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VOU XXVII. NO. S OF R08EBURQ Rfc..''
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW SATURDAY, MARCH 7. 1925.
VOL. XII. NO. S04 OF THE EVENINO NEWS
BORAH OBJECTS
TO REMOVAL OF
SENATE REBELS
Hasty Action in Committee
Appointment Protested
by Several.
ORGANIZATION HALTS
Several Republicans Declare
Nothing Can Be Ac
complished by JDe
moting Insurgents.
(AantUtrd Pre Ltued Wire.)
WASHINGTON, March 7. Ob
Jecllon from tbeir own ranks pre
vented the republican majority to
day (rom completing organization
of the new senate.
W hen the republican organiza
tion brought In lta slate of com
mittee assignments delegating the
La Follette insurgents to places
of minor rank, Senators Norris,
republican, Nebraska and Borah,
Republican, Idaho, blacked Imme
diate consideration.
The Nebraska senator protest
ed against hasty action and said
he would require .some time to
consider the committee list pre-4
aentea oy tne republican commit
tee on committee's, senator Bo
rah declared removal of the In
surgent group Trom their posit
ions of senority was impolitic un
wise and unfair."
"It is not only unfair to the
men themselves." said Senator
Borah, "but it is unfair to their
constituents. I venture - to Bay
that within the next two years
my colleagues will regret this ac
l lion and will look back apon it
a a mistake." .
Republican - campaign spokes
men, he predicted, would have to
devote most of their time "in ex
plaining this act to the constitu
ents when they go into these mens
uwes."
"You may demote these men,"
he continued, "but they have the
same influence In the senate they
always had. There is a difference
of opinion in the republican par
ty, but it is not confined to the
leaders but exists among Jhe con
stituents. "If these men stood alone. It
would be different. But I see
men sitting In this chamber today
whose seats will be Imperlllajd if
this program goes through."
Senator Watson, Indiana, one
of the republican leaders lwplled
that a political party was organ
ized in reality for only one cam
paign. "I do know," he asserted, "that
In 1924 these individuals left the
republican party."
Senator Brookhart, lows, on
of these read out of the party,
jumped to his feet and Immedi
ately challenge; the statement.
"I did not leave the republican
party," he said. "I am a better
republican than the senator from
Indiana. I stand for the prin
ples of Abraham Lincoln and
Theodore Roosevelt, two great
republicans, and I have shown
this by my votes more than the
senator from Indiana."
Senator Watson replied that the
insurgents certainly did not re
presentee republican party as it
declared itself in its last plat
form. "They championed he cause of
another candidate for the presi
dency, 'he continued, "organized
another political party and held
another political convention. They
attempted to elect another presi
dential candidate. If they had
their way, Calvin Coolldge would
not be president of the United
Statea today.
In 1928, the Indiana senator
added, the Insurgents might con
clude to return to tlie republican
party, but having decided to
"wreck' it In 1924, they had no
right to ask now for republican
places on committees.
Senator Norris then made ob
Jectlon to considering committee
assignments today, saying that be
(Continued on page )
Clash of Two Great Fleets
Expected to Occur Within
Next Two Days; End Maneuver
(AiwwtatMl Prra Imh4 Win.)
ON HOARD U. 8. S. SEATTLE
OFF MEXICAN WEST COAST.
March 1. The clash of two great
lieets. embracing 109 United Sta
tea war craft In the climax of one
of the most apectarular maneu
vers of strategy ever held In the
Pacific, todav was expected to oc-
enr within the next two days,
Interest has been exceedingly !
keen In the progress of the de-:
tensive blue fleet toward tha I
scene of contact off the roast of
lower California. It will be the i
first time that fast scout cruisers I
TW0LI1LILS
' TULSA, Okla., March 7.
Fire Invaded the playhouse
of Edith and Kate Henrlck-
son, 4 and 6 years old here
yesterday and left only their
scorched bodies. The little
girls were using bales of hay 4
In a barn to represent" a
stove and a dining table.
Pana were on the make-be-
lieve stove. A match was
struck and the hay burst in-
to flames. 1 There clothes
afire the children burrowed
into the hay, where their
bodies were found locked in
each others arms,
SIEIKORI HAV TO -
NMX'UKD 1HL HOICK
4k
'Aaoclated Pnm Uued Win.) 4
SALEM, Ore., March 7.
Dr. E. B. Pickle of Medford
was today" appointed by Gov-
ernor Pierce as a member of
the state board of health to 4
succeed Dr. George E. Huuck
of Roseburg. Dr. C. J. Smith
of Portland and Dr. J. II.
Rosenberg of Prinevllle were 4
reappointed members of the
board. 4
The governor appointed
State Senator A. J. Beals of
Tillamook a member of the
state board of higher eurri-
cula to succeed Fred N. Wal-
lace of Tumalo. 4
. D. HfLLES -
(Anoclatal Pna Ltutd Wire.)
WASHINGTON. Mar. 7. Chaa.
D. Hllles of New York as Ambassa
dor to Germany is understood to
be under consideration by Presi
dent Coolldge. r. i . ....-,
Mr. Hllles has'for many years
played a prominent part in repub
lican party affairs. He is nation
al committeeman for New York
and was a vice chairman of the na
tional committee in the last cam
paign. He was secretary to Presi
dent Taft,
The Berlin post became vacant
when President Coolldge advanced
Mr. Houghton to the London em
bassy to succeed Frank B. Kellogg.
(AaocUtrd Pna leued Win.)
NEW YORK, March 7. Char
les D. Hllles wld today that he
had no knowledge to substantiate
the report from Washington that
President Coolidge was consider
ing appointing him ambassador to
Germany. Tie said the president
had never mentioned the subject
to him.
"It is my belief that there is no
foundation for the. report," aald
Mr. Hillea. "Neither tbe presi
dent nor Mr. Hughes nor Mr. Kel
log has ever mentioned tbe sub
ject to me, although I was in
Washington for the inauguration
and saw tnem. I am satisfied
there is nothing to It."
(Aanrtattd Pna Lwl Win.)
FRANKFORT, Ky., March 7.
Alleging mental and physical an
guish resulting from about fifty
confinements of 30 hours each In
a jail at London, Ky., L. M.
Ketcham of Loogoottee, Martin
County, Indiana, tothty filed suit
in federal court - here against
Judge A. T. Manning of Laurel
county circuit court asking 150,
000 damages. Ketcham said he
was a worker for the Ku Klux
Klan. '
H. L. Edgerton stopped over In
this city Friday and overnight, to
visit, ,on his way home to Grants
Pass.
I have been seen In action In the
Pacific. It will be the greatest
mobilisation ever witnessed In the
western ocean.
The blue fleet la making high
speed In scouting formation.
' : Seven first line cruisers, the
fastest American battle craft
afloat are iweeoinr ud the coast
at a speed twice that of the in-
vadtng black fleet of dresdnaughte
snd destroyers conveying a train
of supply ships,
The role of the black fleet Is
being enacted by tbe battle fleet
of tha Pacific.
MAY BE APPOINTED
JAIt TERMS WERE
CAUSE OF HAL
ANGUISH HE SAYS
-ram
BOY IS HELD AS
SLAVER OF
Youth Who Announced In
tention of Studying Law
to Free Mother Arrested.
MAKES A CONFESSION
Mother Was in Jail for
Crime and When Informed
of Confession Showed
Grief That He Told.
(Aaoclsttd Pna Ltutd Win.)
LOS ANGELES. Mar. 7. A
"purported confession by Harold
Willis, 14 year old son of Mrs.
Margaret Willis, sentenced to life
imprisonment for the murder of
Dr. Benjamin B. Baldwin here
last April, that he, and not his
mother, fired the shot that killed
the physician, was "discredited
and ignored" by the district at
torney's office today after he waa
questioned.
"The confession by the boy,"
Deputy District Attorney Harold
L. Davis chief of the homicide di
vision, said "is but a last minute
attempt to obtain executive clem
ency for the mother. It the con
fession had been presented at the
trial, it would have been a legiti
mate defense."
"Che only thing this office could
do," Davis said, "would be to
make recommendations to the gov
ernor in behalf of the mother, but
that will not be done. The case is
closed so far as we are concerned,
and after questioning the boy, the
'confession' is utterly discredited
and will be ignored." ., .'
LOS ANGELES, March 7. Four
teen year old Harold Willis, who
recently announced that he plan
ned to take up the study of law
so that when he became a man
he could work for the releauw of
bis mother, Mjs. Margaret Willis,
sentenced to lit's Imprisonment for
the murder of Dr. Benjamin Bald
win here last April, today waa be
IrgJ presented by his mother's at
torneys as himself the slayer of
Dr. Baldwin.
Harold, according to evidence
submitted yesterday has confessed
that he shot Dr. Baldwin when the
latter attacked his mother, but
that he was sent out to play after
the shooting and consequently did
not know the doctor was dead un
til after his mother lad packed
the body In a trunk, cast It ovaf
an embankment north of here and
finally had given herself up to the
police.
In the county jail last night Mrs.
Willis, after exclaiming, "Oh. whv
did he tell? Now they will send !
mm to a rerorm school." corrobor
ated the lad's purported confes
sion.
"Yes, he shot Dr. Baldwin and
then went out to play ball," ahe
said. "By the time he came home
again," she added, the doctor's
body was stowed away in the trunk
and she had decided to tell her
son that Baldwin had not been
wounded, but was very drunk and
had "gone hajne In a taxi."
District Attorney Asa Keyes an
nounced that he believed that he
understood the circumstances sur-
roumtogi the boy's "confession"
and would not take any action
against him.
(Aaoeuted Pna Uul Win.)
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. March 7.
W. E. Stewart of Kansas City
today was acquitted In bis second
trial In federal Uistrlct court here
of charges of using the malls In
schemes to defraud In connection
with the sale of land In Hidalgo
county, Texas.
IE.
Oil THE SICK LIST
(A orUtH Pna laMl Wn.)
CHICAGO, Mar. 7. Moundsmen
and maladies hold the limelight
in the ( atallna island, Cal., camp
of the Chicago Cubs. The mala-
dlea were those of Arnold Slats,
threatened with pneumonia after a !
touch of tonsils and pitcher Lefty
Joe Westenedge of Charlotte, N.
C who wss taken to the hospital
with chills and fever after a re
lapse at (he Cub camp.
FOURTEEN
MAN
HIS ACQUITTED
OF FRAUD CHARGES
II
BALL TEAM WILL
(AaoeUtal Pna laad Win.)
WENATCHEE. Wash., Mar. T.
George Kelly, manager of the
Dally World baseball team or tne
city league, yesterday said:
"It's a good thing Klamath Falls
didn't tak4 in any more territory,"
when informed that the Oregon
newspaper team had challenged
any Associated Press paper in Ore
gon outildo of Portland.
WALLA WALLA, Wash, Mar.
7. Georgo Smith, manager of the
Walla Walla Bulletin baseball
team last night announced that the
Bulletin team was willing to meet
either Klamath Falls or Wenatchee
newspaper teams under any condi
tions that may be set forth. The
Bulletin team ia a member of the
city twilight league and has been
playing for the past two seasons.
GIVES BOYS LIFT
' (AnocUted Pna Lturd Win.)
EATONTON. Ga.. Mar. 7. W. O.
Wright, Putnam county school
superintendent died at 9:30 o'clock
this morning from Injuries suffer-
ed Wednesday when he was as -
sauited by two young men to
whom he had given a "lift" in his
automobile near Eatonton. Three
youns men held in jail in Atjenta
are charged with connection with
wo assauii on me superintendent,
- OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Mar!
7. A declaration that "schoola"
are being conducted in Oklahoma
i( which bank robbers learn their
tricka was made on the floor of tbe
house of the state legislature yes-
terday by Representative
W. L.
Carllle.
'Several schools of bank rob
bery are now being conducted in
this state," he said. "Young men
are taught how to select towns in
which it is eawest to rob a bank
how to eifter banks; how to get the
money and finally how to escape."
WITH BIG
(Aancbted Pna Uaaed Win.)
PATERSON, N. J.. Mar. 7.-
Three robbers knocked down an
employe of the Manhattan Shirt
comnanv In front of d.1m faetnrv
here today, seized a $17,000 payroll
PAYROLL WITH
and escaped in a stolen automo-arlng.
bile. A fourth man was captured.
(AaorUtxl Pna Leutd Win.)
EUGENE, Ore.. Mar. 7. Eugene
experienced the coldest nlgbt of
tbe year, last night, when the
temperature dropped to 29 degrees
above zero. On two other occa
sions so far this year, the mercury
had slumped to 30.
TOKIO, March 7. The' peace
preservation act also known as
the anti-boisnevist law providing
for Imprisonment for nearly every
lorm or communist activity was
passed by the bouse tonight whil
a heavy police guard surrounded
parliament. The law Is designed
to check communist propaganda
and Is said by government offi
ciate to be a direct result of the
Japaneso-Russlan agreement.
The law la vary sweeping lis
terms and provides for Imprison
ment of from five to 10 years.
it classes as a violation member
ship In any organisation opposed
iYu-Tfi
open mirtlM or the bribery of
o,rr.mo,,,ndvo?.,,.herbwo'r7 tor
communistic ends.
u .. ....
Is aimed .tTeV.pc'h and ad-
mils that It will be applied .gainst
foreigners In Japaa as well as
natives.
E
(AaorUted Pna Utmd Win.)
EUGENE, Ore., March 7.
Grimly determined basket ball
players from the University of
Oregon, accompanied by their
coach 'Billy" Reluhart. will leave
Eugene at 4:30 o'clock) this af
ternoon for Corvallis, where they
will meet the Oregon Agricultural
college quintet at 7:30 o'clock to
night in tbe second of a three
game series for the chuinDlonshlD
of the northern section of the Pa
cific coast conference.
Tbe Aggie team won the first
game of tbe series here Thursday
afternoon 15 to IS and another
victory for them tonight would
give them the championshlD. A
victory fir Oregon on the other
hand would throw the series into
a tie, and would necesslate the
playing of the third game Mon
day, In Salem on the Willamette
University court.
' (Aaoclsted Pna Leued Win.)
8YDNEY. N. S.. Mar. 7. A com
plete tie up of coal mines in Nova
, Scotia baa resulted from the strike
Called last night of members of
district number. United Mine
'Workers of America.
t Cone Breton, with 6.000 men Idle
was the center of the strike area,
The union has 12,000 members and
i counting those who had been Idle
of colliery shutdowns, not a man
was working today.
(Aanrtattd rrm Uutd Win.)
EKATERINOSLAv, In Russia,
March 7. Caught In jn ice floe
in the Sea of Aiov, 150 fishermen
and sixty horses were drowned
or frozen to death, it was learned
here today. The fishermen had
- gone out for their dally haul with
horses and wagons. When In the
- middle of the sea the Ice broxe
and they were carried away be
fore assistance could arrive.
(Aanrbtrd Pita Lwd Win.)
NEW YORK, Mar. 7.The New
York state athletic commission has
auspended a license second for pe
culiar offense. The second seeing
. his man belnr battered into sub-
mission tossed a towel into the
The referee, falling to aee
the white flag continued the fight.
whereupon the second grabbed the
water bucket and tossed It over
the ropes. His aim was better than
his judgment for he knotted down
his man's opponent aiul almost
knocked him out.
E
(Aaorlatml Pml Uurd Win.)
CINCINNATI. O.. Mar. 7. Just
as Manager Jack Hendricks of the
Reds was becoming worried over
the absence of Carl Mays and the
. ia n,l nihui.
frfln lh trolnlnr eamn. President
frA7n the training camp. President ;
that Mays was on his way from
Portland, Oregon and would ar
rive at Orlando Monday or Tues-
I day. TheO Cuban pitchers who
have been playing ball all winter,
also will report early next week,
Herrmann said.
sanriitxl Pna Id Win.)
MEDFORD, Ore., March7.
That Orln W. Train, old settler
i "
iininnni n nn rrn
in HS Hllllurr n
unuauuii I iuhllii
COMMITS SUICIDE
of the Evans creek district cam. ; ved alone In a frame building and
JffiJ-tttffcttXl Wco
ted br h "ml . was the verdict bed. Ills bodv waa found near a
T?olr; Jury her. last .Wo, on the .second Hoor. In-
Blent A (hour n no moiiTB ior
Ul'11' " ... . .
r T rnrnnar
hVvV. Conger declared there was
no evidence to support tbe theory
of murder. The funeral win M
..eld at Rogue River Sunday. i
ROSEBURG WINS ASHLAND
E
Grants Pass Teams Defeated
in Two Fast Games '
Last Night
BOTH TEAMS SPEEDY
Roseburg Girls Take Big
Lead and Win by a
Wide Margin-Boys
Game Is Close.
Roseburg high school basket
ball teams won two hard fought
games last night, defeating the
Grants Pass teams. 9
Th lnonl ffirla won 32 to 10 and
the boya 22 to 14.
The girl's, game was much
faster than ordinary. The Grants
Pass girls were better passers
than the Roseburg girls, but the
local guards were playing a fine
game and the visiting rgxwBras
were so closely guarded that they
were able to get but few shots.
Ruth Collins. Roeeburg forward.
piled up points with great rapid
ity for the Roseburg team, until
she completely exhausted herself
by her hard playing. Both teama
were tired, and the game slowed
down considerably near the end.
The boys' game started off with
a ruBh and waa speedy through
out. Roseburg took the lead, but
Granta Pass came back and held
the local boya to a narrow mar
gin. The first half ended 12 to
7 in Roeeburg's favor, but by the
end of the Srd quarter Grants
Pass brought the score up to 1 4 to
12 In favor of tha local boys., The
Roseburg team staged a rally,
however. In the lost frame, and
nosed out a victory by a score of
22 to 14.
Roseburg exhibited a fine five
man defense, their checking being
rloser than in any game this year.
Grants Pass, howevf, trotted
forth a speedy forward by the
name of Smith, who stood outside
Rosebnrg's defense and drofned
three long shots through the bas
ket from the center of the floor.
The line-up for the boys' game
was as follows:
Roseburg ' Grants. Pass
Irwin (7).'... f Smith (9)
ripc-Kipy iii , . c , , .... ... xienurun
Hellrwell (6)..
.Tost (2)
If Wade (2)
Green (2)
Perrln
g Kellog
Substitutions Roseburg Hol
liwell for Berkley, Becklev for
Helllwell. Helliwell for Nichols
Grants Pass: Kellog for Green.
Personal fouls Roseburg: Irwin
2: Nichols 1, Jost I.- Perrln 1;
Grants Pass: Youngblood 1, Hen
dron 2. Wade 1. Reryee Larson,
I Timekeeper Hamm, Scorer, Burr.
HAVANA. Cuba. March 7
General John J. Pershing.
rho
was taken 111 on h's arrival here
with members of his mission to
South America from Santiago de
Cuba last Tnesdav will probably
leave his bed today for he first
time since the afternoon of his
arrival.
The general' plans to vls't Pre
sident Znvss at the presidential
palnre. The entire mission. In-
! cliiiinr Adnilriil r.ytori and Mln
Mick: with their aides, un
: r present plans,
III wltni
the unveiling of the Maine nrnnu-
I me'6 tomorrow morning.
III
'TO DEATH IN HOME
WENATCUEF, Wsh.. Mar. 7.
C. A. Talrott. age 8l, was burned
HEADER
BASKETBALL
to death In a fire which destroyed ,tr construction of the new boys ; lng plant a distance of three
his home at S o'clock this morning : state training school to be estab- eights of a mile from the admlnls
at Watervllle 20 miles from here Hhed near Woodburn. Governor jtratlon building. The kitchen was
according to word received by the i Pierce without much persuasion j similarly located, the plan being
Dally World. He was a veteran lagreed to the change and It wsa to transport food from the kitchen
of the civil war and a tiember of voted to advertise at once for bids ;to the four cottages between the
the Watervllle O. Ad R. post. He 'from contractors. It Is believed kitchen and the administration
nictunar, u in ufiirrfu uni ji uipu
. ext.. i j a,
ti mfmnm Thai 'fwl nn K.H.
ly burned. He leave, an adopted stand was about the same a. that
daushter and has heB raretakeriof his predecessor, Jefferson My-
or the watervllle tourist camp for
tbe past few years.
I"
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4 MEDFORD, Ore., March 7.
4 Completely upsetting the
dope. ABhiand nign acnooi w
basketball team defeated the
Medford high school here laat 4
night by a score or 18 to 14,
4 leading by one point at the
4 end of the first halt, and
playing Medford off her feet
In the second. Medford had
defeated Ashland twice and 4
needed but one game for the
Southern Oregon Champion-
ship. If Ashland wins at 4
Ashland tonight, the decid-
4 lng game will be played on
a neutral floor, probably in
Roeeburg, to see which team
represents this section in the
state tournament.
4t
PROftT IS FORECAST.
v 4)
4 (AaocUtod Pna Lnatd Win.)
SAN FRANCISCO, March
7. The weather forecast for
the weok beginning March
8, waa announced here today 4
bp the United Statea Weather
Bureau as follows:
Pacific States the outlook
is for geaerally fair weather
but with the probability of 4
4 rains along the Washington 4
coast. Frosts are probable
during the first part of the, 4
week except in Southern
California. Temperature re-
mains at normal. e
IT
(Aaoelrtad Pna Uand Win.)
NEW YORK, March 7. The
actual condition of clearing house
banks and trust companlea for tho
week shows a deficit In reserve
of $35,(24,770." Reserve decreas
ed $$'4,329,020, compared with
last week, when it was $48,704,
250 in excess of legal require
ments. (AaocUttd Pnaml Win.)
CHICAGO. March 7. Anneal
to the UnlfPd States circuit court
of appeals was taken today by
John W. Thompson, St. Louis and
Chicago contractor, iVio was
found guilty with Colonel Charles
R. Forbes, former bead of rue
United States veterans bureau of
conspiracy to defraud tbe govern
ment. Thompson also will prose
cute a separate appeal to the
United State) supreme court on
constitutional grounds.
(Aanclatml Pnu Letfed Win.)
CHICAGO, Mar. 7. Because
of
tests that .disease germ cluture In the Lewis home were lost, as
"may be bought as easily as plea) the whole Interior waa burned out
tests that disease germ culture before IJie fire was discovered. The
the death of William Nelson Mo- furniture was token out of the
('Untuck, millionaire orphan, the Howard house, so that the loss
city council has ordered Its legal there was confined to the building;
department to draft "such law as The fire was discovered just
may be required and ordinances about the time the crowds were
passed to properly protect the pub- leaving the theatres and the baa
llc from any abuse in this regard." ket ball game, and consequently s
Slates' attorneys, conducting an great throng was attracted to tha
Investigation of McCllntocktx death scene of the blaze. The streets
said the inquiry has convinced were crowded with cars and spec
them it Is an easy matter for any- tatora, while many viewed the
one to obtain deadly germs with spectacle from tho heights of Over
evil Intent. look.
Change in Plans for Building
New Boys State Training School
Announced by Board of Control
(Aawuiai pna uw win.)
SALEM, Ore, Mar. 7. A protest
raised by State Treasurer Kay to -
dav caused a change In the plans
I unu"r
jnnounced that he was op-
Iposed to the construction scheme
rejallv to the location of , he he.,-
' - . . . . 7
.v.- iratei mnA that him
th foUf COttAZefl. nl Ull Oil
era. ...
The grounds as planned for loca-
SPECTACM
FIRE DESTROiS
LOCAL ROUSES
Homes of Carl Lewis and
LeRoy Howard Burned
Last Night "
PUMPER IS DAMAGED
Big Fire Engine Burns Out
Bearing While Standing;
on Steep Incline
. Repairs Made.
Two houses, the homes of Carl
Lewis and LeRoy Howard, were
destroyed by fire late laat 'night
The two houses were located at
the top of Lane Areet hill and both
were totally destroyed, and It waa
only through hard work that ad
joining buildings were saved.
Jhe fire started In the Lewis
home. All of the family were
away and the blase ogajned good
headway before being discovered.
By the time the fire department
waa called, the entire neighbor.
hood was covered with' a pall of
smoke, and aa there was no blase
showing, the firemen bad consid
erable difficulty In locating the
burning building.
When the department reached
the building, it was found to be a
complete mass of Tlames, and noth
ing couuTDe aone to save ma
structure. The big pumper was
forced to dnjp back down the bill,
laying hose, and this caused some
delay, so that the flames spread to
the house owned by LeRoy How
ard. The big pumper recently pur
chased by the city waa - given its- -first
test, and performed very
Kwell. With 1100 feet of hose out
in one line It delivered ZOO gallons
of water minute with 200 pounds
pressure. , ,
The engine was standing on a
steep Incline, and as a result the
oil drained away from the rear
bearing, causing it to burn out, but
In aplte of this damage, the ma
chine waa kept in operation, until
tte fire waa out. Repairs were
started this morning, but the dam
age was found to be such that new
parts were needed, and the com-
Inany from which the machine was
purchased is sending two me
chanics and necessary parts to put
tbe pumper back in commission. .
The lack of oil burned out the
bearing, broke the piston Into
bits, and twisted the connecting ,
rod on the rear cylinder. In spite
of this wreck, the pump was kept
in operation until the fire waa out.
and silll delivered a-ood oressure.
It will be necessary to put lnfe
new cylinder block on tbe rear, a
new piston, connecting rod and
bearing, and make other adjust
ments. The reason for the accident could
not be ascertained. Either the ell
pump became clogged, (topping
the forced oil feed to the bearings,
or a nut was lost off the connect
ing rod bearing.
The fire was kept confined t
the two houses, a portion of the
framework of the Howard bouse
being saved.
All of the furniture and fixtures
tlon of buildings are oval In shape
and as the plana were drawn the
four cnttagea were all placed on
one side of the oval with tbe heat-
I .rna' e7Bdl", The dlstanee of
fee., plant 1
(building snd cottages, Kay declar-
would be very
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