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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, DECE3IBER 26. 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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NORTHWEST
BY VAST BUILDING
$35,000,000 Expended
by Harriman Lines.
MONEY USED IN 4 1-2 YEARS
Purchase of Roads and Oper
ating Cost Not Counted.
OREGON SHARE $16,000,000
Distribution of $1,000,000 a Month
(or Running EiprnM Swells To
tal of Sum PIpod Of In .
Northwest During Period.
Expenditures of the Harriman system
ta tha Northwest. Including the Southern
Pacific line In Oregon and all the roads
now a part of. the Oree-on-Washington
Railroad A Navigation Company. since
Julr 1. 19. amount to II0.OOO.C0O In bet
terments. Improvements and additions.
besides Ita fixed charges, operating ex
penses and payrolls, which aggregate
a like amount.
Cf this sum S!&Wono was spent on new
construction In Oregon. 110.W.Q00 for con
struction In Washington and Idaho and
!.. In betterments distributed over
the entire system. Thesa three Items do
not Include any work on the Oregon A
Washington line between Portland and
Iuget Bound, which wa given a valua
tion of f:,OM.00Q when the merger wss
completed Isst week. Additional expend-
ttores not covered In either of these
claws place the total figure In excess of
the OflO.JiO mark.
When It Is considered that this reflects
an outlay of virtually fi.osxooo a month
It Is. easier to realise the amount of
mocrr that has been distributed through
the States nf Oregon. Washington and
Idaho by this railroad system in the lsst
6-1 months. -
Money Spent at Home.
Approximately S2.0u0.ono of this money
has been spent In a manner that will re
sult In lasting and material benefit to
he three states. It was paid out in
labor, supplies, contraction machinery
and other permanent Improvements, in
cluding real estate.
Although the railroad officials estimate
their expenditures conservatively at S3S,
Y.aW exclusive of their tlj.n9.O0O invest
ment In the line between this city and
Seattle, which already had been built. It
Is probable that an additional JG. 000.000
was disbursed for permanent Improve
ments on that line.
The company built Ita own road from
Tacomer-U Seattle, erected a handsome
new passenger station at Belittle, and
started the construction of the Orsys
Harbor line, for which it will pay half
the cost.
Rut the tSV00O.0x expenditure does not
tell all the story. Considerable addition
al money baa been spent in this territory
on work that now la under way but not
completed. Included In this la the tun
Bel under the Peninsula, which will be
ready for use soon after the first of ths
year and which cost approximately StiuO,
Cut Nor does It Include the work that
has been done on the new steel bridge In
this city which Is to cost tl.ftJ0.0on.
The cut-off on the line betaVeen Echo
to Corote. which was started several
years ago. and upon which operations
have been temporarily suspended, also la
not Included.
Construction Item Heavy.
Among the principal Itema covered by
the figures aa announced are the follow
ing: TUT. moo It l.ne construction work.l 4.000.000
Matron-Ktamath cut-off (incum-
comptslsi
Best ssfale tn Portland
Techul line construction work,
oceoo. Washington and luaoo-
llne
Tdano Norrm eitenstons
p.ane sad t'oeur d'Aiens district
road
e.non.Aoo
4.OO0.UU0
3 son.floo
1.3O0.OU0
1 .000.000
Tela! Il.OW.OOtf
These figures do not Include the work
done on the North Coast line, which as
taken into the merger at a valuation of
f7JO0.Ct but which has not been fully
expended. The principal a.s-ts of the
North Coast road are the line between
Attalia. Wash., and North Yakima. Hear
ing completion, depot facilities and ter
minal yards In 8poaa.-e and Important
rights of sir. principal among Men are
those between Fpokaue and the 9nae
River which the new company expects
soon to utUtxe.
A!m Included la the $3..veiM total la
the cost of constructing the St. Johns
Troutdale line, which is entered at
a-'.-.
Many Betterment Permanent.
The estlmve of SV'OC.tv for perma
nent betterments covers the properties
of both tre Southern I'actflc and new
corporation, and Includes steel bridges.
rail renewals, second main tracks, sid
ings and spurs, block signal systems,
station houses and buKdtr.gs. shop build
ings and tools, fuel and water plants,
station grounds, line changes and ballast
ing The piece of double track between
The Dalles and Deschutes, which now
is being constructed, has been an Im
portant Item In ths total estimate. The
change ef line between Cojote and
Manfteld. In Eastern Vregon. ao Is
figured In with the permanent work.
While some of the figures on South
ern Pacific Improvements extend be
yond the limit uf July 1. 10. they are
uuo..ttCd oa rasa a.)
FIREMAN EFFECTS
THRILLING RESCUE
I.OVIS SIMOX CARRIES CAPTAIN
DELAIXE TO SAFETY.
Phoenix Building Burns Lo by
name and Water Is Heavy.
Structure Is Saved.
Heroism on the part of Louis Blmon.
fireman of hose company No. 1. be
came evident in the thrilling rescue of
CapL James Delaine, of engine com
pany No. S. who was overcome by
smoke on the fifth floor of the Phoenix
building-. Fifth and Oak streets, in a
fire about midnight last night. Fire
man Simon, unassisted, carried the cap
tain down the fire escape amid the
plaudits of the largo crowd which bad
gathered.
The fire broke out on the top floor
of the Phoenix building at 11:30 last
night and for a time threatened to
destroy the building. As It is Ilia loss
wss lars;e. water being the principal
destroying agent. Prompt work by the
fire fighters placed several streams of
water on the flames aoon after the fire
was discovered, and within a half hour
the situation Was In control.
The top floor of the building Is occu
r.ie.1 hv the Rlchenbach Clothing Com
pany, manufacturers of shlrta and
men's clothing. The stoca was entirely
deatroved. The top floor was virtually
gutted by the flames.
Firms on the lower rioors sunereo.
hvr loss throuzh water. Among these
are tha Archer St Schans Company,
druggsts; the Wiley B. Allen Piano
Company. Archer. Combs A Co.. athletic
goods, and several offices.
"BIG. TIM" FEEDS BOWERY
Over 5000 Poor and Unfortunates
Enjoy Sullivan's Feast.
NEW YORK. Dee. 15. On the Bow
ery today Slate Senator "Big Tim" Sul
livan fed 6000 derelicts and unfortu
nates In the rooms of the Timothy D.
Sullivan Association, marking the ISth
annual Timothy D. Sullivan Christmas
feast.
Blg Tim" himself threw open the
doors at 11 o'clock. There were three
long tables, extending the length of the
room with capacity to feed exactly 210
at a time. There were no chains, for
It was a stand-up dinner, although
there was food a-plenty.
It took exactly IS minutes for the
first round of Boweryltes to eat. drink
and get out. As they passed out each
man received a pipe and a package of
tobacco, and a neat little printed card
Instructing him to be present on Mon
day, February (, 1911. Presentation of
the card will entitle tne Dearer to a
pair of ahoes and two pairs of socks.
BIER TAKES. ALTAR'S PLACE
Bidden Guests Attend Funeral In
stead of Wedding.
U U1TPIMI I. f uril Flee. 2i f9oe-
clal.) Instead of sttendtng the wedding
today of Henry Knight, one of the well
known mining men of the state, to which
timet inn. rnunled mith a Christmas din
ner, they had been invited, friends gath
ered at his bier to pay their last triouie
if respect.
Mr. Knla-ht wsa taken 111 wtth pneu
monia several days ago and his death
occurred yesterday very unexpectedly.
His fiancee Is prostrated.
CLARA MORRIS IMPROVING!
Actress Who Has Been Blind Grad
ually Recovering; Her Sight. ,
TOXKERS, N. T.. Dee. 2S. (Special.)
Christmas was made brighter for
Clara Morris by a slight Improvement
In her physical condition. The actress
has been ill for months at her home
here, and for a while was totally blind.
Now, though she is still confined to her
bed. she can see gleams of light al
though she cannot distinguish objects.
Her condition Is considered encourag-
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ARCH HOXSBV. EVGESE ELY.
TRAIN IS LOOTED
BY LONE
100 Passengers Lose
Coin and Watches.
MAN-RESISTING SHOT DOWN
Highwayman . Goes Through
Entire Train, Missing None.
MONEY RETURNED TO FEW
Some Save Valuables by Dropping
Them Between Seats Revolver
Freely Used to Subdue Passen
gers Robber Makes Escape.
KANSAS "CTTT. Dec. 25. A lone robber
celebrated Christmas tonight by going
through Missouri Pacific train No. HI.
due here at 10:S3 o'clock, and holding up
more than 110 passengers, from whom he
took only money and watches.
The man boarded the train, which was
from St. Joseph bound for St. Louis, at
I-eaven worth Junction. In the outskirts
of Leavenworth, and dropped from the
smoker and disappeared at Northwestern
Junction. n Kansas City. Kan., after se
curing a large antount of money and
valuables and shooting one man who at
tempted to resist him.
As the train pulled out of the Leaven
worth Junction station, the robber opened
the rear door of the Pullman and con
fronted the astonished crew with a re
volver, after which he robbed them. Cau
tioning tha conductor and porter to keep
still, he went through the car, taking up
a collection of watchea and wallets. Fin
lshlng with the Pullman, he continued
through the chair cars and the smoker
until he had robbed every passenger.
Trainmen Are Robbed.
The train was In charge of Conductor
May. who. with his brakeman and porter,
waa robbed.
Railway officials say the man who was
shot was not seriously injured. They
could not say how much money the
robber secured.
When the train reached Kansas City.
Kan., at 10:20 o'clock tonight, the police
were notified and a squad of officers
were sent to Northwestern Junction to
search for the robber.
Among the first people roused from
the Pullman was Captain H. L. New
bold, student of the Army school at Fort
Leavenworth. When the passengers
were ordered to throw up their hands,
Csptaln Newbold did not comply fast
enough or raise his hands high enough
to suit the bandit, who fired. Inflicting
a scalp wound.
After cautioning Captain Newbold and
another passenger to keep quiet, the
robber turned as the conductor entered
the compartment. He, too. was made
to throw up his hands and waa then
robbed of his money and a watch.
.Woman's Purse Taken.
Among other passengers in the Pull
man who were robbed was Miss Sadie
Berhof, of Leavenworth, who surren
dered a purse.
Entering a day coach, the robber
shoved a revolver into the face of the
first passenger he met and then fired
through the window.- This thoroughly
intimidated the passenger who complied
with his demands. Several passengers
saved-their money by dropping it beside
their seats or simply handing the man
small change they had.
To two of the passengers who handed
him only a small amount of money, the
man returned it. telling them if that
" (Condoned on Page 3.) i
ROBBER
THREE AVIATORS WHO SCORED HEAVILY IN YESTERDAY'S
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum" temperature, 45
degrees: minimum. 28 dterees.
TODAY'S Fair, southerly winds.
National.
Rules permitting assignment of part of Irri
gated claim promulgated. Page 3.
Polities.
Senator Curtis, of Kansas, seeking harmony.
to nroDose Governor Stubbs lor v ice-
Presidency with Taft heading ticket in
. 1812. Page Z. v
Domestic
Roads anxious to settle controversy with
- 'conductors and trainmen. Pase .
Los Angeles Iron . works Involved in atrike
wrecked br explosion. Fags l.
Dr. Cook, replying to Rasmussen. ' scores
, Danish explorer. Page
Aviator Horsey outflles birds of high alti
tude. Page 1.
Ell (Neb.) women prefer baldheadcd men
xor nusoanna. fags l.
Mrs.' James M. Munyon returns to glare of
footlights after domestic turmoil, page 3.
Powder explosion at Christ mas dance kills
. tnree. malms elsnt ana injures ion
others. Pase 2. .
Lone robber boards train In Kansas, taking
money and watches from 100 passengers.
rage 1.
Reconciliation reported between divorced
Jack Cudahy and wife. Psge 4.
Dynamite used In heart of Harlem In gam'
blerr war. Page 3.
Sports.
Second annual Christmas day swim starts
at 10:30 this morning. Page 14.
Piedmont and McLaughlins battle to tie for
football honors. Pase 14.
Two new major leagues projected out. of
American . Association an Eastern
League. Fees 14.
Pacific Northwest.
Ids ho fscea debt of XSSO.OOO at close of
mo. pegs 8.
remand and Vicinity.
Southern Pacific voluntarily para Msrjorie
Maiir for Injuries. Page l
Portland'a Chrlstmaa Is essentially day of
family reunlona. Page 13.
Southern Paciflo virtual owner of company
from which It leasee Oregon lines.
Fags . .
First services held In new St, Francis Catb.
ollc Church. Pago 11. '
Elaborate Christmas services held In St.
Mary'a Cathedral. Page 11.
Public Docks Commission to proceed care
fully, page 12.
Woman aeverely burned playing Santa
Claua Pae 6.
Mrs. Chris Evens' long fight for husband's
paraon simosi won. -axe z.
Harriman lines attend 3SO.ooo.000 In Paciflo
Northwest in betterments in last four
and one-half years. Page 1.
Peaee la lesson drawn in Christmas ser
mons. Page 11.
STEAMERS CRASH; 1 SINKS
Red Star Liner Hits Belgian Ship.
Six Men Missing.
ANTWERP, Dec 25. The Bed Star
steamer Finland and the Belgian steamer
Baltique collided today off the mouth of
the River Scheldt.
The liner Finland was bound from New
York. The . Baltique a steamer of 1865
tons, was outward bound with a. cargo
of sand. Tha exact cause of the collision
is not known, but it Is said that the Fin
land In veering struck the Baltique amid
ships. The Baltique sank Immediately. Part
of the crew was rescued by the Finland
end others by a pilot boat. Six men are
unaccounted for.
The Finland Is now anchored at Flush
ing. It la not known whether she sus
tained any damage.
RAIN IS CHRISTMAS GIFT
New England Churches Give Thanks
for End of Drought.
BOSTON. Dec. 26. An Inch and a half
of rain which fell yesterday and early
today la believed to have effectually end
ed the drought which has menaced the
water supply of half a dosen cities In
New England.
In many pulpits today special thanks
givings were offered and the rain was
referred to as a Christmas gift to New
England.
MANY KILLED IN INDIES
Engagement Reported Along Do
minican and Haytien Borders.
SAN DOMINGO, Dec 85. News has
reached here of an engagement along
the Dominican and Haytlan borders.
Several are reported killed.. A gun
boat will be dispatched with troops,
to be sent to the scene of the trouble.
HOXSEY 0UTFL1ES
BIRDS IN HIGH AIR
Daring Aviator Braves
Pacific's Waters.
ALTITUDE IS OYER ONE MILE
Wright - Man Dives Through
Water-Laden Cloud.
PARMALEE THRILLS CROWD
Christmas Matinee Spectators at
Los Angeles Aviation Meet Wit
ness Spectacular Flights.
Curtlss Takes Prize.
LOS ANGELES AVIATION MEET.
The following aviators are under
contract to fly dally at Los Angelca
and are on the ground with thalr
aeroplanea:
Walter Brooking. Bernard Blrnla.
Jack Cannon. Glenn H. Curtlss. C.
H. Day, George Deusler. Eugene B;
Ely, Archie Hoxsey, Hubert Latham,
C. A- McClay. Glenn Martin, Lincoln
Beachey, Philip O. Permelee. Sam
Perkins. James Radley. B. F. Roeh
rig. J. J. Slavln. Edgar Smith, C. F.
Walsh, C. D. Willard. J. H. Stltea.
E. J. Campbell. Charles Scoglund,
George F. Roblnsorv
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec 25. Arch
Hoxsey, of the 'Wright team, again out-
flew birds of the higher altitudes today
at the Christmas matinee of the avia
tion meet.
More than a mile high, he sailed out
over the murky waters of the Paciflo,
which looked black under a leaden, sky.
Then, climbing to still greater heights,
he pointed his prow landward and van
ished from view.
When next he appeared he was diving
straight through a heavy water-laden
cloud. Hoxsey did not alight, however.
but kept flying for two hours In an en
durance flight. When the Judge opened
his sealed barograph the record showed
that he Had reached a height of 7299
feet In his second attempt for the alti
tude record.
Flight Is High.
At the sa'me time the Judges an
nounced that they had made an error in
calculating Hoxsey's height, as 6i50
feet. It should have been 92S8 feet
1211 feet under the world's record. But
even this figure Is not final and must
await verification at the end of the
meet. ,
An interesting event was another
race between the Curtlss 60-horsepower
racer and the speedy "baby Wright"
with Parmalee at the levers. Eugene
Ely was at the wheel of the Curtlss and
he passed the "baby Wright" twice.
Parmalee, however, was able to over
come every advantage by his quicker
manipulations at the turns.-
Parmalee forsook his "baby W right" in
the altitude event, and went aloft In
the same type of biplane which was used
by Hoxsey, reaching an estimated height
of 4500 feet, thrilling the crowd by his
daring trip.
Brookins did not participate In this
event.
Curtlss Gets Speed Prize.
Glenn Curtlss. in the racer, also won
the speed prize of tha-day. defeating
James Radley. the English aviator. Cur
tlss made his best lap at the rate of 59
miles an Hour.
Latham took down the dally prise for
endurance. He soared over the courss
(Concluded on Page 2.)
FLIGHTS AT LOS ANGELES.
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HERE'S HOPE FOR
BALD-HEADED MAN
"CLEAN, WHITE AXD PRETTY";
XICE TO KISS, SAY WOMEX.
Eli, Neb., Fair Sex Fass Reso
Iutlon of Confidence In Men
Without Hirsute Adornment.
ELI, Neb., Dec. 25. (Special.) There
is now hope for the bald-headed roan,
and the balder the greater is his hope.
The Associated Women's Clubs of Eli
have resolved In his favor.
It all came about at a regular club
meeting, when Mrs.' J. N. Rossou,
matron who has been married less than
six weeks, hinted that, no matter what
she might do, she would "never marry
a bald-headed man. This was tread
Id; on the toes of the president, Mrs.
E. E. Richmond, and, as it developed
later. It was treading on the toes of 18
members of the club. Hardly had Mrs,
Rossou made her remark, when Mrs,
P. C. McElroy offered a resolution
which set forth:
"That sensible women, especially
those of the Eli Women's Club, look
upon bald-headed men aa being
thoughtful and kind, trustworthy and
confiding, past the follies and frivoli
ties of youth, usually successful and
men of property, not given to running
around nights and. moreover, the bald
head looks so clean, white and pretty
that one could kiss It without a feel
ing of disgust."
The resolution was adopted unanl
mously and Mrs. Rossou has resigned
her membership.
TAFT'S CHRISTMAS QUIET
Except for Attendance at Church,
Executive and Family Stay Home,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. Christmas
In Washington was the epitome of
quietness. President and Mrs. Taft and
their family spent the day at home,
except tor attendance at church in tha
morning. The President went alone to
All Bouls Unitarian Church, while Mrs,
Taft. accompanied by Miss Helen Taft
and Charley Taft, went to the fash
lonable St. John's Episcopal Church. A
few friends called at the White House
during the afternoon to extend Christ
mas greetings.
Most of official Washington joined
in the quiet celebration of the day.
The diplomatic corps observed the oc
casion appropriately, while several
hundred members of the two houses of
Congress observed the day in their
home states.
COLD WEATHER PREDICTED
Moderate Temperatures to Be Sue
ceeded by- Low Is Forecast.
WASHINGTON, Dec 25. With the ex
ception of a cold spell on Monday in the
Eastern states, moderate temperatures
will prevail everywhere during Christ
mas week, according to the Weather
Bureau bulletin today.
A disturbance of moderate Intensity
now In the Southwest will reach the
Atlantic seaboard by Tuesday and will
be attended by unsettled weather with
rain or snow in northern and central
states east of the Rocky Mountains.
The principal disturbance of the week.
which will reach the Paolflc Coast on
Thursday or Wednesday and the Atlantic
Coast by Friday or Saturday, will be at
tended by general precipitation and a
pronounced change to colder weather.
COWBOY BATTLES INDIANS
One of Beef-Killing Band of Red
skins Slain in Encounter.
EL PASO, Tex.. Dec. 25. While rid
ing the range 50 miles from Globe,
Ariz., Friday, Walter Williams, foreman
of a cattle company, was fired upon by
a, party of Apache Indalns, whom he
surprised in the act of killing beef.
WHlams returned the fire and one In
dian fell. He rode to Fort Apache and
surrendered. '
by George Grantham Bain.
H. CfRTISS.
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LOS ANGELES IRON
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Concern Involved in
Strike Is Victim.
EXPLOSION FELT TWO MILES
Company Official Exonerates
Local Union Men.
OUTSIDERS ARE BLAMED
Watchman Burled in Debris, eat
Escapes With Minor Injuries.
Vital Farts of Works Es
cape Serious Damage.
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 25. A mysterious
explosion, presumably of dynamite,
wrecked a considerable portion of ths
building of the Llewellyn Iron Works, ons
of the big Industrial Institutions of ths
kind In the Southwest, at Redondo and
Main streets at 1:34 o'clock this morning.
J. E, Asbury, a nlghtwatchman, who"
was in the office of the building, was
slightly injured. Windows of the adjoin
ing plants of the Lacy Manufacturing
Company, the Johnson Machme Works
and the Stearns Gas Engine Company
were blown out and minor damage was
done.
Shock Felt Miles Away.
Residents of the Westlake district twa
miles away were awakened- by the force
of the explosion, which shook the whole
neighborhood. Who placed the supposed
charge of dynamite is unknown. The
company has been Involved many months
in a strike of union metal workers.
A hole In the ground IS Inches deep and
about six feet In diameter, bears witness
to the place of origin and probable cause
of the damage. This hole is Just outside
the business line and adjacent what was
the wagon entrance. On the other side
of .the hole was a wooden shed, which,
with Its contents of stored iron, was re
duced to a mass of debris.
Building; Front Shattered.
The front of the main building, a three
story frame, for a distance of probably
75 feet was shot to pieces and Us con
tents of furniture and office parapher
nalia are piled together In apparent ruin.
The material damage, however. Is con
fined to the chipping room, the office anoi
the space above them, and Is relatively
small.
The big machinery of the plant is ap
parently undamaged and the building to
which the chief injury was done Is a,
frame ehack which has been in use for
more than a generation. ..The officers of
the company announce that the work of
the plant will be resumed as usual on
Tuesday morning and early today car-
penters were busy building a temporary;
structure for the use of the office force.
Watclunan Buried by Debris.
Asbury, the watchman, was seated in
the office SO feet from the center of tha
explosion when it occurred. He waa
buried under a mass of debris, but waa
dragged out of it by Policeman Cahill,
who was in front of the office at tha
time the explosion-occurred. With th
exception of a cut on the right hand and
an abrasion of the scalp and face, As
bury was uninjured..
I saw a flash and heard a report iiks
the crack of a whip," saia t-oiicemaii
Cahill, "and next the front of the duiki
ing seemed to crumble and the air waa
filled with debris. I called out, Is there
anyone In tha buildlngr and hearing a
cry for help from Asbury, round mm
and dragged him from under the ruins
to the street." . .
Strike Has Been Bitter.
The Llewellyn Iron Works has. Ion
been prominent In the fight against tha
recognition of union labor in this city,
and is one of the concerns Involved in
the existing metal workers strike which'
went into effect on June 1, of thiq year.
The strike haa been characterixea dt
great bitterness on both sides.
The strike was called originally lor tne
purpose of enforcing a demand for an
eight-hour day for all the metal workers
and a uniform wage of BO cents an hour.
The struggle was precipitated by a notice
from the men engaged In the metal
trades in San Francisco that the em
ployers there had made a condition of
concessions to their employes that they
should not thereby be placed at a disad
vantage in competition with non-union
Los Angeles firms In the same line of
business. '
After the strike was on for some time
an anti-picketlng ordinance was enforced
by the Los Angeles authorities and sev
eral union sympathisers charged-'with Its
violation were arre.oted, convicted and
sentenced to fines or imprisonment. They
refused to pay their fines and were com
mitted) to Jail.
Los Angeles Union Not Blamed.
The officials of the Llewellyn Company
are of the opinion that the effort to de
stroy their plant Is the outgrowth of
their differences with and attitude to--ward
union labor, and the police In their
efforts to discover the perpetrators ara
working on this theory. Walter Taylor,
vice-president, and John Llewellyn, sec
retary of the company, however, botK
gave It as their belief that the Los Ange
les union men were not responsible foe
the crime. Mr. Llewellyn said:
"There is no doubt in my mind ths
this effort to destroy our property Is du
to the fact that we are standing on out
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