SALEU, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1925
HEW Kill
IS EOaST ROUTE
BRAMWELL FINED $50
ON CONTEMPT CHARGE
GOV. IDT IS HELD
Oi'IGHIBEBGES
SALEM TO OBSERVE
ELECTfilGilLBTOm.
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STATE BANK : SUPERINTEND
ENT VTLL APPEAL sCASE
SEVENXy-FIFTH YEAR
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Heavy Work for June Meet
of Highway. Commission
Outlined Friday
TOLL BOAD IS DEBATED
Proposed New Forest Grove -and
Tillamook Construction Occu
i pies Greater Portion
of i Session
. PORTLAND, Or., May I. Al
ter devoting most ol the day to
consideration of a proposed toll
road between Forest' Grove find
Tillamook, the state highway com
mission this afternoon mapped out
a heavy construction program to
be advertised for. the June meet
ing. The new projects are in 13
counties. .
More bites will be taken in The
Dalles-California highway, ne a
new section between Bend and
Lava Butte of 11 miles, and 13.4
miles in Klamath' county from the
deschutes county line to Crescent.
The commission ordered advertis
ed the Bly mountain section in
.Klamath, in . the Klamath-Lake-view
highway, which Is 13.4 miles.
The commission decided to resur
,.' face 16 miles j between ; Lamm's
jnills and Klamath Falls.1
The Siletx Bay-Rocky Creek
section, 10 miles, is the only part
of the Roosevelt highway in Lin
coln county, north of Newportpthat
has not been built or contracted.
The last thing the. commission did
Was to -order this section adver
. tised. It .will be a two year pro
ject. When finished It will con
nect with Roosevelt highway In
Tillamook county. - - .j Li. wi
,r" The Albany-Lebanon road ' was
also ordered advertised for June
and the paving on the Pacific
highway between Oregon City and
Canemah. In i Baker county the
commission will advertise the mid
dle bridge-Lovebridge , section of
;3.f - miles and the sag-half way
section of 2.9 miles. These are
grading jobs.
Resurfacing t miles of the old
(Continual a page 5)
PROSPECTS GOOD FOR
HIGH CHERRY PRICES
C'- ... - :
n 4 BROOKS POOL OUTLOOK IS
'-W BRIGHTER THAN 1024
Trade Will Demand Care in Handl
ing in Order to Deliver
Fin1 Product
(The following Is from a letter
addressed to O. E. Brooks:)
"Kenneth Day was through here
last week and told me that cher
ries would be very, high this year,
and that prices obtained last year
would In all probability be far out
done this season. He stated that
our trade is making inquiries right
along, and was anxious for me to
find out as soon as possible about
how many cars I could figure on
and how soon; they would begin
rolling. j .
- "If you can 1 arrange to handle
them in such ; manner that they
can be got under ice soon after
picking and without being allowed
to- stand around in common stor
age, without changing tempera
ture like putting, thettij into a cold
room and then taking them out
and packing tftem and then put
ting them back again, it looks
very, much as thourh far more
mrtTIPV fan ho ' vnt nnt i nrntal
Anns this year: than the canneries
will pay. They are at present pay
ing eight cents. I understand. If
you could get together a few cars
and handle them in such manner
that they would not turn, we could
beat that all hollow this season."
' One of Several Letters
Mr. Brooks said yesterday that
the above is only one of several
letters he , ha received. Mr.
: (Brooks said: ;"We . handle our
cherries In the ! manner above de
scribed and will make every effort
to ship, all first class, cherries we
can handle, including some Royal
Anns. We will be able to handle
some new business oh account of
shortage of crops." ;
f Mr. Brooks added that growers
must 5spray theirs cherries for
brown rot. . He declared Hhat the
'brown rot -is spreading very rip
idly, and that unless the cherries
are sprayed they cannot be taken
for shipment.
He declared that the spraying
must be done as soon as the weath
' er clears up. ; .
Prices, received by the Brooks
cherry pools last year were very
good. ,' For. some shipments the
, growers received , three to four
- times what they were offereed by
-ether dealers; especially for their
LaaVert "cherries. " T: " ' "
Action Grows j Oat of Mandamus
Proceedings to Move Office ;
I Back to Salem
; Frank , C. Bramwell, superin
tendent of the state banking de
partment, was fined $50 In the
Marion county circuit " court Fri
day by Judge L. H. McMahan when
he appeared to answer a charge of
criminal contempt of court. Mr.
Bramwell Immediately filed notice
of appeal to the supreme court.
' The contempt charge was placed
against Bramwell when he failed
tfl: appear in j Judge McMahan 's
court to show 'reason why he had
filed ! an affidavit of prejudice
against the Judge, and wanted the
case tried in another court. Mr.
Bramwell failed to put in an ap
pearance in the court room to an
swer these charges, and was then
cited for contempt.
' Mr. Bramwell's attorney declar
ed that Judge McMahan was not
authorized to call him into court
to explain his motion of prejudice,
but that, under the statute, the
Only thing he was empowered to
do was to issue exchange of venue
to another authorized court.' Judge
McMahan contested this statement
and declared ' that, Insofar as he
did not know Mr. Bramwell, and
had never met him, to his knowl
edge, he was entitled to know why
he ould not give him a fair trial.
The case grew out of a petition
filed by George Putnam of Salem,
protesting against the removal of
the headquarters of. the state
banking department from Salem
to Portland., Mr. Bramwell was
cited to appear in the circuit court
here to explain the change, but
immediately filed m motion Jot a
change of : venue, stating that
Judge McMahan ; was prejudiced
against him, and could not give
him a fair trail on the merits of
the case. . ;
Mr. Bramwell was then asked
to show wherein Judge McMahan's
alleged prejudice was evidenced,
but refused to do so,-with the re
sult that j the f criminal contempt
charge was placed. ? ;
I A belated : motion for transfer
was also filed t by Mr. Bramwell
yesterday,! together with an ob
jection! in which he demurred
against the affidavit filed by John
H. Carson, district attorney. The
objection is made to the affidavit
on the grounds that it does not
state facts sufficient to constitute
a basis for proceedings in con
tempt,! and that j "it affirms and
appears therefrom that the court
was without Juris dictum to make
the order sought to be made the
basis of the alleged contempt.";
AMNESIA VICTIM SILENT
ntf Tivira ftOl'fiHT OP MAN
nuunasf w - p
FOCXD HERE IN APRIL
Efforts are being made by Dr.
R. E. Lee Stelner, superintendent
of the state Tidspltal. to locate rel
atives of Eskil Strom, 39. who was
picked up by the Salem " police
April 22 withfseveral thousands of
dollars In cash, a watch and some
Jewelry in his possession.. Since
being received at the hospital he
has not spoken awdrd.!f. :,J!
Strom was identified by means
of naturalization I papers. , He Js
a native of Sweden, and a carpenr
ter by trade. He Is 5 feet 7 inches
tall, weighs about 160 pounds and
has brown hair and Woe eyes. ;
KAY IS FORUM SPEAKER
VARIOUS PHASES OF TAX-
ATIOX TO BE DISCUSSED
v
T. B. Kay, sUte treasure, will
be the principal speaker at the
Chamber, of Commerce forum ion
Monday, f Two or three weekrago
when Governor Pierce discussed
recent legislation, Mr. Kay was an
interested listener and took notes,
which he Is going to use Monday
to take exception to some of the
remarks made by the speaker. He
is to take Issue with some of the
things the legislature did and did
not "do." " .;.! l- rrhv -.;;"
When Mr. Kay gets warmed np
on his topic of "taxation and new
laws enacted - byjUha last legisla
ture," the famed ! time ! limit of
the Chamber of Commerce' will be
disregarded. j
COL. LOGAN QUITS
... WASHINGTON, May 291 (By
Associated Press!.) -Colonel' James
a Tiran. American observer on
the J reparations commission ; in
Parts has resigned for personal
and business! reasons,", and his
resignation has feeen accepted : by
Secretary .Kellogg. 1
W03L1X SOLON ARRESTED
- SEATTLE. May 29. Mm. Maud
Sweetman, state legislator from
the 44th district, was arrested here
tonight charged . with attempted
jury tampering, j She was released
on-fisoo-ta:!. t ; .:;...
Governor of Washington Is
Said to Have Solicited
Bribes; Bonds Posted i
EXECUTIVE SURRENDERS
No Statement Is Issued; Informa
tion Filed by Prosecuting ,
Attorney Said Cause of
Arrest
OLYMPIA, Wash., May 29
(By The Associated Press) For
mer Governor Louis F. Hart, for
whose arrest a warrant was sworn
out at Tacoma today on charges of
having sol' red a bribe In connec
tion with liquidation fees for the
defunct . Scandinavian-American
bank of Tacoma surrendered him
self to iie Thurston county sher
iff late this afternoon. He post
ed a $3,000 "surety bond as bail. ;
Ka statement was forthcoming
from the former executive on the
recent developments in the case.
Ills arrest did not prevent ! him
from attending a twilight base
ball game at a local park.
The warrant was issued ' upon
Information filed in the superior
court by James W. Seldon, prose
cuting attorney of Prosser county.
The sheriffs s office , stated that
the former governor who Is at his
home In Olympla would be notifi
ed by telephone immediately that
the warrant ii in their possession
and that "Hart would be given op
portunity to arrange ball through
his attorneys here. , , J i I
The information accuses Hart of
"violating his official duty in that
the said Louis F. Hart did unlaw
fully feloniously and directly ask
from Guy E. Kelley and Forbes Pi
Haskell, Jr., that they pay him a
certain sum of money from the as
sets of the Scandinavian-American
bank of Tacoma." . - J v;
The information specifically
charges that Hart requested -the
attorney, and liquidator for the
bank to add an amount over and
above their fees which had been
paid to he governor from Jihe
trust fund created from the assets
of the bank. r . .'
The witnesses . indorsed on the
information are Claude D. . Hay,
John P. Duke and J. C. MInshull
former supervisors of banking; H.
Johnson, present supervisor of
banking;: John H, Dunbar, attor
ney general; Forbes. P. Haskell,
Jr., special deputy bank examiner
in charge of the liquidation of the
defunct bank; Guy E. Kelley. Tho
mas, McMahon and Frank D. Oak
ley, former attorneys for the liqui
dator; and W. E. Berry, deputy
county engineer, w, . j ;
Mr. Seldon .declared tonight
that from the time he received the
papers in the case this week from
the attorney general the problem
that confronted him was to draw
an information which would stand
in court. . -. :. .. , - .
"It would have been a simple
matter to charge Hart with a mis
demeanor In I the matter but the
charge should properly be a fel
ony," he said.
The prosecutor began working
upon an Information j two days ago
but encountered several obstacles
which delayed him. He had com
pleted an information Thursday
but on reading it to his assembled
deputies a flaw was discovered
and the information ' was redraft
ed. ; ..; i "' .. " I -;.-j
"We now have an information
which will ' stand and are ready
to go through with the case," he
asserted. Mr.-Selden said that
Hart could be brought to trial
during the next term of court, if
his attorneys were agreeable.
Otherwise, by the employment of
dilatory tactics, the defense could
probably delay the trial until the
September term of court. J
Friday In Washington
i O. P. Van Sweringen continued
on the stand' in the Nickel Plate
merger hearing. . t i
M A comprehensive ( program ..for
legislative extension of prohibition
enforcement was outlined by W.
B.i Wheeler of the anti-saloon
league., . :j '.- y'? ;
ui 1 ' f '
; Cooperation of all state gover
nors in 'the defense test July i 4
was-' requested in telegrams dis
patched by . Acting Secretary Da
vis, : , f, . "
' - i-
Ambassador De Cartler of Bel
gium informed' Secretary Melldn
that his government, desires to
initiate early i negotiations fer
funding the Belgian debt to t&e
United States. 1
i"t : k ' ! f-'i .
Navy officials tsaid administra
tion of the Elk H.llls naval oil re
serve probably would continue as
at present until fiaal adjudication
13 had la proces-Izss acalsst the
Military and Patriotic Organ
izations Will Gather, at
Marion Square
HAVLEY ORATOR OF DAY
Exercises Begin att Armory at 3
O'clock; Cemeteries Visited
La Morning and Water
Rites Held
Plans , are complete for the
Memorial Day. parade . today and
all military patriotic and civic; or
ganizations of the city and county
are invited, to attend. Organiza
tions will report at Marion square
promptly at 1;30 o'clock, .where
Col. Carle Abrams, grand marshal,
will assign them to places.
The - head ; of the parade will
move, from the square promptly
at 2 o'clock, going south on. Com
mercial to Court; east on Court to
Church; . south . on Church to
State; west. on State to Liberty,
south ; on Liberty to ; the Armory,
disbanding at the entrance. Pat
riotic exercises will be held at the
Armory ,wlth Congressman W. C.
Hawley-the orator of the day.
Members of the GAR will ride
at the head of the parade in au
tomobiles furnished by the Ameri
can and the Sons of Veterans.
These , will pass tn reviewing
stand on State on the south side
of the court house.
. Aides . to the grand marshal are
T. A. Brown, chief of staff; Col.. A;
T. , Wolpert, Major Tom E. RUea ;
Captains r Diaz, Bolton Hamble;
Lieutenant f Willis E. Vincent;
Bryant Connelly, Frank' Durbfn,
Jr., and Q. L. McDonald.
. Cemeteries will be .visited in the
morning, special services ..being
feeld in City, -:Yiew. .cemetery : at
10:15 o'clock by the. GAR while at
1 o'clock water service in. memory
of Bailor dead will be held from
the Marion-Polk county bridge, by
Sections,' commanders and posl
tion of organization in the parade
are as follows:
First section In charge of. Ma
jor Tom E. Rlnce and Captain
Bolton Hamble.
l-j-Grand marshal and staff.
; 2--CoIors and escort.
L 3 Salem.-.military band.
4 Company P, O. N. O... ., ,
5 Headquarters detachment,
o. n. g..
' Second section Commanded by
Col. T. A.- Wolpert.
j 1-Cbmmander G. A. R.; de
partment commander, . American
Legion; commander Spanish-Am
erican War Veterans; Congress-
( Continued on pK 5)
KLAMATH HEARINGS ENDS
FRAUD NOT SHOWX ARIZONA
GOVERNOR DECLARES
. . KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., May
29. With the statement that
In his opinion no testimony had
been Introduced that .would . show
fraud in the sale of power sites of
the Klamath Irrigation district to
the- California-Oregon power com
pany, ex-governor JT,,;C. Camp
bell of Arizona, chairman of the
federal board . of survey and ap
praisal, today concluded his hear
ing of this district's complaint.
Representatives of the California-Oregon
Power company were
present at the hearing, but did not
testify. .
DEBATE TEAM SELECTED
EIGHT HIGH SCHOOL STUD-
EXTS WIN IN CONTEST
Margaret Pro, Gaynelle Beckett,
Harold Tomlinson, Martin Red
ding, Homer Richards, Louis Olm
stead, .Clark Durham and Jack
Ramage were the successful win
ners in . the debate tryouts held
at the Salem. high school and will
form the intersectlonal team to
meet Salem, Mass.
t The question to be debated will
be: "Resolved, that the child la
bor amendment, as passed by con
gress, should be ratified by the
states." Some form of this ques
tion will be used at the intersec
tlonal debate.
The selections were. .made by
Prof. F. M. Erickson and Prof.
Franklin of Willamette university,
and Principal Miller of the Salem
public schools.
NEGRO ASSAILANT 4 KILLED
CAMDEN, ,Ark., May 9 An
unidentified jiegro. charged with
attempting ti attack a white wo
man at Louann, about 17 miles
south of here was taken from of
ficers by a Tmob of approximately
fifty cea and'sLot to death on the
Carauen-Louaaa road today,- .
, Q'ER GRAVES sacred to fLfb- j J
lv'W erty and Union sacred to the iiOSp,
JvKVi "t "Heroes of Foreign .wars;"; Ver v
YUm iSfTx the monuments t of "Unknown sol- V))JlSP
iXjy Jffjw diers," everywhere; o'er the graves . 1
jKR of other loved ones, garlands are i 5orf
ONLY FOUR JURORS ARE
CHOSEN IN FIRST WEEK
SHEPHERD POISON TRIAL
MAKES LITTLE PROGRESS
Mystery of Disappearance of Star
Witness Is Not .Yet
idea red Up -
CHICAGO, May 29. (By Asso
ciated Press.1) -After. a week of
patient examination of veniremen,
the William. D. Shepherd murder
trial regained its status of a week
ago, . when . the . fourth juror was
obtained late today., Shepherd Is
being tried for. the murder of his
foster son, William Nelson Mc-
Clintock. .Mark R. Splklns. aged
printer and copyreader, was se
lected. - ' .!'-: V
, f It wag the only progress of the
entire week. The eleventh day of
the trial was concluded with ad
journment today after 211 men
had been examined and excused.
Three letters were received to
day from the elusive missing wit
ness, Robert : White, upon whose
testimony Shepherd was indicted.
t White wrote from-Philadelphia
to Joseph Savage, assistant state's
attorney, that his "main motive
now is to show that Shepherd gang
that I fear them no longer and
you can rest assured that I will
expose 'all their , crooked moves.',.'
"The Shepherd gang thought
they had me out of the way," said
the letter. "You can tell the
world I know. Shepherd and he
knows me, too." , 4 .
In a letter to Judge Thomas J.
Lynch, presiding at the trial,
mailed from New York White said
he would return for the trial. He
explained he left Chicago in a
rented automobile Instead of by
train, because It was cheaper.
White assured both Savage and
Judge Lynch, lie would be "on
hand when the trial starts and all,
why I left and who made me
leave."
In another : letter postmarked
Philadelphia. White wrote to the
Chicago Daily News that . he had
"noticed in one of the newspa
pers that J. J. Kelley, chiroprac
tor, 'L guard and Insurance agent,
has all of a sudden become an
angel, acquired wings and ' told
everything but the troth."
"Why don't he tell the truth,
that he, Kelley, Byrne and Rosen,
them three, tried to make me take
$5,000 which I refused and then
he, Kelley, said they could get. ma
bumped, off for a couple! of hun
dred dollars which they tried . to
do one night at 12:30 a. m., but;
I did not fall for, their trap."
Kelley has ibeen held. Incom
municado several days , by Robert
E. Crowe, state's attorney, who
stys that. "Kelley has told much,
but can telj much more." '
STAMER BtTRXIXG.AT SEA
NEW .-YORK.4 May " 29 The
steam freighter Fencbufch," a ship
of .7,335 gross tons, was reported
afire tonight at sea.The SOS from
the Fenchureh' waa picked up by
only one station here and that sta
tion : also learned that assistance
was on the way to the disabled
vessel,
FRANCE PAYS TRIBUTE
DECORATION DAY. OBSERVED
IX UNUSUAL FASHION S
PARIS, May. 29. Memorial day
In France will be celebrated to
morrow in an unusual fashion due
to the, presence ;of the gold: star
mothers' delegation and . a party
of New YorkBtate war ..veterans
scheduled to arrive in France to
night on board the liner Leviathan'.
From Thiacourt cemetery, in the
SU Mlhlel sector, to. Bony ceme
tery ; in . Flanders, - ail American
graves will be decorated with Old
Glory , end : the. French trl-color,
and American delegations will pay
homage to the -American dead.
Impressive ceremonies will be held
at Romagne In the Argonne and
at Suresnes cemetery, just outside
Paris, where Ambassador Herrlck
and : Colonel . Thomas W. Miller,
head of, the inter-allled war vet
erans' federation, will speak, j
FREE FERRY IS TOPIC
YAMHILL AND MARION COURTS
TO MEET TUESDAY I
; The Yamhill county court is .to
meet wjththe Marion county of
ficials Tuesday morning to confer
about the free ferry that has been
proponed for Wheatland on the
Willamette river. .At . present a
toll ferry; service is. in operation
and the residents, of the district
think a free service should be pro
vided by the two counties. The
amount of traffic is sufficient to
warrant. the change, they declare-
Petitions have been signed by
residents of Marion and Yamhill
counties. The Marlon county
court has expressed itself as fa
voring the establishing of such a
service, providing each county
bears half the expense. . ( :
There la a hitch to the proposi
tion, however, because it is stated
that Yamhill county proposes that
Marion county pay two thirds the
expense of operating the ferry. FL
B. Sacketl, a former resident ot
Salem is county judge of Yamhill
county.
FLYER DIES IN PLANE
AVIATORS FALLS OVER AFTER
MAKING PERFECT LANDING
WASHINGTON, May 29 (By
The Associated Press) -Lieuten
ant Teneyck Dew eeder, 30 years
old, naval aviator, was found un
conscious In the ; cockpit, of his
planet after making a perfect.land-
Ing here.. today, ending a flight
from Norfolk, j Va., with Richard
Bathelmess. motion picture actor.
as passenger. The flier died while
being removed from, his seat. Phy
sicians said death was due to a
heart-attack,'; ' . .
The plane came to a neat three
point landing., and Lieutenant
Veeder slumped, forward in his
seat, leaving" the engine r running.
Barthelmees spoke to faim but re
ceived co .response, and. the actor
then called for, assistance. Bar
thelmess said Veeder showed , no
signs of illness during the trip
and Just a few minutes before
landing signalled to his passenger
ladicatln; tU laadlzs field, j-
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FURNITURE COMBINES
HIT; IN INDICTMENTS
GOVERNMENT OPENS WAR BY
FEDERAL - GRANI JURY
Sherman AnU-Trnst Act . tm Held
Violated by' S69 Firms and "
j, , 'Individuals
- . CHICAGO. May 29.-(By the
Associated Press.) A furniture
trust was v charged by the govern
ment today in 269 indictments re
turned by the federal grand jury,
alleging .violation 'of the Sherman
anti-trust act.
" "Several hundred prominent fur
nure and refrigerator manufac
turers from all. part's of the coun
try, except the ; far west, were I n
dicted by a federal -'grand Jury
here, j being specifically . charged
with, price fixing, elimination of
competition, and. other violations
and evasions, of. the law.
Many firms in the leading furn
iture, manufacturing centers, to
gether with members of three
large national associations, . the
National Refrigerator Manufactur
ers', association, the National Al
liance, if Furniture Makers,, and
the. National Association, of Chair
Manufacturers are included. e
. .In all there were 269 firms and
individuals . named but these were
divided into . three ..sectionsre
frigerator business, the chair . in
dustry and the case goods manu
facturing. - - - . ',. . . j
In' the ".refrigerator Indictments
18 manufacturers and two individ
uals were named. All the, firms
are prominent and do a yearly
business of about 1 15,000,000, ac
cording to the government's alle
gation." -r 7- V.
- In the chair cases, 55 firms and
two j individuals were r , named.
These firms also do about $15,
000,000 business yearly, the In
dictments charge.
NOTED GUNMAN PASSES
CHICAGO GANGLAND BURD2S
ITS FALLEN LEADER
CHICAGO, May 29. (Associat
ed Press.) - Chicago , gangland,
which never falls to surround the
funerals of its fallen heroes with
splendor and magnificence, outdid
Itself today paying its respects to
Angelo Genna, gangster and un
derworld leader, who was shot to
death as he rode along the street
in his automobile a' few days agro.
Twenty thousand people Jaraned
the narrow streets of 'the .city's
"Little Italy" and followed, the
body to the grave. j
Thirty automobiles heaped with
flowers preceded , the hearse, s 1
Genna's friends proufily poiatpl
to the lavish display and boas:- I
that it cost $30,000. The coffin
was of eilver with Genua's cams
In gold. ; ,;. y
v Genna had lived in as exclusive
north; shore, hotel twith,hi your 7
bride, and was honored Ja d-th
in "Little Italy" where his cmlz:
te-an.
Bolt Wrecks Radio Set anJ
Strips Plaster From
' Wall at 562 Mill
SERVICE IS PARALYZED
Trolley Wire Has Leak and Etree
Cars Refuse .to Moire For:
Hours; Torrent of Rain
; Fails ;
Damage amounting to $4000 re
sulted from a bolt of lightning"
which struck near the Trade
street distributive station of the
Portland Electric Power company
played havoc with : the electric;
power of the city for a few minu
tes Friday afternoon and practi
cally wrecked the home of Andro
Hansen, S62 Mill.
"The. bolt entered i the Hansen
home, presumably by an aerial
wire, broke several, windows, tore
a large strip of plaster from the
wall and virtually ruined a radio
receiving set. It is stated that the
lightning leaped, across the room
and struck a large mirror which
was shattered.
'" The lightning traveled Into the
Trade street station of-the Port
land Electric Power company over
an east side wire and left the east
part of the. city without lights for
a lew moments. . The , street car,
and elavator sejrvice of the down
tbw'n district was put out for 15.
minutes, with the S.tate and Che
meketa ca lines tied up for sev-t
eral hours, due to a short in th'a
trolley wire.
The lightning burned out an oil
switch, which is used to convey
the electricity to the distributing
lines ' and some time elapsed be
fore "anew circuit could be made.
' Telephone lines near the Trade
street station were rendered use
less; when the' fuses were blown
but. f They were promptly repair
ed, however and little inconveni
ence resulted, according to W. II.
Dancy, .manager of the telethons
exchange. " -
At 3 o'clock someone pulled tha
plug-from the sky and a deluge
qf.rain descended upon the dis
trict, the heavy downpour lasting j
pearly. half an hour. Pedestrians
wete drepched , .and the . street!
practically deserted for fully ;
Quarter of an hour. Service sta
tions provided a- haven for thos
seeking shelter from;the rain. Th"
bolt .struck shortly, after th ,c.3J
luge started,' only one bolt occur
ing. It was followed by a heavy
clap of thunder. ,. .
Due to the lack of street cars,
hundreds, of pepple were forced ib
wakthop;e after work , and many
dinners were delayed last nlktt.
, . The -heavy rain , came almost
without warning and while tt-) f ' y
was nQt. clear, there was littla in
dication .that a. rain, of such severity-as
imminent prior to appear
ance of the TTrst few drops. '
Several thousands of dollars of
damage Was done to the ga aera
tors, a few weeks ago when a bolt
of lightning struck near the j cul
tentiary. RESCUE PLAfiE 0;j VAY
ALGARSSON SEEKING. TO. LO
CATE A31UNDSEN IMi'.tY
. LIVERPOOL, May 29. (Ty tha
Associated Press.) Grett!r Al ir
sson was today speeding LI? i ' ma
to fly. to the north la an r't :pt
to locate and assist tha Amu - ;-en
expedition. A Algarsson. a yc in
Icelander, had hoped to rac 3 Aki
undsen to the Earth pole, tut his
non-rigid t airship was net com
pieted,.ia time., , He now he: to
be reconnoiterin? oyer tfcs r r.i
where Amhndsen may be withla
three weeks,
..Algarsson said he has tLo lest
chance of, reaching the r ion
where Amundsen has cor.?. '.. las
already.organized. Ills eurr'r t-P
will proceed from Liver-ool to
Spitzbersen. .
He .will fly from Lo-. ' t tn
Spltzberen and thence toward tLa
north pole. . ' -
vHe stated, however, ;th at 1 e will
make no atter ; t to rearii t! ; oil
or.to.f3y to Alaska u?:i l:
exhausted every 'possilU.ty cl lo
cating Amundsen, .
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