c THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1909. VOL. XLIX. XO. 15,174. LEITER HAS FIGHT WITH CONDUCTOR SEVERE QUAKE IN SOUTHERN GREECE MYSTERY DEEP IN CRANE PICKED FOR CHINESE MINISTER PROMINENT CHICAGO AN WILIi BE GOOD MAX IN OFFICE. SILL HOPE FOR SUO LUMBER TAX BA TIE RAGES IN- EHERAN STREETS TO KILL HIS WIPE BRAGKETT CASE PROVINCE OF ELIS SUFFERS LOSS OF SCORES OF LIVES. THAWTHREATE JED Midnight Shooting Is Baffling Police. VICTIM NAMES TWO MEN Says That J. M. Main and Louis Quimby Attacked Him. ALIBIS CLAIMED FOR BOTH Sforj That They Were Ont of Town Is Partially Substantiated Mrs. K. M. Brown, Woman in Case, Fails to Fxplain It. PRINCIPALS IX TITK BRACKETT MYSTERY. R. F. Brackett Declares he was shot by one of two men. John M. Main or Louis Quimby, friends of Mrs. R. M. Brown. John M. Main Declare he was in Ashland from Tuesday night until yesterday ar.d that he Is not rival of Bracket! Mrs. R. M. Brown Says she knows no motive for the shooting; was a companion of Brackett on Wednesday nlglit before the shoot In r- Mrs. R. F- Braokett Cannot ex plain the mystery, nor is she con cerned about It. Her only hope la for the recovery of her husband. Ixniis Quimby Reported to be out of the city with his wife, visiting; the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition In the murderous assault committed upon Rae F. Brackett, a well-to-do elec trical contractor, at midnight Wednesday, on Yamhill street, near Fourteenth, the police have developed a mystery which bids fair to defy unraveling. While, the victim of the shooting Is lying in a very critical condition In the Good Samaritan Hospital and surgeons are endeavoring to save his life, developments are arising making the case one of exeretnely sen sational interest and of a puzzling and mysterious complexion. The principal facts brought out by yes terday's police investigation are that the victim accuses two of his close friends of the crime and rebate the Identity of the woman over vi-hom he alleges the shooting occurred. Alibis are claimed for both suspects. All the men are married and the woman has been mar ried, but Is now divorced.. The men ac cused by Mr. Brackett of the assault are J. M. Main, a manufacturer's agent occupying offices at 8!8 Chamber of Commerce building, and Louis Quimby. a salesman for the Allls-Chalmers Com pany, of Seattle, dealers in machinery, who have a branch In Portland at 94 First street. Mr. Quimby lives at the Mordaunt apartment-house. 686 Everett street. ' Woman In the Case. Mrs. R. M. Frown, a widow, hardly more than 30 years of age. who conducts a rooming-house at 635 Yamhill street, is the cause of the trouble, according to Rrackett's statements made yesterday to Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald and Detectives Snow and Day. who went to the hospital to take his ante-mortem j statement. She maintains total igno- j ranee of the affair, and the authorities are inclined to the belief that she Is In nocent of any knowledge or connection with it. Mr. Main Indignantly denies the accu sation brought against him by his friend and asserts that he was In Ashland Wednesday night and did not reach Port land until yesterday morning, and there fore could not possibly have participated In the shooting. He further asserted that he had not seen Quimby yesterday, whom he says is now in Seattle with his wife visiting the exposition, having left Port land a week ago. Story Told by Main. He declared that he went to Ashland Tuesday and did not return until yesterday morning at 8:25 o'clock. He cited the names of Portland people who could swear they saw him there "Wednes day evening at t o'clock and he showed a Pullman berth receipt of the date of July 14 from Ashland to Portland. He also gave the Information that Quimby is with his wife in Svattle and was ex pected to return home last night or to day. Inquiries were made immediately last night by telegraph In both Seattle and Ashland and while it was found that Mr. Main was supposed to have been in Ash land and that Mr. Quimby had been reg istered in a hotel in Seattle on Wednes day, it was discovered that all trace of them was lost in each place although .it was supposed Main had left Ashland on the evening train for Portland. Partial Confirmation Found. In Ashland it was found that Mr. Main had engaged a room at the Oregon Hotel, but had never appeared there to take up Ms reservation. In Seattle Mr. Quimby and his wife were registered at the Hotel Washington, but left about 12 o'clock noon on Wednesday. Inquiry made In Seattle last night de veloped that Quimby was registered at the Hotel Washington July 12 and 14. At what hour on the latter date ha left the (Continued on Fa. !. President Much Pleased at Accept ance of Noted Business Man and Student. WASHINGTON, July 15. (Special.) Charles R. Crane, of Chicago, vice-president ot the Crane Company, has been chosen by President Taft to represent the United States as Minister to China, suc ceeding W. W. Rockhill, who was taken from China to be Ambassador to Russia. It Is understood that Mr. Crane has an nounced his willingness to accept, and that his appointment awaits the exchange of usual preliminary formalities between the two countries. The Chinese mission, under a policy with regard to Oriental affairs already Inaugurated by the present Administra tion, will be one of the most important posts in the diplomatic service. Presi dent Taft has experienced much difficulty In finding the riht man for the place. He believes he hus just the person in Mr. Crane, who not only stands high in the business world, but has made an exhaust ive study of International politics. SON MAKES DE SAGAN GLAD Continuance of Prince's Title Now Assured, Along with Fortune. PARIS. July 15. A son was born to day to the Princess de Sagan, who was Miss Anna Gould, of New York. Prit.A t-fetlA de Saeran and . Mme. Gould were married July 7. 1908, after her divorce from Count Bonl de castei lane. Prince Helle de Sagan expressed great satisaction, as the birth of a son not only secures the succession of the Sagan title, but means a Sagan heir presumptive to share the fortune of Princess de Sagan with her three chil dren by her previous marriage with Count Boni de Castellane. The life ot the Prince and Princess recently has been described by friends as exceedingly happy. MAN HIT BY TRAIN DIES lee E. Neally Struck by Engine While Crossing S. P. Track. OREGON CITY, Or.. July 16. (Spe claL) Lee B. Neally. of Clackamas. waa.Jilt by a freight train near Park Place late last night, receiving injuries from which he died within two hours. Neally was crossing the track in a buggy at 11:30 o'clock when he was struck 'by a Southern Pacific freight train. The t.aln was stopped at once and the .injured man brought to town by the train crew, who backed the train to Oregon City for this purpose. A physician was called, but the in juries, were fatal. Neally dying a few . . . , '. . 1 1. this mfimlnff'. minuies nriuic a " " ... He was 50 years old and was formerly a railway engineer. For the past few months he had been doing carpenter work for a man named Case. TAFT FAVORS CANAL BONDS After Conference with Treasury Of ficials Puts It Vp to Congress. WASHINGTON. July 15. At a confer ence between President Taft. Senator Ald rlch. Chairman Payne and Treasury offi cials today it was decided to ask Con gress to authorize a bond issue to the ex tent of the latest estimate of the cost of the Panama Canal, the proposed issue to bear per cent interest. The Goethals estimate of J397,OTO,000 as the cost of the canal will be used as a basis for the Issue. The existing canal bond limit Is 1130,000,000. of which JS6.000, 000 is out. BABY'S MOUTH SEWED UP Californian Arrested for Cruelty to His. 13-Months-Old Child. FRESNO, Cal., Julr 15. E. A. Llebscher, of Sonoma, Cal., was arrested this even ing on a charge of cruelty to his 13-months-eld baby. To stop the infant from sucking Its llpe it is alleged that Llebscher pierced the child's tongue with a needle and sewed a button on either side. When arrested the man was carrying the baby in a barley sack, but the buttons had been removed from the tongue. TAVERN KEEPER SELLS OUT John D.'s "Enemy" Gets Rid of His Stock and Fixtures. TARRYTOWN. N. Y., July 15 John D. Rockefeller's long fight to rid the road just outside the entrance to his estate at Pocantlco Hills of John Mel vln's tavern, ended today when the stock and fixtures of the old roadhouse were sold at auction. For several years the oil king tried In vain to buy out the tavern-keeper, who now bays he has made all the money he wants, and retires voluntarily. HUNTING NEAR NAIVASHA Roosevelt at Attenborough Ranch. Kermit Shoots Hippopotamus. ' ATTENBOROUGH RANCH. B. E. A., July 14.. 7 P. M., by Courier to Naivasha, July 15 The members of the Roosevelt party are continuing their hunting trips from the ranch of Captain Richard Attenborough. which is 25 miles from Naivasha, on the south shore of Lake Naivasha. Kermit Roosevelt yesterday shot a cow hippopotamus. It. Only One of Conferees Is Interested. HOUSE STANDS FOR $1 RATE May Yield if Southern Sena tors Filibuster. HOT CONTEST ASSURED Senate and House Will Each Hold Out for Own Rate Only Fear of Long Session Can Se cure Victory for Senate. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 16. The make-up of the committee on conference that Is now handling the tariff bill, endeavoring to compromise the differences between the House and Senate bills, is not such as to inspire confidence in the hearts of those Senators and Representatives who favor the Senate duty on rough lumber, 1.50 per 1000 feet It may be that that rate will be retained, but there is only one Republican on the conference committee who is directly Interested in the lumber schedule, and that man Is handicapped because he Is a big lumberman. . . Only One Has Direct Interest. Of the Senate conferees, not one has any direct interest in the tariff on lum ber. Aldrich. Rhode Island; Burrows, Michigan; Penrose, Pennsylvania; Hale, Maine; and Cullom, Illinois, represent states that care far more about cheap lumber than they do about high pro tection for the American lumberman. A few yeai-s ago Burrows might have been somewhat concerned, but now his Interest Is secondary. On the House side, Payne, New York; Dalzell, Pennsylvania; McCall, Massachusetts; Bowteli, " Illinois; Calderhead, Kansas; and Fordney, Michigan, are the con ferees, and Fftrdney is the only enthus iastic advocate of a high tariff on lum ber, for he owns fabulous quantities of timber land and operates a number of lumber mills. Honse Stands for $1 Rate. It will be the contention of the House members that the duty on rough lum ber must be reduced $1, the rate fixed by the House in the Payne bill. They will insist that the House will not stand for $1.50. and will point to the fact that It was only by a narrow margin that the House rejected a free lumber amendment. When they fur thermore explain that the majority against this amendment was only ob tained by enlisting the support of mem bers Interested In free hides their ar gument will be the more convincing. There is just one ground on which the Senate may force the House to ac cept the $1.50 rate, and that Is the de termined opposition of Southern Sen ators to a reduction beyond that figure. If Senators from the big lumber states of the South threaten to filibuster and prolong the session In case the confer ence committee accepts the House rate on lumber, then the Senate conferees may be able to persuade the House to (Concluded on Page 8.) l "CU-SafbU - . sMK.l ROLLS ON FLOOR OF PULLMAN CAR WITH ANTAGONIST. X Stranger Quiets Dethroned King of Whjeat Pit With Blow Behind Ear. WASHINGTON, July 15. -Joseph Lelter, of Chicago, Is the central figure of a re port circulated here today concerning a fight In a Pullman car at the Union Sta tion shortly after midnight yesterday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Lelter had boarded the train, according to the report. Intending to embark at New York for Europ, where they will visit sisters of Mr. Leiter, the Countess of Suffolk and Mrs. Colin Campbell, when, It is said. Conductor BrlghfVllle, " of the Pullman, passed, through and stopped to speak to Mr. Leiter. Almost Immediately a dispute arose and Mr. Leiter and the conductor came to blows. They rolled over the car floor, despite the efforts of other passengers to separate them. The fight is said to have been ended abruptly by a passenger clad in a white flannel suit, who is alleged to have quieted Mr. Leiter with a well directed blow behind the ear. Mr. Brightville is reported to have left the car, while Mr. Leiter was assisted to his seat, and a few minutes later the train pulled out, with all witnesses to the affray aboard. Mrs. Leiter was with her husband at the time. SMELTER PROVES COSTLY i Greenough Spent 100,000 oh Plant Now in Receiver's Hands. SPOKANE, Wash., July 15. (Specials Upward of $100,000 was expended by Thomas L. Greenough on the Panhandle smelting plant after he and his asso ciates acquired control of the smelter company, as shown by the books of the company, in the possession of Bruce Blake, receiver In bankruptcy proceed ings. The books of the company show that the Greenoughs expended over $60,000 in permanent improvements to the smelter and paid over $44,000 of the debts of the original Panhandle Smelting Company after the plant and assets of that com pany were taken over by the Idaho Smelt ing & Refining Company. WHEAT EXPORTS SMALLER Large Decrease in 1908 at Portland and Puget Sound. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, July 15. According to figures made public by the Department of Com merce and Labor today, the total export of wheat from Portland during the year ended June 30, 1909. was 6,360.033 bushels against 13.411,581 bushels the year before. The decline in wheat exports was even greater at Fuget Sound, namely from 13, 699,237 to 4,630.174 bushels. There was also a marked decline In exports of flour at Portland, from 858,845 barrels In 1908 to 552,423 in 1909 and at Puget Sound from 1,911,966 to 1,055,952 barrels. MONEY FOR TAFFS TOUR House Vote9 $25,000 to Pay Trav eling Expenses. WASHINGTON, July 15. After a lively debate the Democrats in the House failed today in their efforts to have a provision brought !n by Tawney appropriating $25,000 for President Taft's traveling ex penses ruled or stricken out of the urgent deficiency bill. A motion of Bowers to strike out the provision was defeated by a strict party vote, 107 to 160. UNCLE ALECK'S OBSERVATIONS. The feller tHat misses out is strong for Brotherly Love arT a geitral divvy. It you'dont go after the dollar, you're a wuthless loiter-if you do, drf grit any cpnsid'dble quariity of 'em, you're ain cWrid Pir?le dr? oppress of the poor. (1 tola my wifo that Weston shows bow young a nan is at seventy; she say &y you mean Ule a fnl " When a man treats me corjully, I suspect lie vunit marts needs ib mostly his conscience. r IS u. When you ait d-hold WdTlt tO prUye IU owmc 'ETnever contract iny uncomfortable. . person's woes'll last long enough, he'll to enjy 'em- L 1 tV Anrlrl Invp.d orhfltedthi5 tvw indwidvui .but the world-d ont give Shah Takes Refuge in Russian Legation. COSSACKS READY TO GIVE UP Fighting Continues from Tops of Houses All Day. PEOPLE FLEE TO CELLARS Fierce Battle Rages Aronud Camp of Nationalists Each Party Re pulsed in Assault Legations Under Hot Fire. SHAH FI.KKS FOR REFUGE. TEHERAN, Persia, July 16. (10 A. M.) The Shah has Just taken refuge In the Russian legation. A deputation from the British and Russian legations Is now on Its way to Inform .the Nationalist leaders of the fact; TEHERAN, July 15. Despite efforts of General Llakhoff, Military Governor of Teheran, to open negotiations with Na tionalist leaders, and the agreement on both sides to cease hostilities, street fighting was in progress throughout the day between the Persian Cossacks and the Nationalists around Artillery Bquare and between the Royalists Bakhtiaris and the newly arrived Nationalists and revo lutionary Bakhtiaris. The insurgents continued in the ascendency, and, as re inforcements are continually reaching them, the outcome in their favor appears certain. Negotiations for Peace. The control of the Royalist troops real ly has passed from the hands of the" Shan into those of General Llakhoff, who again today tried to stop hostilities. Through the Russian legation. General Llakhoff approached the Nationalist leaders and agreed that the Cossacks should not fire except upon the undisciplined soldiers of the Shah who were looting houses, .right ing around the Cossack barracks ceased this afternoon, and negotiations for their surrender are being carried on now with General Llakhoff. The Shah's troops are discontented on account of insufficient food and pay. .Fighting from Housetops. Fighting today centered around the British legation. A number of Royalist Bakhtiaris; gaining an entrance to the city, took up positions on the tops of houses near the legation and near the Nationalist camp, which they bombarded with a heavy rifle fire. The Nationalists responded, and for several hours thi British telegraph offices and other for eign houses, in which were a number of women, were under Are. During a lull, the women were- removed to the British legation. Battle in Artillery 'Square. The battle last night between the Cos sacks besieged in Artillery Square and the Nationalists, who attempted to dls- (Concluded on Page 5.) . y ot a theory that you uuuy, icv. vji if DelieU tn&t marc me Ie opimoned that a CUS5. ' ' -es Four Villages Destroyed by Violent Shock One Has 2 0 Dead, 100 Injured. ATHENS, Greece, July 15. An earth quake has occurred in the Province of Elis, the capital of which is Pyrgos. . Several villages were destroyed and many people perished. The loss Is heavy. LONDON, July 15. A dispatch to a London news bureau from Athens says that a violent earthquake has oc curred in Southern Greece, resulting in consldera;'? loss of life and damage to property. Twenty persons are reported dead and 100 injured at one village, and three other villages suffered heavily. The dispatch adds that, when the details are learned, it is likely that the casualties will be greatly in creased. LIMITED AFTER 18 YEARS Young Woman Meets 'Her Brothers for First Time. ABERDEEN, Wash., July 15. (Special.) Faith Sanborn, a pretty, winsome girl of 18, arrived today from Globe, Ariz., and met for the first time In her life her brothers, Lou and Arthur Phillips, aged 20 and 28, respectively. The father of the Phillips children, numbering six, left Kansas for Washing ton IS years ago to seek a new home. Mrs. Phillips was to follow with the chil dren, but died giving birth to. Faith a few months later. Faith was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Sanborn, who went to Arizona, and the other children were sent to their father. Mr. Phillips died six years ago, and the brothers and sisters, who are scattered over the state, desiring to see their youngest sister, sent for her. Miss San born came here with her foster mother, and will return to Arizona after seeing the fair. NEW PIGEON RECORD MADE Bird Heleased at Albany Reaches California Nest in Two Days. VISALIA, Cal., July 15. (Special.) Only one of the carrier pigeons released at Albany, Or., for a flight to this place reached its nest up to 8 o'clock this eve ning. The bird left Albany at 4:50 o'clock Wednesday morning and arrived here at 1:15 P. M. today (Thursday), thus com pleting the first tWo-day flight on this Coast for such a distance. The former record was held by a bird which flew from Glendale, Or., to this place, a dis tance of 494 miles in an airline, reaching Its destination early on the third day. It is also said that the feat of the bird which arrived today completes the long est flight ever successfully attempted on the Pacific Coast by a homing pigeon. WINDING UP GINGLES CASE Lawyers Argue All Afternoon Xo ' Plea of Insanity. CHICAGO, .Tuly 15. Hearing of evi dence in the trial of Ella Gingles, the Irish lacemaker who Is being ..tried on a charge of larceny, was completed at noon today and arguments were made this afternoon. A hint that Miss Gingles might of fer an insanity plea, suggested by the testimony of Dr. James W. Hall that only an insane person would have In flicted such wounds on herself as he had found on the defendant's body, was denied by Miss Glngle's attorney. BUILDING FALLS; 7 DEAD 25 Injured in Heart of Business , Section of Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA,. July 15. Seven men were killed, one fatally injured, and 24 seriously hurt today when a building at the northwest corner of Eleventh and Market streets collapsed. One man is also missing. The building, a five-story brick struc ture in the heart of the business section, was being remodeled; and it is supposed the removal of one of the girders caused the entire structure to weaken and crash to the earth. WAR ON HATPINS STARTED Hanover Police Take Steps Against Long Pins in Headgear. HANOVER. Germany, July 15. The Prefect of Police has Issued a decree warning women 'against the dangers of wearing long hatpins. He points out that several deplorable accidents have occurred recently from this cause, and he announces that If In the future an accident occurs to another through a woman's; hatpin she will be liable to arrest. KAISER FAVORS FOOTBALL German Soldiers to Learn Self-Oon-trol in American Game. BERLIN, July 15. The Emperor has di rected that football be Included In the military exercises. His Majesty Is reported as saying that football as played in the United States and England Is fine training in temper, as well-as for the body. Evelyn Repeats Words Reluctantly. FEARS HIS LASTING ENMITY He Said He Was Not Crazy When He Killed White. THAW DENIES HER STORY Accuses Wife of Contradicting Her self She Blames Thaw Family for Having to Testify Will Become Model Again. WHITE PLAINS, N. T., July 15. Eve lyn Nesblt Thaw went on the stand bsre today and gave damaging testimony against her husbanu, Harry K. Thaw. It was the strongest point scored so far by the state In its light to keep Thaw in, ft,.a Asylum for the Criminal Insane at Matteawan. When today's session was concluded, an adjournment was taken un til July 26. For three days the state has been try ing to bring out that Thaw threatened his wife's life on one of her visits to the asylum. The state wished to show Irra tionality on Thaw's part. Thaw's at torney finally tailed to show that the alleged conversation at Matteawan was confidential as between husband and wife. Mrs. Thaw expressed apprehension while testifying. She was quoted afterwards as saying that she testified because l the treatment she recei- ed at the hands of the Thaw family. Thaw Threatened to Kill Her. "Did Harry K. Thaw threaten to Jake your life?" she was asked by Deputy Attorney-General Clarke. "Did he at any time say this to you or this In substance: 'I shall have tp)tlll you when I get out of here'?" Evelyn Thaw turned appeallngly to Justice Mills. She begged to be allowed not to answer, because she said she knew she would Incur Thaw's everlasting ani mosity, and her attitude indicated thet she believed he might carry out his al leged threat. She also urged with some show of feeling that she was still Thaw's wife, and, no matter how he had treated her, she did not. want tJ testify against him. But the court ruled that the only; possible grounds upon which she could decline to answer were that It would tend to incriminate her and he added he did not see how that would be applicable to her situation. Then she said in a low voice: "Yes, he did." "What were his exact words?" demand ed Mr. Clarkt. "He said, "When I get out of here. I supposa I will have to kill you.' " "Why did he say that?" "We were discussing his mental condl- ( Concluded on Pa ge 3. ) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, TO degrees. TODAY'S Fair, westerly winds. Foreign. Earthquake in Greece destroys several vil lages and kills and injures many people. Page 1. Shah of Persia flees to Russian after day ol hot Ognting in Teheran. Page 1. National. . Prospect bad for $1.50 tariff on lumber bein sustained by conference. Page 1. Interstate Commission delcares express rate from New York to Boise too high. Pagu . Government fees to Heney amount to 70, UOO and are criticized In House. Page k Charles K. Crane chosen fur Minister, to China. Page 1. Taft and tariff conferees disagree on cor poration tax and Taft shows determina- tion. Page 4. Serious disagreement in tariff conference on lead duties. Page 1. Domestic. Mrs. Thaw testifies that Thaw threatened to . kill her and fears his deadly enmity. ' . Page 1. ... Moyer wins first skirmish in Miners Fed- ' eration. Page 6. Krutischnitt denies electric power to be used in Harriman's mountain line. Page X. Joseph Leiter has fight with Pullman car conductor. Page 1. Many Japs accused of contempt in Honolulu strlKe, Page tf. Sports. Semi-finals are reached In Oregon state ten nis tourney. Page 8. Northwestern League scores: Portland 6. Tacoma 2; Spokane 6. Seattle 4; Aber deen 2. Vancouver 6. -Page 8. Coast League scores: Portland 6, Sacramento 4; Los Angiles 5, Oakland 0; San Fian cisco 7, Vernon 4. Page 8. Nelson gives opinion of Papke-FIynn fight. Page a. Pacific Northwest. State closes case against George Murga troyd; motion to acquit denied. Page 7. Thousands register for chance in land lot tery. Page 9. Mrs. Warner, central figure in will contest at Pendleton, takes stand. Page 7. Three days more of Chautauqua programme. Page 7. . . Survey begun for railroad between Bandon and Port Orford. Page 3. Pharmacists at Seaside elect officers and adjourn. Page 15. Portland and Vicinity. Developments in midnight shooting of R, F. Brackett serve but to deepen mystery. Page 1. President W. M. Ladd, of Y. M. C. A., names five uplift commissions. Page 13. Mayor Simon will force scow dwellers to move. Page 12; Fine array of talent for Catholic Educa tional Association institute. Page 13. Governor visits troops in camp at Clack- ' amas. Page 14. Railroad surveyors are active In Central Oregon. Page IS. "