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CITY EDITION
VOL. 1.—No. 172. TIIE WEATHER—Probable Sho.vers.
RICHMOND, VA, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1910.
10 PAGES
NEWTON OUTLINES
CRIPPENDEFENSE
Attorney For Fugitive Dentist
Tells How Case Will
. be Fought
5AYS PROSECUTION
CAN PROVE LITTLE
Accused Wife Murderer and Miss
Leneve Are Now Ou Their
Way Back to Lon
don.
LONDON, Aug. 22.—From Solict
or Arthur Newton, attorns) for Dr.
H. H. Crlppen. who i* now en route
from Quebec to I^ondon to undergo
trial for the murder of his wile, Befit
Klmore, the United Press to-day se
cured the first outline of the defense.
Kmotional appeals to the jury, such
as figure in American courts, New
ton declared, will not be made. From
his standpoint the case'appears sub
stantially as foiluwa.
Fragments of a human body were
dug up in the cellar of the house ol
It. Crlppen. The police say the
bricks under which these fragments
were found had recently been Up
turned, but expert evidence will be
forthcoming that it is impossible for
any one to determine this point, as
suming that the bricks had been un
touched for as long a period as a
month.
Dr. Pepper, the government ana
lyst. states he has Identified the re
mains as that of a woman, but Dr.
Marshall, who conducted tile post
mortem. testified before the coroner
that he could not swear as to the
question of sex, and it Is doubtful
If Dr. Pepper's belief can be substan
tiated under cross-examination.
Difficult to l*r«»ee.
At any rate, it seems certain that
the prosecution will fail to make
good its claim that the fragments
were those of a woman who once
underwent an operation, the over
whelming weight of the medical evi
dence being that It is a sheer impos
sibility to find such traces in remaliu
“i \ viiuiuhu v»4 imw uim iM'.'iru
In the Hiildrop Crtncnl residence.
The police expect to make much
of the fact that f'rlppen is known 0
have pawned jewelry belonging to hit
wife after her disappearance, but the
defense, Newton say*, will show that
he was for years constantly pawning
and redeeming this jewelry.
As to the significance a>f Crippeni
flight with Miss JUeneve, Wi typist
the defense will point out that il
was perfectly natural for the doctor,
in view of hi* wile's admittedly mys
terious disappearance, to feel that h.
was under suspicion, and that it was
lij no means surprising for him u
shrink from a police Inquiry.
The defense will make the most o!
the fart that Inspector Dew Call* .1
to find enough evidence against Crip
pen in hia first examination of tlic
doctor to warrant an arrest.
Only Heal hviiicixe.
The finding of the human remain)
and the flight of the doctor are th.
only possible bits of evidence ni«
prosecution has, Newton contends.
“ "The only real evidence." be *ays
“is that I'rippen ran away, and upon
that point the prosecution mus; m*iM
its entire fight."
The concensus of legal opinion her*
is that unless the police have a fai
stronger chain of evidence than hm
yet been Indicated, the court w il! uv
tually order the release of Orlppen
Rome criminal lawyer* are even bet
quitted.
Newton will not say who is fur
Dishing the money for I'rippen j dr
fenae. but says he h* liberally supplied
with funds. Crippen is rountol for
tunate in his selection of Newton, v. hi
is one of the cleverest criminal law
yers in England.
Now on Atlantic.
FATHER POINT. Qt'E.. Aug 22.—
A wirelesa message from Fame Poin
states that the steamer Megantiu, ni
which I)r. H. H. Crippen and Ethe
Leneve are being returned to London
passed out of the mouth of St. Law
renee river this morning The trif
has been uneventtul thus far and th<
two noted prisoners are kept cloself
confined to their cabins.
When the White Star liner Dassec
here Sunday afternoon a white can
vu screen erected on the after dec I
could he seen from the shore. Thii
puuled the shore observers until th.
pilot came back and explained that 1
had been put there so that the ttv<
prisoners could be given regular ex
•rclse and at the same time be ehel
tered from the observation of th<
other persons on board.
Miss Lencve Is on the passenge:
list of the steamer as Miss J. Byrne
while Orlppen Is booked as Cyrui
Meld. A tug boat with press repre
sentatlves on board followed thi
steamer down the river for some dls
tance, but was not allowed to gi
alongside, and neither the prisoner
nor their guards could be seen.
MILLIONAIRE MAY
BE JAILED AGAI>
Second Victim of His Automobil
Said to Be Dying—Out
on Bail.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—The sec
ond victim of the automobile of mil
Uonalre Edward T. Rosenhelmer I
reported to be dying: to-day. and
Roaenheimer, who Is out on ball, no*:
— ~ he rearreated. The physicians attend
Ing Miss Anna McCabe, who was wltl
Miss Grace Hough when the latte
met her death under the wheels o
Rosenhelmer's car, say that there 1
little chance for her recovery
Rosenhelmer’s bond Is $16,000.
MAX 18 FATALLY BURNER
IN DESTRUCTION OF HOM1
WHEELING. W. VA.. Aug. >1.—J
W. Barker is dead from burns sus
tained early ,to-day when his hom<
w^s bumsd at Raven's Hock, W. Vs
A son was badly burned about th
face and a small daughter jumps!
from an upstairs window and wa
sewisuato Injured.
Cane for Captain
Captain Thomas B. McDowell.
PRESENTS CANE TO
CAPT. POWELL
I Mi'iulu r- of Co. A. Blues, Show
Regard for Their Coiu
luanding Officer.
As a token of tneir confidence and
esteem forty-six members of Com
pans A. Uiehmond Light Infantry
Blues, Monday afternoon presented to
Captain Thomas B. McDowell a hand
some sliver headed cane.
The presentation took the coMl
' mantling officer of Company B com
pletely by surprise. Shoftly after
one o’clock he «a» startled by the
entrance of the men of hla company
into his office in the Mutual building,
i The Blues, though in civilian attire,
, stood at attention, while Sergeant J
B. Puller announced the ohject of the
; visit. In a few words telling of the
| loyalty of the men of A Company, he
! onerea inf* present ms onicer.
I The latter was visibly affected by
tha gift, but quickly recovered and
warmly thanked the donors.
There are flfty-eiv men In Company
i A, and those who were not present
: were either out-of-otown on vaeations
or business Those who were present
; at the presentation Included:
Sergeant R. W. Hicks. Kergeant J.
i B. Puller. Sergeant R. E. Horton. 8er
j grant i- C. Knowles. Sergeant L. O.
Morris. Corporgl F. L. White. Cor
poral R. W. flllllam, Corporal W. F.
I bnimeller and Privates K. A. Broom.
J. J. Burke, Jr . T. R. Ramsdel! Jr.,
K. C. Ktdwell, E. A. Falrlamb. Walter
j Cheatham. T. R. Norris. B A. Riegers,
j C. D. Taylor. C. J. Honahoe, I>. R.
i Gregory, ft. G Boatwright, J W, Sav
' age. J M Wilson, Barton Womble,
J. T Houston. <>. C. Lehman. O. K.
Lehman. K. W. Gresham. G. G. Tuck
er. 8 C. King. C. C. Phillips. C. Met'.
Brown. Q. K Epps. Herman E. Edell,
is .B. Prinnard. A H. Wars, Wade
'Courtney. Q. <\ Kern. G E. Ready,
j H J. Mosley, Ed. Wortham, 8. I,
Sowell. A L. Ideals. J P. Ramos and
i W U. McGeorge.
CONFESSES THEFT
OF HUMBLE STONES
. Alan i> Arrested hv Buffalo Po
lice With the Goods
On.
Bt' FFAI.O, N. Y., Aug. 22.—Will Mc
Dermott, 2ii years old. arrested as a
suspicious person on Saturday, and on
j whose person IJ.fiOO worth of diamonds
| and Jewelry was found, broke down
; to-day and confessed that he had ta
ken the jewels from rooms of a I>ela
awre Water < lap hotel occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ramho. a promi
nent Philadelphia couple Philadelphia
1 police were notified. The authorities
1 say McDermott has a bad record.
Property Transfer.
A deed of bargain and sale was re
corded in Chancery Court Monday be
tween Henry 8. YYallerstein and wife
; and others to Mark T. Thompson.
1 The former convey! to the latter
I property Improved with residence No.
« South Second street for $10 and
other valuable considerations.
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HOOSEVEtr* 1TI > FH AKV.
Leave New York, August 2S.
10:30 A. M.; arrives I'tlca, 3:5?
P. M
leaves Utica. August 34. mid
night; arrives Ruftalo 6.20 A. M.
August 16. leaves 7:50 arrives
Chicago 9 P. M.; leaves 10:45 P.
M.
August 26. arrives Omaha* 3:28
P. M.; leaves 3 I'. M
August 27, arrive Chennye. 1:25
A M.
August 29. leaves Chennye,
8:35 A. M.; arrived Denver, 11:25
A. M.
August 30, leaves Denver. 7.45
A. M.; arrive* Pueblo, 11:43 A
M.: leaves, 12:30 P M
August 31, artlves Osawatomle.
9:30 A. M.
September 1, leaves Osawa
tomie, 9:35 A. M.; arrive* Kansas
City, 12:15 noon, leaves Kansas,
City. 10:40 P. M.
September 2, arrives Omaha.
6:25 A. M
September 3, leaves Omaha,
7:60 A. M;: arrives Sioux City,
A. Ml leaves. Ll.ti A. M . ar
rived Sioux Kails, 4:30 P. M
September 4, leaves Sioux Falls,
8 V. M.: arrives Fargo. 6 P. M
September 5. leave* Fargo, 11
P M
September 6, arrives St. Paul,
8:30 A. U., leaves, 10:20 P. M.
September 7, arrives Milwau
kee, 6.06 A. M.; arrives Freeport,
12:10 noon: leaves Freeport, 1:40
P. M.; arrived Chicago, 4:65 P.
M.; leaves. 12 midnight.
September 9. arrived Cincin
nati, 8 A. M.
September 10. leaves Cincin
nati 9 A. M.; arrive* Pittsburg,
(-20 P M.; leaves Pittsburg.
11:10 P. M.
September 11, arrives New
York. 8:16 A. M.
Total number of miles, 6,493.
JamesCouch Playfully Points
Pistol at Breast and
Pulls Trigger
HEAVY BALL PASSES
OUT OF MAN’S BACK
Talking With Friends Takes Re
volver from Pocket ami Emla
Life Before Anyone
(.'an Prevent.
Plating a Colt’s forty-five against
hi* chest. James A. Couch, manager
of the shipping department of the
J. A McDonough laquor Company
at (Met Hast Car* street, pulled the
trigger and sent a Mall crashing
through his heart Monday manning
at 10:30‘o’clock. He never breathed
again, the ball went through his body
as if it were paper and burled itself
in the wall back of where he was
standing when he committed the
deed.
Couch fell to the floor with Ulood
streaming from a gaping wound over
the heart and a large hole in the hack
where the big ball came out after
plowiug through his heart.
The deed was done so quickly that
J. S. Blxby and James K. DewIs. two
men who were with him, were unable
to interfere.. Hushing to his side aa
soon as he fell, they found that he
had inflicted a mortal wound and
could see that there was no chance
of Mg surviving.
No motive can be found for the
suicide. Couch was popular with his
employers and with the entire force
of workmen, and none of them could
give the police any idea of the man’s
cause for the act.
The two men who were with him
when he fired the shot, however, be
lieve that it was accidental, and that
an "
revolver exploded.
How It Happened.
I-ewis, a white man. ami Btxby,
colored, (jave a graphic description
of Couch's last moments. Both con
cur to the letter in their story of
how the suicide came to his end .ind
declare that before pulling the trig
ger he gate no evidence of his in
tentions.
The two men were at work on the
second floor of the building when
Couc hcame up from down stairs and
picked up the Colts 45. that belonged
to him and that was always kept In
the large room where he committed
the deed.
Without having much to say with
either of the men. Couch flourished
the revolver and aaid to l>ewis
"Haven't 1 always treaetd you all
right. When I-ewis replied in the
I affirmativ e Couch turned to Blxby and
repeated the question and received the
same answer. "One of these days I
am going to place the gun to my
; hheart like this and let her go,'' said
| Couch. And suiting the action to the
, words, he pulled the trigger and his
| two companions were horrified to see
him stagger and fell to the floor.
The revolver flew from his hand
and blood spattered all over the room.
A small hole in his chest showed
where the ball had entered, and a
gaping wound in the back showed
where it had made Its exit.
ed and made an examination. He
1 found that the man's death had been
i instantaneous, and declared that the
ball had pierced the heart almost in
the middle. He told the men that
there was nothing that could be done
for the victim.
The police were notified and hur
ried to the scene and Coroner Tay
lor reached there soon after the police
and began an investigation. He view
ed the remains and will hold an in
quest in the early afternoon.
Search of the dead man's pockets
resulted in the discovery of a letter,
sealed and addressed to his wife. The
i latter, accompanied by her children,
Is spending the summer in the coun
1 try. Coroner Taylor did not open the
; letter, but telegraphed "to Mrs. Couch,
asking her to come to Richmond Im
! mediately. She will be given the let
' ter. and then will be asked to inform
left Letter to Wife.
the police as to it* content*.
The missive Is said to have been
written only a few moments before
Couch killed himself. This fact leads
the authorities to believe that Its con
tents may give some reason for self
destruction.
Coroner Taylor, after making a rigid
; examination and questioning the wlt
i nesses of the suicide, decided that it
i would not be necessary to summon a
i Jury.
I The dead man was thirty-seven years
I old and had been employed by the
| McDonough Company for a number
of years.
No funeral arrangements will be
i made until the police can communt
| cate with his wife and learn her
wishes.
MIDDIES ARE OUT
ON PRACTICE CRUISE
Football Squad to Go on Leave
at Onve and Re}>ort
Early.
. AXMAPOW8, Ml>. Aug. 2*.~-Thf
! battleship squadron, ori which the
; 550 midshipmen have been making
the annual practice cruise, lasting
I two months, passed In the Chesapeake
l capes to-day.
The torpedo boat Bagley was sent
j down to meet the squadron to-day tc
i bring here the body of Midshipman
Richasd Robinson Bandy, of Tennes
1 see, a member of the third class, whe
! died on the Iowa on Saturday,
j The Bagley was accompanied bj
t the tug Standisb, which will bring
ashore the members of the football
squad who are tq go on leave a<
once. They will return from fur
lough a week ahead- of the com
„ mencement of classes, so that the)
can have that time for practice.
In Close Fight for Nomination in Second District
Hob. H. L. Maraard.
W, A. Younar.
FIGHT FOR CONGRESS IN THE SECOND
DISTRICT BECOMES EXCITING AT FINISH
MAN NEARLY DEAD;
THREEJE HELD
Woman and Two Men Arrest
ed in Connection With
Mysterious Case
BERT VANDERBILT
GIVEN AS HIS NAME
Denial a! LainL’k Club That Any'
Such Man is Known, But
Actress Says He is Mem
ber of Wealthy Family.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2.—A woman |
and two men are under arrest and
the police are endeavoring to-day to |
establish the identity of a man found
very seriously injured In the rear of
a theatrical boarding house at 2C1
West Forty-second street early to
day. In the man s pockets were found |
engraved cards reading "Bert Van
derbilt. Eamb's club,” but at he club
all know ledge of him was denied. The
police believe him a wealthy I’hilt
j delphian, but so far have failed to
Identit;—him—-r--f
The woman detained at headquar
ters is Edith lmeii. an actress with;
! the "Jardin de 1’aris" company, and I
the men are William, better known as
Kid" Broad, a prize tighter, and
j Ralph Gillespie. All live in the
boarding house. Miss lmen declared
positively that Vanderbilt" is a
member of lamb's club, and s..ys
| ho is connected with the "wealthy
j Vanderbilts."
Her story is tiiat be has been her
friend a number of years, and called
] last night to take her to dinner, hiie
: says he had been drinking, and that
she refused to go out with him. She
left the houre. but when she returned
early to-day the bellboy toid her that
Vanderbilt was in Broad s room wait- j
tng for her. She refused to see him.
She had been asleep some time, she
told the police, "hen a noise at her
; window awakened her. She found
Vanderbilt there, she says, and order
led him away, but he tried to climb
1 Into the window and fell three ato- |
ries.
Assistant District Attorneys Moss ;
and Hamilton were notified by the j
! polio* after “Vanderbilt" had been j
rushed to the hospital, and they or- i
dered Miss linen and the two men
detained. They also Interviewed Miss
Beryl Ey Vernon, of 132 Pine street.
Philadelphia, who roomed next door
to Miss Jmen, but she claimed ‘o
know nothing of the matter and was
not molested. A charge of "attempt
: ed burglary" was booked against
"Vanderbilt.” and he Is under guard
in the hospital, although Ihe may
not recover.
At Flower Hospital the nurses re
ported that written inside of "Vander
bilt's'' clothing was the name "Frank (
E. Dornselfer, Cincinnati, Ohio." He
has not recovered consciousness.
Thieves entered the home of Mr. L.
Q. Shepherd, liJ-A North Third
street, Sunday evening and stole a
diamond ring valued at 1125.
The gem was taken from a dreaser
In the room and near It in a Jewelry
' box was left diamonds and other
Jewelry valued at more than a thous
and dollars
It Is supposed that thp thieves were
frightened away before they made a
more thorough search of the room.
The matter was reported to the
police Sunday night and all of the
pawnshops have been searched with
a view of ascertaining if the thief has
made away with the gem.
Campaign Marked by Great
Apathy Takes on Life
at Close
MAYNARD HOPEFUL YET;
LOOKS LIKE YOUNG
Incumbent Making an Active Can
vass as Campaign Comes to
End—Indications Point
to Close Vote.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
NORFOLK. VA... Aug. 22.—lo-mor- )
row is primary day in the Second con
gressional district and the Democrats |
will select a candidate to oppoae H. H.
Rumble, who has been nominated by
the Republicans.
The Democratic campaign has been
an apathetic affair from beginning to
end. There haa been absolutely no |
interest manifested by the voters. Wil
liam A. Young, who is opposing Harry
I.. Maynard, incumbent, has not made
a single speech. Maynard, who thought
he had a walkover In the beginning. I
did not wake up until a week ago. and
since then he has made one and some
times two speeches a day. besides tour
ing the counties in an automobile.
Prom the best information obtain
able, It looks as though Maynard will
be defeated and the majority will be
small. Maynard apparently believes he
will win. but Toung, it is generally
thought, stands the best chance of wtn
ntng. —— -
Maynard nil! carry Use of Wight,
Nansemond and Southampton coun
ties and the city of Portsmouth. His
majority in the latter place, however,
be greatly reduced, according to un
biased reports. Young will carry Nor
folk city by a big majority and Nor- !
folk county by a safe margin. He will j
also carry Princess Anne county, and
political leaders say Young will win the
nomination by a majority of 300.
Maynard says he will win the nom- I
lnatlon, despite the odds against him. !
That he thinks his record will secure
for him a renomination. Young says
he will win, and the Indications from
unbiased sources certainly point to his 1
nomination.
JOS
Insurgents March Into Xiearafruan
Capital Fresh from Recent
ietories—Old President
Admits Defeat and Gives
Way to Successful
Rival.
MAX At; V A, Aug. as.—General
fx>uis Mena, commanding the iw
olutlonary army of Nicaragua,
with several thousand men, fresh
from their thturin at Granda
and Tlpltupa, where tike forces of
Madrtz were put to root, ending
the long war, marched Into Man
agua to-day.
Tikis was followed by the almost
tragic spectacle of Dr. Jomi Mad
rlx, the man who had fought for
a year in Ida endeavors to retain
the preaidency of Nicaragua, pub
licly acknowledging his defeat at
the hands of Juan Kstrada. and
proclaiming Kstrada president of
the irpoblUv,
HE BIT BIG CHUNK
OUT OF MAN’S FACE
WHEELING, W. VA.. Aug. 22.—
"You've got too much check.” said Nas
•la Michael to hla next door neighbor.
Joseph Peters, to-day grappling with
him and biting out a huge chunk of
hla cheek and maiming him for life.
Michael accused Peters of stealing
from his garden. He was arrested.
IN SOULPLEXUS
Republican Committee Won’t
Let Him Speak in Com
ing Campaign
HIS NAME IS EVEN
OMITTED FROM LIST
Taft Feck That He Must Tread
Lightly and Not Stir In
surgents to Stringent
Action.
WASHINGTON. August 22.—An
>ther solar plexus punch was deliver
ed to "Vncle Joe” Cannon to-day
when It was allowed to become
mown here that his services are no
onger desired” by the republican con.
tresslonal committee in the coming
campaign and that he will not be
tiren any speaking dates.
The statement was made to-day hv
a. republican leader, who professed
:o have positive knowledge that Can
non's services have not been and will
not be solicited by the national re
publican congressional committee.
omitted from the list of speakers. In
answer to the suggestion that Cannon
might received many direct invita
tions to speak, and that, in response
to them, he would be a busy Tactor
In the campaign, the opinion was ex
pressed that this possibility is not
considered likely to upset the commit
tee's plans. The reason given was that
the speaker, in his Kansas speeches
and in other statements, is devoted
to the policy of an open fight on the
Insurgents. Hot shot for all who
dared oppose the regulars seems to be
his program. It was explained.
Other leaders of the party, includ
ing President Taft and the head men
of the congressional committee, it was
explained, believe that the less said
booui msurgenis me newer it will be
for the party. Instead of Intensifying
differences within the party, they be
lieve that all the time should be
spent In fighting the democrats.
Taft Frightened.
Resident Tafts action after the
insurgent victories at the Kansas and
Iowa primaries, In cutting adrift
Aldrich, Hale and Cannon, was said
to t.e a reflection of his opinion that
a fight with the insurgents in the
campaign was the last thing to be
desired.
He had previously held the belief
that all was serene with the regulars
and that their program could be car
ried out without regard to the insur
gents. This is the reverse of the
battling \!ew Uncle Joe has always
taken of the progressive contingent of
the party.
The fact that Representatives Wal
ter I. Smith, of Iowa, and William E.
Humphreys, of Washington, two of
the most regular of the regulars, have
dsereted Cannon. goes far to
strengthen the belief here that he
cannot get the support of a majority
of his party In the new congress for
speaker. Smith was a member of
Cannon's personally conducted com
mittee on rules. He is a leading mem
ber of the Important commltee on ap
propriations and haa been one of the
leaders in the houae. He is a can
didate to succeed Cannon and all the
present indications are that he will be
alilg figure in the fight, providing the
next house Is republican. Since Tom
Reed left the speaker's chair. Its oc
cupant has been a man from the
West.
NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET
LEAVES NARRAGA X SETT
NEWPORT. R. I, Aug. 22.—The
Atlantic fleet, which for a week hai
been the center of attraction to hun
dreds of excursionists, and whose mei:
have been lavishly entertained by th«
city of Newport and Its citizens, lefi
Narragansett Bay this afternoon
hound for the southern drill grounds
SEA OF FLAMES
Number of Towns Wiped Out |
—Death Roll Mounting
Rapidly
DRIVEN FROM HOMES
MANY ARE DESTITUTE
Montana and Idaho Governors
Will Ask President for More
Troops as Present Force
is Inadequate.
HESIU OK FOREST KIRKS.
The dead: At Wallace. 24; New
port. Wash.. 4; total all district#
estimated at between 40 and 75.
Hoes to timber: Millions; im
possible to estimate.
Doss to property other than
timber. Estimated at $3.#00,000.
Missing: 700 forest rangers in
St. Joe count}'.
Homeless. 5.000 to 8.000.
Towns affected: In Idaho. Wal
lace and Avery destroyed; Saltez
burning; Elk City. Mullan and
Coeur D'Alene City threatened;
many mining: camps wiped out.
Montana Taft. White Pino,
Noxen, Belknap, Heron, destroy
ed; Maughan burlng; De Borgia,
St. Regis, Thompson Falls, Hen
derson threatened: all house in
Camas Valley burned.
In Washington: Newport par
tially destroyed; Liehart and
Anatone threatened.
In British Columbia: Ylmlr jtur- *
rounded by Bush fires: several
small settlements destroyed and
fires gaining headway.
The fire fighters: 6.000 forest
rangers, citizens and United
States troops.
tjovernor* of Montana and
Idaho personally directing fire
lighters. Both will appeal to
President Taft for more Federal
assistance.
Relief trains en route from the
East with supplies for homeless
who are camped in open places,
shelterless and starving.
SPOKANE. WASH., Aug. 22.—
With two-thirds of the city of W«I»;
lace, Idaho, a mass of smoking ruins,
Taft. St. Regis and Avery destroy™;
and upwards of seventy persons dea4L
the forest fire situation throughout
Idaho. Montana and Washington to* :,;3
day assumed a graver aspect than
ever.
Thousands of refugees from the 7
stricken States, some of them burned 'A‘
find blackened, crowd all the hotels
and rooming houses of Spokane and .
Missoula and hundreds more are ar- I
riving hourly.
The hospitals of the two cities ara
crowded and private homes are be
ing thrown open to care for the sick
and Injured.
The horror of the fire which swept
through Wallace like a whirlwind
! Saturday night and Sunday was In
creased when telephone communion- •;
tion with that city was re-established
to-day. The fire fighters there say at
least fifty persons perished in th*
fires in and around Wallace; that
seven blackened corpses have already -
been recovered. A number of per
sons are missing. ||
Other sections of the fire zone re
port a total of thirty bodiea recov
ered. while scores of persona' are ■
said to be In imminent danger of -
death. Near W'allace eighteen per- v
sons are said to be missing, but thelT
fate Is unknown, and In the chaos
which has followed the destruction Of ■;*
the city it will probably be many dayn
before it can be ascertained whethei*
tbay-aro living or dead.
The forest rangers who were en
circled by flames near St. Joe, Idaho* m
have not yet been heard from.
A rescuing party of several hundred- if
men have been battling with th#
flames for nearly eighteen hours, en
deavorlng to reach the Imperiled men,
but thus far have failed.
Millions lx*t.
The total property loss, it Is bellev* f
ed. will mount high into the million!.
Property has been forgotten In the
general anxiety to. save the Imperiled...^
succor the Injured and remove the
homeless from the zona of the fire. '
Three thousand refugees from Ida
ho and Montana arrived here thin
morning on special trains, which r** ;
so slowly that It required the entlra
night to travel short distance*. Rat)— ?
owing to the immense number trip?
bridges and trestle* that have been
burned away and because of the f*Qd
that in many places the intense heel;;!
of the fires has destroyed the track*
twisting the rails into all lmaginaolgl
shapes.
With the arrival of the refugee* to-'
day the same special trains kept their
steam up and several score of doctor*
and nurses started back at once to tb#'
scene of the worst fires.
Hundreds of fire victims are repor*
ed 111 in the refugee camps in Idab*
and Montana, and the medical m«fi
hope to arrive in time save many"
lives.
Appeals are constantly reachlwm
Spokane for more fire fighter*. MIM
special appeals are being sent to thg;
government to hurry sevdral r*(ff§
ments to the scene, even If they b*M
many millions none can tell at ;
time. In Wallace, Idaho, akme
property loss will be upwards of)
000,000, and least twenty-four V<*1
are known to be dead there. In m
tlon to these dead, four have been 1
ed at Newport, Washington,' and
ports from the St. Joe country say-1
175 forest rangers engaged la figb
fires there have not been acceul
i for and It Is feard that thsy may !
• perished. In Idaho, beside* WlriN
J Saltea has been almost onttroSf-%
I stroyed, ipik City, Cou«r d*Al«Mg
and Mullan are ringed with *|K|