EVENING EDITION Calling cards, 1 ding stationery, com mercial stationery and Job printing to order at the East Oreronlan. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 24 WKATIIEH REPORT. Fair tonlglit and to MiiLTWuwimB i i " u v i n fej i. v M 11 KJZZ J C77T OFFICIAL PAPER. PENDLETON, OREGOX, Mf)XIAV, JULY. 31, 1 NO. 7278 IIPUT HDC ilUIII I NIL Blaze Starts With Fury, Fol lowing Explosion in Mill and Beats Firemen Back. SEVERAL BlILDIXGS COMPLETELY DESTROYED Fighters Greatly Miuidicupied by Iu Uii.se Heat Which Cause Street Railroad Rails to TwitO Traffic Delayed Several Hours. The Dalles, Ore., July 31. Fire which Is believed to have been caus d through Ignition of flour dust by electric wires' lut night destroyed the flour mill of tho Wasco Warehouse und stilling company, the Great South trn depot and wholesale freight sheds, 14 empty freight cars belonging to the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation company and the city stock yards. The total loss is esti mated ut JUO.OUti, partly covered by insurance. Oiiisod by KsploHlon. Tho fire broke out at 10 o'clock - following a heavy explosion and burn ed with fury for nearly two hours, before being placed under control. The f.re department saw that the mill building was doomed and devoted its attention to the neighboring struc tures and rolling stock. Ileal lCotards Fight. The fire was so hot however, that it could not b confined to the mill alone, it spreading in rapid success Ion to Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Railroad company's cars which were standing alongside the mill building, and then to the Great Southern depot, sheds, and cars, and the stock yards. Slrcrt Kails Twisted. The main line of the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation company runs alongside the mill and for a distance of 300 feet the rails were twisted out of shape by the in tense heat. All traffic was delayed for several hours. IMtOTF.GK ItOYAUSTS F.XMST I'Ol'E'S AII Lisbon, July 31. That the pope Is 1 it-posed to lend aid to the movement for the restoration of Monarchy, Is Indicated by Carlnal Merry Del Vals, In reply to Captain Conooire, the lead er of the Portuguese royalists, prom ising to establish the supremacy of the church, the pnpal efflclal has asked for further Information regard ing the royalists' organization. Mergvr Stopix-d. tensing, Mich., July 31. Circuit Judge Welsel today temporarily en Joined the formation of the pmposed Copper combination In Michigan in volving mines worth $82,000,000. He held that the proposed combination is forbidden, under the Michigan law. Eleven companies arc In the deal. Yito urn win nws. Indon, July 31. King George and Tremler Apquith will confer Wednes day, regarding the Lords' veto bill. It is practically certain now that the measure will pass. SPARK FROM ENGINE STARTS GRAIN FIRE Another grain fire was addyd to the list of such losses this morning when o spark from a passing Northern Pa cific freight train lighted In one of the fields belonging to Frank Rogers near Fulton station. The flames spread quickly, in spite of the efforts of a number of men, wiped out twen ty acres before they could be check ed. The loss was fully covered by in surance. The lire oeeured shortly after 11 o'clock Just after nn X. P. freight had passod by. This If the third grain fire which nre said to have been started by engines along this line this season and the farmers are complain ing that not enough precautions nro taken by tho engineers. PiirclmseH First Saeker. Chicago, July 31. President Mur phy of the Chicago Nationals last lilslt announced-- ,,u' purchase, of First Baseman Anfler of Newark. . mm DALLES WITH S200,D0Q LOSS RAILROADS ARE BAD DAMAGED 1IICITC TUC VMIIU I ML attorney general HAS ! aiii:i alaskan grabbers Delegate. Mako, Astounding Charge j llcforo CoiiiinilK-c and Will Hack! It j Washington, July 31. "Attorney General Wlekersham has shielded criminal in Alaska. This statement is made purposely and I am here to baUc. It up." This challenge was made today be fore the house Judiciary committee by Delegate James Wlekersham of Alas ka, testifying in the injuiry into the department of Justice with reference to Alaskan affairs. Delegate Wlekersham declared that monopolization of the territory is dally growing worse. CALIFORNIA STATE PUlXTEIt CHARGED WITH GKAKT Sacramento, Calif., July 31. A most censational attack on the state print ing office, and iU business methods Is made in a report today to Governor Johnson by the stati board of control. The charges state the printing de partment Is in conjunction with cer tain favored concerns which was en gaged in a scheme to "mulch the Etate of $30,S30," by overloading the office with paper supplies, sufficient to lurt several years at an exorbitant price. The commission recommends that the governor slop the scheme. PAHSOX rXARI.E TO COMPETE WITH SILK STOCKINGS Chicago. July 31. Declaring that the women of his congregation think more of their legs than they do of tfyir souls and that after paying J5 per each foot for silk stockings, they economize by dropping pennies ,n the collection box. Reverend Hey wood, the youngest ordained minister in Illinois, quit the pastorate today so he could hunt another Job paying over $1000, to enable him to marry. TUtKISH-AI.IUAX WAR IS NO WVOSSIIJILITY Constuntinople, July 31. Com manded by a high staff official, addi tional troops were dispatched today from Constantinople to Alblan, where guerilla warfare has raged and whole sale massacres occurred during the past several weeks. This is taken as a confirmation of a report that Tur key is preparing for hostilities with Montenegro where thousands of Al blan refugees have fled. Prize Flgliterv Dies. j Chicago. July 31. Emllle Coulon.'i father and manager of Johnny Coulon J bantam weight champion of the world died here yesterday following an op eration for hernia two- weeks ago. He was 54 years of age. To the sport ing world he was commonly known ns "Pop" Coulon. FOREST FIRE SWEEPS TRACK NEAR HIIGARD The first forestNfire of the year in Umatilla county Is now under the con trol of the fighters and will probably j be stamped out by evening. Us lo cation Is ,n the mountains about four! miles west of Hilgard near the Rugg ! Bros, sheep ranch. The flames broke out yesterday afternoon, presumably, started by the careless throwing of j a cigarette stubb Into the underbrush, j When discovered, they had gained considerable headway and were leap ing from tree to tree with great ra-' pldity. j The alarm was given and soon the crew of the sawmill nearby assisted by residents, formed Into a fighting brigade and by 2 o'clock this morning had the progress of ths fire checked,! after it had spread over about 75 ' acres. i Killed In Auto Aeeldont. Stockton, Cal., July 31. David Slack, 18 years of age of Stockton, was Instantly killed yesterday on the lower Sacramento road when the auto, mobile which he was driving turned turtle. At the time of the accident the machine was rounding a curve at big hspeed. Two Killed In Runaway. Logan, o July 31. Two killed and one persosn seriously' Injure,! result ed yesterday when a runaway horse went over the side of a bridge carry ing with It the surrey to which it was hitched and Its three occtipiin's. Mrs. Mary Holher and In r V-yeav-old daughter ur dead and Willi." in llelber, tile husband, is injured. oistki) itv Mi niomsrs U! I! Illl II hWOM i "l ilMUMI I II 111111111 il Houston, Tex., July 31. Be cause of his opposition to make Texas a prohibition state, Gov ernor Colquitt It is announced today, will be asked to resign from the Methodist church of which he is a member. DEFEATS FIGHTERS T Fifteen Square Miles of Forett Destroyed and Women and Children Flee. San 13einard.no, Calif., July 31. Sweeping aside all opposition of the exhausted fire fighters, the forest fire on the cast side of the San Rernard ino mountains la today beyond con trol. It has already burned fifteen square miles of territory. Slimmer Resort Destroyed. Yesterday it was realized that nothing could stop the flames. With the rise of the morning w'nd the fire swept unbroken up tho mountain fcide. Hesitating at the summit, the blaze crept slowly down the east side Jind at 3 o'clock reached Squirrel Inn. The women in the hotel and cabins of the summer residences were sent out I of danger by' horseback to Little Bear j cons ile; able d.'Ubt as to whether or va'h y. The men remained behind and i not the proposed agreement w.ll sat a determined stand was made. The j isfy England, as a readjustment of flames crept through the timber un- the French-German territorial boun til the resort was entirely surround- daries in AtrUa threatens to involve ed; one cabin alter another caught I Britis h interests. f.re but the water supply of the camp ' May Demand Lloyd George Head. did not fail and after a desperate! Htrlin cables indicate that there is light against apparently overwhelm- ! some truth in the story that Germany lng odds, the crest of the fire passed I on. leaving every cabin standing. That the fire may burn for weeks is the belief of men familiar with con ditions In the mountains and none is willing to predict where it will stop. All telephone lines in the fire region have been burned down. 'The flames leaped across a ridge where an effort had been made to stop it and spread in Westvilks can yon and Houston flat. Hundreds of campers barely escaped. Until the flames are controlled it will be Im possible to determine whether or not any lives were lost. M.:Y CHANGES STARTED IX DIPLOMATIC SERVICE Washington, July 31. Wholesale sh'fts in the American' diplomatic service are expected here today as a preliminary to filling the vacancy in the Herlin embassy, which is soon to be vacated by Dr Hill. Ambassadors Leishman and O'Brien are the like liest candidates for the Berlin berth. Shifts are also expected in Brazil, The Hague, Argentine, Havanna and Rucharest, lMr Released. Baltimore, Md., July 31. Mrs. Providenclo Mascari, a leper who for more than a year has been kept in quarantine at the expense of the city, was released about two xeeks ago and is now supposed to be in New York city. While Health Commissioner Bos ley would not say that the woman was cured, he declared It was his be lief there was no danger that she would spread the disease. It was learned that the woman, her husband and their six children, went to New York on July 21 COPY OF RATE DECISION ARRIVES; SHOWS NEW RATES GRANTED TO INTERIOR CITIES A certified copy of the recent rate decision by the Interstate commerce commission has been received at the city recorder's office and is now In the possession of City Attorney J. R. Raley. As previously explained In the press reports the I. C. C. divides the coun try Into five freight zones.' Zone No. 1 covers territory in which water competition Is not considered a fac tor. It is territory west of the Mis sissippi and extend, ng from Grand' Portage, Minn., southerly to the Gulf: of Mexico. From the Arkausas-ok-! lahoma state line tho zone extends to' the guif along the line of the Kan-! sas City and Southern railroad. j From all points in zone one rates must be given Intermediate point on ! the same basis as eoa-st cities. In: other wmds, Spokan-, T'endbton and other inter'or peivtts nf consequence ' nceiiiv terminal rates on all freight originating in thai territory. . Zone Nn, J covers most of the ter-j ritot y close to the great lakes and i the Mississippi. From points In zone! ,.,. :iR n nq flf BR . - I TV nMBPCCQ w w w w w - - - I WllllllWteW 1 A. TV., t U i m.'Aii T,.t.. .- m, In A I Rill" 1 ? ft Rl I H I I I fit ft terstate commerci comrafssiun ill" L if H ll I U 14 I EM to,,a' '"J,,'-p(l that all railroad l HI I l-'llH I .111 I ll 11 I laU: from Producing to con- III L I llll IUII I 11 U I Huming points, be made appli- I I A s. Kin t .,11 ln,finri1iotn n.ur.t ' on tho same Una. j r ti " : j Conference Between German and French Envois Expect ed to Result in Agreement KAISF.lt MAY PKMAXI LLOYD (.LOUGH'S OFFICIAL HEAD England -May Xot Approve of Saxon. Franco Readjustment and Di.s IMitches Torix-do Flotilla to Sea Older Sealed Orders, Causing Sec ulation. London, July 31. Unofficial infor mation from the foreign office- today tsnd.s to the conclusion that for the j present the danger of war between the European countries, has passed. An agreement on the Mococcan sit uation is expected to result from a conference in Berlin today between French Amba-ador Cambon, and German Fore'gn Minister Kiderlin Waeihter, rnnee Wants to Settle. It is understood that France is pre pared to accept Germany's demand for compensation, prov.ded Germany allows France, a free hand in Mo rocco. If Great Rrltain, however, vetoes the agreement, a fresh strain is inev itable. British troops' are still mov ing toward the channel cities. England May Force War. While aji early settlement of the difficulty is forecasted, there is still may ..demand the disnrssal from of- fiie of Chancellor David Lloyd George beC!iue of his recent speech in' the Rr'tish parliament which was aimed at the Germans and which caused much bitter talk. Flotilla Ordered to Sail. Much speculation is caused by or ders tov the Second torpedo destroyer flotilla, which Is attached to the home fleet off Portland, to sail at 4 o'clock this afternoon, under sealed orders, to be opened after the vessels are two hours at sea. Kaiser Returns. Berlin. July 31. Kaiser Wilhelm returned today to Berlin from his cut .shrtft cruise, caused by the acute Morrocean situation. On his arrival he conferred with his foreign minis ter and chancellor. An official state ment says the emperor received a statement of the progress of negoti ations with France, but no public an nouncement of the status of the dis pute was given out. I jU borers Make Protest. Boston, July 31. Several thousand labor unionists In a mass meeting in Boston Commons yesterday uttered protests r.gainst the manner In which the McXamara brothers were placed under arrest and to join in a nation wide campaign to free them from the charges of djnamiting In Los Ange les. Congressman FYank Buchanan and Congressman Victor L. Berger and Frank Rvan, International president of the structural iron workers' upnion spoke. Resolutions expressing the sentiment of the mee'ing were ad opted. Rev. E. W. Warrington, pastor of tne p(lot Rook P,.esl terian church I .isited in Pendleton yesterday. two the rates to interior or interme diate points may be seven per cent higher than those to the coast cities. Zones three, four and five cover the territory east of the Mississippi. From zone three the rates to inter mediate points may be 15 per cent higher than to the coast cities while from zone four, which covers New York, the Intermed'ate rntcs may be 2i per cent higher than to coast cit ies. Xo rates are fixed for zone five which covers the New England terri tory. The rate decision is to become ef fective November 13. SIIOXTS FAMILY IS 11 PPI1.Y REUNITED New York, July 31. Reports of a divorce in the family of Theo shouts, the Pan.im.i canal builder, were hard 11 1 when Shoots met his wife, daugh ter and grandson at tho pier when they arrived from Europe. It.uh Mr. and Mrs. Shouts d, nied they started the divorce rumors. Washipg'on, JuTy zl The in terstate commerce commission today ordered that all railroad rates from producing to con suming points, be made appli cable to all intermediate points on tho same line. FEDERAL COURTS OF BIG INTERESTS In Support of Judiciary Recall, Owens so Charges Would Pension Aged. Washington, July 31. Asserting that the federal courts have invaded the constitution, the rights of the states and the legislative functions of congress, and have become instru ments, through which the special in terests have been enabled to block all progressive legislation, Senator Owen of Oklahoma, in the senate today, approved of the recall of judiciary movement. He said the courts would promptly discontinue such actions with the recall in, effct. Would Pension the Aired. Washington, July 31. Specially providing, that the United States su preme court shall not be allowed to jpass upon the constitutionality of . the measure. Congressman Rere-er the j socialist, today introduced in the , house, an old ago pension bill. The I measure provides that every person j over 60 years of age, w ho has been a citizen o. the United States for at least sixteen years, shall be pensioned from one to four dollars weekly by the government. Congressman Ber ges estimates this would cost the gov ernment S347.000.00O annually. Caucus on Free List. Washington. July 31. Though no definite decision was reached at to day's caucus of Democratic senators, the belief is general here that anoth er coalition of Progressive Republi cans and Democrats tomorrow, will force the adoption by the senate of the Democratic Farmers' Free List bill, with an amendment, eliminating flour and meats. A decision Is ex pected to be reached ct a second cau cus tonight. Rill for Government Control. Washington, July 31. Broad pro v'sion for the development of Alas kan coal deposits and the prevention of monopoly are made in a bill, pre pared by former Forester Pinchot, was introduced in the senate today by Senator Works of California. The measure provides that license to pros pect for coal may be obtained for a two year term and 5000 acres can be leased for thirty years. The Inter state commerce commission is au thorized to fix a maximum sell'ng price for coal and to regulate trans portation rates. A royalty of twenty five cents per ton is to be paid the government the first year, fifty cents the second year and one dollar the third year. STAGE CAR COLLIDES WITH ANOTHER AUTO What might have proved a most disastrous accident occurred on the Wenaha road this morning when the Gibbon-Wenaha auto stage and the big six cylinder Franktm car belong ing to the Pturgis brothers, met in headon collision. Xo one was in jured seriously, but the stage was so badly damaged that it is out of com mission. The Sturgis car escaped with only a few scratches and came on into the city after the accident un der its own power. With Cres Sturgis driving and C. E. P.ooseve't. Pan P. Smythe. ' Jack Keefe and Lee D. Drake as passen gers, the big Franklin left the springs at 6 o'clock. When rounding a sharp curve on a h'll betveen the Furnish summer home and the hmts occupied by Dudley Evans, the auto stage was seen not thirty feet away and running at high speed. Sturgis slammed on the emergency and his 'ear stopped dead after skidding for a few feet Reid. the driver ef tho stage, h 'wever did not have surh success. He attempted to stop his machhie but tho momentum was too great and it crashed into th; other with considerable force. Fatal Colli-iou. Detroit. July :;!., In ;! ,,-!! i ei :. y sterday between two interurban el ect i i,- ears on the Ann Ar'oor division of the Detroit United It.-iiiv. ,. s ,!: m-itorma i was killed, five lvs-eneevs i were dangerouslv injure,! and mo;-,- t! e:i a s.-.irc were less seriously hurt. The collision invuvi-ed near 1 :.! born, ai mi tin miles west of t:e , ;lv limits. WILL REBOUND Are Expected to Act as Boom erang and Settle About the Heads ot People HigherJJp ATTORNEY GENERAL. AND . ROOSF.YELT INVOLVED Ickerslmnrs Supposed Opinion W'M Faked and Plais-d Former Presi dent ll(i secretary Wilson In Bad Hole Fut Salaries Also SThown. Washington, D. C, July 31. It Is freely predicted that the charge against Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, chief cf the bureau of chemistry in connec tion with the salary of Dr. H. H. Rut by will prove a boomerang and re coil upon the doped food interest which have handicapped this admin istration of the pure food laws and have sought to oust him. It seems more than probable that the Remsen board will be abolished and many members of congress be lieve that "Uncle Jere Wilson," th aged head of the department of agri culture, will find it convenient to re sign. The house committee on expendi tures in the department of agricul ture, of which Representative Moss ot Indiana, is chairman, .will go to the bottom of the efforts to get Wiley" scalp and many interesting develop ments aiv scheduled. A genuine sen sation is promised when the Remsen board Is 'smoked out. , ' Attorney Gineral Again in Bad. Some years ago the attacks in con gress on the legal status of the board became so violent that it was thought well to have an opinion from Attor ney General Wlekersham on the ! subject. One was made public la which Mr. Wickersham held the board j was legally appointed. ! It now develops that he referred the question to an assistant attorney general, yet in the department, wh prepared an opinion that the board was illegal and had been appointed without authority of law. Ili'Kli Officials Protected. It was quickly recognized that suck an opinion would place Secretary Wilson and ex-President Roosevelt, under whose administration the Ram sen board was created in a very bad hole, especially as the board had ex pended a hundred tfiousand dollars in investigating bonzoate of soda. Con sequently the opinion of the assistant attorney general was suppressed and the question was referred to Solicitor George P. McCabe, of the depart ment of justice, who wrote an opin sustalning his chief, Secretary Wil son. Opinion Faked. The McCabe opinion was sent to the department of justice and there pro mulgated as the opinion of the attor ney general. A copy of the original opinion declaring the board -illegal and which was suppressed in favor of the McCabe opinion, is in existence and will be produced before the com-, mittee if called for, as it doubtless will be. Want Roosevelt's Testimony. It Is not improbable that former President Roosevelt will be summon ed by the committee to tell of the cir cumstances leading to the appoint ment of the Remsen board. It is re ported on good authority that he in dicated to a prominent member of the American Medical association that he had been misled in creating the board and in selecting its personnel, and it is common g.issip ;n Washing ton that the creation of the board and its membership was quietly suggested to him from a source which he did Continued on page eight.) LOCAL PICTURES IN NEW WESTERN BOOK Major Lee Moorhousc and Y. S. Bowman, well known local artists, have many picturis in a new book just published and entitled. "Fifteen thousand miles by stage." The book is by Mrs. Carrie Adell Strahorn and deals with a western trip made In the so's. ri'.ory !S ;i', aska St rah and i It is a description of the ter tiaveled by the writer an ! cov- the west at.d extends from Al to Mexico. i.lii her trip Mrs. rn p;;'se I through p.-r.dlctoa IN of stopping at the Foley ':is in this eity. h.'ving evidently become confused in her notes be- i' " r. Melon an 1 L lor'.ious, r the ( pi litre- Trai: do. t ires i nn twins. nop. l! and tin es l.iit O-U, .y i rim - IV'.'. 11 duvlns u-sed were taV :rd ,11 1' .'! a ' 1 1 '.i IU. i h I