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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-14

you, and will follow your directions to the
letter"
Good, he won't regret IT."
Left to himself, Kingston lit cigarette,
and stood for moment staring out Of the
window into the gray Of the carly evening.
Ills forehead was wrnkled in a puzzled frown.
"'That's the man. fast enough" he solilo-
quizcd, but | can't say that | entirely grasp
the situation. II the truth is as | suspect,
what hell he must be going through"
Pulling down the window shade, he turned
and dressed rapidly. He had but finished
when the soft, muf1ed note Of a dinner gong
sounded. He smiled grimy as he stopped
and drew from the sit-ease slender object
wrapped in tissue paper Tearing off the
paper, he disclosed a small but solid-looking
hammer, which he dropped into his pocket,
muttering: a q ai'1gaq
"it's cruel expedient, but it's the only
way out. He'll thank me for it in the end"
As he stepped into the passage the door Of
the adjoining room opened, and he came face
to face with de Sacran In his evening
clothes the Frenchman's extreme pallor was
more noticeable than ever.
After you, monsieur" said he, with cour-
teous bow How chill it is this EVENING""
"Yes," assented Kingston, these autumn
nights the mountain air is always keen"
De Sacran shrugged his shoulders.
(" must confess it is too much for me.
cannot what you call stand it. l leave to-
morrow after midday" I.
As they took their seats around the table,
Dick eagerly whispered to Kingston:
"The trap has been set. The handbag
with the money in it is on the table, the win
dow is open, dim light is burning. But
help the governor to brace up. He's begin
ming to lose his nerve at last"
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friend, Mr.. Howard Kingston. Just arrived
from London yesterday, and by rare good
luck ran into him in City Hall Park.
Haven't seen each other for five years"
All entered broad reception-hall, where
an open fire was cracking cheerily.
II knew you'd be chilled, Dick, after your
long drive" explained bis sister Maisie; "tea
will be ready in L,oment, Mr.. Kingston.
All, here are the others"
Kingston was well acquainted with the
elder Willoughby bluff and burly, clad in
blazer and knickerbockers, who greeted him
with hearty hand-clasp The others he
identified at glance. The placid-featurcd,
keen.eyed, aristocratic septuagcnarian was
undoubtedly Judge Desmond. His gait be-
trayed the military man in Colonel Mathews
Lastly came the Count de Sacran, forty or
forty-6ye years old, Of medium height and
build, whose jet-black hair contrasted strik-
ingy with his pallid countenance.
The conversation was Of the usual desul-
tory, light, five o'clock variety. Kingston,
for man supposed to be absorbed in scien-
tihc pursuits displayed an amazing interest in
cakes and tea. After little he found himself
chatting with de Sacran.
"Yes," the Count was saying "this is a
great country, surprising country, an as
founding country. 1t overwhelms one with
its vastness and its possibilities AT times
its grand diversity-what you call variety
quite bewilders me. ButI love it."
' "More ei II than your native France 2"
A look almost Of terror came into the
Frenchman's eyes.
France2 All, have put France far be-
hind me. Those were miserable days. They
: weighed upon me. Here ! have found
health. ! have found strength, the wish to
i've"
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He changed the subject abruptly. Pres
emily MIR, WiIloughby broke in upon them
with:
"Well, gentlemen, dislike to interrupt
you, but if you wish 10 dress for dinner"
Dick conducted Kingston to the room set
apart for him, ground floor chamber open
ing from narrow passage
"And now, old man2 he asked
Everything is clear enough Your anxi-
ETY. will soon be at an end Tell me-this
room is on the same side Of the house as your
fathers den2"
"It IS"
"Does this window open on the piazza1
Sol And are all the rooms on this side SINH
larly arranged3"
"Yes."
"Who occupy them1"
Father, Judge Desmond, Count de Sa-
! Gran, and myself"
Right. One thing more-as you 60 to
your room, call to your father that you have
brought the money and wish to see him in the
den. Call loudly enough to be heard in the
! nearby rooms. You've explained to him my
presence here2"
"Yes, and he has entire confidence in
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"Irust to me-"
That dinner hour was long remembered by
those who participated in it. Beginning with
testing allusion to his early life as strug-
Cling, ambitious journalist, Kingston opened
a running fire of comment and Renaissance
that focused all attention on him. He
seemed to have been everywhere and to have
met everybody worth knowing.
There was one among his auditors, how
ever, who appeared singularly Indifferent to
his entertaining anecdotes This was the
Count de Sacran. AT first de Sacran he'd
Joined in the conversation with true Gallican
animation. But as time passed he became
strangely i'll at ease lapsing into an almost
moody silence, glancing frequently at tall
clock that stood on the opposite side Of the
room, and occasionally tapping nervousy on
the tablecloth None noticed his behavior,
so absorbed were they in all that Kingston was
saying. When coffee had been served de
Sacran, as if unable to contain himself longer,
leaned forward, and, in an undertone, said 10
Miss Willoughby:
Pardon, mademoiselle, but if you will be
SO kind as to excuse me ! am not feeling
quite myself | have what you call head
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-7 III him with an inquiring
B5RI eye. Here at all events
Nj II ~ h IpD was one spot that had not
2zAl greatly changed during
M W the five years since he was
I'D in New York. Down the Row a few Of
A. squat structures facing the Post Office had
f|xEn way to the inevitable sky-srraper, the
Bndge had shot Out solid extension almost
into the Park itself, the aforementioned
Tribune building had clinicd bit nearer
g the clouds, the Hall looked a trihe less
erimy than Of old. Otherwise, everything
wss pleasantly familiar.
Moving leisurely onward he again stopped
q the Bridge entrance to the Subway for
enpther look at tle, sceIle that nad 50 often
fascinated him in the days when nc was him
self ono 81 the workers on Newspaper Row,
Tim he heard his name called.
Hello, Howard! Oh, say, Howard
Ki4gstcnI Where did you drop f-cm7'
xning be met the outstretched hnnd = .
yonng man, almost as tall as hilnscn, Aluarc-
dhenldered, clear-cycd, and in his s9re the
rudy glow Of the athlete. Kingston smiled
D)cogniion.
aek nom London Yesterday said nc,
~ A4sys glad to see an old fi;r.h. But
yosl = aws fork, DICK WI
4 hoy tod ne At the dub last night
1 quried somewhere lilthc ooup,
ftiGn6 strokes TO win back that lost
Z <namP!on ship"
sllouehbys eyes twinkled.
y. eot good beating, an right, ne &C.
ledeea' TWO down At the turn, and I'd
g eey now many when the game was nm
d'dn't think Sloane had It in him
ell1ex puf goirs the least OF my troubles
noWaaays'
Mp2t Y i new foot-ballf Working
~ az 2 new pay 70 help harvard get the mas
M q tale l suppose you are booked to
oo1t1 q usual "
eAspernaps III 60 up 10 cambridge Tor
: weekout no longer I'm IN business now,
~ sce!ly working AS for yourself-
SA uuveiin8, my oeal LICK, uaVenng
md studying. I've been IN good many
narf1 of The world seen not a few strange
5k;s6> and learned ,;ttle though very little
~ ~ 4 iive-'
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-26
WARNS VOTERS NGkINST
BRILLIANT SCOINDRI.I.~

Eikhart Ind. Aug. 2a.--tulohcl
Roosevelt reached this city late this
afternoon when lowering clouds
threatened rain and was met by AN
attractive assemblaee of men and
women. The colonel reminded his
audience that the right kind OF men
and women in the ranks of American
citizenship was the greatest need OF
the country.
''Thr stream does not rise higher
than lts source. he said. You oHn-
not get the right kind of government
unless Won have the right kind of cite
liens back of the government
lie warned the people against the
election nf corrupt men 60 office be-
cause they expected Co profit 10y the
hriiiiancF 81 such men.
In The first place YOU want an
honest man Do said II don't care
how able the man b. if DE- Is not hon
est The greater his ability. the great
er curse he viii prove 90 the coun-
try Don't forget THAI is The case ~
public men as well as private citizens.
Don't support man because De is
smart. because his smsrtuess Is vf no
use without conscienre Ana uHt
even care hew honest he IS. how game
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-26
POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS
BRINGS HOPE IN OREGON

Portland, Aug 25.--The fire situa-
ton III northern Oregon ana along
the north bank Of the Columbia -
virtually unchecked from Yesterday.
High winds prevail but the weather
forecaster offers 4 ray of hope in his
prediction for this vicinity of pos
sible showers.
The property damage yesterday ana
today exclusive of that to timber,
will approach million dollars. Scores
Of farmers have lost their homes, out
buildings and crops, while the resi-
dents Of half q dozen or more villages
have lost their belongings Many arc
destitute.
Virtually the only good news re-
ceiyed today was that Holley, a viii
lage near Albany, ore. which WAS be-
lieted to be doomed last night. had
been saved and that a fire which was
said to threaten campers at Welch's
resort, on the west slope of Mount
Hood, was under control
Proebestel is seriously menaced-
There is little hope OF saving the
place. Shanghai, little settlement
in the same district. has been burned.
Nothing has been heard Of the six
men hemmed in at the Wild Boy log
ging camp. No reports have come
regarding the 25o men cut off at
Yacolt yesterday but it is considered !
almost certain that they escaped in |
some other direction.
The Bonesboro colony, a Swedish |
settlement. has been destroyed and |
forty families are homeless.
Another fire which is raging on the !
Lewis river, is threatening Lewisvillc, |
Wash, and the people are fleeing, |
panic-striekcn, toward the Columbia |
river
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-26
SENENTY-NINE FOREST
SERVICE MIN ARE DEAD

Aiigsoula Mont. Aug. 25.--Ihe dis
triet forestry office here succeeded
tonight in compiling returns from all
points included in the Montana and
Idaho forest f.res showing the total
number OF dead and missing in the
forestry service, settlers and miners
not included.
While the returns are not complete
from the Occur - Acne and Pend
D'Oreille districts. il is thought that
the final figures would make no
change The result of the ccmpila
tion given out tonight places the
known dead at seventy- y-ninc Sew
cnty-threc of these died in the Occur
D'Alenc forest. four In the Cabinet
forest at Tuscor and two in the Pend
D'Oreile. THESE totals were the re-
suit of the DAY OF searching The
name Of each man recruited by thc
service for iire fighting duty was
systematically traced up and tho
whcrea bouts of every man definitely
esta bishcd. IN the Occur p'Aicn"
forest some men are still missing and
the reports aIc not ail in from the
Pend D'Ora"le-
So far as the local office IS aware.
tht. only men now unacountcd Cor I'm
the government service are Ranger
Joseph T. Hahn and a party ol tfI-
teen men. According To- report
from Waiace. Idaho, this party con-
tains eighty-feur m IN. but this NUM-
ber is said a. be inaccurate by Die
tiiet Forester Greedy who SAYS the
number should De fifteen This is
the party originally Ia charge OF
Ranger Haines which was last heafd
OF in the country near the hcadwaters
af 10 - 90
ground for the belief thar the men
are still safe.
The detailed LOSSES 10 date are.
Eighteen unidentified men on Hig
uTeeF
Thirty Identified men on Pig creek.
seven unidentified men On setter
creek
-Four men at Tuscnr
Two men on the Pend ID Orcilie.
Six naen an Placer creek
(ContinuetI on on Page > col -
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-26
NhItRNS SHOW HUNDRED
MEN ARE STILL MISSING.

o.. Nissoula, Mont. Aug 25.--lncom
returns received today from for
w. ulstrlct No. 1 show that the mum.
OF men unaccounted for is in the
i'ShDorhpod Of 100. This does not
~, uue figures from the Coeur
r,Arhe district for the reason that
'''ilct Forester Greeley has not
ivh able To get in communication
IN 1n Supervisor Weigle. The figures
'n phed here include the Hahn
49,, 10y, which. according to the rec
~. ,s mere, was composed of only fif-
n men. instead Of eightY-five as IL
t5eu m dispatch from Wallace.
t'a"p ihe local officials are confi-
III mat Ranger Hahn and his party
40 compilation of the dead has yet
- made but based on Information
,Feu. District Forester Greeley is
'ne opinion that the number viii
w exceed seventy-five.
he general situation is much I'm
n,.,,ed today. Except in the Occur
.'iehe district attention is being
M "a te consolidation of the forces
H.. ISN'T the fires. In the Coeur
Nthe territory efforts are still be-
,,,'.iiue made 10 trace missing men and
is,.iue relief for everybody. Chief
,,s''r Henry :. Graves arrived
60 go today and spent the afternoon in
urr,,.,."t W.. tlpn with the local officials.
"is the forests are still burning
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-26
MUST REGUI ATE MORS
NS WELL. rs CORpOR NrIONS

Toledo, O., Aug Transferring
OF mails delayed the fast mail train
of the Lake shore thirty minutes this
afternoon and gave colonel Roose-
Welt more time than had been antioi-
patcd to address the great crowd as
sembled at the Union station.
lie referred again to conditions rel
atiNc TO the street CIR strike at Coz
mmbus. O. He said;
We do not allow individuals TO
fight out their own differences Tho
government SETTLES these differences
FOR them. Nelther can we ALLOW big
corporations To fight out their differ
ences with em0loyes n disorder re-
suits. We cunnot allow mob rule"
The crowd checred.
We must find out ID the corpora
uon acted fairly by its employees and
The public Tho corporation has A
duty to the community and the pub-
lic should see that the public ANA To-
csl officials take action to prevent
injustice"
These are the two prime articles
OF my creed-a square deal for every
man ANA Justice FOR every man, rich
or poor. lf there is disorder. all re-
form must stop until order is restor-
ed shall insist upon honesty. II it
breaks up the best business OF the
land ana shah insist upon order uu-
der all circumstances.
Remember that the public official
VINO does not maintain order and
fails to put down mob Is quite
criminal as amy corrupt man who con-
ducts a. great corporation that be-
comes corrupt. Nmss,
II stand tor decent citizenship.
am against the corporation when Il
does wrong and ! am against the mob
when il resorts 70 violeuce. And
whenever have power win Keen or.
der on the one hand, and / viii Insist
upon Justice from the rich man and
from the corporation on the other.
II VIII make the corporations come
TO time and | viii make the mob come
to time"
\ workman at the rear OF the train
called out above the tumult:
TEDDY, how about 1912"
Colonel Rooseelt smiled but made
no reply.
II want to talk ~ questions that are
alive he continued Questions that
affect us all We want 10 shape things
50 that evcry American citlzcu can
earn a living and he protected in his
rights. Dishonesty and greed must he
Fought with absolute fearlcssncss
without reference to public officials or
whom II may hurt
ou say ! am with the poor NAM
7 am-if he's straight II man viii
Ro crooked In our Interests lac viii AL
30 De crooked AGAINST as"
As Coloncl Rooseclt concluded his
u policeman in tho crowd
moed toward the rear platform 20
'hake hands with him Reaching to-
ward the officer Colonel Roosevelt
II was ON the force in New York
myself"
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all towns and settlements are now
thought to be out of danger The
fire fighting force of the foRestry ser
vice in the entire district is composed
Of 2.500 men in addition TO nine COM
panies of federal troops. The aver
age wage Of the fire fighters is esti-
mated at SIS per day. This makes the
daily cost to the forestry bureau. $l2,-
500.
Traffic on the Northern Pacific line
was practically normal today. Thir-
teen fruit trains and two stock trains
have been moved in the last two days
This morning a Chicago, Milwaukee
and Puget Sound fast freight train
was accepted for transportation to the
west. Passenger traffic is nearly on
time on the Occur D'Alene branch.
The reconstructed track Will he laid
to the Dorsey tunnel tonight. The
tunnel is still on fire and has caVed in,
Henry S. Graves, United States for
ester. said tonight:
II find that the local officials have
everything well in hand,and the work
of rescue and handling the flames is
being we'll conducted The men have
recovered from the temporary disor-
der caused by the hurricane OF Sat
urday and Sunday The calamity is
a most serious and and | am distress
ed over the loss Of life"
AIr. Graves said that there would
be no change in the present policy Of
conducting the fight and that II would
be carried along on present lines.
AS TO means Of preventing fires in
the future Mr., Graves said that his
bureau would continue the policy Of
trails and roads through the
forest reserves 10 render them more
accessible.
"The need Of such roads is very APP
parent" he said.
Mr.. Graves was not vet familiar
enough with the details Of the present
situation to hazard any estimate as
o the damage already done or the
extent of the loss of life.
He is hopeful that this last will not
% so extensive as appeared
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-26
EMPIRE STATE
To Be SCENE
Of FIGHT
WOODRUFF DEFENDS
TURN DOWN OF ROOSEVELT
Chairman BIanes Gdscom for
Causing Trouble and Reitef-
ateS His Opposition to Pro-
posed Direct Primary Law.


New YORK. Aug. 25.-The confer
oh'e ON the night before the repuhli-
gan state committee meeting at which
| iheouore Roosevelt was Noted down
ANA Vice President sherman chosen
temporary chairman of tho republic
can convention assumed stll another
compleXion tonight
| llmolhN l.. Woodrtit stlte chair
! inan, IN q stateWent %iven uat from
/ rcpuphcan state alruarters puts
me responsibility IorJthf action up
90 Lloyd G. Griscom. prosiarnt Of the
| irpubllcan county "arnmittes aud
u'hles that ne had 'Vr1 an mtnu-
tioh OF any plan To present the name
"l NWonri Roosevelt 20 ,he commit
te" dntil Mr. Griscom nade the at-
'Nai nomination.
IN ms statement WOODRUFF sdAs
pf"ceotht was followed he Aeluc-
u N OF SitCl man as Cnnirtpln rnd
nat Gr'scom moved to sul'stllHtl
ene i"n'e or RooscN"'t fr tlHu 81
- t' mAn practically altrr The COM
thit'r- ~ acted.
President TAFT was not involved
IN TINS matter, Mr. Woodruff says
as the members Of the state COM
mittee acted entirely within their
authority In selecting temporary
chairman without, as far as ] know
single one OF them consulting with
hlm about it. but in view of the ap-
parent affront to Mr.. Roosevelt.
caused by the action Of Mr.. Griscom.
felt called upon as chairman Of the
committee to send nu explanatory let
ter to the president
\ copy OF tho letter panics
the statement Il gives an eXplana-
ton OF the circumstances preceding
and during the committee meeting
ana says the action was In no sense
intended Htf of hostility tD+
ward YOU nor one of reflection upon
YOU"
Then the statement reads in part
~ know of no party principle upon |
which we are at present divided in |
this state, except that involved in |
tire proposal to abolish the conven- !
tion system of making nominations /
and no substitute there for the dir
Get nomination plan which has been |
characterized as the device of the /
dcmagOgue and the millionaire.
Those who are opposed to this /
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delegations ever selected by the re-
publicans here, and judging from
the character OF the men from the
other precincts heard from, the re-
pubiicans of Bernaiiiio county VIII
send to Santa Zee eight delegates To
the constitutional conventions who
viii be a strong factor tn the draft
Ing of good constitution.
In old Albuquerque there was but
one ticket in the field. 1t was elected
without protest, the delegates being
as follows:
Jesus Romero. NJ. C. Ortiz. Manuel
Springer A. Matteucci Cornelius y
Murphy. NJ I. Alhers Henry Glca-
son. Carlos p. Armijo Jose +. Ro-
nero. David Perea. Monlco Garcia.
# was reported last evening that
at Duranes Meiiduades ChBNes. An
tonic Jose Garcia and p Candelaria
were elected as delegates The dele
cation from san Jose consists Of
Felipe TruUllo, Andres Truiillu and
Luis sanchez From Los Gricgos Il
was reported that Juan NJ Montoya
Ramon Montoya and juan Pernicelli
were the delegates None ol the
other outside precincts had reported
to the county chairman last night
and the reports published we're not
official being brought hy persons
coming into the city during the eve
ming. The certified reports will likely
be handed to Chairman Gillenwater
morning before tile conven.
tlen meets
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-26

RElINNING EIRE IIGIIrElln

TIL. or NNIII LOSS or IIfIi
Spokane. Wash. Aug ~ TT tho
stories of men VINO returned today
from the ST. Joe country Of Idaho are
10 he believed. the loss of life along
Big creek. a tributary of the ST Joe
river. are appalling and the dead in
Idaho alone viii number more than
goo, even if Ranger Joseph b. Hahn
and his eightN-fOur men turn up, of
which the forest officer in Wallace is
not hopeful.
Two lumbermen say they SAW thirty
Italian fire fighters burned to death
ON Big creek
A party of Austrian laborers re-
port the death Of seventeen of their
comrades
The loss Of twenty-seven American
laborers who enlisted in AIissoula IL
announced by their surviving COM
panons,
Supervisor wcigle has given up
hope for the safety OF Ranger Joseph
H. Hahn and eighty-four men ON the
mead waters on st. Joe river last Sat-
urday A relief party has secured
the whole country where Hahn was
last Seen in vain.
Ranger f. A. Ferns ut the head
OF 2 stlll larger party on the St Joe
is safe.
lH' loItStfA service announces the
loss OF twenty-seVcn men on Big
creek and 1t may be that these are
party of the ninetyfive dead report
ed ny their comrades in Spokane to-
day
II Is supposed that the twenty bod
rec found on Bitter Root creek near
Avery. are those Of settlers
lWenty-tour bodies found on Setter
vreek are those of forest employees.
me forest officer in Wallace is un-
aoie TO give out the names of the
dead but it is thought that most OF
tue men were newly hired for the fire
'mergency and their names are NOT
officially recorded.
IL should be understood that the
loss of life in the fire country took
pace last Saturday and Sunday,
"hen gale famed smouldering en-
peiS INTO great fires and drove flames
through the mountains with the speed
y. express trains. giving defeated fire /
,ulshters no chance to flee for their 1
nNes The weather today is calm
enu cool and the fire, even whore left T,
!" itselt Is travelling slowly. The at
"hlon of the forest service is CEN !
red upon the missing men, and the I
selves
All estimates of the loss place it !
Ie Than twenty million dollars. /
mostly timber
\, none of the towns in Idaho and /
'aon'ana is i'm danger, and in fact the I
''"cal period of the fire is past