FIVE AVIATORS HURLED TO DEATH
I
DIIIIIBIE MM ElflOB
JUDGE LACOMBE.
HITCHCOCK MAY RETIRE.
Postmaster
On
Fadoral
Bench
G«n«ral
Is
Waary of Political Lifo.
REPRESENTATIVE SIBLEY
i
Goal Back to Congros*
From
ORDERED FOR
Pannay Ivania.
In New York State.
MUCH LOSS
Lcichingcn, Rhenish Prussia, July 13.—The dirigible bal-
loon Erbstoeh, recently refitted for passenger service, was de
stroyed in mid-air today by an explosion of the benzine tank,
and the inventor, Oscar Erbstoeh, Herr Toelle, a manufacturer!
of Barmen, two engineers, Herr Kranz and Herr Heoppe, and the
motorman, Herr Spike, dropped to death. The bodies of the
aviators were frightfully mangled, and the gondola was torn to
bits and the motor itself buried in the ground.
The victims are well-known to all Germans interested in
aerial feats, Erbstoeh having an international reputation. In
10C7
St. Louis ho won the international cup for the distance
race for balloons.
The Erbsteoh was constructed last year and has had a dis
astrous career, having been in many accidents. It ascended to
day in a fog and appeared to act perfectly. At the height of
several hundred yards a terrific explosion was heard by the few
persons who witnessed the ascent, and then came the crash to
earth and death to the crew.
I
GOVERNOR
FAILURE
BAULE
Woman Is Seriously Wounded Asserts That He Will Take Ac Chinese Have Best of Sharp
I
tive Hand in Selection
and Tells of Her
Contest on Island of
of Candidate
Secret
Colowan
New York, July 13.—Mrs. Anton-
etle Skora, wife of Karl Skora, for
merly a teacher in the University of
Krakow, Poland, was found In bed
beside her Bleeping child, a boy of
three, In her home early today with
three bullet wounds In her body and
a fourth In her hand. The woman's
night clothes were burning when the
police 'arrived, but the child had not
awakened.
Mrs. Skora first told the police she
was shot by robbers, but letters
found indicated that the woman had
a suicide compact on account of a
love affair. The letters were from
Casimir Malskl, a highly educated
young Pole.
At the ho ■pltal, when Malski was
taken before the woman, she admit
ted he had shot her, but that when
he attempted to take his own life the
cartridges missed fire.
LAMBIRTH MAKES
TRIP TO POWER SITE
ON SHIPMENTS
OF SILVER
Oyster Bay. July 13.—Theodore
Hong Kong, July 13.—The Portu-
IlooFOvolt today gave the first indica-
gunboat, co-operating with
tion of his position as to the nomina-1
today bombarded a pirate set-
tion of a Republican candidate for | 1 tk>nien
’t on
tiemeni
on the
me island
isiauu of
ui Colowan,
^vivwau,
Governor of New York this fall, ln i destroying many houses and killing [ Will Cost $4.00 per Thousand
an Interview he said:
many natives. The Chinese retaii-
“My position in regard to the gov- | I ated by storming and capturing the
to Get Silver From
ernorshlp this fall Is this: 1 want to 1 Portuguese military poet, and Portu
find the best man for the office; the guese reinforcements have been sent
'Frisco
man most acceptable to the rank and I to the scene from Macao.
file of the Republican party and the
The Island of Colowan Is near Ma-
independent voters. I intend to do Icao and Its ownership iB a matter
everything in my power to see that 'of dispute between the Chinese and
Portland. July 18.—Local bankers
such a man Is elected.”
i Portuguese. A party of Chinese stu have been advised by the United
Roosevelt's statement followed last dents was captured by pirates and States sub-treasurv at San Francisco
night's conference with Governor the governor of Macao sent an expe that hereafter they will be obliged
Hughes, at which the political situa dition to effect their- rescue. Thej to pay expressage on silver from San
tion was discussed. Asked if he pirates resisted and were reinforced! Francisco, which will amount to $4
thought harmony In the party of the by Chinese uuu.
luc .uLc.rv,,,
luu lat-.
, ql - ( on each $1000 shipped. The bankers
from the
interior, the
state might be expected during the I ter being armed with modern weap-1
weap-'here
here will be reluctant to ship silver
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rx »•« lx tl’nc F zxl
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campaign. Roosevelt replied that he 'ons and smokeless powder. In all, ' 1 ♦ to
other O.x
Pacific
Northwest
cities,
thought there would be no difficulty Itwo thousand men engaged in the ter paying $4 per $1000 to bring the
coin from San Francisco, as the rates
on that score.
I fighting.
of expressage to other cities are com
Hughes Says Nothing
paratively small.
For instance, it
New York, July 13.—Governor EARTHQUAKE IN
costs but fifty cents to ship $1000
Seattle, and it is argued that it
Hughes said today that he had a de
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY to
would be unbusinesslike for Portland
lightful visit with Roosevelt, but be
bankers to pay the expressage from
yond that he thought there was noth
Munich,- July 13.—A se ♦ tian’Francisco. and then turn a por
♦
ing to say.
♦ vere earthquake was felt here ♦ tion of the silver over to other banks
♦ today, and the walls of sev ♦ on demand.
♦ eral buildings were cracked ♦
It may be arranged that where
GETTING ROAD IN
♦ and the people terrified. The ♦ shipments are made from Portland
♦
shock
was
felt
tn
surrounding
♦
SHAPE ABOVE SPRINGS ♦ villages, but no casualties are ♦ to outside banks that the receipients
pay a premium amounting to the cost
♦ of
FOR MAZAMA EXCURSION ♦ reported.
♦ ' co. transportation from San Francis
♦
Berlin. July 13—Dispatches
♦
T. D. Linton, Road Foreman, ♦ from Tyrol in Austria-Hunga Ji
i ne annual convention of the Na-
♦ ry say that one person was ♦ I
Writes County Commis
Lienal Wool Growers'
Growers association is
♦ killed and twenty injured « tional
sioners of Progress
ts be held in I’- rtland next January,
♦ by an earthquake in the vil «
« a great event.
♦ lage of Uttenheim today.
Manager J. L. Lamblrth returned
last night from a trip to the North
western Corporation's power plant
site at Vida, where he inspected pro- .
gress. Very little of the huge struc
ture that will soon be built can be
seen yet. for n>OHt of it is only laid
out with stakes. The crew of survey
ors Is Htlll working and there Is much
for them to do yet before actual con
struction can begin. A force of men
has begun the clearing for the big
dam Engineer Nichols is one of these
men who says little of his plans be
fore they are actually begun, and
even the company officials here do
T. D. Linton, who la road foreman
not know when the actual work of
at Alder Springs, on the upper Mc-i
construction Is to commence.
Kenzle river, above Belknap Springs
and leading toward the Three Sis-
tors, writes to County Commissioner COUNTY DOING MUCH
H D Edwards that he and two as
TO PROMOTE FRUIT
sistants are getting the road in good
shape there for the Mazama excur
CULTURE INDUSTRY
sion to the top of the Three Sisters
early in August. He eays:
“We three are still working alone,
Lane county is doing a great deal
as we have been unable to secure any at the present time to promote the
help so far. We have made over a fruit culture industry. New offices
mile of new road entirely, besides 1 have been fitted up for Fruit Inspec-
reopening nearly as much more. I 1 tor Beebe and the growing impor-
hope to get the worst of this end ! tatr e of the in.'pectl n work as car
completed bv next week, then will ried on is Illustrated by the action
go over to the pole bridge and work ■of the county court in authorizing
between there and the lava, which 1 Mr. Beebe to purchase a modern bug
will take at least a week. I wish laboratory.
could come up and look at this
Scientific cases of all kinds of
Seventeen-Year-Old Girl Uses you
road, as it is important that the pests that assail fruit will be on ex-
work done should be permanent, as ’ hibition at the rooms in the White
Shotgun With Deadly
what is done on the old roadbed is Temple and expert Information will
only deepening the channels for the be on tap at all times so that horti
Effect
water to wash out next spring. What culturists may keep posted on die
new road is to be made is above the eases of trees and specific remedies
old one and will remain dry. thus therefor. The office at the present
New Orleans, July 13.—Tn a three- saving the washout next spring. By' rate will need by next year consid
cornered ffgljt. in which two Italian doing this the road will be drained erable assistance.
About $200 a month is being dis
men and an Italian girl participated, and can be improved and remain
bursed to promote the interests of
tn a saloon here shortly after 11 good for years.”
the orchards. The report of the in
o’clock this morning, both men were
spector of the planting of new or-
killed. The men used revolvers and
'chards for the spring season of 1910
the girl a double-barrelled shotgun.
(has just been completed and shows
The shooting was the result of
♦ 112,000 trees have been set out.
FAIR WEATHER
Black Hand operations. Joseph Ma
♦ These are divided as follows: Ap
FOR TOMORROW
rells, proprietor of the saloon and
♦ ples. 75,000; pears. 30,006; cherries,
grocery, was shot by a countryman
Oregon—Fair tonight and ♦ 3,500; peaches, 3,500. The commer-
and his death was avenged when his
♦ ■ cial acreage, not counting what is
17-year-old daughter shot and killed ♦ Thursday; cooler east.
generally termed family orchards, la
the aasawin aa be was attempting to «
close tp 1500 acre*.
,
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«•oaf«.
LET THE SPEEDER
.
Over 2,500,000 Feet of Logs
Burned Near Doyle’s
Camp
The state railroad commission has
by an order prepared by Commis
sioner West cut all the "jnerchan-
diee” and "general special” rates of
the Wells Fargo Express company
about 20 per cent. The order re-
duces about 3°,000 rates between
points on rail line? where the Wells
Fargo company do business in this
state.
This matter has been under investi
gation by the commission for over
a year, and a most exhaustive inves
tigation has been «inducted.
The
history of the Wells Fargo company
from pioneer days ha? been gone Into
and all old accounts and earnings ex-
amined and analyzed. Every express
rate in force in the United States was
looked up and comparison made,
The rates affected are the "mer-
chandise” and “general specials.”
The “merchandise' >” rates, about 15,-
000 in number, are all set out in the
order,
but the “general special”
rates are to be ascertained by a scale
which is set forth in, and made part
of. the order. The scale 4s as fol
lows:
When the mer The rate on Gen-
rx zxzx i rx 1’ TV-X rx V _
chandise rate in pro] kJ Special^
mat-
in cents per
cents per 100 lbs.
lbs. »hall be:
i?:
10.40
$0.40
BLAZE IS MOW
UNDER CONTROL
Should Strong Breeze Come Up
However It Will Spread
Again
A forest fire that has been raging
in the slashings near Doyle’s camp,
five miles above Deerhorn on th«
McKenzie, has destroyed -ver 2,500,-
000 feet of cut logs ready to be sent
to the mill and is now spread over
300 or 400 acres. The fire started
presumably by blackberry pickers
Monday night, and by yesterday
morning was tearing through the
brush up the side of the hill that had
been logged off.
The Booth-Kelly
logging camp crew and many people
living in that vicinity, numbering
thirty or forty men, are fighting th«
tire, endeavoring to get It under con
trol. If there is no wind up there
it is under control by this time, De
cause the timber is too green to burn
unajjej ’ but if a strong . oreeze
snould
-
«
come up today it wculd prove seri
ous. It was thought to have been,
under control yesterday morning but
the breeze that came up yesterday
afternoon carried the flames farther,
and the logs awaiting to be sent to
the river that represents the winter’s
cut in this camp have been burned.
Ole Halderssn. Farmer Residing
Dixon Makes Horded Trip.
1.00
In response to a telephone call last
Near the City, Now Holds
1.10
■night, A. C. Dixcn, manager' of the
1 an
1.25
Booth-Kelly cviuj^auy, drove up there
i.10
1.40
Railroad Grant
in his automobile. He got there abOHt
1.20
1.50
10 o’clock, but found that the men.
1.60
1.25
again had the flames under control,
1.75
1.40
and returned at once. The blaze is
J. F. Mounce, promoter of the Eu
1.50
2.00
so hot that it is impossible to get
gene, Springfield and Siuslaw rail
2.25
1.75
anywhere near the fire, and it is dif
way, has transferred his franchise,
2.50
1.90
ficult to learn the amount of dam
obtained from the city council of Eu
2.75
2.tO
age done. It may run well up into
gene several weeks ago. to Ole Hal-
if a "merchandise” rate named
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thousands. Telephone
messages
derson. a farmer residing near the th? commission. in its order. is not the
haVe kept the company’s office here
city. The papers were filed with the named above the next higher “mer
’ in touch with the progress made
county clerk this afternoon.
chandise” rate given above is used
Mounce obtained a franchise from as a basis in making “general spe- against the flames, and the company
is ready to double the force of fire-
the council to build and operate a 1 cjai~ rVtes
fighters at a moment’s notice.
steam railway over West First street;
While the order directly applies
fire is within 250 yards of
from the city limits to the Southern to only “merchandise” and “general the The
road and is a beautiful sight, but
Pacific railway tracks. He wanted a| special” rates, it indirectly affects
permit to build over Clark street as most of the company’s other rates. the heat is so intense that it is very
far east as Lincoln street, but this ¡This is due to the fact that most all uncomfortable to pass even at that
distance. The flames are spread
was denied him.
He haa made a i express rates are based on the “mer- over 400 acres on the side hill and
survey from
Eugene west to a ! chandise” rates of the company and
point twenty or twenty-five miles as these have been cut by the com- the whole valley was lit up by th«
fire last night. It is fortunate that
from the city, and has secured op I mission it will result in a reduction this
has happened as early in the
tions on a number of pieces of prop of many other rates.
season as It is, for there would have
erty for right-of-way, but further
There are set forth below a few of been almost no stopping it the timber
than this nothing is known of his I the old and new merchandise rates around
there had been dry.
plans.
which will give some idea as to the
The fire is being watched by hun
It Is not known why the transfer j cut made by the commission:
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dreds
of ____
campers,
to many of whom
of the franchise is made. Halder-
Merchandise rates ¡t is a novel and awe-inspiring sight,
son's name appears on the tax list in ! Between Eugene
cents per 100
1An lbs._______________ ~
-----
the directory of taxpayers of the
and
Old.
$?6
W
o
FIFTH
STREET
county as paying taxes on $8235 ! Ashland .......... . . .$2.00
worth of property.
I Medford .......... . . . 2.00
J
FRANCHISE MATTER
, Grants Pass... ... 1.60
I Roseburg .... . . . .90
.•75
AT TONIGHT’S SESSION
; Albany ............ . . . .75
SECRETARY KNOX’S
| Salem ............... . . . .90
The city council will hold an im
PROPOSITION NOT
Portland .......... ... 1.00
portant meeting tonight to discuss
the application ct the P. E. & E. elec
CAUSE OF TREATY
tric railway for a franchise on Fifth
GOTCH WILL NOT
CICUT mUklCAM street.
slrvel- The
1 ne Lane
c-aue Coanty
county Asset Com-
vom-
Toklo, July 13.—Marquis Katsura,
rlUnl JUnNoUlV pany already has a franchise on the
the premier and minister of finance,
street named, and is opposing the la
Fort Dodge, la., July 13.—
denied today that the recently made J ♦
ter application on the ground that it
convention between Japan and Rus- ♦ Frank Gotch, whose name
will "bottle” them i up. so that it will
gja was influenced by Secretary ♦ has been mentioned as a pos
be impossible for them
1
or any other
Knox’9 proposition for the neutrali- ♦ sible opponent of Jack John
line in the future to reach the S. P.
zaticn of the Manchurian railways.
♦ son for the world’s cham
depot.
pionship, says he has no de
'
Representatives oí both companies
sire to enter the boxing game,
j will be in attendance at the meeting
SHARE THE SHOCK
being well satisfied with the
I tonight to present their respectiva
honors won on the wrestling
cases.
mat.
LANE COUNTY
ASSET CO. OFFICI ALS
INVITED TO FLORENCE
SLAYER OF HER
FATHER
.........
Tariff Between Eugene and
rious Oregon Points
Published
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A petition from the leading resi-
denst of Florence and the lower Sius-
law has been received by the Lane
County Asset Company, asking the
officials of the proposed road to visit
them and lay their plans fully before
the people there.
Substantial en-
cuuragement to the enterprise is
promised provided the plans of the
company are endorsed, after they
have been made plain.
Secretary
President Svarverud,
Baird and several other members of
the company expect to go to Florence
next week in response to this request.
Location and right-of-way work on
the road is proceeding steadily, and
good progress is being made in both
departments, bo the officials say.
THE WHEAT MARKETS
Bradley In Chicago Newa.
RAFES IS AGAIN
SUSPENDED
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Takes a Hand in
J
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the Matter
1
Washington, July 13.—Suspension
of the recent general advances i<
freight rates has been determined ea
by the interstate commerce commis
sion. The tariffs were to beoxme ef
fective Aug. 1, but the commUMoa
decided the proposed rates should be
suspended until a fermai inquiry Int®
their reasonableness can be had.
Chocago. July 13.—July, 103 1-2;
September. 102 1-8; December, 103
Th« annual convention of the drug
1-2; May, 106 3-8.
gists of Oregon began at Gearhart
pr.r’2 today. A pure drug law in Ore
Portland, July 13.—Wheat is un-|U
gon
„_ will „
be ________
the issue, , , patterned after
changed.
■ the United States law.