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CRIPPEN AND GIRL
COMPANION SAIL
TO FACE CHARGES
Rope Catches Doctor by Neck as
He Boards Steamer for
Fateful Voyage
MISS LENEVE BREAKS DOWN
Typist Faints as She Reaches
Vessel's Deck and Is
Carried to Cabin
(Associated Press)
QUEBEC, Aug. 20.—Hawley Harvey
Crippen and Ethel Claire Leneve sailed
for England on tho White Star liner
Megantic at 7 o'clock tonight and are
due at Liverpool at noon next Sat
urday. By Saturday night they will
probably be lodged In a London jail
to await trial for the murder of a
woman supposed to be Crippen's wife.
Belle Elmore. .
An extraordinary accident occurred
as Crippen crossed the gangplank.' It
carried an omen that might well de
press a man in tho shadow of the gal
lows. Crippen came hurrying across
the plank, handcuffed, his hat pulled
low over his eyes and his chin buried
In his collar, trying apparently to
dodge the photographers.
In his haste he ran squarely into a
rope that held the gangway steady.
The rope'eaught him under the chin
and jerked him backwards, and had
not Inspector Dew grabbed him, Crip
pen would hnve fallen and possibly
pitched between the two vessels into
the wtitiT.
Notwithstanding the fears of the
British police that the dentist might
commit suicide, the occurrence was
ton palpably nn accident for its na
ture to be mistaken.
MISS LBJTEVB FAINTS
Miss Leneve, who had left the Jail
■with every evidence of willingness, had
to be supported as she crossed the
gangplank. An she reached the deck
of the Megantlc she fainted and had
to be carried to her cabin. It was
half an hour before she revived. The
girl never has recovered from her
collapse at first, although her condi
tion has caused her Jailer no anxiety.
Inspector Dew made the departure of
the famous pair In a manner,to fur
nish a fitting, climax to their sensa
tional capture. The fruits of Dew's
Seep thought during his twenty days
of solemn silence first became evi
nent at • 8 o'clock this morning, but
the full beauty of his scheme did not
appear in all its elaboration until the
hour of palling.
The finishing touch to a twelve-hour
performance that more tha,n once
verged on opera bouffe came when the
Scotland Yard Inspector climbed the
gang plank and, with impassive coun
tenance, entered his name on the pas
senger list as "Sillas p. Boyle." This,
In spite of the fact that Dew was
probably the best known man aboard
and that among his 900 fellow pas
sengers fully 600 had met him here in
Quebec.
Consistently he registered his assist
ant sergeant, Mitchell, of Scotland
iTard as "M. F. D. Johnston."
Mrs. Stone, one of the wardresses
brought from London to look after
Miss Leneve, appeared on the passen
ger list as ."Mary Byrne," and Miss
Foster, her companion, as "Miss Ogil
vie."
sijecth's nmn STUNTS
If Dew's object has been the attain
ment of publicity he could not have
chosen a better ship than the Megan
tic. She carried 260 members of the
"Queen's Own." a crack Canada regi
ment bound for England to join the
British . army maneuvers. Several
Canadian newspaper men and photog
raphers accompanied the regiment and
others came from Montreal on the
Megantlc this morning to see them off.
Dew smuggled his prisoners from the
local jail at 7 o'clock with three hacks
and five provincial detectives to help
his own Scotland Yard force. Then,
by circuitous routes, he drove to the
river at Sillery, a village a mile from
the Jail in a straight line, but seven
miles over the road he chose.
Before the three hacks had reached
the river the whole countryside was
aroused, and when a party of news
paper men came In pursuit shortly
afterward they had no trouble in find
ing the trio. In an automobile they
reached Sillery in time to see the tug
Queen puffing up the river with Dew
on ■ deck wearing ft triumphant smile.
Thus tho British detective escaped
the photographers on shore, but the
Megantte .on her downward voyage
from Montreal was not due until noon
find the. Queen had to lie oft Cape-
Rouge nearly three hours, until the
liner arrived.
The photographers chartered a tug
and overhauled the Queen just as the
Meg-antic hove In sight. For the next
half hour there followed an exhibition
of marine maneuvering that would
have delighted the heart of Captain
Mahan, the Queen trying to reach the
Megantlc so as to put the prisoners
aboard unobserved, the sharpshooters
on the tug jockeying for place.
DEW IS DEFEATED
Finding his task Impossible, Dew
finally had the Queen lashed to the
steamer's side and put Crlppen and
Miss Leneve aboard under a camera
fire partly masked by the efforts of
the two prisoners to hide their faces.
Crlppen dashed up the gangplank with
his felt hat pulled low and his face
buried in his coat collar, while the
girl had her features effectually con
cealed by a heavy blue veil. So anx
ious was the Inspector to foil the pho
tographers that every eye witness at
Sillery said he made Crippen hold a
handkerchief over his face- when he
walked from the hack to the dock, al
though vno reporters or cameras were
then visible.
While the prisoners were being
transferred from the Queen to the Me
gantlc passengers on the latter were
barred from the shelter deck by which
the pair , entered. There was'a heavy
fire of small cameras, however, from
the deck above. .
It Is understood that Crippen and
Miss Leneve will be confined closely to
their cabins during the voyage except
[or a short time each day when. they
•rill bo permitted to take exercise "on
LOS ANGELES HERALD
NICARAGUA REVOLUTION
IS NEARING AN END,
SAY CABLE REPORTS
• NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 20,—Thnt the
revolution In Nicaragua, is nearlng an
end is Indicated in coble report* received
In New Orleans tonight from Slangim
and her contra! points.
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST
Lou Angele* and vicinity—Fair Sunday,
Except cloudy alone; coast In the morning;
light westerly wind. Maximum temperature
yesterday 82 degrees; minimum Mi
LOS ANGELES
Court permits increase In expenditures
of company owning famous Porter
ranch. Section 1, PAGE 5
Graduate of Princeton university is ar
rested In Los Angeles on charge of
caving defrauded former classmates.
Section 1, PAGE 10
City attorney decides council has powM
to revoke spur track franchises.
Section 1, PAGE 10
Bank Clerks' association prepare to pre
«ent melodious farce. Section 1, PAGE 9
Griffith J. Griffith criticizes city coun-
clal for failure to improve large park
he donated to public. Section 1, PAOE 9
Purd B. Wright addresses City club nn
advantages to public from well con
ducted public library. Section 1, PAOE 9
Massachusetts and New Hampshire so
cieties picnic In Sycamore park.
Section 1. PAGE ">
Man who attempted suicide now seeks
to take daughter^rrom wife whom h*
claims deserted him. Section 1, PACE 10
Election officials crowd court room to
adjust errors made at primaries.
Section 1. PAGE 9
Union Tjengiie club lays corner «tone of
new building. Section 2, PAHE 7
Democrats and Republicans who backed
Lincoln-Roosevelt league to get to
gether on third ticket of Good Gov
ernment nominees. Section 1. PAGE 7
Former minister dies as result of fast-
Ing In house of "Mystery." and wo
men are Berlously 111. Section 2. PAGE 6
Theaters. Section 4, PAGE 1
Society, clubs, musio. Section 2. PAGE 10
Oil and mines. Section 3, PAGE 3
Markets and financial. Section 2. PAGE 11
Automobiles. Section 2, PAGES 1-3
Sports. Section 2. PAGES 4-6
Real estate. Section 3. PAGES 1-2
Marriage licenses, births, deaths.
Section 3, PAGE 4
Classified advertising. Section 3, PAGES 4-7
Editorial, letter box. Section 1. PAGE 8
City brevities. Section 1. TAGS 7
New« of the courts. Section 1, PAGE 5
Municipal affairs. Bectlon 1. PAGE 10
Personals. Section L PAGE 10
Sshipplng. Section 3, PAGE 11
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Boy shoots himself by accident and Pasa
dena police think he may belong to gang
of marauders. Section S, PAGE 10
Union Tool company's employes picnic at
Redondo Beach. Section 2, PAGE 10
Society women sponsors for benefit enter
tainment for Venire Volunteer Life Sav
ing corps. Section 2. PAGE 10
Hundreds of motorcyclists will ride to Ven
ice today to take part in out Ins.
Section 2, PAGE 10
Five prominent residents of Terminal ar
rested for giving publlo dance without
securing permit. Section 2, PAGK 10
Thousand Michigan people enjoy midsum
mer outing at Long Bearh.
Se.tton 2. PAGE 10
Similarity In names on ballot used by
voters at Redlan'ls may cause legal con
■ test. Section 2, PAGE 10
COAST
Arrest 'William Day In Miami. Ariz., sus
pected of being partner In Megollon-
Sllver City stage holdup.
Section 1. PAGE 3
Congressman Humphries, close friend of
Cannon, announces he Is opposed to re
election of the speaker. Section 1, PAGE 1
Forest fires In Idaho. Oregon and Washing
ton sweep forward and endanger towns;
frantic calls for more troops; Wallace.
Idaho, doomed. Section 1, PAGE \
Son-in-law of James J. Hill puzzled by
legal proceedings over custody of
daughter. . Section 1. PAOE 3
Eight passengers Injured by derailment
of Southern Pacific cars near Ooal
inga. Section 1. PAGE 2
EASTERN
Senatorial Investigators of Indian land con
tracts exonerate Vlc« President Sherman
and Senator Curtis of any Improper rela
tions with mutter. Section 1, PAGE 1
John Hays Hammend lauds Taft's ad
ministration. Section 1, PAGE 8
Currency association of national banks
formed under Aldrlch-Vroeland act in
Louisiana. Section 1, PAGE 3
Giant detective of New York murdered
by roughs. Section 1, PAGE 2
Distribute federal appropriation to the
state militia. Section 1. PAGE 4
Bull campaign develops new phase In
cotton market. Section 1, PAGE 2
FOREIGN
Dr. Crippen and Miss l«neve sail for Eng
land to face murder charge; girl faints as
she boards steamer. Section 1, PAGE 1
German emperor dedicates fifty-first palace
in German Poland. Section 1, PAGE 1
France may maintain a flotilla of aero
planes for war service Section 1, PAGE 2
SELLS OUT ENTIRE HOME
TO SETTLE SALOON BILL
CINCINNATI, Aug. 20.—A pathetic
story was revealed by Mrs. Beta Rol
ling in her suit for a writ of replevin
before Judge Meyers here yesterday.
Her husband, who had not been sup
porting her, compelled her to work in
a shoe factory and sold the household
furniture of their little flat, including
the baby's go-cart and clothing, to a
bartender for $3 to pay a bar bill. The
bartender refused to allow Mrs. Rolling
to enter the fiat when she returned
from work, and the woman was prac-
tlcally homeless.
Judge Meyers issued the writ of re
plevin free of charge and saw to It per
sonally that it was served.
BUENOS AYRES LOSES
MILLIONS IN FLAMES
BUENOS ATHES, Aug. 20.—A big fire
hi the business district of Buenos A.vres
during the night destroyed a department
■ ■tore known a» the City of London. The
. lorn I* estimated at several million (loi
-1 lam. • ■ " - ■'• ' __
SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1910.
ACQUIT SHERMAN
OF ANY PART IN
INDIAN LAND DEAL
Probers Declare Vice President
and Senator Curtis Did
Nothing Improper
BOTH MEN CLEARED BY GORE
Two High Officials Exonerated in
Formal Statement by
Blind Statesman
(Associated Press)
SULPHUR, Okla., Aug. 20.—The s«
lect committee appointed by the house
of representatives to investigate In
dian land affairs and the so-called Mc-
Murray contracts, and which also has
been Investigating the Gore bribery
charges, tonight issued the following
statement:
"The committee has heard and care
fully considered all of the testimony
Uy considered all of the testimony
submitted and is unanimous in opinion
that there is and was no warrant for
any person to use the names of Vice
President Sherman and Senator
Charles Curtis in connection with any
Improper relation with any contract
whatever."
This is the opinion of the committee
after hearing scores of witnesses who
appeared following • the ' testimony of
Senator T. P. Gore. Senator Gore de
clared he had been approached by
Jake L. Hamon and that Hamon, act
ing in the interest of J. F. McMurray,
had offered him (Senator Gore) $25,
--000 or $50,000 as a bribe to promote In
congress the contracts by which Mc-
Murray was to receive 10 per cent at
torney's fee on the sale of $30,000,000
worth of Indian lands.
The senator testified Hamon men
tioned Senator Curtis and Vice Presi
dent Sherman as being "interested"
In the deal, Mr. Sherman being named
as the man "higher up." Kamon on
the stand denied he had ever said any
thing about the contracts to Gore.
The committee report was-signed by
Representatives Charles Burke, South
Dakota; C. B. Miller, Minnesota; E.
W. Saunders, Virginia; J. H. Stephens,
Texas, and Phillip H. Campbell, Kan
sas. -
GORE MARKS STATEMENT
In giving Its decision today the com
mittee, announced It had received from
Senator Gore a statement relative to
Vice President Sherman-and Senator
Curtis and that the committee "com
mended" Senator Gore's statement. ,
J This; statement from Senator Gore,
which was read and inserted in . the
official report of the investigation, fol
lows: • - . ■ • ■. ■.
"To the investigating committee:, I
feel in duty and.ln honor bound to
make the following statement; also in
consideration of common Justice to
ward the parties concerned. Neither'
the name of Vice President Sherman
nor Senator Curtis was mentioned by
me on the floor of the United States
senate. That the name of either of
these parties was alluded to by Mr.
Hamon was steadfastly withheld from
the public until this Investigation be
gan.
"No public mention of their names
was ever made either directly or In
directly by me until I was required
and obliged to do so testifying as a
witness under oath and detailing the
conversation which occurred between
Mr. Hamon and myself. I then made
formal protest against introducing
their names, but the committee in the
proper pursuit of Its duties required
me to make a full answer without res
ervation.
REASON FOR GIVING NAMES
"Their names were disclosed not
with any view to inculpating them, nor
with any view of suggesting guilt, but
merely in order that the truth and the
whole truth might be related with ref
erence to the details of the conver
sation In question. The public must
realize that the name of any man
could be used or misused In the same
connection, either as an argument or
otherwise, and no public official can
have immunity and protection against
such an injury and injustice.
"In my last remarks in the senate I
said ""that the integrity of man can be
impeached upon the testimony of an
interested and untrustworthy witness.'
That was my conviction. That Is my
conviction now. I am sure that In
the court of public opinion no Judg
ment or verdict has been returned
either against the vice president or
Senator Curtis on account of misuse
of their names.
"The Investigation Is now practically
concluded. ! Many witnesses have been
examined, a volume of evidence has
been adduced, and there is no testi
mony tending to establish any improper
connection on the part of either of
ficial with the approval of the so
called McMurray contracts. While the
public has had no reason to suspect
any such improper connection, yet ,1
would venture to suggest, and If 1
may be pardoned, would request that
the committee at the earliest practi
cable moment make an authorltlve
finding and statement to the effect
that no evidence has been presented
tending to establish any Improper con
duct on the part of either Vice Presi
dent Sherman or Senator Curtis re
specting the subject of this investiga
tion.- , . '
• PROBH NOT FINISHED
The committee announced that the
Investigation had not been concluded.
Mr. McMurray will continue his testi
mony on Monday. Much of McMur
ray's testimony today related to Rich
ard C. Adams, an attorney of Wash
ington. After President Taft had per
mitted to be made public a letter In
which he expressed a belief that the
Indian enrollment should not be re
opened and that only fne Indians now
enrolled should be allowed to partici
pate In the division of the lands, Mc-
Murray had many of the Indians send
telegrams to | Adams commending the
president's attitude and Incidentally
recommending the McMurray con
tracts.
These ! telegrams were afterward
turned over to the attorney general
by former Senator John M. Thurston,
McMurray's counsel, this belne- the
"unsolicited" sentiment of the Indians.
The witness' said Mr. Thurston prob-
(Continued on l*«»» Twt)
FIRES ENVELOP NORTHWEST CITIES
Vice President of U. S. Declared Not
Involved in Indian Land Contracts
s
SENATOR GORE, WHO MADE CHARGES OF IMPROPER TRANSACTIONS IN THE
INDIAN LANDS, AT LEFT OF VICE PRESIDENT JAMES S. SHERMAN.
CLOSE SUPPORTER
DESERTS CANNON
Congressman Humphrey Comes
Out Against Re-Election
of Speaker
SEATTLE, Aug. 20.—Representative
"William E. Humphrey, one of the clos
est supporters of Speaker Cannon, in
the house, stated tonight that he would
not vote to re-elect the speaker. Mr.
Humphrey is being opposed for renora
ination by the insurgents of his dis
trict because of his relations with
Cannon.
The congressman says: "Press dis
patches in the last few days have an
nounced that Mr. Cannon has decla»'#d
he will be a candidate for the speak
ership of the next house of represen- I
tatives. Ido not believe he will be. I
have waited several days for an au
thoritative denial from him, but he has
not seen fit to make one. This action
on the part of Mr. Cannon, which I
regret very much, makes me ferl that
it is my duty to state publicly that I
do not think it to the best interest of
the Republican party for Mr. Cannon
,to be a candidate for speaker of the
sixty-second congress and if he is, that
I shall not support him.
"There is a ttFOng public sentiment,
just or unjust, against his re-election
as speaker. I cannot believe it would
be to the best interest of the Repub
lican party to re-elect Mr. Cannon
again to the speakership."
STUDENT SEEKS HEALTH;
FASTS FORTY-SIX DAYS
Youth Suffering from Catarrh
Tries Heroic Remedy
DENVER. Aug. 20.—Rowland Miller,
a young student of this city, has not
tasted food for forty-six days. Water
he drinks in great quantities. He pur
poses to eat nothing for ten days more.
Suffering from catarrh and being too
poor, he says, to obtain professional
medical attention. Miller decided to
fast himself Into health. He came to
Colorado a year ago from Wisconsin
in the hope of bettering his physical
condition. The young man weighed
148 pounds at the oeginning of his
heroic treatment and up to now has
lost forty-six pounds. He was able to
be about until a few days ago.
ARREST CITY TREASURER
FOR $40,000 SHORTAGE
TELL.URIDE. Colo., Aug. 80.—V. V.
Rodgers, former city treasurer and
county assessor, who is said to have
confessed to a shortage of more than
$40,000 In his accounts with the city,
was taken into custody early today.
When the alleged shortage was dis
covered several days ago arrange
ments were made so that Rodgrrs
culd reimburse the city and no pros
ecution would follow. The time for
restitution expired last night and the
arrest followed.
ARREST POLICE CHIEF
FOLLOWING GAMBLING RAID
NARRAGANSETT PIER, U I , Aug.
20.—Chief of Police James B. Caswell
was arrested today on a warrant
charging malfeasance in office as a re
sult of the raid on the Narragansett
club a week ago Sunday morning, at
which Chief Caswell is alleged to have
trier) to protect the gamblers. Wil
liam E. Arnold, vice president of the
Club, was arrested for the second time
on the charge of maintaining a gam
bling nuisance.
EX.SENATOR WILKERSON DYING
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20—Former
United States Senator Wilkerson of
Florida wax taken from his home here
to a hospital today in an unconscious
and apparently dying condition. He is
76 years old.
KAISER DEDICATES
ROYAL RESIDENCE
Massive Structure Built to Sym
bolize Prussian Rule in
German Poland
POSEN, Aug. 20.—Emperor William,
the empress, Crown Prince Friederlch
Wllhelm and Crown Princess Cecilie,
Prince Eitel Friederich and the
younger members of the imperial fam
ily arrived here today for a house
warming of the new royal residence.
The festivities will last three days.
This palace, the fifty-first owned by
the emperor, to maintain which he re
cently sold two of his smaller country
places, has been built, for reasons of
state, to symbolize to the Poles the
Prussian supremacy in German Poland.
It has been assigned by the emperor
as the permanent residence of Prince
Kill 1 Friederlch, his second son. It
i.s a maspive structure, built at a cost
of $1,338,0^0, covers nearly an acre and
a half and contains more than 600
rooms. Among these is the great ban
quet hall, surpassing in size and bril
liancy of decoration any room of the
kind in Germany, being a fifth larger
than the famous white hall in the
imperial castle in Berlin. Its walls are
paneled and richly carved in marble.
A tower 240 feet high surmounts the
chapel, which is exquisitely decorated
with mosaics executed by Professor
August Oetkin of the Imperial Techni
cal school at Charlottenburg. In this
Emperor William will personally con
duct divine services when in residence
here, as is his custom.
DENIES JURORS WERE TOLD
T. R. WANTED INDICTMENT
Names of Big Men Figure in the
Perrin Case Investigation
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20- That he
would not draw an indictment charg
ing C. P. Snell with perjury because
he did not believe that he had com
mitted that cflme during the Perrin
trial, was the statement of Assistant
District Attorney Black in response to
thje questions of Senator Stone during
the afternoon session today of the sen-
J ate committee's inquiry into the ad
ministration of criminal law by fed
eral officials. The witness also denied
in answer to the senator's queries that
Special Agent William ,T. Burns had
told the grand Jury that President
Roosevelt, Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock and Attorney Oeneral Bo
naparte desired the Indictments of Dr.
Perrin.
Near the close of today's session Mr.
Black was cross-examined by Barclay
Henley, attorney for Dr. Perrin. The
cross-examination was marked by sev
eral lively tilts between the witness
and Henley, but no facts not brought
by Senator Stone's questions were
added to the record which will be used
when the senate committee meets at
Washington.
CHARGE I. C. OFFICIALS
WITH DEFRAUDING ROAD
Arraign Former General Manager
of Railroad
CHICAGO, Aug. 20.— John M. Tay
lor, general storekeeper of the Illinois
Central, who, with Frank B. Harri
man, former general manager of the
road, and Charlei L. BwinK, former
superintendent of lines north of the
Ohio river, is charged with conspiracy
to defraud the road, was arraigned
before Judge Cottrell In the municipal
court today.
Taylor requested a continuance until
August 23, but Chief Justice Olsen in
structed Judge Cottrell to set the case
for the chief justice's court for next
Monday.
The cases of Harriman and Ewing
are set for next Friday. '
,i\v<l I. ( 't \l> FIX • n.tIT.Y 2<\ ON TRAINS So.
Oli> \j<Lj£j VUi JJCiO . SUNDAYS sc. ON TRAINS 10&
WALLACE DOOMED; FOREST
FLAMES LEAP INTO IDAHO
TOWN. SPREADING TERROR
Western Union Wires Rendered Useless;
Operators Forced to Flee for Their
Lives—Communication Cut Off
WOMEN AND CHILDREN REMOVED
Timber Sections in Three States Prey to
Blazes —Nevada Town Threatened,
But Escapes Destruction
(Ansoclated Press)
MISSOULA, Mont., Aug. 20.—Wallace, Idaho, is doomed. At
10:30 p. m. the whole town was on fire. The flames were first com
municated to the south end of the town from the forest fires. The
last words of the telephone operator were that the fire was within
fifteen feet of him and that he had to run for his life. Women and
children rushed out on special train over Oregon Railway & Navi
gation company It is thought, however, that no lives have yet been
lost.
At 11:15 p. tn. communication with Wallace is impossible, as
.telegraph and telephone operators have left their posts.
The Northern Pacific officials at Missoula have a wire to Wal
lace but are unable to learn details. Both the O. R. & N. and the
Northern Pacific are rushing people out of town in the direction of
Kellogg and Wardner as fast as possible, and there is no danger so
far as the lives of the people are concerned.
The forestry officials here are still in ignorance as to the cause
or extent of the fire. The latest bulletin issued by the local officers
was that the town was safe. This was timed 8 o'clock. The Postal
Telegraph company ordered its operator when he left his office at.
Wallace to cut in farther down the line and a report is expected from
him later.
Shortly after 11 o'clock the district officials of the forestry serv
ice were notified that the little town of Libby in northern Montana
was in imminent danger.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. • 20.—
forest fires which are devastating va
rious parts of the northwest are more
threatening'tonight than at any pre
vious time- this year. Except in the
Colville country in Washington and the
Wallowa fire In northeastern. Oregon,
where the flames are supposed to be
under control, the situation is most
discouraging.
At Wallace and Murray, Idaho,
where the fires on Placer creek which
were believed to . -be • subdued have
broken out with renewed fury, fears
are expressed for the safety of the
towns.
At 4 o'clock branches of trees were
falling upon Wallace, driven there from
the forest fire, which is only two miles
distant. Under direction of forestry
officials, soldiers and laborers have be
gun backfiring between Wallace and
the fire.
The mining town of Murray, Idaho,
is seriously threatened by the flames,
which surround the . place, according
to telephone reports received here at 3
o'clock this afternoon. The burning
embers are being carried from ridge
to ridge and the people are fearful of
the result.
SMOKE CAUSES DARKNESS
The smoke from fires which have
been revived b*y the wind darkened
Wallace this afternoon so that it was
necessary to light the electric lights
in the stores and on the streets. The
sky is a dull red. One fire is raging
on the Mullan road, three miles from
the town; another in Placer creek and
a third at the Polaris mine.
In Oregon the most serious situa
tion is in that part of the Cascades
forest reserve that lies between Kla
math Falls and Medford. Two great
,fires are raging In this district, one in
the vicinity of Mount McLaughlin
(Mt. Pitt), and the other on Ashland
creek. The latter is threatening the
water supply and the electric light
plants of Ashland. Fear is expressed
for the safety of the town itself, but
this danger probably is exaggerated.
Combating these fires, the forest
service and private timber interests
have about 500 men in the field and
250. regular soldiers are on the way
from American lake, Washington.
The forest service in Portland has
asked for information from the San
Francisco officials of the service as to
whether regular troops in California
are so located as to be available in
fighting the southern Oregon fires.
No hope of a relief from the present
dry spell is given by the district fore
caster of the United States weather
bureau in this city.
Forester Ceicil declared that if more
fire fighters are not on the scene with
in the next few hours it will be just
as well to let the tire burn itself out
without attempting to combat it.
He says that the forestry service had
drafted every available man in south
ern Oregon into service, but the num
ber—4l0 —is entirely inadequate to stay
the progress of the fire, which now has
a frontage of about twenty-five miles.
Cejcil tonight telegraphed to Wash
ington urging that the forestry service
arrange with the war department to
have the entire Oregon National Guard
ordered to the fire.
ThR difficulty which prevents the
sending of the federal troops appears
to be that there is no available ap
propriation to cover the expenses of
the troops. President Taft's blanket
order to provide troops to assist the
forestry service apparently contem
plated that the troops move on foot
from the nearest post.
The great distances between the
fires and American lake prohibit any
possibility of marching. From Amer
ican lake to Medford, for example, is
about 450 miles, or from three to four
weeks' march.
Ijato today Forester Cecil received a
telephone message from Brigadier
General Maus, at American Lake,
stating- that pending the adjustment
of difficulties that have arisen, the
250 troops promised for fire fighting
purposes in Southern Oregon will not
be sent.
jj^J CENTS
HIGH WINDS SWEEP FIRE
THROUGH MONTANA FORESTS
Foresters Give Up Hope of Stop
ping Conflagration
KALISPELU Mont., Aug. L'O -Thf
forest fire situation in Northern Mon
tana is the worst in the history of
thil section ;is the result of the high
winds which set In this afternoon,
causing the forest rangers practically
five up all hope of staying the pro
trress o( timber conflagrations. Three
liis new fires were reported today, to
gether with the destruction of two for
est rangers' camps with all their .sup
plier and possessions. The men have
fled and their uhereabauts tonight are
not known. They are in the gravest
danger, however, and Forest Super
visor Haynes will meet two companies
of soldiers at Olney and an endeavor
will he made to rescue the men.
The forestry- officials tonight are
fighting overwhelming odds with abso
lutely no chance of accomplishing any
thing without heavy rainfall. On the
Blackfoot forest tonight alone there are
nineteen distinct fires, many of which
are practically beyond control. The
whole region lying north of the Great
Northern tracks extending toward the.
Canadian frontier is a mass of flames.
Eleven companies of United States
troops are now on the forest reserves
Three more companies arrived tonight,
from Camp Sparta, Wis., and from
Belton, and will be detailed to various
points. Two companies are en route
from American Lake, Wash.
It was reported last night that a fir*
had broken out near Smead, a little
station on the Northern Pacific, jusl
west of Thompson, and was doing con
siderable damage. The fire Is burning:
so closely to the track that tralT;
the line has been stopped.
APPEAL FOR MORE TROOPS
TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES
Situation in Oregon Is Becoming
Extremely Serious
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Forest
fires are spreading in Oregon and to
day the situation in the Wallowa and
Crater national forests In that stat*
is extremely serious. The forest serv
ice received telegrams from Its dis
trict officials making urgent appeal tot
additional troops. It was said that,
five more companies were needed to
cope with the conditions of the Crater
forest. The war department promised
to comply with the request, so far as
troops were available. Fifty addition.'l
soldiers were ordered to the Wallowa.
and more will be sent, if possible.
General Leonard Wood, chief of staff
of the army, has ordered a train of
about seventy pack mules from Fort
Russell, Wyo., to Missoula, Mont., to
be used in sending supplies to the
troops who ara fighting the fires in
the interior of the forests. The.?*
mules will be used wherever nre<l<'<l.
The fires in tho Colville national for
est in Washington, have been extin
guished, according to a telegram re
ceived by Associate Forester Potter.
The two companies of troops which
have been operating in the Colville res
ervation are being transferred to other
points.
While officials here find some con
solation in tho sanguine report from
Washington state, they are rathoi
simlstic over the genoral situation, for
as far as the flames are conquered in
one locality they burst forth with re-
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