VOL. XL.IX XO. 15,16?. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FEDERAL POWER SERPENT CARRIES GIRL FIGHTS LION WITH LONG HATPIN PRAIRIE STATES LATHAM PLANNING SUPREME COURT ALLEGED PACKED STINGER IN TAIL AEROPLANE VOYAGE E IN PEBBIN'S CASE SWEPT BY FLOOD SNARE OF CXKXOWX SPECIES WHILE HER ESCORTS RUV FOR WILL STRIVE FOR PRIZE FOR CAUGHT IX PORTLAND. AID, SHE KEEPS BUSY. CROSSING CHANNEL. SCANDAL HIDDEN SHOULD ENLARG TaftSuggestsChanges in Constitution. NEEDED TO EFFECT REFORMS Criminal Law Also Should Be Better Administered. GOOD WORD FOR CANADA President 'Makes Significant Speech at Plattsmouth, (Jiving to Canada Praise as Great and Ris ing People. PLiATTBMOUTH. N. T.. July 7. En largement of the Federal power was sug gested aa a change in the Federal con stitution which will become necessary In a speech delivered by President Taft tonight at a banquet which formed part of the programme of the tercentenary of the discovery of Lake Champlaln. He also expressed the opinion that reform of the administration of the criminal law and conservation of natural resources were vital questions. New York States share In the celebra tion reached its climax today. To morrow the scenes of pageantry, the parades, the speechmaklng;, the Inter change of compliments among France, Ureat Britain and the United States, who shared In nie history making- of the Champlaln country, will be trans ferred across the lake to Vermont, and Burlington will have its fling. President Taft. Ambassadors Jusserand and Bryce, with Governor Hughes and Governor Prouty again today occupied the center of the stage. Senator Root was added to the prominent guests to day and delivered an historical oration at Plattsburg Barracks. Postmaster General Rodolfe Lemleux, of Canada, also spoke at the Barracks, and, with Mr. Hoot, th French Ambassador (poke again tonight at the banquet, where the expressions of friendly good will among the three great nations par ticipating In the tercentenary were em phasized. Mr. Jusserand said: "The spirit and all that was best in Champlaln lives again in President Taft and there is a people In a distant archi pelago who know it and feel it and who for centuries will bless his name." Canada Receives Honors. Canada had a large share in today's celebration and on the American mili tary reservation at Plattsburg barracks this afternoon the President and th other guests witnessed a parade of American and Canadian troops. An Ottawa regiment of Highlanders in scar let coats and kilts and another regi ment, the Governor-General's footguards. also from Ottawa, In uniforms of almost equal brilliancy participated. At the ceremonies at Plattsburg bar racks Mr. Hughes spoke first and was followed in turn by Mr. Prouty, Mr. Jus serand, Mr. Bryce, Mr. Lemieux. Mr. Root and Mr. Taft. Mr. Taft said: "I am delighted -to say that for 16 years I have spent most of my Summers in Canada and I have learned that north of us Is a great and rising people, a people bound to be prosperous, bound to be great, and whose prosperity and greatness I know that Americans are great enough not to be Jealous of, but to welcome." Most Conservative Nation. At the banquet tonight Mr. Taft. speak lng to the toast, "The United States,' declared that the United States const! tuted the most conservative nation in the world. , For. he continued, "we have the longest experience in self-government The President expressed the thanks of the American people to Canada for Hav ing sent her troops to take part in the Champlaln celebration and pointed out the spirit of amity that made possible the spectacle of the troops of the two frreat nations marching In parade under one commander. Strengthen Bond of Union. The President said that while he believed an enlargement of central authority might be necessary he had an abiding faith in the Constitution and In the Indestructible union of I destructible states. The President said In part: "The foreign affairs of the United States are committed to the central Government, but the State of New York and the State of Vermont have in this Instance taken a step that will prove and is proving most Important In our foreign relations. They have strength ened the United States and Great Brit ain, the United States and France and the United States and Canada. "And now to the subject that has been assigned me the United States. I think it te not too much to say that those who have studied our country, our civilization, our Constitution and our people will reach the conclusion that there is no country in the world more conservative than the Government of the United States. I note the changes that are taking place in gov ernment; In view of the new doctrines that are being advanced of a socialistic character, I think that is one of the most important things to emphasize with reference to the United States. "I do not mean to say that we are not (Concluded on Pas &.) Reptile Equipped Both Fore and Aft to Repel Enemies Owner Wants Creature Classified. A specimen of what is believed to be an unknown species of the snake family, locally at any rate, was cap tured on Gregory Heights yesterday by E. England, a member of a construction gang employed by the Home Telephone Company. The reptile Is about 18 Inches long and is not to exceed two inches in circumference. In color its back: Is of a dusty light olive shade, while Its stomach Is bright yellow. Its head Is small and out of all proportions to the body. In a way the snake some what resembles the blue racer or cop perhead, although It plainly does not belong to either of these species. The reptile apparently is doubly equipped for repelling its enemies. In addition to being provided with fangs in its head, common with the snake family, there is concealed in its tall a fang-like appendage about half an Inch In length, resembling a mosquito's bill, which shoots out from its hiding place whenever Its owner Is disturbed. This curious specimen Is exceedingly snail-like In its movements. While snakes are not plentiful in this state, Mr. England formerly lived In the East, where he became acquaint ed with many species of reptiles, but he Is doubtful If the specimen he cap tured yesterday is related to any of the species of which he has a knowl edge. Mr. England has taken the strange specimen to his home, 334 Park treet, where he will be glad to have the assistance of snake experts In iden tifying it. MYERS TO LOSE POSITION Baptist Pastor to Pay Dear for Crit icism of Chicago University. CHICAGO. July 7. (Special.) Rev. Johnston Myers, pastor of the Immanuel Baptiet Church, will pay for his attack on the members of the University of Chicago's faculty by retirement from the trusteeship of the divinity department of the university. This has been practically decided upon by the university officials. According to Dean Albion W. Small, act ing president of the university during the absence of President Harry Pratt Jud son. Rev Mr. Myers' term as trustee will expire within the present year, and he will be quietly retired. This was decided upon as the best pol icy. ' The university officials, he eaid. did not wish to embarrass Dr. Myers by calling a special meeting o the trustees to vote him out. Dr. Myers aroused a storm of indigna tion by declaring that atticism and im morality were taught in the Midway school. He said that the faculty mem bers were lax in their morals, and that there was no co-operation between them and-fhe students. WIZARD WILL TRY RADIUM Harrlman Going to Gastein to Seek Health in New Mineral Baths. VIENNA. July 7. (Special.) Friends of Edward H. Harrlman. the railroad mag nate who have returned from Semmering, report that his health is much improved by his stay in the mountains, and that he Is Buffering only from rheumatism, which causes him to walk stiffly. He drives, walks and passes considerable time outdoors every day. He goes to. Gastein Saturday, a few days earlier than had previously been arranged. Physicians promise the mil lionaire great benefit from the wonderful thermal springs there which recently were found to contain considerable radium. The baths are said to be espe cially efficacious for rheumatism and nervous disorders. Gastein Is crowded with fashionable visitors, Including many Americans and English. WRIGHT AS SUPREME JUDGE Taft to Appoint Democrat When Fuller Resigns Xext Fall. WASHINGTON, D. c, July 7. (Spe cial.) It Is learned here from good authority, that President Taft is to appoint ex-secretary of War Luke E. Wright, of Tennessee, to the Supreme eencn to succeed Chief Justice Fulle who. it is understood. Is to retire early next fan. General Wright Is in Washington now. While he denies the report, the appointment is almost certain. Mr. Taft considers Mr. Wright fitted Iii every way for the position and he feels that the selection of an old-line Demo crat like Mr. Wright will aid him In breaking the solid South. WESTON SLEEPS ALL DAY Aged Pedestrian Takes Long Rest Before Crossing Sierras. RENO. Nev.. July 7. Arriving In this city, 244 miles from San Francisco, at 2 o'clock this morning, Edward Payson Weston slept until 9 o'clock, breakfasted, arose and again retired. He left Rene at 6 P. M., and expects to make Truckee. 35 miles from Reno, early tomorrow morning. E. C. Brown, of the engineering corps of the Southern Pacific, will guide -the pedestrian through a pass over the Si erras that avoids the snowsheds. Weston is feeling well and arose greatly refreshed. Either Bonaparte or Devlin Smirched. WICKERSHAM KNOWS FACTS But Refuses to Give Up Docu ments Which Tell. NOT EVEN TO SENATORS Secret History of Ijand-Fraud Cases Believed to Show That Bona parte or Devlin Used Perjured Evidence. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 7. Hidden away in the ar chives of the Department of Justice, dou bly secure under official eeal, are docu ments which, if ever brought td light, will open up a scandal in Government circles quite as sensational as any exposure made by the sleuths and law officers of the Roosevelt administration. This scandal, however, instead of implicating the men pursued by the last administration, would involve the pursuers of criminals the very men chosen and intrusted with the work of running down and prosecuting graft ers and other violators of the law. No man, unless it be ex-Attorney-Gen eral Bonaparte, can eay how many offi cials are implicated in this smothered scandal, for none but he is familiar with all the records, and it was he who per sonally sealed and stowed away the in criminating documents. There is a law prohibiting the destruction of Government records; no eo long ago Binger Hermann was tried for the destruction of alleged official letterpress copybooks which he kept in the General Land Office. In face of the law, and with the memory it might be said the sad memory of the Hermann case fresh in his mind, Mr. Bonaparte did not dare dispose of the dangerous papers in hie possession at the time he retired from the office of Attor ney-General.. Took Peep and Shuddered. So it was that the records in question were done up in bundles, each carefully wrapped and sealed, and on each wrap per were written the words "Special private," "Confidential," or "Not to be opened." These explosive packages, on March 4, were intrusted to the new At torney-General, Mr. Wlckersham. He is now their guardian, and except in one in stance he has not disregarded the warn ing of his predecessor. The contents of the one package that was pried into con vinced Mr. Wickersham that it would be well for the reputation of his, and per haps other departments of the Govern ment, if the other bundles remained sealed until doomsday. Only an inkling of the contents of the first bundle that containing the record in the case of E. B. Perrin, of Williams, Ariz. has leaked out. After that leak, Mr. Wickersham restored the seal and all further access to the confidential files of his office has been denied. And, without the consent of the Attorney- (Concluded on Page 6.) wm Picnic Party Xear San Jose Is Marred by Perhaps Fatal Visit of Big Feline. SAN JOSE. Cal.. July 7. Miss Isola Kennedy, daughter of John Kennedy, of Morgan Hill, was attacked and terribly mangled yesterday, by a California lion 15 miles south of this city, while she was on an outing with two young men. The lion first sprang on one of the men, then attacked Miss Kennedy, who fought as best she could with a long hatpin. The boys ran to the camp of the Bay Cities Water Company nearby and gave the alarm. John Conlon and M. Fletcher hastened to the girl's aid. The former flFed four times' at the animal with a shotgun, and Fletcher fired three shots. The girl's left arm was terribly man gled and her entire body lacerated. Her condition is serious. One of the boys was badly scratched. PARLEYING TO BE STOPPED British and Russians to Act at Once in Persian Matter. TEHERAN, Persia, July 7. The Brit ish and Russian representatives have de cided to hold no further communication with the Constitutional forces, whose ad vance on Teheran continues. Saradar- asad is said to be within three miles of this city. The regiment of soldiers is bivouacking tonight In the Central Square of the city, with guns trained on the route which the Bakltari advance guard Is expected to take. m LIBERAL MAN MISSIONARY Divinity Graduate Who Doubts Bi ble Stories Ordained in New York. NEW TORK, July 7. The Rev. George Ashmore Fitch, one of three graduates of the Union Theological Seminary, who In a recent examination denied the virgin birth of Christ, the historical identity of Adam and Eve, the raising of Lazarus from the dead, and the resurrection of the body of Christ, was nevertheless or dained tonight by the New York Pres bytery by a vote of 10 to 7. He will sail this week for China to take up missionary work at Shanghai. OIL FIRE IMPERILS MEN Standard Oil Employes Leap Into River to Save Their Lives. NEW TORK. July 7 One hundred men who were at work on a pier of the Standard Oil Company in the Wil liamsburg section of Brooklyn, jumped into the East River today to escape shower of blazing oil when a tank on the pier exploded. The clothing of many of the men was on fire when they Jumped. One man was badly burned. The workmen were quick ly rescued by boats. MODERN RIP VAN WINKLE Prisoner Released After 2 5-Year Term Sees First Auto. TRENTON, N. J., July 7. After 25 years in the state prison here Patrick wuinn, 80 years of age, who was con victed of wife murder, was freed todsv He had never before seen automobiles or trolley cars, and was bewildered at the changed appearance of the city since he was imprisoned. GOSSIP OF CELEBRITIES. Bingo Herman Is said to have sent Francis J. Sweeney a loving cup as an expression of his gratitude for the "Great Prosecutor's" miraculous preservation from injury in the re cent auto accident near Castle Rock. Jack Humdrum, the celebrated author, owing to an attack of measles has been obliged to aban don the proposed circumnavigation of the globe in his rowboat, the Shark. Mr. Humdrum is a man of striking individuality. He is said to produce his best works while stand ing on his head. He also confesses a superstitious aversion to living in a house with a comb. Nor Is Mr. Humdrum less remarkable for his modesty; he has always disclaimed any credit for his greatness. Let evolution, says he, receive all the praise. senator Awruincn, the Senate leader, yesterday called in a delega tion of householders to help him re vise the tariff. A big reduction all along the line is looked for. Colonel Gofer announces that he will run for Governor. The Colonel has darkly hinted to friends that unless he is elected there is likely to be a prolonged drouth in the Wil lamette Valley. Seven Known Dead.but Eight Are Missing. RAILROAD TRAVEL PARALYZED Wall of Water Six Feet High Rushes Down Grand River. PROPERTY DAMAGE HUGE Heavy Rains and Melting Snow in Mountains Turn Missouri Valley Into Vast Sea of Slug gishly Flowing Water. KANSAS CITT, July 7. Swollen by tin precedented rain and by melting snows from the Rocky Mountains, the rivers of the Lower Missouri Valley are out of their banks, causing damage In many parts of Missouri and Kansas. The re sults of the flood up to a late hour to night were as follows: Train No. 6, of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, which left Kansas City at 9:25 A. M., for Denver, left the track at Pomona, Kan. Of the 10 coaches which made up tne train, a baggage and three day coaches left the track and slid into 18 feet of water. A telephone message from Pomona, Kan., at midnight, said the four-year- old daughter of Mrs. Carrie Rose, of Chicago, had been drowned In the wreck. Three hundred others persons who had taken refuge on top of the unaffected coaches were rescued by boats and quartered at nearby farm houses. Pomona in Midst of Lake. Pomona is almost completely Inun dated, the Marias des Cygnes River at that point being three miles wide. A relief train was sent from Ottawa to night with food and other supplies for the passengers, who were said to have climbed on top of the coaches for refuge from the rising waters. In Kansas City the situation Is threat ening. In the bottoms in the western section where are located the stockyards, wholesale warehouses and manufacturing plants, the waters from the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers are lap ping the danger line. Rowboats to Rescue 150 0. Pattensburg, a town in Missouri SO miles north of Kansas City, is ten feet under water, and its 1500 Inhabitants are In dire straits. Fifty rowboats were put on a special train at Kansas City this morning and hurried to the scene. Later reports say that the marooned citizens were all removed to higher ground without loss of life, but that the property damage will be tremendous. At Chillicothe, Mo., on the Grand River, six men were swept from a bridge this afternoon and were seen floating down the stream. Whether they reached shore was not learned. Slx-Foot Wall of Water. The bridge was carried out when a great (Concluded on Pace 4.) Has Three Competitors, but Is Con fident He Will Be First to Make Trip Over Water. PARIS. July 7. (Special.) Calais re ports that Hubert Latham may at any moment point his aeroplane toward Do ver, on the other side of the English Channel, and get aboard. The prospect of witnessing the first crossing by a machine of this kind has brought hun dreds of people to the city. Latham himself is full of confidence In the ven ture. He admits t"hat he may make the at tempt at any moment, but not before ac complishing several trials carrying him out over the water for Increasing dis tances. Latham will have two rivals for the $5000 prize offered by the Dally Mail for the first channel crossing in an aero plane. They are Louis Blerlof, and Wil bur Wright's pupils, M. Calderara and Count Lambert. ROOSEVELT HAVING SPORT Kills Lion in Full Charge, Lioness " and Four Rhinoceri. NAIVASHA, B. E. A., July 7. The Roosevelt expedition is enjoying good hunting and all the members of the party are well. This information was brought Into Naivasha today by cour iers from the Sotlk district. Mr. Roosevelt has killed a splendidly maned lion, one lioness and four rhi noceri. He brought down the lion while the beast was in full charge, the bullet penetrating the middle of the chest. Kerroit Roosevelt has secured one big bull eeland, one lioness and two rhinoceri. The party is coming Into tbe farm of Captain Richard Atterborough on the north shore of Naivasha Lake for hip popotamus hunting. DRAIN'S RECORD IS CLEAR Hamilton's Alleged Embezzlement Placed at $60,000. SEATTLE. July 7. Attorney-General Lamping, of Washington, after a searching Investigation of the accounts of his predecessor. Ortis Hamilton, with the United States War Depart ment, says that Hamilton, who is In Jail at Olympla awaiting trial or an embezzlement charge, converted prob ably $60,000 of the state's money to his own use and that James A. Drain, Hamilton's predecessor, has a clear rec ord. ' General Lamping spent several weeks in Washington and wltti the aid of the War Department, went through the state's accounts with the Depart ment for 10 years. FRENCH PRAISE BIG FLEET Paris Temps Ranks United States as Second Naval Power. PARIS, July 7. The Temps takes issue with M. Michel, who declared yesterday In the Chamber of Deputies during the debate on the naval Inquiry commission's report that Germany stood second among the naval powers. The Temps points out that second place Is held by the United States, which, with a fleet of 16 battle ships, "accomplished an admirable feat in the circumnavigation of the globe." The paper adds that all English au thorities class the United States second among the naval powers. Germany, therefore, would be third, and France fourth. MARINERS LOOK FOR RACE Two Pacific Liners Leave Honolulu for Bay City at Same- Time. HONOLULU, July 7. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's liner Mongolia and the steamer Alameda, of the Oceanic line, got an even start for San Fran cisco at 10 o'clock today. It Is not known whether or not an ocean race is in con templation, but In shipping circles an in teresting speed contest is anticipated. The Mongolia is considered to be some what the faster boat. The vessels should, reach their destination about noon next Tuesday. CAPITAL QUIET AFTER TEN Curfew at That Hour Will Bar Piano-Playing and Singing. WASHINGTON, July 7. "Piano play ing and singing after 10 o'clock at night is disorderly conduct, as much so as cursing or fighting." declared Judge Ivory G. Kimball in the Police Court today, in dismissing with a lecture a case against Raymond Leman. The court announced that hereafter a curfew would ring promptly at 10 o'clock, and all offenders brought before him would receive a fine. GIRLS MUST QUIT CHINESE Vancouver to Prohibit White Teach ers in Missions. VANCOUVER, B. C, July 7. (Spe cial.)' Police Commissioners of this city have decided to take steps to prevent young girls from teaching In Chinatown. The question, aroused presumably by the Elsie Sigel case, was brought up by Acting Mayor Prescott, and the police are to be requested to report cases of any white girls teaching in Chinese missions. Several women now teaching small missions are to be asked to relinquish their work. Corporations Said to Be in Control. TEATS MUST UPHOLD CHARGE Washington's Highest Tri bunal Drawn in Scandal. DE WOLFE CITES CASES Says Chief Corporations of State Are In Combine to Control High Tribunal When Cases of Per- i sonal Injury Are Before It. OLVMPIA. Wash., July 7. (Special.) The investigating committee tonight is sued a citation commanding Govnor Teats, of Tacoma, to appear at 1 P. M. tomorrow to testify as to his statement he can prove the 1907 law increasing the membership of the Supreme Court was designed to pack the court in favor of the corporations' side of personal Injury cases. This was the feature of today's sessions of the House committee investigating the Supreme Court. Representative David, of Tacoma, asked the subpena for Teats, who, David said, had told a Jury he could prove the Legislature of 1907 passed the bill increasing tne membership of the court by two to pack the bench in favor of corporations in personal injury cases. Corporations in Pool? Attorney Herbert de Wolfe. In the course of his long argument before the committee today, declared the chief cor porations of the state are in a pool to control Supreme Court decisions; that members of this court had violated their oaths of office by deciding cases con trary to the constitution and laws in fa vor of the Seattle Electric Company, and that Representative Palmer, of the com mittee, dare not sign an adverse report by the committee because it would cost him his employment by Seattle corpora tions. A. H. Denman, of Tacoma, who was attorney In an unsuccessful personal injury suit of Skinner against the TaT coma Railway & Power Company, was on the stand to testify that In Its deci sion in that case the Supreme Court had stated facts upon which the opinion was based which were contra dicted by the evidence, and were not the facts shown by the evidence in the case. De Wolfe Goes Into Cases. During the day a split occurred in the committee, on a motion by Palmer that De Wolfe simply cite his cases (Concluded on Pags 6. ) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 68 degrees; minimum, 64 degree. TODAY'S Fair; westerly wind a. jr'oredirn. Revolution against Reyea in Colombia. Page 3. Aeronauts preparing to fly across English Channel. Page 1. Riotous scene in Italian Chamber of Deputies. National. Taft speaks at Lake Champlaln celebra tion in favor of enlarging Federal power. Page 1. Senate finally rejects Income tax and will ' vote finally on tariff bill today. Page 3- Greatest American fleet ever assembled be gins maneuvers today. Scandal Involving Bonaparte or Devlin may be hidden In secret land fraud papers. Page 1. Politics. Attorney-General Wickersham proposes plan for states to kill trusts. Page 2. Domestic Girl mangled by mountain lion near San Jose. Page 1. Cush man's body starts for Tacoma for burial. Page 3. Education convention has warm discussion. and fight over book trust is brewing. Page 5. Terrible floods in Missouri River valley cause seven deaths, with eight persona missing and train wrecked. Page 1. Benson goes to jail for land fraud, but con tinues fight for freedom. Page 3 Ella Glngles tells revolting atory of being drugged and slashed In hotel. Page 5. Sport. Coast League scores : Portland 13, Vernon 3; San Francisco 6, Oakland 2; Sacra mento 3. Los Angeles 2. Page 7. Northwestern League scores: Portland S, Seattle 1; Aberdeen 2 Vancouver 0. Spo-kane-Tacoma, rain. Page 7. Pari fle Northwest. Charges made Washington Supreme Court Is packed in interest of corporations. Page 1. Larger crowds attend Chautauqua assembly at Gladstone. Page 6. Indian carousals stir up Summer resort town of Newport. Page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Snake, with stinger In Its tall, found on En at Side. Page 1. S. I.ipman. prominent merchant, called by death. Page 16. Young Bowen in Jail repents of attempted hold-up. Page 12. Federal attorney hopes to secure first con viction in West for setting forest fires. Page 11. George L. Baker elected President of the Council with slight opposition. Page 12. Portland Festival' Chorus will leave for Se attle fair by special train today, page 10. Big dividend announced for Title. Guarantee & Trust depositors. Page 10. Protest against change in Stel bridge lo cation forwarded to War Department. Page 4. Photographer alleges plot to secure control of his property. Page 0. W". J. Phillips will probably be appointed master mechanic of Fire Department. Page 12. Brigadier-General Mavis assumes command of Department of the Columbia. Fag IQt,