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VOL. XL.IX XO. 15,137. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1909 PRICE FIVE CENTS. LENT STRIKES BABES MUST NOT EAT DILL PICKLES ALLEN IIP FAIR AGAIN HIT OREGON GROOM CAN'T WAIT FOR BRIDAL GOWN U. S. PLANS FOR AERIAL DEFENSE MISS-LAWSON TO SPECIAL SESSION WED CHICAG0AN WEST AND EAST GALLED JUNE 23 WOMAN LECTURER ALSO BARS BOLOGNA SAUSAGE. HURRIES BRIDE TO JUSTICE FOR CEREMONY. THOMAS W.'S DAUGHTER, MARI- ON, PLIGHTS TROTH. McCloud Electric Plant Closed by Force. TROOPS HASTENING TO SCENE Philadelphia Carmen Fight All Day With Police. NONUNION MEN ROUTED Stoneo, Dynamite and Fire Used to Drive Out Strikebreakers Po lice Powerless and Over J 00 Are Injured. Strtkee, accompanied by violent outbreaks, have broken out on op posite aides of the Continent. At McCloud. Cal.. 600 Italian em ployes of the sawmills yesterday marched to the electric plant, drove away the Sheriff's deputies and forced the closing of the plant. This left the town in darkness and cut off all electric power. On receiving news of this outrage Governor Glllett dispatched four companies of mllltla to the scene. At Philadelphia the carmen are resisting the operation of streetcars by strikebreakers by means of as saults on the men and cars, dyna mite and burning of cars. Strike breakers are pulled from cars by mobs and beaten. Over 100 men have been injured. The polloe are power less against the mobs. The striking Japanese plantation workers in Honolulu are losing heart and are preparing to return to Japan or go to South America. The announcement pf the open shop by the American Sheet A Tlnplate Company in the Wheeling district and a reduction of wages threaten to cause a strllw of 10.000 men. Failure to agree on the piece work system In the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shops may cause. OtBtr.Ike. in all the machine shops of the. line. SISFON. Cal., June 2. While state troops are on the way to McCloud to suppress lawlessness, the power house and lighting plant at that place were captured by the striking shingle mijl hands today and the town is in dark ness tonight. Between, three and four hundred armed Btrlkers marched on the plant in a body late tonight, drove off the 25 armed deputy sheriffs on guard, and took possession, compelling the men at work to quit. The deputies re ceived warning of the intention of the Btrikers to capture the plant, but they deemed it useless to attempt resist ance and left when ordered to do so. Not a shot was fired and no one was hurt. No Damage Done, Town Dark. No damage had been done to the machinery of the plant up to the time the last message was received from McCloud tonight. The strikers are still in possession of the ton or so of dyna mite stored in the McCloud River Lum ber Company's powder-house, which was captured two nights ago. but no attempt has been made to use it. The only result of the capture of the lighting plant is that 250 homes in Mc Cloud. as well as the company build ings, offices, stafT quarters, hotels, boarding-houses, hospital and adminis trative building are in darkness, save for a few tallow candles and oil lamps that glimmer here and there. Sheriff Says He's Powerless. Six hundred strikers formed in line and paraded the streets this afternoon. There was no disorder, but. with banners fly ing, the men tramped by the company's tore and offices as though on review. Sheriff Howard admitted this afternoon that he needed help to handle the situa tion. In reply to the sharp criticism of Governor Glllett, who declared that the peace officer should have arrested the ringleader, he said that to have done so would have precipitated a riot he could not hope to quell and which must have resulted in the loss of human life. The news that several companies of sol diers are hurrying northward and will arrive at Stsson in the early morning naa created a profound sensation in Sis son and McCloud. Some of the residents fear that this will incite the wilder and more reckless spirits among the strikers to acts of violence and revenge, and, al though no outbreak has been reported up to a late hour, there was little sleep lor the cltlsens tonight. ' Many of the men who did not loin the strike have already left to seek work flsewhere rather than wait for the re opening of the mills here. TROOPS START FOR M'CLOUD Governor Orders Movement on Hear ing of Last Lawless Act. SACRA M EXTO, Cal., June 2. In re sponoe to a telegram from McCloud an Bouncing that the 600 Italian lumber hands on strike there had broken into the light and power plant this afternoon and forced firemen and engineers to quit work. Governor Glllett ordered four com Bantea of the state militia to proceed to the scene at once. The men left Sacra raento by special train at 6:30 o'clock Concluded oa Page -i Bakers Buns, Too, Are Tabooed as Food for 3 -Months-Old Infants. CHICAGO, June 2. (Special.) Dill pick les, bologna sausage and . bakers' buns were tabooed as a diet for babies less than 3 months old, by Miss Christine Jaf feck today, in a lecture on the care of babies during the hot weather, delivered before a score of Italian mothers. The lecture was delivered in connection with a complete exhibit showing the proper care of infants, and is one of a series to be given at the settlement houses in June, under the auspices of the Depart ment of Health. It is planned to give demonstrations in bathing, dressing and feeding babies and to Instruct mothers in cleansing nursing bottles, the preparation of food and the care of sick infants. The work has been made possible through the interest of a number or women who have raised money for the campaign. Especial stress will be laid on demon strations that it is possible to give a Ghetto youngster a bath without produc ing instant death. NAVLET'S TROUBLES MANY Bad Memory and Suspicion May Cause Damage Suits. SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 2. (Special.) After hiding a sack containing $300 in a box of seeds to prevent loss by burg lary, Alfred Navlet, a prominent local florist, forgot which box contained the money. Believing two employes, aided by a young woman, had robbed him, he caused the .arrest of Bert Holmes, "W. Williams and Miss Lizzie Boshaw. The young men were confined in prison, but the girl was released. At the suggestion of the police Navlet made another search and discovered his coin where he had put it, but the box had been shifted. He immediately had his employes released, but this has not settled the affair, for Miss Boshaw feels keenly the Indignity of her arrest, and there are threats of damage suits. FERRY SWAMPS, 2 DROWN Taking Household Goods Across Swollen River. SPOKANE, Wash., June i-Wtiile tak 1 ing household goods across the Kootenai River last night at Elk Mouth, Charles Campbell and William Van "Valkenburg were drowned. The men had stretched a telephone wire from bank to bank, fas tening a scow boat to the wire, using the current to propel the boat across. They had taken across Van Valkenburg's wife, child and niece, and were ferrying their household goods, when the boat became entangled in the wire and was. swamped. A teamster heard the cries for help. but could find no trace of . the men. Neither the bodies nor the contents of the boat hai-e been recovered, A trunk that was lost contained $600. WATER COOL FOR THIRSTY Grants Pass Puts Ice Tank Beneath Public Fountain. GRANTS PASS, Or., June 2. (Special.) The public fountain erected on the de pot park grounds a year ago by the women of the city is now undergoing a change, which will make it one of the best equipped public fountains in South ern Oregon. Instead of giving forth tepid water, the clear, cool liquid will Issue through an immerse ice tank under the fountain and below the cement floor. This tank will be tilled daily. This fea ture of furnishing Ice-water to the pub lic has become a municipal necessity through the Summer months. CHINA MAY SWELL NAVY Wu Ting Fang in New York Says Xt Is Under Consideration. NEW TORK, June 2. Wu Ting Fang, Minister from China to the United States arrived in New York today, on his way to Peru, where he goes to look after his country's interests. "The suggestion that China shall build a big navy is under consideration," he said. "I am for peace, but if two or three nations will not disarm, what are the others to do? I don't want a pistol l. my house, but there are thieves, and It is necessary to keep one." EMPRESS HONORS WOMEN Two American Educators to Leave Japan After 20 Years' Service. TOKIO. June 2. Misses Isabella and Mary Prince, pioneers in education of women in Japan, have received practi cal recognition of their long and faith ful services from the Empress. They are now about to return to America af ter having been here for more than 20 years without a visit home. CUPID BREAKS JUNE MARK Los Angeles County Clerk Issues 4 0 Licenses In One Day. LOS ANGELES, June 2. All local records for marriage licenses on the first day of June were broken yester day when the County Cleric and his assistants handed out 4) permits to as many couples. Building Is LeftWithout Light or Power. BACKDOWN THEN OF COURSE Director of Works Ordered to Cut In Wires. TROUBLE OVER LIGHTING Because Oregon Commissioners Did Not .Put Vp Elaborate System of . Outside Lights, Fruits and Ex hibits Placed in Jeopardy. SEATTLE, Wash., June 2. (Special.) All previous clashes between the Oregon Commissioners and the Exposition man agement pale into insignificance com pared with the turmoil that raged be tween the Oregon and Administration buildings Tuesday afternoon and up to 1 o'clock today. Director of Works Allen, whose orders with respect to erecting selling booths on the grounds of state buildings had been set at naught through the aggressive op position of the Oregon Commissioners, caused the electric feed-wires entering the Oregon building to be cut at noon of the opening day because the Oregon Com missioners had declined to go to the ex pense of installing an elaborate system Of exterior lighting on the Oregon build ing, in the heated declarations that en sued, the rumor originated that the Ore gon Commission would immediately pack up its exhibits and ship them home. Appearance of Building Marred. Without electric lights, the stereoptlcon lecture, planned as the most instructive and beneficial publicity feature pf the Oregon exhibit, had to be abandoned and the public reception in the Oregon build ing was sadly marred by inadequate light ing. With a record-breaking throng on iba.JEStpoaUlQn, grounds, and the Oregon building swarming with visitors, the Ore gon Commissioners were frenzied by the affront and indignity. To add to their alarm, more than $12,000 tied up in fanoy fruit and perishable exhibits in the refrigerator-room were Jeopardized by the stopping of the electric fans with which these rooms are equipped. Burning Letters Exchanged. Efforts to get in touch with President Chllberg and the directors of the Expo sition were fruitless until a late hour last night, owing to the demands made upon their time by the ceremonial func tions of the opening day. A series of burning letters was exchanged, however, with the result that Director-General Al len was ordered to connect the electric wires pending an adjustment of the con tioversy, rather than risk a dajnage suit over the loss of perishable exhibits. The order had scarcely been complied with when a mishap In the lighting plant threw every wire on the grounds out of commission, and the damage was not re paired until this morning. In the interim C. W. Smith, superin tendent of the Oregon building, kept two men constantly employed opening and shutting the doors of the building to (Concluded on Page 8.) ON HIS'. WRY'TO V6t Both Aged 5 6 and Had Never Seen Each Other Till Woman Steps Off Train. ABERDEEN, Wash., June 2. (Spe cial.) Mrs.' Jeanette Evans . arrived here" yesterday afternoon from San Mateo, Cal., and within an hour was the bride of Thomas W. Secor, whom she had never seen until he greeted her at the train. The marriage Is the result of a correspondence carried oa through a matrimonial agency. Bride and groom are each, 60 years old. When Mrs. Evans stepped off the train, Secor Insisted she go at once to the office of Justice N. W. Bush for the Immediate performance of the cere mony. She demurred, for she had brought a wedding outfit In her trunk and she wanted to get the clothes. Mr.' Secor declared, however, she was quite satisfactory Just as she was, and he could see no reason for delay. Even when she reached the Justice's office, she pleaded an opportunity to get her gowns, but was Anally persuaded to let the ceremony proceed. Mrs. Evans was. a widow, and Secor, who is prominent In the ranks of the Socialist party. Is a widower. ' 1 HELPS MAN HE SHOOTS Two Ranchers Engage in Friendy Shooting Scrape. ASTORIA. Or.. June 2. (Special.) A shooting affair near Morrison Station on Clatsop Plains last Friday night has Just come to light. John Boyse and Albert S. Hall, who live in cabins near there and were warm personal friends, had a dis pute while both were under the influence of liquor. During the row Hall remarked: "I am going to get my shotgun and fix you." To this Boyse retorted, T11 go with you." Both walked to Hall's cabin, when the latter went inside, secured his gun, and. on coming outside again, shot his companion. The charge tore away a portion of the fleshy part of Boyse's (left side, close to the heart, and several shot also entered his left arm Hall then assisted his victim home and hastened to get a physician. SherlfT Pom eroy went to make an investigation, but Hall had vanished and has not yet been found. ROME -HONORS-ASTRONOMER George E. Hale, of Mount Wilson, Cal., Addresses Solar Students. ROME, June 2. Astronomer George E. Hale, director of the Solar Observa tory at Mount Wilson, Cal., Is here as a representative of the American Na tional Academy -of Science, to attend an- International meeting of solar stu dents. Today he gave a lecture on solar physics at the' university in the pres ence of leading . astronomers of Rome and Italy. He Is receiving" many at tentions. "IRON CHINK" MAKER DIES Man Who Revolutionized Salmon Packing Burned to Death. SEATTLE, June 2. Edmund A. Smith president of a cannery machine com pany and Inventor of "The Iron Chink." a machine that revolutionized the salmon-canning business, died today from burns received through the explosion of the gasoline tank of his automobile Monday ight. He was 39 years old. JUNE 7. Zeppelin'sFeat Convin ces Army Heads. THREE DEPOTS ON ATLANTIC For Initial. Step, $500,000 Will Be Required. GENERAL ALLEN HAS MAP Signal Corps Chief Orders Prepara tions Made for Transmission of Scheme to Congress To Pa trol the Entire Coast. WASHINGTON. June 2. Under the in structions of Brigadier-General Allen. Chief of the Signal Corps of the Army, plans have been prepared, it was an nounced tonight, showing what 'is neces sary for the aerial defense of the United States. If Congress would appropriate the money he would begin at three points along the Atlantic Coast Washington, New York and Philadelphia where dirig ible balloons and aeroplanes would be sta tioned. At eadh point one large balloon and an aeroplane would be placed. This would require more than $500,000. Gen eral Allen has had prepared a map show ing points along the other borders of the country and In the interior where he be lieves there should be aerial defense sta tions. To carry out the entire scheme would require about $5,000,000. The War Department is convinced, in the light of achievements of the Zeppelin balloon, that aerial navigation has arrived. In anticipation of favorable action by Congress, the Signal Corps has been in structed to prepare the plans referred to. "It is intended," said, an Army officer tonight, "that the coast dirigible shall not pass oft its own station except in cases of extremity and that the sailing distance shall be 126 miles south and 125 miles north from Its'' depot! " In this manner the entire coast from Maine to Florida will be patrolled and in case of war it will be virtually Impossible for a hostile fleet to approach the coast of the United States without being discovered long before the sentinels on land could see the vessels. Once discovered, the fleet's movements could be watched with safety and with the use of wireless its maneuvers could be sent the length of the coast. "The plans will include an elaborate system of vertical searchlights, by which the' airships will be guided dur ing the night flights. These lights will mark the various batteries and the bal loon depots and they also will be used in signaling the swiftly flydng ships overhead. Most of the signaling, how ever, probably will be done through the medium of the wireless." LAW FOR AIRSHIPS WANTED France, Alarmed at Zeppelin's Feat, Would Unite With Nations. PARIS, June 2. (Special.) Count Zeppelin's record flight in his airship In Germany has had the Immediate effect (Concluded on Page 8.) HFTER'VOTING ON 35 .'MEASURES Her Engagement to James Fuller Lord Announced to Family at Dinner. BOSTON, June 2. (Special.) Announce ment will be made tomorrow of the en gagement of ' Miss Marion Lawson, sec ond daughter of Thomas W. Lawson, to James Fuller Lord, of Chicago. Miss Lawson returned today to her father's magnificent home, Dreamwold, at Scitu ate, from a trip through Maine, and at the dinner table this evening Informed the family of her engagement. The wed ding has been set for June 80. The en gagement meets with the hearty approval of Miss Lawson's family, who have re garded with the utmost favor her ac quaintance and friendship with her fiance since their first meeting in Chi cago a year and a half ago. Both the young people are lovers of horses and have earned considerable celebrity through their abilities as riders. Mr. Lord is a member of hunting and riding clubs about Chicago and it was on a visit to that city in which Miss Lawson took part in a run of one of the clubs that she first met her future hus band. Some years ago, when her father was competing in all the large horse shows of the country, she drove many of the horses exhibited In the ring, and many of the blue ribbons in the Dreamwold col lection were won quite as much by her skilful handling of the reins as by the excellency of the animals themselves. ALBANY EXTENSION TALKED Oregon Electric Lays Plans for Line South From Salem. - SALEM, Or., June 2. (Special.) Presi dent Moffltt and Manager Guy W. Tal bot, of the Oregon .uectrlc, were in Salem today in conference with Mayor Rodgers and other city officials and with John H. and C L. McNary, local attorneys of the road. In regard to certain matters in con nection with the proposed extension of the road Bouth to Albany. Mr. Moffltt- leaves tonight for New Tork, but will re turn soon, when It is expected definite announcement will be made as to the time when work on the extension will start. GERMAN ANARCHISTS MEET Conference Calls on Members to Re nounce All Church Ties. LEIPSIG, June 2. The Anarchists of Germany are at present in .conference here and the attendance is large. Today the congress adopted a motion declaring that membership in any church or re ligious sect was contrary to the principles of Anarchy and called on all Anarchists to cease their membership in churches. Dr. Kriedborg, of Germany, read a pa per, in which he said the cultural goals of Anarchy should be fought for by cultural methods. The discussions were purely academic and the police did not interfere. MILLIONAIRES TO BE TRIED Indictments for Colorado Coal Land Frauds Stand.. DENVER, June 2. After a legal battle that has lasted for two years. Federal District Judge Lewis today denied the motion to quash the indictments against General L. M. Rumsey, a millionaire of St. Louis; F. W. Keitel, of Denver, and .a number of -other Colorado and Missouri capitalists, charged with having acquired 50,000 acres of coal land in Routee County by fraudulent entry. It is charged in the indictments that the lands were se cured by dummy entry-men hired by Kei tel and that after patents Tiad been se cured the title was transferred to the Yuma Coal Company. JAIL FOR WIFE-DESERTER First Prosecution Under Drastic Lav? of California. LOS ANGELES, June 2. Probably the first prosecution in the state under the new statute making wife desertion a mis demeanor punishable under maximum sentence by two years' imprisonment in the penitentiary or a fine of $1000 was begun in Los Angeles today. The law was passed by the last Legislature and became effective May 1. The case is that of Lester L. Adams, of Eagle Rock, who is charged with deserting his wife and their two children, aged 15 and 17, for an other woman. PREACHER GETS $10 FINE Rides Motorcycle on Sidewalk and on Sunday at That. OLTMPIA. Wash., June 2. (Special.) Rev. E. L. Swick, pastor of the Central Baptist Church, arrested for riding motorcycle on the sidewalks on Sunday, pleaded guilty in Police Court today and paid a fine of $10 and costs. WESTON NOW AT. LARAMIE Pedestrian Is Delayed by Severe Storms in Wyoming Mountains. LARAMIE. Wyo., June 2. Edward Payson Weston, who is walking to the Pacific Coast, arrived here at 8 o'clock tonight. Severe storms in the mountain have delayed him, but the storm now is about over. Fights Promise to Tear Up Washington. SGHIVELY IS TO BE IMPEACHED Original Purpose, However, May Be Lost Sight Of. TRY TO OUST OFFICERS Well-Developed Scheme On to Se cure New Presiding Members. Local Option Bill May Be Re placed, Also Criminal Code. OLTMPIA. Wash.. June 2. (Special.) The special legislative session has been called by Governor Hay to meet here June 23. It promises to be the most sensational In the history of the state. Called primarily to Impeach Insur ance Commissioner J. H. Schively and to hear the report of the legislative committee which may reflect upon other officers, the session will begin with a fight to throw out Its former presiding officers in House and Sen ate. Repeal of the local option law will be proposed and possibly of the new crim inal code. Each of these means a bit ter fight. In addition, as there is no limit upon the length of the session, nor matters it may consider, there will probably be the usual quantity of freak bills. Gov ernor Hay may try to put through his constitutional amendment, which pro poses to wipe out all state elective of- ' fleers and have their places filled by executive appointees. Last session was bad enough for bitter personal fights, but will not compare with the coming one. The local option, criminal code and presiding officer fights may even out balance in interest the investigation features. Ever since talk of a special session began, the different interests have been at work all over the state- Speaker L. O. Meigs, of North Yakima, is said to be gone. He played both sides last session and probably cannot control (Concluded on Page 5.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 74.8 degrees; minimum, ;. degree. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northerly winds. Foreign. Xegotlatlons advance for sale of Steel Trust stock in France. Pag 2. France moves for international law on air ships. Page 4. Kaiser and Czar to meet and cement peaca and Czar to tour Europe. Page 4. XationaJL Attack on integrity of Federal Judge severely condemned. Patfe 2. McFatridge asks Balllnger to reinstate him. Page 3. Senate heart severe speeches against tariff and charge of gag law against Aldrlch. Page S- Government gets delay in Panama libel case to prove publishers knew charges false. Page 3. General Aiken prepares plan for defense of United States by means of airships. Page 1. r Domestic. McCloud strikers stop electric plant and troops are ordered to town. Page 1. Fourth of Omaha train robbers caught at Denver; others identified at Omaha. Page 3. Mothers in Chicago taught how to rear babies. Page 1. Snow's estimate of wheat crop. Page 3. Attempt to run Philadelphia cars cause serious riots. Page 1. Dr. Cleminson makes confession, which re veals domestic tragedy. Page 2. Daughter of Thomas W. Lawson to marry Chicago man. Page 1. Helnze gets Baglln out of Jail by rapid change of directors. Page 5. Portland and Vicinity. Liocal terminal dispute is still unsettled, says James J. Hill. Page 10- M. C. Dickinson replies to Francis I. Mc Kenna regarding proposed excise meas ure. Page 10. Xational Grocers Convention shows hostil ity to jobbers who sell to retail trade. Page 10. Contests for queen of Peninsula and Monta- villa floats grow interesting. Page 11. Nine-year-old boy falls off plank and drowns in Willamette. Page 11. Candidates deny rumor one or more may quit Mayoralty race. Page 12. Building Inspector Dobson intimates he will close oihar Portland theaters. Page 16. Sport. Joe Madden wins Belmont Stakes. Coast League scores: Portland 5, Vernon O; Los Angeles 4. San Francisco 1 ; Sacra mento 5, Oakland 2. Page 7. Xorth western League scores : Aberdeen 4, . Portland 3 ; Seattle G, Tacoma 1 ; Spo kane 3. Vancouver 2. Page 7. Washington High School defeats Portland Academy in final game of season. Page 7. Pacific Xorth west. Judge McCredle waxes sarcastic over act requiring Superior Judges to wear gowns Page 6. Director Allen gets Oregon Into more trouble at Seattle Fair. Page 1. Huge landslide , in Idaho floods Roosevelt. Page 6. Governor Hay to call special session; warm times forecasted. Page 1. Colfax preacher sues for salary, attacked by trustees, wife makes gun play. Page S. Lewiston Bank will not prosecute alleged defaulters. Page 3. Aberdeen groom will not wait for bride to put on wedding dress. Page 1. s Commercial and Marine. Sharp decline In local cheese prices. Page IT. July wheat touches new high mark at Chi cago. Page 17. Rise in stock prices checked. Page 17. Thunder storms cause sudden rise in Colum bia and Snake Rivera. Page lft.