THE MORNING OREGOXIAy. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBERjlot1909. '3
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FIBE SMOKES UP
5-STORY BLOCK
Building Owned by Wilson Es
tate on Fourth Street Dam
aged Over $25,C0O.
SMOKE GETS 6 FIREMEN
Vn known Origin In Basement Under
Goodyear Shoe Company Sends
' Clouds of Dense Smoke Cp
Through Structure.
Originating from an unknown cause In
the basement of the Robert Wilson es
tate buildlnc. 142-14 Fourth street, be
low the Ooodyear Shoe Company, man-
aged by H. Bruck. 744 Kearney street, at
1 o'clock this morning. Are raged for sev
eral hours and for a time threatened the
entire block. The damage Is estimated
variously from tS.OO to J1OO.00O.
The Blumauer building will also suffer
a smoke and water loss. This is occu
pied by the R. M. Gray Clothing Com
pany and the Swetland Confectionery
Company on the first floor. The greater
part of the damage In this building will
fall to these establishments.
Grave fear was felt that the H. C
Stevens Edison Display Company's ware
house, and the Morton Film Exchange,
located on the second floor of the Wilson
' building, would catch fire. If the blase
' had reached the thousands of feet of
moving-picture film in the warerooms
the celluloid would have caused an ex
plosion that would have made it diffi
cult to save the block. The damage here,
however, was slight, but was not covered
by Insurance.
The Goodyear Shoe Company Is prob
ably the heaviest loser. The damage to
the stock cannot yet be estimated.
Buffet Suffers Loss.
Delonay's Buffet, occupying the outer
room of the building nearest Alder
street, suffered considerable damage.
Here the flames licked up through the
floor and ate into the mahogany ap
pointments of the place. The firemen
were forced to cut holes through the
floors of the building in order to get at
the blaze, which was hard to fight be
cause of the absence of alleyways.
' The sidewalk transoms were pried open
to enable the firemen to get Into the base
ment where the fire was raging worst.
When the alarm came in. three en
gines, two hose wagons, two trucks and
two chemicals were sent out. Liter a call
came In for more engines and three were
sent. This was at 1:45 o'clock.
The firms occupying the damaged
building, together with the estimated
losses, are as follow:
Losses of Various Firms.
Goodyear 8hoe Company, store room
In basement, where fire originated, esti
mated loss tWO, covered by insurance.
R. M. Gray Clothing Company, rear
end of building. Fourth and Morrison,
Water and smoke damage, estimated
Insured.
Delonay's Buffet, fire, water and dam
age by firemen, I2M0. Insured.
H. C. Stevens, manager Edison Display
Company and moving-picture exchange,
$lft. No Insurance.
Swetland confectioner", rear end build
ing, damage I100O. Insured.
Blumauer building. 11000. Insured.
Wilson Estate building, fire, water and
wreckage, $15,000. Insured.
Damage to Welnhard building. Fourth
and Alder streets, abutting Wilson build
ing, slight.
Six Firemen Overcome.
Six firemen were overcome with
smoke during the battle with the
flames, which raged for three hours.
Throughout ih conflict the firemen
fought heroically and did not uccizt In
their efforts until they fell unconscious
In their tracks and were dragged Into
the streets. The police squad under
command of Sergeant Joe Keller assist
ed in aiding the firefighters admirably,
and more than once their watchful eyes
saved a fireman from a serious experi
ence. It was not until 2 o'clock this morn
ing that Fire Chief Campbell, who him
self was overcome by smoke while di
recting his men in the basement of the
Wilson building, announced that the
ftre was under control and sent several
pieces of apparatus to their quarters.
Beside Chief Campbell, the five of his
men who fell victims to the choking
smoke that poured from every crevice
about the buildings were:
Lieutenant George Johnson, Truck
No. 1.
Plpeman George Murphy, Truck No. 1.
Hoseman Elmer Heath. Truck No. 1.
Thomas Gavin. Engine No. 1.
T'aptain L. Hawkins. Chemical No. 1.
The firemen were overcome tn a brief
space of time and all were dragged to
safety and stretched on the street,
yvhere they were placed under the care
of City Physician Fred Zlecler. who was
summoned by the police. The Red Cross
ambulance was held in readiness dur
ing the progress of the fire. Despite
the advice of Dr. Zlegler. each of the
firemen overcome returned to his duties
after being revived.
0'IOOLE DRUBS ftlTELL
EASTERN" PCG POCN'DS FEATH
ERWEIGHT CHAMPION.
Decision of Referee Surprise to Big
Crowd California Boxer Is
Hammered Over Ring.
BOSTON4, Sept. 14. Abe Attell. of Cali
fornia, the featherweight champion, wa
given the decision over Tony O'Toole in
12 rounds by Referee Charles White, of
New Tork. at the Armory Athletic As
sociation tonight. The decision was a
surprise to the majority of the 2000 per
sons who witnessed the fight and they
strongly expressed their disapproval.
O'Toole did the forcing throughout and
In the last round had the blood flowing
freely from Attell's 1 ace as he drove At
tell around the ring with stiff punches.
The fl.tn round was the hardest fought
of the bout. Attell drove O'Toole to the
ropes with smashing rights and lefts to
the head, but O'Toole came back and
sent Attell staggering into the corner.
The round closed with Attell repeating
his first charge, forcing O'Toole to cover.
O'Toole did. most of his fighting in close
quarters. Attell closed O'Toole's right
eye In the eighth. Up to the final
round honors were about even and in the
lh O'Toole sent a hard swing on At
tell' nose and smashed his body with
short Jabs in the clinches. Attell had
tittle opportunity to land a blow.
Kid Harrison Knocked Out.
rmrr.iifT; ci. Bos, tfc Iv ownJL&
of 'San Francisco, lightweight, knocked
out Kid Harrison tonight in the second
round of a scheduled 10-round bout.
PENNSY WINS TENNIS MATCH
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Defeats Harvard . at Doubles and
Leads for Championship.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 14. The Uni
versity of Pennsylvania today won the
Intercollegiate tennis championship .in
doubles on the courts of the Mercer
Cricket Club, defeating Harvard in the
final round in three straight sets. Penn
sylvania won the singles alsg Jd'inson
defeating Melville Long in the dividing
set. 6-4.
Wallace F. Johnson and A. D. Thayer
were opposed by G. P. Gardner and E.
Sweetier. who made a strong fight in
thefinal set. but failed to maintain the
pace.
Pennsylvania now has six points and
Harvard four on the championship cup,
seven points being necessary for per
manent possession. Summary:
Intercollegiate doubles, final round
Johnson and Thayer, Pennsylvania, beat
Gardner and Sweetzer, Harvard, 7-5,
6-2, 6-3.
GIRL WINS SWIMMING TOURNEY
Brooklyn I.ass Takes Championship
Event at Coney.
NEW TORK. Sept. 14. The annual
Coney Island swimming race for the wo
men's championship of the world and a
J500 gold medal was won tonight by
Miss Ethel Bylngton. a 18-year-old girt,
who made the distance, 210 yards, in
3 minutes 4 1-6 seconds. i
CLEAR SUTTON'S NAME
FAMILY DETERMINED OX FUR
THER ACTION, SAYS MOTHER.
Small Piece of Substance Found In
Head Believed to Be Lead
by Doctor.
WASHINGTON, Sept 1. Mr. Sutton
and her attorneys have planned the
method they Intend to take to remove
the stigma of suicide from Mrs. Sutton'
on. Lieutenant Sutton, whose body wa
exhumed and examined at Arlington yes
terday. The attorneys declined to give
out any statement tonight, pending the
report of Dr. Vaughan, but Mrs. Sutton
said:
"No matter what the nature of Dr.
Vaughan' report is, we are determined
on what our next action, will be."
Dr. Vaughan said he had had no chance
as yet to make out his report on the
autopsy, but would probably do so to
morrow. The small piece of foreign mat
ter which was found in young Sutton'
head and which Dr. Vaughan Intends to
examine to determine Its substance, is
in the hands of the Buttons' attorney.
Dr. Vaughan said the object looked much
like a small piece of lead.
Surgeon Spear, U. St N., wHo repre
sented the Navy Department at the
autopsy, said he had not yet prepared
RODMAN, HIS AUTOMOBILE AND MRS. MADDUX. WHO IS ACCUSED WITH RODMAN
OF COMPLICITY IN THE REAL. CASE.
FRANK E.
his report but probably
within the next few days.
would do so
BALLINGER DENIES RUMOR
Secretary Says He Does Xot Intend
to Quit Poet.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Sept. 14. Secretary Balllnger
is suffering from sore throat to
day and on thei advice of his phy
sician is not at his office. He has been
ordered to rmnln at home a quietly as
possible and expects to be back at work
In a day or two. He will depart for the
West Saturday and will meet President
Ta at either Denver or Helena.
S?cretary Balllnger denies the report
that he contemplates resigning from the
Trft Cabinet, as published in yesterday'
dispatches.
Balloon Xot Captured.
MERGENTHE1M,1 Wurtemberg, Sejit.
14. The military dirigible balloon. Gross
II. which is taking part In the maneuvers
of the imperial army, wa not captured
yesterday, as rumored. The airship. In
escaping from the machine guns of the
enemy, got caught in a tree and wa
slightly damaged.
A KIHS ENTERPRISE.
Trrta Falls Oakley Project OOO
Idaho Choicest Acres.
On Monday. September 20, at 10
o'clock A. M., at MUner, Idaho, a Carey
act drawing under the supervision of
the iate .Land Board of. Idaho, will
take piace.
Prices per acre, the flower of all
Idaho, Including water rights, 165.60;
$3 25 in cath per acre at time of filing;
balance In 11 annual payments, 6 per
cent interest; no Interest charged until
water is ready for delivery, which will
be April 1, 1911.
MUner and Oaklev will be the trad
ing points for this great tract, and will
soon be linked, tog-.-:her by a railroad
now completed from Gooding via Wen
dell to Jerome and under construction
from Jerome to Milner.
The enterprise is being financed by
J. S. and W. S. Kuhn, who. during a
long business career have made good
In every instance. The management
will be the same as the Twin Kalis
North Side. Twin Falls Salmon River,
the Idaho Southern Railroad and all
the power development of Lincoln and
Twin Falls Counties. Write for book
let. Address Twin Falls Oakley Land
Water Company. Mllner. Idaho,
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WRIT IS SOUGHT
TO FREE COUPLE
Mrs. Maddux and
Seek Release and
Rodman
Grand
Jury May Meet Early.
APPLICATION IS UP TODAY
Alleged" Occupants of . Automobile
That Killed Mrs. -Real Liable to
Be Indicted Before Last Phase
of the Case Is Heard.
(Continued From First Page,).
character tending to strengthen the case
of the state against the prisoners.
That the testimony of Miss Ethel Voss,
who lives at the home of Henry Bissner,
874 Savler street, was the evidence upon
which the grand Jury took its prompt
action In having Mrs. Maddux and Rod
man placed under arrest, . as stated In
The Orcgonlan of yesterday morning, was
substantiated in the developments of the
day. Miss Voss, it was said, is the source
of Mrs. Rudolph Becker's Information.
She it was who gave the officers their
first tip in the case, leading to the ar
rest of the couple now in Jail.
Kept In Seclusion,
During all day yesterday neither Mrs.
Maddux nor Rodman was permitted to
talk to anyone, except Caldwell, who
was admitted on an order of Circuit
Judge Bronaugh.
Another feature In the case came out
yesterday morning when Patrolman Mad
dux visited the office of Attorney Max
G. Cohen, saying he wanted to sue Rod
man for alienating the affections of his
wife. It was reported he acknowledged
knowing of the "Joy rides" his wife and
the chauffeur took together and that on
one occasion Bhe visited Rodman at his
home at 1114 East Morrison street. Chief
of Police Cox yesterday asked Maddux if
he knew anything of the case and Mad
dux answered In the negative.
Rodman's house was visited by Con
stable Wagner and Deputy Constable
Kiernan Wednesday night and a man and
two girls were found living there. All
three were summoned to the office of the
District Attorney late yesterday after
noon and given a gruelling examlnatalon.
This Is said to have resulted satisfac
torily to the officers.
Miss Voss' Story the Basis.
The statements accredited to Miss' Voss
In the grand Jury room bear out the story
of the killing told originally by Mrs. Ru-
dolph Becker. It was from Miss Voss.
it is now said. Mrs. necKer gainea ner
knowledge of the story. This accounts
for her inadvertent mention of the name i
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"Ethel" In speaking of the case to At
torney George Joseph. He at the time
connected it with Mrs. Maduux, some
times known on "Joy rides" as Ethel
Wilson, which is one of the strangest
incidents in the case and led to Mrs.
Maddux being brought into it. .
Miss Voss talked to the grand Jury
unreservedly, it is said, telling of first
seeing Mrs. Maddux in a red car with
a man as she passed the bissner home
about 11:30 o'clock the night of August 4.
With Mrs. Becker and others she was
preparing to go to the scene of an auto
mobile wreck the same night on the
Base Line road.
It was when the elder Bissner and wife,
Mrs. Becker,-Miss Voss an4 -Mrs. Mad
dux went to Seattle that she mentioned
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seeing her In the automobile that night
and Mrs. Maddux told the story of kill
ing Mrs. Real, mentioninlng Rodman as
her companion.
Story of Killing.
"I was driving the car at the time."
the narrative ran as reported to have
Been told Miss Voss by Mrs. Maddux
and repeated by her to the Grand Jury,
"when I saw a man and woman reeling
along in front of us. We were going
pretty -fast and the couple partially sep
arated, only a few feet, as we came
nearer. The man saw us first and tried to
drag the woman out of the course of our
car. She stumbled and fell. The man
Jumped out of the way and we ran over
the woman.
"I will never forget her awful scream
when we struck here. Then we ran over
her and passed on. I got out at Fifth
and Washington streets and 'Windy' Rob.
lnson took the machine , to the garage."
Th unconfirmed story from the Grand
Jury te corroborated by the circumstance
1.1 ..ar.mg testimony Monday afternoon.
After Mrs. Becker and Miss Vdfss had
testified, a subpena was issued for Rod
man. District Attorney Cameron then or
dered nonstable Wagner to watch Mad
dux and his wife and not permit them to
leave the room.
The evidence adduced by the examina
tion of the two women found in the
Rodman home at 1114, East Morrison
street strengthens the story of great
friendship between Rodman and Mrs.
Maddux. This they said extended to the
time before her marriage to the patrol-
. . . i . i ,i .i . .
hlmself took supper with Rodman and
the woman who was to become his wife I
man. it was asceriaineu tiiat &uuua
at the place.
Pearl Thompson, one of the women,
bearing a notorious reputation, admitted
Rodman told her he and Mrs. Maddux
were out for "Joy rides" the night of the
accident and also the night before and
the one after.
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Powder Explosion Wrecks
Construction Camp.
J. W. SWEENEY IS INJURED
Contractor Rendered Unconscious by
Blow From Flying Rock, but Is
Xot Believed Seriously Hurt.
Greek Workman Killed.
KEHALEM. Or., Sept. 14. (Special.)
A premature explosion of a charge
of 10,000 pounds of dynamite in the
Pacific Railway & Navigation Company
construction camp at a point about
five miles above Nehalem. on the Ne
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Mississippi Sees Fleet.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 14. With the
arrival here today of one torpeddboat
destroyer and three torpedoboats of the
United States Navy, which have been or
dered to accompany the flotilla of Presi
dent Taft and his party from St. Louis
to New Orleans, the beginning of the
Journey of the largest fleet of modern
vessels of the American Navy up the
Mississippi for such a purpose was begun.
Gotham Faces Murder Mystery.
NEW TORK. Sept. 14. The finding of
the body of a man who had been stabbed
several times in the back, in the bay
close to the Battery wall, has given th
police another murder mystery. The
bodv has not been identified.
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