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VOL. VII. NO. 21.
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ONES CONVEYED TO
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Entire Male Population of Tpwn
. , Fightsy f Oncoming Flames,
.' ' But, It Is Feared, in Vain
' Loss About $1 ,000,000.
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' Spokane, .Wash., Aug. . 20.
The
destruction, by fire of Wallace, Idaho,
Is Imminent. . Believing the town to
be,: doomed and abandoning their
home's In ,the ( hope, of saving 'their
lives, panic-stricken residents are to
night fleeing the town. . The ides is
Inestimable. Sweeping upon the town
from the west,: late .this afternoon,
the fierce, flames created a general
alarm that, brought, every available!
fire fighting force into play....
Shortly - after ' & o'clock tonight;
the iire chief ordered 6U the people
ou of the town 'and within 10 rnln
utes more thereat side of the town
Wrst fhto flames,-- Switching crews
of the. O. It. & N..? 'under orders
from thfti off lclals of v the road, had
hurriedly made up trims' of all avail
able' freight and passenger cars In
the local yards. ' To one string of
1.4 freight cars two fast engines were
coupled and into them were loaded
hundreds' of 'votnen and children pre
paratory' to leaving at the sound of
the fire bells which were'o' .soiind
, the signal for. flight. ; r V .'l'; '
UponJhe Issuance of the order to
flee byitb.eN;hief of police,- the loco-
motive ' whlstlea shrilled forth, the
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Woman and Children in Heart
- of Burning Area Near Crater
Lake Send Frantic Appeal
for Aid. : . ij v
' (Special DUpatrh t The onrgtl.)
Wedford, Or., Aug. 20. pate this, af
ternoon there came Into the acting
supervisor's office In this city" a tele
phone message from Mrs. John Holts, a
ranger's wife at Mosquito swamp In the
iieart of the burning area which -Was
pitifully short. , , - 'V-':
t "For God's sake send help.' The fire
is so near and there is - no way t out.
come and save my babies I" Here
the message was cut short whether by
the flames at the cabin of by the tele
phone line going down ts not known,'
but Acting Supervisor Swennlng of i the
Crater National 4 Forest tonight has ;
party making. Its ! way "as rapidly as
possible to therscue.,vr 'i s
In the meantime, the supervisor. !i
awaiting anxiously for word as to the
uccess. j It may.be that they win . reach
the spot only, to find, the charred, re-
' tnatns of a mother and four children'.or
It may be that Prpvldenca has provided
sv way-of escape, :
" ' Death Almost Certain.
Mosquito' swamp, where Mrs. Holts,
whose husband is one of. the forest
guards, la living,, Is In. the. heart of the
, great fire Which Is sweeping the coun
try In ,the' neighborhood of 'Four "Bit
, creek.', The .timber js heavy About the
; little cabin in' whiijh sire lives and if
me names , naa surrounded the cabin
, Derore sne attemptea, to. get away it
almost certain that she has perlsheU
: The forest fire' situation s worse- to
night jhanet any time since thev start-
ed over1 a week ago;; 'By tomorrow the
forestry, officials, will v have between
750 and 1000 rtienj fighting the flames
, Two distinct sections of the country
are affected. -One is-in the-neNrhbor-hood
of Ashland, south .of this citand
the other is raging about , the bas of
; Wt. McLoughnn. (jirectly east of tills
cjiy. aoxn or tnese nree are beyond
control and doing Immense-.damage: con.
i etantly spreading over additional terrl-
tory.- The estimated damage dorie by
- the fire was placed tonight at 1,600,
000. .- , . , ' ' i
Vrgeat Calls Tor Help,
The forestry- olfficlals yesterday sent
a muutsi lo urants n ror so man
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yJRosekurgwaa. asked .for SO ,sbi1 -Uied
pmuueni in ii'ortjana was . asked, ti
tane up tho matter of securing, "the
woseDurg company or ' militia , to
fight local fires. In addition to this the
office was notified that 280 additional
troops would, be rushed to this., section
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DEVOUR FORESTS : TmWBSWi:
Although Struggling Desperate-
y,r Fire' Fighters r Unable to
Cope. With Situation' Which
Rapidly Grows Alarming.
The governor 'undoubtedly, will be:
callel vpon to-order out tfrn-full force
the state militia to fight forest fires
la, Oregon. ; Though tailed , upon for 600
troopers In addition to th 110 alr'nady
gent to Crater Laks park. General Maun
waa unable yesterday to furnish a single
additional manV '"v',, t .";.h
.' Driven by high Winds that give no
promise of ralrt, the fir Tront in Crater
Lake park mttalned yesterday a 25 mile
itretch,1 : The flames 'traveled at race
horse speed. ' The homrS of squatters
were censtimed. Terrified men, women
find children ran for their lives. Three
hundred men desperately fought the on
rush of the flames; where m thousand
wdre needed. By traveling more rapidly
at tha sides than In the center the fire
fighters nere hemmed in As hlght came
and the danger of their being' burned
alive was great.' The -people 'are pray
ing for, rain. -, .1 - - A
"Hell's broken loose!" exclaimed' Asso
ciate "District Forecaster George II.
Cell grimly as he '-received the reports
Just epitomised, by lonir distance tele
phone yesterday evening.
Came Immediately a message saying
that tremendous. fire had, obtained Tan
uncon tollable start in the 4Jmpqua' val
ley 16wlands not far f rom Roseburg.
Twenty-five men were available t ruslvi
to the conflagration. One hundred ar.
the-yr?-la'mt'r'.nt!tatlt-!l "f ,
Another fire "broke out on Ashland
creek, arid as?lt headed for Ashland with
terrible1 speed, the militia was ordered
out to fight it. ; ;.. .
, Tire which bad been burning slowly
In Green River valley along the line of
the tforthern Pacific burst out Jnfury
yesterday, ; Fifty men were hustled to
Seattle tq fight It. :; ' -4 s,Uv ..,
v the situation in the Wallowa national
forest became bo serious that all the
troopers remaining at Vancouver - bar
racks , were ordered" to. the scene.' The
soldiers 'prooably will leave today, go
ing by way of Huntington and Roblnette
to the ytcinlty of Half Way. Mr. Cecil
telegraphed District Forecaster , Chap-
(Continued on page NUie.V
SHERMAN TAIL
Congressional Committee; Of
ficially Exonerates Vice
president Shermar) -arid Sen
:ator of .Graft Charges. , !
. . (United Fiees Leased Wlre.y
Sulphur, Oklav Aug.i 20.The congres
stonal committee investigating the brib.
ery charges brought by Senator Thomas
P. Gore in connection with, the sroDoaed
Indian lands contracts Sield by: John H,"
McMurtiy, today formally and offici
ally exonerated Vice President Sherman
ano aenaior minis. oi Kansas of any
connection witn tne contracts. , '
Before the.sdjournment-today Chair
man Burke t read the following . state
ment:: : v . -r.,
'The committee 'has heard and "care
fully considered all testimony submit
ted and 1 unanimoutly of the opinion
that thfre Is and was.no warrant for
any person to authorize the names of
Vice President James 8. Sherman and
Senator Charles Curtis in connection
with any; improper relation with any
Indian contracts wnatever, and , com.
mends the statement - Of Senator -'Gore
in this connection." - v ,
(.,, ', -Gore Statement' ltead..v. v .' :
'Th readlna of this followed the-rejui
lng of a statement prepared by Senator
Gore, exonerating the two men and urs
lng the committee to take formal action
on the matter. , - . .
'Gore in his statement said he felt
duty bound and "was Impelled by con
tlrieratlons of justice" to. clear the names
of Sherman -and Curtis. Senator Gore's
statement says:'. :.'- ; -i ; v? ,ri .'.-,.
,"I feel In - duty and in honoV- bound
to make the following statement It
la also dictated by considerations of
common Justice toward he parties con
cernea. "fweuner the name or vice Pres
ldent Sherman, nor Senator Curtis was
mentioned by me on tb'flobr of the
United States' senate., That the name
of either of these 'parties was alluded
JtaJiy aic..,Hfunon, a-ia-SUftdXaatly
held from the public until this invest!
gatton began. . No public mention of
either name Was made, either "drectly
or indirectly by me until I was required,
and obliged,: to do. so In testifying; as
witness under oath, and detailing the
nW put or pl 'f. ' ' - I ' ' 1. IIl .ti I
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iliiiVcviiiii tbv; lofi nnis- rin has pniiuri ranee n
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IIIULILI if ILL Ml I r
OFFICIAL PAPER
Congressional . Candidate Will
Bring? Mandamus Proceed
ings; Against Secretary of
State Tomorrow Mornirjg.
B. F.. Mulkey, candidate for the Re
publican nomination for congressman
from the First district against ;W.'jC.
Hawley, has decided to bring action
against the Secretary of state tomorrow
morning to force that off Iclal to' allow
him to file his campaign arguments In
the state pamphlet provided for by the
corrupt practices act' r
The secretary of state has. ruled that
candidates for office must - have filed
their signed petitions prior to August
22 to entitle them place In thef state
pamphlet. (Mulkey contends that the
law Intended that all candidates who
had filed their declarations are entitled
fp place In the pamphlet.
Accordingly Mr. Mulkey will bring
mandamus proceedings against the secretary-
of state tomorrow morning In
Salem. In an effort to secure the ln-
(Contlnued on Page Four.)
F
ER AGAINST
I. ROCKEFELLER
Organize $10,000,000 Corpof
, ation to Clip Tentacles of the
.'.Standard.. Oil Octopus" in
rennsyiyania riems.
' (Bf tbe Internstloruil News 8fTlre.)
Butler, Pa., .Aug. : 20. A . gigantic
r struggle between the 6000 oil produc
ers In Jhs Pennsylvania fields, repre
senting a dally production of 30,000 bar
rels high grade crude Oil, and the Stand
ard Oil company, was foreshadowed this
week when producers from Washington,
Allegheny, Butler, Clarion' ; Venantro,
Armstrong.. Warren, Forest and McKean
counties launched the High Grade Oil
movement which haras Its slogan, ."Pro.
ducer. refine ydir ownOil."--
Strongly organised and encouraged by
ready support the leaders of the move
ment to tie up the production In the high
grade oil fields adopted a plan of or
PRODUCERS
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MERC
617.029 POPULATION
(United Press Letscd Wire.)
" Washington. Aug. 20. Th
4 census bureau tonight announced
that ' the 1910 enumeration
showed: a. population of fi87,OZ5f
for St. Louis, Mo., which la an
increase of 111,791, or 19.4 per
cent since 1900, when St. Louis 4
had 57B.2S8 inhabitants. - '-- 4
In '1900 Boston had'tBlo,892
people, and not until the new
tensus for Boston Is announced
will . it be known positively.
k whether St. Louis hold her place 4
' as tne fourth, Amerlcah city.
Pressure on Taylor and Others
So Great "They Threaten
Still Higher Higherups
Harahan Relentless.
(Br the International Nejrs Serr'ce.) '
Chicago,- Aug 20. The criminal prose
cution following years of grafting by
high Illinois Central officials took t
peculiar and sensational turn today
wherf former .-Assistant United States
District Attorney Frank R. . Ried
opened negotiations with State's Attor
ney Wayman, , it , Is said, to the dis
closure Of the real "higher ' up," who
profited to the : extent of $1,600,000 , in
the' extended mulcting of the railroad,
. Mr. Ried Is a member of the law firm
of Knight, Ried & Tlrrell, retained for
the defepse of Frank. R. Harrlman, John
M. Taylor and Charle L. Ewlng, forme
of fltlals Of the railroad, who were ar
rested yesterday charged with conspir
acy and playing a confidence rame. Th
proposition to Mr, : Wayman was made
ins benair ot one or ail, three of , them
It is said that' Information t is promised
(Continued: on- Page Eight.)
PEACE DOVE ROOSTS ON i
OLIVE BRANCH-BANANA
LAND CHANGES RULERS
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: ,'. (tTnlted Ftees ''Leased Wire.)
Managua,-Augii 20. The Nlcar
augiian war ! Is 1 over. This is l
conceded tonight fwlowlnjf ad- 4
vices received here that General
Louis Mens of the revolutionary - 4
rin3L-nal'-Tlaken. Grarmdatjblt.4
, mom mjpoi uuu cuy uu uie riv
clfhrtoast of Nacaragua.- Presl-j
dent MadHa has resigned his of
fice, and Jose Dolores Estrada,
brother of the revolutionist-lead-'
er, has taken his place.;
NDMIIIN ON
ASSEMBLY TICKET
Managing Committee Meets
Behind Closed Doors at the
Cornelius and Contemplates
"Busted" Slate of Beach.
The "managing committee", held a star
chamber session last night In the Cor
nelius . hoteL. , Johnv H. Gibson, the
Clackamas county bosslet, was there.
So , was J. F. Clark of Oregon. City.
There, was no '.one there from Columbia
county. A. B. Manley was there. J.
W. Beverldge, McKlnley Mitchell, M.
C. George, A. J. Fanno, Jimmy Kert
chem, Charley Lockwood, Major Ken
nedy and one or two of the other lead
ers . were present.
Nothing was done, except to talk, so
it is said. How, hot the talk was, Is not
related. It. is a fact, however, that the
slate of.S. C.-Beach was "busted." Sam
Connell withdrew as a candidate for
the state senator from Clackamas, Co
lumbia and Multnomah counties. He
was Beach's candidate, and headed the
neat little ticket that Beach had print
ed and distributed. When he saw what
(Continued on Page Four.)
New. York Assemblyman
Charges Vice President With
Insubordination and Dis
loyalty to Taft and Party.
(TJnltrd Press L-tsed Wire.)
.: Utlca, N. Y.', Aug. 20,-rFollowlng for
mer (Assembly man Merw(n . K. Hart's
long ij conference V with ex-President
Roosevelt In New TOrk yesterday, -Hart
this afternoon, - speaking before ' the
Oneida County. Republican league here,
denounced Vice President Sherman for
rplaying' petty politics' and threatening
the disruption of the party." He
charged that , the vice president con-
nlved with the so-called machine lead -
ers,"Barheir:wooJrUff andWard,
have himself chosen as temporary chair
man of the state convention and inti
mated that Sherman personally solic
ited votes to that end.
"i assert," said Hart ' "that Mr. Sher
man knew full Well that It was Mr.
SHERMAN CALLED
JO ACCOUNT FOR
PEANUT POL TICS
ANTI-ASSENIBLY
ORATORS GREETED
WITH ENTHUSIASM
Opening Shots of Campaign
Rred by Malarkey, McGinn,
Dimick and Mulkey at Open
Air Oregon.City Meeting.
SENATOR BR0WNELL
ACTS AS CHAIRMAN
Frantic Efforts of Corporations
to Keep Control of Public
Affairs Disclosed, ;
Oregon City Aug. 20. Anti-assembly
medicine In ,lrge, old-fashioned homeo
pathic doses was ladled out In the Plaza
here this afternoon to a representative
and enthusiastic audience gathered from
different sections of Clackamas . coun
ty, George C. Brownell presided at the
meeting and the spjakers Vere Judge
Hnry E. McGinn and Senator Dan J.
Malarkey, of Portland; Walter A. Dim
ick, of Oregon City, and B, F. Mulkey,
Of Jacksonville.., '.;. i-, n
Judge McGinn is a candidate for clr
cult Judge In Multnomah county, but
was In Oregop City for the purpose of
opening up the anti-assembly light in
Clackamas county. George C. Browell
Is a candidate for state senator from
Clackamas, W. A. Dlmlck Is a candlate
for representative from Clackamas. Dan
J. Malarkey is a candidate for Joint
senator from Clackamas, Columbia, and
Mulnomah counties, and B. F, Mulkey . is
a candidate for congress from the first
dlstrtQt in opposition to W. C. Hawley,
the assembly nominee, .. . , .,, i
Andienoe Is Appyeelattve. .....-
' The' meeting was a most enthusiastic
one and the vigorous applause given
the . different speakers showed . very
plainly the' overwhelming khti-assem-bly
sentiment in Oregon ;CHy and vi
cinity. 'J - - ' .' '. ' r .
The hot ahot poured into the-assembly
camp by Judge McGinn, the earnest
talks of the legislative candidates and
the straight out Insurgent statements of
Mr. Mulkey were met with -f repeated
outbursts of applause, while at the
close of their addresses each speaker
was surrounded by men .Who pledged
their support to the antl-asembly cause.
Senator Brownell opened the meeting.
In his opening he said that the ques-
(Contlnuedxn Page Five.)
IN STRONG TALK
Hon. Henry' E. McGinn Explains
Motives That Prompt the Big
Interests to Back This Insti
tution of Bossism.
(Spedsl Dlspstch to Tb irmrnsLt
Forest Grove, Aug. 20. "Are the
people of Oregon to rule, themselves or
are they to be ruled by 'Big Business'?"
This question was asked in Its vary
ing forms by Honorable Henry B, Mc
Ginn during the course of his address
tonight before one of the largest mass
meetings of voters ever assembled here.
The answer, which 'was as emphatic
as the .question, was expressed in the
cheers and hand clapping that followed
each denunciation of the methpda' and
motives of the so-called assembly, and
the rapt .attention given to what proved
to be one of the most notable addresses
ever delivered here by a political
speaker,
"When you go into any community In
mis state," saia tne speaker at one
stage of his address, "who dO you find
aligned In favor of the assembly? You
find the old fellows who used to; hold
political Jobs, but don't any more: you
will find the fellows who hold the elec
tric light franchise, the water franchise
and the street sallway franchlse--all
those who are enjoying special privil
eges. AH of these men you will find in
the ranks of the assemblyltes, and Wltft
them you will find such of the cltUens
as are engaged in tile task of exploiting
the public, end those who hope to have
the privilege or exploiting tne public."
Townspeople and farmers from the
surrounding country, who made up the
throng that filled , to overflowing the
great tent that stretched on the cam
pus of the Pacific university, gave adu
ihle evidence of the fact that the dl
rect primary, fcha initiative and refer
endum and Statement lvo,.j have caught
and held ther poular mind and that they
lwut navp .none. OI.tne ?'Q V."1 maemne;
will have none of the old time machine
Mil JOLTED
AT FOREST GROVE
toTY "J, BU1- " - .rr l"v "MliuraL lands, no matter. nluU ti.ir l... a-
me sBKiuuij, . ivi . mo utuiunuv riv
lessor n. u cam,, mnii- .i""' ui x utiiaitn
academy, introduced the principal speak
er of the evening, Henry E. McGinn, of
Portland, until thrt- rousing cheer
gave final expression to the, apprecla-
1RLSKM
AT INSURGENTS
John Hayes IJammond Divides 1
Them into Four Classes and '
Calls Three of the Classes .'
the Dreadfulest Names. ..
ON FOURTH CLASS USES
STANDPAT BLANDISHMENTS
Feels Sure the Dear Progress
ives Would : Never Think of
Shaking Grand old Party.,
, (United Press Leased Wire.? ,
Cleveland, pblq, Aug. 20.-"Calamlty
howlers," , "unintelligent ; Intellectuals,"
"unctuous rectltudltionlsts.rf were some
of the, terms applied to the insurgents
of the' Republican party by John. Hays
iioiniiniim in pcecn at tne picnic or -the
Ohio Republican clubs In . a local
amusement park this afternoon. 1 ;
Hammond, . as president ; of the
National League of Republican clubs,
went to the last national , Republican,
convention with vice presidential aspir
ations. He has since been one of the
moat constant political associates of,
President Taft, both in Washington and
at Beverly. .. , , . i ,r ' ,
To newspaper men, Just before his ad
dress, Hammond admitted that be had
come direct from, the golf links at Bev
erly, and he took occasion to deny posi
tively tha,t President Taft bad , taken
any hand In. the New York 'state polit
ical squabble. ' . ' . . ,
The report that such. action on the
part'of-presldeTr'Taft was responsible
for the , present breach between Taft
and Roosevelt, he characterlxed as "ab
surd ana wholly preposterous.".,
i 1 . First, Calamity Howlers. , -.
In his address. Hammond Said: ,
. "Let : me analyse Insurgency by dlf-,-
ferentlatlng the varieties of insur-
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Senator Chamberlain Bares
Scheme. of Railway Com
pany and Weyerhaeuser In- '
terests to Gobble Up Land.
, , . ,-. , -
"I have been informed that the
Northern Paolf lo Railway com- e
pany has a contract with th
Weyerhaeuser Interests under the
terms'of which much of the right
of Indemnity selection - has been
'sold to the Weyerhaeuser inter--ests."
United ' States Benator
George E. Chamberlain.
Senator "Chamberlain declared
yesterday that 1 Louie W. Hill,
president of the Great Northern
railway, favors opening up Ore
gon timber lands for settlement '
because' under the terms of the
Indemnity selection act he baa t '
traded worthless-areas in Wash
lngton for Oregon's best timber
lands, which will be available
when the lands are offered for
settlement. - Similar ' plans have
been made, he says, by the Santa -Fe
railroad. ' '
When President Taft, at the Instance
of Richard A. Bellinger, secretary of the
Interior, opens ! up the timber lands of
Oregon to settlemenV,the big timber In
terests win gobble up what they and .
the railroads do not already possess,
and the homesteader will have, as b-.
fore nothing! ".,:'s,;- i .;i
"Such is the Ballinger brand of con
aervation, declared United States Sena ,
tor George E. Chamberlain yesterdy.
Such Is the preparation for serving the
Interests tftat the secretary of IWSntiz.
rlor has made while apparently plan
ntng for the small settler. . t . ,
XUfhs at BalUnger.
Senator Chamberlain laughed at the
statement made by Ballinger while In
Portland recently that h favored the
restoration of all land to.'pubUs n
try that are-available for agricultural
or-commerctal purposes.
' "If a homesteader finds agricultural
land in he middle of tfe for-t n-serve
he can settle on it lawfully,'' iie said.
"There la nothing In the withdrawal a i
that rayents bomfst l!?ggn, Bgrt,.
: j0n ... rhe " assertion , or tn eeilry
that all lanaa, inciunmg jn mnr,-r
areas, must be restoml to efitry. If dry
are-restored. Is ridiculous.
Senator Chambrl1n rdne 1 ; '
he meanf'by saying ttt r.. i . - '
TIMBER BARONS
PLOT TO -GRAB
OREGON'S FORESTS
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iCuniinucd on 1'uge lght)
(Confirmed on
rW Eli
Eight.)
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