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THE PRICE OF ALL EDITIONS OF THE DAILY JOURNAL IS 2c A COPY ON WE STREETS AND AT THE 07 7. It v , JOURNAL CIRCULATION y tyTEiui.i v .was T order your Ad for fial urxLtr'o and Mundar'a Journal Tb Weather Fair tonight, with ' possibly light frost; Saturday falr.v VOL, VII. NO. 183. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, . OCTOBER . 16, 1008. TWENTY PAGES. 1 4 ' price two; cents, ew nxi avs rws taid-. rivg Cult. ... run cr 73 SaaaJtdJLXllll 30,302 j . ; - , ; , REFUGEE TRAIN FROM CHY OR ESCAPING FROM 'CONFLAGRATION - 'Alnena. Mich'.. Oct. 16. The whole of northwestern Michigan is burnings' ;The flames have already swcnt fourxounties,-and the loss of life is heavy,-...It is believed that' ll reports could De oDtainea ine results oi inc jircs wuuiu. appear ds uic musi iiK palling in the history of tins' parti of the country.- ; r: ' , ;v ' r Fourteen women and children are known to" have been. burned to death, at Metz. r . : .... .. . , WIDE OF DEVASTAT1BII . Manx . Towns Reported - to Have 'Been: Consumed ; " -. Q by Fire 'fVJi ;: petrolt, Mich-, Oct. 1.Late' this aft ' ernoon the towns reported destroyed by the great forest fire are ' Meta. 90rt Inhabitants. Mlllersburg, the largest town In Pres- : Que J me county, goo - inhabitants. ,, ' 7 -Poson, 200 persons... . . . ; . . Pulaski, a hamlet. . .. . ... . ' A Mlllersburg . dispatch says that when the Mets refugee train-was ditched through the burning of a culvert, 17 per sons are known to have been burned to death. - More undoubtedly perlshed...- : ; The 200 persons of Mets boarded the train to escape to Cheboygan, the north ern terminus '' .the road. . After the train became ) derailed, ' the fire which was sweeping through the trees paral lel toitbe track attacked1 the w rooked cars. ... Groplpg blliuUr through the. shnwer-of Iparka and the dense smothering smoke the men and women became separated and dashed in all directions oeeklng a . place at which to break; through the ring or names. Conductor Klnsvllle managed to pass the hot blast, but . when-. he reached Mtllershnrar was totallv blind. The engineer of . the , doom&d tralnj proae inrougn out waitirnuiy. uurneu. How -many of the 00 persons escaped Is unknown, as tney 'canerea inrougn ine forest and tfielr bodies have. not been recovered. -. ' . . ' ; In a house neat the railroad track at the edge of the forest, an aged couple were roasted o usaiu. ' - , j It Is believed that v the Are started through the carelessness of hunters or from smouiaering emimr 01 mo ot-i t.mhAr fnmt Are. Scores of ema cities and towns In the pathf the flames are threatened witn aesirucuon. .At Vsnderbilt. In Otsego county - s lorn ran? or watchmen are on duty day and night Every- effort is being made to" keep the houses wen soaicca with water and if necessary back firing will be resorted to. - DESPERATE FIGHT TO ! WSft. VESMJtTS TEMU RIE j . ,, v v; " v- ;.'-' ' ' v'-J - ' r ' ttJnlted Press Leased Wire. ' -, - . c,..n 'c; v r,,i- Mirh . Oct . 16. The forest fires ' forced their , way into this city earl today in spite of ,the desperate work of the citizens, who battled all night to keep theift outside the city limits. 'i A squad of dynamiters-prepared w diow up ine: warcnousc 01 the Soo Hardware company to prevent the. flames from spreading " through the city. The structure was saved, however, by. men who fought back' the fire at the peril of their lives. :4 ' ; " The smoke is so heavy over the Saint Mary's river that all navi gation has been, -'abandoned and ships cannot make their way from Lake Superior to Lake Huron. v ;J . ; - - - , . The fires are still burning about the city, but-they are being fought by hundreds of men who took the places of those who battled with the flames all night and it is thought the- pry- has been saved. I TRAVELS TO EUROPE rhphnvrnn om the" south channel of the MacKlnao straits, zar 10 norm WO , nr MPIL J. TTlHIIILUaU. Among those known to have lost their lives on the relief train were John Kln vtfln. engineer; Arthur Lee, fireman, and William Leei brakeman. These three . stayed by the train and. tried to get It back on tne iracas, wnne me passen mrs fled before the roaring fires. How anwof these people, frightened out of their, wits and fleeing wildly through the burning woods, could have escaped death is-hard to understand. - Thls city caught fire - from sparks carried' her by the winds, and for a time it seemed It was doomed also. By desperate work the flames were con trolled, f Several buildings were de- t roved. ? . ' l- "- --5 - - Men fought - the fire all night, 'and when morning came and the wind shift ed many of Them collapsed where they stood.- As soon as 11 was neiievea the city was safe the cltisens sat down to rest, and many are sleeping about the streets today In the spots where they stopped wore ... ...,. DESCRIPTION OF J TOWNS IN THE BURNED DISTRICT ', ;; - w , - r , (raKa Press teeerf Wlr.t Detroit.. Mich.. Oct H.-Mi, the town which . was . entirely surround ed ' by the great forest 'fire, ; Is In I- (rnlted Prest leased Wlre.i , 1 New York, Oct.! 16. After a mad rush frbm Portland.' Or..; to " Copenhagen to obtain the consent of Count .M'hm stein ; Rathlow . to the , marrtage pt hjs sen to a divorced woman,. Mra Kora, Von Holstein Rathlow, Who was 'Miss Gojtdy lAngA a singer wltn the- CaaUa Square company, s Is today . accompanying her husband to Des. Moines, Iowa, .where they will make their home. The couple arrived here yesterday on the1 Scandi navian-American line steamship C. V. Ttetjen and Immediately started west ,Miss Lang, a beautiful Kentucky girl, was married to Dr.- R. A. Collins six years ago. ene was 11 ye um ana he was twice her age. They were noti ALL-NIGHT GAME IS TWO-HANDED Mrs. KnaoDcn. a' Tounsr Wife, at Spokane, Wntes Brief Note and Goes. (Continued on Pae Twelve.) MAKE: STANFORD PEACEFUL TOWN Students and President Con fer Regarding:-Plan of . -Student-Rule.' Stanford TJnlveralty, CaL. Oct Jt The tnembers ef the university conference, a body composed of seniors In the dif fer cat departments of the anlrersilr. ar planning to laTeetlgste systems of student government In the aniverellles rf tit a eat snd east In . accordance with a rlen te rtv tb eatroi cf stad-nta affairs tnte the haa-Ss ef Xht tuiita The, flan is tboutht te h fe!Me a4 It la tpeit to do " ith tt-e trnvhln Nt wen etodeita an tmty. u)ry tnerabwra ttat bts Skaraptwl tba Birruy for U.e Mil t wo years. At a meeting ff mmbra e-f tl t o f e-f-rf !: T"rileTt JoMah )k e'rt it r rl'ied that the stu d"t S'Kn'il'l l""k into trtltui ef a'.j.ieet rKTMi. r4 rerrt at as U'er anee'lag te be ktJ svoa. (United Press teraed Wr. Spokane, Wash., Oct' le.'Two can play the all-night game," was the mes aage left last night by the wife of IL L. Knappen, a reporter on a morning paper here. They were recently married and .pparenfly ; happy. It -Is supposed, the oung wife got weary ef waiting for er husband to come home after bis wok was done. ?Her whereabouts is unknown. .-.--:-. . i -i - BURROUGHS BELIEVED TO BE DRINK VICTIM - (Soep1l DITiatcb The Joeraat.) -i Baker City, Or Oct. II. A. 8. Bur roughs, who yesterday told the police at Sheridan, Wyo, that Ed Mfsener placed the bomb' that killed Sheriff Brown,- is looked upon here ss a victim of strong drink. Mlsener resided here and bore an excellent reputation. He was In the mercantile buslneas for some time. ' He left Baker about four years ago. .4 When Burrougha lived here, not long since, he was rather shiftless, badly ad dicted to the use of liquor, and his word has been -taken for naught during his life la Faker CUT. His wifs Is now liv ing in this city. ; ... congenial -and' fours months ago they Young VlggosVon Holsteln Rathlow, on a Visit to Portland mat her ar,A elf in love. Dr. Collins did not contest hla wue s suit ror divorce. Then Mrs. Col lins and the young Dane hastened to1 New York and took passage for Den mark... - '. '. , : - - , I . The count refused his consent to his son's marriage- and the couple .went to London, where an American pastor married them. Then ' thev retnmeH tn Copenhagen and at length received the parental blessing. A man tflvlnsr his nntne am Vnunt Vnn Holstein Rathlow passed through Port land a few months ago on hla way east from San Francisco, He annearel tn hn nuoui o years. ; lie was seen mucn In company with a beautiful woman supposed 10 ie tne one now hla wife. Clip DEFIES ANTUIICTIOII Washington Consressman llurls Bomb at Labor Op position to Restraint." I u I , . 1 (United Preas Lasted Wire.) . Spokane, .Wash., Oct 18. In hla Cushman of Tact) ma hurled defiance at labor's oenosltlon to the fhiunction. He declared the present law was right, andesaid It would be maintained by the Republican party. He said he would turn his back on the national capital forever before he would vote for anti- injunctlon legislation. NO TEAMSTERS' STRIKE AT FRISCO L HEARST SERVED MTH lERS 1 m- ii AiM A' it i TrF utwj u c ii fi nnn 1 ..i v n I v n m -arii, i ii .niii 11 1 iiiiii INSTITUTED V BY G J N; HASKELL MM pnn nrn r n IDcn ntLU Obit F OR FORGING ........ . ... r- ... Sensational Developments Expected to Follow Arrest of La Grande Bank Cashier Institute.' Said to Have Been Comjfletely Wrecked V " Y :-- (Spedsl Olipatch to Tne 7oarnal.) La Grande, ,Oct. 16. Jeffer son ' W. Scnber, cashier of the Farmers & Traders National bank of La Grande, and who comes rom one of the best-known and oldest (families in the state, was arrested this morning by United States officials on a charge of em bezzlement. The bank is said to have been found in a completely wrecked condition. - The speclflo charge against Serlber I la that he embezzled and misapbropriat- ed f 12,525.25. It Is understood that the cashier practically admits a shortage I of this amount.-, Serlber is to be taken to v Pendleton this afternoon , where he I will be taken before a United . States commissioner for'the purpose of having the amount of ball arranged.' It Is not probable that he will be released under a.Dona or tu,uow. . Scrlber's arrest is the result of a re- ort on Saturday that a" forged -note on J. K. West had been discovered. Later I there, was a run In an automobile to Elitln by West and Serlber makinir an other trip to Klein for the purpose of talcing uo tne -',uuu piece or paper. Aionaay tne oaiiK ciosea lis aoors. ' Claude Gatcn. national banlc exam iner, and who for years knew Serlber, the two having been boys together in Salem, was sent for and the examina tion of the books snd accounts of the Institution began at once. Since his arrival Mr. Catch has refused to make known the extent of the banjc s diffi culties. -. . ' Wednesday Mr. Gatch sent word' to United States District Attorney John MoCourt in Portland of the condition of affairs as they existed. Mr. McCourt's assistant, Walter ,H. Evans, was sent Deputy Sheriff -Breaks In Door?bf: Driving Room When Train Reaches Omaha. . Mrs. Hearst Denied Hus band Was iriCom-partment---Great;Ex-. citement in CaKT. ', William R. Hearst, Who Has Been Sued for $600,000 Libel by Charles N. Haskell. , f (Continued on Page Three.) SSI San Francisco, Oct II. The Question aa to wnetner mere win oe a teamsters' strike In San Francisco waa practically settled by a vote at -a meeting-, of the union last night, accepting a verbal agreement with the draymen s associa tion. - in aravmen aa-reed to alva 10 days notive In . case they desire to change the hours or wage schedule and to continue, the present wage and hour scaie. Dot. tney . refused to - slaa an agreement with the union. The committee or tne union that con ferred with the employers recommended the scceptance of the terms. The rec ommendation was ratified by an almost unanimous vote. - , iFORWdMEN READERS X Next Sunday's' Transfer SuDcIement will consist of a teautiful shirtwaist oattern one that anr ladv will be ofoud to possess. Don't forget to secure The Sunday Journal of October 18. .It's five cents. - "- - ... ., v, t The transfer patterns with last Sunday's Journal seemed X X ' to meet with the universal approval of our worn civ readers. X . This enorirages tss to continue, giving tbese patterns with ! The Sunday Journal mMMMMmHHMMMtMMMMMv Republicans . Chase 3Ion - archists Into a Church, - Break Barricades and Kill x 23 Fight an Incident of : the Elections. ' fTalted Preaa Leaaed WVa.l , Lisbon. '-Oct 1. Twenty-three men were killed' or mortally wounded and 40 were seriously Injured In a great riot at Asarobuja between the monarch ists and republicans at the municipal election primaries .today. The repub licans 'outnumbered' the ' monarchists and were the aggressor. After a strag gle In the streets, the tnonarcrTTats ware put to flight and took refuge In a church, barricading the doors and win dows. - Tho republicans l Den ootarned neew posts ' and timbers, with which they made battering ram a- With thoae thev battered down tho doors sad -with toneo broke all the wtndowe that were expoaext Whoa the doors war broken down- the mob rushed Into the church and attempted to massacre the awa. archlata. A bloodr battle waa f-mxht srvfee the roof of the sasctuary. la whlru knlv-a and guns wera tiae1 with, deadl effect. Tho anorarrhlsta.) bsvtna-v a. moans of retreat fought eVwperateir rti thoar liral of tho trope. Tho ao.1l-ra ar tooted a number of tho leader and finally reetred order. Tho town la un4er tnarilal law. as the autheriUes fear further tro-bia. - ' 3 . - MARTIfl CASE KOES TO JURY Fate of West Point Graduate Now Rests With 12 Jurors Disagreement Is the Result Most Generally Predicted--Speculation Differs. - ' These Are the Jurors. Henry L. Carl, gardener. ; . r I. W. Butler, farmer. . ,; ,. R. E. Gibson, retired. ' T. J. Burns, grocer. J.' O. Bacher, florist x - ' Napoleon Davis, capitalist F. B. Harrington, jeweler. - P. A McPherson, Insurance. 4i CI. Sweet saw flier,, O. L. Hlbbard, real estate. Fred K. Hungerford, real . esUte. E. Versteeg, capitalist . . . With Judge Cleland's Instructions to the Jury this afternoon the last word In the trial of Edward "-H. Martin for the murder of Nathan Wolff were said. Now- tho question as to whether the guilt of one of tho most brutal crimes that over took place In PortlanJ ahall bo fixed en the head of a West Point graduate and a. hero In the days of war rests with tho 12 men who for nine days have lletened to evluence and argument. It was about 2 o'clock this afternoon when Judge Cleland finished reading his Instructions which was all that re mained to be done when court convened for . tbo afternoon. All morning had been occupied la the closing address of Deputy District Attorney Fltxgerald, who presented a strong resume of the testimony from his standpoint and de-. el area that the circumstaacea point as unerringly to Edward H. Martin as a blood-soaked assassin ss though some one saw him .commit the crime. , Disagreement Predicted. : Guessing on the verdict and even betting on it has become a pastime among the spectators and those who have followed the testimony. Opinions as to the outcome vary from first de gree muraer to acquittal. Dut a dls- agreement is the most frequently beard prediction. Those who have closely ob served the jury sre divided, but many are found who believe that a conviction in the first degree ia Improbable. Some of the Jurors have asked questions at times that are thought to indicate a leaning toward the defense. The sensation promised by tho do- rense yesterday afternoon over tho dls eovery of a revolver alleged to have besn borrowed from 'Mrs. drub br Mar. tin on May . the day of tho murder, hss fallen flat Mrs. Grub yesterday afternoon repudiated the alleged "find.6 ana pointed out aereral particulars In which the gun produced by tho defense dirrere rrom the one sho let- Martla have. Besides this, there la no auch ad dress as that the man Pchmldt gava to tne pawnDroaer. w. u. Hastings, when me laiter purcnaseo; ice nn on May a. ana Dcnmiu i cannot do louna rroeecmtloa'o fcast Word. When tUe oroaecutor beni tho etna. fng plea in tho caae. the plee in which (Continued oruPage Twelve.) ! I O) : (United Preas Leased Wire.) . v Omaha. Neb., 'Oct. i6.Vit- liam R. Hearst was served , with v papers in a suit for $600,000 dam ages -; brought '. by c Governor Charles N. Ilaskell of Oklahoma, as he was passing through this city early today.- A( deputy sher iff with the papers "boarded the train ' but " found the, door ' to Hearst's stateroom locked. He knocked on' the door and Mrs. Hearst said her husband had gone to the station tovsend a telegram. The sheriff " announced rthat he would; forde his ". way 'into, the stateroom if the door was not opened. There was no responsc. The officer then, usincr his shoul der as a battering ram, forced the' door and almost fell into the room. 'Mrs., Hearst,, partially dressed, rushed ; screaming into the aisle of the car.' :' ". AccefUs Bervioe. - - Tho officer was not dismayedNby tho sight of the frightened woman or .her screams, but still convinced that Hearst was in hiding he made Is way to the toilet room adjoining;' the, stateroom and began kicking violently against the'door. . He probably would -have broken this down in a few seconds If Hearst hsd not appeared and,, accepted , service of the papers. - . .:!v '-', -' After an excltlnar scene, which nearlv caused a panio . among the passengers. Hearst said the summons was unexpect- . ed and that he had no Idea what the man wanted. ITa ma i ri k. h.H pAf...iij ,A admit the officer because he and his wife had retired and they were not pre- -pared to receive atranaera In their pri vate apartments. Mrs. .Hearst 'quickly recovered her " composure, but remained in the state room. - Hearst said he had no Idea of avoiding service, and asserted that the aggressiveness of the officer was -entirely unwarranted. , , , . . J ', Suit riled XaH Might,";- Tho suit waa fife1 at 1ft n'Wk night and the papers were Immediately Issued and put into the hands of the of ficer. It was known that Hearst would ass through Omaha on his way from lan Francisco to New York Tha itn. oty ' sheriff went to the station two hours before the train arrival mma w.tt. ed in order , to be certain, not to miss Hearst v . . f ,'... The suit Is based upon the statements of Hearst that Haskell was and is the agent of the- Standard OH company. (Continued on Page Three. BATE WAR OVER ORIENTAL TRADE Interstate Commission Rnl Mg Places American Ship pers in Danger. . r Register! Register! Register! . Hare jroadone it yet registered? You owe it to ycmraelf to rote for the president of the United States, rtd if yon belong to that Urge number who ihonld register ' before election day yon will gave much time and trouble by regis tering now. - . Hare tou moved into another precinct since yon registered for, th June election? Then yon should register either this afternoon or tomorrow morning. . Didn't vote in June? That is all the tr;rre reason why jom should rote for prefident in November. But regiiter NOW. ' , Do yrm know of a man wke leant toward Bryan but las not yet reri'red. Ask him personally to rrgieter or te!er"-re bis name and address to The Journal. Again we siy. REGISTER. aw (raited Pms Laaaed Wire.) San Francisco. Oct It The local of ficio! of tho Canadian Pacific Railroad company and tho agent of the Nlrpt-n To sea Kalsha steamship line are aoilng tndav on advices retred fr-m Brltlati Columbia tNet both cooipanlea have -gan aa tateraatlonai rale war. Tie treobio may eitend to tn's city In rate cutting (tatue wwi r " " Mall 8teomhlp eonrsy asd ilf Aif Ini tranaooeitnealal tinea no one 'i aiM the Tera hmea Kalt.a en th r" -. aafppera or te wmrj - - w ... - -rng at .the crisis lft emf -cn:a t ' tn view of ' turh-j.! t emta rf i -nmpaniea eae(M l- lr-nfMf j tranamtl Bfritl turrrlr tie l mew ru cf I l7itriata r,..- -. minluio 10 rnrl t tie t -rf rate S row.- i t ra k i. ' . o'trlrs cent"" rl i -, l4 T a OeHana tu ,' t . , i:e4 statee auj rewe c .. aniahn r-r It a e,tj t.f ( .- a4 Xhm 1 - - OtMtTtttMmvmtHtOttfvMtWWH iri!fii r e f
