VOL. LX XO. 18,831
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Tfstoffir am Bcond-CIass Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ELEVATOR AND GRAIN
STORE LOST BY FIRE
L
BULLET TAKEN FROM
MAD CONVICT'S BRAIN
TWO MEN CRUCIFIED
IN GOOD FRIDAY RITES
DODGERS OF OUT!
FOUR MARINES FLYING
5000 MILES DISAPPEAR
INQUIRIES FAIL TO REVEAL
WHEREABOUTS OF AVIATORS.
100 HURT
DECISION IS IDE
TO BE
IN BIG EXPLOSION
$50,00 0 BLAZE AT MIKKALO.
BUCKET BRIGADE FUTILE. '
CRIPPLED PHYSICIAN TRIES
TO CURE INSANITY.
RELIGIOUS ORDER SACRIFICES
HUMANS ON HUGE CROSSES.
B KILLED
MERGER
If PROBLEM
ORG OPES DIG
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$10,000,000 Corpora
tion Promised Soon.
OREGON, WASHINGTON . JOIN
World-Wide Campaign for
Marketing" Is Forecast.
AID TO GROWERS SEEN
Financiers and Business Men Take
Definite Action at Portland
Meeting; Canneries Included.
The organization of a giant cor
poration, capitalized at $10,000,000, for
the purpose of developing and stab
ilizing the canning industry of Ore
gon and Washington was definitely
decided at a meeting of financiers
' and business men of the two states,
held at the Benson hotel here yester
day. The merger of the canning and
preserving industries of the two
states, into this concern, to be known
as the Oregon-Washington Canning
and Preserving company, it was de
clared, will insure machinery suffi
cient to market the products of the
company alt over the world. Farmers
and growers will be insured a ready
outlet for their fruit, it was further
declared.
Articles Are to Be Filed.
Articles of incorporation of the
new concern under the laws of Dele
ware were ordered filed by tele
graph so that the concern could begin
to function immediately.
Promoters and organizers an
nounced that every effort, consistent
with conservative financing and
stable organization would be pushed
in order to handle at least some of
the 1921 berry and fruit crop which
promises to be one of the largest, if
not the largest on record and to do
this work with the greatest efficiency
and the largest returns to the grow
ers and producers. It was admitted,
however, that it would tatfe probably,!
a year to complete the merger and
organize the concern upon the scale
intended.
Board Is to Be Chosen.
A board of directors consisting of
16 men, eight from each state, will
be chosen to direct the affairs of the
corporation by the men comprising
the organization committee.
In a statement given out yesterday,
it was announced that:
"The purpose of tho new company
Is to develop the fruit growing and
packing industries of the two states
as a unit, to Rtimulato berry growing
and to facilitate the manufacture and
marketing of berry and other fruits
of Oregon and Washington. '
Will L. Finch of New York, who
met with the organization committee
yesterday, declared that the magni
tude of the new concern would make
possible a vast reduction in overhead
expense. Ho also declared that it
would assure tho widest distribution
of products as a result of a world
wide celling campaign.
Growers' Benefit Is Seen.
The growers," he declared, "will
benefit as a result of the ready mar
ket the new concern will give them
for all kinds of fruit products."
The conference yesterday was the
culmination of a scries held in the
two states in the hope of putting tho
fruit industries on a solid foundation.
Twenty thousand growers in tho belt
from the southern Oregon line to the
northern boundary of Washington
will be benefited by the centraliza
tion and the fruit industry of the
two states receive a big impetus, it
was declared.
Oregon not only has a largo acre
age in berries now, but has an im
mensely greater area of potential
fruit property and the assurance o
powerful business backing and the
most capable manufacturing and
marketing talent that can be ob
tained, it was declared, heralds a
new period of substantial progress
and a more stable prosperity through
an all-year industry such as contem
plated by Lho new concern.
Canneries to Be Taken Over.
The concern, according to Mr.
Finch, contemplates taking over va
rious canneries now established in
tho two states, especially those n
strategic positions. With this in view,
he said, offices would be established
soon in the leading cities of the sec
tion. He said that the Rupert & Co. or
ganization probably would have an
opportunity to be included in the
new concern as soon as the affairs
of that company could be put In
shape. That company has six can
neries in Oregon and one in Wash
ington. II, F. Davidson of Rupert & Co.
said that his concern would be glad
to consider being taken over by the
new corporation as soon as matters
could bo arranged for such a trans
action.. He explained, however, that
his company had not yet received
an Invitation to be included in the
new corporation, but that he under
stood such an invitation would be ex
tended. The directors of the new concern,
it was announced, probably will be
mimed today or tomorrow so that the
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Women and Children Join With
Men In Saving Town; Wheat
In Storage for Higher Prices.
THE DALLES. Or.. March 29.
(Special.) Fire of unknown origin
last night completely destroyed a
large farmers' co-operative grain ele
vator at Mikkalo, a Sherman county
town east of The Dalles, together
with approximately 25,000 bushels of
wheat stored in the elevator. . The
loss is estimated at about 150,000.
only part of which is covered by in
surance. The entire Populace of the town
organized to fight the fire, women
and children working with the men
in the formation of bucket brigades.
The elevator was located in the out
skirts of the town and a strong,
constantly veering wind showered
the business and residence districts
with sparks and flying embers It
was soon realized that the elevator
could not be saved, and the attention
of the fighters was devoted to extin
guishing roof fires that broke out in
different parts of, the town. Only by
almost superhuman efforts was the
fire kept from spreading.
The Mikkalo grain elevator was a
unmmtinitu affair. nrniil u n H flTlFT-
I ated by farmers for the purpose of
storing their wheat. A large part oi
the 1920 wheat crop was still in stor.
age at the time of the blaze, the
farmers holding the wheat in hope
of higher prices.
Residents of Mikkalo said today the
elevator will probably be rebuilt.
FLIGHT RESTORES VOICE
Wounded ex-Soldier Cured After
All Operations Fail.
WASHINGTON', D C, March 29.
An airplane flight at 14,000 feet today
restored the power of speech of H. A.
Renz Jr., 22 years old, an ox-soldier,
who for eight months had been un
able to speak above a whisper. When
he stepped from the army airplane
he was surprised at his own voice,
saying "I don't know whetuer I can
talk 'or not."
Renz was in the tank corps.
Infection followed minor wounus and
he r.woke one morning voiceless. In
an effort to restore his speech emi
nent specialists had removed his
adenoids and tonsils and performed
other throat operations without
result.
Renz consulted the public health
service and Dr. C. E. McEnejney pre
ficri'ofd ah air flight to high al'itude.
It was the first case of tho kind on
record, officials staled.
ANOTHER MAN DISAPPEARS
Mysteries at Tlic Dalles Increase.
Martin Hansen Latest Victim.
THE DALLES.) Or.. March 29.
(Special.) On the heels of the mys
terious disappearance of W. J. One,
local merchant and the more recent
shooting and robbing of Carl Nelson,
today came the announcement of tho
sudden disappearance of Martin Han
sen, foreman of a large ranch south
of Tho Dalles.
Hansen was in the employ of Frank
Dick, local attorney and was last seen
last Wednesday when he came from
the ranch to the city to purchase sup
plies. Wednesday night he obtained
a room at a local lodging house and
then dropped completely out of sight.
Dick reported the affair to Sheriff
Christman.
Hansen is known to have had a con
siderable amount of money on his
person at the time of his disappear
ance. BANK ROBBED OF $40,000
Thieves Escape After Felling Cash
ier and Teller.
ST. PAUL, March 29. Five men
walked into the City Bank of St.
Paul shortly after 1 F. M. today,
struck down the cashier and a woman
teller with the butts of their revol
vers and escaped with cash and bonds
valued at J10.000.
Tbe bank is in the center of an
outlying business district. -The pa
trons were lined up against a wall
but were not otherwise molested.
The usual automobile escape was
made, but this time a truck driver
caught the number of the fleeing car
and notified the police.
When a check had been completed
late today it was announced that the
robbers' loot was between $35,000 and
$40,000 in cash and liberty bonds
Trail of the bandits' car was lot in
the midway district between St. Paul
and Minneapolis.
STAGE FOLK ALSO IDLE
Unemployment in London Theater
land Is Widespread. .
LONDON, March 29. Unemploy
ment in theateriand, like that In
other professions and trades, is wide;
spread here, It being estimated that
there were more than 2000 chorus
girls and actresses out of work.
It was feared that unless conditions
improve immediately many producers
will have to quit.
NEWLY-WED PRINCE ILL
George of Greece Gets Mumps From
Elizabeth of Roumania.
ATHENS. March 29. Crown Prince
George today was ill with the mumps.
He caught them from his bride,
ex-Princess Elizabeth of Roumania,
who has been ill for the last few
day.
Cabinet Joins Attempt to
Satisfy Everyone.
STORM RUMBLING IS HEARD
Roads, Employes and Public
All Complain.
PROFITS HELD LACKING
Wage Redactions Fought by Labor
and Better Service Is De
manded by People.
WASHINGTON. March 29. A com
prehensive study'of American railway
conditions was begun by the ad
ministration today looking toward a
definite programme for railway re
habilitation. President Harding discussed the
problem with his cabinet and later
announced he would call into con
sultation soon the chairmen of the
Interstate commerce commission and
the railway labor board. Confer
ences with railway managers and
employes are expected to follow in
time to permit action at the special
session of congress.
Discussion at the cabinet meeting
was only of a preliminary character,
but there were indications that the
chief executive and his advisers were
much concerned over information re
ceived. KumhllnK Are Heard.
The administration has heard rum
blings of dissatisfaction from many
sources, the roads complaining of in
adequate income, the employes pro
testing wage reductions, shippers
asking for a reduction of freight
rates and in some cases the general
public appealing for better service.
All of these points are to be ex
amined in the inquiry, together with
the relation of a healthy transporta
tion industry to the nation's commer-"
cial life.
Even the tariff question is consid
ered by administration officials to be
closely interwoven with' transporta
tion policies, since some import duties
are said to permit foreign products
to reach American centers at a lower
cost than railwayborne domestic
goods.
The most serious feature of the
situation, however, as it has been
pictured to administration officials,
is the apparent inability of the car
riers to make both ends meet and
keep service up to standard.
A number of high railway officials
have told Mr. Harding that unless
earnings were increased the whole
transportation system faced paralysis.
It has. been understood that most
of those who have presented the car
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Delicate Operation Other Lett
When Danger Is Seen.
OSSINING, N. T., March 29. A bul
let was removed from a man's brain
today in the Sing Sing prison hos
pital! . Dr. W. L. Chapman of Brook
lyn, who performed the work, is an
invalid and was wheeled to the op
erating table in a chair, propped, in
which he worked. The operation was
an attempt lo cure insanity in Roman
Leondowski, a prisoner.
The presence of two bullets in the
patient's brain was disclosed by
X-ray examination, the one removed
today being imbedded almost two
inches, while the other was lodged
behind the right ear. When the first
bullet had been extracted Dr. Chap
man endeavored to remove the other,
which, however, was found to be
lodged solidly in the tissue. After
a consultation of several physicians
it was decided not to touch it. The
incision was closed and the patient
regained consciousness.
The operation lasted one hour. A
piece of skull about the size of a
dollar first was removed and into
the aperture Dr. Chapman inserted
his index finger slowly and carefully
so as not to rupture the brain tissue.
Deeper and deeper the surgeon
probed until his finger touched the
bullet. He slowly worked his finger
around the object, gradually forced it
through the tissue to the side of the
skull and then half lifted, half
pushed it along the wall until it
reached the opening.
Thirty minutes later Dr. Chapman
made another incision to remove the
second bullet. This was found in
less time, but was coated with tissue,
which would have to be broken. To
do so, it was said, presented the dan
ger of scar forming on the tissue,
which would be worse perhaps than
letting the bullet remain. Dr. Chap
man decided to leave it.
The patient was kept under watch
of several surgeons until he was con
sidered out of danger..
"What we hope to do by this opera
tion," Dr. J. R. Ross, superintendent
of the Dannemora hospital, said, "is
to cure epilepsy, visual hallucinations
and suicidal tendencies."
The prisoner, he added, normally
was a well-behaved prisoner, but oc
casionally when he suffered an at
tack of epilepsy he would become
violent.
"He had hallucinations," he said,
""that someone was continually press
ing or pointing a revolver against his
head. We believe now he will be a
model prisoner."
When he recovered consciousness he
was asked how he felt.
"I am feeling great," he replied.
PHONE DIVIDENDS GAIN
American Company lo'Pay 0 Per
Cent Beginning July 15.
' NEW YORKf'Marph S9. The Amer
ican Telephone & Telegraph Co. an
nounced today the regular annual
dividend rate would be Increased from
S per cent to 9 per cent.
The increase will take effect on
July 15.
CAME OF TENNIS WOULD BE
Americans Witness Observance of
Holy Week by Pcnitcntcs in
Northern New Mexico.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., March 29.
Two men were crucified at the
penitente village of Abiquiu in north
ern New Mexico on Good Friday in
observance of holy week in rites per
formed by members of the Hermanos
de Luz, Brothers of Light, a religious
order, according to B. J. N'ordfeldt
and Gustav Baumann. artists of
Santa Fe, N. M., who arrived here
today. '
N'ordfeldt and Baumann say they
were members of a party of two
dozen tourists who witnessed the
crucifixion and flagellation cere
monies connected with it.
For more than a half hour, the
artists said, the two human sacrifices
were tied to huge wooden crosses. At
the end of thai time they were taken
dewn, bleeding and exhausted: The
condition of the men is said to be
serious and their recovery in doubt.
The Penitentes, as tlie Hermanos de
Luz are more commonly known, are
Indians with a Mexican admixture.
The order has many followers, it is
understood, in remote villages of this
state. Although supposed to be dying
out, the order still attracts wide at
tention because of the mystery of its
ceremonies, which Americans seldom
are able to witness.
The principles and practices of the
order are said to have come from
Italy through Spain and Mexico.
Last Friday was one of the rare
occasions on which Americans were
permitted to witness the most solemn
ceremonies performed by the ' Peni
tentes "The Penitentes formed In a long
procession," said Mr. N'ordfeldt, "and
marching to slow, weird music beat
themselves with thorn whips soaked
in brine water to wound themselves
and make their wounds smart. One
man carried a large wooden cross
under the weight of which he fell
frequently. The procession ended
with the erection of two crosses with
members of the order tied to them."
It is' considered an nonor among
the Penitentes to be selected for
crucifixion.
RADIO AT SHANGHAI PLAN
U. S. Station Will Send Messages
Across Pacific Ocean.
WASHINGTON'. D..C March 29.
Work on a wireless station at Shang
hai, to be the largest in the world,
will begin shortly under an agree
ment between the Chinese govern
ment and the Federal Telegraph com
pany, an American concern, it was
announced today by the department
of commerce. It is to be completed
within 18 months and will be able to
communicate across the Pacific with
out relay.
Consummation of the contracts
with the Chinese government for this
and other wireless projects was re
garded by forcgin tr:.de experts here
as one of the most constructive
pieces of work effected in recent
years in behalf of American com
mercial interests in the far east.
ALL RIGHT, TOO.
Community Chest Slack
ers Are Warned.
LEADERS DON FIGHTING GARB
People of Moderate Means
Are Giving Freely.
MANY WELL-TO-DO REMISS
Result of Two Days of Campaign
Not Satisfactory, but Job Is
to Be Finished.
With the organization of a com
munity chest council, composed of 75
leading business and professional men
of Portland, the leaders of ihe com
munity chest campaign yesterday
donned fighting clothes and announced
determination to place the allotted
$850,000 within the chest if it takes
all summer to conclude the task.
Results of the first two days of
solicitation were not satisfactory to
Mayor Baker and members of the or
ganization. Contributions actually
checked aggregated $187,968. The re
sults not yet checked last night as
sured a total well above $200,000.
While this was reasonably crcd't
able, it left a feeling of dissatisfac
tion with the leaders. An analysis
of the situation, they said, showed
as the principal obstruction to rapid
attainment of the goal an evidtnt
failure of citizens of means to do
their share.
People of moderate means are
giving freely, the records show, but
persons who could easily give, say
$100, are attempting to escape their
rightful proportion of the burden by
giving $5 and $10.
Leaders Are Optimistic.
While this situation causes the
leaders in the campaign some anxiety,
they have lost none of their op
timism, for the splendid organiza
tion of field workers has been doing
yeoman service and covering the ter
ritory with the same detail and care
that marked previous financial cam
paigns. v
"We don't want anybody to get into
his head the idea that the community
chest campaign is going to fail," said
Mayor Baker. "Portland has never
fallen down on any proposition of
this sort and 1 desire to notify the
people of Portland here and now that
we are going to stay on the job if it
takes us three months.
"Of course we ought to fill the
chest by the end of the week be
cause every other ciy in the country
that has adopted the community chest
plan has wound up its job in the time
specified, but if we are going to miss
our mark and fall short of tho $Sj0,
000, which is absolutely needed, we
are just going to cinch our belts up
a little tighter and call in more and
new helpers and stay with the game
until it is finished.
Kvrrybody Card Indexed. (
"No person who can afford to give
a dollar to tho community chest fund
will be overlooked. There will be no
chance of escape whatever. We have
lists and card indexes on everybody
In Portland that ought to contribute
and it doesn't make any difference
what kind of an alibi or excuse Is
presented we are going to stay by
the task until it is finished."
Unlabulated returns of colonels In
tho community chest drive showed
that. Portland in the first two days
of the drive has contributed well in
excess of $100,000 for the cause of
charity and sickness, helplessness and
poverty.
The task of tabulating the returns
is a huge one and the official figures
issued by Auditor Nevina showed a
total return of $187,968, which in
cluded tho Monday's returns from
all sources and the results gained
by the flying squadron Tuesday.
These figures, however, did not In
clude the late returns of tho colonels
who yesterday collected thousands
of dollars for deposit in the huge
community chest.
Big !ubNcr1ptions Iteported.
The following subscriptions were
reported by the flying squadron at
S o'clock last night:
Portland Railway, Light & Power
company $ 5.000
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin T. Griffith .. 1.000
Llpman. Wolfe & Co. 8.000
Hlrch-Wel Manufacturing Co 1,200
Colonel K. Hofer, Salem 100
Clark-WUaon Lumber company .... 1.000
Amea. Harris & Neville 2.000
Mr. ami Mrs. Philip Buehner 2.SO0
N. J. Blagen 700
Koduey U ClliKan 800
Mr. and Mrs. li. J. Ottenheimer. . . . fioo
Corbett estate 2.500
Total 122,300
The following three-minute speak
ers have been assigned to various
motion picture theaters in the down
town district today:
Liberty Walter B. Gleason
Columbia W. V. Woodward
People's Mrs. Thompson
Rivoli Arthur Moulton
Star W. D. Wheelwright
Circle : Milton A, Miller
The community chest council, which
was created yesterday for. the purpose
of aiding the general committee in
meeting the many delicate problems
arising out of the campaign, will
meet at 11 o'clock this morning in
the assembly room in the basement
of the Portland hotel.
This council Is made up of 75 proml
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Washington, D. C, Left on. Jour
ney to Virgin Islands Stop In
tended in Xorth Carolina.
WASHINGTON. D. C. March 29.
The four marine corps aviators who
left the naval air station here in two
planes early this afternoon on the
first leg of their 5000-mile flight to
the Virgin islands had not been
heard from tonight. They had in
tended to make their first step at
Fayetteville. N. C, 340 miles distant,
but did not put in an appearance
either there or at Langley field, Vir
ginia. The disappearance of the aviators
was complete,- notwithstanding in
quiries. The only fact which served
to relieve the anxiety of officials
was the improbability that disaster
could have overtaken both planes
simultaneously. The theory was ad
vanced that perhaps one had been
forced down in an isolated spot and
the other had descended to assist in
repair work.
The craft left at 1:02 P. M.. the
first being occupied by Major T. C.
Turner, chief of tho marine corps
aviation, and Lieutenant B. G. Brad
ley, chief test pilot of the navy and
marine corps, and the second by Lieu
tenant L. H. Sanderson, pilot, and
Gunnery Sergeant C. W. Rucker.
STATE COMMITTEE SCORES
Injunction Against Montana Or
ganization Set Aside.
HELENA. Mont., March 29. Th
state supreme court today set aside
an injunction of the district court
forbidding the republican state cen
tral committee to elect a national
committeeman to succeed O. H. P.
Shelley, The central committee, at a
meeting earlier in the day, had con
firmed its tentative action of yester
day in naming State Senator O. H.
Junod national committeeman, sub
ject to the court's decision of the
injunction case.
Mr. Shelley was named by the Mon
tana delegation to the Chicago con
vention last June. The recent legis
lature Passed a law providing for the
election of the committeeman by the
state central committee.
MAN THROWN OFF TRAIN
Raymond Martin Is Hurt When He
Is Ejected by Tramps.
Raymond Martin, 28, said to have
been "beating" his way from Port
land to his home in Anderson, Ind.,
was seriously injured last night when
he was thrown off of a moving train
by two tramps as the O.-W. R. & N.
freight approached Troutdale. Six
ribs and a leg were broken, but at
the Good Samaritan hospital it was
said that he probably would live.
Anderson has a sister, Mrs. Mabel
Thompson, living at 319 Chapman
street, Portland. He was said to have
been riding in a gondola when he was
thrown but by the tramps, who were
believed to have attempted robbery.
BAY CITY INDORSES FAIR
San Francisco Commerce Chamber
Approves I'ortland Exposition.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 29. The
chamber of commerce today gave its
indorsement to the proposal to bold
an Atlantic-Pacific Highway and
Electric exposition in Portland, Or.
The exposition will be held in 1925.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTER DA T'S Maximum temperature,
5i uKret-'s; minimum. 43 deKrees.
TOIJAY'S Fair; northwestorly winds
'oreian.
Revolt In central Germany Is waning.
Page o.
National.
Immigration laxity greatest Is years,
l'age 2.
Railway problems occupy Harding and
cabinet, l'age 1.
Marines, on 5UO0-mlle flight, disappear.
Page 1.
Hughes declares for equality of commer
cial opportunity in China, l'age tt.
Domestic.
Jobn Burroughs, dean of American nature
writers, dead. l'age 3.
Explosion kills many and injures acorea in
Chicago, .l'age 1.
Big copper planta are closed down. Page 3.
Bullet taken from convict's brain to cure
inpantiy. l'age 1.
National agreement for railroads argued.
l'age S.
. raclfie Northwest.
Levi P. Ankeny, ex-senator, la dead. Tage 2
Big elevator and 2',000 bushels of wheat
lost in (ire at Mikkalo. Page 1.
Walker suit ends in Jacksonville bank
'cases. Page 4.
Kports.
Murphy gets chance at Shade at Mllwaukls
tonight. Page 10.
Seattle ball team Is declared strong.
Page 10.
Amateur boxing and wrestling tournament
here tomorrow night. Page 10.
Hard-thrpwn ball lays Beaver third sack
candidate low. Page 10.
Commercial and Marine.
England's wheat Imports on pre-war basis.
Page 10.
Uore favorable crop reports weaken Chi
cago wheat market. Page IV.
Telephone slock soars on account of divi
dend increase. Page 19.
Motomhlp lndien to get cargo here.
Page 18.
1'ortland and Vicinity.
Council to study movie fire risks. Page A.
Leaders in community chest campaign
. issue warning' to slackers. Page 1.
Decision for Oregon and Washington can
ning merger made. Page 1.
President may fix embargo on exports.
Page 11.
Jury in Hedderly damage suit remains out
all night. Page 7.
Pacific highway through Polk county to
be built at once. Page 8.
Roads rush plans for big terminal Pace 4.
United States attorney asks cancellation of
John L. IStberidge's citizenship papers
rage 1. .
Tons of Fireworks Raze
Chicago Warehouse.
TWO ARRESTED; TWO SOUGHT
Violation of City Ordinances
by Makers Charged.
SCORES LEFT HOMELESS
Branch Library Is Turned Into
Hospital and Relief Is Rushed
rroin All Purts of Citj .
CHICAGO, March SD.Manufacture
and storage of fireworks in a man
ner prohibited by city ordinance was
blamed tonight by city and poltcu
officials for an explosion In tho west
side tenement district today which
killed at least eight persons. Injured
3 00 or more, rendered dozens tempo
rarily homeless and damaged many
buildings.
Two men were held In connection
with tho disaster, and two, possibly
killed in the explosion, wero sought.
Warehouse Is Wrecked.
The explosion wrecked the ware
house of Well & Co., paper dealers,
where a dozen men were working.
All were believed to have been killed.
Next door was the firm of Singer
& chaffer, dealers in novelty mer
chandise. Chief of rolice" Fitzmorris
and Fire Attorney High tonight de
clared that the Singer & Schatfer firm
had manufactured fireworks in vio
lation of city ordinances and that com
bustion of tons of the fireworks
caused the disaster. .
Max Singer and 'Edward Schaffcr.
nephew and son, respectively, of the
partners, were rearrested and placed
in jail tonight after they had been
questioned and released today.
Two Others Are Soagnt.
The elder Singer and Schaffcr were
sought, but it was believed they
perished.
According to Mr. High and Chief
Fitzmorris, the two men held admit
ted that the firm manufactured fire
works and that it had conducted an
illicit trade in this product.
More than a ton of TNT. dynainlto
and other explosives was believed to
have been consumed. Scores of fire
works labels, pieces of firecrackers
and torpedoes were found near tho
wreckage.
In a nearby building wero 7000
pounds of torpedoes, according to tlio
police, and evidence Indicating that
hundreds of pounds of gunpowder and
dynamite recently had been shipped
to the firm was said by the police t"
havo been found.
Only l our Dead Idrnllflrd.
Only four of tho eight persons
known to be dnad had been identified
tonight. The olher bodies were badly
mangled.
Tonight many persons whose homes
had been so badly damaged as to be
untenable received temporury quar
ters in the Garfield school house,
where 1500 children were attending
school at the time of the disaster.
Tho roof of the building was dam
aged, but tho children escaped un
hurt. Babies Are Injured.
A dozen babies being cared for in a
settlement house were slightly in
jured by the falling of plaster, and
the district nearby was thrown into
an uproar for several hours.
Tonight scores of men worked
clearing away tho wreckage, while
dozens of nurses and pyhsicians went
from houso to house caring for the
injured. Representatives from relief
bureaus supplied food and bedding
fo- the homeless.
Effects of tho explosion were felt
for blocks. A big department store
at Twelfth and llalsted etreets was
the scene of a panic when tho con
cussion shattered plate glass windows
and startled clerks and shoppers.
The neighborhood confusion ham
pered the police and firemen until the
fire lines were established, men and
women running about the streets
screaming about "bombs."
Injured Sent to Hoxpllnl.
Of the building where the blast
originated there was left only a pile
of broken timbers and plaster.
Half an hour after the explosion
three bodies were taken from the
ruins and four persons, severely in
jured, were sent to the county hos
pital. A dozen others were treated
at a neighboring drug store.
Two more bodies, taken from the
ruins later, brought the known death
list to five. Parts of another body
were also recovered but the corpses
were so badly mangled that the coro
ner's assistants were uncertain
whether this latter discovery actually
Increased the death list.
- Library Isrd a Hospital.
Searchers continued to take from
the ruins parts of bodies. The upper
half of a body so mutilated that It
could not be identified was taken out
and a mutilated leg was also found
and removed to an undertaking es
tablishment. A branch of the Chicago public
library was converted into an emer
gency hospital and 23 men, women
and children were quartered there.