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K VOL. LXI XO. 19.239 E1 at Portland Orego:, PoBtofflce tiB Second-ciacg Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS HYSTERIA SEIZES mm SLAYER "Cave Woman" Goes to , Pieces in Jail. BLAST ON WARSHIP f RE HOWELL IS AHEAD IN NEBRASKA VOTE JUNKERS EXPIATE RATHENAU KILLING RAIL INSPECTOR GREENWICH VILLAGE GETS FAMOUS RICHES CHARLES GARLAND FINALLY RID OF MILLION. SIS KNOCKS OUT 12 MEN NEW YORK ALMOST COLLIDES WITH DESTROYER. FLEE FOR LIS IS NEW YORK STEADY MARGIN HELD IN RACE FOR " SENATE. "AVE DIE FOR OCR IDEAL,' SAYS ONE ASSASSIN. CMIPF bIS CARRIED AWAY SHAKE K KILLER CRIES LIKE CHILD Prisoner Is Arraigned on Charge of Murder. JEERING CROWDS MET Parly on Way to Court Forces Passage, but on Return Eludes Angry Throng. BY EDWARD DOHERTY. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) LOS ANGELES. Cal., July 18. Mrs. Clara Phillips, "the cave wom an," went to pieces today after her arraignment on the charge of mur der, gave way to hysteria, cried like a little girl afraid of the dark and called continually for her husband. It was after she had been smug gled back into the jail, after she had been taken to court and Dis trict Attorney Woolwine had read the indictment, charging her with "wilfully, unlawfully, feloniously and with malice aforethought," beating Mrs. Alberta Meadows to death with a 10-cent hammer. Denxe fronds Are Fought. Sheriff Traeger and others fought to take her through dense crowds when the police could not manage. She smiled for them. But the smile was absent when they entered court. There was a strained look on her face, terror in her eyes. Her husband, A. L. Phillips, the one for whom she killed, it is charged, and the one who gave her up to the police, spoke reassuringly to her. Her attorneys, Al McDon ald and S. W. Thompson asked that the hearing be continued to Friday morning and intimated they might ask for a change of venue. Crowds Eluded on Return. They eluded the crowds, going back to the jail, took Mrs. Phillips in through a back door, and locked her in her cell and she cried for her husband. Outside the crowds were mutter ing. Women were repeating "they ought to hang her" "I hope they hang her" "She deserves hanging." "She must be insane. No sane wom an would do such a terrible thing in the first place. No sane woman would act as she does afterwards." But Dr. Louis Webber, alienist, employed by the state to examine the woman's mental condition, re ported today that he doesn't think she is at all insane. Mrs. Meadow's Funeral Held. At the same time the relatives of Mrs. Alberta Meadows were attend ing the last services of the church over her body in the undertakin rooms. There were muttering crowds outside the place crowds almost as big as those about the jail and the hall of records and courthouse. The minister had his theme the damage done by lies, the gossip that linked the names of Mrs. Meadows ana Mr. pnniips, the wagging tongue that had taken the life of an Innocent woman and which might crush out the life of the murderess And the crowds gave voice to these sentiments as the silver gray casket was borne out to the hearse: "I hope they hang her." "Such a cold-blooded murder." "You'd think she would have shown mercy when that poor girl was down and beg ging." "And she smiles." "She lost her head and I understand it isn't the first time:" "She ought to hang.'' ' ' Woman in Trouble Before.' Mrs. Phillips, during the time she was a chorus girl, was reported to have been in several altercations. On one occasion she was said to have become jealous of a girl and to have beaten her with her hands. Again she was said to have once dragged a girl from a taxlcab and i punished her severely before she was taken away by two men. Just a few days before the tragedy she was seen chasing her husband, who, without hat or coat, was running through an alley. To a neighbor, who inquired, she explained she was "running a race" with him. The jail will break her," said an old turnkey, who has seen many calm women .come into the gloomy pit. "She may smile and smile, but look at her ten days from now yes, the jail breaks "em." ' WOMAN MEETS ATTORNEYS Surgeon Visits Murder Defendant in Jail for Half Hour. LOS ANGELSS, .Cal., July 18. Attorneys for Mrs. Clara Phillips, Indicted for the murder of Mrs. Al berta Meadows, had a long consul tation with their client at the Los Angeles county jail, then sent for a surgeon. The latter was with the prisoner for nearly an hour, after which the attorneys announced that "a thorough physical examination" had been made. A. F. MacDonald, senior counsel, (Concluded on Page 2, Column O.J Only Quick Wit of Ensign on SIc Dermut Prevents Crash; Ship Swings From Course. PORT ANGELES, Wash., July 18. Exploding steam pi'peson the battle ship New York, division flag ship of the Pacific fleet, scalded one man, rendered 12 others unconscious and nearly caused a collision between the flagship and the destroyer Me Dermut as the fleet was returning to this port from maneuvers this after noon. The explosion took place in the boiler room underneath the New York's steering engine. "With her rudder helpless, the big battleship swerved toward starboard where the destroyers were steaming in column. Only the quick wit of En sign W. Burket, officer of the deck aboard the McDermut, .prevented a serious accident. Burket turned his ship sharply. to port and the battle ship missed it by only a few yards. Seaman E. Bulack, who was work ing in the store room next to- the boiler, room, was seriously burned about the face, neck and head. IRISH SLAYERS TO DIE Record 'Conviction Found in Wil son Murder Case. LONDON, July 18. (By the Asso ciated Press. ) Reginald Dunn and Joseph O'Sullivan were sentenced, to death today for the murder of Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, who was shot in front of his home at Eaton place last month. The men were convicted after trial in the Old Bailey. Thus, 26 days from the date on which the noted soldier was mur dered, the men who fired the fatal shots were convicted and the death penalty imposed on them. This con stitutes a record in England, where murder trials usually are completed more quickly than in most countries. The jury was out three minutes. Asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced, O'Sullivan rose and said in a husky voice: "All I have done, my lord, I have done for Ireland and for Ireland 1 am proud to die." The judge then sentenced O'Sulli van, who at the conclusion cried, "You may kill my body,- my lord, but my spirit you never will kill." MERCURY TAKES TUMBLE Weatherman Reports Nine-Degree Drop in Temperature. The mercury took a 9-degree fall yesterday from the 87-degree maxi mum of Monday. Seventy-eight de grees was the peak of yesterday's thermometer registration. The ac tion of the thermometer seemed rather strange in the face of at mospheric conditions. The smoke cleared somewhat during the day, and the humidity was greater at S o'clock yesterday at the 43 per cent mark. Thus the heat ejector of the heavens had a good chance at the populace, but there was the pres sure to contend with. Weather Man Wells pointed out last night that the atmospheric pressure uvas .14 of an inch higher than it had been previously. Ths rise in the pressure places Portland closer to the high pressure area to the northwest of the city. Thus a low temperature was able to create about as much discomfort as a higher one. ACROBAT IS DIVORCED Wife Accuses Husband of Usinj; Her as Punching Bag. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, 111., July 18. Mrs. Marie McClellan, wife of Charles McClellan, received a divorce today from her acrobatic husband. It was shown in the testimony that when he became properly "plastered," which was quite often, he violated the law of gravity and fell upstairs. Occasionally he would vary this per formance by falling both upstairs and down. By way of variety, when he was not so badly "pickled" that he .could see and navigate, he would use his wife as a punching bag. Neighbor boys told of seeing him fall upstairs. Mrs. Marie Wolf,, mother of Mrs. McClellan, told of coming into the house one day. She found her daughter lying on the floor with McClellan, with his knees on her chest, choking her to the point of death. MOTOR JEES $2,973,378 Receipts of State for 6 Months Are Announced.. SALEM, Or., July 18.-r-(gpecial.) Receipts of the state motor vehicle department for the period January 1 to June 30, 1922, aggregated $2,973, 378.84, according to a report pre pared here today by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state. Of the total receipts, $2,896,009.84 represented licenses issued to own ers of passenger and commercial cars, while $15,769 was received from operators of motorcycles. Deal ers' licenses aggregated $14,490, chauffeurs' licenses $17,600, oper ators' licenses $14,755.75, and fees from transfers and duplicate licenses $14,754.25. The report showed that there are a total of 109,001 commercial and passenger cars in the state. Motor cycles number 2424, dealers 483, chauffeurs 8800 and operators 14,758. ForestFire Sweeps Down Upon Summer Camp. REFUGEES BOARD STEAMER Vashon Island Rendezvous in Path of Flames. STILL STARTS BIG BLAZE Explosion of Moonshine Plant Results in Burn That Ruins MlleTjf Heavy Timber. OREGON AND WASHINGTON FIRES STILL SPREAD.' Explosion of still starts big forest fire near Glenoma, Wash. Reports of new and old fires Bour into office of Washing ton state forester. Long-Bell timber tract in Lewis and. Cowlitz counties, Washington, menaced by two fires. Forest fire . conditions in Washington reported to be growing steadily worse. Army plane assigned to for est patrol duty in Oregon damaged in making landing at Roseburg. Herman creek fire in Ore gon continues to rage fiercely. SEATTLE, Wash., July 18. Two hundred and twenty-five campfire girls were forced to flee for their lives late this afternoon before a forest fire that swept down on their summer camp on Vashon island, in Puget sound. The young refugees were hurried aboard a steamer bound for Seattle, while, in answer to long distance calls for help, Mayor Brown ordered the fire boat Snoqualmie to proceed to the island at once. Fire Reaches Girls' Camp. At an early hour tonight the fire was .reported to have reached the outer edge of the camp. OLYMPIA, Wash., July 18. (Spe cial.) Explosion of a large still which was being operated in heavy timber near Glenoma caused a for est fire which spreaH through more than a mile of timber before it was checked, District Warden Entwhis tle reported to State Forester Pape today. " The fire damaged much green timber, and, for a ground fire, spread rapidly, driven by a north wind. It was under control this aft ernoon. No one claimed ownership (Conclude! on Page 3, Column 1.) HOW MUCH LONGER WILL UNCLE SAM STAND FOR THIS? sam,7L-You " -7 VHSVVT GE.Y V --4 Both Democratic and Republican Gubernatorial Contests" Are Left In Doubt. OMAHA, July 19 (By the Asso ciated Press.) R. B. Howell of Oma ha was maintaining his lead over Albert W. Jefferis, Omaha, repre sentative in' congress, and! Clarence A. Davis, attorney-general, in the contest for the republican senatorial nomination. Senator Gilbert ' M. Hitchcock had what appeared to be a commanding lead over , two opponents for the democratic .sen atorial nomination, while both the republican and democratic guberna torial races were in doubt, on the face of returns received here early this morning. In 1913 precincts- Howell's vote was 1331, Jefferis 959. The same precincts gave Attorney-General Davis 793, C. H. Gustafson, head of the United States grain growers, 441; Frank John of Grand Island, 222, and John O. Yeiser of Omaha 85. These -returns came from 21 out of the state's 93 counties. In the United States senatorial race for the democratic nomination Senator Hitchcock had more than a two to one lead over his closest opponent, J. O. Shroyer of Humboldt. Adam McMullum of Beatrice was leading Charles H. Bandall of Ran dolph by some 300 votes in the republican gubernatorial contest with 28 precincts heard from.- In the democratic contest for governor Dan B. Butler had a slight lead over C. W. Bryan of Lincoln and J. M. Norton of Polk with 33 pre cincts reported. PASTOR IS SENTENCED Deserter Is Forgiven by Wifo After Court Imposes Penalty. XENIA, O.. July 18. W. W. Culp, ex-Spring Valley, O. minister, who eloped with Sfiss Esther Hughes, 18, a boarder at the Culp home, today pleaded guilty todeserting his fam ily in probate court and was sen tenced to one year in the workhouse and to pay a fine of $500. The mother of Mr. Culp's nine small children , forgave her erring husband after he had been sen tenced. Entering the" room where she was, the prisoner threw his arms about the wife he had deserted and pleaded for forgiveness. "I forgive you" was all she was heard to say. . RAILWAY BONDS OFFERED $8,702,300 Northern Pacific Is sue Scheduled for Today. NEW YORK, July 18. Public of fering of an issue of $8,702,300 re funding and improvement mortgage 5 per cent bpnds of the Northern Pacific railroad will be made to morrow by J. 'P. Morgan & Co., the First National bank and the Na tional City company. The proceeds of the bonds, which will be sold at 96 and interest, to yield -5.20 per cent, will be used to pay off the outstanding bonds of the $230,000,000 Northern Pacific-Great Northern joint 6s, which have been called for July -27. Two Shots Heard in Rallied Cas tle End Lives of Former Mon- f arcbist Officers.- BY GEORGE SELDES. (Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service. Copyright. 1922. by the Chicago Tribune.) BERLIN, July 18. High on the one remaining tower of Castle Saa leek, two young men watched the gathering of police forces from all over Germany. As the roads near by became filled with police, tour ists and peasants, one youth shouted, "We die for our ideal." and the other, "Long live Captain Ehr hardt.": Then both disappeared, and as the police approached two re volver shots echoed through the ruins of the feudal castle. In this manner was expiated one of the most brutal political assas sinations in German history, for the youths were Herman Fischer and Edwin Kern, two former monarchist officers, who, with hand grenades, machine guns and pistols killed Foreign Minister Rathenau. Aided by thousands of persons, their., safety 'boasted in Bavarian monarchist clubs and their names honored at monarchist bathing re sorts, Fischer and Kern led the police a chase for almost a month until they openly said they would never be captured. The police raised the reward for their capture to 2,000,000 marks. A republican newspaper increased this by 500.000 marks and numerous republican or ganizations aided in the search, while monarchist organizations gave money to the assassins. Fischer and Kern went to the ruined castie in which living quar ters had been established by a mon archist writer, Dr. Stein. A light at night betrayed them. The mon archist newspapers said they died heroically. Dr. Stein was arrested. The police admit that a few hours' delay would have lost them their prize. While the castle was being surrounded a relief expedition was en route from Bavaria, where Mu nich monarchists had prepared false passports for Czecho-Slovakla and had gathered together clothes, dis guises and money for the assassins. The bearers 'of relief, whom the po lice captured later, " carried a ma chine gun and pistols and were pre pared for a battle in the castle. The police declare the assassin's knew the castle, "because it was a monarchist criminals' hiding place. It is now known that the assassins helped Lieutenants Dittmer- and Boldt escape from jail and'guided them to the castle. The two lieu tenants were officers on board the submarine which sank the Llandov ery Castle, a British hospital ship with American nurses on board, and then attempted to murder the men and women swimming and in life boats in order to wipe out the evi dence. .They were sentenced by a Leipzig court. . Captain Ehrhardt is the leader of the murder organization to which the assassins belong. About 800 of the group have been arrested. Cap tain Ehrhardt fled to Vienna. From there he writes letters to the Mu nich papers defending his organiza tion. ; Search for Kidnaped Georgia Man Futile. VICTIM NOT SEEN SINCE National Guardsmen on Duty at Waycross. MANY WORKERS BEATEN Troops Begin Patrols to Prevent Further Disorders Several Seriously Injured. WATCROSS, Ga., July 18. Three companies of Georgia national guardsmen, comprising about 175 men with a machine gun unit, ar rived here late today for patrol duty to prevent further disorders in connection with the strike of some 1800 union workers at the Atlantic Coast Line shops here. ; Workers, hired since the strike, had been seized on the streets and beaten for the last two days and nights and the country people around the town were "threatening to come in and take revenge," Mayor Cowart said tonight because many of the new shop employes are the sons of farmers from this and adjoining counties. : In addition to serious injuries to half a dozen men and beatings ad ministered to 50 or 100, it became known late today that J. T. Ross, an inspector for the Coast Line, had been kidnaped about midnight last night by a party of men in an automobile. Mayor Cowart said to night efforts to find him had been futile. WILMINGTON, N. C, July 18. H. J. Southwell, Atlantic Coast Line engineer, was shot and fatally wounded tonight by H. E. Dallas, yardmaster and special guard at the Atlantic Coast Line yards when, it is alleged, Southwell referred to Dallas as a "scab."" , Dallas was arrested . and held without bond. ; DALLAS, Tex., July 18. Six em ployes of the "Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway lines In Texas were beaten, ai attempt was made to wreck a Katy train between Chesa and Rockwall and a serious tieup In freight movement is fast ap proaching in Texas, according to an announcement late today at - the general offices of the Katy and Texas & Pacific railways in Dallas. NEW YORK, July 18. Minor clashes between United States deputies and striking shopmen in the New York district today, led William C. Hecht, United States marshal, to dispatch messengers to outside shops, warning his men against actions which might result in violent disruptions. "Remember that the government is not taking any sides in this con troversy as between railroad em ployes and railroad companies," was the message. "The function of the United States marshal and his deputies is to protect the mails and interstate commerce." The Pennsylvania today an nounced completion of an agree ment with its 140,000 shopmen, maintenance of way men, clerks, signal men and miscellaneous em ployes, which would obviate any further walkouts on its system. Wage scales in all departments averaged higher than the railroad labor board's award, it was said. RIFT APPEARS IN CLOUDS Danger of Maintenance Strike Is Virtually Removed. BY RALPH J. McCANNA. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) - . CHICAGO, I11., July 18. Another rift in the railway strike clouds de veloped late today when danger that the 400,000 maintenance of way em ployes will join the walkout of the shopmen was virtually . removed through the action of the United States railroad labor board. The labor board Indicated it would grant the maintenance of way brotherhood a rehearing on the wage question and that disputes of this sort would be ' given right of way over many other cases. As an expression of good faith, it promptly docketed one wage controversy be tween the maintenance men and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. Announcement of this action was attended by E. F. Grable, chief of! th.e maintenance of way brother hood. The assurance thus given prob ably will serve not only to avert a walkout of the track men, it was predicted1, but it also may "have strong influence on the negotiations for a settlement of the strike of the 300,000 shopmen. Coming as considerable support to the peace programme ware add! tional assurances affecting"' the wage issue from Senator Cummins, co-author of the Esch-Cummins bill, otherwise known as the trans portation act, from which the United States railroad labor board derives its authority. In a statement, issued following (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) 1 "An American Fund for Public Service" Is Incorporated by . Liberal Thinkers. NEW YORK, July 18. (Special.) Charles Garland's famous fortune of $1,000,000, which he JMrst rejected and then decided to accept, is now destined to fall into the hands of a group of Greenwich village lib eral thinkers, whose views of life, including matrimony, are shared by the young.s unwilling millionaire. The prospective recipients of the money have incorporated an Ameri can fund for public service "for the purpose of receiving it." Formal announcement of the gift has not yet been made, pending a few finishing touches, but it was learned today that ft is in. imme diate prospect and that Garland, who still tills the soil on his remote Cape. Cod farm, is thoroughly com mitted to this plan for divesting himself of his riches. What is to become of the money after it is thus conferred is a still somewhat nebulous matter. According to the incorporators of the fund, they ex pect to use it in aid of "agencies which are not new or experimental so that they do not command gen eral public support." Garland, who is now 22 and separated from his wife and two small children since his unsuccess ful experiments in Bringing a "soul mate" into his household a year ago, recently came to New York and agreed to endow the contem plated organization. .This came about largely through previous con tact with its leading spirits. The incorporators, it was announced to day, are Norman M. Thomas ' and Lewis Gannett of-this city, asso ciate editors of "The Nation," Pro fessor Robert Morse Lovett of the University of Chicago and Roger N. Baldwin, director of the Ameri can Civil Liberties Union. FORD CASHIER ARRESTED Man Said to " Have Embezzled $7500 of Company's -Funds. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) DETROIT, Mich., July 18. Walter J. Stretcher, 24, assistant cashier of the Ford Motor company, was ar rested today on a charge of embez zling $7500 from that company. The money, the police said, was used to complete payments, on a house he had recently contracted for in the extrusive North Woodward suburban district and also to advance his so cial standing in the community. The loss was discovered while Stretcher was on his vacation. He has been employed by the Ford com pany four years. GRASSHOPPERS EAT CROP Idaho Reports Some Wheat Fields Entirely Destroyed. BOISE, Idaho, July 18. Grasshop pers are destroying wheat in many sections of Idaho, according to re ports received by agricultural offi cials here. In Power county one 2000-acre field was declared to have been wholly devastated by the pests. Extermination campaigns are un der way in many parts of the state. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 78 degrees; minimum, 57 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. Foreign. Former monarchist officers expiate kill ing of German minister. Page 1. National. Bonus and subsidy blamed by Mark Sul livan for delay in adjournment of congress. Page 3. U. 8. force to break coal strike pledged by Harding. Page 2. Rail divorce case to be heard - here. Page 3. Domestic. Drug explosions shake New York. Page 1. Greenwich Village "gets Garland's Mil lion. Page 1. Hammer slayer goes into hysteria. Page 1. Rail official Is kidnaped. Page 1. Exploding pipes on battleships scald one and knock 12 unconscious. Page 1. Howeli is ahead in Nebraska primary. Page 1. -Pacific Northwest. Movement started for recall of Sheriff Nelson, of Clatsop county. Page S. Campfire girls flee for lives before forest fire. Page 1. Sports. Regatta workout is due tomorrow. Page 15. Cards again beat first-place Giants. Page 14. Pacific Coast league results: At Salt Lake 9, Portland 8; at Oakland 6, . San Francisco 4; at Los Angeles 6, Vernon 5; at Sacramento 2, Seattle 3. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. North Dakota growers Join Northwest Wheat association. Page 22. Chicago wheat averages higher owing to strike developments, rage Liberties lead advance in New York market. Page 23. Three new steamers allocated to port. Page 12. British promise to pay debts aids world's credit, says i"cnra diiihuuo. x-ags 22. More cheerful sentiment prevails in New York stock market. Page 22- , . Portland and Vicinity. Twenty-four divorce cases Is two-day record. Page 11. Ripping up of railroad argued at hearing. Page 4. Visiting bankers are taken on highway. Page 10. Cotter-Black & Co. of Kobe, Japan, es tablishes branch in Portland. Page H. Representative McArthur returns home for recess period. Page 24. Intention to violate corrupt practices act , scouted by prosecutor. Page 7. Representative government bureau of Oregon formed to overturn primary law. Page 9. Weather report, data and forecast. Page on, Charles Hall, state senator, replies to - statement by Governor Olcott, Page 4. Conquest of cancer rests with public Fag 6. ' Greenwich Village Ware house Burns Ail Day. 2 FIREMEN DEAD; 3 MISSING , 175 Injured; 500 Families Barred From Homes. POETS AND ARTISTS AID Inhabitants of Bohemian Quarter Give First Aid to Men Fighting Blaze. NEW YORK, July 18. (By the Associated Press.) A stubborn, puz zling warehouse fire in the Green wich village section of the city broke out about 8 o'clock this morn ing, burned through the day, and was still blazing tonight after near ly 4,000,000 gallons of water had been played on the flames by 40 hose lines. "The toughest, fire I've ever n-s.. countered," was the "Sy Acting Fire Chief "Smoky Joe" Martin put it to Mayor Hylan when he returned to direct his men after having been blown out of a doorway by one of a series of explosions which rocked the lower west side. District Attorney Banton, follow ing a conference with fire depart ment officials, said late this aft ernoon that an explosion of a case of magnesium ' powder caused the fire. He said that 38 cases of mag nesium had been taken into the building since March 5, and that some of them were being taken out, by way of the elevator, when one was dropped and exploded. Powder Is Exploded. The explosion ignited the other cases, and then followed the great explosion as flames began to seep through into the powder. With the flames checked, but not conquered, investigation showed that two firemen had been killed, three more were missing, about 15 persons had been taken to hospitals seriously injured, and more than 173 had received first aid treatment at three emergency stations opened by the Red Cross. In addition, about 500 families were driven from their homes in the Bohemian quarter, and tonight were barred by the police from returning, lest the warehouse walls should collapse. The outstanding feature of the fire was the mysterious, pungent black smoke that rolled out of the building soon after the first of the blasts. It came in never-ending clouds, settling down about the base of the storehouse and blinding the fighters so that they could not see the flames they were combatting. Though a midsummer sun blazed down until late in the afternoon, . when a thunderstorm broke, the firemen found it black as midnight and rigged great searchlights !n their efforts to pierce the enfolding darkness. Dead Arc Listed. The known dead are: J. J. Schoppemeyer, fire lieuten ant, killed by falling debris. James Carroll, fireman, attached to a Brooklyn company, killed when his engine struck a curb while re sponding to an alarm. The names of f'remen and police men appeared most frequently on the list of injured. About a score of persons were struck by building material blasted from the warehouse by the. explosions or by falling brjeks or timbers, but most of those treated at the emergency stations had been overcome by the smoke. Many returned to their duties after having been nearly suffocated, only to, report again later for further treatment. The whole quarter was thrown into a panic with the first blast, which broke windows in St. Vin cent's hospital at Seventh avenue and Thirteenth street. After the first ferror of the ex plosion had subsided the "villagers" began co-operating with the au thorities in relief work. Chemists Study Fume. While city chemists studied the flames to determine what was causing the heavy smoke and filling test tubes with water pouring from the burning building for the pur pose of analysis, the artists threw open their studios to exhausted firemen. - It is a saying of New York's Latin quarter that everyone runs a tea room to feed some villager, and today the tea rooms did good work. Painters, poets with their smocks and cigarettes pressed close to the firemen. The lemonade they offered on the hot day was eagerly drained by the weary firemen, who thank fully accepted cigarettes from tke men and women of the quarter. Hotel Interest Sold. CORVALLIS, Or., July 18. (Spe cial.) Mrs. J. C. Hammel of this city has sold her interest in the Corvallis hotel to M. B. Peterson of Sutherlin. Mr. Peterson takes possession next week. Mrs. Ham mel started in the hotel business in Corvallis 22 years ago, when her husband built the Hotel Julian.