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VOL. 1,1 IT NO. 16,430. PORTLAND, OREGON", : WEDNESDAY, JULY ' 23, 1913. PIUCE FIVE CENTS. LIVING SCANTY BUT 'DECENT' -.ON 110.50 Packing Plant Woman Gives Testimony. SECOND 'CHANGES' ESCHEWED 'Saving" Question Interjected Into Welfare Conference. INSURANCE BECOMES DRAIN Kffort to Buy Xand or Home Also Saps . .Workers Is Testimony. Good Living on Less Than $10 Week Xot to Be Guaranteed. WHAT THE FACTORY MTNIMXM WAGE COMMISSION IS ASKED TO DETERMINE. 3. What is th sum required a. week to maintain in fruffal but de cent conditions of living: a self-supporting woman employed In a manu facturing!' establishment in Portland? The absolute .essential, elements of such decent conditions of living: are: a) Respectable lodging?, (b) three meais a day, (c? cfot'hms 'according to the standard demanded by the po sition such employe fills, d) some provision-for recreation, self-improvement and care of health. . ... , 'J, What are the maximum daily hours of work in manufacturing; es tablishments which, are consistent with the health and efficiency of the employes? 3. What length of lunch period Is demanded by the hygienic needs of -women workers In factories?. 4. What provisions should be re quired In each factory In regard (a) to a rest room, (b toilets, c) ven tilation? That she considered that she lived decently on $10.50 a week paid her as an. employe of the 'Oregon Packing Company, some of whose employes struck recently,' but- that her three meals a day wefe "not ve,ry solid ones," and that she did not have, a sufficient fund for clothing, were statements made last night by Mrs. N. A. Fallman. one of the employes' representatives in the second minimum wage conference called by the Oregon Industrial Wel fare Commission to : inquire into the wages, hours and conditions of work of women employed in manufacturing establishments in Portland. Everett Ames, of the Ames-Harris-Neville Company, bag, tent and twine manufacturers, was questioning Mrs. Fallman. "Second Changes" Eschewed. "Could you afford sufficient clothing on $10.50 a week?" lie asked, after Mrs. Fallman had said that she had lived decently ,but that she could not afford vt-ry solid sustenance. "No, sir." she said with emphasis. i. miuu nave enougn, nor aid my daughter, who was working for $31 a month for Wadhams 4b Kerr Bros.- We didn't have second changes." With our combined incomes, we could live none too well," continued Mrs. Fallman. "We kept up my life in surance, and paid the taxes and the in terest on what I owed on some land I bought in Eastern Oregon, and it kept us drained. We could save nothing except what we put into my insurance. This we felt was a saving." I'Rnd Debt Increases Mrs. Fallman explained that she paid $66.86 a year on an. endowment policy and $34 a year on a fraternal policy. "How much did you owe on the land?" she was asked. "We owed $400 at that time?" "Do you owe more than that now?' asked W. B. Ayer, the chairman Of the conference. "les about $600. We have been unable to pay the interest, and the amount has crept up on us." Miss Jessie Henderson, a bookbinder by trade, who is employed on repair work at the city library at $45 a month, and another representative of the em ployes In the conference, said that she had not received less than $10 a week for the last five years, and that she thought that she could live on that, but that she wouldn t guarantee a very good living on less than that." "Snvlnc" Not Issue. Miss Henderson explained that she had been employed in a bookbindery, and that she got $13 a week for time, and that her health broke down, so that she accepted her present posi tlon at less wages because the work was easier. "Can you save anything on $45 a month?" asked Chairman Ayer, and the answer' was, "No.' "Is there anyone dependent on you?' les, she said I live with my father and mother. .Father is 75 years old, and can't do any work, but he gets a pension of $25 a month. We llv fairly well, but we don't save a cent. Here Mr. Ames said that, as he un derstood the law, it was not the func tion of the conference to find out what an employe should receive in order to save money. "We are concerned with a minimum wage, and that only," he said. Father O'Hara, chairman of the In dustrlal Welfare- Commission, asked Miss Henderson what rent she paid. Morls,e Interest Borden. w e aon i pay any, " was the answer. "We bought a house, and have it partly (.Concluded on Pace 2.) DEALERS 'PROTEST DEAD LETTER SALE WASHINGTON BUSINESS CLARES IT IS HURT. rE- Merchants AVant . " Unclaimed Mail Disposed Of Throughout Country, to Distribute the loss. WASHINGTON, July 22. Sale of the uncalled-for and undelivered mass of mail matter that has accumulated in the Postoffice Department during the year at stipulated points throughout the country, instead of in the capital, as has been the case in previous years, has been asked by the merchants of Washington. i In a petition to Postmaster-General Burleson . today the Retail Merchants" Association, declares the Government, through its sale of "dead letter" mat ter, enters into competition with them and injures their business. The asso ciation believes this competition should be more widely distributed.. In- he past "dead letter" matter has been sold here to the highest bidder without revealing the contents of the package. The charge that this is a lottery . scheme . impelled the Govern ment to open all packages and display the contents before bids were asked for. This fact, the merchants declare. operates to encroach heavily on their legitimate trade and they believe the rest of the country should share "the loss. ; . ' ' ' " . . CLARK REGISTRATION GOOD Of 3770 Voters, 3415 Qualify for Bridge Bond Election. . .. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 22. (Spe cial.) -The registration for the special election, to be held August 12,: to vote on the proposal -to bond Clark.' County for $500,000, to build the Pacific High way bridge closed at 9 o'clock tonight. A total of 3415 had registered out .of 3770 voters in the city last year, when. a full vote was secured for the general election. The Vancouver Commercial Club has made strenuous efforts during the past few weeks to get the voters out and that, there are so .many, .registered .13 due largely to the. club. Business and professional men, for several days! gave their time and automobiles and hauled voters to the City Hall to "reg ister. COUNTERFEIT BILLS FOUND 'Indian Head' $5 Certificates Are Poor Likeness of Ileal Money." WASHINGTON, July s 22. The dis covery of a new counterfeit $5 "Indian head" silver certificate was announced today by Chief W. J. Flynn, of the United States Secret " Service. The spurious certificate - apparently ; is printed , from crudely-etched plates on fair quality bond paper, with ink lines to imitate the, silk fiber of the genuine. The- Indian portrait is poor and on the back of the note is grass green In col or, little attempt having been made to nutate the lathe work. Chief - Flynn said, this counterfeit should not deceive the ordinarily care ful handler of coin. EDITOR TO HEAD SCHOOLS Eugene Writer Becomes County Su perintendent of Lane. EUGENE, Or., July 22. (Special.) E. J. Moore, for eight years city edi tor of the Morning Register, was to day appointed County Superintendent of Schools, to take the place of H. C. Baughman, who resigned to take a po sition as principal of the Crook County High School. . Mr. Moore Is a graduate of the Penn sylvania State Normal and of Michigan Law School. He was engaged in teach ing in the Middle West for 15 years before coming to the Coast and in the past 10 years has been engaged in newspaper and school work in Oregon and Washington. - i OLD OREGON WILL BE FIRST Historic Battleship to Lead KJeet Through Panama Canal. SAN DIEGO. Cal July 22. It is the purpose of the Navy Department to send the entire battleship fleet through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific as soon as Colonel Goetbals notifies the Government that warships may pass through the waterway. Secretary Daniels made , this un equivocal statement in an interview to day. He added that it . was . intended that the Oregon, should lead the naval procession, .' '. '. SHOWERS ARE DUE T09AY i-orecast of Thunderstorms Indicates Heat Wave Is Broken. Showers and thunderstorms are the weather forecast for Oregon and Wash mgton today. Cooler weather is pre aided for the interior. - The hot wave was still on the job yesterday. The maximum temperature was the same as on Monday, 90 de grees. This temperature was attained at o o clock. At 6 o'clock It was 8 degrees and at 7 o'clock Sg degrees At 0 o clock in the morning it was g degrees. CHURCHILL VISITS OREGON Author Stops at Eugene to Fish in McKenzie, River. EUGENE, Or., July 22. (Special.) Winston Churchill, the author, stopped here this morning on his way from San Francisco and passed the day fishing along the McKenzie River. . He leaves for Portland on a night train. . . DAY'S REFERENDUM BILL 15 HELD LEGAL People Will Rule, Says Supreme Tribunal. ; CIRCUIT COURT IS REVERSED Libby's Suit Against Olcott Is Dismissed. NITIATIVE NOT MENTIONED Government fcy Election May -Be as Unsatisfactory as Rule by Injunc tion, Says Decree, and It Is " Sure to Be Expensive. SALEM, Or.," July 22. (Special.) Holding that not a single contention of .the plaintiff was logical or even per tinent to the Issue,' the Supreme Court today, Judge Burnett writing the opin ion, in the case of A.' C LIbby against Ben. W. Olcott, Secretary of State,, de cided that the' Day bill, providing special referendum election 'in Novem ber, is constitutional. An Injunction against the Secretary of State 'calling 'tfie special election In November, Issued by-theMarlon Circuit Court, is dissolved,' and the suit is dismissed by the highest court In . the state. Immediately after the decision was handed down Secretary of State Olcott said he would proceed, with the details of preparing . for the election. Mr. Olcott has pamphlets and other lit erature ready, which he will turn over to the- state printer at once. Initiative Question Not Ralxd. . The court holds that not only Is the law constitutional, but that the consti tution specifically, provides . that 'the Legislature -may call a -special election for the reference of measures. No men tion is' made In ,thB opinion 'of 'the" right of persons to Initiate measures at the coming special election, that question not having" been raised In the "plead ings. . " - ' -'. The Day bill provides only "for the reference of bills passed at - the last session of the Legislature at the spe cial election. It was reported here to day that.W. S. UReri,. of Oregon City, would file suit seeking to compel. the Secretary of. State, "to place the titles of Initiative measures on the ballot. " Regarding the argument that fhe spe clal election, will cost J100, 000. the court says that "while government by elec tion may become, as. unsatisfactory- as government by injunction," it -Is . the 111 of the people, who have spoken through a Legislature' chosen by them. L,es;lnlture Has Tivo Choices. "If the Legislature would avoid the Scylla of veto it may steer- toward the Charybdls of the referendum," says the decision. "It Is the enactment and not the mere use of the law which gives It sanction. . Government by . referendum is almost certain to be more expensive titan government by Injunction' . The decision in part, follow: ' ; AjL the oui set It may be oberved that al though the plaintiff designates himself as a citizen and taxpayer of the state' and avers that his Uxei vlll be Increased . by the ex penditure of public money In connection with the STHfCla. election In -question, -yet he co-s not state anything to show, that he will be Injured In any manner different from any other, citizen and taxpayer. Following the ooctilne of Friendly v. Olcott. 61 Or. BSO. 12S Pac. rs and cases tnere cited, the suit of the i.;alntlff might well be dismissed, without further consideration, on the ground that- the courts will not interfere with the political act-on ot a f-o-ordlnate branch of the government by the drastio remedy of Injunction at tne suit of any individual who cannot show special injury to himself, not (Concluded on P 3.) MEMBERS OF THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL WELFARE CONFERENCE CALLED IN STATES UNDER A COMPULSORY MINIMUM WAGE LAW 1 if v i -.. - j? f :ull in f! ' - ' iw-tf '-V aI: f i ! i hy i V M -I 1 i t4?m- 4- - !i - 4" l-3'' Ti .::;-:i'!s:l:' S "111 ' -oft' ' S Sltttsjsr. Left i BliK, Secretary and Membera of Industrial Welfare Commission Miss Caroline Gleaaon, ; Seeretaryi Anedn M. Smith, Commlxsloner and Ckslrmsa of Klrat Coatertsw, Called fur Women Merean tlle.KmploTm Mlaa Bertha Morr. Conmluiaser) Rev. KtU-T- Kdwis V. O'Hara, Chairman f Commla aloni Standlna;, Left to KlKht. KrpmrntallTra of Employers, Kmployea and Public In Conference Thomas Roberta, !r Department Store Head, for Employers! ' Miss Ruth Catlln, President Professional Women's Club, for I'ubllcf Mis, Kate Trevett. Secretary Comnneri' League, or Pnbliei Miss Helen Dlnneen, De partment Store Clerk, for Employes: William 1-V Woouwsrdt DrunlK. for Euslormi ' I. K. Llpman, De partment 9tore Heed, tor Employers ; Thomas D. , Hmermaa, Hardware Merrhaat, lor Pabllct Mrs. J. W. MBchy Former Department Store Clerk, for Employes; Miss OIndyn Rosters, Drug Store Clerk, for Em. - ployes, ....'-,.'-.-'-':' INDEX OF TODAYS NEWS The weather. YESTERDAY'S Maxim iuro temperature. r 90 degrees;- minimum.- 61 degree. TODAY'S Increasing cloudiness. : probably followed by showers and cooler; westerly winds.' . - f . . . - f. , Foreign. , . Turkey's defiance alarms Europe. Page 4. - . National. '" " , Borah urges increase of Income tax exemp tion limit f "So - Mulhall admits he was wrong, About charge against Watson. Page 2. Chamberlain modifies -his threat., to bolt party on tralff. Page 2. Washington merchants say dead letter sales hurt their business, page 1. Congress makes concerted attack on Burle- son's 'order reducing parcel post ratee. Page 1. ... Senator Borah pleads for higher exemption limit In income tax. Page 3. - 1 Senator Fall -calls resolution for protection of Americans in Mexico. ( Page - 3. . Sports. , , Northwestern Leajyue results: Victoria " 6, Portland 1; "Spokane 5,"- Seattle 3;' Van couver 8,- Tacoma- 2, - Page 6. ' Coast League results Portland 4, Sacra mento 1; Oakland 3. Venice 1; no game at' Los Angeles. Page' 6. " Larned-Beals ' Wright combine scores big . . victory at Longwood tennis. r page 7. Domestic Fifty women and girls killed in factory fire at Blngbamton, N.-Y.- Page l.- . Pacific Jiofthwert. . Washington Public Service Commission holds water service hearing at Vancouver. Page 5: ' ' . VT 1 Storm drives boys from top of "Mount' Hood. .. Page,l.... . .4-.. ..... Common-law wife wins life insurance from legal wife. Page o. Day referendum bill Is - held constitutional. Page L r . - . , . -t ; . ' ; Commercial and Marine. ( t Fine, crop weather east of Cascades in. past wek. Page 17. ' - - " " . Money conditions are 'easier in. ' Wall street. . Pager 17.' ,' ' - - - . -Fine - -weather and large receipts weaken wheat in Chicago. Page 16. . , . , RevoU in China ' affects shipping J from Northwest.' Page 12. -.---. :- - Portland and V-clnUy. North wet crops- large and ' of "good Quality, - says p; G. Dun &.Co. Page ,16. - Weather; report. data and .forecast. -Page 12. Gains, shown in Northwest business by R. 5. Dun- & Co.. Page-18. " Consumer's League to have" New-York wom ; ,aa as guest:, of honor. ; Page 10.; : . Juvenile market enjoys increased' patronage. Page .11. , . .' " , . Raid on "home of alleged macquereaux brings little result. Page 4. - -' ... . - . - r . Bodies of Lee sisters, are taken, from river. Page 4. . - : . v , f Oregon" Industrial' Commission Inquires into - wage situation! -Page-1. ' - ' -Banks report 'many .accounts, inactive for seven, years. ..Page 12. , . -! ; j . . Pqrtland. Eugene and Eastern tracks being ' laid on Fourth street! Page 10. ' Jury convicts !. W. W.-'agltator and 'city ' drafts 'ordinance against insulting flag - -or country.. Page 0. . - . - - Dredge and current move Columbia -River ' bar. Page 4. ' ' 4 J San Francisco officials -accused :of "suppress ing report against; .necessity of' lie ten , Hetchy '-project-.- Page- 7.. ; - Fresh, air fund for working - women and - children-growsi 'Page '10. r-- DOME "NEEDS GOLD -LEAF Llbrary of Congress Siif ers From : 1 1 ,.-Years' Sub, Wind. -And Raiti. . WASHINGTON. July ,22.-RepaIrs to the Golden Dome-that .crowns the LI brary of Congress are necessary and Con6rress-probably;.will be called on be fore adjournment 'to authorize the, ex penditure of .J50.P00 to replace-the gold leaf that has .made the dome a -glisten ing landmark. -, - - -j: - .- - r ( t The sun. ..wind and.rain throughout.17 years have .had their effect upon . the dome and the leaf now is .beginning to peel.' In view of , the f act . that the dome of the Capitol recently has been cleaned and-reburnlshed. Is is expected uongress will make provision,, for the rehabilitation of the neighboring build ing.. . ; S I - , , , CLIMBER : DIES ON SLOPE Blind Crevasse Swallows Founder of -: fountain -Club. BELLINGHAM, Wash.. July 22. J. C. Bishop, founder and' Honorary' PresI dent of the British Columbia Mountain eers'. Club .of Vancouver,. B. C, fell into a blind crevasse and perished on the northeast slope s of ; Mount Baker yesterday. -' . ' . . in- company with C. C. Wright, a mountain guide of Glacier," he. ascended the mountain ' from .the . snow , line for the purpose xf taking photographs, and was. returning to' camp when " the acci dent occurred. Mr. "Wright returned to Glacier 'and a rescue' party was organized.- The rescuers found the body at the bottom-of a 70-foot crevasse... CONGRESS OPPOSES JEW PARCEL RATES Burleson's Right to Act . Questioned. SENATE ASKS EXPLANATION Postmaster-General Is Sum moned Before Committee. LAW'S MEANING . CLOUDED Concerted Attack Made -on Order Reducing Charges and Increasing Maximum 'Size of Packages. " Loss to Government Forecast. WASHINGTON, July 23. Concerted opposition has developed in Congress to Postmaster-General Burleson's . order reducing parcel post rates and Increas ing the 'maximum, size of packages to be handled in the service." The order was isssucd. Saturday to become. effect- Ire August 15 and today-the- Senate postoffice. -committee . .requested .' Mr. Burleson to appear before -the commit tee next Thursday with an explanation of the authority-for his act.- - ' ! This is the first step in what prom ises to" be ' a bitter contest. -When the Postmaster-General has been heard. the "cominitee 'is-expected to undertake to j have withdrawn before .August 15 any authority he may claim . Congress has given brim to change rates and sizes. . It was contended In the committee that the proposed changes would entail an- enormous loss to the Government. Apparently there' was no-pretense of opposition In' the committee ' as to whether the1 Postmaster-General should change" rates. Democrats and Repub licans" agreeing that only Congress ought 'to -have his power. . - !' ." 1Althufgh1''thembers'. of" the committee contend that it is" a mere Aingrammatl cal Jumble of words -without, sense or power,, department officials say - the Postmaster-General is given ample &u. thority for-his-action by' the section of the parcel post law: - i "The1 classification of articles' ' mail able',, as -well as "the weight and rates of postage, zone or zones or other con ditions of mailability under this act, if the Postmaster-General shall. And on experience that ' they or any of them are such as to prevent the shipment of articles desirable or to permanently render the' cost or the service greater than'the receipts of the revenue there from, . he . is hereby . authorizes!, subject to the. consent of the Interstate Com merce Commission after investigation, to reform from time to time such clas sification, weight, limit, rates, zone or zones or conditions, or either, in order to. promote the service to tho purpose to insure the; receipt of revenue from such service adequate to pay the cost thereof.". This language was; put into the bill in conference Just at the close of Con gress. The enactment of the bill was delayed for a' time by Senator Bryan, of ' Florida, 'who objected to the pro posal' to allow the Postmaster-General to Increase rates. Senator Bryan on April 15 last Introduced a bill to repeal the clause.' in question and after Mr. Burleson's appearance he "will urge a favorable report on this measure. Bichloride Tablets Fatal. TUCSON. Ariz.. July .22. Charles J. Eames, of New York, owner of consid erable mining property in Mexico, died here today -as the result of having swallowed several bichloride of mer cury tablets last night In the belief that they were sleeping tablets. THE UNITED STORM SENDS BOYS FROM TOP OF HOOD ELECTRIC DISTURBANCE SPOILS RED FIRE PLANS. Twenty-Xine of SO Y. M. C. A. Lads Reach Summit In Rain and Sleet Some -Hike Home. MARMOT. Or., July 22. (Special.) Twenty-nine of the 30 T. M. C. A. moun tain climbers who left Portland last week succeeded in reaching the summit of Mount Hood yesterday. The party left the timber line at 4:30 A. M. and reached the top of the mountain at 3:30 P. M. "Just as we reached the summit rain and sleet began to fail and the storm was so bad that we could remain only a . few minutes. For this -reason we could not stay to illuminate the moun tain at night, as we had planned," eald A. M. Grilley, who headed the party. ' "We arrived at our camp at the tim ber . line at 7 o'clock Monday night, and every one of the party withstood the trip well. It has been a fine out ing for all the boys." Some of the young men left Portland today in automobiles. Ten of the party will walk the entire distance to this city, beginning their hike tomorrow. A . heavy thunder storm raged on Mount Hood today. SALEM HOLDS "DAISY DAY" Thousands of Blossoms From State Institutions Distributed. SALEM, Or., July 22. (Special.) This was "Daisy Day" in Oregon's cap ital. .Two. wagon loads of choicest blossoms grown at the Eenitentiary and Insane Acylum were -brought to the Statehouse, and after all the offices. officials and employes had been sup plied, there were "still many daisies on hand. .Bouquets , were sent to- the city hospitals, city and county Jails and Courthouse, and' still there were flowers. ' - .-...' When it became known down town that daisies were being given away- at the Statehouse, scores of lovers of flow ers went to the Capitol and received bouquets. ' No one was disappointed. Fields from "Which the flowers -were cut still contain, thousands of blossoms and more will be brought to the city next week for distribution. it WOOL" IS MOSTLY COTTON Sixtli-Strcct Merchant Fined for Wrongful Advertising. ' "Pure wool socks," eaid the sign in the window of Nathan Blalkln, dealer In men's furnishings, at 6 North Sixth street. ' "Seventy-five per cent cotton." was the result of the analysis of the hosiery tri question submitted' as evidence in Circuit Court. "Ten dollars' fine," said Judge Mor row yesterday. The case against Bialkin was brought last December by the law and ethics committee of the Portland Ad Club un der the state ' law against fraudulent advertising. This makes the fifth conviction In such cases recently. Two were secured under the new city ordinance. - BONDS TO BE SOLD AS TEST City Will Buy $50,000 Worth of Its Own Water Paper August la. An ordinance will be passed by the City Commission today setting August 13 as the date for the sale of $30,000 worth of 25-year 4 per cent water bonds, the money to be used for water main extensions. The city will bid In all the bonds from money in the bonded indebtedness sinking fund. The Issue will be used to test the question of whether the city lias the right, under the new charter, to sell water bonds. It is probable a case will be brought In the courts to determine the validity of the bonds. There is a question whether the water bonds can be sold unless the people vote for the issuance and sale of the bonds in some specified amount. CITY AUTOS TO BE GUARDED Commission to Put Stop to' Joy Rid ing- by Kmploycs.- Joy riding In city automobiles is "to be put under the ban by the City Com mission by the establishment of a mu nicipal garage and an automobile re7 porting system. Complaint has reached Commissioner raiy. that several of the city's cars are being used for Joy riding at night, and .that the city pays the bills for gasoline used and for repairs. When the municipal garage is estab lished, an attendant : will record the time the automobile is turned in and the time it is taken out. A report of the hours will be sent to the Commis sioners daily. Autom6bl1es being taken out after night will have to be ac counted for by the employes having charge of the cars. PEDESTRIANS TO USE SPAN Burntide Bridge Opens During Day for Kootmeu Only. The Burnside bridge was thrown open to the use of pedestrians yester day, much to the relief of business men and others. The bridge will be kept open for the use of pedestrians during the day, but will be closed at night. There is considerable work yet to be done before the job is finished. The approach is nearing completion, and the new tracks for the streetcars are being laid out to the first epan. It is thought that it will be two weeks at the least before streetcars and general traffio can use the bridge. FIFTY MEET DEATH IN FACTORY FIRE Women and Girls Are Trapped by Flames. FORTY ESCAPE BY JUMPING Binghamton, N. Y., Building Is : Furnace in Few Minutes. CATASTROPHE IS SUDDEN Cause Said to Be Cigarette Thrown Vndcr Stair-nay Rush or Blaze Too Swift for Occupants of : Tinder-Like Structure to Flee. OTHER FACTORY FIRES. Lives ' lost. Date and place ISfci Chicuco. fumltnr. 1SS9 Chicago, clsar boxes 3 18S9 Brooklyn, clothing -. 1853 Chicago, clothing : . . 3 IS9S Chlcaco. sugar refinery 4 1S4 Brooklyn. Woodruff stores. . t 1895 New York, furniture 1910 Newark, X. J boxes 2:! 1910 Chicago. Fish furniture shop 1-' 1910 Philadelphia, furniture !9 1919 Newark. X. J.. factory 40 1910 Philadelphia. Frledlanders. . 2r 1911 New York, Triangle Waist Company .- 147 1913 Binghamton, N. Y. (esti mated) 50 t "" 4 BINGHAMTON. N. T., July 22. Fifty persons were killed, according to late estimates, and many injured, a dozen mortally, in a fire which swept the 'four-story factory building of the Blng. hamton Clothing Company this after noon. The victims chiefly were women and girls. At midnight 26 bodies had been re covered. In the city hospital and in private institutions are " 30 injured. Borne two score persons are known to have escaped as by a miracle from the building, which burst' into "flames like a tinder box and Deeame a roaring fur nace almost immediately after the first alarm was sounded. About 125 persons were in the factory when the fire broke out. Those unac counted for or most of them are be lieved still to be 111 the red-hot ruins of the structure. Searchlights Turned on Pyre. Around the scene of the fire district, the greatest the city has ever known, thousands watched the workers in the glare of the big searchlights, many in the throng being restrained only by the closely-drawn police from rushlns into the ruins to seek the bodies ol relatives or friends. Water in many streams is being poured into the fiery pit that a few hours ago was the cellar of the burned establishment. As the coals were cooled slightly from time to time l:i a spot upon which the streams were centered, men went forward to dig as long as human endurance would allow them to work. Occasionally a body was found and taken quickly away. This work will go on all night and perhaps all day tomorrow before the glowing mass gives up its last dead. It will take at least two days, the authorities believe, before the cellar can ' be cleared, and the whole truth be known. Fire Svrift and Sudden. The big outstanding fact of the ca tastrophe is its suddenness. In the tragedy the killing burst of flame fol lowed quickly on the hec'i of the alarm. There was small opportunity for anyone to use the ordinary or even the emergency means of escape. Fire drills had been carried on" regularly, so frequently in fact that the employes had found them monotonous. The building was equipped with fire escapes and an automatic alarm sys tem. The alarm rang at 2:30 o'clock. The firemen who arrived first were unable to do anything. The first puff of . flame was hardly discerned before the fire leaped along the. staircases and walls,'up the elevator shaft, along the floors and ceilings. There was a. roar, then In front and rear flames belched lorth clear across Wall street on which the building fronted, wither ing the shade trees on the river bank and scorching the building across an alley at the rear. tVlrls Cluster on Ladders. After this the fire' seemed to burst from every part of the building at once. Girls and women clustered on the iron ladders but the flames were too quick for them. ' When the firemen arrived they were unable to get within 200 feet of the burning building and the ends of the streams from their hose were turned into-stearh without effect on the fire. The life nets and extension ladders of the firemen were equally useless. There was no chance for those caught on the upper floors except as the last resort to Jump and this many took, while others fell, shriveled and crumpled with the heat. ' - Scarcely one of the survivors was able to give a connected -account of what took place on the upper floors of the factory when the employes there, mostly women and girls, realized that the nre call was no false alarm, and. that 3eath was sweeping upon them. The coolest among them recalled that women fainted by dozens and that the scene was of indescribable confusion. '.' Men Strive to Sve Women. Some of the men employes apparently ; tConcluiied, on Page 2.)