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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 20, 1928 GHTME5S 3 pi WORLD LONDON (AP) With her eighteenth birthday anniversary here ecently, the world show ered honors on Dame Ellen Terry, whom Sarah Bernhardt called "the , greatest actress In the world." Congratulatory messages ar : rived from friends she made in . the United States, daring her ten toon of the nation and the Amer ican Jubilee which was held for in 1S0. Her third husband was Jamea Carew. of Chicago Theatrical companies of the r xar flung British empire special - performances in her honor and Dame Ellen spent her birthday as - guest of honor at a party in Lon don organised by her old friends . of the theater. Her memory is falling and her health of late has not been of the best, but the aged woman upon whom the king bestowed the Or der of the British Empire for her work- in support of the English , stage, greets her friends with the Old vivacity of the early days when her youth was captivating thousands. Dame Ellen's last rppearanee on the stage was only a few years ago, during a Shakespeare's birth day performance at the New thea- iff here. The veternn actress be gan her line3 from Henry IV with all the confidence of her three score years on the stage. But soon the prompter's voice became almost continuous and the aud ience held its breath. Dame Ellen paused her first time in her ca reer. "I am getting oli " she said, "my memory has faPd, but lest you should lose the beautiful pas sage I shall put on my spectacles and read it to you." At the end of her recitation. Dame Ellen received a memorable ovation. Dame Ellen made her debut at the.age of eight, playing in "The Winter's Tale" at the ' princess theater, along with th celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean. Her father and mother were actors, and her three sisters and two brothers achieved considerable fame on the stage. Dame Ellen Terry is as well known in the United States a in England. The story is told that Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, wife of the famous American preacher, had an objection to actresses and held aloof from an introduction to Miss Terry. Eventually the two met at a house party. Miss Terry's charm capita vated the preacher's wife, who kissed her when they parted. Dame Ellen spends most of her Girls from Ziegfeld's "Follies." a t the Elsinore, Sunday & Monday EUBEnE GBAPPLEB Wins WORLD TITLE EUGENE, May 1. (AP) George (Wildcat) Pete of Eugene won the junior middleweight world's wrestling championship from Henry Jones of Proro. Utah, when, after each grappler had earned one fall, he sent Jones cat apulting out of the ring for a three foot drop on his head, in a schedule two hoar grappling show here tonight. Jones took the first fall in 35 minutes with a leg split. The wild cat.' undismayed, ' came back to capture the second with a step over toe hold in 29 minutes. Jones took the aggressive for the rest of the match and had Pete in a bad way on two or three occasions. Then as Jones leaped into the air in an effort to fall on Pete,, who lay on the mat. Pete shoved his. feet out- ward.and Jones landing on them went sailing backwards. He rolled over once went beneath the rop?s and toppled off the platform on his head. statement Saturday tn wkkfc ha thanked his many trteada. Among the telegrams of con gratulation received by Justice Rand waa one from Justice Brown who is at Roseburg. Another teler gram cane from Justice MeBrider who is Ytaltrng with his brother in California. Telegrams also were received from the justices of the supreme court of Washington. . fl DETU H raw 0161 STATE POLO M BEITS CARDS They Sing, They Dance, They Jazz, They Playt Mather Collieries company mine where approximately 200 miners were entombed in an explosion late today. Scores of rescuers were pushing into the mine, bratticing off the fire as they progressed and had succeeded in saving nine men late tonight. The rescued men were ill and injured by gas and flames that made the inner caverns an Inferno. Fates Unknown Other than the three dead and the handful rescued, the rescuers. members of the families of en- 7 SHIPS CRASH NEAR HARBOR OF NEW YORK (Contiaa4 from pace 1.) Immediate danger. The only ves sel sending out an S. O. S. was the Mohawk. The fog descended early and while thick enough over New York City- to obscure the tops of sky dippers, became increasingly dense as ships pushed out to sea. Radio broadcasting was suspen ded for more than an hour after the Mohawk sent out S. O. S. calls beginning at 3:11. Broad casting was resumed after she was reported aground with two coast guard cutters standing by. Considerable alarm was caused bf a message from the Veendam Just after her crash, saying "send tow quickly, need help quickly, sinking slowly, water in engine roOm." But later the ship laconi cally reported that she had been in? ai slight accident and would re turn to her pier under her own power when the fog lifted. this little village did not know theiolyinpic team fate of the scores of men who were1 Exactly a n n.7 ruj"'- thu uiouiring rery mucu. ner aaugn ter. Miss Edith Craig, is her de Toted compaion. Her son, Gor don Craig, formerly an actor, writes about the stage. Of late years Miss Terry has interested herself in charities, par ticularly in aid of blind infants, for whom she raises money by charging autograph hunters a shil ling for her signature. JUFi RAY DEFEATS DISTANCE IBS LONG BEACH. N. Y. May 19. (AP) Finishing strongly and munching an orange over the last few miles, gallant little Joie Ray ran a crack field of distance run ners dizzy today to wit the New York to Long Beach marathon in record smashing time and clinch his place on the American at work when the explosion occur red shortly after 4 p. m. The estimates or the number en tombed ranged upward to as high as 300 men and there was no means of making a definite check aa the day crew was about lo leave the mine and the night workers were going in when the blast hap pened. While there were reports that 20 more bodies bad been located in the gas filled mine by rescuers, these reports were not verified late tonight TERRIFIC MINE BLAST BURIES 200 WORKMEN (CuUiaW Iraca paca 1.) ft! 3 I s i i tq.work in a hurry and forgetting tor hang out their tags. 'The five men who were rescued had j just entered the mine. They. - were lowered in the cage to the inifcia entry. As they stepped from the elevator a gust of wind gave warning of the coming explosion Then came the shock of the blast Luckily they were near the bottom of, the shaft and the first rescue crew brought them out. : 'Reecwfr Workees Rawk Iw : -Volunteer rescuers from all parts of the Greene, Fayette and Washington coal fields rushed to the Mather aa did the trained crews of the United States bureau ofjJ mines from Pittsburgh. The bureau mea went by track and a bureau rescue car was ordered in from Nant-Y-Glo. , The mine is owned by the Ma- tner, couienes company. c Bower, assistant superintendent, told newspaper mea that he did not knew how maay mea were trap- pedv The cause ef the blast was un determined. - , At the Waynesburg hospital It waa aaid that the fire men brought ' ' there were la . critical condition, i . They were unconscious and doctors and , nurses were straggling to I maintain the spark ot life with Jvf xygea."' ; - : I '"' viI. fcj - Three' Sadie Iteeriea y" eIATHKR. .Pa., May Jt-UP) if V 'Three bodies :.' tonight w r I brought from, the workings o f (he BROWNSVILLE, Pa., May 19 (AP) An explosion In the Ma ther Collieries mine at .Mather, Pa. 20 miles from here entombed an undetermined number of miner? who were trapped behind a fire in me workings. Reports to Brownsville were that between 150 and 175 men had been entombed while 13 others were known to have escaped. Officials of the company refused say how many men were at work -i luu uuie. ine mine, a snart op eration, employed 600 miners when working at capacity. coon aiter me Diast occurred help was on the way from the United States bureau of mines headquarters at Pittsburgh. Volunteer rescuers who enter ed the workings were driven back at first by fire and smoke. Volunteer rescue crews were be Ing called from surroundinr re glons and doctors were summoned from nearby towns and villages PITTSBURGH. May 19. )AP) Tne united Stages bureau of mines rescue crews rushed Ifrom Pittsburgh tonight to Mather! Pa., in urcene county, where it was reported a terrific explosion had occurred in a coal mine. First re ports were that many miners had oeen entombed. When the Mather official rail ed for help they said the mine was on nre. ine explosion occurred In the Mainer mine of the Mather Poll w. les of Cleveland. Ohio. The mine w a soars operation and when! woraing at capacity employs COO men. Brownsville relatives qI some of the miners who work at Mather were Advised that IS mea escaped after the explosion and that be tween ISO and 17S men were en tombed. The fire in the workings waa reporter to be sending clouds of smoke out the shaft mouth. Senate .Refuses to Vote iltefiea! of Inheritance Tax WASHINGTON, May 19 (AP) The senate today rejected s more to repeal the federal inherit ance tax. The rote was 43 to 30. Party Hnes broke on the rote en the inheritance tax with it demo crats and 11 repnbUeaas votiaa for repeal and 2S.xsnbUcanat 47 democrats and the . lone farmer labor senator roting against It. Exactly a month ago from a cot in the Boston A. A. where he lay with blistered, bleeding feet af ter staggering home third to Clar ence De Mar in the B. A. A. mar athon. Ray propped himself up sufficiently to defy the distance running world generally and pro claim his intention to win and break a few records the next time. This afternoon, over a rugged, wind-swept route from the New York Athletic club to this sea shore resort, jogging Joie made good on every count. He not only decisively whipped his conqueror a month ago.-De Mar. but cracked the course record by more than 13 minutes and he finished this time without a blister on his feet. The chesty Joie of old. he gasped: "Wait until I get into real good shape then I'll show 'em some thing. same situation prevailed in the second district. In the third dis trict a Walsh candidate was lead ing with a Smith candidate close ly second. Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, was high man among the Hoover delegates on the republi can ticket, former United States Senator R. N. Stanfield was among the seven republican dele gates at large chosen. L. B. Sand blast who favored a declaration trict, (two to elect) : Joseph K. Carson, Jr.. 5630; Howard F. Latourette. 5231; J. L. Minor. 4007; J. W. Morrow, 5800. Republican delegates at large 1415 precincts out of 1783 in state, (seven to elect): E. A. Baker. 37.885; L. N. Blowers. Eugene, 34,486; W. A. Carter of Portland, 46,072; F. J. Cook, Medford. 45.193; Lane Goodell, Portland, 30,622; Russell 1 A Lll A. M I Dy .me repuoucan pany ior gov-1 Hawkin8( poroana 43,018; E. V. ernment liquor control ran be-( Hoover, Roseburg, 20,711; D. R. hind. D. R. Keasey who had de-.Keasey. Portland. 28.011: Fred E. clared for Lowden also fell-be-jKiddle, Island City, 42,620; Sam A. Kozer, Salem, 70,733; L. T. Pennington, Newberg, 41,237; S, D. Peterson, Milton, 35.919; L. B. hind. Kiddle Left Out Fred E. Kiddle of Island City. Hoover's Oregon campaign mana ger was not among the first seven on returns available tonight. Consolidation of precincts in Multnomah county through use of voting machines reduced the of ficial number from S3 2 in the county to 473, leaving the total in the state 1783. 454 precincts out of S13 in dis trict gave Adams 19.696; Blirup 14.250; Patton 21,776. 205 precincts out of 497 in dis trict give for republican delegates second district: Ivanhoe 5,301; Mahaffey 6,572; Temple 5.678. 394 precincts in the state give for democratic electors: (Multno mah included): Brackney 3794, AT Sandblast, Portland, 34.997; A. W. Schaupp, Klamath Falls. 28. 836; R. N. Stanfield. Portland. 44,068; W. L. Thompson. Port land, 43,437. Republican delegates first dis- Carl Blirup, Junction City, 78,- 301; Hal D. Patton, Salem. 27, 473. Republican delegates second district 325 precincts, (two to elect) : F. S. Ivanhoe. La Grande. 7682; E. P. Mahaffey, Bend, 9140; I. U. Temple, Pendleton, 8129. Republicah delegates third dis trict, (two to elect) : Robert S. Farrell. 27.714; Rob ert L. Sabin, Jr., 24.185; William F. Woodward. 26.369. For democratic electors 1042 precincts: Brackney 11,319; Comte 14, 390; Donaugh 11,952; Gleason 15,228; Honeymoon 9,152; Lang ley 9.857; McFadden 8.613; Mil ler 13.620. CORVALLIS. May 1 9 (AP) In a brilliant first half offen sive the Oregon State, college polo team today defeated Stanford uni versity, coast titleholders, in the second game of the interstate ser ies. The score was 5 to 3. Captain Henderson. Stanford star yesterday, was held scoreless today. The greater part of the scoring was done in the first half as un usual heat slowed down the final chukkers. Unless another game is arrang ed at a later date, the intercolle giate championship will remain undecided. SEATTLE. May 19. (AP) Stanford university made a clean sweep of the Pacific coast confer ence tennis tournament at the University of Washington today by capturing both the singles and doubles events. The singles finals was an all-Stanford affair, the Cardinals having eliminated Ore gon in the semi-finals in the morn ing. Alan Herrington won the singles title by defeating Ralph McEIvenny. 0-6; 8-6, and 6-3. Stanford won the doubles title when Herrington and McEIvenny defeated Langlie and Newkirk, Washington, 8-6. 7-5. In the semi-finals McEIvenny defeated Henry Neer, Oregon. 10-8, 6-1, (and Herrington won from Howard Shaw, Oregon, 6-2. 6-4. ARMY POLO TEAM RAND CONGRATULATED Decisive Victor)- Noted Despite Attacks by Newspaper Telegrams congratulating Chief Justice Rand of the state supreme court for the splendid showing made by him in yesterday's elec tion, were received here Saturday from virtually every section of Oregon. Justice Rand was bitter ly opposed for renomination by Senator Joseph of Multnomah county and the Portland Telegram. Justice Rand Issued a brief BEATS PORM- VANCOUVER. Waeh.. May 19. (AP) Vancouver Barracks de feated the Forest Hills (Portland! i polo team five to for nere in to day's game of the trl-state polo tournament. The soldiers piled up an early lead and at the end of I the first chukker had the Port land players 4 to 0. The next scoring took place in the third chukker when Forest Hills staged an impressive rally, with the sixth chkker ending four up. In the eighth chukker, Lieuten ant Wright of the barracks' team brought his team into the lead with a well execute f.ynot- The final game of the tourna ment will be played tomorrow when Santa Barbara meets Forest Hills. SENATOR UNDER KNIFK WASHINGTON, May 19 (AP) Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington, entered a hospital here today witha view to under going a major operation probab ly next week. The customs court classifies polo boots and alabaster statuary, for lower duty. Exciting news for trict (two to elect), 614 precincts: j the man in the street. Miami W lil. A Sf . "fcr 1 ir.i...lt. 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Voters wrote in the name of candidates on account of the with drawal of Rep. N. J. Sinnoit who took a place on tue court of claims. R. R. Butler, .The Dalles, had a lead tonight - Vlth 3.472 rotes in 267 out of 4 7 precincts in the district. Second to him was Roy W. Ritner of Pendleton with 1847. W. 8. Wiley of Klam ath Falls showed a gain when re turns were available late today from Klamath county, his home. He had 1433. Other candidates were: S. E. Notson, Heppaer.rfl; Daniel Boyd. Enterprise. 14: George Palmlter. Hood River. Elt; Hawley Bean, Echo, 313. An odd situation developed when 211 republicans wrote In the name of Walter R. Pierce, democrat, for mer governor. Pierce also was written In by democrats for the democratic nomination. SmltJi Delegate Lead Smith's candidates for delegates at large were leading late today on unofficial returns. Bert E. Haney. former shipping board commissioner was In the lead Jodge Ashby C Dickson and John Manning of Portland and R. R. Turner. Dallas, were high men In a field of 13. In the thwt district -where two delegates were to be chosen a Smith candidate was leading .and a Walsh man was second. Th For republican nomination con gress first district 771 precincts out of 813 in district give: W. C. Hawley 36,484; James W. Mott 19.266. For republican nomination con gress second Oregon district 422 precincts out ot 497 in state give: R. R. Butler, The Dalles, 3947; Roy W. Ritner, Pendleton. 1980; W. S. Wiley, Klamath Falls, 1178; George Palmlter, Hood River, 1313; 8. E. Notson. Heppner, 1112; Daniel Boyd of Enterprise, 663; Hawley Bean, Echo, 489. For democratic nomination con gress second district 349 precincts out of 497 in district give: Walter M. Pierce 1175. -. For republican -nomination for secretary of state, 1715 precincts Hal E. Hoss 45.900; H. H. Corey 38.660; T. B. Handley 36,-1,45. For justice of supreme court. 1715 precincts give: George Rossman 87,170: John L. Rand 75,128; L. H. McMahan 49.081. For delegates at large to dem ocratic' national convention 1129 precincts (four to elect) : George L. Carry 7873, W. k Delsell 6694, Ashby C. Dickson I 9153. Bert X. Haney 10,645. John Manning 361)3, Hugh McLalnl 6418, D. W. 8heahan 1353. H. G. Starkweather 7937, F. B. Tlche nor 4553, R. R. Turner 7733, El ton Watkins 7933. Louis B. Pal mer Weber 5380; W. A. Wood 3CS3 For delegates democratic con vention from first Oregon district 449 precincts, (two to be elected: W. H. Canon, Medford, 3481; ! D. J: Fry. Salem, 3559: R. j Harris, Salem, 3433; O. H Oleen. Delegate to democratic conven tion from second district, 239 pre cincts (two to elect) : . J. D; Burns. Condon, 1667; A. B. Combs, Jr.. Baker, 1233: M. M. Hill. HmH Blwr lata, w jacjoQon. seoro. iui; will M. Po, terson, Pendleton. 1466. v Democratic delegate third dis- HOUSE FROCKS of Individuality (Not Aprons) These house and porch dresses are far superior to anything that we have here, tof ore 'been able to offer. 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