2
IB
WRECKED ZR-2
Difficult Task of Recovering
' Bodies of Crew Resumed
At Low Tide
'7
ENLISTED MAN IS
HERO
Charles Broom, New Jersey,
., Swims Under Debris and
. : . Finds One Body r
HULL, England, Aug:, 25.
Efforts to salvage the wreck of
the ZR-2 in the widespread moutii
of the Huraber river, in the 'hope
that more of the bodies of her
crew might be recovered from the
twisted debris of tne giant airship,
were resumed at low tide late to-day.-
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All Hull it seemed, I watched
from the qaays ' along the river,
which poors itself ont, chocilate
colored, to the sea.- Thousand of
persons stood patiently for hours
watching while the salvage men
etruf gled with the difficult u&k
of running steel ropes under the
wreck of the airship for the pur.
pose of trying to pull it from the
muddy bottom with the Incoming
high .tide. . ;''- .,-,",
Wreck Is Inspected
During the late day admiralty
officers went out In a tug to in
spect the wreck, while small sal
vage craft of the air department
were .gleaning- what they could
fromMhe parts of the ZIl-2 pro?
jecting from the water. The Am
er lean air officers, anxious to re
cover the bodies of their iom-
fades, also Inspected what was
left of the dirigible that was to
liave taken them to the United
States. v i? .
, The ZR-2 lies on a sand or mud
bar, about half way in the mouth
of the rlyer, three-fourths of a
mile from shore. The water at low
tide here Is about four feet deep.
So bent and twisted is the skele
ton fram which projects from the
surface, that despite the shallow
ness of the water at low tide, it
will be extremely difficult tc
move the wreck because of 1U
great weight, with clinging mud
Mid the river, running swiftly -on-cither
side. ' - j :
- Task Found Difficult
This afternoon one salvage boa?
was working assiduously at th
wreck, but the more elaborate ap
paratus which was expected bad
not yet arrived. Old river men
shook their, heads skeptically and
declared it would be no short Job
to remove th$ great buTx;o( metal,
i; Meanwhile, i a lightship-, has
been stationed $, alongside 'V the
"wreck to warn traffic of Its' gan
ger. .River men are Incltned" to
the opinion' that not. many bodies
will be found In the debris, -but
will, be more Itkely be found' up
river, as the tide, which waa bo-
ginning to flow wh,n the iiaas
tcr-. occurred runs - strongly or
. several mtles upstream. . . ;
' To Embalm llodjc
. It is understood , the . bod ios oi
the two Americans alreadr found
will be, embalmed and sent home.
Tomorrow the coroner's Inquest
dn the bodies recovered will be
held, but It is not expected the in
quiry will develop Into anything
ncnaat'onal in the way ' of a ver-.
41ct, Pending the official inquiry
into the cause of the disaster. It
is generally known that the cal
amity was precipitated by the oot
id pse of a girder amidships, but
nobody, In authority has yet ven
; tured an opinion as to what caus
ed the girder to collapse.
' Each hour of delay In' search
ing for bodies will make more re
mote the pbBslblllty of their re
covery, according, to Charles' H.
: Broom, a non-commlsstanej offi
i ter of the naval a'r detachment,
I who chanced to be in i Hull on
i leave yesterday and was the first
American to visit t4e scene of the
disaster. - .
- Uroom First at Seen r
'Drown, whose home is in Atlan
f t'c City, told the Associated
Press correspondent today that, he
arrived at the wreck 10 minutes
1 'ter the airsh'p hit the water.
The after-bag, he eald, was still
; inflated, standing SO or 40 feet
; above the surface.' j.
. Stripping oft his coat. Broom
: cut the opening in the outer cov
, erlng of the bag, dived in and
swam throurh one of th after
gnndolas. He recovered .he body
i of Ueutenant R. S. Montague and
Harry Bateman'g log booX. Broom
was acclaimed a hero by the res
cue boats wh'ch watched the
: work. - " . .,i - ...
: . Th!a morning at low tide Croon
again visited the wreckage. The
: SWlrling CUrrAnta tnr(hor with
the ebb and flow of the tide was
' ru nt no the sand ahnut iiiA rnn
dolas to turn an extent that they
; ""uin tm burled unless rapid
measures were taken to remove
them. Kroem declared, i .
. ; ' ; KxpMidon Caused lleatli
nroom shares w:th Flight Ltcu-
i-nani warn the opinion that
rnost of the crew were killed by
; IB- -PI0810n. . 1 "
m nnvage operations were un
fruit'ul today and tonight.' no
; r od'es be'ng recovered. - j Portions
of wreckage from the blr balloon
re foond in the water 10 mils
distant from the polht wbtre ehe
ner unsl plunge, j
ii was eterra'n- It try to-
1 w w,i powerrui crsnes and
rr0..0" th hr9ken portions of
uuix rrom the muddr bottom
j tll 'Ter- Divers remained trv-
' ,n"a'4 uebris only a! f hort
J Hme. reusing to risk working in
...v. . hum currents.!'
i niatnr Not 4Ji"
: Official investlgatlona today at
Hull into the ZR-2 disaster failed
to produce results either minimis
ing its extent or throwing1 light on
the reason why the big airship
broke in two and fell into the
Jlumber river..- ., . S .
All hope that there are survi
vors other than Norman O. Walk
f r. an American rigger and Flight
Lieutenant A. II. Wann, comman
m
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
der of the aircraft, and three oth
er British members of the crew,
has been abandoned.
The disaster has stirred the
British public as no event since
the world war. All, including
royalty, hastened to express sym
pathy. No Efforts Ommll ted
The a!r- ministry and the ad
miralty, are omitting no efforts in
salvaging the wreck and Investi
gating the cause of the collapse
of the dirigible.
Victims Imprisoned
It Is presumed that a number
of the crew of the ill-fated craft,
including Brigadier-General Halt
land, may have been imprisoned
in the gondolas at the time of the
disaster, as they had an engjge-
ment to attend a dance in Hull,
arranged In their honor Wednes
day night. This was to have been
in the nature of a farewell gath
ering in honor of the Americans.
The report that' the body of
Commander Louis H. Maxfield.
U. S. N., had been found was in
accurate.
' Will Hold Inquest
The inquest into the disaster,
fixed for tomorrow, is expected to
be merely a formal opening In
quiry, but- the air ministry has
convened a court which will open
at Howden Saturday.
.iucmiui, .uuvuu.
investigation will be made into
the full technical aspects of the
case by the "accident investiga
tion sub-committee of the aeron
autical research committee."
ARMED MINERS BATTLE
IN WEST VIRGINIA
(Continued from page 1.)
the Boone county line. It is said
to be one of a few mining towns
In the Logan field organized by
the United Mine Workers of Am
erica. C. FK Keeney, district pres
ident of the miners, tonight said
that the president of the Blair
local union had reported to him
earlythls week that the men there
were ''prepared for trouble," and
had "dug trcuches In the sur
rounding hills to protect them
selves from possible attack."
United Mine Workers officials,
commenting on the reported fight.
said that if there had been an en
gagement . It was local and not
connected with the Marmet situ
ation nor engaged in by men from
the Marmet camp.
Wire Are Cut
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 25.
8heriff J. L. HIU of Boone coun
ty here tonight told the Associat
ed Press over the long distance
telephone that all wires between
Madison and Blair had been cut
nd that he was without Informa
tion concerning a reported recent
engagement between marcners
and deputy sher'ffs at Ula'.r.
Information nefusoil "
CHARLESTON". W. Vs., Aug.
25 A' man who said he was
Sheriff Don Chafln answered the
telephone in ths office of the Lo
gan county sheriff tonight.
"What Is the situation In Lo-
can county tonight? he was
asked.
"We are rot feiving out, any in
formation," was h's reply.
Asked whether there was fight
ing going on at Blair he said:
"I cannot say anything about
It," as he hung the receiver on
the hook.
Report Is Denied
HUNTINGTON, W.: Va., Aug.
25. Louis Michaclson. a news
dealer of logan, stated to the As
sociated 1 Press correspondent to
night that he was a member of a
party of deputlea that reconnolt
ered In the vicinity of Blair late
this a'ternoon. He declared there
had been no battle between min
ers and deputies, and that the on
ly report of any shooting was that
miners had fired at an airplane.
May f 'all Troops.
COLUMBUS. O.. Aug. 25. Nor-
folk & Western railroad yard of
ficials here- announced tonlfcnt
that they had received orders to
have 7 three coaches ready for
transportation of troops south
ward at "any time after mid
night."
All officers at Columbus liar-
racks vhere several hundred
troops are stationed, were attend
ing a staff meeting and could not
be rescued, soldiers staiionea at
the post were called In from
amusement parks and from the
streets by orderlies who said that
preparations were -being made lor
& movement.
The N. & W. officials denied
knowledge as to the destination of
the train, but aald their informa
tion was that . the , troops to be
transported would come eastward
n the Pennsylvania railroad from
Fort ' Benjamin Harrison, Ind.
Pennsylvania .officials, however,
said they knew of no troop move
ments between Indianapolis and
Columbus. -
Bohrnstedt is Eloquent
In Salem Booster Address
Jt Is customary when tho north
west Realty dealers meet annu
ally, to allow a delegate from each
town or city five minutes In which
to extoll the wonders of the town
and county wherein he sells real
estate.
The Marlon County Realtors
association railed for Bam plea o
real eloquence from Its members,
telling why, Marlon county was
the garden spot of the universe.
A number of five minute address
es were written out, and the com
mittee adjudged that oi wri'fn
by A. C. Bohrnstedt to be the
best. -
After referring to the wonders
of the Willamette va;:ey for about
four.and one-half minute: the fi
nal appeal Trom the address of
Mr. Borhnstedt is as follows:
'"Our mountain streams and our
neaka.--.onr lake, onr rivers, our
forests, our orchards, our v"n
yards, onr -people, and even the
birds of the air invite yoa to com
to Salem and the Willamette val
ley, the home ot the Marlon
County Realtors') association, and
the placet that God must have
made last because he made It the
best of all.". , .
Read Tho Classified Ads.
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PLAN
IS
New System of State and
Local Assessment Offer
ed By Realty Men
NONE - WOULD ES0APE
Governor Hart Called Upon
To Convene Special
Legislative Session
TACOMA. Wash.. Aug. 23.
A new system of state and local
j taxation is to be urged by real
j estate men of the Pacific north
1 west, according to a resolution
. passed . unanimousty at today's
I session of the annual convention
tnft Interstate Realtv aasocla-
being
ley. Rainier national park.
The states of Washington, Ore
gon, Montana and Idaho and the
province of British Columbia are
represented in the resolution
which includes the following pro
visions: (1) A personal citizenship tax
which shall be levied consistently
on the people of taxing every one
at his place of domicile for the
support of the city or county gov
ernment under which he lives.
(2) - A personal income tax lev
ied in accordance with the princi
ple of those able to pay.
(3) A property tax on land.
(4) A business tax at a mod
erate levied apportlonately and
not progressively.
While the subject of taxation
was scheduled ,as a conference
subject, so great was the Interest
in the matted that it was taken
Into open convention. Cce A.
McKenna of Portland, Or., vice
president of the association, pre
sided and the foregoing resolu
tion was introduced by E. S.
Goodwin of Seattle, a past presi
dent of the association.
Stating that "our country 13
farthest behind in the solving ot
tax problems, the northwest stilt
farther behind the country and
the state of Washington farthest
of all' the northwest states.
Frank J. Laube. instructor in pub
lie finance at the University or
Washington scored present tax
system".
Wash'ngton delegates then
passed an unanimous resolution
requesting Governor Lou i P.
Hart to call a special session u-
the state legislature for the pur
pose of having submitted to the
people an amendment to he state
conltitutlori giving to the legisla
ture the power to 'enact necessary
laws- to carry out1 the pla,U in
dorsed by the. .convention, as a
whole. ' ;;. ' r:V . ' - ' ! -v !
Automatic Sprinkler Pro
tects Paper Factory
" From Fire Menace
Part of the material for the
new sprinkling system to be in
stalled in the Oregon Pulp &
Paper company plant has arrived,
according to E. T. Barnes, gen
eral manager.
The sprinkling system Is similar
to those installed iu all large coast
pi. per mills. Besides being auto
matic, the system turns in an
alarm to the fire station in case of
fire.
For the special protection
gainst fire, a pumping tytstem
has been installed midway be
tween the Spaulding Logigng
company's mill and the paper
mill. Pumps are operated from
the boilers of either plant as a
matter of additional safety, and
are kept continuously working to
keep the pressure on all stand
pipes.
Should any faucet open in the
paper mill, the pumps automati
cally increase in speed. By this
system the mill is given protec
tion independent of the city ser
vice.
However, to secure the great
est protection, connection is made
with the city water main, by
means of sheck valves, so that, ir
the event of no steam in . the
boilers, pressuro is secured from
the city.
With the automatic sprinkling
system just being Installed, and
with the boilers placed between
the two plants and the connection
with the city mains, Mr. Barnes
says that everything possible has
been done in the way of tire pro
tection for ijaleni s paper; mill.
Amended Complaint is.
Filed Against Woman
' n mii i mi ;
An amended complaint has heec
filed in the suit of Clyde W. Fenn
against Edith E. Grebe. In which
the plaintiff asks for a total ot
1000 damages.
The complaint states that Julr
24, while he was repairing his
auto stage near the Valley. Pack
lnr company plant. Mrs. Grebe
ran into him while driving an au
tomobile, caused by hr neKl'
gence, reckless and careless driv
ing. : -j-. -
It Is claimed that she; gave' o
alarm, that she did not apply the
brakes; that the way was clear
and instead ot slowing down in
passing, her speed was 25 mile's
an hour. j
Mr. Fenn alleges that he wa?
violently struck, knocked down,
rendered unconscious for several
hourtf and sustained a fracture of
BEING PUT' III
the right foot, bruises and crfn
tutlons on the right chest, right
elbow, left knee and ankle. As
driver of an auto stage, he claims
he was making 1100 a week.
Cherrians Will Meet
Tuesday, September 6
C. E. Knowland. King Bins of
the Cherirana. says it is now defi
nitely determined that the Sext
meeting of Cherrians will b-
caled for Tuesday evening. Sep
tember 6. At the dinner to be gn.
en-tliat evening. at the Commercial
club, Cherrians will be called on
to decide just what the intend to
do about Booster day at the state
fair, Tuesday, September 27.
It is announced the A- H. Lea.
secretary of the state fair board,
is in favor of making Booster day
one of the special ones daring tho
week. In order to make the day
worth while for the many boost
ing organizations of the state, Mr:
Lea favors a big program. This
includes special tours through the
agricultural building and stock
department, with specialists in
each department who will make
short talks of interest.
West Point Examination
To Be Given Guardsmen
INDEPENDENCE. Ore.. Auk.
24 (Special to The Statesman)
The commanding officer of com
pany K this city, has reveived a
letter that a preliminary compet
itive examination for the selec
tion of two candidates from the
Oregon national guard for en
trance Into West Point will occur
between November 1 to 15. A
candidate to be eligible must be
between the ages of 13 and 22
and must be an enlisted man of a
unit which has received federal
recognition by the government, in
addition to having served for one
year as an enlisted man. Several
members of company K are Inter
ested in taking the examination.
Hinote in Care of Accident
Commission, But Not in
Bad Shape
Mystery now surrounds a tele
gram which called Mrs. A. De
Long ot Montana to Salem Wed
nesday to the bedsido of her son,
Earl Hinote, who was said to be
seriously ill In this city. After
a long but fruitless search Wed
nesday night' Mrs. DeLong' early
.yesterday located him through the
jphyo-thrrapr, department! of the
industrial accident commission,
where he is a. patient for; nervous
trouble, tho resalt of aa accident.-
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Mr. Hinote was found in fairly
good health, rapidly recovering
from his trouble and knowing no
reason why his wife should have
sent for his mother. His rapidly
improving condition would have
warranted his release from the
commission's care in about a
week. Miss Laura Heist, head of
the department, declared.
A telegram was dispatched yes
terday to Mrs. Hinote asking for
an explanation, but up until late
yesterday .no answer tfiad been
lecelved.
On August 22 Mrs. DeLong re
ceived a telegram from Hinote's
wife In Marshfield saying that
he was in a Salem hospital and
needed her and asking that shs
leave immediately for Salem
wnere Airs. Hinote would meet
her. Arriving here at 10r30 on
Wednesday night, she was unable
to find either of the two. After
calling all of the hospitals she
went to the hotels, but the search
was unavailing. Late in the eve
ning she sought the police and
secured their co-operation.
The publication of the story in
yesterday's Statesman led to the
location of Hinote by his mother.1
Together they have attempted to
find Mrs. Hinote in this city but
have failed.
Mrs. DeLong will remain here
a few days, after which she will
leave for Marshfield.
Hinote says he never was In
the hospital and hat his wife was
acquainted with his condition.
During his stay in Salem he has
been stopping at the Miller ap
artments. Former Idaho Sheriff's
Body Found in Morgue
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 25.
Mystery surrounding the disapr
pearance frpm this city August 12
of former Sheriff Walter E. Dag
"gett of Lewiston, Ida., was cleared
today by the identification of hla
body in the morgue -at Belling--'ham.
Wash. He ended his life by
(shooting the day following his dis
appearance here, police say.
More Applications Come
. For Wilamette Entrance
Among those who applied for.
admiKs:on to Willamette univer
sity yesterday for admittance be
ginning with the fall term are the
following:
M. Clare Geddes of Roseburc.
a graduate of the Rnsebnrg high
rhnol; Gordon Granbury of Mt.
Veraon. Wash., who was gradu
td la-t serin, from the M.
Vernon high school, and Earl W.
McAbee of the College of Puget
Found. Tarema, a graduate of
the Ballard school of that city.
Oen. Jacob Sleicher Coxey Is la
the field araln. He is organizing
a force of wets to defeat dry Jes
slation: Coxey took an s"armv
'to Washington once upon a time
and he was compelled to keep off
th? White House grass.
HM Mil
FINDS HER Si
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LLOYD GEORGE
Aversion to Resumption Of
Warfare Expressed in
Dail Eireann Lelter
TEXT IS NOT PUBLISHED
Republic Not Mentioned in
Missive Prepared for
British Premier
1 DUBLIN, Airg. 25. The Dail
Kireann cabinet has replied to the
letter which Premier Lloyd George
sent to Eamonn De Valera, the
Irish republican leader, on August
13, It was in this letter that the
i-rime minister informed Mr. De
Valera that, there could be no
compromise on the question of the
right of Ireland to secede, and
also attempted to make clear the
conditions of the proposed peace
settlement. -
Whi'e the text of the republi
can cabinet's letter will not be
published until an agreed joint
communique is Issued. It is un
derstood that it makes no men
tion of a republic, but enunciate3
the principle of independence and
xpresses aversion to a resump
tion to warfare. Thus, It Is con
sidered there still is a wide open
ing for a continuation of the
peace negotiations, a fact which
has caused widespread satisfac
tion and a general feeling of op
timism. Ie Valera Kllains Today
At a public meeting of the Dail
Eireann tomorrow, Mr. De Valera
will explain the motives which
led the deputies to take the de
cision they have. Publication of
the joint communique, both at
London and Dublin, also is looked
tor tomorrow.
At the same meeting the Dail
being a new one, all office hold
ers, including the cabinet, auto
matically will go out of office and
be reelected. After this formality
the peace negotiations will be
brought up by the president and
any member will be free to bring
-business before the chamber.
Offer Held Vague.
Tonight's issue of the Irish Bul
letin, official Dail Eireann organ,
going into a detailed discussion of
what it says he government has
denied Ireland, declares Mr. Lloyd
George's offer "does not actually
propose what it professes to pro
pose; what it does actually pro
pose is something no nation could
adopt without dishonor."
Comparing theoffer of the Brit
ish prime minister with the farm
of governments granted to Canada
and South Africa, the bulletin as
serts that these dominions are al
lowed to compose their domestic
differences without Interference
from outside, and concludes:
Freedom Is IIukIm
"There could bo" free negotia
tion on many matters in the pre
mier's six conditions and amicable
arrangements arrived at to the
common interests of both coun
tries. But the basis must be one
of freedom."
These words are taken as indi
eating the intention of leaving
room for detailed negotiations on
almost every point of the peace
proposals.
TO
Books Dealing With State's
History Being Shipped
From Library
The history of Oregon will be
studied throughout the state this
winter, according to Mis.T( Cor
nelia Marvin, state librarian
People are becoming more and
more interested in Oregon and it
history, she said.
Into all parts of the state ship
ments of Oregon historical books
are being made, and each locality
will be permitted to keep these
groups of books for a period of
three months.
Agricultural books for high
schools will soon be shipped. Miss
Marvin said, as provided for un
der the Smith-HugheB act.
Another activity just now in
the state library is preparing the
groups of bioks for shipment to
different parts of the state cov
ering subjects for high school de
bates. In the Willamette dis
trict the debate will take up the
Plumb plan of government own
ership of railroads, debating as
to whether it should be enacted
into a law.
Miss Marvin will leave for Coos
county today to attend a library
meeting to be held at Coquille
She is on the program to speak
on "County Libraries."
-j : ,
Rosseter Resigns from
Pacific Steamship Co.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 25.
John H.. Rosseter resigned as .ice
president and general manager fo
the Pacific Mail Steamship com
pany 'today. President George J.
Baldwin, who is in San Francisco,
immediately designated T. A. Gra
ham, assistant traffic manager of
the Southern Pacific company to
! succeed Rosseter.'
Rosseter in his letter of resig
nation to Baldwin, said:. .
"As a result of (depression and
adverse conditions facing Ameri
can shipping, we have unhappily
reached a' point ot ' irreconcilable
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differences ot opinion. This con
cerns questions of administration
and operation as well as the fu
ture of the company.
The letter paid high tribute to
the personnel of the company.
Scouting Parties Ready
To Make Start forjtossia
RIGA. Aug. 25. (By The Asso
ciated Press) Two scouting par
ties of the American relief admin
istration are ready to start fo"r
Russia. One of them, consisting
of seven men, will lea vefor Mos
cow tonight, and the other, of two
men. will go to Petrograd tomor
row or Saturday.
The Moscow party includes Phil
ip Carroll, as leader, and John P.
Gregg, both of Portland, Ore.;
Will G. Shaf froth of Denver; C.
P. Murray, Jr.. Brooklyn. N.Y.;
Harry K. Fink, New York; John
Lehrs, Baltimore and Van Ardale
Truerof, Reval.
Gregg and Shaffroth will leave
Moscow for the famine areas as
soon a possible.
To Petrograd will go Donald of
Cleveland, for a long time a Y. H
C. A. worker in the Baltic, and C
G. Bowen, who has been with the
American relief administration in
Hungary.
REALTY BID TO
PLJCyifllT
Booth at State Fair Will Be
Maintained by Local
Association
At the regular monthly busi
ness luncheon of the Marion Coun
ty Realtors' association, Thurs
day noon, a number of matters of
interest were taken up, among
them the "Own Your Own Home"
campaign as carried out in some
ether cities.
The association voted to en
dorse the building and loan idea
as -a sure boost for more self
owned homes. The rate of inter
est usually paid is so satisfactory,
and the encouragement so strong
to establish the savings habit, ana
the ability to own a home on small
Initial -capital isso easy to ac
acquire, the the realtors voted
without opposing argument to en
dorse the idea from start to fin
ish.
More homes, occupied by the
men who own them, and. fewer
renters on Both farm and city
properties, mean industrial sta
billty and prosperity, it was said.
The realtors pledge themselves, to
encourage every such movement.
amd are going into the matter of
what will be the best method of
Bush encouragement. The build
ing ami loan idea is the best thus
far considered, and is unquali
fiedly endorsed.
The matter of making a com
prehensive office exhibit at the
state fair, was presented, and it
is iquite certain,, from the en
dorsement it received, that the as
sociation will be there with bells
on at the big September show. ,
ffl'il SE TAKE
Team from Nippon Empire
fights Way to Challenge
Right in Tennis Meet
. IEWrORT, R. I., Aug. 23.
The Japanese Davis cup tennis
team', consisting of Ichiiya Kuraa-
gae and Zen 7,0 Shimidzu reached
a point withon one match of the
challenge round against the
United States when they defeated
the Australasian team in two
straight matches on the Casino
courts here today. Shimidzu de
feated J. O. Anderson in the fore
noon singles in straight sets, 6-4
7-5, 6-4. In the afternoon match
Kumagae won from J. B. Hawkes
in a gruelling five-set contest,
consuming two hours and 40 mln
ales of actual play by scores of
3-6, 2-6, 8-6, 6-2. 6-3.
-, A victory in the doubles match
tomorrow or in one of the remain
ing singles contests on Saturday
will clinch the right of the Ori
ental stars to face the defending
United States team at Forest Hill
on September 2 3 and 25. The
steamineha and endurance of the
Nipponese players was the out
standing feature today. Kama
gae won 25 games to Hawkes 23.
and 151 points to the Australas
ians 146.
Electric Railway Agents
Are. In Session at Butte
BUTTE, Mont.. Aug. 25.
Claim agents of electric ra?lways
of the Pacific northwestern and
inter-mountain states opened their
annual convention here today
w!th a banquet at the Silver Bow
club at noon.
The time of the convention will
be devoted principally to '.he dls
cusslon of ways of educating the
public to avoid accidents. The
address of welcome was delivered
by J. R. Wharton of th; Butte
Electric Street railway company
and technical talks were raad "y
S. A. Bishop. Seattle: H. II. W'n
son. Tacoma; Thomas G. Ashton.
Spokane, and J. II. Handlon, San
rrancisco.
Needle Expense.
"Yes, George has gone up to
London to learn pharfnacy."
"Ob. missus, 'e needn't ave
gone to all that expense! E could
'ave-come on our farm an wel
come!" London Weekly Telegraph;'.
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Alleged Head of Swindle
Ring Talks Freely With
' Reporter at Prison .
STOCK SALES ARE DENIED
Officers Intimate That Other
Arrests Will Follow in
Few Days
CHICAGO.-Aug. 25. At leas
a part ot the more than $.C00,
000 'n notes seiied in a Cleveland
safety deposit cault yesterday by
federal agents is nothing nut
"scraps ef paper," according to
Charles W. French, alleged iiead
of a $30,000,000 "swindle ring",
who is a prisoner In the county
jail. .
The notes, particularly those of
the Master Tire .Rubber com
pany of Dayton, O.. are neither
signed, seated nor stamped.
French said today. They were
prepared under a contract which
provided for their Issuance as
needed In the deTelopment ot the
company, he sa'.d. but the con
tract was never carried out.
Hi Story Told
French acouted the Idea that
Colonel John Citnnin, assistant
United States . d'strict attorney,
has any evidence of irregularities
against biro.
French, who claims San Diego,
Cal., as his home, told his side of
the story of the Tactile Trust com-'
pany of Missouri described . by
Colonel Cllnnin as a "tin box" or
ganization, whose only equipment
was a metal bond box. a note for
$50,000, a piece of paper signed
by seven men and the charter of
a defunct company.
According to French, the Ta
clflc Trust company is a financial
waif which never had a home and
never did a public business. The
charter, he said, was purchased for
him arid his associates by John W.
Worthinston now under Indict
ment' In connection with mail rob
beries totaling $6,000,000. Deny
ing that he had any connections
with Worthington's projects,
French declared the charter pur
chase was only an drdinary bust
npss deal.
Aha Harshman, French's pri
vate secretary, is treasurer-Oi the
trust company, French said, and
nn Harshman. who has turned
state's evidence, he placed respou
sibility for the affairs of the Mis
souri organization. ; ;
Asked if millions of dollars m
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notes seised from him1 and assicf
te$ the aeliures already total
between f20.000.000i land $30.
000,000 are good. Ihench re
plied that was a question of in
terest only to the banfcVor Indi
viduals who purchased.1 them.
(IantA Stork Not iSoUL
French denied the existence of
20 companies with a reported cap
italization ef $21,000,000. which
Colonel dinning believes he or
ganixed and. sold -stock.. In. . "I
never sold a share of stock in my
life French declared. I
"The alleged head o the $.
000.000 ring is taking his Incar
ceration philosophically." Jail
guarda say. He was shirtless and
eoatless-and wore an nbutton4
vest when he received a Asso
ciated Press reported In the
itors pen. :!(. -
Mow Arrests PrbWe '
Several more arrests before the
case Is completed wer tndlcsted
today when Colonel CHnnm an
nounced that warrant had been
asked for a cumber of, men
No- evidence, however, accord
ing to Colonel Cllnnin, , links
French and his associate wit h
the ma'! and bank robbery bands
of which John W. W'orthlngton Is
alleged to be the headJ
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Season's . Favorite Trotter
Loses Second
Race;
Of Season
POUGIIKEEPSIE, N. Y., Aug.,
55. Jeanette' Ranklnj- un Mc
Donald's greatest trotter heavy
favorite In "the roughkeepsle"
2:12 trot, the feature event of the
grand circuit week program here,
was forced to accept jherii second
defeat of the season today when
Greyworthy. piloted by Walter It.
Cox, took a sfraight-hpat (Victory
The first heat provided an eye
lash finish, but the second was a
clean cut victory for f Coxa grey
flyer. - : J , '
inMhAf favorite MllllO Irwin.
also was forced to takOj second
place in the 2:06 trot, j! which
Sister Bertha won iin straight
heats. . 1 j . .
Edith Worthy enabled' LIman
Brubie to win his first atart of
the week when hoj scored a
straight-heat victory! In "the
Duchess two-year-old trot, the
first event, on the program.
Alary O'Conner counted for the
other event on the card, the 2:09
class' pace. j. . ! . v. ,-'
The Ford Automobile company
has' completed almosfc 6,000.000
machines and the most of them
can be seen on the Pacific high
way any Sunday.
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