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8 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 2, 1917, MOUNT HOOD FIRE 15 LESS DANGEROUS Wind Turns Blaze on South Side of Peak Away From i Bull Run Reserve. PACKER RESCUES SQUAWS Woodsman Wraps Horse and Self In Wet Blankets, Rides Through Barricade of Flames, Bring- lug Indians Out. Forest fires on the south side of Mount Hood "became less dangerous yesterday noon when the wind that had been fanning the blaze changed from east to west and the flro waa turned back. Last night It was retreating and District Ranger Hanson of the Zlg-Zag station expressed the belief that vthe danger was over. N The fire was across the toll road from the Government Camp to .Wapini tia yesterday, closing the loop route around Mount Hood, now popular with motorists. It crossed the road at Mos quito Creek, three-fourths of a - mile west of Government Camp. It was thought last night that the road might be reopened for travel today. ' Squaws Are Rescued. Three squaws from the ' .Warm, Purines Indian Reservation, ' who were picking huckleberries on Tom, Dick and Harry Mountain, having . lateen nve pack horses with them, were hemmed in by fire Friday. Early yesterday morn ing Jim Madren, a packer for' the forest Service, with wet blankets wrapped about himself and hl3 Irorse, went to their rescue and brought them through the barricade of fire,- the (squaws and horses being somewhat burned. . A tract of land 2400 acres In extent on Still Creek near Rhodendodron in the Oregon National Forest, planted and seeded by the Forest Service sev eral years ago, suffered from the Are, which Is understood to have destroyed some of the young trees. Ths planting on this tract cost the Government J18,- C0O. Peak Climbed Twice in Day. " Elijah Coalman,, mountain guide and forest lookout on the summit of Mount Hood, is belteved'to have-established a record for trips up and down the mountain Friday, when he made two round trips and one descent. He made a trip down the first time to re- pair the telephone line, then climbed back to the top. He found it necessary to come down again to get a bottle of coal oil, which he carried back to his lonely cabin on the top of the peak. In the evening he came to Government Camp to make his monthly report. The change of the wind from east to west yesterday is believed to have removed danger to the forests in the Bull Run reserve, so far as the Mount Hood fire is concerned. However, a blaze on Larch Mountain was giving some uneasiness on this score yester day, as it was feared it might le driven into the Bull Run district. CONTROL OF FIBES FORECAST Soldiers and Civilians Do Effective Work in Whitman Forest. BAKER, Or.. Sept. 1. (Special.) Al ' though the "Whitman forest fires near North Powder are still burning, they probably will be brought under control within the next two days, according to Supervisor Evans. Mr. Evans was called back to Baker today by the ill ness of his wife. The work of the soldiers and large force of civilians is beginning to have effect, he says. The fire east of Medical Springs is expected to give no more trouble. Mine Fire Proves Destructive. GRANTS PASS, Or., Sept 1. (Spe cial.) Fire at the Greenback Mine 22 miles north of Grants Pass, destroyed the transformer station and seven large transformers and the mine tool house adjoining, yesterday morning. The origin of the fire is unknown but is believed to be due to the falling of a burning tree, in the forest fire run ning through that section, across the power wires causing a short circuit. Loss is about $5000. $5000 Fire Takes Barn and Hay. RIDGEFIELD. "Wash.. Sept. 1. (Spe cial.) The large barn measuring 100 feet by 200 feet on the old Judge Bell inger place, south of here, near Knapp's Station, burned to the ground yesterday afternoon. A shed and. two silos caught fire and also were burned All the buildings were filled with hay and grain and the loss is thought to be about $o000. .The fire is thought to have started from over-heated clover. The ranch is rented by Mitchell and Roth. t Some Fires Controlled. CENTRALIA, "Wash.. Sept. 1. (Spe cial.) Fire wardens have all fires un der controf "along the South Bend branch. The 'Wallville Lumber Com pany had to close down its mill so the men could help fight a blaze that threatened the company's timber and camp. A fire in Crim Canyon caused much uneasiness to the town of Mc cormick, while another blaze threat ened the bridges and trestle on the Mc cormick logging road. 300 QUARTS CONFISCATED Jv'eH JIagni Anderson and E. D. Brune Are Placed Under Arrest. ' 2 Confiscation of one of the largest . quantities of . whisky since the state J-ent dry was made yesterday by 'Ser i eant Wade and Patrolmen Bales arid J J,'oulter, when 15 gunny sacks and two . suitcases full of liquor were seized at 7 f2R Flandnra ntreAt. Vln Mao-ni a . 3 ierson was arrested as the owner and 3 released on $500 bail, to appear before Judge Rossman Tuesday. - E. X. Brune J was later arrested at First and Taylor J Jy Detectives Cahill and Hammersley His bail was fixed at $1000. ihe liquor was being unloaded from S S Vnachine in front or the house at 526 i i'landers, and the officers were de t tailed, to seize it. The patrol wagon Jooked like a 'brewery truck when it felled back to police headquarters with more than 30.0 quarts of whisky. TARS HERE FOR LABOR DAY Portland Lads Come Secretly on Special From Bremerton. Bpeaking of troop movements con fueled ynder Htmpst secrecy bow many Portland citizens knew yester day afternoon that a special train waa bringing- to Portland for the Labor Day holidays the biggest crowds or bluejackets from Bremerton that ever visited this city in a body? Their train bowled in at 4:15 yester day afternoon. There were -300 of them, under Lieutenant Barnes, and hardly anyone knew in advance of their ap proach except Mayor Baker, who got wind of it in time to receive them at the Union Depot. The entire group consists of boys from this vicinity. While they are home for Labor Day they will not take an official part in the Labor Day celebration. They were welcomed also by the T. M. C. A. yesterday and many of the boys are enjoying the hospitality of this and the Multnomah Club. GIFTS NEEDED AT ONCE PROMPT EQUIPMENT OF OREGON BASE HOSPITAL URGED. Red Cross Authorities at "Washington Ask Early Action, as Services Are Needed. . Efforts are being made . to rush the subscription of the funds for the equip ment of the University of Oregon Medl ical School Base Hospital. Telegrams from Washington from the Red Cross authorities 'are urging all possible speed, because " of th increasing need in the service. ' Previous hospital 1 ' and ambulance units from Oregon have been - small, mobile types, not needing heavy equip ment, and these have been supplied by thejpovernment. The heavier and more "elaborate equipment of the Base Hospital 'tmi.ts has been furnished by the Red Crossfchaptnrs and by private donations, and tne equipment of the Oregon unit will be made in the same way, the Government supplies being called upon mainly to keep up the equipment of the field hospital unit. An -idea of the importance and magni tude of the Baso Hospital is gained from the fact that such a hospital is as' large as the Good Samaritan and St. Vincent in Portland, combined. After , the war the. Government will replace, all used equipment and it will be returned to the Red Cross, to be preserved by the Medical School against future . need, whether for war, disas ter, or pestilence. Hood River gave $500 yesterday to the -fund. 'The- Portland chapter of the Red Cross has set aside $20,000 and this is being' matched by other chapters in the state. As speed is urgent, special donations should be mailed at once, "payable to University of Oregon Medical School Base Hospital Fund, care of Robert H. Strong, Corbett building, Portland. Chas. F. Berg has been appointed purchasing agent by the Red Cross, with the assistance of an expert as signed by the Army Medical Supply Department COUNTIES WILL EXHIBIT WASCO, DESCHUTES AND CROOK TO SHOW PRODUCTS HERE. Manufacturers and Land Show Decor ations Are "Well Under "Way at City Auditorium. "Wasco County, through the Commer cial Club of The Dalles, will be repre sented at the Manufacturers' and Land Products Show with a large display of fruits and grains and grasses, repre sentative of the rich district of which The Dalles is the commercial center. J. W. Brewer, secretary of The Dalles Commercial Club, is preparing the ex hibit as he gathers the display for the State Fair at Salem. Wasco County is the leading canning and preserving dis trict of the state, having two of the largest plants in the Northwest. This fact has brought a remarkable devel opment in the fruit and vegetable in dustry. Deschutes Connty will have an ex hibit under the direction of R. L. Schee, who has been charged with the duty of gathering the display for the Portland show as well as representing the coun ty. at the. State Fair. 4 Crook County's display is to be made up largely of the best offerings at the Oregon Interstate Fair, to be held at Prineville, October 3 to 6. Plans for the decoration of the Audi torium during the land show are well under way. Colonel David M. Dunne, president, is working out a project for a miniature Multnomah Falls, includ ing a section of the Columbia River Highway in all its rugged beauty. 39 FuEN TO BE GALLED ORECOS'S FIRST DRAFT ARMY ftl'OTA TO GO SOON. Wednesday Set for Notifying- 8 Per Cent of Conscripts Who "Will Train at Camp Lewis. Thirty-nine men, comprising 5 per cent of Oregon's quota of 717 on the first draft, will be called to the colors next Wednesday. These 39 men are Oregon's first con tribution to the new draft army. All over the United States next Wednes day the same proportion of the men required on the first draft, 5 per cent, will be assembled in their home coun ties preparatory to being sent to the mobilization camps to which they are assigned for t.-aining. Oregon's drafted troops will go to Camp Lewis, at American Lake, Wash ington. Five days is allowed by the Wai Department for them to assemble at designated points in their home counties, entrain and arrive at the mobilization, camp. The mobilization of this first con tingent of 5 per cent is expected to be completed by September 9. No difficulties are involved In the mobilization of the 39 men called from Oregon now. The real test of the mob ilization machinery will come on Sep tember '19, when 40 per cent of the quota will be called out, and again on October - 3, when another 40 per cenV must respond. -hs remaining 15 per cent of the quota will be mobilized, as soon thereafter as possible. AUSTRIAN PICTURE DARK Germans In Vienna Oppose More for . Separate Peace. COPENHAGEN. Aug. 31. A telegram received here from Vienna eays that the German National League has de manded that the government take vig orous and unsparing measures to check the agitation for a separate peace by Austria. It Is declared that the Ger mans in Austria, will oppose to the last every proposal to cede Trieste or South Tyrol to Italy. A resolution adopted by the league Inveighed against the irresponsible ele ments that are making it difficult for Austria to continue by her allies' side and painting the situation at the front in dark colors, BOW LEOfIG TONG'S HOE HIT BY FIRE Revered Josses and Rich Al tars Saved From Flames in Miraculous Way. - CHINATOWN GETS SCARE Rookery at Second and Oak, Famed as Resort for "Night Owls" In "Wet" Days, Slightly Dam aged Xo One Injured. The headquarters of the Bow Leong tan?, the Shanghai Restaurant and a number of Chinese dwellings in the old rookery at the southwest corner of Sec ond and Oak streets were threatened last night by a fire which for a few moments imperiled the whole block. All the Chinese altars, of which there are several in the building, were pre served in a manner which, in supersti tious times, might be attributed to the protection of the old josses in whoso honor they were erected. The fire started in a cubbjhole on the mezzanine floor. The cause is un known. The first alarm was given by a horde of Chinese, -who ran scream ing from the building. A dozen police men ran from headquarters, just across the street, to the scene, and the Fire Bureau responded promptly. ' Street Scene Oriental. In a few moments the flames were shooting from the top of the building. The whole of Old Chinatown was light ed up. The streets were crowded with jabbering Chinese and a few curious whites. The Celestials were busily car rying their possessions from the build ing, and lent an Oriental touch to the scene with their curious ornaments and the relics they were trying to pre serve. One sick Chinaman was carried from the building by firemen. The tonehouse of the Chinese Masons, or Bow Leong tongmen .on the third floor, escaped even water damage. The flames burned hotly in the rooms im mediately behind it. A small joss-house owned by the Chin family, on the same floor, was burned about the ceiling. The altar and the Jops, however, were not touched by the flames. The main chapel of the Chin family was unin jured. The Shanghai! Restaurant, In the second story, was damaged by water. The kitchen was burned slightly, but the flames did not get a good hold. The restaurant was a favorite resort of the "night owls" in the "wet" days. The fire started in a room adjoining an alrshoot to the roof. The fire burned through the walls of the shoot, and in a few moments gave the build ing the appearance of being doomed. Acting Fire Marshal Young telephoned immediately for reinforcements. Only the quick response of the Fire Bureau saved the building. Damage Is Less Than $2000. The whole block is an old wooden structure built years ago. The walls are dry as tinder and offered an Ideal fuel to the flames. The Chinese have divided the stories with mezzanine floors, and divided and subdivided the rooms until the' passages wander around in a maze which one unaccus tomed to the building cannot untangle. A person asleep in one of the cubby holes stood a good chance of being wuf focated. No one was killed or injured, according to reports to the police last night. : The loss is estimated at from $1000 to $2000. The figure is especially low because the tenants are expected to re build the damaged portions themselves, employing cheap Oriental labor. The only things of value in the building are the josses and altar ornaments. The Bow Leong tong is said to keep a large sura la sold in these headquarters. , CHEHAL1S GIRL PERFECT BIARJORIE GROVES, ONE YEAR OLD, WIS. FAIR CONTEST. Jack Allen, 2; Richard Gllllngham, 1, and John I. Turya, 1, Tie W ith Percentages of 06.5. CENTRALIA, Wash., Sept. 1. (Spe cial.) The winners in the better babies department, one of the biggest fea tures of the Southwest Washington Fair, were announced this morning. Marjorie Groves, the 1-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Groves, of Chehalis, was the grand champion girl, scoring 100 per cent. It was the first perfect baby ever examined at the local fair. Jack Allen, 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Allen, of Chehalis; Richard Gillingham, 1-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gillingham, of Calvin, and John I. Turya, 1-year-cld eon of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Turya, of this city, all tied for the honor of being grand champion boy with percentages of 96.5. Following are the winners in the various classes: One-year-old boys Richard Gllllng ham and John I. Turya, tied for first, 96.5; Robert Conner, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Conner, of Chehalis, second, 96. Two-year-old boys Ja Allen first, 96.6; Leroy Spencer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Spencer, of Chehalis, and Dale Willis Cosgray, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Cosgray, of this city, tied for second. 95.5. Three-year-old boys Kenneth Artz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac C. Artz of Chehalis, first, 95; Charles Mocre, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moore, of this city, second, 94.5. One-year-old girls Marjorie Groves, first, 100; Margaret Davidson, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davidson, of Chehalis, second, 99. Two-year-old girls Geneva Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Jones, of Centralia, first, 96.6; Annabel Black, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Black, of Chehalis, second, 94. Three-year-old girls Marjorie Plum mer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Plummer, of Centralia, and Geraldlne Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank MaVlinof this city, tied for first, 96; Harriet Walter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Walter-,, of this city, second, 94.5. Home Industry Studied. - .A. G. Clark, manager of the Home Industry League of the Chamber of Commerce, left last night for Salt Lake City, where he will study the practice of similar organizations to promote the consumption of home-made goods in the local territory. He will return via Oakland and San Francisco and will make similar Investigations there. The puspose of the league in sending Mr. Clark on this mission is to gather information that can be put into prap tical effect here in encouraging use of Oregon-made goods in Oregon. It is understood that Utah and- California have experienced marked success through the operations of their respec tive Home Industry leagues. IN HIS NEWEST OFFERING! 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The latest is that the three companies of regulars sta tioned there will be sent to France, and what pleases the members of the 12 Oregon companies is that the rumor also says at least three companies of rookies are to be dispatched to the At lantic seaboard for final seasoning be fore crossing to the war zone. While headquarters, of course, de nies any knowledge of the expected move, the. rumor ia one of the main topics of discussion. Coupled with the rumor is an assertion that adds to its interest and it is that the steamships Great Northern and Northern Pacific are to be commandeered by the Gov ernment for carrying the Oregon troops to the Eastern coast. Vaccination is again the bane of the 1400 soldier lads stationed at the posts. Yesterday the surgeons at the three forts put in a busy ten hours shooting two serums Into each individual rookie. 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Howard Zimmerman, formerly clerk of Ninth company, has been promoted to First Sergeant, succeeding Sergeant Gooch who was discharged and is now back at his old position as Immigration Inspector in Astoria. Marston Husslng has been appointed as company clerk. Baseball still forms the principal feature of athletic recreation and yes terday the Ninth company of Astoria defeated the Regulars' team 6 to 0 in a seven-inning game. A new officer has been assigned to the Ninth company. He is Second Lieu tenant Burst who arrived Wednesday from Presidio with 11 other officers who are to be assigned to the various companies. Next week target practice with the sub-calibre guns will begin. Eleven of the 12 rookie companies be long to the artillery division, while the Ashland company belongs to the en gineers. Tents Electrically Lighted. The tents occupied by the members of the Oregon companies at Fort Stev ens are now equipped with electric lights and each is supplied with a small stove which bring an added comfort. The Fourth company of Roseburg en joyed a treat this week when the peo ple of their home town sent them 35 chickens, 19 boxes of peaches and 27 boxes of pears. Mrs. Margaret Kauffman Buried. The funeral services of the late Mar garet It. Kauffman, who died Wednes day at her late residence on Foster Road, were held at the chapel of J. P. HIS Ji to TO) Hi THE SELIG WORLD LIBRARY, A REEL CONSISTING OF VERY INTERESTING SHORT PICTURES, COMPLETES THIS WONDER PROGRAMME. umiiMtuiiiuiiiiiii p u..;r.AJHmj '.' m ii linn hi Flnley & Son yesterday afternoon. Rev. Joshua Stansfield officiating. Mrs. Kauffman is survived by her husband, her father. Adam Boyer, and one daugh ter, Mrs. E. O. Dueker. Interment was made in Mount Scott Park Cemetery. Stock Rustling to Be Stopped. BEND, Or, Sept. 1. (Special.) 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