VOL. XL VI. XO- 14,570.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY,
1907.
CENTS.
AUGUST 20,
1
FOUND GUILTY
OF LAND F
Benson and Perrin Are
Convicted.
IURY IS OUT HALF AN HOUR
Moted Case Ends in Victory for
the Government.
FEEL THE VERDICT KEENLY
Kged Defendants Hard Hit by Re
, suit Both Are Permitted Liberty
on Ball Dehaven to Pass
Sentence oh Thursday.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 19. John A.
feenson and Dr. Edward B. Perrin were
today convicted of conspiracy to defraud
Pie United States Government In securing
U.nOO acres of land In Tehama County.
The verdict, which means a fine and
lerm of Imprisonment, was returned by
jury In the United states District Court
after being out about an hour. Only two
baliots were required before the Jury ar
rived at a decision to find the aged de
fendants guilty.
Retain Liberty on Ball.
Benson and Dr. Perrin were allowed to
' retain their liberty on ball. Judge De
Haven set Thursday as a day for passing
sentence.
J. C. Campbell made the closing argu
ment for the defense at the morning ses
sion, and in the afternoon United States
District Attorney Devlin closed for the
prosecution, summing up the case In a
forcible manner. In' his charge Judge De
Haven instructed the Jurors that If they
found from the evidence that Dr. Perrin
had at any time subsequent to October
SI, 1908, taken adventage of the contract
with Benson, he should be found guilty
as charged.
After the Jury had been out half an
hour they filed back into court and asked
for a reading of letters Perrin wrote
from Washington. Snell's reply and that
part of the charge relating to Dr. Per
rln'a liability in connection with-the Ben
aon contract. A 'verdict was returned
within ten minutes after the request of
the Jury had been granted.
Hard Hit by Verdict. '
Dr. Perrin took the verdict very hard
fend was comforted by his two sons. Ben
eon appeared to be dumfounded at the
result.
The punishment provided by the statute
is a fine of not less than $1000 nor more
than $10,000 and imprisonment for not less
than two years.
GOMPERS' AID ASKED FOR
Labor Leader, However, Not Opti
mistic as to the Outcome.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. President
Camuel Gompers, of the American' Fed
eration of Labor, today reported to the
executive council of the Federation that
4ie, John Mitchell, of Indianapolis, and
IDaniel J. Keefe, of Detroit, had been in
trusted by united labor with an attempt
o bring about "an honorable adjustment
Of the telegraphers' strike at an oppor
tune time." Mr. Gompers was asked
Svhen he thought that time would arrive,
end replied that he could not say, but
that it might be "at any hour, in a week
r a month, or perhaps not at all."
JfEW YORK OX NORMAL BASIS
JJoth Western Union and Postal Re
port Plenty of Men at Work.
NEW YORK, Aug. 19. General Mana
ger Nally, of the Postal, issued a state
ment that at noon reports from all di
rections indicated the Postal Telegraph
pre working today tinder almost normal
conditions. He added that as far as the
Postal is concerned the strike is over.
NEW YORK. Aug. 19. President Clowry
fald the Western Union's force of oper
ators is sufficient to handle traffic with,
little delay, in fact, normal conditions
fcave been resumed.
HANDLING MORE BUSINESS
Both Companies In San Francisco
Say Service Is Improving.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 19. The West
ern Union and Postal Telegraph Compa
nies report this morning that the strike
situation is virtually unchanged. A grad
ual Improvement in the service Is being
made, and more business is now being
handled than at any time since the strike
began.
WARM WELCOME FOR TAFT
Columbus Gaily Decorated In Honor
of Secretary's Visit.
COLUMBUS. O.. Aug. 19. Secretary
Taft arrived here today from Newark, O.,
where he was met by a committee of
citizens and escorted to this city. The
city Is probably more elaborately dec
orated than since the welcome of Mc
Klnley. Secretary Taft held a conference
with his political manager, A. I. Vorys,
during the . day, and will probably stay
here tomorrow to meet political leaders
from throughout the state. He held a
uublio reception this afternoon, and
RAUD
dined with Governor Harris and state
officers this evening. Tonight he de
livered a speech at Memorial hall.
TAFT TO VISIT THE CZAR
May Also Call on Mikado Before Re
turning From Orient.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-Secretary
Taft will see the Czar at St. Petersburg
on his way back to the United States
from his visit to the Philippines. It is
more than likely that he will also make
an official call on the Mikado of Japan,
and will do all in his power to promote
good feeling between the United States
and Japan.
Secretary Taft said today that he will
return from the Philippines by way of
the Siberian Railroad, as by doing so he
will avoid repeating the long sea trip
across the Pacific. He will leave Manila
November 4 and go to Vladivostok by
a naval vessel, reaching there Novem
ber 11. It is his present intention not to
make any stops on the way except at St.
Petersburg, and if preparations are be-
Ralph M. Basiey, Chairman Execu
tive Council National Civic Federa-.
tlon. Interested hi Peace Negotia
tions In Telegraphers Strike.
ing made to entertain him at any of the
European capitals he does not know It.
The Secretary left last Sunday. He
has taken with him the material
from which he will prepare the annual
report of the War Department, sending It
back In time for submission to Congress
next December. He will write his ad
dress to the Philippine Assembly on the
voyage across the Pacific.
"I was not disappointed," said he, "at
the result of the Philippine elections. It
was what I had anticipated. I am con
vinced there will b a conservative ele
ment in the Assembly. What I was sur
prised at was the small number of the
voting population that actually partici
pated in the election. I attribute this to
the timidity of the people at taking part
In politics for fear of how their neigh
bors might regard their attitude. . Next
election, when the idea of exercising suf
frage will not be so new, J am gure that
a much larger vote will be cast."
Secretary Taft is greatly Improved in
health as a result of his Summer vaca
tion. He Is as brown as a berry and has
lost the cough which troubled him for
Borne months before he went away, but
admits that he has gained "Just a few"
pounds of flesh. . .
E AT F,
WILHELM, OSCAR'S GRANDSON,
GUEST AT JAMESTOWN.
Noted Visitor Will Be Lavishly En
tertained While . in . America.
Dined by Roosevelt.
NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 19. The Swedish
cruiser Fylgla arrived today with Prince
Wllhelm, grandson of King Oscar, on
board, and anchored oft the exposition.
Salutes were exchanged by the guns of
Fort Monroe and the ships of Admiral
Evans' squadron. The Prince landed at
the exposition this afternoon and was
driven over the grounds escorted by expo
sition managers and army naval officers,
with a detachment of the Twelfth cavalry.
From Hampton Roads the Fylgia will
go to Newport. ' There, between August
22 and August 24 Prince Wilhelm will be
ententained by Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish, by Mr. and Mrs. E. J. iBerwlnd, by
Senator George P. Wetmore and by Mr.
and Mrs. Ogoen Mills. On the evening
of August' 24 Prince Wilhelm will give
a dinner and ball on the Fylgla.
Prince Wilhelm will go to Providence on
August 23, and the next day to Worces
ter, where a luncheon will be given by
the residents. The party will tnen pro
ceed to Boston for a dinner to be given
by Governor Guild. On August 26 the
Prince will visit Harvard University and
be entertained at luncheon in the Som
erset Club by James H. Kidder.
Prince Wilhelm will be the guest of
President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay at a
luncheon on August 28. The Fylgia will
arrive off Oyster Bay that morning and
will remain until the next morning, when
she will go to New York and anchor. In
the North River. Commander Llndberg,
of the Fylgia. will make official calls on
Mayor McClellan and the commander of
the American battle ship squadron
which Is in the North River.
With his officers the Prince will be a
guest at a banquet in the Hotel Astor on
August 30, given by the Swedish colony
of New York, headed by Magnas Clark
holm, acting Consul for Sweden. On the
following day the Prince will be taken
for an automobile trip around New York,
automoblling being one of his favorite
pastimes.
Aside from the courtesies to' His High
ness, tne Swedish cadets aboard the
cruiser, CO in number, will be entertained
by the Crescent Club, of Brooklyn, and
her sailors and officers by the Teutonla
Club. The night of august 31 will be
"Swedish Night'' on Coney Island, and
the prince has promised to spend an
hour there.
German students In New York will en
tertain the Prince in Arlon Hall on Sep
tember 2, the Prince and his grandfather,
the Duke of Baden, having spent much of
their time as students in the great Ger
man universities. On September 3 the
Svlsla will steam Xor Sweden,
REFORM FORCES
SCORE VICTORY
Supreme Court Rues
. Taylor Is Mayor.
SCHMITZ' CLAIM IS DENIED
--'Ji
Ousted Him Frpm Office by
His Conviction.
BLOW TO GRAFT FACTION
Court Stands Unit In the Decision.
Taylor at Once Names New
Police Board Excitement
In the Courtroom.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 19. The
question, "Who is Mayor of .'an Fran
cisco?" was determined today in the
Salvation Army barracks at Fillmore
and Post streets, where the Supreme
Court of the state, sitting en banc, de
cided in favor of Dr. Edward R. Taylor
and against Eugene E. Schmitz. Since
Its ouster from the Century Club by
the women of that organization a
month r more ago, the highest court
of the commonwealth has not had
where to lay Its head.
Temporary offices are occupied in the
Central building, at Sutter and Polk,
but no room there is large enough 'for
sessions. Today, Superior Judge Cook
lent his makeshift courtroom, the Sal
vation Army barracks, and in that bare
chamber, whose rude walls give back
ground to luridly lettered admonitions
such as "The wages of sin Is death."
"Be aura thy sin will find thee out," and
"His eye is watching thee," the most
Important question in the municipal an
nals of the state found its answer.
Schmitz' Friends Look Glum.
Chief Justice Beatty, flanked on two
sides by Associate Justices Henshaw, An
gellotti and Sloss, McFarland, Shaw and
Lorigan, sat on a rough platform, behind
a cheap desk regeneration relics ef tba
fire. Their audience, numbering hundred-odd
men who had assembled in the
Interest of curiosity of expected arguments
anent the validity of the Oliver grand
Jury and the legality of the indictments
by it returned, got the news of the Tay
lor confirmation when the other matter
had been postponed and the court was
about to rise. Chief justice Beatty said:
. "In the case of McKannay vs. Morton
the court has reached a decision, and in
an opinion find in favor of Dr. Taylor
for Mayor."
At that there was a great buzz, and
while Colonel Poole, the lmmemoral bai
liff of the Supreme Court in San Francis
co, had dll lculty preserving order for
adjournment, many lawyers of state
fame crowded about the clerk for a
glimpse of the typewritten opinion which
Justice Beatty handed to him. The friends
of Dr. Taylor beamed on each other and
shook hands. The followers of Schmitz,
PICTORIAL, GALLERY
The Stock Gambling Interest
"I'm a victim of Presidential Inter
ference." Zand Thief "I tremble for the
fnture of a country that treats its
beat citizens this way." .
!
of whom two score or more were there,
looked glum.
Opinion Is Unanimous.
The opinion was written by the chief
justice and concurred In by the six asso
ciate Justices. While it expressly dis
avows a determination of whether or not
Schmitz is de Jure mayor (namely mayor
In right), no cleverness is required to see
that the court does not think he is, and
the standing of Dr. Taylor as de facto
mayor (1. e.r mayor in fact), is confirmed
with emphasis. One of the unstated ef
fects of the opinion is to uphold -1fi6 le
gality of Dr. Taylor's board of supervis
ors and discourage Mr. Schmltz's recent
appointees from any further efforts to
claim seats.
The gist of the opinion in a nutshell Is
that the conviction of Schmflz of the fel
ony of extortion ousted him from the
Mayoralty, and the pendency of his appeal
does not bar a capacitated person from
stepping into the vacancy.
Taylor Names Police Board.
Immediately after the delivering of the
decision by the Supreme Court in his
favor. Mayor Taylor appointed a new
board of police commissioners composed
of the following:
Hugo D. Kell, manager Kell estate.
Joseph A. Leggett, attorney.
"uarles A. Swlegert, attorney.
A. . Cutler, banker.
T
DIPLOMAT MUST HAVE PROPER
RESPECT SHOWN.
Now on His Way to Visit Portland
and Seattle to Investigate
Labor Conditions.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 19.-(SpecIal.)
A bulletin in the dock offices of the im
migration office gives this laconic In
struction to inspectors: "K. Ishtl. Japan
ese diplomat, may pass through Seattle,
Kow tow to him."
Japanese Consul S. Hismidsu left to
night for San Francisco to meet Ishli
and bring him to Portland and Seattle.
He is coming here to investigate consular
and labor conditions and immigration of
ficers have received word- he must be
treated with consideration. The force
of the inspector was given the word in the
dock office bulletin.
SCORE INJURED IN WRECK
Passenger Train on Milwaukee
Road Strikes a Handcar.
(
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Aufr. 19. Pas
senger train No. 3 on the Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul railroad, was
wrecked today at Keystone. 30 miles
west of here. Twenty persons were
injured, several seriously. - The train
collided with a handcar on a 20-foot
embankment. The most seriously in
jured are:
C. T. McEIwalne, express messenger.
E. C. Myers, postal clerk.
F. C. Myers, baggageman.
" Stockton, conductor.
Carl Mershon.
Trains Collide in' Connecticut.
NEW LONDON, Conn., Aug. 19. A
head-on collision occurred at Allln's Point
on the Shore Line division of the New
Haven Railroad, between a passenger and
a freight train. No one was Injured.
Fast Trotters Burned to Death.
MASSILLON. O.. Aug. 19. Sixty-two
horses. Including Effie K. and Atwood,
fast trotters, were burned to death in a
fire at a livery stable today. Thirty-two
horses were rescued. One hostler was
burned to death.
OF VICTIMS OF PRESIDENTIAL INTERFERENCE
Bridge - Playing - Childless - So
ciety Woman "Really, I consider
this race suicide talk vulgar in the
extreme.
Nature Faker "The Idea of ques
tioning my veracity."
SOUNDING KNELL
OF THE
Bill Against Racing Be
ing'Urged. SPORTS JOIN CHURCH CROWD
Circulating Petitions to Be Pre
sented to Legislature.
PASTOR DECRIES SALOON
Dr. 31. A. Matthews Says Officials
Must Close the One Now Operat
ing Without License First
Blow Struck This Way.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 19. (Special.)
The element that was once powerful here
In the open town fight has joined the
church crowd in , a campaign against
horse racing, and they will carry the
campaign before the next state Legis
lature. ,
More than S00 so-called sports have
signed a petition asking that betting on
horse races within 50 miles of a city of
the first or second-class be declared a
felony together with the various gambling
games. The 60-mile radius is a conces
sion to the farming communities who
have opposed anti-pool sening legisla
tion on the ground that It would pre
vent country fairs from holding races
during their shows.
Fight Before Legislature.
Attorneys engaged by the liberal ele
ment are circulating the petitions and
declare that they have been engaged for
a two-years' crusade and will take the
anti-pool selling bill before the Legis
lature in 1909. At present there Is no
law in this state that prohibits betting
on a horse race though the larger cities
have, by ordinances, forbidden the es
tablishment of pool rooms. No matter
what the result of the Joint church and
gambling' crusade may be, results cannot
be had before the Winter of 1909.
In the meantime the Rev. Dr. M. A.
Matthews, Seattle's most fashionable
minister, declared tonight that if tne sel
ling of liquor Is not stopped, tomorrow
his organization will take steps to hold
the County Attorney and -Sheriff respon
sible. Saloon Without a License.
By a peculiarity of the Washington laws
no liquor licenses can be issued within
a radius of one mile from a city of the
first class. The Meadows is closer than
that to Seattle and the Commissioners
have never been asked . for a liquor
license. A saloon at the track pays
a day for the privilege of satisfying
thirsty race tract patrons and the county
authorities have refused to interfere
though It operates without a license,
There is every prospect that the first
blow at the racing game will be struck
here by closing the saloon this year.
Trust Promoter "See . what our
ill-advised President did to my nice
dike.
Average Citizen "I ain't
lng."
kick-
MEADOWS
Pool selling can live another year unless
the general nuisance act can reach It,
but the combined church and gambling
alliance threaten it with extinction in
1909.
HEAVY TAXES ON TIMBER
Basis of Assesment 60 Per Cent Of
Value In Pierce County.
TACOMA. Wash.. ug. 19. (Special.)
In line with its well-defined policy to
raise assessments as far as is just, the
Board of Equalization today caused to
be served 130 notices upon Pierce County
property owners, commanding them to
show cause why their assessments should
not be increased.
Never before has a - erce County
Board of Equalization ordered such
sweeping increases. Shou.- ail the as
sessments be raised as contemplated by
the board In the notices .ssued. hundreds
of thousands of dollars will be added to
the assessment rolls. Three-fourths of
.the raises will be levied against personal
t Charles P. Jfelll, rotted States Com-
T mifcsloner of Iabor, the Adminis-
4 tration's Representative In Peace
Negotiations..
property, and much of tne remainder
against owners of timber and coal lands.
AsHpssor Rallsback has asked the board
to Increase the assessments against tim
ber and coal land to 60 per cent of their
actual values.
MARES CHARGE OF BRIBERY
Hints of Graft Among Seattle's
Board of Assessors.
SEATTLE, WaBh., Aug. 19. (Spe
cial.) John T. Campion, treasurer of
the Seatle Brewing and Malting Com
pany, charged today before the county
board of equalization that a deputy
assessor hadofferjPd for 4500 t reduce
the assessment levied against the
brewery.
Assessor T. A. Parrish furiously de
manded that Campion substantiate his
charge and County Treasurer M. H.
Gormley denounced him for his In
nuendo. Under fire from two quarters
Campion declared that his information
came from a Second avenue saloon man.
E ESCAPE
JUMP OUT WINDOW TO EVADE
RICE-THROWERS.
Rev. W. J. Sharp, of Tacoma,
Marries Miss Hattie Roberts, of
Brighton, and Steal March.
TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 19. Rev. W; J.
Sharp, pastor of the Sprague Memorial
Church, was married last week at Hlll
man to Miss Hattie Roberts, of Brighton.
The wedding took place at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. O. Espey.
The story has Just leaked out now that
In order to escape the rice and old shoes
that friends and relatives of the young
couple were preparing to throw. the
preacher and his bride Jumped through
a window of the house and were lost to
view before the wedding guests noticed
their absence.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 89
degrees; minimum, &3 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northeast winds.
Foreign.
French troops In battle with Moors at Casa
Slanca, Page 2.
Details of Corean mutiny in Seoul. Page 2.
National.
6peaker Cannon approves President's plan
of sending fleet to Pacific. Page 2.
Bonaparte confers with District Attorney
Sims regarding Alton case. Page 3.
Hearst laying plans for 1908. Page 3.
Domestic
Prince Welhelm, of Sweden, a guest at
Jamestown. Page 1.
Gompers asked to aid In strike' settlement.
Page 1.
Count Deckendorffa residence looted at
Ramsay, N. J., of 13000 in Jewelry.
Page 3.
Pacific Coast.
Benson and Perrin found guilty of land
frauds In California. Page 1.
California Supreme Court decides Taylor is
Mayor of San Francisco. Page 1.
Report that Washington Lumbermen may
take active interest In politics. Page 4.
Attorney-General gives opinion on states
1 directing reclamation. Page 4.
Notable banquet given at Vallejo to naval
officers. Page 2.
Commercial and Marine.
Oregon hops may re.gain first place this
year. Page 15.
Quiet and uneventful day In Wall Street.
Page 15.
Weather news causes firm wheat market in
East. Page 16.
Columbia River pilots will make annual
survey of Columbia River. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Harriman tunnel under Peninsula to be
bored at once. Page 1.
Bristol and, Neuhausen return from inspect
ing Deschutes Irrigation projecta
Page 5.
Aged veteran shoots himself after buying
cremation certificate. Page 10.
Both sides claim gains in telegraphers
strike. Page 10.
Peaches for canning are costly this year.
Pacs 10,
HARRSMAN READY
TO BUILD TUNNEL
Bids Asked for Bore
Under Peninsula.
WORK TO PROCEED AT ONCE
Tube Will Be 4200 Feet Long
and Will Cost $330,000.
REQUIRE MONTHS TO DIG
Operations to Be Bushed and Ma)
Be Completed by Next Spring.
Tunnel Link in New Une
to Puget Sound.
As a direct result of the conference at
Salt Lake City between E. H. Harriman
and the general managers of the Harri
man Interests in .the Pacific Northwest,
J. P. O'Brien and J. D. Farrell, work
will be commenced at once on the long
tunnel to be driven under the peninsula
between the Willamette and Columbia
rivers, to give the Oregon & Weshington,
the Union Pacific extension from Portland
to Puget Sound, entrance to this city.
Tenders have been Invited from rail
road contractors for the work, which will
be rushed. This work will be the first
actual construction on the Oregon &
Washington, which has been held up by
various conditions, although it was an
nounced months ago that the line would
be begun immediately. Confirmation of
the Intention of the Harriman officials to
begin work at once on this tunnel comes
from J. D. Farrell, of Seattle, general
manager of the Oregon & Washington.
Nearly a Mile Long.
The tunnel will be 4200 feet long and the
survey extends from a point a short dis
tance below the Portland Flouring Mills,
where the big bore will be driven into the
bluff under the Willamette' Boulevard, to
a crossing of the St. Johns extension of
the O. R. & N. south of the Oregon
Sloughr on the- Columbia River side of tha
peninsula and a few rods east from the
Portland & Seattle Railway bridge across
the Columbia, which Is now nearing com
pletion. ' '
A franchise for the tunnel was granted
the Oregon & Washington a few months
ago by the City Council, the ordinance
being passed over Mayor Lane's veto
after the Council had once approved it
and submitted It to the Mayor.
The big bore through the peninsula will
not be especially difficult, for the earth
to be pierced is of gravel and clay for
the most part. But the work will prove
expensive, for the tunnel will doubtless
be lined with concrete, and It is figured
that Mr. Harriman will expend not less
than J330.000 in Its construction. The
work will require many months. The
tunnel will probably not be completed be
fore next Spring.
Easy Entrance to City.
This engineering work will afford an
easy entrance Into and exit from Portland
for the new railroad to Puget Sound. Its
grade at the north portal will be level
with that of the Portland & Seattle
bridge,. There will be a slight Incline to
reach this grade after leaving the St.
Johns extension tracks on the Willamette
side of the peninsula, but this lift will
not be at all Impracticable.
The tunnel does away with grade cross
ings, a deep cut or bridges and is consid
ered the best solution of crossing the
high ridge of the peninsula between the
two rivers. The tunnel will do away with
any interference with surface travel
whatever.
Rights of Way Secured.
Rights of way for the tunnel have been
practically secured by agents of the Ore
gon & Washington Railroad. It is neces
sary In work of this kind to pay property
owners for permission to drive a tunnel
underneath their land, even though the
bore goes so deep that the property
owner, living on the surface of the
ground, would never be aware unless he
were told, that trains were passing man;
feet under his house.
For reasons of convenience the work pl
driving the tunnel, will be directed from
Portland, and O. R. & N. engineers will
have direct charge of the work. Con
tracts for construction will be let as soon
as the bids are received and engineer!
figure out which is most advantageous.
ROBBED IN QUAKER CITY
Wealthy Los Angeles Rancher Sand
bagged as He Walks Streets.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19 Joseph
Schmidt, a wealty ranchman, living not
far from Los Angeles, was sand
bagged and robbed here early today.
Two young men, arrested later, ad
mitted they drugged and robbed
Schmidt. The Callfornalan eald he was
knocked down on the street from be
hind, and on regaining consciousness
found that a S1000, all the money he
found that 11000, all the, money he,
had,, was gone.
Drown Trying to Save Child.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal.. Aug. 19. While
bathing in Mill Creek, about 21 mile
from this city. Hazel Riley, a 12-year-oii
girl, was drowned this afternoon. Joe
Munroe, a tlemaker, was also drowned Id
attempting to save her.