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"7 . """ 4 " - - 1 ' " " vSr ! r-- 'yJ li CENTS igjf -J A. A. A. y A. A. -. XII II w r'fV VWM UAN JOURNAL CIRCULATION VKSTEUDAt WAS 3fl " Vs? FT 3. ' 1 TRAINS AND STANDS CENTS Sunday Journal Cc ' The Weather Fair tonight and.1 Thursday; northerly winds. L. ... a I !. I . , ... 1 . VOL. VIII. NO. 163.: .PORTLAND, OREGON,, WEDNESDAY EVENINO, SEPTEMBER 15, ; 1909. -TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. "Tiitin . - . ... - . . 1 ''Vj-,, X . ....-j.... .1.. ,. ,1. i. a I IJUKEl pfFirebparUhable.tQ .CdSerSVilh the SituJ; S atlon-rMail Buildina Elevators, Packr K ng and Other Houses Are a Total .1 V I ncc Plinf'. Will RRhiilli af 'Onre. :x Tin itartlng from th ponUn i txMxt combustion of a grinding ma- t . chine In the reel room on ;the thlra ' floor of the Portland Flouring Mills ' company, destroyed the main mill : ' building, the elevators, the packing '. j house, the oil house, the water tower - and the machinery In the engine room this morning, entailing a loss , ef approximately $S00,000, which is fully covered with lnsuranoe, The mills will b Moonatructed1 a; aoon aa tha plana can be prepared and aa rapidly aa money and men win a ";' Ufm Th. nw milla will be. better and ' more modern In construction than the nld. maklna them the molt modern and beat equipped on the Paciflo coaet. ; Three Are Injured. ' v Three men, Thomas Gavin, driver of rhlftf 1 Camnbell B automobile, J. Mc- ' Killott, a jtlreman. and Katoaka, a ec. . tlon liand, were Injured slightly .while Norman itrogh. head miller, W. D, Wo , Fherson and Valentine Koaa, we rea- cued from the burning mill by other - mniovea. who ruahed to tneir aaaiai. ance at the beginning' of the fire? -' The fire atarted at :5 this mofnini from the apontaneous . combustion of a ' ' grinding' machine in the reel room of ' ;' the- main mill building, on the third floor. The reelroora i in the center of the mln building. Kroga, the ead , , miller, McPherson and Koae. hit -; : sistanta, were In the room when the explosion- eame. This was eo sudden that the three men dUd not know burst of blinded the ' and it - wa followed oy : fiama nriH ' amoke which .1 n.,rt nu.,n(( their eiciM 1 Adftrtning the reel room Is Jhts.pack ing room, and in tUia N.. NpI-O". ..riiJ tr n;nAi.ii anil N. Olon were wor!:lng when the explosion shook the bia: building ana- nnea " flames ad" smoke." They, rushed, to the reel room and dashing through the doors from which the smoke was belching. ' found and dragged the three imprlosned men to safety- names mi sun. ' By thi time the whole center of the mill was biasing furnace, while tho flames were spreading with bewildering rapldty irom ..room, to room .mw to floor, ah 01 - . - building rushed from their perilous sta tions to the outside and" the alarm was turned in. while the fight againat the flamea was taken up by the local Are .apparatus kept in. readiness by the mill Tie fire boat reached the scene of the fire at o ciook ana u - Ward engine 8 and truck 6 Joined tnthe -S7t the-conflagration, which by this ?ime had assumed gigantic pro Betw'en the main mill building and -i Av. iha Mimnflnv has Deen TI1 fJiowat, ws - . i . -.constructing four new cement w bins having an Hi".-r"L,:j 160 000 bushels. Tne loumwesi wmu went the flamel around and over these jwepiw ih ,,1-vators were a biasing mass of wood and grain. riant Piactloauy utiwoyta. From that time oh it was simply a flaht on the pan ot mu IIs. OT-VinJr afded by . what assistance could be given by the local plant to ..ninlnr huildines. As it was practically the entire plant was de i srMWOft The main mill building was com ""niatoiv' iltroved. the elevators were - .i k..vn ti tha ffmund. The ma chlnery In the engine .room '1 i a total tnum Th nacklns house Is burned to " the ground, the oil house. was lost. , . thnti.h ln cnatents were taken out In i. .i.v nt tlmm and saved. . The 80 foot tower, erected to furnish water for the mill and as fire protec- tlon, was burned and fell to. the ground being rendered unless early in the course or U) lire oy tne rierce neat ouming the bottom eut of xthe ank. The dot-ks, adjoining the main mill building on the west, war saved by the wind which blew the flamea the other way. The new (8000 dynamo, the larg est of its kind on the coast, was also saved.'- v- ?- . - c . . Freight Oars . Baved. , ' As soon as the ftre alarm was turned In the O. H. & N. sent a special engine to the Willi and hauled away 40 loaded cars, thus saving not only its own roll ing stock hut a large amount' or, grain and flour which had been either received for grinding. or loadad ready, for, ship ment, i. - V The fire was one .of the most'-spec tapular in the history of the -city." The old wooden - buildings, dried by long ars of service and with .every cranny filled with highly combustible flour and grain duat, fell - a ready prey to I the wind ' fanned flames. ' From the first It was annarent that the fire de partment was utterly urable to stop thai conflagration. . . . - i nonias uann. driver or tjniex uamn- bell's aufOmoblle, was badly . burned about the head and ' face- during' the early part of the Are and was taken to I a near cy arug store -wnere n is injuries were dressed. -r V ' "4 ' ? 'Burned in ',' 7 J. McKlllott.' the btherr fireman In jured, was . badly burned ion the hands and face, while his- left hand was' badly cut by flying glaea. v-He-tstayed -at his post, however, untlfiaftery. the -fire had burned s -down under . control, when he went to a drug store -and had his in juries arsea. .- . , .? ; The -third man miurea was a Japa nese section-hand, Katoaka, who slipped rrom a wet roor ana reii to tne ground. trHtlnr.hiJieaa.' He was -picked tip j jjj - 1 11 i t i ! 5 ' a " -'M t i : , .... ;1 J .. . -f , ' 1 i w.lM,,,att..,,.sWssssL a . JKy.w.-JsaeeJie4ssJl , jL -.... f Wm-CU M 40 wing; M LIS CO. SseeewiSesejaa.;: jM 4. .Wat' t of the Portland Flouring AllUs iVfnpany Destroyed bylre This Morning. TAFT TO SPEAK FROm BALED HAY ' ' : ... . Novel Platform Planned for President's Reception at EllensbuVfif.-V tinconacipus -and taken to the -fit, Vin cent's nospitai. ( a .-.'i, m, .: - -i. - it r ,.1S!IW- FUTILB EFFORTS 3fADE - TO SAVE PTJAXT FROM . DESTRUCTION BY FIRE The fire started in the reel room on the third floor at the south side of the main building next to the" bins. It is supposed to have started between 8 and 8:16 o'clock and was discovered bv John Schram, one' of the workers, as It was smouldering- its way throuah the flour dust. For almost an hour It smoul dered along before it could be reached and before it broke outside. Then the flames completely enveloped the main plant before help could be procured. The f ireboat came up a little after 9 o'clock and its streams of water were put in play about 9:30. Captain Spelr, harbor master, assumed practical control of the work of fire righting and did most efficient work. He directed the men here and there, were they were most needed and wher ever It was possible the flames were kept down. Luckily the boiler room iPUREilLiUlJUTOllWIO WdOOH! GOESIIl i ii Gt BiMHUAL OF Wt GUTTER IW Ills SBEGUfl : I" ' ' . r ; . 1 - ' ' i if- A liipect6rltinept Wagoni:'-dn Dailfc Rounds ind Confiscate Product Not Up to liequirements of Health Office. Complete listings of dairies In or near Portland have been commenced by the city board of health and the city health officer, under the, guidance of pr. Alan Welch Smith, chairman of the board. Dr. Smith outlining plans for milk puri fication adopted, said this morning: "Cleaning up Portland's milk supply Is being reduced to rigid system. In spection set under way today begins with the animals of the dairy herds, the stables where they are kept and the manner in which they are kept, and ends with the delivery of milk as to the Vehicle, and the quality of the milk as to its richness ana cleanness ana sep was untouched and so the pumps werelaratlon from contaminating Influences. kept" going for a time. The water tank. wnicn is o reet nign, and stands be side the new oil room, caught fire from the heat and was rendered useless, as the bottom was impaired. Theodore Brown, the head miller In cnarge ox the plant, showed great pres (Continued on Page Twelve.) "Insneetor have ' been ordered to throw into the street or otherwise de stroy the product not found up to the sianoara. "If cows or! dairies do not check u to the rnoulrement of sanitation whlc we shall Impose, .and of which the dairy- Witnesses Will Testify Be fbre Grand Jury to the In timacy Existing: -Between Frank Rodman and Mrs. Hazel Maddux. (Continued' on Page Twelve,- -' (gnarlal Dlvrttrb to The Journal. J Rtlanariiirar. Wash.. Sept. 16. President Taft stops off fn EHensburg izpositlon from on his wav to tne 'Beanie ex ha will editress the Deoole naiallv built nlatforra made of Kit tltas valley hay if plans -of the cham ber of commerce are earnea out it is supposed to erect near the Northern Pacific depot a rostrum built entirely of compressed hay. Tha decoration will be Kittitas county apples, the red kind. The suggoetlon wee mad by Andrew Olson, farmer ef the valley, and his idea met. with the enthusiastic ap proval of the xrlub. Me feela that the novelty of the idea will appeal to the president and make Mm remember kllensbnrg before - any ef the other towns which be visits. , , e North Taklma, Wh fiept 11. North Taklma Is laying plans for a reception to the president sod a pro mt ror n eaiertaiament during nis day's stay here on September l. Preeautlnna will be takes to. protect the president and a raoipuf of the national gird win aid the police la keeping rdr. The eity will be lav lehly dernrate1. .preairtent MUlea- of the North Taklma Commercial rWh toAtr nH g-nator Wealer L. Jonee, at fnator sene fVemnn. Rpreienta'lTe 1 o 'Melg. ; p.epr'tatlve W. M. nirw. Virf P. j M. Atmhrtiatee to art wiLfe Utcsuf as reoeptiow vowttnittea. j frstn If li r i-r l . . Vl 1C wvw . I- Mra. ILsmI Madds PatrW man's :fr. Chargrd With PrMag ' , Aatomobtie Wltett It R&a tw lrs. Ma Real. Frank E. Rodman and Mrs. Hael Maddux, now In the county jail, were out together in Rodman's automo bile on the Llnnton road the night before Mrs. May Real was run down and killed, again on the night she met her death, and again on the following night. This is according to the stories of Rodman himself, made to witnesses who will tell what they know to the grand Jury and on the witness stand. Not only did they ride together on these three and other nights, but Rod man took Mrs. Maddux to his cottage at 1114 East Morrison street and lived With her there. ' according to his own statements, the housekeeping arrang ments being so permanent and complete that Mrs. Maddux moved her piano and other personal effects there. Xndlotments Are Expected. The witnesses who told this story have been before the authorities and while , at first they refused to make any statements, they finally told what they knew. This information adds the last link to the chain of evidence whlci binds tho man and the woman to the Real tragedy and makes it certain that indictments win De returnea oy tne errand Jury. proban-Iy this afternoon, charging Rodman and Mrs. Maddux with responsibility for the death of Mrs. Mar Real on the Llnnton road during the earlv morning or August 6. uenuty jjistrici Attorney vreeiand Informed Judge Bronaugh In court this morning that the two prisoners now 5n the county Jail would undoubtedly be In dicted for ; homicide. The grand Jury adjourned yesterday anernoon until x o'clock today when It will again tako up the . Investigation. While no statement would be mad bv-vDistrlct Attorney Cameron. It is be lieved that he has been drawing the Indictments which will charge the two prisoners with homicide and that the jury will make Its report to the court thlg afternoon. Ethel Toss Under Boa da. Ethel Vosa, the sister of Mrs. Ru dolph Becker Jr.. and the friend of Mrs. Maddux, to whom Mrs. Maddux told the" story of the Real killing, was brought befoVe the district attorney thW morning and ordered held under bonds of 1500 as a material witness- in the case The district attorney desired to tske no chances of losing her evi dence when the case comes to trial, and therefore decided to put her under bond to Insure her appearance In court when the case Is called. Aside from the added evidence fur- nlahed by the wltneaees who tell .f the! Hodman statement to tnem.. mere neve been no material changes in the Real case since yesterday afternoon Attor ney tieorge vs t aiowan. , reoreoenung Rodfnan and Mrs. Maddux, riled a Dtl tlon for a writ of habeas corn us in the circuit court this morning. H charge that, the prisoners were deprived of lhale' llhertv without warrant of law and ak that they be allowed their ireeoom. aTsAge stale Agmlast Prisoners. Judge Brortaagh set the hearing of the-petition for tomorrow morning at : o'clrx-k. when the matter car up ertered over the atretiaovs objec- I Inn of .Mr. OaldweU. wbo CDteoded that bis client were held without war rant, were ttejprlvei" ef their cotistita I tonal lihertr ad" were entitle , te spedv re'lef Judr Bmnaorh r,eweer. he'd that Inasmuch aa CaJdwell had not filed his City Attorney Credits Mayor With Power o Hold Par iriff Contractors Responsi ble for Imperfect Streets Within Three year Limit. Of great Importance is the legal opinion Just written by . City Attor ney J. P. Kavanaugh in response to a request from R. T. Piatt, of the street committee, of the executive board. The opinion provides the administration of Mayor Simon with a powerful cudgel to be wielded against the paving companies of this city and opens the way to an annual! saving of $250,000 to taxpayers of the city in that it will enable the executive board to lop off the ex pensive maintenance contracts that have been a source of easy money for the big contractors of Portland. President 'Rides Qut of Bos ton Beaming. . .Upon the Crowds. That' Shout Fare well First Stop at Chi cago Hitchcock Precedes DEATH LURKS Ifl ROSE CITY .ILK CIS National President of Moth ers' Congress! After Inves tigation' Protests Against .High Rate of Infant Mor tality Will Help Crusade. 'Organised effort alone can protect the people of today against Impure milk or;.impure food ef any kind. 1 have heard It suggested in Portland, that the crusade for clean milk should be waged by the housewife, that officers of the law cannot be depended upon do their duty. Such a theory. It seems to me, could not be more absurd or less based pn common sense." A i li Mrs. Frederick Schoff. national ores ldent.of the Mothers' congress, so ktnd- in manner ana so practical or mina St "she seems an altogether . natural hoice for such a position, had no hes itation' In, expressing with .vlji n of the value of an- effort Boston, Mass., Sept.- 16 President Taft began his 43,000, ralje .tour of the west and south at 10 o'clock this morn ing. . The-departure 'from the South sta tion in this city was without incident. The president, accompanied by Colonel Butt, his military aide, and his assist ant secretary, confidential messenger and secret service officers, reached the train five minutes before leaving tlnin. The president was In happy vein. As he alighted from his carriage at the entrance to the tralnshed he smiled and raised his hat to the large crowd of spectators who had gathered to see his departure. In the station the public was barred behind the gates of the concourse, and those Who surrounded the president's car of the special train were mostly officers and railroad employes. Jiift before the train moved out the presi dent stepped from the observation room I njonunuea on rage rnree. l (Continued on page Twelve.) ' ' . I 1 I , - - - - rr Imp- mmmMMii i -V A : " her to an Up Portland s milk supply. Mrs. Schoff name -to Portland frerft her Philadelphia home three weeks- ft' but because she wlsbed to make a study of local conditions, came without aa- ' npunce,ment and ' has made, her visit a , very quiet one. .-:..';.- "But I ahould like to mill rav ImII. mony, new, to' the permanent necessity ror guarding tne rood suppi- of tna people," -she said while at the Nor- Portland have Hsught "me a number of things about-the ; Rse-City whiwlr in the -east-w iwrer-wrtitd have' learned. I ave been dlsturbedi tov-find that within the-shadow of- the clty beauty ' lurks the menace of altogether unnecessary death. , . , r,;- - ; -.j,. , The. Mothets' tronsress was oreanlzed to help mothers be real mothers.; We want them to know the nature and danger of disease; we want , them to give tbMr1 babies' a fair-chance for life. And we want that in Portland .as much as anywhere. I am roln to bit frank ly that It is shameful for one baby to die- to every two- born. It Is a fore- frone conclusion that, the mother's prim tive instinct to protect her young would cause -her tO do as well - for: er - baby as she .can, - But she cannot - be ex- peeted' to guard agatnst vthe insldlout dangers of bad milk. She must be pro tected by officials elected or appolnte-l for-that purpose and aworn to do -their duty. Such officers negligent of -duty become responsible for the lives, of the babies. , .- ; . , i ..- , Have Done Wonders in the Hast. ' . "In eastern cities where bad condi tions-came to a climax before they did In Portland, the people have presneil home to the officials their obligations. These men honestly exerting themselves have done wonders. They have., con stantly back of them the government v with all its power and, richness. With . an ambition to do the work they; have not lacked for help and approbation. "ine letter and spirit of the laws ' governing the food eupply of Oregoii make . it certain that, officials doing their duty will make- both- milk-and food safe. My observations In . Port land have shown ma conclusively tint conditions have not been misstated an l that there is the basis-of sound rea aon in the claim that officers ahould become active. ,1 ' sometimes fear. though, that even among officers there are those who 'having eyes, see not; . ears and they hear pot noses and they smell not. - . . . I want to say to The Journal, keep , on In splendid crusade for pure milk. yours is a life saving service, the value of which the people can never repay. The high Infant mortality cfts' be de creased, will be decreased and must he decreased. Give children proper care and good milk, and the death rate will be decreased 75 per cent or more. ; I have seen this tested In Philadelphia and In other cities. Isn't such rewar l worth while? . - t. . .; - i TJse ' Xvery laflneaea, 3 .'. "Every influence -"must be made to contribute toward success In a pure mllfc crusade Begin "with the liemn and teach the mother that milk She is - (Continued, on Page- Three.) i, INFORMAL CALL Frightens Greek Section Hands From' Meal Then Eats It Himself. . (Contlaaied oa Page Three.) lak E. nodinM, Use A a to Driver la Jail Charg With KUllag of Mre. ?Iay Rewl liaatost RosmL - tralteS Fraas Laae Wire Summit. HonL, Sept. 16. Just as the Great Northern section men here were sluing down to Iheir evening meal yes terday, a large silver tip gr!lr b-r dropped around informally - and an nounced his presence by ecratrplne at the front door of the houaa. I'et-r Mehas, -ectlwn foremen, opened the d-fr and before he coull rec e from ft emesemrat Praia ainra him en t 1-f t aoMideT with a hag- pe and fcoorSe.i blm tne length of Hie ro,m. Ihatntlr there was a general eindua ef ir laborers through the r-r windnwe -f the sHack. After rutting the eevewjr t flight r. beer turned r.is attention t-i the nr c- -table and was calmly ntlr hlw a. r to a Ufae rHat" f fried "to Wllltam ilnvrta. a Irar-fer. sura. l l i the cm f the fngi'in-t lr . peeree. aa-t wli a rit (rm M w rheeter e-l-d iKe ta ra J teajr we'sSel irl.r ' T"-" Meeua wmia.ll wra . - -aI r a te take a'."f--a In I - I '.r. n -a ma4a by te l"-' a t:aa.