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MI3D170RD, 01 tl(K)N, MONDAY, .JULY 31, .1911.
No. 1 tl.
CAMPERS FLEE
FIERCE
FOREST BLAZE
Flames On East Slilo of San Bernar
dino nniiuc .Spread Beyond All
Control Troops Aro Asked lo
Lend Assistance.
MOUNTAIN SUMMER
RESORTS ARE IN DANGER
Hundreds of Terrified Campers
Rarely Beat Fire Into Little
River Valley.
SAYS MAI WE BLOWN
UP FROM OUTSIDE
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SAN IIKIINAKDINO, Oil., July HI
-Sweeping axiili. Ilii' iVrl.irt oiMii
lion lit tli" exhausted liiefighlep
Ihe fun'Hl fire which him been rnuin
tin I tits fa hi idc of Hi" Sun Itciiiar
iliui) range today spread beyond nil
cunt ml.
leaping :i(l() feet through tin' nil
lip III" IIHMIIllllillHlMt!' tlld flllllieH
nrtiHMiMl tlio ridge where tin1 light wur
iniiilt' o control It mill spread int
WeMville's canyon mitl Houston Hut.
Hundreds of campers, fleeing I'm
their liven, barely heat the iiilvnnci
guard of I lie fire into Little Itc.u
valley.
Unlit a thorough check hn beci
made, it will be iuiHihnible lo deter-,
iniuii whether any lives went IohI,
.Mux llnvn Help.
AhmhIiiiiI Forctur Long in a cull
for oulniilc aid inNiicd toiluy declare'
that null"! iiHslHinncc came qniekl
there wits no telling where the fin
might ciiil.
Tim Swylnnd rennrt whb ntlncki'i'
curly today. After heroin efforts tin
nwiri wni Hiivm ior nm inno iieing
Two runger httvc collnp-eil froir
overwork ami lienl during (he hl -It
hours.
After much bickering between
fighters and the rnnger directing I lit
work, backfiring was resorted lo
Siting; by criticism for refusing t
permit thin through fenr that uion
serious fires might be started, tin
rangers gave Ihe order.
.Many of the fighter, it in Miid
refused to work aniens (he rnngcr
yiehled.
The fire swept over the district
from which (he Arrowhead hotel ob
tains ltn wnler, eoinpletely destroy,
ing the Htipply. Squirrel Inn and
Pino ('rent were still uuhumed nt
noon, although completely surround
cd liy tire.
Will Auk for Troop.
Early today Assihtnut Forest Su
pervisor Long uimomieed that he hud
asked Ihe government to send sev
eral companies of United Staler
troops from San Francisco lo aid
in controlling (he flumes. Wires are
down and it in impossible to obtain
an accurate estimate of losses. Cour
iers arriving today (old of the de
struction of tic Elks lodge nt Pine
Crest. Squirrel Inn and Pino l'rc,
two of the largest camps in the fire
roue, escaped serious damage, Wo
men and children have been removed
lo Little Hear valley,
Tim Hummer home of JanieH E
Mooney, Cincinnati multi-million-aire,
caught fire VI limes, hut was
Huvcd, J. K. Fish's summer home
also caiiKht hut the flames were c.-liiiguisbcd,
EVEN TRAINS KEEP
WILDE FROM OREGON
SAN FIUNCI8CO, Cnl., .Inly at.
TIii'oukIi a breakdown al l.os Hanim
of (hu train nil which Louin ,1, Wildu.
tbo hankor acaiiHed of eiube.kunent
in Oregon, is coining from Situ Uiego
to Kurmudui huiu to Oregon author
ities, Wilde, was not e.Npeelcd to ur
rivu in San Francisco until this af
ternoon. Ho probably will not leave
for Portland until tomorrow.
Wildo is iiooompaiiiud from San
Diego by Attorney Charles F." Sum
ner. Hu will Hiirendur hero lo Dis
trict Attuvuuy Camoron of Vort
land. GIUOAGO Woiiiuii HyinputbUorH
of HtrlklUK poddloi'H pelted a Hipuiil of
pollen with i'bkb. Tim officers withdrew.
Lewis Iicoxst
Lewis N'lxou, the well known iiiiviiI
urehltctt who iIchIkiiciI Hoverul war
Hblm for the United Hlntes K'vern-
ment, In an Interview In Now York
nnyit hu In ronvlnceil that thu luiltlc-
nhli Miilno was blown up from tlio
outiililc. Mr. Nixon Iiuhch his coucIuh-
Iouh on the evidence of mi eyewll
iicmm, wbomt story has not ycl.lH-en
published.
STANDARD OIL
WILL BESPLIT UP
Corporation Will Dlsolve Into Its
Original 33 Corporations Stock
Will Be Distributed Transfer
Books to Be Closed August 31.
NBW YOltK. July ai.Ponltlvo
iinnounreineiit that tbo Htnndard Oil
Cnmpnuy Of New Jerny Is to be itpllt
up Into ltn orlitliiul tblrty-iureu cor
porulloiiM wuh mndu by tbo truHt of
ficials this afternoon. In a bitter
tfeut lo ntorkbolders ll Is stilted that
stock of thu various subsidiaries will
tM.UUtrlhutud.iu!5rdli)K.lo their bold.
Iiiks to stockholders of record on Sop
tiMiiliwr 1.
ArcordliiK to the official notifica
tion sent out by the Btandard, tbo
IraiiNfor books of the company will bo
cloned AiiKiist :tl and will remain
closed until the all the rcaraiiKomeuts
to turn tbo stock to Its owners will
lie made.
The letter told the stockholders
specifically that obedience to tbo final
action of the supremo court, makes
the move necessary.
NKW YOUIcTjuITn 1 . Uockefell
er ownership of tlio Standard Oil
Company and domination of Its af
fairs will continue as formerly under
tb n reorganization of tbo Standard
announced today from Its homo of
fice. Instead of one Mg company,
thorn will bo tblrty-tbreo separate
firms and holders of ono sliuro of
stock In the Standard on AiiKiist 31
will bold a proportionate fractional
ownership In each of tbo tblrty-tbreo
concerns.
SENATOR
WENS
ATTACKuMSOURTS
Asserts That Recall of Judges Is
Only Movement Which Will Pro
tect People Says They Have
Usurped Functions of Legislatures.
WASIHNOTON, 1). C July 31.
iH8ortliiK that tbo federal courts have
Invaded tbo constitution, tbo rights
of tbo stutCH and then loi;lslatlvo func
tions of coiiKrt'BS and lmvo bocomo In
struments tbrotiKli which tbo spec
ial Interests lmvo boon onablod to
block all proKrosslvo leglBlatlon,
Senator Owon of Oklahoma In tbo
Hunute today approved tbo recall of
tbo Judiciary.
"Tlio moment a recall law koob
Into effect," Owon said, "tho courts
will promptly discontinue their nil
authorized, unconstitutional and Im
proper conduct of declaring nets of
congress uncoiitltiitlonal. To allow
tbo decisions of tlioso who mnko tho
laws to bo sot aside by a tribunal not
responsible to the people Is to estab
lish a judicial olhiKrchy and to over
throw tho ropubllc.
"If tho powor of rocall exists tlio
conduct of tbo Judges will bo such
that tho recall will not bo n'ecoBsary.
The recall Is n much milder Hystoui
than Impeuchiuoiit.
(90,000 STEAL
IN CALIFORNIA
PRINTING SHOP
Such Is Statement In Report Made to
Governor Johnson State Printing
Department Will Be Investigated
Thoroughly by State.
FAVORED FIRMS HAVE
"PROFITED ENORMOUSLY"
Say Scheme Is to Load Up the Office
With Supplies for Years
In Advance.
HACIIAMI:NT0, Col.. July 31
The most sensational attack ever
started on tbo state pi luting office
and methods of doliiK business Is bo
gun In a report today to Governor
Johnson by the state board of control
In which It Is charged that thn state
printing department, In conjunction
with certain favored supply concerns,
Is engaRcd In a "scheme to mulct the
state of jyo.SCO.9a for the benefit
of certain business firms which have
been closely Identified with tbo state
printing office for years and have
profited enormously as a result of
vicious and Illegal methods In tho
conduct of that department."
The report Is on several claims of
the Xcllorbach Paper Company, the
II. H. Crocker Company, the E. J.
Hhattuck Company and George D.
t Ira bam.
"Tbo object of tho scheme" the
report continues, "of which these
claims aro a part, tho board of con
trol desires to Inform yon, Is to load
up the state printing officii with sup
plies which will last for a period of
from five to six jrars. Tho " price
which the printer Is attempting to
pay for these supplies Is outrageous
ly high and tho state will bo de
frauded of many thousand dollars If
tho parties are allowed to consum
mate the deal."
The report to Governor Johnson,
covering somo thlrty-flvo typewrit
ten pages, goes Into detail Into the
business of tho stato printing office
during tho past eight years, the In
cumbency of W. W. Shannon.
0. A. G. OFFICIAL
ISIT VALLEY
President Kerr and Associates here
to Choose Site and Complete Plans
for Establishment of Branch Ex
periment Station.
President Kerr. J. Weatberford
president of the board of regents and
Professor Lewis of tbo Oregon Agri
cultural College arrived In tho city
this morning for tho purposo or look
Ini: over tho valley and choosing a
site for a branch experiment station
of the college, as provided by tho lato
legislature.
Tho men are to meet Colonel Hoy
this afternoon to talk over plans. Col.
llay has offered to give a froo alto,
water, powor and light for tho station.
VICE PRESIDENT SOLD
SHORT WEIGHT PEAS
NEW YOHK July 31. That enns
of pons shipped by tho New Hurt
ford Canning company, of which
Vice President .lames S. Shonnnn is
head, wero seized by government in
spectors on a charge of being short
weight, bceiuno known today follow
ing developments in tho attack on
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley. Tho seizure
was made somo months ago but nil
reports of tbo matter wero sup
pressed, it is ulleged, after tho can
ning company had sont n letter of
explanation,
LONDON, July 31. Tho Princo of
Wales today began his duties ns a
midshipman on board the battleship
Hindusinn, which is n part of the
homo fleet stationed off Portsmouth.
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WILLIAM PAPHt AND .
WIU.IATO PAPrVC. JR
Here Is a Bnapuhot of "Hilly"
Papke, the middleweight champion,
after his return to New York from a
tour of Europe and Australia. While
giving an Interview to tbo reporters
Papke held In bis fatherly embraces
little "Hilly," Ji., six months old, who
was born In London, "lie's the 'white
hope.' all right," Bald Papke, proud
ly exhibiting the youngster to a
throng of admirers.
WOULD PLACE
A SAFEGUARD
ON INITIATIVE
State Representative Allen Eaton
Will Probably Submit an Amend
ment to People's Law Safeguard
ing Signing of Petitions.
WOULD HAVE THEM
SIGN AT COURTHOUSE
Says Present System Places a Pre
mium On Forging of
Names.
BOOSTERS I0
VISJUVILLE
Want Five, Hundred Taxpayers to
Visit County Seat and Work for
Better System of Highways
Throughout State.
Good roads boosters from all sec
tlous of the county will make Jack
sonvllle up next Wednesday when tax
payers descend upon the county court
In a body and demand that the court
call a special election for tho purpose
of building a modern system of high
ways through out tbo county. The
Good lloads fever bus swept from
Ashland to Woodvlllo and has reach
ed such n point that the county will
soon have tho best system of roads
in the state.
Front all of tlio towns In the county
word has been received that a delega
tion of prominent taxpayers will be
sent to appear before the court Med
ford will also send over a largo num
ber. It is hoped that nt least 500
boosters will bo present when- tho
court convenes.
WILD
RUMOR
EXCITES CITY
John Tells Bill' and Bill Tells Charlie,
and Charlie Tells Sam, Etc., Etc.,
Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.,
Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
A rumor that tho dead body of a
negro had been found In tbo city ro-
sorvolr Saturday spread llko wild firo
over tho city and It still Is being told
about tho streets somo times for tho
truth and sometimes as a joko. As
a matter of fact there, hasn't boen n
coon dead or nllvo in tho reservoir
since Vincent & Baker fired ono when
tho rcsorvolr was about half com
pleted.
Emphatic doninls of tho story lmvo
boon Issued by the police tho mayor,
tbo caretaker of tho reservoir, tho
superintendent o ftho wator depart
ment, tho health officer, tho deputy
coroner, tho city recorder and a num
ber of others,
Tho story was probably startod by
somo practical Jokor and llko most
practical Jokes after it was started It
couldn't bo controlled.
Look at tho ads for the chanoo ta
buy the property you ueod-nt u
"right price,"
PORTLAND, Or., July 31. With
it view of ubating frauds practiced
in Oregon in securing hignntures to
initiative mid referendum petitions,
Stnte Representative Allen Eaton of
Lane county, said that he would
probably submit on amendment to
the initiative ami referendum law
requiring peoonH signing such eti
tions to do so at their court house
Katou said he would place the meas
ure before the people at the next
general election, under the initiative
should he decide to act.
"The present sytcm of securing
signatures to initiative nnd referen
dum petitions by paid circulators at
.") or 10 cents a name bus proved a
premium on forgery and other crook
ed work to the detriment of an excel
lent measure and thnt I nm in favor
of amending it," said Eaton.
MORE TROOPS SENT
TO ALBANIA BY TURKS
SIXTEEN THOUSAND
LHIIIIIIIIIIIIIHBIIIIIIH
,MISS KATHRYME..KiPP."KWi
Traveling sixteen thousands miles
to wed the man of her choice, Sllss
Katheryn Klpp left New York on
July 21 for Hlo Janeiro, Brazil, where
her fiance, Gerald Peabody, Is a
geodetic surveyor In tho employ of
the Brazilian government.
Miss Klpp Is a native of Los An
geles, Cal., and Is a graduate of Le
land Stanford University. Mr. Pea
body Is also a natlvo of California.
OLD AGE PENSION
BILL BY BERGER
Specifically Provides That United
States Supreme Court Shall Not Be
Allowed to Pass Upon Constitu
tionality of the Measure.
DANGER OFWAR
IS LESS TODAY
THAN IN WEEKS
Understand That France Is Prepared
to Accept Germany's Demand for
Compensation If She Grants Free
Hand In Morocco.
BRITISH FLEET SAILS"
UNDER SEALED ORDERS
No Disposition On Part of England
to Take Chances by
Going to, Sleep. .
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 31.
Commnudcd by high staff officials,
additional troops were dispatched
from Constantinople today to Alba-
ma, where guerilla warfare and mnss
acres have been raging for weeks.
The sending of more troops to re-
lntorce the already large force in
Albania is taken hero as confirma
tion of the rcjiort that Turkey is pre
paring for hostilities with Montene
gro, to which country thousands of
Albanian refugees have fled for ref
uge.
O'ROURKE PUT
OUTJF GAME
Attempts to Assault Umpire and Is
Ordered From Field Graham Sus
pends Sacramento Captain Indefi
nitely for His Action.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., July 31.
Thomas P. Graham, president of the
Pacific Coast league today indefi
nitely suspended Captain O'Rourke
of the Sacramento team as a result
of the fight between O'Rourko and
Hildebraud during the morning game
nt Stockton yesterday.
STOCKTON, Cal., July 31. Pres
ident Graham of tho Pacific, Coast
league will at once take up tho case
of Pntsy O'Rourke, captain of the
Snoramento team, who assaulted Um
piro Hildebraud during the Stockton
Vernon game yestorday morning. Im
mediately after the attack Hildebraud
wired President Graham' recom
mending O'Rourko's suspension pend
ing n written report. Graham did
not net in timo to keep O'Rourko out
of the afternoon game.
Tho fight occurred beforo tho
game was three minutes old. Kane
bad been declared safe at second and
O'Rourke objected to tho ruling. Hil
debraud fined him.
Play wns resumed but O'Rourko
couldn't forget it and protested until
Hildebraud ordered him out of tlio
game. Then ho flow nt tho umpiro
with clenched fists. O'Rourko's
team mates tore him away fighting
and struggling.
Assistant District Attorney Rcndon
rushed on tho field nnd told tho war
like captain lo subside or ho would
bo jailed,
Deputy Sheriff Cassidy escortod
0 Rourko from tho gumo,
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 31.
Specifically providing thnt the Unit
ed States supreme court shall not be
allowed to pass upon the constitu
tionality of the measure, Congress
man Victor L. Berger, socialist, of
Wisconsin, today introduced in the
house an old age pension bill.
Berger's'fiienbure proposes to pen
sion every person in tho country
over GO years nnd who has been a
citizen of the United States more than
1C years, giving sums of from $1 to
.J3 a week.
PINCHOT BILL TO AID
ALASKA INTRODUCED
WASHINGTON', D. C, July 31.
Broad provisions for tho development
of coal deposits in Alaska and the
prevention of monopoly are made In a
bill prepared by Glfford. Pinchot and
Introduced in tho senato today by
Senator Works of California.
Under tho terms o ftho measure a
license may be obtained to prospect
for coal during a term of two years
and secure a, lease of about G.000
acres of coal lands for 30 years. All
applications suggesting attempts at
monopoly may bo rejected. Coal pro
ducers are to pay a royalty of 25
cents per ton during tho first year,
50 cents during tho second year nnd
51 per ton thereafter.
33 FOR STOCKINGS
PENNIESJR LORD
Pastor Declares That Women Think
More of Their Legs Than They Do
of Their Souls Resigns Pastorate
to Get a New Job.
CHICAGO, 111., July 31. Declar
ing that tho women of bis congrega
tion think more of their legs than of
their souls, nnd that after paying $5
for a pair of silk stockings, thoy
mnko up for their extravaganco by
dronninc nennies in tho collection
box, Rev. C. 11. lleywood, tho young
est ordained minister in Illinois, to
day quit the pastorate of tho church
of Wontworth avenue.
lleywood's resignation was tend
ered because his salary of .1000 a
year would not permit him to wed
tho lady of his ehoico. Miss Florence
Woodman is tho young woman for
lovo of whom ho will hunt for a moro
profitable job.
BERLIN, July 31. Emporor Wil
liam returned today to Boiiln after
a vacation crulso of sovoral days In
northern wntors, which was cut short
by tho ucuto crisis over tho Moroccan
situation.
LONDON, July 31. Unofficial In
formation emanating from the foreign
office today. tends to tho conclusion
that, for tho present, danger of war
with Germany has passed. An agree
ment on the- Moroccan tsituatlon is
expected to result from a conference
In Berlin todny between French Am
bassador Jules Cambon and German
Foreign Minister Kldcrlln-Wnechtor.
It la understood that France, Is pro
pared to accept Germany's command
for compensation if she gives Franco
a free hand In Morocco, but what tho
extent o ftho Kaiser's final demand
will be is as yet unknown.
While an early settlement of tho
difficulty is forecasted, there Is still
considerable doubt as to whether tho
proposed agreement will satisfy Eng
land and readjustment of the French
and German territorial boundaries In
Africa threatens to Involve British In
terests. Hitter Townrd Germany.
Berlin cables contain Indications
that there is truth In the story that
Germany may demand' the dismissal
from office of Chancellor of tho
lord mayor's banquet, which was tak
en as being aimed at Germany. This
Is causing increased bitterness hero
against the Germans.
Despite the fact that thero Is today
greater hope In England than for
weeks that Europe will escape war
there is no disposition on tho part of
the British war officials to take
chances, and a quiet movement ot
British troops to the east coast of
England has been in progress sinco
Saturday. It Is similar to tho recent
American mobilization on tho Mexi
can border.
Much speculation has been caused
by orders Issued to tho second tor
pedo destroyer flotilla, attached to
the homo fleet, off Portland to sail
at 4 o'clock this afternoon undor seal
ed orders. The orders aro only to bo
opened after tho fleet Is two hours at
sea. Not an Inkling of their de
stination has escapod.
BOSTON, Mass., July 31. Declar
ing that the proposed arbitration
treaty with England practically ar
raigns tho Uultcd States against Ger
many In the present Moroccan dif
ficulties, thut It is a violation of thu
Monroo doctrlno and an insult to
every Gorman-American and Irish
American In tho country. Congress
man James Curley Is opposing tho
proposed agreoment. IIo Is support
ing resolutions of protest adopted
last night at a mooting of Germnu
Amerlcnn citizens.
NO DIVORCE IN SIGHT
IN SHONTS FAMILY
NEW YORK, July 31. ttcports
thnt divorce is imminent in the fam
ily of Theodoro P. Shouts, Panama
cuunl builder, wore given a hard blow
hero today whon Shouts in person
met his wife, two daughters nnd his
grandson when they arrived from
Europe on tho liner Rottordnam.
"Tlio fact that I nm meeting my
wife and family should bo sufficient
answer to tho reports of divorce,"
said Shouts, and Mrs. Shouts chimed
in with "I am not responsible for
these rumors."
Shouts was photographed on tho
dcok of tho steamer with his grand
sou, tho young Duko Dochaulncs.
CHICAGO A county hospital pat
lout who' asked frco troatmont bo
causo of poyorty, It has boon. found
la wqrth 180,000.
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