The San Francisco call., 1913-07-31
| RAIL WAY BRIDGE
NEARLY DEs7R 7ROYED
Willamette Structure of Ore
gon-Washington Naviga-
tion Damaged by Fire

PORTLAND, Ore. July 30.-Fire
starting in oil or grease dropped by
passing locomotives put the new Ore
gon- Washington Railway and Naviga-
tion company's bridge across the Will
lamette river in Portland out of COM
mission this. afternoon. The bridge, a
s2,oo0,o00 structure completed late last
summer, will be closed to railroad traf-
fc pending repairs.
Alaskan Sails for North
NOME. Alaska, July s0.-The gasoline
boat Alaskan, the last OF vilhjalmur
stefansson's Canadian arctic explora
tion ships. sailed from Port Clarence
bay last night. according to word re-
ceived from Teller. She is fast boat
and probably will overtake the Karluk
and the gasoline schooner Mary Sachs
| before they reach Herschel island.
The trading schooner Hattie ar
rived from Cape Blossom last night
and reported passing the Karluk and
the Mary Sachs In, Bering strait. All
| were reported we'll, the weather was
fair and the ships were making good
time. ~
Commissioner Reverses Action
PORTLAND, July so.-State Commits
sioner of Corporations Watson, after
asking Attorney General Crawford to
bring suit for the appointment of a
receiver for the Alameda Consolidated
Mines company of Portland few days
ago, based upon the report Of depart
ment inspectors, has reversed his action
on a showing made by the company
that it owns a profitable mine and the
promise that 1t will suspend the sale
AoI
| heavy Indebtedness and small assets.
Murderer Committed. Forgery
SPOKANE, July 3o.--Superior Judge
w. S. Webster in a decision held today
that James F. Logan. who was Hanged
for the murder of d. r. Shively in 1908.
had forged Shively's name to a deed to
Is acres OF valuable Spokane county
land The court also decided that
Logan later signed the name of a fic-
titious man to another deed and dis
posed of the property to a local banker,
who by the decision is dispossessed.
Drastic Liquor Ordinance
PORTLAND. July 3o-Mayor Albee
Of the new city commission today In
structed the city attorney to draft an
ordinance prohibiting breweries. brew
cry agencies and wholesale liquor
houses from owning or in any way
controlling saloons. The mayors plan
is to entirely separate the wholesalers
from the retailers and make the saloon
independent of the brewery or whole
sale house.
Soldiers on Guard
CALGARY. Alberta, July 30.-A de-
tail of soldiers spent the day In front
of the dominion land Office in order
to prevent recurrence of the disorder
of last night among those who desired
to file on oil leases In Okotoks district.
Rival contingents fought for places in
the line today and one crowd was
roughly removed from their positions,
the victors then finding they were one
day too early for filing.
ShingIe Mills to Close
VANCOUVER. b. c., July 3o-An-
nouncement was made today that the
shingle mills of British Columbia
would be closed until September. This
curtailment was taken, 1t was said,
because of. the low price and light de-
mand for shingles at the present time.
|. Forty large mills, employing several
hundred men, are affected.
Judge Takes Office
SEATTLE, July 3O-Jeremiah Net
erer, appointed United States district
judge for Washington to succeed Cor
nelius Hanford1 resigned, took the oath
of ofhce today and commenced work at
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