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33rd YEAR, NO. 57 ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1603 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1Y BODIES IDENTIFIED "BRYAN DAY" IN UMAHA The Cause of the Fire Is a Mystery. IUAI.MiY A I KrAK III NIK A Rigid Investigation It Promised Into the Cause of the Fire. , k The Great Commoner Pre sents Platform, SCHOOL WAS OVERCROWDED The Cbtrred Remains of th Children Wert Wsdged m Closely That it Was Impossible to Drag Thm Out TboM on Top First Recovered. 300 and 325 pup1' jcFey were under the control t' . Neschers. Two of th 7 ire among the dead that lie tonight in the temporary morgue In the warehouse of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway at' Collins wood. The school was overcrowded and uuartcri had been provided for the vounucr children in the attic. Strange ai it may teem, 'more of the pupili escaped from this part of the school home than from any other. The chil drcn were under good discipline they had been practiced frequently in the fire drill their teachers without ex ception retained their self-possession, showing great courage in the lace ot Imminent dancer, and yet more than half of these little ones died horribly because of faulty bulling arrange menti . ' j'.i ".' Tk. ftr.,, w. . torsi tinelm and a half in height, the waiis being patform Condemns the Aldrich of brick and concrete. I . , A ... i Imide it was t shell which burned ana TBWier vurrency with almost inconceivable ' rapidity. I Bjs, The entire interior was a mass of smoking ruins within three minutes of the time the fire was discovered. JTJJSrrnSIS iron pat roucr ridiculed the ill-fated school house have had few parallels in this or any other .iwiiiH I iltl rkildrcn ararc rilled v w i . j t .. r - i unon each other six and eight deep, I Delegates by Thia Convention Chosen ... . . . . ... I . . . iM. while strong men ana irantic mowers An instractea to vow u unn ENTHUSIASM PREVAILS CLEVELAND, March S. Twenty-four hours after the terrible disas ter which caused the death of ap- ' proximately one-third of the school children of North Collinswood the death roll numbering 164. Of these l.W have been identified while the oilier 27 remain at the morgue In ' condition of mutilation probably for ever bevond recognition. The work of diguing Into the ruins of the school house in a further search of the rem limits of the children stiUmissing be gan with the break of day. Dawn found fathers and mothers waiting about the ruined building after having spent the night in an effort to find their children's remains at the morgue. Little was brought forth during the day that would satisfy their belongings and it is believed to night that all the bodies that can be removed have been taken out, Ar rangements are now being made for funerals. The Idea of having a public fuenral for all the dead has been abandoned though it is probable where it can be done, the bodies will be grouped in one church. The cause of the fire, which, aided ' by a frantic panic, a narrow hallway and doors which it is said by many,, were made to open toward the inside still is a mystery. It was at first supposed that it came from an over heated furnace or an exploded boiler In the basement of the school house. It has Ijen established that there was no explosion and the janitor of the school, Fred Herter, three of whose children died within an arm's length of their father, declares that it could not have come from the furn ace. Yesterday in Collingwood was comparatively warm, beside the last few days immediately before it, the janitor declares that i he . maintained the fire at a low temperature. Fear ing he had not sufficiently warmed the building, he was, according to his storv. on his way to open the furnace drafts and Increase the heat when he was met by three Httlc girls running from the basement who told him there waa ii fire below. The three little girls are" now being sought by the police and by the fire commissioners. , It is considered entirely possible by certain members of the Collingwood school board that thcy had through carelessness started the , blaze that cost the lives of so "many children. L R. Gardner, a member of the , school board, Is poative in his as sertions that the fire was of incen diary origin. In that portion of the building, it was discovered that there are no electric wires, there was no waste or rags, there was no direct means of creating heat. It was there: fore believed by Mr. Gardner and by others that the three little girls, if they are ever found may throw some light on the tragedy " of yesterday. There were in the building, at the time the fire was discovered between struggled with desperation to release them, yet failed. When the head of the column was nearlng the front door rush of the flames met it Some of the children dashed at the door in the effort to open it, while for th Nomination of William J. Bryan for the Presidency. . , OMAHA, March 5. -This was ...i... j .wi h.a ,,n th I "Bryan day" in. Omaha. For that Vinci iwiiivu aiiw iivm " - - . - I ..... a 1a ...a. Jan IliaAH nil SXft A stairs. The door was double and one matter h was oryan u i""""1 .1.1. ... h.M w .nrW. The col- Nebraska. With the Democratic state umn above knowing nothing of the convention as a nucleus, the parjy i .nmn.i n .t.nrf hirk I icaaers irom every tuuuiy aim yiav. and see the little ones die before their tically every primary district in the I commonwealth gathered here to . . I . .,. . .. . .. T 2 .. i - i tii.ritT tnaie Biiefrmnce 10 inc x real oaugnter in im prs nvu r.-. ...... , ' ' hair in the effort to keep the flames dential aspirations of Bryan and to away. She failed and the child was consider the means for furthering his burned to death while her mother interests octore me uemocrauc con- looked on. From the upper floors of the build- inir two stairways offered exit. One iiiwi n I I I I (Continued on page &) ran is NAMED vention at Denver, Enthusiasm was prevalent through out the day. It broke loose early in the afternon' session of the convention and gradually gained volume, it broke in tumultuous vociferations when at the beginning of the evening session the platform committee presented this resolution "Resolved, That the delegates by this convention chosen, be and are Inereoy instnicicu w vuic u,i for the nomination of William Jen ..... t :., Bristol's Successor. ur? " ,or f ine piaiiurm was iaiv. own work. That it reflected the lead ers' views as to what should form the nn roiriAU aDCCll issue uPon whicn the part snould OREGON DtLtGATlUN AbnttU K0 before the country next summer was not denied. The platform con demns the Aldrich and the Fowler hilU. Emerirencv currency. Call Upon Attorney-General Bona-1 it was declared should be issued and an Tiro an Karlv Annnint. I i-nntrnlli-fl hv the federal government. v a --- -rt i -j - ment McCourt Known Personally The immediate revision of the tariff to Entire Delegation Except Bourne was emphasized as a necessity, ine "Stand pat policy Deing nuicuicu m terms that made the delegates shout -,!,), t-intrlitr A straight declaration WASHINGTON.- March-S-iAll the h ftneition to Asiatic immigration members of the Oregon delegation and a clause favoring an eight-hour attended a meeting in Senator Ful- working day were decidedly popular trusts are still flourishing and even the supporters of Mr. Taft have no specific remedies to offer relief and trusts arise while Republicans are boasting of their crusade against them. ''On the tariff question the Repub lican leaders now admit that tariff reform is now necessary, but a care ful reading of their promises show that they use language identical with that employed in former platforms which have been the basis for the present extortionate rebates. What reason have we to believe their oromises are worth any more now than they have been in the past 20 rears? 'The Republicans now admit that railroad legislation has been needed and vet for 10 years the Republican oartv allowed itself to be over-awed by the railroad lobby at Washington and having, with the aid of the Demo crats. 'secured a little relief, the Re publican leaders now reply upon what has been done and outline no program for further legislation. Under Republican rule the rela tions between capital and labor have become more and more strained and yet the Republican leaders resist each attempt to bring employers and em ployes into more harmonious rela tions. Instead of applying American ideas to the Philippine question the Republican leaders imitated the em pires of the old world and entered upon a coloniel policy which has in volved us in enormous expense, brought us weakness instct.! of strength and humiliation instead of glory. ' "The present financial stringency is another" illustration of Republican Ln.Ml.nrv In the full DOSSeSsion of power it has allowed the country n he run bv Wall street financiers and in the crisis is impotent to do more than furnish money out of the public treasury to support the mar phasized the points with clenched t',u and stamping foot ana arove nis arguments home with a vocal vigor that carried his tones to the tannest eomen of the big auditorium. He began his address at 9:30 and for BURIED IN 1 PAUPER LOT Body of Lazarus Aver bush Interred. tation would occur in New York last night and 110 members of the classes duly represented for the festivities. Following the dinner the statue was unveiled in the Hotel Astor dining rooms and the students filed past, each one solemly impressing a kiss on the battered bronze lips. Then Sabrlna was turned over to the cus tody' of the class of 1910 and smug gled out of town. "She will remain hidden until it comes time for her to be turned over to the class of 1912, two years hence. UNDERTAKERS REFUSED Miss Averbush Made Attempts to Have Her Brother Burled With Jewish Rites. FUNERAL WAS HELD AT NIGHT Efforts of -the Police Today to Un cover a Possible Conspiracy in Con nection With the Attempted Assas sination Met With i Little Success. ton's committee room this afternoon, and after a half-hour's discussion of the District Attorneyship situation agreed unanimously to recommend lohn McCourt. of Pendleton,-for ap pointment. 'The delegation then call- So too were paragraphs favoring the extension of the irrigation and recia mation projects.- There was no ref erence to government ownership in the platform neither was there : a "personal liberty" clause therein. . .The delegates, to the Democratic (Continued on page 8.) JAPANESE DEMANDS RAN FROM UREN. PORTLAND, March 5-Uncorking bottle which contained a chemical compound possessing the perfume of eggs which long ago bad reached the age of maturity, broke up a large meeting in this city tonight held by the defenders of Oregon's laws relat- ng to the nominating of United States Senator by the people, W. S. ITRen was in the midst of the;; defense of the law he framed, when with a reproachable look at his next neigh bor one of the spectators who was seated in the rear of the hall hastily arose and left, another did likewise Then another did likewise. Then an other and another until rush for fresh sir became little less than stampede. The meeting then adjourned. cd upon Attorney-General Bonaparte J convention turned out en masse to and formally indorsed McCourt and urged his early appointment The Attorney-General will take the matter uo tonight with the President, and it is believed the nomination of McCourt will follow. Mr. McCourt has been" a' tentative or conditional candidate for some time, and a mini bcr of strong indorsements have been filed in his behalf. He is known per- nioht to cheer the platform which ad mittedly reflects Bryan's views on the national affairs and , to , greet their leader with outburst of cheering that brought the flush of pleasure to the countenance of the recipient. lhe real proceedings of the day were plan ned with an , ascending scale of en thusiasm in view. , How well this worked out was evidenced .by ' the sonally to the entire delegation except scenes in the convention hall tonight. Senator Bourne.' k Close to 1000 delegates, hundreds of ' i. ' F ..l... mrtv mpmlipra and thou- . ' VlllV. ..!.. .J ..v"- John McCourt has for some years! sands of private citizens hailed Bryan been considered a . young attorney with a future. He broke into the Pendleton legal field in days when it was already quite crowded as patrner of the late Judge Balleray. He has been city attorney of Pendleton, but ha? never run for any county office. He has been'a partner of State Sena tor Jay Bowerman, and formerly lived in Salem. ,' - as the "Next President of the United States." Applause that quickly chang ed to cheers, then instantly turned to wild yells, greeted him as he began the speech which vound up the day. During his remarks this demonstra tion was renewed frequently and at the end was repeated with renewed vigor. Bryan was in splendid voice. Ae he warmed to his subject he etn- Refuses to Arbitrate Matter With China. PROTECTSHIPPERSFROMLOSS Another Thing That is Distressing the Pekin Government is Alleged Wholesale Counterfeiting by Jap anese of Paper Currency of China. TOKIO, March.6 (noon) The As sociated Press was informed this morning that negotiations with China in the matter of the seizure of the Japanese steamer Tatsu had. not reached the ultimatum stage yet and it was stated that Minister Hayashi at Pekin had not been notified to that effect. It is also believed that Hayashi has not made any threat to use force. It is admitted however that in the event of China failing to yield, only one course is possible. The cabinet meeting which was to have been held today has been post poned to Saturday owing to the ab sence of foreign Minister Hayashi who is duck shooting. HONG KONG, March S.-The Japanese steamer Tatsu is still held at Whampoa in the Canton river. The viceroy of Kwang Tung is determined to hold the vessel in spite of orders from Pekin. "It is said that valuable witnesses have been found to sustain the contention of the Chinese officials. TONOPAH SCALE ACCEPTED. ; GOLDFIELD, Nev., March S.- The local union of the Western Fed eration of Miners today by the ref erendum vote decided to accept the Tonopah scale and declare the strike off to those who will pay that scale CHICAGO. March 5.-The body of Lazarus Averbush was buried tonight in the Potter's Field. The assassin's sister gave a reluctant consent to the interment yesterday in the darkness v . ... .... and tonight in a drizzling ram, unac companied by a friend or relative, the corose of the unfortunate young man was taken to Dunning, the site of tht county poor farm and by the light of lanterns placed in a grave- Follows ing her release from custody Miss Averbush made attempts to have her brother buried according to Jewish rites. A number of undertaker were j communicated with but all refused to take charge of the body. The efforts of the police today to uncover a possible conspiracy in con nection with the attempted assassina tion met with little success. In the seizure of a trunkfttl of literature be longing to Harry Goldstein, the au thorities belive they have important evidence of his affiliation with anar ehitsie societies but there is nothing bearing upon the attempt crime. The authorities today cancelled all meet ings of Emma Goldman to speak here. All day the police searched for the woman, who is reported to be in the dty but up to a late hour she had not been located. Assistant Chief Schuettler said he had no intention of arresting her unless she violates the law which he now believed she would not attempt to do. "SABRINA." NEW YORK, Mar. 5-The class of 1908 of Amherst College last night formally transferred "The Widow Sabrina" to the class of 1910. the ceremony took place at thttv Hotel Astor ' following a : dinner. Sabrina once occupied a pedestal on the cam pus at Amherst, but in 1894 she was banished to a store room by the fac ulty. She is a bronze statue present ed to the college many years ago and for a lang time was the object of jok ine under graduates who painted var ious colors and heaped on her .head all the indignities that undergradu ates could invent. The class of "94 stole the statue from the college store room and since then she appeared but onre in two vears, when these class in whose possession she is, transfers her to the next even numbered class. The members of. the odd numbered classes do their utmost to find the statue and to capture it, but so far in her history Sabrina has" always re mained in the hands of her friends. During a two years period she is said to have remained in the hold of an Atlantic liner, crossing and re- crossing the ocean scores of times. Airain she was stored in a hay mow on a farm way out in Nebraska where she passed the next two years the members of class 1910 refused to say. Word was passed out at Amherst at midnight Tuesday that the presen LOST VALUABLES ON MAIL ST. NEW YORK, Mar. 5. Miss Inex Cavanaugh, has written President Roosevelt asking him to assist her in recovering jewelery and other pro perty valued at $15,000 which she says she lost while on government pro perty. Two years ago, she says, she was run down by an automobile whye passing through Mail street and so badly injured that she will always be a - cripple. " While she lay uncon- f scious in the street, she says she w iS, robbed of $8,000 worth of jewelsJand checks for trunks which contained property worth another $7,000, - Mail Street runs from Broadway to to Park Row immediately behind the . general Dostoffice. Local police hav ing failed to find fier property, Miss Cavanaugh thinks the government should assist. APPOINTS RECEIVER Western Maryland Railway in the Hands ot Reaver PRESIDENT BUSH 'APPOINTED The Bowling Green Trust Company Alleges That the Railroad Would be Unable to Meet Fixed Charges Amounting to $1,250,000. BALTIMORE, March 5 After the close of court today a bill was filed in the United States circuit court by the Bowling Green Trusts Company of New York, asking for the appoint ment of a receiver for the Western Maryland Railroad. "Judge Morris appointed President Bush. The rail road having filed an answer admit, ting the allegations in the bill of com plaint and assenting to receivership. The trust company alleges that the railroad would be unable to meet fix ed charges due April 1 amounted to $1,250,000. The road extends from Baltimore to Cumberland. The pro ceedings today came as a surprise not the slightest indication that they would be taken having reached the financial nor legal circles during day. FAST RUNNER. NEW. YORK, Mar. 5-Athleticr trainers, including Ernie H. Hjerther of the Irish-American A. C, believe they have found a quarter mile run ner who will one day beat the world's record, in Arthur Cozzens, a Brook lyn school boy. Cozzens has done some great running, particularly in relay races, for his school, the Brook lyn Manual High School, and has never yet failed to defeat his rivals 1 at this distance.