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To VOL. LXI XO. 19,303 Entered at Portland (Oaec-on) Poet office as Second-c'asa Matter. -PORTLAXD, OREGOX. MONDAY, OCTOBER 2. " 1922 PKICE FIVE CENTS GIRL WEDS ANOTHER; MAN TRIES SUICIDE BRUSH AVERTS iEATH IV JLEAP FROM HIGH BRIDGE. TRAFFIC MEARING NEW HIGH LEVEL REAR-ADMIRAL CLARK HAINES MAN KILLED PC LONGSHORE STRIKE DIES AT LONG BEACH IN REPUTED RUM ROW i i u i Uvjrvi- uli iniiL Illfflf MOVES HO BYTURKS on NCOM WATCHMAN KILLS HOLDER OF PISTOL1 Hall A. Matsson, 27, Is Shot Dead in Room. CAPTAIN OF OREGON" DCR1XG SPANISH WAR Sl'CCCMBS. TOM PAINE, ALLEGED MOOS SHINER, IS VICTIM. I. W. W. FAIL IN" EFFORTS TO FORCE WALKOl'T. Cessation in Chanak Is Ordered by Kemal. IRREBUUHS ARE CURBED Suspension of Activities in Thrace Is Included . in Instructions. PEACE CONFERENCE IS SET Allies Are Asked to Send Envoys to Mudania for Session Tomorrow. CONSTANTINOPLE.' Oct. 1. (By the Associated Press.) Orders for a cessation of military movements in the Chanak region of Asiatic. Turkey and for the suspension of the activities of the Turkish irreg ular forces in Thrace have been issued by Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the Turkish nationalist leader. The Turkish nationalist authori ties "have agreed to an armistice conference in Mudairf'a on Tuesday and' have requested the allied rilprh commissioners to appoint dele gates. The nationalists will be rep resented by Ishmet Pasha and pos sibly by Hamid Bey. ' PARIS. Oct. 1. (By the Associat ed Press.) The general feeling in Paris tonfght was that the danger point In the near east situation was past. The withdrawal of the Turks from Erenkeui and, as semi-offi-cially reported, also from their posi tions at Chanak, was accepted as proof of the Angora government's readiness to comply with the allied desires. . " C redit :iven Brltnln. Great Britain was given credit In French official quarters with hav ing held a dignified and firm atti tude, which greatly contributed to the solution of the difficulty. At the fame time. Mustapha Kemal was praised for having shown a con ciliatory attitude, which, it was roped, the BcJtish would not over look, as the Kemallsts will have evacuated the. neutral zone first. French officials were auxious that Great Britain find means to satisfy the Turkish public opinion. LONDON". Oct. (By the Assocated I'rets.) With the virtual acceptance by Mustapha Kemal Pasha of a con ference at Mudania Tuesday, or as toon as possible thereafter the whole n ar eastern situation is considered temporarily easier. However, the fact that Turkish troops were still concentrating in the lsmid zone not withstanding that they had retired slightly i nthe Chanak zone, would Indicate, according to remarks made after the British cabinets second neetitng today, that "Kemal is Bt'll playing a game." f ( ahlnrt Srenm Gratified. While the cabinet members appear to be uiurh gratified at the happy conclusion for the moment of a dif ficulty which might have necessi- ' tated the use of force in the Chanak zone, there are other bridges to cross. Up to tonight there was no Information from General Ilaring ton. the British commander at Con stantinople, that Kemal would at tend the Mudania conference, nl. I though General Harington's dis patches indicated that he might. The Mudania meetitng will be a purely military affair, to arrange, according to the original allied note to Kemal l'asha, tha the neutral zone shall be respected and. also to agree upon lines behind which the Greeks are to withdraw in Thrace, both points pending the general peace conference. w Military Men to Altrad. There will be present military r-presentatives of the three allied powers as well as of Greece and lurkey. It has been pointed out that the very basis of this conference is re- i spect of the neutral zone and before i It begins the Turks wil lbe expected ! to evacuate the Chanak area en- I tirely."" On this point there had been I quibbling until the British cabinet ! permitted General Haringlon to I send a virtual ultimatum to the ; Turks to clear out. . Although the Turks have not yet withdrawn completely, th;. have evacuated the heights of Eren Keul and have desisted also from parad ing before the British vire entan glements. If the Turks arodnd lsmid begin such actions or attempt to enter the neutral sone at that point, there is likelihood that the British will raise the questio nbefore entering the conference. It is known that while General Harin-fton is making every effort to maintain peace, he is a most exacting and determined person when given cause. Another question which may arise within the conference is the form of government or control to be estab lished InTiicepemirng terms " (Concluded on Page 2, Column's) II. r. Knox, Badly Hurt, Crawls '200 Feet and Spends Night Before Cries Bring Help. Unrequited love and the marriage of his sweetheart -to another man, say the police, led H. M. Knox, 35-year-old postal employe. to sek death by a leap from the Ford-street bridge some time Saturday night. A clump of' brush intervened and Knox probably will be crippled the rest of his life." He is now at St. Vincent's hospital, suffering from a broken leg and -serious injuries to his hips. Knox, wIiom relatives live in Min neapolis, has been' a resident of Portland for the last five years and for two years has made his home with G. Steiger,- 777 M.adison street. Steiger said Knox received word several days ago of the marriage at Stockton, Cal., of his sweetheart. Miss Hazel Colt. Knox became mel ancholy. At about 8 o'clock Saturday nig'ht he left the Steiger home without telling anyone of his intention. At about 7:10 o'clock Sunday morning Steiger heard the' cries of a man from the gulch beneath the bridge and on investigating found Knox. A hurried call was sent to the police. Knox wa'a found to be badly injured.' Investigation showed he had leaped from the north approach of the bridge and bad falle.n a distance of about 45 feet, landing in a clump of brush, whit-ri served to break his fall. He called for help, but no one responded. The injured man then crawled a distance of about 200 feet and succeeded in drawing his host's attention to his condition. Knox would recover, physicians said, but may be crippled for life. WOMAN, 83, BURNED, DIES Sirs. Ann K. Huntley, pioneer Resident, Sueeumbs. EUGENE, Or.. Oct. 1. (Special.) Mrs. Ann E. Huntley, pioneer resident of Oregon, was so badly burned when her clothing caught fire at her home at Spfingfield at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon that she died at midnight. She was 83 years old. ' Mrs. Huntley was cooking' the evening meal on a gas range.. She was alone and it is not known how her clothing caught fire, but when neigyor saw the flames they had completely enveloped her. Captain Huntley, her son, who lives next door, hurried to the rescue of his mother and was severely burned on the hands and face. MAN'S HEAD IS FOUND DiM-overy In Park Provides Xew York Poliee With Mystery. (By Chicago Tribune Lea! Wire.) NEW YORK, Oct. 1. The finding of the head of an unidentified man, apparently an Italian, about 27 years old, wrapped in a bed ticking and brown paper, in Bronx park by two boys furnished the police a new mystery. On theory is that the man was a victim of the Black Hand and an other Is that he was killed as a result of a bootleggers feud. One outstanding fact, the police said, was the slayer or ' slayers wanted it to become known that the man had been put out of the way, otherwise the head would have been thrown into the river or other wise disposed of. 70-POUND TUMOR CUT Abdominal Operation on Woman Is Declared Simple One. (By Chicago Tribune Tas-d Wire.) HAMMOND, Ind., Oct. l.-An ab dominal tumor weighing 70 pounds was removed in an operation per formed upon Mrs. T. raiment, aged 52. at "St. Margaret s hospital yes terday. Dr. J. A. Oraham, who performed the operation with the assistance of Drs. H. C. Groman and Charles M. Rausciienbach, said that while he had never heard of a tumor of that size the casewas very simple. He said any preneral surgeon could have performed the operation suc cessfully. The patient is out of danger. The largest tumor in the Wertheim clinic in Vienna was 50 pounds. FORTUNE IN TEETH GONE Theft of $500,000 Worth of Iental Supplies Charged. (Rv Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Oct. 1. Charged with the theft of $500,000 worth of false tetli from the Dentist Supply company, 220 West Forty-second street, reported to be the largest theft of dental supplies on record, a woman and two men were arraigned in poliee court today and were held in 12000 bail each for examination October 6. The trio was arrested Friday fol lowing the alleged confession of Miss Frances- Peter, 28. a clerk em ployed bj the firm. The others ar rested are Thomas Braygan. 21t drug clerk, and John Cunningham. 324 EGGS LAID IN YEAR Columbia Bellc Xo. 38,' From Santa Cruz, Wins Content. SANTA CRUZ. Cal., Oct. 1. Co lumbia Belle, hen No. S8, entered by Alex Stewart, Santa Crui, In the third California farm bureau egg' laying contest, was officially de clared the world's champion single white comb hen here today, laying; 324 egrKs in 365 days. . Stewart's pen of 10 hens also -won the 10-pen contest with !S51 eggs In a year. The birds of J. A. Hanson of Corvallis. Or., were second. Commerce and Industry Are Quickened. EXPANSION ORDER' OF, DAY Period of Depression Is Al most Wholly Past. PRICES ARE STIFFENING Only Adverse Faetor Is Trans portation, Says Colfax, and That Is Being Remedied. BY HATtDEN COUAX. (Copyright. 1B22. by The Oregoni.ll.) WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 1. (Special.) American commerce and' Industry are roundlne into the home stretch of the year with a seasonal spurt whose speed is cheeh-ed only by the limits of transportation fa cilities. Demand exceeds production ir. several important commodities; prices are stiffening: dollars which have lain idle in bank vaujlts are finding.' work; labor Is no longer fermenting with discontent and once more expansion of mills and fac tories Is the "order of the day. Such are the headlines of the weekly resume of business condi tions throughout the country, as Eat! ered here by government de partments and national trade organ izations. They are interpreted as indicating that the period of de pression is almost wholly past and that after the faltering of the past two years business is well on the way to the making of a new high record. One factor alone appears in pros pect as a deterrent the transpor tation situation but the railways of the country, almost to a unit, are endeavoring to correct that situa tion with the utmost dispatch. Ninety per cent of the normal force of shopmen is reported back at work and the drive to repair 'bad order equipment, interrupted hjr the strike, again is in full swing. New Kqalpment Ordered. In addition the carriers have re cently placed enormous orders for new cars and locomotives and the makers of this kind of equipment In some instances are working over time to meet the demand. During the first seven months of the cur rent year, according to the Ameri can Railway association, orders for new freight cars totaled 95,195, as compared with 69,436 for the entire year of 1921, More orders are in" prospect for the remainder of the year; enough, it is estimated, to double the figures of 1921. Notwithstanding local car short ages, the geological survey reports that soft coal Is coming to the sur face in sufficient' quantities to meet the demands of industry in full and to furnish a margin for filling bins against the winter. The coal market has eased perceptibly, much to the discomfort of the speculators, who now find themselves lacing ' the (Concluded on Page 3, Column 1.) ANOTHER CASE OF Battleship Taken on I.onjr Trip From San Franclseo to Fight Spanish Fleet. LONG "ACH. Cal.. Oct. 1. Rear Admiral" .harles K. Clark, who, then- a , tain, conrmanded the bat tleship regon on its famous voy age m Sanl Francisco . to Key WesAnd later in the battle tf San t to. July 3, 1898. in the Span lsh .-p iierican war, died at the home of ''i daughter here late today. He w O ,'79 years old. t was Rear Admiral Charles E. "-ark.' who guided the battleship Oregon in its race against time on a- voyage equal to half way around the world without a single seriMis mishap to men or machinery. This remarkable race occurred during the opening days of the Spanish-American war in ' 1898. Clark, then a captain, was 54 years old. He left San Francisco March 19. Between him and his detina tion were the continent of South America, the gales and turbulent waters ofithe straits of Magellan, where a Spanish torpedo boat lurked also,, and a fleet .of formidable Spanish warships cruising in the Caribbean sea. On the afternoon Of the 67th day the Oregon steamed into Jupiter inlet, on the coast of Florida, unharmed and ready for battle. , , , It is the world's record which probably will never be equalled it probably never again will be at tempted. The Panama canal re moves the necessity. A modern bat tleship could be transferred from San Francisco to the . Florida coast in time of war through the canal In less than 20 day;-. An interesting anecdote is told of how Clark came to be placed in command of that difficult and dan gerous voyage. "Has he the stick-to-it-iveness to take him clear through?" . asked a 'naval authority of' one -of Clark's friends who was urging his appoint ment to the Oregon. "Did ydu ever see him play chess?" the friend replied. "What has that to do vit,h the case?" "Everything," was the 'answer. "Strategy as learned on the --hess boardj is not a bad training as a pre liminary to naval tactics.", and he continued to outline Clark's charac teristic determinative .. which was noticeable, even while playing ohess, until the appointment was won. Rear Admiral Clark was born in Vermont in 1843. At the age of 20 he had been ordered tp the west gulf blockading squadron in the civil war before he had finished his sec ond year at Annapolis. . A year later he was following Farragut over the torpedo beds and past the forts in the battle of Mobile bay. Clark's naval career was varied. He was shipwrecked off the coast of British Columbia in 1868 when fche Suwanee foundered, and through the loss of his superior officers be came commander. ot tne 33 surviv ors. He organized them into- a de fensive party to hold off 400 hostile Indians until rescue-arrived. He watched the Spaniards, whom he was later to engage in battle, bom bard Valparaiso' and Callao; he served on the Pacific. West Indies and Asiatic stations; was attached to the Brooklyn. Mare 'island and Portsmouth navy-yards land In structed a class at Annapolis. He spent three years in surveying the (Concluded on Page 1. Column 3. LETTING A NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL 1 Tike me , jl 1 NU-- WEEP J II 'i George Williams Slayer--Trouble Said to Hare Been Caused by Excessive Drinking. HAINES, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) Tom Paine, alleged moonshiner and bootlegger, was shot and killed in stantly in the foothills west of Haines .by George Williams, about o'clock tonight. The trouble, which resulted in the killing, is said to rave been caused by over indulgence in the product of Paine's still. The scene of the shooting was the '.'.line cabin, nine miles weHt of this city. Officers have gone after Wll l'ams. The authorities have held a war rant for the arrest of Williams for several days, on the charge of en tering a ranch home and stealing a rifle. The dead man was about 60 years old and had no relatives here. The player Is probably 40 years old and has a wife and five small fchll Ci eYi. Should Williams not be in waiting for the officers and has taken to the hills his capture will not be effected tonight, it was declared by the au thorities. REVOLT LEADER KILLED M. Standua, Who Incited Bulga rian Assassinations, Attacked. (rhicnyo Tribune- ForeiKri News Service. Copyright. 1B22, by the Chicago Tribune.) CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. 30. (Delayed.) A dispatch from Sofia today reports that M. Standua was assassinated in his home Thursday night. M. fe'tandua was the leader of the Macedonian revolutionary committee and was, responsible for many prominent political assassina tions in Bulgaria. The bolshevik! are enraged, claiming that M. Stamboulinsky, premier of Bulgaria, is responsible for the assassination, fearing for his own safety, and heeding the de mands of the little entente to sup press the activities of the revolu, tionists. . 6 PER CENT RULING DUE Supreme Court Kx pec ted to Hand Down Decision Soon- SALEM, Or., Oct. 1. Spec!l.) It was reported here today that th su preme court Monday or Tuesday will hand down opinions in the so-called 6 per cent interest rate amendment suit and the case involving the 1925 exposition amendment. These amendments were attacked by S. S. Johnson, Portland attorney, who asked that - the secretary of state be restrained from placing them on the ballot at the November election. Both suits originated in the Mar ion, county circuit court, but later were appealed to the state supreme court for final determination. Building Active at Eugene. HL'GENB, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) Building operations in Eugene during the month of September ag gregated' over 195,000, according to the report of the building inspector. Thirteen new residences were started during the month. The largest permit was for the erection of the school of journalism build ing at the university. ' This calls for an expenditure of $37,000. OUT ON PAROLE. TJIXED515. 152 .541 $39,521,816 Is' Earn ings of Corporations. $193,652,281 IS PERSONAL 8.63 Per Cent of Population File Returns. 2 PERSONS PAY $714,138 t Returns of Pair Are Declared to Be for Sums Ranging From $500,000 ot (750,000. THEORKGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington. J. C, Oct. 1. Statis tics of federal . Income taxes paid Into the bureau of internal revenue for 1920 show that Oregon taxpay ers paid $15,162,541 taxes on net personal and corporation Incomes for that year, totaling $233,174,097, of which $193,652,281 was personal and $39.521, 816 was corporation In come.' Washington paid $24,414,571 on aggregate net personal and corpora tion Income of $455,174,616, of which $376,979,893 was personal and $79. 194,723 was corporation income. Idaho paid $2,464,536 on personal and corporation incomes amounting to $77,175,544, of which $7.S91,63 was personal and $9.7S3,905 was corporation income. i Oregon Paya - Per Ceat. Oregon paid .66 per cent of all the personal income tax received by the government that year from all the states, Washington 1.44 per cent and Idaho .09 per cent. In Oregon 8.63 per cent' of the population filed tex. returns. In Washington 10.91 per cent and In Idaho 5.99 per cent. The per capita income tax paid for Oregon was $8.49, Washington $6.41 and Idaho $2.52. Personal returns were filed by 67.640 individuals In Oregon. 148.067 in Washington and 25.755 in Idaho. Two CJet 5O0.OO t 750,000. Some idea of the larger incomes on which taxes were paid 'n the three Pacific northwesj states may be had from the following: Oregon Two persons are re ported as having paid taxes on In comes between $500,000 and $750,000. the total Incomes of these two tax payers being $1,159,691 and the total tax paid $714,138; $10,000 to $11,000 class, 194; $14,000 to $15,000 class, 96,: "$15,000 to $20,000 class. 276: $20, 100 to $25,000 class. 130; $40,000 to $50.0,00 class, 79; $50,000 to $60,000 class. 25; $100,000 to $150,000 class, 6; $250,000 to' $300.00 class, , and $300,000 to $400.0(50 class, 1. Two pay a.10T,O08 Taxes. , Washington The largest taxpay ers were two persons in the $300,000 to $400,000 class, who paid taxes on total income of $706,400. the tax amounting to $397,006. By classes other large taxpayers stood as fol lows: $10,000 to $11,000 class, 279; $14,000 to $16,000 class. 123; $15,000 to $20,000 class, 381; $20,000 to $25. 000 class, 170; $40,000 to $50,000 class, 47. $50,000 to$60,000 class. 10; $70, 000 to $80,000 class, 8; $100,000 to $150,000 class, 5; $150,000 to $200,000 class, 2; $250,000 to $300,000 class, 1. One return filed from the state was in the $500,000 to $750,000 class, rep resenting the income of two or more taxpayers grouped to conceal the net income and identity of the tax payers. Idaho Except for three groupings in the classes ranging from $50,000 to $90,000, Idaho's largest taxpayers, five of them In all, paid taxes on incomes In the $30,000 to $40,000 class. . Bla-gest Payers Have Little Say. AiKinterestlng fact shown in these returns is that those who pay the bulk of the federal Income taxes have the least to say in congress about the rate to be paid. Taking the state of Mississippi as an exam ple, that state has a population almost two and one-half times the population of Oregon and one-third times the population of Washington. Mississippi paid total personal and corporation taxes of $5,776,136 to Oregon's $15,152,541 and Washing ton's $24,414,571. yet Mississippi's voting power in the lower branch of .congress is equal to the com bined strength of Oregon and Wash ington, Mississippi having eight rep resentative Oregon three and Washington five. As might be suspected, all eight of Mississippi's representatives voted in the consideration of the present income tax law for the higher sur taxes which would fall mainly on taxpayers' in other mates. This is pointed out as proof of the charge frequently made during the discus sions of that measure that the higher rates were forced by persons who paid little or no taxes. S3 PAY TAX ON MILLION Number of Corporation Returns for 1920 Is 345,595. (Py 'Chicago Tribune Laai Wire.) WASHINGTON. D. C-. Oct. 1. Complete statistics of income for (Concluded a I'agt S. Column i ) 215 Oppose and 200 Favor Quit ting With Transport Workers' Union. Efforts of a radical group among the Portland longKhoremen to force another waterfront strike failed Saturday night when the union voted against the plan ot walking out. News of the action taken leaked out yesterday, although efforts were made to suppress it. When the vote was taken, 215 men voted against the strike and 210 cast their ballots for walking out with the members of the Marina Transport Workers' Industrial union., an I. W. W. organization. It was declared by members of the longshoremen's union that the ac tion taken is final, unless It should be desired to reconsider the vote at some regular meeting. Such steps, it was thought, might be under taken by the radical element as a result of the closeness of klie vote. Efforts to bring about I water front strike have been under way on the part of the Marina Transport Workers' Industrial union, an or ganization composed of I. W. W. employed on the waterfront, for some time. That organisation voted to go on strike some time ago. How ever, It desired to obtain the co operation of the longshoremen be fore any action was taken. A com mittee representing the L W. W. is known to have conferred with the officials of the longshoremen in an effort to obtain their co operation. What will be the result ot the failure of the longshoremen to put their stamp of approval upon the proposed strike and upon the plans of the Marine Transport Workers cculd not be learned yesterday. It in known, however, that certain lr.ders of the radical group among the longshoremen were conferring with officials of the L W. W. or ganization. STUDENT'SHURT FATAL Sophomore Conceals Injury and . Dies aa Result. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) MILTON, Wis.. Oct. 1. Roland Sayre. 20,-year-old Milton college sophomore, died today in Janesvllle Mercy hoepital from Injuries uf fered in the annual freshman-sophomore class rush, September 22. Keeping secret the fact that he had suffered a broken rib the night of September 21, during an In. formal battle on the campus be tween under-classmen, Sayre en tered the formal rush on the fol lowing afternoon despite his in Jury. During the melee one of his kidneys was ruptured by contact with the fractured rib. Uremic poison followed, resulting in his death. ALLIES BLOCK DISORDER Police in Constantinople' Take Precautions; City Is Calm. (Chloalro Trlhnne Porsljrn News Servlee. CupyrlKht, 10X!, by th ChkMO Tribune.) CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 1. In quiries are being made from Amer ica relative to friends and relatives in Constantinople. Their minds will bear the following reassuring facts: The allied and Turkish police here have taken special measures to prevent disorder. The allied troops In Constanti nople have been heavily reinforced in the last few days. A.llled warships in the Bosphorue have been Increased. At present the city Is entirely calm and there are no signs of disorder. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Wmthr. YESTERDAY'S Maximum tmprature. 63 dnT; minimum, 47 decrees. TODAY'S Fair; vrlabi winds. Forpljra. Military moves ended by Turks. P& 1. 'tionml. Buj-lnmw on way to new hgh records, mm.ym Hardo Colfax. Pas 1. Orf iron pays Income tax ot $15,152,641. Paf 1. X Republican party to open eimpilfn. Pace a. jDomatl. Iaodora Duncan not allowed to enter AmA-rloa. Pas 4. Borah for freeing wartime prisoner a. Pass 6. American bankers will convent today. Pace 16. Pacific Northwest. Dedication of first unit of HoquLarn tr- minal marks epoch In pru cress. Pace 10. Contrail a -Olympia, pa vine now eom- pletsti. PaeTo ft. Halns man killed in reputed rum row. Pace 1. Secretary Idea's ree!nation due to In har mony In state fair board. Pas 2. Snorts. Senators mop up Yanks by t to 1 score. Pace 10. Ken Williams rated hlfhor than Bab Ruth. Paco lu. Pacific Coast league refraJta: At Oak Uxid 4 -a, Portland 9-i; vt Lo An-gei-V Vernon 6-7, tieattl 0-0; at Hac-rame-rrto -, Han Kranctco 2-7; at SaK Lsake ft-2. Los Angolcs 7-! Pa 10. Commercial and Marine. Orauin transport declared held up. Pace 17. Bonds take slump In. New York market. Paye 17. Industry active; bank deposits 1 acre as. Pace 17. Portland shippinff fatnlna; rapidly. Pace 16. Portland and Vicinity. geem tnc tm potency of Uod discussed, Ptfe 18. Man tries suicide when sweetheart weds another. I 'ace 1. City of Lone view prtusJn; kate being Fa el. Watchman kills man who draws pistol. Pbk 1. Lumber earn shipments well maintained. Pace 16. M in inters to vore on educational ;il stand. Pace 2. Longshoremen strike proposal rejected. Page 1. VANE H. SEELY IS DETAINED Shooting Occurs as Arrest Is About to Be Made. OFFICER RELATES FEAR O.-YV. It. A X. Guard Declared VirtlnIIad Tiken Gan from Slicker Hanging on Wall. Hall A. Matsson. tt. laborer llv. Ins; at th Fremont hotel. 42 Kre. mont street, was shot and kllle4 Instantly about 1 o'clock yesterday in his room by Van It. Seely, is 1065 East Thirty-second street. North, a special watohmaa ot th Q--W.- R. at N. company. Police learned from Seely that h was about to place Matsson under arrest when the latter drew a . caliber automatic pistol and pointed It at him. tfeely, who feared treach ery, said that he fired two shots quickly at the other, but did not re member shooting; more. Ills revol ver, however, had been fired four times, and five bullet holes r found In Matsson' body. Meely la Arrested. Captain of Inspectors Harms, ac companied by Inspectors Gordon, Welch and Howell, arrested Hrely and held him in Jail pendlna out come of an lnqueM. Their reports were non-committal and they re fused either to criticise or fo de fend Eeely's action, saylnfc that th extent of his culpability. If there were any, should be determined by a Jury after facts bail been sifted. Secly was a m-mber of the regu lar police forco until last January, when he lost his head with other youns; officers. "Tf - tie depart ment with a clean record, lie is a quiet youna fellow, married and attentive to duty. On June 4 he was deputised as a deputy sheriff and taken Into the employ of th O.-W. R. A. X. company, upon whose property occurred the Incidents immediately preceding Matsson death. Passerby Aids W.lrhmim. ' A watohman, employed by th United Construction company to keep automobiles from the Oreeley cutoff, had trouble with Matsson about Wednesday of last week, Beely said, after ordering; him and his automobile from the new pave ment. There ensued an argument. In which a passorby came to th watchman' asslstanoe. The watch man was an elderly man, whoa name Is thought to be Brown. He will be located today through th construction company. , Durln the argument that foW lowed Seely was not present. He ar. rived after the sympathetic passerby had knocked Matsson to the around. That closed the Incident for the day, but the next day Matsson attain 4. peared on the cutoff, this time show, ins Brown a pearl-handled auto matlc pistol that he carried In th front pocket of a pair of army' breeches. The watchman retvorted ' the revolver to tieely, who watched for Matsson. Matsson I ICaM'a'Sjatered. Seely said he encountered Matseoa yesterday afternoon near the rail road spur that cross the cutorf. Seely asked him about the pistol, and requested what authority ti had to carry one. "'I've ftot a deposit In the bank." Seely said Matson replied, and that was the only answer he could Kt. "Well, do you want to jto to jail with me now, or will you go to your room and g;et the revolver, and then gor Seely said he asked Matsson. Matason wished to go to his room. Seely drove him there In his car, lloth got out. Matsson golnir f li at. Seely prepared for trouble, he aald, by ascertaining; that his revolver was free from his clothing; and fol lowed up the stairs, in the room Matsson first went to a trunk, say ins that he did not remember exact ly where he had put the pistol. He removed the tray and Seely stooped to examine the trunk. As he did ao he said he saw Matsson lake the pistol from a pocket of a sllckr hanging; on th wall and point 11 at him. Seely whirled and fired, lie said Matsson did not fall until too shots had been fired and If he find more than twice he did not remem ber It. Seely Is Found la Rons. A pair of motorcycle police found Seely tn the room with his victim. When they entered he hand, d them his pistol, saying, "He tried to alio 'I me with this." Captain Harms found ae-. 'n cart ridges In the magazine but noii in tbe chatnber. He said th pistol had not Jammed, as Seely thought, that rumor arising from the fact that the captain ejected the cartridge by loading them Into the chamber and then ejecting 'hem. They er slightly scratched In th. process Kirtnv th Invest tgs t ton ,t hat fal lowed polite learmii ftom tely that Matsson had not been quit rational. Three witnesses told them they considered1 Vton rrtmewh-it ll'oncludtd wo 1'age S, Culuutu .J