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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. .
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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.
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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!
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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
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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-
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