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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05
u. S. WARSHIPS
ARE RUSHED TO
HELP DIRICIBLE

WASHINGTON July 5-(Unted Press. .)-Encounter-
ing head winds Nova Scotia and with the petrol supply
rapidly becoming exhausted, the huge British dingible
R34 today wreessed the department for help The
navy Immediately responded by ordering the Fata fast
steam yacht in service and two destroyers to
rush to the assistance of the airship.
The R34 appears to have been severely buffeed By
unexpected gales that she has been unable to make the
progress expected and with the gasoline dangerously low
believed in peril of becoming practically derect Of the
air, at the mercy of the wind.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05

the air, II was believed that even the
three navy craft ordered to the
scene would have great difficulty in
hauling it to some sheltered location
where it could be deflated.
One plan suggested was that tho
stroyers tow her to a point on the
coast nearest to Roosevelt field, 70
she could make a dash for the land
ing grounds with the small quantity
of gasoline remaining in her tanks.
BOSTON, July 5.-United Prcss.1
A wireless message picked up BY
the naval radio station here shortly
before noon today convinced naval
officials that the British dirigible
R-34, en- route from Scotland to Long
Island, may be forced to descend in
the vicinity of the Bay Of Fundy.
The message, addressed to the
navy department at Washington,
said:
Gould destroyer proceed to the
southern end of Bay of Fundy and
take his majesty's airship R.34 in
tow?
tSigne0 LANSDOWNE."
Lieut.. Commander Zachary Lans-
downe is the American naval officer
assigned to the dirigible as an OBJ
server.
The message, which was relayed
here from the naval radio at Otter
Cliffs, Me-, gave no details, but naval
officers were inclined to believe the
airship's flight may be temporarily
interrupted. The belief was ex-
pressed. however, that had the dirig-
ible been in real peril, a more urgent
call would have been sent out.
The Bay of Fundy extends from
the eastern boundary of Maine.
northeastward between Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick. 1t is about 100
miles long and so miles wide.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05
Start Search for
Lost Balloon Pilot

TOLEDO. O., July 5.-A United
States balloon is scouting over Lake
Erie for Sergt Marquette, balloon
pilot. believed drowned when a cap-
tive balloon in which he was operat-
ing over Bayview arena, scene of the
Willard.Dempsey battle. broke its
cable and floated over the lake.
The balloon fell two miles out.
Fred Deleven. New York moving
picture operator, was rescued by one
of hundred launches that started
to pursue the balloon. Deleven was
unable to account for Marquette's
disappearance.
The balloon, just about to make a
landing. had come to within 20 feet
of the ground. when q cable broke.
Ten seconds later 1t was floating
rapidly over the arena, 1000 feet up
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05
BY RING w. LARDNER
Famous "You Know Me, AL" Writer.

TOLEDO, Ohio, July 4.-Wel, Gents, here is Ring
at the rngsde, and the is all over, and it didn't
last long; but Mr. Willard thought it lasted week.
don't know what he is going to do tonight, he
can't read account of his eyes being shut, and he
couldn't show if he went to it, and he don't
for music Maybe he have good time thinking
about that 100000 berries which comfort than
can get But, at that, / don't know if would of
took what the big fellow got for any such pin money
as that.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05
One KILLED,
MANY HURT,
ON 41H HERE
Fire Captain Dies When
Fireworks Bomb Frac-
lures His Skull
TOT IS TERRIBLY BURNED

Ono killed. four seriously In
jured. and dozens Of minor hurts
and burns. and q score Of fires
were reported Saturday ~ are
suit Of Fridays Fourth Of July
fireworks celebrations here.
The casualties are:
KILLED
James r. Maloney, 30. 2612
E<imonds st.. captain In the city
fire department, struck on the
head by an unexploded fireworks
bomb near the Seattle Times
building. and instantly killed.
INJURED
l.. w. Lamont, 31s Columbia
st.. left leg shattered by cxplod-
ing bomb fired from the roof Of
the Times building.
FIorian kjos. 5, sos Eighth
ave-. horribly burned when fire.
cracker set fire to her clothing.
She will recover.
Gerald w. Scars. IL. 706 Sno-
qualmie ST.. two fingers and .
thumb broken and burned by =
firecracker.
william Mountain. 10. 1873
Blewett st., shot In the leg by u
toy pistol.
Captain Maloney was killed Will
the fireworks exhibition a
Fourth ave. and Stewart st. at 1l:3
Friday night. A bomb fired fror
the top of the Seattle Times buildin
struck him on the head. shatterin
his skull. Mrs. Maloney, who wa
in an auto with her husband whe
the bomb hit him. was slightly II
iured by flying fragments. She n
covered the bomb and took II to III
police station. The fuse had not bee
lighted.
Capt. Maloney Joined the fire d
partment in 1905. He Is survived b
Mrs. Maloney. and Miss Eloise Ho
comb. 10. .step-daughter.
He Will Recover
j. w. Lamont, 314 Columbia st
was standing several hundred fee
away from the Times building whe
A big bomb fired from the buildin
failed to explode until 1t struck III
pavement within a few feet OF hin
His left leg was seriously injured
and he was taken TO the city ho
pital. He will recover.
Florian KOS. five-year-old daugl
(cONT'D ON PAGE TEN)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05

The first cry Of distress from the
R.34 was picked up by the navy
stations. 1t said that flying across
Nova Scotia the air dreadnaught
had encountered strong head winds
and that the petrol was running
short. Five minutes later another
message was received addressed to
the navy and signed by Lieutenant
Commander Lansdowne. an Amer
lean on the dirigible. This message
asked whether a destroyer could pro
ceed, IL required, to the southern end
OF the Bay OF Fundy to take the
R.34 in tow.
The following message was sent
from the navy department to the
R-34 at 2:19 p. m:
"Fatilla left for Cross island.
Maine. 1890 y. m. to assist you.
Two destroyers leaving Boston. VIII
communicate with you"
The commandant of the First
naval district sent to the navy de-
partment the following message at
12:40 p. m:
II
for Machias. Maine. 1890 p. m. to
assistance of the R.34. U. S. S.
Stevens and Bancroft will leave Bos-
ton navy yard about 3 p. m. to as
sistance of R-34. Submarine chaser
407 ordered from Bar Harbor, Maine,
to assist R-34."
A third message from the R-34 re-
ceived at the navy shortly after 2
p. m. showed her to be about 220
miles northeast of Cross island.
Maine. and asked IL destroyers were
on the way. The message read:
Position 45 degrees, 81 minutes
north, 64 degrees west. Course
southwest true. Running out of fuel
after flight from Britain. Please tell
me il your destroyers are coming"
(The position given would locate
the R-34 over the north shore of
Minas bay, an arm of the Bay of
Funday, about 20 miles east of
Parrsboro, where the Handley-Paige
airplane was forced to land today)
Early this afternoon a dispatch
from Parrsboro reported the R-34
passing over that town with ev.
cry appearance of everything going
well with her.
Benson Orders Aid
Admiral Benson. acting secretary
of the navy, in the absence of Sec
retary Daniels and Assistant Secre-
tary Roosevelt. ordered the steam
yacht and the destroyers to proceed
Immediately to the last reported
position of the R.34. The yacht was
at Cross island. Maine. 40 miles from
the Maine border. and the destroy.
ers were attached to the First naval
district. headquarters at Boston.
Navy department officials here In
sending the three vessels did so as a
measure of precaution. as a single
craft might not be able to handle the
huge airship. especially il strong
winds prevailed. There was no posi-.
tive assurance that the R-34 would
need help, as its messages merely
asked If a destroyer could be sent
IF required"
III the gasoline supply should run
out before the R-34 reaches Roose-
field field. and the crew Of, the air.
ship attempt landing, it was
feared the dirigible would be
wrecked, as there is no field In the
United States equipped to handle the
airship and anchor il other than
Roosevelt field. where the navy is in
charge of operations. and where a
big crowd today awaited the British
arrival
Should the R-34 become helpless in
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05
Baby Found Dead
on Garbage Dump
in Eastern Town

RICHMOND. Ind, July s.
Grand jury investigation of the
two-day.old babe found on the
city dump was assured today on
the filing of the coroner's re-
port Coroner Bond severely ar
raigned DIR. +. w. Kreuger, who
admitted he threw the infant
down a 60-foot embankment on
to the dump.
DR.. Krueger had character
lied the baby as a ''monstros-
ity" and said he disposed of it in
this manner at the request of
the parents.
The report said the child died
12 hours after it was found on
the dump, and that death was
due to criminal neglect of the
attending physician.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05
Dempsey to Get
$1,000 Week Now

CINCINNATI. o., July 5:-Cincin'
natl will be the first city to entertain
Jack Dempsey. fistiana's new king.
A local amusement park contracted
with Dempsey to open a weeks en-.
gagement here today. paying him
1000 for the week. Jack will give
two performances daily. sparring
three rounds with Bill Tate at each
performance, and delivering a mono
log giving his version Of how he
licked willard.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05
Germany Ready to
Begin Reparation

ZURICH, July 5.-tUnited Press)
The German government has mott.
fled Premier Clemenceau 1t is ready
to execute the reparation provisions
of the peace treaty. and is sending a
commission of experts to Versailles
for the details. a Berlin dispatch re-
ported today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05
Drips and Drops
Are Due Sunday

Drips and drops are in the air for
Sunday, opines our official weather
smith. The moisture will be accom-
panied by one of those gentle west
erly breezes," too, in the judgment
of the weatherwright. Saturday
night may be drippy, to boot, in the
opinion OF Forecaster Salisbury.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05
Stays GIRL
ANDPLEADS
FOR ARREST
Harry S. New Rushes Body
in Auto to Police Station
in Los Angeles
He S0BS A CONFESSION

Los ANGELES, July 5.--United
Press.t-Bringing with him the body
Of Miss Frieda Lesser. of Los An
geIes. whom, he said, he had muir
dcred at a lonely spot in Topango !
canyon, near Burbank. when she re-
Jected his proffer OF marriage. Harry
3. New drove to the central station
early today and asked that he be ar
rested
1--WE killed her." he nervously but
quietly told the police. who met New
in his little sedan as 1t stopped in
front Of police headquarters.
New told the police that he is the
son OF United States Senator Harry
8. New OF Indiana by a divorced
wife. now Mrs. Lulu Burgess. OF
of Glendale, Cal. He lived with his
mother and his sister, Edna Clancy
New, at Glendale. He said his
mother was divorced from Senator
New Is years ago. and now Is visit
ing in Indianapolis and staying at
the Hotel Linden in that city.
Detectives peered into the rear
compartment OF the natty closed car
and there, beneath robe. lazy tn e
body Of Miss Lesser. A big bullet hole
thru the right temple had caused her
death.
This Is the gum" New half sobbed.
as the police carried the body from
the car. He handed over .3s Colt
automatic.
Inside the police station New told
detectives that he and Miss Lesser had
left last night for a ride thru To
pango canyon. At spot where the
road was darkest he stopped the car
and soon asked Miss Lesser to become
his wife She refused.
An argument followed. New said.
and in a fit of temper he told the
police he shot the girl whom he
sought TO make his wife. She died in
stantly.
Realizing that he had killed h 1 s
sweetheart, New said he moved the
body from the seat beside him where
she had died. placed 1t in the back OF
the car, carefully covered II with
robe, and drove with all speed down
the miles OF dark road, thru fitting
shadows from the moonlight, to Los
Angeles, where he gave himself up
to the police. He reached the police
station just befofe daylight.
Miss Lesser was a beautiful bru-
nette. with luxurious dark brow n
hair. She was aged 20.
New declared to police and news
paper men that he had planned to
marry Miss Lesser tonight and had
made all arrangements for a we'd
ding trip to Fresno, Cal.
Last night, he said, Miss Lesser con-
|. fidentially told him that she could
not marry him now on account of
her condition. and that she was go
ing to undergo an operation.
New declared the operation would
have been reflection on the honor
of the girl he loved and that he
could not tolerate IT. Rather, he
said, he would see her dead, and
he shot her.
For several years. New said, he
and his mother, now Mrs. Lulu NJ.
Burger, and sister have been liv-
ing at Glendale. Cal, and added
that since his mother separated
from Senator New, Is years ago.
he and his sister had supported
their mother.
WASHINGTON, July ST. can
not discuss that matter" Senator
Harry s. New. Of Indiana, declared
today when asked what he knew
of the man arrested In Los Angeles
for murder. giving the name Of
Harry s. New and claiming to be
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05
BRITISH WIN FROM YANKs

HEN DE I 'OlS' IIfAMES, July o.
Omitted Pres.) .)-The American army
first crew was defeated by the lie.
ander oarsmen today in the four
cared race in competition for the
Leander cup. The Americans lost
by length and half. The Ameri-
can crew was composed of Lieut..
IL. II. Cooke. bow; Capt. Billings
Wilson, Capt. G. ID. Wiman and
Maj. Paul wilmington. stroke.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05

I LONDON, July 5.-An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Cork today
reported that Sim Fein meeting
and procession planned for last night
in commemoration of the Fourth OF
July was prohibited by the British
military authorities.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05

Predictions. that the Coast,
wide strike Of telephone oper-
ators and electrical workers will
come to an end by Monday
morning, as result OF the
conference now on In Washing.
ton, ID. G., between j. p.
Noonan, president Of the Inter
national brotherhood Of Elec
trical Workers, and Charles p.
Rooms, assistant postmaster gen
eraI, were made Saturday by
X. w. Fuller, chairman Of the
striking Seattle electrical men.
Fuller declared he believed the
conference would result I'm
complete victory for the strikers.
81 am fully confident this strike
will end like the recent walkout OF
telephone workers in the Eastern
states, when Postmaster Burleson
Instructed his assistant, Charles +.
Koons, to give in TO the demands
Of the strikers.
Take No Chances
1--WE will not go back on a chance
of arbitrating while we are on the
Job, but we will return within a
moments notice after our demands
have been fully accepted. Should
Noonan and Koons come TO com
promise settlement, the question OF
returning to work would have to be
decided by a referendum vote.
1.-The situation looks brightest
this morning than at any time since
the beginning of the strike last
Sunday. The walk-out now dwin-
dies down to a matter between the
unions and the government and 1t
looks like Postmaster Burleson Is
again attempting to get out from
under"
The action Of Postmaster Burlc-
son consenting to a conference OF
his assistant and the international
head of the strikers removes the
scene of the settlement from San
Francisco to Washington. ID. G.
Special committees of striking
electrical workers are investigating
reports that number Of employees
of the commercial and engineering
departments of the phone company
are working on the exchanges as
hello girls"
Men on Boards
"The men in these departments
are not organized and we can not
blame them for working" declared
Fuller, but when 1t comes to taking
tho nIaces of striking operators IL Is
time to look them up"
The company has employed no
strike-breaking electrical workers
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05

WASHINGTON, July 5.-'T can
not discuss that matter" Senator
Harry s.. New, Of Indiana, declared
today when asked what he knew
of the man arrested in Los Angeles
for murder. giving the name of
Harry s. New and claiming to be
the senator's son.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05
SUNDAY
JULY Q

First Low Tide
T;OS n m. 10 n.
First High Tide
isSs p m. SIS II.
Second Low Tide
6:SS y. m. 61 H.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-05
Tides in Seattle

First low Tide
6:ls IA m. H.a II
First High Tide
1ets4 y. m, 10 It
second Low Tide
$3.50 y. m. SO n.
second High Tide
ll;tS y. m. Ill n,
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-20
LEGISLATURE Is TO PROVIDE
WORK IMMEDIATELY FOR RE
TURNING SOLDIERS
1000 MEN WILL Be EMPLOYED
State Engineer Says Southern Part
Of State Only Place He Can Work
Men at Present

Salem. Ore, Jan. Especial to
the Courier) There will probably
come up the first OF the week a bill
providing work for the returning sol
diers and this bill undoubtedly will
carry an emergency clause. The
bill also will provide that the work
to be done will be on the roads and
will be highway bill. the money to
be spent by the highway commission
and the work done on force" ae-
count by the state. State Engineer
Mum says that he knows of no 9TH
er place where he can work a force
OF men at the present time except at
Grants Pass and vicinity. He also
intimated that II it should prove
practical that he would like to start
to pave the highway from the south
approach OF the bridge at Grants
Pass to the Jackson county line. This
would largely depend on the weather
conditions, but 1t is safe to say thai
the most Of this labor will be put
in southern Oregon and a large
amount of it in Josephine county
especially the rocking of the Grave
Creek hill.
A large amount of the work fol
which this bill will provide will b'
done in Josephine county, and it Il
possible that at least Thousand
men will be put on the work.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-20
TURKS PAST MASTERS
AT PROF|TEER|NG GAME

London, Jan. 20.-Proflteering
was carried to such an extreme in
Turkey during the war that, in the
opinion of special representative
of the British press at Constantine
ople, it passes comprehension how
people managed to live. Writing
from Constantinople, he says:
There is no doubt that Turkey
during the war was largely the play
thing of Enver Pasha, ,Talaat Pasha,
and their band of satellites. They
reduced the country to a state Of
Wholesale corruption remarkable for
Turkey, and in amassing riches
themselves allowed economic condi-
tions to become a nightmare.
Nowhere else in the whole area
Of the war have the prices of COM
modities approached anything like
the heights known here. The right
to use railway wagon was sold for
$1,000. The profiteer who secured
it bought, say, sugar from Austria
or Germany at shilling or so
pound, and sold 1t at two or three
hundred times its value, making
100000 or more, on single. con-
signment of modest dimensions"
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-20

Portland, Jan. 20.-The total
metal production for Oregon. as es-
timated by the Oregon bureau OF
mines and geology during 1918, is
$3,270,000. This includes the usual
peace time metals, such as, copper,
gold, silver and lead amounting to
$2,140,500 and the so-called "war
metals" such as chromite, mangan-
ese, mercury, tungsten and platinum
amounting to SLIPS, 900.
The development of chromite de-
posits and the production of this
mineral has been ope of the notable
features of mining activity within
the state during the past year. East
ern and southwestern Oregon have
developed chromite areas that have
contributed one-third of the total
output of the United States. During
the year $1,000 tons was mined and
sold OF this production $4,000
tons was produced in Grant and Ba-
ker counties in eastern Oregon and
about 5000 tons In Josephine, Jack
son. Coos, Curry and Douglas coun-
ties in southwestern Oregon.
The value of other war metals
produced including manganese,
quicksilver, tungsten and platinum
is estimated at $4,000,
According to a preliminary esti'
mate of Oregons metal production
by Chas, G. Yale OF the United States
geological survey a decrease only II
gold is shown for the year. The es
timated output is $1,27O,SOO for the
year which is decrease of 1921, SOC
as compared to 1917 production. II
spite OF high cost OF labor and sup
plies, deep gold mines maintained
their usual output but at greatly re
duced profit. One gold dredge IL
Baker county closed down on &C
count Of having worked out its avail
able ground. This caused decreas,
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-20
RAILROAD TIE MANUFACTURERS
PREPARE FOR BIG BUSINESS

st. Louis, Mo-, Jan, 20.-The rail-
road tie manufacturing industry Writ
ually paralyzed during the war
through discontlnuance OF railroad
construction, Is rapidly returning to
a pre-war basis, according to j. w.
Fristoe, who announced that the
American tie manufacturers would
hold conference here January 80
and 81.
Mr.. Fristoe said that labor short
age was the outstanding problem fac
ing manufacturers and that 100000
men could be used In various lumber
camps for tie making.
The manufacturers are expected to
form an organization to be known as
the National Association Of Tie Man
ufacturers.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-20
WILL EXPERIMENT IN
CLEARING L0GGED-OFF LANDS

Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
wallis, Jan. 20.--The Oregon land
clearing plan, which reduces cost OF
clearing logged-off lands 60 per cent
and involves no cash outlay, as orig
mated at the agricultural college,
has attracted great interest in Wash
ington, relates II. d. Schudder, pro-
fessor OF farm management, who
has Just returned from the national
capital. Representative Hawley ex-
poets to ask a congressional appro-
priation for trials and demonstra-
tions OF this method In different
parts of the country.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-20
FURS WORTH MILLIONS
TO Be AUcT|ONED OFF

st. Louis, Jan. 20.-More than
five million peIts that are expected
to bring between $S,500,0OO and So
100000 were offered here today at
the biggest auction sale of furs ever
held. Buyers from Russia and 9TH
er European countries attended the
two-day sale at the International
Fur exchange.
Among the large offerings at the
sale, in which every fur producing
country Of the world will be repre-
sented, are $4,000 muskrat, 300,-
600 oppossum, 215, 900 skunk, S10,-
600 Russian squirrel, 10000 rae
coon. 100000 mink, 11S,000 ermine,
17S,000 marmots, 100000 moles,
and 1S5,eOO hutria.
OF the foxes there will be 10000
red. 1900 cross, 1900 white, 321
blue. 1,100 silver. $500 grey, 6,100
patagonian and 10000 argentine.
The offerings also include 1,40O
bear, $50 polar bear, 1880 Russian
sables, $4,000 kolinsky, 1880 Aus
tralian ringtail oppossum, 400 noun
tain lion, $4,000 China mink. $4,000
Japanese mink, 5000 Japanese fox,
500 Japanese badger and 5000 Jap
anese martin, besides thousands OF
others.
The sale, managers say, will equal
the three combined fur sales of Lon
don and will far surpass the New
York sale in point of pelts offered
and number of buyers present. I'm
like the fall auction, however, there
will be no government furs offered