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ZbtW lilorlca UAriftn CW nu" Are You Going, to Win the Twenty-Five Dollars in Gold in Your District? See Page Eight - tf Medford Mail Tribune Fnll Lonflcd wire Import, Tho only pnpor In tho world pnbllshoa In a city tho site ol Medford having a loaded wlr. Fair tonight mid tomorrow. ii VJ Fl'U YD AR. MEDJTOltD, ORISOON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1910. No. 174. 70 DEAD. 2000 FOREST FIRES ISSIiMli THINK DEATH LIST WILL BE 200 AT LEAST Total Monetary Loss Estimated at . .$2,000,000 Vll lance Committees Oruanlzed to Prevent Thlovlno Several More Towns Aro Threat ened With Destruction. WINNIPEG, Man., Oct. 10. Luto roportn this afternoon way that hovcii towns, llouudutto, SKJO)ier, Grnooton, Pitt, Cedar Spur. Swift mid Hooko volt, hnvo boon wiped out in tho for cot fires. Fivo hundrod pornous lira reported to hnvo perished mid tin death roll may total a thousand, ac cording to experienced foresters. Fifty hoiiHOK and two millb wcio burtiud at Ruiny Itivor. Lutahuriiion duclaro tho Iosb of Ktniidiug timhor will total in tho mil- lions. KAINV KIVEK, Out., Oct. 10. Sovouty pornoiiB aro doad, 2,000 an nuHHing and frantic nppealn for hulp nro coining from thu fitu Hwqpt l'or chI aroas ttiirrputiding Bouudotta, Spoouor and Pitt. Sixty hodioN have boon icqoveruJ. Tho CHtiiuatcrt of tho total dead range frum 200 to 200 . A majority of thu miHHing 'nrro bolicod to hnu tnkon rofugo in iso lated villages which cannot bo ronc'j od by wire. Tho towns of Warrod, Minn., nnd Sprnguc, Minn, nro threatened with destruction, Firea aro witliiu socn miluH of Spniguo and 20 miles fiom Warrod. I All That is Left of a $1, 000,000 Newspaper Plant Tho Canadian Northern railway room. biiH dispatched special (rainu bear ing ftro apparatus and fire lighten in tho direction of Warrod, which iu reported to bo surrounded by tho flames. Tho total monotury Iohb thiiB far ia oBtimatcd at $2,000,000. Cut and Btuuding timber, telegraph poles 'and railroad trucks have boon buraod in tho fir a zono. Onuo HoarcBhrdlHiihrdluBhrdluhhrti Ono searching party Iiuh rutuincd, bringing th onino bodies of tho Do ton family, cotisintitiK of father, mo ther and bovoii children. Thoy had only golton a tdiort distanco from thoir homo wlion thoy wore ovortak on by tha firo. Gcorgo Wow or, Chan. Baker nnd nPtriok O'Mnrn, who wore miBfling have turned up. Of tho Iown men out looking for homoBtondB, two of tho bodicn havo boon found. Thoir namos cnunot bo BRoertninod. Charloa Dnkor counted 10 bodioB on bin way to town. Those nro all within a rndiiiB of six milofl of Bonudottc. Flow many will bo found furlhor cannot bo ascertained. Pooplo nro Bonding thoir families onHt on specinl traiiiB mndn up hero for Fort FrnnclH wlioro thoy can trmiBfer for Diiluth. At n maHB mooting yesterday tho oltizoiifl of Ttniuy Itivor organized a vigilance commit loo for tho purpose of ending tho notivitioH of ihiovos nnd ghoulfi. Fifty inon nro guarding tho ruiiiB of tho town today nR a ro- Rlllt. n 'I yjff '. "T ;r -T!' "''"mi ""' ' ,' "7 "SV Amk MmMtyii liSmLiwJ; WBimiXwmtkm aSimJH UliiCTSHBKKSPR TfWJlJim.'iniWWI ttmtvsi-Jzsmvm'WwzsiLi!? .z3&. t--" 4 ,Ti3l UiJliK.y'JStWfcw. i r i nr 1 'iMfciMiii n MTlMTft nnnii THIwiWr I Hi v. $&MKv&JffiaL&BKF9t?iws&i fflts'SHwMtie A-4 j-bHHBHIHHBKL. al . -.v., -ir" ' tf ii m ii i ii 1 1 m 'iiii iwi' f &.f x M-axammaamaamrLiw 1 I IU I Ml II I I iiii pwiii I v IiiLJW ir -SM i h. .iftfCi-iirn iwi ( " ' " T iw -"w. .r 7t 51 MINERS ENTOMBED; NO HOPE IS LEFT Comrades Toll All Night to Save Them but Without AvailMorgue Already Prepared for Men, Who, Though Still Alive, Cannot. Pos sibly Escape. STEVENS SAYS RAILROAD WILL The upper plrtun Miom tin a AiikHcm 'rimt'i ImildinK an it np)wir. (! follow Iiik tho I'xplosloii mill flro u work nyo. Tlio top floor Is j;one en llri'ly, mid wax ntllloil hh tlt hcwh lower plcturo hIiown tlie Infernal machine found under the home of the M'civtnry of thu los An Ki'li'M McrclinjitH and Mumifncturert' iisM(Hlatloii. MULKEY SAYS LAW BREAKERS NOHMMUi Will Attend Elks Session In Ashland Saturday Smith Begins Active Canvass of First District West Campaigning In East Oregon. BOWERMAN TO VISIT MEDFORD INNEAREUTURE Will Igorously Prosecute All Vio lations of Fish and ame Laws De spite Report That His Office De clined Owing to Definition of Term. "Tho District attorney's offi'io will proBeouto with tho utoniBt dili li'OfVISITORS THIS WEEK AT NEW DEPOT No vlaltora will ho nllowod to on tor tho now Southorn Pnclflo depot this woolt, owlnc to tho fact thnt tho contrnctora nro doing thoir utmost to comploto tho work eo thnt tho build ing will bo rondy for tho dedication Saturday. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 10. Rattling Nelson will try to "oomo bnok" to night whon ho looks horns with Monto Palo horo in a ton round go, n no decision bout. guuco any violation of tho fish and game net iu this district, rcgnrdlui' of any porsonnl view hold by a depu ty, as tho classification of a fiuh as migratory or otherwise. Tho accusa tion of Qnmo Warden Stovonsou is unjust and unfair." Such is the roply of Distriot At- tornoy U. F. Mulkoy, to charges mado by tho stnto gamo wardon in which it was claimed that tho local proBoouing officos woro not doing thoir duty iu prosoauting violations of tho fish law. "Tho (piostion of classification of tho salmon trout has not n yot checked our efforts (o enfoioo tho In was reported. Tho law intends that thoro shall bo no fishing within (100 foot of a dam iu tho Itogue river and ovory violation will bo prosooutod. "Tho only oiibo which has como to our nttontion so far has boon ono wlioro two boys, 14 and 15 yours of ngo woro nrrostod by a deputy fish wardon in Grants Puss. This ease was roforrod to tho juvonilo court and doalt with thoro. "Tho ohargo that this office is protecting thoso who violato tho fish gamo lnws is absurd." .lay Ilowermnn, assembly cnndldnto for govornor, vlll nttond tho dedica tion of tho Elka' building nt Ashlnud Saturdny evening. Ho will spond Sundny nnd Monday in Medford nnd probtibly spenlc horo Monday eve ning. Mr. Ilowermnn hns stnrtod upon nn nctivo cnmpnlgn of tho stnto. Ho Intends to covor nil tho nrlnclnnl towns. Dnn Mrlnrltey, who hns an nounced his cnndldncy for tho United States sonnto -wo yenrs honco, will nccompnny him, but not on his trip horo, Osswnld West, nntUnsEombly cnn dldnto, hns boon busy for a wook campaigning In enstom nnd central Oregon. Ho npoko nt BurnB Sntur day ovonlng, and though not making nnd protontlono nt oratory, Is devel oping Into n flrst-clnea spenkor. Sonntor Chnmborlntn Is to mnko n sorlos of nddrcsscs in West's bohnlf In vnrlous parts of tho atnto. Sonn tor nourno 1ms loft for Wnohlngton nnd is tnklng no furthor part in tho rnmpatgn boyond his lottor advising supportors of popular govornmont to voto against nil nssombly cnndldntes. John Manning, domooratlo jioml- ueo lu tho Socond congrosslonnl dls- REAL ESTATE MEN IN GREAT GAME OE JAG Rumor That Inspector of Federal Sites Is Hero Spreads and Great Hunt is On for the Mysterious "It" In the Game. " ' ' A merry, merry gnmo of "Tag," you're it," Is on In Medford today nnd the Bonrch for tho Tlmea dyna miters fades Into lustgnlficanco with tho zeal real estnto mon In Medford aro camping upon tho trail of "It." In this enso "It" hnppons to bo tho government inspector of postoftico sites nnd nearly ovory roal estate man In town Is trying to boat his competitors to It and slip ono over, DECISION IN HETLING CASE TOMORROW If Adverse to Portland Oakland Will Lead by 17 Points in Percentage Column Think Portland Will Lose Pennant. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 10. Tho decision of Presidont Graham of tho Const league in tho case of Gus Hot ling of Portland, tho questldn of whoso eligibility was raised by Man agor Wolverton of tho Oakland team during the recont Portland-Oakland series In Portland, has been prepar ed and will bo mado public tomor row afternoon. Tho general impres sion is that the decision will bo ad TRINIDAD, Col., Oct. 10. Fifty one miners are In a living tomb at Starkville with absolutely no hope for their rescue alive save through a miracle. All night long the work ers tolled In the glare of acetylene torches and electric lights to aid tho imprisoned men, but tho rescuers, Imperiled by after damp, were com pelled to abandon their places at day break to save their own lives. While the men worked in tho glare of the flickering lights, a temporary morgue was being prepared for the bodies of men yet alive Under the direction of the coroner of Las Ani mas county, deputies transformed a machine shop of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company, owners of the mine, into n charnel house, while women relatis of the entombed men dully watched tho ghastly preparations at- parently unable to comprehend their significance. Several Located. The men In the old stope, or east ern wing -of tha -mine, which was c1 -itroyed by an explosion, 'nrcsumrw bl of fire damp, Saturday evening, aro in two blockaded chambers. One band has been located about two and a half miles from the mouth of the mlnb and the other a mile further on. There are six Americans and one negro among tho doomed men. Tho remainder nre Italians, Mexi cans and Poles. Tho main tunnel fills repeatedly with the deadly damp, even though a largo fan on a motor car frequent ly Is sent In to clear out the gases. The explosion is bolloved to havo oc curred five miles from tho mouth of the mine, but the shock dislodged great masses of earth, which splin tered the stopes and shut off the escape of the men. Tho prisoners bavo two chances In n million to escape. Their only hope Is to force their way through tho clogged and gas filled main tunnel or to make their way to an old tuu nol leading to tho Engleville mine, which adolns. the Starkville work ings. Several years ago during a fire In the Englovillo mine this tun nel was walled up. Scores of workmen are now fran tically tearing Into tho masonry with picks nnd small charges of powder In the hopo of aiding the men to gain thoir freedom. BE COMPLETED Man Who Directs James J. HhTs Projects in Oregon Arrives ' in Medford to Inspect Pacific' & Eastern Money Market Cause of Delay In Construction. ttt -f f . .f. JOHN F. STEVENS SAYS: "" That as soon ns tht mnnnv "" "market becomes settled work on the Pacific & Eastern from Butte Falls over the Cascades will be resumed. That the work has not been stopped, but delayed. Thnt it will eventually con nect with the Oregon Trunk. That he is charme'd with tho Rogue River valley. That he has great fnilh in the future of Medford and is nmnzed at the progress made since his Inst visit here, which was in June. .f .f .f.. .. John F. Stevens, right handjnan of James J. Hill, "the empire build er," former chief engineer of tho Panama canaf, but who now is the head of nil of the Hill projects in ' Oregon-, stated emphnticnlly this -morning upon his arrival in this city for nn inspection trip over tho Pa cific and Eastorn that tho road road would be constructed over tho Cascades to a connection with the Oregon Trunk nnd as soon as possi ble. ITr. Stevens stated further thnt tho delay in tho work at present was due to unsettled monev conditions in tho east. Money, ho stated, could bo obtained, but at too high a price. Mr. Stevens nrrived in this city nt 10:32 a. m. in his private car. He is nccorapnnied by W. E. Comap, Hill's general freight nnd passenger agent, Frnncis B. Clark, and other officials of the Hill lines. Ho was taken by Chief Engineer Gorig of tho Pacific and Oregon for an auto mobilo drive. An inspection trip over the Pacific and Oregon is also to bo mnde. "As soon as the iwliticians in tho (Continued on Page 8.) At latest accounts this nftornoon "It" j verso to Portland, that tho games In was still loading and tho roal ostato I which Hotllng participated will bo men wero still trying to spot him. j forfeited to Oakland, thus giving A rumor spread this morning to I that team tho lead In tho pennant the offoct that tho Inspector of fod-! nice oral sites was lu Medford for the purpoBo of choosing tho slto for tho now fedoral building, Immodlntoly tho real estato mon got busy. Thoy tried ovory stranger In town, but tho roal man had not boon encountered or had no ncknowlodgod his idoutl t Inquiry nt tho postoffico brought forth no Information, tho postal nu thorltloss tatlng that thoy know noth ing of tho man. None of tho real ostato mon sdorn to doubt tho story that tho Inspector 1b In tho city and nro doubling thoir efforts to locate him, hoping by giv ing him n llttlo insldo Information ns to where tho building should bo lo- (Coutlnuea on 1'ubo 8,) (Continued on Par 8.) Tho stnndog tho two teams, in thlB event would bo ns follews: Clubs Won. Lost. Pet Oakland 109 S3 673 Portland 97 76 560 Graham refused to lntlmato what his decision will bo, but his actions since the controversy nroso plainly indicate thnt ho bollevos thnt Wol vorton'B protest Is well taken and It ho so holds nothing remnlns but to declaro tho games forfeited to tho Oaks. Graham's docislon, it Is bo lloved, will be basod on tho nllogod fact that Hetllug is a "contract Jump er," rathor than that ho was ineligi ble because of tho ruling of Soptom bor It SEASON ENDS AT CRATER LAKE Camp Being Dismantled and Being Made Ready for Winter Past Season Has Been Most Successful In History of Lake. Tho cmups at Center Lake hnvo been deserted nnd tho 1910 touiUt sonson closed, according to J. C. Noff, mnnagor of tho Crater, Lake Transportation company, who mado n flying trip to Crater mid loturu Saturdny. Mr. Noff stntes thnt snow is fall ing on tho summit nnd thnt it will not bo loner now boforo it will ho im. possiblo to reach tho lnko. Tho enmps nro being dismantled nnd rondo rondy for tho winter. Tho past sonson hns been tho most buot cos8tul in tho history of tho lnko in point of mimbor of visitors SITUATION IN SPAIIMS ACUTE Leaders Admit that Uuprislng Is Im minentClaim that Army Will De sert Alfonso When It Comes to a Show-down. 4' s-, MADRID via Hcndayo), Oct. 10. With tho increasing turbulonco throughout Spain nnd tho grouter activity of outside ngents of tho rev olutionists who nro successfully smuggling nrms into Barcolonia niui tho towno along tho Fronch bordor, tho Spanish government is becoming moro repressive Li its monsures nnd all lendors admit today that nn up rising is imminent, 1 Tho government called tho reserves to tho colors today. Many of Iho government lendors nro doubtful at tho loyalty of tho troops to King Alfonso, and tho republicans openly proclaim thnt the nrmy will dosort tho king when the revolution bogips. Spanish ropublicnns aro foBtorjng nn immodinto uprising. Arsenals hnvo boon established in secret plncos nhoro nrms nnd ammunition havo boon collected. Circulars luo found everywhere appealing to jbo Spaniards to nttnek tho government and citing tho success of tho Porta. cuosft revolutionists. 'f I n r-' '- tkifiHj A J -H .