The Sunday Oregonian., December 09, 1917, Section One, Page 4, Image 4

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, - PORTLAND, DECEMBER 9, 1917.
4000 DEAD; 20,000
NEEDY Ifl
HAL FAX
Snow Hampers Relief Work in
Stricken City, Where .Hor
rors Are Indescribable.
i THOUSANDS BURNED ALIVE
Blackened and Twisted JIVreck ot
Munitions Ship Mont Blanc Now
Lies in Harbor, W ith Belgian
Relief Ship Xearby.
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r been faced by the local authorities,
J with a courage that challenges the
'$ admiration of their kinsmen from south
J of the border, is that 20,000 persons are
J destitute and of the number perhaps
; one out of seven is suffering from in-
Juries which in many cases are bound
J to prove fatal.
f Tonight the work of organizing the
't various relief units into a workable
whole, with a general direction that
would avoid duplication of effort and
tend to greatest efficiency was well
under way.
; Relief Train Arrives.
I Federal, provincial and Red Cross
aid, supplemented by volunteer units
j from other cities and thS United States,
I were being utilized to the best ad
; vantage. -
The Massachusetts relief train, which,
! had been stalled much of the night "in
' snow drifts near the Nova Scotian
border, arrived today, bringing the
first contingent of physicians, nurses
J and supplies. It was the first of sev-
era! trains en route from the American
side.
Weather Clear and Cold.
More than a foot of snow fell last
" night. Today the storm passed and
the weather was clear and cold. Street
cars were stalled in the drifts during
the night, but today the service has
been partly restored. The aay also saw
the lighting system renewed in part
and after darkness fell the city looked
a little less black and forbidding, for
tunately the telephone service is good,
but there is a sombre significance in
the report, of-so many "dead," numbers.
The water supply is causing the
most concern. Emergency repairs are
being made as fast as it is humanly
- possible, but the system was seriously
deranged this evening.
The property loss, variously estimated
at from $20,000,000 to 150,000,000 prob
; ' ably will prove to be nearer the minl
j . mum figure. .
The search for bodies goes on me
. thodically and hundreds are exposed in
temporary morgues through which
' thousands ot persons seeking lost rela-
, tives continue to file, though there
y have been but few identifications. The
t clearing of the streets by the removal
of wreckage of homes facilitates the
" recovery of bodies. Those engaged in
, ' this work are having many depressing
and some heartening experiences.
Devastated Area Wide.
Through roads three feet deep in
"7 snow a correspondent of the Associated
Press today went over a strip of Hali-
a.-fax more utterly demolished than any
of Belgium or France. The ruin is
" complete.
; ; The Richmond district, in the North
End, where the poorer people lived,
f extends along the Narrows, a channel
rightly named. It was in these waters
that the French munition ship Mont
J Blanc inward bound, with a govern
w men pilot aboard, was rammed amid-
ships by the Norwegian steamer Imo,
. proceeding outward with a cargo for
fhe relief of the Belgians.
How this crash, not of itself serious,
J j ripped open on the decks tanks of ben-
zine that trickled down to the engine
jj room and started a blaze that wrecked
part of Halifax never will be explained
J. to the satisfaction of the people here,
Jtill dazed by the terror of the giant
blast that came when tons of high ex
v plosives sent a wild roar far out to
sea, shook the very foundation of an
,. area of two and a half square miles
fe: and stripped it bare.
J,.'. Crashed Children Bnrn.
Nearly every house . in the district
fell with a crash..' In nearly all of these
C fires started and men, women and chil
dren mostly children were crushed
to death or mangled under the debris
which a moment later was a roaring
flame.
l.t There was no chance of escape. The
horror surrounding the burning to
ft death of hundreds who were unable to
?' move is realized here, but this town
has not yet awakened to the enormous
tlloss of life. Estimates of 1500 dead,
accepted heretofore as high, seem far
below the mark after traveling, over
. the Richmond district, where the brunt
Tt of the blow fell.
Some idea of the powerful havoc of
r- tne explosion was gained as the corre-
spondent viewed scores of trees, burly
i- of trunk, that literally were snapped
- In two 10 feet from the ground. Big
. orick structures came down with
T smaller ones of frame, but it was in
these modest dwellings that the great
est loss of life occurred.
tT Steamer Blackened Hnllc .
L Fortunately It happened before hun
f dreds of children had gathered at the
big school in the heart of the district
;f which was wrecked. But most of these
same youngsters were caught while
playing about their momes.
' ine steamer Mont Blanc, a name
never to be forgotten here, lies across
-i me Bireicn oi water irom the section
Z,lt laid low, a crumpled, blackened heap.
Nearby, hard on the beach where it was
- ariven oy the explosion, lies the crip
t- pled relief ship, and nearer still the
Canadian cruiser Niobe stands with no
apparent sign of damage. Other and
fc, smaller ship hulks offer mute evl
dence of the disaster. Fourteen hun
p area freight cars on the water ront
were burned to the base. '
L; Church, Is Wrecked.
X. All over this wide area the story is
J,", the same. There is a sloping hill that
runs down to the water and at the top
a church stands with every window
gone, its walls cracked and its steeple
ZT. leaning like the Tower of Pisa. Around
iC and about on every side are the black
and charred ruins where most of the
.congregation lived. Further to the edge
of the devastated area another church
escaped, but every window frame was
ripped out clean.
It was almost impossible to make
tr" progress over the streets because of the
r ; drifts of snow. It had driven deep in
I : the wreckage and tonight it had turned
.. to a solid mass of ice that defied the
j.- attempts of searchers to dig through
wim picks.
How long it will take this ice to
thaw nobody knows. In any other time
f the blizzard yesterday would have
I,. caused much suffering, but, coming on
top of the great disaster, it simply
etunned thousands of volunteers not
personally afflicted and demoralized all
j - effort for concerted searching.
-.". Right in the heart of this area, fires.
."T starting Thursday, blazed tonight like
bonfires and the crowds moving along
the rough snow - paths caught some
thing that made the atmosphere hereJ
weu-nign unoearaDie. xt was me oaor
of burning flesh.
Census I Not Accurate. .
The flames leave little trace and this
fact may give substance to the new
official estimate of 4000. There was
no accurate census of the population of
the Richmond district. Families came
and went, and when whole families
were lost there was no one left to re
port their deaths. The Halifax man
who has not looked upon this section
can no more approximate the death toll
than can the Boston man.
Picture two and a half square miles
of homes torn down by an explosion
and then left to the fury of the flames,
and the person a thousand miles away
can get an idea of the extent of the
disaster.
There are dismantled buildings in
the rows of streets that have not yet
been dragged down. The walls lean at
dangerous angles and the window
blinds, coated with ice, keep up an all
day flapping as the wind sways through.
There are piles and piles of ruins,
though no available force here at pres
ent can clear them away for weeks.
HomcleM in Tents.
Going out from the business section
the newspaper correspondents obtained
the first vivid impression in passing a
wide, snow-covered park with 600 tents
in which part of the homeless were
being supplied with food and heat.
There were not houses enough to
shelter them, but the fact stands out
that while the city was stunned Thurs
day, it provided quarters for every per
son in distress. The tent quarters
were, comfortable without doubt.
Between this tented park and Rich
mond are the morgues. A four-story
school building, badly damaged by the
jar, is the main morgue into which
hundreds tramped today in search of
the missing. But the view was heart
breaking to those who . feared the
worst, for the bodies were burned and
blackened to such an extent that the
only chance of Identification lay in the
possible finding of a trinket. Of the
300 In this morgue not more than 50
bodies had been claimed tonight.
Eight hundred probably have been re
covered. Injured Are Helped.
With everything . buried under the
snow the search today was delayed
while the main, forces were devoting
attention to the injured. All vehicles
have been commandeered. An aged
man on his way to search for his wife
was held up and the pung sleigh taken
from him.
An officer explained in a kindly way
that it was a life and death matter to
take care of the wounded. Without
protest he gave up the rig. This mere
ly illustrates the wonderful spirit of
the entire community.
Guards stood all around the ruined
part of Halifax, but this was for form
rather than for fact.
"There never is any looting in Hali
fax in time of trouble like this." rh
authorities announced today, in dis
posing or inquiries concerning looting.
There has been absolutely none here.
EXPLOSION FELT MANY MILES
At Sidney, 2 00 Miles Distant, Shock
Was Like Earthquake.
MONTREAL. Dec. 8. The tremen
dous force exerted by the explosion
that destroyed the northern half of
Halifax is said by the correspondent
ine Aiotreal star to have been
of
greater than any explosion in the war
zone. Debris from shells, steel, date
and shrapnel have been found over an
area of 10 square miles, with a five
mile radius.
Two American vessels, one of them a
naval cruiser, were 45 miles offshore
making for port"at"the moment of the
catastrophe. The shock was ' so great
that the chief officer of the warship
believed at first, the Star correspond
ent says, that the cruiser had struck
mine. Then, seeing another veasel
on the horizon, he concluded the ship
had been fired upon. At Sydney, 200
miles distant, in an airplane, the shock
was like that of a severe earthquake.
Windows in the Hotel Learmont at
Truro, more than 60 miles away, were
broken, and a clock was shaken from
the wall of the train dispatcher's of
fice. A barn at Meagher's Grant, 35
miles from Halifax, was lifted from
its foundations, as though the work
mover.
KING TELEGRAPHS , SYMPATHY
Expressions Deploring Halifax Dis
aster Reach Governor-General.
OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 8. The Gov
ernor-General has received the follow
had, been done by an "Xpert building
ng message from the King expressing
sympathy in the Halifax disaster:
"Buckingham Palace, London, Dec. 8,
1917. Most deeply regret to hear of se
rious explosion at Halifax, resulting in
great loss of life and property. Please
convey to the people of Halifax, where
I have spent so many happy times, my
true sympathy in this grievous calam
ity. GEORGE R. 1."
Telegrams of sympathy have been re
ceived also from the Governor-General
of Australia, Governor of South Aus
tralia, British naval commander-in-chief
at the North American Station"
Edouard de Filly, Deputy French High.
Commissioner, New York, and Governor
Carl Milliken, of Maine.
TOT IS FOUND AT
PRAYER 111 RUINS
Halifax Catastrophe Fails to
' Interrupt Little Girl's
Devotions.
SOLDIER IS FOUND DIGGING
Friends- Help and Bodies of Wife
and live Children Are Brought
Oat Pathetic -Scenes
Arc Enacted.
HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 8.-fAs the res
cue work proceeds in the stricken dis
trict of Halifax many . incidents of
pathetic human interest are brought to j
light.
When the blow fell little Lola Burns,
the 8-year-old daughter of John Burns,
of Granville street, was on her knees j
by her cot saying her morning prayers.
The house collapsed. Hours later Lola '
was found in the midst of the wreck-
age, hemmed in by fallen timbers and ;
surrounded by broken glass, but un- ,
harmed, still on her knees and pray
ing fervently. I
In a cellar at Richmond a soldier In 1
uniform was seen digging frantically.
It was Private Henneberry, who had
been overseas with the 63d Battalion
and recently returned home wounded. ;
"Here was my home," explained the
soldier while he continued to dig, "and i
I am sure I heard a moan a moment j
ago."
Others gave him a hand and pres- I
ently, from under a kitchen stove, the
protruding ashpan of which had pro
tected her, was revealed Henneberry's
18-montiis-oM baby Olive. Her wounds
were superficial. But the private's joy i
was short lived. A little more digging
exposed the bodies of his wife and
five other children.
At one hospital several children were
listed as negroes from their general
appearance. Later it was discovered
that they had been white faces before
the flames reached them.
Word has come from St. John that
more injured can be accommodated
there. Among the injured already in
that city the cases of 20 were critical.
SUPPLIES RUSHED TO HALIFAX
Special Train Carries Doctors and
Nurses to Stricken City.
ROAD MEN MEET DEC. 15
NORTHWEST HIGHWAY ENCD'EERS
TO GATHER AT SALEM.
uvvcravr . iiujcomop, state Highway
Engineer Anno and John B. Yeon
Will Be .on Programme.
oAiiii., !-., xiec. o. I special.) The
programme for the Northwest Snriptv
of Highway Engineers here December
i nas Deen practically completed. All
the county Courts and all the Countv
aurveyors oi Oregon nave been invited
and it is expected there will be a large
representation among the members of
the society from Washington.
Governor Withycombe will open the
meeting. John B. Yeon, .roadmaster of
Multnomah County, will show his won
derful collection of highway slides.
Herbert Nunn, State Highway Engineer
for Oregon, will talk on organization
ana the Oregon road programme. G.
Ed Ross, secretary of the Oregon High
way Commission, will speak on cost
keeping. Testing of road materials will
be discussed by Dr. E. W. Lazell; H. B.
Chapman will speak on water-bound
macadam, and Professors Sleton and
Graf, of the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, and Engineer Purceli, of the
bridge department of the Oregon High
way Commission, will also be on the
programme.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. One hundred
surgeons and physicians, more than 150
nurses and a number of social workers
are being mobilized by the American
Red Cross in the stricken city of Hali
fax. Some of them already have ar
rived, and the remainder are en route
on special trains, including one which
left Providence, R. I., today.
Supplies for the relief of the suf
ferers are being rushed from New
York, Boston and Maine. Besides the
great quantities of wearing apparel
and bedding already sent, material for
repairing houses, such as boarding.
glass, putty, etc., already are on the
way with more to follow.
Governor Milliken, of Maine, today
sent from Bangor, consigned to the Red
Cross at Halifax, three carloads of re
pair material, including roofing paper
and boarding. Additional materials of
this kind will be sent from Maine to
morrow. A steamer also will leave
Boston with considerable quantity of
glass and putty and 25 skilled glaziers.
the contribution of the Public Safety
Committee of Massachusetts. The ves
sel also will carry 20,000 blankets. The
water route was chosen as being
quicker than rail.
Besides the contributions from Maine
and Massachusetts, the Mayor's com
mittee of New York has furnished large
quantities of supplies, as has the Brit
ish war relief there. Cleveland gave
$2000 for the purchase of shoes and
stockings for the destitute.
W. Frank Persons, director of civil
ian relief of the Red Cross, made in
quiry of the Halifax authorities today
whether anti-pneumonia serum was
needed. If the serum is desired a large
quantity will be sent tomorrow by ex
press.
R. T. Macileite, chairman of the
Halifax relief committee, telegraphed
Mr. Persons today that he believed the
doctors, nurses and supplies now there
or en route would be sufficient to meet
the demands of the situation.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8. Donations of
money and supplies for the relief of
the people of Halifax were coming in
from many sources tonight at the head
quarters of the Atlantic division of the
Red Cross. Although no appeals have
been made for such contributions, resl
dents in many- Eastern cities have
made generous proffers of aid.
In readiness to make shipments on a
few hours' notice, the dispatch of
clothing and other supplies will be
held up pending word from relief
workers In Halifax. This will prevent
any waste which might result from
the action there of a superfluous re
serve of food and other materials.
Red Cross officials were informed
by the New Haven Railroad today that
the special train which left New York
yesterday with physicians and sup
plies probably would reach Halifax
late tonight. This would beat the
usual run from New York to Halifax by
Irom six to eight hours.
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SEWING BASKETS AND
SETSA most attractive
display of these handsome
baskets, finished in Morocco
leather and Japanese . bro
cade. 1 Each one fitted com
plete and ranging in size
from the smallest sets, which
can be carried in the hand
bag, to the large sewing
room pieces.
Enhance the Joy of Giving
Add asef illness, art and origin
ality to the tender sentiment
which invokes the gift.
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Our Leather Department
Offers for your Christmas this year a selection unsur
passed in Fitted Suitcases, Traveling Bags and Over
nights. These in addition to An endless variety of
Leather Novelties and Gifts.
We are exclusive agents for the famous LIKLY Bags,
Suitcases and Wardrobe Trunks.
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GAME SETS A wonderful
variety of Pinochle, Chess,
Checkers and Poker Sets, in
leather cases. A gift appre
ciated by anyone. Prices at
$1.50 to .$25. OO
BEAUTIFUL HAND BAGS The very newest patterns in
smart pieces. Seal leather attractively grained handsome
linings. "Milady" wouid be pleased with one of these.
FITTED OVERNIGHT A
very popular traveling con
venience, 12, 14 or 16-inch.
Each with a striking brocade
or moire silk lining. Ivory
fittings. Outside leather is
of best cobra grain seal and
goat. Priced ,$15 to $50
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MANICURE ROLtUPS
Contain all the fittings nec
essary for manicuring. Cases
are silk lined, outside leather
of seal and suede.
IVORY PYRALIN
THE CHOICEST OF ALL GIFTS
Resembles'real ivory in its beauty and at a fraction of
the cost.
Any Article Purchased Will Be Engraved Free
Trays, all sizes and shapes,
35c to $2.50.
Clocks, many different de
signs, $2.25 to $12.
Manicure and Toilet Sets, all
styles and prices.
Mirrors, $1 to $9.50.
Photo Frames, 50c to $6.
Hair Brushes, $1.25 to $7.
Cloth Brushes, $3 up.
Ladies' Combs, 35c to $1.50.
Jewel Boxes, 50c and up.
Perfume Bottles, 50c to $5.00
Vases, $1 and up.
Hatpin Holders, $1 and up.
Powder Boxes and Hair Re
ceivers, 75c to $7.50.
Candlesticks. $1 and up.
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the change to th Portland . chapter.
Mr. Adams did.
Another small remittance to the Red
Cross came .after P. II. Enos worked as
fuel passer on the Port of Portland s
dredge Portland for one day only. When
he left he instructed the paymaster to
send his check to the Red Cross. That
s why the Portland chapter has cred
ited. Mr. Enos with 1.B8. -
FARM LOAN BODY FORMS
$60,000 Applications Approved by
Appraisers.
CORVALLIS. Or., Dec. 8. (Special.)
Farmers in the vicinity of Hosklns,
Philomath and Corvallis have organ
ized a Federal farm loan association
with the following officers: E. B. Hull,
Jr., president; Frank L. Price, vice
president; Israel Eddy, M. L. FrantB,
and J. E. Crosby, directors, all or hob-
kins. Or.; I. E. Gates, director. Philo
math, Or.; J. F. Yates, attorney, Corval
lis, and A. C. Bohrnstedt, secretary-
treasurer, Salem.
The association will accept applica
tions for loans from farmers In Benton,
Polk. Linn and Lincoln counties. Nearly
60,000 of loans have been approved by
the association appraisers.
FUEL PASSER HELPS FUND
W. F. Wooley Donates 8 7 Cents to
Ked Cross Society.
W. F. wooley. of Brentwood, Cal., has
donated the sum of 87 cents to the Port
land chapter of the American Red
Cross.
"When Mr. Wooley sent $10 to City
treasurer Adams, he did not know
what was the assessment against his
property, but told Mr. Adams to send
Cottage Grove Man Reaches France.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Dec. 8. (Spe
cail.) W. G. Van Riper, formerly of
this city, and son of Mrs. A. J. Gowdy,
has arrived in France as & . member
of the Forest Engineering Corps. He
wrote his mother before his sailing
that he composed the march which was
used when his regiment paraded be
fore the President and high officials
of the Army.
Von Luibnrg Reaches Europe.
LONDON, Dec 7. A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen
says Count von Luxburg, formerly Ger
man Minister to Argentina, has arrived
iA Bergen and proceeded to Germany.
Campbell Hill Hotel I
741 Washington Street.
' Dinner Served S to 7 P. 91.
65c ST7XDAY mXER05c
December flth, 1917.
Florida Grapefruit.
Head Lettuce Salad. Ripe Olives.
Puree of Vegetable Soup.
Fried Spring Chicken with Country
Gravy.
Top Sirloin Steak.
Creamed Potatoes. Baked Squash.
Poo-Overs.
.- Apricot and Pineapple Conserves.
Mince Pie. . -
French Vanilla Ice Cream and Cake.
Crackers. Cheese. Coffee.
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Campbell Hotel
TwtntT-Tblrd and Hot Streets.
Phone Marshall 881.
Dinner Served 4 :30 to 6 :30 P. M.
houses of the state to use their efforts
to encourage consumption of this class
of food. Reports to the food adminis
tration show a large surplus of cold
storage and frozen eggs, he said, and
it is hoptd to reduce this to normal bl
the first of the year.
was cleared above expenses. The mem- Friday afternoon at the clubrooms on
bers of the club are also working each I Red Cross work.
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Cold-Storage Eggs to Bo Moved.
SPOKANE. Wash., Dec 8. In an ef
fort to reduce stocks of cold storage
eggs - as greatly -as possible before
January 1.. Charles Hebberd, food ad
ministrator for Washington, has called
upon cold storagft and commission
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JONES
IS AT HOME
SICK
THE DOCTOR
SAYS CAUSE
; IV:1: I DECAYED
DR. B. E. WRIGHT iCsHiXri.
Every day you hear of some one
seriously sick and the doctor says
the trouble is caused by defective
teeth or pyorrhoea gums. Why not
head off disease by the proper care
of your teeth or the extraction of
old 6tumps? Artificial teeth are
sanitary and, as made at this of
fice, fit perfectly, look well and
give excellent service.
Painless Extraction of Tetkw
20 Years' Active Practice.
Dr. B. E. Wright
Northwest Corner of Sixth and
Washington, Northwest Balldlna;.
Phonni Main 2119, A 211.
Office Hours 8 A. JI. t 6 P. JI.
Consultation Free.
Gas Explosion Injures Three.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 8. Three men
were hurt in a gas explosion in the
cupola-room of the Atlas Steel Casting
Company, In Elmwood avenue, this aft
ernoon. The injured are: Logan Ed
wards, Ignatz Granat and Matthew
Tsevan. Their condition is critical.
Redmond Women Hold Carnival.
REDMOND, Or., Dec. 8. (Special.)
The Women's Club, of this city, gave ! z:
an Indoor carnival last night for the
Salesmanager
Manfg. Co. has opening for high-grade sales
manager. Salary and Com. W 631, Oregonian.
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