VOL,. XLIX XO. 15,1 G2.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CEXTS.
ASSASSIN SHOOTS
TWO NOTABLE MEN
WHEAT CONDITION
SLIGHTLY BETTER
CHIEF;
CANNIBALS CHANT
INTO GRAMAPH0NE
SENATORS OPSET
PLAN TO ADJOURN
KNOT TO BE TIED
GREAT BOAT
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IN AIR BY WIRELESS
ENGINEER
BY
JUI-V FKJIKES SHOW GA1X OX
THOSE OF JUNE 1.
PEIHO EXPEDITION VISITS IN
MANY STRANGE PLACES.
PASTOR REFUSES TO MAKE
TRIP IN BALLOON".
GOX NAM
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HARVARD
Curzon Wyllie andDr.
Lalcoca Murdered.
CRIME AT LONDON GATHERING
Hindu Student Reception Is
Marred by Tragedy.
DEED THOUGHT POLITICAL
Ftrw Shots Poured Into Body of In
dian Service Official at Close
Rang? Sixth Tin Met I'a
i tal to Physician.
LONDON. July 1. A startling double
assassination of a political character
occurred late tonight towards the con
clusion of a public gathering at the Im
perial Institute.
An Indian student, whose name is
not known, shot and killed Lleutenant
Colonel Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie
and rr. Calas Lalcaca, of Shanghai.
Wyllie. who had held important In
dian appointments, fell dead on the
fpot. Lalcaca showed signs of life
after he fell, and was hurried to St.
George's Hospital, but on arrival it
was found that he was dead. Those
near the assassin seized and held him
until the arrival of the police.
Assassin Heavily Armed.
He had two revolvers, a dagger and
a knife. The gathering st the Imperial
Institute, a building devoted to func
tions, was an "at home" to Indian stu
dents. W. Thorburn. one of the guests, said:
"At 11 o'clock, when the programme
was Just concluding, I noticed a middle-aged
Englishman conversing with
a young Indian student, dressed In a
dark Jacket, and wearing a pale blue
turban. 1
Shoots Into Victim's Face.
"Suddenly the native drew a revol-.
er and fired four shots with the great
est rapidity full at the head of the
Englishman. The shots were fired with
the muzzle of the weapon close to the
victim's face.
"Then came another shot as the Eng
lishman fell, and a sixth, which struck
an elderly Indian gentleman standing
a- few yards away, and who fell, shot
in the side.
"I rushed 'at the assassin and others
sprang forward at - same time. We
seized him, but he struggled ahd wrest
Ins; one hand free, placed the revolver
to his forhead and pulled the trigger.
It clicked harmlessly, as all .the shots
had been exploded.
Call Sent for Surgeons.
"We shouted for doctors and the police.
Meantime there was a terrible commo
tion and the folding doors were finally
closed to prevent the people looking upon
the fearful sight.
"At this moment someone exclaimed In
a horror-stricken voice: 'Why, it -Is Cur
son Wyllie."
"Then a stately woman in evening
dress came upstairs from the cloak
room to discover what had happened.
"She then knelt down and. as she
looked closely at the disfigured face, a
look of horror leaped into her eyes and
she exclaimed:
" 'It is my husband; why wasn't I with
hlmr "
The victims were placed in an ambu-
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PaclTIc Coast Conditions Xot So
Promising Outlook for Good
Crop Is - Improving.
CHICAGO, July 1. (Special.) B. W.
Snow's July report makes the
wheat condition S2.1, against S0.3
June 1. Ohio and Indiana gained
3 points ' during June. Illinois 5
points, Missouri 8 points, Kansas 3 points
and Nebraska 2 points.1 On the other
hand, the crop on the Pacific Coast was
less promising. The crop of Winter
wheat he figures at 375,000,000 bushels.
The Spring wheat condition was made
P2.S, against 93.3 last month, and the
figure given was called an average for a
series of years.
The oats condition is 89, against 86.7
last year, and If present promise is main
tained, a crop of 1,100,000,000 bushels is
indicated. Corn acreage shows 6,000.V0
acres increase, making the total about
l'2.7O0.O00 acres. The condition of corn
Is 89.1, against 83.2 last year, and the crop
shows good vitality, despite the late start.
Crops last year were: Winter wheat.
420.000.000 bushels; corn, 2,669.000,000; oats,
807.000,000 bushels.
BASEBALL STAYS KNIFE
Enraged Father-ln-Law With Clea
ver Is Laid JDow.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 1. (Special.)
That he saved his life by accurately
throwing a common every-day baseball
is the remarkable statement of E. Gar
loch, of Ballard, who reported to the po
lice last night that he had been attacked
with a butcher s cleaver by J. Barker,
his father-in-law.
Garloch saya that Barker became en
raged at' him during a slight altercation,
and, seizing a butcher" b cleaver, rushed
upon nlm.
Garloch had a ball in his hand and on
the instant he threw it, striking Barker
in the face with a blow that laid him
out. Garloch stated that he believed he
owed his life to the baseball.
ELLIOTT HEADS BIG SHOW
President of Northern Pacific to
Preside Over Apple Display.
SPOKANE. Wiash. (July 0. Howard
Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific
Kallway, today' accepted the presidency
of the National Apple Show, offered to
htm by the board of trustees. The show
will be held in Spokane December 7.
Elliott succeeds Louts W. Hill, president
of the Great Northern Railway. H. J.
Shinn and Perry D. Tull, of Spokane,
were elected members of the board of
trustees.
IT'S UP TO M'CREDIE NOW
Judges Who Don't Wear Gowns Are
Guilty of Misdemeanor.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. July 1. (Special.)
Attorney-General Bell Informally
ruled today that Superior Judges who
fall to wear gowns are guilty of a mis
demeanor under the criminal code.
It was reported here today that Pros
ecutlng Attorney at Walla Walla has
arrested Superior Judge Brents for
misdemeanor, on refusal to wear a
gown.
ZEPPELIN TO FIND POLE
Will Try to Beat Wellman in Bal
loon Race.
BERLIN. July 1. According to the
Lokal Anzeiger. Count Zeppelin intends
to make an effort to reach the North
Pole in his airship.
MEMBERS
Simon Takes Chairand
Makes Appointments.
BUSY DAY SPENT AT CITY HALL
Executive Board on Organiz
ing, Reinstates Detectives.
BOARD OF HEALTH RESIGNS
New Mayor Also Receives With
drawals of Hart and Allen From
Water Board Friends Send
Bouquets to Executive.
KF.ATT RKS OK FTRST DAT UNDER
SIMON REGIME.
Mayor Simon takes charge of the
executive office at 9 A. M.
Presides at Board of Health meet
Inn at 9:30 A. M.
Presides at Water Board meeting
at 10:30 A. M.
Calls Executive Board to order at
4 P. M.
Appoints J. Vf. Morris City Engin
eer. A. M. Cox Chief of Police.
The Executive Board orders four
discharged detectives reinstated.
Many beautiful bouquets received
from friends at City Hall, and many,
people call on the Mayor.
Resignations of Dn. George F.
WJUon. A. J. Olesy and R. C. Tenney.
of the Board of Health, received and
accepted, and the resignations
James D.- Hart and G. W. Allen,
the Water Board, are tendered.
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of
Mayor Simon spent a strenuous dav
at the City Hall yesterday, receiving
friends, presiding at board meetings,
making appointments, receiving resig
nations and signing warrants for cav
ing off municipal employes. A. M. Cox
was named Chief nt t-.ii.a i -
Executive Board promptly confirmed
the appointment. J. W. Morris was an
nounced for City Engineer, to take of
fice juiy is. The four discharged de
tectives were reinstated and ordered to
report for duty.
The opening of the administration
was characterized by promptness in
every meeting, business Irelng dis
patched rapidly, and Mayor Simon ap
peared perfectly at home in his new ca
paclty, although the duties were un
familiar to him.
Flowers Sent to Mayor.
Mayor Simon arrived at the Cltv TTull
at 9 o'clock and was ushered into the
executive office by Chief Janitor Rim
mons, who turned over to him the key
used by ex-Mayor Lane for the pa
ast
tour years. Beautiful bouquets o
flowers besran to nour In. manv npr.nn
al friends of the new Mayor called and
there were numerous telephone calls
At 9:30 nVlnrU the XTftvrtr nraalri
at the meeting of the Board of Wealth
and at 10:30 at a session of the Water
Board. He received the resignations' of
the members of the Board of Health
and accepted them, and the resignations
of two members of the Water Board
were tendered but are not yet accepted.
Pratt Alone Is Absent.
Promptly at 4 o'clock, the Executive
Board was called to order by Mayor Si
mon, all of the members being present
except Robert T. Piatt, who is out of
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OF MAYOR SIMON'S EXECUTIVE
Barbur, Deputy Auditors UruUe and
K. O'Shra. R. T.
Scientists Return to Hongkong,
After' Ions Trip to Birmarck
Archipelago, Wtlh Curios.
HONGKONG. July 1. The German
steamer Pelho, which, has been engaged
in a scientific researoh expedition for
some months past, arrived today from the
Bismarck Archipelago with many tons of
curios and 50 cases of tropical butterflies
aboard. After traversing many of the
waterways of the Bismarck group, the
Peiho headed toward New Guinea,- and
made its way 230 miles up the Kaiserin
Augusta River. Many of the curios were
secured on this trip.
The steamer stopped off Saint Mathews
Island, one of the wildest and most out
lying of the , Bismarck group. The na
tives of the island bear a bad reputa
tion among sailors and for the most part
are given to cannibalism. The explorers
on the Peiho took a recording grama
phone with them into the wilderness and
many records of the folklore songs of the
natives were secured.
The islanders, they say, showed great
Jealousy of one another as a result of their
dealings with the white men. The Peiho
will return to the Bismarck Archipelago
later in the year, carrying another party
of scientists to continue the work.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum tempera-tura,
degrees; minimum, b2 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwest winds.
foreign.
German explorers return from tour among
cannibals of Bismarck Islands. page x.
New earthquake at Messina and Regglo
kills two persons and causes terrible
panic. Page 6-
Indian student murders English Colonel and
Hindu doctor at public meeting In Lon
don. Page 1. '
National.
Borah and Root speak on Income and cor
poration taxes after Senate fails to agree
on day to vote. Page 6.
Sugar j rust and six officials Indicted tor
violating anti-trust law. Page 4.
Deficit at end of fiscal year much less than
estimated. Page o
Domestic.
Orville Wright makes three successful
flights with aeroplane. Page 3.
Women of Chicago defend Ella Gtngles, who
says white slavers tried to Kidnap ner.
Page 3.
Snow reports condition of all grain Im
proved since June 1,,
Chinaman found drowned near New York
believed to be Loon Ling. Page 5.
Politics.
Mayor McClellan removes Police Commis
sioner Bingham and all Bingham's as
sistants resign. Page 4.
Sport.
Coast League score: Portland 2, Oakland 8
Los Angeles 5, Vernon 0; Sacramento 3,
San Francisco 1- Page 8.
Harvard defeats Yale In varstty boatrace
and two minor races. Page 1.
TCorthwestern League scores: Portland 0,
Aberdeen 1 Seattle 6, Spokane 4; Van
couver io-v, Tacoma u-t. .fage a.
pacific Northwest.
Wild scenes attend secret session ousted
suffragists delegates. Page i.
Senate upsets plans for early recess at
Olympia. Page 1.
Schlvely appears before Senate In answer to
summons. Page 9.
Oregon teachers will conclude session
Albany today. Page 9.
Seattle couple to wed in balloon by using
wireless telephone. Page l.
Robbins accusations against stepmother fall
flat. Page 7.
Portland and Vicinity.
Mayor Simon begins administration and
makes appointments. Page J.
FYancls J. Heney arrives in Portland and
discusses graft prosecutions, page 14.
Harrlman trains will probably run to Puget
Sound in two months, says Traffic l
rector fc.ru dds. rage i.
United Railways accused of breaking terms
of franchise.! Page is.
Baptist missionaries tell of atrocities In
Congo. Page 12.
President Judson forces revision of resolu
tlon censuring Federal Government. Page
1Z.
Delegates to Baptist Convention unite In
praises of Portland. Page 13.
Defense secures release of state witness In
Uickerson murder case. Page 14.
Three days of mid-season meet of Rlversld
Driving Association opens this afternoon.
Page 8.
Beach season opens with sailing of steamer
l. J. hotter, page i.
Barley strong and oats weak In local mar-
net. rage iw.
BOARD TAKING. OATH OF OFFICE
Wleeand: StaiidinK, Samuel C
Piatt, the Tenth Member of the Board, I.
General Legislation Is
Taken Up.
HOUSE THEN PUTS OFF RECESS
Nichols Resolution Is Adopted
Without Delay.
COST OF PROBE STICKLER
Senate Cuts House Appropriation ol
$40,000 to $25.000 House Re
fuses to Concur and Confer
ence Is Now Necessary.
OLYMPIA, Wash., July 1. (Staff Cor
respondence.) Practically all the neces
sary resolutions preliminary to taking a
recess adjournment until August 11 had
been adopted, and a special train was
waiting at the station to take the mem
bers of the Legislature out of town late
this afternoon when, as one member ex
pressed it on the floor of the House, "the
Senate blew up."
House members are attempting tonieht
to agree upon adjournment tomorrow un
til the opening of the Impeachment trial
on August 11. The plan is to refuse to
consider any of the general legislation
passed by the Senate today, except the
appropriation of J40.000 for the expenses
of the impeachment trial, and the appro
priatlon of $2000 for printing for the Ac
countancy Board. Signatures of House
members are being solicited to a written
agreement to this effect, and the general
sentiment of the members seems favor
able to the plan.
The upper house opened the way for
general legislation by passing a bill ap
proprlating $2400 to pay for the adver
tising of equal suffrage, and succession in
office amendments to the state conetitu
tlon adopted by the regular session. The
commercial waterways bill, a bill appro
priating $2000 for printing for the State
Board of Accountancy and the Rydstrom
general game bill bobbed up in succes
slon, and all were passed.
May Keep at Work Next Week.
When the word reached the House that
the Senate was acting on the general
bills, the attempt to rush through a long
recess was abandoned
The House took up and passed the con
stitutional amendment printing appro
priation and then, with the Senate still
at work, adjourned until tomorrow at
10 o'clock. The Senate later adjourned
until the same hour.
The taking up of general legislation
opens the way for further sessions next
weekjunlese both houses dispose of busi
ness before them tomorrow. Either
house has authority, under a resolution
adopted earlier in the day, to take a re
cess until August 11.
Game Bill Starts Trouble.
In the Senate, however, the supporters
of the general game bill walked rough
shod over some members wr..- had
amendments to offer, and forced the
previous question. Bryan, of Kitsap, de
clares he will give notice tomorrow of a
motion to reconsider, which may hold the
bill back, and if the bill gets to .the
House it is almost certain to be the
subject of an extended debate and per
haps important amendment.
The method of continuing the investi
gation of state offices and departments
is now disposed of. The Nichols Senate
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IN COUNCIL CHAMBER AT THE
'ounelU George W. Brown. Cbarlea Smith. V. yiw
Absent From the City. .
Held to Contract, He Proposes to
Use Wireless Telephone to
Unite Happy Souls.
SBATTLE. July 1. (Special.) Love
laughing at locksmiths Is not one-half
the joke that is to be played upon cupid
next Saturday, when two souls will be
made one in a balloon, and the preacher
who says the words will transmit the
holy writ through the medium of a wire
less telephone. And thereby hangs a tale.
In the first place, next Saturday ie rail
way men's day at the Fair. For this occa
sion the railway men have framed up a
wedding in a balloon in which Miss Mar
garet A. Hall, piquant, winsome, charm
ing, is to become the bride of C. A. Beebe.
Mies . Hall is from Lewistown, Mont,
while Mr. Beebe lives here. In the
"frameup" for the railway men's attrac
tion. Rev. A. D. Carpenter, of the Baptist
Mission of this city, was chosen as the
officiating minister.
Rev. Mr. Carpenter today got "cold
feet." When he found that he would
have to go up in a balloon and that the
match was to be made, not in heaven, but
as near heaven as possible, he declined
to go up in the air.
In vain Rev. Mr. Carpenter pleaded
with Robert Cunningham, manager- of the
city ticket office of the Chicago, Milwau
kee & Puget Sound Railway here, and
begged to be released from his contract.
Mr. Cunningham was obdurate. Then a
happy thought occurred to him. Why not
use the wireless telephone, and not force
the minister to go up in the balloon.
And so it le arranged. Perhaps no
wedding ceremony was ever thought of
half as unique as this. And when the
time comes for Miss Hall to become Mrs,
Beebe the words will be said through
space many feet below the big gas bag
that Holds the principals.
BURKE DIES AS FREE MAN
O. R. & X. Train Kobber Is Par
doned by Governor Benson.
SALEM. Or., July 1. (Special.) Wil
liam Burke, serving four years for com
plicity in the O. R. & N. train robbery
near Portland several months ago, died
in the hospital this afternoon of pneu
monia.
Upon the recommendation of Judge
Gantenbein and District Attorney Cam
eron, of Multnomah County, and in an
swer to the appeals of Burke's aged
mother. Governor Benson pardoned
Burke on Tuesday, so that the young
man might die a free man.
Burke turned state's evidence and
helped to send the principal offenders
in the robbery to the penitentiary for
long terms.
CLERGY IS APPEALED TO
English Pastor Implores Sacrifices
for Nation's Defense.
VICTORIA, B. C. July 1. A. Conon
Hendon, of Westminster Abbey, also
rector of the British House of Com
mons Church, in a public address here
today, urged the clergy to preach sac
riflces everywhere to secure immedl
ately a needed army and navy fund.
Hendon declares England Is unarmed
and defenseless, and on the verge of a
contest for her national existence.
GOOD "COTTON WEATHER'
Mercnry Climbs- to 116 1-2 Degrees
in Ixwer California.
EL CENTRO, Cal., July 1. The ther
mometer this afternoon registered 116
breaking all records. Yesterday the
temperature reached 115. Cotton
growers claim the hot weather is ex
cellent for the crdp. No prostrations
were reported, but builders suspended
work.
CITY HALL
.inhn w i:mnhii n.n.. i n .1 .1
Is Second Consecutive
Victory for Crimson.
WRAY'S TRAINING GETS CREDI1
Yale Makes Bitter Contest U
Last Ha!f-Mi!e.
BUT ENDURANCE TELLS
Crimson's Two Victories in Succes
sion Repeat Feat of 1881 Har
vard Quickens Pace and
Keeps It to End.
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I FORTY-THREE RACES TO DATE. !
i Harvard's victory -was the 43d race
between the two big Eastern colleges. J
Prior to 1878 the races were held on
other than the New London course. t
and for & less distance. 'The records f
iof the New London races follow: I
Time of
T.-V"- ,lvlnner- Winner.
IS18 Harvard 20:44
1879 Harvard 2213 I
1SSO Vale... n4"7 I
4 Ssi Tale I!l:13 I
t 1SS2 Harvard 2o:47 I
4 1883 Harvard 24 :2? I
1 )S84 Yale 20-31 I
4 1.885 Harvard 25-151 I
. Yale 2o!41V I
1887 Yale 2r8 I
1888 Yale "IV10 I
1880 Tale 21:30 T
1890 Yale 21-29 I
1891 Harvard 21-23 7
1892 Yale 20-43
1S03 Yale 25:01 H i
1894 Yale 23:47 I
1805 Yale 2.1:30 I
IMltt I
1S97 I
1898 I
1899 Harvard 20 -52 14 I
1900 Yale 21 :12k I
1901 Yale 23:37 I
19021 Yale 2(1-20 I
1903 Yale 20:194 T
1904 Yale 2l:40H t
1905 Yale ...22:33 7
lfKMJ Harvard 23-02
A lfW'7 Yale 21:10 7
I 1908 Harvard 24:10
J 1909 Harvard 21:50
S- 'No races held, owln( to disagree- I
ment between colleges. I
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NEW LONDON. Conn, July 1. In a
notable exhibition of rowing: by a crew
remarkable for its physical endurance.
Harvard this evening defeated Yale in
their annual varsity eight-oared boat
race on the Thames. The crimson crew
led from start to finish and won by six
boat lengths. Harvard's time was
21:50, Yale's 22:10.
By . this victory Harvard won her
second consecutive boat race from
Yale In 28 years. Not since 1880 and
1881 has Harvard won two consecutive
races from Yale. Since 1885 Harvard
has won five varsity races from Yale,
including today's. Since Wray has
been coaching at Cambridge, Yale and
Harvard have met three times, and the
crimson has won two races.
Immense Crowd Sees Race.
The greatest crowd that has ever
assemb'ed on the Thames poured into
the city today. Harvard's growing
confidence in her boating system
brought double and quadruple the num
ber that usually follow the crimson to
the Thames, while Yale's determina
tion to win back her glory on the river
brought a record-breaking Yale crowd.
It was estimated that at least 40.000
persons witnessed the race from trains
and every other kind of vehicle and
from the yacht flotilla.
Although Harvard won by a hand-'
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