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PU1LISHC FULL AffOCIArCD PRESS REPORT
OVERSTHE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
34ra TtAK, NO. 184
GOOD
ROADS
NV
ENTION
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Gather at Portland
j opmcnt League, composed of 80 com
incrcial bodies throughout the state.
I And the movement will probably be
pushed forward under the auspice of
the league until the matter has been
taken due cognizance of by the
Legislature at id next session,
Leaders of he movement feel that
the initial funds for handling the
Two Hundred Delegates huM cd
ii'iimiiiuiiic micrcnicu m me worn.
(Wide publicity through the exploita
tion agencies of the league is to be
1 1 ' j given the movement the movement
j from this time on, and the league will,
FOR TWO DAY SESSION- !tfSli?.Sfl
, I ra's'n 'un" t0 defray the expenses
, " . iof sending the good roads commit-
' , on a "get-together" tour through
Conference Will Probably Name.,he "ate. ? .
finmrnittlnn. Panrfirm tha I The commissioner will be selected
' ! bv th rnnfirni iinnn lilt nualifia .
tions as a practical roadbuilder, and
the chief result, which he is expected
to bring about is to present a solid
and irresistible front when the con-
WILL ALL WORK IN HARMONY fercnce Legislature to stand
sponsor for the movement.
A committee probably will be ap
pointed to draft a bill in time to be
taken up, revised and amended to suit
the various communities of the state
where different conditions will re
quire different schemes of treatment
of highways and different methods of
construction. All agree that he es
sence of the conference here is or-
State's Action
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1908
SEVERE FIRE THREATENS
BUSINESS HEART OF ASTORIA
Old and Popular House of The A. Dunbar Company
Gutted by Flames Last Evening
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LITTLE GRACIE GOODELL TURNS IN THE ALARM
Rear of the Establishment Involved and the Bulk Stock of Con
cern Consumed to Ashes Retail Goods Ruined by Smoke
v and Water Cause Is Still a Mystery
Judgt Webster Will Preside at the
Opening Meeting, and it One of the
Strongest Candidate! For President
of the Good Roads Commission.
PORTLAND, Aug. 10. Oregon's
initial effort to place the good roads
movement on an organized basis
throughout the state will be made in
this city tomorrow. About 'dele
gates from all parts of the state rep
resenting the four-score affiliated
clubs in the Oregon Development
League, a majority of them practical
roadbuilders, will meet in conference
at the convention hall of the Com
mercial Club. The first session is
called for 10 o'clock Sn the morning,
and will be followed by an afternoon
and evening session.
A remarkable feature of this state
wide conference is the fact that there
will be no formal program; no long,
wearying technical essays. The uni
fied energies of all the delegates are
to be concentrated on effective or
ganization, preparation of construc
tive .legislation, brushing aside . of
petty local jealousies of counties or
improvement clubs.
The scheme of organization which'
the leaders of the movement hope to
see consummated is that of vesting
plenary powers In a highly centraliz
ed authority, if necessary to have a
ingle state commissioner of good
roads, until such a "time as the Legis
lature shall provide for state aid and
enact a measure under which one oj
more commissioners may act with au
thority legally vested in them. '
Just what sort of an 'organization 1
will be formed to crystallize tire"
movement throughout the state may
only be conjectured, but the present
plans for the sessions tomorrow are
as follows:
President C. W. Hodson, of. the
Commercial Club, wil call the con
vention to order and announce the
ganization, harmony
single to the cause.
TAB ON ORATORS
The Republican Chairman Will
Use a Card Index
FIRE-CHIEF FOSTER AND HIS MEN DO SPLENDID WORK
TELEPHONE GIRLS CLING TO THEIR DESKS NEXT DOOR IN
SPITE OF FLAMES AND SMOKE -LOSS BETWEEN $30 000
AND $40,000-FULLY COVERED BY INSURANCE PREMISES
UNDER GUARD.
TO WATCH SPELL BINDERS
Aa Soon as Flood of Campaign Ore
tory is Turned Loose Every Speak
er Will be Sized up and Tabulated
as Good or Bad.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9. -Elaborate
plans have been perfected by Fran
II. Hitchcock, republican national
chairman whereby he will use to best
advantage the ability of every spell
binder employed by the national
committee.
The orators are to be card-indexed
they are to beincluded in the system
which Mr. tHitchcock, aided by Wil
liam I fay ward, of Nebraska, is put
ting into effect to the wonderment of
many of the old war horses, who be
lieve more in handshaking than
card indexing.
Under the plan devised by Mr,
Hitchcock and Mr. C. Dupont, chair
man of the speaker's committee, the
committee members will know with
in a week or two after the soell
"""- v v is""'"". " "- , Dinucrs ongaue is turned loose on
introducing County Judge Lionel R. the country just which ones are
Webster, will retire. Judge Webster worth keeping. They will know
will preside at the open meeting, and which ones can speak best on the
is one of the strongest candidates for
the position of president of the con
ference, or good roads' commission-
tariff, on the injunction plank, and on
all the other issues, and in fact will
; know which ones, appeal most strong
er, depending off how the: convention ty to the working and which ones
sees nt to pertect tne organization, "take well' with a high class au
County Judge John H. Scott, of i dience.
wanon, is me only otner candidate tn a nutshell, everyone will have
who is actively opposing Judge J a cnrd index and on that card will be
Webster, and Multnomah and Marion I recorded all the information that
arc lining up the delegates for their anyone c'ould desire- about the speak-
luvurue canuiuaies, uui; u is 100 eany j er, just a gance at it win enab)e
to .even predict what strength each the head of the speakers bureau to
ot the rival candidates will show send him where he can do the most
...i, ... ii.. ...... t . . .
"new me tuiivcuuuu icticuea iiic good,
work of permanent organization. I
Up to the present the good roads i
movement in Oregon has been spas
modic, different counties and' com
munities having failed to get togcth-
RECEIVERS IN CONTROL.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 10,-The
receivers,for the Pillsbury Washburn
cr on practical lines. The '"bringing . Flour Mills Company, appointed last
together of adverse interests as well, Saturday took charge today under
as those who have not taken particu- bond. Manager Little of the company
lar interest in the movement has been has resigned and the receivers are in
brought about by the Qregon Devel-'full control.
At 7:30 o'clock iast evening, Just as
all Astoria had started out on its
daily downtown stroll to the docks,
si
and an eyetne theatres and such social engage
ment! as had made for the day, a
fire alarm rang out and in an instant
it was known, almost by intuition, that
the seat of trouble was at the famous
and popular drygoods house of the A.
Dunbar Company, 566 Commercial
street, in the Fulton-Dement block.
Public interest was centered there
at once, because It was in the very
heart of the city and the chance of a
conflagration was iminent. The Streets
were densely crowded and the people
swayed in masses toward the point
of concern, and only the on-rushing
teams from the four fire stations
managed to break the compact hosts"
everywhere and keep them separated,
while the thousands of feet of hose
that were laid, did the rest.
It is conceded on all sides that the
work of the department was admir
able, not alone in the promptitude
with which it got on the ground but
the celerity and efficacy with- which
every man worked. The fire started
in the rear of the Dunbar store, but
just where, or how, is still a mystery,
and will be. solved oniy by a crucial
examination of the premises by ex
pert agents and under proper condi
tions of examination.
The part of the stock subject to the
flames was the bulk or wholesale di
vision, and it was soon a solid mass
of fire which, breaking through the
roof, sent its vicious tongues high in
to the evening air. It was seen first
from the apartments of Mrs. Lash,
who keeps an apartment house or
the second floor of the Shanahan
building two doors away,, by little
Gracie Goodell, the seven year
daughter of Frank H. Goodell, engi
neer of the steamer Lottie, who was
visiting a playmate at Mrs. Lash's.
Th,e child tried to get to the tele
phone, tut was too excited to master
this detail, and rushed down stairs
and flew to the alarm box at the cor
ner of Twelfth and Commercial
where she broke the glass on the in
strument with the heel of her Oxford
hoe and turned in the alarm.
By the time the firemen got to the
scene, the fire, which, must have had
raging start before it was discov
ered, had not only involved the entire
rear premises of the Dunbar Com
pany, but had eaten its way along the
floors toward the south wall of the
ohnson building on Twelfth street
and penetrated that structure. Luck-
ly, Chief Foster and his whole force
had centered their energies in that
neighborhood and the fight was made
on this new province with quick and
final .success. His whole camoaian
as swift and direct and he never lost
control of the situation for an instant
nd his men. were quietly and perse-
yeringly at his elbow carrying out his
every order with dispatch and a sure-
m
ot
is
threatened to be one of the gravest
situations Astoria has faced for a
long time.
The big and handsome stock car
ried by the Dunbar people is a prac
tical loss. What. of it was not burn
ed, fell to the lesser, yet destructive
elements of water and smoke, and
what is left of the retail division, will
have to be sacrificed to the exigencies
of forced sales at the unconscionabl
prices always prevailing in. such
cases.
One feature of the exciting occas
ion was the pluck of the "Hello'
girls in the telephone office of the
Pacific States Company next adjoin
mg .th$ Dunbar store. Not one
them left their, boards, though the
office was stifling with smoke and at
one time ort fire, with the flames
plainly in view of the plucky crew,
who at the word of Manager Brunold
stuck fast to the work, taking his as
surance that there was no danger,
Overhead, there was a good deal of
apprehension, as a number of really
sick people were rooming in the
apartment house there, and it
1 . . . !. . .
Miuwii inai pne or iwo ot tne in
valids left the building wrapped in
their bed clothes, some on foot and
others in carriages called for the
purposes, but later all returned and
were made comfortable in their old
quarters, which were not invaded by
the flames."
In the course of conversation, after
the fire was out, Mr. Dunbar said to a
reporter for the Astorian, that he had
no possible idea of how the fire start
ed ;he could "ot even form a satisfac
tory conclusion; the room in the rear
of he store where the pressing of
garments was done, and commonly
known as the "bushelling" room, had
not been used by the ladies assigned
to the work there, since Saturday
mgiu; mere was no nre there over
Sunday, of any sort; none of the
male employes, nor the proprietors,
smoke; the electric iron used in that
department were found to be detach
ed from the current when looked to
last night, and the mystery is.so far,
still unsolved.
Mr. Dunbar, speaking in the most
tentative way, estimates his loss at
almost any figure between $30,000
and $40,000, it being impossible to
make a calculation under the wile?
disorder that prevails throughout the
establishment; the stock was covered
by insurance, and was concurrently
written in all the leading agencies of
the city; one policy would have ex
pired at noon tomorrow, Mr. Dun
bar, while deeply depressed by the
deluge of loss and trouble that has
overtaken him, spoke feelingly f the
good will the house has enjoyed at
the old stand where he has been suc
cessful for the past ten years, and
declares he must start all over again.
He was the recipient of many expres
sions of good will and friendly sym-
them all. Mr. Bell, a member of the
well known Portland house of Olds,
Wortman & King, with which the
Astoria house is closely allied in a
business way, happened in the city
last evening, and at once attached"
himself to Mr. Dunbar and contribu
ted to his comfort during the hour
of stress he spent as he saw his inter
ests being swept from him.
Premises were put under guard last
night and today the work of accurately
estimating the loss and damage will
go forward. The firm has been in
business in this city for 25 years and
stood high in the estimate of the
people here.
BR01IET
BLUE IN W
BASEBALL GAMES.
National League.
Brooklyn 6, Cincinnati 4,
Boston 3, St. Louis 9.
New York 3, Chicago 2.
Philadelphia 5, Pittsburg 4.
American League.
Cleveland 2, 3, Philadelphia 0, 3.
The last game was postponed on ac
count of darkness.
Chicago 2, New York I.
St. Louis 0, Boston 5.
Detroit 2, Washington 3.
Northwest League.
Seattle 6, Butte 5.
DUTCH GET BUSY.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 10.-The
Dutch cruiser Fieskland was today
ordered to prepare for foreign serr-
ice. It is assumed the instructions are
connected with the Dutch Venezue
lan dispute.
JAPAN IS CORDIAL
American Lake Presents
; a Warlike Aspect
FOUR BLUE CAPTURED
Reported That the Outpost of the
Brown Was Attacked by
the Enemy
ARMIES CHANGE POSITIONS
Colonel McDonell of the Brown
Army Holds a Defensive Position
About Four Miles From the Lake,
Camp Will Disband Soon.
Mayor of Yokahoma Speaks of
the Fleet's Coming
TWO NATIONS AT PEACE
Refers to Our .Appropriation to Nip
ponese Exposition in 1912 and Says
That United States Opinion is Very
Friendly Toward Island Empire.
ness that soon conquered what 'pathy last evening, and appreciated
TOKIO, Aug. 11 In the course
of an address delivered at an informal
meeting of the members of the Yoko
hama city assembly Mayor Mitshu
hasi, dealt with the forthcoming visit
of the Anierican fleet in terms of con
spicuous cordiality. Among all the
powers the United States holds to
ward thfs nation a unique position.
Referring to the American appropria
tion of $1,500,000 for the purpose of
the grand Japanese exposition of 1912
the speaker said;
"Such an enormous appropriation is
several times larger than originally
proposed and is no doubt due to the
that public opinion in the United
States is now as it ever was, very
friendly toward our empire. As to
fact that public opinion in the United
States and "Yokohama,, although well
known, I may refer to the fact that
the Shihmonoseki indemnity, togeth
er with interest thereon so generous
ly returned to us by the United
States formed principal part of the ex
penses of the first construction of
Yokohama harbor, only a small part
having been added thereto by the"
government. AVith regard to the for
eign trade between Japan and the
United States I dp not consider it
necessary to give any statistics. Suf
fice it to say that our exports to
America always t exceeded our im
ports from there and there is every
prospect that the export trade will in
crease year by year. Regarding this
export trade. T may say that it is
much larger from Yokohama than
from any other open ports,
"In view of our international rela
tions with America and Yokohama's
position on the trade with' the Great
Republic, I thing it is necessary we
shall take all possible steps to extend
as grand and cordial a welcome to
the American fleet on its arrival here
as the circumstances permit."
FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF
BROWN ARMY, American Lake,
Wash., Aug. 10. Scattered rifle fire
two miles north and in front of this
point indicates the contact of scout
ing parties and cavalry patrols at
noon today. The firing ,has been
growing more frequent since It
o'clock a. m., when the first contact
occurred and a general engagement
betwen the Blue and Brown armies
is believed to be incipient. Up to this
hour the blue advance parties have
failed to drive in the Brown outposts.
although a report from anoutpost a
mile north states that the cavalry is
drawing back to the line of observa
tion. .
Capture of a party of four Blue
cavalry' scouts by a Brown cossack
post is also reported. ' The district
south of American Lake presents a
most warlike aspect. At this time the
Brown army is fully intrenched, the
point of defense fairly bristling with
artillery and infantry. Cavalry is
galloping through the woods far out
on both flanks and the drumlike, but
irregular rolling of rifle fire tells of
hostile meetings. The Blue Army is
arranged for attack, but the exact
location cannot be determined. A
frontal attack may be made or an ad
vance from either flank or both flanks
and van may be made. The Brown
force is perpared for any eventuality.
Neither army knows the position
of the other and interested situations
are being developed. Up to this time
neither force has succeeded in devel
oping the position or strength of the
other.
The entire force of 5000 men par
ticipating in the American Lake ma
neuvers is engaged in today's simu
lated warfare. The Brown army, in
command of Charles E. McDonell, of
Portland, marched from Camp tan
ley at 7 o'clock this morning, pro
ceeding four and a half miles in a
southwesterly direction to a point al
most due south ' of American Lake,
known as Jackson's. The Blue army
marched at 9:30, going northwesterly
to Stellacoom, rounding American
Lake and proceeding south to the at
tack. The Brown army is maintain
ing a defensive position as the bri
gade advance guard of a big army
supposed to be advancing from
Olympia.
Colonel McDonell has a formidable
position. His righ't, resting on the
heavy timber near Dupont station, i3
held by the Third Oregon infantry,
under Major John L. May. The
Third U. S. Infantry is on the left.
while the center is held by a moun
tain battery, the guns being mounted"
. kl..t : ;ut- i.
field artillery. Lieutenant-Colonef
(Continued on page 8.)