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South Wing of Prison, The New Auditorium Burns
lig Building Gutted by fierce Blaze
Convicts
Behavior
Splendid
Worked Like Beavers, Made
no Attempt to Escape
Salem Fire Department
Does Some Splendid Work
(Krom The Journal Extra.)
The south wing ol the penitentiary
with the new auditorium Is burning.
The lire started this morning at 10
o'clock and was Boon practically be
yond control. Immediately upon the
alarm being givon the convicts, prac
tically all of them were set at work
and they worked as if the building wag
their own, which Indeed It is as the
auditorium is far their especial enter
tainment. Hydrants Failed.
Thorn was trouble with the hydrants
which gave the Are a great start, and
the Salem fire department was at once
called upon, responding with its full
force, and making a quick run. Every
engine was soon at Work, but the size
of the building, and the big start the
fire hud, made the fight almost a hope
less one from the start. That the en
tire wing will be destroyed and noth
ing but the wall left seems certain.
As soon as the conditions were
known some fifty special police were
sworn in, armed and rushed to the
scene, but their presence is probably
not needed, as the convicts, one and all
are working like Trojans.
Business Is almoBt suspended as ev
ery one who can get away Is out at the
lire.
r ire Next to Penth Chambers.
The. fiercest part of the fire is rag
lnR right next to the death chambers
hi which there are confined seven
nwn sentenced to death. Five of these
are sentenced for the death penalty on
December 13th, wbi'e the two Hum
Throy brothers have made an appeal.
Tie confined men are yelling and
rounding wildly on the bars of theli
tis endeavoring to get out. The en
tir? place is filled with smoke and
feat confusion prevails. The officers
ot !' penitentiary are now in consult
ation as t() whether to put the men in
MwiH-r portion of the penitentiary or
not.
he Hiiflding Gutted.
At 10: 10 the fire is practically under
wntrol, but the big wing is gutted,
out of business.
The Capital Journal reporter was
the first man from the city on tho
6ro,i"l. making the run on a motor
CVrle, c'.wiy followed by another re
'm tho Journal.
The S( ne wa8 of thrlulnK )n
"jt, coupled as It was with the pos-
.Lllty ot an outbreak, but no attempt
d llls ,lllJ was made, and tho con-
of the convicts U beyond all
Praise.
Tlie quick response and splendid
r of tho Salem Are department and
nerole work of the convict alone
TT1-
Miss Cniiieron Kelt-lined.
Chicago, Nov. 25. Lucille Cam-
eron, of Minneapolis, the 19-year-
old white girl, held in Jull as a
witness against Jack Johnson,
negro pugilist, was released to-
day by United States Judge Car-
penter. The girl's release was
secured by her mother, Mrs. F.
Cameron-Falconet, who signed a
bond which Insured the appear-
ance In court of her daughter at
any tlmo called.
saved the big institution from utter
destruction.
Cause of Fire.
The real cause of the fire as yet is
unknown. The theory is advanced
that It might have started from elec
tric wires and others claim that this
could not have been the case. It Is
alleged that suspicion attaches to cer
tain convicts who have had the privi
lege of access to tho quarters where
the fire started.
Delay In Getting Water.
Through somo cause as yet unknown
there was considerable delay In secur-1
lug water and this gave the fire con
siderable headway before the water
mains were gotten into working or
der. A vast majority of the convicts
are working herolcly endeavoring to
put out the fire and the regular de
partment is being assisted by many
willing volunteers.
The Warden's Version.
"It might have been a oonvlct, but
I hardly think it possible," said War
den Bengln this morning, when ques
tioned as to the origin of the fire In
the prison's now auditorium. Tho
fire was first seen in the very top
story by a convict in the yards, and,
before men could get IiiBlde the struc
ture, It was a mass of flames, de
clares the warden, and, owing to the
bulk of the fire being located In the
topmost story, he bolleves that a de
fective wire caused the conflagration.
In any event a careful investigation
will be made of the interior of the
chapel as soon as possible, and If It
found that a prisoner was the cause
of the damage, the entire prison will
be ransacked for the culprit.
Gruesome Sight lleveulcd.
A gruesome sight was presented
when the dense smoke began to clear
In the death chamber, which Is locat
ed directly across from thee chapel.
The two nooses could be dimly seen
hanging up to the ceiling of the chain
five
to receive tne
uci citu -i -
whose necks are to fill them nnt
,r,. v.ev. -
month. Had the fire recehed su.-l
cient encouragement from a eouu
sent 15 men to death in Us nUo..
would have been dest-oyei'. !
Fireman Severely Hurt. ,
During the progress ol the u 1a
erett E. Fisher, one of the firemen
Iniiiml In
the leu mme. ;
by an ax, which was lu the hands of
one of the convicts. The prisoner was
..., in fiirhtitie the fire, when
anaiDL.i'p,
the back of the ax, which has a sharp
.... in, h nnlnt of a pick,
struck
Ull line i .. -,,
the -leg. inflicting a very pan L.I
wound. Mr. Ktaher was removed o
the dormitory of the city ha I. W
a physician dresse. the wound which
,11 comtdlcatlons set In. will oon
Mt of the ax oene-i
tTated e fl h almost to the bone,
Slhe Plucky flrenndhlBome
. ,
(Continued on Pg I
Epitome
of the War
in Europe
One of the Bloodiest, Short
est and most Decisive Wars
in the World's History
Turks oat of Europe
The Balkan war, apparently about
to end with the signing today of a
week's armistice, has been one of the
shortest and bloodiest and most deris
ive In history.
Arrayed on one side were Bulgaria,
Servla, Montenegro and Greece; on the
other, Turkey.
Montenegro began hostilities Octo-
icr 4, and Bulgaria, Servla and Creese
Invaded Turkey within a week.
The Turks did not win a single lm -
portant engagement, unless their de-
fense of Constantinople may be con-
s'dered one.
Of European Turkey, every square
foot has fallen Into the hands of the
allies except Constantinople and a 30
mile square patch adjoining it and the
towns of Adiianople and Scutari.
Few figures concerning casualties
have been obtainable, but competent
authorities estimated them today as
follows:
Killed.
Wounded. ,
Turkey
Ili'lgarla
Servla
Montenegro
Greece
It is estimated
.. 20,000
.. 10,000
, . 3,500
800
. . 300
that the
100.000
40,000
15,000
2.500
2,200
warring
states have spent $150,000,000 on the
struggle, not counting tho loss to trado
and property damage.
TWKLYK ItKL ATlVh'S
.Ml'IiDFHKD IN MEXICO
EXITED miss UAHCD WIllE.)
Kamloops, B. C, Nov. 25. Twelve
lelatives murdered In Mexico, Includ
ing father, mother, three brothers and
three, sisters, is the horrifying lnielll
guice conveyel In a telegram this
r. ornlng to Mis? Gertrude Hock, a mil-
liner of this city.
The massacre 'as pcrpcii.tieu
ex can rein-is ami u"' " i
t 0(.,.ui,.l 1)V Mr. ,,k "
K,lorl ,is,an,,.
(il ail,n,i,.H bau-;
,' e trviii-' to !'" ;" the daugbtei f,,- j
u
t,..Ud ..tt
rebels and occurred October
Siiinuc (eniperi in.
r'iu:i
Kocliester.
i-:.r-
I.K vf i.n nil' I
V.. Nov. 25 -Sai.c;
Gonipers, pr-
-sldent ol the Aiii'-ru .in i
I ii si-r;o'isiy Ii! j
nM,n f Labor
eneil Willi plleliniO-
here to'taV. tnie.n
nla. On acc
unlit of bis a.lvariee.1 ,uv
frunds arc
eVi;.
fiomner finds
worried over bis condition
ti, ,.,nvenl,ion of lb
Hi
1 11'.' '
Trade
,l..,.0rtliient of tie ''
..ierat
lie)'". ' -
,od a .
The g' n"ral cotneniion
,;an,r,lay .ph .be pj-U-in
Bnd oler old offlr,. of U,
federation.
San Fraiinlsm rv v.... o- x
San Francisco, Car., Nov. 25.
Whether or not lluth Kllleen, au
aged retired plasterer, and Mrs.
Annie Rollins, aged 30, who were
found dead from asphyxiation In
the hitter's fiat here today, com
mitted suicide or were the vlc-
tims of an accident Is puzzling
the police.
Coroner Leland has set the
date of the Inquest for December
3, and will make a rigid Invest I-
gallon.
Lieu Land
Cases Are
Again up
Attorney-General Crawford baa re-
celved notice from the clerk of the
jstate aml boar, Umt orl,lm ...
,,erg ln ,no tjt-IXMiHou lieu land
ca8eg hllvn Jlls, ,,,, nHllI.m,, from
j Washington, D. C. The atfcmiev - gen -
erai nn8 ft(l)j(,( ,, )(mr,j t() rum !hIi
( tlio names of the original applicants
to purchase, tho dates of their appll-
J oationa. their postofflce addresses.
the dates of assignment to Hyde and;
Benson, and the date of the d.i'd t3
Hyde and Benson, with a description
of the lands. Upon the receipt of this
Information the attorney-general says
that he will be ready to begin pre
paring papers to proceed with the
suit.
Attorney-General Crawford has al
so received through the stale land of
fice copies of t he notices from the de
partment of the Interior to the state
bind office that a special agent of the
Interior department has filed charges
imulnst the validity of the lieu selec
tions of F. A. Hyde. These selections
are three tracts of land In Colorado,
ono In I'tah and one In North Dakota.
All are said to be Illegal, because the
lands offered as a base for the selec
tions were procur.-d through fraudu
lent, or.d corrupt practices from the
state of Oregon.
It Is further stated In the chaws
that I tie i!nlicalloiis to the Btnu j
uere not made for the use and bene-1
fit ..-if (he applicants named, but foi
t'le iu'c and b'lie'i' of F. A. Hyde, or
hi agents, with intent on the part of
Hyde, or his agw.'s. to present Urn
n,,pli. -icon to the I'nited States in
,v.j, ..,. i-,r p-ibllc lands of l.e
(,:,., I Si:,. : i" Vi'tlalldll of law.
l Mill. F
Mtl;W.M, IS III l
I'
I t IJ.VHU. litB I
N.i.'. 25 Senator Ha'
,'. lo. k this morning
el 's death ( bailees the
(..-ll.'l'e. IliS V(te irilV"
t'c one more than a
ibfio;,.
d ai
ll'T
Sena'or lb:-'
control of t!1'
th.. lietnoi r'i'
ii.'i)')rity.
A s. flo1 '.''u"li. a Kepu'dlcati
i, e-ivernor ..f Maryland, and It Is !'-
,;,.,, !, ;ll api-oint. William I'.
i i.t,u.. to fi.l ' vacancy un'.l
atine nifts I" Jan.i-
i hi;, to
eft
I'ayner's suec-Mi-.or.
A TurVtifh victory Is repotted. Well,
j( , now or nev.-r. there Ik bind fon
LiBiiticople or no wher.
H V7 H
Returns
Complete
J Results on All but One or
Two of the 31 Measures
Voted on Are Now Known
and Are Given Herein
With a total of 118,3(19 votes lil,
255 for and 57.104 against the wo
man suffrage, measure leads the list of
ballot measures both in the order of
arrangement on tho ballot as well as
in the amount of Interest aroused bh
shown by the highest total vote.
"H majority, 4ltil, however, was not
1,9 ''irge as several other measures,
notably the banking uct No. 312, which
receive! H majority of 61,213, the bug.
est of all.
' The highest adverse majority was
ri filtered against 330, providing for a
,;la, ,10,('1 Inspector. This was de-
baled by the handsome majority of
",0X5.
The ollldal poll of the vote Is aliout
completed by the sei-retary of slate
nd with the exception of a few of the
measures at the end of the ballot, the
cfllclal figures for tho whole stale are
as follows.
3oo ;i.2ii5 :iu! - :.?, lm
302 50.5U2 303- 01, (Ml
301-
3I.K-31M-
-51.S.-.2
52.U45
;:i,sm
-32,:i.;4
:iii,-5i;,i;,i
;!"7- r.-t.is-:
::: - 47,i..n
31 1-70.32:.
313 21.73X
315-40
:;i:i ',:''
321 - -57.27'i
323 toi
325- :,0.7I3;
327--vl.M:
312 S2.HSI
:i i t;5.'.iv,
:i:s- 20,-t';:!
32" -4X.TUI
322 - 35,72 1
I-.2I 4.!l!l
3iii 23.K72
:!lv-P,4,7!i:!
:i:,e 10 !ilu
332- (;4,:,"S
13l-l,7l.5
'tr.ii T.'i.suo
f3X-.7l.M7
;',li:il,yi7
; ,i -v.i i:,2
32
i.'.i 5 12
:-l vc-j
4s.ii7i !
' 1
117
Jin
;t4 -'ii:
t:i mi
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r.i
- in i'i
i i2 !:
1-1
III'.
III l h I TUMI I IH
! k mii lis or ( o si. i: I ss
' . Mill. I !..-- 1 1 '
ll 1
V
n.r'oi .miv
,e,'H of the I'll '
con e "t.-pl. Hep', ill'
;,. .,,,!.-, h.i.e a a'
I
t I'.e
I-
.haw 117 :,- salarv tin .m'ii
ll'.-tlme. if a bill pre; ..' e, l.y
liorl-io'l. of Tefi.l. Ii ci"d
lleillR 1 1." Kefiilld tnail O'l ll.
In
is-
Roi.roiii'iatlotis commit!
Hurl
It III believed, will Kalu the appiov
of both houwn for bis n,.uv.ui
Flre-Klthler Missing.
Santa Monica, t'al., Nov.
No trace h u lnvii found tudav of
KilUHl'll I'Mlev u dr.. II. .1,1 I...
Is believed to ha,. ot Ills e
III the forest thes llini me Ii
burning In the Mulllm district.
Counter Hindu liaie checked the
progress of in,. Humes, ami II Is
believed toil, iv llml ,rv will
spread n further. Four hundred
llre-llghlers Htlll are on duly.
president of tho I'nited States, at the
conclusion of ills term, should be
obliged to engagh In business or pr.
feflslonal work, aeoirdliig to itinlesoii.
I'OSSIItl.V Ml Kit
HIT MIV HE M ICIKE
lUSITHIl I'lltHH IKMIk.il IV I It R
Tacoina, Wash., Nov. 25 Hlieilf
Hubert lionginlro Is today probing the
death of George Sinnlslrc the 10-
year-old orphan boy, whose body wiut
found In the woods a short distune
from llin V. R (kmld ranch Iiduhk,
near Woodland, Saturday, with u bul
let hole through the temple.
Certain information in the hands of
the sheriff ninl Dick l''ia,er, a pri
vate detective, leads to the liellef that
the lad came to his death by murder.
Coroner Shaver Is or the oplnl ,n
the boy rominllled suicide.
Mere l t Itelib llineh.
Iunitki) i iirsri imsr.ii mint
Ijis All:eien, ( al., . r, I'uli, ,.
detectives who are returned i,,,lav
I'ioiii San lmPi (i.shi, sabl that I ail
l!edebach, w hi uteIH., a Vi--i -mile
the ciiiral pollen Hiallon here,
v.as In-lit In pu i ini-.. on,, iciiiilli In
l"l I, fill llllV III,, i ,lle fe ColllS ill
III" po ,;;ei, ,,,n. While i J,,. .
I -in Ii ailenipt' d to siiu e bin. elf
Overcoat Weather....
and here the Overcoats are, at
SALEM WOOLEN MILLS STORE
at
$10 to $25
in a Profusion of .Styles for
Exacting Men
H a
VVOI I. I .. I
tl ll', lie- ' '-
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at , 1 ' - ' l: ;il''.f i 'o
Bishop's
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SALEM .WOOLEN
Conflict
in Europe
Certain
Biff Powers Mobilize Their
Reserves and Battleships
on Way to Scat ol War
War Seems Unavoidable
li'Nirtii I'liinn maiiiii wim
Paris, Nov. 25 - Although the Ini
tial Hliualloii lesnlilng from the slrug
I'le In I be llalkan stati'M Is reKiitdixl
here IihIiiv iih luiirovel, thorn Is lit t It
indication of a sen lenient.
ll I,, report. st (but ItiiMsln. Auslrlii,
Gennaiiy and Italy have mnirly 2.MI0.-
I tr.Hipn mobilised, and Hint. tblr
navies are ready for any eveiitunllty.
Sen In rri parlim.
Vienna, Nov. 2.i. - '1'liat the Servians
ale iiioiiullng more guns n llielr forts
ill Belgrade Is slal.sl Hi a illsialcb re-
i.lved Ili'l'M li.ilay flout Selllllll, llllli-
i.iii y, vlilcli In lo. ate.l aiT.oii Hie river
Inn I In. Sei Ian I iipltal.
Ml n. , I 1 1 . is thai call be Hpiuivl from
Mi ha -in himI 1'reireinl arn rwalb d to
I 'i 1 1: i ml I iv Hie Servian g.ni inn. lit.
Il.illli .hips ill the Uny.
I '..ii .i.itii uiople. Ni.v. 2 i I'onlli u.a-
i1. .ii of lie' repoil iluii llni Turk cajc
i ,i.-. sun llnl,-,, Huh i last night at tlei
ll'olllllllieil no puna I )
mi; I .- .1. i. ;
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