Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, September 23, 1915, Image 1

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    RESOLUTIONS BASED
ON STATE CONTROL
Committee to Report
Against Lease Plan.
CONGRESS ASKED TO SPEAK OUT
Dawson Water Power Draft
Approved by Big Majority.
CONFERENCE TO ACT TODAY
Senator Wulsli Submits Minority
Iteport, Indorsing Tcrris Hill.
I Principle of Eminent Domain
of States Emphasized.
PROGRAMME FOR CAST DAY OF
ESTKIIN STATES WATER
rottEU CONFERENCE.
Meeting place, mezzanine floor
of Multnomah Hotel.
Horning session, 9:30 o'clock
Address, "Duties of Government
Towa rd Development of the
TVest," by Clarence D. Clark,
United States Senator from
Utah: address, "Constitutional
Aspects of the Ferris Bill," by
Frank H. Short, of Fresno, Cal.;
report of committee on resolu
tions. Afternoon session, 2 o'clock
Discussion of addresses and de
bate on resolutions; adoption of
resolutions: adjournment.
1
Resolutions declaring for state con
trol of water-power resources and de
velopment, and. voicing opposition to
any policy looking toward a. system
of leasing generally of the public
domain, will bo reported, to the West
ern States Water-Power Conference
this morning by Its committee on
resolutions.
The resolutions call on Congress to
pass a declaratory act recognizing that
the proprietary interest of the United
States to the vacant land within the
states is subject to the Jurisdiction and
eminent domain of those states, for all
uses declared by their laws to be pub
lic uses.
Resolution Are Approved.
Supported by a strong majority of
the committee, these resolutions were
approved just before 6 o'clock iast
night after an all-afternoon sitting.
Members of the committee declined
to give particulars of the discussion
and final vote, except to say that two
eets of resolutions were presented.
Clyde C Dawson, of Denver, head
of the Colorado delegation, presented
the resolutions as adopted, with some
minor changes. The other resolutions,
embodying the principle of Federal
control in the Ferris bill, were intro
duced by Thomas J. Walsh, United
States Senator from Montana.
Majority About Two to One.
It Is understood that the committee
stood about in the ratio of two vo one
In favor of the Dawson resolutions.
The majority report of the commit
tee will be presented to the confer
ence by Reed Smoot. United States
Senator from Utah. Senator Walsh,
leader of the minority faction, said last
night that he will present his resolu
tions as a minority report.
The stand of the resolutions com
mittee may be considered a good in
dex of the sentiment of the conference,
as this committee is composed of one
man from each of the 12 states having
' delegations at the conference. These
members were selected by each delga
tion as representing the sentiment of
the delegation.
Membership la Representative.
Its members are Reed Smoot, United
States Senator from Utah, chairman;
James II. Hawley, of Idaho; Clyde C.
. Dawson, of Colorado; Kdgar B. Piper,
of Oregon; Governor Ernest Lister, of
Washington; A. K. Chandler, of Cali
fornia; Howard S. Reed, of Arizona;
W. M. Kearney, of Nevada; D. V. Moore,
of North Dakota; T. J. Walsh, United
States Senator from Montana; Clarence
D. Clark, United States Senator from
Wyoming, and George Lyon, Jr., from
Nebraska.
New Mexico and South Dakota are
the Western water power states not
represented by delegates.
Here is the text of the resolutions as
rcommended by the majority report of
the committee:
"Whereas, The new states admitted
into the Union are of necessity upon an
equal footing in all respects whatever
with the original states; and
State Jurisdiction Emqnaatized.
"Whereas, Each state has full juris
diction over all lands within Its bor
ders, including the beds of streams and
other waters; and
"Whereas, The ownership by the Fed
eral Government of the technical title
to vacant public land within a state
does not confer upon the Federal Gov
ernment any greater or other govern
mental powers than It possesses within
the original states; and
"Whereas, the long-established and
sound policy of the United States, with
respect to the disposition of Its unap
propriated public lands. Is opposed to
the making of a direct revenue there
from, beyond the expense incident to
the surveying, classification and dis
posing of such lands, but on the con
iConluued oa Fas S, Column 1.)
MILLION IN 5 YEARS
IS POULSEN PROFIT
LUJIBEIDLVX TESTIFIES IX
COURT TO AMOUNT MADE.
"Molasses Attracts Flies," Says De
fendant In Attorney's Suit
for $25,000 Fee.
R. B. Poulsen made Jl, 000.000 In five
years, he testified on the witness stand
in Circuit Judge Davis" Court yester
day. Mr. Poulsen is head of the Inman
Poulsen Lumber Company.
"Did you testify before the Federal
Commission that you made $1,000,000 in
five years?" asked Judge "W. W. Mc
Credie. "Yes, I did," responded. Mr. Poulsen.
"That was partly what caused your
trouble, wasn't it?"
"I guess so," replied Mr. Poulsen.
"It's always the molasses that attracts
the flies."
Mr. Poulsen. was testifying in the
case of George S. Shepherd against the
company for $25,000 attorney fees for
services in the suits resulting from the
city's attempt to open street-ends
through the lumber company's prop
erty. Several attorneys estimated the value
of Mr. Shepherd's services at amounts
ranging from $20,000 to $50,000. Among
them were Frank S. Grant, W. M.
D,avis, L. A. McNary, A. E. Clark. Mar
tin L. Pipes, R. R. Duniway and Guy C.
II. Corliss.
BAKER OFFICIAL RESIGNS
City Commissioner Scorns Salary ot
$100 Monthly for Labors.
BAKER, Or.. Sept. 22. (Special.)
City Commissioner Anderson Finley to
day tendered his resignation because he
was dissatisfied with $100 a month sal
ary. He will leave office October 15,
waiting until that date to legalize a
bond election of $118,000, which today
was called by the Commissioners for
October 11. Mr. Finley's resignation
came during the meeting of the Com
missioners. "I am sick and tired of sweating and
toiling over city matters for the salary
I am being paid," he said.
E. A. Whittier was chosen to succeed
Mr. Finley. The bond election is to
extend the city water lines to Insure
a larger supply.
8-YEAR-OLD MILL STARTS
Plant Built Xear Marhiield in. 190 7
Not Run Since That Year's Panic.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. Sept. 22. (Spe
cial.) A sawmill which had been built
eight years, equipped fully and pre
pared to operate, but never sawed a
stick of timber, started Monday, Sep
tember 20, on Isthmus Inlet, on regu
lar run, after having been improved
and overhauled. The mill was erected
in 1907 two miles from Marshfield by
A. A. Courtney, who was then secre
tary of the Pacific Coast box combi
nation. Just at tlie time the mill was com
pleted, the panic of 1907. came on and
Courtenay and his associates failed.
Portland parties. Including E. O. Sam
uels, purchased it and arranged to
operate.
CLOVER ACRE RETURNS $65
V. 1. Hufr Grows Crop of Hay, Then
Harvests JUgh Quality Seed.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Sept. 22.
(Special.) A return of $65 an acre le
what If. P. Huff made from 614 acras
of clover this year. The first crop,
netted two tons of hay and from the
second crop Mr. Huff got 3214 bushels
of seed, or five bushels to the acre. The
man who threshed the seed said that
it is the best clover seed he has seen
raised in Lane County In 20 years.
Mr. Huff is so' well pleased with his
profits that he will put 30 acres more
into clover next year.
FIRE CAUSE COURSE URGED
Illinois Insurance Superintendent
Would Teach Pupils.
MONTEREY, Cal.. Sept. 22. Fire
prevention should be taught in every
public school, Rufus M. Potts. Insur
ance Superintendent of Illinois, de
clared here today before the National
convention of Insurance Commissioners.
In each state, Mr. Potts eaid, also
there should be published for free dis
tribution a plainly written book detail,
ing the causes of enormous annual tire
losses and the means of fire prevention,
and this book should be used as a
school text.
EXTRA SESSION POSSIBLE
YiIsoii Considers Calling Senate to
Revise Rules to Curtail Debate.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 22. The advis
ability of calling a special session of
the Senate within the next month is
being seriously considered by President
Wilson, it was said today at the White
House. If the session is called. It will
be primarily to give the Senate an op
portunity to revise its rules to curtail
debate.
The Senate has had a special com
mittee working on the proposed revi
sion of the rules since the last session.
First Keystone Citizen Honored.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 22. Dr. John
Alfred Brashear. of Pittsburg, was hon
ored today as the most distinguished
citizen of Pennsylvania in ceremonies
at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. He
was named by Governor Martin Grove
Brumbaugh, of Pennsylvania, for the
distinction.
IDOLLAR-DAY HERE:
BARGAIN SALES OfJ
Scores of Merchants
Prepare for Rush.
$500,000 BUSINESS EXPECTED
Authorized Stores Are Desig
nated by Banners.
SHOW WINDOWS ATTRACT
Tradesmen Sacrifice Profit on
Standard Goods to Induce
Public to Examine Stocks
Carried in City.
Today is Dollar day, and the citizens
ot Portland and vicinity are going to
save between $100,000 and $150,000
shopping around among the bargains
offered in all of the principal stores
of the city, both on the East Side and
the West.
At least, it is estimated by members
of the general committee that the pur
chases of Dollar day will amount to
about $500,000. The average saving on
each of the dollar bargains offered will
be between 20 and 30 per cent, accord
ing to the committee, and, on an amount
like that, this means between $100,000
and $150,000.
Which is quite a saving for Old Man
Portland to make in a single bargain
day.
It is doubtful if there will be much
necessity for the stores of the city
to resort to additional lures, for the
bargains offered are in themselves
enough to bring the -dollars forth
readily, and to keep them jingling
through the avenues of trade all day
long.
Profit Is Not Aim.
The Chamber of Commerce, through
its retail merchants' bureau, instituted
the movement, for Dollar day, without
the idea of the business men making a
real profit on the actual sales of the
day, but rather to serve as a great
stimulus to get all the people of this
vcinity to thinking at once and to ob
serving at once the truth that Port
land's stores are capable of supplying
every need that any family or individ
ual may have.
The beneficial results to the mer
chants are expected to follow indirectly
from the powerful educative effects of
the great Dollar-day celebration.
"The range of the dollar bargains
offered is infinite," said Charles F
Berg, chairman of the general com
mittee yesterday, "and the goods offered
are, in practically every case, standard
articles, which are familiar by their
trade mark to the public and in which
the buying public will realize that it
is actually getting the article at a lower
price than would be possible under any
other conditions.
"There is one big store in the city
which is offering a standard article.
ICon-Iuded on page 21. column 1.)
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 6
degrees; minimum temperature, 54 de
grees. TODAY'S Probably fair: westerly winds.
Water Power Conference.
Plan for water power commission is offered
conference. Page 8.
Definite division of land control power
sought. Page 8.
"Water power conference resolutions com
mittee approves report upholding state
control of utilities. Page 1.
' War.
British said to have destroyed 67 German
submarines. Page 'Z.
Mexico.
Administration forced to back down from
attitude toward carranza. Page 2.
Senate.
Little itirl explains high finance to John 1.
Rockefeller. Jr. Page 1.
Domestic.
Engilsh woman dancer on parade startles
Fifth avenue witti Oriental garb. Page 3.
Loganberry may lose laurels to phenomenal.
Page 3.
Sport.
Pacific Coast League results: San Francis
co 4. Portland 3; Los Angeles 10. Oakland
3; Salt Lake 4. Vernon 1. Page 14.
Hal Boy, Oregon horse, wins $3000 race on
granj circuit. Pago 14.
Ited Sox win two games and . Tigers one.
Page 14.
Beavers win three players in draft. Page 10.
Pacific Northwext.
Yamhill County Fair draws tremendous
throngs. Pago C.
Four killed when train hits auto at Gal
bralth Stltlon. Page 5.
Chehalis, Lewis County, Wash., one of conn
try's fast developing little cities of 6U00.
Pago 6.
State Fair soon will open at Salem. Page 7.
Six are hurt when racehorse scatters Canby
Fair crowd. Page 3.
Bishop Cooke, cpening Rose-burg Methodist
Conference, intimates change of leaders
likely. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Visiting Eastern port officials study harbor
conditions. Page 10.
Low bids are tendered on Government oati
contract. Page 111.
Wheat higher at Chicago, owing to lighter
deliveries. Page l'J.
Steel Is feature ot strong stock market.
Page 19.
Portland and Vicinity.
Four indicted for eight Portland fires. Page
Dollar Day rush begins this morning; mer
chants expect $."uo,00H) business, page 1.
Chairman Munly favors voluntary military
training In schools. Page 9.
Knights Templar conclave begins here today.
Lodgemtn will visit Vancouver body.
Tage 28.
National Dahlia Show will open here today.
Page :s.
R. B. r.iulsen testifies he made $1,000,000
In five years. Page 1.
PANCREAS CLAIMS NOTICE
Organ Hitherto Unnoticed to Rival
APpenJix in Medical Esteem.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22. (Spe
cial.) The pancreas within a few years
will supplant the appendix both in im
portance and popularity, according to
opinions expressed, by Doctors John B.
Deaver and Ernest La. Place, two prom
inent surgeons, in addresses before the
Pennsylvania Medical Society, today.
Many diseases of this organ are un
recognized and often are attributed to
other causes, declared Dr. Deaver, but
tho profession is learning more and
more about it all the time.
Other speakers said it was necessary
to perfect some hatmless method of
painless maternity more practicable
and less injurious than the so-called
"twilight sleep."
Hank of England Iteported Hit.
BERLIN", Sept. 22. by wireless to
Tuckerton. X. J. "According to private
reports brought by a traveler who has
reached Amsterdam from Kngland,"
says the Overseas News Agency, "the
Bank of Kngland was hit by Zeppelin
bombs during the iast air raid on Lon
don. The damage done was much
greater than had been reported."
TODAY THE DOLLAR TALKS.
CHILD OF 12 TELLS
ROCKEFELLER HOW
dividend on
.on Cents Explained.
PUPILS MASTER HIGH FINANCE
Magnate Depely Interested in
Youthful Methods.
MORE CAMPS ARE VISITED
Ho unci or Colorado Properties Is
Almost Completed Miners Cllng-
to Old Homes, Though New
Ones Are Being Built.
TRINIDAD, Colo., Sept. 22. A 12
year old girl today told John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., how to deal in stocks and
bonds, how to run a bank, and how to
finance a corporation that would tay
a 40-cent annual dividend on a 10-cent
block of common stock. It was at
Soprls, where Mr. Rockefeller, In the
course of his examination of Colorado
Fuel & Iron Company properties,
stopped long enough to visit the public
school. In the highest grade of the
school the teacher told the Standard
Oil magnate that the pupils had estab
lished a bank and a store in which
school supplies were sold.
"Really," said Mr. Rockefeller, with
the delight of a boy at a country fair;
"I should like to know something more
about this system of high finance."
Miner's Daughlrr Explain System.
"Blanche." said the teacher, "will you
ex; -iln it to Mr. Rockefeller?"
Then Blanche McArthur. daughter of
a coal digger, walked to the front of
the room, shook hands calmly with Mr,
Rockefeller, and gravely began her fi
nancial lesson.
"You see," she began, "I am cashier
of the bank. We already have $5 on
deposit, all brought by the children."
'Five dollars," exclaimed Mr. Rocke
feller. "Wonderful."
"We have j!art of this lent out to
pupils on good security, of course. We
are looking around for a permanent in
vestment for the rest of the money."
Children's Store Pays Dividends.
Blanche then branched off Into a
discussion of stocks and bonds. Mr.
Rockefeller listened gravely as the
child detailed the elements which make
bond lssuses safe or unsafe.
We have a store, too, Mr. Rocke
feller," she continued. "It was formed
by some of us boys and girls, who each
subscribed 10 cents to the capital stock
V e buy school supplies pencils and
tablets at wholesale and sell them to
the pupils. Last year the store paid
between 30 and 40 cents dividend on
each 10 cents In stock. Don't you think
that was doing pretty well, Mr. Rocke
feller?" Mr. Rockefeller murmured an as-
M"onrltwiM on rage
Column 1.)
Wednesdays War Moyes
AMOVE which may solve the riddle
of the Balkans Bulgaria's mobil
ization has struck London with dra
matic suddenness. The afternoon news
papers, howevtr, refrain from editorial
comment. Neutral readers of these
publications, except for drawing their
own conclusions from large heads and
such captions as "Balkan Sensation."
would be none the wiser as to whether
Kngland regarded the developments as
a preliminary victory for the central
powers, or merely another overnight
turn of the Graeco-Serblan-Bulgarian
negotiations.
The consensus of opinion was that
although the Bulgarian army now is on
the move. Bulgaria has not yet cast her
lot with one side or the other, but is,
as her Minister here expressed It. still
neutral, still waiting, but armed.
The first bulletin announcing Bul
garia's mobilization reached London by
way of New York. It was followed
quickly by a stream of telegrams from
the European capitals to the effect that
mobilization, partial or (reneral, had
been ordered at Sofia: that Bulgar cav
alry had taken the field and that Bul
gars of fighting age were hurrying
home.
Subsequently came the news of ex
citement at Athens and of the confer
ence of the King with political lead
ers. From Sofia the British press re
ceived no details.
There is general activity of the Aus-tro-German
forces along the Serbian
frontier. A semi-official dispatch from
Nish repudiates reports that Serbia has
been asked in effect to remain quies
cent while the Austro-Germans con
duct their campaign southwards.
I ine events In Bulgaria throw into
comparative obscurity the continued
Russian retreat from Vilna. but. with
the exception of the northern tip of
the Polish front, where the Russians
are on the offensive near Frtederich
stadt, the Germans tell of progress
throughout mid-Poland as far south
as Ostrow, which-they have captured.
The greatest number of prisoners
taken at any point, however, did not
exceed 2000. which would seem to indi
cate that the attempt to complete the
coils around the retreating Russians
has proved unsuccessful.
September 23, 1015.
Soissons bombarded by Germans.
Allies' left wing attempts movement
in North to envelop German right
wing.
One thousand four hundred British
believed lost on cruisers sunk by Ger
mans September 22.
Belgian citizens ordered to doff hats
to German officers.
World-wide misery, due to war. re
vealed by Presbyterian missions.
SHIRT INSPECTORS BUSY
Health Conditions as Afreotert by
Laundries Bein Studied.
Inspection of shirts, stockings, nap
kins, handkerchiefs and other things
that make up the family wash is the
latest service provided by the City
Health Bureau. City Health Officer
Marce'Ius, yesterday put sanitary in
spectors to work gathering samples
from the various laundries. .
The pieces will be examined and test
ed to see that the laundries are wash
ing them clean and not turning them
back infected with germs, which, it is
ii6in rii) accumulate lr the
laundries fail to use proper piocau
tions tnd sufficient water and disin
fectants. The Chinese launderers who
spray with their mouths arc receiving
special attention.
EASTERN MAN PROBABLE
Successor to President Crooks May
Be Chosen Xext Month.
ALBA XV, Or., Sept 22. (Special.)
An Eastern man in all probability will
be chosen president of Albany College
to succeed II. M. Crooks, who has re
signed to accept the presidency of
Alma, College, ot Alma. Mich.
It is said that President Crooks' suc
cessor probably will not be chosen for
at least two weeks and possibly long
er. In the event that no one Is se
lected before President Crooks leaves
Albany on Xovemher 1 it is probable
that Dr. Wallace Howe Lee. professor
of education, will be made acting
president.
10,000 TO GET APPLES
Five Girls at Fair to I)il ribqute Gift
of Ilaker I.andon Oivlmrd.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Sept. 22.
(Special.) Ten thousand Jonathan ap
ples, the finest to be found in the val
ley, have been shipped to San Fran
cisco for free distribution Walla Walla
day. September 29. at the exposition.
The 100 boxes are the gift or the
Baker Langdon. orchard. They will be
distributed by five girls. Literature
describing the orchard and the valley
wm also be distributed.
With this shipment was one of equal
size for exhibit in the Washington dis
play.
DOG IS INDUSTRIAL HAZARD
Meter Header Paid Insurance hv
Commission for Bite.
OLTMPIA. Wash.. Sept. 22. (Spe-
cia.l) Dog bites are part of the profes
sional hazards of a meter reader, ruled
the Industrial Insurance Commission,
allowing the claim for compensation of
Joseph O'Connell, a Spokane meter
reader.
O'Connell was bitten in the lc-rt eye
brow by a woman's lapdog. which
Jumped on top of a gate to accomplish
Its purpose, declared the claimant, who
Is employed by the Washington Water
Power Company, of Spokane.
FOUR INDICTED AS
ARSON TRUST GANG
18 Portland Fires Laid
at Door of "Ring."
CONFESSIONS IMPLICATE 20
Mordie Keeney, W. Stewart,
G. W. Woolette Accused.
NAME OF FOURTH SECRET
California Merehunt Said to Have
Been Involved in Statements
to Prosecutor I'ire Muirshal
Trails Former Comrade.
Four members of the alleged "arson
syndicate" were indicted by the grand
Jury yesterday after the jury had de
liberated two days over disclosures
made by District Attorney Evans and
Fire Marshal Jay Stevens as to the ex
istence of a coastwido organization
for the purpose of setting fires and col
lecting insurance.
Those Indicted are Mordie Keeney.
formerly a lieutenant in the Portland
tlra department; George W. Woolette,
a plumber; Wil" Stewart, and a
fourth man. whose name is withheld
by the authorities pending his arrest.
Two Confess Part In Klres.
Woolette and Stewart made complete
statements to the authorities admitting
their connection with a number of fires
and implicating Keeney and several
others. Keeney is the only man thus
far arrested in connection, with the ar
son disclosures who maintains his inno
cence. Woolette and Stewart at rresent are
at liberty on their own promise to ap
pear when wanted. Keeney is lr the
County Jail under $5000 bonds. San
ford W. Currier, the first man indicted
for the "firebug" activities, is still in
jail awaiting trial.
Fearing that an attempt may be
made on his life as a result of his
confession, the authorities say Stewart
has appealed to them to put him in
jail or hurry his case to a climax.
More Are Laid to Kiss.
Right rortlaml fires are laid at the
door of the latest "arson ring." but
some of these occurred so long ago
that the time for prosecution has
passed. District Attorney Evans be
lieves, however, that the eight fires
mentioned in various confessions he has
received are but a small part of the
gang's actual operations.
Keeney and Woolette were indicted
specifically for setting fire to a housft
at 269 Lombard avenue. Stewart was
indicted for firing his house at 13Ci2
Greeley street on August IS. This is
the latest fire in the long list which
the officers say they have fastened on
the suspects.
Nearly -O Mentioned In CunfmMion.
Thus far 10 statements and con
fessions have been made to District At
torney Kvans and 'Deputy Charles W.
Robinson. Nearly 20 persons, many of
whom are out of the state, have been '
involved. The number ot fires set
cannot be estimated there are so
many, the officers say, that tho in
formers themselves cannot remember
all. The property loss and the insur
ance money collected would reach an
immense sum, Mr. Kvans believes.
The operations of some of the "fire
bugs" began 10 years ago. They have
set fires in many parts of Oregon and
numerous cities in California, the au
thorities declare.
California Merchant Accused.
The latest confession received by Mr.
Kvans is said to iniplicate James Barni
man, a wealthy merchant of Richmond,
Cal., in the setting of a fire at Kir
land station in Portland several ycar3
ago. The name ot this informer is
withheld for the present. He is said
to have also implicated Irvie Rarni
nian and Lester Burrlght, who are un
der arrest in Oakland, Cal., on arson
charges.
Many peculiar features have been
developed by Mr. Kvans' force and Kire
Marshal Stevens in the investigations,
which have extended over a period ot
three or four months.
The dropping of a kerosene lamp is
the most popular excuse given to the
firemen by the alleged incendiaries
after a house has burned.
Kvldrnce Planted, Is Report.
In some cases the "firebugs" paid
as little as $25 down on a lot, says
Mr. Kvans, built a house on It. and no
sooner was the structure completed and
insured than it "accidentally" was
burned to the ground.
Casters, screws, drawer handles and the
like were thrown on the floors of the
houses, say the officers, as "evidence"
to the underwriters that the house was
fully furnished. Sometimes, it is de
clared, broken bits of Hiviland china
and cut glassware were secured from
china stores and placed In the house
before the fire as "evidence" of an expensively-furnished
china closet.
Mixture Generated Gas.
Currier himself was a contractor and
builder by trade. Much of his busi
ness was legitimate, it is said, but he
is known to have constructed many of
the houses of the alleged "built to
burn" kind. These houses were not
always plastered nor fully completed.
Uniformly, it seems, the members of
the so-called "arson syndicate" ut-ed a
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