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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1911)
THE MORXTXO UKKUOIAy, FRIDAY, JUl. 14. 19H- HUNDREDS PERISH IN FOREST FIRES ARRESTS MADE IN REFERENDUM CASE FAXR, NATAT0RTUM MANAGER AT OAKS AND SWIMMER WHO WON HER HEART AND HAND. Miners, Trapped by Flames, Meet Death in Scores in Canada Woods. IFrauds in Connection With University Appropriations Are Looming Latger. Hart Schaf fner & Marx Clothes A- BOATS SAVE MANY LIVES "HIGHER UPS" ARE SOUGHT 7 To Men Tskrn Into Cnjuxl J, and One I Allecrd to Have Confe"-d. 20 Coal.1 no Sent to Jail. Says ri-Jnt(lc Slater. Further arrests of circulators of the ftfrrtndum petitions to revoke the ; Xaw authorizing appropriations for the University of Ort(oa are expected to ;dy or tomorrow. Harry Coler and E. J. Rabies, alias "Raffle." and r Wal lace. wr arrested W.dn.fxlir hy : Georsje K. Constable, of the Burns De fective Aency, and Deputy Constable Nlcholson- . Color la nld to have given a com pUte confession of tho part ho had rla forfins; signatures to tho petition jln order to Invalidate it- Ho refused, (however, to make, any statement for 1 publication last nirht. Ho wii re leased from tho County Jail yesterday afternoon on his own recognizance. Rahlea was taken Into custody alut 3 o'clock In tho afternoon, and re jmalned In tho County Jail until lato last BUM when his attorney sueceed 4 in securing tho 13400 ball demand ed, and he was released. Coler will not only testify for thevatate whan the -ases against ths other petition circu lators hare, been brought to trial, but ,wlll testify aleo la civil suits which .may bs brought. , Ota hies runlet Xanmi Am 'Thonx." Not only did Itahles glvo tho name of Wallace last nlsrht, but ho circulated tho petitions and signed them under this fictitious name. "If I had forged any names to the petitions I would not tick around in town, waiting for them : to get ma," ho said. "1 knew last nlaht that tho officers wera checking up tho mame on my petition, because soma of my friends who had signed telephoned .to mo and told mo that detectives had Heen to ae them inquiring If they had 'signed. There are no "phony names In my lists so far as I know. But If omeono wants to put It over on you. what la to hinder him from sliming rflctltlous names to tho lists. Unless 1 "know him I hare no way to check up hs him." Both restrict Attorney Cameron and X E. Constable said Ust night that Coler admits having falsified his pe titions by signing soma fictitious runt), and that he has glveo evidence to Implicate others. Detective Constabla eotlmates that of tha 11.7i names on tho referendum petitions as filed with tho rW-retary of Stat between 7000 and ItfOS were fictuloua It Is thoucht enough valid names aro not left t carry the petition taroush. Ths petition circulators so fir arrested aro aald to have used the city directory and telephone directory in securing their names, and to ha to Invented others, so that soma of the rames are forgeries and others aro fic tuloua They are said to have tnter rhanaed their snoots as they wrote ths names, so that the names would not all icnur in th earn handwriting. meet- Jog In down-town billiard-rooms for tho purpose . one sheet Is sain to con ta.n only thres genuine signatures. Ftorglns; More Profitable. Week of work by the Burns" agency Irs said to have revealed that In hun dreds of caes there Is "no such ad- ilrn-i." or that the persons sre not known In the vicinity of the addresses srlvn. The rate paid the circulars Or ob taining sirnaturefl Is said to have) seen cents for each name signed to three petition, two petitions being against the university, ana one against tns Monmouth appropriation. When sig natures were secured to only one pe tition ths rats was from X to t cents a name- Much mors money could bo made by tho solicitors by forging ths names thsn by securing geoulna sig natures. A suit to test tho validity of tho ref erendum petition and criminal proceed lngs against the solicitors and "higher dm ' are loosed lor. Rah If said last night he thought IT. J. Parklson had eliminated all the fictitious names from tho petition sheen before ha sent them to Salem ' for nilng. "Appropriation SaTed" Slater, "At least to ments could bo sent to tan for Implication In forgeries In con nection with the University of Oregon referendum petitions, but mora than half of that number have left tho ' state." declared ex-Justloe Plater last nirht at Salem. Mr. Elater has pre- nared a largo part of tho evidence which led up to tho arrest of Harry Colr In Portland. "Without qualification In any shape or form you may say for mo that tho appropriation for ths university will bo saved- While my main Interest Is In ths civil suit which will bo brought to uts tho appropriations. I aided in preparing tha evidence which wilt send these men to ths penitentiary on crim inal charges and as I understand It there are probably eight of them left In ths stats out of ths original guuty to men. -I know that many criticisms have been directed at us on ths grounds that nnr allegations were all witnoui roun- datlon. but the arrests In Portland are vindications of our statements- Before wa aro through ths University or Ore gon will have Its money and several men will probably bs in tna rnma tury." GAYNOR ORDERS ICE PROBE Toor of w York In Rlota Because . of Shortage of Supply. x-1-1 it yrrr XT Tnlv It f,vnr Hiv . . . , , . v ...... - . y . j - nor yesterday took a hand In tho Ice famine. Ths Mayor directed that police men be sent out to ascertain whether the AmcKerwHr i.visiw i restricting ths amount of Ice It brings to the city daily. In order to enhance prices.' and ths number of Independent wsgons which It Is refusing to supply. ana aaaea. "This Information ws can lay before the Itatrlct Attorney. Ics riots broke out on the West Bids to.lay among tha poor. Prices hava risen from 100 to 00 per cent In tha course of ths hot spell. r k..-win mrA wnmen stormed the otfics of the Foster-Bcott Company this afternoon, yelling. "Ice, give us Ice." Many had sick children. dying for lack ol ice. a t i MR. A.D MRS. DAN CUPID SWIMS Woman Advertises for Instruc tor, Weds Applicant. OAKS -ROMANCE RECALLED Fair Minigrror Natatorlnm at Park Is Won by I.lfpsarPr and Cou r' Married Jlonr After Mednlffht Tuesday. BATHIOI'B nun. fl-t-r'e. wanted; one rapaM t S,v,nS iwimminir ' " piy office Oaks l'rk Immediate:. AKE-jriiWAli Georse M. Ake. Ruby iCupId is Just as much at horns In ths water as on land. Ths two escerpts abovs from The Oregonlan of different days tell ths story. One Is an adver tisement Inserted uy Miss ituoy Schwab. Ths announcement of a mar riage license being obtained tells Just what happened when Oeorgo M. Ago lAmvrrM the advertisement. Miss Kuby Schwab Is manager of tho nstatorlum at the Oaks amusement park. Her swimming instructor left her without notice last weeg ana sno Inserted In The Oregonlsn the wsnt ad that heads this, column. Her requirement seemea to oe niiea most sdeauatcly by George Ake. He went to work at the Oaks for the first time Krlday affernoon. Miss Schwab watched him cleave the water with powerful strokes and when she asked him he told ner or tne many Jives ne hsd saved. The next step in the acquaintance ship was that Miss Schwab decided she wanted to learn to swim and AKe s perrtces were commandeered. Ths les sons were fully under way Monday afternoon. Tuesday Mr. Ake pressed his suit so vigorously that a license to wed was obtained that day and then after ths Oaks was closed they hsd a farewell little bachelor dinner. They roused Dr. Boyd at 1 o clocK yesterday morning and Insisted that ha marry them. Aitnougn .a trine sleepy. Pr. Uoyd performed ths cere mony. - Mr. Ake gave lessons as usual yes terday afternoon to tha young men swimmers, but Mra Ake has decided that perhaps shs may prefer to teach tho women's classes herself. JOHN W. GATES IMPROVES Condition Gives Ground for Hope of Doctors He Will Live. PARIS, July IS. After a consulta tion last night the physicians In at tendance on John W. Oates, ths Amerl csn financier, sold his condition was Improving. They found that the con gestion of the kidneys had relaxed, giving ground for hope that Mr. Gates will live. Tha consultation was partlcfpated In by Dr. Reeves, who accompanied Charles G. Gstes from New York, and Dr. J. Russell Ryan, of London, to gether with Drs. Gross. Roget and Vit teL Mr. Gates' mind has continued clear throughout, which is considered an excellent sign. EVA BOOTH PROSTRATED Salvation Army Commander Has Fainting Spells. NEW TORK, Juty 11 Eva Booth, commander of tha Salvation Army. Is 111 of heat prostration. It was an nounced at ths army's headquarters to day that shs has had several fainting spells. MANSFIELD'S BODY FOUND University Park Laborer Has Bible and $10 When Drowned. With a Bible and flO In his pockets, the body of Sidney Mansfield, ths University Park laborer who disap peared last Thursday, was positively Identified by Mallcarrler William Haw kins after it- bad been recovered from . 1 f L I ' , ' 1 J ! 'I 1 - 1 i 'J 'I ' ! J l i GEORGE M. AKE. ths Willamette River near Peninsula Station lats yesterday afternoon. Indi cations aro taken by tha police to point to suicide. Mansflld was 35 years old snd unmarried, making his homo with Hawkins In University Park. Search for ths body of R. O. Bryan, aged 36, an employs of ths Union Meat Company, who drowned In the Oregon Slough near the packing plant on tho Peninsula yesterday, was given up temporarily last night Bryan, on tho refusal of another laborer to take tho risk, volunteered to swim tho slough on horseback to bring across two other horses that wera neded at tho plant. A fw minutes later the horse on which he had ridden from the plant came back, dripping wet and without tho saddle. The saddle was found later near the water's edge. It Is believed by employes of the plant that tho sad dle turned with Bryant, throwing him Into the water, after which the horse swam ashore and kicked off the sad dle. Bryan lived with his wife at East Twaniy-sevonth and Oregon streets. Tha body of a floater so badly de composed as to be unrecognizable was I taken from the Willamette Klver at the foot of Palroon street last night, at had evidently been In the water a month. Ill CH1FF OF POLICK SLOVKIf SEES MENACE TO PEPAKTSrEXT. Co-Opcratlon Between Detective and Patrolman to Be Demand of w Head Soon. Mora shaking up of the police de partment Is sxpected within a few day a This time., it is undsrstood, heads of the different reliefs may ba chsn red. Chief of Police Slover has not Intimated the extent of the changes nor who will be shifted, but If captains are shifted It Is said Cap tain Bailey, now in charge of tha first night relief, will hava command of tho second night relief and Acting Captain Keller, in charge of tha second relief, will take command of tho first. Captain Moore, of tho detective de partment, will not likely be disturbed, but better co-operative system between tha detective and police departments will bo established and in making this change It Is probable that some of tha detectives will ba shifted' about and some may exchange places with uni formed men. A lack of co-operation between the detective and pollco department haa been growing for years, until It has become a serious menace to tne eni clencv of the department. This condi tion Chief Slover proposes to. correct, hut Is not now prepared to say what steps are necessary to bring about tha reform. SEATTLE CLUBMAN DEAD George R. Andrews Killed When Anto Strikes Log. . SEATTLE, July 11 George R. An drews, manager of the Seattle branch of ths Burroughs Adding Machine Company and a prominent member of the Seattle Gold and Country Club, was killed late tonight when his automobile struck a log beside tha road and threw. 1)1 m out. Mr. Andrews was returning to Se attle from tha club, which Is sev eral miles north of town. Ha was alone in the machine. His body and the wrecked- car were found by a party of autolsts who left tha club soon after his departure. ELKS TO IMPROVE HOME C, L. Applegate, of Salt Lake City, Elected Grand Trustee. ATLANTIC CITY, X. J.. July IS. A per capita tax of 60 cents will bo levied on every member of the Order of Elks to raise the 1250.000 needed for the new National Elks' Home at Bedford City. Virginia, according to action taken by the grand lodge ednes day afternoon. Newport, R. I. Lodge 104 won the prise at competitive drill. It was tho only competitor that appeared, the other crack drill teams remaining away because of a severe storm. C L. Applegate. of Bait Lake CUy. was re-elected grand trustee at this morning's session of the grand lodge. This was on the third ballot. Men and Women Frantically Fling Selves in Lake to Escape Deadly Blaze; Towns in Ashes and Many Camps Wiped Out. TORONTO. July IS. The loss of life in the Porcupine district. Northern On tario, from Tuesday's forest fires is known to be several hundred and the property loss will reach several mil lions of dollars. v Only three of the 83 employes of the West Dome mine have been accounted for and 200 miners, muckers. etx. In the Dome mine have been suffocated. The mines burned Include the Dome, North Dome. Preston East Dome, VI pond, Foley . O'Brien. Philadelphia, United Porcupine. El Dorado Porcu pine, Standard. Imperial, West Dome and Success. Mine Manager Dead. a AatM A n Robert E. Weiss. manager of the. West Dome, and his wife and child. , , The Philadelphia mine's loss is about ... j t .,nis' t?n nnn VA- aov.ui'v, tuiicu . v.i.j....i. . dorado Porcupine, all buildings de stroyed: Standard, aoout perlal. about $35,000; Success, probably destroyed; West Dome, about $75,000. knurl hsarinnlnar Tues- 111 1 U ' via... . '' ." " 1 .w day noon the fire swept from the Standard myie to tne snoroa i " 7Z pine Lake, where It destroyed South Porcupine, l-otisvuie uu -itf m well as many small buildings along the lakefront- . Men Perish in Shafts, in.. tA.t hnvoe was wrought around the main mines, notably the West Dome and Big wm. i l entrapped miners, cut oft from escape, were forced to take to the shafts and. penned In by flames, perished. This was notably true at Dome and West Domo. , The streets of Soutn t-orcupme strewn with dead persons, horses, dogs j iinno- the mine roads are ana i-niii. - v,.i- the bodies of those overcome while trying to escape. .v.- inn at the Dome only a few were saved and at the West Dome only three out or ss employee are known to be alive. Charred Bodies 'Found. Along the highway between East Dome and South Porcupine, over a in.iv ivtn section, were found six charred bodies. In the ruins of South Porcupine were louna me uou.e. of William Gohr and his clerk. Cap tain George Runbar, and Tom Geddes. The miners saw dense clouds of smoke Tuesday to the southwest . . . - timm Mr ,r. raring. They woerti mo - - ' - gave little heed. 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