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BANGOR IS SEARED
BY S6.000.000 FIHE
Three Lives Lost as
Flames Sweep City.
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS
Blocks Dynamited in Attempt
to Check Flames
OTHER CITIES SEND AID
By Freak of Conflagration, City
Hall In Maine Town Escapes Ce"
U-wtlon Mayor Put Com
munity rndrr Martial Law.
FANOOR Ms, prH lA-One-thtrd of
Bangor l to ruin, thousands of per
son, ere homeless and a property lose
estimated at ,.000.000 has been
talned. a. th. result of a conflagration
which raged for hour tonight-
Starting In a hayshed on Broad street,
the Are swept along Broad and r"
.tmti through the heart of tha city,
leaving residences, churches. hool
business blocks and an tho publlo build
ings with tha exception of tha Oty Han
a dim of smoking ashes.
For many hours tho fireman assisted
br men and apparatua from other Main
cities, battled against tha blaze before
they conquered tt. Dynamite proved of
little svall. Buildings r blown up.
bat It waa not until the wind, which
had been blowing almoat a gals during
the night, ablfted and a light rain felt
that there waa any Indication that the
fireraea would win.
Fir Fighters Cheered.
Cheered by the help from th la unex
reeted quarter, th flra-flghtlng forces
wtre concentrated near the corner of
Hammond and Central treats, nearly
two rot lee from the place where the
blase started, and there the epread of
tha flames wa checked at midnight.
But while the rain and the shifting of
the wind to the eaat eared the reat of
the city. It only added to the dlscom
forta of thousands who had aeon their
home go up In name, and who war
huddled together In th atreeta.
The burning of churchea and publlo
buildings left many of the unfortunatea
without ahelter. Three lives are known
to hare been loot, although the namea
of the dead hare not been learned.
A fireman waa Injured by a falling
wall and died on the way to the boapltal:
an unidentified young man waa crushed
to death when one of the churchea col
lareed and an elderly man, from Pen
rer. who bed crossed th river to watch
the fire, also waa burled beneath fall
ing debris.
Neither of tha city's newspapers waa
burned out and both will publish tomor
row aa uauaL
Food Supplies Destroyed.
The problem of housing and feeding
the destitute must be attended to at day
light and It will be a sertoua one. There
la hardly an eatlng-houee. bakery or
other store where food can be obtained.
Already offers of help have been re
ceived by Mayor Mullen, but tha prof
fered aid cannot b expected to arrive
In time to prevent suffering.
The Mayor called out a company of
the National Guard and placed tha city
under martial law.
The fir la considered by Insurance
companies the worst Maine haa known
since the Portland fire In 1SCS. when a
large part of the business section waa
destroyed with a loaa of 110.009.000.
Bangor haa a population of nearly
25.000 by the 11 cenaua and the lateat
flgurea show a real estate valuation of
tlMl.7.
Flro Start In Hay Shed.
The fir started In a hayahed near
the J. Frank Green building on Broad
street, and In a short time was sweep
ing through th city In a northwesterly
direction.
Before midnight, both sides of Ex
change street from Tork to State, both
sides of State street from Kenduskeag
stream to Broadway, a considerable
part of Central Franklin streets, nearly
all of Park street and Marlow street
waa In rutna and the flames had made
Inroads of nearly a mile Into the best
residential section of Broadway, Center
f!d West streets.
Half an hour after the first alarm,
nearly a dosen buldlngs were in fames,
and the fire was eating Its way north
eryly on either side of Kenduskeag
atream. In lta path were bank, of
fice buildings, library and other struc
tures, all of which were consumed.
Telephone System Gone.
The city was soon shut off from tele
phone communication by the burning
of the central office and calls for aid
from Portland. Lewiston and Augusta
were sent out by the wire chief of the
company, who climbed a pole and cut I
In at a trunk line- The telegraph com
panies offices were both burned early
in the conflagration, but later it es
tablished temporary offices outside the
fir son and communication was re
stored. Several alarms were sounded almost
almultaneoualy. In addition to the fire
at the oorner of Broad and Exchange
atreeta, the firemen found a blase in a
bicycle repalrshop In th rear of the
telephone office. Both fires spread
Concluded oa Pace 2."
SOLDIER, ORDERED
TO FRONT, DROWNS
DEATH TAKES COVETED COM
MISSIOX FROM GUARDSMAN.
City Attorney of Alatnetla, Cal.,
Swept Into Bay by Boom From
Deck of Yacht.
OAKLAND. Cal, April 10. M. W.
Simpson. City Attorney of Alameda and
Major In the Fifth Infantry. California
National Guard, waa drowned off the
yacht Carrie L, in San Francisco Bay,
lata thla afternoon. But a few hours
before hla death he had received cov
eted orders from the War Department
to proceed to the Mexican border to ob
serve maneuvers there.
With Simpson In the boat were Po
lice Judge It. P. Tappan, of Alameda,
and a Chines boy. As th sun set
ths breeze freshened and Simpson
started forward to ahorten sail. Inex
plicably, the boom swung, knocking
him from the gunwale.. Judge Tappan,
who haa only one arm. found difficulty
In rounding to, and when the beat
reached the place where Blmpeon went
overboard he had disappeared.
Simpson was 41 years old. a Call
fornlan by birth, and was an Assembly
man in the isth Legislature and a Sen
ator of the Itth and 10th session.
In th Spanish -American War he
served at Vancouver Barracks as Cap
tain of Company O, Eighth California
Volunteers. At the cloee of the war
be received hla majority and was as
signed to the Fifth Infantry. He was
divorced from his wife about three
months ago and aha and an Infant child
survive him.
CAR LEAPS THROUGH AIR
Concrete) Steps Demolished by Crash
of Loop-Lino Runaway.
LOS ANGELES. April 10. (Special.)
-Thundering down th long Alvarado
street hill like a sled on an Icy slope,
a car of the First and Sixth streets'
loop left ths tracks today at the curve,
leaped 10 feet through the air and
crashed through a flight of solid con,
crete steps as though they were so
much paper.
Th motorman. conductor and three
passengers, th only occupants of the
car. were slightly injured. They are
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hunter, a bride
and bridegroom: Mildred Smith, a
school girl; W. R. Wlcherhead, the mo,
torman. and A. K. Walker, the conduc
tor. .
A cigar store In the basement of tha
bonding Into which the car ran was
half demolished and the steps leading
to th Los Angeles School of Art and
Design are a total loss. Failure of the
emergency brake to operate was given
aa the cause.
FAMINE THREATENS FEZ
Moroccan City Besieged by Rebels In
Hard Situation.
FEZ. Morocco, April SO. The city Is
quiet, but the stock of provisions is low
and famine threatens the populace.
Ther have been no further attacks
by the rebels among whom dissensions
appear to be springing up.
ALLEGED DYNAMITERS
fiat ' -
i;.-'f-3:l 1 " iTh ill v ii.
teorn SNAPSHOT OF ORTIE M'MIMGAI, SHIELDING HIS FACE FRO M CAMERA; POBTIIA1T OF J. J. M'SA MARA ATVD SXAPSHOP OF JAMES W.
. M-KAMAKA BELOW. C. H. 1IOYLH, WHO IS IU1M.G DEFE.VSG rU.D SUEHIFF W. A. HAMMEL AND CL AKESCK DARROW, WHO 19 EXPECT
CD TO DLBECT DEFEX S . ..
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PORTLAND,
DARROW DELAYS
DYNAMITE CASE
NotedLavvyerHesitates
to Lead Defense.
UNION MEN AWAIT DECISION
Prisoners Spend Day Reading
of Dynamite and Death.
STRIKE SITUATION SERIOUS
Conditions In Los Angeles Grow
More Difficult for Labor Leaders
to Handle) and General
Walkout Is Imminent,
LOS ANGELES. April SO.-larencs
Darrow haa not promised definitely
that he will undertake the defense of
John and James McNamara, and, lack
ing such aasurances, those Interested
In the case of the accused dynamite
conspirators said today they were "up
In the air regarding the arraignment
of ths prisoners. '
Labor leaders who are arranging the
preliminaries do not want the men ar
raigned until Darrow Is on the. ground,
and tha best information they had to
day was that the Chicago attorney.
Instead of coming personally to Los
Angeles, had sent a confidential rep
resentative to look over the situation
before he would agree to accept the
task of chief counsel in such a mo
mentous legal struggle.
Arraignment May He Postponed. .
In oonsequence, the arraignment,
which waa scheduled to take place not
later than next Wednesday, may be de
ferred, and the District Attorney is
expeoted to consent to the delay, as it
la understood that be la not averse
to having further time - to adjust
various technical points in the state's
side of tha ease.
These points are said to concern the
tndtctmenta against the accused men
which were drawn hastily after Burnt
had taken James McNamara and Ma
Manlgal into custody at Detroit.
Assistant Prosecutors May Arrive.
It was also reported In official quar
ters that the arraignment might await
the arrival of attorneys representing
the National Erectors' Association, who,
It is said, will Join District Attorney
Fredericks and his assistant, W. J.
Ford, in the prosecution' of the Mc
Namaras. Since hla alleged confes
sion to the prosecutor three days ago
and his subsequent refusal to aee at
torneya for the defense. McManlgal Is
Concluded . on Pegs 4-
UNDER ARREST AT L03 ANGELES,
OREGON, MONDAY,
INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS
Tbe Weathae.
TEETERTAY'B Vtsxlmum- temperature 70
degrees; minimum, 41 degrees.
TOPAV8 Showers. cooler, southwesterly
winds.
Foreign.
Insurrecto politics! leaders decide upon
terms of ossce to bs presented to Msxl-
csn government- Psge 2
Uprlslng In Csnton tskes desperete torn and
troops' loyalty Is doubted. - Fsge X.
Mexican rebels accused of wrecking train
and killing three passengers and negro
porter. Pegs 4.
National.
Bsnsts slow In organising and only meainre
taken up Is Canadian reciprocity Bill.
Page 2.
Rut'ber and woolens Interests accused of ccn--trlbutlng
to Lorimer slush funsV" Psgs 1
Census Buresu completes revision of Orgon
census and publishes new table. Psgs a.
Paclfle Northwest.
Tarema voters show little Interest n com
ing recall slsctlon on C.tr Commission
ers. Psgs 5.
Nearlr million dollars' worth of stssl ordered
for completion of Short Line between
Spokans and Portland- Page 1.
Vmatilla Indian reservation may bs opened.
Page ft.
Domestic.
California Guardsman receives coveted or
ders from Washington few hours before
drowning In bay. Psge 1.
Tornado deals desth In Missouri; Kansas
has snow storm. Psgs S.
Police guard million-dollar baby." parents
fearing kidnaping. Psgs S.
Habitation of Clarence Darrow to agree to
lead defense of allsged dynamiters de
lays cases. Psge 1.
Bangor, lis, swspt by t.000.000 fire. Page L
Labor crisis Is due In Chicago today. Page L
"porta.
Paclfto Coast League results yesterday:
fscramento 2. Portland 1: San Francisco
1T-1, Oakland 1-2; Los Angeles -, Ver
non t-2. Page S.
Northwestern League results yestsrday:
Portland ft. Sesttls 8; Vancouver 4. Ta
coma 2; Spokane ft, Victoria 1. Page a.
Bo-peeps defeat Mutts and Champs win
from Insurrsctos. Page 8.
Mike Lynch ehargsa mob In defense of um
pire.. Page S.
Industrial.
State college professor prepares history and
explanation - of cbarplttlng of stumps.
Psgs 14.
Taeoma to dedicate $TSO.0Ot union depot
today. Psgs 14.
California Fruit Cannsrs" Association buys
cherry and berry crops of western part
, of Orsgon- Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Chief of Police Cox reconsldsrs offer to re
sign and decides to consult attornay be
fore acting. Page 13.
C. A. Gray, new bead of Hill lines, goes to
hoipltsl to rest before assuming duties.
' Page 18.
Lyric Theater to be torn down after T years
of continuous shows. Psge IS.
Dock Commission not rssdy to select en
gineer. Page 10.
John F. 8teTens. summoned by telegraph,
leaves on short notice for New Tork.
Psgs S.
Sunnyslde Congregational Church debt re
duced 17000 at dedication. Page 10.
Candidates for Mayor plan busy week. Page
15.
Per Insula psople oppose propoitd sewer out
let Into slough. Page 10.
T. M. C. A. to give swimming lessons t
all man snd boys. Psgs T.
5 LEGISLATORS TRAPPED
Three Detectives Arrested as Lobby
ists in Ohio Reveal Real Mission.
COLUMBVS. O.,' April 80. Admissions
were made tonight by three men arrested
last night as alleged lobbyists In the
General Assembly that they had suc
cessfully manipulated a trap for the leg
islators suspected of bribery. Five leg
islators were named, including one Rep
resentative and four Senators.
It Is admitted by Prosecutor Turner
that a device to record conversations
waa placed under a couch in tbe hotel
rooms occupied by ' the detectives and
that Incriminating evidence Is In process
of presentation to the grand Jury.
THEIR CUSTODIAN AND TWO LEADERS IN THEIR DEFENSE.
r r ion
TIFF PLOT SEEN
IfJ L0H1MER CASE
Big Corporations I re
volved in Scandal.
SECRET AGENTS FIND FACTS
Rubber and Woolens Men Con
nected With "Slush Fund."
NEW WITNESSES CALLED
Investigating Committee, of Illinois
Senate Shows Determination
to Continue Tntl! Results
Are Obtained.
CHICAGO, April SO. 8peclal.) Se
cret agents of tha Helm Investigating
committee are believed to have uncov
ered evidence of a sensational nature
which la expected to result In bringing
Into the Lorimer bribery scandal the
names of at least three prominent East
ern corporations and their head officials.
This was tacitly admitted today by
peraons closely associated with the in
vestigation being conducted by the Helm
committee of the State Senate, follow
ing the announcement this morning that
persistent reports weta current that
persons Interested In the woolens and
rubber schedules of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill had been mentioned In con
nection with the collection of the 1100.
000 "slush" fund, alleged to have been
disbursed to secure the election of Wil
liam Lorimer to the United States Sen
ate. New Witnesses Called.
E. H. Hatfield, assistant sergeant-at-arms
of the Senate, who arrested Ed
ward Tllden, William C. CunTmlngs and
George M. Benedict last Friday morn
ing, returned to Chicago this after
noon after a mysterloua absence during
which he is reported to have been on a
still hunt for additional witnesses. He
admitted-having served several sub
penas yesterday but refused to give the
names of the persons summoned.
"There U likely to be something pop
ping at Springfield before long," he re
marked. In Judge Petlt's court tomorrow morn
ing will begin what is expected to be one
of the bitterest legal battles ever waged
in sn Illinois court by attorneys for
Tllden,' Cummlngs and Benedict, who
vere released on writs of habeas corpus
Immediately following their arrests, and
John J. Healy. attorney for the Helm
committee.
Senate May Convene Later.
Realizing that unless it can secure the
testimony or these three men during the
next fortnight the Senate will hsve ad
(Concluded on Page 4.)
STRAH0RN RUSHES
SHORT LINE WORK
ORDERS FOR $950, 000 WORTH
OB" STEEL ARE PLACED.
Railroad Officials Anxious to 0?ea
Route to Portland Sooa
as Possible.
SPOKANE. Wash, April SO. (Spe
cial.) Orders have been placed for the
ateel rails and other track metal needed
to complete that section of the former
North Coast line from Spokane to Ayer
Junction, according to F. L. Pitman,
chief engineer of the third district of
the Oregon-Washington Railway
Navigation Company, this afternoon.
The total weight 01 the steel will
be about 10,000 tons, and it will cost
approximately $950,000 by the time It Is
laid down in the yards ready to be
placed on the grade.
Speaking of the work being done, Mr.
Pitman said:
"Soon after reaching Chicago I re
ceived Instructions from President R. E.
Strahorn directing me to push the work
aUn? the line with all possible vigor,
to the end that the rails on the Short
Line between Spokane and Portland will
be In place at the earliest possible date.
To this end I at once telegraphed In
structions to ru3h the work north from
Hooper, from which place the track will
be laid north and south."
NEW YORK, 'April SO. The steel
mills reported a sudden Increase In or
ders for railroad equipment and sup
plies received In the last two or three
days, making the total for last week
nearly 70,000 tons, and for April 153.
000 tons. Export business was less.
Railroad orders for cars was large,
Including 91 engines for the Southern
Railway, but for April the equipment
showing was a poor one. Bridge or
ders were especially light.
FIRE APPARATUS WANDERS
Yacolt Mayor Fears It Will Be
Found in Town's Gardens.
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VANCOUVER, Wash., April SO.
(Special.) The town of Tacoit has lost
Its fire department apparatus and
Vasco Christy, the Mayor, Is searching
gardens of the commonwealth bellev
lng a few of the residents borrowed the
hose and fixtures and forgot to return
them.
To aid him in his search Mayor Chris
ty . has advertised In the town paper.
The advertisement reads:
"Anybody having any of tbe City's
fire apparatus, or knowing where any
parts are, will kindly return the same
to the Tacoit Bulletin office, where you
will find the keys of the fire hall."
Tho fire hall Is kept locked, except
when there is need for the fire depart.
ment
FIRE ROUTS ACTRESSES
Bernhardt Troujpo Flees to Street In
Neglige AUt'fc.
SAN JOSE, Cal., April 80. (Special.)
Fire early this morning destroyed a
restaurant adjoining the Eureka Ho
tel and sent a dosen members of Sarah
Bernhardfs company scurrying into the
streets In pajamas and night dresses.
The tire did $1000 damage.
Many of the spectators were guests
at the exclusive Saturday evening co
tillon at the Hotel Vendome, having
Just left the hotel for their homes when
the fire alarm rang In. Although the
walls of the hotel were charred and
several of the actors and actresses were
drenched with water, there was no
panlo -and exceptionally quick work by
the fire department eliminated danger
early. No one was hurt.
SOUTH DAKOTA HAS STORJrl
Fall at Dallas Is 2 Feet In 2 4 Hours.
Nebraska Also Feels Storm.
OMAHA, Neb - April SO. Reports
from Dallas, 8. D., show a fall of two
feet of snow on the level during the
laat 24 hours. Heavy rain or enow
storms also visited portions of South
ern Wyoming and Northwestern Ne
braska. Although the temperature has fallen,
tt is believed It will not drop to the
point where growing crops will be
seriously damaged. In this city the
temperature dropped from 64 to 39.
MOTORCYCLE HITS TRAIN
Bdler Meets Death as He Attempts
to Cross Track.
TACOMA, Wash., April 30. (Special.)
-Lewla Priest, of Seattle, after racing
across the country for several miles on
a motorcycle of which he had lost com
plete control, crashed into a fast inter
urban train at Orllla near Kent, Wash
ington, today, and was almost instantly
killed. Both machines were going at
a terrific .rate of speed.
The victim was riding hla cycle
from Tacoma to Seattle as he had
been noticed during his ride by several
people.
NEW BEER FORMULA FOUND
Patrolman Discovers Meaning of
"Copla Ext. Humnlls. QU"
"Copia. Ext. Humulis. Qt."
Patrolman Mies learned last night
that this prescription, in abbreviated
foreign language, meant six bottles of
beer, when he found E. Reed buying
six quarts of the beverage at T. Ben
nlnghoff's drug store in Kenton last
night. Nlles Interpreted tho "Qt." part
of tho prescription to mean Q. T., and
left the other part to be figured out
by the official Interpreters,
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CRISIS DUE
TODAY
50,000; Workmen on
Verge of Walkouts.
2500 BRIGKMAKERS TO STRIKE
All Kilns Within 50 Miles of
City Involved.
RAILROAD MEN MAY QUIT
May Day to Be Perilous for Wlnffy
City Employes of Six Lines
Post Ultimatum Result
Hinges on Reply.
LABOR STRUGGLES ON IN VA
RIOUS PARTS OF COUNTRY.
Kev Tork Ten thousand or more
men and women In thres trades, ma
chinists, walntmaken and bakers will
walk out today unless an eight-hour
day Is granted, say labor leaders.
Chlcaro Industrial war, afTect-lr-x
nearly 80.000 men. lncludlns
brlckmakers and railroad employes
will begin today. It la said, unless
a conference Is granted by the em
ployers. Los Aneeles Instead of early set
tlement of the various labor disputes
that have been hanging Ore In Los
Angeles for months, a general walk
out In all trades unions appears Im
minent. Employers have begun let
ting out union carpenters, and the
. labor lesders In other lines may con
fer today regarding a general sym
' pathetlo strike.
CHICAGO, 111., April 30.-(Specla!.)
Industrial disputes affecting approxi
mately 50,000 workmen In Chicago will
be ushered In tomorrow morning with
the first day of May, known throughout
the country as "strike day."
In all sections of the city labor meet
ings and conferences with employers
were held today, but except In one or
two minor Instances failed to clear an
atmosphere surcharged with strike talk.
Brlckmakers representing all the yards
within a BO-mlle radius of the city held
a meeting today and voted not to accept
the ultimatum of the manufacturers for
a restoration of tho wage scale of 1909.
which means a reduction of about 5
per cent from the rates In effect last
year. Every yard in the district will
be ldlo tomorrow morning, and both .
sides are prepared for a protracted strug
gle. Strike la Voted.
Four special meetings of malntenance-of-way
employes of t'x railroads enter
ing the city were hold In the afternoon,
and it was by almost unanimous vote
that the men decided to quit work at 8
o'clock tomorrow unless the general man
agers consent to a conference and a
recognition of the union.
In addition to track laborers, tha or
ganization controls signal men, elec
tricians and other skilled workmen, and
It Is said a strike will hamper the rail
roads seriously at terminal and transfer
points.
From 9 o'clock in the morning until 9
o'clock at night a steady stream of
freight handlers visited the polls at tho
International headquarters, on a plan to
strike unless the railroad managers con
sent to a conference.
In other cities, where the freight hand
lers are organized, from Minneapolis tj
New Orleans, a vote waa taken Saturday,
and reports today showed that It stood
about 95 per cent In favor of a strike.
The same ratio prevailed la the vots
taken In this city.
The freight handlers will ask for arbi.
tration under the Erdman law before
ordering a walkout, although It was ad
mitted that a strike was a possibility
before the week was out.
While tho freight handlers have asked
for a wage Increase, the stumbling block
Is their demand for recognition of their
organization.
The strike against the Otis Elevates
Company Is due to internal troubles of
several years' standing between machin
ists and elevator constructors. Two
years ago the elevator constructors went
on strike for Increased wagea. Machln
lets filled their places and have beepX
doing tbe work since. '
Pact Leads to Dissension. '
A few months ago an agreement wai
reached through which the company
would re-employ elevator constructors
after tomorrow.
The machinists and electrical workers
will not give up the work, which they
insist belongs to their respective crafts,
and have ordered their men to quit
wherever elevator constructors are em
ployed. The machinery movers are to strlka
in sympathy with the machinists, as they .
have no direct grievance of their own.
Another conference on the building
trades situation wUl be held tomorrow,;
but It does not promise results, as the
plumbers will not listen to anything
except that the steamfltters give up
their union and affiliate with the plum,
bers organization. i
MAXY ITXION- MEK DISCHARGED
Los Angeles Labor Crisis Approaches
and General Strike May Result, j
LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 9D.
Though the organized carpenters Of this'
tCooclifelsd on Fag-&;
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