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EVENING EDITI0H EVENING EDITION , -'" - ' a Fair tonight and to- f """X . . .M"'"M""''!llll n r,. , rrr COUNTY ' OFFICIAL PAPER. ' VOL. 23. D FUMES SWEEP Exposition, Multnomah Club and Other Buildings Burn, Several Lives Lost. 145 HEAR OF HORSES PERISH IX FLAMES Fire Klarta in Exposition and Spreads to Multnomah Club House Five Residence Hotels Hum Two Men Dond and Six Missing 150 People HomeloMH Property Damage Amounts to Half Million. Portland, July 14. Two men are dead, six are missing, 150 people are homeless, and the loss of a half mil lion dollars sustained are the ro result8 of a fire early this morning which started in the old exposition building on Washington street between 19th and 20th, and destroyed It, the Multnomah amateur athletic club house, five up town hotels and sev eral residences nnd damaged several more. One hundred and forty-five horses In the two stables In the base ment of the exposition building per ished. F. R. Price, foreman of the United Carriage company, was sleep ing in the barn, and on awakening, rushed through the flames, which burned him so badly that he died In the hospital. A man named Bout, a hostler escaped, but recerved fatal burns and died soon afterward. The missing men were hostlers employed in the stables, and three tramps, whom price had allowed to sleep In the building. The fire started in the basement of the building and its or igin la unknown. The exposition building was a landmark, built In 1887, a frame structure, four stories high and cost $100,000. The Glcndora, a large family hotel on Nineteenth street near Couch, was burned to tho ground. The Glendora was almost two blocks north of where the fire started. At 2:30 this morning the wind had Increased and tho fire was entirely beyond control. The Studebaker Au tomobile company had been burned out and the entire Automobile Row doomed. Seven city blocks were burned. All telephone and electric wires are down and communication on the west side has been cut off. suilors Figlit Ulro. Sailors from the gunboat York town and the cruiser Marblehead, an chored in the liarbor, did excellent work. Seventy-five of them handled the hose and worked alongside the firemen They saved several thou sand dollars worth of goods from burning buildings. The crowd ap plauded them for their bravery. PYTII1AXS ARE HURT IX AX AUTO ACCIDENT Aberdeen, Wash... July 13. While speeding BO miles an hour along tho ocean beach near Copalls this after noon, an automobile containing tho chauffeur, Karl Morningstar, and seven men, delegates to the conven tion of the uniform rank of the Knights of Pythias which Is in ses sion here, struck a soft spot In the road ana turned turtle, after the axles had broken. The Injured are: Emmet Rowland of Camas Wash., ribs broken; Grant Salisbury, Camas, ribs and collarbone broken: Walter Reed, Camas, injured about the head, otherwlso hurt; Earl Morningstar. chauffeur, of Aberdeen, Internally In jured. Captain T. C. Wilson, Frank Cox and Charles Appleton, all of Camas were lightly Injured. Morningstar, Reed and Salisbury were brought to this city and placed In a hospital. RECENTLY FILED R. K. TARIFFS SUSPEXDED Washington, July 14. The Interstate Commerce commission will suspend the recently filed tariffs of the various railroads for the advanced rates. ' This decision was announced today. Tho suspension Is sweeping and Includes all general freight ad vances. The action was taken under the recently passed rail road regulation bill. The commission will hurry the Investigation and each sus pension will last 120 days from the date on which the tariffs went Into effect. SEVEN BLOCKS mm Four of the injured men were Im prisoned under the machlne-'and were removt.il with difficulty by their more fortunate companions. A fast Incom ing tide threatened for a time to bury tho heavy machine in the sand, but a second automobile party arrived on the seoeiic at a fortunate period and rescued the machine from submer sion. S.M.EM MAX CAITURER TROPHY IX O. X. O. SHOOT Clackamas, Ore., July 14. In the National Guard shoot the N. R. A. trophy was won by Sergeant Abrams , of Company M of Salem: second. Cor- poral McCormack. Eugene; third, tie between Sergeant Ferguson, company j E. and Sergeant Hopfield, company ; F. The winning score was 69 The j F.M.LANB WORRIED OVER Butterfteld trophy was won by Ser- , PRESENT STATE OF FF4IKS geant A. A. Swartz, company K. Port- I ' ' " . land. This Is skirmish run shooting j Bt ranges of 600, 500 400, 350 and 'laii Denies she Has Been Attempt 200 yards. ' lug to Cancel Treaty With England Sergeant Swartz made a' score of 74 i English Politicians Fear Xew out or a posslole 100. The team Bhoot : Tuesday was won by company E, j Fourth Infantry. Cottage Grove. The ; score Tuesday was 602; second, com- i puny I. Woodburn, 490; third, com-! pany K. K. Portland 498; fourth ! company B, third. 4S2; fifth, company R third, 482; fifth, company M, Sa lem: sixth company A, Fourth. Eu- ' nlaI was given the United Press to gene, 474. Highest Individual score i day to the report that Japan had con In the team shoot was made by Ser- j eluded a secret alliance with Ger geant P. A. Llvesly. His total was ; nmny n ,nUmated , R dispatch frQm The individual matcn was begun j London. London reports were that Tuesday evening with a skirmish j Japan was attempting 'to cancel all run. The governor's trophy will be : alliance with England so she could shot for today. The trophy is now held hv the Fourth Oregon This match 'is between teams of eight men picked from each regiment. GREAT FOREST FIRES RAGE IN MONTANA I i: i I.OE CAN QUELL THE I MS i ii feared- that since her alliance with Scores of Men lighting Mantes Kussia japan will become more ag-WliU-h Are Destroying an Immense. ! gressivo toward the United States and Amount of Timber Town of England fears to face the world Whlt.-risl, Is Threatened. i ii,"rm ,,hf would folIovv ushou'd Rnp I sti, port Japan against the United Kallspell, Mont, July 14. Scores : are fighting forest fires In the Flat- j head district and the valley with lit- ' tie hope of quelling them unless rain falls. There are no indications of ; rain. Government civil and private : parties arc combined in the fight I The Great Northern tie camps have ! . . . - , . , . I been destroyed at several points, and , also an Immense amount of timber. I Flames are on all sides of the town j o Wliitefish, and have been threaten-; ins it with destruction although dan iter is not imminent unless the breeze continues. Huge clouds of smoke obscure the sky and choke the fight ers Unless rain falls the loss will he the heaviest in Flathead history. Llbby, Mont, July 14. Three for est fires are reported In this part of the state. Tho worst is at Leonla where a number of men are fighting It. NOTORIOUS ARMY OFFICER CLOSES OFFICI AL CAREER Washinton. July 14. Major Frank Del Carrington, U. S. A., was today given notice of his retirement by the war department. This' closes one of the most remarkable cases on army records. In 1903 Carrington served ns a captain In the Philippines and was accused of misappropriating funds. He was presumed guilty till proven Innocent, convicted and sen tenced to prison. He appealed to the United States Supreme court, which presumed him Innocent until proved iruilty. This reversed the lower court. On retrial Carrington was found In nocent. Battle Creek Wins. Detroit, July 14. Yesterday the delegates to the national reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks went almost In a body to Belle Islo to see Battle Creek. Mich., win the prize competitive drill. Los An geles, Denver and St. Joseph. Mo., finished In the order named. The contest was for n $500 cash prize. The business meeting of the grand lodge took plnce Inst night. lft.000 KIKS PARADE UNDER ROILING SUN Detroit, July 14. The Elks' parade one of the features of every conven tion, was witnessed today by a hun dred thousand spectators. Fifteen thousand Elks were In line nnd the route extended eight miles through the streets, The day was the hol iest, nnd ambulances and Ice cream soda men were In evidence. Emer gency hnsplals were kept busy reviv ing wilted Elks nnd toasted onlooker". PENDLETON, OBEGON, w SECRET TREATY Repudiates Statement That She Has Combined ' With German Empire. Agreement Between Russia and .la win Will Make Latter More Aggressive Toward United states Fears a World Storm. I Tokio, July 14. An official de- enter into an agreement with Ger- '. ,,,iin' " 'der to harass the United .States, it was shown that German commercial interests in South and 'Central America were handicapped by the Monroe doctrine and other Am. I erica n policies, while Japan's trade ; in the Philippines suffered on ac count of America's occupancy. England Is Worried. London, July 14. The political , map of Europe and eastern Asia will become so changed by the signing if tho Manchurlan convention hv ; Russia and Japan that diplomats are .surely pushed, British politicians want . to learn the attitude of America. It "tales under her alliance with Japan. Ocean Race for Motor Roats. Atlantic City, N. J., July 14. Starting from the Seaside Yacht club early this morning, a fleet of cruising i motor boats got awav on the lone ocean race which Is expected to ter- minute about sunset this evening at '''avesond Ray Lo,.g Island. The contest Is for the captain Morton Wis. ,.ir Snmlj vovViWs Tornado in Dakolo. l'lerre. S. !., July 14. A tornado formed east of here last evening and Mas watched by hundreds. It tore down the house of Frank Lindsay, but the family took refuge in a cave and were uninjured. The tornado followed the river for more than a mile and carried up clouds of spray. Salem, Or., July 14. A sweping re duction of nil Wells Fargo Express rates now In force in this state WAS . ordered by the railroad commission yesterday which will take effect 20 lays after the order ts served on the express company. The order reduces about 30 000 rates in the state. The average reduction made is about 20 per cent The rate per hundred pounds from Albany to Portland has been reduced from fiO to .10 cents; from Woodburn and Salem to Portland from 60 to 40 cents: from Eugene to Portland from $1.00 to 80 cents; from Rosehurg to Portland from $1.50 to $1.20; from Mcdford to Portland, the reduction Is from $2 to $1.50. Reductions to and from all points where the Wells Far go operates, which Is wherever the Southern Pacific company's lines touch, are made in conformity with those quoted. long Investigation Made. The matter has been under inves tigaion by the railroad commission for over a year. The history of the Wells Fargo company from Its pio neer days, when It began business with two horses and a coach, has been gone into nnd its old accounts ami earnings hnve been examined and analyzed. Every express rate in force in the United States was looked up nnd a comparison made. The rates affected by today's order are virtually all of the rates of the Wells Fargo company In Oregon and OREGON RAILROAD REDUCES THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1910. I OF LIFE MD I iLonun IS UNEARTHED England Metropolis is Stirred' By Discovery of Body in Cellar. RELIEVER AMERICAN" KILLED- HIS W IFE Police Discover Itody of .Mrs. llawley 'ripMii. Former Xoted Singer and Member of Polish Aristocracy Detectives at Work Relieved Her American Dentist Husband Is Mur derer and Has Run Off With An other Woman. London, July 14. Not since the in famous white chapel murders has London been so aroused as today fol lowing the discovery of a body be lieved to be that of Mrs. Hawley Crlppen, formerly a noted singer, and the disappearance of her husband, an American dentist, who is charged with her murder. The police are be lieve. l to have discovered her body in the cellar of an old house occu pied by Crlppen at Islington. Scores of detectives have been detailed on the case. Authorities throughout the world have been telegraphed orders t' arrest the man and a woman, who jwis.ing as his wife. Physici ans declare his wife has been dead six months. The woman disappeared Miid soon after Crippen advertised she v.-.vs dead, although he told neighbors she had gone abroad and then he disappeared with the other woman. The police charge Crippen slew his wife, told the neighbors she had gone abroad, and forged a, letter from her to friends, then advertised her death. .Mrs. Crippen was of the Polish no bility that fled from Poland to Am erica to escape from persecution. She was born In Philadelphia, educated ' in America and Europe and became famous as a singer owing to her great vocal range. STAVE UUTTIN'H MILL MAY GO TO KELSO Kelso. Wash. An industry which would employ over 10 skilled work men ami produce business sufficient to add 500 people to the population f Kelso Is what the Western Coop, erage company expects to locate here. I; is the intention of the company to build a stave-cutting mill at some point near the Columbia, where rail transportation can be secured. The proposed factory would require from G to 10 acres of land, with from lo'la t.i ir.no feet of waterfront. The ci.Hioany owns thousands of feet of N' u -c timber in the lover Columbia, which could be towed here cheaply. Inc lude what are known as "Merchan dise rates" and "General special" va t es The "Merchandise" rates about 15. """ in number, are all specified and -et out in order, but the "General special" rates are to be ascertained by a scale which is set forth in and made a part of the order. 1 While the order applies directly only ' to "merchandise" and "general spe- Ida I" rates it affects indirectly most of the company's rates. This Is due to the fact that most of all other express lotos are based on "merchandise" rates of the company, and as these have been cut by the commission It will result in a reduction of many oth- , er rates. In Line With Policy. Tho reduction of the Wells Fargo rales made public yesterday is in line with the policy adopted by the com mission when the order was made last fall reducing the rates of the Pacific Express company. wTtieh affected the rites to nil points on the Oregon Rail way Navigation company's lines. If the now Wells Fargo rates nre allow ed to go into effect without a contest as did the ruductions of the Pacific Express company, the rates all over . the state will be about uniform. Unless the commission is enjoined from enforcing Its order made yes terday the new rates win go Into ef fect 2' days after the order has been served upon the express or railroad i company affected by the order. C0JISS1 S S NEW YORK BANKERS MEET IX CONVENTION- Cooperstown, N. Y., July 14. Many millions of dollars are represented by the delegates to the annual conven tion of the New York State Bankers' association, which opened today at the O-Te-Sa-Ga hotel on Otsego Lake A special train brought many of the prominent financiers of New York city, and Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Rochester and smaller are also jyell represented. The program of the convention, be sides the business sessions, includes a trip on a special steamer this after noon to points of interest on the lake, the annual banquet this evening, a trolley ride to Richfield Springs on Friday afternoon, and a ball on Fri day evening. Several men prominent in the financial world will address the convention at its business sessions and at the banquet. Golf and tennis tour naments will be held for the amuse ment of the women relatives and friends of the delegates at the conven tion. Marblehead Race. Boston, Mass.. July 14. Tomorrow will witness the start of the Marble-head-Xew York race for motor boats, always one of the most Interesting of events for this class of craft. The start will be from Marblehead and the finish at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, a distance of 2S5 nautical miles. While the race does not compare with the Bermuda contest as to distance, the much larger number of entries gives it greater interest. IRE MBR t 1IAKGKD THAT PINCIIOTITES HAVE PACKED THE PIMMiRAM St. Paul Board of Trade Alleges Fol lowers of Ex-Forester Exclude SjK'akers Who do Xot Agree With Them Conference Today to 1K cide Matter. Tatt Will Speak. Chicago, July 14. President Taft will be Invited to address the National Conservation Con gress at St. Paul and any other speaker whom the president may name may speak. This decision was arrived at the conference when Pinchot found thai opposition might cause disruption among the conser vationists. v v Chicago, 111.. July 14. Charges that Pinehotites have packed the program of the National Conservation congress scheduled for St. Paul was threshed out today in a conference between rinihot and B. H. Baker, Secretary Shipp of the congress. Gov, Eherhart of Minnesota, and members of the Twin cities' convention committee and as a result the congress may be trans, ferred to Denver or Kansas City. The St. Paul board of trade charged that Pinehotites control the program and are excluding speakers unfavorable to their waw of looking at things. Pin chot backers stood pat today and as a result refused to change the pro gram. TERRIBLE COLLISION OF SHIPS OX BUCK SEA Odessa, July 14. Six hundred persons were killed on Saturday night in a collis;on between the ships Lovki and Wampoa in the Black sea, ac cording to today's stattcment. Offi cials are investigating. The Lovki's boier exploded and afterward blew the passengers into eternity. FEARS EFFORT WIIX RE MADE TO RESCUE LYNCHERS Columbus, July 14. Fearing an ef fort may be made to storm the Jail and rescue the 14 men arrested for alleged participation In the lynching of Detective Etherton, Sheriff Sla baugh appointed to succeed Llnche, has informed state officials that the s'tuation is critical and is preparing to defend the jail. Assistant Attor ney General Miller is en route to Newark to assist in the investigation of the riots. Yakima Sees Freak Duck. North Yakima. Wash. A. S. Right mire and W. S. O'Neil of the Cow iche brought to the city Monday as an evidence of the superior produc t ve merits of their valley a three legged duck. The duck was of the Pekin variety, very much alive and perfectly healthy. Mr. Rightmire says that since the waters of the Tletnn are now coming down the Cowiche side hills the productivity of the land has become both novel and enormous. Calling card, wel ding stationery, com mercial stationery u1 Job printing to ocS-r at the East OrejonUa. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. NO 6954 D AFTER PACKERS Instructs Grand Jury to Follow the Trail Until they Find Real Offenders. WANTS INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS CORPORATION'S LXDICTED Judge Pleases Government Lawyer By His Explicit Directions to Fed eral Grand Jury Instructs Tbeaa Xot to Indict Packers Under Aliaae unit Xot to Indict Corporattoa When Individuals Are Gulltx. Chicago, July 14. The federal grand jury empanneled today was la strueted to return indictments against leading packers as well as aganst certain corporations. "Don't indict mere aliases and don't indict corpor ations when individuals are responsi ble," were the Instructions of Judge I .and is. "Follow the trail down to the real offender." TJie court's instructions pleased the government lawyers. More than 10 lawyers.representlng the government and the packing companies, wer present when the instructions wel given. After the Instructions were de livered the Jurors were dismissed h meet to begin their Investigation to morrow. Judge Landis said in part: "Some times It happens that persons a bo at to violate the law take names not their own. In this Investigation fol low the trail until you find the real identity of the offender." He cautioned the Jurors against be ing influenced by the argument that law enforcement unsettles bu n. ss. He ordered the Jurors to inquire whether the packers conspired or n tracted or combined to destroy or re stict competition within three ye..s." TWO IX RACE FOR COAL I A ! DrilMi Columbia Men Are Rivals tor Valuable Prize. Vancouver, B. C. Somewheir- ie tween the fourth cabin on the De minion Telegraph line and Ground hog mountain, northern British ' lumbia, two men are now on the homestretch of a marathon rat for one of the big prizes of the country the possession of several section of valuable coal land in the anth-.u .te belt on the upper waters of the Skeenn river. The men makir.g ttie race are Constable C. E. Ellaby of Hazleton and George Beirnes of the same town. Although Ellaby started or. the race, believing himself the sol roan in it. the presence of his riva: has been reported to him by the Yiin telegraph operators along the line, -ud in turn the progress of Ellaby has been flashed to Be rnes. This knowl edge has resulted in each man bfht ening his pack and that of his dogs and increasing his traveling to " jr and night stretches. REPORT CrRI.S ARE SOLD IX MARKET St. Petersburg. The attention f the authorities at St. Petersburg is being d rected to the fact that -,r. sev eral towns on the Volga M -hammea-an girls have lately been sold in Uie open market Inquiries go to sbow that the girls have been abducted ana sold to agents from Turkey and I tr sia at prices ranging from $2E io $225. according to age and appear ance. The local officials are sa d to have raised no obstacles. New York Canal Bonds Sale. Albany, July 14. State Comptroller Clark Williams today placed on sale 11.000 four per tent canal improve ment bonds. Mr. Williams in signic the bonds made a record for state controllers, affxing his signature t 2100 bonds in one day. PINCHOT M Y ENTER RACE 1X1R GOVERNOR New York July 14. Th.-,t Gifford Pinchot may De ti compomise candidate of the re publicans for N. w York's guber natorial nomination Is the gen eral belief among politicians Plnchot's friends say be is not seeking the office but int mat ed he would not reject the nom ination If it were effered u him. There Is no doubt whert Colonel Roosevelt woutd Stan ' although President Taft's en dorsement is questionable in inf light of the Fall nger affair.