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... VOL,. Jj. xo. 15,452 PORTLAND, OREGOX, MONDAY, JUNE '6, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FESTIVAL'S RULER PASTOR PREACHES AS CHURCH BURNS DEMOCRATS SEE RUSSIAN POISONER SLAYS WITH GERMS 'CORT REBELLION" SPRECKELS FAMILY FIGHTS FOR SUGAR RATE MEETINGS ARRIVES AT NOON "PLAGUE" IN 1312 HAS COST HEAVILY CLUSTERS COMING EAST SIDE CONGREGATION CALMLY LEAVES BUILDING. WEALTHY MEX INOCULATED WITH CHOLERA ADMITTED. TRADE ESTERS TO FURTHER DISRUPT MILLIONAIRES. Rex Oregon us to Get Royal WelcomeToday. CITY DECORATED FOR EVENT Rose Sunday Sees Portland Arrayed in Gala Attire. TRUMPETERS GREET KING Royalty's Apartments at Fair Grounds Await Arrival of Mon arch Whose Official Appear ance Is Made on Thursday. ' . TODAY'S PROGRAMME FOR ROSE FESTIVAL. Morning Arriva! of guestn; wel come, of home-comers; completion of decoration. JO A. M. Peninsula Festival Asso ciation opens rose-dlstributlns; stand -at depot. Noert Ptex Oregonus arrives and is received at Stark-street dock by Mayor Simon. They drive through the city In automobiles to the Lewis and Clark Pair Grounds. Night Illumination first lighted. Court of Honor on Sixth street a blaze of glory. 0 P. M. "Battle of Monitor and Merrlmac" and Pain's fireworks at the Oaks. With hundreds of thousands of flags fluttering all around, with every rail road engine and steamboat screaming a. discordant welcome. Rex Oregonus, the mystic .spirit king of the Rose Festival, will come into his own at noon today. As if by invisible handsi Portland yes terday found the final decorative touches placed for the Festival. On Sixth street the apparently massive Etruscan marble vases had been placed and filled with ferns and geraniums, lining the sidewalk from MorriBon atreet to. Ankeny. ' Al though deftly created from some form of papier mache the great bowls almost defied detection, bo accurately were the . shades of the marble shown. Rose Sunday Honored. Thousands of people promenaded the streets for unofficially yesterday was Rose Sunday and In all the places' of worship in the city special discourses were de llvered on the rose, and its place in the city and state. Wireless messages from the king reached the city at a late hour last night. Flashing through the ether was dispatched an accurate photograph of his- majesty as he will appear in the parades. At the close of the final pageant he will take the form of a Portland resi dent and Portlanders will have oppor tunity for a week to hazard guesses at who the fortunate person is. Master Fishwarden McAllister was the 'personification of his majesty. In 1908 and Dr. Emmet Drake last year. Except that His." Majesty " will become a resident and a most prominent one no clew has been given of the royal personage. Saturday night he will become known and then leaving - behind him his memory in the form of the prominent Portland man, he will disappear to return Phoenix-like in 1911. . . Day of Triumph Tomorrow, All the prominent rosarians of the city spent the day caring for their prize blooms . as if they had been children Every bud was carefully examined, shielded from the wind and sheltered from the sun. To the rosegrowers to morrow will be a day of triumph for then the exhibition of the Portland Rose Show opens and for two days the choicest of the city's blooms will be garnered and placed on display. Down at the Depot a streetcar filled to the roof with choice buds will be hauled and there the dainty maidens of the Peninsula will pin a rose on the lapel of every Incoming traveler. Today the Peninsula will offer roses in their thou sands for the delectation of those who have never seen a rose unless it be grown with beat and sheltered by glass. The first arrival over the various rail Toads are due this morning and for two days they will pour into the city from a stretch of country 3000 miles wide. Every Town to Be Represented. From every town in Oregon large con tlngents are en route. Every county seat is sending its delegation. From Baker City a special train with every seat taken, will leave tonight and roll into Portland tomorrow morning. As an indication of the crowded condition of the train, but two stops will be made and these but to add additional sleeping cars, filled with sleepers dreaming I the . prospective Festival joys. While Hie Majesty Rex Oregonus is due at noon today, his arrival will be attended by trumpeters, who will blow a fanfare as the barge containing the monarch rolls majestically up to Stark street dock. Mayor Simon will welcome the king and present him with the city keys, which, for one week, will be In bis keeping. With automobiles, accompanied by the Rose Festival officials. King and Mayor will flash through the city streets, be fJ introduced to a sight of the decorations arranged In Rex Oregonus- honor and (Concluded oa Page 8.) 'Mister, Your Church Is on Fire," Says Child Who Sees Flaring Shingles, to Elder. Fire broke out at 11:40 o'clock yesterday morning in the lecture-room of the Third Presbyterian Church, East Thirteenth and East Pine streets, while the church was crowded with people during a sermon preached by the pastor. Dr. William Par sons, but everybody got safely out of the building, without any undue excitement. The fire was caused by sparks from the chimney, fanned by the wind, igniting the shingles on the roof of the building, caus ing a loss estimated at about $100, which is covered by insurance. Dr. Parsons was In the midst of his ser mon on "The Difficulty, the Physician and His Prescription." Maanwhile, a little girl who was waiting outside to at tend Sunday school saw saioke arising from the roof, and she marched to the rear of the church building and said to a man she saw standing there: "Mister, your church is on Are."- Three church officials, who were seated near the door were called to, and they' went out to fight the (lames. Up to this time, the members of the congregation were not aware of the fire, one of the elders whis pered something to Dr. Parsons, who stopped his sermon. "My friends," said the preacher, in even tones. "I have just been informed that we had better vacate this building, now. Please go out quietly." The peo ple did so, without confusion; men, wo men and little children. The damaged lecture-room was origin ally used as the church building when the latter was located at East Sixth and 'East Oak streets. TRAIN ENDS HONEYMOON Romance of South Dakota Plains Closes When Engine Kills. SIOUX CITY, la., June 5. (Special.) A honeymoon of three days' duration ended in a horrible manner at Arion, la.. when Mrs. Frank B. Sherwood, aged 28, daughter of T. F. Broderick. of Sioux City, was killed by an Illinois Central engine. She was running to board the Milwaukee train and did not hear an advancing train on the Central. All the cars passed over her body. Her husband. to whom she had been married but a few days,, was a witness of the spectacle. Mrs. Sherwood was graduated from Morningside College, taught school at Potosi, la., and at Elk Point and Alcester, S. D. Her marriage was the outcome of a romance of the South Dakota plains, where she and Sherwood settled on ad joining claims an began a friendship that ripened Into love. They were mar ried in Sioux City last Wednesday morn ing, and were on their wedding trip when the fatal accident occurred. PRESIDENT RETURNS HOME Taft Pleased With Enthusiasm of Cheering Crowds Along Route. WASHINGTON. June 6. President Taft returned to Washington tonight at 8:44 o'clock from his Western trip. He went directly to the White House, declaring he intended to see no one this evening. The President was highly pleased with the enthusiasm " shown by the crowds that greeted him at the rail road station at which his train stopped today. Although there was a steady downpour of rain, cheering crowds hailed Mr. Taft. who spoke briefly at several points. VETERAN SUDDENLY DIES Frank J. Twlng Leaves Son in Kettle Falls, Wash. SANTA MONICA, Cal., June 5. (Spe cial.) Death came suddenly to Frank J. Twing, aged 65, last night at 714 Oregon avenue. He leaves a widow, a daughter, Mrs. H. Harris, whose home is in this city, and two sons, F. F. Twing, of Los Angeles, and E. . W. Twing, of Kettle Falls, Wash. The funeral, which is to be private. will be held Monday morning. Mr. Twing was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Loyal Legion. STEAMER BRINGS $900,000 First Boat of Year Is in Seattle From Lower Yukon. DAWSON, Y. T., June 5. The steamer Schwatka arrived from Fairbanks yes terlay, the first boat of the year from the Lower Yukon. The Schwatka brought 1900.000 of Tanana goll for Seattle. The gold is being shipped this year by ex press. The next steamer will bring $1,000,000 of Fairbanks dust. The Schwatka sailed immediately for the Idltarod, carrying 35 passengers to that point and 15 to other points. LONG FLIGHT SCHEDULED Hamilton Will Try Trip From Xew York to Philadelphia. NEW YORK. June 5. Charles K. Hamilton will attempt to fly from New York to Philadelphia and return, prob- bly on Saturday next. Announcement of this was made by the New York Times tonight. The Times and the Philadelphia Public Ledger arranged with Hamilton for the flight. Victory Feared May Prove Boomerang. CONSTERNATION NOW REIGNS Democratic House in 1911 Could Not Legislate. REPUBLICANS ARE HAPPY Should Minority Party Win Con gressional Campaign, All Things Would Be Helpful In Presidential Year. BY HARRY J. BROWN. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, June 5. Publicly, Democratic leaders in Congress are gloating over prospects of carrying the next House of Representatives; privately they are ask ing one another whether such a victory would not prove a boomerang, likely to return to plague the Democracy in the Presidential campaign of 1912. Publicly the Democratic leaders de clare they want and expect to control the next House; privately they express the hope that they will not get. it. And the nearer the approach to the campaign, the greater the consterna tion among them. To begin with, a Democratic House, under a Republican administration, and with a Republican Senate, could enact no partisan legislation. Demo cratic measures passed by the House would be certain of defeat in the Senate, unless passed by the aid of insurgent votes, but even if passed by that body, would be vetoed by the President. Democrats Must Make Showing. Yet the Democratic leaders realize that if their party dominates the. next House it will be necessary to make' a showing, .otherwise the party will lose its standing before the country, and the Democratic ticket in the next Presidential campaign will be handi capped by the inactivity of the Demo cratic majority in the House. It will not do for a Democratic- House to sif Idly by and pass only the necessary appropriation bills and the non-partisan legislation that comes up in every session. Something distinctively Dem ocratic will have to be undertaken, even though it is known in advance that it is doomed to defeat. One of the first embarrassments that would arise would be over the organ ization of the House. The Democrats in the present House have ridiculed the Republican majority for retaining the Reed rules, and have joined the insurgents to diminish the powers of the Speaker. They have taken him oft the committee on rules, they have de clared the Speaker should be shorn of the power to appoint committees, and have clamored for all manner of mod ification of the House rules. Yet if the Democrats have a majority in the next House they will have to decide for themselves whether or not the Speaker shall appoint committees; whether he shall be a membeg of the (Continued From First Page.) 1 Till till -.............. .............. 1 THE FAIREST ONE. l. -.T.T lrll. .......... . . ' I ................ ....a Heirs of Victims Pay Large. Sums to Doctor, and Debtor Also Employs His Services. ST. PETERSBURG, June 5. (Spe cial.) Dr. Patschenko. who. with Count Delyassy. was arrested here about a week ago on suspicion of poisoning Count Bouturlin, heir of a fortune of $3,500,000. has confessed that he killed Count Bouturlin by injecting cholera germs into his system. The police say he also confessed to a series of identical crimes, his vi tlms being wealthy persons. During the last cholera' epidemic he prettended ton innaculate them to prevent them from contracting the disease. . . He re ceived $250,000 in each case from the victim's belrs. Dr. Patschenko is nearly 70 years old. The Count Bouturlin was only 26. He was a son of General Bouturlin and belonged to one of the oldest and wealthiest families in Russia. Count Delyassy, Dr. Patschenko's alleged in stigator, protests his innocencie. - The bodies of two of Count Delyas- sy's brothers have been exhumed and found to contain poison. A prominent merchant has been arrested on the charge of employing Dr. Patschenko to poison several of his creditors. Ladder Falls; Painters Drop. MARSH FIELD, Or., June 5. (Special.) Clarence Woodard and J. A. Baker, two painters employed on the new residence of Dr.- Houseworth, were seriously in- jured yesterday by the falng of the ladder. Woodard Is in a critical condi tion. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 62 degrees ; minimum. 54 degrees. TODAY'S Threatening during the morning; fair during the afternoon, and warmer. Festival. Rex Oregonus. King of Rose Festival, reaches city at noon today. Page 1. Rose Sunday observed In many churches. Page 8. Mllwaukie, Sell wood and peninsula' elect Festival Queens. Page 9. People from everywhere come to Festival. Page 9. Foreign. French experts commend working of pro- tui tiuiini ropicBcuiKiiuu in ceixiuin. ruKg National. Democrats fear Congressional victory would prove Domerang in iyi.-, jr'resiaentiaj year. Page l. Domestic. , Philadelphia ' Republicans make clean sweep or .w legislative ornces. rage a. Spreckels brothers, fighting for mother's mil lions, soon to d contesting among selves for sugar trade. . page A. O. Henry, short-story writer, dies. Page 8. No trace of proposed 'new K. A E. house in Foruana can d iouna in New York financial markets. Page 1. Educator makes scathing denouncement of meaicai sen 00 is. rage & Sport. . , Pacific Coast League results: Po Hand T, Sacramento 5; Oakland 7-6, Io Angeles 6-1: Vernon 1-3; San Francisco 0-5. Page 14. Championship in Waverly golf play goes to Aiajor 1 nomas., race 10. Catcher OrendorfT, of Los Angeles team, hit on head by pitched bail; may die. Page Jack Johnson discharges Manager Little. Page 14. Amateurs play fast ball in local City League. Page Xo. Pacific Northwest. W. H. Lund, missing Hoqulara bookkeeper. cuiiimiia Buiviue in 0u.11 r runviaco. rage o. Girl confesses she set fire to farmer's house and barn; says woman hired her to do it. Page 0. Portland and Vicinity. Strike of teamsters will not interfere with Rose Festival. Page IO. Many Interests co-operate in endeavors to prevent forest fires; early conditions said to . be duplicate of those of disastrous years. Page 3. Society Circus full-dress rehearsal to be held tonight. Page 3 6. Man who hates human race makes four at- i tempts to wreck trains; when caught con fesses. Page 16. New-Portland Theater Backing Missing. OLD 'TRUST' TALKS IN RIDDLES Klaw & Erlanger Will Let Pa cific Northwest Alone. SHUBERTS PLAN GOOD LINE Independents Declare They Will Give Portland and Other Coast Cities Greatest Galaxy of Stars Ever Seen in West. BY LLOYD F. LONERGAN. NEW YORK, June S (Special.) One may bunt all over the theatrical district here but it win be impossible to find a trace of that $260,000 theater which, it is reported. Klaw & Er ianger will build in Portland. There have been talks of subsidiary companies, designed to replace the one night stands in various sections of the country, but so far nothing has been realized. 200 Theaters Lost. The situation up to date can be summed up in these words: Klaw & Erlanger have lost more than 200 the aters by tho so-called "Cort Rebel lion. They have gained six two houses in New Orleans and one each in Memphis. Atlanta, Montgomery and Richmond. Klaw, Erlanger and Joseph Brooks are silent as to their plans, beyond hinting that all sorts of astonishing things are going to happen. But it is impossible to pin them down to facts, beyond the statement that, such .and such a house has been leased, and such announcements, as- indicated above, have only been made six times, up to date. : "Conditions in the Northwest are en tirely satisfactory," Marc Klaw said today. - - "Is it true that the syndicate has ar ranged to build theaters in Portland. Seattle, Tacoma ' and Spokane, to cost 1,000,000?" Was asked. Conditions Only Satisfactory. " "We have no announcement to make at the present time," replied Mr. Klaw. "Conditions are satisfactory." The producing managers, who are affiliated with the syndicate, are really afraid to talk for publication, but one of them . finally consented to make the following statement after a promise that his name would not be used: "So far as I can discover, it Is the intention of Klaw & Erlanger to make haste slowly. Of the various circuits that have jumped to the Shuberts, the weakest of all is the one in the South. Therefore, the fight this year 4s to be confined to that territory. "Syndicate shows will practically be kept east of the Missouri Riv.ir, but the Southern towns will be favored with some of the strongest attractions on the list. A little pressure brought to bear is expected to swing the other houses into line, and cause a break (Concluded on Pace 2.1 Older Arrayed Against Younger in Court . Soon to Be Contesting Among Selves for Business. SAN FRANCISCO. June 5. (Special.) Four Spreckels brothers, now ar rayed in court, fighting for $10,000,000 of their mother's estate, the elder two against the two younger, will soon be contesting for the sugar trade on this Coast. John D. and Adolph, the elder brothers, control the Western Sugar Refinery here, which works up much of the raw sugar shipped here from the Hawaiian Islands. Claus A., better . known as Gus Spreckels, arrived from New York last night. He was very reticent in re gard to his recent shipment of S200 tons of refined sugar from Yonkers to San Francisco, but those on'the inside say it means a bitter war for the con trol of the lucrative sugar trade of California and adjacent states and ter ritories. Gus Spreckels has figured out that there is good profit in shipping refined sugar around the Horn, but the elder brothers may interfere with his profits by cutting prices. The quarrel in court between the our brothers is over the 'sharing of the $10,000,000 left by their mother. The younger sons, Claus A. and Ru dolph J., and their sister, Emma, con tend that the two ' older brothers should not share in their fortune, be cause their father gave them, during his life, property worth over $17,000,000. CAR THIEF GETS $50,000 Chicago Man Is Robbed on Sleeper i on Way to New York. ' NEW YORK, June 5. (Special.) While every effort has been made to keep the matter a secret, it became known today that William A. Miner, a wealthy busi ness man of Chicago, lost or was robbed of $50,000 in cash and negotiable papers while en route Thursday night from Chi cago to New York on the Twentieth Cen tury Limited train, which arrived at the Grand Central Station shortly after 9 o'clock Friday mornirg. Detectives employed by the Pullman Car Company have been working on the case since Friday, but so far as could be learned tonight, no trace of the money and securities has been found. Enjoining to secrecy the few friends whom he took into his confidence, Mr. Miner reported hta losses to the Pull man Car Company and at once took steps to have cancelled a letter of credit for a large sum which had been issued by a Chicago bank and which Mr. Miner in tended taking with him on a trip to Europe early this week. It is under stood considerably more than half of the $50,000 loss is covered by the letter of credit and negotiable papers. MANAGUA MUCH ALARMED President Madriz Would Deny Re ports of Rebel Victories. MANAGUA. Nicarcxrim i,,.. - im ports of alleged insurgent viptn,t.. Bluefields and Rama have been filter ing into Managua, and these coupled with the movements of the Nicaraguan forces under General Lara, Godoye and Chacarrias, have occasioned some temporary alarm among adherents of the government. Presraent Madriz toriav Iqrua on of ficial denial of these reriortH. at th. same time intimating that if tho ernment had-only, the two insurgents to aeai with it would have crushed the revolution long ago. In accordance with a Hrlirmli,oii. recently expressed to put down the revolutionary movement. President Madriz has issued orders lnnUlno- the recruiting of soldiers in all the western provinces and thus work is being pushed forward with the utmost energy . with the intention of sending reinforcements to the troops now at the front. HUNTERS SEEK SPECIMENS "v British Columbia Mountain Sheep to Be. Studied by Naturalists. I VICTORIA, B. C. June 6.-(SpeciaI.) The United States National Museum is sending three well-known game hunters to British Columbia this ' year to collect specimens of some or the home-bred wild fauna, and especially to study the life history of the mountain and Stone big horn sheep. The great families of sheep found in British Columbia (ovls Canadensis and ovis Stonel) have many things in common and also are In many ways different, and it Is principally for the purpose of com paring these two great families of ovis that Dr. E. W. Mixer, George Mixer and Samuel Mixer are being sent out to Brit ish Columbia this year. STOCK SHOW DRAWS MANY Parade of Horses and Cattle Is Two Miles Long. UNION, Or., June 6. (Special.) The Union County livestock show was -held in Unton on June 3 and 4. Excursions ar rived from all points in the county, bring ing in thousands of interested and en thusiastic people. The parade was two miles long, there being over 300 entries, and the stock exhibited considered among the very best in Oregon. Horses were entered from all parts of Eastern Oregon. There were races, baseball games and other amusements for the benefit of those present. All business was suspended during the day, and the City of Union presented a general holiday appearance. Developement of Inter est to Nation Due. ROADS TO PROTEST TO TAFT Legal Corps of 25 Lines to Talk Injunction Defense. SHIPPERS WILL BE ACTIVE While Presidents of Big Systems Are Telling Troubles," In White House, Joint Conference on Question Will Be Held. ' -Li. J CHICAGO, June 5. (Special.) Develop ments of the most vital interest to the railroads and interests of the entire country as well, will come this week, following four conferences concerning the rate fight. Tomorrow morning the Western, and Eastern railroad presidents will meet President Taft and attempt to show him that the Government fight on railroad rates is unjust. President E. P. Ripley, of the Santa Fe; President Delano, of the Wabash; President Felton, of the Chi cago Great Western, and President Hughitt. of the Chicago & Northwestern, left Chicago for Washington today. Legal Corps to Meet.' While this conference is being held at the .White Houss, the legal corps of 25 Western railroads will begin a meeting in this city to devlsa a defense to the Government injunction suit, in event it is pressed to an Issue. On Tuesday, the shippers will meet to strengthen their lines of attack. Repre sentatives of the commercial associa tions of 19 cities will assemble in this city to tighten up their battle front. Joint Committees to Meet. On Wednesday, the railroads and com mittees from the shippers will meet In a Joint conference in Chicago. By that time each side will know Its exact posi tion; the attitude of the Government will have been made clearer and it is hoped a compromise will be reached, which will stop the present war and consequent un rest In all lines of business. That the shippers fear President Taft may .decide to stop the Government in junction suit is intimated from several quarters. THAYER SEES DYING WIFE Deputy Takes Prisoner to Bedside Upon Woman's Plea. VANCOUVER. Wash., June 5. (Spe- cial.) A reconciliation between Mr. and Mrs. David Thayer was effected at Ca mas last night, while the wife was on what it is believed will prove her deatn' bed. Thayer was in jail for assaulting his wife's mother, and- when Mrs. Thayer felt she was about to die. she called the town Marshal, William Warren, and made a dying request that she be per mitted to ee her husband. .Thayer was in the County Jail hers and was taken to Camas by Deputy Sher iff Walters. He was returned to jail last night. Many citizens In Camas will ask the court to permit Thayer to go to Camas, that he may be there when his wife dies and attend the funeral without a guard. He has promised to go to work and pay $10 a month toward his fine. 36 HURT IN TRAIN WRECK Southeastern Limited, on Frisco Line, Meets With Accident. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., June 5. The Southeastern Limited o nthe Frisco road was wrecked this ' afternoon in Walker County, about 60 miles west of Birming ham. Thirty-six persons were injured, six of them seriously. PRINCE TO VISIT CAPITAL Cousin of Emperor of Japan to Be Received at Washington. WASHINGTON. June 5. Semi-official and political in character will be the -isit to Washington this week of Prince Fushimi-No-Mya, cousin of the Emperor of Japan, and his wife. Ostensibly their visit has no signifi cance and is merely part of a world tour that the distinguished couple are taking. REVOLUTION NOT BEGUN Chinese Exposition at Nanking Is Quietly Opened. NANKING. China, June 6. Notwith standing recent threats that a revolution would be established today at the open ing of the exposition, this ceremony war carried out without disorders. Citizens who a few days ago were loav lng the city are now returning. 111 I S"N J i