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MI2DKORD, OWCOON, MONDAY, .TIINIO 20, 1911.
No. 82.
PINCHOT WINNER IN ALASKA COAL CASE
PORTLAND'S FIRE CHIEF CAMPBELL LOSES LIFE IN BLAZE
CAMPBELL DIES
MID FLAMES
IN WALLS
TUMBLE
Two Flrrmrn Perish Willi Chief as
Result of Explosion of Gaasollnc
Which Blows Out Two Walls mid
Roof Crashes Down Body Found
UNION OIL COMPANY
OFFICE IS DEMOLISHED
Properly Loss Will Total $200,000
Flrc Starts From Burned-out
Motor In Basement.
PORTLAND. Or., .Iiiiik I'll. David
Campbell, chief nt the Portland file
department tuul two men worn killed
toduv in a l'ini wliirli destroyed ihe
offices mill wnrchoimc of tho Union
Oil company on Kiifl Water mill Kant
Siiliuoii streets. Campbell' body was
recovered at 10:;i(l, an lionr anil a
half after lu entered tln burning
slructuio. A search was Immediate
lv storied for Ihe bodies of his com
iniiiioiih who Mriht with him.
. Tim chief itiol his livf men had rii-
' f ! iWn lrrilllmtfi-ontrortln"t)urniiig -wnrps
hnuso nml wore exploring the inter
ior when a tremendous explosion -if
gnolnii lilew out two wall- anil the
roof fell in.
Hattalion Chief John Ymui. who
wax diiccting his eonipany near the
main entrance, wan knocked down ami
m'hoiihIv injnicil h.v flying glass ami
flame. He wax removed (o (he (loot!
Samaritan hoHpilal.
The firo Hurled shortly afler
H o'clock presumably from a burned
ont molor win quickly followed by
others oh various tank of gasoline
and oil hccaine ignited.
Shortly before, he was Inst, Camp
hell ordered u second and thin! alarm
tinned in and ax soon iih ha wus
missed every file company in the
city wart summoned to the scene,
Adjoining the warehouse of the
I'nion Oil coinpmiy is the plant of lite
Standard oil company, which is in
the same hloek, within 100 feet of the
scene of the file and the big rescr
oirs of oil of the Standard are ad
jacent. The loss is estimated nl
.fJIIO.tlOO.
LOCAL IN HAVE
NARROW ESCAPE
Kddio King mid Slim AdaniH had u
narrow escnpo frnin death Sunday mi
tlm Applegato. When a team of
mules they wcro driving ran uwiy
and hurled holh of them from thu
rig. Mr, Adams was injured rather
severely while .Mr. King was more,
fortunate. Mr, Adams hud recently
puihcased thu Million and was iiiiiiu
ipmiiited with their tendencies. He
is learning rapidly, however.
SECOND TRIAL OF WAPPY
UNDER WAY AT SEATTLE
f
122 POUNDS IS
BABY'S WEIGHT
AND IS GOING UP
MOl'NT A IKY, (In., .Iiiuir !!il.
- .lauies Adolph Cody, aged 2,
weight 122 Kiiiiiils mid growing
every day, is declared to he the
biggest hiihy hi the world. I In f
sleeps well mid is ierVctly
licallhy mid cuts meals like a
gimvn mini,
JmiicW iiieasureiiieuts are:
Height !IU inches hare fool j
neck 1-1; htht ICI; waist lilt; arm
above elbow 12: wrist H: across
f timid above thumb (I't ; first fin-
ger '"'r hmiil 'J'A; thigh 25;
knee III; mikle II; around foot
,f HJ'j; length of feel IP,; si Id-
crs to.
HH4U H HH4
IS. M'MANIGAL
WONTTESTIFY
Wifo of Aliened Dynamiter Refuses to
Answer Questions Put to Her for
Fear She Will Incriminate Htr
Husband.
SCORE HURT 1 What the Cunningham Decision Means CANCELLATION OF
1.08 ANOKLKK, June 'JO. Mr.
Ortlo .McMiiulgal, wife of (he alleged
dynamiter, wuh taken befnru the
grand Jury shortly before noon and,
dcilto miUMtlonliiK by Detntty DIh
trlcl Attorneys Kurd and Morton, ab
solutely refimi'd nu nnnwer nay ques
tions or (ratify In any manner. Hhe
gave a her grounds that It would not
bo JiiHt (or her to mtiko HtntemeutK
whlrh might Incriminate her liiibnnd.
After u Hhort tlmo thu district at
torney' ileimtlen cnnio out of the
grand Jury chnmboru and Hiimiuoned
Attorney Job Hurrliiinn, Clarence
Harrow mid I.ccompto DiivIh before
the linpilHltorlal board. After being
In the grand Jury room a few minute
(hey emerged and Immediately went
Into cnufcrourc with Mm, Mc.Mnulgal,
SMASH-UP OE
STREET CARS
Inbound Santa Monica Flyer and Ar
lington Heffjfits Cars On Interurban
Line Came Ttogether With Fatal
Results Number Will Die.
ALL AMBULANCES IN
CITY RUSHED TO SCENE
Judge Allen of California Appellate
Court Among Those Most
Seriously Injured.
DELUGED BY RAIN
WINNIPKO, Man.. Juno 2C.
Heavy rains have vltdtcd many partH
of the went, Winnipeg, Brandon, Sas
katoon, I.ethbrldgo and many other
place being deluged for several
hour on Saturday night nml Sunday
morning.
At Shoal Inko and Stoney moun
tain, both In Manitoba, building were
fired by lightning, while at many
place rellaiH wcro Inundated mid
much damage wuh canned by good
being Hpollud by the water.
"NOT HALF A MAN,"
SO BEAUTY ASKS DIVORCE
LOS ANUKLKS, Juno 2C More
than a score of pasRunger worn In
jured shortly after t o'clock Oil
morning In a collision between an
Inbound Haula Monica flyer and mi
Arlington Height car on the In An
gules Pacific Interurban line at Six
teenth mid Hobart Hired. All the
ambulance In (ho city wero runhud
to the Been (i and aro now removing
(ho Injured to thu various hospitals.
The police mate that a number of
the Injured will die.
Judge Allen of thu appellate court
of California I among the most. e
rloiiMly Injured, lie Is thought to bo
fatally Injured,
Thu curiously Injured aro:
Judge Allen, Injured Internally and
cut by flying gin, critical condition;
Kdward Domerton, G, Injured Inter
nally, may die; Mr. 1C. M. dimming,
badly cut by gin and bruised; K. V.
Wright, bruised and cut; Allen
Wheeler, cut and bruised; Mrs. John
Kurlcy of Snwtollo, Cal., badly cut
and bruised; A. F. Melleu of Suw
telle, badly cut about (ho facu and
arm; Mrs. A. K. Mullen, badly brill,
ed and uluikou up. I-Tvu oilier were
less HcrloiiKly Injured.
TRADING ACTIVE
IN STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, Juno 2C Today'
opening stock market Hhowcd n move
ment of Mtuck. Trading was active.
Thu dcclHlou In thu llarrlinan merger
caun resulted lu heavy buying de
mand. I.ntur thu tono beenmo weak.
At noon mnny stocks wcro ruling
fractionally under Saturday's clone.
Thu market closed firm.
llonds wnro Irregular.
Hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of Alaskan coal lands conserved for the peo
ple. The probable immediate opening to development of Alaska and a consequent great
growth in the territory's population.
The vindication of L. U. fllavis, special agent of the interior department, and of Gif
I'oi'd Pinchot, former chief forester, who were dismissed from the service after a clash
with former Secretary Hallingcr over the Cunningham claims.
The probable final death of the Morgan-Guggenheim plan to grab the resources of
Alaska.
An impending influx of Alaskan coal into the markets of the Pacific coast, eliminat
ing the necessity of purchasing British Columbia fuel.
The development of a great naval base on the coast, where coal may be cheaply
obtained for thq fleet and the consequent strengthening of America in the Pacific.
U1NHAM
CLAIMS IS
ORDERED
LOCAL CLOTHING RIVER GIVES UP
HOUSE ENTERED' M'DOHALD SODV
Burglars Force Entrance Into Store
Fall to Secure Anything of Value
Leave Stock In Orderly Array
Broke In at Window.
PAPER BOARD MAKERS
IN EAST INDICTED
SHATTM-5, WitHh., , 'Jll. Thu
second trial of 'Charles V, Wnppcu
Klein, tlm eight tjmes indicted ex
chief of police, begun today, In thu
first trial the jury dlHiigrccd, A spu
cinl venire of J 00 wuh HUiumoiied by
Judge Itoniihl, who will preside 'n
place of Judge Main, from whom a
change nl! venuu wiin Hcuuruil by
Wnppcusteiii, Tito examination of
jurors begun HiIh morning, mid lliu
first liilcsiiuin, 11 oh n it Avaiu, u gro
cer was ohiillmigcd by tlm dcfeiiHu on
account of his admission of preju
dice, mid wuh oMiusod.
WuppuiiHteiii is ucoiiHOil of ncocpl
iug u 1000 bribe from (lid Tuppur
mid Chircucu (lerald for the opera
tion of two rcaorlB.
NKW YORK, Juno 20. Bitterly
complaining that hor htiHhniid on
their hoiioyinoon "treated hor liko n
piccu of hIoho" nml only kissed her
twiuo dully "with hird-liku little
peckH," Mrs. Kdith It. Oamhier, wifo
of Kdward V, (lambier, today is Hiiinp
him for ilivorce.
NKW YORK'. June 'J0.Officcrs,
iigoiits and members of various paper
board iiiiiuu fact tiring companies and
co.parlnerliip-i included in thu mem
bership of the Kasteru Box Hoard
club wore iddictcd today by thu Unit
ed States grand jury huro for oon
Hptraoy in restraint of trade.
Most of theso indiuled arc mom
burs of thu Fibre & Manila associa
tion which paid a fine of $88,000 in
February, 11)10, fpr violation of tho
Slioriunii luiti-trust law,
SEE DECLARES HIMSELF DIVINE
CHICAGO, 111., Juno 20. That
Kvclyn Arthur See, "revcnler" nl tho
cult of "abosluUi life," describod
liimsolf in his writings as thu literal
and true son of Clod, was declined to
day in tliu trial of thu "prophut" by
AsHistmft Statu's Attorney Ilurnliani
in prosecuting Sou for causing tho
delinquency of Mildred Bridges, one
of his girl desciples.
See, Buriihum said, assorted that
hu wuh sent to bu the progenitor of
a perfect rnuo who worn, by inimauu
Into conception, to hu true sons mid
duughturti of Uotl, Undue thu chap
ter "Mildred," in his "hook of truth,"
Seo wroto:
"In you shall ho horn tho child :f
my son. You shall yield youvsolf to
God's ordination, I havo given unto
tho mother of tho now raco (Mildred
Bridges) tho knowlodgo that, though
shu is to bear a son in tho flush, it is
not from tho flesh, hut from God
that bho is conceived. Sho is tho
ohoHCii one, tlicidol of my heart. God
has called this wifu and daughter o
bring forth tho nuw raco. I, God,
doolaro it."
Moun Rocs, tho soooud of Sco's
disciples, testified today. Sho mado
a general denial of charges,
Burglars broke into the Model
Clothing store I u to, Saturday night
but secured little or nothing of val
ue. Thu proprietors statu that they
havo missed little' but admit thut
considerable loot could have been
taken from the shelves without their
knowledge. Tho styck was not dis
arranged in the Icaft&
Kn trance was gained through a
window at the rear of the store. The
window fastener was dislodged and
the frame removed.
The body of Arthur McDonald was
found thin afternoon in Rogue river
lnMow Trail about six miles below the
whirlpool in which ho was lost Sat
urday. Coroner Kellogg has left to secure
It and bring It to Medford.
ELECTRIC CHAIR
CLAIMS VICTIM
AU11UKK, X. Y., Juno 20.-Quits-seppe
Nacco, the murdered of Anto
nio Canndiauo, with whom he lived,
was electrocuted here today. The
sight of the chair threw Nacco into
hysterics, and screaming wildly, hu
hroko for liberty. At tho door of the
death room ho was overpowered,
hnuled back, pushed into the chair
mid tho straps adjusted.
Then, still struggling, he wept bit
terly, begging for a chanco to kiss the
orucifiv. Father Kobctti, chaplain
of tho prison, presented tho crucifix
to Nacco's lips mid u moment later
1800 volts of electricity shot
through his body. Life, however, was
not soon extinct, mid two m ore con-
tauts wcro required beloro tho slay
er's spirit fled.
AGREE TO VOTE
ON RECIPROCITY
WASHINGTON, D. C, Juno 20.
An agreement was reached today for
a vote oil the Koot .amendment on the
reciprocity measure before adjourn
ment of the senate. It appeared cer
tain that It would bo defeated by a
largo majority. Senator Thornton
of Louisiana opened the debate Ho
opposed the entiro agreement and
Bald that ho would not support It
unless amended to "prevent tho great
Injustice that would otherwise be
done to tho agricultural Interests."
He favored the Hoot amendment.
Senator Town send of Michigan and
Senator Clark of Wyoming spoke In
favor of tho amendment.
PINCHOT UPON
COAL DEC
SION
PRESIDENT RETURNS
COINS SENT TO
HIM
WASHINGTON, U. C, Juno 26.
Hundreds of silver coins mailed to
President and Mrs. Taft for the sil
ver wedding anniversary, aro being
returned to the senders, with an ex-
planatioii that tho exeautive mid hi.
wifo appreciate tho motive prompt
ing the gifts hut cannot accept them
Tho coins ranged from dimes up.
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niiAnmiPi ftq nnnu
. TO FARMER'S WIFE
AT KLAMATH FALLS
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Juno
2(1. Though tho infant aro
small, tho three girls which
" wont to mnko up quadruplets
"" bora to Mrs. Al Brinitol, a far-
tiler's wifo near here, will prob- ""
ably live, according to Dr. M. "
Patterson, tho attending physi- ""
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',l,ll, 1WI.IIJ, . ..' M, 1,1V , l
fow hours after birth. Their ""
"" combined weight was 12 j T
pounds. ""
"" Tho babes aro all perfectly
"" formed mid dopito, thoir unus- ""
"" ually small sue, nro apparently ""
"" strong and healthy.
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NEW YORK, Juno 2C. Discuss
ing, tho decision of the department of
the Interior to cancel all tho Cunning
ham Alaskan' coal claims, former
Chief Forester Qlfford Plnchot, In a
statement to tho United Pross, said
today:
"Tho cancellation of the Cunning
ham claims is proof by tho adminis
tration Itself that tho fight against it'
to prevent the coal monopoly of Alas
ka Is not only successful, but neces
sary to tho government. Tho action
Insures tho cancellation of multitudes
of fraudulent claims in Alaska.
"Of course, the fight Is not yot
won. It Is still posstblo that the
secret order of last October whereby
President Taft opened tho harbor
frout of Controller Day, tho natural
outlot for coal, will result In a coal
monopoly through the transportation
jnonoply thus created."
OSCAR ROEDING
L
WIL
RECOVER
Three-year-old Boy Who Was Run
Over by Lumber Wagon Near Cen
tral Point Saturday Is Getting
Along Nicely.
Oscnr Roeding, the 3-year-old son
of Mrs. Rose Roeding, who was bad
ly injured Saturday when a loaded
wagon ran over him, breaking every
rib on his right side, will live, ac
cording to authorities at the South
em Oregon hospital. The lad is rest
ing easily toduy.
Little hope was held out for the
boy's recovery Saturday as his in
juries were very' severe. Prompt
medical attention however saved iii
life. Dr. Seely, who was called, re
fused to forecast the result Satur
day night, but now says the boy
will live.
FINAL EVENT
OF CORONATION
LONDON, June 20. Tonight's
great feature of the coronation fes
tivities will bo a gala performance
nta tho Royal opera house, Covent
garden. King George, Queen1 Mary,
members of tho royal family and
royal delegates to tho coronation
from other countries have returned
to London from Portsmouth to par
ticipate in the concluding events of
the celebration.
The demand for seats for tonight's
event is unprecedented. Ambassa
dor Whitelaw Reid of tho United
States secured a box sent for $500,
but as high us $5000 bus been of
fered for boxes by Into applicants.
WOMEN HIRING OUT
F0 RHARVEST WORK
OMAHA, Neb., June 2(1. Lured by
wages of $3.;")0 a day and board,
scores of womon today are deserting
tho restaurants and shops and dis
placing men as harvest hands. They
aro said to bo more reliable, quicker
and do heavy work as well as men.
Tho experiment was first mudo a year
ago and worked out successfullv.
Morgan-Guggenheim Effort to Grab
Resources of Alaska Is Foiled
Claims Held Grossly Defective and
Restored to the Public Domain
CLAIMANTS TO TAKE CASE
TO FEDERAL SUPREME COURT
Adherents of$Pinchot Jubilant Con
sider Fight Made Against Bal
linrjer Fully Justified.
BALLINGER SAYS ITS ALL POLITICS
SKATTLE, Wash., Juno 20. Af
ter stating that ho would say nothing
in relation to tho general land office's
action in cancelling the Cunningham
claims, ex-Seorotary of the Interior
R, A. Ballinger, later in tho day re
considered tho matter and gavo tho
following statement to the United
Press :
"Many persons seem to bo laboring
undor the erroneous impression that
tho recent decision of tho commis
sioners of tho general bind office in
cancelling tho Cunningham claims is
a roversal of my official rolatiou to
those claims.
"Since 1907, when I was commis
sioner of tho general land office,
theso claims havo been standing on
my order of re-investigation. A
secretary of tho interior, I took no
notion respecting those claims as
they woro under tho control Com
missioner Dennett. As to the pres
ent decision, I am of tho firm bo
liof that there is no evidence that a
court of justice would hold sufficient
to warrant tho denial of pntoutH.
. "In othor words, the decision of
tho commissioner is political and not
judicial."
WASHINGTON. I). C, June 20.
Cancellation of all the Cunningham
coal claims in Alasku, tho fight over
which cost former Secretary of the
Interior Ballinger bis place, in public
life, was today ordered by Commis
sioner Fred Dennett of the general
land office with the approval of Sec
retary Walter L. Fisher of the in
terior department. This action o
the government, it is alleged, will
forever frustrate the Morgan-Guggenheim
clieme to grab Alaska K3
the lands are fesfiifeil'totho public
domain and will be at once thrown
open to re-entry.
Adherents of Gifford Pinohot, for
mer chief forester, wero jubilant
when the government's decision was
announced, and 'consider that tho
fight against Ballinger has thus been
entirely justified. Attorneys for tho
Cunningham claimants, however, havo
decided to carry the case to the Unit
ed States supreme court and will
fight to tho lust ditch to retain thu
Morgan-Guggenheim hold on the coal
fields of the far north.
lcmrtnu-iit Findings.
The decision of tho government
finds :
"Several locations, Tilings and en
tries made pursuant to an under
standing and agreement of tho claim
ants prior to their location to com
bine the claims for their joint uso
and benefit; each location, filing nml
entry was mado with tho unlawful
purpose and intent that the title ac
quired thereunder should inure to
the benefit and use of mi association
or corporation of claimants."
Tho department then rules "That
no mine of coal opened or improved
on these tracts shall be located or
entered."
Tho government finds that tho
claims of Charles Sweeney and V.
W. Baker, both in the Cunningham
group, are defective as to be invali
dated, regardless of tho decision as
affecting the group generally. Tho
government department decides it to
have been clearly shown that tho
Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate had an
option to finance and tako over tho
development of tho coal lauds
through a $3,000,000 corporation
which was not ratified by a majority
of the claimants.
Is a Final Decision.
Secretary Fishor, after the publi
cation of tho Cunningham decision
announced that action on tho other
Alaskan coal claims in dispute would
bo at once pushed to a conclusion nud
that congress would be uskod at tho
next session to enact now land laws
for tho territory. Of the Cunning
hum decision, Secretary Fisher said:
"This is the final dceisiou on the
Cunningham claims so far as the de
partment of tho interior is con
cerned." VOLIVA INDICTED IN
ILLINOIS ELECTION FRAUDS
WAUKKGAN, 111., Juno 20. Of
100 indictments returned boforo a
grand jury hero this afternoon for
conspiracy to violate tho election
laws, one, it is said, is Wilbur Glenn
Volivn, successor to Dowio an hoad of
Zion city.
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