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VOL. IX. NO. 149.
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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
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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
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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
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IN FORESTS;
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Manila, Aug. 2ii.P"t a of
nictous" ' activity Jai'mf f
Iwnya was'-t.Hly teeallfif hf the
gon-rnmt'iit. It- is ripfiftt :,-
a tlon will (tkvn n t-.,i,-f
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