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VOL. LX-XO. 19,003
Entered at Portland (Oreenm
PORTLAND. OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1921
PRICK FIVE CENTS
GAS IN TUNNEL KILLS CCTy.M C PRI C
TRA!NMAN;3 INJURED, r,F 11 ,V,,LL miL
SANTA LEAVES BABIES
IN 4 HOMES OF CITY
OVATION GIVEN DEBS
AS HE LEAVES PRISON
E
WAR SEA CAPTAIN Cflfr IRI
,unn AC rDACTCD'unl L III
HITS CALIFORNIA
ENATE
ROBBED OF S15Q0
FREIGHT CREW OVERCOME IX
ST. JOHXS TUBE.
PART OF CHERISHED CHRIST
MAS CAROL REPEATED.
W , OFFENDER GOES TO RE
i'ORT TO DACGHERTY.
EX-OFFICER SAYS CHARGE IS
RESVLT OF BILL VOUCHERS.
EXPOSITION BILL
WAITS ON SIGK
FIRM
NFLUENC
POOLHALL
11 GINS
Mr. Ritner Undecided as
to Approval of Action.
LEGALITY TEST EXPECTED
estate Committee Soon
to
Delve Into Situation.
FAIR IS HELD POPULAR
Mr. Meier Expresses View People
; of Oregon Would Vote Over
whelmingly for Project.
1D25 EXPOSITION SITUATION
IN BRIEF.
President Ritner of state
senate undecided as to whether
he will sign measures passed
during special session last week.
Without his signature they can
not leave his office except by
court procedure.
If he does not sign, it Is
probable Secretary of State
Kozcr will be asked to place
measures on ballot for May
election, and if he declines
because of legal points, a
friendly suit likely will be ini
tiated at once to settle the
question.
Julius L. Meier, chairman of
state-wide exposition board,
contemplates calling board
together soon to lay before
them the situation as it exists
and to ask their advice on
future action. Mr. Meier de
clares himself of the opinion
that the people of Oregon want
the exposition and will over
whelmingly Indorse It if given
the chance.
' With Roy W. Ritner, president of
tho state senate, undecided as to
whether he will sign measures enacted
at last week's special session of the
Oregon legislature authorizing the
1925 exposition and providing a gaso
line tax to finance It to the extent of
$3,000,000, advocates of the great fair
project are adjusting themselves to
the situation and preparing for the
next step.
Whether Mr. Ritner signs the meas
ures enacted by senate nnd house con
cerning which a constitutional ques
tion has arisen because of the fact
that there were but 29 members pres
ent and voting and because the vote
larked one of the required number, as
construed by some lawyers, there will
be action to have the Courts decide the
issue, it is believed. Advocates of the
exposition express the belief that the
signature will be affixed and that
Louis E. Bean, speaker of the house,
will place his name to the bill and
resolution and that they will go to the
governor, who is expected to act
promptly, favoring the fair.
Court Action Expected.
TJnless Mr. Ritner signs, it is be
lieved the court action must come at
once, for the measures cannot go out
of his office for any other than legal
proceedings. Advocates of the exposi
tion project yeHterday expressed the
opinion that, lacking the signature of
President Ritner, it will be best to
apply to Sam A. Kozer, secretary of
state, to place the measures on the
ballot to be voted upon at the primary
nominating election next May. In case
Mr. Kozer, for legal reasons, does not
place the measure upon the ballot, ac
tion to mandamus him would be taken,
According to plans now forming. Of
course, all of this would be done in a
most friendly manner, simply to de
termine the constitutional question as
to the validity of the senate's action
In adopting the resolution and gaso
line bill by a vote of 15 to 14. This
would bring about a decision and
every effort would be made to facili
tate its announcement by the courts.
President Kltnrr Undecided.
How the validity of the exposition
measure Is to be determined is a mat
ter which legislators discussed yes
terday k t-resiaent miner explained yester
day that he has not decided on a
course of action. He may or may not
sign, depending on further delibera
tion. "I may ask the opinion of the attorney-general
and abide by it," said
Mr. Ritner. "I may sign the resolu
tion and gasoline bill with a note
stating that there were but 15 votes
tor it and that I ruled that IS was a
constitutional majority and that an I
appeal was taken from the decision
of the chair and that the chair was
not sustained. Then, again, I may
refuse to sign and thus give friends
of the exposition an opportunity to
mandamus me.
" "Senator Eddy informed me that I
could sign the measures without af
fecting the validity one way or an
other, but as Senator Eddy was one
of the supporters of the measures,
71 will seek elsewhere for opinion, al
though Senator Eddy s views may be
perfectly correct."
Five Iays Given for Slsrnlnar.
Insofar as the speaker of the house
is concerned, there is no reason why
tCoutuiueii ua !' 3, Culuuw i-.
Engine Is Found Standing Still;
All Victims Rushed to Hos
pital; Rest Out of Danger.
One man was killed and1 three in
jured In a gas-filled tunnel between
St. Johns junction and Portland on
the O-W. R. & N. line late last night.
George W. Walker, conductor, 72
Sixth street North, died from asphyxi
ation. The other men who were at
St. Vincent's hospital out of danger
were Edward Vonada, engineer; I. W
Ball, fireman, end It. L. Bajita, brake
man. At 8:45 P M. the train was found
stalled at the east end of the tunnel.
An Investigation was conducted which
found the three men unconscious in
the cab of the en fine. Walker was
found at the rear of the train, which
was still In the tunnel. All were
rushed to the hospital immediately.
Efforts to revive Walker were un
successful, although a pulmotor was
used. His companions responded to
first aid treatment and their con
ditions were announced as not seri
ous.
Kallroad men expressed the opinion
that the'train probably stalled in the
tunnel and the crew unable to obtain
a supply of fresh air were overcome
by the gas in the coal smoke which
clogged the atmosphere.
The St. Johns tunnel is more than
a mile in length and It requires al
most ten minutes for the slow-moving
freight trains to pass through.
An official Inquiry will be conducted
tomorrow.
OLD "EXAMS" DISCREDITED
System Archaic and Must Go Over
board, Says Educator.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25. Grades
handed out to high school and college
students on their final examinations
frequently depend more on the temper
and digestion of the grader than on
the contents of their examination pa
pers, B. D. Wood, assistant to Dean
Hawkes of Columbia university, de
clared yesterday In a report on ex
amination research conducted at the
university.
He cited the case of one examina
tion paper, graded as a test by 114
teachers. It received marks ail the
way from 28 to 92 per cent. Another
paper, graded by 142 teachers.ghowed
a difference of opinion ranging from
64 to 98 per cent.
The old type of examination, he de
clared, has been found archaic and
unfair and must be thrown overboard.
In its place he urged substitution of
'a method which takes care of prin
ciples of mental measurement and
which makes use of modern technical
devices."
POSTMEN WORK TODAY
One Mail Delivery to Ho Made Over
Entire City of Portland.
One mall delivery will be made
throughout the entire city today. At
the postoffices windows will be open
from 8 o'clock In the morning to noon
for receiving and delivery of parcels.
Money order and postal savings de
partments will remain closed.
Business houses generally will be
closed for the day. All the lead'ng
downtown stores, grocery stores, rail
road offices and freight depots, banks
and a large number ofprivate offices
will be closed throughout the day.
All city, state and federal offices will
remain closed.
The central library will be closed
with the exception of the reading
room, which will remain open from 2
o'clock this afternoon to 9 o'clock to
night. The public schools of this city will
remain, closed until Tuesday, Janu
ary 3.
TRAIN WRECK INJURES 13
Seven Mail Clerks and Six Pas
sengers Among Victims.'
MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo.. Dec. 25.
Thirteen persons. Including seven
mall clerks, were Injured and a score
of passengers received a shaking up
when an east bound Wabash passen
ger train, Kansas City to St. Louis,
was derailed by a broken rail two
miles west of here.
The engine and nine coaches, in
cluding the mail and express cars,
were ditched. The engineer and fire
man Jumped Just before the engine
went into the ditch t.nd received
minor injuries.
RUSSIAN. COJJPJS FEARED
Austrians Say They Captured Or
ders to Regain Territory.
VIENNA, Dec. 24. The Austrian
military authorities today announced
that they had intercepted secret or
ders signed In Budapest by M. Banffy,
the Hungarian minister of foreign
affairs. It was said that the papers
ordered the terrorist bands in west
Hungary to prepare for the recapture
of the Hungarian territory evacuated
prior to the plebiscite.
MAJOR BADLY WOUNDED
Shot Said" to Be Self-inflicted In
Unexplained Manner.
DENVER, Dec. 25. Major Earl
Coyle of Fort Logan was found shot
and seriously wounded in his quar
ters at the post early today shortly
after he returned from passing Christ
mas eve with other military officers.
Colonel R. J. Reaney, commander at
the fort, announced that the wound
had been self-inflicted in an unex
plained manuer,
Vessels Drag Anchors
San Francisco Bay.
in
FERRYBOAT STRIKES PIER
Near Panic Results, But None
of Passengers Is Hurt.
SEVERAL LAUNCHES SUNK
Trolley Traffic Hampered, Wires
Entangled and Buildings
Are Unroofed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25. Christ
mas and a 50-miie gale arrived to
gether along the central California
coast. Vessels in San Francisco by
were blown from their moorings and
several that had put to sea turned
about face and sought again the com
parative safety of their harbor berths.
The ferry boat Garden City, in the
trans-bay service of the Southern Pa
cific company, was blown against the
pier of the Key RcVute ferries. There
was a near panic among the passen
gers, but no one was Injured. Ferry
service between San Francisco, Oak
land and Alameda was suspended at
Intervals while the gale whipped the
waters of the bay Into waves which
harbor men said were the roughest
within their recollection.
Trolley traffic In San Francisco
and to a lesser degree in the cities
across the bay was hampered by
obstructions which fell across the
wires and tracks.
Wire Trouble Results.
Telephone, telegraph and fire alarm
lines were disarranged. Small build
ings were unroofed, windows broken
and advertising signs displaced. One
of several accidents reported to the
San Francisco emergency hospitals
resulted when a heavy sign on Market
street, the city's main thoroughfare,
fell and crushed C. Brownfield, a
pedestrian. It was said he will re
cover. One of the vessels to drag her
anchor was the whaling power
schooner Carolyn Francis, which was
headed straight to sea when finally
the anchor became entangled in the
telegraph cables between San Fran
cisco and Yreba Yuba I)and in the
center of the bay.
As the day advanced the gale subT
sided and the sun peered from behind
low-lying clouds.
ChrlMtmas Plans Observed.
Weather conditions did not Inter
fere greatly with observance of the
Christmas holiday in the manner that
had been planned here, for beyond
usual yuletide services In the
churches and the distribution of gifts
by charitable organizations, the prep
arations all were for the "old-fashioned
home Christmas," with no out
standing public ceremony.
At Martinez, across the bay from
San Francisco, several launches were
sunk and larger craft dragged their
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Brightened by Finest Gifts. ' v
.
The first part of that cherish id
yuletide story, "The Birds Ch." nas
Carol," in which the birth on rlst-
mes day of Carol Bird is recounted,
was repeated in at least four Portland
homes yesterday, perhaps in more,
when the finest gift of all. and as re
gards the upkeep the most expensive
except automobiles, was brought by
Santa Claus Instead of the stork.
A canvass of Portland hospitals dis
covered the births of four Christmas
babies, and the nurses in several in
stltutlons said early last night there
were possibilities of additions to the
list. All four of the new arrivals were
doing splendidly and were, in the lan
guage of babies, telling the world they
were here and here to say.
One of the four Is named for the
president. He is the eight-pound son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Harding. 1374
Division street, and in honor of the
president will carry the name War
, nomgiid Th father said he
is a distant cousin of President Hard
ing. The first of the four arrivals came
at 1 o'clock in the morning. This was
the daughter of George Alma and
Alice Cox of 605 Everett street. At
2:30 o'clock a son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. S. Vistica. 394 Stanton street, at
Emanuel hospital.
In the Coe maternity home a son
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold R.
Pratt, 113 East Thirty-fourth street.
later in the morning.
Almost a Christmas baby was the
son born to Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Rob
erts. 544 East Forty-third street
North, who arrived within a few.
minutes, of midnight on Christmas
eve. The father is a partner of the
Roberts Motor Car company.
When the office nurse in one hos
pital was asked if any Christmas
babies had been born there, she re
plied that none had, but that some
nice New Year's babies were ex
pected. WAREHOUSE IS BURNED
Farmers' Buildings in Redmond
Destroyed by Flames.
REDMOND, Or., Dec. 25. (Special.)
The Farmers' Warehouse & Milling
company's buildings burned - to ."the
ground last night. The fire dis
covered in the basement at 11 o'clock
and was supposed to have originated
from a stove used to heat the potato
warehouse. '
The volunteer fire department and
citizens were unable to save the
buildings. Some grain and wool were
saved.
19 BANDITS ARE KILLED
Cavalrymen In Matatapera Terri
tory Clash With 350 Outlaws.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 25. Nineteen
bandits were killed any many wound
ed when a group of more than 250
outlaws clashed with cavalrymen In
Matatapera territory of- Santa Cruz,
according to official dispatches pub
lished by the government organ. La
Epoca, today.
The reports added that 193 bandits
were made prisoner by the troops,
who also took 2000 horses.
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.ends Say Socialist Plans to
r Go to Terre Haute After
Washington Visit.
ATLANTA, Ga., Dee. 25. Eugene V.
Debs, several times socialist candidate
for president, was released from At
lanta penitentiary at 11:30 o'clock this
morning, tne oaiance oi nm ii-jcai
sentence for violation of the espionage
act having been commuted by Presi
dent Harding.
Debs left an hour later for Wash
ington, his release having been con
ditioned, he said, upon his reporting
to Attorney-General Daugherty. He
refused to Issue a statement or com
ment in any way on his case. He ex
pects to reach Washington about 7:30
A. M. Monday.
. An ovation was given Debs as he
emerged from the prison. The roar
from the crowd was echoed from
within the walls as the many friends
he had made shouted good-bye. Debs
paused and waved his hat to a group
within the prison before entering an
automobile to go to the station.
Friends of Debs said he planned to
go to his home in Terre Haute, Ind.,
when his business at Washington was
concluded. '
Debs was accompanied to Washing
ton by his brother, Theodore, who had
been in Atlanta for several days: Miss
Lucy Bobbins, of the American Fed
eration of Labor; Miss Celia Rotter,
a member of the Debs freedom con
ference and newspaper men.
For 48 hours, friends of Debs had
kept a watch over the prison expect
lng his release despite reports from
Washington that his commutation of
sentence did not become effective
until after midnight Saturday. Ward
en Dysche and Debs had breakfast
at the warden s residence ana ueos
later returned to the institution.
Just before Debs was formally re
leased the warden Issued orders per
mitting newspaper men to enter the
prison where they were shown' the
dining room and kitchens and the
Christmas dinner being spread for the
2300 inmates. They entered the
warden's private office and greeted
Debs before he left.
At the railroad station Debs de
cided that the party would ride in a
day coach and would donate the Pull
man fare to the Russian relief fund.
'I left 2300 men back there and they
all should be given their liberty," he
said, "they are all my friends." He
also declared he would work for the
release of what he characterized as
political prisoners."
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 25.
Attorney-General Daugherty saftl to
night he expected Eugene V. Deb?,
who was released from the Atlanta
penitentiary today, to call at the de
partment of Justice to discuss the
commutation of his sentence by
President Harding.
When Debs was In Washington re
cently, it was decided, Mr. Daugherty
said, that in the event Debs was re
leased or his sentence commuted, that
it might be well for him to come to
Washington for a final conference.
There was no reason, however, tho
attorney-general added, that Debi
should be- formally obliged to come
here as was indicated by the released
socialist leader when he stepped from
the prison in Atlanta.
One Killed in Revolver Duel.
MILLEN, Ga., Deo. 25. One man
was killed and two severely wounded
here today in a revolver battle which
resulted from a controversy of the
closing of a road.
WORLD
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THE. UrVT
DVT CUt
Prestige of Group Increas
ing Constantly. ,
? I REPUBLICANS YIELD TO BLOC
Important Institution Rising
in American Politics.
HAND TAKEN IN TARIFF
Alliance Is Result of Economic
Conditions and Distress That
Is Striking Farmers.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright. 1921. by the New York Evening
Post. Inc. Published by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON. D. C Dec. 25.-
(Speclal.) The "farm bloc" has come
to have, here In Washington at least.
a term with a meaning quite as defi
nite as the terms "republican party
or "democratic party." In fact, those
senators who compose the center of
the farm bloc and give it leadership
j and guidance come together more
often and act together more solidly
than do the republican senators or the
democratic senators. Further yet. the
farm bloc is undeniably a growing
institution. Its strength and prestige
Increase with every issue that
comes up.
The leadership of the republican
party, which Is supposed to dominate
the senate but does not. is In a state
of constant yielding to the farm bloc.
President Harding arrd a member of
his cabinet. Secretary Weeks, have in
public addresses spoken critically of
this form of group action in congress,
but the republican leaders within the
senate and house do not fight It. At
least they do not fight It vigorously
or successfully. Their more frequent
and obvious tendency is to let it have
its .way.
Tariff Largely Up to Jlloc.
Just now, as the Important tariff
legislation is about to emerge from
the senate finance committee. It is
apparent that Senator Penrose does
not feel strong enough to take any
course other than largely to let the
farm bloc write whatever tariff it
chooses to write.
Since this is a new and Important
institution In American politics, it
will be interesting end useful to con
sider the story of Its inception and
growth. For that purpose, the best
possible beginning is a brief state
ment of business conditions In the
fanning states from which these sen-I
ators and representatives come, and
whose economic and political ideas
they represent. For such a statement
there is no source more authoritativs
or compact than to quote a few de
tached sentences from the Just Issued
annual report of Secretary Wallace of
the department of agriculture. Secre
tary Wallace paints this picture of
the farming conditions which havo
caused the senators and representa
tives from farming states to seek eco
nomic remedies through government
action and to act together politically
toward that end. He says:
"The purchasing power of the prin
cipal farm crops of the year 1921 at
the present time Is lower than ever
before known. In times past some of
these crops have sold at lower prices
per sale unit expressed in dollars and
cents, but probably never before have
our farmers generally been compelled
to exchange their crops per sale unit
for such small amounts of the things
they need.
Loam Prove I'ndolnjg.
"The unprofitable year of 1920 com
pelled large numbers of farmers to
borrow heavily to meet excessive
costs of production, which could not
be paid out of crop proceeds. The un
precedented drop in prices of farm
products in 1920 came as a stunning
surprise to the majority of farmers.
They had expected some decline, but
nothing so severe as what actually
happened. Consequently for a time
they tried to avoid heavy sacrifice and
continued their borrowing. Their
bankers shared their belief that the
situation would adjust itself and were
willing to lend, but prices went lower,
and these loans, together with loans
previously made, soon added volume
to that mass of frozen credit of which
we have heard so much talk during
the past year.
"During the prosperous years land
rents went up rapidly, doubling and
trebling, and in some cases going even
higher. It was vhuman nature that
renters should prefer to pay cash rent
in a time of good farming profits.
The drop in prices for crops In 1920 !
caused many of these renters to lose
not only their labor for that year, but
their savings as well.
Young Farmers Ruined.
"Many young . farmers who had
saved several thousand dollars during
tlie prosperous years were Induced to
buy farms on contract at the price!
peak, making small payments down,
with provision for yearly payments of!
Interest and of the principal on pain'
of forfeiture of all sums previously '
paid. The sadly unprofitable year ofi
1920 wiped out thousands of these fine !
...
young men. and the even worse year
of 1921 will finish more of them." I
Those were, and are, the conditions
which caused the senators and repre
sentatives from the states most af-
fected to be acutely responsible to
iCeaciuded ua Fate A. Column i.X
High Costs During Hostilities Is
Blamed for Suspicion That
Country Was Swindled.
Captain Fred Kornick. 30, ship
master and master of the transport
Amarell during the war. was arrested
by Detectives Hyde and Bier yester
day as a fugitive to be held for the
United States marshal at Seattle.
His arrest resulted from the congres
sional Investigation of 1920 into war
graft, and he was alleged to have
participated in shadv transactions
while master of the Amarell.
Kornfrk said that in all probability
he was under Indictment for a viola
tion of Section 157, army regulations,
In that he was suspected of having,
as master, signed vouchers for exces
sive amounts in payment of bills. He
readily admitted that he had expected
arrest, denying that he was a fugi
tive. He said he came to the west
coast to stand trial, as the Amarell
was under the western department
with headquarters at Seattle.
"Many of our supplies had to be
purchased at war prices that now
appear to have been excessive, espe
cially in view of the difference In ex
change between nations." he said.
"My arrest is a technical procedure,
and I am sure a trial will result in
acquittal. I never obtained a dollar
through signing any of the vouchers.
I am ready to return to Seattle to
night to face my accusers."
While Kornick was master of the
Amarell he said he made 11 trips
across the Atlantic with troops. He
was arrested in a lodging house at
Third and Madison streets.
GIFTS PILED INTO CELL
Mrs. Obenchaln Gets Everything
From Toilet Wuter to $1000 Bill.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25. Christmas
gifts ranging from a bottle of im
ported toilet water to a $1000 bill ar
rived today at the county Jail cell
occupied by Mrs. Madalynne Oben
chaln, Jointly Indicted with Arthur
C Burch for the murder of J. Bclton
Kennedy.
They totaled 107 separate gifts. It
was stated, but the names of tho
donors were not made public.
HORSE RIDER FALLS DEAD
Body of llusum, Wash., Business
Man Found on Highway.
WHITE SALMON. Wash.. Dec. 26.
(Special.) Edward Bradley, garage
owner and blacksmith of Husum, was
found dead on the county road about
a mile south of the town of Husun:
Friday morning at 10 o'clock. He
was sen passing a neighbor's house
about an hour before riding a horse.
The horse was standing near the
dead body when found.
The coroner was notified.
5 PLANES LOST IN FIRE
Damage in Mail Service' Blaze Is
Estimated at $200,000.
CHICAGO. Dec. 25. Five airplanes
of the government mail service were
destroyed by fire at the United States
.Jgovernment field at May wood today.
Damage was estimated at tiuu.uuu.
The fire was believed to have been
caused by crossed wires in one of
the planet
CHINA PREMIER NAMED
v
Liang Shlh Yl Appointed in Presi
dential Mandate..
PEKIN, Dec. 25. A presidential
mandate was issued today appointing
Liang Shih Yl premier.
He succeeds Chin Yun Peng, who
with his ministers resigned a week
ago.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 3"
degrees: minimum, degrees.
TODAY'1 Probably occasional enow, east
erly winds.
Fnreijcs.
BrIHBh troops reach Cairo to quell out
breaks. Page 2.
National.
Mrs Harding's gown of her own design.
Page 2.
Farm bloc Is declared power In senate.
Page 1.
Arms parley halts over holiday Pare 2.
Wilson Is overcome by blinded soldier.
Page 4.
Pomestlc. ,
Ovation given Debs as he leaves prison.
Page 1.
Millions gained In ye-ar by owner of liber
ty and victory bonds. Page 2
Fifty-mile gale hits San Francisco. Page 1.
Taiflc Northwest.
farmers' school will open today in Cor
vallls. Pago 15.
Seattle won over by Russian opera. Page
15.
Civil war veteran is burned to death.
Page 6.
Sports.
Griffiths to get crack at Brltton. Page 14.
Cadet hoopers face stiff practice. Page 14.
Clly-owned atadium neid sure to come.
Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Columbia river Ice holds up shipping.
Page 19.
Portland and Violnity.
Exposition bill awntts signing. Page 1.
Christmas merry for 325 children. Page 12.
o-.- l- nnl.nnn. rnhh.H nf 1 1 SOO Pair 1
ganta leve. bable. for four home, ot clly;
Page 1.
Bankers decline, to accept blame for ab-
normal exenange. rage iv.
ne k"lef three ',n3u,r"!, - PaKe
Auto strikes post, X dead, 1 arrested,
page 13.
story of Bethlehem held ever nearer hearts
of people. Page Id.
Elks entertain 2:00 children at Christmas
tree. Page 8.
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Yeggs Use Nitroglycerine
on Vault Door.
CHECKS, GOLD WATGH TAKEN
Police Suspect Ex-Convicts
Who Threatened Chief.
CRIME WORK OF EXPERTS
Eagle Card Room, First and Burn
side Streets, Looted Early
Christmas Morning.
Have "Blackie" Carroll and "Jin
gling" Johnson returned to Portland
to make good their threat, to "tear
the town wide open?"
This was the question uppermost
In the minds of veteran police detec
tives yesterday following the report
that expert safe blowers had cracked
the safe at the Eagle cardroom. First
and Burnslde streets, and esranert
with J1500 in cash, in addition to
several checks and two gold watches.
The safe "Job," which Detectives
Coleman and Collins characterized as
the work of expert yeKns, was staged
shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday
morning after the two yeggs, who
worked with safe assurance, had
bound and gagged Alfred Lind. night
watchman, before they proceeded to
"blow" the safe door.
Watchman Sees Aannllnnl.
In the brief moment before the
heavy cotton quilt was thrown over
his head and houlders, Lind procured
a good glimpse of the safe blowers,
lie was budly frightened, to be sure,
but the peculiar expression on their
faces left a deep Imprint on his mind
and gave him a' mental picture that
he will never forget.
At police hadquarters a few hour
later Lind, without hesitation, select
ed the pictures of "Ulickio" Carroll
and "Jingling" Johnson as tho two
yt-Kgs who crept up behind him in
the dark cardroom and restaurant
r.nd made him captive before he had
A chance to fight back.
Police detectives all day yesterday
were searching throughout the north
tnd for these two ex-con victH. and ai
nightfall it was predicted that at
least one of them would be under
arrest before morning.
Mtrnarlyrrrlne Is I'ard.
Chief of Detectives Moore declared
that the combination of tho safe was
knocked off neatly, and that a chargo
of nitroglycerine, which blew open
the heavy Bafe door and likewise
wrecked the Btcel door to the strong
box, made it a quick and complete
Job.
According to Fred Anderson and
Carl Larson, owners of the place, the
safe contained approximately J1"00
in cash, besides other valuables which
had been left there by patrons for
safe keeping.
Uertillon Kxpert Hunter examined
the place early yesterdny morning,
but failed to find any finger prints.
The fat that the night watchman,
Lind, picked the photographs of Car
roll and Johnson as the yeggs who
had first bound and gagged him be
fore breaking open the safe, caused
the police yesterday to redouble their
efforts toward the apprehension of
the safe-blowers.
thief Jenkins Defied.
It was early last summer that
"Blackie" Carroll openly defied Tolica
Chief Jenkins. At that time the pair
were engaged In bootlegging opera
tions in Portland. Grown weary of
repeated arrests, the pair visited
Chief Jenkins one summer afternoon
and demanded a showdown. They
openly demanded that they bo given
police protection In order that they
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