VO L. L V N O. 1 7.0S 7.
I'OKTLAXD. OREGON, 31 ON DAY. AUGUST 30. 1915.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
KAISER THANKS HIS
Fl
it
Troops Cheer Ruler on
Battlefield.
SOLEMN CEREMONIAL STAGED
Emperor Central Figure
' Heroic Setting.
of
TOY SHINES IN HIS FACE
Eealde rt of Novojeorglevsk,
Takes) by Cfnuoi, William
Talk to III Counlle Thou
moiI After pe-ial Trip.
FT JAHC CPOXStlt PEXRKTT.
CapTrtaM. IMa, t CTte Trta
r"aa!nl r erraaa-at.i
SOVOOKOttGIEVSK. Aug. 20. (By
wiilltary courltr to Warsaw and Ber-
I ( ) Let Autumn th wrltr had tba
foci fortua to b ab!a to lv a d
tatl4 r.-tur of th CttmM Emparor
i rharrh with hi troop- Luck stays
with ma. and I can now rla a descrip
tion cf th Empror on th battUfleld.
At church ha u ITt. Intent, mo-
.!. On ih.a TUtorlous field of
NoTo.or;;ah ha buoyant,
nctlv. JovUl and slmpl. Ha Mood
lMalnc ellahtty on an old-fashioned.
ctrvsd-handll can of brtaht j.low
woo4 (a cana that majr ha cost as
mark a II . aad ha spok to tha aol
Ver wits tba alrepla hartlrs of a
brother In arm.
far. sea. 11 I Mately.
In tha lat yr I ha e many a
bitter ilcl and many a splendid ona.
tut thia ftmor broccM tha uprm
tsrttl ef tham all for It brought to ma
a, t.w ef what la at one tha stateliest
ad noal aueer of carsroonlal that
at tha Kalaar prad and tha aattlnc
for It normu la Ita stnt and
,erwhlrolnc In Ita pictorial value.
torn auiir of ctrmol with a
f.niu for trine tha twit mwl have,
irtl ta la-atto for tha mmoiili
f tM hrolc day. Tia reptendrit
peasantry of oar waa nnfoldej aaalnst
ka-kroand of tnol frlaMful dola
. ton.
Thar war aran tha alar from tha
aploiin; pw4ir vaults In tha ord
nance devet of tha fortrea. of Nora
(srtifo ' tha sin. of th barn
tnc vitiaae htmmri and rolled
aainat a ky that haT with
tain cloud.
rriMMra by Tho raa.
Tha troop that tha Emperor w lo
rreet tftanai waro ntaaaed on on
af tn arande! trtr!ie cf tha treat
Warsaw plain, for league around th
jraund waa tree. snl tl In aofl
nJit tl"o. tawrl tho dvrfc distant
Una af forest and raln. A broad
feiahwar. atone h!h thousand of
ftus.lan prisoner war rnarrhlns;.
akirtad tha en of tha Kal.ar parade.
A little aftar 1 o'clock lh monae
rolor.t Unas rant streaming tip to
tho ammt of tka platn from tha
wod and formad lina ttiat mda
tnlla of in lts of bionaia and
nronld h!mrt.. and Krhlnd tham
war vilron. of hasaars.
Throoaho'tt th formation tha wall-
Inc of bnc'as drlftrd from foraat to
fnrast. f-om vltuta to vlltaaa. and
f-orri fort I f-rt. Th bnrsa c-f tha
Mana r. !'"')" to tht wjlllrc with
rsttl nrlilrc. nd tha Irnic. hoarsa
crla of rfmm4Titl Mamie! with tha
borfa note.
fMkraao I'.avrlapa nalw.
A horaaman daanrd from tha rarntar
ef th tiM to th hlchwajr aad spoka
om word thrra. and Instantly th
r'arnor of soMlars who war lrcln
ta rapturad RuUn ennon out of
tha m!r with flvht hor. I'ami su
ttllrd.
A stlar.r h.ilutc'jr rhurchliha ba
riti to anvclop th plain, and th
only aound was th snapplnc of th
rnnart In th Summer braez. Th
nt'n ta'.k'd In wnisper. not brau
an Imperial frtmrajr mi s!iplnic
bat tccaa. th ulnt and beauty
ef tha piitur mad loquacity an tm
Iartlnnc. But there war momenta In th slow
CA-oratnattnaT of certain ictitantlc da
ta!' of tha pUtur that compeiltJ
whimpered admiration of ra th men
who hat themselTca for atterlns ba
nalities In tha tar of a bis; proposi
tion. e Faraaafloa Bealaa.
There was a cry of command, then a
acufflma of many feet that waa hardly
mora than a soft brnihtnc sound. It
loaa to a ruati and became i tramp,
line, theo a areat rumb a and a rear
s It made th plain tremble ai bat
talion after battalion swunc them
aeiva ln: new formattona. and beheld?
jt koiinw squar lined wttb rank
upon rank of irsy. bad la a twlnkllnc
bean formed.
- The swiftness anj rreclalon of tl.a
Itiotemant and tie cff-cl created by
th arrea and acre of bayonets bria
tunc acalnat th dJen sky was siao
jerlne. Men whl.pered mora to tram
aelee than to' en another and wmb
rmM at eeery sj liable of th word.
"Iorerwettr. 1st nlrkt wunler
achoan. It waa Ilka haitr.i cn of Adolf Man
ael'a (lorloos Frederick th UrAt lic
turea touched to lit and then slrp-
Inc Into t middle "f lu
Th dirk ray lines became r:ld.
Jk tn.n rld n rr atot In th md1!e
MEN
IB VICTORIES
WOMEN IN DUEL
WITH BIG KNIVES
YOING MKXICAXS BATTLE FOR
Lore of corvrnvM-vx.
Both Likely lo Hie aa Bfll of
rmmainl Cla.li at blch
Other of fce Are Spectator.
irut AS-r.ELESL Cal Aif.
Struscllns; fiercely la dimly llbtd
room while sseeral woman looked on,
Mrs. Loreta Jaque and Mrs. alary Con
zales. younr iiextcan women, fouaht a
prearranrrd duel with knives ner
shortly after midnight last nleht. Sur
C eons at tha Eroersency Hospital. wbr
tba women were taken, aald today both
probably would die from their wound.
Accordlnc to the story told to police
officers who were attracted to th seen,
th women derided on the duel to de
termine which ahould recelee the at
tention of a younc Mexican.
Midnight was selected aa th hour
for the strusale and la-Inch knlvea aa
the weapona. Women friend were In
elted aa witnesses. The two women
then stripped to th walat and went to
a dark cellar, where the combat waa
stated.
EXCURSION JRAIN HITS 2
Jainra JlcCann Killed at Crusher
and Will Kulford Injured.
One roan was killed and another In
jured erly when they were atruck
by the Troop A Orea-on National Uuard
special on tha 0.-W. R. A N. Railroad
near Cruaher. on the Urldal Veil route,
about 10 A. M. yesterday.
The dead man la James alcCann. an
employe on a rock cruaher at Crushr.
Will Fulford austalned a dislocated arm
and Injuria to his bead and leg-a. H
waa struck by McCann'a body aa It waa
thrown from th track.
The men. who were atandlnr on tha
track, did not hear the approaching
train on account of the nolaa of the
rock crusher. Fulford waa taken to
(it. Vincent Hospital.
BRITAIN SENDS MORE GOLD
Nearly $15,000,000, Part Secnrl
llea, to Mrenctlten Credit.
NEW YORK. Aug. :. Nearly ISO.
. In sold and securities worth
K3.oe.0o. tba second largest shipment
sect from London to strengthen Brit
ish credit la this country, arrived
br early today on a special train
of seeaa steel cars, guarded by It
armed me ix
The shipment came direct by rail
from Halifax. N. . lo which port It
ro nee red by a British warship
convoyed by smaller craft. On the way
to New York the train waa preceded
by a pilot angtn and car.
The gold and securities were con
signed to J P. Morgan Co, for ac
count of tha Britlah government.
NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE
Tevae .Mob Take Ilcirngc for Kill
ing of Deputy Sheriff.
ht l.rilt R prill.Nit.S, Tex- Aug. :.
Itctenae foe the lalns of a eputy
Sheriff and the wounding of the Coun
tr fchenrf waa taken by a mob her
lata today, when King Richmond, a
negro, seriously wounded, 'and the
body of hla brother. Joe. killed by the
officers, were burned at the stak In
Bufford Park.
In a fight with an armed poena north
of her earlier In th day. th two
Richmond shot and killed Deputy
Sheriff Nathan A. Fllppen and prob
ably fatally wounded sheriff J. B.
Itutlrr.
INCENDIARY STARTS BLAZE
Offk-e of I'lrdiiionl fuel Company
mrird and Set Afire.
After lalng a train of paper to a
lavy curtain, a firebug started a b!ax
in the offlc of the Piedmont Fuel Com
pany. tT WKItami avenue, early last
night. Th build. ng was saved by F. T.
Croat, th manager, who threw a bucket
of water on the flames.
Entrance to the office waa gained
through a window. The firebug rifled
Mr. Groat's desk and placed all th pa.
pars in an old atovc. From the top of
th stove a long string of paper ex
tended to th curtain, which would have
set fire to th wall had It been Ignited.
BULGARIA DELAYS TREATY
Note From Quadruple Kntcnte Stay
Signature With Turkey.
RERUN. Aug. :. (Ry wireless to
Sayvllla. N. Y.) "Aci-orJing to Sofia re
ports." th Ovrea New Agency says.
-Bulgaria haa postponed for soma days
tha signing of th treaty with Turkey,
the quadruple entente having notified
her that such action at the present time
would be regarded aa a wilfully un
friendly act.
"Nevarthelesa th two powers are In
complete agreemlnl."
SIDEWALK JCY; MAN HURT
ladvillc, Colo., Hlk (iocs lo Hos
pital With Sprained Hip.
I.EADV1LI.E. Colo. Aug. . Spe
clal ) ,miiel Thomas, blacksmith at
the Yak tunnel and chaplain of tha
local lodge of Kike, fell on an Icy
sidewalk In front of his hom hare a
few nlghta ago. spraining h.s hip. H
waa removed to a hospital.
LeadvlU haa an altitud of 19.i00
feet, and haa been vtaited by a series
of early frosts, accompanied by freea-ln
F-4IS
RAISED TO SURFACE
Diver Towed to Quar
antine at Honolulu.
GRAFT SUBMERGED 5 MONTHS
Officals Tell Nothing of Condi
tions Within. Boat.
WRECK STILL 6 FEET DEEP
Vessel Which Sank. With Officer
and Crew of SI, March S3, Is
Ilronght to Top of Water
After Arduous )fforta.
HONOLULU. T. II., Aug;. S. Subma
rine F-t. which went to tha bottom off
tha llarbor or Honolulu. March 15. 1S15.
during practice maneuvers, and carried
to their death Lieutenant Alfred L. Ed
and a crew of 21 men. waa successfully
raised today and at 4 o'clock P. M- waa
towed to quarantine.
Although the F-4 has been brought
Into the harbor, the wreck Is atlll aub
merged to a 'depth of six feet and prob
ably will not be drydocked until Tues
day. Nothing has been divulged by
Naval officials regarding conditions. If
known. Inside tho boat.
Raising la Deae Quickly.
The actual raising operation occupied
two hours, th plans of th engine-
working without a hitch. The atlll
ubmerged derelict was towed slowly
Into th harbor, where all the shipping,
Including the Interned German gunboat
Ueier. half-masted their flags.
When the submarine haa been dry-
docked a board, composed of Rear
Admiral Clifford J. Boush. commandant
of the Naval station; Lieutenant Klrhy
B. Crittenden and Naval Instructor
Julius A. Furer. will begin a thorough
Investigation for the purpose of as-
certainlna. If possible, the cause of
the disaster.
Beam Atteaapts Fall.
The F-4. commanded by Lieutenant
Alfred L. Ede and carrying a crew of
II men. went lo the. bottom during
maneuvers of the f" squadron. She
m-aa located two days later and Diver
John Agra, of the Navy, descended
!li feet, establishing a new world's
record. In an effort to facilitate the
work of bringing her to the aurface.
Her crew. It was said, might have been
alive at this time, but attempts at
rescue railed, and on March 1 Rear
Admlral Moore, commanding the Hono
lulu Naval station, reported that F-4
lay In 170 feet of water, and would
have to be raised by pontoon.
Merrelary Daniel announced that the
boat would be raised at any cost. In
order to determine the cause of the ac
cident and diving apparatus and divers
wera s-nt out. leaving Kan Francisco
April ( on the cruiser Maryland.
One of these divers. Frank, Crilly.
went down 2:1 feel and found one of
the compartment cf the F4 filled
with water. Another. William Lough
man, deerended 223 feel the next day
and waa seriously injured by water
pressure-
NOW HE
SUBMARINE
ENTRANCE TO THE SEVEN SEAS M Sl5jp
s s itfiila doggies!)
INDEX OF TOWS NEWS
Th Weather.
TE.TERDATS Maximum temperature,
decree; minimum temperature ts
Srea.
TODAYS Fair, northwesterly wlnda.
VVar.
Rasalan line la broken and rtrat la b.
coming utter rout. Pas X.
Kaiser tharSx hla troops on battlefield ea
Novosaorslavak. Pass 1.
Xatleaal. '
President Wlleon to stay In Washington un
til Uermaa controversy la saltlea. rag a
Oeneral Bcott retires from Mexican border
with fund of information. Pasa z.
Powder mills In Delaware and Maaaachu
setts destroyed. Pas 1
Ifeaneatsc. Women flaht prearranged duel with knlvea
(or Mexican love; both may dla. Pag
New trade sought for Great Northern Pacific
strsmers. Pas 8.
F-4 Is brought to surface at Honolulu.
Page 1.
Sport.
PaHfl Coast Leasue results: Portland
l.oa Angeles 0-e; San Francisco a-2.
Vernon 6-J; Salt Lake B-S. Oakland 4.-1.
Pas 5.
Sixty-three beginners establish shoot record
for Portland Oun Club. . Pas
Detroit and Boston win In American
Lagu. Pas S.
Pacific Northwest.
Steamer at dock In Seattle 1 rammed and
aunk. Pag 1.
Finance and Industry.
Henrr Clowa sees danaer from axceaa ol
optlmlara. Page .
Portland aad Vk-lalty.
Broadway gal pa and follows Fannl Harley
In trousers, rag 1
Astee gets ay with 5000 tons of wheat
for Australia. Pag lu.
Influence of Neptun to b felt at Astoria
recatta. Pace a. v
Cheers arret film actors in "Th Birth of a
Nation" at Mel us. rag (.
Estern manufacturer daclarea war aalvatlon
of Ermocratte party. Pag v.
Three hundred men fighting forest lire
nesr Mount Hood. Pss 1-
Whitney's boy singers heard at Y. M. C.
Pax 7.
Dr. W. H. Van Allen calls un-ChrlsUan
Peaco at Any Price" Idea. Page .
Vtrs. 8. T. Rorr her and 1 to apeak to
day. Paga 8.
Everybody urged to buy peachca thle week.
Pag ir
Hen harmony In neighbor's yard causes
complaint to police. Pag S.
Trio hart In auto accident near Troutdale
at 2 A. M. Page 13.
Carl Rltter. new manager for Orpheum
Theater, arrive. Page S.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page .
TEN ACRES MAKE BIG YIELD
68-Year-Old Farm Produces 1134
Bushels of Oals.
CORVALLIS. Or.. Aug. 29. (Special.)
The best yield of small grain In Ben
ton County Is believed to have come
from 10 4 acres farmed by Walter N
Locke, five miles north or this city.
Mr. Locke threshed 1124 bushels of
oats, a net yield of 10S bushels an acre.
The land on which th oats waa
grown waa homesteadod by Mr. Locke's
grandfather in 1147. A few years ago.
after the farm bad "run down." Mr.
Locke brought the land back by means
of clover and rotation of crops.
WAR GRIEF BRINGS SUICIDE
German-Born Woman Kills Self Be
cause Sons Fight Fatherland.
' SPOKANE. Wash Aug. 29 Mrs.
Augusta Hols, whose two sons are
righting In the armies or France, com
mitted aulclde here today. Mr. and
Mrs. Hols were natives or Germany.
In early lire they moved with their
children to France, where they lived
several years. When the old people
came to America the sons remained
in Paris.
Despondency over the thought or her
children In arms against the father
land Is believed to have prompted her
to suicide.
WANTS US TO CARRY THE
mm RAMMER
AND SUNK AT DOCK
Heavy Smoke Pall
Seattle Is Cause.
at
CRAFT IS ALMOST SUBMERGED
Paraiso Crashes Into Admiral!
Watson in Harbor.
LONGSHOREMAN IS KILLED
Losg Estimated at $50,000 Vessel
Which Hits Loading Steamship
Uninjured Forest Fires Cover
Bay With Dense Clouds.
SEATTLE, Wash, A us. 29. (Spe
cial.) The steamer Admiral Watson,
Captain M. M. Jonsen, operated by the
Pacific Alaska Navigation Company be
tween Seattle and Southeastern Alaska
ports, was rammed and sunk while dis
charging cargo at her dock here early
today by the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company's freighter Paraiao. ,
By high tide tonight the Admiral
Watson lay partly on her side with a
hole two feet wide and ten feet long
amidships on her starboard side. Only
her bow and pilothouse remained out
of the wkter. The damage to the Ad
miral Watson Is estimated at 50.000.
The Paraiso was uninjured.
Smoke Shuts Off View.
The accident was due to a heavy pall
or smoke rrom rorest fires overhanging
tho bay and obscuring the waterfront-
According to Andrew BJorkland. the
pilot who was moving the Paraiso rrom
one pier to another to take on addi
tional cargo, the denseness of the
smoke forced the Paraiso to stand close
enough In to be able to discern each
pier aa it loomed up. the smoke being
so thick at this that the pilot could not
see 20 yards ahead.
The dock to which the Admiral Wat
son waa moored projects into the bay
at the end ot a curve In the shoreline,
and In hugging the shore the ParalBO
struck the Admiral Watson squarely
amidships, her stern sinking rapidly In
40 feet or water.
One Man Killed.
J. Fllniore, a longshoreman, was
knocked unconscious by a falling tim
ber and died a few hours later.
The Admiral Watson had about 2J0
tons or freight on board when rammed
and was expected to sail late tonight
for the North. The vessel Is 253 feet
long. 38 feet beam, with a tonnage or
1S20.
Leaping rrom the dock, where he was
standing at the time or the collision,
to the ship aa It crashed against the
side or the wrarf. Captain M. M. Jensen
ran the boat up the slip against the
shore bulkhead and prevented it for
time rrom toppling over on Its star
bpard side.
Ropes Breakt Craft Sink.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon several
of the ropes that had held the front
part of the boat above water broke and
the steamship sank almost from view,
But for the presence of mind of po-
Cor.clu'led on Page 2. Column 5.)
BANNER.
2
POWDER MILLS IN
EAST DESTROYED
PLANTS IX MASSACHUSETTS
AXD DELAWARE BLOWN tP.
Belief Expressed Intent Wag to
Cripple Output Two Killed In
Dupont Mill Explosion.
AfTnV Mat, iiiv 90 Willi-
... ... '
cnocK mat was ieit wiu sfupjiJi'H
40 miles the glazing mill of the Amer
ican Powder Company, which since the
war has been working to its capacity,
blew up early today. So far as known
nobody was killed.
The actual money loss to the com
pany was not heaVy, but tt was stated I
that work on large ordera.-""-TiJ A-S
would be held up f-
BoS
Property . own. BB-A r,me c .-uaing
towns, particu. SV jaaynard. were
heavy losers because of shattered win
dows.
The mill had been closed down since
Saturday atternoon and the police ex
pressed the belief that the explosion
had been caused with intent to cripple
the plant- .
Armed guards have been stationed
about the works .rrfr several weeks.
WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 29. Two
workmen were instantly killed and
considerable damage was done to prop
erty by an explosion or two black pow
der mills or the Dupont Powder Com
pany in the Upper Hagley yards, near
here today.
The cause of the explosion has not
been determined, but officials say it
probably was due to a spark or to grit
in the powder.
AUTO ACICDENT IS FATAL
One Killed and Three Hurt In Mis.
hap Xear Sultan, Wash.
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 29. Captain
A. .Turner, Federal Inspector of boil
ers, was instantly killed; Mrs. Turner
and two friends, Mrs. Hattie Adams
and Miss Catherine Fesch, both ot Seat
tle, were injured, the two latter seri
ously, when Captain Turner lost control
ot his automobile today on a steep hill
near Sultan, Wash.
The machine ran into a ditch and
turned turtle, pinning Mr. and Mrs.
Turner underneath and throwing the
other occupants out. Mrs. Adams was
round unconscious, and is sorted sur
ferlng rrom. a concussion, or the brain
and internal injuries. Miss Fesch sus
tained a broken thigh and jaw. The
three women are in a hospital at Sul
tan.
COW PREFERS PEAR DIET
Hood River Animal Pastured in Or
' chard, Clears Trees.
HOOD RIVER, Or, Aug. 29. (Spe
cial.) E. Reeve Claxton, an orchardist
on the West Side, has a cow that has
been expensive to keep this Summer.
Mr. Claxton figures that the cost or the
cow's teed, including SO boxes or
d'Anjou pears, has been about $112.50,
Bossy was turned Intoathe' orchard
for pasture. She tasted the fruit of a
low-hanging limb and found it so good
that she went from tree to tree, pick
ing every pear within reach. .
Sunday's War Moves
"THERE are no sings yet of any
X slackening or the German pursuit
or the retiring Russians and, accord
ing to the official report issued in
Berlin today, progress has been made
in all sectors of the eastern battle line
except that In Northern Courland,
where the armies ot Grand Duke Nicho
las are offering an effective resist
ance.
From the southeast of Kovno, where
the Germans claim to have broken
tho Russian resistance and must, there
tore, be approaching Vilna, along the
Niemen to Grodno and thence south
eastward through the forest of Bielo-
viezh and along the borders ot the
Pripet River marshes, the Russians are
railing back to new positions.
Speculation is again being indulged
in as to whether the Germans intend
to follow the Russians further or pre
pare positions from which .they can
hold ths Muscovites, while the Teutons
attempt an orfenslve in the Balkans or
on the western lines in France and
Belgium. Military observers here are
ot the opinion that this question must
be settled before ' many days have
elapsed, arguing that with the Sum
mer coming to an end any ventures
proposed for the Fall must eoon de
velop. The artillery has been the chiet
mode or warrare on the western line.
The most activity has been" displayed
here by the guns or the allies, which
have been shelling virtually the en
tire German lines.
In addition, the allies have bfen
using their air craft in large squad
rons to bombard German positions.
It is being vaguely hinted in Lon
don that mid-October has been chosen
as the time for the long-postponed
-big push" or the allies, but the gen
eral public does not expect a strong
orfenslve movement as yet.
There has been more heavy fighting
on the Galllpoli Peninsula, according
to the Turkish official report. This
claims that-the allies suffered heavily
In a series of attacks last Friday.
August 30, 1914.
Germans arrest Richard Harding
Davis as a spy. "
Paris decides to raze own sufmrba.
in order to give forts clear range.
Germans mine approaches of Tslns
Tau. Russian army continues to march
through Eastern Prussia.
300 MEN FIGHTING
3 FIRES NEAR HOOD
Two Lately Controlled
Break Out Anew.
OOTJRT LI-.
FARMERS AIDING FORESTERS
Watershed Protection Partly
t' Ritrnnri Dupr.
WIDE AREAS ARE SWEPT
Damage to Commercial Timber Is
Xot Determined; Salmon River
Blaze Stubborn, but Weather
la Cool and Favorable.
' Nearly 300 men are righting the three
big forest tires that are raging in the
Cascades, near Mount Hood. District
Forester George H. Cecil and Assist
ant District Forester T. H. Sherrard
left for Zig Zag Rangers' Station yes
terday and will visit the fires. Many
tarmers In the Sandy (Oregon) district
have lett their crops to fight the tires.
All three or the fires lie within a
radius -of 30 . miles. The Shell Rock
creek fire, the first one to start, la on
the headwaters of the Clackamas, about
20 miles south of Mount Hod. The
White River fire, also known as the
Bonnles Butte fire, is about the same
distance southeast of Mount Hood, and
the third and biggest of the fires is on
Salmon River, about 15 miles south
west of the mountain.
The Shell Rock creek fire and the
White River fire had been controlled
by the rangera, wardens and the men
they had employed, but the heat and
high winds of Saturday and Friday
fanned them up and they got beyond
control. Thealmon River fire Is being
fought by more than 100 men and is
the most stubborn of the three.
According to the latest reports, the
Salmon River fire is covering an area
of about 2500 acres, although the for
estry officials say that areas are hard
to judge In the Umbered country. Be
fore the Shell Rock creek fire was first
controlled, it had burned over anjirea
of 1000 acres. Most .of the country
burned over is in non-commercial tim
ber. The White River and the Shell RocK
creek fires were both started by
lightning, but the Salmon River fire's
cause has not been determined. All
three were observed by the lookout on
the summit of Mount Hood and , re
ported to trie rangers' stations.
FIRES ARE RAGING IN DOUGLAS
Grain Fields ana f orests jrc uom-
-.- at T...M-
aged Considerably.
ROSEBURG. Or- Aug. 29. (Special.)
As a result ot ine .-ui.n j
weather not less than a half dozen
forest and grain fires are raging In
different parts of Douglas County, ac
cording to Fire Warden Lander, who
has returned here from the North
Umpqua River districts. Probably the
most serious fire broke out early Sat
urday, a few miles east of Roseburg.'
Fanned by a breeze, the flames spread
rapidly and finally reached a grain
field owned by Sam Whitsett, a prom
inent stocKman, aoing connuciau
damage to his property.
Forest fires are raging on nn
ralanooia River, near Hoaglin, on the
North Umpqua River, and In the vicin
ity of Myrtle Creek. Flrengniers nave
been put to work.
COLUMBIA GORGE IS AFLAME
Wind Fans Smouldering rire to
Dangerous Proportions. ,
WOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 29. (Spe
cial.) Fanned by a strong west wind,
brush fires which have been smolder
ing along the north bank of the Colum
bia for the past weeK, narea up eariy
this afternoon, and tonight the Colum
bia Gorge from a poini opi"'
Mitchells Point east to within three
quarters of a mile of Underwood Land
ing ii a spectacular mass of flames.
Every available man in the Under
wood district is out tonight fighting
the flames. So far it is euevea me
firA hs not crossed the highway wnicn
skirts the high bluff on Underwood
Mountain. If the fire gets beyond con
trol several costly country residences
and many young apple orchards will b
in danger.
Autos' Rush Men to Fires.
SANDY. Or.. Aug. 29. (Special.)'
Calls for rorest Are fighters took out
nearly all the available men from Sandy
the past week. Men have left the farms,
business and road work and joined the
forest fire fighters. The worst fire is
near Clackamas Lake. Last Sunday the
first of the men left here. On Wednes
day 150 men left here for the scene of
th lire, and every automobile that
could be spared was pressed into serv
ice and rushed to the mountains. Sev
eral automobiles loaded with men from
Portland passed through here this week
on their way to the fires, and the Port
land automobile stages have been
loaded to their capacity.
Mill City Woman Laid to Rest
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
The funeral of Mrs. W. H. Rambo. for
many years a resident or Mill City, wh,o
died Friday in a hospital in Portland,
was held today from the First Presb;
terian Church In this city.
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