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WINNER
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Twenty-ninth Tear
MJEDFOliD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 12. 1931.
No. 121.
HINDENBURG FAMILY AT FUNERAL
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By r.WL MALLON
WASHINGTON, D. 0.. Aug. 10.
The beat monetary crttlca alwaya
laugh when Mr. Morgenthau slta
down to play the allrer lute. After
hearing hla tech-
nlcally perfect
rendition of "Na
1 1 o n a 1 1 satlon
they are atlll
laughing.
For many rea
eona they stub
bornly decline to
take the admin
istration serlous
ly on the silver
question.
The reason a
are not hard to
find. No Insider
Paul Mallon
or outsider In Washington believes
that Mr. Morgentliau (or. Indeed,
President Roosevelt, whom he accur
ately represents) Is either a sllverlte
or an Inflationist. Their moves on
silver are usually timed to meet some
' Inflationary uprising In congress and
these moves have so far been wisely
cautious. The latest one Is also In
that category.
Three very natural reasons for the
move are generally accepted In the
Washington Inner circle.
One Is the financial situation. There
la nearly a billion and a half dollars
In hoarding. The people who are
boarding It will rush to put it back
Into circulation If they think mone
tary Inflation Is coming. The admin
istration's silver move may encourage
them to think so.
Another reason Is Senator Thomas.
He Is the most porslstent end annoy
ing Inflationist extant. A few days
ago he conducted a poll of congress
and announced that a majority of his
colleagues have been disappointed
with the administration silver policy.
Nationalization of silver i supposed
to make him and his weeping col
leagues dry their eyes and keep quiet
for at least a few more weeks.
Also, don't forget that a warm con
gressional election contest is starting
In western silver states.
Thus, three very big problem birds
are supposed to He down and roll
over at the one big sliver blow.
These are rather shallow reasons,
but you will find no deeper ones In
the nationalization policy.
All It means now is that the govr
ernment Is going to buy about $100.
000,000 worth of silver In this coun
try. (There are roughly between
15O.0O0.000 and 300,000.000 ounces
subject to seizure at 50.01 cents nn
ounce.)
A hundred million will only be a
ripple In the ts.000,000,000 monetary
bucket. If that mucn new utieUj
Is leaued, It will not be Inflation or
anything near Inflation.
The nationalization program be
comes important from a national
monetary standpoint only when you
get down to soliloquizing about what
Mr. Morgenthau will do next.
If he goes out and tries to buy all
the sliver In the world at Increasingly
higher prices, he will reach Inflation.
Everyone here Is certain he will not
do that.
There Is another way. His pur
chases &i being made at 50 cents an
ounce, but ellvcr Is carried on the
treasury books at $1,20 an ounce.
(That book value has been kept since
1837 or thereabouts). Thus he is ac
A.imnlatlni a theoretical profit from
i .liver huvlns nollcv. !
For Instance, he buys three ounces
of silver for $1.50. They have a po
tential treasury book value of $3.87.
but Morgenthau has Issued only $1-60
In currency against them to far. He
stores the surplus silver and carries
It on his balance sheet as of no value.
That Is good common business sens.
Any day he could take this silver
profit out snd Issue currency against
It for 11.2V sn ounce. That would be
inflation. However, the amount in
volved Is so small, It really would not
make mucn Ullierencc.
Add all this up ..ml you find the
nallonallzi'iou t Let e ij v at
all. but ww a svp-np a prelude, a
"vamp 'Ml cady." The adminJiUa
t!on can stilng It out for years, and
even ceutirJ?s, before it .cumulate
enough sllv. r to stabilize cn a 35 per
tent ratio with icold
Everything depend- on how much
enrA silver Mr. Morcenthau buys,
world silver Mr. Morgenthau buys.
snd how fsst he buys it.
The good guessers axe betting he
will not buy enough to keep Senator
Thvmas quiet long.
I loks as If the AAA could take
about Bd per cent of the credit for
the low cotton crop. The drouth c-
counts for about 14 per cent,
The ylola per acre dropped nine
pounds below the average for the last
ten years. Normslly you would rot
expect the yield to drop in the race of
a crop reduction program. Last year
it went ud. When a farmer plants
fewer acres you can be sure he will J
rsise all he can on the acres he does j
plant.
There cre 37,371.000 acres In pro- 1
dnctlon th; year. The normal crop j
from thai would be 8.72B.739 bales, or I
3.319 000 tale less than last year. But
the drjuth drovt it down 533.0O0
bsles more
The AAA er are U3 convinced
calamity u .1 league with them.
Pendleton Nominates Major
PENDLETON, Ore, Aug. 11. (API
Car) Ssger, 61, was nominated by
the Republican party hers as csndl-
dste for mayor of Pendleton, to sue-
ceed the late Mark Pstton. 6l will
oppose C. A. Moll. Democrat, m the
Kovcmbti t.ecuoa.
Ohio And Nebraska Races To
See Heavy Polling Idaho
And Arkansas Also Elect
'New Deal' Main Issue.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. vP) Bit
ter democratic factional fights over
senatorial nominations Involving the
"new deal" In Ohio and Nabraaka will
be settled by Tuesday's primaries.
The interest shown in the Ohio and
Nebraska contests forecast a record
breaking vote. There are primaries on
the same day in Idaho and Arkansas..
All four stotes select gubernatorial
nominees, candidates for 38 house
seats and local offices.
Republican senatorial nomination
seekers also have split the electorate
Into partisan groups, particularly In
Nebraska where Senator Norrls, vet
eran Independent republican, has
threatened to take a hand In the No
vember elections If the primary out
come la unsatisfactory to him.
Ohio's three democratic contestants
for the right to run for the seat now
occupied by Senator Pees, republican,
have conoentrated on the new deal
issue. The rivalry has not been so
much for and against, but a" to which
Is the better qualified to champion It
Governor George White and Repre
sentative Charles West have carried
on heated campaigns over this issue
while the third candidate, former
Governor A. M. "Vic" Donahey, large
ly has been going his own way appeal-
ins to the rural vote, senator suixiey
Is supporting West because of his
"new deal" record In the house.
In seeking the republlcsn re-noml.
nation, Senator Fess, former chair
man of the republican national com
mittee, has stressed his opposition to
administration policies. Two of his I
four opponents, however, have ex-1
nressed friendliness towsrd some
Roosevelt measures.
The Nebraska democratic senatorial
nomination apparently lies between
Governor Charles W. Bryan and Rep
resentative E. R. Burke, who Is sup
ported by Arthur P. Mullen, former
national committeeman, snd Roose
velt floor leader at the 1032 Chicago
democratic convention.
Bryan named senator Thompsan.
democrat, to fill the vacancy created
by the death of Senator R. B. Howell,
republican. Thompson Is retiring in
favor ol Bryan and the struggle is
waged for his seat. Mullen has said
the governor is an enemy of the
Roosevelt policies.
Bryan's followers, however, declared
thev have White House statements
that a "hands off" policy on primary
contests is being followed by the ad
ministration. In Idaho's gubernatorial primaries.
Governor Ben Ross has two opponents
for the democratic nomination. There
are four republican aspirants. Ten
democrats and ten republicans are
seeking nominations for the house
seat vacated by the death of Repre
sentative Thomas c. Coffin, democrat.
Representative C. I. white, democrat,
has opposition for re-nomlnatlon.
NEAR BEND FACES
SILVER REVIVAL
BEND. Ore., Aug. II. (AP) Lew
of the Oregon King mine noted if?
Its gold and silver production '..i the
" X
rnnr than AO vn man mnnunr..
ed by the Alaska Juneau Oold Mln-
ing company In Madras today. Liv
I
ingston Werneke will be general man
ager. The mine overlooking Trout
creek In central Jefferson county,
owned by J. O. Edwards of Portland
and associates. 1
The old plant wll be rated and a
new shaft sunk, the Alaska company 1
announced. Modern machinery will I
be Installed.
Jne company expects to locaie lis
i main camp In the little town of ;
Ashwood. rather than In the canyon
below Skull Hollow, site of the camp
when the mine was shut down by
litigation In 1&03. Some exploration
work was done In the mine In 1039.
Thirty-five years ago Ashwood waa
one of the most sctlve mining camps
, Oregon, but it has been a "ghost
town" for many years.
ONE IN EVERY 10
NEW YORK, Aug. 11. (AP) About
one out of every 10 persons In New
Ynrfc rtv U rerelvlncr relief. Mvarri
Ctrm dlrector 0( the emergency home
rellel bureau, said todsy.
Alarmed by tht Increase In the
number of persons on the rolls, he
recommended that Immediate ateDS
be taken to Include a permanent re-
lief program as part of the regular
welfsre provisions of the city govern -
ment.
He said 671 8. en all-time high
received aid during July and that Ing f.Ml was destroyed with the
the city had .pent 140.000 CaW on re- .h:U. Most of the yard lumber was
'uef alact me begloaicj of. tl )evnaacd,
This Associated Press picture, the original of which was flown from
Berlin to London and then radioed to New York, shows members o1
the HIndenburg family as they marched In the funeral cortege of tht
late president of Germany. Col. Oskar von Hindenburg (right in uni
form), son of the hero, Is with his wife and their children. The proces
ion is just entering the huge Tannenberg memorial where the bodv
will rest.
BITTEN BY SNAKE
TOPREI
Survive From Sensational
Pulpit Episode, Held 'Ex
ample Of Faith' Refused
Medical Care.
SYLVA, N. C.. Aug. It. (AP) Al
bert Teester, 39-year-old Holiness
preacher, who believes divine Inter
vention halted the rattlesnake venom
which has coursed through hl veins
for & week, tonight prepared to ap
pear before ms mountain fuik to
morrow as a living example of the
power of faith.
Last Sunday night he waved a
rattlesnake aloft in his pulpit, ex-
hotting his congregation to such faith attempted escape Immediately surren
as his, which he said would prevent j dered as the quick-triggered guards
his being harmed by the reptile. quelled the near riot.
But the snake's head flashed twice. two convicts refused to Join In the
Twice, it buried its fangs In his up- ! pi0t.
raised arm. Those slain were Bill Bryant. 2S-
have had a little doubt In his mind;
he had lost a little raun or eiso re
had done something wrong, oecause
Teester had said God would not even
let the snake bite him.
Teester himself lost composure for
a brief period; ran from the church
screaming. But soon he was himself
again, serene in his belief that "God
will take care of It," and refusing
medical treatment, according to his
religion.
His arm burst from swelling. His
tongue almost choked him. He lay
near death. The mountain congrega
tion prayed.
The swelling began to go down,
Today Teester was able to get about j LoutBiona, and Lucas Badeaux, charg
the cabin where his wife died several1 MVera1 days ago with the knife
years ago In childbirth also spurn- I murar of a fellow prisoner, led the
Ing the aid of a physician. And to-
day he announced "Sunday service as
.
USUB
LEGION 10 SEEK
EPORTATION OF
RADICAL ALIENS
SAN PRANCISCO. Aug. II. ( AP)
nftnlilnnn tA stamn out commun-
j m iM other ,ubver,Ve ,-,ner.ta
and the furtherance of veterans' wel
fare wero among Issues before the
American Legion as It opened Its 16th
annual state convention here today
with some 40.000 delegates and visit
ors in attendance.
Two resolutions designed, their
sponsors said, to curb radical agita
tion by aliens by a stricter observ
ance of the Immigration laws, held
the spotlight of attention.
One reso -
lutlon asks that all ac'lvltles pertain -
Ing to the deportation or undesirable
aliens be transferred from the United
States department of labor to the
United States department of Justice.
ITh. other would call UDOh Secretary
' of Labor Perkins to "mske good her
I promises ' to deport unaesiraoie ai-
lens.
i
i 1 route Mill llunil
ST. HELENS, Ore.. Aug. 11. (API
Darragt estimated by the owners at
' .13.000 waa caused today when fire j
i destroyed the Birkenfeld. Columbia
county, sawmill. Lumber In tht dry-I
'RED CAP FELONS
GUN RUSE FAILS
Gunfire Greets Dillinger's
Trick In Louisiana Prison
Two Dead, Six Wound
ed When Desperate Break
Foiled.
BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 11.
(AP) A desperate break by Louisiana
penitentiary convicts who tried John
Dillinger's vooden gun trick collaps
ed today when Angola prison guards
met the bluff with a withering blast
of gunfire that left two prisoners
dead and six wounded
Three others who were "In" on the
j biooa, break a year ago. and Bay.
i m0nd Candler, 38, serving a 20-year
i term for robbery.
Of the half dozen other convicts
shot down, Michael Antakly, serving
a larceny term, and Gerald Kramer,
burglar, are expected to die. Other
casualties were leu serious, although
Dave Lee, new bandit, was badly
wounded.
The break came suddenly while a
gang of 13 convicts of the so-called
"red cap" brigade of incorrigible at
camp "E," the scene of numerous
previous desperate fights, were work
ing in a field picking okra.
Bryant, two-termer from norm
break. Penitentiary Manager R. L.
Himes said
i """o oiu
Armcrt with wooden pistols painted
black, Bryant rushed on auard Henry
Clark and Badeaux on auard Riley
Slrother.
Clark commanded them to atop
and throw down their guns. They
Ignored the command and came on.
Clark promptly pumped aeven slugs
from an automatic rifle Into Bryant,
killing him Instantly. Turning the
gun on Badeaux, he felled him but
did not kill him.
Two other guards rushed to the
scent and opened fire, Candler drop
ping dead. Nine other prisoners at
tempted to flee acrosa tht open field
and all but three were brought
; down
i
FOR STATE STOCK
POHTLAN. Ore . Apg 11. (i Sen-
! a tor Frederick Stelwer has urged Sec-
1 retsry of Agriculture Wallaca to order
: tht Immediate purchase or cattle ana
: .hern m eastern Orejon drought
counties, th nator declared today.
He also said he understood Professor
P. W. Brsndt of Corvallla has rec
ommended that all eastern Oregon
counties be clssslfled as primary
drought areas.
Cattle purchases are now being
made In Crook and Jefferson coun
ties; but Baker, Umatlll. Morrow,
Wasco, Wheeler, Grant. Halheur, Har
ney, Lake and Deschutes counties are
also affected, stelwer declared. In
some count.e. he is.o. i.ie "nrp
d'jetry Is in ireater ' t.ian t.ic
ktsttie iOdiutry.
sort Now Enjoying Best
Season Of Record, Secre
tary Ickes Reports.
VAa5HINOTON, Aug. 11. vT, The
national parks are having their big
gest year, Secretary Ickes aald today
after returning from a vacation trip
on which he visited several of them.
The secretary said Crater Lake na
tional park In Oregon la having Its
best year of record. While travel at
Mt. Rainier in Washington Is running
00 per cent higher than last year and
at O lacier National park 40 per cent
higher.
"All the national parks, except those
In California," Ickes said, "show big
Increases In the number of visitors.
"The California parks suffered aa a
result of an Infantile paralysis scare
which kept many people from travel
ing there during the early part of the
summer.
"I understand the epidemic has
passed and travel in California parks
Is picking up rapidly."
SLAYER, TRIES TO
MAR FINGER TIPS
PADUCAH, Ky., Aug. 11. (AP) A
sulky prisoner tonight nursed sore
fingertips in the Paducah Jail fin
gertips that led today to his Identi
fication aa Alvln Karpls, allaa a. E.
Hamilton, long hunted as a suspect
In the kidnaping of Edward Bremer
at St. Paul last January. He had 20
cents In his pockets.
The same fingertips listed Karpla
as a kidnaping suspect six months
ago for their prints were found on
gasoline tins thrown from the kidnap
automobile.
Arrested early today as ha slept
under a tree near railroad trae.ke
here, KiDls spent mort of the day
rubbing his finger tips against the
concrete floor of the jail. He rubbed
until they burned with soreness, but
enough of the fingerprints remained
that Chief of Detectlvea Kelly Frank
lin could definitely say: "This is
Ksrpls."
Karpls, considered ons of tht most
dangerous outlaws in the country,
and accused In the slaying of Sheriff
n. C. Kelly at West Plains. Mo., and
A. W. Dunlopp of West St. Faul.
Minn., aa well as the Bremer kidnap
ing, was Bleeping when detectives
Herbert Bheehan and Barber Dally
npproached him this morning.
The detectives were Investigating a
gardencr'a report that "I think there's
a dead man out In my field." It was
1 a. m. Dolly's flashlight both awak
ed Karpls and revealed a pistol
at hla side. Dally grabbed the gun
Just as Karpls snatched for It,
SEATTLE THIRSTY
Fl
SEATTLE. Aug. 11. (AP) Seattle
beer and wine drinkers were granted
at least one more Sunday of grace
under a court order Issued late to.
day by Superior Judge Rosroe It.
Smith temporarily restraining Mayor
Charles L. Smith and Chief of Police
Cleorge H. Comstock from Interfering
with the sale of tuch beverages In
Sesttle restaurants, pending a hearing
next Prlday morning.
Sale of beer and wine was banned
In an order Issued yesterday by Chief
Comstock under an old Sunday clot.
Ing law which was not repealed when
the state dry law was revoked. The
court order, It was pointed out, may
Involve some fine legal distinctions
as to what constitutes a reataurant,
as most Sesttle beer parlors serve
sandwiches.
AUTO DEATH TOLL
IN PORTLAND, 53
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 11. (AP)
The death of Alex Schafer, 23. today
from Injuries received in an automo
bile accident August 0, brought Port
land's auto fatalities since December
1, 1033, to ft totsl of 63,
ALBANY, Ore., Auif 11. (KPI
Charles Ericsson, of Portland, died
in a hospital here today from In
juries received In ft powder blast on
a Santiam highway construction pro
ject Friday. John Mandish, also of
Portland, was instantly killed. Erlck
son died without regaining consclous-
quintuplet. I nder Ouard
CALLANDER, Ont.. Aug. II. (AP)
Two special constables were sworn
In today to glvt 34-hour protection
ninnna fltllntll
u it a.,t n.rf emu
ciccullvt, announced.
Close to tht flames, members of a civilian conservation corps camp
backfire to prevent a blaze from spreading In tha Colockum Pass area
of central Washington. Disastrous forest (Ires, such aa this, burned
over large areas of tlmberland In British Columbia, Washington and
Idaho. (Associated Press Photol
QUESTION LABOR'S
FIGURE ON TOTAL
J
U. S. Chamber Report Data
Three Million Too Many
Cites Industrial Gains And
Payrolls As Proof-
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. (AP) The
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States today challenged tht latest
American Federation of Labor unem
ployment figures as mors than 3,-
000.000 too high.
The federation's weekly report ea-
lmated that 10,300,000 were out 01
work. The chamber aald In Ita week
ly Washington review there wore less
than 7,000,000 unemployed last
month.
Current exaggerations of the num
ber of unemployed has been an un
settling Influence," the review aald.
The chamber s statement was remi
niscent of differences ovor unemploy
ment summarlee during the Hoover
administration, whon the Democrate
regularly disputed Republican esti
mates as too low.
William Green's comment on tna
federation flgurca waa that they
showed industry had not done Its
part In the recovery program.
The chamber answered oy saying
that "more than a million persons
wero added to payrolle of manufac
turing establishments" during the
year ended In July and mat in
fact, tht accomplishment was tven
larger than the gross figures Indi
cates." It said many of the tabulations
were based on figures taken from old
plants "which are not advancing in
their activities and employment so
rapidly as many newer enterprises."
"As yet there is no way to com
mits the exact amount by which
employment in manufacturing la un
derstated, but that there la under
statement there can be no dount,
Lhe review snld.
"if a well known remark were to
h naraohrased. It would be that
what the country needa Is not mort
statistics but better statistics
T
E
PORTLAND; Ore., Aug. 11. (API-
Portland truck drivers tonight waited
the outcome of ft atrike vote h!id !
Friday. The results of the vote will I
be announced at 5 p. m. Sunday.
H. W. Dall, union leader, said as
emerged from further cenference
with employers about terms of the
tnickmen's demand.
The truck drivers, It Is eatd, are
asking an Increase ol sout one dol
lar a day in wa;es. und some Im-
nrovement In ivorkmg conditions.
They do not eek runter hours.
If the strike is cs.iea onuj. .
will affect about 400 men. Taxi driv
ers, local delivery truck drivers and
long distance truck men win noi o
affected
WIDOWSHYABOUT
CINCINNATI, Aug. 33. (AP)
Widowed Mra. Josephine B. Patton.
"around forty" by her own reckon
ing, revealed today that ahe muat
be married again by October 38, or
lose a legacy of aas.ooo.
But, she added, "I have no bopea
of claiming tht money." ror one
thing, ahe's too Interested In her
work of beautifying other women to
worrv about finding herself a man,
and "It wouldn't be worth the money
to marry aomeone jou did not like."
Tht legacy, aht aald, waa left her
bv an old admirer eleven jeare ago,
five years sfter tha death of her
hu.hand. s Cincinnati dentist. But
: she reiu-rd to di-lfe who made the
(bequest or where hi resided.
R0MANCE.$40,000
OF 'RIDE' WOUNDED,
ESCAPESBURIAL
Constable Shams Death,
Then Flees In Assassins'
Car, While They Seek
Spades Two Jailed.
CHICAOO, Aug. 11. (AP) Con
stable John Griffith went all the way
of the one-way gangland ride to
day and came back, one of the few
fortunates to make that round trip
alive.
Shot eight times by four Chicago
hoodlums, Griffith took the usual
ride clear up to the point where
usually It has Its grisly ending the
"bullet riddled body" and the "shal
low grave." Then he got up and es
caped.
Griffith was alive today, to tell It.
and he did tell it. Prom .th sfory
the young constable gasped out, after
he had been given blood transfu
sions snd patched until he was a
mummy-like figure In his hospital
bed. Police arrested Michael Rosso,
34, named by Griffith as In the gang;
picked up Rosso'a brother, Frank,
later, and set out to find the msn
Griffith named as his assailant In
chief, Edward DeVeau, 34.
Griffith escaned death his wounds
may still kill him only by shin
ning death. He escaped, pulling him
self painfully away to the abductors'
car, while they were seeking sbovels
with which to bnry Ww,
Conscious In ' tfany
wounds, Griffith tui his story.
Going to an Apartment to keep an
appointment with a man named
"Pat," he was seized by four men
snd shot with his own gun a, bullet
through his abdomen, another In his
neck; one In the head near the right
ear. His assailants did not atop. They
shot him five times more a bullet
In the arm, one In the leg, one
through his lower side. Another shot
smashed his left thumb; the eighth
cut his right lnden finger.
But the young constable was still
conscious.
"I pretended I wss dead while they
dragged me to the car," he told po
lice painful. y later this morning, a
few hours after It had happened.
"The hardest part was to kep
from groaning when they hit bumps.
That hurt terribly."
Damping him out on the canal
bank, two of the four went for shov
els. The others wandered ft little
distance away.
I crawled to the car and drove
It away," Griffith said. Motorists
stopped his Etg-zag course and took
him to Frances Wlllard hospital.
Doctors said Griffith "had ft
chance" to live. Married, he and his
wife, Betty, have two children
Betty, 3, and Ruth, a year old.
TO MIDDLE 1ST
(By the Associated Press)
Rain and relief made welcome visits
to msny parts of the mlddle-wett
veat.rday but moat of Missouri and
Kansas atlll remslned on nature'!
gridiron.
More precipitation was promised
too. by the wtather txptrtt.
The heaviest rain was reported by
Vlncennes. Ind.. where 4.35 Inches
fell. Generally heavy ahowera through
out southern Indiana were regarded
aa breaking tht drouth. Lightning
killed one person.
Moat of the nation aat back to
recuperate In cooler weather, but It
was another acorchlng day In moat
of Kanaas and Missouri, both burned
brown by tht unrelenting heat. In
Kansas City, the mercury soared up
to 105.
Killed In llla.t
TULSA. Okla.. Aug. 11. (AP) An
explosion of tht magazine of the
American Glycerine company near
Sand Springs todsy killed A. Z. Ord
way. company shooter. The blast wss
felt at pisoet 15 milt, distant.
SIPTBYFLAI
California Heaviest Sufferer
With Fires Under Control
Save In British Columbia
The Dalles Blaze Halted
SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. U.(AP)
With forests ablan from the Piclflo
coast to tht Rocky mountains, from
California to Canada, in but one spot
British Columbia -were forest
"licked" tonight.
Three fires in the Nelson area had
caused crews to throw down their
tools and throw up their hands and
"let nature take Its course." Flames
were rushing toward the second re
lief mines, another was raging
through heavy timber on the Little
Moyle, and a third was burning un
attended southeast of Corbln. Sel
dom have organised fire fighters been
so utterly defeated, American for
esters said.
Incomplete estimates of the acre
age and damage from forest fire
In the west totalled nearly 200,000
acres and M .000 ,000 loss. California, (
first In national forests, was the
greatest loser, claiming nearly 13,-
660,000 loss from approximately 80,-
000 acres. Idaho, rating second In
acreage of national forests, and Mon
tana, both In region No. 1, counted
a comparatively smsll loss, $100,000,
much of the fire being In burned-over
territory.
Washington's biggest fire was In
the Colvllle forest, where 30.000 acres
burned at a loss of about $1,000,000.
THE DALLES, Ore., Aug. 11. (AP)
A new outbreak of the 6.000 cre
brush and forest fire 11 miles south
of here was believed ended tonight,
aa 200 of the 000 men on the fire
lines were left to prevent the flames
spreading further toward Mt. Hood
national forest.
Flames broke through the lines IB
a half a dozen places on Pleasant
Ridge late this afternoon, but la
each case, large forces of men were
rushed to the spot and soon con
trolled the new flames.
I Two houses, several farm buildings
and miles of fences had already been
counted In the toll of the blare,
which broke out Friday on the Sarah
Obrlst ranch on Mt. Hood Flat be
tween Mill creek and Three-Mile
creek. It spread rapidly on H5-mll
wind and burned an are of 4,000
acres la ft ehort time.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. JI. .
(AP) Gov, moyd B. Olson and hl
national guardsmen, backed by a de
cision of tht United States dlatrtet
court, held firm control of tht atiikt
eldden city tonight after r ltaad
Joust with tmploytr, over tht valid
ity of military rule.
"Military rult It preferable under
almost any circumstances to mob
rule." said tht court's dtclstoo, de
nying pttltlona by tmploytrt for an
Injunction restraining tht governor
from continuing tht martial control
under which he hopea to compel a
aettlement of the truck drivers' strike.
Tht court expressed the belief thert
wss 'ounrtatlon for tht plaintiffs
contention that tht govtrnor la using
his power for tht purpoet of coerc
ing them into a settlement,
added:
We art not prepared to find that
tha governor's orders have no rela
tion whatever to tht necessities of
the situation with which he It con
fronted and fall entirely outside tht
ranat of bis discretion. While wt
may personally disagree with the gov
ernor as to tht msnner In which he
haa handled the entire situation, ran
will not Justify the relief prayed for."
ABOARD EMPRESS OP
CANADA, Aug. 10 I have lost
all idea of days or time on here,
but this ouRht to reach you for
breakfast Friday. Thats the
morning we rench Yokohama
and then I go to Tokyo, only 20
miles away.
The old Pacifio has sure been
tit-having herself fine this trip.
All our radio news on we ooai
tells of the continued drouth
and hot weather at home.
I believe if they didn't scrub
brass and paint on a ship they
would run it with about one
man.
Ouwlit to have somo news for
you from Japan. There is never
a dull moment in that country.