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LA GkANDE,' OREGON.
MONDAY, JULY 28, 1913
NUMBER 18
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'AyvKMUVS LOSS AND
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eginning
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IS STRANGE
OF ARSON CURRENT
BUT VAGUE.
FIRE "SPOUTS"
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Vast concourse of people
awed by phenomena.
Baker Sees Reflection of Fire Hills
Lighted Up for Miles.
Fire spouts "caused by the atmos
pheric conditions similar to those that
establish whirlwinds were frequent
J occurrences last night while the Pal
FIREMEN1
DAhFGER ZOKE
HOT COFFEE AND SANDWICRES
, RECOUP LOST STRENGTH. - '
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1 Loss Unofficially Estimated at
Over $400,000.
;-r ' . , '. ; - uttMHT"'
jomber to the value of about $400,--according
to unofficial estimates
iras completely destroyed last night
; fire of unknown origin, when
r1 n 1 t i I
MC """r 7er mpany I mer mill yard fire was at its height
were saved w7th.CV IVTZ'fT personal direc
reatest rlifflmltv find with Vl,a"nM: i- i , v,,,i,uci. tion oi oeorge Calmer and M. J3, Don-
iVery wind that swept the blaze ov- Z, tJZ V"! ! f of th '1"en to d relief
; the yard in three different directions' 1 J Bfl7 Z-'T' Z- T ,
La. .h ,,.. i., on U.pWard. T1 -f planks d Pm-,the main company office, where a few
JV. j V ; T, ,i t,w,a ot lumber piles were lifted up hours before had been order and de-
hemill seemed doomed and helped 8tr.iKht by the suction and when hoist- corum and where then Vaged chaos.
jrrS hh -e caught by a cross'the hot coffee was gu.pedown and
jcurrenc ot it was this peculiar more coffee and sandwiches brought
v ' . I nhenompnnn rhr halnfrt snrarf rh 4Vr v t,i
1 1 - . . i . r - mc uvaiuidK HUUOO UllU IWU
.The fire was Covered about 9:00';; with such rspi(,ity while houf3 Mr Palmer and Mr. Donohue fed
Few. Men Hurt But All Fighters Suf
, fer Great Hardships.
Volunteer and paid firemen flirted
with death, risked "their lives and
fought the terrific heat'untii"oKhauat
ed.; Shortly after midnight the wate"f
soaked, .t ace burned and back-scorch
iiifighters weMLseryed with coffee and
President Wilson Snapped at
The Summer White House
clock and in less than an hour the
standing straight up out Ct the sea of the hungry and exhausted men.
moie irom eiecinc wres or spancs fire that appear oniy in the great con-
pm tne boners, ic is reported mat
e watchman was shot at when he
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their posts, non-department men drop
png out one by one when about to give
under, until the handful was left to do
the fighting. They fought a hopeless
wium ui n.gn iunir pi.es was lfire for an instant, the cylindif firev Throughout the struggle the men
ring furnace , and the planing mill would be broken by. the draft of Cffiw' suffered much pain and discomfort
I.,, i,,c, current and separated into sections! from heat and smoke, but at two par-
tllion dollar plant was in extreme) that saiiedr(,maining perpendicular jticuJav occasions the men were face to
jger for hours. The fire started .with the wind only to soon drop on a face with serious danger.
m some reason unknown, but hav-fresh pi,e of luml)er instantiy ig'nitinJ when th(J fire,had ieaped ncil.tl,ward
t many earmarks of arson, in the y,e new. territory. The thousands of at great rapidity the firemen made
athwestern corner of the yard, far' nirt wun saw tha ,, f .,., n,fuoir ctQnj in o),0
east and went through the yard. The
f lagrations, marveled at the phenome- heat was awful but the men stood at
n hut the firemen cursed them. Thev
Hit to investigate what appeared were the great danfer SCourees .These
,;be a smoldering fire, but it is also pila.g of fire wouId shoot up at f re
id that employes in the slaughter t jntervals and at first awed the
use nearby had seen the fire and fighters, to many of them tte peculiar .fight for the flames shot over their j
ire giving an alarm. In any event traits of the fire were novel and en- j heads and drove them away. Qnee
jne shots were fired and the watch- tirely new across the lane, the swath down the I
i .an believes they were aimed at him; Surrounding Hilis Aflame. center of the yard rapidly extended
""here is no tangible clue to the orig- Aside from the tragic feature, there from end to end, and much hose, princi-
i, if natural, or to the arsons, it sn- vere many side issues for the crowds
Jtidiarism was at the bottom of it. j to marvel at. The mountains were
t any event there is scarcely lumbet lighted up as bright as glaring sun
ough left to build a fair sized house jight iy the fire lighted up far back
4ay, and the fire is still burning in tne dark recesses and miles away
A, with the mill protected. I grotesque shadows were caused to play
jWhen the flanies had worked north-: t Baker the illumination was plainly
rd toward the planing mill it ap- visible. In the valley the great mass
jlared'that department was doomed 0f f;re wa3 watched from many towns
W if it were, then the main office and such families in La Grande prop
wild go and furniture and records ;er a9 d;d not go to the scene of the
rp hastilv removed from the of-;fire w-atched it until midnight, in
-ce' to box cars but many papers were many instances, from their homes,
lattered and lost and most of the Several auto parties went up river
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Photo copyright, 1913, by Amurican Press AsHoclauon.
RESIDRNT WILSON Is hnre seen nH he appeared when snapped at the
summer Whits House near Cornish, N. II. fie took s wwk off after
bis visit to Gettysburg and forgot all about his troubles at Wiisblaulou
while lie played Kolf and motored about the UerUshlre hills His fnui
lly had pn-ceili'd blin to Unrlakeiidon. whh-h Winston Ohiirclilll. the uovellst
U'Uscil to the presiilunt for the summer. The president wuh weiited on the mw
stop of Him front porch of the mansion when this picture vas taken. The rest
did him frond, and tic planned to spend week -ends wltb tils family, reall.mg
that foil"" wiii'M iiki.iv it!iy in swslon all summer
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from
pally owned by the Palmer people, but
some city material, had been left in
the lanes, where the firemen wera
forced to run for their lives
Few Men Hurt.
Aside' from the scorched arms
blood-shot eyes and stiffness from ani
all-night fight, only a few were hurt.
Dan Tanner was struck in the eye by a
snnrlc parlv in the evpnincr nnd it was I
not until friends discovered his suf.
in : fering that he would give in and be
taken to the city for treatment. Coun
cilman F .D Haisten, chairman of the
fire and police committee took Mr
STILL REMOTE
SOBER VIEW OF MEXICO STATUS
GIVEN.
"Vntlniipd "n Pa ire Rleht
SULLEN TONE RUNS THROUGH
STRIKING MINING DISTRICTS
imitnrp ruined. The most valuable and scaled low prominences
ipers were in the fireproof safe where to better watch the quarter-mile
jiperintendent Bollons, of the 0.-W.'gquare 0f white heat.
ok personal charge ot tne assiawu"-
pat the switch engine crew
Jve. " .
iThousands of people were banked m !
"kure places to watch the spread of,
U fire. Huge sparks were carried
Irer thfr plaining mill to some Chin-
e quarters on the Hanley place and
jbarn was burned up there.
ift.i li i.i-A in i- nmffress
line maze wa i
!hen the planing mill was Den ar.. Ca)umetj Juy 28. With the miners, strikebreaker, says .mat ne nas o'
lire in numerous places and firemen; ' de3perate attempts of non-union miners working at Han-
terft playing water on me eum ( operators to re-open the mines, tnej cock ana couia run ovw vv
I 1. iH.Ani.dniailM Kilt nO SOOTl. . .. t 1 : . .1 I Aon
kiubi. intKii.c.... , -- strike sTTuation nere is nine ni"' ,
than that had been done the main . .noarentlv are de- The militiamen caught three men
iill was nut in the path of the con- ,jo(, he strike Deace-; approaching the Isle Royal power
Sagration by a change in the direc- fa feared that they house. They were-arrested after Btfr,
Staff Correspondent Outlines What Is
Real Situation.
ion
By JOHN E. NEVIN.
(Staff correspondent for the Unit
ed Press.)
Washington, July 28. There is no
more necessity for Mexican interven
tion today than there was a month1!
ago. The situation is serious but not
critical.
It is stated from official sources
that the president believes that much
of the present agitation is due to
newspaper manipulation that certain
newspapers and persons who have rel
atives in Mexico.
It can Be stated authoritatively that
the president intends to continue the
Mexican investigations in a "big
brotherly" fashion, which has not yet
considered the "force of arms."
It is understood that the president
is not pessimistic as to the result At
executive offices it is reported that
the president is considering a dual
THINKS
CLEAR
HAS NO FAULT TO FIND WITH
CURRENCY BILL.
Mulhall Will Conclude Direct Testi
mony This Afternoon.'
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Washington, July 28. The belief
that the administration currency bill
will be reported by the house bank
ing committee practically as framed,
is held by the president. He made it
clear to callers today the measure
would not be materially altered and
that all differences in the committee
will bo reconciliuted.
Mulhall has recovered from his Fri
day's breakdown and it is expected he
will conclude direct examination this
afternoon. Attorneys for the manu
facturers are expected- to start ct. .3
examinaton tomorrow through written
questions.
The house held a three-minute ses?
sion' today.
American ' Wins DavU Cup.
Wimbcldon, July 28. Maurice Mc
Loughlin, ,the American tennis star
took th-.o ff-oight sets In the tennis
singles ;;,'ilnst C. P. Dixon of Eng
land tow. " by winning the Dav
is inte .p for America.
LOCAL
1
ENTRY
S CONTEST
STEADY PLUGGING AND NO MA
CHINE TROUBLE WAS HIS
CHIEF ASSET.
Aiteriiuou of Sport All That Wa
Promised Racrrs in Several In.
. .stances Meet With Trouble But on
the Whole Race a Great Success and
Free From Serious Accidents to the
Men.
Flashing by Walker, of Pendleton,
on the outskirts of La Grande aftee
having been second in place for milee,
Tracey Hollister of La , Grar.de, last
evening dashed across the finish line
on a C horse power Flying Merkel a
winning by two minutes in .the rao;
torcycle endurance race ; yesterday
from La Grande to Baker yesterday af
ternoon. It was a sensational, race
and brought the immense audience in
the grandstand to its feet with shouts
of joy for the Pendleton entry had
maintained a tenacious lead into Hot
Ltike and was expected to win. Both
men,' who were leaders after leaving
Union on the going trip, wore materi
ally delayed between Hot Lake and La
Grande and Walker's delay was so
aerious that he was .forced down to
third best running time, Olson of On
tario, making a marvelous race of it
and pulling in second. Sieg of Baker,
missed third best time by a fraction
of a minute and made the fourth racer
to finish with six minutes of each oth
er In so long a race. Hollister's won-
derful performance was made all the
greater by reason of the fact that die
was riding the smallest powered ma
chine in the batch of eleven starters.
Several men were bruised up but ne
serious injury incurred, and several
machines are in the hospital for ex
pensive repairs, one machine espe
cially, thut ridden by Howard Geddes,
of La Grande, beintr bpd'v dne up.
J. M. Kohl entered but didn't ride.
It was an immense afternoon. The
crowd in La Grande was. the largest
that has gathered at the fair grounds
Continued on Page Six.)
STATUS SILENT
FIVE THOUSAND TRAINMEN ARB
THREATENING STRIKE.
Pending Conference Withheld, and the
Situation Is Merkey.
San Francisco, July 28. The pend
ing conferences with the officials oC
the Southern Pacific, as a result ef
5000 employes agreeing on a strike,
is being withheld It is said that the)
meeting will be held in about three
days. The strike vote followed 4
disagreement regarding the status of
the employes on the electrified lines,
who ask the same wages as those paH
the steam road employes. .
of the wind, and there tne lire- t) control the foreigners.
"j Jame3 Waddell, a professional' (Continued on Page Eight.)
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