Morning Oregonian., October 29, 1915, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. OCTOBER, 29, 1915.
20 CHILDREN DIE
IN BURNING SCHOOL
First Mid-Season Sale
of Millinery at Our New Store
Style
Catholic Institution at Pea
body, Mass., Destroyed.
Pupils Choke Exit.
TARDY PUPIL GIVES ALARM
Proper fabric, perfect tailoring, ease and self-possession-these
denote the well-appareled man.
I put my label only on clothes that pass the
critical inspection of the man who knows. It is
a label that stands for faith between merchant
and customer.
SUITS AND OVERCOATS
$20 to S40
Mother - Superior and . ScTeral of
Her Charges Injured Building
Emptied Recently at Practice
Drill in Two Sllnutes.
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PEABODT, Mass., Oct. 28. Twenty
children, most of them girls ranging
In age from 7 to 17 years, lost their
Jives today in a fire which destroyed
Ft. John's Parochial School. Another
girl has injuries which are regarded as
probably fatal, while others were less
severely hurt.
Six. , husdred children had entered
their clasB rooms for the morning ses
sion' when the fire was discovered,
'and although a majority of them were
guided to safety by sisters of the Or
der of Notre Dame, who were their
teachers, panic seized a large number
as they ueared the front door and in
their rush to escape they lost their
footing and their bodies blocked the
exit. It was in the front vestibule
that nearly all the bodies were found.
Twelve Victims Identified.
Of the 19 bodies at an undertaking
shop tonight ten had been identified as
follows: Mabel Beauchamp. 11 years;
Nellie Burns. 7; Florence Bourke, 12
Klizabeth Comeau. 10; Helena Bresna
han, 17; Annie Bolesky. 14; Ida Es
slambre, 6; Mildred Fay, 13; Helen H.
Keefe, 11; Annie M. O'Brien, 11; Patroni
t:heba.tor. 6: Florence Doherly. 11.
All of the sisters escaped, but Mother
Superior Marie Carmeltta was seriously
burned. ' At the convent house tonight
it waa said that her injuries probably
were not fatal, although ahe is pros
trated by the disaster and the suffering
of her charges.
How the fire started may never be
known, t An early theory that a boiler
explosion caused ' it having been dis
missed, the state police officials tonight
were of the opinion that a storeroom in
the basement, where a gas meter was
located, waa its source, but investiga
tion of the theory was difficult, as the
place where the storeroom had been
was destroyed.
Tardy Pupil Reports Klre.
The first word of the fire is believed
to have come from a tardy pupil, who
smelted smoke and: reported it to the
Mother Superior. The children had just
finished morning prayer when the gong
sounded for Are drill.
Mother Superior Marie Carmelita hur
ried to tell the sisters of the actual
danger, and the movements of the fire
drill were started.
A few days ago in a practice drill
the building was -emptied in two min
utes.
It'wo-old have been cleared in almost
the same time today, in the opinion of
Dev. Nicholas J. Murphy, pastor of St.
John's Roman Catholic Church, but for
the falling of a child, believed to be a
cripple, in the front vestibule. Over
her body child after child, fearful of
the flames and pressed on by the crowd
behind, stumbled. and fell. The open
ing was choked and further escape was
In this way stopped.
Trouble at the rear door, which, be
came Jammed for a time, also impeded
the movement of the children through
the building. This exit was reopened
however, and many children escaped
through it.
t ries Cause Panic.
The classes of pupils, marshaled by
the sisters ilk the rooms and halls, had
llled through the corridors and started
down the stairs in orderly procession,
notwithstanding curling plumes of
smoke, until the blockade occurred at
the doors. Then, with cries from those
below in their ears, the children in the
rear of the lines scattered on all three
floors of the building.
Those on the lower floor dropped
safely to the ground. From the second
floor- most of the children supervised
by the sisters jumped into the coats
of firemen and bystanders which were
held out to catch them.
Many of those who went to the win
dows of the upper story were warned
agaiibst risking: the long jump and es
caped from windows below.
Home of the braver and more re
sourceful slid down water spouts,
among them Morris Harris, a. boy of
1 1 years, who assisted his friend. Tom
Shea, with one leg over a shaking
spout.
Jump Fatal to Girl.
Two girls who were dropped to the
(round sustained serious injuries, one.
Marion Hayes, dying at a hospital to
night. The sister-teachers controlled the sit
uation until the mishap at the front
door which proved so fatal. Mother
Superior Marie Carmelita said during
the lire that she had made cer
tain that all the children had left the
upper floors before she did. No bodies
were found above the nrst noor.
The building was a three-story brick
structure of 11 rooms, nine of which
were used for classrooms.
The interior was finished in wood,
and the flames ran entirely through
it, so that tonight only the outer walls
were standing.
It was thought tonight that the
names of Klizabeth Nolan, 16, and Mary
McCarthy. 8. might be added to th
identified dead, but the identification
was not positive.
BEN SELLING
Morrison Street at Fourth
ARMY IS DISCUSSED
Chamberlain Has Half-Hour
Talk With President.
OPINION NOT YET FORMED
Senator Approves Continental Army
Plan in General Way, but Says
It Must Not Detract From
Efficiency of Militia.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Oct. 28. Senator Chamberlain,
after half an hour's conference with
the President today, said he generally
approved the Army legislative pro
gramme as outlined to him, but that
until he had had further opportunity
to study all its features he would not
commit himself as to details.
He believes the regular Army should
be increased to 150,000 men and ap
proves in a general way the plan to
create a continental .Army. He is de
cidedly not in favor, however, of con
tinental Army legislation that will be
detrimental to the militia, but on the
other hand declares that Congress
snouia enact legislation for building up
cue nimua. in me several states.
The Senator will reintroduce ' his
militia pay bill of the last Congress and
endeavor to have it passed, together
with the general military programme.
He Is strongly hopeful that this bill
can be enacted into law. esoeciallv
since Representative Hay, chairman , of
the House committee, has recently
been converted to the idea of strength
ening and improving the militia.
Senator Chamberlain said the Presi
dent did not discuss with him the
recommendations made by the Army
War College. and the General Staff of
the Army, but talked of the programme
as it has been approved at the White
House. He thought, however, that the
reports of the War College and Gen
eral Staff should be made public and
sent to Congress, in order that Con
gress might have the ideas of Army
officers as to the kind of legislation
they believe should be enacted. The
Senator said that In his opinion the
country would not approve a regular
army of 220,000 men. such as the War
College recommended.
With the details of the War Col
lege report. Senator Chamberlain is not
familiar. He will discuss that and the
general Army subject with Secretary
Garrison in a few days at the request
ot me Jfresident.
have been in the past. Among them
is the tariff.
"Politicians have gone up and down
the country," he continued, "telling us
that their particular party could bring
prosperity. First it was the Repub
licans, then the Democrats. The poli
ticians have been playing this game of
see-saw to get offices, but their predic
tions and promises are all bunk. We
have not had any real prosperity in
the United States for ten years because
our business outgrew the clumsy finan
cial system which we have been talking
about correcting for 30 years, but which
we did not get to until President Wil
son insisted on Congress taking it up
as soon as the tariff bill was out of
theway."
USE FOR EASTLAND FOUND
Government May Buy Fatal Vessel
for Naval Training Ship.
CHICAGO. 'Oct. 28. The Eastland,
which tipped over in the Chicago River
July 24,. with the loss of S12 Ivies, may
be used as a Government naval train
ing ship, it was announced tonight.
Captain Edward Evers, of the Illinois
Naval Reserves, said Governor Dunne
had approved of the plan and that an
investigation is- now in progress to
satisfy naval authorities at Washing
ton as to the seaworthiness of the boat.
Alterations are to be made in the hull
to remove all danger. It was said.
The ship is to be sold at public auc
tion under an order of the United
States District Court, and unless un
foreseen obstacles develop, the Gov
ernment, It was said, will buy it and
remodel it into a training ship. It is
planned to station the ship in the Chi
cago harbor.
STEEL SALES GAIN
LA GRANDE BUDGET IS CUT
SI 8.000 Partus Debt Causes Levy
to Be Fixed at 19.2 Mills.
T,. GRANDE, Or.. Oct. 2S. (Spe
clal.) In order to meet J18.000 by gen
oral taxation to pay for North Second
street paving because the city had im
properly assessed abutting property,
City Manager Lafky and the Commis
sion have slashed J17.000 from last
year's budget.
The levy will be 19.2 mills, unless a
mass meeting, provided by charter,
changes the levy.
Albany Club to IGvc Luncheons.
ALBANY, Or.. Oct. 2S. (Special.)
Believing in the old adage that the
wav to reach a man is through his
toniach. the Albany Commercial Club
is preparing to serve frequent lunch
runs ill the clubrooms to attract busi
ness men there and get them inter
ested in the work of the organization.
A kitchen is being Installed in the
clubrooms with a dining apartment ad
Joining. Manager Eastburn is making
plans for many club activities the com
ing Winter.
SHERIFF WILL NOT ACT
Coos County Official Thinks Sunday
Law Is Obsolete.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. Oct. 28. (Spe
cial.) Sheriff Alfred Johnson, of Coos
County, in reply to numerous inquiries
and letters . relating to his attitude
towards the Sunday-closing law. which
recently was upheld by the State Su
preme Court, has Issued a letter to the
public. In his opinion the law is
obsolete and unfair, and if the latter
stands for his attitude. Sheriff Johnson
will not interfere with any business
house which opens its doors on Sunday,
barring saloons, of course.
The letter holds there are many new
ines of business houses in these days
which were not in existence 50 years
ago. when the law was passed, and he
believes if any stores are to be closed
on Sunday, ail should be treated alike.
86 CHINESE ARE CAUGHT
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMER "ALIVK"
WITH STOWAWAYS.
ImmlsrrH tlon Authorities Tras Strug
gling Orientals From Hiding Place
en Vessel at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 28. United
States immigration inspectors raided
the Palcific Mail steamer Mongolia at
midnight last night and captured 86
Chinese stowaways, who arrived from
the Orient yesterday on the boat's last
trans-Pacific voyage. Sharp questioning
of the Chinese to uncover the identity
of Americans, who, it is believed, were
cadet of a wholesale smuggling ring,
was fruitless.
The raiders crawled into every nook
of the big boat and dragged struggling
Chinese from a -, great steel bucket
buried in the coal bunkers, from the
fireroom. from beneath benches in the
dining saion, from the bunks of the
Chinese crew and out of hiding places
in the steerage.
The raid was made on advices from
Washington that the Mongolia was
'alive with stowaways."
The stowaways will bo sent back at
the expense of the steamship company
POPULAR TARIFF IS PLAN
UILSOX WOl'LD TAKE QUESTION
OUT OF POLITICS, SAYS M'ADOO,
Effort Extend to Other Fundamental
Matters, Secretary of Treasury
Tells Montimm.
HELENA, Mont., Oct. 28. Efforts of
the Administration at Washington to
prevent certain fundamental questions,
such as the tariff; from being the bat
tledoor and shuttlecock of party poli
tics, were emphasized here today by
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo a
a breakfast tendered him by state offi
cials and prominent citizens of Mon
tana.
"We are trying," said Mr. McAdoo,
"to take certain fundamental question
out of politics so that they may not be
party questions in the future aa they
Albany IIays Eugene Tomorrow.
ALBANY, Or. Oct. 28. (Special.)
ine nign scnoois or Albany and i-u
gene will meet in their annual foot
ball battle Saturday. The contest will
take place at Eugene. Always evenly
matched, these two schools have
hard game annually. Albany won last
year.
Demands on United States
Factories Cannot Be Met.
PLANTS RUN NIGHT AND DAY
Prices Are Steadily Rising and Will
Reach Point of "Fair and Rea
sonable Profits," Predicts
Judge Elbert H. Gary. ,
NEW YORK, Oct. 28. So great has
been the general revival in the Iron
and steel trade from the United States,
it was eaid by authorities today, that,
with virtually every blast furnace anj
steel mill In the country working nigh.,
and day to capacity, the demand for
ron, steel and steel products cannot
be satisfied, and it is today almost im
possible to buy for immediate delivery
plgiron, scrap or ingots in sizable quan
tities at any industrial plant in the
country.
The revival, which began about the
first of last July, has been coming on
rapidly, with a deluge of orders since
the middle of August, and may not
yet have reached its high mark. '
Within these three months the price
of plgiron. long regarded aa the barom
eter of trade, has increased approx
imately 35 per cent, and that of steel
and steel products except steel rail:
has gone up about 15 per cent.
At the present time the demand for
plgiron and for the various lines of
steel is in excess of the producing ca
pacity of the furnaces and mills of the
United States, reads a statement issued
today by Judge Elbert II. Gary, chair
man of the United States Steel Cor
poration. He adds:
"The manufacturers are unable to
make deliveries entirely satisfactory
to the purchasers with respect to a
large majority of the different kinds of
finished steel.
"There is nothing to indicate that
there will be a decrease in the demand
for any of these products for some
time. While prices reecived are atill
low, they have been and are increas
ing and apparently will go higher, ?o
that fair and reasonable profits may
be expected."
Railroad Buys Equipment.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2S. Orders for
175,000 tons of steel rails were placed
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany today. In addition, an order was
placed with the Baldwin Locomotive
Works for the construction of 75 heavy
freight locomotives for immediate de
livery.
Chief Jailer Hurlburt
Challenges
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Houdini Accepts!
Can He Escape From This Restraint That Has
Baffled Thousands of Violent Criminals?
1000 Untrimmed Hats
In a Great Sale
Over 200
Different Shapes
The success of this sale is assured as
the hats themselves are all fresh and
new and made in desirable shapes.
They come to you at such a concession
because we ourselves purchased them
at pi'ice advantages from an overstocked
manufacturer.
High-grade Silk-Velvet Hats, in Pokes,
Sailors, Tricornes, etc., black and colors.
Some have edges and bindings of fur.
Others are shirred, brim and crown.
None of them are worth under $3.50,
some worth $6.00.
.95
Every One a
Smart Style
Your Choice
Each
We Trim These Hats Without Charge if Trimmings Are Purchased Here
Sale of Untrimmed Hats and the Black
and Natural Paradise at Special Prices
Paradise is very scarce and has advanced in price 10 Per Cent in 24 hours. This
does not affect us, however, in this instance, as we bought several weeks ago in
anticipation of this sale, which allows you a 20 Per Cent to 30 Per Cent saving.
Curled side sweep $5, $8 and
$12.50.
Large Paradise, with head,
$16.50 and $21.50.
Special branchings for this sale,
$2.95 and $6.45.
Fountain effects $3.50, $5.00
and $10.00.
Large side sweep $15.00
$8.50 to $12.50 Untrimmed Hats at $4.95
Of fine Lyons Velvet and Hatters' Flush. Hand blocked, in 25 of the season's smartest shapes,
including high crowns, large or small sailors, turbans, pokes and continentals.
Extra Special- 200 Children's Hats- $1.45
No two alike and made of fine quality velvets, plushes and corduroys. In black, rose, old
blue, brown or navy. All are simply trimmed and make splendid school or dress hats.
Great Sale of Trimmed Hats at Less
To $3.95 Trimmed Hats, Spe. $1.95 II To $7.50 Trimmed Hats, Spec. $3.95
To $5.00 Trimmed Hats, Spec. $2.95 To $10 Trimmed Hats, Spec. $4.95
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At Alder and Sixth Streets
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