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KNOCKS CARS OFF TRACK NEAR
URAL, MONT.
MEN BARELY -ESCAPE CREMA
TION ON LIXXTOX ROAD.
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DESERTION' OF WIFE.
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Senate Has Plan to
Adjourn.
PUT HOUSE OUT OF ACTION
Hay Will at Once Call Another
Session if This Is Done.
PROBE REPORT IS FLAT
No Recommendations as to Schively
Will Re Made Findings Will Be
Given to Governor Hay for
His Advice In Message.
OliTMPIA. Wash., June 21. (Special.)
'The legislative Investigation commit
ter will recommend neither impeachment
of Insurance Commissioner Schively nor
abolishing of that office." said Chairman
Allen, of that committee, today. 'The
committee will report to the Governor
only what facts it has discovered, and it
will be up to the Governor in his mes
sage to determine what course the Legis
lature will be asked to pursue.
"The committee matters were all pre
sented today and an executive session
held which framed up the close of the
report. This was delivered to Governor
Hay. and. with the portion of the report
heretofore submittted, has been deliv
ered to the printer to prepare copies for
Members of the committee and the
Governor positively refuse to discuss
the scope of the report or the message
until both have been presented to the
Legislature.
Tonight there Is a report here that
promptly when the Senate Is called to
order. President Ruth will entertain a
motion to adjourn sine die. The mo
tion Is not debatable, and It requires
hut a majority to carry. Adjournment
of the Senate, of course, will put the
House out of business
Should any- such move be made suc
cessfully. Governor Hay will probably
lssu another call for a special session,
returnable the same day. No delay
for notice would be necessary with the
members all here, and he could continue
to call special sessions as fast as ad
journments were had until the Senate
transacted the businecs for which the
legislature is called.
That such a suggestion Is really tak
en seriously by some legislators, causes
worry to those who had been hoping
for a short, clean-cut business session.
The suggestion is taken as an Indica
tion of bad blood, which may result In
a prolonged and bitter session.
Senator Rosenhaupt arrived tonight
from Spokane. He says his friends as
sure him he will be elected President
to succeed Ruth.
HARTLEPOOL IN COLLISION
Identity of Steamer That Rammed
Red Star Liner Is Known.
SOUTHAMPTON. June 21. It will take
two or three weeks to repair the damage
to the Red Star lino steamer Zeeland. that
was in collision Saturday night east of
Dover with an unknown vessel. All the
saloon passengers and most of the sec
ond and third-class passengers will be
transferred to the Oceanic sailing June 23.
the remainder will come on the St. Paul
on June 26.
SHIELDS. June 21. The British
steamer Hartlepool arrived here today,
badly damaged. Her starboard bow had
been cut down to the water's edge af
ter collision with an unknown steamer,
probably the Zeeland, off Dover, Saturday.
V PUBLIC TO BUY AIRSHIP?
Rritons May Purchase Aerial Craft
for Home Government.
LONDON. June 21 The idea of a pub
lie fund for the purchase of an airship
is being strongly supported by Secretary
Haldane. who says the War Office will
accept the gift. A large list of sub
scriptions Is already announced. It Is
stated by the Defense Commission that a
project is on foot to sail from Paris to
London this Summer a powerful airship
now approaching completion.
The ship has two propellers and two
motors, each of 220 horsepower, and la
capable of carrying 26 fwssengers. It
can make between 35 and 40 miles an
hour.
FAST RIDERS ARRESTED
Kelso Lads Are Given Severe Repri
mand by Police Judge.
KELSO, Wash.. June. 21. (Special.)
Two boys. Guy McDonough and Leslie
Thome, while riding horseback last night
on the new road east of town, set up
uch a pace that they almost ran over
several women and children. The night
Marshal arrested the boys for fast riding
and placed them under $50 bail. This
morning they were brought before the
Polio Judge, who gave them a good rep
rimand, warned them not to repeat the
occurrence and dismissed them.
First Reports Say 30 Passengers In
jured Several Cars Are
Burned.
WHITEFISH, Mont.. . June 21. The
Great Northern westbound Oriental Lim
ited passenger train went Into the ditch
this morning near Ural on the Kootenay
River. Thirty passengers were Injured,
but none killed. The express and bag
gage cars were burned. A landslide was
the cause of the accident.
Traffic Is blocked "by the wreck and
trains are being transferred at Ural. It
is known that a number of the coaches
in the train were broken up. Heavy
rains during the past week brought down
the. avalanche, which derailed the train.
ST. PAUL, June 21. Transportation
officials at the Great Northern Railroad
headquarters here, tonight said that In
the wreck at Ural. Mont., today, only
three persons were Injured, none seri
ously. Passengers were transferred to
other equipment and proceeded. The
landslide had been cleared away and
traffic resumed.
RECORD TIME TO LONDON
Journey From New York Made In
Five Days and Eight Hours.
LIVERPOOL. June 21. The Cunard
Line steamship Mauretania has estab
lished a new world's record for passage
between New York and London. She
arrived here at 10:15 tonight and thus
accomplished, for the first time, the feat
of disembarking her passengers on Mon
day night after leaving New York on
Wednesday. Trains were In waiting, so
that the actual time between New York
and London will be five days and eight
hours.
The Mauretanla's time from New
York to Queenstown on this trip was
4 days. 17 hours and 21 minutes, which
Is 60 minutes better than her best pre
vious record.
DUMPCAR WRECKS HOUSE
Dunbar Residence at Astoria Is
Badly Damaged.
ASTORIA, Or., June 21. (Special.).
The residence of Albert Dunbar, at the
corner of Eleventh street and Irving
avenue, was wrecked In a peculiar man
ner about noon today.
Heckard Bros, are Improving' the
street at that place and use a dump
car running on rails to carry the dirt
away. Shortly before noon as a loaded
car was running down the Incline, it
Jumped the track and plunged through
the side of the Dunbar residence; go
ing as far as the dining-room, where
its load of earth was dumped.
The damage will amount to fully a
thousand dollars, not Including the
breaking of many articles which can
not be replaced. ,
CROP 37,000,000 BUSHELS
Grain Inspector Armstrong Esti
mates Washington Harvest.
SEATTLE, June 2B. C. Armstrong,
the newly-appointed State . Grain In
spector who has Just taken office, to
day made the statement that the Wash
ington wheat crop this year would be
not less than 37,000,000 bushels, and
may go as high as 40,000,000. This Is
about 10,000.000 bushels more than the
1908 crop, and Is greater than the
heavy crop of 1907.
Mr. Armstrong estimates that at least
2,000,000 bushels of the new crop will
be tributary to the newly-opened line
of the Chicago, Milwaukee ' & Puget
Sound Railway. Harvests this year
will be two weeks later than usual.
FINDS HIS CHILD DROWNED
Montana Irrigator Loses Second Son
Same Way as First.
VIRGINIA CITY. Mont.. June 21.
(Special.) While John S. Banterman was
working on his Irrigation ditch Just in
the rear of his house at Alder yesterday,
he heard something pounding against the
head-gate of the ditch. He paid no at
tention to It until Mrs. Banterman told
him their 16-months-old child had disap
peared. Then he reached in the water at
the head-gate and pulled out the lifeless
form of the child.
Seven years ago the Bantermans lost
another 16-months-old child In the same
ditch and much In the same manner.
LONG TERM FOR JAP FIEND
He Assaulted Woman and Forced
Husband to Witness Crime.
FRESNO, Cal., June 21 G. Yasuda, a
Japanese who several weeks ago at
Fowler assaulted a woman of his own
nationality, after tying her husband
hand and foot and allowing him to
witness the crime, was today sentenced
to spend 20 years in San Quentln.
TAFT MEETS DEFEAT AGAIN
President and .General Edwards
Continue In Bad Luck at Golf.
WASHINGTON. June' 21 President
Taft and his partner. General Edwards,
were again defeated on the Chevy
Chase golf links today; Vice-President
Sherman and Senator Bourne, of Ore
gon, winning by two uj.
Friends and Servants
Come" to Defense.
'AFFABLE, RESERVED, MODEST'
Never, Never Drank Too Much
and Said No "Bad Words."
COCKTAIL BEFORE DINNER
Little Light Wine With Meal Was
Extent of Bibulations, Says Mrs.
Bankhead, Dashing Lady's
Intimate Friend.
MBS. GOULD'S NECESSARY EX
PENSES. Samples of "necessary expenses de
tailed by Mrs. Gould In her suit:
Paid $2720 for three dresses and
$900 for a wrap.
Paid $25,000 for a diamond pen
dant. . because she had seen Mr. .
Gould buy a similar article for an
other woman.
Paid $400 for the pocketbook
carried daily at the trial, and $2500
for the pearl necklace she wears.
Paid $2500 a month for a taxicab.
Paid $300 a week for a bedroom,
bath and sitting-room at the Bel
mont. Gave waiters in th restaurants
fees of $5 and gave handsome
presents to the bead waiters.
At Christmas gave "captains' or
snb-headwaiters from $25 to $100.
Paid $700 for a black caracul
skirt.
Tradespeople. said Mrs. Gould,
charge persons of known wealth
more than they do others. There Is
no limit to their chances.
NEW YORK. June 21. Sensation
seekers and the curious who have at
tended dally the sessions of Katherlne
ClemmonB Gould's suit for separation
from, her husband,' Howard Gould, were
disappointed at the resumption of the
hearing before Justice Dowllng today,
when It was announced that the de
fense rested and that Howard Gould
would not take the stand. Clarence J.
Shearn, counsel for the plaintiff, ap
parently -was greatly surprised. Mr.
Gould seemed relieved and Mrs. Gould
seemed annoyed.
"Since the recess of last Friday, your
honor," said Delancey Nlcoll. counsel
for Howard Gould, "my associates and
I have decided that the testimony we
offered is so complete there is no
necessity for going further, therefore
we have decided to rest,"
Rebuts Charge of Drinking.
Mr. Shearn led off the rebuttal with
testimony designed to show, he ex
plained, "the falsity of the charges
that Mrs. Gould was continually and
habitually Intoxicated from 1902 to the
present date." He produced many be-low-stalrs
witnesses whose testimony
was followed by the reading of deposi
tions of guests and friends, who swore
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LOOK
Gasoline Tank Bursts, Oil Trickles
- to Generator Machine a
t
Total Loss.
Three men narrowly escaped crema
tion on Llnnton road yesterday after
noon in the explosion of the gasoline
tank of the automobile in which they
were riding. Leaping from the sides
and the rear of the machine, which was
ablaze In an Instant, they escaped with
out a scorch by their agility. Adding
Irony to the near-death experience of
the trio, the car was on a trial trip, two
of the men being prospective purchas
ers, and the third, the driver, being.the
owner, buoyant , with anticipation of
selling the machine. The automobile
was 'completely destroyed and repre
sents a loss of J4000. , minus ?1200, the
amount of- its Insurance.
O.'L. Chapel, owner' of the machine,
Harry Hunter and Peter Peterson were
the men who experienced the miracu
lous escape. Chapel, after remodeling
the machine, which "was of 1905 make,
was taking a spin to test the merits
of the machine in the presence of
Hunter and Peterson, who intended to
buy it- When within 100 yards of the
Lakeview! roadhouse the gasoline tank
burst, a stream of oil trickled to the
generator and instantly the machine
was enveloped In flames. Chapel, In
Jumping for his life, gave the wheel
a twist, heading the automobile for the
side of the road, where it burned until
Irreparably destroyed.
Last Sunday night, the machine, lees
than a day before Its sudden destruc
tion, bore several elderly women along
the same road. They, said Chapel,
would undoubtedly have been burned
to death under the circumstances that
confronted him and his companions.
YALE TEACHES IMMORALITY
Catholic Prelate Raps Big JTonsec
tarian Colleges In Address.
NEW YORK, June 21. Harvard,
Princeton and Yale are teaching immor
ality, and disrespect for all mankind la
being taught at these colleges, said
Bishop James A. McGaul, of Trenton, N.
J., in his address tonight to the gradu
ating class of St. Francis Xavler Col
lege. He condemned what he said was
the desire of Catholic parents to get
their children into society through their
associates in the great . non-sectarian
universities. , .
STRIKEBREAKERSGO FAR
Sugar Plantation Bands From Porto
. Rico Travel to Hawaii.
NEW ORLEANS, June 21. Seventy
five laborers from sugar plantations of
Porto Rico passed through New Orleans
today en route to Hawaii, where they
will take the places of striking planta
tion laborers. Similar parties, it is
said, will follow.
MOB ATTACKS NEGRO BRUTE
Greeks. and Hungarians In Pittsburg
Rescue White Girl.
PITTSBURG, June 21. A mob of 1000
Hungarians and Greeks late tonight beat
into unccnsclousness Joe Brown, a negro
who attacked a 17-year-old white girl!
Her screams brought help and she es
caped unharmed. The negro was rescued
by the police.-
OUT, MR. HENEY, YOU'LL LOSE
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Expulsion Made After
Stormy Session.
MYERS' VERACITY DISPUTED
Chief Antagonist of Professor
Returns to Charge.
SHOUTS ABOVE HISSING
Controversy About Divinity of Christ
Develops Display of ; Human
Passion In Chicago Bap
tist Conference.
CHICAGO, June 21. Professor George
B. Foster, of the University of Chicago,
whose denial of the divinity of Christ in
a recent book stirred Chicago Baptists
to a high pitch of resentment, was
dropped from the Baptist ministers' con
ference of Chicago today. It was the
stormiest session ever held by church
men in this city. Speakers who had been
howled or hissed down sat with flushed,
indignant facees while the chair pounded
for order.
McLaurln Hissed Down.
The insistence that Dr. A. C. Dixon,
of the Moody Church, that Professor Fos
ter be dropped brought the fight around
to himself, the real object of the meeting
being disregarded for a time. Dr. D. D.
McLaurln started trouble by asking for
a committee to. investigate Dr. Dixon's
right to membership In the conference.
This motion was hissed down and Dr.
Dixon explained that he joined the Bap
tist Clurch in new York.
Defender Is Squelched.
Dr. M. P. Boynton said:
"We are not getting at this matter
right. Foster Is as good as Myers "or
any one here, -and" His voice was
drowned.
The Myers referred to--is Dr. Johnston
Myers, one of the chief assailants of
Professor Foster. Dr. Myers shouted
above the din: ' '
"It is no worse - to hiss than-to. have
those present denounced as Dr. Boynton
is doing. The hisses should not be
stopped unless Dr. Boyton is stopped."
Myers' Veracity Questioned.
Dr. Myers attempted to introduce a
resolution to drop Professor Foster,
whereat his veracity was assailed by Dr.
A. H. Harnley.
"This matter was decided for good and
all last week," he shouted. "Dr. Myers
promised on his honor that, if he did
not get his resolution through then, he
would not again bring it up. Now he is
doing exactly contrary to his promise."
Myers Makes Denial.
"I deny the statement," responded Dr.
Myers coolly. "I promised not to reintro
duce that particular motion, because my
motives had been questioned. Specific
charges were wanted and that Is what I
have here today."
After four hours the preachers adopted
the resolution dropping Professor Foster.
THEM.
Alimony Is Still Subject of Discord,
Wife Holding Out for
Money.
CHICAGO, 111.. June 21. (Special.)
It is probable that the domestic affairs
of Colonel William F. Tucker and his
wife. Mrs. "Dolly" Logan Tucker,
daughter of General John A. Logan,
may be settled quietly. Colonel Tucker
allowing his wife to obtain a divorce
without opposition.
It is said the Colonel will consent to
this arrangement, providing Mrs.
Tucker limits her charges in her bill of
particulars to desertion, the two having
been separated longer than the period
legally required for such action. It Is
reported that Mrs. Tucker, while desir
ous of such a settlement, still demands
that her husband make suitable alimony
provision for her.
If an agreement can be reached, it is
likely that Mrs. Tucker will come qui
etly to Chicago from Washington and
appear before Judge Barnes,' on whose
calendar for July the case is entered.
Both Colonel Tucker and his attorney,
Leo J. Doyle, today refused to deny
that such a settlement is imminent.
MINING CAMP IS WRECKED
Dam Breaks In Atlin District, Doing
$75,000 Damage.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 21. A special
cable to the Post-Intelligencer from
Skagway. Alaska, says that the dam of
the North Columbia Gold Company, on
Lake Surprise, at the head of Pine
Creek, in the Atlin district, gave way
Thursday, causing heavy loss to mining
companies, sawmills and roads In the
district.
A. wall of water- eight feet high
rushed down Pine Creek Into Lake At
lin. sweeping all before it. The $25,000
bridge of the British-American Dredge
Company was wrecked, the sawmill at
the James Clark half-way station was
swept away, and the flumes of the North
Columbia Gold Company and other
mines were carried out. The loss to
the mining companies is estimated at
J75.000.
TAFT AND DIAZ MAY MEET
Mexico's President Anxious to Talk
-.
With American Executive.
MEXICO. June 21. The Medical Herald
says: Replying to a communication from
the White House a. Washington, through
the Mexican Ambassador today. Presi
dent Diaz has expressed his desire to
meet President Taft for a personal In
terview, which will take place at one of
the points on the boundary line between
Mexico and the United States some time
during the latter part of the year. The
announcement of the preliminary nego
tiations looking toward ' this Interview
were made at the Foreign Relation of
fices yesterday.
SETTLE ISLAND DISPUTE
China and Japan Get Together Re
garding Pratas Island.
TOKIO, June 22. There Is good reason
to believe that the disputed ownership
of Pratas Island, a cluster of rocks lying
in the China Sea, of the Philippine group,
has been amicably adjusted between
China and Japan. The basis' of the
agremeent is thought ' to be that Japan
yields all claim to ownership, and in re
turn China agrees to purchase the in
terests of Nlshlzawa, a Japanese settler
on the island. A commissicn will be ap
pointed to fix the value of Nishizawa's
holdings.
CULTS PROTEST ON DRUGS
Homeopath Declares New Methods
of Healing Work to Same End.
DETROIT. June 21. "Christian Science,
the Emmanuel Movement, soul cure, os
teopathy, mental healing and attempts
fo cure by the laying on of hands are
loud, emphatic protests against the
abuse of drugs."
Thus declared William Foster, of the
American Institute of Homeopathy, in
his annual address tonight at the 66th
annual meeting of the institute. Western
doctors are trying to have Los Angeles
chosen as the next meeting place.
RAILROAD BONUS RAISED
Baker City and John Day Valley
Towns Pledge $10,000.
BAKER CITY. Or., June 21. (Special.)
All of the 10,000 bonus has been raised
for extension of the Sumpter Valley Rail
road, the last being reported from the
John Day Valley today, following which
David Eccles ordered construction crews
into the interior to begin work of grading
and laying track. The road is expected
to be ready for business by Thanks
giving. GRAND RIVER RAGES AGAIN
Floods Lowlands, Carries Away
Bridges, Stops Traffic.
GLEN-WOOD SPRINGS, Colo., June 3L
Rapidly melting snow in the mountains
today caused the Grand River to reach
a new high record when It reached the
12-foot stage on the official gauge. Low
lands are flooded, bridges are reported
carried away ana railroad traffic Is delayed.
Two Blocks on Mt. Ta
bor Fiame' Swept,
GARDEN HOSE SAVES DISTRICT
Nearest Fire-Plug Mile and
Half Distant.
ORIGIN COMPLETE MYSTERY
Blaze Starts in Unoccupied House
and Quickly Spreads to Adjoining
Buildings Four Families Are
Burned Out of Homes.
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LOSSES IN MOUNT TABOR
F1KK.
I. Corser $13,000 f
Mrs. J. E. Robblns 6.5O0 I
N. C. Poppleton 2.500
L. K. Miller 2,000
Prunedrler stored with fur
niture 3.000
D. W. Deaver 1.000
Miscellaneous damage 2.000
Total '. J30.0U0
But for the garden hose in the neigh
borhood, rustled up in a hurry by J. B.
Robinson and attached to a faucet in the
kitchen of Dr. Robert L. Gillespie, - East
Sixty-ninth and East Morrison streets.
two blocks away, the whole of the Mount
Tabor district surrounding the Crystal
Springs Sanitarium might have been de
stroyed by flames early this morning. As
It was, the block bounded by East Sixty
ninth, East Seventieth, East Stark and
East Washington streets was practically
burned over, and four families were ren
dered homeless, entailing a loss of about
$30,000, partly covered by insurance.
Fire Starts In Corser Residence.
The fire started in the residence of Irv
ing Corser. 94 East Sixty-ninth street,
about ll:16"b'clock last night. The build
ing was unoccupied and not yet com
pleted. Mr. Corser wan working at it
himself, and had been thus engaged in
the afternoon. He was putting up a $10,
000 house, and this was entirely burned.
It was partly Insured. About $1000 worth
of tools and an automobile were stored in
the structure and were burned.
The flames spread to and destroyed the
residence of F. E. Robblns, a contractor,
whose loss is about $6000. This house
communicated the blaze to that of N. C.
Poppleton, a salesman of the Portland
Seed Company. This building' is owned
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 69
degrees ; minimum, 52 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwest
winds.
National.
Trust -Senators predict evasion of corpora
tion tax, but Taft will guard against it.
Page 4.
House continues rivers and harbors appro
priations unexpended at end of year.
Page 3
Senate restriction on census appointments
passed by House. Page 3.
Senate debates hide duty. Page 3.
Government insists on Americans' right to
subscribe to Chinese loan and suspects
Germany of playing double. Page 2.
Senate begins inquiry into Perrin case.
which m.y drag Roosevelt into scandal.
Page 4.
Domeetic. -Witnesses
for Mrs. Gould deny charges of
drunkenness and profanity. Page 1.
Baptist Conference at Chicago asks Foster
to resign after, uproarious se salon.
Page L
Colonel Tucker may compromise with wife '
by letting her get divorce. Page 1.
Harriman healthy and happy In Vienna
while rumors of illness excite Wall street.
Page 5.
Ex-Governor McCord, of Arizona, ' accused
of bigamy. Page 3.
Date for second trial of Calhoun Is set.
Page 2.
Chung Sin arrested for Slgel murder; an
other suspect proves not to be Leon
Ling. Page D.
Lumber cut of United States In 1908.
Page 3.
Sport.
Coast League: Sacramento 6, Vernon, L
Page 11.
Northwestern League scores: Portland O.
Vancouver 1; Spokane 5, Aberdeen 1; Se
attle 8. Tacoma 4. Page 11.
Pacific Northwest.
Bitter fight promised at special session of
Washington Legislature. Page 1.
Ford car No. 2 has uarrow escape from
destruction at Prosser. Page 6.
Btubblefield will contest - reopened at Pen
dleton. Page 7.
North Coast to use electric power In carry
ing trains over cascades. Page 7.
Knights of Pythias gather at Pendleton for
grand lodge convention. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
New California barley offering In local mar
ket. Page 17.
Wheat strong at Chicago because of
weather reports. Page 17.
Heavy selling In stock market causes
slump. t Page 17.
Designer Hayden, IT- S. A., arrives in Port
land to make plans for reconstruction of
Dredge Chinook. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
R. T. Dickerson murders Harry A. Garrett
on grounds of unwritten law. Page 12.
Mayor-elect Simon takes oath
Page 18.
of office.
Rock Island-Frisco official praises recent
railroad compacts. Page 10.
Engineers wrestle with bid for new Madison-street
span. Page 16.
Portland bankers ana bank clerks attend
convention in Seattle. Page 10.
Plans take shape for Northern Baptist con
vention. Page 12.
R. L. cabin elected director Portland Board
of Education. Page 10.