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TH& OREGON - SUNDAY JOURNAL, - PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST S. ltlO. a ELTON FIRE TOLL " SETS RECORD FOR DECADE IN CITY "J Loss of Three Lives Stamps Hotel Tragedy as Worst in Portland For Perod of Ten Years. (Continued From Pic One.) 2o Goetach inspected the hotel care fully to . see if any criminal negligence could be found and report that the man . agement of the hotel compiled with all ' existing regulations. For this reason ro inquest will be held by the coroner. The only chance for prosecution lies in the discovery of a person who may have 0 set ths building on fire. , ' SOtrTIOX ISj SOUGHT " ' Whether or not this person was a 1 pyromaniac or a careless smoker 1 a problem which the firs marshal is try ' ing to solve. If arson is discovered, ' Goetsch eatd, a. manslaughter charge -would b filed. ; Many names will be omitted from -ths ' roll of honor of those who risked their - lives while endeavorinr to help their fellows to safety, and many of ths dar- - Ing acts performed by the guests amid clouds of smoke and scorching flames -.' have also iron by unnoticed. - Credit ha been riven, howeer, to the heroic manner in which every man in the burning building acted and also to the fire and police departments, which taxed their energies In an effort to save Uvea The firs department wag -seriously handicapped by a lack of lad ders, but this was not the fault of the ' men who answered the alarm. They raised to the wigdows every ladder they could handle and . effected the rescues which saved many a life. STEED IMPEKATIYJE Even though It seemed "hours" to ' the trapped guests before the iremen arrived on the scene, the time clocks at l the alarm office ehow the men made a tjuick turnout The first alarm was re- eelved at 6:01 a." m., the operators on the alarm system and telephone ex : change getting the call at almost ' the same Instant. Four engines, two trucks - and a chemical company answered this ' call. -. r; j .v.-:-.. : BCJf MADE QUICKLY The, firemen, got their alarm from r headquarters, dressed themselves, made ., the run to the burning, building- and turned in a second alarm In eight mln " utes. 'This alarm brought out five more : engine companies and another truck. The companies responding were en gines 1. 3, 21. 4. 22, 2, 7, 17. 26. trucks 1. 2. S, and chemical 1. Acting Chief Young was In Charge. Battalion Chiefs : Crenfell, Heath. Holden and Delane as- sisted. At 5 :45 a, - m. all but a few companies were sent home, and by 6:30 the fire Was out. Mrs. Chaney met her death Just as she was about to be rescued. She crawled from a window on the southeast i corner of the fourth floor on the Yam hill street side and took hold on a balcony railing, apparently believing she could draw herself over the railing to the balcony and be protected from the flames. She hung there for a minute. while firemen raised a ladder underneath I ner, nut she did not wait long enough. The fireman, 'being raised on th ladder j begged Mrs. Chaney to hold on,' but she 1 could not bear the awful heat of the. blase and made a jump for his arms before he was near enough to catch . her. ' As Mrs. Chaney was a very heavy woman. the fireman could not hold her. WOMAJT MAKES LEAP . Firemen below attempted to hold out the life. net. but they could not get it open . and in ' place before Mrs. Chaney Jumped. Her body struck an iron rail- ing aoouc a Dasement entrance. Many bones were fractured in the impact. A 'fractured skull, is given , as the im mediate cause of death. .Miss Evans Jumped from the third story window '. on the Eleventh street side, when she could no longer endure the heat. Victor Christensen on the sidewalk below, shouted to her and begged her not to Jump,. but his advice was not heeded, Christensen attempted ( to catch' Miss Evans when she fell, but failed to break her: fall enough to have her life. His heroic efforts-nave cost him a badly sprained arm and shoulder. Miss Bogus was badly burned in mak ing her way down the stairway from the fifth to the fourh floor, and by the time - she reached pie fourth floor she made a rush for a window and Jumped to the street. Although her body was fright fully burned arid many bones were broken, she . was conscious part of the time at St. Vincents hospital. .One time when the pain seemed almost unbearable she looked at her friends with longing eyes and exclaimed, "Oh, -what's the tue." : ,- ' c'i DOOR is smashed . , R- A. Jerould, .traffic . manager of Wadhams A Kerr Brothers, occupied .. room No. 28 on the third floor of the building. He was awakened by women tenants pounding on his door and com . plaining that they could not reach the ' t fire escape... "After hurriedly throwing on a few clothes I opened the door of my room fajtd found eight or ten girls and women -crowded Into ths end of the hallway leading to the fire escape." said Jerould. "The dor leading to room No. . 30. : which opened onto the fire escape, was ; locked, and I shat tewd the glass - with my hands and . unlocked the door from the inside. "It was impossible to reach, the . . street by the fire escape, - because it only reaches to the second story, 20 feet from the ground. t.The elevator shaft was drawing flames and smoke from the lower floors and escape by A the stairway 'was out of the question. After ; doing what I could -.' to assist Other ttnants on that floor, I slid down i. s water pipe to the ground. The girls Ventilated Part First Quality Hair ' BID SPECIAL IN ALL KINDS OF .HAIR GOODS I Better Than 150 Off Jest the Same at iTaolesale ATfT' SHADE OST1.T 93.45 Take Advantage of . , Switch low at $1.45 Trastformatlost low at S2.8d . ' Grej switch lew ss $4.98 i , v Have your Doll Wigs made now for Christmas. Don't wait too ,. long. , Bring your combings for Doll Wigs. 1HL HA1K STD RR . MA1L ORDERS Q- ELTON COURT HOTEL FIRE aYT" si ' x; 11 i it t.Ae rd !Mti.iii.iu- 1 v r r i i j i i rflii rIJ i ' L-4ZPru f - " '- Pictures; taken at scene Of disastrous Saturday morning blaze as a result . Uvea. Above Gutted upper floor, Ingr, practically mined by $40,000 fire. Cross marks place on balcony from which Mrs. Josephine Cha ney, veteran school teacher, fell to her death. Middle Miss Edith Bojrue, who made a leap to escape flames and died later .from Injuries. ( Right Mrs. Chaney, first of fire visible from roof of destroyed hotel building. were taken from the flt-e escape later by fltvmen. , ' Mlss Gertrude Evans had room No. 32, on the third floor, but it rwas On Uie ether side of the elevator shaft and Fht was unable to ' reach the fire escape. Miss Evans sprang from her window to the ground on the Eleventh street side of the building. r Someone in an automobile took : Miss Evans and inyelf to- the' emergency; hospital. "We arrived at the hospital at about S :30 a. m. and half an hour later Miss Evans was removed to St. Vincents hos pital, where she died at 12:30." CUTS ASE 8CTFEEED . Jerould says that 23 stitches were re quired to close the cuts h received from broken glass when he broke open the door leading to the fife escape. iter.and cIapv ctora found It neces- he was removed to the Hanthorne apart ments, where he is being cared for by friends. Besides a gash on the temple tl-ITCCtt l-STEJI SWITCHES -Cut to S1.7$ t v - a 1 V OXE WEEK OF AUG,l-8TH , fi 3 i t 7, This Bis Sale v-5 y- B, 81IU et. a Wasalt. ... viirox. BsUaisf, oromad Fleer 80LICITEP ri I 1 - . a '.I ' . V i I1 . v - ' ' i i n i n sWi i rstt i r V where blase levied heavy toll. Center, left Elton Conrt hotel' build and;: deep cuts on his arms and legs he was severely bprned about the face and neck by the flames rushing up the ele vator shaft which he was obliged to pass to reach the fire escape. A( rechecking of the injured Saturday night showed in addition to the above mentioned . the following i , Miss Grace Kirk, 24. employe of Olds, Wortman & King store, s at St. ; Vincents hospltaL She is badly burned and suffering from shock. No one knows how she got ut of the building. The -ambulance drivers found her : lying on the sidewalk and picked her up and rushed her to the hos pital. Her home is in Brownsville, Fireman O. F. Thompson of truck 2 was almost killed by smoke, while rescu ing a woman. , He dropped the woman on tne sidewalk after reaching the street mo puimoior on mm. lie reported for duty again Saturday night. 8 LIGHTLY I SACKED r" Medard De'nny. 10. and Hardy Denny. 2. both of Mount Angel ; C. F. Townsend of the Portland Taxi company ; Mrs. Grace Knowles; Mrs. lona Kirk i Vir ginia Dunn, 11 j Mrs Grace Dunn, 33 ; Patrolman Frits Rehburgj and PatroU 1 ,ellr r ong the slightly injured. All were taken to temporary homes after being given medical atten tion at the emergency hospital i Machines from the Ambulance Service company and Arrow Ambulance company and the police patrol were pressed Into service to convey the injured to tht hospltaL Dra. Ivan Wooley and A. W Blair at the emergency hospital ' did everything in their power to relieve the pali of the score or more. PAIIENTS OF MISS EVAXS IRE ON WAY TO PORTXAJt . Tfc parents of Miss Oertrode Svans. who . was killed in the Elton Court hotel fire Saturday morning, left Great Falls, Mont , for Portland. Saturday night, ac cording 'to a message received by Lv M. McPiierson. 407 Ross street, uncle of the .young woman. The parents are Mr. and Mra- Frank Evans. Miss' Evans had been In Portland a little over a year, and for nearly all this time worked TAKES HEAVY TOLL OF LIFE M ( i5! V" - of which three women lost their victims to die. Bottom Ruins ror rwadhams & Kerr brothers. Four brothers and two sisters also survive. They ; are i Charles, Kenneth, William. Robert and May Evans, and Mrs. Eunice Buckland. . No funeral arrangements will j be made until they arrive In Port land. . r John Dailey, Who Died m Aberdeen, Known m Portlands Aberdeen, Wash., Aug. 7. The connec tions of John, Dailey, who died here Wednesday following a sudden attack of Illness, have been established by a tele gram recently from Flint, Mich., where he formerly lived. : Dailey was taken ill here ; on the street, dying shortly afterward - in a local hotel before he could be taken to a hospital. . The dead man was well known In the Northwest and in Port land; having been a Northern Pacific passenger conductor, As far as known he leaves a. sister and nephew ta Flint, Mich., and a daughter In Albany, Or.. Mies) Margie Dailey. ...... .Valley was, divorced several years ago. Funeral arrangements are pending fur ther, advice from the East. Typos Put Cox arid Coolidge on Ticket New Castle. Pa. Aug. 7 -I. Us L "Foir president, James M. Cox of Ohio; for Vice i president. Calvin Coolidge of Massachusett". This ticket,-printed at the thead of the editorial column in a recent issue of the New Castle Demo crat, caused considerable surprise arid comment here. The publisher explains that it was a "typosraDhioal mrrar" the Democrat will not make the mistake again. m X i V 'A I TAYLOR MEMORIAL FUND INVITES SIM INTEREST (Continued From Pas One.) Western costume on the back of his favorite ' norse as president : of the Pendleton Round-Up. The lawn Of the courthouse where the late sheriff of Umatilla spent his life in public service seems the logical location. A. Phlmls ter Proctor of New Tork, sculptor of "The Buckaroo." "The Pioneer" ., and others, has been asked to execute the statue. W. Xj. Thompson, chairman of the Portland committee for the Til Tay lor memorial, - has returned from his conference with the general executive committee at Pendleton. He strongly favors energetic action to complete Portland's contribution to the Til Taylor memorial fund. "I would much rather see the sub scriptions offered -in Portland come in as they are being received in Pendle ton voluntarily," said he. ; "The man ' who honors Til Taylor's memory is honoring his own . apprecia tion of .the man and the peace officer that Til Taylor was. If he contributes to the memorial fund without being asked, so much more credit to him." POETLAXD C03IMITTEEME JT Contributions to the . Til Taylor me morial fund may be sent to W. L. Thompson, vice president 'of the First National bank. Portland. Contributions will be received by bis committee asso ciates.. C. S. Jackson, Mayor George L& Baker, Sheriff T. M Hurlburt and E. B, Wood, chief special agent of the O-W. R. & N. Contributions will also be re ceived by - The Journal for transmis sion to the committee. ; ' . : . It is hoped that Portland's offering and that from other Oregon towns will keep pace with the generous liberality evinced in Pendleton, where the first 35 subscribers gave f3500. Citizens to Banquet ' Jailed Coal Dealer - Columbus, Aug. 7.- !.-' N-; S.r When he finishes his Jail sentence here Ira H. Bell. West Mansfield coal dealer is to be chief guest at a banquet and-celebration given by citizens of his home town. In federal court here Bell was fined 1200 and costs and sentenced to 25 days In jail for taking coal from an interstate shipment. Bell explained that-before taking the coal the federal fuel admin istration had confiscated three ear loads belonging to him and that he had wired the consignor of the cars . that he was going to take the coal. Bell stated that he-distributed this coal to West Mans field - citizens who were entirely out f fueL Fellow citisens declare that, had it rot been for this aot.on by Bell they migt : have: frozen to death last No vember. i i Fighting Breaks Out In Lower, California Mexico City. Aug. 7- L N. & Fight ing between Mexican federal forcesand Colonel Ksteban Cantu has 'broken out in Lower- California,, telegrams from there stated today. -American aviators are .said to be helping the rebel forces. V tj'' " j - Bnd, Oregon's . Big L.; the Now Wants' Bend, Aug. If. -Paving) the downtown business streets and' such other Streets In Bend . as may seem to be advisable from the . taxpayers , point of view is now an Issue. The council at its regular monthly session last night adjourned to meet Monday night to receive such peti tions favoring permanent street improve ment or objections to same as may at that time be presented. . .. The .failure j of ; temporary ; lmprove-meots-to stand up under h strain of traffic, the incessant expenditure of city funds for . these 'temporary ' improve ments, without results, has brought! the issue before the taxpayers. The city council has expressed itself strongly ' op posed to making .further temporary im provements on the city streets. The operations of the Western Read Con struction company of Los Angeles at the plant of the Shevlin-Hlxon company, where it is laying a large amount of paving, has aroused considerable interest among local citizens, who are desirous of considering permanent improvement of a similar nature for the streets of Bead, ; ' RESIGN' ATIO.V FOIXOWS HIS i APPUCATIOX FOR A IiKAVE Send, Aug. ?. Norman' G. Jacobson, supervisor of ; the Deschutes national forest, has tendered his resignation from that office to the district forester at Portland, effective August IE, according to information given out today. Jacob son's resignation comes after his applU cation for a month's leave of absence to participate In the expedition in com pany with lrvln S. Cobb and A. Whls nant through : Central Orexon, It Is understood that the forest regulations do not permit the absence of ths forest supervisor from his bfflca at this time of the year. Jacobson, believing that from the financial point of viewa well as 'the benefits - that will come' to the community through such - an . expedition as has been planned, he cannot afford to sever his connection with the expe dition, which has for its purpose the exploitation or uentrai Oregon scenic wonders. The district forester, - to whom Jacobson's resignation has I been sent,Js now in Alaska and will not re turn forsome time. It is not known whether it will be accepted. . . Big. Forest Fire in j Cow Creek Canyon Roseburg. Aug. 7. A large forest fire was reported from Red 'mountain early today, in Cow creek canyon section, al most on the county line between' Doug las and Jackson; A large crew of fire fighters was rushed there from Tiller, and more crews, will arrive from Jack son county to cope with the situation. This is the largest fire of the season and lsi4n very rough country. The forestry office believes rangers will control the fire in a few days. Salem-Aurora Road ' Will Be Open Today Salem, Aug1, t. The Salem-Aurora section of the Pacific highway, a four ir lie stretch which has been closed to trarric me greater part of the last two months while undersroins navhir m i-. opened to traffic , Sunday, It was an nounced here today. The Completion of thl strip of road leaves only a short stretch of the highway near Oregon City unpaved between Salem' and Portland. The first unit of Marion county market roads system will be completed Tuesday when road number four between Brooks and the Pacific highway will be opened toitrafflc : . rV ' - ! ' '-- 'i"1 rr -, -, Walk Ovsr 342 Washington Street and125 Broadway Men's and Women's Custom Grade Low Shoes at a Big Reduction , Shqes that appeal to men and women who: are seeking the maximum of summer comfort. These Shoes are decidedly distinctive in character and modelShoes that fit into every nhase of life. Bhori lines of newest' styles IRASt HARK MOJJ.S-PAl.Crr Women's Custom Grade, White Buck and Cloth , Shoes, bona fide $i0 and $12 Walk- (gpf j Jffl Over styles, on sale at.L . . . . . fDOmOVJ PHOENIX AND (Steel and Beaded Walk Over Bloott 342 Washington Street and 125 Broadway Portlander Is Glad : - to Return From His Torrid Eastern Trip After nine weeks' of hot winds and a burning; sun In , the heart of the Ohio farm country, B. H. Stewart, manager Of the Baker Shoe company at Washing ton and West Park streets, returned Saturday to Portland, glad to again feel the balmy breeses of Oregon, j j Stewart went East for a vacation trip only. .He did .not visit any of the shoe centers and , is. therefore, not able to discuss conditions of the trade in the Eastern markets, t He visited his father and mother at the town of Occident, near Cincinnati, Ohio, the first time he has been East for several years. j Travel is extremely heavy on all the railroads, but the balance seems to be in favor of the - westbound movement. according to Stewart. , . . :m Judge Fines Self $1, Also Relatives Hays. Kan.. ' Aug. 1 (L N. 8.) Just because it happens to be- 'In the fam ily" doesn't interfere with the decisions of Justice of the Peace F. IX Bumgardt, of this place. The other day Bumgardt fined his son-in-law, his brother-in-law. five other produce dealers and himself 110 and costs for failuce to tandle eggs. - It. . LilNsi-ss the cheney has that unusual quality of the violin "the Longer you play it; the sweetfr it GROWS." j I ! When first you choose it for your home it plays more beauti fully than ever you hate heard music reproduced. And then as years go by, ft sweetens and mellows in; Its own melody, con stantly enhancing in value. ! Cheney period cabinets are masterpieces of furniture craftsman ship. Refined, quietly elegant, they blend harmoniously into any setting. ' j i ;.'.'. -i - ,j .:-.! The Cheney costs no more Priced $lj25.. 1150, G.F Johnson Piano G o. 147-149 Sixth on sale, tar Deiow cost, aU Men's Black Calf and White Buck Oxfords, bona fide $13.50 Walk-Over styles, on JJQ 5 Men's White Caoth! Oxfords, bona fide $9.50 Walk-Over style, onj sale Ql CTA .at b.&U 5) Women's Black and Brown Barriette, one eyelet . ties, turn sbles, high and medium heels, bona fide $12 WalkOver styles, aT::ie........,S5.75 ONYX HOSIERY Buckles Below Cost) i German-Made Paper Suits (Hit High Cost Of London Clothing Washington. Aug. T. Fanes suit. made : in Germany, have been Intro, duoed In vast Quantities into EnglanQ as a means of combatting the high cos. of clothing and have proved both eco nomical and durable. . ? This was the substance of a" dlspatcL received today by the department ol commerce from the American chambei of Commerfiff in London, The dispatch says in parf? ' " "These ready made suits are cut it Kngllsh styles and are said to be of th best class dt paper texture. Thpy car be forwarded from Germany at a thou sand for 120 pounds sterling f. o. b. and are being sold retail at 2 shilling 6 pence to 10 shillings 6 pence a suit. LtSst month 40,000 or these suits were imported By a firm of transport aeents from Germany via Holland, and another consignment of S000 is on the way. Fur ther consignments are expected to arrive at frequent Intervals. . "A large! number of the suits have been reexported to India and South America, where they have been found ideal clothing for tropical climes. Some merchants in London are of the opinion that, in view or the present high price of clothing; there are wide possibilities in paper suits, especially In the indus trial districts, if they could be cut more -in the Krxgllbh style and to English' tastes." 1 'CiHiiBMiEnr EnricW in Its Own Melody than ordinary phonographs. 185. 250 and up. ; Street, Portland Soot Sfeoio (bee Window Display, IWBC IMRlQG.US.PAI.Orf. 1 , 'in. i - - - .
