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VOL. I.I 1 1. NO. 16,427. PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY. JULY 19, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 4 , . FIVE ARE ARRESTED If! RUNNING FIGHT Sheriff Word Attacked and Riot Follows. CLUBS USED OH MOB AGAIN James Gregory Receives Gash Over Eye in Mixup. PLAZA SCENE OF TURMOIL fcoapbox Orator After Beliy "Called" by Word Admits He Was Too Ilasli In Statements Tichenor and Swennes Hold Mob. JESTERDAY8 KVELOPMJSNTS KELATLN'O TO I. W. W. DIS TURBANCES IN PORTLAND. Attempt to rescue speaker, arrest ed hjr Sheriff "Word for abusive lan guage, precipitates disorder at Plasa block meeting. Five arrested. Tom Burns, agitator, sentenced by Judge Stevenson to 40 days on rock pile. Dr. Maria D. Equl, arrested Thurs day night on four charges, offered opportunity to leave state, accepts, then refuses. 'Charges will be pressed unless she Is found Insane. No longer pretense of a strike at plant of Oregon Packing Company. Women charged with inciting Thursday night's riot, are bound over to grand Jury. Several men found guilty of disorderly conduct. Federal Immigration authorities consider v possibility of deporting aliens connected with I. TV. W. Police arrest as vagrants I. W. "W. . members who come here from other cities. Mayor and ' Sheriff again caution publlo to keep oft streets where dis turbances. occur. No disorder or disturbances of any kind on' down-town streets. Llncoln-Garfleld Post No. 8, Q. A. Ry adopts resolutions supporting au thorities and condemning I. W. W. agitators. A mob of excited men shouting "Take him away!" and "Turn him loose!" wlio made a rush on Sheriff Word in an at tempt to rescue George Reece, a Social ist speaker,' just arrested by the Sheriff for using abusive language at a street meeting on the Plaza blocks, across the street from the Courthouse, precipitated another riot at 9:30 o'clock last night. In a running fight that followed, dep uty sheriffs and plain clothes men twice were compelled to form a line across the sidewalk In Third street - and in Salmon and hold, the mob back with their clubs. By the time the Sheriff and a handful of deputies had fough tthelr way around to the . Courthouse entrance in Fourth street they had arrested four more men. One of them, James Greg ory, received a deep gash under his left eye in a mixup in which he endeavored to slug the Sheriff Attack Made From Behind. This man ran up behind the Sheriff and grabbed him by the neck and col lar. Word shouted at him to let go, but he seized the Sheriff's club and tried to Jerk It from him. Word wrenched himself partly loose and struck Gregory a crashing blow with his fist- He was obliged to strike him with his club before he would re lease his hold. Earlier in the evening, the D. P. Thompson fountain had been used aa a platform for the speakers, but not long before the arrest of Reece, the crowd moved down near Third street to get the benefit of an arc light and the speakers mounted a soap box. Word and STea Move. From this locatioin it was necessary for Word and his men. In order to gain the Courthouse, to make their way down Third street to Salmon, thence up to Fourth and up to the entrance of the middle of the block. At the time when the disturbance began there were no uniformed police men near. The meeting up to then had been quiet and the speakers for the most part temperate in their re marks. Reece, from his soapbox, began to use violent language, then to get abusive towards Sheriff and police. - "We'll get this thing organized and in a few days we'll be speaking on all the streets again," he shouted, "even if it comes to using gaspipes." "It was Tom Word who carried the gaspipe last night " ' Word Step Forward, Word, who was standing close by with. Chief Deputy Frank Curtis, tepped forward. "I want you," he said crisply. "Step down from that box." "All right. Sheriff. I'll step right down," said Reece. "I got a little over heated," he remarked as he stood be side the Sheriff. Then, as the Sheriff and Curtis start ed to lead Reece out of the crowd of BOO to 1000 persona jammed around them, someone shouted: "Get the skunk!" i "Get Word, the dirty skunk!" shout ed another voice. V Turmoil Then Follows. In an instant there was turmoil. "Turn him loose!" cried half a dozen at once. "Take him away!" And the whole crowd began to move along with the officers, men and boys crowding (Concluded on Page 4.) MERCURY AT 92 ON CITY'S HOTTEST DAY PORTLAND FEELS EFFECT OF SUDDEN' HEAT WAVE. Thermometer Registers Increase of 1 6 Degrees Between 1 p A. M. and 2 P. M. Xo Change Forecast. The "hottest day of the year" thus far was recorded at the Weather Bu reau yetserday, wltn a maximum tem perature of 92 degrees at o'clock In the afternoon. The forecast Is con tinued, warm and fair weather, with northeasterly winds. In "comparison with records of sev eral previous years the temperature yesterday is far from being a record breaker, considering the time of the year. The contrast with the cool weather of June and early July was sufficiently great, however, to set electric fans whirring madly, people to gasping and calling for cooling drinks and to bring about a 60 per cent increase in the amount of vacation talk and the num ber of "hot-enough-for-you?" bro mides. The unusual heat did not begin to be appreciable . until after 10 o'clock In the morning, when there was a Jump from 76 to 80 degrees within an hour. From that time until 2 o'clock the ther mometer went up at the rate of from 3 to 4 degrees an hour. After it reached the 92 mark the temperature fell off rapidly and at 7 o'clock was back well down in the 80s. The playgrounds and parks of the city were filled all day long with chil dren, most of whom- found it too warm for active play and who passed the greater part of the day in the shaery parts of the playgrounds. The maximum temperature on Thurs day was 81 degrees, 11 degrees lower than yesterday. WHEAT EXPORTS INCREASE Portland Gains 20 Per Cent and Has Fourth Place for Country. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 18. Portland's wheat ex ports for the fiscal year ended June 30 show an increase of more than 20 per cent over those of the preceding year, according to figures made public today by the Department of Commerce. During the past 12 months Portland ex ported 8;147,138 fcUshels of wheat, val ued at 86,955,233. as against 6,829,943 bushels valued. at. $5,896,993 for the pre ceding year. New York, New Orleans and Galveston show bigger wheat ex ports for the year .Just closed, though the previous year Portland led them all. Puget Sound, during the year just- Closed, exported ' 5, C6S, 334 " bushels' u wheat, as against 3,191,983 bushels for the preceding year. ' FAT GIRL RETURN HOME Marie Hart, 3 2'5 Pounds, Changes Mind' About Traveling. GALESBTJRG. 111., July 18. Marie Hart, Galesburg's largest schoolgirl, whose weight is 325 pounds, returned to her grandmother's home here today. She disappeared Wednesday night and fears were entertained that she had been Induced to leave her home or had been kidnaped as a sideshow attrac tion. Marie Bald that she hae been enticed away by a woman who said she would take her to Des Moines, la. Marie changed her mind, however, at Fort Madison, la., where she got off the train and refused to go further. AUT0ISTS AT SALT LAKE Indiana-to-Pacifle Tourists Two Days Behind Schedule. SALT LAKE CITY, July 18. The In-dlana-to-the-Paclfic automobile tourists arrived here this afternoon at 5 o'clock, practically two days behind their sched ule. Heavy rains were encountered the entire distance from Grand Junction, Colo., making it impossible for the au tolsts to maintain any speed. The new road through Price River canyon, Utah, was traveled, but was slippery and dangerous. .The route of Midland trail was fol lowed the entire distance from Grand Junctloln. The party will remain here until Sunday morning, when they will leave for San Francisco via Ely; Nev. CANAL WILL FLOOD TOWN People of Gorgona, Panama, Get No tice to Move Away. PANAMA. July 18. The closing of the public offices at Gorgona, a town on the Panama Canal, which soon will be inundated by the rising of waters of Gatun Lake, began today with the abandonment of the police station. The town will be vacated by all its snhabl tants as quickly as possible after Au gust 1. Gorgona is 20 miles northwest of the City of Panama, at the head of the Chagres River. The water in Gatun Lake has risen three feet since the spillway gates of the canal were closed June 27. POISONED MASH EFFECTIVE More Than Half of Grasshoppers In Kansas County Killed. DODGE CITY, Kan., July 18. More than half of the grasshoppers in this country were killed by the poisoned mash the farmers recently scattered over their fields, according to a report by P. A. Classen, state entomologist, to day. Mr. Classen, after a 40-mile drive through the county, said from 50 to 60 per cent of the pests have been killed and that another spreading of the poi soned mash would exterminate them. NAVY MEN WRECK I.W.W. QUARTERS Seattle Socialist Halls Sacked by Sailors. CIVILIANS AID BLUEJACKETS Literature and Furniture Are Burned on Streets. POLICE MAKE NO ARRESTS Uniformed Men From Pacific Re serve Fleet Denounce Mayor Cot terlll as They Hang American Flag Over Houses Attacked. SEATTLE, Wash., July 18. Crowds of sailors from the Pacific Reserve fleet, at anchor In the bay, aided by hundreds of men and boys who came to Join in the Potlatch celebration, at tacked the Socialist and the Industrial Workers of the World headquarters to night, sackinc the bulldin fi- and dumn- lng the furniture into the streets. Two distinct parties made attacks. The first. In the northern part of the business district, wrecks th So cialist headquarters near Fifth avenue ana. Virginia street. ' The second, in the southern part of the down-town section, attacked the Industrial Work ers of the World headquarters, dump ing the furniture Into the street and making a bonfire of it. The police offered not the slightest resistance to the sailors. Some of the officers said that all the force was busy handling the Potlatch crowds, and no reserves were available to cope with the rioters. The damage is estimated at $3000 or more. Guards Round Up Sailors. The police and the' provost guard have taken hold of believe that no further damage will uj ione. xne provost guard is round ing up all the sailors ashore and send ing them back to their ships. Most of the sailors In the firat rvnrtv wore the name-band nf th ; Colorado and California. About a dozen men. all vontht-,,1 were in the wrecking party at the start. They were aided by. several uicmuera or me Wash nrtnn irt litia and by hundreds of young ctvll- mua, wno maae most of the. noise. waving united States flairs h. itorming party swooned down cart newsstand of Millard Price, a So- cmjist orator, at the intersection of Fourth avenue and Wenthv. k..i vard. the busiest night corner of the city. Socialist Literature Destroyed. The cart was broken to uniint... i. a moment, the stock of Socialist papers and magazines torn and tossed into the street and trampled. The party then rushed to a storeroom occupied .euenwy oy tne Industrial Workers of me world at Fifth avenue near Stew art. The wreckers found tire place de ie tenants Having moved. The sailors and their asini-l.t.. .v.- rushed to the Socialist Fifth avenue, near Stewart, smashed in me oig piate-giass. front and nailed American flags upon the front of the uunuing. two policemen smiled com placently upon the wroic-. sailors tore the signs from the front of the building and broke them to pieces, and then started to drag the furniture .nu dooks out into the street. Hei the policemen Interfered. Civilian Youth Tries to Lead. There were demands that the Indu trial Workers be hunted dnwr. young civilian tried to induce the party to go to the headauartera nf th. ate Socialists in an old' Church in Olive street near, .seventh. Another self-appointed leader led the party toward tne oia unitarian Church on Sevent avenue near Union street, which ha Just been vacated by the moderates. As the naval men were crossing- piir street at Sixth they were overhauled oy an automobile full of policeme n. neaaea Dy a captain, who told sailors if tbey did not disperse would arrest them. The policomor. the he by maneuvering, separated the men in iini- rorm ana scattered them. No handling was .necessary. The men shouted to the police: "Your Mayor wont do anything to protect the iia.g, so we are saving your city." A young civilian who hud h..n deavoring to - incite the sailors kept shouting to them to "Go and get Mayor coiierni. rso arrests were made. Socialist Headquarters Sacked. The wrecking party reformed in the north part of the city after It had been dispersed and went back to the Social ist headquarters on Fifth avenue, near Virginia, and sacked the place, destroy ing the furniture and $900 worth of Socialist literature. A second party of men from the Pa cific reserve fleet attacked the big In dustrial Workers' headquarters in Washington street in the southern part of the city. The contents of the build ing were dragged into the street and a bonfire made of them. Secretary of the Navy Daniels was dining on the cruiser West "Virginia, the guest of Admiral Reynolds, when the trouble started. After destroying the moderate So cialists' headquarters at Seventh and Olive, the sailors retired to the south ern part of the city and demolished a meeting-room of the Salvation Army, (Concluded on Page 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 92 aegrees; minimum, 61 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and continued warm; north easterly winds. Foreign. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Joins Chinese rebels. Page 3. Greeks reported to have suffered crushing aeieat, rage 4. -National. Galllnger to be ' Republican leader in tariff tight in Senate. Page 3. Mulhall charges attempt was made to bribe Uompers. - Page 1. John Montag named as United States Mar sha.! for Oregon. Page 6. Senators bitter In discussing Bryan's cause in accepting platform engagements. Page 2. s , Domestic Railways modify their attitude toward med iation. Page S. Women advisers of Mayor of California town resign in nun. fage i. New Haven directors accept Mellen's resig nation reluctantly, rage 3. Heat fatal to 21 in Central West. Page - Sports. Northwestern League results: Seattle 5, Port- iana : lacoma s, epoKane 7i Vancouver S, Victoria 4. Page 14. Fast tennis seen with mercury at 82. rage 44. Americans defeat Canadians In Davis Cup tennis jjlay. Page 14. Paclflo Coast League results: Portland 8. r rancisco i ; uaaiand 3, Sacramento 2; Los Angeles 4, Venice 2. Page 14. Pacific Northwest. Sheridan Or., business section wiped out bv fire. ' Paat 1. Sam Jones son-in-law heard at Chautaua.ua. Page 6. . Sailors from Pacific fleet wreck Soclallst- i. w. w. nouses In Seattle. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Probable scarcity of mill feed during Sum mer months. Page 15. Wheat higher at Chicago because of spread i Diaca rusi. fage Stock market advance started by foreign buying. Page 15. Trend of business Is forward, particularly In West. Page 15. Dally excursion rate will be made to Lower Portland and VlclnltT. Medlll McCormick scouts idea of harmony between Progressives and Republicans. Weather report, data and forecast. tm 11 Bound hand and foot, girl tries to swim n.r. rage iv. Mercury goes to 92 on hottest day of year in Portland. Page 1. Von Klein Jury Is discharged, unable to irw. f age o. Soclalltt Burns gets 40 days on rockplle. Dr. and Mrs. David Litchard Klehle guests on 50th wedding anniversary. Page 8. Municipal Judge Stevenson tells citizens to obey police orders to move on. Page 8. Portland boy drowns as cruise nears end. Page 4. Battle to be reproduced in v. Washington Park. Page 11. O.-W. R. & N. will run fast train to Chi cago. Page 10. Five arrests are made In riot on Plaza blocks. Page 1. TIGERS TACOMA MASCOTS nail Club Gets Two , Hair-Grown Cubs as Iuck-Bringers. TACOMA. July 18. (Special.) The strangest mascots ever carried by a baseball club will be presented to the Tacoma Tigers tomorrow afternoon when the local council of the United Commercial Travelers will present the Tacoma team with two . half-grown tiger cubs. The felines are one year old and are about the size of a shep erd dog. They were used by the local traveling men as a Tacoma advertise ment in Portland last year, when they were kittens, but since that time they have grown until they are a burden upon the local council." "Sure I'll be glad to get them," Presi dent McGinnlty said tonight. "What I will do with .them Is more than I can say, but I hope they will be omens of good luck. I shall take at least one of them on the road with me if I find that I can ship it with the club bag gage." DOCTOR REPAIRS TOY DOG Youngster In Trouble Until Opera tion on Pet Is Performed. Dr. R. S. Stearns, of Sellwood, per formed a remarkable surgical operation at his office on Spokane avenue. The patient was a shaggy toy dog which was brought in by Richard, the 2H-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Brock, of Sellwood. . In some way the tail became detached from the body, and the child heard that the doctor could repair the damasre. A ' little later Richard was missing from his home,' and search was made for him. Later the search party en tered the office of Dr. Stearns, where they found the physician engaged In performing the operation, while little Richard looked on with tearful inter est. After the operation Richard emerged from the doctor's office with a satisfied smile on his face. THREE TRAPPED IN FIRE Girl and Two Young Men on lire When Rescuers Reach Tbem. NEW YORK, July 18. Two young men and a girl, trapped on the sixth floor of a burning loft building in West Twentieth street today, stood helpless amid the flames until their clothing took fire. They were ablaze when fire men took them down 80-foot extension ladders to the street. They were badly burned. The building was occupied by skirt and button manufacturers. Most of the employes had not reported for work when the blaze broke out. POWER OVER SEA DISPUTED Steamship Company to Resist Ruling of Railroad Commission. SAN FRANCISCO.. July 18. The rul ing of the State Railroad Commission that it has Jurisdiction over vessels that traverse the high seas between Cali fornia ports is to be attacked by the Wilmington Transportation Company, which operates betwten San Pedro and Catalina Island, both in Los Angeles County. The company asked today for a rehearing of the case in which the ruling was made, with the purpose of having the ruling vacated. TTEMPT TO BRIBE GOifERS CHARGED Mulhall Says Plan Was Fully Outlined TRAP FEARED BY VON CLEAVE Witness Declares He Warned Plotters of Failure. DOUBLE DEALING SHOWN Letters Disclose Lobbyist's Effort to Work In Maryland With Re publican and Democratic Leaders at Once. WASHINGTON, July 18. Martin M. Mulhall gave the Senate lobby inves tigating committee today his story of the alleged effort In 1907 or 1908 to bribe Samuel Gompers to desert the cause of labor and support the policies advocated by the National Association of Manufacturers. He admitted that he had no positive Information that an attempt to bribe Gompers actually had been made him, but he said Atherton Brownell, of New York had outlined the plan to him, and had told him what was to be done. Mulhall was excused late this after noon until Monday on the ground that he was tired after a week of continu ous testimony. The commltte held a session tonight to hear the testimony of S. V. McClave, of Paterson, N. J., now a candidate for Congress and with whom Mulhall said he worked throughout the campaign of 1910, when McClave was running against William Hughes. Gompers Incident Opened. The committee opened the Gompers incident today when newspaper clip Pings appeared showing that Gompers had made the bribery charges before a court in 1908, and that President Van Cleave, of the Manufacturers' As sociation, had- denied all connection with them. Mulhall said he had been referred by Van Cleave and Schwedt- man to Mr. Brownell In New York, who had said they were conducting a pub licity bureau for the association Brownell told him, he said, that a man named Brandenberg was following Gompers; that they had a plan fixed up by which they expected to "get' the labor leader, and that they were positive they could not fail. Mulhall said he warned them they would not succeed and later advised Van Cleave to the same effect. Van Cleave Scent "Tra. Van Cleave left New York suddenly the witness said, after telling him that he had nearly "fallen into a trap." iie saia tney wanted him to go down to meet those people, but he got a tip not to go," added Mulhall. "He told me he thought Brownell had more sense than to go into a trap of that kind." This was the extent of Mulhall's knowledge of the matter, but he In sisted that from the previous informa tion he had he knew the plan that had been on foot to force Gompers into signing a document that would insure his future action; The Gompers story and an unexpect ed outburst from Mulhall, who com plained that officers of the National Association of Manufacturers were "trying to stare him out of counte nance," were the enlivening features of a day in which the self-confessed 'lobbyist" Identified several hundred more letters relating to campaign and legislative activities. Wirsess Objects to "Staring. Proceedings were running smoothly when Robert -McCarter, attorney for the Manufacturers' Association, tried to. Interrupt and ask Mulhall a ques tion. The committee thus far has per mitted no questioning by outside at torneys. "I refuse to answer any questions from that man." shouted Mulhall. "Fur ther I want to tell the committee that those men at that table have kept someone there continually to stare steadily at me while I have been on the stand. I think It is a contemptible trick. The ex-presldent (John Klrby, Jr.) relieved Mr. Emory at the Job a while ago." Members of the committee tried to sooth the witness and Acting Chair man Bankhead mildly suggested that I Mulhall look at him instead of his an J tagonists. Mulhall admitted he was somewhat nervous, but insisted that witnesses have been intimidated since they were brought to Washington, "outside aa well as inside this committee-room. -Money Raised for Indiana. - Letters identified today covered a wide range of activity, but centered chiefly about the campaign in Indiana in 1908, when Mulhall, according to the documents, was working in close co operation with Representative Watson and with National and state Republi can leaders. Mulhall told the committee he raised $5500 for that campaign. Several letters again referred to Maryland. Two of them showed that Mulhall, In behalf of his employers, was trying to work both with Collector Stone, one of the Republican leaders, and Representative Gill, of the Fourth District, a Democrat. At the same time. Stone and Gill (Concluded on Page 2.) WOMEN ADVISORS OF MAYOR RESIGN CALIFORNIA TOWN STIRRED BY . LIQUOR QUESTION". Fair Board Members Refuse to Serve When Saloons Are Granted Liberties. SANTA MONICA, Cal., July 18. (Spe cial.) -Five of the seven women of Mayor Dow's Advisory Board resigned today as a sequel to the resignation of E. E. Randall as chief of police, due to friction with the Tolice Commission. Those who have resigned are Mrs. Carrie Benson, Mrs. H. J. Slater, Mrs. R. R. Tanner, Mrs. C. G. Tullis and Mrs. D. G. Stephens. The women say they are opposed to the action of the Police Commission in permitting cafes to sell liquor after midnight In violation of the city ordinance. In addition to this, the women say the committee has become nearly a paper one, and that except for two meetings more than a year ago, they have not been called into consultation with, the Mayor and that the Advisory Board has degenerated into an absurd ity. , The resignation of the chief and the action of the women are the main topics of conversation in business and social circles. GENERAL SALOMON DEAD Ex-Territorial Governor of Washing, ton Has Briliunt Record. SAN FRANCISCO, July 18. Ex-Terri torlal Governor Salomon, of Washing ton, who fought Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway bitterly in her efforts to in troduce woman suffrage in Washing ton Territory in 1870 and who had a law passed declaring that no women could vote In the territory of Washing ton until Congress Itself passed a Na tional law, died here tonight. General Edward S. Salomon was' ex County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois Governor of the Territory of Washing ton, and a prominent figure in fra ternal and Grand Army circles and an attorney of San Francisco for many years. He was 77 years old. At the age of 18 he emigrated to America from Germany and settled in Chicago. He became a power In political circles In Chicago and at the outbreak of the Civil War Joined the Union Army. For gallantry he was promoted successively until in 1862 he was made Major of his regiment. At the close of the war, he then having become a Brigadier-Gen eral, he returned to Chicago and re entered politics. In 1869 he was ap pointed by President Grant Governor of Washington Territory,' servlnir untii 1873. Upon his retirement he came to this city In 1875. i YOUTH TORN FROM NIAGARA Four Men Form Human Chain and Make Rescue at Brink of Falls. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., July 18. Truman Chapman, 22 years old, of Chapman, Ont.. was rescued from th brink of the American falls tonight by four men, one of whom took a. desnar- ate chance to rescue him. Chapman was sitting on the iron rail Just above Prospect Point and was seen to toppl backward suddenly into the stream. At this point the current is awlft an the pull toward the brink of the fall. 15 feet away, almost irresistible. After striking the water. Chapman's body lodged against two projections of rni-k When the cry went up that a man was in the water, four men formed a chain from the iron fence and reached Chapman. Twice the man at the end of the chain was swept from his feet, but he clung to his burden and th united efforts of the men nearest, who had better footing, finally swung th two of them out of the grasp of th current. CIVIL SERVICE IS APPLIED Wilson's List of Consuls to Contain Names of Republicans. WASHINGTON, July 18. A large number of nominations for consular offices will be sent to the Senate In the course of a few days. The list will in clude many of the names contained on the slate which failed of confirmation at the close of the Taft Administra tion. It is said that this list will be the first demonstration of the purpose of President Wilson to continue the appli cation of civil service principles in the consular service, as many of the offl cers named for promotion are either Republicans or of unknown political affiliations. CHICAGO DEEPLY IN DEBT County, If Private Corporation Would Be In Receiver's Hands. CHICAGO, July 18. "Cook County (Chicago) is bankrupt. If it were private corporation it would be in receiver's hands." In making this statement today President McCormick, of the County Board, explained that the county is $2,317,000 in debt, with no assets in sight to cover the deficit. This condi tion is due to making appropriations based on estimates of what the tax levy will be, and for several years these estimates have been greater than the money actually collected. Newport Man Falls 30 Feet. NEWPORT, Or., July 18. (Special.) Jesse Wheeler, aged 24, son of W. D. Wheeler, proprietor of the Cliff House, Newport, fell 30 feet this morning from a' scaffold on a new hotel which he was shingling, shattering his right an kle and fracturing his left thigh. It is thought no internal injuries were received. SHERIDAN 1ST WIPED OUT BY FIRE Business Section of Or egon Town in Ashes. LOSS MAY REACH $400,000 Dynamite and Ammunition Ex plode as Flames Rage. NEARBY TOWNS SEND AID McMinnville, Carlton and AYIIlanilna Rush Apparatus to Hititoric Place. Postoffice and Banks Among 3 0 Buildings Lost in Blaze. i SHERIDAN, OR., FIRE TOLD IX BRIEF. Entire business section wiped out. More than 30 buildings destroyed, many of which were two and. three stories, some brick. Loss will reach 1400.000, probably, with about 1 100.000 insurance. Town is left In darkness. McMinnville. Carlton and "Wllla mlna send hose and men. Fire starts in small restaurant from gasoline stove. Dynamite and ammunition cause explosions, menacing fire fighters. Sheridan la historic town, having been General Sheridan's headquarters for time prior to opening ot Civil War. SHERIDAN. Or., July IS. (Special.) The business section of Sheridan has been wiped out, and several residences destroyed as a result of a fire which started tonight at 5:30 o'clock and swept an area covering three blocks on the south side of the Yamhill River. The loss will reach between $350,000 and $400,000, with $100,000 Insurance. The fire started from a gasoline stove explosion in a small restaurant. Of the entire business section there is ons blacksmith shop and one garage standing. One bakery-ana one butcher shop remain to supply tho town. About 30 buildings on the south side of the river were destroyed. Nearby Towns Give Aid. The fire raged a little more than three hours, but was not out at mid night. A rising wind was feared hourly. McMinnville, Carlton and Willamlna, Or., sent fire hose and crews to fight the flames. McMinnville is about 14 miles away and Carlton about 22 miles. The crew and hose arrived at 7:30 o'clock, and the men swam the river with the hose to attach it to the hydrants there, so fierce was the heat on the south side of the river. Exploding cartridges, ammunition and dynamite in the various well stocked hardware stores were a con stant menace to the firemen and resi dents of the city who Joined in fight ing the flames. Six of the workers were prostrated by heat and smoke, and fell close in on the flames, but they were picked up and borne to safe-i ty before seriously injured. Town Left In DarknesM. Tonight Sheridan is in darkness. The electric wiring system is so entangled and torn up that hope of getting even a fairly satisfactory service in shape for tomorrow night is faint. Sheridan was named for General Philip Sheridan, who made this his headquarters prior to the Civil War. It will feel the loss heavily at this time, as it has just entered into con tracts for extensive paving. Fire destroyed the following build ings, stores and offices: Dinsmore's jewelry shop. Grand moving-picture show, Hadsell's milli nery store, O K and MenUenhall'a barber shops, - Brlgham's confection ery store, Haas' drug store, Dem orest general merchandise store. State Bank. First National Bank, Sack ett & Dougherty general merchandise store, Wilson hardware store. United State Postoffice, King-Smith general merchandise store, Popular barber shop, Newell's jewelry store, Sheridan Hotel, Sunderland's prune drier, Commercial Hotel, Estate Shop, Oddfellows' Tem ple, Henderson's livery barn, Yocom's confectionery store, Ivie & Payne hard ware store, Leonard harness shop, Shaw's furniture store, Morris clothing store, Bigler & Rice restaurant, Yam hill drug store, Mark's real estate of fice, Sheridan hardware store, O K restaurant Bussey meat market. Sheri dan Sun, newspaper, Bronson's tailor shop, Bockes' millinery and offices be longing to Dr. W. J. Gilstrap, Attorney W. O. Sims, Attorneys Lewis and Simp son, Dr. Mulkey and Dr. Tyler Smith. Residences destroyed were those of O. D. Hamstreet, R. A. Campbell, Rob ert Ivie, Orvie Drummeller, Walter Graves, Clara Blackwell and several others. Government Mall Burns. In this list are several brick build ings, among them the postoffice, the two banks and several stores. Govern ment mail was destroyed when the postoffce went. The bank vaults are expected to be found intact, although the buildings are wrecks. The north side of the river, whert the larger part of the residence section is located, was saved only by the 250 feet of trees and water which stand between it and the stricken district. The fire burned to the water's edgs from the main street and likewise about 300 feet in the other direction (Concluded oa Page 10.)