4 VOL. XLIX.-XO. 15,184. PORTLAND. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JULY 23, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. . ii.ii - ... - " " OBVILLE WRIGHT $3,000,000 YEARLY PAID TO GRAFTERS ENORMOUS TRIBUTE LEVIED BT CHICAGO POLICE. " BUTTLE CHANGES TO LUMBER DUTY IS STARTED TAR HOLDS SLEEPY MAN AS PRISONER OF PATTEN UNLOADING WHEAT AS SCHEME MEETS FIRST TEST DEAD OF NIGHT WOODTCRXER UNFORTUNATE IX SELLS FROM THREE TO FIVE MILLION' BUSHELS. SELECTING PLACE TO REST. - , , CAMP THAW ACCUSED BEATING WOMEN I Porters' Men Descend Dizzy Grade. NOISE HERALDS APPROACH Harriman Engineer, Fearing Attack, Puts Men to Work. RIVAL CREWS PEACEFUL Porter Bros. Men Advance on Moan. ' talnslde With No Stakes In Sight. Trip Down Grade In Dark ness Is Thrilling Feat. BT R. O. CALLVETtT. HORSE SHOE BEND, Or., July 27. (Suit Correspondence.) Traveling in the dead of night down two miles of mountain grade that average 30 per cent, a divis ion of Porter Bros.' outfit that left The Palles last Saturday established camp at Horeseshoe Bend at midnight last night. This camp Is located at the foot of the wagon road built at a cost of by the Harriman forces and Is on the flat with Harriman camps on either side. The men employed on Twohy Bros." works for the O. R. & N.. although out numbering Porter Bros.' men 10 to 1. made no attempt to prevent the entrance of the latter into the canyon. The road down which the outfit came overlooks the tints of the Harriman engineers rrarly y feet and the noise and lights cn the mountain side aroused the camp. Men Set to Work at N'ight. Fearing that an attempt might be made to seize the Harriman works, H. L. Ra ven, engineer in charge, called the work men out of bed at midnight and put them to shoveling at the points where the two surveys conflict in that imme diate vicinity. Porter Bros, made no at tempt, however, to put men at work last right, but the Twohy employes stayed on the Job until morning. Bright and' early this morning the boss ef Porter Bros.' outfit sent aix men to tha north portal of the tunnel already started for the Harriman road. Although there are no survey stakes in evidence for the Oregon Trunk line, the Porter workmen began digging in the bank About 75 feet from the O. R. & N". men. Man With Gun Scares Italian. Engineer DetVltt. for Porter Bros., did Hot arrive on the ground until late this afternoon, but the few men were kept at work all day, while a number made camp and others drove the seven wag ons back to Grass Vallley for supplies. Porter Bros, have established a camp that has the appenrance of being de signed to provide accommodation for a large force of men. Throughout today there were no con flicts, but two or three Italians on the Harriman tunnel quit work this morning because one of the Porter men was car rying a rifle of small caliber. The work man with the rifle declared he carried it because the camp had not yet been prepared and he was afraid it would be lost. I Road Work Is Continued. Twohy Bros, kept nearly 10 men at work all day extending the wagon road down the river to the tunnel portals, about one and one-half miles, which point Is now reached by trail. Twohy j Bros, also sent a pack horse contractor Into the canyon today for the purpose of bidding on packing of supplies by an other trail if the wagon road remains closed across the Gurtx ranch. The gate at the entrance to the Gurtx place is still kept locked, and a Porter Bros, employe stands on guard. No attempts have been mao to close off the Davis or French places, which It . to reported Porter Bros, have also pur chased. On the Davis place Is a well from which Twohy Bros.- camp at the brink of the canyon was getting water. This water supply was denied them two days ago, but the camp was then pre paring to move Into the canyon and was not seriously hampered. Porter Bros.' sentinel tonight let through a light spring wagon carrying four Twohy men and two -r three quarters of fresh beef. He said h!s Instructions were to stop only pack wagons. Sub-Contractors Nervous. It Is declared by Twohy Bros, that they have a sufficient outfit In the canyon at Horseshoe Bend to complete 10 miles of work, and can proceed if they can get food supplies for men and horses Into the canyon. Sub-contractors who have been looking over the work which will be supplied from Grass Valley are loath to undertake it under present conditions, but sub-contracts are being let above and below this point, where there are other means of access. The first 30 miles u from the mouth have been let in two sections, one to Foss & McDonald and the other to Burns & Jordan. Outfits are moving Into both places. ' Nelson A Johnson have been awarded the contract for the big tunnel at mile poet 7, Ave miles above the road. This tunnel Is 12W feet long and equipment and supplies can be taken there via the Sherar Bridge road. Porter Bros." feat In bringing seven heavily loaded wagons Is Chopped Out of Asphalt Bed With Axes and Has to Endure Gas oline Bath Later. SACRAMENTO. CaL, July 27. (Spe cial.) While looking for a spot on which to lie down for a nap Sunday night, John Riley, a woodcutter by occupation, selected a bed of tar close to the American River, where the new Southern Pacific bridge Is being built. When Riley went to sleep It was Just after sundown, and the tar was soft. When he awoke early the next morn lng he found himself firmly imbedded In cold, hard tar. His head was burled to a depth of several Inches and he was unable to move. His voice was still good, however, and by yelling loudly he attracted work men on the bridge to his pitiful condi tion. In order to release him the work men had to use axes to cut away the tar. Even when Riley walked away he had a large chunk of tar sticking to his head, and ha found it necessary to go to the County Hospital to have it removed. He waa given a gasoline bath by Dr. J. B. Harris, and with difficulty and not without suffering to Riley, the tar was removed. Part of the skin of the side of his face and ear and some of the hair of his head came off with the tar. VESSEL LOST, IT IS FEARED Barkentlne Griffith, With Captain and Ten Men, Long Overdue. SEATTLE. July 27. A special from Port Townsend says that It Is believed that the American barkentlne J. 31. Griffith, under command of Captain F. Sanders and carrying a crew of ten men. has been lost at sea. The barRentine put out from Carmen Island. Mexico, for Puget Sound 68 days ago. and is long overdue. The barkentlne was chartered to carry a cargo of poles from Port Townsend to San Pedro. The charterer has been notified of the substitution of another vessel. Infor mation coming from the managing owner stating that little hope Is held for the Griffith's arrival. The Griffith was bringing a cargo of 900 tons of salt fish to Seattle. The barkentlne Is an old wooden vessel of 600 tons, built at Seabeck. Wash.. In 1882. TREAT-SUSPECT HARSHLY J With Skull Fractured and Jaw Bro ken, Man Is Tied to Saddle. BAKER CITY, Or.. July 27. From the evidence laid before Sheriff Rand today it i evident that Page Hawley, the al leged Copperfield horsethief, was the vic tim of the most brutal assault ever on record In this county. Dr. E. B. McDanlel who attended the man. declares that Hawley has two frac tures of the skull, his lower Jaw Is broken and that there are several scalp wounds, evidently the result of being beaten over the head with a gun. While Hawley waa unconscious, one finger was spilt open, evidently by a simi lar blow. In this condition he waa put on a horse, and with his hands and feet tied, and a rope put about his neck and made fast to the saddlehorn to keep him upright, the man was brought Into Cop perfieki. BALLOON AS . PARACHUTE PittsfieHl Man Avoids Accident by Quick Action In Air.. CONWAT. Mass.. July 27. Paraschut lng Ills balloon at the height of more than two-miles by loosening the appen dix cord and allowing the lower part of the balloon to rise Into the netting. Dr. S. StowelU of Plttsfield, Mass.. on his first trip as pilot today, dropped to earth in the balloon Plttsfield. He effected a perfect landing. With him as passengers were John T. Manning and Miss Blanche Hulse. a trained nurse. The aeronauts struck a vortex which swept the balloon rapidly upward to a height of over two miles. With but one bag of ballast left. Dr. Stowell conceived the Idea of paraschut Ing the balloon. SENATOR STONE ARRESTED Man From Missouri Hits Xegro Waiter In Buffet Car. BALTIMORE. Md.. July 27. United States Senator W. J. Stone, of Missouri, was for a short time tonight under ar rest here, charged with attacking Law rence J. Brown, a negro waiter on a buf fet car. The Senator stated that when he or dered lunch Brown was offensive and he rebuked him. The man afterward failed to serve the Senator, and. when again rebuked, was impertinent, whereupon the Senator struck him with his open hand. BULLET IN CHILD'S HEAD Six-Year-Old Receives Charge From Revolver In Brother's Hand. ASTORIA. Or., July 27. (Special.) The - eaV-old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Carver waa shot In the left side of the head last evening by the accidental dis charge of a 22-callber revolver with which the lad's S-year-old brother was playing. The bullet Is still in the boy's head, but as the brain was not pierced, the In Jury u not considered a dangerous one. Used Dogwhipoh Girls, Declares Witness. NEW EVIDENCE OF INSANITY Jerome Springs Sensation at White Plains Hearing. POSED AS THEATRICAL MAN Slayer of White Rented Rooms Under Assumed Names and Lured Thither 200 Girls, Says Mrs. Merrill. WHITE PLAINS. N. T., July 27. Harry K. Thaw sat in the Supreme Court here today and heard a woman's testimony that . made his pallid face flush.' He saw a pearl-handled dog whip exhibited, and he heard the witness swear she -had seen him wield it on the bare flesh of girls. The prisoner's wife heard most of the testimony, which was of such a nature that Justice Mills preceded Its presenta tion with the warning that "no woman should stay In the courtroom unless she Is willing to hear everything." Two girls left. The witness was Mrs. Susan Merrill, a buxom woman of about 35 years, and she opened a new chapter In the life of Stanford White's slayer. She told of alleged acts of Thaw between 1902 and 1905. when he waa a bachelor about New York. Her testimony waa in marked contrast to that of two alienists who gave Thaw a clean bill of health, de claring that In their opinion he was sane. Says Thaw Kept Girls. She testified that during the three years named she kept In succession two New York lodging-houses, where Thaw rented rooms under assumed names, and to which he brought at various times more than 200 girls. Xfnfr"Thaw's Imprisonment, she said. he paid these women at least $25,000 as the price of their silence and to "keep them from bothering Thaw's wife or his mother.'' One of them, whom she said passed aa Thaw's' wife, received JTO00. The money .came from Thaw. ' Saw Women Whipped, Too. The mysterious package brought to court yesterday by Clifford W. Hart- ridge, Thaw's former counsel, was un wrapped and a pearl-handled whip about three feet long was brought Into view. With this before the eves of the court and spectators, the woman related a series of stories about finding Thaw on several occasions lashing the. girls upon their bare arms and bodies. Thaw, she said, had posed as a thea trical agent and bad lured the girls to his rooms with promises of engagements. When she remonstrated with him, she testified, his excuse waa that the girls were not smart enough and could not fill their positions and deserved a beat ing." She testified further that Thaw had frequently behaved violently, and that she considered his acts irrational. Mrs. Merrill's testimony was stopped (Concluded on Pace 4.) Market Men Believe He Is Trying to Make Armour Give Up Sup plies of Grain. CHICAGO. . July 27. (Special.) James A. Patten came out In the open today as a big seller of short wheat, amounting probably from 3,000,000 to 6.000,000 bushels, and broke prices from 3V4 to 4 cents a bushel. His brokers sold both September and December heavily, and the July price took a tum ble of 4 cents a bushel In a short time, because elevator people and receivers undertook to sell for that month against actual wheat receipts. September wheat broke to $1.03 and December to $1.02 In the last hour. There was a bluff at supporting the market early In the day, when the July price was run up to $1.09 and the September to $1.06. It was not until about midday that the heavy sell ing of wheat by the Patten brokers be gan. "Patten Is not selling this wheat because he Is bearish," said a well-ad vised pit trader today. "He is after something, and. in my Judgment, that something is the big line of wheat held by the Armour Grain Company. It was because he did not wish to have the Armour wheat unloaded on him every day that he caused a swell In the mar ket last week and that he threw over his own big holdings. Now It looks as if he proposes to do what he can to make the other 'fellow unload his line of several million bushels of wheat also." HOPS MAY GO TO 25 CENTS Salem Dealers Receiving Bullish Re . ports From London. SALEM, Or., July 27. (Special.) Eu ropean cables received today have caused bull leaders to declare theis faith in 25 cent hops before picking time arrives.- SwanM, of London, estimates the Eng lish croo at 220 tc. 250 hundred-weight. the lowest since -1890. when hops went to' 40 cents. Ironmonger estimates thecrop at 260, and cables "Weather very un favorable, mold Increasing, lice persist ent." Barth cables from Neurenburg. Ger many, "Weather unfavorable, crop pro spects gloomy, estimated less than half of lost year." Well-informed hop men claim that this year's crop in, Oregon will not be more than 70,000 bajes. as against 92,000 In 1908. IiT anticipation of big prices, farm ers are spraying and as a result the quality this year Is expected to be very high. Bull beaters claim that 20 cents has been paid In The Dalles country and that 21 cents has been refused for options In North Yakima within the past 4S hours. BIG RUSH TO WONDERLAND Oregon Short Line Stops Traffic Be cause Hotels Full. , OGDEN', July 27. Tourist travel to the Yellowstone Park over the Oregon Short Line has been unprecedentedly heavy during the past week or ten days and from 10 to 15 coaches and sleepers have been crowded wiui -passengers each day during the last few days. As a result of this heavy Influx of sightseers, the hotels In the National Park are crowded to the limit and no more tickets will be sold over this route until the present rush Is over. It Is ex pected that ample accommodations will again be offered -tourists the latter part of the present week and then tickets will be offered to all who apply for transpor tation there. - Remains in Air With PassengerOverHour. SMASHES BROTHER'S RECORD Great Machine Travels Over 50 Miles at High Speed. TAFT WITNESSES SUCCESS On Scene of Previous Disaster, Dar ing Aviator Achieves Xew Tri umph for Leading Amer ican Aeronauts. WASHINGTON, July 27. The world's aeroplane record for two men, both as to time and distance, was broken this evening in a beautiful flight of 1 hour. 12 minutes and 40 seconds upward of 60 miles, and at a speed averaging about 40 miles an hour, by Orville Wright at Fort Myer, with Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, of the Army Signal Corps, as a passen ger. The former record was made last year by his brother, Wilbur, at Lemans, France, with Professor Palntov, of the French Institute, as passenger. That flight was 1 hour, 9 minutes and 31 seconds. Wilbur was an eager spectator of today's flight. Tart Leads Cheering. The cheering that heralded the setting of a new mark in the conquest of the air was led by President Taft, who was an intensely Interested spectator through out the flight. This success was all-im portant to the Wrights, In that it com pleted the first of two crucial tests of their machine imposed upon them by the United States - Government the so-called "endurance test," which required them to remain one hour continuously in the air with one passenger. Orvllle did nearly 13 minutes better than that, and could have kept on Indefinitely threw hours and a half, the limit Imposed by the gasoline capacity of the supply tank. The other test, that for speed, will be complied with tomorrow, weather per mitting, when Orville is to take Lieu tenant Benjamin Foulers, of the Signal Corps, on a cross-country flight to Alex andria, Va., and return. Orville could have made that flight this evening, but it was almost dark when at last he alighted from a flight that would have carried him almost twice across the Eng lish Channel. . . Sister First to Congratulate. Poignancy waa added to Orville Wright's achievement by the realization that upon his previous attempt to navi gate .the air with a passenger. Lieuten ant Selfridge waa killed and he himself terribly injured. His sister. Miss Cath erine Wright, anxiously watched him and when he returned unhurt from his flight, she gripped him eagerly and said: "Bully for you, brother; It was beau tiful." Later the President took him warmly by the hand saying: "I congratulate you heartily, sir. It was a great exhibition. You came down (Concluded on Pace 4.) All Resorts of Vice Pay Regular Toll for Protection From Law Enforcement. CHICAGO. July 27. (Special.) Astound ing revelations follow the partial In vestigation of vice conditions In Chi cago, made In connection with the pres ent crusade against police graft. Many vicious Industries were seen to be cen tered In several districts of the city In suoh proportions that the task of In vestigating conditions In the territory over which Inspector McCann had Juris diction Is gigantic and will unfold to the grand Jury's gaze a speotacle many times as loathsome as that presented by the levee west of the river. Conservatively estimated, the annual amounts In graft alleged to be paid for police protection by resorts of many kinds in the city. Including disorderly houses, hotels, flats, rooming-houses, gambling-houses, dance halls and sa loons, made a total of $2,932,760, near ly 5000 places contributing to this sum. If such fund exists. The largest part of this enormous revenue Is said to be paid by resort keepers and others In what Is known as the Twenty-second Levee district. In addition to these amounts re ceived from habitues of Twenty-second-street Levee, the First Ward ball nets Its organizers $30,000 a year on the average. Resort-keepers and others are forced to contribute In the wholesale purchase of tickets and wine. REDS FIRE AT SURVEYORS v. Crew on Upper Skeena Reports Strained 61tuatoln. VICTORIA, B. C. July 27. (Special.) A." W. Harvey, a surveyor of Victoria, and his two assistants, had a narrow escape from death while working on the Upper Skeena Saturday, being exposed to a rifle fusillade from Indians across tho river, which continued even after they had shouted repeated warnirga. One of the Indians, Mark Benson. wa recognized and brought before Magis trate Allison at Hazelton today, when he pleaded that he had been firing merely as a signal for the squaws to bring over the canoes. As Benson had not been seen actually firing, he Re tired his dismissal. The situation on the river grows more serious daily and a general campaign against the whites is looked for as soon as Winter closes the water highways, so that protection would have to be sent in. In today's case, the Magistrate is severely censured for having strained the law so as not to incur the enmity of the Indians. JOSEPH N. DOLPH MISSING Sought in Denver by . Detectives. Father Will Xot Pay Drafts. DENVER, Colo., July 27. Joseph N. Dolph, son of Cyrus A. Dolph, for several years a prominent figure In social and club life in Portland, is being sought in Denver by Plnkerton detectives. Mr. Dolph, a member of the law firm of Dolph, Mallory, Simon & Gearin, of Port land, issued a notice to business men, stating that J. N. Dolph has no right to issue drafts on him, or otherwise obtain money on his account, and asking that any one to whom he shall apply hold him on a suitable pretext and notify C. A. Dolph, through the Denver office of the Plnkerton company. Joseph X. Dolph is a son of Cyrus A. Dolph, of this city. He graduated from the Portland High School, afterwards studied law, and later prepared for the ministry. -A- few years ago he gained notoriety by eloping with an actress. Ha returned to Portland and was connected with a department of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. He has not been In Portland for the past two years. BARK AND SEVEN MEN LOST Story of Suffering and Shipwreck Is Brought From Tasmania. VICTORIA, B. C, July 27. A thrilling story of the loss of the bark Orleans with seven of her crew, when bound from the Seychelle Islands for Dunedin, waa brought by the steamer Marama, which icached port tonight from Australia. The Orleans was abandoned June 17, 200 miles off the west coast of Tasmania, after the crew of 14 had worked for five days at the pumps In vain, the vessel being listed over and the water reaching her hatches. For 12 days the survivors suffered terribly in open boats before Captain Lindstol and six men reached Macquarrie Heads, Tasmania, and re ported the loss of seven shipmates. For 11 days the two boats from the wreck were in company, and then parted in heavy weather. Several tugs and a government steamer were sent to search, but failed to find the missing boat. MORE CLOTHES; MORE TIME Gotham Judge Decides if Dancer Lengthens Tights Court Can Wait. NEW YORK, July 27. Miss Gertrude Hoffman, the dancer, will have until next Fall to answer the charge of appearing on the stage In too scanty attire. When the hearing In her case was called to day, the court granted a postponement until next October on the plea of her attorney to prepare for trial. Magistrate Steinert said Miss Hoffman's agreement to don tights of suitable length was sufficient assurance to the court that the case did not demand im mediate adjudication. She had heretofore worn tights reaching to ier knees. $1 Rate or Defeat Says Payne to Taft. HOUSE ULTIMATUM TO SENATE Payne Says Tariff Report In Danger of Rejection. AGREED ON OTHER DUTIES Free Hides and Oil Conceded by Senate, House Yields on Coal, Iron Ore, Paper Senate May Yet Reject Free Hides. WASHINGTON, July 27. "Lumber duty of $1 a 1000 or defeat for the tariff conference report by the House." This In effect was the ultimatum given Presi dent Taft tonight by Chairman Payn of the ways and means committee and a numbor of other Congressmen. The con ference at the White House lasted until late. Mr. Payne remained with the Presi dent after the others had gone. Some of those present stated positive ly that, the Senate must accede to tfca rate of $1 a 1000 on' lumber, as agreed upon by the House, or the conference report would be defeated. They told ths President they were determined to fight for the lower rate and it was said that the House would have the President's support on this feature of the tariff measure. House for Free Lumber. The sentiment in the House for free lumber is very strong, the President was told. Ha waa also told that the present sentiment in the Hoi'se is against any Increase In the House rate, although a compromise rate of $1.26 may be ac cepted. Although It was stated earlier in the evening that the report had been practically agreed to, it was declared by several at the close of the conference to night that " a better adjustment of the lumber . schedule would be necessary be fore a report is made. Those besides Mr. Payne who conferred (Concluded on Pas S ) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 67.1 degrees; minimum, 57. TODAY'S Fair with slowly rising tempera tures; westerly winds. Foreign. Czar arrives In Germany, closely guarded. Page 2. Crete raises Greek flag and declares lnde- pen donee of Turkey. Page 2. Latham Hies across channel and falls In sea within two miles of Dover, but Is res cued. Page 2. . Revolution in Catalonia caused by oppo sition to war with Moors. Page &. American tells story of riot at Guadalajara. Mexico. Page 5- National. Final agreement of tariff conferees insures free hides, $1.50 rate on lumber. Page 3. PInchot will appeal to people to support Roosevelt conservation policy against Bal- linger. Page 3. House Democrats impatient for conference report on tariff. Page 4. House leaders give Taft ultimatum in favor of 1 duty on lumber; other rates agreed on. Page 1. Domestic. United State's Steel Corporation Increases dividend on common stock. Page Train runs away in Utah, but all on board escape with slight Injuries. Page 3. Patten sells 5,000.000 bushel of wheat to make Armour disgorge. Page 1. Orville Wright makes official test with air ship at speed of 40 miles an hour. Page 1. Sutton inquiry adjourns to give officers op portunity to defend themselves. Page 8. Woman testifies that Thaw hired rooms where he whipped . hundreds of girls. Page 1. Sleepy man lies on soft tar and lias to be chopped loose. Page 1. Millions levied on Chicago vice by grafting police. Page 1. Leading Arkansas citizen killed in court room as sequel to divorce suit, and Sen ator Davis has narrow escape. Page 5- Sport. Coast League scores: Portland 1, Oakland O; San Francisco 6. Sacramento 4; Los Angeles-Vernon, no game. Page 7. Northwestern League scorces; Vancouver 5, Portiand 2; Seattle 3. Tacoma 4; Aberdeen-Spokane game postponed account of rain. Page 7. Detroit scout visits Portland and praises Coast League bail. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. Porter Bros.' men establish camp in dead of night on ground occupied by Harriman crew. Page 1. Sheriff Minto, of Salem, captures man sus pected of attempted holdup, who proves to be ex-convict. Page 6. Mazama advance guard preparing camp near Mount Baker. Page J. Commercial and Marine. Foreign hop crop reports indicate serious condition. Page 17. Wheat selling is on large scale at Chicago. Page 17- Union Pacific almost touches 200 mark. Page 17. Donna Francisca Is reported chartered for grain. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Mayor Simon and President Josselyn dis cuss big projects for city Improvement. t . Page 10. Mayor suspicious of North End repairs, de clines to sign permits, page 10. Mrs. Collins may be arraigned on murder charge today. Page 16. Buck man tract on East Side is sold for S13O.0OO. Page 9. United Railways has construction gangs at work on Forest Grove line. Page 16. Members of Fourth Regiment at Clackamas Range make remarkable scores, page 11. H. C King to sue County Judge Webster alleging waste of county's time -on pri vate practice. Page 11. Mayor Simon laughs at report that Portland seeks services of City Engineer Thomson of Seattle. Page 11- Guests of E. P. Rosenthal at Commercial Club dinner walk out. following lead of Dr. wetherbee. Page IX l T