JOURNAL CmCUlATlOM YLSTEItDAY WAS ' THE DAILY JOURNAL IS mOCEUTSIlCOPY Sunday Journal 5 cents; or 15 cent! e week, for Daily and Sunday Jour nal, by carrier, delivered. The weather- Fair tonight -and Saturday; westerly winds. VOL. IX. NO. 149. IN PATH Fill Ji. ii ii Vilf 1 HOIS Hundred Different Forest Fires Raging Uncontrolled Between Portland and Mount Hood Settlers Flee for Lives After Failing to Save Their Property jroJItary Sain In Prospect. AltHsugh fair weather U prom ised by the weather ourfau. to night and. tomorrow, there- It a bare possibility that there, will be showers this afternoon, but If they do occur they will probably not be of' much value. - 'The wind Is In the south and conditions are favorable 'for showers," said District Fore caster Beals this morning, "but the barometer Is rising rapidly, and If they do. come during the day they will proDaWy not be heavy enough to do any material good." Mr. Beals said that the threat ening conditions that held this morning would soon pass, so far as Portland Is concerned, but that the wind, which has been blowing from the northeast, has shifted Into the southwest, which he believes will have a tendency to check the fires, as It will blow them back Into the burned district again. J One hundred forest fires burning in the heavily timbered area be tween Portland and Mount Hood are causing a general exodus of the peo- . Ola living,, in the- endangered dis tricts. lre fighters devote their ef forts to the saving, of property and 6EI CONTROL OF SITUATION Winds have died down throughout the forest fire region, giving the ftghtejrs hope for success In the! t struggle : to control the situation. The worst fires continue to be in the eaatern Oregon -andWaahln gton country; according" to District Forester Chapman's reports re ceived this morning. The situation in Crater Lake National Park is much im proved, There are seven flrea in the Siskiyou National forest in the Grants Pass re gion. These are on Six Mile, Taylor Gallce, Sham, Bolen, Dutcher, Deer and Day creeks. They aggregate an area of probably 60 square miles. Small forces of men on each fire have hope of controlling the situation. Sixty men are fighting a fire that has spread ver"a thousand acres In the Blue River country. They were sent yesterday from Eugene to relieve 20 exhausted fighters. In the Sluslaw there are two fires which seem to be well under con trol. Troops were sent to the Bull Run reserve tills morning at the request of Superintendent Dodge of the water de partment. This request Was approved by Mayor Simon and the county court. ; ' Jlre tinder Control. Companies 'C" and "H" were sent by Adjutant General Flnier and tliey will joined by company "E" -under Cap 'taln Smith. " ' , Forester Chapman's reports are that IN WASHINGTON SO SERIOUS IT TAKES HITCHCOCK TO FIX IT UP (Cottcd Preu l,rned Wirt.) Seattle, Aug. 26. Postmaster General Hitchcock Is expected here any day by 'the managers of the Burke and Wilson senatorial campaigns. For days the regular Republican Seaders in Washing ton have been waiting for Hitchcock to come and throw, the weight of an administration mandate Into the politi cal balance. ; ,' S ;..t., The decision to demand that the ad-; ministration send Its chief exponent to Washington , came when the state of Washington welcomed .Victor Murdock; Burke and ex-8enator Wilson , were to remain in- the race the election- of poin dexter, ; insurgent. ' was assured, ' the "stalwarts," chiefly Including the work ers of the, old Piles organization, and .the '.'adherents rot Senator Jones-i de , inanded that the administration keep lis SITUATION: :IS:-. IMPROVED BHD OF FLAMES do not attempt to chedlj. the fiercely advancing flames on the mountain Bides. ; - Fire swept out of' Wildcat gulch on the Mount Hood road yesterday, de stroying the homes of six families and causing the people to run for their lives. Net Nelson, a lumberman, who had on Monday, been offered 110,000 for 160 acres of timber and had refused the offer, Ktood helplessly yesterday and watched the flames lick up his property. Thrilling sights were presented when a Franklin car bearing Journal repre sentatives, made a flying trip through the fire xone yesterday. The way was made dangerous by flaming trees that fell across the road and because of the numerous places where the plank roads themselves were on fire. Sol diers were found bravely fighting the fires at Hnganvllle near Oresham, where homes, barns and bridges had been burned. Captain Welch, In charge of Company K and a battalion-, had kept his men fighting through the night Scouts con tinually" reported new or renewed blazes I that kept-the uniformed men on the double quick. The besieged people re garded the National Guardsmen as godsend. They had been struggling helplessly against the fires while their homes burned. The soldiers had late last night gotten control of the situa tion at, Anderson, HoganvlUe and Por ing,.,, where the ,i flame had earlier 'seemed. ' uncontrollable. ' i '-1": The swift Franklin car soon reached (Continued on Page Fourteen.) W EXPECT TO the fire is well imrir mnimi. v. fighters are holding their own and un- ims mp wmas rise wm succeed in practically extinguishing it. No word came today from the Whit roan National forest on Ladd creeki " Two fires near Austin are being fought bv a form nt ahrt.it 60 men. The hottest fires o tnrinv 'h,, , Wallowa forest and the situation there Is serious. Major Maus telephoned District For ester Chapman from Vancouver garrison this morning. saying that he did not consider the situation in that vicinity at all serious. ' In the Wenaha forest n fir v., lng about 20 miles north of Elgin, near x-ruucor eaaow. Kupenlsor Smltj is in charge with a crew of about 35 men. Part of these came from Walla Walla and the rest were brought in by Rang er Sulleris from I,a Grande. No details fi& to the extent or condition of the fire can be had, since It Is located a long distance from any communication. There Is a fire in tho l.nnui country. About three miles from TolN gate, ltanger Morse is in charge with about 15 men. A small fire on Asotin creek, which broke out a few days ago, is now well under control. . The Chesnlmus fire is fairly well (Continued on Page Three.) pledge and send Hitchcock to save the day. , . It is still hoped at this late hour by the regulars that Hitchcock, backed by the influence of leaders like Balllnger, cart persuade either Wilson or Burke to withdraw, and bo leave a clear field for the strongest regularto fight it out at the primaries, to bo held September 13, with Poindexter. : " ,At the same 'time both Judge Burke and Editor, Wilson ' stoutly insist that they . will not t out of the race, though each is demanding that tht ad- H(in,,W!lllllfl down 1116 fletatO a single Poindexter opponent. -'" ' Today fn both the Wilson and Burke camps the leaders are admitting that only prompt action by Taft at Wash ington.ian prevent poindexter from ear rying th stat ' With 40 ' pef '.' cent vot,';;;.r;,:: -::x j;f IN FORESTS; PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST r3 . . '' IFIREFIGHTERS IN 'r Lli w . fr4Viv l J'fH-T vr u IliTVj V?r- rn r - JliJfJ -rt),. -WMWW. . - ., ., ,.,..., ., ,,,,,.., , .,. m ; , . , - Company of National Guard maklnc firo-break near Hocanill. east of fircsham. . . . : i : " " ' : : Inninniirn rniiiiiTn .In Utr rnannr nnnri inn inn i Imimuiii nuiiiinn IHHIMINrK II V N Kt-n d k P K II nfl IN V h NNNW Ni i iiiuuiiuiiiuMu.u LIIIL' I llnllUL, I UMILnllU HILL . 1'" : lifilO FIERCE RIGHT ON PORTimiMFS ir it nnrn imT nun n nnnin ' ,4OTY.1H ir n uulu iiui duilu uuunu . . . George Griffin, Dapper Burglar, Caught in Seattle With Prop erty Belonging to Local Peo ple; Valise Full of Jewelry. Practically all the numerous daring barglaries committed in Portland dur ing the last three weeks have been fas tened on George Griffin, aged 33. who was arrested two days ago In Seattle while trying to dispose of some of his loot and was brought back last night by Detective Hellyer. A valise filled with Jewelry and other stolen booty was found In Griffin's room in Seattle and is being assorted today at the local de tective headquarters for Identification. Griffin was arrested in Seattle while Hellyer was there to take charge of tWo other prisoners. One of the Seattle de tectives took Griffin into custody while he was trying to pawn a valuable gold watch, which bore the name' of Arthur W. Willbens. Griffin had assumed that name for the time being in order to dispose of it. When questioned by the officer he could not give a satisfac tory account of himself and he was taken to police headquarters. Hellyer there recognized the watch as answering (Continued on Page Teh.) mm .':JWw,'. ' '''v MM A.- ...:.-..-.;.v . y -. . .. .... . ,- ' ' '. $ -V J - 1 "VV Thirty-five hundred voters have signed the petition asking the people of Portland to approve a bond Issue of $2, 500, 000 for the building of public docks. The petition will be filed with City 4 Auditor Barbur this afternoon. f It is a measure which has been formally approved hy the busl- ness Interests, commercial bod- 4 ies, working men and shippers of the city. The wide popular favor granted the plan for municipal control of the waterfront and " the : conceded necessity for ob- tainlng this control by building a uniform system of concrete 4 fireprbof .Jocks have given- the 4 citizens working in behalf of the cause assuYance of success. 4 "Portland's commercial life depends upon the construction of public docks and municipal control of the water front Without public docks Portland will become known as an Interior city, not as a seaport. Tacoma and Seattle will handle ocean going commerce; Ta coma and Seattle will e-et the railroads consequently. It Is business folly to militate against public docks. It is business idiocy to depend upon private - T. , i ..iWJM. V' .. ................ .. s ' tr 4 i'atli u Juuruui inuiy ill l ruiiKliu car block d by '26, -1910. TWENTY-TWO PAGES. . lnterests tern." to build up a dockage sys- This is the statement made by J. W. Cruthcra, capitalist, who has Just re turned from a year's travel abroad, when he visited a number of European cities. He says the contrast between the dockage ayetems there and in Port land is ludicrous. He laughed heartily when asked how Portland's water front compared with that of Liverpool, Bel- glum, Antwerp or Rotterdam. He clinched his first quoted statement by declaring that Portland will lose the opportunity to be known as a modern seaport among the great seaports of the world if the people neglect their power to appropriate funds and con struct municipal docks now. Mr. Cruthers has spent many yars of his life in Portland closely" In contact with conditions here; also he has studied deeply into the commercial enterprise of the old world. Docks Oood Inveitme&t. He' spoke with authority, saying: "Public docks pay tenfold on the money invested. Wherever a beginning is made In public docks more and bet ter are built through recognition of their valu. Shipping com en to those ports nnd to those ports alone that pre pare for it. Liverpool Is an instance. There flows the Mersey river, shallow (Continued on Pai?e Two.) '. v 1 - . ..w.w.s( --j, . .... lullcu luxcat iauu alout lour uuics I RICE TWO At St. Johns Meeting Former Judge Denounces Machine Politics and Upholds Direct Primary; Voters With Him. Voters of St. Johns, who Jammed BIckner's hall last night,' were rewarded with a masterful speech by Henry E. McGinn, the eloquent Portland attorney. who Is a .candidate - for the Multno mah county ' bench, in which the assembly, corporations and machine politicians were sensationally rebuked. Mr. McGinn directly charged that the recent lawyers convention was packed by the corporate interests for the pur pose of nominating Judge Cleland, against whom he is running, phrased Cleland as the "famous non-suiter," flayed the indemnity insurance com panies and the Portland Railway, Light & Power Co., the Southern Pacific and O. R. & N. and charged the corpora tions with packing Juries. He did not mince words, and from the start the crowd was with him. Cheers and hand-clappings everywhere punc tuated " the speech, and several times the speaker had to stop until the noise (Continued on Page Two.) 1 yy -: -. .;.;V beyond Suady, CENTS. gxANDaINirve D Si BELIEVED SAFE All But 25 Men in Direct Com munication With. Outside Experienced Mountaineers Head Fighters. FIRE SITUATION IS NOW MUCH IMPROVED Lack of Wind Aid to Fighters No More Men to Be Sent to Interior. (8perfal Dispatch to The JonrnaL) Lewiston, Idaho, Aug.. 26. Reports re ceived today at 'the office of Major F. A. Fenn, supervisor of the Clear , water national forest reserve, show that all but 26 of the 600 men ' em ployed in fire fighting In the reserve are within direct communication with the outside and the 26 men surrounded are believed to be safe. Supervisor . Fenn stated that he was not so . ap prehensive for the safety of the three parties, as experienced mountaineers are in charge of each and, while the food supply may be short,- there is no danger of the men perishing- in the fires. One of the surrounded parties ; is in Old Man's basin and is camped near a small lake where safety could be secured, even though the entire dis trict Is .burned over. The lake,, is well supplied with fish, and the men could ' secure . fish .and ' game , for -food,. wltH littler difficulty, i ,"' .. Another party Is ' surrouhded on Cook's mountain, between, Weltas . and Cayuse creeks, about fifteen miles from -the North fork. This party Is well supplied with provisions and, while cut off from "the outside by fire. Is con- ' sldered In no danger. ' One Party May Be Suffering. The third party surrounded Is at the "Sixty-two" camp, and It is probable these men are short of provisions. It is generally conceded that this party Is in close quarters, but Supervisor Fenn believes the men have been able to take care of themselves. The party has about twelve horses and It Is prob able that an effort is being made to save the horses. The party Is headed by. one of the most experienced moun tain men In the country and the mem bers are In no danger so long as they heed the advice 6f their leader. The general situation In the reserve appears to be Improved, the cooler weather materially checking the flrea (Continued on Page Fourteen. T Carries Petition With Her Wherever She Goes and 0b- ' tains Many Signatures. (I'nltfd Pr Leaaed Wlre.l 5 . Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 26.- Mrs. Charles W. Morse, wife of the former ice king and banker of New York, who Is serv ing a term in the federal prison here for bankwrecking, said today that she had thousands of signatures to a peti tion asking for' the "pardon" 6f ber hus band. ' She added that she would pre sent the petition to. President Taft in a short times' Every section Of the country Is represented In? the petition. Mrs. Morse has the document constantly with her 1n the. care of a secretary and Is indefatigable in inducing persons to sign. ,. , She expects to return to New .York tonight to complete plans for presenting the voluminous petition to the president. The loyal woman declared that she bad every hope that President Taft would grant the request of the petitioners.. - Mr. Iwaya-Has Been Making Himself Perniciously Ac- ' tive at Manila. -.. fl7nftd ff L4 Wlr.) Manila, Aug. 2ii.P"t a of nictous" ' activity Jai'mf f Iwnya was'-t.Hly teeallfif hf the gon-rnmt'iit. 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