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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1906. BRYAN SAYS HE HAS NOT CHANGED Always Has Been a Conserva tive in One Sense, He Says. SILVER IS NOT AN ISSUE On Other Questions, He Stands as Before, but Even More Radical Than During His Previ ous Campaigns. LONDON. July 12. William J. Bryan, having had the opportunity of reading American newspapers, consented today to dlscuBs some of the questions which have been raised since he has again be come prominent as a Presidential possi bility. He said: "I notice that I am not regarded by some as conservative, and in order that there may be no misunderstanding on the subject, permit me to say that In one sense I always have been a conservative. The Democratic policies are conservative, in that they embody old principles ap plied to new conditions. There was noth ing new in principle in either of the plat forms on which I stood. We were ac cused of attacking property, when in fact the Democratic party is the defender of property, because It endeavors to draw the line between honest accumula tion by honest methods on the one side and predatory wealth and Immoral meth ods on the other. It is to the interest of every honest man that dishonesty should be exposed and punished; otherwise the deserving -are apt to suffer for the un deserving. Position Not Changed. If, however, by the word conservative they mean that I have changed my po sition on any public question or mod erated my opposition to -corporate ag grandizement, they have a surprise waiting for -them. I am more rad ical than I was In 1896 and have nothing to withdraw on economical questions which have been under discussion. "The only question we discussed In 1896 upon which there has been any apparent change Is the silver question, and there has not yet been any change in the advocates of bimetallism but in conditions. We contended for more money and urged the free coinage of silver as the only means then in sight of securing it. The increased produc tion of gold has brought In part the benefit we expected to secure from the restoration of silver. Silver Not an Issue. "I believe in bimetallism, and I believe that the restoration of sliver would bring still further prosperity, besides restoring par in exchange between gold and silver using countries, but I recognize, as do all blmetalllsts whom I have met abroad, that the unexpected and unprecedented Increase In gold production has for the present removed the silver question as an issue. "While the money question has waned In importance, other questions have been forging to the front, and to those ques tions we must apply the same principles we applied to the money question and seek to secure the greatest good to the greatest number, by legislation which con forms to the doctrine of equal rights for all and special privileges for none." Mr. Bryan added that he would discuss the trust, tariff, railroad and labor ques tions. Imperialism and other Issues at length when he reached America. ICE TRUST MEN INDICTED Charged With Conspiracy in Raising Price in Washington. WASHINGTON, July 12. The grand jury of the District of Columbia today returned Indictments against the Ameri can Ice Company and the Chapln-Sacks Ice Company and their local officers on the charge of entering Into a conspiracy to Increase the price of ice. At the re quest of District Attorney Baker. Judge Wright immediately issued warrants for the arrest of the indicted officials. In addition to the two companies named, Indictments were returned against Samuel A. Klmberly, local manager and agent, and George F. Hoover, superin tendent of routes of the American Ice Company, and Arthur W. Chapin, presi dent, and Samuel C. Redman, secretary and treasurer of the Chapln-Sacks Com pany. The proceeding is under the Sher man anti-trust law, and the Indictments charge "a combination and conspiracy in restraint of trade and commerce." Later in the day the indicted men gave bond in the sum of $2500 each. Their trials cannot take place until next Oc tober. DISSOLVE PACKING-BOX TRUST Ark a n sail Begins Suit Against Big Chicago Mills. CHICAGO. July 11 William B Beck man, of Blytheville, Ark., today 'filed a bill In the United States Circuit Court asking for an accounting with and a re ceiver for the Chicago Mill & Lumber Company, and an Injunction against the Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company, Amer ican Box Company, Packing Box Com pany. Marked Tree Lumber Company, Herman Paepcke. Edward A. Leicht. William Wilms, Charles Wieman and all unknown officers and stockholders of the Chicago Mill & Lumber Company, re straining them from acting in a combina tion in restraint of trade. Beckman in his bill alleges that there has been in existence since 1900 a pool to unlawfully regulate and fix the prices of boxes In the United States. The bill declares the alleged combination to be a violation of the Interstate commerce act. the Sherman anti-trust law and the trust laws of the State of Illinois. According to the bill, the alleged combination rep resents a capital of $200,000,000, "and pos sibly twice as much," with an annual output valued at $25,000,000. No United States' Judge was in court today, and no action could be taken in court in relation to the suit. The charge is made that the trust controls the entire output of box lum ber in the Middle States, and that Herman Paepcke controls four large companies and has diverted large sums of money to the use of himself and family. The action of the court was sup pressed for fear that Paeplcke and Leicht would flee to Europe. LIGHT FINES FOR REBATING Santa Fe and Colorado Fuel Get Off Easily First Time. LAS VEGAS. N. M.. July 12. On the ground that their violation sf the law In granting rebates on coal shipments was technical and not wilful and that, therefore, only a moderate penalty should be imposed. Chief Justice Wil liam J. Mills in the United States Court here today imposed a fine of 13000 on each count of the indictments against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail way Company and the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company. A total fine of $15,000 and costs was imposed on each of the defendant companies. When the cases were called up for hearing today, a plea of not guilty was entered dn behalf of the defendant companies, following which an agreed stipulation of facts was submitted and filed. Major W. H. Llewellyn, United States District Attorney for New Mex ico, represented the Government, Investigate Standard In New York. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., July 12. United States District Attorney Charles H. Brown today began the investigation of the rebate charges against the Standard Oil Company and the Pennsylvania Rail road, and, according to a statement by him. the grand jury will be kept busy for two weeks hearing the testimony of witnesses in the case. THAW TRIAL IN OCTOBER Jerome Will Conduct Prosecution of White's Slayer. NEW YORK, July 12. It was reported tonight that it is the intention of District Attorney Jerome to put Harry Thaw on trial the first Monday in October. Whether the trial will take place in the Court of General Sessions, or whether It will be transferred to the criminal branch of the Supreme Court has not yet been decided. Mr. Jerome will positively conduct the prosecution, assisted by Mr. Garvan. MRS. THAW LOOKS HAPPY. Carries Good News to Husband Mrs. Schwartz Dodges Lawyers. NEW YORK, July 12. Mrs. Thaw made her usual dally visit to her husband in the prison today, remaining with him about an hour and a half. From the prison she went to Judge Olcott's office, where she remained in conference with the attorneys for more than nn hour. Then she hur ried out to her cab and directed the coach man to drive tc the Tombs as quickly as possible. "I have good news for Harry," she' said. She remained in the Tombs about ten minutes, and as she was leaving, a news paper man sard to her: "You look particularly happy today." "Yes," she replied, with a smile, "today I am happier than I have been for some time." Mrs. M. Y. Schwartz, who is expected to be one of the important witnesses in the Thaw-White murder case, did not ap pear at the District Attorney's office to day, In answer to a subpena which was served upon her yesterday. Instead her attorney called upon Assistant District Attorney Garvan and told him that Mrs. Schwartz is ill. Mr. Garvan sent a de tective sergeant to the Pierrepont, where Mrs. Schwartz lives, to remain on duty until further notice. It had been planned to have Mrs. Schwartz go before the grand jury to be questioned about a story to the effect that Harry Thaw, wnne a guest at a dinner in her apartments 18 months ago, flourished a revolver and declared that he would shoot White with It. Another story of this dinner was that Thaw also threatened to kill his wife. FEMALE CRANK ON TRAIL Insists on Interview With Mrs. Roosevelt, but Is Excluded. OYSTER BAY, July 12. Mrs. Asal L. Esac, who has written Secretary Loeb that her name is Case, spelled backwards, has arrived in Oyster Bay and taken a room adjoining the executive offices, where she says she will wait until she can interview Mrs. Roosevelt on a matter of life and death. "If I cannot see Mrs. Roosevelt," she added, "1 can send her an express package, and a big one, too." Secretary Loeb, who has received sev eral letters from Mrs. Esac in times gone by, will make an investigation of her case at once. !?he says her mission Is purely a family affair, and relates to fe males. She says she Is a relative on her mother's side to a Brigadier-General in the Army. Mrs. Esac walked from Oyster Bay to Sagamore Hill this afternoon and argued with the secret service men there for an hour. She was very Insist ent about seeing Mrs. Roosevelt, but was finally induced to walk back, es corted by a member of the secret serv ice corps, although she was not placed under restraint. M'CALL ESTATE IS SMALL After Debts Are Paid Only $40,835 Remains for Heirs. NEW YORK, Juy 12. The net value of the estate left by the late John A. McCall, ex-president of the New York Life lusur ance Company, was $40,835, according to the report of the appraisers of the estate, which was filed in the Surrogate's office today. The report shows that Mr. McCall died possessed of property valued at $74. 000. but this has been reduced In the pay ments of debt, administrative expenses and other disbursements to the extent of $33,165. FLYNN WHIPS SULLIVAN Gets Decision After Fifteen Rounds at Pueblo. PUEBLO. Colo., July 12. Jim Flynn, of Pueblo, tonight earned a decision over Jack "Twin" Sullivan, of Cambridge,- after 15 rounds of the fiercest milling ever seen in this city. Both men fought ferociously from the tap of the gong in the first round when Flynn rushed his opponent and landed hard on the face. The Pueblo man used a right to the jaw effectively through out. Flynn was the aggressor. Millionaire Killed in Auto. NEW YORK. July 12. Harvey L. Shaf fer, uncle of John S. Phipps and broher-in-law of Henry Phipps, Pittsburg steel millionaire, was instantly killed today when a Long Island railroad train smashed the automobile in which he and a chauffeur were riding, at the crossing half a mile east of Sayville, L. I. An drew Peters, the chauffeur, was so badly Injured it is believed he will die. The body of Mr. Shaffer, who was about 55 years old, was left in the ditch beside the tracks for several hours before the Coro ner arrived. Mr. Shaffer was associated with his brother-in-law and with Andrew Carnegie in the steel business in Pittsburg until the formation of the steel trust, since which time he has been retired from ac tive business. Prince Will Reside in America. BERLIN, July 12. It is stated here upon good authority that the Kaiser's plan for the education for his fourth son Prince August Wilhelm. who. following In the rootsteps or all Hohenzollern Princes. will enter the University of Bonn in Oc tober, provides for an extended trip and period of residence in the United States about 1909, at the end of a thorough uni verslty career In Germany. ESTHER URGED ON BY MRS. GREf FIELD (Continued From Page 1.) crowd on the street discussing George Mitchell's killing. Then she left the car and telephoned the police. "Will you see these reporters, Chief Wappenstein asked her, at the police sta tion. "No." she responded. "Tell them to go up and see the other fellow they sympathized with so much." Later she reiterated her refusal to talk, but she did tell The Oregonian corre spondent that she had planned the kill ing ad that she walked the streets yes terday looking for George Mitchell. In her statement dictated to Detective Ken nedy, she tells all this in greater detail. Her statement reads: . Esther Volunteers to Shoot. "As soon as George Mitchell shot my husband, I made up my mind that I would kill him. I talked with Esther af ter the trial and told her that I didn't Creffield as he appeared when dug out from under O. V. Hurt's house. An enterprising Corrallis resident has Issued postcards bearing this photo of the Holy Roller prophet. think I was going to get a chance to kill him; that they were suspecting me at least that was what I understood from what I heard. Esther volunteered to do It for me. "At first I wasn't willing to let her, but afterward I became willing to let her do it. When I got the gun I intended to do it myself. I got the gun Wednes day morning am not sure hut I think it was Wednesday. "Every once in a while I spoke to her about killing George. Sometimes my courage was weak, and then when the papers came out and praised him so, I got courage again and made up my mind to do it. Today when Esther left me she left with the understanding that if she got a chance at the depot she would kill him." "Why did she become determined to kill him; was it an understanding between her and you that he was to be killed by either of you?" was asked. Planned After the Trial. "Not until after the trial." replied Mrs. Creffield. "Before the trial I was deter mined that I would do it. Yesterday, when I bought the gun, I intended to kill him. When I got back with the gun I told her I thought they were suspecting me and were watching me, and I wasn't going to get a chance. She said she would do It for me, and I told her that I would be glad if she did, that I was determined that he had to die. "Today Esther got the gun and put it In her bosom about 1 o'clock, I told her not to put it next to her, because the perspiration would rust iL She said she would fold a cloth next to her. I told her I would be greatly relieved when I heard that she had killed him. Esther told me that she was going to Portland If she didn't get an opportunity to kill him here. I told her to telephone and let me know if she went to Portland. Gave the Gun to Mitchell Girl. "When I heard the jury say "not guilty I went up to EBther's room and told her I would kill him. Wednesday I went down and got the Post-Intelligencer, and seen it was so. I went down to Second and Union and bought the gun, and took It up and loaded it, and I told Esther from what was said what I heard they suspected me, and I didn't think I would get a chance to kill him. She said she would do It then. I told her I would be glad If she did." That Esther Mitchell had planned to accept her brother's charity, if need be, to accomplish his death, was shown to night by a statement from Chief of Po lice Wappenstein. When the police ma tron searched the girl she found only a few cents in money upon her person and no railroad ticket. Esther Had No Money. Esther and Mrs. Creffield both say the girl was to follow George Mitchell to Portland, if need be, to kill him. Before going. Esther was to telephone to Mrs. Creffield, and the fact that the widow of "Joshua" only escaped from the boarding-house where she lu-ed as the detec tives were entering tfre place to arrest her, shows she remained there in antici pation of such news. Without money. Esther Mitchell had to depend upon her brother's charity to take her to Port land. Intended to Ask George for Money. There is no question, from the state ments of .Esther, hut that she Intended to appeal for funds to make the trip if ............... . . . f I DEAD UBADEB OF HOLY ROLLERS. I it became necessary. She would have T . " iiuui ucuige ur oue ui iuh brothers that she might kill the man who shot down Creffield. The police believe that if the oppor tunity had not come as it did, Esther Mitchell would probably have shot on the train before the party reached Portland, a chance would certainly have been given unless a chance exposed the gun and disclosed the plot. The heart lessness or Insanity of the plot to mur der has shaken even Chief Wappenstein, a thief-catcher and officer since he was 14. Curiously enough, though the feeling that runs through official circles Is one of pity for the officers, air believe both Mrs. Creffield and Miss Mitchell Insane on Holy Roller creed. A lunacy commis sion Js apt to be called to examine oth women, though the State's Attorney has already tested Miss Mitchell. MRS. CREFFIELD IS ARRESTED Taken to the Police Station in Pa trol Wagon. SEATTLE, Wash., July 12. (Spe cial.) The courtesy that was shown Esther Mitchell in sending her to the County Jail in a private carriage was not extended to Mrs. Creffield. She was bundled away in the patrol wagon, In company with several police officers, after her examination in the Chief's office had been concluded. Both the police and the County At torney's office hold Mrs. Creffield re sponsible more than Miss Mitchell for the crime. In law, she is an accessory before the crime, and as guilty as Miss Mitchell. Deputy County Attorney Miller did not see Mrs. Creffield after her arrest. He had gone to the morgue, when the body of Mitchell was carried there, bewildered at the story of the crime. He would not believe the report until a newspaper man accompanied him into the room where George Mitchell lay. "My God, what is the country coming to," exclaimed the Deputy Prosecutlng-1 Attorney he gazed at Mitchell's life less form. Then he turned away and hurried to the police staxion, pale and almost unnerved. Silas M. Shipley, of the firm of Morris & Shipley, who so successfully defend ed Mitf-hell during the trial, states that he strongly advocated before Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Miller that Esther Mitchell be placed in the cus tody of her father. He says that Police Matron Kelly said to him, in the presence of Superior Judge Frater and Mr. Miller, that the best thing to do would be" to get Esther Mlcchell out of the city and away from all influences connected with the case. It was then said that Miss Mitchell ought to go East to relatives with her father. She refused to go, saying she wished to stay here. It was then that the question of taking her away by force was brought up. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Miller, in reply to a question, stated that if such an attempt was made to take Esther Mitchell out of the city his office would in nowise interfere or take action. The police matron, wich whom Miss Mitchell stayed, advocated her reMirn to the East, and urged upon the County Attorney that her father carry her away. But neither Mitchell's attor neys nor the County Prosecutor be lieved there was anything more serious to confront than the problem of caring for a deluded girl. County Attorney Mackintosh, when told of the shooting, was dumfour.ded. "It's almost too terrible to believe," he said. "However, I can't say that I am surprised. Nothing In that case would surprise me. I told the Jury that if Mitchell was freed that it would mean other killings in the case. I firmly believed It. You see that my prediction has come to pass." Immediately after the killing became known a story spread that the Prose cuting Attorney's office had been ad vised Tuesday that Esther Mitchell should be at once taken into custody, as she might do some harm. Deputy Prosecutor John F. Miller stated that no such advice had been given the office, and that no one had made any application for Esther Mitchell's ar rest. ESTHER WAS ON THE WATCH Account of Shooting Given by Host of the Mitchell Boys. SEATTLE, Wash., July 12. (Special.) L. T. Sandel, with whom the Mitchell boys spent last night, was with them at the depot. He called at the police station after Mrs. Creffield had been taken and said: "I went to the depot to bid good-bye to George and Fred, who were going to Portland. A short time after we reached the waiting-room, and after George and Fred had gone to check a grip, I saw Esther step into the waiting-room. At first she did not see us. She stepped over near the soujth entrance and stood by one of the pillars. Presently Esther saw Perry and me talking. She came over tovard us. We went toward her. Perry placed his arm around his sister and kissed her. In a moment George and Fred came into the room. They walked toward us and George offered his hand to Esther, who coolly shook it. "Just then the depot master announced the departure of the train, and we all started to the gate. Esther said that she would go to tfie train with us. We almost walked arm in arm, although George and Fred were a little in advance of us. Perry, Esther and I were close together and Esther was directly behind George. "Suddenly, and without the least warn ing. I saw Esther pull a revolver from under her cape, and she aimed it directly at the back of George's head. I Jumped at the pistol, but did not reach it in time. The gun was discharged. George uttered a cry, and fell over backward, almost at our feet. "Esther turned, still holding the smok ing revolver, stepped back a few paces, and fell into one of the seats, her weapon dropping beside her. Perry grabbed his sister, and two or three officers ran up and took her in charge.X. LAYS THE BLAME ON JURY Judge Upton Censures Men Who Ac quitted Mitchell. WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 12. Ex Judge W. H. Upton, of the Superior Court of Walla Walla County, when in terviewed regarding the Esther Mitchell case and his message to her, said: "It Is unfortunate when a man who has unquestionably and deliberately violated the laws of the state and killed a human being in disregard of those laws, Is trium phantly acquitted by a jury. Such action on the part of a jury tends to bring all SPECIAL SALE BOYS' SUITS 13 OFF ON ALL BOYS' WOOLEN SUITS This special Sale includes every Suit in our Boys' Department Everything goes. Norfolk Suits, Double-Breasted Suits, Buster Brown Suits and the Combination Suits; all sizes, from 3 to 18. PRICES: Sam'l Rosenblatt 6 Co. COR. THIRD AND MORRISON STS. law Into contempt, and to substitute the passion and prejudice of the hour for the law, which ought to be our protection as well as the punishment for our mis deeds. "The report that Miss Mitchell has taken the law into her own hands by killing her brother Is only what we may expect, if courts and juries refuse to en force the laws of the land. Mitchell, in killing Creffield, was unquestionably guilty of premeditated murder, whatever Justification he may offer for the act. As the law of the courts refuse to recognize that fact, his sister. Esther Mitchell, be came the law of Nature to execute Na ture's law. Let us forget the dead and pity the living." EXERCISES WOMAN'S RIGHT (Continued From Page 1.) and seclusion. In one letter she Is alleged to say: When you say I kept you back from good places, that Is not true, I know. But do just as your heart tells you. I love you and al ways will. I only wish I were dead this night. I did as I told you I would do. I left him and promised to marry you when I was freed. I will try to aee you every night you are off. And, Tom, be good, even If you think of leaving me some day; be good for your dear mother until you could love an other woman. I know there Is nothing about me for any man to love, but still I love you and always will. This writing paper is $4 a box. Ida gave me this and told me she knew you would like it, and sends her love. Ida is one of Mrs. Hartje's sisters. "When this letter was read her face turned pale, then blazed red and sho looked at Hartje, sitting across the counsel table. He squirmed uneasily in hit chair, slid down and leaned for ward to avoid her gaze. Mrs. Hartje's Iist of Don'ts. The "Don't" letter was one which set the courtroom crowd in laughter. In the beginning she says: Tom, my heart ached when I had to go to bed and go in a nice warm bed and know you are In the rain, cold and perhaps hungry, when I knew your place was by my side. I could not sleep and was up at 6 o'clock this morning. This evening I wanted you at the house, but the girls are afraid, as the maids or children might see us. Be good and you will have things better some day. Good-bye, darling. This is what you must do: Don't think I am cross, but remember I am the oldest. Don't forget you are a married man and nave a wife. Don't forget to brush the horse dust from your hair. Don't forget your teeth. Don't forget your bath. Don' t forget the care of your feet after your bath (talcum powder). Clean socks every day. Don't forget to laugh at this. In another letter the writer says: Tom, I am happy tonight, but yet sad to think that two people love as we do (or I do) and then are kept apart. But it will be only for a little while, for my life is a blank without you. And we only have such a short life. I am going to be happy and try to get the man I love. Tom, I made you. I took you from a boy and made a man of you; now you are going to be mine for life, and If we are ever parted it will be because you wish it so. Some time soon I trust we will never part to say good-night. I will stay right in your arms. Good-night will finish in the morning. Will you be happy to live with me always, dearest? This world and all that is in it will not keep me from loving you. I don't want his money. Only to be free from him, so I can marry the man I love. Some day. If you are good and don' t grow tired of me, I will make you a good wife. Italian Workman Drowned. STEVENSON, Wash., July 12. The body of Pasquale Arbritta, an Italian employed at Cook's Landing on the North Bank road, was found floating in the Columbia today. He was last seen alive July 3. The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning. Arbritta had a family in Italy. i $ 3.p0 SUITS REDUCED TO .? 2.35 $ 4.00 SUITS REDUCED TO .$ 2.65 $ 4.45 SUITS REDUCED TO $ 2.85 $ 4.85 SUITS REDUCED TO . .$ 3.25 $ 5.00 SUITS REDUCED TO .$ 3.35 $ 5.45 SUITS REDUCED TO $ 3.65 $ 6.00 SUITS REDUCED TO .? 4.00 $ 6.50 SUITS REDUCED TO ,. . .$ 4.35 $ 7.00 SUITS REDUCED TO . . .? 4.70 $10.00 SUITS REDUCED TO $ 6.70 $12.50 SUITS REDUCED TO $ 8.35 $15.00 SUITS REDUCED TO ,...$10.00 CONTRACT FOR WARSHIPS South Carolina and Michigan. Will Cost Over Seven Millions. WASHINGTON. July 12. Secretary Bo naparte today awarded the contracts for the two 16,000-ton battleships South Caro lina and Michigan, one to the Cramps, of Philadelphia, and the other to the New York Shipbuilding Company, of Camden, N. J. The Cramps' bid was 3,540,000 and that of the New York Shipbuilding Com pany $3,585,000. The boats are to be of the reciprocating type, so far as engines are concerned, the Secretary having approved the finding of the Board on Construction to the effect that it would be well for the department to await the completion of the turbine scoutshlps now under construction before embarking on another experiment of that kind. ADMIRAL BRADFORD RETIRED Vacancy Will Be Filled by Captain William P. Swineburn. WASHINGTON, July 12. Orders issued from the Navy Department today detach from duty as commander of the third squadron, United States Atlantic fleet, on July 22, Rear-Admiral Royal B. Brad ford, and orders him home to be placed on the retired list. He is at present in command of the training squadron, which was last reported at Fayal, Azores. Admiral Bradford's retirement will pro mote to the rank of Rear-Admiral Cap tain William P. Swineburn, at present a member of the General Board. Manufactures of New York City. WASHINGTON. July 12. The Director of the Census announced today statistics for the manufacturing Industries of the City of New York for the calendar year 1904. for establishments with a product of $500 or over. The statement shows 20.890 such establishments, an increase of over 8 per cent since 1900, with a capital of $1,042,946,487, an increase of over. 22 per cent. The value of the products was $1,526,523,006, as against $1,172,870,261 for 1900. an increase of over 30 per cent. MOTOR OMNIBUS WRECKED Dashes Down Hill and Kills or In jures All Occupants. LONDON, July 12. Owing to the brakes failing to act, a motor omnibus running from London to Brighton dashed down a eteep hill near Crawley this morning and was overturned. Ten of the passengers were killed and a score were badly hurt, some of them probably sustaining fatal Injuries. There were 3 passengers on the omnibus, mainly merchants of Orping ton. 10 miles from London, and they were all either killed or injured. The omnibus olllded with a tree, which was smashed to' matchwood. The occupants of the vehicle were pitched in all directions. Several of the killed were so terribly mangled that it was difficult to identify them. Turkish Troops Sack City. TIFLI3, Transcaucasia, July 12. Alarm ing news ha3 been received here of hor rible ravages by Turkish troops across the border In Turkish Armenia. Soldiers who were collecting taxes are said to have indulged in frightful outrages. The population of the city of Van Is reported to have been nearly destroyed by the Turkish troops, who pulled down houses, assaulted women and acted generally like wild beasts. Danish Patriot Near Death. COPENHAGEN, July 12. Jens Jensen, advocate of the Danish residents of South 3 OFF ON ALL BOYS' WASHABLE SUITS Jutland In the German Parliament, un derwent a serious operation at a Copenha gen Hospital yeMerday. The chances of his recovery are small. New Outbreak in Santo Domingo. WASHINGTON, July 12. Broken tele graph wires between Monte Christl and ?ape Haytien, the cable terminus in Ban to Domingo, are reported to the Navy Department today by Commander South erland, an almost Invariable sign of revo lutionary trouble there. Girls Strike Against Insult. NEW YORK, July 12. One thousand girl necktie makers have struck, be cause of an affront to Fanny Pepper by one of the managers. The union demanded a nne of $25 from the con tractor and an apology, both of which he refused to give. To be "treated like a lady" is the watchword of the strikers. Miss Sarah Braumsteln, the secre tary of the United Neckwear-Makers' Union, of the Central Federation of Labor, said: "We do not care for the boss, yet we would not hurt him, but we say thi3 much: that unless he apologizes for his conduct all the New York men will be going to business with no neckties next Winter. It is for the dignity of labor that we stand." Sheriffs Oppose Juvenile Court. DES MOINES, la.. July 12. The ju venile law, as it is observed in Iowa, Illinois, Colorado and other states, was vigorously condemned today at the an nual convention of the Interstate Sher iffs' Association, at which 100 sheriffs from 16 different states were present. C. W. Schnurr, president of the Iowa Sheriffs' Association, claims that the law failed to restrict the youthful criminal and was of no assistance in reforming the boy who still had some good left in him. Other Sheriffs took the same view. The next convention of the association will be held in Mil waukee. Appraise Irrigated Townsites. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, D. C, July 12. Next Monday the board of appraisers, including Edward H. Dewey, of Nampa; J. H. Lowell, of Cald well, and Glrard H. Latthes, of the Re clamation Service, will begin the appraisal of the town lots of Rupert, Heyburn and Sherrer, on the Minidoka irrigation tract in Idaho. William Van Eps, Sioux Falls. SIUOX FALLS. S. D., July 12. Wil liam Van Eps, a pioneer merchant of Sious Falls, and one of the most prom inent business men of South Dakota, died today. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears ths Signature of