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VOL. XL NO.
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Entered at Portland (Orexon)
Potoff !- n Rron1-'1im Matter.
PORTLAND, OliEGOX. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1021
I'll I CIS FIVE CENTS
FATTY'S AGT HELD
SHR1NERS DELIBERATE
ON HOSPITAL PLANS
MANY WOULD ENTER
LIQUOR CRIMES LAID
TO POLICE IN CHICAGO
HALF OF FORCE SUSPECTED IN
ILLICIT TRAFFIC.
$3,324,000,000 TAX
YIELD IS EXPECTED
REVISION BILL FAVORABLY
REPORTED TO SENATE.
SWEPT
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
E TA
FIRE
MAYOR BAKER PRESENTS
CLAIMS OP PORTLAND.
PlilCANTS FOR POSTMASTER
. JOBS ARE LISTED.
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JOB
DISTRIBUTION
BRUMFIELD AGAlfJ
1
UN W E ON
GONFEHENG
Witness Refuses to Re
peat Story Details.
TESTIMONY IS WRITTEN OUT
Alfred Scmnachcr on Stand
at Arbuckle Hearing.
DEFENDANT'S SMILE DIES
Apparently Cheerful Mood of Film
Comedian as He Enters Court-
room Soon Passes.
PAN FRAVCISCO. Sept 24 Alfred
Semnacher declined to repeat aloud
from the witness stand today the de
tails of Roacoe (Fatty) Arbuckle!
description of his treatment of Miss
Virginia Rappe at the revel which
tled to the girl's death and Instead
rote them out on a paper which he
"flowed to the attorneys and to Police
Jup$4 Sylvain Lazarus, who la near--ifS'g
the murder complaint against the
film comedian.
He first said thst Arbuckle's story
of the incident, told to himself.
Lowell Sherman, Fred Flschbach and
Arbuckle's chauffeur, Harry McCul
lough, and which Involved the use of
Ice, caused a general laugh. When
the details wers demanded, be ob
jected to testifying verbally.
No one remonstrated at Arbuckle's
tale, sccording to the witness, who
cald It was told In Arbuckle's suits st
the Hotel St. Francis, where the
drinking party had taken place the
afternoon before.' Other conversa
tion about the affair was limited to
discussion of the Intoxicated condi
tion of aome of the participants, Sem
nacher said. He testified yesterday
that be had only coffee to drink. ' '
Nothing Imprr vf Noted.
In answer to questions from Ar
buckle's attorneys, Semnacher said he
had observed nothing Improper, in
Arbuckle's action toward Miss Rappe
or any of the other women at the
party.
When the news of Miss Rappe'f
death was brought by a jie.wsjia.per
renorter to Arbuckle. Sherman. Pinch-
Y bach and Semnacher In Los Angeles,
the evening of September I, Sem
nacher declared Arbuckle expressed
regret st her fate. All of the group
spoke of her death as sn "unfortunate
accident which they could not under
stand," according to the witness, and
Arbuckle, after a discussion, of what
had better be done, telephoned to the
chief of police in San Francisco of
fering to come north Immediately It
he was wanted.
After Arbuckle decided to come
north to report to the San Francisco
police, according to Semnacher, the
start was made in the early hours of
Saturday, September 10. He drove in
one machine with Fischbach and Sher
man, while Arbuckle, Dominguez, Ar
buckle's manager, Lou Anger, and the
comedian's chauffeur occupied an
other. Ka1 re Trnlk Demaade.
There was very little discussion of
Miss Rappe's death en route, he said,
and none at all about Arbuckle's con
duct with her.
bemnacher was the first witness to
be subjected to questioning by the
defense, and these Inquiries were but
few. Aside from his statement re
garding Arbuckle's conduct at the
party, the defense drew from him an
admission that Frank Domlnguex.
chief defense ccunael, had told him
to tell the entire truth to Captain of
Detectives Matheson,. and that the
defense had never heard his version
of the case.
The prosecution Introduced ss ex
hibits the garments which Semnacher
.h!1 Miss Rappe wore on the occatslon
Com hide d on Pace. J. Cn'umn I.)
yH!-E THtS
Trnstees to Go to St. Louis to De
cide on Number of Institu
tions to Bo Erected.
ATLANTA. Ga- Sept. 24. (Special.)
The board of trustees of the Shrin
ers' crippled children's hospitals,
which has been meeting here for two
days planning the expenditure of the
Initial fund of $1,000,000 now in their
hands for the building and main
tenance of hospitals throughout the
country, adjourned Friday night and
left yesterday morning for St. Louis,
where It will complete the unfinished
business of deciding upon the num
ber to be erected.
The fact that $1,000,000 will be
available every year for an Indefinite
period to devote to this benevolence
of correcting the deformities of crip
pled children presents a problem of
such magnitude that the committee
is movJng alowly in Its deliberations.
Beyond the fsct that a sort of mother
hospital will be established at St.
Louis for the perfecting of orthopedic
surgeons and developing of nurses to'
take charge of the various hospitals
to be established, nothing has as yet
been definitely decided.
George L. Baker, mayor of Fortland,
who was here Jn the Interest of get
ting one of the hospitals for Port
land, said that he did not urge the
selection of Portland unless the com
mittee believed that it would be for
the best Interests of the crippled chil
dren of America.
PROFITEERS' CASH SOUGHT
Demand to Be Made at Unemploy
ment Session to Help Veterans.
NEW YORK, Sept. ii. Urban Le
doux today announced that he would
go to Washington tomorrow and ap
peal to President Harding to publish
a list of war profiteers with the hope
that they would split half of their
earnings with destitute snd unem
ployed war veterans. The request will
refer to those who made more than
100 per cent profit
"I may take some human documents
along with the hope of procuring an
Interview In the White House, where
the president can hear from the bot
tom of the men's hearts their story,"
Mr. Ledoux said.
Six truck loads of "human docu
ments" would be taken to Washing
ton to be shown President Harding,
Mr. Ledoux said.
"There will be an encampment on
the ateps of the White House and at
the doors of the unemployment con
ference until they act on my propo
sition," he added. '
JUDGES HAVE WRANGLE
R. G. Morrow's Protest Overruled
bjr Lower Court Official.
Though Robert O. Morrow Is pre
siding Judge of the circuit court his
Jurisdiction docs not extend to the
district court, an Inferior bench.
Judge Morrow protested yesterday
afternoon at the office of District
Clerk Manning because the bail of
Frank Dunlap, head electrician fur
the Portland dock commission, had
been fixed at $1000 by District Judge
Hawkins after Dunlap's arrest on a
non-support charge. Judge Morrow
declared the ball was excessive for
the charge. Judge Delch of the dis
trict court appeared on the scene and
Insisted that Judge Morrow was out
of his bailiwick, which the presiding
justice of the circuit court was com
pelled to admit
Should habeas corpus proceedings
be started. Judge Morrow would ac
quire Jurisdiction.
MISS ROBERTSON WARNED
Threatening Letters Believed to Be
Work of Fanatics.
MUSKOGEE. Okla., Sept. 24. Let
ters threatening the safety of Miss
Alice Robertson, representative in
congress, today were turned over to
postal authorities for investigation.
It was revealed by her friends.
They said they believed the letters
were the work of fanatics.
UrtTHERti HOPE.
More Equitatyvarding
of Work Keynote.
SESSIONS BEGIN TOMORROW
Big Industries of Nation Will
Be Surveyed.
GROUPS TO SEEK RELIEF
Government Prepares Data on
Methods to Ease Unemploy
ment Problem.
BT GARDEN COLFAX
fCopyrUht. 1021. bT The Qrosorfian.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 14.
(Special.) When President Harding's
conference n unemployment meets
Monday at the department of com
merce Its prime attention will be de
voted not so much to Increasing the
number of Jobs for the Jobless al
though that phase also will be dis
cussed and 'efforts made to increase
employment as to distributing more
equitably among the workers of the
country the present amount of work
to be done.
Employers will not be asked, for
sentimental reasons, to increase their
payrolls. The government does not
Intend to continue the conference on
sentimental lines at all but on sound
practical business methods. The
Hoover idea of engineering will pre
vail -Then-Idea w llr b-o-.aii -a.
aurvey of American industry, see
where It stands and what It faces,
and then to devote the best thought
of the conference to analysing the
situation and acting Intelligently to
relieve distress wherever such action
can be taken.
Diatrtbwtloa Is Task.
The task, therefore, is primarily
one of distribution of existing work.
There la a certain amount of work
to be done. There is a certain force
to do It That force, at the present
Is In excess of the requirements of
man power far the. Job. How can
the idle manpower be given an op
portunity to share, at least to some
extent in the benefits of employ
ment? That Is one of the main
questions the conference will seek
to answer.
The device of "staggered working
hours" will be discussed. Under this
plan manufacturers In certain sec
tions, unable to supply work to all
the workmen needing it are work
ing two crews. One crew works one
week and the other the next. In ef
fect It amounts to half time work for
all and gives everyone an oppor
tunity to earn a part of his normal
pay, rather than giving some work
men full time and others none at all
Croups te Study SJtuatioa.
The conference is expected to last
two weeks. After the first few ses
sions It probably will be divided Into
group meetings, each group repre
senting one or more major Industries.
Each group will study the situation
In Its Industry and the relief werk
being done in other Industries with
a view to determining whether such
relief can be applied by the group in
question. Also the groups will study
a great volume of data which the
government has been preparing for
the conference, chief of which are
recent and accurate figures as to the
extent of unemployment throughout
the country.
For the last ten days a group of
advisers has been at work In New
Tork preparing a skeleton pro
gramme for the conference. It will
be presented at the Monday meeting,
but it will only be a skeleton pro
gramme for the administration does
not want to have a cut and dried
affair thought out In advance for the
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 4.)
PICTORIAL COMMENTS
Examinations Held In Several Cit
iesPortland Aspirants Are
Thoroughly Overhauled.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington. D. C. Sept 24. Manv
have entered the contests for post
master appointments in Oregon and
the civil service commission now has
before It long lists of applicants from
which In the case of each office three
ellgibles are to be certified to the
postoffice department. From these
three ellgibles the postoffice depart
ment must pick the man decerned most
suitable for the responsible job of
delivering and dispatching mail.
For several of the offices, however,
the civil service commission will not
be able to certify three ellgibles, be
cause only one or two persons have
shown any disposition to enter Uncle
Sam's postal service. Names of ap
plicants for numerous Oregon post
offices for which postmaster examin
ation have been held are as follows:
Astoria Frank J. Carney, Charles
W". Halderman, Hans M. Bue, Hermsn
Wise, Henry Z. Wherity, John A.
Buchanan, W. C. Wilson and Henry F.
Teacock. Mr. Wise is the present
democratic postmaster of Astoria.
.Baker Henry S. Burgan, William
S. Bowers, Walter H. Pickett. William
J. Lachner, Raymond P. Bucher, lbra
R. Snook. Arthur V. Swift Byron
Gale, Fred B. Healy and Benjamin 8.
CrabllL The application of Conrad
J. Grabb was canceled because the
applicant lacked 11 days of having
reached his 20th birthday at the time
of the examination.
Bandon Roy A. Giles.
Carlton Mrs. Alice J. Kutch and
Mrs. Amanda E. Bones.
Clatakanle Stephen AT Easterday
and John W. Thompson.
Condon Frank L. Laughrige. Will
iam E. Wilkins. John P. Hess and
James F. O'Rourke.
Creswell Mrs. Ethel N. Everson
and Cass H. McKsy.
TAytoh -ClartT B. Poster,- Mrs. My
ona M. Gray. Major G. Miller and Otto
L. Bertram.
Drain Ira Wimberly.
Gaston Roy K. Prltchett, Albert M.
Porter and Claude H. Bryant.
Gresham David M. Roberts. Mrs.
Minnie B. Eastman. Willard I Gor
sage and Miss Elisabeth Johnson.
Halfway Edwin F. Muncey. Shelby
F. Deaderick, Eugene W. Bellows,
Clarence E. Gaylord and Arthur H.
Williams.
lone Delia M. Corson and Miss
Ruby O. Englmio.
Jefferson Edna R. Shumaker. Mrs.
Ruth E. Snoderly and Harry E. Jones.
Molalla Arch M. Miller and Annie
S. Clifford.
North Powder Volney E. Lee and
Oliver M. Moore.
Rainier Miss Doris Gulker and
Lawrence F. Clark.
Scio Ethel G. Arnold. Miss Daisy
Buckner. John S. Sticha. Donald M.
McKnlght. Duane C Thomas, Charles
F. Thayer and William Z. Sims.
Stayton. Edward D. Alexander.
Edsar B. Walters and William H.
Smith. Mr. Alexander Is the present
democratic postmaster of Stayton.
Nyssa Elisabeth Thompson.
Wallowa Edwin Marvin. Mrs. Jes
sie Hood and Henry M. Pfeiffer.
Westport Walter C. Holland.
Wheeler Mrs. Haxel B. Johnson,
Mrs. Mabel A. Wann and Minta D.
Lundberg.
Toncalla-lGeorge L. Edes. Mrs. Be7
nlce Wilson and Miss Clara Hill.
Silvercon Reber G. Allen, Willis W.
Cooley and John R. Ross.
Cascade Locks James Henderson
and Harriet H. Wait.
Cove Logan E. Anderson.
. Helix Richard E. Tosier.
. Parkdale Robert J. Mclsaac and
John H. Sheldrake.
Union Orin J. Skiff and Tony D.
Smith.
Applications for postmaster ap
pointments in southwest Washington
include the following:
Toledo William K. McAIpine. Dil
lon S. Farrell and Lettle Shults.
Bickleton Rolls. K. Waggoner.
Examinations of candidates for
postmaster of Portland were held In
this city yesterday. They will be con
tinued until all of the aspirants who
t Concluded on Ftjte ii. Column ii.)
BY CARTOONIST PERRY ON SOME EVENTS
General Snperlntendent Asserts Ef
ficiency of Department Is' Se
riously Impaired.
CHICAGO. Sept. 24. Charles O.
Fltsmorris, general superintendent of
police, today asserted In letters he
sent to John H. Alcock, first deputy,
and Charles F. Clyne, district attor
ney, that he Is convinced that 50 pe.
cent of the members of the Chicago
police department are Involved in il
legal sales and transportation of
liquor.
Chief Fltsmorris promised drastic
action If evidence to support his be
lief were obtainable.
Fltsmorris after writing the letters,
in which he asked aid In obtaining
evidence againsf his officers and
men, said he would take the guilty
men before the civil service commis
sion when the government had sup
plied, him with evidence. He said
the same step would be taken "if I
can get the evidence myself." ,
"Prohibition now is a fallacy, and
there are more deaths and drunken
ness than In the 'wet' days," he said
In one letter. "From reports I have
received, I am convinced a large per
centage of the membership of the
police department Is involved ser
iously In the illegal sale or trans
portation of liquor.
"In fact, the reports and rumor,
Indicate SO per cent of the department
la interested in some way In violating
the prohibition laws.
"I have made every effort to cor
rect this condition, which is Impair
ing the efficiency of this department"
The Chicago police department con
sists of upward of 5000 men.
PORTLAND MAN HONORED
J. W. Jones Elected Senior Vice
Commander of Veterans Body:
DETROIT. Sept 24. Captain Robert
G. Woodside . of Pittaburg was re
elected commander In chief of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars today; John
W. Jones of Portalnd. Or Junior vice
commander of the organisation for
the last year, was electeu senior vice
commander. R. S. Jonea of Washing
ton. D. C, editor of the Stars and
Stripes, was elected Junior vice-commander,
Seattle. Wash, was chosen as next
year's convention city.
John W. Jones is an inspector in
the sanitary division of the city health
bureau and has been prominent in
the activities of Over-the-Top post.
No.' $1. Veterans of Foreign Wars,
ever since he returned to Portland
from the service. He is past com
mander of the post.
BOY BRINGS DOWN HAWK
Bird's Neck Pierced by Cleverly
Thrown Spear.
GRANTS PASS. Or., Sept. 24. (Spe
cial.) Knights who thronged the
courts of King Arthur had nothing on
Marian Smith, aged 9, of this city,
when It comes to throwing a wicked
spear. Marian was playing with some
other lads when a huge hawk lit in a
nearby tree. H called to his play
mates to watch, threw a spear at the
bird, and brought It to .earth, pierced
through the neck.
The hawk measured 34 Inches from
tip to tip of Its wings.
VALUATION CUT MILLIONS
Assessor Reports Shrinkage in
Kin; County, Washington.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 24. The as
sessed valuation of King county for
the current year will be 12,627,374
less than In 1920, according to figures
announced today by County Assessor
Hull. Shrinkage of more than $3,000,
000 is attributed to decreased values
of real estate and $523,987 to reduc
tions In the assessed valuation of
publio service corporations in the
county.
The total assessed valuation of the
county this year is $304,840,367.
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2T : f'r
ACTS STRANGELY
Dentist Refuses to Rec
ognize Anyone.
WIFE GREETED AS SISTER
Accused Slayer Says He
Doesn't Know Own Name.
HEADACHE IS COMPLAINT
Breakfast Is Ignored Lapse of
Memory Expected to Be
Murder Trial Defense.
ROSEBUT.O, Or.. Sept. 24. (Spe
cial.) Dr. It M. Brumfield, alleged
slayer of V Dennis Russell, who
yesterday attacked Deputy Sheriff
Hopkins with a cell chair, today re
fused to recognize anyone. He re
mained In bed nearly all day and
refused to eat the meals brought him.
Either Brumfield is really Insane or
he is doing some very clever acting
to convince the officers that he is
subject to lapses of memory, which,
he contends, shrouds the time dur
ing which he was alleged to have
killed the hermit laborer.
He acts as if he knew no one and
professed not to understand why he
should be called "Doc." He says he
did not know he had a wife. He also
professed to believe that his father is
Charles Cobb, twice convicted moon
shiner, who occupied an upstairs cell.
Attormer Called Slrawr.
"Who are you?" he demanded when
his attorney. Dexter Rice, appeared at
the cell late this arternoon.
"I am your attorney," Mr. Rice re
plied. "What do I need an attorney for?"
the dentist wanted to know.
As the attorney stood lesnlng
sgainst the bars his client Invited him
to come Inside and sit down and when
the attorney declined to do so Brum
field also stood up. and when asked
why he did so, said it was not polite
for him to remain seated while his
visitor stood.
He answered all questions put to
him by his attorney, although when
ever his real Identity was touched
upon his mind appeared to be blank
and he said he could not remember
or could not understand.
"Have I a Wlfef" Is Query.
Finding questioning useless. Attor
ney Rice told Brumfield that his wife
was coming to see him.
"My wife?" asked Brumfield: "Have
I a wife?" and when he was answered
in the affirmative, he continued:
"Well, that's a good Joke on dad. He
always said I couldn't get anyone."
All day Brumfield complained of
pains in his head. He refused to get
out of bed this morning, and In fact
did not leave his cot until his attor
ney appeared at the cell late this
afternoon. In response to questions
(Concluded on Page 1ft. Column 1.)
JAPAST ARMIXG TO TKK1H,
SAYS LOUS SEIBOLD.
The first installment of cold
facts and figures of military
.preparations and territorial
setxures by the ambitious trans
Pacific empire, told by Louis
.Selbold, world-famous investi
gator and reporter, sent by the
New York Herald specially to
the far east to Inform the
American public, will appear in
tomorrgw's edition of The Ore
gonlan, and this will be fol
lowed by other installments at
frequent, intervals until the
presentation is completed.
IN THE NEWS.
ern
Shrinkage of $1,000,000,000 in
Income and Excess Profits Re
- turns Are Reckoned On.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept 24
A shrinkage of more than $1,000,000.
000 in Income and excess profits taxes
this fiscal year was reckoned on by
the senate finance committee in re
vising the house tax bill with a view
to raising 13,324.000,000 in Internal
revenue in the 12 mtnths ending
June 30.
This was disclosed by the majority
report approved today by committee
republicans and made public. The
estimated total .of revenue is 1136,-
000. 000 less than treasury, experts
have figured would be returned this
fiscal year under the present law, but
Is $81,000,000 more than the revised
total under the house bill.
The estimated returns this fiscal
year from Income and profits taxes
are $1,880,000,000, according to the
report aa . against $3,000,000,000 of
actual collections in the fiscal year
ended June 30. Only about $50,000,
C00 of this difference of $1,120,000,000
Is accounted for by proposed changes.
Treasury officers and committee
members explained that the remain
der Is charged to shrinkage on ac
count of business depression, diver
sion of funds to tax exempt securi
ties and other causes.
Declaring that the $3,324,000,000 to
tal proposed under the ravlsed bill
was only $52,000,000 more than the
treasury had estimated would have to
be raised through Internal taxes, the
report said this was "a margin of
rafety none too large for 'he fiscal
ear 1922 In view of the business de
pression and the uncertainty attach
ing to the yield of the Income and
profits taxes."
"Your committee has acted," the re
port said, "on the assumption that ex
cept the special railroad expendi
tures which will be nearly If not
wholly completed In the fiscal year
1922, the aggregate expenditure fur
the fiscal year 1923 will be substan
tially as large as In the fiscal year
1922. The special railroad expenditures
included In the 1922 budget amount to
$500,000,000; and receipts from customs
1. nd miscellaneous sources for the fiscal
year 1923 are estimated at $730,000,000.
Deducting both amounts from the to
tal estimated expenditures for 1922
($4,034,000,000) leaves in round fig
ures $2,800,000,000 to be supplied by
internal taxes for the fiscal year 1923.
"The revenue bill, as recommended
by your committee, will raise during
1S23. it Is estimated, $2,735,700,000.
The difference or deficit of $65,000,000
about equal to the corresponding
surplus for the fiscal year 1922 can
snd should be avoided by savings and
economics. Tour committee recom
mends a tax programme, which, while
providing revenues substantially suf
ficient to meet ordinary expenditures
on the present scale, assumes that a
reasonable measure of retrenchment
&nd reductions will be accomplished."
Collections for this year are divided
ss follows:
Individual Income tales. . . .1 AWOOO OOO
Corporation Income taxes. .. . .lo.iMm.omi
1'rorita tax ttnu.cMMI.HiMI
Back (axes . . . j J.io.iiimi.ihiii
Mli-cellaneoua l.'JI 4 ooo.imo
Other income is estimated as fol
lows: I'ubilc land sain ( l.r.oo oon
Federal itserve bnnk r0.n"fl .oon
Interest on forelsa, nhlisntlons M.Oimukhi
Repayment foreliiff olilKation Uil.ouo.oon
Sale aurpiUH war .uppliea 'Jnn.iwitl.llno
Kanania ,-enul receliMa 104. .'. mm
Other mU.ee: laneoija 10o.ooo.uoo
DOCTORS RAP PROHIBITION
Volstead Law Denounced and 2.75
Beer Advocated.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 24. The Independ
ent Medical association, in convention
today, adopted a resolution favoring
beer of 2 per cent alcoholic content
and denouncing the dry law.
The resolution asserted that the as
sociation was "convinced of the value
of properly brewed Jager beer in the
treatment of patients." and that beer
of i per cent alcoholic content
would be an "ad-mirable substitute for
stronger alcoholic drinks now con
sumed by our people in large quanti
ties." The Volstead law, the resolution de
clared, "restricts medical prautice and
compels the physician to become a go
between for his patients and t.he
saloon."
tjCYlMCViON Cy
"VHt HUMAN
TfcrVCf
Four Buildings Destroyed;
One Damaged.
10 AUTOMOBILES ARE LOST
Blaze Starts in Garage and
Makes Rapid Progress.
MECHANIC BURNED BADLY
75 Men Turn Out and Fight Flumes
but Can Do Utile Except
Prevent Conflagration.
NEWRERd, Or., Sept. 24 (Spe
clal.) Fire which Blurted at 4:0
o'clock this afternoon in the vulcan
izing department of the I. Isle Tultner
garage, on the main business street
of Newberg. destroyed the garage,
ten automobiles, an adjoining buttl
ing, a meat market and a barber
shop, and damaged a two-story wood-
en structure.
Marvin Moore, a mechanic, sufferel
severe burns. The loss was esti
mated at $40,000. The fire depart
ment of Newberg, aided by volun
teers, fought the flames more than
an hour. For a time destruction of
a large part of Ncwberg's business
district was threatened.
Moore and his brother Dinty were
working In the repair shop of the
garage when they looked up to find
flames enveloping the entire vulcan
ising room and beginning to pour
out the windows. An alarm was
sounded hastily. The Moore brothers
attempted to save a number of auto
mobiles, but so quickly did the fire
sweep through the garage that only
two machines of 12 in the building
were saved. In taking out the second
automobile Marvin Moore suffered
burns on the hands and neck. His
Injuries were not dangerous.
Bulldlna Ilurna tulckly.
With flames shooting up out of the
pa-age. firemen began to play five
streams of water on a building ad
joining the gar a ire on the east. The
structure, which was owned by a
Portland resident, was rapidly de
stroyed. As John Wilhelmson, operator cf
the Palace meat market, aiiKd by
volunteers, cleared out his books and
cash, the fire followed his trail and
swept away his place of business. A
stock of meat on hand and fixtures
were lost.
The fire-fighting forces were in
creased to approximately 75 men 50
mombers of an organized f iro-f light
ing force and 25 volunteers.
While the forces were playing wster
on a two-story wooden structure
owned by the Duncan estate in an
effort to keep the flames away, the
b. E. Manchester barber thop whs
consumed. Mr. Manchester, the pro
prietor, saved all his fixtures and
feupplles. The buildin? wiis owned by
Mrs. Maggie Lltllefleld.
The frame building next whs at
tacked. From its rooi the main fire
flghting forces played heavy streams.
William Hannegan, operator of a ;ool
rail and confectionery stand In the
downstairs section of the structure,
succeeded in moving out his stock and
fixtures before the flames reached
them.
Lodge Hooma Dnmngrd.
L'pMtaira quarters occupied by seven
fraternal organizations of Newocrg
were badly damaged. An unsuccessful
attempt was made to save turnlshlnss.
The building was heavily damaged.
Liurnlng shingles. carried two
blocks awayi set fire to tho top of tlm
W. T. Lewis building. The blH20 wns
discovered soon afterward and easily
extinguished.
Several business establishments
across the street from the fire suf
fered damage to plate-glnns windows
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