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SIBE PLMil OF THE UNION OIL COMPANY
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Commissioner y of General Land Office
Brings End to Bitter Controversy Over
AiasKan Kesources inat cost Daum-
geir;His Cabinet Position.
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Wiahlnfton. June 51. Cancellation
of all the Cunningham coal claims In
i.laaka. the right over which cost form
er Secretary of the Interior Balllncer
Ma place In public life, was today or
dered by Commissioner Fred Dennett of
.the general land office with the ap
proval of Secretary Walter L. Fleher
'of the Interior department.
Adherenta of Olfford PJnchot. former
Chief of the forestry department, were
Jubilant when the government's decision
was announced, and consider that the
fight against Bellinger haa thus been
entirely Justified. Attorneys for the
Cunningham claimants, however, have
Wfea the Onnntag-hAm SeeJsloa
Means.
-. Hundreds of million of dol
, lare worth of Alaskan coal lands
eonsenred for the people.
The probible Immediate open
lng to. development of Alaaka
and a consequent great growth,
In tbe territory's population.
The vindication of I R.
Glavls, specisl agent of, the In
terior department, and of Dif
fer Plnohot. former chief for
eater; who were dismlsaed from
the aervloe after a clash with
former Secretary Bellinger over
the Cunningham claims.
The probably final death of
the Morgan-Guggenheim plant to
grab the resources of Alaaka.
An Impending Influx of Alae
kan coal Into the mafkeU of the
Pacific coast, eliminating the
necessity of purchasing British
Columbia fuel
The development of. a great
naval baae on the ooast where
coal "may be cheaply obtalped
for the fleet and th ccaeeaueat :
strengthening of America In the
Pacific - . .
decided to carry, the caae to the United
States supreme court, and will fight to
the laat ditch to retain the Morgan
Guggenheim' hold on the coal fields of
the far north,
' Tla dings of Qovernment.
Tbe .decision of the government finds:
"Severe! locations, filings and entries
msde purauant to aa understanding and
agreement . of the claimants prior to
their location to combine the claims for
their joint use and benefit: earh loca
tion, filing and entry was msde with
the unlawful purpose and Intent that
the title acquired thereunder ahould
Inure to the benefit and uae of an asso
ciation or corporation of claimants."
Tbe department then rules "that no
mine of coal opened or Improved on
these tracts shall be located or entered."
Claims Are Defective.
The government finds that the claims
of Charles Sweeney and W. W. Baker,
both In the Cunningham group, are so
defective as to be Invalidated, regard
less of the decision as af footing the
group generally. The government de
partment decides It to have been clearly
known that1: the Morgan-Guggenheim
syndicate had an option to finance and
take oyer tbe development of the coal
lands throughout, a' $5,eeo,00 corpora'
tton which was not ratified by a ma'
Jorlty fit the claimants.
Secretary Fisher, after the 'publica
tion of . the Cunningham decision, an
nounced that action on tbe other Alas
kan coal claims in dispute would be at
once pushed to a conclusion and that
congress would be asked at the next
session to enact new land laws for the
territory.
Decision Zs JlaaL
Of the Cunningham decision Secretary
Fisher said;
"This Is the final decision on the Cun
ningham claims so far aa the depart
ment of the Interior in concerned. To
my -understanding the findings upon the
facts by the department are conclusive.
It is the intention of the department to
proceed immediately to a final deter-
mlnatlon of the remaining Alaskan coal
II LIES 25
22 Year Old Peddler Who
Lived With Him Drove Away
His Team June 1 and Never
Came 6ack.
BEARHYDT IN PORTLAND,
HE SAID; HOUSE BURNS
Sunday Searchers Find Body
of Old Settler Who Recent
ly Made $5000.
Life Lost in Union Oil Plant fire
(Continued on Page Two.)
8pcUl DUpatch to Tb JootmLI
Vancouver. Wash., June 26. That
Edward C. Bearhydt, an aged settler liv
ing In a hut at the foot of Bell moun
tain, was murdered with an ax. his
body burled underneath a brush heap
and the house burned, was fully proved
yesterday when the body was found.
The hut burned on June 1 when Bear
hydt wss supposed to be at Portland.
Testerday wnen Clyde RuxeklahJ-
Fred It- Robinson. K. J. Nelson. Glenn
McCollum, C S. Mears, Sim Ayera and
Mr. Black were searching about the
ruins of the burned building, they
noticed a brush heap nearby and on
raising ome of the outer twigs, saw
human hand 'protruding from the
earth. They removed ' the brush snd
at once exhumed the body of Bearhydt.
burled beneath a foot of dirt
Sheriff Cresep -and Coroner Knapp
were notified and went last night to
the scene of tbe. murder.- They returned
to the elty at t o'clock this morning
srlta the bedr ,4'.z.4iam. :
Incidents surrounding the "burning ,o
the house ss related by neighbors tend
to connect C W. Haqunond with the
case. Bearhydt after a trip to Portland
last fall returned home accompanied by
Hammond, whom he said be had found
at a Portland livery stable. Hammond
made his home wlt Bearhydt after that
ana on tn. morning oz June 1 was tola
by a boy named Johnson, who lives near,
that the house was on fire. Hammond
had -Just left the house. He returned
with young Johnson and remained till
the place burned. Ha said Bearhydt was
at Portland and that he was going
there to meet him. He went home with
Johnson end stayed for dinner, then left
supposedly for Portland driving Bear
hydt's team. Neither Hammond nor the
team has since been eeen around Bell
mountain.
Hammond was supposed to b a spec-
(Contimled on Page eleven.)
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YOUNG
Explosion of Thousands of Gallons of
Oil Hurls Down Concrete Walls Miss
ing Men Accounted For Campbell's!
Body Recovered Damage $100,000.
David Campbell, Qifef of Portland Fire Department,
body was recovered from ruins.
whoso
charred
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TRAGIC DEATHSHOCKS
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BLOW TO CITY
ASSERTS MAYOR SIMON
Sorrow over the death of Chief Camp
bell who died in tbe Union Oil fire
today Is general over' the city and It Is
probable some means will be adopted
at once either by the city government
or otherwise to raise a fund for -the
benefit of the families of the deceased
men.
Failure of the , proposed charter
amendment providing a Firemen's Re
lief fund to pass at the last elec
tion leaves the families of the dead
(Continued on Page Five.)
SCENE AT THIS MORNING'S DISASTROUS EAST SIDE FIRE THAT WROUGHT DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
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Fire Chief David Campbell was killed and Assistant
Chief John Young: was injured as a result of an explosion
of 1200 barrels of oil in the plant of the Union Oil com
pany of California at 7:50 o'clock this morning. The fire
totally destroyed the plant, valued at $100,000. t
Charles Sylvester, a truckman, who was close to Chief;
Campbell when the latter entered the burning warehouse,'
believes Holger Christ of fersen, a truckman of Company 1;
also perished in the building, and that two other men lost
their lives there. ;
The acting battalion chief says that all the firemen have,
been accounted for, and Captain Crang, local agent for the
oil company, late this afternoon stated that all the company.,
employes who were in the vicinity of the fire were saved. .
With every fire company in the city, the fireboat crew,
and many volunteers working, it was more than three hours
before the terribly hot fire could be subdued and the debris
sufficiently cleared away to permit the' finding of Chief,
Campbell's'body. - ; r?v
Terribly burned and bruised, the life apparently put out
in an instant, the body of Chief Campbell was found 50
feet from the nearest entrance. He had reached the en-
trance before the explosion came, then turned back; know- '
ing the explosion was coming, and fearing that some of his
firemen were still within the walls. His last order before
reentering the building saved the lives of the crew of en
gine No. 1, for they had been where the north walls would
nave crushed them, and at the chief's orders they moved -beyond
the danger zone.. "The remains, charred beyond -recognition,
were taken in a basket to the morgue, i; - :
The Union (Ml company distributing
plant's location is East Salmon and
Water streets. Current had been turned
Into the motor, used for pumping oil
Into the tanks by an employe in the
office. Gas Is supposed to have accum
ulated in the motor pit The burst of
flame was followed by the upheaving
exDlosion of the first of three tanks
It was the explosion of the second
tank immediately following that hurled
the north wall outward-and caught Chief
Campbell under the falling roof.
Several hundred men were about the
building at the time of the explosion.
Thev were picked up and hurled, on
the wjest elde into the mud of the
streets, on the north side against heaped
up cobblestones. The ract that tne mast
Of the explosion carried, the men with
It probably saved their lives, for the
concrete wall of the building, a foot
thick and 40 feet high, covered the
space on which they had been standing.
Tonngs Jf arrow Escape.
Assistant Fire Chief Toung was
about to reenter the burning building
when the second explosion came. He
was hurled across the street, his head
terribly gashed and his body bruised.
Undaunted by his injuries he struggled
with ambulance attendants, trying to
stay on the ground In command of the
battle against the flames, rather -than
be removed to the hospital. ,
Lieutenant George Johnson Of engine
company No. 1 was another - hero of
the furious fire. Men from the fire
boat George H. Williams, from engine
No. 1 and from several other companies
had carried lines of hose within the
building from the north entrance. Word
was shouted that the explosion would
come in an Instant and nothing within
the walls could survive It- With this
knowledge Johnson dashed into the
building, forced the men outside Just
as the explosion came. Beyond, a few
bruises all were uninjured. . ,
"I did. only the best I could" " was"
his modest way of disclaiming special
credit. . . .
The distributing plant Of the Stand-
ard Oil company adjoins that of the
destroyed Union Oil company. By con
centrating several streams of water
upon It, It was saved from damage.-
Among the last to see Chief Camp
bell enter the building was Officer L.
K. Evans, who heard the chief order
the removal of engine 1. -i.-iL . . 4
Saw Chief SeeL. ,y
"As the explosion came," said Evans,:
I saw the chief throw up his hands
among the falling walls and roof. -'
(Continued on Page Five.)
BEREAVED WIFE
BEARS UP WITH
MARKED HEROISM
The news of Chief Campbell's death
in the Union Oil company plant this
morning was received by Mra. Camp
bell with a heroism almost equal to
the chief's own. Her first intense
grief was followed by self-control that
compelled the admiration of neighbors
who gathered to be of assistance. The
Campbell home Is at 46 Jefferson.
HEILIG THEATRE IS ' ;
TENDERED IN AID' .
OF BENEFIT FUND
W. T. Pangle announced this after
noon that he will donate the use of the
Hellig theatre for the benefit of any
fund that may. be created for .the bene
fit of the widow of Fire Chief Camp
bell. The theatre Is offered for any
occasion which may be determined on,
and the Hellig management promises
to do all: in its power to make it a
success. ,-.?...!!,
THE DEAD FIRE CHIEF
Bums of Union. 04 Company's plant. East Water and East Salmon streets. The bod of Fire Chief David Campbell was found behind the portion of "concrete, wall shown In' picture. '
One is missing from the firemen's rollcall. The inexorable hazard
of fire-fighting has stricken the first name from the list. It has been a
melancholy day for the firemen of Portland. 1 ' 1
It has been suggested that The Journal lead in the creation of a fund
for the benefit of the bereaved ones who survive him who "fell .while he
fought. Several business men have already phoned in offers of contri
butions. ... - - '
It is a splendid purpose, and if there is promise of a fond ample
enough to reflect credit on the givers and the city, Tbe Journal will glad
ly lead the movement. " '
There ought to be in Portland 100 men who atand ready to con
tribute $100 each. There must be, as we face, the realities of this day,,
many willing to reward, and by that reward give token of their apprecia
tion of the fire department and its devoted men. 'i:xt'T. S ; f
The old fire bell sounds many an alarm. By -day or by night, its
brazen notes always find the fire bovs on the double quick with their
lives in their hands. After today's call, there was one who did not corns
back.. He answered the summons of another inexorable bell, and there
ought to be an outpouring of reward1 as signal that Portland appreciate
me sacruiccs ne maae. ., .....-"..-