taw
VOK IX., Mo. tfUil.
AIRPlMwINS
IN GREAT RACE
AGAINST TIME
1,11,1 T. NKIHUJ Wit ItOllKItT
8.MITII MAKE III OKI M'EEII
IN 111(1 lE IIAVII.ANK
SAN FRANCISCO TO PORTLAND
I'll) K Whole Oroujrjr Between
(irnnlM Vx nml Itoxelmrg Hwnied
AIIii With Kmit llrw
Tim 11 ! Ilitvlliiii'l airplane,
driven north yesterday by Lieuten
ant K. K. Nimbi and carrying Ro
bert K. Hmtth with $Ml, 000 worth of
government savlnns certificates to
catch tho votHol sailing for Aluuku,
returned soith this morning, panning
over tirnnln iVuhh hi 10? 25. The
J.ieutetl.Mlt .'topped Mt KlIKellB lxt
filKht
Mr.' Sim il li luiil Intended 1" frry
$t.iii(i,ni(i worth of not cii from Han
PranrlM'o to JWltle on lh rl p nnd
to iliHtrilmtP thntu nt various pluces
along tho route, but the time allot
tod to hi tn wum no iihort that nit such
tops had to 1ii' eliminated, lie onr
rli'd -the note In a yellow handbag.
On reaching Portland he alighted
from tha plana, rushed to a waiting
automobile and thence to a motor
bout, that waji to take him to Ka
lama, and there boxan the last lap
of the Journey, .which he made In
time to deliver the nolea to the
steamer
"The entire . mouutain . ImIkmw
Ttom-hiirir and Grants Pass seemed to
bo on fire," staled tho pilot of the
machine when be landed In Portland
In referring to tho forent fires In thrit
ectlon.
"Mr. Smith did not take hla hand
from ithe yellow 1g containing the
bonda." atiitea the lieutenant who
piloted the machine. "Not even when
we went 1 4.000 feet above ground. "
f. F. '.Macduff. In churge of the
local forestry office, Htatea that there
ire no aerloua fires In Josephine
county at the pretien'l time, but that
there are aevoral In Don x In county.
Two different flrea In the Glmidnle
district are rcportrd to be beyond
control, nlthoiiKh they have destroy
ed but little vuluahle timber thua far,
according to latest advices received
from Olondale.
ll.Ti:s TO I'.W WAK TAX
il'ortland. July 22. K. A. Ctolrind.
churud with cursing President Wil
son becauHK of the war lax on a
package of candy, forfeited $2.1 ball'
yesterday, nnd failed to appear fur
trial in municipal court. No effort
will bo made' to re-arrest lilni.
UP
Itj
London, July 22. (American .army
and navy officers who are trying to
close up the war 'financial inrWi
tlona between the United States and
Groat 'Hrltnln, hoio to have their
tutik completed by September I. If
' that end I reached the majority of
the 76 army officers and 200 men
now here will Hie sent home, and the
navy rorce wifl bo reduced to a few
experts to tie the last remaining
atrlngD.
The magnitude of the task will be
appreciated when It la known that
the army alone bought 2,000,000
tons of. equipment and supplies here
slid shipped them' to Prance, while
tho navy had . large fores of ship?
which were conetanCIy , purchasln?
things from British warehouse,
Another element In 'the situation
la the slow and deliberate manner lr
. which the British Tender their bills
One such 'bill received a army hend
Quarters today amounted to $150,
00 0 for euinplles for tho Amerlcar
troop In Northern 'Russia.
A
BILLION
DOLLAR
f T
Hurli Pmlli'fiitii In MikIc Kimiii At
1'i-aoi l ItcMloritl; 5,MM Mexl
am In I'. 8. Pant Two Yeara
Ifcmver, 'olo., July 22. - - Mexico'
trade with tho United Htatiw will
amount to 1 1 .000,000,000 a, year
when normal coiidltlorta are reittored
south of the Klo irande, according
to A. J. Ortiz, coiibiiI fur Mexico at
Denver, with Jurisdiction over Oolo
rado, Montana and Wyopilnic. Mr.
Ortiz, who 1n a nutlvo born American
citizen of Bpanlsh ancestry, haa been
In the conaular service liere for 18
yeara. dtirliiK which time he hai
made a clone utility of the trade re
lation between the two countries.
"Fully 110,000 Mexican have en
tered the I'nltud Htatea during tha
laat 1wo yeara," Bald Mr: Ortiz
"Majiy of them have returned to
their native land, many more Intend
to do ao eventually. When these Im
migrants repatriate thenuielve they
will carry with them some of the
American atnndanla of living. They
will want American goodti to satisfy
thine new standard they will spread
almllar tastes to their fellow coun
trymen, uiid the I'nlted State will
have u trade monopoly of Immense
value."
'tMcxIco la already entering upon
her period of reconstruction. She
needa steel for her railroad, ma
chlnery for her mlnea and agricul
tural Imiilementa for her farm. Al
ready a number of friendly moniifae.
turera have established branch fac
tories In .Mexico.
"Cnfortunately, political condi
tion! below the border re atlll inch
as to retard the economic develop
ment of 'Mexico, tout I am confident
that Jaiprlofcof MMiTjuMment la nt
hand, and that condition wilt soon
be ataballzed. When that time
cornea, Amciiia will aee that there
la no antagonism galnt her on the
part of any claaitpa in Mexico."
Ml Kits ItM OMINU AtTI H
SIM K ZAPATA- DKATII
Mexico Mty, July 22. 'People or
tho state of Moreloa, relieved by the
death of Zapata and of tho horrors
of seven years of war, are giving
thentKelves over almoxt exclusively
to mining. Iron and steel manufac
turers in the capital are said to be
receiving steady shipments of ores
from Morekig and plans for mining
development In the entire state are
being made.
E
E
. Ixindon, July 22. Airplane manu
facturers are now calling science to
their aid In making their machines
safe. IAU wood used In construction
In some of the most Important
plants la being first subjected to
X-Ituy teats. In one Instance .the ra
diograph of a fine silver spruce
plank showed certain light and dark
spots. When the plank was split
open it was found to be honeycombed
by beetle borings.
X W.VK OF RKVKNC1K SAYS
(XH'NT VOX BEHXSTORFP
Merlin, July 22.-Count yon
HornBtorff former German ambassa
dor to the Vnlted States, ' speaking
at a democratic, party meeting here
yesterday,' snld Germany must hover
forgotthnt a world policy, such as
was engineered hefore the war had
become Impossible.
"Whoever lives In Germany,"
County von Bernstorff said, "knows
that we neither wsCnt, nor can we
conduct war of revenge,'
tw.ooo'nrsHrxs nmxo
OVKR $2 PER M'SHEl,
Walla Walla, Wash., July 22.
lienter IRrfblnson's crop of 50,000 hu
ihels and Oeorge Darce' crop of
35,000 bushel were sold Saturday
al slightly above $2 a bushel.
GRANTS PASS, JOfiEraiXB COCSTT, OREGON. TCUHDAf. iVLY
COMMITTEE TURNS DOWN
PRESIDENT'S REQUES
Claim "No Power Exists" to Appoint Member Reparations
CommitteeWilson Thinks it Inadvisable to Make
Public Shantung Affair flow, and Urges Ratification
Wan lil union, July 22.-'Responding
to tha president' roqueat that
It approve the provltdonal appoint
ment of an American representative
on the reparation commlaalon to be
created undor the iiobpo treaty, the
aen u.t e foreign relations committee
toduy declared that until the treaty
la ratified "no power exlata" to car
... . . i. ii
I The nrealdent hitt aufflclentlv re
covered to resume hla conference
with republican. He 1 weak but
anxious to begin work. Senator
N'orrla wo invited yesterday to con
fer at the White House, but declined.
Washington, July 22.-Senaler
'aider, republican, today asked
President 'Wllaon what the attitude
would be If the senate ratified the
epvenant with reservations making
Article X, guaranteeing nations
against "external aggreseion," to re
main effective ortly until 192. The!
president tirged ratification witheut
reservations. Referring to Shantung
he said he could give the senators
details, but thought It Inadvisable to
make them public now. I
Washington. July 22. euDDortinc
the league of nations In Ills senate
HiHech. Senator McVanr of Oregon
purged that it he accepted without
such amendments and reservation
as "would alter the splendid niir-l
l pones of the covenant or weaken it
NAVY AMOR PRAISES
Portland, July 22. "No flyer go
ing north would evor eto'jS at Port
land unless forced to, because the
landing field U not adequate for the
'big machines." said iLleutemint Karl
Nenblg, I'nlted States army aviation
flyer, 'who beat all re-ords yester
day bringing 'Robert E. Smith from
California to Portland, carrying"
$50,000 worth of. Vnlted States
bonds. Lieutenant Neu'hlg. who
made many friends in Portland dur
ing the rose festival when the seven
army -planes took citizen passengers
oil flights, spent the morning looking
over possible landing fields in the
vicinity of Portland. ,
"Hugene has a wonderful landing:
field, by fax the best In this state,"
said the flyer, who was conducted
ou the Inspection tour by Milton R.
Klepper, president ot the Aero Club
of Oregon, and by Clark Lplter,
chairman or the landing field com
mittee of the club. "The only good
landing fields hewteen Mather iPleld
and Portland are at Eugene, Grants
Pais and Grenada." ,
MOTHKH AM NINE CHILDREN'
IMtOWN FOlllHXO A HI V Kit
Silver City. N; IM., July 22. With
her threeryear-old infant,, clasped In
her arms, Mrs. Candelurla iGalvln. 36
yeoj-s old, of Hurley, N. M., and
nine children were drowned nine
miles east of here ' late yesterday,
wheu a wagon In which they were
riding was swept away in a swollen
stream.
, Five or the children, whose ages
ranged from two to 15 years, were
those ot Mrs. Oalvan.
STRIKK KCIiAREl OFF .
AT SAX FRAXC1SCO TOU.IY
San iFYancisco, July 22. The cen
tral strike committee of the tele
phone strikers, controlling all the
locals In California, ha called off
the strike.
inxofur aii It affects our duties."
The senator said the senate could
adopt certain rttrvatlons In form
of Interpretation, but should not en
danger the covenant by reservations
affecting the Important features. Ar
ticle X, "the pillar section of the
league," must be unimpaired, said
Senator MoNary.
Ixindon, July 22. The bouse of
commons has completed Its consider
ation of the peace treaty. The bill
approving the treaty passed it third
reading. The Anglo-French pact
w&js also approved.
Washington. July 22. Senator
Moses, New Hampshire republican,
opiiosed the treaty, saying that the
loague covenant was bad enough,
but that the other features of the
treaty were worse. The senator
claimed the treaty and league would
embroil the United States In Euro
pean troubles.
Washington. July 22. The prohi
bition enforcement bill, described by
member opposing It as drastic
enough to invite presidential veto,
finally paused the house by a vote of
287 to 100. The house also passed
The bill providing a minimum wage
of 3 a day for all government em
ployes except in the postal service.
The iblll now goes to the senate.
FIFTY AMERICANS ARE
KILLED WITHOUT TRIAL
Washington. July 22. American
ambassador to Mexico, Henry Fletch
er, told the house committee today
that 50 Americans have been killed
in .Mexico during the .past three
years without a Bingle prosecution
made by the Mexican authorities.
ItlU.NOS PKKSIDF.NT'S
THKOKY "lUKAMSTIf"
fltoseburg News)
Walloping into the league of na
tions with both fists, branding the
president's theory as "Idealistic"
and "Impracticable," Dr. Joseph
Clare, who during the war held
something different than a swivel
chair job in the United States, gave
a humdinger ot al speech at Chau
tauqua Saturday evening, In which
he ripped the league ot nations into
so many different parts that it is
going to take William Jennings Bry
an, a good long time tonlnht to make
repairs. Dr. Clare, . was not an on
looker during the war, he was a pas
tor at iPetrograd, where things hap
pened. He saw the hoisting of the
red flag of the revolutionists, ex
perienced tha nights of terror, wit
nessed the downfall of Kerensky and
the murder 6f the leaders' follow
ers. Be-fore 'an audience which com
pletely filled the tent, Ihe talked for
many minutes and In spite of the
heat and discomfort all hung breath
lessly upon hla words while he told
of those momentous events which
have played tCnd are to plax so im
portant a place In history. The league
of nations, ihe says, U too Idealistic
to be put into effect. It human be
ings were perfect then the pact might
be practical, but as long as human
nature 1b selfish, the plan Is mere
ly an unworkable theory, the prat
tllngs of. idealists. Who know not
whereof they speak. ;
il.eaven worth, Kan., July 22.
Twenty-five hundred military feder
al prisoners went on strike today,
asking for shorter work hours atod
more food.
22, 119.
110 FIRE LOSS
Forty gquara Miles Burned Over,
..IXwtroylng 20,000,000 ft White
Pne; .Men Start Illaze
Spokane, Wash., July 22. Forest
fire condition In northern Idaho, ac
cording to reports from forest ser
vice officials and timber protective
association wardens today, continued
critical, -with several 'bad blazes In
various parts of the district.
The most serious fire was reported
from the Pack river valley, between
Sand Point and Hope, Idaio, where
35 to 40 square mile ' have been
burned over hy flames that are with
in two miles of the Great Northern
railroad, and three mile from Na
ples,. Idaho. Neither is believed to
be in danger, however.
Between 10.000,000 and 20,000,
000 feet of white pine timber ha
been destroyed, at an estimated loss
of $40,000,000 to $80,000,000. Only
rain can stop the blaze. It was de
clared and the only hope Is to guide
the fire ay from the richest timber
In its path. The burning area Is ten
mile long and three to four miles
wide.
One man was under arrest today
at Sand Point and another Is expect
ed to be taken Into custody thl af
ternoon 1n connection with alleged
Incendiary fires near Wrenco. The
Wrenco fire was within three miles
of Sand Point today, horning over
an area ot about 12 square miles.
The dty was not believed to be in
danger.
IXS ANUEUEg CLAIMS
THE Bl'SIKKT llixVTKK
Lm .Angeles, July 22.- London
Bridge no longer can claim the dis
tinction of being the densest center
of traffic In the world, according .to
traffic experts of the Los Angeles
Railway who have teen studying
conditions - here. More vehicles,
street oars, automobiles, wagons and
carts they say, pass the intersection
of Ninth and Main streets In this
city, per hour, than in any other
part-of the world. '
AMilHU TROOPS PREPARE
AiVAXCE ON' Bl'UKVKST
Vienna; July 22. General Fran-
chet Desperey, commander of the al
lied forces In the Near Bast, has an
nounced that he is preparing to ad
vance upon Budapest with 150.000
troops.
TO CLOUDS IN ITALY
Rome. July 21 While Americans
complain "of the advance of qne and
two cents In the price of cigars and
cigarettes, the prices In Italy have
advanced ten and twenty times what
they were formerly. Cigarette of
the cheapest varieties which sold be
fore the 'Wax for two cents a box now
sell for twenty cents and sometimes
thirty. Cigars have mounted In
price almost to the point where they
are "unmarketable.
Besides the difficulty of Importing
tobacco which, of course, adds con
siderable to the price there' la In
creased ' taxation upon it. The gov
ernmental income from tobacco in
pre-war days amounted to approxi
mately $75,000,000 annually. 'Dur
ing the past fiscal year tobacco-users
have paid the government $170.
000,000 while for the next year the
budget anticipates a revenue from
tobacco of nearly $300,000,000. The
latter will be one-sixth ot the entire
budget.
TRIIU XE'8 TRIAL NEAR END
; Mount Clemens, Mich. July 22.
Examination of Henry Ford by the
Chicago Tribune attorneys has "been
concluded. Mr. Ford' attorney, Al
fred Lucking, took up the Interroga
tion today. .
MILLION
WHOLE XCMBEB t7?24-
11 KILLED, 28
(JOOItYEAll ,CX1PAXY IMJUGIBUE
EWFIjODKS AXD F.UXS IXTO
. CHICAGO SAVINGS 11AXK
FOUR ESCAPE III PARACHUTES
Nine Bank Employes Killed; . St-w
Device Blamed, But Police Am
Making Invetigatlm
, - ' V
Chicago, July 22. After cruising
back and forth across Chicago' loop
district for hours, a dirigible balloon
hearing five person exploded lata
yesterday afternoon, the blaxing
wreckage crashing through the sky
light of the Illinois Trust and Sav
ing hank, In the center of the fin
ancial district.
tost night the police fixed the list
of dead as the result of the accident
at 11, mora than a score were in
jured. Two of the dead were passengers
on the dirigible, the other were em
ployes of the bank. . K
The big gas hag. which had mad '
two flights during the day, had
started on a third flight, and was
hovering over the lake near Grant
Park when the fire -was discovered.
The pilot directed the coarse of the
balloon toward the hnstnesa district,
and when above the hank building ,
the dirigible was suddenly envelop
ed In flame.' A minute later it eel
lapsed and fell through the skylight,
the tank of the balloon exploding. .
The following statement was given
the police department by Jack Boett
ner, assistant pilot, who escaped by
leaping' from the balloon In a' para
chute: "I have no idea how the ship
caught fire. The two 80-liorepower
motors had been working perfectly.
'Prior to the explosion we liad made
to successful cruises, not experienc
ing a felt ot trouble.
J'Just before she caaght fire ws
were running smoothly. We had
headed away from the lake, when I
felt the ship buckle. I saw flames
leap from the side and yelled to the
passenger to Jump. They were all
strapped in parachute and obeyed
immediately. I think the faict that
all did not land safely was due to
the speed with which the burning
dhrigtble fell. My own 'parachute
caught fire, but I managed to land
solely. The others probably caught
fire also and fell when the silk 'had
been 'burned from the parachute."
Ohicaso. 111., July 22. Federal,
state and city official today began
an investigation of the explosion ot
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber com
pany's dirigible balloon, which late
yesterday resulted in 11 deaths and
injuring 28, when it fell during a
flight, crashing into the Illinois
Trust and Savings bank. It killed
nine bank employes. .-
Several new devices used may?
have caused the explosion. Two ot
the passengers were killed, but four
escaped from' the blaring Wimp in
parachutes. The dirigible was In
tended for passenger service.
Washington. July - 22. Martial
law may he necessary to end the
race rioting. Five people have been
killed and SO Injured during the
past several days, during disorders
following the wave of attacks, by
blacks on white women. The assaults
and robberies by the negroes termin
ated in a series of race battle and
200 of the rioter lhave been arrest
ed. - " .
Detective Harry Wllaon was shot
through the heart by a negro girl
who was firing Into the crowds of
white in the street.
I ED
BALLOON FALLS