Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, July 15, 1909, Image 1

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    VOL.. XLTX NO. 1.1.17:t.
THE MORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FEARS THAW WILL
ATTEMPT TO KILL
VITRIOL THROWN
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DEEP W ATER.
AVERAGES 40 MILES PER DAY
THROUGHOUT TRIP.
WHEA
NEW
HIGH
RECORD
Why Evelyn Thaw Does
Not Want to Testify.
ASKS TO HAYE HIM SEARCHED
Will Tell About Threats When
Court Orders Today.
HE CONTEMPLATES MURDER
Conrt Will Decide Today That She
M ust Testify Ir. Sills Says
Thaw Still Gives Her CKer
$5 00 a Month.
WHITE PLAINS. N. V.. July 14. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. EJvelyn Thaw will take the
witness stand tomorrow and will be per
mitted to testify as to a threat to kill
her made. It Is alleged, hy her husband
during one of her earliest visits to him In
Matteawan Asylum.
She stated today to acquaintances and
to officials who are seeking to keep her
husband in restraint that, though she
may he called to the stand and directed
by the court to testify, she will not utter
one word about her husband until he has
been searched for weapons in her pres
ence. She said she had long been con
vinced that It is Harry Thaw's intention
to take her life if he ever regains his
liberty.
rcputy Attorney -General Clarke, who is
conducting the state's case in the pro
ceedings brought by Thaw against Dr.
Amos T. Baker, superintendent of Mat
teawan Hospital and" Thaw's custodian
there, was sufficiently impressed with
Mrs. Thaw's representations to cause one
of his representatives at the close of to
day's session to make sure, unknown to
Thaw, that the latter had no weapon con
cealed, about him.
LIPS SEALED FXTIL, TODAY
Conrt Will Thn Teell Evelyn Thaw
to Repeat Thaw's Threat.
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y.. July 14. Eve
lyn Thaw'a lips were still closed by legal
technicalities today and she did not re
sume the stand, as expected, to testify
for the state In opposing Harry K.
Thaw's attempt to prove himself sane.
The state's attorney announced at ad
journment yesterday that they would
show today that the much disputed con
versation between Thaw and his wife at
the asylum, in which Thaw Is supposed
to have threatened to kill her when he
got out, was not privileged, and therefore
Evelyn Thaw would be recalled and her
testimony ' on this point would be ad
mitted. This was not done, however.
Again tomorrow the state will attempt
to show that this conversation should be
admitted. At adjournment tonight Jus
tice Mills intimated to Thaw's counsel
that he was inclined to admit It.
Evelyn's Attitude Pnzzle.
A great crowd packed the courtroom to
day. The testimony was enlivened at
times by bits of humor and Thaw often
laughed heartily at some remark at his
expense. Attendants at Matteawan testl
fied that he always appeared rational in
speech and action, and several physicians
testified along the same line
Evelyn Thaw's attitude toward her hus
band Is puzzling.' ' It is not generally
Known whether she would rather see hi
Tree or confined as a lunatic While1 she
has often been quoted as repeating In
effect her famous declaration, "I'll stand
by you, Harry," it is reported that. In the
event that heftesUmony ultimately goes
against Thaw, his attorney will call
witnesses to show that she remarked that
she was glad to see him in Matteawan.
The former chorus girl has not Joined the
Thaw family during the hearing. When
she left White Plains today she traveled
to New York alone.
Thaw Still Supports He.
During her testimony yesterday Mrs.
Thaw said that her husband was not
supporting her properly, but it was
brought out on the stand today that
he is paying her $500 a month.
Dr. Valdimir Sillo, a New York prac
titioner, testified that he had seen Thaw
about 25 times In all. and that Thaw
always appeared rational. Dr. Sillo
related a conversation with Thaw at
Matteawan. In which Thaw referred to
an Incident at the Hotel Knickerbocker
in New York, in which Evelyn Thaw
figured. I
" 'I regret very much she persists in
keeping herself so much in the public
eye." Thaw said, 'but what can I do? I
have done everything I can for her.' "
said the witness.
Dr. Sillo testified that for the last
three months Harry Thaw had been
sending him $70 a week and $200 at
the end of each month and that he had
been turning the money over to Thaw's
' wife, as he had been Instructed to do.
Miss Anna G. W. Payley. a lawyer, of
Poughkeepsie, testified today that she
had attended to some small legal mat
ters for Thaw when he was in the
Poughkeepsie Jail and had frequently
seen and talked with him during that
time. He always impressed her as ra
tional, she said.
Miss Mary Murane, matron of the
Poughkeepsie Jail, testified that "Thaw
always appeared rational."'
At this point Deputy Attorney-CSen-CContlnuaA
on face s.)
,tor t'li.irtroil With Cowardly As
slt Victim Escapes Se
rious Injury.
"T ri-:"" that will spoil your looks,
dv lare.l Walter Preen yesterday, a he
threw the contents of a vial of vitriol
Into the foe of 1 is wife. Elizabeth Breen.
Fortunately for the woman, who ap
peared at the police station yesterday
afternoon and caused a complaint to be.
iss ed for the arrest of her husband,
.Breen made a mistake In his purchase at
a local drug store, prior to making the
cowardly assault, and received blue vit
riol, instead of the more deadly drug,
which Is another name for sulphuric
acid. In consequence. Mrs. Breen
escaped all permanent disfigurement, al
though she declares it was through no
intentional mistake of her husband's.
Breen was arrested by Patrolman
Oraves, and will have a hearing in the
Municipal Court this morning. By pro
fession, Breen is an actor. On the stage
he is known as Walter Oro, and he Is
said to bs a former manager of the Star
Theater. Mrs. Breen is conductress of a
tailor shop at 271 Taylor street. Breen
is charged with threatening hie wife with
bodily injury. -
MAN BOUNDS LIKE BALL
Falls From Tenth Floor and Every
, Bone in Body Is Broken.
SEATTLE. Wash., July 14. (Special.)
W. H. Simpson, aged 43, fell from a
window on the tenth floor of the White
building at 9:30 this morning and was
fatally injured. Every bone in his body
was broken.
Simpson was washing windows and
had not fastened his safety belt to the
ledge.
As the man bounded from one plat
from to the other like a huge rubber
ball, the rebound caused him to turn
over so many times that every portion
of his body had struck before he final
ly reached the inside of the court. ,
BODY IS FOUND ON TRAIL
ictor Ettwein. of Tillamook.
Thought to Be Suicide.
TILLAMOOK, Or.. July 14. (Spe
cial.) The body of Victor Ettwein wa
found this morning on a trail leading to
his homestead near Beaver. It was not
known at first whether he hal com-
mlted suicide or had been murdered.
Sheriff Crenshaw and Coroner Hawk
believe Ettwein had made two attempts
to take his life with a rifle, the second
shot penetrating the temple.
Ho left a letter written in German
bidding everybody goodbye. He was
about 50 years old and had acted
strangely of late.
JAPANESE SEALERS SEIZED
Schooner and 1 8 Men Taken hy
United States Revenue Cutter.
SEATTLE, July 14. A dispatch from
Seward. Alaska, says that the United
States revenue cutter Perry has seized
the Japanese sealing schooner ' Takl
with 18 men, while they were killing
seals within three miles of the Priby
loff Islands.
Four boats and crews belonging to
the Takl and her crew were taken to
Unalaska. There were more Japanese
sealers in Behring Sea than for ten
years.
ROOSEVELT IN "DRY CAMP"
After Long Day's March Hunters
Find Pool Dried l'p.
NAIVASHA, B. E. A.. July 14. The
members of the Roosevelt party are ac
tive In their search for game in the vi
cinity of Lake Naivasha, Monday and
Tuesday of this week the party was on
the march from dawn until after night
fall.
At the end of the first day the pool that
had been the objective was found to have
dried up and the party had to spend the
night in a waterless camp.
GOLD BASIS IN GUATEMALA
Congressman Sulzer Arranging for
Refinancing of Republic.
NEW ORLEANS, July 14. The Times-
Democrat will say tomorrow:
Through the efforts of Congressman
William Sulzer, of New York, and a large
New York bonding syndicate, President
Cabrera Is negotiating for the refinancing
of Guatemala.
It is stated that Mr. Sulzer has ax
ranged through the syndicate to negotiate
a loan of J25.000.000 for Guatemala and
to place the country on a gold basis.
SPANIARDS SHELL JVIOORS
Put to Flight Army Which Prepares
Attack on Melilla.
MADRID. July 14. A. dispatch from Me
lilla says Spanish vtroops at Atalayou
shelled a body of tribesmen who were
making preparations to attack the
Spanish forces. Several trrbesmen were
killed or wounded and the others fled.
BARECLONA, July 14. An additional
force of 4000 Infantry with a section of
machine guns under General Delmax has
embarked, for ilellila
R. F. Brackett Says He
Was Thugs' Victim.
HIS STORY DOUBTED BY POLICE
Well-Dressed Men Seen Run
ning from Scene of Crime.
MAY BE WOMAN IN CASE
Many Facts Conflict with Story of
Member of Engineering Firm,
Whose Wound May Be
Fatal, Say Doctors.
Under clrcumrtances which are to a
large degree surrounded by mystery, R.
F. Brackett. 39 years old, member of the
firm of Brackett & Myers, electrical con
tractors and engineers, at 27 Second
street, was shot and perhaps fatally
wounded on the sidewalk a few minutes
after midnight this morning on Yamhill
street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth.
He Is now in the Good Samaritan Hospl
tal with a pistol wound in the left abdom
inal region, which he may not survive.
Surgeons operated on him, and several
hours later they were uncertain as to his
ultimate recovery.
There were not witnesses to the shoot
lng. but three people saw incidents . im
mediately after the pistol shot which
tend to show that the shooting was the
result of some private affair of Brack
ett s, and not an attempt to hold him
up. as he stated to the police and others
immediately afterwards. His assailants
were two well-dressed men, according to
all witnesses, but their identity Is not
known. A woman who might also have
some relation to the case is also un
known. The witnesses to the affair are
Mrs. Ward, of 175 Fourteenth street; "R.
E. Dent, an employe of the O. JR. C. sta
bles. Fourteenth and Yamhill streets, and
S. Twarowskl, a mailcarrler, who has a
bam on Fifteenth street.' between Yam
hill and Taylor streets.
Significant. Remark Heard.
Mrs. Ward heard a pistol shot a few
minutes after 13 o'clock. She rushed out
her back door and saw two men running
south on Fifteenth . street. Just before
that she had heard some one say; "Well,
I guess you've got me this time." This
remark came fiom the same direction
from where a. few seconds later the pistol
shot sounded. Mr. Twarowskl was un-
nucning nis r.orse wn-en the shot was
fired. He looked out in time to see the
same two men running south on Fif
teenth street. Later Mrs. Ward saw the
two men standing in. the shadow of
tree when the police patrol wagon drove
up, and then heard one of them say:
"This is no place for us now. We had
better get away." This was the last seen
of them. They headed west on Fifteenth
street.
After Brackett was shot he staggered to
the O. R. C. stables and asked Dent to
g?t him assistance. "Two men stepped
out from behind a tree on Yamhill, be
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth," sa!d
Brackett, "and they held me up with a
gun. One of them said, 'Throw up your
hands,' and the other one said 'Shoot."
(Concluded on Page 4.)
Veteran Reaches Oakland Mole at
9:41 P. M., His Elapsed Time
Being 105 Days, 5:41
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14. Vigorous as
a man of half 70 years and stridine out
like a soldier on parade despite the 40
miles he tramped during the day, Edward
Payson Weston set foot in San Francisco
at 10:40 tonight with his 4000-mile Journey
from New York completed.
The actual distance covered by the
white-haired athlete was 3925 miles by
mile-posts, but figuring the thousands of
times he has swung from side to side of
the way. he has tramped nearly 4200
miles. The time consumed on the Jour
ney was 105 days 5 hours and 41 minutes.
He has maintained a gait of nearly 40
miles a day all the way across the con
tinent.
Weston's long road actually ended at
Oakland Mole, where he arrived at 9:41
o'clock tonight, attended by a crowd of
admirers who had waited hours for his
arrival. To offset the ferry trip the pe
destrian doubled on his trail before reach
ing Oakland, covering six additional
miles. With this accomplished the iour-
ney ended when he walked into the dis
patcher's office on the Mole.
No plans for the immediate future have
been laid by Mr. Weston, but it is stated
that he is contemplating a tramp to
Seattle during the Alaska-Yukon-PaciHc
Exposition.
CONVENTION RATES OPEN
All Westerners May Travel at Fare
and Half to East.
CHICAGO, July 14. (Special.) Re
duced passenger fares to Chicago, St.
Louis, Kansas City. Omaha and St. Jo
seph will be available this Summer from
ail states west of the Missouri River, as
a result of a decision Just announced by
a number of leading Western railroads,
which competitive conditions will make
applicable .to all roads.
It has been decided to open to the gen
eral public rates of a fare and a half for
the rounds trip from points west of the
river which were granted on account of
Fall and Summer merchants' meetings at
these cities, provided there is a minimum
attendance at each meeting of 100 or more
persons holding certificates from organi
zations under whose auspices excursions
are held.
The reasoa for .iiioning these rates to
the public generally is ascribed to an
opinion rendered by the legal department
of one of the roads that to confine re
duced fares to a specified class of persons
constituted discrimination against the
general public In violation of rulings of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
LONG TRIP MADE TO WED
Groom Travels 1000 Miles From
Alaska, and Bride 2000 Miles.
SEATTLE, Wash.. July 14. (Special.
Frank R. Hopper, assistant secretary of
the Porcupine Gold Mining Company,
Journeyed 1000 miles to Seattle from Por
cupine, Alaska, and Miss Marian Morse
came 2000 miles from Kansas City last
week to bring a romance to a successful
end.
Mr. Hopper was originally from Kansas
City, where he and his wife were school
day sweethearts. They will make their
home in Porcupine for the rest of the
season and will divide the remainder of
the time between Seattle and Kansas
City. Mr. and Mrs. Morse, accompanied
their daughter to Seattle and will go to
Alaska with the young couple.
'DO I HEAR A NOISE LIKE A VETO?"
Von Buelow Goes Out;
Hollweg Comes In.
WILLIAM COURTS PUBLICITY
Receives New and' Old Minis
ters in People's View.
VICTORY FOR REICHSTAG
Rejection of Von Buelow's Bill for
New Taxes Cansed Retirement
and Marks Step to Respon
sible Ministry.
BERLIX. July 14. Prnee von Bue ow.
Chancellor of the Empire, retired from
office today and was succeeded by Dr.
von Betbmann-Hollweg. The latter was
succeeded by Herr Delbrueck as Minister
of the Interior and Vice-Chancellor Herr
Sydow, Secretary of the Imperial Treas
ury, has been appointed- to the Depart
ment of Commerce, while Herr Wermuth,
Under Secretary of the Interior, Is the
new Secretary , of the Treasury. Herr
von Trott zu Solz. president of 'the
Province of Brandenburg, succeeds Lud1-wig-Holle,
Prussian Minister of Public In
struction, who has retired because of ill
health.
Says Farewell In Public.
The Emperor, departing from all court
traditions, transacted the business per
taining to the change of Chancellors with
the broadest publicity. His Majesty re
ceived Prince von Buelow upon a small
garden terrace between the palace and
an arm of the Spree in view of a great
crowd of specators, who gathered on
Electors Bridge, some 60 yards away, and
In Burgstrasse on the other side of the
narrow stream.
About 10 o'clock this morning the Em
peror appeared on the terrace, walking
alone. A servant soon announced Von
Buelow. After 20 minutes His Majesty
screened from the public tiehlnd the thick
shrubbery, embraced the Prince and
waved Ms hand affectionately as the lat
ter withdrew. Dr. Hollweg then ap
peared. Welcomes Xew Chancellor.
Later his majesty received in audience
several members of the Federal Council
from the Kingdoms of Bavaria, Wurtem
burg and Saxony. Finally he received
together Herr Delbrueck, Herr Sydow.
Herr Wermuth and Herr von Trott zu
Solz.
The Emperor presented the retiring
Chancellor with the order of the Black
Eagle, set In diamonds and with it a
cordial letter, which is published in the
official gazette, expressing his reluctance
at parting with his Chancellor and Bub-
scribing himself: "Your grateful sover
eign."
Means Responsible Ministry.
The political aspect of the - change Is
important. Prince von Buelow is the
first German Chancellor who has been
compelled to leave office because of an
adverse parliamentary majority. The
change today Is regarded by the Liberals
as a long step toward ministerial respnsl-
(Continued on Page 3.)
One Body Recovered After Sad End
ing to Sunday School Festivity
Xear Vancouver, B. C.
VANCOUVER. B. C, July 14. While
wading hand in hand on the beach of
Burrard Inlet. 12 miles from Vancouver,
this afternoon, a teacher and four of her
girl pupils, members of a Sunday school
picnic party, pot into deep water and
were drowned.
The dead are:
Miss Gertrude Ankers, aged 25. the
teacher.
Annie Murphy, aged 17.
May Murphy, aged 15. her sister.
Alice Poison, aged 12.
Signl Buck, aged 10.
The children and their teacher had
gone to the beach from the Brownsville
School, near New Westminster. They
had been on the beach three hours when
they decided to go in battling.
Donning their bathing suits, they Joined
hands with Miss Ankers and waded out-
One of the girls stepped off a ledge into
deep water. The others tried to save
her. but one by one were pulled in and
were carried away by the tide.
A number of boys bathing farther up
the beach heard the screams of the girls
and rushed to their assistance, but ar
rived too late. The body of Miss Ankers
was recovered soon after, but nonof the
otners has been found.
MUD HEN IS NOT DUCK
"Iteform"- and "Anti-Reform"
Forces at Union Declare Truce,
LA GRANDE, Or., July 14. Speclal.)
Aiinough the court at Union today held
that technically a mud hen Is a duck
under the statutes, the case of the state
against ex-Mayor Law was dismissed on
grounds a mud hen is not a game bird
and It is not the spirit of the law to pun
ish a man for killing mud hens.
With this decision, the legal battles
growing out of the sensational strife be
tween the "reform" and the "anti-re
form ' elements came to an end this
afternoon. Councilman Pratt and John
Wrolfe, convicted and fined Jo for assault
and battery, came Into court today and
nsKea mat tneir nnes be Increased, so
they would be assured of an appeal to
the Circuit Court. This was contested
by District Attorney Ivanhoe. who de
clared he would dismiss the cases If the
appeal should be allowed.
LAUNCH TO BRAVE WAVES
Craft Only 2 8 Feet Long Starts
From Aberdeen to Alaska.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. July 14. (Special.)
Braving the waves of the Pacific in an
open gasoline launch not more than 28
feet long and provisioned for a ten-day
run is the feat attempted by George Pott,
who left yesterday for Wrangell, Alaska
In the Duck.
Pott will enter the Straits of Fuca and
plans to take the Inside passage through
the Gulf of Georgia and the islands of
southeastern Alaska. A portion of the
trip will be comparatively safe, but much
of the way lies through the open sea.
After leaving the northern coast of Van
couver Island, Pott must navigate the
length of Queen Charlotte Sound and will
there be fully exposed to the full sweep
of the Pacific.
PIGEONS START ON FLIGHT
Leave Albany for Visalia, Cal., 60 7
' Miles Away.
ALBANY, Or.. July 14. (Special.)
Flying due south, six carrier pigeon
started from Albany at 5:05 o'clock thi
morning on a flight of 607 miles to VI
salla. Cal. They were sent here by a
Visalia homing-pigeon association for the
purpose of a test flight, and the time it
takes each bird to cover the distance will
be recorded.
The pigeons lost no time in circling to
get the direction when they were lib
erated. but started straight southward.
all keeping together. After flying abou
two miles they circled once and again
turned to the southward, flying rapidly
They are expected to reach Visalia before
dark tonight.
AWAITS HARRIMAN'S WORD
Southern Pacific to Electrify Whole
Sacramento Division.
NEW YORK. July 15. It is stated that
orders amounting to $13,000,000 for th
electrification of the Sacramento division
of the Southern Pacific Railway a
project that has been under consideration
for some time will be placed as soon as
a cable of authorization, now expected
hourly, is received from E. H. Harrlman.
Steep grades, heavy snowfall and many
snowsheds ' and tunnels have always
hampered steam locomotives In the haul
from Reno, Nev., to Sacramento, Cal.
STAAK TO LEAVE GERMANY
American Marksmen Ordered Out
for Dodging Army Service.
HAMBURG, July 14. F. Staak, a
German-America marksman, who ar
rived here to take parkin the shooting
competition, received today notification
from the police to leave the country.
No reason was given, but presumably
Mr. Staak, who was born In Prussia,
failed to perform hi's military service
"before leaving Germany. Mr. Staak
is the proprietor of a cafe in New York.
Gus Zimmerman, of New York, today
.won the cup for rapid-firing.
July Cash Grain Is Held
at $1.27 Mark.
RICE LEAPS CENT AT TIME
'atten Said to Be Repeating
Deal Worked in May.
RATE OF $1.50 PREDICTED
Rush of Shorts to ("nrpr Stnili
Ora4n First to $1.3 5, and
Later Deals, With Bad Re
ports, Add Two Cents.
CHICAGO. July 14. (Special. Julv
wheat Jumped seven cents in the stormy
pic ioaay, setting a new hih mark
for cash cereal and giving promise of
repetition of the Patten corner in
May. The price was forced un from
J1.20 to ti.27. James A. Patten is in
command of the bulls, as he was in the
May market, and the forcing of tha
present price to within a few cents of
the record of the May deal gives prom
ise of another coup.
Twice during the day the pit was
thrown into a turmoil, first when five
cents were added to the price early
in a few minutes, and again near tha
close when two more points were added
to the total. Meanwhile Patter who is
reported to be long 5,000,000 bushels,
told the bears to buy in their wheat
in the pit. His advice was followed
and the market boomed.
Elevator Men "Hedge."
Leading warehousemen and profes
sional traders are the principal shorts.
Elevator men weeks ago bought wheat
in the fields in Kansas, Oklahoma and
other Winter wheat states. They
hedged against their country purchases
(Concluded on pae 3.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The WcWher.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. S4
degree; minimum. 56 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, westerly winds.
Foreign.
Persian Cossack surrender to Nationalists,
who will attack. Shah's palace. Page 3.
Xew Chancellor installed in Germany and
Reichstag increases power. Page 1.
National.
Whole of Deschutes right of way soon to
be, approved. Page 2.
House tariff conferees object to letting Pres
ident choose experts. Page 4.
Taft alarmed at rumors corporation tax la
to be dropped. Page 4.
Domestic.
Railroads to grant convention rates to all
passengers West. Page 1.
July wheat advances 7 cents and Patten
still rules. Page 1.
Chinese government says Elsie Slgel com
mitted suicide and shields Leon Ling.
Page 3.
Mrs. Sayler not allowed to attend husband's
funeral for fear of lynching. Page 3.
Ella Gtnglca discredited by Canadian wit
nesses and story denied by Agnes Bar
rett!. Page 3.
Evelyn Thaw refuses to testify against hus
band until he is searched for weapons.
Page 1.
Elks elect Preston Grand Loyal Knight
and have outing on beach. Page 2.
Moyer supreme In Miners Federation and
he attacks Gompers. Page 4-
Strike at mills near Pittsburg causes deadly
riot. Page 4.
Sports.
Coast League score: Portland 0. Facra
mento 1 ; San Francisco 6. Vernon 4;
Oakland 3. Los Angeles 1. Page 7.
Olympic Club wins nearly all events at Pa
cific A. A. V. meet. Page 7.
Flynn has much best of Papke in 10-round
fight. Page 7.
Thirty-two matches played in state tennis
tourney. Page t.
Northwestern League scores: Portland 4,
Tacoma ; Seattle 4. Spokane 0; Aber
deen 3, Vancouver li. Page 7.
"Weston completes walk to San Francisco
and is given ovation. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Five younir; girls drowned at Vancouver,
B. G. Page 1.
Young girls chosen to draw lucky numbers
In Indian land lottery. Page 3.
Fletcher Homan, president of Willamette
University. upeaks at Chautauqua.
Page 3.
Escaped convict betrayed to authorities by
false friend. Page 5.
Portland and Vicinity.
Walter Breen. actor, arretted on charge of
throwing vitriol In wife's face. Page 1.
Record made in skirmish run at Clackamas
military maneuvers. Page 11.
Mayor Simon will study civic questions on
trip to Seattle. Page IO.
Mayor expedites business and Council ses
sion Is brief. Page 11.
Suit over valuabl timber claim heard by
referee in Federal Court. Page 12.
Site at Fourth and Jefferson offered city
for new jail. Page 10.
Mrs. Melville G. Bradley, or Kakouras. may
be prosecuted for bigamy. Page 11.
Four wives file suits for divorce. Page 12.
Disbarment proceedings may he Instituted
against Lawyer Chlnnock for sharp prac
tice. Page 10.
Travelers from many cities unite In prais
ing Portland. Page
Largs sum to be spent by railroads on Una
between Portland and Sound. Page 16.
Large percentage of women among tourists
In Portland. Page 1 2.
Deal Is on for sale of Guild's lake property.
Page 11.
R. F. Brackett victim of mysterious shoot
- ing. Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat leaps up 7 points in Chicago during
stormy deal. Page 17.
Fair nop crop assured in Oregon this year.
Page 17.
New York stock market slumps as far as
speculation goes. Page 17.
Oceanmasters will withdraw from the Asso
ciation of Masters, Mates and Pilots
Pag a 10.