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Engineers and Contractors THE HIGH WATER MARK Or vehicle excellence reached by MGYER BABCOCK VEHICLES They are distinguished hy Individual ETTLE, DESIGN and FINISH, with excellence In con struction. All of which stamp them as the highest standard. Buggies, Runabouts, Stan hopes, Traps. It will stand you In hand to call and exam. Ine our line. AGAIN AT KOI Roosevelt Returns to Washington. PEOPLE SHOW PLEASURE Avenues Are Lined and the Applause Is Outspoken. MANY OFFICIALS AT THE DEPOT President Makes a Brief Address at the White House and Then Joins His Family lor the Evening:. The trip Just completed by President Roosevelt has been In some respects the most remarkable ever taken. By rail, he traveled 14,000 miles, and not five minutes' delay occurred on the entire tour. Stage trips covering several hun dred miles -were also made. During the two months he was out, the President made 265 speeches. HU health was perfect at all times. "WASHINGTON. June 5. President Roosevelt returned to "Washington tonight from his memorable trip of over two months throughout the "West He was given a hearty reception by the people of the Capital City, who lined the sidewalks as his carriage, escorted by the battalion of High School Cadets, was driven to the "White House. The President cordially re sponded to the greetings given him, and repeatedly stood up In his carriage and waved his hat and bowed his acknowl edgements. He looked tho picture of health. There was a large gathering of officials at the Pennsylvania Railway station when the President arrived. Promptly at 7 o'clock the train bearing the President and his party rolled into the station. There was a shout of "Welcome home!" as Mr. Roosevelt made his appearance on the platform, and it continued while the President was in or about the station. The President spent a few minutes in ex changing greetings with the assembled officials. .. Ie. bilked longer with Post master-General Payne than any of tho others, the latter throwing his arms about tho President and apparently whispering to mm. En Ilonte to Ike "White Hon sc. The President, accompanied by Captain Cowles, In full uniform, then entered a carriage and with his party was escorted by a battalion of High School Cadets along Pennsylvania avenue to the "White HouEe grounds. At the entrance to the "White House grounds the cadets halted and the President and his party passed tnem in review. The avenue was lined with people, and the applause which greet ed the President on every hand was out spoken and cordial. The lire engines of the city were stationed at the intersect lng streets on the avenue, and the tolling or their bells added to the welcome to the President. "While the review of the cadets was tak lng place, a .large crowd'of people repaired to tho rear of the "White House, where the Marine Band gave a concert in honor of the arrival home of the Chief Executive. They expected that the President would appear for d moment to acknowledge the greeting home that had been given him, and In this they were not disappointed. ine nana played "The Star-spangled Ban ner," and then as the President appeared on the portico struck up "Hall to the ChleL" Tho President made a brief speech to the gathering, saying: "My friends and neighbors, I thank you very, very much for coming here to greet me this afternoon, and I have appreciated more than 1 can say the welcome back home that I have received today. I have been absent over two months, and I have traveled many miles. During that time. one thing has struck me, and that is the substantlalness of the American people. One can travel from ocean to ocean, and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and always be at home among one's fellow- Americans. I thank you again, my friends. ana now l am going in to my own folk. Secretary Hay called at the "White House shortly after the President's ar rival tonight, but remained only a few minutes. The President spent the even ing with his family. Trip Home Without Incident. The run from Pittsburg to "Washington was without incident. None but neces sary stops were made, and the only speech the president made was at A! tcona, where he addressed a large crowd. Crowds were at the stations by which the train ran, and warmly cheered every appearance or the president on the plat form of the car. The trip Just completed has been in some respects the most remarkable ever taken. Mr. Roosevelt and his party trav. eled over 14.0CO miles on railroads, and several hundred miles In stages. Not five minutes' delay was occasioned during the whole trip on account of train conditions, and the schedule adopted by Secretary Loeb before the party left "Washington was carried out with military precision. Rarely was the train late In reaching its destination, notwithstanding that It passed through the flooded district in Iowa. The health of the President, and his party, too. was remarkable. Not one member of the party was seriously ill and few calls were made on the physician on the train. Loeb Congratulated on his "Work. During the 65 days that the President spent on the road, he made 265 speeches. and -had It not been for Secretary Loeb's firmness he would have made nearly dou ble that number. From the day the Pres Ident left "Washington, requests began to pour In for changes In his programme and for additional addresses, but Secre tary Loeb In almost every case said "no, The successful manner in which Mr. Loeb managed the trip was very pleasing to the President, and he warmly congratulated his secretary on the successful outcome of it The other members of the party also gave Mr. Loeb a vote of thanks for the able manner In which he had con ducted affairs. . One of the remarkable features of the trip was the nonpartisan spirit displayed In the reception of the President every way. Democratic, as well as Republican Mayors united in extending him a wel coming- hand, -while at Springfield. IlL, ex- Vlce-Presldent Stevenson rode In the car- iage with the President. The crowds were orderly and friendly, and gave the secret service men little cause for alarm. These men were under the command of Frank Tyree,who Is detailed at the "White House, and the able manner In which they performed their tasks was the subject of general commendation. SHAKES HANDS WITH TRAINMEN. President Takes a Stroll Up the Track at Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, June 5. The train bear ing President Roosevelt and party ar rived here over the Pennsylvania at S:24 this morning, seven minutes ahead of time, and departed for "Washington 15 minutes later. During the stop here the President got off the train and walked the platform and took a stroll some distance up the track. stopping here and there to shako hands with the railroad employes, on account of the hour of the President's arrival, there was quite a large crowd of. people at the station, many coming In on trains from the suburban towns to their dally employment. The crowd started to cheer after the President had returned to his car. and this brought him to the rear platform, where he bowed and said: T am happy to be with you. nappy to get back from my trip. Good luck to you all." After the train pulled out he waved good-bye. LARGE CROWD AT ALTO ON A Roosevelt Slakes a Short Address From the Platform of His Car. ALTOONA, Pa.. Juno 5. President Roosevelt's special train arrived in Al- toona on time, at 12:40 P. M. today. A large crowd had assembled at the station to welcome the distinguished traveler. The President" came out on the platform of his car and said: I have been on a Journey across the Continent from the Atlantic to the Pa cific and now am back again. The thing that pleased mo mast was the substantial unity of Americans. Wherever he goes, East or West, the President of the United States Is at home among his fellow Amer icans." Speaking of the long trip, Colonel W. W. Stone, of tho Postofflco Department, who was with the party, said: It was the most successful excursion ever made. We have made a 14,000-railo tour by rail without a single detention, without accident, without even a hot box." The, train stopped In the Altoona sta tion 15 minutes, and then proceeded cast- ward. IN CLASH WITH COUE.T. ' Hnwallnns Speaker's Request for Documents Is Refused. HONOLULU. June 5. By Pacific cable.) Today there developed a clash between the Speaker of the House ana circuit Judge George D. Gear, growing out of the litigation instituted recently to test tne constitutionality of tho county govern ment act passed by the last Legislature. The Journal records of tho House were introduced on tho evidence in the Circuit Court, and today Clerk Mehulad. of the Houso, a'cting irnder-the'.Jiu5lru:jtionA.tof- Speakcr Beekloy;, made a demand lor the Immediate return of tne dooks. judge Gear Informed the Scrgeant-at-Arms, who brought the letter, that he would not heed the communication, as it was discourt eous, and that the record would remain In the custody of the court. CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. NationaL Large postal fraud In connection with the pur chase of rural mall pouches is unearthed. Page L President Roosevelt will consider the Jewish massacre at Klshlnef at Cabinet meeting to day. Pajfe 2. A. "W. Machen, cx-superlntendent of the free delivery service, is Indicted for bribery. Page 2. , Foreign. Russia gives Its side of the Klshlnef massacre. Pago 2. Russian press advocates 'a systematic crusade to gain sympathy In America. Pago 2. Lord Salisbury Is 111. Page 3. Rebellion in Morocco Is almost suppressed. Page Domestic. President Roosevelt returns to Washington, D. C Pace 1. The Missouri flood Is still rising, and St. Louis now feels it. Page X. t George Gould sends $5000 to the Kansas City sufferers. Page 3. Forest-fire situation In the New England States Is grave. Page 3. Minnesota heeins argument In Its suit against the Northern Securities Company. Page 7. Sports. Irish Lad will be entered In the American Derby. Page 6. Score In C Ac L. O. field meet: Albany, SS; McMlnnvllle. 31; Newberg. 6. Page 6. Idaho and "Washington Universities each win 61 points In field meet at Moscow. Page 6. Scores of Pacific Coast League: Portland 5, Seattle 4; Los Angeles 0, Oakland '5; Sac ramento 8, San Francisco 7. Page 6. Scores of Pacific National League: Portland 12, San Francisco 5; Tacoma 9, Seattle 1: Hel ena S, Butte 5; Spokane 8, Los Angeles L Page G. President Lucas decides that McCarthy must play with Grim. Page 6. Pacific Coast. Walla Walla Saengerfest opens with large at tendance of delegates. Page 4. Governor McBrlde, of Washington, will appoint J. T. Mills Superintendent of Reform School. Page -L Jacob Haberly, Salem druggist, cleared of charge of theft. Page 5. Mrs. Robert Seater, of Seattle, chloroformed and robbed In broad daylight. Page 5. Oregon state convention of Eagles Is In session at The Dalles. Page 4. Washington's title to lieu school lands affirmed by Supreme Court of the united States Page 5. Commercial and Marine. Sealed-bid wool sale at The Dalles. Page 13. Field day for bears In stock market. Page 15. Wheat weaker at Chicago on better crop re ports. Page 15. California wheat crop will not exceed last year's. Page 15. Weekly trade reviews. Page 15. Portland & Asiatic announces cut rate on flour and wheat. Page 11. Willamette and Upper Columbia rising . fast. Page 11. v Steamship Deutschland Is floated. Page 1L Portland and Vicinity. George Smith hanged for murder of his wife. Page 10. Suit begun for taxes against Dekum estate. Page 10. Dr. Woods Hutchinson answers attacks ot butchers.. Page 16. Mystic Shrlners preparlng-for a grand conclave. Page 12. Railroad to Central Oregon delayed by antag onism of stockmen. Page 7. Bridge and ferry projects turned over to com mittees of Executive Board, rage 16. One hundred men at work grading Lewis and Clark Fair grounds. Page 14. Corvallis students visit stock farms. Page 12. hi m Postal Inspectors Cause Two Arrests, GOVERNMENT 18 WORSTED Officials in Conspiracy With Mail-Pouch Men. SCHEME NETS THEM $8000 Rural Dellrery Sacks Were Sold at Ninety Counts, and Clerks Re ceived Forty Xor Their Influ ence ia Securing: Contract. A new scandal is attached to tho re gime ot A. W. Machen, ex-superintendent of the free delivery service. Thomas W. McGregor, his appointee as chief In charge of the supplies for the free de livery service, has been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Government. McGregor and his assist ant, C E. Upton, are alleged to have entered Into an agreement with ?. Bal timore mall-pouch manufacturer to se cure him - a contract at 90 cents per sack, providing they were paid 40 cents. The deal Is said to have netted them ?S0OO. WASHINGTON, June 5. Ac a result of the sweeping investigation of affairs at the Postoffice Department, Thomas W. McGregor, clerk in charge of the supplies for the rural free delivery service, and C. Ellsworth Upton, of Baltimore, one of McGregor's assistants, were arrested to day on the charge of conspiracy with Charles E. Smith, of Baltimore, to defraud the Government in the purchase of the leather pouches furnished the rural car riers throughout the country. Their cases make seven in all since the Investigation began. Other arrests are expected later. Tho story bf today's arrests Is beat told in the following 'offlcIaL statement,- given out by Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General Brlstow this afternoon: Thomas "W. McGregor and C. Ellsworth Upton were arrested this afternoon on warrants sworn out In Baltimore by In spectors Simons and Sullivan, charged with a conspiracy with Charles E. Smith and others to defraud the Government In the purchase of pouches from C. E. Smith, of Baltimore. The complaint sets forth that McGregor and Upton agreed with Smith to obtain for him ordera for many thousands of leather pouches such as are used by rural letter-carriers. The price agreed upon was SO cents per pouch; the actual value was less than 50 cents. Smith was to pay to them the difference between SO and 50 cents per pouch. It Is said at the department that the ac ANDREW W. MACHEX, WHO HAS BEE.V ARRESTED FOR FRAUD IN POSTOFFICE DEPART3IEXT. WASHINGTON, June 5. (Special.) Andrew W. Machen, who was in dicted today, charged with having taken a share of the profits on the Government contracts In connection with the new rural delivery boxes'. Is a Toledo, O., man, who was made superintendent of the free rural deliv ery some years ago, and who came Into 'prominence as early as 1S&, when he entered the Postoffice Department.' Machen was Postmaster of Toledo when he was only 24, and after becoming connected with the gen eral department he did great worU, particularly In his reorganization of the postofflces of New York and Chicago. Two years' ago he went to Cuba, where he placed the postal system on a good basis. His ability, and, hitherto, his honesty,1 had been beyond question. Machen began, his career as a private secretary with the. Lake Shore Road. tual number of pouches which were pur chased exceeded 20,000, for which the Gov ernment paid 90 cents each, or 515,000 In all- Smith, It Is alleged, received and re tained of this for his own use $10,000, while the remaining $SO0O was paid to McGregor and Upton. The Government could have bought the entire number of pouches from the manufacturers for $3,000. McGregor was the clerk In charge of rural free delivery supplies, and Upton was one of his assistants. Inspector Sul livan is from the St. Louis division, and Simons from the Kansas City divisionof Postoffice Inspectors. Promoted by Machen. McGregor has been In the postal service since ISM. Ho came here from Nebraska as a messenger, and subsequently was promoted to a clerkship, and finally was appointed by Mr. Machen to take charge of the supply work ot the rural free deliv ery service. Mr. Upton Is a Baltlmorean, and has been in the postal servlco for 13 years. Both the men arrested are married. They were taken Into custody at the post office shortly before the closo of, office hours. Upton asked to be taken before a Com missioner at Baltimoro Instead of In this city, because of his wider acquaintance there and better opportunity for securing bail. Accordingly he was taken to that city by two Postoffice Inspectors shortly before 6 o'clock this evening. McGregor was taken to the office of United States Commlsloner Taylor and released on a 5500O bond. He waived a preliminary hearing. The arrests were not made public until 6:30 on account of the time required at the District Attorney's office in this city to make out the warrants based on the Bal timore papers. United States District At torney John C. Rose, of Baltimore, ar rived here late thl3 evening, and was in closo consultation In an advisory way with Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General Brlstow for a considerable time over the arrests. Under Surveillance for Weeks. McGregor has been under the close sur veillance of the Inspectors for weeks, and has been subjected to a close examination for several hours a day during part of that time. The inspectors said that today they completed the evidence they wanted before taking action. Postmaster-General Payne was notified of the arrests on his arrival by Mr. Brls tow this evening, and they had a short conversation on the subject. The Postmaster-General was Indisposed today, and did not reach the department until 2 o'clock. Ho omitted the usual 4 o'clock Interview with the newspaper men, which has become his daily custom since the in ception of the postoffice investigation, and sent word that there was nothing to give out, but when interrogated as to future developments responded: "One" can never tell what the morrow will bring forth." Postal officials after the arrests would ! not say whether their Investigations In any wise implicated Mr. Machen, who was general superintendent of the system while' the alleged transactions occurred in the present matter. Upton Locked Up at Baltimore. BALTIMORE, June 5. C. Ellsworth Up ton was locked up in the central police station tonight, and Is held for the United States authorities. Ball was refused by the local police officials. DECLARES FOR TREATY. Municipal Council Will Petition Con gress to Ratify Canal Measure. PANAMA, June 5. The Municipal Coun cil of Panama has adopted a resolution In favor of petitioning Congress to ratify the Hay canal treaty and asking the mu nicipalities of the other districts In the department to send a similar petition. END IS NOT YET Missouri Flood Contin ues to Rise. ST. LOUIS NOW FEELING IT Many More People Driven From Their Homes, SEVERAL LARGE LEVEES BREAK Men and Women Work In Water TJ to Their Waists to Anchor Their HomesNo LlVcs Have Yet Been Lost. Buildings along the river front at St. Louis were abandoned yesterday, and the river Is expected to go still higher today. Several Illinois towns on the Missouri are under water, and the people aro going about In boats. Crops and farming lands were greatly damaged yesterday by the breaking of levees. The people had been warned In time to escape. ST. LOUIS, June 5. The terrific force and the destructive magnitude of tho great flood that is sweeping down tho Mississippi, steadily increasing in vol ume, surmounting and demolishing bar riers of protection, and greedily lapping at property and reaching for lives, as It restlessly extends farther and farther be yond the ordinary river confines. Is now being felt In SL Louis and vicinity to a great extent. At 7 o'clock tonight the stage had reached 34.2 feet, a rise of seven-tenths of a foot since 7 o'clock thl3 morning. Government Forecaster Bowie tonight Issued a bulletin predicting a stago of 33 feet by tomorrow noon, 36 feet by Sunday noon, and 37 feet on Monday. The Mississippi north of the mouth of the Missouri Is rising still, but the rapid ity of the rise has been diminished be cause of the breaks In the levees. The great Sny levee, which extends for miles along the- Illinois shore from Hannibal northward, broke today, and tho angry waters went rushing through, the cre vasse to devastate thousands of acres ot fertile farming lands. No reports of loss of life have so far been received. Towns Are Under Water. Later In the day the flood forced a passage through the levee at Madison, HL, just north of St- Louis. This levee is 15 miles long, and for days men have been hard at work endeavoring to strengthen It. West Granite, a town of 2000 people. Is located in a depression between the levee and a railroad embankment. Ample warning had been sounded, and the in habitants had sought safety when tha deluge came. It Is believed all escaped, but the town is under water. Like the - ancient city of Venice, the streets of "Venice, 111., almost opposite St. Louis, are waterways, and the Inhabitants go about in boats. In St- Louis the buildings along the river front have practically been aban doned, as the first floors are over a foot under water, which stands tonight two feet deep on the top of the steamboat levee. x Forced to Abandon Homes. In South St. Louis fully 100 families living near the mouth of the river Des peres were forced to leave their houses today by the advancing waters, and many families living In houseboats fled to land for shelter. Men, and In some cases even women, worked to their waists In tha waters with ropes and wire cables, an choring their homes to the railroad tracks and to the trees on high ground. Wag ons were backed into the river up to their beds and furniture loaded in. A Burlington switch engine, having on board a switching crew of four men, top pled from the undermined track Into five feet of water north of the Merchants bridge today. The men swam ashore. The interrupted train service has very materially Improved, although more or less delay attends their running. Ex cepting that the different roads are car rying passengers by detoured routes, reg ular service has practically been re sumed. Another break occurred at midnight in the levee at West Granite and 50 families living in the vicinity were forced to flee for their lives. The entire town Is now inundated. The situation on the East Side of the river is now reported as very critical. RAILROAD IS UNDER WATER, Immense- Dike at Booaeville Ia is Danger, BOONEVTLLE, Mo., June 5. Tho "Katy" tracks from Kingsbury to Franklin Junction are under water, and the immense railroad dike leading from the end of the bridge here to KIngsburyt a half-mile, is In immediate danger. Precautionary measures prevented what might have been a very serious wreck. Last night a Santa Fe special of six Pullman cars, containing a party of East ern tourists, arrived here, en route to New Tork. A ballast train was sent to test the track, which gave way beneath It. One negro was drowned below here, and Francis Kluga, a young farmer, is missing. The entire eastern portion of the country is under water, and the dam age will be large. Conditions Serious at Hannibal. HANNIBAL, Mo., June 5. Although ths river has dropped four Inches since yes terday, conditions are still serious in Han nibal. No attempts have been made to start up the various manufacturing plants which were shut down Wednesday. Tha devastation is worse than ever in the path of the flood. All the trains between Han nibal and St. Louis on the Burlington road have been annulled. Dynamite ea Train Explodes. PHEONTX, Ariz., June 5. Two cars of giant powder on the southbound freight train were blown up about five miles from Phoenix. So far as known now, the only persons Injured were Engineer Chambers and Fireman Shlpp. They will both re cover. No details have been learned re garding the damage to the track. 5