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THE MORXIXO OREGOXTAN. TtFESTJAY, OCTOBER 2G. 19T5. 12 GIRLS m die AND OfiE CALIFORNIA PARTY TAKES GOLD TO WASHINGTON' FOR PRESIDENTS WEDDING RING TO . BRIDE-TO-BE. "YOU CAN DO BEHEB FOB USSS ON THIRD STREET' FLAMES Store Opens 'Daily at 8:30 A. M. On Saturdays 9:00 A. M- Store Closes Daily at 5:30 P. M. On Saturdays 6:00 P.M. Workers in Box Factory Are Trapped by Fire Which Cuts ' Off Their Escape. Pacific Phone Marshall 5080 Home Phone A 2112 The Most in Value The Best in Quality 3dm -?-3r - XT - .,.?:'- RESCUES SHOW HEROISM Egress by Stairways Is Cut Off and Sonic Slide Down Rope, While Two Men Catch Others and Lower Them to Ground PITTSBURG. Oct. 25. ' Thirteen persons were killed and eight injured by a fire in a four-story building, the upper floors, of which were occupied by the Union Paper Box Company, on the North Side here, this afternoon. Of the dead all were young women em ployed by the company except one. Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong at once ordered that the police. City Counch and the Coroner make thorough inves tigation of the fire. The dead: Colletta Sellman, aged 19; Helen "VVaner; Sophia Zobok. aged 22; Caro lina Farrara, aged 15: Dorotha Link, aged 16; Florence Baker, aged 21; Cecelia Joes, aged 17; Bertha Dunapple. aged 24; Tillie Greinning. aged 20; Laura Breinning. aged 24; Myrtle Mil ler, aged 20: Marcella Rauch, aged 17, and Peter Vallon. Warning Given Promptly. The flames started in a pile of straw In the rear of the feed store of James Brown & Co., on the first floor of the building. 'William C. Kimbel, gen eral manager of the box factory, at once went to the third and fourth floors and warned the girls employed there. The flames gained headway so rapidly, however, that escape by means of stairways and fire escapes was soon cut off. Some of the girls attempted to go to the dressing-room for their hats and there, ' uddled on the floor, firemen found a majority of the bodies. Joseph I Bash and Z.'J. Seagle, era ployed on the second floor of the build ing, were about to jump, when they were attracted by the screams of girls in the window above. The men told the girls to jump. One by one, as the eirls leaped, Baeh and Seagle caught them, lowered them as far as they could and let them drop to the sidewalk. -Girls Slide to Safety. C. R. Carlisle, driver of a transfer wagon, drove his wagon into an alley in the rear of the building and threw up a rope to girls in a window above. Making one end fast, they slid down the rope to safety. Margaret Steigerwald, aged 17, who was injured by jumping from & third floor window, said she and five other girls were trapped in the building when somebody closed a door at the head of the stairway on the second floor. "We got our wraps and started down the stairway." said Miss Stelgerwald. '"As we reached the second floor, some . person closed the door at the head of the stairway and we were trapped... w e tried to open the door, without success, and then we -started back to the third floor. By that time the third floor was filled with smoke. We made for the windows. One girl pushed me away from a window, and I was the last to jump." : I An attempt of a man to make mov ing pictures of the removal of bodies from the building was stopped by the police. One Dies Hero's Death. One of the heroes of the fire was Peter Vallon. who is among the dead. When the fire was discovered he was working in the building. He groped his way to the street, where he heard the girls calling for help from the up per story. Tying a handkerchief about his mouth, he rushed into the building. Six times Vallon staggered to the street with the unconscious form of a girl in his arms. When he failed to appear the seventh time, however, fire men began a search and found his body on the second floor. Near him lay the body of a young girl, whom he evl- ' dently had tried to rescue when over come by smoke. Francis Feehan, supervising inspect or of the State Department of Labor . and Inlustry. made an examination of Ihe building after the fire. -He asserted that fire escapes were inadequate. SAN FRANCISCO TO VOTE Little Interest Displayed Except by Those Affected by Issues. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 25. Admin istration forces and members of the Joint party committee both expressed confidence tonight in the success of their campaigns for and against the lion-partisan and other bills to be voted upon at the special election Tuesday Little interest in the election was nhown by others than those affected by some of the measures. A light vote was expected, although the. opposiiton expressed the opinion that the work of Assessors and their deputies against the taxation amendment might have been sufficient to stir Interest in some localities. Another influence on the vote and the result that was discussed by leaders on both sides was the effect of the administration's withdrawal of support from the taxation measure at the eleventh hour. NEW ENGLANDERS TARDY More Tliun 200 Owe Government for Trip 'rom War Zone. BOSTON", Oct. 27. More than 20 J New Englanders who borrowed from the United States Government through Consuls in Kurope during the times of stress immediately following the decla ration of war. have failed to return it. Charles B. Strecker. Assistant United states Treasurer, announced here to day, lie said that legal measures would be taken to collect the money. Mr Streckei declared that persona of foreign birth have been more prompt in their payments than native Amer icans. Woman, Ineligible, Withdraws. CENTRA LI A. Wash.. Oct. 25. (Spe cial.) Owing to ineligibility. Mrs. Net tie Moloney, who recently announced her candidacy for City Commissioner, has -withdrawn from the race, leav ing 19 candidates still in the Held. Mrs. Maloney, while a resident of Cen tralis, for years, recently made a trip to California and voted at a school election there. She has not been back in Centralia for a year, as required by jaw to matte tier a legal resident. To Care a Cold la Oae Dmy Take LWATIVE BROMO OUISIXE Tablets. Druggists refund money if it Tans to cure. n'.uuuviS H signature is on eacn box. .c Ct , V . i " 'Z-' " .It I m ?-' i jp ' ' if' e- mf ' -.. '.. . :.- . rjufv-'i I 1 1 1 l,a L.EFT TO RIGHT MRS. GAILLARD S GOLD FOR RING GIVEN California Girls Arrive Washington on Mission. in INVITATION. ALSO GIVEN President and Fiancee Visiting Each Other's Relatives; Miss Benham . May Succeed' Miss Hag-ner as Social Secretary. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. All the way from California came the three girls and their chaperon, bearing with them the precious yellow .metal In Its raw state, which the women of the Pacific Coat state have sent to the National capital, with the suggestion, happily accepted, that the gold be used in mak ing the wedding ring for Mrs. Gait, the bride-to-be of President Wilson. With the gold they also brought a monster invitation addressed to Presi dent Wilson, asking him to visit the two expositions (Panama-Pacific and San Diego) now being held in Cali fornia. Altha McQueeney, the youngest mem ber, won the trip East because her in vitation to President -Wilson was the best composed one submitted by the girls of the grammar school grades in her city. Only Few to Attend Wedding. It is known definitely that the wed ding trip will be taken to the South, though the President may be convinced that a trip later to California would be advantageous. Only close friends-and members of the immediate family will be in at tendance at the wedding. President Wilson and Mrs. Gait went for a long motor ride again this aft ernoon. The President and Mrs. Gait are making visits upon each other's relatives, the trip to Emmitsburg made on Saturday being one of those. On Sunday afternoon they walked leisure ly up Connecticut avenue to the Cor dova Apartment-house, where they called upon Mrs. Boiling, mother of Mrs. Gait, and took tea with her. Mlaa Benham May Be Secretary. There has been much speculation over the successor to Miss Isabella Hagner as social secretary at the White House, who leaves the first of Novem ber to be married later in the month to Herman L. James, of Baltimore. Miss Edith Benham, daughter of the late Admiral Benham. is doing some social secretary work for Mrs. Gait Just now. which has given rise to the rumor that she will be attached to the White House after the wedding of the President and Mrs. Gait- Miss Benham acted in this capacity for Mrs. James Bryce, when Mr. Bryce was British Ambassador here, and was secretary for Mrs. Marshall Field. Mrs. Theodore Shonta and the late Mrs. Duncan McKim. Others mentioned as the possible suc cessor are Miss Catherine Letterman, who was one of the most successful so cial secretaries and held the position throughout the Taft administration and Miss Laura Harlan, daughter of the late Supreme Justice Harlan, who has had considerable experience and tryjeh success in all social circles. GERMAN ADMITS HE HAS AID Continued From First P ge and said he would give me $25 a week." Scholz said in the statement. "Fay told me of his secret to make mines. We made tests of explosives and experiments with the exploding devices. We never attached a loaded mine to any ship. We did attach an empty to an English vessel that was loading at this port. It took 10 min utes to do it. All the explosives we had would not explode in their present condition. The three bags of T. N. T. (trinitrate tolulol had to be melted and dried and further prepared before it would go off. Iea All Far, "It was all Fay's idea. He was al lowed to come here by the German government. I believe he got $4000 from that government It cost be tween $65 and $70 to make one of these mines. We worked three months to perfect the exploding mechanism. We were almost ready when caught. Wc used the garage to do our mechanical worfc Then we vent to the boa.th.ouae. TOXKV (CHAFEROf OF THE THREE ALTHA 1'41EEEY, ESTHER BULL. I am sorry we didn't get a chance to put these mines to work." Entries in two memorandum books found in the room occupied by Fay and Scholz in Weehawken referred to the German steamship Magdeburg, and were regarded by the police as signifi cant. The Magdeburg, loaded with dynamite consigned to Germany, was prevented at the outbreak of the war from sailing, and remained at anchor in the bay for many months. Several weeks ago the Government ordered the cargo unloaded, as it was regarded as a menace to navigation. The cargo-j was sold to a munitions ,plant. PROTEST MAY GO TO GERM AXY Officials Regard Old by Secret Serv ice as of Grave Import. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. If the State Department determines that Robert Fay is telling the trtuh in his- story to the New York police of how he, a Lieutenant in the German army, was sent to this country by the German secret service for the purpose of dis abling by explosives steamships leav ing American ports for Europe, the matter probably will be made the sub ject of vigorous representations to the German government- . State Department officials were much interested today in press ac counts of the confession said to have been made to Police Commissioner Woods and it was said that a report on the case was expected tomorrow from agents of the secret service who assisted in arresting Fay and his &1- leegd accomplices. The American Government, the of ficials said, would regard such an ac tion as Fr y attributes to the German secret service as an offense against the United States of grave character. It was explained, however, that not enough was known of the matter offi cially to hazard a presumption re garding the form of any representa tions which might be made would take. As to Captain Boy-Ed and Captain Von Papen, of the German embassy, it was said that If Fay told the truth in his so-called confession, no blame could attach to them. Fay Is quoted as having said that Captains Boy-Ed and Von Papen, when aprpoached by him, refused to have anything to do with the scheme and advised against it. All the information in the hands of the State Department has led officials to believe that io action toward prose cuting Fay and hs alleged co-eonspi-rators could be taken by the Federal atuhorities. In fact, it was pointed out, the Government might appear more in the nature of defender than prosecutor when the men came to trial in New Tork or New Jersey courts, for the reason that it is bound to see that all rights of Fay, as a subject of Ger many, are protected. UNCLAIMEDLAND IS FOUND Nearly 8000 Acres in Imperial Val ley May Be Homesteaded, WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. Adjustments of conflicting claims to land in the Imperial Valley in California wri com pleted today by the Interior Depart ment, and Secretary Lane announced that 7S05 acres had been found free from claims. This acreage will be opened for immediate settlement under the Department's regulation. Evidences of the first Governmental survey in the Imperial Valley in 1856 were so completely removed by the elements that confusion resulted some 15 years ago when settlers, beginning to appreciate the possibilities of the rich soil, flocked to this region to take up land. In 1903 Congress author ized a re-survey. For seven years the Government haa been readjusting the disputed claims shown by the re-sur vey. SHIP GETS SECRET ORDERS British Tramp Carrying "Powder Al lowed Short Stay. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 25. The Brit ish tramp steamer Llangorse sailed from here today under sealed orders. given the captain by A. Carnegie Ross, British Consul, at the expiration of a 48-hour stay allowed the vessel as belligerent. The possession of 25 tons of black gunpowder In her hold caused author! ties to declare the Llangorse was i military transport entitled to remain here only 24 hours. Her destination was kept secret. antiseptic Gives Skin Comfort. Instantly reUTe, cores and pre recta ebafea et Irritated skin. Cools and soothes. You'll like Its cleaal. neaitay eoor. sue jot aragcua. ,,.)J.;A 1 '.a v:i: Ji GIRLS . HISSES DOKOT1IV STARR, RUSSIANS WIN CASE 18 Immigrants Freed to Leave for Portland. DEPORTATION HELD WRONG Supreme Court Finds Authorities at Ellis Island Had No Right to Debar Party Because of La bor Problem on Coaat..' OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash Ington. Oct. 25. Eighteen Russians, destined to Portland, but detained by immigration authorities at New -York, with a view to deportation, were or dered liberated by the Supreme Court today and soon will be free to proceed to the Pacific Coast. When these immigrants reached Ellis Island and announced they were en route to Portland, the Commission er of Immigration ordered their de portation on the ground that there were many idle laborers then in Port land and that these Russians, If per mitted to proceed, might become charges upon the community. One of their number. All Giegiow, had money and sufficient knowledge of American law to convince him the immigration authorities were proceed ing illegally against his party, so he instituted habeas corpus proceedings and the case was expedited and brought to the Supreme Court, -where the Im migration Bureau was today overruled because it had undertaken to bar these Immigrants on grounds other than those fixed by statute. In announcing the opinion oz the court Justice Holmes said: "Immigration law deals with admis sion to the United States and not to Portland. It would be an amazing argument for immigration officials to refuse admission to the United States because the labor market in the United States was overburdened, and yet it would be more reasonable than a refusal to admit because of reported conditions in one city. This decision is in line with a de- cison of the last term, where the court ruled aganst the bureaucratic methods of Government officials and has en joined them from exceeding the au thority conferred upon them by law. CHARLTON TO BE SET FREE CContinuefl From First P of their marriage, a short time prior totbe tragedy, she was Mrs. Neville H. Castle, a daughter of Henry II. Scot: of San Francisco. Charlton's father is Paul Charlton, former Federal Judge of the District of Porto Rico. Charlton and his bride were on their honeymoon at Lake - Como when he killed her. Placing her body in trunk, he threw it into Lake Como, where It was found by a boatman. Charlton fled from Italy and. returned to the United States. He was arrested when he landed at Hoboken. and im mediately confessed. Body Put In Trunk. In his confession Charlton said his wife was subject to fits of violent tern per and' that when enraged she showered abuse-upon him. It was dur. ing one of these fits, he said, that he seized a mallet and struck her a blow on the head, killing her. He then put the body into the trunk and threw It into the lake. For three years Charlton was held prisoner in Jersey City before he was returned to Italy for trial. Every lesa: means was used in an endeavor to keep him from being sent back, the case going even to the Supreme Court of the United States, which decided that he must be extradited. During his incarceration In New Jersey a board of alienists examined him and declared that he was of unsound mind and not responsible for the crime. Trial Often Delarye. Since bis return to Italy in 1913 Charlton has been in the jail here. The trial was delayed several times through the necessity of taking testimony in the Lnited fetates and the examination of the prisoner by Italian alienists. The Italian alienists held divergent opin ions as to whether Charlton was of sound or unsound mind. The trial began October 6 bu " was The desire of discriminating women everywhere is met to a nicety in these sec tions, especially in the three most essential considerations quality, desirability and value. These leading Fleeced Cotton UNION SUITS ! I nn For Women at pl.UU Perfect 'fitting, fine fleeced Cotton Union Suits, shown -in high neck styles with long sleeves and with Dutch neck and elbow sleeves all are in ankle-length a Union Suit of unsur passed value at $1.00. postponed until October 18 in order to give Charlton's lawyer time to pre pare the case. On October 18 the Judge refused to consent to a motion for a further postponement and the case was rried to its conclusion. POLK TEACHERS TO MEET Three-Day Session Will Open on Wednesday; All Mnst Attend. MONMOUTH. Or- Oct. 25. (Special.) One hundred and fifty teachers of Polk County are to meet In a three-day In stitute in Dallas Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week. Teachers have received notice that an must De in session, according to the state law. A long programme of music and dra matic numbers is arranged. The programme contains the follow ing speakers: J. H. Ackerman. president or uregon Normal School: E. F. Carleton, As sistant State Superintendent of Public Instruction: T. H. Gentle, principal of State Training School, Monmouth; E. D. Ressler, department of education Ore gon Agricultural College; D. W. De- busk, department of education Univer sity of Oregon:- F. L. Griffin. Oregon Agricultural College; M. & Pittman, Oregon Normal School; Miss Lillian Dinius and Miss Alice Mciniosn, Train ing School, Monmouth; Mrs. Mamie Ful kerson. Institute Instructor, Salem: H. IL Parsons, rural supervisor. Polk County. PROHIBITION APPEAL TAKEN United States Stipremi' Court to Pass on Idaho law. BOISE. Idaho. Oct. 25. The Idaho Supreme Court today granted an ap plication for a writ of-error to me Supreme Court of the United States. which will be asKea to pass upon xne constitutionality of Idaho's drastic liquor law, which makes possession of liquor a felony on second conviction. This law was upheld by the state court. ' The petitioner contends that tt Is reoumant to the Constitution of the United States in that it abridges the privileges and immunities of citizens and deprives them or property witn out due process of law. SAW DESTROYS ORCHARD Light Wind Completes Miscreant's Work on 72 Trees Near Albany. ALBANY, Or., Oct. 25. When a light wind Saturday blew down 13 peach trees on the farm of A. W. Martin. seven --miles east of Albany, he dis covered that all had been sawed, more than half way through near base of trunk. Only four trees In the whole 4-year-old orchard were not sawed. No clew to tne onenaers nas Deen od tained. The trees were just coming into bearing, many had yielded a light crop this year, and next year would have been in full bearing. Martin had de pended npon these trees to yield money to pay onr a mortgage on his place. MEXICANS CHEER AMERICA Tribute Also Paid Madera's Widow by Vera Cruz Laborers. VERA CRUZ. Oct. 25. Thousands of workingmen paraded the streets in honor of Mrs. Francisco I. Madero, Jr., widow of the late president of Mexico. Many cries of "Long Life to the United States," were heard. Mrs. Madero left this morning in a special car lor Mexico City. The FiliDino child is a verv ant scholar. but he or she leaves school generally ct ua ace wt v nam. FOR TODAY WE ANNOUNCE A SALE OF Women's Suits In a Range of Correct Styles Remarkable for Their Variety Garments Regularly Sold up to $25.00 at This Sale Your Choice for the Low Price of Wherein lies the satisfaction of choosing your new suit from a skimpy variety of modes and receiving less than you sought? At this sale there's an infinitely wider range of choice here than heretofore and a wonderful price-saving made possible by a very fortunate purchase. Particularly attractive are the braid and fur-trimmed styles and those that are semi-tailored. The materials are the finest of all wool poplins, serges, gab ardines and mixtures in navy, brown, green, gray, etc. The linings and workmanship Vre of the best and a perfect fit is assured, for the assortment includes all sizes and a wonderful variety of models suitable for young, middle age and elderly women. Suits that were made to sell regularly JJ1 C QC up to $25.00 priced for This Sale at V O.OiJ Women's and Misses' $7.50 Serge and PopUn Dresses $4.98 A splendid variety of models to select from in navy, green, brown, Copenhagen, etc Fine serge and poplin dresses that must be seen to be appreciated. Regular .values to $7.50. Priced for this sale $4.08. New Seasonable Weight Lines of Under wear and Values to Compel Your Attention ofterings: Fine Ribbed Wool Union SUITS( $1.50 for Women at A well-known and reliable make women's fine ribbed . Wool Union Suits, hown in sea sonable weight, perfect-fitting styles and in all sizes. They , come with high or Dutch neck, with elbow or long sleeves and in ankle length a superior quality and exceptional value at $1-30. WETS HEARD 8Y COURT washington - supreme justices give; seven hours to case; ' All Interest Opposing; Prohibition Ap pear ana Decision. la Expected ' Within Six Weeks. OLTMPIA. Wash, Oct. 25. (Special.) 8even hours were devoted by the Supreme Court today to the M. & K Gottstein case. Involving the validity oi tne wasmngton prohibition law, the greatest amount of time ever given by the court to a single case. To give all interests opposing the law opportunity to be heard the court, after granting five hours to the main issues, presented for the wholesalers who brought the suit by Attorneys Harold Preston and George Donworth, granted an hour each to tne notelmen, mtervenors, repre sented by Attorney Dudley G. Wooten, and to J. B. Howe, as friend of the court, representing the brewery inter ests. Attorney-General w. v. Tanner, L. L. Thompson, of his staff, and At torney John H. Powell, representing the Anti-Saloon League, spoke for up holding the law. The principal arguments advanced against the law were that the initiative and referendum amendment had not been validly adopted, because of faulty publication, by Attorney Preston, that the amendment failed of adoption be cause submitted as a single proposition. nstead of submitting the initiative and the referendum as separate amend ments, by Attorney Howe? that the prohibition act was not adopted be cause copies of the initiative measure were not placed in the hands of voters SO days before the election, by Attor m Am AH-refineiy Gas Red Crown is not a mixture. It is a product of straight distillation a genuine gasoline"cut." High est honors at San Francisco and San Diego Expositions. Dealers everywhere and at our SERVICE STATIONS. Standard Oil Company (CelUeraia) Portland $16.85 Silk Lisle Hose 3 Pairs for $1.00 Women's fine Silk Lisle Hose in black, white and shades of tan they come full-fashioned and with indestructible heel and toe all sizes especially priced at 35c a pair or three pairs for $1 Fleeced Cotton Hose At 25 Pair A warm, durable, fleeced Cotton Hose, made with elastic ribbed top and reinforced heel and toe all sizes a stocking of extra good value at 2o pair. ney Donworth. and that the law 'was invalid because of inconsistencies and Interference with interstate commerce, by Attorney Wooten. Against these contentions Attorney-General Tanner and associate counsel claimed a great preponderance of - opinions; and urged that the proclamation of Governor Lis ter, declaring the law In effect, -precluded inquiry Into possible irregulari ties in the course of its adoption, hav ing the same effect as the Governor's signature upon an enrolled bill. All eight Judges beard the case. A decision is expected within six weeks. CHILD FALLS; CAR KILLS Two-Year-Old Daughter of Yakima, Theater Proprietor Is Victim. NORTH TAKIMA, Wash, Oct. 25. (Special.) As Frederick Mercy, pro prietor of the Majestic and Empire theaters In this city, was starting with his family for an automobile ride this afternoon, his two-year-old daughter fell from the car and was run over and instantly killed. Two children were in the tonneau. Mr. Mercy was compelled to turn sharply m getting away from the curb in front of his home. The clutch en gaged suddenly, and the car jerked vio lently, causing one of the rear doors to fiy open and permitting the child to fall. lone Rancher, Father of Five, Dies. lONE, Or.. Oct. 24 (Special.) Watte Brashers died from pneumonia at his ranch near here late Saturday night, at 38 years of age. He leaves a wife and five children. Interment will be at lone Cemetery Tuesday. 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