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ment to Worry Bryan.
CAUSE STRUGGLE AT DENVER
Chamberlain Boom for Vice-
President Starts.
TALK ABOUT INJUNCTIONS
Occupies Much Time of Democratic
Leaders Contests From Chicago
and Brooklyn More Seats
in Auditorium.
DENVER, Col.. June 29. The light over
the anti-injunction plank in the Demo
cratic platform is not the only struggle
l- which the committee on resolutions,
possibly the convention itself, may be in
volved. It developed today that the prohibition
question is to be brought to the front and
a desperate effort will be made to have a
plank declaring in its favor placed in the
platform.
The prohibition movement is headed
by General James B. Weaver, of Iowa,
who demanded of the recent Democratic
convention in that state that it declare
in favor of prohibition. General Weaver
and his followers were not successful
there, but. nothing daunted by their fail
ure, have made arrangements to bring
the matter before the Democratic Na
tional convention. They profess, . more
over, to have strong backing from a num
ber of the Southern delegations which
have recently passed prohibition laws,
and it is declared confidently by General
Weaver's adherents that, if the Demo
cratic National platform does not contain
a prohibition plank, it will only be be
cause he, after the hardest kind of right
ing, has been unable to secure its adop
tion. Clear-Cut Anti-Injunction Plank.
The anti-injunction plank continues to
provoke a large amount of discussion
among such party leaders as have ar
rived for the convention. While opinions
differ as to the exact nature of the plank
which should be adopted, all are of one
mind In saying that it shall be a definite
and specific statement. Such members
of the National committee as have dis
cussed the matter are a unit in saying
that the wording of the anti-injunction
plank shall leave no possible doubt in the
mind of any reader as to where the party
stands on this question.
It is not generally believed, however,
that the anti-injunction resolution will
provide for trials by Jury in cases of
contempt of court, or favor in any way
measures which might be construed as
interfering with the prerogatives of the
Federal courts.
The friends of Mr. Bryan say that such
of his critics as are already expressing
themselves in fear of a radical anti-ln-junctlon
plank are fighting the air. The
plank has not yet been written; it has
not been drafted, and .its form is still
under deep and careful consideration. It
is said to be the desire of Mr. Bryan to
consult as many of the prominent mem
bers of the party as possible before decis
ive action In formulating this resolution
is taken.
Chamberlain Boom Bobs Up.
The Vice-Presidential situation remains.
to all appearances, just where it was yes
terday, although the boom of Lieutenant
Governor Chanler, of New York, seems to
have weakened somewhat and his name
is not mentioned as prominently as two
days ago. This is largely due to the
announcement made by Norman E. Mack,
National Committeeman from New York,
that he has not authority to speak for
Mr. Chanler and that his interest in the
matter was dictated by friendship and
by a sincere belief that the New York
official is well qualified to take second
place on the ticket.
Only one new name was mentioned to
day as a Vice-Presidential possibility.
This was Governor George EL Chamber
lain of Oregon. He found much favor
with some of the party leaders and it
Is said that he would be personally ac
ceptable to Mr. Bryan, If the latter Is
nominated.
Sponsors for the Vice-Presidential
booms located outside of the New York
state claim to be greatly encouraged by
the fact that already five New York men
have been mentioned as aspirants to the
Vice-Presidential nomination. They be
lieve that with the New York delegation
divided among that number of candidates
an outsider has a far better chance of
securing the prize than would be the case
if the delegation from the Empire State
were standing solidly for a single man
More Chaplains Named.
Chairman Taggart of the National Com
mittee today announced the chaplains for
the last three days of ti'e convention, and
the complete list as now made up fol
lows: Tuesday, July 7, Right Rev. James
J. Keane, of Wyoming; Wednesday, Rev.
Christian F. Reisner, D. D., of Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church, of Denver;
Thursday, Rabbi Samuel Koch, of Seattle
Wash.; Friday, Rev. P. T. Ramsey,, of
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, ol
South Denver.
Secretary Urey Woodson, of the Na
tional Committee, did not announce today
the names of the assistant secretaries,
reading clerks and tally clerks of the con-
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On Maiden Voyage Cuts Time Both
Front Yokohama and Honolulu j
to San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 29. The new
Japanese turbine liner Tenyo Maru raced
through the Golden Gate today, breaking
all previous records between this port.
Yokohama and Honolulu. The trip fronj
Yokohama was made in 14 days, 12 hours
and 45 minutes, and the Tenyo Maru
made this port in 4 days 18 hours and 50
minutes out from Honolulu, establishing
Rotrr C. Sullivan; Wne Mar Re
nljcn From Democratic National
Committee Vnless Bryan In
vttea 111 m to Stay.
new records for both distances. The best
previous time from Honolulu was 6 days
and 2 hours, made by the Nippon Maru.
The new queen of Pacific liners is
owned by the Toyo Kisen Kaisha, the big
Japanese Steamship Company, and was
commanded on this, her maiden trip, by
Captain Philip H. Going. The big vessel
cleared from Yokohama on June 16, carry
ing 140 cabin passengers and 7000 tons of
general cargo, and for the whole trip
across the Pacific averaged 18 knots an
hour.
The Tenyo Maru, which translated
means Heaven and Sea, was built at the
Mitsubshl dockyard and engine works at
Nagasaki. She-is 675 feet long, 63 feet
beam and 38 feet 8 inches deep. Her dis
placement is 21.000 tons, with a cargo ca
pacity of 8000 tons. Her cabin and steer
age will accommodate 1129 passengers.
The vessel is equipped with every modern
convenience.
OREGON WANTS HER DEEDS
Demands Return of Papers Vsed in
Hyde-Benson Trial.
WASHINGTON. June 29. A demand for
the return to Oregon of 140 title deeds
used in evidence in the recent land-fraud
conspiracy cases in the Criminal Court
here has been received by John P. Young,
clerk of the State Land Bureau of Ore
gon. Mr. Young advised Mr. Brown that he
retained the papers at the request of A.
B. Pugh, special assistant to the At
torney-General, and counsel of the de
fendant Hyde, who alleged that a proper
presentation of his client's case cannot
be made without the papers, either at
the hearing of the motion for a new trial
or on 'appeal if the defendant's motion
1b overruled. Mr. Young has requested
Mr. Pugh to prepare a motion to be sub
mitted in court to order the' return of
the papers. It Is understood Hyde's
counsel will oppose the granting of the
motion.
PROOF BOXES ARE STUFFED
Shearn Offers Evidence of Charges
Against McCIellan.
NEW YORK, June 29. Clarence J.
Shearn, attorney for TV, R. Hearst, of
fered evidence at the reopening of the
Mayoralty . count case before Justice
Lambert today to substantiate his charge
of ballot box stuffing. Ernest Edward
Murray, of the New York Audit Com
pany, testified that the pollbooks of the
eighth division of the Sixth Assembly
District showed but 359 votes, while the
recount of that division revealed that 393
votes had been cast.
Mr. Shearn, after putting in evidence
the count in 219 districts asked for an
adjournment until tomorrow, saying he
was ill. He added that he wanted -to
Introduce evidence in connection with
some 50 more election districts.
MAKES BRILLIANT FLIGHT
Zeppelin's Machine Remains In Air
O 3-4 Hours.
FRIEDERICHSHAFEN, June 29.
Count Zeppelin's airship today stood bril
liantly the longest and most searching
test It has yet undergone. It remained
in the air for 6 hours, attaing an aver
age speed of 34Vi miles an hour through
out, although for a short period the
'f-'il reached S8'i miles, the highest
speed yet accomplished, and was maneu
vered with perfect precision. The airship
carried 14 passengers. The wireless ap
paratus successfully underwent severe
experiments, working without a hitch
during the entire period.
At the conclusion of the test Count
Zeppelin expressed the hope that he
would be able to undertake a 400-mile
journey overland on Thursday.
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Young Philadelphian's
Horrible Crime.
CYANIDE IN BOTTLE OF ALE
Dying Man Warns Wife in Time
to Save Her Life.
VENGEANCE FOR PATIENT
Member of Poisoner's Family Die9
and Poison Is Sent to Prevent Ex
posure of Scandal Murder
er's Name Is Kept Secret.
PHILADELPHIA, June 19. The laying
bare of a most sensational murder Is
promised by the authorities In the case of
Dr. 'William H. Wilson, of this city, who
died at his home Friday night, after
drinking a portion of a bottle of ale.
sent to him for trial. An autopsy per
formed by the Coroner's physician and
an examination of the viscera taken from
the body today, according to the Coro
ner, proves conclusively that Dr. Wilson
died by cyanide of potassium poisoning.
The ale came to the physician on Tues
day a week ago by express, and in the
mall on the same day he received a let
ter In typewritten form, purporting to
have been sent by the Peter- Schemm
Brewing Company, of this city. Inform
ing him that a sample bottle of ale had
been sent to him for trial. Investigation
showed, according to the police authori
ties, that Schemm brews no ale and that
the company never sent such a letter as
that received by the physician.
Poison Kills Him Quickly.
After receiving the ale. Dr. Wilson put
it in the refrigerator in his North Seventh-street
home and went to his coun
try home at Cornwells, just outside the
city. He returned Friday and on reach
ing home sat down with his wife and
decided', to . try the pint bottle of ale
which he had received. He had scarcely
swallowed half a glass of the beverage
when he was seized with convulsions and
fell to the floor. It is declared that he
Immediately realized that he was the
victim of poisoning, either by mistake
or design, for in his agony he requested
his wife, who had not yet touched her
portion of the ale, to keep that which
was left, as it did not taste right. That
was the last thing he was able to say,
and he died before the hospital was
reached.
Unusual as are the poisoning features
of the case, more extraordinary is the
motive which the police officials assign
for what they are certain is murder.
Though Dr. Wilson had been living for
more than 13 years in the house where
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Appears as Witness Against Woman
Whom He Once Admired.
Printer Also on Stand. .
NEW YORK, June 29. United States
Senator Thomas C. Piatt was wheeled in
a chair into the grand Jury room in the
Criminal Courts building today to tes-.
tlfy in the case of Mae C. Wood, who is
charged with perjury in her suit for di
vorce from the Senator, which collapsed
several weeks ago. Edward Roland, the
Senator's ex-valet, and Edward C. Hafe
ley, a printer, were also witnesses before
the grand Jury today.
It was chiefly Mr. Hafeley's evidence
which caused the failure of the woman's
case against the Senator and brought
about her arrest. Mr. Hafeley printed the
blank forms of the marriage certificate
which Miss Wood offered in court, filled
out, to prove that she had been married
to the Senator. He testified that these
blanks were not printed until three
months after the date on which Miss
Wood alleged she was married.
No action was taken today by the grand
jury. More witnesses will be examined
tomorrow.
NOT TRYING UNION LABOR
Questions About Unions Barred In
Empaneling Adams Jury.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., June 29.
Examination of veniremen summoned in
the case of Steve Adams, charged with
the murder of Arthur Collins, mine su
perintendent who was' killed at Telluride
several years ago, was begun in the Dis
trict Court here today. It Is expected
that a Jury can be secured by tomorrow
evening.
Judge Shackleford, before whom the
case will be tried, today sustained an
objection of the defense to having a
prospective Juror answer questions asked
by - District Attorney Hugo Selig as to
whether he ever had been connected with
any labor organization and stated that
he desired to keep everything relating to
labor trouoles out of the case.
"We are not trying union labor here,"
said the judge.
FIRST PLACE OR NOTHING
Johnson Would Not Run for Vice
President. - DES MOINES,' la., June 29. "I am not
going to Denver." said Governor John
son, of Minnesota, in an interview here
today. "However, I will be represented
at Denver. Mr. Day, Mr. Myers and
other good political and personal friends
of mine will be there. They will attend
to my interests, if you want to call it
interests."
"If Bryan Is the choice of the conven
tion will you seek recognition from the
National party by agreeing to accept the
Vice-Presidential nomination."
"No, no," he said, hurriedly. "I am
a candidate for the Presidential nomina
tion of my party. If I do not get that,
I am not a candidate for anything else.
My friends strictly understand this point.
They know conclusively that I do not
seek other than the nomination for the
first place. It is up to the party."
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Organize at Salem.
DICTATE TO EASTERN BUYERS
Contracts Prepared for Both
Jobbers and Growers.
ARBITRARY TERMS MADE
Settlements of Disputes Will Xo
longer Be Left to New York
Fruit Exchange Instructions
to Growers Are Specific.
SALEM, Or., June 29. (Special.)
Representatives of all the prune packers
of the Northwest met here tonight and
organized an association for mutual pro
tection and promotion of the interests of
their business.
The organization is one that has
long been desired by some of the pack
ers, but which could never be effected
heretofore for the reason that competi
tion among packers has been too se
vere. In the season now about to open,
the packers will work together for
their common interests. The associa
tion will control all the Northwest
prune pack.
Among the packing-houses In the or
ganization are H. S. Gile & Co., Willam
ette Valley Prune Association and W. C.
Tillson & Co., all of Salem; the Roseburg
Packing-Houses, owned by Gile & Co.
and Tillson & Co., Allen's Packing-House,
of Eugene; Lang & Co., of Portland;
Mason, Ehrman & Co., of Portland:
French Packing Company, of Myrtle
Creek and the packing-house at Van
couver, Wash.
Will Dictate Selling-Price.
The new association has formulated two
forme of contracts which all the firms in
the combine will use. One contrM is
that to be used in selling fruit to Eastern
buyers, and the other in buying from
local growers. The packers have deter
mined that they will no longer sell ac
cording to forms of contract put out by
Eastern buyers, but grin dictate the terms
of the contract or not sell at all.
The new contract contains a number
of provisions favorable to Oregon packers.
It gives the packer unlimited choice
in selecting an arbitratory case of dis
pute where, as In the past, the arbi
trators have been chosen from the
New York Fruit Exchange. The new
contract gives the packer the privllego
of fining, his contracts with smaller
sizes of prunes if the crop produced
does not contain the required quantity
of large sizes. It gives the packer the
right to route the fruit in shipping.
It exempts the packer from liability
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Prostrated by Hot Weather and De
clared by Physician in Very
Critical Condition.
COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., June 29.
Bishop H. C. Potter, of New York, is
regarded by his physicians as being in
a critical state of health. The bishop
has been ill for some time with stom
ach and liver trouble. Dr. J. E.
Janvrin, one o" his physicians, issued
the following bulletin tonight:
"Bishop Potter has been prostrated
Bishop H. C. Potter, of Tirrw York, J
Who Is Critically 111. I
from the hot weather the last few days
and is in a very critical condition."
Late tonight it was said that the
condition of Bishop Potter was such
that oxygen was beinsr administered..
SHOWS BLACKMAIL CHECK
Joel Produces .Proof of Siever's Ex-
tort ion of Money.
LONDON, June 29. Robert Siever, who
was arrested at the Sandown track on
Saturday, on the charge of attempting to
blackmail "Jack" Joel, nephew of the
Jate Barney J3arnato, the "Diamond
King." , T--As arraigned in the Bow Street
Court today and remained In custody,
bail being refused. Siever is charged with
having threatened to publish in his paper.
the Winning Post, a defamatory article
about Joel, and the latter paid him
$25,0110.
Most of the day was taken up by the
prosecuting counsel's speech, the gist of
which was that, after suffering for years
from the violent attacks made on him in
the columns of the Winning Post, Joel
had agreed to pay Siever $25,000 if the lat
ter would undertake, in writing, to stop
the annoyance. The contracts were ar
ranged through a sporting friend of both
the parties concerned.
The check paid by Joel to Siever was
produced in evidence, as was a copy of a
warrant Issued for the arrest of Joel in
1884, which Siever threatened to reproduce
In the Winning Post unless the money was
forthcoming. The warrant, which the au
thorities subsequently withdrew without
serving, charged Joel with illicit diamond-buying.
The courtroom was crowded
to suffocation all day.
ALLOWS CHILDREN TO DIE
Divine Healer at Salt Lake Accused
of Manslaughter.
SALT LAKE CITY, June 29. The law
against manslaughter has been Invoked
to punish Charles H. Titus, a "divine
healer," who, It is alleged, permitted two
of his small children to die from
diphtheria without medical attendance. A
third is very ill with the disease. A war
rant for Titus' arrest was issued this
afternoon.
Attention was first called to the case by
an undertaker from whom Titus at
tempted to buy a coffin for his 2-year-old
baby. He admitted that he had no burial
permit and said he intended to bury the
child in his yard.
CYCLIST'S SERIOUS INJURY
Hopper's Intestines Pierced by
Spllnlcr in Fall on Track.
SALT LAKE, Utah., June 29. It is
doubtful if Norman C. Hopper, a well
known professional bicycle rider from
Minneapolis, will survive an injury which
he sustained today at the Salt Palace
saucer track. While training, he had a
fall, and a splinter from the track en
tered 'his abdomen. At the Holy Cross
Hospital it was found that his intestines
had been punctured in nine places. Hop
per is the holder of a number of sprint
records. An operation was performed and
at midnight he Is still under the influence
of the anaesthetic.
START LAND SUIT 30 DAYS
Delay Due to Townsend's Tardy Ar
rival, Says Bonaparte.
SALEM, " Or.. June 29. (Special.) Con
gressman W. C. Hawley wired Attorney
General Bonaparte last Saturday asking
when the suit for the cancellation of the
Oregon and California land grant will be
commenced. Today he received a reply
saying that owing to the unexpected de
lay In Mr. Townsend's arrival in Oregon,
he is unable to give the exact date when
suit will be instituted, but that he con
fidently expects that it will be within the
next 30 clays.
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Keep Mexican Rebels
From Crossing.
DIAZ REQUESTS NEUTRALITY
Mexicans Take Field Against
Raiders at Torreon.
MAY CORRAL WHOLE BAND
General A'illar With 2 500 Troops In j
Pursuit False Reports Abou,t At ;
tacka W Jlmlnez Will Be ;
Treated as Robbers.
WASHINGTON", June 29. By direction
of President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft
has issued orders to the commanding gen
eral of the Department of Texas, at San
Antonio, to send a sufficient number of
troops to Del Rio, El Paso and other
points In Texas to aid the civil authori
ties In preserving order. This action
was decided upon as a result of the re
quest from the Mexican government that
the United States' do Its utmost to pre
vent any violation of the neutrality laws.
The request of the Mexican government
was referred to the Attorney General
by the State Department, and the Gov
ernor of Texas in the meantime was
asked to aid in compelling obedience to
the law. The order of the President in
sending troops to the border Is under
stood to have beern made upon the rec
ommendation of the Atttorney-General.
Brigadier-General A. L. Meyer, in
command of the Department of Texas,
Is ordered to ascertain the number or
troops necessary at Del Rio and El
Paso and also to send troops to other
points along the Mexico-Texas border,
if found" advisable. The Federal troops
will act under the direction of the
United States Marshal and the United
States District Attorneys.
The troops' presence will also do
much to prevent any outbreaks within
United States territory and will be of
material asslstarce in the event that
revolutionists should cross the border.
Del Rio is directly opposite Las Yacos.
Mexico, where the principal disturb
ances have occurred.
VILLAR TO HEM IX REBELS
Mexican Army Pursues Force Which
Intended to Raid Torreon.
EL PASO, June 29. According to infor
mation from a reliable source, official ad-
vices have been received in Juarez, across
the Rio Grande from this city, to the ef- ;
feet that the 2500 federal troops sent to ,
Torreon, Coahuila .have taken the field in
an effort to surround the parties believed
to be responsible for the attack on Viesca, '
and Hacienda Matamoros.
General Villar, of the Third military 1
zone, Is in command of the troops in the
field and, according to the Mexico City
Record, arriving here tonight, "the War
Department has left It entirely to his dls-
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
VESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 86
deKres; minimum, 50 dj?recs. i
TODAY'S Inc.reaRlnK cknxllnpss and not so j
warm; winds mostly northerly. :
Domestic. !
Dynamite explosion at San Francisco blows
up house, kills four persons and Injures
three. Page 3
First Japanese turbine steamer breaks
trans-Pacific record. Page 1.
Piatt testifies to perjury charge against Mas
Wood. Page 1.
Prominent Philadelphia doctor mysterious
ly poisoned. Page 1.
1'orelgn.
Mexican troops In hot pursuit of rebels.
Page 1.
American troops to guard Mexican fron
tier. Page 1.
Trial of prince Zu Eulanberg begins at
Page 5.
Polities.
Democratic convention will hsv struggle
about prohibition. Page 1.
Friends of Vorys urge Taft to make him
National chairman. Pago 2.
Men who will probably be in Tatt's Cabinet.
Page 1.
Sports.
Holladay-Irvlngton Club begins extensive
improvements. Page 9.
Beavers fatten batting averages In South.
Page 6.
Portland oarsmen leave for Seattle regatta
tonight. Page 6.
Pacific Coast.
Robbers crack sate Kelso postoffice; get
$41)0. Page 4.
Chehalls timber-owners charge county tax
board with fraud. Page 5.
Northwest prune packers organize at Salem.
Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Prune packers take bullish view of future.
Page 15.
Wheat higher at Chicago on general de
mand. Page 15.
Stocks firm but dull at New York. Page 35.
Eugene Schneider. French bark, fixed for
Portland. Genevieve Mojlnos ordered to
the Sound. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
District Attorney-elect Cameron announces
staff of deputies. Page 10.
Oregon delegation leaves for Democratic
National convention. Page 7.
Master Fish Warden McAllister says new
fish laws will be rigidly enforced. Page 7.
Kribs proves poor witness In Booth Trial.
Page 10.
Wasco County Electric & Power Company
plans 200 miles of trolley lines. Page 6.
Commission begins work of valuation of Ore
gon railroads. Page 10.
French dueling code found to differ from
Swedish in Police Court. Page 14.
George Blodgett to plead guilty to second
degree murder. Page 11.