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THE.' WEATHER, Light rain ' - today with', this xssvs or The Sunday Journal coxraxsza 1 1 soutneast- 6 Sections ---72 Pages . J ' erly wind's.. . VOL. VIII. NO. 44. ., .-.'.PORTLAND,. OREGO& ( SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 1912, PRICE FIVE CENTS Discharged by Court 3i 1 1 "NOBODY CARES FOR ME! U FOLLETTE SINKS S. P. CO. READY TO SI FRANCHISE ASKED t t DELARM; COLUMBIA ORCHARD BOND MAN UNDER B6 ELECTRffY A CANCELS MS DATES ! j - . t: . . Senator's Scheduled Speeches for Two Weeks Are Called , Off He Is Confined in ' i Washington Hospital. .BEGAN .BREAKING DOWN 1 DURING WESTERN TRIP III When He Went to Phila delphia Too Sick to An ; rswer Hostile Talk. (United Press Let.ed.Wlre.) ('Washington, Feb. J.-r-Sufferlng from : ' a serious nervous breakdown resulting :from overwork and the Incidental worry lo the Illness of his 12-year-;Old daughter Mary, Senator Robert M. L.a Follette to- right cancelled all his Immediate en . gagements. . By orders -of his doctor he will take a complete rest for the next - three weeks at least. Late tonignt ne . was under the doctor's care and visit ors were forbidden. The senator's present condition traces .. back to his recent western trip, wnen, although taken dangerously ill with ntomalne neiaonlnff. in Chioago, he In sisted on not dtsoppolntlng any of his audiences. For several days he traveled over trolley roads to keep appointments, accompanied by a doctor who was com- relied to resort to powerful drugs to keep the senator on his reet. " Would Hot Heed Advice. -When he went - to Philadelphia last night to address the Periodical Publish. ers" association dinner. La Follette .was H-snd- bla-f rtends-trted teperOTeirrm to abandon his engagement. Ht refused and today admitted be was, for the first time In his life, unable to hold his au dience. He realised that at tne time .' and his friends admitted tonight that ! the ordeal ofxtrylng to answer hostile .. arguments was .too much. In his weak ened physical condition. . 1 The correspondent of the United Press -wss admitted to the senator's room for ' a few minutes tonight, only after he had ' promised that he would ask no ques ' .tlons. ' No- other newspaper representa . tlve -was permitted to see the senator, Who was weak and 'plainly worn. It was with the greatest reluctance that La Follette. admitted his need, of rest. -"I am afraid," said the senator, after (Continued on Pate Five) That the Headquarters Be Moved Away to Some Less Conspicuous Place. POLITICAL BREAD WlllEIUSE - v By James J. Montague. (By the International News Service.) ' Washington, Feb. 8. It developed to . ay that a large class A dissension lias yawned between William H. Taft ' and the gentlemen who have taken -In -charge his political future. 'The difference was born of conflict ing opinions about National Taft cam .. paign headquarters. These headquarters were planned by the Taft leaders, such as Murray Crane, Reed Bmoot and Boles (Penrose, who are about the only tried land trusted friends the president, has ' in the senate. .Their 'Idea was that it - (Would not do to have s bread "line of , ;lace . hunting politicians abutting on ( ,'" the executive offices before the conven tion and that evidence of vulgar vote .' 'retting ought not to be paraded about , "s;the White House grounds. i i' ; ay estaDisning neaaquarters, they con I J tended, Mr.' Taft : could keep his presl 1 'dential, right; hand In Ignorance of the 'doings ef . his political . left hand, i; Be- Ihave to be . employed In the hunt fof delegates are not quite -presentable) and Crane and his companions felt that they .ought to be kept out of the White House. i''-.ilXr-Tlws of mends .V... i i When Mr. '" Taft Was running before (he was not -the president. Now that , .he Is, according to the senatorial trium virate, he should be president and let them attend to the political end. Down jdeep there is more to this than might at first be suspected. If Crane and Pen rose and Bmoot ran run the campaign on their own-hook, without anyjnter ference from - the fWhlte House, they feel that they have a i chance. But if . tha president, gets the first i whack at any man who comes to Washington on political business they don't know what .. will happens . Mr. Taft has a lot. of qualities, but tact was never among tnem, even to tne e tent of a trace. When- this Idea was broached - to the president, However, ho put his foot down. He allowed that the ,Whlte House was plenty good enough ;for , him, and It ought to be for the politicians he must ' needs confer wltlj. He intimated that he could not be leaving his work every few minutes and run across the street to talk to. some Tom or Dick or Harry who had got ' a bag , full of Alabama delegates away from'i Ormaby Mcllarg, who was Just about to bo them up and ship them ko Roosevelt.', s t ,- v.,. , , Moreover, he announced that he is running for president on his record, and that It is benath his dignity even to go through the form of delegate- getting; , Of course, Smopt and Crane and Pen rose knew all about that.. But they also . know I hat Mr. Taft's record is not such , as viewed Just ns lie, views It 1n some ! states of the Union. JTntv know, . too, ' that taklnn flelegotes away from ' T jtContlnued on Page Fivai, f ' ;' v 1 if JJ ; Jli' mwinw-n. niiiiiMunnnniinmsi inn-rTii in in ' t , wj Louis' J. Wilde. Fi ACQUITTING WILBE fevenJurors-Joiir in-Applause and . Later Sign Eulogy of Banker. Who Was Charged With Embezzlement. 1 ' , w Jnrors' Bology. To the People of , Oregon: As citliens who are proud of the growth of Portland and glory In Its fair name and fame, we em phatically. , protest .against - any and all attempts to prejudice" or 4 poison the minds ef our people against touls J. WHde, who 1s. one or Cauiernias most highly respected ' -and. representative business men. ; "' ' "We ' believe he has been wrongfully taken from, his home, family, friends and business af fairs and .'brought here for po litical and mercenary - purposes. , We believe the charges brought 4 against hint are unjust and ma licious and should not be tol erated by any reputable and self respecting comtnunity.r "We ! understand that Mr. Wilde was never at any time an officer or director of the Oregon Trust A Savings bank and had nothing to do with its manage ment in any way. All his trans actions with It appear to be open and above . board and he was commended by our best citizens for his -untiring efforts and his financial skill, which enabled the , depositors to realise the money they have received and we believe that had the liquida tion been conducted as outlined by Mr. Wilde not . a depositor. would have lost a dollar. 'We invite new blood to come to 'our city to build homes and establish business and we know that Mr.-Wilde would be an In valuable asset .to. . any com munity. Deploring the ' attacks that. have been made, -we now. In order, tb show our perfect confi dence In his -Integrity, request hlmC to make his .home In our midst with 'assurance at all times of our hearty Interest and 1 cooperation.---" - '-', ' - ' ". H. MacDonald, L. (A. La Jole. -R. H. Randolph, C. F. ' Rampe, 3. A. MoArthur, F. E. 4 Jackson, W. O. Eaton, J. H. Tan- " ner, U. CBachelder, Charles A. Kalus. 4 H. " M. Call well, . Martin " Battler.' ; "Jury, pur Own Verdict" ' -', . . . FollQWtng. . th , (Ureptlpn . .of Judge Kavanaugh that the Jury should return a verdict of not guilty In the 'case of Louis J. Wilds, the San Diego capital. the charge that he assisted W. Cooper I Morris In embezzling 130,000 from the I Oregon Trust 4 Savings bank.; After that, came a great volley of applause; which seemed to come at the same moment i from ' alt parts ht the rora. ' Jurors caugftt the Infection of the moment and, were among the most enthusiastic In the demonstration, which Judge. Kavanaugtv made no; effort ' to cheeky f,t ., -'l ' t v '. : Added to all thW,the Jurors shortly after they had'been discharged attached their. names. to. a remarkable eulogy of Wilde, In which. they declared the charges against him 'unjust and , ma licious," and. Invited hlin to make his home, in Portland' once -more,; with as surance of their hearty Interest and co operation. .:' V-- -. Iramatlo Scene'' ''' 'y- ... The' court room'r.scene7when'the "ac quittal o Wilde was ordered was one of; the most dramatlo .ever witnessed Iii Multnomah county. As the conclud ing words ;, of Judge Kanavangh an nounced that Wilde must be discharged because the facts failed to show any embezzlement, several ..-of .,.,hls-friends rushed to congratulate; him, and as the court room rang with applause the pro cedure of the court room .was lost In commotion. ' ' t-..;''",,, ,r When ' the ' formal Droceedlns-s . wm over, -Wilde and his wife ..held an . in formal " reception, shaking hands ; with each member of the Jury and receiving with evident satisfaction' the- aHnurnnne jLConilnued on-Face Xwo.i AN SCENE IS AT HOT SPRINGS Not Feeling Well, He Hies to ' Mountains Where Hum of r Duped Investors Has Only ' a; Faraway Sound ;.;'.;-v'-.r,'v' y-'k'': RECEIVER WILSON COMES .TO CITY' TO FIND BIEHL Victims Begin Gping to Court to Set Aside Trades of Worthless Bonds (Special to The Journal.) Seattle. Wash., ' Feb. 3. After more than three days' search the where abouts of W. E. DeLarm. president of the $6,000,000 irrigation schemes Which were placed in the hands of a receiver here this week, were today reported as having been discovered by an Intimate acquaintance of the missing and much- wanted Ilnancler. From this friend, whose Identity can not . be revealed, came the statement that DeLarm was at Bcenlo Hot Springs. In the Cascade mountains, a pnysicai ana mental wreck. That he had foreseen the threatening storm sev eral days before and had collansed completely tinder the strain, was the The Information came from this source that a.telegram was expected at any moment from DeLarm. and that as soon as It arrived the proper officials. Prosecuting Attorney John F. Murphy ana United States Attorney Elmer E. Todd would be notified that he could bereefretf -whenever-'-wanrea."''"'" "" De&arm's Health jrot Good. It was said that three weeks ago De Larm made a trip to Spokane, and on his return to Seattle was taken ill on the : train with an attack af appendi citis. Several local physicians informed him that an operation ' was necessary. but he feared to take It while the pres ent financial Strain pressed down upon his mind. - Nerving- himself, he stag gered back and forth to business until early last week he gave up the fight and left- the city. At that time he knew the crash was only a matter of hours.;.:. j.... .. T: ; w XeoeiTU TOlso' la Voxtlaad, ; . r At the' same '.tinier came Information from Portland that J. ' Blehl. trust officer of the Oregon-Washington Trust company, had disappeared from Port land, and that Receiver Harry E. Wil son, who went to Portland today to see him, had not been able to locate him. During the earlier part of the investi gation Biehl was the only ' one located and DeLarm was the .missing official. The method whereby the various bond Issues were made possible has been pronounced by those who have Investi gated it to surpass the manipulations of J. Rufus Walllngtord. .Illustrating the Old Saw that "Truth is stronger than fiction." , . How Collateral Was Secured. Arrangements were made with hun dreds of ranchers living near Wahluke to trade half their property In exchange for water rights on the remaining por tion. This trade was to be in force only after water was actually in the ditches. Each ranches was persuaded to give an optional mortgage on the half of the property going to the irri gation - company to the officials for them to hold as security on the bargain. The irrigation company took these mortgages, founded solely on the chance that water would be In the ditches,, and deposited them with the Oregon-Washington Trust company as bona fide se curities for the bonds. The trust com pany, using them as bona fide secur ities, - was able to represent an enor mous amount standing behind the bonds and thereby investors believed them to be gilt edged. - When the date for the water to be In the ditches passed without the neces sary. Irrigation arrangements completed, all the optional mortgages became worthless, and there was absolutely not a cent of asset behind the bonds. Judging by newspaper clippings, pho tographs, blank receipts and other pa pers found In the defunct company's Empire -building offices, Receiver .Wil son was convinced he could get' no In-, formation here so he decided -to see A. J. Blehl, trust officer. In Portland, In reference .to the 16,000,000 bond "Issues floated by various corporations. De spite Blehl's present assertion to the contrary, it Is claimed that until last October he was intimately connected with all companies in question,' He was known to have been associated with W. E. DeLarm, president of the companies under the 'firm name s, of DeLarm & Blehl. - Local people are awaiting with Interest any information he may divulge. - When Samuel Hodges, former trust officer of the Oregon-Washington Trust company, gave up that position, Blehl resigned on paper all connection ..with them and went to Portland. Local at torneys, bondholders and brokers assert he Is, thoroughly familiar with the In ner workings of the cor,, panics. To day possession of the offices formerly ocoupled reverted to the owners cf the building and DeLarm's name was taken down. Wilson is expected to return to morrow." --f 'fii'n .i i first Bolt to Annul Trade. In a superior court complaint J. R. Wilson requests the court to set aside sTdeed Conveying 40 acres of land in Walla Walla county to the Coast Real ty company. He alleges. that "he con. veyed the land for $6000 worth ef Co lumbia River Orchard bonds. He charg es t that sagents' for the Coar Realty company knew that it and the allied companies were insolvent, , (loarlng on this petition is set for-next Thursday. THOSBWHO TRADED i I f REALTY FOR BONDS 1 1 1M11MT DRnPCRTY UhPV ' .- liniu i iivi kill i -unwit Uppermost In the minds; of those vic tims of ; the Columbia River -Orchard company and the , Washington Orchard, irrlcntlon ft Fruit no., who traded rnl CouUniTod on Page. Five. J. FUMES SHBOT FROM ITCHES K STEAMER F10ATS0FFHMTTM Beventie. Cutter Stands hf Huge Freighter, in Hope She Can Be Salvaged; - Sides Warped by In tense Heat From Burning Cargo. IVrAM Press Leased Wlre. : " New' York, Feb. . With r flames shooting- from her hatches, her steel sides warped by the Intense heat from her burning cargo, the British .steamer Consols - was still afloat tonight off Cape Hatteras according to wireless ad vices received here. The crew, which battled for 10 hours against the fire, was finally forced to flee when It be came evident that its efforts were not retarding the progress of the flames, but the revenue cutter Onandaga was still trying to salvage the big freighter, Five of the Consols' crew were over come by : smoke but, were dragged to safety by companions and later - re turned to the task of pumping water Into the roaring hatches, but all hands were finally compelled to "abandon ship." The heat became so Intense that the sailors' clothing caught fire and they were forced to drench themselves repeatedly to prevent being burned to death. Frantic appeals for aid were sent oy wireless, ana the a. o. 8. signals were finally- picked up by the revenue cutter - Onandaga and the steamer Castle Eden. A message was flashed back to the imperilled seamen that they would soon have help. Cheered by the hope of. rescue the men re doubled their energies to check the flames. , , -.!-' Their efforts were unavailing and as the skipper was about to give the or der to take to the lifeboats, the Onon daga and the Castle Eden hove In sight The half suffocated mariners were tak en off by the Castle Eden and the crew of the revenue cutter began the effort to tow the blazing Consols ashore. Five times a hawser was attached to the doomed ship. Five times a hand of flame reached out and severed - the great rope. - Th heat became so in tense ' that It was almost Impossible for the cutter to remain alongside, but the Onondaga's captain continued to risk , his -vessel to save the ' Britisher. Tonight' a wireless from the Ononda ga said that she has succeeded In get ting a chain attached to the Consols and was trying to work lief ashore with little hope of succera :. ., , . BOY OF 15; E (CnlMd Press Leased Wire Trenton, N. J., Feb. 8 Indictments and vigorous prosecution will - follow the -horrible death today of 15-year-old Andrew W. Bchlhe. Exposure and the effects, of drinking whiskey caused death.- . - .;.,..;;. Three days ago, men walking along the railroad tracks came upon ; a sleep ing child.,,: Attempts to waken ' him failed, although it Was One of. the cold est days of the year. The odor of liquor confirmed the fact that the lit tle boy was drunk. He did not waken when he was picked up, but when , one of his hands was ; tucked -unjr his coat the men "wore' horrified to to see three v fingers 1 break toff. Before ' he could.be rushed -to a hospital.,, the fin gers of his other hand crumbled away. At the hospital physicians tried t pre vent blood-poisoning, but fall od, the lad dying today.' Detectives' today are try tng to learn from whom the 'joy ob- mm UIIWI 111 DIES FROM EXPOSUR iaiaed tho liquor, "-' , . Y, OF SPEAKERS AT Puget Sound Excursionists Vie With Local Men in Advocat ing Unanimity for Greater Northwest. Harmony and unanimity for a great er Pacific northwest was the slogan last night at tha dinner at the Commer cial club attended by members of the Puget sound midwinter excursion to California. Speakers representing Port land and various cities In the states of Washington and British Columbia all struck the same note, urging great er cooperation for a common good a'nil laying aside of the petty sectional quar rels through which one city has hoped to build up at the expense of another. Friendly rivalry. It was explained, has a tenedncy to upbuild, but it was free ly expressed that no good could come from belittling each other. , .Hundred Visitors Present, About a hundred visitors were present and In addition to about 5 prominent members of the commercial bodies of Portland, headed by Edgar B. Piper, president of the Commercial club, who acted as toastmaster. Entering the club's dining room at 6 o'clock the eyes of the visitors fell upon a greeting fsom the Commercial club, the Chamber of Commerce, Rose Festival association, the Rotary club, the Ad club, the Press club, the Progressive Business Men's club, the Oregon Development league and the Elks National convention of 1912. as follows: "It Is with especial appreciation we of the Rose City welcome you of the Potlatch and Puget Sound to our com mercial club this evening. The gener ous and spirited manner in which the commercial organisations of Seattle have advertised and proclaimed the Portland Rose Festival as a Pacific northwest carnival, the same as Is the Seattle Potlatch and the Tacoma Montomara Festo. has won our heartfelt gratitude, and prompted us to do all within pur power to help make the Fuget Sound festivals the success they deserve to be and will be. The new Seattle Spirit, radiating its beneficent - Influence throughout the. nation for the upbuild ing of the entire Paclflo northwest country, finds sympathetic response in the city whose chief civic endeavor has been agricultural development. We be speak further cooperation between these two splendid cities, to the end that their united efforts, may upbuild opulent em pire In the Paclflo northwest." : Strikes Btsponsive Chords. ; It struck . the responsive 'chord, for as each Individual speaker was called upon, he fell In line with the slogan and it Is doubtful If ever a more so ciable and harmonious gathering was held in the Paclflo northwest by repre sentatives, from many different locali ties. ,v .:.., " ; ,. vv. '--:f The excursionists 'arrived over the 0W. R- & N. in a special train of four cars at S o'clock and were met at the union depot by aTeeeptlon - committee oomposed of members ? of ' the ... above named local organisations with automo biles and. were taken for an hour's ride about the city. - This gave the visitors a splendid opportunity to observe the wonderful progress, of. the city and It oaused them to speak of It In flattering terms' at ' the1 banquet. ' Joseph Bletben, president of. the Seat tle Potlatch, made a particularly strong plea for harmony . among the cities of the Pacific northwest. ; He called atten tion to the fact ' that during the past three or four years the. sentiment has improved wonderfully, and that there Is DARIN SLOGAN VISITORS'-DINNER Continued on I'uga Five.) . - 'n HE CHARGES BULLDOG VOTED AGAINST HIM; ED West Virginia Politician Asserts That the Negro Repeaters Were Marked on Backs With Chalk; Evidence Astonishes Committee (Br the International News Service, i Washington. Feb. 8. Charoina- th. negro repeaters In Mingo county. West Virginia,, were laentiried by chalk marks on their backs; that a bulldog was re,g Istered and a negro voted his name, and that at one polling place a man from the mountains carried off the bal lot box and dropped It in the Big Sandy river, Rankin Wiley, a Democrat, who was defeated, lay claim to the seat In the house of representatives now held by James Hughes, a Republican. The testimony in the case is now being taken by the house committee on election and reveals a condition of po litical affairs In thn district nf xpf Virginia that has astonished the com- imuee. ine aisinci aajoins Adams county, Ohio, where whole communi ties were disfranchised recently for elec tion frauds. George S. Wallace, counsel for Wiley, tnlrl thn committer of thn hnlldna. fn and said he had it from Bob Busser, owner or tne aog. Miss Ethel Lambert, a Wnmon'a Christian . Temperance polls watcher, told the rnmmlttfw of rnnMHticr hv ne groes and the chalk" marks on their backs, put there by white men for Iden- uncauon. some repeatea live or six times, r- - STIRS LORIMER QUIZ (United Press Leteea Wire.) Washington, Feb. 3. A scene of wild disorder was precipitated at tonight's session of the Xorlmer Investigating committee when Martin W, Blumenberg, official stenographer for the committee, suddenly Interrupted the examination of a witness to .declare the stenographic notes alleged by' Burns detective James E. Sheridan, to be the "confession" of Charles McOowan, recorded by dicta graph at a Toronto hotel and made by Sheridan, to oe "raicea." Acting Chairman Jones ordered Blum enburg to be seated. . The stenographer refused and kept shouting out his charges. , Committee officials tried to eject him. Then Jones ordered a recess. ' Twenty minutes later, after an exec utive session. Jones announced that the . committee would hold Blumen- burg for oontempt , The hearing was men aajournea unm Aionaay. . MRS. MABEL WARNER FOUND NOT GUjLTY (Special t The Journal.! rDllulcivii, vs.., . . v .juiuin j . Mrs. Mabel Young Warner, Charged with hnvlnar forffed a wHl. was acnulttad hv the Jury at midnight. i: Great Raflroat, Still During Funeral. Marshalltown, Iowa, Feb. I. Every wheel on this division of the Mlncnip oils & Bt Louis railway stopped three minutes this afternoon ; In respect' to Edwin ITawley, late president of th4 road, whose funeral was held In New York. - The shops had observed i brief cessation of lubor togetntr with all other brandies of tits survive. ' - BALLOT BOX DROWN ONITTEE REPORTER Right to Lay Double Track on Fourth Street Sought; Lines to Run to McMinnville'for the Present. ESTIMATED COST OF WORK IS $1,600,000 Would Withdraw Suit Against City Say Company Can't Accept Common User, ' , The Bouthern Paclflo company is ready to proceed Immediately with the electrification of all Its west side lines as soon as the Portland city council will grant a franchise permitting double tracking and electrification of.' the , Fourth street line and a double track on Jefferson to Water street giving , physical connection with, the Jefferson street line, also known as tha Yamhill division. In a statement Issued last night by William D. Fenton, chief counsel for the company. Is set forth tho nature of the franchise that the company will seek from the council, the type of cars that will be operated and the amount of . money that the company will have to expend in making the transformation of the lines now operated by steam. The amount named is $1,600,000 and it is said that It is expected to complete the big undertaking within 13 months after the granting of the amended ' FothsteeeireiMser-"-"""""?" nans for Operation. , The plans as announced by Mr.' Fen ton are to operate the trains from the union depot by way of Fourth street, ' Jefferson to Water and to McMinnvllle by way of New berg, and return, and . also- from the union depot, ' on Fourth street over the present line tq McMinn vllle by way of Forest Grove and re turn. This will give two lines between Portland and McMinnvllle, so that while cars will be operated over , the respec tive lines on two hour schedules. Port- --' land and McMinnvllle will have , the benefit of a train each Way every, hour. .' ... Ms. -gnnsastiiisttirther announces that . . while;. all of," the "existing west side v lines wilr be electrified under the prot ect tor which the amount of f 1,600,000 : (Continued on Par Nine.), INFERW1E T Grace Taylor Is Killed by Ex-'v plosion Upon Opening Pack, age Delivered at Her Door ; in New York. New York, Feb. S. Mrs. Howard Walker, wife of a traveling electrical . salesman, living at 103 West Seventy-, seventh street, under her . ntage name " of Grace Taylor, was killed In .her apartment tonight by an Infernal ma- . chine handed to her. at the door but a moment before by a uniformed Pies- senger or delivery boy.- . , ;., The Infernal machine was steel eased and. enclosed In an oblong flat psste- board, box that had formerly contained 100 cigarettes and was neatly wrapped In straw colored papers It bore the typewritten address, "Mrs.. Grace Tsy- lor," and the street number of the apart ment.. It exploded in the woman's hands while she was -unwrapping it.' She was frightfully mutilated and !- most Instantly killed. - : . - Charles M. Dickinson, of ' 99 West ' Sixty-first street, secretary to the chief ; engineer of the United States Motor 1 company, - an automobile concern at 3 West Fifty-third street, was the only: person in ' tha- apartment besides : Mrs. Walker at the time the deadly pack age was received and when it exploded. He claims that he was In another room at the time of the explosion, but 'the ' police say that he . was In the same room with Mrs. Walker and only a few feet away; , He f was uninjured. He is held by the police on a charge. of homi cide, .- v 'i Dickinson '. declares ' that he did not see the person' who delivered the pack age but did see Mrs. . Walker: return from the door with it In her hands, and " that she had "asked him to step' Into -another room -while she opened it The most Important witness In "the ' rs in addition to Dickinson ia William ' Glassen, Janitor , of the house, a high class apartment ' dwelling occupied by respectable families. Glassen says he ' was in the basement when the explosion took place and ran to the apartment of ' Miss Taylor and rang the bell. He got no answer for nearly two minutes. Then Dickenson came to the doer and said; " "Miss Taylor Is evidently killed or something," and then the door closed again, Glassen says he then rsn out side and met Dr, Perkins, who lives next -doorir.rWhlle': hs was '-" trying , to tell the; doctor what had happened, a uniformed messenger boy came up and seeing the smoke curling from the shat tered windows of the Taylor apartment, asked, "What's the matter?" i When told of the explosion the hoy said: .; "That's strange. I Just deliv ered a:' package to her," v;'; , -v. When ainxaen went "back Into thn room with the doctor, Dickinson orn.-rl the door promptly, Mrs. Wulker was. found lying on the floor In a pool (f blood,' with her body bmlly torn m. l burned. Dr. Perkins, after a i.i r amlnatlon, proournfi ln r l . i. ) i the eorifuslun the mcfwiit I,.. : ai'poaruU. NEMME