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i. . ' : THZ WZATKXl. . . : . .. '. .- . ..'i... ;.'-1 . : Tonight nd Saturday, fslr; V warmer.. . tonight; nortaerix t a'.. w. . . .... '. , ' ' '..-, .. ' :. :. . ; i ; t n 4 ' .'' '' . 1 m. " i - - i i" i ' . . ' . - - - - - , - --- -- - t- r -i) 1 i n i r-- i -i ? t:- vat; i XI '.'-'"f : ',':-' VV,. -' ''.;V.: ' .--ft ' V 'W - ' '.; '. : ' ": 'PORTLAKD OREGON, MlIDA EyElilKG, 3f A Y 1 7. 1 003. PRICE ; FIVE CENTS. n employ otOht WetUrn Milling Com-J pafty, "Ji(l not -ven noma wu 1 1 ,.- v f 1 :. DESPITE BRAVE WORK K-jGREEDYEFIRE DEM0N ,n:;;:5 WRECKED '; ?,A FrAND TO(13 YARDS Brave Work of Firemen Who, Fighting Against Terrific Odds. Are Overcome Some . , . Scenes of the Pay. .Ai t 's ;i Ides of th mlir dock nrf owiy accpl deatft Jn a great cloud of bluing itart that f uiWenly biirt from ih hugeboiI-s r, . iwumoec puea., eievaiea. rpaavaya, roofe' if houaer and dooka " In ' th . vl clnlty of the' fire wera literally oovared with epectatora," whan ' auddanly tbw tha roar of the three aorea of Jlamee burtt"'"blliicHnr "ruhof "twtm. Th4 force 'of the.- explosion, wae trrino. , Im mrdUtteiy.the docka and, lumber pllea tot a tflatance 'Of loo feet from the bollera buret etreak of Are; the air grew black. wi;n emoKe ana in iv eecunae the en tire dock wae ablaze. I eecaped narrow ly, but a I ran. I heard the acreama of the mlll handa. and I do not believe they all; eecaped.!'. Another workman whoie tinged eyebrows and amoked face showed that he had met the fire face to face,' said that he had been" mirrounded In a moment by nuge streaks ami tongues of fire that seemed to lick up tlio heavy timbers like sheets -of jp r. Ill en cape hsd been -almost providential. Jlut majiy of his fellows, so be stated, had jiot escaped with hlai, and Ivo wan not certain that they'oould escape n an other way. I Several firemen and employee of the Oregon Sash . It. Door Conipany told of jtwd men that were cut oft by the flames and Crawled tinder .the docks to escape ilhs. heat: These hve. not since been found, and as the dorks are now a mass pf charred timbers It may be a day or more before their fate la definitely known, v It is not even known that they were .employes' of the "Weatem Milling Company, but 'It is believed that such Suddenly from under my feet , Engines Nos. 1, S, I, 4. I and I were .soon , ,, . , , i i . i 1. 1 .. i i,., .I. .1.. ,i i 1 1 1 . 1 i i'iii v-?i 11 -, 11 ft - .v u n f Tn 11 1 11 11 11 vt ii n-J..iun v II ' II . ri 1 " t ' L: ! 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From the outset there was a lament' able lack of water, and to this fact the firemen attribute much of the lues. En glne No. 4 wan driven around the mills and down a very steep Incline on tOe river, bunk.. Shortly after' the flames had bosun to WAR ON UNIONS i . Mi. ' .V '1 V tlt"w -I ;-..V t "1 Mt I 1. Mad flame ran riot along the North Portland" water front at an early bom; this morning and . 20,009 ssqended to the skies In" smoke or fell to earth In ashea.' The origin of"' the fire appears to have been accidental. A falling spark; a pile of shavings, and chaos. The mill and yards of the Western Lumber Company, valued at 1100,000, are a total loss. ' The Martin Planing- M1U, with mil lions of feet of lumber, shared the same fate and 1100,000 wortn of property dis appeared almost before there was real isation that danger was at band. The Union Stock Tarda, In the path way of the devouring flames, were licked almost wholly from' the map. there being barely time to rescue the dumb prisoners from : the awful fate that threatened. The loss there is placed at 110.000. The Insurance feature Is a mere trifle in comparison with the total loss. The Western' Lumber Company carried a policy of $40,000; the Martin Planing Mill was Insured for $15,000, -and there was slight insurance on the stock yards, the exact amount of which could not be ascertained. Whether or not human life was sac rificed Is still unknown, but half a hun dred men at one time disappeared be hind a pall of smoke- and only a com parative few were seen to struggle through the fangle of. falling- timbers, the spurting fire, or beneath the totter ing walls to safety. Some were driven to seek shelter In the muddy, waters of j the Willamette,, braying probable death by drowning to escape the more terrible certainty' jof cremation had they , re mained where they were and been sur rounded by the rapacious demon of de struction. . . ; ' , , , And, when the smoke-cloud lifted. Where the men had .been was only seeth ing, roaring- flame. , How many lived, how many died, can not be told. No one Is actually known' to have perished, but great fear In en- nuueu. The rirst Alarm.-' - Just as the sun showed his face above the Eastern hills, the brazen throats of a hundred screaming: sirens fVom fac tories, shipping and railroad yards pro claimed that fire was rampant. Thous ands, rudely awakened from their last beauty-sleep, donned their clothing hur rledly and hastened to the scene, while eariy-nsers left their breakfasts un tested in their eagerness to ascertain tha danger that was instantly known to threaten. And scarcely had the shad. ows of early morning begun to" lessen In their length when the work of destruc tion was either ended or Being completed V tha center of an Impenetrable district THE' DESTROYED; PROPERTY rifle heat which had assailed their Iron prison from every side, threw" off the yoke of bondage nd a jrioud or scald inr vapor enveloped "the burning- build lngs, workmen, -engine crews and spec tatord and shot for hundreds of feet per pendicularly into the air. The bollera had bursted and men, women and Children were driven to seek safety in Instant flight Property Was Threatened. There -was a moment when it looked as though- the factory of the Oregon Sash & Poor Company would be added to the sacrifice and a brief but terrible period of suspense when it looked as though the fire would reach the Immense oil storage tanks with dire results, but both of these dangers, though most ter ribty real, -were averted by a narrow margin through the splendid and tire less" efforts' of Chief Campbell and his men. . y, Lines of hose were everywhere. , From of living lire. Almost the whole Are fighting force or the City of Portland responded to the call and , hundreds , of volunteers offered themselves .to assist in the work of sav ing and preservation, but in spite of her culean ffort tut forth at ever nolnt nothing- could check tne prodigal ra pacity of the insatiable conflagration. Thenlafter all danger seemed to have been passed., the giant steam, long pent o f - within, the , boilers of the burning j BOILERS EMIT -"'; DEADLY STEAM Kill a, Inflamed and swollen ! U th t el aesperateiy ngnt- mum,umw w wwien. Uie tax- j am an ' tie Nsat aal aorUt all jxlnts of the compass steam fire en glnes, their boilers strained to the bursting1 point discharged toward the gyrating, , ever changing flre-wall. streams Of water, which the terrible heat-waves changed to vapor before they reached the mark at which they were . directed. But,, while the hose play had no real effect upon the main fire, a hundred smaller blazes were put out and it was finally possible to confine the damage to a single district . The mills had stood for years. The material of which they were constructed was dry and soaked with oil,' and once the fire ' got headway all human power was wasted effort in the-flght to check its progress. t; ' Great Tongaies of Sad.'.., 1 Great tongues of red . rushed toward the heavens and sparks una cinders went a thousand feet into the air to be car ried for miles before dropping back again, t ; earth. ' Had there, been aven a slight wind it Is estimated that millions of dollars' worth of property could not butf havV been a total loss. There were many shingles at the mills and "burning flakes of light cedar wood from which they are made fell In almost every sec tion of Portland, streets as far south as the Heights being blackened by their fall. M ; The work performed oy some of the Portland engine companies .'In getting their apparatus into effective position would have put to shame the most thor oughly drilled battery of mountain ar tillery In the, service of the United States Army. Particularly was this noticeable- in he case of Engine No. 4. which was taken by hand across side walks, . down a steep' embanknient, through a slough and to within 100 feet of t the west 'wall of the burning mill. Hera,, the suction hose, was thrust 'Into the Willamette' and the work of fire light ing began.' " f : All day firemen worked . about the rulna and it will be weeks before the last embers shall have died out : .- .-.) . '. . - ; ,.. . . The Eastern Lumtsr Company is under the same management as the West ern concern and was saved from, total destruction only by : $ho .t)nitedi: efforts ot the firemen. ;...'-,..- ' . . i . . ... ' ' : The Western Lumber Company, Is located several .hundred", feet seutlf of the Eastern concern and was rapidly being- devoured by the-quickly spreading flames when the fire department arrived. . The structure was entirely destroyed. ' ' ." i The- J. M. Martin' planing Mill hi Upposed to be, the jlacer where-lhe fire originated. The entire' building'' was a mass of flames Whea.tHe epartmen 'ar rived and it was only sTfter tard work that several adjoining st4ctures could b saved. The delay in getting to the fire was caused by the poor condition of the streets In that neighborhood. "' wero enveloped In a cloud. and the lives of thu men working on the docks were seen to be in Imminent danger. , As the hissing Jets shot out to'vsrd the-crowds of spectators, pandemonium reigned for several minutes in the - scramble for places of safety. While men, . women. boys, hre and patrol wagons made a hurried rttreat one of the . (lre-flghters was seen to plunge into the river, and escape unharmed to a' raft of logs, be neath. M. E. Laffaee, superintendent of the - Eastern Lumber Mill, and several others made a lucky esoape from being choked to death by cllmblnp down a piece of hese onto a log reft. They had not a moment to lose. .The small piece of hose was their only salvutiou. Tho improvised ladder was not . quite long enough, however, and tlv jnvn were com pelled to drop several feet to the raft. Stock Tarda Bnra. The Union Stock -Yards, located sev eral hundred feet from the mills, on the east, were soon ablaze. , The Bremen were Unable to check the progress of the flames in this, direction and the destruc tion of the yards was from the start a foregone conclusion. In the yurds were about 60 head of cattle and several hun dred head of sheep and hogs. In the nick of time these were- rescued by the attendants and a detachment of. -outsiders. The partitions of .the stalls were afire before the dumb beasts, huddled to gether In fright, were rescued. It wss with gn-eat difficulty that the animals were .released. -, , - - . Bonn lug tha TUttntlst. ;' While the conflagration was at Us height the Northern Pacific train pulled. up, inbound, and was compelled to come to a stop on account or the Ore hose that crossed the track in several pluses, A sang of trainmen was soon at wora tearing up the planking alongside - af 1 the track and digging trenches under the rails for the hose. After considerable delay the belts were passed underneath the main track and with a rush the train missed into the -railroad yards and Union Depot. The heat from the- burn ing mills, stock yards and adjacent buildings was growing- intense and the engineer saw that he had no time to lose as he shot by the worst Of it . SIDELIGHTS OF . A GREAT FIRE What there Is about a vast fire that excites men and sends them, rushing to almost certain destruction If not certain,' but all Bremen know that at suph times It Is as difficult to restrain unwise sight seers from rushing- into danger a it la to rescue those who are wrapped about Vlth flame and smoke. . ;. .This morning-this trait of humanity was manifest and : from the' time 'the great liners and the fire, slrefts sent up their, hoarse ;,, calls -. for) aid V until he wharfs, docks and warehouses Were, but chawed' masses of blackened Piles 4and smouldering heaps of r ubblsh, the offi cers, firemen and workers battled with their fellow -men as constantly as they did with the flames. , . Under an orapge adn that peered through tha yellow clouds brays men did what they might to saVe some Temnant of the two mills with their warehouses!- uocss ana. wnaria. en who had fought flames from their early years when they saved their homes from forest flres. or fought back; the rushing tiratrle' toments of flam were amased at the, wonderful headway made. -?...;..-.'. -i- : . . , roewlbl Xis .of Xdfa. . ",v "I was standing oa a, wlda dock,? said Is the case. Vat-row Ssoapcs. From the time of the alarm at 5:20 a. ro. until this afternoon the list of almost Injured was extended. For the first few mad hours, when fire was everywhere and no man knew at what Instant his bit' of earth or board might be engulfed the escapes of , .those, trying to flee from tner'furnace about them were marvelous. Men jumped to the logs In the river, to the water slight ly heated near the shore, to the ground beneath the docks, anywhere to escape the heat, the awful heat that scorched, then shriveled, then engulfed. Esoape of Firemen. Later the escapes were of firemen and officers who ventured too nesr the fur nace. . They sent in little streams of water that were licked up by the flres like drops of oil. Burning piles of lum ber would topple and fall, walls of flame would suddenly swoop down, and often almost hide the workers. Great 'timbers Would burn off and topple headlong and Vlth treacherous footing underneath, a sea of flame beyond, a wall of smoke about and an air that burned the lungs like pepper,-the lot of the firemen" was scarcely hopeful. Stock Was Saved. Special Officer A. Caswell arrived soon after the fire started. He saw at once that most of the stock yards were doomed, with their herds of hogs, cat tle and sheep. Almost unaided he opened the -gates and allowed the terrified ani mals to rush out. and rush,out they did; with burning pelts and smoke-filled nos trils, they tore through tha streets, and this afternoon were to be-:-found scat tered oyer the hni for miles. "I only i lost one pig," said Mr, Caswell, "and that little grunter swallowed too much smoke for his stomach s sake, I res cued him, but he was too far gone." Women are ThongntftO. : The women rose to the occasion for, while the flames were all- about the lit tle bouses of the mill hands and the women did not know whether husband or brother was saved, they worked val iantly to carry out their few goods and chattels. When the danger was past and their homes were safe .these- women moved back' and begun preparing food for the fire fighters. By 9 ,'clock the Wives and sisters of the milt men could be seen everywhere among the flames Where men still tried to save some lit tle from the fire and with coffee pot and baskets these good souls did their best to make the lot of the men endurable. iwnld r- leap about in glee In the Interior of the Martin mill, a terrible flash of smoke and flame burst forth from underneath. There Were between 60 and 76 men on the river side of the blinding, seething blast end all possible esoape by way of ' the tegu.'V, rovlway was cut off. : Manager Ransom states that he was unable to tell what portion of the mill he was In. Bo dense was the smoke. "I yelled to the men -who were there With me," said he, "to Jump onto the raft of logs In the river. It was the only means of escape from the llery furnace for them,, because It was Impossible for a tnan to determine the exits or roadway. I know that a large number obeyed my order, but the question is, did they- sll find their 'way to the shore? It was so intensely hot that a man could not live in it more than a very brief period, and tha pall of smoke was absolutely stifling. J. am fearful that some were unable to escape and that they are either drownid or. burned to a crisp. - ' Then tha Wlads Sea-an. . A- south -wind began to blow when the Martin mill was wrapped in flames, the pall of smoke shot up from beneath, driving the curling tongues of Ore to ward the Western Mill plant, and send ing biasing fagots through the air to spread destruction. The hosemtm, di rected personally by their chief, stood in the midst of the roaring mass, brave ly doing their duty, but the streams were so feeble ' that no visible effect on the flames were noticeable. Suddenly the flooring gave- way, and Hoseraen Frank Slavln and Louis Wag ner, from No. t, were precipitated to a scaffolding below. Slavln suffered the fracture of. his left leg, while Wagner escaped with but a few slight bruises. Wagner was removed to St Vincent's Hospital. Hoseman James McQraw, of Truck No. 8. who was fighting the flames with the men of Hose No. 6, states that he heard men groaning and shrieking for help. "My God! My God!" they were crying, "send help to rescue us from this awful place!" "Their voices sounded near," said Mc Qraw, "but the blinding smoke made It Impossible for me to seek them out that I might lend them a helping hand. It is my opinion that at least a portion of them never got out alive." Ole Moe, day yard foreman of the Western Mill, gave It as his opinion that some were burned or drowned In the panic that followed the sudden burst of flame and smoke under the Martin MtlL He stated that he yelled to those cut off from escape by the roadway, to jump to the raft below. wmm or i fflTlt DOT Life Crushed p.. Out ; Wagon Wheels by Child. Fell From Sat When the Wagon Plaogcd Into Rote , in the Road. (Journal 8peclal Service.) INDEPENDENCE, Ore., May 1. At At rile, Wednesday noon, an accident happened by which John Blake, the year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Blake, of Dallas, met Instant death. Roy Byerly, an uncle of the child, was driving a team snd on the seat with him was the little boy. The wagon wheels dropped into a hole in- the road, causing the seat to be thrown forward upon the horses, and the boy. falling In such a manner that the wheels passed over his breast and shoulders, crushing him la a frightful manner, iand'-causing Instant death. -. Mr. Byerly received a few bruises, but none serious. ... am, imu nave iidu w mu fir ' Their Ends ' wuurnaj special aervice.j , viitwiw, ubt i. suruiDi cnarge. i against capitalists and trusts, officially, bor, have been given weight by the ap polntment of a committee on propaganda- tn nrvonlM khn ma ih., 1 mam , war on an alleged gtgantlo conspiracy to wreck all labor unions. Responsibil ity for this conspiracy Is laid at tha doors of Morgan. Rock-feller and other, multimillionaires. In substance, the charge is. that Wall , street, alarmed at the Inroads being made on stock dividends of corporations throughout Amerlcs by the demands of - labor and also by the shrinkage of vs.- -ues of frsnchlses and properties beesusa of labor's Insistence upon municipal . Ownership of publlo utilities.', and by anti-trust legislation brought about' through organised labor's insistence and claim, has formed a conspiracy. ' This was learned from ' a high financial au- thorlty, who declined to enter the fight. The plan, according to Labor Leader Dietrich. Is to shut out union labor,', cause a depreciation of stock values, buy In at depreciated figures and at the', same time deal a death blow to unionism. " Dietrich says the Initiatory step is to ' freeze out the union men In harvester plants which have machinery enough in ' the warehouses to supply the demands for the next six months. Hs claims the Peering trouble Is due to this. i ' MM Wl DMi Indians Demand - Ran som of $500,000e ' Last Seen on a Scows at : Foot of Savia Street. FIRE WAS RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT F. H. Ransom, manager of the West ern Mill, and half owner of . the Martin Planing Mill, stated positively that the fire originated from a spark in the Mar tin Mill dry kiln, between tha two plants. At .the time It was discovered there was no breeze blowing, and the fire spread very rapidly in both directions, eating Its way along tha roadway and lumber piles connecting the mills. The fire - was discovered by . Night Watchman John Bingham, ho sent ih an alarm from Box No. if. Before th flremen arrived, however, tha two bg pumps Ot me wesiern aim were nut in operation, eight ipes of -boss were laJdJ and streams were soon turned onto tha flames, the employes of the mill doing excellent work. .i:-..-.., . i Chief Dave Campbell' arrived with bis firemen promptly, and ireiaaw at a glanos Western Kill in Bains. The firefighters and the myriad of spectators lined along the adjoining streets were praying for the wind to cease blowing, but at the most critical Juncture it grew stronger, fanning: the leaping flames madder and madder, feed ing along the whfirf and large l'imber piles leading to the Western Mill, to the northward. Vain were the efforts of the firemen to stay the disastrous spread, for the frame buildings, wooden wharves and piling burned with lightning-like rapidity, and the hungry fire fiend feast ed, at least upon the Western Mill plant ft was a terrific struggle that took place there between the flames and the fire men, but the fire gained, the victory, for In another hour the valuable plant lay in ruins before the watching throngs. Five blocks north was the Eastern MH1 plant, oonnected with the Western and Martin plants by a wooden road way. Stronger and stronger blew the south wind, and for a time It seemed that despite the efforts of the firemen the blazing brands of fire -flying In the air would kindle another conflagration in the Eastern Mill; Chief Campbell was preparing to send engines and hose carts to the scene, when, like a direct answer from Providence to a multi tude of prayers, the wind quieted down, and all danger to the Eastern Mill was past But the entire waterfront was ablaze from Fourteenth street to Twen tieth street and the fire had swept to destruction everything before it, wiping out In little more than an hour property to the value of $266,000. A. mighty' shout went up from the throats of the spectators' as they saw tha fire fiend defeated in its attempt to lay the Eastern Mill in rdUis. Then, as if to mock their cries of victory, a north Wind rose up, again sending the burning brands circling through the air and threatening destruction to a square mile of business houses, dwellings and freight Sheds, , , Stockyards Go Up. In its northward sweep the fire had bassed by the Portland Vnlon, Stock yards, - It had been a .most narrow es cape, .and all cattle and hogs were driv. - (Continued on Seoond Page. ' (Journal Special Service.) TUCSON. Aria, May 1. Col. Martin Errlcson. a well known American mining man and Capitalist has been captured and Is being held for " ransom by. the Yaquls of Sonora, Mexico. , The amount demanded Is 1500,000 and the time limit for the payment Is 10 days. . -. ;. The Mexican minister bf war is a per sonal friend of Errlcson and has ordered all available military to the rescue. Errlcson ut a millionaire, The Mex ican authorities say he will be executed ui less he pays the ransom.'. ; WHISKEY RATHER THAR FORTUNE Peter Costello, a hodcarrler,' residing " with his family On Bavter street f Is , missing, and fears are entertained that . he has been drowned In the Willamette River. He has not been home sine , Tuesday, wheft ha waa seen about two j blocks from his house. Ha did not go ' home that night. The next day ho was about town and in the evening he la i known to have purchased a can of beer and visited a friend living on a soow at the foot of Savler street' Inquiry thera has revealed nothing except that Costello r called there, remained a while and de-' parted. It ia feared that the man may t have walked off the gangway Into, tha .i river, aa he is said to have been some- i what under tho Influence of liquor. Cos- f tello Is well known In this city, where . he has lived for many years.' The polios , , The Nephew of a Duke Perishes Miserably. (Journal Special Service.) SEATTLE, May 1. Jack Wood, the bartender Who-was drowned, in a bath tub yesterday afternoon. Is said by 'his friends and others who are tn a position to know, to have-been an heir to an estate of $3,000,000 and a, nephew of the wealthy Duke of Hamilton of England. Wood had lived in Seattle for a num ber of years. A few months ago an agent of the Duke of Hamilton came to Seattle and made every effort to Induce Wood to quit his dissolute life and re turn to his family in England. "I would rather lose my fortune than my whiskey," was his invariable answer to the importunities of the agent Friends of the dead man presented themselves at the morgue today and notified the authorities that the body should be placed in readiness to be shipped to his relatives 4n England. CONVENTION ADJOURNS. COLUMBUS. May 1. The Amalga mated Association Of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers today re-elected all old of ficers, including President Shaffer. They solected Cloveland as the next national convention place' and adjourned this afternoon. RIPLEY-STOREY WEDDING. PA8ADENA.' Cat, May 1. Robert Harris Ripley, son of the president .of the Santa Fe Railroad, waa married here today to Miss Ada Storey a, prominent young society woman. ' are searching. for him. 1 HAOBID POilCC 101 UDEMIS gBSBSBBBSSBBBBSMSBBBBMBHBIBgft F "' Thirteen Koters ; Kilied; By the Officers j Government Had Ordered Ecctlon of Ministerial Candidates Re- j gardless of Voters. , j vf. MOODY IS 'COMING. SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.1-Secretary of the Navy Moody Is to visit tha Pa cific Coast when the President -comes West. The Secretary 'will personally in spect the various naval stations on the Coast . -. '- v'. - (Journal Special Servloa.) y uinmn Mo 1 Thlrtftan matnbars .,.:. of the Liberal party were killed and ' , many seriously wounded by th police of l this city today in a riot growing out v i a government political proclamation. ' , ' The proclamation waa to tha efEiot that the ministerial candidates must, b s elected to Parliament regardless of tn ! ,y balloting. It was Planned to aeat tbo - government candidates aven though tha" , Liberals should have the greatest num ber of votes. ' - y- P. --. v..., ,):. A mob of Liberals charged .tha offloers ; and the latter, in self defense, wars V obliged to fire Into the crowd. :'- .' r ' '" -" 1 FOUNDER OF GLASS' WORKS THOMAS CARRIES COIN. The army transport Thomas sailed to day 'or Manila. Sho carries 1 1. 500.000, mostly in pesos, lii , saw . Philippines coin .i . , (Journal Special Service.) CREIGHTON, May; l.Captala John Ford. the-. pioneer manufacturer of i Plata glass and head of tho industry la America, died this morning after a long illness, aged, 91. . At 70 he was penniless, He leaves an estate valued at f 30,000,0111. FIRE AT WEST POiriTe . ' (Journal 8peclal Service.) - ' ' RICHMOND. May I.-Kirs this morn ing nearly wiped out the aumniur rx,i at West Point " Many: pttopla were ru- ' dered homeless. Ttut Iws L1 ., a (