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TOL. XXII.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY . 1912.
NO. 131.
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' TERRIFIC HOT
CITIES
DEATH RIDES Oil THE WAVE
m CHILDREN SUCCUfl
HO RELIEF IS YET HI SIGHT
Boston Reports 1 1 Deaths, Ph iladelphia 32, Cleveland 38
and Chicago 35---The Mortality Amongst Children Has
Been Great, and in All the Cities There Were Hundreds of
Prostrations, Which Will Swell the Death List The Hot
Wave Sweeps Over Vast Area and There is No Indication of
Any Change.
UNITED 1 II EBB LEAHHD Willi
Chicago, July 9. Five more persons
were reported dead on tills, the fifth
day of the fatal heat wave. Scores of
lirostrations were reported to the po
lice, who have been swamped with
stories of the suffering that the hot
Must from the Bouth has brought to
this city.
The total death toll for the five days
liere was 35. A possible thundVr
shower was the only relief that could
bo seen this afternoon, Jiy the local
weather bureau. The mercury today
climbed uncomfortably cloBe to the 90
mark, and it was predicted that It
would go above that figure later In
the afternoon.
Thousands fled today from the heat
ed districts down-town and sought
the shores of the lake. Many offices
In the loop district transacted no
business "this afternoon, and em
ployes were given an outing, buffer
ing today among the poor families
was somewhat relieved by the distri
bution of Ice at the expense of the
county.
At Washington.
Washington, July 9. A blistering
sun poured down on the asphalt
street and pavements, marking today
the national capital's hottest day of
the year. The government kiosk
down town at noon registered 94 de
DECLARES
THE DEED
FORGERY
stTKEME conrr si stais low.
eh conrr ix famocs pout.
LAND CASE, WHERE HEED WAS
III RIER FOK TWO YEARS.
Designating a deed alleged to have
been executed by II. (J. Winters, of
Portland, In favor of W. K. Purdy, of
the same city, and conveying to the
latter valuable property In that city,
a forgery or of having been obtained
by a trick or device, Justice Mcllrlde,
of the supreme court, today affirmed
the decision of the circuit court of
Multnomah county In the rase of Ag
ness Butt vs. W. K. Purdy.
Winters was nn aged miser and died
several years ago In Portland. Purdy
had been Identified with him In a
number of business transactions. Af
ter his death Purdy presented to the
court In Multnomah county a deed
which he declared Winter hud made
out to him a couple of years before
Ills death, lie buried the deed In a
glass jar on his rnnch Rt Huttovllle,
and when It was presented It was dis
covered mutilated. Purdy, when he
presented It declared the deed had
been given hhn with the understand
ing that It should not be made public
until after the death of Winters. In
support of the genuineness of the deed
Purdy placed on the stand a man by
the name of Wedle and also his stenog
rnpher. Miss M. I Pratt, who, as no
tary public, executed the deed. Both
testified that Winters had signed It,
III SWEEPS OVER
FROM LAKES
grees. The hospitals were busy with
prostrations.
HonIoii Hakes.
Boston, July 9. Two deaths and six
prostrations today brought Boston's
total for seven days of terrific heat
to 11 dead and 108 prostrated. Weath
er bureau thermometers registered 97
degrees, and street instruments 102.
Philadelphia SIzzIck.
Philadelphia, July 9. There was
(no relief In sight today from the tor
rid weather, which already has caused
the death of 2 persons here. Up to
noon today thre deathB due to heat
hmad been reported. The thermome
ter at that hour registered 88 degreeB.
Pittsburg In It,
Pittsburg, July 9. Two deaths and
many prostrations occurref here from
the heat during the past 24 hours. To
day's 90 degrees was alleviated by a
light breeze.
CIcTelund Also Cooks.
Cleveland, O., July. 9. Three more
deaths of babies were reKrted this
afternoon, making the total deaths
during the present heat wave 38. Pre
diction of a thunder storm late to
night was the only relief held out by
the weather bureau. Many prostra
tions are reported from all over the
state.
and that It was genuine. When the
case was argued beforo the supreme
court, however, It developed that Miss
Pratt did not have a notarial commis
sion at the time of the execution of
the deed.
Agness Butt, administrator of the
estate, brought suit to have the deed
declared a forgery. The circuit court
hi MiiUiiuuih.Ii county held In her fa
vor, and the supreme court now sus
tains that decision. The supreme court
In rendering the decision says In
part: "The Judge of the court
below saw and heard personally the
principal witnesses In the case, and
In that . respect was much better
qualified to Judge of their credibility
than we. There Is too much mystery
and Improbability In the defendant's
account of this contract for us to ac
cept It as true without further dis
cussing the testimony, which Is
voluminniiB. We are of the opinion
that the deed questioned Is not shown
to be the genuine de'd of H. W. Wint
ers, but that It Is either a forgery out
right or was obtained by some trick
or device whereby he affixed his name
In Ignorance of Its real nature."
Dig MViinirr Sale.
Ban Francisco, July 9. -None the
worse for her 14 hours adrift at sea.
the. steamer City of PnnauiA was
towed Into port here today by the
steamer Rose City.
The Panama's engines went wrong
while she wns on her way to Mexico
and Central America last Saturday
with 25 passengers- aboard, and the
Rose City went to the rescue In re
spond to wireless distress signal.
Victim f (he Audi.
Tacoina, Wash., July . Fred ox,
run down and hurled Into the ditch
near the auto speed course Saturday
night, died this morning, and F. 1).
Catterall, automobile machinist, Is
held on a charge of manslaughter, fol
lowing bis arrest Sunday night.
TO ATLANTIC
A Mysterious Death.
' San Francisco, July 9. "Car-
rle called to nie three times be-
fore she died. Now I can go to
meet her," said Albert Martin
Carina here when he returned
from the burial of his finances,
protty Carrie Shewbrldge, at
Holy Cross cemetery. Then
Garms lay down In the Shew-
bridge ' home and apparently
went to sleep. When relatives
of the girl tried to wake him an
hour later, he was dead.
AMERICANS
LEAD AT
STOCKHOLM
SEVEN JIEX QUALIFY FOR THE
1500-METER RACE, AXD GIVE
THE OLD WORLD SPORTS AN
OTHER GEMINE SURPRISE.
Stockholm, July . The feat with
which the American Olympic athletes
today crowned their achievements of
the fourth day of the contests when
they qualified seven men In seven
heats for the 1500 meter race, simply
dazed the Europeans, who thought
that the fleet Yankees already had
reached the limit of their power to
astonish, and the thousand who
thronged the stadium cheered lustily.
Klvlat, Hedlung, Jones, Shepard, Mc
Clure, Taber and Madeira were the
Americans who qualified In the fifteen
hundred meter contest.
' In the first heat of the 5,000 meter
run, George V. Bonhng, of New York,
the. winner, led the field from tho be
ginning except at about mid-distance,
when O. M. Hill, the Australian run
ner, went ahead for a moment. Louis
Scott won the second heat, virtually
duplicating the feat of Bonhag,
In the third heat, the United States
had no winner. Gnrnet W. Wlckeff,
of the University of Ohio, went lame
about the middle of he race, and could
not finish.
Buarlsto, Sllckaiiloml and Peltonen,
three Fins, won all the points in the
double Javelin throw.
Kngland was first in the finals of
the four hundred meter relay race,
In the preliminary of which the
Americans were disqualified yester
day. Sweden was second and the
German runners were , disqualified
for crowding. Time 42-4-10 seconds.
In the Individual fencing rinals,
Italy won both first and second places
Nad I and Speclnle, of tliat country,
being winners. Vanderber, Austria,
was third. The American cut rants
did not score.
STRUCK LIVE WIRE
DEATH INSTAXTAXEOUS
Peter Lewis, a Greek, was electro
cuted on the line of the Oregon Elec
tric railroad 11 miles south of Salem
yesterday, while working on the ofin
st ruction of that road. There Is a
feed wire or heavy voltage at this
point, which came In contact with a
cable used to support the trolley wire.
liewls was endeavoring to pass a pool
of mud and water, and In doing so
took hold of the cable, which, in turn,
as brought In contact with the heav-
lly charged wire. Death was Instan
taneous. Ill I.I, NOT GOOD
FOR SI'S HAY USE
San Francisco, July 8. Though
nifty with his pen, William Shakes
peare Is not resectable for Sunday
wear, according to several clergymen
here, whose agitation put a quietus on
a proposed Sunday rendition of
"Twelfth Night" by the Woman's Out
door Club.
Smuggling Chinese.
Long Beach, Cab, July 9.
Two men giving the names of
Billy Gerrold and Moore were
taken to Jail in Los Angeles to-
day by immigration officers who
captured them off Catallna Is-
land, where they were cruising
In a launch containing seven
Chinese.
Several shots were exchanged
by the men in thi launch and
the officers, after which, the of-
fioers said, Gerrold charged
Moore with being a traitor and
seriously stabbed, him.
!
Thirty Brave Miners Facing
Almost Certain Death Go to
Rescue of Companions and
Are Themselves Entombed.
OTHER HEROES TO RESCUE
On Top of Hie Second Disaster Still
Other Llon-llcartcd Miners at Once
Prepare to Go Down In the Verit
able Hell And These Succeeded lu
Recovering the bodies of the Orig
inal 85, und Those of the 80 Res
cuers. ttmiTiD rsnsi liised wirs.
ConlBboro, Yorkshire, Knginnd,
July 9. Twenty heroes, Including
some of the most experienced miners
In all England went to almost cer
tain death today In a desperate ef
fort to resctio 30 miners, penned In
the lower workings of the Cadeby
mine by an explosion of gas. De
spite the fact that all of the 30 vie
time of an early morning explosion
were believed to be dead, the rescu
ers Insisted on trying to penetrate
the bottom of the gns filled workings
in the hope that some might still
be alive.
Their effort was futile, and four
additional explosions completely
shattered the shaft and shaft house,
put the hoisting and ventilating ap
paratus out of commission and Im
prisoned the entire rescue party In
tho deep shaft. Iate this evening It
was feared that ull were dead. ,
The bodies of government Inspec-
tcrs Hewitt and Pickle were later re
covered.
After calling the roll of the res
cuers, the mine management stated
that they feared tho number Hint met
death In the reecue party had been
underestimated, mid that It probably
would reach not less than GO, while
some estimates were as high as 80.
Ijite tonight rescuers succeeded In
penetrating the lower levels of the
nilno and recovered the bodies of 30
members of the original rescuing
party, lis well as 35 bodies of the Inl
tlul victims.
Died From Injuries.
Jack Itoblnson, the stranger who
was seriously Injured Friday morning
by falling over the river bank at the
west end of Marlon street, died at the
hospital Sunday from the effects of
his Injuries. He sustained a broken
leg, both arms broken and other, both
external and Internal Injuries.
Enquiry at the fair grounds brought
the word that lloblnsoii worked
around the horse stables as a groom,
having quit work several days ago
with the Intention of going to Califor
nia. The funeral was held this forenoon
at 10 o'clock, and burial was at the
Odd Fellows' cemetery.
John Mors no proprietor of the old
Seaside hotel at Hollady Saturday
plead guilty to selling liquor with
out a license and was fined $050.
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TO DEATH
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IIILEM IUIO
Famous Resort Burns.
Watortown, N. Y.. July 9
Fire this afternoon destroyed
the fashionable Thousand Is-
lands Park hotel, on the St.
Lawrence river end a number of
cottages adjoining.
The buildings were filled with
summer boarders, moat of whom
lost their belongings. There
was a slight panic, but It Is be-
lleved that all of the guests cb-
caped. The loss Is estimated at
$200 000.
-
ARRESTED
Oil CHARGE
OF MURDER
DESERTER FROM ARMY ARREST
ED CHARGED WITH KILLING
RAY WALLACE IX A ROOM IX
PORT LA XI) A MONTH AGO.
Wilfred O. Thonges, alias W. Tan
ner, was arrested at Vancouver, Wn
Monday, charged with the murder of
Ray W. Wallace lu Portland. Tanner
was a deserter and he had voluntarily
given himself up, being in the guard
house In the military post at Van
couver when arrested.
"J didn't kill him for money, any
way."
This was virtually the only definite
thing said by Thonges In a long con
versation with his caiVors last night,
preceded with a warning that any
thing he said might be used against
him.
"I guess the girl lias told you her
story, and whatever she says goes,"
he added. Unless this Is taken as an
ndmlKBlon, Thonges said nothing
which throws light uikhi the crime.
Crime In Traced.
On the morning of June 19, tho
keeper of a lodging house at CO.Ti
Alder street, found In a room which
had been occupied by a couple as Mr.
and Mrs. W. Tanner, the body of a
murdered man, the Bkull crushed In
by a heavy bolt, which, wrapped In
paper, lay beside the body. At first
Identification was given of the body
as that of Ray W. Wallace, a res
taurant employe of Wllkesbarro, Pa.,
touring the country with his father.
The girl was known to be Hazel
Krwln, daughter of a farmer living at
Thomas, near Albany, and through
this fact trace of the fleeing pair was
found at Salem, where they lodged
two days together lu a hotel. Five
days after thp crime, Hazel worn from
luck of food and deserted by her com
panion, was found by the Salem po
lice and brought here to the county
Jail. She told her story of the crime,
which was that Thonges, to whom she
was not married, had caught her with
Wallace, and had struck him down In
fit of Jealous madness. She knew
nothing of the rifling of the restau
rant where Wallnce worked, which
was accomplished by opening the
place with keys taken from the body
of the murdered niaii.
Funerals Cost One Cent
(UNITED HlKSN l.RASr.D WHIN.)
Simla Rosa, Cal., July 9. The high
cost of living hlM been offset here by
the low cost of dying. The supervis
ors hnve Just accepted the bid of
Laferty & Smith, undertakers, to bury
the pauper dead from the poor farm
at one rent per corpse.
Clock Quit at Eleven.
DNITSD fSKSS UtAHrn WIRS J
Portland, Or., July . While the
Folks were toasting their absent
brothers at 11 o'clock, a thne-hon-ored
clock In front of a downtown
Jewelry store stopped work. It will
be given a vacation for the week.
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UOiUkifllGUUd WILL
ELKS' COLORS EVERYWHERE
. MINGLE WITH GREEN AND RED
CITY'S CHERRY FAIR COLORS
Decorations Now Being Placed in a Profusion That Puts All
Previous Efforts in the Shade Marion Hotel Alone is
Spending $200 in Artistic Decoration All the Business
Houses Follow Suit, and the Residence District is Already
Abloom With Colors A Splendid Program Arranged for
Each Day of the Big Fair.
CHERRY FAIR PROGRAM
Thursday Manufacturers' Day
Music by Victor Point oand.
Street Athletics on Cominor-
cial and State streets.
Baseball Salem vs. Mount
Angel.
Friday Elks' Day.
Excursion from Portland.
Music by Victor Point band
and Grand Ronde Indians band.
Industrial and comic parades
at 11:30 a. m.
Baseball Salem vs. Hubbard.
Saturday Automobile Day.
Baby parade at 10 a. m.
Baby show at First M. E,
church.
' Automobile parade at 2 o'clock
100 automobiles.
Music by Grand Ronde In-
dlana band.
Baseball Salem vs. Hope-
well Giants,
Special free program at ar-
inory each evening and Btroet
sports and free balloon ascen-
slon every day. '
Progressive business men' hnve
taken hold of the decoration of the
city on modern lines, and the city will
be nore lavishly and beautifully
adorned with the national colors and
the emblems of the Cherry Fair and
the Klks' banners than ever before.
Salem people who visited the Albany
celebration recently were surprised at
the lavish display of colors and artlB
tic effects produced and sent the vis
itors home with the Impression that
Albany was certainly alive on that
occasion, nnd bidding hard for the
reputation of being the live city of
Western Oregon, Salem has certain
ly got to get on a greater move In
the way of decorations than ever be
fore IT we make the showing we
should make. Setting a few cement
barrels around on the streets with fir
trees stuck Into them, and half of
them falling over, Is too ancient to
suit the men of wide-awake enter
prise, and there is going to be some
thing doing at Snleid on other Hues.
Decorator In Town. .
Landlord Crowe set a new pnee for
Salem the way he hud the Marlon ho
tel decorated for the State G. A. R. en
campment. It was beautiful, and re
flected great credit on the city. It
was the work of Geo. V. Hush, one of
t lie greatest municipal decorators ev
er on the Pacific coast, He has done
most of the big stunts In decorating
nt Portland, and Is the professional
decorator employed at Albany, and
has come up to Siilem to put a two
hundred-dollar decorating Job on the
Hotel Marlon. It will be composed of
the national colors, the royal ElkB'
emblems, and the silken banners of
tho Cherry Fair city of the world. Mr.
Bush supplies the fast-color flags and
decorating materials, puts them , up,
maintains them and takes them down.
He Is nn artist In his line, and each
block lu the city Bhnuld be treuted by
him and decorated as a whole. The
city council and the Board of Trade
should provide some arches of wel
come, and for once our city should
get out of the old rut In the matter.
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Ituliy Show at Church.
The committee on Bports and pa
rades now has the streets on which
their events are to take place prac
tically settled upon. The, baby show,
which had . been announced to take
place in the basement of the armory,
will be held at the First Methodist
church, ,whlle the baby parade will be
held In the vicinity of the court house
lawn. The armory basement has been
given up to the militia to be used as
& cafeteria.
Up to 2 o'clock Monday 32 babies,
had been entered for the different
classes In which the 'little cues are
to be Judged, and the entries a.re coin
ing in steadily. Not all the babies en
tered are Salem youngsters, either;
they are being brought In from the
outside.
William McOllchrlBt, who has
charge of the feature, desires all
youngsters entered by Thursday. The
entrlos may be made at the office of
the Imperial Furniture company. In
the show window of the furniture
firm Is displayed an array of the cups
and other prizes for which the babies
will compete,
List of Babies.
Following Is the list of babies en
tered to date for the show to bo held
at the Methodist church on Saturday:
Richard Henry Upjohn, Virginia E.
Berger, John Rice, Helen Allen, Gale
Sloper, Frank Seely, Johnnie Bone,
Nell Tripp, Ida Trip, Edwin Brlggs
(Oorvals, Or.), William Naftgar, Cor
nell Thomason, Kermlt Wilkinson
(Independence), Grace Hodlnger, Ma
rlnn J. Rankin, Stolla Gllreath, Leona
Ollreath, Daisy Gllreath, Murr
Robins, Leila Maude Bowman
Dorothy L. Kecne, Phillip Ake, Ber
nlce Sloper, Velma Perry, Kenneth
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MILLS NOW
AT HEAD OF
THE ELKS
THOMAS II. MILLS ELECTED
GUAM) EXALTED RULER,
CHARLES II. WARD, Gil AMI ES
TEEMED LOYAL KNIGHT-ROTH
IIY ACCLAMATION.
(DNITSD mm maskd wins.
Armory Building Portland, Or.,
July 9. ReHrts of Grand Exalted
Ruler Sullivan and Grand Secretary
Robinson presented to the grand
lodge of the Elks today nt the open
ing buHlness session here showed
that the Klks hail made a lingo In
crease In membership In the last
year and that the finances of the or
der are In splendid condition. The
total membership of tho Klks now is
:;K4,7I2, an IncreaHe of 2r,,(ii',(l in the
year. There Is a surplus In the
treasury of $406.33.21.
Shortly after the semlon wns
called to order this morning It was
decided not to hold an afternoon ses
sion today unless unavoidable.
The grand lodge planned to decide
tContlunad on Fags 8.)
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