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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, OREGON
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1820.
IS
CHANEY
FIRE
ICM PORTLAND
EACHER 23 YEARS
Mrs. Josephine Chaney, killed Sat
urday morning: in a leap from the
fourth story i window of the Elton
Court hotel, had been a resident of
. Portland for over 25 years and a
teacher in Sunnyside school for 21
years. She was considered a roost
efficient instructor. It la said.
; Mrs. Chaney taught In the institution
so lion that the children of the, third
generation were in her classes during- the
past few years. At first she taught the
upser grades, but following the death of
. hed son. Dr. sVed Chaney, in September,
' 1908.' she asked to be transfered to the
lower gradea I Xr. Chaney fell off a
glajder near Valdes. Alaska.
Mrs. Chaney was a widow, her bus
i baijd, P. B. Chaney, having died about 80
i years ago. The sudden death of her only
chijd caused Mrs, Chaney to grieve con
siderably. '' fjriends in Portland report that Mrs.
Chaney is survived by three brothers:
John Welsh, who resides In Eastern
WeSshinston ; T. J. WIilTM Orey, Bull,
Wjtomlnr, and Dr. Charles I. Welsh of
i Kansas.
' airs. Chaney! waa 54 years of age and
a friember of the Liberty assembly,
United Artisans. She was one of the
' charter members of the old Mount Tabor
: lodge. She also belonged , to the Wom
en's Relief corps. ,.
. Deputy Coroner Leo Ooetsch haa taken
char ire of the body and will hold it pend
ing! advice from the brothers. Unless
, relatives request an inquest none will be
held, as the cause of death, is consid
ered apparent by the coroner.
ESCAPE FROM FIRE BY
LlM 111
(Cooasitad Tram Put Oh)
menj, one after the other, crawled out
on
hese wires ; hand over hand.
- Barely had the first man gonewfive
feet when the wire snapped but prov
denfially at the end away from the hotel
Btrui'ture. Searing" their hands and
blistering their bodies against the hot
xidep of. the building, the men slid to
momentary safety onto the roof of the
London home. ; From that .place they
were rescued by ropes later on.
When the two : men reached the
ground. It was found that the second
man; down the wire was assisting a
third. The three Droved to be John.
Medkrd and Hardy Jenny, all employes
of '. tine Wiley B. Allen company.
MAN MAY DIE j
All three were rushed, to the Emer
gency hospital, but John was seen to
be jtse seriously burned that . he - was
rushed to St. Vincents hospital, where
it wai
die.
vtas feared Saturday morning he may
Hardy and Medard Jenny were se
verely burned, the former about both
legs and the latter about the left hand.
; left leg and foot.
Teese three boys probably had the
most thrilling escape of all. y The scene
wasi described i by Hardy Jenny, who
saidl:
"We three brothers slept in the same
roonS. No, 4C. It is in the little cupola
under the roof and is really five floors
above the pavement. The flames seemed
to hjave awakened us all about' the same
time.
"Jtohn went to the door, threw it open,
and istaggered back as a burst of flames
seared his face. Escape was only pos
sible by the roof, climbing along the
frMpsery tiles of the roof, which angled
off on a 30-degree slant to the edge of
thejhuilding.
' "We had to keep dancing on the tiles,
whieh were blistering hot. Tito little
clothes we had we're burned off us. Our
only! way to escape was over the electric
llghjt wire, and It was a tough job to
get (ourselves down, let alone aid in get
ting John to the ground."
"From the time London "first; reached
the j street, he said it waa absolutely
impossible to get Into the building
through the front entrance. He said
that in his opinion the fire started in
the) lobby of the structure on the first
flodr. ! .
RESCLTED BT FIREMEIT .
Fjrcm the lobby of the building, the
flsnies raged In unchecked fwry to the
elevator shaft, and when first discovered
the fire Was already flaring through the
root j,
i When, the . firemen arrived, ladders
werje quickly run to all windows, and
at least 30 people were helped to safety.
At the rear s of the building another
tragedy was being enacted. Suffering
from the blistering heat, one woman
wa forced , toi leap to the little court
at jthe rear of the building.
' Another fralll little girl, too modest
to tjell her name, climbed from her apart-
ment on the fourth floor rear, over the
iroa fire doors to the ground. A man
on jthe third floor came down the same
way. and from another fourth floor
apartment a string of bed clothes waa
reed as a ladder of safety to the ground
fori several people.
Save Kewpies From
Blaze; Go to Hotel
or Some Clothing
, ' Bv Patton ; saved her , collection of
xawples from the flames In the Elton
Court fire.
Miss Pearl Long and Miss Patton
.- roomed together and when they were
'awakened by the fire they grabbed a
. few pictures and Jumped! from the Win
dow, Miss Long sustaining a sprained
ankle.
1We didn't know what we Were grab
bing." said Miss Long, "and Eva was
gathering op her kewpies. They took
us down to the Seward hotel to get
' sorrte clothes." '
"t awoke at 5:30 a. m. and looked Out
and saw the ; flames ; rushing through
thej lobby," said Miss E. Morgan. "I
slidj down the fir escape and the flre
mea threw my things out. They threw
outj my old suit but my good one was
' waller soaked." - Miss Morgan is em
ployed by the Standard OH company.
Ptliller t Tracey
High Clas Funeral Service
Iain 2631
57C-S5
SLIDING
DOWN WIRES
Escapes Fire While
Attending a Woman
, In Dying Condition
Mrs. James R. Brown waa taking care
ef a sick friend and thus escaped the
fire at Elton Courtj although her .pos
sessions Were watersoaked. "
"I Was called away to take care tf a
sick woman." she said this morning, as
covered with cinders and water she saw
her watersoaked trunk taken from the
building. . "I had been up all night and
the woman was Just about to die when
word earn, to me about the fire. I guess
about everything I have ts ruined." Mrs.
Brown lately arrived from Sheridan;
wyo. j ' I - v
T awakened at ID minutes past 5,'
said O. A. tThrig. ' f'and saw the firs
burning : la the elevator. I gave an
alarm but had no time to find the peo
ple cri anything.
GIRL DEFIES DEATH
IN.E
Clinging precariously to the slight
hand holda afforded on the bigr fire
doers over rear windows of the El
ton Court hotel . Saturday morning.
Miss Mary dinger,
telephone operator
23 years old,
employed at, the
Western Union office, Third and Oak
streets, made a remarkable escape
from the blazing building.
Miss dinger is a slight little girl, frail
appearing, but terror i-at the roaring cal
dron of flame just outside the door lent
her superhuman strength and she made
her way safely down jthe hot and sway
ing doors, t : if I .
AH the more remarkable was her ef
fort when it is considered that the doora
are the full length of ithe windows, taller
than she. and are almost smooth, - with
only occasional projections such as the
Interlocking flanges ion the sides and
bottom, and the big i steel bars at the
Side- used for latching the doors.
SPECTATORS I5D1FFEBEST
Clad i only in her
inight clothes, the
glrL avers, she made
the descent alone
while a few feet away, in the windows
of the Arthur hotel, jest across the light
court, stood a group lof men, who, it is
said. Jocosely commented en the ter
rible ''predicament of Ithe inhabitants of
the ill-fated structure.
Among the survivors of the fire Sat
urday the action of these spectators in
the other hotel was tine subject of gen
eral and Indignant comment. Apparently,
nmfi rtf th TCttfin Cert nAfint cav
fthese spectators enjoyed viewing the
condition that . forced! people to escape
from the burning building in scanty ap
parel. :'): :- ; I ;.';;-? SHr- ..,-':
"1 could never do it again." said Miss
dinger to her friends Saturday, "and
now I i cannot understand how I ever
made that climb. I Iwas awakened by
the sound of the fire just outside the
door and ran to the window.
FI BE 31 Elf KEPT BTTST
"I saw the firemen with ladders at
the front windows, but there were six
or eight people and more, and it was a
case 6f , taking them j down or bringing
the ladder to take down one person.
"A fireman yelled for me to look out
for myself, : and theyi would come and
get me pretty soon."
The plucky girl said she saw another
man going1 down the fire doors. The
fire was beginning to break into her
room, which was at the northeast corner
of the fifth floor."
Mies OHnger"s room is all of 60 feet
above a light court over the first floor
at the rear i of the hotel.
Witnesses of her exploit say that a
man stood j in another window across
the ell over the court when she came
to her window and called for help.
GIKL HURLS CHALLENGE
"You'll have to go down yourself. It's
everyone for himself mow," the man In
the other window yelled at her.
"Them I'll beat you Idown." she Is said
to have replied, t and forthwith began
the descent. Reaching the light court
after a j few minutes the girl reached
the street through the windows of an
adjoining building. ' !
In the meantime the fire" had swept
into her room and lit was utterly de
stroyed.! Mies dinger lest all of her
clothing and other personal effects, and
Is being: cared for byt friends.
The girt. was very modest and refused
at first to tell of her desperate journey
to safety, -No coaxing could persuade
her to tell who she was. and identifica
tion was only established through others
who were in the hotel land by her friends.
Fire Eefuees Are
Given Shelter at
Neighboring Houses
Nearby homes and hotel rooms were
opened to the victims) of the Elton Court
hotel fire Saturday, morning, and every
effort was put forth to make them com
fortable. When the excitement had end
ed, police cars and taxicabs took many
of ths women to the homes of friends
or to other hotels. After the fire was
extinguished, the firemen helped the.
lodgers icarry out their trunks, "hope"
chests and other 'belongings. -.
fire Chief , Young had every room in
the house searched as soon as the fire
was under control toi seeSf anyone had
been buried in the debris. - His men also
picked up many pocketbooks and other
valuables, which were turned over to the
police. l
From; cellar to garret, the building Is
a badly charred and burned maas Inside.
Debris Is piled two I feet high on the
floors n some places. ' Much of the in
terior will have to pe removed before
remodeling can commence.
-Jackson Reynolds,
Of Great Northern,
, Inspects Property
Jackson E. Reynolds, a director of the
Great Northern railway system and vice
president of the First National bank of
New York, arrived from Seattle Friday
and spent the entire i afternoon Inspect
ing: property of the United railways. He
left for Spokane Saturday morning for
an inspection of the S., P. A. S. property.
He Is accompanied by J. H. O'Neill,
general manager of the Great Northern.
Louis ;W. Hill, president of the Great
Northern, was a member of the party
from St. Paul to Seattle, but he did not
come to Portland. " .
Vancouver Marriage Licenses
. Vancouver, Wash., Aug. 7. Marriage
licenses were Issued to Charles H. Con
nolly, 21, and Olene iHardage. 19. both
or Portland Harold O. Blakley, 28. and
Margaret Macklnzie. 27, both of Port
land i i Neal ; Marchine, 2$. and Marie
Beneke, 26. both of Portland j Alfred.C.
Travis. 1pm 1 nut rni x ttoV.. i...t
' both of Portland. 1
SCAPING
FIRE
VOODEff INTERIOR
FUEL FOR FLAMES
Flimsy wooden interior construc
tion and an open stairway around an
elevator shaft explain, according to
Fire Marshal Edward Grenfell. the
reason for the lightning-like spread
of the fire at the Elton Court hotel
Saturday morning. I .
Built nearly 20 years go the interior
of the l structure was : equipped with
scarcely anything; to hinder the progress
of a fire. i
- To an experienced fireman, the fire
left a perfect trail of its progress.
- Originating In the lobby. 1 10 feet from
the elevator and just a short distance
Inside the' Yamhill street entrance, the
blaze crept to the ceiling-of the first
floor and then was sueked into the ele
vator shaft from whence It swept up
ward, spreading fan-shaped until at the
fifth story the blaze practically' envel
oped the entire floor.
ESCAPE CUT OFF
From the very first, escape by means
of the stairway waa impossible. , In the
first few minutes, the elevator, which
had been left at the first floor, dropped
to i the basement. The staircase sur
rounded the. elevator shaft, which was
inclosed only in a light metal grating.
Showing that the fire first got its
headway from the ceiling of the first
floor, the lower part Of the stairs from
the first to the second floor was left in
tact.! although charred. The : next cir
cular flight was badly burned, and above
that ! the stairs were completely de
The elevator shaft giUwork alone
the lower floors was twisted and sprung,
and about the upper floors completely
gone.
Round iron posts set at the four cor
ners of the elevator shaft were curiously
twisted and bent by the great neat.
"I did not sleep well last! night." said
Grenfell, "and I was on my feet in a
second after the alarm tapped over my
bed. I don't think there ever i was. a
fire in Portland that gained headway
so quickly.
"I came down Fourth street, and turn
ing the corner at Yamhill i I could see
the fire sweeping- out the I roof. That
could not, have been more than two or
three minutes after the box: wae punea.
FIRE ESCAPES I Jf ADEQUATE
"A! fireproof stairway and an in
closed elevator shaft, even i with metal
lath, would have done much to prevent
the damage that occurred." s
Grenfell pointed to the fact mat oniy
one fire escape existed, that on the
Eleventh street side, accessible ' only
thmtisrti certain rooms, the doors or
which, in most instances, were locked.
"You will notice, however," ne con
tinued, "that all the rooms ;naa outside
windows. - There were no inside rooms,
else I believe the loss of life would have
been greater, for all these irooms were
occunied and locked, and people inside
could not possibly have escapea. .
"i was told soon after -the lire staixea
bv a srirl who came In about 2 o'clock
this morning that she heard someone rat
tling a newspaper in thevroom just o
the lobby, and that she smeiled tobacco
smoke. - It is possible a smoiter causeq
the fire." .
SWITCHBOARD. RCISED i . i ":
am another likely eause of the blaze.
the fire marshal pointed to the charred
telephone switchboard, utterly ruined.
sitting just inside the loony ana not
more than it) feet irom we eievaiui-ehaft-
Grenfell believes this the most;
likely source of the blase. ;The fire ran
up a wooden pillar against: which this
switchboard was fastened. : and then
spread along the ceiling towards the
shaft: A short circuit may have been
the cause of the blase. ' s
From the hot metal roof of the build-
in soon after daylight Grenfell scraped
two gruesome reminders of -the intense
blaze; the skin from tne neets. soies ana
toes of a man who had sought escape in
that direction. The flesh had been cooked
by contact with the red hot metal and
adhered to it. v ;
BUILDIJfG INSPECTED
Grenfell said the building- had fre
quently been inspected and that orders
of his office nad been complied witn oy
the tenants. His office, he said, appre
ciated that the building was a fire haz
ard, but- there had been no trouble over
such regulations as were imposed. Con
sidering the nature of the construction;
the building Was always Irt &ood condi
tion, as far as possible, he said. :
There had been suggestions from his
office, the fire marshal declared, that
the building be made more fireproof,
but the heavy expense entailed had al
ways been a deterrent. ;1 r
"We could not tell them to virtually
tear the building: down without condemn
ing it," be said.
i-FATED HOTEL ;
LOSSJS $40,000
V;..-. " .. , .' V.'' ..' . r. -i y .;
fCoBtfrntnl From Pssr ) -
sbbve $ 25,060, partly covered by in
surance. Cursory inspection' shows the
exterior walls to be in good condition
and the timbers below the ground floor
may 'be salvaged.
The hotel contained 47 rooms and was
fully tenanted, i The fire was discovered
by. XJhrig at about 5 a. m. He awakened
Bohrman and attempted to turn on the
house alarm, but the connection already
had burned away.
" Bohrman then started ' through the
hotel: to awaken the tenants, but was
forced to retreat to his own quarters
in the basement by the heat and smoke.
The lower hallway was a seething mass
of flames, and the elevator shaft served
as a draft to the furnace," said Bohr
man., "It was impossible to gain access
to the upper floors. , I did what Z could
to awaken the people in the house, and
then carried Mrs. Bohrman outside."
Bohrman escaped in his nieht clothes
and ' was obliged to borrow a suit of
clothes from a neighbor.
Flames Burst Into
His Face When Door
Of Bathroom
Opens
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Deeley of Elton
Court were minus the customary articles
of i clothing Saturday morning. They
slept while their bathroom: burned and
when they awoke from a sound slumber
Deeley .opened the door of the bathroom
and the flames rushed into his face,
burning his hair and singing ms eye
brows. They went down the fire escape.
The firemen flung down Mrs. Deeley's
old plaid coat while her better garments
were left behind. Wrapped in borrowed
coats: the Deeley were trying to rescue
their possessions from the water soaked
hotel.
"We are just awfully hot," said Mrs.
Deeley, "but we' can't take these things
off." ' ' v
ScehetyChaimsVicePresident
MyPGuitspnbrive
"1 was unalterably determined : that
Mrs. Marshall should have the pleasure
of seeing this magnificent highway, and
I wanted to enjoy' it again myself, al
though: I have been over, it before. It Is
one of the.; grand trips of America." 1
Thus spoke Vice President Thomas R.
Marshall as he , stood at : Wahkeenah
Falls Friday afternoon with Mrs. Mar
shall and their party of guests, and told
of their keen enjoyment of the trip over
the scenic drive.
PRAISES SOTJHDED
T went over this route . long before
the highway, was. built," . said the: vice
president ; "and then I : made the trip
over the completed highway . several
years ago. I have never ceased to sound
the praises of the magnificent scenery
along this route, majestic river: and
mountains ; wonderful cliffs and marvel
ous waterfalls, fascinating gorges and
canyons, and the colorful vistas of tim
ber and glints of clouds touched with
the hues no artist can rival. I've talked
of it so much that Mrs. Marshall was
WARNING IN FIRE
SEEN BY MAYOR
"This is one of the terrible les
sons we have to be so frequently
taught In the school of fire preven
tion," said Mayor Baker, an early
visitor to the scene of the fire Sat
urday.! , ' i :
"Sometimes we have thought we were
going too strong on this fire prevention
stuff," said the mayor, "but things like
this indicate, if anything, that we have
not gone strong enough. : :
"In fire prevention work we are al
ways met with the complaint about ex
pense, improvements to make a building
safe cost so j much. That haa been a
hindrance. i -i ' i. t.
"But I have always maintained that no
expense was too great where human
lives are in the balance, and hereafter
we are: going into this work stronger
than ever before. I say that if a. man
wants to conduct a hotel he should as- J
sure the city that his patrons will be
protected Just as far as it is possible to
give them protection. If that protection
cannot be given, then he should not have
a license."
The scene of the fire was of interest to
the mayor outside of his official inter
est because he lived in the building about
15 years ago.
NOMINEE'S SPEECH
HAS BOLD
Contizraed From Pat On)
that he does not intend to violate his
oath of office. Anyone who is false to
that oath is more unworthy than : the
law violator himself." i "
EMPHASIZES PROOE8SITENESS ,
Great emphasis was laid by the gov
ernor upon "progress! veness ' as opposed
to reaction." ; .
Other policies handed down by Gov
ernor Cox wer : i
"Compensation" for soldiers, reduc
tion of armament upon entrance to the
League of Nations, relief frdm war-time
taxation and substitution of a small tax
on all business for the excess profits
tax, a federal budget pystem with re
duction of national expense to $4,000,-
000,000 i annually, maximum; ceaseless
war on profiteers, definite statement of
the respective rights of workers and em
ployers in collective bargaining, ratifi
cation of the woman suffrage amend
ment, pitiless publicity of campaign ex
penditures and a fair trial for private
ownership of railroads with relief from
congestion by development of the Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence navigation project
LEAGUE CAREFULLY DISCUSSED
Approximately one third of the gov
ernor's speech of nearly 12,000 words was
devoted to the League of Nations. ;
"The Republican, proposal means dis
honor, , world confusion and delay he
said, referring to Senator Harding's plan
for a new relationship among nations.
It would- keep us In permanent com
pany with Russia, Turkey and Mexico.'
Picturing the league as a plan to
make impossible a recurrence of . such
conflagrations as the world war, the
governor bluntly laid down the question
of league or no league' as the real issue
of the ! campaign.
"I FAVOK GOING ITS" I
"Senator Harding, as the Republican
candidate for the presidency, proposes in
plain words that we remain out of it.
As thei- Democratic candidate, I favor
going in," the governor said in solemn
tones.
Arguing that the League of Nations
is the same in principle as' the League
to Enforce Peace, headed by former
President William Howard Taft I and
supported by other ' prominent . Repub
licans, the governor proceeded to a vig
orous defense of Article X of which, he
declared, the Monroe doctrine "is the
very essence." .;i i
Enemies of the league, the governor
said, hypocritically claim it will drag us
Into foreign wars, "but they fail to re
alize that every high school youngster
In the land knows that no treaty can
override the constitution, which reserves
to congress, and to congress alone, the
power to declare war." ,
EXPLAINS TREATY PLANK
The plank in the Democratic platform
calling for Immediate ratification of the
treaty without reservations impairing its
essential integrity means, the governor
said, "that we shall state our1: interpre
tation of Che covenant as a matter of
good faith to our associates and :as a
precaution against any misunderstand
RING
ings" -1 ..... . ... ! .
The platform, he also asserted, lays no
bar against additions that will be help
ful, so long as they do not "disturb the
vital principle."
Reservations, the governor continued,
may be unnecessary, but they . will : at
least be reassuring to many of our cit
izens who feel that, in signing the treaty,
there should be no mental reservations
that are not expressed, in plain words,
as-a matter of faith to our associates.
TO REDUCE TAXES ! f
Governor Cox, after condemning the
"failure" of the Republican congress "to
lift from the people a heavy burden, of
war taxation," pledged a Democratic ad
ministration to reduce national taxes in
excess of 12,000,000,000 yearly.
He promieeeV to ? "modify v sharply"
taxes on small wage earners, - salaried
and professional" men, the agricultural
producer, and the small tradesman.: He
suggested the substitution for the excess
profits tax of a tax of froial to 1 per
cent on every going business- concern.
Profiteers he denounced as the most
just eSv.anxious to see It as I was that
she should see it. We have greatly en
Joyed this trip." -
Mrs. Marshall was enthusiastic in her
appreciation of the highway and the
varied scenery along the , way. Her
guests were also charmed.
TAKES' IW ATJTOS
: Immediately after - the dinner given in
honor of the vice president, the party
waa transferred to automobiles for the
trip. With Mra Marshall were Mra
John Allan Dougherty and Mrs. Thomas
F. Walsh. 'Marshall was accompanied by
a party of Portland .men, headed by
John Dougall and Will Moore, collector
of customs.
The first ctop was at Crown Point,
where the view from 'all directions was
enjoyed, and ' then came short stops at
Wahkeenah. Multnomah falls, Oneonta
gorge and Horse Tall falls. At this point
the party turned back, expressing regret
that their time would not permit further
extending the trip. - -
The party continued its journey north
ward early Friday night. '
F
DOWN FIRE ESCAPE
"It was Just like an earthquake,
and that was what I thought had
happened when I first awoke," said
Mrs. Laura HImes, whs occupied a
room, on the third floor of the Elton
Court hotel, and who escaped in her
night clothes by way of .the fire
escape. ' '
Mrs. HImes' room was on the fire esr
cape. The door of the room had a glass
pane and a light: indicating that the es
cape was within. .
T don't think anyone, excepting one
man, came through my room, though,
because the heat was too great," she
said. -'."
The door of her room was just a few
feet from the elevator shaft, which was
a roaring vortex for the fire. Likewise
the other rooms fronting on this fire es
cape were only a few feet from the blaz
ing stairs and shaft, so that escape in
that direction, save 'for the few within
the rooms, was impossible after the first
few minutes.
She was awakened, Mra HImes de
clares, when someone either kicked her
door In or the heat crashed the glasa
The fire did not get into the room, al
though It burned in the tiny hall leading
from the main hall to her apartment -"I
went down the fire escape to the
second floor, where it ended, and waited
until the firemen put up a ladder;
said. -
she
Women's Advertising
Club Members 4b Be
Waitresses at Picnic
"For the pride' of Portland, members of
the Portland Women's Advertising club
agreed Saturday, morning ; to become
table waitresses at the pionic which is to
be given for the fiftieth anaual conven
tion of the .American Society of En
gineers at Eagle Creek on the Columbia
river highway next Wednesday noon.
Waitresses were at the beach. Wait
resses were engaged for local hotels.
Waitresses were on all sorts 'of assign
ments, routine and emergency and Harry
W. . Kent, in charge of plcnie arrange
ments could find none for the pictur
esque highway picnic.
"We'll do It," proposed. Helen Campbell
Jesselson, president of the Women's Ad
vertising club, when she learned that as
to the picnic it was aut waitresses aut
nullus. . - .. ......
A committee - was straightway ap
pointed consisting of the president, Bes
sie F. Colwell, Maybelle Rice, Hazel Lin
ney and Claire Baker Mullen.
"There will be plenty of waitresses
and what they lack in experience they
will make up in seal," was the commit
tee's announcement.
Ho t Lake Visitors
Hot Lake, Aug. 7. Arrivals Mrs. E."
G. Marquis, Adams : Mrs. T. A. Lieu
alien, Adams : Mrs. W. S. Nelson, Adams ;
T. Monroe, Joseph ; J. Parker, Seattle,
Wash. ; J. L. Chalker, Tacoma, Wash
W.-B. Murphy, St. Maris, Idaho; Franz
Egerland, Ritzville. Wash. ; W. M. Mas
sey, Richland. Departures Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Urkeda, Pasco. Wash. ;
Robert E. Frazier. Portland ; Mr. and
Mra George L. Jones. Olympla, Wash.
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sinister Influence In American life, and
he promised if elected to find means of
compelling them "to use the same yard
stick of honesty that governs most of
us" or "suffer the penalty of criminal
law."
FAVORS COOPERATIVE DEALING
Protection of public life and property;
"but absolute impartiality, leaving pub
lic opinion to do the rest. Is the function
of the government in Industrial disturb
ances, said Governor Cox. - Infringement
of the rights of free speech and free
press, he said, are unwarranted by pres
ent conditions. Collective bargaining, he
declared; will be , helpful, but "we need
a definite and precise statement of policy
as to what business men and ' working
men may do and may not do in the way
of combination and collective action." .
Decreased tenantry, land reclamation.
regulation of cold storage, federal sanc
tion of cooperative buying and selling
for farmers, and appointment of real
farmers to positions of importance In the
government, were part -of the program
urged by Governor Cox as a means of
improving agricultural conditions and
halting the movement of farmers to the
cities.
BUDGET IS ADVOCATED
Adoption of the budget system and tha
consolidation of departments, the gover
nor declared, can be made to result in a
reduction of the expense of government
without loss of efficiency, to a maximum
of four billions of dollars, including sink
ing rued interest on the national debt.
The Democratic party was vlede ed bv
Governor Cox to prompt rehabilitation
of disabled soldiers, who. he asserted.
have lost much "by the break in ma
terial hopes and aspirations."
Tne same earnest hooe as our Dlat-
form," that some of the remaining states
will promptly ratify the suffrage amend
ment, was expressed by the governor.
tonarp issue with Senator Harding on
the question of "government by party"
was expressed hy the aovernbr when he
said : , ,
"I am sincerely grateful to the Demo
cratic party, but J am glad to say that
it dsls always recognized that my of
ficial duties were to tne people as a
whole, and has In no case attempted to
interfere under pretext of party . re
sponsibility with , mv riffht of nersonal
Judgment under'' Oath in the .perform
WOMAN
INDSWAY
MILITARY FORCE
HOLDS DENVER'S
MOBS IN CONTROL
i ;. Denver, Aug. 7 -(I. NV S.) The
Denver streetcar strike waa called
off by a- vote of members of the
tramway union bere today and . the
striking carmen will report Immedi
ately to their respective divisional
headquarters for work. .
j Resumption of passenger carrying
service was expected la to this after
noon. i Additional troops are expected to ar
rive from Camp' Funston tonight to help
prevent any recurrence of mob violence
which haa marked the streetcar strike,
taking a toll of five dead and 45 injured
and giving Denver two nights of terror
and suspense that has not been experi
enced since the bloody Chinese riots of
the early '70a
The dead: Daniel-Flanlgan, 19 1 John
. Collins,- 24, and Charles Hanson,' 30,
all of Denver.
Hugh Miller. 43. is in the county hos
pital not expected to live.
ELEVEH WOUNDED :
I Eleven wounded are in the hospital.
Four of these are children. Including
two girls (bystandeis), who were hit by
gullets. I - '
KTR1XEBREAKERS JEERED""
After a comparatively quiet day yes
terday, a crowd of strikers and sym
pathizers gathered late in the evening at
the JSast Denver car barns where a num
ber of strikebreakers were , quartered.
In the crowds were scores of women and
Children who had: waited for an hour to
see what would i fiappen. ; Aside from
Jeers and cries of 'get the scabs.": there
was no disturbance from the crowd of
400 strike sympathizers outside the car
barns until , an automobile loaded with
strikebreakers arrived to relieve the men
ijn the barns.
This was the signal for which the mob
had been waiting. It rushed the car
barns .and strikebreakers and Bpecial po
lice began shooting.: - Women and chil
dren, panic stricken, screamed , as the
qrowd struggled to escape from the
melee.
(HJN8 TURNED OJf -CROWD
The first few shots were fired in the
air; then, as the mob continued advanc
ing, : the guns were : turned directly on
the crowd, i Police had orders to shoot
to kill, but rather than Inflict such
Slaughter they fired at the legs of the
attackers, army fashion.'
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f LTON COURT GUESTS
LEAP TO ESCAPE FIRE
(Ceottatud From : Put Obi)
pltal at 2 o'clock. She was 34 years old
and had been employed at the -Northwestern
National bank. Her mother,
Mrs. C. W. Bogue, lives at Houser, Or.
Mrs. A. E. Moore, her sister. lives at
Oregon City, as does her brother, R. A.
Bogue. who reached the hospital shortly
after she died. Wilbur and ' Henry
Bogue. brothers, are at Marshfield. while
her father is now at Anchorage, Alaska:
HISS EVANS IS DEAD '
) Miss Gertrude Evans. 25, who leaped
from the third-stOry - window, : died at
St. Vincents hospital. She was em
ployed as stenographer at -Wadhams
& Kerr BroB.. wholesale grocers. Her
parents at i Great Falls, Mont., have
been notified. An uncle and aunt re
side in Portland.
The entire police department also an
swered the alarm and many thrilling
rescues by firemen and police were re
ported. After Fireman Thompson had
carried a woman to safety he collapsed
On the street and was removed to the
hospital. .. ':
I Those who waited for a few : minutes
m the widows were brought down lad
ders by firemen. Very few - guests es
caped with: anything more than their
night clothes. Many had their hair
singed and were scorched while waiting
iin the windows to be rescued.
POOR TELEPHONE SERVICE
I Severe criticism was directed at the tel
ephone company for the lack of service,
Frank Robinson of 191 Eleventh street
Said he waited 10 minutes for the opera
tor to answer. He hung on to the re
ceiver until he heard the first apparatus
arriving.
I In order to escape the fierce heat many
of the guests climbed on to the roof of
the hotel, as the blaze had not broken
through when the' first- alarm was
Bounded. They were all rescued.
I Guests declare that the fire bell in
the hotel was not sounded and that no
One knocked at their doors to arouse
them. The nolee made by other people.
Who were literally burned out of their
rooms before being : awakened, awoke
the remainder of the people in the house.
James Bohrman cut his hand while
breaking open two alarm boxes in the
hotel. The bells would not ring, as the
fire had already severed the wires.
Damage to the hotel and contents is
estimated by Fire Marshal Grenfell
at $40,000. i The roof Is burned off
and every i room -. In the building
fexcept one is damaged; by fire.
Only the exterior brick wall Is left intact.
The first alarm was sounded at 5:01 a.
fn. The recall was at 5 :'45 a. m. The
fire was out at 6 '.36 a.'m. Eight engine
Companies, three trucks and one chemical
answered the alarm. When Acting Chief
Young arrived he turned in a second
klarm. . ..-.-. rr-, :s?- i--j -.
! The hotel was purchased two weeks
ago by B. H. Moore. The furnishings
pre owned Dy t. a. unrig, jura. Jose
phine Uhrig is landlady.
STARTED IS" HOTEL LflBBT "
i Origin' of the fire is a mystery to Fire
(Marshal Grenfell. but frorn information
given him by Miss" Marie Cooper, a
lodger on the first floor, : he judges the
flames were due to a cigarette stub.
(Miss : Cooper said 'she heard someone
around in trfe lobby about 2 a. m. and
heard the rustle of a newspaper. : She
thought possibly some man was lying
on the couch in the lobby reading' a
paper. Grenfell says the fire started in
the loblsy and Judges that the person
reading the paper, who is Judged to be
a man, dropped a cigarette stub on the
floor and failed, to extinguish it. No
one inside the hotel discovered the fire
until the building was virtually a roar,
jing furnace.
COURT ADDS TO DANGER
i Difficulty was added to the rescue
work when Chief Toung discovered that
a dozen people were hanging from win
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dows In an epen court in the rear of the
hotel." Owing to the narrow passage
way between houses thei firemen ex
perienced difficulty in getting their lad
ders into the .court. One woman was
taken from a fourth story window. . j
Victor Chrlatensen attempted to catch
Miss Evans when he saw. her Jump
from the third-story window Police
say he broke her tall, but sprained his
own arm and shoulder in the attempt.
LIST OF GUESTS i ! i
- The. first floor I guests ; were: Miss
Marie Cooper, Misa Violet Johnson,
Mrs. George Frost, Miss Diva Sarff.
Miss Pearl Long. Miss Eva Patton and
G. T. Griffith. Second floor: Mr. Ross,
Mr. Upton. A. R- Vanturler. Miss Rena
Shaw, Miss Christine Johnson. Mrs. L.
A. Beck, Mrs. Currana, Miss Eva Bow
ertpan, Mr. and Mrs. W. -C. Martin and
Miss Ann Fltspatrick. 1 ! "
Among those on the third and fourth
floors were the Injured and killed and
the following: Mr. and Mra. J. P.
Brophy, Miss Gene Olds. Miss A. W.
Resterup. -
Socialists Submit
Their Nominations
To State Secretary
Salem, Aug. 7. Certificates of nomina
tion of candidates for presidential elect
ors., secretary of state, . dairy and food
commissioner and public service com
missioner for the Western; Oregon dis
trict . were filed with Secretary of State
Koser Friday by -the Socialist party of
Oregon.-' The filings were ! made by Al
bert Slaughter of Salem, chairman of the
Socialist state convention at Oregon City,
July S, at which the nominations were
formally made, and cover the following
effices: j - i,
', Presidential Electors W.' S. Rlrchardis
Linn county; B. F. Ramp. Douglas coun
ty i W. W. Myers, Clackamas county
John K Johnson, Malheur, county, and
R. R. Ryan, Marlon county. t . I
Secretary of State-J. P. Sears. Polk
county. .. -. ,:,:; j . , . I
Dairy and Food Commissioner F. IJ.
Von Behren, Marion1 county, i I
Public Service Commissioner for the
Western Oregon District Otto Newman,
Multnomah county."
Water Covers
Land
When Dike Breaks
Astoria. Aug. 7.. News I reached this
city Friday that as a result of the
dike breaking- at Brownsmead a few
days ago approximately 300 acres Of
fine farm land are Inundated. Browns
mead is 15 miles east of Astoria. It Is
estimated that the damages will amount
to $7000 or 3S000. About 300 feet Of
the dike collapsed as a result of sand
foundation giving wayj I A force of
men is at work repairing the damage.
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JAPANESE INVITE
THOROUGH INQUIRY.
DECLARES RAKER
Studying the Japanese situation
with a view to-arriving at an adjust
ment that will be j satisfactory to
both the United States and Japan,
Judge John E. Raker, congressman
from Southern California and a
member of the house committee on
immigration, is in Portland Satur
day. '.!.:.'."' t ' .
On Friday, accompanied, by Everett
Johnson,! former United States attorney;
R. P. Bonham. head of the United States
immigration service i O. Yarns, secretary
of the Japanese association, and Takeoka
and Tochlo, two Japanese business men
and members of the association. Judge
Raker visited Hood River, where he in
terviewed a number of the leading citi
zens, some of them being members of
the. Anti-Japanese association and oth
ers being friendly to the Orient.
Judge i Raker's committee haa been
holding hearings In San Francisco. Ta
coma and Seattle. Raker was asked to
make personal investigations and obser- -vatlons
of the Oregon situation. The sea
men's act and general immigration prob
lems are! being taken up as well as the
Japanese question.
Raker : will leave Saturday night for
hls horn in California. Two meetings
will precede the presentation of the com
mittee's report and recommendations Just
before the convention of congress" In No
vember, bne In San Francisco and one
on the Mexican border.
"The Japanese are taking a very fine
tttltude.'l said Raker, "and are desirous
that we thoroughly investigate the situ
ation so as to arrive at a broad adjustment-that
Will be agreeable to all con
cerned, j ' - ! V.
S. P. Director Pays,
Local Branch Visit
J.' Horace Harding, director and mem
ber of the executive committee of the
Southern i Pacific Railway company and
vice-president of the White Motor com
pany, arrived Saturday morning for a
brief visit to the local railroad offices.
Harding Is traveling In a special busi
ness car and Is en route from San Fran
cisco to Glacier National park.
JKIanrboE9
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in the !
' operated by the ;
Pacific System
(O-W. li R. & N.Co.)
of our representatives to make your,
, . reservations. ,.- ( f - j
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Station. Phone Broadway 902.
Or., General Passenger Agent.
ance of those duties" , ' .