TITE 3I015XIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1915.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
It is impossible under our present-day
mode of living for the Intestine to rid it
self of all waste, and it is easily proven
that there is an accumulation, no matter
how regular we are. . . ..
Drugs, if taken regularly, form a hsmt,
but Internal Bathing, by means of the
"J. B. L. Cascade," cleanses the Lower In
testine its entire length with pure warm
water and makes it clean, sweet nd I
healthy.
At the same time it regulates the system
and makes one feel that every function is ,
workng smoothly and naturally and in
deed this is so.
Over three hundred thousand are now en
.i :,. nf th 4'T R. I.. Cascade.
which is now being shown and explained I
by the Woodard Clark & Co. s urug atores
in Portland. Ask for free and interesting
booklet, "Why Man of To-Day Is Only 50
Per Cent Efficient.
j 45c Coffee 81l
45c Coffee
45c Quality
Our object 'is to
give everyone a
chance to note
the difference
between 45 cent".
coffee and cneap
er grades.
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 .......
X ot only is Mr. Hawes out the plena
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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.
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