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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LABOR
CLERGYMAN BREAKS
UP SOVIET MEETING
TOLEDO, MINUS CARS,
FINDS BUSES COSTLY
ELECTORS VOTE THEMSELVES
INTO SINGULAR PLIGHT.
RED CROSS FUND IS
, INCREASING SLOWLY
UTTER ANARCHY If
U.S. REDS' OBJECT
STEAMSHIP, SINKING,
ABANDONED BY CREW
AMERICAN CRAI'T GOING DOWN
OFF CAPE BRETON'.
E
"STAR - SPAXCLED BANNER'
HALTS WOMAN'S ADURKSS.
MORE WORKERS CALLED FOR
BY CAMPAIGN LEADERS.
DENOUNCES
BLIND DEMOCRAT
SEES PARTY LOSS
Republican Victory Vindi
cates Senator Gore.
WAVE OF FLAMING
MN
INJUNCTION
Executive Council Says
Action Autocratic.
STATEMENT MADE PUBLIC
Indorsement of Walkout by
People Requested.
STRIKE HELD JUSTIFIED
Tsc of Lever Act Against Miners
Declared Injustice to All Liberty-Loving
Americans.
TV A SITING TON, Nov. 9. Holding
the action of the government in In
junction proceedings against striking
bituminous coal miners to be "so
autocratic as to stagger the human
mind," the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor de
clared tonight m a statement issued
after a four-hour meeting . that the
miners' walkout was justified, prom
ised for the strike the entire support
of organized bor and asked aid and
Indorsement for it from the general
public
The Lever act, under which the gov
ernment acted In the court proceed
ings, never was enacted to apply to
workers, the council asserted, and Its
use against the miners was classified
as "an Injustice, not only to workers
but to all liberty-loving Americans."
The action was taken without the
participation of William Green, gen
eral secretary of the mineworkers,
who is a member, but all the remain
ing principal officers of the American
Federation of Labor were present.
Case Is Reviewed.
The council began its session at 3
o'clock after its members had been
hastily summoned together and the
statement which formulated its action
was carefully revised and rewritten
by Samuel' Gompers and Frank Mor
rison, president and secretary, re
spectively, of the federation.
The council in its statement pre
sented at length the history of the
negotiations which led up to and pre
cipitated the coal strike, declaring
almost in the first sentence that the
"officers of the United Mine Workers
did everything in their power to avert
this great industrial struggle."
It reserved, it said, comment on
governmental action.
There were 2200 delegates, repre
senting 500,000 miners, seated in the
convention which called the strike,
the statement said, after briefly
sketching complaints of working con
ditions in the industry which it is as
serted the miners seek to remedy by
striking. The instructions of the con
vention were taken through the usual
committees into conference with the
operators and then, the statement
puts it, "our government interjected
itself and applied for an injunction."
Withdrawal la Demanded.
The statement characterized the
action as "invasion of the rights of
miners" intended to starve the miners
into submission by cutting off their
strike benefits and demanded the
withdrawal of the injunction obtained
Saturday at Indianapolis "to restore
confidence in the Institutions of our
country and respect to courts."
"By all the facts in the case, the
miners' strike is justified," it con
eludes. "We indorse it. We are con
vinced of the justice of the miners'
course. We pledge to the miners the
full support of the American Federa
tion of Labor, and appeal to the work
ers and citizenship of our country to
give like indorsement and aid to the
men engaged in this momentous
struggle."
The statement of the executive
council which members refused to in
terpret or discuss in any manner and
which is addressed to "our fellow cit
izens and fellow workers," follows:
"The executive council 'is of the
opinion that the officers of the United
Mine Workers of America did every
thing in their power to avert this
great industrial controversy. Of all
the great industries in our country,
there is none so dangerous to human
life as the coal industry.
Dangers Are Recalled.
"The men who go down under the
ground to dig coal, so that the do
mestic and industrial needs of the
ration may be supplied, are engaged
in work more hazardous than any
other employment. Due considera
tion has never been given to the dan
ger surrounding the coal, miners.
There is no other class of employ
ment where each individual worker is
so isolated and in whose districts
there is such a lack of opportunity for
fcocial intercourse and enjoyment.
"The condition of the miner and his
family is such that he is practically
deprived not only of sunshine and
fresh air, but to a certain extent he
is deprived of the association and
companionship of all other human be
ings outside of his own particular
class who are themselves engaged in
the dangerous and unhealthy occupa
tion of coal mining. The miners suf
fer more than any other workers from
periods of compulsory unemployment.
Authentic statistics show that the
miners have less than 200 days of em
ployment during eacn year. The
wages of the miners consequently,
having to spread over the entire year,
are greatly reduced as a result of the
"" (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.)
Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes Leaves
Platform When Cheers for
America Are Requested.
YONKERS. N. Y., Nov. 9. A clergy
man and sl handful of his parishion
ers, suddenly launching forth into
The Star-Spangled Banner." broke
up a meeting: here tonigrht of the
"Communists council of America."
which was being addressed by Mrs.
Rose Pastor Stokes.
When Mrs. Stokes attempted to ex
pound the advantages the working
man of the United States would enjoy
under a soviet form of government
the man of the cloth interrupted her.
saying:
"All talk of a soviet form of gov
ernment or a communistic govern
ment is an impertinence."
Before Mrs. Stokes could continue
the singing of the national anthem
began. After the clergyman called
'three cheers for the United States,"
the speaker left the platform.
SON THOUGHT DEAD ALIVE
Alaska Man Finds Soldier Bov He
Had Given TJp.
HOSE BURG, Or., Nov. 3. (Special.)
C. P. Baldwin of Alaska, who came
here in an effort to find his son,
Earle H. Baldwin, whom he had giv
en up as killed In France, located the
young man in this city. Mr. Baldwin
had five sons in the army during the
war and Earle, while a member of a
machine gun unit, was wounded three
times and also gassed.
While in a hospital notice of the
young: man's death from wounds was
erroneously sent to his father, who
shortly after went into the interior
of Alaska. Returning to Tacoma a
few days ago, Mr. Baldwin learned
that his son was alive and had re
turned, locating near Roseburg. The
father immediately came to Roseburg
and found his boy.
TOYS COME FROM JAPAN
Santa Claus to Carry No "Made-in-
Germany" Gifts.
SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 9. (Spe
cial.) Large quantities of Japanese
toys, which will gladden the hearts
of American children at Christmas
time, have been coming in a steady
stream from factories in the island
empire. The demand far exceeds the
production, as the war ended Ger
many's career as a producer of such
commodities, according to officers of
the steamship Chicago Maru of the
Osaka Shosen Kaisha. which arrived
in Seattle yesterday from Japan and
the Philippines.
The Chicago brought a big ship
ment of made-in-Nippon toys, and
every ship sailing from Japan during
the last few months has had similar
consignments, according to the offi
cers of the liner.
CHINESE DIE OF CHOLERA
3fany Deaths Occur in Hongkonj
Shanghai and Manila.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 9. (Spe
cial.) Cholera is causing many
deaths in Hongkong, Shanghai and
Manila, according to news brought by
the steamship Chicago Maru on its
arrival yesterday. There were 275
cases of the disease in Manila and 169
deaths in a week.
Many deaths have also occurred in
Hongkong and Shanghai. No whites l
or Japanese have died, however, in
either China or the Philippines, and
the authorities were hopeful of hav
ing the disease in check when the
Chicago steamed for this coast.
One of the biggest consignments of
mail ever dispatched across the Pa
cific was brought by the Chicago.
U. S.. VICE-CONSUL SUICIDE
Cary R. Miller, Envoy to Stock
holm, Shoots Self in New York.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9. Cary R. Mil
ler, American vice-consul to Stock
holm, shot and killed himself in his
suite in the Waldorf-Astoria late
today.
The body with a bullet hole through
the left temple was found tonight by
Mrs. Miller on her return from church.
By the side lay a revolved. Among
his papers was found a passport in
dicating that he had planned to sail
soon for Sweden.
The medical examiner later found
In Mr. Millers clothing two not
which indicated that financial diffi
culties had furnished the motive for
his suicide.
FIRE STARTS ON TRAIN
Portland Department Puts
Out
Blaze In Mail Coach.
Fire broke out in the mail couch
on Spokane, Portland & Seattle train
No. 3 last night as the train arrived
in Portland. The fire bureau put out
the blaze before much damage had
been done.
The authorities did not discover the
cause of the fire. None of the mail
was injured.
MRS. CARRANZA IS DEAD
Wife of Mexican President Suc
' enmbs After Long Illness.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 9. Virginal
Cellus Carranza, wife of President
Carranza of Mexico, died this after
noon at Queretario.
Airs. Carranza had been ill for four
months .
OKLAHOMA FOR RESERVATION
"I Told You So," Solon Tells
Administration Leaders.
WILSON POLICY SLAMMED
Defeat. Laid to Attempt to Keep
Democrats From "Using
Minds of Their Ow n."
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Nov. 3. Can a blind man
see sometimes better than men who
have eyes to see?
This Is the question which rises
out of yesterday's election in the
fifth Oklahoma district, where a re
publican victory appears to have vin
dicated the position of Senator Thom
as Pryor Gore, blind democratic sen
ator, who has insisted on voting with
the republicans in the senate for res
ervations to the peace treaty. Great
pressure has been brought both here
and from Oklahoma to force him to
line up with the administration, but
today Senator GoVe is saying, "I told
you so."
Reservations Candidate Wins.
"I sent a letter to all of the dem
ocratic papers of the state a few days
ago," said Senator Gore today, "giv
ing warning against the democratic
policy of intolerance toward every-'
body who failed to agree with a few
leaders. I said that if the democratic
organization intended to read every
body out of the party who insisted on
following his own convictions on the
league of nations, the party would
soon be in the minority in Oklahoma,
as elsewhere. Yesterday's election
shows that I was right."
"I gave warning that the rank and
file of the people of this country
would not follow the present party
leadership and I have nothing to take
back., r cited Kentucky as an example
of where my party lost because it
sought to Jam down the people's
throats something for which they will
not stand. Democrats, Just like other
citizens, have minds of their own.
Democrats Lose Stronghold.
Today's dispatches indicated that
Claude Weaver, democratic candidate
was defeated by J. W. Harreld, re
publican, by 1300 votes, in a district
which a democrat only a year ago
carried by almost 4000 and has always
been reliably democratic Harreld
favored reservations to the league
covenant.
On last Thursday Ben Lafayette,
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Ride That Once Cost Six to Eight
Cents Now Not Available; Cars
All Spirited Away.
TOLEDO, O., Nov. 9. Car riders,
who last Tuesday voted for an ouster
ordering the street cars from the
streets because they were paying 6
and 8 cents to travel to and from
their work, today were paying from
10 to 25 cents to ride in automobile
buses.
The Toledo Railways & Light Co.
began last night to spirit the cars
out of the city until riot a vehicle
with wheels under It was left within
the Jurisdiction of the city officials
who were responsible for the ouster
ordinance passed last June being
submitted to the people.
Mayor Cornell Schreiber introduced
the ordinance when the company in
creased fares from 5 to 6 cents and
charged 2 cents for a transfer to take
care of an increase in carmen's wages.
The cars were removed without
notice to the public or city offi
cials. All were taken into Michigan
and stored on sidetracks. The action
was taken after official notification
was given the company by the board
of elections that the ouster ordinance
had been approved by the voters.
Officials of the street car com
pany, of which Henry L. Doherty of
New York is the head, announced to
night that cars, are not to be oper
ated here "until a permanent settle
ment' has been reached or is assured."
All interurban cars are being turned
back at the city limits.
PREMIER FOR LADY AST0R
Lloyd George Recommends Parlia
ment Candidacy to Electorate.
PLYMOUTH. Nov. 9. (By the As
sociated Press.) Premier Lloyd
George has sent the following mes
sage to Lady Astor:
"I am very glad to hear that you
have been nominated to contest
Plymouth as a coalition unionist. I
hope the electors of Sutton division
will return you to parliament by a
large majority.
"I cordiaiiy recommend your candi
dacy to the electors of Plymouth and
trust they will return you at the
head of the polL"
LOAN TO CHINA HALTED
Disagreement Arises Over Security j
Oriental Situation Desperate.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Efforts to
extend' a loan to China to tide over
what is regarded as a desperate
situation threatening the existence
of the government, have come to a
standstill, owing to disagreement
over the security offered.
QUAKES WRECK BUILDINGS
Two Tremors In Tiber Valley Cause
Heavy Loss.
ROME, Nov. 9. Two earthquake
shocks did much damage in the Tiber
valley last night.
Buildings were partially wrecked.
Subscriptions in Excess of $1 Mem
bership Fee Will Be Accepted.
Local Needs Are Shown.
"The Portland chapter of the
American Red Cross needs money; tl
J5, J10, 1100, or other sums in dona
tions. There are barely enough funds
left to carry the work until Jan
uary 1. Over 80 sick and wounded
f
overseas soldiers are now under Red
Cross care in Portland hospitals and
sanatoria. The local chapter is spend
ing $10,000 each month in home re
lief work."
Thus was the situation with re
gard to Red Cross needs in Portland
outlined yesterday by H. K. Witham,
rollcall chairman of the membership
drive now in progress, and during
which it is hoped to obtain 120,000
members to the organization in Port
land. Whilo the present drive is for
memberships at $1 a year, Mr.' Witham
explained that donations of larger
sums would be accepted. There are
no official receipts issued, he said,
the signing of the rollcall blank
being an official receipt and the but
ton an insignia of subscription and
membership.
Failure Is Forecast.
Unless a radical change of spirit
among the people of Portland occurs
within the next few days, the mem
bership drive of the Red Cross here
is doomed to failure, leaders of the
movement said yesterday. Counties
outside of Multnomah in the district
covered by the Portland chapter are
making an excellent response, but up
to the present time the city has ob
tained but a small proportion of the
members asked in the quota.
All of the "old guard" workers who
helped to put over the drives during
the war, as well as all others who are
willing to give time and effort to the
Red Cross, are asked to report at
Liberty temple at 10 o'clock . this
morning to take part in a special
drive planned for today, when it is
hoped to add thousands of members
to the organization.
Lack of interest in the campaign
to date has resulted not only in few
er memberships than were hoped for,
but a shortage of workers, it was an
ounced from headquarters yesterday.
Workers Are Needed.
' "In spite of;every possible method
to get workers," said Chairman With
am, "we cannot get 50 per cent of
necessary helpers to put the drive
across. Workers are especially de
sired this morning to start from the
Liberty temple at 10 o'clock. A drive
through the downtown district will
be made in the hope of obtaining a
sufficient number of subscriptions to
allow the full quota to be realized
during the whirlwind drive planned
for 'Armistice day." "
The Red Cross canteen girls and
the Red Cross canteen band have been
called to meet this evening at 8
o'clock to aid in the drive. Theaters
will be visited and an evening pro
gramme carried out to add enthu-
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Amazing Plot to Destroy
AN Authority Bared.
GOD, CHURCH, STATE MUST GO
Documents Seized in Federal
Raids Sensational.
PAPERS ALL IN RUSSIAN
Propaganda Declared by Authori
ties Most Dangerous Yet En
countered In Country.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Plan of
the union of Russian workers to
bring about an overthrow of the gov
ernment through a general strike was
revealed in documents seized in the
nation-wide raids of federal authori
ties Friday and Saturday nights, and
made public tonight by Assistant Attorney-General
Garvan.
With the government overthrown
and everything "wiped from the earth
that is a reminder of the right to pri
vate ownership of property," the Rus
sian workers, according to their man
ifesto, looked forward "to the mag
nificent, beautiful form of man with
out a God, without a .master and free
of authority."
The documents and publications
obtained in the raids, officials said
today, were of the most inflammatory
nature and made no effort to conceal
the union's programme of destruction
and death to achieve its ends. Much
of the material made public tonight is
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barred from the mails.
Complete Destruction Aim.
Included among the documents
seized, all of which are printed in
Russian, is the ' "Novomanirsky Man
ifesto of Anarchists." This publica
tion, the most recent put out by the
union, was said by Mr. Garvan to be
the most dangerous piece of propa
ganda ever disseminated by any radi
cal organization in the United States.
The manifesto outlines the purpose
of the movement inaugurated by the
union as "complete destruction of
private control of natural resouices
and capital and complete destruction
of power of rule and the institutions
invested with powers to enforce rulo
of one man over another."
Under the caption of "What should
be our means of carrying on the
fight." the manifesto says: "What
must we do, the vanguard of the
proletariat?
"We must consistently hasten the
elementary movement of the struggle
of the working class; we must con
vert small strikes into general ones
and convert the latter into armed re
volt of the laboring masses against
capital and state.
All Government Must .o.
"At the time of this revolt we must
at he first favorable opportunity
proceed to immediate seizure of all
means of production and all articles
of consumption and make the work
ing classes the masters in fact of all
general wealth. At the same time we
must mercilessly destroy all remains
of governmental authority and class
domination, liberate prisoners, de
molish prisons and police offices, de
stroy all legal papers pertaining to
private ownership of property, all
field fences and boundaries and burn
all certificates of indebtedness in a
word, we must take care that every
thing is Y.-iped from the earth that is
a reminder of the private ownership
of property.
"We must blow up barracks and
gendarmes, to shoot the prominent
military and police officers, must be
the concern of the revolting working
people. In the work of destruction
we must be merciless, for the slight
est weakness upon our part may aft
erwards cost the working classes a
whole sea of needless blood."
iew Foundation Desired.
After capital and state are de
stroyed, the manifesto says, the first
duty of the union is to start produc
tion on a new foundation. Existing
labor organizations should be extend
ed and production should be given
over entirely to them, it argues. Then
each "village commune" should unify
with all other communes and the "one
grand federation" would follow, the
manifesto says.
Recognizing no religion, no author
ity, no power other than its own,
the manifesto says, as a corollary, its
members are atheists, communists, an
archists. It continues:
"We go tranquilly, cheerfully, not
because it is painful to us eternally to
be calling to-bloody combat no! But
because there, far beyond the corpses
of heroes, beyond the blood-covered
barricades, beyond all terrors of civil
war, there already shines for us the
magnificent beautiful form of man
without a God, without a master and
free of authority.
Religion Held Hateful.
"We hate religion because it lulls
the spirit with lying tales, takes away
courage and faith in the power of
man, faith in the triumph of justice
here on the real earth and not in a
chimerical heaver;. Religion covers
everything with fog: real evil becomes
visionarv and visionary good a real-
I ity. It has always sanctified slavery.
grief and tears. And we declare war
Concluded aa 3. Column 2.)
Four Other Steamers in Distress
in Nova Scotian Waters; Pro
peller Blades Stripped.
HALIFAX, N. S., Nov. 9. One steam
ship is believed to have foundered
and four others are in distress to
night in Nova Scotian waters.
The American steamship Polar Land,
abandoned off the Cape Breton coast
at 1 P. M. today, had not been found
late tonight by the steamship Kana
wha, which went to her assistance.
nor hand any of the boats containing
the vessel's crew of 50 been picked up.
The Kanawha should have reached
the spot given by the sinking Polar
Land before dark, but the rescue ship
wirelessed tonight for .specific in
structions as to her location when
last heard from. The request is taken
here to mean that the Polar Land
had gone down.
The Greek steamship Platea is now
ashore at Sable Island; the steamship
Grelstone is in trouble oCf stable
Island, having stripped her propeller
blades; the Telcmaehus. a coal boat,
called for help off Cape Breton and
another unidentified craft replied that
she could not go to the Polar Land's
assistance, as she was in distress.
The crew of the Platea was landed
at the life saving station at Sable
Island. Her captain reports his ship
was undamaged.
Late tonight the Canadian govern
ment steamship Aranmore, which had
been dispatched from North Sydney
to the Grelstone's assistance, reported
that other rescue vessels were close
to her, but that no aid could be given
to the distressed vessel owing to the
weather conditions.
BOSTON. Nov. 9. The United States
shipping board steamship Polar Land
is sinking at sea, according to a wire
less message received today at the
naval radio station here.
The call for help was intercepted
by the station at Otter Cliffs, Maine.
It gave the position of the vessel as
latitude 44.25 north and longitude
55.50 west. A message relayed sev
eral hours earlier by the U. S. Bel-
Hngham said the Polar Land was in
immediate need of assistance. The
vessel's indicated position would be
about -50 miles due east of Halifax,
N. S.
POET'S TROOPS IN CLASH
D'Annunzio and Italian Govern
ment Both Suffer Loss.
BELGRADE. Nov. 8. (By the As
sociated Press.) Forces of the Italian
government have clashed with Gab
riele d'Annunzio's troops.
Casualties were suffered by both
sides, according to a statement issued
by the Serbian official press bureau
today.
The statement follows:
"In a sanguinary skirmish between
Italian government troops and Gab
riele d'Annunzio's forces the govern
ment troops suffered considerable
losses, including one captain. D'An
nunzio's troops lost one man killed
and several wounded."
EX-PORTLANDMAN KILLED
G. F. Rusch. Tailor, Victim or Rail
road Crossing Mishap.
VISALIA. Cal.. Nov. 9. G. F. Rusi-h,
43, a tailor here, and recently of Tort
land, Or., was killed at the Southern
Pacific company's crossing here to
day. A train struck his automobile as he
attempted to cross the track.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The leather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 38
decrees; minimum. 34.5 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain, grentle southerly winds.
Foreign. .
Britain discovers peril in near eastern sit
uation... i'age o.
Holland determined not to surrender ex
kaiser, f'htfe 4.
Nitti irlve. plenty of rope to bolshcviki.
faije 5.
American steamship sinking off Cape Bre
ton coast.. Pace .1.
National.
Executive council of Federation of Labor
denounces mine injunction. Page 1.
Man without God or authority aim of reds.
I'age I.
Senator Oore. blind demnrrat. forecasts de
feat of own party. Page 1.
Domestic..
Ex-president Taft not opposted to 13 of
14 proposed reservations to treaty.
Page 3.
Cost of llvinic is chief grievance of mine
workers. Page 2.
Minister quiets communist meeting by
sitrging national anthem. Page 1.
Head of mine workers denies report of
surrender. Page 2.
Toledo votes street cars out for costly sub
stitute. Page 1.
Wave of flaming oil engulfs Texas town,
i'age 1.
Notorious radical leaders in tolls. Page 4.
Pacific Northwest.
Caucus called at Seattle on woman's suf
frage amendment. Page 5.
New world enjoyed by hermit mutes.
Page 6.
Lewiston stock, show opens. Page 6.
& ports.
Proposal to bring football team of Har
vard ail-stars west is opposed. Page 11.
Sam Langford relies on a "brotherly love"
act- Page 11.
James John piays Benson Tech tomorrow.
Page 11.
Cavlll invents new crawl. Page 11.
Oregon's loss laid to laclc of punch.
Page 10.
Porttand and Vicinity.
Red Cross fund In Portland is growing
slowly. Pago 1.
Payments on victory bonds reported large
ly completed. Page 17.
Class war scored by Rev. H. H. Griffls.
Page 7.
German marks are in strong demand with
American investors. Page 12.
Armistice day committee asks Portland
to give noisy celebration. Page 18.
Credit men push drive for members.
Page lt.
City officials ready to trim city budget.
Page 9.
Exhibitors at food show will banquet.
Page 16.
Taxpayers to pass en school budget
01LENCULFST0H
Lightning Explodes Tanks
at Waggoner City, Tex.
RUIN TRAILS FIERY STREAM
Thousands of Homeless Tex
ans Are Put to Flight.
LOSS EXCEEDS MILLION
Trench and IJiiibaiikiiioiit Thrown
Vp on Main Street to Divert
Burning Oil Into Creek.
IOWA r.YRK, Tex., Nov. S. Burn
ing oil from 38 1600-barrel tanks,
shattered by a series of explosions,
when set afire by lightning, swept
in devastating streams through a
large part of Waggoner City, an oil
town near here, today, according to
information received here.
Estimates of casualties were not
available, but it was said many per
sons probably were burned, as in
numerous cases their homes consisted
of tents in the path of the blazing oil.
The monetary loss was roughly set at
"more than a million dollars."
WICHITA FALLS. Tex.. Nov. 9.
One man is known to have been killed,
a number incurred serious burns and
a loss which will exceed $1,000,000 re
sulted from an oil fire which swept 80
acres of proven oil territory on the
outskirts of Waggoner City and de
stroyed a large part of that town
today.
Burning; Oil Fills Streets.
Acreage in this field is owned by
many eastern concerns. The fire oc
curred when lightning . struck an oil
tank.
When the tank exploded a wave of
burning oil rode down the surface
of the rain-covered streets, setting
fire to everything with which it came
into contact.
Most of the business section of the
town was destroyed, according to re
ports. Waggoner City has no tele
phone or railroad communication and
details of the fire and the losses are
meager.
Waggoner City is said here to be
the largest unincorporated town in
the country and the large number of
oil wells in the immediate vlcnity
make it one of the most congestefd
districts of the kind.
Thousand Person Homeless.
Upward of a thousand persons are
homeless as a result of the fire. A
trail of men, women and children car
rying bundles of remnants of clothing
snatched from in front of the advanc
ing wave of flames started on foot
and in vehicles for a six-mile walk to
Burkburnett, the nearest large town.
Late reports indicated that the loss
would run higher than a million dol
lars. Two score derricks and about
50 storage tanks valued at J225.000
were burned. One oil company "gush
er" late tonight was shooting flames
1U0 feet in the air.
The havoc in Waggoner City was
increased by the bursting of a four
inch high pressure oil line which runs
under the main street of the town.
A trench and embankment were
thrown up at the end of one of the
main streets and the burning oil
turned into a creek.
The only person known late tonight
to have been killed was an aged un
identified man.
Flames of burning oil gushers were
lighting up the roads for miles, ac
cording to persons who arrived here
tonight.
AMMUNITION DUMP FIRED
Hritisli Sentries Thought to Have
Ileen Killed Report Later.
NAMUR, Belgium, Nov. 9. (By the
Associated Press.) A large ammuni
tion dump near Fort Diave blew up
early today. Only four of the 14
British sentries on duty answered the
rollcall today. Later the missing
sentries reported. There were no
casualties.
Explosions are continually taking
place amone the remnants of the'
dump. The eause of the explosion
has not been ascertained.
EX-TSAR TO BE REMOVED
Bulgaria Confirms Arrest of Mem
bers of Radosalvoff Cabinet.
SOFIA, Nov. 9. The Bulgarian gov
ernment confirms officially the news
of the arrest on the night of Novem
ber 4 of the principal members of the
Radolslavoff cabinet who are still in
Bulgaria.
The government also has begun ne
gotiations to obtain the extradition
of the former Tsar Ferdinand, of Pre
mier Radoslavoff and of the former
commander-in-chief of the Bulgarian
armies. General Jekoff.
Parade Jiotice Issued,
members of the American
All
Legion auxiliary wishing to take part
in the Armistice day parade Tues
day afternoon are requested by the
committee in charge to meet at Lib
erty temple at 1 o'clock to be as
siiined to automobiles