Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 14, 1910, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text5tftUW of; B AfttU I 'IllIC WKATIIICtC Medford Mail Tribune UN1TKI) fltfCSB ASSOCIATION Full Leased Wins Iteport. Tonight ami tomorrow- Fair and warm The only paper In the worl published In a city tho slxo 0 Medford having u lonnoil wlr mimi year. .MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1910. No. 99. 3 DEAD; $500,000 LOSS; PORTLAND FIRE II 1 t 5 MISSING-EXPOSITION BUILDING IS DESTROYED 156 HORSES PERISH IN FIRE WHICH DESTROYS MULTUOMAH CLUB AND MANY BUILDINGS POUTLANI), Or., July 14. Two mon nro dend, hIx nro intoning, 150 penoiiH nro homuloiui, nnd property worth ImU n million dollars hnB boon dnatroyod oh a roault of n flro early today, which, breaking out In tho old i-xpoHltlon bullilinK on Washington street, destroyed It, tho Multnomah club, four uptown hotels, u nuinbor of HhopM nnd stores nnd roBldonccB. Ono hundred nnd forty-flvo horson wero kept In tho basement of thu ex- poHltlon building. All purlflhud. Tho dead: V. It. lMtlCH, Oregon, City, foreman of Unltod Carrlago Company UOUT (supposed), who cited from burns. Tho missing: Jack Morgan, omployo Fashion Btnblon. Two hoBtlors, omployeH United Carriage Company stableH. Threo tramps, allowed to Hleop in building by I'rlco. Firo Starts at 1 o'clock. Tho flro was discovered shortly after 1 o'clock thhi morning In tho bnnoinont of thu exposition building, Before tho nlarm could bo turned In tho big four-story frame structuro was afire throuKhout. Tho flames quickly Jumped tho 100-foot space separating tho Mult nomah clubboiiBo from tho exposition building, nnd In n fow inomentB tho clubhoiiHo, bloachorH and grandstand, valued nt I7C.000, wore In flnmcB. A general alarm was turned In and ovory nvallablo bit of apparatus rushed to tho scene. Meanwhile the flro jumped across Washington utroot nnd enveloped tho Angola hotel, a JG&.000 brick structure; tho Uowlnnd hotel, a three story framo building, nnd two smallor fromo rooming houses, tho Gnrlnnd and Hangort. Tho buildings wero doutroyod. Flamos Jump Street. Hoyoud tho control of tho dosporntely fighting firemen, tho flames Jumped acrosH Nineteenth street nnd destroyed tho McCOmmon phnrmacy and a saloon before their progress wnfl stopped. Simultaneously tho flro wbb spreading In othor directions. Tho Mult nomah club flro uproad to threo-story nnd n half residences adjacent, Tho structures wero reduced to ashes nml threo othor houses near by dnmngod beforu tho firemen extinguished tho blazes. On Stout street, woHt of thu exposition block, two nimrtmont houses, tho Mercedes nnd Del Mouto, caught flro on account of tho Intonso heat. The buildings wore saved after a dospornto fight. Although tho buildings wero bndly damaged, lnsurnnco men estimate tint not less than half a million dollars' loss wns siiBtnlued. Six Missing Men Believed Dead. It sceiiiH virtually certain that tho six missing men nro dend. Soon a,' tor I'rlco oscapod from tho flumlng exposition building by running through n ioIIiI wall of flio, which buruod tho skin ontlroly off his body, ho said tli it thoro was no chance for "tho boys In thoro." "I wns nwnkonod by tho glnro nnd fought my way to tho back of tho building," said Price. "Thoro tho flro shut mo off, so I ran through. It wnB my only clnnco." I'rlco omorgod from tho building nude. Ho wns huniod to nn nuto mobllo and rushed to n hospital. Ho died as ho wns bolng carried Into tho operating room. A man supponed to bo nnmod Bout rocolvod fatnl burns whon ho jumpod through n slioot of flamo wHlo escaping from tho oxposltlon building. Origin of Fire Not Yet Learned. Tho origin of tho flro bus not been nsrortnlnod. According to W. Look wood, a stnhlo omployo who oscapod Just boforo tho flro onvoloped tho front of tho structuro, tho blnzo started In tho bnsomont near tho en trance to tho two stables. . Tho exposition building wns built In 1887 at a cost of $100,000 nnd was ono of tho landmarks of Portland, Tho first Industrial fair over hold In Portland wns housod In tho build lug, and for a iiiiinhei' of years It was tho mooting placo for tho pooplo, In recent yoarH, howover, tho old building wnB rontod, llealdeu tho two 1 Ivory stables, nn nutomobllo garngo, cigar atoro, tailor shop, skating rink, plumbing shop nnd sovornl othor small business concerns ocouplod tho promises. Was Tremendous Building. Tho building covered nn area of -100 foot by 200. It was ono of tho Irrgost frnmo structures In tho wost, Sovonty-flvo sailors from tho gunboat Yorktown nnd tho cruiser Mar blchoad anchored In Portland hnrbor, did much to assist tho flromon. Under tho command of offlcoro, tho boys In bluo hnndlod hose, swung nxoB on tho burning roofs nnd did ovorythlng possible to aid. Sovornl thousand dollars' worth of properly was snvod on account of their nctlvlttoa. Ah tho husky sallormon formed In lino nnd stnrtod on n dog trot for tho docks, long nftor daylight, tho crowd applnudod thorn loudly, Mombors of tho Multnomah club linvo already started a subscription list In circulation to socuro money to robutld tho clubhouso. "Whllo tho flro wn nt Itn holght $8000 wnB plodgod for tho purpose Most of tho nthlotio trophloB, badgoH, club records and aomo of tho furnishings of tho clubhoiiBO wore saved, COUNTY COURT AFTER DATA ON COUNTY ROADS Enter Into Afjrccmcnt With Jackson County Abstract Company for a "Road Book" Showlnrj Every Road In County Aid Laying Out Roads. 600 PEOP P GUARD MAINS PERISHED IN SHIPWRECK Officials Issue Statement Regarding, Collision at Mouth of the Dnieper River Panic Follows Crash and Crew Is Powerless to Aid Boiler Explodes. The county court Ims entered into an Agreement with tho Jackson County Abstract compnny to furnish to thu county n "road book" similar to tho present ownership books late ly furnished the county, but not on Btieli nn olubornto scale. Tho book is intended, however, to hhow tho commencement nnd ending of every county rond, with nil its dips, spurs nnd angles, nnd will bo of grent aid to tho commissioners In laving out the work. The making of thu book unturnlly entails n resur voy of ovory rond in tho county nnd thu pormnuout establishment of the highwnys. Many now roads Jinvo been estab lished during tho past nnd n num ber of old ronds lmvo been nbnn doned. Tho records do not show nil these transactions nnd it will be no cossnry that u survoy of nil the "live" ronds bo made. It is tho intention of tho court to lmvo tlto beginning of ovory county rond marked with its number nnd every mile along the road posts will lie planted marked with tho number of miles from tho commencement. Should uuy trouble happen upon a certain rond tho number thoreof nnd the miles from its commencement telephoned to tho supervisor will on nblo him to locnto it nnd mnko nr rnngementB to remedy the trouble. ODESSA, Russia, July 14. That GOO persons perished in a collision between tho ships Lovki' and Wnm pon nt the mouth of the Dnieper river is tho official statement issued today by the owners of the vessels. Tho disaster occurred Saturday night. Tho shock of the collision wns so great that tho "Lovki's boiler exploded and the ship sank almost instantly. Tho vcsecIs were loaded with pas sengers and n panic followed on board the Warapon. Efforts were inndo to rcscuo the passengers nnd crow of tho Lovki, but they wero un nvniiing nnd most of thoso who went down with the ship waro lost. It is believed thnt innny persons in the cngino room were killed by tho plosion. , T JAIL DELIVERY IN OJIO TOWN Fourteen Men in Jail for Riotinu May Make Attempt to Escape Sheriff Fears Aid From Without Inquests Are Postponed. ex- NATATOR II IS TO BE OPENED TO JACKSONVILLE WILL HAVE NEW WATER SYSTEM City Council Calls Election to Be Held Aunust to Vote on $30,000 Water Bonds Will Build Gravity System. COLUMBUS, O., July 14. Fear ing nn effort to storm the jail at Newark nnd take out 14 men. ar rested for the participation in the riots of a week ago, Sheriff Sla baugh, appointed after tho removal of Sheriff Linckc, is preparing to defend the jail today. He has in formed the state authorities that tho situation is critical. Assistant Attorney-General Miller is on his way to Newark to assist in the investigation of the riots. It is reported that the state's detectives have a list of tho persons who par ticipated in the lynching of Carl Etherington and that numerous ar rests will bo made today. The inquest over the body of Etherington nnd thnt of B. F. Oow nrd was shot in tho riot earlier in tho day, has been postponed pending the action of the grand jury. Cultivate n personnl pride in your ability to write want ads thnt ac complish things. DEVASTATING CONFLAGRATION MONTANA FOREST Scores of Men Trying to Check the Flames, But No Hope Is Held Out Unless Rain Falls Flames Meta phorlze Valley Into Furnace. KALISPEL, Mont., July 14. Scores of men are fighting forest fires In tho Flathead district today, with little hope of quelling tho destruc tive flames unless rain falls. There Is practically no hope that any rain will fall for some time. Fanned by westerly winds, surging flames have metaphorized part of the Flathead valley into a seething fur nace. Men are fighting fires on all shies, some under Instructions of forest of ficials, some for private lumber com panies and others under sheriffs' or ders. Every man possible is being sought here today for duty on tho flro lino. Experience! timber men say noth ing can check tho flames but rain. Large numbers of Great Northern tlol camps have been burned, together with immense amounts of cordwood and timber. FlameB are on all sides of the town of Whltefish, although the town Is In no imminent danger yet. DEMONIACAL CRIME SIS ALL LONDON Body of Noted Sinner Found Be neath Cement Floor Her Hus band, American Dentist, Missinj and Is Believed Guilty Rivals th Charlton Crime in Italy. POLITICAL MAP OF EUROPE IS VASTLY CHANGED BY NEW RUSSIAN-JAPANESE TREATY PUBLIC TONGH T While It Was Not Planned to Open Plunrjo Until Other Attractions Wero Ready, Directors Decide to Open, as Tank Is Necessity. This afternoon tho Nntutorium company opens its plunge to the public, nnd thoso who have not been down to tho grouudu will have tho surprise of thoir life when thoy see tho tromondoiiH scope of tho enter prise. Tho directors really did not plan to open nny part of tho building or grounds until thu wholo thing wns completed. Hut n nwimming rink seemed almost a public necessity now, so the plunge will bo opened today, but tho billiard rooms, bowling nnd shooting alloys, picture shows, Turkish nud vapor baths, etc., will probably not bo roady for another month. Thoro will also ho u dunce oaeh night for tho rest of tho wcok. Tho Miller Carnival company will also opou theirngngcmoiil tonight on the Nntutorium grounds. Thoy lmvo six big shows, four groat outside free aots and a bnlloon usconsiou tit 7 o'olook. Misrepresentation In a, etoro's ad vertising Is nn rnro as murdor. And no moro profitable as a business policy, At a meeting of the city council of Jncksonvlllo Wednesday night It was rcsolvod to call an election to bo hold August 1 for tho purpoco of vot ing an issue of $30,000 In bonds for tho establishment of a gravity water Bystom. Tho council was unanimous in vot ing for tho election call, nnd Judging from tho oxprossed sen'imont of tho pooplo tho voto nt tho election will bo practically unanimous also. "Bids for tho construction will bo ndvortlsod for as booh as tho matter Is decidod," said Councilman Dun ford, "as wo want to got this thing to moving as soon ns wo can, so that wo can accomplish as much ns possible thlo Boason." SANDRY CATCHES ILLEGAL FISHER SALEM, Or., July 14. Muster Fish Warden Clnnton has recoived a telephone mossngu from his chief deputy, Sum L. Sundry, at lloseburg, saying C. C. Clarke, a foronmn at tho power plant located" uoar Hoso bnrg, on tho Uinpiui river, wns caught hurt evening taking salmon with u net from under tiio Winches ter dam and wns arrested on 'the charge of illegal filling, The dep uty wardon confiscated several nets nud honts belonging to Clurkp. Mus ter Fish Warden Clnnton is "pleased over the success of his deputy in ap prohoiiding Clarke. Uoing foreman of tho powor plant, which is situat ed on tho river at one ond of tho dam lrom nndor wlucn mo tish wore takon, Clarke has hud ovory advnn tngo ovor tho fish wardona LONDON, July 14. Tbo political mnp of Europo has been so changed by tho signing of the Manchurlan con vention by Hussla and Japan that diplomats are moro puzzled than thoy avo been in years. British politicians nro anxious to Know tho attitude of tho United States upon tho now treaty. It is feared that since her alliance with Russia is kuown, Japan will become moro ag gressive toward the United States, and England fears to face tho univer sal storm that would follow if she should support Japan agn'nst the United States under Britain's treaty with Xlppon. English statesmen look (Continued on Page S.) CHINESE STATESMEN FEAR EFFECT RUSSO-JAP TREATY PEKING, July 14. Chinese statesmen nro divided over the new liusso - Jnpnncsc - Manchuria con vention, made public yesterday at Tokio. The majority are openly In favor of the treaty, but secretly they fear for its probnblo effects upon Chinoso influence in the northern province Japan. Priwitoly many express the fear that tho first attempt by foreign merchants to annex Mnuohurinu trade would result in prompt shut ting of the "open door"bv Japan and Ifussin. Chineso statesmen fear thnt the first attempt by I(usia and Japan to bar Chinese merchants would re sult in rioting which might seriously far as It is believed that the diplomats have been instructed not to sav any- disturb tho status quo, so thing nt present that would arouse Chiun js concorned. JAPAN DENIES HAVING SECRET" ALLIANCE WITH GERMANY LONDON", July 14. Not since the infamous Whitcchnpcl murders has London been so aroused over crime as it is today, following the discov ery of n body believed to be that of Mrs. Hawley Crippen, formerly a noted singer, and the disappearance of her husband, an American den tist, who is charged with her mur der. Police investigation is believed to have uncovered two bodies in the dark cellars of an old house in Isl ington, occupied by Crippen. Scores of detectives have been detailed on tho case and the police of European nnd American cities lmvo been asked to arrest the missing man. Beneath Floor. Beneath n cement floor in the cel lar of tho Crippen house at Islington the Klicc enmo upon a body believ ed to be that of Mrs. Crippen. Do- composition had set in and tho au thorities were not able positively to establish identity. Surgeons declar ed thnt the woman had been dead six months. Mrs. Crippen was lost to sight of neighbors Inst February. "Died Mrs. Ilnwley Crippen, bo loved wife of Hawley Crippen, at her home. 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Isling ton." This notice appeared in a local pnper and first aroused tho suspi cions of Crippen's neighbors. Pre viously tho dentist had announced that his wife was visiting on the continent. Absence Excites Suspicion. The continued absence of Mrs. Crippen nnd tho nrrivnl of a young woman who became known as "Mrs. Crippen" and was introduced by the dentist ns his wife, increased gossip and tho police wero called in. Scotland Yard men questioned Crippen closely. Ho was calm and importurnble, answering nil their q uestions so plausibly that thoy wore .Continued on Page 8.) cliAN "MB " FOR ONCE HE IS EARNING SALARY Doesn't Fancy Injunction Suits in Hot Weather Emphasizes His Remarks With Violence to Make a Startled Office Clock Run. TOKIO, July 1 1. Officiul denial was given the United Press today at the foreign office that Japan had concluded a secret alliance with flormnny, as was intimated in dis patchos from London iccontly. Tho Loudon reports indicated that Japan was seeking to cancel her pact with Great Ihitaiu and was turning to Germany as a moro aggressive ally. Tho inferonco wns that Germany would outer into nn offensive nnd dofensivo alliance with Japan in ar dor to hnrrnss tho United States. It wns shown that German com mercial interests in .South America wero handicapped by tho North Am ericnu republic and that Japauuso interests in tho Philippines had boon chocked by the occupation of tho United States. Officials hero assorted that the re port was untrue that Japanese in terests in Central and South Amer ica were not great enough to warrant an alliance; thoy refused, howover, to discuss Jnpnuoso interests in th.- Philippines. "If I am not oarning my salary dining the, hot weather I would like for you to show mo the officer who is," said County Clerk Coleman Thursday morning as ho stamped a legal papor with a power behind (ho blow that nmdo the office force sit up and tuku notice and almost caus ed tho office clock to run, "1 am certifying to 149 noticos of the fil ing of a suit in injunction in the case of tho city of Ashland vs. M. P. Eggloston, city recorder, nnd 119 othors to restrain tho calling of a referendum election. "It will bo uocossary to servo a copy of tho notice on every ono of thoso 149 pooplo, ami if you think it's nny fun you can lmvo tho joh for what 1 get out of it." M