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VOL. LX-NO. 19,(K)
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Postnffloe us Second-Class Matter
PORTLAND. OREGON. MONDAY, XOVE3IBER 28, 1921
TRICE FIVE CENTS
SSo!" HOLDS OUT
E
BEND BUILDS RADIO
TO OUTWIT STORM
POLICEMAN IS DEAD
AFTER FIGHT IN CELL
PUBLICITYISCLUB
GREEN COAT' SAVES
BABY'S LIFE IN RIVER
!3 KILLED, 80 HURT
FOR BIGGER NOT
IN THEATER FIRE
11,600,000 TON'S ARE TAKEN
TIIItOUGII CANAIi IN YEA It.
ELOW FROM PRISONER'S FIST
BELIEVED TO BE CAUSE.
MOTHER LOSES GRASP; TOT
PLUNGES INTO WATER.
LIBERTY ffl
ATER
HANDS
CAUGHT
I
4, Including Woman,'
Jail; Two Sought.
in
HOW EMPLOYE LEADER
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K.;an vvnu was ouuuk. uuwh
by Gang Accused of
Hatching Plot.
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A-
IP IS GIVEN TO SHERIFF
Mother of Six Confesses to
Part She, Son and Hus
band Had in Holdup.
r ir of
the six persons impli-
i in the daring daylight robbery
yr the Liberty theater by which
.62 was obtained on the morning
"November 7, were captured late
Jflturday and early yesterday by
deputies from the office of Sheriff
sV.H'urt. and were placed in the
ji-y jail.
Two others were still at large,
it their capture was expected to-
n information furnished to
tt Hurlburt and District Attor
i Myers Friday afternoon, the
IT s deputies, working under the
ion of Martin Pratt, chief
Vy, and S. Christofferson, chief
J re criminal department, got into
J,n late Saturday afternoon and
i icted the capture of two, a woman
a her son, at Vancouver Saturday
.ht, and two others, including
j-?iarry Barney, trusted employe of
Vjie theater, in Portland Saturday
Vht
Mother of Six Arrested.
J lose under arrest were Henry or
Irv Barnev. as he is also known.
tsix years night superintendent
e Liberty theater, and reputed
)eader; Joe Watkins, 44 years
and father of three children;'
John Printer, Vancouver, Wash.,
jer of six children; Andrew
Jf er, aged 17, son of Mrs. Printer,
vie district attorney and sheriff's
luties yesterday procured corn
fate confessions from Mrs. Printer,
idrew Printer and Joe Watkins.
lich of the admitted robbers pointed
Jrie finger of accusation at Barney
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Ts me one wno piuti-eu anu uiretieu
flhe robbery.
I Barney made but a partial confes
Nr'on, although he led the sheriff's
'.-uties to a cache in the rear of the
(jerty theater yesterday afternoon
here $213.75 of the stolen money
vas recovered. He insisted this was
all he obtained from the robbery.
Watkins in Jail Before.
Watkins, who had been jailed on
several occasions for petty thefts,
ointed out a cache where $214.50 in
collars and half-dollars was hidden.
"hi. mnnpv was rontAinpd in a small
I our sack and was buried beneath
nile of sand at the rear of the Inde
Jndent Foundry company plant,
Verity-third and York streets. An
Jlitional $800 in currency which
)iitkins received, has been cached
I his wife. She has promised that
will be turned over to the county
,'icia!s today.
John Printer is being sought near
Vancouver by a posse of Portland
fid Vancouver deputy sheriffs. He
.ade his escape from his home at
Vancouver late Saturday night just
half an hour before the Portland of
icers arrived. He was said to have
something more than $3000 in his
"osscssion. Still another man was
i i another city and word was tele
graphed there last night for his im
mediate arrest. The sheriff expected
to learn this morning that he has
been taken into -custody.
Barney Held Instigator.
According to the confessions of
Watkins and young Printer, Barney,
the employe of the Jensen-Von Her
berg interests, was the instigator of
the robbery plot. It was he, said
these two prisoners, who first ap
proached the others with the plan to
hold up the theater. It was he, they
added, who furnished the guns, the
caps, the masks, and showed them
how to enter the theater.
They even went so far as to say
that on the morning of the robbery,
Barney went to the front door of the
iCouuluii.d ou' I'atfK S, Coluiun 1.J
Gross Revenues of Big Ditch Are
927,000,000 for Fiscal Term
Ending June SO.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 27.
Ships of four nations carried 89 per
rent of the approximately lf,60,000
tons of cargo which moved through
the Panama canal during the fiscal
year ended June 30.
American vessels led all others
with 6,163,000 tons, establishing a rec
ord by increasing the total tonnage
of the previous high year by 615,885.
British ships were second, with a
total of" 3,738,250 tons, surpassing
their high mark of 1917.
Japan and Norway took third and
fourth place with 758,600 and 637,
880 tons, respectively. Japan exceeded
her last high mark by 32,279 tons.
Of th. nations which shared In
moving the remaining 11 per cent of
tonnage, the most Important were
Denmark, Holland, Spain, Sweden,
France and Peru.
Governor Morrow in his report said
that the most important trade route
served by the canal "was that be
tween the 'east coast of the United
States and the "west coast of South
America. Others of the principal
routes were those from the east coast
of the United States to the far east
and between the west coast of Amer
ica and Europe. -
"In terms of money, the Panama
canal had gross revenues of more
than 127,000,000; increased investment.
additions, stock, etc., of $8,000,000 and
gross operating expenses of $24,500
000." The excess of revenues in the
last fiscal year, the report shows.
was $2,750,000 more than operating
expenses without allowjsig for inter
est on the capital cost of the- water
way.
The Panama Railroad company, ac
cording to the report, had a gross
revenue of approximately $22,000,000
an increase of Investments on capital
additions of $1,500,000, while the
gross operating expenses were $22,
uuo.voo on June 30. Gross revenues
cf the Panama railroad steamship
line at the same time were $5,156,446,
while operating expenses for the
fiscal year totaled $5,857,257.
3 COACHES JUMP TRACK
Several Passengers Are Bruised In
Bull Mishap at Cooks, WhsIi.
Several persons were shaken and
bruised, but none was severely in
jured, last night when the three
rear coaches of the Spokane, Portland
S Seattle train No. 1, bearing passen
gers from Spokane and the east left
the track as the train was entering
Cooks, wash. The accident was
caused by a broken rail.
Mrs. J. D. Hansen of Banff, Canada,
suffered a wrenched left knee. A. L.
Cryor of Spokane was injured slight
ly. Several others, including train
men, wore bruised. The cars which
left the track were the diner, a stand
ard sleeper and the observation car.
As the cars left the track they broke
from the forward coaches. When the
cars lurched forward on the ties the
passengers were thrown about. The
passengers were removed to the
forward coaches and the derailed
coaches were left standing on a sid
ing at Cooks. The train, which was
due in Portland at 7:30 o'clock, ar
rived at 9:10 o'clock.
REVOLTS ARE DISCOUNTED
President Obregon Laughs anil
Says There Is No Need for Alarm.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 27. (By the
Associated Press.) Revolutionary
conditions reported recently in lower
California are considered of 6mall
importance by President Obregon,
who received newspaper correspond
ents today and dismissed questions
relative to thesn reported disturb
ances with a laugh.
"There is no neeo. for alarm," he
said, "as the uprisings are minor."
He dealt with the Washington con
ference and when questioned whether
Mexico would accept an invitation. If
extended, to participate in later ses
sions, he answered that the "form of
such invitation would determine Mex
ico's acceptance."
STINNES BACK IN BERLIN
Capitalist Confers With Wirth on
Visit to London.
BERLIN. Nov. 27. Hugo Stlnnes
yesterday discussed with Chancellor
Wlrth informally his recent visit to
London. When the conference was
ended Herr Stinnes again left Berlin.
Negotiations between cabinet and
industrialists relative to foreign cred
its will be resumed next week, when
it is expected the government will
make a formal statement of its plan
for meeting the January reparations
payment.
Germany's floating debt November
20, It was announced today, was 221,
150.000,000 marks.
MOBS IN ROME QUELLED
Several Demonstrations Against
French Embassy Dispersed.
ROME, Nov. 27. Several demon
strations against the French embassy
were attempted today as an after
math of the excitement caused by the
I ubllcation of Washington dispatches
alleging use of harsh words by Pre
mier Briand of France against Sen
ator Schanzer at the Washington con
ference. The police dispersed the
demonstrators.
. There were , further . anti-French
demonstrations Saturday night in
Genoa and Naples.
Experts Understood to
Want 10-10-7 Ratio.,
AMERICANS OPPOSING PLEA
British Envoys Line Up With
U. S. Delegation.
REPORT EXPECTED SOON
Nipponese Contend That Battleship
-Mutsu Should Be Retained
in War Fleet.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 27. (By
the Associated Press.) With th
question Of land armaments thrust
into the background by last week's
developments, the arms conference
will enter Its third week tomorrow
with another stride toward agree
ment on naval limitations fore
shadowed.
The naval question, at least so far
as its most vital element, the "5-5-3
ratio" of fleet strength between
Great Britain, the United States and
Japan is concerned, is approaching
the point of transfer back to the
"big five" committee with the report
of tha naval experts. There is some
expectation that a plenary session
of the conference will be called this
week to reach first decisions on the
naval plan..
Whether the experts of the three
major naval powers will submit in
dividual reports is not known.
Both the British and American ex
perts were reported as having con
cluded their examination of the ship
data involved in Secretary Hughes'
proposal. The Japanese group was
still toiling Saturday, It was said.
Ilagkcs' Plan Satisf actor?-.
A summary of last week's develop
ment on naval proposals indicates
the following status:
American officers have seen no rea.
son in arguments advanced by Japan
to any change in the keystone of the
agreement Mr. Hughes proposed, the
"5-5-3" naval strength ratio.
British naval officials have accept
ed that ratio, although it means ulti
mate equalization of the American and
British fleets.
Japanese officers have opposed the
ratio, urging 10-10-7 Instead.
American naval opinion strongly
opposes retention by Japan of the
battleship- Mutsu unless both other
powers in due proportion enlarge
their fleets. There are indications
that some American delegates see
strength in the arguments .of Japan
that the Mutsu might have been in
cluded as a completed ship in the re
tained fleets. There was nothing to
Indicate that compromise was being
considered in the .'.merlcan group
It has been indicated that Great
Britain was not desirous of under
taking any further naval construc
tion at present, which seems to fore
cast agreement with the American
view. '
Japanese officiaals have presented
tables of tonnage to support their
claim that they are entitled to retain
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 4.)
C-A.M I LV -AW
vm.ll ATTACK
CITV STILL OUT OF DIRECT
TOUCH WITH AVORLD.
Stage From Klaniatli Falls Tikes
Papers and Telegrams to
City Isolated by Snow.
BEND,- Or., Nov. 27. (Special.)-
For the first time since a week r
Saturday night, when wires,-
down in Deschutes canyon an'.
Ail
service suspended with the s ling
of the Oregon, Trunk train at Frieda,
Bend heard directly from the outside
world last night. A wireless station
installed by Cf G. Seward and Carl
Austin, radio operator, for the Bulle
tin, a local daily, picks up messages
sent out from North Head, Marshfield
and other coast points relative to
storm conditions. Attempts to send
to Portland were unsuccessful, but
will be resumed tonight.
Although 70 miles of drifts cover
ing railroad lines in the Deschutes
canyon remained to be pierced before
traffic can be resumed, railroad men
are predicting that the regular sched
ule can be resumed early next week.
Engines are being used in ramming
the drifts from the south and are
within a half mile of the train stalled
at Frieda. Portland and San Fran
cisco papers which were brought in
by the stage from Klamath Falls last
night were eagerly bought up, the
demand far exceeding the supply One!
hundred ana ntty telegrams were
brought in on the same stage.
TREASURY RAID FORECAST
Representative Says Fanatics Will
' Want Cash Saved on Navy.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov. 27.
"The contemplated saving' of several
hundred millions of dollars through
the limitation of armaments will re
sult In hundreds of attempted raids
on the United States treasury with
freak legislation," said Representa
tive Fess, chairman of the republican
congressional committee in a state
ment today.
"An ever-growing popular demand
for greater national interest In edu
cation, one of the most important fea
tures of which is C ? physical educa
tion of the coming generation, de
mands first call on our resources," he
said.
PACKING STRIKE IS VOTED
Employes in Favor of Resisting Cut
in Their Pay.
-OMAHA. Nov. 27. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Omaha packing plant
workers today voted In favor of a
strike here to resist announced wage
cuts if a majority of employes of the
industry In other packing centers
want to take similar action.
The vote was taken at a mass meet
ing called by the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workmen's
union of North America. According
to Jacob Davis, president of the
union's district council, about 60 per
cent of those who attended were non
union workers.
$2,505,000 IS LOANED
Approval of Farm and Stork Ad
vances Is Announced.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 27.
Approval of 57 advances for agri
cultural and livestock purposes, ag
gregating $2,505,000, was announced
tonight by the war finance corpora
tion. They include:
Nebraska $221,000. Montana $217.
flbo, Colorado $540,000, South Dakota
$222,000 and Iowa $61)1,000.
SOMEHOW WE FAIL TO SEE THE DANGER.
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McMlrJ lie Night Watchman Col
IrJ A While Telling Acquant-
ance of Encounter.
McMlNNVILLE. Or., Nov. 27. (Spe
cial.) Harvey Nell, on the McMinn
vllle police force for the last 30 years
and night watchman for the last
three years, was dead today from
hemorrhage at the base of the brain,
said to have been caused by a blow
from the fist of George W. Scott,
whom Neil helped to arrest last night.
Scott was lodged in jail. An inquest
tomorrow will determine whether
Scott will be charged with the death
of Nfii.
Scott was said to have been intoxi
cated and disturbing the peace last
night and when Neil sought to arrest
him he resisted arrest. Chief of
Police Snodgrass and two bystanders
went to the resistance of Neil and
between them they got Scott to Jail.
As Nell was opening the cell door
Scott, it was said, struck Neil with
his filt, the blow striking Nell on
the Jugular vein. Neil struck back,
knocking Scott down, closed the cell
door and left the jail to go up town.
About two blocks away he met O. O.
Hodson, to whom he was relating
r the fight with Scott when he was
seized with a trembling of the body,
swayed and began to fall. Mr. Hod
son caught him. but before he could
get help Nell was dead. Autopsy this
morning revealed that he had suf
fered a hemorrhage.
Just 30 years ago today Neil had
arrested Scott, It was reported.
Neil was between 55 and 60 years
old. He is survived by his widow, a
son and daughter.
REGENT HONORS CHINDA
Japanese Crown Prince Makes Talk
Deploring Father's Illness.
TOKIO,' Nov. 27. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Crown Prince Hirohito,
new regent of Japan, in addressing a
gathering yesterday, deplored the in
firmities of the emperor which had
rendered necessary the naming of a
regent and expressed anxiety as to
whether he could discharge the duties
which had fallen on his youthful
shoulders. He is 20. His aim, he
said, would be to further the friend
ship of foreign powers and to pro
mote the national welfare while
awaiting hi; father's recovery.
The general view is that the ap
pointment was a timely development
in view of the emperor's condition.
As regent the prince will practically
be the .actual ruler.
Viscount Chinda has been appointed
lord chamberlain in Hlrohito's house
hold in place of Baron Arata Ramao,
who asked to be relieved. Viscount
Chinda also will retain the post of
privy councillor.
WOMEN BACK ARMS PLAN
National League of Voters Pledges
SupKrt to Hughes' Programme.
CHICAGO, Nov. 27. Mrs. Maud
Wood Park, president of the National
League of Women Voters, today sent
a message to President Harding in
behalf of the board of directors of
the . league. Indorsing Secretary
Hughes' programme for the limita
tion of armaments and pledging sup
port of the organization to the plan.
"We thoroughly indorse Secretary
Hughes' courageous and definite pro
gramme and will do our utmost to
support it
by all the means at oui I
i command," the message said.
Old World Friction Met in
Secret Sessions.
EARLY AGREEMENT DOUBTED
Trump Cards Still Held Up by
Foreign Delegates.
OLD SCHOOL DELIBERATE
Likelihood of American Leader
Calling for Open Session
Steadily Faced, However.
BT ROBERT T. SMALL.
(Copyright. 11121. by The Oregonian.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 26.
(Special.) Old world quarrel's have
found ther way into the Washington
conference. This was inevitable.
As a result it would seem that any
thing approaching a satisfactory final
agreement is impossible before the
conference takes a Christmas ad
journment. This recess undoubtedly
will cortie about December 15 and may
last until the middle of January.
The swift movement of the confer
ence during its first two weeks has
pernaps created a false impression
of complete serenity throughout the
United States, and has also created
ine Dener that at almost any moment
the delegates might sign on the dot
ted line and return triumphantly to
tnelr homes.
Old Friction Still Manifest. v
Words of warning had come from
across the waters Just prior to the
rtrst meeting of the conference, but
the frankness with which Secretary
Hughes laid down a naval disarma
ment proposal on the part of the
United States led many persons to the
conclusion that old world skepticism
was out of date and that a new era
was indeed about to open In the deal
ings of one nation with another.
But it has been found within the
last few daysfound in that freedom
of discussion which prevails behind
the closed doors of conference com
mittee rooms that the old points of
friction, submerged by the riotous en
thusiasm which marked, the opening
day of the conference, remain among
the older nations, and that peace has
its problems no less than war.
Sot All Cards Laid on Table.
There is nothing but praise among
an me loreign delegates for the man
""n secretary Hughes stated
me naval policy of the United Stat
but they have not followed sult by
an or ineir cards face up o
the table.
mat is not In old world
diplomacy.
O.d world diplomacy
holds that
" ou piay your trumn
cams ursc you nave nothing to hold
over your neighbor's head toward the
end of the game. Furthermore, the
pi nig oi me trump cards all at once
excites the on-lookers to an unwonted
degree.
As a result of the Hus-hei. .
diplomacy, it would seem the United
States at the moment is not taking
the leading hand In the disni.inn.
behind the closed doors, but the
"American delegates believe that Dub
I "c sentiment Is working, not alone
in me united States, but in all h
countries represented at the council
taoies.
open smnlon la Faces.
Furthermore, there broods over the
secret committee meetings, which r.
now the order of the day, the con
stant tnreat of an open session at
which more plain talking may be
heard. China already has intimated
mat it may ask for a public session
in which it will tell just what the
powers are preparing to do and pro
posing not to do.
The United States has not made its
iar eastern position as plain as the
delegates had expected, for they had
based their expectations on Mr.
Hughes' disarmament bombshell.
However, there is a llklihood that if
matters take, a further turn for the
worse Mr. Hughes will call an open
session and state the far eastern
policy In terms which none can mis
understand
While it is true that the present
conference Is being held in a new at
mosphere, the participants in it for
the most part are men trained in the
old schools of diplomacy, and the old
school of diplomacy moves with
dellberateness that, at times is b
puzzling and disappointing.
No Major Point Settled.
iherelore, at the end of the first
fortnight of the conference no single
major point has been settled, and the
old world quarrels are beginning to
make early agreements seem very
impossible.
England and France, sraunchest of
all during the war, are at logger
heads. Europe has known it for sev
eral months, but the Washington con
ference Is emphasising it and bring
ing it to' the attention of the new
world. France, therefore. Is prepar
ing to play a lone hand In dealing
with Germany as to reparation pay
ments in the future.
France and Italy have many points
of Irritating contact and the fact that
France has stated that she will not
reduce the size of her regular army
at any time in the near future is re
garded by Italy as tantamount of an
announcement that France will con-
(Coacludvd on Page ft, Coluuia 3.)
Harbor Putrol Spies Dark Hues
Vnder Surface and Effects Res
cue; Boy Is Resuscitated.
Melvin Lawrence, 2 -year-old son
of Pilot and Mrs. James Campbell of
the river tug Hustler, slipped from
the gangplank into the river about
1:30 yesterday afternoon, and owes his
life to Patrolmen Perhn and Voder
berg of the harbor patrol. He hud
floated for a distance of two blocks
at a depth of 18 inches below the sur
face when the officers spied his bright
green coat and pulled him out.
The Hustler was moored near the
Morrison-street bridge, with an 18
inch gangplank reaching to the dock.
Mrs. Campbell, holding the boy's hand,
was walking across when he slipped.
Her grasp on his hand was not suf
ficiently strong to hold nint and he
plunged Into the river.
There was a scurry for boats and
much excitement, which attracted the
attention of the harbor patrol crew.
Surmising that someone was in the
river, they .started out to investigate.
On the way the bright green of the
coat attracted their attention and led
to the rescue, as clothing of a neutral
hue beneath the surface would have
been difficult to distinguish from the
background of water.
The boy was unconscious and suf
fered from water in his lungs. The
rescuers undressed him near a warm
fire in the harbor patrol station,
working with him for half an hour
before they restored consciousness.
He was then taken to St. Vincent's
hospital, where attendants last night
reported him to be out of danger.
Mr. Campbell is pilot of the Hustler
and the family Uvea on the bout.
BRIAND STIRS GERMANS
Press Urges Wlrth to Proclaim Use-
lessness of France's Arms View.
BERLIN, Nov. 27. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Now that Premier
Briand of France is homeward bound
from Washington, newspapers are
urging Chancellor Wirth to abandon
his reserve, at least to the extent of
informing the American public of the
"uselessness of M. Briand's arguments
in support of France s attitude on dis
armament." They say that the Wirth govern
ment did not desire to engage In acri
monious controversy with M. Briand
while he was the guest of the United
States.
Dr. Wirth tomorrow will appear be
fore the reichstag committee on for
eign relations to discuss the premier's
speech.
VACATION N0T IN MIND
Arms Delegates Suggest Vuletide
Holidays Be Forgotten.
WASHINGTON'. D. C. Nov. 27.
(By the Associated Tress.) Members
of several armament delegations in
formally suggested last night that any
thought of adjourning the sessions
for the Christmas holidays be aban
doned in the expectation that by
adopting such a course the delibera
tions couM t e concluded by the end
of December.
The nogotiatlons were proceeding
so smoothl, they pointed out, tha
the conierence could be expected to
complete Its work in a much shorter
time than vat at first deemed pos
sible.
WAGE CUT IS DISCUSSED
Meatcutters' President Urges Work
ers to Await Orders From Unions.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 27. C. J.
Hayes, national president of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen, addressing a mass
meeting of more than 20(10 packing
house workers in Kansas City, Kan.
today urged them to await orders
from their unions before taking for
mal action relative to wage cuts. Sev
eral speakers from the workers, how
ever, urged them to strike immedi-
tely.
No formal action was taken.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTSPDAT'S Maximum temperature. El
degrees; minimum, 411 degrees.
TODAY'S Bain- southwesterly winds.
Armament Conference. .
Publicity li club In Hughes' hands at arms
conference, rare l.
Japan '.akea ateDS to provide for ship
builders who may do aiacnargea,
Page 5-
Japan holds out for bigger navy. Tags 1.
National.
Throw tradition to wind, said President
Wilson, addressing Atlantic fleet offi
cers. Page 2.
U. 8. vessels first In Panama cargo. Page 1.
juzl tax decrease is nearly $1.000.ooo.ooo.
Page S.
Women's first mJor demand of congress
since enfranchisement is won. Page 2.
Domestic.
Other witnesses summoned In Arbuckle
case. Page S.
Crowded theater swept by flames, klllinK
five and Injuring 60. Page 1.
Pacific Northvre-t.
McMtnnvllle night watchman dead after
being hit by policeman. Page 1.
Bend builds radio to outwit storm. Page 1.
Sports.
Oregon preparing for Hawaiian trip. Page
10.
Paris giving ran to Carpentler. Psgs 10.
Commercial and Marine.
Hay port's busiest in many Sundays.
Page i.
Portland and Vicinity.
Four of six Liberty theater robbers caught.
Page 1.
Worth of muslo to religion told. Page IX
Portland churches open muslo week pro
gramme. Page IS.
Butter and cheese makers to meet here
in December. Page 10.
Bankers leaders In community life. Pag
17.
Pi.ow-bound autos in danger. Page 18.
Oreen coat saves baby's life In river.
Pag 1.
Movie Patrons Stampede
When Flames Start.
TWO BODIES FOUND IN RUINS
Two
Others Die at
Haven Hospitals.
New
BLAZE RAGES 2 HOURS
Occupants of Balcony Seals Snld
to Have Leaped Down on
People Underneath.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Nov. 27. At ,
least three persons lost their lives
here tonight when the Rinlto theater,
a moving picture house, was destroyed
by fire. More than four score re
ceived hospital treatment. It was be
lieved some of the patients would die.
Fire Marshal Terklns said other
bodies might be found in the ruins,
although a search with lanterns re
vealed only two bodies. Another body
was at a hospital.
For two hours while the flames en
veloped the theater it was feared the
death list would be heavy. Ambu
lances carried scores of persons to tha
hosp-itals, many more were cared for
In the hotel Taft. across the street,
and hundreds had gone home cut and
bruised and scorched.
Stampede In Described.
Spectators told of a stampede at the
cry of "fire" and of bodies being in
heaps on the main floor, but when
firemen entered the structure they
found only two victims.
A number of Yale students were
among thoe injured.
The fire, of undetermined origin,
started shortly afts.- 7 o'clock. The
theater was jammed
The two bodies were taken from the
burned building at 9:30 P. M. Chief
of Police Smith, with three fireinwn,
entered the front doors.
. nlase Makes Rapid Headway.
Throughout the fire fighting, Yale
students pressed close to the police
lines and tried to get through to
search for friends, when the blaze
was under control.
Persons at the Hotel Taft, across
the street, said the theutt-r seemed
muss of flames almost before tha
fire alarm was given.
Early reports were that the fire
started from the burning of Incense
on the stage in connection with a
motion "pietur.
The fire destroyed the Interior of
the theater and broke Into a large
adjoining building occupied by sev
eral concerns. The property loss was
about ICO, 000.
Injured Student Are I.lxted.
At the Yale lnflrmarl 12 students
were listed as suffering from Injuries.
They Included I. A. Cooke. Honolulu;
A. H. Doulittle, Spokane, Wash.
Grace hospital had listed as Vale
students two Injured, Including T. V
Doolittle of Spokane. At St. Raphael's
hospital was another student.
The theater was cornerwlse from
the Yale campus and there were bun
dreds of students In the building
when the fire started.
The picture which was about to be
shown was "The Sheik." There wsrs
said to be more than 1200 persons in
the theater.
It was reported that an attendant
had Just lighted a pot of Incense on the
stage when the blaze started. As the
fumes spread over the theater and
the flames burst forth on the screen,
the crowd was slezed with panic.
FEDERAL JUDGE IS FINED
Alternative of Five Days In Jail
(iven for Traffic Violation.
PASADENA. Cal.. Nov. 27. Judge
Morris of the United States dlstrlot
court at Duluth, Minn., Saturday paid
a fie of HO In police court here on a
cffarge'of traffic law violation. Judge
Morris was arrested October 26, the
complaint reciting that he failed to
stop and give aid to a pedestrian
struck by his automobile.
Today this complaint was changed
to one of failing to give a traffic
signal, and Judge Morris was given
the alternative of paying a fine of
310 or spending five days In Jail.
MAN TO BE TRIED SUICIDE
Louis Koulourls, Slayer, Hangs
Himself in Cell.
SAN RAFAEL, Cal.. Nov. 27. Louis
Koulouris, who would have gone ou
trial tomorrow on a charge of mur
dering Harold Wilson, committed sul-
ile by hanging himself In his cell in
e county Jail here today.
Koulouris stabbed Wilson In the
stomach as they, with other convicts
at San Quentin penitentiary, were
leaving a hall after an entertainment.
BURGLARS' LOOT $50,000
Furs, Silk Stockings and Musical
Instruments Taken.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.. Nov.
27. Burglars last night ransacked
two stores In the business center here
of more than $50,000 worth of furs
silks and musical instruments, ac
cording to a report made today ti
the police.
The loot Included about $7000 worth
of silk stockings and a number iu
saxophones.