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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1911)
4 ' - 0 Tnn mokntnt; oitEGoxiAy. Wednesday, JUNE 7. 1911. STORAGE CORNER tha street. I ran downatalra, bnt be fore I got to tha street tha flames shot from the roof." The Wayne. th Weaver and tha St erols, adjoining buildings, were menaced to such an extent that a great part of their furnlahlnga wera moved Into th streets. A desperate fight- prevented tha Samea spreading to the 6L Clair and the garaae of L-lpman. Wolfe as Co-, which also adjolna. T.i a Hanover Is almost a complete ruin. It la owned by Morgan. Fllednar A Boyce. The Klng-HllI. a handsome, new rive story apartment Immediately adjoining the Hanover on tha south, at tha corner of Wayna and King streets, was dam aged In tha upper storlea to the extent o probably llo.uu. The King-Davis, juat west of the King-Hill and facing oa Wayna street, sustained nominal' dam ate. There were II apartment In th Hanover, of which II wera occupied. C. W. Lewis, tbs leasee of tha budding, bad furnished 11 apartments. Tha balance had been furnished by tenants. Mr. Lewis estimates his loaa on tbs 11 at 16000 and th total furniture loss at tlS.ovo. Th Hanover Apartments wera In sured for between 130.000 and 140.000. according to Joseph A. Boyce. ona of I I Made Pure Kept Pure It's the Brown MAY BOOST WHEAT .fX-l i Vss as sr iriiv-irti m m sr J 6551: ..;r. Man Who Was Forced to Buy 12,000,000 Bushels Is Prepared. BROKERS IN NEAR-PANIC V T 1 1 V enicie oarffams A. J. Hctxrtrn- More Is Said to Be Mos Darin la IIKorjr of Chl caca pit orric- win Likely Take Action In Case. CHICAOO. Jun (PperlaLV A- X IJcaatern Lm corn-rd the mln tor- room la Chlco and prprd to MBd th prjca of vrr.at to 11.13 b fora unloading the 1J."0.0 bushel r., vj fnrred to buy the Tamil of Ma aitampt to aquaaia tha "hort" In ThU la tha baJlaf f tha Board of Trada brok-ra. who atrt on tha vers of a paalo todar whan th.y realised tha aIB!0canca of tha situation. Tha IMt manipulator lataat mora was declared to ba tha moat dartnr 'n tha history of tha "pit." Twenty million dollars matt ba ppeat. It waa estimated. If tha plaa la successful. J. C. F. Merrill. preWlent of tha Hoard of Trad, admitted tha possi bility of tha success of a storae iwn corner aad aald that tha situa tion waa inr,. But ha adJed sl nlarantly: -ec-etty la tha mothar of Inven tion. Wa (tha officers of tha Board f Trade) have, vrry broad aod Ub ral powers and nilicht do a treat drai If such a corner waa attempted." Emergency action br officials of tha tha Board of Trada decUrln prlvats warehouses "ractular" la tha only so lution of tha problem confronting; tha "pit." according to tha broker, and It la a allm hope, accordin to Mr. Mer rill. Iikiuh many of tha ownera of the buildings wll not conaent to thro them open. ' APARTMENT HOUSES BURN rie.tno.d rvotn Ftrat Pa) street, owned by Mrs. Mela Cvhn; bulldtn scorched; damaca slight. lre IW-flos al Hanorrr. Tha electrical pageant waa at Itl height whan a aerlea of ntf alarms. ' within a period of half an boar, aent clanging apparatua through alda streets to aare hnmea and property while gaiety reigned throughout tha shopping district. Tha nrat Bra and tha moat dlaaa troua waa that In tha Hanover Apart ments. US Kins street, which rutted tha flre-atory structur and left II families without a placa to aleep. Six teen families la tli King's Hill A part -menta. which adjoin tha Hanover, wera alao mada homeless, temporarily by fire and water, and aa many mora wera competlcd to seek aheltar on ac count of the same destructive elementa In the Wayne Apartment, at TOT vVan atreet. tha Weaver Apartmenta at ;i Washington atreet and tha St. Clair at T1S TVavn atreet. No Uvea wera lost, but there wera many narrow escapes. Tha second nre waa Juat a quarter of an hour later In Alblna atreet. where two firemen wera Injured In rescuing IT horaea from a burning livery atable. Tenant Try to Enter llouscs- Tha fire In tha Hanover originated In tha basement, auppoaedly from tha fur nace. Flamea aimultanaoualy burst from a window In tha baaement and from tha roof of tha building. Aa spark shot high In tha air a arrtea of alarms was sent to tha Klre Department. A few of tha occupants of tha apartment houaes in the (roup at King. Washington and Wayno atraeta. which seemed doomed, happened to ba on Washington atreet waiting for tha pageant to com alone and followed tha apparatua to tha con flagration. Frantic men and women rushed Into tb burnlnc building to reecus thus Im periled and save their belongings. Cooler 'r-.eads of firemen and police ofllcars pra vnted them from entering and tha , buildings war emptied of human lives without confusion. Tha electric parade waa nee. ring- tha and of Its proirreaa and 10.0O9 to 1S.0M spectators crowded around tha confla gration. J. E. Montague, who lives In the Han over, waa one of tha first to discover itba firs. Ha waa anting on tha veranda 'of tha fourth floor, when ha smelled tarrock. II want Inslda to Investigate and was almost blinded. Age) Woman I Ilrscued. A column of flams roared tip tha le vator, abaft. Ha groped bis way to tha stairway and collided with Mrs. J. Wvke. M years old. wbo nved with her daugh ter. Miss Freda, Hivke, employed by tha Ol-W. R N. Co., In apartments on tha top floor. The aged woman waa almost eufforated and Montagus helped her downatalra to safety. In so doing; and attempting to ahlel ber from Uis flames, his" mustache waa half burned off and his hair wa ainged. On tha etalrway he met frantic women and turned tiiem back. In tha Kln'a Hill arartments Mrs. W. S. Fenfleld waa lylnc helpless, fh Kad returned fmm tha Good Samaritan Hospital Monday, after surviving a seri ous operation. Friends carried her to safety and placed her In tha Queen apartmenta Harold Lyman, a ls-year-old boy. whose parents llva at all Overton street, waa run over by an automobile during; tha early atagea of the blase and sustained severe Injuries. After re ceiving preliminary treatment at tha hands of Dr. K. H. Anthony, ona of the tenant of tha King Hill, ba was re moved to the Good Samaritan Hospital, where ha la reported aa being badly rut about tha cheat and face, but not In a dangerous condition. Mra K BonnettL who lives in room 43 of the Stanley Apartments. Til Washington street, directly opposite the Hanover, says that sha saw the fire bea It atarted. -1 waa sitting at the window on the , tap floor, when I saw a peculiar light ' In Jta baaement of tha Hanover, across tha ownera Three Alarms Turned In. Chief CampbalL aided ly Battalion Chief Toung and Doweli, personally directed th fight on tha blase. En gine companies 1. X. a. I. I. I. 7. IS and II; truck companies 1, i. and i, and hoaa companlea 1 and I responded to the three alarms turned In. En gine company No. I waa first on tha seen and Captain Delan Immediately turned la a second and then a third alarm. The first alarm was turned In a :! end Chief Campbell's men had tha bias under control a little mors than an hour later. The flra department did unusually efficient work In keeping th fir la th Hanover and preventing a dlsas trous blsxe In adjoining buildings. Tbs losa In the Hanover was almost com plete by flra and water, while th principal loss In tha adjoining apart menta waa due to water. Captain Bailey, who bad charge of llie police force during the para.i and had Juat arrive,! at Sixteenth and Washington streets when th fir wss at Its height, summoned a big squad of officers from the line of march to ksep the crowds back while th fireman fought th blaxe. "My loss Is about II.OOO. aald C W. Lawis. In apeaklug of th fire, "and I carried !VHM insurance on my furniture. I was subleasing from K. Dsrring. vho leased from Morgan. Fleldner A Boyce, the owners. Th leas bad not been turned over to ma. as I had not fully paid for It. "I had sold tha placa and was to class the desl tomorrow afternoon at S o'clock. Th deal was being negotiated by Mr. Hublaon. In tbs Belling Building, and tha leas waa to have been sold to an sutomoblle man named Gerllnger. There are SO apartmenta In th build ing and 2 of them wera occupied. I bad furnished 11 apartments myself, and tha other 11 were furnished by th ten ants. "I was downtown when tha fir started. I put th last fir In th fur nace al I 10 and closed It for tha night, aa I usually do when I retire- Then I went down on Washington street to see lb electrical parade. I bar no We how tha firs started." . Occupant of Apartmenta, Tbs complete list of thoaa having apartmenta In th Hanover, who loat all the possessions In them, follow: Mrs. Arthur J. Farrell. C. Elmore Drove. Mr. and Mrs. John U. Ford. Mrs. Mary Burton. Mlaa Trlxla Burton, Mlaa Beatrice Burton, Mrs. Wells. Mr. and Mrs. Colllna. Mr. and Mrs. J. Fltxpat rick. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Arment. Mr. snd Mra E. H. Holt, Mr. and Mrs. KoepeL M. A. Goldsmith, Mrs. Clara Wlnna. Miss Maud Wlnne. Mr. and Mrs. V. Leonard. Mr. and Mrs. C F. Alder son. Mr. and Mrs. Clark. Mr. and Mra. George A. Besaee. th Mlases Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. A. C Khodes. Mrs. Wat son. Mrs. Theodore W, Blelck. Miss Freda A. Blelck. Mr. Hagerdon. Mr. E. K. yr. The occupants of tha King Hill Apartments were as follows: Mrs. Charles Robert Fenton. Phil Blumauer, Horace Karl Chapman. Mrs. Gorg W. McMillan. Dr. J. Archibald Stewart. Mr. Morlts Jacobowsky, Mrs. John Catlln. Mra Frederick L. Pen field. Dr. Edwsrd 1L Anthony. Frank W. Camp. Mrs. Wil liam M. Whldden. Mra N". Baum. Mrs. Clsra H. Waldo. Fire In a cottage at i:i Buffalo street. while th occupants were viewing tha parade, was discovered 10 minutes after tha Alblna flra, and did llou damage. THREE FniEMF..V ARE INJT7RED I J very Stable Pestrojred but 17 Horse Rrerocd From Ilantea. In a fir that destroyed a livery and feed tabl In Lower Alblna last night. three firemen were Injured. Pat Bird, of Engine Company No. IS. waa knocked down while leading horse from th stable and received Internal Injuries. Gus Anderson and & Blddl fell from ladders and wera badly shaken up. The fire atarted In a small machln ahop at tha corner of Russell snd Flint streets. It spread quickly to tha Pal mer stable, adjoining. There were 17 horses la th stable. All sera removed before the fir reached them. Tba building was an old frame struc ture. The loss Is estimated, at 15.000- On account of the fire, tha car serv ice to Alblna waa demoralised for near ly three hours. Thousands of persons wbo went out to ses the illuminated parade were compelled to walk from tha fteel bridge to their homes In th Aiulna district. FEAR LEADS TO SUICIDE John Ilaneoo, Ironworker, Prefer IeaU to B 11 n dnt-s. John Hanson, IS yaars old. 101 Mor gan atreet. fearing that ha waa going blind and becoming decrepit, swallowed carbolic acid yesterday afternoon and ended his life. He left a note saying his growing condition waa becoming unbearable, and he decided te take bis life. He was a union Ironworker, and left Instructions to collect his death benefit from th union, which would bury blm. Hanson lived with hla son. A. E. Hanson, employed by J. G. Mack A Co. and a daughter. Mitt Edna Hanson, Young Hanson found th body of his father lying on th floor when b re turned from work and a note on a table, explaining tha causa of th act. TRAINS TO REACH MADRAS Connecting Service With O.-W. R. A X. to Begin Next Sunday. Train service on th Deschutes Rall wav. an auxiliary of th O.-W. R. A K. and th Southern Pacific, th Harrlman lines, from Tha Dalle as far south as Madras, will ba Inaugurated next Bun day. Th trains, leaving Portland at Ti and 1 A. M . will connect at Th Dalles with a train for Madras. leaving at 12:S and arriving In Madras at :4S P. M. Returning, th train will leave Madras at I A. M . reaching Th Dalles at S P. M.. and connecting with No. L which arrives in Portland at 1:41 In th afternoon. 5! 4t IF -1 "Bolt le Cleanliness is a. science where Schlitz is brewed. We filter even the air where the beer is cooled. Then we filter the beer. Then we sterilize every bottle. We go to Bohemia for hops. Our barley is selected by a partner in our business. The water is brought from rock 1,400 feet underground. Our yeast is produced forever from the same mother cell. Schlitz beer is sent to you in Brown Bottles, pro tecting its purity from the brewery to your glass. Light starts decay even in pure beer.- Dark glass gives protection against light. . If you knew what we know about beer, you would say, "Schlitz Schlitz in Brown Bottles." r -W W .-aaJ' lT ,Mli tfc -eT I Main US I A-Jlli Phones! Henry Fleckenstein & Co., 204-306 Second St., Portland, Ore. The Beer Thai Made Milwaukee Famous ASHUD HAS FESTIVAL STREET PARADE HALF MILE IS PRINCIPAL FEATURE. Store Are Beautifully Decorated and City Puts on Holiday Attire . for Crowning Day. - iem ivn nr Tuna g Snecl&L) ek. Una ITa .rival here was a great success. Mlaa Nelll Brlggs won In th conteat Tor queen ana appeared m float elaborately decorated in whlte- Tk. nara WM. hill f-ml Iff 1 0 II (T and showed a sreat variety of unique de- algns. Th atreots wer crowaea anu hundreds cam from other valley towns. Prises were awarded as follows: r, . . V. n .w lnn W f nrai vir . . . - - - -- Poley. Best decorated automobllea Best decorsted carriages First. Mary Homes: second. Benton Bowers. Beat decorated riding- horaea First, Mr. and Mrs. Pann: second. Misses Melkle and Lennart. Beat decorated socloty float Wednesday Club. Best decorated bi cycle Boys'. Willie Coburn; girls', Helen Walker. Strawberry prlxes Harry Hunt. J. A. Rathburn, Nellie Murton. Fuller Broa Roaa prises Mrs. Herndon. Mrs. Poley, Mrs. Lager, Mb, E J. Reld. Mra J. B. Thornton, Mrs. Klum. Mrs. Maine ana airs. j. ix. nui- sell. Conncrs Must Plead IVIday. I.OS ANOET.KP. June . Bert Con- ners, A. K. Maple and P. Ira Bender were arralgmed today before Judge Willis In the Superior Court on the charge of having attempted to destroy with explosives the los Angeles Coun ty Hail of Records last September. On th request of Attorney Job Harrlman, there were added aa attorneys of rec ord for the defense Joseph Scott. L Compte Davis snd Clarence S. Darrow. Th defense asked for 10 days In which to plead, but the court set the case for hearing on Friday, June . Th prosecution resisted a demand of the defons for a copy of tha testimony before the grand Jury on which the In dictments against the accused men wer founded, and the court took the legal question Involved under advisement. STREET SWEEPER KILLED YV. II. Turner Is Run Down by Car on. Belmont Street. W. H. Turner, a member of th Port land street cleaning department, was Instantly killed last night at Belmont street, near East Thirty-second, when his dump cart was run Into by Sun nvslde car fx 10, W. C. Beal, motor man, and F. Eilber, conductor. In charge. Turner waa shoveling refuse Into th wagon. The car. running at a fair rate of speed, collided with the rear end of the wagon, hurtling It for ward upon the workman. The shaft struck Turner on the side of the head, crushing It, causing instantaneous death. Beal and Sllber, the only persons upon the car, said that It was too dark to see the wagon until directly upon It- Turner's addreas la not known at tha city barn, but It Is said he is mar ried and has three chlldrf . He lives on the Peninsula and haa been a mem- ANNOUNCEMENT Saturday, June 10th, there will he placed on sale in our Portland Stores a line of STACHELBERG HAVANA CIGARS UNITED CIGAR STORES 381 VajUaftaa SL 147TairJSt 274 Vsskiaftas Sc. 100 Fesrrs iL m in ber of th department for only two months- Miss Anna Sogstad Is about to become a member of the Northwestern parliament. yilmm Hogstad was chosen an alternate mem ber for General Brattl.. who has been chosen president of the storthing. He Is now obl&d to give tip his seat for a while to fBka jnTt In r-orcftnlrlTir th- army. WALTHASV3 iWATCH r""PHE Waltham is I America's pio neer watch. To day here and abroad, it is recognized as the high est type of a time-piece. That is why "ICt Tmt Tom Omud a Waltham" Oiwt fhr Dearrintive Booklet WalthaWitrtC.WamlUa, JJ lii "mm iii run -"f rwrirtf m ik iiMwrt-Waj HARROW COLLAR easy to tie the cravat in easy to notch on and has oval button holes, which makes buttoning and unbuttoning easy. JSc 2 fir 25c. Chsett. Peabedr Co.. Makers. Trey. K.T. fl f J I CLEANS 1 1 VV I SCOURS 1 S J POLISHES V"" jj'"1 Solid Cake ""j WORKS WITHOUT WASTE A hundred high-grade vehicles in our store are. simply cut to pieces as far as price is concerned. v On every vehicle are two tags; one the old or regular tag with our usual price on it, the other the new red tag showing the new price. We only ask you to compare the two this tells the story we stand the loss and say nothing never mind the reason. Here is a list of a por tion of the reduced stock. The prices, all of which are marked in plain figures, should convince you that this advertisement means just what it says, namely, a sale of high grade vehicles at from one-third to two thirds of the cost: One fine Bailey Whalebone Surrey, with cushion tires, equipped with" either Bailey pole or shafts. Regular price 352.50, reduced price - Sj5225.0O One Studebaker High-Grade Bike "Waon. -with cushion tire, a strictly first-class wagon. Regular price $155.00, reduced price $115.00 One Studebaker Heavy Three-Spring Canopy Top Surrey, complete with pole and brake. Regular price $245.00, reduced price $180.00 One Studebaker Five-Glass Station Wagon a strictly high-grade elosed vehicle, complete with rubber tires and pole. Regular price $350.00, reduced price - $200.00 One Four-Passenger Platform Spring High-Grade Trap, with rubber tires and pole. Regular price $600.00, reduced price. .$200.00 One Studebaker Concord Style Runabout, with shafts. Regular price $SO.OO, reduced price $60.00 One Studebaker High-Grade Cut-Under Driving Wagon, with enshion tires. Regular price $200.00, reduced price $125.00 One Studebaker' Cut-Under Canopy Top Carriage, with rubber tires and pole. Regular price $207.50, reduced price $150.00 One Light Cut-Under Open Surrey, with rubber tires, furnished with either pole or shafts. Regular price $170.00, reduced price - $100.00 One Studebaker Fine Leather Extension Top Carriage, platform spring, complete with rubber tire and pole a strictly high-grade fam ily vehicle.. Regular price $440.00, reduced price $200.00 One Six-Passenger Country Club Break a very fine vehicle, equipped with platform spring, rubber tires, hand lever brake, and pole. Regu lar price $650.00, reduced price $200.00 One Studebaker High-Grade Brougham, complete with rubber tires and pole. This carriage has been used for a few months only. It is practically as good as new. Regular price $1400.00, reduced price $350. OO One Studebaker Brougham a fine vehicle, equipped with rubber tires and pole. This brougham is new. Regular price $1200.00, reduced price .........-. $400.00 One Second Hand Brougham, complete with rubber tires and pole. This brougham is second-hand, but is in good condition, and is worth easily $500.00. Reduced price .' ..$135.00 One Large Eight-Passenger Country Club Break platform gear, hand lever brake a very large, fine vehicle. Regular price $850.00, reduced price $400.00 Two One-Horse High-Grade Panel Top Delivery Wagons, complete with brake and shafts, painted in fancy colors. Regular price $175.00, reduced price $140.00 Two fine Heavy Panel Top Delivery Wagons, suitable for one-horse or a small pair, painted in fancy colors. Regular price $425.00, reduced price $290.00 Also incfuded in this sale are about 200 medium-weight and light weight fancy automobile and carriage robes and dusters, at a reduc tion of 25 per cent from the regular prices. If you want a vehicle of any kind, no matter for what purpose, take the tune to look over the reductions we have made. All carriages are marked in plain figures. The tags show both the regular price and the reduced price. Bros. Co., Northwest 330-336 East Morrison Street Visitors, Attention! We are retiring from the Piano Business 'And offer our entire stock of pianos and player-pianos at actual factory cost. Now is the time to buy. 'Drop in and see what a fine piano can be bought at small cost. Prices range from $176 up, on easy payments if desired. Talking machines, records and player music all go at cost. Hovenden Piano Company 106 Fifth Street, Next to Perkins Hotel. x