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Jw ... PRICE FIVE CENTS. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY. 1910. VOL. L. NO. 15,482. BOAT UPSETS; FIVE DROP INTO SURF FIREMAN KILLED; TRAIN SPEEDS ON GERMANY GREETS RULE OF MADRIZ MERCURY AT 97; LOEB AND TAFTTD DISCUSS POLITICS KANSAS BABIES GIVE WAY TO AUTO CLEVER E PREVENTS RELIEF PROMISED ENGINEER DOESN'T MISS HELP ER FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. OVER 2 00 0 DECREASE SEEN IN SUNFLOWER STATE. MOCLIPS SCENE OF NEAR-Tit AG EDYj INDIANS RESCUE. ; JULY 11. JGIflEEH HOLDUP Portland Has Hottest Day of Season. R0SEBUR6 ALONE IS WARMER -Sun Shines Every Minute of Its Scheduled Time. HUMIDITY IS MODERATE Thirty-five Per Cent Makes Weath er More Nearly Bearable Ex pansion of Kails on Bridge Causes Some Traffic Delays. HOT WAVE TO CONTINUE. BAYS WEATHER BUREAU. WASHINGTON. July 10. The Weather Bureau predicts that mod erately high temperatures will pre vail during the week In the Gulf States and warm weather will con tinue In the region west of the Rockies. Temperature near or below the normal Is promised for the next few days In tho Upper Mississippi Valley, the Plains States and the Northwest. By the middle of the week there will be scattering, showers in the Mississippi Valley and in the North west. Fair weather will prevail dur ing the greater part of the week in the Rocky Mountain and Plateau region and the Pacific States. With a maximum temperature of 97 degrees at 3 and 4 o'clock, a range of 30 degrees during the day, and 15 hours and 32 minutes of sunshine out of a possible 15 hours and 32 minutes, yester day may take high rank in the first division of warm days. In fact, only one place in the United States reported a higJier temperature than Portland yes terday, and that was Roseburg, Or., which reached a maximum one degree above the highest temperature here. . Not a case of heat prostration was re ported at any of the. hospitals or ambu lance offices or at the police station all day. The relative humidity was low, being 35 per cent, and the - few who braved the glare of the streets at midday were able to perspire freely. Not tnany took the risk and It was undoubtedly the dullest Sunday on the streets In many years. Only here and there could be seen a pedestrian In the glare of sun shine, the remaining few who came out at all sticking religiously to the shade. Cars were crowded and the exodus to the fields exceeded the average to a large extent. . . Sunshine Is Continuous. The sun shone every minute it was scheduled to shine and even the light breeze which blew most of the - day seemed only to add to the heat as It stirred through the downtown canyons. District Forecaster B. A. Beats, while admitting that it was a warm day, says that it was not at all unusual. He shows that the average maximums for the 10 days corresponding to the past 10 days, for the years beginning with 1904 are respectively 79.5, 79.7, 88.5, 78.2, 79.8 and 69.9, while for the 10 days just past the average maximum was 79.1, being ex ceeded by the averages for 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1908. Beginning with July 6, however, the days of the present 10-day period have all been above the normal average, the excess ranging from Ave de grees on the 6th to 16 degrees above nor mal yesterday. The highest record in recent years for the early part of July was reached in 1906, when a temperature of 99 degrees was reached on July 2 and 101 degrees on July 3. Today Will Be Warm. The same authority holds out but little comfort for today. The forecast is for continued warm weather with northerly winds. Barometric pressure is decreasing, holding forth prospects of a change in the near future. Provident one? will do well, however, to carry the proverbial cabbage-leaf in their hats today. Even the law-breakers took to the shade and criminal activity and all classes of overt misdemeanor were practically suspended. From daylight until 5 o'clock yesterday only four ar rests were made by the city police. A bicyclist, shunning the heat in the middle of the streets, rode on the side walk and was arrested. A druggist sold a bottle of fiery stimulant to a sufferer from heat-depression, and fell foul of the law, and two demented per sons, their malady rendered more acute by the violent rays of the sun, were taken into custody. Peculiarly conscious of the fact that It was warm were the members of the police force day relief, who had the first good opportunity to try the merits of their new "Russian" caps. They were of one mind in saying that the cap is a delusion and a snare when the fnermometer climbs to 96 degrees. "With faces that looked as if they had been boiled, with collars wilted and eyes popping, the day relief men re ported off at 4 o'clock, fervently thank ing their stars that they had escaped sunstroke. Responding to the attacks of a tropical un. the Burnside Bridge expanded to such an extent yesterday that at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, after being Concluded on Page 11. " Quintet of Shingle-Weavers Have Close Call to Death by Drowning When Frail Craft Capsizes. MOCLIPS, Wash., July 10. (Special.) While trying to bring a small boat through the breakers at Moclips today the frail craft was caught on the crest of a huge wave and capsized, throwing its five occupants, J. W. Mellick, John Ackles, Fred Le Clair, Frank Melward and Harry Gorman, into the surf and all would have been drowned but for the timely arrival of Jackson's surf riding crew. Jackson and his crew of Quinault Indians had lust given an exhibition of canoe handling in the surf, which was exceedingly rough, when out on the ocean a tiny boat was seen ap proaching. The Indians went out to meet the craft and preceded it into the sand. The boat was 'seen to rise on a large wave and then sink from sight. A cry of alarm came from 1000 per sons watching the ' men, and Jackson, realizing the danger of the men, called his crew to action and In a few mo ments they were paddling to save the lives of the drowning men. " Three managed to reach the boat, where they clung to the bottom, but Mellick and Ackles could not gain the craft and managed to keep afloat until the In dians picked them up. Mellick was In bad condition when brought ashore, being about ready to give up when rescued. . The men would never have reached shore unaided. All are shingleweavers employed at Aloha and they have been two weeks In con struction of a craft in which they hoped to outrival the Indians in their exhibitions of surf work at Moclips. PRISONER KEEPS OMENS Jolly Woman, Waiting Murder Trial, Is Life of Jail. SPOKANE, Wash., July 10. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Vera Frosse. whose trial upon the charge of shooting her di vorced husband, Rese T. Prosser, will be held at Libby, Mont., August 15, is the' life of the County Jail, for her jolly good laugh and amiability keep the prisoners and' the members of the Sheriff's force in a good humor con stantly. Mrs. Prosser was anxious that a story published in Eastern papers be denied. The story was to the effect that the woman had made a break for liberty while out for a stroll with her guards recently. The woman now has more than 300 four-leaf plovers picked while walking about town or in the jail yard with a guard. She hunts for the clovers for diversion. She also has a horse shoe hung up over her door, which she found recently, along with a nine-spot of hearts. "I am going to get a rab bit's foot next," she remarked laugh ingly. Mrs. Prosser was asked what she in tended to do if she was acquitted, and replied: "I may go on the stage, in fact, I believe I shall do so." AUTO SKIDS OVER CLIFF En Route to Court, Judges and Banker Injured One May Die. . FORT COLLINS, Colo.. July 10. W. H. Allison, president of the First National Bank of Boulder, was probably fatally hurt - and Judge James Garrlgues and Harry P. Gamble, of the State District Court, sustained severe1 injuries late to day, when an automobile in which the three were riding skidded over a cliff at Virginia Dale Hill, 36 miles northwest of here, and fell 18 feet. Allison, who was driving the car, was pinned beneath the car. One of his arms and a collar bone were broken, his face was badly gashed, and be received con tusions of the head and Internal injuries from which physicians said tonight he could not recover. The two Judges were thrown clear. The party was on its way to North Park, where the judges were to hold court. FORMER PRESIDENTIAL liiMBUitsMMjwiB m i L- , V ft 5 X ' Vts" I' 1 'k - 41 sT "!' - x rjS? r 1 Roosevelt Not. Involved in Conference NO CHASM EXISTS, HE SAYS President's Relations With Colonel Not Strained. HUGHES' POST NOT SOUGHT Chief Executive Said to Look With Favor Upon Name of Collector of Port of New York as Candidate for Governor. BEVERLY, Mass., July 10. Beverly was about to tuck itself away to sleep tonight after a dull, sultry Sunday, when William . Loeb, Jr., right-hand man of Theodore Roosevelt, motored Into town. There had been no warning of his coming and his arrival caused a flut ter of excitement, second only to that when Mr. Loeb's former chief visited President Taft. Mr. Loeb will see the President to morrow afternoon and it Is frankly ad mitted that politics will be the sub ject of their interview. It will be the first politics by the way, that Mr. Taft has talked since Mr. Roosevelt was at Beverly. The President started in on a ten days' vacation last week, but there are Indications that the period of rest is ended and that a number of important conferences will mark the coming seven days. Then Mr. Taft is going to sail "Way down East" for a ten days' cruise along the shores of Maine. Norton Sends for Loeb. - Recent Incidents at Oyster Bay, Mr. Loeb declared tonight, had nothing to do with his visit. In fact, he said that Mr. Roosevelt probably knew "nothing of his coming to Beverly. It developed later that Mr. Loeb was sent for by Secretary Norton, with the knowledge of President Taft. "I came to talk over the general po litical situation with the President," said Mr. Loeb, when pressed for an explanation as to his avlslt. "As a representative of the ColonelT" he was asked. "No, I come as the old friend and loyal supporter of President Taft." Loeb Frequent Caller. During all of Mr. Taft's term. Col lector Loeb has been a frequent caller at the White House and his presence there, coupled with the general mani festations of friendship between him and the President has done much to contradict the stories of strained re lations between Mr. Taft and Colonel Roosevelt. During his candidacy for the Republican nomination and bis campaign for the Presidency, Mr. Taft had no more ardent advocate than Mr. Loeb. Mr. Loeb was asked by one of his interviewers if there was a possibility that his visit had something to do with bridging a "chasm between Beverly and Oyster Bay." . No Chasm, Says Loeb. "There is not any chasm," he re plied', with emphasis. "There never has been a break of any sort and re lations could not be more pleasant. Mr. Roosevelt told me he had a per fectly bully' time when he visited the President. "The President and Colonel Roosevelt (Concluded on Pace 3.) SECRETARY WHO SPRINGS TO PORTRAITS ASD SNAPSHOTS OP WILLIAM LOEB, JH, HOOSKVK1.TS PROTKGB School Figures Show That With Ad vent or "Bubble," Birth-Rate Has Taken Big Slump. TOPBKA, . Kan., July 10. (Special.) Are Kansas mothers kept so busy with their automobiles-that they" haven't time for babies? This aeems to be tho case. The vital statistics gathered by the State Board of Health' show a decrease of 2130 babies born in-1909, from the number born in 1905. ' "I am ashamed of the record," said E. T. Fairchild. who has Just completed the school' census statistics for the pres ent school year. "There is nothing bet ter anywhere than some of the fine, fat babies playing around the house. and there is no more interesting happening anywhere than to watch little children studying their first books. "While we should feel proud that tbe average Kansas farmer is prosperous enough to own an automobile, it is de plorable that with the advent of the bubble wagon the births should begin falling off. "In 1907 there were 25,990 babies born in Kansas. In 1908 the baby crop was 25,980, a decrease of 10. The total for 1909 was 23,850, a decrease of 2130 for the year." ' PROWLING COUGAR HUNTED Farmers in Panjab District Offer , Reward to Lucky Hunter. DAYTON, Wash.,, July 10. (Special) Determined to end the pilfering existence of "Old Sleuth," a gigantic-and mysteri ous cougar which has created terror and killed many domestic animals in the last four years, farmers of the Panjab dis trict of the Blue Mountains have offered a reward of $75 in. addition to bounty, to the man who slays him. The etrange animal has defied all ef forts at capture, often appearing where least expected, and after slaying a horse or valuable cow, disappearing into the inaccessible caverns of the pristine hills. "Old Sleuth" leaves a rack twice as large as a man's hand and weight over 500 pounds. He pilfers a district ten miles long. t INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERTATTS Maximum temperature, 97 degrees; minimum. 67 .degrees. TODAY'S Fair: northerly winds. 1 Foreign.'.--: Monoplanes prove best in International air ship meet in France. Page 8.. , Politics. Republican leaders now have strong- hope of Winning- Congressional election. Pase 2. Loeb. at Beverley, to talk politics with President. Page 1. lomestic Governor Harmon at Newark, probes lynching- scandaf. Page 6. Miss Edith Deacon, whose sister married Prince, -will wed plain American citizen. Page 2. "Million-dollar widow" awakenes to find husband flown: New York society won ders. Page 3. Genuineness of Professor Peck's letters dis puted in breach of promise suit. Page 3. Engleer outwits train robbers. Pago 1. Cargo of British steamer damaged 1100.000 by fire at sea. Page 2. Babies in Kansas give way to automobiles. Page 1. Sports. Paciflo Coast League results: Portland 8, Vernon 0: Sacramento 1-3. Oakland 0-0: Los Angeles 6-0, San Francisco 2-4. Page 10. Little charges Johnson framed ud light at Reno. Page 10 Wolf II wins coast motorboat championship, establishing new speed record; Seattle boat antra. Page 10. Quyn, pounding out two home runs, aids team In victory. Page 10. y Paeina Northwest. Klamath Falls wants better trrln service. Page 5. Polndexters "talk" with Roosevelt may prove -boomerang. Page 6. oBat capsizes. Ave thrown into surf at Mo clips. Page L Lumber interests plan to unfte on James M. Ashton, of Tacoma. as Senatorial candi date. Page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Miss Marjorie Mahr, chorus girl at Lyric theater, struck by train on trestle and will probably die. Page 7. Driver for coffee firm Implicates twon in series of thefts. Page 34. Warships Yorktown and Marblehead will arrive in Portland today. Page 8. Assessment rolls to be open to inspection. Page 8. Portland has hottest day in year. Page 1. FRONT AS CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK. Strategy Saves Train and Its Treasure. ESCAPE MADE UNDER FIRE Passengers Near St. Louis in Panic Because of Shooting. . SUSPECTS CAUGHT, FREED Train Is Held Captive 40 Minutes, " When Engine Crew Upsets Plans. Long Delay Ensues Before News Reaches Officers. ST. LOUIS, July 10. Cleverness on the part of tiie engineer prevented three men from robbing the Missouri. Kansas & Texas Southwestern flyer No. 3, near Larimer, St. Louis County, 15 vmiles from St. Louis', early this morning. Three men were arrested as suspects this afternoon, but were released after Investigation. It was 3 o'clock this afternoon before news of the attempted holdup reached the city and detectives were immediately assigned to the case. - Engineer Uses Strategy. Engineer Qulnn, through a ruse, pre vented the baggage car and passenger coaches from being looted. The robbers at the point of revolvers compelled the engineer and fireman to descend from the cab and go with them to the baggage car to assist in uncoupling It. When tinkering about the coupling the engi neer and fireman managed to slip away in the darkness. The two started on a run for the cab. The robbers soon became aware that the crew was dashing for, the cab and opened fire. Springing into the cab,, the engineer threw the throttle wide open and dashed -away with the train. : Several Shots Fired. Five miles further on, at Spanish Lake. Quinn rang up O. C. Hill, yardmaster of the St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern in St. Louis, and told him of the at tempted robbery. Several shots were fired in the attempt ed holdup . and the passengers were thrown into a panic. The train was in the hands of the rob bers 40 minutes. For half an hour they tried to uncouple the baggage car. It was not until they found themselves un able to do the work that they got the engineer and fireman. According to officials here, there were thousands of dollars In the baggage car. In addition to the mail, which was un usually heavy. FIESTA CALLS BIRD-MAN Curtiss Aeroplane Flights Feature at Sacramento Fair. SACRAMENTO, CaL, July 10. (Special.) On seven of the eight days of the State Fair to be held In Sacramento Septem ber 3 to 10, Glenn Curtiss, the aviator of International reputation, will make flights in his aeroplane. A contract for the ap pearance of the . bird-man has been authorized by the general committee of the fiesta of the Dawn of Gold. The fiesta will consist of many big features in addition to the fair, which will be provided by Sacramento citi zens. The aviation meet will be held In the center field of the State Agricultural Park race course, and competitions for which prizes TI1 be given will be held. When Crew Goes Back, Stoker Is Found Dead Scraped From Tell er by Bridge, Supposition. J.. M. Coleman, a fireman on the North Bank Railroad, was knocked from his engine and Instantly killed at Cascade yesterday morning and his absence was not discovered by the en gineer until the train had gone about seven miles and the steam pressure began to run low. The train was then backed up and Coleman's body was found lying in a canyon, 30 feet below the track, with the skull terribly crushed. The train was No. 3, due here about 7:30 o'clock. It was running about three hours late. A short distance the other side of Cascade, which is about 40 miles from Portland, Engineer F. C. Wager, running with Coleman, last poke to the fireman. Seven miles farther on he noticed that the engine was not responding to his handling, and turned to speak to Coleman, and found him missing from the cab. He brought the train to a standstill and notified the conductor. A party took a handcar and preceded the train, which backed up to Cascades. Under a steel bridge, near that place, Cole man was found. His head had been crushed out of shape and he was dead. It is believed that death was instan taneous. The train crew believes that Cole man had climbed out on the side of the engine to get a drink from the tender and forgot about the bridge which was close ahead. While out side he was carried under the bridge at a high rate of speed and was struck by the superstructure. . Coleman's body was taken to Van couver, where he resided. He was un married. His parents live at Green Bay, Wis. It is said that Coleman was engaged to be married to a girl of Vancouver. . ' SUBMARINE SAILS SIX DAYS Craft Demonstrates Practicability in Long Ocean Voyage. HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 10. The United States submarine Salmon, which sailed from Quincy, Mass., at 2 o'clock the afternoon of July 3, made St. David's light at 1 o'clock this morning. She remained until 6 -o'clock and took a pilot aboard, arriving at Hamil ton three hours later. The Salmon en countered a rough sea on the 4th and 5th, but 'suffered no damage. She fully demonstrated the practicability of the submarine for long ocean voyages. The distance between Quincy and Hamilton is about 800 miles and the Salmon made an average speed of be tween 6 and 10 knots an hour. The seaworthiness of the little craft was proved to the entire satisfaction of the representatives aboard and the builders. The Salmon will proceed from. Bermuda to Hampton Roads but the date of her sailing has not yet been fixed. The submarine is under command of ex-Lieutenant-Commander Gregory C. Davison, and carries a crew of 21 of ficers and men. HAWAII LEADS AT OUTSET Schooner Well Ahead In Race From San Pedro to Honolulu. LOS ANGELES. Cal., July 10. (Spe cial.) Developing a burst of speed, the schooner Hawaii quickly established a good lead in the yacht race to Honolulu, which started from San Pedro at noon to day. The yacht Mollilou, of the Aeolian Yacht Club, led the racers across the lln In the start for the third great trans Pacific contest. The schooners Hawaii and Sweetheart were close behind. Just as she went over the line the Ha waii, looming above her two smaller com petitors, broke out an immense balloon Jib that sent her along at a fast clip. Sailing five feet to the yawl's four, she passed the Mollilou less than a mile from the end of the breakwater and one hour, after the start she was 1000 yards ahead of the yawl. The Sweetheart, crossing the line last, had the weather berth and also outfooted the Mollilou. As soon as she passed the Alameda boat to windward she bore away on a more southerly course, diverg ing widely from the "direction taken by the other two. CUSTOMS MENON WATCH Courtesy Arrests May Be Made in $400,000 Smuggling Case. NEW TORK. July 10. (Special) Cus toms officials at New York have been warned to watch for diamonds valued at S400.000 smuggled last week from Luderltz Bay, in the German province of South west Africa. The first reports were that the smug glers were aboard a German liner, but now there are suspicions that the dia monds will be carried to New York. Maiden Lane importers say it is not likely the smugglers will try to get the stones cut and polished In New York. Usually diamond manufacturers in New York do not cut stones in smaller sizes and most of the smuggled stones are small. Small stones could be cut In Ant werp and Amsterdam without attracting notice. As the diamonds are in the rough, they could be brought to New York without demand for duty here, as tbe 10 per cent, duty on diamonds Imported into the United States applies only to cut stones. If the smugglers come here and are ar rested It will foe as a courtesy to Germany. Formal Stamp of Re cognition in Letter. ATTITUDE TAKEN IN APRIL Something Back of Move by European Government. KAISER WRITES EPISTLE Action of Wilhelm Arouses Official and Diplomatic Washington. Emperor's Act Contrary to Usual Procedure. WASHINGTON, July 10. (Special.) -Germany has formally put the stamp of her approval on the Madriz government in Nicaragua. This information reached Washing ton through confidential channels out side the State Department on the heels of the announcement of Friday's en gagement at Pearl Lagoon, in which the Estrada forces, aided by a force of American planters. Inflicted a serious defeat on the Madriz navy and disabled " the gunboat San Jacinto. Germany's action was taken In April, before the recent series of Estrada vic tories. No other European government, so far as available information shows, lias adopted a similar attitude. With the exception of Germany, they have con tented themselves with retaining, with the Madriz government, the relations which had existed with that of Zelaya, the predecessor of Madriz, and have taken no particular notice of the struggle which has been devastating however, has made a defi nite though confidential announcement of her sympathy with the Madriz fac tion. This declaration was contained In a letter from Emperor William cf Germany to Madriz, written on April 26 from Strasburg. Following is a trans lation of the document: "Wilhelm, by the grace of God, Em peror of Germany and King of Prus sia, to the President of Nicaragua: Information Months Old. "Great and Good Friend: I am in formed by your letter of the 27th ot December of the year past, that your Excellency was elected President of the Republic by the merited confidence of your fellow citizens and that your li, cellency entered upon your most honorable duties on the 21st of said month. "I beg you to accept, Mr. Presi dent, my congratulations on this event and be assured also that my govern ment will endeavor to maintain and cultivate the best relations which hap pily already exist between the German Empire and the Republic of Nicaragua. "Extending to you thanks for your benevolent desires, I assure you of my best wishes for your personal wel fare and for that of the Republic of Nicaragua and for both my greatest respect. WILHELM II." The significance of the personal let ter from the Emperor of Germany to Madriz, in the opinion of those who are acquainted with its existence, is con siderably increased by information, which was permitted to emanate from the State Department on Saturday. This was to the effect that the de partment had received a communication which stated that the Madriz faction had offered a Nicaragua Island as a coaling station to a European power in return for intervention in behalf of the Madriz government. Power Not Named. The power, which was not named,' was, according to the report, to use its influence to counteract that of the United States, which openly recognizes the existence of two de facto govern ments In Nicaragua, that of Madria and that of Estrada. It is an open secret In official and diplomatic Washington that foreign governments, for the most, in some cases by direct communication and in others by tacit acceptance of the sit uation, have slgnlfed their willingness to let the United States handle tbe Nicaraguan difficulty without Interfer ence. The tenor of the German Emperor's communication Is distinctly at vari ance with the declaration of the De partment of State in the note to Rod riguez. DOUBLE WEDDING SPOILED One Prospective Bridegroom Flukes, but Other Couple Marry. VALE, Or., July 10. (Special) By the mysterious disappearance on the wedding day of John Williams, one of the prospec tive bridegrooms, a double wedding sched uled to be held here was almost spoiled, although the other couple, James Park, and Ue daughter of W. G. Pennington were married as planned. John Williams, whose home Is at Belle vue, Idaho, was to have married Miss Parhi, sister of the other bridegroom, when he disappeared. The Sheriff was notified and thorough' search was taken up. Williams was believed to have met with foul play, but he returned to his home yesterday. No explanation of his conduct Is given by himself or his parental