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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15. 1920. BOILER EXPLOSION IN SEATTLE KILLS THI NKS TEN Survivors Are Rushed to Hospital From Steam Engulfed Room One of Injured in Critical State Seattle, Wash., Feb. 14.-MU. P.) Two men died and 10 others are Buffering from injuries received in the explosion of the south boiler of a battery of eight in the Post street station of the Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power, company here at noon today. Thj dead : Wir.LIAM M. SAlN'TMYER, 40. en gineer. OKOROE BUNNELL. 60. fireman. The injured : P. J. Jacobs. 50, carpen ter, badly burned about hands and body Fred Offleld, 40, pipe fitter, burned bout hand and face ; T. D. Tarr. 60, foreman of the pipe shop, painfully burned about hands and face ; T. A. Nolan. stenmfltter, painfully burned : Howard Bellows, 40, meterman, blown through door and slightly, bruised ; James K. Klliott, clerk, blown across office and ttlightly bruised ; Ben John son, 28, plumber, blown from balcony above boiler, scalded and bruised ; Verne " Martin. 38. plumber, blown through doorway and slightly bruised ; K. A. Huntley, 40, maehlnlt, painfully scald ed ; Dave Spurgeon.. 40. engineer, badly burned about body and bruised. Of the Injured, Spurgeon is in the most serious condition. Little hope of his recovery Is held out by attending physicians. All were rushed to the city hospital as soon as they were rescued from the team and smoke engulfed room. RAILROAD STRIKE MAY BEAVERTED (Continued From Pm One.) MANY WEIRD SCENES ENACTED e r. TRAFFIC MXUPS ARE ALSO ODD living wage be established. giving among other things due regard to skill, responsibility assumed and hazard in curred ; decision of this tribunal to be handed down within 60 days after agreement to establish it, and to be final and binding upon all railroads In the United States and employes whom we represent" This plan Is an elaboration of the second of two proposals made by Presi dent Wilson to them In a written state ment which was made public at the White House late today. PRESIDENT MAKES PROPOSALS The president's proposal to the work ers was: rirsi 10 use nis iniiuence ior legn- V, justment, or wages when the railroads ;Teturn to private ownersnip. Secopd In the event no such legisla tion is passed, to use his Influence to create a commission, of employes and employers to adjust wage disputes. The proposal continues : "Federal control will end In 16 days and in accordance with the policy as ex plained to the employes. It it now emi nently reasonable-and proper that I take such steps as will reassure them that their claims , will be properly and promptly disposed of. PI. A W DEEDED NECESSARY "This Is all the more necessary because inevitably the change from federal con trot to private control will in the ab sence of special provision involve delay In dealing with these matters which could not he other wine than disquieting to the employes. "I wish, therefore to announce to all railroad employes at this time that 1 propose to carry out the following steps: "(1) Jn the event that in connection with the return to private control pro vision shall be made by law for ma -ATf AH fMTERSe.CT10K.TOA.VOID AN IMPENDING- CWAftrt BACH CBE. -tUKWi 1 ONb INTO A. TRELE. ND THE OTVER TURNS OVtFi INTO A. Fllfc AN ORDINMiJY STRBET CAS? IS A. MWC COUtCin TUlfcM ANO TVC OHfefve WOULOKT, SOMCTHIN& HAOTOMAPPPM I I . . . 1 "TVTE. BNfriNE -&"T.LU-S - GOING- UP RUNWAy sails rackwarcj across -tub stw.t- into -tm. EVBN THE. POOR OLt) SUM IS Bl AMfeO OK8 5HINN3 INTO THIS EBS OP SOME. PASTORAL LETTER ILL BE ISSUED American Cardinals Prepare First Communication of Its Kind to Church Since 1884. Baltimore, Feb. 14. (I. N. S.) A. pastoral letter, the first to be issued in, this country in 35 years, and which was prepared by Cardi nals Gibbons and O'Cohnell and the Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, rector of the Catholic university, is being sent to all the clergy of the Catholic church today and will be read to the congregations Sunday, February 22. There are now about 20,000,000 members of the church in this country. A; recent pastoral letter signed by the then "6 Catliolic bishops of the country was issued in 1884 from the third plen ary council held in Baltimore at that time. Of all the signatories Cardinal Gibbons is the sole survivor. The letter now being issued emphasizes the need of Justice and charity and their appli cation to the practical solution of the pressing problems that confront the civilized world. The problems of marriage and divorce, industrial problems, national conditions and international relations are also dealt with. Only extracts, comprising about 4500 words, are being issued, while the letter itself contains about 63.000 words. were alone with the matron, we couldn't get a thing. In fact, most ot us were afraid to ask, testified a former suf ferer. "After the doctor left the matron remonstrated because he had been there. She hated to have him come. Five per cent of the deaths from small pox could be avoided if every patient were given proper care, Dr. Parish de clares. He recommended six months ago that Mrs. Tout be pensioned and a grad uate nurse given tbe place., "Mrs. Tout has done excellent work out there, but she Is now too old. She should be relieved. Under the present system practically nothing can be done. My orders are not followed, the place is not fit, and an entire housecleaning Is necessary." g There are approximately 373 cases of smallpox in the city. Forty persons can be housed at Kelly Butte. It is the only smallpox hospital in Portland. HOSPITAL AT KELLY BUTTE CRITICISED (Continued From Pm Oaa.) Although the number of automobile And one accident does not prevent an collislons has been reduced, and results ! other. Some drivers don't even wait un are less serious, the riot of wild exploits j tjj tne injured are lifted to their feet continues. A few automobtlists still j A pedestrian stepped off the sidewalk sweep about In semicircles, pedestrians i in front of an approaching car at Hood dive in front of cars, and weird dramas ! and Porter last week. He was knocked are 'enacted on the streets. The last two weeks have witnessed many ludicrous scenes. Here are some : An automobile was bound for town on Sandy boulevard. Near East Thirty first a machine was tarked In front of a factory. With semi-signal the car moved ahead Into the roadway. The car behind struck Vt, the driver was knocked from the seat, and the pilot lens auto whirled around Into the front of the factory. An automobile was parked near the southwest corner of Fifth and Glisan. Another was proceeding west on Olisan, crossed the Intersection, and when It was directly across the street from the parked machine, it veered around and headed broadside Into the motionless machine. The driver claimed the steer ing gear broke. EVEN OM) SOL BLAMED Ken the poor old sun is responsible for accidents according to certain driv ers. An auto proceeding north on Union avenue was smashed slap In the side by a machine bound east on Oregon. The driver insisted that the sun was in his eyes. Another driver presented a simi lar alibi for a similar collision at East Clay and Grand avenue. to the pavement. The auto stopped and the driver prepared to offer aid. Bang! Another machine had crashed Into the rear of the first car. HE GOT HIS PAPER An elderly pedestrian was standing on the corner of Broadway and Wash ington about 6 p. m. one evening last week. He suddenly decided he wanted an evening paper. He whistled to a newsboy across the street and dived Into the center of the street to meet him. He fumbled in hla pockets for change amid the protestations of gongs and horns. Traffic was entirely blocked while the old gentleman purchased The Journal. A streetcar was a minor obstacle In the path of an automobile out on Dekum street. The car was bound south on Dekum, a machine north on the car tracks. Neither showed a tendency to stop, the car couldn't turn and the auto wouldn't. They smashed. At the police station the driver was asked why he didn't turn off the track. HE TOOTED HIS HORN'! "Why, I tooted my horn," was the reply. Two cars, one bound west and the other south, met at East Seventh and PrescotL To avoid the impending crash each turned, one Into a tree. The other turned over. And they not only crash head-on they back into each other. At Harrison and East Eleventh a machine started into a runway. The engine stalled, the for & bath." the matron told her. The young woman finally persuaded a man patient to cleanse the tub. A patient requested a laxative and bed pan. She got the bed pan that night and the laxative two days later. BAJfG GOES RECEIVER A girl's mother telephoned to ask the condition of her daughter. "She's all right," answered the matron, and bang went the receiver. Others have been told that there "isn't time to talk to you." A woman's husband called and could learn nothing of his wife's con dition. Further than meals and washing, the patients take entire oare of themselves. Those less ill care for the more serious cases. Patients wash the dishes and do what cleaning is done, although the place is commonly known in many quarters as the "rag house" due to the great number of old rags lying about the premises. The fumigating Is done by patients. Big Entertainment Fund Tentatively Approved by Shriners Appropriation of $50,000 from the treasury of Al Kader temple of the Mys tic Shrine, to be placed in the general entertainment fund for the convention of the imperial council in this city in June, was tentatively approved with but one dissenting voice at a special meeting in AJ Kader temple Saturday evening. Final action will be taken at the regular meeting next Saturday. With this appropriation from the treas ury, the entertainment fund would lack onlv $26,000 of the $172,600 necessary. Already $46,000 has been received In In dividual subscriptions from Shrine mem bers and $50,500 from merchants and in dividuals interested .in bringing Shriners here. SMSfflETARY the Ringer Will Become Farm Land Appraiser With the discontinuance of the Port land office of the United States bureau of markets March 15, Robert L. Ringer, present manager, will affiliate himself with the federal farm loan bank as ap praiser for farm lands In Oregon, ac cording to an announcement by Ringer Saturday. The limitation of federal funds has necessitated the closing of the Northwestern office of the market bureau. driver lost control, and the car sailed I When one is read v to leave those still I T a Vl urp ra tY back-across the street Into the path of SS from" tl "the j i? Valent'ne another machine. No one was injured. I clothes to the rnmiB-Htinr i ravors were o'siriDuiea. io one was injured Another car backed diagonally across the entire intersection, to smash into a second machine last week. These are a few of the things the careful drivers and'pedestrlans are com pelled to contend with. They, must be prepared for them. clothes to the fumigating room, they are clarified and returned to the healthy person by the pus-exuding patient. In one case, a girl's fur was returned to her around the neck of a diseased man. DR. PARRISH EXONERATED When Dr. Parrish would come we got everything we needed, but while we I Inquest. Abnormal Brain London, Feb. 14. (U. P.) The brain of 10-year-old Alice Simmons weighed 51 ounces, heavier than a normal adult's. It was stated at a Southwark of the United States railroad admlnls- be a means of avoiding what might tratlon, including the records of the j otherwise be a long-drawn out investi- chlnrry for dealing with railroad wage i ' , matter I shall promptly use my Influ- i ? l ' 'lVL fa' "J? ?'l . . i , , V. law kVeiOD in II11J BHUI tWl l.oiiyr, lime ll3 Bin " biiu ' ' a. . . . . . . " "" power upon me, I shall promptly exer cise that power, to bring about the earli est practicable organization of the ma chinery thus provided. TRIBUNAL IS SIOGE8TED ' "(2) In the event that no such pro vision is made by law for dealing with these matters, I shall employ the Influ ence of the executive to get the railroad 'companies and the railroad employes to Join promptly. In the creation of a tri bunal to take up these problems and carry them to a conclusion. "(3) I shall at once constitute a com mittee of experts to take the data al resdy available in the various records iacia Dnnc upun jural muu rraun- Lane commission and of the board of at once in reKard lo this matter, and to avoid any delay In doing so I shall, nevertheless, invite the co-operation of the railroad corporations and believe, they will appreciate that It is to their interest, as well as to the public inter est, to get these matters promptly bet tied. "I am sure it will be apparent to all reasonable men and women In railroad service that these momentous matters must be handled by an agency which can continue to function after March 1 and therefore cannot at the present stage be handled to a conclusion by the railroad administration. "Under the circumstances, therefore, I have the right to request and I do re quest that any railroad labor organiza tion which has a strike order outstand ing rhall withdraw such order immedi ately and await the orderly solution of this question. The railroad men of America have stood loyally by their gov ernment throughout the war. they must In the public Interest and In thetr own Interest continue to do so during this delicate period of readjustment-" able basts of wages for the various classes of railroad employes with due regard to all factors reasonably bearing upon the problem and specifically to the factors of the average of wages paid for similar or analogous labor for other Industries In this county, the cost of living and a fair living wage, so as to get the problems In shape for the earliest possible final disposition. "The views of this board will serve as a guide to me in carrying out the assurance I gave to the employes last summer that I would use the full in fluence of the executive to see that jus tice was done them and will. I believe. U1U TVe-v 0 13 1 STORAGE BATTERY CO. THE COLUMBIA HOLDS ITS OWN Such , is our faith In Columbia Battery depend ability that we make this guarantee: If at the end of one year's use, it does not register 80 per cent of Its original capacity, wewlll repair or renew it free of charge. , Let Nisbet, the battery expert, fix your battery troubles. Batteries tested free. (Os Storage Battery Company 109 N. Broadway, near Everett JR M. NISBET. Mgr. Citizens of Riddle Prepare Data for Road Case Hearing Roseburg, Feb. 14. The citizens of Riddle have had a preliminary survey of the Pacific highway made by way of Riddle and an estimate showing the cost to the taxpayers which will be an ex hibit at the trial of the case brought by the Riddle people to prevent the high way commissioners from locating the road In a cutoff to Canyonville from Myrtle Creek, leaving Riddle off the highway. The case will come up for trial before Judge Skipworth at the next session of the circuit court Captain Dean I. Piper of Camp Lewi a has been in Roseburg for several days, arranging for the national army essay contest and secured prizes from local houses, ranging in value from $5 to $15. City Health Officer B. R. Shoemaker has announced that the city schools will not open until Tuesday, after the city council has met and acted upon the health situation. Conditions have been greatly improved and no further spread of the grip In the city is anticipated. Several country schools will remain closed for at least a week or 10 days. Quality i$ the only thing You can afford! When men's clothes were not so costly, mistakes were not so costly, either. If a suit or an overcoat proved to be a bad investment a man could buy another one. Today it is different. Men want quality today more than they ever wanted it in their lives before, because they can't afford to make mistakes at present prices. That is why I urge you to look into Hickey-Freeman Clothes. No man can make a mistake onmerchandise of such sterling character. James C. Hutchinson, aged $6, a resi dent of Kellogg and one of Douglas county's early pioneers, died Friday. He came to Oregon in I860, locating on a farm near Oakland. He was at one time elected to the house of representa tives In the Oregon legislature. He la survived by two sons and one daughter. Driven by a JOO-horsepower electric motor, a stone crusher in a Michigan limestone plant can crush 1250 tons of TQ) WJ1 IL UVW. I V - ..iiMorrisonStreet at Fourflt TO DR. W. D.WOOD ! ' Washington County Man Who Is Dean of Senate Said to Be Feeling Urge to Nomination. Dr. Wi D. Wood of Washington county is; feeling the urge to become a candidate for the Republican nom ination for secretary of state. He does not intend to be a candidate for secretary of state within a ? tew daya, - ' ' WOCIB KIXCKEI WOOD . , ; W. O. Hare, present representative ot Washington county In the lower house) and also a resident of Hlllsboro, will be a candidate for the Republican nom ination for the state senatorshlp to sue oeed Dr. Wood. E. W. Haines, present house member and former president of the . senate, has also been frequently mentioned as a candidate for the state senate from Wsshlngton county, but It is further rumored that Mr. Haines ex- pects to move from his Washington county farm to Portland in the near future. It is also reported as a certainty that Senator T. B. Handley of Tillamook will seek reuomlnatlon and reelection as i Joint senator from the Twenty-fourth district, consisting of Lincoln. Tilla mook, Yamhill and Washington coun ties. OTHERS ARE W1LL1NU I W. B. Dennis, now In the house from I Yamhill county and chairman of the Credit Men Hold Valentine's Dance for reelection to the state senate, I house committee on roads and highways. that much has been definitely de- reported to he desirous of seeking the termined by him. But he has not J"'n"nor'h-',p '," TT,'"0', v "T"" I tor Handley. J. U. Smith of Newberg made up his mind finally whether also said to be a potential candidate for the same office. L. M. Graham of Forest Grove, who served as a representative from Wash ington county in the 1H19 session, will seek renominalion and reelection, ac cording to Washlnaton county' political gossip. tTp to the present no other house candidates have come Into gen- he will hop into the battle royal that Is ta be waged about the secre taryship. BECOMES SENATE MEAN Dr. Wood Is the dean of the state senate, having served "Washington coun ty for six consecutive terms In the ,' era' public discussion In that district upper house. He Is the only one of that body who has seenj 12 years of un- nierrupiep memoersnip in tne legisin KANTF.KN OHKIION lll'HT Switching Into Kastern Oregon It la expected that Denton !. Hurdick will be ture, and has the recdrd of bei of the sane and conservative members ,louse from the Twenty-first rcpresenta of the upper house, especially In his tlve district, consisting of Crook. Des attitude toward state expenditures and chutes. Orant. .Teffei-Hou. Klamath n appropriations. He was the author of LaKe counties. It is also said that H. 3. t hp Mpt frAltlnCr the ftmariTAnitv Ksiurrl ! r t . i . j , , A i . . . . ... . ..B . Bviu j uvmiirii in nenu win fji'k tne same and was for several sessions a member j place, together w ith U. A. Brattan of and, in 1917, the chairman of the ways ' Lake, R- A. 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