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THE 3IORSISG O R EGOX I AX . WEDNESDAY", JULY 21, 1909- r ii in mn ilflllTIMV riuni.u m WILL BE PROBED Constabulary Officers Ready to Investigate Cause of Recent Uprising. NATIVES CHARGE CRUELTY Mutineers Say White Officers Whipped Them for Breaking Rales Officers to Be Questioned, Too. MANILA. July 11. The five highest Tanking officers In the constabulary, who have been designated to Investi gate the mutiny of a company of native constabulary at Davao. Mindanao Isl and, on July 5, have assembled here and will proceed to Davao at once. The five officers will form a court or in qulry to ascertain the cause of the mil t i n v. It ! alleged that two officers had whipped the native enlisted men for Infractions of discipline, ana mat tins, together with the trouble over rations. finallv resulted In the mutiny. The mutineers. It is said, say that they never Intended to harm anyone except the two Junior officers, and assert that when they returned to Pavao after their first flight they wanted to con fer with their captain ana naa no i tnrlon of making an attack. Vpon returning to town however, thev charged that an outpost of the settlers fired upon them, and that they replied. Th. conduct of Lieutenant Allen Walker. Governor of Davao Province, and of Lieutenant de Blaine, in leav rw, after the mutineers had at tacked their officers. Is questioned. The present inquiry, however, will cov er on.y de Blaine's action, as Governor Walker is not under the Jurisdiction of the constabulary. A sharp discussion is being waged i ,mirv circles here over Walker's rtin. His friends point out that governor Walker got back to Davao with reinforcements before the second attack of the mutineers, and helped to save the town. SPOKANE UNION RICHEST Bartenders Hitc Bank Deposits and Money In Treasury. SPOKANE Wash.. July 20. (Special.) Spokan local No. 4w, Bartenders' Inter national League of America, Is the rich est bartenders' union In the United States. This is shown by the Itemized report on every bartenders' local Inter rational League, which has Just reached Fpokane. The local union has nearly 1000 more In the treasury than any other union. nd is the only one owning a burial plot. This property represents an out lay of tlTOO. maklrg the Spokane local the most substantial by nearly 3O0O. Spokane bartenders have about in tiie bank. Cincinnati comes next with Ppokane bartenders are receiving the best weekly wages in the United States, with an average of d per week. b-sida board. The report states that the saloon busi ness In Spokane has been poor since a year ago last May. Y. M. C. A. BOYS TO CLIMB Will Leare Tomorrow on Trip to Mount Hood. Physical Director Grllley, of the T. M. C. A., called his committer of 90 together last nlht to arrange the final details for :h annual out ins trip to Mount Hood, which begins tomorrow. The trip will be made to Government Camp In automo biles and the start will be about 6 o'clock tomorrow morning. The return trip will te on Saturday afternoon. No cooking utensils or food will be taken along, as the boys wish to be ab solutely free from impediments. Govern ment Camp will be tne source of food supply. The boys have supplied them nHves with alpine sticks, spiked shoes and blue glasses, and thus fully equipped they expect to make the climb without difficulty. STRIKING FISHERMEN LOSE Contest Declared Off, but Com panles Refuse to Take Them Back. VANCOWpR. R. C. July 20. (Spe cial) Disappointed by the enviable success the raw recruits of the Xew England Fish Company were making-, the striking- halibut fishermen of the company today declared the strike off and drove their delegate out of town. The company refuses to reinstate any of the strikers. 65 in number. The strike was caused by one of the men refusing to join the union, but beyond considerable personal violence used against the new fishermen, the company has not suffered from the union's action. SOCKEYE RUN HAS BEGUN Heavy Catches Reported by Fraser Itiver Fishermen. VANCOUVER. B. C. July 10. (Special.) Fishermen on the Fraser River report today that the big run of salmon has started and that by the end of the week la-ee catches will come in. Traps on the coast of Vancouver Island are taking a fair toll of sockeyes. aver aging about 4000 fish each. Most of the canneries at Steveston are running to limber up for the tons of fish expected very shortly. CARMEN TO HAVE FROLIC Outing at The Oaks Today Promises Varied Lines of Fan. Today the carmen will gambol at The Oaks. The third annual outing of the transfer-dispensers will bubble with novelties and pleasurable pastimes. Promptly at 1 o'clock thifi afternoon the programme for the day will be auspiciously Introduced on the main lawn of The Oaks, when W0 babies will be passed upon by critical judges of infantile humanity and awarded priies. The Judges will bar no race or color but will adhere principally to the one condition that all entries for the six prists to be awarded must be jimser ags of 2 yean, aiusra fc this U I III I particular feature of the diversified pro gramme will be furnished by the Penin sula Band. Gold chains and lockets will be awarded to the prize-winners. For one hour, beginning at 1:45 P. M., Donatellis band will be heard in the Airdome. The selections will be in terspersed with violin and vocal num bers. Throughout the unique athletic programme which has been arranged on the lawn, there will be music in the air. Races for little girls, big girls and their mammas as well as for the tiny and big brothers and papas, will be run. The victors will be rewarded with suitable prizes. As a climax to the athletic programme, a high-wire performance, a pillow fight, a watermelon-eating contest and a candy-pulling contest will be held on an elevated platform. In the evening, more pleasure events will be pulled off. A blind folded boxing contest will feature In the end of the festivities. And It's all for a good purpose, too. The gross receipts of the day, less the oper ating expenses, will revert to the treasury of the Brotherhood of Carmen for bene ficent purposes. The organization is purely local, yet Its charitable and bene ficiary limits have no boundary. h" organizefl but two years ago. over J40.000 has alreadv been paid out to the widows and children of deceased carmen and to disabled members. Thousands of tickets have Been aisposea of by the carmen' ana a vasi unimB visitors is expected to attend the frolic .w ..i.. ,1.1- afrornnnn Even' Oro- ,-i.ion has been made to care for the crowd. FIRST SHE L J! SARAH PLATT DECKER NAMED BY COLORADO WOMEV. They Expect to Run Candidate for Congress Two Years Hence, They Say. DENVER. July 20. "When are th women of Colorado going to send woman to Congress?" asked Lady rhrvstal McMillan, delegate to the In tematlonal Council of Women, who once addressed the House of Lords o ..rtrr.nn suffrage for four hours. The question was addressed today to i a-athering ot clubwomen who were en tertalnlng the delegates returning from the International Council at Seattle. "In two years." was the quick and decisive answer. Although no definite niana of camDaign have been adopted by the Colorado women, they are unan imous in the aelectlon of Mrs. Sarah Piatt Decker as their candidate. BVCHTEL DENIES OPINIONS Declares He Never Said Anything About "Dregs of Womankind." CHICAGO. Julv 30. Rev. Henry A. Buchtel. ex-Governor of Colorado, who wa. credited with an interview denounc ing woman suffrage, denied today that he had made any such statements. "I stated that some of the best people I know are indifferent to the exercise of th franchise." he added. "Nothing that I said could be made to convey the Idea that only tne aregs oi womankind vote. That s not true. POWER IS NOT FOR WOMEN Ex-Governor Buchtel, of Colorado, Flays Suffrage. XEW YORK. July 20. "Only the dregs of womankind vote in Colorado; the mdthers have to be practically clubbed to the polls. Power was not intended for woman: influence is more subtle and it is woman's greatest force. When woman seeks power, it is a great calamity, not only for her. but for the men as well. My wife and daughter shun politics, as do the maioritv of the women In Colorado. I believe that women want the vote with out the responsibility. This is the opinion expressed by the Rev. Henry A. Buchtel. ex-Governor of Colorado, one of the four states In wmcn women have the right to vote. Dr. Buch tel came here to preach In Calvary Meth odist Episcopal Church. Continuing, the ex-Governor said: 'Chivalry was the motive that prompt ed the granting of the equal franchise in Colorado, and women legislators have been suffered to put forth their claims out of deference to their sex. There have been few who did not demand the most absurd and unreasonable laws. The only trouble about the women legislators Is that they will not listen to argument no woman will. Logic does not appeal to them." GAIN LIBERTY BY STARVING Imprisoned Suffragettes All Engage In Hunger Strike. LONDON. July 20. The success of several suffragettes In obtaining their release from prison by carrying out a "hunger strike has caused all of tne suffragettes in Hollow-ay jail to adopt this method of gaining their freedom. Miss Elsie Mackenzie was discharged from prison today In a critical condi tion, having gone 161 hours witnout food. SELLS SANTA FE STOCK HARRIMAN VNLOADS ALL OF VNION PACIFIC'S HOLDINGS. Only Makes Small Profit, but Is TryinR to Avoid Trouble With Government, NEW YORK. Jnly 20. It became known today that Kuhn, Loeb A Co. had bought from the Union Pacific Railway all or practically all of the $10,000,000 Atchison. Topeka A Santa Fe preferred stock which the Union Pacific purchased in 1906. The stock cost the Union Pacific J10.S96.ooo. or 103 96 per share, and was purchased from Kuhn. Loeb 4 Co. The stock Is now selling around R05. E. H. Harriman is authority for the statement that the Union Pacific ac quired the stock, not as a speculation, but for the 4 per cent dividend paid. In view of that statement. Wall street was at a loss to account for today's announce ment. Among the explanations heard was that the Union Pacific had sold the stock to avoid legal complications In the suit brought by the Government. City Appeals Damage Suit. ASTORIA. Or.. July 20. (Special.) The City Council has directed that an appeal to the higher court be taken Jn the case of Annie Anderson vs. the City of Astoria, in which the jury In the Fed eral Court at Portland recently rendered a verdict in the sum of lauuO damages far the plaintiff, , iSlf . JL ALMOST STARVE ON DESERT ISLAND Nine Shipwrecked Sailors Are Rescued After Living on Shellfish. DYNAMITE SHIP BLOWS UP Crew Takes to Raft Just In Time to Escape Explosion After Fighting Flames' Captain Mourns His Glass Eye. SAN FRANCISCO. July 20. Survivors of the explosion of the gasoline schooner Charles Hansen, which blew up off the Mexican Coast, June 26, arrived here to night on board the Pacific Mail liner Newport, after a series of privations that included ten hungry days on La Triste Maria, an island near tne Mexican mainland. The Hansen was loaded with powder and dynamite. "When nine days out from San Francisco, the gasoline engine began to back fire and the fuel supply caught Are. For 24 hours the crew of nine tried to extinguish the flames, which burned the vessel's boats. When the Are had eaten through the decks and was near- Ing the cargo of explosives, a raft was hastily constructed and the crew left the schooner. Before they were 400 feet away, the vessel blew up. scattering wreckage over the sea and almost overwhelming the craft. After three days the crew made La Triste Maria and there existed for ten days on shellfish and seaweed. The cook, Harry Knordeck, died of starva tion. The eight survivors. including Captain Charles Burke. Mate illiam Lloyd and Engineer Frank Stetson, were rescued by a Mexican government transport. Captain Burke lost his glass eye while on the Island and bemoans this Ill-luck more than the loss of the schooner. WOMAN FIGHTS WOLVES FOR TWO DAYS BATTLES WITH BRUTES ON RANCH. California Woman and Young Girl Beat Off Hungry Animals That Try to Gnaw Into Cabin. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., July 20. Ex hausted and on the verge of collapse from the harrowing experiences, Mrs. W. J. Getker, wife of the station agent of the San Fedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake at Crestline, 30 miles east of here. and hor 11-year-old daughter, reached their home yesterday after a two days' battle with a pack of wolves. For 4s hours they had been imprisoned n a lonely cabin on a deserted sheep ranch by the hungry beasts. While the husband and father, aided by a gang of 15 section hands searched for them, the women were beating off with clubs the attacks of the wolves, which tried to get at them by tearing off the sides of the cabin and digging under its founda tions. Early Saturday morning Mrs. Getker and her daughter left the station and failed to return. At midnight Getker wired his superintendent that he must leave the office and search for his wife and child. The division superintendent at once ordered into the field 15 section men, who scoured the desert in search of the lost couple. At noon the next day a special train was ordered out of Cali entes, bearing a score of horses and men to aid in the search. The lost mother and daughter were found Monday morn ing totally exhausted. BIBLE STUDENTS TO CLOSE Undenominational Meetings to End Tonight With Noted Speaker. The Bible Students' Convention which convened yesterday at the First Chris tian Church, at West Park and Colum bia streets, will be attended today by about 300 delegates, which will arrive this morning on five special cars. The meetings close tonight with one in Women of Woodcraft hall at Tenth and Taylor streets. Charles T. Russell will preside this afternoon at a public question meeting and will speak tonight on the subject. Man's Past, Present and Future in the Light of the Bible." The public dis cussion this afternoon will include various Bible questions. Mr. Russell Is pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle In Brooklyn, New York. His sermons have been published at the rate of 6. 000,000 copies a week. He is the author of "Divine Plan of the Ages." His work is undenominational as Is also that of the Bible Students' Convention. He is president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Brooklyn, and recently returned from a European tour, during which he conducted open question meetings of six to eight hours In length. He has been following this work for 30 years. At the First Presbyterian church last night was held a baptismal service during which Kev. riawin nunuy, oi svn Jose. Cal.. discoursed on baptism and baptismal service. This afternoon Weill be spent in a praise ana testi mony meeting. The meetings are ires anu an -i o invited. They are undenominational. .OGGER'S SKULL BROKEN Brought From Woodburn to Port land, but Dies In Hospital. T-.-.. -Hb4( ft lopcrer. aged 24. died early this morning at the Good Samari tan Hospital of a fractured skull, re ceived while at work In a logging camp near Woodburn yesterday afternoon. Christie was felling a tree, and to escape the falling trunk lumped baca suaaeniy. bumping into a tree against which had lodged a limb that had DrOKen loose. The force of the impact jarrea loose the limb, which fell, striking him on the head. He was brought to this city, but ,4fA4 asw,n af., vanillins- the hOSUital. Hd has a father and mother in Wisconsin. Phone System to Be Improved. KELSO. Wash.. July 20. (Special.) If present plans are carried out the Pacific Telephone Company will very shortly make several changes in the system at Kelso, to make it up to date in every particular. The old switchboard will be replaced by a new central energy ooara. street cable will ba added and a special Bathing Suits are fash ionable just now, and we can show you a splendid line to select from at from $1 to $4. LION CLOTHIERS 166-170 THIRD ST. wire will be built to Portland. When these changes are made, the system will be modern in every particular. Reduc tions in phone rentals will also be made, HOOK WORM TO BE FOUGHT Army Recruits From South Show Large Percentage of Infection. WASHINGTON. July 20. The hook worm, or "lazy bug." which has been shown to exist in the Southern States, according to investigations of the physi cal condition of Army recruits, will rorm an interesting chapter in the forthcom ing report of the Surgeon-General of the Army, and probably will lead to a wide spread effort on the part or neaitn boards in the Southern States to eradi cate this disease. According to investigations made by the Surgeon-General. 60 per cent of the recruits in the Army today from tne rural districts of the Carolinas, Georgia. Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and Louis iana, show "lazy bug" infection. It has been estimated that tne cam naiim waged by the Army against the hook worm in Porto Rico resulted in a saving of more than 5000 lives annually. HURT IN FIRE, START SUIT Two Aberdeen Men Accuse Hotel- Owner of Negligence. ABERDEEN, Wash.. July 20. (Special.) C. Ramey and B, R. McGee have filed suit in the Superior Court against A. Ze laska for damages aggregating $13,000 for Injuries said to have been sustained in the fire which destroyed the Zelasko block. The suit Is considered most unusual by lawyers, and, if successful, it Is predicted that endless litigation will ensue In the state. Ramey and McGee were occupants of rooms In the Commercial Hotel on the second floor of the building the night of the fire and the only manner In which they say that escape was possible was by means of leaping from the second story windows. They base their claim for damages upon the allegation that Mr. Zelasko. as owner of the building, had failed to furnish the structure with suitable fire escapes, as provided by law, and that the absence of them resulted In the injuries. SALOON HOUSES GAMBLERS Raid Made on "21" Game and Five Players Arrested. A gambling raid upon the Bonton sa loon, 271 Couch street, was productive of five arrests last night shortly before midnight. The gamesters were found en gaged in a game of "twenty-one." with piles of money distributed about the table for stakes. The players were able to get nearly all the money off the table before the officers reached it- Small coins in front of two players amounting to J6.06 were seized. Patrolmen Schaffer and Burrl, who comprised the raiding party, took into custody Fred Johnson, age 42; Gust Hen- nlng, age 31; Gust Johnson, age 23; Ber- ger Johansen, age 23, and John Peterson, age 38. They were required to put up $20 cash ball each ror tneir release. Ttiey will answer to the charge today In Mu nicipal Court. DANCE LEADS TO FIGHT Rowdies at Washington-Street Place Make Things Lively. The police were summoned last night to quell a disturbance in the street in front of the Maple Dancing Pavilion at Sixteenth and Washington streets. Pa trolmen Rupert, Peachin, Hepner and West were sent and arrested two rowdies giving the names of Harry Hadley and C. C. Foreman. These men had been at tending the dance and adjourned to the sidewalk to settle some dispute created over a girl. When Patrolman Peachin arrested Hadley, Foreman attacked him from the rear, striking him on the head. He kept up fighting until overpowered by the other policemen. They were put In a cell m the City Jail and will be brought be fore the Municipal Court today. r yttaQazin&s what could be better to take along on your vacation than a few good magazines? In our "Magazine Alcove" f ou'll find the largest variety n Portland, and we always have them on sale as soon, if not sooner, than elsewhere, . subscriptions taken. Third and Alder Streets, " BOOKSELLERS STATIONERS ttC Great Men's Men's . 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