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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1912)
I I! v iEttfttftt ana? m m n vmv Pill fl'i ittiisfliir 11 MYSTERIOUS CRY OF j TURKEY FEELS TERRI "FIRE" SAVES MANY ! FIC UPHEAVAL WOT?TCMT!N TOTAL LOSS PLACED AT $12,000 BT OWNER, WALTER M. riEBCE Workmen Cut Hones Loose aud a Big Mole Leads AH lint Fonr to Safe- yij Through Burning Stalls Some Harnesses Saved bat Great Losses Sustained by Workmen, Who SaTed Their Lives by Narow Margin. Mysterious cries of fire probably coming from a tramp who had ignited the Walter M. Pierce hay mow and was humane enough to warn a half dozen workmen sleeping in the barn of their danger, and then flee, at one o'clock this mprning, saved 54 head of work horses and mules, a half dozen lives and prevented one of the great holocausts of the history of the county As it was, three horses, a mule, - and other property valued at $12,000 were burned in a jiffy, A big mule, cut loose by neroic workmen, broke a wild stam pede in the barn and led the horses through the flames where no man "could have driven them. It was Just 12:45 o'clock this morn ing when several workmen on the Pierce ranch were aroused from sleep by cries of fire and as they ware 6leeping on the lower level of the liarn, they had a moment to escape in but not time to save their wearing apparel. The smoke was pouring down from both sides of the hay mow, the very highest point In the barn, but the tlnder-like dryness of the barn and contents allowed the fire to spread with lightning rapidity It was all over in 20minutes.' Heroes that they are, the men found a knife and rush ing to the stalls cut loose 57 head of work horces and mules said to be the finest barnful of workhorses In the county. But by that time the fire had spread to the doors and the horses, true to nature stampeded in wild dis order. A burly horny-hifiped mule KvavoI anil r- ra t-4 eA tVin rlnnii BAnnd. ing nature's call to his fellow beasts and contrary to horse nature the bunch followed as fast as fear-crazed, plung ing brutes could be loosened by daring workmen risking their lives In the stalls with the animals and risking their Ives through shut-off avenues of escape. All but three horses and one mule found safety through the path of fire, but three are so. seriously burned that they may not recover. Great Headwork Evident. ' The rescue of the horses and some of the harnesses was accomplished through s'eliar headwork. While Borne of the men rushed to the stalls others worked on the harnesses and 30 sets were Faved but about 20 burned. Sad dles and other paraphernalia of a well provided barn of course burned. V j Men Lose Properly. j In the haste, there was no time to eave personal belongings and when the blaze was over the men were grouped about the burning embers,' tlmhingless. most of them. . In addition to the horses and goods mentioned the loss of oats will total j t2.0(i0. hay $1,000. timothy seed $.'.00, tools $r,00. Insurance to about $2,o00 'Xj TnV IiA GRANDE, UNION f; ''.'Ili AKE iuJUSCIIS i ! TODAY TWO T0WXS DESTROYED.. BT SUBSEQUENT FIRES Number of Dead Said to Total Three Hundred but Verifying Reports Arc Hard to Obtain Constantinople Messages Verify Rnniors of the D-' strnction of Two Sea Coast Towns Tehalek'Kallesnl, and Galliapoli. v London, Aug. 10. More than 300 persons were killed In an earthquake in Turkey according to a dispatch re ceived heere tonight. The message did not state whether this is the total number of victims of the Shock or only those killed in a single town. So far as known no fatalities occured u Constantinople. Two Towns Destroyed. Constantinople, Aug. 10. Report, received here state the Turkish towns of Tchalek Kallessl, and Gallipoll were destroyed in the earthquake and that many perished. Villages along :l Sea of Marmora were badly shaken. Early Rumors Verified. - It is reported that Adryano with a population of 10,000, was destroyed by fire succeeding the earthquake, Gal lipoll, at the northwest eptrancs of. the Dardanelles, population 3,000 and Tchalek Kalaesi, with a population of 1,000 were destroyed. Wars Tear Turkey. Salonika, Aug.. 10. "Dismiss the military leagues as advisers to yo.t and replace them with advisers a ceptable to us, or fight," was the ulti matum handed the sultan of Turkey to day by an emissary of the Youiu Turks' party. The Young Turks are arming and will probably start a new government if the ultimatum is r.o' deeded. , Sltocks were felt here with consld- erable damage but no fatalities are reported. The first news to reach here was brought when refugees, in jured and exhausted, arrived at Stam boul. They declared the shocks were 1 KILLS extremely vlolnt. Th tremors began 1na ,0 reach these iots local snipperr in the early morning hours and many ist 16 cents per barrel from were trapped and died in their beds. Portland on, redu ing the profit rars Estlmates as to the number of dead Urlally. Just w'.ia. the flour mills of vary greatly. ; Kastern Oregon, tiif.tr is, east of IVn- Troops have been rushed to the Heton, will suffer in dollars and cents j Scene. I Colonel Admits "Steals.'' Oyster Bay, X. Y., Aug. 10. Admis sion that many planks of the progre? sive platform are of democratic origin js made here today by Theodore Roosi velt. He made the statement when at tention was called to Bryan's declara tion that the progressives stole ail their good planks from democracy. Is attached to the barn and contents. Origin Mysterious. During, and shortly after, the fire, the workmen were of the opinion that Foreman Johnson had given the alarm and when he was not to be found, the belief was created that he, too, was in the ashes, but the noise wakened him in the house and he appeared on the scene much to the relief of the workmen. He had known nothing of the cries and therefore the supposi tion drifted to the tramp theory. It is presumed a tramp crawled Into the mow to rest and with the every-ready cigarette. Ignited the dry hay. He had probable barely time to scamper to safety but had sense enough to spread Ithealarm and then flee to a place of refuge, fearing the consequences, Mr. Pierce today could not give the exact amount of insurance but It Is probable In thc neighborhood of $2..""0. COUNTY, OREGON, JOHN BULL ID PHI BILL EXPRESSIONS OF DIS SATISFACTION ARE K VOICED HOUSE WILL TASS IT 1 "AS IT LOOKS SOW" Union County Wheat and Flonr Deal ers Will Suffer Serious Losses Through Failure of Oriental Line Service Out of Portland but Will Find Panacea in the Sew Canal Ser. London, Aug. 10. Bitter denuncia tion of the amended Panama canal bill passed by the senate, with a sugges tion that retaliatory methods be adopt ed, were editorially voiced here today In the Pall Mall Gazette, owned by William Waldorf Astor. House Likes Panama Bill. Washington, Aug. 10. The house committee on interstate commerce to day decided to accept the Panama ca nal bill practically as it was passed by the senate. At a conference this afternoon members of the committee merely suggested a few minor changes in the world's measure. Both the house and President Taft are expected to approve the bill soon. The bill as amended and passed last night prohibits railroad-owned ships from passing without toll. That the great solution to western shippers and manufacturers lies In the Panama canal and that the con necting link will go far toward solving the high cost of living Item Is the opinion of E. E. Kiddle, head of the Kiddle mills that girdle Union county. Wi'h Portland about to drop the Orl entaI ""es- thereby bringing serious damage to the shipping of Union coun grains and flours, the canal will be a panacea when it is put in working order. The loss of the Oriental lines out f Portland is going to affect about 40 per cent of the wheat and flour ahipnients of Union county because the oni other place Oriental lines and tbe Orient takes 4-1 per cent of Union county flour is voma and Seat:le viim wie iraimiiui tuuui wuryilB ir';e tolls, is ready, is not extressibl but it. will be large. Pr-ndleton and points est have water rtts through compe tition to other seaports than Portland hence, they will miss' the heavy blow felt here when tho Portland Or'ental lines drop the last cf this mon . Newport Dog Show. ' Newport, R. I., Aug. 10. Newport society thronged the Casino today to admire and pet the 1.000 or more dos on exhibition there at the annual bench show of the Rhode Island Ken nel club. It was an aristocratic show throughout. There was no place for an ordinary dog in the exhibition. A line of blue-blooded caulne ancestors was the only ticket that injured ad mittance. Even class distinctions pre vailed among the dogs, the haughty Blenhvim spaniels absolutely gnorng the breezy lookng Ii;tle French and English bulldogs. Art Teachers Meet In Dresden. Dresden. Aug. 10. Ernest A. Batch elder of Leland Stanford university. John S. Ankenny of the University ot Missouri and James Frederick Hop kins of Ealtimore are to represent the United Stt at the international con gress of art teachers, which is to con vene in Dresden tomorrow for a ses sion la.-tlng a week. SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, insectary or "Bug House" of theTWT Oreann AaricuUnvnl CnUoao I nd I r. tr-1 z xv f HKflE Oregon Agricultural college Iin which problems in the control and extermination of Insects ar studied. Tbe students call the building the "bug bouse." Experi ments arc w being conducted with the cherry sins, wood boring beetles and tbe canker worm. Tests of insecticides and different sprays are belnc made m apple trees' close to the Insectary, and tbe results will be re corded. Tbe spraying tanks and small trees upon which the Insect expert mtnt r Ktn- mnrtnrteri ure shown In the npper picture HEARS IN PROIUBITIOMSTS ELL CHAFIN OF -0MIXATIO. Woman Suffrage, RecU and Other Topics in Platform. Waukesha, Wis., Aug. 10. Hundreds of persons gathered at Cutler park here today where Rev. Chas. Head of New York City, notified Eugene W. Chafln, of Arizona, of his nomination to the presidency by the prohibition party. . . Accepting the nomination, Chafln charged the old parties with sidestep ping the liquor question and tbe high cost of living problem. Chafln declared he-favored the sin gle term of six years for the president suppression of the white slave traffic, scientific revision of the tariff, direct election of senators, the initiative, ref erndum and recall and woman suff rage. MAN KILLED BY LIVE WIRE. V. S. Clayton Electrocuted in a Pump. Inif Plant. (Wallowa Sun.) W. S. Clayton of Enterprise was kil led Monday evening ab-'ut 7 o'clork by electricity In a pumping plant near; i. the county seat, just now the electro cution was orougiii anoui not aei"- niteiy Known, but trie man was ai6cov- erea aooui an nour later lying across . tt ilc .lie. 1 lie lliniui&ci Ul me vitri- trlc light plant was Immediately noti - 11... ' TV... . 1, fied and the current cut off, after which the dead man was removed. The pumping piam ueiougs to i,ari uoe aim ( a company or tnterpnse people, sir. Clayton leaves a wire and four chil dron. The funeral occurred Tuesday afternoon. New York Besieged. Stratford, Conn., Aug. 10. Wim a mimic war having been declarej the task of the Red army In maneuvers which began here today, is to capture the Croton watershed In Westchester county, New York, and thereby-to cJt off the water supply of New York City. The Blue army is defending the tl'y. 1912. ki s m fine is at Corowallls, Ore., has a new Insectary SEE MAJORITY FOUR STATES ONLY CONCEDED TO TAFT. Roosevelt Managers Predict Majority of Electoral College. Chicago, Aug. 10. Chairman Mc Clure ot the Georgia delegation to the Progressive convention produced fig ures today Intended to show the Roosevelt vote In the electoral college will exceed both Taft and Wilson. Mc Clure concedes Taft only four states New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah and Ver mont. Among the states claimed for Roosevelt are California, Colorado, Il linois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michi gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, North Dukota, South Dakota, Oregon, lOhlo, Washington WeBt Virginia, and Wisconsin, a total ot 2o5 electoral ! votes. The total number of votes In j the electoral college is r.3 1 making 266 necessary to Insure election. It Is an nounced this afternoon that Senator ; Dixon chairman of the Progressive national committee, approved Mc Clure's forecast. I Oregon Crew Compliments. Oyster Bay, Aug. 10. Roosevelt is proudly exhibiting a telegram from i the Bremerton,' Wash., navy yards l wnicn reaa.s, - we join in congraiuiai- you on the nomination. (Signed) The crew of the Oregon." DiBCUBsIng the negro problem, the I colonel said, "So far as the negro toionei .aid nll(,..inn i rnm prnP(, wft eot i, Btnr, ed" in the only right way. We came near breaking on it though, because so many did not not understand we wanted It made a national instead or a g(ule ,Beue Lncon regarded it as (Rt Ten s ater the ne0. pie will see we have correctly solved the problem.' New York Tiers Burn. ' New York, Aug. 10. Fanned by the wind Into a raging inferno two docks of the New York Central lines at the foot of West 33rd street In the North river caught fire today and are almost a total loss. The piers were filled with merchandise when the conflagra tion started and the flames spren rapidly. S'-veral firemen were compel led to Jump Into the river PROGRESSIVES NUMBER 245 III IS DITCHED, BUI 10 ONE HURT FAMOUS HOODOO EN GINE IN TROUBLE AGAIN J SLOW SPEED EVIDENTLY SATED CREW FROM INJCBT Fast Mail Last Night Ditched In (M East of Raker and Passengers Are Being Transfered Today Traffic 1m Blocked for Tblrty-SIx Honrs Cm Engine Off Track and Other Partial, ly Off. Famous old Hoodoo engine No. 199 is in the ditch again she-of many a wreck' and accident; she that jumped the track at Cayuse with Engineer Fred Schilke sev eral years ago in one of the worst wrecks of the decade and since then has been in minor miseries innumerable. She went off the track, ot rather her tank did, and the locomotive itself is hanging at a. sharp angle, last nighl about 9 o'clock when the, fast mail No. 9 was passing a ci.t, a mile and a quarter from Quartz seven miles east of Baker. Engineer Fergu son had the famous hoodoo ' and a helper engine No. 386, -also jumped the track, even more seriously than 19.(), for the helper is off entirely. , No one of the crew was hurt, al beit that two mail cars top pled partially over. While the cause of wreck has bee tentatively blamed to a low joint th definite cause has not been determin ed and will not be until the Investiga tion board meet, probably. That th ' train must have been running slowly Ib surmised from the fart that fatalities or even Injuries resulted. The trtck is torn up for a distance of 500 feet and in addition to the L Grande wrecker, an 0. S. L. wrecker has been rushed to the scene. Traffic Blocked. Through service Is and will b blocked for many hours yet. It being roughly estimated that it will require 36 hours to remedy the troubles i view of the fact that the wreck hap pened in a cut and theVe is no oppor tunity to build a track around it. Transfers Are Made. Last night's No. 18 was turnel around at the scene of the wreck this . morning and came back about noo. with the stranded westbound passj gers. No. 6 will be turned aroundnd come as second 17 tonight some .tiros and the trains on the other aide the wreck, No. 6 lnat night ltoijS will be run back as 18 and 6 fAxi&t- ively. Conductor Wisletas fast mail. Schocil Boar' The school boaril and attended to Jjjjn ration for the pili was decided p:r school bulldii and school by repainting ir -rxndwork -"3 tntrsrli fee A Vk'ld hl? AW'' -m i,i.!fla.i..i.. a.-v.m ... m' vti iwi r. I ii nuvr . Tfcn lfc55&fMarJi$; KamlMS?5rc., Mr.ivi l5r3ere Pi Co n s OfejitJ i U-TakahasW VhA se.W. Sti!l V5W
