Vtr V if e iEiirnuuj Urratfi OFFICIAL VAVMl OF KLAMATH FALLfi omoiALriJnMOC KLAMATs ootnrnc pMMAMMMAAMMMAM Fourteenth Year No. 4017 .KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, .TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 120 PrieriT(MN ill 1 T m Wlilln thorn In comparatively con- elusive uvlilunro llinl tnoru pornnnn purlihnd In tlui Houston liolol tiro yesterday morning, Deputy Coroner 0. C, McCoppon Iiiih boon nlilo to ponl tlvoly Identify thn members of only ii I no bodies. Thoso urn now In thn rounty morgue, and to aid In thn work of Identification they huvo boon numbered from nnn to nlnti, No, 1 apparently In tho nimalni of n female, although tlioru It not much ovldonco to Justify thl stutemnnt. Thn unfortunnto woman wa about 111 year of ago, Ni'iir theo remains word round a pair or imnll foiditiic nclssori, ono plain gold ring with a hntirt and tar design, onn ring with tiffany sotting, from which tho ilonu In missing; n nlgnot ring with Initials which I'unnot bo dotectod, two other rliiKH In a mollim condition, onn fttxhnt needle, an liioipcnslvn tin pin, and n motal mounting, arldantly part of a purse. It I hollomd thut thoso bone aro thn remain of tho girl known a Minn draco Hall, who camo from Portland last Thursday. Acrordlnic to several nrcoptahlo stories, iho kid stalml that she wan married, and that hor real natuo wi Mr. Dolly 1'arker. Her huiband, to ho Mated, waa In Portland. Domcst Ic trouble, no thn report nays, caused hor to Icavn her huibnnd, and to roiiio hero to wek work. She U dc Rcrlbcd a having been about fire feet and nix Inchoi In, height, blue eyo, dark brown hair, iilreiy, com ptoxloned, and of stocky build. He port Mnto further that aba had linen working an a waitress In Medrord, and that her father, a Mr. Hall, (a ItlaU unknown, la a resldanl if 'PorU land. An-unctnnnrt aunt" am aald to rcsldn In Ahland. No' wedding ring wan found with thn remain, which might Indicate that alio wai linmurrled, or estranged, n alio stated. No, : ha boon Identified by Etmnr Ayars, of thin city, a tho remnlnn of MU Marguorlto llanloy, aged 43, who had been working nt tho hotel n a chambermaid. Mr., Aynrs wn nfflnncnd to Minn llunlny, nnd wa familiar with Hut juwulry found with tho remain. A brother. Jnme Han ley, of Placorvllln, California, and temporarily In Kidney, California, ha been communicated with by wlro. Another brothur, John llanloy, and a alitor, whoso married nuino wa not learned, aUo llvo In Placorvlllo. Jamo llanloy will prboably arrive hero noon to attend to bunlncwi con nected with thn dlipoial or Ml llan loy' nutate. It I undomtood that ho own real entato hero and In other place, In addition to having a tidy h ii in of money In u local bank.' No. 3, roprcHimted by nothing mora than tho trunk and skull, 1 tho ro nuiln of n nulla. Tho tuoth are reg ular. No urtlcles were found near theao romnliiH. No. 4 evidently I tho body of a ) man about 40 your otd. Tho leg uro miming. A niiiull Htag-handtud knlfo with three blade, n Hinall whoUtono, nnd what appear to have boon u HUnpenHory worn found with tho hone, Thn tenth offer thn bot opportunity for Identification, , lloth bottom front molar nro inlsMlnK, and alo tho front upper molar. Thin body I Hitppoiod to bo that of Clydo Pollock who'll miming. No, C Is tho body of a man. un doubtedly that of C. D. Harmon, who operutod a peanut atund hero. This .Identification waa mado posnlblo by a key ring with the name "C. D. Har mon" ihowlng plainly on It, A stag, handlod knife, with two blade, and a amall amount of molten sllvor coin wero found near this body. No. 0 Is a male. There were no article found nearIf that will assist In tho Identification, and tho remain aro so badly burned, and thero are o many members mlulng, that dcflnlto Identification may bo im possible. No. 7 Is a male about flvo feet and ..eight, inches in height, and about 30 years old, The loft side ot the trunk and the left arm are missing. The teeth apparently are correct, with no gold replacements. Thore wero no artlcUs toaua sear this body. (XmO.NKIt'H inquiry TO III HELD TOMORROW A coroner' Investigation of thn Houston hotel trugody will bo held tomorrow nftornnon, deputy coroner McCoppun tn( nd today, at which tlmo full In iiulry will bn mnilu Into nit, dn talln Hint may sorvu to establish tho emmen of thn flru nnd throw' morn HkIH upon thn death Hat and Identity of tho victim-,. Fntm nil mi urn- thn following Incomplete lint of niliutlnic pnnona, who may Imvo prrinlwtl In Iho flro 1 KatlMtrtl: Mm. Dolly Parker. Clyilo Pollock, rinpto)m of the Lakt-nliln l.umlH-r ritnipoii)'. Frank WIlM.n of Klnmalli FalN. CliarleK Hliailrlrli, nun A7f ew plo)il by Oakar llubcr, hl)livuy iimtrmlor, Illn non, Hurry, m riirfl. AiioIImt son, l.liidley, I In Horriiiiienlo, !al, A bnrtlwr llvrn In Portlnnd anil n IUr at Itrdnntlo Uracil, Cal, Holt llawwui, conic lirrn from Portland, mro IWs Mil artificial Irjr.. Ilk nUtrr, Mr. King, llvrs In PoHUnd. If pmon know of any further It will fnrllluto niattnrH If II)' will report to tho Herald office, coroarr, poller, pootTmutor 'or other authority. RED CROSS READY TO SUCCOR NEEDY All person whom belonging were destroyed by tho flro can secure clothing and financial assistance by applying to Hod Cross headquarters n tho chamber of commerce building. Person who have clothing or houiohold furnishings tlist thTy"wh' to ilonato to the flrn stiffurors art requested to notify tho Ited Cross secretary and a list of the articles they wish to glvo will be taken and called for ns needed. Articles should not bn brought to headquarter until called for. Par son unabln to find lodglngsnhould apply to the temporary roomlnghouso conducted by the fled Cros In tho new rourthouso building on Main street. REED WINS HARD BATTLE WITH RITCHIE Wild lllll Heed, ot Kan PrancUco, knocked out Karl llltchlo, of thl city, In tho last round of their ten round battlo here last night. llltchle kept after hi man from tho. gong, but lined' straight loft and infight ing punished him severely. Ultchlo wa slightly outfought, but was not outgamed, and thn fight wn either man' up to tho finish. Thero wa a big crowd In attendance. Thn preliminaries wero full of ac tion, and worn mighty funny, bu cleverness mid othor evldenco of ability wero lacking. ' No. 8 undoubtedly Is tho body ot Mr. C. lllldorlmck. Investigation shows that tho deceased was ub.out 4S yearn of ago, nnd ot good' uulld. Tho skull and other members uro missing. A plain gold ring and buv oral amall colim wero found' near theso rem n Ins.' No, 9, represented by nothlngVmoro than tho hips ot a girl about 19 year oTd, evidently aro tho remains ot Miss Leona lllldorlmck, who occupied a room with hor mother. Mr. Illldorback and two sons occu pied another room on tho floor be- fnoath the room occupied by Mrs. 1111- derback and her daughter, and escap ed uninjured. Mr. Dllderbaok said that his wife bad $200 in cash, and a revolver under her pillow, but they were not recovered. Doptty Coroner C. C. McCoppea stated that he would conduct a cor oner's Investigation tomorrow after noon. Meanwhile tho bones ot the unfor tunates aro in the morgue In a tem porary state of preservation. Their burned condition preclude preserva tion treatment, and they will be burled as soon as it becomes evident that Identification Is Impossible, or as soou as definite instruction from relative arrive, THE MISSING ? n T Declaration that a housing omerg onvy existed In Klamath Falls was contained In a telegram forwarded (lovnrnor Olcott today by Mayor I. It. Btrublo and Dr. A. A. Soule, city health officer, with a request that an Investigator bo ont hero. Dr. Houlo stated that this Is the opening gun of a battlo to get rid of thn flrelrap rooming house and se en ro "safo unci decent" lodging. lie said that many ot tho city's hotels and lodging house aro 'no better than wa tho Houston hotel and now I tho psychological tlmo to attack thorn whlUi thn Houston hotel trag edy I fresh In the public mind. A conflict of authority arnso at tho scene of the flro yesterday when Vr.' Houln ordered tho work of removing bodies to begin. Ho said Chief ot Police Wilson ordered him to desist and leave tho flrn lono. Tho health officer wa backed by County Judge llunnoll, acting coroner In tho ab sonco of C6roner Whltlock and Jus llco of tho Peacu Chapman, ho Raid, and went ahead with tho work of fe moral. To havo loft tho bodies, he asserted, would have been a menace to the health oftho city. Dr. Houlo ha prepared an an nouncement ot the legal authority for hi action which wilt bo published tomorrow. REVISED LIST OF . Ts- :. ' -: -,-', From Mrs. Qoldle Houston, Harry Jone and other Information for a rovlsc of tho list of occupanta ot rooms and apartment in Iho Hotel Houston ha been secured. Person who are listed hern a unknown or missing will greatly aid tho work of establishing an accurato death list If they will call tho Herald offlro by phone, or come In and' give thejr names nnd robin numbers, or give the information to tho coroner, police or othor proper authorities. Apartnwnt No. 1. Mr. Tony Capltuso and baby; escaped, woman Injured. Room 2. Tom Linsey. Room 3. Frank Wilson. Iloom 4. Jack Hughe. ' Room li. Mr R. K. Chapman ot Chlco, Cal. , Room 6.--Cliff O'llrlon. Room 7. Mike Connelly. , Room 8. Unknown. Room 9. Shadrlck and Sandors. Room 10. Thomas Ilutts, Port land. Iloom 11. Clnrfleld. Iloom 12. Roomur out. Room 14. II, K. Miller and Jack llolcomb. Room burned. Room Room dead. Room in, Alva Heals,, badly 10. Murtln D. Scbulor. 17. Charlo D. Harmon, 18. -Harry Jones. -Clyde Pollock, missing. -Dawson, missing. Win. Morso, Injured. Room 19. Room 20, Room 23. Room 2G, Rhndrlck, dead; father ot roomer In No. 9. Room 28. J, K. Pondor, badly burnod. Room 29. MIsb Margarot Hanley, chambermaid, dead. Roon 30. Alfred Kinablo. ' Room 32. Tom Poppas. Room 34. 19-year-old girl from Medford, dead; supposed to be Mrs'. Dolly Parker of Portland, registered as Miss Florence Parker. Room 36. Wm. R. Scott, Injured, Room 36, Harry McCharles, In jured. Room 87. Tony Soma, out at the time ot fire, . Room 38. D. Bogland, Injured. Room 40. Mrs. D. Bllderback and daughter, Leonn, of Ashland, (both doad. Room 41. N, J. Flemmlng. ftaom 41 M. J. Welch. 'Room 80. Thomas Higgles, back hurt,c I'eg'bedly-cut, ia'hoapltal. The latest English dictionaries oontalB 500,000 'words. mm NT ROOMERS mwm 111 Death camo suddenly last night to II. II. Kdmonils, aged (13, manager of tho Saddla Mountain Lumber com pany, a llfctlmo mill operator, who expired sitting In his car on Main street In front of tbo McDonald pool room. Mr. Kdmonds with hi son, If. M. Kdmonds, had attended tho boxing contest and tho elder man left tho lavillon talking and Joking with friend. Ill son drove to the pool room and both men went In to. try and find a sawyer to take out to the camp. Tbo younger man missed his father after he got Insldo and con cluded he had gone back to the car. 'After remaining not over five min ute, tbo son went out and found the elder man wa dead. Ho wu summoned by his brother In-law who noMced that Mr. Edmonds sat very still on tho back seat, but thought he wa asleep. H. II. Edmonds was a man of wide experience In aawmll! operation. He came to Klamath Fall about seven years ago and built tho Algoma Lum ber company's mill at Algoma. Be- fforo that he built and operated a mill for the company at Pokegama, and prior to that wa employed in the lumber Industry in Siskiyou county, Cal. Ho camo to Siskiyou county from Cadillac, Michigan In 1899. In Michigan be grew up In lumber manufacturing, following tbo indus try for his entire lifetime and knew the business from start to finish. He was deeply Interested In the develop ment of. the Saddlo Mountain enter prise and bent 'every energy toward the development of the enterprlae. .II was a man of sterling character indhTd 'tWr?6SffdWeer-c'hls''aei dates In every enterprise In which he engaged to the fullest extent. All ot hi friend loved and trusted blm aa only the best ot men aro trusted, and bo repaid them with unswerving-loy alty nnd friendship. Resides the widow and son, who reside horo, he leaves a niece, Mrs. A. M. Miller ot Chlco, Cal. The funeral will probably take placo at Yroka, Thursday, his son said today, His first wlfo is buried there. Tbo decedent was a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Illuo lodge at Cadillac, Mich., and tho Knights Templar commandery at Yreka, Cal. He was also a member of the local B. P. O. E. lodge. men school, ARE OPENED Tho public school reopened this morning with u total attendance In tho four grado school of 652. Ot thl total 211 aro registered at the Illvorsldo school, 285 nt tho Central school, 60 In the Pelican Day school, and 96 at the Mills Addition school. With one exception all ot tho toachors are on duty, thl oxceptlon bolng Mrs. J. M. Etoll, who has been compelled to remain nt home because ot sickness In her family. She Is expected to assumo her duties next week. Superintendent J. P. Wells Btated that he believed that yesterday's dis astrous flro exercised some Influence on, the attendance, and that a tew days will, witness a very satisfactory Increase. Robert Qoets, principal ot the high school, had not, at 2 o'clock- this aft ernoon, checked up the attendance of his pupils, but he seems to be gra tified' with the attendance outlook, and expects to see Quite a number more enroll within a few days. At the same time, Mr. Ooetr wishes to remind parents aad pupils that late eatrlea are derogatory to the success of the school aa well aa to tha pupils, aad urges all prospective students to enroir aa soon aa possible. Th Saerast, Heart aaadamy also- OT I HTATK FIM-: MAIlfllf Ali WIMi I.VVK8TIOATK SALEM, Ore., Sept. 1. Thn state flro marshal's offlco will Immediately investigate tM Klamath Fall flro to Mwrtjt If tho hotel building was ado- quutoly provided with flro en- capes, It was announced today. yy.WH OF KLAMATH FIRE HAH TRAVELLED FAR Portland headquarters ot tho Associated Press today informed tho Herald that they were re- colvlng countless Inquiries from practically every state In the union from peoplo who have relatives In Klamath Falls, In- quiring If they were safe. E All of tho Injured In Bfonday'a Are are Improving and were able to see visitors at the Warren Hunt hospital today. They talked freely ot their narrow escapes. More than a dozen people reported at tho hospital this morning for treatment for face and hand bums. Following is a list of the Injured, whose hurts were most serious and who are In the hespital: Harry McCharles, temporarily here from Yreka, California, occupy Ing room 36 on third floor, wai awakened by the 'heat and, Jumping up, ran out Into the hall where he was , met with a seething mass of, flsne. He dashed back Into his rarm. rahhAi1, m tbalr maih.Ml wttt. V,1ssjsM i j piorcht and; wrtafly onto a sign, expecting to jump rrom there' to the street, was hampered by having the sign break and fall with him' to the pavement. No hones were broken but McCharles Is badly 'burn ed and bruised. He Is a patient at the Warren Hunt hospital." William Morse, Klamath Falls, has been employed as a plumber with Starr Bros., and John Shannon dur ing his residence here. He occupied room 23, and Is bruised and burned. Thomas Hlgglns, room 60, on first floor, believes himself to have been the last man out of tho burning building. He did not awaken until tho hall outside his room was bias ing, as well as the walk outsldo his room. Hlgglns didn't even wait, he said, to break the window with a chair, but dove through head first. Lighting on his hands and knees he crawled through flames to safety. Mr. Hlgglns said, when visited In the hospital this morning, that he thought every movement was his last, he was so faint with pain from his cuts and burns, and that that was tile longest crawl he ever hoped to take.' Whon ho was finally reach ed he was a mass ot blood from three or tour cuts on his legs from tho window, and his hands and feet were badly burned. Duo to his having kept his face closo down to tho ground ho Is not burned thero. Mary Caplluso and baby, threo or four day old, nro not seriously In jured. In fact the baby Is not hurt nt all thanks to Its father having caught It .when the mother throw the Infant .from tho third story. A log ger reports having caught tho moth er when she Jumped. Out Mrs. Cap- Illuso In her excited, condition retains tho Impression that several men were standing around, and that none lot them caught her. She. has no In jury other than a wrenched leg and Isevoral sore snots. D. Boyland, room 38, 60 years old, Is In the hospital with bad .burns from having Jumped from his room on the third floor and forced to run through flames to get to the porch. His ears, neck and face are badly Iburned. opened for the fall term this morn- liia-. The children and many of tholr parents attended church at 8:80 this morning to invoke a bless ing o& the year' work;. After church all repaired to the school where the pupils were assigned to classes. The register showed 125 names, an un- usually large registration. ,, III Ml LABOR FJe SCORES CITY'S 'DEATH TRAPS' The central labor council held Its annual labor day celebration yester day and, despite tho gloom cast over the entire community by the Houston fire of tho early morning, tbo parade and sports were uniformly succes ful. Immediately upon the arrival of tho special train from Weed, bear ing the Tlmberworkers' Union and their band, tho procession formed and wended Its way along Main to Third streets, countermarching on Main to Seventh, thence along Klam ath avenue back to Second, on which street the parade moved to the block In which were the still. burning ruins ot the buildings destroyed by the' flro. There, amidst the ruins, the Reverend C. F. Trimble goffered a brlot and feeling prayer for tho un fortunate victims of the blaze, whoso charred bodies were plainly visible to the panders. Mr. Trimble's prayer was eloquent la Its simplicity aod.'aa the thous and or more spectators stood with bared heads, tears were seen on the faces of many. The Weed band then played "Nearer My God to Thee." many JolnlBg their eieet la the cho rus of' the sail' hnsl' The .parade tbia resumed Its for- matte and proceeded t the .eeurt house quare, where at bom. the hand Blared tbe':Mt!oBBl faatkem. tle,adlaeejrtaBdbg.W. 8. Conk UatT. preside jot the Ceatrat Labor CewaeU. (tttad aa'chatrataa 1 the "'. vtte-yi j- ' Tha flrstjSpeaher was Mayor I:,. atraMe. wWatated'Uati.he had aet posted he calMjtsfiasf bat graa- Ifr WiTDf, wvkdriBblV4SI , ganlsatlon had prbved'"ii'srVaI9T''rn many fields of endearor. The,. Tem ple of Solomon In Jersusalem was, a landmark to organised tabor. Stones were hewed and laid without clink of tool, and the result stood tor all, time. Passing along to present days Mr. Struble stated that the progress ot the world was due to organisation. Stephen Baralis. ot Weed, Califor nia, made aa address la the Itallaa language. He emphasised the neces sity for standing firmly, in order to retain present and secure future htt ferments 1b the laborers' lot. Mr. Baralis was followed by Wil liam Kay, secretary of the labor council, who said In part: "I have no outdoor speaking veice: I have no gifts ot oratory; but I have a mes sage for you. You who parades! were led to the scene of last night's fire. You viewed what waa left ot tho shack buildings which for so long have persisted la open and no torious violation ot tho laws of safety and ot decency. Any one of those seated here today might have been burned to deafh, as wore those poor souls who perished miserably. That It was not any ono of my hear ers who perished is duo simply to the luck ot circumstances, which enabled you to secure more acceptable places to sleep In. For years those death traps have existed and you who dally passed them, must have observed thi dangling knotted ropes pendant from tho upper story ot the hotel now a mass ot smoking ruins. Those ropes were absolutely the only provision made for escape from the Are which everyone knew to be Inevitable. Who burned to death in this calam ity? Not business men, pot doctors or lawyers, not any ot the mora for tunately situated of our cltttens; none of these, but working men and women were destroyed by fire. That such a thing could come to pass lies upon the lap ot each and every one of you, who by your, alienee aad la activity, permitted those elected by you to neglect crtialaally tha diUaa you Imposed upon them. How auich longer is this conditio to exist? The answer lies wlih you and you cannot It you woulcj evade the re sponsibility.' The Rev C. F. Trimble wu the orator 'of the day. la' introducing Mr. Trimble, President w, S. Coak llng ot the labor council. said: "Dur ing my coaaectloa "wHli orgaalied labor, I have had'epipfer obllga- Trry '(CaaUaaac . mm tv 4 " , M :. I'M