THE .SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, POJtTTiAXD, APRIL 8, 190C.
DEEDS OP BRAVERY
Firemen Risked Their Lives
for Others.
lng money for the firemen's relief fuai.
IV. D. Laxrabee. of the "United Bail ways,
sent Charles Henry sent CW: Tull
& GIbbs sent 530; a stranRcr treat to po
lice headquarters and, save the Chief t3,
saying, -when asked to give his name, to
put it down under the name of Bill: G.
B. Morley contributed $30, and Joe Stutt
and Harrlc Howland contributed 3.
HOW RESCUES WERE MADE
Rungs of Ladders So Hot That
"Water Had to Be Turned on
Them While Men Fought
the Flames.
Despite the fact that the fire in the
Chamber of Commerce building Friday
afternoon will soon go into history, the
Incidents .surrounding the scene of the
conflagration are still clear in the minds
of thoHe who -witnessed it. and especially
of those who were confined in the build.
CAT RESCUED AT THE FIRE
Last Living Thing Taken Dqwh tbc
Ladders.
A black cat named BUI was rescued by
Fireman Everett K. Fisbcr during the
lire and was the last living thing to be
taken from the building. It was sporting
around Are headquarters yesterday. The
firemen declared that Bill would be made
a mascot and kept at the station.
Fisher discovered Bill as he was
crawling along the edge of the roof. BUI
-was Just making his way Into a box that
was still burning and which had been
nade for him by BinaJhI. Most of the
hair had been burned from his back and
his whiskers were badly singed. Fisher
descended the Are escape with his little
bundle of life and deposited the cat with
one of the drivers.
One of the peculiar features of the fire
was the burning of many letters In the
mall box on the ground floor of the
Chamber-of Commerce building. The
flames in some way were drawn down
the chute and consumed the letters.
HERD OF TIE FIRE
Tony Binajhi Tells of His
Experiences.
HOW HE HELPED RESCUERS
3IoHrns His Pet Cat as Darned,
and "When He Learns That
It Is Still Alive He
Is Overjoyed.
Tony Binajhi. the second cook of- the
Commercial Club, who barely escaped
with his life after assisting the fire
men to place their ladders and help
ing those "confined to the coping to de
scend and remained until he had placed
FIREMEN WHOSE HEROIC WORK AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING
FIRE WILL yiN THEM SERVICE DIPLOMAS
it-BBSWILIMk $SB3!EMWr8k KKKKBwts.
Lieutenant W. A. WUtton, Engine 3. Taptala James I) II lane. Earlse 3 K. M. Lawbcrt. Track 3.
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XV. E. Davy. TnirU 1.
E. Ilarr. EBcine 3.
Photo by Davlcs.
J. U Steele. KbcIbc X
Photo by DavIcr.
Ing when the flumes broke out and baroly 1
escaped with their lives. J
Stories of narrow escapes and brave 4
rescues were told on all sides yesterday, j
and almost every man, woman and child
on the streets hud some Incident, personal !
or general, to tell of the part he or she j
took while attending the scone of the
lire. j
Rarely If ever in the history of the city j
have so many features been developed.
Firemen have a thousand and one little I
Incidents to relate, some comical, some pa- '
thetic, and even heartrending. At tire
headquarters and at the auxiliary sta
tions many of the boys sat up until after
the midnight hour discussing the part
they took and the unwilling part that the
rescued ones had taken during the prog
ress of the flames.
Many Deeds oT Heroism.
Many deeds of heroism, which were over
looked during the spectacular llfesavlng
halt hour, were brought to light.
The stories of the firemen would make a
volume In themselves. The tale or D. I..
Cappa. the chef who jumped Into a life
net, the yarn of the cat Bill." which was
really the last life to be saved from the
flames: the episodes that Tony Binajhi.
the second cook, who was one of the last
to leave the coping on the eighth floor,
have to relate are thrilling, and Innumer
able little things go to make up the fea
tures that will be a fund for conversation
lor months.
Urn very of the Firemen.
The deeds of the llmncn received praise
from all quarters, especially those on the
!west side of the building, where most of
the rescue work was done.
Members of Truck No. 1 and of Engine
o. 3. who ascended the fire-escape at the
southwest comer of the building, and who
were among the first to turn streams on
the lire, took their lives In their hands.
3d by V. E. Davy, of Truck No. 1. and
Captain James DIUane, of Engine No. 3,
a body pf firemen struggled through fire
nnd smoke to the topmost story, where
they could turn a stream of water Into
the burning clubrooms. The escape upon
which they were resting became so hot a
times that they had to remove the nozzle
from the windows to pour water on the
iron ladder to prevent the blistering of
their hands and feet. With Davy and Dll
lane in the midst of the smoke and fire
were: E. B. Lambert, of Truck Xo. 2:
"VV. A. Wilson, of Engine No. 3; E. Har.
of Engine No. 3; J. L. Slnplc. of Engine
No. 3: E. D. Day. of Engine No. 3: J. C.
Crage, of Engine No. 3. und Fred Wagner,
who volunteered his services and was as
signed tc a position on the ladder by Chief
Campbell.
All those who were seen yesterday only
smiled when asked what they had done,
and none of them would talk of their own
personal experiences. The Chief commend
ed their work and said that each deserved
great praise.
Battalion Chief John E. Young particu
larly distinguished himself at the Cham
ber of Commerce fire by getting three
streams In operation from the Sherlock
building at a time when a moment's de
Jay might have meant the sacrifice of
many lives. He was also in charge of the
body of firemen that rescued Tom Rich
ardson andothers from their perilous po
sitions on top of the burning building,
and at all times during the progress of the
big blaze was one of the foremost in the
effort to wive life and property.
Whether there were any valuables lost
or not Is unknown. ,
A large automobile which had been run
up on the sidewalk at the west end of
the building caused considerable fun for
the spectators who were looking for the
humorous side of thing.". Several firemen
and policemen who tried to take the ma
chine away were soaked to tlje kln with
water frpm a broken hose, and Police
man John Goltz took a header into a
pool of water as the machine was being
hauled into the street.
FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY 3HDT
HE AND XINK-YI5AR-OLD BROTHER.
ALOM2 IN HOUSE.
Money for Flrcmcns Uellcf Fund.
Many letters were received by Chief
Campbell yesterday, all of them contain-
nrllcvcd That Two riayed AVItb Their
Father' It I Be. Reuniting la
I)rnth nf tbc Younger.
James Herman Mayble. a 3-year-old
boy, youngest son of Henry B. May
ble, was accidentally shot through the
head about 8 o'clock last night, which
resulted in his death at Good Samaritan
Hospital three hours later. The lad had
been left at home with an elder brother,
Charles, ancd 9 years, who was the only
other occupant of the room at the
apartments of the children's parents
at C67 .Hood street. The elder lad told
Detectives Hellyer and Vaughn, who
were sent to the scene on being noti
fied of the shooting, that a man hud
entered the room and shot th'e little
fellow. The story was not believed
by the officers, who found the father's
32-40 "Winchester rifle, which had
been recently discharged, on the floor
where it had fallen. after being han
dled by one of the boys.
The father of the boys Is employed
as teamster at the Portland Lumber
Company's mill and is a member of
the night shift, being at work at the
time of tne accident, while the mother
of the boys was down town shopping.
The injured lad was taken to the hos
pital in the patrol wagon, and died
shortly after being received there.
The children arc believed to have dis
covered the rifle and essayed to play
with the weapon which, in some man
ner, was discnarged with fatal results.
Coroner Flnley took charge of the re
mains and is Investigating the circum
stances with a view of holding an In
quest if necessary.
Mitchell Awaits Extradition.
Jack Mitchell, accused of stealing
horses from a farmer at Asotin, Wash.,
was arrested at Eugene. Or., .by Detec
tives Vaughn and Hellyer and Special
Agent Hlndman. of the Northern Pacific.
He was brought to Portland yesterday
and will be confined here until taken to
Washington by Hlndman. A charge of
being connected with a train robbery may
be placed against Mitchell when he is
taken to Asotin.
Spend a day la Salt Lake City, aad aa
etaer la Colorado Sprtecs -ec Dfeavar. 7m
save this privilege if yew tickets read vte
the Denver & Rle Graade. See Ceterade'a
faaiaas peaks aad'rercM ltaeir Wtsttee
nrb. Call upea er wrke Mtrt ,
XK Thiri street. er jeartlmier.
the messenger boy Harry Tracy on the
ladder, was found hard at work In the
temporary quarters of the Commercial
Club on Sixth and Alder streets yes
terday afternoon.
He was working at various small
Jobs in the cellar when he was stopped
and asked to tell something about him
self. Binajhi docs not speak English
fluently but made up for his lack of
conversational power in expressive
gestures and facial explanations.
"Dan It was terrible, began Binajhi.
"When the Are broke out the head
waiter came running into the kitchen
and yelled tire. He grabbed a Are ex
tinguisher and turned it loose, but
there was no uce. We all made a run
to the freight elevator, but it had gone
down and we thought we were lost,
but I called to them to follow, me and
we started back to the kitchen. Cap pa,
I thought, followed us, but I soon
learned that he had gone to a side win
dow. 1 called and called, but when he
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Teey Klwctim, Sccosa Cook ef the
Commercial Club, Who Did Herelc
Keycap Work cm the Klchta Slory
Ledge or the Chamber ef Ctm
meree Ralldlag.
did - not answer. I made my way
'through the smoke and helped some of
the men jget out on the window sill. It
was getting mighty smoky and wo
could hear the shouts of the crowd way
down below us. I knew what they
wanted all the time but I kept quiet.
"It tsecmed an awful long time while
the firemen were getting those ladders
up to us and the smoke was becoming
thicker, but the heat did not seers to
be so rreat as one would think. "While
the ladders were doming through the
smoke I thought of my poor little cat.
I call him most everything, but his
name Is Bill. Poor little cat. I guess he
burned up. but I couldn't help IL
Binajhi was informed that his cat
was alive and and been rescued. When
told that Bill was slightly burned but
was alive and at fire headquarters.
Binajhi wanted to quit the conversa
tion at ohc and go to confirm what he
evidently telleve4 was aa i a-Illty.
Jap Matting at Famine Prices
You already know of the famine and hard times in Japan, and you'll be interested to learn that it affects
matting prices. We have secured an immense quantity of genuine linen warp Japanese Straw Matting at such
a liberal cut from the regular wholesale price that we can afford to re
tail it at the low price of 19cper yard. It is the regular 35c kind. We an
ticipate a tremendous sale and cannot agree to furnish help to lay it;
but you can well afford to do that yourself at this great saving in
cost It will be delivered to any part of the city or suburbs.
Regular Japanese 35c Straw Mat
ting Now Only, Per Yard - - -
19c
This is genuine Japanese Matting. China matting is made with
straw warp, while Japanese matting is of cotton or linen
warp. This accounts for the great superiority of Japanese
Matting over the Chinese product. We import all our Mat
tings direct from the Orient in large quantities, and you
may depend upon our prices being down to the lowest pos
sible figure at all times. But here is an especially low price,
obtainable through a Tokio wholesaler's financial .distress.
You arc thereby enabled to secure a regular
25c article the same identical goods in
beautiful carpet patterns for only
19c
Sanitary Straw Matting
It Js well kndwn that straw matting makes a perfectly sanitary floor
covering. In a mild climate, such ns obtains in Oregon. It Is the Ideal car
peting for sleeping apartments und living rooms. . You'll not soon obtain
such another bargain in Japanese straw matting ns we are able to offer
tills week. By a fortunate purchase wc are enabled to sell regular
35c Matting for 19c Per Yard
We cannot undertake to lay It at that price: but we'll sell and deliver all
you want. Wc received a BIG SHIPMENT Thursday, which we hope to
turn over quick. TUB PRICE WILL. DO IT!
. Our Carpet Department Leads
You will doubtless want to renew your floor coverings this Spring.
If your taste leans toward Rugs, we desire to call your attention to some
thing special in this line. We have just opened a larjje shipment of
splendid Axminster Rugs, recently secured under most advantageous
terms. They are full-room size, 0x12 feet, and are priced from $33.50
up. A dollar down and a dollar a week takes any of them. "We have
superior Ingrain Aft Rugs, 9x12 feet, as low as $12.00. Same terms if
you desire.
j Those Sewing Machines Have Arrived
Z The second installment of Sewing Machines arrived last week and
we are now prepared to fill all orders filed with ns during the past three
weeks as well as accommodate all others who desire
A $60 Machine for $25
Our great sewing machine sale was a
marked success and tjulckly wiped out
our stock. Wc Immediately ordered X
more of these great machines and they
are now ready for delivery.
To accommodate all who were unable
to secure a machine during our first
Introductory wile, we shull renew the
easy terms. You need pay but
$1M Down and 50c Per Week
Anybody can afford a sewing ma
chine on those "asy terms.
And. remcmbtr. you get all the at
tachment? with It free. Call In and In
spect the machine and learn how we
are able to offer this great machine at
this low price.
Splendid Sideboard Special i
Furniture of the dining-room reflects the
taste of the housewife in many ways. It is a
sort of index to the home character. The
proper kind of furniture is here, and it is easy
to acquire it. You may make your selections
and pay leisurely under our liberal credit
system.
998 Here is a style of Sideboard that
ought to win a place in more, than a dozen
homes before the week is out. It has a
large French bevel plate mirror, golden oak
finish, handsome carving, the usual number
of drawers,- etc.; it looks well, is
built well and will last well. Regu- O-f
lar price .f2o.00, special
Go-Carts
Wc keep the
olding kind and
they arc all of
this year's mod
els. They arc
very dainty little
things of beauti
ful design. Call
In and see them.
Prices range from
S2.SO
Up
Great Eclipse Steel Range
$1 Down A Noted Baker $1 a Week
We Eny Right! B- We Sen Right!
Gevurtz 6 Sons
173-175 First Street
219-227 Yamhill
The Alaska Refrigerators
Cold dry air current cir
culates through all
parts of the boxe3 while
there is Ice in the re
ceiver, keeping the food
perfectly In the hottest
weather.
The walls are non
conductors of heat or
cold and the doors are
as near air tight as can
bo devised.
The price range Is long
and easy
$12 up to $100
"When I saw that the extension lad
der would not reach. he continued.
Tou say Bill Is really alive. I'm glad
of that. I watched them get the little
ladder and when It was reached up I
took bold of the hoops and fastened
them tightly to the stone. Then the
men began to go down, and I was
greatly relieved. At last there was only
the boy and I left, lie didn't seem to be
frightened a bit. I was the last of
those on the sill to go down the ladder
and felt greatly relieved when I
reached the bottom. Dirty? I was so
dirty that I smell the smoke yet.
"Where did you -ay those fire headquar
ters wcrcT
officer, and then pointed out the man
who had attempted to poison him and
had taken his watch and money.
It was soon after 9 o'clock last night
that Policeman llelnrich noticed a
man named liogan running rapidly up
Howard street from Third. Bird was
Just behind him. and the officer stop
ped the man In pursuit. Bird explained
in a few words that he had been rob
bed, and Policeman llelnrich joined
In the chase after nogan. They ran
him to cover In a saloon and hi was
there placed under arrest.
PERS0NALMENTI0N.
Mrs. Nicholas Sullivan, of "Walla Walla,
is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Peter
HobklrJc
A cablegram received from Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. EHIers from Honolulu an
nounces their intention to return to the
States on the Manchuria, sailing April 7.
Mr. Hy Ellers. president of Ellers
Piano House, left for Boston yesterday
to attend the convention of Chlckering
wholesale dealers. April 10 and 11. 'He
will also spend a couple of days in New
York, and is expected back on the Coast
by April 2D.
Suicide of James E. Coldwcll.
Continued ill-health and loss of his
position are believed to have been the
cause of the suicide of James E. Cold
well, of 420 Larrabee street, who shot
himself in the right temple near the
Portland Sanitarium yesterday morn
ing. The deceased leaves a wife and
two grown daughters. He was about
60 years of age.
RUNS DOWN HIS POISONER
Marine Engineer at San FYancIco
Tlicn Drops Unconscious.
SAX FRANCISCO. April 7. (Spe
cial.) Before he lost consciousness
from the effects of knockout drop,
administered for the purpose of rob
bery, Michael Bird, a marine engineer,
who now lies In a precarious condition
at the hospital, gave chase to the man
who administered the deadly potion,
kept him In alght until he met a police
AN APPEAL TO WIVES .
Cure the Driakxsg Husband by Umhj
Orriae Can Be Given Secretly.
No more terrible affliction can come to
any home than the craving of husband
and father for strong drink. We appeal
to wives, mothers and sisters to save
the husband and father or the brother
or son with Orrine, a scientific and pos
itive cure for the drinking habit.
The patient simply takes Orrine No. 2
or the secret remedy Orrine No. 1. which
Is In powder form, and as it Is perfectly
colorless, tasteless and odorless, can be
given In food or drink without the
knowledge of the user. The price of
either form Is XL The craving for strong
drink will be destroyed; In fact, the
drink will not be mtesed when Orrine
Is used.
Orrine Is sold under a positive guaran-'
tee that It will cure' the drink habit If
directions are followed. In every box
Is a registered guarantee which entitles
you to a refund of yew areaey if Orrine
falls to effect a ewe. Tou run bo risk
whatever In vstftg this remedy. There
Is ne less of tlsse r absence fren heme
or fetisiaess. ne saaltariB treatment, la
fact. Orrine strengthens the nerves and
restores general good health Mk car
ing the drink habit. Treatise en hew to
cure drunkenness free ea reqwest, Orrine
Co.. Washington. D. C
Wives, save the hasBlwtes and prspcr
Ity f yew heme with 'Orriae.
Orrine I, fer sale.br Weederd, Clarke
&. Ce. Drag. Dlrtxitmtinc; Agents,
Pertlaad, Or.
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Kubelik, the great violinist who appears at the Heilig
Theater, April 18 and 21, in speaking of the
wonderful Pianola, says:
"I have seen all the different piano attachments, but the PIANOLA
is , the only one which could be considered seriously, for it is the only ' -,m
one which is musical or artistic." ':
THE PIANOLA PIAKO k a Ttmios of tke ceaplete Metrttttyk Pianola and, a kigh-grade piano, in t
x asgk lutr-msst. It k ?layaU itir fey bud or fey Pianola mnsk-roll, at fdlL '
"We take pianos of all makes ia exchange for the Pianola Piano, allowing for them a liberal valuation. '
The balance o the purchase price may be paid in cash or allowed to extend over a series of easy monthly '
payments, just as the purehaier prefers-
EILERS PIANO HOUSE
EXCLUSIVE WESTERN AGENTS
351 WuluMfftoK St, cor. Park