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3 THE MORNING OREGONIAX. TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1909. HARRIMAN KILLS crop of mas Him, No Operation, Only Needs Good Rest. ! prominent resident and City Treasurer of Portland. Or., occupies a steel cell In the County Jail. He was arraigned today In Justice Ling's court. charged with abandoning his four children. Under the j new law this Is a felony, punishable by j a penitentiary sentence. Mrs. Ollie Clump, the wife. Is the prose- j cuting witness. She alleges that Clump ! has failed to provide for his four chil- , ; I dren. Edith. 14: Lottie. K: Elmer. 6. and J I Ruth. 4. since July 2S. Clump hung Ills Nothing Serious Wrong With ! Jlj" bonds. Milch he was unable to fur- nisn. ne was a pmame ngure as ne was led away t'o his cell. His preliminary ex- aminazion was set for September 16. j The report that Mussen J. Clump was ( formerly City Treasurer of Portland, or j that he was ever a prominent resident here, seems to be without foundation. I Clump's name does not appear In any of ' the city directories since 1SS0. and old ' residents of Portland who have been well i acquainted with local politics state they do not know or never heard of Mussen J. i Clump. i TALE OFMOHTEREY DEAD STILL GROWS FRANK REPLY TO LETTER Citizen of Stricken City Is Re sponsible for Placing Fig ure at 2000; NO AMERICANS ARE LOST pany, with a capital stock of J50.000. has been Incorporated under he laws of Washington, with the main office at Spokane. The Incorporators appear as C. W. Whlttaker, a salesman for' j the North Side real estate firm of J. W. Green & Co.: W. H. Winfree, attorney, and J. V. Rea. It Is the Intention of the company to take over a number of the elevators of the defunct Farmers' Grain and Supply Compan?-. 12 warehouses and eleva tors located respectively at Govan, Al mlra. Davenport, Wilbur. Height, Hat ton. Cunningham, Sprague, Thornton, and Spangle will oe taken over. Al j of these were formerly operated on the I co-operative plan and many of the I stockholders in the new concern were creditors of the old company. It la the intention of the Falls City Elevator Company to operate the ele vato'rs and warehouses this Fall, to handle the trade on the Washington Central and Great Northerli lines. dmits Consultation, Was. Held, but Says Doctors Only Recommend Rest Asks That Guests Be Not Annoyed. ARDENT N. T., Aug.' 30 Edward H. Harriman came out today with a state ment that he was all right Though brief, the statement is straightforward and explicit, with perhaps a touch of pa tient resentment at the surveillance to which he has been subjected and with a request that reporters withdraw, not so much for his sake, but for his friends. who have been intercepted daily coming to and from his residence by zealous in terviewers, eager for the latest bit of Information. It concludes thus frankly: "If there should be anything serious. I will let the press know. As I have never deceived them, I ask that the press now withdraw its representatives and rely on me." Asked to Silence Humor. The general opinion is that Mr. Harrl man would have broken his silence sooner had he realized how his continued silence and that of his family and asso ciates bred wild and sensational rumors. It was by impressing this upon Mr. Har riman that the statement was obtained. The newspaper reporters drew up a let ter and sent it to the Arden house by special delivery. It reads as follows: "Owing to the sensational stories from Irresponsible sources, we ask that you Issue an authoritative statement In re gard to your physical condition. Nothing but that can refute these stories. "One story says that an operation was performed on you on Friday and that today ia the first day you have been out side since Friday." Thanks for Being Warned. Mr. Harriman evidently decided to act soon after the receipt of the letter, for at 4 o'clock this afternoon Superintendent Ford, of the estate, brought his employ er's answer down from trie house. Miss Mary S. Harriman. the railroad man's daughter, wrote It at his dictation, but across the top of the first page Mr. Har riman had writtten this message with his own hand: '"Gentleman Thanks for your letter of today. The statement below was made by me over the telephone today and published. Tou see It covers the whole subject. "'Believe me. yours sincerely. "E. II. KARKIMAN." Mr. Harriman admitted that there was a consultation between specialists at Ills house, but they denied that there was anything serious the matter with him. With the reassuring news of today, the New York stcck market settled It self and advances were general. The statement given out by Mr. Har riman: "I am pursuing the course laid out before I went abroad, and ai vised by the physicians. I Intended taking a rest ae soon as my responsibilities would per mit. My treatment abroad reduced my strength and vitality and weakened my digestion. The most ezpert physicians In Munich advised me to have an examina tion bs a matter of precaution. This has been done very carefully by Drs. Krewer and Crllle, in conjunction with Dr. Walter James and Dr. Lyle. but with the result that they found nothing serious, and renew the advice previously obtained that I should have rent and not see many people at any one time, and this I anrtrylng to do. "This covers the whole case, and later on. If the representatives of tt"V press desire, and there Is any purpose to be ac complished. I will see them up here, but now I ask that the surveilanco of the operations of my home be withdrawn, not so much on account of my family or my self, but that the coming and going of my friends may not be Interfered with. I appreciate the Interest in my welfare by the press and friends In all sections, and perhaps by some others. If there was or should be anything serious, I will let the press know, and as I have never deceived them I ask that the press now withdraw Its representatives and rely upon me. E CLACKAMAS HEIGHTS SCOURED FOR JACK REED. i Agonized Searchers for Relatives and Friends Have Identified 30 j Per Cent of Bodies and These I Have Already Been Buried. (Continued From First Page.) HAS DENIAL Disclaims Charges of Corrup . tion in Los Angeles. TESTIFIES FOR BROADHEAD Fugitive I. Wanted for Horse-Stealing, and When Seen Is Fired On by Deputy, but Escapes. OREGON CITT, Or.,' Aug: 30. (Spe cial.) In the country surrounding Clack amas Heights, three miles from this city, a man hunt is on for Jack Reed, who is said to be wanted In Thurston County. Washington, for stealing a horse an.1 buggy. Reed's love for the daughter of a man named Ayres. living at Clackamas Heights, is saiii to be the reason for his. appearance in this neighborhood. Reed, so the story goes, stole a horse and a bugpy and drove to Kalama, where, when he. was seen, he fired at a Deputy Sheriff and made his escape. Be fore this, he was wanted for passing a bad check on Iaurence Ruconich. a saloon-keeper of tliis city. Tonight, know ing of his infatuation for the daughter of Ayres. the authorities here thought he would be likely to go there, and Sheriff Beattle. Chief of Police Burns and Deputy Eddy went to Clackamas Heights to wat'h for the man. Deputy Eddy caught slsht of him. but was seen at the same time. The deputy- fired and missed, and Reed took to his heels and fled Into the brush. The other officers ken up the search until after midnight, when they returned here. In- the morning a posse will be sent out to scour the country for the fugitive. Reed Is described as being six feet one Inch tall, clad In brown overalls, a dark shirt and no coat, and wearing a. black slouch hat. with no band on It. At Kalama. where Reed stayed over night, he registered under the name of Brown. OREGON CITT. Or.. Aug. 31. (Special.) Shortly after 1:30 o'clock this morning Sheriff Beatie received a telephone mes sage from the proprietor of the general store at Clackamas Heights, saying that a man answering Jack Reed's description had called there in request for medical attendance, having been badly wounded. presumably by a bullet fired at the fleeing fugitive hy Deputy Eddy when the effort was made to arrest Reed last night. Dr. Sommer hastened to the scene, and was followed later by Sheriff Beattie and Chief of Police Burns. changed. The main Central Tampico branch is badly damaged and the San Juan bridge Is entirely destroyed. The Matamoras branch Is in bad shape and 150 kilometers of track have been washed out. South of the city the dam age Is not known, as no word can be got to Saltlllo, but the bridge at Rln conada Is out and a big washout has oc curred at Garzla Gardia. t PROMPT RELIEF IS AFFORDED FIRE ROUTS 40 GUESTS MYSTERIOUS ST. JOHN BLAZE IMPERILS MAXY LIVES. Storeroom of Central Hotel Is Found BurninR Quelled Promptly Lodgers Rush to Street. Harriman in Good Spirits. Employes.of the estate who came down to Turner today said that Mr. Harriman appeared on the porch later in the morning In an adjustable rock-Ing-chalr and. as has been the custom, spent some time In the sun. It was said he had a restful night and was In good spfrits. The weather was perfect today, with the sun brightly shining, but not too warm. Work on Tower Hill went on without Interruption. SARABIA LEADER IN JUNTA Mexican Rebel Signed Documents Is sued ,h.v St. Louis. SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Aug. 30. Thomas Sarabia. charged with violating the neu trality laws of the Cnlted States, faced United States CommiF.ion-T IC'i . I D. Sott for preliminary examination today. The prisoner, who is charged with b.',ng con nected with Mexican revolutionary or ganizations, was cheered when taken into the courtroom. The Government Introduced documents to show that Sarabla was a delegate to the Central Revolutionary Organization at St. Louis, and that Sarabla's signature was n'i-e.ary to official documents of the Junta. ACCIDENTAL SHOT IS FATAL Fire of mysterious origin in the store room of the Central Hotel at St. John last night shortly after, 11 o'clock Im periled the lives of to sleeping guests and threatened the destruction of $150,000 "worth of property. The fire was dis covered soon after It started and was extinguished by the local fire department. The damage will not amount to over $50. The hotel Is conducted by Messrs. Kircher & Madison. Madison had been in Portland and, upon returning, he awakened Kircher to get the key to his room when he heard the crackling of flames In the storeroom. He turned In an alarm, thereby saving the lives of the guests and the property In the entire block". Tiie building Is an old frame: structure, situated in the heart of the entire block of frame buildings.' Had the flames gained headway the local fire department would. It Is believed, have been unable to cope with It. The origin of the fire Is a mystery, as the storeroom was kept locked and no one Is known to have en tered the place throughout the day. The or more guests of the hotel rushed Into the streets dressd only in thlr night clothes at the call of fire. Some of them became so alarmed that they took their grips and moved else where and refused to return to the build ing which had been threatened with disaster. City and Government Contribute Supplies to Sufferers. LAREDO. Tex., Aug. SO. Two thou sand dead In the Monterey flood is the estimate of the extent of Saturday's disaster made tonight by Pedro Tre- vino. a prominent capitalist of Mon terey. Official estimates do not go so high, ranging around 1200 or 1100. Cer tain it Is. however, that the list of dead constantly grows. There are several little villages con taining from 60 to 100 inhabitants lo cated along the banks of the river to the south of Monterey, and it Is report ed these have been completely wiped out and their inhabitants drowned. It is on this ground that Mr. Trevino places his estimate of the loss of life at the higher figure than has yet been stated. No Americans Dead. No .merlcan lives were lost, but sev eral Americans ! ave suffered property loss. Officials are seeking- Identification of the bodies, as they are brought in by searchers, and others are seeing to the sheltering and feeding of the homeless. Thousands wander distractedly about the city, vainly hoping they may be able to encounter missing relatives, or at least recover their bodies. Prompt measures taken to house and feed the homeless have proved effective, and very few. If any. have been permit ted to go hungry. Soup kitchens have been established, so that the refugees may be fed. Poor Suffer Terribly. The poor are the greatest sufferers, the flooded district being principally on the flats along the east side of the banks of the Santa Catallna River. The bursted water mains have not as yet been repaired, but It Is expected the situation will be relieved tomorrow. Railway, telephone and telegraph com munication Is so badly crippled as to be practically useless. The National Rail way of Mexico has lost ?6 miles of track and several culverts and bridges. There is no train service between Lar edo and Monterey. The National Railway, for the first time since the flood, secured telegraph connection with this city and Monterey today. A message was immediately rushed through from the latter'clty or dering the master mechanic, located In Ijiredo. to hurry forward all available material. Several trains are stalled. and It was not definitely known until tonight that the crews were safe. In dications are that railroad traffic will be impeded until Thursday or Friday. GIRL'S FATE IS DOURT PRETTY CHINESE THOUGHT TO BE IX SLAVERY". Brought Over by Wu Ting Fang as Student, but Said by Countryman to Be Incorrigible. WASHINGTON Aug. 30. Believing that Ngou Fung, a pretty young Chinese girl who was recently turned over to the Gerry Society in New York, after she had run away from Chin Hung, a Chi nese resta jrant-keeper, was sold into slavery, the society today sent its rep resentative. Julius J. Sullivan, to Wash ington to take the matter up with the Bureau of Immigration. Since It had been asserted the girl was brought here as a student by Minister Wu, tho immigration officials are loath to take any action until it has been fully investigated. -" When publicity was given the matter several weeks ago, it was stated that Ung Wah,-the proprietor of a Chinese restaurant in this city, was responsible for the girl's coming to this country.. To day Wah emphatically denied she was brought here as a slave girl .or that Hung held her In slavery, but reiterated his form-er decision that she was Incor rigible. SILL BOAT IN DANGER PARENTS LEAP INTO RIVER TO SAVE CHILD. Father Is Thrown Beneath Scow and His Skull Fractured Wife When Rescued Is Nearly Dead. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 30. (Spe clal.) Fearing that waves from a pass lng steamer would swamp a rowboat containing a man and wife and their 3-year-old daughter, the parents leaped into the water and both had narrow escapes from death, while the child drifted unharmed down stream, and was later rescued by Harry Williams. The man was thrown beneath the scow by the oncoming waves from the steamer Jessie Harkins. his skull being fractured by contact with the side of the scow. He was rescued by John Culbertson, an employe of the dredge. The wife man aged to cling to a rope, and was later taken aboard the dredger nearly dead from exposure. The man was still un conscious late tonight and the woman In a eerlous condition. The Injured man is a foreman for the Star Dre'dge Company of Portland, and Is in charge of a dredge which is operat ing in the Columbia three miles up the river from this city. The accident happened Sunday after noon. TYPHOID RAGES AT COBALT Hospital Overflows Into Tents Water Carries Epidemic. -Bad Otto Mel nor. Who Dropped Gun In Hunting. Dies at Hospital. Young Otto Steiner. who was acci dentally shot last Sunday in Beaver Creek, dropping his eun.'as he hunted squirrels. i:ed last night at the Good Samaritan Hospital. The boy was shot in the right side of the abdomen, re ceiving th full force of tha-shot as the gun fell from his hands as he stood on a log. He was 17 years old and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stelncr. of Beaver Creek. COBALT. Ont., Aug. 30. An alarming epidemic of typhoid prevails here and great anxiety Is felt because of the lack of facilities for fighting the disease. The only hospital in the place Is overcrowd ed and three tents have been erected to care for the overflow. The cases in the hospital number 70. The bad water in the district seems to be largely responsible for the disease. Jiminez President of Costa Rica. i WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. A cable gram received tonight from San Jose by Senor Galvl, the Costa Rlcan Minis ter, stated that returns from the elec tion held In Costa Rica Indicated the election of Rlcardo Jiminez for Presi dent. 0 OTHER TOWNS FEARED LOST Monterey Has Only Polluted Water From Pools to Drink. MEXICO CITT. Aug. 30. Further re ports Indicate that other river settlements have been swept away. The town" of Cadareyta, situated in the river bottom. Is said to have been destroyed and It is feared there has been heavy loss of life in the country district adjacent to the Santa Catallna River. The fact that the water mains are broken In Monterey has forced the people to use old polluted wells for drinking water. The local Young Men's Christian Association and the members of the American colony are aiding In the work of rescue. TRACKS ARE ALL UNDER WATER Heavy Washouts Occur and Darling Is Submerged. CORPUS CHRISTI. Tex., Aug. 30. Reports received here today say the tracks of the Texas A Mexican Railroad, which runs between here and Laredo, are under water the entire distance as a re sult of the recent heavy tropical storm. A number of washouts are reported on the St. Louis & Brownsville and the Texas Mexican roads. Water Is stand ing two feet deep In the streets of Darling. . city; nent, Mont- QUITTING CHILDREN CHARGE Mus-x-n J. Clump, Alleged of Port land. Held at Los Angeles. LD3 ANGELES. AX us sea J. Clump, Aug. 30. (Special.) a few years ago a Marriage Licenses. l.KIS-BRBTTR A(iER Jacob l.els. i Barbara Krttrairer. over IS. city. UK.VT-MOXTGOMKRY Robert T. 20. Bis Horn rountk. Wyo. ; Asncs comerv, 2-4. city. (5LENZ-KILI.IA.V R. A. Glens. 22. city: Anna KUlian. 22. city. DKRfi'.'N-T Kl'S""ATT Andrew M. An derson. 26. Port Orchard, Wash.: Marsaret Anne Truscatt. 10. city. SHAT-KXAPP William Jesse Shay. 25. Slletz: Elsie Lillian Knapp. 27. city. t'ORRETT-SM ITH Elliott R. Corbett. 25, cltv: Alia Smith. 23. city SHEPPARl-rILLEY W. T. Sheppard, 2,"1 city Cloe Dllley. 23. city. KASPER-DU.DIXE Frank Kasper, 22. city: Lillian Plldlne. over IS. city. TREXTIN'-TORTORA Clprlnno Trentin, So. city: Emma Tortora. 24. city. ZWICK-KADKE John Zwick. 2. city; Margtret Rartke. 21. city. SARDAM-KERR Frank J. Sardam. 2S. city: Hxl I.. Kerr. 20. city. LARF1ELP-CLARK George G. Larflelrt. 2S WotKiBlock: Mrs. Saphronla B. Clark. 21. city. Wedding and vlsltln cards W. CI. Smith Co.. Washington bids.. 4th and Waao. ALLEGED BANDIT CAUGHT Mexico Wants to Punish Adam, in Eagle Pass Uprising. WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. In the ar rest of Gulllcr-uio Adam, the alleged bandit, at El Paso on the charge of violating the immigration laws, the Eagle Pass uprising in Mexico more than a year ago, is recalled. The Mexican government is desirous of hav ing him returned to Mexico In order to prosecute charges against him. and it is declared Adam wll be killed if de ported. According to the papers In the case, Adam left Texas June 2.". 1908, and on the following night took part in the uprising at Eagle Pass. He was in Jail until August 5, 1909, and, it Is charged, returned to Texas by wading across the Rio Grande. He was there fore arrested for violating the Immi gration laws, having come into the country without being inspected by the Immigration Inspectors. I " FARMERS' UNION LETS GO AGED 82, HE TIRES OF LIFE G. B. Curtwrlglit, Union County Pi oneer, Blows Out Brains. LA GRANDE. Or., Aug. 30. (Special.) Tiring of life just two days before he had reached his 82d birthday, G. B. Curtrlght, a pioneer of this valley, blew his brains out in his lonely cabin near Alicel this morning. When the lifeless body of the old man was found it was lying face up ward on the bed and a newly oiled and polished revolver was lying where it had fallen in his lap. A bullet had been sent crashing into the brain from the left side of the head two inches above the ear. The aged man had spent the night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Clark, on the farm on which his cabin was built. He complained of suffering from heart trouble and rheumatism! and declared that they would find him dead some time. - He left the cabin early and shortly afterward a shot was heard in the direction of the cabin. No thought was given to the Incident until evening, when, upon going to the home of the old man to Inquire after his welfare before retiring, his daugh ter found him dead. RICH HARVEST FOR ROADS Chief of Police's Successor Also Em phatic in Statement He Is Not Connected With Any Graft That Has Been Charged. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Aug. 80. Ex Mayor A. C. Harper was called as a witness today in behalf of Thomas H. Broadhead, the deposed Chief of Police, charged with accepting bribes for pro tection of the red-light district. Harper was asked by Broadhead's at torneys to tell of his private financial affairs during the period between Feb ruary and August, 1908. when Nicholas Oswald, according to the latter's testi mony, was paying large sums for police protection. During tl.ls time. Harper testified, he handled 152.000 through his private bank accounts He entered specific de nials to the charges of corruption made against him by witnesses for the prose cution. Edward Kerne, whom Broadhead suc ceeded as Chief of Police, was equally emphatic in his denial of the transac tions in which he is alleged to have been' involved. TAFT FOR T. R.'S POLICIES (Continued From First page.) Take In $8,000,000 as Result of Recent Land Openings. TACOMA.' Wash!. Aug. 30. (Special.) Local railroad officials are authority for the statement that the railfoads reaped a harvest of some J8.000.000 In cold cash as a result of the opening of the three Indian reservations, the Spo kane, Coeur d'Alene and Flathead. Of this amount the Northern Pacific Railroad Is credited with receiving tha lion's share or about J5.000.000. It is now expected that the lucky winners in the drawings will spend about $1. 000. 000 which will find its way into the railroad's pockets,- In taking up their land. RECLAIMING IS ON FOOT neither does It Imply their bottling up. It means the use of all natural re sources now: that the present genera tion ha9 the first right to their use. The development of the country belongs to all of us, but in using these resources the wants of the future generation should not be disregarded. We must avoid their waste and preserve them for our descendants. All that the coun try is or is likely to oe: every power or faculty that it has, belongs first and all to the plain American people. Prop erty has a stronger constitutional posi tion in this country than In any other, and when title is once vested it is most difficult to restore these resources to the people from whom they , were ob tained.. It Is for that reason that 'the people must act at once in protection of their rights. "The Conservation Commission is not opposed to the development of water power by private capital. We do not think it necessary for the Government to develop these resources; private capital must do it. But we think that a limit should be placed on all such grants so that at the expiration of that time they may be subject to revision as conditions may require. We should also have all such grants left under the supervision of the Government and have the country derive therefrom a reasonable value for the rights so acquired from the public. "It is particularly appropriate that the conservation movement should be so cordiallv supported In Oregon. There is a wonderful opportunity for practical forestry In the states of Oregon and Washington where the reproduction and growth of timber are better adapted than elsewhere. With practical forestry properly applied these two states will reap In perpetuity an annual harvest of this product greater than at present. Oregon is leading in conservation work and has furnished an example to other states of how to go to work. The Ore gon Conseravtion Association was the first of its kind In the country and Ore gon was the first state to enact a law limiting the right of water franchises to 40 years. What is more, no other sec tion of the country is giving the Conser vation Commission more loyal support and encouragement In the work which It has undertaken." In concluding his address, Mr. Pinchot lauded the policies advocated by ex- President Roosevelt, which he said stood for equality of opportunity for the plain American citizen. "No other public policy lies as close to the people, both of the East and the West, as that which pro poses conserving the natural resources. Ie means for our present prosperity ana the welfare of our posterity. I shall stand for the Roosevelt policies as long as I have strength to stand for anything." Mulkey Squelches Socialists. When he had finished, Mr. Pinchot vol unteered to answer such questions as members of the audience might ask touching on the-subject under discussion. This privilege was abused by some per sons, including two Socialists and an ad vocate of the single-tax theory, who sought to convert the meeting into a. debating society. They were making fairly good progress when F. W. Mulkey, president of the Oregon Conservation As sociation, who presided at the meeting, rapped for order and put an end to Im material questions by saying that the meeting did not contemplate a discussion of the merits of Socialism or single tax and requested that further interrogations be addressed directly to the subject which had been discussed. In Introducing the speaker. Mr. Mulkey briefly reviewed the work of the Oregon onservatlon Association and its objects. . N. Teal, chairman of the Oregon Con servation Commission, followed Mr. Pin chot and urtred Oregron citizens to lend r Than 20 ingredients give to Hood's Sar sapariila its great curative power - power to cure many and varied com plaints, including diseases of the blood, ailments of the ptomach, troubles of the kidneys and liver. - Many of the ingredients are just what the profession prescribe in the ailments named, but the combination and pro portions are peculiar to this medicine and give it curative power peculiar to itself. Therefofe, there can be no substitute for Hood's. Get it in the usual liquid form, or in tablets called Sarsatabs. 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Its simplicity and low price bring it within reach of all. There is nothing to get out of order and every machine is guaranteed against imperfections of manufacture. The DUSTO Cleaner LIFTS the dirt and dust and every particle is sucked into the metal dust-chamber of the machine. Adopt this 20th Century innovation and note the lessened care of the housewife and reduced doctor bills. By purchasing a DUSTO you install an effective, prac tical method to sanitary cleaning that is inexpensive yet thorough. It is so simple a child can operate it. Goods Bought Today Go on October I st Bill WANTED Experienced Fitters and Alteration Women in Our Suit Department Sewing Room their active assistance and encourage ment to the work undertaken by the con servation forces. He insisted that the subject presented a moral and an eco nomic aspect and maintained that the natural resources of the country consti tuted a trust which should always be administered, with proper regard for future generations. Mr. Teal announced that It was the purpose of the Conserva tion Commission to conduct an educa tional campaign In order thoroughly to awaken public interest in the importance of the conservation movement. To Hint end cash prizes are to be offered for es says treating on the natural resources of the state. BURLEY SOCIETY IS SUED New Tobacco War Begun in Ken tucky by Independents. CINCINNATI. Aug. 20. The first gun of a new "tobacco war" In Kentucky was fired today when Clark & Soott, in dependent tobacco manufacturers of Scranton. Pa., filed suit in the court In Covington, Ky., against the Burley To bacco Society, Clarence Lebus, the presi dent, and ten other defendants. Plaintiffs demand J13o.o00 damages. The suit is filed under the Sherman anti trust law. and the Burley Society Is charged with being a monopoly in re straint of trade.' The attorneys for the plaintiffs declare they will ask for an Injunction against the disposal of the stock of the Burley Society, alleged to amount to $1,500,000. HILL THROUGH COMBINING Magnate Announces lie Has Enough Connections for Road. ST. PAUL. Aug. 30. "Combinations and consolidations, whlclj are being made-daily in the West. Have little or no effect in this part of the country. There are no new combinations con sidered here, and all rumors to the con trary are erroneous." This statement was made today by James J. Hill, chairman of the board of directors of theJ3reat Northern. "We have all the connections In the Mississippi Valley we need. The Bur lington takes care of all the traffic that Is now routed by other lines," he added. Mr. Carlisle Passes. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. 30.-(Spe-cIhI.) Mrs. Delilah A. Carlisle, a widow, aped 78. died Saturday afternoon at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Gus H. An derson, on the Mill Plain road, from troubles incident to old age. Mrs. Car lisle, who was a native of New York State, had lived in Clark County since 1891. coming west from Wisconsin. Reorganization of Shoshone River Canal Company Talked. CHEYENNE. Wyo., Aug. 30. A reor ganization of the Shoshone River Canal Company, with the expenditure of S2.000. 0X for the development of the Oregon Basis reservoir project, abandoned some vear neo. Is hp'ne considered by capi talists from Chicago, who are consult- I lng with the state officials. It Is proposed to reclaim 250,000 acres of land. " Warehouse Turned Over for Opera tion of Private Concerns. U SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 30. (Spe- ' clal.) The Falls City Elevator Cora- Rancher Kills Wife's Father WEST CLIFF, Colo., Aug. 30. Walter Lombard, a prominent ranther, living west of here, yesterday shot and killed his father-in-law, Samuel Slmerel. Lom bard drove to West Cliff and gave him self up. He declared the shooting was In defense of his wife and children, whom Simerel was beating. AND CALLING CARDS W.G. SMITH & CO WASHINGTON BUXrvnt WASHINGTON, MILD I.UllID CURES ECZEMA. Skin sufferers! Drop greasy salves and nasty medicines. That mild, sooth ing liquid, D. 13. D. Prescription, stops the awful itch with the first drops. A doctor's prescription of acknowledged value. Get a bottle at Woodward, Clark & Co. :Skidmore Drug Co.; J. C. Wyatt, of Vancouver; Howell & Jones, of Ore gon City endorse 1. t. V. Presgrlp-tiou. LABOR-DAY EXCURSI VIA THE Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway , AND THE Astoria & Columbia River Railroad LOW ROUND TRIP FARES GOOD GOING SATURDAY RETURNING MONDAY To Cascade Mountain Summer Resorts TROUT FISHING, BOATING, HUNTING To Pacific Ocean Clatsop Beach Resorts, Astoria, Fort Stevens and the Columbia River Jetty EXCELLENT TRAIN SERVICE TO ALL POINTS NEW EQUIPMENT Ticket Offices: 122 Third Street, Near Washington. 255 Morrison St., Cor. Third. Eleventh-Street Passenger Station (S. P. & S.) Union Depot (A. & 0. R.)