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THE UORXTXG.' OREGONIAX, . THURSDAY,
MARCH 5, 1908.
E
WANTS NO HALT
Adopts Platform Calling for
Vigorous Enforcement of
. Roosevelt's Policies.
HARRIS HEADS THE TICKET
KepuMlcans .Name Candidates and
Declare for Tariff Revision,
Modification of the Currency
Iaws and Other Reforms,'
COLUMBUS. O.. March 4. In its sec
ond day of session the Republican State
Convention today adopted a platform
Indorsing fully the administration of
President Roosevelt. The platform
voices enthusiastic-approval of the pro
secution of illegal trusts and monopolies
and declares that "neither halt nor re
tract shall be sounded In the march to
ward better government." The admin
istration Is especially commended for
the regulation of railroads and the con
vention (toes on record as favoring a re
vifion of the tariff, modification of cur
rency laws a.nd re-enactment of the em
ployer's liability law.
A full state ticket was named with
overnor Andrew T. Harris at its head.
His name was received with great ap
plause' and no other nomination was
made for the office. The entire state
ticket., Is as follows:
Slate Ticket Is Named.
Lieutenant-Governor Francis Tread
way. Cleveland.
Delegates at large to the National Con
ventionCharles P. Taft. Cincinnati;
Myron T. Herrlck. Cleveland; Arthur I.
Vorhys. Lancaster, and Andrew T. Har
ris. Eaton.
Presidential electors at' large El M.
Huggins, Columbus; J. L." Carew, Cin
cinnati. Secretary of State Carmi Thompson,
Ironton. '
Auditor E. M. Fullington. Marysville.
Treasurer Charles G. (iron. Columbus.
Attorney-General U. G. Denman, To
ledo. Members , of Board of Public Works
R. W. Baldwin, Conncaut; William
Irtly, Jr., Conneaut.
Dairy and Food Commissioner Ren
nick V. Dtinlap, Picqua County.
Longnorth Resorts to Notes.
Unanimity for W. H. Taft, as Ohio
candidate- for the nomination of Presi
dent, was the feature of the convention.
The delegates to the National Conven
tion were Instructed to vote for Taft
"until he is nominated." The names of
the delegates at large were presented
by Congressman Nicholas Longworth, of
Cincinnati, whose memory failed after
he started to deliver a prepared speech,
and who was compelled to finish by
reading from tho manuscript.
Mr. Longworth was quick to .-recover
. from his embarrassment. and was
greeted with. hearty applause a't the close
of his address. Mention of President
Roosevelt's name, like that of Mr.
Taft's. was received with applause. A
notable ovation was tendered to Con
gressman Theodore Burton, chairman of
the committee on resolutions, who read
the platform which wan adopted unan
imously. The platform Indorsed the pol
ices Inaugurated under the administra
tion of President Roosevelt and Gov
ernor Harris. The declaration for the
revision of the tariff by friends of pro
tection at an extra session of Congress,
a greater merchant marine, andjah ade
quate Navy, speedy completion of the
Panama Canal, enforcement of the civil
and political rights of the negro were
among the features of the platform
adopted. There were contests for all
hut four of the places on the ticket, and
the larger part of the day was spent in
balloting.
Text of the Platform.
"The Republicans of Ohio proclaim
this platform of principles of the cam
paign of 190S:
"In the Nation.- we stand for those
Ideals of government which mean Jus
tice, equality and fair dealing among
men: a brave and impartial enforce
ment of the law; commercial and Indus
trial liberty; individualism as against
socialism; competition as against mo
nopoly; Oovernment regulation as
ag;!nl Government ownership; the
promotion of the best interests of labor
and capital and the unflinching pro
tection of both; compensation for in
jured employes of the Government; the
Te-enaMment in constitutional form of
the employers' liability act; a limita
tion In the exercise of the power of
Injunction, in order to prevent its
abuse: a greater merchant marine and
an adequate Navy: generous provision
for the old soldiers the vanishing
for.'es of the Republic; liberal appro
priations for the Improvement of
waterways and harbors, in accordance
with . a general plan which shall be
comprehensive and Just 1o all portions
of the country; the organization of all
existing National public health . agen
cies into a single National Health De
partment. "A revision of the tariff by a special
session of the next Congress, insuring tha
maintenance of the true principle of pro
tection by Imposing such customs' duties
as will equal the difference between the
cost of production at home and abroad;
together with a reasonable profit to the
end That, without excessive duties, Amer
ican manufacturer, farmers, producers
and wa-e earners may have adequate pro
tection." Change in Currency Laws.
The platform also demands such modi
fications of the currency laws as will
"provide for the demand of commerce,
satisfy the .needs of all portions of the
country and have at all times the quality
of undoubted security."
Reduction of representation in Congress
and the electoral college, in all states of
this Union where white and colored cltl
lens ar disfranchised. Is demanded.
The speedy completion of the Panama
Canal and the development of popular
Government in the Philippines are also
demanded.
Concerning President Roosevelt's admin
istration, the platform says:
"vie indorse hia splendid administra
tion and declare that neither halt nor re
treat shall be sounded in the march
toward better government. We especially
approve the enactment of the railroad
rata law. the strengthening of the super
visory powers of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, the prosecution of illegal
trusts and monopolies and of evildoers,
both In the public sen-Ice and in the com
mercial world, together with the enforce
ment of all wholesnne measures which
have made safer the guarantee of life,
liberty and prosperity."
The American people are congratulat
ed that their recent safe passage through
a financial disturbance indicates the
sound basis upon which our commercial,
industrial and agricultural interests are
founded
An effective and compulsory primary J
Oil
CONV
NT ON
electloa law. abolishment ' of child labor,
local option for the people and the con
trol of public -service corporations and
the regulation of their rates are among
stare issues indorsed.
The platform continues: .
As"lo State Politics.
"We indorse the Republican Adminis
tration of state affairs and we congratu
late the people of Ohio that our repre
sentation In tha Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States
maintains the state's high rank in the
National Legislature.
"Once more Ohio presents to the Na
tion a candidate for the Presidency. In
this convention, chosen upon a call for a
primary election providing for a specific
choice for President of the United States,
we send greetings to Republicans every
where and announce with pride and de
votion that every delegate here as
sembled is instructed lor William H. Taft,
He is the man equipped for the day and
its duties. His . conspicuous;-jart in the
achievements of a greater America, ?T"s
broad knowledge and experience in law
and government; his genius .for world
peace and advancement, his rare tact
and sturdy courage, and. more than all
else, hia steadfast devotion to the en
during policies of Republicanism makes
Ohio's candidate the ideal leader Tor 190S.
We pledge him our earnest and loyal
support and instruct our delegates to
the National Convention, this day chos
en, to vote for WHliam H. Taft until he
Is nominated.
"Upon thiB platform we go before the
people appealing for . their support in
the name of the great things doing and
the greater things to do."
While the nominations were in progress
Chairman Ellis received the following
message from Secretary Taft, dated New
London, Conn.:
"Please convey, to the members of the
state convention and through them to
the Republicans of Ohio my deep sense
of gratitude for the expression of confi
dence, sympathy and support contained in
their action today."
By a rising vote the convention adopted
a vote extending the sympathy of the
delegate to the City of Cleveland in the
hour of its great calamity in the school
holocaust.
KANSAS IS SOMD FOR TAFT
Republican Delegates Instructed to
. Stand by Him.
TOPEKA, Kan., March 4. Kansas Re
publicans in state convention here today
elected four delegatea-at-large to the Chi
cago convention instructed to vote for
the nomination of Secretary Taft for
President. The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted amid much enthu
siasm: The Republicans of Kansas are of one
mind In their choice of a candidate for
President of the United States. The
proved statesmanship, executive ability and
magnificent manhood of our candidate fit
him for the high office and command the
approval and confidence -of the people;
therefore.
We instruct the delegates to the National
convention to vote on every preliminary
and test vote and on every ballot for the
nomination of William H. Taft.
The resolutions indorse the administra
tion of President Roosevelt and the Kan
sas delegation in Congress.
The delegates elected to Chicago are:
United States Senators Long and Curtis.
Robert McGonigle. of Colby, and Grant
Hornaday. of Fort Scott. David R. Mul
vane, of Topeka, was indorsed for Na
tional Committeeman.
Willis J. Bailey. ex-Governor, before
he entered the convention today, an
nounced his withdrawal from the race for
the Republican nomination for Governor.
Today's convention will probably be the
last State Republican Convention to be
held In Kansas. Horeafter candidates are
to be. chosen by primaries.
DIVISION IX NEVADA .BANKS
Coup Will Probably Beat Taft in
. Convention
RENO. Nev.. March 4. The Republican
State Central Committee of Nevada meet
here tomorrow and ' promises to be the
most exciting In years. At the last mo
ment the friends of Taft have learned
that L. M. Blakeslee. one of the old stal
warts, has secured enough proxies to
manipulate the control of the meeting
and throw the committee for a Hughes
or Fairbanks delegation, anything to beat
Taft.
On the other hand, the young radicals,
led by George Sprtngmeyer. who was the
party's candidate for Attorney-General
last election, are struggling for Taft.
Springmeyer and his followers sprang the
news here tonight and It has caused a
sensation among the party leaders, most
of whom were In Ignorance of the quiet
work being done by Blakeslee. who Is.
It is alleged, the representative of the
Southern Pacific Company in Nevada,
BRYAN" TO RIXE CONVENTION
Xebraska Platform Will Reflect
Ideas of Leader.
OMAHA. March 4. The advance guards
of the Democratic State Convention,
which meets in Omaha tomorrow, began
arriving today. The state officers of the
Bryan volunteers are here seeking to
extend the propaganda of that organiza
tion, which I expected to take a promi
nent part in "the coming National Con
vention. Mr. Bryan will be the central
figure and his Influence will dominate
the spirit of the platform, which is ex
pected to reflect to a certain extent the
ideas he will present to the National
Convention at Denver in June. '
Indorse Taft, "Roast'' Legislature.
TOPEKA. Kan.. March 4. The First
District Congressional . convention,
which met here today, indorsed the ad
ministration of President Roosevelt,
strongly commended Secretary Taft as
the next Presidential nominee, and -indorsed
the state administration. The
regular and special, sessions of the late
Legislature were- denounced and in
dorsement refused. Delegates to the
Chicago convention were instructed to
vote for the nomination of Taft.
Name Delegates at Lincoln.
LINCOLN. Neb.. March 4. The First
District Congressional convention here to
day chose Senator E. J. Burkett and J.
H. Ahrends delegates to the Rcpublicati
National convention and Instructed them
for Taft.
Taft Delegates In Nebraska.
WILBUR. Neb..' March 4. At the
Fourth District Congressional Convention
here today. Taft was indorsed and
Samuel Rtnaker and T. - E. Williams
were elected delegates to the National
Convention.
Three Lights to Shine Together.
NEW YORK. March 4 Secretary Taft.
Governor Hughes and Governor Johnson,
of Minnesota, will meet as speakers at
the- dinner of the Friendly Sons of St.
Patrick on March 17. They will not talk
politics.
Rhode Island for Bryan.
PROVIDENCE; R. I., March 4. The
Democratic State Central Committee to
day Indorsed Bryan and called the state
convention for March 21. at Providence.
CHICAGO. March 4. (Special.) W. H.
Toung. of Portland "registered today at
the Great Northern.
Read Sharkey's Sunday ad.
INNOCENTS SLAIN
BT THE HUNDRED
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the first floor, the flames passed upward
until all three floors crashed into a smol
dering pile in the basement.
Impossible to Identify Dead.
After the fire . had practically burned
itself out the work of rescuing the bodies
was begun by firemen and railroad em
ployes from the Lake Shore shops. The
railroad company turned over one of its
buildings near by to be -used as a tempor
ary monsue. and thither the charred and
broken little bodies were removed as fast
as they could be dug' from the ruins.
Within five hours practically all had been
removed. They were placed In rpws In
the Lake Shore shops.
Identifications were made only by means
of clothing or trinkets. The fire had
swept away nearly all resemblance to hu
man features in the majority of instances.
Distracted parents soon began to gather
and the work of Identification of the
blackened and mangled corpses began.
The grewsome task' of taking out the
blackened torsoes and bits of human re
mains- was one of horror. A line of res
cuers was formed, baoked by half a dozen
ambulances. As the bodies were untangled
from the debria they were passed along
to the stretchers, thence conveyed to the
ambulances, where they were mercifully
covered with blankets and then taken to
the Improvised morgues.
Identified Only by Shoes.
At the temporary morgue in the Lake
shore shops the scenes became fourfold in
the intensity of human Buffering as fath
ers, mothers, brothers and sisters passed
up . and down the lines formed of 160
corpses. To facilitate identification the
bodies were numbered as they were re
ceived at the morgue.
The first Identification was made by the
mother of Nels and Tony Thompson, aged
6 and 9. respectively. The heads and arms
had been burned from both bodies, but
the mother recognized the shoes on their
feet. And so the disheartening work went
on, accentuated now and then by a pierc
ing shriek or a plaintive moan as a loved
one was recognized by clothes or token,
such as a ring or necklace.
Falls Back Into Flames.
About the burned schoolhouse there are
but few residences. In one of these Mrs.
Clark Sprung lived. Her little boy, Alvon,
aged 7, was a pupil in the second grade.
When the fire started the mother ran over
to the school and arrived when the first
floor was a mass of flames. At a window
on that floor she saw the face of her boy.
He recognized her and pleaded Jor help.
Ruehing across the street, Mrs. Sprung
secured a stepladder and placed it.
against the window. Climbing up. she
reached for her boy. She caught him by
the hair. It burned off in her hands and
the lad fell back Into the flames.
Desolation unspeakable hangs over the
vicinity of the school and the whole
village of Collingwood. " The school
board met in special session at the
temporary morgue late this afternoon to
discuss the calamity, while the Coroner
prepared to hold an inquest to deter
mine the cause and place the responsi
bility for the fire.
Finds Back Door Locked.
The statement that the back door of
the building was locked is made by
Walter C. Kelly, editor of the sporting
department of the Cleveland Leader, two
of whose children were killed. Ab soon
as the alarm was given, Mrs. Kelly ran
from her home, which is not far from
the schoolhouse. to the building. A
portion of the structure was a mass of
flames and, frenzied by the screams of
the fighting and dying children which
reached her from the death-trap at the
foot of the first flight of stairs and be
hind that closed door, Mrs. Kelly ran
to the rear, hoping to effect an entrance '
there and save her children. She was
Joined by a man whose name is not
known, and the two of them tugged
and pulled frantically at the door. They
were unable to move it in the slightest
and there was nothing at hand by which
they could hope to break It down. In
utter despair of saving any of the chil
dren, they turned their attention to the
windows and by smashing some of
these they managed to save a few of
the pupils.
"They could have saved more," said
Mr. Kelly tonight, if the door had not
been locked. Nobody knows how many
of the children might have made their
way out before my wife had reached
there if the door had not been locked.
If half a dozen men had been there
when my wife and her companion ar
rived at the ' schoolhouse perhaps they
might have broken down the door, but
the two could do nothing, and the flames
spread so rapidly that It was all over in
a few minutes.
Parents-Frantic With Grief.
.' The suburb of Collingwood contains
about 8000 people, and within half an
hour "after- the outbreak of fire nearly
every one of them was gathered around
the blazing ruins of the schoolhouse,
hundreds of parents fighting frantically
with the policemen and firemen - who
were busily engaged In saving the lives
of the children caught In the burning
buildlng and doing their best to extin
guish the Are. v -
The police were utterly unable,
through lack of -numbers,- to keep away
the crowd, that pressed upon them, and
the situation soon became1, so serious
that a number of the more. cool-headed
In the throng took it upon themselves
to aid in fighting' back ' the crowd,
while the others helped the firemen
and the police. Among these, latter
-was Walter Upton, who reached the
building shortly after the front door
had caved in and disclosed to the horror-stricken
crowd the scenes Jhat had
been enacted there.
'" Vain Effort to Rescue Chile.''
Just in front of Mr. Upton's-eyes
wag his only 10-year-old daughter,
helpless in the crowd, badlv burned and
J trampled upon, but still alive. The
fire was close upon her. and if she
could not be saved at once, she could
not be saved at all. Mr. Upton sprang
to help her. and with all his strength
sought to tear her from the weight
that was pressing her down, and from
the flames which were creeping close.
Although he worked with desperation,
his strength was unequal to the task.
He fought on until his clothing was
patrtly burned from him, and the skin
of his face and -hands was scorched
black. Other men attempted to induce
him to move, but he refused until he
saw that his little girl was dead, and
that he could not save her life, even
by sacrificing his own. He then with
drew from the -schoolhouse and. al
though so aeriously injured that he
may die, lingered about the place for
several hours, refusing to go to a hos
pital or to receive medical attendance.
Firemen's Vain Search for "Life.
The flames spread fith such terrific
rapidity that within 30 minutes from the
time the fire was discovered the school
house was nothing but a few blackened
walls surrounding a cellar filled . with
corpses and debris. The firemen dashed
into the blazing wreckage with rakes,
forks and shovels and their bare hands,
worked in' the most frantic manner in the
hope of saving a few more lives. They
were unsuccessful, for , none was taken
alive from the ruins after the floors col
lapsed. .
Fragments of incinerated limbs, skulls
and bones were found almost at every
turn, and these things were piled to
gether in a little heap at one side of the
building. The great majority of the little
bodies that were taken from the ruins
were burned beyond all possible recogni
tion and no small part of the sorrow
which is bearing down the people of
Nortii Collingwood is that positive Iden
tification of. many of the children will
never be made.
Beside the children who were killed in
side the building, three little girls, Mary
Ridgeway. Anna Roth and ' Gertrude
David, were instantly killed by leaping
from the attic to the ground.
At midnight there were 15 bodies in the
morgue, of which 108 were identified and
67 are still unidentified. It is possible
that other bodies may be found in the
ruins, as at least 13 children are still
missing and have not been heard from
since the fire.
Teachers as "Life-Savers.
Miss Ethel Rose, a teacher on the first
floor .of the building, whose pupils were
the youngest in the school, managed to
get all but three of her charges out of
the building in -safety. Two of the
smaller ones she carried In her arms.
Miss Anna Moran, principal of the
school and two of the teachers. Miss
Golmer and Miss Rowley, escaped by
one of the windows In the rear. They
remained with the panic-stricken children
until they could do no more for them and
then sought their own safety.
Miss Laura Bodey, the only teacher on
the third floor, formed her pupils in
line and marched them down to the
second . floor, 'where, finding the flames
rushing up the stairway, she -turned them
around and hurried them back again to
the third floor. She here broke a window
with a chair and getting onto the plat
form of the fire-escape lifted out her
pupils, one by one, and sent them down.
Four or Ave children who broke from the
line and ran down the stairway were
killed.
Little Girl Rescues Brother.
One of the heroines of the catastrophe
was little Marie Witman. She ran through
the smoke-filled halls and grasped her
little brother, whom she managed to drag
from the room and take out through a
window, both of them being nearly
suffocated with smoke.
Miss Golmer said:
"It is awful. 'I can see the wee little
things in my room holding out their
tiny arms and crying to me to help
them. When the alarm gong rang, I
started the pupils marching from the
building. When we started down the
front stairs, we were met by & solid
wall of flames and clouds of dense
smoke. We retreated and, when we
turned, the children became panic
stricken and I could not do anything
with them. They Jammed into the nar
row stairway and I knew that the only
thing for me to do was to get around
to the rear door, if possible, and help
those "who were near the entrance.
When I got there, after climbing out
of a window, I found the children so
crowded in the narrow passageway
that I could not pull even one of them
and as I stood there the little ones
piled upon one' another. Those who
could stretched out their arms to me
and cried for me to help them. I tried
with all my might to pull them out,
and stayed there until the flames drove
me away." ...
Dragged From Under Dying Mass.
Another teacher.' Miss Pearl Lynn,
narrowly escaped death. She was car
ried toward the rear entrance by the
rush of the pantc-strlcken pupils, and
fell at the bottom of the stairs, with
numbers of the children on top of her.
She lay there, unable to rise because
of the weight of the bodies upon her.
She was dragged from the mass of
dead children Just in time to save her
own life.
Deputy State Fire Marshal Nathan
Fiegenbaum made an inspection of the
ruins after the fire, and tonight de
clared positively that the door of the
schoolhouse opened toward the inside,
and that the rear door was locked
when the children reached It. He de
clared that his Investigation so far
failed to establish the cause of the fire.
Takes Three to Hold Him.
One big man in overalls and jumper
was restrained by force from dashing
Into the flaming doorway. Explaining
In broken English that his "kinder"
were in the building, he struggled des
perately wish the three men who held
him. Finally they threw him to the
ground and sat on him, forcing his
great form down in the ankle-deep
mud. .
A man named Dorn discovered his
little girl among the mass of Injured
and crushed. He caught the girl by '
tne bands, and in his frantic efforts to
save her pulled her arms from her
body.
County Coroner Burke immediately
after the fire, said:
"The construction of the schoolhouse
was on outrage. The hallways were
narrow and there was practically, but
one mode of exit. The children were
caught like rats in a trap."
A man who was early upon the scene
caught five children in his arms as they
jumpeu, one after the other, from the
second or third-story windows. These
five escaped without injury.
BISHOP CASTLE RETURNS
Veteran Churchman , Now at His
. ; Home in Philomath.
Bishop N. Castle, of the United Breth
ren Church, after spending five months
in California, has returned to his home at
Philomath, Or. He writes to Rev. H. C.
ShafTer, of the Frst United Brethren
Church, of Portland, that he is much im
proved In health and hopes to be able
to attend the annual conference to be
held In Portland in June. Bishop Castle
is the senior bishop in this church and
at his own request was excused from ac
tive duties as bishop, but his counsels are
sought and heeded. In regard to the
church union plan, which originated in
Portland some weeks ago and which em
braces the Evangelical Association United
Brethren. United I5vangelical and Metho
dist Protestant Churches, Bishop Castle
Indorses the movement in the following
words:
In the Tleco - of the 5th I saw what
sent a great thrill of joy ihrouffh my
hart a riort by R?v. H. C. Shaffer of
"A Church Union Meeting" in Portland, Or.
Some months ago I named tht four
cnurf-hes as making a hapDy co-ordination
of reilg-lous forces. I wish this meeting
might b considered a prophecy of the
good time coming; and that It might have
an early fulfillment. It cannot be too
soon for me. Iet many such meetings be
held, and let the agitation go on. Let our
United Brethren come into It.
Honolulu Prepares for Fleet.
HONOLULU. March 4. Governor Frear
today appointed a committee to prepare
an entertainment for Rear-Admiral Evans'
battieshlp fleet when it arrives here.
CARD OF THANKS.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. I-ee and family
wish to extend theirrnany thanks for
the kind favors and floral offerings in
the death of their son, William F. Lee.
PEACE IN PROSPECT
Marine Engineers and Ship
owners to Confer.
BASIS OF COMPROMISE
Tie-Up of Lumber Schooners May
End This Week Leggett Sails
Again With Oil Expert in
Engine-Room.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 4. Nsotia
tions looking to a settlement of the dif
ferences between tho Marine Engineers'
Association and the Steam Schooner Own
ers of the Coast will be opened tomorrow,
when a new committee from the engin
eers will -call upon the owner commit
tee and ask that a conference be held
for a settlement. The engineer1 commit
tee is prepared to make concessions, ami
it is expected the conference will put Ia
motion the fleet of lumber carriers that
has been laid up for six weeks pending
the settlement of the controversy.
The new committee, the third appointed
by the engineers, is composed entirely
of engineers who have been operating
steam schooners.
Basis of Compromise.
Just what the basis of the compromise
will be is not definitely decided, but it is
understood the engineers will go to the
owners prepared to arbitrate the dispute
upon the basis of the indicated horse
power of the vessels, together with the
distances required on the various voy
ages. The owners have already stated
that they would arbitrate on this new
basis, and a compromise is likely before
the end of the week. It is understood
the engineers will insist upon a full crew
for long voyages, but will meet the own
ers half way concerning ships traveling
short distances. This Is the real point of
the trouble.
The steam schooner Prances leggett,
which was compelled to put back to port
on Monday on account of the inability
of her engine-room crew to run the ves
sel,' cleared again today with an oil ex
pert in the engine-room to superintend
the fires. The schooner Butler also
cleared. These are the only vessels run
ning with n on -association crews.
Provision Northern Ports.
An agreement was signed today between
the marine engineers and the owners of
the schooner Sea Foam, whereby the ves
sel will be allowed to ship association
engineers to Albion with supplies. It is
understood that no lumber will be car
ried on the return trip. The engineers
say they will put no obstacles in the
way of provisioning the northern ports
which have no rail connections with San
Francisco when the owners have been
able to get any non-association engineers
to run these boats.
It was learned today that the owners
had sent to the Marine Engineers Asso
ciation at Cleveland, asking Tor 50 en
gineers. The Cleveland Association wired
the local association to -learn if there was
any trouble and, being informed that
there is, will send no engineers.
MIXERS OX XOXTMOX BASIS
Plenty of Men Willing to Work Ten
. .Hours for $3 in Alaska.
SEATTLE, Wash., March 4. A cable
dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer from
Fairbanks, Alaska, says:
Nineteen operators on Vault Creek, for
merly operating eight hours and paying
Tw, resolved to go on a ten-hour, $5 basis
on March 10. and have so notified their
employes. Many men are arriving daily
over the trail and are being sent out to
work In the mines. More men are work
ing on the nonunion basis than ever,
many union operators having joined the
Mineowners' Association and with the
cutting down to a nonunion schedule,
prospects are bright for a banner season
in the history of Tanana. Fairbanks
Creek operators form a solid branch of
the Mineowners" Association and "will all
go on a nonunion basis immediately.
JUMPS FROM HIGH CLIFF
Believed That L. L. Wilson Leaped
Into Silver Canon.
AVAIjOX. Cal., March 4.-The- mystery
surrounding the disappearance on Sat
urday last of Ij. I Wilson, a ' guest at
the Metropolis Hotel, Is 'believed to have
been solved by the finding today of the
man's hat at the top of a 4-foot ledge
overlooking Silver Canyon. The body of
Wilson is believed to be lying at the
foot of tine cliff. It will be impossible
to reeorer it until ropes and tackle are
procured.
Wilson had been despondent for several
days preceding his disappearance and it
is believed was lead to his death while
temporarily insane.
Mo Hale Signs With Boston.
ANACONDA. Mont., March 4. James
McHale. last season a member of the
Stockton, Cal., club, has signed his con
tract with the Boston team, of the Amer
ican League. McHale played left field on
Portland's championship W06 team and
jumped to' the California State League
last year because of a disagreement with
McCredle over salary. He and Donahue
were, traded to Boston by Portland last
Fall for Danzig, first baseman: Ryan,
outfielder: Madden, catcher, and J1500.
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KILLS JIN OLD LIU
FATAL SHOOTIXG FRAY AT
DARRIXGTOX COAL MINE.
J. H. .Tahn Evens Old Score on Jesse
B. Price, Who Hounded Him
for Many Years.
SEATTLE, Wasli.; March 4. (Spe
ctaL) J. H. Jahn, of Spokane, formerly
of Seattle, shot and instantly killed
Jesse B. Price, of the Darrington Gold
Mining Company, at the mine near
Darrington, at noon today. Price came
from Pittsburg two years ago.
Jahn is 38 years old and has a wife
and two children in Spokane. After
killing Price he walked to Darrington
and gave himself, up. Jahn and the
dead man were originally from Pitts
burg, where the trouble is said to have
begun. The murdered man's father is
now in Pittsburg, and Jahn said he
would have killed him too if he were
here.
Jahn said that he had been hounded
and ruined by the Prices, and was
driven to murder. The only witness to
the shooting is said to have been a
boy.
GIRLS EXJOY CLASS RUSH
Make Vigorous Assaults in Struggle
for Freshmen Caps. .
TACOMA, Wash., March 4. (Special.)
When the freshmen of the University of
Puget Sound came out today in caps and
gowns with stirklng green and white as
the colors, it was the signal for a scrap
with the sophomores.- t
The Freshmen in their new caps and
gowns were grouped about the org-an, at
which Miss Terry presided. There is only
one boy in the freshman class of nine.
JF it makes a difference to
you what sort of shoes you
put your feet into, it makes a
lotof difference where you go to
get them and who makes them.
If you don't know what a
difference Selz Royal Blue
shoes will make in your foot
comfort, in the service and
style you get and in the money
you save, come -in here some
day and get a pair of these
fine shoes. They're different.
Selz Royal Blue Shoes
$3.50, $4 and $5
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and he sat In the middle of tha group.
At the close of the exercises, he was
generally assaulted by the sophomores.
Dashes made by some of the sophomore
girls weVe decidedly vigorous and deter
mined, and they succeeded in capturing a
hat or two. but some of the freshies got
away, and after safely doffing their caps
and gowns returned to the assistance of
their classmates, when the battle raged
fiercely again.
The contest was even carried into the
classroom and covered about 46 minutes.
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REAL PIANO
BARGAINS
Sherman. Clay & Co. offer the public
some genuine values in slightly used
pianos, and they are values which are
apparent at om-e to the piano buyer.
Richmond Mahogany, looks like pew,
Wellington Mahogany, can't tell from
new. 23.".
Smith Barnes Mahogany, magnifi
cent condition,
Kimball Mahogany, taken in ex
change, $173.
Sterling Walnut, J400 style, a great
bargain at $2".
Ludwig. Mahogany, slightly damaged
case. st.-lc. $27.
Hamilton Mahogiiny, $215: fine condi
tion. $22"UyVeSant Ma,Ksany' bis bargain,
Aside from the above we ofTer the
following pianos which have been twit
on rent, but which are all in fine cun
dition: One Estey, one Packard, one
Winter & Son, one Mendelssohn, one
Stultz & Bauer and two of the old re
liable Ludtvig, at prices which will
command your attention.
IVOTEi Remember that at any time
within two years you can exchange
any of the above pianos and have full
amount allowed on the purchase of a
Steinway .See our windows for display.
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Opposite Postoffire.
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