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THE HORNING OREGONIAIi, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1917. "f GALE DRIVES 100 FIRES 111 MONTANA Forestry Officials Alarmed by High Wind That Sends Flames Toward Homes. RESORTS WILL BE SAFE lone, Wash., Is Threatened and Pop ulace Spends Day Wetting Roofs in Effort to Prevent Fire From Wind-Borne Sparks. MISSOULA, Mont.. Aug. 26. A disas ter of stupendous proportions Is feared tomorrow when a hundred Western Montana forest fires, driven by a gale which arose late tonight, began to sain headway through the mountain valleys about Missoula. District Forester Rut ledge made no attempt to conceal his alarm tonight. No reports were available from the forests where greatest danger is ex pected as almost every fire is now in forests far from any settlements. Resorts Will Be Saved. The fact that the wind is blowing out of the east will save Lolo Hot Springs and the small towns in the Lower fit ter Root Valley from the 15-mile-long fire west of them. But the same wind may bring the Blackfoot fires back from the upper ends of the Blackfoot and Clearwater Valleys, where there are no homesteaders, into settled re gions near Missoula. Settlers above Seeley Lake began coming down the valley yesterday for safety, though the fires were not then menacing them. Mr. ' Rutledge again tonight denied emphatically persistent rumors of men lost in the Lolo and Seeley Lake fires. He said a close check is kept of the men and no one could be lost without immediate discovery of his absence. One Reported Missing. One man has been reported missing from a small crew, he said, but the fire was small and the man is thought to have come to town. Forest fires, which last night seemed to have gotten beyond the con trol of the local fighters, threatened the town of lone. Wash., and an ap peal for volunteers was sent to neigh boring towns. Sparks, carried by a high wind, endangered the homes in the city and the population worked all day wetting the roofs to prevent their Igniting. At Seattle forestry officials yester day were worried by the spread of fires into green timber, particularly in Eastern Pacific and Eastern Lewis Counties where the timber is ripe for a dangerous blaze. Cooperage Camp Bnrns. Astoria reports last night indicated that part of the camp of the Western Cooperage Company had been burned, a fire was raging near the P lamer camp close to the railroad and that the Big Creek logging company's fire .had been checked. Twenty fires were reported in Lane County, those at Not! and Triangle Lake being the most serious. Ten of the fires are on the McKenzie. Hood River seldom saw the sun yes terday, the curtain of smoke from the Upper Valley fires converting the day into twilight. Most of the fires in Douglas County were reported under control. Troopers under the command of Cap tain Hogan reached St. Helens yester day to take up the chase of firebugs in the woods, and were in constant con ference with timber officials. Jefferson Fires Checked. Albany reported that the fires on the slope of Mount Jefferson had been controlled after three miles of timber had been burned. .A. new fire near Gates was discovered and the Ham mond Lumber Company rushed a crew to help fight the flames. Twenty additional fire fighters were sent yesterday to the assistance of the crew already operating asr-inst the stubborn forest fire on Still creek, in the vicinity of Government Camp on Mount Hood. The force at the Still creek fire now numbers 40 fighters. George H. Cecil. United States dis trict Forester, said yesterday that the fire In the vicinity of Mount Hood was by far the most serious of any in this section of Oregon, but expressed the belief that the strengthened crew now employed against it would hold the fire in check. Rain IS ceded to Save Fornli. Reports were received of several new fires in the forests of Northeastern "Washington, though the seriousness of the outbreaks was not determined. A dense bank of smoke hovered over Portland all day yesterday, making the sun appear but a dim red ball in the morning and early afternoon, and ob literating it for good several hours be fore sunset. At about 6 P. M. the smoke bank had settled close to earth, and appeared as a heavy fog blanket ing the city. A fine screen of ashes was also carried in on the light north west wind, and lay a minute coating over porches and steps in the residence section. Outside of the fact that the smoke makes the air rather oppressive and causes the eyes to smart, no damage is being done by this unusual condition of the atmosphere. The smoke and ash are being blown in from the forest fires in Columbia County, northwest of Multnomah. IOXE, WASH., IS THREATENED Sparks Light on Roofs and People Send Call for Help. SPOKANE, Aug. 26. A forest fire which advanced to within a mile of lone. In the northeastern corner of the state, threatened the town with de struction today. A hundred men worked all day wet ting their roofs to prevent sparks, car ried" by a strong northeast wind, from igniting them, and late today appealed to Newport for assistance. NEW FIRES CAUSE CONCERN Green Timber Threatened If Blazes Escape 2 00 Fighters. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 26. Not for three years have the forests of Western Washington been riper for serious fire damage than they are at present, ac cording to State Fire Warden Pape, here today. Thus far little green tim ber has been burned west of the Cas cades, but the number of fires reported each day appears to be on the increase, and the undergrowth is dry. A force of approximately 200 men Is constantly engaged in fighting small fires. Two new fires near Morton and a large blaze in second-growth timber near Walville, in Eastern Pacific Coun ty, were reported today. Small blazes in Eastern Lewis County, while as yet responsible for little damage, are giv- Ing the firefighters more concern than any others. The timber there is thick, the population sparse, and any fire that got out of control would almost cer tainly destroy a large amount of valu able timber. N'EW FIRES ARE DISCOVERED Forest Rangers Report Santiam Blazes Are Under Control. ALBANY. Or., Aug. 26. (Special.) Forest rangers fighting the forest fire on the slope of Mount Jefferson re ported to Supervisor Hall here this afternoon that they believe they had it under control. It has covered a terri tory three miles long and half a mile wide, but has burned largely in an old burn and in snow brush. It is above the main timber line, so has destroyed very little good timber. A new fire started today on White Water Creek, 15 miles east of Detroit. It is yet a ground fire and not run ning rapidly, but is in green timber. A fire near the pyramids, south of De troit, is burning yet, but all other fires in the Santiam National forest are under control. Government rangers today reported a big tire outside the reserve south of Gates. Details are lacking, but rang ers report that from a distance it looks like a dangerous fire. The Hammond Lumber Company is sending in a crew of men to fight it. The fire near Berlin, outside the re serve, is burning yet, and a new fire east of Lebanon on deeded lands was reported last night. Virtually all avail able Are fighters in this section are now at work, and the situation is get ting dangerous. , LOGGISG COMPANY FIRE DIES Small Blazes Reported on Lower River, but Loss Is Small. ASTORIA, Or, Aug. 26. While small forest fires are burning in various sec tions of the lower river district none of them, so far as reported, has entered the green timber, and the property dam age Is not great. The fire at the Big Creek Logging Company's camp near Knappa is re ported to be under control, but a large force of men is still engaged in stamp ing it out. At the Western Cooperage tract on the Klaskanine River a fire has been burning in the slashings for two or three days and one of the com pany's camps was partly destroyed, but the flames have about died out. A blaze started yesterday close to the railroad in the Plamer camp on the Walluskl River, and backfires have been set to hold it off, with every indi cation that the damage will be only nominal. At the north bank on Grays River, Washington, a fir destroyed one donkey engine and also burned a trestle. It is now said to be under control. SUX SELDOM SEEN AT HOOD Smoke Forms Curtain and Rain Is Only nope of Fighters. HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) So dense has been the blanket of smoke from forest fires today that perpetual twilight has prevailed in Hood River. At times the sun has been entirely obscured and again It ap peared as a dim red orb floating at the zenith. The most of the smoke is coming from fires between here and Vancouver, Wash., on the north bank of the Colum bia. Motorists arriving here say that everything in the timbered belt be tween Vancouver and the Little White Salmon River seems ablaze. While it does not appear to be spreading fast, the fire in the upper valley National forest still demands the attention of rangers and crews. It is thought that the fire can only be conquered by a rain. Lookout stations report that the Im penetrable blanket of smoke is render ing ineffective their work of locating new fires. LANE COUNTY HAS 20 FIRES Blazes in Region of Notl and Trl-angl- Lake Are Most Serloui. EUGENE, Or., Aug. 26. (Special.) Between 20 and 25 fires are burning in the forests of Lane County today, but none is very dangerous or is bother ing very much, according to M. J. Skinner, fire warden of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company. The fires are burning on cut-over lands and in dead timber. Men are fighting some of the more serious fires and others are be ing watched closely by fire patrols. Between 10 and 15 fires are burning on the Mackenzie, three on the Wil lamette, two east of Cottage Grove and three on the Mohawk. Several fires are also reported in Western Lane County, where Fire Warden Oglesby and a force of men are employed. The most dangerous fires in that region are near Noti and Triangle Lake. SOLDIERS SEEKING FIREBUGS Captain Hogan and 2 6 Troopers Arrive at St. Helens. ST. HELENS, Or, Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) Fire near Trenholm Is now into green timber and doing considerable damage. Other fires are becoming un der control. Twenty-six troopers of Cavalry Troop A, under command of Captain Hogan, arrived here tonight. Captain Hogan is in conference with the coun ty officials and timbermen. The ob ject of this visit is to capture, if pos sible, the person or persons responsi ble for the fires. This city will be made their headquarters, fires being more accessible irom this place. Walla Walla Fires Quiet. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Aug. 26. (Special.) Considerable smoke was noticed here today, but from what can be learned tonight from officers no serious fires are known in this imme diate district. On the Upper Tucannon and in the Minam forest reserve in La Grande County larger fires are burning. Logs and Engines Burn. CENTRALIA, Wash., Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) The Hill Logging Company, at Bunker, sustained a $4000 loss Friday night from a fire that spread from a slashing Four hundred thousand feet of logs were consumed and three don key engines damaged. Harold Brown, who started the slashing without a permit, was fined $50 and costs yester day. ARGENTINA JS IMPATIENT No Answer Is Received . to Protest and Ultimatum Is Expected. BUENOS AIRES. Aug. 26. The For eign Office has announced that no re ply had been received from Berlin to Argentina's protest against the sinking of the steamer Tor, nor to the reminder sent to Germany that the first note had not been answered. Government offi cials do not attempt to minimize the gravity of the situation caused by this delay. A high official In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said last night to the Associated Press: "The Argentina gov ernment is determined to put an end to this grave question in the shortest pos sible time." He intimated that an ultimatum was being prepared. I HOME Explorer Returns After Four Years and Reports Crock erland Is Mirage. FOOD SUPPLIES ARE LOW Arrival of Relief Ship Settles Argu ment in Igloo Over War and Ex pedition Is Successful With out Single Loss. aiTONET, N. S., Aug. 26. -Donald B. MacMlllan's Arctic exploration expe dition arrived hero tonight on the re lief steamer Neptune, after four years in the polar regions. MacMillan, who was one of Rear Admiral Peary's lieutenants on his suc cessful dash for the North Pole, con firmed previous dispatches frcm him that there was no Crocker Land, such as had been reported by Peary. Mirage Cause of Error. Peary's mistake was due to a mirage so real that the MacMillan party had been deceived by it for four days, he said. The first objective of tthe MacMillan expedition, which was organized under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History and the American Geographical Society, with the co-operation of the University of Illinois, was to prove or disprove the existence of Peary's Crocker Land, which has been a prolific source of dispute among geog raphers and scientists. The next pur pose of the expedition was to conduct a survey of the Greenland Ice cap. Explorer Is Reticent. While MacMillan did not deny that he had made some discoveries, he was reticent concerning them, saying he was under orders to report to the Museum of Natural History in New York. He plans to leave Tuesday for his home in Freeport, Me., and thence to New York. The health of the explorers was good, as had been reported previously by wireless. "We had good luck," MacMillan said. "Provisions were plentiful and there was plenty of game and eggs to be secured, but I am glad Bartlett (in command of the relief expedition) came along. We were getting pretty low and might not have lasted another Win ter." Mirage Lasts Fonr Days. Touching on Crocker Land, MacMil lan said: "Peary was deceived by a mirage, due to layers of air at different densities suspended close to the ice. Peary sighted this supposed land from a cliff 1100 feet high. We mounted the same cliff and for four days were deceived. Finally when the sun shifted it was i no longer there. "It was but a mirage, but so clear that you could see green hills covered with vegetation rising high above the water. It was supposed to be 120 miles northwest from Cape Thomas Hubbard, but we sailed 151 miles northwest, pass ing over the supposed Crocker Land. Peary Sincere In View. 'It was a wonderful image. It de ceived the whole party and Small (Jon athan C. Small, mechanic and general aide) insisted for a Ions time that Crocker Land was somewhere near, but finally we had to admit that Peary was mistaken. Don't think, however, that Peary was faking. It would deceive any man, no matter who he was." The expedition was carried through without the loss of a man and not withstanding disaster at the very start. The explorers left North Sydney In July, 1913, on the steamer Diana, but were wrecked on Borges Point, on the Labrador coast. Undaunted, they returned to St. Johns. Newfoundland, and were trans ferred to the steamer Enic, which landed the party at its base, Etah, August 20. Kftklmo Life la Adopted. "We had some hardships, of course, due to the cold, but we had no sick ness whatever," said MacMillan. "The only thing that saved us from scurvy was our fresh meat supply. The men always got fresh meat until near the last, when Small and I lived on dog biscuits and duck eggs. I tell you, Bartlett was welcomed by us. When Bob arrived Small and I were the only two members of the expedition at Etah. We were living with Eskimos and had planned to stay all Winter with them, but a taste of real bread was certainly welcome after eating dog biscuits for two or three months. War Cause of Debate. "Eskimos had brought us word that the war was on, but we knew practi cally nothing about it until Bartlett ar rived with papers and put an end to the arguments Small and I had been hav ing on whether the Germans had reached Paris." The relief of MacMillan and Small by Captain Robert Bartlett in the staunch sealing steamer Neptune enhances the reputation Bartlett has earned as one of the foremost Arctic navigators. Captain Bartlett s relief expedition was the third one sent out. Captain Bartlett is well known wherever Arctic exploration is discus sed. He was with Peary on several of his polar voyages and was in command of the Roosevelt on Peary's last suc cessful dash for the pole. Peary hon ored the doughty captain by keeping him with him until the final dash for the pole, thus giving Bartlett the dis tinction of being the o.ily white man, besides Peary, to get so near the top of the world. MacMillan was last heard from July 27, when he reported that he would be home by September 15. At that time he reported the discovery of six new islands and that Peary's Crocker Land was a mirage. He said that last year he had reached King Christian land and North Cornwall, neither of which had been explored before, and that his party had made extensive maps of the coast line for many miles. Food, his message said, was ample for several months, large caches being stocked with seal and walrus meat. He also reported his plans to make another excursion Into the polar re gions in the Spring, making 8000 miles by dog team by the time that the trip was completed. In exploring the islands that he found In polar waters, he said that he dis covered tracks of many edible animals, and the food supply In the district would be sufficient for a long drive to the pole. LABOR COST TO BE HIGHER Fleet Corporation Expected to Recom pense Ship Contractors. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Aug. 26. The agreement reached today between the Shipping Board and representatives of labor is taken to foreshadow a general rise in wages in HAGMILU! ' FROM FAR NORTH shipyards, and shipbuilders who have been conferring with the board esti mate that as a result of this agree ment the cost of building ships for the Fleet Corporation wiil be increased about J15 per ton. This increase so far as existing con tracts are concerned would be absorbed by the Shipping Board, there being a provision to that effect in the contracts and assurances are said to have been given that similar provision will be made in future contracts. Up to this time, however, there Is no tacit understanding between the board and shipyards which are now building vessels originally contracted for by foreign governments or foreign buyers and which have since been comman deered by the United States, but the un derstanding is that where the cost of such ships is increased as a result of this labor agreement the yard will be fully recompensed. This detail, however, is yet to be re duced to writing. CROWDED HEAVENSSEEN ALEXANDER WINTON SEES GREAT FITl'RE FOR AIRSHIPS. Pioneer Auto Builder, Here to Install Engines In Ships, Says Aeroplanes Will Not Hurt Motors. After the war is over watch the de velopment of the flying machine it will be more wonderful even than the rapid transition of the first old-time one-lunger turned out by the automo bile manufacturer as compared to the magnificent many-cylindered motorcar of today, according to Alexander Win ton, founder and president of the great motor plant at Cleveland bearing his name. Accompanied by C. P. Salisbury, me chanical engineer, and G. W. Codding ton, guarantee engineer, Mr. Winton arrived in Portland last night direct from Cleveland. He will personally su pervise the installation in ships of a number of the giant engines, built by the Winton Company. Mr. Winton predicts for the aeroplane the greatest possible future and said it would not interfere at all with the automobile trade, they having their dis tinct lines of advantage. "You will see the aeroplane doing a general passenger and freight business after the war," said Mr. Winton. "They have no limit except man's ability to improve, and will be carrying the mails all over this country and will be cross ing the ocean. They will develop carry ing capacity nad their speed is vitally important. They will do the general business of today through the air, and are going to be the wonderful carriers of the future. One thing that helps them is that there is plenty of room up there and no trouble to find a track." Mr. Winton and his engineers will be at the Peninsula ship plant much of the time during the week, as some of the sips into which their engines are to be put are to be tested out in a day or two. BARRACKS NEARLY DONE Quarters for the Officers at Camp Are Prepared. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 26. (Special.) Arrangements for housing the field officers who began arriving at Camp Lewis yesterday have been made and four officers' barracks are ready for the reception of Captains and Lieuten ants and another for field officers" Brigadiers-General P. S. Foltz, H. D. Styer and Edward Burr, who will be attached to the staff of Major-General Henry A. Greene, camp commander, have arrived at the post and looked over the cantonment, but will not move there until Major-General Greene ar rives. According to the report which Cap tain Snyder, assistant construction quartermaster, sent to Washington, D. C, today, the completed construc tion of the cantonment is as follows: Company barracks, 80 per cent; of ficers' barracks, 48 per cent; plumbing and kitchens, 26 per cent: roads, 48 per cent; interior wiring, 45 per cent; transmission lines, CO per cent; hospi tal, 33 V4 per cent. The number of men employed up to last night on cantonment construction was 9634. Work was started yesterday on the last of the building groups. The sills were laid on three of the sanitary trains on the north side of the camp. The heavy and light artillery groups are nearing completion and in another week they will be ready. These bar racks will not be used at once, as it is planned to fill the 144 barracks of the First, Second, Third and Fourth In fantry brigades first. Headquarters for the telegraph stations have been put into commission. Telephone switchboards will be working in a short time. BERLIN MAKES APOLOGY German Air Squadron's Bombs In Holland Said to Be Mistake. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 26. An official communication issued by the Foreign Ministry says that In response to the protest of the Dutch government against a flight over Dutch territory on August 18 by an air squadron which dropped bombs, Germany has expressed regrets and explained that a channel squadron had lost Its way in the thick clouds. The Dutch Minister at Berlin has been instructed to inform the German government that this explanation does not Justify a flight over Zeeland by two planes, one of which descended and the other of which was shot down. The Ministry is charged to renew the pro test against the violation of Dutch ter ritory by the dropping of bombs. TRAIN WRECK KILLS ONE Great Northern East Kail Derailed Near Trinidad, Wash. WENATCHEE, Wash., Aug. 26. (Special.) W. B. Derush, engineer, was killed and C. F. Ellis, fireman, received serious injuries early today when the engine, cab and two express cars on the Great Northern fast mail train No. 27, westbound, was derailed near Trini dad, Wash. The mail train, due here at 10:4 7 o'clock last night, was run ning about seven hours late. Engineer Derush was 47 years old and resided in Spokane. Early this month he completed 25 years' continu ous service for the Great Northern Railway. HOTEL CONGRESS RAIDED Two Soldiers and Four Women Taken on Liquor Charges. James Hansen and George V. Stam brook, soldiers, were arrested last night in a room at the Congress Hotel, Sixth and Main streets, . and charged with violating the prohibition law. Patrolmen Hunt and Simpson, who made the arrest, say the men were giv ing liquor to four women, who also, it is alleged, were In the room. The women, who were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, are: Marie Clark, 32; Way Crane, 25; Mrs. Eva Cole, 19, and Doris Whitney, 20. Auto A most exclusive line of Restaurants, made in Suit Case, Running Board and Robe Rail styles. Whatever you wish, whether to be carried in the auto or by hand, we have it, and a most beautiful line from which to select. OUR DE LUXE LINE comprises the very newest designs, with attractive linings and channel edges, making them dust-proof. The new cradle space for Thermos Bottles reduces breakage to the minimum. $2.00 Hughes' Ideal Hair Brush, waterproof. 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Mr. Jantzen and Mr. Schmuckli, brothers-in-law, were carrying the children on their shoulders, and were wading towards an island in the mid dle of the river. The children became frightened and began pulling the two men under. Mr. Jantzen swam on, reaching the island safely. Mr. Schmuckli noticed that his wife was failing, and in trying to as sist her lost Helen from his back. She sank and did not come up again. All the others reached the island safely. Mr. Jantzen is secretary-treasurer of the Portland Knitting Company. The party left Portland yesterday and went up the Columbia Highway to Corbett by automobile. They returned to the city last night. An effort will be made to recover the child's body today. SHOTS ECHO IN CAPITOL Home Rifles Use Tunnel Said to Have Been Closed Since War. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Rifle shots echoed through the subterranean pas sageways of the Capitol last night when the Washington Home Rifles, a branch of the Home Defense League, opened a practice range in a corridor which is said to have been closed sinco the Civil War, when troops were quar tered in it. Special permission of Congress was obtained. Many Capitol employes are members of the organizaticn. Home Near Warehouses Burns. GRANGEVILLE, Idaho, Aug. 26. iistDHtilliSESB ESffiJ . IT .11 Ni BanXBuildin&v Restaurants and Lunch Kits For Two, Five, Six and Seven Persons. This is the first showing of these cases in Portland and is without doubt the last word in Auto Restaurants. Some of the new num bers are now being shown in our Alder-street window. Prices from 9.00 to 70.00, BRISTLE GOODS 50c Ivory Buffer on OQn sale at OQ Antiseptic Hair -Clean- Ltn.?. "25c, 50c 35c Tooth Brush on OCn 50c Nail Brush sale now at 60c Cloth Brush, solid back, seven rowsQ7i bristles, now at....3lu 25c Klean-Rlte now at. 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The resolution was sent by telegraph to Chairman Garfield, of the Federal price fixing committee, and a delega tion of three was selected to go to Washington to support It. SOLDIERS WRECK STORE Colorado Guardsmen Retaliate for Ejection of Member. DENVER, Aug. 26. A crowd of be tween 50 and. 100 soldiers, members of the Colorado National Guard, late to night wrecked the front of the store of the Colorado Candy Company, near the heart of the downtown business district, by hurling bricks through the plate glass windows. The Incident was a sequel to a disturbance at the same locality Saturday night when a guards man was evicted from .he store. The soldiers dispersed before police reserves arrived. CASCADES CLAIM VICTIM Fish Wheel Operator Falls Off of Scow at Locks. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) A telephone message tonight in formed Coroner Bartneas that Robert Amos, a fishwheel operator at Cascade Locks, was drowned when he fell from a scow. 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