THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 19, 1914. 5 ALABAMA NEGRO HAS LISTENED TO DEATH IT SIX TIMES His Case Remarkable in the Number of Trials, Convic tions and Reversals. ' " MAY STILL BE INNOCENT Principal Witness Against Him Di appears and la Suspected of Being Baal Murderer. Annlston, Ala.. July 18. Probably without ' a parallel in the annala of American courts is the remarkable case' of Ervln Pope, the Alabama ne Kro wlio lias Just appeared In court and for the sixth time 'listened to the reading of the death warrant and heard the date set for his execution. For five years the negro has- been 'n Jail under conviction for the murir of J. B. McClurkln, a white man Hv-J In near the town of Oxford. He haa been convicted and sentenced to hang five times;. the case haa been before the supreme court and reversd four time, and eight different days have, been set for the execution. Through It all the' negro's nerve has never been shaken. From the day of his arrest he haa maintained his Innocence of the crime charged against him and has expressed confidence In his ulti mate acquittal. The murder of McClurkln occurred on the night of April 19,109. About midnight the victim was awakened, by the noise of someone robbing his cot ton gin. He got up, saddled his mule and followed the robber's wagon to ward Oxford. The next morning his body was found horribly mutilated In a cotton patch on the edge of the town. In an alley In a negro settlement he had evidently been hit In the head with a heavy club, and his skull beaten In with a large stone. Principal Witness Disappears. Ervln Pope lived In the town of 6x ford about a mile from where the body was found. He owned a little farm In the country and also ran a restau rant In town. It whs proved that on Hie afternoon preceding the murder Tope wn at the mill owned and op erated by MoOlurkln and hnd ex changed corn for meal. The crinclnal witness for the state was a negro, John Body, In front of whose door the murder won committed. Body tes tified Hint on rhe night of the mur der he wan awakened by the sound of creams aiid blows In the .alley. He , claimed to have gone to the ..door, openedlt and looked out, and swore that he ttw two men struggling. Body wits arrested and held on bus- plcion. After Pope's conviction, Body wa released. He Immediately aban doned lila crop and family and ran off, and all trace of him has brn lost. The state and the defenne have both- made efforts to find him, but they have failed. The lawyers for Pope have contend d from the start that Body was the guilty man. TliPlr theory ia bated on the seeming improbability of Body's '"ii. Convicted rive Times. At the first trial the court permit ted a negro witneK to describe his own conduct and actions as proof that Pope was guilty. The supreme court held that this was an unfair and Im proper way to proceed against the ac cused and ordered a new trial. The second appeal was gran led on th ground that the defendant had a rights to have Body s guilt considered by the Jury, and that the state could not Introduce Illegal evidence to clear Body. By a singular accident, the court repeated at the third trial the identical error It had. committed at the second trial, and this resulted In the third reversal of the convlctibn. The ver dict found at the fourth trial was re versed by the supreme court on a point of law. On the fifth trial Pope was again convicted and sentenced to hang. The supreme court has now handed down a decision affirming the verdict .of the trial court. Nothing short of executive clemency or the discovery of new evidence tending to prove his In nocence can now save Pope from the gallows. He is under sentence to be executed August 21. Cools Church With 500 Pounds of Ice Missouri Pastor Uses'. Baptistry for Be-frlg-erator and Wafts Air Over con gregation With Xleotrlo Pans. Centralla, Mo.. July 18. Elder Charles It. Swift, pastor of the First Congregational church of Centralla, Mo., had 600 Tfounds nf (ra nut ntn K baptistry of the edifice and set half a dozen electric fans to work behind the room. Despite the hot wave, the tempera ture in the church was delightfully cool and the result was so satisfactory that Elder Swift will continue the plan each Sunday during the summer. ADMIRAL TRIES SUICIDE Tokio, July 18. Baron Masujl Yama nouchl, vice admiral on the reserve and member of the house of peers, is In a serious condition from an attempt at eulcide. His act is reported to have been due to disclosures made by an investigation of the affairs of the naval steel foundry, with which he was close lv Identified. All RUPTURES Are BTOUS receive in stant; attention Spermatic Shield, Truss Enjoys world-wide favor and deserves it, as it has given re lief and cured thousands of sufferers from rupture Sold Exclusively" m" Portland by Laue-Davis Drug Co. - Truss Experts Third and Y?mMl! Streets ? INTO REV.JOSERH EMERYRECALLS EARLY DAYS IN CORVALLIS Rev. Joseph By Fred Lockler. While at Newport a fow days ago 1 met Reverend and Mrs. Joseph Emery, pioneer Oregonlans, who' cele brated their golden1 wedding five years ago. "I was born In Pennsylvania on June 16. 1832," said Mr. Emery, "so you see I have lived my three score and ten years and a dozen more for good measure. When I was 23 years old, I decided to go west. I had been graduated from Jefferson College and I believed I could do well as a teacher In Oregon or California. "The fall of 1855 found me at Co lumbia near Sonora in California. Teachers were not In demand, I soon discovered. Knowing how to dig out gold was more valuable Knowledge than knowing how to dig out Greek roots. You didn't have to have a knowledge of trigonometry or calculus to be able to build a rocker or a "lorn? torn." Not being able to make use of my literary wares I went to work with a pick and shovel. I bought a claim on Mormon Creek and for tne next 18 months I worked this claim taking out from about half an ounce to as high as a couple of ounces a day. However, I had more half ounce clean ups than larger ones. "One day while I was at work on my placer claim a man ' from Columbia rode up and said, "We elected you last night to teach our school. The salary will be $80 a month.' I was anxious to get into my life work so I accepted the place and taught there for a year? The pupils ranged from little tots Just starting their arithmetics to students In Algebra. I applied for the Bchool at WatsonvlUe and was elected. I In tended to teach It but In October, 18S8 I was received Into the Pacific annual conference of the M. E. church south. 1 Into the Methodist Ministry. ' i'In 1844 the Methodist church was divided into two branches, tne M. E. Church South and the M. E. Church North,, but the northern branch re fused .to affix the designation North claiming to be the regular church so we had to call ourselves the Jd. E. church South to show we no longer af filiated with the northern Methodists In 1853 When. I Joined the Pacific conference, there were about 35 min isters In the- conference. I was ap. pointed to the Redwood circuit I rode my circuit on horsebacx. I had five appointments on that circuit. I lived iu Redwood City in the home of Horace Hall, who afterward became a millionaire. One of my appointments was In a, schoolhouse that stood on the site now occupied by Stanford Uni versity. "After a year In that field I was as signed to the Eldorado circuit which included Placervllle. I had become ac quainted with Sarah E. Finley so the day before leaving for my new field we were married at her father's home near Santa Clara. We were married on October 10th, 1859, and our wedding trip was the trip to my new assign ment. We went by carriage 10 San Francisco and from there by boat to fe'acramento where we took the train to Folsom. At Folsom we took the stage to Eldorado. Most of my congregation on this circuit were miners. . I preacned at Johntowh, Kelsey Flat and Mud Springs as Eldorado was called In those days. There were only two other ministers in Eldorado county so got a good many marriages and fun erals to help out my salary of $600 a year, i used to receive from as low as $10 to as high as $30 for a marri age and the same for funerals. Some- times I was paid in gold coin but of ten In gold dust. Every Sunday morn ing the saloons and gambling houses would shut up shop for an hour or more go the boys could come and hear me preach. They were a happy-go-lucky, good-hearted class the old-time miner, prospector and gambler. remember once when we had but two handfuls of flour left and no money we were reeimg pretty blue. A wom an, neighbor of ours and an attendant at our church, came over and said 'My husband" had an idea you might be I short of funds so he took up a col- j lecuon xor you in his saloon last j night.' She told my .wife to hold out her hand but she had to hold .both I hands to hold the money she poured t into "he hands. There were a good I many goia pieces among the silver eoms. "Alter a year I was given the ap , pointment xo ban Jose, one of the best appointments In the whole dls- trict 1 1 only stayed there one year as 1 the people in the Eldorado circuit re- 1 quested that I be sent back. The fol j lowing year 1 had the Petaluma. cir cuit, we an .took sick there, I nearly died of typhoid, my wife was danger ously slcit and Ella, our little girl, died. From Petaluma we were trans ferred to the Santa Clara emirch, the largest and wealthiest church In the conference at" that time, i -; 'X "oool Teacher Too. - ' "The fall of 1864 found us 'at Gilroy where in - addition to preaching, I taught the GUroy school for two years. I was sent to Moreland to preach and was elected teacher of : t. Moreland school and was allowed i assistant ' Emery. so I appointed my wife to teach the primary grade. "The following fall, the faU of 1867, I was elected professor of math ematlcs at the recently founded Cor vallis College at Corvallls, Oregon, which was established by the M. E. church South. My wife's brother, Dr, w. A. Finley, had been sent to Cor vallls in 1866 to organize a school. He requested that I be assigned to the college. He came back from Corvallls atter getting the school started to feanta Clara to marry Sarah E Latim er, the daughter of a minister. Pro fessor Finley was made the president or tii college. When I went to Cor vallis 47 years ago, it was only a vil lage, but we drew from the surround ing country and we soon had over a hundred students In attendance. "The faculty .consisted of President Finley, W. W. Moreland and myself and we had a preparatory department taught by Mrs. Finley. Before Ion Professor Moreland married Alice E. Biddle, one of the. first graduates and the daughter of Dr. Biddle, of Corval lls. "In 1868 by act of the Oregon leg' lsiature, our college was designated as the recipient of the Agricultural college fund given by congress. Con gress set aside 90,000 acres of school land toward the support or a college for the agricultural and mechanic arts. "When my wife's brother. Professor Finley, resigned rh about 1874 or 75, was made acting president. I was getting a salary of $1000 a year and was offered the presidency of the college but I declined it, as I felt freer as an instructor than as presl dent of the institution. President B Arnold of Virginia, was elected president. He was a very scholarly and lovable man. For many years nis wiaow resided in Portland. After 18 years of steady work in which ml salary had advanced to $1503 a year, a oroxe down and resigned being sue ceeded by Professor W. D. Letcher the son of the war governor of Vir glnia. Becomes Indian Agent. "In October, 1886 1 was appointed agent of the Klamath Indians, where i served uil 1890. In 1892 I wan elected president of the Pacific Meth odist college at Santa Rosa. 'Though I am over 80 years oM. I am still In the harness being the pas tor or tne cnurch at Henleyvllle, Cali fornia. I am visiting my son Will here In Newport, for a few weeks. There are four generations of us here my son Will, h.s son Cecil ana Cecil's son Delolx. "The old Corvallls college Is now the Oregon Agricultural college and where I taught geometry, trigo nometry, calculus, surveying and na tural philosophy and delivered a week ly lecture on stock raising they now have several score of professors to teach the subjects I taught also; of course, tney have hundreds of stu dents where we had dozens. The first class to be graduated was tne class of 1870. The members or tnat class were Robert M. Veatcti, J. K. P. Cur rin and Alice E. Biddle. In 1872 J. K. Weatherford was graduated. He has been a member of the board of regents of the O. A. C for nearly 30 years ana for about 20 years he has been presl dent of the C. & E. R. R. The follow ing year William F. Herrln of Ash land, was graduated. He is now chief counsel of the Southern Pacific. Dr, F. W. Vincent of Pendleton, is one of our graduates and so Is T. H. Craw ford and George Blakeiy and Judge Hamilton." About 1000 Are on Strike in Stockton Flffht fox Open Shop Developing Ctrad nally but Complete Tie-up Event ually Is the Prediction. Stockton, CaU July 18. Stockton's fight for and' against the' open shop was still developing today, slowly but steadily. Each-- day sees more Idle union workmen. The unionists , did noc strike at the mere announcement -that their shops were open. The moment a non-unionist Is employed, however, or they are asked to handle non-union material, they walk out. About 1000 men had quit up today. Theyt .were --receiving strike benefits and haye been given promises of un limited support from throughout the whole country. It was predicted on both sides that, sooner or later, the tie-up would ; he practically complete and : the apprehension was general that finally there would, be trouble. Employers said they were not having much trouble in finding men, to fill vacancies but many of them admitted it was almost Impossible to find com petent ones. , . .;' .' " "v;.. Unionists insisted that Stockton was the first battleground in a . campaign to driv2 organized labor out of - Cali fornia. FAILURE TO REPORT IS CHARGE MADE AGAINST COUNTY DEPARTMENTS Counsel of, the Taxpayers' League Submits Statement for Inquisitors. NEW CODE NOT FOLLOWED Some of Departments Save Mad Be port While Others Have Hot Dona Bo. i pointed Out. The prediction by- George C. Mason, manager or the Nonpartisan league, yesterday, "that more than poor busi ness Judgment- might be found by In. vestlgating the county's purchase of bedbug exterminator, has caused much peculation among thns wh r. watching the invests ton rf Ann i- affairs authorized jointly by the Tax- league ue and tne Nonpartisan There is alao Investigation of relief board expendi tures, ine methods noi tn .-.. ing the county courthouse, anri th. as certainment of reasons why the effi ciency code adopted last autumn haa ui Deen applied. The taxpayers Justus voiced its dissatisfaction with the failure to use the efficiency code, in the following statement, prepared by Attorney George B. Guthrie, counsel tor the league, and submitted yester day to the Joint committee: meports Wot Hade, tadminlstrativ cde adopted by JU? tS0. of co"ity commissioners thfn. LtDomJln county among other mfhi Pfove" tor the making of SrtiJrei0l8 b ten dWerent de ietB' ?nere I1" hen handed to me bound in flexible covers the re- .d.eJ,,nce 016 adoption of the code about November 1, 1S13 rSLf t?,?!3 that there h been no report filed by the county auditor of ?nycilaract?r' notwithstanding the fact that the auditor is required by the ad ministrative code to make monthly re port. The superintendent of highways is also within the provision for mak ing monthly reports, and has failed to make anv report whatsoever. In view of the large amount of construc tion and repair work done on the high ways for Multnomah county, and the large amount of monev paid out through this department, it would seem that a grave error Is made In this oversight. The administrative code provides for reports to be made by the superintend ent of the Detention Home. So far no reports have, been made by him. The form prescribed for the Detention Home is quite full, being identical to that prescribed for the Multnomah County hospital. A. further requirement of the code calls for reports from the county vet erinarian. This is perhaps a minor department, but no reports as yet have been made. Some Beporta Rendered. From the reports that have been made, however, it appears that the following departments have made full reports beginning with the month of uuiooer, ana tne reports made by them, while not extensive, are nevertheless satisfactory, especially in view of the met mat me department is not one employing many men or exDending great aeal or money. These de- partraents are: Fruit innM.tnr omintv board of relief and the county physi cian. No criticism can be made with respect to these reports other than in the spirit of commendation. Beginning with the month of Janu ary, 1914, reports have been filed from the Multnomah County farm. These reports are quite extensive and have been progressively better. The labor Involved in preparing such a report is considerable. The superintendent of the farm is Jo be especially commended for his efforts to comply with this provision. The Multnomah County Hospital Is provided with a form which calls for a report nearly as complete as that from the county farm. The hospital report, however, has been uniformly Soor. With the exception of a num er of inmate days and a showing of the total money expended the report has no practical significance what ever. no Stock Kept. No effort Is made as shown by these reports to take stock of the sunnlien kept by the hospital, nor to show the cost 01 tne same, nor to take stock at the end of each month to show what supplies, 11 any, remain on hand. The report is of such a character as would not be tolerated In any first class busi ness house. The superintendent of bridsres is re quired to furnish reports under the administrative code, and beginning with the month of December reports have been made on the Broadway, Burnslde, . Morrison and Hawthorne bridges, with the following exceptions: No report for the Broadway bridge for January, February or March; no re port for the Hawthorne bridge for January. These reports are uniformly scanty. The provision looking to a traffic count on .the first day of each month has been entirely Ignored, and a number of the items are approxi mations rather than accurate measure ment. These reports are of some value with respect to the number of times the bridges are operated, and the av erage time consumed in operation, to gether with the amount of electricity used, all of which has a comparative basis of benefits. Aside from this, how ever, there is little to commend in these reports. No reports are shown as to the Steel bridge, it being prob able that the. operators of that bridge are in the employ of the railway com pany and 'not bound to report to the county. Ferries Are Included. Provision for reports on the ferries is also a feature of the administrative code. Beginning with the month of March reports have been had from the ferries Webster and Maspn, excepting that no report for the month of May is shown on the part of the Mason. These reports are somewhat more spe cific than the bridge reports, more par ticularly in so far as a traffic count has been kept. A provision exists for reports from the other ferries, the Burlington, St. Johns and Caples, but no report is shown as to any of them. The sealer of weights and measures Is required to report? under the code, and while his department Is of less comparative importance, two reports are shown to have been quite fully executed for the months of January and February. Since February, how ever, no report is shown. Unless there was some good reason for a discon tinuance it is hard to understand why reports 'have not been filed recently. ' In addition to the foregoing there was filed for the month of May a report from the superintendent of ma chinery with respect to auto trucks, also as to the heat and laundry ac count of the County Hospital, and the operation of the rock quarries; also as to elevator and engine room in the courthouse. Knell Car Shown. These reports have been prepared with considerable care and give in formation which is both interesting and valuable. It is unfortunate that such reports have not been filed ear lier than' the month of May. - Generally it may be said the admin istrative code calls for the filing of these reports not later than six days after the. end of each month. The Sractice seems to be to file these ind ifferently at any time after - the end', of the month,- even as late as the middle of the succeed ing month. This is especially no- RENOUNCES FORTUNE OF $600,000 BY REMARRYING X t"j' , -i JTiZuidf '..1 J, Z U sV - (23r 2." t- ?' 4-9" St v--i ' Sis? - t'v Y.. M, C, A, Worker Spurns Large Legacy for Love of a Woman. Boston. Mass., July 18. Frank Pal mer Speare, educational director ol the Young Men's Christian Association, will forfeit $600,000 when he marriea Miss Katherine A. Vinton. His wife left him that sum on -condition that he would not remarry. "I only did what any clean, square jawed man would do." he said today. I have no regrets for the fortune 1 have passed up." Large Increase in Surplus for Week Weekly Bank Statement Shows De creases in Xrfans and Deposits, In crease in Surplus, Specie, Xto. New York. July 18. The actual weekly .bank statement Issued today showed the following changes. Surplus increased 834,634,460. Loans decreased 334,988.000. Specie Increased $6,880,000. Legale increased $3,768,000. Deposits decreased $18,895,000. Circulation Increased $272,000. Surplus reserves $22,111,750 tlceable In tha reports of the county hospital. It may be further said that the spirit which has prompted the adop tion of the administrative code is not complied with in the scanty, and un satisfactory reports shown. Auxiliary steering gear for automo biles, operated by the feet, has been Invented. For Tomorrow's LADIES' WASH DRESSES b eautiful, cool fabrics, gracefully draped; regularly $4.85, $6.85 $8.85, $10.85, $11.85, $12.85, $14.85 and $16.85, now reduced to $3.35, $4.35, $5.85, $6.95, $7.85, $8.35, $9.85 and $11.85. LADIES' COATS man-tailored and semi-fancy models ; regularly $10 to $22.50, now half price, $5 to $11.25. SILK COATS only six love ly, fancy models, normally selling at $18 and $22.50, now $7.50. OUTING SHJRTS-for ladies, in colors, chocolate, khaki, navy, cardinal; regular price $2.50, now $1.25. LADIES; DUSTERS abso lutely indispensable for auto mobiling trips; regularly Ericed $2.00 to $10.00, now IALF PRICE. JUNIORS' COATSlate mod els in fine, new weaves ; normally $6 to - $15, now . half price, $3 to $7.50. CHILDREN'S COATS an absolute bargain not dupli cated ; regularly $4 and $5 to close, only $1.15. V Third Tlon , ' , , 1 - I v-; x-, .'i f Miss Katherine May Vinton (above), for love of whom Frank Palmer Speare (below) will sacrifice, a fortune of 600,000. Asbestos a Surprise of Mineral Kingdom United States Is tha XArgeat Prodnoer of Manufactured Article, Which Is Woven Into. Cloth. Washington, D. C. July 18. Asbes tos Is one 'f the great surprises In the mineral kingdom. On account of its finely fibrous, flexible incombustible character It is spun Into yarn' and wov en into cloth for the clothing of fire men and foundrymen who are exposed Every ladies' and misses' fancy suit, man-tailored in Spring and Summer styles, regularly selling from $24.50 to $34.50 Every ladies' and misses' fancy hand-tailored suit, including a few models in silk, regularly selling from $37.50 to $42.50 Ecerg model genuinely reduced from its normal price; see them tomorrow Entire Third FloorElevator ' BENSEIMNG yHE to heat that would burn ordinary cloth ing. It la extensively used for theatre curtains and hag saved many audiences from the horrors of conflagration. A report br J. 8. Dlller of the Unit ed States geological survey on the pro duction of asbestos In 1913. now In press, shows that while the United States produces little raw asbestos. it la tha largest producer of object manufactured from asbestos. Canada la tha heaviest producer of raw asbes tos, and mora than half the world'a supply is brought into the United States from Canada and manufactured Into. commercial products. In 1913 the United States produced 1100 short tons. A notable event of the year in tha asbestos Industry of the United States haa been' the opening of a new local ity In Arizona about 30 miles north east of Globe, for the high grade chry- soul such as occurs in the depths of the Grand canyon. Tha remarkable fiber from Arliona when twisted to a yarn 0.03 of an inch In thickness will support an average weight of 11 pounds. Its content ot Iron la decidedly lower than that of the Canadian fiber, and for that reason it la better for Insulating purposes. The survey report on asbestos contains map and section of the Arizona de posit. Expensive Funeral Meeting Opposition Agitation Za Being Carried on la Xiondon Against Elaborate Burial Bites and Corteges. London, July 18. Agitation is be ing carried on here against the ex pensive funeral. Isabel Basnett thinks England should copy Switzerland in this respect. "Dying is simple enough," she says. but the fact of death Is hedged around with superstitions and customs. People stricken with grief often fall victims to a system which is driven by acute competition to secure as large a profit as. possible from the disposal of the dead. The greater the grief," she declared today, "the greater the profits, is legend that might well be written on the bills of many undertaking con cerns. "The clear-thinking Swiss people re gard every death as a public burden. which should be borne to some ex tent by the whole community in the Interest of the common health and well-being, and not wholly by the relatives of the deceased person. TV find, therefore, that certain atates or cantons, give to every dead citizen 'a free decent, burial.' including a simple coffin, the undertaker's serv ices, a plain hearse, and a carriage for the relations and family. "If anyone deires more xhow or cer emony they can have It at a price strictly laid down by t:ie authorities, dui only municipal carriages ire allowed to pass through the cemetery gates. ' To Find Farm Jobs For Jobless Boys School and Country Xdfe Director in Chicago Baa Flan to Get Work for Pupils. Chicago, July 18. -George E. Kar rell, school and country life director of country schools, has announced a plan to connect the Jobless boy with the boylens job." Me lias sent out letters to farmers offering to get them boys from public schools ranging l:i age from 14 to IS years. "Farmers have had a great deal- of trouble in getting help for the tumme J months and there are at leant 1000 Industrious boys in the Chicago schools who are anxious for the work," said Mr. Farrell. "I expert to. get place for about 600 boys this summer. "If there are any girls desirous of working in the country I will see they are placed in families I know person ally." The Very Thlnjr.. From the Kansas City Journal. "Could you contribute some cast off clothing for the flood sufferers of China?" "Flood sufferers? I 'have an old bathing suit that 1 don't need." Journal Want Ads bring results. Selling - (Q)J0 LADIES' SMART CLOTHES SHOP KILLING OF CHICAGO :. DETECTIVE RESULTS i IN CLEANUP OF VICE Owners of. First Ward Dives Will Have Licenses' Re voked for Violating Law. FURNITURE DEMOLISHED Captain By an. Himself Under Snt- plcion, I.eads Bald on Disorderly Xonsa, bnt Inmates CNt Away. (United Prwa I.eaferd WW.) Chicago, July 18. Vice kings and queens of the First ward, housing th city's red light district, were in m state of terror tonight. Doxena of levee habitues were fleeing from the district while 600 policemen and de tectives patrolled every block. A big police shakeup is promised as a result of the killing of Detective Sergeant Stanley ,J. Bvrnea when a mob attacked police raiders Thursday night, got under way late this after noon. Reform orKanlsations ha upon the murder of the detective as i weapon with which to clean out the district and break tfTe power of its two notorious aldermen. "Hlnky llnk" Kenna and "Bath House" John Cough lin. Chief of Police Gleason Issued the clean-up orders tonight, following a three hour conference with poilca heads. He announced that Captain M'tuei r. nyan, lor years in cnarge of the First ward and alleged to be an ally of "Hlnky Dink" and "Bath House" John, may be transferred to another station. At the same time the chief summoned owners of five of the most notorious First ward dives before him to ahow causa Why theli licenses should not be revoked for selling liquor after 1 a. m. Captain Ryan himself acted late this afternoon. Denounced by reform leaders after the killing of Byrnes aa the friend of gangsters and tha vice element In the ward, he personally con ducted a raid on a disorderly house while Chief Gleason was discussing his transfer. The Inmates escaped bat Ryan ordered doors and furniture smashed to make it impossible for the place to reopen. Gangster Xillad Byrnes. t Police heads tonight said that a thorough investigation convinced them that the killing of Byrnea resulted from a deliberate attempt Of First fward gangsters to afsasslnata a aqua I of detectives who were raiding. dis orderly houses. For several days an attempt to reopen the old segregated district closed by former State's At torney Vaymanhas been on, tha police say, and new raids under the super vision of morals Inspectors Infuriated the vice leaders. Charges that the police have pro tected resort keepers and gamblers followed the Thursday night shooting. Cf Oleaann lodav addreeaed a lat ter to the civil service commission, asking a sweeping Investigation ".of these charges. Man at 104 Walks . Miles for a Shave Patrick Barns of Worth Brookfield, Mass Takea Xioag Hike Because BUs Wa It Worcester, Mass., July 18. Patrick Bums, aged 104 years, of North Brook field, walked a dlstapco of six miles today to the nearest barber shop be cause his razor, was dull and he had to get a barber to shave him. "I don t mind the walk. I would rather walk six miles than go without a shave." said the centenarian. The walk did not seem to have tired Mr. Burns when he reached the barber shop, but he did not attempt the walk back. MORRISON STREET AT FOURTH rm-wx -"BjBssassBKr r-t