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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1915)
HK JllKSIS Bflpv!-'4 MHjrMiJtoii111185" "vH ! J'UlJMeSHrfWax-H ,mjMBiww"'niKww,'" V i en SIX THE COOS. BAY TIMES. MARSHFIELD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1915-EVENING EDITION. Six Litres Lost and SIX ARE DEAD AMD S EVEN BADLY : INJURED IN EARL! INK FIRE Mamiv Injured in Bunker (Continued from I'ngo One.) Itnd It not been for his speedy er rand,' It' Is believed that the list of dealt " would have been considerably larger. . Bd lktndorob, In charge of the Blablcs Immediately below tho bonrd Irjg house, was aroused at two o,'.cldck' by the crnekllng of flames as they burst tho windows with cannon-like reports. Ho ran to the tot ephono and turned In tho first alarm tj tho flro department, hurrying bjick tri get tho .115 head of frigh tened horses out and Into a place of safety. Makes .Speedy Kim. Uxactly three and onc-hnlf min utes after tho alarm was received al tho station, Gordon Smith had covered the distance to lrunkcr Hill with tho big auto fire englno al- a iS-mllo clip over the plank roads. Two lines of hoso wore shot from tho hydrants, supplement ing tho ono line that n few mlnutou Mlngus, 1'. J. Casey broke his window casing and clamborlng through tho open ing lowered himself to tho window below 111 in on tho second floor. This In turn bo knocked out with bis bnro feet and securing a hand-hold en mo to the next landing from which ho dropped to tho ground. Ho was badly cut by broken glass. Attempt to Save Dog'. A little dog, a pet, that whim pered and howled In his room, trap ped thcro with his master, touched tho heart of J. Jobnnsen, n black smith, and his attempt to save the animal camo near causing his own death. Too long bo delayed In mak ing his cscapo through. tho halls on the third story nnd forced to Jump, ho fell nnd now Is In Mercy Hospital In a serious condition. It Is cv pected that ho will recover, though ho was badly Injured. Doctors Hurry to Scene. A call was Immediately sent In for doctora and at once Doctors Dlx, Housoworth nnd Horsfall previously had been brought up from tho mill yard. Flro Chief Keating was called and Came whizzing In an auto to tho scone. Hut already tho boarding hbliBo was beyond tho point of sav ing 'and tho firemen did very effi cient work with their streams of watpr, saving the buildings In tho vicinity that wcro seriously threat ened. Ilrcnkx dims to Kscnpe. Mr. and Mrs. Craig, with their two children, woro nslccp on tho first floor of the south end of tho bujl'dlng", Horner, n boy of 1 1 years, bbjng lii bed With his grandfather on. tho floor directly above. They nWrikcnc'd 'nl (ho first nlnrm, found Uiq lialijbidokcd by flames and drop pod to tho ground through tho win dows. Homer Craig, aged eight years, was Imprisoned Inside His father .cdllcil to him from tho ground nnd he smashed tho window pnno and jumped. Ho wna hut slightly injured. " llyron Crnlg fled to tho flro oh capo and thcro fell fainting, surfo catod with tho smoko and thcro he lay until volunteers climbed tho Imliicr anil brought his limp body to tho ground. 1'iiIIh Suffocated. Trio Into tho nlnrm camu to A. A. Craig, fnthor or Ocorgo V. Crnlg and n feoblo old innn of about OH years. Onco ho camo to tho window nnd then wont back wjioro rcscuors found him lying on tho floor stifled, slightly burned but with IiIk lungs full of smoku. Ho died nlmotit as soon ntj ho reach ed tho ground. Haveil by Hope ladder. Frightened by tho flro that three weeks ligo completely gutted n gar ngo cIoho to tho boarding house, (his Ifodnoy had gono down town nnd secured n long ropo for line as a llfo lino In time of fire. Ills forethought probably wived his life Inst night. Ho was asloop on tho third floor nnd finding his room on nrc, tnrow tho ropo from tho win dow nnd slid down to safety. Presence of mind novor loft Oliver Thornton, n young man on tho up per floor. When ho found that en capo through tho IiiiIIh wan Impos sible, ho camo running back Into bis rooms nnd tying tho sheets nnd hlnukotu tngcthor, made n rope and came to tho ground uninjured. Other lodgers took time to throw their bed clothes to the ground be fore jumping. They were hnved, though Homo wcro badly Injured. nnswered tho summons nnd by tho light of tho flro worked Incessnntly on the Injured ns they wcro brought from tho building, Those who woro In n serious condition wcro niBhcd ut onco to Mercy Hospital and given medical nld. With tho exception of tho body of A. A. Craig, nono of . tho men burned woro tnken from tho ruina until this morning. Ono body foil through from tho third floor Into tho very room that was occupied by tho fnthor of Ocorgo W. Crnlg, nnd tlioro It rested, burned to n crisp nnd In plnln sight of tho wutchorH until Into this morning. Those Who Aro Dead, Tho body of Luis Knlowonskl, ngod 22 yenrs, wna discovered In tho flro on the firm floor. Ho still lay on a portion of IiIh bed that had fallon through from tho third story. Most of tho flesh wns burned from the bones. Ho wan n young Polo and had been horo about n year and a half, making friends among those with whom he enmo In contact. In an accident at tho mill the young man lost a portion of his hand and then became n night watchman which position he hqld until two months ago when ho became n wait er at tho boarding house, lie will bo hurled by the Catholic Church of which ho was a mombor. William (Hover, dead, waH about G8 years of ago nnd was employ ed at the mill, where ho wns an cd germnu. It Is not known whether ho lias any cIobo relatives. 8. K. Lowls, dead, wns n young man of about 2:1 years, and Is known to bnvo a fnthor at Klumnth Falls who was Immediately Informed of his son's death. I.owIm wns an off bearer at tho mill, Little Ih known of William Ward, a young man who camo to tho boarding house a fow days ngn nnd bus been since that time looking for work. Tho fact that thero are two men missing ban led to Charles Skorrott, who lived on tho first floor nnd who spent this morning checking up the dead and Injured, to believe that they too might have been burned to death In tho flamos. One of tlioso missing Is Hoy As kew, a laborer at the mill; the other man was a Htranger who had boon at the house but a few days. Several hundred volumes of bonks belonging to Mr. Skorrott woro completely destroyed, though they were covered with Insurance, Very little furniture was removed. A piano, a phonograph and a few Have You a Friend You would like to send to the Big Expo sition in San Francisco at our expense? Then send in a nomination coupon at once I nomliinlo NOMINATION Ilia.MC (Name) (Ailditvss) U'lils Coupon Worth 1000 Votes. Only One (1) Nomination blank allowed to each caiulidato OBTAIN FULL INFORMATION FROM Red Cross Drug Store sacks of flour woro about nit that remains of the furniture In the ( building. This nil belonged to tho Smith interests nnd was covered by insurance. For tho second time In thrco weeks flro destroyed tho power lino of tho Oregon Power Company Hint lends from tho mill to Mnrshfleld and North llonil. They were burn ed In two, but wcro replaced short- ly after daylight by linemen who hurried to tho scone. Company Will Aid. Arno Moreen, vlco president nnd general superintendent of the C. A, Smith compnny, wns soon ut tho scene of tho fire and extended every nld possible. Ho gave orders that all tho victims should bo provided with everything neccssnry. Noarly all tho men stay ing nt the hotel wero employees of tho mill. As nenrly nil of thorn lost their belongings, they nccdod cloth ing, etc., and for nil of the company's employes Mr. Moreen mndo arrange ments to have their wants supplied. List Checked Up. Clio's. Skc'rrott, n brother of Mrs. O. W. Crnlg and former owner of tho Hunker Hill nuto line, wns ono of tho first to get n correct list of the dead, missing nnd Injured. Skerrett know nil of tho bonrdors woll, n8 lio stopped nt tho hotel. Ho wns ono of the efficient workors during tho flro.nldlng grcntly In tho relief of the Injured. A. L. Ilutz, timekeeper nt tho mill, nlso hnd a good check on tho list of tho men thero nnd until, ho nnd Mr. Skerrett hnd gono ovor tho list of nbout forty-flvo who occupied tho boarding house, It wns uncortalii ns to tho number of victims. Hill Fir CORONER'S JURY iMAMY SUITS FILED PRO RUINS JUSTICE COURT BUILDING IE S BI FIRE ENGINE Marshfield Fire Department Did Efficient Work Made Quick Run There. Engineer (Jordon Smith, of tho Mnrshfleld Flro Department, snld that wlion they nrrlvcd nt tho scone of tho Crnlg Ilotol fire, tho build ing wns too fnr gono to hopo to snvo It. Ho snld that It would hnvo boon Imposslblo to pump Rtifflclont wntor on It to stay tho flnmcs In Hint building. However by prompt work, tho big bnniB near tho" hotel woro saved. When tho first wntor wnB turned onto tho barns, tho building wns Just beginning to smoko nnd for three hourH, nenrly, It wns doubtful If It could bo saved. If tho flro hnd spread to tho stnblos, It Is likely that tho A. K. (Ingnon resldonco would hnvo nlso caught nnd later probably spread to tho Smith mill office building. Hud It not bcon for tho work of tho Mnrshflold flro dopnrtmont nnd apparatus, It Is hard to tell whore tho conflagration would have ended. Thero wns quite a brisk wind blowing nt tho tlmo. Looked Like I'.xploslon. It wns Just 2:10 when Hnglncor Smith received tho notice by phono of tho flro. He Immediately started and says ho was nt tho scono In less thun four minutes. While going down Hrondway, ho said that tho flro splurged upward tin though thero wna an explosion of Bomo kind. For a moment, It burned briskly, tho flnuios shooting fnr higher than before, nnd then it subsided sojuo. Pumped From Main. The flro englno pumped from the wntor main of tho Smith mill, the mill pumping Into It from tho buy. i At times tuoro wns not sufficient water In the mala to furnish tho big englno with sufficient .water and this handicapped Its work boiiio. Firemen Woiked Hard. Tho mombora of tho Mnrshflold Flro Department especially, nnd mnny othors, nro today recolvlng much prnluo for tho valiant efforts they put forth. A nutubor who hnd witnessed sovoro conflagrations in tho cities said that thoy novor saw a force of men work hardor and moro effectively with what means und equipment they had than tho, Is not expected that ball will lm nl force did at Hunker Hill last night, i lowed. htovons, who wns formorly nt Camp Ono, Is alleged to hnvo ro marked to friends a couplo of weeks ago that ho would soon be getting a good living without working. Re cent dovelopmont tend to lndlcato that ho meant somothlng beside tho cleaning and pressing business. Seek Cause .of Fire Man Thought Dead Is Found on Scene Among Seachers With n coroner's Jury, Fred Wil son wont to tho scene of the flro to hold Inquest ns to tho cause of tho flro. It 1b practically assured now Hint nil bodies have been tnken from tho ruins, the Inst count be ing six dend. They aro In tho morguo nt tho Wilson Undertaking Purlors. Tho first count Included n man named Hunt among those dead. Searchers this morning, tinned with sticks nnd shovels went prodlng nbout tho ruins looking for his body when n man spoke up nnd nsked who they wanted. "Hunt," ho wns told. "Well, 1 nm Hunt," re replied, "nnd I guess there's no ubo looking any farther." Tho men came over, shook linnds and congratulated him. Hunt explained to them tbnt he happened to spend Inst night nt tho boarding houso of Mrs. E. Oran dell, ncross tho street from Crnlg's plncc. J. Fnlbo, n young man on tho third floor, bnroly escaped by lcnp Ing from his window onto n low porch nnd clnmborlng down to tho ground. It wns In this south wing that thrco woro killed. Machine Sets Hccord. A man wns tnken from tho flro with his underclothing burned from his body nnd his legs n mnss of burned flesh nnd blood. Ho was put In an nutomoblle driven by Rich ard fiolir nnd accompanied by Offi cer Richardson nnd hurrlod to tho hopltnl. Tho men claim Hint they mndo tho trip to North Dend In less than four minutes. Tho man was saved and Is cxpoclcd to recover. Another wounded man, Ed Shear er, wns put In ono of the Wblto Star stagen driven by I'nul Kclklo. Ilelow Llinkor Hill the machine slid off tho plank road nnd turnod over. No ono was hurt nnd nftor tho car hnd boon tipped back the trip was resumed. Finds Money. Severn hundreds of dollars woro In n -pocket book, togethor with checks ami receipts, owned by Geo. W. Crnlg, mnnngor of the hoarding house, nnd these wero thought n complete loss until Frost McDonald, a Hon-ln-lnw, searched through tho mips this nftoruoon nnd turning ovor tho charred romunntu of a mattress 'the inonoy nnd receipt book wore found nono tho worse for tho oxporlenco. Men Aro Hemes. Much credit Is glvou Max Krugor, n flromnu, nnd James Merchant, who wont Into the burning building to recover A. A. Crnlg, who was brought out allvo from tho socond floor, but who died a fow moments Inter from suffocation. With wot blnnkots ovor tholr bendH, tho men climbed tho ladder nt tho north end of the building. Krugor was sovorely burned nbout tho neck und nrms, hut refused to stop work until tho englno wns back at tho station shortly boforo -1:30 this morning. A man named Langdon, a lodger next to tho room occupied by Homer Crnlg, camo down tho flro escape only to find that tho boy wns still In the building. Hack ngnln ho wont und groping through the hot smoko found tho boy lying soiiboIcbs Inside tho door of his roam. In danger of losing IiIb llfo, Langdon forced tho door open nnd took tho llfoloss form In his nrms, dropping him to tho waiting hands on tho and Marshal Carter for complicity In tho counterfeiting donl. Tho officials would not glvo out tho nature of the ovidenco against Raker. Ho has not been In Mnrsh flold long, becoming a partner of Storons about January 1. Ho will bo arraigned with Slovens nnd Hnrshmnu before U. S. Commis sioner A. K. Peck tomorrow after noon. A deputy IT. S. marshal Is ex pected horo on the Rrcakwator In tho morning to tnko them north, ns It T ARREST 0 COUNTERFEITING Robert Baker, Partner of J. S. Stevens, Taken Into Cus tody for Bogus Money Robort Rnkor, a partner of J. S. TURKS SEIZE CATS llljf AiKKliteJ Trru to Coos Dr Time CAIRO, Feb. 17. Tho Turkish authorities have Issuod orders for tho commandeorlng of several htimlrnd Stovons in tho Parisian Cleaning & cats In Syria. They aro needed to Dyo Works, at Market and Second 'protect tho vast stores of grain and streets, was arrested today hy Wm provUIona In tho mllltnry depots A. (Hover, of tho I. S. Secret Son Ice, from the incursions of mlco and rata. Joe Coach Sued by Bartlett Mineral Springs Company Other Actions Arc Filed After a long wait, K. H. Joehnk hnB secured service In n Biilt which ho Btnrted In JubHco Pennock'a court ngalnst F. J. Hlnghnm, tho South Inlet cxcolslor man. Joehnk Wants $23. Justice I'cnnock aald that ho was Informed tbnt Hlnghnm had Joehnk buo nnothcr man nnd lost In tho lower court. Then It wns nppealcd and Joohnk put up tho expenso of tho nppcnl. Thoy lost on tho nppeal nnd Hlnghnm then refused to pay tho bill. T. K. Rose has begun milt against John Huys for flfi which ho claims Is still duo him on n board bill for $GG which Huys contracted. Sues Joe Co'Uh. Joo Coach, tho former Randon liquor denier, who has been much in tho limelight the past bIx months owing to tho SlmpBon-Trendgold-Conch cmbrogllo, Ib defondnnt in unotlicr suit. Tho Rnrtlott Springs compnny has begun suit In JubHco Pcnnock'B court ngnliiBt him for 33.C0, which they clnlm Ib still duo them on mi old account for mineral water furnished him. Wnlter L. CnpploiiB nnd Lottie I). Capploiifl have begun suit ngaliiBt C. A. Howard and Mrs. Delia Howard for $100 which they claim Is duo them for furnlturo lcaacd to tho Howards. IDffij LOSTIFEI! He and wifn n., "u muw hc Charjtu Hceced Him of b waiter oldland of hivliiB more malttanIll thnn toll to tho lotof ft, " '"v.uuai. A abort time ui """OUlllIlltOlllOMlli,, nook'H court nn dthcl.ti.,.; their troubles, but am. . time. YoBlordnv u i,i . ....,, tbnt ho wouM,. 1 1 ... - I do rcspoiiBinio for fctr i HOOSEVHIl' WITNESS. tnr AmotIiIM rrw to roo t!7 TlmM.J WHEELING, W. Vn., Feb. 1C United Stntca Marshal Smith nnnounccd this after noon that Col. Roosevelt had ben summoned to appear In Washington boforo n sub? commlttco on Judiciary to tes tify In tho Impeachment hear ing of Judge A. 0. Dayton. ' T Times want nds bring results. Times want ads bring results. JITNEI BUS HERE FUR TIREO PEOPLE Machine of Five Cent Fares Makes Early Morning Ap-1 pearance on Streets Well It's bore tho Jituoy bus. When did It como? That's hard to tell. There It wns running full blast thin morning nnd on the front of tho doublo-sented mnclUno wub ii big Blgu tbnt rend "Flvo Conts," In the aliapo of n figuro eight the ono machine now on the route will bo run. L. W. Stlno In tho ownor, mnnngor mm "leraior.,80rlc(1 , T,m --. Should buslncBB wurrant, ho expeetB loft ,, t, , . l"l to liavo two ninciuiiuH uu mu iouu shortly. Lnst ovimini nui.. Tim nlnn la to go out to Fern- , ,,, "'"'" P ... . , . i mu '""mil 1111(1 8CCUM dale by way of Front Htreet and ,,. .... , " back Into Control uvcnuo througlH, wol up '" Klglllll iorraco iiim nun. wmu "-,,, ..., ..,lu(i miy. iiuuuu, weni up and told om 111! Wlllllll nlllln. I..-- . ' W(B mun nun wire or scad u( nwuy. Oldland protetted t wuh his wlfo ond flnili. , and added "and wife" to tu Soon nfterwardj olliu icavo mo room. He had i dressed. In nbout two i Oidlnnd dashed down the i Into tho streets and iwir Oidlnnd wnB down abot ti I utcs later and declared taitik fleeced his clothca ol to nnd Bomo clmiiRo. H IrldiJ hor, hut was unable lo. Oidlnnd gavo up and uVjl to his room. Ho found I Mennoy of South Inlet, wkjt latored for nnothcr roon, lind been celebrating too I gone Into Oldlnnd'a rooma bed. Oldland finally itctrrft room nnd spent thoniMttl becntno of bin wife he don Whether ho will take fort ngnlnst her Is uncertain. Oidlnnd la only about ti old nnd his wlfo about i!i'Jl wan formerly Miss Muoa,t having moved from Cowl nenr Llbby Rotno tlmeias'l Lato yesterday ittm Oidlnnd nppenred bttpri !l I'onnock and wanted to chnrgcB of non-support IP laud. However PonnocUwl thing of tho case, and I dor udvlHcmcnt, especially land told him that he und able to support her, Alio would not stay l 1 out ngnln tho other direction, tra versing Fourth street to JohtiBou, nnd thunco down Fifth Htreot to tho high school nnd hack ngnln into Central, ready to atnrt ovor ngnln townrd Ferndulo. This Ib tho route an Mr. Stlno has outlined It. With men Btlll at work on Tenth Btrcet, ho will not ho nblo to mnko tho north wing of tho routo nt present nnd bo will go out Front street to Ferndulo nnd back ngnln over tho sumo road. The muchlno will bo on tho run from eight In tho morning until nbout ten o'clock In tho evening. And bo MnrBhfleld hnH iiHBUtned ono moro metropolitan nlr. Now will probably como moro Jltnoya, ciivIoub Investors declare that tho field is largo nnd tho wntor flno. They, too, wIbIi to dobblo. Then with tho struggle In full tilt, tho city fnthcrH, In hoIiucii scbbIoii, will hnvo to mnko Jitney Inws, nddlng n second point to tho city's "cltl-llcntlon." WATERFRONT NEWS Coming ;n nt 0 o'clock on Monday evening nftor hor nenr record trip of Kl hourH lo San Francisco nnd re turn, tho Adeline loft down nt 10 o'clock this morning for tho south. Nnrly In tho morning tho Ooorgo W. Kldor b expected to nrrlvo In from Kuroka nnd will lenvo nt 1, o'clock for Portland. Tho llrenkwator Is scheduled to arrive In from the north tomorrow morning. Spring Housecleaning Timi Is Always a Reminder to Careful and Critical Housewr of the need of NEW FURNITURE JaMIh houMr nrYhaJid UjuCul aX AM. ,i&,Jiahd t&iahLxmMAiidX p "" -it no ojtiL wmtyd- mm, &Kki MtvOOSL m-zm'i &' i. mwzr m v -psml - j fc.llHM"-"Ci A Old things, entwriarvtl l?0 ft RFOuTtoMt to It may be a room is to be refumishnd nr it mnuhn a fnw odd nieces different rooms to make the furnishings complete. Our large stock with iui assortment offers unusual opportunities for selection whether it is a piece, a single room or a complete outfit, and remember always t "WE SELL IT FOR LESS." GOING , HARVEY COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS' ill h- mmmmm?: $$ .Tw(iniaasapr-ir-i Nwtarfstj fwT')nw'r:nrwfMf -r frs -m ft .Ui srt ba