VOL. XLVIII. 0. 14,820.
POKTLAXD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TUFT M FAVOR
THOMPSON SET
FREE BY COURT
WILL NAME ONLY'
BRYAN DELEGATES
CZAR VENTURES
TO LEAVE PALACE
ELEVEN
DUNKARD GIRLS
WEARY OF BONNET
OF L
AND FRAUD
VERDICT DECLARING HIM SAXE
ALLOWED TO STAXD.
FIRST RAILROAD TRIP IN FOUR
YEARS MADE TO REVAL.
DESIRE FOR MODERX HAT MAY
CAUSE SCHISM IX CHURCH.
ACCUSED
TO RISING FLOOD
C0MPR0M5
Scheme to Divide Con
tested Seats.
HITCHCOCK WILL NOT YIELD
Too Many Delegates Involved
to Justify Peace.
RACE ISSUE IN QUESTION
Hurried Adjournment Follows Dis
covery Lodge and Clayton Favor
Concession to Allies Bringing
Pressure to Bear on Them.
CHICAGO, June 8. A few handfuls of
Band were thrown Into the cylinders ot
the Taft political machine late today.
So far everything that has come up has
been handled quickly and decisively by
the Taft men, but today from their own
membership came a proposition to di
vide the Louisiana delegation, seating
both Taft and anti-Taft delegates with
half a vote for each. The committee
brought about an adjournment rather
than permit a vote to be taken today.
Members of the committee who have
been Ardent Taft supporters, but who
have shown a disposition to yield to the
appeals of the allied forces to compro
mise in the interest of harmony, will be
subjected to pressure from Washington.
To allow time for this was the purpose
of the sudden adjournment today.
Hitchcock Will Fight It Out.
Frank H. Hitchcock announced that
there will be no compromise. He Is de
termined to fight for the seating of the
delegations Instructed for Mr. Taft and
declared that he will Insist that the com
mittee pass upon all contests. To settle
them In any other way, he said, would be
unfair to the delegations themselves. He
expressed the opinion that the commit
tee should not shirk the responsibility of
fitting In. judgment upon the merits of
every contest, and In his view he Is sup
ported by practically every committee
man of the West and South and many
from the North. . . .
Thus far contests have been settled
from the states of Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia and Kentucky and there
has been -no division of the committee in
disposing of any of them. The reason
for this has been the rule which denies
a rollcall on any question unless It Is
demanded by 20 members and the anti
Taft people have not that number on the
committee.
Disturbed by Allies Maneuvers.
The suggestion1 for a division of con
testing delegations has become more
frequent from day to day. The poli
tical maneuvering by such members of
the "Old Guard" as Senators Crane,
Scott and Penrose and Committeemen
Hart, of Iowa, and Mulvane of Kansas
has not been without effect. The growth
of the compromise suggestion was noticed
by the Taft men, but they were not dis
turbed by It until late today, when they
leemed to their surprise that the plan
for a dd vision In Louisiana was favored
by Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, and
General Powell Clayton, of Arkansas.
Hasty conferences were held by the Taft
members of the committee during the
hearings of contests and the decision was
reached that It would be wise to ad
journ. This course was followed.
In Washington. Charles P. Taft, brother
of the Secretary, did some telephoning
and telegraphing on his own account. E.
N. Duncan, of North Carolina, and C. A.
Lyon, of Texas, and some others also
grew energetic. What the effect of the
many messages will be cannot be accu
rately told until after the vote tomorrow.
Involves Many Delegates.
Mr. Hitchcock feels that there is far
more at stake In the movement for a
compromise In Louisiana than appears
on the surface. Similar contests are,
pending from Mississippi, Missouri, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. The plea
for a compromise In Louisiana is based
on the argument that the negro question
la lnovlved and that some recognition
that would appease the negro voters of
the South should be given the Foraker
delegation. In all of the contests men
tioned the Issues are involved with tho
race question.
Mr. Hitchcock takes the position, how
ever, that all of the Taft delegations are
"mixed," there being several negroes on
the delegation from each Southern state.
More than 150 delegates are involved In
the settlement of these contests from
Southern states yet to be settled. Tha
Taft men declare that If they make con
cessions now they may expect further
demands. They are determined now to
prevent the Insertion of the opening
wedge. If such a th' j is possible.
Tart Gains 16 More.
Sixteen votes were gained for Mr. Taft
today by the settlement of contests. Two
of these came from Florida, six from
Georgia and eight from Kentucky. These
are all the contests heard by the commit
tee. The settlement of the Kentucky
cases engendered more 111 feeling than
has been manifested since the committee
began itswork. Senator Bradley, of Ken
tucky, . appeared as counsel for the Fair
banks delegation. The First. District waa
quickly settled, as Mr. Bradley had no
personal knowledge of the conditions In
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Prosecuting Attorney Withdraws Ap
peal and Famous Case Is
Ended at Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash., June 8. (Special.)
Chester Thompson walked out of the
County Jail, a free man, at 5:30 o'clock
this afternoon, on an order Issued by
Judge Snell, of the Superior Court 15
minutes before. For a moment, as he
went out into the open air, he hesitated,
blinded by the sunshine, and bewildered.
"It seems so strange," he explained to
his father and brother, who accompanied
him. "
Bailiff Ebert had Just risen to announce
adjournment of the court when Prosecut
ing Attorney Rowland placed his motion
Klngr Edward of England, Who la
Visiting tbe Czar.
before Judge Snell, requesting that, unless
objecton was made by the petitioner, he
be allowed to withdraw hos notice of ap
peal to the Supreme Court from the jury
verdict declaring Chester Thompspn a
sane person and safe to be at large.
"I guess there is no objection from
Judge Thompson." the court answered,
with a smile, In granting the motion that
the notice be withdrawn.
Tbe father of Chester did not reply, but
hfs look of supreme happiness spoke
more than words.
Within an hour Mr. Thompson and his
ion had left, for Steilacoom, where the
boy will remain for the next two or three
days. Chester Thompson will eave for
California with his father, en route te
Florida, within a week.
BLACKJACK HITS SMITH
Portland Visitor in New York Has
Experience With Robbers.
NEW YORK, June 8. (Special.) Henry
A. Smith, a wealthy paper manufacturer,
of Portland, and prominent In Demo
cratic politics on the Coast, was black
jacked on Forty-ninth street, near Fifth
avenue, early this morning. He was
knocked to the sidewalk, but before the
thugs could rifle his pockets. Patrolman
Henry 'McGinn ran up and the strong-arm
men fled.
McGinn fired two shots after the flee
ing trio. Two of them got away, but
Wesley Beaver, a 16-year-old boy, of 649
James street, who said he had been put
up to the Job by two panhandlers, was
captured.
Smith, who is staying at the Democratic
Club, left the Hotel Buckingham at 12:30
o'clock and started down Fifth avenue.
He turned Into' Forty-ninth street and
had gone but a few paces when two men
and a boy came up behind him. The lad
wielded the black-jack and struck Smith
on the back of the head. McGinn, who
was standing In a doorway at 19 West
Forty-ninth street, rushed up and caught
the boy. He was locked up charged with
highway robbery.
TRAIL HUNTER TO WOODS
Oklahoma Negro-Chasers Believe
Murderer Is Surrounded.
GUTHRIE, Okla.. June 8. Alf Hun
ter or Jim Kinsbury, the negro mur
derer of Sheriff Garrison, of Oklahoma
City, is believed to be surrounded in
the woods near Lovell, 22 miles north
of here. He has traveled from Dover,
In Kingfisher County adjoining, since
last night, which he spent at the home
of Mac King, seven miles northwest of
Kingfisher.
United States Marshal Abernathy
and a posse left for Lovell late this af
ternoon to join In the hunt. Fully 200
armed men are beating the bush in the
vicinity of Lovell and Crescent City and
the county is aroused.
HOPES CENTER AT DENVER
Woman Suffragists Expect Little
From Republican Convention.
CHICAGO, 111., June 8. (Special.) Lead
ers In the woman suffrage movement held
a meeting toVlay to decide what they
should do with the Republican National
Convention. The radicals were In favor
of fighting, but the veterans counseled
moderation and said the best plan was
neither to beseech nor demand, but to
make a dignified request. They said the
Republican party moved slowly and did
not adopt new ideas until the way had
been pointed out by the -Democrats. .
The women are very hopeful that the
Democratic National Convention will
grant them a suffrage plank, as they have
some sort of understanding with Mr.
Bryan to this effect. - , .
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Democrats Hold State
Convention Today.
MANY WOULD GO TO DENVER
Warm Competition for Honor
Among Oregon Faithful.
TIMBER TOO FOR ELECTORS
No Disposition Shown to Hang Back.
Inman and Miller Likely to
Be Delegates-at-Large.
Others Spoken Of.
For the purpose of selecting eight
delegates to the National Convention at
Denver, and selecting four Presidential
Electors, the Democratic State Conven
tion will be held In Portland today. The
convention will meet at Woodmen of
the World Hall, Tenth street, between
Washington and Alder streets, and will
be called to order at 10 o'clock. O. P.
Cosbow, of Douglas, will probably be
temporary chairman and also permanent.
It will be a strictly Bryan convention,
with Bryan men in control and none but
the most true-blue of Bryan admirers
will be sent as delegates to Colorado.
The delegates, of course, will be In
structed for Bryan. No instructions will
be given regarding the Vice-Presidency.
Much Rivalry for Honor.
Apparently, every Democrat in good
standing In Oregon wants to be a dele
gate and the rivalry is growing Intense.
For the past month deals and combina
tions have been incubating and last night
the Imperial and Perkins hotels were the
hotbed of plots to line up backing for
the various candidates.
There Is, so far as known, no slate on
delegates of Presidential Elector. There
Is a certain understanding regarding the
delegates-at-large, but this is only tenta
tive. There will be two delegates-at-large,
two from Southern Oregon, two from
Eastern Oregon and two from Mult
nomah. The state convention selects
the entire eight instead of apportion
ing four among he Congressional dis
tricts, as Is the practice with the Re
publicans By this arrangement Mult
nomah will secure at least three of the
entire eight delegates, a share which is
not resented by the outside counties.
Governor Chamberlain Declines.
One of the delegates-at-large was to
have been Governor George E. Cham
berlain, but since the election last
week the Governor has decided that he
will not attend the convention which
nominates .Bryan, .his friends saying
that the Governor Is declining in pur
suit of his non-partisan policy. The ac
tion of the Governor is rather happily
received, as It leaves another place on
the ticket of delegates to be filled.
There are none too many places for the
faithful now and even the eight dele
gates, with a like number of alter
nates,, will allow of but 16 from Ore
gon. The Democrats are so hopeful of the
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HERE IS WHAT
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Along Closely-Guarded Track Train
' Moves Will Go to Sea to Sleet
King Edward.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 8. Em
peror Nicholas and other members of
the Imperial family, accompanied by a
large suite, left Peterhof at 7:30 this
evening for Reval. The royalty will
travel over the special Imperial track
to Gatchlna, 30 miles from St. Peters
burg, and thence over the Baltic line
to Reval, where they will arrive to
morrow morning. The ordinary run
from St. Petersburg to Reval Is 12
hours.
This Is the first railway Journey of
Nicholas of Russia, Host of Kins
Ednard,
any length that the Emperor has taken
since he made the trip to Samara on
July 9, 1904, to review the troops going
out to the Russo-Japanese war in Man
churia. ;
Extraordinary precautions have been
taken along the Baltic Railroad. The
track Is being closely watched by a
cordon of soldiers and special guards
have been stationed at all the bridges.
A large staff of plain clothes police of
ficials has been sent on to Reval ahead
of the imperial train.
Premier Stolypin, Foreign minister
Iswolsky- and Vice-Admiral Dlkoff, the
Minister of Marine, left this morning on
board the cruiser Almi- for Reval.
YACHT AWAITS CZAR AT REVAL
Will Take Him to Sea to Meet King
Edward.
REVAL, Russia, June 9. The Russian
Imperial yachts Polar Star, Standart
and Tsarevna, escorted by a fleet of
torpedo-boat destroyers, under com
mand of Rear-Admiral von Essen, ar
rived this morning. The Standart
moved alongside the pier on which Em
peror Nicholas' train will arrive from
St. Petersburg at 7 o'clock Tuesday
morning. The imperial train will run
directly onto the pier, the approaches
to which will be closed by troops.
As soon as the imperial party has
embarked the yachts will proceed to
sea to meet the British royal yacht
Victoria and Albert, which has King
Edward, Queen Alexandra, Princess
Victoria and a large suite on board.
The change in the plans of the Em
peror's party In giving up the trip by
sea to this port and instead coming by
rail was executed so quietly that the
local populace' are in complete Igno
rance of the Emperor's movements. .
THAT REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
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Prominent Umatilla
Men Indicted. .
SEVEN TRUE BILLS RETURNED
Men Prominent in Eastern Ore
gon Accused.
JURY STILL IN SESSION
Thirty-five Witnesses Tet to Be Ex
amined, and Further Indictments
Expected Fraudulent Entry
men Make Confession.
Seven Indictments, charging 11 prom
inent Eastern Oregon citizens with con
spiring to defraud the Government out
of nearly 30,000 acres of unallotted In
dian lands In Umatilla County were re
ported by the Federal grand Jury in the
United States Court yesterday:
Prominent among the accused, most
of whom reside at Pendleton, are: J.
H. Raley, Democratic politician and
lawyer; William Slusher, Joint Repre
sentative from Morrow and Umatilla
Counties in the 1907 Leglsalture; Alon
zo Knotts, John W. Crow, John M.
Wynn, William Caldwell and C. W.
Mathews, wealthy ranchers and sheep
men, and John Vert, formerly of the
First National Bank 'of Pendleton, The
other less prominent defendatns are:
Bailey Ross and Samuel Olmstead, wood
dealers, and 1 William Rahe, a horse
trainer. These are alleged to have
served as active field lieutenants for
the others. Mr. Raley is named as de
fendant In six of the seven Indictments,
while Mr. plusher and Mr. Rahe are
confronted with two counts each.
Specific Charge of Indictment.
The specific charge against the sev
eral defendants is that they solicited
and procured persons to make false and
fraudulent applications and affidavits
for the purchase of tne Umatilla lands
and for a consideration Induced the ap
plicants at the time they applied for
the lands, or prior thereto, to make
contracts whereby It was agreed that
the lands so purchased should inure to
the benefit of the defendants named In
the indictments.
Further Indictments in connection
with these alleged frauds may be ex
pected, as the grand Jury, after mak
ing its report, repaired to its quarters
and, with United States Attorney Mc
Court. resumed the examination of some
35 additional witnesses that are in the
city to give testimony relating to the
same questionable transactions.
All the indictments allege the viola
tion of section 6440, the general con
spiracy statute, and, with the excep
tion of dates and names of the princi
pals and the entrymen, are similar as
to text. The different indictments and
the defendants named in each are as
follows;
List of Persons Accused.
First Indictment J. H. Raley and John
TV. Crow.
Continued on Page 5.
WILL LOOK LIKE
Mutterings at Conference Against
Ironclad Rules Elders May Rep
rimand Lax Leaders.
DES MOINES. June 8. Unless men
high In the councils of the German Bap
tist Brethren (Uunkards) and in a posi
tion to observe and understand the trend
of sentiment In the body are mistaken,
a schism of no little Import threatens to
break In the conference now in prog
ress at the fairgrounds.
While there are mutterings against
several of the Ironclad rules of the sect,
the discussion will center In the growing
Inclination of the girls to forsake the
conventional bonnet which the Dunkard
i r
James H. Raley, of Pendleton, In
dicted for Complicity la Uma
tilla Land Frauds.
women are required to wear for the more
ornate hat of the laywomen.
The elders do not publicly admit that
the discussion borders on general unrest
or that it threatens the peace of the con
ference, but they do admit that church
heads in certain Ohio communities who
are said to have relaxed their supervision
of the girls In thehir charge may be
reprimanded.
EIGHTY LOST IN WRECK
British Steamer Pow An Strikes a
Rock Xear Macoa.
HONGKONG, June 9. The British
passenger steamer Pow An, running
between Hongkong, Canton and Macao,
struck on a rock off Lantao Island last
night and Is a total wreck. Eighty na
tives are missing, but all the European
passengers and officers of the steamer
were rescued. The rock on which the
Pow An struck Is near Capslmun Pass.
Lantao Is a long,-narrow and moun
tainous Island In the mouth of the Can
ton River, about 17 miles east of
Macao.
The Pow An was an iron ecrew
steamer of 2339 tons, built at Glasgow
and belonged to the Hongkong, Canton
& Macao Steamboat Company, Limited.
PACKERS NOT WORRIED
Think Shortage of Beef Cattle Will
Xot Last Long.
CHICAGO, June 8. It was an
nounced today by the Chicago packers
that because of a shortage of cattle
and canned meats,' the. price of beef
and canned meats will be increased. An
official of Armours', discussing the
situation, said today:
"There will be no great advance In
prices. There Is a shortage of cattle,
but we do not expect it to last long."
LABOR WISHESFOR PEACE
Has Xothing to Gain by Internation
al Wars, Says Leader.
PARIS, June 8. At the opening hour
today of the International Miners' Con
gress, Eaoch Edwards, president of the
Miners" Federation or Great Britain,
said that since the first congress held
In Belgium eight years ago the miners'
syndicates have accomplished much,
and that the "progress made proves
that the working classes have nothing
to ga'n In International wars, but that
they nave much to gain in peace."
OLD QUEEN DIPPED HAND IN
Carlos' Mother Got $40,000 From
Portuguese Treasury.
LISBON, June 8. The commission
which is investigating the finances of the
late .King Carlos' reign has developed that
Dowager Queen Maria Pla received 40,
000 from the state. The Queen Dowager
does not deny that she received this
money, but says that she was Justified In
using It on the ground that her allowance
of $2400 a year was not sufficient to main
tain her in royal state. The government
Is greatly embarrassed by the discovery.
KILLED BY SHAM BATTLE
Captain of Militia Hurt While En
tertaining Public.
BROOKINGS, S. D., June 8. Robert
Watson, a student of the South Dakota
State College, was so seriously injured
In a sham battle'at the college Friday
that death resulted yesterday. Watson
was captain of the military .companies
which were entertaining excursionists.
Kansas People Fleeing
Before Waters.
PACKERS MOVE THEIR GOODS
Missouri and Kansas Rivers
Rise at Record Rate.
TRAINS CEASE RUNNING
Deluge From Montana Reinforced by
Prairie Floods Kansas River
Flows Through Deserted
Streets In Topeka.
KAN'SAS CITY. June 8. The Missouri
and Kaw Rivers continued to rise here
today little more than an Inch an hour,
but the crest of the flood in both rivers
Is in sight and will pass on Wednesday.
The weather observer says that the Kaw
will rise six or seven feet higher and the
Missouri will rise nearly three feet more,
to 26 feet.
Weather conditions In Kansas are fair
and apparently the rains are over. The
tributaries of the Kaw and the upper sec
tion of the Kaw Itself are falling and
will continue to fall. Th Kaw River is
discharging Its water Into the Missouri
at great speed, which means that there
will be no backing up, as In 1903 and 19M,
when all the Kaw bottoms were flooded.
In those years the Missouri River was
higher than the Kaw.
Some of the lowlands about Kansas
City are submerged, but no damage has
been done. All the bridges are safe,
there being little driftwood running. The
banks of the Kaw River are higher than
in 1903 and the railroad tracks are higher.
The packing-houses and wholesale estab
lishments in the Kaw bottoms have re
moved the contents of their basements
to upper floors.
Water Blocks Railroads.
People In the Armourdale district of
Kansas City, Kan., continued to move
from their bouses today In spite of the as
surance of the Weather Bureau and the
drainage board that there was no serious
danger.
Train service over the Union Pacific and
Rock Island Railroads between Kansas
City and Topeka has been abandoned.
Trains are routed over the Santa Fe, but
that line will be closed If the water
reaches the height predicted. The Denver
train of the Rock Island this morning
was routed over the Burlington to Lin
coln, Neb. On the branch lines of the
various roads In the Kaw Valley trafflo
is practically suspended.
Exodus From Armourdale.
All afternoon and Into the late hours
tonight an exodus of families has been
going on from Armourdale. Tonight
Continued on Paft 11.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 88
degrpes, minimum, 50 degrees.
TODAY'S Increasing- cloudlneaB and, cooler:
westerly winds.
Domentlc.
HailrondA decide to postpone advance in rate.
Page 2.
Billk refused pardon and must hang on
Friday. Page 2.
Women's objection to bonnets may split
Dunkard church. Page 1.
Nurse says she killed doctor because law
refused her redress. Page 3.
Raymond Hitchcock again on trial. Pags 8.
Floods In Missouri and Kaw rivers cause
stampede to higher ground. Page 1.
Montana floods still tie up all except one
railroad. Page 1.
. Foreign.
Czar travels over densely guarded railroad
to meet King Edward. Page 1.
Henri Rochefort makes sensational charges
concerning Steinhcil murder case. Page 4.
Politics.
Move to compromise conteats before Repub
lican committee blocked by Taft leaders.
Page 1.
Woman suffragists will appeal to Democratlo
convention. Page 1.
Pacific Coast.
Witnesses in Doherty murder trial tell how
defendant picked quarrel with man he
killed. Page 7.
Congressman Hawley returns; expresses
gratitude for handsome vote. Page 7.
Medford saloon interests ask injunction
against recent local option election.
Page 7.
Sports.
Nearly t.V),000 is won on recent election.
Page 10.
Jack Peterson loses, bet on match auto
race. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Higher prices looked for on 1908 prunes.
Page 15.
Government crop report causes weaker
wheat market Page 15.
Stock market shows stronger tone. Page 15.
Commander Rond will probably succeed
Captain Werllch as Lighthouse Inspector.
Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Federal grand jury returns seven Indict
ments In connection with Umatilla land
frauds. Page 1.
Democrats hold state convention here today.
Page 1.
Royal Arch Mascns elect lofficers at annual
association. Page 5.
Five-year-old Kenneth Palmer Killed In
runaway accident. Page Ifl.
River at Portland will reach stage of 16.5
feet by Wednesday. Page 10.
Indictment against George H. Hill In con
nection with wrecking of Title Bank,
dismissed. Page 14.
Public school children to give annual drill
today. Page 10.
Council may find means for purchase of fir
hydrants. Page 10.
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