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v Salvation Army v Lodging
-4- House Results Fatally to
: Many Guests.
SCORES LEAP FROM UPPER '
STORIES INTO LIFE WETS
Several Terribly Injured Picked
Up After Jumping Jnto
"the Street.
(Uslted Press Leased Wire.)
Chicago, .March 9. Six persons per
tilled here "today,' four are dying and
even others are In hospitals for treat
ment as the result of aa early morning
fire which partially destroyed the Bar
nett and Salvation Array hotels on
8outh Clark street More than IS others
were more or less seriously burned and
. otherwise injured,
The dead: Thomas McMahon, John
Collins, J. P, Dermody, J. Olsen, Carl
Wagner and an unidentified man.
Bead Placed at Eleven.
Early reports- given out by Fire Chief
. Beyferllch placed the number of dead
at 11,. with seven others missing. Af
ter the fire the missing men and wo
men were found unhurt At 11:35
o'clock Chief Seyf erlich, after a thor
ough searchi stated there were no more
bodies in the buildings. Most of the
dead and Injured are unemployed work
lngmen and tramps. ;
The fire was extinguished shortly be
fore noon.-' The Tiremen declared that
all the deaths occurred in ,the Barnett
house. Accumulation of smoke, caused
by poor ventilation facilities, la held re
sponsible. The firs started on the sec
ond floor of the Barnett house and
spread rapidly to the Salvation Army
hotel, next door. ,
Printers Save 40.
There were 115 lodgers in the Bar
nett house and T4 In the Salvation Ar
my hotel when the fire started. Print
ers In the shop of the J. S. McDonald
company, across -the alley, saved 40
persona 'from "death. They bridged the
narrow alleyway with ladders which
connected with fire escapes.
Mrs. Annie Anseller gave birth to a
baby only a few minutes before the fire
started. It Is feared both mother and
child will die.' The fire caused a panic
In the South Clark street police station,
two doors away. More than 70 pris
oners were handcuffed and removed to
points of safety. ,-.-: ,
A search of the ruins for further pos
sible victims was continued throughout
.. the day ' j . ,
A few minutes after the fire started
100 men, women and children, guests of
the Barnett house, were In a panic.
Scores leaped from the upper stories into
life nets, while others reached safety
by climbing down the fire escapes.:;
Eight men were picked up on the
street after Jumping from the third
story of the Salvation Army hotel . They
were terribly injured, in some cases
ooth legs and arms being broken.
Both buildings were crowded when the
fire started. It spread with lightning
rapidity., Firemen repeatedly entered the
building, but were driven back by the
intense heat.
The firemen ere unable to reach the
tnlrd and fourth stories of the Barnett
house, and the guests on the tipper
. floors were ordered to either climb down
the fire escapes or jump Into the life
nets. Three firemen who attempted res
cues on the third floor were overcome
by smoke and were dragged by their
. comrades from the burning structure.
..The roof of the building .gave way a
few seconds later. -
Many Are Suffocated. '
Nearly all the dead were suffocated
before they had a chance to escape. Be
fore the guests could be warned the
hotelr were wrapped in flames. Fire
. men found the stairways choked with
unconscious men end women. All pas
sages were filled with smoke, and many
women were overcome in the arms of
firemen. v:
. Two men appeared at a fourth story
(Continued on Page Five.) ;
D01V1 MIGUEL AGREESTO ASSIST IN RESEATING '
MANUEL UPON THRONE OF TROUBLED PORTUGA
Inside History Learned of Conference Held Bctwceit" Former Monarch
and Pretender; Latter Promises to Renounce Forever His Claim to
Possession; Movement to Replace Admirer , of Gaby Deslys Not to
' 'r: Be Financed by Anita Stewart. r'-'""'; -"f:"
(Copyright, 1912, by the United Press
Associations.)
(United Prrni Leued Wire.)
Pau, France, March 9. A full ln&Ide
history was given the United Press
today of the conference hold , between
former King Manuel of Portugal, and
Dom Miguel, the Duko of. Bra ganza, pre
tender to the Portugese throne, at Do
ver, at which plans were made for the
restoration of the. monarchy in Portu
gal and the replacing On the throne of
Manuel. Dom Miguel agreed to renounce
forever bis claims to the possession of
the Portuguese throne, and tendered to
Manuel his aid to restore the monarchy
Manuel accepted. ; .
The United Press correspondent was
shown the text of the agreement and
was asked to make It plain that the
movement to replace Manuel on the
throne will not be financed by Anita
Stewart, wife of Dom s Miguel's heir
Prince Miguel, but by persons directly
Id the restoration of the Portugese mon
archy. Mystery shrouds the Identity of
liess-4ejaopa juniori going sa fa as to
connect the Spanish government with
the plan. It is Well , known that the
Spanish government desires the reestab
llshment of the monarchy, and it is said
be contemplating Intervention ln-Por-
Hero of Siege of Mafeking and
Head of Boy Scout Move
' ment Ardent-Advocate of
. Perfect Peace. -
SAYS MOVEMENT IS
MUCH MISUNDERSTOOD
Addresses Children at Taber
: nacle This Afternoon Ar-
- rives in City This A. M.
"I wouldn't for the world have war
again between any countries if I could
help It. No one but a soldier who has
been through it knows how horrible It
Is;; and I never want to see fighting
again. 4 want lo see the time come
that when there are differences between
nations and people, the first thought
will be to meet the crisis in a friendly
way, and not prepare at once for war.
I know that I can be of greater service
to my country as' a plain cititen than
as a fighting .general."- Lieutenant
General Sir R. Batten Powell. '
Though It may be difficult to think
of General Powell, the hero of the siege
of Mafeking, in any other way than as
a BOldier and fighting man, he is any
thing but that at present, and Is, In
facti an ardent advocate of peace, as he
says that any man must be who has
experienced the horrors of long warfare.
The general gave up his military career
when he still had eight years to serve
in the British army with a big pension
wlalting for hlrn at the end of thattlme.
He has had enough of war, he says, and
he is now working In his Boy Scout
movement . indirectly towards world
peace ' . '' ,
Wo Fublio 'Welcome.
General Powell, who is visiting Amer
ica en route on an eight months' tour
of the world, oh aBoy Scout Inspection,
arrived In Portland at 7:45 this morning
from San Francisco, accompanied by
James B. West, of New York city, the
executive , head of the Boy Scouts of
America. - The visitors were met by
James Laidlaw, British consul, and Rob
ert H. Strong. There was no attempt
at a public welcome on account of the
protests against the Boy Sqeuts move
ment made yesterday by Soolallsts and
members of the Industrial . Worker of
the World. The party was taken to the
Hotel Multnomah, where breakfast was
served..'': . .:---.-)-: '
''Anyone In Portland or anywhere else
who is opposed to the Boy Scout move
ment on the ground that it tends to-
continued on Page Five.)
(Cnltcfl Ptk Lewwa Wire.) .
Los . Angeles, March 9. Following a
correspondence courtship , and subse
quent marriage to Mrs. S. S. Phillips,
a widow of Medford, Or., William Oster
of Toledo, Ohio, must appear in court
here March 0 to answer to a charge
of failure to provide.
- Mrs. Oster, in swearing to a warrant
for her husband's arrest said that he
promised her $5000 the day theyere
married, btlt that since the ceremony
she has paid the bills.
Oster and his bride met in Los An
geles, January IS, in accordance with
sn agreement that followed his response
to her advertisement placed by a mat
rimonial agency. ,
SIX INCHES OF SNOW FALLS
IN EASTERN BAKER
(Special to The Journal.)
Huntington, Or., March 9. A heavy
snowstorm struck the eastern part of
the county this morning. Six Inches
fell In a short time.
tugal and annexation of that country to
Spain, v r.
Te agreement consists of six articles.
First is the renunciation of his rights
to the throne by Dom Miguel and an
offer and acceptance by Manuel of Mig
uel's aid in restoring the monarchy.
h Then follows in article two the pro
vision that the Portuguese decree ex
cluding Dom Miguel and his family shall
ba repealed and they shall be restored
to membership In- the royal . family
f without charge to the national treasury.
-Third, it is provided that if Manuel
dies without a direct heir, the crown
shall go to Dom Alfonso, the Duke of
Oporto. Even If Alfonso leaves a direct
heir, the throne from him shall descend
to one of TDom Miguel's sons.
In the fourth and flftn articles,' suc
cession to the throne is discussed. It
is provided that lnce Prince . Miguel,
the pretender' heir by his marriage to
Miss Stewart of Philadelphia, "heeded
more the ' voice of his heart-than his
interests, his rights to the throne shull
be . transferred to his brother, Dom
Duarte. . .. - .
I- A LiIa t Jl rf-. iBesisVlfle
'ssBMsn e fri urne W1M"'J9 f UHII J Uf 11 nip 1 1 Bill H'H
tlon of the pact by the Portuguese par
liament after the restoration of the mon.
arcrhy. Prince Miguel, Princess Anita
and Mrs. J. It.1 Smith, her mother, are
Staying at Saint Jean ds Lux,
'
General Baden Powell who arrived in Portland this morning, r--
PRESIDENT EXPECTED
TO ANSVER ROOSEVELT
- IN ADDRESS TONIGHT
Taft Arrives in Chicago Where
He's to Make Much-Heralded
Speech,
Chicago, March 9. Met by a delega
tion, President Taft arrived in Chi
cago today and was escorted to the
Congress hotel. " Tonight the president
Is to make the most Important of his
speeches here at the banquet of the
Swedish-American club, celebrating John
Ericsson day. In this address President
Taft is expected to reply to the speech
of Colonel Roosevelt at Columbus re
cently. , .
President Taft today addressed the
students of the Amour Institute. The
president's program for the day in
cludes five receptions, eight speeches, a
luncheon, a banquet and a series of con
ferences with Republican . leaders'.
Declaring himself a, progressive along
the lines provided by the , constitution,
President Taft In his address to the stu-
(Contlnued on Page Three.)
SERIOUSNESS OF COAL "
STRIKE NOW BROUGHT
HOI TO ENGLISHMEN
Navy Is Ordered to Economize
1 ' fri' Every Way Asqulth Is
. Optimistic, ; , - .y,
London, March "1 Although Premier
Asqulth still was optimistic today as
to the ability of the government to set
tle the strike In some way, the ever In
creasing seriousness of the situation
was admitted by the home office. Esti
mates made by officials of the home
office placed the number. of persons Idle
through the closing of the various in
dustries as a result of the strike at
750,000. and this total,, it was believed,
would be doubled within a week.
The operators and the miners con
ferred today at the home office In a fur
ther effort to find a basis of settle
ment of their differences. J-
Orders have been issued for the navy
to economize in every fepsslble way in the
use of coal. Publishers are alarmed at
the situation, and the bid dallies are
forced to reduce the size of the papers.
tmNDBECTRIZETMANTT
Insurrectos Mad. From Liquor
Blow Up Vaults of Institu
tion From Wbich $100,000
Removed Only Yesterday.
ALL SALOONS IN CITY
ORDERED CLOSED TODAY
Federal Troops Reported En
Route From Hermosillo to
v Give Battle.
(Tfnttfd Press A Wirs.)
El Paso, Texas, March 9. Dynamit
ing the vault of the National Bank of
Juarez, drunken rebel soldiers today
seized 17,000 and burned thousands of
dollars worth" of negotiable securities.
The bank Is owned by the Terrazas and
Crel Interests. Only yesterday 1100,
000 in currency belonging to the Mex
ican government was removed to an
El Paso bank. The rebels apparently
believed this money' was still in the
Juarez bank.
All saloons In Juares were ordered to
day to close for an indefinite period.
With a plentiful supply of pulque and
liquor at handwthe officers have lost all
control over their troops. It was feared
that the soldiers might Inaugurate a
looting campaign as a result of the
order., -' ' - v
Refugees here today report that 1500
federal troops are en route to Juares
from . Hermosillo to give battle to the
reber forces. General Tnea Salawr
left 1500 rebel troops In Juares to de
fend the city before going to Cindad
Chihuahua, where the main body of his
army Joined General Orozco's forces.
As the rebel troops apparently are de
moralized. It is not believed here, that
the federals will experience much dif
ficulty in re-taking the city.
General Orozco, at the head of B000
men, is marching today on Torreoh. A
force of federal troops are already
there and it la possible that this clash
may decide the fate of Mexico. If the
rebels win, General Orozco will attack
Mexico City. .
MINISTER WEEPS WHEN HE
WEDS COUPLE; ARRESTED
JUnlted' Press Lstsed Wlrs.J
,Buda Pest, Mareh 9. Because the
minister who married him at Sombor
shed tears during the ceremony, Janos
Markat had him arrested. The clergy
man defended himself on the pica that
he couldn't help weeping because he had
himself been an unsuccessful suitor for
the bride. The court dismissed the case,
roundly censuring Janos for his - re
sentment toward the preacher.
BAR ASSOCIATION IS
AFTER ABRAHAM RUEF
(United Press tossed Wire.)
San Francisco, March 9- Preparation
is being made by the San Francisco Bar
association to disbar Abraham Ruef. - A
Committee was .authorized to prepare
the formal charge against him. Tile
grounds for Buef's disbarment are that
he Is a felon.
J-EJljiV
G-.ll.l, .-,)
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CITY'S BONDS FOR
IMPROVEMENTS
GOODCOLLATERAL
With Decision of Postal Sav
ings Banks to Accept Them
for Security for Deposits,
Premium May Still Rise.
(Waablnrtoa Bnru ( Tbc Joornil.)
'Washington, March 9. On , attorney
general's advice the .treasury depart
ment . announces that Portland im
provement bonds are acceptable as se
curity for postal savings deposits. The
senators have been so notified.
The unprecedented demand for Port
land improvement bonds n all the fin
ancial markets of the United States, due
Uo the phenomenal growth of the city
in recent years and to its substantial
footing in the commercial world, re
ceived another upward tilt today when
the news was flashed from-Washlngton
that the attorney general of the United
States had ruled that the bonds are a
direct obligation of the city. A tele
gram from Senator Bourne to the Lum
bermens bank of this city confirms the
news dispatch. Senator Bourne took
up the matter with the attorney general
when .a question was raised by the at
torneys of a bonddeallng company as
to the obligation of the eity with re
gard to street and sewer bonds. These
bonds run for ten years, and bear six
per cent Interest. Pending the decision,
of the attorney general, the federal pos
tal savings bank refused to take the
bonds -as collateral. .
The result of the attorney .general's
investigation Is a vindication of the op
inion rendered by-City Attorney Frank
S. Grant, when he ruled that the local
Improvement securities are a direct ob
ligation of the municipality. The attor
neys for the Lumbermens bank also held
to the same effect, : . ; v
In spite of the fact that the postal
savings bank had temporarily refused to
acknowledge the bonds, the local mar
ket wag in no way affeoted, for the pre
miums paid at each succeeding bond
sale have been steadily Increasing. The
paper now brings In the neighborhood
of 8 per. cent above j?ar value.
"The decision of the attorney gen
eral will certainly have a Rood effect on
the ' bond" market," said Vice President
E. O. Crawford, of the Lumbermens
bank, today. "The fact that the bonds
can be accepted as collateral by the
postal bank will broaden the field of
investment and result In an Increased
number of bids from eastern points." , L
BAY CITY IS MAKING
T
Oregon Boosters Will Be, the
Guests of Honor of City of
San Francisco,
. TTn1tl Press tcsiwd Wfre.t
an Francisco, March 8. Prepara
tions are being made today to welcome
50 Oregonians who will arrive here
next Tuesday with the delegation ap
pointed to select the site for the Ore
gon state building, for which Oregon ap
propriated $250,000.
The delegation will be driven about
the city in automobiles, and as guests
of honor will be taken to the Hotel St
Francis. Mayor Rolph and exposition
officials ' will meet the delegation at
Port ..Costa. The Oregonlans will be
guests of honor at luncheons, and mov
ing pictures will be taken of the cere
monies ronnected" with their visit here.
PROGRAM COMPLETE
FOR "OREGON FIRST"
,EXCURSrON-rr5.DAYS
Arrangements are practically com
plete for the big "Oregon First" excur
sion to San Francisco leaving Portland
at -noon Tuesday. The program' or en
tertainment prepared by San Franelsco
business interests was reeclved yester
day evening by Julius L. Meier, chair
man of the Oregon Panama-Paciflo Ex
position commission. The itinerary of
(Continued on Page Three.)
READY
OWELCOME
PORTLAND TRAVELERS
Elks and Others Attention !
One section of The Journal's Tenth Anniversary Number will be devoted
to the B. P. O. Elks' Grand Lodge Reunion, to be held in Portland,
July 8 to 13.
This section will be illustrated profusely and every detail of the big con
vention, will be cited for the information of strangers.
No better medium for explaining to possible visitors what Portland and
Oregon holds in store for them could be had than this Anniversary
' Number, with its; many sections of illustrated features.
You will want to send copies to many out-of-town friends and acquain
tances to show them what the city and State offer. As the rsutrbrr
v is limited you are advised to order extra copies now from your car
rier or newsboy Price, five cents each.
Wednesday, Apti.
NEAR SOUTHERN
EXTREPIITYARE
1 5,000 FT. PEAKS
Beyond Them Blow Terrific
Gales; Plateau Around the
Pole Is Named for King
Haakon VII of Norway.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
London, March 9. Scientific men here
today are agreed, after reading Captain
Roald Amundsen's graphic account of
his discovery of the South Pole, that
there will be no need for professional
men to work out his observations except
for the purpose of making minor correc
tions. In the first portion of his de
tailed account of the polar dash. Captain
Amundsen., tells the story tersely and
Interestingly.
The Journey for the pole, Amundsen
says, was started from his base Febru
ary 10, 1911. Before April 11 he had
stored about 6600 pounds of provisions
in aepois piaoea at 80 degrees, SI de
grees and 82 degrees. These depots were
marked by flags placed 4 1-3 miles to
the east and west. The sun disappeared
April 22, and the winter months were
spent in changing equipment
Tlve Hake Final Saab.
The real dash,- however, was started
October 20, but four men accompanying
the explorer. They traveled from 20 to
30. kilometers each day. Tliey took four
sledges and S3 dogs, with food supplies
for four months. Setow pillars six fet
high were made to guide them on the
return Journey.
' The party made" 1 degrees south Octo
ber 31. Another degree was covered by
November 5. -On November lls Captain
Amundsen says be discovered that the
Ross barrier terminated at 84 degrees
south, 163 degrees. West The eighty
fifth parallel was reached November 17.'
Here a land and ice barrier connected,
with summits at points 16,000 feet high:
It required three days for the party to
climb eooO feet, --;
Terrtfio wales Encountered.
On the other side of the barriers the
party encountered terrific gales. De
cember 8, the party had reached 88 de
grees, 16 minutes south.. From here ttm
party had a down fall haul, reaching Si
degrees, . 80 minutes, on - December 9;
89:30 on the twelfth, and 89:45 on the
thirteenth. These points were estab
lished by observations and dead reckon
ing, and by the aamesmethods the next
and last 15 minutes of the Journey was
measured, bringing the party within' th
vicinity of the South Pole December H.
The temperature was 41 degrees below
zero. ' ' ; ; '
When Amundsen calculated that the
pole had been reached, a flag was plant- -ed,
the explorer naming the plateau for
King Haakon VII.' Captain Amundsen
then took observations for three days,
and the return was begun December 17.
(Continued on Page Nina)
T
I
Interests Battling to Control
: Vast Resources' of Kingdom
Combine Against Japs,-
, (United Press - Lswt Wire.)
Shanghai, March 9.-Recent events In
China have gone far to prove that big
business of the world, regardless of
political alliances of its ' countries, is
fighting to control the vast resources ot
the nation, using the starving millions
as puppets In the game of high finance.
- It is an open secret that American
and English financiers have comblneil
against Japanese and Russian interests.
Already. Japan has drawn first blood
in the international battle of politics
fcnd dollars-. -Japan wanted to loan' the
Sun Tat Sen government money,, and
thus Ret first crack at the spoils, but
this she knew the other nations wouij
not allow. So Japan used diplomacy.
Through a bank she loaned 15,000,00ft.
to' the Han Yang Iron and steel works,
with the Understanding, it is said, that
the concern should lend $3,500,000 to the
republicans. In this way Japan saved
her face with the nations, but got In
(Continued on Page Nina)
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