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Fcrcst Fires, According to Ixtat Reports Today, Arc Cti:i Raging in Northwest With Ferocity. TO PROCLAIM MARTIAL -,-y. LAW IN FOUR STATES To Guard Stricken Survivors of Great Fires From Hosts of Looters, It Was Announced Today.. NO INDICATION OF RAIN TIADY DOWNPOUR WILL BE THE ONLY THINQ THAT CAN CHECK THt FLAMES STORIES TOLD BY FUGITIVES. (American News Service Helena. Mont, Aug. 23. With or or a hundred known dead, hundreds of lire fighters are In desperaUe sltua Hons with their ultimate fate causing the greatest anxiety. The gigantic furnace of biasing forest is still raging beyond control and with no Indications of rain, according to today's reports. . " Y TO DE MARTIAL LAW. Washington, D. C, Aug. IS. Martial law will probably be proclaimed la the northwest. . The militia of the four states Involved will be called out to protect ruined communities from looters. ; SITUATION IS GRAVE. Ccciiae. T7m!l, Aug. Hj With more than ninety persons known to be dead. , with 100 missing and 200 Injured, and with halt a dosen town destroyed and a score nor menaced, the Pacific Northwest today faces the most terrible forest tire situation In Its history. Thousands of Inhabitants are being driven from their .homes and are flee Ing panic stricken to any place which offers a chance for safety. The number of fatalities Is Increasing hourly. The towns reported destroyed are: Taft, Mont,: Bryson, Mont; Lolo, Idaho; Deborgta, Mont, and Haughan. Mont. The towns of Wallace and 8t Regis have been partly destroyed. At least twenty places In Montana, Washington and Idaho are menaced by the flames. Conditions Are Acute. In the Couer D'Alene district. In Northern Idaho, the situation Is most acute. Some of the fires have been coutrolled and others are burning with less intensity. Unless rain falls, how ever. It is feared that the flames will soon become unmanageable. In Eastern Oregon, between Baker City and LaOrange, are severs fires which are doing serious damage to live timber. There are several fires in the Umpqna valley in Southern Oregon, but so far they have not done any great damage. - The situation In the Crater Lake re serve and the ML McLaughlin districtson the extreme southern edge of Oregon appears unchanged from the last few dsys. except that these fires are not making so rapid progress as on previous days. They are all burning furiously, however, despite the efforts of 730 firefighters, among whom are 250 or more additional regular soldiers from American Lake, Wash., who arrived late yesterday. All Men Are Drafted. ' , In the vicinity of Medford and Ash1 land. Wash., the 'fires are less menacing only because there Is no wind. In both these places all the men obtainable have been drafted into the service to backfire and trench. The fires In southern Oregon In man cases are of incendiary origin. -' This has been a matter of general gossip la Medford for several days, i Knt It became officially nubllshed tof day through dispatches from Waah- , Ington. A Npcctal dispatch from St Joe, Idaho, says: t , "Six members of the fire patrol of " twenty-six men have been found dead In Elk Prairie. The other twenty are missing ana prooaoiv win never vm found." . . According to seventeen survivors who reached Avery, from. Big Creek, the fire cam upon them while they f-wsra camping and they were quickly Little hope Is entertained by the

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DAD BOY DISTURBS A CHURCH GATHERING f Elijah Mote. Janitor at East Main Street Friends' church, says that Elmer Williams, arrested for stealing a boat, last Friday, had a switch secretly connected with the, electric light wires In the church In order that be might disturb the audience. during night services, which he did on numerous occasions. It has developed that Williams' greatgrandfather was Daniel Williams, one of the . prominent Friends in Wayne county many years ago.

from Wallace crossed Lake Couer d Alene by boat and came to Spokane by electric line. The Idaho and Wash ington Northern train from Newport was filled with people leaving the towns in that region. From Wallaco come reports that the town of Burke is in flames and cer tain of destruction. .The fire rangers In that territory are so exhausted that no effective battle against the flames can be made. . The three hundred residents of the town are in flight toward Wallace. JOSEPH C. SIBLEY IS UNDER ARREST Alleged Congressional Ally of Standard Oil Faces a Serious Charge. CORRUPTION IS ALLEGED ARREST TODAY FOLLOWING HIS WITHDRAWAL FROM THE RACE YESTERDAY. HAS CREATED A BIO SENSATION. (American News Service.) Franklin, Pa., Aug. 23. Ex-Con gressman Joseph C. Sibley waa arrest, ed today on a charge of conspiracy to debauch voters. Later he was re leased, promising to appear for hea lng. The charges were made by William Breene, a democratic supporter of Congressman Wheeler, whom Sib ley defeated for the nomination. Frank Taylor, secretary to Sibley, waa also arrested. The warrant Includes Sibley's campaign managers, Charles Crandall. D. M. Howard and George Munn, as defendants. Sibley withdrew yesterday from the congressional race, ostensibly because of poor health, notwithstanding what the nomination cost him, which, ac cording to his own statement, was over forty thousand dollars, an aver age of four dollars for every vote registered for him. An investigation started by Breene into Sibley's 142.000 primary election expenses will continue despite Sibley's withdrawal Sibley was frequently mentioned in the newspapers as the ally of the Standard Oil trust. The arrests caused a great sensation. A CAR WAS WRECKED By Columbus Strikers Last Night by Placing Dynamite on Tracks. CONDUCTOR WAS INJURED (American Newi Service.) Columbus, O.i Aug. 23. Dynamite placed on car tracks between Winner and Champion avenues in Long street wreecked a car and resulted In pain ful injuries to Conductor Favel at 11 o'clock last night The car was returning from its last trip to the end of the line and the conductor was standing above the front trucks on the running board when the wheels struck the explosive which either had been placed on the north side of the track, or was thrown at that instant. The conductor was painfully hurt. The force of the ex plosion had split the toes of his foot and Injured his knee. Two fingers on his left hand were split. Columbus enjoyed a comparatively quiet day and night yesterday, save for the explosion on the east side. A few torpedoes were placed on the car tracks and Isolated cases of shooting were reported. No one was seriously injured and fe wstones were thrown. Ten arrests la connection with the strike were made. A FESTIVAL DA1ER At the meeting of the advertlaing committee of the Fall Festival association last evening It was decided to place a large banner over Tenth and Main streets.- It will be one that can be seen from the full length of Main street and every visitor to the city will' undoubtedly notice it. Program circulars will be distributed -all over the county. Pennants will be printed and newspaper advertising In local and county papers provided for.' ; Representatives of the association are feow lh the country dtstricta distribut ing advertising matter, ..-..,,,.,

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ALLEGED TO HAVE LOST CITY MOHEY Municipal Research Bureau Finds That City Has Paid Over $20,000 Too Much on Bond Interest. CONDITION EXISTED FOR SEVERAL YEARS After. Property Owners Paid Off Promptly on Assessments, City Continued to Pay on the Bonds. Lack of system and compliance with state laws, together with poor book keeping are largely responsible for errors which have been discovered in regard to the payment of city of Richmond improvement bonds in the past twenty years. Already' the city has lost $21,998.24, 'according to the employes of the' Municipal Research Bureau, which will make an official report tomorrow in all probability as to condition of affairs as found. Upon the Inevitable investigation by field examiners of the state board of accounts, city affairs may be found in even worse shape than at present and there is no telling what will become of the discoveries. In fact It is expected that the state board of accounts will begin an inspection within a short time as a result of the conditions Just discovered. The Barrett Law. Under the Barrett law, which provides for the payment of improvements to street, sidewalks, sewers and the like, property owners have to pay for these Improvements. Two methods are provided by which they may do so. Under one system they can pay the entire amount within thirty days after they have been notified as to the amount of . their assessments. The other, way. is to waiver payment in fulL In such cases DroDerty own ers are given teaars in which t4 pay the entire amount. In the latter case the city has sold street improvement bonds and the property owner paid in Installments and kept up the interest on the unpaid principal. It develops that in hundreds of cases property owners have tired of me installment plan and wiuxin a period of from 1 to 5 yeara have made full aettlement of their assessments. It also Is revealed that the city instead of calling in the bonds issued against these particular assessments have permitted them to run the full ten years and the interest thereon coming out of the general fund of the city instead of the pockets of the property owners. -Amount Outstanding. At the present time there is $100,290.35 in city Improvement bonds outstanding. There is due the city $75.421.58 and the cash on hand yesterday was $2,870.53. These two sums com bined and substracted from the bond issue gfcres the amount of the shortage. Another way by which the shortage may have been caused is that sever al years ago the street, improvement receipts were placed in with the city's general fund. At the time of the division of the two funds, a mistake may have been made and on investigation it may be found that the city owes the street improvement fund, from the general fund, a large part of the appar ent shortage. However examinations or the rec ords here and there for illustrations shows that costly . financial, errors were made by the city continuing to pay interest on bonds which should have been called in upon payment in full of the .improvement assessments of the property owners. . Excepting bookkeeping errors, per haps one of the main reasons for these mistakes is that there has been but a haphazzard system In keeping the records of improvement assessments. It is doubtful if these records were ever audited . and the officials, because there had been no Investigation, knew not where they stood, but were con tent to allow affairs to take care of themselves. Had the street improvement assessment records been kept in a manner similar to' the county tax duplicates, the officials would have been cognis ant of affairs at all times. The waiv er, records of street improvement as sessments were . new footed up and the utter lack of system must have frequently put the officials In quandry. Evidence of poor bookkeeping is al so frequently displayed fat these records. In some of the Instances discovered the property owners, after paying on the . assessment in install ments for a few years and then pay ing the remainder of the Improvement In full, the officials In computing the amount due, either charged too much or too little. In one case the property owner had paid about f 150 too much. THE WEATHER. STATE AND LOCAL Showers and . "V probably thunderatonna tonight , or, Weteeda; oooier Wednesday,

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to Printers Practically as It Was. SOME SPLENDID LECTURES The program for the cbautaucua as it will stand went to the printers this afternoon. There were two changes. "Billy' Sunday replacing Judge Ltndcey and Nat Brigham'a lecture postponed from Friday at 1 o'clock until 8 o'clock In the evening, because his lecture will be illustrated by stereoptlcon slides. requiring darkness. Former Governor Richard - -Yi scheduled for Friday evening, will appearsMay afternoon. - The .subjects - of several lectures were announced today. Dr. 8. L. Krebs will deliver the lecture, "Three Gods or One." Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. "The Hidden Hand," Monday afternoon at four, and "Bouncing the Blues,' Tuesday evening., The lecture. Three Gods or One." it is said will ,a Interestlng to the jews. Press notices speak favorable of it as bringing out "patriotism from a new quarter. : - - : "America's Uncrowned Queen," is the title of the address of the Rev. Homer Wilson, national chaplain of the T. P. A., Saturday , evening, September 3. The Rev. A. F.. Ewert, a brilliant oung minister from Illinois, will deliver a 'sermon on "The Imperial Kingdom, Sunday morning. September 4. ' A large number of campers have already moved Into their tents at the Chautauqua grounds and by Thursday afternoon practically the entire number will be quartered. . DEFENSE SCORES 1(1 BROWNE CASE Rep. White Admits He Deliberately Plotted to Trap Senator Lorimer. AN ADJOURNMENT ORDERED - PY TH C COURT TO PERMIT TH E DEFENSE TO PROVE ITS CLAIM THAT' WHITE HAS COMMITTED PERJURY. (American News Service) Chicago, Aug. 23. Representative Charles A. White today admitted on the witness stand in the Browne bri bery trial that he deliberately plotted to trap Senator Lorimer and directly contradicted the testimony given by him at the first trial. He admitted on cross examination that the sole purpose of bis. writing to Lorimer was to trap him and to "get something out of hlm.M A sensation came when the defense suddenly demanded and obtained an adjournment - to prove its claim that White had been caught in a perjury -trap. Wild excitement en sued. . - . Wild Excitement. There was wild excitement, in Brownes camp as White told of his motives for writing to Lorimer let ters which the defense has all along contended were written for blackmail purposes. Stenographers were hurriedly sent for and the voluminous record of the former trial was search ed to prove the contention of the defense that White had buried himself in a deep pit of perjury. White today declared that he had written to Lorimer for the sole purpose of trapping him' and betraying him in order, to add to the price of his exposure of the Springfield bribery Jack pot. s . That he lied in every statement to Lorimer; that every appeal for assistance was a cunning attempt to draw Lorimer into a trap; that he waa not in financial straits, as he testified to at the first trial and that he had considerable resource while he was attempting to market his sensational tale, were, among his admissions. Attorneys Forrest. ODonnel " and Erbsteln for the defense all declared that white would be shown to be a perjurer by the record in the former trlaL .' i LEAVES 'BIG ESTATE (American News Service) , Watertown, N. Y, Aug. 23 Mrs. Roswell P. Flower, widow of the former governor, died today, aged seventyfour, of neart disease. Sbe leaves) i estate of between four and eight mil lions. One married daughter survives her. HE FILES CLA1U. William B. Barefoot, of Cambridge City has filed a claim for f 47X1 against the estate of the late Matthew Shew. . The claimant avers that . this amount fa doa on cash loaned asd un paid , interest ca tta tdaOtA

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EX-PRESIDENT A FEATURE Teachers' Institute at Chau- : tauqua Has Secured Some Gcc5 cturers.- , " IS OF GENERAL INTEREST As usual the Wayne county teachers' institute will hold its sessions during the , Chautauqua in the auditorium tent. Beginning Monday, August 29, at 10 a. m., lectures will be delivered in the morning as well as the first - period in the - afternoon during the week. The speakers this year have been carefully, chosen and are especially qualified to speak . on the subjects announced.' . , Dr, Charles - Gray ; 8haw is professor of philosophy in New Tork uni versity and author of "Christianity and 'Culture." ; - Miss Ethelyn Miller is art supervisor of Horace Mann elementary I school,' Columbia university. New York.. .; ' - Dr. William F. Barr, of Drake uni versity, is dean of the college of education, Des Moines, Iowa. Miss Ella A. Rothe is a distin guished educator of Cincinnati, O. Mrs Zoe Pearl Park,, of Shelbyville, 111., is a well known teacher and musical director. ' . With such a varied program as the institute will present this year, it is thought that it will appeal to others besides the teachers. A COOPERS MEETING C American News Service.)" Chicago, Aug. 23. Practically every cooperage and stave manufacturing concern n the United 8tates is represented . at the annual convention of the. National Coopers' association and the National Stave Manufacturers' a sociatlon, which began their Joint meeting In Chicago today. The ses sions are being held at the Auditorium hotel and will continue until Saturday. WRECKED Oil A ROCK Kobe, Japan, Aug. 23. A submerged rock caused the wreck of the British cruiser Bedford, which struck on Quelpart Island, off Korea, with a losa of eighteen lives. This developed today with the receipt here of fresh details. The warship hit the rock when running at 19 knots, and her bottom waa stripped from' her.' GRAND JURY ACTIO!! Newark, O.. Aug. 23. Kore indictments growing out of the lyntirinx of dry detective Carl Etheriagton on July 8 last may be returned by the grand Jury which resumed its seal on heretoday. ' At Its previous session the grand Jury -- reported Indictments against twenty-two ot the ; aOseod members of the mob. sixtaa of wtom are charged with Crst dree nuxsr.

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5 HOYS WERE FIIIEO Centerville Takes Steps to Stop Practice of BrriSc . v ma Street Ix!,. DRAGGED BEFORE' 'SQUIRE Breaking street lamps in Centerville for the last several months has been the amusements of , a certain class of boys of that town. Today in 'Squire Harvey's court Hise Brooks. Horace Henderson. Earl Phillips, Marion Wiser and Guernie Watklns, ranging in age . from 12 to 15 years, were fined $1 and coeta. each, for malicious trespass; it being charged that they were guilty of breaking' the lights. "Centerville has been annoyed with this crowd of boys more than a year, according to Prosecutor Charles Ladd, who has been Investigating tho amtter for some time.' Not long ago a lare WM hlirled throuah a olare class wjnjow 0f Ora Dunbar's hardware store, causing a loss 01 aoout V4U. It is supposed that this gang of boys threw the stone although the authorit ies failed to establish it Marshal Darnell as had much trouble with them and states that they seem filled with ' a desire to , destroy property. Besides being fined the boys were given , stiff lectures by Wilfred Jessup Centerville city attorney, and Prosecutor Ladd. HOTEL BURNS DOWN (American News Service.) Newport,' Isle of Wight. Aug. 23. Many ' American tourists were forced to flee for their lives early today when the fashionable Star hotel here was destroyed by fire. - The guests tied in their night clothes and few of them were' able to save their-; personal belongings. - Several ' persons received minor Injuries. - ?dZtn9s Ddly liv&czz: teccfctlcn For Week Ending Aug. 20th, 1910. (Except Saturday) This includes all our Regular Complimentary Lists AVERAGE CITY CIRCULATION TOTAL DAILY AVBRAOK For the Same Week, laetadiaa; Snral Conteg, CmsH Towns. CStjr Circulation, Oe, Cix Daya ccc-a THIS DCr KOT IKCLUC2 , . &3t CCI3 r

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THE COUOTIW Leaving ne oay rrcs ident Taft's Statement Is tiort Clear. . FOURTEEN STATES TO DE VISITED 0Y Will First Stop cn His Tcur Wca ct Utica, fi. Y., This Attcrtn Where He Vtziz cn Aiirc on Farming. - AUSTRALIANS GREET Y.:i A CADET , ORGANIZATION, TCUHING THE WORLD SALUTE CX PRESIDENT WHEN HC ARRIVED AT N. V. STATION.' " ' J. New York, Aug. 23. totrEasavX' started on an extensive western fsra' ney at ten-thirty thia aore3.t a splendid humor. Before his dsrarture ; he gave out the following statement: '

1 am very much pleased with Pra-, s

dent Taft'a statement I th&2c it makes the situation clear. If Nassau county wishes me. to 20 to the state .' convention I will go. I think the tssue

absolutely clear cut As far as Its . .j concerned. there will not be patticia ' of compromiae."f ' ' Col. Roosevelt said ood bya to Naw . - v York from the platform of the priva car Republic attached totha tX LeJ ' , Express. ? ; ' ' ', I 'i v Fully 400 persons were lacUL) C station when ha appeared, aoerrby a, fw friend with Urs. T f-' velt, Mrs. Nicholas LonsworO . C r QuenUs) Hoosevlt r Th O-crci.-S ' '

had motored up from Oyster Cay : '

Is Given Ood-Cpeed. t At the station he waa given Ood-

speed on his swinsj through fourteen v states by Congressman Longworth. ; Collector of Port Loeb. Silas UcCee.

editor of the Churchman, a clow

friend of Roosevelt,, and Lloyd C. . ; Griscom. chairman of th repub&san ' county committee, who made thaHsSt-'-S?: for Roosevelt against Sherman, wbea the latter was chosen temporary chsitv

man of, the- coming state convention. .

Roosevelt- chatted with these and " .

members ot his family tl3 the train' ' started for Utica where the- first stop will be made.' Griscom said when asked his opin

ion of the political situation that President Taft never appeared to m bttUr light than he does today- Loeb spest ' -1 some time in private talk with Coosa - -velt. Afterward he said: "I had , -

pleasant talk with- CoL Boos eve It n President Taft'a statement. ' I aa tiir, ' isfled. - '----; ,f,'

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Lieut. H. J. Thornton. Of .the sacrztcl , cadets, an Australian organlsatlca "cl i

17 members of , which la. tonrfcts tJ world. The boys gave Rooeevl tl , ' military salute. -

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out Roosevelt went Into, his ear wttra . ' he was Joined by his secretary, lYaxx

Harper md two frttmda who are iexs ' ing the tur with him, Ernest A&bett, -

son of -Dr. Lyman Abbott aad.W.'DV': C';: Howland both of whoni are eonrtiJl with the Outlook-.. ,. t . ' Col. Roosevelt's Itinerary brtrc;!. Ij-'-T to Utica at J:3 p..m. , . - - 1

AM IKPOnTATJT TC'JH. ' v Amerieas Kewe Service) New York, Aux 23. In a ear tz" ially chartered tor tla flra'C Theodora Roosevelt fct L1j to t " day to begin a tour c tT TTtrt C'JS u promises to attract aa oaca ,t2 more, public attention' C- f7;f ) he made while ha Waa jTCrtlr v trip will extend over a parish il c . teen daya and wfil carry txtL or president -aa far west as CTrC' ,'; Wycv ' " lf, 1 The rumors that Colonel Eoeravtt : ; is not in thorough sympathy vD tl? Taft administration and tl tsst Lz,l,:' his speeches are to be dZrtrzt t:j the most part la "lasarrsnt t' " : have caused the poKtieJans cf t. ' ties and an shades to boat to the ex-preeidents swx arcrr Z' circle with a. CeeSlnz of aaera ll", .: not unmixed with anxiety d Cqnarters, -v -" - He Will Ue TaoL' ' " As a matter of fact, hovrrrrr. t - ij. who stand closest torCcT are cf the tz'-TX tit . dear cf rcrsUaa tizz Jl x eas Ja C ctztaa vttrra tx -,:; They preset Cart ke wd t saea ' trressCva : .ratty f or tmttbmai rl i KkeSy to sto t3 t ' ! -

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