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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. JULY 6, 1906. HENEY TELLS OF COMING TRIALS Binger Hermann's First Case Will Come Up in Wash ington, Not Here. STIPULATION IS ARRANGED Congressman Wanted to Take Ad vantage of Heney's Return to San Francisco After Earthquake to Look After Sisters. Francis J. Heney, Assistant United States Attorney-General and special Gov ernment prosecutor in the pending land fraud cases, arrived in Portland early yes terday afternoon on the delayed train from San Francisco. Mr. Heney was looking exceedingly well, but said he felt somewhat fatigued from m bis trip. He spent a short time with United States District Attorney Bristol and Special Inspector Neuhausen, of the Interior Department, in arranging some of the details of the approaching trials, and last night took a launch ride on the Willamette River with United States Senator-elect Mulkey. Upon his return he discussed many fea tures of the land-fraud cases with a rep resentative of rue Oregonlan, the most important of which was his announcement that he had stipulated with Binger Her mann's attorneys that the latter should not be tried here until after his case in Washington, D. C, had been disposed of. ICeason for Stipulation. "You see, it was like this," said Mr. Heney. "Tho Hermann case was set for trial April 25. I was in Washing ton on the morning of the San Fran cisco earthquake, but did not realize the extent of the disaster until the next day. Then I undertook to secure a continuance, as I had three sisters In the afflicted city, and did not know what had become of them. Hermann had been balking about going to trial all along, but as soon as he discov ered how I was situated he immediately raised a great howl about a speedy trial. The Judge continued the case until June 11, and I started for Arizona from San Francisco, intending to at tend to some private business in the territory in time to continue East and arrive in Washington on the date set tor the trial. "While in Arizona I received a dis patch stating the case had been again postponed until June 17, so I returned to San Francisco, where I found a tele gram awaiting me from the United States Attorney of the District .of Co lumbia, saying Hermann's lawyers were willing to agree to a continuance of the Washington case for the term providing I would stipulate that It should be tried before the Oregon case. Trick of Hermann. "You see, I had tried to secure a con tinuance for the term at the time of the earthquake, but the Judge had de clined to consent to it. I knew if the Hermann case was tried in Washington before tho Hyde-Benson case, it would delay all the Oregon cases, so I agreed to the proposition, not knowing what representations had been made to the District Attorney to induce him to wire me as he did. Later I learned that Hermann, through his attorneys, had led tho District Attorney to believe he would have to take all his witnesses out here, assuming that I Intended to try some of the issues involved In his let-ter-pressbook case at Washington, and that It would impose extra hardship and expense on him In so doing. The old fellow was sly as a fox, and was afraid to trust his own people, but wanted to be tried in Washington first. New Issues Involved Here. "Of course, none of the issues of the Washington case are Involved in any of the Indictments obtained against him in Oregon, and had I known the real status of affairs, I should not have con sented to his proposition, but rather would have stipulated that none of the Issues Involved in the Washington case should enter into the trials here. "I cannot say just when the real trials will begin. Judge Hunt will arrive Sunday next, and on Monday we shall probably take up the Williamson and Jones bills of exceptions. What Oregon case shall we try first? That is something I do not in tend to make public. Do you suppose I am going to announce my plans in ad vance and have the defendants tampering with jurymen and doing a lot of other things? Did you ever see a good poker player show his hand before he made his bet? "The United States grand jury will not be convened while the trials are In prog ress. I Intend to remain here until I get through with all those where the indict ments were secured while I was here be fore, and am certain we shall finish with them this year. Those indictments that were returned under Mr. Bristol he will have to look out for, and I know he Is capable of doing It. I am sure he will make a splendid officer, but I guess the Senate was too busy to confirm his ap pointment. "The Department of Justice was dead Tight in ordering the rearrest of those Wisconsin lumbermen whom the two Uni ted States Commissioners there set free. Putor Will Be Sentenced. "Puter will be sentenced, of course, but Just when I do not know. Neither am I aware what his punishment will be. That is up to the Judge. "The statement is false that I ordered Mrs. Watson's arrest. At the time Puter was wanted, just before he escaped from Burns, I got out bench-warrants for all those who were convicted, she among the rest, and had their bonds declared for feited as a matter of form. I never was afraid of her running away, nor was L. F. Puter, one of her bondsmen. Ben Sweet, her other bondsman, became alarmed, and after consulting with his attorneys, they saw Mr. Bristol, who told them about the bonds being forfeited. Then they proceeded to arrest her, but I never considered such a proceeding neces sary'. "Burns is in the East, and will not come out to the trials I expect Irvln Rltten house here soon." MAJORITY ARE NEW MEN "Administration" Ticket or New York Life Is Nominated. NEW YORK, July 5The so-called "ad mi ntet ration" ticket of trustees of the New York Life Insurance Company was nominated today at a meeting of the board of trustees. Of the 24 men named, 13, a majority, are new men that Is. they have not served on tne present board. Of the officers of the company, only Presi dent Alexander El Orr is named on the "administration" trustees' ticket, the other five officers having voluntarily re tired to make room for the new men. The 13 new men nominated to be voted for by the policy-holders are: James H. Eckels, of Chicago; David R. Francis, of St. Louis; Julius Flelachmann. of Cincinnati; Ewald A. Fleltman, commis sion merchant. New York; Judge Horace H. Lurton, of Nashville, Tenn. ; Seth M- M111I ken. dry goods. New York; John G. Milburn, New York. Anton A. Ravon. president of the Atlantic Mutual Fire Insurance Company, New York; John Reid, director Central Foundry Company, New York; F. H. Rovell, Chicago: G. F. Seward, New York; Elbridge G. Snow, president of the Home Fire Insur ance Company, New York, and Lewis Wag ner, president of the Third National Bank, Philadelphia. The 11 members of the present board who are renominated are: John Claflln. New York; Thomas P. Fowler, New York; Woodbury Lang-don. New York; Robert J. Lowry, Atlanta; Clarence H. Mackay, New York; Henry C. Mortimer, New York; George A. Morrison, New York, Alex E. Orr, New York; William B. Plunk ett, Adams. Mass. ; Augustus G. Paine, New York, and Hiram P. Steele, New York. The five officers retiring from the board are: Darwin P. Kingsley. Thomas A. Buckner and Rufus W. Weeks, vice presidents; "William T. Ingersoll, second vice-president, and Treasurer Randolph. Respecting the retirement of the officers from the board the reason given is "in deference to an opinion, which is rather widely held, that no officer, with the ex ception of the president, ought to be a voting member of the board of trustees. The board of trustees acts upon the acts of the officers, and a man who Is both really passes Judgment on his own acts." REUNION OF OLD TIMERS UXION COUNTY PIONEER ASSO CIATION MEETS. Sixteenth Annual Session at Elgin Largely Attended T. A. Rine hart Orator of the Day. LA. GRANDE, Or., July 5. (Special.) The 16th annual reunion of the Union County Pioneer Association was celebrat ed at Elgin today, and will go down In history as one of the most successful and largely attended ever held. The day was excessively warm, the thermometer standing near the 100 mark, but the un comfortable heat was soon forgotten In the hearty reception extended the visitors by the citizens of Elgin. Large crowds went from La Grande, requiring two trains to carry them. The exercises were excellent, and In cluded, during the morning session, music by the La Grande Band, vocal music and several literary numbers. The afternoon was taken up with a business meeting. T. A. Rinehart delivered an address to the pioneers. Himself a pioneer, Mr. Rine hart proved a speaker who touched the hearts of his hearers because he was in sympathy with them. At the election of officers for the ensu ing year, D. A. McAlister, of La Grande, was chosen president; Henry Rinehart, of Summervllle, secretary; Mrs. Minerva Eaton, of Union, historian. A motion was made and carried that the association at once begin the collection of relics possessed by pioneers connected with the early history of the Valley. The secretary called the attention of the society to the fact that, at the or ganization of the association, the mem bership was 527, of whom 122 have since passed over the great divide. DROWNED IN SNAKE RIVER Lloyd B. Lawrence Meets Death While Bathing at Lewlston. LEWISTON, Idaho. July 5. (Special.) Lloyd B. Lawrence, a salesman employed In Kjos department store, met death by drowning in Snake River at 8 o'clock to night at O. R. & N. docTc. where the steamer Spokane is tied up. Lawrence and several companions were In the wa ter swimming, and all had gone to the Snake ferry, 200 feet above the steamer Spokane, where they all dived Into the river, expecting to swim down around the steamer and leave the water at the wheel. Lawrence, who was timid, remained near shore while his companions swam far ther out in the stream. Deck hands on the Spokane heard one of the other boy shout for help, but paid no attention to Lawrence, who was float ing and moaning, evidently having been attacked by cramps. "When his distress was noticed, an effort was made to reach him by his companions, but he sank near the forward end of the boat, evidently being carried under the steamer by the current. Rescuing parties were immedi ately formed, but up to a late hour tonight the body has not been recovered. LawTence was well and favorably known here, being popular among a large circle of friends. He was about 22 years of age, and came here a year ago from Southern Idaho. He had not been in the West long, having come from Joliet, HI., where his parents live. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH Driving Party Overwhelmed by Waves Near Yaquina Head. NEWPORT, Or., July 5. (Special.) A driving party this evening narrowly es caped death In the ocean, one of their horses being drowned. The party Viras composed of G. Mason and H. Stimpson. of Harrlsburg: Miss Anna Baker, of Turner, and Miss Alda Cannon, of Myr tle Creek. Mason was driving. They were returning from a trip to the Yaqulna Head light station, and attempted to drive around a point known as Jump-Off Joe. Mason was not familiar with the beach, and the tide was at half rise, making It Impossible to pass that way, which Is dan gerous even at low water. He drove Into water so deep that the horses lost their footing, fell down and became tangled in the harness. One of the animals was drowned. The occupants of the hack were thrown out, but clung to the vehicle. The accident, fortunately, was witnessed by Paul Chatterton and others, who huried to the scene and reached it in time to rescue the party from drowning. They also got one horse out by cutting away the harness. It was nearly drowned and had to be hauled out with another team and a line. The res cuers had to work in water up to their shoulders. BOOSTED IN WASHINGTON. Insurance Rates Go Up 2 5 Per Cent Throughout the State. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 6 (Special.) Official' announcement was made today of an increase In insurance rates by all the companies doing business in the State of Washington. The average will amount to 25 per cent on every property in this state. Announcement of the raise is contained in a circular addressed to all Insurance companies' agents by Lee McKenzie, chief surveyor for the state. It is estimated that the order will add approximately 1500,000 yearly to the in come of the Insurance companies operat ing In Washington. Ontario Has $10,000 Fire. BOISE. Idaho, July 5. At Ontario, Or., this afternoon, fire destroyed the yard and buildings of the Empire Lumber Com pany, entailing a loss of $10,000. The prop erty was insured for $3000. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures scrofula, salt rheum and all other troubles caused by impure blood. EftS TO OIL TANKS Measure in Council to Exclude Them From Nearly All Parts of the City. AIMED AT STANDARD OIL Proposition Is to Restrtct Large Res ervoirs to the District North of Portsmouth on the East Side. An ordinance was introduced at the meeting of the Council last night which, if passed, will eliminate the present men ace to East Side property offered by the huge tanks of the Standard Oil Company. Since the recent explosion and fire at St Johns there has been a strong protest against these tanks, which led up to the introduction of an ordinance which will, If passed, cause their removal, or at least reduce the capacity of any one tank. The ordinance was brought up by Councilman Sharkey. - Aimed at Storage Tanks. In introducing the measure, Councilman Sharkey explained that it is aimed direct ly at the storage tanks of the Standard Oil Company, and that it is backed by property-owners, who realize that results much more disastrous than from the ex plosion In St. Johns would occur if one of the big tanks near the warehouse district of tho East Side should catch fire or blow up. So important is the subject consid ered that the Council will consider it as a committee of the whole instead of submit ting it to one of the subcommittees. After a short discussion last night, "the matter was postponed until the next regular meeting. The ordinance, as drawn up, prohibits the erection or maintenance of any oil tank of more than 10,000 gallons capacity at any place within the city boundaries with the exception of the district north of Portsmouth, on the East Side, which Includes the site of the destroyed tanks. Gets Third-Street Franchise. The ordinance granting a franchise on East Third street 5.0 the O. R. & N. was passed after a lengthy discussion and sev eral minor changes. The ordinance pro vides that construction work shall com mence within 30 days and that the line shall be completed within six months. J. P. O'JBrien, W. W. Cotton and other prom inent Harriman officials were present to represent the O. R. & N. The railroad officials asserted that they intended to construct the entire track as rapidly as possible and to show that they would keep good faith agreed to ac cept an amendment whereby they will forfeit whatever portion of the line is 'constructed unless the entire system is completed in the period specified. The company also consented to put up a bond of $10,000 to carry out the project. Councilman Kellaher introduced an amendment requiring that a 60-foot fill instead of a 20-foot one be made by the company on East Third street. This Mr. O'Brien refused to accept, and the mo tion was lost. A futile attempt was also made to put through an amendment to the franchise fixing the switching charge for less than 10 blocks at $2.50 a car each trip, Including the return ot the empty car. Must Erect Depot. By a vote of 9 to 6. the original charge of $5 was left unchanged. The franchise was, however, amended to require the company to erect a depot between East Pine and East Taylor streets, where it shall receive both inward and outward bound freight. The Council granted the vacations on Eleventh and Twelfth streets asked for by the Portland & Seattle Railroad Com pany. The Eleventh-street vacation ex tends only from Quimby to Savier, but the one on Twelfth street is from Hoyt to Quimby. The vacations, however, do not include the intersections of these streets with Northrup, Lovejoy. Petty grove or Overton. The company with drew its petition for the vacation of Northrup street in consideration of the remonstrance which had been made. Opposes Vacation of Streets. Councilman Vaughn opposed the vaca tion of both Eleventh and Twelfth streets. He especially urged that the city should reserve sufficient ground for the erection of an engine-house, but Chief Campbell did not believe that the locality was the best for the new engine-house which is to be built. The motion to vacate was voted against by Gray, Rushlight and Vaughn. The report of the street committee, rec ommending that the improvement of East Taylor street, from Grand to Sixteenth, be authorized, was accepted, and the City Engineer was instructed to draft plans. This improvement includes the fill of Hawthorne Slough, and has been bitterly opposed by the Hawthorne estate. Whit ney Boise, representing the estate, ap peared befor the Council last night and contended the fill would practically mean confiscation to the slough property. When the question was put, however, Annand and Sharkey were the only members vot ing against it. Committee to Inspect Fenders. Councilman Wills brought up the sub ject of investigating the fenders used on Portland street-cars, with a view to changing the ordinance if a fender pro viding greater safety to pedestrians could be obtained. The matter was not dis cussed, but Mayor Lane was authorized to annoint a committee of three to look pinto it. The committee has not yet been named. An ordinance repealing the one pro viding for the improvement of East Stark street was passed by a vote of 12 to 3. This improvement has been held up many times, but is delayed in the present in stance because of the proposed subway of Thomas McCusker and L. Y. Keady, who propose to make the East Stark-street fill in consideration of the franchise to tunnel under the Willamette. The subway franchise was submitted to the street committee for consideration. The report of the street committee call ing for the rejection of all bids on the Grand-avenue bridge over Sullivan's Gulch was accepted. The reDort also calls for the drafting of new plans by the City Engineer, which shall eliminate a part or all of the original fill and provide for a contract to deck the bridge. Brooklyn District Sewer. The time and manner ordinance for the Brooklyn district sewer, which has been up for consideration many times, was passed by unanimous vote and without discussion. The Improvement will cost more than $100,000. The franchise asked by the Northern Pacific Terminal Com pany on York street was passed to the Executive Board for valuation. At the request of the Poundmaster, the pound limits were reduced to ex clude all of the territory recently ad mitted to the city. The Poundmaster, it was said, could not cover the terri tory with the help he now has, and there are no funds available to em QRD1NANG ploy more men. The limits will be extended to the city boundaries the first of the year. A resolution was passed giving the Forestry building and the site upon which it stands into the care of the Park Board. The property has been under the. control of the Mayor since its acquisition by the city a few months ago. The Council did not adjourn until nearly midnight, The last Item of business to come up was the ordinance prohibiting dealers from placing un drawn fowls In cold storage. It was defeated by a vote of 10 to 4- GAMES WERE NOT HIS Taggrart Says False Reports Were Sent Out From French Iiick. FRENCH LICK SPRINGS, Ind., July 6. Thomas Taggrart, chairman of the Dem ocratic National Committee, today gave the Associated Press the following state ment, made in reply to the demand by the New York World that he resign the Na tional chairmanship of the Democratic committee: "The New York World has allowed it self to be imposed upon by the false and scandalous publications of a rival news paper, whose editor is my personal enemy for reasons best known to himself. "There has been no raid nor attempted raid upon the French Lick Springs Hotel, nor has such a thing been thought of save by Mr. Hearst and his correspond ents. A building Owned by the French Lick Springs Company, wholly disconnect ed from the hotel property, was leased to a party to be used for billiards and bowling alleys, with a strong clause against gambling in the lease. After a time this tenant permitted gambling. We brought suit for possession on the ground of the breach of that provision in the lease, and recovered judgment. He ap pealed the case, and it is pending for trial In the present term of court. The state authorities have supplemented our efforts to recover possession by raiding that building, and that is all there Is to the grossly sensational publications in which the World has placed credence. "The French Lick Hotel has not and will not tolerate gambling in any form on its premises. This is attested by the court records, which show our efforts to suppress it, and it is well known to Mr. Hearst, who, with such knowledge, con tinues the publication of his vindictive, libelous falsehoods. I regret that the World has seen fit to dignify these atro cious falsehoods by editorial mention. "The proposition that I should resign is preposterous. It deserves and will re ceive no attention. T. TAGGART." Attention is called by Intimate friends of Mr. Taggart, who are usually author ized to speak for him, to the fact that on June 7 the Indiana Democratic state con vention unanimously indorsed W. J. Bryan for the Presidential nomination, and that the attacks pn Mr. Taggart have followed this action, which was attributed to the influence of National Chairman Taggart. Must Run Without Gambling. PAOLI, Ind., July 5. Judge Thomas Baskirk today granted a continuance of the French Lick and West Baden Hotel cases to July 13, at the request of the hotel companies, on the promise that in the meantime no gambling would be al lowed. Fifty additional affidavits were filed by the state today against the 11 attendants of the Casino arrested when the raids were made. The total number of affidavits against them is now 72. Attorney-General Miller said the suits brought to cancel the leases were jokes. Two cartloads of gambling parapher nalia seized at French Lick and West Baden Tuesday were brought here this afternoon. A curious crowd watched the opening of the machines, which were found to contain only $579.53 In all. The offcials were greatly surprised, as it was confidently expected that the devices would contain a large sum. The money was placed in a bank to await the order of the court. PROGRESS 0F GERMANY John O'Hara Tells of Wonderful Strides Made There. John O'Hara, editor of the Catholic Sen tinel, has Just returned to Portland from Europe, where he has been since last Au gust. He spent the early part of the Win ter taking a historical course in the Uni versity of Paris, and since that time has been traveling in Southern Europe, Ger many and Great Britain. "Perhaps the one thing which most im pressed me while abroad," he said last night, "was the great advancement which Is being made by the German people. I took occasion to study conditions there quite fully, and was especially interested in the progress they are making along the lines of public ownership and control of utilities. The Germane are certainly further along in this line than any other nationality. Why, in Freiberg they have carried it so far that they have a munici pal undertaker and all funerals must be under his direction. They all have to be held in the official chapel, and the most expensive funeral allowed to be held in that city costs only $30. "All over Germany there Is a feeling that the country Is preparing to lead the world in commercial lines. They claim that they are crowding England to the wall now, and they do not fear but that they can outdistance the United States. They believe that this country will be so annoyed with her labor troubles that she will not be in a position to take the lead ership." NOVELIST FCW GOVERNOR Winston Churchill on Reform Ticket in New Hampshire. CONCORD, N. H., July 5. (Special.) The Lincoln Republican Club, of New Hampshire, has tendered to Winston Churchill, the novelist, the nomination for Governor on an anti-corporation plat form, and he has accepted. In his let ter of acceptance Mr. Churchill says his principal plank will be the freedom of state affairs from domination by the Bos ton & Maine Railroad. His second plank deals with means to suppress gambling, chiefly racetrack gambling. He is a member of the Breeders' Club and one o the board of governors of the Salem track, but says the sport must be kept clean or driven out of the state. Tillman Has a Clear Field. COLUMBIA, S. C, July 5. Colonel W. W. Lumpkin has withdrawn from the race , for United States Senator. This leaves the field clear for Senator Till man's re-election. Funston Party on Way to Idaho. SALT LAKE CITY. July 5. Brigadier General Frederick Funston. Major C. A. Devol, Depot Quartermaster at San Fran cisco, and E. E. Calvin, general manager of the Southern Pacific, and Mrs. Calvin arrived here today on the way to Mr. Cal vin's Summer home at Island Park, Idaho. The three men, who have been so con spicuously Identified with public affairs at San Francisco since the great fire, are on a vacation, which they Mill spend fishing along the Snake River and in the Yellow stone National Park. W. H. Bancroft, general manager of the Oregon Short Line, accompanied the party to Idaho. Japanese Fisherman Drowned. ASTORIA, Or., July 5. (Special.) RoU suzo Munatu, a Japanese employed at the Columbia River Packers' Associa tion's North Shore cannery, was acci dentally drowned there yesterday. STAND BY ACCUSED Socialists Believe Federation Officials Innocent. IDAHO CONVENTION ACTS Passes Resolution Expressing Confi dence in Ultimate Acquittal of Alleged Dynamiters Name State Ticket at Caldwell. BOISE, Idaho, July 5. The Socialists have been holding a state convention at Caldwell for two days, and were in session until late tonight. They adopt ed a long declaration of principles; also a resolution declaring their belief In the innocence of Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone, charged, with the murder of ex-Governor Steunenberg, and confi dence in their ultimate acquittal. The convention nominated the following state ticket: For Congressman, E. L. Riggs, of Heyburn; Governor, Thomas F. Kelley, of Caldwell; Lieutenant-Governor, Chenowich, of Lewiston; Secretary of State, J. F. Hutchinson, of Burke; reasurer, James Smith, of St. An thony; Auditor, Morgan Gifford, of Council; Superintendent of Schools, Grace E. Workman, of Boise; Attorney General, L. E. Workman, of Boise; Mine Inspector, Charles, of Wallace; Justice of the Supreme Court, Hermon F. Titus, of Caldwell. There was a sharp contest over the nomination for Governor. Vincent St. John was the candidate of the radical element, and came within a few votes of being nominated. St. John is the man who was arrested at Burke soon after Meyer and Haywood were taken Into custody, and was afterward turned over to the Colorado authorities, charged with a murder at Telluride. OREGON CITY CLAIMS $2000 Will Attempt to Secure Unpaid Road Tax Balance. OREGON CITY, Or., July 5 (Special.) City Attorney James U. Campbell, on be half of the finance committee of the City Council, tonight submitted to that body a report relative to the road fund, claim ing that there is now due and owing the city from the county about J2000 in road taxes. The Council has referred the mat ter to Attorney Campbell with instruc tions to have the claim laid before the County Court for adjustment. This claim involves the road taxes for the years since 1903, and represents the difference between the 50 and 60 per cent of such taxes paid by the county to the city. The former County Court contend ed that the road law as amended in 1903 required the payment by the county to the city of only 50 per cent of the taxes so collected, and that the general law super seded the provision in the city charter which calls for 60 per cent allowance to the city. The Supreme Court has held to the contrary. Ill THE L WASHINGTON DELEGATION MAY FORCE CONSTRUCTION. Congress Voted Against Vessel at Swiftsure Bank, but Error Was Made by Printer. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 5. Copies of the sundry civil law, which came from the Public Printed today, contain Senator Piles' amendment-appropriating $150,000 for the construction of a lightship for Swiftsure Bank, at the entrance to the Straits of Fuca. This item was erro neously left In a copy of the bill which the President signed, notwithstanding the conference committee knocked it out, and the Senate and House subse quently refused to make the appropria tion. The error was made by the Public Printer and the enrolling clerks, along with other serious mistakes in the clos ing hours of the session. Technically this money is now available and can be expended, but Representative Mann, who led the fight on this appropriation, called on the Lighthouse Board today and secured from it a promise not to use this money, inasmuch as it was not the Intention of Congress to make the appropriation. He said any court would deny the right to build this ship, if question was ever raised, and on this theory there will not be a lightship. However. Conerress. lust before n,i- iournment, passed a resolution annul Yellowstone National Park Go to the Yellowstone Park on The Oregonian Special by the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company and the Oregon Short Line, via Boise and Salt Lake. Tickets can be procured from C. W. Stinger, city ticket agent of the O. R. & N., at office at Third and Washington streets ling another item erroneously slipped into the sundry civil bill in the same way, and probably would not have done so If It had not feared the money would have been expended. If the Washing ton delegation makes a fight It may be able to force the construction of this ship. POST AT AMERICAN LAKE. Army General Staff Would Buy Site for Brigade. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, July 5. Secretary Taft today declared it to be the intention of tne General Staff of the Army ultimately to buy the American Lake camp site near TacomaC when they can procure the necessary appropriation, and establish a brigade post at that point. Army of ficers consider this an Ideal location for a permanent post of this size. Nothing can bo done, however, until Congress appropriates money to buy tne ground, which may be in the remote future. The establishment of a brigade post at American Lake will not affect Van couver Barracks in any way, but may lead to the abandonment of Fort Wright and Fort Walla Walla. How ever, the whole matter Is yet In ad vance stage, nothing definite having yet been decided upon. Rural Carriers Appointed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington,' July 5. Rural carriers have been appointed as follows: Oregon Freewater route No. 1, William S. Banks, carrier, Joseph B. Baldwin sub stitute; Milton, route No. 1, Alva C. Troy er. carrier, Ura Troyer substitute. Washington Rosalia, route No. 1. Leon- and Blankensblp carrier, Robert F. Dyer substitute. Lester A. Curtis has been appointed Postmaster at Starvout, Or., vice John Ranrl, resigned. Surgeon Smith to Go to Manila. OREGONIa-s NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, july 5. Contract Surgeon George B. Tuttle will proceed to Fort Columbia. Washington, relieving Contract Surgeon Rodney D. Smith, who will proceed to Ma nila for duty in the Philippines division. IS HEIR TO TWOMBLEY MILLIONS OVERESTIMATES STRENGTH. While Swimming in New Hampshire Lake He Sinks Before Aid Can Reach Him. ASHLAND, N. H., July 5. H. McK. Twombley, Jr., 18 years old, and the only son of H. McK. Twombley, the New York capitalist, was drowned while swimming in Big Squaw Lake, Holderness, N. H., today. Twombley started to swim from the Groton school camp to Clarens Cove, one mile distant. He had reached a point a short distance from his goal when be was seen to struggle In the water. Before anyone could reach him he sank. 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Two of the men were found clinging to the upturned boat, but the others had been drowned. All of the men drowned were new recruits. Chauffeur Turned His Head. ST. LOUIS, July 5. One man was killed and three injured In an automobile acci dent in St. Louis County, near the city limits, tonight. Alfred Burton, a mer chant, died shortly after the accident. John Sweet had his left leg broken, and two men whose names are not known were bruised. The automobile contained Burton, ma wife and two children and five guests. While riding along the Clayton road the chauffeur's hat blew off. He turned to look for it, and the automobile veered into the ditch, dropping 15 feet. No woman's happi ness can be complete without children ; it is her nature to love and want them as much so aa it is to love the beautiful and Mother's riend 4