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
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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
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.. i - i tii.ritT tnaie Biiefrmnce 10 inc x real
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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
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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-
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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.