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VOL.. Li. XO. 15,434. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PEOPLE OBEY BEX OREGONUS' BEHEST MRS. AOKI FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE IRE AGAINST NEGRQ REGIMENT GROWS ANNA HELD WOULD BE SINGLE AGAIN DIVORCE FROM ZIEGFELD TO BE -ASKED, SO PARIS HEARS. HOUSESLOWTDAGT ON BAWD BILL IN TWO YEARS ALL WHO WISH MAY FLY TUFT INDORSED IN 101 ELECTION WIFE OF JAPANESE WANTS CUS TODY OF CHILD. BERNARD TAtKS OF STRIDES AVIATIOX MAS MADE. A Festival Spirit Takes Hold on Portland. WHOLE CITY IS TRANSFORMED Opening of Rose Show Note worthy Feature of Day. NIGHT SCENE MEMORABLE Coarse of "Spirit ot Golden West" Parade Is Marked by Rockets. Schools and Courts Will Be Closed at Noon Today. TODAY'S PROGRAMME FOR THE ROSE FESTIVAL. 8. A. M. Peninsula women start today's rose distribution to travelers at depot. 10 A. M. A-ward of prizes to suc cessful exhibitors In Rose Show at the Armory. Tenth and Davis. 12 NOON Society Circus parade. 2 P. M. Automobile parade. 8 P. M. Society Circus on Multno mah Field. 9 P. M. Battle of Monitor and Merrimac in pyrotechnics at Oaks Park. 10 P. M. Rose exhibit formally closes. fr t With Old Sol adding reflected glory to the inauguration of the reign of Rex Oregonus, nothing was wanting yesterday to dampen the ardor of the people that pressed on the streets. They were happy and cheerful. The Rose Festival had begun In earnest. They were realizing the meaning of the Fes tival spirit. Radiant faces testified to the good time their owners were having. Whether they cheerfully elbowed their way to watch the "Spirit of the Golden West" parade last night or whether they moved slowly past the massed banks of gorgeous blooms at the .Ar mory, they were alike obeying the be hest of His Majesty to be merry. From the moment when thousands of people first saw the Peninsula Rose train slowly moving along the streets, Queen Josephine enthroned amidst her maidens, until the stroke of midnight when the order was given to switch off the illuminations, the scene was memor able. - There never was a lack of amusement and never more than five minutes when music could not be heard. Parade Typifies Pioneer Spirit. The "Spirit of the Golden West" pa rade last night typified the spirit of the hardy pioneer, with its energy and ambi tion, that has made a grsat commercial and industrial empire of the Fad lie Northwest. The shouts from more than BOO.000 throats that greeted the emble matic pageant voiced the enthusiasm that had inspired Oregon forefathers and con verted a vast wilderness into a land of plenty. The streets were jammed by thousands impatiently awaiting the belated parade, but the ardor was not dampened by the delay. On the contrary. It was Intensi fied. As the mounted police turned into Morrison street from Twelfth street, a shout went up that echoed from the tall buildings and resounded along the down town thoroughfares until it merged into a great uproar. This cry announced the coming of the pageant that was to por tray the progress of a brave civilization that ventured Into wilds of a desolate country to develop it and build up great cities and transform it Into a prosperous commonwealth. Parade Advances Slowly. Winding through the business district, crowding to one side the multitude that thronged the streets, the parade, with its skyrockets, Roman candles and red Are, advanced slowly so'that everyone had an opportunity to see the brilliant display and study the legends told by every float. Strains of music from 10 bands distrib uted through the line of marchers lent in spiration to the already over-enthusiastic thousands. Patriotic, popular and catchy music sounded from the canyons of jost ling humanity, and the airs were caught up by thousands, who whistled and sang in harmony with the bands or broke into ihrill discord with horns, clanging cow bells and yells. The moving of the parade was an nounced by the sonorous voices of the mounted police as they turned into Morrison street. "Stand back, stand back," was re peated, until the officers were so hoarse they could scarcely speak above a whisper, as they drove the crowds back to make way for the parade. Colored Lights Come First. "Here they come," shouted the throng, as the fire wagon, belching forth colored lights lilie an eruption of a small volcano, appeared. The shout ing of the police as they advanced along the line of march was lost in the din but the crowd mechanically pressed back to make way for the pageant. Tho noise and cry was. caught up by the thousands in the streets and an avenue was finally opened through the human mass. No sooner had the parade passed one point than the crowd. Oriental Husband Will Oppose Charge of Desertion, and Says Woman His in Spirit. CARSON, Nev., June 7. (Special.) Gladys Emery Aoki, daughter of Arch deacon Emery, of Corte Madera, has filed suit for divorce from Gunjiro Aoki, the Japanese houseboy, to whom she was married In Seattle in March of last year. Mrs. Aoki alleges desertion1 and failure to provide, and asks for the custody of their baby. , Aoki arrH-ed here last night and took up his residence with the Japanese col ony.' Shortly after his arrival he called upon his wife and mother-in-law, with whom ho spent several hours in consul tation.! Aoki is prepared to contest the suit, as he insists that he always provided well for his wife and child and that they were taken from his home in Seattle by Archdeacon Emery without his knowledge or consent. "If my wife had her say, she would come back to me," declared Aoki, after the interview with his wife, "as she loves me. She may divorce me according to the law, but in spirit she will always be my wife." Mrs. Aoki refused to discuss the con ference with her husband. JAPAN AFTER SOUTH POLE i Expedition Hurries to Goal of Ant arctic Exploration. VICTORIA, B. C, June 7. Japan is hurrying an expedition under Lieu tenant Shirlase to leave this month in the hope of anticipating the British expedition to the South Pole, accord ing to news brought by the Weir steamer River Clyde, which reached port today. Some Japanese professors are to ac company the expedition, which will be restricted to Japanese. The Diet has voted money for . the enterprise, and when the River Clyde left Lieutenant Shiriase was at Sendai preparing for the voyage to the Antarctic. He said he would "'plant the Rising Sun flag at the South Pole before other explorers could reach there. SIMS WARNS NICARAGUAN Will Level Bluefields Bluff if Shot Fired at American Flag. BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua, June 7. "At the first shot fired against the American flag or an American vessel I will level the bluff." This is the reply made today by Commander Harold Sims, commanding the American gunboat Dubuque, to a threat made by General Riveas of the Madriz forces holding Bluefields bluff, to stop any vessel entering the har bor. ' WHEAT PRICES TUMBLING Carload Sells in Walla' Walla at 63 1-2 Cents a Bushel. WALLA WALLA, Wash., June 7. (Special.) Standard club wheat sold for 63t6 cents a bushel on the local market today, the lowest price paid for that cereal In over 18 months. Oirfy a carload was sold at this fig ure, the wheat being purchased by Dave Cox. representing Tacoma . interests. This Is the first sale of wheat in sev eral days. Grain agents report the farmers are beginning to believe the prices will not revive and many are contemplating unloading. COREANS PLAN TO ARISE Revolt Against Japanese Grabbing of Land Plotted. VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, June 7. An anti-Japanese rising of serious propor tions Is being plotted, it is reported, in North Corea. by Coreans who are op posed to the annexation of Corea by Japan and who are the enemies of the Japanese generally. DRUGGIST'S MISTAKE KILLS Traveler Served Formaldehyde for Mineral Water and Dies. ATLANTIC. Ia., June 7. H. H. Mor ton, a traveling salesman for an Omaha, grocery firm, was served with for maldehyde by mistake for mineral water In a drugstore here today and died immediately. DYNAMITE CAP HURTS BOY Two Ribs Broken When Explosive Goes Off Under Plank. GRESHAM, Or., June 7. (Special.) Orville Spath, 8-year-old son of Edward Spath. was hurt seriously Sunday when trying to explode a dynamite cap under a plank. The end of the plank struck him and broke two of his ribs. SEALSKINS ARE $31 EACH Price at Sitka, Alaska, Is Nearly Twice as High as Last Year. JUNEAU. Alaska. June 7. One hun dred and seven sealskins were sold in Sitka yesterday for $31 each. Last year the price in Sitka was 17, the increase in value being due to the de crease In the fur seal herds and in the catch. J 0 Seattle Wants Black Troops Withdrawn. THREATS OF VIOLENCE MADE Commander of 25th Calls on Police for Protection. SUSPECT IN CITY JAIL Man Identified as Woman's Assail ant TTnder Heavy Guard Plan to Send Black Soldiers to Alaska . at Once Is Urged. SEATTLE, Wash., June 7. The peo ple residing in the neighborhood of Fort Lawton are . determined that ,J;he Twenty-fifth Infantry must be removed from Seattle. A movement was started today to induce the Government to de tain the Sixteenth Infantry, which will arrive here June 20 on "the way to Alaska, at Fort Lawton, and send the colored regiment to the Far North in stead. Officers of the regiment decline to discuss this phase of the situation, as the disposition of the regiments rests entirely with the War Department at Washington. Citizens Talk of Arming. A rumor was brought to the atten tl6n of Lieutenant-Colonel S. W. Miller, commanding Fort Lawton, that resi dents in the neighborhood were talk ing of arming themselves and that they were making threats against any sol diers who might leave the reservation. Colonel Miller at once notified the Seattle police of the report. He said that he would see to it that his men were "law abiding," both on and off the reservation, and asked the police to give them proper protection when within the police jurisdiction. . The: enlisted men of the Twenty fifth feel keenly the disgrace brought upon the regiment. Since the removal today of Private Nathaniel Bledser from the fort to the City Jail It is declared that there is not a man upon the reservation against whom there is the slightest suspicion in connection with the recent attack on Mrs. J. W. Redding. Colonel Miller said tonight that two men who were in the guard house this afternoon were confined be cause of minor infractions of military discipline, and that their imprisonment had no connection whatever with the Bledser incident. Soldiers Held at Post. All the colored (soldiers have ' been confined to the post since Saturday night. In the excited condition of the people of Interbay it is feared that uniformed negroes might be fired upon. When it was proposed .three years ago to send negro soldiers to Fort Lawton, people residing near the post held a mass meet ing of protest, and the troops were sent instead to Philadelphia. Last Summer, when it became known (Concluded on Page 2. ) 15TER SA'fS SHE OVERHEARD Several. conhENis on her NE?IA' .SUMMER TOC.fi -WftS Tn ADMIT, HERSELF. THAI 5HE? WANTS TO 5EE 'THE SOCIETY ClRCUb SPEbHUl-YXiBUT D0NT WANT TO niSbNOTHJr, . 0 DDES ;. fp&Sjfeft- 't Unkind Gossip of Stage Folk Fre quently Links Lillian Lorraine With Husband's Name. CHICAGO, June 7. (Special.) Dis patches from Paris say a divorce pro ceeding is about to bring a crisis in the domestic relations of Florence Ziegfeld, Jr., and his wife, Anna Held. Something of the kind has long been expected. For two years .polite but sincere wrangles and disagreements, accusations and . 'that unkind gossip which attaches to stage people, whether with . or without foundation ' in fact, have checkered .the home life of Anna Held .and "Flo" ZiegfeW. - It began with an open though harmless prefer ence' on -Flo's part for' pretty, rather untrained and cool little Lillian Lor raine. . Suddenly Miss ' Lorraine was lifted out of the ranks and given solos, lines and what-not and everybody resented it. because Anna Held is sincerely be loved by her stage companions and as sistants. Without warning Miss Lor raine was Installed (with her chorus girl salary) in expensive apartments in the same hotel where in a sumdtuous suite dwelt Miss Held and Mr. Zieg feld. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'SMaxImum temperature, 61 degree; minimum, 50 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwesterly wind. Rose Festival. Streets crowded with. 150,000 happy people, swelled, to great throngs at night, on second day of Hose Festival. Page 1- penlnsula rose train gives away over l.OOO, OOO blossoms to visitors. Page 15. Fully 60O autos will be In Festival parade this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Page 15. People generally obey Rex Oregonus com mand to be merry. Page 1. "Human Rosebuds" will march in Sast Bide parade Friday afternoon. Pag 14. Great crowds see ' annual rose show in Armory. Page 14. Society circus tonight ; parade at noon. Page 14. Foreign. Roosevelt in Oxford speech is optimistic on the whole as to world's future. Page 3. Southern Italy thrown Into panic by earth quake ; dead may number SO and In jured several hundred. Page 5. National. President urges Congress to give Immediate effect to rate clause of railroad bill; measure now in conference. Page 1. Taft turns down Insurgent Representative Poindexter again on postofnee appoint ment. Page 2. Politics. Dalzell nominated 'by ' people not In right congressional district, charge. Page 2. Republicans win distinct victory in Iowa, primary election. Page 1. Domestic I K. Bernard prophesies in two years flying will be as common as motorcycling. Page 1. Mrs. Aoki sues for divorce and Aoki will oppose. Page 1. Trial of L. N. Brown, indicted for alleged bribery in Lorlmer election. begins. Page 5. Pacific Northwest. Douglas County citizens organize good roads association. Page 6. Note signed in 1874 almost costs Vancouver . man farm. Page 6. Seattle makes determined effort to secure removal of negro troops. Page 1. Pacific Coast League results: Portland T. Jjom Angeles 1 ; Oakland 4. San Fran cisco 0 Page 8. Portland and Vicinity. -Collector who competes with Government fined in Federal Court. Page 9. United Railways now on to Tillamook Bay; contractors soon to bid. Page 9. Rev. W T. Euster alleged to be victim of plot to make Rev. T. B. Ford district superintendent. Page 12. District Attorney sends out grand Jury subpenas with no grand Jury In session. Page 17. Dr. Coe dines party of 60 Easterners who seek homes in Oregon, page IS. SOME FESTIVAL OPINIONS. PATERFAni U AS WH O WILA THINK j JH : 15 IHt MME PL ACt FOR A REALTY. INVEbTflENT though This 15" hi FIRST FESTIVAL.!) VERY FAVORABLY IMPRESiED "SMITH THE IDEA, AND WOULD LIKE 'AFLOM TQjPLAT VNU7H. Agreement Is1 Missed by Six Votes. TAFT PRESSES FOR ACTION Asks That Rate Provision Be Effective Upon Passage. EASTERN ROADS IN LINE Insurgents and Democrats Fail to Present Solid Front in Crisis. Critic Says Senate Bill Is Full of Errors. WASHINGTON, June 7. The flurry over the railway situation became a thing of the past today. The presi dents went home; President Taft went horseback riding and the railroad bill went to conference. Representatives of the Kastern and Central roads, at a conference with the President this afternoon, agreed to withhold all proposed freight rate In creases until the new railroad law be comes effective, and after that to sub mit the reasonableness of the in creases to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Taft Keeps Agreement. At the Capitol things were not so pleasant. President Taft sent a spe cial message to Congress telling of the settlement he had reached with the railroads and urging that the -provision of the railroad bill that gives the Interstate Commerce Commission power to investigate and suspend new rates be . made effective Immediately upon the signing of the act, rather than have It go into effect with the other clauses, which have a 60-day limitation. The President did this as a part of the agreement with the' railroads, by which he promised ' them a "square deal" and a speedy determination as to the justice of their new rates. He also did It to prevent the filing of any new rates in the 60 days between the sign ing of the act and Its taking effect. Regulars Win on Vote. There was a bitter fight in the House as to whether the Senate amend ments should be accepted as a whole or the measure should go to confer ence. ' The insurgents and Democrats who were opposed to a conference de clared that the President's wishes could be met by the House. The regu lars were in favor of the conference, declaring it was the President's wish. They finally won by six votes. President Taft declined to commit himself in his conference with the Senate and House leaders as to the necessity of a conference. He merely Indicated his wishes expressed In his message, and left It to them to deter mine the best means of meeting that wish. The President's conference today was (Concluded on Pass 3.) Bib brother, the GAZABO " OP THE FAMILY, KNOWS WHOThE KINO lb ALL. RltHT AUL-.RICjHTEE:.' AND DOES HER" CaOOD TO, '5EE EVERYOAJEr EN ."JDYINO - HIMSELF v Xew York-Chicago Contest, He Says, Is Fertile Field for Cop of Free Advertising. CHICAGO. June 7. (Special.) "Within two years the aviation game will have advanced to the stage where every man who is capable of riding a motorcycle will be able to fly. That's how fast the thing is progressing." This declaration was made today by K. L. Bernard, of New York, an avia tion enthusiast and promoter, who at tended all of the big aero meets in Europe last year and whose -visit to Chicago is for the joint purpose of ar ranging an aviation meet in this city and to talk over with managers the New - York-Chicago contest, in which he is deeply interested. - "I would like to see the New York Chicago contest carried out success fully," said Mr. Bernard, "but I should like to see certain restrictions im posed. There will be a crop of no toriety seekers who never were off the ground, and have no intention of en tering, but who will be seeking a lot of free advertising from the event. I am surprised' that a score of actresses have not announced their intention of entering the contest-" CONVICTS FOIL FIRBUGS Incendiaries Start Blaze in Montana Forests, Trusties Quench It. ANACOXDA, Mont., June 7. (Spe cial.) An attempt to start an aggres sive t forest fire was nipped Sunday afternoon on lias e track Creek by the company of trusty convicts who " are engaged on the powerhouse ditch for the State Penitentiary, according to advices received here today. The convicts observed a series of fires about a quarter of a mile from the camp, and Guard Roberts took sev eral of them with him to the fires, and with the help of a shower that fell opportunely a number of fires wefe extinguished. The fires were plainly of incendiary origin and the Deer Lodge National forest headquarters were notified and hounds of the convict camp were placed on the trail of the woodburners. The dogs followed the trail for three miles, but It was lost on a woodroad, where the incendiaries had taken flight in a buggy, the track of which was lost on the niain road. An immense area of valuable timber and many lives would have been en dangered by a spread of the fires. WILLETT CAUSES REVOLT Endeavor Societies Refuse to Hear Higher Biblical Critic. SPOKANE, Wash., June 7. (Special.) Because Rev. Herbert L. Wlllett, one of the foremost "higher critics" in' Am erica, is to address the Washington State Endeavor Convention, to be held in this , city June 21 to 24, three local Christian Endeavor societies have with drawn and there are threats of others following their lead. Mr. Willett is Dean of the Disciples Divinity House, the theological depart ment of the University of Chicago, which the disaffected local societies name the "hotbed of destructive theol ogy." "Willett lecture on Bible study!" ex claimed a number of local Christian Endeavor societies. "Why, the man says he only believes in the Bible as a hu man document. He denies its Inspira tion. No,vlndeed, Willett will not talk to us on Bible study." WILD BULLET WOUNDS MAN Unknown Shooter of Jackrabbits Hits Rancher in Neck. NAM PA, Idaho, June 7. (Special.) John Sanford was the victim of a rather peculiar accident while work ing around his small ranch east of this city last evening. Men from Nam pa were hunting jack rabbits in, that neighborhood and a bullet from a rifle in the hands of one of the party struck Mr. Sanford in the neck. - He 'was brought to town, " but local physicians were unable to locate the bullet, and he was taken to Boise this morning, where it is hoped the bullet may be found -by means of the X-ray and removed. Mr. Sanford did not hear the report of the gun, and has no Idea who Is responsible for his in Jury. TANK OF AUTO EXPLODES Fire Engines Make Ran Through Crowded Streets, Hitting Xone. Explosion of the gas tank of a big touring car belonging to Fred Young, an Eastern Oregon retired rancher, caused a panic, in the ranks of the sightseers who were watching the parade for a few minuter last night. The last of the parade had just passed Sixth and Yamhill and thousands of people were flocking into the center of the street when the gongs of the fire ap paratus rang out their warning. The fire engines dashed up the street through the crowds, but not a person was struck down. The fire in the automobile was soon extinguished, and the damage will amount to not more than $300. . 65 MILES TO BE BUILT Engineer Announces Action on Pari of Nalron-Klamath Cutoff. EUGENE, Or., June 7. William Hood, chief engineer of the Southern Pacific Railway, arrived here tonight after an inspection of the Natron-Klamath Falls cutoff. He announced that contracts would bi let soon for probably 65 of the- remaining 130 miles of the cutoff Carroll Wins Renomi nation Over Insurgent. PROGRESSIVES TO CONGRESS Unopposed Republican Repre sentatives Easy Victors. HULL CONTEST DOUBTFUL Six Progressives Renominated AVitto i Xo Opposition Smith, Cannon's Lieutenant, Has Hard Fight. Farmers Too Busy to Vote. 1 DE3 MOINES. Ia.. June 7. (Special.) . While the regular Republicans won a distinct victory today in the primary elec tion through the nomination ot Governor Carroll, the Taft Administration received a shock in the renomlnation of six Con gressional representatives of the pro gressive or insurgent faction. Returns up to midnight conclusively sTTowed that Carroll, "stand-patter," had won in his race for renomlnation over W. C. Garst, the Insurgent candidate. It appears that Kennedy, "stand-patter," will win against Brookhart, pro gressive, for Congress. The result of Congressman Smith's poll is in doubt, but it Is expected that the "stand-patter" will win by a very small majority. The progressives- are hopeful. Smith is- one of Cannon's supporters on the rules committee. One of the most important victories and one which the Republican Administration, at Washington is watching with utmost interest is that of Representative Frank P. Woods, progressive Republican, who was nominated over Louis Mayne, "stand patter" in the Tenth District. Mayne is the man President Taft recently turned down for postmaster of Emmetsburg. The Democrats made no nomination in the Tenth. - . Representative E. E. Hubbard, Insur gent Republican, In the 11th district, won his re-nomination today without opposi tion, even the Democrats refusing to put a candidate in the field. In a midnight edition the Capital of this city, regular Republican in politics, declared the nomination of Representa tives Kennedy and Smith and of H. M. Towner, all standpatters, and Carroll, for Governor, was assured. The "extra" says the Hull-Frouty contest Is doubtful. Fair weather kept many voters at work on their farms and the vote was lighter than expected. The following unopposed candidates, all progressives, received Congressional nominations: Second district Charles Grilk, of Dav enport, Progressive. Third district Charles E. Pickett, of Waterloo, Progressive. fc Fourth district G. N. Haughen, of Northwood, Progressive; D. D. Murphy, of Elkader, Democrat. , Fifth district James W. Good, of Ce dar Rapids, Progressive; S. L. Huber, of Tama, Democrat. Sixth district N. E. Kendall, of Albina, Progressive; Daniel W. Hamilton, of Sigourney, Democrat. Eleventh district Elbert H. Hubbard, of Sioux City, Progressive. No nomina tion by Democrats. The Republican contests were in the First district where the Progressive, S. W. Brookhart entered the lists against Congressman Kennedy, a Standpatter; in the Seventh, where Judge Prouty for the fourth time sought to vanquish Congress man J. A. T. Hull: In the Eighth, the old Hepburn district, where the Progres sives and Stalwarts are arrayed against each other in the persons of John H. Darrah and Judge H. M. Towner and ia the Ninth where Attorney-General H. W. Byers waa chosen to war against Con gressman Walter I. Smith on the latter's record as a member of the so-called regime. First returns from 14 precincts out of 48 in Des Moines give Prouty 1365 1 against Hull's 1212. Carroll, for Gov ernor, had 1512 as compared with 1837 for Warren Garst. Governor Carroll made his carapgalgn on his record, ig noring National topics, but his support came largely from the Iowa Taft Club, which is organized in every precinct of the state for the purpose of securing' an indorsement of the Taft Administra tion at the state convention next Au gust. Garst was supported by Sena tors Cummins and Dolliver on a Pro gressive platform. : Charles Grllke being unopposed for the . Republication nomination in the Second Congressional District, the con test was left to the Democratic fac tions. ' Early returns Indicate that J. A. De Armand, of Davenport, would win over I. S. Pepper, of Muscatine, although tho result was In doubt. STEEPLEJACK FALLS; LIVES While Painting Smokestack, Texan Loses Balance; Drops 75 Feet. EL PASO, Tex., June 7. To fall 75 feet from the top of a smokestack and escape with a dislocated wrist and a broken rib was the fortune of L. A. Allen, a painter, here today. He was- painting the stack and had reached the top when he lost hie balai el