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Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
SURVIVOR FROM TUNNEL
DESCRIBES MINE HORROR
Canadian Imprisoned in a Shaft
Gives Graphic Story

SPOKANE, WASH, Aug. 2e.-
George Ryan of Toronto, Canada, one
of t.o thirty men imprisoned in the
War Eagle mine Saturday night, OF
whom six perished, said today:
1--WE first took refuge in the tunnel
of the J. 1. C. mine, but 1t was not
safe, and after we had been there q
short time, thirty Of us went down the
creek a quarter of mile to the w ar
Eagle.
II don't know what became of the
other men, We took two horses into
the tunnel with US. Pulaski told US
to lie as close to the floor of the tun-
mel as we could or close to the Walls.
1--WE tried to block up the entrance
of the tunnel with blankets, but the
fire burned them off as fast as we put
them up. The flames licked in fifteen
feet from the mouth like a blast. The
smoke was suffocating. About an
hour and q half after we had been III
the tunnel, Pulaski, who was nearest
the mouth, lost consciousness,
1.-TWO men who got scared ana rolIed
around In the middle of the tunnel
instead of keeping by the edge or on
the floor, died across my Knees
NEARLY all of us during the SIX
hours were lying in water that drtpped
from the roof and walls of the tunnel.
when the fire finally passed and
the tunnel cleared little nearly hall
of us were unconscious. The eyes o1
the others were gummed together
from smoke and tears so that we could
hardly open them. and five were dead
I'VE found sixth man, burned &c
crisp a short distance up the creek
from the tunnel and we don't know
where the other members of the party
are. The two horses were nearly
suffocated and their eyes were falling
out of their heads. We had to shoot
than -
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
FOREST RANGER CONTROLS
MEN AT POINT OF RIFLE

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 26.-George
Biberston, owner of a mine on Placer
creek, southeast of Wallaceg declared
today, after his return from the creek,
that the number killed in the forest
fires would never be known.
I'm going through the bare woods"
he said, zone comes upon few char
red bones lying on the black ground.
That is all there is left of settler or
fire fighter. Reports which are sent
out from Idaho are not exaggerated In
the least.
"Crazed by heat and smoke, many
of the men who are lighting fires are
hardly responsible for what they do. A
large number who have lost their lives
have been caught in the path of fires
because they did not realize their peril
Harvey Bertram, a deputy ranger,
who has done invaluable service in
lighting fires. had much difficulty in
holding a part of his half crazed men.
Believing that they were being trap
ped. one or two of his party threatened
to commit suicide rather than be
burned to death At times Bertram
was able to control them only at the
point of a rifle. He lined up his men
and said he would shoot the first one
that deserted the ranks, 1t was only
by this means he was able to save
them."
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
RESTORE TELEGRAPHIC
SERVICE IN ST. JOE VALLEY
Hope Is Abandoned for Return of
HaIm'S Party

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 26.-Tele-
graphic communication with the st.
Joe valley of Idaho has been restored,
but it is not yet possible to verify the
reports of large loss of life among fire
fighters. additional to the sixty-five re-
ported by the government officials. The
estimate of 200 dead in the Trestas is
adhered to by persons who are familiar
with the situation.
A source of confusion in compiling
lists of the dead is that all fire fighters
were at first included in the number
of employees of the United States forest
service.
learned, the Italians and AuStrianS,
who lost many men because of mex
perience in fire fighting, were employees
of logging companies The eight men
killed in the Bulletin mine tunnel in
Montana were employed by the min
ing company Striking their names
from the list of rangers lost does not,
however make any change in the
grand total of dead.
Supervisor Weigle, at Wallace, who
abandoned hope yesterday for Ranger
Joseph B. Halms party, lost in the
mountains of the headwaters of the
st. Joe, has received no word from the
party today.
EIGHTY-FTVE IN PARTY
According to Wallace authorities,
there are eighty-five men in the party.
The Missoula office gives the total
number as fifteen. A report from
Avery today says that Head Ranger
Debbitt has no hope for the Hahn
party and states the number of its
members is seventy.
Payment of the government fire
fighters under Ranger Debbitt at
Avery was begun Wednesday night,
according to men of his crew who re-
turned to Spokane today. These men
say that sixty-five who were discharged
at Avery without pay and called on
Mayor N. s. Pratt of Spokane with a
story that they had been grievously
wronged were idlers and refused to
work.
AS food was low at Avery the men
were told to leave, and the negro sol
diers with bayonets enforced the
order. The records of the timekeepers
were buried in the earth when the fire
swept close to Avery, but have now
been dug up, and every man will be
paid. The fires near Avery are dimin-
ishing and the only work of the rangers
is the search for and burial of the
dead.
Corporal Baker and three privates
of the Twenty-fifth (negro) infantry,
who were lost in the woods near Avery
and believed to be dead, were found
Yesterday uninjured. The service rem
dered by the negro troops at Avery
is said to have been Of inestimable
value.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT
TO ORDER B0MBARDMENT
Associations and individuals of
Northwest Sending kilograms

SEATTLE, Aug. 26.-President Taft
has been appealed to for an order in
structing the war department to COM
ply with the request sent yesterday by
Senator Piles and Congressman Hum
phrey, asking that the coast forts in
the Puget sound artillery district unite
with the warships at the navy yards in
firing their big guns in the hope of
starting a general rainfall over fire.
swept forests of western Washington.
The Washington Forest Fire asso-
ciation has also sent messages to the
commercial bodies of Portland, Ia
coma and other northwestern cities,
asking them to join in the request for
rainmaking assistance. The joint tele-
gram sent to the president says:
War department telegraphs objec-
tions to cost of firing heavy guns on
Pacific coast of $4,000 for each dis
charge. We respectfully submit that
forest fire organizations are spending
$4,000 per day and unorganized eff
forts are costing vastly more. Increas-
ing fires jeopardize three thousand mill
lion dollars worth of standing timber in
Washington alone. The air is full of
smoke and moisture here, and condi-
tions are ideal for a rain producing
trial. We earnestly hope your excel
lency will favorably act on our re-
quest"
In spite of the attitude of the war
department the business men of Sc
attle and Tacoma and officials of the
Forest Fire association believe If suf-
fcient pressure is brought to bear the
request will be granted. To that end
they have started a deluge of messages
to Washington and to Beverly.
In the meantime hundreds of men
under the direction of forest rangers
and state fire wardens are working
desperately to control the flames that
are gradually approaching the towns
and villages in the foothills of the
mountains.
Reports tonight indicate that several
towns in the eastern part of this coun-
ty are in grave danger. Many of the
women and children have been sent
from the threatened district to Seattle
and Tacoma.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
SAN JOSE DECLARES
NO FIRES NEAR THERE
Scores the San Francisco Paper
Which Published Report

SAN JOSE, Aug. 26.-Local newspa-
pers displayed bulletins today scoring
a San Francisco paper for fake story
published this morning in which it was
stated great forest fire was raging in
the western Santa Clara valley hills.
There has been no fire at all in the
hills, except for short time on We'd
nesday, when a brush fire near the
Guadalupe mines was eXtinguished by
the mine force in half hour after it
had been nursed for several hours by
farmers who wished to clear the land
of brush.
The canard excited considerable COM
ment because a pail of smoke driven
into the valley from the north hung
over the county all day.
There have been no fires in the foot
hills since last year, when Wrights was
threatened for a time by big blaze
which burned over thousands of acres.
Reports received here from Redwood
City say that small brush fire in the
mountains in San Mateo county near
Alpine which was threatening for a
time today is under control.
Fire and Game Warden l. L. Koppel,
who is in the western foothills, tele-
phoned down late yesterday there was
no fire in that section.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
GENERAL MAUS AWAITS
ORDERS TO FIRE GUNS

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 26.-General
Maus, commander of the department
of the Columbia, which includes the
Puget Sound artillery district. said
late today that he had not heard from
the war department relative to the
discharge of heavy artillery.
However, he had received a message
from the commandant of the Puget
Sound navy yard stating that the navy
department had ordered him to COM
municate with General Maus with a
view. to arranging time for stimuli
taneous discharge of the army and
navy guns. General Maus said he
would telegraph at once to the war
department for instructions.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
ARMY REFUSES TO FIRE
BIG GUNS TO MAKE RAIN
Declares 100000 Would Be
Cost, Without Assured Result

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-Estimat-
ing the cost of the experiment at about
100000, the war department officials
today declined requests to order bonn
bardment of the skies by all its guns
on Puget Sound and at the mouth of
the Columbia river, in an effort to bring
on rain in the burning forest district of
the northwest.
In addition to the objection of cost,
the army officials regarded the project
as futile. The navy department, to
which a similar request was made, ex-
pressed its willingness to cooperate
with the army with six or ten-inch
guns, the only ones at its disposal.
The experiment would have been one
of the most spectacular ever attempted
in the United States. Around Puget
Sound, at Forts Worden, Casey and
Flagler the army has forty 12-inch
mortars; six 12-inch rifles, eighteen
10-inch guns and twenty 6-inch guns,
besides a large number of guns of
smaller caliber.
At the mouth of the Columbia, on
Forts Columbia and Stevens are eight
12-inch mortars, eight 10-inch guns,
three S-inch guns and eleven 6-inch, in
addition to the smaller ones.
To fire these, once simultaneously,
loaded properly for the purpose in
it was estimated at the war depart
ment, $4,000,
TEN ROUNDS REQUIRED
Admitting the possibility of effective
ness, it was considered that probably
ten rounds would have been required.
This would have run the cost up to a
figure that the officials did not feel
justified in mourning without specific
authority from higher authority, par
ticularly in view of the amount already
spent in putting thirty-two companies
of troops into the forest to fight the
fires.
Besides the element OF cost, 1t was
stated at the war department that as
the army was not equipped with pro-
jectiles with the time fuses for the
guns Just enumerated and, the only at
mospheric disturbance created would
be by the formation of gases from the
ground at the time of the discharge of
the guns and by the firing of the pro-
jectiles through the air. The disturb
ance caused by the flight of the pro-
iectiles, 1t was said, would be COM
paratively negligible.
To fire the biggest guns in the coast
artillery, costs about $3.50. To fire the
12-inch mortars cost $50 or $40.
In addition to the requests forwarded
to Washington by Senator Piles and
Representative Humphrey, Chief For
ester Graves, now in the west, asked
that the petitions be granted If pos
sible.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
FAITHFUL DOG REMAINS
AND DIES WITH MASTER
Forest Man and Canine Compan-
ion Buried in One Grave

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 26.-Patrick
Grogan of Butte. Mont, one of the
twenty-four forest men killed in the
fire on Setser creek, refused to run
when he saw death reaching for him,
and died beside his tent a faithful dog
remaining to share his fate. The old
man and his dog were buried in one
grave. Grogan, who was well known
in Butte and elsewhere in the north
west, was the oldest of sixty-nine men
stationed on Setser creek
When the fires appeared threatening
early Sunday night the men were given
orders to leave. Forty started down
the canyon toward Avery, six miles
away. Five were out on patrol duty
and could not be reached. The other
twenty-four elected to stay in the
Setser camp. Worn out by three days
of ceaseless work, they declared they
were in no, more danger there than In
Avery. The forty men had left camp
less than an hour when the fire swept
up the canyon from the direction in
which they had gone.
Two days later when a searching
party went up the canyon, they found
fourteen charred bodies lying together
a mile from the camp. The bodies of
nine others, who evidently had fallen
in the mad race up the canyon were
found scattered between this point and
the camp.
At the camp, alone, on the spot
where one of the tents had stood, was
found the body of Grogan. Beside him
was the carcass of a mongrel dog,
which had attached itself to the camp
and had refused to leave the old man.
The dead were buried where they
fell, fourteen in one grave at the head
of the canyon and teh others near
where they were found.
Patrick Grogan's bones were laid in
a separate grave among the rocks,
and the dogs bones were placed with
them.
Forest Ranger Debbitt read a simple
funeral service at the graves, his be-
grimed comrades standing with un-
covered heads.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
FIRE RAGING NOW IN
THE NEZ PIERCE FOREST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-Serious
fires are raging in the Nez Perce Tor
est reserve in the western part OF
Idaho, according to a telegram re-
ceiyed at the forest service late today
from District Forester Greeley at Mis-
soula, Mont.
District forest officers have been to
the scene from Missoula, and four from
Ogden Utah
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
HEPBURN THROWS SLUR
ON PINCHOT'S COMMENT

WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. 26.-United
States Senator Hepburn, after read
ing Mr.. Pinchot's statement, said:
"I feel highly complimented to be
criticised by Pinchot. His judgment
is not worth consideration. why DO
the papers print a lot of talk from
one who has been turned out of office
and who has shown incompetency in
more ways than one? AS a private
citizen Pinchot's judgment is worth no
more-it is worth less-than that OF
any other private citizen"
Forest Supervisor Weigle said today
that If there had been trails through
the Coeur d'Alene national forest the
fires would not have escaped from
control.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
WAR DEPARTMENT REFUSES
TO ALLOW GUN DISCHARGE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 266.-Regard-
ing it as a waste Of time and powder,
the war department declined today to
grant the request of Senator Piles and
Representative Humphreys OF the state
of washington that it fire all its guns
in the vicinity of Puget Sound simul-
taneously in order to produce fain in
the regions coping with forest fires.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
HUNDREDS ARE DESTITUTE
IN TROUT CREEK DISTRICT

MISSOULA, Mont, Aug 26.-W. M:
Bennett, connected with the Occur d
Alene and Montana Mining companies
workings near Trout creek, reports
a distressing condition in the Trout
creek district. Hundreds of persons
have lost everything they possessed.
All of the mining and lumber camps,
together with sawmills and other COM
mercial enterprises. have been de-
stroyed. The property and personal
loss is enormous. The forestry station
on the Trout creek is lost with all the
stock and equipment. Charred and
unrecognizable bodies have been found
on Swamp creek and search for others
who are missing is being prosecuted
Near the mouth of the Swamp creek,
between 25 and 80 persons have not
been accounted for.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27

scale over night and IT you touched Il i
would bleed and leave q raw spot. All this
time he had not been able to 60 to school,
although he was eight years old.
"Then an old druggist named - said,
sWhy don't you take him to the - Hos
pital, as they have cured young lady with
the Cuticura Remediesr' But they said the
Young lady's case had been different. So we
decided TO try the Cuticura Remedies our
selves. We got Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Resolvent and they gave our boy immediate
weeks time he was well and had growth
al hair. Now he Is fourteen and has nicer
growth Of hair than my other childreni The
doctors all said hc would be bald or his hair
doctors said to take the child to the incurable
hospital We had at least seven doctors and
we received no benefit from any. Mrs. Harry
Fee, Liberty Corner, Nd, Feb. 20, 1910"
cuticura Remedies sold throughout the world.
Retter Drug 4 Chem. Corp. Sole RropA. Boston.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
Smoke from Fires Overspreads the
Pacific Ocean More Than 800 Miles

PORT TOWNSEND Wash- Aug. 26.-Dense clouds of
smoke from the burning Washington and Oregon
spread the waters Pacific from 100 300 miles off
the report of conditions said to be parcu
lary navigation brought by the steamship Queen
which passed today from San Francisco Chief Officer Barry
the vessel free from the smoke pail throughout
the north from California.
Shipping every part Puget Sound hampered by dense
smoke haze.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
FIRE IS SWEEPING
TOWARD MOUNTAIN HOTEL

FRESNO, Aug. 226.-Reports from
Porterville tonight are to the effect that
q forest fire broke out near Hot
Springs, in the mountains back of
there, this afternoon, and at latest adj
vices was spreading rapidly toward the
Hot Springs hotel. and seemingly be-
yond control
The origin Of the fire is unknown.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27

1t spread all over his
head, so the doctor
advised US to see a
specialist in New York.
by the name OF -.
He said 1t was q bad
case of ringworm and
recommendedastudent
of his. We doctored
with him a long while
and spent about $500
and the boys head was
still bald. He had q
disgusting looking lit
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27

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Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
It WAS ECZEMA
IT WAS R|NGWORN
It Spread All Over His Head = If
Touched 1t would Bleed and Leave
Raw Spot Could not Go to School
Spent 5000, Still He was Bald.
Got Cuticura. In Six Weeks He was
Well and Had Growth of Hair.

lone day. when my boy was five years old,
noticed a sore on the top OF his head. / was
alarmed, so called in DIR. - and he said it
was eczema After treating Il for a week
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
CzvozUle Ies Gres zZz<Szsr

f. AT a bail supper the rule is for the gem
Geman to see that his woman companion Is
properly served. Please tell me how to go
about this.
s. What is the simplest way for a gentle
man L ask a lady II she wishes his arm?
s. II at a dance a gentleman wishes to
take TO supper young lady who has her
mother with her as chaperon, with whom
he is not acquainted. how should he set out
TO obtain the permission? r. G. f.
VI Boiled eggs are usually broken into
a glass and eaten with a spoon, or the
shell is Clipped at the top and the egg
eaten directly from it with an egg
spoon. Fried eggs are eaten with fork.
2 When you have finished the course
the utensils used should be placed on
the dish from which you have been eat
ing so that the servant may carry all
out together. He will then provide you
with utensils necessary for the next
course, if they are not already on the
table.
8. The knife and fork should be placed
on the plate when it is passed for
second helping.
1. Although a gentleman gives assist
ance in supplying the wants of the lady,
there are usually maid or men servants
in attendance to see that no guest is
neglected. However, the escort should
ask his companion il she has any pref
erence and then bring to her that which
she desires.
s. If II is evident that the lady is in
need OF assistance, it is sufficient to say,
"Wiu you take my arm?"
g. The gentleman should appeal to the
hostess for an introduction to the ladies.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

Vt IS generally conceded that nature
has supplied US with a remedy o.
an antidote for every existing evil.
Polarity is q law OF the universe,
and Il there is not known a natural
solution Of physical trouble, 1t is be-
ueved by many that it is because We
have not discovered 1t.
Herbs and plants have been recog-
uized from ancient times to possess
curative and beneficial powers. could
name dozens Of these friends OF health,
but must content you with a limited
variety that I hope will be of use to my
readers
Camomile flowers, purchasable at
any drug store. are wonderful little
blossoms in the health and beauty
ranks. They should be stepped in
water until the color is quite like tea;
then drain off the liquid and bottle.
From this, about once a week, take a
sufficient quantity to moisten your brush
and briskly apply TO the hair. II
brightens light hair by giving a. bril-
nance 10 the strands that has the
added advantage Of containing no oil
Before / leave these flowers, let me
add the suggestion that II the camomile
tea be drunk Il viii have a tendency
TO reduce night sWeats. Again, # ap-
piled 70 aching muscles, the pain VIII
be greatly lessened.
II your teeth need harmless whiten-
Ing wash, apply ounce juice diluted In
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

much water. Besides bleaching, Il
tightens the teeth in the gums.
Rosemary is for a few things besides
remembrance. 1t is an herb that has
ever been recognized, as Of great merit
A decoction of rosemary in water is
an excellent headache remedy. Bathe
the temples with this homemade head
ache cure. If the eyes ache, this same
treatment can be given.
Now suppose that in your walk
through the damp woods you have be-
come poisoned with ivy. The remedy
lies on your homeward trip. Plantain
leaves, the weed that we uproot from
our lawn. are the antidote for ivy poi
soning. Gather a generous bunch of the
oval leaves and with wooden mallet
or a covered hammer pound the green
leaves into a pulp. Do not allow the
juice to escape Make poultice OF the
crushed leaves, using an open-meshed
cheesecloth, and bind tightly upon the
affected parts. / promise a speedy cure.
I know from personal experience OF the
efficiency of this cure.
Do you know that violetS are useful
besides being beautiful? Take one dram
weight of the purple flowers and steep
in one pint of fresh water Let the de-
coction stand for several hours. This Is
an excellent gargle for hoarseness- Re
peat the treatment until the hoarseness
disappears.