The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 21, 1922, Page 1, Image 1

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SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, PRIDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1922
PRICE J FIVE CENTS
FIRST DECISION IN
HALL CASE MADE;
TRIAL DATE SET
STRIKE HEADS
HARDING WILL NAME
E
BITTER FIGHT
IF CRISIS DEMANDS
PUBLIC FEARS
SCARCITY OF
WINTER GOAL
ASPIRANTS ON
EDGE AS VOTES
ARE RECORDED
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COAL
COMMISSION
Governors Agree to Protect
Operators of Mines Pend
ing Final Settlement of
General Walkout, r
SOME TRAINS HALTED
' BECAUSE OF .STRIKES
Attorney General Refuses to
Interfere As Long As
Laws Are Obeyed
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WASHINGTON, July 20. De-
velopment "of plana for stretching
out the nation'! coal supply, now
dwindling under continued impact
of the mine and railroad strikes,
was the immediate . concern . of
. federal Officials meting in the In
dustrial r situation. Secretary
Hoover announced that within a
day or two the Interstate com
merce commission and the com-
, merce department would put Into
operation , a scheme of . diverting
to essential , transportation lines
the coal coming from non-union
mines' and those that may . open
up in union territory, but use of
priority orders governing ; trans
portation.' Next in order for coal supply
from ; the , diminished output, i it
was indicated, would be the nor
thern Great Lakes ports, and
should ft be found Impossible to
avert a shortage the coal distri
bution plan might be expanded to
become a complete rationing of
supply to other industries and ter
ritories as necessities might ap
pear. ' ' '
Coal' Shortage Expected
Attorney 'General Daugherty
said that the strike disruptions
already made it -eertaln that there
would be a coal shortage ' next
lnter.4
Replies of governors to Presi
dent' Harding's 'invitation that
they guarantee protection to mine
operation in spite of the strike,
continued to ' come to the White
House practically all assuring the
federal government support.
Governors of Arkansas, Mon
tana,' Oregon, and Texas . bad not
responded" tonight. 4 Governor
. Groesbeck, Michigan, outlined
plans for opening mines there un-
'der atata .control, with federal
Eanctlon.' fi"'. '" -,
-In connection with a message
from Governor Morrison of North
Carolina, Questioning the presi
dent's policy inf asking the mines
opened even If force, was neces
sary to protect Workers, high ad
ministration officials pointed out
that responsibility for coal pro
duction in that state was smaltr
. Reports to government depart
; ment Indicated that ."while,' trains
are still being withdrawn by rail
roads, the movement of the mails
and all necessities of life con-
tinues throughout the country.
Coal cars are being attached to
traMns still keptf running with
motor trucks' in readiness to sup-
plemenrtbls aervlce.f f ;V'
Coal fmportatlona Planned : '
. Secretary "ttioover - Indicated
that imports of coal from abroad
mlrfct heln the situation. He
nointed out that several cargoes
bad been coming to Atlantic bar-
' bors from England since the be
ginning of the strike.
Prices for bituminous, it was
said, have risen to levels higher
than those set fcy YOluntary agree
ent between the non-union pro
ducers and the commerce depart-
' ment some week ago. Unofficial
reports ' from-- the West . Virginia
coal fields indicated' a steady' de
crease ift production, due to rail
road service disabilities.
Officials considered it signlfi
; caht of the: relationship : between
the coal and rail - strikes that
clerks and freight handlers on the
v Chesapeake ft Ohio, and the Nor
folk & Western railways should
, be called out . since these two
roads serve the greater non-union
coal fields. Some West Virginia
mines have not had more than a
day's supply of coal cars in the
four" working days this week, g f
John I. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers today trans
ferred the. union's temporary coal
strike headquarters to New York,
but left 'here reiterating, the de
termination, of the union mine
leaders to 'carry on thai stoppage
of the industry until they ob
tained successful negotiations for
a satisfactory, wage scale oa a na
tional basis.
Up, to the time of his leaving.
(Continued on page t)
There will be no hailing into court of anybody for chang
ing his political registration on primary election day, accord
ing to the Marion county circuit court in the Coster-Olcott
contest
- Thursday afternoon, Judges Bingham and Kelly rendered
their opinion on the motion of the Olcott counsel, to strike
out the charges relating to re-registration, from the Coster
(Hall) complaint. They hold that as the law definitely sanc
tions re-registration, and as it makes the election board reg
istration officials, and as these election officers live and
function Jbut for a single day -election1 day -all registration
that cornea to them of necessity must come on that day
only; there is no prohibition of re-registering to change
one's politics, and these officers must act this one day or
not at alt; therefore, the court can not interfere with theii
operations
The case will now go on for
hearing on Tuesday, July 25.
when the contestee will file an
answer to the other charges In
the original complaint. By agree
ment, these other charges-: were
held to be matters of fact, to be
tried out as other cases are tried,
on evidence. This first item was
a matter of law, for the court to
decido whether it was a proper
subject for litigation. The decis
ion of the court is that it is not
proper; so all the evidence? gath
ered as to such alleged violations
Of the law, will be dropped.
Court Haa No Jurisdiction
From the first, it was held de
batable whether this particular
line of evidence could get into
court. Both legal and lay opin
ion was divided; the prosecution
tried it out, to get a judicial de
termination which now stands.
Judge Kelly, with a twinkle in his
eye, remarked "Wlith the wisdom
of the law. we hare notbilng to
Ho." !
This rejection of mere re-regis
tration as a cause for action, does
not bar action lor fraudulent reg
istration such as the registering
of aliens, or persons not citizens
of Oregon. . Should there be
found such cases, they can "be pro
secuted without regard to this de
cision, which merely concerns the
registration of qualified electors:
The prosecution, however, had a
large number of re-registrations
and had been hoping to bring
them to the public notice; espec
ially a few prominent Democrats
of Oregon whom they wanted to
get Into the record.
Trial to Take Eight Weeks
The court's decision was re
ceived by W. S. U'Ren of Port
land, counsel for the contestant,
and by Roy Shields of Salem, for
the contestee. There was no ar
gument as to the findings.
A debate over the time the case
may require, however, brought
out the statement by j Attorney
U'Ren. that it would " probably
take three to four weeks to pre
sent their evidence. ) Attorney
Shields for the Olcott forces, stat
ed that it ought to take him at
least Out long. With the neces
sary interruptions, this would mn
the case through most of Septem
ber, at best; with a decision only
a few weeks before tie general
election in November, i
The Phex eases that have been
pending for two weeks and' de
ferral because of this gubernator
ial contest, will be started on
Monday. July 24, though it Is ex
pected that they will have to be
dropped when the contest fight
begins on the 25th. The Olcott
answer, on the 25th, may go di
rectly into the trial of the cause,
and there will be no intermission.
The Phex matter, however, were
so urgent that the court is to give
them a start, even for only the
one day.
Union Miners Feared
By Cadiz Officers
CADIZ, July 20. Several hun
dred union miners, many of them
said to be armed, are gathering
at'Hopedale and Adena. prepara
tory to marching on strip mines
In this section, according to re
ports reaching Sheriff iO. K. Mar
tin. ,-. '-
t "There is a possibility of seri
ous trouble occurring'? before the
troops arrive," the sheriff de
clared when informed; militiamen
were on their way hejre. '
Sneak Thief Steals
Watch from Room
A sneak thief entered the room
of Floyd Gand, 185 Soutb Com
mercial street, some time between
8 and 9 o'clock yesterday morning
and stole a gold watcn from the
man's pocket, Gandj reported to
the police department yesterday;
LANE COUNTY
TOWN BURN tD;
TREES FIRED
Forest Service Employes Are
Rushed to Scene in Hope
'" of 'Saving Timber'-
EUGENE, Or.. July 20 The
mountain village of Blue River
on the Upper McKentle river 45
miles east of Eugene was practi
cally destroyed by fire late this
afternoon and the adjacent tim
ber is now burning, according to
a report received in Eugene this
evening. The fire originated in
the Antlers hotel and rapidly
spread to the other frame build
ings of the village including a
large stage stable, two or three
small store buildings and four or
five residences.
Details of the fire are meager
as communication was interrupted
when the telephone station In the
hotel burned. Reports from plac
es some distance from Blue River
indicate that the blaze is Tepidly
encroaching upon big timber and
that the national forest service
has a large crew of men fighting
it
lotniR's
END FORECAST
Federal Prohibition Agent
Would Put Distiller in
Class With Crook
When the bootlegger and moon
shiner is put in the same class
with other criminals; when he is
photographed and put through
the Bertillon course and all data
concerning him placed in the
the hands of every law enforce
ment officer in the country, then
will the prohibition law violator
realize that he is up against the
-wall and he will soon abandon
his nefarious pursuit.
Such is the opinion of Dr. J. A.
Linville. federal prohobitlon en
forcement agent for Oregon, who
was in Salem yesterday.
It was Dr. Linville, who, in ad
dressing the Washington and Ida
ho state sheriffs' convention,
urged that legislation be put
through in every state whereby
the bootlegger would be classi
fied the same as a second-story
worker or yegg.
Then, should the law violator
move from one county or state to
another, the officers in the new
territory which the man inhabits
wilt have all information possible
on him.1 They will know at once
concerning his past record and
will be able to deal with him ac
cordingly. Several attempts have been
made In the past to deport all
bootleggers and moonshiners who
are not citizens of the United
States upon their being convicted
for violating the prohibition law.
Such a movement, however,- has
not' haf the desired effect, and
the peddlers of "moon," of whom
fully 75 per cent are not citizens,
go ' on their way rejoicing after
paying a small fine, or possibly
a' light jail sentence.
Dr. Linville praised the hearty
co-operation which the sheriff's
office of Marion bounty and all
other counties in the state extend
to him In trying to eliminate the
manufacture of moonshine from
Oregon. He recalled that it was
only a short time ago when the
majority of, officers in all the
states looked - upon thfe federal
prohibition enforcement agents as
"gum-shoers" only waiting for a
chance to pounce onto the civic
(Continued on page 6)
No Indications of Agreement
Seen by Leaders of Rival
Factions in Rail Strike -Officials
Silent.
TROOPS ORDERED OUT,
BY GOVERNOR SPROUL
National Settlement Basis
on Which Workers Will
Act, Declares Jewell
CHICAGO, July 20 (By the
Associated Press) With all peace
negotiations in the country-wide
strike of railway shopmen ap
parently at a standstill today, at
tention was directed tonight to the
possibility of government . Inter
vention and action of individual
railroads in seeking separate set
tlements with' their men.
The Baltimore and Ohio rail
road posted notices today that
since the Chicago conciliation ef
forts had failed, it was "now rea
dy to confer with Its to en," in an
effort to settle the difficulties and
expressed confidence that an
agreement could be reached.
Roads of the northwest are re
ported to have been negotiating
for a settlement in that section for
the fast ten days and a southern
railway was said today to be pur
suing a similar course.
Settlement lUtffe Talked
B. M. Jewell, head of the shop
crafts in past statements bad
maintained that any settlement
must be on a national basis, al
though he has encouraged his gen
eral chairmen' to confer with the
carriers when the roads requested
such conference. At strike .head
quarters tonight it was said that
Mr. Jewell might have , a state
ment tomorrow. -
Eastern executives meeting in
New York today issued a state
ment reiterating their contention
that the strike is aimed at the
government and not at the rail
roads. No indication of peace over
tures from any source were to be
seen here today. Rail executives,
labor board members and union
officials were silent.
Clerks on the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad went on strike and
strike ballots were ordered sent
to clerks and freight handlers on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
road.
More Railroaders Quit
A group of new shop employes
at the South Chicago shops of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad also
quit work and it was announced
that clerks on the Chicago and
Northwestern road are awaiting
the result of conferences between
George A. Worrell of the clerks'
organization and Frank Walters,
general manager of the road. The
unions presented a compromise
propos:tioh after the clerks had
voted to strike and the road of
ficials promised an answer to
morrow. If this is unfavorable,
union leaders said the 7,300 mem
bers of the union on the road
would quit work as strike sanc
tion had been given.
Troops Ordered Ont
HARPvISBTJRG, Pa.. July 20.
Troops were ordered out by Gov
ernor William C. Sproal tonight
for duty in the southwestern
Pennsylvania bituminous coal
fields. At the same time the gov
ernor issued a proclamation Call
ing on the people of Pennsylvania
to cooperate with the president
of the United States In the effort
to produce coal and avert a na
tional peril, and to preserve law
and order.
The Pennsylvania's controversy
with' the labor board dates back
to the so-called abrogation of the
national agreements when the la
bor board ordered the roads and
their employes to negotiate new
rules end to refer those on which
no agreement was reported back
loathe labor board for adjustment.
In preparing to make new rules
the employes of the roads, were
authorized to send out ballots for
a vote on wh'o should represent
them in the negotiations.
Today's decision by the federal
court of appeals, reverses the ac
tion of the lower court and up
holds the labor board. It was an
nounced a ten page opinion in
support of the decree would be
Pled, probably tomorrow. The
opinion . was expected to discuss
at length the powers and Jurisdic
tion cf the board.
CHICAGO. July 20. (By tie
Associated - Press ) The circuit
(Continued on. page C)
Late Returns in Nebraska
Primary Show Mc Mullen
Has Slight Lead Over His
Closest Opponent.
OFFICIAL VOTE MAY
DECIDE HOT CONTEST
Political Students Aver That
More Than 14,000 Votes
Remain Uncounted
OMAHA. Neb., July 20. (By
the Associated Press) Political
observers watching progress of
the vote in Tuesday's primary in
the race for the Republican gub
ernatorial nomination between
Adam McMullen of Beatrice and
Charles H. Randall of Randolph
tonight expressed the opinion
that there was no doubt it will
take the official vote with mall
votes permitted under the absent
voters' law to decide the outcome.
so narrow was the margin separ
ating the contestants.
Vote Declared Close
These political students estim
ated mail vdtes would total 14,-
000, which they thought would be
sufficient to swing victory to one
or the other, as with 1,857 Of the
state's 1913 precincts reported.
the difference between their vote
was less than 150, the total being
McMullen. 47,492; and Randall,
47, 374.
Throughout the day as belated
returns were reported to the- As
sociated Press, the two candi
dates exchanged first and second
place almost with every new re
port, at one time only one vote
separating thfeif totals, making
it one of the most hotly contested
political fights in Nebraskan his
tory. Bryan Easy Winner
Charles W. Bryan, of Lincoln,
brother of William Jennings Bry
an, won the Democratic guber
natorial nomination after a race
with Dan B. Butler, of Omaha,
whose lead, on the face of early
retarns, was wiped out as rural
sections reported.
R. B. Howell, Republican nat
ional committeeman, progressive
Republican, was strengthening
the plurality by which he won the
Republican United States sena
torial nomination from Congress
man Albert Jefferis, regarded as
a conservative Republican. Jef
feris ran 13000 behind Howell in
1740 precincts and was only
S00 votes ahead of Clarence A.
Davis, Attorney general, also a
progressive Republican, with C.
H. Gustafson, head of the .United
States Grain Growers. Inc., trail
ing with 7000 votes behind Dav
ia. Hitchcock Nominated
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock
was nominated as Democratic can
didate for United States senator
by ; a three to one vote over his
nearest competitor. With 233 pre
cincts missing. Senator Hitch
cock had 46,735 votes, J. O.
Shroyer of Humboldt, 15,488 and
Anthony T. Manahan of Omaha,
9,492.
Arthur G. Wray, of York, who
participated in the progressive
party movement with Roosevelt
in 1912, apparently was nominat
ed as candidate of the newly form
ed progressive party .for Unit
ed States senator over A. H. Big
elow of Omaha.
Pirates -Hold up
Schooner; Kill Skipper
MIAMI, Fla., July 20 The con
verted auxiliary schooner William
H. Albury was held up by motor
boat pirates off Gun Key late this
afternoon and her master Captain
Edward G. Comb, shot dead on
deck according to a wireless mes
sage fTom Biminl picked up from
the Miami Beach radio station to
day.
Firemen, Oilers Out
At The Dalles
THE DALLES, Or., July 20.
Seventeen members of the Broth
erhood of -Firemen, Oilers and
Stationary Engineers walked out
at the local shops this week, in
sympathy with s striking members
of the shop crafts unions here, it
Was announced ' today by W. P.
Guild, assistant division superin
tendent in charge here. ' These
men walked out without being
called r by national union heads,
Guild said.-
WASHINGTON, July 20. Appointment of a commission
to go into the coal mining situation, notwithstanding the re
fusal of mine workers and of a minority of operators to
accept such arbitration, will be made "in due time" it became
known at the White House tonight when telegraphic cor
refcpondenee between President Harding and GoN-trnor Sproul
of Pennsylvania on the subject was made public!
Governor Sproul telegraphed he hoped that the president
was merely withholding appointment of a commission until
it could be determined whether satisfactory production would
result under the program which has been adopted by the administration.
ITPJ? M J?A AS!? a reasonal,e time."; the govett
r lMJLt lYl JCjIM f sE nor's message said. "I resDecttullv
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More Care to be Used by Of
ficials in Issuance of Slash
ing Permits
OLYMPIA, Wash., July 20.
Stato Forester Fred E. Pape re-
ceived word late toda.y from dis
trict headquarters of the United
States forestry service at Portland
that more care will be used in the
issuance of fire permits in the na
tional forests to prevent destruc
tive blares. Heavier patrols will
also le provided to see that per
mit holders do not set fires out
side the national forests.
The statement was in answer to
a telegram to District Forester
George H. Hecht today in which
Mr. Pape asked that all permits
be cancelled and no more Issued
until rain falls.
The fire situation showed Im
provement today. Pape said.
ELEVEN TAKEN
TO HOSPITALS
Stage Plunges Over Bank
Near Salinas Sleepy
Driver is Blamed
SALINAS, Cal., July 20. Tony
Horat, San Francisco and George
Gratten, Salinas, were uncon
scious and close to death in the
Harton hospital here tonight and
nine others, two of them women,
were being treated for Injuries,
sqme of them serous, as a result
of a motor stage of the Pickwick
lines in which they were riding,
plunging into a ravine at San Ar
do, C3 miles south of here today.
The stage was bound from Los
Angelas, to San Francisco.
The accident was due to the
failure of Jame3 Basedas, the dri
ver to shake off a drowsiness that
overcame him periodically during
the trip, according to some of the
passengers. Basedas said that the
mishap was caused by a defective
steering gear knuckle.
i PUPILS, SO
District No, 141 Goes Out of
Business When Youngs
. sters All Move
The tchool district of Idanha
No. 141, on the upper Santiam
river, beyond Hooper, has folded
its tents, packed its books, rolled
its blankets and tramped Itself
utterly off the map, according to
the records in the county super
intendent's office. The last of
the district money has been
turned in to the superintendent
for safe keeping, the children are
understood to have been moved
on to other educational fields,
and the little wisdom mill has
been turned over to the pack rats
and the moss and the woodpeck
ers. The district has the right of
rejuvenation, without change of
boundary, for five years: it can
come back and even regain Its
old number, and all the money it
has on deposit?, , Some such re
turns have been rdde In the his
tory of the Marion county schools,
though like prizefighters and ath
letes of most every kind, they
don't usually come back at all.
THE WEATHER
Fair.
QUITS
"If this does not occur within
rrPe tne prompt creation of your
commission either as oriKlnallv
Proposed or In modified form."
Replying President Hardin
said: j
"Your telegram relating to ap
pointment of a coal; commission
notwithstanding mine workers
and a minority of mine, operators
declined to accept such an arbi
tration, is received. :
Welfare Itf-tnaml Protlnctioa .
"Matters are temporarily In
suspension because when arbitra
tion was denied, there was but
one consistent thing to do. as 1
Baw it. and that was to Invite
production. You may expect the
selection of a ommia4lon be
cause American welfare will not
permit those who assume to serve
it to deny for any reason the sup
ply of such a necessity as fuel,
and thereby jeopardize American
life and health and happiness.
"Moreover, there was a third
party to submit its case to the
commission the great American
public. The primary object was
the prompt and Just ending of a
dispute. The broader public was
a searching inquiry into the coal
industry, to learn all the causes
of dispute and find a way to avoid
them la -the future. It may be
desirable to modify the form of
the commission as originally pro
posed, because it was first de
signed to meet most promptly the
exigency then existing.; I wished
a settlement at the conference
table where all could be heard
and all be represented on, the com
mission. Commission Assured
. "It has seemed to me that time
In appraise the situation,. , the
opportunity to measure the un
questioned fairness of the pro
posal and sense the obligations in
volved and In which .appeared to
resume production would either
avoid drastic steps on the one
hand or clearly Justify them on
the other. The commission will
come In due time. There is an
authority above all workers and
operators and that authority
the American public must have
an agency of effective expres
sion," THISTLE BEGU
County Court to Order
Stamping Out of All Wot
ous Weeds on Hghways
An official campaign against
weeds is now in progress in Mar
ion county. This week, Judge
Bushey tRsued a proclamation
calling for the cutting of a num
ber of noxious weeds, among
them being the Canada thistle.
the Russian thistle, the Chinese
thistle or Jib Hill Mustard, the
cockle burr, the silver salt bush,
and quack grass. Of all these,
the Canada thistle is held to be
the worst, the most persistent,
the easiest to spread and about
the hardest to kill.
This campaign is aimed prim
arily for the control of the high
ways; though it may legally ex
tend to any weedy fields that are
allowed to infest the neighbor
hood. Work has already com
menced in some of the highway
districts, where the property own
ers are at work cutting the nox
ious weeds along their places
The legal notice has two weeks
to run before the officers can act
in cases where the property own
ers fail or refuse to clean up. J
A very large number- of Jtbe
Marion county grain fields show
a heavy infestation of the Can
ada thistle; and : only ' vigorous
cultivation methods will eradicate
the 'pest.
CAMPAIGN I
Muscle Shoals May be De-!
velORed by Government;
Despite Proposal That It
Shall be Farmed Out.
N0RR1S BILL LAUDED;
FORD PROPOSAL SCORED
Report of Committee Criti
cized Ford and Branded as
Real Estate Deal ?
WASHINGTON. ? July joi-Re.
Jection of Henry Ford's offer for
Muscle Shoals and. enactment of
leaislatlon for development of the
war-built projectajn Alabama by
a government owned and govern
ment controlled corooratlon. w
recommended to the senate today
ur vnairraan.Norrla of the sen
ate agricultural committee.
HU views were jet forth la a.
voluminous renort. differing
tiona of which were supported by
various 'members of the commit
tee. Senators Pare.
McNary, Oregon; Kf res. New
nampsnire; ooodlnc, Idaho; Nor-
beck. South raVnta TT..l4
Oklahoma, and ;, McKlnler. Illi
nois, Republicans, and ' Kendrick.
Democrat. Wyomlnr. the rtinArt
stated. favored rejection of the
rora oner along, with Chairman
Norris. 8enatora McNary, Nor
beck, McKlnler and Good in i
was added, concurred with the,
chairman W the recommendation
for government development along
me lines aetaiiea in the pendlnr
Norris bill.
f;. Vote May be Renewed -Senator
KendrlrV ilviiMi
the- senate i after fsabmlssion 'of
the report, however, that fc
''WOnld- hj A in mnt.
the offer of Henrr Ford. ,
vlded a modification la mad eJ
tne time limit of the lease.'
The Ford offer provides for &
100-year lease and Senator Ken
drick said h favored the 50-year
maximum provided for such leases
In the federal water power act.
The report criticised the Ford
offer sharply, describing it as
'the most wonderful real estate
speculation since Adam and Eve'
lost tUIe to the Garden of Eden,
and Inquiring "why a warranty
deed to the canitol at Washing
ton is not included In this great
transfer of government, property
to this wonderful corporation.
Vnri run Ttst
The plan embodied in the Nor
ris bill was as highly; praised as
the Ford offer was criticised, t It
was described as "the most, won
derful plan for the development
of power on the Tennessee river
and its distribution over the
southern states that bas ever been
proposed I in the . history of the
country." ; - : - ?
' The prediction' was made that
If adopted, "It means the trans
formation to a great extent' of
large portions of the United
States.'' '.;. -l' -v -
The report submitted today will
be followed by another from Abe
by Senator LaddT Republican,
North Dakota, and supported, by
those favoring unconditional ac
ceptance of the Ford offer.
Bandits Hold up Train
Passengers Robbed
MEXICO CITY, July 20.- (By
the Associated Press.)-i-A South
ern Pacific train wat attacked
yesterday a few miles form 11a
zatlan, and the express car and
a number of passengers were rob
bed of 20,000 pesos by more than
100 followers of General Jnan
Carrasco, who has been in refolt
against the Mexican federal gov
ernment for several wes accord
ing to an official' report received
ft... -!' I-. dAMffflK) It? : ,.
lie re ulic ivuiui. . . .. - -
Fire Fighter Killed by
' ' Burning Tree Limb
Portland, :-rir 20. J-
naoimniu, b .-- -
here today as the result of injur
ies sustained yesterday; when a
dazing limb fell from a tree up
rn trim while he- was helping to
fight a forest fire. In the Rock
Creek district. In a. vain attemrt
to . save his life his companions
carried him six miles over moun
tain trails , to reach a highway
leading to Portland. 1