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Medford Mail Tribune
Fnll Lonflcd wire Import,
Tho only pnpor In tho world
pnbllshoa In a city tho site ol
Medford having a loaded wlr.
Fair tonight mid tomorrow.
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MEDJTOltD, ORISOON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1910.
No. 174.
70 DEAD. 2000
FOREST FIRES
ISSIiMli
THINK DEATH
LIST WILL BE
200 AT LEAST
Total Monetary Loss Estimated at
. .$2,000,000 Vll lance Committees
Oruanlzed to Prevent Thlovlno
Several More Towns Aro Threat
ened With Destruction.
WINNIPEG, Man., Oct. 10. Luto
roportn this afternoon way that hovcii
towns, llouudutto, SKJO)ier, Grnooton,
Pitt, Cedar Spur. Swift mid Hooko
volt, hnvo boon wiped out in tho for
cot fires. Fivo hundrod pornous lira
reported to hnvo perished mid tin
death roll may total a thousand, ac
cording to experienced foresters.
Fifty hoiiHOK and two millb wcio
burtiud at Ruiny Itivor.
Lutahuriiion duclaro tho Iosb of
Ktniidiug timhor will total in tho mil-
lions.
KAINV KIVEK, Out., Oct. 10.
Sovouty pornoiiB aro doad, 2,000 an
nuHHing and frantic nppealn for hulp
nro coining from thu fitu Hwqpt l'or
chI aroas ttiirrputiding Bouudotta,
Spoouor and Pitt.
Sixty hodioN have boon icqoveruJ.
Tho CHtiiuatcrt of tho total dead
range frum 200 to 200 .
A majority of thu miHHing 'nrro
bolicod to hnu tnkon rofugo in iso
lated villages which cannot bo ronc'j
od by wire.
Tho towns of Warrod, Minn., nnd
Sprnguc, Minn, nro threatened with
destruction, Firea aro witliiu socn
miluH of Spniguo and 20 miles fiom
Warrod. I
All That is Left of a $1, 000,000 Newspaper Plant
Tho Canadian Northern railway room.
biiH dispatched special (rainu bear
ing ftro apparatus and fire lighten
in tho direction of Warrod, which iu
reported to bo surrounded by tho
flames.
Tho total monotury Iohb thiiB far
ia oBtimatcd at $2,000,000. Cut and
Btuuding timber, telegraph poles 'and
railroad trucks have boon buraod in
tho fir a zono.
Onuo HoarcBhrdlHiihrdluBhrdluhhrti
Ono searching party Iiuh rutuincd,
bringing th onino bodies of tho Do
ton family, cotisintitiK of father, mo
ther and bovoii children. Thoy had
only golton a tdiort distanco from
thoir homo wlion thoy wore ovortak
on by tha firo. Gcorgo Wow or, Chan.
Baker nnd nPtriok O'Mnrn, who
wore miBfling have turned up.
Of tho Iown men out looking for
homoBtondB, two of tho bodicn havo
boon found. Thoir namos cnunot bo
BRoertninod. Charloa Dnkor counted
10 bodioB on bin way to town. Those
nro all within a rndiiiB of six milofl
of Bonudottc. Flow many will bo
found furlhor cannot bo ascertained.
Pooplo nro Bonding thoir families
onHt on specinl traiiiB mndn up hero
for Fort FrnnclH wlioro thoy can
trmiBfer for Diiluth.
At n maHB mooting yesterday tho
oltizoiifl of Ttniuy Itivor organized a
vigilance commit loo for tho purpose
of ending tho notivitioH of ihiovos
nnd ghoulfi. Fifty inon nro guarding
tho ruiiiB of tho town today nR a ro-
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51 MINERS
ENTOMBED; NO
HOPE IS LEFT
Comrades Toll All Night to Save
Them but Without AvailMorgue
Already Prepared for Men, Who,
Though Still Alive, Cannot. Pos
sibly Escape.
STEVENS SAYS
RAILROAD WILL
The upper plrtun Miom tin a
AiikHcm 'rimt'i ImildinK an it np)wir.
(! follow Iiik tho I'xplosloii mill flro u
work nyo. Tlio top floor Is j;one en
llri'ly, mid wax ntllloil hh tlt hcwh
lower plcturo hIiown tlie
Infernal machine found under the
home of the M'civtnry of thu los An
Ki'li'M McrclinjitH and Mumifncturert'
iisM(Hlatloii.
MULKEY SAYS
LAW BREAKERS
NOHMMUi
Will Attend Elks Session In Ashland
Saturday Smith Begins Active
Canvass of First District West
Campaigning In East Oregon.
BOWERMAN TO
VISIT MEDFORD
INNEAREUTURE
Will Igorously Prosecute All Vio
lations of Fish and ame Laws De
spite Report That His Office De
clined Owing to Definition of Term.
"Tho District attorney's offi'io
will proBeouto with tho utoniBt dili
li'OfVISITORS THIS
WEEK AT NEW DEPOT
No vlaltora will ho nllowod to on
tor tho now Southorn Pnclflo depot
this woolt, owlnc to tho fact thnt tho
contrnctora nro doing thoir utmost to
comploto tho work eo thnt tho build
ing will bo rondy for tho dedication
Saturday.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 10. Rattling
Nelson will try to "oomo bnok" to
night whon ho looks horns with
Monto Palo horo in a ton round go,
n no decision bout.
guuco any violation of tho fish and
game net iu this district, rcgnrdlui'
of any porsonnl view hold by a depu
ty, as tho classification of a fiuh as
migratory or otherwise. Tho accusa
tion of Qnmo Warden Stovonsou is
unjust and unfair."
Such is the roply of Distriot At-
tornoy U. F. Mulkoy, to charges
mado by tho stnto gamo wardon in
which it was claimed that tho local
proBoouing officos woro not doing
thoir duty iu prosoauting violations
of tho fish law.
"Tho (piostion of classification of
tho salmon trout has not n yot
checked our efforts (o enfoioo tho
In was reported. Tho law intends
that thoro shall bo no fishing within
(100 foot of a dam iu tho Itogue
river and ovory violation will bo
prosooutod.
"Tho only oiibo which has como to
our nttontion so far has boon ono
wlioro two boys, 14 and 15 yours of
ngo woro nrrostod by a deputy fish
wardon in Grants Puss. This ease
was roforrod to tho juvonilo court
and doalt with thoro.
"Tho ohargo that this office is
protecting thoso who violato tho fish
gamo lnws is absurd."
.lay Ilowermnn, assembly cnndldnto
for govornor, vlll nttond tho dedica
tion of tho Elka' building nt Ashlnud
Saturdny evening. Ho will spond
Sundny nnd Monday in Medford nnd
probtibly spenlc horo Monday eve
ning. Mr. Ilowermnn hns stnrtod upon nn
nctivo cnmpnlgn of tho stnto. Ho
Intends to covor nil tho nrlnclnnl
towns. Dnn Mrlnrltey, who hns an
nounced his cnndldncy for tho United
States sonnto -wo yenrs honco, will
nccompnny him, but not on his trip
horo,
Osswnld West, nntUnsEombly cnn
dldnto, hns boon busy for a wook
campaigning In enstom nnd central
Oregon. Ho npoko nt BurnB Sntur
day ovonlng, and though not making
nnd protontlono nt oratory, Is devel
oping Into n flrst-clnea spenkor.
Sonntor Chnmborlntn Is to mnko n
sorlos of nddrcsscs in West's bohnlf
In vnrlous parts of tho atnto. Sonn
tor nourno 1ms loft for Wnohlngton
nnd is tnklng no furthor part in tho
rnmpatgn boyond his lottor advising
supportors of popular govornmont to
voto against nil nssombly cnndldntes.
John Manning, domooratlo jioml-
ueo lu tho Socond congrosslonnl dls-
REAL ESTATE
MEN IN GREAT
GAME OE JAG
Rumor That Inspector of Federal
Sites Is Hero Spreads and Great
Hunt is On for the Mysterious
"It" In the Game. " ' '
A merry, merry gnmo of "Tag,"
you're it," Is on In Medford today
nnd the Bonrch for tho Tlmea dyna
miters fades Into lustgnlficanco with
tho zeal real estnto mon In Medford
aro camping upon tho trail of "It."
In this enso "It" hnppons to bo tho
government inspector of postoftico
sites nnd nearly ovory roal estate
man In town Is trying to boat his
competitors to It and slip ono over,
DECISION IN
HETLING CASE
TOMORROW
If Adverse to Portland Oakland Will
Lead by 17 Points in Percentage
Column Think Portland Will Lose
Pennant.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 10. Tho
decision of Presidont Graham of tho
Const league in tho case of Gus Hot
ling of Portland, tho questldn of
whoso eligibility was raised by Man
agor Wolverton of tho Oakland team
during the recont Portland-Oakland
series In Portland, has been prepar
ed and will bo mado public tomor
row afternoon. Tho general impres
sion is that the decision will bo ad
TRINIDAD, Col., Oct. 10. Fifty
one miners are In a living tomb at
Starkville with absolutely no hope
for their rescue alive save through
a miracle. All night long the work
ers tolled In the glare of acetylene
torches and electric lights to aid tho
imprisoned men, but tho rescuers,
Imperiled by after damp, were com
pelled to abandon their places at day
break to save their own lives.
While the men worked in tho glare
of the flickering lights, a temporary
morgue was being prepared for the
bodies of men yet alive Under the
direction of the coroner of Las Ani
mas county, deputies transformed a
machine shop of the Colorado Fuel
& Iron company, owners of the mine,
into n charnel house, while women
relatis of the entombed men dully
watched tho ghastly preparations at-
parently unable to comprehend their
significance.
Several Located.
The men In the old stope, or east
ern wing -of tha -mine, which was
c1 -itroyed by an explosion, 'nrcsumrw
bl of fire damp, Saturday evening,
aro in two blockaded chambers. One
band has been located about two and
a half miles from the mouth of the
mlnb and the other a mile further
on. There are six Americans and
one negro among tho doomed men.
Tho remainder nre Italians, Mexi
cans and Poles.
Tho main tunnel fills repeatedly
with the deadly damp, even though
a largo fan on a motor car frequent
ly Is sent In to clear out the gases.
The explosion is bolloved to havo oc
curred five miles from tho mouth of
the mine, but the shock dislodged
great masses of earth, which splin
tered the stopes and shut off the
escape of the men.
Tho prisoners bavo two chances In
n million to escape. Their only hope
Is to force their way through tho
clogged and gas filled main tunnel
or to make their way to an old tuu
nol leading to tho Engleville mine,
which adolns. the Starkville work
ings. Several years ago during a
fire In the Englovillo mine this tun
nel was walled up.
Scores of workmen are now fran
tically tearing Into tho masonry with
picks nnd small charges of powder
In the hopo of aiding the men to gain
thoir freedom.
BE COMPLETED
Man Who Directs James J. HhTs
Projects in Oregon Arrives ' in
Medford to Inspect Pacific' &
Eastern Money Market Cause of
Delay In Construction.
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JOHN F. STEVENS SAYS:
"" That as soon ns tht mnnnv ""
"market becomes settled work on
the Pacific & Eastern from
Butte Falls over the Cascades
will be resumed.
That the work has not
been stopped, but delayed.
Thnt it will eventually con
nect with the Oregon Trunk.
That he is charme'd with
tho Rogue River valley.
That he has great fnilh in
the future of Medford and
is nmnzed at the progress
made since his Inst visit here,
which was in June.
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John F. Stevens, right handjnan
of James J. Hill, "the empire build
er," former chief engineer of tho
Panama canaf, but who now is the
head of nil of the Hill projects in '
Oregon-, stated emphnticnlly this -morning
upon his arrival in this city
for nn inspection trip over tho Pa
cific and Eastorn that tho road
road would be constructed over tho
Cascades to a connection with the
Oregon Trunk nnd as soon as possi
ble. ITr. Stevens stated further thnt
tho delay in tho work at present was
due to unsettled monev conditions
in tho east. Money, ho stated, could
bo obtained, but at too high a price.
Mr. Stevens nrrived in this city
nt 10:32 a. m. in his private car. He
is nccorapnnied by W. E. Comap,
Hill's general freight nnd passenger
agent, Frnncis B. Clark, and other
officials of the Hill lines. Ho was
taken by Chief Engineer Gorig of
tho Pacific and Oregon for an auto
mobilo drive. An inspection trip
over the Pacific and Oregon is also
to bo mnde.
"As soon as the iwliticians in tho
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At latest accounts this nftornoon "It" j verso to Portland, that tho games In
was still loading and tho roal ostato I which Hotllng participated will bo
men wero still trying to spot him. j forfeited to Oakland, thus giving
A rumor spread this morning to I that team tho lead In tho pennant
the offoct that tho Inspector of fod-! nice
oral sites was lu Medford for the
purpoBo of choosing tho slto for tho
now fedoral building, Immodlntoly
tho real estato mon got busy. Thoy
tried ovory stranger In town, but tho
roal man had not boon encountered
or had no ncknowlodgod his idoutl
t Inquiry nt tho postoffico brought
forth no Information, tho postal nu
thorltloss tatlng that thoy know noth
ing of tho man.
None of tho real ostato mon sdorn
to doubt tho story that tho Inspector
1b In tho city and nro doubling thoir
efforts to locate him, hoping by giv
ing him n llttlo insldo Information ns
to where tho building should bo lo-
(Coutlnuea on 1'ubo 8,)
(Continued on Par 8.)
Tho stnndog tho two teams, in thlB
event would bo ns follews:
Clubs Won. Lost. Pet
Oakland 109 S3 673
Portland 97 76 560
Graham refused to lntlmato what
his decision will bo, but his actions
since the controversy nroso plainly
indicate thnt ho bollevos thnt Wol
vorton'B protest Is well taken and
It ho so holds nothing remnlns but
to declaro tho games forfeited to tho
Oaks. Graham's docislon, it Is bo
lloved, will be basod on tho nllogod
fact that Hetllug is a "contract Jump
er," rathor than that ho was ineligi
ble because of tho ruling of Soptom
bor It
SEASON ENDS
AT CRATER LAKE
Camp Being Dismantled and Being
Made Ready for Winter Past
Season Has Been Most Successful
In History of Lake.
Tho cmups at Center Lake hnvo
been deserted nnd tho 1910 touiUt
sonson closed, according to J. C.
Noff, mnnagor of tho Crater, Lake
Transportation company, who mado
n flying trip to Crater mid loturu
Saturdny.
Mr. Noff stntes thnt snow is fall
ing on tho summit nnd thnt it will
not bo loner now boforo it will ho im.
possiblo to reach tho lnko.
Tho enmps nro being dismantled
nnd rondo rondy for tho winter. Tho
past sonson hns been tho most buot
cos8tul in tho history of tho lnko in
point of mimbor of visitors
SITUATION IN
SPAIIMS ACUTE
Leaders Admit that Uuprislng Is Im
minentClaim that Army Will De
sert Alfonso When It Comes to a
Show-down.
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MADRID via Hcndayo), Oct. 10.
With tho increasing turbulonco
throughout Spain nnd tho grouter
activity of outside ngents of tho rev
olutionists who nro successfully
smuggling nrms into Barcolonia niui
tho towno along tho Fronch bordor,
tho Spanish government is becoming
moro repressive Li its monsures nnd
all lendors admit today that nn up
rising is imminent, 1
Tho government called tho reserves
to tho colors today. Many of Iho
government lendors nro doubtful at
tho loyalty of tho troops to King
Alfonso, and tho republicans openly
proclaim thnt the nrmy will dosort
tho king when the revolution bogips.
Spanish ropublicnns aro foBtorjng
nn immodinto uprising. Arsenals
hnvo boon established in secret
plncos nhoro nrms nnd ammunition
havo boon collected. Circulars luo
found everywhere appealing to jbo
Spaniards to nttnek tho government
and citing tho success of tho Porta.
cuosft revolutionists.
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