tite 3roR'ixG oregoxiax, Tuesday, October 11. 1910.
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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.
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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
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John Manning Opens Campaign.
CLATSKANIE. Or.. Oct. I a. (Spe
cial.) Unannounced. John Manning,
candidate on the Democratic ticket for
ongress. opened his campaign in this
city tonight before a large and en
thusiastic audience. He laid out his
plans of campaign and told of the fight
e will make lor tae people oi uregon
li elected.
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