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TUB MORNING OREGONIAN". MONDAY. NOVEMBER 527, 191G. FIRE HERO RESCUES FIAKGEE. THEN DIES GENERAL MACKENSEN'S FEAT OF CROSSING THE DANUBE IS AS NOTHING COMPARED TO THIS. J t A I i ' t ''I ! ..'rl MSI mmnw- nit 1 . 1 1 i,f r w A " I ! 11, ! M I ! ill'' t Cudahy Hotel Manager Tells of Romance; Young Woman Is in Serious Condition. . 1 !i I 11 E FIREMEN SAY ALARM LATE - Famous Chefs Who Use "Dependable Xilazc Had Good Start, but Water li Put on Six Minutes After Call. Woman Jumps Just as Lad der Is Rearing Her. . Miss Myra Skogmann. -who -was res cued by Willard .Dieting in the Cudahy Hotel fire yesterday before the young Irian lost his life, was to have been his bride in the near future, according to Jlrs. Cudahy, the manager of the hotel. "They had been going together for al most two years," said Mrs. Cudahy. liss Skogmann, who has been cared for at the Wheeldon Annex, since the fire. Is in a condition bordering on nervous breakdown from hysteria and frrief. Physicians have given orders that no one be allowed to see her. With his entire face a mass of Misters, his eyebrows singed away and his hair scorched, J. Cudahy tells of his frantic search through the blazing third story for his 11-year-old son, Raymond. He did not find the boy, who had already gone down the stair way in safety, and was beaten back to Campbell s room and the rire escape. Dieting Savon Woman. As he gained the fire escape he met "VTillard Dieting, who was just placing Miss Skogmann on the landing. Cudahy followed her down, he says, but Diet ing, when he saw him last, was still standing by the window. It was at this time, apparently, that the heroic young man dared the flames again and returned, either to awaken Ebele, or to save valuable belongings of Miss Ekogmann. "Dick was standing In the window us I went down," said Cudahy. "Poor iJlck, he was the life of the house." Another roomer who was scorched Rnd burned was F W. Campbell, the windows of whose room open on the fire escape, and on whose bed the body of Dieting rested. Mr. Campbell, hav ing tried the Impassable stairs, returned to his room, and escaped Just after Cudahy. Wheeldon Annex Is Haven. At the Wheeldon Annex, those who fled, with only their night clothing, were taken in and ministered to. The patrons of the burned hotel were grate ful for the care that was given them nd the coffee and breakfast served. The management of the Wheeldon also ordered that the firemen be given cof fee and hot food, and served breakfast to the men when the fire was quelled. Of the firemen engaged In the fight, only one was injured or burned. Truck man Fitzmorris had his face and hands pcorchod in his daring third-story climb to bring R. D. Curtis down to safety. Fire Captain Ring, of Truck 1, which was the first apparatus to reach the fire, declares that the tardiness with which the alarm was turned in is re sponsible for the serious character of the fire. The run to the fire was made In record time, the alarm being re ceived at 6:44. In less than six minutes the hose lines were playing on the flames and Captain Ring had run two blocks from the blazing hotel to "pull" a fire box. The records show that this tecond alarm was turned-in at 6:50, six minutes after Truck 1 left its station at fourth and Yamhill. Captain Sni Alarm Wai Late. l uv Lciepiiuni; amrm was receiven at least 15 minutes late," declared Cap tain Ring, "and the fire had a big ptart. Had we received an immediate alarm we could have confined the fire to the kitchen. Under the conditions I don't believe it could have been han ' died any better. I think it was one of the best stops ever made in this town." Captain Ring stated that witnesses told him the fire had been in progress at least 15 minutes before the alarm was received by the department. At least three ladders were up" within five minutes after the arrival of Truck 1. members of that company declare, adding that it was unnecessary for the women to Jump. "One of the women," said a fireman, "was in a window. We would have reached her with the ladder in less than 30 seconds. Someone called . 'Jump!' and she sprang out." ONE DEAD IN FIRE Trapped Roomers Leap From Upper Windows. VICTIM DIES AS HERO W. G. Dieting Saves Two Others, but Succumbs to Flame Five Women Are in Hospital Suf fering From Injuries. (Continued From First Page.) FARMERS' UNION BANQUETS Pendleton . TIas Celebration Over Grain Elevator Work. PENDLETON. Or., Nov. 26. (Spe eial.) One hundred and fifty Pendle ton and Uhatilla County farmers and business men gathered at the Eagle- v Mdmen Hall today for the annual banquet of the Farmers' Union Grain Ascency. The occasion was the com Vletion of the concrete-pouring at the .new 130.000 grain elevator now under construction. Impromptu talks were made by P. C. Eurrell, of the Burrell Engineering Company of Chicago: E. Roehlfing, of Portland; Fred Weiss, of Condon; J. D. Adkisson, of The Dalles; S. B. Calder - head, E. L. Hoppell and Walter Adams, if the Northern Pacific Railroad, and T. F. O'Brien, of the O.-W. R. & N. Company. Alumni Team Training. HOQl'IAM. Wash.. Nov. 26. (Spe cial.) Regular nightly practice is be ing held by the Grays Harbor Alumni team in the Tacoma Stadium Thanks giving "Day. The team is composed of eight former Hoquiam High School football players and three from Aber deen. fid-irL-fi2jajd Relieved in one minute. Get compli mentary can of Kondon's from your dniKKist. Or buy a 25 cent tube. If it doesn't do you $1 worth of good in a jiffy, you can get your 25 cents back from the druggist or from the Kondon Mig. Ox Minneapolis, Minn. Use some quick. For colds, catarrh. coughs, nasal headaches, etc Be sure it s the kind that s been csed for 26 years and by 60 million Americans P. CATARRHAL JELLY J2 SHOPPlMG (SO W NUMBER. omCYo-?- Good Atvice:- - R EAp OUR ADS. nace of flame. Ebele says that he awoke with Dieting clutching at his throat, and imploring him to save himself. Half-asleep, Ebele for a mo ment resisted-his rescuer, but Dieting pulled him from his bed. As Ebele realized the situation, Dieting sprang again through the door, to regain the fire escape. His roommate met a wave of flame at the door and fell back. Dieting succumbed as he reached Campbell's room again, with the fire escape just before him. West Side fire companies and trucks responded to the alarm, which was turned in at 6:45, and turned swiftly to the rescue of the roomers, but not before a number had leaped from the second story. Truckman Fitzmorris, of truck 1, scaled the blazing building to the third story, using a roof ladder, and brought R. D. Curtis down in safety when the latter was preparing to jump. Mr. Curtis' left arm, from el bow to wrist, was blistered and burned. A dozen other heroic inci dents are told by the rescued per sons, who unite in praise for the brav ery of Willard Dieting, who lost his life, and for the conduct of the jani tor, James Toomey, who raced through the thick smoke to give the alartn. All Flee in Night Garments. So scanty was the time afforded that none of the roomers saved their personal effects and all were forced to fiee the hotel in their night gar ments. The apartments of the Wheel don Annex, across the street, were generously thrown open to the suffer ers, where they were warmed and given coffee and breakfast. The origin of the fire is unknown, save for the Information given by the Janitor, who rose at 5 o'clock. Mr. Toomey, who was employed by the hotel a week ago, said that he first kindled a fire in the kitchen range, then went to the basement to tend the furnace. As he was at this work, he heard & muffled explosion sound in the kitchen, and hastened back. He found the room seething with fire, and gave the alarm. It is his belief that the ex plosion was caused by a leakage of gas from the kitchen fixtures. With almost inconceivable rapidity the fire coursed upward, devastating the south and southwest rooms on the second floor, and spreading fanwise to the third, where it swept every room. Most of the roomers on the- third floor gained the second floor in time to es cape, but others were marooned In the stifling smoke of the second floor and forced to spring from the windows. It was in this manner that the five women In the hospital received their Injuries. Bedclothes Rope Used. Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Alkus and their seven-year-old son, Robert, room ers on the second floor, found-the stair way roaring and retreated to a room facing the north, where Mr. Alkus made a rope of bedclothes, lowering his little son to the ground. Mrs. Alkus fell before the descent was com pleted. but was saved from more seri ous injury by a mattress which . had been thrown out. Her right ankle was broken. Cut off from escape, Mrs. Blanche Boss and her mother, Mrs. J. Gratton, fled from their room to a second-story window and leaped to the ground. Both wert injured by the fall. It was at first thought that Mrs. Boss had received a broken back, but an exami nation showed that, while her condi tion is grave, she had been spared such injury. George Bostorius also jumped from the second story. In like manner. Miss Jagger and Miss Smith, who were' roommates, escaped, receiving severe injuries in their jump from the second story. Showing that the choice of risking broken limbs was set against that of suffocation or death by flame, is the fact that all of those who leaped from the building were badly scorched, while even those who escaped by the stairway ran the gauntlet of fire and were more or less burned about their faces and night clothing. Ebele Escapes by Jnmplnc As - for Ebele, who was roused by Dieting, which act undoubtedly cost the latter his life, the exit from his room was barred by a hallway of fire. Turning back, he groped to the win dows, and heard his name called. C M. Eaton, who had already escaped, was on the roof of a building to the south, calling to him to jump. Ebele took the risk, springing out and down ward, a distance of 12 feet. He struck Eaton, knocking the latter down, and arose with only slight bruises. A cordon of police was drawn about the building at the order of Police Cap tain Inskeep, holding back the appalled crowd that had gathered, despite the early hour. The first police to arrive were Sergeant Bunn and Patrolman Abbott, who were in the vicinity and saw the smoke and flames. Patrolman Abbott said that when they arrived the frenzied roomers were already crowding the windows. Both he and Sergeant Bunn called to them not to Jump, but to wait for the fire men. The warning was ineffectual and the imperiled men and women, as the smoke and flame became unendurable, sprang to the lawn and pavement be low. Fire Subdued In an Hour. Within an hour the fire was sub dued and entrance to the charred ruins gained. All rooms to the southwest, on the first and second floors, were gutted, while those to the north and northeast had escaped. But the third floor was merely a mass of jumbied and blackened wreckage. Prone on a burned bed in the room of Floyd Camp bell was stretched the body of Willard Dieting. Deputy Coroner Smith was summoned and took the remains to the public morgue. The Cudahy Family Hotel was oper ated by Mrs. Katherine E. Cudahy. and the establishment was of the "happy family" sort, where everybody knew everyone and the most cordial feeling of fellowship obtained. Willard Dieting was a great favorite with the- other guests, and had been a roomer in the hotel since its establishment. Mrs. Cudahy and her guests were deeply shocked by the young man's tragic death, and were warm in praise of his good humor and fine character. Owner Away From City. The owner of the building Is Thomas Prince, who is absent from the city. He is represented by O. K. Jeffrey, president of the Oregon Home Builders' Association. Mr. Jeffrey stated that the structure was Insured for $10,000, while Mrs. Cudahy carried $3500 in surance on the contents. It is thought that the loss is practically two-thirds. Patrons who were in the hotel at the time of the fire were: Mr. and Mrs. Harry E.. Alkus and their son Robert, 7 years old; Mr. and Mrs. Al ivleyer, and 4-months-oId son; Mrs. Katherine Cudahy and 1-year old son Raymond; J. W. Cudahy, no relative of. Mrs. Cudahy's; F. J. Campbell, C. M. Eeaton, George Bistorius, Edward Ebele, Mrs. Emily Sinske and daughter, Alice, age 7; Miss Myra Skogmann, Cleveland Calvin, Mrs. Harold Gratton. Mrs. Blanche Boss. a. J. Curtis, jonn Murphy, John Meikle, Miss Cora Jag ger, Miss Marion B. Smith, Miss Lydia Villeneuve and Miss Daisy Rush, teach ers in the Central School; Willard E. Dieting. Floyd Campbell. E. N. Coffey. Charles L. Shaw. Mr. and Mrs. ai. H. Jacobson, George Carlton, David Wax and James Toomey, janitor. Patrolman M. E. Sims, who was a roomer, as well as several others, were not in the ho tel. Willard G. Dieting had lived in Port land for five years, during which time he was constantly in the employ of the National Biscuit Company. His father, a mining engineer, is believed to be In Southern California, In the vicinity of Volcano, near the Mexican border. One- of th many who visited the blackened room, where Dieting twice rushed to the rescue, was L. R. Detterman. local manager for1 the Na tional Biscuit Company. , "Dick was a fine fellow and we though a lot of him " was Mr. Detter man'a single remark, feelingly ex pressed. The body will be held at the public morgue, while un .effort is made to locate the father. Deputy Coroner J. Rrlxsalarl, Hotel Multno mah. Henrr Thlele. Hotel Ilen son. II. (Ida, Imperial Hotel. ('has. Kief fer, A r 1 1 k ton 4 luh. . i - Jack Krlts. 1'alvernlty Club. S. P. S. Diolnc rars. .-V. R. A S. IllniDK t ars. Portland A Smn Kraucinco S. . t o. Mania) Better Coffee The "Tricolator" fits on any coffee pot or percolator. .Makes delicious French drip coffee. To aid in better coffee-making, we ' send this "Trl colator" postpaid on receipt of tl and a trade-mark from the "Depend able" can. The trade-mark has no value merely shows that you are trying our coffee. Send to Dwlght Edwards Company. 34 X. Front St., Portland. Money back if not satisfied. "Pm glad you ordered Dependable" "Guests coming tonight. I wouldn't want to risk mother's reputation for coffee-making on any other than Depend able." This fine old brand has been the guest coffee in Portland's best homes, hotels and clubs for a generation. It is sold on confidence. The offer, "Your money back if not satisfied, no matter how much has been used," for j-ears has appeared on every can. You pay for real quality in coffee at 40c, but have you been getting it? Dependable costs no more than ordinary brands. $1.10 for the 3-pound tins. Ask your grocer. Smith stated that an Inquest may be held. "Jim was a dandy." said Mrs. Cudahy, as she recounted the fearless efforts of the Janitor, James Toomey, in alarm ing the house. "He risked his own life and went from door to door, pound ing and shouting at every room in the house." Toomey came from California a short time ago and was engaged by Mrs. Cudahy as Janitor less than a week since. Immediately after the fire an Inves tigation was begun by Fire Marshal Jay Stevens, who was accompanied by State Insurance Commissioner Harvey J. Wells. Both declared that the con struction of the building formed an almost perfect flue for the fire. When word of the fire and the plight of the sufferers became known, tne Meier & Frank store, closed for Sun day, was ordered reoperei by the man agement for the benefit of the Cudahy Hotel sufferers. Employes were sent to each department, with instructions to see that the sufferers lacked for nothing. Even in those rooms whici were not directly In the path or tne flames, the clothing of the guests was oddn with water and reeking witn smoke and could not be donned. Many others, a majority, of the roomers. Buf fered & total loss of their effects. The destruction of the Cudahy Hotel Is tbe most disastrous, as well as the most spectacular, lire mac naa - urred in Portland for some time, w lt- nesses of the blaze ana memoers m the police and fire bureaus marvel at the comparatively small list of injured. .-hen so many risked death or oroKen bones in leaping. But for the timely warning of Janitor Toomey, the fatal ity list must have been a Heavy one. Miss Cora Jagger and Miss Marian Smith, both badly bruised, smilingly i i .,i,!iAr. at thA Good Samari tan Hospital yesterday afternoon. Miss Jager thought little 01 me had left to destruction in the burning building -b.11 her clothes, her steamer . a .i xir .HitrnsA and many other things she had recently purchased to outfit her for a trip to Honolulu that ., .i nianneri next month. She laughingly told of her narrow escape from death by dropping from the sec ond story to the sidewalk below, say t .ho. i, - Aniv thino. that disturbed her mind as she dropped was the awk ward way in which she was forced to escape. "Miss Smith and I were sleeping to gether." said Miss Jagger yesterday afternoon. "Miss Smith awoke first on,. Hoat-ri t v, fl she roused me. 1 got out of bed and put on my kimono and slippers, not tninKing our estn from the building by the stairs was blocked by flames. Miss Smith went to the door and opened It. The flames shot In the room so the only thin ..f waa In trn thrnuffh the WindOW." If ever there was optimism in the nf HieftHtAr it Is found In Miss Jagger. The fact she lost all her per sonal belongings matterea not at an. She was glad to escape with but a few Injuries received In tne tail. Mrs. John Gratton. who was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital suffering from bruises and shock, received in her Jump frorn the second story, recovered sufficiently to be removed to tne nome of her daughter, Mrs. Harry J. Murphy, of 549Vi Williams avenue, late yester day afternoon It is her daughter, Mrs. Blanche Boss, who Is the most seriously in Jured of the four victims yet in the hospital. FACTORY SITE TOO HIGH Klamatli Company Wants Medford People to JLower Trice. MEDFORD. Or.. Nov. 26. (Special.) Erection of a box factory in Medford is dependent ' on the acquisition of 30 acres of land at a reasonable price and the extension of water mains to pro vide fire protection, according to offi cers of the Ewauna Box Company, of Klamath Falls, who held a conference with officials of the Applegate Lumber Company in Medford. A guarantee from the local company to supply the box factory with 15.000,000 feet of lumber a year is also necessary. The officers of the Ewauna Company are: C. B. Crisler, president and also Mayor of Klamath Falls; Charles Mc Gowan. general manager, and Fred Shallock, secretary and treasurer. Land for the mill site,' the Klamath men said, was priced too high and must be offered at a reasonable figure or the company cannot consider its pur chase. - - . You will know "The Song of Songs" later Adv. DBPENDABL1B GDEFEE Tastes better goes further iAXTZZZI. HIT, ' 1 1 NOTED WOMEN TO TALK SOCIAL AND JIOMR TOriCS TO BE DISCUSSKD AT O. A. C. parations for the entertainment and reception of the visitors. About 150 delegates from Hood River. Sherman and Wasco Counties are expected to be present. The con vention will be held at the local Castle. Many prominent men of the state are expected to be here. Economics and Domestic Art Depart ment Will Participate In Exten sive I'rogrnmme. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Nov. 20. (Special.) The best and most extensive pro gramme that has ever been offered to the women of (regon along the lines of social and other subjects pertaining to the home has been arranged by the home economics and domestic art de partment of the Oregon Agricultural College for Farmers' and Home-Makers" Week, January 2 to 6. 1917. Most prominent of- the speakers who have been secured is Miss Alice Ka venhlll, of Vancouver. B. C, who will give 11 lectures. Many women, prominent In the state, will appear on the programme. Among them are: Mrs. Charles Castner. of Hood River, president of the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs. George McMath, of Portland, president of the Oregon Mothers' Congress and Iarent-Teuchers" Association; Mrs. Aristene Felts. of Portland. past preeiitlent of the Oregon Mothers' Congress and Parent-Teachers' As sociation: Miss Elizabeth K Fox. dean of women at the University of Oregon: Mrs. Millie Trumbell of Portland, chairman of the legisla tive commmlttees of the Federation of Women's Clubs, the Mothers' Congress and Parent-Teachers' Association and the Consumers' League: Mrs. Isaac Swett. of Portland, president of the Women's Jewish Council; M. Sarah Kvnns. of Portland, a director of the General Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs. George J. Frankel. of Portland; Mrs. Minnie Bond, of Eugene; Mrs. J. H. Whitby, of Corvallis: Mrs. Gertrude Blanchard, of Grants Pass: Mrs. Orla Buxton, of Forest Grove, and Mrs. Lulu Miller, of Albany, all of whom are ac tive in the Oregon Grange, and Miss Marian Towne. of Phoenix. Or., who is a former member of the ..State Legislature. H. H. LEARNED. IS DEAD PYTHIAN CONVENTION IS ON Slembers of Eiglith District Will Meet at The Dalles Today. THE DALLES, Or.. Nov. 26. (Spe cial.)-! The 17th annual convention of the Knights of Pythias. of the Eighth District will convene in The Dalles to morrow. The local order. Friendship Lode-e No. 9. Is making elaborate pre- Granil'Army Man Has Iteoord of In dian Service to His Credit. THE DALLES. Nov. 26. (Special.) H. 11. Learned, a resident of this city for 30 years and a prominent Grand Army of the Republic member, died ftt the home of his son, Harry M. Learned, 8f4 West Twelfth street, last night. Mr. Learned, who was 76 years old, had been ill for some time. Mr. Learned was mustered out of the regular service in lb64 at Vancouver. Wash., and then went to the Walla Walla district, where he organized a militia company and participated in the Indian wars. Ho came to The Dalles In l46 and resided here continually up to the time of his death. He is sur vived by two daughters and a son. Mrs. N. L. Jones, of Portland; Mrs. Belle Vancamp. of Camas. Wash., and Harry M. Learned, of The Dalles. BEAR HUNTER IS KILLED Former Onialia Ballplayer Victim of Accidental Shot. ST. ANTHONY. Idaho. Nov. 26. Ed Chetwood. a former Omaha ballplayer, was accidentally shot and killed near Cascade Station, Wyo., while bear hunt ing with IWcar Payne, of Squirrel. Wyo.. according to word received here today. Chetwood was on his hands and knees looking Into a bear den. when his companion discharged his rifle while adjusting his pack. 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