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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAIT, PORTIAXU. JANUARY 21, 1917.
3 DIE
NEW
FIRE AT
HOSS HOTEL
Kelso Rancher and Logging
Men Are Victims of Disas
ter on Third Street.
WOMAN RESCUES LODGER
Proprietress and Domestic Saved by
Firemen With Ladders Sev
eral Others Barely Escape
, Death In Their Rooms.
Three charred bodies are at the pub
lic morgue, the contribution of a fire
which blazed fiercely through the new
Ross Hotel at 189 Third street short
ly before 6 o'clock yesterday morning.
The dead are: Taylor Washburn, 62
years old, rancher, Kelso, Wash.;
Ernest F. Marquardt, or Marquette, logging-
engineer; Thomas Logan, logger,
Holbrook, Or.
Close to the window of his room, on
the third floor, lay the body of Logan.
The fire had scarcely touched him,
his clothing being but slightly scorched.
It is presumed that he died from suf
focation. Trapped in an angle of the
hall on the second floor, Washburn and
Marquardt had died. Their bodies were
terribly charred.
Flamea Stop Patrolman.
Patrolman I. J. Helms discovered the
fire at 5:46 o'clock and telephoned the
alarm to the fire department. He ran
to the hotel and started up the stairs,
which open on the street. The flames
forced him back.
Above him, on the narrow coping be
neath the second-story windows, crept
two women in their night garments.
They were Mrs. Ida Morris, proprietress,
and Helen Flint, a domestic. They
cried out that they were going to
Jump. Patrolman Helms persuaded
them to cling to the ledge until the
firemen arrived with ladders. In a
moment the ladders were up and they
were carried to safety.
Death reached near to Frank T al
bert, a motorman, and his roommate,
Charles Ehlers, a laborer. Tney slept
on the second floor, in a rear room.
When they awoke the door was bulg
ing from the heat from the hallway.
As they sprang for the window the
door fell in, and the flames shot
across the room,
Talbert and Ehlers smashed the
glass with their bare hands, scaled a
dividing wall and sprang to the roof
of an adjoining building. Only when
they were donning clothes that had
been given them was it noticed that
Talbert's wrist had been cut by glass.
He was taken to Good Samaritan Hos
pital, where his wound was dressed.
Girl Rescues Man.
"Boo" Ekavls. the last of the eight
lodgers, was awakened by Miss Flint,
-wto pounded on his door. Davis ran
through her room to a window, and
got out on the ledge, whence he was
rescued by the firemen.
It is the belief of Mrs. Morris that
Ernest Marquardt gave up his life in
an effort to rescue or warn her. His
room was at the rear of the third floor,
and he died at the foot of the stairs
on the second floor. Mrs. Morris thinks
that he was overcome as he batttered
at the door of her sitting-room.
Taylor Washburn, of Kelso, was un
known at the hotel. His wife, with
whom he came to this city, went to
the morgue and identified the charred
body by means of jewelry and tatters
of clothing. She said that they had
been staying at the Bushmark Hotel, and
that they intended to return to Kelso
yesterday.
Mr. Washburn was born near Ostran
der, in Cowlitz County, 62 years ago.
He is survived by his widow and sis
ters and brothers.
Vlcrtlma Niece Notified.
The identification of Logan, also a
Ptranger at the hotel, was effected by
letters found In his pockets. These
were addressed to Thomas Logan at
Holbrook. Or., and were written by his
niece. Nellie Logan, of Boston. Mass.
Deputy Coroner Smith at once tele
graphed to her address.
The loss on the building, according
to Fire Marshal Stevens, will be about
$1000. Mrs. Morris appraised the lops
on furnishings at $1000, fully covered
by Insurance. The building is owned
by Ackerman & Lewis.
Beneath the lodging-house are the
La Belle Cafe, the Forrjuar Barber
fchop. the Ryder Printing Company and
the store of J. Parentl, fruits ana con
fectionery. These concerns were little
damaged, save by water, and the heaviest
loss is that of fruit spoiled by the
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t VIEW OF RUINED ROOMING-HOUSE, WHERE THREE LODGERS LOST THEIR LIVES LN EARLY I
I MORNING FIRE YESTERDAY. i
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A FINE
Deafness Treatment
FREE
drenching. The loss to all these busi
ness places will not exceed $500.
The fire originated in a storeroom
at the rear of the second floor from
an undetermined cause. Thence it
spread to the stairs, and swept into
the third floor and attic
It was announced by the Coroner's of
fice than an Inquest was considered
unnecessary.
During the fire a fireman picked up
Durse containing money. It was
turned over to Fire Chief Dowell and
will be given to the owner, provided a
satisfactory description is given. If
the owner is not found the money will
be turned in to the firemen's relief and
pension fund.
INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY
Fire Slarshal Says Fire Escape
Marks Long Urged.
As late as Friday Fire Marshal Jay
Stevens urged the New Ross Hotel to
Install red lights and signs to mark
fire escapes, according to Marshal
Stevens yesterday. He says his office
has been urging the installation since
January 1 and had written several no
tices and had given verbal orders sev
eral times on the subject.
A thorough investigation of the fire
s under way by Mr. Stevens and the
fire bureau arson squad to determine
the cause of the fire. Those having
information were interviewed yester
day, but the origin is a mystery.
Our office has been after this hotel
since January 1 trying to get lights
and signs installed to mark the fire
escapes," said Mr. Stevens yesterday.-
We have had the matter up with the
agent of the building, Mark Schlussel,
and approached him on the subject as
late as Friday, the day before the fatal
fire."
Fruit Jobbers Coming.
A party of fruit jobbers from Butte,
Spokane and other Northwest points
will arrive In Portland tomorrow, en
route to New Orleans to attend the an
nual convention of the Western Fruit
Jobbers' Association, which will be
held January 24-February 3. The party
will arrive in a special car over the
Northern Pacific and will be joined here
by several other Northwest jobbers.
The delegates will proceed to Sacra
mento where they will join the Call
fornia delegation. A special train will
convey the jobbers to New Orleans.
WAR ORPHANS TOPIC
NOT A PARTICLE
OF DANDRUFF OR
A FALLING HAIR
Save Your Hair I Double Its
Beauty in Just a Few
Moments.
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Hair Thick, Glossy. Wavy
and Beautiful.
Within ten minutes after an appllca
tion of Danderine you cannot find i
single trace of dandruff or falling bair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
will please you most will be after
lew weens use, wnen you see new
hair, fine and downy at first yei
but really new hair growing all over
tne scalp.
Danderine Is to the hair what fresh
showers of rain and sunshine are to
vegetation, it goes right to the roots.
invigorates and strengthens them. Its
exhilarating, stimulating and life-pro
ducing properties cause the hair to
grow long, strong ana beautiful.
A little Danderine immediately dou
bles the beauty of your hair. No dlf
Xerence how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw It
through your hair, taking one small
fctrand at a time. The effect is amas
lng your hair will be light, fluffy and
wavy, and have an appearance of
abundance: an incomparable luster,
softness and luxuriance.
Get a 2i-cent bottle of Knowlton'a
Danderine from any drug store or toi
let counter, and prove that your hair
Is as pretty and soft as any that It
has been neglected or Injured by care
less treatment that's all you surely
can have beautiful hair and lots of it
If you will just try a little Danderine.
-Adv.
Suffering in France to Be De
scribed by Women Aides.
PORTLAND TO HEAR PLEA
Plan to Be Unfolded Whereby Any
Person May Become Godparent
to Needy Child at Small Cost
of Ten Cents Per Day.
Direct local aDDeal to the citizens
of Portland on behalf of the "fatherless
children of France" will be made here
during the next three days by two noted
international leaders in the movement.
These leaders, Misses Florence Schol-
field and Elllnor Fell, are devoting
their lives to the cause and have only
recently returned to this country from
the war-ravaged regions of France, and
at the various meetings to be held in
Portland tomorrow, Tuesday and
Wednesday they will describe from
first-hand observations the pitiful.
tragic conditions that exist among the
non-combatants. They will deal prin
cipally with the hapless condition of
tne widowed mothers and orpnans.
The most important local gathering
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the Multnomah Hotel,
under the auspices of the local com
mittee which is working in conjunction
with the general American movement
with headquarters in New York.
Sleeting Open to Public.
A. L. Mills, president of the First
National Bank, and treasurer for the
local campaign, will preside at this
meeting. The other members of the
Portland committee -are: Mrs. Charles
Scadding, Mrs. W. B. Ayer, Miss Fall
ing, Mrs. Solomon Hirsch, Mrs. Rogers
MacVeagh. Mrs. Lewis H. Mills and
Mrs. Holt C. Wilson.
This meeting will be open to the
Xo yon realise the
terrible fate which U
staring- you In ttaa
face? Io you know
what total Deafness
means f It means a
nvlng death. 6hut out
from all human Inter
course the worlds ot
business and pleasure,
life becomes a fearful
blank.
Will you snifter this
untold misery and
loneliness without In
vestigating the New
Method ot Treatment?
The Method which has restored to hun
dreds of sufferers their full sense of hearinr.
aulclc and acuta. I have rescued hundred.
from Deafness. TOO must come before It Is
too late.
Because I have been ma successful in cur
ing; Deafness, and because my heart aches
tor lis victims, i am spins to give AWAz
a Free Treatment for Deafness to every suf
ferer who asks for It. Surely this Is a pres.
ent worth havlns. Out of m sincere desire
to relieve human sufferinc I aladlv make
you tnis sriit. mj treatment nas cured hun
dreds of people ot the most distressing,
wearing nead-noues, and restored their full
perfect hearing. Write for the treatment to
day, and give me the opportunity to show
ikju my successful new method lor the
treatment of Deafness RIGHT IV TOI-B
OWN HOME.
All I ask m that vou will r-t Kftixr n..'i
hesitate or It inaik b too Int. tn hln vn
My SUCCesa has been ,rl t and ennllanta
for treatment are many, so that I can only
make this offer a very ahort time. Remem
ber this treatment for Deafness Is given to
ywu wnnoui any cnarge wnatever. It Is ab
solutely fr.a Rmni r9 V ... 1 . k.
a postcard or letter request with your full
name and address upon It. and I will aend
jvu nee treatment zor uearnesa.
Dmfnma f.nwlll. KnMnl.
SS8 Trade liuUcling. Boston. Ma
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WJ 4 0 T E L
The Ideal Place for Private Functions,
Banquets, Balls, Teas, Clubs, Etc
Sunday Dinner Today
5:30 to 8 P. M.
$1.00 MUSIC.
January 24 "Lang Syne" Society, in ball
room covers for 200.
January 26 Hardware Men's Banquet
covers for 200.
January 27 Shriners Banquet covers
for 1200.
REGULAR
Business Men's Luncheon, 11:30 A. M. to 2 P. M.
Table d'Hote $1.00 Dinner, 6:30 to 8 P. M.
A la carte service and dancing: until midnight.
Music by the Royal Purple Orchestra
IIS
the hlph schools of the city on Tuesday
and Wednesday.
A permanent local committee will
be maintained here in Portland and all
information regarding; plans for adopt
ing a little French boy or rlrl can be
secured by getting in touch with Mr.
Mills at the First National Bank.
ARMYASKS SUPPLY BIDS
5IORB THAN ,000.000 POUSD5 OF
GRAIN AXD HAT WASTED,
general nubile and the committee ex
tends a cordial invitation to every citi
zen of Portland to come and hear these
two noted phllan throplcal workers tell
the story of bleeding, suffering France
and her bereaved children.
" Misses Scholfield and Fell are mak
lng a complete swing around the United
States and are meeting with marked
success in securing assistance for the
cause they are promoting.
The "Fatherless Children of France,"
as this world-wide movement Is called
was organized under the patronage of
President Poincare. of the French re
public, and the American committee Is
made ud of scores of tne most aistm
srulshed men and women of the nation.
In each city the foremost citizens of
the community have direct charge of
the work.
Any Person May Be Good Parent.
The plan of relief Is elmple and di
rect. Any person, no matter who, may
become a godfather or godmother to
one of these fatherless children at a
total expense of only 10 cents a day.
The general committee furnishes the
name, age and description and address
of some particular orphan, together
with the child's photograph, and the
prospective godfather or godmother
is placed In direct communication with
the little orphan and a delightful per
sonal touch is given by this unique
process of adoption.
In her letter to Mr. Mills the other
day Miss Fell said:
"There can be nothing greater or
finer which Americans could do In this
time of trouble and tragedy than to
take the orphans of the French soldiers
by the band and give them the chance
which their father's death In a great
cause has denied them, that of grow
ing up Into fine, healthy men and wom
en. One hundred years ago France
came to the assistance of the young
American Republic; today the Repub
lic of France calls to America through
the .voice of each of her sons dying in
the cause of freedom: 'I. give my life.
Will you help my little onesr "
Students to Be Addressed.
The detailed plans of operation of
the movement will be thoroughly ex
plained by Misses Scholfield and Fell
at tomorrow's meeting, and any Port
lander who desireh to adopt a father
less orphan of our sister Republic wiU
be abl to do so at a cost of only a
dime a day.
Following tomorrow's meeting Masses
Scholfield and Fell will arrange,
through the courtesy of Superintendent
L. R. Alderman, to give a series of
addresses before the students In aU
Portland Chamber of Commerce Has
Specifications on File and Calls)
Upon Interested Local Dealers.
Bids for furnishing Army supplies
that will represent great sums of
money are within the reach of Portland
business men. Tne Chamber of Com
merce has the specifications on file, and
is taking steps to Inform all mem
bers who deal In materials mentioned
so that they may make bids.
Proposals received yesterday call for
bids on 477,870 pounds of oats, 668,996
pounds of hay and 201,600 pounds of
oariey lor tne California National
tiuara s mounted organization. Sup
plies are also wanted for artillery, sig
nal corps and the squadron and bat
talion headquarters. Bids will be
opened In San Francisco January 29.
The supplies are for troops at Los
Angeles, ban Francisco, Salinas, Sac
ramento, Bakerslield, Oakland and
Stockton.
Bids for 3,000,000 pounds of hay for
Fort Rosecrans and Calexico and for
oats and bedding In quantities are -n
another list of specifications filed at
the Chamber, on which bids will be
opened In San Francisco on January 22
Bids for subsistence supplies for the
Government forces building the Alaska
railroad are already on hand to be
opened January 28, and they Include
demands for Jellies, flour, potatoes,
canned goods, fish, dried fruits, olives,
mushrooms, chewing gum, smoking to
bacco, ginger ale and numerous other
things.
Proposals for lumber, machinery and
railroad Iron were also received at the
Chamber yesterday. Alaska bids call
for delivery at the Bell-street docK,
Seattle.
Y. M. C A. AZTECS WIN TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS AND GIVE BANQUET TO LOSERS.
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Famous for its large variety, quick service and
HIGH QUALITY FOODS AT LOW PRICES.
Cozy Dairy Lunch
323 Washington St, Near 6th.
Never Closed.
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Hot Roast Beef or Baked Ham Sandwiches, 10c; Small Sirloin Steak,
Chops, Chicken, Fish, etc, 15c; Stews, 10c; Regular 60c Tenderloin
Steak, 30c; Large T-Bone Steak, 40c
HOT CAKES AND WAFFLES AT ALL HOURS.
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Academy of the Holy Child Jesus
SPRING TERM OPENS FEB. 5
A select boarding and day school
for gtrls, situated In Rose City Park
overlooking the city and commanding
a magnificent view.
Modern languages taught 1 1 every
class, beginning with the children of
six years.
Needlework and drawing compulsory
subjects.
Music Piano taught by the
Leschetlzky method.
Individual attention given each
pupiL
Boys admitted as day scholars up
to age of 9 years.
For particulars apply to Rev. Mother Superior, East Fifty-fourth and Alameda
Streets. Phone Tabor IOS1.
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SPRUCE EMBARGO MYTH
BRITISH HAS IS ON PRODUCT OF
ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
ranchers of the Toncalla vicinity, died
at his home there today after an ill
ness of three months.
Silver Variety Grown In Oregon Con
sidered About Beat Adapted
for Use In Airplanes.
According to Information received
yesterday bv O. R. Becker, district
freight agent of the Canadian Pacific
Railway, the British government has
not placed an embargo on Northwest
spruce, which has been used extensively
the past year In the manufacture of
airplanes. Denial of the reports of the
embargo on Sitka or Northwest spruce
was cabled to the offices of the rail
way at Vancouver. B. C, from London.
All of the spruce lumber sold to the
British government by Oregon and
Washington manufacturers has been of
the silver variety. This variety Is con
sidered one of the best for the making
of airplanes, and, as a consequence.
when the lumbermen heard of the re
ported embargo, great surprise was ex.
pressed. Ida etocK mat tne iortn
west has been furnishing was carefully
selected and only the best and clearest
timbers were exported.
It has been learned that the embargo
covers Rocky Mountain spruce, which
Is eaid to be Inferior to that produced
in Oregon and Washington.
First Row Shirley Barron, Guard; Edwin Boeb.1. Guard; Bernard Bridges, Substitute. Second Row En-n-ene
Vincent. Leader James Leake, Forward; Howard Blake, Center; Harold Johnson, Forward.
Basketball and swimming championships of the Juniors of the T. M. C. A. boys' division have been won
by the Aztecs, who. Wednesday night, entertained the other clubs of their divisions at a feast In the boys
lobby. A programme of music, club yells and games was offered after the feast, the losers compet
ing for prizes, for which the Aztecs did not enter. Iroquois won the guessing contest, and the Trojans
proved to have the best lungs. Edwin Boehl and Shirley. Ban-on gave a violin duet. A club song, to
the tune of "On Oregon," has been adopted by the Aztecs, as follows:
On. Aztecs! On. Aztecs! Pass right through the line.'
Put the ball right in the basket score a point this time.
On, Aztecs! On, Aztecs! Fight, fight for her fame.
Fight, fellows, fight, fight, fight we'll win this game.
Members of the club are Howard Blake, president: Bernard Bridges, vice-president; James Leake, sec
retary; Edwin Boehl, treasurer; Harold Johnson, basketball captain; David Foulkes, property man; Max
well Pierce, William Miller, Paul Rennick, Edgar Pengra, Shirley Barron, Jerome Gunther, Floyd How
land. Leroy Frederlckson, Richard Hahn. Palmer Parshall and Frank Post,
STUDY SYSTEM IS CHANGED
Aberdeen High School Is to Adopt
New System.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) The Aberdeen High School will
adopt the 70-mlnute recitation-study
period system, ana as xar as Known, 11
the first high school to adopt this plan
Principal Holmquist believes it will
prove superior to the 60 and 90-minute
recitation-study system now In vogue
in manv high schools.
"The 70-minute plan will give us
plenty of time for laboratory work and
will give us five periods a day, so that
students may take five subjects with
out causlnit Irregularities," says Prin
cipal Holmquist. "When the study
nerlod - follows Immediately after the
recitation period, the student must
keep bis Information over night and
thus he learns to memorize Better.
Pendleton Water Receipts Grow.
PENDLETON, Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.)
. The year 191S was the best year in
the history of the Water Department.
A report filed by Frank B. Hayes, su
Derintendent, shows that the total re
ceipts were more than $35,000, or more
than $3000 over 1915. The net earnings
of the department above expenditures
for maintenance, operation. Improve
ments and replacement amounted to
about $7000.
Oregon Pioneer of 184T Dies.
HOSEBURG. Or- Jan. 20. (Special.)
Calloway Hodges. Oregon pioneer of
1817 and one of the most prominent
i IV inlil- s i my .si'stl
THI9 PLACE FOR SALE AT A REAL SACRIFICE
Here Is a country home with every city comfort and convenience; five
acres, all under cultivation; one mile east of Greaham. on hard-surface road;
ill new buildings, elegant bungalow, also cottage for help. One of the most
somplete and desirable places in Oregon. Am going to California and will
sell at a great sacrifice. This Is no ordinary place and Is absolutely one great
bargain. Somebody Is going to own this place at a price that Is rleht. No
exchange considered. Come and see It at once. II. W Rt'SSELL, Greaham. Or.
Potatoes Claim Kelso Ball Park.
KELSO. Wash.. Jan. 20. (Special.)
Kelso's baseball fans are mourning the
loss of their baseball park, which has
been rented to M. G. Meade, of this
place, who will plant potatoes there,
Mr. Meade has torn down the grand,
stands and bleachers and It looks as
though Kelso will have to get along for
the coming season without any regular
exhibitions of the National game.
Dreaded an Operation
More Than Anything
'Tried Fruitola and Traxo and
Has Never Since Been Trou
bled With Gall Stones.
Mrs. Mary E. Franse. whose address
Is West Point. Nebr.. Box 411. has writ
ten to the Pinus laboratories a very
strong Indorsement of Fruitola and
Traxo. "About ten years ago I was about
to undergo an operation for gall stones
when I heard of your medicine. Dread
ing an operation above everything, I
determined to try Fruitola and Traxo
and have never been sorry I did so, as
I have never been troubled with gall
atones since."
Fruitola and Traxo are compounded
from the original Edsall formulas at
the Plnua laboratories In Monticello. 111.,
and can be purchased in drugstores; a
doctor's prescription Is not necessary.
Fruitola Is a pure fruit oil that acts as
an intestinal lubricant and disinte
grates the hardened particles that causa
so much suffering, discharging the ac
cumulated waste to the sufferer's Intense relief. One dose is usually sufficient
to Indicate its efficacy.- Traxo is a tonic alterative that is most effective to
rebuild and restore the weakened, rundown system.
A booklet of special Interest to those who suffer from stomach trouble can be
obtained by writing to the Plnus Laboratories. Monticello, Illinois.
MRS. MARY E. FRANSE.
Thousands of others have gotten rid of Theirs WITH
OUT DIETING OR EXERCISING often at the rate of
over a pound a day and WITHOUT PAYJNIENT until
reduction has taken place.
I am a licensed practising physician and personally se
lect the treatment for each individual case, thus enabling
me to choose remedies that will produce not only a loss
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gout, asthma, kidney trouble and various other afflictions
which often accompany overstoutness.
My treatment will relieve that depressed, tired, sleepy
'eeling, giving you renewed energy and vigor, a result ot
he loss of your superfluous fat.
You are not required to change in the slightest from
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2isine. It is simple, easy and pleasant to take.
If von are overstout do not postpone, but sit down right now and send for
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ONLY AFTER REDUCTION HAS TAKEN PLACE, if you so desire
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