JUNE 28, 1909. HISTORIC TREE IS 1FIERGE H EAT KILLS TWO CHILDREN OF SQUIRE BOZORTH, WHOSE DESCENDANTS IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON NUMBER 350. RIVER'S VICTIM Certain Cities Report Break in Weather, Though. Balm of Gilead to Which Lewis and Clark Tied Canoe . Is Lost. J. IS! I M i EIGHT DIE IN QUAKER CITY f HE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, Ik ' - ,.r r------ , fl1 - & y V': -: f ill If V :. 1 wmMmm m ' F : MARKED EARLY SURVEYS Vancouver City Council Turns Down Petition to Preserve Old Relic, and High Water of Co lumbia I'ndermlnes It. ANCOUVEIR, Wash.. June 27. (Spe cial.) Vancouver's historic old Balm of Gilead tree, to "Which Lewis and Clark re ald to have tied their canoe In 1805. and which marked the landing point of the Hudson's Bay Company fur traders In 1M4. fell a victim to the waters of the Columbia River this afternoon. This old tree, which stood' on the bank of the river, at the foot of Main street, was the starting- point for all early sur veys In Clark County and the western portion of Washington State. It marked the point where the city limits joined the military reservation. The tree was held in veneration by Vancouver people and people all over the Pacific Northwest who took an interest In matters of historic in terest. News of the tree's destruction spread rapidly, and scores of persons visited the waterfront and carried away pieces of the tree as souvenirs. Many Portland people also visited the tree as it lay in the water and carried home branches and pieces of bark. General regret Is expressed that the veneraoie landmark could not have been preserved. The City Council was asked several weeks ago to appropriate 50 for preservation of the tree, but the City Attorney Insisted that the city could not appropriate funds for such a purpose. The tree -was about five feet in diameter at its base, and was 75 feet high, being fully 60 feet across at its crown. A copper railroad spike is said to have been driven into the tree, and it was from this point all surveys be gan. This spike is now grown over but it is likely that it will be chopped out and kept in the archives of the city. Several years agro the water from the river carried away dirt from under the roots of the tree and It began to lean heavily toward the water. It dropped over about two feet a year. This Spring a movement was started to save the tree, and the City Council was asked to make an appropriation to drive in some piling around its base, this to be filled In with earth. The City Attorney, P. J. Kirwln, gave it as his 'opinion that the city could not expend any of the city's money for such a purpose, as it was for sentimental reasons. The Council, acting upon this opinion, turned down a resolution to preserve the old tree, but appointed a commit tee from the Vancouver High School students, who had pleaded to have the tree saved, to take up a publio sub scription. The subscription was start ed and a few dollars raised, but the movement was. finally dropped. The water in the Columbia kept rising and for several weeks the tree had i'cen standing in water. The earth around the roots was softened, and this after noon the weather-beaten landmark could stand the strain no lunger and toppled into the river, where it now lies. 0. A. C. BUILDING ARMORY Contract Is Let for $35,000 Struc ture at Corvallis. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis. Or.. June 27. tSpectal.) The contract for the big armory was recently granted to FTed E. Erickson. of Salem. The work on the building will be com menced during the first of July and will be completed by November 1. The armory Is to be located at the rear of the present athletic field. It will 'be constructed at a cost of $35,000. Captain McAlexander will have personal super vision of the work during the Summer, as he is very lansely responsible for the present plans. The bid given . by Mr. Krlckson amounted to several thousand dollars more than the price provided, so that a few changes were obliged to be made In the plans. These, however, will not greatly alter the beauty of the building. Christopher Columhns Bosorth. Mrs. Km ma Caroline Thyng. WOODLAND, Wash.. June 26. (Special.) Seventy-five of the de scendants of Squire Bozorth. who settled in the Lewis River Valley in 1852. assembled in Woodland Friday, June 25. in the fifth annual re union of the Bozorth family. There are over 350 direct descendants of Squire Bozorth in Oregon and Washington, whose names are record ed with John O. Bozorth. historian of the family. Two of the children of the .original Squire Bozorth are still living and were present today, Christopher C. Bozorth, president of the association, who is 77 years old and who resides alternately at Woodland and Tacoma. and Mrs. Emma Caroline Thyng, of Portland, who is 67 years old. Squire Bozorth crossed the plains In 1845 and took up a donation land claim on which Is the present town of Woodland, in 1852, and from him has sprung this great number of people. The officers of the Bozorth Family Association are: Christopher Columbus Bozorth, presi dent; A. L. Wills, of Portland, vice-president; Milton B. Bozorth, of Portland, secretary-treasurer; John O. Bozorth, of Bay City, Or., his torian. . of the vote cast at the last election, and undertake to get an injunction to stop the County Court from erecting a building on the present site. That the movement to delay the erection of the Courthouse is not a popular one was admitted by P. A. Dunham, chairman of the courthouse committee, at the meet ing of the club Vhen the action was decided on. Mr. DUL-ham told the club that he had interviewed W est Side men on the subject, and they had told him that the movement would be unwise and would stir up a very bitter feeling on the West Side. Many had informed him that it would be wrong to separate the public buildings, and wrong to under take to build up one section of the city by injuring another. State Senator Kellaher, however, insisted on the cir culation of the petitions, and Mr. Dun ham said that he was willing to go ahead .with the movement, although he had little hopes of success. It has been suggested that the Courthouse be built on Holladay avt-nue or Broadway. AIRSHIP JjHEOJS LOST YVELLMAN CAMP WATCHMAN LOST . DURING WINTER. FINN'S DEATH IS PATHETIC Had Provided Home for Sister En Route From Fatherland. ASTORIA. Or.. June 27. (Special.) A sad Incident came to light today in connection with the death of William Rostrom, the boatpuller who was drowned on last Monday by the capsiz ing of his boat on Peacock spit, near the mouth of the Columbia River. Rostrom. who had been working in" logging camps in this vicinity during the Winter months and fishing in the Columbia In the Summer, had saved sufficient money to provide a home for his sister, whom he had left in his old home in Finland. Recently he sent her J300 to pay her passage to this countrv, and Miss Bostrom arrived in New York yesterday, and was Informed by tele graph of her brother's death. SUIT OF CLOTHES CLEW OffU-ers Catch Alleged Embezzler at Pressing Club. A suit of clothes that he left at a prerslng club to be cleaned and pressed Is what led to the apprehension of James G. Slack. 27 years old, a traveling sales man, who has been sought for five days .n a warrant charging him with larceny by embezzlement. Slack was formerly a salesman for the Campbell-Laklng Se'gar Company. 325 Davis street, and is charged with collecting over $200 and keeping It. He was apprehended by Detectives Hell yer and Maloney, yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, when he called for the suit of clothe. Detective CVaddock who had charge of the case located the clothes several days sgj and laid a trap for the prisoner. STILL AFTER COURTHOUSE East Side. May Seek Injunction to Ielay Construction. Initiative petitions for a vote on lo cating the Courthouse at some point on the East Side are being circulated by the East Side Business Men's Club. The object is to secure signatures to the petitions amounting to 15 per cent Pole-Seeker Says) He Will Continue Efforts Iipng as Necessary to Attain Success. TROMSOE, Norway, June 27. The steamer Arctic, of Walter Wellman's North Pole expedition, arrived here to day from Spltzenbergen with her flags at naifmast, bringing the news that Knud Johnson, one of the two men who re mained at the Wellman camp this Winter, had perished in the pack ice and that the airship shed had been destroyed by a heavy storm. On May 19, Johnson went with his fellow-watchman, Paul iBjoervig, on a hunt ing expedition over the pack loe. The ice was moving and Johnson fell through a crevasse into the sea. Bjoervig held out a loss stick for Johnson to grasp, but he as unconscious. Bjoervig then ran back to camp and secured a rope, but when he returned, Johnson's body had disappeared. A strong gale from the southwest sprang up on Christmas day and lasted for eight days. Bjoervig. who has passed many Winters In Spltzenbergen and has been with Mr. Wellman on every Arctic expedition since 1894. says he has never seen so fierce a storm as this. It reached its climax on the night of December 26, w'-en it enterely destroyed the airship shed. Anticipating the possibility that the air ship house might be destroyed, Walter Wellman had sent by the Arctic timber and repairing materials. Arthur Well man, who Is now in command at the camp, reports that the work of rebuilding the house has already begun. If it is found impossible to make the voyage northward this Summer Mr. Wellman de clares he will continue his efforts as long as necessary to attain success. THREE LADS ARE MISSING Parents Relieve Youngsters Formed Pact to Run Away. The police were requested last night to investigate the disappearance of three small boys, each having been missing from his home all day and all three believed by their parents to be runaways. Max Hoagltn. 11 years old, who lives at-734 Williams avenue, was last seen walking about the streets in the vicinity of his home. His parents reported his absence to Patrolman Field, who searched the neighborhood, but failed to find any trace of him. Max Goldstaub, 14 years old, who lives at 705 Vancouver avenue, did not return home after being absent since the forenoon. He is a friend of the Hoaglln boy and his parents believe the two are together. The third missing youth is Harold Hilleary. whose father. J. M. Hllleary. lives at 859 Grand avenue. North. Har old was last seen taking a car for the Oaks early in the morning. After mak ing a thorough search when the lad did i urn icluui lost intent tor supper, nis 4iw.jr i mo Huavncv al ter midnight, expressing the fear that something had befallen him. DYNAMITE STOPS PHONES $100,000. One theory is that 50 electric installers who ' have been ' on strike against the Chicago Telephone Com pany, which suffered the greatest dam age, may have been behind the" outrage.- Another theory is that gamblers who have suffered K ss through the co-operation of the telephone company with, the police sought to retaliate. Twenty-five thousand telephones were put out of commission by the explpslon. A number of operators fainted, and others ran from the building. Majestic firings Cement. ASTORIA. Or.. June 27. (Special.) The steam schooner Majestic which ar rived late last evening from San Fran cisco, brought several hundred tons of cement for the fortification work at Fort Stevens. WOMEN THUGS HOB Seattle Man Fights, but ' Slashed With Knife. Is CITY POLICE ARE BAFFLED Negro Women Are Said to Have Been Operating Residence Dis trict of Seattle., but No Capture Has Been Made of Outlaws. SEATTLE, Wash., June 27. (Special.) Lured into an alley between ixth and Seventh avenues and Seneca and Univer sity streets, early yesterday morning, Fred Shaw, who lives at 2319 First ave nue, was attacked by two female thugs, stabbed several times by one of them and robbed of his money. The two women made their escape. Shaw was sent to the City Hospital. His condition Is not serious, however. He sustained several cuts that may disfigure him ior life. Shaw was passing the alley when he says a woman called to him. He didn't know what was the matter and thought that possibly she might be in distress. He went into the alley and was accosted bv a woman. She grabbed him and pro ceeded to go through his pockets. He resisted, but she secured $26 and passed It to a second woman who was with her. Shaw, grappled with the woman' who showed she had the strength of an ordi nary man. He clung to her, however, and Bhe drew a knife from her clothing when she eaw that she might be held. It was dark in the alley and Shaw did not know the woman had the knife until he felt the steel cut into the flesh of his face. Before he could get out of the way she had cut him several times about the head and face. He was put out of the fighting temporarily and before he could get away the woman had disappeared. several reports of the operation of negro women in the residence districts have been made to the police recently. A icw nignis ago one victim was robbed of oy a woman who met him on the street and asked him the direction to her home. Their work is so clever and their plan of operation so unusual that the police are having considerable difficulty in getting them. Patrolman Nabors was accosted by one w me women two nie-htu n&n w,;iA He arrested Thirteen Is Total In Boston and Two In Chicago New York Cooled ' by Refreshing Rain After , Five Hot Days. CHICAGO, June 27. (Special.) Chicago suffered today from the most uncomfort able weather conditions that have op pressed the city this season. - The high temperature and intense humidity caused two deaths. That more fatalities and prostrations were not recorded was at tributed by the weather officials and the health department to the fact that be cause of the Sunday holiday few were compelled to defy the heat. From daylight until long after s dark the heat and humidity continued. At 1 A. M. the mercury was at 74 and had de scended only to 72, the minimum of the day,, at 5 A. M. Until late in the even ing the temperature was in the eighties. The high mark of the day. reached only twice before this season, showed at 4 o'clock, when the thermometer registered 87 degrees. The descent did not begin until after 6 o'clock and at 10 P. M. the mercury had receded only to 80. The oppressive conditions drove every one from home -who could get away. The parks had not been so crowded be fore in the season as today. The inter urban lines put on extra cars to accom modate the increased traffic The city surface cars were crowded all dar. an the suburban service of the steam roads was taxed. . The amusement gardens were thronged. The blazing sun and intense heat caused the streets to be shunned as far as possible and down town umcago practically was deserted. Rain brought relief to N which had suffered five days under the hot wave general over the entire coun try. utner Eastern cities continued to swelter. A drop in the temperature, with a maximum of 78 degrees, ended the period of fatal prostrations, accom panied Dy two suicides, under whioh Greater New York had suffered. Philadelphia, with a tenmerature of oniy so degrees, reported eight deaths. a suicide due to the heat was re ported from Allentown. Pa. Cleveland, with a maximum of 80. re- pxjriea one aeatn. Pittsburg had a maximum of 80 degrees, but at J p M the mercury there and in Philadelphia stood at 74. Washington's irnilmnm was 94. ' PHILADELPHIA. June 27. Th. were eight deaths due to heat here to day. The average temperature for the day was 80, though the humidity was unusually great. BOSTON, June 27. The hottest seven consecutive days In June ever recorded by the Boston weather bureau ended today with a cool wind and a maxi mum temperature 12 degrees lower than yesterday. During the heated pe riod 13 deaths, and 175 prostrations were recorded. walking on Jackson street. ner and she was fined $50. CATHOLICS ARE AROUSED TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES BEGIN "DRY" CAMPAIGN. Movement in Illinois Is Backed Archbishop Quigley and Many Pastors. by wniLaiiu, June 28. Warfare has been declared by Roman Catholic tem perance advocates against the liquor traffic. A call to every member of the -einiuiic jnurcn in Illinois to Join in the fight for a "drv State." rlprtitriplaHnn of Catholic societies which tolerate the sale of intoxicants at picnics and Sat urday night dances held by them, and an appeal for a rigid enforcement of the Sunday closing law, were contained in resolutions adopted yesterday by the Catholic Total Abstinence Association of Illinois. Backed by Archbishop Quigley, the movement nas enlisted the svmpathy of many Catholic pastors, and nloim nr on foot to establish in each parish from. nicago to Cairo concrete organizations io oactie against the liquor industry. Preceding the National be held here August 5 and 6, Catholics of this city will hold a monster parade through the down-town streets, in which it is expected 10,000 people will lepresenieu. MISSIONS ARE CLOSED UP (Continued Prom First Page.) NEW YORK MUCH COOLED OFF Refreshing Showers Fall and Tem- peratnre Drops. NEW YORK, June 27. The temperature suddenly fell today, after hovering for five days around the 90 mark. Refreshing showers felL LEON TOOK TRIM ABOUT TRIED HARD TO DISPOSE SIGEL GIRL'S BODY. OF and so notified the ordering it closed women in charee.- Tliay still remained defiant, and the po licemen stationed xmtslde were then sum moned. They drove 20 Chinese and their teachers into the street and placed the basement under condemnation. Inasmuch as no- law -had been violated no arrests were made. The Chinamen were glad to hasten away and the teachers departed by various routes without disclosing their identity. The authorities are determined to close inese places and will not be over all nice when for action. it comes to finding reasons Used Automobile and Taxicab and Carried Grewsome Burden From Place to Place. NEW YORK, June 28. Evidence that Leon Ling, the converted Chinese, made more than one desperate effort to dis pose of the body of his victim, Elsie oigei, alter ne had lammed it into trunk in his room in Eighth avenue. " aa uiuugui 10 ugni last mgnt. Chung Sin, his room-mate, has estab i.oncu tile iacc mat me murder was committed about noon, June 9. Wit nesses now have been found hv th n lice who declare that before Leon Ling -u uiepvee oi me ooay in Newark the following day he first employed a large touring automobile in which he placed the trunk at 2 P. M. on June 9. Prom the Eighth-avenue house he rorfa with the trunk in the motor-car to a laundry in Harlem, conducted by a friend of his who is a member of the Chinese society known as the Gee Gong j.uus, ui wmcn leon is also a member. With him he also had three suitcases in wnicn li is believed were Elsie SI gel's clothes. The laundryman refused to keep the trunk, but did take the suitcases, ana tne ponce expect to ob tain them. The trunk was kept in this laundry until 11 o'clock at night, when Leon Ling us emu u nave employed a taxicab to nim ana me trunk to Newark, a dis tance or aoout 18 miles frofti Harlem. In .wewarK. as nas already been discovered, the Chinese friend of Leon. Who con ducts a restaurant there, also refused to accept the trunk. The fact that this man ana tne Harlem laundry -keeper re fused to have anything to do with th trunk has led the police to believe they nu miuwieage or its grewsome contents. -eariy in me .morning of June 10. Leon employed a Newark hackman to bring him and the trunk back to New York. The police have additional evidence that Ling attempted to leave the trunk at several otner places but failed and took it back -to the room where the murder was committed and where It was found more than a week later. These discoveries completely upset the police theory that Ling was the man who sent the telegram irom wasnington on June 10, to Elsie sigei s parents in thta city. Jout a Chinese did send that telerram from Washington and this convinces the police that Leon Ling, who was in this vicinity on that date, trying to dispose ' "ie ooay, naa at least one accomplice. Tennessee Suspect Released. JACKSON", Tenn., June 27. The Chi nese arrested here on suspicion of be ing Leon Ling was released today. SEVEN CONVICTS SLAIN Four Wardens Also Killed In Mu tiny in Russian Prison. VILNA. Russia, June 27. A mutiny In the prison here today led to a pitched battle in the courtyard. Four wardens ana seven convicts were killed. -1 ' r-vT.'" v.- . mm ti - THE BETTER THAIN1 54-CiGARJP ' - - i w "1 ft;-.:- :B!!E'.-'1f If the Box Jtsnt Green It Isn't a PUCK. It's the shape that proves the quality of SKy.yj 7 --3 r mm 1k3 i rf THE.BETTE'THAN-54'CIGAR with the Havana taste "Vb I RhanR ernes rait'h nnalifw onrl -o-rr3- -r-: rr n IT . I r- o y xova wmmuu XI ulc IUler OI i M -PUCK wasn't seasoned long leaf; Puck couldn't be made in I mtf&m. imported shapes... 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Captain Anderson struck the band on Pete Island and in the running engage ment that followed, Ave of the bandits were killed, a number were wounded and several others were captured by friendly Moros. Thirty-one of the band have been killed or captured during the past 30 days, but Jikiri himself always manages to evade capture. The several cavalry detachments are still in pursuit and expect to capture or exterminate the outlr.ws who have caused the authorities much trouble. Boy Held as Fake Mute. James Mullen, about 17 years of age, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Patrolman West for begging. Jlmmie, say the poL 3e. goes from house to house and t. 1th closed mouth and a gesture tows .-d his ear. handing a card to whomsoever he addressed, explains that he is a deaf mute. When taken to the police station he had more than (5 in nickels and dimes in his pockets. He gained his speech suddenly and was voluble in expressing innocence. ' He even developed an acute hearing, but to no avail. 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