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w- I BOY OF 15 SAVES OREGON CAVES TO SUTTON'S FAMILY TO BE HEARD NEXT HE FINES HIMSELF KNOTS IN TARIFF WAR OF RAILWAYS DROWNING COUPLE PLUNGES INTO LAKE TO RESCUE MAN AND GIRL. BE NATIONAL CARE MARBLE HALLS OF JOSEPHINE FOR SPEEDING CAR DIVIDED 'BY FEUD TO BE GUT TODAY ON IN DESCHUTES MAGISTRATE SURPRISED WHEN OWN NAME CALLED. COUNTY IX RESERVE. ' ' t,,,. ,rni?vtvr. nprnnviAv satttRTV4V. JULY 24. 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLIX. t. 15,181. 11,11 M.x,m.-,M. , , a ROYALTY Work Begins on Rival to Harriman Road. CREW IS AT THE DALLES Grading to Begin at Two Points Along River. MEN ARE BUYING UP HORSES miim and Grading Machinery Suf ficient to Keep 600 Men Busy Are Harried to the Con tested Ground. THE DALLES. Or.. July 23. (Spe cial.) Railroad grading equipment, consigned to Porter Bros contractor, was unloaded here today, and prepara tions have been made to begin in the morning transferring the material to Eherars bridge, on the Deschutes River. Work on a railroad through the Des chutes canyon Into Central Oregon will begin immediately by Monday at latest and this road will not be Harriman's, ac cording to the contractors. This is regarded here as the first move In a titanic struggle between Harriman and Hill for control of the. Deschutes grade Into Interior Oregon, and a repetition of the tactics carried on four years ago when Hill bested Harriman for control of the only route down the north bank of the Columbia River. Race Tp Deschutes Now On. Johnson Porter, member of the firm of Porter Bros., contractors, is In the city and superintended the unloading of the grading equipment. Mr. Porter will not admit that his company Is working for Mr. H11L, but Insists he Is not in the employ of Mr. Harri man. Mr. Porter !s the contractor militant who built the North Bank for Hill In '.he face of Harriman's active and some limes forcible opposition. "Do you expect to beat Mr. Harriman In this race as you did when working for Mr. H1U In constructing the North Bank road?" Mr. Porter was asked. -We are not here to make our boasts; we are here to build a railroad up the Deschutes canyon, and If there Is any race we expect to win. of course." was Mr. Porter's reply. Room for Harriman, Too. There Is plenty of room up the Des chutes canyon for two roads." continued the railroad contractor. 'There Is plenty of room for us and Mr. Harriman. too. Our surveyors have found It Is pos sible to parallel the O. R. & N. between The Dallas) and the mouth of the Des chutes River, and the grade up the can yon will not be difficult. "Our surveys have all been made, and everything i in readiness for actual con struction. If possible, we hope to get tlie men to work within a week. Work will be rushed as fast as men and teams can be supplied. I shall start for Sherar's bridge In the morning, where we expect to do our first work. The first camp will be established a little this :de of 6herars bridge. Another camp 111 be established on the Charley U'Ren ranch, above White Horse rapids, op posite the mouth of Warm Spring River, about 75 miles from The Dalles. Hundred Men Are on Hand. "We have now 10 men who are reedy to go to work, but we need more men and teams. We have sufficient equipment here for use by Sflo or G0 men. Our first move after getting the construction camps established will be to provide sup- j piles for the men and teams. They can't live on sage brush, you know, and it will 1 take some little time to get all In readl rej.i for an active construction cam paign." llr. Porter smiled when the question Ria asked If this were not another Hill roup directed asainst Harriman's evident Intention of building at once into Central Oregon. J "I don't want Mr. Hill's name men tioned In connection with this matter." said Mr. Porter. "This may be any one of many other roads besides Mr. Harrl- i man's. It may be the Milwaukee or the J t'hlcago Northwestern or one of a score of others. Will Build to Madras. "No. m-e do not represent the Oregon Trunk line. We represent ourselves, you may say. We have surveys for construc tion work completed as far as Madras, and intend to rush construction work up the Deschutes Canyon. " "We don't care to say Just which side of the rvschutes Canyon we shall occupy. For a portion of the way the road will on one side of the river and for other portions on the oth?r side." In this city the supposition Is that Por ter Bros, are the construction agents of Mr. Hill Porter Bros, have done much construction work for Mr. Hill. The North Bank road, considered by engi neers to be one of the marvels of rail road building in the Pacific Northwest, km constructed by Porter Bros. When rival right-of-way agents were purchasing lands along the Columbia River in the Summer of lWR, the first authentic news announcement that Hill . Concluded on Face 4.) , Forestry Guard Will See That No Vandalism Occurs and Tour ists Will Be Welcome. . ORBGONIAX NEW 3 BUREAt Wash Ington, July 23. President Taft by proc lamation has set aside as a National monument the Oregon caves, or "Marble Halls" of Josephine County, 30 miles south of Grants Pass. These caves are In marble and other limestones, and elaborately decorated In crystallized carbonates. They have been explored- to a distance of two miles or more, the lowest of them being at the depth of 2000 feet below the summit of Cave Mountain. There are passageways and caverns which hava never bee ocened. As a National monument the caves will receive the same Government protection as if they bad been included in the na tional Park. GRANTS PASS. July 23. (Special.) The famous Josenhlne county caves are to be fully protected from vandalism and the raids of visitors who deliberately destroy the Interior with hammer, fire and smoke. Heretofore the caves have been under a temporary lease to two local parties who had in mind the making of a resort with modern accommodations, but this lease has been cancelled and now the local Forestry offloe will station a man in that vicinity during the sum mer months to care for this natural wonder. Last year many prominent persons visited the caves and expressed them selves more than satisfied with the trip and what they had seen. CADETS ARE STILL HAZED Young Sutton Steadfastly Refusea to Inform on Companions. NEW YORK. July 2S. After examin ing more than 100 West Point cadets under oath, the board of army officers appointed recently to Investigate nas lnr conditions at the United States Military Academy, submitted Its re port to Colonel Hugh Scott, super intendent, today. The report was not made public but It deals lamely with the case of Cadet Sutton, of Oregon, brother of the young officer in the United States Marine Corps whose tragic death la now being Investigated. The report declares that basing is tin practised at West Point, despite drastic action for its eradication. Young Sutton was seriously Injured by be ing roughly handled, but during the entire Investigation he would noi re veal the names of those who attacked him and has gained great popularity among his fellow students because of his silence. STRUCK BY TRAIN; UNHURT Logger Knocked 30 Feet Escapes Witliout Scratch. t-.vi an feet br a train going at the rate of 35 miles an hour last night and scaolng without a scratch was the ex perience of Louis Alexander, a lumber- Jack from North Yakima, v asn. Alexander was walking west along me , a j. V track in Sullivans Gulch, about 8 o'clock, and just as he reached noint under the Union-avenue bridge, Incoming train No. 7 came along at full speed and struck him with terrific force. Officers Graves and Venables who took the man to the police station were unable to find even a scratch on him. Aiti,mih the engineer blew the whistle. Alexander says that he did not hear it. The train was stopped and the trainmen went back expecting to pick up a dead man. Instead they found Alexander only dazed and wondering how It all hap pened. BIG FOREST FIRE BURNING General Alarm Sent Rangers In Cal ifornia Mountains. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal.. July 23. A general alarm was sent out over the Gov ernment forest reserve telephone system at 10:30 o'clock tonight, summoning the entire ranger force to fight two separate forest fires In Horse Thief Canyon and on the Los Flores ranch near Hesperia. Reservation buildings and the buildings on the Los Flores ranch are threatened. KING'S ILLNESS SERIOUS Sudden Death of Servian Ruler Would "ot Surprise, VIENNA. July 23. Private telegrams from Belgrade, Servia. say the condition of King Peter Is arousing anxiety. He Is suffering from calcination of the arter ies, complicated by inflammation of the veins. His sudden death would cause no sur prise. SHEA GETS HIS SENTENCE From Five to 25 Years for Trying to Kill Woman. NEW YORK. July 23. Cornelius P. Shea, the former Chicago labor leader, found guilty on Wednesday of attempting to murder Alloe Walsh, a former Chicago waitress with whom he had been living here, was sentenced today to not less than Ave nor more than 23 years in prison. - -. rtr' -r"'t- Testimony of Officers Is Completed. ALL AGREE MAN KILLED SELF Mrs. Sutton and Daughter to Argue Side Next Week. CHAUFFEURS TELL OF CASE Sergeant Do Hart Grilled Upon Cross-Examinatlon by Counsel for Sutton, but Remains True to Story. ANNAPOLIS. Md., JuJy 23. The Navy practically rested its case today In the Investigation of the death of Lieutenant James N. Button, of Portland, Or., who was adjudged a suicide by the naval board of inquiry two years ago. After a short session Commander John Hood, president of the court of Inquiry, adjourned the hearing until Monday. With the exception of Lieutenant Harold H. Utley and Surgeon C. K Cook, nearly all the witnesses who are to be examined are considered witnesses for interested parties outside of the Service. Buttons Expect No Verdict. The Suttons contend that neither a verdict of suicide nor even one of acci dental death could be based on facts. Mrs. Sutton and her daughter, Mrs. Rose Sutton Parker, will both testify next week. So far, four of Sutton's brother offi cers In the marine corps have testified that they fere present at the fight between Lieutenant Adams and Sutton, and each swore that he saw Sutton deliberately shoot himself in a sup posed fit of re.morse, after someone had said he had killed Lieutenant Roelker. Chauffeurs on Stand. Two chauffeurs William Owens. and Edwin Griffiths testified today. Owens said he drove Sutton and a party of officers from Carvel Hall Hotel to the marine camp on the night of the shoot ing and witnessed an altercation and interrupted a fist fight between Sutton and Lieutenant Adams. He was told to "beat It," he said, and did not learn of the shooting until next morning. GrlfTlth, who had driven Lieutenant Potts and another officer to the camp Just ahead of Owens, testified he met the Sutton party on his way back. He did not see any fights, he said. Lieutenant Roelker, who Is supposed to have been hit with a bullet from Sutton's revolver, has not been located. although his testimony Is considered most important. )e Hart Tells of Fuss. Surzeon George Pickerell was recalled for a moment before Mr. Davis resumed the cross-examination of Sergeant De Hart. Major Leonard wanted to know if the condition of Lieutenant Sutton's nose when Surgeon Pickerell examined the body would indicate that it had been broken and restored with paraffihe. as (Concluded en Pate 3.) ; 7 'IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE ETC. t i - i ..-..-x : - - .. ( . - - . ' .... . After Imposing Penalties on Others, Williams Takes Dose Himself. VANCOUVER, B. C' July 23. Police Magtotrate Adolphus Williams sat on his own case in Police Court and fined him self $6 and costs for overspeedlng his automobile. His honor had Just disposed of the cases of two well-known citizens for speeding when his own name was called. In vain the magistrate's eye scanned the courtroom for another Adol phus Williams. "Does that charge refer to me?" asked the magistrate rather meekly of Crown Prosecutor Kennedy. "Yes," said Mr. Kennedy. "I think you have a right to try it yourself. It is not worth while making a written request to another magistrate." His honor found that he had been going 19 miles an hour, while the law allows only eight "Williams is ordered to pay to and costs," said the court. v. STEALS AIRSHIP JOY RIDE Admirer of Machine Forgiven by Flattered Inventor. FRUITVALE, Cal., July 23. E. A. Klndler asked the aid of the police to day In recovering an airship which he has reecntly been testing and which some one removed from his premises during the night. The puzzled police found no tracks by which to trace the machine, but finally located It in the barn of Thomas H. lellmlle, a former employe of Klndler, who had knowledge of the mechanism and, Klnd ler said, had often asked for a chance to try out the aerial craft. As the machine was recovered un damaged, Klndler refused to prosecute Helimile for the aerial "Joy ride" he believes the latter to have taken. The inventor seemed pleased that some one besides himself had made the craft sail, even If it were done without his knowledge In the night time. NAVAL WORK TO. CHANGE? Much Mystery Attached to Sleeting of Orf leers In Boston. WASHINGTON, July 23. Cnslderable mystery exists regarding the meeting of a naval board at the Boston Navy Yard," composed of Rear-Admira! Wil liam Swift, commandant of tht Boston yard; Captain Charles E. Vreeland. Sid ney A. Staunton, Frank F. Fletcher, Commander Roy omfth and Lieutenant Commander Lloyd H. Chandler, with Commander John M. Hoyer as recorder. Broad instructions, it Is understood, have been given the board and it Is believed they encompass as general a subject as the reorganlaztlon of the Navy Department. AUTO RECORD IS BATTERED Chevrolet Cuts 50-Mlle Time on Track to 61.T22. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., July 23. Louis Chevrolet, In a 60-mile automo bile race here today with Louis Strang and George DeWltt, broke the -world's record for 60 miles on a circular track by making the distance In 61 minutes 22 seconds. . The best previous time was 62 min utes 48 seconds. Hardest of All Is Free Hides Question. SHOES MAY GOME DOWN ALSO Compromise on- $1.25 for Lumber Is Expected. IRON ORE MAY BE FREE Lower Grades o Cotton Goods to Be Reduced Higher Rate on Struc tural Steel Adopted Sew Tobacco Tax Stands. WASHINGTON, July 23. While no agreement was reached by the tariff con ferees today on coal, lumber, hides, oil, iron ore, the cotton schedule or wood pulp and print paper. It was said tonight that the prospects of settling these big questions tomorrow were excellent. Heroic measures were used In a,n effort to adjust differences between the Senate and House and to carry out President Taft's programme for a reduction of duties on raw materials. All the con ferees said tonight that the feelings they entertained for one another were more pleasant than they had been for many days. Reduces Hides and Their Products. The question of hides was discussed first. The discussion had not proceeded far before it developed that the dif ferences were almost irreconcilable un less the duties on boots and sho and other leather goods could be greatly reduced if hides went on the free list. Senator Aldrlch had reports from many western Senators protesting against the removal of the duty on hides or a re duction below 18 per cent ad valorem. The only terms on which the western Senators would consent to consider tLe abolition of the duty involved the re moval of the duty on leather godds: It Is understood that Mr. Aldrlch said the hide interests and the shoe inter ests must get together and make con cessions If an agreement were to be reached. Discussion then turned upon the amount of reduction the leather trade could stand without serious injury. Senators Lodge and Crane and Repre sentatlve McCall of Massachusetts had a long consultation with Mr. Aldrlch. As a result it would be no surprise If an agreement were reached tomorrow, substantially reducing the duties on hides and all leather goods. Compromise on Lumber, Coal, Oil. After the duty has been fixed on hides and leather goods, little difficulty Is apprehended in reaching an agree ment to put oil on the free list and in compromising upon a duty of about 45 cents a ton on coal, $1.25 a 1000 feet on rough lumber with proportionate crTf ferentials, and a rate of about $3 a ton on print paper. Many Senators thought little objection would be made to placing Iron ore on the (Concluded on Pae 3.) Youthful Hero Modestly Insists He Did Nothing Any Boy Would Not Do. SPOKANE, Wash., July 23. (Special.) Plunging Into oon Lake and risking his own life. Otto .Warn, aged IS, yesterday saved the life of his cousin. Miss Anna Brown, of Lewlston, Idaho, and then dove Into the lake, and, taking Guy Young, of Spokane, by the arm, carried him to the floating dock about 60 feet from the pavilion. The young couple were swimming in company near the dock, when Young dared Miss Brown to swim to the float ing dock. When within a few feet of the dock Miss Brown suddenly threw her arms around Young's neck and the two sank. Without fear, Otto plunged into the lake, and carried his cousin out. He then - saved Young. Miss Brown stated she had made the swim before, but suddenly her strength gave out. "I didn't think anything about myself," said Otto. "I saw Anna go down and Jumped In to save her. It was nothing that any boy would not do." The heroic act was witnessed by camp ers, who proclaim it one of the bravest deeds done by a 16-year-old lad. TAFT STARTLES CHINESE Message to Prince Chun Sets Regent to Expecting Other Notes. LONDON. July 23. A difoatch to the Times from Pekln says that President Taft's telegram to Prince Chun, the regent, concerning American particlpa tion in the Hankow Sze Chuen railroad loan, has greatly stirred the Chinese and the regent realizes that if the policy of drift continues, he may receive other and les3 friendly warnings from the heads of other powers. "Many Englishmen here," the corres pondent adds, "insist that Great Britain ought to bring pressure upon the Hong- kong & Shanghai Bank to dissociate it self from German intrigues persistently directed to bring the British Into mis understandings with the Americans whose policy and alms in China are Iden tical with our own." PRISONER FOOLS JUSTICE Held for Forgery, Pays Fine With - Worthless- Check, Goes Free. LONG BEACH, Cal... July 23. Tlx heart of Justice Hart was touched today by the appeal made to him by Robert Young, a young man accused of forging a check for a small amount, which was cashed at a local bank. The prisoner, while admitting the offense, said there were extenuating circumstances, and Justice Hart decided to let him go if he would pay the costs, amounting to $9. The young man promptly drew his check for the amount and was free. Later when Justice Hart presented the check for payment at the bank he was met with the dreadful words, "no funds." Young is not to be found tonight. NORTH COAST THOUGHTFUL Construction Crews Keep Out of Farmers' Way Till After Harvest. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., July 23. (Special.) Construction work on the mys terious North Coast Railroad Is actively on within one mile of Zillah. Surveys have been completed from Zillah to Granger and this week balances on right-of-way contracts through this territory are being paid. The building of the roadbed near Zillah is going on in places where it will not interfere with irrigating and farm opera tions, and it Is understood that the stretches of track now being finished will be hooked up Just as soon as crops have been harvested. MOTHER-IN-LAW MUST GO Judge Says No House Large Enough for Her and Married Couple. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. July 23. (Spe cial.) "No house is big enough for a married couple and a mother-in-law," said Judge Charles Monroe this after noon In denying a decree of divorce to Mrs. May K. Ford. The plaintiff had brought suit against Oscar C. Ford on the ground of cruelty. The specific act of cruelty, as recited by Mrs. Ford, was that her husband had told his mother-in-law. to leave the house. FOUR MORE SHIPS SOON Inquiries Indicate That Britain Plans New Super-Dreadnought. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, July 23. In quiries received by the Armstrong Ship building firm indicate that the govern ment will give out almost immediately orders for four additional super-Dread noughts, which, it is expected, will be armed with 13.5-Inch guns. MIMIC WAR BECOMES REAL Torpedo-Boats Bump In British Na val Maneuvers. PORTSMOUTH, Eng., July 23. In an attempt during the naval maneuvers to night to rush the Portsmouth defenses two torpedo-boats collided. One of the vessels was badly damaged, but there were no fatalities. . King Alfonso Attacked by Young Cousin. BRITAIN AND RUSSIA DRAWN IN Disgrace of Prince Alfonso Makes Scandal. ALL CAUSED BY RELIGION After King Had Encouraged Prince to Marry Protestant, Premier Maura Forces Him to Kick Cousin Out of Royal Family. PARIS, July 23. The details surround ing the romantic marriage of Prince Al fonso of Bourbon-Orleans to Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg, which cost him his position as a prince of the royal house of Spain and his career In the Spanish army, today came, Into the pos session of the Associated Press. They reveal the fact that King Alfonso, in stead of refusing his consent to the mar riage, as was reported by Madrid dis patches, actually advised the Prince to marry her secretly, and personally Inter vened by telegraph with the Hamburg ecclesiastical authorities, in whose dio cese the marriage took place, to procure a dispensation for It. . This story was obtained from the Prince and, when it becomes known in Europe, it Is likely to create a greater sensation than did the wedding and the Prince's disgrace. Refused and Then Accepted. Prince Alfonso and Princess Beatrice first met In 1906, on the occasion of King Alfonso's marriage. The Prince, then only 20 years old, proposed marriage. The Princess refused him. In 1907 both the Queen and the Queen-mother sought to induce Beatrice to -relent. The Prin cess, however, declared that she never would change her religion, but finally, when she said she had no objection to rearing her children as Catholics, the Queen-mother replied: "Then there is not the slightest diffi culty about the union." King Consents, Premier Protests Later at La Granja King Alfonso for mally asked the hand of Princess Beat rice for his cousin and gave his word of honor there would not be the slightest difficulty concerning the religious phase of the union. The Prince then proposed again and was accepted. When he returned to Madrid King Al fonso asked Premier Maura what . he (Concluded on Page 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 79.T degrees; minimum, 55.4 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and cooler; westerly wlads. Foreign. Prince Alfonso of Bourdon exposes duplicity of King Alfonso under compulsion of Spanish Premier. Page 1. Spanish troops mutiny and people riot against war in Morocco, page 4 Asqutth says Britain warned against tariff by American and German experiences. Page 3. Briand orms new French Cabinet. Page a. National. Interesting question raised by dispute be tween Bellinger and Pinchot. Page 2. Agreement on all disputed tariff questions expected today. Page 1. Politics. Roosevelt proposed for Mayor of New York Page 2. Domestic. Evidence unfriendly to Sutton nearly com pleted, his defenders to be heard next week. Page 1. Deserted wife of rich New Yorker asks for fcts arrest; says he declared marriage bogus. Page 3. Final count of dead In Texas storm. Page 3. Moyer wins battle with Flynn in Miner- Federation. Page 3. Cloudburst In Colorado kills two person and does much damage. Page 3. Sports. Riverside Driving Club to hold racing mati nee today. Page T. Coast League scores: Portland 9, Los An geles 0; Oakland 3, san Francisco 1; Vernon 3. siacramento 0. Page 7. One of Glldden cars chased by Sheriff over Nebraska sandhills, page ?. Northwestern League scores : Spokane 6. Portland : ADeraeen a, oc&ui v couver 4. Tacoma 3. Page 7. Seattle Y. M. C. A. wins track meet in Seattle. Page i. Pacific Northwest. Grading equipment, believed to be Hill . In landed at i ne uaues; crews to us rushed to Deschutes canyon. Page 1. Contesting heirs in Warner-Young will suit says signatures to "nrst" win nave oeen tampered with. Page 5. Montesano woman dreams of murder and aead boay oi men a is ouna. rwe a. Commercial and Marine. Local wheat market is weaker. Page IB. Rush of new wheat to Eastern markets. Page 15. Wall street await action on steel trust divi dend. Page 15. Business confidence develops rapidly. Page 15. French bark Pierre Antonlne placed on list for Portland loading of grain, i-age l. Portland and Vicinity. Mayor Simon outlines plan to break up pav ing combine, rage iv. Employment agents sue for injunction aralnst Industrial worKers oi nuna, rgo . Mayor Simon advises against sale of park and n re do at oonas. rmgv iv. Catholic institute closes successful session. Page 14. Grand Exalted Ruler Eammli, of Elks, to arrive today. Page 10. Special election suggested to provide new metnoa lor paying mi "ier uin-iiu. 14. Hultt C. Merritt. rspitallst. talks of Port land s certain luture grow in. page a.