attorney Haney. Chief of Police Johnson again ordered his men to go aheag today. One of the policement said that on the first day he had learned there was more than 1.227.000 pounds of butter aod nearly 40.000 cases of eggs in storage here. This was mere ly the discovery of one man for one Early Indications were that there mav be rotue excess storage of food tn keen nn the n-ices. although Chief Johnson cautions the public not to h startled at some huce figures, for the amount of foodstuffs, which may be found In large quantities, mav ba stored for ooly a few days, becans many of the wholesalers act merely as distributing agents tor a Dig lem tonr. .'VKnMEXT AGENTS WACJK WAR IX CHICAGO CHICAGO. Aug. 13. Government prosecutors who are waging war o.i the food hoarders and profiteers win go before federal judges In Chicago at an early date and ask for writs WASHINGTON. Aug. 13 (By The Associated Press) The trend to. ward agreement on reservations In the peace treaty reached the stage today where the group of Republican senators advocating reservations re ceived assurances which they accept, ed as guaranteeing democratic as sent to their program. Word reached members of the group, it -waa said, that as soon as they could pledge a score of Republi can votes for reservations to tne league of nations covenant along the line recently agreed on by seven'Re publican senators, the administration forces in the senate would be willing to line up on that basis for ratifica tion of the treaty. Lodge May Be Convert. There was an intimation also that the reservationists had reason to be lieve their ranks eventually would in rlnrfe Senator Lodxe. chairman of the foreign relations committee and Republican leader of the senate. Twentv Republicans, it waa ne-i clared. would be enough with the ad ministration democrats to maae up the two-thirds necessary for 'ratifi cation. The progmm on wmen tt is sought to unite these elements eon- templates reservations to further pro tect the Monroe doctrine, 10 insure domestic control over- domestic ques tions, to amplify the right of with drawal and to fortify the power of congress to decide questions of peace or war under article ten. Senate Action Threatened. At a meetinr of the foreign rela tions committee Senator Hitchcock gave notice that nnlesa the committee .Amnut without undue delay its consideration of the treaty, some In. nant0nt action mlKhl De expeciea An i ho floor of the senate. Both the democrats and the reservation ne- publicans have been insistani u public sentiment demanded dlsposi ti. Af th treat without delay. WU V, Anion manv senators tne aay s ue- velopments were Interpreted as mark ing the beginning oi ine-ea ui Besides General buss auu House, both of whom were members f the American peace aeieBww Senators Johnson and Borah are on jnA in have snrfcested in a let- UD n iwvm w - - a. V ter to Chairman Lodge toaay inai committee hear R. T. Williams, for mer head of the state departments r ...t.rn division: S. K. ' riornoeca a wim.m r.. Rullitt. all advisors to the commission who resigned while the negotiations were in i""- v.. K-in snorted that Mr. Williams and Mr. Hornbeck left the commls wanse of the Shantung settle ment and Mr. Bullitt because be was dissatisfied with provisions an- Russia. Khantnn Will WnrnWIng Wock. Aithnnrh discussions about reser vationa have centered on the league covenant, the Shantung provision has not been lost sight or oy oppwi senators and It was said today that an amendment covering it would be urged both in the committee and In the senate. It Is expected that Sen ator Fall also will urge an amend ment striking out all reference to American representation on the var ious commissions to ne ki op "u nervlse reconstruction jn Europe. What anienamems or -ic. in w .taht to the treaty in com mittee Is said by members to depend largely on Chairman Lodge. The Re publicans have a majority of three. Knt nn s of them. Senator McCumber. is expected to vote with the Demo- oMta airalnst any radical amenurauv cKnnM th chairman aio accept J " v . , . . reservation program similar o i unmhor.MrNirr oian. me ani- amendment group would be in the mafnritv. whit mav nave oeen am played by the White House in the negotiations between Bfmucmn: vru- ators and the reservation nepuoii cans has not been revealed. Members of the Utter group who talked with p,..Hni Wilson have been coniiaeni that he would be willing tn the end to accept such a program, but puc ly there has been no ehange in hi stand for unreserved ratification. TWO BAD MEN: MAKEiSCAPE FROM GUARDS Dave Bnchonx, Scrying life, and L B. SoulKwick, Leap from Auto CONNIVANCE fSUSPECTED 3SH0TIK h i mi n i r 6 liter . of Man Under Sentence Believed Responsible for Mysterious Car D. wie'e sta'i Strikers -and Sympathizers Charge -Keystone Wire and Steel Company Plant Injur ing Score Deputy Sheriffs Fire Volley lor Volley SNIPER SHOOTS WOMAN PRECIPITATING TROUBLE J. HiHh x and E. TJ. Sooth -vo -daraerour-inmatrtf of the hwcplu! for th- insane wbj we.e f?.nfernd to .'.t institution frou the rtite penltatiar- "VJcral months ago made thelr eacape while belnc taken to the flax fields early yesterday and are believed to have had outride assistance. Sonthwleks I slater has been about the hospital for several weeks attempting to ob tain his release and waa last at the howpital yesterday. This together -with the fact that a myteriou'au to- mobile was aaen in the road near the scene of the break made by the two men has caused the suspicion. Both are said to have recov ered mentally, bnt -eentenees In the state orison still hang over them itrtcnoux waa convict a oi one oi the most atrocious murders ever committed In the state. While re turning" with a prominent stockman named R. C. Goodwin from Andrews to Ontario. In Malheur county, he killed Goodwin, according to find ings at the trial, tied a weight to his cornte and threw the body" into Snake River. Next .morning Bri- ebotix forged Goodwin's -name en a check for $100 and obtained the money. He went to Wlnnemncea- Tcnth Infantry Ordered to" Scene by Governor Lowden ' Colonel Yeager of J)an rille Commands .Unit PEORIA. I1U Ag- 12. Three persons were shot and seriously wounded and a score of other per sons received cots aad bruises when several hind red strikers and sytnps thiters charged the . Keysteoe Wlr and Steel company's plant la South Baronville. five miles from UJs city tonight. A handful -of deputy sheriffs who have been guatd lag the plant where a strike ef 800 workers has .been la progress tcr several weeks, fought off the rioters. retnraLig welley -f or volley. , Kaipers Get Watchnuuu , ! The setioasly wounded are lleubea Sonane:s and Alvla Sommers, who are connected with the firm, and a night watchman, who was shot, la the back .by -saipers. The Somtaers wete fired upon with siuMgans. Sporadic outbreaks continued throughout the day and recalled la the shooting and slightly wounding of two strikers who had fired on the deputies. The principal disorder tonight fol lowed the shooting of a woman by a ilBf iir I . n 1 a n t Kha waa tNev- and got xsoo more in oooo-;ir alightly injured. Later a truek (Contlnned on page 4 ) tom ATOKS ltOCXD F1U1M CAMP LKWIS UJST IX THAXSIT PORTLAND. Aug. IS. The car- load of tomatoes ordered by the city from the left-over army supplies to he sold at eoRt to citizens of Port land ha not vet arrived. No tra of tho shlDment can be located, al though frequent telegrams have been sent out bv City Purchasing Agent Peter P. Mcjntosh. The tomatoes were shipped from Camp 1-ewla Aug ust 8 and were expected aionuay. win's name, and to cover the crime telegraphed relatives of Goodwin over the -signature of 'the dead man that Goodwin had cone east. Out the appearance of the body In Snake river several days later gave the crime away. Brichoux was convicted of second degree murder sad sent to the penitentiary from Malheur coun ty October IS. ItlC. to serve for life. He waa transferred to the hos pital for the insane April 1?. this - a a m S-k a year, ne is sz years oia. rmenou Is knwn ss Dave Hriehonx. He for merly ran the Savoy hotel at La Grande. Southwiek was serving In the pen ten tiary on two counts, one to 10 yea re for larceny of cattle, and five to ten years for assault -with latent to kill. He was convicted of then of three cows from one Charles Brown In Wallowa county, and then appar ently to cover the crime later shot Brown, but failed to kill him. Soathwick was sent to the peni tentiary March 13. thla year, and t ran rf erred to the state hospital -with Brichoux on April 19. He Is only 20 years old. Both men had good records while in prison. At the state Insane hos pital they were placed in the flax pulliiyc gang and escaped while be ing taken to a field near inrner. leaping from the ctr as it was go ing slong the public rosd". Before they could be caught by attendants Brichoux and Sonthwlck hid fa the brush aad could not be found. -Au thorities eoepect they escaped In an automobile waiting in a convenient place, and that Sonthwirk's sister was In the car. Attendants in the hospital auto mobile with Brichoux aad Soathwick were handicapped In attempting to capture them for the reason that they had other members of the flax pnlllng gang whom they could not leave. Hospital attendants do not load of strike-breakers tspproached the plaat and firing was renewed. GrARISMJ?X OIIDKRKD TO PKOHIA OX RIOT DUTY SPRINGFIELD. I1L. Aog. 1S Governor Frank Loerdea tonight or dered the tenth Illinois Infantry, com tnanded by Colonel O. P. .Teager. of Danville, to Peoria for, riot dnty. PEORIA. Ills.. Aug. 13. The eec cond regiment, seventh hattsJkm. Ill inois -reserve militia stationed ;here and commanded by Major 11. M. Powell, has been ordered to the scene of the strike. It was announced. I Continued en rtsre-4) HtlPLOYERSnMIE BOARD IEBERS Deckeback, Allen and Wal lace 'Chosen -for 'Labor Mediation Body F. G. Deckebaeb. W. G. AUen sad Panl U. Wallace -were cboeea -sta nseetlng In the CcmmerciaJ .clnb last night as the three members repre senting the employers ef the city oa the local labor mediation -hoard which Is In process of organization. 'The members representing the em ployees have not yet been aanaaeed The mediation board will be com- poeed of aix members, half from the employers aad nair rrom tae em ployees. The methods of adminis tration have not been made public snd probably will 'ot be until the boixd meets as a whole. The ob ject or the board Is to sdjast differ ences which may arise between local employers aad employes sad so tar aa can be learad. Salem U the first city in the nortnwejt to have such s body. Baby Dies When Hurled from Automobile Striking Ruts " WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Aug. IS The year old son of Mr. and Mrs Alexander Reld of Kallspell. Mont., was hurled from an automobile near Walla Walla tonight aad killed. The car struck a rut. This ls the second death here this week resulting from occupants being Jolted from ears. SPECTACULAR FIRE DESTROYS '2 OF OREGON'S BEST I.I0T0RB0ATS Crniser Coronado, Valued at $14,000 and Voider Boy, Well Known Racer Burned Engineer Has Narrow-Escape PORTLAND. Aug. 13. Two of the- finest mot or boats on the Wil lamette river, two boat honses and a new municipal motor boat land lag were destroyed ltoalght in a spec tacular fire, cansed by .the explo sion of the gasoline tank of one of the boats. An engineer employed In the boathouse when the explo sion eeerred narrowly escaped -with his lire by -Jumping i j to -the water, aad sastalaed .severe Injuries. The two motorboats were the prop erly of Fred W. Yolger.- One was the cabin cm leer - Coronado. valned et 1 14.0 00 -while the other was Ue Yolger Boy. well known racing yes pel, which' has .taken jart la many peed events upon the water here.