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VOL. VII. ;NO. 9.
PORTLAND, t OREGON, . .WEDNESDAY. EVENING, ' MARCH .18, , 1908. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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STOCK 1SW0MPLETELY
DESTROYED
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rDENSE MASS
OF SIKE
Firemen Work With Diffl
culty In Blinding. Clouds
! of Vapor Lodging Jlouse
.Suffers Loss of Several
; Thousand Dollars.
Driven repeatedly from the center
of the building occupied bj the Pa
cific Coast Rubber company, 9 and
11 First street, and being compelled
to fight the fire from the two ends
of the 'structure owing to in .'n
flammable materials aumle, Port
land's fire department members were
called this morning to battle with
one of the most stubborn fires in the
history of the city and which to the
stock and buildings entailed a loss
of perhaps $160,000, partly covered
by Insurance. '
. The 'fir, which was of unknown or
Igln. started about W o'clock in the bl
cycle department on tbe mewanine
floor In the back cud of tbe building
between the first and second floor
Three'boys were working In this part of
the building at the time and made
desperate effort to extinguish the blase
by means of water and buckets which
happened to he- near at band. As the
fire continued to spread one of the bov
ran to the office below and notified the
other clerks of the danger which con
fronted them.
A still alarm was then sent to the
fire department to which Engine 1 re
sponded. Several minutes afterward an
alarm wis sent In- from box 16 and
trouht additional apparatus and the
fire boat.
Goods Consumed.
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Location of Body Under a
Bridge.
ORCHARD Sf
ON MAY 15
Judge Wood Recommends Pardon Says
He Believes Pettibone and Haywood
Guilty and That They Will Hang Some
time "Orchard's Stpry True"
Young Man, Who Disap
peared Last December in
Lonely Section, Was .Mur
dered for Money Entrust
ed to Him.
FIREMEN .FIGHTING' ILAiiBS. BOk'ROOF OF BUiLE&NGSf ADJOININCT PACIFIC. RUBBER'' COM-
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When the firemen arrived, flames, ac
companied by great volumes of black
moke, were pouring out of the rear
windows and the v fire was rapidly
spreading throughout the second and
third floors of the buildings. Rubber
aoods were stored everywhere and al
most with ono great sweep the upper
cart of the buildings was a mass of
flames a.nd smoke.
The stock of the Pacific Coast Rub
ber Co., -the whole of which was prac
ticauy destroyed or ruined, was esti
mated to be worth $125,000. C. N. Lyml,
manager Of the company, estimates that
the fire loss to the company n siock wm
aggregate more then f 100,000 and be
lieves that quite likely the loes will
amount to even more. Insuranre on
the goods amounting to 75 per cent of
the value Is carried with several com
panies. KnllAIn ImiNl.
fVThe building, which Is three stories
in neignt ana mini or one, ownea ay
the' Hotallng estate ofyfinn Kranolsco,
was damaged to the extent of between
$16,000 and $20,000 and was insured.
It was erected in 1894 by the Hntal
Inge who were engaged In the liquor
business. Afterward they sold the in
terest to the Rothchlld brothers. The
Pacific Coast Rubber Co. moved Into
the riotaltng building about a year ago,
The rubber company also had a 'Store
room In the Leonard block adjoining,
but as the flames- were confined to the
main building and the'1' rooming, house
in the rear, their goods pacKed away
were only slightly damaged by water.
The etock of the Pacific Coast Rubber
company was made up almost entirely
of rubber. oods. consisting" of rubber
riothln. bleveln sundries, rubber foot
wear and various other articles of the
most Inflammable nature.
Dense clouds of smoke, combined with
the fumes of the burning rubber, soon
made the interior of the building almost
inacessible to the firemen and time
and again they were driven on the In
side to the bidders extending to the
windows in First street,
Sard Tire to Handle.
While the fire gained the greatest
headway In the rear the firemen were
hampered to a great extent In running
lines of hoee to the windows, owing to
the ftvet that this erd of the bulldlns
was almost completely hemmed In by
other structures. As soon as the fire
men began their work they did so on
the front end of the building and it was
not' until some time arterwara mat sev
NO FIRE ESCAPES;
MM ALMOST CAUGHTl
Cut-off .from escape by way of the
stairs and' unable to run the elevator In
the building. George Fehler, an employe
of -the Paf to coast . Rubber .company,
was nearly" suffocated In the'Flrft
street' flrc itfis "morning He was res
cued f eom-Mm- jerHouevpostlon- on tho
second floor of the burning building by
tho rirvntnn r.t Trurk l who carried him
down -their ladder before, they turned
the. water into, the structure.
Vvhler was wnrklnir on the Second
floor,, above th'e .meszanlne floor where
the fire started. When the bicycle boys
rushed down to alarm the office force
thev fnrrnt shout Fehler and before he
knew' of the fire the flarins had cut"d"ff
the stairs and be was unable to escape
by way of the elevator. . .
He turned to grope his way back to
the front wlndowa. but the chOKIng
smoke confused htn aad, h stumbled
around thaough the rows of packing
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Idaho . Representative Tells
Fellow Congressman of
. Cliild's Trogress.
' (United , Press" LetMd Wire.)
8an Francisco,. March 18. Represen
tatlve French of. Idaho .has th,e dlstlnc
tion of being the only father of an in
cubator baby In congress. . This Infor
mation was known only to a few of his
personal friends here until today, when
the Idaho member, upon receiving an
nKniirmlnff reoort of the Infant, was
so happy over the news that he wanted
t break it to the world. When the
girl baby was Dorn on January id u
weighed only three - pounds and, ten
ounces. It was placed In an Incubator
and weighs four pounds eigni ounces
ana; is neaitny.
MltolEX 0B.TECT TO
J; SUNDAY BEST LAW
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Parir March 18. The milkmen of this
cftv have organlzeo a commission to
ask of the f.overnment a, relief from
era! lines of hose were run through or the operation of the law for 8
I WniCn WOrKB injury IU uiiumni ua
(Woniinuea on r-age i wo.;, . nouseaeepttrs. i . . f
A Story of the
"Weak One and
tke "Strong One V
r -The Journars success
ahd its supremacy in cir
- culation and popularity
with the masses of the
people; as i well as with
advertisers both at home
and abroad, :coritmueto
cause pain in some quar
mor, envy and other troubles, arising from a bad circulation, ooze.
The Journal regrets that it seems to' he-lif tthe Zwzyl at Cthe
"weak one," but 'since-the "strong, one" is abundantly able to take
care of it, to extend it. sustenance, and thus keep it going, there
should be ho crocodile tears shed "6vfflfs dfstre'sShg, condition.;
KA In the meantime, The Journal continues t?injoyi tbei largest
paid-for, proved; sworn-to- circulation in Portland and in ; Oregon
, over 'an v other dailvnaner. ' - S r-;-v;;te'-&?A-(:s
un,b,a to tell where he was, going.
finally reached the froht of tbe
uuiiQing ana throwing up a window
c-auea ior help,
' 'Onnr to the in.-;'.
, He was forced to cling to the window
sill While the smoke and flames nisheH
out over, Ms head untiLthe arrival of the
flft aitaetm x iT m.r
his dangerous position. ' .
Although, the bnildlng to three stories
aig-k aad has two balf floors besides, it
la mot equipped with fire escapes, so
that it was Impossible fo rehler to
aeapa-whaa- the stairs and ele-rator
were eat off.
tinier Campbell, who arrived at the
iirc buoui i minutes arter tne turning
,ii ui me urm, bhiu tna tne outlaing
nv. jiau m. lira esipe.
' "The law says that all buildings three
stories and over . In height shall be
equipped with gne or more fire escapee,"
said the chief. "It is possible that the
owners or mis Duuaing were not noti
fied that. they must install the required
escape.
"We eannot aotury everyone at once,
aa. It would entail a hardship upon the
owners of buildings. The iron men
would rata the prloe of Ire esoapes and
would take advantage of the situation
to rob the owners of buildings. We
have to guard the Interests of the prop
erty awuers aa weU aa of the people la
the bunding".
The building is of mill or what Is
known as slow-burning construction.
The floorc and walls are supported by
heavy timbers and the walls are of good
else, t- i
There were nine people In the bulld
lnr at the , time -of the fire. Including
the office force. The books and cash
of the Pacific Coast Rubber company
were locked in the vaults as soon as
the fire wa discovered and were not
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TOOItOSE III"
Passengers to Be Rescued
1 Today and Sent to San
Franeisco.
iSpeclfl Dispatch to Tbe Joaroal )
Ban Francisco, March: 18. 'Too close
Inshore." 'That the steamship Pomona,
which was , wrecked, on Monterey Rock
off Fort Ross 90 miles north of this
city, because of the-dangerous practice
of keeping "too close to the shore," is
generally accepted here Captain Swan
son cannot be held to blame personally.
as It is known-that the boat's company
must make time between - Eureka and
this port. The Pomona was .due at
Eureka at noon today.
The Pomona struck at 6:45 o'clock.
and will be a total wreck. Today re
lief parties started from Duncan's
Mills, 16 miles inland, and a tun- was
dispatched from here. The passengers.
who were an saved, will return to this
city.
The Pomona put Inshore when hear
ing point. Arena to escape stiff head
winds, and struck when golna at an
average speed. The vessel must have
run upon a shelving rock which started
leaks, but did not tear out her bottom.
Backing- clear of the obstruction Cap
tain Swanson gave the signal to -go
ull. snecd astern. WhPn he found that
the ship wns not Icnklng so badlv that
she could not make shore he turned
er bead landward and gave the signal
to the engine room to send, the craft
ahead.
When the Pomona struck the second
time she did so with a terrific Jar and
hung to the rocks filling rapidly. Had
she backed off the reef she would, have
gone down with all on board.
CaD.tain Swanson and his crew quick
ly discovered that the shin was fast.
and in no Immediate danger. The' pas-
(Continued on Page Two.)
An anonymous letter from Port
land, Oregon, thumb-stained and
torn, told the story that led to the
discovery of one of the most rays
terious murders that ever shocked
Isolated Lake county and sent
shudder through all of the 500 or
00 Inhabitants of SUrar Lake city,
Julius Wallenda, who dBapjeare4
from JifiT home at the lakelast De
cember, was murdered. The dis
patches from time to time sent The
Journal meager details of the crime,
but the fact that tbe man or men
who killed Wallenda rendesvoused
In Portland for weeks, then auda
ciously sent the officials of the lake
a letter telling where the corpse of
the young, man could be found, waa
only brought to light today when
special correspondence from tbe lake
reported that the body of the mur
dered man had been located last
Friday In exactly tbe place Indicated
In the well-thumbed missive.
Wallenda'a mutilated corpse waa lo
cated under the bridge that crosses
. . ...
over silver creeK, just outsiae or me
town of Silver Lake. The body waa
covered over with a mass of brush and
lay with its trunk In the water and
head and shoulders on the bank. The
crushed skull and rifled clothes showed
that robbery had been the motive for
the crime, as It was known that the
young man had possessed a large sum
of money on the day he left Silver Lake
presumably to go to his claims some
distance from that place.
A suspicious acquaintance of .Wallen
da was a man little known to people of
the lake: a suave fellow of good ap
pearance and excellent education. Wal
lenda was himself little known here ex
cept for the fact that he had claimed
to belong to a wealthy family of Ohio,
some of whom reside in North Dakota,
and who had many friends among well
known persons In Portland.
The rreauent occurrence of crime. In
the lonely desert section, coupled with
the fart that Wallenda seemed to "be
somebody" who might when In better
circumstances done, much for the Lake
country, moved the citizens of Sliver
Lake to subscribe 1250 reward for the
capture of his murderer. The Informa
tion that this sum, and probably as
much more would be forwarded to
Portland to be held In trust until the
thug was captured was received, In this
city this morning
Wallenda had been engaged to.. work
(t'olted PreM Lriaed Wire.)
Caldwell, Ida., March 18. Judge
Wood today sentenced Harry Or
chard to be hanged on May 15, but
accompanied the sentence with a
recommendation to the state board of
pardons for commutation of tho sen
tence without Intimating what de
gree of commutation and directed
Orchard s attorney, appointed by the
court to defend him, to prepare and
present the petition for pardon or
commutation.
He based his recommendation up
on a long legal decision, quoting
authorities, holding that an equit
able right exists on the part of a
confessing accomplice telling the
whole truth to be spared the death
sentence. He declared he believed
Orchard told tbe full and exact truth
and proposed that yet, those he Im
plicated would receive punishment.
He said the acquittal of Haywood
and Pettibone by two juries was not
Inconsistent with bis declaration as
their verdicts did not signify that
Haywood and Pettibone are Innocent
but that the state failed to present j
legal evidence aside from the con- '
fesslon to warrant their conviction.
Aa Judge Wood spoke, declaring,
his faith In Orchard's marvelous rou
tine of crime, Orchard broke down
and wept for the first time la his
court experience.
Orchard asked permission to make
a statement. He said that he had
expected to make a full statement -but
the court's review of tha case
had been what he wanted to say, '
only he wanted to add that he had
made his copfesslon, telling , the
whole truth, not wparing himself. ,
without hope of earthly reward or
without promise of immunity from
any one whatever. v ' :
Judge Wood declared his belief .
that Orchard had been the victim of ,
the system he represented and that . '
he had committed his crimes because
of the teaching and advice ot the ,
leaders of that system and expressed "
his belief that proper legal corrobor- .
ation would yet be secured to pun
ish them. ''" " '.-
Orchard was recommitted to the ,
penitentiary. " ; "'
PORTUGAL MUST
P0HISHSIAYEIIS
King Emanuel Warned That
England Will Be Angry,
. if Assassins Escape.
St R OFF FIGHTS
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; STEAMSHIP - POIIONATHAT," WENT ASHORE.' ON -MONTEREY fREEF ANDl IS A TOTAL LOSS.
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(United Prew Lcawd Wire.)
Llsbqn, March IS. It Is reported
here that England has warned Portugal
that the latter country must punish the
assassins or ner King, or rise not snow
her official race In the councils or tne
arreat European powers.
The threat which King Edward has
hung over the hend of the new boy king
la the withdrawal or the KrltiHn dlplo-
atto representatives to Portugal. Jt
as ' nreclnltated by the report that
King Emanuel is considering granting
general political amnesty to me slayers
or his fat ner and Drotner end aropping
all Investigations of the assassinations.
- England's press has declared that
aucb action would plnce Portugal - in
the same category with Bervla. The
republican press of Lisbon Is openly
sneering at the new king for his cow
ardice and fear to attempt-the punish
ment of the regicides.
A8T0EIA INVITES
FLEET TO KEGATTA
DUEL WITH FOCK
Distinguished Eussian Gen-.
erals Clash Oyer Opin
ions of Bravery.
Astoria, Or., March IS. Manager
Whyte of the chamber of commerce has
written Secretary of the Navy Met
calfe, requesting the presence at As
toria during the coming annual regatta.
August 27, 28 and 29, of a portion of I before the day force reported for dutv
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Aumiru riVHiid Dauirnrui iirr.. iiiitL 1119 expitaiuil arousea me - Camp.
(United Press Leased Wire.) .
St. Petersburg, March 18. Lieuten-ant-Qeneral
Smirnoff of tha general
staff waa probably fatally wounded to
day in a duel with Lieutenant-General
Fork. The men met in the riding
school of the Chevalier Guard and ex
changed shots at close range. Each waa
seconded by a high officer of tbe czar'a
staff. . v
A memorandum written - by ; General
Smirnoff questioning the courage of
General Fock, precipitated the duel, the .
latter challenging.
General 8rairndff commanded' the
Russian srarelson at Port Arthur Anr. '
lng the siege and after the fall of ilia
city filed charges of Incompetency
against General StoesseL and charges
of incompetency and Insubordination,
against General Fock,.' . . ,: .... i
EATS DYNAMITE TO
BLOW HIS HEAD OFF ;
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(United Press Leased Wire.) "
Rawhide. Nev.. March is Plnln
stick of dynamite In his mouth and ex '
ploding it. John Slater blew hla hil
off today. The suicide waa a part own
er of a lease on Mcleod hill. It wan
RAILROAD MERGER
TO BE PERMITTED '
BY MASSACHUSETTS
(United Pres Leaied Wlr-)
Boston, March IS. A report sub
mitted- to the Massachusetts legislature
this afternoon by a committee appointed
by Governor Guild to Investigate the
matter formally approves the merger
of the Boston A Maine and the New
Maven & Hartford railroads. Governor
Guild forbade the merger until it could
be Investigated:
The report filed today Bays that with
certain restriction the consolidation
can be made of benefit to the state.
minority .port 'aa i filed : by , former
Governor Douglas and one other mem
ber of the committee. . On tha matter of
the railroad acquiring paralleling eloc
trlo lines, tha , commlsftiim nCn..,
act, putting the matter up to the courts.
ACCUSES PORTUGUESE
OF TORTURING, BABES
AND BEATING WOMEN
(United Press Leafed Wire.)
Washington." March 18," , General
Francois Joubert Plenaer of - Angela;
Africa, . a, hero of, the Boer, war, has
challenged the Portuguese minister here
to refute a : single -charge Plenaer -has
I made In - describing .the atrocious1 bar
barism perpetrated In Portuguese Wast
Africa. iv .-:-'--: i-.t-.-'-w-"'7
General Plenaer has started - a earn.
paign against tha cruelties practiced
udod the natives Of '. South Africa h
ageuta of tha Lisbon government.
have seen barbarlsma in that coun
try which, would make the clvllUel
gasp with horror," eald General Ple.
aer In discussing-conditions in !'
Africa. .-"I have seen little bn (! .,. i
from i their mother's bruust by t n 1 1
desperadoes In the employ of tim j , -guese
government, 4hrown In.tj t .1-.
and impaled on tha points of ,.,. f
have seen mothers Imttifl -r ,
death with a cruel wfi! -lie.l t '(
poo" whn they re!l-J ui rui ; -it. . ,
took their cLiiJrea t. ui,"
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