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jot xxi. SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, J CIV 31, 1911. No. 181. ITS WASH DAY IN FIRE DEPARTMENT COUNCIL WILL ODD OUT COMMITTEE SUPPLIES SOAP CHIEF FURBISHES THE LIIIE AND THE FIRE BOYS THE LINEN The Council Committee Appointed te Investigate the Troubles and Tribulations of the Fire Department Will Report Facts as They Find Them, But Will Make No Suggestions as to the remedy The Department Has Rendered Fine Service, and the General Public Hopes the Family Quarrel Will Be Settled Amicaby. 'We can release one man and calm tbe whole business. Pugh is hot-j headed, and lias not a very good dis-; position, but he is a fireman, and there ain't a ladder or escape he won't go up," Is the declaration of i Jack Darr, In his testimony before the committee Investigating the trouble of the East Salem fire sta tion. Darr Is the chief of the city's Are f department, and by reason of this his nnlnlnn would ordinarily have weleht : enough to be Indorsed by the council, J but It is safe to predict that It will i tot, and that when his testimony, ' together with that of other firemen, I Is presented to that body tonight it will precipitate a row. ine luvesusmuB uuuuuiii.ee mis forenoon had not formulated a re port. Beyond submitting the testi mony taken to the council, it will probably make no report, not desir ing to assume the responsibility of the trouble, by making any recom mendations as to what line of action Is to be taken, but leaving that to the Judgment of the council as a whole. What Charges Were. The charges preferred . against Captain Pugh, of the East Salem fire Jtaatlon were that he was over-bearing, domineering, ill-tempered- and unreliable. They were submitted to the council in the way of a petition, asking for an investigation, and it was signed by the firemen of the station. It was asserted that the subject had been taken up with the lire and water committee and with Chief Darr, but without securing any relief. Plenty of Trouble. The troubles of the Are boys, ac cording to the testimony, seems to have commenced when Andv McFar- land assumed the position of driver of the engine. The firemen charge tnatrugn, to make room for a brother-in-law, began making it unbear able for McFarland, and that an ill feeling sprang up between the two. It became the subject of a good old fashioned quarrel one day among the ya, m wmch a great deal of warm language was used, and Pugh, upon that occasion, is alleged to have said that he was not desiring to make room for his brother-in-law, and had not knocked McFarland any more than any of the other boys. That S OF OREGON SCENERY OREGON'S MOST TALENTED AR. TIST WILL PIT OX CANVAS SOME OF THE COAST'S MAJES TIC VIEWS. special to the Oregonian Satur- DletLP'ace on canvas Paintings of 8 n If IUe and rug8ed bita of Ore- er f enery' Georee L- Schrelb- schools iv ,"str,uctor ln the Salem Sht m-'i, leave Sa,em Sundav Bon th h Coh E" Hoter P ntn aiong tne Paclfl(, gnore T CLset WUh them Plenty of lar8e iliTS Plctures are especially Cane p , . se w111 De 'Paintings of esT ,e .1etua- the Point farthest er v, he coast; Cape Foulweath- aquina Head and Cagcade Head 111 be vas?eSl when brouftft back, land P ed on exhibition in Port- f tt'ak!0? and Mr" Hofer P,an Port ,, he,'j headquarters at New nriom, 1 111 8 from there to the tend?' nf1es- At h one they in ttTV ong stay. . "ote via ,ocnre"er is an artist of ari 8,tudLe(1 in Paris for four tors nii ua'ea M Paris for foui "' and tn Tin... . e him i """" iur iwo years, hi, pannr80aIned W'1 reputation for ' tarClar T rTePr0ductlons- one in liben j, ? Johnstown flood, hav- emi months 7ea Cn,ca8 for ey' PICTURE aroused the ire of Lou Brotherton, one of the firemen, and from then on he became an- active enemy of Pugh, ? he was not that before, as Darr claims. A Few Bottles of Whiskey. From that time the storm began to brew, and it broke out in a fury on the night of the Cherry Fair, when some one sent a bottle of whiskey to the fire station to quench the thirst of the fire boys. All of the firemen according to the testimony, seem to have taken a drink from the .bottle. There is also evidence to show that from time to time other bottles of whiskey have come to the Are sta- taion, and that the liquid that cheers was freely imbibed in. Pugh, him self, says that he knows that as many as eight bottles have been taken to the station and drank by the boys. The bottle on the night of the Cher ry Fair seems to have created the most trouble, and around It there hinges a mass of testimony. Chief Darr received a communication that evening no one seems to know from whom--that .McFarland was drunk, (Continued on Page 2.) o DOUBLE DECK BRIDGE OVER WILLAMETtE MATTER BEING DISCUSSED THIS AFTERNOON BY OFFICIALS OF CITY AND OF FOLK AND MAR. 10X COUNTIES AND THE RAIL. ROAD. For the purpose of ' determining whether the board of county com missioners of this county and Polk, and the council of this city, desire" to co-operate with the Salem, Falls City & Western Railroad in building a double deck bridge across the Wil lamette river a meeting is being held at the Board of Trade rooms this af ternoon. The Salem," Falls City & Western Railroad company several months ago was granted a franchise in the city for the purpose of entering it to build a depot. Since then the delay in beginning construction work on It has been due to the Inability of th company to secure a permit from the war department to build the bridge across ye river. This permit now has been granted and the com pany is ready to proceed with the construction of the bridge. When the franchise was granted to the company by the city, Its officials were approached by members of the council and the board of county com missioners and asked if they would consider building a double deck bridge," provided that the county and the city would stand Its share of the cost. The officials promised then to consider the proposition as soon as the war department granted the per mit) and they carried out that prom ise Saturday afternoon when it ad vised those interested that they were now ready to consider the matter and asked for a meeting. THOUSANDS OF FISH KILLED BY AMMONIA UNITED PSE8S IE1SED WIRE.l Pullman, Wash., July 31. A gang of workmen, employed by the city health department, are today remov ing tons of dead fish from the Pal- ,ouse river that were killed by am nomia, which poured into the stream as a result of a broken pipe in a lo cal Ice plant. When the chemical first mixed with the waters, the fish were seen Jump ing wildly into the air. A few hours later thousands of them were found 'dead In pools below the plant. DIRTY Llffil The Oregon to lead. San Francisco, July 31. In support of the movement to have the batleship Oregon lead the warships through the Pan- ama canal, Henry T. Scott, di rector of the Panam-Paclflc exposition, today sent the fol- lowing telegram to Secretary of War Meyer: "Nothing would so emphasize the completion of the canal as the batleship Oregon leading all the navies through it. She made the memorable trip to join in saving the nation, and the, builders, of which I had the hon- or to be one, and the nation at large, were proud of her achieve ments, and thinks she deserves the pltce of vantage In 1915." HIS THOUGHTS RAN IS THE SAME GBOOTE UNITED TRESS LEASED WIRE. Chicago, July 31. Declaring that the women ot his congregation think more of their legs than of their souls, and that after paying $3 for a pair of silk stockings, they make up for their extravagance by dropping pennies in the collection box., Rev. C. H. Heywood, the youngest ordained minister in Illinois, today quit the pastorate of the Wentworth avenue Baptist church. Heywood's resignation was offered because his salary of $1000 a year would not nermit him to wed the lady for love of whom he will hunt for a more profitable job. SO MANY AUTO LICENSES CANNOT ISSUE TnEM While more than 3,000 automobile licenses have been issued by Secre tary of State Olcott, there still re- mals many more to be Issued so many that he will not be able with his department working over, time to is sue them- by the time the law goes Into effect, and he Is issuing cards of acknowledgment saying that applica tions have been made and that the fees accompany them. While the ex hibition of these applications will not save any one not haying a license when the law goes into effect from an arrest from a technical point of view, it is not likely that any officer to whom they are exhibited will make an arrest. o The Lords Have Lost. rPNITED PRESS T.EA8IP WIRB.1 London, July 31. King George and Premier Asqulth will hold a con ference Wednesday regarding the lords' veto bill. It Is now practically certain that the bill will go through without serious trouble. Cruiser Went Ashore. fUNiTnn press l.HABin wirbI Halifax. N. S.. July 31. Striking on a rocky reef near Cape Sable in the thick of a dense fog, the Cana dian cruiser NIobe is safely afloat today. The vessel came off tne rocks five hours after she struck. IMPOSED JlUltl FINE ONLY Declaring that while generally he was adverse to Imposing the mini mum fine In cases of the character under consideration that in this in stance he would make an exception, Judge Kelly this morning upon Geo. Curliss, charged with carrying con cealed weapons pleading guilty, im posed upon him a fine of $10 and the cost of prosecution. The case against Will Cusslns in dicted for adultery alleged to have been committed with the wife of Cur liss was dismissed on the motion of the district attorney, he assigning ts a reason the failure of the prosecut ing witness to appear and prosecute the case. Cnrllss Fled. Curliss apprehended Cusslns and his wife ic. the city and had the for mer arrested. After the arrest he fled to Cllfbrnla and when the grand jury returned an indictment against Cusslns the district attorney found himself confronted with the situatlor. of being without a prosecuting wit ness. He then had the grand Jury Indict Curliss for carrying concealed weapons and he returned and sur rendered. WILL INVESTIGATE MAli.lZI.MS rySTAUE var Vr.rU .Tiilv 31. A commission appointed by President Taft to in vestigate tne SUDjeci oi aeconu ciass postage rates, especially in reference to the transportation of magazines at the cent per. pound price, will con duct a hearing on the subject this week. MlfllMUM The Kaiser Is Home. s Berlin, July 81. Emperor William returnecTVday to Ber lin, after a vacation cruise ot several days in northern waters, which was cut short by the acute crisis over, the Moroc can situation. I On his arrival the kaiser went into conference at once with Chancellor Von Bethmann- Hollweg and Foreign Minister Von Kiderlln-VVaecuter. An of- clal statement lssutd today says the emperor has received a statement of the progress of the Franco-German ( negotiations, but no public aunouncement was made as to jthe status ot the dispute. ATTACKS THE STATE PRINTER California State Board of Con trol Makes Sensational Re port to Governor Johnson on State Printing Office. IT OPENLY CHARGES GRAFT Report Says State Printer Is in Col lusion With Certain Firm to Mulct the state of Nearly $100,000 by Loading Up the Ofllce With Supplies Enough for Five Years at Outrageously High Prices. UNITED PRESS UlASED WIRE. Sacramento, Cal., July 31. The most sensational attack ever started on the state printing office and meth ods of doing business is begun in a report today to Governor Johnson by the state board of control in which it Is charged that the state printing department, in conjunction with cer tain favored supply concerns, is en gaged in a "scheme to mulct the state of $90,850.92 for the bneflt of certain business firms which have been closely identified with the state printing office for years and have profited enormously as a result of vicious and Illegal methods in the conduct of that department."' The report Is on several claims of the Zellerbach Paper company, the H. S. Crocker company, the E. J. Shattuck company and George D. Graham. "The object of the scheme," there port continues, "of which these claims are a part, the board of con trol desires to Inform you, is to load up the state printing office with sup plies which will last for a period of from five to six years. The price which the printer Is at tempting to pay for these supplies is oiVageously high and the state will be defrauded of many thousand dol lars if the parties are allowed to consummate the deal." The report to Governor ' Johnson, covering some 35 typewritten pages, goes into detail into the business of the state printing office during the last eight years, the incumbency of W. W. Shannon. The specific recommendation of the body is that the governor, as presi dent of the state text book commit tee, refuse to approve the claims of these compaies for this last batch of supplies, which will overload, the de partmentwith materials. 1 n WILL ASK COLQUITT TO QUIT THE CHURCH UNITED PXZai U'RED WIRE. Houston, Tex., July 31. Because of his opposition to the effort to make Texas a prohibition state, Governor Colquitt, it was announced today, will be asked to resign from the Methodist church. Leading mem bers of that body declare the gover nor's aid to the liquor Interests is In compatible with his retaining mem bership in the church. o HE ENJOINED FORMATION OF A COMBINE UNITED Pimi LIH WIRI.l Lansing, Mich., July 31. "Circuit Judge Weist today temporarily en Joined the formation of the proposed copper combination of Michigan, In volving the consolidation of mines worth $82,000,000. He held that the proposed combination is forbidden by the laws of Michigan. Eleven companies are Involved In the proposed deal, including the Calumet and Hecla mines. FOREST FIRE DESTROYS UVZr I New York, July 31-RockefetJ- ler ownership of the Standard Oil Company and domination of its affairs will continue as for merly under the reorganization of the Standard announced to- day from its home office. Instead of one big company, there will be 33 separate firms and hold- ers of one share of stock in the standard on August 31 will hold a proportionate fractional ownership ln each of the 33 con- cerns. , AH of the new companies will , De couLruueu vy notncioucr oiiu t his associates, who are the hold- ers of the majority of the stock of the Standard OH company of New Jersey. 1 . 11.1 1 T"l 1.Jn11n .... . I 1 WILL ADVERTISE ALL DELINQUENT TAXES When August 3 arrives the officials of the sheriff's office will avail them-! selves of the provisions of the law enacted by the last legislature pro-j yming ior me auveriimug oi prop erty upon which the tax is delin quent and at that time the property of all those who have failed to pay their taxes will be advertised. The law makes it mandatory upon the sheriff to do this, and it also pro tides that the charges for the adver tising shall be paid by the property owner. Any one desiring to evade this additional charge should pay their- taxes before that date, August 3. THE COMMISSION ONLY EXPRESSES ITS OPINION In an opinion rendered Saturday at the request of the management of the Salem Falls City & Western Railroad company, the railroad com-: mission holds that while there Is no statute for or against granting to newspapers transportation ln return for advertising, that it believes it Will i be the better practice for the com-! pany not to do so. The commission ln support of Its advice calls attention, to the fact that under the lnter-state commerce law It is unlawful for .railroads to . grant trasportatlon to newspapers in return for advertising, and cites a re cent suprerhe court decision uphold ing the law. o HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER rnsiTED press leased wiRE.i Portland, Or., July 31. John Ep ton, age 82, years, a pioneer timber cruiser, was divorced today in the circuit court from his bride of s than a year, who charged him with neglect. Judge Morrow denied all- mony she requested. Mrs. Epton gave her age as 42. Epton disap- peared recently when he learned she had filed suit. HE SPEAKS DEFENSE OF RECALL Washington, July 31. Asserting that the federal courts have Invaded the constitution, the rights of the states and the legislative functions of congress and have become Instru ment through which the special In terests have been enabled to block all progressive legislation, Senator Owen of Oklahoma in the senate to day approved the recall of the Judi ciary. "The moment a recall law goes Into effect," Owens said, "the courts will promptly discontinue their un authorized, unconstitutional and im proper conduct of declaring acts of congress unconstitutional. To allow the decisions of those who make the laws to be set aside by a tribunal not responsible to the people Is to es tablish a judicial oligarchy and to, overthrow the republic. "If the power of recall exists the conduct of the judges will be such that the recall will not be necessary. The recall Is a much milder system than Impeachment." TURKEY IS PREPARING TO ATTACK MONTENEGRO f HNITED TRESS LKANRD WIRE. Constantinople, July 31. Com manded by high st a It officials, addi tional troops were dispatched from Constantinople to Albania, where guerilla warfare and massacres have been raging for weeks. The sending of more troops to re inforce the already large force in Al bania is taken here as confirmation of the report that Turkey is prepar Ig for hostilities with Montenegro, to which country thousands of Alban ian refugees have fled for refuge. GETS DEYOfi CONTROL EVERYTHING Itl ITS PATH HUNDREDS OF CAMPERS FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES BARELY OUT RUN THE FIRE Flames Leap 300 Feet Through the Air, Cross the Ridge Where Fight Was Made to C ontrol Them, and Now Rage Unhampered Through the Magnificent Timber of the San Bernardino Reserve, in What Is Known as the Westville Canyon and Houston Flat Damage Will be Enormous. UNITED PRESS LEASED W1U. San Bernardino, Cal., July 31. Sweeping aside the feeble opposition of the exhausted fire fighters, the forest fire which has been raging on the east side of the San Bernardino range today spread beyond all con trol.. Leaping 300 feet through the air i up the mountain side, the flames crossed the ridge where the flgtwns made to control it and spread into I Westvllle's canyon and Houston Flat. I Hundreds of campers, fleeing for their lives, barely beat the advance guard of the Are into Little Bear valley. . Until a thorough check has been made, It will be impossible to deter mine whether any lives were lost. Assistant Forester Long ln a call for outside aid Issued today declared that unless assistance came quickly there was no telling where the fire might end. The Skyland resort was attacked early today. After heroic efforts the resort was saved for the time being. Two rangers have collapsed from STANDARD TO DO BUSINESS ANOTHER WAY UNITED PRESS I.WASED WIRE.1 I New York, July 31. Positive an nouncement that the Standard Oil j Company of New Jersey is to be split) up miu us oriKiuai ja corporations was made by the trust officials this afternoon. In a letter sent to the stockholders it is stated that stock ot the various subsidiaries will be distributed according to their hold ings to stockholders of record on beptomber 1. .. According to the official notiflca- "on 8,ent. ou b' Standard, the transfer books of the company will be kui 4 , gna wm rema n closed until all the arrarvpements to turn the new stock over to its own ers can be made. This ,lt is expected, will be about December 1. The letter to the stockholders spe- ; cincauy states that "obedience" the final decree of the supreme court Chicago on a wager of $2000. Tom of the United States makes action kins bet that he could make the necessary." trip ln four months. - SpecialforSaturdayOnly Any Spring pattern suit in our store of regular value $20 to $35 Saturday $ 15.00 Any Spring pattern suit in our store of regular value $10 to $20 Saturday $10.00 This is the most exceptional clothing offering ever made by this store. The above includes a larger per centage of heavy weights, suitable for winter wear, we want our stock to move quick. Salem Woolen Mill Store overwork and heat during the last 48 hours. After much bickering between fighters and the rangers directing the work, backfiring was resorted to. Stung by criticism for refusing to permit this through fear that more serious fires might be started, the rangers gave the order. Many of the fighters, it Is said, refused to work unless the rangers yielded. The fire swept over the district from which the Arrowhead hotel ob tains its water, completely destroy lg the supply. Squirrel Inn and Pine Crest were still unburned at noon, although completely surround ed by fire. San Bernardino, Cal., July 31. Driven by a stiff wind from the West, the forest fires In the San Bernar dino mountains today are burning toward the most heavily timbered parts of the range. Already 15 square miles of timber has been de stroyed. Early today Assistant Forest Sup ervisor Long announced that he bad asked the government to send sev eral companies of United States troops from San Francisco to aid in controlling the flames. Wires are down nd it is Impossible to- obtain an accurate estimate of losses. Cour iers arriving today told of the de struction of the Elks lodge at Pine Crest. Squirrel Inn and Pine Crest, two of the largest camps ln the fire zone, escaped serious damage. Wo men and children have been removed to Little Bear Valley. Tim D,.n,,T,. 1 t n . hid omnium liuilio UL J.itlllUS Cjt Mooney, Cincinnati multl-mlillinalre. caught fire 12 times but was saved. J. E. Flshburns' home caught fire but . tne names were extlneu shed The entire region from a point onsi mile west of Squirrel Inn to the Da ley road, six miles east, has been burned over. o- " , Plenty of Candidates. Walla Walla, Wash., July 31. Eleven candidates are ln the field for the three positions on the commlsw slon that will govern Walla Walla after the general election here Au gust 28. The primaries will be held August 14. , . ; 0- -' ' " A OncuLoKged Weston. Now York, July 31. Ralph Tom kins, a one-legged youth of 18. start- to d todav to walk from Nnw VnrV