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TITE 3I015XIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1915. 8 I SCENES AT DOWNTOWN FIRE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHICH DAMAGED BUILDINGS AT FOURTH AND ALDER STREETS AND IN HEAD FOR SCHOOLS TOPIC OF INTEREST WHICH TWO FIREMEN WERE INJLKfclJ. Mr. Alderman's Election Corv sidered Assured, -but May Be Deferred Until June. ,. I, , .. ii i-m ir-ff imuiyn. m nmmmmimrMmj h;'-v;J 1 1 ILiLIfy SALE I-ass-s one week only J MS!!- sgggga FEBRUARY! I emfaftrll 15 to 20. 1915 I OPPOSITION LAID 'TO BOOK DJtwtor Flnmmor Declares Present Superintendent Has Accom plished Mnch and Stands at Front Among Educators. Interest In the reported opposition i. the re-election of L- R. Alderman Superintendent of the city school ays .. nr renters In the date of tho lection, which has not yet been fixed. It was thought by some of the Pi rectors that the election should be held some time before the end of the school year so that the Superintendent would bs in a position to deal with various matters coming to his attention at that time. However, due to siisires tlons of others, the election has been delayed and June has been named as the probable date. It is believed, however. Mr. Alderman wl be re elected before that time. With the return of O. 11. riummer to the citv vesterday the continuance of Mr. Alderman In his present position seems certain. rrcardM as eni-u that Di rectors Pliimmer. Beacu auu .mm.' support Mr. Alderman vigorously, while opposition Is counted upon from Tilrectors Summer and Smith. Both are physicians and it has been said that they expressed themselves some, time a no as hein dissatisfied and desirous of a change in the position of Superin tendent. Book Sele-tlB IHsliked. It Is understood that opposition to Mr. Alderman had for Its foundation the recommendation of the Superin tendent that the Portland schools adopt tue textbook "Numbers Step by Step." of which the former Superintendent. Frank Risler. was author. This boo Is said to have won such recognition from eminent educators that Superin tendent Alderman was Justified in his action, but the step was not altogether a popular one. Director Mummer announced liimselt yesterday as beitiJt stroncly in favor of the re-election of Mr. Alderman. "I have been with Mr. Alderman." he said. ,"at the last two conventions of the National Kducatlonal Association, meeting at Salt l ake City in 1913 and at St. Taul In 1914. and I know how liich Mr. Alderman ranks anions the edurstors of the country. He Is re garded as one of the foremost Super tendnts of the whole country. I should say he is among the tirst 10. (uprrlBtrndeat Is Landed. "Ills work here has won wide at tention, lie has the distinction of having introduced the system of home credits. Portland stands first In the whole Cnlted States in school trardcti work. When Commissioner of Kduca tion Claxton, of WashlnKton. D. C vis ited Portland a year and a half at--o he expressed himself favorably reirard Ins our schools. 1 know Mr. Alder man stands high with educational peo ple and deservedly so, because of his work. "When Superintendent Alderman came into office the system that pre vailed in our schools was a ripld o.io. Kach teacher was but a cog In the ma chine, without expressing any individ uality whatever. There was a jrrow Ine dissatisfaction witn that way of conducting the schools and Mr. Aider man changed the system for the bet ter. He believed each school should be the Individual unit and he has aiven ach principal freedom to carry out his own Ideas. "The system is now in n splendid condition, teachers are working in har mony and the schools are solrm ahead well. 1 believe the schools form th most important part of the city admin istration and at present we are for tunate in having the co-operation and active interest of the general business community of the city. I am con vinced that with the continuation of the Alderman policy we w-ill maintain this hipli standard and increase the present efficiency. RELIEF WORKJS AT END Oregon Citj BmI Closes Doors AVhen Business Hrins Hnek Employment. ORliloX CITY. Fob. It. (Special.) Btvause of better business conditions penernlly. the headquarters of the co operative relief committee, the local harity onrnnizatiun, were open for the la.t time tMi:iy. A larse nmtiher of tho men dependant on charity earlier in the Winter h:iv 71 ow found work and many men who have no steady employment are able lu secure three or four days of work a week. Several families have been sent to the country. Still further relief is expected as a result of the general revival of busi ness thrunhont this part of the valley. Several weeks apo the work of the committee took on lare proportions when 60 families were -dependant on charity. Almost $5l0 was contributed and a larpe amount of food and clothing donated for the work. The committee was organized early in the Winter by the Woman's club. PIPING CONTRACT IS LET Ashland Will Have Mineral Water Temple in City Park. ASH LAN p. Or. Feb. 1 1. t Special. ) The contract for the auxiliary water system has been awarded to Smith Kmery Company, chemical engineer, of San Francis, in a sum approxi mating $100,000. Work will becin at once, the joh to be completed by July 1. The systom contemplates the mobili zation of fix different mineral waters tu the city park, including the finest lithia. all of which will be free to t:ie public Inasmuch as the enterprise is municipal one. The springs will center j at a water temple or a supern oraer of architecture. The letter and spirit of the contract insures the erection of a tourist hotel costing $150. GOO and a water-cure sanitarium representing an investment of fjou.000. Financial de tails have been arranged, the $lT3.eOO bond issue to be disposed of at par and the securities will be available ilarch 1. Ir. Sheldon to 1-wtiii-c. Vr. Henry P. Sheldon, head of the de partment of education at tl'.e Vniversity of Oregon, will give another lecture In his series on educational subjects to night at the Central Library, his eub joct being "Foreign Kducational Sys tems.' Teachers and others interested re invited. v r T?V I ' Vl . A fulfil I I , " -,v-.11 is, 1 W liXS Srf I ALDER HOTEL BURNS PMfeS Two Firemen Hurt, 80 Home less and Loss Is $80,000. 10,000 SEE 3-HOUR FIGHT "roniMart in Uasrmciit l'luines linn l"p Tlirousli l'our-Story ISiiilUinK. SIM-ks r PlH-plcy & Cavendcr and r. V. AVx,li tli Suffor. tContinurl From First n( tiit. hoipl. tlitfl firemen on in the fare of tfeath. ll.les wer chopped in the spot and from every aperture smoke and (lame shot upward. sJnioke seeped from around the edses of the roof and the fighters at one time were surrounded on three sides by ilame. ' With a crash that was heard for blocks a quarter section of the roof at the northwest coiner of the uuuuins fell in. the firemen in that section re treating just as tho timbers nave. As if under forced draft the flames ami smoke rose hisuer and higher until Ihe tiKht seemed to be hopeless, tlouds t smoke billowed against the sides of U e 15-story eon builuins. which abuts the hole structure wan protecting the HbIU shaft. Thlry-foar nnvc Death on Roof. There were 34 men ttphtins the lire on the roof, including the boys from the Boston, whose white caps and blue uni forms made them conspicuous Alter two hours and a half of work, with six streams playing from the-roof and four others on the sides of the build ing the tire was controlled. V L Morgan whs the heaviest indi vidual loser. He is the president of the Alder Hotel Company and secre t iry-treasurer of the Alder Investment Company, w men owneu i" Mr. .Morgan end w. a. x. u..i,..j,. ..resident, own practically an me in the latter concern. The insurance on the DuiiuniK a with Morgan, Kliedner & Uoyce. The interior of the building was badly dimaged. Jlr. Jlorgan declined to estimate his losses, but lire uepanmcni Kiiioiu place the damage to me Duuaing m J'SOO'I and the loss to the hotel fur niture at about Jlo.OoO. Mr. Morgan aid that the furnishings in the hotel cost ;ii.0iH when new. This loss was practically covered Dy insurance. Spring Stock Jnt Received. riiegley & Cavendcr, who conducted n men s iumisimifc eiu.t w ... .. . of Fourth and Alder streets, were among the heaviest losers, lirani I negiey, in .nirtr mrtner. saia mat tne iinn nau just received Its Spring stock, valued at' about $5,oi0. It was Insured for i itOO. Large quantiti-s of the stocK were stored in the basement, where the water stood three inches deep. The stock in the hsowrooms was soaked with water which came from the doors above, l'ractically the whole stock was damaged by smoke. From the begin ning of the fire the smoke rolled out of the building in dense clouds and entry was practically impossible. The Fourth-street annex of the Wool worth store suffered severely. The store is the property of the F. W. Wool worth Company, which owns hundreds of similar establishments throughout the I'nited States. It. J. Williams, local manager, esti mated the loss at J3C.000, not com pletely covered by Insurance. Fire officials consider this estimate too l.Cd their T - ' J ' I , 'I I I - .vvvm' ltd I Photos by H. M. Sawyer. Top. Left to Right Firemen Fighting Stubborn Interior Blaze In Phealey & lavender and Woolworth Stores; Firemen and Naval Militiamen Fighting Flumes Breaking Through Alder Hotel Hoof. Center, Left to Right Hiram I. l'arker. Veteran Resident of Astoria, Who Climbed Down Fire Kseape to Safetv; Section of Crowd Roped In by Fire Linen at Fourth and Alder. Bottom Flames Katlns Through Roof and Crowds on Building Opposite. arge. and believe that the loss was not mora than 50,000. New Stock Suffers. Mr. Williams declared that a shinment of stock worth $7000 new was stored in the basement, and would be almost a total loss. The whole stock was badly damaged by water. An air shaft had burned up through the build ing, and the firemen turned a hose di rectlv Into the store from the second story. The whole lower floor was flooded. The first and second stories of the building were badly damaged. The offices were located on the sec ond floor. Mr. Williams' desk and a badly warped safe were found after the fire in a hole which the firemen had torn in the wall, and into which they had evidently dragged them for safety. Hamblet's pool hall, in the basement under Phegley & Cavender's store, was damaged by smoke and water. The loss was between J500 and 11000. cov ered by insurance. The place contained nine billiard tables, all of which were damaged. Ooldie' Buffet, 287 Alder street, was not opened during the fire. Officials of the Fire Department, however, say that the room must have been damaged to the extent of at least J500 by water, heat, and smoke. The varnish on the furniture, they say, must have been blistered by the heat. Another loser was the Model Repair Shop, where about 150 damage was done by water. A. 13. Punsworth, night clerk of the uHHssaasaBfcsii Alder Hotel, was asleep in his room on the second rioor wnen awaneucu y i heavy smoke that filled the apartment. His first thought was that the bed was on fire, but he soon discovered that the smoke was from below. He strug gled into some of his clothes and fur nished amusement for the crowd below by completing his toilet on the fire escape, where the smoke was not so thick,- and made his way through the building to warn any others who might be in the rooms. In room 411, on the fourth floor, he discovered Hiram B. Parker, aged J0, proprietor of the Parker House, at As toria, and a resident of Oregon for 62 years, and assisted him to the fire es cape. He then made his own escape from the building after throwing down his personal effects and clothing from several of the rooms, wrapped in blan kets. Mr. Tarker made a striking figure as he staggered through the smoke on the lower fire escape and made his way alone down the ladder leading to the ground. Smoke swirled about him and hid him from sight of the crowd. A cry went up from the onlookers when a dragging hose brushed the foot of the ladder and threatened to dislodge it as the aged man was making his way downward and half a score people rushed to steady it. Aged Man I ninjured. Upon Mr. Parker's safe arrival to tho irround. he was taken to the Huntley Drug Company store at Fourth , TtTachinctnn streets to recover fromi the smoke inhaled and the shock. HeJ had been taking a siesta when the Are broke out He later engaged a room at the Perkins. Mr. Parker saw mat ne had come to Portland five weeks ago from Astoria to be treated for foot trouble and had been in a hospital. Desiring to have his eyes treated, he had gone to the Alder Hotel the night before. , Senior Police Captain Moore and a squad of officers patrolled the fire aone, stretching lines on Alder and on Fourth streets to keep back the watch ing throngs. -As it was one of the most beautiful days of the early Spring, the crowds on the streets were unusually large and all within a ra dius of six blocks were In attendance at the fire. There were banks of peo ple for more than a block on Fourth street and buildings on Alder and sur rounding streets were dotted with spec tators. Jllany View Scene From Yeoa Bloek. The big Teon building proved a splen did point of vantage to numerous watchers, as the rear windows directly overlooked the burning building, on the roof of which went on a thrilling battle with the consuming element that could not be appreciated by the spec tators on the streets below. Assistant Fire Chief Michael Lauden klos was in charge or the tire fighters, assisted by Battalion Chiefs Young and Holden. A feature of the fire which won many cheers from the crowd was the work of the Naval Militia. Twenty young men of the Militia were having boat drill on the Boston when the fireboat shot past on the call. They Jumped Into the launch and were swiftly taken to shore. Running to the scene of the fire they offered their services to Bat talion Chief Young, which were ac cepted. Chief Young gave the boys high praise for the part they played in put ting out the fire- The Militia contin-tingent- was in charge of Ensigns R. J. Cornell and C. J. Dyer, assisted by Chief Yeoman H. Plaff and Chief Ma chinist's Mate Harvey Weber. Shelter Given Victims. The Alder Hotel building was con structed in 1910 by the Alder Invest ment Company. The outside walls are of fireproof concrete, but the in terior of the building was millwork and inflammable. Such a structure would not be permitted today under the building ordinance governing the downtown district. Mr. Morgan, own er of the building, announced last night that he would begin the work of re- CLEANSE THE LARGE IHTESTIflE Present War Cry of Advanced Physicians. Some of the leading surgeons of the world have gone so far recently as to re move part of the large intestine in cases so serious as that of Tuberculosis and re stored the patient to perfect health by so dThe' New York American has recently said : ... .i. "Duringr Constipation the poisons m the Large Intestine often become so great as to form a serious menace to health nd even to life. Through the walls of the In testine they enter the blood and consume the healthy blood ceils, impoverishing the blood, and if this process is continued long enough an acute poisoning is produced. 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Hand the coupon to your grocer at your door or at his aiore. If he has no Folger Golden Gale Coffee he can Bet the special value offered as we cheerfully for ward him a single package at trade price, through ny channel he designates. He makes hia regular Drolit. If your dealer does not carry Folger's Golden Ge Coffee, telephone our resident salesman who win give you the name of a dealer who doea. MR. M. B. McKAY Telephone Home A 3637 PORTLAND Telephone Pacific M.rahall 1S3J J. A. FOLGER & CO., San Francisco storing the building at once. It prob ably will be fireproofed throuRhout. Patrons of the Alder Hotel who had no place to ko were cared lor last nisht at the Ford Hotel, 733 Washington street, and the Angela Hotel, 625 Wash ington street. Approximately 80 of them loat all their possessions. A few had rooms on the Fourth-street side, where the flames did not reach. Smoke and water left little salvage, however. AUTO BUYER HELD AS THIEF Man, Applying at Police Station for License, Loses Machine. How would you like to purchase an automobile, ride in it twice, go around to police headquarters to secure an application for a 1915 license, and find yourself held under suspicion of steal ing the machine? This is what happened to T. H. Hawes, of 1S02 East Alder street. Saturday. A week ago the automible of Charles Lincoln, district superin tendent of the Pullman Company, was stolen. Nine cities were notified of the theft and the local patrolmen urged to keep a watch for the car. A few days later T. H. Hawes bought the automobile from a man giving the name of Roy Burgess and thought that he had a clear title to the machine until he tried to take out a license ap- , T-rl n Tin. niimher of the tllV. tlLl'll. . automobile was recognized immediately as that or tne stolen car O liiak ....... 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PATENT FINALLY GRANTED Klamath Falls Brothers Win Home stead After le-Year Fight. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Feb. 14. (Special.) Paul Lambert and Will Lambert, brothers, of this city, today receiver patents to their homesteads on Cherry Creek, in this county, for which they have been fighting for 12 years. The tracts each contain 10 acres of excellent timber. In the Spring of 1903 the Lambert brothers took up the land, but, before they had time to make final proof, the lands were withdrawn from entry be cause of the creation of the Crater Na tional forest. There has been a hard light ever since, for, when the lands were finally excluded from the reserve, there was a long delay owlns; to the fart that they were nnpnrveyed. -We Sell Hair, Hair. Hair. 2s-lnch real first quality switches. ,tt si 2S-lncta ral tlrat-qimllty amy 4 j Bring This Ad fSS" OCp Good for 5c on Hirre".. d I Superfluous hair removed by alaetrirlty Guaranteed. 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