RUTH AND MEIGS RETAIN OFFICES Senate Is Peaceful But House Is Stormy. SPEAKER ACCUSED OF SEIZURE Slayden Forces Routed by a Sudden Coup. HAY IS CALLED DICTATOR To Bring Harmony After Bitter Ron in Which He Is Accused of "High Handed Outrage," Meigs Re signs but Is Reinstated. HAY AND ANTI-HAT IS ISSCE. OLTMPIA, Wash., June 23. (Spe cll.) Legislative procedure will ap parently resolve Itself Into a Hay and anti-Hay contest, the forces mnn. eentea Dy the faction that loet state organization for carrying the out the Governor's programme of con uniting in power the present Invest! gating committee. A majority of the ; 1 parently in favor of trying Sehlvely on Impeachment charges, but In the House the Meigs followers are pro Posing the abolishment of the In surance Commissioner's office as an elective one and placing It in control of the Secretary of State. The other House faction wants to turn insurance matters over to the Tax Commis sioner. Attempts will probatly be made In hoth Houses tomorrow to limit legislation to matters connected with the investigation. OLYMPIA. Wash.. June 23.(Special.) A. S. Ruth, of Olympia, and Leo o. Meigs, of North Yakima, presiding: officers of the Sonata and House respectively, in the last regular session, won on organization me special session this afternoon, the former without a spectacular fig-lit. but the. latter only after scorching debate that exceeded In heat anything witnessed in the recent stormy Legislature. Claiming the office of Speaker without the necessity of a vote and arbltrarlly acting as presiding officer. Meigs' rul ings were, hissed and condemned as "high handed outrages" by the supporters of J W. Slayden. of Tacoma, and the invective became so bitter that finally Meigs, to restore harmony, tendered his resigna tion. This resignation the House refused to aeoe.pt by a vote- of 4S to 43. During the, dlscusMon acts of Governor Hay were dragged In and he was characterized as a 'elf-coneUtuted dictator of the state." House Vetoes Postponed. The Legislature so far has organized, received the Governor's message recom mending the ousting of J. H. Sehlvely. Insurance Commissioner, and a' con tinuance, of the graft investigation, and has adjourned until tomorrow morning. Neither house has adopted a resolution limiting the legislation to matters, germane to Investigation, but the House has poctopend consideration of the Governor's vetoes of House measures until a fixed date in the regular session of 1SI1. The Senate vetoed bills are a special order for tomorrow. Such Is the brief history of the first day of the special session of the 11th Wash ington Legislature. In the House Speaker Meigs, of the regular aession, called the body to order and after the preliminaries of swearing in two new Democratic members, Hanna of Douglas and Huffman of Grant, Meigs relinquished the chair to Bell of Pierce County. Prior to the convening of the House, 41 of the supporters of J. W. Slayden. of Pierce, had caucused under a call pledging them to the "shortest session possible and the continuation of the in vestigating committee." "With these 41 and two others unnamed Slayden claimed a majority of the Republican members. His followers had persuaded the eight Democratic members to caucus, and It was the Slayden expectation that the Democrats would center on Edge of Spo kane. With a majority of the Republican members, but lacking four votes to elect. Slayden expected to hammer down the Meigs following on strict party lines. The Meigs support gained the floor first, however, when Bell assumed the chair, and F. C. Jackson, of King, of fered a resolution retaining the SpeaKer, Chief Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms of the regular session in office. Resolution Brings Bitterness. This resolution brought out the first bitterness of the session. Ole Hanson, a supporter of Meigs in the regular ses sion, but now opposed to him. character ized the resolution as cowardly. Hanson declared he wanted a clean-cut vote on the Speakership, as he desired to tell why he would not vote for Meigs. Beach of Mason declared that a ma jority of the House members had cau cused and decided upon a Speaker; that the Republican party was big enough to clean Its own house, that th. rw would support their own candidate in the event of a clean-cut contest and that e resoiuuon was an attempt to evict is Dy me aid or Democratic votes. Vhe conclusion of Beach's remarks Bell announced he had Just Viformed that the Senate had de- Y'11 reorganization was unneces- ha therefore called Meigs back Concluded on. Jae 6.) TAFT WILL HAVE NO SUMMER REST PLANS FOR QUIET VACATION SPOILED ALREADY. All New England Wants Him to Lay Cornerstones and Attend Other Functions. WASHINGTON", June 23. .(Special.) This Is how President Taft will "rest" during his Summer vacation at Bev erly. Mass: Will officiate at the anniversary cel ebration of Lake Champlaln. Chief guest at the 100th anniversary of Norwich, Conn. Half a dozen other similar visits through New England. Chief attraction at a big Boston Sun day school picnic Must name the date of and attend the outing of the Essex Board of Trade. Lay the cornerstone of the new T. M. C. A. in Chelsea. And the official achciinU i- be added. Mr. Taft Is beginning to discover that his vacation will not be so quiet as he had planned to make It. Since his se lection of that little coast town for his Summer bomo t-i. ,i , . .. , ....... j ' v -m.i.-ii l nas been besieged with Invlratin,. r all parts of New England, and despite hi. ii i .. i . . ...o Cii iaia pians to spend all of his nine mere except when taking his up iu me west, ne Is finding it prac tically Impossible to adhere to them. RALLIES FROM LONG SLEEP Injured Xurso Opens Eyes for First Time in "Weeks. After lying In a oomatose condition as a result of injuries received in on traordinary streetcar accident over three weens ago. Miss Ada Blue, a young nurse, opened her eyes for the ' first time last night and gasped out a word nf eai. to the watchers at her bedside in the t-ortiana Sanitarium, where she was re moved Immediately aftar th The attending physicians now entertain nitn nopes ror tier ultimate recovery. The case is one of the most baffling that has ever confronted local physicians. Since the time of the accident on Decora tion day the girl has not rallied from her unconscious state except for the brief interval last night. The direct cause of tier condition Is ascribed to a blood-clot on the brain. The victim was hurled from a streetcar while rounding a curve on Belmont street. Her clothes became entangled in the steps of the car and she was dragged 100 feefc INDIAN KILLS BAD INDIAN Bill Allen, Outlaw, Laid Low by Little Tom. WENATCHEB. Wash.. cial.) Deputy Sheriff E. H. McLean, of vjxanogan uounty, arrived In Wenatchee today and reported that on Monday night BUI Allen, a notorious Indian out law who had served two terms in the Penitentiary, recognized as one of the worst men in the upper country, was killed by Little Tom another Indian on the reservation opposite the town of Okanogan. The Indians were engaged In a big round-up and trouble started. - Allen went after his opponent with a knife and carved him badly. Tom, who Is considerably-younger, succeeded in getting the knife away and with one lunge severed Allen's throat from ear to ear. Allen died in a few minutes. PERFECT SCORE IS MADE Fort Wordcn Gunners Hit Bullseye at Every Trial. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash., June 23. Perfect marksmanship with 6-inch dis appearing rifles was made today by" the 63d company. Coast Artillery Corps, Cap tain C. B. Gilbert, at the first day of target shooting with full service condi tions. This Is the second Instance where Puget Sound district forts have secured a 100 per cent score In the annual testa required by the Department. The 63d company is stationed at Fort "vyrden and fired today at an average of 3000 yards, at a target 60x30 feet. Con ditions of target practice permit a trial ditlons of taget practice permit trial ners of the 63d company punctured the target's bullseye with the first attempt at location. NEW TROUBLE IN MOROCCO Rebel Roghi on "Warpath and Euro peans Prepare to Flee. TANGIER, Morocco, June 23. Advices from Fez Indicate that the Internal peace of Morocco is again threatened bv the depredations of the rebel Roghl. Another factor Is the series of raids conducted by the Sultan's rebellious brother. Mulat Kebir. at the head of the Zenneur tribes men. The Sultan has organized a flying col umn of 2000 men to pursue Roghl. and the Europeans are preparing to flee. ROAD CASE IS TO GO UP Notice of Appeal for Crater Lake Highway Filed. SALEM, Or., June 23. (Soecial .-.i of appeal to the Supreme Court has been given in the case of J. K. Sears vs. F. w. Benson and George W. Steel, Secretary of State and State Treasurer respectively; of the Crater Lake road case, which was decided In favor of the complainant by Judge Galloway yesterday. The case will be advanced on the calendar of the Su preme Court and it is expected to come to issue la less than 30 days. flMDISON BRIDGE TO 00513437,236 Contracts Are Let by Executive Board. WAKEFIELD DOESN'T WANT HIS Says He Made $10,000 Mis take in Substructure Bid. HAS $11,000 FORFEIT UP Job of Building Superstructure Let to V. S. Engineering & Construc tion Company, Which Made Bid of $321,690. The City Executive Board yesterday afternoon awarded the contract for build ing the new steel bridge at Madison street across the Willamette River to Robert Wakefield and the United Engi neering & Construction Company, both of Portland. The combined bids for sub structure and superstructure were $416, 416, engineering charges I20.S20, the total cost of the bridge to be ,437,236. Mr. Wakefield declared to Mayor Lane and the members of the Board that he made a mistake of 10,000 in his proposal and asked to be permitted to withdraw, but as he had deposited a certified check for $11,000 as a guarantee that he would accept the work if awarded to him, it is regarded as probable he will proceed with his share of the job. Will Go Ahead at Once. The United Engineering & Construction Company, of which Drake C. O'Reilly is president. Is prepared to go ahead at once with the building of the superstruc ture when the substructure is ready, and will get into action promptly, unless Mr. Wakefield refuses to accept the contract and decides to forfeit his check Instead. The general impression among city of ficials and contractors Is that he will not care to give the city such a magnificent prese.it and that he .will carry out the contract as best he can. Lawyer R. W. Wilbur, representing Mr. Wakefield, de-i clined to say Jast night what action his client will take regarding the matter. While an opinion was asked of City Attorney Kavanaugh, as to whether a bid such as made by Mr. Wakefield could be altered after being opened', the opinion was not used, as the members of the Ex ecutive Board decided that they would go ahead and award the contract to the lowest bidders and let the latter take care of themselves. Therefore, the bids of the United Engineering & Construction Com pany for building the superstructure at the price of J321.690 and of Mr. Wakefield for the substructure at $94,726 were ac cepted and the contracts awarded to them. Subject Discussed in Detail. Mayor Lane and the members of the Board held a lengthy session discussing the bids formally and informally, a recess of one hour being declared before the final action was taken. It was felt by some that it would be unjust to award to Mr. Wakefield the contract for the sub structure at a figure said by him to be a certain loss to himself, and by others It was argued that the Board could take no official cognizance- of the alleged mistake said to have been made bv Mr. Waifi.M. that the members are appointed to guard CConcluded on Page 2, ) "OW 'EAVENS, . it. (Hi ......,......, ............... ..,., BRANDS WOMAN AS ETERNAL SAVAGE STARR SAYS THEIR NATURE IS BARBARIC. Are Not and Should Not Be Civil ized Woman's Religion of Lower Culture. CHICAGO, June 23. (Special.) woman, the eternal savage, whose only salvation lies in the fact that she always has been and always will be a savage." has been flayed again by the lash of Professor Frederick Starr, the famous scientist and ethnological explorer of the University of Chicago. "W'omen are not civilized," accord ing to the astute investigator. "Fur thermore, they should not be civilized. What is more, they can t be." he con tinues, "for the fundamental nature of woman is barbaric, and it Is better so. since the posterity.- even the con tinuance of the race, depends upon the rigid assertion of a fundamental dif ference between man and woman." "Woman's religion is also notably that of lower culture," he asserts. "She Is always seeing signs in everything; she avoids having 13 at her table and starting on a Journey on Friday; she la the chief supporter of spiritualistic mediums. She is the founder of new sects, in which the religious attitude of savagery Is given high-sounding names and maintained by most select individuals; she dabbles constantly in the occult." OFFICE CLERK SUSPECTED Theft of $30,0 00 From Mails Laid to Los Angeles Postal Employe. LOS ANGELES. Cal., June 23. The Fed eral Grand Jury today returned an indict ment against an unnamed person in con nection with the recent robbing of a reg istered mail sack, at the local postoffice, of $30,000 in currency. It is said upon good authority to be directed against one of the clerks in the registry division of the postoffice. - 1 The arrest may not be made for several days. Fifteen thousand dollars of the stolen money, was recently found hidden behind the postoffice safe in the, main building. The money was shipped originally in four packages by the First National Bank of Los Angeles to the Bank of Bisbee, Bis bee, Ariz. NEW TR0UBLEF0R MADDEN Labor Leader and Assistants Are Indicted on New Counts. CHICAGO, June 23. Martin B. (Skin ny) Madden, M. J. Boyle and F. A. Pou chot, all of whom were recently convicted of extortion in regard to labor difficulties, were again indicted today bn evidence furnished by Isaac Ettelson, a dealer whose store was partly wrecked by dyna mite after he had disregarded a warning that he must "see" Madden or get into trouble for having electrical work done by non-union laborers. Ettelson says that he met Boyle and Madden, and that Boyle, told him he would have to tear out all the electrical work and have It replaced by union labor. GOTHAM STILL SWELTERS Fifty Prostrations Reported After Day of Twelve Deaths. NEW YORK. June 23. Although the temperature in this city was slightly cooler than yesterday, the humidity was high and therefore conditions were extremely uncomfortable. The highest point reached during the day was 89 above zero. Fifty persons were prostrated by the heat. There were 6 deaths from that cause. The hot wave yesterday was blamed for at least 12 deaths and more than a score of prostrations. 'AVE HI GOT TO HIN CREASE THE PRESSURE? TARIFF IS BY SENATE House Will Probably Reduce It Again. THEN SENATE WOULD YIELD Coast Senators Fear Result of Conference Fight. FEW BOURBON DEMOCRATS Only Ten Vote to Reduce Rough Lumber Duty to $1 Pineapple Duty Raised at Behest of the Southern Senators. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, June 23. Although the Senate to day added 50 cente to the duty on rough lumber as fixed by the House and made a slight reduction in the duty on finished lumber, the Pacific Coast Senators have considerable doubt whether the House, on final consideration, will agree to the $1.60 duty on rough lumber. At heart they very much fear the House will insist upon its own figure and. if a bitter fight should develop between the two houses over this schedule, there is believed to be dan ger that the Senate managers will acoept the House provision. Because or the strong sentiment in the House in favor of free lumber, and be cause free lumber was only voted down in that body with the aid of the New England members who entered into a combination to get free hides, there is a decided possibility that the dollar duty may be restored, especially if the Senate is successful in retaining the duty on hides. It was noticed in the Senate today that Chamberlain voted for the Aldrich amendment increasing the duty on rough lumber and voted against the McCumber amendments to diminish the duty agreed upon by the finance committee. SENATE ADOPTS LUMBER RATE Makes Rate $1.50 on Rough, Raises Other House Rates. WASHINGTON, June 23. In unex pectedly short order the Senate today disposed of the lumber schedule and then agreed upon the rates of duty on pineapples.. Aldrich asked that the lumber sched ule receive first attention. He had no sooner taken his seat than McCumber, who has been a persistent advocate of free lumber, . presented an amendment reducing the finance committee's rate of $1.60 per thousand on sawed lumber to. the House , rate of $1 per thousand. This was recognized generally as a test proposition, as sawed lumber h.. been the bone of contention from the beginning. The North Dakota Senator did not find it worth while to enter into any argument. Only Ten Free-Trade Democrats. The result was. tfnother trlumnii tnr- the Aldrich rates, the vote standing 24 lor and 44 against the reduced rates. Of the affirmative votes onlv ten m cast by Democrats, as follows: Bank head, Clay. Davis, Gore, Hughes, John son, McLaurin, Overman. Painter and Tillman. Another test came on the proposi- (Concluded on- Page 2.) LUMBER RAISED PATTEN WINS NEW GLORY IN COTTON ALSO TUCKS AWAY ADDITION OF $500,000 TO FORTVNE. Forecasted Cotton Like Wheat Mar ket and Completes a Big Deal. CHICAGO. June 23. (Special.) James A. Patten, "the wheat king." has added $500,000 to his personal fortune by a gigantic deal in cotton for Oc tober delivery. He has Just concluded the transactions of winding up his op erations. The story leaked out today, despite strenuous efforts on the part of the trader and his aides to keep it secret, and at once it causer! a sensa tion on the Board of Trade. With the foresight which enabled him to forecast the trend of the market in May wheat so accurately that he successfully negotiated the biggest corner In recent years and netted for himself a fortune, considered by no means a modest one, he saw coming a steady rise of cotton, which has been Indicated by the ticker day by day since before June 1. As far back as the very first days of Spring, he outlined a plan of cam paign for the purchase of an enormous quantity of cotton and for the sale of it, at an increased price. He chose October cotton for his speculation and the New York Cotton Exchange for the mart wherein to stage his play. BOY IMITATESBLACK HAND Is Shot by Detective and Dies Later In Chicago Hospital. CHICAGO, June 23. Rudolph Berndt, 14 years old, was fatally shot by a detec tive tonight while imitating Black Hand methods. He died later in a hospital, after having been kissed and forgiven, at hs request, by E. ' H. Grossfeldt, a wealthy grocer, his intended victim. Mr. Grossfeldt was commanded in a letter signed "The Black Hand" to bring $13,000 to a certain street corner. He went there tonight after detectives had hidden in the vicinity. Young Berndt ran out to meet him, took the package of supposed money and was running away when Detective Weinrich shot him down. WOMAN ROUTS TWO THUGS Simply Grabs Gun and Pulls Trig ger and Robbers Run. SPOKANE, Wash.. June 23. (Special.) It was one woman against two men last night when Mrs. Feckener awoke to find a pair of burglars in the act of rob bing her home on Broadway, but when the nervy woman produced a gun and began firing at the Intruders they made a getaway that would make most mara thon records look foolish. It was about 1:30 o'clock in the morn ing when Mrs. Feckener was awakened by the housebreakers. She didn't scream, but reached for the gun and pulled the trigger. Then, satisfied the ruffians had departed, she called the police. RENARD IS FOUND GUILTY Second Trial of Steward of August Remey Comes to End. VERSAILLES, June 23. Amid violent uproars the second trial of Renard. the steward of the late August R. Remey, who was found guilty last February of the murder of Remey, ended today in a verdict of "guilty of homicide without premeditation, and with extenuating cir cumstances." Renard was sentenced to imprisonment for life at hard labor. Great interest was shown in the trial because of the alleged deathheri xnnrc sion of Courtois Baker, Remey's foot man, exculpating Renard. Courtois had previously sworn that he had held the banker while Renard stabbed him to death. WIVES WATCH MEN DROWN Four Go Down With 20 Horses From Columbia Ferry. SPOKANE. Wash.. June 23. A special to the Spokesman-Review from Concon nully, says: Bert and Richard Webber, together with their hired man and the ferryman, were drowned In the Columbia River near Conconnully yesterday after noon. Twenty horses also drowned. The wives of the Webbers were waiting on the bank while they took the stock across, and witnessed the drowning. RUSSIANS FEAR CHOLERA Prevalence of Plague In Capita Leads to Plan for Drainage. ST. PETERSBURG. June 23.-Because of the prevalence of cholera in this city the Cabinet has decided that the govern ment will undertake the drainage of St. Petersburg, and the reorganization of the water supply. Fifty million, dollars must be realized by a loan for the work, which It tis estimated will be completed in 15 years. WESTON CROSSING NEVADA Leaves Noble, 660 Miles From San Fratnclsco, at Night. RENO, Nev., June 23. Edward Payson Weston, the coast to coast pedestrian, left Noble, Nev.. at 10 o'clock tonight! Noble Is a station on the Oregon Short Line 20 miles from the Utah line and 660 miles from San Francisco. . . TOORISTS LOST Iff LAKE KILLARNEY Storm Upsets Boat and Eleven Drown. FIVE AMERICANS ARE IN PARTY Two Boatmen Saved but Can not Tell Details of Accident. TWO OF DEAD TACOMANS Pleasure Trip Turned to Tragedy as Waves Overwhelm the Small Craft and Carry Occupants Down to Death. KILLARNEY, Ireland. June 23. A large rowboat carrying five American and four English tourists and four Irish boatmen was swamped in a gale while crossing lower Killarney Lake this after noon. All of the tourists and two of the boatmen were drowned. The victims were: A. A. Hilton and son, of Tacoma, Wash., Mr. and Mrs. Longhead (or Loughead) of Boston; Miss M. H. Catum (or Cotum) of Massachu setts (town not known): Rev. B. Barton and sister of London, and Miss Florence Wilkinson and cousin of Brentwood. Essex; boatmen Con Tooney and Con Gleeson. None of the bodies were recov ered. The boat was used for taking visitors about the lake. Most of the passengers" were guests at the Great Southern Hotel. The party started out this morning sight seeing. When the lower lake was reached, it was found that a heavy wind from the northeast was blowing. Several other boats that had started over the same course put back. . It was not long before anxiety began to be felt for the boat that had continued on the course and searching parties, who put out when the wind had died down a little, discovered" the boat overturned with two of the boatmen clinging to the keel. Rev. Mr. Barton and two of the women could be seen, in the distance sup ported by an oar, but they sank before rescuers could reach them. The others (Concluded on Page 2.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 68 degrees: minimum. 66 degrees. TwindsS Fa'r warmer: northwesterly Washington Legislature. Presiding officers of both House and Senate Page"!1 after bitter and stormy fight. Report of investigating committee severely brands Sehlvely as unfit for his office Page 5. Hay and anti-Hay to be Issue in light In Legislature according to indications. Page 1. Governor Hay transmits message, declaring Insurance Commissioner Sehlvely must be ousted. Page 5. Foreign. Nine tourists. Including two Tacoma people, and two boatmen, drowned on Lake Kil larney. Page 1. National. Taft's Summer engagements will prevent rest at Beverley. Page 1. Senate raises lumber duties, but House Is likely to cut them again. Page 1. New ship subsidy bill by Humphrey launched at dinner In Washington. Page 4. Corporation tax sure to pass both houses. Page 2. Domeetic Murderer of rich Arizona cattleman caught and lynching feared. Page 3. Professor Starr says woman Is savage and should not be civilized. Page 1. Patten makes profit of $500,000 on deal In cotton. Page 1. Sugar plantation stockholders barred from Jury in the Hawaiian Japs. Page 3. Explosion in Pennsylvania coal mine kills 17 foreigners. Page 3. New York officials become secretive about Slgel murder. Page 2. Evidence for Mrs. Howard Gould nearly complete. Page 3. Alleged swindler uses name of Associated Press to commit fraud. Page 4. Young San Francisco business man fatally shot by veteran policeman who is drunk I age 2. Wrights given more time for flights, but will ua.u riiuaj. i-age 4, Sports. Coast League scores: Portland 1. Sacra mento 3; Oakland 13, Vernon O- San Francuico 5. Los Angeles 419 innings. Page 7. Northwestern League scores: Portland S Vancouver 4: Seattle 5, Tacoma 4; Spokane-Aberdeen, rain. Page 7. Ford car No. 2 wins Coast-to-Coast auto race. Page 6. Preliminary plans made for big harness race meet and livestock show In Port land. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. Commencement exercises of University of Oregon close at Eugene. Page 6. Portland citizens help Engene dedicate new park around depot. Page 6. Grand Lodge. Knights of Pythias, ends their sessions at Pendleton. Page 3. Commercial and Marine. Further advance In local hop prices. Page IT. Steady decllne ln wheat at Chicago. Page 17 Stock trading dull. but prices higher Page 17. Locks at the Cascades open this morning and navigation to be resumed. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Executive Board lets contracts for new Madison-street bridge. Page 1. Curses bandied and threats made In row at Executive Board meeting. Pago lL Regular Army to Join In O. N. G. maneuvers at Clackamas Station. Page 12. K. K. Kubll elected Councilman from Eighth Ward. Page 11. Simon sits -with Lane at morning session of City Council. Page 10. Gangs of workmen engaged putting North- frranfflc:aCp,ag.,raki in 8hai" ' "y R. T Dickenson, who killed H. A. Garrett. indicted for first degree murder. Page 12 Federal officials believe Chinese are beine Pageio Portland systematically! Over BOO children participate In opening public playground. Page 18. Mission conference, preliminary to Baptist convention, will open today. Page B. GT1106.0