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THE LAKE SHORE NEWS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1914. I IT llfaVIl ■■IHbl» 111 Oldest Building on University Campus Burned to Ground Monday ti ight Wben WAS SPECTACULAR FIRE Flames attacked Heck hall, the first building erected on the North western university campus, Monday night about 7:30 o'clock and, fanned by a strong northwest"wind', quickly spread over the entire top floor, resulting in a total destruction of the building and furnishing the thousands of spectators who flocked to the campus, attracted fiythe great flare in the sky; with the most spectacular blaze that Evanston v has ever seen. : .. Heck' hall is the dormitory of the JstudentS of Garrett Biblical institute, . and as a result of the destruction of the structure, ninety-two students were robbed of their lodging places. The exact cause of the fire is un- known. It started in the attic on the topr floor, near tho southwest corner. This portion of the building is used ^as a 8to1fe"rbbin hy the students. --At ther fire station, crossed "'electric" wires was given as the cause. Unl- yersityr^fficiate^cl^B^ "~oT thV^u^ildlng, la; without wiring and that a rat playing with matches prob- ably started the fire, , .; - ^Tuesdayniorning-at-chapel-ther stu- dents of the: College of Liberal Arts took up a purse to offset the damage done to the property of the Biblical students. -- The flames could be seen for miles. Hundreds of residents of Wilmette and Rogers Park were" attracted :to the campus by the flames, which shot high into the air and illuminated the entire city. Large flre~b"randB - were '"' carried by fhe""^ffbng^wind as far as Dempster street. For a time it was feared that the sparks would carry t torthe-many^flne: resldenceaziojp^ahfifc. idan road and firemen with a chemical were ordered to_ watch^those'iidwell- lngs. Fortunately (inoHJaniPue-huild- (r ings werjeJn; the. direction" the wind '•' carried the sparks and . flreSbrands, [\ so no other building was attacked. • ** Firemen Late at Fire. ---- 3* The firemen were late in arrivlng- ..-: |t because- xk~4U*~ wiq » > li*ula^^*3ft»> »<atfeMy^a»ar^orklltw^^^gttfay famous •----------r---;--------1----------------------;-------•""',. ^»"!. '"',') *:'-■'■.'■ ■■■"\ -i*------ piled in the corridors and basement.! One of the mattresses takeu to the hMawiflnt liter . csught__9re__und--3&-t wagon had to be rushed to this build- i tag. * "' ' .'■ v Chicago Sends Aid. The Evanston departments found it impossible to check the flames so aj call was sent $to Chicago and - the j Rogers Park and Summerdale sta- j tions answered, sending two motor Are engines, with Fourth Assistant | Fire Chief McConnell in charge. Fully j ' ' " / ■ ■ . '■■. ten streams of water were brought! ' <» ■*• into piay on the building, but the State Board of Health Suppiies t9*t*i9*!t:zi I What Psepie Are Duing {««♦ is; Wlnnetka HQUT COST John Morley is afflicted with mumps. ■ Miss Bettle Begole of Marquette, Mich., is visiting Mrs. W. H. Pierce of Hawthorne Lane. The FHendly and Fortnightly cluhs ] Elder Lane have takeu their prize ] i Airdalo <dog to New York City to the- i dog show that is being held there. i The dog has won several prises, one j ; in Canaan, one 'in Indianapolis, one ■ I in Boston and some in several other! '(Cities. ".-'. . i •■, ■;' ' l An afternoon tea was held Tuesday j I a ft or n oo n at the home of Mrs. Cora | > Could Davics, 1004 Pine street, in ! honor 4if Mrs. Liudman and -Mrs.J i Thomas, newcomers to Winnetka. En-; "\% INTFRFST PAin ON AVIINGS %l vXim ^> -^ W NORTH A TRUST COMPANY flames gained headway even against a strong-north" wind, ...../, Ninety-two men were living in the building/ They were taken care of j Monday night In private, homes in Evanston. President Stuart said that j he had offers of places for four'times as many men as were made homeless by_ the fire. _: Just Iwhat permanent lodgings the men will find is nQt known. However, they will doubtless find It hard to "find such economical ones, the rent for space in Heck being only ?2G per year. Mr. E. K. Jackson of the business offijBe^Lihe.,unlv^rs^ building was covered by $50,Q00 |u- surance, which Is practically tall that -it-;was- worths^'-- ----~_~-~-~~..'^.- •, m Large- Crowd- Attracted.----^rF The fire attracted a crowd of about 10,000. The flames lighted the lake for miles out and r threw a reflection against the sky that could be seen for a great distance. Sheridan road was -lined; with spectators and a^to* mobiles and the police were busy keeping the crowds - j back to a point of safety. ~, - \, -,.r,.tV This is the third nre: that has oc* Evanston *ge,ni With Sup- ply for Purpose of Pre- i ^venting Contagion, v [gave a sleigh Tiding party last Satm>il«rtaihihent was furnished by Mrs. j i day evening - - | Brewer, violinist; and Mrs. Knell, i ! Mrs: kroeschell and Mrs. Rudoljili [t^nist. A delightful afternoon was ! gave a musical Sundayjrfternoon at jSDent tt>' a!l P™8*^. ; j the home of Mrs. Rudolph, 745 Sheri-1 Nearly one-hundred and fifty men] dan road. ■'> ***><* ibJiya^ittended-theI^inneV>i|nVw| Mrs; Paul Williams of Ash street,•hy the Men!s-club In.the Community] iwho has been HI at St. Luke's bos-{House gymnasium Monday-night The, [pltal in Chicago returned home Tues-!dinner whs the annual one that Is] s day much--improved. ;].'.'".'.., ,, ■-,"ZItgiven by the Men's club of the,X'on4 nrTwniininiunniniiTiimn Mrs, Howard Rogers of Willow arid jgregatibhal church to the boys of the VrTYrnQIDApltlDtPHTTILnrA j Chestnut Streets, together with her [Community House. Several speakers '. ' ■ '■. . ., -:. [children: andlfflotlier will leave this!were called upon, among them three . iweek for a\ ^bntlTs-visit in Ashville, |Vdys who acted as spokesmen for the As has been recenUy announced INorth Carolina. j different boys' clubs, ihe^frce^distribution or typhotdrvae-{ MrsrNfobn'Bnchingham of 2GG Lin- The Dramatic club of the Gommun- ~e1he~%as'v.been'"inituguj^ted'~.by thelden avenue gave a dance last Satur- ity ^ouse^gaPe a readingef Bdward State Board of Health.: The vaccine f day evening .at her home in- honor of j Everett Hale^frr^fcMan Without a is distributed through the antitoxin {Mr. and Mrs! Durham and Mr. arid : Country" in the gymnasium Saturday agencies of the hoard, that^n Evans- ] Mrs. Willlamr Elliott. • evening. The reading was a charra^ ton being located at Daniel's phar-'M B. Hovey anil little ling success but owingVto a number of Poster street and Maple avenue./! daughter Rath, of 755 Aslt street, j other social activities planned for OUR MANAGEMENT THE management of Uils bank is vested in a Board of Directors consisting of representative citizens of highest-standing who are in constant-touch with the pulsar of' commerce and finance. They are men of ™~.~aohl©voment who malntaW-tho--confidence of the- cum-i: - munlty. No banking institutlori; can rest on a better, foundation. ... Merr tit C; B ragdoh Samuel S.Dlngee William A. Dyche Prank M..Elliot "BtRECTORS Frank WCerouid Oscar H.Haugan Richard C. Lake Harrison B. Riley P^ .tivSchelderiheim i~ H. j. Waltingford Charles P Whitney macy, _ As a result of the general use of the hnd Mrs. Hovey's father and mother, j that night it was not very well at-j vaccine in the United States armyl^F- and^Mrs^ J,.- H. Willey, of Jowa!tended. AWerTth^errentertalnrnent the l there were but-iwo cases-of^typhoidilett-today to spend six weeks in New members of the club and their frlendal fever among the80,000 troops in 1913,!Orleans. had a social hour in the assembly j notwithstanding that the soldiers wererJ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coyne of 485 ;hall. ' ! shifted about the country, often to lo-;-----------„-----~^^^g~-------------------------------------------------------------------- calities where, "the .water supplies werej;:^^^^^^W-^^"^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^r^^^^^^^^^^|W poor. Previous to the use of the vac-! cine in the army there were about 2501 cases of the disease amorig the tvopps | annually.--" • <t '--__1--)>',■,...'.. ..■......-.j The State Board of Health also dis-j tributes---. refined^_and_ concentrated| dfphthcrhj antitoxin Tor the prcven-} tion and treatment of dtphtheria-. -T-herj serum,--which is injected under the! curred at Northwestern,. The: first: was the burning of Dempster Hull on, . , , *u« «kZ»i. «««»»..,« ^k„„* ,.,k«.-1 jwiii1 *hln, is not only the best remedy for th®^tl1 tw^J?** **%*£>! diphtheria but^also the best prevent gymnasium now stands, in 1880. Thisi{iVe ,f admjnl8tered in time it is aK was the first educational bUiWing mofit a aure cure. Tables made up by erected in Evanston. The second wasIthe board from reports _ori packages of the burning of„the--grand^tand^iot|^ntltoxin-^:admint8tered for iniinuniz- Sheppard Field. This was set on fire! ing purposes, indicate that less than by students, when the. new athletic field was laid out on Central street Built In 1866. --: HeckBtall was built in 1866, when Bev.-Dr. James Smart was the finan- cial agent of Garrett Biblical Institute, and cost $60,000. His efforts were seconded-by the Ladies Centenary As- sociation of the Methodist church. Miss Frances ^Jlard was correspond- ing -i secretary 6l this organization and two per cent of persons who had been" exposed to cases of diphtheria. LENTEN MUSICAL READINGS. A series'" of five French Jec|ure-re- citais on "French """Operas and Woman's club-of EvanRtCniby Mme. Augusta Mfilein, dramatic artist and reader, each Wednesday morning at 10:30 O'clock, beginning March;4. jMriie. H6le$n will be assisted by Miss ij ^LMkrjetieHJJodge«^wiDcner^-a.-yonng^ ^nregafdeor thff vtotk a^ner^a^^ft;-ot great ability, who wilT siig selections from the French operas due tion into public life. The build ihg was named "In-honor "^Barbara Heck. Heck Halt served until 1884, when Memorial;iHall ■ was erected: as the class rooms, library, offices of administration and dormitory for the Institute. Since 1884 it has been used the name is che tbat: Is familiar throughout Methodism; • , :;; two Dedicators Present. / The only two men now residing in Evariston who took part In the dedi- cation of the building in the summer of 1867 were present at the fire last night. These men are Dr. Amos W. Patten of the institute and G. F. Starkweather, superintendent of grounds, at the university. . : ,: Memorial Hall .Catches. The men Carried their belongings :to MemoriaLiHgH where iriey were WANTELT Etriglit Young Lady for Office Assistant;1 nrast-be; capable x>f raeetin^irablicT pleasant woi^^7gOf|rI opp nient. Apply at once.^ Lake Shore N ew« Room 2 Brown Bldg., Wi 1m ette Febru ary Sale „ r^camtius^through-^which^theFvehlcles^frn^n^^^-^ hnilflteg-and _ .^Jiad _ta_ plow.-J Theliiiant ..attto truck ~ jv was; disabled when it went into a snow ." bank just south of University hall. : It was finally pulled out, lint when it arrived at the scene of the fire the clutch was_found io be out of order, and it was ordered back to the engine house to take care of any possible fires in other sections of the city. Lack of pressure was experienced by the firemen from the first Some of the streams .thrown into, the burn- ing building would not have done jus- tice to a garden hose, . Handicapped by lack of water pressure and with L ZPart^rthelr-flg .'ing, the firemen made a game fight to overborne Uie odds, but it was too -much, and it was soon seen that the lire was beyond control. Try Emergency Hose. --^The first to discover the fire were t V. M. Tlahl-Baksh, T;,3.^ Brinton and Will Simmons, residents of the fourth --r^fioor. They-^tarted-to-4her7TOof--witb the; emergency hose, but such small --^reBBurezwasravailableand they could make no. headway with the flames. An -alarm was then-turned in at the central fire station, and it was about twenty minutes before the depart- ment arrived. This delay was occas- _ ionedjs by.J,hernSe^:Bnow-and the jHl' _ motor truck being stalled in the south entrance to the campus. Lost $1,10(1 Worth of Books. --With the first alarm the men in the building began gathering their person- ---al-effects-and- making a hasty^exit. All of the ninety-two residents escaped with niost of their belongings. Some on the third and fourth floors, how? ' ever, lost heavily. .Mr. Ilahi Baksh ^perhaps Was hit hardest, he losing $1,100 worth of books, among them a _^^ handwritten ^copy of_the_JKoran^ the only one of its kind in exlstehce in this country and worth about $5Q0; ^rTire^bok~wasTrv^ old.,' ---------- \ ;■■■■"■/ .;'" upon which lime., Hfileiir^wBrtepure. .These exclusive and interesting programs will ne opened to -all.lovers| of music and- drama.- - - - The patronesses are:, Mrs. Rufus Dawes, t president of '"the Woman's ^club^Mis.-iiT^C^lftou.Hretlrittir pre*- Hptif; A n Wnltnn, .1. Vy. Thomas. ^m?KmgsTeyvrOTIver wnson; Afthlirf Hawxhurst, C. H. fiosworth, P. W^j Harnwell at the Dramatic club, and! Mrs. Harnwell j Mrs. Walter Primley, vibe-president: j Miss Flora Gardher, secretary of the French club. j For tlcketSi apply' to any of the patronesses and to Mrsl George Bridge,. 522 Church .street,, chairman of the propaganda committee. Single ticket, $1; series of five tickets, $4.50. ......'-.,.,-.: :.#:. ■■,:.,. itp CLEARANCE Sales come as a matter of course to every live, progressive store, as ~^they majte it^msstble^^ and new. And so we have our Annuul Book Clearance to dispose of all shopworn or old books at prices that will quickly move them, 3 As the quantittes^offered are small in each cas0^ it is^ topossiMe^to lfst all the bargains, but there will be hundreds of books offered at very low^ prices^- tfooks In Sets ^ JUST ONE OR TWO SETS OF EACH AND WE CANNOT ACCEPT ORDERS FOR MORE Original pricei-«!5^0Q,-«t-:-...... ^------.. PON QUIXOTE, 4 volumes^mxlotli. Qrigipal$rice $15.00^^..... >.,...tI77 2.75 1.75 ^ valumes in f leather* Ori^nal i>rice$2Q.QQva^....:^J.,,..,, {5MpLt^T^6^oMin^iw^ Grigihai^rice $25.00, ^t ;,tt: .".,;..:;^^ STEVENSON, 10 volumes m % leajkher. ^Ori^ruiliiripe$40.00,a|..../..,.. - .. V, FibfwnWotfkJi 325 if Gift Books $3.00 Fl^sr^fsknds of the Night....... _ 5iK) Romeo and Juliet, Quality Street. To Conquer... ........._._..._.» ......... $2.50 History of^CJermany..•>■ >.... • • •.. fe0O Queen-s Museum ■.-.'.»............... $2.50 Literary brines of London....... a$2W Three Weeks In France.,..cttt. ......1.95 She Stoop* ...... i4HS lift I 7.50 |J^5Tourists^Hussia: $LO01 Children's Books for 50c ^Etoelcet^o^8vSlant p^l^sVltewjpfie's 3odKs, etc. ' Boys' Books far 39c Kover Boys,^A;er6plane Boys,Putnam Hall Series, etc. Huhdreds^pfrtitle of ishop worn-books that^sold for $1.25,11.B5 and $1.50. Here are a few: Street Called Straight; Builders of Ships^My Lady ,v. , „ n ,. , Of Doubt-3 Enight TBrrantr Gilead Balm;: Pathr^ot^ ^^^oc^r^e^te, Honbr^WhiteBiield; Witching Hill; Guinea Gold; ~ t Essays, worth to $2 for 75c llow to; Jud^ a Book Beopie; Success; Self Investment; Pathos of Distance; White Buckskin Button Boots.........*.v .;.. ■'. ..:'- ^Bress 73hoe8 teatheT~.T7T^ of^^afeiit $3.00,$3.50 jBoys'^nd *4Big" ^Boyf ^rtslr^t Grirls1 Sdfieol and Dress Shoes, sizes 2j and up.. $4.00.$5.00 1608 Chicago Ave. $ G. Evanston, 111. HeU^Pla^;GTiMind; ^jiie Penajfe etc, ' $1.00 Dramas for 75c Divine Gift; Kismit; Honey Moon; Milestone si Great jVo!venture; Polite Forces, Scarecrow; Joy of Living; Popular Copyrights, 33c Miscellaneous Books, shop woiii, at half price. 50c Booklets for. .25c _ 35c and 25c Booklets for.Xc 50c cut out Books for....... * *,.......;....... 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