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. ''- . 1 OTKOTXXJLTIOV Ararat for -r, 1923 - . Canaday n.lf , , .,', 601 Daily and Suadav 6S8S Svaday y , : ;- iMUf n4 Snaday , " XV TEX CUT CT - ui aWvlitra ta If-rSca ud -! Coaatlaf The Oregon Statesman tea sosa rxwETjira SHVENTYnSECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 28. 1922 PRICE: 'FIVE CZirnj SERVICE COMMISSION ACTS I WINSLOW SUCCEEDS SECRET;;BDT STAFF CHANGES LEffiOOT JUST i ACCIDENT REFUGEE HAtVORSEN AS HEAD I llfilL lllKOUT JULY 1 1P PAY CUT UPHELD BVEB1 SEIZURE OFIJERIB I I OF SCHOOL BOARD H 4, i i - ' -V '4 i r V a- - . j t .' V - if " i i u j K . i " . if 400,000, Shopmen Vote to strike if Former Working Conditions Are Not Soon Restored. ACCEPTANCE BY RAIL HEADS HOT EXPECTED Union Presidents in Secret Session Have Power, of i w Deciding Issue " . r. - ' ClIICAGd. June 2I(Bl the Assocated Press. X A strke of the 4 00,000 rairway shopmen of the country will be called for July 1 , unless, the railroads agree to stay the $80,000,000 wage, cut due the hop 'worker on that date and to restore certain working condition! 'formerly in effect, it -was made . . known tonight through a telegram from i B. . M, Jewell, head ot the shop1 crafts, to 'the association of rallwap executive. ' ; ; ' ' Jelesnbns Sent Out " The 2,500 word telegrams, ad dressed to T. Dewitt Cuyler, - ' chairman of the Association .'' of A' Railway Executives, " threw : no light on the actnal strike tote he yond saying It was aft 'orerwhelm ing raaJority. N - ' 1 V ' Althongh, the aetnal call to the walkout was made dependent on the executives' reply to Presl dent' Jewell's ultimatum. little ex pectatlon was expressed in rail road circles tonight thai the ex- ecutirea would agree : to such sweeping demands as those made by the nniona and labor leaderf " aaid ihat the strike seemed to.be .-. I inevitable, ; i ' ' e SIX Met Make Decision ' ' ; ; j , - Six? International union prealr! V tents, forming the executite coun " til of the mechanical section, rail way employes department of th Americans-Federation.: of-tabor, - were responsible ior the jatrlke d cWon. Closeted lor twp iayt ,ln fi secret session,' they" remained ail-. ' I ent on, their actlonVu'nUl tonight ' declaring, ta ? railroad f have act ed oa a : common program to re- duce, wages and obtain other ad vantages to the carriers. Presl ' dnt Jewell's message pointed out "ope benefit which may come to the carriers' and - their employes , And to tie' general public from '.the fact that there are national spokesmen of the conflicting Inter. estt who might be able to halt a nation-wide, withdrawal ...of taen , from . employment In the railway service, if the railway execnUtee t .aincerpl3r : desired T to avoid this consequence of thplr . previous , course of action '.-,'r :. CondtUofia Kanied "For this reason," the telegram said, "in behalf of and by the , authority of the executive council of . the railway employes Cepart- : ment I : asa Informing you and through -yon . Informing the re- sponalhle , heads ot the various (Continued on page 2) Some of the Fellers Have Flea Bites and Some Don't; Seal fJas xFun Entertaining Crowd of Boys -' By IVAN WHITE fi BOYS CAMP, Otes, Ore, June 26. I'm feeling pretty happy to day because our ' " tent got first place In Inspection' and personal inspections We have to have our tents all cleaned up and ' beds made every day and one fellow from each tent Is a committee to go around and see who has the best tent. Well today we had the best tent and besides we passed first In persona! Inspection, ' " -Socolofsky and Ferjuson came around and i examined every fel low from, head; jo ; foot, even bis ears and most of the fellows faU down. on dirty ears and hands, but It aure' makes cfhem perk up next time.';.. ,.- i , ztrX'e , lv"i i-1- Today wo had : regular church services and Mr, Dillon spoke. Be Js state y.M.C-A. secretary and a .dandy fellow. Hla speech was on lr?fur Hardest Every-day Task.T -It was a, fine talk and we liked it. W.e have an... organ- ud sit around the camp lire every night and have, talks and stories. Tbi afternoon . we all went to the ' beach and went swimming in the breakers. . I never had so jauch fun. Shorty Ezzles turned clear over a big breaker, .-. . , Ed Cross, we call him "Pan cakes" because he eats to many, .Uo got a good daclln; hyr ware. BOOZE CAUSED FATAL MISHAP JURORS FIND Fatal Accident on Salcm-pal- las Ijoad' Attributed to V Liquor at Inquest Vs; DALLAS. Or., June 27. foquor WMtblamed,by ,(,coronera Jury here today for the accident on the Balem-Dallas , highway v Sunday night in which J. A. 0 riff In, -man ual training, and athletic Instruct or In the Dallas high school, lost his life, and John Friesen of Dal las was peverely.ahaken.up. The Jury recommended' inasmuch as the automobile which went off the road belonged to Friesen that, bis driver's license b revoked for a year... The Inquest was condncted by Coroner, L R. Chapman. . . The verdict of the Jury read as follows:. V s - ' -;t-Mi?: r- Inasmuch as the evidence shows that Intoxicating liquor eontribuited to the probable cause 'of the accident the Jury recommends ' that the owner of said (automobile, John Friesen, have his driver's license revoked for 'a period of one year from the date' of ' revocation.4 V The members of the coroner's jury were E. C. Kirkpatrlck, J. R. Sibley, Tracy Staats. J. R. good, O. C. Smith and Walter Wing. . Jio visible evidence was pre: sented al , the , inquest to show that Friesen and Griffin had been drinking but Vern Friarv who had been riding with the two men, and who., had left the car near Rickreall, testified that . he ; her Iieved they had Been annam. te ..A Y ,.4 riAAcr, alwMlt Tiftlli " Z TJil"Trf. .T.Z:-rrZltbont 115,000. T'he; buyers are; wun mwq earner id yn uigui, u that . the three spurted towards Salem abourj.roclok.t7i?T Friesen testified t h Grifttn was driving the car when the acci dent happened."5 ; v Idaho Wheat Crop Said -. . to Be Far Below JEJWISTON, Idaho, June 17.--According to estimates received by the Tribune today from grain dealers, rallwaymen and farmers, the lmtaedlate prospect is a sixty per ent. wheat crop for the erti tory tributary to Lewiston. . . t . In the lowlands near the city with the harvest two weeks away, some yields ot 28 per cent are expected, and other crops are said to be unfit for harvesting- ; Gen erally the crop is apotted, some sections having had rain recently. and . expecting , . nearly normal yields, while many others win drop far below normal. . Nes Perte and Camas Prairies hare not been effected by drought but a' report front Nes Perce says that the stand is very poor. we wanted, star i fish and some seals. 4 One played right out In front of ua and acted Just like a kid. It has been nice and .cool all the time In camp and breezy Tomorrow la . fishing day and we all go fishing. Each party is under a leader and sees that no one falls in and helps catch, your fish. Part are -going to fish in the ocean ; and part in the hay while part will go up the river for trout. You . .oolk.IL H. I. m. kick and can run faster than all the smaller kids.; We - have a track meet next - Tuesday for the camp championship. There will be all kinds of funny etunts. Some of the fellows have : flea : bites and some haven't We took a five mile hike to Seal Harbor yesterday and saw th seal rocks and seals, It I? sure a fine harbor. We see big . ships going in - all the time. I ofte,n wonder it they are bound for China. or Europe. iirrv.i. here and one of the men .said coyete was right in the farm yard the other night. VH T mi1 1no. - . . . . . uto .urieoiwuueni naa to eat. - . P. S. We have the best cook I ever ate under and he la - some pumpkins as a real fellow. It became known yesterday that D. Wagnon, Jr., ol) Portland has been appointed by the public service commis sion as an assistant secretary at a salary of $200 a month. The appointment was made Monday, but not rtiade public, the commission explaining that it did not "consider it a mat ter of any importance."; Wagnon's father was active in the recall movement that brought about the election of Com missioners McCoy and Kerrigan. It was explained that the of f ice is not a new one and has always existed though no one has filled it for a considerable length of time. . " ' W. P. ElJia, secretary of the commission, said that the ap pointment really has been made at his request, since he has had almost double work since the motor vehicle, transporta tionf 'of the itate was placed under the jurisdiction' of the commission. . Mr. Ellis, it is understood, has been reauested to rehiain asl aecretary Pgrt on of Parrish Home- stead Sold to Number of Salem Buyers One ot the biggest real estate deals ever consummated in Salem, as far as the size of the holdings transferred ' Is concerned, was BIG REALTY .- . nri , iiinr in in ii fi n 1 1 1 i t rui u u r UUIIL. IIIIIUL. a All-jcompxeted yesterday - when Mrs. Josie L. 8tewart, through R. A. Harris, conveyed 7. 15 acres of the old Parris homestead to several buyers. The fact, which was subdivided into lots for purposes of the sale. liea hetween North Mill creek an4 Parrish street : ' adjoining Capito street on the .west. , : TV a fMfiaajitlAfi J A ei f sa rl . "-Mv -.v&yT i . - . v,, , Mort D; Pilkihton, two lots C F. Hagetnan, one Jot ; . P, L: Fraier, approximately one acre and. the house; C. E. Strlcklln and C. E. Perry, one lot; Ed'Schunke, one lot; Rhea papeti two lqts;.ATfrU Harris, three lots. The house on the tract was oc cupied by former ' Attorney Gen eral A. M. Crawford and a man named Bartholomew now lives In it. m OF RIOT IB OIIE'OF JOY Carnival Takes Place of Massacres, Bands Blare And People Happy - HERRIN, 111., June 27. (By The Associated Press) Hqrrin, its men, women and babies in arms tonight held a carnival across the street from the hoe pijtal where the wounded strike breakers of Thursday s messacre lay cowerinte one "or two dr ing from their wounds. Laugh ter and ' Jokes floated across the summer - night: , paper caps adorned the heads of the gay throng and last week's incident was forgotten in the happiness of social intercourse. The " occasion was the Install ment of a local chapter of an in ternational club. ' It began with a parade and a band blaring dance music from a truck. The mayor was . there and the chief of po lice, and all the local dignitaries. ; "Just Trying to. Forget" 'Just trying to forget last week's unfortunate) event," it " was ex plained. Reports reaching Herrin today '"f.r'rn" .XV. at several mines,. were denied by union officials and miners. The Pumpmen and maintenance employes at one mine . owned by the Peabody Coal company, were discharged this morning by the company cficials, acooTdang to Fflut t Hr;i5 ub-distriet ,s vce , presfdenVy The ; menw members of . ,iheL.nnionk Jxad "been ' put to work yesterday r relieving 5 office employes and bosses .who had lop- rated since the strike waa de- according to 'Mig 'HibeKhe a nBlnn ,w ' AlmmtSLjT - iw, ML. I . lU Attempts- to verify the rumors . i MMiu,cuftiivi lucii uuava r-ow-ni- j j w vi w ito aaOAjL awaa w aa a aaw to leave proved unavailing. All (Continued on page 2 Jf, That the newly organixed pub lic service commission is to be a sort of secret society was farther developed yesterday when it be came known that the commission Monday asked for the resignation of Guy M. Harris, telephone engi neer of the commission, giving as reason that Harris was not in harmony with the organization. Harris submitted his resignation ye-8terday- He ,s con8!dr?d wi me oesi accountants on. me Pacific coast. 5 ' C. J. Green, chief engineer ot the commission will temporarily take oyer the " work of Harris, whose resignation is effective July 12. Newspapermen by chance learn ed of the changes in the depart ment staff. Otherwise the public probably would not have been in formed. ' . . ' There is speculation to the ef fect that Harris dismissal may be a forerunner to a reopening .of the rate case of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company. . .. ., .;. - . ! VETS HOBBLE 5 THRU PARADE If- SAN FRANCISCO, June 27. The gratitude of the nation to its sons who came 'home from the World war with crippled bodies was expressed, at the second an nual convention-- of the disabled American .veterans of .the World war as it began today, in hearty cheers as the veterans marched or rode in the parade through the streets and n '.spoken tributes in the convention hall.. I . Robert S. Marx ' of Cincinnati, national commander of he organ- tatton, in his opening , speech to the convention, stressed the ques tions of relief. Rehabilitation and compensation were stressed by Marx. He also pointed out that they must remember that world peace was their ultimate objective. while the blind chaplain, Michael Aaronson of Ohio, in his invoca tion said: Prays for World Peace We more than they who have not tasted the bitterness of bodily suffering,1 pray that this' nation will bind up the wounds of its stricken sons and that it will strive to pursue a course that will I never again make necessary such' a sacrifice." Marx spoke of the disabled vet erans' organiation as a temple of service, a means to secure ade quate provisions for the health, comfort and .livelihood of its members and outlined the work of the organiaztlpn : during the last year. . . . Thousands Pay Tribute The tributes to. the. men in olive drab and the blues of the marines and the navy, first broke forth , involuntarily from the throats pf thousands as the vet erans, many with, canes and a few f ?d. " '" marched, up .Market street.; The physical plight ot many others waa largely . hidden . by the tact that they rode In automobiles. . tA- Ro)ph rjrgen Aid American , colors caused more doffing of hats by civilians than San Francisco hast seen in almost any of its numerous parades and the Canadian i flag also received due aUention as a group of former Canadian soldiers, ciaa in unusn olive drab 1 or . In Scottish kilts. marched by. Mayor Rolph, in welcoming the delegates v at the convention brought the. assemblage to Its feet with thunders ot applause as he demanded that the law makers of the government lay aside other work and attend first to the dis abled aerTice men. ,. THEIR WAY Last Stand in Presidential Palace and Flight of De posed President is Thril ling Story. ESCAPE MADE UNDER HEAVY RIFLE FIRE Entire Bodyguard Left to Protect Madame Sun Killed by Enemy r SHANGHAI, June 27. (By the Aasociated Press.) Madame Sun Tat Sen, wife of the deposed pres ident of South China, who arriv ed here today from Canton, de scribed in, an interview with the Associated Press her husband's flight and her last stand in the presidential palace with a body guard of 50 soldiers against Chen .Chinng Ming's troopers. Madame Sun declared that a scant BOO men under her hus band's command were opposed to an army of 25,000 led by Chen Chiung-Ming and that the body guard of SO soldiers left with her in - the presidential , palace when her hueband, after her repeated urgings, took refuge in flight, was killed to a man. ' Warning Comes By Phone " The. wife of the fallen south ern leader said she was awaken ed, at 2 o'clock in the morning June 18 by her husband, who told here that she must flee. He in formed her he had been warned by telephone that" General Chen's troops were looting the city with cries of "kill the president," and that they were planning to attack his residence. Madame Sun insisted that ahe would be safe in the presidential palace and finally Dr. Sun agreed to leave nerjr iii xne vcare- oi kveatily hrmed bodyguard of 50 of his retainers. '.f j ! 1 1 Shells Wtter Palace "Half an hour after Sun had de parted the volleys from Chen's soldiers began pouring into the palace from the hillsides sur rounding it. The palace guards replied, volley for volley, the staff of servants of the official residence aiding them. Many of the defenders fell, hut the remain der continued the unequal battle even after portions otj the palace had been destroyed over their heads by shells from a mountain gun, which Chen's men had posted on a nearby hillside. The remnant ot the bodyguard stack to their rifles until 8 o'clock In the morning when their ammunition gave out. v-J- , ASde is Kero At this juncture. Colonel Bow, aide to Sun Yat Sen, 'made his way to the palace from the pres ident's office a 'third of a mile away. He traversed a narrow footbridge under heavy, fire and when he found Mme. Sun he urged her to take instant flight. With Colonel Bow and two members of her decimated body guard Mme. Sun crossed the foot bridge on her hands and knees while a hall ot ballets from the rifles of Chen's troops poured abput the little party and tore away sections of the flimsy bridge Refuge Bombarded Once across the bridge they clambered over roofs in their dash for the protection of the presidential offices. Colonel Bow dropped with bullets in both legs and Mme. Sun and her two Chin ese ruard-i dragged him the re mainder ot the way into the of fices and barricaded the place as best they could. There they re mained until 4 o'clock, in the af ternoon while all the while their assailants kept up continuous volleying at their refnge Finally Chen's troops who had I otac. forced th. ... eus- gates of the compound of the office.. As the horde rushed into the enclo sure the president's wife crushed an old straw hat . down on her head,- buttoned a raincoat . about her and slipped into the street with her two; faithful guards. Lie on Ground With JJtoad Through . crooked streets and narrow lanes strewn with corpses I the trio fled, at times forced to throw themselves on the ground with the dead to escape the tor rents of lead raking the city and to escape menacing bands ot sol diery sacking the shops. Once clear of Canton, they hid in a farm house tor the rest of the night and in the morning:. Madame Sun, disguised - as a country wo- - (Continued on page I).1 Paul Wallace, Logical Sqccejjor, Declines Because of Lack of Time--Curtis' Cross RHsNichsVpf Ath letic Grouiicls Accorded Announced George Halvorsen last night scnool board tor district 24 and Curtis Cross, newly elected the place made vacant by the term. 5 J. Fred McGrew and Miss Conifred Hurd Are Ap pointed Supervisors Definite action has been tak en on the community plaground for., the summer, by the appoint ment of J.-Fred McGrew. recently graduated from .Willamette univ ersity, to supervise the boys' play nad of Miss Conifred Hurd. girls' recreational director at McKinley high school, to have charge ot the glriS.i - .. . ' . The general plan Is to have th play park, which la . the high school athletic grounds ' between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets. open' and under constant super vision every afternoon. , ' Grounds to be Cleared The park- is to be cleared up and put into 'condition so that every inch of Jt can be used. It has fine shade, and as delightful a place for wading and safe swim ming as could be imagined. Bath houses are to be erected and cap able Instruction given in swim ming, f : ' ' -. - S " :: C , :' Apparatus - for . the smaller children will be provided swings, flying rings, teeters, giant strides and other things. There will be baseball, soccer, running, and every kind of suitable track and field games; story telling, pag eants, music and entertainment ot the most attractive sort. Best in West, Says Kells 'It's the finest play park any where in tbe.weBt," said ecretary C. A. Kells of the Salem Y.M.C.A who has been the leader in get ting the movement started. "We failed to get enough backing for it last year, bHt .this time it. going over with a rush, and it is going to be ope of the finest things tho city ever did. We have been losing chUdren by drowning every summer because they were not able to resist the lure of the water and they wanderef olt to dangerous places and were lost. "Now, with this fine, safe, sup ervised place, we believe that tue children of Salem are going to le safer than they ever were In their lives and happier and healthier, too." The park is to open July 5, and is to be maintained for two months. Auto Camp Tourists Enjoy Band Concert Several thousand per sous heard the second band concert of the season which was given last night in Willson park. Oscar Steelham mer directed the Cherrian band for the concert. The program, which was varied, closed with the "tar Spangled Banner." " Among those , attending the band concert last night were in eluded many tourists from the Salem auto camp. The notice of the concert was posted early yes terday iu the camp grounds and many who were at the grounds for a few days took advantage of the musical treat. The next concert will he held Friday even ing.' ; ., " I 910,000 SUIT FILED WALLA, WALLA. Wash.. June Z7 Marie Hoppe, 16, through ner , atepmother. Alice, Hoppe. filed . a claim - against the city today- for 110.000. She, declares that a big Moose aign, stretched across JJLaJn atrei dnrfner the recent; convention of the Moos here, fell and struck her, Injur ing her eyesight and. hearing v to fill the vacancy after. Paul Wallace, logical successor bj Fmhacev ar ffovlrft riti In rotation had declined the nomination on the jrround of be- "tSJfffi KdH1!1'1 ing unable to devote the necessary time to the work. wruciea 10 rress icr OPEN for Public Playground retired as chairman of the W. C. Winalow was elected member of the board, takes I expiration of Mr. Halvorsen's F. A. Erixson, representing the public affairs committee of the Klwanis club, appeared before the board and petitioned it tor per mission to use the Fourteenth street athletic field and edutD- ment as a public playground dur ing the months of July and Au gust. ":,;;"-,v;. Request Granted .It Is the Intention to have two experienced ' playground instruc tors in charge during the hours of i to p. m. each day. The request was gran ted. by the board. It was decided that an inspec tion of all buildings in the school district would be made by the board before taking up the ques tion of making repairs and alter ations. . New commit teem en appointed by Chairman Winslow to act for the present year were: Insurance Cro?s" and' Olinger. Finance OHnger and "Wallace. W. H. Burkhardt was re-elected clera of the board. . -Q Hug's Stenographer Raked Mr. Ross was retained as head janitor, for another year while an increase of 15 a month In aalary was unanimously allowed Blanche Isherwood, stenographer to Super- intendent Hngv 5 , i 3L v -,., ,. . i The' matter of aDDoIntlnsr a I t , succeed Miss Ellabetb Macleay.l Mtiring head o. the senior high school, was discussed, bat the sub lect was - t&bled; i until a future date. II VESSEL HIED President Arthur Has 150 Cases Alleged German Liquor on Board , NEW YORK, June 27. Cus toms inspectors late today raided three vessels in port, two flying the American flag and the other a Norwegian freighted and con fiscated -2400 bottles of alleged liquor, all of which was declared to have beet smuggled aboard. Tne snips searched were r the united , states shipping.-, board steamship President Arthur, op- eratea ny me united States lines: the Ward liner Slbonney and the Barrond, a Norwegian cargo ship, Tet Caeo Denied V Keports that the raid aboard the President Arthur In Hoboken .v . .-. w , . m. j., was conaucted as a test case as a result of the recent ml mg oi wnairman Lasker of the snipping board that shins carrv. ing me American flag mav carrv and sell liquor outside the three- me sone, were later denied by memoers oi the searching squad. . 150 Cases on Arthur . The raiders found the Preafd ent Arthur'a cargo intact, but v hen they searched the hoid and other parts of the ship thr ,onnd 150 eases of alleged liqaor, most of it said to be of Germaa man ufacture, which they id bad been smuggled aboard. " Officers and members of the crew denied any knowledge as to how It was brought aboard. Owner : ' Th ward liner Slbonney and the Barf ond were visited at their docks in Brooklyn. A search for drugs aboard the former vessel failed of result, but the inspectors located about sou bottles of al ltged liqor- Tals was confis cated when no owner for it could be found. v . THE. WEATlIEft - Wednesday (fair; portion. '. cooler east 6 BOARD Forty American Miners ct Tampico Held by Llexiccn Bandits as , Security cf 15.000 PcsbsRanscm. RIGID CENSORSHIP BARS INFORMATION Immediate Action WASINHGTONo June 27. Sei- sure of 40 American employes of the Cortes Oil company at Tam pico, Mexico, reported to the state department today as security for a rantom of IS.epO pesos, creatl a stir In official circles tn-WisL- ington.: -I-l.H :. 'y-Ji-I t - ' Lacking further information as to what haa happened heh! t what ta apparently a rigid eenscr ship at Tampico however, tier t waa litOe to Indicate tonight Vhe- mer the Incident would lead ta any change ot attitude here tow ard the Obregon government la aiexico. ; A v-, - v :- - " Relation Intact '.'"'. In fact at the White House It was said; that relations between' the United States and Mexico were not likely to 'be'afected in any ay by the bandit outbreak and the recent : kidnapping for ran- aom near Cuernavaca nf . nmn Bielaskt, formerly chief of the bureau ot Investigation of the do partment of Justice. ? ' Lntll it is known that the In cidents are not a matter of domes tic politics in Mexico, conceived tr enemies of the Obregon govern ment to , embarrass ita relation . ith tn United States or xxnV.l lJL o"1 mat ten prove 1 ? r,:CC0J'dInr I510 incan . ana . wwr vwycr.y me occasion aemaaJj . . than a diplomatic wan. Immediate Action DrmarulM Both the embassy in Mex!e City and the consul at Tampico were promptly instructed to press tor immeaiatt action by the Mex ican federal authorities, adeauata protection for American lives x property and punishment of the prepetrators ef the outrages. Tne consul reported, that tba rebel general, Oorosave,.wlth 24 0 wen armed men. held a ouart. r million dollars worth of destruct ible property and the 40 Arae;i cans and had given 49 hours frcn Sunday morning when the raid c currea for payment aa demanded. Department is PfrplexeO. The . time limit ' elapsed t' morning. It - was expected 1 further word would come at moment, showing what f had occurred. . :'.' ' .There 'were ;indlcati; J lhat state department of f l 5 1iera not exactly cure Just vf- t 1 of situation they had to meet. .. The new situation in on re gion overshadowed' toT lne ment the seizure of Vrvi Blelaski ! No word had com trom the em bassy today to W Progress oi the efforts of "n federal authorities ta Wftt tb releaso of the captive. T . . METIC4LI IN FLA3IE3 . "MiTXlCALI-. Lower California. Jun rire believed of Incen aiary origin tonight destroyed the Owl . Cafe . and gambling house, part of its liquor stock and IU segregated district at an estimat ed loss of "$500,000 and was threateningi other parts of the city at 11:20 o'clock tonight," YUMA, Aria.. June 27. Mexi can; Lower California, is , In flames for the second time in a week, according to a telephone message received late toaight by J. F. Quigley, local agent of the Southern Sierra Power company from M. D. Morgan, the ccanpanya El Centro, Cal., representative. MosieY-The Dalles Unk of Highway is Complete The Columbia 'River highway now, offers the motorist a solid stretch of pavement ' 225 miles long with the completion "yester day of paving operations between Mosier and The Dalles, according to I Herbert Nunn, , state highway engineer., The paving la of heavy type with a five-inch bituminous top on an eight-inch base.