Tils OREGON DAILY 'JOURNAL PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, AFIUL 7,
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ran r ted to thetwo upper floor and that
ttiey were as qulcklv subdued. -,- Th
IlrellotJiJt..Jli?Jootof Stark ,lr
A. ..I. vnl A atrratn of water full upon
. tiiit-ninv huildinir bv means of
Inn Una of fioa. v , 1 : '
ri,. .irun vaM directed partly upon
tne enenocn Duuami, pnnm" .......
, tbo ravenous t laiuea, and partly upon
the, east end or tbo Chamber or
On the ' FuurtV street aide, whr tb
Spectacular feature took place, the heart
wee intense. Firemen, at worn in mia-
- air, were forced to reaort to various
manual la rfiach ilia ton lories. After
, rrach iii the seventh noor oy cinnuiua
' the lire escapes, a groupeof tlremen.
fminit I ha Iran ralllnca and ladders leaa
. . ing to the rlgntn rioor so an jn "
rea was barred. Hitching a noxsle to a
'' window on the seventh floor, uiey oi-
' . . . .. . i nn n th aaw
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F. A. Clark; Steward of the Commer
. dal Club." ;
MM ahiva th,m anri k,nt it thm itn t i 1
tlia iron ladders were cooled sufficiently
to permit their climbing them.
It waa scarcely two weeks atro that
. Robert Ik Stevens, chairman of . the
house committee of the Commercial
otub, requested Fire Marshal Roberts
nd Fire Chief Campbell to Inspect the
Club's apartments for the purpose of
Recommending additional means for fire
protection.
ores, the lira yesterday has never been
Campbell. There have been many fires,,
he aays. In which property losses were
grester and which were much more dif
ficult to fight, but there has been none
In which human . lives nave been so
greatly imperiled and at - th - same
- time sucn heavy property losses threat
ened. ' , :
"The Pekum fire waa a much harder
' one to fight." said the chief, "but for
; the Uvea that were in danger yesterday,
we would Jiave had the fir under con
trol much sooner tnsn we did. There
were numbers of people to be rescued.
: and they were in dangerous positions,
.causing us to lose time at the fire.
'' "The flns leatiifi that Portland mia-ht
to lvarn from this fire la the absolute
:. necessity of fir tower. If we had
Had a tower yesterday the work of
Tlalltlna tha flnmM wnlilil hau. Kam
' much easier, and we would hava had
tiiem under control much sooner. We
were also somewhat handicapped by
rotten hoae, which buret , In several
places. Ths -crunclihaa appropriated
the money for new hoae. but the tower
has aot beea provided for. In my eatl
- mation tht la the greatest need of the
city at this time."
CAT IS RESCUED.
Tabtrr Crwwla dm data ZIara ui lut.
. Ibeltar U Small Bos. ,
Tabby, the gi-ajr cat that lived at the
commercial eiuo, -HM a thrilling ex
perience at the fire yesterday, when
the rooma were enveloped In flames and
THtvmv 10UUf Kurnm WllOiy SWUI IB
place, mewing loudly.' .
till h.. .4-Mila nA . , i . .
mtmnmnm a ti 4 i4 n lima a .m n v.
Like otliers who narrowly escaped de
al ruci ion. thm ra f waa IS rim 11 w rfHv.a a
the west end of the building and climbed
' Into a window on the Fourth street
ftiid '" .. . -f
Wondering what the dens crowds of
people down on th street meant by
their tumultuous roar and frenited
, gestlcHlatloa,
Finally tb flame drove her out upon
. the ooplug. Peering cautiously over the
-edge, she worked ber way alowly along
, th abutting ston until sh waa flnallv
observed by the crowd.- A murmur of
pity went up from a thousand throats.
Tk at,. . - m . . - .
. .thoifght she had been lost.
After the flames had been subdued
PlDeman Fisher nf hoaa.enmnanv Kin
) waa climbing along the coping on th
eighth floor when hla attention was at-
. w a wi in- tna winaow.
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TUB WALTER M. LOWNEY
BOSTON,
Powder is indispens
able to the prepara
tion -of finest
cake, hot-breads,;
rolls and muffins.
No other baking powder equals : it in
strength, purity and Y7holcsomeness.
ROYAL
ROYAL
From th box ' came a long scries of
pitiful -mnwi' and wnen n atoonea
-down tolook Inside a large gray Vat
sprang upon hla breast and elung to him
frantically.-- , .
Tabby had taken refuge In th box
and escaped uninjured. Th fireman
waa unable to loosen her claw from his
eoat until- he had carried-- her to the
ground. The rescue of the catwas
grew ted .with- loud eh by the people.
HOW HALLOCK DIED.
laost Kls Bead sad .Tamped WheaT JT
... Might Kavs X scaped.
Homer H. Ilallock- lost his life In the
fir- 'yesterday because he became ex
cited and Jumped', when If he had fol
lowed three friends he could easily
have escaped without a scratch. Mr.
Ha I lock. Whitney L. Boise. Ed Lyons
and W. C. McBrlde were In th card
room of the club when th fire started.
The other got out by the Or escape
Into the court, but Mr. Ilallock lingered
ajnd when b thought the flames were
upon him leaped out of the window.
- "W were all' aittlng about a table
playing . and watching an interesting
game of solo," said Mr. McBrlde, "whes
we beard soma on outside call out:
Turn fin th fir alarm.' W supposed
there was a. fire" somewhere - in - th
neighborhood, but never dreamed - that
it was In tb Chamber of Commerce
building. Immediately afterward some
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Homer H. H alloc k.
on else cried out: "Call the fir de
partment.' There -was" a commotion
outside and Hallock remarked r XI o out
and se what Is th matter.'
"I walked out of the room to th of-
Ac and . discovered th hall full of
smoke. -As I reached th ofllo flames
burst through the portieres across th
hall to the dining-room and In an In
stant th whole place seemed to be filled
with fir. Th elevator waa juet de
scending and I ran for th shaft ex
pecting th other on to com up. . I
pushed th button two or three times
but got n response. Tb heat was
so intense that I could not stand It
and. glancing to my right, saw the fire
scape lust out of an open window. I
lumped .through the window to th es
cape and started down. Looking back
I saw Boise, . Lyons and some gray
haired man following me." I supposed
Hallock was with them. Climbing down
to th seventh floor I looked through
th window nnd, seeing no fir there.
climbed Into the hall, ran to th stair
way and went down. There were no
flames below th eighth floor at all at
that time and aa I ran along tha halls
i
Chocolate Bonbons
tra th Boat delicious and bay
the' largest of any In
tha world.
; Id their making- nothing It
aged but tha choicest choco
tat, par can sugar finest
and fruit, and purest ex
of fruits aad flowers.'
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fMrreead wseisaaa.
CO., Chocolate and Cocoa Makers.
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BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK
J. Perkins.
from stairway to stairway I . saw
stenographers sitting in offices writing,
totally oblivious to tb faot that- fir
waa in.yrogresa,' , ".il. .
After he got out of th building Mr.
McBrtdo met Boise and Lyons. The
former was complaining about having
h4 -t rn- out aad leave his hate He
missed -Hallock, but supposed th latter
had disappeared In the crowd.
. Instead of. following his friends out
of th room when they went out, Mr.
Hallock sat at .the table. When he
got out and found himself surrounded
by flames he appeared to lose control of
himself entirely. Carl Liebe found him
rushing about In search of a firs ' es
cape. They were looking Into th court
figuring how to reach th escape, when
a burst of flames shot paat them. Mr.
Hallock seemed to loae control of him
self completely and, although Mr. Llebe'
tried to restrain Mm, be leaped through
the window.- Mr. Llebe worked his way
through th smoke to the fir escape.
descended ;to th seventh floor add es
caped WHirout a scraicn. .
K. J. "Howard, a director In ' the
United Railways company. Is probably
on of th few peraona of th hundred
in tne building when tb fir atartw
who saw th manner In which Hallock
met hla death. Mr. Howard was in the
office of the United Rallwaya company
on th fourth floor at th time.
'"I was in my office." said Mr. Howard,
"and when I heard the noise and com
motion I looked out the window. Our
offlae has a window opening ' upon the
light court in the center of the build
ing. I looked up to see where th fir
was, and as I glanced upward I saw a
man climb hurriedly out of a window.
I thought It was on the sixth floor, but
may bav been mlataken about that. -"I
saw the man, whom I afterward
learned was Mr. Hallock, rush to th
window and sals a small electric wire,
with ths evident determination of
climbing down It. - I called to him:
"Hey, there; you'll kill yourself. Take
your time, for there's no need to be
In such a rush.' He patd no attention
to me, but aelxed the wire and swung
out. . '." '.-"..? 'v
"Th wire broke almost Instantly and
ho fell upon the copper-bound . glass
roof of the court. He fell upon his
feet and staggered backward, hla body
bending almost -double, . indicating that
his back was broken. I with others
rushed down- Immediately -to- -h place
wher b felt," ;
MISS LE VERN'S ESCAPE.
;
Two Ma Helped Ber Sowa and Aa
, other Carried Oat Crippled Unci.
Maud M. LeVsrn of 141 Ash street,
Mount Tabor, - waa- th last woman, to
go up to th Commercial club In on
of the elevator. She was tb last
woman to leav th club rooms, owing
her escape to two men. Mr. Kiggs and
a stranger. While they were aaatstlng
her down a Ore escape or the Third
atreet side of the building another man
was carrying her uncle, James E. Camp
bell, of Tecumseh, Nebraska, down th
am fir escape on bis back. Mr. Camp
bell Is a cripple, and had not thie un
known man picked him up and carried
htm down the escape h would hav
perished. Miss LeVern gave th follow
ing thrilling account of her esoap from
th building:
"My unole, Mr. Campbell, and myself
went up to th Commercial club rooms
to se a man who was In th cafe.
While we "were In th hall near the sec
retary's desk talking with W, R. Wilds
Of the club, a man- whom I do not know
opened .one of the doors leading Into one
of the purlors or reception room. When
he opened the door he was nllowed by a
sheet of flam. I sprang back In hor
ror and grabbed at my unci. Before
I bad time to make a second movs th
man yelled to us: ( ;
r "'Run for your lives:' .-'
"In an Instant everything was excite
ment and confusion, lien rushed back
trim'
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hot biscuit1
and -forth trying to save things In tb
rooms, or to asuertaln Juat how serious
the fir was.
"A man named Rlggs caught me by
one hand and another man took me by
th other hand, saying; "Com on with
us.' - -.. '' ' "
- wttn-nna pf tha men polllnr me by
my arm and the otner urging m for
ward aa h followed, we ran north down
tha ahort hall to th caf. W turned
east, passed - through th caf. went
through the pool room and bowling al
leys to th fire escape on th Third
street side. The men hustled m out
onto th escape and assisted m to climb
down to about the -fourth floor. Ther
we entered th building and mad the
descent to th atreet by th winding
stairways. - -
"In the meantime Thomas H. Thorn
was saving ths life of my unci. Whan
ha were told to fle Mr. Thorn took Mr.
Campbell up In his arms and ran for a
Or. escape. So. quickly aid ne act mat
my uncle lost his crutches. I guess
they were burned with everything els
In th club rooms. -
"In order that he might us his arms
while making the descent of the fir es-,
cape, Mr. Thorn placed my unci upon
his back and lie placed hla arma around
Mr. Thorn's neck. In that position th
two men rushed through th burning
rooms to th Are escape, and slowly
climbed down, to safety.
"I never saw a fir travel so rapidly
in my life. - When that man opened th
door and told us to run for our lives
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Miss Maud Le Vera.
the flames were right behind him. They
seemed to . envelop him as he passed
through the door, sticking far out in
front of him into th hallway whir
w were standing talking.
"W ran Juat as fast as-we could
from the secretary's deck to the Third
street Are escape, but the flames traveled
Just as fast as w did. t no time
were they less than 10 feet behind us.
Onoe or twice I thought they would
catch up with us, but my two rescuers
kept urging me on, and I ran for my
life. I never ran so fast before.
"I do not know who the man waa that
aaved my uncle, or who the other .man
waa that assisted Mr. Rlggs In saving
me, but I wnt Tba -Journal -to thank
them through Its columns for mei I
would Ilk to meet them, If they will
make themselves known, . that I may
thank them In person." .
RICHARDSON'S ESCAPE. ;
BOgat Hava Jumped to Biertock Build
- lag, but Baa Wrong Way, ":...
r In the excitement." Tom Richardson,
who wss rescued from a perilous posi
tion on the top of ths burning building
by Fireman Perkins, waa forced by
the flames to run away from a
point of safety into a place of danger,
When he first reached theroof he ran
towards th northeast corner, where
ther was little fire and wher be had
a drop of less than 10 feet to reach the
top- of tha Sherlock building. Steward
Clark and a number of men who es
caped by dropping to this building from
th buffet window saw him and called
to him to come to the corner and Jump.
"Mr,- Richardson saw ma" said Mr.
Clark, "and started for the corner. Just
as he did so a -burst of flame
and smoke awept across between him
nnd the edge of th building. Whan
th smpka lifted I saw Mr. Rlrtiardson
running - towards the west side. We
could se he waa going tnto danger;
but he was being driven there. -
"1 wa excited, but I ' knew ' what
I was doing," said Mr. Richardson, "t
wss afraid ths roof towards the Sher
lock bulltilng waa about to collapse,
and that is why I ran to th west aide
The heat ther was intense, and as -1
passod by th ventilator . I . could ' see
flames and amok boiling un under 1U
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Ordinarily I could no mors walk to th
edge ,of that . building and look', over
without . falling than . J could - fly.
I' was J afraid , the ventilator'- would
burst and let th smoke .through.
I know If . this happened I would be
overcome.- That is why I climbed over
the walL Sly on thought was to be in
a position where I could be protected
from the flam and amok if they burnt
LiiruuKU. 1 . .
"As J . bung, ther I . thought
about an Insurance. . policy- and
some aapers ' L . had In the ' safe In
my office..,.!. wonUured -wlutt ffot-it
would have on the. payment of th pol
icy should I jump.'. Then I wondered If
my papers would be saved, and If the
were not If my wife knew enough about
them to b abla to protect hrr Interests
Tn what they represented. I finally ooh
oludod that she did. I was- about half
dazed. .When'th flremqji reached m
he repeatedly assured me I was safe
and admonished me to bold tight,". .;
STONE EXPCODES.
Showers of .Splintered Beck Bala Bows
., . x TTpoa Temant.
' Th beat waa -so Intense ' near- the
southwest corner of the building that
in-, sionn 01 - ins waii expioaea . as
J. W, Stevens.
though it were . loaded with powder.
Showers of splintered fragments -were
hurled out across the street and rained
down upon the pavement. " Several per
sons who attempted to walk along th
Fourth street side of the building nar-
XOwly escaped '.being, stnack.- .,,
A serious collision . between two of
the fir department trucks wss narrowly
averted when the department first ar
rived on the scene. One was running
down Washington street to Fourth street
snd another was coming down Fourth.
Neither driver could ace the. ether and
th two heavy wagons carrying ' th
first hose that was laid were rushing
together at terrlf lo speed when a passer
by, seeing the Impending dlsaater,
Jumped In front of the apparatua on
Fourth street and stopped tn horses
Just as tba heads, of th two team
cam almost together.
CAKE OF ICE STOOD FIRE.
round la Western Fart of Building-, Cov
ered With Cinders, SUIT -Intact.
Perhaps- the most ' remarkable inci
dent of th firs is one vouched for by
Judg Alex Sweek and tjjree other per
sons, r A cake of ice weighing two or
three .pounds was -discovered in tb
midst of heaps of. cinders an hour after
th fir was extinguished. : -t I -.
As soon as occupants were permitted
to enter the structure. Judge Sweek, his
tanograpner,--thoBtenographer of Judge
Martin I Pipes and a Journal reporter
climbed the stairway to tbe eighth floor.
About 40 feet from the western and of
the building Judge Sweek'a foot struck
a small pile-of cinders, the remnant of
piece of brass furniture and a small
bottls, half molted by the heat Tb
shock threw what appeared to be a
large block of glass partly into view.
Judge Sweek stooped and picked It up,
brushing away the cinders st th same
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I hava been a dyspeptio all my life, hav tried all kinds of
Dyspepslg remedies, but continued to get worse. Could eat but
little and suffered greatly; I was reduced In weight and run
down to nothing in strenflh. After using a few bolt! of
Kodol Dyspepsia Cur I began to improv and am now fully
restored. I can est whatever I like. i
' . MRS. MARY S. CRICKV White Plains, Ky.
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-tTbi&UsLaliousehold ..necessity iand :3ias never before
been offered at. this ridiculously low price.
i Hassocks on sale all
"9 p. m.' only. :v'.v. , ,"' .-' .
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tW MW a a a.
aTa Bak M W waaT
FIRST A.1NO TAYLOR
time. Then he cried out In astonish
menti v ...
"Why, It's a chunk of lcr .
How tb lc got thr or bow It passed
through th fir baa not been deter
mined. On theory is that It was a
large piece and melted down. It Is hard
to account for a larse plec or lc be
ing tn that part of the structure, as an
tha Ice was kept at th other end of th
building. - Th lea could not have ea
dropped after tb fir, aa It was cov
ered with cinders and debris. - - -' -
DINNER CALLED OFF.
Con
eroial Clab's AnauaJ Teejrt Will
Wo Be Bald Tonight.
Because of tb fir yesterday the
board of governors of th Commercial
club laat night met and decided to can
cel th annual dinner which was to
have been held tonight. - - ,
Elaborate preparations for th feast
had been made and some of th most
distinguished men of tin state and
country bad been, sent Invitations to be
present. - President Roosevelt was one
of those who' were specially . invited
to attend the banquet, - j
Last night the board of governors got
torether and decided immediately not to
hold any banquet Seoratary Tom Rich
ardson was instruoted to send notice to
all Invited that -the dinner" bad been
called of f. :.x. .
MONEY TESTIMONIALS.
V. B. Toll Beads Fifty Dollars for Tiro
.' ;:.:' aad Folic Fund, . ,: ,, . -,
Chief Campbell has been ' showered
with testimonials for th effective work
Inara4 at
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IROMG BOARD
day -Ironing Boards irom 6 to -
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of tbe Art department In saving lives
snd property fb ths conflagration In the
Chamber of Commarcs buUdlng ester
Aav. . Mlnv ft thaaa teatlmonlaja Bra in
th form of money contributions to the
fire and police relief fund. .
; This morning he received a letter ac
companied by. a check for Its from F.
D. TuU of th Tull Oibbs Furniture
company, which was as follows t.
ISO in behalf of the fireman's relief
fund. We do this as an axpresslon of
our appreciation for." the manner In
wnicn uw ii ra ttcpirtmrai av tmibuut .
rMiierf tha Uvea f men who were cut
off from escape In th Chamber Of Com
merce fire. Men who aided-this rescue :
are. In our opinion, entitled to th high
est praise."
A well-dressed man approached the
chief this morning.
"Are you the fire chief r-e asked.
' am. sir." was th reply.
"Here's tS for the relief fund,1 said
the stranger. '"I've seen many bad fires
and some thrilling rescues, but yon fel
lows ar It." -
: "Just say it's from Bl 11 i that's all.-
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and the man turned and hastened away. I
Th chief and tbe members of the fir
department desire to extend their thank,
to the people who have so generously
contributed to th relief fynd,a
4-
Cobnrg Wants to Znoorporasa. -
- (Sreelel Wspate ta Tbe loaraatl r
- Eilgene, Or.. April 1. Coburg, a Til
lage of (00 or 700 population, six miles
north of Eugene, hss petitioned ths
county court to be allowed to Incorpo
rate aa a city. On of th Booth-JCelly
sawmills Is located there. The place
has doubled 'In population within tbe ,
last three or four years. " -
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