THE 3IOHMNG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, SEPTE3IBEK 22, 1920
FIVE DAYS' BOMBER
HUNT PROVES FUTILE
Justice Department Admits It
Still Seeks Clew.
WAGON THEORY. HOLDS
Hundreds of Leads to Identity of
Driver of "Vehicle Carrying
Explosive Misleading.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21. Department
of justice and police officials admit
ted tonight that 5-i days' investiga
tion has failed to solve the mystery
of the explosion in Wall street last
Thursday, which cost 35 lives.
Officials generally agree that ex
plosive was carried into the financial
district on a ramshackle wagon left
standing at the curb in front of the
assay office. Hundreds of clews have
been obtained as to the identity of
the driver and his wagon, but many
of them are contradictory.
Clerks Take Vacation.
A warning that the customs house
was to be destroyed at 2 P. M. today,
received In the mail yesterday.
brought thousands of the curious to
the scene at the appointed hour and
resulted In a half holiday for many
clerks in the building. The bwb
threat, however, failed to develop and
confirmed the belief of officials that
It was either a hoax or the work of
some letter-writing "crank."
Department of Justice agents, head
ed by William J. Flynn, still contend
the explosion was planned and carried
into execution by a band of anarch
ists. Trained Investigators are at
work on this theory in all parts of
the country.
Police and fire department investi
gators, together with the September
grand jury, are concentrating their
efforts on trying to establish the
Identity of the driver of the "death
wagon," whom they believe holds the
key to the solution.
Bloating la District Restricted.
Out of regard for the strained
nerves of the financial district, hours
for blasting in a building excavation
near the office of J. P. Morgan & Co.
today were restricted to "before 6 A.
M. and after 7 P. M."
Experts examined fragments of tin
found in the wreckage, arriving at
the conclusion that the pieces were
from five large tin cans. These might
have contained picric acid and been
arranged about a bomb in the death
wagon. It was stated.
The tin is now being prepared for
chemical analysis to. determine the
probable contents of the can. Eye
witnesses have already asserted that
they saw a sheet of flame of about 75
square feet Immediately following the
explosion.
Cross la Pocket Broken.
Cornelius Borsman, a 15-year-old
messenger, testified before the grand
jury that the force of the blast ripped
the figure of Christ from a crucifix
he was carrying in his trousers
pocket. The boy was not hurt
Miss Rebecca Eppsteln, a stenog
rapher, told Acting District Attorney
Talley she had seen the death wagon
before the explosion and also its
driver. She said he was of medium
height, between 35 and 40 and wore a
straggly beard of a few days growth.
TWO CITIES ARE WABSED
Banks, Stills and Halls Are Marked,
Says Communication-.
NEW BEDFORD. Mass.. Sept. 21.
An anonymous warning that bomb
outrages involving the city halls here
and in Fall River are planned for
Thursday has been received by J. H.
Kay. mayor of Fall River, District
Attorney Kenner announced today.
The warning, he said, was contained
in a communication which said that
simultaneous attacks would be made
upon the city halls, banks and mills.
FALSE ARREST CHARGED
John Fisher Says Cabrera Released
Him for $500,000.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 21. Details
of an alleged plot whereby John Fish
er, father of WilMam Fisher, consul
for Venezuela in San Francisco, was
cast into a prison in 1905 in Guate
mala without a charge being placed
against him, and released only after
he had handed over $500,000 in secur
ities of the Ocas Railroad company
of Guatemala to ex-President Manuel
E. Cabrera and Adolpho Stahl, mil
lionaire San Francisco merchant, were
given out here today when Fisher's
attorneys argued in the district court
el appeals for a return of the se
curities, with interest added. The to
tal sum now ould be $800,000, they
claimed.
William Fiirtier was a member of
the recent Pan-American conference
in Washington. Stahl has vast Cen
tral American coffee interests'.
SUICIDE IS IDENTIFIED
Sews of Friend's Death Induces
Actress to End Life.
NEW TORK, Sept. 21. Mrs. P. T.
Black of McKees Rocks, Pa., today
identified the body of her sister, Anna
Daly, an actress, who died in a hos
pital of poison, supposedly self-
administered, at a hotel.
News of the death in Paris of her
girlhood friend, Olive Thomas, motion
picture star, is eaid to have led to
the act.
was about 350 yards south of the
junction of Gordon creek with the
Sandy river and was one of few places
along the river where the water was
deep enough to hide as large an ob
ject successfully. The current was
very swift, pinning the diver to t-ne
side of the precipitous rock down
which Ire had climbed, making his
work extremely difficult. There was
no hope of getting the car out on the
same side of the river that it had fal
len in because of the steep descent
of approximately 125 feet.
Workers Ferried to Bar.
Workers, who included persons
living nearby and campers, were fer
ried to the sand bar in a small skill
anned by Davis..
At 12:60 P. M. a black rear and
white front tire emerged from the
water and by 1:30 the automobile was
entirely out of the water.
The license number was 811BD. en
gine number, 180850, and Uie speedo
meter registered 20,104 miles. The
trip record on the speedometer was
43 miles.
Though still Able to roll on its four
wheels, the body of the car was a
complete wreck. The top was torn
off. fenders crumpled, windshield
shattered, steering wheel broken,
body dented, and doors half torn from
their hinges. The engine proper did
not seem greatly harmed except for
the three weeks" immersion.
PRICE OF FLIVVER CUT
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necessary for everybody to sacrifice
a little, but. in the end it will be most
profitable, for the sooner we get busi
ness of the country back to pre-war
conditions the sooner will the lives
of our people become natural and
progress, prosperity and contentment
be restored."
The price reduction on the Ford
product ranges from 14 to 31 per cent
and is effective immediately. There
will be no wage reductions at any
of the plants, it was announced.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 21. E. S. Jor
dan of the Jordan Automobile com
pany and Charles W. Mears of the
Winton Automobile company said to
night that the reduction in the price
of cars by the Ford company prob
ably would not be followed by other
companies. Mr. Jordan said the Ford
company had the advantage of a large
output and of an appeal to a par
ticular trade.
Mr. Mears said that statistics show
an increase of only 12 per cent in the
price of motor cars since 1916. where
as much of the material that enters
into the making of a car has advanced
200 per cent.
TOLEDO, O., Sept. 21. Reduction in
price of products of The Willys-Overland
Automobile company is not con
templated, according to Clarence A.
Earl, vice-president.
Official notification of the drop in
Ford prices reached Stephen A. Stell
wagen, manager of the Portland
branch of the Ford Motor company, in
a telegram from the factory yester
day. It quoted the following list
prices, f. o. b. Detroit, as effective to
day: Regular touring model $440 (re
duction of $135); touring car with
starter, $510 (reduction of $140); run
about, $395 (reduction of $195); run
about with starter, $465 (reduction of
$160), chassis, $360 (reduction of
$165); coupe with etarter and de
mountable rims, $745 (reduction of
$105); sedan with starter and de
mountable rims, $795 (reduction of
$180); truck with pneumatic tires,
$790 (reduction $95); tractor, $790 (re
duction of $60).
It was announced that dealers
would be protected on the price drop
on cars, trucks and tractors -.shipped
from the factory or from any branch
to them on or after August ,23 and
not sold on September 22.
Portland prices, of course, include
freight costs, whicv on Ford models
average $112.90, and war tax, which
varies according to the price of the
car.
SENATE QUANDARY FACED
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make such improvements and it will
not be safe to wait.
Harding; Reported Favorite.
All tests of sentiment continue to
indicate that at this time Harding is
far in the lead in all sections of the
country except the south, where Cox
Is assured of everything in sight, as
usual for a democratic candidate.
Democrats appreciate that their can
didate has a hard fight ahead of him
to stem the tide. Tliey say so.
The Ohio trend toward Harding Is
growing very much stronger, and in
New York the inside information is
that it looks like a tidal wave. The
betting in New lork has jumped
Harding to 4-toJl favorite, with Cox
backers asking t to 1. A New lork
moving picture concern which has
theaters in all parts of the country
began a nation-wide straw ballot yes
terday.
All the count available last night
was for two large theaters, one in
New York and the other in Brooklyn,
where Cox should lead strongly if
anywhere. The combined result of
the vote In the two houses was:
Harding 5150, Cox 2233.
Leamc ox Nations Behind.
The league of nations ran 228 be
hind Cox.
The ballot of the Cincinnati En
quirer, taken in Cincinnati, stood, up
to Sunday, as follows: Harding 2531,
Cox 2079. The turnover is reported
as follow: Republican to democrat
238, democrat to republican 519.
The women voters are outside the
figures mentioned. They cast their
votes 138 for Harding and 113 for
Cox.
DIVER FINDS AUTOMOBILE
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seen to make its way down the grade
afterward. The noise was taken for
the dropping of a boulder or log into
the river, however, until last Sunday,
when an automobile mat was discov
ered tangled in driftwood on the river.
Diver Taken to Scene.
H. Christoffersen, chief criminal
deputy in the office of Sheriff Hurl-
burt, and Deputy Sheriff Wilson left
Portland shortly before 9 o'clock yes
terday morning for the scene, taking
with them Walter Sterling, diver,
with ropes, block and tackle. They
were met by L. A. Davis of Gresham,
who reported the early morning dive
of the automobile, and Samuel Bacon
of Boring, who was camping with
I'avis not more than 100 yards from
the place where the car left the cliff.
Diver Sterling had not been out of
sight more than ten minutes when he
emerged with the license plate of an
automobile in his hand and announced
that a machine was in the bottom
pf the pool, lying on its side in about
23 feet of water. He next attached
a heavy rope to the rear axle of ihe
automobile and block and tackle were
rigged up on a sand bar across the
stream.
Tb eddy la which, the machine lay
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PEOPLE QUIT GALVESTON
THOUSANDS LEAVE CITY TO ES
CAPE HCRIUO.VXE.
Naval Intelligence Head Named.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. Rear
Admiral Andrew Long, who has been
In command of division four of the
Atlantic fleet, has been appointed di
rector of naval Intelligence, succeed
ing Rear-Admiral Albert C. Niblack,
recently assigned as naval attache at
London.
Rains Damage Grain In Shock.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Sept. 21.
(Special.) Considerable grain in the
shock, throughout the county has
been damaged by heavy rains and
many farmers have been compelled
to unshock to prevent complete spoil
ing of tne crop.
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New Fall and Winter Materials. An As
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and Correct. ,
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will be worn during the Approaching
Seasons by Men of Good Taste.
You will be Welcome whether you buy
of us or not.
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Oscar M. Smith, Manager
108 Third Street
Near Jaslimgton
New Orleans Warned That Tropical
Storm Would Strike Place
Within Three Hours."
GALVESTON, Tex., Sept. 21. An
exodus of practically 4500 people,
many of them visitors, the shifting of
all cars loaded with wheat and cotton
to the mainland, the vacating of!
ground floors in the business district
and the securing of all shipping in
the harbor, marked Galveston s prep
arations today in anticipation of the
West Indian hurricane supposed to
be sweeping down upon the Texas
coast.
Brigadier-General J. F. Wolters
dispatched motorcycle messengers of
the Texas national guard to get word
to all persons living on the island.
Most of the business houses closed
early to permit employes to make
preparations for the storm.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 21. The
New Orleans station of the weather
bureau at 10:30 o'clock tonight noti
fied Superintendent of Police Mooney
that all persons in outlying suburbs
should be warned that the tropical
hurricane would strike the city with
in three hours.
With the wind blowing a steady
gale of 25 miles an hour and coming
in gusts from 50 to 60, merchants,
storekeepers and the residents in out
lying districts began preparations to
meet the hurricane fast approaching
from the gulf. In one section two
houses were unroofed.
With the rising tide and growing
winds residents and pleasure-seekers
along the shore of Lake Ponchartrain
commenced flocking here. - From the
Mississippi coast resorts every train
was crowded with vacationists.
All hotels are filled and refugees
are located in the postoffice, customs
bouse and other public buildings.
Awnings and signs, twisted loose,
were hurled through the downtown
streets.
Late tonight the barometer at the
weather bureau registered 29.60, a
drop of nine points in three hours.
The wind velocity here was 30 miles.
PENSACOLA, Fla.. Sept. 21. The
local weather bureau late tonie-ht
said the center of the gulf storm ap- I
peared to be moving towards the
roast east of the Mississippi river.
Previous indications had been that
the -storm center probably would
strike the coast west.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. The trop
ical hurricane sweeping the gulf of
Mexico was reported in a bulletin is
sued tonight by the weather bureau
to have turned its course from north
westward to northward and that
winds of hurricane force would re
sult. The bulletin said:
"'Change to hurricane warning 9
P. M-, Pensacola to New Orleans.
Center of hurricane moving north
ward toward coast, probably west of
Mississippi river. Winds will In
crease and change to southeast and
south by Wednesday morning, reach
ing hurricane force high tide. Emer
gency; advise all interests."
Tennessee Delegation Visits Colby.
WASHINGTON, Sept- 21. A delega
tion of members of the Tennessee
house, led by Speaker -Seth Walker,
discussed Monday with Secretary
Colby Tennessee's ratification of the
suffrage amendment. Mr. Walker de
clined to comment on. the conference
other than to say that the delegation
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The Willys-Knight motor, with its
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The life of an ordinary motor is sim
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When the average car is recuperating
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was cordially received and that he
expected to see the secretary again.
Plague Reported in Fin me.
FIUME, ' Sept. 21. It is rumored
that four cases of bubonic plague
have been discovered in Flume. The
theaters have been closed and other
precautions taken.
Hindu Faces Murder Charge.
MARTINEZ, Cal., Sept. 21. Trial of
Naher Singh, a Hindu charged with
the murder of Rhean Singh, a coun
tryman, on Jersey Island, near here,
last September, started here today,
the jury, which includes five women,
being selected in two hours.
Corn Futures Fall.
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 21. The corn
futures marlcet of the Kansas City
exchange closed under a dollar today
for the first time since 1017. De
cember delivery closed at 98 Vs and
May at 99; December delivery
touched 99 T4 yesterday, but regained
to more than a dollar Ht the close.
Koh-I-Noor pencils, renowned
for high quality, are again on sale
throughout America by best trade at
15 cents each. Adv.
S. & H. green stamps for cash.
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