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Orel ow Medford Mail Tribune Till WI0AT1IKK unitki) ntras ASSOOIAnOK Fnll leaned Wire Itepert. Tonight ami tomorrow Fair niul warm. Tho only papor In the worli published In a city tho size of Mod ford having a leased wire. 1 fifth year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1910. No. 135. 327 ARE DEAD AND MISSING AS RESULT DF NORTHWEST FOREST FIRES A A HOPE FOR SAFETY OF A PARTY OF 85 MEN ABANDONED HI'OKANH, Wnnh Auk. 25. -Hm Ik tho forest flro situation, as reported from tho burned districts todny. -f KHtluuitod property Iohbou, $20,000, divided an follewn: -f At Wallace, Idaho, $1,000,000 ; Coour d'Alcno mlnoH, $250,000; -f yjllroadu, $3,000,000; Hottlora In throo states, $750,000; timber, $15,000000. Urunii total numher of dead and missing, 327. KorcHt ranKorH, 85 under Joo Halm and 100 under I. A Furn, not hoard from, CondltlonH In tho St, Joo country nro tho worst on tho Coour d'Aluuo reserve. Two rollof expeditions under Hungers Fisher and Colcomb Mart out to penetrate forest. Klrvn around Wallace and other canyon totvns Ih out, duo to lack of material, Improvement roported In Montana. Liberal relief contribution are pourliiK Into Wallace. IIiiIhc sends $2000. Forest Banner Wntson reachoM Kooskla after desperato trip to ;et rollof for party of hIx hemmed In by flro near Sol way. In moiintnlnN between Loin I'tikh and St, Marlon 180 reported to bo surrounded. -f Korchter W. 11. Greeley at M iNmiula estimates tho total loss -f of life at 75; thinks many roports Inaccuratv, -f f-f -- f 4 f t- -f -f f SI'OKANK, Wash., Auk. 25. -Hope for the wifely of a party of 85 men in the 1'orcHlry Ncrvieo was prac tically abandoned this morning, ac cording to a special dispatch from Wallace, Iilalio. The party wnn headed by Jou Halm of Spokane and they were fighting Iho fires at Iho headwater of the St. Joe river. No word hint lieon received from (lieui for three days, in spite of desperate efforts to got into communication with the party. Forestry experts here ami at Wal lace today estimate the Iocs in tim ber alone at $15,000,000. Score of miles of (he finest timlior in the west were destroyed. Wallace reports that a strouc wind is springing up again, hut that theiu is no dauber theie, for the reason that all the timber lias been burned. For the first time since the urea! firou started, Simkauo today is en veloped in u heavy pall of smoke, which obscures the" Run. SI'OKANK, Wash., Auk, 2C. 8- nnrvlufir WhIl'Iii Htntlonnri lit Wnl- fX, lnco, has announced that 94 fire K JKlnorn in iiih ompioy nnvo moi III WI1IIU UK"ll"K l"u i"in- iii- TO NATIONAL f I)KB MOINHS, la., Auk. 25.--United Slates Senator Albert II. CummiiiK of Iowa will become thu promulu'iitor of a bill providing for tho iiomiiiation of tho nation's pres itlottt and vice-president by direct primary when the next congress con? venes. Ho gave out it statement to day defining his viuws on tho sub joot and explaining that ho considers such a movement the natural out oonui of the progressive lendeneioH now asHerliiiu' theuiselves in the re- ESTRADA PROCLAIMED NICARAGUA PRESIDENT MANAGUA, Auk. 25. Juan J. Eh tradn, provisional presidont of Nioa ruKua, urrivod hero today and was proclaimed prosidont. His coming was tho signal for tho restoration of ordar', tho suppression of tho mobs tho imprisonment of tho riotors. Tho oloolion of Estrada as tho regular proflidont ut tho coming oloo- tion is uoncodnd by his ouemioH. Ho will dovoto tho first two .Years of his adminiatration to rocoiiutnictiou. 0X) MINGS of Idaho and Mnntnna. It Is now believed that tbu death list In Idaho and Montana will roach n total of ISO men when full re ports urn In from tho various dis tricts ot tho flro zono. According' t.) the Hut prepared by Supervisor Wolglo, 30 nro dead at Grand Korks, 12 at A very, 20 on Seltzer creek, 8 and Bullion mine. 10 on Houlder crook, C on I'lncor creek near Wallace, 13 at HIk crook, 2 nt Pine creek and 2 at Hock crook. In addition nearly 200 flro fighters aro iiiIhhIiik. Whon Inst hoard of the mon wero at tho headwaters of tho St. Joo river, whero somo of tho worst conflnKratloiiB raged. Deputy Hangers Fisher and Holcomb nro nt tho head of a relief expedition which Ih on route from Wallace to find tho iiiIhhIiik pnrtlcs. Two now flroB wero reported to dny. One Is burnliiK on Grizzly creek a feeder for tho north f.ork of tho St. Joo rlvor, and tho othor on tho north fork, burning townrd l'rlchnrd. Tho situation, whllo It luiH Improved some, In far from sat isfactory. Although rain Ih promis ed for tills district, there Is llttlo In dication that any will fall. ROM PRIMARY LAW publican paity. Kvcutually the senator from Iowa hopes to bo siiccchsfu! with the na tional direct primary bill. "That uomiiiatioitK for president and vice-president may he deter mined," said Cummins, "at any lime, if not at all times, and indeed, actu ally have been decidod by tho vole of stales which practically east no votes for tho party and never elect the paitv electorate, is absurd and inde fensible." CONSERVATION CONGRESS TO TALK FIRE-FIGHTING ST. l'AUL, Aug. 25. Tho program of the National Conservation con gress is to bo ii'4'iiu chin iii'il, Ti!-, time the cIiiiiiko will ho made in order to nllow tho discussion of fire pro teetiou at Miu uieeting. The change is a dirct Mult of tho disastrous forest i'lioH which luivo swept tlo forests of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington nnd California for the past few days, CLUB'S AID IS GIN TO HOSPITAL Commercial Club Formally Endorses Proposal of Sisters of Providence to Erect a $100,000 Hospital in This City Committee Appointed to Act. Formal indorsement of tho propos al of the Sisters of Providence to erect a $100,000 hospital in MedfOrd on condition of u $10,000 bonus be ing rained, was unanimously given by the Medford Commercial club Wed nesday evening nnd u committee, com posed of Drs 1'iokel, l'ortor, Conroy, Iteddy and (1. I'tituam was appointed to undertake the raising of the uc cetisury fund. The proposition made by the Moth er Provincial wns presented by Dr. I'icKel. Thu Sifters itKreo to con struct u $100,000 hospital contain ing 76 beds for patiento, in addition to nearly as many hospital attend nuts, providing $10,000 is raised to purchiino u site. The Sisters desire several acres of ground with a dwell ing Iiuiiho upoil it in which a tempo rary hohpftul will bo .opened at once and in whiej the abtort; will reside while superintending the construe tiou of u hospital. Thice or four sites nit under consideration in va rious partn of the town, iiiiiouk them being the George landloy re-idence, with five acres of ground. Dr. l'ickcl hinted that this would he (he largest hospital in the state outside of Portland. He enumerated the many advantages that would ac crue to the community from having such it hospital, and urged that lite club do its utmost to aid the enter prise ns one of the !uo.-t worthy ever presented to the club members. Dr. Porter spoke nlomr the same line, ns (Continued on Page 5.) NEW HOME FOR LOCAL BOOSTERS Commercial Club Holds Important Meeting Arc Soon to Move to the Natatorlum "Gasoline Gann" Or ganized to Work for Upbuilding Scorning of new iiurtur for the Coiiiemrcial olub in the new Natator ium building, the appointment of a committee to call upon tho city coun cil to secure Iho removal of tele graph poles from business btreoth and (he completion of pavement upon street h connecting with county high ways; the appointment of a large membership committue to bo known as tho "(labolino Gang," to work for the upbuilding of the club, nnd tho community, nnd tho admission of ten now members wero thu main features at mi important meeting of tho Med ford Counneroial club Wednesday owning. Largo Quarters. Tho now quurlora offered by Iho Natatorium management coiibist of a room L'uxtiO feet in length, for which tho olub pays a rental of $00 por month. Tho quurtors will ho lighted and steam-heated froo. Tho (iiiarters wore partlv selected booaiiBo they wero tho best offer mado to tho club, and partly as mi appreciation of thu efforts of tho citizeiiH of tho town in building such a creditable in stitution as tho Natatorium. Among tho advantages, besides suitnblo (Iiiarters, will bo tho proximity to the many forms of diversion for mem bers imivided by tho Nitntoriutn miiiiiiiri'incnt. , (Continued on Page 5.1 MANY DIE IN WRECK OF TRAINS Awful Scenes of Suffering Follow What Is Thought to Be Bungling of Brakeman Only Four Thought to riave Escaped Out of Twenty Pullman Passengers. - . -- -f The dead: Two women, unidentified. -f Dodles of six persons, be- Moved to have been those ot -f four women, n man and a Child. Missing: -f George Wilson, fireman No. 4. Twelve passengers, bellov- -f ed Incinerated In wreckage, -f Fatally Injured: -f Clinton Davis, Montreal. Georse Nelson, fireman No. 14, Dattle Creek, Mich., scalded. - -f George Mitchell, engineer No. 14, Port Huron, Mich., -f head crushed. -Mb -HM- - DUltAND, Mich., Aug. 25. Tho bodies of six women, a man and a child wero recovered early today from tho blazing wreckage of the Chicago-Montreal express train on the Grand Trunk which wob run down by passenger train No. 4 four miles east of Lero at midnight. Several peisons soino of them still alive, wero believed to bo In tho wreckage at daybreak. Portions of bodies could bo seen dropping Into the fire, but tho heat from tho blaz ing coaches was so great that the (Continued on Pace f.) MURDERS ARE TRIAL AFTERMATH Acquittal of Girl on Plea of "Unwrit ten Law" Leads Others to Take Hand and Slay Their Unfaithful Sweethearts. NEW OltLKANS. La., Aug. 25. Following the acquittal of Mamlo McLrughlln on a plea of tho "un-w-Itten law,' aftor bhootlng and kill ing Hugh Smith, whom sho allogod betrayed mil deserted lior, tho police hero are facing an epidemic of mnn kllllng by disappointed girls. The first shooting occurred Inst night. Kathorluo Frotsch shot and killed Frnnk Mischlor. Tho girl, who Is expecting to bocomo a mothor, Is confident that tho Jury will free hor, because, sho alleges, sho w.ib betray ed by MIschler, and tho "unwritten law" gives her a right to avongo her self. Sho says sho followed tho Mc Laughlin ca8o carefully and slnco tho acquittal she felt sho was at perfect liborty to kill Mischlor. Tho police say thoy have beon In formed that numerous young mon have received lottors from girls who say thoy havo been wronged and threatening death na a 'punlshmont. Many men nro hiring bodyguards. Kntherlno Frotsch Is a niombor of an old family bore, and tho shooting created a Bonst-.tlon. A spoody trial Is promised. Tho MoLaiighlln case was glvon considorablo publicity. Mombors of tho Era club, ono of tho moat oxclu bIvo womon'B societies of the south ospouBOd tho girl's causo and raised a fund for her defense PROSPECT THREATENED WITH DESTRUCTION BY FOREST FIRE Interstate Commerce Commission May Have New Members. CHAIRMAN KNAPP fbUlHUUIPIhT A great Icgnl battle is Impending before the interstate commerce commis sion when the representatives of more than a hundred railronds doing busi ness east of the Missouri river will argnc in favor of their plan to raise freight rates. While the commission is in session one of the most Important things that will be talked about by the general public will be the probable appointment of Chairman Martin A. Knapp to a place on the now commcrco court provided for by the Inst session of congress. It Is known that Presl dent Taft lias Mr. Knapp under consideration for this Important Judicial ap K)Intment. nnd It Is believed that he will accept the place If It Is tendered to him. The appointment of Judge Knnpp to membership in tbe new court will make two vacancies in the Interstate commerce commission. The term of Commissioner Francis M. Cockrell will expire on Dec. 31, 1010. Ho is not slated for rcnpolutment. Probably no man in the United States has n more comprehensive knowledge of transportation problems than Judge Knapp. In point of service he Is the oldest member of the Interstate commcrco com mission. x He was llrst appointed In 1S01 nnd reappointed In 1S97. 1002 nnd 1008. His present term will expire on Dee. III. l!)ir. Since 180S be has beon chairman of the commission. The rntc hearing will be held in New Xork city. SHERMAN HAS HAC ENOUGH; THE SIMPLE LIFE FOR WATKKTOWX, N. Y., Aug. '2.V-Vice-Prcsident Jaiiie.-. B. Sherman has had enough of politics and will .seek the more peaceful paths of ic tircment as soon . ho lias lived throuch his present incumbency. Ho hns steadfawtly refused to make this statement himself, evidently not $500 THAI ROAD IS A BLUFF Dr. J. F. Reddy and Colonel Frank Ray Make a Wager Over Incorpora tion of Grants Pass & Western Railway by Southern Pacific Officials. Colonel Frank Hay and Or. J. V. Hoddv havo wagered $500 as tho ro-; suit of tho incorporation of tho Grants Pass & Western railroad by officials of tho Southern Pacific. Colonel Ray -.ays tho company in tends to build tho railroad. Dr. Iteddy says it in simply another bluff to scare away rc.il builders, and each back up their assertions with tho hard coin. Colonel Hay says. "The Southern Piunfio lieoolo aro the natural devel opers of this section. It is their ter ritory. This country today ih what thoy havo mndo it. Wo owo tho val loy's prosperity to their efforts and W wishing to be directly quoted, but it is learned from some of the directors of tho Northern Now York Trust company, who are close to Sherninn, that he is making plans in accordance with the retirement idea. Tho director from whom tho retire ment plan emanated was nositivo in his assertion that it was positive. we have no reason to doubt their intentions. Their efforts at develop ment should bo welcomed with ou thusiasm instead of knocked. They havo been contemplating an exten sion to tho coast for years, but the time bus not been ripe. Thero is ov ery indication that circumstances now justify tho building of a railroad and all of Southern Oregon should rojoioo over tho fact that thoy aru about to net. 1 firmly believe tho company is acting in good faith and moans business. Thoy will not bo caught napping again, as thoy wore with tho Pacific & Eastern." (Continued on Page five.) SOLDIERS FIGHT TO KEEP FLAMES WITHIN BOUNDS Situation at Ashland Is Improved Wind Dies Down, Allowing Fight ers to Make Headway Over $1, 500,000 Is Total of Damage Done. i With the situation nt Ashland im proved today, word has just reached tho forestry officials in this city that the little town of Prospect, 52 miles from this city, on tho road to Crater Lake, is in grave danger from the flames. Ono hundred soldiers and 50 civilians and rangers are now des perately fighting to keep the flames from jumping the middle fork of Rogue river into n heavy growth of brush nnd timber on tho north side Once the flames are across the small stream thoy will sweop everything before them, end there is no pos sible escape for the little villugc, , with a population of about 150. Not alone is tho village threatonnd," but thero aro many settlors in that neighborhood who aro certain to Ioso ' their all. Tho fire will probably also invade thu Crater Lake national park, which is heavily timbered. Wire communication has been shut off. At Ashland there are some 300 worn-out business men and towns people today who aro thanking Provi dence that tho high wind which pre vailed yesterday afternoon died down nt sunset nnd gave them a chance to check tho flames which wore sweep ing toward tho city. Today the sits uation is very much improved, but the city is by no menus out of danger if tho wind should again come up Middanly, as it did yesterday. Last evening, with the coming of sunset, tho wind whieh had blown hard all afternoon died down nnd gnvo the firefighters n chance. They began their onslaught in earnest and by daylight had tho flames where they could do no damage, unless fanned to renewed fury by the wind. j Thero is littlo prospect of a wind this nf'vrnoon nnd it is believed that all (Continued "on Page 5.) MILITIA NOW FIGHTING FIRES Forests Are Burning Near Gresham, Eleven Miles East of Portland Ranchers Have Lost Their All Much Wood Is Burned. ,,, POKTLAND, Or., Aug. 35. Sev-enty-flvo troops, members of tho Ore. gon national guard, aro battling with forest fires raging near Gresham, tl miles east of Portland, today. Ac cording to Information received thU forenoon, tho flames threatened to break beyond control. Tho soldiers had beon fighting tho tiro slnco late yesterday afternoon, when they were called out for fire duty by Adjutant General FJnzor. Sovoral ranchers have lost their homes and several thousand cords of wood havo been consumod along with standing tim ber. Two hundred national guardsmen aro being hold In roadlnoss for In stant flro duty should tholr assist ance bo neodod In any part of tho state. Portland today Is shrouded In soml-darkncss, a rosult of the heavy I smoke which obscures tbe eun, t