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rfinrjpwi WrWtilWyfarirrij 9 BAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE FRIDAY OCTOBER 80 1915 XX TWENTY ONE LOSE LIVES IN SCHOOL FIRE Heartrending Scenes Attend Burning of Parish House in Peabody Mass XIT BLOCKED BY BODIES Many Escape by Leaping Form Windows Into Coats of Firemen and Others PEABODT fMsas October ID Twenty one children moil of them elrls ranging In ag from to 17 jeers loett heir liven today In a fire Which destroyed St John a parocMal school Another girl haa Injuries Which ar regarded as probably fatal While othera were less severely hurt The alx hundred children had entered their classrooms for the morning aeaalon when the Ire was discovered and although a majority of them were guided to safety by Sisters of the Order of Notre Dame who were their teachers panic seised a large number as they neared the front door and In their rush to escape they lost their footing and their bodies blocked the exit It was In the front vestibule that nearly all the bodlea were found tex arb inFSTJnrcn Of the nineteen bodies at an undertaking hop tonight ten had been Identified aa follows label Beaaekaaip Helea Breeaabaa 17 It years Aaale Belesky If Nellie Beraa Ida Esalambr rcaeBmrkeM Mildred Fay Ullsaketh Caaaeaa Helea II Keefell 10 years Aaale OBrtea 11 Mary Mead II years of age who was Injured In Jumping from the building died late tonight All of the sisters escaped but Mother Superior Marie Carmellna waa seriously burned At the convent house tonight It waa said that ker Injuries probably were not fatal al though she la prostrated by the dla aster and the suffering of her Charges How the fire started may never be known The State police officials tonight were of the opinion that a storeroom In the baeement where a gee meter was located was Its source but Investigation of the theory waa difficult aa the place where the store room had been was destroyed IIIIDRBV STIMBIFD AM FELL The first word of the Ore Is belle ed to have come from a tardy pupil who smelled smoke and retorted It to the mother superior The rhildren had Just finished morning trayer hen the gung sounded for lire drill Mother Marie hurried to tell the sisters of the actual danger and the movements of the Ore drill were quickly atarted A few daya go In a practice drill the building waa emptied In two minutes It would have been cleared In almost the same lime today In the opinion of Rev Nicholas Murphy pastor of St Johns Roman Catholic Church but for the falling of a child believed to be cripple In the front vestibule ter her bod child after child fearful of the flames and pressed on by the crowd behind stumbled and fell The opening was choked and further esrane waa In tills way stopped Trouble at the rear door which became Jammed for a time alao 1m ldeJ the movement of the children through the building JUMPED FROM WINDOWS Those on the lower floor dropped safely to the ground From the aeo ond floor moat of the children super vlaed by the slaters Jumped Into the eoata of firemen and bystanders which were held out to catch them Some of the braver and more resourceful slid down water spouts among them Morris Harris a boy of It years who insisted hla friend Tom Shea with one leg aver a uhaklng spout Two Iris who were dropped to the ground lustalned serloua Juries one Mario Hayes dyln at a hospital tonight i John Kerrigan Is Laid at Final Rest The funeral of John 8 Kerrigan lite past grand exalted ruler of the Pan Rarael Lodge of Eaglea and for many years a resident of the Marin town took place yesterday morning from the home of his brother lit Twenty eighth street Itepreaentativea of the Eaglea Elka and Red Men of which Kerrigan waa a popular member took part In the rituals at the home RequlenV high mass waa celebrated at St Paul a Church and Interment waa at Holy Cross Cemetery Kerrigan was 41 years old and a ratlve of IJverpool One of his trothers William Is Chief of the Portland Fire Department Many Tlain Clothes Men Will Walk Beats Declaring that there was no neces sity for the number of men at present engaged la detective work and that the various bureaus established at headquarters were taking too many men from atreet police duty Chief white Wednesday made known mat in the near future some members of the department now enjoying eaay berths would find themselves walking a beat turn cntvi mwiwi in particular to I the men known as plain clothes men Of these there are thirty five bureau Bine men are employed Pour ot these may go The pawn brokera detail may loae three of Its six members 5 WINNIE BALDWIN one of the many stars twinkling in the Corts production of the Morosco Harris comedy with music from Lot Angeles So Long Letty 9sHHHsraW Wk Water Problems of State Discussed in Conference Enactment of Law Is Urged to Make Irrigation District Bonds More Salable Making Storage Reservoirs More Feasible for Flood Control SO STILL LETTY Fourth andFinal Week Promises Continued Popularity Excuse Me Also Scores Charles Fells a lawyer of Ran Franciaco addreaaed the State Water problems Conference yesterday on the auoject of Irrigation district bonds and declared that one of the most important Improvements necessary in water problems was the enactment of a law which would reault In Irrigation diatrlct bonds becoming stable and readily salable He suggested that the method of such bond Issuance should be along the lines laid down for the Issuance of school district bonds The latter he said sold Quickly and usually at a premium whereas Irrigation district bonds were hard to sell and usually sold at a discount The trouble he said with the Irrigation bonda waa first the elaborateness of procedure In getting out the bonda about forty statutes being In force second no adequate limit for bond Issuance except the Value of the Irrigation system which was not an asset because the property Itself Is the only asset and third that the Irrigation district officers levy the taxes to pay for the bonds and disburse them 8 McClatchy president of the reclamation board read a paper on storage reservoirs and stated that these were not feasible for flood control Inasmuch as they were usually above the points where floods originate Jacobs of Stockton took the opposite view and started a lively discussion on this subject Hop son a supervising engineer In the reclamation service said that Mo Clatchy waa correct in hla atatement and that these reservoirs were not feasible for flood control Thomas 8 Means agricultural engineer of San Franciaco advocated a system whereby farmers would be compelled to use water more economically Other experts addressed the conference Persistent Campaign Of Advertising Urged Newspaper Pnblicity Recommended to Home Industry Leagueri Persistent newspaper advertising aa the principal factor In Increasing bualneas was strongly recommended by Bam Johnston president of the Johnston Ayers Company in an ad dress delivered at the weekly luncheon of the Home Industry League In the Palace Hotel yesterday Advertising like electricity Is a force he said We know that the placing of one advertisement In a newspaper or magasine will not pro duce new business but a persistent campaign will build up a business from practically nothing to a chief position In any field Louis Honlg president of the Honlg Cooper Company recommended the use of advertising agencies EXPOSITION VISITOK IS STEUCK DOWN BY AUTO lira A If Crlttsnden an eiDosl tta visitor rent Mountain View was truck down and seriously Injured by an automobile at Fillmore snd Oak streets last evening She was taken to toe Central Kmergencr Hospital where It was found that she bad re wived fractures of four ribs and ton ettssloa of the brain NOTABLE DEATHS Ckarlea Walleraaad CaeltalU KIW tOK Oetsfce tS CSrU WUr baud smleael ef tae Dsla Oil Oeeisesr srsldie tee UeaWeeed Trewl ieeeer ess wlselr keewa le Preeevteriea electee sssl enter ef sroie taelses tl at ale beast la sVeafclre lie vsa tests om le TiiMii laseell SsitM UNOua Oetaer Ur Haul Pevell Restee snakiest ef tae tultlsh se4 ranlse Mleaeari JarUf IS WrWk Uourk tfbeeurt SesreeM Ceert Supreme Court Refuses To Restrain Judge Petition of City of San Bruno in Annexation Case Ii Denied The State Supreme Court yesterday denied a writ of prohibition petitioned for by the city of San Bruno and directed against Superior Judge Duck of San Mateo county restraining htm from taking action on a writ of certiorari In the recent San Bruno election for the annexation of 1410 acres of lend The Supreme Court held that the city has a plain speedy and adequate remedy by way of appeal from any Judgment of the lower Court and that a writ of prohibition therefor could not lie BYB0N HOT SPRINGS WAKVDt aUaagw Beat reeds climate table rest week end IATHOUSES freauenlly claim i capacity audiences In order to JL kiemonstrate that a great sue cess haa been achieved Instead of th mild progress of the sttractlon In popularity but the Cort Theater since the opening night of the engagement of Ro I xing IeUr has actually been sold out at every evening performance with not a aeat left In th ca parloua theater This condition keeps up without relaxation and bids fair to make of the Moroaco Harrla pro ductlon from Los Angelea the biggest theatrical hit of the year Begfhnlng Hunday night the fourth and nnai week nf the limited season begins with every promise of maintained popularity through the combined efforts of harlotte Clreenwood VWInnle Baldwin May Tloley the Jlngley music and the pretty girls with which the merry corned Is bedecked and beau tilled i Excuse Me at the Wigwam has demonstrsted the Del Lawrence Players possession of breesy comedy lalenta and the famous Rupert Hughes fare has scored a big success Next week will witness the presentation for the first time in San Franciaco of The Shepherd of the Illlle a dramatisation of the much read novel of the Osark mountain re glon Del Lawrence and Florence Oakley will be aeen in congenial roles and the production It la promised win be sumptuous and picturesque Charges of Contempt Enliven Proceedings Representative of Casualty Company Must Explain Actions The many vicissitudes of the Commonwealth Bonding and Casualty Compan with headquartera at Fort Worth Tex now in the handa of a receiver were enlivened yesterday by contempt proceedings They are directed agalnat Clarence Nabora one of the California representatives of the rompin lames I Boone former California adjuster of the company waa re cently appointed rerelier of Its cal ifornla aaseta hy Judge Maurice Doollng In the United Statea Diatrlct Court Boone esterday afternoon made the representation before Judge Wll llam Van Fleet that NaborS had refused to turn over to him upon demand the books and accounts of the California buainesa of the company Chorus Girl Pictures Gain Wife Divorce The exhibition of photographa of chorus girls In swimming costume with Anthony Kenna stage electrician posed with them yesterday won an Interlocutory decree of divorce for Mra Ella Kenna of 4011 Twenty fourth atreet According to the teatlmony of Mrs Kenna In Superior Judge Graham a court her spouse would bring In a new batch of pictures on every return from a trip and boast of his conquests When on the road he would write businesslike epistles to his wife without any greeting at the beginning she said He usually addressed hie wife as say Mra Kenna testified declaring he did not like the name Ella The couple were married In 1101 They have one child Newthot Leaders to Have a Jury Hearing Th Federal Clrand Jury will hold a epeclal session today to consider th cases of Dr Newo Newl New Archbishop of the Newthot church and Mrs Marie Tully Oraham Blahop of the First Church of San Francisco They were recently arrested on complaints sworn to by United States District Attorney John Preston snd held under bonds by United Statea Commissioner Francis Krull to await action by the Orand Jury Preston charged the couple with using the malls to defraud In th promulgation of their faith The present Grand Jury will be discharged Monday the beginning of the November term and a new one will be drawn by Judge Maurice Doollng More Real Piano Quality for Less Money You who are considering price alone in the purchase of your Piano or Player Piano are storing up disappointment and trouble for the future Quality and satisfaction are the costly elements of piano manufacture By no trick or device can they be built into the highly polished cases or the commercial piano which is always the medium of the price slasher The Wellington Piano 275 The Euphonia Player Piano 450 Bring to the buyer who wishes the most possible for his money more enduring satisfaction than any instruments we have ever known atr their prices They are beautifully made eautiful in tone mechanism and finish and will please the most exacting both in their musical qualities and their appearance They are sold on easy terms when desired Many excellent used pianos are to be seen here at exceedingly low prices Your Moneyx Worth or Your Money Back VICTOR TALKINO MACHINES SHEET MUSIC TWO KMTttANCBS 135 153 Kearny and 217 225 Sutter Street OAKllsNU UN WAIHINOTOS AH JOSB 11T SOUTH MUST ST It Long Wayto Honolulu Especially for a Swimmer Private Shaw Misses Boat for Angel Island Jumps From Wharf Changes Destination Heads for Hawaii and Is Rescued by Lone Fisherman AT the tnystle hour of midnight Wednesday the hour when on land graveyards are euppoaed to yawn a Ion fisherman was piloting his little craft toward the Qolden Date with the Idea making a catch before sunrise when off Old Fort Point he heard a faint but manly voice singing Its a long Long Way to Honolulu But Tou Bet 111 Get There The sosng seemed to come from thd bosom of the deep and as there was no other craft In sight the fisherman put hla helm hard a starboard and made for th music glNGKR 19 SWtMMRR Its author was a man swimming deep In the water and with wearied overhand strokes He seemed to be very tired but at frequent Intervals he assured the wild waves In a faint tenor that although ths distance to Honolulu was considerable he Intended to arrive at that destination The fisherman took the man Into hla boat He proved to be Private Irvln I Bhaw Third Company General Service Infantry Fort McDowell The fisherman took a homeward tack and landed the man at the Iresldlo wharf whence In the early hours of yesterday morning he waa taken to the Letterman General Hospital at the Presidio HEADS FOR IIONOI VhV There little the worse for his adventure he confided In the medical corps officers that he had missed his laat boat to Angel Island so he haJ caaually Jumped off the transport wharf and started to swim acrosa When he got part way there It en tered his mind that the espoaltlon waa going to cloae soon and that he had been stationed long enough around ban Francisco He thought he would Ilk to have station In Honolulu for a nhtle ao lie atarted to awlm there enlivening hie voyage by song Prlvats Shaw had been In the water a couple of hours when he was picked up and since the dawn of another day has decided that next time he wants to go to Honolulu he II take a transport which he now consider a drier and more certain way of reaching a far distant port Park Board Agrees to Look Over Proposed Car Line Route With City Officials Park Commissioners Will Tour Golden Gate Park District Next Tuesday The Board of Park Commissioners deferred action on the plan for extending a municipal railroad line through Oolden Gate Park yesterday when City Engineer CShaughneasy requested that no action be taken until the Commissioners could arrange a tour of the district proposed to be effected by the new line At OShaugnessys suggestion the Commissioners agreed to meet Mayor Rolph the City Engineer and other city officials next Tueaday afternoon and accompany them on the tour of the diatrlct A letter of protest against any kind of a railroad through an open cut was received from the California Club Despite vigorous arguments of a committee from th Haight and Ash bury Improvement Club the Commta aloners refused to reconsider recent action In closing the Cole street entrances to Panhandle JOHN HA13 HAMMONDS SUIT AGAINST COUSIN IS SETTLED A compromise was announced In Superior Judge Seawalls court yesterday In th suit of John Hays Hammond against John Coffee Haya hla coualn for the recovery of securities snd real property By the terms of the compromise it Is said Hays would get about 40 000 worth of bonds and Tulare county real estate Today It Is expected a decree will be entered In Hammond favor utlcKjorv OF NEW TOBK AMERICAN PREMIER IN GOWNS WRAPS AND FROCKS BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAT LIEBES AND COMPANY ARE THEIR AUTHORITATIVE and SOLE REPRESENTATIVE for THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO ON FRIDAY and SATURDAY AN INITIAL SHOWING OF MODES WILL BE DISPLAYED ON LIVING MODELS IN the FRENCH ROOM OF LIEBES COMPANY SAN FRANCISCO THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED ESTABLISHED lf TOC SI YEARS i UJML3 7 177 POST ST a 130 144 ORAMTAYE OFFICES TO LET In the Chronicle Building Bat Ltcallon In Frtncitct Fronting on Marfot St and on Kearny mm rrtT rrtcai or ft wfa3iissssaa TH mm Erhtiy Knetrt Th ChrotdcU BuiUlnf Yu sfsnl fui la ita map an to fw immtJiatt location four mm BtrtLDtiro BOOM ft ERENCES ON SCIENCEJOF COLOR Beatrice Irwin the Author to Deliver Lecture on Subject in Norway Building The New Science ef dolor to be explained and Illustrated by Beatrice Irwin th author will occupy three conferences In th Norway building on th exposition ground a These will be held on th evenings of Fr day November iths Tueilday November th snd Friday Novsmber ltth at I 10 oclock Miss frwln Is th author of The Pagan Trinity as wall her works having attracted the attention of leading world writers such as Rlchsrd Le Oslllenn and others The first tertur will deal with the color messages nf th exposition and th color drama th second with oolor In relation to form and Its alg rnflcsnce In architecture sculpture th dance and Its Importance In bom decoration and costume The third lectur will tell of color In relation to sound Its valu In modern muslu and the nw art of mobile color ii xBosassmsf Tribute Is Paid to Pleasant Hello Girls The value of th telephone operator In the business world of today was appraised very highly by a Vivian ot Chicago In address delivered before the Independent Telephone Association of America at the Clvlo Auditorium yeaterday Accordln to Vivian a good operator and Inadequate equipment ar far more aatlafartory to th publlu and th companies than a poor operator and flrat claas equipment The pleasant Irello girl will often win forgiveness for the Inadequate service eajs Vivian OLIVE GEOWEES PLANNING PEOMOTION OP INDUSTRY Delegatea representing eleven olive growing districts of ths State will attend the meeting of ths California Ripe OHe Association which Is to be held this morning at 10 clock In th assembly hall of the Sheldon building The purpose of the gathering Is to decide upon a definite plan of action for the exploitation and promotion of the California ripe olive Industry The districts which will be represented are Orovllle Corning Fair fTaks Merced Madera Lindsay Los Angeles San Dlegj Elslnore and Fallbrook ERS ELEC NEWPRESIDENI Hufisickcr Is Chosen at Annual Meeting of Retail Association JRHunsleksr was elected president th Hetall Grocers Association of San FranclsiO at the meeting Monday night in th German House Thero was considerable discussion of sub leets peril nent to th purpose of th association and plana wers outlined for futui work The other officers elected are Harry Wlssmann first vie presidents George Schomer eeond vlca eresl HiniICKl jentl jrrd Hartje treasurer directors Fred Meyer VT Felling Herman Hohn Fl A Lackmann Henry Hoffmann Boeken Atieroth Herman Meyer Wunner John Cropper A Buckley Fred Kaiser and Ous Lchrke Sons of St George Planning Activities Whiit Party and Grand Ball Are Included in Programme Many social activities ar planned i by Empire Commandery 8 KJ jt Order ot the Sons of St George for ft the next few weeks Including a whist partr church pared and serv Icee and a grand ball Th whist party will be given tomorrow evening at the lodgerooms of Burnaby Ixdge In th Native Sons building 414 Mason street aad a large attendance Is anticipated On Sunday the commandery plan to hold evening church service at All Saints Church Waller street and Masonic avenue with nev Brother Hanson officiating A grand church parade will be the feature of th ceremonies Th fourth annual grand ball of the organisation will be held In Assembly Hall IMS Sutter street Saturday November 27th FURS Reflect the Height of Fashion SCARFS in particular are extremely popular for wear on all occasions The furs thai have come to us from our stations in theKfar North are of exceptional quality and beaut and have been fashioned by our expert designers into the most luxurious garments The items and prices quoted beloro represent only a very small part of our sloc Black Fox Scarfs 1250 and up Red Fox Scarfs 1250 and up White Fox Scarfs 2500 and up Blue Fox Scarfs died 2500 and up Lynx Scarfs 1500 and up Cross Fox Scarf 3000 and up Natural Blue Fox Scarfs 7500 and up Silver Fox Scarfs 12500 and up Hudson Seal Coats Seat Dyed Muscat 90 Hudson Seal Coats Fur Trimmed 125 A Special Department Devoted to Fur Trimming Collar and Cuff OUR MEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE juat off the press shows beautiful reproductions of the neweet authentlo Fur Fashions from the smallest neckpiece to th full length coat Mailed free to any address 2 Grand Prizes Highest Awards at the I 58 avards at previous expositions cffljfteptG qcl ESTABLISHED 01 YEARS 167 177 POST ST a 136144 ORAMTAYE FURS STRIPES Speaking of StripeaWell the Zebra Haa Notions on the Modem Mua Thia la Proved by a Glance at he ltttimu dlmmirk FOR OCTOBER 31ST Here Is Iadeed a Gorgeous Display Art and Beantr Winsome Lasses AIL feotball Tors Bathing Salts aad Yes Erem Pajamas One Vast of Brilliant 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