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I; THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. .PORTLAND. - WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 13, IZZX V Silt 1 Y n. .., . 1 vr ' t t r : t -g jQ COST ;; ; s:: : more than : V Many Portland People in Doomed City and Hundreds Attempt , to File Telegrams : ; of Inquiry. , 7 , -NUMBERS WENT DOWN TO r 'ATTEND GRAND OPERA .. i. .-- . mmg 7 , jT7T?-- ' v ' ,;: Peopl Who Have Relatives Living in San Francisco Frantic With Fear . for Their Safet7Ouest at Hotel From - Bay "TQty - Try -in--Vain - to Communicate With Families. -, - - There were wild scenes at the local , telegraph office . thla morning- -when th news of the great Sao Francisco - disaster became general throughout ? Portland." It developed that: numbers of Portland people were In the stricken "city, and hundredsr attempted to ftl . snessagee of Inquiry concerning- f rlenda and relative. For, all there wa, but Tone answer: - v.- "Wo can accept no messages for San ' Francisco." - '' ...-.,.-:....,. . Vpoq thla announcement, consterna tion became fneral. Crowds surrounded- the Postal Telegraph-office at Third .ru4- Washington- -atresia.- watch In g -mm bulletins -were posted lnthe window telltng 'OfThe- progress of the:flr. At last there came ' one that struck the crowd with a deeper horror. It read: ' "Postal building burning. AVe have to move." '" . "-' .!' - Men martewlld offers to grt a rnee- - sage lnti Son Francisco by a circuitous 0.1EC01I LABOR PAR TY'S STATEMENT - To the Electorats-of the Stat of Ore- - son: The purpose of thla organisation , la to unify the force of the ware-earner 1a the primary campaign on the 20th , ay or April, ltoi. to the end that union men and friend ef organised labor may bo nominated for election to the several offloes In the state and county of Mult aonaa as indorsed. - - It will doubtlessly be conceded by all "Who honestly work for a wage that the time . has certainly arrived when the .. wage-earner must have recourse to the ballot If they hope to participate Justly In the products of their toll; therefore the Oregon Labor perty has been or ganised and the following ticket In- - ooreed: BepubUcea Ticket United State Senator Jonathan Bourne Jr. For Coagresa, Becond IM strict Judge William R. Ellis. Judge Circuit Court, Department No. u. uantennein. -Joint Senator. Multnomah and Clack- tmw counties oeorge M. orton. . State Senator John GllL 'o ; - Representatives I- H.- Adam. f.C Bayer. David C. Bums, John B. Coffer. John Drlscoll. W. P. Xeady. 8. A. Mat thleu, A. H. Bandstrom. Kdward Ta gart, Edgar H. Thornton, William Wan ' ner. ' " ;-"---- - 4 - -County Judge R.R. Gfltner. , : County Commissioner peorge A. TU dsn. , . ' - , t i. . - ; For Sheriff N. It Bird. ' 7 County Coroner Samuel C. Slocura. ' . Constable, West Side John U Day. Semoe ratio Ticket. -Representatives W. P. Adams. T. J. Co n cannon. John Dannella. S. N. Emery, X. A. oessell. Fred C. King. H. U Krtodt, laaao Swett, O. M. Wells. For Sheriff Tom Word. - Note The difference In the indorse ment of the Republican and Democratic ticket la due to there being very few contests on Democratic ticket."" ' In Indorsing Jonathan Bourn Jr. we logically espouse the principle for . which we stand;. he alone, of all the candidates for United States 'senator, having made the fight of the campaign for tat era en t No. 1 of the direct prt : nary law, and we, having engrossed h - earn principle In our party platform. Our Indorsement of Judge W. R. Elli for United States congreasman I the reeult of much deliberations and dtscus i slon. Ws have concluded that Ellis la the only man la the fight who can defeat . J, I Rand, our avowed enemy. ' - We have one moUve in our Indoree . ment of the above Republican Ifglsla tlve ticket a a whole, towlt: These v gentlemen have unequivocally sub scribed to statement Nov 1. and have .. placed' after their nemee wporr the offl-' t clal ballot these words: 'Promise, al .,. ways t vote for people' choice for i UnHed States senator." . . . . The seme reasons may be advanced for our support and Indorsement of the above democratic legislative ticket. ' " In behalf of the eeveral candidate for county and state offices appearing upon our ticket we feel aafa In assert ing" that th Interest of the laboring . people and the community as a whole will ' be honestly conserved by those - gentlemen should they be the choice of the voters at the polls, which by the ,; earnest and united support of the wage earners must certainly be the result-ef 'the effort. tt every wage-earner remember that It devolves upon him as a sacred duty . to himself and those who are dear to "him to be at the poll early on Friday, the Sth day of April, urge his friends l.'.and neighbor In rally to- the-support f our ticket and roll up such a grand ma jority for our friend a will be a warn . Ing to the politician Xo the effect that the Oregon Labor party Is not to be - despised, but stand today as the nucleus e' a mighty party, deatlned In due time . .to control the public affairs f the glo rious state of Oregon.' Anjondeelrlnt Xu rther. jo forma4ln ran secure same by communicating with tis at our headquarters, room t, M1H Washington atreeL . ' " Primary eleeUon from 1 o'clock neon -to tan.. , On account of deceptions practiced In elections in ths past, the genuine jicket of the Omva. TtiAii Mrl. . .fac simile of the nlgnaturea at.Xhe ho- , mm oi it. u. i-srsoas, enairman, and r. ' McDonald, secretary. -- . By order of Kxseutlve Board. OR1COON LABOR PARTT. . H. Q. PARMONS. ' Chairman. - 9. If DONALD. - , ecrtary. , r '1 route". AH "had to be dehied.Everjrblt of news was eagerly devoured. Group of men stood on th street corner talk ins of the catastrophe. ? ': At the offloe of the Western Union at Third and Stark streets the same state of affairs prevailed. All - message were refused. Crowds stood about the corner and ' across . ths street by - th Chamber of Commerce building discuss ing the event. Worried Ore BeUttre. ' Portlander who have relative In th stricken elty besieged the telegraph of fices, the railway offices and bucket- shop eagerly selling upon' every bit of fresh Information. N - I At the Belvedere hotel, both proprie tors. F. Strobel and C. Barensteoher, were attempting to oommunlcate with Ban Francisco and learn of th fate of their families. They are visiting In the city by the bay and were to have started home tomorrow. "I would give Anything to set mes sage through." said Mr. Strobel "My family and Mr. Barenatecher' folk are visiting within two block l 4h city hall, which thsy aay 1s in ruins. It seem w can do nothing but wait. There 1 no way to set new of our relative.".. H. F. Tledeman and wife ef San Fran ciaco are at the Belvedere. Mr. Tlede man 1 th representative of a liquor house. He haa m home not far from the olty hall, and many relative in th city, lie waa also attempting to get n message through, but was told none oould be accepted. . At 1 o'clock, when the Postal posted a bulletin stating that the Ban Fran cisco office was burning, there were more than 100 people surrounding ths window. -The office-wa crowded ano men and women were pleading for meg sage to be filed. It wa explained that there wa no wire.- - ' ' Ko Messag-ee Aoseptee. . "Hundreds seem ..to have friend and relative in San Francisco," said an em' ploye. "We can do nothing for them; we have order not to accept any mss- ace, for they cannot be delivered. Many resident of Portland were In San . Francisco - to attsnd the - grand opera. It waa Impossible to get news of them this morning. J, R. MoCracken and wife are In the olty. Big Slchel and wife are there. - Harvey W. Scott and H. L. Pittock were to have reached the olty at 7 o'clock thla morning from Lo Angelea. Other Portland people in Ban Francisco are John Carson, Harry Beck, Mabel Beck. Clara Levy, Bertram Levy, Louis Lata. James Galland. Mlas Kathleen Lawler and Mrs. E. B. Lytle. J. P. O'Brien and hie family have been - at the Palace hotel for several day. ' At th Portland hotela this morning there were frantic gueets.- Not one of the leading hotels but has on. It reg ister people from San Franciaco. Thess were ell i endeavoring to communicate with th doomed town. Traveling sales man talked - In croups, . wondsrlng whether the establishment for which they worked were destroyed. . ... One Fears for Trade. 1 don't know whether to go out and ell good or not," said Henry N. An derson, representative of a Ban Fran cisco coffee house, who 1 staying at th Hottl Portland. "I don't know whether I have any goods to sell." , "I guess It le all up with me." said F. L. Jfllison at the Oregon.-Mr. Elli son traVela for a wholesale dry-goods firm. 'If the reports concerning the fire are correct, my firm must have lost heavily." s ; At the Hotel Portland waa William O. Hawea, - whose bride of three months wse quartered in the Palace hotel. When news of the destruction of that hostelry came Mr. Hawee sought to learn whether his wife had escaped, but waa Unable to get a message through. He said that unless hs waa able to get a message this svenlng he would leave at once for the south. Louis Trummer of Portland waa in San Francisco, . and It is known was stopping at the Palace hotel. Friends were making -vain -effort to set word from him thla morning.. Crowd surrounded th bulletin board In front of The Journal office eagerly reading every . fresh bulletin. .Many poke of having friends in San Fran cisoo. Others left ths board whan the new of the disaster waa confirmed by The Journal's special service and rushed to the telegraph offices to file mes sages, but there to be met by there fusal of the superintendent: "We can file no message for San Francisco." ' t ..'V . . Msnh FaJtfor O-Brlaa. - .' ,' Among - Harrtman railroad official In Portland and Now York great anslsty is felt for the safety of J. V. O'Brien, general manager of the Oregon lines. Mr. O'Brien ie known to have left Loe Angeles yesterdsy In his car attached td train No. II over the coast division dus In San Francisco at 11:41 last night Oa leaving- Los Angels be telegraphed to his Portland Office that he would go to San Francisco and remain there eev eral day. It wa hi Intention to atop t th Palace hotel. Nothing baa lnc been heard from him. -, It la believed that owing. to the late hour of hie arrival In San Francisco be would have remained all night In bin 'i i St Francis Hotel. car in the Southern Paolfio yard. Noth ing carrbe learned a to-thr effect ef th earthquake in that quarter of the elty. Southern Paolfio official' In Portland, rpurred by their own anxiety, welt as repeated telegraphlo requests from New York., have tried vainly all day to set wire communication with San Francisco. Absolutely nothing haa been learned by them up to a lat hour thl afternoon. --'." -inurei Faaally There. L. E. Juston, restaurateur, with his wife and -daughter,- have been gueat t th tick house In Ban Franciaco dur ing th past two week. 1 They wre planning- to' leave thl evening for Port land. Mr. Juston - recently spent sev eral month In Europe, and was met In New York by Mrs. Juston and daugh ter. The party visited friend In many American cltlea. "Among the Portlander In San Fran cisco are Mr. and Mr. H. D. Shannon and F. M. Ruff ner of 411 East Harri son street. , " - Mr. C. W. Knowles. wlfs of th man ager of th Imperial hotel, la at present In San Franciaco, where h la stopping at the Hotel St Nicholas. E. W. Commloa of San Franciaco I registered at the Imperial. Jle waa en deavoring In vain to get new of hi family at home. . W. F. Howatt, traveling salesman for a Ban Franciaco fir hoae and apparatus supply house, tt registered at the Im perial. Though unable to get newe from hie firm, he fear that th establish ment for which he work is damaged, at least to aome extent. He ha relative In the city, but said that he . thought them outside the danger sone. Soma Who Are Worried.' ; Mr. R. Schneider, mother of Deputy Clerk Herman Schneider, la visiting rel ative in San Franciaco. F. A. Bancroft, father of a local news paper reporter, lives In the , stricken elty, as doe C A. Lindsay, a eoualn of Mr. Frank S. Field. Mr. Lindsay I n attorney with office In th. Call building-. , - John Cruse y and M. A. McLaughlin, cousin of Deputy Sheriff John Orussl, are residents of San Franciaco. Mrs. Morden, mother of Chief Deputy Sheriff George Morden, Uvea at Pacific Grove, a few miles, south of San Fran ciaco. ' - . .; .., Mr. Louie Dammaach and daughter or fortiand are In. Han Frandaco. Deputy Sheriff Cordano haa relative in business in th district destroyed. and fear for their safety. Hi cousin, L Scatena, la th head of the commis sion nrm which bears his nams. and which 1 located at Washington and Davis streets. Another cousin, John D. Martini. Is In the wholesale commis sion business across th street. Special Train angnfed. ' Travel trrg salesmen at th Hotel Portland mad arrangement at noon today with the Southern Pacific com' pany to run a special train to Ban Fran cisco at a cost of tUttt, the train to accommodate II persons, with bertha. and to coat each about 1110. A notice waa posted at noon on th hotel bulle tin board that the train would start half an hour after-the ' party . was formed. At lZ:4f o clock 11 of the nee essary is bad been bound, and It was thought at ' that hour that the party would be made up and the train start before t o'clock thla evening. - The rati way company will give the train right ef way ever everything and a record run W. .mA ' ' Mrar Everett White 'and "Mrs. Edeon Wright and Son of Newberg, 8. M. Ev ersole of I Grande, William A. Moon of The Dallefcr.T. H. Fenton of Dexter and James Seelper of The Dallea are registered at the Hotel Perkins. . Ting Toyk, on of th ranking Chi nee priests of the Paclflo coast, I reg istered at the Hotel Oregon. ' Ha la In the city on business connected with his reltgloua duties. ...J ' ." '. . ..0- -J J Pimples and Blotches Are not the only signs -that-- blood cleansing, to rue medicine Is seeded. Tired, languid feelings, loss of appetite and general debility are other signs, and they may be worse signs. - V The best blood-cleansing, tonic medi cine it Hood's Saraaparilla, which acts directly and peculiarly on the blood, ridding it of all foreign matters and building op the whole, system. This statement is verified by the experience) p thousands radically cured. . Over forty thousand .testimonials re oeivedin two years, by actual count.-- Accept no substitute for . A , Hood'o Gbrsaparilla Insist on having Hood's. Get It today. 2a 110,014 or tablet form, 100 Doses tl PROSPERITY Appalling Disaster Today Found City of San Francisco In Era of Croat Progrota, BUILDING OPERATIONS ON EXTENSIVE SCALE Last Few Tsars' Has Seen Erection - of Many - Hug Skyscrapers "In , Business District and Rapid De velopment in All Lines. , Building Operations In San Pranclsco within th last four or five years have been on an. extraordinary - acale, - and huge skyscraper have been erected all over the business district The rapid development of Oriental trade haa at tracted an immense amount of eastern capital to th California metropolis, and local capital haa also been turned to the Improvement ' of property . which had been neglected for many years. Th change In the appearance of many of the dowfl-town thoroughfare ha been remarkable. Market. Montgomery, Kearney, Geary, California, Howard, Folsom. Powell and a acor of. other streets In the business center have been the scene of extraordinary activity in the building line, and many of the atracturee are among the handsomest on the Pacific coast. : Th great Falrmount hotel, the most sumptuous establishment of the kind in the west, 1 on of th most notable of recent Improvement. Th St. Francis on Union square, le another huge hotel, some II atori In height. Only two block away is the new Flood building. on the alt or th old Baldwin hotel, and three blocks further down Market street Is Phelan' new building, running from Market to Geary. The Merchant' Exchange, at Cali fornia and Market streets, ,1s It atori high, and on of th finest of th mod ern office buildings In Ban Franclaoo. The Hayward building, just opposite, waa comnleted' about three reara asn. and la tenanted by many of the leading attorneys and broker. The Klalto. on New Montgomery and Mission streets, le another , Immense structure, only a short distance from th Palace hotel. The Call building 1 of earlier date, but haa been one of the picturesque features of tne olty. towering to height of If stories. It commanded magnificent view of the city and- the bay. According to the reports received thie morning, it is now in rulha. Mission. Howard and Folsom atreeta have witnessed extraordinary building activity within the laat two years, and many eight and ten story buildings have been erected. - The "South of .Market street" district, long neglected, ha at tracted many investors, and It recent development has been on a very larfe Improvement In the residence dis trict have kept pace with the growth of the business sections, and many handsome homes . nave pen erected. Few oltiee in thie country have had far more rapid growth than San Franolsco In the last four years. THREE-STORY BRICK AT- - TENTH AND MORRISON 2'K thrsetory "brick build lng will' be erected at the corner of Tenth and Mor rison streets by Dr. S. A. and E. C Brown at a cost of $H,00l.. Th lower floor will be used for, atorea. and-the second end third for offloe. McGln- nls Reed are the contractor. Th building permit wa Issued yesterday an worm win begin soon. Other permits Issued yesterday fol low: First Methodist church. Eleventh and Salmon streets, cost $200; Martha Mason, cottage. Commercial, ' between Beach nl. Falling streets, cost 11.160; W. W. Ayers, cottage, Eaat Morrison, between Eaat Thirty-fifth and - East Thirty-sixth streets, cost 11,100; K. Swank, cottage. East Tamhltl, between East Thirty-eighth and Prettyman streets, cost 1 1,800; A. Antloh. repair to cottage, 4 Qliaan street, cost $160; John . Ttroek. . cottage. East Ninth, be tween Falling and Shaver streets, cost 1600; J. J. Dubruelle, repairs to cottage, corner Eaat Alder and Eaat Eighteenth streets, cost lt. The Successful Candidate.. Tor state treasurer Aitkin. wiU. be John K. be jJohn wmm VOTE FOR CHARLES A. JOHNS 'ORPOVERNOR and give Eastern Oregon political recognition - on tth state ticket A Sure Winner of BoMbnrr la eedsd to be the otroaert ssaa ta nee fo secretary of tat.' Tote for Use. at tho prlmarte rrlday. Withycombc. Governor There la aa lonjre any qaestlom of Jr, fames Wlthyoombe' nomlnatioa for the afflee ef sroTeTBOT est th BepnhUoM ticket. Offlelal anmhsr em baQot SS. CLAIMS WORDS ON BALLOT ARE AIT ARGUMENT Attorney-General Objects to Civ Ing Antl-Prohibitlonieta and Others Equal Privileges. Attorney-General " Andrew M. Craw ford for the state of Oregon today filed In the supreme court of the tat a com plaint and petition asking that an In' junction be Issued restraining Becretary of State 'F. I. Dunbar from allowing th use of the words "giving Antl-Prohlbl- tlonlst and Prohibitionist equal privi leges," as a part of the title of the pro posed local option law amendment on the offlelal ballot to be used In th oom In election. - - - In his complaint ' Attorney-General Crawford t forth that on January 2 of this year a bill, proposed by Initiative petition, and designed, to amend the local option law, was filed In the secretary of state's office. The person filing this, th plaintiff alUgss, designated that ths measure should appear upon the official ballet ender the lier 'Tor amendment te local ' option law - giving Antl-Prohibitionists and Prohibitionists equal privi leges. " The attorney-general holds - that that portion of the title which reads, "giving Anti-Prohlbltlonlat and Prohibitionist qua! privilege," I not properly, fairly or legally descriptive ef the proposed amendment, but 1 an argument in favor ef and to support of the measure, calcu lated te Influenoe Improperly the elec tors ef the state In' the coming; election. He argues that because of this, this or- CASTOR I A lot Iafkats and CMldreo. Tfei Kt.i Yea Kin Afcij. E::;kt Bears toe Slfaetsveef RIGHT Men's, Ladles' and Children's Low Cuts at Attractive Prices. : Itosentt's -149 TWrd Street '.' Sole Agents ' HANAN and BOYDEN Celebrated ir-T--- ,7 Shoes. -r: -' Msfl , Orders) Filled Promptly. A afenld to people shoaU not be Hurts by the people. Teee Sow eeUy Sboee aeglalattTC dates who have rabeeeibes. to stalsaaesit STo, l wlthoat waiAoaelea. TOsTATXAJT tlon of the title, i Illegal and ahould not be permitted to be printed, upon the offlelal ballot Henoe the attorney general pray that the eonrt will issue a temporary Injunction restraining Mr. Dunbar from eertlfylnc to thl title and having It printed upon the official bal lota. He further pray that at th Anal hearing the court will make the Injunc tion permanent.. , ' . . . . '. l::-mainly personal John 1. Kennedy of New York, a di rector of the Northern Paclflo railway, la guest at the Hotel Portland. He is accompanied by his wlf and Mlas Mary 8. Mitchell, of Glasgow, Scotland. Th Kennedy party la making a recreation trip through the western states. J. Thornton Lanarley. of Ooldfleld. Nevada, is s4 the Hotel Portland toll- Ing ef the wonders ef the painted de ert. I Harvey K Brown.' candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, haa arrived In Portland again after a campaign trip down the valley, and will If purchased at the right p I ace; , See the many z, handsome styles displayed ::v-: in our - windoysl iand you -will know which " is the ' 1 Single and double breasted styles, all the latest fabrics and upto the - minute VJhen , You See-IHri Our Ad It's So THIRD AND Styles kelcre AH the latest Noveldes In Footwear now shown in the fashion centers of the east hare arrired and axe ready for your Inspection. '.u,-- Exclusive Designs, Extra Qnality 7 -v. VOTE FOR CHARLES A. JOHNS - FOR GOVERNOR 7 " and give Eastern Oregon political recognition - on the state- ticket. SAVE MONEY All work fuarentsed to ten years. Lady attendant alway present All work don absolutely without pain, by specialists of from It to 39 years' ex pertenee... , " . . Gold fillings, Bridge - Work. Gold Crowns, - Artificial Tseth. BOSTON PAIMESS DENTISTS ltl Morrison St., Opp. Mslsr Ffanh . . nd Postefflce. , remain at hi headquarter at th lm perial houl unUl th Utter part f the week.. V: