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1 lift: MIL i jUUKuAL IS SOLD Oil liift biUiiftiS Al 2 UyUS A COrx -liiftRft IS HO UftCfcSSllY 10 rAY luOKli THE NEWSBOYS WILL mAUii liij ,' Real Estate tor Sale? ( AIkV rtiA 'rT-H yyy: - ' - -Busnessrorsae? : - i 4 UaJ v fvffian.l T m U H iiSutM, km nfl Tl t v JOURNAL CIRCUL JOURNALr CI RCULATlO.'l STESTiaiDAT WAS- ruts x The weather Fair tonight -and ' Thursday; cold northerly wlndi.k -f. ' k -.. : PORTLAND OREGQN, WEDNESDAY R, EVENING, MARCH , 4, ' 1008. FOURTEEN PAGES.. . CTTrT3 Ttxji" v rwMTC 't on nuxt Aim incwa 29 550 Vv.''; - ,.. . .. ....... . ,. ,. , .... ', CLEVELAND MORE TERRIBLE SCHOOL DI iSTlGROillil III 1II1L.UI1 AS FACTS Children Caught in Narrow doorway, Some of Which Are Barred, and Are Crushed to Death. Brave Teachers At- r ,ytempt Vainly to StopPanic Little Ones Cornered in Floor, Leap to Street and Many Are Injured. Y Police Struggle AVith Frantic Parents. y'' Cleveland, ' March 4. At 2 o'clock this afternoon it was estimated, that' ; J25 persons lost their lives in the North Collinwood schoolhouse fire. ; Of the number burned to death' five were teachers. There are 110 bodies at the North Collinwood morjrut. , ' Cleveland. March 4. Ohio f horri fed today at the terrible consequences of crowding children into 1 wooden schoolhopses.. Over one hundred lit tle ones lost their lives in the burn I ing of the North Collingwood school ;.' In this city this morning. t Scores of homes are- In the direst .sorrow. The city is somber in its sadness. Nothing like the disaster has '.- occurred ' since the terrible i Iroauois theatre disaster in Chicago six years ; ago:-.;,"!r-'-""-i '- ,'7;y.y ' v" ' 'the hre started from an overheated ; furnace at ,10:30 o'clock. There were ' three . hundred children in the build ing at the time and all were engaged jn class work or studies when, the alarm was sounded. The fire drill was executed with order until a panic started and in the crush that followed .Carry -Wiley and Grace Fisk, teach ers, were crushed to death by the j frantic Scholars before the fire had gained full headway. Bodies Recovered. Forty bodies have been recovered and they are stacked up in front of the North Collingwood school lot, and it is requiring the full strength of the police department to hold back the grief-stricken mob of parents who struggle fiercely with the patrolmen and hremes it a vain endeavor . to reach the charred remains of their loved ones. The sight is pathetic in the extreme. There were many acts of. heroism during the time the flames encircled the encaged children. One man, Wallace-Upton at great personal risk. saved 18 children before overcome by smoke and fire and fatally injured. Herbert- JE Uielberger," a scholar, acred 1J years, saved four of his com- E anions and then as if In frenzy dived eadlong into the cellar from whence he was saved by firemen a few min utes later. When the alarm was sounded part of the fire department responded, but three successive alarms brought the entire department to the scene. In the meantime the police were notified and four patrol wagons loaded with men hurried to the school. They ar rived none too soon, as the crowd was greately impeding the work of the firemen and was with difficulty forced back beyond the hre lines. Ladder! Too Short The ladders of the trucks were too short to reach the third floor of the building where many children were entrapped. While the aerial ladders were being brought into service many children, panic stricken, jumped into the raging furnace of flames as if gone mad from terror. The firemen rescued scores with the aerial lad ders and showed great bravery in carrying on the work, seemingly car ing little for their own lives m their desperate endeavors to get at the children and drag them from their places at the windows. The awful scene of the Iroquois fire was re-enacted when the panic threw tne scnooi into contusion, xne cnu- dren made a concerted rush for the doors and in many cases these were found to be securely locked. The nar row exits were choked with the struggling mass of .humanity and scores were trampled to death. JEVERY NEARBY HOME TURNED INTO MORGUE r. Mica Carry Wiley, who was killed, the basement and an alarm wu at ono during th crush at the doors, j communlcald to the teachers on all the nlarad ret bravery. She was stand-! floors of the building. 'Efforts were v Jng -near -the - welt - tt-hre- jrd away from Grace Flsk, another of the teachers Who was killed. In a loud voice Miss Wiley commanded her charges to keep their heads and not to crush. "Keep cool children, keep cool she Shouted. "Move quickly, but don' get excited.. - ( .,' - ramlo Xa Claasroom. At this moment the children In an . other classroom broke ranks ana start- ed jthe,pal& The teacher, struggled madly to keep her feet and with the : full , power of her voice tried to stem tne Mtiio. No use. the densely packed ' crowd of scholars flung her against the .- wau ana in tne ngnt ror lire tnai zoi lowed she was crushed to .death. : v , The stairways caught fire and about 'vlOO children were unable to get down ' from the third-floor. Before the fire men could raise the- aerial ladders - the fTwlndows to the. hard roadway. Many were injured In this manner but their . liven were probably Saved by the leap. Houses In the immediate vicinity were turned into temporary morgues ana hospitals. ...The entire emergency hosi piuu iorce or tne city witn every avail . able ambulance was sent to the scene. The building was burned to the ground within an hour after the fire '. started.. Men from nearby factories who were ordered by their foremen to top work and go to the assistance of the children, helped search the debris for bodies. The exact number of lives lost could not - be ascertained as the school records Were burned and in the conruslon or the disaster It was dim '. pult to check the names off ' 1 The men working In the debris alter- .. natea in iwo-nour snirts ana oy i . o'clock many btodles had been removed. . Few of these could be identified, as . they were .burned beyond recognition. Several firemen were Injured, in at- - tempts to search for bodies, presum . ably by falling walls. . . Bubart'of 'Clereland,':".'' The town of Collinwood fa a suburb of Cleveland , and within its city Urn- ' Its. It is lx miles from the business center of the city and ; is ." populated largely by men In the employ of the Lake Shore and Michigan. Southern ' railroads. - One section of the -town IS built up of palatial mansions, homes Of -weafthyClevelanderr- st-that-the families afflicted " by- today's disaster - are equally ' divided between the rich jind the poori . . '-." ;u i ne nomes 01 - ins Tuanujrf wrt thrown .open and every- .effort .made to .assist and comfort those who, among the poorer classes, had Buffered through tbe tire. There prevailed a fellow feeling, brought strongly, out by; the calamity which had deprived so .many homes of their little ones. Principal r Prank P. Whitney estl- ' natea the number of dead at 125. He says that most;of the pupils were very young, ranging In- years from p 12. ,;" '.,;WWtaey'a sttatemen."; Mr.' Whitney said: "The fire started soon after the children had begun their work for the day. It was discovered in mad, to -empey- the a.r- 4r(ll-4a-getting tne pupils out, nut the names snot up through the halls and the children w.ere trui There were but two exits In the building that were available. One of these was used freely by the children, but the other soon became choked with pupils who madly dashed for the open air. Those who fell' In the doorway were trampled on by those behind. "The frightened and panic-stricken children turned to escape by windows and any other means that could be fpundy arcane was, cut off bv the flames, which by this time had spread throughout the room. The building was of wood and the walls of brick. In a few minutes the lower floor fell, precipitating scores of-children to the basement, anions' the burning em. bers. The scene about the building was heartrending. Quickly the news of the catastrophe spread throughout the. vtl lage and nunureos or parents were crowding about the building In search for their girls and boys. "in a rew minutes zu ooaies nac taken from the ruins. Plainly tne lTe writhing or stilled forms of dozens of others couia De seen in tne oasemeni. Nearby factories dismissed their men and Instructed them to assist In the rescue. They braved 'the Are and made hertrio -efforts "to aave" those who were not dead. , . "Three little girls met instant death 'in attempting to jump to safety from the third floor. They were Mary Ridge way, Anna Roth and Gertrude Davis. A man named Porn, who arrived on the scene early and at the time the chil dren were crowded In the front door discovered his" little girl among the mass of Injured and crushed. He caught the girl by the hands and in his frantic efforts- to save her, pulled her arms from her, body." . Screaming at the top of their voices, girls and boys fought for exits of va rious room a Many rushed to windows and tried to 'descend the fire escapes. Others crowded Into the halls on every rioor ana leu in. neaps on the stair ways. .... When the firemen . reached the lower nans they were ablaze and filled with smoke, while on the floor lay writhing nies or Humanity over which pupils rom upper rooms were racing for the doors. :.i : Many of the rescued children are be lleved to be fatally inlured. either by nre or Deing trampled on. COMMERCIAL BODIES WIRE TO f WASHMGTONWRGMG THAT THE CRUISER SQUADRON STOP HERE MRS. ROBLEY D. EVANS WHO WILL VISIT THIS COAST 0, JL & N. Passenger Train Number Six Derailed at Pilot Rock Junction Early This M o r n i n g Dave Graybill Hurt. Locomotive and Baggage Car Leave Track Passen gers Escape Uninjured. Wrecking Crew Engaged in Clearing Away Debris. (Special Corrtipondrot ef Th. Joortwl.) Pendleton, March 4. Fireman Dave Graybill was seriously Injured when O. & N. train No. 6 was derailed at Pilot Rock Junction, four miles west of here this morning. The engine was thrown upon Its side near the track and the baggage car rolled down an em bankment. The pasaenger cars re mained on the rarfa and their occupants received no more serious Injury than a severe shaking up. The cause of -the wreck has not been learned. Number is Que nere at i:it a. m. It was about on time at the time the I accident occurred, running at Its usual I speed. It is believed that a spread! ran may nave causea tne wreck. I Fireman Graybill was Injured Inter-1 nally ana badly bruised about tne body. He was brought to St. Anthony's hosrl pitai nere. ine physicians believe that he will recover,- Engineer ueorge HUlman was thrown from his cab when the engine left the rails, but escaped without Injury. The naasenrers were brought ta Pan. I aieton, ana wm oe taken on eaat this af ternoon. Owing to the track being blocked No. 7. the Pehdleton-Portland walla and waiiuia to Umatilla, which! Walla and Wallula to Umatilla, which will make it several hours late at Port land. A wrecking crew Is now at work I npKifjs FAVORS JH1ICH BILL (III Charged With Inflicting Cruel and Needlessly Humili ating Punishment on Enusted JUen, While Com manding at the Boise Barracks. x (United Press .Leased Wire.) Boise,, Ida., March 4. Captain Clarke D. Dudley. Fourteenth United States cavalry, waa courtmartialed here today t( good order and m pline. . Officers from Vancouver bar on the charge of conduct od order and dice of :o the preu- llitary disct racks. Fort Walla Walla and other posts In the northwest are here sitting as a courtmartlal. -.v ' The soeclflo charge against captain Dudley, is' cruelty to . enlisted men. It la alleged that while he was command ing officer of Boise barracks last year he caused a private to be locked up for 48 hours In a cell so small he was com pelled to stand up, depriving him of food and. water; that he forced men to stand before the public gase with the plcard, 'T am a bad boy," about their necks, and that he otherwise ordered unwarranted punishment, Captain Dudley's counsel is Captain Carter, a personal friend. -The taking of testimony began this morning. IfEHIS FEAR AltflERICA Dlinois Senator Says De positor Should Not Be Guaranteed Money. (United Press LeiMd Wire.) Washington, March 4. Senator Hop kins of Illinois championed the Aldrich financial bill in the senate today. He called the attacks on the bill carping criticism. He said tHad it been a law it could have checked the recent nanlo In Its inolplency. There is no more rea son that a man should be guaranteed the return of his funds placed in a na tional bank than a farmer should be guaranteed his crop." MS WILL PLEAD GUILTY Officers of San Francisco Eailroad Did Not Know ' of Law Violations. .. t y ! J v" y ni y $K v4!i y ) ( y- .'...":.. ), ' ' f t I V v I . ,'y. y y I '-"- , . . ' "X. hi ir&zr- ... i ROSE SHOW Big . Fleet Goes - to Bremer ton and Part of It May Ba DetaHed to Yisit Portland: Trompt Action 1 aKen b Festival Committee. Mrs. Robley D. Evana has signified her Intention of visiting Pa clflc coast cities during the stay of the battleship fleet in ; western waters. Mrs. Evans will join her husband at San Francisco and will from there proceed to Paget sound. In this event Mrs. Evans will prob ably stop off at Portland fpr a few days' rest. y f v Acting upon The Journal's sug gestion a committee from, the Rosq Festival association is visiting the heads of the commercial ' bodies of the city government of Portland to-1 day and enlisting them in the plan to nave the cruiser and -; torpedo boat fleet come to Portland for the first week in June.' V i'y y Realizing that all that ! needed to- asstire the -finest ' naval display ever seen on ; inland waters Is jor the commercial bodies to unite and telegraph the". Oregon : representa tives in congress asking their aid. the committee is certain 1 that prompt and concerted action' will be taken. Mayor Lane will h be I asked ' to speak for the municipal ' govern ment in extending the1 invitation." The Manufacturer's ? association waa. the .first to act. and. early th la morning Fletcher Linn, president of the association, Bent the following telegrahr'tb Senators"" Fulton- and Bourne: "The ; Manufacturers'- - association urges you to make representations to the proper persons to secure a portion of the battleship fleet for Portland daring the Rose Festival. June 1 to 6. . . (Signed) - FLETCHER LINN, t- ' r "-"PreBldent." - Other organizations will undoubt edly send similar telegrams during the day. ' . t ., Some- time . ago the Commercial club asked ; the delegation to - see the navy, officials and ask their co operation.- At that time the. matter was ; left largely in .the" hands of Admiral Evans. , It has been learned since, however, that although the battleships -will probably go direct to Bremerton the cruisers and tor pedo boat flotilla can easily be se cured for Portland's festival. . . A JAILED Police Capture Alleged Anarchists TOom They Believe Were Implicated in Plot to Assassinate Chief Shippy . Watch for. Emma Goldman. FOB SENATE, NOT 0f . ; i 5 y - ; !"'"'-.i'-:vftS,:i .-. (Splint filmttch to Tbe Joarnsl. : The Dalles, W., March - 4. Henry I Kuch, former mayor of The Dalles and now a member of the Republican coun ty central committee, declared himself today a candidate for the state senate, opposed to Statement No. V - Belief ed at Caracas United States .Will Make Demon ; stration Against Eepuhlic Unless Castro "Agrees , v to .Arbitrate Differences.. ' . . ." (T7altd PrtM Lt4 .Wire.) . Caracas, Venesuela, March . 4 -r-It : Is reported - here today Hhat. tha United States . may ' make ' a - display of force against Veneiueia . unless . President (Sis tro agrees to arbitrate the, differ ences which have arisen over the claims of American capitalists that they have been mistreated here and their property taken away from therm Castro remains llent refusing to discuss the matter. Declaims adverse - to- the Americans are expected to be handed down Immedi ately j by the Venesuelan court a Cas tro s advisors, believe that he Is pursu ing an unwise course. In offending the United States but he refuses to listen to them. . , v. - - (United PreM Leued Wire.) St Louis, March 4. It Is intimated that the officers of the San 'Fraoclsco railroad1, who were indicted on It counts for rebating, will plead guilty. The maximum penalty is a 120.000 line on each count. It is declared that the re bates were granted without the knowl edge or tne onicersr,wno stooDed the practice as soon as tney learned of it. SAFE BLOWERS SCAKE GUESTS AT HOTEL (Doited Pn Lmm4 Wire.) ' Mt Orab, Ohio, March 4. Blowing up the safe of the bank here last night, cracksmen secured $5,060. The charge of dynamite used to. blow the safe was so neavy mat it awoae ruesis in a iio- tel half a block away, caped, . rhe robbers es- - One New Notary. (Special Diipatcn to Tbe Jonrnal.) . Salem, Or., March" 4. A notarial com mission has been issued to, F, Q, Eby of Portland. -i ' ' (United .Frets teased Wire.) . Chicago. March 4. Samuel Wexel- baum, a jeweler,, and : Charles Tonirtls, an Indian, suspected of complicity In anarchist plptsv ' were arrested this morning.'; After a thorough examination Wexelbaum was released but will be kept under surveillance. It Is believed by the officers who are conducting the Investigation into the attempt to assassinate Chief of Police Shippy, that the two men are members of -the Bdelstadt group of anarchists Symptoms of blood poisoning are showing in Chief Shlppy's wound and his physicians fear that it may prove far more serious" than ' they anticipated. The police are watching all incoming trains to make sure that Emma Gold man, the notorious woman .anarchist, does not stop here. -v. , , HARrJE IS FREED BY 1 (United. Prs Leued Wire.) Pittsburg, March 4. Augustus Hartje, the millionaire, John "Welshons, the at torney, and Clifton Hooe, Hartje's col ored coachman,' were acquitted of con spiracy today., The -court Instructed the Jury to return a vertlt;t of not guilty, The trial of the three men was the result of . the notorious Hartje' divorce scandal. It was charged by . Mra. Hartje e attorneys that Hartje attempt- ea ,to DiaoKen-nis -wires cnaracter by Inventing stories derogatory to her rep utatlor, They declared that Hooe, who told orr the witness stand Of undue In timacy with the woman, was hired by Hartje and Welshons to aid them In the dlvo'ce proceedings. ," - , - -After the divorce suit, was "settled the prosecuting attorney brought charges of conspiracy against the three men. The state's ease failed and Justice Mc Farlane took the charge out of the Bands of. the Jury by Instructing a ver dict of not guilty . s , . . OLDEST lil WOiNISDEI Julia Euhy fof Bainier Al most Equals . the . Won derful Grandma Wood. S (Special Dhrpttcb to Tbe Joarntl.) Rainier, Or., March 4. Mrs. Jul" Ruby, the old Indian woman',-famous for her age and endurance, died here yes terday at the age of lit -years. Mr Ruby belonged ta the T Casoades tribes. She married a win. , man In her ; earlv veara. ami'vna i mother of 14 children. Mrs. Ruby was active UP to bpr I.-nt moment, and at the age of no y.-m Buffered a broken arm. whtnh u. knitted perfectly. - . - ine runerai win be held In Iwlnicr. LANE BOOTLEGGEIt . - ... F0UxD GUILT V (Special Dipiteli to The JiDrnnI.) Eugene. Or.. March 4 Th. r,-.f Jury yesterday returned an iiidl.-u t against Andrew Bertuccl . of out; i Grove on the charge of unllntlnir to in. morality, and against :iyl Woolwi,. of Eupne tor a etatutory crime. - I, i i v Fred I.emley, new a resMr,t I i gene, was (ound gulltv bv a Jury terday of selllnfr Il'iunr tit , ri- r. In violation of tlie lrai or.Mi.u j.j. was arrested early i..imi,pi. i could not have a trlnl ..f.ir nn of the bank holiday clarni ti f winter, lie will ta i'nt i h. - s
