THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, AUGUST 4. 1919.'
RESIDENCE OF OSCAR
UWLER IS BOMBED
financial outlook is in no wise wls bad as
Sir Eric's view of it.
The deficits of the railways and mines
are defrayed under present arrange
ments, the former directly from the
treasury out of the pockets of the tax
payers, the latter by the whole com
munity through official advances in the
price of coal.
On July 14 the British government
announced that the nrice of coal would
be increased six shillings a ton.
FORMER UNITED STATES ATTORNEY WHOSE HOME IN LOS
ANGELES WAS DESTROYED BY BOMB-
RAILWAYS HARD HIT
Former U. S. Attorney Prob
ably Fatally Burned.
Collieries and Transportation
on Financial Sick List.
iANTI-JAP FEELING GROWS
WIFE SERIOUSLY INJURED
Attempt on Life of Los Angeles Man
Attributed to Part Played in
Prosecution of Dynamiters.
Continued Frnrn First Pasre.
explosion and the subsequent roaring
fire. Mr. Hellman, assisted by two
m n who came running- up, carried Mr.
and Mrs. Lawler to the home of H.
Kiger, adjoining the Lawler place.
Thence they were removed to the emer
gency hospital in a city ambulance and
f ter treatment both were taken to
the Sisters' hospital.
On the way to the hospital Mrs.
Lawler, although burned herself almost
beyond endurance, noticed that her hus
band was shivering on his stretcher.
"Please cover him up," she begged.
"He is cold.
Mr. Hellman removed his overcoat
and placed it gently over Mr. Lawler
and his wife smiled her thanks.
Each Think of Other.
Mr. Lawler's thoughts, on the other
hand, were for his wife and children.
He first inquired whether Mrs. Lawler
had been saved alive and on being told
that she had, cried: "Oh, thank God! I
can die now."
At the hospital he asked about his
little son, and when told that he was
. safe, he moved his burned lips under
trrnir bandages to say to Mr. Lacey, his
neighbor and near friend:
"Was Patsy saved? If you say he was
I'll believe you."
The Lawlers have three children. Two
of them, Charles, aged 17, and Lady
Jane, aged 13, were visiting friends at
Pebbly beach.
A thorough in vertiga tion by city,
rounty, state and federal authorities
led to the belief that the bomb was
placed betwfen two 5-gallon cans filled
with gasoline, naptha or some other
highly inflammable light liquid.
Fragment! mt Bomb Found.
Experts working on the case found
fragments of the bomb sufficient to
reconstruct it. They said it had been
made of a piece of iron pipe about 10
inches high and 6 inches in diameter.
Two discs of metal had been placed as
ends, apparently heid in place by two
bolts passing througn both ends and
the pipe itself. They also found the
two 5-gallon cans that had contained
the inflammable liquid. Both cans
were wrecked and torn by the force of
the .explosion and showed signs of the
flames.
The bomb and the cans had been
placed on a steel doormat which lay on
a concrete walk, almost directly below
where the Lawlers lay sleeping. One of
the discs which the experts believe to
have been an end of the bomb, was
hurled through thick hedges and a box
fence and was found embedded in the
brick wail of a neighbor's home 142
feet 9 inches from the point of the ex
plosion. Shreds of metal which fitted
to the larger pieces of the bomb were
found a thousand feet away.
E& pi onion Terr! fie One.
The steel doormat that had been un
der the bomb was two-thirds destroyed,
and a depression was left in the con
crete. It was of a roughly oval shape,
about 18 inches across by 19 inches
long.
The police and the explosives ex
perts working with them were not able
to say what the charge of the bomb
had been.
They did not believe it was nitro
glycerine, because of the manner in
which Its force was expended. They
said it was not dynamite because it
thrust upward. They were endeavor
ing late today to determine just what
it had been. They said, however, that
in martny ways the explosion resembled
one which occurred mysteriously In
Temple street here in November, 1917.
On that occasion a bomb exploded in
the street in the early morning hours
without loss of life and a thorough in
vestigation failed to reveal why it had
been placed or who was responsible.
House lnntnntly Aflame.
The Lawler home was badly damaged
n tne nre. me explosion itself ap
parently did not do great damage to the
structure, but the flaming liquid that
was thrown far up against the wall
stantly ignited the dry boards and the
shingles of the upper story and
flash the whole side of the building
was in flames. This was the cause of
the inability of the parents to reach
the rear of the house, where their son
was. Someone turned in an alarm and
the fire was subdued, but not until the
house had been severely damaged and
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closed the sleeping porch where she
and the child were imperiled.
Mr. Lacey and the other men found
a ladder and rescued them.
Mrs. W. H. Kiger. another nea by
resident, to whose house Mr. and Mrs.
Lawler were carried for first aid, was
rot sleeping, having remained awake
for the' return home of her brother.
She had gone to a window to look for
him. she said, when the explosion took
place, throwing her off her feet.
She ran downstairs, calling for help
from the already-aroused neighbors.
SuHptriouf Strangere Seen.
Mrs Willard Arnott. whose residence
was . separated from that of the Law
lers by a small alley, told of having
heard footsteps in that passageway
three or four minutes before the explo
sion. At first she thought they were
those of the neighborhood watchman
and was about to call out to him to
make less noise. Then they grew
fainter. Two minutes after they died
away, she said, she heard the explosion.
She gained the impression, she stated.
that they were those of a man and
that he turned into a gate leading into
he Lawler grounds.
Mrs. Katherine Kchardt. who lives in
the Arnott home, told the police of
having seen three men at the entrance
of the alley as she was returning home
about 10 o'clock Friday night. They
were speaking in low, excited tones,
she said. and withdrew into the
shadows of trees as she approached and
soon after departed hurriedly.
Three Kxplosloniv Heard.
Bra rid en Lee Jr., another neighbor
hood resident, stated that he heard
three "ex plosions, the first two being
sharp and dislinct and the third- low
and rumbling. His mother told of hav
ing seen an automobile speeding as if
from the Iawler residence, but too
rapidly for her to note the number of
occupants.
ririiMvc mrninines almost p n
tireiy destroyed. The rear sleeping
porch was the only apartment not fire-
swept.
he Lawler home was bo situated
that it gave excellent opportunity for
those who placed the bomb. The
house was screened from the street by
trees and bushes and a heavy growth
of vines clung to the brick and timbers
of the lower story. On the south side
where Mr. and Mrs. Lawler were sleep
ing. there were numerous trees and
ehrubs.
Several Thought Implicated
The stories of the various witnesses.
while varying in derail, led the police
1 o the conclusion that two or three
men were implicated: one. they be
lieve. placed the bomb, while his ac
compnees awanea mm probably on
the north side of the building. They
were believed to have driven to the
place in an automobile and from the
mass of conflicting information it ap
peared that this was a roadster of
costly and plentiful type.
several persons sain tney had seen
a group of men apparently watching
the place the night before the explo
sion. had heard conversations in the
driveway north of th house a few
minutes before the crash and had seen
persons in the vicinity at times that
Indicated their connection with the
ar ra;r.
descriptions of tha various persons
were taken from these witnesses and
the detective departments of the city
and county were engaged tonight
securing detailed statements from
everyone who could throw any light
or anaphase of the affair.
Shock Kelt by Neighbors.
Mr. lacey, who helped rescue the
little lawler boy and his nurse, said
the shock was so great in his own
house that he was thrown to the floor.
He looked out of his window and saw
the Lawler residence afire. The loca
tion of the flames was so general, he
said, that he realised that everybody
in the house was in danger. He rushed
from his home and was joined by two
men. The light of the fire showed the
nurse tearing a wire screen which ea-
block on this same street, which,
built, will cost ?2.j.000.
Railroad Hands Walk Out.
CTOL'NCIL BLUFFS. Ta.. All-. 2. Two
hundred men. said to represent the en
tire force employed in the thops of the
Northwest cm and Wabash railroads in
Council Bluffs, walked out this eveninc
NATIONALIZATION PLAN UP
Lines Cost $500,000,000
More to Pun, Says Sir Eric Ged
des; Others Attack Figures.
Year
LONDON. Aug. 3. (By the Associated
Press.) British railways and coal mines
are at present financial invalids. Both
of these industries still are controlled
by the government, under war legisla
tion. Proposals that both should be
nationalized are among the most Im
portant reconstruction plans now being
agitated here.
The British railways are.managed by
the new ministry of transport with a
guarantee of pre-war profits to the
shareholders. The coal mines are op
erated by a controller who fixes the
compensation of the mine owners.
"The transport systems of the coun
try are financially in a semi-paralyzed
state." the minister of transport. Sir
Eric Geddes. recently told the house of
commons. The balance sheet of the
railroads for the coming year, as he
forecast it, will show a loss of from
71.000,000 to 73,000.000, against an an
nual profit of about 43.000,000 for the
five last years before the- war.
The annual wage bill of the railways
before the war was about ta0.000.000,
and Sir Eric estimates the increased
war wages and other concessions at
57,000.000, the eight-hour day and other
new concessions to cost from -0,000,
000 to 25,000,00 and the extra cost of
materials and coal t:: i .ooo.uuu, making
the increased cost of running the -railroads
104,000,000 to 107,000,000, with
out taking into account the great de
preciation of plant during the war.
Some financiers contest these figures
strongly and assert that the deficit is
merely a paper one due to failure in
bookkeeping to charge the immense
government traffic at rates which pri
vate traffic would cost, and that the
Distrust of Nipponese in China Is
Declared Universal.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3. Japan is begin
ning to "awaken out of her medieval
sleep" to realize that her "Prussian
methods must be changed," declared
William Ptter formerly American
min later to Italy and during the war
federal fuel administrator for Pennsyl
vania, who stopped here today on his
way east after a three months' stay in
Japan.
"No fair-minded person can travel
through Corea. Manchuria, Pekin,
Chianfu, Nanking, Shanghai and other
parts of China and not realize the uni
versal distrust, rapidly growing into
hatred, which is felt by the peoples of
these countries against the military
arrogance and aggressiveness of Ja
pa n," Mr. Potter said. "Unless Japan
changes her present military policy she
is doomed to isolation and today this
means decadence."
MOLASSES SHIPS PLANNED
Tankers, to Carry Sweet Mass From
South America.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 3. Plans for
the operation of an ocean line of tanker
steam sh ipa from tropical ports d irect
to Memphis via the Mississippi river
were disclosed today through an an
nouncement that the Sugar Products
company of New York had acquired a
long-time lease on property on the
river front here for terminals.
The vessels will bring here molasses
utilized in the manufacture of mixed
feeds. The product will bei unloaded,
stored in tanks and transshipped in
tank cars to manufacturing plants in
the middle west.
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SUSPECT KILLED
Detective
Alleged
Wounded in
Counterfeiters
IN RAID
Fray With
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Aug. 3.
James Hogan, leader of an alleged
gang of counterfeiters, is dead, and
Paul Gottfried. St. Paul, detective, is
in a hospital with four bullet wounds
in his body, as the result of a raid
made on the Hogan home yesterday.
For several weeks a large number of
counterfeit silver dollars have been
placed in circulation in St. Paul and
M inneapolis.
Albany Realty Market Active.
ALBANY. Or, Aug. 3 ( Special.
Real estate moved at a greatly in
creased pace during June and July.
Figures compiled from County Record
er Davis books enow that 3 per cent
of all transactions filed in Linn county
in the past two months have been
deeds, covering the sale of real estate.
On July 2S. of 32 transactions filed -1
were for the transfer of real estate.
On July 30 there were 12 deeds of a 17
total.
t Lumber Yard Burns.
W ALL A W A I ,LA. W ash., A u s. 3.
( Special. Attalia had a $25,000 fire
Wednesday, according to R. C. Julian,
publisher of Attalia, who was here last
night. The Tumalum lumber yard anj
the postoffit-e butldina: were dstroye.
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LAWLER STARTS AS POOR BOY
Admission to Bar Won at A;e of II;
, High Positions Held.
LOS ANGELES, Auc 3. Oscar Law-
ler, who was perhaps fatally injured ,
here early today when his home was I
destroyed by a bomb, achieved promi-
nence through his own endeavors, '
starting life as a poor boy and con- ,
eluding his official public activities as
assistant attorney-goneral during the
Taft administration. j
He was born at 'Marshalltown, la., j
April 2. 1ST5. He came to California
as a youth. Becoming secretary 10
Judge Krskine M. Ross of the United I
States circuit court, he read law with ;
him and was admitted to the bar in j
1S36. when 21 years old. j
For a time he practiced as a mem- I
ber of a legal firm well known in Cali- i
fornia and in1905-07 served as Lnited
States attorney for the southern die- I
trlct of California. He resigned that
position and later became assistant j
United States attorney-general for tho j
interior department, serving from May .
1. 1909, to May 1. lftll. He resigned
that post and returned to Los Angeles
and the private practice of law.
He was a special prosecutor of the
alleged dynamiters, whose trial at
Indianapolis a few years ago was of
international interest. He served also
locallv as an investigator and prose
cutor of men accused of similar crimes.
Politically he ic a republican.
He is a director of one of the lead
ing Los Angeles banks: was major and
judge-advocate for a time of the first
brigade, national guard or jamornia.
srniil master of the grand lodge of
Masons ot California, and is a memner
of the American Bar association. Amer
ican Society of international Law and
the.Lo. An. e!es Bar association.
On June 17. ne married jiisa
Hilda Brode of Los Angeles.
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MEXAC1XC LETTERS RECALLED
Threatening Messages Sent to Mr.
Lauler in 1909.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 3. Oscar
Lawler, severely injured in a fire fol
lowing a bomb explosion at his Los
Angeles residence today. receled
threatening letters in 1909 from sympa
thizers with Mexican revolutionists ar
rested while he was United States dis
trict attorney for the southern district
of California. Despite a rigid investi
gation the authors of the letters were
not discovered.
The three men who were convicted
in Los Angeles. Magon. ViUareal and
Rivers, were charged with violating
neutrality laws.
ST. HELENS IS BOOMING
Business Structures and Residences
Are Being Erected.
ST. HKLENS. Or.. Aug-. 3. (Special.)
Building activity continues in St.
Helens. Iurinpr the spring and sum
mer many new residences have been
built and at the present time plans are
beinsr made for the erc-tion of two new
business buildinps.
E. G. Ditto purchased a lot on Co
lumbia street for $.000 and will Imme
diately start construction on a two
story fireproof building which will cost
$10,000. The Columbia County bank is
considering the erection of a business
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Some Portland Cases:
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O. T. Conner, prop, barber shop. 48 E. Seventy
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Michigan Avenue
Mrs. May E. Richardson. 821 Michigan Ave., says:
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Gideon Street
Mrs. J. E. White. 570 Gideon St,, says: "For
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Alberta Street
Chas. Rogers, shoe rppairer, 734 Alberta St., says:
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about Doan's Kidney Pills I decided to try them.
After I had used Doan's for a while, my kidneys
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Lexington Avenue
C. TV. Burnett, 533 Lexington Ave., says: "The
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Seventy Eighth Street
Mrs. A. O. McQuiston. 9 E. Seventy -eighth St..
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I had always heard Doan's Kidney Pills highly
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