tite 3roR'ixG oregoxiax, Tuesday, October 11. 1910. RESCUERS FORGED VIEWS Hf WINNIPEG, CENTER OF MANITOBA FOREST-FIRE DISTRICT. WE GIVE YOU FROM PIT BY GAS : qualities which will meet the test and prove to ta the beat thet 'he price w. 11 buy. Our Men's Raincoata. Suits and Overcoats at P. - vsirl Only Hope for Buried Miners IsJ PortaBIe Fan Kept Going Constantly. DOG WITH SAVIORS DIES, Animal's Experience Protects Scout Parties Who Report Danger. Women and Children of Stark vllle Give rp Hope. STARTCVILLX; Colo, Oct. 10- darkcrss settled tonight over the en trance to the Starkvllle mine, the hope that had buoyed up the watchers at the pit mouth all day. that some of their loved ones would be found alive, ftrew faint, and gloom and discouragement settled again over the silent crowd. Ttjs morning' the expert miners at the head of the rescue parties were confident that a number of the men walled in by the explosion were alive and mUlit be rescued. They believed the portable fan forcing pare air into tne workings would keep the men In tiie extreme southern portion of the mine alive until they could be reached, .but as the day rescue party stumbled s'owly out of the atope tonight, one France at their weary. dut-begrtmed faces told the walrhers that hope was almost extinguished. I-ong Search, Fntile. After a day of arduous work In the fare cf constant peril, the rescue party bad penetrated the mine nearly 12.000 feet, or within '' feet of the men im prisoned nearest the main entrance. Instead of finding the m!ne clear of debris and afterdamp, the workings wr" found to be wrecked and poison ous air was present In quantities. The leiders would not consent to the res cuers iroirrr farther. Ten thousand f'.-et from the entrance the spot a here a f.in had been oper ated before the explosion was badly damaged. The fan was found torn to Tie-es and rcattered hundreds of feet. The 1200-pound motor had been thrown &f feet and was bent and broken. The party was compelled to stop and make repairs. Considerable hrattlclng was done, and In the meantime a dog; which had accompanied the party wandered aim lessly ahead. It was found later lying stretched upon the floor, overcome by arterdamp. Itatg's Death an Aid. When the rescue party resumed its Journey Inward it branched off for short distance and then took a south erly course toward the spot where the pick men were supposed to have been working; Saturday night. The dog's experience proved valuable and recon- noiterlng parties of two or three men. selected from the IS forming; the main party, were gent ahead to test the air. These scooting parties reported after damp was noticeable In more or less quantities in all of the short cuts, and also In the main stope. General Manager Weitzel was then communicated with by portable tele phone and told the conditions. lie ordered the men out of the mine until the air could be Improved. While the night ahlft was waiting; to be sent Inside the mine a arang; was also put to work installing; a blower at the mouth of the air shaft which runs parallel with the main stope. This ia an emerg-ency measure to prevent the sudden stoppage of air supply by the failure of the portable fan. This was one of the dangers that threatened the rescue men throughout the day. Women Walt Anxlonsly. All day long the bills facing the mine were dotted with groupa of women and children, relatives and friends of the entombed men. With the appearance of each dust-begrimed miner the women would press forward anxiously questioning him for news. Mothers, anwllllng to leave their chil dren at borne, and many carrying ha bles. stood stolidly within sight of the portal for hours. State Mine Inspector John G. Jones was the last of the rescue party to come out. He said he felt sure that the nlglit shift would come upon bod ies tonight. He expUlned that the ter rirto force of the explosion aa Indicated by the d;image done and the direction It took almost made certain that the pick men were dead. A rccreck of the list of employes at the Starkville mine adda four names to the list of missing. This makes a total of 6i missing, according to the list of the company. St-vrn Bodies Are Found. Reports emanating, from Trinidad, even miles from here, tonight, stated even bodies- had been found late thta afternoon and had been taken to with in several hundred feet of the portal of the new stope and left until the crowds outside the mine had dispersed. Although company officials denied that any bodies had jet been found, they stated that it was expected that by midnight some would be lmted. ABOVE, aCKXE IX RKTAIL DISTRICT BEl.OW, DltlES BLOCK AND ESfTRAVCB TO RAILROAD DEPOT. FIRE'S TOLL CROWS Five Towns in East Wiped Off of Map Now. DANGER ZONE SPREADING Warroad Is Saved, Rainy River and Other Towns in Grave Dancer. Women Tell Horrors of Es caping From Fire Fiend. fontlnuej From Flnrt Page-) the task of resigning themselves to the fate the ftro would bring. "Men driven half crary by the knowl edge that their family had been lost ran wildly about asking for their reiativea. Now and then some one would dive back to the burning districts swearing to aave his family or perish. "Men trying to get back to the flames fought back those who attempted to re strain them. Those who got away went into the billows of flre and are numbered among the dead." BACDETTE OBTAINS RELIEF Feor of Hnge Death Lint Felt From ' Non-Appearance of Refugees. BEAUDETTB. Minn., Oct. 10. Two carloads of provisions have arrived and a relief committee has been organized. I Master in Chancery Recommends 50. ifo towns ox .rtooseven ana v uiiama RAIL VICTORY TIP u. S. Circut Court Decides Against Commission. LOCAL RESULT NOMINAL 3 DIETZES FACE GALLOWS Coroner's Jury Finds One of Family Killed Deputy Sheriff. WINTER. Wit. Oct. 10. The Jury as sembled by Coroner W. H. Noyes to view the body of Oscax Harp, one of thj Deputy Sheriffs who was shot and killed Saturday in an attack on John lieta' cabin, today brought In a ver dict that Harp "came to his death by a bullet shot from the roof of the Dietx barn, the shot having been fired by tne of the Diets famliy." A charge of murder In the first de rree will now be made against John e . I Met I. Leslie Dletx and Mrs. John r . Dleta. FATHER IS PKOm OF WOOD Diets ICrgrris That He Cannot Con verse Abont Case. IIATWARD. Wis.. Oct. 10. John Dietx. of Cameron Dam. who was cap fired Saturday after a siege of several days, seems proud of the wound in his hand au.i Is cheerful and even jolly In his captivity. His greatest sorrow is that he has no one to talk to except his son Leslie. Clarence, at his own request, was placed In a cell on another floor, and Sheriff Madden. In partial command of the publicity of the situation, has re fused to allow anyone to interview him. Clarence admits that Ms father shojld have surrendered, but says none of the famliy ever dared suggest it to him. Mr. Diets is locked up In a third cell with her children. She ia la a semi-bystciica! condition. , of the situation is given by Mrs. Town send, of Warroad, a refugee on the Duluth train. Men Robbing Helpless Women. "Two tralnloada of people left War road last night after midnight, but we do not know whether tbey reached a place of safety," she said. "The town of Baudette is wholly deserted. Every one In Warroad who has a revolver la carrying it. The survivors are des perate and a great deal of vandalism is abroad. Men are robbing women of their jewels. "if a high wind arose, nothing could save the town of Warroad. When we passed through tprague. Man., we saw that the fire had run right np to the Canadian Northern station." Mrs. Townsend was accompanied In her flight by Airs. Smith, her child and Mrs. Taft. wife of the immigration agent at that point. KaLny Rlter in Grave Danger. L. K. Foster, of Boston. Mass, came through on the Duluth Special. "If the wind dropa Ttainy River will be saved, but otherwise the town is in great danger," he said Trunks and valises full of valuables are piled along the railway track. In vain endeavor to save them. Vandals are lurking around and stealing the property of the dead and defenseless." Other refugees tell now wild animals ran wildly about the edge or the lire and plunged Into the Rainy Klver and swam across to safetyr They followed the human flight and .cattle released by their owners at the approach of the flames fled to safety. Beasts Flee With Cattle. Accompanying the horses were hun dreds of deer, caribou and moose, and In truth the cattle readily laid down with the bear, wildcats and timber wolvea. They were all flcelr.g from a common enemy. Oscar Johnson, his wife and three chil dren, stood f1-e hours in the Baudette River, ducking their heads when the heat became too Intense. They say the water In the river was heated to an un comfortable temperature and that steam rose from the surface. WTien they caped. it was as through a furnace of dying cools with here and there a blase reaching out for what It might destroy. Mrs. E- C. Raaaon. aged 6u. a pioneer, who stood In a freight car with her grand-daughter m her arms, says she counted nine bodies along the railway, SCENE OF HORROR DESCRIBED Sun Ivor of Beaudette Holocaust Tells of Men Craard by Gxfaf. Dl'LCTK. Minn.. Oct la After being hemmed in by fire on nearly every side and finally making bis escape to the rail road station with an unconscious woman suffering from typhoid fever in his arms, Frank Watson, of Beaudette. Miniw lives to tell the story. He arrived here today bringing the typhoid patient with him. "Everything was confusion," he said. 'Families became separated in the Area. Women ahrieked and children cried. It waa everybody for himself, and the mad rush for a place of safety was like a stampede. Women w ith babies In their srms sank to the ground and were trampled undr font. Fome held out their babies and asked that they be taken to a place of safety, knowing they wars unequal is are still In danger, but Warroad Is safe. There la need of provisions, clothes and money. As many as 1000 refugees have been FIRE FIEND RAPACIOUS IX LAST TWO YEAR!. October 10. 1010 Estimated dead, looo to 200O; missing more than 2000; homeless S0OO. mil destitute; towns destroyed. Baudette, &pooner. Cedar Bpnr, Graeeton, Pitt. Swift and Roosevelt, Minn.; loss, unestl mated, millions. May 10. 1010. Millions lost in flre around Grand Marias. M Inn. July 20. 1910. Three Forks. Jef rray and Baynes Laire, towns in Can- adian territory, destroyed. July 22, 1910. One hundred square miles of Alaska timber at head of Howe Sound totally destroyed. July 22, 1910. Three killed. S40, OOO damage, near Albany. Or. July 22. IP KJ. Damage of 1 500. 000 done around Galloway, Gleson and Bloomvllla, Wis. ; towns of Heineman. Wis., and Whitewater and MoGui gan, Man., destroyed. August 22. 1910. One hundred per sons killed In forest fires that prac tically destroyed Wallace. Big Creek, War East Tunnel. Pine Creek and Mullan. all cities and towns of Idaho. Loss. S3.000.oo0. August 2. 1908. Two hundred killed. 10,000 made homeless, city of Fernle. B. C. and towns of Hosmer, Coal Creek, Olson, Michel ai.d Spar wood deatroyod. Loss. $20,000,000. September 4. 11)08. Towns of Cntisholm. Plttsbury and llareley, Minn., destroyed: one killed. 15,000 left homeless. Loss, including 23, 000.000 feet of timber. SS.OOO.oOO. E) field. Wis., damaged W5.00O. October 12. 190. Eighteen killed. 2000 made homeless around Alpena, Mich. taken south. It is estimated that the dead may reach 200. Great alarm I felt here because of the few settlers arriving from the burned districts south of here. THREE TOWNS WANT MILLS Probable Removal of Ibanoa Paper Plant Causes Rivalry. OREGON C1TT. Or.. Oct 10. (Spe cial.) Since the Indefinite closing of the paper mills at Lebanon, business men and commercial clubs in different parts of the Willamette Valley are seeking the removal ft the plant to their respective localities, xhree towns, especially, are said to be making stren uous efforts to land tno prise, should the mills be removed from Lebanon. - Lebanon business men. irougo the Lebanon Business League, are prepared to wage a hard tight, as they Intend to retain the plant, which employs 130 men. and a decision regarding the ne cessity of a change In location will in all probability be made within the nest 10 or 60 days. x Explosion Will Be, Investigated. SEATTLE, Waali-. Oct. 10. George S. Rice, of Pittsburg. Pa., a mining engineer, connected with the Govern ment Bureau of Mines, and IL M. WII. fin. who has charge of the mine rescue station In Seattle, left for Starkvllle to day. They will investigate the ex plosion In behalf of the Bureau of Mines. Cent Rate on Iumber From Port land to St. Paul, Tariff Set by Companies. ST. PAUL Oct. 10. Judges Sanborn, Hook, Vandeventer and Adams, in the United States Circuit Court, today up held the findings of Master in Chan cery F. Dickinson, in the suit brought by the Great Northern, Northern Pa cific, Chicago, Burlington A Quincy and Union Pacific Railroads to enjoin the Interstate Commerce Commission from enforcing the reduction in lumber dates from Portland to St. Paul and Chicago. All exceptions by both Bides were overruled. , The action of the court Is a victory for the railroads. The rate on lumber from Portland to St. Paul was raised from 40 to 50 cents a hundredweight by the railroads. The Interstate Commerce Commission cut the rate to 45 cents, where it now is. The Master recommended a 50-cent rate. A 60-cent rate from Portland to Chi cago was cut to 55 cents by the In terstate Commerce Commission. The 60-cent rate was restored by the Mas ter. The order of the Interstate Com merce Commission expired October 15, but it is expected the roads "will leave the rates as ordered until the case la decided fully, as it Is likely to be ap pealed to the United States Supreme Sourt. Portland lumbermen, it Is said, are now Interested in the case largely aa matter of principle. It Is asserted that when the rate to St. Paul was raised "from 40 to 43 cents under the ruling of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the profits on lumber ship- menu from this city to St. Paul ter ritory disappeared. As expressed by one prominent lum berman yesterday, the decision of the Circuit Court, If upheld by the United States Supreme Court, will simply "make nothing a little more promi nent" when business with St. Paul and Chicago territory is considered. are guaranteed to be all-wool. They are made wi. h the non-breakab e front i and entire workmanship i sir ct!y f.rs'-c'ass ASK TO SEE THE "PRESTO" COLLAR Clothing Co. 166-170 Third St. SHIP IS M BRINK Swell About to Send Wrecked Damara to Depths. CARGO BEING LIGHTERED IiOBEK RATK IS SCSPEXDED Protect Made by Manufacturers on Southern Pacific Charge. WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. A com plaint was filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Oregon and Washington Lumber Manufactur ers' Association attacking the proposed ncrease in the rate on lumber shipped from points In Oregon along the South' era Pacific Railroad to San Francisco at $S a thouaand. The complainanta allege that the rate of a ia unreason able, and if put into effect will mater ially Injure their business. They state that conditions in the Pacific Coast umber buainess have not changed aince the Commission on October 15, 190S. held the rate of i to be unreasonable and fixed 13.40 and 13.CS to be reason able. The Commision, of its own inl natlon. has already suspended the con templated $5 schedule. Efforts to Pull Steamer From Reef of Xo Avail Bottom Badly Punctured and Hope of Rescue Slight. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 10. (Special.) -In an endeavor to save at least a portion of the cargo of the wrecked steamer Damara, lighters were today at work unloading the contents of the for ward hold, wnere yesterday the barley had commenced to swell. Pumps have been kept unceasingly at work since the accident, with the result that this morning there was a visible decrease of the water which had been pouring into the hull through a gaping hole under the port quarter. The outlook for saving the Damara waa reported this morning to be more hopeful, as the salvors yesterday were successful in moving her to a safer position, though the heavy hull was too firmly clutched by the rocks to permit of its being shifted into deep water. While the cargo was being lightered five tugs kept up a continual pull on the hull, but with no success. The steamer kept her engines at work, the huge propeller churning the water into white foam for half a mile around.. Late this afternoon at flood tide ex traordinary efforts were put forth to release the vessel, with no success. While the crew are optimistic many seasoned shipping men today have said that there is little chance of saving her. In her present position a heavy swell would be fatal, as she is badly punctured and pivots around the rock, with several fathoms of water beneath her at the bow and stern. Since the vessel went on the reef the cliffs nearby have been black with lghtseers watching the attempts to save the wrecked steamer. The engineers in charge of the work decided today to depend upon the use" of kedge anchors in order to float the vessel. The Damara has been swung about so that she lies in a comfortable position among the rocks. With the kedge anchors stationed It is believed that the steamer can be drawn to deep water under her own steam. ROBBER SUSPECT HELD Governor Gillett Asks Washington to Deliver Alleged Bank Thief. SACRAMENTO. Cal., Oct. 10. Gov ernor Gillett has Issued a requisition upon the Governor of Washington for the return of Patrick Powers, under arrest in Seattle, who is wanted in San Bernardino County for robbing N. C. Taylor of $1581, funds of the Highland Bank. The robbery occurred in February of thla year. Powers was arrested in Se attle as the result of his being Identi fied by a photograph which Jiad been picked out by a bank cashier. Powers has a criminal record. John C. Stewart, a deputy, has gone North for the prisoner. Direct Ocean Lino Is Plan. VICTORIA, B. C. Oct. 10. Advice3 received here from Japan today say IK I J K-: . - k : .-i- yaW. -j?--. John Manning Opens Campaign. CLATSKANIE. Or.. Oct. I a. (Spe cial.) Unannounced. 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