Heppner gazette., July 20, 1911, Image 3

FOREST FIRES RAGE
SIX PERSONS KILLED IN
WRECK ON OREGON TRUNK
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GENERAL
NEWS 0
NATIONAL HAPPENINGS
Hundreds Perish and Property
Loss Reaches Millions. -
Roads Strewn With Bodies of Those
Overcome by Heat and Smoke
Miners Trapped.
Toronto, July 13. Thff loss of life
in the Porcupine district, Northern
Ontario, from yesterday's forest fires
is known to be several hundred, and
the property loss will reach several
millions of dollars.
Only three of the 83 employes of the
West Dome mine have been accounted
for, and 200 miners, muckers,' etc., in
the Dome mine have been suffocated
The mines burned include the Dome,
North Dome, Preston East Dome, Vi
pond, Foley O'Brien, Philadelphia,
United Porcupine, El Dorado Porcu
pine. Standard, Imperial, West Dome
and Success.
Among the dead are Robert E. Weiss,
manager of the West Dome, and his
wife and child.
The Philadelphia mine's loss ii
about $50,000; United Porcupine, $20,
000; Eldorado Porcupine, all build
ings destroyed; Standard, about $40,
000; Imperial, about $35,000; Suc
cess, probably destroyed; West Dome,
about $75,000.
In four short hours, beginning yes-
terday noon, the fire swept from the
Standard mine to the shores of Por
cupine lake, where it destroyed South
Porcupine, Pottsville and part of Glen
City, as well as many small buildings
along the lake fiont.
The greatest havoc was wrought
around the main mines, notably the
West Dome and Big Dome. There the
entrapped miners, cut off from es
cape, were forced to take to the
shafts, and, penned in by flames, per
ished. This was notably true at
Dome and West Dome.
The streets of South Porcupine are
strewn with dead persons, horses,
dogs and cattle. Along the mine
roads are the bodies of those overcome
while trying to escape.
Along the highway between East
Dome and South Porcupine, over a
comparatively open section, were
found six charred bodies. In the
ruins of South Porcupine were found
the bodies of William Gohr and his
clerk, Captain George Runbar and
Tom Geddes.
The miners saw dense clouds of
smoke yesterday to the southwest,
where the fires were raging. They
gave little heed. A small blaze started
in good view of the Porcupine town
site, but it passed almost unnoticed
because of the recent frequency of
bush fires.
It was not until noon that the
dense smoke clouds began to roll over
the Porcupine district. Then the
miners became alarmed and camps
took on unusual activities.
Messengers were sent out and soon
returned with warnings that the fire
was traveling through the forests at
rapid speed and was licking up many
townships.
Shortly after noon the fire had cov
ered an area of 25 miles in length and
two miles in width. In half an hour
the flames were raging on the spot.
Hundreds fled before the flames,
but dense clouds of smoke hung low
and made progress difficult. Many
fell exhausted before the fire as it
swept over South Porcupine. The
frame buildings burned fiercely.
Two minutes after the flames struck
the outskirts the town was in ruins.
All who escaped made for the water
where all sorts of water craft
launches, canoes and skiffs were
pressed into service.
Women and children were first hur
ried into small boats and started off
for Pottsville and Golden City, where
they were temporarily safe from the
flames. Many miners lost their lives
in efforts to save others.
The Dalles, Or., July 12. That
Engineer Thomas Myles, of the Ore
gon Trunk soilth-bound train No. 102,
wrecked near The Dalles Monday, will
be held responsible by a coroner's jury
for the wreck that has claimed the
lives of six persons, was given out
here tonight. A. S. McCurdy, road
master of the Oregon Trunk line, tes
tified before the jury at the scene of
the wreck yesterday afternoon that he
believed the train was running at least
50 miles an hour when the accident
occurred, and that the engineer had
received orders to run not more than
10 miles an hour around the "Shoo
Fly" curve, where the train left the
track.
The six-months old daughter of J.
W. Rasmus, the sixth victim of the
wreck, died tonight. Mrs. L. J. Ris
ing, of Warm Springs, Or. ; Mrs. J.
W. Rasmus, of Ellsworth, Wis. ; Mrs.
C. H. Baker, Sheridan, Or., and S. L.
Arthur, Seattle, died today, and Louis
J. Rising, of the Warm Springs In
dian school, died a few minutes after
the crash.
THREE MICHIGAN TOWNS BURN
Boats and Freight Trains Carry ln
habitants to Safety,
, Bay City, Mich. Oscada, 76 miles
north of Bay City, has been com
pletely wiped out by fire; Au Sable
across the river, is now on nre, ana
the 1,800 inhabitants are being taken
on board a steamer that arrived at Au
Sable and on a train made up of
freight cars picked up in the Au Sable
and Oscada freight yards, while an
other train is being sent from Eas
Tawas to take away .refugees,
A lineman succeeded in getting
around the fire and tapped the wires
four miles south of the town. He said
there had been no loss of life,
The fire at Cheboygan caught from
a pile of sawdust which had been
burning for weeks. It is not known
whether there is danger to the city,
Lewiston, Alger and Turner, all north
of here, are in danger from forest
fires.
The Alpena and Oscada hres were
not due to forest fires, but from
originating in slab yards.
Forty cars and two bridges on the
Michigan Central near Grayling were
burned.
A disastrous fire broke out at Al
pena in the logs on the bank of Thun
der Bay river, just west of the
Moanch tannery. A fierce west wind
spread the flames to the bark piles of
C. Moanch & Sons company.
fires
CAMORRISTS IN FRENZY.
Leap at Bars of Prisoners' Cage
Like Wild Animals.
Viterbo, Italy, After Captain Fa-
broni, of the Carabiniers, of Naples,
had denounced the Camorra as the
most despicable and dangerous crim
nal association in the .world, there
ensued a scene in the courtroom here
that made past disturbances in the
Camorra trial tame in comparison.
Erricone, chief among the prisoners
to feel the sting of Fabroni s fearless
testimony, leaped to his feet and dash
ed to the bars of the prisoners' cage,
shrieking incoherently, and a personal
encounter between the Carabinier and
Lawyer Bovio, for the defense, was
prevented only by the interference of
the court attaches.
Each Must Own License. '
Hoouiam, Wash. If an ordinance
proposed to the city council here, and
to be introduced regularly at the next
meeting by Councilman Bridges, should
become a law, every person in Ho
quiam who takes a drink of spiritous
refreshments will have to own a li
cense, which he will present to the
bartender before he is served. Mr.
Bridges proposes to make it a misde
meanor for a saloonkeeper to sell
liquor to anyone, or for anyone to buy
it, who does not hold such a license.
Company Assumes Loss.
Minneapollis, Minn. According to
F. P. Wells, vice president of the com
pany, F. H. Peavey & Company will
assume the liabilities of the Peavey
Grain company, of Chicago, which
suspended operations recently when a1
shortage of $1,200,000 was discovered
after the sudden death of its presi
dent, James Pettit. Mr. Wells said
that the assets of F. II. Peavey &
Company amount to two and a half
times its liabilities.
Grain Rate is Slashed.
Seattle The Great Northern has
announced a permanent reduction in
freight tariffs on all grain shipments
from points in Central and Eastern
Washington to Puget Sound terminals.
The reduction is from a half cent to 2
cents a hundred pounds. The new
rates become effective August 15,
when the grain in Central Washing-,
ton will start moving.
12 Dead; 64 Hurt in Connecticut.
Bridgeport, Conn. Twelve bodies
in the morgue, 44 injured in the hos
pital and a huge pile of junk at the
foot of a 20-foot embankment at the
western end of the city, tell the tale
of the worst wreck in 58 years' his
tory of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad.
Although the accident happened to
the Federal express just before dawn,
and the coroner's office has been
busy all day answering telephone and
telegraph inquiries from all parts of
the country, four of the dead, two men
and two women, remain unidentified.
Hail Storm Kills Stock.
Miles City, Mont. Arrivals from
the Jordan country, about 100 miles
north of Yellowstone, report a terrific
hail storm in that section. According
to the report, 13 head of "79" horses
were killed, the roof was blown off of
W. C. Henderson's barn, Charles Kra
mer's house was unroofed, Joe Mc
Donald lost many sheep killed by hail,
windows were broken generally in Jor
dan buildings and over a strip of coun
try four miles wide practically every
growing thing was ruined by the fly
ing balls of ice.
Tars Not to Be Barred.
Seattle Mayor Dilling has directed
Chief of Police Claude Bannick to see
that all sailors who are orderly are
given proper treatment in all cafes
and places of amusement in the city.
This order followed a complaint made
to the mayor by R. L. Ghormlcy, flag
lieutenant to Rear Admiral Souther
land, that three sailors had been ex
cluded from the Rathskellar last Fri
day night. The management dis
claims responsibility for the trouble.
lOO-Story Building Next.
Cleveland, O. Addressing the con
vention of the National Building Own
ers and Managers here, George Morti
mer, of New York, said that plans for
a 100-story building, 1,200 feet high,
have been drawn and that such a
structure is a probability of the near
future in New York.
Washington, July 14. Senator Hey
burn of Idaho, drew the fire of Sena
tor Williams, of Mississippi, today i
the course oi tne discussion or a mo
tion by Williams for the retention of
"Jim" Jones, the 82-year-old negro,
who had been Jefferson Davis' body
guard and in whose custody the seal
of the Confederacy was entrusted, re
tained on the Senate payroll as a la
borer.
Senator Heyburn acquisced in the
retention of the negro for services
formerly given to the senate, but not
because of loyalty to an "infamous
cause."
"But for the parliamentary rules
that restrain me, declared Williams
"I would have a few words to say
about the kind of human being
whose heart such thoughts can exist,
Senator Williams added with great
feeling that he was not prepared to
hear a civilized man in the 20th cen
tury call 'an infamous cause' the
cause for which his (Williams) father
had laid down his life.
"There is no right of American cit
izenship," Mr. Williams added, "that
permits a man to insult the dead."
The senate sustained Williams by.
a vote of 37 to 18, leaving Jones on
the payroll at $720 a year as a labor
er.
Washington, July 13. Railroads
give, or are still forced to give, re
bates to big corporations and to the
detriment of small concerns, declared
Frank C. Lowry of New York, general
salesman for the Federal Sugar Refin
ing company, before the "sugar
trust" investigating committee today,
In explanation, Mr. Lowry said his
company did not receive an allowance
for lighterage in New York harbor as
the "sugar trust" did. Mr. Lowry
will continue his testimony tomorrow,
Frank L. Neals, a Philadelphia
shipping agent, testified that while
uniform rates are in operation, big
concerns with "inside information"
about intended changes in rates or
which receive advantage in the shape
of drayage, put smaller dealers under
a handicap.
"Rates are so complicated, said he,
"that a big concern like the American
Sugar Refining company must employ
a rates expert at $25,000 a year to
'work out' rates or all of its directors
would go to jail for violating the in
terstate commerce laws. "
Representative Fordney, of Michi
gan, expessed an opinion tnai any
wide-awake man would know about
proposed changes in rates.
Yes, added Representative Baker,
of California, "the same kind of wide
awake fellows have been cheating the
public for 20 or 25 years."
Washington, July 13. two insur
gent speeches against the Canadian
reciprocity bill were made today when
Senators La Follette, of Wisconsin,
and Bristow, of Kansas, introduced
their amendments to that measure and
spoke in favor of them and against
specific features of the pending bill.
Senator La Follette excoriated Pres
ident Taft's administration, not only
with reference to tariff legislation
proposed, but also on his conservation
policies. Senator Bristow renewed
his fight aginst the present sugar
tariff and urged the repeal of the "16
Dutch standard" test on imported
sugar, saying it operated entirely in
the interests of the American Sugar
Refining company.
Hoping to reach a vote on the reci
procity bill next week, senate leaders
are figuring seriously on the subse
quent programme
Besides the Democratic free list and
woolen bills, it became evident today
that friends of the Arizona-New Mex-
co statehood and reapportionment
bills will demand votes, as will advo
cates of the campaign publicity bill.
La Follette expects to occupy most
f the session Monday and Tuesday
n his speech against reciprocity. In
his speech today he called the reci
procity agreement "a little brother to
the Payne-Aldrich bill."
Continuing his criticism of Taft s
administration, La Follette said :
'In all the record of this adminis
tration, no more glaring example is
presented of the complete surrender
to special interests and the complete
reversal of Roosevelt's progressive
policies than that shown in dealing
with amendments to the interstate
commerce act. It would have been
iflicult to have framed a piece of leg-
slation affecting iiterstate commerce
more harmful to the public interest
than the bill drafted by the attorney
general and recommended to congress
by President Taft."
Washington, D. C, July 11. An
inquiry into Alaska's industrial devel
opment, second in importance only to
the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation,
will be interrogated tomorrow by the
house committee on expenses of the
Interior department.
Instead of having Miss M. F. Ab
bott tell the story of her discovery of
the famous "Dick to Dick" letter,
the committee will examine govern
ment officials on the general condition
of the territory.
It is planned to call G. H. Brooks,
Alaskan head of the geological sur
vey, as a witness. He will be fol
lowed by witnesses from the War de
partment, which controls the leasin
of water fronts in that country.
The possible connection of C.
Taft with the subject is to be subor
dinated for the time being. The com
mittee will endeavor to find out if the
Guggenheim interests, when defeat in
the so-called Cunningham claims
the great coal fields of Alaska seemed
nevitable, undertook to assert control
of the coal deposits by monopolizing
the entrances to the interior of Alas
ka, if recognition of the Ryan entries
would effect this.
it is for tnis purpose that the com
mittee has invited experts on Alaskan
minerals and the coast line to testify
as to the conditions in the neighbor
hood or controller nay. ihe inquiry
may require many days. Other than
recognizing the absolute freedom of
the president from congressional in
quiry, it is said tonight no limitations
would be placed on the inquiry.
Washington, D. C, July 10 The
Canadian reciprocity bill emerged un
scathed tonight from the most serious
ordeal it has experienced in the sen
ate. The amendments offered by Sen
ator Cummins, of Iowa, and the two
offered by Mr. Simmons, of North
Carolina, all seeking to increase the
number of Canadian manufactured
articles that shall be admitted free of
duty, were voted down.
The vote in "favor of the amend
ments was so small that Senator
Cummins asked for only five roll calls
although he had announced his inten
tion of asking for at least ten.- The
maximum vote for his tariff amend
ment was 14, compared with a maxi
mum vote of 53 against.
The defeat of the Cummins amend
ments clears the situation in the sen
ate and leaves the reciprocity bill
much nearer final passage.
Senator Bailey offered an amend
ment to the house woolen tariff bill,
mposing a duty of 25 per cent on raw
wool. He will ask for its considera
tion, and of his farmers' free list
amendment, in the near future.
On the proposal to put flour and
cereal products on the list of articles
which the United States will admit
free, Senator Cummins was defeated,
52 to 14; on the proposal to put agri
cultural implements on this list he
was defeated 53 to 12; on the pro
posal to put lumber on the list he was
defeated 52 to 12.
Washington, D. C, July 9. Within
week or ten days the signatures of
the secretary of state, Philander C.
Knox, and the British ambassador,
ames Bryce, will be placed on the
treaty between the United States and
Great Britain to provide for the arbi
tration of all questions arising be
tween the two countries, even matters
f vital importance and national honor.
The signing of the treaty will bring
to an end the negotiations begun at
the instance of President Taft and
mbassador Bryce early this year,
and will mark what many believe to
be the greatest step toward interna
tional peace ever taken.
Some changes remain to be made in
the text, mainly in the phraseology,
to which the greatest attention is be
ing given to avoid any ambiguity or
possible chance of misconstruction
when the treaty comes to be tested by
actual recourse to its provisons.
It is to be a model from which general
arbitration treaties between the Uni
ted States and other nations will be
drawn.
Only one point of substance remains
to be adjusted and the State depart
ment is awaiting the last word of the
British foreign office on that subject.
There are two ways in which the ob
ject to be covered in this provision of
the treaty can be attained; either
would be acceptable to the State de
partment, so there is no reasonable
doubt of a complete agreement.
Fashion
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Madden Makes Charges.
Washington, July 15. Charges that
inspectors had been sent into the plant
of the Lewis Publishing Co. St. Louis;
that the books had been seized and the
offices turned topsy-turvy, were reiter
ated today before the house committee
on expenditures in the Postoffice de
partment by E. C. Madden, ex-third
assistant postmaster general, now at
torney for the Lewis concern, from
which the second-class mail privilege
was withdrawn.
Banks Must Pay Expressage.
Washington, July 15. The refusal
of the United States senate to agree
to the Jones amendment, appropriat-
Pacific Will Be Protected.
Washington, D. C. It is the pres
ent plan of the Navy department to
have the battleship fleet spend about
an equal amount of time in the Atlan
tic and Pacific as soon as the Panama
canal is open to navigation. The great
armament known as the "Atlantic
fleet" since its formation, will belong
as much to the Pacific as Atlantic,
and the persistent demands of the
West Coast for adequate naval pro
tection will be partially satisfied.
Relief Promised Storm Victims.
Washington. D. C President Taft
has promised Representatives Clayton,
of Alabama, and Adamson, of Geor
gia, to order the serving of 20 days'
rations to the sufferers from the se
vere storm of July 4 in Lee county,
Ala., and Harris county, Ga.
Barrett to Attend Exercises.
Washington, D. C. At the request
ing $120,000 for the transportation of - of President Taft, John Barrett, gener
silver coin, means that the banks of
the Northwest will have to bear the
expense of transporting from the East
such money as will be needed this
year for the movement of crops.
al director of the Pan-American union,
will attend the ground-breaking cere
monies of the San Diego, Cal., expo
sition, commemorating the opening of
the Panama canal, on July 19.,
RIFLES In fashion count
for a good deal these days.
It is at the season of the
year when all manner of
clever things are invented
to catch the eye of those
who congratulate themselves that
their shopping Is finished. This Is a
ruse of the merchants to empty the
purse of the buyer.
Business must proceed, even though
the weather is hot and vacation time
is at hand. Also the dressmakers
swing the fashions around, here and
there, to Interest their patrons and to
get away from routine. In the first of
the season, when the new clothes are
brought over from Paris, the models
are copied by the hundred to an
alarming extent. Now it is time to in.
troduce innovations, and bo we see
quaint and attractive things in every
gathering of women. It might be said
with truth and emphasis that the pub
lic is responsible for this variety of
fashions more than the dressmakers.
It is hard to get one of the latter
to depart from the French models or
the crinoline patterns which she has
in the workroom. If she is thrown on
her own resources she can do remark
ably good designing, but for some rea
son that she does not explain she
never gives herself a chance for indi
vidual experiment. No matter how
many patrons she has, she follows for
each a model that she brought from
abroad, if she Is a big importer, or
she copies a sketch in a fashion book
if she is a little dressmaker.
Blue Serge Gowns.
It is rather wonderful to observe
the popularity of the one-piece suit of
thin blue serge. It has been amazing
ly developed In the last four weeks,
and has all manner of individual
touches that make It worth while. It
is a good kind of gown for every
woman to Include In her wardrobe.
It may not stand for any one occasion,
but may serve for half a hundred. It
is Just this kind of gown that is avail
able for all changes of climate and
unexpected trips.
It can be worn with or without a
coat, and in many ways pays for Itself
over and over.
The favorite model Is an Empire
skirt, more or less wide at the hem.
according to our new measurements,
which run from a yard and a half to
two yards and a Quarter. The oanel
own the back Is rarely eliminated
and the fastening is in front. There
may be folds of the serge or surah or
taffeta, either in blue or black, to cut
off the length, and if one is averse to
narrow skirt, fashion allows an In
serted box plait at each side from
hips down.
The skirt, rising moderately on the
bodice, is stitched to it with three
rows of machine stichlng. It Is hung
on a four-inch band of silk belting.
hlch is fastened with hooks and eyes
in front. The bodice is also attached
to this belting, which preserves a neat
look around the waist, although the
skirt does not curve In to fit. The cut
of the bodice Is much fuller than It
as been. The short kimono sleeves
are used and tne under-arm seam is
long, but there are tucks or plaits that
run over the shoulder, or begin at the
alst and make for fullness over the
bust and under arms. The arrange
ment of the neck Is a matter of lndl-
idual preference, and there is al-
ays an undersleeve, or the simulta-
tlon of one at the elbow.
One of the most attractive of these
ults worn by a girl who knows how
to dress has a plain skirt with nanel
down front and back, and a flve-incfc
hem of the material finished with
rows of black silk stitching. It Is
about three Inches higher than the
normal waist line and curved very
slightly at the sides. The bodice is
folded in to it, stitched down, and has
a long wedge of white ruullne net in
the shape of a vest that runs into a
high-boned stock.
Cotton-Figured Net.
One of the materials that have come
into being at the beginning of the hot
weather is the figured cotton net that
we had with us several seasons ago.
!t is usually In blue and white, al
though one can find it in two or three
other color combinations. Blouses are
made of it to wear over low silk
slips or fine muslin corset covers run
through with colored ribbon.
These net blouses, you know, are
quite the fashion and are immensely
popular for warm days, with suits
that have a dressy atmosphere. Some
women wear them in the morning
with plain linen suits, but they look
more fit in the afternoon or for lunch
eon. The coarse figured ones are made In
kimono style or with the revived
armhole and shoulder seam. They
have a double-plaited frill down the
front, finished with a hem Of blue net
or cluny lace, and are fastened with
white crochet buttons down the front
The high collar is made in folds with
a turnover band at the top of heavy
lace. The sleeves are finished with a
tight folded cuff fastened with cro
chet buttons at the back.
The net is also used for over
drapery. It takes the place in soma
gowns of chiffon cloth or marquisette.
One good-looking gown Is of very thin
blue messallne made with a plain em
pire slip with the net draped into a
long tunic which opens in front, has
the right side croesed well over the
left, and Is bordered with a half-inch
plaiting of blue satin ribbon, which,
matches the figure in the net.
The short-walsted bodice is unusu
ally full for these days, has a deep,
round gulmpe of thin French lace
which only extends to the collar bone.
The empire girdle is made from three
bands of box-plalted ribbon finished
with a twisted circle of blue ribbon in
front and two long ends. There are
undersleeves of lace which hang free
of the elbow and are shaped to a
rounded point at the back, and the up
per sleeves of the figured net are
edged with the plaited blue ribbon.
As an economical suggestion it
would be well to think of this net as a
covering for an evening gown that
needs repairing and that has seen Its
best days. Stripped of its gewgaws
and reduced to a simple slip. It could
be covered with figured net at small
expense. One small point would be
wise for every woman to remember,
that the drapery of today does not
come to the foot line of the lower
skirt. It stops about six Inches
above. It Is usually looped up In some
fashion at the side and is often fin
ished with a three-Inch band of col
ored or figured floral satin or a nich
ing. White Wash Frocks.
It has been repeated so often that
all white wash frocks are not in first
fashion, that one Is apt to become
tiresome by referring to it. However,
it seems worth while to say that a
compromise has been effected be
tween fashion and tradition by the in
vention of charming gowns of white
voile and marquisette which have all
the earmarks of the best lingerie
frocks and are trimmed with dashing
lines of color to give them a novel
effect.
There seems no end to the fashion
for eyelet embroidery, and It is used
more on voile and marquisette than
on muslin, possibly because one sees
more of the former fabrics than of
the latter. Plain white wash material
la not even used for everyday frocks.
It has given way to striped muslins
in violet and white, brown and ecru,
black and white, blue and white.
There are many other combinations,
both In stripes, in pin dots and in
circles, and one sees a dozen of these
gowns to one of the oid-fashloned
plain white lawn.
A dainty style Is shown In the Il
lustration, made in cambric; groups
of fine tucks with strips of insertion
in between form trimming at top of
bodice; lace is used for edging, and
ribbon is threaded through insertion
and finished off with bows.
A piece of Insertion Is taken round
at about the knees, ribbon is threaded
through and arranged In loopy bows
at the right side of front; pieces of
Insertion pointed at the ends are let
In at Intervals; a frill of soft lace fin
ishes the foot.
Materials required: Four yards 31
Inches wide, about five yards Inser
tion, six yards ribbon, ZVfc yards wide
and I yards narrow lace.