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Sir Thomas
Plans Shift
Of Skipper
gundy HooK, K. 3., July 19.
CBWln William P. Burton will
Je given another chance at tlio.
Wiiel of Shamrock IV.
ir Thomas Upton would not say
.hi, afternoon what developments
, h expected after tomorrows
Z w .5 tn. American defender Res
S for the America's cup, nor would
t deny that he and his advisers
"board the steam yacht Victoria had
...ii., .leaded to remove Captain
Burton from the tiller of the cup chal
.... iw Saturday's contest, In
which CflPtnln. Burton's handling of
,T Linton craft had been severely
cri1!hnmM was somewhat perturb
ed when he read In the newspapers of
nians for suppianuns ""'u""
p ,in Rnrton will be at the wheel
. I understand," said Sir
-..o thl afternoon. "After that
, .mt shv. and of course, I will not
talk about It."
n Rn.ird the Steam Yacht Victor-
la July 19. (By wireless to the As-'
sociated Presa) Sir Thomas Lip
inn snent the morning conferring
with his yachting experts but was
not Inclined to discuss at length the
report that he had planned to
niac. ftoDtaln William P. Burton
skipper of the cup challenger. While
stating that the report was maccu
ate" he declined to give any expla
nation.
Sir Thomas let it be known, how
ever, that he was not satisfied with
the handling .of the Shamrock by
Cantain Burton in last Saturday's
race.
Harding Camp Admits
Leag we of Nations to
-Lead Campaign Issue
Crews Speculate
Sandy Hook, N. J., July 19. Spec
ulation above and below decks of tho
America's cup racing fleet at anchor
today in the horseshoe centered up
on the successor to Captain William
H. Burton, whom Sir Thomas Llpton
plana to remove as skipper of the cup
challenger. Sir Thomas and Captain
Burton have had several talks on the
matter and Captain Burton still con
tinues as skipper of the challenger
though the announcement that he has
been succeeded in command may be
expected at any time.
No information could be obtained
as to whether Mrs. Burton would con
tinue as time keeper. Crew members
with superstitious tendencies believe
a woman should not sail on a cup
racing yacht
"' Sir Thomas Wpton, his friends and
advisers on cup matters on the steam
yacht Victoria, today have all confi
dence in the ability of the cup chal
lenger to defeat the Reolute.
Marlon, Or., July 19. Announce
ment that the league of nations win
lead all other Issues in the campaign
is seen by the advisers of Senator
Harding in over-Sunday developments
around the camp fires of the two big
une announcement In Washington
that .Governor Cox stands in nerfnt
accord with President Wilson is taken
here to mean a straight-out plea by
tut. uemuuratic parly ror vindication
and pepetuation of the Wilson for
eign policy, a policy against which
Senator Harding and all of his lieu
tenants here are ready to make the
fight of their political lives.
Even before yesterday's White
House conference was concluded,
Senator Harding had conjectured Its
significance and outcome and hnu
taken the aggressive in a public state
ment demanding that the "mysterious
foreign committtments" embraced in
the president's program be outlined in
detail so that the American people
might know what they were asked to
suport. At the same time he gave as
surances that the republican party
never would acecpt that program.
The senator's statement called di
rectly on Governor Cox to put himself
on record In regard to article ten, the
Huns Greet
Reop
enmg
Armenian mandate and other subjects ' ;
VIU A 1 UUt
on which Mr. Wilson has found him-1 ' '
self in conflidt with the republican Hamburg, July 18. As further par
senate and with some Influential .,...,. ,. t. '
democrats. The feelln in th h. J Juwu",(' c l" "8nt regarding the
ing camp today was that the next
move was up to the democratic nomi
nee. .
The alacrity with which he league
Isue has come to the fore has caused
manifest surprise at Harding's head
quarters here. Many of the senator's
close associates had not expected Gov
ernor Cox to take council with the
president at the outset of his cam
paign nor to take any aggressive meas
ures to hold up the hands of the pres
ent administration, with which he has
not been closely associated.
The Harding managers are not un
mindful that within their own party
there is some division of opinion re
garding the league but they believe
that on a direct issue of acceptance of
the Wilson policy without the dotting
of an "i" or the closslng of a "t" they
ean count on a unified republican
front.
They also are confident that such
an Issue will drive a wedge througu
democratic solidarity and they do not
propose to overlook any opportunity
thus to carry the fight into the en
emy's .territory.
Willamette Valley Tennis Tourney
Opens Here Today With Best Oregon
Talent Entered In Various Events
Play in the Willamette -Valley ten
nis cnampionsnips started at 1:00 p,
h. today at the asylum avenue courts.
Tne entry list In both the men's and
ladies' events is large in spite of the
fact that a number of the Portland
playeds who entered, notified the
tournament commltteement that thy
would be unable to play. Catlin Wol
fard phoned last evening tnat owing to
illness of his business partner he wouM
be forced to withdraw. H. Frohman,
another prominent Portland player,
also had to withdraw at the last min
ute. Isadore Westerman, junior cham
pion of Portland, will be on hand,
however, and promises to be a strong
contender for the men's singles cham
pion. He will meet James Young, one
of Salem's old and experienced play
ers at 4:00 p. m. this afternoon. A
dark Worse In the person of J. Lugen-
bill of LaJunta, Colorado, is entered
and will met R.S., Seley at 1:00 p. m
today. '
The ladies' . entry In the tourney is
exceptionally good. Irene Campbell
, and Agnes McBride" will uphold the
The mainsail of 'the Resolute has honors for Portland, but will be treat
been recut at the sail makers at ed to home hot competition by our lo
City Island and will be sent on this cal stars, Miss M&rjorie Kay, Miss
afternoon. It was new-sali and show-'Mry Findley and Mrs. Jacobs.
I signs of stretching after the wet
ting in last Thursday's rain squall.
The stay sail of Shamrock has also
been recut.
The race tomorrow fill be over a
59 mile triangular course, ten miles
a leg. Saturday's triangular con
test having been called off because
the sloops could not finish, the rules
providing that the race should be re-
u w.B next succeeding race' (w. tr. court)
The schedule of today s play fol
lows:
1:00 p. m. Seley vs. Lugenblll.
2:00 p. m. Miss Kay vs. Miss Lord.
2:00 p. m.- Mrs. Andreae vs. Miss
Findley.
3:00 p. m. McDougal vs. Joy.
3.00 p. m. Jacobs vs. Harbison.
4:00 p. m. Thielson-vs. Cox.
4:00 p. m. Westerman vs. Young.
5:00 D. m. Glaisyer vs. Dr. Bates
Driver Injured
When Train Hits
Truck Sunday
hlih... 7 CT' arming a state
bT7 truck which had
o7mlrned t0 the Blake-Compton
E yh0Pfating at Brook. in
ubv L w!:en the truck was
Ci, ,L 8Uth bouna Southern
Cn w 81 PaCific h"way
orntag.JUSt nrth l Sa,em SunJay
htherLk, WM Carried 60 fept be-
iPrf-wrecked- The oag-
by the fL train was derailed
Cot S ? f the co,Iislon and te
eh?, imaged.
as 2"? 4nd body bruises when
?nZT.0t the trucK. says
tl? utoK Just the otner sid
the''ck uMni"fhobscured his view ,.f
until he was right on It.
The """"
GfMe.. -et"een Eaker and La
re in goo V'.1, " tne best Bhnpt,
6:00 p. m. Hart and De Souza vs.
McDougal and Palmer.
5:00 p. m. Thompson vs. Gabriel
son. 6:00 p. m. Hart vs. Lantis.
6:00 p. m. Davis vs. Doney.
Suicide Makes
Doubly Sure of
Ending His Life
PortlandOr., July 19. H. C. Boyd
29, a Stanford graduate, who was con
nected with the engineering depart
ment of the Standard Oil company
with headquarters at San Francisco,
was found dead In a local hotel yester
day, his throat slashed and the boey
hanging to a bedpost. .Coroner's of
ficials said It undoubtedly was a case
fit suicide. No reason was advanced by
Boyd's employers for suicide. He had
been missing from the Standard Oil
offices here for a week.
A letter found in Boyd's clothing
indicated that Mrs. M. Argabrite, 463
Eureka street, San Francisco, is a sis
ter. Boyd had been working for sev
eral months In Portland.
Bolshevik Gain
In Many Sectors
Warsaw, July 18. Occupation of
Lida (fifty miles south of Vilna) by
the bolsheviki after heavy fighting is
reported in a communique issued by
the war office today. In southern
Uolesia the bolsheviki drove out
Polish mountaineers and occupied
the village of Dabrowica.
Strong bolshevik attacks, adds the
communique, have been repulsed
around Husiatyn and Arzomanlc and
In the region of Dubno. The bolshe
viki are reported to be regrouping for
a drive on Kovel tanout 7& miles
southeast of Brest-Lrtovsk. )
Release of Zook
Girl Sought By
Action of Court
agreement . between the Hamburg
American Steamship company and the
American Ship & Commerce corpora
tion by which the. former German
trade routes are to be opened to Amer
ican shipping, the belief is deepening
here that it constitutes one of the
most momentous events for Germany
since the war.
xnrougn it tne Germans see. th.i
means of regaining touch with the out
side world and ah opportunity foi
Hamburg to re-establish a semblenco,
at leasi, oi us lormer postuon as a
great port.
Good Relations Resume:.
But apart from the commerce bene,
fits expected, the German attach muuji
political significance to the agree
ment. This was emphasized codav by
Wilhelm Cuno, general manager of the
Hamburg-American line, who In ai,
interview with, the Asosciated Presj
declared:
"I call your especial attention to the
fact that the agreement must not only
be considered from a business view
point but must be, regarded as a trial
at re-establishing good relation:, be
tween the two. countries. The way we
have taken will be the only possible
one to resume relations between Gur
many and foreign -countries in the near
future. The war left a deep gulf be
tween the belligerent countries . and
disorganized their entire economic or
Where the German line will obtain
ships enough to enable it to operate
50 percent of the vessels on the routes
to be re-opened under the agreement
is a subject of-keen speculation here.
According to best information it will
be able to lease a eonslderaole num
ber in neutral countries and Trom
Great Britain. Other ships eevntually
will be built in German ship yards.
Shipbuilding Planned.
That a huge ship building program
is contemplated is evidenced by prep
arations now in progress. A meeting
of leading shipbuilders and steel man
ufacturers will be held this week to
discuss the amount of material avail
able in Germany for new construction.
It is believed that if the cunference
discloses that sufficient material can
not be had, arrangements will made to
import American steel, which, at the
present rate of exchange, can be laid
down cheaper than the German prod
uct. . -
Meantime on the lower end of Ham ?
burg harbor a new shipbuilding plant
which, it is said, is destined to be the
largest in Europe, la nearlng comple
tion. The Hamburg-American line is
one of the principal stockholders In
this concern, which will begin opera
tions within 18 days with facilities for
quickly doubling its capacity.
Pekin Railway
Service Cut Off;
Troops Blocked
Tien Tsln, July 18. Railway
Ice with Peking has again been inter
rupted by a collision near Yangtsun.
As a result there is much congestion
of troop trains from Mukden. A re
paid train left Yangtsun Sunday and
re placed the derailed engine, but was
unable to proceed further because of
congestion due to the arrival of An
fuite reinforcements.
The gates of the city of Peking were
closed Sunday to keep out refugees
and defeated. Anfultes. One division
of Anfu forces has already arrived
here from- Mukden, another is on its
way and a third is ready to start when
trains are available.
Fighting has begun on the Chihll-
Shantung border. Tien Tsln Is quiet.
u
reep
er
9f
Annoye
In
ID
Reds Ready
To Conclude
Peace Pact
Alleging that Gertrude Hansen
Zook is being illegally detained as
an inmate of the state school for Details Yet to Be Fixed.
feeble minded here habeaus corpus: Washington, July 19- Final details
proceedings were instituted in the of the agreement between the Ham-
Marion county circuit court this Durg-Amencan line ana iub Aiueiu
nrnlr, in on nffnrt fn Blll-a hr SnW fit UOBimeTO UUl VUl H.UUII
release from the state. Institution, nox yet oee.i w. "u.,
The case will be "rdMTbut as Boon as they are, the agree
Judge Bingham at 4:00 o'clock this , ,
arternoon. hi,,: oairt tr allow Germany
Gertrude Hansen wa3 committed' ,f v .t,ini.. tmriA nn
to reconstruct her shipping trade on
to the state training school from! a ..fifty. fifty- basis.
Clatsop county, ner term In that In
stitution expiring upon the attain
ment of her majority. Later upon
examination she was declared to be'
the state school for feeble minded.
About a month ago she made her
escape 'from the Institution and while
out married to William Zook. A few
days later she was returned to the
state school where she is still de
tained. .
The habeaus corpus proceedings
Instituted by James ,'Mott, Astoria)
attorney, alleges that inasmuch as
the girl has now reached her ma-
Zionists Adopt
Plan of Common
Ownerships Tcday
London, July 19. The Zionist con
ference today adopted the recom
mendation of the commission of for-
tv nn thu PnlpHffnp nrnnftrtv nwnpr-
Jority the maximum of her commit- ghlp questIorii providing that all the
ment to me state 0raiu.MS w land and property in Palestine be
the Jurisdiction of the state has ex- declared the property of the Jewish
pired and she can no longer be de- pe0pi8i an(j tnat the control of this
tained. Dr. J. N. Smith, superln- property be gradually assumed by
tendent of the state school for ti,e Palestine state,
feeble minded, and other state au- . Tnls recommendation, made by the
thoritles icontenct that neither- age majority report of the commission
nor her matrimonial status has any submitted this morning, was approved
bearing on the state's Jurisdiction amidst a great uproar raised by so
over inmates committed to the in- cialists who favored the minority re-
. London, July 19. The British gov
ernment today reeclved a note from
the Rusisan soviet government stat
ing that Russia was prepared to agree
to an armistice and to make peaee
wi'.h Poland.
The note was sent by George
Tchitcherin, foreign minister. It was
in reply to the Brlfish proposal Jfor
an armistice and peace conference.
In the note the soviet government
made a fresh proposition, which Is un
der consideration by the British cabi
net
' Poles Withdrawing. i
Warsaw, July 18. rhe Poles are
withdrawing to the south and south
west from the railway Junction of L!e
which has been occupied by the bol-
mevikt. , . ,
The bolsheviki sweep across Llthu
ania Is giving the soviet forces posses
slon of a rich harvest, as they are oc
cupying thousand of acres planted by
the, Poles, the grain and hay now
standing in stacks. The Polish popu
lation is fleeing before the bolshevik
onrush.
The food in the warehouses at
lostok for children med by the Amer
ican Relief association is being loaOect
for shipment to a safer place.
It is said In Polish quarters that the
retreat on the northern front is be
ing continued in an orderly way.
Retreat Orderly. -. o
All the bolshevik attacks along the
southern front have been repulsed. The
soviet troops have ijeerr repeatedly J
temptingv to break through here, with
Lembere as their objective. ' Their at
tempts, however, have been unsuccess
ful. -
Poland's preparations to continue
the fight, despite her reverses, con
tinued during Sunday. The negotia
tions conducted from London with the
view to bringing about an armistice
have not affected the work of the gen
eral staff.
and Confessed
r of Little GirL
Caught. But Is Released
Malvin Houston Swart, alleged moral pervert who has been
exposing, his person to little Salem girls; during the last few
weeks and who has been peeping into Salem windows on several
occasions, was arrested in the act of looking into a Marion apartment-house
window Sunday morning about midnight by Officers
Verden M. Moffit and O. F. Victor, and was Sunday morning re
leased into the custody of his family by Police Judge Earl Race
Two physicians, among : the ' most , "
stitution for feeble minded.
in good t wcal ui snape, i jvi a biiwiui suuuui eitrvuuu .n. i.iw-
Bide onaitln on tho Uaker ical Lake an addtilonal tax levy of 7 V4
tty side.
1 mills was unanimously voted.
t of Street Fighting and Terror
Cork Culminates In Bombing and
"jury to Soldiers In Motor Lorries
Logging Camps
Reopen Today
port.
The minority recommendation was
that the land and property be de
clared immediately the property of
the Jewish state and that private
ownership and speculation be forbid
den. Adolph Bohm. an Austrian deTff-
gate presented the majority report,
..Ck. Ireland V .
Z loaded F V9 Two ml,i-
,a through th. 83!dier8 WhlCh
? thfJ lh stretts of Cork at
? ,rjn"S re attacked
own up.
seventy soldier..
irTith and bi
and
irabi The civilian threw 29
1-L
l11 a night r
T; " ""A th n, ,: 1 m ,vmch --m.
wmeB ere ku L.'X Parcipat
v u
ter-
TO!
ed.
and snma z-...
in ti . . . J
Lr "oSl. " f laities
"fishtir. v...
""'miaating firing
started in virtually all sections of the
city. The casualties reported up to this
morning were one atad and 14 wounded.
The firing was participated In, It U
stated, by military patrols in motor
lorries and armored cars. Frightened
women and children hurried into side
street and doorways and knocked
frantically at numerous houses for ad
missions. Several young girls and
former soldiers were wounded before
they could gain shelter.
The rush of civilians from the prin
cipal streets was followed by volunteer
patrols who warned the people to He
down while the volunteer gum
watched the movement of the armor
ed cars.
Most of the casualties occurred In
the northern part of the city.
'After midnight the streets were
comparatively quiet with the military
patrolling them. . - '
Portland. Or.. July 19. Oregon's which produced such a heated dis-
gigantic lumber and logging oper-j Rothschild .who presided, maintained
atlons will experience a remarkable order with difficulty. Bohm said the
rejuvenation this week when log-j plan was to colonize Palestine by the
irins namna which supply the raw settlement there of Jews without
timber to mills along- the WilIam-( means, buying land out of the Jewish
ette and Columbia rivers re-open national fund and employing Jewish
after the usual summer shutdown labor. The settlers should place them
which started this year In many in- selves unhesitatingly under control
stances prior to July 1. jof the fund. Bohm added, and agree
o.i... aicrhf nri tpn camns re- to eventual nationalization oi tnu
dpened last week and a dozen more land,
were scheduled to start operations Speakers from the minority report
todav Bv the end of the week or declared the true Zionist ideals would
the forepart of next week all -of the lost sight of and that Palestine
more than 30 central camps along could never be pl-operly developed
the rivers are expected to be in full,. wlesa there were nationalization,
operation. F
If "the difficulties brought about f f f
by the long continued car shnrtige! Inftlr InhnCnn
h surmounted, predictions rtre UaCIV JUllllOUU
made that this year will be a slow-
ir,r m in the logging and limber,
annuals of the state. In prepara
tion for an extensive business, many
of the camps took advantage of the
summer shutdown by putting in
many extensive Hmprovements and
extensions.
Astoria. Or., July -9. A majority
of the logging camps in this section
which closed a month ago ire
suming operations today.
May Surrender
Playful Antics .
Of Dog Result
In Auto Wreck
The playful antics of a neighbor's
dog in attempting to Jump on the
running board of an automobile driv
en by Alfred Drager of Oervais, 14
miles north of this city on the Pacific
highway about 8 o'clock Sunday .eve
ning, resulted in serious injury to
Gus Drager, father of the driver and
minor injuries to five other occu
pants of the machine.
Drager was driving at the rate pf
about 25 miles an hour when the
dog rushed out from a neighbor's
farm house and Jumped at the ma
chine, but landed directly In front or
it. Drager Jammed on his brakes but
was unable to stop before hitting the
dog. The combined force of the col
lision and the sudden application of
the brakes turned the machine com
nletelv over. The occupants were
thrown clear of the car as It turned
Except (he driver, all of the occu
pants were rendered unconscious and
were rushed to a hospital In this city
Except for Gus Drager, whose back
was injured, extent unknown as yet,
the injuries of the members of the
nartv were confined to cuts ana
bruises.
The dog was only slightly hurt.
The party, which consisted of Al
fred Drager. his father and mother
and sister, Mrs. Haling, and the Miss
es Ruth and Pearl Drager, was re
turning from a visit In Sherwood.
prominent In Salem, Upon hearing
the particulars Monday morning, de
clared swan s release to be a grave
mistake and deplored the fact that
he had been set free.
Dangerous Say Physicians .
. "Certainly a man of Swarfs type
Is a menace to the community," de
dared Dr J. H. Garnjobst. "He ought
never to have been released. ' -
Dr. R. E Lee Stelner, well known
authority on cases of the type of
Swart's said: "If the facts as pre
sented are true, Swart certainly
ought not to be at large"
Questioned at the police depart
ment by Officers Moffitt and Victor
Sunday morning, Swart -admitted
that he was the man who had been
bothering little Salem girls and added
that he was a great benefit to the
community. Concerning his window
peeping, he said that the people in
whose windows he looks have aeen
"bothering him,." He further . de
clared that he often has to go. "into
trances for. eight -days," during
which time, he -said, he eats nothing.
. Search Is Extended
"Edison and I have to do it,"
Swart is said to have told officers. -
Police have been endeavoring to
locate Swart for weeks.
Questioned concerning the release
of Swart, Judge Race said that , ne
knew nothing about Swart's actions
in the past. When told that Swart
had admitted .bothering little girls
in the city, the judge reiterated that;
he "knew nothing about the man"
and had never heard anything about
him.
v Seek to Suppress News . '
Asked if he had talked to the man
Judge Race answered that he had
n't. He said that he had agreed to a
request of Swart's family that noth
ing be given to the press. , '
"Is that all?" he' was asked,
"That's all." :::
Police also said that they had been
asked to keep the . story from the
newspapers. " ; :.
Swart is said to be a man about 60
years of age. He is large, weighing
approximately 200 pounds. .
Miners Entombed
Pittsburg, July 19. Seven miners
are reported entombed In a mine of
the Union Colleries company at Ren
ton, Fa., near Pittsburg, following
an explosion early this morning.
Boy 13, Girl 15,
Drown While In
Swimming Here
While wading in the Willamette
river at the foot of : Bellvue street
here Sunday, Richard Piatt, 13, was
dorwned and his brother, Walter, IS,
came near drowning in an effort to
save his smaller brother. Walter wu
dragged from the ' water by Theron
Hoover, of this city, after he had gone
under, overcome.
Frantic efforts of another Salei
boy Wyndham Buren, 745 Court street,
to rescue the other lad were fruition
until it 'was too late to have his Hie.
After diving several times, youns
Buren finally succeeded in bringing
the drowned youth to the surface.
Misfortune Seldom Paralleled.
Work with the pulmoter was un
availing, on Richard, but his brother
was revived after ten minutes.
Misfortune seldom ? paralleled has
been the lot of the Piatt family since
its arival in Salem. On an automobile
tour of the county, W, L. Piatt, the
father, and his family came to this
city several weeks ago. ,
On their way here their automobile
was wrecked just south of the Cali
fornia line and each of the six mem
bers of the party were injured. . Re- j
pairs made, the trip was resumed but
when the family arrived In Salem It
was found that one of the little girls
would have to undergo an operation.
- Robbed and Left Penniless.
Shortly after, while camping at the
auto grounds, they were robbed and
left penniless. Following this their
automobile was burned and they were
left stranded in Salem. . Recently they
have been picking fruit, a The drown
ing of Richard Piatt' occurred while
members of the family were at work.
' . Salem Girt Also Drowns.
Young Piatt's death was,-the eeeond ,
from drowning witftlfi" the past two
days. While swimming with two girls
friends Saturday afternoon shortly
after 3 o'clock, Miss Lois Ida Neptune,
15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Neptune, 960 Marlon street, also lost
her life In Mill creek.
Miss Neptune with Miss Ethel Lives
(Continued on Page Seven.)
Friends Sag Suicide of
Hohenzollern Prince
Not Result of Scandal
Berlin, July 19. Friends of Prince
Joachim of Hohenzollern deny stories
current In Berlin that his suicide at
Potsdam Sunday was caused by scan
dal. . They mention only his marital
disappointments and financial trou
bles. Like his brother, he is believed
to have been sadly in need of funds,
owing to the limited allowance from
the crowd funds permitted hjm by the
Prussian government.
Prilnce Joachim Is aso reported to
have been brooding over the ultimate
fate of the former royal bouse and the
critlcsm to which his father has been
subjected in Germany.
By those who formerly were close
Joachim was said to have been the.
favorite son of the former Emprteti
and fears are expressed that news "of
his suicide may have a fatal effect on
her as she recently suffered an acute
recurrence of her heart trouble.
Wilhelm Deeply Affected.
Doom, Holland, July 19. The an
nouncement of Prince Joachim's -at:
came to Doom castle like a thunder
bolt. The former German empress, who
during the last week has been again
seriously troubled by, her heart ail
ment, is believed not to have been in
formed of the tragedy. The ex-em-pror,
however, has been told of it and
Mine Explosion
'Entombs Eight
Pittsburgh, Pa., July H. John
Luteman, night foreman, two fire
bosses, two pumpers and three labor
ers were entombed by an explosion In
the mine of the Union Coleries com
pany at Renton, IS miles from here
at 3:30 this morning. The explosion
blew the cage out of the shaft and as
soon as the repairs to the hoisting ap
paratus can be made, rescue crews will
endeavor to find the buried men.
At midnight Sunday, folowing re
pairs, Luteman and his crew entered
the mine to see that all was in readi
ness for operation this morning. At
3:30 o'clock a terrific explosion shook
Los Angeles, July 19. Sheriff th entlre neighborhood.
John C . Cllne """"ced here today, w Wa,u u
he would lea" this afternoon for iorscourt nas ruled tnat Wailfl Wal
San Diego and Tijuana. Lower Call- and ,,,1 counties must pay the
fornia and expected Jack Johnson, expense of preparing transcripts for
former heavyweight champion, under .i men recentv convicted on charges
sentence in Chicago for violation of growing out of their membership in greeted by the same remark
to the Hohenzollern family, Prince has been greatly affected.
Gas Situation In Washington Worse
Than Oregon; Precious Juice Scarce
And Prices Charged Tourists High
. By H. E. Browne.
Bellngham, Wash., July 18. Nmii
Ing but the utmost blindness to exist
ing conditions in Washington could
encourage navigation by automobile
today; and nothing but blindness tj
these conditions does induce traffic.
Automobile traffic today Is no more of
a joke than was the railway at its ad
vent less than a century ago. Oh the
contrary It is the basis of a vast and
progressing Industry, and in spite of
the bad conditions of roads in many
parts of Washington, and the extreme
limited supply of gas, there Is a great
amout of migration all along the Pa
cific highway to the Canadian border.
But one finds himself the goat in tout
ing the country from Oregon to tnt
British line.
The Oregonian who has felt serious
ly inconvenienced by reason of gas
shortage In Oregon will find worlds
of comfort at home after a trip
through Washington. The gasoline
situation in Washington at the present
time is sermarkably serious. To ob
tain gas in the smallertowns la sim
ply out of the question. When a tour
ist stops in front of a gas station he is
looked upon as an object of hunnr
rather than pity, by the towns people,
when the supposed vender says "1
can't do anything for you."
I traveled from Salem, Origoj, .
Olympia, Washington, stopping at
nearly every station as the gas supply
became lower and in every town was
'Not ti
re- the Mann act, would surrender to the I. W. W.
him at the Mexican border. peal.
They have taken n ap- ing for you." But for the fact :hat
one or two linotype operators in the J ly speaking, is good.
little towns were persuaded to do m
little "bootlegging" from the supply
on hand to operate ' their machines,
my trip would have been terminated at
a point fifty miles north of Vancou
ver, Wash.
In some places where gas can be
had the price is from 40c to SSc
Profiteering is the vogue In most of
the small townsand thet ourist is com
pelled to pay the price or live indefi
nitely among liars and thieves. If
people wesre not nearly blind to these
conditions there would be les travel,
of course, but the roads are lined with,
disgusted travelers and the towns con
tain hundreds of people who are de
tained pending the receipt of gasoline.
For the most part roads are good,
but there are several detours which
are almost impasasble. In the vicinity
of Castle Rock a team of horses Is em
ployed conveying cars up and down a
hill at a cost of 15 each way. The
Olds 8, however, was one of the very
few cars that went over the hill wlthv-
out a team of horses In the lead. To
make the trip through Washington
with any degree of comport one should
have wings and even these are likely
to be soiled if "white." It Is no place
for a Cherrian in uniform. Well dress
ed tourists. If they get over at all.
come out looking like "muckers."
Crop conditions all through the
country are very enoouraging. Con
siderable rain has fallen in Washing
ton during the past week and it is said
the cherry crop has been damaged'
considerably, but the outlook, general