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VOIi. L.IV. No! 16,701. " POTfTT. A "VT. nTfiTTirw TTrrn?on v titvw TT " 1 '-' t nmiioiai XIM-t. , PRICE FIVE CENTS. TWO DHOWK FIRE LOSS IS $200,000 Northwest Door Com pany Mill Burned. IRVING DOCK IS DAMAGED Forty Houses, Some Half a Mile Off, Take Fire. ORIGIN OF FIRE DISPUTED Men Who Perished Forced to Jump Into Perry Slip and Drown, flames Bnrst Lilke Explosion '1 and Spread With Rapidity. FKATCRE8 WATEBFB05I ITKE. Dead. William Sterling and Alex Balogh, employes of Northwest Ioor Com pany, drowned. 4 Injured. I B. F. Iowell, chief of fire depart- ment, arm dislocated by fall. 4 Losses Totaling $200,004. . T Northwest Door Company. $150,000, about one-third covered by Insurance. -J Irving; Dock Company, $10,000 to a $15,000. fully covered by Insurance. J M. H. Homer, grain. $10,000 to f $10,000, fully covered by Insurance. I Minor losses In 40 smaller fires, i catch Ins from main conflagration, j $20,000. J Origin of lire. J Started at 6:10 P. M. Officials of 4 Northwest Door Company say fire caught from Columbia Dock No. 8 7 debris smoldering since March 12. J This Is denied by owners of Co- lumbla Dock. ' T I I ........ . William Sterling and Alex Balogh were drowned while attempting to escape from the burning- plant of the Northwest Door Company; that struc ture was totally destroyed; Irving dock 's considerably damaged, together with wheat stored in it. and buildings at the corner of River street and Al t' In a avenue, as Well as dwellings on Larrabee street, were set afire as the result of a fierce blaze, at 6:10 o'clock yesterday, the origin of which is dis puted. The loss is estimated at $200,000. 40 to 60 Biases Started. Great embers from this fire, carried by the high wind, started from 40 to SO smaller blazes within a radius of a. mile from the door plant. All fire fighting apparatus was at the Initial fire and at one time it looked as if t. general conflagration might ensue. Such apparatus as could be spared was hurried to the more threatening blazes, while neighbors as volunteer brigades, quenched the flames of the others. The estimated loss in these blazes is $20,000. Opinions of Origin Differ. J. C DePenning, superintendent of the Northwest Door Company. Insists that a spark was blown across the ferry slip from smoldering embers from the fire of March 12, when Co lumbia Dock No. 2 and Montgomery Dock No. 1 were destroyed. These em bers fell on a bench on the south side of the slip, he says, where the blaze originated. That the fire started at this point is also asserted by Jacob D. DePennlng, foreman of the plant and father of Superintendent DePenning. L. O. Ross, of the Lewis estate, scouted such an explanation of the cause, de claring: that every precaution had been taken against such an exigency. Employe Try to Check Flames. As the fire centered In the Northwest mill,- moat of 75 men employed there, particularly those who responded to the mill whistle and manned hose, had narrow escapes. Some who were work ing in the basement made a strong ef fort to hold back the flames, but it is Bald that within two minutes they were driven out and forced to make their way to the first floor, all of which ap peared to be burning.- Wild Rumors Spread. Because of' the wild scramble made from the plant all manner of reports started as to the loss of life, and at ono time it was said six persons were drowned, with probably others caught in the burning structure. Officers of the mill corporation .conducted a check as far as possible immediately after their men were out, word being passed from one to another in the crowd in many instances, and while payroll records had been lost it was said by Superintendent DePenning last night that the two drownings were the only deaths. The fire broke out at the time when city workers were returning to their homes. The rail along the Broadway bridge, a. few blocks south of the fire, was lined from Albers' dock to the east approach. The river bank offered a. place of vantage and thousands watched the fire from there. At 10 o'clock a good-sized . crowd still watched the firemen at their work. Art Nlekandt. of 105 Levere street, 16 years of age, employed as elevator operator there, said he was on the first floor when the flames burst forth, and, as some of the men had gone Into the basement with lines of hose, he sent the elevator to that level so they might make their escape, and then left the building. At that time, he said, all men on the first floor not engaged with the bose were making their way out . A brick firewall on the north side of . . . iCenoiuded on page ia.. . ' SYLVIA TO CAMP ON COMMONS STEPS SUFFRAGETTE THREATENS NEW KTNT OF HUNGER STRIKE. Women Have Exceptionally Busy Day In Britain Editor Thrashed, Gallery Attendant Chopped. LONDON, June 3. "I will lie on the steps of the House of Commons with out food or water until Asqultb con sents to receive a deputation." This threat was uttered by Sylvia Pankhurst at a meeting at Llmehouse tonight, and she declared she would carry it into effect should the suf. fragettes fail in their endeavor to see the Prime Minister on June 10. Other speeches at the same meeting breathed defiance to the liberal gov ernment, which was denounced as alone responsible for militancy, and sugges tions of wholesale incendiarism were made. Suffragettes were unusually busy in the United Kingdom today.. Two women horsewhipped the medical officer of Holloway Jail as a "protest against forcible feeding." A stylish gowned militant attacked a Dore gallery at tendant with a hatchet, after ruining two priceless engravings. She had left a letter complaining that suffragettes In the past had been "too ladylike." Two suffragettes, one a veritable giantess, assaulted the editors of the Belfast Telegraph and News Letter. The big one knocked the editors down and her companion threw missiles at them. Both editors were seriously hurt. RAIN LEAVES STRANGE COAT Opinion at Baker Divided Between Fruit Pollen and Sulphur. BAKER, Or, June 3 (Special.) A strange yellow coating was left on the streets and in the gutters this morning from last night's downpour. It was a sixteenth of an inch thick in places and by many was thought to be sulphur carried by the rain. Attempts made to burn the substance at first failed, but when a quantity was obtained and placed o'n a stove it gave out a yellow flame and no appreciable odor. This test Indicates that the sub stance may be pollen, washed in large quantities from the trees, although the coating has been formed at points where there is almost no vegetation. RAILWAY ENGINEER QUITS II- A. Brandon. With Harriman In terests 15 Years, to Practice Here. H. A. Brandon, who has been con struction engineer for the past 14 'years for the O.-W. R. & N. Company and Southern Pacific, has resigned to go Into private practice In Portland as a consulting engineer. Mr. Brandon was the engineer in charge of construction of the Deschutes line of the O.-W. R, & N. and many other important branches In the North west, besides having had much to do with grade and curvature changes on the main lines. , 2 COAST TRAINS TAKEN OFF Northern Pacific Reduces Overland Service as Traffic Drops. SEATTLE. Wash.. June 3. Announce ment was made today that next Sun day the Northern Pacific Railroad would discontinue overland trains No. 6 and No. 6, the "Twin-City Express," operated between Seattle and St. Paul, leaving only two through trains each v,ay between the Pacific Coast and the Twin Cities on that road. Light passenger traffic is given as the reason for the reduction in train service. VISITS ARE 35 YEARS APART Elkton Woman Makes 3 7-Mile Trip to Rosehnrg; Growth Is Surprise. KOSEBUBG, Or. June 3. (Special.) Although living within 37 miles of the Douglas County metropolis, - Mrs. E. Schad, of Elkton, is spending a few days in Roseburg for the first time In 35 years. Mrs. Schad says the town has changed so materially since her last visit here that she would have encountered diffi culty in getting about had it not been for friends. MALARIA ON DOLPHIN GAINS Number of Cases on United States Gunboat at Mexico Alarms. TAMPICO, June 2. (By way of Brownsvillo, Tex.. June 3.) Much con cern is felt because of numerous cases of malaria among the crew of the United States gunboat Dolphin. . The German cruiser Dresden, which arrived here today from "Vera Cruz, immediately left that port again and anchored off La Barre to avoid expos ing her crew to malaria In the mosquito-infested river. WATER BONDS ARE SOLD Lafayette Disposes ot $15,000 Issue and Contract Is Let. LAFAYETTE, Or., June ' 3. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of the Town Coun cil last night the $15,000 water bonds which were voted at the April election were sold to the Fred Glenn Company, of Portland, at $1.01. The contract to Install the plant, upon which work will commenco with in a few days, was let to the Morgan Boyatt Company, also of Portland, MEDIATION AWAITS CARRAMZA'S REPLY Mexican Issue Turnson One Man's Word. PEACEMAKERS ARE 'HOPEFUL Internal Question Approached With Utmost Tact. SPECIFIC PLANS AVOIDED Bryan Insists Outlook Is Bright, but Admissions Are Made tor First Time That Failure Is Among Possibilities. NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. June a Mediation tonight awaits on General Carranza, commander-in-chief of the constitutionalist forces in Mexico. He has in his possession a communication from the three South American diplo mats which opens the door for consti tutionalist representation in the con- rerences here. On his word depends whether the entire Mexican problem will be settled by dirjlomactr or- vh.ii,.. the constitutionalists will continue to ngni ineir way to Mexico City. Dignified Way Preferred. The mediators have In a. rilimifiaA way smoothed the. path for constitu tionalist participation. The . United States Government wants them tn ac cept. A rejection of the invitation may eventually mean the withdrawal by the Washington Government of the moral support it has been extending to the constitutionalist cause. The mediators tonia-ht that General Carranza will mi .nn here. Instead of believing the nego tiations will be indefinitely prolonged by such a course, they think a pacific settlement would in rolitv hi quickly obtained, as all parties in the juexican dispute would then be here to shape the urogram me of peace. Note to Can-anas Still Secret. Just what was contained In th nnta from the mediators to General Car ranza, transmitted todav bvrttri baran at Washington to the constitu tionalist cnier, was not revealed here. The mediators said out of Carranza the document would not be made public here. An answer is not expected ror another day or two, but there is a general hope that it will be favorable. The mediators TiavA not ntsniiis vited the constitutionalists anew, but the DhraseoloKV of the nnta'la n,-H as to pave the way for their entrance to the negotiations. It is under- (Concluded on Page 3.) '- .... i i j , 1 -'eeessosoasossaseseasssesseeass I M'' TELL THE V t t 1 3 EZ ! MEDATOf?S 4 I ' J 7i fe -f . V THAT I WILL t I 1 I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature) 2 "- , .i.iuiut uui, t Qcireei. TODAY'S Fair with rising; temperature westerly winds. Mexico. Mediators waiting for reply from Carranza. Page 1. - Army Intelligence office reports on dlsposl- vfc jnoAjvu torcea. age . Forebmu Sylvia Pankhurst threatens to stave herself w uuumep. rase X. National. Arbitration of tolls issue favored by Senate lDrectors defend New Haven deals. Face Domestic. Widow of Admiral Baton remarried to her bv uuauuu raze z. Preliminary effort to prove Captain Grif fiths unbalanced falls. Pace S. Portland rose queen to dedicate world's big gest flagpole. Page 1. NoWi tral for Tveltmoe and Houlihan or dered again, but court reverses itself on Bernhardt. Page 8. Sports. Coast League results Portland 1, Sacra mento 2: Venice 2, San Francisco, C; Los Angeles 0, Oakland 2. Page ft. Resolute beats Vanltle in second trial race. Page 7. Federal League .baseball loses again In "Chief Johnson . a . vi .. . . a Northwestern League scores: Portland 8-0, . . 1 -v , ikodu a, spoKane 14: Seattle 4, Victoria 3. . Pae 6. Pacific -Northwest. Albany's - first ' rose carnival la success. Page 5. . , Queen Thelma royally entertained at Salt Lake. Pm fi. Work starts on terminals and dock system ABiuna. tr age 1. Washington State Grange In session- In xaaima. page 2. Commercial and Marino Wool season in Ornn .i., creased atranvth. p... ti Black rust scare and bullish" cables cause "- u wneac at Chicago. Page IT. Strong tone develona- in --. prices advance. Page IT. Portland and Vicinity. ' Two lives lost and 200.00O damage done in waterfront fire. Page 1. "ThJrd ftreeters- make final plans for J ahuh. r-age i o. weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. v-ummusion adopts 200 feet as maxl mum height of buildings. Page lL Reports are made at United Brethren mis sionary conference. Page 13. Salary Increase act for city employes held VOTl'LlV "art" in residence district from embers carried b sinrt t .o A. E. Clark gives views on sovereignty de cision yv Knr.-r. . . R ' -" v-vu. l. t nf a i. HURT AUTO RACER SINKS Joe Dawson Suddenly Takes Serious Turn for Worse. INDIANAPOLIS." Juna 9 T t-. son, the automobile race driver injured in mg ouu-mue race last Saturday, Is in a serious condition tonio-h m- physician stated he was suffering from injuries and that his back and chest were crushed. He added, however, that Dawson still has a chance for ' recovery. NEW MINISTRY REQUESTED Poincare Asks Vivlanl to Form Cabi net to Replace Resigned One. PARIS, June 3. President. Poincare today requested Rene Vivlaai. the Min ister of Public Instruction, to form a new ministry to replace that headed by Premier Doumergu, which Monday resigned office. M. Viviani promised a formal reply tomorrow. It is al- most certain he will accept. TOLLS ARBITRATION THRUST ON SENATE Resolution Makps Sit uation Complex. DEBATE TO BE PROLONGED President's Consent Believed Necessary to Adoption. GENERAL TREATY INVOKED Senator Tardaman, Discussing Re peal Bill, Declares Platform Is as Binding as Oath of Office. "Wilson Is Criticised. WASHINGTON, June S. Just when a vote on the Panama Canal tolls ex emption bill seemed ' certain ' to come within a few days, the Senate foreign relations committee complicated . the situation today by reporting favorably a resolution designed to lead to the submission of the dispute with Great Britain to arbitration by an interna tional tribunal. There was no discussion of the reso lution, but it will be taken up before a vote is reached on the repeal bill itself and its appearance before the Senate undoubtedly will lead to further de bate. Wilson's Approval Thought Keeessary. So far as Administration leaders know the President is opposed to arbi tration unless the tolls exemption re peal bill is passed previously. It is believed by many Senators that with out the President's approval no arbi tration proposal can receive a ma jority. In the debate today Senator Varda- man. Democrat, of Mississippi, a vigor ous opponent of repeal, made an im passioned speech criticising the Presi dent's position and attacking Senator Root, one of the leaders of the oppo site Bide. The Sutherland resolution provides for arbitration of the "differences that have arisen between the United States and Great Britain under the Hay Pauncefote treaty, "In the matter of the payment of "tolls which may be ex acted for the use of the Panama Ca nal." It is proposed under the general arbitration treaty between the two countries, which provides for arbitra tlon of disputes, not affecting national honor, independence or vital interest. at The Hague or by special tribunal. -Impartial Trlbnnal" Desired. The resolution proposes that the President "be requested to open dlplo matlc negotiations with Great Britain" I (Concluded on Paae 2.1 " ' .' i QUEEN TO DEDICATE BIGGEST FLAGPOLE RTJXER OF ROSARIA TO BE EX POSITION GUEST. Raising of Great Staff, CIO Feet Tall and Six Feet Through at Butt, Is Problem Itself. SAN FRANCISCO, June 3. (Special.) The largest flagpole in the world will be raised at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition grounds to morrow and on Saturday the Queen of Rosaria, otherwise Miss Thelma nuiungswonn, or Portland. Or., will Dy noistlng a great Amerl can flae- ta it . Hundreds of invitations to Saturday's ceremonies have been Issued by the Oregon exposition commission. The poie is 210 feet high and six reet in diameter at the butt. It will rest 13 feet dean in wi i. ... ''mlore concrete that has been set iur 11 near "is Oregon building. Get- "( i tmo an urirle-hr nn.ui.. t presented a problem of engineering in. terest. The pole is the gift of Astoria. Or. The young women of Onaan T?n-. court will be received on their arrival In the city Saturday by a committee of the women's board of the exposition win oe taken for an automobile trip about the cltv. Th art.-.. be occupied with the flag raising cere- muiiies and in the evening the young women will be the enaar f men's boardat a theater party and an meaier supper. The cartv will . Grace Cathedral Sunday, leaving for w. ujiu later in we day. AUTO 9682 HITS BOY, 14 Alfred Whiteside Severely Bruised ana Ankle May Be Broken. A. E. Whltesides. Gftn r,.,k ... . reported to the police last night that on' Airred. aged 14 years, had been run down at Tnnn. . - -...j-ijiot anu Flanders streets, by an automobile license 8682. The boy was severely bruised and the father fears his ankle Is broken. Mr. Whltesides uv. v riding on the right side of Flanders Direct wnen me nutomnhiia .-., tno corner and ran him down. The unver. air. Whltesides said, gave the vjr a. lecture ana then drove away. MAIL QUARANTINE DESIRED Frlutgrowers Fear Spread of Pests by Parcel Post. DAVIS. Cal.. Juna 9 n...i.... .radvmiiuus I O auestlnor that th. rn.j c... . - - wu.icu Duim r-ost office Department obaarva -w . w i v atim- gent resrulatlnna . - iiveut ta spread of horticultural pests through the mails Will DA TirMan ra4 A ... - .v mo auroral a fruitgrowers' convention for adoption . iUO tiuaa or me week. County hortlcultnrai . . vvuiiiussigiiers desire that the naroai i . - wo upon to a rigid inspection, as It now is the tnel wnich so far has not been placed under strict quarantine regula- JOY OVER PAROLE IS FATAL When Time Comes to Leave Prison Truax Heart Stops. LEAVENWORTH. Kan, June 3 Davy" Truax. 82 vaara m j.-j . Joy at his parole, his friends say. at state prison here today. "Davy" had been in orison ss .... sentence for killing an inmate of the ouimors tiome at Dodge City, la. He sat in the nrl waiting for the car which would take mm away. wnen the car drew up turnea to tell t ha vatr u. sat motionless. The doctor said "Davy vl ucart cusease. POLL TAX LAW HELD 'VOID Utah Statute Found Discriminator; Against Male Sex. SALT LAKE. Utah. Juna Th. n tax law or Utah was today declared void by the District Court, which held that it violates a provision of th. constitution giving equal rights to Dom sexes. The court held that. Inumnxi, . law imposes a tax onlv on man not on women, it discriminated agalnBt me male sex. The suit was brought by Salt Lake Cltv in an effort collection oi J tax from a local at torney. KING AND KERMIT TO DINE Spanish Paper Speaks Disparagingly of T. R.'s Coming Visit. MADRID. June 8. Kiner Alfonsn an Queen Victoria- will be guests at lunch eon at the American F.mhaimv row. The guests include Kermlt Roose velt and the British and German Am bassadors. The Impartial prints an artioia the approaching? visit of -r-r. Roosevelt, but it is of a disparaging cnaracier. ASHLAND SHY 2 FEATURES City of 500 0 Is Without Church or Saloon. ASHLAND. Or, June 3. (Special.! Ashland has neither church nor sa loon, but Is not without religion or alcoholic beverages. Whisky Is sold by the bottle and re ligious services are held In the school house. In 1876 the population was BOO. At ASTORIA STARTS IRA OF EXPANSION Work Begins on Four Great Projects. INCREASE IN COMMERCE IS AIM Remarkable Development Port Trade Predicted. of THOUSANDS AT EXERCISES Portlanders See First Work on Hill Terminals and Dock System Ii. C. Gilman Issues Warning Against Realty Speculation. BY SHAD O. KRANTZ. ASTORIA. Or, June 3 (Special.) If the shade or the original John Jacob Astor were present here today it must have marveled at tho wondertul devel opment that is certain to follow the work started this afternoon. The modest trading post that Astor, the fur trader, founded here, 103 years ago began today . its first actual and practical development Into a seaport and rail port of world-wide relations. Plans for four great development projects, the Columbia River Highway, the North Bank rail and steamship ter minals, the Astoria municipal docks and the Astoria reclamation wall, cul minated today in the first actual con struction work on each of these en terprises. There is a world of significance in today's event. These plans were not discussed, these projects were not con sidered and a squad of Imaginative speakers did not say these things ought to be done. Work actually was started on each of these four big undertakings. Each Project Is Big One. Either one of these projects in Itself would be sufficient, it is believed, to bring to a full realisation the fondest dreams of the most enthusiastic As torlan for a greater -and better city. When combined, promise is given of developing here at the mouth of the Columbia a commercial center that will vie with established commercial cen ters for the future supremacy in the trade of the Pacific In this Industrial expansion Astoria has ceased to be provincial. The com munities immediately tributary to As toria have ceased to be provincial. They realize that all this territory at the mouth of the Columbia and for many miles inland is one great In dustrial, social and economic com munity, and that the events or the next few years will serve to make It more so. Throngs at Westport Exercises. So the Columbia highway ceremonies at Westport. the North Bank dock cele bration at Flavel and the dock and reclamation festivities in Astoria were observed by a common populace as in cidents In a common development serv ing one good end. Visitors from Astoria, Seaside, Flavel, Warrenton and from the countryside for many miles about traveled to Westport this morning. They awaited here the arrival of the train bearing visitors from Portland and other parts of the state. All by their presence wanted to manifest their Interest lit the events that mean so much to the fuure of this extreme Northwestern part of Oregon. At Westport the first figurative spike" was driven in the Columbia River highway. Julius L. Meier, presi dent of the Columbia River Highway Association, drove, but it was a double team of horses. C C Chapman, personal represen tative or Governor West, handled the plow and managed, once in a. while, to keep the point In the ground, thus leaving some visible evidence that actual work had been done. Portland Party Introduced. As an act or taking part in the cere monies. Judge E. C Judd. or Clatnon County, and C. J. Johnson, of the con tracting firm of Johnson & Peterson, which is building the highway, held the horses' bridles while the cameras clicked and the moving Dlctura ma chines ground out 'a few hundred feet of films. The Westport Incident served also as means of formally introducing- ). Portland party to the Astoria recep tion committee. The committee in cludes G. B. Johnson. Ii. M. rh.r.v Wallace R. Struble. Dr. R. Il. Hoakln' E. E. Gray. Mayor of Astoria: R T. Oakley. C. J. Johnson. Brennan Van dusen. H. G. Vandusen. Herman Prael. J. S.- Dellinger. Dr. W. C Logan, Judge E. C. Judd. W. Kelly. J. T. Jeffries. 1'. J. Stokes. J. B. Kilmore. H. C. James. J. E. Gratke. F. B, Graff and others. Thousands at Flavel. From Westport the train nrocaarfai with only a brief delay at Astoria, ta Flavel, where the exercises incident to beginning of actual construction on the new Hill terminals took place. This- ceremony was attended h thousands of people. Special trains had come In from all near-by points. Astoria closed un its business nin. and turned out almost as one great party. Hundreds of families hrnno-ht their lunch baskets and picnicked in the shade of the towering trees near the terminal site. This ceremony served also t brine- Into intimate contact with the Astoria public L. C. Gilman. president of the the last census it' waa given S020. XCuacluded ou Paso 4-i. 1