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7 BIG SEATTLE BLAZE LAID TO INCENDIARY DON'T THE MOEXIXG OKEGOXm', SATUEDAT, OCTOBER SO. 1915. I CAME Norwegian, Who Is Socialist, Says He Doesn't Care Much Who Wins the War. INSURANCE MEN GET BUSY Total IiOss in Pier No. 14 Fire Will Ran to More Than Million Dol . lars and Weeks Required to Know Definite Data. KEATTLE, Wash.. Oct. 29. (SpeclaX) That the fire which destroyed Pier 14, at the foot of Broad street, last night, was of incendiary origin is the general impression today of the polica and fire department officials. The loss is estimated at $1,100,000, of which 11,000,000 was the freight stored on the wharf. Final estimates yet may be still higher. As a result Seattle bankers and gen eral insurance agents today took pre liminary steps toward obtaining from the city government increased, protec tion for Seattle's waterfront and man ufacturing districts, and an extension of the work of the detective force in the police department to include in vestigation of incendiary fires and the running to earth of professional ar sonists. The whole subject probably will be placed before Mayor Gill to morrow. The total damage to the pier will run close to $100,000. All the second story and two-thirds of the first were gutted. Weeks Required for Data. It will take weeks to determine the full extent of the financial loss, the freight consisting chiefly of shipments received from the BLue Funnel liner Ixion, which arrived- in port from the Orient Saturday and canned salmon as sembled for the next voyage of the Calchas, of the same lines, from Seattle to Liverpool, England. The entire tea shipment of 17.675 cases, which was brought from Japan by the Ixion and stored in the second floor, represents a total loss. The shipment had a total value of 353, 300. Seven thousand bales of hemp, valued at 130 a bale, also were de stroyed. They formed part of a 6000 bale shipment brought by the Ixion. The value of the hemp destroyed prob ably will reach J60.000. A $400,000 shipment of crude rub ber, discharged by the Ixion. suffered heavy damage, a large part of it be ing charred or broken up. The loss on the rubber from all indications will exceed $100,000. Arrest Is Made. Two and a half hours after the first alarm and subsequent "2-11, which called out all of the city's apparatus, E. Wilmann, 37 years old, a Norwegian longshoreman, had been arrested on suspicion of having guilty knowledge of the fire. The arrest was made on re ceipt of information of R. M. Brad shaw, a330V4 First avenue, that Wil mann had made certain incriminating statements to him about the time of the outbreak of the fire. Wilmann is being held at the headquarters on an open charge. . " The incendiary used some infernal machine is the belief of many resi dents in the "Queen Ann Hill" dis trict, who declare that with the first glare of the flames there came a puff as of a gasoline flare, names shoot ing through the roof at the front end and then seeming to spread sideways along the roof. Above this was a cloud of jet black smoke that shot up to height of from 800 to 1000 feet and then appeared to drop back on the flare, seemingly completely to blanket it. The statements which brought about Wilmann's apprehension were alleged to have been made to R. B. Bradshaw, an employee of Pier 14, who was taken to police headquarters as a witness. These two men were on the scene of the fire within a few minutes of the time the blaze was discovered." "Ah, 14 is going pretty good." Brad shaw says Wilmann remarked, as they came within sight of the fire. "Pier Five will be the next; that has to go, too." Wilmann Is Socialist. Confronted by Chief Lane and Cap tain Stuart, Wilmann at once grew re ticent and demanded that a charge be placed against him before he made a statement. Assured this would be forth coming if conditions warranted he de nied having any knowledge of how the fire started. "What is your feeling about the fire?" he was asked. "Do you think it is right for a man to destroy another man's property?" "Oh. labor will have to pay for this in the end," he answered. Wilmann is a Socialist. He said he had no interest in the war, but ex pressed the opinion the Germans would win if the struggle ends before next Spring. He didn't care much which side won, he said. He is not a natura lized American citizen, he said, al though he has been in this country 11 years. LIVE GRABS GOING EAST PROPAGATION WILL BE TRIED IS XARHAGAXSETT BAY WITH 1000. I i U AVHAT PRICES I GET FOR FRIEDLANDER'S STOCK! Fo FRSEPLANOER NEEDS. 350,000 AT ONCE AND I TO PAY THE TRUSTEE MUST GET IT FOR HIM So, when the doors open Saturday at 10 A. M., these sacrifice prices will prevail on the entire $150,000 stock of Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Cut Glass, etc. $1.00 Alarm Clocks QV 26-Piece Community Silver Regular $7.50 Gold-Filled Brace- $12.50 Diamond . CJC QQ cut to.... O JC Knives, Forks and . flJC QQ let Watches, QQ Lavalliere, cut to J)O.Ol ; Spoons, cut to 9J.OZJ cut to pt.I0 Community Silver Tea p7Qn w . . TTT $5.00 Solid Gold (fo A r Spoons, cut to JC 75c Silver Salt and Pep- QQ. $15 Watches, 20-year case, Wal- Lavalliere cut to f.i) per Castors, cut to tham or Elgin, d7 QQ T , T . , T cutto., ..P.Oi $24.00 Large Cut Glass Ice . r;. t. amm $7.48 &3gg....$1.93 gUSgS:$ll.B0 SftgSr$56.00 $5 Clocks, 8-day, Yt- CO A Q 7-50 Sheffield Steel JQ AO $100 Howard Watch, 14-K. solid $20 Diamond Rings, rf - rf hour strike, cut to ip.HrO Silver Carvers, cut to.PO.tO gold, $43 25 CUt l pM..JJJ $1.50 Sterling Silver Bon QQ $15 Sheffield Silver QQ - tj p. - $150 Diamond QO tZf Bon Spoons, cut to. OZfC Large Basket, cut to. .3b.Ol Baling DUhct to. . .$4.89 Bracelet, cut to. ... ilO.OU $2.50 Metal Clocks, QQ $8 Silver-Plated Fern tfQ QQ $20 Sterling Silver Q $200 Diamond 1 O (?rv cutto OI7C Dish, cut to ,.P.OI7 Toilet Set, cut to ipI.OO Bar Pin, cut to. . .S 11 .OVJ $17 Cut Glass Vase, CA QQ $10.00 Silver-Plated Qyl TQ $100 Sterling Silver 4-Piece Cof- $25 Diamond Scarf fc " Q ff cutto $.0 Toilet Set, cut to P. O fee et, $67.50 Pin' Cut t0 lO.UU $1.75 Sterling Silver Belts OQ $2.50 Gilt Clocks, (1 1Q $15 Sterling Silver CQQC 5225 All-Diamond A tZ( cutto OUC cutto pX.X7 Bread Tray, cut to ipO.lJD Dinner Ring at. . P 1 W u SALE STARTS SATURDAY AT 10 A. M. BE THERE EARLY! Every Article Absolutely Guaranteed SALES EXPERT, IN CHARGE OF F. Friedla.iider 310-312 Washington Street, Between Fifth and Sixth Streets, Portland Buy Your Christmas Gifts Now. Save Money. child began to have severe cramps. The little one Is practically out of danger. She drank lye water, which was stand ing in a Jug on the back porch. le Ell Water System Improved. CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct. 29. (Spe cial.) I. H. Long, president of the Pe Ell Water Company, whose home Is in Seattle, this week inspected Improve ments being made In the Pe Ell sys tem. The Pe Ell Council has been un able to reach any agreement with the lpssce of the town's light plant and as a result the streets are still in darkness. BAKER POLICE FIND CLEW Alan Who Attempted Mail Is Being Traced. Kobbery BAKER. Or., Oct. 29. (Special.) That he had clews which may lead to the apprehension of the man who late last nght took a sack containing regis- tered mail from the United States mailfl wagon driven by Bert Holden, was the statement made this afternoon by Chief of Police Jackson. He was un willing to disclose the nature of the evidence which has been unearthed. The man grabbed the sack, evidently thinking it one containing several thousand dollars in gold bullion, but discarded it three blocks away, where it was. found intact.- The robbery oc curred at Seventh and Center streets, in the business section. Satsop Cattle Win at Exposition. ELMA, Wash.. Oct. 30. (Special.)- E. Li. Brewer, a Satsop dairyman, liv ing four miles west of this city, has received word that his cattle at the San Francisco stock show have carried off prizes. Mehocan. a cow, took sec ond prize and lacking only two-tenths of 1 per cent being as good as the grand prize winner. One Year After Marriage. i Boston Transcript. She When' we were married a year ago I never expected to see you coming home at 2 in the morning. He Well, you wouldn't now If you'd only fro to bed and to sleep. A WHOLE A'RM.Y of men was measured. C A bewilder - ing array of figures 'was noted, Cjf An absolute law of averages was deter' mined. 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SOUTH BEND, Wash.. Oct. 29. (Spe cial.) Representatives of the bureau of fisheries. United States Department of ! Commerce and Labor, are here arrang ing with Bay Center and Tokeland crab fishermen for 500 male and 600 female Willapa Harbor crabs to be transplanted as an experiment lr Karra Kansett Bay. They will also ship 7, OO0.0JO humpback salmon egss to Maine waters to be hatched in the Green Lake and Buxport hatcheries. The eggs will come from Puget Sound stations. Henry O'MaUey. Seattle chief of the United States fisheries bureau on the I'acitic Coast, will be here with fish eries car No. 6 Monday and leave out Tuesday. H K. Berthau. of Bay Center, and H. W. -Gardner, Tokeland. are ar ranKin.sr to supply the Government with the crabs. The South Bend Commercial Club is co-operating with the Government offi cials and crab fishermen. It will take seven days to convey crabs and fish eggs East. .Each crab will be kept In. its own compartment, bathed in salt water and wrapped in salted straw and sea grass. Six hundred gallons of salt water will be taken in the car. Babe Drinks Poison for Cider. OENESEE, Idaho. Oct. 29. (Special.) Katherine Casebold, the baby daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Casebold. was poisoned here yesterday by taking what she thought was apple cider from a jug. After taking several swallows the Members by Invitation The Saturday Night Shopping Service C. H. Baker Shoes. 270 Morrison. 270 Washington. West Park and Washington. The Florsheim Shoe Shop Men's Shoes. Lion Clothing Co. 350 Washington street. Men's Clothine-. Shoes. Furnishings and Hats, . Fourth and Morrison. Rosenthal & Co. Hanan Shoes. Main Store. 129 Tenth street. Branch, 308 Wasnir Buff urn & Pendleton Men's Clothiers and Furnishers. 311 Morrison street. Irtvin-Hodson Co. Seeeeee;iV Steeeeeete ?,': nBmu. jeeeeer;,A S3 mlfS 1 Stationery, Printing-, Engraving-, 387 Washington street. Felix Block Jeweler and Silversmith, 283 Morrison street. Jaeger Bros. Jewelers, Diamond Merchants. 131 Sixth street. Leffert Jewelry Co. Jewelers, Silversmiths, 268 Washington street. . Lennon's Gloves, Hosiery. Umbrellas. 309 Morrison street. Samuel Robenblatt & Clothiers, Furnishers and Hatters. 266 Morrison street. Ben Selling Clothier, Furnisher and Hatte Fourth and Morrison streets. C. C. Bradley Co. Men's Hatters and Furnishers, 352 Washington street. The Juvenile Clothes for Kiddies. Mathis 143 Sixth street. Bet. Alder and Morrison. Clothier, Furnisher, Hatter, 147-149 Sixth street. Clarke Bros. Florists. Cut Flowers and Potted Plants. 287 Morrison street. Knight Shoe Co. Men's. Women's and Children's Shoes, Broadway and Morrison. Powers Furniture Co. Furniture, Draperies, House Furnishings, Third and YamhilL Sherman-Clay & Co. Pianos, Talking Machines, Records. Sixth and Morrison streets. M. Sichel Men's Furnisher and Hatter, 331 Washington street. Staiger Shoe Co. Men's. Women's and Children's Shoes. 292 Washington street. A. & C. Feldenheimer Jewelers, Diamond Im porters and Silversmiths. Park and Washington. Laue-Davis Drug Co. Druggists. Prescription Pharmacists. Third and YamhilL Phegley & Cavender Clothiers. Furnishers and Hatters. Fourth and Alder. Max M. Smith Florist. Cut Flowers and Plants, 141 hi Sixth St.. near Alder st. Woodard, Clarke & Co. Druggists. Wood-Lark Building, West Park and Alder sta. Get Acquainted With the Above Dealers Youll Like Their Service Their Stocks, Their Salespeople