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(i JUiEFEIf lot IB- SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAT, JVLY 13, 1011. XO. 100. iiii IRE TMH A iii nun DIG TWENTY THOUSAND MILES SWEPT BY FIERCE FLAMES LOSS OF jviiral Hundred Inhabitants of Porcupine Were Driven Into the Lake to Escape the Fire and Were Drowned Launch Upsets Carrying Fire Victims, 22 Drown Death List at Porcupine Will Reach 300 Fire Still-Sweeps Uncontrolled Through Forests. Cobalt, Ont., July 13. That fully )00 lives have been lost In the for ;t fires which today are sweeping the Water part of 20,000 square miles a ivortne.rn uuuuiu, im ruiuimo ifotrict is the estimate nere tnis ai- .ternoon of many refugees from the rricken district. The lowest death estimate made by i that 200 have perished, many j . i i. eelare 5"ll at least, nave ueu "" i,,r,.i,P.i to ripath. but a majority of hose who fled for life through the all of flames declare the largest mini yr will be found small enough when lie toll of death is complete. Those who believe 1000 have died ioint to" the fact that at the town of Forcupine alone several nuncirea fiersons were driven into the lake by he roaring flumes, and that fully 1UU If them are known to have perished. n addition one inuncn mere, noiuuig i persons, was seen to go over and 111 pershed. Six or seven other boa's llso were seen to sink with all their kecupants, and upset canoes have HUMOR OF GATES' DF..VTH IS DENIED lUMTED TI1KSS LEASED WIHB. New York, July 13. From the usiifcss connections of John W. iates here there has been no con ciliation of a stock exchange rumor Jtliat Gates died in Paris today. At 1 o'clock Gates' local represen tatives sid they had been advised that Gates was not as well as yester- dav, b cable but that they had received no announcing his death. o Booker Booked for Trial. CNITRU l'UKSS Lb'A-KU Wlltn.J New York, July 13. When the tase of Booker T. Washington against Wchard L'lrich for assault was called for trial here today neither the ne gro educator not the man who pum- meled him for alleged annoyance of Ida wife anneared. and the case was ! put at the bottom of the calendar . .1. .... ' ij- his means that It will not be readied until October. o Ttiej ( IncIieiT Uncle Sum. Chicago. July 13. A special U. S. srand jury here today Indicted three tnited States revenue officers and 21 other employes of the two largest oleomargarine factories in the coun try on charges of conspiracy to de- iraud the government. Officers and employes of the factory owned by (hose indicted. Frank Cadtez.al. United States rev enue agent; L. C. Larue, ex-deputy revenue collector, and Harry Old ham, special emnlove. in the revenue bureau, are charged with having ac cepted bribes from manufacturers to connive at the conspiracy. utners Indicted are John F. Jelke, President of the John F. Jelke com pany; Francis Towey secretary, and two employes of the same company; "illlam Jackson, manager, and five other employes of the George Braun eompany, and 13 employes of the "llllam K. Moxley company. fnrviillis Boy Drowns In Rlvrr. Corvallis. Or., Julv 12. Oliver Jlumforrt, the 12-year-old son of Mrs. E. Howes, of this city, was "owned in Marys river here today, tailing from a boom. above the saw The body was recovered. An other boy fen in at the same time, t was rescued by Tommy Whlte n a 14-year-old bov, who was in dimming a short distance above. Dalian's Trial Begins. Uaklanrl rni t..i. m i ,? tn trial of Assessor Henry P. bm"1 JPr? commencecI by the attor ns 5 ., "ftemoon, evidence having clofl this morning. "n E. Rohan and S. F. Fastman. ti . arv and vice president respec- U Ttlli Valley Water J?m!nr. m rebuttal, eH Alton's story flatly contra- of having se- tne alleged $3,000 bribe from as a loan. Tohacco Trust Jdlted. p.,. TRESS LEASED Wllffll C, July 13. The "to- "ovco truer the jllry was hit here today when 'n the case - of the Ware- raniAr r-i - -"o nic- folk v. Bar?tte comPany. of Nor- Wco r 8amst the American To- "e com.mPanr awarded tne cIgar" Accord! rn ,'20,00() damages. "Action t tne "treD'e damages" law tL , ,he Sherman anti-trust fiVtecovM- im.?"1 company may now ri UU UUDU THOUSAND LIFE APPALLING been found floating all along the lake shore. It Is believedthat 200, perhaps 300 persons, perished at Porcupine. Fire Situation Is Bad. Detroit, Mich., July 13. Through out northern Michigan this afternoon the forest fire situation still Is ser ious. Three towns have been wiped ... j nn,inii destroyed, recovered Four corpses have been ana scores or supposeu victims are sun missing. mere sun m no ground on which to base an estimate or tne total numoer ot casualties dui they are not thought to exceed 23. A number of towns In the Metz district are tnreateneu Dy me names, wnicn are sun uncontrolled. The village of Waters was not en tirely destroyed. It was saved after $1,000,000 damage had been done. The cyclonic wind this afternoon which swept the state subsided and conditions are more favorable for fighting the flames. CHARGED WITH FLOATING FORGED CITY BONDS TONITED r-BESS LKARKD WIRH. Portland, Or. July 13. Tracey G. Avery, once a prominent stockbroker of Seattle, who is charged with oper ating In high financial circles by floating alleged forged city Improve nent bonds and with Issuing worth less checks, was arrested today at Harrison, Idaho, by Plnkerton detec fives from this city. Has Found a Comet. Pittsburg, Pa., July 13. Frank Schleslnger. director of the Alleehe- ny observatory, today reported that a fairly bright comet was seen just be fore dawn in the Eastern sky. Its right ascensldn Is four hours and 45 minutes, and Its declination 34 degrees, 30 minutes. It is in the constellation of Auragla, not far 4u 'n ,i.m i u.isiii Havana Killed Wool Amendment. fl'NlTBD TBESS LEAKED WIBE. Washington, July 13. The senate this afternoon overwhelmingly re jected the Bailey amendment adding the wool tariff revision bill to the re ciprocity' agreement. 0 TO MAKES, P. RETURN THE HARD MONEY Portland, Ore., July 13. The first suit to be filed against the Oregon & California Railroad company, now the Southern Pacific, to recover mon ey paid on railroad land, that was recently decreed in the United States court to not belong to the company, was thfl suit filed today in the cir cuit court by Louis P. Rapp. Rapp asks the return of 1764, which 'amount he has paid on a claim loest ed on the railroad land in Douglas county. ; Attorney George S. Shepherd rep resents Rapp in the action, and se s forth that the railroad company did not have title to the claim of. 12.1 acres, which was taken up by Rapp in 18S2-. This allegation, is based upon the decision in the federal court In which the company lost title to several thousand acres of land, worth ! many mill'ons of dollars, situated ' along the right of way. , o Patrolman Killed. I PNITED PRESS LEAKED WIRE! San Francisco, Julv 13. Patrol man John J. C'rowly died today from the results of a fractured sku" v.tikh he received when, struck on the head by a batted ball. Crowley was a spectator of a game at Inglesldf when the accident 1 occurred. Me thought nothing of it unt'l yesterday. when he became suddenly ill and was taken to the hospital. o Coos to Have Fair Exhibit. Marshfleld. Or., July 13. Coos county Is to be represented with a uu exmuu ai me siaie iair at oa- lem this year. Heretofore Coos has fine exhibit at the state fair at Sa- only been represented bv Individual entries In the dairy products. The chamber of commerce will pay the expenses of a representative from, ' thin city to look after the exhibit, and will start at once gathering products VI Mil &1UUS. .... LIVES LOST FOREST FIRES i Wilde Must Come. Sacramento, Cal., July 13. application was made today at the governor's office for the ex- tradition to Oregon of Louis J. Wilde, of San Diego, who 19 wanted In Portland for alleged embezzlement in th'e sale In in 1907 of stock In that city for the Omaha Independent Tele- phon company. A hearing will be had before the governor on his return from Berkeley, when Attorneys C. A. Summer and Edgar A. Luce, of San Diego, will contest the Is suance of the papers. Wilde, it is said, claims the whole operation Is an effort to get him to Portland and get his money. IS FIGHTING THE BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAU MORE DES PERATELY THAN HE DID AT THE TIME HIS PATRIOTISM GROWS. UNITED fBESS LEASED WIBE.l '. Washington, July 13. The wheels of the senate stopepd today while the legislators discussed 'the case of an aged negro. Reciprocity, Presi dent Taft's pet measure, was put by for the time being. With tears in his eyes, John bnarp Williams, of MIssisslssippi, pleaded with his fellow senators to retain James Jones, former body servant of Jeff Davl;. and the only Jiving per son knowing the hiding place of the erent seal of the Confederacy, as a government employe. The old dar key has not been able to work for two years, but the Mississippi sena tor eloquently pointed out his loyalty to his old master, and the hardship the oid man would suffer If he were ousted. Senator Heyburn, whom nothing stirs up quicker than mention, of the great rebellion, stormily opposed the bill, claiming no one who had direct ly or indirectly participated in the lost cause sdiould be honored or re ceive emoluments of any character. Heyburn characterized the story of the confederacy as infamous history. The vote favored the retention of Jones by 37 to 18. : 0 HORSE PROVED TO BE LOXG DISTANCE KICKER Elmer Huntington, ex-sheriff, and at present member of the city coun cil of Castle Rock, was painfully in jured In a peculiar accident last Fri day. He was standing about 20 feet from a buggy to which had been hitched a sulky horse, that had man ifested its disapproval by lying down. hTe owner struck the animal with a whip, and it jumped up and began kicking. The animal finally kicked out' the piece of iron which Is in serted In the end of the single tree, with such force that it flew and hit Huntington over the left eye, cutting a gash about an Inch and a half Ion;, srnd knocking him unconscious. The injured man was carvied to Dr. Fiver's office and several stitches we're taken in the wound. He is now about with his head picturesquely bandaged. O BURNS MUST STAND TRIAL l rt-MTrn ikfss i.KASrn wtirr l New York, July 13 William J. Burns probably will appear In In dianapolis on Thursday to answer to the indictment against him for his al Wprl kirinnnine of John .1. McN'a- mora and his transporting of his prisoner to T.os Angeles. Burns will land here this after noon or tomorrow morning after a trip to England, where it Is reported he caused the arrest of David Kap lan, accused of having been a party to alleged dynamite outrages in Los Angeles. r STOCK MRKET FIRM BUT TRADING LISTLESS New York, July 13. The stock market showed very littie movement at the opening today. Interborongh Metropolitan was the only exception, 'j.,.nt.ino- nnlnt. The list other - advancing a point wise was firm at about last night's level. : A firm undertone gave an ap pearance of strength during the morning but trading was listless. The market closed firm. Bonds were HEYBuli IS KEENLY PATRIOTIC The Santa Rosa Case. San Francisco, July 13. " 'Transfer passengers to gome suitable vessel or allow them to remain on board, at their own option,' was the first message I received from San FrancUco," said Barney Frankel, wireless operator aboard the steamer Santa Rosa, testifying before the federal board of Inquiry on the Santa Rosa wreck this morning. "This message came about 10 a. m." Besides Frankel'g testimony the most Important evidence was furnished by Fourtn Mate T. L. Mathlson, who said that, In his opinion, as, a seaman, it would have been safe to land boats or transfer passengets at any time up to noon. RECALL IS FOR JOKE Attorney Says the Attempt Has. Passed Its Clmax and That 11 ip 1 r 1 II ... I IM01 tnougn iignauires nave Been Secured. SAYS MATTER WILL DROP C. F. Knight, Who Is Conducting the Matter for Judge Coke, Says He Does Xot Believe Any Repu table Attorney Could Be Persuad ed to Run Against ,Cke. Even Though the Recall Muterialized. UNITED TBESS LEASED WIKB. Portland. Or., July 13. That the agitation to invoke the recall against Judge J. S. Coke, or aiarsnneia, wno presided over the Roy McClellan mur rier casn at Roseburg. has reached Its zenith, and enough signature will not be secured to submit the question to the people, is the opinion expresseu today by C. F. Knight, of Marshfleld, who was one of the attorneys for the defense in the case. "My opinion is that they will not receive the required number of sig natures to place the matter before the people," said Attorney McKnlght. "And if they should secure enough names, I do not believe they would be able to get any reputable attorney to run against Judge Coke." IU SY TIMES IN CORPORATION DEPARTMENT From $200 to $300 have been pour ing each day Into the corporation de partment of the office of secretary of state since July 1, the time set by law for corporations to pay their an nual license fee. The license fee be comes delinquent August 1, and Cor poration Clerk Babcock expects a rush of business during all ot the -ynth. Vhat foreign corporations have de cided to comply with the order of the secretary of state to pay an annual license fee Is, evidenced by the amount of money coining into the de partment from that source. In addi tion to that many letters are re ceived daily from corporations of other states that are anxious to enter the business field in tills state and de sire information as to the license fee charged and the law pertaining to corporations in general. CHICKEN' LAYS EGOS IV ITS EARLY YOUTH Wm. Babcock boasts of the distlnc- : tion of having a chicki-n that laid an egg when but five and one-half TOO WEAK INDIANAPOLIS! months old. and because of the re markable feat it has won not only 1 his admiration but that of all other . pouHrymen In the city. Mr. Babcock recently hatched a Pock from his incubator, and the chicken in question Is one of them. Others of the flock, he says, are pre parinir for themselves expects them also to nests and he contribute to the eeg market soon. Well read poult rymen say that nevprin their experience has their attention bepn called to a chicken that bec,ai; laying before It was nine months old. and the Babcock pro duct, therefore, is viewed by them with much r-nderment. STRIKE IS STILL ON IN VANCOUVER, B. Vancouver. B. C. July 13. A meet ing of the executive commltee of the : Trades a-d Labor council was held 1 late yest'W'ay afternoon when the ay strike existing in the building trades In this city was again considered. The session was a private one and when It concluded newspapermen were tersely Informed that the strike was still on. .- TAFT IS ATTACKED BY LA (IIIO RECIPROCITY IS Want Minister Recalled. Torreon, Mex., July 13. Prominent Chinese residents of Mexico today cabled the Chinese government at Pek ing, asking that the Chinese minister to the United States be recalled from Mexico, where he went to press the claims of 230 Chinese massa cred at Torreon, and be sent back to Washington. The Chinese In their cable stated that Som Al Sune, charge d'affaires at Torreon, following 'the massacre, and before he was superceded by Minister Chan Yin Pong, had handled the affair In a satisfactory man- ner, and was rapidly attaining results. DULUTIl IS Qff CDT RV UIIL1 I Ul . DIP Dl WIT diu dlhle ENTIRE WATER FRONT MAT GO A"D WHOLE CITY IS THREAT EJiED WITH DESTRUCTION BY FIRE STARTING THIS AFTER NOON. UNITED PBKHS LBKD WIR. Duluth, Minn., July 13. The en tire waterfront and most of the wholesale district of Duluth is threat ened with destruction by fire this af ternoon. The flames started in the ware. house of Oowan & Perton, and all the lumber yards and warehouses In that section! of the city are being swept. More than a dozen or tne nremen and spectators have been overcome, One crowded excursion steamer was towed to safety barely in time, while on board the women and children, who composed most of her passeng ers, shrieked and screamed in wild terror. NEW GARAGE IS ALMOST COMPLETED Probably by Monday morning, H. Win, Thielsen will have completed and ready for business his new auto earflee on North High street. The butuline is a two-story structure modern in every particular. Mr, Thielsen proposes to elevate all au tos to the second floor where all re pair work is to be done. The lower floor will, be used for storage and sales purposes only. This building Is another added to Salem's substantial growth and by one of Salem's old residents and foremost promoters. There is to be Installed in this garage, the second of its kind on the Pacific Coast, and at a great expense a tire puncture nroof filling machine. Mr. Thielsen has the agency of the Auburn for Polk and Marion counties. Will Boost the Const. After a year and a half passed In touring the Pacific coast, II. II. Carr, of Chicago, president of the National Farmers' association, will return to preach tho gospel of western oppor tunity to Ih' farming men of the Mid d'e West. Mr. fair made his second visit, to Portland yesterday before 'leaving for the East. lie has studied I the various advantages of 'the Pacific coast and of Hie Northwest in partic ular, and will use the information thus acquired to direct emigrants from the Middle West to the most ad vanfci.Cf lis places for settlement on the coast. Mr. Carr says he believes the Mid dle West is too crowded., and thinks that the Pacific const offers the best places In the world for formers. "The entire coast, from Vancouver, B. f. to San Diego." Iip said, "offers countless places where the rich re tiring farmer of the Middle West, might find a home better suited to his fancy than! the c'tles In the In- ilanrt. where he freezes in winter and roasts in summer." Flrelmir Pint Alleged. Pendleton. Or, Julv 13. J. Harrv Wilson, the Vkiah druggist accused of conspiring to burn his store and goods, and a hearing before the Jus tice of the Peace Tuesday, and was held to await the action of the grand Jury under bonds of $1."00. Not be ing able to raise this, sum he Is still 1n Jail. ,,; Wilson Is charged with offering Roy Connell $1"0 to set fire to the building and with having spread the coal oil and made, all the arrange ments necessary for the .- burning. Con""ll weakened, and gave; the al leged plot away.,, , ;,.,vv. CHARGES THE PRESIDENT WITH BETRAYING PARTY AND SACRIFICING ITS POLICIES Accuses Him of Standing in With Aldrich to Defeat the Income Tax, and Says the Reciprocity Bill is a Little Brother to the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Bill, the Most Infamous Ever Made Says the Reciprocity Bill is Nothing That It Pretends to Be and Professes to Be Nothing That It Is. Washington, July 13. In a speech bristling with Invective and satire. Senator Robert M. LaFollette, of Wisconsin, today on the floor, of the senate bitterly denounced Canadian reciprocity and its sponsor, President Taft. He flatly accused Taft of not having kept his promise, of having added betrayal to betrayal and of having sacrificed the progressive policies to Aldrlchlstn and the reac tionaries. The advocates of Canadian reci procity,'' he said, "promise to reduce duties for the benefit of tbo people. It wil reduce duties the effect of which never reaches the people, but It will reduce them for the millers, the packere, the breweries, Standard Oil and the coal companies, who are already grossly protected. It is noth ing that It pretends to be and pro fesses to be nothing that it is. It is a little brother to the Payne-Aldrlch bill, the greatest legislative wrong In flicted on the American people in half a century." Promises Not Kept. La Folletto Bald that In his cam paign President Taft had promised a downward revision of the tariff, adding: "It is an interesting study In polit ical physchology to observe his cam- paign devotion to Roosevelt, and the Roosevelt policies. The people elect ed Taft In the belief that he would hold fast all Roosevelt had gained and not that he would revoke his orders and reverse his action." The Wisconsin Insurgent senator said that after the election the Aid rich tariff bill was passed revising the tariff upward. He charged that 'x-aft had co-operated with Aldrich to kill the Income tax feature of the tariff bill, which the progressives had offered by enact ing an alleged tax on the corpora tions. "The stand-patters knew," he said, "what Aldrich and the president knew that evetry corporation would add the tax to the fixed charges of their business, exacting from the public, through increased rates and prices, every dollar paid to the gov ernment. The corporation tax amend ment fittingly came from Aldrich, but what will be said of the president of the United States, who in his cam paign, gave the voters to understand he would favor the lnlime tax? SALEM TO PORTLAND HIGHWAY That the "Capital Highway" will be built between Salem and Portland and will be ready for use within two years is the belief of members of the special committee appointed by Gov ernor West. As a sample of road-buildir-, this highway will be the finest In the state, It being the unan imous opinion or the committee that nothing but. the host material shall be used and the' most competent en gineers and roadhuililers shall be em ployed. George F. Rogers, of Salem; Judge Grant B. Dltnick, of Oregon City, and Carlos T. Trail, of Portland, who con stitute the committee, held a meeting yesterday and dlscusHed preliminary plans for the proposed highway. With the assurance from Governor West that from 100 to l.'.O convicts will be available for road work, It Is believed that the citizens of the var ious towns property-owners and far mers will assist the men at the head of the project. It Is at present a moot question ns to what side of the Willamette river the road will he constructed. As th proposed high way will become a most important factor in developing the country through which -.It will pass, It has been found advisable to Inveitigate the districts with a view of finding what route will be most favorable In this connection, the towns and dis tricts which lend the most, assistance In the way of contribution of cash or labor or materials will be favored by the commission and will be Included In the route In preference to those? places from which no aid Is obtained. It Is pointed out that the highway will not be a state-aid project. It will be built by private Individuals with the help of convict labor and possibly with some assistance from FOLLETTE DENOUNCED Betrayal After Betrayal. "It has Increased tho people's bur duns and adds to the long score ot betrayal after betrayal which can be laid at the door of Taft." Summing up his indictment of the president, La Follette asserted that the chief executive had attempted to secure the enactment ot an' Inter state commerce law favorable to the railroads; that he threw open Con troller bay to the "Interests," and that he had removed "honest and effi cient Garfleld" from the interior de partment, and replaced him by Bal- Unger. He declared that Taft's course had been vaccilatlng and without definite policy, "because, apparently, there has been throughout the adminis tration! no deep conviction other than those as the hour made them appear expedient." Concluding, La Follette said: "Rebuked at the polls by the elec tion of 1910, the president foolishly tried to buy back with postofflce ap pointments the support, of the pro gressives In congress, "which he had lost when -he abandoned progressive policies. The Bill Is Unjust. "This reciprocity bill is cruelly un just to 33,000,000 persons engaged in or dependent on agriculture. They are fighting for simple justice with their backs to the wall. They are en titled to employ every legitimate weapon against this measure. "Joined with the executive In an effort to force the reciprocity bill through congress are the newspapers, frankly admitting their selfish inter est, the railroads, the over-protected manufacturers and practically every trust and combine backed by the Morgan influences. "I have reviewed the administra tion's record to no good purpose If I have not made It plain that the great Issue for which Roosevelt ap- pealed to the public conscience, and for which the progressives have been appealing for years Is not the .tariff, not railway regulation, not conser vation. It is all these, but, oh, sirs, it Is the moral of all these com bined. It Is for Justice, ' eternal, everlasting Justice for every human being against organized selfishness and power. It Is the fight of the plain people against confederated privilege." the county courts of Multnomah, Clackamas and Marlon counties. For tills reason, it will be necessary to have the co-operation of commercial organizations, property owners in the towns and cities and the farmers. Knch member of the commission will look Into the situation In each county and will prepare a report of his findings. A meeting will then be called and definite plans will be women out tor the construction the highway. of The construction of the Capital Highway will be one or the most im portant achievements In the three counties," said Mr. Rogers; chairman of the commission. "It will meant he beginning of a definite plan of rond bulldlng In the Willamette vallev Furthermore. It will ho a big factor in enhancing the valuen of property along the entire route. Thousands of tourists will take trips between Port land and Saiem. It Is therefore up to the fanners and propertv owners as well as to the citizens 0f the var ious towns to the project a', much asslsliince as possible." o HANK I:A1IIERS HAVE A MEETING r UNITED I-RIISS M'AHKD nillK.l Oakland. Cal.. Julv' t:i. State and national bank exainin: rs and clearing "" representatives or ij;" e! .-vetiiii national hank district of the fnited States, convened today at the Clare luont country club for a joint coiiier men under the .inspires of the Na tional treasury department. It Is expected that closer relutli.n-i between those eniraged in the super vision of both slate and national banks on the I'urlllc Coast will be established as it result of tne con ference. Tracy Wus "Select." f UNITED I'RKSS I.EAKEIi Wl"r I Seattle, Wash., July 13. Th Plnkerton office here stated that Trucey O. Avery, former stock trokf.r. arrested at Harrison, Idaho operated here st-veral months no. inndn n v.lde acquaintance and joined ievera-1 prominent clubs.