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VOL. XXXVIII NO. 51.
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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1919.
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Most of Clianslor Grew
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15 Wlen in Lifeboat Have
.Terrible Ride 12 Are
Lost in Breakers.
THREE BODIES IDENTIFIED
F. C. Jackson, F. Madsen, B.
Secord, L.DeLor, R.Curtis,
Portland, Thought Lost.
SALIENT FACTS ABOUT THE
J. A. CHANSLOR WRECK.
Total men on board the
wrecked steamer, SS.
Total known survivors, 3.
Total probably lost, 35.
Portland men on board and
probably lost: Francis C. Jack
son, second assistant engineer
and son of C. S. Jackson, pub
lisher of the Oregon Journal;
Boris Secord, seaman; Louis
De Lor, messman; F. Madsen.
seaman; Roy Curtis, oiler.
Known survivors are Captain
A. A. Sawyer, E. W. Dooley,
steward, and "William Merkel,
quartermaster.
Cause of wreck: Vessel swept
off her course by cross currents
and dashed on rocks in fog-.
Condition of wreck: Vessel
total loss. After half broken
away. House has floated to
sea.
Number" of bodies recovered,
4. Of these three were Identi
fied as follows: Adolph Hahne.
of San Francisco, quartermas
ter; W. H. Reese, first officer,
and Edward A. Rose, third of
ficer. BANDON, Or., Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) Only one lifeboat got away
from the Associated Oil tank steamer
J. A. Chanslor, bound from Portland
to San Francisco, when the vessel
was wrecked off Cape Blanco about
6:15 o'clock Thursday night.. Of 13
men who were in the lifeboat and
two others picked up, all but three
lost their lives in an attempt to land
through the breakers after 24 hours
of exhausting effort to avoid being
swamped by mountainous waves.
The survivors were Captain A. A.
Sawyer of Portland, master of the
Chanslor; Quartermaster William
Merkel, and Earl Dooley of the stew
ard's department. The others of the
crew of 38 are regarded as lost. Four
bodies have been washed ashore.
Three of the bodies were identified
tonight as Adolph Hahne of San
Francisco, quartermaster; W. H.
Reese, first officer, and Edward A.
Rose, third officer.
The body of Hahne was found
alongside the lifeboat. Rose was in
the boat, and Reese about 75 yards
north of the boat.
The fourth body is that of a man
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BOY OF 7 KILLED BY
COMPANION, AGED 14
REVOLVER IS ACCIDENTALLY
DISCHARGED, BELIEF.
Vernon Franks Dead as Result of
Playing "With Weapon Edward
Keller, Slayer, Missing.
Vernon Franks, 7-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Franks, 2067 De
lano street, Montavilla, was shot and
Instantly killed yesterday arternoon
by his cousin, Edward Keller, 1 4
years old, fh what is believed to have
been an, accident while the two boys
were playing: upstairs at the Franks
home, where the Keller boy also lived.
Following the shooting Edward
Keller, living at the same address
with the Franks, disappeared. He
was being sought by relatives and
friends with the assistance of the
police in the fear that he might
commit suicide or do himself some
harm as a result of his fright and de
spondency over the affair, when he
returned safely.
The two boys are said to have been
playing together with two old rifles
and a revolver. Just what led to the
shooting was not known last neyht, as
Edward Keller had not been found.
The mothers of the two boys, who
are sisters, heard the report and aft
erwards young Keller carried the
limp form' of his cousin, shot through
the heart, downstairs. Investigation
showed that the bullet had passed
through the boy's heart.
With tears in his eyes young Keller
Is said to have accosted his uncle,
H. H. Franks, who had returned home
in the meantime, pleading that he also
be shot, when he realized what he had
done.
"Oh, shoot me, uncle, shoot me, too,"
he is declared to have cried, shortly
afterward disappearing.
The families of the boys are confi
dent that the shooting was acci
dental. TRACERS SENT FOR NC-4
Seaplane Overdue on Flight From
Galveston to Mobile.
MOBILE, Ala., Dec. 20. The navy
department was officially notified
tonight by Captain W. Oper. in charge
of this recruiting district, that naval
seaplane NC-4, which made the first
trans-Atlantic flight, was many hours
overdueon its trip today to this port
from Galveston, Tex.
The seaplane is on recruiting duty
and is commanded by Lieutenant
Commander A. C.'Read, who was in
charge'durlng the flight to Plymouth,
England.
Captain W. G. Roper, head of the
southeastern naval recruiting district,
who came here to welcome Com
mander Read, has taken up mo search
for the missing plane.
HOUSTOV, Texas, Dec. 20. C. W.
Vicks, a wireless operator, with
whom Commander Read of the NC-4
conversed all the way from New Or
leans to Galveston "Wednesday, main
tained communication today for an
hour and 40 minutes and then lost the
airplane. Vicks quoted Read as say
ing he expected weather conditions
today to interfere with wireless work.
23 DIE IN COLLISION
Immigrant Train Collides "With
Freight Near Onawa, Me.
ONAWA. Me., Dec. 20. Twenty
three deaths resulted from a head
on collision between an immigrant
train and a freight train on the Ca
nadian Pacific railway two miles west
of Onawa station today. Seventeen
persons were killed outright and six
died later.
Fifty passngera were injured, many
seriously. Engineers Fred Wilson
and William Bagley and Firemen
Henninger and Hutchins, of the two
trains, are dead. Six victims were
children. Fourteen bodies have been
taken from the wreckage.
The passenger train was running
as the third section of the immigrant
special, two sections of which had
passed the freight while it wasbn a
siding. On board were a few returned
Canadian soldiers and nearly 300
immigrants.
So far as learned,, the collision resulted-
from a misunderstanding of
orders.
FUTURE OF ROADS
NOT YET DECIDED
Fate Uncertain Despite
Action of Senate:
CUMMINS BILL GOES THROUGH
Chances Are Carriers Will Be
Turned Back Jan. 1.
LA FOLLETTE'S PLEA VAIN
Effort to Extend Government Con
trol Two Tears Fails Plumb
Plan. Promoters Discouraged.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Dec. 20. The senate this
afternoon passed the Cummins rail
road bill by a vote of 46 to 30, but
this by no means decides the future
of the railroads. Every man you meet
in Washington who has been follow
ing the course of railroad legislation
and the administration of the rail
roads has a different opinion as to
what will happen next.
There were signs today that the
railroads are going back to private
ownership January 1, whether new
legislation Is enacted soon or not.
Around the offices of the railroad ad
ministration there appeared to have
been some tip that the president is
determined to turn the roads back on
January 1, just as he gave his word
some time ago that he would do.
Plumb Plan Promoter Busy.
All the pressure brought on him In
the last ten days has been from per
sons who would have the government
retain control, the promoters of the
Plumb plan having directed this ef
fort. When William G. McAdoo, for
mer secretary of the treasury, as well
as former director-general of rail
roads, called on Mr. Wilson a few
days ago those who wanted to see
the government release the roads
threw up their hands in despair. The
Plumb plan promoters -wer - corre
spondingly happy, because it was
understood that Mr. McAdoo had
given his pledge to the railroad
brotherhoods to help withhold the
roads from the owners. It is now
hinted that Mr. McAdoo's effort were
In vain.
If the president does return the
railroads he will be able to point to
the fact that his action is approved
by a very large majority of the demo
crats in the senate, as registered in
the vote this afternoon against the
La Follette amendment to the Cum
mins bill to extend government con
trol for two years.
La Follette's Plea Vain.
After La Follette had made an
earnest plea for the extension of gov
ernment control, only eight democrats
supported his amendment, these being
Ashurst of Arizona, Chamberlain of
Oregon, Henderson of Nevada, John
son of South Dakota, Kendrick of
Wyoming, Nugent of Idaho, Sheppard
of Texas and Walsh of Montana. Re
publicans supporting the amendment
were, besides La Follette, Gronna of
North Dakota and Norrls of Nebraska.
But all this decides ilothing as to
the fate of the bill, because it has a
rough road ahead. The Cummins bill
goes from the senate today without
any taint of partisanship. More re
publicans than democrats voted for
it, but all of the leaders on the demo
cratlc "side, including Hitchcock of
Nebraska, Underwood of Alabama
and Williams of Mississippi, supported
it.
Deadlock Stir Expected.
The bill now goes to conference
and a long deadloctc is expected on
the anti-strike provision, because the
Esch bill, passed by the house, con
tains only a very mild labor provis
ion. which was approved by the rail-
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THESE NEWS FEATURES STOOD OUT ON THE VISION OF CARTOONIST PERRY THIS WEEK
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BANK HEAD CONFESSES
SHORTAGE OF $140,000
SOI REPAID BY RICH BROTH
ER IX OREGON.
Warrant Issued for Arrest of Kan
sas Official William Pollman
of Baker Gives Aid.
TOPEKA, Kas.. Dec. 20. Discovery
of a shortage of $140,000 In the Linn
County bank of Lacygne and the con
fession of President A. Pollman that
he had signed worthless paper to
that extent were reported today by
State Bank Commissioner Walter E.
Wilson, who stated he had authorized
the Linn county attorney to Issue a
warrant for the arrest of the bank
president.
A brother of the banker, William
Pollman, Baker, Or., said to be a mil
lionaire lumberman, is declared to
have made good the entire amount to
the bank.
Speculation in Texas lands and
mining ventures was declared by
Pollman to have resulted In the loss
of the money.
CONGRESS TAKES RECESS
House and Senate Suspend for
Holiday Season.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. The Christ
mas recess of congress began at 11:12
o'clock tonight, -when the senate ad
journed to meet again January 5. The
house adjourned' four minutes earlier
and no business was transacted in
either house during the night.
- The delay in adjournment was nec
essary to permit bills passed today to
be prepared for the signature of the
speaker of the house and the presi
dent of the senate before being' trans
mitted to the White House. Few mem.
bers were present at adjournment.
YORK'S RIVAL HONORED
Hun-Slaying Sergeant to Be Spe
cial Escort for Dead.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Former
Sergeant Willie Sandlin of Hyden,
Ky., today was appointed special es
cort for the return of soldier dead
from overseas by Secretary Baker on
recommendation of Major General
Rogers. Sergeant Sandlin was selected
for the post because of his unusual
record in the world war.
Unofficially he ranks next to Ser
geant York in his exploits against the
enemy, being credited with killing 24
Germans and wounding and capturing
many more.
FREQUENT RAINS COMING
Forecast for Coast for "Week Is "un
settled Weather.
.WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday issued by the weather depart
ment, are:
Northern Rocky mountain and pla
teau regions Unsettled .with snows
and rains with normal temperature
the first half of the week; the latter
half will be generally fair and cold.
Pacific states Unsettled, with nor
mal temperatures and frequent rains.
GERMANS STAY IN JAPAN
6 000 Prisoners of War Are Not to
Return nome.
TOKIO, Japan, Dec. 8. It is learned
here that the Dutch government has
engaged 150 German prisoners of war,
who are among those held in Japan,
to serve In the police force at Java
and Sumatra.
Many of the 6000 German prisoners
of war, captured at Kiau Chau, who
are about to be released, have decid
ed to remain in Japan.
BIG STILL CONFISCATED
Plant, Making 250 Gallons a Day,
Found in Full Operation.
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 20. A huge
still, with a capacity of 250 gallons
of liquor a day, said to be the largest
illicit distilling1 plant ever encountered
by. the- officers in this state, was
seized today by a force of state con
stabulary ten miles south of here.
The plant, which was operated by
steam, was running in full blast.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
rEPTEP.DAT'S Maximum temperature.
53 degrees; minimum, 40 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
Departments.
Editorial. Section 8, page 6.
Dramatics. Section 4, page 4.
Moving picture news. Section 4, page ft.
Real estate and building. Section 4, page 8.
Music. Section S, page 8.
Churches. Section 5, page 2.
Schools. Section 6, page 5.
Books. Section 8, page 8.
Automobile news. Section 6.
Women's Features.
Society. - Section 8. page 2.
Women's activities. Section 3, page 10.
Fashions. Section 6, page 4.
Miss Tingle's column. Section 5, page 4.
Auction bridge. Section B, page 6.
Special Features.
Cardinal Mercler's series. Section 8, page .
Work of Portland sons In France pictured.
Magazine section, page 1.
Nourishment of children. Magazine sec
tion, page 2.
Woman braves African Jungle. 'Magazine
section, page 8.
World news by camera. Magazine section,
page 4.
Admiral Sims own story. Magazine Mo
tion, page B.
About marrying the chauffeur. Magazine
section, page 6.
Uncle Sam's feathered soldiers. Magazine
section, page 7.
Hill's cartoons, "Among Us Mortals."
Magazine section, page 8.
Portland soldier tells of service in Siberia.
Section 3, page 11.
Christmas letters to Santa Claus. Section
3, page 12.
Christmas musical programme.
Page 7.
Section 4,
Section 4,
Mosler fruit growers organize.
page 8.
All Christmas dinner Oregon-grown. Sec-
nun page v.
Sermon by Dr. Joshua Stansfleld. Section
S, page 8.
Oregon girl writes of Ireland. Section B,
page 6.
Brlggs and Darling cartoons. Section 8.
page 7.
Foreign.
Holland expects early demand for ex
kaiser. Section 1, page 22.
National.
Future of railroads uncertain despite sen
ate passage of Cummins bill. Section
1. page 1.
Vigorous renewal of treaty fight In senate
gets nowhere, however. Section 1.
page IS.
House and senate railroad measures may
be hard to harmonize. Section 1,
page 10.
Domestic
House passes deportation bill. Section 1,
page 2.
William Pollman of Baker makes good
brothers defalcation of $140. 0(H) from
Kansas bank. Section 1, page 1.
Ark with exiled red will sail at secret
hour today. Section 1, page 2.
Commission, provided in coal strike set
tlement, is named by Wilson. Section
1, page 1.
Pershing Is "Buddy" to Chicago legioa.
Section 1, page 4.
Probe of bluejackets' arrest In .Mexico or
dered. Section 1, page 23.
Pacific Northwest.
Governor Olcott favors two game commis
sioners, r-'e'rtlon 1, page 22.
Ex-corporal, counsel to run for mayor
of Seaiiv. Section 1, page 7.
Half of Chanslor sinks like shot. Section
1. page 1.
Crew of Chanslor at supper when ship
strikes rock and those In stern are
carried down to death. Section 1,
page 20.
More than million lost In Oregon In year as
result of strikes. Section 1, page 1.
Family at Pendleton marooned by rising
waters. Section 1, page 8.
35 sane placed In Idaho asylum, is charged.
Section 1, page 0.
Sports.
William Johnston ranked as leading TJ. S.
.tennis player. Section 2. page 3.
Boxing camps ring with workouts for
bouts. Section 2, page 4.
Harvard leaves east to meet Oregon at
Pasadena. Section 2, page 1.
High school basketball league opens Jan
uary 12. Section 2, page 8.
Holidays to reduce bowling activities. Sec
tion 2, page 4.
East's best against west's la beat card.
Section 2, page 1. '
Gibbon billed to box Boy McCormlck. Sec
tion 2, page 2.
Easterners favor old gridiron game. Sec
tion 2, page 2.
Ross off to grab flock of records. Section
2, page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Additional sales of flour for export to
Japan. Section 2, page 19.
Chicago corn breaks owing to Increase in
receipts. ' Section 2, page 19.
Stocks firmer with covering of short con
tracts. Section 2, page 19.
Portland and Vicinity.
Houseboats are no longer In danger after
last great ice Iloe passes. Section 2,
page 18.
Jobbers criticise federal rati control. Sec
tion 1. page 14.
Prizes are awarded to 53 children verse
writers- Section 1, page 10.
Boy of 7 shot and Instantly killed by play
mate in Montavilla. Section 1, page 1.
Clatsop presses award for Youngs bay
structure, section 1, page 11.
Judge A. C. Dayton resigns and three j
mentioned as candidates for circuit
bench. Section 1, page 16.
Road-bulldlng in Oregon need not wait
until federal money Is available. Sec
tion 1, page 12.
$350,000 fire razes soap and refinery plant
In Portland. Section 1, page 1.
Old Santa to remember old and young of
city, section 2, page 6.
Five-million-dollar road measure ia framed.
Section 2, page 6.
COAL TRIBUNAL IS
NAMED BY W LSON
Working Conditions and
Wages to Be Probed.
STEP LINKED WITH STRIKE
Labor, Operators and Public
Are Represented.
DILIGENT STUDY IS URGED
If Readjustment of Prices Is Found
Xecessary, President Promises
to Confer Power.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Coincident
tonight with President "Wilson's ap
pointment of the commission of
three to carry out the government's
plan for settlement of the bituminous
coal strike, the executive committee
of the Bituminous Coal Operators" as
sociation Issued a statement flatly
denying that the operators had
agreed to or been consulted in regard
to the settlement terms.
The operators' denial was aimed
specifically at a statement contained
In Mr. Wilson's identical letter to the
three commissioners he has selected
Henry M. Robinson, Pasadena, Cal..
representing the public; John P.
White, representing the miners, and
Rembrandt Peale of Pennsylvania,
representing the operators that the
operators as well as miners had
agreed to and adopted" the govern
ment's proporal. The denial was met
immediately by a statement from At
torney-General Palmer declaring it
would be "an amazing repudiation of
their own statements'" if the oper
ators now failed to accept the settle
ment plan.
Palmer at Conference.
. The president's announcement and
the statements from the operators and
the attorney-general, which came on
Its heels, followed a day of confer.
ences between Mr. Palmer ar.d repre
sentatives of the mine owners and
also a meeting of the operators' exec
utive committee. No official word
came from either side as to the na
ture of these discussions, however,
although it was apparent that the
president's announcement was ex
pected at the White House to be is
sued at any moment, and no reason for
the delay was disclosed. Later develop
ments were said In some quarters to
show that Mr. Palmer had been en
deavoring to induce the operators to
Join fully in the government's plans.
Coal Strike Reviewed.
In his letter to Mr. Robinson, the
president reviewed the coal strike
situation and the various fruitless
efforts made to arrive at a settlement
before his own plan was proposed and
adopted by the miners. Mr. Wilson
said he had been informed that the
operators "have generally agreed" to
the plan and told the commissioners
that if, in their judgment, after a
full examination of the facts, "a re
adjustment of the price of coal, shall
be found necessary," he would clothe
them with the powers now vested In
the fuel administration to carry out
that judgment.
This grant of power will be given,
however, the president added, only in
the event of unanimous decision by
the commission as to its findings.
Mines Producing Again.
Production has been resumed at
the mines, Mr. Wilson said, on a suf
ficient scale to warrant appointment
of the commission to make effective
the terms of the government's pro
posals. He warned the commissioners,
however, that while their decision as
to a new wage scale for the coal
miners would, he was sure, be accept
ed as a basis for an agreement in
the coal fields, which would promote
public welfare, no lasting benefit
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STATE'S STRIKE LOSS
MORE THAN MILLION
WALKOUTS IX OREGON" IX YEAR
PROVE COSTLY.
Labor Chief Sufferer, According to
Report of Commission; Action
by Legislature Is Asked.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 10. (Special.)
Losses to industries and employes due
to strikes in Oregon during the year
1819 totaled $1, 227, 950, according to
statement prepared here today by C
H. Gram, state labor commissioner
These figure's will be made a part of
Mr. Gram's annual report, and also
will be used by the commissioner In
urging upon the legislature, at its
special session in January, the cre
ation of a so-called "state safety com
mission." Of the total loss employees suf
fered to the extent of 11,106,950, ac
cording to Mr. Gram's report, while
the loss to various industries Is esti
mated at 1121.000. The financial loss
to employees of the various shipbuild
ing plants during the year was $490,-
000. while the loss to the Industry is
estimated by the employers at $65,000.
The cereal workers suffered a loss in
wages of $11,250, as against a loss ol i
approximately $500 to the industries.
The telephone operators, according
to figures prepared by these workers,
lost J2S.800. with no estimate of the
loss to the Industry.
The tailors estimate their loss at
$81,000 while the loss of business to
employers is fixed at $20,000.
Loss to the jewelry workers is es
timated at $1250, while the industry
suffered a loss of approximately
$25,000.
Laundry workers estimate their
loss at $4S0.000. The employers in
this industry place their loss at only
$10,000, although the employes say
the operators suffered to the extent
of mare than $50,000.
Grain handlers report a loss of
$S000, carpenters $1250 and painters
$400, with no estimates of financial
Injury to the industries.
In addition to. these losses It is es
timated that persons Indirectly af
fected by the strikes lost in the neigh
borhood of $5000.
Mr. Gram says financial losses
to both employes and operators in
Oregon have Increased materially dur
ing the past few years, fend he be
lieves legislative action should be
taken whereby workers and employ
era may be made to realize the neces
sity of closer co-operation.
WILSON GETS NO TREE
PrcsitTont to Eat His " Clirlstmas
IMnner in His Room,
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WASHINGTON, Dec 20. There will
be no Christmas tree at the White
House this year. The president and
Mrs. Wilson plan to spend the day
quietly. ,
Mr. Wilson will eat Christmas din
ner in his room and it is not expect
ed that his daughters. Mrs. William
Gibbs McAdoo and Mrs. Francis B.
Sayre, and his grandchildren will be
at the White House.
PAY LINE OF 75 HELD UP
Pair Cover Longshoremen as Com
panions Hob Office.
NEW YORK. Dec. 20. A holdup
rivaling in technique the master
pieces of "Bill" Carlisle, western
bandit, occurred here today when
two robbers covered with revolvers
a pay line of 75 longshoremen at an
East river pier while two companions,
marching into the paymasters' office,
seized $5000.
The -quartet then escaped in an au
tomobile. MINES PAY FOR PEACE
Rioting Workers Quieted When
Money Is Passed Out.
TOKIO, Japan, Dec. 3. Incensed at
the refusal of the mine owners to
grant increased wages and shorfer
hours, 2000 employes of the Kainaishi
iron mine in Rlckuchu province.
raided the mining headquarters and
extensively damaged the buildings.
Troops were called out.
To pacify the rioters the owners
gave each miner the equivalent of $40.
whereafter the men dispersed.
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REFINERY RAZED
FIRE
Oil Feeds Spectacular
Blaze in Portland.
FIREMEN'S LIYES IN DANGER
Flames Leaping High in Air
Threaten Nearby Plants.
CARS MOVED TO SAFETY
Workman Leaps From Second Story
Into Snow When All Other
Escape Is Cut Off.
In a fire which was one of the most
spectacular in years and from the
standpoint of property damage the
most destructive this year, the main
Plant of the Portland branch of the
Palmolive company. Twentieth and
Roosevelt streets, was totally de
stroyed yesterday afternoon with a
loss estimated at $350,000.
Coming close after the big fire
which totally destroyed the plant of
the Portland Stove works, at Derby
street and Columbia boulevard, as
announced in The Oregonian yester
day morning, yesterday afternoon's
blaze made the total fire loss in the
VkLV the day reach about
$600,000 mark.
The loss at the Portland Stovs
works fire was estimated by John
Montag. one of the three proprietors,
at $250,000, this including a large
amount of stock and all the wood
patterns of the concern.
Flames Spread Itapldly.
The fire at the Palmolive plant
started In the northeast corner of u,
three-story brick building, and from"
epreao. rapidly through the
structure, the flames fed by oil. eo
coanut meal r,d 'Ve,-edvancln? bo"
rapidly th-il.'"lha-v-0f a-numln "
Wre endanirric - - "
Ktank usse:l.-.i.i-.-.,-n
of what-1.4 know Jck h om
In the building, escaped with "badly
burned fate and Hands when has
rushed back to obtain his coat before,
quitting the building. After the oil
fed flames had swept out and caught
him, burning him painfully, he fell
down the stairway half blinded and
Pnally made his way to the open. Ha
was later sent to the police emer
gency hospital for treatments
Workman Leaps Into Snow.'
C. M. Condltt. another workman,
only saved his life by jumping from
a second-story window into a snow
bank. He was uninjured. All other
escape had been cut o by the flajnes
and the window was his only re
course. Walter W. Bray, fireman with En
gine 2, slipped ana fell while run
ning with a hose at the fire and
fractured a sixth rib. He was treat
ed at the police emergency hospital.
He lives at 450 Rodney avenue and
is 30 years of age.
Cause of Fire Not Fixed. '
The cause of the fire had not been
determined yesterday, although As
sistant Fire Marshal Roberts ad
vanced the theory that it may have
started from one of the pair of rolls
used in crushing the oil from the
copra coming in contact with soma
piece of steel or metal which may
have acidentally been dropped into
the copra. One of these sets of rolls
was located near the point where
the fire was first discovered, which,
lends countenance to the theory.
Another theory advanced by G. H.
Warren, superintendent of the plant.
and by some of the workmen is that
the fire started from possible de
fective wiring or a short circuit. -Fed
by the oil and oily substance
of the crude product handled by the
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