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l int irtrfrtHHdT waa&sk (im VOL. XLVI. XO. 14,193. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 4. 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LAWS AH E MAD E TO BENEFIT GRIMINAL Justice Brown Scores the Legislatures. LAWYERS ARE IN CONTROL Aim Is to Increase Business Before the Courts. LOOPHOLES FOR ESCAPE Judges Are Bound About With Re strictions and Ileal Struggle Begins After Conviction lor the Crime. WASHINGTON, June 3. (Special.) Are the criminHl laws of the American .states designed more for the benefit of the criminal than for the protection of the public? Is crime Increasing while convictions for crimes committed are proportionately decreasing? Both of these questions one a matter of opinion, the other a matter of fact are answered in the affirmative by Henry Billings Brown, for fifteen years a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Slates, and for fifteen years before that the Judge of a court of original Juris diction, who has Just retired from the bench with honors and esteem to mellow the leisure of his life as a private citizen. Need for Radical Reform. 'Now that I have the leisure, I think 1 may some time prepare an exhaustive paper on the criminal law as it Is en forced throughout the United States," Laid Justice Brown yesterday. "It Is a large subject and will take time to do It fully. It is a matter, however, which Concerns me deeply, for I believe there 'must be radical reforms. Our equity courts, I believe, are on the highest plane. Our criminal courts are all wrong. We are generations behind England in ur criminal Jurisprudence. "The main trouble is that the criminal laws throughout the United States are more and more coming to be for the benefit of the criminal Instead of for ttw protection of the public. The conviction of the criminal by a Jury trial Is really only the beginning of the effort to prose cute him. Restrictions Hedge Courts. "The criminal courts of the country are hedged in with restrictions, all of which are designed to give the convicted man some loophole of escape, and none of which are intended to bring him to speedy punishment for his crime. "Undoubtedly some of the Judges are incompetent, but the greatest trouble probably lies in the tone and Indulgence of technicalities characterizes the courts. More thought is given to technicalities that will allow the convicted man to escape punishment than to meting out justice when he is guilty. "The delay in bringing criminals to Justice, and the escape of many who act ually are guilty is responsible for that lack of confidence in the law which finds Its manifestations In lynching. Lynch law Is the natural result of the failure of the courts to perform their natural functions. It, is a deplorable fact that lynchings seem to be on the increase, but it Is easy to trace them to their source. Cure for Lynchings. "If it wis assured to the public that a criminal was sure of conviction, lynchings would be few. That is, if there always had been the confidence in the criminal law that there ought to be, the custom of lynching would not have grown to the proportions It has assumed. It has gone so far now that I doubt the possibility of eradicating this deplorable evil. "The delays in bringing cases to trial, which are so frequently the cause of com plaint in this country, are serious enough; but the delays which vex the soul, weary the public and deplete the pockets of liti gants and taxpayers are those which take pjace after the case is called for trial. All Favor the Criminal. "And then, when the case finally comes to trial, the court is hedged in by all sorts of restrictions, all of which are designed to delay procedure and in the Interest of the criminal. The criminal Judge is get ting to be more and more simply a pre siding officer, with none of the freedom that ought to characterize his position. In Texas. I believe, the Judge is required to charge the jury on every single point In the case and a lawyer may sit by without calling attention to any omission, and then, if his client is convicted, move for a new trial or appeal because something was left out." That the trouble does not lie wholly with the courts, in Justice Brown's opin ion, is evident from his reflections upon the Legislatures that make the criminal laws. Laws Made to Increase Litigation. "The Legislatures of most of our states," he said, "are composed largely of lawyers. The aim of these lawyers who direct the work of legislation, especially with regard to the petition of the criminal laws, is not to decrease litigation or the business of the courts in general, but to Increase it. "The spasm of reform that has swept over the country during the last six months," said Justice Brown, "has done much that will be of lasting benefit. Some men have lost their reputations: some of whom ought to have lost them and some of whom, perhaps, ought not. Within a year or two the agitation will run its course, but It will have accomplished a great deal of good. It is deplorable that nonenforcement of laws and the ease of avoiding punishment should have oper ated, as has been the case, to increase crime." At the conclusion of the interview, Just ice Brown declared there would have been no reason for legislation to regulate rail road rates if the law prohibiting rebates bad been obeyed. TRADE WITH CHINA GROWS Exports Have Increased Faster Than the Imports. WASH1NGTO.N June 3. The trade of the United States with' China, says a bulletin issued by the Department of Commerce and Labor, shows a very rapid growth during the past decade, especially in exports to that country, though the imports from China also show an Increase. Total exports to China in the calendar year 1S9" were 33,703, 9L'2, and in 19U.r, $58,574,793. The total imports from China were in 1895 J21, 842,860, and in 1905, $28,113,811. In addition to the exports direct, the bulletin says, there should be con sidered those to Hongkong, a British colony on the coast of China, which is in fact a door through which large quantities of merchandise enter that country. -To Hongkong "the exports of the United States grow from $4,464,856 In 1S95 to $i,J80,826 in 1905, and the imports from Hongkong grew from $1, 393,920 in 189.1 to $1,68.1.063 in 1905. In 1905 tr. exports to China were $27, 921,033, and in 1903, $14,970,138. The phenomenal growth in 1905, the bulletin attributes, in part, to the large contracts for the American cotton cloths in the latter part of 1904 In the expectation that Manchuria and other sections of Northern China would be open to commerce In 1905. The bulletin says the United States seems to have supplied about 20 per cent of the Imports Into China in 1905. including Hongkong, against 6 per cent In 1S90, 8 per cent In 1896 and about 13 per cent in 1904. Raw silk imports from China into the United States in the calendar year 1905 were $9,500,589; tea, $5,155,843; carpet wool, $3,204,613. In the fiscal year 1905 opium imports from China amounted to $1,469,948. WOULD ABOLISH SENATE Wisconsin Social Democrats Propose General Referendum. MILWAUKEE. Wis., June 3. The Social Democrats of Wisconsin in state convention, which met last night and adjourned sine die at 4 o'clock Sunday morning, nominated the following ticket: Governor, W. R. Gsylord; Lieutenant Governor. William Kauffmann; State Secretary, Charles V. Schmidt; treas urer. Joseph Ammann; Insurance Com missioner. H. W. Distorius. The platform, among other things, fav ors the amendment of the Constitution of the United States so as to abolish the United States Senate, which Is a bul wark of capitalism and trustocracy. The general referendum of all the people to take its place as a check, under proper provisions. Furthermore, to elect the United States Judges by the people of their respective districts for terms not to exceed six years, instead of having them appointed by the President this in order to make an end of government by Injunction. "Private monopoly," the document says, "Is a curse to the Nation." The nationalization of all trusts, the Na tional ownership of the railroads, tele graphs, telephones, "express companies and steamship lines are favored. The platform demands that all elective officers. National, state and municipal, shall be made subject to the Imperative mandate and to a recall by the express wish of three-fourths of their con constituency. WHERE LIE THE GRAY. Beautiful Ceremonies in Confederate Section at Arlington. WASHINGTON. June 3. Several thou sand persons today visited the National Cemetery at Arlington, where, with music and oratory, tribute was paid to the Con federate soldiers whose bodies lie at rest beside the soldiers of the North. The ex ercises were held In the Confederate sec tion of the cemetery, where lie 267 Con federates who died In hospitals and pris ons in the vicinity of Washington and whose bodies were placed there through the act of the late President McKinley. The services were under the auspices of the Confederate Veteran Association of Washington, the Daughters of the Con federacy and the Southern Relief So ciety. Music was furnished by the cavalry band. Addresses were made toy Repre sentative John Sharp Williams, of Mis sissippi, and Hillary A. Herbert,. ex-Secretary of the Navy. A feature of the day was the unveiling of the floral "Southern Cross" by Miss Elizabeth Gould. An im mense floral wreath, on which was in scribed the word "Fraternity," the gift of the Confederate societies of the dis trict, was placed on the monument to the unknown Union dead, while a beautiful climax of the day's ceremonies was the decoration of the newly-made grave of General Joseph Wheeler. BULLET KILLS MOTHER Officer Shoots at Negro Who Refused to Surrender. GIBSLAND, La., June 3. Allan Turner, a young negro, has been arrested at Ar cadia. La., charged with attempting to assault Mrs. James 3arron at her home in Bienville Parish. After failing in the attempt, the negro escaped to the home of his mother, where he was trailed by possemen. Turner was called on to come out, re fused, and the possemen fired and killed the negro's mother. He was then cap tured and later turned over to an officer, who succeeded in landing him in Jail. Mob violence is threatened. Refugees as Strikebreakers. EL PASO, Tex., June 3. The men of the Arizona Copper Company In Morenci struck for an 8-hour day and the plant has been tied up since Friday, but they have been promised an 8-hour day begin ning July 1 and will return to work Monday. The Detroit Copper Company, at the same place, is trying to break a strike for the 8-hour day by putting to work any refugees from San Francisco. PLATT MAY LOSE VERY FAT GRAFT Joker in Sundry Civil Bill Will Surprise the Express Com pany He Heads. NOW HAS FULL MONOPOLY Elimination of Two Words Will, Un less Amended, Give the Transpor tation of Government Coin and Bullion to Postal Service. WASHINGTON, June 3. (Special.) There's a little Joker of a new kind in the sundry civil bill. juHt reported to the House by Chairman Tawney, of the com mittee on appropriations, which will not tickle Senator Tom T. Piatt when It reaches his attention. This joker clips off right at the base the fat monopoly which the United States Express Com pany, of which Senator Piatt is president, for years has enjoyed through its contract with the Treasury Department for the transportation, of coin and bullion. About $350,000 to $400,000 annually is what the United States Express Company has been getting out of the Government for conveying securities, coin and bullion be--tween the Treasury and subtreasuriea of the United States, between the assay of fices and mints and from the subtreasu riea to banking Institutions throughout the country. It has been Just about that much "velvet," and it has formed the chief financial asset of Piatt in National politics for these many years. Monopoly in Transportation. The juiciest bit of graft which Senator Piatt has had is about to be taken away, provided the Senator and the Express in fluences do not arise strong enough to balk the reform which House leaders have set out to accomplish. It is a notorious fact that the United States Express Company has utilized its monopoly to charge the Government out rageous rates for transporting coin and bullion. Other express companies .also have been in on the good thing to some extent, for although the United States Company has had the exclusive contract, it has been able to turn over some of the traffic to its fellow carriers in cases where its own service does not reach a point of destination. Roundabout Route Taken. Sometimes, moreover, by figuring out a roundabout route of several hundred miles for a haul that would be less than 50 over a direct route, it has been able to help its neighbors and itself and pre vent the annual appropriation from show ing a surplus at the end of the fiscal year. Heretofore the sundry civil appropria tion bills 'have provided that the trans portation of money and bullion should be made by "registered mail or other wise." The words "or otherwise" have been the means of throwing practically everything to the express companies, the registered mail service having been ig nored. The reverse joker in the current bill is the elimination of the words "or otherwise." If the bill goes through unamended in that particular all securities, coin and bullion henceforth will be transported through the agency of the postal service. All Goes to Express Conjpanies. In previous years there has been an appropriation for contingent expenses of assistant of sub-treasurers of the United States, including the transportation of the Government securities (money) of $220,000. Of this amount $185,000 has gone annually to the express companies. There has been an appropriation of $120,000 for the trans portation of silver coin, all of which goes to the express companies. There has been an appropriation of $15,000 for the transportation of minor coins, all of which ha9 gone into the coffers of the express companies. . Then there has been the transportation of bullion, where the express monopoly has charged Its own prices. The feasibil ity of transporting money In large sums by registered mall Is vouched for by those who have looked Into the subject. GAS CHOKES FIREMEN FIFTEEN PERSON'S CARRIED OUT OF OMAHA BUILDING. Automatic Sprinkler Does Immense Damage Before the Fire Is Checked. OMAHA, Neb., June 3. A very insig nificant fire was the indirect cause of heavy damage to the stock of the Hay den Bros, department store at Sixteenth and Dodge streets this afternoon, fifteen firemen and a police surgeon had a narrow escape from death. The Are, which was of unknown origin, started in a furniture storeroom at the end of the building. It had done not more than $100,000 damage when it started the au tomatic sprinkler, which flooded the en tire five floors of the building before it was discovered. The total value of the stock is given at $650,000, and the damage alone half that amount, fully covered by insurance. The fire had evidently been smoldering for some time before it was discovered, for the room was so filled with carbonic gas that the first firemen to enter the place were overcome and those who went to their rescue rapidly succumbed until it was necessary to take fifteen of them, including Chief Salter, Assistant Chief Campson, Captains Sullivan, Coyle and Oleson and Lieutenants Ericson, Bow man and Peterson to the hospital. Police EVENTS OF THE WEEK Rorai Fetes at Madrid. Interrupted by the regicidal attempt of Thursday, May 31, the programme of fetes and entertainments originally planned in connection with the Span ish royal wedding- has been resumed with such ardor aa the people can com mand, after the trasedy which came close on the heel of the wedding cere mony. Tomorrow' Incidents will In clude an excursion toward Aranjuez, a parade and the departure of the royal Princess. Wednesday there will be a banquet at the royal palace In honor of the administrative authori ties, and Thursday a banquet In honor of the diplomatic corps. The fetes will close Friday with a reception at the palace 'and a ball at the Opera-House, after which the King and Queen will depart for Castle of La Granja. where they will pass the honeymoon .of two weeks. Kaiser Will Visit Francis Joseph. Emperor "William is expected this week to go to Vienna for a visit to the J aged ruler, Francis Joseph, of Austria Hungary. The German Kmperor will reach Vienna Tuesday and thera will follow several state banquets and en tertainments in his honor. Flay of Tennis Champions. The American lawn tennis team of challenger! for the Dwight Davis cup are scheduled to play the first of the International matches at Liverpool, Kngland, today and to meet the win ners of the Australaslan-Anstiian ser ies June 7, S and 9, at Newport, Wales. The finals against the British holders of the cup will be- played on the courts at Wimbledon, London June 15. 16 and 18. ,.-r ' Convention f Knights of Colnmbns. The national eon-vejitlcm of the Knlirhtx of Columbus will be held In New Haven, June 4-10. Suregon Elmore was also overcome while attending them at the scene of the Are. The firemen all reported for duty this afternoon and none is In a serious con dition. QUEUES TO BE CUT OFF CHINESE STUDENTS COMING TO UNITED STATES COLLEGES. AH the American Residents of Tien tsin Attend Reception Given Be fore Their Departure. PEKIN, June 3. James W. Ransdal, the American Consul-General at Tien Tsln, gave a farewell reception yester day to Dr. Tenney, who sails from Kobe, Japan, June 26, on the steamer Tango Maru, for Seattle, accompanied by 45 Chinese students, who will be distributed among Kastern colleges. All the Americans residing In Tien Tsln attended the reception. The students whom Dr. Tenney will conduct to America belong to good Chinese families and all speak Eng lish. They have been outfitted with foreign clothes and they will have their queues cut before leaving Shanghai. Anarchists Watched In London. LONDON, June 3. As an outcome of the investigation ordered by the gov ernment, an authoritative statement was issued today on behalf of Scotland Yard, according to which for months past no person known to be an anarch ist has left British shores, while two men concerned in the attack on King Alfonso in Paris a year ago have been for weeks under observation in London. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 67 dnr. ; minimum, 54 deg. TODAY'S Showers; southwest winds. National. Justice Brown declares laws are made more to benefit the criminal than protect the public. Page 1. Fat graft of Senator Piatt's express com pany may be cut off by House. Page I. President Cassatt. of the Pennsylvania, says charges of discrimination will be Investi gated. Page 3. Congress, Rate bill holds the privileged place before the Senate. Page 4. Bill report fd in House to protect Niagara Falls. Page 4. Spain. Morales killed a guard before he committed suicide. Page 1. Father of Catalonian who attempted the Ufa of the royal couple had disowned his son. Page 1. British secret police said to have an agree ment with the anarchists. Page 1. Riot at Cananea. Cananea Is under martial law and American volunteers return home. Page 2. Trouble again breaks out and women take refuge with Colonel Greene, Page 2. Domestic. Aeronaut Beechey has battle for life high In air in collapsed machine. Page 1. Electric car Jumps track at curve at East Providence, R. I., killing eleven persons. Page 4. Forty-five Chinese of good families are com ing to study In American colleges. Page 1. Chicago Auditorium filled at services In memory f Carl Schurz. Page 3. Steamer Olympian goes ashore at Punta Arenas while being towed to New York. Page 3. Pacific Coast. Heavy rains and cloudbursts damage tracks of O. R. & N. along Columbia River be tween The Dalles and Arlington. Page 4. San Francisco Is already beginning to rise from its ashes. Page 5. Senator Piles has been very prompt In pay ing his political obligations. Page 3. Many farms in the Frewater neighborhood are entirely destroyed. .Page 4. Sports. ( The yawl Tamerlane arrives first In race to Bermuda for Lipton cup. Page 2. Oakland wins getaway game from Beavers. 4 to 1. Page 9. Annual race meet of Portland Hunt Club to be held next Saturday. Page 9. Portland and Vicinity. State, district and county officers to he elected today. Page 8. Kelly clan to hold reunion at Ken 11 worth June 30. Page 14. Woodmen of the World hold annual memor ial services. Page 14. Probationers make good reports to Juvenile Court. Page 14. George Mayger tells story of his matrimonial adventure. Page 8. Uttle betting on today's election In Port land. Page 9. No trace found of missing Bessie Bauer, of Sell wood, Pag 5. Dr. Simon may be called to succeed Rabbi Wise. Page 5. Women Suffragists close - their campaign. Page 8. FATHER DISOWNS HIS iBCHISTSON Drove Him From His Home Last March After a Do mestic Scene. NOT GRIEVED AT SUICIDE Young Morales, M ho Attempted Life of Spanish King and Queen, Had Made a Study of Chemistry and Was Morose. BARCELONA. June 3 Senor 'Morales, father of the anarchist who attempted to kill King Alfonso and Queen Victoria, and who committed suicide at Torrejon de Ar dos Saturday night, was seen at Barce lona today. He is the proprietor of a prosperous factory there. He has a strong individuality and Is highly respected. An swering the questions of an inspector of police concerning his son, he said: "I wish to know nothing of this infa mous creature, formerly bearing my name. I have not considered him 'my son since I drove him from my house In March. The reason for his being cast out was purely domestic, and 1 beg to be excused from discussing It. I don't know whether he was connected with the attempt at the lives of the King and Queen, as I have considered him dead since he was cast out March 1." Morales' brother, Facundo, gave these details concerning the dead man: At an early age he was sent to the mercantile centers of Germany and France, where he became an expert In textile production, but his natural bent was chemistry, and he returned to his home with a library of German and French works on chemistry. His morose disposition led to family troubles, which culminated In his father disowning him. Then Morales translated German chemi cal books for the Ecole Modern at Barce lona. He lived quietly In a boarding-house and had few acquaintances. He left Bar celona recently, saying that he would be gone tor a long time. ASSASSIN KILLS A GUARD. When He Sees His Escape Shut Off He Shoots Himself. MADRID, June 3. The capture and sui clde Saturday night at'Torrejon de Ardos of Manuel Morales, the chief suspect of the bomb outrage against King Alfonso and Queen Victoria, adds another dra matic chapter to the events surrounding the royal wedding. Morales was recognized in the little town of Torrejon de Ardos, midway be tween Madrid and Alcala. A guard sought to detain him. but Morales, draw ing a revolver, shot the guard dead. Then he turned to flee, but a number of the inhabitants of the town were upon him, and, turning the revolver upon himself, he sent a shot In the region of his heart, expiring a few minutes later. Senor Cuesta, proprietor of the hotel from the balcony of which Morales threw the bomb, viewed the body this morning and completely identified it as that of his recent guest. It was 8 o'clock Saturday evening when Morales, disguised in the garb of a work ingman, entered the station at Torrejon de Ardos. He asked a child, who was in charge of the office, the time the next train would depart for Barcelona. He then sought food in a near-by shop. His Catalonian accent first attracted attention to him. It was then noticed that his workman's suit was entirely new and did not correspond In texture to that usually worn by a person of his station In life, his face and manners showing him to be a man of some distinction. Recognized by His Description. A private watchman from a neighboring estate chanced to be present and he no ticed the facial resemblance of Morales to the descriptions given out of the man seen on the balcony from which the bomb was thrown, particularly the long, thin and deeply serious face and the closely cropped mustache. He then observed that a finger on the man's left hand, which the stranger was trying to conceal, was badly hurt, and that there was also a small fresh scar on his forehead. ' The stranger started out on a road leading to the country, but a watchman intercepted him and demanded to know his identity. Morales declined to give this, whereupon a guard arrested him. In stantly Morales drew a revolver from his pocket and fired, the guard falling dead. Morales started up the road, but a small group of villagers barred his passage. Then, turning around, he deliberately pointed the weapon to his heart, fired and pitched forward in the roadway. An examination of the pockets of the dead man showed that they contained J36 in money and a small supply of bread and cheese, but there was nothing in them that would give a clew as to his Identity. This fact created a -doubt that the man was Morales, but when the Governor of Madrid arrived with Cuesta. Identification was immediate and positive. The body was then brought to Madrid. At first there was a desire to bury it at Torrejon de Ardos, but when this was suggested the villagers Indignantly refused to permit the body to repose in that town. Appeared Very Tired. Villagers of Torrejon de Ardos gave a graphic description of the capture and death of Morales. They say he appeared to be greatly fatigued and fell asleep on a bench at the station. On entering the station, he called for dinner, but scarcely tasted a morsel. The loquacious proprie tor of the inn discussed with him the prevailing topic of the throwing of the bomb at Madrid, declaring it a heinous crime. At this the stranger shifted nerv ously, saying. 'Every one has his own ideas, which should be respected." Shortly after this he tried to leave the town. After shooting himself Morales fell in the road. The villagers who advanced toward te spot, with the most venture some of them, Francisco Martinez, lead ing, saw Morales make a desperate effort to raise himself on his elbow, his right hand still grasping the revolver. Then the wounded man fell backward, but the villagers waited a few minutes before go ing closer, fearing that he might still be able to use the weapon. When they did venture to the spot where the man lay. Morales was dead. The weapon used by him was a seven-shot revolver. f Disguise Was Very Complete. ' A close examination of the dead man showed that there were three abrasions on the body beside the death wound one on the hand, one under the left eye and one on the forehead. His disguise was complete to the last detail, even including the common steel watch ordinarily carried by workmen. The body of Morales was exposed this afternoon for the purpose of al laying public indignation. Thousands of persons surged before the municipal morgue seeking to pet in line to be admitted to. the room where the body lay, but cavalry and infantry blocked the efforts of the throng, which mur mured imprecations upon the assassin. Public feeling was intense, because of the great number of victims. It is seldom that a bomb explosion has had such deadly effect. In this instance be ing 24 persons killed and more than bO wounded. Final disposition of the body of Morales has not yet been determined upon, but the public demand an ig nominous burial. King Is a Fatalist. The American envoy to the royal wedding, F. V. Whiteridge. and his suite had an opportunity for brief con sultation with King Alfonso during the reception at the palace Saturday night. When the consultation natural ly turned to the attempt on the King and Queen, King Alfonso shrugged his shoulders and made the following sig nificant statement, showing how he views the future: "Yes. fortunately. It was unsuccess ful; but it will come again. It may be any time perhaps tomorrow, per haps within a month, perhaps within a .year, but it will come." The face of the King wore a look of calm resignation as he gave this forecast of the future. Although he bor" himself splendidly throughout the terrible experience, the courtiers who witnessed the trying scene as King Alfonso and Queen Victoria hurried within the custle after the attempt was made to assassinate them, saying that for a moment Alfonso's nerves were completely unstrung and that, turning to Queen Victoria, whose dress was spattered with blood, exclaimed: Nerves Are AH Agog. "Why did I bring you to this coun try? It was wrong. You should never have come here." Then the Queen mother and one of the Infantas calmed the overwrought nerves of the King and the bridal couple repaired sadly to the nuptial chambers. A gala performance was given to night at the operahouse and had a re markable interruption. It was discov ered Saturday night that one ticket for the performance was missing. This had a suggestive meaning, as the offi cials has scrupulously kept track of the distribution of every one of them. Therefore the entire issue was can celled and new ones of a different color were given out. The change was the cause of great confusion, but it was considered to be imperative In order to guard against a possibility of the missing ticket giv ing access to the operahouse to a per son who might throw a bomb. The American envoy and his party were present. The King . and Queen were greeted "enthusiastically. Tho opera ,was' "Lucia di Lammermoor." The churches of Madrid today cele brated masses of thanksgiving for the escape of the King and Queen. The scene at the cathedral was impressive. SCOTLAND YARD IS ACTIVE. Plot Against Spanish Monarchs Was Prevented Seven Years Ago. LONDON, June 4. The dramatic story from Madrid of the suicide of the would be assassin of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria, together with the discovery of bombs at Ancona, Italy, supposed to be used against King Victor Emmanuel, has led the newspapers here to discuss keen ly the anarchistic question. The London police disclaim any knowledge of the anarchist Morales and persist in denying that the bomb-throwing was plotted in London. It has been stated that the Spanish government will communicate with the British Foreign Office concerning the at tempt on the lives of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria. This, however, is In correct. The matter has been left en tirely in the hands of the police. In Paris it seems to be believed that Morales was none other than the missing Farrs, or Ai-!no, who threw a bomb at King Alfonso In Paris a year ago. The Dally Telegraph admits that Great Britain's attitude might perhaps be modified with advantage with regard to ihe asylum offered anarchists, but con tends that it is a subject bristling with difficulties and calling for most careful investigation William Melville, late chief of the special police service in New Scotland Yard, who, during his tenure of that office was in the closest touch with the anarchist movement, informs the Dally Telegraph that seven years ago the Lon don police frustrated an attempt to as sassinate King Alfonso and his mother by the discovery of a plot against them in London and pursuit and -capture of the plotters at Bordeaux, while they were on their way to San Sebastian to carry out the assassination. PACT WITH THE ANARCHISTS. Allowed to Remain In England While British Royalty Is Unharmed. LONDON, June 3. The desperate at tempt on the lives of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria brings home to Great Britain the question of harboring anarch ists. It is expected that upon the reas sembling of Parliament after the Whit suntide recess an effort will be made to pass a law excluding anarchists from Great Britain. The effect of the agitation Is proble matical. Much depends upon the result of the investigation being made by Scot land Yard. The attorneys are inclined to doubt that the Madrid plot originated here. The evidence so far does not war rant full acceptance of the claim. The general Idea Is that Judgment must be suspended pending the disclosure of de tails of the conspiracy. There has long been a deep-rooted sen timent against excluding any political refugees or plotters, however violent, and apparently there has been an agreement among the anarchists not to molest mem bers of the British royal family. It has often been asserted that the British secret police had made the immunity of members of the royal family the subject of a definite pact with anarchists, and that it was enforced by threats of rigor ous exclusion. If such a pact exists it was broken by the attack on the Queen of Spain. A clause in the "offenses against the person act," passed during the reign of Queen Victoria, gives the police power to take action if a conspiracy is hatched in Great Britain. BATTLE FOR LIFE HIGH 111 THE I Beechey's Airship Car riage Collapses. . PROPELLER TEARS GREAT HOLE Aeronaut Throws Out Ballast and Saves Himself. FALLS IN AN OPEN FIELD Picked Up Senseless, His First Words on Reviving Showed His Nerve Was Undisturbed, and He Wa Planning Another Trip. CLEVELAND. O., June 3. (Special.) Lincoln J. Beechey, the Toledo aeronaut, battled for his life high In midair for 15 minutes today and then fell unconscious under his wrecked airship. The accident occurred at Luna Park, and was wit nessed by thousands of people. The long, triangular spruce framework carrying the motive power of the airship collapsed as he was coming back to the park after a short flight. The big 6-foot propeller cut Into the balloon like a buzz saw, tearing a great hole in the front end, letting the hydrogen escape and mak ing a terrible fall certain. The balloon ame down like a shot. The flight today had been successful un til the airship struck a strong air current, just as Beechey was ready to make his landing. He started to sail across the city. After a few preliminary turns In midair he left the park. A strong breeze made tacking necessary. Collapses Like Pocket-Knife. After making slow headway westward for 15 minutes, he circled back to the park. Just as he was above the buildings, and flying low to make a landing in the airship enclosure, a counter air wave struck him, straining the balloon. The ' parkful of spectators, horrorstruck, saw the middle of the long spruce carriage sag, break and then collapse like a pock etknlfe half shut. They shouted in fear for the safety of the driver. Beechey clung frantically to the ropes as the big propeller swung up into the balloon and cut out the entire front end of the bag. He was in Imminent danger of falling to death upon the buildings. With rare presence of mind he dropped all his ballast. The remaining gas carried him high. The wind blew him away from the danger of the buildings. He hadl lost control of the airship entirely. Falls Into Open Field. The ground and safety was now hundreds of feet below him. The gaa was blowing into his face, shutting out the air. The relief and buoyancy given by the cast-off ballast lasted only a moment, however. Before the spectators could climb the 20-foot fence at the south end of the park, he had fallen into the middle of an open field across Woodland avenuej south. When friends arrived a moment later1 they dragged his limp body from be neath the balloon. He revived quick ly. , "I'll put a truss under, that carriage) and she'll work all right when I try her again," were his first words. He was already preparing for another flight. Splinters as Souvenirs. The wreck was picked up by tha spectators and park attaches and taken, into the airship enclosure in the park. The splinters were given away as souvenirs. "The carriage was built too light ly," said Beechey, after he had brushed his clothes. "Knabenshue thought it would stand the racket. I thought so, but I've changed my mind." He said that he thought it could be patched up and a new frame work made in time for a flight Tuesday or Wednesday. Balloon Crosses the Channel. DIEPPE, France, June 3. The balloon of Baron Korwin, chief of the Austrian Military Balloon Department, which left London Saturday night in an attempt to reach Vienna, descended near here at 1 o'clock this morning. LONDON. June 3. Baron Korwin re turned to London tonight. He relates a story of a perilous trip. Above the chan nel a terrific thunderstorm was encoun tered, and he was carried 200 miles out of his course. He was obliged to throw over everything even his overcoat and shoes, in order to enable him to reach Dieppe. REFORMS IN TURKEY. . Board of English Merchants Has Accomplished Much. WASHINGTON, June 3. Some commer cial reforms In Turkey are reported by VIce-Consul-General Smith-Lyte.. of Con stantinople, to the Bureau of Manufactur ers. The organization of a board of Eng lish merchants there has accomplished the opening of bonded warehouses, and is demanding more facility in customs oper ations, suppression of the Hedjas stamp, free access on board, free importation of foreign securities, with the exception o lottery bonds, and suppression of the dif ficulties in connection with the free travel of merchants from the Interior who desira to go to Constantinople to make their purchases.