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Democratic Nominee I? Very
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U in- - Coming- Presidential
Campaign
WALSrt SAYS L'FOLLETTE
IS STRONG? If J MORTHWTEST
Believes Progressive Cam-
paign Will Help Demo
, crats as it Did irr 1 9T2
' LOCUST VALLEY, N. Y., July
12. Irt response to William Q.
MeAdod'S statement that he would
actively support the democratic
national' ticket. John W.-Davis,
democratic nominee for president,
tonight sent the following radto
' grain to Mr. McAdoo, who is on
the Homeric bound for Europe:
"Let ' me s thank: you fori the
more than generous statement
which' you gave our on sailing: I
am gratefully cheered by the as
surance that r shall have the bene
fit of your aid and counsel in the
coming campaign. '
. "That it will result in the ad
vancement of democratic reforms
and democratic Ideals I confidently-
believe. Mrs. Davis joins' me
Irr wishing-Mrs. McAdoo and your
self a pleasant voyage and a safe
return:' "v :;''
) Never Defended Debs
v Mr. Davis was shown today the
statement by Eugene V. Debs, iri
which' MY. Debs denied' published
assertions that1 Mr. Davis as a
lawyer, had ever defended the so
cialist leader. The dispatches had
said , that the litigation was con
nected with a coal miners' strike
in West Virgni!P:ri;i?ii 4!
the trade onion clients in this
Ja.Be were' William' BY Wilson, who
at that time was secretary of the
United' Mine" Workers of America
and who later was, President Wil
son's secretary iof labor and many
others. He said he did not re
member the other names and that
if-Mr. Debs stated that ho was not
among them that doubtless was
Correct. : v . . x. ,
Senator Walsh" tonight told
newspaper men tonight that in his
belief Senator La Follette mlgnt
poll a large vote in the north
west generally.
The independent candidate
would probably .. prove strong
among- the farmers in his own
state, he said.
: ' Northwest Satisfied
When asked whether the nom
ination of Mr. Davis would satisfy
the democrats of the' northwest he
said' he had recevled, a telegram
from (ft close friend in Montana in
which he was told that his section
of the country was well pleased
with the convention's choice, j
Senator Walsh replied in the
affirmative to a question whether
the election this year would prove
a close' parallel to that of 1912
when the campaign of the progres
sive party helped the democratic
party at the expense of the re
publicans. ; - . 1
:i McAdoo Pledge Support ;
NEW YORK, July 1 2. Several
significant events occurred today
to draw the lightning from the
charged atmosphere la which John
W. Davis has moved since he be
came the democratic nroaMantfal
V nominee. I
r Most important, perhaps, was
the clear cut statemennt of W1K
Han Cibbs McAdoo, who sailed
for Europe with his' family, that
be would "give the Davis-Bryan
ticket cordial support" and would
take an active part in the cam
paign upon his return in Septem
; ber.r V'",-1 v -' v;. - )
j -Rnmors that Mr. McAdoo con
templated a bolt from the demo
cratic, party and a campaign for
the -presidency as. an Independent
candidate, . thus were - definitely
spiked. : ' ; i
i THE WEATHER!
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OREGON: Partly cloudy wltfr
! 'out ; change . in. temperature'
Sunday; moderate west to
? ; northwest' winds."
LOCAL.-WEATHER
( Saturday
Maximum temperature, 80
Minimum temperature, 54
r River, 1.5 stationary ,
" Rainfall, none.
- ' Atmosphere;" Clear.
- Wind, northwest ,
J. FLEISCHMANN
ADMITS SPOUSE
f SEEKS DIVORCE
Wife May Have Gotten "Rise'
of $5,000,000 From the
"Yeast .King"
NEW YORK,- July 12. Julius
Fleischmann. the "yeast king." at
hlsf estate at Sands ' Point. L- I..
after admlttlnbr j today ,tba!t hfs
wife, Mrs. ' Dolly ' Leach Heming
way Fleischmann, had obtained a
decree of divorce in Paris yester
day refused to discuss the report
that he had made a $5,000,000
settlement on her. ' He also; de
clined to talk of the rumor that
the" former i MrfeJ Fleischmann
would soon become the bride of
Jay O'Brien, noted polo playeri
known in Broadway theatrical
circles as the "King1 of . Hearts
OIBrlenvwas: formerly; the hii3
band of Irene Fen wick and of Mao
Murray, the stage and screehstar,
Aviators Reach Bucharest
and Expect to Make Aus-
trian Capita) Today
VIENNA, July 12. The Amer
ican around the' world fliers are
expected to reach4 Vienna tomor
row : afternoon; ,':
The United States army avia
tors Who reached Bucharest at
12:30 Saturday 1 afternoon have
Belgrade, as their next -stopping
place, a distance Of 290 miles from
Bucharest, then j Budapest, 220
miles and Vienna 140 a total of
65Q miles.
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: Bulgarians Welcome Aviators
' SOFIA. July 12. (By Associat
ed Press.) On the' occasion of the
passage over Bulgarian territory
of the American' around the world
tilers' Oh their -way' from Constan
tinople to Bucharest General BuC
hoff director of the Bulgarian air
service-rOTdfatlly welcomed to the
Bulgarian air" routes "the Ameri
icans on their great adVenture."
He said that he and his collegues
heartily -wished that the Amerl
cans would have complete success
on their epochal enterprise. .
Denmark Offers Aid
COPENHAGEN, July 12. (By
Associated Press.) The governor
of Greenland and other high Dan
ish officials- are -making" prepara
tions to facilitate the passage
through Danish1 territory of . the
American fliers on their round
the world trip. A Danish steam
ship is to be offered to the fliers
for fueling or other uses in Green
land waters it is understood.
KELD QUITS
i. TO AVOID SPLIT
Farmer-Labor Nominee Says
i Issue Ranks Above Can
s didate in' Election
SPRINGFIELD, 111., July 12.
(By The Associated Press) With
out specifically: endorsing Senator
La Follette or V-rsconsin, who he
said was regarded by many farm
ers as the "Moses' to lead them
out of their ' present dilemma,
Duncan McDonald, nominated as
farmer-labor candidate for presi
dent at the St. Paul convention
told why he had 'withdrawn from
the race in favor of the Wisconsin
senator. - v -1 r :
I "Our meeting at St. Paul," Mr.
McDonald said, "was not. so touch
a matter of nominating candidates
as the forming of an organization.
In the Cleveland conference, it
was apparent the purpose was the
opposite for capitalizing- i of - the
popularity of ; one marv ; This
brought about a division particu
larly among the farmers; among
whom La Follette is popular and
who regarded i him as the-Moses
to lead them out of the' present
dilemma. I
"Had we continued In the race,
there would bare been a division
and naturally the majority would
have followed the tiahner of La
Follette. . In this situation the
only logical thing to do Was' to
withdraw and permit them to fol
low his leadership;"
NAVAL PLANES ARRIVE
SEATTLE. July 12. Three
naval scouting', planes . arrived at
Sand Point, near here, this after
noon,' comins. from. Aatoria,; Ore.,
where they stopped yesterday, . en
rotttft-fTom San-Diego. -
L'FOLLETTE IS
fSflSll
Groups to Be Asked to Raise
i the Campaign Sum of
I $250,00fi in Small Sub-
i scriptiort Lots
NO PROSPECT OF BRYAN
j BEING NAMED AS MATE
Friends Near Nominee' Cer.
taih That.He Would Not
e Nebraskan
WASHINGTON. July 12. A
tentative program for raising
?290,6oo in small subscriptions
from jlabOr organzations ! and like
group to back the La Follette
presidential campaign was laid
Out today at a meeting- of the exe
eutivej committee members of rtie
conference for progressive politi
cal action. ; i-: !
I Alexander Kahn of New York
City, Was elected1 to head the fin;
ancing enterprise and it was ex
pected that sum would supplement
tiie total which might be raised
for the campaign by general pub
lic solicitation through Represent
ative iNelson of Wisconsin whb' is
managtntg the central campaign
headquarters at Chcago.
Senator La Follette : did . not
attend the" meeting although it
was attended by officers of
number of railroad unions.
Talk concerning a possible vice
presidential nominee was pushed
at the j gathering- on the ground
that a larger conference' in Wash
Ington; July 18 would settle the
pointj but It was stated with con
siderable poBltiveness that no pro
ject Of indorsing Governor Bryan
the democratic vice presidential
candidate would be met with ap
proval Of La" Follettet adherents'.
,Jiftr4dlcanoh1rslIcktng to
the' announced plan' of making" the
La Follette candidacy Itself a eln
gle issue, with ticket? of preslden
tlat electors' in as many states as
possible but without accompany
ing candidacies of gubernatorial
and congressional candidates was
given! by those attending.
W. jH. Johnston, president of
the international machinists and
chairman of the executive com
mittee said the' railroad union of
ficers working to analyze the rec
ord of representatives and sena
tors of both republican; and dem
ocratic parties so that indorse
ments might be given those ; who
had Voted favorably from the un
ion viewpoint on railroad legisla
tion and opposition mustered for
those who voted unfavorably. Any
introduction" of general La Fol
lette ticket candidacies, he said,
would be considered Inimical to
those .objectves. ;
850 Lawyers Leave With
Hughes for European Trip
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NEW YORK, July 12. Headed
by Secretary of States Charles
Evans Hughes as president of the
American Bar association. 850
dletineulshed lawyers ! and their
families sailed this afternoon on
the liner. Berengaria to attend the
convention cf the' association In
London on July 20. s f
The barristers wllf meet In
Westminster Abbey and one of the
features of the assembly will be
the presentation of a $20,000 sta
tue of Blackstone, author or tne
world famous Commentaries', by
the American lawyers, j .
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Permanent Organization Is
Formed to Bring Pressure
On Next Congress !
ST. PAUL. Minn., July 12, -r-
( By iThe Associated Press) After
forming a permanent organization
to present to congress the McNary
Haugen bill and to promote the
Interests of the American farmer.
the national agricultural relief
congress in session here since Fri
day i adjourned late- today.
The resolutions as passed at the
closing session comprise chiefly
the two main issues mentioned in
the original call passage of the
McNary-Haugen bill and 'central
ization of a farm group. r
Efforts to broaden the scope of
the ' organization at present were
branded on the floor as "prema
ture" t' - -.t
Nisin
FOREST, SMOKE
DELAY S AERIAL
MAIL SERVICE
Considerable Inconvenience
. Experienced By Fliers
Over Flames
SAN FRANCISCO. Jly 12.
Dense smoke arising from burning
forest land in California is caus
ing considerable inconvenience to
air mail service fliers, it was re
vealed tonight.
' Pilot WIerIow who brought In
the West bound plane from Reno
was forced; to arise to a height of
11,000 feet over the Sierras to es
cape the smoke clouds.
The westbound mail was delay
ed six hours owing to a storm over
Iowa. ! . ;
oniifis
Strength! of La Follette and
Speeches of Davis De
termine Says Bryan
ST. LOUI3. July 12. -The char
acter and amount of strength
which Robert M. La Follette gains
for the' progressive cause and the
character of the speeches made
by John W. Davis, democratic
nominee for president, Will be' the
determining" factors in the com
ing campaign. William . Jennings
Bryan declared upon his arrival
here tonight.
" "The democratic party and the
La Follette party", said Mr. Bry
an, "are, together, amply strong
to defeat the republican party. The
question now is whether Mr. La
Follette will draw enough strength
from the: democrats xr enough
from both parties to be elected
himself. jThat is the problem qt
the campaign. .
I? "The speeches that Mr. Davis
makes will determine the ques
tion. Hej Is running on the' dem
ocratic platform which' is progres
sive beyond question and beyond
any former democratic platform.
rtfelieve thateVni'sHajvd' squirt
ly on the 'platform and defend the
advanced ground taken on eco
nomic questions. ',
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Presbyterian Synod to
Meet on U. of 0. Campus
EUGENE, Ore.,- uJly 12. The
34th annual' session of the Oregon
synod Of jibe Presbyterian church
will be held on the campus of the
University of Oregon July 16 to 23,
according: to announcement of
program today. Rev. William A.
(Billy) Sunday will appear on the
program Ion the opening; day, it
was announced Several years
ago the synod began' holding its
annual sessions at the University
and every one since,1 except the
one last jyear at Oregon Agricul
tural college has met. here. The
reason given for holding the ses
sions here . Is that the ministers
and laymen attending have the
advantage of listening to address
es by noted educators aftue sum
mer school;
ELECTION DEPENDS
Gleanings from Day's News
Leopold, Loeb
$500,000 in Narcotics Seized
CHICAGO, July 12. Heredi
tary insanity may be part of the
defense of Nathan- Leopold, Jr.,
and Richard Loeb, accused of kid
napping and killing Robert Franks
a 13 year old neighbor boy for ex
citement, their attorneys indicat
ed today. "We have traced thet
families and. both boys," Clarence
Darrow, chief of counsel for the
defense, said, "and have found
insanity j in the families of both
youths."j Mr. D?rrow said that
it had not been definitely deeded
whether! this information will be
introduced at the trial.
Narcotic Haul Made
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12.
Narcotics valued at more than
$?"00,000 were seized by federal
cuatoms officers" aboard the Pa-
whetheri ths information will be
coin in port b&re today, they an
Tntouriced tohJghti. The contra
band in 753 tins, had been se
creted beside one of the aft wa
ter tanks. v The vessel arrived
here Friday from oriental ports, j
: Escapes -27tlr- Time
RENO. Nev., July 12. -With a
boast that "the' prison isn't built
that' can hold me." ringing in the
ears of i Nevada prison officials.
John W. Delaney, who 27 times
has escaped from government hos
pitals -and -criminal institutions.
VISITORS ARE
ENTERTAINED IN
OREGON TOWNS
Chamber of Commerce Cara
van Touring Roosevelt
Highway Received
COOS BAY, Ore., July 12. The
caravan representing chambers of
commerce from northern Califor
nia towns, which has been touring-
the Roosevelt highway, arriv
ed on the bay this afterndon from
Coquille, where, they-were enter
tained several' hours during day,
. The progranrat Marshfleld and
North Bend opened at Hotel North
Bend early tonight when -the vis'
Itora j were dined. Afterward
there was a smoker at the Elks
temple in Marshlield and aconcert.
Statesman Says Germany Is
- Willing to Do Share
; Wants Opportunity
BERLIN,! July 12. (By the A
P.) Chancellor Marx, in a state
ment to the newspaper repreeen
tatrves today declared , that the
hopes! entelrtalned by; Germany re
garding the ' experts' . report had
given j way to anxiety and appre
hension. . Remarking' that the Ger
man government had without de
lay rushed forward the prelimin
aries needed for fulfillment of the
reports, the chancellor criticized
M.- Polncare's latest speech and
declared that the spirit with which
the Germans were actuated to
wards the report was one of frank
and' honorable understanding and
plain I speaking a -spirit which
was resolved to restore not only
Germany, but the whore of Eu
rope, f ' .. . '
."The London conference,''; the
chancellor said, "ought to bring
Germany nearer to the realiza
tion of this aim, but many of our
hopes' seem to be threatened in
consequence of the agreement be
tweenPremlers Herriot .and Mac-
Donald In Paris. If the great
spirit; with which we hope to carry
out the experts' report is to be-'
come! an accomplished fact, the
victorious nations must' realize
that ! Germany; whose economic
and national existence is at stake,
must be admitted to the negotia
tions as a , partner with equal
rights.".:; - f v.
Mayor Hylan Denies Offer
To Race With La Follette
CHICAGt), July 12. Mayor
John! F. Hylan of New' York de
nied reports that he might be
candidate for vice" president in
Senator Robert L. La' Follette's
independent campaign for the
presidency,; upon his arrival here
today 'with Mrs. Hylan and Mr.
and j , Mrs. Willian Randolph
Hearst. The party is enroute to
California. ;
Mayor ! Hylan; said he had not
decided whether he would support
John! W. Davis,' democratic nomi
nee for presidenti .
Plea Insanity
1,
tonight Is at large with blood
bounds from the 'Nevada peniten
tiary on his trail. Delaney sawed
through the bars of his cell this
afternoon.
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--' Men Rescued From Falls
NIAGARA FALLS". N. Y., July
12. Two alien smugglers were
rescued from' their disabled boat
in the rapids a few hundred yards
above the American falls late to
night by immigration men and
city I policemen : who braved, the
upper rapids In a motor boat.
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! Underworld in Prison
: INDIANAPOLIS. July 12. A
goodly portion of the IndianapoIlB
underworld was swept into the
city prison late tonight when the
police force almost to a man. set
out on a city-wide crime and vice
cleanup and, returned '.with 261
prisoners. i. r
i Blaid Loses $50,000
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12.
After a. lifetime of toil- as a do
mestic M las Mar COlgan of Red
wood City.-bequeathed; an- estate
or f50,Q0O to charity. It was re
vealed at Redwood City when her
will was filed today. Her . only
other reduest was for marble
slab to mark her grave bearing
the name "Maggie," ty which she
wa known.
CBLlOBr
WIN G0R0ID0
COURT ACTION
Case Prominent in Legal An.
M nals Is Decided for Labor
ers By United States Cir
cuit Court
COURT OVER RULES
' ANY ANTI-TRUST PLEA
Conspiracy in Restraint of
Inter-State Trade Is Not
Sustained t
ST. LOUIS, July 3 2.-4 After
ten years litigiatiori, the famous
Coronado case, one of the most
prominent in legal 'annals, appar
ently -ended wnen - the United
States circuit court of appeals de
cided: in favor of the United Mine
Workers of America in suits ag
gregating $2,222,000. which had
been filed - against them by j the
Coronado and. other coal compan
ies as a result of the destruction
of the property during the strike
of miners in Arkansas in 1914.
The decision, written by Judge
Walter H. Sanborn and Robert E
Lewis, held that the coal compan
ies had failed to establish a basis
for . the suits under the Sherman
anti-trust law. and. affairmsj the
ruling of District Federal Judge
John C. Pollock that coal mining
is not interstate commerce, j and
does not fall within the jurisdic
tion of the interstate commerce
sections of the anti-trust law.
,The decision also overruled
contentions by the companies, that
the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica had conspired to interfere with
interstate commerce.
Case Dates Back to 1914
( FORT SMITH, Ark., July 12.
The suit of the 'Coronado Coal
company against the tTnlted "Mine
Workers of America for damages,
in which the circuit court of ap
peals at St. Louis today handed
down, a decision affirming a lower
court ruling in favor of the mine
workers, grew : Out ' of labor
troubles In the1 Harford valley in
1914, which centered about vari
ous properties of the :; Bache-Den-
man coal syndicate.
The case was filed here in Sep
tember, 1914, and the plaintiffs.
the Coronado Coal company,! ask
ed for approximately $200,000 as
triple damages under the Sher
man anti-trust act. : f
It was tried here in November,
1917, before Judge James D. El
liott, of Sioux Falls, S. D.
Judgment for $200,000 actual
damage was found by the Jury
and tripled by the court under
the anti-trust act to $600,000. The
court gave judgment for $120,000
interest on the judgment. .The
appeals court affirmed the main
judgment of $600,000 and re
versed the entire judgment, hold
ing the facts developed in the tes
timony did not establish; the
charge of a conspiracy to violate
the anti-trust law.
Mexico Is Willing to i '
Have Commercial Treaty
MEXICO CITY, July 12.
Charles B. Warren, the American
ambassador confirmed the Mexi
can government's willingness to
negotiate a treaty of commerce
with the United States in a talk
with newspaper correspondents.
He added that he had advised the
Mexican foreign office.
HIES FILED
Ten Days Remain for Nega
tive Side to Reply in
i Ballot Bills
Of the seven measures that will
go before the people at the No
vember election all but one .will
have affirmative arguments in
the'ir favor printed in the voters'
pamphlets. The period; for filing
affirmative arguments j with - the
secretary of state to be printed in
the pamphlet expired ' Saturday
night.- Ten days remain in which
to file negative arguments. .The
one on1 which there will be no af
firmative argument is a measure
providing a literacy test for voters.
It was referred by the legislature.
The-Oregon Workmen's Com
pensation league on Saturday filed
its' affirmative argument for-the
Compulsory workmen's eompehsar
(Continued from page 2).
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NO SYMPTOMS !
OF POISONING
DEVELOP YET
Other Botulinus Victims' Un
der Supervision- May Be
. Out of Danger ;
M'
BILLINGS. Mont.. July
No sympioms if poisoning
developed' in the brother or
!12.
have
'sister
of Thomas' TeteV de Richardson of
Pennsylvania who died here to
day, the fourth victim of botul
3m poisoning which klevtoped
following! a dinner which included
ripe olives. . Miss Sarah de 1 Rich
ardson, the sister and Tobert do
jiiciiitrusyn. jr., ine Dromer, are.
ooth under Observation, however.
Miss Eugenia! Jones, of Cody, tu
tor to Paul - Ache, Jr., the first
victim, ia also being watchedTor
symptoms. If i there are no de
velopmentsat j the end of a day
there will be j no danger, thephy-
sicians declared. I I
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CEDE TAICIERS
Extra-Teritorial Rights to Be
Given Up for Interests
Protected
-WASHINGTON,1 July 12.1 Re
fusing to join: In the administra
tion of the Tahgiers zone, ag con
templated in thecon vetnion signed
between England, j France! and
Spain last year, the; state depart
ment has expressed to those gov
ernments the : willingness of this
country to cede its extra-territor
ial rights there if American in
terests are adequately guaranteed.
The decision was communicated
to. the signatories to' the conven
tion in a ncjtel prepared by Secre
tary Hughes prior to his departure
today for al month's vacation , in
England and on the cohtinet.
Emphaslaig I the desire Of the
United States not only to cooper
ate but to avoid I placing any ob
stacle in the way of an equitable
settlement of the Tangiersj prob
lem, the note nevertheless made
It clear that the meaning Of cer
tain- provisions in the tri-partite
agreement must be made specific
before this government would give
tacit approval to them.
Maintenance Of the open:
door,
assurance, of equality of economic
opportunity, judicial guarantees
and acceptance by the administra
tion of responsibility for acts of
the zone authorities in accordance
with the international claims were
some of the points stressed by
the state department as requiring
more definite (phrasing.
Annual Chautauqua Program
to Open Wednesday
j Evening in Salem;
The big- brown Chautauqua tent
will make its appearance on the
athletic fieldj of the Willamette
university tomorrow morning in
charge of Albert Jensen. 1 head
property man I and before evening
will be In readiness for the culture
under canvass- program which
will open Ion i Wednesday , evening
at 8 o'clock. ! r V i ! ,
Miss Ruth Wiley. Junior 1 suner-
vlsor. will! arrive Tuesday io take
up the organization of the! youth
of Salem jin I what - is known as
Junior Townjs being modeled af
ter the present day -city govern
ment plan', with mayor, chief of
police, city council and the rest.
The purpose Is to teach the child
ren civic responsibility and Respect
for law. " The story hour and some
handcraft work, will further en
gage the .children each morning
of the week. J'-v . :-
H. H. vandevort, chairman of
the local committee of: Chau
tauqua promoters, reports that
quantities, Of tickets are . dis
tributed around town and that
they are moving; satisfactorily. InT
dicatine . that there will! be as
large a crowd attend the big pro
gram as did last'; year. The aver
age evenine attendance upon last
year's program was above 1,000
people. The guarantors will meet
tomorrow . evening' , (Monday) to
plan the finishing campaign for
the sale Qf season tickets.) They
expect to? step lively from tnat
time.- and if possible exceed the
record made ! last year which was
second largest on the big: seven-
day clrenit, which covers territory
from 'Abbeville.: La., beginning
April 8. then California to the Da-
(Continued' On page 2.
OFFERS!
BJG BRDWWTEITr-
FOREST FIRES
HREIiROID
Ol'ER OREGOi
Reports Show That Blazes
in CentralJ Southern, and
Western Parts are Under
Control
THREE STATES HAVE
DISASTROUS BLAZES
Mount Shasta City Saved' By
Hard Fight; Mew Fires
are Alarming
PORTLAND, Or.. July 12. "
Forest v fires raging In1 central,
southern and western Oregon were
reported nearly or completely un-.
der control today.: Lines had been
established around'. most Of the
burning sections , and timber in
terests . became more relieved
when no Teporte of new outbreaks-'
'were received. f
: Government forestry officials
had word that the fires- in the
Ice Cave district in. Deschutes na
tional forest had been placed un
der control after a struggle with,
lightning and. low bumidity. The
weather has been extremely hot ln!
that district, hindering the efforts
of the1 fighters. .
Siskiyou' Situation Improved
At Emity creek in the Siskiyou",
national forest where fires broke
out Friday,- the situation-was re
ported to be more favorable.
Columbia, Tillamook-. and Linn
counties reported improved condi
tions over Friday. C. C. Scott of
the Forest Fire patrol association
JearneT that all fires in these
counties were under control and
tbat no new burns had been dis
covered. The force of 200 men
cent to check a large fire' in the
holding's of the Whitney -Lumber
company, nearr .Tillamook succeed
ed in establishing barriers for the
flames and placing them under
control.. " i . .
Shasta City. Saved
REDDING, Cal., July 12. Af
ter a desperate fight at the edg
of Mount Shasta city against a
far-flung line of flame raging in
thickly covered forest land a force
of 600 men succeeded in averting
destruction of the town late to-
day.5.; .' ,.. - :
The .home of Axel Jewell was,
burned. The family did not have
time to remove their possessions.
which were consumed by tb
flames.-
The timber loss In the fire is
estimated at $20,000. ; The build
ings; of the New York Springs re
sort, previously reported destroy
ed, are safe, according to late ad
vices received here. . .r-
New Fires Are Alarming
SEATTLE, July 12.r Two new
forest fires raging in the northern
part of the state ; have reached
alarming proportions and are
threatening valuable timber hold
ings of the. Clear Lake Lumber-
company in Skagit county and the
Sammamish Logging company in
Whatcom county, according to re
ports received here tonight by.
George C. Joy, chief warden of the."
Washington Forest Fire associa-
tion. ".'' - j : ' w - .
Both companies have tfeVown
every available man ffom their
camps into the battle and hope to
have the fires under control short
ly, Joy' said. Other fires in west
ern Washington are reported well
under control. .
5,000,000 Feet of Timber Burns
VANCOUVER, B. C, July 12.
The whole peninsula from Jervis
Inlet to Butte Inlet on the coast'
of British Columbia is being de
vastated by forest fires, accord-,
ing to reports received here to-
night. Already 5,000,000 feet of.
valuable timber has been burned.
The monetary loss in this district
alone is approximately $300,000.
Five other .fires are ; raging
along the coast doing lesser dam
age and . three big fires that
have already destroyed $500,000
worth, of timber are burning on
Vancouver island. '
Burns on Seven Mile Front
SPOKANE, July 12. Fires on
a seven mile front west of Twin
Lakes and on a six mile front in
the, Shamokane creek section i i
Ferry county tonight were ma!.-
ing- headway in spite of the oppo
sition of a large crew of fire fight-;
era. - : ; v . -
, 4t four tnlTa line ii fighting a
blaze on the' east side of SqUaw
creek; and new.crewg were raur
tered for a fire which, started last
night in the Beaver creek4 covn-
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