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.MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1910.
No. 99.
3 DEAD; $500,000 LOSS; PORTLAND FIRE
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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
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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
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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