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Gasoline and Naphtha Tanks, of Union
, Oil- Company Near St. ; Johns Blow
Up-Watchman Is
lar Rre: Follows
Country Roused
At midnight lsat night the tanks of
the Union Oil company, located on the
; waterfront at Portsmouth, .exploded with
terrific tore, setting fir to tbe conv
panja office, the trestle work and rall
- road tank ears a land In on a sidmg.
' On man,. Leonard Jaque, tba watchman
- at tha tenka, baa not boon aeon sine
th explosion, and It la feared that ba
, lost his Ufa In tba disaster. .-
Tha cause ef thT explosion u not
known. Exactly at midnight a ter
rific explosion shook tha ho usee near
the tank a, awakening peopla and hurl
ins aoma from their bed. They rushed
from tb houses to find the tanks End
buildings surrounding them a seething
mass of flames. . '
Bmoks was shooting; over a hundred
feet tn tb air. Within a few minutes
after the first explosion a-smaller tank
exploded, adding; to the terror of the
scene. A largo crowd collected quickly
to now the spectacle.
rtrsboss sat to Seems.
A call for aid was sent to the Portland
fire department .and- tbe- flreboat was
Immediately ordered to the scene. One
that-, it trained streams on surrounding
nranartv. maklna? an effort to aare tha J
kaMlroad spur trestle, tb tank ears
-standing loaded upon It and tba bridge
running from tbe waterfront to tha bill
and carrying the pip line of tbe Stand
ard Oil company, which" has monster
- tanks within-J00 yards Of the of tha
other company." There was oona id arable
danger of tb fir being communicated
along tha pipes t tb Standard tanks,
. bat, through 4erWork of tb fire boat
'. crew this disaster wa avertsoyH-;.,,.,-';
' .Oampasn '0aWjJaelW;
- Fire Chief Campbell ,i tb Portland
. department dttre to ths seen in aa
" automobile' and ..took' personal charge of
ths 'fir. - 'He compelled . tb crowds
viewing the spectacle fo remain on the
hill. It was feared that another larg
tank, standing within 0 feet of tba
first .which exploded would explode in
turn. It was found later that this tank
was nearly empty. It exploded at 1:0
o'clock, but tb shock was hardly per
ceptible, r-
Tb wife of Watchman AsQue was
upon the scan soon after tha axploaion,
asking lit -vein for news of her bus
' band. Hs had ot been seen by anyone
after ths explosion occurred. Tbe heat
.trom the firs was so Intense that no
one oould approach bear enough to the
tank t sss whether his body could, be
found there. It is supposed that he
perished when the tank exploded and
.hat his body was consumed.
" A fortunate circumstance was that
when the tank exploded the top wes
blown off and 'hurled high In tbe air,
but tha sides remained -intact, thereby
t-rmnnjng K ""lnl " th- tank
OSHKOSH III
(gpretal tMapatch to Tea YsaraaLt
Oshkoah, Wis.. Juns 0. Ths four
wRnssses brought to Wisconsin from
Oregon failed to show reasonable cause
for holding the five Oshkosh men
charged with land frauds in Oregon, and
they wore discharged. The letter are
Leender Choate, James Doughty.. Ben
jamin Doughty, J. M. Bray and Thomas
Daly. All ars wealthy ex-lumbermen
and present bankers. The Oregon wit
nesses are Henry J. Cole of Xaekaon
county, and Jefferson Howard. Butler
T. Helman and Bumner Parker, all of
..Jkahland. . '..
THAW A
Claims Earth Was Rid
of Animal Dangerous
to Future of America
by Murder of White.
(Cbvrrtett ftaaM Raws aulas, by Leased
Wire te The JeamsLI
New Haven. Conn.Jun When
th best Industrial Interests of Jamaica
wars Jeopardised by sn animal which in
sinuated Itself r-tnto tb heart of ths
young fruit rand destroyed it before it
matured, the government sent te the
' East Indies and imported the mongoose,
- foot only did ths mongoos kill ths
I - fruit enemy, out n aiso MiHisirang
fapf ths cobra and other poisonous reptiles
V from Jamaica..; . L'l:'''-i'L
Harry Kendall Tnaw ana . xn Tr
rsnova girl might sach be oalied ths
human' mongoose. " They killed, but in
the Interests of .society. Both commit-tA-
tnrAmr. but both rid ths earth, of
MissIng-rSpcctaca-
whole
by the Shock.
Had tha sides been blown oat and tbe
burning oil been allowed to now out
side the trestles and loaded tank ears
oould not bar bean saved.
Maw Boof of TaaJt ralL
, V. U Cats, watchman for tha Stand
ard' Oil company., whoa tanks-are sit
uatad about loryertarfrem tfinss be
longing to the Union company, was
leaping tn tbe Bouse provided by his
company, and was thrown from his bad
by the force of the explosion. He hur
ried from ths houaa and saw tb roof
of the tank falling in biasing pieces.
Tb oil Was biasing and ths smoks curl
ing upward, in hug) eloudsv-Ha at onos
began a 'search for J aqua, but was un
able to find him. -
Tba largest tank, which was ths first
ons to. go, was about 19 feet tn diam
eter and bad a capacity of ST.000 bar
rels, although at ths time of ths ex
plosion - contained only 6,000 ' barrel a
The other tanks caught fir at 1:10, but
dtuHoreontaln much oil and did not
explode: ' i ' ' '
Tire Tag Boss: Oood York.
, Tha fir tug was seat to ths scene
of tba firs and did good work tn ear
ing a number of oil ears on a aiding
connecting witn tn tanas, in iwu
er WhltUer which arrlred but a few
days ago was lying alongside at tb
ttm sf-tks explosion but was Im
mediate! nulled out Into tb river and
was saved. : Other ' vessels . passing In
ftba at ream war kaot to th wast ah ere
so ss to be as far ramovea xrom m
danger as possibl. tf. v if- '
L Ther Is n; Uw to th causa of tb
explosion and tba omy en ,tat aa so
assigned Js that laoos. Ibewetciunan.
went n aa inapectlon trip1 of ths Unks
with his lantern.- This thoasen. em
ployed In ths TtcltHty a ay. was entirely
unneceseary because of the fact that ths
tanks, ware Uchted by alactrlclty.
Practically the whole district from
Albina to Bt, Johns and bey on! .was
sroased'Wben tba tanks blew up, and
ths i shock broke hundreds "of window
panes. Panio-atriokoa people rushed half
dressed to ths strsst, thinking an earth
quake had atruck tba town. People
who has been through the Ban Fran
cisoo disaster ware the most frightened.
On the West side of the river ' the
shook was fslt In a few places, but net
generally. It was not noticed down
town, but back In ths resldeno districts
several felt It. In th .neighborhood
of - ths city park it was reported the
buildings shook. At Thirteenth snd Hsy
streets, several people were roused snd
dressed snd cams down town.
Tbe largest tank was valued St 110,
000 and ths smaller onee were plaoed
at 5,00. Tha value place a on the
u- i tMoa. fi
ESCAPE TRIAL
Parker Is a Isnd huntsr and has been
Indicted aa the alleged agent of the
Wisconsin parties. He went on the stand
voluntarily and swore that he never had
any relations with the Oshkosh parties
during ths tlms and regarding tha (and
named In the Indictment. The other
witnesses testified that they bad en
tered the lands described tn tbe Indict
ment at the Instigation ef Parker and
for a cash compensation, claiming that
Parker informed them that he was act
ing for Oshkosh parties snd that all th
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(Special Dapateb by, Uaaaft Wire Tss Joeraal)
San Francisco, . Jftfas -30. "In my
private life I rn as kind hearted at
the next man, but when it comes to
a matter of-business ice-water runs in
my veins. I'm .in California to save
every permy l-cxn for my company;
I am going to get everything the law
Hows me."
This statement, according to E.
Myron Wolf, insurance' commissioner
of California, was deliberately made
by an adjuster sent to San .Frtncisco
TF6mTheXfTahtic coasnneTThe greaT
fire. - And it is this attitudsr-in ths
opinion of Mr. ' Wolfe,'TthalTlM made
the names of certain hitherto re
spected insurance companies synony
mous with dishonesty.
"What is the insurance situation r"
Mr. Wolf was asked today. He an
swered: "There if a tremendous fight
on for the plain rights of the people.
On one side are a certain number of
insurance companies, how many I
cannot sy now, and on the other are
the men and women whose ; money
those companies have accepted for
years, in return for assurances of pro
tection in case of fire. These two
bodies have engaged in a desperate
battle.- The companies to, save, by
means fair or otherwise, every penny
possible, the people to get what they
nave paid for.
dangerous animals, reptiles more' poi
sonous than ths deadly cobra, and crea
turss more destructive to the .future
Amsrlca than any four-footed beast or
serpent known to ths Jungle or the so.
- Stanford White probably began life
aa a vsrlle youth of artistic tempera
ment, handsome physique and persistent
ambitions. He coveted suooaes, tame
and wealth. ' Hs won all three, but In
the Winning h lost those Ideals which
undoubtedly accompanied him te the
altar when he married th mother, of
his son. Few men oh the day of their
marrtags Intend to lead Shameful and
dishonorable lives. -While
Whit conquered circumstances
and -overcame H tne esewcies wawa
life throws tn ths way -of ambitious
youth he rauea to.eoouuer nimeeii. ne
Indulged to excess these - appetite
which Ood gave man te Indulge la
moderation. He excited this blood by
unnatural stimulants snd over-spiced
foods, and hs attowed his ertistto and
lM.x.a fmaalMtlM-- full UoenS.
snd looked upon every woman whe poa-
sssssa nauy or ciwqi .m.v.
rat looked upon t he luscious young
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' Store Saogwema Than tpe -
"When, any man f caters anappaUte for
'otmtlnuoba changing feaat of Innooene,
when th lov of. many women becomes
hia reeraation ana . nis wnBpfnwni - m
tmm' af UUum. ba IS morally I dla
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INSURANCE FIRMS THIEVES
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California Commissioher Grills Six-Bit Com--paniesWhoSeek--to-Shave-Policies
Issue of Common Honesty. Raised.
- "Cither t the people of San- Fran -
Cisco.? COnt'""ed thff jnanranre mm.
miesidner "are 'anarchists and "per
jurtrsj which I do not believe, or else
these insurance-companies are mor
ally, if not legally, thieves. They
claim-the policies should be shaved
from 10 to 30 per cent on a count of
the earthquake that preceded the fire,
asserting that damage to that-amount
Was inflicted by the shake, vThat as
sertion is false. The earthquake dam
ageywas -between two and. three per
cent Had' there been no -v fire, the
shake would have beeo forgotten in
nine'tlays.
"Eastern adjusters,' chair warmers,
men of small calibre and no business
judgment, -are to blame for the trouble
here. vThey looked on the San Fran
cisco disaster . as a beach-comber
views wreck; it was something out
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ef which they eould make espitsl
So thsy are doing it by shii king-their
obligations. " .
"Understand me," said Mr. Wolf, "I
do not refer toall insurance com
panies doing business in San Fran
cisco. Some corporations are paying
dollar for dollar without even deV
manding proofs of, loss. The result is
that they are overwhelmed With new
business, that they are getting more
policies than they can write. It is
the so-called 'six-bit' : concerns, the
companies that settle' for 75 cents and
less on the dollar, that have fallen
into inch disrepnte that their names
have become byword for unfair
dealing. -.'
"What did they dor" asked Wolf,
bringing his fist down on th table
with. a smash. "Ill tell you. They
sent , out a lot of I feel like calling
eased, and If he possesg wealth and po
sition and power a Is more dahgsrous
to society than tha leper. ' .
Such moral lspers destroyed Pompeii,
Rome, Babylon, Nineveh, Tyre, Sodom
and Gomorrah. Lower and lower, below
th level of the wild animals, earns such
men eventually. AU that is beautiful,,
all that Is sacred, all that la Qod-glven.
In ths relation of the sexes, they degrads?
and defile. Womanhood Is scorned, in.:
noeenc robbed and nafare outraged be-,
cause ef these monsters possessed by
devils. AS older cities have fallen
through tbe monstrous sin of such man.
and ths women they destroy, so . our
cities win fall, tor la the sight ef tbe
Creator this Is ths unpardonable sin, mia
debasing of the greateet.- the most po
tent, th most universal, the most Im
portant, th meet sacred Impulse In tbe
universe, sex attraction. . - .. ,
... ,Way ee Bevertatfoa. V-, . ,'
iWhea a man-and woman whe have
it moral tight tv possess each other
are drawn together by s mighty and
violent passion - which eauewe than - to
lose sight ef every moral and social eb
llawtlna in the one all-cpmpellJnsi Impulse-
to belong te sach, Other. there is
an element grandaar In the tragedy
which usually ' follows. U Is Uke ths
uncontrolled element Of- aatsre, ' the
torn ad a.--the lightning, tne earthqush
the tldai wave, awful, yet tracked with
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them petty larceny thieves adjusters
from. New York, men whoseone de
sire was to make a reputation, .Then
beran a steady, studious series of in
bits. First they moved to QsUand,
where, . behind . closed doors.', thei
plamedskiS7Wencycder;
There was 'no necessity . for crossing
the bay. They could have transacted
s4uite as well -on tnis sine.
But theSsnY--AJjave set out with
the deliberateontenubTr--ol irritating
the ftentole: X . - -
"Next.1 they- announced the-ipsursd
mmteoHiolr with (he letter of thei
and-file,proofa of loss. This ,Wks
new-deoarture in California. Pi
tn Anril, 1JL no comoafev insisted
the fulfillment of this formality. In
deed, such was- the ; comVetition for
new business that the corporations
made out the proofs of loss them
elves, and when tbe insured;, having
been, burned out, presented his, policy
nd demanded oavment. he found a
check for the full amount awaiting
him at the company' office. bO(,not
one 'man in a hundred knew whs a
proof of loss was. When he inquired
at the- insurance companies hea$
nnarters he was met with a cooli
: ' 'Read your . policy,',' from .some
"When he asked for a proof of loss.
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State Has -Fared Well
ihecunh&Need ;
Legislation Diie v to
Etfbrts of Senators. ':
Fulton With Gearing Aid Accom-
plished Much, for, StatCo
lumbla rlvr . Appropriation,
Klamath Irrlpition Project and
PubHo Buildings Are Results. -.
(Waaklasam ef Tba TuwaaH -Washington.
IX &, June I0- Tha O-
aron deUgatlon In tho session ef oon- '
grass lust closed, .while handeeappad by
unfortunate elrmomatanoas, has been
lnrJy"nniceosf
sourd for Oregon Interests will com-,
par'?av6rably with that , obtained by.
other, stat delegations.
In ths bouse there has been much
forbearanoe and charity- ahown Oregon
on aooount ef the naturally weakenatt
condition of tha stats's rapraaantatlon,
and tn all matters In which Oregon la '
Interested svary. effort has been made
to git the stats a fair show -and square '
In tb senate there was no stronger'"'
delegation from the' West or northwest
than Fulton and Oearln. These two sen- -atora
worked in harmony and without '
Jealousy or rivalry for th lntaraats of ' .
their .stat and It la unfortunate for
Oregon, that they ar not to continue ;
to work aid by side during the sixtieth -
congress. . coming; late m tb session .
and observing strictly -the tradition of
ths senate that a. new senator snail nol,
take a speaking part In the proceedings, ..
Qearia has snada addresses ia - tbe
senat, although urged at various times .
ta do eo by tbos knowing bis ability as '
a B-peaaer.- r..
work ef
- While not dobiavany talking Senator
Qearln basaMUed hlmaolf -!tr
oualy to woikxov bte state, and xcoa.
Junction Twltk Senator Pulton has so
eosapllsbed material rasulta. ' Senator
Pulton's work -during ths session had a
soon of both national and state , tn- '
treats. Conaplouoss tsvthe former-was " -
his participation: with marked suooeas
in th railway rate dlsoussioa, where -h
earned a blgb position among the;'"
legal lights of th senate. Barrio- of a
more distinctive state character re
suited through his efforts combined
with (ana tor jQearla'a - in th generous -appropriations
for Oregon, eonslderlns; .
that this to election year,, when the
watch , dogs gr)wt- at . every . traasurr
gat. Th ' SiOO.see for oonUnUlng
work at th mouth of - the Columbia
line, thJClamatb. Indian appropriation
of tSt?.007-bJng a good second, and '
I119.0 for stated ulldlngs being- not a
dsfpicabl. third. .SL- V -?
Tnltoai Aooompllabed BCaak. . .
Senator Fulton's authorship of what ',
baa come to be known as tha- AJllaoa -comirfomls
on ths court.rsnww snrnd- . . .
tlon of long work.- Another msasure of -
much Interest to the west, wblcb bo v
ohamplond and ' was ' th ablest
ponantA was th ereatlon ef -ths federal "
district court In Chinas, which shall have .
raarai'. iunsaicuon. or an American vto
irests tn that ooantry. The appeal.' of '
mercantile Interests was . presented o
Oregon man. and 'bis efforts were
oondentrated for. tb Urn ; upon tb
enacimenc or iam taw wucn - oceurred i.
Just before - adjournment.' . Corrupt and.
ineffldopt consular courts , which had
become Vsuch s menace to American. '
Interests th orient will, now b . ' I
tlrely displaced. ., ...:.' - ..
Ths : Oregon i delegation' had enaotac) '
th law Whch forbids aliens front nab-' '
lag In the wster of Alaska, which was
don at th Mheat of American Interests
suffering ; front - encroachments) of the X.
Japanese and slhers.. ; Another deed fqr .
Sint 'Cities
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sublimity. VTtl la a grsn.! bin'"
amotioa geae wrong' through tsaic
But when thlV sex becomes', a r ' '
phase ef -gross .appetite, wHen i
Uon, . nee emotion, rules It, when u :
quires eonatant feeding with i t ,
ventures, when if Is the ftia.
woman, which attracts, or v
tilt lower and farther f '
signs - and, produoea r
dlaessed tastes and. r
degraded habits, than
and race in peril. or a
to devastation, deetrur-tlr-,
.Whether surh oia dw t
er in the haunts oMi.
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