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DAILY EVENING ft HON lorreast for VA'Utix ores? m t. the Lotted Sutra Weather Observer t Portland. TO ADVERTISERS The Kant Oregonlan baa the largest paid rtrculatton of any paper In Oregon, eait of I'orttand and orer twice the circulation In rendition of any other newspaper. nil tr Iday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1915. NO. 8638 1 COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER tl ' ' CHILDREN DIE BY SCORE WHEN FLAMES ENFOLD Over 600 Trapped in Blazing Build ing Devoid of Fire Escapes-Doors Opening Inward Block Escape- -Many Caught as They Jumped From Windows. FIREMEN WERE HELPLESS PCJllK'lly. Jluw., Sce-IMS Of lll-Jl-l. I ill ft) Hour TlHs Forenoon; Fire OtiiMMl ) Explosion In Basemen; Selling Struc t in i- Quickly Afire. PBABODY, (ki. 2H- (LaterV. Ftfli HW "en- suited out ami 12 more will tile i a ri-sult of n fire at St. John'! pamrhlnl school, mvord in: to estimate of firemen and phy sician this afternoon. The mothers are n inpuiailh lii-ani with grief, and PARISRSCHOOL half ii.ii.i-il children an- rushing I total Bit tax levy last year wildly in the midst or crowds about j "1l "everal years prior, was ninej ii MOM of broken, charred .bodlea ' ml""- The Increase next year is' fclrvtchi-d In a row on the ground I necessary because of the loss while the ruins smouldered and 116.100 revenue through the, smoked. Such was tlK' MM as ; abolishment of the licensed liquor firemen ilclied Into the dialled tim- ImsUSi U-rs for more bodies. Twenty one I The total estimated expense of op hodlee wore mmiinl this forenoon. I eratlnn in 1916 la 163. 675.3s which Main Hen- hiirord to a crisp. ' a "ltlc les 'ban In 1914 and proh-' PBABODY, Mam, Oct. 28 At least twenty-one children perlshe! when an explosion In the basement of lite Kt Johns Parochial school caused n lerrlble fire as 672 of taWMI gntnueii lor tne morning session Theli bodies were found. It seems certain many more are In the ruins. Many were caught In a Jammed door-1 this year. An eleven mill tax on! wav and crushed to death as they j 86. "On. 000 worth of property will This picture Illustrates the method by which the French soldiers near the German trenches are compelled sought to flee. A panic followed i produce 862.700 The city will re-l'o flxhl the poisonous gases. The masks are made of aluminum, and contain cotton saturated with hyposul Doors swinging Inward were respon-1 celve from Licenses other than liquor j phite of sodium. Goggles protect the eyes. slhle for many deaths. Before -he! about 82000. according to the esti- first horrified children could swing hack Ihe doors the rush behind swept j not more than 81500 In fines, judg them into a fatal crush. Still others ' Ing from the way the fines ran dur ran to window.. Bewildered. they Ing the former dry regime. These .lumped Neighbors caught nianv ! are the orHy other two sources oi rev tiny forms by spreading blankets and j 'nue and will produce about HIM In their arms. When the firemen ' which will not be any more ih:iii came the main doors were Jammed j enough to care for the deficit which with bodies The flames spread so!""' (i,v Will have at the close of Ihe rapidly the children, attempting to current year. escape on the stairways, w-re cotl I'10 following Is a list of the fund" -froated With billows of smoke. Moot provided by the budget for next year of the children on lower floors a-1 M compared with tha actual avptnaea caped but many were trampled. Ot operating in 1914: Twi i, tv children Were aerlbusly hurl. Tl i fire was bevond control when Giei i firemen arrived. The ages of the dead ranged from eight to twelve The building had no fire escapes The fire was discovered by a Sis ter who smelled smoke. She found nee -he sounded Ihe firm alarm As calmly as they could M as not tn alarm their wards the blackrnt.hed nuns told the pupils to leave by the side doors. Kor a few moments while they were In the classrooms, the chll dren maintained perfect order. Then aa they marched Into the halls the thick, hoi smoke poured toward I hem and the flames crackled nearhy. Terror selxed the Sisters and chil dren slmultnneouslv Peeing their harftl helpless, the teachers ordered them to break ranks. As Ihey did so a rush for doors and windows fol lowed. Below the townsfolk had al ready gathered They besought toe whltefooed children at Ihe windows not to leap until they hrought blan- kels to use as life-net". Some chll- dren obeyed. Crying and protesting, they crowded to the windows, while the flames drew near, others Jump- ed. Below them men triad to catch F. A Mlchnel (not Frank Michaels or Pilot Ilock), an elderly farmer of Birch creek, last evening euata'ned , several severe scalp wounda and fered a temporary loss of memory when he was thrown from his wngon below the state hospital during a runaway He recovered sufficiently . during the evening to return to his hAflM which Is Just below the Mcllee j place, I Together with a man named Long, wlth whom he Is negotiating for a lease of his place, he hauled n load of potates yesterday to the railroad camp nt Pilot Bock Junction and Ihen started on to Pendleton When a short distance below the hospll il. the O.-W. local passed by, frighten- (Continued on pat firj (Continued on pare five.) iSIWAiuir!' FARMER HAD MENTAL LAPSE COUNCIL ADOPTS I; TAX IS 11 MILLS Aldermen Make Estimates on Ex penditures for Coming Year Based on 1914 Expenses. ANNUAL EXPENSE $53,000 bout of Revenue from Saloon II rUMM Provided for in Budget '. street Sprinkling i- Is Reduced Through spread or Street MMl-ict, Pendleton's city tax levy fur BMCl year will be eleven mills, If the bud- j pet. presented by chairman Murphy I nf tlie finance committee and uppiuv-1 led by the council last evening. I ln ! ken as basis. There U a pOMlbllity of a small reduction after the budget ; has lieen thoroughly worked over bill right now the council deems that C nine mill general tax and a two null' street tax will he necessary to meet Iht expenses of operation find better-1 blent In 1916. 1 amy less than In 1916 The only i betierment provided for In the bud get Is a septic tank which, It is est!- j mated, will cost tit. 000. This will I miiae a toi.u expense tor tin- ie.it m ' Tl,c aaaesaed valuation ins uujr iirpoeny a year ago was: 6. 746. mis and Assessor C. P. Strain i ! "tales that It will he about the same' mate of Recorder Fits Gerald, and j ANNUAL BUDGE , Budget 1914 I Fire department.. 86.000 86.366 12 i Recorder office .. 1.500 1,189.81 i Police 6.600 7.300..W ! Lights 4.800 6,005.:i:i , Bents 700 700.00 j Interest, general .. 12, 511. SS 1 2. 95S. 76 Street sprinkling... 1 800 3.161.71 Streets 3.000 9.782 11 ' Street cleaning 6.000 Legal services .... 1.500 92S SO Treasurer 413.50 331.3:, I City hall 2.000 1. 7X6 lti , Library 3,600 1,744.75 Parks 700 Heallh 500 1.470.00 Elec Hons 650 550.85 ' Surveyor 1,500 1.429. II Total 53. 575. 3S 53.837.05 Includes street cleaning. In addition the budget for n"x; year provides for 110.000 for a sep ' tic tank and this Is the only better ment contemplated. In 1914 the betterments Including the Matlock I street bridge, the East Court street bridge and some sewers, cost $37. - 880.18. No cemetery expense Is fig- ured In the budget as the revenue from the cemetery makes It self-sup- porting. . material cut in the cost of street Ing the team. The horses began '"niilng- and, when Long grabbed one .'V.JL'.VTr'"' "V' W" Michael was thrown from the wagon, alighting on hie head. He was s'.un- ned by the fall and his companion thought for a time he wag dead. He was hrought to town and met by the two hrakemen of the locul who took him to the police station. He ve.s able to converse there hut had totally lost his memory .being unable tc tell his name, address or the cirrum- stances of the accident. He was t- ken to the offices of Drs. Parker and Hattery. who discovered MTffal scalp wounds. While there he par- tlnlly recovered his memory and hit- er vs able to make the trip hack home The Men - F . S , . .'a .. FRENCH SOLDIERS VTH ENGLI T AT DARDANELLES LONDOiV, nit. l. In a leitarc, last night on the Dardanelles opera' tlona Captain Kills Ashmead-Bartlcit the British press representative in that campaign, said that although the allies were firmly established in Ihe Dardanelles, he did not think there was any chance of a further advance, "The Turks are too numerous and' skillful.'' said Captain Ashmcad 1 Bartletl. "Iespite their losses there, are now not less than mmi.oioi Turks: under arms and the longer they fight iine more loimniiiioe aim eapei ler.cru they become In the methods of de fense. With the participation of Bulgaria we can no longer hope to get through to Constantinople. ' Discussing the work Of the British diplomats In Turkey, and the Bal kans, the lecturer, using an expres sive slang phrase, said the nation had been "badly let down" by Its dlplO- mac) In the near east. Cannot itl Serbia for Year. "The Turks," Captain Ashmead Bartlett continued, "were most kind ly disposed towards us until a yeir or a year and n half ago. It would have been comparatively easy to get Bulgaria on our side at a certain stage when we had not suffered any severe losses. "Nothing Is more deplorable than Inability to redeem a pledge solemnly made, but at the present we eflnnot redeem the pledge made to Serbia for we are not In a position to save Serbia this year Serbia will be forced to give tn or make the beat terms possible. NEWS SUMMARY General. French cabinet resigns iNvausc of criticism. Fifty children lost In Massachusetts fire. IViuv talk hoard at Washington, sortw are crushed between foes. Looal, Clt) lay levy to In" eleven mills nevt year. If IliHlgH stands Petition presntted asking t ouncil mini Phelps to reamgn, old man ihroMn .by rtUUOVaj lose memory tempomrtly, H ANN HOPE TO SUCCEED in The Metal Mms s. aBHaBKaaaBaaaKaaasfll tKm'y'j&SMSk'i Ti wUt. V f May be Mexican Ambassador to U. S. RUeJo Arrelondo. confidential repre ontettvo of the Carranza government M Washington, who may be the next Mexican ambassador to v. s. UNUSUAL SENTENCE IS GIVEN SEATTLE WOMAN SEATLK. Wash.. Oct. 2S.-Superlor Judge Smith this afternoon sentenc ed Mrs. Mary Lillian, convicted ol manslaughter for killing Howard Borders, the man alleged to have oe trayed and deserted her. to one veer In (he county Jail, but In the event she Is to become a mother, sentence will be automatically concluded 1 few days before the child Is born. The four months she spent In jail awaiting trial will be counted as part of her sentence. The sentence is believed to be the only one of the kind in the history of the state. When I man's stomach harder than his hands cveryth become a bore to him sooner er works Li .-Ml Serbs Ground Beneath Heel of Triple Foe VIENNA, Oct. 28. Serbia's de. fenders are beinj; ground beneath an Irresistible offensive, smashing them from three sides. The Teutons are ftill plowing southward along a hun dred mile from. The Austrian! have gained on the western frontier. The Bulgarians control the eastern. Hav ing joined at LJablcevac ill north eastern Serbia the central allies and Bulgara are consolidating their po sitions preparatory to sending sup ply shipments to Turkey. The Teu-, tons must gain a stronger control of! the railroad to Saloni'.i before they i can reach Constantinople. EVINCE OF PLOT NEW YORK, Oct. 28. The gov eminent hasn't yet succeded in gath ering evidence linking the five men arrested In the Pig bomb conspiracy with Ihe German government. Chief Fly mi Of the secret service said. Rob ert Fay's intimation that he acted at least with the sanction of the Ger man secret service, however, caus ed Flynn and his men to dig further Into the case "We are confident.'' he sail, "that somebody is behind them. We are concentrating our ef forts to round up these backers.' MRS, GASTNER CHOSEN AS PRESIDENT 0RE60N CLUB FEDERATION i SALEM. Ore., Oct. 28. Mrs. 4 j C. H. Castnei of Hood Biver. was elected president of the t Oregon Federation of Woman's Clubs over Miss Marian Tow ne. : of Phoenix. Oregon, first Went- ' an member of the legislature. Miss Mary Beatty of Salem yvas elected first vice president. Mrs. I, W. Tlffet of Portland. second vice president. Other officers elected unani- moUSly were: Mrs. Alexander 4 Thompson. The Dalles, record- Ing secretary. Mrs. Sarah Da- vis. Portland. Treasurer: Mrs. K. 11. Buchanan. McM Inm die. auditor. e PEACE TALK IS AGAIN HEARD AT WASHINGTON Believed Germany Will Start Negoti ations Gerard and Kaiser Have: Conference. DISCUSSION IS EXPECTED nticipatcd Belligerents May .Now be Willing to Talk Terms of Settle ment: iii port is Kxpeutad from Ambassador to German. -,. WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. Peace ' talk Is again In the air. Hopes of an j early, official discussion of possible! K ims for settlement of the great I v orld struggle are raised. Germany ; Is expected to broach the subject. It , became known the state department I officials expect a reopening of peace I discussion. Carefully guarded inoul- j ; ries are expected as the first sign of: j the belligerent's w illingness to talk ; terms. A conference between Ger jard and the kaiser Monday Is regard j ed as a peace indication. That thev j discussed peace the officials hoped and believed. Gerard is expected to make an early report to the president I concerning the conference. Denies That Britain is After Peace London, Oct. II. "Cartalaly not1 Lloyd George said in the commons I reply to the question whether unof ficial exchanges with a view to peace were in progress between London and Berlin. He declared Asquith s pledge that there will be no peace until Eu- ropes freedom is guaranteed still holdl good. Moreover, he declared. England would not think of peace ex-: cept by agreement with her allies. TO ASK REPUBLICANS TO AID DEFENSES WASHINGTON. Oct. 28. Speaker Clark has been invited by President Wilson to confer with him some time before congress convenes on the gen eral legislative programme for the r.ext session, particularly the admin, i.-tration's plans for national defense After the president has discussed the national defense plans with the democratic leader, it is expected he will also call into conference Minority' Leader Mann, of the house, and Min ority Leader Gallinger of the senate, as the administration desires to press the army and navy appropriaation bills on a strictly nonpartisan basis. i 1 :i in Baeal Case. TRENTON, N. J.. Oct. 28 The j government filed an appeal from the recent court decision refusing a dis solution of the I'nited States Steel corporation. The appeal contended the acquirement Of twenty three sub sidiaries violated certain sections of the ami trust law. E Asking Councilman D. D. Phelps to resign his office because he has moved from the ward from which he was elected, a petition signed by D. Turner and other voters of the f'rst yvard. was presented to the city coun cil last evening The council took the View that the matter was entlrel.. between Mr. Phelps and the people of the ward and referred the peti tion to the councilman. The petition cited that section ai the city charter which provides that two couneitmen shall be elected from each ward and stated that, inasmuch as Councilman Phelps has moved tn the third ward, he should resign City Attorney Carter stated that, while the charter provides that two councilmen shall be elected from each ward h says nothing about an elected coun cilman being disqualified by remov ing from the ward during his term of office. The council could take n" action In the matter properly, hi held. Mr. Phelps made no statement be fore the' council as to whether he would resign but declared afterw 1 tl that the petition was the result of 1 personal difference between Mmaeli and the circulator and that he did not believe It reflected the generul si ntiment if the first ward. COUNCILMAN NOT DISQUALIFIED BY MOVING FROM ON CABINET QUITS IN BODY TODAY Fl TO WAR PLIGHT New Cabinet to be Formed With Briand at the Head-French Pub lic Not Satisfied With Western Campaign or With Diplomacy in Balkans. i DEPUTIES ARE ADJOURNED I psct in Cabinet r.r. wing for Some time; llrsl sign Was I : i -iit;uiou of IX-li-assc as Foreign Minister; New Cabinet Members, arc Selected. PARIS, Oct. 2v The entire French cabinet's resignation was announced officially today. Following the resi gnations President Polaeare asked Aristide Briand to form a new minis try. Back of the resignation of the cab inet loomed France's dissatisfaction with war developments. The people disapproved the failure of progress In the west and the failure of the allied diplomats to win Bulgaria to their side. The crisis had been brewing for some days. The resignation of For eign Minister Delcasse was the first outward sign of trouble. Premier VI vlanl at that time assumed Delcas se's post in addition to his own. The resignation of the entire cabinet, how ever, came as a surprise. France saw in it a possibility of an upset in the English cabinet. The chamber of deputies held a stormy session after the resignation, but adjourned at the request of Vi y ia ni until tonyrmw. This halted the discussion of the cabinet crisis. Meantime M. Briand will work on se lections for posts in the new body. They likely will be: Briand. premier and minister of foreign affairs; Cam ten, general secretary; De Freycinet. vice president of the cabinet: Oeneral Gallieni. minister of war; Admiral La caxe. minister of marine; Ribot. min ister of finance; M Doumergue, co lonies; Palnleve, minister of educa tion and invention, and Bourgeois, Combes. Denys. Cochin and Guesda, without portfolios. Oct. Bluestem Sells at 92 1-2 Cts Coast ! PORTLAND, Ore., ciali Prices at the Oct. Mere change today, club. 88 bp bluestem. 91 1-2 bid. 93 thousand bushels of Octol sold at 92 1-2 cents. Chiisaa,,. CHICAG' At the clo May. 81.02 (Special 1 81.00 1 IVc. Liverpool ( Yesterday ) LIVERPOOL, net. 27. Wheat. Bpot, No. 2 Manitoba, lis 4 l-2d; N.v 3. lis 3 l-2d: No. 2 hard winter, old, 12s 3 l-!d; Chicago, new. Us 2d. In American terms the highest Liverpool price Is II. 7S 4-5 per bushel. Villi Install t i. - . The council last evening adopts I the favorable reports ,.( the light committee on the application for an lights In front of the high m property and at the corner of Ana and Railroad streets. The recommendation o Cottttetl man Phelps for the laying ,,f pm r ..K of sewer on OaMa street from thu Court street Intersection toward Al ta In order that the new King I dence may l connected ng w.iy ,, cepted and the sewer ordetr, lac L'pon the reconimendnloo g Councilman Vaughan the city attor ney was Instructed to nsk the Pgl Iftt Telephone & Telegraph Co le run the wires of the fire alarm system through Its new conduit whli h in ke Ing Installed on the north side ef 'ha river Some complaint was made of th Jog In the sidewalk on Main lliao in front of Ihe Schmidt and Berkeirv blocks and the street committee was Instructed to have It fixed ut on. . request was cade by a chimney tasjsja that men of his rooaflog be licensed and the c ouncil f o etiously p inwd 1 1ENCH OBJECT WARD TO ANOTHER
