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V V l.i 4 . owlife JPTOSCIEOCE Sir Oliver Lodge, ! Famous Scientist, Says' Great Ad vance Is in Store t DENIES DEATH ENDSALL Once We Rave Stepped Oyer tive Qt of Death There, I;No End to the AtcentJt V lode Says -vr. (By Ontrsl Prsi.) : LONDON. Aug., 18.-BritIsh Scientists ' as welt as laymen- ajre still discussing the recent address of 'Sir Oliver ' Lodge, England's most famous scientist. In which he rare it as his firm personal eon Av Tfction that" the Best great advance ill in knowledge would be to bring gT f the spiritual conception of the unl Terse out or me oomamvoi re ligion Into that of actual scientific discovery. - . . " . - - w in omer wurus oir umer uv Wt lieves that the great scientists of . ithe world will soon be convinced "jf (kit Ufa rirwui tint end with the d venture called death - and - that they will become Spiritualists like himself. He said In part: J "What is Infinity? ' It Is space without limit.: What else Is possible?- What la time? Was, there I a beginning?. ; ; Will there be an end Must it not be an eternity? "We cannot answer. We move . about in worlds nnrealized. ? We know that the account of our rise from animal ancestry Is only a . very partial answer. : . We have in , stances that tell us our roots are In another order of things, that re- alityis not perceived by the pow of mind, and thoughts and JV&nml designs are not matters orhe pa lpy material In the skull. "It Iawe; ourselves, who .belong to a different order of existence what we may call the divine who Inhabit this collocation of matter lor a time and then; leave it be hind and go on without it. -Many have no doubt it is strange that any should have doubt. Science has not yet answered thatquea- tfon that men will survive the adventure called death.' Is, death (the end of man? ' . "-. ' " ' ' ' - "Scie'nee has also not answered the' question, 'Is man the highest being of whom we have any cog ixance?' But those are questions i which may be regarded as ques tions to which we are getting an f ewers. " The eyes of; our. mind, if they were open and if we could see a vision of the' reality,, would be blinded. It would be too much .or.us in our 'present state of de- (Ctatiased pf 0 USPECTi DENIES . GUILT ' 51AZER PROTESTS INNOCEJiCE , OP MELLKTT KILLING CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 18. (By A. P.") The day's contribu tions to the investigation into tie .murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton "publisher, brought about a shift : in scene, an .alteration - In the ros . ter of inquisitors and : a t partial change in the array in accusers, but Louis Mazerr-of Canton's un derworld, still maintained his In nocence or tne crime. - Just how extensively Maxer has vTaled the altered liauor. con spiracy with which the tuurdef jplot is. believed, to. have been conr pected, will not.be known at. once, ; but page?upon page "of testimony .was taken today during the ques tioning in which Mazer figured al most continuously. '; - Mazer besides facing, the. mur f. tier charge. Is charged along with Car! Studer, Canton, his erstwhile 'lousiness partner : .and Andrew ' rretiky, Akron, with conspiracy 'to violate the. national prohibitum ilaws. i FALL KILLS. BBlDQEiMAN OBKMAN'S XKCK 'IS IJUOKEN IN . FALL OF 0 FI;KT TOUTLAND, Aug. 18,(By A. r.) Injuries sustained Jn a fall from the superstructure of the vest end of the vn.oss Island bridge, on which he was working, resulted in the death today of L. Lambertsoh. . " ' According to witnesses, Lam bertson missed . his footing, and was hurled 60 feet to the bank of the river below. 'The force of the fall broke his neck and he . died before an ambulance could arrive. ' LanTtoa is said to have' a wife ttrc chi!?rea' est Synthetic Food i As;Solution For Future Chemists and Biologists Will Solve -World's Food Problems . as-Population Increases, Speaker Says; Will Tap v I Sunlight and -Nitrogen of 'Air r t J ! WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.; Attsr. I8.(By -Associated Press.) Synthetic food, taken from the light of the sun and from the nitrogen of the air by chemists, will be resorted to in. solving the world's food problems as. population increases, Dr.! E. Barnard, president of the American Institute of Banking said "today. . Speaking before the institute of, politics, he discounted, pessimistic, warning that peril exists in the fact that the popu lation - is increasing faster than i food production. , Present DoesIDeathJEnaiAH? a m OLIVER LODGE : 'What is infinity? WU1 there be an end?" These are, the oes tiona asked by Sir Oliver Lodge, famous English scientist. In a speech In London. SUSPECTS ARE RELEASED MEN NOT; IMPLICATED IN WYOMING RTAIN HOLDUP V , CRAia,Col9., Aug. 18. (By. Associated Press: ) Kelly Calla han andRam Ll"; Maddox, ar rested; 5 miles north of -here to day, as suspects in. the Union: Pat citic. mail car; robbery between Rawlins, and Wamsuter, Wyom ing, last weekj were released by police tonight. : ,. After being questioned by city and county officials and a United States "postal Inspector, the "wo satisfied - the officers: ; that they were not' Implicated in the affair. They came to Weeker aweek ago and there traded their automobile for a couple of saddle horses, de termined to "rough it" through Western Colorado on their vaca tion. I ,.- , ' . i Callahan ; said he was : from Texas and Maddox declared he was from Ohio. . Both declined to give, newspaper men their home addresses and left at onee for un announced destinations, apparent ly Cured of "roughing it." ' BLAST SHAKES ARSENAL SMALL ARMS MUNITION PLANT. " ': EXPLODES" NONE HURT NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 18. (By Associated . Tress. ) A : magazine said to contain a billion rounds of small arms ' ammunition 43X ploded at, thet army ammunition depot at Pig; Point on the James river,". 1 5 miles from , Portsmou th tonight at 7:10 .o'clock. N6body was ; killed or injured, . a :' hasty check was said, to have shown, thu chief damage being to the maga zine jhich wasf destroyed.'" Fire apparatasffm Portsmouth. aided (heTepoC garrison in fighting the flame.3. T" ' MEXICAN BANDIT KILLED LE.4DER OF HlnWAYAIEN IS -TAKEN BY FEDERAL MEN MEXICO CITY, Aug. 18. ( By Associated PresB,l The :war, de partment has received reports that former i Colonel:; Manuel Munez. leader of the bandit outrage last January on a passenger train near Cnadalajara. has been captured and killed by federal troops in the state of Jalisco.' (In the raid, on the train many persons were killed and robbed. There have been-previous reports of the capture of Munez.) STRANGLER TAKES LIFE STOCKTON'' WOMAN ASSAULT- ED AND OARROTED . .STOCKTON;' Cal., Aug. 18. (By A.; P.) Isabolle Callegos; 60. was found dead in her home here this afternoon.! I Indications were that", ane had ; been assaulted and Btracsled. ' . ; ; , j. , - m - . r. 5 ; development of, the synthetic food !! a means of-wresting from -the sun- lirbt-' and air sythentie food to feed' the human race. l " The Ocean is another storehouse of food1 supplies that is as yet vir tually untouched, the said. ' He pointed but that process al ready has been developed for the production of , human ' 'foods through the growth; of the . yeast plant, ; ' - ; s . A manufacturing plant the aire of a city block employing 20 to 30 men : would - be able, he said '; to produce in the form of yeast as (much food In 24. hours as 1000 workers could produce from 70,- 000 acres in an entire year. The problem of the world's food supply, when the Increasing popu lation has made it acute, may be solved, according to Dr. Barnard, not only by the foods now used, but : by the utilization of many forms not used at present. Vast areas of , the world's surface not araible can be used for. the pro duction of animal life as has been done In the far north where rein-; deer herds are being- raised, he said. . . . ; "It may be possible," he said, "theoretically to look forward to a time when the population of the world will exceed the food supply, but that time cannot be measured in terms of the extension ef areas available for the production of cereals, or the raising of wheat. We must , now see k - the pr od ucts being developed by the biologist and the chemist. . , " " 9 i' wii m ji mm, v ii " 'fc . m -. --- BR00KHART THREATENED CRANK SAYS DEATH. RESULTS IF SENATOR (SPEAKS X .: CEDAR RAP(IDS,t Iowa, j Aug, 18.- (By . Associated Press.) Colonel Smith W.: BrOokhart, Wh publican senatorial candidate; who today received letters threatening his life if he spoke at 'Marion near here tonight; said It was probably the work of a crank. ' ; Postal authorities are making an investigation. : In the meantime- sheriffs' deputies are guard ing Mr. Brookhart, t and will es cort him to Maouketa .where he speaks tomorrow. Letters similar to that mailed the candidate were also received by F. H. S,chiminke, who Introduced Senator! Brook hart, and to Arthur Granger. Mar ion postmaster. , i f ' .'-m TERRIFIC FIRE H1TSSEQU01AS Huge Redwoods Are Threat iened in Worst California , . -... Fire in Two Years 45,000 -ACRES BURNED 100MH Worth, of Cut Timber Is Menaced By Flames Which Are 'Advancing; on la . 35-MUe Front 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 18. (By Associated PressL) A forest fire, the Worst In thid state in the past two seasons, was tonight rag ing across the confines of the Sea no la National nark east of Fresno. The bi blaze, of which that part Invading the Sequoia park Is but one. sector with an eight . mile front, had j already burned over 45,000 acres of small timber and brush and! was serious- ly threatening 1500 acres of giant aeauoia . anl S100.000 worth of cut timber. The giant grove, a stand of lm-4 mense. red woods, was leas , than a mile from the fire front J - . i j Park Ranger Lawrence Cook, already In command jof 450 men endeavoring to halt the advance of the flames, sent appeals to "San Joaquin -valley towns men to augment his for m forces, and United States forest service head quarters here secured additional fire fighters from the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads (OoattaMt 'mm vmgm a.) WOMAN FALLS 1 000 FEET KILLEIVIN-PLUNGE) lNTOTHE ifeEPTHS OF GRAND CANYON v LIVINGSTON, Mbnt, Aug. 18 (By Associated Press. Mrs. Grace C. Cranz, of Denver, fell 1000 feet 4o ' her death In the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone Na tional t park, Tuesdayj - it became known today when the body was recovered and brought here. In company with Dr. Earhardt, of Windsor, Colo, she was attempt ing to descend, to the bottom of the canyon when the accident oc curred. L j They had negotiated the first 200 feet of the ascent with ease. the doctor advanced carefully about 75 feet . further, leaving Mrs. Cranz behind, Suddenly he heard a scream and I an jinBtant later saw her body hurtle past him. He returned to the rim of the canyon and summoned kid. BLIND MAN'S BLUFF AWAY1 HALHIBBARD CAMP TO FLYjBOLb SEWED FLAG BEAtTTlFlT EMBLEM ARRIVES FOR PRESENTATION Elaborate Embroidery Work: Done by Students oaNlttae Silk . " ' ' ; Banner The Hal Hlbbard Camp No. 5; Spanish War Veterans, will have a flag to be proud of in future pa rades. . It arrived from Portland yesterday and will be presented ta the camp at its next meeting, ac cording to CoL Carle Abramg. sec retary, of the board of control. ..It la really two flags, made of the flAest grade blue banner sllkj and fastened together to make a double layer. It has the name of the post at the top on each side and the Oregon state seal embroid-t ered on one side. The other ha the Spanish War veterans official emblem embroidered in place. The emDroldery work was done by the students in an embroidery school at Portland, maintained by the. department of vocational edu-. cation. This is operated jointly by. the state board of education and the : federal- government, with E. E. Elliott lifcharge. . The . embroidery .was sewed in by hand operated machines, gold thread being used In . the work, A fringe of 'gold tassels . extendi around the sides., of. the flag, also put on by the students. The job is considered exceptionally j high quality work. j f The flag will make its first pub- 11c appearance on the streets in the Armistice Day parade this fall. when it will be carried - at - the head of the Spanish War veterans column. A United. States flag tf the same size, five and one-half y four and one-fourth feet, will be obtained to use with it. This size is the standard army size for regimental flags. . ' r The Hal Hibbard camp was or ganized in 1902 and has been rais ing money to buy standard colors. At present it has only an old and tattered United States flag. The new emblem will be installed at the camp headquarters and used In all its meetings. iVARE TOBE CONTESTED CAMPAIGN -WILL BE LAUNCH 4l3ITO SUPPORT WILSON WASHINGTON. Aug. 18. (By A.P.) Inauguration of an aggres sive -campaign "in 'Pennsylvania next' Saturday for, the ; election of William B. Wilson, .democrat, to the senate over . Repreeentaiive William S. Vare, republican, was announced here today by Repre sentative Old field of Arkansas, chairman of the : democratic con gressional campaign. EMERSON IS AHEAD CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug.' 18.- (AP;) Frank C. Emerson, state engineer adn one of the drafters of. the Seven State Colorado Rivet compact, tonight was an apparent winner of the Republican guber natorial nomination. EUGEFJE TRAIL PAGEArJT SEEfJ Queen Suzanna and Retinue ArriWforrltoRail" - Celebration - THOUSANDS EXPECTED Pageant Klatawa - to Be '. Held Thursday and Friday Nights; Streets Aire Bedecked ' J ; With Colors , " The advance guard of Sa . ' lem delegates to the "Trail to , Rail" celebration In Eugene , . will leave at 7 o'clock this morning,- when an,' auto cara . vgni;bearing members of 'the American Legion state chara plon( drum corps will leave, accompanied by a large num ber of Leglonalres in their own cars. The Cberrlan drill team will leave Friday: morning at the same hour in a caravan convoyed by. T. A. Raffety chief state traffic officer. - A large number of other Salem citizens will . take advant age of this convoy and join the caravan, which will start from the chamber of com merce rooms. . ' EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 1 8. ( By Associated Press. )- With the cor onation of Miss Kathlene Powell as "Queen Suzanna' Belle of the Trail arid the 'first production of the pageant Klatawa, the "Trail to Rail" celebration officially sUrt ed:here'toaight. --L Riding fa anld fashioned rail way coach,. QueeouSuzanna and her retinue arrived n the city al 4 TUTlilait ternwa and -were greeted .by,hrundrerd&..of rresidents nd vis'ltors. " Escorted" by the Eu-f gehd Radrafosr marching club of this city, she -was 'carried to the Carl G.. Wash borne park in an old open coach. At the park a public reception was held. . Before the opening of the pag eant at Hayward Field tonight, Queen Suzanna was crowned' un der the auspices of the Radiators. W. F. G. Thatcher, author of the pageant, had charge of the coro nation ceremonies. The pageant, depicting the pro gress of transportation from the ' tCoatisaea ea .page ') ' : .. ' FLOODS TAKE OUT SPAN "" "' "' ' m -" At'" MT. HOOD - LOOP CLOSED BY WHITE RIVER RAMPAGE , PORTLAND. .Aug. 18. (By, A, P.) A mass of huge boulders and u pr oo ted trees . was swept by. tie swollen waters against a bridge that spans the White Tlver onthe Mt. Hood loop highway today and carried away two sections jdf " the bridge. The' highway above that point; about' six miles above . . -ernment Camp, was closed to traf fic aa a result Of the washout. 'rTons of aand-tadenwater were sweeping down' the river, swollen by two days of rain. Thp bridge still stands, but" the storm We away the support at one end. Sup ports in the center also were torn away hut. the floor of the bri lg at that spot remained In place. White river, ordinarily a peace ful mountain stream, went on a rampage ' following.; two i days of rain. . F,. H.' Blackmaa estimated that three or. four davs would be 'needed to repair the bridge. : EGG PRICES. ARE. DOWN r - ' - , , - f ' v,.- , SLIGHT CUT NOTED IN .FORT .f LAND MARKET ! RECEIPTS . PORTLAND, Aug. 1 8. (By As sociated Press.) Few ' chances were made today I in the Glairy produce markets. " Top grade eggs were steady, but firsts were down 2 cents and : pullets 1 cent." Cur rent Receipts had under sized were unchanged. ' Receipts were' light and 145 cases were . withdrawn from storage, . v. , v Cubeliutter quotations were un changed ' " Storage" holdings de creased .282 pbunda for the day. Poultry and dressed meats were steady. . ', . , JOHNSON CASE 'SET . - . MINNEAPOLIS. ' Minn.,. Aug. 16. ( AP ) A l d Irected plea - of not gufltr td an Indictment charg ing' murder today was entered by Tom -Johnson, -who has confessed crimes in 44 cities over the coun try, and his case was set for trial at the term 'of district court con Tealng Eepleraber'13, FIVE DEAD, 222 HURT r IN JULY AUTO CRASHES rORTY-TWO ACCIDENTS RE . RULT OF DRUND DRIVERS Carelessness Leads in List of 1710 Mishaps ReiKwted . During . Jalyf Month r Five persons -were killed and 32? persons were injured in 1719 traffic accidents in the - state of Oregon' during the month of July; according, to a report prepared by T. A. Raffety, chief inspector for the state motor vehicle division, A total of 1103 of the 1719 ac cidents during the month .were caused by carelessness on the part of drivers, while 258 accidents te Milted from drivers falling to give right of way. In 95 of the accl Jents the drivers failed to give the proper signals., i , Forty-two accidents were caused by intoxicated drivers, while 18 of the accidents resulted from drivers ' being on the wrong side of the street. Jockeying on bridg es resulted In two accidents, while defective brakes caused five' acci dents. rj f v: 5There were a total of . 322 ar restSfby state traffic, officials dur ing the. month of July, with 53 case's , now , pending: in the , courts, A total of 118 arrests resulted from speeding oil the part of driv ers, while 23 persons." were ar rested for reckless driving. Eleven persons were charged with having no license , plates on. their cars, while 20 drivers Were accused of switching their plates. Twenty live drivers were accused of hav ing improper lights. . j . ' Fees collected from drivers" de linquent In obtaining their 1126 license . plates totaled - $4055.13. Fines imposed for - motor - vehicle violations aggregated $5067.25, while fines imposed for violations other than those, having to do with motor vehicles totaled. 82575. The resale value of Brolen machines. recovered by -state traffic officers was $7350. State traffic officers visited 2571 towns and cities diving the month and - traveled- an aggregate of - ,- ; 20 miles.. 1 " PLM'ARiyrdREplRSHIP BU3I TO BE 1 8-0 FEET LONG, SPEED 70 MILES HOUR , WASHlNdTON, Aug. 16. (By A.P.) The prolonged controversy which began during the last ses sion of congress 1n connection with the proposal to construct a small experimental ' T metal-clad dirigible, culminated today In the award of the navy department of a contract for the -construction of an airship to the Aircraft Develop nient company of Detroit at arrice not to exceed 1300,000 v f The ship will be) about the size of a Vblimp" with! a gas capacity of 2 00,09 ft cubic feet. ' It wnl be 150 feet-long and 5 3; feet in di ameter at the largest point of the tietal bag, and the contractors ex pect to obtain" a 'maximum speed of 70 miles per; hour with a crew Of' four,- and eight passengers, or the equivalent of that weight in cargo - on board. 1 They estimate a probable cruising radius of 1200 miles.- i FISHING ' SUIT DISMISSED MALICE UNPROVEN IN SMITH , KRUCKMAN LITIGATION PORTLAND. Aug. 18. (By As sociated Press). -Malice was not proved to " have . actuated C. T. Smith in alleged interference with the Columbia fishing 1 operations of Harry Kruckman in -Hood River county, and for that reason the contempt of court proceedings brought against' Smith at Kruck man's 'instigation rere dismissed from 'United States district eon rt today by J udge Wolverton.' The temporary injunction Issued by the court August 1 0, ' restraining Smith and Kruckman from inter fering with the fishing operations of each other and fixing; an arhi trarr division line on a disputed sand Taar, remains In force. . . MEXICAN REY0LT FEAREp BOO SOLDIERS ASKED TO PA- TROL CITY OF CALEXICO ?CALEXICO,. Cal. Aug. 18.- City trustees of Calexlco today for warded a request to the eOmmaad er of the ninth corps army area at San-Francisco that a force of 500 men be sent here at. once ;to pro tect the c!tyJ In event a revolt breaks -out la Mexlcala, - the Mexi can town, across the; border, from here. v . ' r , City officials asked for troops following reports that there are many asserted confederates rf General Enrique Estrada, fort, r Mexican' secretary. .s of !'tr,!' wt b with 150 , followers was arrestel on the American side-of th hr,-w der a few. days ajro on chare-pa t.r plottfss a rebellloa, are still active In Ilexicala. KS HIT BY BITTER MM State Points to Seattle r.!s as Brutal Murderer of , r. " .. . . . , - HisOwn Daughter1- jj DEFENSE CLOSES TODAYj Case Expected to, Go to JnryBon4 Time; Friday; Preliminary . Instrnctlons Lend ' . ' . False Report . - SEATTLE Aug. 18.- (By As sociated Press). Wallace. Cloyea Gaines heard-himself described la , superior court here today as a drunken rascal; who wronged hla 22 year old 'daughter Syl via,, then fearing,' exposure, -brutally mur- dered her. i Gaines on -trial ca the girl's slayer, remained com posed under a bitter attack at him ' by .the King county deputy prosecutor, ' Peyser, who . started the closing argument. "Sylvia's hody," JPeyser pointed but, was found at 7:20 the morn ing -of June 17, the day after she was murdered. But it was not until 11 o'clock that morning that it was Identified and news of the murder went abroad. Yet at 7:50 a. m. we find Gaines stand ing In the house of Mrs. Memmer, a neighbor, and telling her: " 'I think I know who did lt. Let me ask the defendant what he ' meant by that? ' If he Is telling the truth all that ' he knew was the girl left 'home the night be fore, and had . not returned. A girl's real father, would' not say that.";: , " ' ' ' ' "Are all girls who leave' homa murdered? ' ."lA, little Jater he has a convert , sation with the witness Jack Kelt logf. And he tells him (hat h will get the man who killed hit daughter; he points at a little doj and 'says his daughter was as in nocent aa that puppy. What dl he mean by r that T , "There Is no way in God's gree a world that; he could have, known at that time. that his daughter wai CONFESSES . CAR THEFTSI NEARLY SO AUTOMOBILES DE, CLARED ACCOUNTED FOR PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 18 (By Associated Press.) - The theft of nearly 50 automobiles within the past few months, in conjunction with several members of a "ring" operating in and about Detroit,' Mich., was confessed by Arthur McCoy, 30, .local s off icera said tonight. ' ; . McQoy was arrested ''yesterday' on a charge of failure to giv j rUlt of way. Today he. drove his ma chine to the ; pol Ice station. W L ila he waa inside , answering . tlia the charges, officers noticed tho Michigan . license and upon inves tigation discovered the motor number and other. marks of identi fication had been removed. McCoy, is said to have confessed that the machine was etoleri and that he was involved la a wholesale theft of cars. ' EUGENE PHI TXIPAL CUIT PETER CHRISTENSON GIVII 1 1 ILL HEALTH AS CAL'Si: :JEUGENEOre., Aug. 12. Bf Associated Press.) .Peter C. Chrlatenson, far the past bIx j tara principal of, the Eugene h! !i school resigned hl tosition last evening and J. O. Swan, last year principal of the Condon prad school, -was .elected to fill U s va cancy created If ChrLieosoa's re signation. Chrlstenson . rav-j. ill health aa the r for Mi ve. A contract was aw.au..... craft Development cc.! ' s trolt for con.-ir'ifil. n t Clad navy Clr' 'Ik ' 4 - - ' .-. ; Plans-were waging of s?; re e by the- dr.ioi : ,M 1 1 t ' - slonal end v; . I ' jr : t : . : ircvl 13 f, r tr fr - rs r - ! ' 1'OetUaotor (-!...'. .' r I , - 'J .- Consfltut! rf f act, 'd,-f,r:..c 1 t , i govf ra:..i at til . a .ua tr counsel fr III, I),.. Air f If- I . c .: y . I ' . - V . 0 . - . '!i : :." L .