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JTMB OIK.—NO. 152.
BANGOR HAS
$6,000,000
BLAZE
Entire Business Section of the
Maine #ty Devastated in
Five Hours
ONE MAN KILLED AND
HUNDREDS HOMELESS
i
Score ni Buildings Blown Up in
an Effort to Check
the Flames
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED
AS FIRE DEFIES FIGHTERS
BOR. Me., April 30.—Prop
erty valued at more than i
66,000,000 was destroyed, hun
dreds o fpersons made-home
:}»j3 anid almost the entire business
section' °r.th'3 ity was devastated in
the lirsi 1 vc hours of a fire which at
' 11 n'c!^^ tonight was still raging.
\ One Hire is known to have been lost,
=;an unidentified man who was killed \
by a fa!i|ng wall.
Mayor -Mullen called out the com
pany of national guard here and
placed tsc city under martial rule.
Portland, Le\vi>toon. Augusta, Old
town, Brewer and other cities and
towns .within reach were asked for
help and sent i:
Dynamite Used Liberally
. At 11 o'clock a score of buildings
had been blown up in an effort to
check ■ the flames and dynamite was
still being liberally used.
The fire started in the hay shed of
the ].] .Frank Green Co. in Broad
street and in a short time was sweep
ing through the city in a northwest
erly direction.
Before midnight both idea of Ex
ciiangc <treet. (rom. YoVk to State,
both sides of State street from Ken
duskeagto Broadway, a considerable
part of Central Franklin street, nearly
all of Park and Marlow streets .were
In ruins and the flames had made in
roads of nearly a mile into the best
residential section of Broadway, Cen
ter and West streets.
Calls for Aid Delayed
Half an • hour after; the. first alarm,
nearly a dozen buildings were In
flames, and the fire was eating Its way
northerly <- n either side of Kenduskeag
stream. In' its path were banks, of
flr« building?, the public library and
"other structures, ail of which were
consumed.
The city was soon shut off from, tele
phone communication by the burning
of the centra! office and calls for aid
from Portland. Lewiston and Augusta
were sent out by the'wire chief of
the company -who climbed a pole and
cut In on a trunk line. The telegraph
company's offices were both burned
early in the conflagration, but later
temporary offices were established out.
tide the fire zone and communication
was restored.
Firemen Seem Helpless
Serial alarms were sounded almost
simultaneously. In addition to the fire
at the corner of Broad and Exchange
. streets the Bit/men found a blaze In a
bicycle repair shop in the rear of the
telephone office^ Both fires spread with
such rapidity that the firemen were
helpless.
One of the few buildings to escape
destruction was the City hall. This
was in the direct path of the fire, but
the flames leaped over it and it was
hardly scorched.
At this point the flames crossed the
• Kenduskeag and continued along both
sides of the stream.
As the fire burned north, the path of
destruction widened, while sparks set
Innumerable fires, many of, them a con
siderable distance from the main con
flagration.
Flames Bridge Chasm
An attempt was made to' stay the
progress of the flames by dynamiting
several blocks, but the fire bridged the
'chasm and continued with unabated
fury.
Help from. outside cities began to
arrive soon after 9 o'clock, the Augusta
department being the first, and to It
was! assigned the duty of saving the
residence • district if possible.
Among the first buildings burned
were the Waynes and Chalmers build
ing, the liocigklns block, the' Flsk'e
building, Fairbanks & Co. building and
the Bango'r public library.
Then followed the telephone ] office,
thVpoßtofficp, the Morse-Oliver block, a
seven story structure in which was lo
catfd the offices .of the Bangor and
Aroostock railroad; the Windsor hotel
and'several churches.
At 10:*fl o'clock a' large part.of the
wholesale district, aa well as the entire
retail district, was In flames and few
. If any ot the" buildings seemed likely
to escape. ;
■ 'In all sections of thn city people were
luntlnurd on Page 2, Column 3
THE San Francisco CALL
Daughter of Judge
and German Baron
Married in a Cafe
[Special Dispatch lo The Call\
PORTLAND, Ore., April 30.—
Romance thrust itself into the
grill of Richards cafe last night
and Hnns Yon Turffs, who says
that he is a German baron, and
Miss Elizabeth Blackburn, daugh
ter of a Tennessee supreme court'
Judge, were married beside the
table where an hour before the
subject of matrimony
broached.
A year ago Yon Turffs met
Mrs. L. L. Ackley, elster of the
bride, in Great Falls. Mont., and
through her Miss Blarkhurn. It
was almost love at first sight says
yon Turffs, but the wanderlust
still gripped and he left Great
Kails. Recently Mrs. Ackley and
her sister came to Portland and
were -followed by Yon Turffs.
I^ast night they had a little cele
bration in the grill.
Yon Turffs and Miss Blackburn
were talking in a subdued tone
when the former shouted:
•Til dare to rignt now."
A hurried trip was made for a
license and a Judge awakened to
tie the knot.
"My estates are broad, there is
no occasion to worry about bins."
said Yon Turffs. The couple left
today for San Francisco where
they will make their home.
CANTON A CITY OF
CONSTANT CARNAGE
Rebels, With Fanatical Bravery,
Keep Up Attacks on the
Imperial Troops
HONGKONG. April 30.—A1l advices
from Canton indicate a desperate con
dition In that city. There are 30.000
soldiers within the walls an.l there is
great fear many of these will prove
disloyal .if it appears that the rebels
are about to gain the upper hand.
The rebels are strong in numbers
and have carried on their work of de
strm tion with fanatical brsvery. They
made an attack upon the provincial «r
--fenal. but were I Toops
under
Many revolutionists were killed and
some fled to an unoccnpled , rice- Ptor<»
and built a barricade with hundreds.of
bags of rice. The troops found great
difficulty in assaulting the barricade, as
the rebels threw bombs with accuracy.
Finally the store was set on fire,
while the troops remained at nome dis
tance to pick off those who might seek
to escape the flames. Thirty or more
rebels were burned to death, while
others committed suicide rather than
be taken.
i.Tn a gathering at Canton
■ pposed to the Manchu
igo several hun
■-rived from Hongkong. The plot
to overthrow the government was be
trayed and the leaders of the movement
urged the viceroy's bodyguard to join
forces and kill the Manchus. This the
horivguard refused to do. with the re
sult that when the attack was made
upon the residence of the viceroy a few
day? ago the revolutionists were routed.
Certain bo<lles of troops may be de
pended upon not to abandon the rulers,
and all attempts by the rebels to in
duce them to Join the revolt have proved
futile.
But the rebels, working together ac
cording to a well devised plan, have
succeeded in doing much damage to
property, in addition to killing some of
the officials. The family of the viceroy
is now living on a gunboat.
While the authorities have not been
able to capture the leaders, several sus
pects have been arrested and promptly
decapitated. It is feared, however, that
some of these were innocent.
The American gunboat Wilmington is
now at Shamlen. the foreign concession.
MAIL CARRIER 25 YEARS
NOW GETS A PROMOTION
San Jose Man to Have Charge
of Branch Office
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAX JOfK, April 30.— H. R. Tripp,
for a quarter of a century a carrier and
clerk in the local postofflee, will be
promoted to a superintendency tomor
row morning, when he is to take
charge of a branch postofßce to be
opened In West San Jose.
The district comprises the Alameda
residence section and the railroad
yards district.
The branch Is the second to be es
tablished in this city.
EXPLOSION DEATH ROLL
WILL NOT EXCEED ONE
SACRAMENTO, April 30.—Attend
ants at the Southern Pacific railroa.d
hospital today report that the condi
tion of George W. Klliott and Andrew
Johnson, helpers in the shops who were
Injured yesterday afternoon by the ex
plosion of an acetylene gas tank, is
more, encouraging than last night.
While both are seriously Injured,
.neither is In a critical condition.
Fears that Elliott would lose his
hearing, as a result of the concussion,
were set at rest today by physicians
after an examination.
Johnson Is more seriously hurt. His
bod\ is a mass o»" bruises and cuts and
lie may be left partly blind and deaf.
Southern Pacific officials are investi
gating to determine the cause of the
explosion which resulted In the death
of Otto Harmson anti Injured three
utliers.
SAN FRANCISCO, • MONDAY. MAY 1, 1911.
CHINESE PARTY
MAROONED ON A
BARREN ISLAND
Ten Men Subsist Eleven Days
on Abalones and Almost
Without Water
Sail Waved by Sufferers At=
tracts Pleasure Seekers in
Launch to Beach
Rocks Prevent Landing, but
Supplies Are Furnished
and Rescue Promised
[Special Ditpatch to The Call]
Sax mK.;<>. April ::» -Ten Chi-!
on the Northwest
Shelter Island, is miles from San !
Diego, marooned for the la.st 11 ■,
days. Up to noon today they had b»»n i
for the greater part of the time -with- ,
out water, and their only food wu r. I
few abalones.
The immigration launch Orient left
h.re tonight to rescue them.
The discovery was made at noon to
day by a party consisting of Frank
Pixley, the comic opera librettist;
Harry S. Harkn"ss, millionaire aviator,
and EL J. Chapin. agent of the North
company.
They left here today in a launch for
ist of
Men Wail in Agony
As they pulled in near the Northwest
Shelter island, Pixley saw a man wav
ing a piece of sail. They drew rearer
and came upon nine Chinese on a nar
row liearh. six of whom fell prostrate
on their faces and sent out a spon
taneous wail of appeal. Two others
Jay motionless «n«l a third was writh
ing ahout on his belly. uttrrin=r <lc- !
lirious. incoherent tries.
The sea, between the launch and the
beach "was full of rocks and It was
impossible to effect a landing, but the
party ,;sot" close enough to converse j
and Pixlev, who talks a little Chinese,
learned that the castaways had been
marooneti th»ro for' JO dsys" without
any wator, exr.eit WhaC'llUlo'they lilml
"when**the vessel In which they were
wre<-ked broke up and left them ashore.
Water and Food Furnished
By means of a -number of liot j
bottles, Pixley's party managed to get '
water to-the Chinese. They -also put
their luncheon Into a Runny sack and
threw it to the Chinese; who Waded
out on the rocks and managed ,to
gather it In. The launch then, re- | '
turned.and gave the alarm.
About a week ago, two white men |
marooned on the opposite side, of : the i
same island were rescued. It was
hinted' that they were smugglers of
Chinese, but they professed to be
magazine writers. They disappeared
and it would appear that they were
in charge of the craft' from ; which
the Chinese came, and left their
charges to perish.
BOUQUETS OF ROSES
ARE WAR MISSILES
Society Battles With Petals
When Pretty Skit Is Staged
at San Rafael
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[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN RAFAEL, April Laughing
girls half hidden in a shower of rose
petals '" on the Garden • theater stage
fought a gay and valiant battle with
the audience last night in the society
show, "How the Vote "Was Won," giv
en by the San Rafael Improvement
club. Beautiful bouquets were mis
siles of warfare. , '
. The play depleted the troubles. of a
young Englishman' who was besieged
by all ; his ; own relatives and * those of
his : wife, who insisted on living with
him until he agreed to vote for wom
an's suffrage/William' Henry * was the
unfortunate : husband as Horace Cole.
' The : remainder of the cast. was as
follows:
Ethel Cols..' ..... Mis*: Mary Henry
Winifred.:.......... Miss Charlotte KettK
Agatha C01e...'....'......"..'...J11rs . Irene Farrell
Molly ......; Mis. Dorothy Churchill
Mroe. CbristlM .........Miss Cornelia • MrKlnnle.
Mtudie 5park...............Mif* Florence Locke
Miw. Utzl* Wllklas... ktiai Ethel Moore
IJly/..:.;... .Mrs. John G. Howell
Gerald Wi11iam*.'........'. ....Joseph Uoshuroujrh
The play : was followed- by ' clever,
silhouette -character ; work by. H. B.
King and a new version ; of "Reuben
and Rachael,? sung, by > Miss '1 Dorothy.
Carmlchael ' and i William Henry. ':'■-+J
-.':. Mrs.% Vincent N«sale's• original ;, farce.
."Maids and -Bachelors; or, Employers,"
Beware." was ••' next. Mrs.*; Neale,: who
Is president of ;,ther Improvement?club,'
wrote- the 1 play about * the .employers'
liability.?' act. -■ It was replete with
humorous /situations ■: and dialogues.'
The, cast of the play was as follows: .
Bert Hallow* .. '. .Arthur Evans
J«ck- Dawkln*. Harry. K»ans
Harold Fellow* ...; ........Tack I*wl»
Tom Van F1eet."....;.... ..".Tom .Mpnzlen
Joe Jackson..;..'.'. Edward Howard
Alicia Gwen.'.Y.;.".'.." Mi-s Dorothj (irabnni
Ju«Jle Mathenn ........... Miss Beatrice Hmvilt
Helen 1 Kam«eyr.T/.'.";":.'.".Ml** Adeline Howard
Kathleen O'Snlllvan...... .Ming Xoulk*- iVhltelaw
Kit' Martin ...........:........... Fred Howard
Benjamin Locke. . .I.t:hli> Richardson
The JudKP. ..■..;..'.. „.. Chifald . McGregor
I/Ohlm Aneelique :...........Miss Marie Sarme.t
Matilda Matching . ...Mrs. marie* Mason
5heriff........... .'•.:..............:.. .John Fox
The Improvement club will, give'an"
elaborate outdoor,',show 'May 20 -at
Boyd park to raise more funds ', to
tight mosquitoes. ' »
T.tTlsas*!"*^.*-^. „*;*. ■■■31 ■-.■■:';.-'. ■ .
Welcome for Sarah Bernhardt
French Consul Provides Poem
SARAH BERNHARDT
Four snapshots of the great French actress taken by a Call photographer when she arrived at Third and Townsend
street’s yesterday.
MAN WHO JOKES WITH A
DEPUTY SHERIFF SLAIN
Edward Evans Shot to Death in Richmond by Thomas
Higgins After Quarrel About Bantering
HMOND, April 30.—Ekjward
Evans, employed by the Standard oil
company in Point Richmond, was shot
and instantly killed this afternoon by
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Higgins, after
a quarrel which arose out of harmless
joking started by Evans,
The shooting occurred in the en
trance of the St. Francis hotel, where
the two men met after having just
separated.
The two men met in tie hote 1
ly aft' 1 with
Higgins, but Dot in an offensive way.
STANFORD GIFT OF $100,000
WILL BUILD ART GALLERY
STANFORD UNIVERSITY,, April 30.
Thomas Welton Stanford. of Melbourne,
Australia, has given an additional $100.
--000 to; Stanford university, which will
be used to build an art gallery on the
campus to replace the; art wing :of ', the
museum destroyed in the : earthquake
of five years!ago. :
The donor is "a. brother 'of the late
Iceland Stanford and has made other
valuable gifts ? :to the uni the
most Important i of- which was * the gift
After a few sharp words from (Hig
gins the men parted and Higgins left
the hotel. ]{■< returned a few minutes
later ami met Evans in the hallway.
Without a word Higgins is said to have
pulled his revolver and shot Evans
through tho h'-art.
Kvans was known as a mild, even
md had many friends
among the workers in the oil company.
body was removed to the
- 26 years old and un
married. He had no relatives in Rich
mond.
of a ; number of valuable and famous
paintings. The duty, on these 'works
of art amounted to $200,000.
Jiince the art gallery was >, destroyed
the works of art owned by" the . unl
■ varsity havn not been properly housed,
and Thomas "Welton,Stanford's latest
gift will be used', to provide ■ gallery.
The pift has not yet been formally
accepted by the* trustees ,of Stanford
university, butrthere - no question that
within a short time the fund will be
available for the university. ' ;
' THE WEATHER
YESTERDAY — Highest temperature, 54;
lowest Saturday night, 46.
FORECAST FOR TODAY—Cloudy, un
settled; light south wind.
ACTRESS HAS ROLE
OF ETERNAL YOUTH
Eulogy Read by Henri Merou
Provokes Hearty Thanks
for Reception
WALTER ANTHONY
Looking every day of thirty-five,
Sarah, the "divine" Eernhardt, arrived
yesterday morning in the city she
helped to rehuild. To bo exact, the
Southern Pacific placed her private
car. the Bernhardt, in-th.? sunlit yards
at Third and Townsend at 5:45 a. m.
- What: impressions she may have felt
in looking: over: the' town she last saw
when it wasn't ; were smothered in the
felicitations of her delegated country
men who went as a committee to wel
come her, or. were silenced by the un
blinking f eyes of many cameras which
the press leveled at her still youthful
face. '•■ * ■.■ ' •:;-:,.■■
Nevertheless, the great actress was
happy. „, of
greeting that wa her at the
rtepov amiably for the cam
era •Qttul, though she protested, that
all photographs of her were "abomin
able;" and she endured with fine for
titude the scrutiny and queri<
those of us who in our accounts of the
arrival of srreat personages are pur
veyors of the news and sometimes
first aids to the press agent. Finally
she waved a friendly farewell to the
crowd that gathered to watch the pro
cess of picture taking or t" prazp rap
turously on the - s O f
France.
Impersonifkation of Youth
She stepped into a waiting automobile
with the agility of a miss in her teens,
and tmiled seraphically as she ac
knowledged tha silent adoration of the
throng of detained passersby. if Bne
were acting, she never did a better
impersonation of youth than that yes
terday morning when, after a long ride
following h performance in San Jose
Continued on Pace 3, toiuian 5
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
McNAMARAS
MUST WAIT
FOR THEIR
HEARING
Defense Is Awaiting the Arrival
of Clarence Darrow to Take
Charge and Postpone*
ment Is Likely
PROSECUTION IS SAID
TO WELCOME THE DELAY
Continuance Will Give State
Time to Connect Details of
Evidence Gathered
by Sleuths
ACCUSED MEN SPEND
QUIET DAY IN PRISON
{Special Dispatch to The Call]
LOS ANGELES, April 30—The ex
pected arraignment of the Mc-
Xamara brothers and McManigal
on the charge of having: dyna
mited the Times building and i
the death of 21 employs probably will
be delayed several days, although it was
scheduled for not later than Wednes
day. The defense is awaiting its lead
ing counsel, and the prosecution would
like more time in which to fit the tech
nical points into its chain of evidence
agains^ the accused men.
Meanwhile the prisoners are languish
ing: in the county jail, seeing no one
and spending their time reading: maga
zines. Clarence Darrow Is expected,
here to assume control of the defense,
but no word has * been received as to
when he will arrive. . In the interim
the district attorney's, office is busily
engaged in dovetailing 1 the -Various hits
of evidence gathered by the Burns de
tective, agency into a whole that will
overwhelm the defense.
Await Other Lawyers
It is reported in official quarters to
day that the arraignment might await
the' arrival of attorneys representing
the National erectors* association, who,
it is said, will join District Attorney
Fredericks and his , assistant. W. J.
Ford, in the prosecution of the M*;*-
Namaras. Since his alleged confession
to the prosecutor three days agn, and
his subsequent refusal"'to see attorneys
for the defense, McManigal is left out
of all consideration by the friends of
the McNamara brothers.
District Attorney Fredericks spent
the day in the country and could not
be found to verify the report. concern
ing the expected legal aid from the
east.
The strike situation in the city added
to the perplexities of the labor leaders.
Conference Held
Anton Johannsen of the state build
ing trades council and Joseph Gray,
president of the carpenters' union, who
came down from San Francisco to di
rect the battle of the local carpenters
for a higher wage and shorter hours,
were in conference with the officials
of the Los Angeles organization most
of the day. Andrew Gallagher, it was
paid, had been in the city three days
ago and was expected to return tonight
or tomorrow to join in the discussions
of whether a general strike should be
called to compel the acceptance of the
union's demands.
The proposition of a general strike,
heretofore minimized by the labor lead
ers themselves, became more of a prob
ability today, when it became known
that instead of accepting the carpen
ters' demands for $4 for eight hours,
the employers were rapidly discharging:
all union men.
Strike Is Deferred
At a meeting last night the carpen
ters decided to defer their proposed
strike from tomorrow, the day origi
nally set, to May 4. The attitude of
the employers then, it was said today,
will largely determine whether men of
other crafts will join in a general
strike to enforce the demands of the
carpenters, and likewise those of the
iron workers, who have been out for
months.
In the county jail the McKamaras
and McManlgal spent a quiet day.
None receive.l visitors, and the Af<^-
N'amaras therefore were unaware of
the worries experienced by their
friends outside over the uncertainties
regarding counsel.
All three arose early, and after cold
baths in 'the; basement of the. prison*-*
displayed lively appetites at breakfast
At dinner each ate separately; under
the, eyes, of Jailer'Gallagher, the food •
having been •purchased for ; them out
: side. Roast beef, vegetables, fruit and
cake constituted the fare.
i Decline to Attend Church
; Divine services 7 are conducted every
; Sunday- in tjie prisor.. but all three ;
I prisoners declined with" 'thanks the
! Invitation of the missionary -woman to
attend.
, The cell of each nun -i, light eaougU}