The Oregon statesman., August 29, 1925, Page 1, Image 1

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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1925
FIGHT IS EXPECTED OVER
DJSPOSAL OF YOUNG WILL
CHINESE TONS MEMBERS pfl'IUIPTC lPMPTttl
fflSTER OF GIRL'S
AUTO FREIGHT FLEET IS REWARD IS OFFERED FOR
MB READY FOR
ncrr -m niscuss PEACE uliuiIU IU IUUIUILU
PLANNED BY LOCAL MEN
ARREST OF MAIL BANDITS
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FLIGHT TO ISLAflDS
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COURTS WILL DECIDE STATUS
ARTICLES OP INCORPORATION
READY TO FILE )
POLICE SEEK GUNMEN WHO
.KILLED CLERK IX ROBBERY
TWO RIVAL CLANS TAKE AD
OF, DENTIST SUICIDE
VANTAGE OF ARMISTICE
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DOIT SOLVED
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Completion of AH Funding
"Negotiations Must Be
Made Immediately
Counsel for Murderer Declares He
Hag Itcen Assigned Ilia
,-j Wife's Share
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 28,
(By
Dr.
Associated Proa 1 Whn
SMALL COUNTRIES SLOW Thomas' Young yesterday garrot
ted himself with a piece of radio
wire before a Jury in superior
France and Italy Giro Assorance cf ort 1?ad an opportunitjr to de"
care u'ui unoceai or Ruiicy 01 me
of Early Settlement; Other
, rowcra Authorize .
Ministers
charge of murdering his wife with
dental gas and sealing her body in
a cistern, he escaped the gallows
but left ; unanswered the Question
of whether he had a legal right to
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (By !spof? t aa-inherited .share of
Associated Press). Completion " , .""T! ,
of all funding negotiations, with
Today John S. Cooper, defense
America's wartime debtors and e lir a cca8e,Q , .en""'
Mrs. Grace Grogaa Young's 560,-
actlon upon the agreements . by
th fnrthnmln miilnn Af unn.
ts. T rCJ 000 estate that Dr. Young had as-
gress is the new program of the . . . . - ,
American debt commission. Offi
cial Washington appeared satis
fied today that the program could
be accomplished as a' result of the
stern measures adopted with re
spect to the smaller debtors and
the assurances of action already
giTen by France and Italy, the
two remaining major powers
whose debts are unfunded.
his
Police Check on Activities of
Young Oakland Nurse
on Day of Murder
HEART AFFAIRS BARED
New i Dealer Declares He Saw
Girl After ; Her : Reported
Disaprarance; Inform-
atlon. Is Given
Line to Operate Seven Trucks;
Main Office to be Located
In Roseburg
Mall Sacks With Bloodstains Are
Found; Cine Is Said
Important
Huge Air Leviathans Are
Groomed for Epoch-Making
Hawaiian Hop
OAKLAND. Cal.. Aug. 28. (By
Associated Press.) Mrs. Bessie
Loren,: El Cerrlto swamp murder
victim, was r live and In the vicin
ity of the' Oakland home of her
sighed to him his share of
dead wife's, property,
At the time Mrs. Young's will
was filed for probate it was an
nounced that the estate would sot
be distributed until after Young's
trial, and that if he were convict-
i7. V. " V. I M. Veale of Contra Costa county
victim's property. - " od?y. thi was de"n"e,r !
Articles of incorporation for an
auto transportation ' company in
which several local men are Inter
ested have been prepared and will
probably be filed today.
The Oregon Auto Transporta
tion company is capitalized at
$50,000 and will operate a fleet
of seven freight trucks between
Portland and Roseburg. A. C.
Bohrnstedt is president. E. L.
Bhornstedt, vice president, and
Elvln H. Young, secretary . treas
urer. Main offices will be opened
in Roseburg. ,
FTve of the ' freight fleet will
operate direct between Portland,
and Roseburg. with one truck
each on th Roseburg-Grants Pas,
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Fergu
son on the night of August 20, 1 and Roseburg-Wedford lines.
almost esretly 24 hours after her I Mr.. Young, who has been wltH
reported disappearance oa the the Spaulding Logging company
night of August 19, when she part-1 for the last year and a half, w
ed f.om her. mother, Mrs. Annie
Ferguson at Seventh and Broad
way, Oakland. ' Under Sheriff W.
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 28. (By
Associated Press.) A reward of
$1,000 for the arrest or lntorma- SHIPS TO LEAVE MONDAY
uon leading to the arrest of gun
men who looted the express and
mail car of northbound Santa Fe
train No. 75 and fatally shot
Elmer Campbell, express messen
ger last Monday night, was of
fered today by W. W. Etter. gen
eral manager of the Santa Fe
coast lines.
The offer was made shortly I SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 28
after officers had discovered what I (By Associated Press.) The navy
at first was looked upon as one is to set the stage tomorrow for
of the most Important clues un- the take-off of Its non-stop flight
covered In connection with the to the Hawaiian islands, which has
case. I been set for 2 p. m. Monday.
i
Two mall sacks bearing what! The mine sweeper Ganaet will
All Precautions Taken by Navy
Department to Guarantee
, Succna of Trans Pa .
. ctfic Flight
Unfatr Lartng Away of Members
la Glvea as Reanou for
War Outbreak ' -
Wiilos Enters Plea of "Not
Guilty"; Murray and Kel---
ley Ask for Time
ATTORNEYS ARE SOUGHT
Accused Men Are Given Until
Tuesday to Make; Prepar
atkm for Def ease and
for Arraignment .
NEW YORK. Aug. 2$. (By
Associated Press.) Delegations
representing the rival Chinese
tongs which were Involved In the
bloody flareup Tuesday and Wed
nesday met today la the office of
Assistant District Attorney Pecora
to dlscuas peace terms. An armis
tice Is In effect pending the out
come of the conference which waa
continued from Wednesday.
Five members of the Hip Sicg
tong and nve or ue un x-cong SIx indictment charging first
tong comprised the delegations. Ljeirr- murder In connection with
Mr. Pecora said the tong war Ue death of J. M. Holmaa and
waa caused by the objection ot the Johtt Sweeney, guards at the peni
Oa Leongs to alleged unfair meth- tentlary. the evening of August
ods practiced by the other organ- jj were returned Friday after-
Izatloa in luring away Us oiem-jnoon ,tsiBt Tom j Murray. E2U
bers and also to the invasion by worth Kelley and James Wlllot.
a
tabllshed by statements of J. P.
i have charge of the main office
Roseburg while Mr. Bohrnstedt
will have charge of the Salem of-i
fice. M. E. Wldness. manager of
the old transportation company.
will have an. interest in the new
concern and will have charge ot
the Portland office at the auto
freight' terminal.
property,
Pitt Tnnnr'. o-tiilt tvr fnnnAna
Dissatisfied with the slow pro- had notibeen leeallv determined Kfoed. OaEhnd news proprietor
fcress of conversations with most when he died by his own hand who Mld- he knew Mrs. Loren
of the smaller nations the com-1 yesterday, and while the district through business dealings ; "with
mission, has taken a positive I .ttnra.. iiiinvnM .. -a her and that she called at his news
stand, the first .evidence of which admission of guilt, defense coun- 8tand between 8 and 9 o'clock onjTOWN MENACED BY FIRE
Is the Information that Czecho-J 8ei maintained it only proved the I the night of August 20.
Slovakia soon will send a delega-j dentist insane. ' I The, news stand is only a short
tion to take up a funding proposal! Frank iW. Hunt, father of Mrs. I distance from the Ferguson home
and that the Greek government! Young, announced he would op- Kofoed said Mrs. Loren called
has authorized Its minister here I pose anyj attempt by the dentist's there regularly every Thursday to
to mutate negotiations. Informal I attorney to obtain a share of her I buy a magazine. He said she was
exenanges. nave oeen unaer wayi fortune; In his opinion the right-usually pleasant and talkative but I (By Associated ' Press.) Resi
for some weeks between the com-jfal heir j is Patrick Grogan. Jr.,that on the night of August 20 dents of this town were fighting
mission ana Minister nip or J!- son of the slain woman and heir to 1 8he appeared nervous and dls-1 desperately this' evening to suy
xnonia ana me uaivian minister the million ; dollar estate of the traught. Kofoed said Bhe went the progress of flames that had
n i uear u 8.eeuieHi in iaie fairicK urogan, so-called Cal- Uway without the magazine when approached on two sides and were
this government. ifornia "olive king." i , I refused to ancent th .mail held in check only because the
In making the new representa-l Should Cooper press his claim cnanza he Droferred her for a 5 I humidity was high enough to aid
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RESIDENTS OF SPIRIT LAKE
' PREPARING TO LEAVE
SPIRIT LAKE, Idaho, Aug. 28
tions to Czecho-Slovakia this gov-1 to a share in Mrs. Young's estate.
ernment's view was said to be Dr. Young though dead, may have today gathering together scattered
iua. wane mere may ue gruunu I o-aui mai ogam, m e.icvi, iu
for divergent calculations as to I & civil court, action.
the amount of the 'obligation. I Meanwhile four . alienists late
there could be no plausible reason today contributed to ,the. Question LtffiinW nrf., rail
why the differences should not be of the. dead dentist's mental status af,ninf4Jn"derJ1casf that ofTl-
Ironed out and a funding pact ar- t the time of his suicide, a pre- cr? Ul Wttjr "flc nttre
bill. Investigators marked , time
bits of evidence In an effort to de
termine wnere next to turn for a
likely solution of one of the most I
investigators thought might be leave San Fraacisco at 7:30 to- lb. Hip of terrItory which r,,; ttt'
blood sUlns were found in an au- morrow morning for a position off na- bn conceded to mbe under break, bythe MaHon county grand
tomobile parked on a street at Pedro point, on the western shore n tponir lllriadietion notblv i- e .t
Redondo Beach. After a cursory of San Pablo bay. with a number it..!. .rrived t ih. 'I' t-..h .v.
investigation. however. police of the headquarters offlcera of h . Pecora was confident L-nw.ii.iMs fn- th. H.th f e.rh
pen-
three
The outcome of the meeting (when the cases come up for triaL
was that District Attorney Ban- Murray, leader of the trio, was
ton and the chairman of the Chin-1 the first to sppear before Judge
esa Benevolent societv were aD-lPerrv Tl. Keller. He asked for
As two big motors are being I to .ct arbitrators whoss lin eitennion of time and will nlead
piacea in t&e vu-i. me imra non- i decUion In the matter would be I Tuesday. Murray has written Roy
there admitted that
been able definitely
sacks as two of the trio stolen
from the mail and express car.
They were still working on this
clue tonight and said they had by
no means abandoned it as worth
less.
'ever. police of the headquarters officers of baslfi C1UW pecofa w nsTontlblB toT the death of
they had not the flight o"J- The two big m , formm, tret wou,d ,r. guards. The death
to Identify the 1 Wtanw wUI leaTe hew two d w, f
and one-half hours later, flying to
a point near the head of the bay
or about 15 miles northeast ot
San Francisco.
Everett C. Lewis. Robert top flyer, there is some doubt as I finaL The troce WM extended Shields, former Salem attorney
and Pearl Anderson, who were ar
rested last night as suspects, con
tinued to be held tonight while de
tectives checked their alibis.
!
WATER MEETING CALLED
COMMITTEE TO GATHER XEXT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
mates no later than Sunday, how-
ever, her crew memDers aaia to
day.
The three ships expect to hold
a sort of dress rehearsal of the
take-off some time between to-
ranged. !
The treasury liolds obligations examination of his brain
bf Czecho-Slovakia aggregating
S91.644.862 of which that nation
already has indicated a willing
ness to acknowledge S 8 0,2 3 4.8 08.
The debt commission now insists
that the fnll aminnK Moimail h
this government plus interest be wm etally responsible. . They
funded, but it has Informed the ZT Z
The report, signed by Doctors
Cecil Reynolds." 1010? Parsons,
Paul Bowers , and Lewis Weber,
stated that . Young's brain - was
"healthy" when he killed himself
In his cell. and that; he therefore
the fighters. Many had their
househoud goods loaded on trucks
nad wagons, ready to beat a hasty
retreat should the wall of .fire
leap the trench that bad been dug
on a front of a mile and a halt.
The wind was so strong that
backfiring against the blase was
impossible. " "
A crew of men was digging
FISHERMAN IS DROWNED trenches around the pole, of the
power tine ui iuv iiuuiusiuu
Water Power . company to New
port, Wash., many ot which are
in the: center of the blaze.
Contlnfcea oa ptg S.)
HEAVY CLOTHING PROVES
v FATAL WEIGHT TO VICTIM
to whether sne win be toie 10 goi nntI, next Monday afternoon when and now counsel for the Union Ta
to the jump-on position loraorrow. i th arbitr-tor- wln meet lo con-1 rifle In Portland, to defend hlra
She is sure to Join her adventurous I B,der an exUtjng treaty between Smiling. Murray was again hand-
the tongs which the On Leongsl cuffed and taken back to his cell
maintain has been violated by the I at the penitentiary.
Hip Sings. 'I Kelley and Wiilos were brougat
to the court house together . in
SEATTLE.: Aug. 28. (By the charge of Deputy Warden J. W.
Associated Press.)- After an at- Linie and Capt. W. E. Golden.
morrow noon and the actual be-1 tempt by city authorities to bind Itnard. Wiilos was left In charge
ginning of the flight. I leaders -of Chinese tonrs In Se-If Guard Bennett In an ante-room
Wind and water conditions onlattle to keen peace failed here to- while Kelley appeared in court
F. G. Deckebach. chairman, has I the blr aulet waterway are to be I day. tour tong leaders agreed to I He said he was making arranre-
called a meeting of the advisory I nut to a thorough test, so when I post bonds ot $5,000 each to be I ments lor nil defense with a Fort
committee appointed by Mayor J.I the pilots din Into the ether on I forfeited If local members of their I 'd attorney but refnsod to givn
V. Glesy and T. M. Hicks, presi-l Monday they will know exactly I societies become involved In tonglnu name. He expressed saiurae-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce. I what to exnect. I wars. . I tion with the suggestion that he
to act with the special water com-1 At the regular take-off the I The conference was attended by I ent" his plea Tuesday. -
mittee of the city council, for 8 1 ships will swing down the bay. approrimately 11 leaders, who ad- Wiilos was the last to appear,
o'clock at the Chamber of Com-1 flying low, with two PN-7 navylmltted that there was a posslbfl-n asked that the court appoint
merce rooms Wednesday. I seaplanes flying above them tolity of an eutbreak here following attorney. Ry Bassett of Sa
lt Is planned at this time to I handle their wireless resorts. The I the recent outbreak-In the east, l,eoi was paraed. District Attor
take steps toward obtaining an IPX's will remain with the larger
appraised valuation of tde Salem (flyers until they are ready to re-
ASTOTIIA Or knr 28 John
ra nalAm loot
HuvuiiviiHttvi a f thopman era k fl wa I
debtor government that In event ;ack or; aevelopment In the cen- drowned in Young's bay last night
terrors are discovered
GAS PRICE IS DROPPED
' I .tulll.. -41 . 1 " " "
such! IT! " ,. .7 : 1-- i wnen a sxlff In wnich he was ria
lamounts will be credited as pay-1 V -f ' h'-' "-V : 1 ing with George Henderson of 76
the funding settle-
Commercial street, this city,
WOULD; CURB MEXICANS struck i a log and overturned.
debts
The j two men weighted ; with
ments under
menu
Of Ihrtnn nnwri whnsn
remain unfunded only Czecho- ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO UNTTED heavy clothing, clung to the skiff
Slovakia, France. Italy and Rus- STATES TO BE STOPPED for a time and finally Henderson
sia owe amounts greater than ! - " - managed to rid himself of lis
170 ooo nnn Th. T?nian eroditl J WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. (By boots and coat and started to
of more than a ouarter of a billion Associated Press. )A program of swim ashore.
dollars made Ito the czarlst gov- recommendations designed to j He said that Havala clung to
ernment is conceded to be worth-1 eHm.iif te illegal anl excessive ml-1 the boat but apparently lost his
1pm. hut rnmmttm(.n nf rhar.l gratioh. of Mexicans into the I hold and sank
acter expected to lead to conclu- V4 States was acted upon to
sion of agreements have been night at he- conference of repre
made by both Italy and France, sentatlvea of . the Mexican and
There Is no recognized govern- American federations of labor,
ment for , Armenia, so , the $15.- : The conclusions of the confer
000,000 due from that source also nce jwhIca va called by rr,esh
is regarded by the American com- dentt Greeof the American Fed
mission as hardly a part of Its ,f and Participated
problem , in by Luis N. Maronnes, minister
Great Britain, Finland. Bel- ff industry, commerce and labor
'slum. Polind. Hnnnrv inn TJifcn. the Calles cabinet, were with-
row,
was ass dm ed from previous
MOTOR FUEL SELLING FOR
JO.8 CENTS IN KANSAS
WICHITA, Kans., Aug. 28.
(By Associated Press.) Gasoline
prices continued to drop here to
day, the lowest quotation being
10.8 cents U gallon. This is ex
clusive of. the two cent state tax,
prices now (range from 10.8 to
20.8, the latter charged at Stand
ard Oil company stations.
Water company plant which may J lease their own antennae, which
be purchased' by the city. I drop down at least 400 feet from
The program calls for the selec-1 the ships. With this antennae
tion ot two engineers, one by the I hung out the adventurers will have
committee and one by the water! established communication with
company, to make the appraisal! the ship and shore and the radio
IRON WORKS NOT SOLD
RUMOR ON STREETS HAS NO;
FOUNDATION" IX FACT
ney Carson read the complaint and
then suddenly aked ot WUIos:
"Are you guilty or not guilty?
"Not guilty." replied WlDos. '
Similar pleas are expected to k
entered by Murray and Kelle)
when they are formally arraigned.
Less than a score of people, in-
Ther waa a rntnor vesterdav
and, if necessary, these two to history of the big thrill win be-1 that the interests owning the Dal-clBdIn court house employes and
name a third engineer.
EXHIBITS ARE PREPARED
SEATTLE, Aug. 28. The Maj-
ir imnrial inn nf Wanhlnrtnn an
nounced here today that the state tctlon
will have two buildings In the Ha
waiian territorial fair, opening at
Honolulu Monday to run 10 days.
The buildings are to be filled with
gin. t - !las Machine ft Locomotive works I newspapermen, were la the court
Today the ships spent much I are about to buy the Salem Iron room wnen the convicts appeared.
time in compass adjustment oa the! works. I c,n tnal for the trio Is wanled
compsss rose." a little patch of I There is no basis for the rumor 1' ID aistriet attorney, out the
earth on Crlssy field that islbevond the noint of mere conversa-1 ccned me T the privilege of
I ' IL.I.. I.I.J a
strangely lacking In magnetic at-1 tion. There is no agreement, and I win ir,Pa Praiery.
On this patch of earth I no money has been passed.
is a platform with the correct The moving spirit of the Dallas At ITTI WPPPK If If I C n?'F
lar locality painted on It. If the I Karl Gerlinger. president of the
ship compasses. correspond to this concern, with W. E. Valentine Its
waahlnrton exhibits. Inelndinr lnted compass they do not need, secreUry. George W. Shand owns
.o- adjustment, but in the case of the the Salem Iron work.
WOMAN DIES, TWO OTHERS
HURT IX BRIDGE PLUNGE
films depicting activities In the
state
THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE!
TACOMA. Aug. 28 One woman
was killed Instantly, two others
anla have funded and the com
mission therefore is directing Its
'new drive for new action at Ru
It
mania. Jneo stavia. fir v. intimations that they embdld
thonia. Latvia and Uberia in ad-1 unsswuuus T.7 .
dition to the pressure ot the early mua xo ine American ana xi-
agreements brought upon France,
Italy and Czecho-Slovakia
All -of the nations have been in-
can governments and possibly an
inter-federation plan of action to
curb the movement of Mexican
formed that America Is ready to footer, into the United States,
take cognizance of their economic
condition, but at the same time
the "time has arrived for them to
enter "into settlements of a per
manent character.
Agreemcn on the program con
cluded the immigration confer
ence of labor leaders which had
beeh in session two days. Before
adjournment the conference dis
cussed in a general way the labor
anion situatfnn thrmiehemt Ttin
IVlidSING MAIL Id rUUNU I America and most of the leaders
attending the meeting remained in '
POUCH WAS DROPPED OFF IN I wfu .sluu l" "7r'n .
i nieuuiiTC ruuiiuitirn .. ul i iim k is
SALT IJVKEJJY MISTAKE I American federation of labor call
ed to consider plans for expansion
rmann An. frtv AssA-lot labor organization in the south
elated Pressl) The lost sack 0f and, central American republics.
mail that bo ImrneHfratnf Ml rrv- I I- . " -
ing last nUht along the air route PRISON REPORT ABSENT
between Chicago and the Pacific
coa8t turned un todav aafelr in PIERCE LEAVES WITHOUT
6aa Franciwo. Upou ; receipt of j : MAKING PROBE PUBLIC
the Donrh In San Vranciscfi todav. I : f . '
, post office inspectors learned that Contrary to expecUtlons. Gov
It bad been put off In Salt Lake ernor Pierce did Tiot make public
City by mistake. The pouch con
tained only ordinary mail matter.
The i missing -mail was due to
arrive In San Francisco Thursday
by airplane, having left Chicago
.Tuesday. When it failed to reach
Its destination on time, San Fran
cisco air mail officials notified all
the report of his special commit
tee which investigated the peni
tentiary , following . the coroner's
inquest into the death of : two
guards by convicts August" 1 2.
Governor Pierce left last night
for Roseburg where i he is sched
uled to speak. It was intimated
Important Tr mail sUtions. To- made publle from his office late
ujr posiai oinciais reported mat today or else from Roseburg.
the sack had been dropped off at .Rumor has it -that Warden
- Salt Lake City and the ensuing do- Dairymple will be succeeded In
lay had not been properly re- the1 near Tature but no mention Is
ported. r . JJ :J-. made p a probabjg caudiljte.
P - CRIME COMblTlONS- Z1 j ' W 1 Bj
:.;: ; comtikue . . ; Mr jlJISp.
non-stop fliers today, some little I In case the negotiations should
tuning up was necesary. ! I get beyond the conversation
On . Sunday the ships will be 1 point, and the plans of the Dallas I severel lnlurerf ani a .!....,.
fueled for the flight, and early on I people should be consummated. It I old dot escaned nnhnri when a
Monday they will take up their is likely that Mr. Shand would re-Itlrht conoe eraahed thmnri th
positions at the head of the bay. (main as general' manager, ot thelr.ninr of the Drr Crek brtdr
new Salem concern, and that the three mile, north of Lonrmlrm
scope of Its operations would belPprInr, iB juinje,. Bstlonal park
very mucn eniargea. ana, new Aad feM 15 feet lo the keJ
buildings and machinery added. accordlnr to word received here
The flight, officials today sent
out a warning to all commercial
and other non-official airplanes to
"keep out of the way."1 It was ex
plained that the non-stop fliers
will be heavily loaded and will not
be in a position to turn or dip
quickly In the event of a threat
ened collision. Some of these air
planes actually menaced them
selves and the PN ships at San
Diego, the flight officers announc
ed, and no recurrence of this inci
dent Is desired. ,
ORIENTALS COME HERE
160 CHIXESK STUDENTS COM.
1X TO UNITED STATES
SEATTLE, Aug- 28. The
steamer President Jackson which
is scheduled to arrive here Wed
nesday will bring approximately
one hundred and sixty Chinese
students to enter colleges and uni
versities In Ihe United States.
Thirty of the number sre ex
pected to stay in Seattle and enter
the University of Washington.
Eighty-one of the s'udeat are
from Psinghua, tbe government
i university endowed by the Boxer
i indemnity tuna, waich was re
turned to the Chinese government
by President Roosevelt, following
the uprising of 1898.
WHEAT TO HE SHIPPED
SEATTLE. Aug. 23. Mitsui
Co.. steamship operators, announc
ed today that 12 of their ships
are to load 40.090 tons of wheat
for Japan, at Seattle, Portland
land Vancouver. B. C between
now and January 1. "Pe freight
er lnatcan Manrof l.c Mitsui
J line, due here next Wednesday, is
Ito load 6. MO tons ot wheat at
Seattle an! Tertian, ;
FAMILY ESCAPE DEATH
. C riEIt QF PORTLAND IN
JURED IN AUTO CRASH .
CHEIIALIS. Aug. 28. -City
Commissioner S. C Pier of Port
land, his wife and daughter nar
rowly escaped from being killed
today southeast of Chehalls when
their sedaa left the road, over
turned and burst into flames. Per
sons passing rushed to tbe assist
ance ot Pier and his family.
Pier offered a dislocated should
er blade, a badly cut knee and
other lesser Injuries. Mrs. Pier
and daughter were bruised and
badly shaken up but were not ser
iously hurt.
The family returned to Portland
tonight.
from park officials. "
Mrs. L. G. Vitous. 2. of Mef
ton. driver of tbe automobile, was
Instantly killed. . Mrs. Oscar W1J
man, 32. 291S Leonard arena.
Everett, suffered an Injury to her
spine. It Is believed by tbe park
physician that she will recover.
Mrs. J. Marsh, mother of Mrs.
Wldmaa. who resldea la i- Paul,
Minn- received head injuries.
from which she i expected to re
cover, while Ejrmont Wldraan. C.
who was riding In the rear of thi
eoupe was unhurt.
The party was en rout to Tara
dlse Ina and was psssfng over the
bridge at 1:20 p. m. when the ac
cident occurred.
WOMEN'S CLUH MEETS
TAKIMA, Aug- 28. Conference
of presidents of women's republi
can clubs and other women prom
inent politically throughout the
state win be held In Yakima Sep
tember 17. according to a call Is
sued today by Mrs. J. L. Hashes
of Yakima, national republican
committee woman.
TLAN MOUNTAIN CLIMB
VANCOUVER. B. Ca Aug. 28
Members ot the British Col urn
bla Mountaineering clab are leav
ing here a week from tomorrow
to climb MounfBaker In Wash
ington state Ukl?? a;vjr:i;c of
the long week end afforded by
Labor Day. Tom Fylea. club di
rector la the leader, with perhaps
jtifty followers.
NOTICE
To Our Readers
The Statesman . carriers will
eall to cake their mcnth! col
lections today.
Your newspsper boy is Ja-t
starting la business for himself.
This Is his first effort to lean
business and his fuccejs cr
failure depends to a eou-Jl"r-atle
extent on your ck.1 wi"
and cooperation. A pUrsart
smile and a ecry word w;::
encourate your boy and Le'?
him make a success of tM. h !
first rentare in bu.Mnfss
He will arif'K'iate It an.l thnn
his good wUl la any ; 1."
can.
If yonr t :v;r!r4
ready tiJ, Ignore tLU
and acctrt c;r tLact.
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