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, , , I'KIVK FIVE CENTS.
TARDY HONOR IS
SON OF MAGNATE
ALL IS READY AT
SEATTLE'S FAIR
BROKER OBTAINS
SLEEP IN DEATH
ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP
COMES TO GRIEF
WOMAN RATTLED,
ARMED STRIKERS
WORKING HIS WAY
TURNS ON SPEED
PI TO REGULARS
SEIZE DYNAMITE
YOtXG KRUTTSCHXITT SCORXS
"PtXL" IX RAILROAD WORK.
S. II. MCHOLS,'OP.XEW YORK,
VICTIM OP INSOMNIA.
AUTO GOES BOTTOM VP AND
TWO ARE HURT.
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Taft Speaks on Field of
Gettysburg.
OPPOSES REDUCTION OF ARMY
Expects Congress to Adjourn
Before June 20.
NOBLE SHAFT UNVEILED
CVrmmnvorn tcs Deds of Troops in
Bloody Angle Dickinson Says
South. Rejoices in Defeat
of Confederacy. ,
GETTYSBTTRO. Pa., May 81. This was
the day of tardy honor to the "regular"
at Gettysburg. An imposing shaft of
granite, erected by Congress to the mem
ory of those of the Regular Army -who (
fell In the three days' battle, was un- '
veiled by the President- daughter. Miss
Helen H. Taft. while the President paid
tribute to officers and men of the United
States Army, past and present.
The President put himself squarely on
record as opposed to any reduction in
the standing army. He told of the
prejudice that often had arisen against
the possible aggressions of a regular
v army and a professional soldiery, and of
the corresponding difficulty in arousing
that love and pride In the Army which
expresses Itself today and has frequently
expressed Itself In the past in behalf of
the Navy. The President asserted that
the services of the regulars had never
been commemorated adequately by Con
gress or the Nation.
Expect Congress to Adjourn Soon.
"The profession of arms always has
been an honorable one." he declared.
"All honor to the Regular Army of the
United States. Never in its history has
it had a stain upon Its escutcheon."
On the way to Gettysburg from Pitts
burg, the Presidents car was side
tracked at York for two hours and during
bis stay he made a brief address, in
which he declared again his hope for the
early enactment of a tariff law, adding:
"'I have been called an optimist, for
predicting that Congress would adjourn
by June 20. Perhaps I am. But if the
Lord is good to us and the weather gets
hot enough in June.. I. think our Na
tional legislators will be mighty glad to
get out of those two close chambers at
Washington."
Flag Torn in Unveiling.
Four regiments of the Regular Army
were here to participate in the exercises.
There also was a personal escort to the
President composed of veterans of the
Regular Army who fought in the Gettys
burg campaign. The President was
taken for a drive over the battlefield. At
several points he alighted and stood on
the prominences overlooking the valley
below and the mountains in the far dis
tance. The ceremonies of the unveiling were
simple. Miss Taft pulled the silken cord
that released the flags draped about the
monument. In falling one of the flags
caught on a bronxe eagle "decorating one
of the inscribed tablets. A trooper gave
the flag a tug. but it could not be re
leased until a large hole had been torn
in the folds of the stripes. After the
President's speech. Secretary Dickinson
presented the monument to the battle
field commission.
After the unveiling the President re
viewed the troops. A mounted battery
of artillery which recently served In
Cuba was a source of much ' interest.
When the review was concluded, the
President hurried to his train.
March to Battlefield.
Mr. Taft arrived here shortly
before 10 o'clock, after an all-night
ride from Pittsburg. A great crowd
surrounded the station.
The Presidential party was met by
General Lomax. Colonel John P. Nichol
son and Major Charles A. Richardson,
members of the Gettysburg National
Park Commission. After a slight de
lay President Taft. his party and the
local reception committee entered au
tomobiles for a trip over the battle
field. Following the visit to all his
toric points, the President returned
to his car for luncheon, and at 2 P. M.
took his place at the head of the mili
tary parade, which formed in the town
and proceeded to the "Bloody Angle,"
on Cemetery Ridge.
The ceremonies at the monument were
opened by the playing of "America" by
ttie Thirteenth Coast Artillery Band, fol
lowed by a prayer by Chaplain H. H.
Chounard, Fifth United States Infantry.
Mr. Taft then delivered the oration.
The President said:
Tardy Tribute to Army.
"We are gathered at this historic
spot today to dedicate a monument
to the memory of the officers and the
enlisted men of the regular army who
gave up their lives for their country
in a three-days' battle. It is but a
tardy recognition of the Nation's debt
to its brave defenders, whose alle
giance was purely to the Nation.
"The dread of a standing army, en
tertained by our ancestors, is seen in
the constitutional restrictions and the
complaints registered in the Declara
tion of Independence. It has always
been easy to awaken prejudice against
the possible aggressions of a regular
army and a professional soldiery, and
correspondingly difficult to create
among the people that love and pride
Jn th Army which we find today and
frequently In the history of the ceun-
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Iligh Official Learns by Chance of
Son's Promotion to Be Boss
of Track Gang.
CHICAGO. May 3X. (Special.) Jul
ius Kruttschnltt, director of mainten
ance of the Harriman system, learned
today quite accidentally that one of
his sons had been appointed roadmaster
of the Siskiyou district of the Shasta
division of the Southern Pacific with
headquarters at Weed, Cal.
The young- man, who is a graduate
of Tale, Is boss' of a gang of Greeks,
Italians and Japanese. He proposes
to learn the railroad business from the
bottom upward, without any "pull."
The circular announcing , the appoint
ment was issued by J. H. Dyer, super
intendent of the Shasta division. The
position awarded young Kruttschnltt is
so humble that heretofore none but
track laborers have aspired to it.
The young man will first acquaint
himself with rough work and then
apply for admission to the students'
course of the Southern Pacific, which
requires 42 months of strenuous work.
Including braking on freight trains and
other active and practical service.
HOPES FOR EVANS' PARDON
Dangher of Famous VI sal I a Robber
Circulates Petition.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 81. (Special.)
The daughter of Chris Evans, the fa
mous California highwayman of 15
years ago, is trying to secure the re
lease of her father from Folaom pris
on. She has secured many signatures
of prominent men, and it looks as
though she may be successful.
Evans was a rancher in Vis alia and
with John and George Sontag he car
ried out a series of railway robberies
that aroused the whole state. His
identity was discovered and he and
Sontag were chased into the Sierra
Nevada mountains, where they were
sheltered by friends. Finally they
were surprised while making a visit to
Visalla. Sontag was killed and Evans
lost an arm and one eye before being
captured-
SLURS ON HATS RESENTED
Young Women Leave Church Rather
Than Remove Headgear.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 31. ( Spe
cial. )-"There are two men in the audi
ence who are hidden behind one wom
an's picture hat," said Rev. H. S. Tem-
pleton. pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, last night, when he rose to
deliver his sermon." "If they wish they
may move."
Thereupon the young lady, along
with others who had similar headgear,
got up and left the church, accompa
nied by their escorts.
Rev. Templeton earlier In the serv
ice had expressed sympathy for men
obliged to sit In church behind high
hats, and had asked that the fashion
able top rigging be removed.
ENGINEER SAVES "CHILD
Suddenness of Stop Wrecks Part ol
Train, However.
MEDINA, N. "ST., "May 31. TThile a
westbound New Tork Central fast freight
was going through Medina at the rate of
35 miles an hour tonight. Engineer Flan
nigan saw a little child sitting between
the rails.
He threw on the emergency brakes and
stopped the train 10 feet from the child.
Three cars were so badly wrecked by the
force of the emergency air that they had
to be removed before the train could
proceed.
WIRELESS SAVES STEAMER
American Boat Rescued, by Tug
From Dangerous Position.
GI7ATMA3, Mex.. May -SI. Through
the use of wireless telegraphy, the Amer
ican steamer Precursor, rendered help
less by a broken propeller, was rescued
from a -dangerous position and towed
into this port yesterday. The -Precursor
had drifted aimlessly for three days. A
tug was sent out and brought the
steamer into port. Some of the passen
gers had become uncontrollable from
fear and had to be locked In their state
rooms. SPAIN TO TRY REFORM
Parcels Post and Postal Savings
Bank Provided For.
MADRID, May 31 A bill providing for
the reorganization of the Spanish postal
service was adopted by the Chamber of
Deputies today. The bill provides" for
lower postal rates, a parcels post, a
money, order system and a postal savings
bank system.
TURKEY INVADES PERSIA
Cross Frontier and Massacre of Ar
menians Follows.
LONDON', June 1. A dispatch from
Teheran to the Times reports that Turk
ish regulars have occupied Persian ter
ritory at Sajbulak, on the frontier.
The dispatch further states that many
Christians have been massacred at
Moandoab, where the Armenians are ap
plying for protection.
Western Hustle Is
Again Winner.
CITY IS HOST TO THOUSANDS
Number on Grounds Today Is
Expected to Be 150,000.
HOTELS ARE ALL CROWDED
Tents Springing Up on Vacant Lots
Like Mushrooms Oregon Roses
Prove Attractive Feature.
Bouquets Are Distributed,
SEATTLE, Wash, May . 31. (Staff
Correspondence.) The man with the
hammer Is king here today. In fact,
having a hammer, a chisel or a screw
driver in one's hand is as good as hav
ing a pass at the grounds of the Alas-ka-Tukon-Pacific
Exposition, for only
people who will work are wanted there.
The fairgrounds are like a vast bee
hive and drones are hastily shooed
away from tha gates. The grounds are
closed to the public, and from early
dawn men have been busy putting the
finishing' touches on the buildings and
exhibits, so as to be ready for to
morrow's opening.
And In the words of the publicity
bureau, "the fair will be ready." All
the buildings are completed tonight,
even down to the Ice cream resorts and
the peanut stands, which have caused
so much trouble, and which have been
shifted back and forth from one place
to another. The last bit of lumber was
removed from the grounds of the
Washington building shortly after 11.
and taken where it did nothing worse
than block a sidewalk and spoil an
artistic vista. The peanut stand war is
over apparently, and the real business
of exposition is at hand.
- Western Hustle AVins Again.
About 70 per cent of the exhibits
themselves are either in place or on
the grounds, and before the fair is
opened tomorrow all those now within
trucking distance will be in place. In
this the Northwest has established an
enviable record, for of all the big
American fairs those at Portland
and Seattle are the only ones that
have been over 50 per cent completed
when the gates were thrown open. The
Northwest has proved its hustling abil
ity and has a fair that is worth going
to see on the first day. -
Until far Into the night gangs of
men were busy tacking together the
last sections of stands, exhibit racks
and the other thousand and one parts
that will complete the collection of
palaces of stucco, "staff" and steel of
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Kills Himself in ' Honolulu, First
Making Provision for Bellboy to
Whom He Was Attached.
HONOLULU, May 31. Driven insane.
It is thought, by insomnia, Starr Hoyt
Nichols, of New York, committed sui
cide here today by taking chloroform
in his room in the Royal Hawaiian
Hotel. He was 74 years old. and had
been a broker for many years.-,
P. N. Bliss, of Danbury, Conn.," a
nephew, has cabled directions that the
ashes be shipped to Danbury.
Nichols arrived in Honolulu April 30,
accompanied by a bellboy from New
Orleans, to whom he had taken a fancy
while in that city.
, Just before he took his own life he
gave the boy two checks, one for J500
and one foi$4000, saying in case of
his death he wanted the lad to be taken
care of.
BLACK HILLS ARE DELUGED
Waters pou tfi Damage South Dakota,
Tearing Down Wires.
STURGIS, S. D.. May 31. The most
severe rain and- wind . storm in years
passed through the Black Hills country
today. Waterspouts were reported In
some places. Bridges have gone out at
many points in Mead County. The streets
of Sturgls are under water. Great dam
age to property Is reported in this vicin
ity. The storm started Saturday last but
was at Its height today. Business is
virtually suspended and telephone and
telegraph wires are1 almost out of com
mission. ELK ROAM IN BAY CITY
Break From Paddock in Park, but
Are Rounded Up.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31. (Special.)
Thirty elk at the Golden Gate Park
broke out of their paddock early this
morning and headed for San Francisco.
Superintendent McLaren secured mount
ed policemen and cowboys from Butch
ertown and the elk, after several hours,
were rounded up and driven back to
their quarters.
With their great horns they scared
many dwellers In the Sunset district,
but no one was hurt-
SHOCKS "FELT IN PANAMA
Slight Movements Occur During Un
usually Hot Weather.
PANAMA. May 31. A slight earthquake
shock was felt here about 3 o'clock to
day. At 7 o'clock this evening a much
stronger movement occurred. No damage
has been reported. The weather is ex
traordinarily hot.
PITCHED BALL IS FATAL
Detroit Boy Struck Over Heart and
Expires. '
DETROIT. May 31. AlfreT Ollmer. 17
years old, while playing today in a base
ball game, was struck over the heart by
a pitched ball and killed.
THE AUTI-SIMON TBIO IN THEIR GREAT
Collides With Tree and
Smashes Prow.
IN DANGER FROM HIGH WIND
Return Trip After Record
Flight Disastrous.
850 MILES IN 37 HOURS
Torn. Envelope and Damaged Prow
Make Many Repairs Necessary
Before Return Kaiser Disap
pointed by Zeppelin.
GOEPPINGBN, May 31.--After covering
a distance of about 850 miles in 37 hours.
Count Zeppelin's airship, on its return
trip from Bltterfeld to Friedrichshafen.
came to grief in an open field near here
today. In maneuvering for a landing
the airship came into contact with a tree.
The damage to the airship is much
more serious than was at first believed.
A cursory examination directly after the
accident showed that the envelope had
been torn and it was thought that the
injury could be repaired and that the ves
sel would proceed tonight. A more care
ful examination, however, disclosed that
the prow was broken and that consider
able time must elapse before the Journey
can be resumed.
Exposed to High Wind.
The position of the craft tonight was
considered extremely unfavorable, the
ground being very hiliy. The bow rested
on the ground, with the stern about 60
feet In the air. A strong breeze sprang
up toward evening, causing no little
anxiety for the safety of the airship,
which it was feared would be wrecked
should a storm come up during the night.
Shifts Its Position.
After considerable labor and with the
assistance of some of those who--had
gathered at the scene of the accident.
Count Zeppelln was able to shift the po
sition of his airship a little and thus give
better protection from the wind. That
the collision was heavy is Indicated by
the broken and bent strips of aluminum
lying about the ground and the half
split branches dangling from the trunk
of the tree.
Enormous crowds soon assembled and
it became almost impossible for vehicles
to pass along the public highway.
How Disaster Happened.
When the accident occurred. Count
Zeppelin was landing for the purpose
of replenishing his supply of benzine,
which was nearly exhausted. The mo
tors already had stopped and the air
ship was nearinir the ground on a
meadow when a sudden, strong puff of
wind drove the prow out of its course
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ONE-STRING STUNT
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Beside Throwing On Power, She
Steers Wrong Way on Curve
and Accident Results.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Mav 31.
As the result of an automobile turning
topsy turvy this afternoon. Mrs. Henry
Heisler, of this city, is seriously In
jured and is not expected to live, while
her husband is also in a critical condi
tion. Mrs. Heisler was attempting to
drive the machine and in' rounding a
curve threw on all the power instead
of shutting it off as intended.
In herVfright she turned the steering
wheel in the wrong direction, and so
suddenly" was it accomplished that the
car turned a complete somersault.
throwing the .accupants upon the
ground and afterwards falling upon
them. People passing along the road
saw the disaster and rushing to their
assistance, righted the machine and
immediately telephoned the city, three
miles away, for assistance.
CHAIR HOLDS $500 JEWELS
Town Joins in Search While It
Hangs Unnoticed Over Rung.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. May 31.
(Special.) While the friends of Mrs.
K. Falkenberg, wife of a business man
of this city. Joined her and the police
in a three days' search for a lost dia
mond necklace worth $500. the Jewel
hung lazily on the rung of a chair In
a local ice cream emporium. Its scin
tillations wasting utterly. Today it was
found and returned to Its owner.
Mrs. Falkenberg wore the necklace
to the opera last Friday evening. Aft
erwards the party of which she was a
member repaired to an ice cream parlor
for refreshments. Arriving home the
Jewel was missed, and though careful
search was made along the route the
party had followed, at the theater and
the ice cream parlor, it could not' be
found until today, when the caterer
discovered It hanging over a chair
rung. '
AMERICANS CALLED SPIES
Mining Men Arrested While in Cen
tral America.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31. E. H
Davidson, a mining engineer, who re
turned from Central America today on
the steamer Acapulco, says he was ar
rested as a spy while on his way to the
coast from the mines at Devisadero, Sal
vador. He was locked up for one night,
but was released on establishing his iden
tity. He says another engineer, A. Clev-
enger, who represents Charles Butters, a
mining magnate, was also placed under
arrest as a spy, but was soon given his
freedom.
The passengers of the Acapulco were
not permitted to land in La Union until
they had obtained passports from the
Commandante.
STEVENS BACK WITH HILL
Resigns as President of N. Y., X.
H. & H for Northwest Road.
CHICAGO. May 31 A sueeial to fho
Record-Herald from New Tork says:
John F. Stevens has resigned a nresi
dent of the New Tork. New Haven &
Hartford Railroad and has once more
turned his allegiance to the railroad sv-
tem of James J. Hill, from whom he
parted some years ago. Mr. Stevens was
chief engineer of the Panama Canal from
1905 to 1907. An arrangement has been
made by which Mr. Stevens will make an
extensive report of the Hill railroads and
will become the head of either the Great
Northern or Northern Pacific.
OLD GRAFT IS CHARGED
Louisville Police Say Hawaiian
"Agent" Is Fictitious.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 31 Detectives
today arrested J. F. Walter Brandt, aged
50 years, who says he represents the
Hawaiian Purchasing Company, of Hono
lulu, on charges of obtaining money un
der false pretenses. The police say
Brandt, who has fitted up a sumptuous
office in this city, is a fictitiously-named
employe of a non-existing concern and
that he has obtained goods worth J1000
from local merchants. Brandt came here
from San Francisco.
LOUISIANA CAPITOL HURT
Storm Damages Dome and Hall of
House Soaked.
BATON ROUGE, La.. May 31. During
a storm here today the State Capitol suf
fered considerable demage. Part of the
dome was blown off, with a portion of the
roof. Water leaked through, drenching
the three floors and the hall of the
House.
REVOLUTIONIST IS CAUGHT
Leader of Santo Domingo Uprising
to Be Executed.
SANTO DOMINGO, May 31. General
Camacho, the revolutionary leader, and
his followers, who were hard pressed
by the government troops, crossed the
Haytian frontier Saturday. They have
been arrested and probably will be
executed.
Drive Guards Away
From Powder House.
TERROR REIGNS AT M'CLOUD
Lumbermen Force Workmen
to Quit Mills.
SHERIFF IS POWERLESS
His Small Posse Confronted With
600 Armed Italians, Who Hold
All Dynamite Troops
May Be Called Out.
SISSOX. Cal., May 31 Armed with
knives and rifles, a party of striking lum
bermen at McCloud, 14 miles east of
here, drove the guards away from the
powder-house tonight and is now in pos
session of a ton or more of dynamite, ac
cording to telephone advices received
here tonight. Shortly after the message
was received communication with Mc
Cloud was interrupted and it is not
known whether the wire was cut or not.
Sheriff Howard, of this county, is at
McCloud with 40 or 50 deputies, but 600
armed Italian strikers! are opposed to him
and have a big supply of dynamite in
their possession. An unconfirmed report
is in circulation here that the Governor
has ordered out the militia. The message
from McCloud stated that the strikers
were in an ugly mood.
The guards at the powderhouse were
forcibly expelled from their posts and
every pound of explosive in the town is
in the possession of the strikers. They
gave no reason for seizing the magazine,
but it is feared that an attempt to blow
up the buildings of the company will be
made.
Two hundred strikers went out today to
the logging camp in the hills, 40 milee
east of McCloud. They carried weapons
and terrified every man at work. com
pelling them to lay down their tools.
In McCloud not a wheel is turning.
Eleven . locomotives stand idle in the
roundhouse, and only two trains are mov
ing, those carrying the mails to Sisson
and Bartle. i ...
The local management of the company
remains firm in its refusal of the strikers'
demands, and the Italians are as deter
mined as ever not to yield.
WESTON IS STORMBOUND
Has to Waste Day 20 Miles From
, Cheyenne.
CARR. Wyo., May 31 Edward Payson
Weston was stormbound here today. He
will leave for Cheyenne, 20 miles north,
Tuesday morning.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature S3
degrees; minimum. 54 degrees.
TODAY'S Showers and cooler; winds shift
ing to southerly.
Foreign.
Zeppelin airship badly damaged on return
from record flight. Page 1.
National.
Senators work hard on holiday; make much
progress with tariff. Pago 6.
Taft and Dickinson speak at unveiling of
regular soldiers' monument at Gettys
burg. Page 1.
Ooraestfo.
Harriman predicts revival of prosperity and
says attacks on railroads ended. Page 6.
Profefior at negro convention compares
weight of negro and white man's brains.
Page 6.
Kruttschnitt's son working way up from,
laborer in railroad. Page l.
Car strike almost ties up Philadelphia and
Mayor threatens to start cars, even if
city has to take possession. Page 7.
Fire at Port Costo, Cal., does about $300,-
OOO damage. Page 4.
Strikers at McCloud, Cal., force suspension
of work and seize all dynamite. Page 1.
Sports
Coast League scores: Portland 6-0. San
Francisco 1-5; 'Sacramento 3-5; Vernon
-3: I ..os Angeles 5-o ; Oakland tt-O.
Page 8.
Stanford wins thee-imile boat race from
Washington by three lengths. Page &.
Longest game of baseball on record played
at Bloomington. 1 11. Page 8.
Cornell wins two boat races with Harvard.
Page 9.
Northwestern League- scores: Portland 3-3.
Spokane 3-0; Tacoma 8-1 Vancouver,
3-4; Seattle 11-3, Aberdeen 3-1. Page &-
Multnomah Athletic Club wins second vic
tory from O. A. C. Score 5 to 3. Page 8.
Pacific Northwest.
Seattle hotels crowded on eve of opening of
Fair. Page 1.
Pullman farmers refuse to indorse Astoria's
fight for terminal rates. Page 14.
Memorial Day Is very generally observed
throughout Oregon. Pae 14.
Woman get rattled, turns on power, upsets
auto: two hurt. Vane l.
Japanese visitors numbering 230 will assist
in, opening A.-Y.-P. Fair. Page 8.
Port land and Vicinity.
Heitig Theater is closed by authorities.
Page 16.
Jury in Hanley land fencing case locked up
for night. Page 10.
Francis Clarno of the Steel-bridge Push Club
calls President Swigert of the Port of
Portland Commission, a Harr;man man.
Page JO.
James Hill, his brother. Louis W.. and -President
Howard Riliott ere due to ar
rive in Portland tomorrow. Page 20.
Memory of battle heroes is honored through
out city In Memorial Day programmes.
Page 22.
Retail Merchants Association to urge deal
ers to "dress shop" for the Rose Festi
val. Page 15.
National convention of Retail Grocers to
open here tomorrow. Page 22.
Thermometer climbs to 85 degrees and at
5:45 o'clock was but one point below
year's hottest day. Page 22.
Walter Gadsby captures armed burglar in
brother's house after little sister sees
invader enter. Page 21.
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