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f 9Q Pages Eight Sections. Section One Pages 1 to 20 VOL. XL NO. 37 Entered at Portland (Or iron) Postoffice as Second-Clan Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON; SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS GIRL IN DELIRIUM FIRE IN MAUPIN, OR., CAUSES $100,000 LOSS ALMOST ENTIRE BUSINESS DISTRICT DESTROYED. ERZBERGE BRIDGE COLLAPSES; 25 TO 30 DROWNED CROWD FALLS INTO "STREAM. MANY INJURED. STATE TRAFFIC LAWS CHARLIE CHAPLIN HAS B DEATH GARDNER GETS Oil NERVES OF POSSES 3G LIKES UE LOST 1M TEXAS EL000 Hundreds of San Antonio Persons Injured. ARE ENFORCED WELL LONDON AT HIS FEET CYCLE -, OFFICERS ' MAKE J21 POLICE HAVE TO RESCUE COMEDIAN" FROM ADMIRERS. ARRESTS IS AUGUST. NAMES ARBUGKLE BLOCKS MONARCHY Dying Film Beauty Says Actor Is to Blame. MISS RAPPE'S NURSE TALKS Movie Player to Be Held . Pending Investigation. VICTIM FOUND' STRIPPED Grand Jury to Begin Probe Into Death at Drinking Bout in Rooms at Hotel". SAX FRANCISCO. Sept. 10. (Spe cial.) Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, in whose rooms In the St. Francis hotel Miss Virginia Rappe came by-injuries Monday night that resulted in her death Friday night, arrived in San Francisco tonight to face a police quiz and a grand jury investigation. Arbuckle was accompanied by his Los Angeles attorney, Frank Domin- guez, Lowell Sherman, Frederick Fishbeck and Al Seminacher. manager for Miss Rappe. The last three named were present at the drinking party in Arbuckle's room, according to women members of the party. Arbuckle's San Francisco attorney, Charles Brennan, said that Arbuckle could add nothing to the statement published to the effect that he was not aware of any occurrence which could have led to Miss Rappe's death and denying that he had been in a room alone with. her. Grand , Jury to Act Monday. The announcement that the case will go before the grand jury Monday was made by Harry Kelly, secretarj of the body, following numerous re quests from members of women's clubs and welfare organizations that the case be looked into thoroughly. , Kelly said that District Attorney Brady, who is out of town, probably 'would return to present the case, in person. All persons available who were known to have been in the drinking party in Arbuckle's room, which ended in Miss Rappe's collapse were ques tioned during the day by Lieutenant f Detectives Griffin and Detectives Henry McGrath, Kennedy Regan and Dolan. The detectives are trying to lind some trace of the clothing which was worn by Miss Rappe and wh'.ch was said by witnesses to have been practically destroyed by being to'u. The clothing has disappeared. Two Witnesses Interviewed. Two of the witnesses interviewed were Mrs. Jean Jamison, 2570 Bush street, the nurse who attended Miss Rappe at the Hotel St. Francis and later at Wakefield sanitarium, and Ira G. Fortlouis, salesman for a New To-k gown manufacturer, a patron at the Palace hotel. Mrs. Jamison told the detectlvts that while in semi-delirium Miss Rappe called out repeatedly: "It is all Arbuckle's fault. He brought this pain on me. Don't let him get away with thisi I want him to be punished. Tell my friends to have' him punished. He is all to blame." Miss Rappe Seen la Lobby. Fortlouis said he saw Miss Rappe In the lobby of the Palace hotel Mon day and commented on her beiuty. He was told her name. Later in the day, while visiting Arbuckle at. the St. Francis, Fortlouis mentioned that he had been struck by the beauty of Virginia Rappe. Someone suggested that Arbuckle knew her and that she be called up and invited to come over to a party. This was done, Fortlouis said, and Miss Rappe appeared at the room in the St. Francis. They had several drinks, Fortlouis said, but he saw nothing unusual and heard no dis turbance. He left when someone in the party said the "newspaper men (Concluded on Page 3. Columnl.) ' A50VJY rAcNE.vfs ISWANta'.". t t : Volunteers Rush From All Over County to Fight Blaze, Which Finally Is Controlled. . THE DALLES, Or., Sept. 10. (Spe cial.) Fire, starting in the residence of Bates Shattuck adjoining his gen eral store when a gasoline stove ex ploded this morning destroyed virtu ally the entire business district of Maupin with a loss of $100,000 to 1150,000. The blaze quickly swept into the Shattuck general merchandise store, which is the largest of its kind in southern Wasco county, and then leaped Deschutes avenue and traveled southward along both sides of the 'street for more than a blocks Hun dreds of men, summoned by telephone, rushed to Maupin from points in the southern part of the county, and the blaze was put under control about noon. . . - Maupin has no fire department nor heavy water mains and the battle against the flames had to be waged by bucket brigades. The volunteer firemen deluged buildings in the path of the fire and when the rather stiff wind which had been blowing earlier in the day died down towards noon, progress of the blaze was stayed. ' The loss to the Shattuck properties was estimated at $30,000. The fire also destroyed or badly damaged the Wilson general store, a block .south, Kaiser's barber shop, Cyr's confec tionery store, the Maupin State bank, the postoffice. the Maupin hotel, a store building owned by Mrs. Fern Jory and a number of homes. The Maupin hotel was completely destroyed. ..; The Maupin drug store, Maupin garage, the new Oddfellows' building, which is almost adjacent to the Snattuck store, Harry Anderson's restaurant, the school house and the Tumalym company plant escaped the flames. Nor did the fire damage any of the properties on the east side of the Deschutes. These are almost a mile from the flame swept sections. The fire was stopped only a short dis tance from the building occupied by the Maupin Times. 3 RAILWAYS FIGHT BUSSES Proposed Stage Una Between Scat tie and Portland Protested. ' OLYMPIA, Wash.) Sept. 10 Formal protest against the granting of a certificate of necessity and conven ience for the operation of an automo bile stage line between .Seattle and Portland was filed wUh the depart ment of public works here today .by the Northern Pacific, O.-W. R. & N. and Great Northern railroads. The petition states that all three compa nies are operating on 'tracks parallel to the highways on which the stages are to' run and that they pay large taxes and special assessments to maintain these highways. It is as serted also - that an Inferior service would be rendered by the stag op erators, i- The hearing on the. case has been set for September 14 before the de partment of public works. PREACHER'S TRIAL IS SET t Churchman Accused of Wife Mux- - der to Face Court. LAKEPORT, Cal., Sept. 10. The trial of Rev. J. A. Spencer of Lake- port, charged with the murder of his wife at Lake Konocti in July, was set for October S by Superior Judge Sayre today., The district attorney said the pros ecution would endeavor to prove that Mrs. Spencer was killed on land and her body thrown into tho lake. .Spencer said his wife ' was acci dentally drowned while they were out in a boat in a lake.' STEEL WORKS DESTROYED Loss of $10,000 Sustained by Klamath Foundry. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Sept. 10. (Special.) The Klamath Foundry &. Steel works was destroyed by fire last night. The estimated damage is 10,000, with $9000 insurance. B. M. Hall, manager, said the fire started in the casting room. 1 ' vlC Murder Thought.tb Have Prevented Coup; 'A. WORKERS IN DEr RATION Protest Ma cVgainst Fre quent' cssinationSr FIRE' LACKING IN TALKS Question of Exile of Members of Royal Household Considered, Says Maximilian Harden. BT MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, .. Germany's Foremost Publicist. ' (CoDJ'rieht. 1921, bv The Oregonian.) BERLIN, Sept 10. (Speclal cable.) But for the assassination of Dr. Mathias Erzberger Germany today might be a monarchy. . ; . , Many indications have come to light to show that a monarchist coup j was in preparation. General apathy had greeted the republic's birthday. .ven the republican government hardly celebrated. The old regime took renewed courage at all of this and organized eemonatratlons and military parades, culminating in the festival at the Berlin race track. where a Hohenzollern prince enthu siastically saluted Germany's "unde feated army." . A glorified telegram was, sent to the "glorious' prisoner at Doern lining mm wittt the hope of some day returning. ... People Remain Silent. Even . in the face of all this the people kept silent and indifferent to every . symptom, indicating a speedy return to kaiserism. .The court party must have inspired its chief with this expectation, otherwise Wilhelm. who never erred in the direction of foolhardy courage, would scarcely have dared to send a telegram 'which risked offending the Dutch govern ment as. a breach of the promise given when asylum was granted to him. ..v Then, next day, came the assassina tion of Erzberger, proving once more the enduring stupidity of the military-monarchist caucus. . , Instantly,' although the newspapers scarcely peeped, and some, to Ger many's shame, actually gloated, the industrial workers rose up. Half a million of them paraded before the palace where once the kaiser lived. Berlin never before saw such a demonstration. Perfect Order Is Kept. , All "of these men and women, even the communists, kept-perfect order and the speakers cade no incendiary applause.. But all resolved unitedly to tolerate no longer these murders and to save the republic from a praetorship or cac-.orra. These industrial workers bad not rested from their day's labors and prepared their, evening meal, mind ing not the long march and seeming to say, -"We are here to prevent our new Germany from being Infected with the poison of the old." This spectacle made a -far greater impression thah the government's order forbidding demobilised officers from wearing the ' army - uniform without permission. . - , " ' Need f Order Is Proved. . The necessity for this order had been proved by the funeral . of the ex-empress when 10,000 citizens marched in full dress with side arms. Furthermore, there is being con sidered at present the question of the exile of all members of the royal household.' Germany has' not for gotten the example of France's third republic and the Hohenzollern princes, instead of quietly and dign:fiedly serving the fatherland, often led (Concluded on Pass 3. Column 2.) CARTOONIST ESS WO -fcOfcV ; V(l UV- AHYtWMG OV Ofi VIS More Than 20 Bodies Recovered. Many Believed to Be Pinned Under Wreckage. . CHESTER. Pa., Sept. 10. Between 25 and 30 persons were drowned or crushed to death and , more than a score of others injured tonight when the footpath of the Third-street (ridge over Chester river collapsed. The dead and Injured were part of a crowd of approximately 75 persons that had' gathered to watch the police grappling for the body of a 6-year' old boy who was drowned about half an hour before. Many of the dead are women and children. The bridge was an ' old-fashioned structure 90 feet long and cleared the water by about 20 feet. It carried two trolley tracks and had one fdotpath. . The river is about 15 feet "deep where the accident occurred. The boy who was drowned had been playing near the stream and slipped into the water. Police quickly threw out grappling irons from a rowboat Meanwhile the news spread - and women and men rushed to the. bridge in fear that the child, whose identity was not known, was their own. "As the; police grappled m the murky water around coal and ice barges, the crowd grew. Suddenly a crackinr- sound was heard and one end of the footpath gave way. Those who fell into the water first had no chance to escape, as others came tumbling upon them. ' Police believe some bodies are lm- bedded in the mud. POSTMASTER JOBS OPEN Civil Service Test Announced for - '.. Oregon and Washington. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C, Sept. 10.--Clvil service examinations will be held Oc tober 8 to fill postmasterships in Ore gon -and Washington, paying salaries as Indicated: Oregon Central Point. $1800; Falls City, $600; Glendale, $600; Jackson ville, $400; Mill City, $1700; Sandy. $1100; Springfield, $2000; Sutherlln, $1700; Wasco. $2000; Weston, $1500; Woodburn, $2200. Washington Morton, $1500; North Bend, $1200; Oakville. $1400; Reardan, $1800;-Rochester. $1400. ' The postoffice department has agreed to revoke its order discontin uing the - postoffice at Imnaha. the postmaster, B. H. Maxwell, having re considered his resignation when- it was found no one else would act as postmaster. . . STANDIFERJDEAL PENDING Shipyard May Be-Operated as Steel Fabrication Plant. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 10. (Special.) The Standlfer shipyard plant will be in operation as a steel fabrication plant, doing general steel construction work, within the next 60 days, provided a deal now pending is completed, it was authoritatively learned today. The amount involved in the trans action and the name of the firm nego tiating were not made public, but it s declared that the deal calls for the use of one-third of the plant, the re mainder to be kept for other ' steel industries. The differential In freight rates is said to be influencing the new firm to come to Vancouver. JAIL OPPRESSES WOMAN Attorneys for Mrs. Obenchain to . Seek Her Release. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 10, The superior court and district attorney's office today were formally notified that attorneys - for Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain, jointly indicted with Ar thur C. Burch for the alleged mu-der of . J. Belton Kennedy, - insurance broker, wJH seek to have her released on bail, pending her trial, Novem ber 1. An affidavit from a physician sets forth that Mrs. Obenchain had been under his care for two weeks and that "her - health might be perma nently injured by continued impris onment." - PERRY ILLUMINES SOME VVTT 5 COa-c- We- Marked . Improvement in ' ObesrV' anee of Statutes Xoted by-' Secretary Kozer. SALEM, Or.. Sept. 10. (Special.) One hundred twenty-one arrests for alleged traffic ' law violations for which fines aggregating $1455.05 were imposed were made by the seven state traffic officers operating out of Secretary of State Kozer's office dur ing the month of August, according to a report filed today by T.- A. Raffety, chief traffic inspector.' The officers, according to the re port, traveled 10,027 miles and visited 275 cities during the 31 days. The report further dliclcses that 84 cars were found being operated without appropriate licenses and that 219 cars were being operated with only one license plate. Thirty-eight persons were discovered driving machines with no . operator's license and 121 had no chauffeur's license. There were 102 trucks found with out proper mirror equipment and out of 184 trucks weighed for overloads 65 of that number were found to be carrying overloads varying from 100 to 4000 pounds. Two groups of the Inspectors were engaged wholly in checking up weights of loads and speeds with which trilcks were being operated, as. Chief Raffety pointed out", it la the vicious impact from the speeding 'truck, or other heavy ve hicle, which causes heaviest damage to the highways. ? "It was the purpose in the begin ning to check up. if possible, only those trucks which were being oper ated with exceptionally heavy loads and . thus to secure ' the greatest amount of publicity possible so that drivers would realize that they must comply with the law," Chlaf Raffety said. That there is a . marked improve ment in the observance of the traffic laws by . the motor-driving public was the statement of Mr. Kozer in commenting on Chief Raffety's re port. At 9 o'clock more than a score of bodies had been recovered. . As the dead were carried into the morgue, men, - women and children .-surged about.' the pladje. Mothers sought children and husbands were looking for their wives or children. The situ ation became such that police were summoned. . . The accident, occurred just as the tide .wars at ebb. Mire department ladders were stuck into the water to form a wyee nahd prevent bodies from going odi. with the tide. Fishing nets also were used. " Only the footway on the bridge col lapsed. On the river 30 launches and rowboats worked Under searchlights as file tide flowed out. The scene of the accident is near the business sec tion James Emerbe was .standing near the 'bridge when the accident oc curred. He dragged 23 meqa- women and children from the water. Nine of them were found to be dead. - IRISH CABINET IN SESSION Dall Eireann Expected to Accept Conference Invitation. . DUBLIN, Sept. 10. (By the Assoc! ated Press.) The Irish republican cabinet was in session late tonight. It is expected J. C. Barton, the Sinn Fein envoy, will leave for Inverness tomorrow nighj. This is taken to Indicate that the Dail Eireann will accept Premier Lloyd George's invitation to a. confer ence and that themeeting of the Dail Eireann has been sun moned to in dorse the plenipotentiaries. FAIR WEATHER FORECAST Normal Temperature Predicted, for Pacific Coast States. WASHINGTON. D. C.,. Sept 10 Weather predictions for the week be ginning Monday are: ' Northern Rocky mountain and pla teau region Cool and frosts at the beginning of the week and rising temperature and generally fair there after., Pacific states Generally fair and normal temperature. RECENT EVE NTS IN WtVO Ttt"c. AVrXUHNE-- Hunters So on Edge They May Shoot Anyone. ' FUGITIVE- SEEMS AMUSED Warden, However, Tires of Hide-and-Seek Game. ONE CAMP IS LOCATED Lair, Half Way Up Precipitous Bluff, Is Hidden With Freshly- Cut Branches and Sappllngs. McNEIL'S ISLAND, Wash.. Sept. 10. (Special.) The hunt for Roy Gard ner, California mall robber who 'es caped from the federal penitentiary last Monday, where he was serving a 50-year term, is almost sure to result In the death of someone not necessarily Gardner unless it Is brought to a speedy close. The nerves of the watchers have been keyed up to such an extent that they are likely to fire on the slightest provocation, and even In broad daylight a pedes trian might easily be mistaken for Gardner. Once mre Gardner haa'turned up side down the theories and plans of his pursuers, and tonight the man hunt was again, laid along new lines. The newest development was the apparently confirmed fact that the elusive outlaw, who for more than five days has been playing hide-and- seek through the woods of the prlso: island with his pursuers, now has no immediate intention of trying to get away from the island at all. ' Developments Are Rapid. Rapid developments today pointing to this theory have caused Warden Maloney to so change the orders to his men that, instead of guarding against a possible break for the main land, every available guard is again in the field tonight to beat Gardner into the open If possible or capture him in hishlding. place. Gardner has again been seen on the Island, this time apparently beyond doubt as to- identity, and in addition fresh 'traces of him were discovered today. Louis Sonny, Centralia . policeman, who arrested Gardner after the hold up's third escape early this summer, found what he declared to be one of Gardner's temporary lairs. Hidden Shelter Is Found. Half way up a precipitous bluff, with branches and saplings freshly torn from, the surrounding forest more perfectly to hide the shelter, he found the evidence of human inhabi tance, while a small cave dug under the roots of a tree formed a fireplace which had been used, judging from smoke marka on the dirt. The discoveries led the 50 guards looking for the outlaw to believe that they were fast approaching that point in the long search where they will i have the fugitive where they want him. . Armed riflemen were spread about the island in such a. manner that Warden Maloney was confident Gard ner cannot slip through as he did last nightand that his capture Is but a matter of hours. Warden Maloney, tired of playiiyr hide-and-seek with his prey, today redoubled his efforts to capture Roy Gardner. ' In the past Maloney had confined his efforts to patrolling the shore of the Island in an effort to keep the fugitive from' escaping to the main land, but today, with an increased force at his disposal, he started to comb the interior of the island in an effort to drive the desperado from cover. Maloney Is chagrined by the man ner In which Gardner seems to be able to slip at will through the ring (Concluded onPas2. Column2. ) THE NEWS. VtrVSNT G PHE, till i I II I . . I I .1 In . i in ,11 i,.. Women Kiss and Hug Screen Star and Traffic Is Paralyzed as He Proceeds to Hotel. LONDON. Sept. 10. (Special cable.) London threw Itself at the feet of Charlie Chaplin today. It was all his bodyguard of stalwart London bobbles could do to rescue him from the thousands of his admirers when he arrived at Waterloo station from Southampton. It was a knock-about turn which appalled and amazed even Charlie and he asked the officers and his Immediate friends to stick close, so great was the crush. Even so, several women outwitted the flying wedge pf police and kissed and hugged him. He was finally shoved into a waiting automobile, while the mounted police cleared a way. Charlie had a few minuter' breathing spell before he recned tne environs of his hotel, where another huge assembly smashed the police cordon and cut short his speech of thanks. All the traffic in the neigh borhood was paralyzed for some time. While the "king of mirth," as the mayor of Southampton called him when he gave Chaplin' a civic wel come this morning, was being shot into the entrance of the hotel, the windows of his automobile were smashed in the crush. On reaching his flower-bedecked apartment Chaplin, stepped out onto the balcony and threw some red car nations to the crowd below, and in so doing precipitated a wild scram ble for the souvenirs which spelled disaster to the frocks of many women anxious to possess the flowers. Three hours after this tumultuous welcome to his old home. Charlie, accompanied by two friends, walked unknown down ricadilly and into Trafalgar square. WIFE MUR'DER CHARGED Body Found In Trunk; Children Abandoned by Father. SACRAMENTO, Cal,. Sept. 10. While the four children of Mrs. Louise Catalano are in the care of Sacra nento Juvenile court officers won dering why their mother does not re turn home from her shopping trip of yesterday, the police are looking for Joseph Catalano, the father, who Is wanted for the murder of his wife at their Rose ville home yesterday. Mrs. Catalano's body, crunhed and muti lated, was found in a trunk. Qatalano told his four children their mother had gone shopping and ho would take them to Sacramento. He bearded a stage aid rode here. Today the ' youngsters were found, aban doned by the father at " Sacramento home. MAN STRICKEN ON CAR Oil Shares Found in Pockets of Freight Train RJder. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Sept. 10. (Spe cial.) A middle-aged man whose pockets contained oil shares Issued to John Nugent of Spokane was In critical condition at the Cottage hospital here today. He was dis covered unconscious on a flat car ot an O.-W. it. A iv. ireignc train iasi night, the crew leaving him at Wyeth after notifying Sheriff John son. The man naa apparently oeen stricken with paralysis. He was well supplied with funds. Responding to queries from Sheriff Johnson, Spokane authorities say nothing la known of John Nugent there. WORLD GETTING VERY BAD Churchman Scea-V'Moral Slump" and "Recrudescence or Sin." LONDON, Sept. 10. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The world' has fallen Into a moral slump, there has been a universal recrudescence of sin, par ticularly In America, and physical force rather than the moral law has gained supremacy, said Rv. Ezra Squler Tlpply of Madison. N. J., In an address today before the Methodist ecumenical conference. "There Is a growing vulgarity and recklessness In dress and behavior," he continued, "and an increasing dis regard for the sanctity of the home." DAMAGE TOTALS MILLIONS Downpour of Rain Sends River into City Streets. VICTIMS CRY ALL NIGHT Policeman Declares Dark Hours Were Full of Terror Relief Work Is Started. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Sept. 10. Thirty-six persons are.knov.-tt to have been killed and hundreds Injured In flood waters which swept down upon this Texas city early today. Police estimates, however, placed the total death list as high as 250. The prop erty damage will ru:i Into the mil lions. The telephone plant manHger at Harllngen said that the Hlo Crsnde and tributaries were all far out of their banks. Of the known dead 20 were children, most of whom were under 12 years old. A majority of the others were men and women ranging In age front 40 to 60 years. The continued swollen condition ot the three streams which caused the flood has made the work of recover ing bodies difficult. Great piles ot driftwood, lodged in trees and against bridges, when removed, it was feared, would reveal many dead. Other bodies also wete believed to have floated downstream. Relief Work Is Started, With the waters of the San An tonio river, the Alazan and Pedro creeks back in their banks only a few hours, relief work and sanitary pre cautions were well under way. A re lief committee has begun caring for victims, and city health officers are engaged In a rigid clean-up of the city to prevent disease. This work will be continued tpnlght and sun- day. ' Two thousand persons wers mad. homeless. The electric light and street rail. way power plant was flooded and It will be several days before servlcu will be resumed. The cries of the helpless and the barking of hundreds of dogs made the night one of terror," said a police officer. "We could see people wnnin 25 feet, yet were unable to reach them. One old Mexican, astride a horse, went down as we threw him a rope, a col lapsed building taking him off." Streets Are Swept Ciena. Reports from outlying sections tended to confirm the fear that the flood was the worst In the city's his tory. Streets adjacent to the three streams. In some Instances were swept clean, almost their entire length. Houses In the southern portion of the . city were piled one upon another, or driven through adjoining buildings. Dead animals lined the streams. The flood waters from the San An tonia river and from AUiin creek and small tributaries inundated an area approximately two miles 'ong by one half mile wide. Including the heart of the business section and a portion ot the residence section along River avenue and adjacent streets as well as the thickly populated west side, where thousands of Mexicans are homeless and the dead uncounted. Many Killed Darin Mh. The water rose almost to the mez zanine floor of the Gunter hotel. Such structures as the Brady building. Wolft and Marx department store, Stowers, St. Mary's church and school buildings, the St. Anthony hotel, the Elks club, several hospitals, the cen tral telephone exchange, the city hall and police and fire department head-(Coni-ludrd on I'nu 'J.jColunin I.)