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PORTLAND, i OREGON, MQNDAX I EVENING AUGUST 7, 1922.IXEEN PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TftftlM AND KIWI
mNBI FIKI CC.NTS
HARDING ASKS
SHOPMEN TO
1 WORK
i -.
Suggests That Question of Se
niority Rights be Referred to
Labor Board in Meantime;
Also Appeals to Carriers.
Washington. Aug. 7 President
Harding today called upon striking
railroad workers to (return ' to work
imme'diately. pending! a decision by
the railway labor board on the con
troversial question- ot seniority rights.
The president addressed telegrams
to Bert M. Jewell, ejhairman of the
railway employes, and to T. toewitt
Cuyler, chairman of 1 the Association
of Railway Executives notifying them
of his action, in these words :
"Mindful of the pledge of both the
executives and the striking workmen
to recognise the validity of all de
cisions by the railroad labor board,
I am hereby calling Ion the striking
workmeit to return tD work, calling
upon the carriers to ireturn them : to
work, calling upon bath workers and
Carriers under law, to take the ques
tion In dispute to the railroad labor
board for bearing and decision and a
compliance by both with the decision
rendered."
LEADERS IMPRESSED
The new plan of" the president was
made public at the White House eario
this afternoon, immediately following
a conference between the president and
striking shopcraft leaders.
, The strike leaders left the White
House admittedly "favorably im
pressed" with the president's proposal,
although they Informed him they were
unable to commit themselves definitely
until they had consulted with the
other shop crafts. The text of Presi
dent Harding's telegram to Jewell fol
lows :
"I have your communication, in
which you and your associates, speak
ing for the striking railway shopmen,
pledged your agreement to. the propos
als which I submitted! to the railway
executives" and your -organizations for
(Concluded on Fla Tbi. Column One)
TV0 KILLED IN
Joliet. Ills.. Aue. 7. (U. P.) Two
men were killed and a, third seriously
wounded in riots at the Elgin, Joliet
Eastern, shops today. The riots start
ed when strikers tried to prevent
strikebreakers from gotog to work.
Phillip Reits, chief special agent of
the road, and an unidentified Italian
were killed. Sheriff James M. New
kirk was shot in the leg and in the
jaw.
Withotrl knowledge of the police, the
sheriffs office appealed to Springfield
for troops. Word was received here
that two companies were being held
in readiness to .move at a moment's
notice.
"We don't want any troops. We
, have the situation in hand and troops
are not needed," the chief of police
declared.
"When we went out there the crowd
was already dispersing, and we got
hold of the leaders and : told them they
could do more than we could. Every
thing is quiet now.
"I don't know who put In the call
for troops, but whoever it was made
a mistake."
THIRD RAIL OF JEIECTRIC
LIXE HEMOTED; TEAI3S STOP
(By Vnited News)
New York, Aug. 7. The first dan
gerous acts of sabotage in the New
York area, since the railroad strike
began were discovered Sunday in the
removal of the electric third rail of the
(Concluded on iage Thirteen, Column Two)
Senate Confirms
Oregon Postmasters
- Washington. Aug. T. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL)
The senate has confirmed the following
postmasters: George D. Wood, at
Brookings ; Charles B. Wilson, at
Newberg : Grant L. Gnant, at Riddle :
Henry E. Grim, at Scappoose.
Games Today
pacific coast: league
No games scheduled.
NATIONAL
At Boston R. H.
St Uoui. .I 030 630 0138 14
Boston .......001 010 IS 9 9
E.
3
3
Battenea-4-Haine. Bhentett. Barfaot
tad
Ainsmtth, demons
Watson, licNamara,
Oeacheger and, O'Neill.
At Philadelphia . ., H. H. E.
Plttabnrs 211 800 41 17 21 3
Philadelphia, '. . . . 222 200, 02 lO U 2
Batteries Cooper, Clarkmiw C5ner and
ShmUit;. -Weinert, Sincleton, Hubbcll and
Henline.
Chicago at ; Brooklyn, postponed;
rain.
Cincinnati at Ner Tort, postponed;
rain.
AMEB.ICAX
At Cleveland Seres innings, called by rain.
- R. H. E.
Bovton OOO 000 0 0 7 t)
Cleveland ... 003 102. 1 7 9 1
Batteries Ferguson. Fullerton. Pierce and
Waiters; "Cole and CSeiU.
AtCnieaso . I B. H. E.
Philadelphia ... .001 031 010 - 315
Chwago--.Va, .019 001 4. 12 17 v a
Batteries Rommell. Sullivan. Ketchaa.
Tarriaoav and Perkina; Bros?. Lewett and
Xarjaa. - , -v
, New Tork at Detroit, clear, s p. nv
Washington at St. Louis, clear, 3
Pl m. ; - . ,
STRIKERS
ROT
Mother of
7 Me ld as
Shoplifter
, , r
Her husband works as a laborer at
a wage of $2.80 a, day. She had seven
children to care for all youngs She
wa "detained" Saturday 4y a depart
ment store house detective while in
vestigation was made into thetallega-
ytion that she was teaching her two
little girls to steal articles from store
counters.
So a warrant was sworn out this
afternoon against Mrs. Mary ftoberti,
who lives at No. 419 East 45th street,
in a mean 3-rpom shack. Miss Coraen
Walker, house detective at Llpman,
Wolfe & Ca's, ha'd followed her from
this store to Meier & Frank's, thence
to Roberts Bros., and thence to the
Woolworth store, watching her and the
two little girls. v'
After Miss Walker's survey was com
plete, the mother and children were
taken to the Women's Protective bureau.-
Miss Martha Randall, head of
the division, took one of the girls to
the'' home, which was found to be
small and poorly appointed. She also
learned the general financial circum
stances df the family. The decision to
swear out the warrant, however, was
reached because 'it appeared that the
mother was in the habit of engaging
a salesman's attention while she slipped
various articles within the reach of the
children, who woulc stow them away
In a bag.
Mrs. Roberti is specifically charged
with larceny of goods valbed at $2.43
from the Llpman, Wolfe store, although
articles from the other stores were
found in her possession.
GASOLINE PRICES
Washington. Aug. 7. (U. P.)
Sweeping investigation into' the high
gasoline prices prevailing over . the
country opened before a special sub
committee of five senators today.
Headed by Senator McNary. Oregon,
acting chairman in the absence of
Senator La Follette, Wisconsin, the
committee sought to ascertain if price
advances of the" past few months were
warranted in face of government figures-showing
record reserves.
Chinese Parliament
Selections JEtatified i
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(Special Cable to The Journal and Cbleaco
(Copyright. M 2T2. )
-. Peking, Aug. 7. Parliament has rati
fied the presidential cabinet nomina
tions. Tang Shao-Yi becomes premier
and Wang Chung-Hui acting premier
until Tang comes to Peking from the
South. Wellington Koo succeeds W. W.
Yen as foreign minister. It is under
stood that Alfred Sze is to be trans
ferred to London as Chinese minister
and that Dr. Yen Is going to Wash
ington. General Wu Pei-Fu retains control
of the government finances-by getting
his own nominee ino the finance and
commerce ministries and his own aide,
Chang Shou-Tseng, into the war min
istry. Members of parliament from the
South are aroused by the limited repre
sentation their section of the country
gets in the cabinet and have tele
graphed to Tang Shao-Yi suggesting
that he decline the premiership.
Driver's Abdomen
Punctured When
Car Hits Another
Forest Grove, Aug. 7. Anton Hee
sacker, 24, is in the hospital here with
his abdomen punctured, the result of
an auto truck accident at le o'clock
this morning.
Heesacker, driver of a truck hauling
rock, and another man were ' driving
trucks side by side along the Gales
creek road, apparently conversing,
when the latter's truck swerved into
Heesacker's machine, which went into
the ditch, breaking off an electric line
pole and snapping the high power wire
the pole carried. The steering gear
on Heeeacker's car broke, injuring him.
He is a son of Frank Heesacker of
Thatcher.
Biolog
ical Survey
Assistant Loses
Life in Columbia
QlympU.( Xflash.. Aug. 7. Frank
Brown, 27, Assistant In the federal
bureau , af, biological survey, was
drowned 4tt the Columbia river near
Hap ford last - night, according to a
telegram received at the district office
here this morning. Brown is believed
to have been swimming in the river.
He ijeaa Jast seen on the bank op
po6tt Ifanford about 5 o'clock. An
hour lata his clothes were toand. The
body" ?wdT not .been recovered when
the message1 was Vent.
Brown -Was - a graduate of Oregon
Agricultural college and a resident of
MUwaukie. Or. He had Just been sent
to' the White Bluff s-Hanford soldier
settlement area to aid settlers In ex
terminating rabbits, which have been
damaging crops. . , .- ,.r
Leslie Elloiif Held
,0n lrcotibfCharge
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Following a hearing- this morning be
fore United States Commissioner
Fraser, Leslie Ellon, alleged narcotic
vendor, was held to answer to the fed
eral grand .Jury" under $20M bond
EUon is ..charged with selling two
bindles of cocaine last -week to-Dell
Colli as, chief -witness for the govern
ment, -? J - t -
NQUIRY BEGUN OF
SEARCH FOR
J.G OSIER
UNAVAILING
Police Find No Trace of Used
Car Dealer Sought for Al
: teged Complicity in Looting of
i Lumbermens Trust. Co. Bank.
After more than 36 hours of search,
police today had found no trace of
J. C Osier, No. 986 Brooklyn street,
who Is being hunted for alleged com
plicity with Earle Eugene Patterson,
teller of the, Lumbermens Trust Com
pany bank, in looting the bank of
134,600 during the last two years.
Osier disappeared Saturday night
from the bank building while Earle
Eugene Patterson, ,a teller held for the
defalcation, .was telling Robert E.
Smith, president of the bank, the his
tory of the shortage. Patterson and
President Smith were talking in the
official's private office and Osier was
thought to be waiting outside. When
the president Stepped out to call Osier
he was gone.
. Osier' has a secondhand automobile
business at No. 32 Grand avenue. Po
lice detectives went to the establishment-
Sunday and aito to Osier's home,
bat.no trace of him was found. Mrs.
Osier was at home until Sunday noon,
the authorities statedT but was . not
seen in the afternoon. Private de
tective agencies 'are aiding the police
in the search.
FATTIRSOJf SHOWS NOTE
Ina signed confession made to Dep
uty District Attorney John Mowry.
the police and bank officials Saturday
night, Patterson admitted that he was
responsible for the defalcation. The
teller produced an unsecured note for
310,400 made out to Osier as evidence
that the automobile dealer (e implicated.
There were additions to" the original
amount on the back of the note which
brought the note up to the total amount
cf the shortage.
'President Smith stated he, believed
Patterson to be the victim of others
Concluded on Pace Two, Column Two)
W8M2
NAMES OF STREET
A suggestion that signatures to initi
ative petitions be signed at some ap
pointed place without street solicita
tion is advanced by W. Lair Thompson,
Portland attorney, who is acting for
tihe fish, commission in its effort to
have the so-called salmon fishing: and
propagation amendment kept off the
November ballot via the injunction
route.
This measure, which was sponsored
by G. G. Green of Oregon City, is
openly attacked as having been con
ceived as an attempt by Green to make
some easy money by "selling out" the
petitions to the salmon packers.
In the complaint upon which the in
junction is based, a aumber of solici
tors are named as having knowingly
attested signatures that were illegal.
Attorney Thompson in tracing the 'de
velopment ot the legislation concerning
(he initiative today pointed out that
the frequent abuse of the spirit of the
law by the inclusion of fictitious .sig
natures by paid solicitors resulted in
remedial legislation in 1917 providing
greater security In the authenticity of
signatures through- certification by the
county clerk. At the same time pro
vision was made for Che acceptance by
the secretary of state of signatures
certified not only by county clerks but
by notaries.
In the Green case, Thompson points
out that many of the circulators had
notarial commissions and, certified to
signatures about which they knew
nothing.
It is to check this abuse that Thomp
son urges that-the practice of circulat
ing initiative petitions on the streets
by paid solicitors be done away with
and that persons sufficiently interest
ed in a proposed measure be permitted
to affix their signatures at a designat
ed place the county tlerk's office, for
example. In such way an initiative
petition would represent a greater
popular demand, he says, than is pos
sible under the current scheme.
Cordon of Martial
Law Thrown Across
Northwest Italy
Rome. Aug. 7. (L N. S-) Following
a council of ministers, a cordon of
martial law was thrown all the way
across Northwestern Italy a the result
bt warfare between . Fascist! and the
Socialists and Communists. J
Troops are being rushedYtto the
Northern inausmai districts to prevent
further clashes. The Fascist! are re
ported in control of Milan, Genoa and
other important senters In the North
west. Soldiers are being massed in the
jproylnoea of Milan. Parma, G-eno,a, An
cona and Leghorn. Industry is badly
crippled. ; -
A tense situation exists, although
the government is hopeful of restoring
tranquility within a few days.
tJ. SMccuses Three
In Fraud Indictment
. Washington. Aug. 7. (I. S-)
Ernest CJ Morse, Everly M. Davis and
Alex W, YhQllps. alt bt iS'ew Tork
City, were Indicted today ty a federal
grand Jury for- alleged conspiracy to
defraud the "United States government
in . the purchase of the. Old - Hickory
powder plant , at Nashville Tens.
2000 BUYERS
114 STATES
CITY GUESTS
Outside Merchants, Recognizing
Portland as Hub, Gather on
Annual Trade Pilgrimage
Dealers Get Fare Refunds.
Revival of trade in the vast territory
for which Portland is the clearing
house was unmistakably in evidence
at the Buyers' week headquarters in
the Oregon building today as hundreds
of 'merchants gathered from points
both far and near to participate in
the tenth annual buyers' gathering.
From the time the registration quar
ters opened at S o'clock prospective
purchasers of merchandise, hardware:
and foodstuffs formed in line Ho re
ceive their tickets and badges which
entitled them to " participate In the
elaborate program of entertainment
planned, for them. It was the largest
first day registration crowd in the rec
ord of Buyers' week.
HUNDREDS REGISTER
Before noon more than 200 visitors
had been registered, and every rail
road and highway was bringing more
to participate in the week of enter
tainment. Most of the. early registrants
indicated their intention of remaining
here for the entire week. ,
Despite the lack of bumper crops In
most of the Western territory, most
of the merchants expressed confidence
in the future. Almost without excep
tion the retail dealers said that their
sales reports were growing- better than
at any time, in the last six years.
Some of the visitors said that their
collections were poor and the farmers
and amall town residents had little
ready money, but they saw reason for
encouragement in the fact that people
were buying and trading with old-time
vigor, evidently confident ithat the fu
ture would bring about' better condi
tions. This very confidence will result
in the return of active trading and
consequent prosperity, according to the
merchants.
TO REFUND FARES
Six assistants in the registration
headquarters were busy issuing badges.
entertainment tickets and listing tick
ets of the visitors. The same ruling
of refund of railroad .fares to each
(Concluded on rase, Two -CWumn Ono:
OLCOTT FORCES
EXTEND RECOUNT-
All precincts in Multnomah county
will be included In the recount for
the gubernatorial contest between
Governor Ben Olcott and Senator
Charles Hall. Jay S. Bowerman. at
torney for Olcott, filed this afternoon
a request that, in addition to the 135
precincts asked for by the Hall camp,
291 precincts be counted.
This makes a total of 426 Multnomah
county precincts to be recounted.
In addition to the Multnomah coun
ty precincts, Bowerman in his petition
asked that 10 precincts in Baker coun
ty be recounted as well as 45 in Clack
amas county, 17 in Clatsop. 9 in Co
lumbia, 61 In Coos, 18 in Deschutes, 42
m JJOuglas, 2 in Hood River, 37 in
Jackson, 25 in Josephine. 48 in Lane, 7
in Lincoln, 18 In Linn, 23 in Polk, 29 in
Tillamook, 52 In Unamtilla, 9 In Union,
12 in Wasco and 19 In Washington
county.
When the court presided over by
Judges Bingham and Kelly of Marion
county resumed counting this afternoon
five precincts rechecked showed differ
ences which gave Hall one more net
vote. This gave Hall a lead of two In
Multnomah county and redUbed Ol
cott's lead in the state to two above the
showing on the official count
This morning 15 precincts were re
counted. The changes were found in
precinct uo4 wnere Hall lost one
vote : precinct 139. where Olcott lost
(Concluded on Pae Two, Column Four)
Railway Engineer of
Commission Is Out
Salem. Or., Aug. 7. Resignation of
c-iyoe s. facker as railroad engineer
with the public service commission was
announced this morning. The resigna
tion, handed in Saturday, is understood
to have been requested by the com
mission. Packer has been with the
commission for two and one half
years. Previous to joining the Ore
gon commission he was for two years
superintendent of construction with
the Mount Hood Railway & Power
company, and for four years was em
ployed as superintendent of construc
tion and operation with the Oregon
Water Power & Railway company.
Putnam Talks to
Members' Forum
The history of literatujre, books and
publishing was given members of the
Chamber of Commerce iat the mem
bers' forum luncheon at noon oday by
Major George Haven -Putnam, head" of
a. P. Putnam & Sons of New York.
Putnam is noted as an 'author, lec
turer and publisher and is a guest in
this city of J. K. Gill. '
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Sheepherder Dies
As Result, of Fall
-SLa - Grande, Or.. Auj. . , 7. Mike
O'Leary -died today aa the result of in
juries suffered Thursday, -when he
slipped and rolled over a 350-foot cliff
while herding sheep near Palmer-Junction.
His skull was fractured." --. i
Buyers From A far Flock to Metropolis
BUYERS of everything from pinsto pianos are gathering m Portland today from all sec
tions of the Northwest to participate in Buyers week and incidentally to enjoy Port
land's fine weather and finer hospitality. Mr, and Mrs. Earl "Whidock and little son of
Klamath Falls (above, left) were among the early arrivals;! (above, right) J-f Naldrett and
(below, left) H. Naldrett, father and son of Summer Lake; (below, right) Mrs. H. Blair
Johnson and little daughters Betty and Clara of Payette, Idaho.
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CAR CRASH FATAL
TO 0. 1 SHELTON
- Lebanon, Aug. 7. O. M. Shelton, 45,
btrtcher- of Scio, died at the local hos
pttal this morning, the result of a coir
listen between his small car and -the
Albany-Wood burn train on South; Main
street at Crandall's mill crossing!
Shelton attempted to cross the track
ahead of the train. With him in the
car were William Ray of Scio and
Sttelton's sons, Lee, 11, and Max, 9,
none of whom was' seriously injured.
The car was badly smashed and the
train engine so crippled that it could
bat pull itself to the station. The
coaches awaited an extra engine from
Albany.
Brotherhood : Chief
Says Strikes Mean5
Loss in Economics
Strikes, like wars, are always an
economic loss to both sides and both
could be avoided if proper negotiations
and conferences were enforced In either
case, in the opinion of Charles W.
Meier, special representative of Presi
dent Robertson of the Brotherhood of
I K. & E., who arrived Sunday pre
paratory to delivering an address ' at
the Labor temple tonight.
-"Wars will not end wars, as shown
by past history." said Meier, and
strike or lockout resulting in victory
for one side or another will not end
strikes. Conferences are the only way
to avoid ether,
"IiUtbe present case of the shop
men's strike I would not advise against
tile walkout because j the shopmen
would have been trampled to death if
tbey had submitted to the demand
made upon them. They- refused to stay
hitched because the railroad managers
aad the high paid members of. the
labor board tried to tell them what a
living wage was after j they had been
struggling for -years to make both ends
meet, i The' managers j and the labor
board simply forgot the golden role." ;
Meier said that the headquarters of
Use Firemen's Brotherhood at Cleve
land waa being flooded with complaints
of bad-order equipment; Tonight Meier
will speak at a meetlltST open to the
pablic in the Labor tempi and will
present the labor aide , of the labor
question. The-' meeting is being, held
uader the auspices of the Brotherhood
o Firemen' and will begin at S o'clock.
Rail
Coach
Burns;Hero
Saves Lives
'Seattle. Aug.' 7. TJ. P.) While offi
cials of the Chicago, Milwaukee k. St
Paul railway were probing the origin
of -a fire which destroyed the rear
sleeper and' a refrigerator car of j the
crack "Columbian flyer" yesterday,
dozens of passenger were recuperating
from' shock today at Seattle-hotels.
The heroic action of William Wilson,
negro porter, probably 'save the entire
train and many Uvea from destruction.
Wilson- aroused by a woman's scream,
seized the emergency cord and brought
the train to a jarring, grinding stop.
Then Wilson leaned to the ground and
uncoupled the flaming coach.
The train drew ahead, leaving : the
two cars to burn. Then Wilson ran
back . and began a courageous cam
paign of rescue, disregarding- his own
Injuries In saving women and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ketch were cu
by broken glass.
T. r W. Simpson, engineer of San
Frarictseo. was cut on his feet while
kicking - out windows to allow pas
sengers to escape.
Rear Flagman A. Summers was
gashed In the same manner.
P. O. Benton, dining car. ateward.
escaped to safety among the confusion,
but Immediately recalled 'two . invalid
women in - the biasing coach, whose
screams could be. heard above the roar.
He dashed back through the smoke
and carried' one. led. the other down the
aisle and out into the safety of the track.
Senate Asks Report
DurRafliEquipmdnt
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- Washington-Aug. 7. L- N. 8-) ;
The - senate this afternoon . passed a
resolution calling for an immediate
report from,' the interstate commerce
commission on . the condition of rail
road locomotives and rollias .stock. - 1
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Williams lis Named ,
; s For Rear Admiral
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WaahingtoV Augi i: 7. ' N Ib.
President Harding today : sent to the
senate , the nomination of Captain
George W. Williams, V. S. N., to be a
rear admiral, ! - -
EUROPE'S FATE :
AGAIN IN DEBATE
London, Aug. 7. (I. N. . S.) The
thirteenth' -Interallied conference since
the treaty of Versailles was' opened
1 today with every possibility . that it
would decide the future fate of Europe.
Upon the outcome- hangs future Anglo-
French concord and the possibility of
Germany being dragged back from the
verge - of .-bankruptcy. The United
States is not represented.
, At 11:45 .o'clock the session j ad
journed until 4 :30. A communique said
there had been only ''preliminary dis
cussions." It was learned, however,
that Premier Uoyd George spoke in
favor of an indemnity, moratorium for
Germany. His viewpoint is said to
have been supported by the Italians
Belgians and Japanese. !
Premier Poincare of France refused
to state the French policy until Pre
mier Lloyd George announced the
British policy. T ' ;
SITTJATIOTT IS.TE37SE ! , "
A tense situation . is already L re
ported to have arisen in the conference
due to French opposition to a mora
torium unless certain drastic condi
tions were obeyed! by Germany. "1 The
French premier at first appeared to
be uncompromising, but when he j saw
a solid front arrayed against him In
favor of the moratorium he proceeded
to lay down stiff conditions on which
France might agree. - " - i .
j The first session waa formally called
to order at a few. minutes after all
o'clock in the cabinet room- at No. 10
Downing street. The premier resi
dence, and. In fact , all of Downing
street,, was under heavy guard byr uni
formed police and secret service- agents.
The heads of the various delegations
(CoDctvded oa-Fa TbtrUea, ItahuBB Vet)
Bootleggers vWourid
tlwb Federal1 Agents
Kenunerer.vWyof Aug. 7. L N. 8. i
Jamea Harria aad R. E. Lacey, fed
eral prohthitlon, agents, are in a local
hospital suffering from bullet wounds
following a gun battle with bootleggers
at VaaiiL rcit of . here.i this morning.
The officers had purchased liquor from
several alleged bootleggers In the town
and .werer pLaining arrests when at
tacked., The outlaws took the whiskey
from the officers after disabling them,
and eacaped- . 1
BLOCK BURNS,
HORSES DIE
Fire Believed Incendiary Wipes
Out Property On Hawthorne
Avenue an ck.Ei Sixth Street.
Loss Estimated at $25,000.
Fifteen horsos and 150 rabbits per
ished in a fire believed to ha va been of
incendiary origin which virtually de
stroyed a) square block on the south
side of Hawthorne avenue. . between
Ea" Sixth and East Seventh streets.
early-Hhls morning. ' ' ,, ; - ,
Financial loss .will not exceed S2S.
according to an estimate of Cap
tain Roberta the fire marshal's of
fice, who said .very little Insurance was
carried on any of tbe property.. .''
Three dwelling hOHsea m ere , com
pletely destroyed, leaving three fami
lies with nothing but a fW articles of
clothing hastily snatched up in flight.
While at work In the burning build
ings three firemen were injured, one
man so badly cut from' flying glass
that he was taken to the emerger
hospital for treatment. v.
The Injured firemen are B. C Curry,
driver of engine 22, badly - cut while
breaking out a plate glass window with
the nozzle of a hose ; r A. L. - bhirk, -lieutenant,
stunned by a falling door,
and Edward Boatwrlght, - assistant ; In
the fire marshal's office, stunned when
struck by . fallfnjr timber. Boatwright
and Shirk recovered after first aid .
treatment and were able to return to
work. ; '. . , '
OIL IS SHELLED -' '.':.'' , (
The fire waa discovered about 12145
by J. Little, a teamster sleeping In
one of the stables. Little , and Charles
Kreger. who turned in the fire alarm,
both reported to the police they could -smell
coal oil burning -when the fire ,
first started.
Charles Vassar, who was arrested
about half an hour; before the fire
started . as - he was loitering'- in the
vicinity of the : stables, carrying a
gunny sack containing three and a half
ticks of dynamite and caps, la held at .
police headquarters. . Police detectives
win question him today. , :-
He 'told the police he came here from
Teaaa '49(Twa gorhg to ,'kilt rattle- ,
nakea.".;nH waa ,een : entering ; the
door te one. of the stables by a night
watchman, who called ' Patrolman M.
W. Kelaey. : . ,
Buildings destroyed and partly de
"stroyed by the flames were. the Clay
Street stables, the Hawthorne stables, -three
dwellings. ' occupied by Kenneth
McLeod, No. 291 East Seventh street;
.C Volgt,, No, 295 .East Seventh
street; and Harry Kinder, No. 429 Etst
Clay street The East Side Vulcanising
works. No. 432 Hawthorne avenue; the
Hyslop hotel and the Geisler & Dorres
furniture store. In the same building, .
- ( Conduded . on Pace-Three, Co lama Tbrae)
F
END COAL STRIKE
Cleveland, Ohio,' Aug. ' 7. (U. F.)
Scope of the operator-miner wage con
ference became nation-wide late today
when the. main parley waa postponed
until S o'clock Wednesday. -
Postponement was necessary to per
mit operators outalde the central com
petitive field to take part in the nego
tlatlons, both aides explained; :
Although negotiations at Wed nek
day's meeting wlir be conducted along
four state ljnes, any wage agreements
reached are expected to be accepted by
operators of other districts This wilt
end the nation-wide coal strike, ef-.
fectlve since, April L '
Five U. S.1 Cables
Disabled; Station
& Wrecked by Irish
. .- -,r .
London, "Aug. 7 (XJ., P.) Irish in
surgents wrecked the. Commercial Cable
station- at Waterville, Ireland,-' today,
putting:, flv American cables out of
commission ' m 1 1 - '
The Commercial Cable company in
New Tork announced that wrecking of
the cable ia Waterville has cut Ireland,
France, Germany-and Northern Europe
off ! from communication .: with the
United States as far as its lines were
concerned. ""::" .. ,
' IRREGULARS CAPTURED
" Dublin., Aug. 7. (I.: N; 8.) The cap
ture of more than 480 prisoners and
three- towns from the Irregulars was
announced today In advices from the
"front." An official communique from
the ' Free- State , government charges
that the outbreak in Dublin Saturday
night waa an attempt by Irregulars to
isolate the , Cltf . by blowing up vthe
bridges and the tearing tip of the rail
way linea2 It : haa been . completely
frustrated. vy3-, :-'.'"'
Auto Strikes Man;
: Breaks His Ankle
!- Dickson, a peddler. suffered a
broken . ankle - when an auto struck.
Him in front of No. 206 Alder street,
at 7;S" this morning. Dickson was
conversing with another man and waa
slowly backing out into the street. He
backed In front of the auto, which was
driven by J. M. Bend roth. No. 932 Glad
stone avenue. - Ha was taken to St. .
Vincents bospttaL Dickson is single
and lives at a rooming house aad F:rst
and Madison street. - '
CON
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