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4 THE HORXIXG- OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1914. PANIC THREATENED WHEN FIRE BREAKS Mobs Overwhelm Police as Conflagration Pends and ... Apparatus Is Blocked. GUARDSMEN CHECK CROWD .Quick Work of Militia Holds Back People . Until force Gains in Strength and Firemen Turn Water on Roaring Blaze. Fire last night, besides demoralizing the formation of the electrical parade, for a time threatened to sweep through Beveral blocks north of Washington street when flames originating in the plant of the "Western Fixture & Show case Company, North Tenth and Davis streets, caused damage variously esti mated at from $5000 to 7000 to the Western Fixture & Showcase Company and the F. A. Taylor Furniture Com pany, on the second floor of the build ing. The leading platoon, of police had Just arrived at Tenth and Washington streets, when the fire department, cut off from the blaze by streets tightly wedged with automobiles and crowds, attempted to make way to the fire. When the first engine companies ar rived the flames had gained great head way, eating through thin wooden walls and sending firebrands high into the air. The residence of Mrs. Jennie Wheeler, 46 North Tenth street, was practically destroyed, while the flames threatened an adjoining house occu pied by 1 C. Coulter, 44 North Tenth street. Crowds Overwhelm Police. Crowds surged down Tenth street from Washington In such numbers that the handful of police stationed in the vicinity was powerless in the face of the rush. Automobiles and horse drawn vehicles added to the jostle and only through the assistance given by members of the Oregon National Guard was way made clear for the fire de partment apparatus. Captain Inskeep, in charge, complimented the guards men highly on their action in checking the excited crowds. The blaze was first noticed in the rear of the Western Fixture & Show case Company's plant by J. B. Shelby, of Company 10, Twenty-first Infantry, who was at the Armory, across the street on Tenth street. Ha turned in an alarm, which was responded to by engine companies 1, 2, 3, 21 and 22 and by truck 1 and truck 3. Acting Chief Grenfell took command and succeeded in winning early control and confining the loss to a small area. A number of horses stabled under the Western Fix ture & Showcase Company were given up for lost, but were liberated by J. D. Hunt, who volunteered to enter the barns before the firemen were able to leave the burning buildings. The horses, untied from their stalls, rushed unchecked into Tenth street, but were caught and led to safety by militiamen and the police. The animals are said to belong to a number of independent express and transfer men. Many Alarms Received. S. H. Johnson, connected with the F. A. Taylor Furniture Company, last night estimated the loss to stock, ma chinery and finished furniture at J750. A sign painting shop owned by Ed Sheen, on the Tenth-street side of the building, was damaged by smoke and water. Kire Department Operator Beck, at headquarters in the City Hall, received the greatest number of fire alarms sounded for any previous Rose Carnival night. The first fire of the evening was re ported by telephone at 854 First street, where slight damage was caused in a residence, the cause of which was un learned. Damage was estimated at $50. At 9:08 P. M. a telephone alarm was received from 286 Washington street, where rubbish and boxes were found burning in the basement of the Bu chanan building. The fire department experienced great difficulty in break ing through the wall of humanity lin ing Washington street. The loss was nominal. Two alarms from, box 31 and box 75 were turned in at "9:13 P. M., calling the department to 646 and 648 Third street. Two single-story frame build ings occupied by Italian families were completely gutted. The combined loss is estimated at $1000. The house at 648 Third street is owned by Mrs. Mary Reinlke, who lives at Tillamook. The origin was not learned. By a strange coincidence the electri cal .parade of the last Rose Festival was also interrupted by a fire. PALESTINE TO BE STUDIED Social Su,rvey Commission to Plan Aid! for Jewish Inhabitants. NEW YORK, June 12. The appoint ment of a commission to- make a social survey of conditions among Jews in Palestine was announced tonight by Rabbi Wise, of the Free Synagogue, of this city. The commission will visit Jerusalem in September. It is ex pected that the information will en able Jewish communities in Europe and this country to understand present-day needs of the Jews of Palestine and to render the Jews there such help as the commission may deem necessary. The members of the commission are Dr. Milton J. Rosenau, sanitarian, pro fessor of hygiene at the Harvard Med ical School; Dr. Boris D.' Bogen, head of Jewish charity work in Cincinnati, and Meyer Bloomfield, lecturer of vo cational guidance at Harvard, . Brown and other universities. Company. Between 1100 and 1400 em ployes ci the company, which is one of the so-called Westlnghouse indus tries, walked out at noon. Little effort was made today to set tle the differences between the com panies and their employes. The walk out of the Union Switch & Signal Com pany's workmen, strike leaders say, was taken as a protest against the re fusal of President Herr, of the West lnghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, to treat with a committee of strikers. PREHISTORIC 'MAN' WOMAN Advanced Stage of Brain Develop ment Is Indicated. LOS ANGELES, June 12. (Special.) The "Angelus Man," whose bones were found in the Rancho la Brea asphalt pits February B, lived in the late pleistocene or early recent 'period of geological time. This places the age of the bones at approximately 10, 000 years. The "Angelus Man" was probably a woman. These were the conclusions drawn from lecture and report of Professor John C. Merriam, chief paleontologist of the University of California, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History at Exposi tion Park tonight. The recent period is otherwise known MM HHP l MINI) f LEAD, HAS NEW PLAN 'Let's Recount AH Precinct Tally Sheets of State Is Proposal Made Rival. BENSON'S REPLY AWAITED Klamath County Judge Earlie Agrees "Willingly to Join Re check Where Discrepancies Are Found." SALEM, Or., June 12. (Special.)- Should Judge Henry L. Benson accept a proposal made to him by Justice Charles L. McNary, In a telegram sent LADIES OF MODERN" MACCABEES TO HOLD QUADRENNIAL RE VIEW IN BAY CITY, MICH. , s -- Tags? -tr ie -I WiWvVl Hip' ju7rrii . j " Mrs. Mary A. "Vyse, who is one of the pioneer members of the Michigan Ladies of the Modern Maccabees, and a charter member of Alpha Hive, 603 Detroit, Mich., has the distinction of b elng the "Mother of the order in Ore gon" and will be represented at the quadrennial review of the Ladies of the Modern Maccabees, to be held this month in Bay City, Mich. Mrs. Anna E. Fulton, past commander of Oregon's first hive, No. 981, Loyal Order of the Modern Maccabees, Portland, and Mrs. Nellie M. Hibbs, a delegates to the convention, left Thursday for the Bast. Mrs. Hibbs is also a member of Oregon's first hive, and served as commander for one term. RESPITE CHEATS GALLOWS Governor Hatfield Grants Stay as Man Is Waiting to Die. i WHEELING, W. Va.. June 12. Dressed and waiting to be taken to the gallows on which he. was to be hanged for the murder of his wife, Silas Jones was notified by the warden of the Moundsville prison today that Gov ernor Hatfield had telephoned a respite of 30 days. New evidence has been discovered, it Is said. ELECTRIC STRIKE SPREADS Workmen of Westlnghouse Subsid iary Go Out in Protest. PITTSBURG, June 12. The strike of 10,000 employes of the Westlnghouse Klectric & Manufacturing Company, the Westlnghouse Machine Company and the Fittsburg Meter Company which began last Friday spread today to the plant of the Union Switch & Signal as the Quaternary and extends from the present back to the pleistocene period. "The bones of animals found in the pit. were somewhat like those of pres ent California animals," said Professor Merriam. "Enough of the bones of the human skeleton were found to indi cate it to have been a small person of middle age, probably a woman. The brain case is relatively as large as that of some native races now living. "The skull is not comparable to those of the ancient races of the Neanderthal type, but at the end of the pleistocene and beginning . of the recent periods there were men of a fairly advanced stage of brain development. The bones themselves indicate early years of the present period or late years of the Pleistocene. The age of this speci men may perhaps be measured in thou sands of years, but probably not in tens of thousands." EX-BANKER IS INDICTED Detective Also Accused in Sequel to "Clairvoyant Swindle." LOS ANGELES, June 12. Indictments charging conspiracy to defrajud were returned today by the Federal grand Jury against P. M. Reidy, a former banker of Klamath Falls. Or., and Sol Alexander, a former private detective, who are under arrest in Maryland on charge of concocting the alleged swindling ol Mrs.. Mary T. EJeles, of Long Beach, CaL The woman is said to have lost near ly $30,000 in a "clairvoyant swindle." Reidy and Alexander are accused of having induced her to give them money to hunt down tne clairvoyant who had vanished with a large sum of her money. GOLFER DIES0N LINKS Artist Bleeds to Death From Burst ing of Artery at "Play. EAST HAMPTON. Long Island. June 12. Samuel Isham, widely known as an artist, bled to death today on the golf links of the Maidstone Country Club here. While Isham was playing, an artery burst, and although two physicians worked to save him, he expired. He was 69 years old. Harnden Takes Mat Title. BET.T.TNGHAM, Wash.. June 12. Mil ton Harnden, of this city, wrested the lightweight world's wrestling cham pionship from Johnny Billiter, of To ledo, here tonight when he threw the Ohio boy two times in two hours and 47 minutes. The first fall came after two hours and 32 minutes. Harnden used the crotch hold in this fall. The second fall was accomplished in IS minutes flat with a neck and armhold. Both men weighed in at 133 pounds. Frank W. Vance, physical director of the Seattle Athletic Club, refereed the match. Auto Strikes J. G. Mann. Joseph G. Mann, superintendent' of schedules of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, was painfully injured last night, when he was struck at Third and Glisan by an automobile driven by Frank Nowha. Mr. Mann was rushed by the Ambulance Service company to Good Samaritan Hospital, where it was found that he had re ceived a deep scalp wound in the back of his head and a broken right ankle. He may have received internal injuries. Nowha was approaching the Steel bridge when he struck Mr. Mann. Murdock Jailed Again. Fifteen days on the rockpile Just completed, E. W. Murdock was arrested last night on a disorderly charge at Mississippi avenue and Russell street and is lodged in the city Jail. Mur dock was intoxicated and bragged that he was going to pawn his wife's gold ring. Patrolman Whitehead Interfered with Murdock s plans and recovered the ring. For baby's comfort "antiseptic Lotion. Adv. tonight, the question as to which of the two Is entitled to the Republican nomi nation "for Supreme Court will be de cided by a recount in each county of the state of the vote cast for the two, as shown by the tally sheets. , The proposal also provides for the waiver of the time as to the issuance of the nominating certificate. Under the law, it is provided that the Sec retary of State shall, in the presence of the Governor and State Treasurer, canvass the vote within 30 days after the election. While that time expires tomorrow it is believed that if the two candidates will waive the question of time. Secretary of. State Olcott will be willing to defer the canvass of their vote. A re-canvass can be made by the county boards and correct returns be obtained. The proposal was in reply to a tele gram received by Justice McNary, from Judge Benson, this afternoon which read: "Willingly Join you in a re-check of tally sheets in any counties where dis crepancies may be found." Replying, Justice McNary sent the telegram containing the proposal, which read: "Reports at hand from several coun ties in the state indicate the existence of discrepancies in the official count, sufficient to give me a lead of a num ber of votes.' I think, therefore, that it is eminently fair that a recount of the votes shown on the tally sheets be had for each precinct of each county. Consequently, I propose that the State Canvassing Board cause a recount, by the canvassing board of each county, of the tallies shown by the tally sheets, to the end that there can be no ques tion as to the one entitled to the cer tificate of nomination, and that formal ities be waived as to the time of the issuance of the certificate of nomina tion." "From advices at hand, from several counties where a recheck of the tally sheets has been made, 1 am apparently seven votes ahead of Judge Benson," said Justice McNary tonight, in dis cussing the situation. "On account of the closeness of the contest and of discrepancies found by a recheck of what was supposed to be the official count, I feel I would not be Justified in making a claim of the nomi nation until Judge Benson and I should cause a Joint recount to be made, to ascertain the true situation and the will of the people." Advices received by Justice McNary today indicate that he has gained 10 votes over the official count in Crook County, and that Judge Benson gained one vote in Harney and Justice McNary lost two. making a gain of four votes in this county for Benson. Yesterday Justice McNary received reports that he had gained five votes in Wasco, two in Yamhill and one in Baker. Prior to these discrepancies Judge Benson had a lead of seven votes in Multnomah over McNary. Should these advices be correct McNary now has a lead of seven over Benson. THREAT BRINGS RESULT PROMISED ACTIOS 1ST FORM OK WRIT GETS RESULTS. Democrats, Seeing; Own Local Inter ests in Danger, Quickly Detect Merit la Measures. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. June 12 Senator Borah's threat to hold up the river and harbor bill until Congress would agree to pass some of the pending legislation de manded by the West brought more speedy results than the Senator ex pected, and it now seems reasonably certain that some of the bills affecting western en try men and Western devel opment will become laws before ad journment. Eastern Senators and Representatives who have been showing a decided op position to the Government reclama tion work in the West, and who were preparing to curtail that work, took a different view when they heard that the river and harbor bill was in danger. 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Phones Main 9402 A 7656 'Quantity Production oi Quality Cars" began a fight on the river and harbor bill, for the purpose of forcing" recog nition of the demands of the West, he would be Joined by practically every Senator from the West and the West ern contingent in the House, and a united force of this character might easily cause trouble. As soon as friends or the river ana harbor bill became convinced that Sen ator Borah was in earnest a hasty con ference was called, and an appeal was ma.de to the President. The President next day sent for Chairman Henry, of the rules committee, and easuy con vinced him it would be the part of wis dom to allow the House to consider the bills on the conservation programme. The 63d Congress, which came into power with President Wilson, has dine almost nothing for the West. At the outset it uassed a tariff bill wnicn clearly discriminated against the West In favor of the East. It then passed a currency bill which the Administration Is enforcing in a way that discriminates against the West. On local legislation the West has been shut out. while the South is gorging Itself. Until Senator Borah began his fight, when Western members of the House sought to get action on land and con servation bills, they were told bluntly that the Democratic caucus had not made provision for those bills and that nothing would be done. Aa soon as Senator Borah threatened to hold up the river and harbor bill things took a new aspect. Democrats enough to call a caucus suddenly found merit in the Western bills. The Presi dent found he could make a direct ap peal to Chairman Henry, and Chairman Henry found he could report a special rule without instruction from a caucus. Senator Borah will not let the river and harbor bill go to final passage, notwithstanding, existing promises, un til he sees action taken In the House on bills that have passed the Senate and until the Senate passes bills that have been reported by committees, but have been laid aside for other legisla tion in which the Administration is more concerned. SUFFRAGE FINDS FAVOR INDORSEMENT OK PMSCIPLB IS UNOPPOSED BY FEDERATION, Active Support la Doubt bat Isaac Will Be Settled on Floor ! Wom en'. Convention Today. CHICAGO. June 12. Unless all signs fail, a convention of the General Fed eration of Women's Clubs will tomor row for the first time face the subject of woman suffrage for adoption or re jection. There is little . opposition to the adoption of a resolution approving the principle of equal suzirage. Dut tne fight will come when an effort is made to have the federation adopt a resolu tion making the fight to obtain the bal lot for women a part of the feder ation's propaganda. The subject hitherto has died in com mittee because the constitution of the federation declaies that subjects of religion and politics to be taboo. In the conferences of this convention, however, the great strides made by suffragists in recent years were recognized and it was agreed that enlightenment on the subject might come properly under the heading of education. It is believed the resolutions com mittee tomorrow w 111 report in favor merely of the principle of equal suf frage, and this. It is said, will throw the fight onto the Moor, as there is a determined faction seeking to enlist the organization in an active cam paign for the ballot In the course of an address tonight by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, of New York, president of the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance, the suf fragists applauded the presentation of their views. Her pretence on the pro- Double Trading Stamps All Day Saturday USB 1MB couros. 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