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MONDAY, ; DECIT.Ial ASTORIA S APPEAL (Continued From Pae On) Neuatadter Bras . . . Huelwood ReitauranC company . . . , M L. Klin . ........... "v. . The Jotume! Pnbttahinv Gm&. vmm Portland Oordae company ........ Portland Kltmrinf Milla . Kerr Gifford BOO 500 600 SOft 500 500 f-nt Huiai- . . . .... . -., . . . , . . Ceddjrear Bobber eon.paay ' . - . . . Biaka. VcFmll eompaay Oresoniait B'uButuer Frank Irn company . . . . . iJcernberker Manufacturing company . l'ea-era. Furniture company . Portland Gaa it Coke company . M Seller . Co. Willamette Iron A Steel company. . . Eastern AV Western lamtwr company. Itiman. Foclvm Lumber company . . . Hotieyman Hardware company Swift at o Crown MiiU Zellerbach Paper company J. K. Gill . . . . Wauhanu & Company Kassniuaen St Company PeerlEH Pacific Pacific Coast Biacnit Company . . . . . Tra Bin Buctrit company Carman ilfg. Company : Ctmsett St Derera WhitfieM Whitcomb company Cray. McLean & Perry Kmc Kood Products C crvallUs company Kan Broe Stark-Daris & Co Oescent Paper company The Vosan Candy company .;. . Kattern Outfitting company Old-mobile company Brtl Co. . Portland Jicd company .......... Mrs. F. R. Strong . Cbarlea Ber Blumauer liocU Oregon Voter 50O 1 " 50O 500 500 50 9UU BOO 50O 500 500 3D0 500 500 500 300 550 250 250 200 2O0 300 20O 20t) 200 200 150 10O 100 100 100 100 100 100 10O IOO 100 30 50 20 A8TORIAXR ARE GRATEFUL. ANDREW'S TELLS CHAMBER That the people of Astoria are grate ful for the assistance offered the stricken residents by Portland, was the, message brought back to the Cham ber of Commerce Sunday by Frank E Andrews, vice president, -who had been in the fire-swept town since Friday afternoon. He was accompanied by E. ' Weinbaum. also of the chamber. When the acceptance of relief by the mayor of Astoria reached Portland, the two men immediately set out in an .automobile for Astoria.- Upon their ar rival there they made a careful survey of existing conditions and then notified the Portland chamber of what was needed in the way of relief. Confer ences were held with Astoria business men and the committee of 10. Andrews was enthusiastic, over the response to the relief call and the quick dispatch of the special train for Astoria Saturday. OREGON CITY OFFERS TO TENDER HELP TO ASTORIA Oregon . City, Dec. 11. With an executive organization perfected to take whatever steps are necessary, Oregon City today is ready to extend the helping hand to Astoria. Saturday telegram was dispatched to the Rev. W. S. Gilbert,' head of the temporary relief committee of the stricken city., to the effect that this municipality would do whatever was in Its power to pi vc help, and asking the details of as sistance necessary. . The executive committee named at an Impromptu meeting of business men representing the commercial organisa tions of the town was composed of M. D. Latourette. O. D. Eby. William Andresen. K. Charman, Charles Shields, Harry Greaves, T. W. Sullivan and J. A. Ream. i The committee discussed the matter fof canceling the bridge celebration and putting the funds at the disposal of s-the relief committee, but decided against this action. It was stated that should Astoria want money, subscrip tions larger than the amount pledged to. the bridge opening fete could be immediately secured. The funds for the bridge program are not sufficient to be of material aid, it was pointed out. The committee, however, empha sises the fact that though Oregon City Intends to fittingly observe the open ing of the new Pacific highway span, this matter will not deter the giving of the fullest measure of aid to. the stricken town. KNIGHT8 OFFER AID Oregon City, Dec. 11. James Mc Neill, representing the Dr. John Mo Loughlin council of the local Knights of Columbus, has left for Astoria in response to a telegram from the su preme secretary of the order naming him as one of the committee to ad minister the lodge's donations of $20. 000 toward the Asona relief work. The local lodge donated $600 toward the fund. Echoes of Astoria Fire Heard in U. S. Court Proceedings I am a policeman," said Charles , RObinson, Astoria lawyer. In a message sent United States Attorney Humph reys this morning. Robison was supposed to appear in federal court to defend T. Okawa of Waune. charged with having rice mash and saki in his house. Robison's request that the trial be postponed until he is released from guard duty was honored by Federal Judge C. E. Wolvertoon. Frank C. Hesse, a member of Astor- fa's relief committee, appeared on time ; this morning, but minus the usual ar- ray of brief cases and law books. Hesse told the court he had been burned eut in the fire, and wanted to argue his case ex-parte. Briefs which he had been weeks in preparing were destroyed, he said. The court offered to, allow Hesse time to draw up new briefs, but Hesse said the press of other business would not permit it. He had narrow escape from the fire. Hesse was here for the Union Fishermen's Co-Operative Packing company which ; la-trying to prevent the collector of Internal revenue from collecting a $48, - J. ainBt 4S0.OOO sinking fund, which the concern set aside for Im provement purposes. . . Spreading your H bread with is nice broadcasting a McCormack phono graph recordthe best is spread in the .best homes in -each instance. 3J . , : ; - . 1 " - " 1 . -' " " 'V-." ........ - ... i ii. -i .I, -i . T . z ; frT -";:rtr- i ' fii'n "'' ,-j ;, v ; y ;;; 'JJr JL. ; : ' . . ' ; - f i - ,v... : - - SaUBSBaaaaWBasaaaBWanaaansaaaBSaSBWasswaBa aBaBsssaBBsBsasBSaBssBSBBBBa mmmfvmmm:" . - - - - ' , s . 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"Draw on us for $25." the New Torfc Stamping company wired to Julius 1 Meier when it heard of the Astoria fire. . z A. 'shipment of four cases of . rubber boots, 100 slickers and 100 sou'wester was sent to Astoria for the use - of guards in the burned area, on receipt of an emergency call from W. S." Gil bert, -chairman of the committee of 10.. W..H. Crawford, executive secre tary of the Portland Chamber of Com merce, got the calL He aroused of ficials of the Goodyear Rubber com pany and Fire Chief Toung had his men tafce the good to the railroadH stauon in truces. j - j ,- - - - . : . - - A.?!.: Tetu. potentate of Al Kader tempie or tas Shrine, asked this morn ing That a-y memter s Of Al Kader terapto in . Astoria who are In need make, their 'needs known to John Tait of Astoria, persona representativw - of the temple on the scene. TbeywiU b oared for,, Tetu said. , : - - ' i .-".-- - ' Ther Vogan. Candy company, baa do nated 1000 boxes of candy to the .Elks to be used in the Christmas . for As toria kiddles, sponsored by the Port land lodge. .. Fred B. Curry-, stats -dopajty.'rbT'tha Modern Woodmen of America, and Ben F. Sherwood, represenitng the Portland camps of the) order, went - to Astoria, today to look after relief work for Woodmen and others in need. ' - --- X ,""' as asasssaaiaHaaSa i n jia.iini m Easily replaced hard rabbet- tiwsu havo been.-, invented .for tho rdls tracks of a light tractor for industrial purposes' to prevent the .daman dana to floors by steel treadav" .r " - '? ASTORIA BANK TO BE REOPENED Astoria. Or, Dec 11. The Astoria National bank will open temporary headquarters in the Etmore building, according to an announcement Sunday by C. Higgins. president. Business will be resumed in a limited way. Hig gins said he had been told by a dozen or .more .former patrons that they wished to make deposits. Immediate relief through the tempor ary bank established" by the- officials of the five banks here is being given through certificates Issued to needy persons against a fund, supplied by re lief organisations or in cases of for mer depositors of the five banks issued on checks drawn by the former deposi tors. In some caseaAthe committee has riven cash tn nacdr nrnuna f r ; The certificates - issued by checks are debited to the account of the deposi tors, the checks to be held until bank ing is resumed, and' then balanced against the old accounts. ' -i C R. Higgins, president of the Asto ria National, is chairman of this com mittee and J. E. JRoman. cashier of the Bank' of Commerce, Is secretary. " ' ': t - Z., y' ' ,- ", '.. " . ' . Ghinese; Boy; Wotild Eetiirn' Fay Check ToFire 'Suffered Z- - ' - ' ' . Too day before th Cre ; tn Astoria. John 8eid, a Chinese boy was given a cheek for his week's wages by his em ployer, EL W. . Downing, proprietor of the Bakerlte bakery.; -When : ths firs was at its height Friday morning Seid went to his smployer, m hose place of business was completely destroyed. Said bald.' the civecX . In bis: hand- ' TS. IIS -OHEGONDAELY W JGURIJAL; vlPOiniD OIIEGON boy tried to say something but was either too embarrassed or too fright ened to articulate. "I know. I know," Downing told him," just keep It, Seid, I haven't got any money and I guess nobody has ow, but you will be . able to cash it sometime. . "I no want to get money, replied Seid," you lost too much already, you take this, I give it back to you, it help you." - - Evening Budget to Eebuild at Once; Full; Policy Jaid Astoria, Or.. Dec 1L The Astoria evening Budget, a local daily newspa per, following the receipt Saturday Astoria's Great Fire Are , you fully insured? Can give you full protection : in largest companies. : Assets over : $32,000,000 EXILE BURiaTtv Agent 207-8 ScIImff, Bldff. Main' 1800 I r - from Ormond Rankin of ; Portland, special agent for ' the Phoenix Assur ance Co.. Ltd.; of London, of-a draft in full payment of the loss sustained by the newspaper whose two months old home on Exchange street was de stroyed by fire Friday, immediately announced - plans for - erecting another plant subject to the laying out of the hew business district. The loss on the plant "of the Even ing Budget was the first adjusted by the Phoenix Assurance company, whose representatives were first in the field Issuing a large number of drafts in payment of losses on local property. - The Phoenix company has also paid to the Caan Studio of this city its Insurance in full, amounting to $1600- The company, a few hours after the fire started here, sent mes sages to its local representative, ex pressing sympathy for the fire victims and announcing adjusters were start' ing for Astoria at once; s LOOTERS ACTIVE IN EARLY STAGES' OF ASTORIA FIRE Hundreds land perhaps thousands of dollars worth of merchandise f was stolen from Astoria stores during the early stages of Friday's . fli accord ing to G. Howe of Portland an eye witness to the catastrophe. - Howe Is signal bell I supervisor for the S. P. & S. railroad company. - Howe said' he was helping his friends in the electric industry move their stocks to safety when he saw the crowd pilfering in stores, stealing cloth ing. foodstuffs, candy, or anything else they happened to see and want. At on point where a showcase filled with hats had been shoved out-into the street he watched man after mam ap- lproach the case, try on hats until they found ones ; to fit. leave their old bat in the case,; and walk off with the new ones. ' : Curiosity. : seekers were also a great hindrance to the salvagers, he said. Pedestrians would not get out of the way unless "virtually shoved along, and drivers of private automobiles refused to give the right of way to trucks load ed with merchandise which were trying to make their way out of the burning area. ',. ALL ORDERED OCT From the outset, Howe said,' the fire was too large for the Astoria fire de partment. After a short fight the fire men realized this and - devoted their energies to checking its spread. Specta tors thought the fire checked at 12th street, but soon smoke started pouring out through the pavement, between 12th and 14th streets, and in a minute the flames ! seemed to appear in about 15 places at once. At this Juncture several firemen quit their hose and ran down the two blocks ordering everybody out. including those who were salvaging their stocks. The next stand was made on . 14th street, Howe skid, but again the fire men found. themselves surrounded when the Megler house burst into flames. The fire burned both ways from the Meg ler house, j - . Among the queer sights witnessed was the burning of the pavement and a sheet iron wall. Aged men were seen with : tears in their eyes, and business men bewildered by trie dis aster were seen carry ing worthless arti cles out of their buildings in prefer ence to xhe more valuable stocks. Howe referred to one merchant who took particular pains to save a blackboard. DYNAMITE LET GO The most spectacular scene of the entire fire was the dynamiting of the old Astoria hotel. After many other buildings had been dynamited the fire men decided to rase this historic struc ture in an effort to check the onward sweep. They had plenty of dynamite. but had used up all their caps. Two boxes were put in the basement of the building, which was already afire, so that the dynamite would explode as soon as the flames reached it. . .When the explosive let go the embers and the roof boards were shot high into the air. This was the last building blown up, andshortly thereafter the fire was brought Under control. Howe also was near the Astoria Hardware tore when the ammunition stocks in the basement begsan to ex plode. He vacated his place soon, after that when, he discovered that a -sheet Iron wall between . himself and th hardware store was being punctured. Police were not needed to clear that section of the . street when this dis covery was made. Minister, in Fight With Flames, Wins And Saves Church With only a felt hat. faith; energy and determination! the Rev. E. A. Gottberg battled for four hours against endangering sparks which fell upon the roof of the first Baptist church from nearby buildings caught in the de structive flames of ' the Astoria Tire, and, virtually unaided, saved the build ing iTrom ruin. The windows of - the church were shattered by blasts of dynamite used to destroy other buildings in the path of the fire in an effort to check the spread of the flames. The paint upon BETST the building .was blUtered by the heat from burning structures across ;.th Street."' Because of weak pressuroi it was Impossible to throw a stream ; of water to the roof of the ehurcb, but the front facing the burning area was kept soaked with water,-.;: .. When the s Darks began v to shower ver the roof Gottberg climbed up and using his felt hat. beat out the sparks as fast as they fell, . crawling ana jumping from placo , to place without regard for the danger to his own uxe. His church mow stands as the north west landmark where the firs ended. not far from the Clatsop county court house.- -." '.I- ""f:..-,-"' :V '. "--Z Details Of the heroism or the minis ter were brotght to Portland by tbe Bv. O. C. Wright. NO. 40 East tOth street,, "who heard the story from friends f Gottberg. ' -f MHaaBHSHHBBVMMHMW.saaH..MMHaBawaasaaiassr Of- Portland Elks to ! - Send Santa Claus To Astoria Needy ; Astoria, Dec IL--Santa Claus ; has decided ' not to eliminato distressed Astoria from his Itinerary. As jovial old soul as he is the portly gentleman In fur and red likes prosperity.; Joy abundant and " unrestrained. - v When it was first learned he haa been badly, frightened by? the special reports which reached his workshop tn the northern hills from this devastated city, a deeper gloom 'of doubt, no less than the depression of loss caused to the elders by the Ore, settled over tne children of the city. The Elks of Port land heard of this in some mysterious way. Announcement was made Sunday bv .Georre Walters, secretary of the Portland lodge of Elks, that special ar rangements were being made with oia Santa, who agreed to visit Astoria after all. when he learned the true facts." When he was told that every boy and girl in this city old enough to do anything at all has been as busy every second as any man, woman, or', auto mobile,, he said to tell the children of Astoria : "I will come. I am sorry: 1 was frightened at first. I have ap pointed the Elks in Portland my local agents . to handle all correspondence and receive all donations." Astoria Would Give Red Cross Control Of Family Relief Astoria, Dec. 11. Recommendations to give the Red Cross absolute control tn directing family relief was adopted at a special meeting of . the general relief committee Sunday afternoon. Authorization of the city and its civic organisation was signed to a telegram sent to the division ..manager - at . San Francisco Sunday evening: An acceptance of the offer will ar rive Monday, according to Earl Kil patrick, detailed to Astoria to give any assistance the national organization could offer. Kilpatrick stated that additional rutte ITfM . Regular $12.50 and $15.00 BATH ROBES $985 , Soft, warm fabrics in varied : hues and patterns, trirnmed in silk and with cord to match. A gift that is truly appreciated by the male recipient 365 days out pf the year. ; - ' Silk Lounging Robes $19 S5 and $29JSS SILK SHIRTS $495 (3for$14-50) Shirts of an unusually high quality at ari exceptionally low price. Give husband, father or brother a selection , of these shirts ClWstrna.s morn and note how gratified he will be! 1 ' A Deposit, will hold your selections until Christmas SELLING Portland's Leading Clothiers for: Over: Half a Century funds would be alloUd the city by the division chapter ." 1 PwA.- .Parsoa "i andr jMiss: Eleanor Thompson. of the University ; .of Oregon Portland school of social Workers ar rived hers Sunday to . assist ; the Red Cross in its rehabilitation work, v stgggMBi mi i 1 1 iaagfjgBaaBgBBSBgsassgBaB SassasssssisaBaBaaBaBaBssssBSsaBSiasaBaa u ma ' tZ'. Heinz Spaghetti! Good to eat and good for the health. GoodforohUdren and good forgrown-ups. Good as an t appetizer, good as a side-dish and good as a complete meat' . The dry spa ghetti is made by Heinz. So is the tomato sauce. The cheese isS special Heinz selection, The recipe by- which it is prepared is that of a famous Italian chei ; Spaghetti Ready cooked, ready to esrva It happens every day valu able business ; papers, care lessly misplaced, are lost, perhaps forever., Keep them in a Safe Deposit Vault. Good! HEMZ SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT BANK Oldest in the Northwest) WASHINGTON AT THIRD MORRISON AT FOURTH T " '"A .C