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.FIFTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUCIUST 22, 1910.
No. 132.
DEATH LIST AT WALLACE TOTALS 27
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1000 REFUGEES MAKING THEIR
WAY TO PLACES OF SAFETY
TOTAL DEAD III
NOWU 23
Believed That Death List Will Grow
Wind Dies Down at Wallace and
Portion of Town Is Safe A Few
Are Rctunilnii to Their Homes.
HI'OKAXi:, Auk. :!-!. That n
tritlidoiid of -12 refugee mid nine
nui-M'N protMitily were but-tied to
ili'itlh tu'tir Wallace, while fleeing
to .MInnoiiIn, Montana, won admitted
liy .Northern Pacific Itnllroud offlc
IhIh hero till afternoon.
Tho mllrond official nil Id (hut all
truck of the train (win been lost mid
that reports Indicate that tho jmt
noiim on iHtard had perilled.
Thn refugees were patients from
tho Providence lioNplfnl at Wallace,
Idaho, In (ho earn of Klitcra of Cluir
lly. Tlio .11 victims irn on a M'f
Inl train,
PORTLAND. Auk. 2S. Iliirko,
Idaho, tun inlk'H from Wnllnco In
now tit tho tuorcy of l!io forest fl'roH,
according to dispatches roachlnt;
lioro this afternoon, Tlio town la
nflro, and though tho energies of
nil avallahlo men aro being protJBod
Into service, It Ih roported thnt tho
town cannot ho saved. Hurlco has
n population of nliont 1000.
Tho micro troopH from Fort
Wright, Spoknno, nro exhausted.
Thoy hnvo boon on duty continuous
ly Blnco Saturday aftornoon. Thoy
cannot tnlo up tho Tltanlo Imttlo
against flro until midnight tonight.
Sovorul hundred men nro making n
Htund against tho flro at llurUo.
At Wallace today Mayor HanHon
appolntud hlmnolf clilot of pollco.
Ilo Immediately ordered a heavy pn
trol of citizens on tho ntrcots to pro-
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TERRIFIC FIRES
IN MONTANA
Worst Ires In History of State Now
Raging Governor Leaves to Take
Personal Cliargo In Directing tho
Fight to Save Town.
HELENA, Mont., Aug. 22. Tho
worst fires in tho history of Mon
tana for the deeudu nro burning in
vurioiiH purtH of tho state today. A
few settlements nro endangered and
eoiniutiuieation with some parts of
tho state is impossible, iih tho wires
nro down,
Just before midnight, whou the
wires went down, tlio situation in
the Flathead district was reported iih
hopeless. The fires were spreading
rapidly and now ones hud broken
out.
In tho Hitter Hoot valley fires are
sweeping tlio timbered regions,
A high wind is driving u fire deep
into the Gallatin forest, suveu miles
west of Hozemun. 'The fire hits
crossed over Mount Ellis nnd is in
vading a valuable timber region, II!
this fire is not cheeked timber along
the iiorder of the Yellowslono tm-
purk will ho endangered soon.
iovernor isoms leit tor unny,
., lust night. It is believed ho
will take personal charge of tho fire
fighters who wore buttling against
the daugorniiH blaze which threatened
Libby uineo Friday.
NEARBY
OWNS
i
wMout
BRIDGES
BURN
TOWNS
DOOMED
WIRES M DOWN
Frantic Appeals For Help Arc
Heard Over Telephone Wires Then
End Comes Bridges Aro Burned
and no Help Is Available.
RATIIDRCM, Idaho, Aug. 22.- -Cut
off from the outer world by
complete and overwhelming destruc
tion of Northern Pncifio Railroad
bridges, unable to reaeh surrounding
towns by 'telephone and telegraph
Willi Alhol, Granite, Severns, Dry
Wood null oilier small towns report
ed to have been destroyed, Ihe en
tire intervening country between
Ituthdrum and Spirit Liko nppnrciit
ly ik seething, wind-Hwept furnaee.
Sinee distress culls wera received
from many surrounding towns Sat
urday night mid frenzied vtteos ex
citedly deelarcd (lint Athol nod oth
er towns could not last nu hour bind
er, wires have been down in till di
rections mid n tloxen village.; nru
completely isolated from communicu-
lion with the outer world.
SECRET SERVICE NOW
LOOKING FOR DOCUMENTS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. Socrot
Horvlco opoiatlvos aro trying today
to locate Immigration rccordo of
gront vnluo thnt havo d'uapponrod
from tho state department r.rchlovoH.
Tho figures for tho Inst throo-quort-ors
of tho fiscal year ended Juno 30,
1808, aro contained In tho missing
documents. No motlvo can bo as
signed for tlio alleged thoft.
Tho Immlgrrtloii commission In
compiling n tnblo of tho total Immi
gration slnco tho year 1S22 sont to
tho nti.to dopustmont for tlio records
of tho bIx'.Icb. No trace could bo
found of those of 1 SOS, covering an
Important period thnt following the
eloiio of tho Civil war.
An offoctlvo want ml makes your
hunlnesH plnn offoctlvo.
NO SPEAKING DATES FOR CANNON
Another Step Is Taken In Attempt to Relegate Speaker Cannon to Less
Important Place Regulars Find That Insurgency Should
Not Bo Tampered With.
WASHINGTON, D. O. Aug. 22
Another step In tho rop rtod attempt
of tho administration to regulnto
Speaker Cannon to n loss important
pliico In tho councils of tho republic
an party It wao lonrnod today, has
boon inudo by tho republican con
froBsloual campaign commlttoo. For
tho first tlmo la many congressional"
campaigns, Cannon has not boon as
signed speaking dates by tho commit
too. Republican lenders say Unclp .Too's
Horvlr.oa nro not wanted because of
his avowed attltudu on Insurgoncy
which he is pui'i lo express in his
speeches, His attitude, they declare,
in his addresses in Kansus and tho
results in Kansus uud tho churgos
uud countercharges stirred up (hero
aro sufficient to show the lenders
that insurgency in a good thing to
lot alone.
It is reported that Tnft uud hi-
political advisors, after studying tho
results in Kansas, Iowa, California
and other states, havo concluded thnt
TWO-STORY FALL
DID NOT HURT
THIS 00Y MUCH
Twelve-Ycar-Old Bertlo Rumsey
Plunges Down Elevator Shaft In
New Building Taken to Hospital,
But Injuries Are Slhjht.
Twelve-year-old Bertie Kumsoy, ti
grandson of B. II. Rumscy of this
city, while playing about the new
Davis block, near the postofficc,
Sunday afternoon, lost his balance
and plunged down two stories to the
basement. He stumbled into the ele
vator shaft. TIiu lad was taken 10
the Southern Oregon hospital, where
today ho gives little evidence of tak
ing Mich u l'r II. A cut on the head
uud a few scratches ul.,uo show he
was in'itn ueeideut.
Tho boy struck, on his bond and
shoulder, tho blow dazing him. As
soon ns he regained consciousness It
wns found he wits not injured to any
extent.
INSPECTOR DEW NOW
' ON W'Y TO ENGLAND
FATHER. POINT, Quo., Aug. 22.
Tho wireless station hero lcports thnt
tho steamship Mcgnutlc with Inspect
or Dow nnd his party, who nro con
ducting Dr. H. II. Crlppon nnd Miss
Leneve bnck to Englnnd, left tho
mountli of tro St. Lnwronco river
early today.
Tho prisoners r.ro kept closoly In
tholr cabin most of tho tlmo n por
tion of tho promonado deck being
scroonod with canvass to provont In
trusion whllo they nro taking nlr and
oxorclso,
Tho doparturo of Innpoctor Dow,
equaled In opor bouffo features tho
arrival of tho famoiiB aluuth. Dow,
on his nrrlval, was found to hnvo
registered nB "Dowhurst" nnd to hnvo
endeavored to concent bin Identity
aboard tho utenmor Montroso by pos
ing ns a mor-'hrnt.
the less said about insurgency tho
better.
Tho campaign will bo u ''t road
lightly" affair, as far us insurgency
goes, it is said, none of the regular
lenders desiring to raise the issue
uuy further ttnn it bus already been
stirred up.
That Speaker Cannon could not
take the stump without expressing
his views on the republicans who did
not conform to his hum of party reg
ularity is so firmly believed that tlio
congressional committee will not put
him on the stump.
.Politicians here, forecasting the
result of tho speakership fight in the
next congress, following tho nu
nouncement of Heprosontntivo Long
worth thnt ho will not vote for Can
non, believe thai another presiding
officer will ho chosen. Tho deser
tion of Congressman Smith of Iowa,
who is a candidate for speaker him
self, uud of Congressiuun Humph
leys of Wushiugtou, it is believed,
indicates that it is impossible for
Cannon to bo ro-oloeted.
ESTRADA IS
PRESIDENT
NICARAGUA
General Mena Enters Manaqua With
Several Thousand Troops Presi
dent Matlriz Thereupon Acknowl
edges His Defeat and Proclaims
His Rival as President.
MANAGUA, Aug. 22. General
Mena, commnnding tho ndvnnee of
the revolutionary army, entered Man
ugitn today with sevcrnf ' thousand
troops.
President Mndriz thereupon ack
nowledged his defeat nnd .proclaim
ed General Juan Estrada president
of the republic.
BLUKITKLDS. Aug. 22.7-Amcric-uu
demunds were formnlly served
on the revolutionists of Nicaragua
for the protection of American inter
ests nnd lives, following tho defeat
of tho government forces under
President Mndriz. ,
Americans are demanding thnt the
revolutionists, protect their invest
ments nnd that u bond issuTjie auth
orized for the purpose ofTestoring
American loans given for financing
the revolution.
The demnnds created excitement
among the revolutionists and rioting
nnd disorder have begun at Graunda
and in Managua. Insurgent sym
pathizers are reported to be robbing
houses at Grnundu uud making Am
ericans thoir victims. Americans
here haw threatened to ask Wash
ington to end tho gunboats York
town nnd Vieksburg from Corinto to
maintain order if tlvj riot continue.
DLU13F1KLDS, Aug. 22. Elated
by victories nt Tipitnpa river nnd at
Gruunda, the insurgent armies are
advancing on Mnsuyn today in dircut
line for Mauugun, which i expected
to fall soon. President Mndriz nnd
his leading advisers are in flight and
the provisionul army is receiving re
cruits on every inilo of their ndvnnee
toward the eaj)itnh i
(Continued on Pace S.I
FOREST FIRE IN
TAHOEJIMBER
Plant of Hugo Mino Is Destroyed
Heavy Timbered Land Is Being
Swept by Flames Troops Will Be
Taken to Assist In Fight.
NEVADA CITY, Cnl., Aug. 22.--Firo
gained, a foothold today in tho
Taboo forest and mile of henvy
timbered Inud aro being swept by ;t
great conflagration, according to a
message received here today.
The plant of the Bullion mine near
Forest Hill, Placer county, was de
stroyed. A force of 1")0 men is
fighting the flames and belli is need
ed. It is rumored that tho Forest
Hill fire was started by "U incen
diary. Forest Supervisor Higelow said
that troops would ho ont to the
Plncer county fire as soon ns they
could he spnrod from fire fighting
in Nevada county. Tho men nro ex
hausted and in dire need of rein
forcements, Tho Hullion mine is owned by I lav
old Powers. The fire started iu the
hoisting works and soon got boyond
control. Powers declared thnt 200
men wore needed to save mining
plants and settlements threatened
with destruction. Sovorul other
mini'g plant0 nro reported destroy
ed,
MORE TROOPS TO ARRIVE THIS
AFTERNOON TO FIGHT FIRES
NARROW ESCAPE
LOCAL PEOPLE
AT COLESTIN
Forest Fires Nearly Entrap Large
Number of People Great Exite
ment Prevailed Buildings Are
Saved After Most Difficult Work.
One hundred men, women nnd
children, many of them from Med
ford. hud n narrow escape from a
forest fire at Colcstin Sunday after
noon. At one time it seemed certain
thnt they could not be saved, but the
Haines did not carry' out their threat.
Colcstin is a little mountain resort
in the Siskiyous on the line of the
Southern Pncific and is very popu
lur with local people. It is iu the
heart of a heavy growth of timber.
Shortly after luncheon Sunday fire
was noticed iu the hills about a mile
distant. Less than five minutes la
ter a great sheet of flumes was
coming toward the hotel at an enor
mous speed.. It teemed certain that
there could be no escape.
The wildest excitement prevailed.
Trunks were packed and tho little
gravel patch at the depot was crowd
ed. Sick nemons in bath robes were
standing, waiting for the train; wo-
i jcu were praying or :bbing, horses
wero brought out blindfolded. Fin
nlly a number started down tho
track. The men in the pnrtv refused
to let the women run. Finally the
first seetiou of train 10 came along.
It was flagged and passage secured.
"The sccno wns such as to rnqkc
any one hnvo fears of the conse
quences," said C. I. Hutchison, who,
with his family and II. IT. Lumsden
and family, were there in their cars.
"Tho flames were leaping many feet
in the nir, waving through the trees
nnd flaming hrnuds 'were stnrting
now fires every minute. Women nnd
children were crying iu terror and
some of the men were just as badly
seared. A scared man, 1 believe, is
worse than a scared woman, Lums
den aud I ran our cars into tho open
where we thought they were safe, and
then went back nnd helped omv of
the people out. They finally nil hud
dled down by the railway track nnd
waited for the train. A fortunnte
MEDFORD MAKES GOOD RECORD
Every City In Northwest Is Led When Population Is Considered, and Only
Three Pass Her, Regardless of Population, for the Number
of Bulcks Sold During Year 1910.
"Mod ford lends nil cities In tho
country, In proportion to population;
for tho number of Uuick automobiles
sold In 1910," states Norman Do
Vnux, of tho Northwest Ilulck Com
pany who spent Sunday and Mon
day In Medford. "Regardless of
population Medford rune high ns
a sales point, ho continued.
"Sales for 1910 or Hoicks In Wash
ington nnd Oregon total CS5, far ox
eoodlng thoso of other makes. Port
lnnd ranks fl'st with 120 nulck'e,
Spoknno second with 72, Sonttlo
third with CS, Medford fourth with
52, Tncoina fifth with 46, Evorott
sixth with 150, North Yakima sovoath
with 30. So It will bo soon that oven
Tucomn Is canity In Medford's class,
whon It camoa to automobiles.
"Prospocts aro that sales of Bulcks
for tho coming yonr will far surpass
those of 1910 and Medford Is order
ing far moro cars than 3old tho pros-
ASHLAND WILL
8E IN DANGER
IF WIND SHIFTS
Fire Alarm is Sounded and When
Large Crowd Gathers Ranger
Gribble Explains Situation and
Calls for Volunteers.
If the wind should switch from the
west to the south,, with the present
fires raging near Ashland, thero
would be great danger of the town
burning, according to Ranger Grib
ble. who is directing tho fight near
that city.
In order that the people of Ash
land might understand the serious
ness of the situation, the cits fire
alarm was sonnded this morning and I
uiiinn was ronnueu inis mornrng ana
soon tho square in front of the c.tv
hall was crowded. Mr. Gribble then
. .w.i. ii.- ---....I in: .i. i
danger nnd cnllong for volunteers.
Over 150 men responded and are now
on their way to tho fire line.
The fires continue to rage un
checked in this section. More help
is wanted and great efforts aro be-! forest grows steadily worse, accord
inir mnde to secure men. Tho addi-i'ng to information received nt the lo-
tionnl troops nre badly needed.
Three new fires were reported this
. vv nvn . vo "vjv. a -v mt into I' " ---
morning nnd one on the AppIcgate,,nt,enunto to handle tho situation.
a region heretofore untouched by
fire this season. A great number of
settlors live in this region, nnd if
the fire grows bad troops aro cer
tain to be needed there.
veer in the wind at the height of tho
fm ntlVtllinrfl Mtn tnee nf flirt ttntnl
and perhaps a loss of several lives." rushe.d to Af,1jJnnd Jm ho m,1!,tm
W. J. Rurbidge, who remained uf- ",en "!, nn effort , 1d,c?k " Usns
ter the departure of tho majority attmna WaM nenr Ashland.
the peoplo nnd helped fight tho i CuU Vw Volutcew
flnmes nway from the building said:' Acting Go.vernor BoWerman prob
"After wo got rid of the crowd we.obly will issue n call for volunteers
could do somtbing, but it wns hu- to go to tho fire front yi Southern
possible to do juiythiiiir with hvster- Oregon. Governor Bowermun intend-
icnl women nnd children mid fooled to 'call out tho statu militiu for
men. At tho time I left thero on No. 'fire duty. He found, howovor, that
14 the fire was dying down and the
buildings wero out of danger for a
time. Tho fire came in on us from
throe sides nnd three times the hotel
was on fire, but we managed io put
it out. If the fire springs up ngnin
from tho west they may havo anoth
er fight, but I think they nro reason
ably safe now."
ent year, to satisfy tho demand."
THREE BODIES ARE
RECOVERED FROM WRECK
F.SSKN, Germany, Aug. 22. Threo
bodies wero reported recovered this
afternoon from tho wreckago of tho
Krupp experimenting laboratory,
following an explosion early today.
Several workiugmon aro missing and
20 injured persons nro in a local
hospital.
Kcinze to Wed Actress.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22. It was nn
notiueed today that F. August
Ileinze, who recently figured iu fed
eral prosecutions, is engaged to
marry Hornier IToudorson, a m iber
of tho "A Fool Thoro Wns" company.
Tho marriage is sot for this week and
tho couplo will start on n honeymoon
journoy iu a sp.coiuj car.
5 COMPANIES
1ST INFANTRY
ARHJN WAY
Will Arrive About 4 o'clock They
Have 19 Cars and Are Running as
the Second Section of Train 13
Four to Butte Falls, One Ashland.
Companies A, F, G, II and I, First
Infantry, numbering 253 men, and a
pack train from the Second Artillery,
arrived in Portlnnd last night from
American Lake and left almost im
mediately for Medford to fight 'the
forest fires in tho Crater nafional
forest of Soutbem Oregon. The
troops will rench Medford this after
noon and will be sent to tho fire
front as goon M possible.
The men wi arrivc on a ;a)
tra;n of 19 caR. run; ag & gec.
oud section of No. 13. They will be
tukon out to tho end of tho Pacific
nnd Eastern.
Fires Grow AVorso
The fire in the Crater national
cnl forestry headquarters today. The
present fore of firc-fighiers is in-
Some of them have been on tho fire
line for 72 hours without sleep.
Many exhausted men havo dropped
in their tracks.
The troops aro under the command
of Major Martin. Four companies
will go to tho fire nt Butte Falls,
while tho remaining company will be
tho law would not allow him to do so.
Bowerinan said that he would call
(Continued on Page 8.)
WAR EXPECTED
INEPORTUGAL
Great Unrest Is Shown Throughout
Kingdom Elections Will Be Held
Next Sunday, Which Will Add to
Troubles.
OPOHTO, Portugal, Aug. 22.
Revolution may break out in Portu
gal at any moment. It is roported
thnt tho cloricals are awaiting a sig
nal to riso, following word from
thoir brothron in Spain. Moauwhilo,
rifles are boing brought into Por
tugal aud put into tho bands of the
republican lenders. Thoy hint at a
plan to bring differences to a head,
and it is assorted that thoy will meet
tho eloricals on thejr ow;i ground.
Monsignor Tonti, tho papal nuncio
at Lisbon, is looked upon by tho re
publicans as being highly objoction
ablo to their views. It is roported
that plots against him nre numorous
and thnt ho has tukon rofugo in the
fortross.
To add to tho general unrest, elec
tions will bo hold next Sunday. It
is boliovod that tho assemblies of
pooplo attendant upon tho elections
will bo tho signal for tho commence
ment of hostilities. Tho situation U
critical.