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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
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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.
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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