CITY EDITION
f-f AI ere and ' All True
i TUB WEATHER-Tonight and Sunday,
j fair ; northwesterly winds.
" Maximum Temperatures Friday:
1 Portland :.. 80 New Orleans ... M
j Boise ...J... ...i B4 New York ...... 73
f: Los Angeles .... If St Paul 83
CITY EDITION!
; i Not a "Wild Woman"
But she spent a couple of week in the
wilds of the Olympics. did Miss Henrietta
McKaughan and 1n The Sunday Journal
will be the first installment of her story,
of her experiences. . Pictures, too. ;
VOL. XIX. NO. 128.
Entered s Seeond-ClaM Matter
Poatofftea, Portland, Oregon
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY ' EVENING, . AUGUST 7, 1920. FOURTEEN" PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS S?aJJ.!Vi v
THREE WOMEN BEAD AS ' RESUL T OF
FIRE
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. COX CALL S
LEA GUE : SUPREME ISSUE,
I 1 I .. I V I
NOMINEE'S
SPEECH HAS
OLD RING
Governor Cox, in Formally Ac
cepting Democratic Leadership,
Goes on Record for League;
Criticizes Harding's Wobbling'
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Dayton, Ohio. Aug. 7. (I. N. S.)
Declaring tine League of Nations the
supreme Issue of the century, Gover
or Jamea M. Cox. ! in his speech of
formally accepting the Democratic
nomination; for the presidency, went
siuarely orii record here .today as fa-
oring immediate ratification of the
rieace treaty, and asserted that
Lmerica wfll deservedly bear '"the
contempt of the world" if she re
fuses. j
, j The governor denounced Senator
Harding's plan for endjng the existing
k-state of war an an attempt "to make
k-w) separate peace with Germany which,
i lie said, would be the most disheartening
eivent in civilization since the Rwssi.itns
- made their J separate peace, and "In
finitely more unworthy on our part than
. ii was on that of the Russians." I
"Suppof iCirmany, recognizing the
f ist break lm the allies, proposes some
. thing we cannot accept." said Governor
. Cox --j - !
"Does Senator Harding Intend to sand
",.vsn srrny to Germany to press our terms?
" 1. on the Other hand, Germany should
mceept the chance we offered of break
- ihg the bond it would be for the express
" rhirpone.of ' Insuring a German-American
. ailliance."- recognising! that the allies, j in
, fact no- nation of good standing, . would
. hfive anything to -do with either of us."
In that part of his speech dealing .with
ii w enforcement, the governor raid: ?
"It would aeem quite unnecessary for
jslny candidate fcr the presidency to say
(Concluded! pn P-SaTs" CTolumH SWr)
ITALY REFUSES TO
! Paris, Aug. 7. (I. N. S.) IUly
clines to I go to war against soviet
jssia, and! has rtJused to be a party
any ultimate iviroatum ordering
e Bolshevik -arn to halt. It was
lrned from a semi-official source
day. : j ' "' "'." J.1'"
While Great Britain is disposed1 to se
pt conditions of: the soviet govcrn
ent's latest note,' according to advices
om London, it was reported in Parfis
at the preliminary draft of an ulti
atum has already been drawn up.
hether t not It' is sent to Moscow
If depend- upon the outcome of "the
nference 1 between Premier Lloyd
sorge and Premier Millerand tomorrow,
rhe opinion,- is held by French off f
ils that the Polish situation is as
pjerious as It has been at any time dur
ing the past week. It Is pointed out
that-.Premier Lloyd George has already
Warned the; soviet government to halt
t,e advance of the Red army on Wrxr
4tw. but the Russians have con tinned
their march! at top speed. -j i
' It is probable j the conference ot
Anglo-French premiers -will meet some
where on the Bi itinh. coast, probab'y at
rj.ympn. That jnilitary affairs will 'be
discussed as well as political is Indi
cated by the fact -that MarIial Foch
iill be present.; Ajfew secretaries and
tkp.rts will i accompany the French pre-
The French . press today Grave con
spicuous display to a Washington re
ijort that President Wilson may call a
Special session of the American congress
tb deal with the Polish situation.
i-OLAXD jtVILLIXG TO TALK
' ' PEACE . ON CONDITIONS
p.H. Aii-. t 1 1. N. S. Poland has
riotif ied : the i Russian soviet iovernment
that Polish? "envoys will enter : Into peace
egotiation: with the Russians at Minsk
dn conditioirt that Russia does not at-
tjempt to interfere in Poland's domestic
dffairs, said a Warsaw dispatch to the
Ifrench fore fen office today.
A Polish note has been sent to Moecow
relative to preliminary plans for the
I arley. I fj .' 't k "
The Poles request that the envoys at
;'' llinsk be allowed continuous wireless
dommunicaUon with their r government
and that Polish couriers be given free
access through the Russian -lines.. ' v -
Hungary orfcrt Ionr Divisions
Paris, fcAng. 7. (1 N. &) Hungary
as formally offered France four divi
10ns of troops for war aeainst Russia.
it was officially announced today.
Switchboard Girl
Gives Fire Version
"I left the hotel at 11:30 o'clock."
aid Miss Lola Hedges, switchboard p
xator. ! "and everything was all right
hen. No one seems to know . what
taused the : fire, but some of the girls
aid someone was around in the halls
bout Z o'clock in the morning and they
think he tossed a cigarette on the floor."
N WAR
Cox I Sets Forth
Twelve
As His
Issues
Political
Campaign Creed
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LEAGUE Off NATIONS De- s
Glares .league supreme issue of
century and flavors . immediate
" ratification of jthe peace treaty
with any reservations that do
, not impair its j'vital principles." i
Calls Monroe doctrine the "very
: essence" of Article X. Declares
United States could never enter
war under league without sanc
tion of congress.
, PROHIBITION Makes no
. specific mention of "wet" ; and
"dry" issue, but declares any
public official who fails to en
force law "Is an enemy to both
the constitution and the Ameri
can principle of majority rule."
SOLDIER BONUS Pledges
party to rehabilitate the disabled
service men and' declares "con
siderable compensation is due -those
-who lost much by the
break in their material aspira
tions."f ' . ' j
WOMAN SUFFRAGE Ex
presses "samei earnest hope as
oar platform'" tnat amendment
will be promptly ratified.
. j PROFITEERING Calls prof
lteerni'g the most sinister influ
ence in America and promises to
find means to make profiteers
' suffer j penalty: of criminal law.
t ' TAXATION-t Promises reduc
tion of 12,000,000,000 yearly' in
. national taxesj with especial at
tention to lightening burdens of
. small earners.; Favors repeal of
' excess profits-(tax and substitu
tion of small (tax on all going-
' business--r eoiKierns. vt'. Advocates"-""
federal budget system.
f INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
Believes . collective bargaining
will b helpfuj to general inter-
. est.; Demands definite state
: ment of rightsj of employers and
, employes in cjollective action.
TRANSPORTATION o-Favors
fair trial for railroads under
' private owneirship. Advocate
: development jof Great Lakes
. navigation project.
a WOODROwj- WILSON De
clares Republican discourtesy
to Woodrow Wilson a political
. , intrigue- and says bistory will
: make it odious.
i CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES
? 1 Demands both parties, tell
, plain truth as; to campaign ex
penditures anc. distwrsements.
FARMERS Favors increased
home owning, community mar-
i kets, cold stor ige control, coop
erative purchasing and selling
and appointment of "dirt farm-
; ers" to federal positions.
P A R T Y GOVERNMENT
: Says parties have useful place,
: but denounces! any "government
by party," which weakens sol
emn sense of personal responsi-
bility.!
Forest Fire Smoke
And Fog! Fought in
Journal Plane Trip
Heavy fog, forest fire smoke and seri
ous head winds gave trouble to Archie
Roth, pilot for the Oregon, Washington
& Idaho Airplane Company, in the flight
of The Journal's seaplane for newspaper
delivery: to Astoria. and Seaside Friday
afternoon.
Roth was accompanied by William
Perkins i of Portland as a passenger.
From the time the plane (lef t the land
ing basin at Lewis and Clark field at
1 :15, head winds Vere encountered that
greatly slowed thej speed of the machine.
One hour, : 54 minutes was required for
the flight to Astoria, where the papers
were unloaded at 3 :05. !
After leaving Astoria Roth had motor
trouble and proceeded slowly to Seaside,
reaching there at $ :40. and to the engine
difficulties were Sdded those of heavy
fog; ! -:- j ';
However, the 1 trip was successfully
made and Roth1 left Seaside again at
5 :3 reaching Lewis and dark field at 7
o'clock. ; : , :-- . '
! Captain F. E. "Harding is making the
trip with The Journals Saturday after
noon. Miss May Enrtght, cashier of the
airplane company, jwill be a passenger.
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Californiai Counties
Short pf Teachers
Sacramento, Aug. 7. Forty-nine Cali
fornia counties have reported a shortage
of 59 elementary school teachers to
date. Will C. Wood, state superintendent
of public instruction, announced . today.
For the most part the vacancies are in
rural districts where salaries , average
from $600 to J900 ;per year. - .
SCENES AT DISASTROUS EARLY MORNING HOTEL FIltE r
PHOTOGRAPHS of fatal conflagration at Elton Court hotel, where one woman lost her life early Saturday morning. Above;
leftCrowd drawn to spectacular, i seething mass; right Hotel court where Mary Olinger clambered down to safety from
fifth story of flaming hoteL : She progressed by means of fire shutters at the windows, perilously reaching from one to
the other. Below, left Stairway and elevator shaft where flames found easy pathway to spread their damage throughout the
structure ; right Mary Olinger, telephone operator at the Western Union Telegraph company, who made hazardous escape
as flames leaped toward her. Bottom, left Miss Edith Bogue, whotiied at the hospital ; right, Mrs. Josephine Chaney, Sunnyide
school teacher, first victim of the fire to die:
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Three ELscape From Fire Trap
By Sliding Down Light Wires
Awakened by the screams of a
woman, Jack London,! who owns the
home at 409 Yamhill street, next to
the Elton Court hotel, was Impressed
in his1 drowsy condition that merely
a family quarrel was going on. His
wife, however, went to their room
window and seeing flames reflected
from the windows of Central library,
roused London to action. - - ;
Running to the street London said that
he immediately started for the alarm box
to sound the fire. call. ,Pait way down
the street he met another man, who said
he had already turned in a call.
This man was the only other one on
the - street at the time; which . London
calculated to be about 4 :40 o'clock. .
FLAMES GET START 1 - ; -
In the brief lapse of time In which he
was away , from -the doomed structure
the flames had ' gained uncontrollable
proportions. ; ;; j - . '
London had only stopped to draw on
a part' of his clothes. He ' was bare
footed , and shirtless, but unhesitatingly
he hurried to , the - rescue of . those im
prisoned by the flames. .
- The woman whose scream he . first
heard rViolet Olive Johnson had' al
ready escaped, but at "the second." third
and fourth floors people were standing
in the windows hysterically pleading for
help. i
i Returning to his home he . secured a
piece .of bell "rope, and hastened back to
the flaming structure. . ; ; "
On the second : floor of the building
next to - his home about eight persons
were crowding the, window sills. In the
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early morning light the scene became
spectral. ; Flames were bursting into the
rooms whre the people were. They were
frameiVtn fire and smoke. . j
DESCEND BT ROPE
Throwing his rope to the second floor,
one of the victims, less fear-crazed than
the others, secured the rope and five
people swarmed down in close succession.
To avoid the scorching flames, a
woman leaped to the pavement from the
apartment next to, the one where London
bad been lending aid.
In the meantime two men were seen
to crawl out upon the cornice of the
building ' five stonies above the street
leveL ; -- '.'H:-.'.-"'- ' ' f:;-;.
Seemingly these two were ' trapped.
They were bare footed and shifted from
one foot to the other as the tiies; of the
roof; became more intensely-hot- .Their
figures were silhouetted against the som
ber skies and their frantic calls for
help mingled with, the pain-stricken ' and
hysteric pleadings of :40 other occupants
of the structure who had not escaped.
Ixndon was powerless to extend fur
tb'erf aid until more rope or ladders could
be secured. The firemen, seemed inter
minably long in answeriing the .call to
the 'heat blistered people straining over
the window ledges. ; t
SLIDE TO SAFETY ,
Finding that escape from Hie Yamhill
or Eleventh street sides of the structure
impossible, these two nen went to the
other side above the London residence.
Two , slender: ' electric - light -.: wires
stretched : from the roof over the - Lon
don home, two and one-half stories.
Seising upon the only alternative, the
(Concluded on Paso Two, Column On).-
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American Consulate
At: Warsaw. Moves
Over to Graudenz
Washington,; Aug. i 7. L K. S.) The
American consulate at Warsaw with
Consul Harry McBride and his staff, has
removed to Graudeni, the state depart
ment announced this afternoon.. i Tha
American' legation remains at Warsaw,
the stats department announced, i ' .1
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COX KILLS INSERT
E PLAN
Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 7. U." P.)
Governor Cox surprised the newspa
per men this morning by telephon
ing' " from Trail's ! End - that thers
would he no insert' In . his ; speech
of acceptance, y It had been the in
tention to make an Important Insert
at the last minute and interest Jin
the matter was keen. j
The governor ' offered no explanation
as to why he had abandoned the Idea
nor did he hint anything about the char
acter of the suppressed insert. - . .J -
ELTON COURT GUESTS
LEAP TO ESCAPE FiflE;
TE1URT,0ID1I
i
Mrs. Josephine Chaney, Veteran Public School Teacher, Is Killed
Wherr She Fell From Fifth Floor; Edith Bogue and Miss
Evans Jump- Before Fireme n Open Nets; Both Die at tho
r Hospital,- Fire Shuts Off Escape From Stairs and Elevator.
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. MRS. JOSEPHINE CHANEY, 54, teacher at the Sunnyside
school for the past 23 years,
mwo AiiiRiftuua evftns, so, stenograpner at wadiiams
& Kerr Bros'. Resident of, Great Falls, Mont.
MISS EDITH BOGUE,! 25, clerk at Northwestern National
bank. Home at Gold Hill, Or.
DANGEROUSLY INJURED
- JOHN JENNY 40, employed at Wiley B. Allen company,
burned about knees, arms and face. Very serious condition. Is
at St. Vincents hospital. . ! i
INJURED
i MEDAIU) JENNYi20, Mount AngeL Or., employed at Northwest Auto
company, foot and leg burned -and eyebrows and hair burned,
i HARDY JENNY, 2$, Wiley Bj. Allen company, fingers left Land and leg
burned.- : :. I ..i '''y ? , ...
I IL A. JEROULD, 8. Wadhams &
v. m.-. i uuaii nrcniwi, overcome oy smoke while doing rescue work.
C. f . TOWNSENl, 28, Portland Taxi company, numerous cuts on arms
and face. : ' ! :. ... j. j -i ,:
MISS GRACE KIRK, 24, severely burned. .
MRS. GRACE KNOWLES. cuts on left arm.
VICTOR CimiSTENSEN,: probably fractured trm.
: MRS. IONA KIRK; employed by Llpman Jts , Wolfe, severe burns.
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One woman was, killed, Jwoj others died L aLlk yincentshospital, one
other probably fatally injured, nine severely Injured and 60 guests at the
Elton Court' hotel. Eleventh and Yamhill streets,' narrowly escaped death
and Injury when fire: early this morning gutted the place, doing $40,000
damage.. - ;.;w.;''-f -Y" r. ;'"-v; ; A ' '
By the time the firemen arrived smoke and fire were pouring out of
almost every window: in the five story building, and people were hanging
from every window crying for help.
As the flames were shooting tap the
elevator shaft and stairway from the
lobby in the first floor, where the fire
started, few cared to attempt to es
cape; down the stairway, j
THREE WOMEN JUMP I
The. first firemen on the scene pegged
the people to remain where they were
while they called for f additional help
and placed their ladders to the win
dows, but in spite of S their pleadings
Miss Edith Bogue and; Miss Gertrude
Evans: jumped from high windows; Miss
Bogue Jumped from the fourth floor
and Miss Evans from Ithe third! floor.
Mrs. Josephine Chaney; veteran school
teacher, attempted to reach a fire lad
der and the hand of a fireman thereon.
She fell five stories to the street. The
VICTIMS OF FIRE
LOSE BELONGINGS
Few indeed were the personal pos
sessions rescued . from the fire be
cause ef the headway Ithe flames had
reached before their discovery.! Fire
men flung out garments to the scant
ily clad occupants of ) fhe hotel, but
the remainder of personal property
not destroyed by fire was, water
soaked.' 'j j
Life was of the first importance and
the ruined building was the center of
anxiously inquiring relatives and friends
Saturday morning, some of them almost
frantic when the object Of their . search
could not be located. .-.
WOM AIT HYSTERICAL
Mrs. Georgiana' Gorman, proprietor of
the hotel, was hysterical. Taken In hand
by loving friends who did everything In
their power to relieve her highly nervous
condition, and who asstired her the fire
was not ber fault, garbed in a kimono
at the laundry across. the street, she
could think only of the terrible calamity
that had fallen upon her hotel and her
guests. Though everything was lost,
through the recent 'ipse of insnrance,
Mra Gorman thought only of her
roomers, -j - , j " -
"Oh, I'm so glad you are safe." she
moaned as one by. one those who had
come to know and to esteem , her gath
ered about. Five girls In the hotel bad
been ill. one In a serious condition, and
this one had only Friday been removed
to a hospital for an operation. j
SCENES DESCRIBED J
"1 am eo glad she , Was out of " the
building," Mrs. Gorman exclaimed; "The
ether sick girls were able to help them
selves, but she would have been help
less." - y , j-;.. -
"The fire was really : the worst thing
I ever saw in my life. said Mrs. M,
Chrlstensen who lived across the street,
"with' people banging out of alt the
windows and some of them jvmplng.
My son, . Victor, helped to catch the
v-oman ' who , Jumped from ?, the third
Story.": - AlS-
Yi" said Mrs.. W Jiernes&ey of the
Hotel Arthur, next dootv "and I helped
care for- her .when' they : brought her
into the lobby. , She ; was soaked .with
blood, and when' I tried to do for-her
she said, Oh. Oh, Ohi Just like Ithat."
Kerr company, burned face, lacerated
Tire ladder, it is said, was not within
reach of the woman. Etforts of the
fireman to grasp her were In vain.
Mrs. Chaney died in the elevator at
St. Vincents hospital. Her skull, left
arm and left leg were broken In the im
pact. When firemen saw that Miss Boprue
was not going to heed their advice thoy
grabbed the life net. but they were un
able to get it open and under the win
dow before she leaped. She hit the rail
ing around the basement entrance to the
building and then rolled around the bail
ment entrance to the building and down
the stairway to the basement. Many
bones In her body were broken when she
struck the iron railing.
Miss Bogue died at St Vincent's hos-
(Coaelwlfd on rg Two, Column gx)
ILL-FATED HOTEL
LOSS IS $40,000
i
The Elton Court hotel is a five
story brick structure occupying a
ground space 60 by 70 feet in area
at the northeast corner of .Yamhill
and! Eleventh streets. The building
was; erected about 16 years ago. The
interior finish was of wood and
proved highly inflammable in the fire
which swept through the place this
morning.
The property - was purchased two
weeks ago by B. H. Moore . from a.
W. Brown and associates for 138,000.
The -f urn I tore was owned by o. A.
Unrig, and the hotel was managed by
his daughter, Mra James Bohrman.
Uhrig states that he had only $5000 In
surance on the furniture. He says that
he was offered $12,000 for the furniture
one ween ago. nut the deal fell through
because the owners of the buildinr re
fused to sign a long-time lease. Uhri
has occupied the building during the
past three years and paid $400 a month
rental. i
Loss on ths building Is estimated at
(Coochidad oa race Two. Column Tbraa)
Seek Rate Increase
San Francisco. Aug. 7.-OJ. P.) Fur
ther hearing of the petition of the Cali
fornia railroads, steamship and lnter
urban lines for rats increases will be
held by the state railroad commission in
Los Angeles August 11. After an all day
session yesterday the hearing in San
Francisco was concluded.
Bolsheviki Propose
rnr TJ All YYl r r l o
; Paris. Aug. 1r (U. P.) Russia has
proposed peace to Ttoumanla and has
proposed that the conference be held at
Kharkov, the foreign office was adviaod
today. Kharkov is an important city la
southern Russia,