Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1910)
HIE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 2S, 1910. MRS. RAWN GIVES LATEST SENSATION Wife of Dead Railroad Chief Says Husband Killed by Own Weapon. SHOT FOLLOWS SCUFFLE Inner Secrets of Fraud System by Which Illinois Central Was Mulcted of 91,500,000 Revealed Before Jury. CHICAGO. July 27. (Special.) Mrs. Ira' G. Brown, but recently risen from a sickbed and evidently still too weak to walk unassisted, took the witness stand tonltrht at the Coroner's Inquest which Is expected to clear the mystery surrounding the tragic death of her husband, ex-president of the Motion Railroad, at their Summer home In Winnetha more than a week ago. Shunning any reference to suicide, as though It were beyond the pale of pos sibility and ignoring the theory that her husband had been killed by a bul let from the weapon of a burglar, Mrs. Rawn surprised members of the Cor oner's jury and even her own relatives with an entirely new theory of her own, that her husband was killed by a shot from his own weapon acciden tally discharged In a scuffle with an Intruder, who met him on the stair way of the Rawn home. Next to the testimony of Mrs. Rawn in point of interest was the revelation of some of the Inner secrets of the fraud system by which the Illinois Cen tral Railroad was mulcted of $1,500,000 in the repairing of cars while Mr. Rawn still was vice-president. Marrahan O K's "Farming Out." Thef acts cameo ut in the form of a statement made by the railroad of ficial before his death to E. C. Field, general counsel of tne Monon Road, and Include the positive assertion that the "farming out" of car repairing had been agreed to hy President J. T. Har rahan, of the Illinois Central Road. Mrs. Rawn's fortitude was a matter of comment by all who saw here take the witness stand and tell the story of the happenings of the night that left here a widow on the eve of her "honeymoon" trip. Trembling from weakness and excitement, Mrs. Rawn, by a supreme effort of her will, mas tered her emotions and in a distinct, firm voice described in detail the events of the night. Several times in the course of her testimony she paused and all but col lapsed in her chair. The entire night session was marked by repeated clashes between C. F. Hadley, foreman of the Jury, and President S. H. Gree ley, of the village board. Clashes In Jury Heard. Several times the village executive endeavored to show by questions that the foreman of the Coroner's Jury had expressed a decided opinion and he had done everything in his power to unearth evidence that might show that Rawn had been murdered by a burglar. The discussion of Illinois Central af fairs was injected into the testimony unexpectedly by Attorney Field. Mr. Field said that Mr. Rawn had hesitat ingly told him some time ago about the Illinois Central affair. lie admit ted that there might have been men under him who were carrying on graft ing, but he knew nothing about It. This statement from Mr. Field is the first known to have been made by Mr. Rawn In which he even attempted to place the responsibility for the car re pair graft and, brief though it was, created a sensation among the lawyers, who eagerly awaited further question ing along that line. But Coroner Heff man disappointed them. He dismissed the subject with one or two more ques tions that failed to throw additional light on the subject. t Detective Chier Gives In. Joseph H. Schumacher, superinten dent of a detective agency, endeavored to reconcile the evidence with his posi tive assertion that Mr. Rawn could not have committed suicide, but Coroner Hoffman argued over the bits of evi dence until the detective, with beads of pursplration standing on his fore head, announced that it was doubtless true that Mr. Rawn hHd been' killed by a bullet from his own revolver. This, however, does not indicate suicide, he insisted. Five representatives 'of various insur ance companies who were on their way to the iwiuest In an automobile, nar rowly escaped death when their machine was run down by a Chicago & Milwaukee lnterurban car at a grade crossing. Al though the automobile was wrecked and thrown off the right of way, the occu pants escaped with sprains, cuts and bruises. FRENCH PROMOTER GUILTY Henri Kochelte Said to Have Ob tained $1.000.000 Fraudulently. PARIS. July 27. Henri Rochette. the French promoter, was today found guilty of swindling through a violation of the corporation law and condemned to two years' imprisonment and to pay a fine of Jtyt. The trial was long and sensa tional. Rochette was arrested on March 23. 1SHS. accused of having obtained fraudu lently more than $12.0(4,000 through the medium of his various companks and societies. I'pon his arrest the enormous line of shares in which he was interested collapsed. Rochette's shareholders sot together and proved that hip companies were on a sound financial lasts and that there was no natural cause for the fall in his securities. The name of ex-Premier Clemenccau was brought Into the case through the openly-made allegation that ha caused Rochette's arrest. This Cle menceau denied. If you are a moderate wine drinker you will welcome the split bottles of Tlpo (red or white), which the Italian Swiss Colony have put on the market. They contain several glasses of Cali fornia's choicest t:;ble wine. Consul-General John I.. Griffiths, of l.on don. reports a. marked fioilng oft tn th con umptiun of Intoxicating liquors in the Vnlted Kingdom in litw. the amount ex panded therefor during; the year $730 noo -KK being a decrease of about JJl.OvO.OOO from ivuf AVIATORS WHOSE DIFFERENCES ARE TO COME BEFORE AERO CLUB. . z I jr J? ' - EL CHARLES K. HAM1LTOX Wjv j i ii i mom .-:- j .! .. ' t , f , .:v. ifiiii if filiifl'iitHirfaafiWr in niiiinr ' jt.,--, ..- Copyright by George Grantham Bain. GLENN H. CURTISS. NEW YORK. July 27. The protest of Charles K. Hamilton against Glenn H. Curtiss for "alleged unsportsmanlike and unfair conduct." will be acted on by the executive committee of the National council of the Aero Club of America. Monday, August 1. Hamilton contends that he has been barred from the coming meet of the Harvard Aeronautical Association because of representations made by Curtiss to the management. ... "Curtiss claims," wrote Hamilton in his letter of protest, "to have a contract with me to fly. a Curtiss aeroplane. I deny he has any right to my services, the contract having been cancelled by him in writ ing over his own signature and by his own acts in breach thereof. Claims and counter-claims for damages are now pending in the New York courts." CITIES SPEND MORE Cost of Schools, Police and Firemen Chief Items. CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS Of Total for 158 Cities New York Spends One-Fourth Xew Or leans Cost Smallest Salt ' Lake Liberal to Schools. WASHINGTON. July 17. According o figures prepared by the Census Bureau the larger cities of the country pay more for schools and for police and fire protection and related service than on all other accounts and of these two items the payment on account of schools is much the largest, the per capita expenses for schools being $4.70, as compared with 2.23 for police and $1.72 for fire protection. The figures are given out as a part of the bureau's report covering the financial operations for cities during the year 10S. The report covers all cities of more than 30.000 population, of which there are 158. The aggre gate cost of operating these cities was $494,997,312. Figures Hiow Increased Cost. The report indicates a general in crease in the cost of maintaining clty governments. In 1902 the average was $13.36 per capita. By 1908 it had ad vanced to $16.81: of the total amount more than one-fourth was paid by New York. .Philadelphia's expenditures were only about one-fourth as much as those of New York. . But large as were the figures for New York, the people of Boston paid more in proportion to population. The New England metropolis heads the list with an expense cost of $27.68 for each person. Of the large cities. New York comes next with a cost of $24.71. while Washington, with a cost of $24.63. makes a close third.. Salt Lake Liberal to Schools. Of the first-class cities. New Or leans paid less for city government than any other, the cost being only $12.76 per capita. Baltimore, with an expenditure of $13.34. was a close sec ond. Of the cities of the second class. Denver stood at the head and St. Joseph. Mo., at the foot of the list, the figures for the Missouri city being only $5.65 per person and those of Denver $24.44. Salt Lake City paid most per capita for schools. $S.I8. but Newton. Mass.. with $8, was a close second. In this i K ' - r - ? 1 it " 4 If i - IN HIS AEROPLANE. r r r respect Montgomery, Ala., ' made the lowest expenditure, $1.63 per capita. RATE EXPERTS WILL COME Commerce Commission to. Check Vp Hill and Harriman Earnings. OREGONIAN NHWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 27. Within a few days a corps of about 50 rate experts of the In terstate Commerce Commission will be sent West to check up on the- Hill and Harriman railroads and ascertain the earnings of the roads on business af- j fected by the Commission's tentative de- i ioimiio in opottiiiie ana anuietea cases, and in the Pacific Coast distributive rate cases, both on the basis of rates now in effect and reduced rates which the Com mission, suggests be made operative this Fall, y The 'ultimate decision of the Commis sion will depend largely upon the report of these experts. TRAMP LOSES BOTH ARMS Negro Stealing Ride Thrown Fro in Train by Brakeman. ' LEADVILLR Ctolo.. July 27. George Sweasy. colored, is dying at a. local hos pital as the result of injuries' received by being thrown from a westbound enver & Rio Grande freight train. According to the injured man. he board ed the freight train at Malta this after noon and had ridden about a mile' when one of the crew saw him lying in the bottom of the car. The brakeman, he says, struck him on the head with a club ami then threw him off. He fell under the wheels and both arms were cut off. In spite of hie injuries, Sweasy walked a mile to Malta. , ARMY ENGINEER STARTS General Marshall to Be. Joined by Associates in Chicago. WASHINGTON. July 27. General William R. Marshall, consulting engi neer to the Secretary of the Interior for the Reclamation Service, left Wash ington today for Chicago, where he will be joined later by the board of Army engineers appointed to examine the Government's irrigation works. The board "expects to leave here for Chi cago tomorrow. The party will depart Immediately for Chicago upon its inspection ofth reclamation projects. AYestingliouse Directors' Re-elected. PITTSBURG. July 27. Stockholders of the Westinghouse Electric A Manu facturing Company re-elected four di rectors whose terms recently expired. President George Westinghouse was not present- The directors returned to office are William- M. Conway, Pitts burg: George M. Verity. Mlddletown, O.; Charles A. Moore. New York City, and A- G. Becker, Chicago- U i.Uti.WMy PICTURE MEN TAKE MILITARY TOURNEY Tacoma Stadium Scene of Spectacular Feats of Horse manship by Soldiers. ATHLETIC EVENTS GOOD Sergeant Quade Rons 100 Yards In 10 Seconds Flat AH Branches of Service Enter Men in Competitive Games. TACOMA. Wash.. July 27. (Specials More than 20,000 persons thronged the stadium this afternoon for the first mati nee performance of the week in the mil itary tournament. Governor Hay, Secretary of State How ell and Colonel Garland N. Whistler, Comma"ndant of the Puget Sound Artil lery district, were guests of honor. Following a review of all the troops in the tournament camp came a number of spectacular events for the benefit of the moving-picture machines. These in cluded thrilling riding by cavalrymen, fancy horsemanship by Lieutenant Sea man and a. wall-scaling contest in which one company . of 45 men, carrying their rifles on their backs, went over the wall in one . minute, and ten seconds. F.ven Time Made in Century Dash. In the athletic . events Sergeant Quade, of the Columbia River district provis ional company, made the best time In the 100-yard dash.-10 seconds flat. With Mu s'cian Singleton. 26th Coast Artillery, and Private Ramsey, Company I. 25th Infan try, he will run in the finals on ' Satur day. Eight men qualified to run in Satur day's 220-yard dash. They are Corporal Budrow and Privates Powless. 26th Coast Artillery: " Private Murphy, Company F, First Infantry: Private McCrary. Pro visional Company; Musician Singleton. 26th Coast Artillery, and Privates Mason and Ramsey, of Engineers Corps. Hurdlers Make Good Records.. Private Stanley. Company E, First In fantry; Private Powless. 26th Coast Ar tillery Corps; Corporal Butler. Company F. Engineers Corps, and Private Hinds, Company M., First Infantry, won the semi-finals in the 120-yard hurdle race. Stanley's time was 17 minutes 4-5 sec ond. Private Darcy, Company G. First In fantry: Corporal Butler, Company F. En gineers, and Private Smith, Company M. First Infantry, won semi-finals in the 220-yard hurdle race. The ' running high Jump was captured by Private Stanley. Company E. First Infantry. He cleared the bar at five feet four Inches. Private Loveless, of the 149th Coast Artillery, and Private Gibson, Company E, First Infantry, were eecond and third. MADRIZ SEEKS HARMONY PEACE COMMISSION ARRIVES FROM NICARAGUA. Zelaya's Dictation and Hostility to United States Denied Abuse of Prisoners Fiction. NEW YORK. July 27. With Instruc tions to ask the United States Govern ment for suggestions as to the best method of restoring peace In their coun try. Dr. Modesto Barrios and Dr. Sebas tina Salinas, of Nicaragua, are In New York, en route to Washington. They are a commission appointed by President Madriz, and as a part of their work they are to restore friendly relations between the countries. The commissioners will do some pre liminary work in Washington before try ing to see President Taft. Both are vehement in denouncing the stories circu lated in this country to the effect that Americans are being treated harshly in their country, and that Americans who are prisoners of war have been subjected to Indignities. They also deny that Ze laya, although far from his native land, really ie at the head of the Nlcaraguan government, with Dr. Madrii and others carrying out his orders. They declare that Madriz Is not friendly to Zelaya, and will take ro orders from him as to the manner of conducting the govern ment. "General Zelaya," said Dr. Barrios, "Is no favorite with the people of the coun try. ' and has no standing with the gov ernment." Regarding anti-American sentiment in Nicaragua, Dr. Barrios Bald there was none, except among the Revolutionists, who have tried to stir up demonstrations of this kind, with the Idea of getting the Madriz government in bad favor with the Government of the United States. COW RUNS OVER COUPLE Frightened Bovine' Injures Man and Wife in Rnsh Through Town. COLFAX. Wash.. July 27. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Westler. who reside at the Harold apartments. Spojcane. were Injured at Colfax tonight by a frightened cow. The cow while running down Canyon street turned on to Main street at Boyer's store, striking Mr. and Mrs. .Westlert throwing, them to the ground. Mrs. Westler was carried to their rooms at the Whitman Hotel. Physicians state their injuries are slight. The cow fell after striking the West lers and made no effort -to harm them. The Westlers were selling lots located between Tacoma and Seattle. 3 THOUGHT DEAD IN FIRE Score of Employes of Chicago Fac tory Rescued by Firemen. CHICAGO, July 27. Three men, em ployes of Frederick Mihell & Co., man ufacturers of cotton waste, are be lieved to have been burned to death in a fire which attacked the company's six-story building today. A score of other employes were helped out by the firemen. . The men believed to have been lost were at work on the sixth floor. FIREBUG OFF WITH LOVER Self-Confessed Criminal,. Cora Sea ton, Beyond Reach of Law. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., July 27. (Special.) Not a word h&a yet" been heard that would lead to the arrest of Miss Cora. Seaton, the self-confessed firebug, 'Who burned the Dave Shook barn on April 6 and the house ten days later. That she left town in com pany with Bill Stark, a cowboy popu larly known as "Wild Bill." is the opinion of the authorities. Stark is known to have disposed of some horses a few days prior to Miss Seaton's taking "French leave" and since her departure he has not been seen. Miss Seaton is said to have been told by an attorney here a few days before her escape that she was subject to serving a term in State Prison for her crime. Before this, she was apparently satisfied to- remain here and take the consequences of her act, as she had been told that owing to hor age she would get no worse than a term .'n the Reform School, but after sha found that there was a possibility of her be ing sent to the Penitentiary, she be came considerably alarmed aal this, it Is believed, along with the entreaty o? Stark, has caused .her to take, a char.ee of getting out of the country Iiiiss Seaton was only 18 years of a?e MISSED HOP, WIFE SUES SPOKANE WOMAN' RELENTS WHEN CASE IS CALLED. Mrs. Havens Does Not Appear to Renew Charge of Cruelty Because She Did Not Go to Party. LOS ANGELES. Cat.. July 27. (Spe cial.) Because Mrs. Myrtle E. Havens was not among those present when the orchestra seeped dreamy waltzes through the potted palms at the Jonathan Club's 'Ladies' night" last January, she sued her husband, Arthur L. Havens, formerly of Spokane, for divorce, on the ground of extreme cruelty. Evidently she has relented, for she did not appear when the case came up in Judge Cole's court to day, and, on motion of the defendant's attorney, it was dismissed. Citing the "extreme cruelty" to which she says her spouse subjected her. Mrs. Havens declared that he refused to al low her to accompany him to the club function. - In his answer Havens said his wife refused to go to the ball be cause he had not provided her. with a new dress. Mrs. Havens also charged that In No vember, 1909. her husband refused to al low her to stay in the same hotel with him, giving her a check for $60 and telling- her to go elsewhere. Havens was prepared to fight the di vorce suit had his wife pressed it today. They were married at Spokane in 1906. Both grew up in that -city. Havens holds a lucrative position with the Pierson Roeding Company here. There are intimations that a reconcilia tion will follow the dismissal of the di vorce suit. MINERS SUBMIT CHANGES Western Federation May Abolish Division Into Districts. DENVER. July 27. The convention of the Western Federation of Miners today recommended an important change in the. federation constitution, which must be submitted to the mem bers of the organization by a' referen dum vote. The proposal is to wipe out the di visional districts of the federation and to change the makeup of the executive board. Under the proposed arrange ment the board will be composed of the three general officers and four rep resentatives of the membership ' at large. Instead of eight. YOUNG "TED" AT BAY CITY Honeymoon Couple Ready to Settle Down for Life. SAN FRANCISCO. July 27. With peeled noses and decided coats of tan giving evidence of a much out-of-doors honeymooning in the sunny clime of Santa Barbara, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and his wife- arrived in San Francisco late last night and are registered at a local fashionable hotel. "I" came back to San Francisco to oots Barks Herbs That have great medicinal power, are raised to their highest efficiency, for purifying and enriching the blood, as they are combined in Hood's Sarsa parilla. 40,366 testimonials received by actual count In two years. Be sure to take Hood's Sarsaparilla Get It today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Saraataba. atnless Dentistry ."" . . One of town modIa Jf"f "cw3 cai5 1irS thelr . ..:3 and h,M.n. . I. iahed in one day it necessary. Wo will giv yon t stoi 22k void or vorcelaia crown for $3.50 Solar Crownt 5.00 22kBrldr.Wh3.5C 3oW Filling 100 Enamol Filling 105 SlWor Fillings SWes no rv - p :aT" 5.0S ! mi m i - V l Qet R4 Rub- c0u to.fc.rismuiMium bwPt&tes ffrmtmn m wma Pelr.lett Extr'tton 5 0 WORK GUARANTEED POH 15 YEARS Palnlen Extraction roe whn platae or bridge work Is ordered. Consultation Frrxa. Too cannot get bette painless work done anywhere. All work fully snax antced. Modern electric oQnlpmenta. Beat methods Wise Bental Vuzj2r BvzxiDiira incowpohateo TH3DWua.in. PORTLAND, OREGON ersicSXOOM: IA.IL te S.U. C3dT-e4. AND CALLING CARDS W.G.SMITH S: CO VUASHIHGTOH BLSXTJ WASHINGTON, DON'T GET BUN DOWN weak and miserable. J you have Kidney or Bladder trouble, dull bead pains, dizzi ness, nervousness, pains in tbe back, and feel tired all over, get a package of Mother Gray's A.LSTBALIAN-LEAF, the pleasant herb cure. It never fails. We bava many testimonials from grateful people who htt used this wonderful remedy. As a regula tor It has no equal. Ask for Mother Gray's Australian-Lesrf at Druggists or sent by mall for 50 cents. Sample FREE- Address. Tha Mother Gray CoH LreRoy, K- T R Merchandise TF II New Mohair Suits Special $7.50 These Sicilian Suits find immediate favor from the fact that they are both light weight and all of a hard twisted material that sheds the dust. These stylish suits come in gray, navy, tan, black and white. The coats are cut in the new 34-in. length and are strictly plain tailored. Some of the coats are lined, others unlined. The skirts are full plaited in a variety of models. These suits are especially adapted for traveling and at $7 50 present about the biggest value we know of this season. 1 1 15c Extension Rods 9c 5000 Extension Rods for sash curtains. Come with , all brackets and screws complete. Regular 15c exten sion rods. Special 9 each. 10c Extension Rods 5c 2000 full size Extension brackets complete. I I 18c Curtain Swisses 12 5000 yards of figured and Summer homes. 1 1 25c Curtain Scrims 12 l Figured Art Curtain Scrims in light and dark grounds. Suitable for living rooms and dining rooms. 25c Cretonnes Special Dainty patterns in figured dark, grounds. Just the thing start my work," said young Roosevelt. "We will live In this city and I want to make my home as near my work as possible. At the present I cannot say where we will live." The Roosevelts started on a house hunting trip this morning. On the first of August Roosevelt will bejrln his LOOK AROUND where you like. Tou won't find a better lens than my Toric lenses. Shaped like the cornea of the eye, with a few modifications, they cor respond at all times with the moving lens in the eye,- and cannot cause eye strain. Then, too, they are more nearly Invisible than a flat lens, a point worth considering If you have a regard for your appearance. "This one thins; I do." Columbian Optical Co. 133 6th st. rrn a l TO SALEM . Three minutes " "25 Cents Calls to Salem completed same as local calls in Portland by our Two-Number Service. If you do not know telephone number of party wanted, call "Information" and ascertain. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Beck Building, Seventh and Oak Streets. Grand Trunk Pacific Steamships Most Luxurious on Pacific Coast All steel length 320 feet twin screw 18 knots per hour double bottom watertight bulkheads wireless telegraph. S. S. Prince Rupert S. S. Prince George (Now In service.) Leaves Seattle midnight every Sun day. FOR VICTORIA. TiNCOCTER, FRICE RUPERT AND STEWART (THE NEW GOLD FIELDS) SIX II A VS' CRUISE. PRI5CE RUPERT AND RETURN, $36 InclnaJnK Meals and Bertha. For tickets and reservations apply to local ticket agents or J. H. Bunn, General Agent. First Ave. and Tesler Way, Seattle. Washv of Merit Only IT ifr-..a Each Rods for lace curtains. With l - 2c dotted Curtain Swisses for - 2c 15c Art Cretonnes in light or for the' Summer home. duties as an employe of the local branch of a big Eastern carpet and rug house. A Russian named Pechenko, who Is travel ing by road from Krasnoyarsk to St. Peters burg with a little cart drawn bw two wolves, has arrived at Omsk safely. The wolves were captured five years ago and are now perfectly tame. w it, I I I w Leaves Seattle July 21 at midnight every Thursday thereafter. STEWART AND RETURN, $48 j A