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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
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JULY 1 1P PAY
CUT UPHELD
BVEB1 SEIZURE
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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
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' 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.
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here and one of the men .said
coyete was right in the farm yard
the other night.
VH T mi1 1no.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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THRU PARADE
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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-
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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
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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.