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i f PRICE FIVE CENTS. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 19Q8 VOL. XL VIII. NO. 14,884. JAPANESE ARMY KOOTENAI PULLS TORTURE IS USED SOLDIERS START EX-WIFE OF DUKE WHEAT CROP IS GROWS CORRUPT TRIED FOR FRAUD ALICE L. WEBB ACCUSED OF BASSrXG BOGUS CHECKS. TO GET EVIDENCE PREY TO FLIES FOR HOME TODAY ABOVE AVERAG E EXTRAVAGANT LIVING SFXCE WAR RUINS OFFICERS. MEXICAN JAILERS TEAR AMERICANS' NAILS. OUT PROMISES ORIO BY-1 20,000 VOTES Pacific Northwest Has Good Harvest. BETTER THAN 1899 OR 1904 Total Yield Is Estimated at 44,050,000 Bushels. GOOD PRICES HELP FARMER Wheat Fields of Oregon, Washington and Idaho Will Soon Put $35, 000,000 In Circulation, Only $5,000,000 Short of 1907. 1 ESTIMATE OS THE 1M WHEAT CROP. I The Oregnnian'a estimate on the lBOS wheat crop In ths Paclflo North- VeM. based on report, received up to August 10. la 4,60,OUO- buabela, a follows: Ru.hete. Washington - ST.HRO.onO Oreaon U.SM..OC0 Idaho 4.260.01)0 f Total 44.0.K1.000 t Crop of 10"T 6.(l0.0rt t Crop of II 4.00.0 f-rop of 1WV. 6c).ooo.O"0 t imp of lo4 ...44.IW.1HW Crop of lwtf 34.7X.000 Crop of IW'2 41.B00.0O0 !rop of 10"! - 4ii.IWO.ooi T -rop of 10O0 3T.0on.niO Crop of liw .T0.20H.O.O i Crop of 1NW ..S.400.10 4 Ten years' average 42.4H8.0UO 4 t BY B. W. WRIOHT. Compared with the extraordinary yield of 1P0T, the orop now being harvested does not make very favorable showing but when the comparison is drawn from a ten yeara average, there ta nothing very serious In the situation. The crop is ap parently about H.ono.OOO bushels short of that of last year, but it Is also 14.000,000 bushels larger than the crop of 1SS9. prac tically the same aa that of 1904. but 2,W, 0o bushels short of the very satisfactory crop cf 190S and nearly 2.000.0O0 bushels above the average yield for the ten years preceding. The figures herewith submitted have, been compiled from special reports from correspondents of many "years' ex perience in their respective Melds, and from figures received by the railroad companies. Perfect accuracy Is of course unobtainable until the crop is all harvest ed and as Spring wheat in Washington Is as yet comparatively untouched, later re turns may change the figures somewhat. At this date, however, estimates based on threshing returns from the Winter wheat fields and acreage and condition reports on Spring wheat. Indicate a 44.0U.0OO bushel yield in which the following dis tribution is believed to be approximately correct: Washington. Counlr. Buahela. Whitman 6.T10.OO0 IValla Walla ,.. 4,oo'.ooo Lincoln 4.0ik.cn Adam S.2.-.0.000 l'ouglaa 2.7.-WUHM) VrajikUn 1.750.000 hpokane 1,:50.1M0 Garfield 00.l(O0 Ajotl. T.VO.OOO Klickitat ar.o.ooo Yakima 700.000 Benton 800.000 Other counties 700.000 Total 27.950,000 Oregon. County. BuFhela. fmatilia - 8.7SH.OOO Fb'rraan l.ar.o.ooo t aneo HOO.OOO Gilliam 7.M).ooo Morrow MO,0O0 Inion 700,000 Willamette Valley 2.TS0.0O0 Other counties 1.2 ji). 000 Total ll.S50.O00 Comprlalng Crook. Harney, Grant. Wheeler and others not directly accessible to market. Idaho. Bushels. Total 4.250.000 Portland Territory Favored. The wheat yield throughout the North west this year can perhaps best be de scribed by the term "spotted." The old reliable foothill country in Walla Walla County is good as usual and Umatilla except on the light lands is turning off some good yields. In the Palouse there are some excellent yields but along the main line of the. Northern Pacific, the crop Is in bad shape, especially In the vicinity of Rltzvllle and Connell. The Big Bend country takes as a whole seems to Indicate a decrease of at least 40 per cent from last year's crop, and Morrow and Gilliam in this state are In much a similar plight. In the distribution of climatic favors, Providence was -.ertainly partial to the O. R. & X. and to what- is re garded as Portland territory. In the Palouse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, the best yields are along the O. R. & N. and even In the Washtuena district where good yields are decidedly rare, the Portland road seros to be favored. Reports from the Great Northern are bad and along, the Central Washington there is considerable Spring wheat that will not pay for the cutting. The Idaho crop promises a yield fully up to that of last year and possibly a little more. The figures herewith given, however, are somewhat smaller than Idaho baa been credited with for the past two seasons, the crops of 1908 and 1907 being over estimated, the discrepancy between crop reports and the actual shipments being too great to account for in any ether way than through an over-estimate of the crop. That the present Northwestern crop, under the circumstances, is not several jkCenclui.d aa 2. J. Accused of Robbing Bank, Moffatt and Maloney Are Forced to Betray Comrades. PITTSBURG, Aug. 11. Police official here have received news of the torturing of William Moffatt and Edward Maloney, who were arrested recently in Mexico Cliy on a charge of robbing a bank mes senger. Moffatt and Maloney, the police here say, were well known to them before leaving for Mexico. Two companions escaped the officers when the Pittsburgera were arrested and i i Sir Thomas Upton, Who Pro pones Another Challenge for America's Cup. the Mexican police demanded their names. Refusing to betray their companions, the men allege that they were strapped by the wrists to the bars of their cells, while the officials with forceps tore the nails from their hands. Unable to bear the agony, the men gave the names of their companions. ' "I suppose." said Captain of Detectives Edwin T. MeGough today, "If it were not for the record of the men, their torture would mean International complications." CARE FOR CONSUMPTIVES Printers' Fnion Will Investigate Case of Sick Brethren. BOSTON, Aug. 11. Favorable action on the appointment of a committee to investigate, report and remedy, if possible, the ravages of tuberculosis insofar as it vitally affects the mem bership of the organization and the defeat of the proposition for a con vention every five years Instead of annually were features today of the meetings of the International Typo graphical Union. Tho action on tuberculosis followed nn interesting and lengthy paper by H. Russell Wray of the Chamber of Commerce, of Colorado Springs, who spoke particularly of the advantage of the West in the treatment of the dis ease and of the success of the Union Printers' Home In this city. The business sessions were begun early this morning to allow the del egates to devote the day to pleasure. After adjournment the delegates were the guests of the ex-delegates asso ciation and a trip to Nantasket with a shore dinner was taken. LOST IN SALT LAKE STORM Party in Motorboat Sought in Vain . All Along Shore. SAX.T LAKE CITY. Utah, Aug. . 1L A party of four, consisting of Joshua T. Midgeley. manager of the Battle Ridge Coal Company; Harvey Selley, of the Government Weather Bureau; Joshua Selley and William Selley, left Saltalr Beach Saturday night. In a small motor boat for a tour of Great Salt Lake with the Intention of' returning Sunday night. Searching parties in motor-boats have explored the shores and islands for miles without result and. unless the party reached shore before the storm which swept the lake Sunday night, it is feared the boat was swamped and the men perished. MEN ROBBEDJN RELAYS Employes of Match Trust Held Vp After Drawing; Wages. REDDING, Cal., Aug. 11. Fifteen men were held up and robbed in relays last night by two highwaymen near Stirling City, on the road from that place to the camp of the Diamond Match Company, lo cated on the west bank of the Feather River. The robbers are said to have se cured over $400 In money and almost as much in valuables. The men robbed are all employes of the Match Company, who were returning after dark from Stirling City, where they had gone during the day to receive their month's pay. The highwaymen made their escape. KILLED IN AUT0 SMASH Boston Man Reported Dead at Bou logne Three Persons Injured. PARIS, Aug. 11. It Is reported here that Baron Chanttler, of Boston, has been killed, and that three persons have been Injured in an automobile accident at Boo-logne-sur-Mer. No confirmation of the re fort has been obtained. Oregon Troops Break Camp at Murray. MORE PRAISES FOR M'OONELL Colonel of Third Regiment Displays Excellent Skill. GUARDSMEN'S FINE RECORD Not One Man Drops Ont of Hanks During Two Days' Campaign. Take to Work Like Sea- 6oned Veterans. MURRAY, Wash., Aug. 11. (Special.) This Is the last night the Oregon troops will spend at. American Lake. Prepa rations for departure are now under way and In the morning camp will be struck and both the Third and Fourth Infantry Regiments will entrain for home stations. In view of the heavy campaigning of the past 48 hours it is regarded as Re markable indeed that the Oregon Guards men are in perfect physical condition. With forced marches over dusty roads, sleeping only a few hours and that in the open with the' temperature not many degrees removed from freezing point, and maneuvering under fire at double time, it was only to be expected that there would be many cases of exhaustion among the unseasoned troops. But not a man of the Third or Fourth Oregon regiments gave out. There were several instances of sprains and minor sickness, but none had to be placed In a field ambulance. Returning from the field this morning after heavy marching since 2 A. M., many were limping because of swollen and lacerated feet, but none gave In to the unpleasantness, prefer ring to march on in and preserve the fine record made by the guards as fully as possible. Monday's Victory Reversed When the result of the two days' cam paigning was gone over late this after noon by the military umpires at a meet ing of all officers in camp, Just two com manding officers of the many engaged received special favorable mention from Colonel Gresham, U. S. A., chief umpire. The first of these was Colonel Charles E. McDonell, of Portland, who commanded the Brown Invading brigade In Monday's engagement. The second was Lieuten ant-Colonel Mann, of the First United States Infantry, who commanded the Blue attacking army In today's combat. On Monday Colonel McDonell won a signal victory, but in today's affair, when the Brown army had been placed under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Feb Iger, of the regular establishment. In accordance with the programme, and the Blue command had been given to Colonel Mann, the result was different, notwith standing that the scene of combat, the (Concluded on Page a.) ; j THE ORPHAN j ' 'nS 'fj HEARST FORGETS '" J X Woman Who Married Brodle- Duke, Tobacco Trust Millionaire, Accused of Crime. CHICAGO. Aug. 11. Mrs. Alice L. Webb, former wife of Brodle L. Duke, the millionaire tobacco dealer, sat garbed from head to foot in black today in Judge Kerstens' court while a Jury was selected to try her on a charge of defrauding the Great Northern Hotel out of 50 by means of a worthless check. Two colored men in the venire were dis missed from service on the Jury at a hint from Mrs. Webb to her attorney that they might be prejudiced against her because she is a Southern woman. Mrs. Webb's defense is that she did not know the check was worthless. M. P. Parrish, clerk' in the Commercial National Bank at Naoodoches, Tex., on which institution Mrs. Webb drew a check for $50, testified that Mrs. Webb had no account at that bank. Leonard W. Giles, a broker, the first witness for the defense, told of visiting Mrs. Webb in her room and of drawing up the check at her request. There were several checkbooks on the table, the wit ness said, and he took up the first one that came handy and drew the check. The witnesses for the hotel company admitted that the check had since been redeemed and the account settled. The rase was riven to the Jury late this after noon. Judge Kersten Instructed the jurors to bring in a sealed verdict tomorrow morning. QUEEN IS FULLY POSTED Cable Despatch From Wllhelmlna Received In Curacoa. WILLEMSTAD, Aug. 11. The gov ernor of the island of Curacao today published a cable dispatch from Queen Wllhelmlna announcing to the popula tion of the island that her majesty Is fully posted as to the situation here resulting from the severance of rela tions with Venezuela, and is confer ring with" her councilors In an endeav or to bring about an improvement of existing conditions. SENDS ARMS TO COLONISTS Holland Prepares for Trouble on Venezuelan Coast. WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Aug. 11. The Colonial Government Is making active preparations for any possible trouble be tween the Netherlands and Venezuela. A station for wireless telegraphy is being Installed here and yesterday the cruiser Gelaerland left for the neighboring Island of Aruba, carrying rifles and ammuni tion to the inhabitants. Aruba is prac tically without protection. A letter re ceived here from Maracaibo announces that the Venezuelan river steamer Felix has left that port with troops for the head of the Maracaibo Bay. It is be lieved that these soldiers are going out against a revolutionary band. WARSHIP LEAVES THE HAGUE Holland Shows Intention to Give Castro Lesson. THE HAGUE. Aug. 11. The battle ship Jacob Van Heemskerk sailed today for Caribbean waters. The cruiser Frles'land, which returned to Hay from Norway, probably will follow the Jacob Van Heemskerk as soon as she can be gotten read-. Vorys Cheers Taft With ; Buckeye News., ADDS TO FORMER ESTIMATES Only One Democratic . Con gressman Conceded. HITCHCOCK TO MEET TAFT Will Select Advisory Committee and Discuss Campaign Finances and Speakers West Virginia Fac- tlons Will Be Told to Agree. HOT SPRINGS. Va.. Aug. 11. With A. I. Vorys, the Ohio Taft manager, and Mr. Taft's publicity assistant, Gus J. Karger, here today and Chairman Frank Hitchcock arriving tomorrow, the spot lights of the Republican National .cam paign seem about to focus on the Virginia mountains. From this time on Mr. vorys will spend the major part of his time with his chief. He has endeavored to familiarize himself with every local poli tical situation In Ohio and today added from 15,000 to 20,000 votes to his previous estimate that the Buckeye state would give the Republican National ticket 100, 000 plurality. Will Lose No Congressman. Mr. Vorys predicts the success of the Ohio state ticket and analyzes the Con gresslonal situation with no losses from the present representation in the House of 16 Republicans to five Democrats. In doing the latter Mr. Vorys concedes but one sure Democratic district and makes four others doubtful. While Governor Harris' position In favor of local option may hurt him in Cleveland and Cincin nati, Mr. Vorys says it will make him votes In all other parts of the state Though Mr. Vorys brings with him a demand from every part of the state for the presence of Mr. Taft during the cam. palgn, the decided Inclination of the can didate as well as the judgment of his ad visers Is against a traveling campaign. Business for Hitchcock. The important problem Mr. Hitchcock will present will be the selection of the members of the advisory committee of nine, decided on as means of aid in finan cing the National campaign. It is pre dicted that these men will be chosen for the most part from the commercial cen ters of the country and men whose abili ties in financial affairs are already rec ognized. Many tentative campaign plans. It is understood, will be discussed by the man agers and candidate, such as the selec tion and assignment of speakers, local or ganization end the literary feature to be developed. Mr. Vorys will lay before Mr. Hitchcock In detail the needs of Ohio in all of these matters. incidentally the West Virginia dilemma (Concluded on Page 4. Sensational Killing of Captain Ao- cused of Treason Precipitates Storm of Crllclsm. TOKIO, Aug. 1L (Special.) The sen sational killing of Army Captain Kawakita by a Japanese gendarme at Pe kln has precipitated a storm of criticism on conditions prevailing in the army. Kawakita was suspected of selling mil itary secrets to the Russians and was killed while resisting arrest. The discussion has revealed the fact that recently a number of removals and Arthur I. Vorya, Taft'a Political Manager In Ohio. retirement of junior officers for mis conduct have been made and others are unrioi- consideration for alleged Detray of military secrets. At the time many Instances of Ill-treatment of soldiers by officers are alleged. Several soldiers are said to have committed suicide. Details had been withheld from the public, but the Kawakita case as a climax forced tne revelations. Tho tendlnsr newsnaoers vehemently at tack the army, charging that since the war the officers have become demoral iweri hv llvinir extravagantly and dishon orably, with corruption as the natural result. They suggest that the nation Is Investing Immense sums on an arm which may prove worthless In a crisis. CONFER WITH HONDURAS United States Will Take Up Question of Exequaturs. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. The State De partment Is taking up directly with the government of Honduras the settlement of the question arising from the cancel lations of the exequaturs of the Ameri can Consul and Vice-Consular officers at Ceiba, which was done, by President Da vlla, because of the alleged Intervention of those officers in the political affairs of Honduras. For this purpose It has di rected Mr. Dodge, the American Minister at Salvador, to proceed at ot.ee to Teguci galpa, the capital of Honduras, for con ferences with the officials of the foreign offices thare. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 69.4 . degreea; minimum, 51.3 degrees. TODAY'S Fair,'. moderate "temperature; . northwesterly winw. - Foreign. King Edward and Kaiser meet and oonfer on naval Drofiramme. Page 2. Canadian Pacific imports strikebreakers from Eurnne. Paste 4. American criminals cruelly tortured In Mex ico. Pace 1. Yvritrht mae longer and highly succemful flight. Page . National. Turkish Minister to UnlteQ Stales recalled. Page 3. Baldwin Army airship files acaln. Pag 4. -Politics. Democratic " leaders gather at Lincoln for Brvan'i notification. Page 3. Vorya predicts immense plurality for Taft In Ohio. Page 1. - Domestic. Polio seek chlaf of Claudlauos dynamite -plot. Page 2. . Alice Webb, former wife of Brodle Duke. trie for fraud. Page I. Snorts. Portland fans favor league Including Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane. Page 7. Llpton ready to challenge again for America's cup. Page 2. Coast League scores Los Angelee 3, Portland 2; Oakland 5. Ban nccu - Pacillo Const. Forest fires burn twn of .Kootenai and threaten Sand Point, in ortnern luano. Masamaa make thrilling night descent over Icy slopes of Mount St. Meien. rojr Oregon troops will return today from Ameri can Lake. Page 1. Steamer Washington bumps shore during thick weather on trip irora o' Page 6. rntnmerclal and Marine. City creameries advance butter prioes to- Crop damag-ft new strengthens wheat mar ket. Page 14. Reaction in atoclc price. Paa 15. Oregon wool active in icaaiern nvKni. Do crn 14. Floating mines reported as menace to ships In Pacific. fae . Portland and Vicinity. Wheat crop of Oregon. Washington and Idaho estimaiou a. ,vuv,wv uusuois, Good roads conference outlines Mate-wide campaign, rmo aw. Miss Lillian Monk believed T. M. Stevens jitrnrAi han iiA married him. PatTA 11. Cost of laying water mains will hereafter DO aeRCBOCU IW fcj .. rof,w -a v. VortTi Alblna residents force Water Board An t-o kvrirant rnklam Pa.a 1A IU h-L vu ,i j -.... -'-"v.'... nu Failure to pay ctty license may result In aT-Mfl nf mnnv lnrJ rnrrhont TfLrt U Report of County Clerk Fields shows his on ice in iAiiv in n i fi vubB. a- v- j I: h 4. ; ' f M yL . L Sand Point.With 10,000 People, Threatened. FOREST FIRES IN NORTH IDAHO Lumbering Village of 300 Pop ulation Laid in Ashes. 500 MEN FIGHTING FLAMES Call Sent ti Spokane Fire Popart ment for Aid Devastating Fire Demon Making Headway la Valuable Timber. 6POKAXB. Aug. 11. A Pand Point Idaho, special to the Spokesman Review, says: With the wind blowing a gale and tha adjacent town of Kootenai wiped out. It seems that no power can save Sund Point.. At 6 o'clock this evening a small fores fire north of Kootenai was blown inti the town and the town of 300 Inhabitants) was burned to the ground. The Humblrd Lumber Company haej a 1200,000 mill at Kootenai, which burned to the ground and was only partly In sured. At present the fire t within 2000 feet of the Panhandle smelter, which seems doomed. The homeless people of the little hamlft of Kootenai have been brought here and are being cared for by citizens. All ot them lost their belongings. Over 500 volunteers are fighting the ap proach of the flames. Sand Point Ijaa a, population Of about 10.000. An appeal ha) Just been sent to the Spokane Fire De partment for aid. . THREATEN SAGINAW MllXS Demand for Fire-Fighters l.eavea. Sonrclty of Harvest Hands. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Aug. 11. (Spe.. clal.) Forest fires are raging In ftlie mountains some eight miles east of Sai naw, two miles north of this city. Be tween the fire and Saginaw are located tha Booth-Kelley Lumber Company's mills, and grave fears as to the safety of these mills Is entertained. Every available man has been secured to enter the mountains and fight the fire fiend, to the detriment of the harvesting Interests. 'It Is reported here that the Booth-Kelley people sent fn 0 men from Eugene, while some 25 were secured hero and at Saginaw. i As a large number of these were farm hands, much grain Is left standing In the. fields as a result. It is said that tha; Booth-Kelley Company are paying 3 a day for fire fighters. The atmospherio conditions indicate rain, which is reas suring to the owners of timber and mills in the fire-infested section, but discourag ing to farmers with grain standing In that fields. XO FIKES IX IiAKE COIXTTC Flne Forests of Pine Immune Front Devastating Flames. LAKEVIEW, Or., Aug., 11. (Spe cial.) Smoke from the forest fires of . Western Oregon Is flouting into Southeastern Oregon, and would give the impression that the forests of Lake and Klamath Counties are, ablaze. But the pine timber that, clothes the mountains of this section, will not burn, .and there are no dara., aging fires here. Occasionally a care-, las. hunter or camper will start a- blaze among the pine needles that lit ter the ground, and a lively Blaze win hum over several acres of these needles, but only the stuff on tha ground burns, and the timber is un injured after the fire. CANADIAN" FIRES OX AGAIN Flame Threaten Towns of Sulllvam and Klmberly. "WINNIPEG, Man., Aug. 11. A speclat from Cranbrook says: a hltr bush fire is raging near Sullivan, with the probability of the Sullivan mine being burned. Another lire is Durning near Klroberly. A big gang of men under Jamna Bates, chief fire warden, has been rushed to Klmberly from Cranbrook on handcars. It Is hoped that by back firing the bush, fires may be controlled. t. In thomrht the Sullivan buildings and! the town of Klmberly will be safe unlcsa the wind increases In the vicinity. UP GOES PRICE OF APPLES Middle West Growers Predict Resull of Short Crop. rt LOUIS. Aug. 11The fifth annual convention of the American Apple, growers' Association opened here today with more than 100 apple-growers Iron central and western states attending. Of Importance to the public Is tho pre diction of officers and delegates to tha convention that apples this year will sell from J2.50 to $3 a barrel on the trees and that beore the season ends they will be selling at T with $10 a barrel for choice ones. The late Spring limited the crcms.
