THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
WKUNESDAY, JANUARY 19, "
1
WORCESTER
MASS
I
; IS NEARLY WIPED
! OUT BY FLAMES
t Worcester, Mass , Jan, 19. (U. IM
1 Destruction of Worcester, was
I threatened today by one of the moat
, disastrous fires in New England his-
5 tory. !:. " i
Fire Chief Avery estimated shortly
before rioon that the lonu would total
$'.000,000. He said the conflagration
3 viham under control at 11 a. m.
r Nearly 30 flrea broke out within a mile
; of the city hall shortly after the Knowles
building, a 10-story office structure : in
the heart of the business district, was
j discovered In flames. . (
S City , and I state police were invest!
gating reports that several of the fires
r were of incendiary origin.
MA7I Y FI.EE l'BO HOMES 1
3 Others were started by flying embers.
S their homes. I
J Kire apparatus was brought from Boo
ty ton when the flames pot beyond the con-
trol, of Worcester's fire fighters. En
Z gines were also rushed from Framing-
ham nd Marlborough. .
X Tactically all buildings between Bar
J ton place and Austin street on both
f sides of Main street were burned.
J These Included buildings of the
I Worcester Post, stores occupied by Den
5 holm-McKay company, the Caesar--.
Mische company-and the Richard ilealy
company. !
J ICE COVERS FIREMEJT
Kffemen fought the blaze with the
X temperature hovering around zero. Man
after man fell from exhaustion under
the weight of his ' ice-encrusted gar-
ments.
When the b'.aie In the Knowles build-
inn was at its height more than 20 new
fires broke out In buildings several
t blocks distant, firemen sajd. These were
f believed started by "flying sparkn.
3 Einergency apparatus was held in
' readiness at Springfield and other
1 points; ,
J Ammunition in a sporting goods store
on the ground floor exploded, endanger
ing lives of firemen and police.
Fires ' broke out shortly after the
5 Knowles building fire in the Bijou the-
atre In Millbury street, a building in
Foster street, four blocks away ; In two
tenements at 29 Ward street, four houses
In Gold street, seven houses in Assonet
street and two tenements in Harding
J street.
V rhyslciana dressed the injuries of sev
2 eral firemen.
Hundreds sought shelter in other parts
of the city when- their homes caught fire
or they were driven from the fire area
J s a precaution.
Incendiary, Governor Hears
1 Boston, Jan. 19.. (V. P.) Governor
Schanntng Cox sent intelligence officers
to Worcester - today to investigate re
i ports that the fifes there were of incen
g diary origin. Governor Cox offered aid
to Worcester officials.
Own Your Home' Is
Thursday's Slogan
In Thrift Campaign
Own your own home la the slogan of
the Thrift week. campaign program for
Thursday.
Particular Interest in this phase of
i the campaign by the y. M. C. A. is
a shown how that the state legislature
has proposed a. bill enabling war veter-
ana to make a loan of ;000 for the pur
pose of horn building or farm improve-
j ment
"There is no question," said Watson
S. Moore, second vice president of the
-V.. S. Grain corporation in his letter
. to the Thrift week committee, "but that
; the employe who owns his own home is
more efficient and more stable than the
one who merely rents, . It is sound ar
gument that a person does not destroy
that in j which he is financially inter
ested." j
Portland as a home center "and its
success as a town is used in the argu-
- ments presented why each man should
own htsj home. The campaign thus far
has been very successful, according to
. Ilaymond Van Valin, who has eharge
of the Ivork.
' " .
-Cease Vandalism on
Mountain Scenery,
Is Plea of Ranger
"Nine high school boys have been ar
; rested , this winter for breaking into
cabins on Larch mountain,". Forest
Ranger Albert Wlesendanger told the
. students of Franklin and Lincoln high
schools Tuesday.
"In all these cases the boys were suf
fering from' exposure ' and there was
no shelter because of" the Trails club
eabln having been destroyed,'" ,he said.
"This might have been prevented, Aiad
the boys known the condition of the
weather at the summit and the lack of
housing facilities."
Welsendanger offered the cooperation
of the forest service to high- school hik
ing - organisations in furnishing infor
mation, guides and equipment He
showed pictures of mountain scenery
an4 vandalism, and appealed to the pu
. pila to refrain from carving initials,
cutting trails, destroying property And
leaving dirty camp grounds. He showed
a signboard marked with 242 initials
and four bullet holes and told of the
unfavorable comments made upon such
'writing: by visitors. f
Welsendanger Spoke to the -Washington
high school students this morning
Hs will spend Thursday at the Benson
Polytechnic, school, speaking to differ
ent classes. Friday he will talk to the
students' of the High School of Com
merce. January 25. Wlesendanger wJJl talk
before the T. M. C. A. school, and Jan
uary 28 before the Portland Women's
club. -
Quarantine Breach
Draws Term in Jail
Oakland, j Or., Jan. 19. William Kin
cart of Oakland was . sentenced to 30
days in the county jail and fined $25
by J. H. Darling, justice" of the peace,
for failure to observe Uhe quarantine
law. While his home was under quar
antine because of an outbreak of diph
theria, the health officer gave him per
mission to continue his work on condi
tion .that he live elsewhere, but he failed
. to meet these conditions.
Telephone System Improved
Chehalis. . Wash., Jan. 19. A crew of
.men is at work in Chehalis practically
rebuilding the entire telephone line sys
tem - in the cjty at an estimate ex
penditure of $30,000. . . .
! LOVE OF j ADVENTURE
I CHIEF CRIME CAUSE
SS
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Dr. Frank B. Wood, who knows
FORGER ANALYZES
CRIME PSYCHOLOGY
(Conlinocd From Page On)
really permissible that is not done with
a - gun. to the other the ' real fun. and
they are all more or less fascinafod hv
the work, is realized in blowing a safe
ana its ectual explosion and excitement.
"But while in tho penitentiary 1 made
it a point to study every class as much
as 1 could, and, I learned a lot of things
iroitn mem. You d be surprised to learn
that there are many cultured men, and
that when thpv irt tncAthtr in nrisnn
there are matfy weighty arguments on
f i f relative merits nf th vai-ir.ua t
. - - - ' " - j fi-
of crime and the technique in each case.
Then, too, there is much -'philosophical
discussion as to the actual cause of
crime.
"In my case, that is not difficult to de
termine. Some years ago. while I was
straight, 1 contracted a serious heart
di.sease. My physician informed me that
T could not Iiv much ieywer onft i f
set a definite time limit on ray life. I
migni aie at any moment, he told me.
Well, the time limit passed and I still
lived, but in the meantime I had become
reckless.
' ' A ' !-, . . , . . 1 t i s
" oi " tucj i.. t.- - a iiau peen so
many men grafting: steadily,! and still
iciiiaiiiius wiLiiiii nti iw. une aay A
had been drinking a little too much, per
haps I was simply rei-kless from. brood
ing over what my doctor had said. I
uverurew my oanK vaccount. ! iS'othing
particular was said about the matter,
and I suddenly realized how j simple it
would be to issue even larger checks.
"I extended the journey and passed ut
paper generously, but with discrimination-.
Tt wnrkpd Ti12riHii41v T n .n
you where that was, for I've never been
uau. mere co una out wnit itne presi
dent of that bank and his private de
tectives nad to say about my lilttle pleas
ure trip. s
"Once I walker! into & t.Ati i.
a big city and asked for the Clerk, say
ing 1 had a check I would like to have
cashed. The clerk was engaged at some
other business, so I turned and called out
casually but lnnri nnnT, kJ - j h
. . . v. 0 . . fcv, v- jicoau miL
over the lobby, "Anybody here cash a
viiv n. v i lie: .
"Four men ran thpir- hnl Uon-n
pulled Cut rolls anrt f m1 MkiA
- n iiv . V UUiO
getting money at all. It was really
amusing now simple the thing worked.
"Here about two years ago. jl violated
one of my basic principles, juist for the
fun of the thing, and I got caught. That
was the time 1 had Captain Circle and
his men hunting for me for three months
after my little play with the wood deal
ers m ine city.
"I went bark In r. n '
second time. He cashed my second check
anowmg it wasi bad.". -I?r.
.Wood paused to laugh at the
thought of that second check.i
i "It is a great mistake to send boys in
their teens to the penitentiary for first
offenses. Thev Tp
offenders and soon begin to take a pride
in their line of work. They develop that
line and stick to it. You have no con-
vruuuit UI I le.vasr amount a -
clever criminal has in the excellence of
ma lecniuque.
'No. I never rarrv
for I be
lieve that falsa hr
v. . . - . V " Bun.
ef a gun.
men into serious trouble. But the stick
ut man naa a. proiouna contempt for the
iaai is tot me, because he
thinks I get mv monpv inn
the risk, the daring of sticking- up men.
....Vix:)h mm: in mat same line. Sel
dom do they change rades."
Dr. Wood faces deportation as soon
as 4he police are through with ihim. R. p
ueaa oi me united States im
migration service, aairl thi!
Wood has been deported twice already
.ivm mo uuuea juices.
Measure Propos
Pa
To Relieve Builders
; ! ; - I
Olympia. ; Wash.. Jan. l.-4.Reiief for
?,Wlltr''Cut stone company totalling
17,719 as reimbursement for eipendl
ture above the contract price im finishing
the Temple of Justice was Introduced In
the house as -an appropriation. The ex
cessive cost of labor.. during the war
period i is given 'as the- reason for ex-
teecmig cue contract price.
HAMON CONVICTION
WILL TAKE' OTHERS,
HER FRIENDS SAY
By ildred Morris
Ardmore, Okla., Jan. 19. (I, N.
S.) Friends of Clara Smith. Hamon
made- threats, today that if "she is
sent up, prominent men will go up
with her
The threat came after develop
ments indicating that the Hamon in
terests with their millions and power
are arraying: to fight the accused
woman when she faces a jury March.
8, the date now fixed for the trial.
Claims of a will that bequeaths the
accused (woman one fourth of the mil
lions left by Jake Hamon, late oil king
an,d national Republican committeeman
of Oklahoma, are said to have, much-to
do with late moves in the case, which are
interpreted as meaning that every ef
fort will be exerted to convict.
WIDOW MAT ESTER CASE '
Opinion grows stronger that Mrs. Jake
Hamon, the widow, will enter into the
case as star witness for the prosecution.
The accused woman had made clear that
she had no desire for vengeance, and her
only concern is her liberty. Her lawyers
say nothing, but. others in close touch
with the case predict bigger , sensations
than any that have yet developed.
Political forces that have been moving
behind the scenes are coming into the
open. There are' now indications that a
political fight will grow out of the trial
promising a scandal of such proportion
that high places outside Oklahoma will
feel its touch.. The names of the men
who advised and aided Clara Smith
Hamon to escape after the shooting, and
who, under the law, are accessories after
the fact, are on everyone's lips in Ard
more. iio step has been taken to pros
ecute them. It is claimed there has not
been sufficient evidence to file charges.
CLOSE HAMOIf ASSOCIATE
One of those mentioned was closely
associated with Hamon and is well
known in the southwest, as was the oil
king himself. Clara Smith Hamon can
give the information necessary to cause
the arrest of this man and the others
involved, and no one doubts that if she
is compelled to fight for her liberty she
will expose them, but among prominent
politicians it Is whispered that these
men have the political influence to pre
vent charges from being pressed if ever
filed.
Politics, it is now openly charged, is
responsible for the attorney general's en
trance into the case. Though Jake
Hamon is dead, he still lives as a polit
ical power. Aa those who knew him de
scribe Hamon, he was a political "boss"
as mighty in his way as a Tammany
chief. He is said to have controlled
Democrats as well as members of his
own party. But if revelations at the
trial warrant the prosecution of the
prominent men involved and no move is
made against them, public sentiment in
! Ardmore may have tv be reckoned with.
Of the words of condemnation heard few
are for the accused woman.
TARIFF WALL VIEWED
AS TRADE DANGER
(Contioned From Pass One)
ably caused great expansion, and the
recent war was no exception. Periods
of great expansion have always been
followed by periods of reaction, and the
reaction is usually more severe where
expansion has been greatest.
"The readjustments which have taken
place in this country since last spring
have been painful, paper profits have
been wiped out and in many cases those
who have produced goods and commo
dities at a high cost find themselves
unable to obtain cost of production for
them, and are thus faced with loss of
accumulated profits.
ALL SECTIONS HIT
"These conditions have been wide
spread. They have affected every sec
tion of the country and it is not un
natural that during recent months the
spirit of pessimism should have run
amuck Just as in months preceding the
spirit of optimism exceeded all reason
able bounds.
"But present conditions Justify some
conclusions which ought to encourage
and hearten Us all," says Harding.
"Our banking position is sound and
stronger . than it has been for many
months, and the business community
which has been first over-exhilarated
and then unduly depressed has recov
ered its normal state of mind.
"Public sentiment today undoubtedly
approves of working: back to normal.
"Whatever danger of crisis there may
have been has been passed.
CRITICAL STAGE PASSED
"The gloomy forebodings which many
felt a year ago because of the knowledge
that readjustments were pending, have
given way in the assurance that the
most trying and critical stage of the re
adjustment t period is safely over, to a
feeling of conservative optimism, re
newed courage and restored confidence.
"We-should keep clearly in mind that
the thought that our problems in work
ing back - to normal are not domestic
problems merely, but they are problems
connected - with the working back to
normal of a war-torn world. Europe
cannot work back to normal without the
help of America, and .America cannot
become normal unless and until nor
malcy of Europe in some measure is re
stored, and until the restoration; has
proceeded far enough to Justify the; con
clusion that it will be eventually icom
pleted. .
"There are produced in this country
every year iroods and commodities in
volume in excess of domestic require
ments in many cases quantity produc
tion is essential to economical produc
tion. MtTST EXPORT GOODS
"In order to dispose .of our surplus
products we must sell them to foreign
countries and in the present posture of
world affairs, it is out of the question
for foreign countries to pay for goods
i(K-26r25t-15rf:
Ws!3XS
The Hart Cigar
Company
308-307 Pin St.
Portland. ; Or.
4 vfr
purchased here In 'the usual manner.
We must buy their goods if we expect
them to pay for ours and pending resto
ration of the normal productive activi
ties of the' world and of Europe par
ticularly, . where - these ' activities have
been most curtailed, it is necessary that
we should devise some new means of
financing foreign trade."
Harding seems to believe that the ex
port corporations authorised by the Edge
law will be very useful, though his ad
dress doesn't seem to indicate much
faith in the revival of the War Finance
corporation over -which congress and the
chief executive clashed recently! Hard
ing Is in a delicate position and can't
discuss the tariff very freely, but the
hint which, is given in the foregoing
quotation may be taken as the informal
attitude of members of the federal re
serve board who look askance at unsci
entific and ill-considered attempts at
tariff revision at this time.
TAXIFP IS FEARED
What seems to be feared is that a
tariff may operate as an embargo and
trade relationships lost, "while coun
tries which have been in the habit of
selling to Europe but which now, on
account of Europe's inability to pay
and their own inability to extend credit,"
will be shipping raw materials to the
United States in order to sell for cash.
Indeed, the- accumulation of goods in
the United States through the anxiety
of countries other than European, to sell
for cash is as much a factor in the pres
ent tariff controversy as the age old
cry of cheaper European labor. Hard
ing's speech may be regarded as the
first warning that when tariff rev.ision
id begun in earnest, the banking world
will be as much interested in seeing in
ternational exchange as a whole stabil
ised through a careful adjustment of
tariff duties as the manufacturers will
be in getting protection for their indi
vidual industries.
1 ' " -' ' -
Just as a reminder of the sort of dynamo Bread is, let's not
forget that for long periods of time French soldiers fought
on Bread alone and won big battles.
Don t pamper the young folks with cloying sweets. - Bread
is . their best food. Give them all they want it's whole
some, growth-promoting food.
Master Bakers Association
ii. .. . - . ,
WOW IS DEAD,,
IS POLICE THEORY
' That the mysterious j "Shadow"
might be lying dead somewhere out
in the woods, was 6ne theory that
gained popular favor today at police
headquarters. This theory - was
based upon the fact that no sign or
trace has developed of the black
hand' terrorist since he waa fired
upon early Friday morning by Dep
uty Sheriffs LaMonte and' Mollen
hour at a little waiting station on
the Mount Hood electric railway.
In accordance with this theory, a posse
of men organiied by Chief of Felice
Jenkins was sent Tuesday night to
search through the wcids between Mon
tayilla and Taxi inn, where "Shadow"
conducted his hide and seek game with
the police. . . ."
Although no trace of ''Shadow" was
found by the ! police in fheir search for
him following his numerous escapades
along the Base Line road it is said that
a thorough combing of the woods in
daylight has not been made.
The very daring of the man who openly
challenged the police and .escaped the
traps they set for him gives foundation
to the theory that he maV have been
fatally hurt, say the pojice. The police
admit the likelihood or -Shadow's" hav
ing left Portland, when he learned that
all of his attempts to obtain money by
black hand methods were blocked by
the police and the chase grew hot for
wmrm Half
him. -But they maintain that ' that sud
denness of his fade-out makes the new
theory plausible.
Although numerous letters from per
sons alleging to be "Shadow" have
reached the police during the last few
days Chief enkins said Tuesday that
the last definite line he has had on
"Shadow" was his encounter with the
county officers Friday morning.
New Trial Is Sought !
For Youth Convicted
Of Killing Fiancee
St. TjouIs. Mo., Jan. 19. (t, N.s 8.) A
new trial will be sought for Albert Scott
Ellis.i 21, convicted of first degree mur
der and sentenced to life imprisonment
for the killing, of his former sweetheart
and dancing partner, Ekina Ellis.
Kills, who had maintained throughout
the trial the debonair manner which
made him a favorite in the dance halls
of St. Louis, r broke down completely
in his cell and -swore violently, cursing
the police and. avowing they had forced
him Into making a false confession., j
The jury, after being out slightly more
than four hours, returned the verdict
last night, fixing lite imprisonment as
the penalty for one of the most brutal
killings in the history of police annals.
Edna Ellis, an lS-y ear-old stenog
rapher, was killed on the night of No
vember 4, last, on a. vacant' lot while
on her way home from work. Albert
Scott Ellis, dance hall habitue and for--mer
fiance of the girl, was arrested two
days later and the police produced con
fessions signed by Ellis stating he had
killed the girl-in, a fit of frensy when
she spurned his efforts to effect a rec
onciliation after the breaking of their
dance hall and summer resort romance.
is
CITY NOT TO PULL
ASPHALT TREADERS
OUT OF HOT 'GOOEY'
" Commissioner A. 1 Barbur of the
department of public works 4s willing
to order a flush-coat of asphalt and
sand spread over the recently com
pleted " pavement on Sixty-fifth
street southeast, between Foster and
Powell Valley roads, but he declines
to go to the rescue of women-ln that
vicinity who may find themselves in
need of a life-saving squad next'
summer. - 1'-'
"If you property owners want us to
put a flush-coat oh that street now, all
right; but when you start across' the
hot pavement rfext summer -and lose
your slippers in the sticky asphalt, you
needn't call upon my department.' for
we are not going to pull you out of the
"gooey, " Barbur told a committee of
30 property owners at a meeting in the
council chamber- Tuesday evening.
"We sre not going out there to pull
your chickens out of the bog, either,"
he warned his. audience.
More than 40 property owners recent
ly filed -a protest-with, the city council
against paying the United Contracting
company for the Sixty-fifth street pav
ing, charging that it was rapidly disin
tegrating because it had been laid on
wet foundation. City. Engineer Laur-
the
is a good digestion-
When
nun
Eat BREAD
Bread supreme in nutrition
also the top-notch food that
stays by.
"Tastes good" is the brief blit
eloquent comment of the boy
with an appetite. He looks upon
Bread as manly food the sort
that makes him fit for the game.
Its vitamines and other life-giving
elements restore waste tissues,
promote growth, supply energy.
of Oregon
:.
gaard stated at "the hearing that the
United Contracting company had been
urged by the property 5 owners to put
down the paving despite the engineer
ing department's opinion that jit should
waif until dry weatherf j
Barbur. Laurgaard fcnff the paving
company's representative assured the
property owners that the paving would
be placed in perfect condition and that
a surety ond with the city now guar,
an teed satisfactory construction and up-
Pi Tne Property owners agreed to
withdraw, their objections' to paying the
vvv.,. iwvhicu tne aspHRit nusn
rklNSt' ta cm .I4. J
Cannot Make U.
Dry Nation. Asserts
'Pussyfoot' Johnson.
New York. Jan. 19. (U. P.) "The
United States will never be 'dry, ,r W.
E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson declared today,
following his return from Great Britain.
Pussyfoot stated thajt firM I Ireland
would be dry, then Rootland, then Wales
and finally England,; but thej United
States would never be dry because it is
irapoHuiis to "legislate the ten com-
inanumenis into tna people. "
Diphtheria Causes
Ban on Gatherings
Marshfield. Or.. Jan; 19.-fjaL'don has
an epidemic of diphtheria. Two infants
have succumbed to the disease Within a
week. The city council, aa - a precau
tionary measure, has ordered all publln
places closed. Including churches. Sun
day schools, lodges, theatres, dances and
card rooms. I
battle of life
gry
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