4i - ' THK SUNDAY OREGON I AX, PORTLAND. NOVEMBER 27, J10. 5 I : v - SCORE OF GIRLS . DIE IH FIRE-T Panic-Stricken Employes Leap From Upper Floors to Awful Death. 50 INJURED; MORE TO DIE Within Ten Minute of Outbreak of llamrs I.lvrs of SS Persons Are Blotted Oul to Newark, ". J., Building Fire. NEWARK. X. J.. Nov. :. In In min ute Zj iclrl wrre burned alive this Tnomin or cruhsi to death on th pirrmrnt bv leaplrg from the windows and fire t:v of tlie four-story Uc lorr bulldlnc t Orar.e iinJ High street, occupied on the lop floor by an underwear manufacturing concern. It tu on the top ft'r where the death list was heaviest. The lower floors were occupied by two paperbox con cern and two el-ctrlcal fixture factories. The latent count tonlaht shoas that of the 3 bolles recovered hare been Identified and that si stria are missing. They mav be anion the unidentified dead or yet In the ruins. The collapse of a wall tonight Interrupted further search. KlflJ Taken to Hospital. Fifty were taken to the hospital, of whom two may die. Amns; the lnjure.1 Is Joseph K. Sloans, deputy fire chief, who was overtaken by the falling wall and burled In bricks and ruhbtsh. lie W badly hurt but may recover. The rush of the flame wsa so swift rnd threw surh terror lnt- the girls on the top story that the ImkIv of on was found still seated on a charred stool be side the machine at w.il.h she had been worklnr. Horn hie a must have been w hat oc curred In the crowded upper room, what befell outside in the brlRht sunlight was more horrible. All (liaiM-e of I'-M-ape Cut Off. The building; was exceedingly Inflam mable and the first gush of Tames had cut off all escape by the stairways. The elvatora made one trip, but took down no passengers and never came back. The only exit was by the fire escapes, the lower platform of whlcn were :S feet from the street. Onto these overcrowded and steep lanes, scorched, dancing hot by the jets from lower windows, pressed forward a mob of women blind with panic, driven by the fire and the others behind them. A net had been spread beneath the windows and the girls began to Jump, -like rats out of a burning bin." was the way a fireman described the descent Many Leap Clear to IH-wUi. They came out of the windows Ilka a thick treacle, rolled upon the heads of those below them and cascaded off the fire escape to the pavement to feet be low. Siome of them stood In the windows 'outlined against the flames and Jumped clear, others Jumped from the land ings, still others from the steps where they stood. The air was full of them and they fell everywhere Into the net. on the necks of the firemen, and li of then on the hard stone slabs. When the awful rain ceased there vera eight dead In the street, and the (utters ran red. Seven Wjero so badly crushed they died In hospitals. Fifty are still under surgical car. The dead are: Sadie Hauso, Sarah Creeran. Gertrude Itenton. Mllllan Walters. Sophia Madusky. Ida YVoolsey. Mary Kavanaugh. Rey lavldson. Hose C'leary. Theresa Tortorella. .Sophie Nlc llwsk. Matilda Otto. Katherlne Dlehn. Carrie Pobrecut. Mrs. Francis Krathla. Abble Washington. Mrs. Alice Nelson. Mrs. Bessie 1 losing. Mrs. Marrle La plerre. Panic Strikes Other Factories. Clouds of smoke and showers . of burning; embers rained down on neigh boring; roofs. As the news flew, panto spread to other factories, where many of the girls In peril had friends and relatives and several firms had to shut down for the day. Thousands flocked to the fire and made the work of the firemen and police more difficult. Italian sllkworkers knelt In the streets and prayed. Priests and cler gymen worked their way through the press to give the last consolations to those of their different faiths. Ambu lances and automobiles, commandeered for emergency service, were hurrying; In opposite streams to the hospitals and back again. Before any order could be restored, every police reserve In the city had been called out and It was not until tonight that an estimate of the prop erty loss could be ventured. The fir department now estlmatea ! 1(5.609. but no atatement from the owners and ten ants Is yet available. SOO F.tnploel In Flrrtrap. The building's first and second floors were occupied by th Newark Paper Box Company. The third floor waa oc cupied by the Aetna Klectrlc Company, makers of lamps. The fourth floor was used by Loula Wolf, a manufacturer of underclothes. It Is believed the blase started on the.aorond floor. 4a the rear, among; a lot of rubbish. Within a min ute or two after It was noticed It had made Its way Into a lot of waste paper, from which It connected with the upper floors. In all. about :oo persons were employed In the building. Jennie Oil I. ' who was employed by Wolf, said she was In a room on th fourth floor with Anna liaa-ue. - the forewoman, and Anna Smith and Au gusta fcbert. Miss Hague discovered smoke and ran to a window. Panic-stricken, she mounted th sill and plunged Into space. Miss QUI went to a fire escape and was about to leap when th firemen raised a ladder and brought her down. una of the spectators said that at least Is girls bad Jumped from the fourth floor. They sta.vd at the win dows until, frensled by the flames be hind them snd nearly suffocated by the smoke, they leaped to the street. With the exception of two girls em ployed by the Aetna Company, all the rmployes on the first and second floors of th building; escaped unhurt. Twenty-four of the Injured wer taken to St- Michael's Hospital. Of these two died. Life nets were put Into us Immediately after the. arrival of tat firemen. Perhaps J lives were saved In this way. One girl, llattl lielahy. was badly hurt. She miscal culated the leap and struck the edsre of th net. falling to the pavement. Hopple I'lehl was also Injured when she leaped for the net. t'ugene Mcllugh. a foreman In the employ of the Aetna Company, was among; the first to realise the serious ness of the situation, and iruided sev eral score of clrls to safety down a fir scape. Among those who were early at the seen was JHer. F. vtutrk. assistant rector of St. Joseph's Church. He gave the last rites to seven of the victims. The priest -worked nobly, helping the firemen to reach parts of the building where others of the Injured might be. The wooden floors were soaked with oil drippings from the machinery and the flames ale their way through them like pasteboard. When they warped and weakened, the weight of the ma chinery tore them free from the walls and they fell into the basement In a horrible tangle of hot Iron and man gled humanity. Sadie Benson, an employe of the Aetna Klectrlc Company, was cleaning an electric lljrht fixture In a gasoline bath. The gasoline took fire she does not know how and trickled in a little n ei.mA Ant V. f 1 .uir u'h.r. ' stood a full can of gasoline. The ran exploded and the burning liquid flew far and wide. Lewis Coxe. an employe of the box factory on the second floor, was standing In the hall way at the time of the explosion. The shock was strong enouirh. he said, to hurl him against the walk but the girls upsta"lrs at their whirring sewing ma chines hesrd nothing. Gertrude Malbauer. who kept her head and was saved by Jumping from the fire-escape Into a life net, told of what she saw. Explosion Is Not Heard. "I think there were about S of us In Wolf's factory, most of us operat ing sewing machines." she said. "We did not hear the explosion. When I saw smoke curling from between the planks of me floor a girl In the back of the room shrieked, 'fire.' The ele vator man came up. stuck his head through the door and called. M'on't be afraid, girls. There's no danger." Then he shut the door and that was the last we saw of him. "Not all the windows had fire escapes and some of the girls did not have sense enough to go to the right windows." Fireman Brown, who turned In the alarm, was at work directly opposite the building, cleaning the windows of the engine house where he Is stationed. He saw a girl rush out of the factory Into the street, screaming and wring ing her hands. Brown did not wait to ask questions: he turned In an alarm and then dashed up the fire-escape. Already he found 40 girls at the fourth-story windows, some of them so dazed with terror that they had not the wit to pull down th sashes and climb out. Brown smashed In the windows and began pulling the girls through onto the fire-escape. He counted 40 that filed past him. The floor was far from cleared, but the heat had grown so Intense that the skin was beginning to crackle from Brown's face. He pulled himself up to the window for a last look In. but at the moment a gush of red-streaked smoke blinded him and almost smoth ered him. and he was forced to drop Into the lee of the wall. Fire Chief Astley laid the responsi bility for loss of life on delay In turn ing In an alarm. ' Pavid Levy, president of the W olf Manufacturing Company, and Alfred M. Wolf, secretary-treasurer, broke Into tears when they were asked for an es timate of the loss. -What Is Ions in the face of this dis aster?" said Mr. Wolf. "What Is any Investment against the life of one of those poor girls? When we can talk coherently we'll give out a statement." Frederick Weimar, chief Inspector of the public prosecutor's office. Is mak ing an Investigation to determine the responsibility of the tenants and own era. DILWORTH TEAM WINNER Score In Indoor Baseball (iamo Is IS to 1 McKenxie Fans 22. Striking out 23 batters, establishlrc a new record. McKycnsle. tho LMlworth Der bies' tull pitcher, last night brought vic tory to his team over the Vancouver sol diers In the Indoor Baseball League game at the Armory by the score of 15 to 1. Hits were scarce, a total of only eight be ing mkde by both teams. Bases on balls and errors were much more numerous than hits. Patty, twlrier for the soldiers, was gen erous o the Derbies, givlnc 12 passes to first, seven of which came In the first In ning, forcing In the four runs made. Five hits were made by the Derbies. Only one extra base hit was made, that a three bagger by BrlgKS. of the lerbles. The battery work of both teams was the feature. 8tlver,recclver for the soldiers, caught several men oft, first base and threw out two trying to steal second. Patty struck out 12 men. Vancouver got three hits, but they figured in cetlng Hie lone run. The players were: iMi-orih. Position. Vancouver. llarrell McKensle .P... P.l,nun ........... K I. . SStlvei ... Patty . Casnatt ... llilub Ilrd l-' -v lreh I.Khtly Hnrcs. Stubb hnilth W r . - .. H Kr ,..!R RafTerty ,..3R McIHJlialri ..Hi' Rner 1, y liooowin empires Charles Jlackle and Ed. ghock Uy. SNOW FALLS ON HEIGHTS Council Crest Covered to Depth of Several Inches. Snow started falling on Council Crest late last night and at midnight the ground was covered to the depth f an Inch. Three hours later the white blanket was nearly two Inches deep. The temperature was about SO degrees. No snow fell below Portland Heights. PACK UPPER HOUSE IS PLAN . -onllnu 1 From first Pae.) Hemmerde. the Liberal member for Den bighshire, like Andrew Bonar Law. Is giving up a certainty and will attempt to wrest the Portsmouth sest from Ird Cbarles Beresfbrd. ' Oa the whole. It seem Improbable there will be any great change In the position of th parties. Th report Is circulated In fnlonlst quarters that, unless there Is some sub stantial change In th strength of the parties, the leader have agreed again to confer and thus avoid the necessity of calling In the King to Intervrse In a grave situation before the coronation. The "American dollar" still plays a prominent part in the campaign. Th Tories continue the cry. but with cer tain faltering which seems to Indicate the wish that they had not raised it. HUNDREDS 0F FAMILIES Have each secured one of our latest Improved auto pianos and auto grands of late. They now have abundance of good music. Why not let us send you one of these splendid pianos, which every member of the family wants? It Is easy to get one now, at these re duced prices, finally made possible by the ElleVs system, by Kilers facilities. As free and Independent dealers, we have swept away the high price bar riers erected by combines and prlce ooards here Is the result. Injured Brakeman Pies. F.rnest Boylen. a brakeman 28 years old. died at St. Vincent's Hospital last night following amputation of his right leg. While attempting to couple cars on a logging road near Kelso, Wash., yesterday. Boylen fell under the wheels. Ills lower limbs were crushed. He was hurried to Portland and dlecj a few momenta after being removed from the operating table. The body was taken to llolman'a morgue. Nothing is known of his relatives. III W Copjm'ght HaVt ScualWi Zt Marx EMPEROR'S SPEECH CAUSE DF DEBATE Reichstag Makes Attack on Divine Right Theory as Propounded. BELIEF SHOWN TO EXIST Many Germans Stand Head- to Approve of William's Utterance at KoenlglMTK Hitler Con troversy Is Aroused. BERLIN. Nov. 2. The HelchstaK was occupied today with a discussion of the speech made by Kmperor Wil liam at a provincial dinner at Koenigrs-berg-. Aunust 26, during his tour of 1 Eastern Germany. The varied and con flicting sentiments aroused by his re markable utterances intimating a con tinued belief In the divine right of kings, was given full play. The debate was bitter throughout. In his Koenigsberg speech the Em peror, after saying that his grandfath er had seen in himself the chosen In strument of heaven and so proclaimed that the Prussian crown was bestowed upon him by God's grace alone. Inti mated that the convictions of Emperor Wlllam I and his own wero Identical, and added: Galleries Are Crowded. "Considering myself as the Instru menfof the Master, regardless of pass ing views and opinions, I go my way which Is solely devoted to the prosper ity and peaceful development of our fatherland." In anticipation of a prolonged discus sion, the House met two hours earlier than usual. Few of the members were were absent and the galleries were crowded. Ilerr Ledebour, one of the Socialist leader Bebel's most gifted lieutenants, supported the Socialist Interpellation. Inquiring what the Chancellor thought of the Kmperor having departed from his declarations made In November, 10S. through Dr. Von Bethmann-Holl-wegg. concerning his majesty's position In the state. Two years ago his majesty approved a statement In the Helchstag by the Chancellor, who expressed "the rever- entlal wish that greater reserve be dis played In future In making such utter ances." y Kmperor's IUrM Conceded. Herr I-edebonr said there was no ob jection to the Emperor sneaking as much How to Make Better Cough . Syrup than Too Can Bay A Family nil. Pavlnc 2, , Folly Ooarnalerd. A full int of cough syrup as murh as, you could buy for $2. SO can easily be made at home, ion will find nothing that taken hold of an obstinate cough more quickly, usually ending It Inside 14 hours. Excellent, too. for whooping cough, Kore lungs, asthma, hoarseness anil other throat troubles. Mix 1 pint of granulated sugar with i pint of wnrm water, and stir for 1 minutes. I'ut !H ounces of Plnex (fifty cent." wortlu In a pint bottle: then ad.l the Sugar Syrup. It keeps perfectly. Take a teaspoonful every one. two or three hours. This Is Just laxative enough to help euro a rough. Also stimulates the ap petite, which usually is upset by a cough. The taste is pleasant. The effect of nine and sugar syrup on the Inflamed membranes is well known. Plnex is the most valuable con.-entrated compound of Norway white pine extract, rich In gulalcol and all the natural healing pine elements. Other preparations will not work in this formula. This Plnex and Sugar Syrup recipe Is now used by thousands of house wives throughout the I'nited States and Canada. The plan has been Imitated, but the old siu-ressful formula has never been equaled. Some of the best -known Portland druggists, such as liue-Iavl. Drug Co. (distributers) and others, think so well of the above rerlpe that they guaran tee it t give satisfaction or refund the purchase price. ' ss he chose on all possible subjects which His Majesty thought he under stood. "None of our opponents." he continued, "plows so thoroughly the soil wherein sociui democratic, sffd Is to be sown as Emperor William II." "It was. however, unfair." the speaker said, "that those undertaking to reply to the Emperor should be prosecuted on the charge of insulting His Majesty." He demanded that the Emperor should not interfere in the affairs of the state con trary to the provisions of the constitu tion. Herr ledebour spoke mockingly of the Hohensollern family cult deriving its powers from the jnost high. He con cluded: "Elector Brandenburg obtained the Prussian crown from the Roman Em peror through hedging and whining, and by all means of bitrlgue at the court of Vienna." Kmperor In Defended. Replying. Chancellor Von Bethman Mollwcg defended the Emperor and as aerted that the Socialist interpellation was Inspired by republican sentiments rather than by anxiety for the integrity of tho state. The Chancellor denied that the Koe nigsberg speech constituted a breach of any promise that His Majesty had made. Describing t he growth of the state, the Chancellor said the Kings of Prussia in a century . long development had grown Into an intimate connection "with the people. "This development," he continued, "was not on tjie theory that the people gave themselves to the monarchy, but throughout the unequaled labor of the great rulers. :he House of Hohenzollern was sustained by a tenacious and ef ficient population. "Thus arose the Prussian state, which does not knovr the idea of a sovereignty of the people.. The Kings In their re lations to the people are Kings in their own right. It must not be wondered at that in our day when democratic ten dency appears, to treat the King as the official of the people, the King of Prus sia strongly emphasizes his consci ousness that lie Is not subject to popu lar sovereignty. "The personal irresponsibility of the King and the independence of the sov ereignty of lils monarchist rights are fundamental principles of our political life, which remains alive In the con stitutional development." Street Filling Contract Begun. OREGON CITY. Or.. Nov. IS. Mof fatt & Parker, contractors for the im provement orf Washington street, are laying a track down Washington street, betwtien Eleventh and Twelfth streets, for hauling the dirt from above Eleventh street to fill Twelfth. Excavating -will commence Monday morning. There will be a cut of about 17 feet near the Huntley place and that of Mack Howell, both of which border on tt is street, and also of the Apperson pla .ce. ' COME, GIVE US A HAND; YOU WON'T REGRET IT I CANN OT GIVE YOU A PIANO, BUT COME AND SEE HOW NEAR. , Am Working Day and Night to End Matters Some of . Our : Finest Pianos Are Yet Left Help Yourselves and Help Me. i i I wish to here emphasise the fact, that any one who Is in need of a piano, or who Int ends within the next few years to buy. is standing In his own light If ho falls' to investigate at 361 Morrison street the assertion I here make that I am closing put In this sale the i.-ery finest of high-grade pianos at t) le manufacturers' wholesale cost In the wareroom here where they stunJ. Tew people who read this fair and square prorpositir.n realize how much that ineanit to them If they need a piano, or intend soon to buy, for there are I kuoir hundreds In the City of Portland a nd vicinity who read this paper who - would if they knew the exaet situation as it Is The fine, high grade pianos I am . closing out here (and we believe there Is no finer piano made than the Cote, no matter what you pay) and could but realize the enormous ..difference between the fac tory wholesale cost of a piano and Its regular r!tall price, and that they could act'ially save this difference lactually one-half) by coming right down to this sale at once and picking out their piano (and no finer, newer, or fresher stock has ever been in this city to pick from), this store would be A. A. FISHER, Manager COTE PIANO MFG. CO. You may have your pick here of any of a large number of good Overcoat styles. We specialize HART SCHAFFNER & MARX Clothes because we want you to have the best possible service in clothes and this is the way and the place to get it SUITS RAINCOATS OVERCOATS Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. Northwest Corner Third and Morrison Streets TUFT FRIENDS Waterway Delegates Quash Attack in Resolutions. ARMY BOARD CRITICISED Demand Is Made on Congress for 1 4-Foot Channel Lakes to Gulf, With Lock Sills Adapted to Depth Not Less Than C 4 Feet. ST. LOUIS. Nov. 26. An attack on President Taft was thwarted at the final session of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association conven tion here this afternoon. After the reso lution committee had alked approval of its report. Friends of the Chief Executive rushed to the platform and appealed to the delegates to eliminate what Governor Deneen, of Illinois, termed an "Insult." After two hours of warm discussion the objectionable section was stricken out. . The section, which caused the heated debate, follows: "And In bitter disappointment and m sorrow we are compelled to deplore the course of the Executive In delaying the creation of the board provided for In the last rivers and harbors act, and In finally appointing a board which proved unfriendly to our policy, and our proj ects, despite our patriotic effort to aid him by information concerning these physical and commercial condi tions better known to us than to others." Leo Ressieur, of St. Louis, In defend ing the resolutions, said the President had delayed the appointment of the en gineers for Ave months and that two of the Army Engineers on the board were known to be unfriendly to the waterways. Congressman Bartholdt said the sec tion did anlnjustice to the President, that President Taft. by the wording of the act. was compelled to name the chief of the engineers of the Army as one of tha board. He appealed to the convention to vote to eliminate "the harsh and untrue words." H. T. Rainey, Representative in Congress from Illinois, made a bitter attack on the Army Engineers, and said the men were prejudiced against the waterway. He said the resolution ss resd should be adopted. Governor simply Jammed w'th customers scram bling for pianos tlil there wasn't one left. I want to say right here that this sale would not have been undertaken If it did not have to be made, and I wish to emphasize in the strongest terms that no such low prices have ever before been offered in this city (not even approached) on' standard high-grade pianos, or ever will be again. We are simply obliged to sell we've got to sell, and to think t look ing for gain is simply ridiculous and out of the question.' Mv whole aim and effort, and I'm working day and night to that end. Is to turn these pianos Into cash, or good customers' monthly, paper that I may take back to the factory In my pocket, instead of the pianos in a box. At our prices here cut down to less than half It would not take long to pay for a piano on the terms of $10 a month I make you. Help yourselves and help us. The bargains I have to offer in this sale shall prove the extreme of fairness to all who enter the Cote warerooms at 361 Morrison street, while I have charge there. This is my promise, and It shall not prove a blank. I have but a few days. Ml CLUETT AND MANHATTAN SHIRTS $1.50 to $3.00 JOHN D. STETSON HATS $4,00 to $10.00 Deneen characterized the section as an "insult." and declared " that President Taft had attracted the attention of the world to the project by making a trip down the Mississippi River last year. He predicted that next year the con vention will be attacking the members of the Lower House of Congress. A. H. Scott, chairman of the resolu tions committee, said the committee in its deliberations had not discussed pol itics. Other resolutions which were adopted demand of Congress a waterway con necting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico as the main artery of our navigation system, to provide for an initial depth of not less than 14 feet, with lock sills adapted to a depth of not less than 24 feet. "And we hold," the section reads, "that the advocacy of any less depth by Federal engineers has arisen in a desire to circumvent our efforts and defeat our main purpose of improving transportation by an adequate system of commercial navigation." The old officers of the association, in cluding President W. V. Kavanaugh, of St. Louis, Treasurer G. H. Munroe, of Joliet, 111., and the former vice presidents were re-elected. During the afternoon Philip AVerlein, of New Orleans, and John P. Irish, of San Francisco, told of the advantages of their cities for holding the Panama DIAMONDS, Watches & Jewelry Make the most acceptable Christmas presents. Present the boy or girl -with a watch or a stickpin, or the husband or wife with a fine stud or breastpin, and see the smile. Nothing else is more appre ciated. Every purchase made at this store is guaranteed to be exactly as represented, whether the purchase is $1 or $100, and We Save You From 10 to 25 on every article you purchase. Our stock is all here and comprises a large line of Diamonds, "Watches, Jewelry, Toilet Articles and novelties in gold and silver. No matter how much or how little you want to spend for the gift, we can suit you. Call at our store and select your presents now, and we will set them aside for you until you are ready to call for them. DIAMONDS Our stock of Diamonds in rings, studs, stickpins, breastpins, brooches, cuff links, etc., is complete. "We guarantee every diamond we sell to be the exact weight, color, size and quality we represent it to be. Prices range FROM $5.00 UP TO $1000 ft ft WATCHES Gold-fiiled, in 20-year guar anteed case, "Waltham or El gin movement. Plain or fancy case. Our price:. MEN'S $9.00 LADIES' $8.50 ft Standard Jewelry Store UlVi Third Street LINN COUNTY CROOK COUNTY HARNEY COUNTY MALHEUR COUNTY 803,000 ACRES,. GRAIN, ALFALFA, FRUIT and TIMBER LANDS For Sale in Large and Small Tracts by OREGON AND WESTERN COLONIZATION CO. Owners of the "Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Koad Land Grant. E. L. MARVIN, Western Agent, 268 Stark Street, Railway Exchange Building, Portland, Oregon. ASK FOR MAPS AND LITERATURE Exposition in 1915. The convention did not vote an indorsement of either city. Your Girl ) Appreciates your company, especially when you take or send her a box of our Fine Cut Flowers ClarkeBros. 587 Morrison St. .vl. St I? 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