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d slightly warmer tonight Fair and slig) and tomorrow; gentlt Temperature for 3¢ hours ending at 2 pm. today: 3 p.m. yesterday, a:m. today. Full report on page 17. lowest, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Highest, 80, at 64, at 5:30 @he 1 pening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washingtqn homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 94, 498. No. 29,295. post ALLIED HOPES RISE ON EVE OF PARLEY OVER DAWES PLAN Agreement to End Finally All Quarrels in Europe Is Re- sult Many Expect. KELLOGG, LOGAN, YOUNG ARE REPRESENTING U. S. MacDonald to Open Conference To- morrow in London—Herriot Brings Large Staff. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 15.—Preparations were virtually completed today for the meeting here at the foreign of- fice tomorrow morning of the inter- allied conference, believed by many to be one of the mist important of in- ternational events in several years. The purpose of the conference, in brief, is the discussion of methods of putting the Dawes report on repara- tions into effect. More than 150 delegates, experts and advisers will be present when Premier MacDonald opens the con- ference and hears the responses of the leading plenipotentiaries. Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium and Japan will each be represented at the conference table by several dele- gates. Logan and Young Afd. American Ambassador Kellogg will be the only accredited representative of the United States, but Col. James A. Logan, jr., one of those most fa- miliar with the complexities of the reparations problem, will sit beside him as his official adviser. The only other American who is likely to par- ticipate is Owen D. Young, a member of the Dawes committee on the Ger- man budget and currency problems and known to the British as the man behind the Dawes report. A ‘While Mr. Young’s presence in London is entirely unofficial, the American ambassador yesterday after- noon held a lengthy conference with him and Col. Logan. Mr. Young In- dicated that he was willing and anxious to put all his knowledge and experience at the service of the con- ference and do everything in his power to aid in making the experts’ Entered as second_class matter office Washington. D Flyers So Weary They Fall Asleep In Paris Theater By Radio to The Star and Chicaxe Daily News. Copyright, 1924. PARIS, July 15.—Desirous of entertaining the men who HMad been through innumerable hard- ships, United States embassy officials entertained the -American world flyers on a short tour of Paris Monday night, Including visits to the Theater Folles Ber- geres, the Four Hundred Club and the Cafe de la Paix. What wasn't their astonishment when, tuckered by their long exertions, each and every one of the aviators went sound asleep in the Folies Bergeres, amidst a vaudeville show having few equals for its magnificence. The correspondent was told today that Lieut. Smith's broken rib 18 still giving him much trouble and that he has to be bandaged twice a day. Monday night after leaving Le Bourget the aviators went to see Gen. Pershing at the Hotel Crillon to tell him about the voyage. FLYERS TO LEAVE EARLY FOR LONDON Rest for Day in Paris After Record Welcome on Ar- rival From Vienna. 260 HOURS IN THE AIR All Planes to Get New Motors in England, Preparatory to Northern Hops. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 15.—Tired and weary of their 18,000-mile battle against the air, the United States Army round-the-world flyers today took a breathing spell in Paris and planned to hop off for London early in the morning. The pilots of the three planes and their assistants landed safely ag Le Bourget airdrome yesterday after- noon, sixteen days behind their orig- inal schedule, but with a gain of twelve days to their credit since they left Tokio. They made the hop from Vienna to Paris without difficulty findings practicable, Hopeful of Results. On the eve of the canference & de- eided atmosphere of optimism pre- walls. At the conférence between Premiers MacDonald and Herriot at Paris last week the French premier characterized the occasion as the best day for the entente since the armistice was signed. Both American and British observers today hope the de- liberations at the conference will be productive of an arrangement which will end once and for all time the quarrels and misunderstandings that have embroiled Europe since the great war ended. The first business of the conference tomorrow morning after the opening ceremonies will be the agenda which will be based on the exchange of views between Premiers MacDonald and Herriot. The agenda will be strictly confined to the Dawes report. HERRIOT OFF TO LONDON. French Premier Is Accompanied by Numerous Assistants. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 15.—Premier Herriot, accompanied by a large pagty of ad- visers, assistants and experts, left Paris today for the allied reparation conference in London. ‘They were bidden godspeed at the railway station by & large number of senators, deputies, cabinet mem- bers, members of the military, polit- ical personages and personal friends. ROME IN DOUBTFUL MOOD. Each Nation Seen Insisting Upon Its Own Selfish Plans, ROME, July 15.—Cynicism is the chord being persistently played upon by the Italian press concerning the prospects of the forthcoming inter- allied conference in London. The Giornale d'Italia says that the Italian delegates to the conference, who left for London yesterday, will be ever ready to lend conciliatory aid, but it fears the divergence is foo wide and too fundamental to be bridged by an effective compromise. The editorial remarks facetiously that the Dawes plan has been hearti- ly accepted in three capitals, but each clings tenaciously to its own particular interpretation. It contin- ues: “We have the =cceptance a Ia London, a la Paris and a la Berlin. They all say they want the Dawes plan executed, but Paris emphasizes the feature of severity, Berlin its feature of indulgence, while London harps on the fact that the Dawes plan is outlined as a plan of rep- aration, but not of interallied debts. Consequently, all efforts. at execution seem like an attempt at a harmoni- ous musical composition for a jass band bby trying to throw into the har- mony.a tempo of fox trot, Chopin's funeral march and the majesticscores of Beethoven and Schubert.” THREE'REPORTS ARE DUE. Conference to Take Up German Bank of Issue First. b O g T S S LONDON, July 15.—One of the first duties of tomorrow’s conference will be consideration of three reports sub- _— (Continued on Page §, Column 3.) and, after circling over the city and dropping flowers on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, at the Arc d' Tri- omphe, they came down onithe Le Bourget alr fi8ld and were overcome by the enthusiasm of reception. Given Great Welcome. The Stars and Stripes floated in profusion beside the tricolor as far as the eye could see at Le Bourget. 8o great were the crowds to welcome the American airmen that-the small force of guards at the flying fleld was. overwhelmed -and soon the great space was black with people. The visiting globé-encirclers were greet- od by M. Laurent Eynac, undersecre- tary of the French air ministry, to- gether with many other notables. Since leaving Los Angeles on their historic journey the aviators have been in the air 260 hours. When they arrived here they all admitted they were tired, but they were ready to hop off again at a minute's notice. However, it was the general optnion that a day’s rest would be of great benefit. From London they will fly by way of the Orkney Islands, Ice- land and Greenland, Labrador and ‘Quebec, thence back to the homeland. Greeting the Flyers. In greeting the fiyers today M. Eynac said: “You are the pioneers of the trans portation of the tutute. Your mar- velous flight will have an eaormous influence on practical fiying.” Lieut. Smith was visibly in need of sleep, and he withdrew Into the back- ground and insisted that Lieut Wade REBELS THREATEN ATTACK ON SANTOS; AMERICANS UNHURT Sao Paulo Firmly Held and Big Coffee Port May Fall, Advices Indicate. U. S. CITIZENS SUFFER SOME PROPERTY LOSS Consular Officers Said to Desire ‘Warships Be Sent to Help Restore Order. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, July 15.—While the latest official reports received from Rio de Janeiro stated that the federal forces front at Sao Paulo was holding its posi- tion In besieging the Brazilian insurrec- tionists and had even advanced on some points, unofficial advices indicate that the rebels not only ae still in full com- mand of the city, but are now threaten. ing the nelghboring metropolis of San- tos. A wireless message from the British ship Andes, which left Santos yesterday, asserted that the situation at the Brasilian port was serious. It stated that the rebels at that time were but eight miles from the city. Up until late last evening the Brasil- ian government had not made public any new communique regarding the situa- tion. Advices state that the Rio de Janeiro police are proceeding energeti- cally against spreaders of alarmist re- ports. It is now believed that previous re- ports that the Sao Paulo rebels num- bered 34,000 and the besieging federal troops 24,000 were erroneous. It is said that the figures probably were much overestimated, the opposing forces ac- tually numbering 15,000 each. FEDERALS GO TO SANTOS. Detachment of 2,000 Sent fo Front, Uruguay Hears. By the Amoclated Press. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, ‘July 15— Reports recelved from Santos, Braszil, late last night state that the situa- tion in Sao Paulo is unchanged, the rebels holding the city against the pressure of federal troops which have arrived from Santos and Rio de Janeira. It s | that 2.000 federsl troops embe at Port “Alegfe Santos last night. Their departure v by Borges Demadeiros, state of Rio Grande Sul, and large crowds of citizens. The government of Rio Grande do Sul has proclaimed a state of siege. AMERICANS STILL SAFE. Uneasiness Exists as Bombs Dam- age Property in 8ao Paulo. By Oabe fo oot BUENOS AIRES, July 15.—United States Consul Haberle at Sao Paulo advises that all Americans there are sage, but that they.are much concerned over the development of the revolu- tion, according to authentio reports reaching here today. A severe bombardment is going on around Sao Paulo, shells sometimes falling within half a mile of the con- sulate, although they have not dome great damage to date. Anglo-Mexican oil deposits in Sao Paulo have been destroyed by fire. Goods in warehouses and homes of other American concerns are re- ported to have been sacked with heavy losses. Report Artillery Desertions. Most of the federal artillery sent to Sao Paulo from Santos is reported to have joined the rebels. Troops from southern Brazil ar- rived at Santos on Monday. They are not being sent to the front im- mediately until their loyalty has been (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) After Two Men Consolidated Press. $ "Bkflglfl, Ontario, July 15.—Six- teen-year-old Margaret Murchison is slowly struggling back to conscious- ness today after a soul-trylng battle for life lasting seventy-two hours in the waters of Lake Simcoe, during which her two man companions suc- d. c“:;nbl" the most remarkable vitality, determination and courage could havi flmfihumwlflfiuhmlm of storm exposure, biistering sun and hunger after one of the men ‘who set out with her last Thursday from Big Bay Point in a sailing canoe had drowned and the other, & veteran of the World War, had dled in ler arms of heart failure. Verging on total collapse for her harrowing ordeal during which she clung for three days and nights to the drifting canoe, clad only in.a bathing suit and sweater, and ter- ribly sun blistered, the girl was found struggling through a belt of reeds at Concord Point near here by Harry Grant of Toronto. She is now under medical attendance at & cottage here and is expected to recover tully un- less pneumonia sets in. Could Scarcely Speak. She was horribly sunburned, and #0 weak she could scarcely speak, but when asked who she was, she gasped out that her name was Margaret Murchison, and that she lived at Big Bay Point. Then Grant realised that she was one of the three pecple. who had been missing since last Thurs- day. As . he helped her toward. the nesrest cottage che told har stary CConthusaoa P b ComnB) ol o A e Girl Fights 72 Hours for Life in Lake (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) Companions Expire The girl, her brother-in-law, Bd- gar Smith, and Wilbur Hoskins set out ‘from Big Bay Point Thursday afternoon, intending to go to Barrie. They were in & sponson Canoe equipped with a sall. This type of canoe is built with air chambers run- ning along either side, and is prac- tically unsinkable. It will turn over, but will right itself again. They had scarcely started when a sudden squall sprang up and tipped the canoe over, plunging them into the water. The lake was so rough that the people ashore apparently couldy’t see that they were in dim- culty, Ome Man' Gees Quickly. Wilbur Hoskins clung to the overturned canoe for a short time, but his strength finally gave out and he went under. As the canoe righted it- self Miss Murchison pulled her broth- er-in-law, Edgar Smith, into it. Again it turned over and again she helped the almost exhausted man back to safety. A third time and Smith col- lapsed, dying from exhaustion as she held him. Realising that he was dead, the &irl, who was wearing only a bathing suit, put.on his sweater. With the next wave that struck the’ canoe Smith’s body was washed overboard and sank, but the girl retained her hold. clal. meeting of board fop 6TNOrS, has been M ROBINSON OUSTED BY GLUB FOR FIGHT Chevy Chase Expels Senator for Clash on Links With Dr. Mitchell. . Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas, who was a favorite son candidate for the Democratic nomi- nation for the presidency, has been expelled from the exclusive Chevy Chase Club. A resolution expelling the senator for his violation of the rules of the club and golf course in striking Dr. James F. Mitchell, noted surgeon, on the club links June 20, adopted late yesterday at a spe- of gov- to him.| Actfon by the ‘bdard followed an :;gulr’ into .tha wetidn of the senmtor ‘was playing with Col. Cliffora, former undersecretary of the Treasury, had passed through the four- match in which Senator Robinson was play- ing. Other members of the four-ball match were Senmators Andrieus I Jones of New Mexico, T. J. Walsh of Montana and John B. Kendrick of Wyoming. Asked Fer Delay. ‘Written statements detailing the circumstances of the altercation in which Dr. Mitchell was knocked over 'a bench by the Arkansas Senator ‘were submitted to the board by prin- cipals in the affair and by witnesses. The board first took up the matter four days after it happened and post- poned action at the request of Sen: tor Robinson, who was then in New York attending the Democratic con- vention. A request for further post- ponement a week later was again granted and the matter finally came up for decision yesterday at the Metropolitan Club, where the board of governors of the Chevy Chase Club meets. Sentiment shortly after the affair is said to have been divided as to suspension; but it was leirned that a sentiment in favor of expulsion has been gradually developing, in the light of an attempted justification of his act by Senator Robingon. He was suspended at the first meeting of the board for two weeks, and an addi- tional suspension of a week was made on his request for postpone- ment. In the meantime, the Mary- land authorities had inquired into the affair to find out, according to Sheriff H. Clay Plummer, whether the laws of the state had been broken. The incldent for which Senator Robinson was expelled occurred on the hottest day of the summer. Started by Lost Balls, Dr. Mitchell, Col. Clifford and the latter’s son were playing a threesome which started behind the senatorial foursome, and after several delays caught them at the eleventh green, where the members of the senatorial match had two lost balls. The Mitchell party, under the rules and etiquette of golf, was asked to pass through the senatorial match by Senator Kendrick, while Senators ‘Walsh and Jones were hunting for lost balls near the eleventh green. The two matches came together at the twelfth tee, where Dr. Mitchell is said to have remarked he hoped members of the foursome had mot been inconvenienced. § As he stood leaning with one hand on his golf club and the other in his pocket, according to eyewitnesses, Senator Robinson is declared to have said, “Shut up or I will hit you” s P oot son struck the 'urm% an clubhouse. y The affair and the physical counter were said by; members of clubs about Washington to be with- From Thorsday afternoon to Sun- | gy day evening ghe was either drifting |dro] the or clinging to its keel. out so long Is dificult In ‘canoe How she held to understand, . WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 15 1924—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. JUST A REMINDER. SHARK STOPS BATHING IN MARYLAND RIVER Hammerhead Spotted and Revenue Cutter Starts Search for Creature. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 15.—A six-foot hammerhead shark is in Middle River. Summer residents along the shores of the stream have seen the fish, and the revenue cutter Chulohuma, from Norfolk, is hunting for it. Meantime bathing in the river has almost stopped, although the ham- merhead is not the man-eating variety. The big fish, its fin just above the surface, was seen by two fishermen in a motorboat Sunday, but they re- turned to shore because they had no means of combating it. In the even- ing many persons saw the shark leaping in the stream. Swepson Earle, conservation com- missioner, was appealed to, but sald equipped to catch the shark. The Chulchuma now is eruising about the river, seeking: the shark. . [ POLIGE FIND BODY OF DEAD RECLUSE Woman Believed to Have Been Member of Prom- inent Family. The badly decomposed body of a white woman about sixty-five years of age, whom the police say was Margaret Kelley, was found in the front room of the second floor of the house at 17113 7th street northwest, sbortly after noon today. ‘were no marks of violence, and the woman, a recluse, apparently died of natural causes, althought there were appearances of convulsions. For years the woman, who was blind and was said to have been a member of a socially prominent fam- ily here, has lived in the house Neighbors say that they have not Seen her for more than three years. Two women from Alexandria, one of whom is sald to be a grandniece, ap- peared at the eighth precinct police station shortly before noon and re- ported that M. A. Foley, a cabinet- maker, who also occupies the home, had come to them last night and re- ported that the woman was dead, and asking if he could bring her to Alex- andria in & machine and bury her. The report was telephoned to the sec- ond precinct, and Policeman R. Y. Stup entered the house and broke open the door to the front room, where he found the body lying on the bed amid squalid conditions. Although the woman had ap- parently been dead for some time, a nearby groceryman told the police that only yesterday Foley came in seeking ice, saying that the woman was sick. Foley, it was eaid, leaves the house .early each day and re- turns late in the evening, having no regular place of employment. On the door is a sign directing those seeking him to leave notes under the door, and admonishing them not to knock with “sticks or money as it leaves marks on the door and is ignorant.” EARTHQUAKE RECORDED. Shocks of Great Intensity on Bor- der of India. By the Amociated Press. TASHEKENT, Ryssian Turkestan, July 16.—Recurrent, earthquakes of great intensity have been registered at the seismographical observatory here during the Jast four days. The center of the shocks is belleved to be in the Pamirs, on the Indlan border. The tremors Kave been so violent that the selsmographical jnstruments were thrown out of xfié:un. ‘while the walls of bulldings were shaken and furniture in homes.displaced, So far as the first examination shows, there GEORGE E. HEBBARD COMMITS SUICIDE Prominent Merchant, After Opening Store, Kills Self in Cellar. After he had opened his piace, at 912 14th street, today and made pre- parations for the day’'s work, George E. Hebbard, fifty years old, former F street tailor, went to the cellar and fired a bullet into his head, from which he died. His plans apparently were made with deliberation, for near & typewriter in his office, was found & note, typewritten, giving details as to who should be notified, In order to spread the mews. There had been no {ntimations to his friends or essociates of his inten- tion to end his life, though it was said he was nervous, fretful and irri- table and had worried recently over business conditions. He left his home at the usual hour today and went to the store, took in the day's supply of ice from the front step and started the electric fan. E mployes Find Body. No one heard the shot. It had been his custom, it was said, to spend some time in the morning in Franklin Park, just across the street reading newspapers, but the janitor did not observe him there today. Other em- ployes of the establishment, upon ar- riving this morning, failed to find him, and when they saw evidences of someone having been there started an investigation and discovered his body at the foot of the stairs leading from the store to the cellar, with the revolver clutched in his hand. The note which was found said: “Sorry to mix things, boys, so here goes. “Don’t phone the home. “Call Nevius first—Main 2606. “Ask him to call Mrs. Cox, Frank- lin 4956, and Miss Holther, Main 7574, home—Main 266—office. “HEBBARD. “Good-bye; good luck. I am tired generally. They will spread the news.” The first telephone call which Mr. Hebbard directed in his note was that of Herbert Nevius, undertaker, 924 New York avenue. ‘The phone number after the name Poker, Judge Rules,| Is Not Gambling In Constantinople! By the Asgociated Press. LONDON, July 15.—A tinople court has decided that poker is not a game of chance, ac- cording to the Dalily Mail corre- spondent in the Turkish city. After hearing a gambling case, in which the defendants were alleged to have violated the law by play- ing poker, the court held that there had been no gambling be- cause chance did not enter into the competition. According to the decision, poker is now permissible in Turkey. The public prosecutor, however, disagrees with this definition of the five-card pastime and has an- nounced that he will appeal to a higher court. U. 5. WORKERS GET PAY BOOST TODAY $27,000 Added to Semi- Monthly Rolls Here by Re- 2 classifying, Distributed. n- WAGE OF SOME HELD UP Late Changes Cause Delay, But All Departments Will Have Money _ Tomorrow. Reclassification went into effect with the first pay day of the new fiscal year today, adding an amount estimated at $27,000 to Uncle Sam's semi-monthly pay roll in this city. Virtually all government employes here received their pay today, although, on account of some difficulties attending late changes in classification, a few in some departments will be delayed, per- haps until tomorrow. The average increase in salary for the 54,074 persone in Washington who ‘were reclassified, out of the 72,000 Fed- eral workers here, is about $58 a year. The total increase of all those reclassi- fled in Washington, according to the latest Bureau of the Budget estimates, amounts to about $3,183,000 a year. The total additional cost to the govern- ment over last year, however, it is de- duced by the same estimates, is much less on account of the reduction in the number of employes, bringing down the persaniet 1 the Distic of Cotumia 1o 1 the D! a little more than half a million dol- lars, or $655,139. #3540 Bonus Gee. The increases mentioned, however, are in addition to the $240 annuai bonus, which has been incorporated into the salary, and will thus be a permanent part of the government employe's pay day, instead of being dependent upon renewal each year of legislation specifically adding that amount as a bonus, Some little changes in the estimates may be made when final figures on the results of review of allocations are made public. These have not yet been computed. The review was completed by June 30, and notifica- tions of the changes made were sent out just in time for government de- partments and establishments to ar- range their pay roll for today in alignment with the latest allocations. Not All Reclassified. Not all of the government employes in the District were reclassified. In the District there are about 72,000 government employes of Uncle Sam, including a few more than 7,000 in the District of Columbia local gov- ernment. Only about 54,000 were re- classified. All details for reclassifying the fleld services have not worked out, but President Coolidge has ordered de- partmental heads to apportion funds for the field personnel, so that these persons may be paid under a scale of salaries comparable to salaries now in_effect in this city. A bill author- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) Coast Guard Ship Bear Ice-Locked In Arctic on Her Last Voyage North The venerable Coast Guard cutter the Bear has made her last journey to the Arctic. She is pinched in the ice somewhere a thousand miles north of Unalaska, two propellers are broken, she has a score of dents in her sides, and Coast Guard headquar- ters has radioed orders to give up, to return home from the fiftieth annual cruise into the far north. So “Healy’s puk oomiak™ will not take the mail and the messages from civilisation to Point Barrow this year. The old vessel, named “Healy’s fire canoe” by the natives when Capt! Healy used to guide her into the northern wastes, no more will bright- en the lives of those lost from the world for a year at a time. She has been branded unsafe, unseaworthy, and when she gets back to the states, it she does, she will be dismantled. It was on May 3 that the Bear, in command of Capt. Cochran, steamed away from the Golden Gate. Her skipper bore the usual braad instruc- tions “to ,aid all peoples, to assist commerce, to open lines of communi- cation,” and last, but one of her most important dutles, to carry the mails to every village not reached by the Bering ses patrol. The farthest north of these is Point Barrow. Her thin stream of smoke and her white salls—for they use sails ‘wherever possible to conserve stores of coal—eagerly have been sched for many long days each fummar by the missionaries, tha teachen.. the traders and the natives, bugi)heir ‘watches this time will be in WRID A brief radio came through from Capt. Cochran today. It told in a few words the story of a disappointed crew and insurmountable ice that blocked the northward way. Half a dozen times in June the Bear was caught In the ice. Men acquainted with the north, brawny and willing, froed her and sought another means of egress, but July 6 found her facing “heaviest ice,” and a day later she was held fast again. When she was loose Capt. Cochran was ready to start back. Fears for Safety. Although Capt. Cochran’s last mes- sage indicated his bellef that he would have little difficulty in re- turning as soon as ice conditions TWO CENTS. FOREST FIRE DEATH TOLL IS POT AT 3% FLAMES ADVANCING Pacific Coast Ablaze From Southern California to British Columbia. THOUSANDS ARE FIGHTIN TO CURB CONFLAGRATION Property Loss High — Wind Threatens to Bring Further Destruction. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 15.—Fifty= two persons are unaccounted for and believed to have perished within the past twenty-four hours in the forest fires sweeping all sections of the Pacific coast. . They are: W. O. Dillion and family of six, with six loggers, caught by §ire on Trapper Creek, Idaho. A party of thirty-five persons, in- fcluding . some children, trapped by fire at Wheeler’s mill, Pend O'Reille County, Wash. Four Doukhobors, caught by a fire in the Salmon Valley, British Columbia. bia. ‘Worst Fire in History. The fires raging along the entire Pacific coast, from southern Cali- fornia to British Columbia, were be- ing fought today by forces recruited from federal, state and private tim- ber interests, in the efforf’ to save thousands of acres of timber and grazing land from being added to that already burned over in what is characterized as the most serious forest fire situation that ever existed on the western coast. Blazes in the timber of eastern Washington, northern Idaho and Brit- ish Columbia were reported to have burned over courses which had cut oft horhesteads of settlers of whose fate word was eagerly awaited. Today, however, from Spokane, ‘Wash., it was reported that mine work- ers, homesteaders and others reported trapped in eastern Washington and northern Idaho have escaped the fiames. Thirty of sixty-five men, women and children believed to have been trapped at the Comstitution Mine, at Kellogg, Idabo, last *night, were brought in here early this morning over & rough mountain trail, their only open passage, and word came with'them that the remainder of the beleaguered mine workers and their families were safe and would be out shortly. Six men on the other side of the fire at the Nabob mill have not been heard trom. * People Are Evacuating. The Sidney Mine and the Highland Surprise, are directly in the path of the flames, which are bearing down upon them and. on the town of Wal- lace, borne or a forty-mile wind from the west. The government gulch fire, which is in its fourth day, was within a mile of Kellogg and was coming fast toward Wardner. The people of that town and of Silver King were moving out. Greatest monetary loss has been in the forests of the Pacific northwest, on both sides of the international boundary. In 1daho mine buildings have burned, and in Washington and Oregon logging camp equipment of the lumber companies has been de- stroyed. Blazes in the coast region of Washington and Oregon were réport- ed virtually all brought under con~ trol last night with the aid of rain- fall yesterday, but in the national forests of California four major fires still were raging today, threatening ranches and live stock and battled by thousands of men. So great has been the call for fire fighters that auto- mobile tourists have been forced into the work in some instances and calls have been sent to the larger cities of the state for men, May Conscript Men. Flames for a Week have swept the Santa Barbara national forest north of Los Angeles, which, at latest reports, were increasing, and federal officers said it may be necessary to conscript men from the streets of Los Angeles for fire fighters. In the Klamath national forest, Siskiyou County, Calif., the fire menace had been intensified today by the growth of a number of minor fires into a conflagration which was burning in heavily timbered regions in the vicinity of large saw mills, In the Tahoe national forest the latest reports were that the flames were leaping along the north and middle forks of the American River, despite the efforts of 400 men, and in some places had left the national forest and burned on to the private lands, threatening farms and live stock. In the Slerra national forest the permit, Rear Admiral Billard, the commandant, and others at Coast Guard headquarters fear that the old boat may not emerge safely. She should never have gome this year, they said, but Capt. Cochran urged that the old Dundee whaler—the boat that had made 49 tfips into waters that none other dare penetrate, in- cluding the journey to the rescue of Greely—should be given another trial Congress was asked at its last ses- sion to appropriate money for a rew craft to replace the Bear, but the bill got lost in the jam of the closing days. Her sister ships, the Thetis and the Resolute, long ago were dis- mantled, but not until each had served the Government faithfully for years and had carried such figures as Schley and Usher and ‘others in the, most hasardous of jourteys. fires were reported to have burst through control lines north of Oak- hurst and to be threatening a big stand of timber. FIRED BY LIGHTNING. Forest Conflagrations Are Worry- Forest service officlals are alarmed at the continued outbreak and.geri- ousness of the forest fires in the Pa- cific Coast and Rocky Mountain states and are taking steps to com- bat the flames, as well as to prevent their outbreak. 3 Reports today from the district (Continued on Page 5, Columa 1) Radio ngrq’:m—-—l’age 36,