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CHICAGO STRIKE MAY BE AVERTED Concession on One Line Shows Trend. ALL CARMEN MAY GET BENEFIT Chief Strikebreaker Says No Strike Coming. NO EXCUSE FOR CONFLICT Wate and City Officials Unite Efforts for Peace Vote on Strike Conies Thursday Wages Best in Any Big City. nrvELOFMEvrs rv strike srr rATtox. CHICAGO. Auc 4. (Special.) President Mitten, of the Chicago City Railway Company, which op erates the Calumet A South Chicago Company, offer wage Increase to latter line. Men of bla own line be lieve this promises concessions to them at neat conference. Employes on all Unea prepare for balloting on the question of strike, which will begin tomorrow. City administration Is said to have brought atrong pressure on streetcar companies to prevent strike. CHICAGO. Aug. 4. With 10.000 street tar men voting tomorrow on the ques tion of a walkout, the attitude of trac tion and city official tonight was that of hope that a rtrike will be avoided by a compromise. The referendum will begin at 4 o-clock in the morning, and It to expected the men will vote In favor of a strike. President T. B. Mitten, of the Chicago City Railway, has entered Into negotia tions with the employes of the Calumet A South Chicago Street Railway Com pany, looking toward an increased scale, and trouble may be averted In that quar ter at least. The arrival tonight of P. T. Bergoff. a professional strikebreaker, who figured In the recent Philadelphia struggle, seemed significant. Bergoff said that he had been asked to come to Chicago by the president of the street railway com panies, and that he thought he could handle the situation with 3500 men. He said he had 350 men on his payroll, most of them In New Tork and Philadelphia. No Strike, Says Strikebreaker. There will be no strike In Chicago." said Edwin L. Reed, strikebreaker, fol lowing a day of Investigation of labor conditions throughout the city. Mr. Reed's occupation Is supplying men to take the places of strikers, and he has had experience In this in every part of the country. He haa held counsel with President Mitten, of the Chicago City Railway, many timea during the past ten days, and stands ready to bring strikebreakers by the thousands Into Chicago If the conductors and motormen go out. "But there will be no strike." said Mr. Reed. "I have been on the scene of ac tion In Pittsburg. Philadelphia. Louisville in fact, everywhere that there have been labor troubles, actual and rumored, during the past three years. And. from all my experiences. I stand ready to wager any amount of money that there will be no car strike In this city. Best Paid Among Carmen. "The reason Is very simple, and as soon as the complaining trainmen realize how really fortunate they are they will cease their talk. Why. the Chicago conductor and motorman get from two to four cents more than the conductor and mo torman of any city of the same transpor tation conditions in the country- I have been In every point where there Is a city that can in any way compare with Chi cago as far as streetcar lines are con cerned, and have affidavits in my posses sion that show the Chicago operators are in receipt of the largest salaries paid to men In their position." RUDDY PLANET TO BE NEAR Scientists Gather on Mount W ilson to Study Mars. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 4 (Special.) Next month Mars will be closer to the earth than It will be- in the next 15 years, and eminent astronomers are gathering at Mount Wilson observatory from all over the world to take observations. Among the scientists now on the sum mit are Professor J. C. Katteyn. of Hol land .who ts working on a map of the heavens: Professor C. W. Chamberlain, of Vassar. and Professor B. G. Abbot, of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington. In their study of the planet they will use the new five-foot reflecting telescope re cently Installed on the peak. Numerous photographs of the planet will be taken, the comparative nearness of the heavenly body making especially favorable conditions for camera work. A new device, called the long focus, will be attached to the great telescope. It Is ex pected this will enable the scientists to obtain the best photographs yet secured t of Mara HONEY BEES CURE HIS RHEUMATISM HOLT WRITHES IX AGONY WHILE THEY STIXG JOINTS. Awakes Next Morning Without Aches and Walks to Office Frisky as Boy. REDOING. Cal.. Aug. 4. Tortured by rheumatic pains, from which he has suffered for months, James R. Holt, head of a local contracting firm, submitted himself to the stings of 39 honey bees yesterday, and today walked to his of fice for the first time In many days, de claring that his Joints were as limber as those of a boy. Mr. Holt has been so badly crippled with the disease that for months he was compelled to use a carriage to go from his home to his office, three blocks away. Ten or a dozen bees were applied to each aching Joint while the patient writhed in agony. After It was over he became nauseated and a chill lasting two hours followed. He retired for the night and finally fell asleep. When he awoke this morning he was surprised to feel no ache in his Joints. ENGAGEMENT ONLY JOKE Miss May Sutton Breaks Troth With Young Hani. PASADENA. Cal.. Aug. 4. Miss May Sutton, world's champion woman tennis player, anonunced today that she has broken her engagement to Harry B. Ham, son of George I. Ham, a wealthy banker of the City of Mexico. "We will call it all a Joke," said the little tennis queentoday. "After I defend my title In Southern California next Saturday I am going East to play the game of my life, forget ting about such things as engagements and marriage. I am Just a girl. I don't think It's fashionable for a girl to marry before she is 25." She added, with a laugh: "Say that It Is all off and that I am glad that I am still foot-loose and fancy free." The announcement of the engagement was made early In July. TRUNKS ARE CLEW TO GANG Light Breaks In St. Louis Kidnap ing Case. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 4. The discovery to day that three trunks had been shipped from St. Loula to Chicago by men sus pected of kidnaping Grace and Tomasso Viviano confirmed the St. Louis police in the belief that the disappearance of the children and the demand for 125.000 ransom was the result of a carefully worked out blackmailing plot, which did not, however, contemplate harm to the children. The Chicago police telegraphed the be lief that the trunks contained the chil dren's bodies. The trunks were opened and found to contain only.clothlng. The St. Louis police theory of the trunks is that, they contained the prop erty of Samuel Turrlsi, who is believed to have lured the Viviano children from their homes, and of other members of the blackmailing band. BLUE LAWS ARE REPEALED Connecticut Jfow to Permit Sunday Baseball. HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 4. Both houses of the Connecticut Legislature to day passed a bill repealing the so-called blue laws" relating to Sunday observ ance, which forbid almost every form of recreation and secular activity. The laws are relics of 1722. One of the laws specifically repealed is that which provides for a fine of $4 on each person who shall attend a concert or entertainment on the Lord's day. The new bill prohibits all sports and secular activities, "except such as are demanded by necesssity and mercy and such as are for the general welfare of the community." Under the words "general welfare of the community," Sunday base ball will probably be permitted. REPORTER MAY BE CHIEF Mayor Basse Wants Secretary to Head Police Department. CHICAGO. Aug. 4. Bernard J. Mul laney. private secretary to Mayor Busse. waa asked tonight by the Mayor to ac cept the office of Chief of Police of Chi cago, made vacant earlier in the day by the resignatalon of George M. Shlppy. It is probable that Mullaney will accept. Mullaney is 39 years old. He was a po litical reporter on various Chicago pa pers for many years. TURKEY TO INVADE CRETE Preparations Made to Send 40,000 Troops to Island. COLOGNE. Aug. 4. The Cologne Ga zette's Salonlca correspondent cables that the Turkish government has ordered out 40.000 redlfs In the territory of the Sec ond Army Corps at Smyrna, and has contracted with three steamship com panies for the transportation of troops and munitions of war to Crete. He says great excitement prevails everywhere. Shippy Resigns as Chief. CHICAGO. Aug. 4 George M. Shippy, Chief of Police of this city, today ten dered his resignation on the ground of 111 health. PORTERS TO BUILD ON TO PORTLAND? New Phase Develops in Deschutes Activity. PEACE ON BATTLEFIELD NOW Oregon Trunk Contractors Obey Injunctions. MAY BE COLOSSAL BLUFF Harriman's Firm Intrenchment In Central Oregon Pointed a Proof of Futility of Hopeful Compe tition, for Another Road. BT R. O. CALLTKRT. GRASS VALLEY, Or., Aug. 4. (Staff Correspondence.) Peace seems to have settled in the canyon of the Deschutea River in the vicinity of this point, at least pending the hearing on the injunc tions that are now In force. One of these Injunctions restrains tha Oregon Trunk Line, Porter Bros, and employes from interfering with the use of the wagon roads by the Harriman contractors and employes across the Baker. Gurtz and French ranches. The other restrains the Oregon Trunk. Porter Bros, and employes from working on the 60-foot right of way claimed by the Har riman line for seven miles of disputed territory. Including the tunnel at Horse shoe Bend. Upon service of the latter Injunction Porter Bros.' work was stopped today at all points covered by the Instrument. This does not necessarily tie up all the work of Porter Bros., but only at places where they have encroached upon what Is claimed to be exclusive right of way by the Harriman road. Foreman Has Enough, Quits. One of the places where Porter Bros.' operations are thus stopped temporarily Is at the tunnel at the heel of Horseshoe Bend. Another place Is about a mile up the river from the tunnel, where Porte Bros." workmen were gradually encroach ing on the wagon road extension Twohy Bros., the Harriman contractors, are building on what will eventually be the railroad grade. Harry Carleton. Porter Bros.' foreman, who had charge of the gate at the Gurtz ranch during the incipient riot of Sun day, and who Is now under bond to ap pear before the Circuit Court on a charge of participating In a riot, returned to Grass Valley today from the canyon and announced he had enough of that locality. Mr. Carleton. as a rule, devotes his at tention to subcontracting and was reluc tant to take a position as an employe In the first place. 1 Build Through to Portland. From a source close to Porter Bros, and Oregon Trunk Line officials comes the statement today that within 30 days an engineering force will be put on the ground locating a line from the mouth of the Deschutes paralleling the O, R. N. to Portland. Engineers of the projected road, it is (Concluded on Pae T.) NOT ON THE FIVE-FOOT SHELF. BUT IT'S THE OPEN BRIBERY AT DIRECT PRIMARY WHOLESALE PRICES ' OFFERED FOR INDIANA VOTES. Boasted Reform System Causes Alli ance of Opposing Can-' didates. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Aug. 4. Spe cial.) This city is tonight in the throes of a bitter contest in the ranks of both parties, and charges of attempted brib ery are openly made in connection with tomorrow's primary. Harding, Repub lican, and Clarke, Democrat, are work ing hand in hand, and it is charged that Republicans and Democrats are arrang ing to vote at both primaries In pursu ance of a combination between Harding and Clarke. A member of the Election Board In one of the Eleventh Ward precincts reported today that he had been offered $25 for 25 votes for Harding in his precinct, J50 for 75 votes and any sum he 'might name for 150 votes. He was asked to put the ballots into the ballot-box before the vot ing begins. The Chief of Police has appointed 225 men to be at the precincts tomorrow to prevent frauds. .The situation is regarded as disgraceful, and many are charging it to the primary method of choosing candi dates. MOSQUITOES ROUT CREWS Mexican Railroad Workmen Forced to Suspend Construction. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 4. (Spe cial.) AH construction work has ceased south of Mazatlan on Harriman's South ern Pacific Mexican coast line, and will not be resumed until the rainy season Is ended and the mosquitoes disappear. This action was taken two weeks ago. says Dr. Walter Vilas, who returned to Los Angeles today. , "The mosquitoes are the worst afflic tion of all 'at present." he said. "Night and day the air is so full of them they can be caught by the handful any time. Sleep Is out of the question without the most extensive protection by netting. Even the natives are unable to work ef fectively on the ground because of them. When on the train they are not trouble some and scarcely noticeable. In the Winter they are not seen at all." Dr. Vilas Is in charge of the railroad hospital at the front. U'REN'S PLAINT DROPPED Court Decides No Grounds for Kick About Baggage Facilities. SALEM, Or., Aug. 4. (Special) The State Railraod Commission this after noon made an order discontinuing the in vestigation Into the service of the North ern Pacific Terminal Company at the Union Depot In Portland. Charges were preferred some time ago by W. S. U'Ren, of Oregon City, who said he had been compelled to wait an hour or more to have baggage checked. In the opinion of the Commission,' the evidence presented did not Justify further proceed ings against the terminal company. REGISTRATION IS LARGER Today, Last Day, Expected to Be Kecord-Breaker. KALISPEIiL, Mont. Aug. 4. With but one day remaining of the registration period, registration has exceeded the es timated number of 20.000, and tomorrow Is expected to be a record-breaker. MRS. CASTLE HOPED TO Says Man Insulted Her Before Servant. GIVES NEW YERSIQN OF ACT Woman Tangled in Shooting Case Also Talks Suicide. ' HELD UNDER HEAVY BAIL California Woman Who Wounded New York Lawyer Gets but Slight Sympathy and at Once Changes Story. NEW YORK. Aug. 4. Mrs. Neville Castle, the woman from California, who had a difference of opinion with Mrs. William Craig as to whether Mr. Craig, whom she shot but did not seriously in jure last night at the Waldorf-Astoria, has pursued her, or she him, found no mercy today in the man she says loves her. No one had gone on her bail tonight. Craig refused to dismiss the complaint against her, and when she laid her hand upon his shoulder in court, and pleaded gently, "Will, please drop It. won't you?" he turned brusquely' and left the room. She was held In $3000 ball for further ex amination. In the matron's room of the Jefferson Market prison Mrs. Castle gave out a statement, interrupted by bursts of weeping. In which she intimated that her negro servant could testify in her sup port. Says Craig Visited Her. "Night before last," she said, "Will (Craig) called at my house before 7 o'clock. Something occurred that I swore I would punish him for. I had my serv ant put him out. He said things which he said he should tell somebody. I said he shouldn't. "If you had sisters you would have told them to act Just as I have acted. "Last night I went to the Waldorf As toria to make him retract. I told him it would have to be In the presence of the negro, because he had been in the room and had heard It. When I met Will he said: 'I wish I were dead, that Kate were dead, that you were dead.' Kate, you know, is his wife. Drew Pistol as Threat. "Then I drew this crazy little affair" the pistol she carried In her handbag. "He grabbed it, and it went off." Mrs. Castle haa been highly excited ever since her arrest, but up to the time of her statement tonight she denied any attempt to . "punish" anyone. She drew her pistol, she has said hitherto, with the intent to commit suicide. Earlier in the day Mrs. Craig told the detectives at police headquarters that she had Intended to commit suicide when she drew the revolver in the hotel, and that as she pointed the weapon at herself Craig grasped it, and in the struggle it was dis. charged. Tells Story of Life. Heavily veiled and apparently laboring (Concluded on Page 8.) ONE BEST BOOK. PONISH CRAIG PARSON IS WINNER AS A MATCHMAKER SHEK1DAX PREACHER UNITES HEARTS BY MAIL. Rev. John L. Jones, of Clackamas, Gets Bride From Pennsylvania After Pretty Romance. OREGON CITT, Or., Aug. 4. (Special.) A pretty and unusual romance culmin ated in the marriage of Rev. John L. Jones, of Clackamas, to Miss Mary E. Davis, of Mount Carmel. Pa., July 19 last, at Sheridan. Miss Davis had spent all her ltfe at Mount Carmel, and was the daughter of the late John E. Davis, 404 South Market street. Eighteen years ago she was a regular church worker, and her pastor was Dr. Ferris, a minister of the Congregational Church. Dr. Fer ris Is now pastor at Sheridan, Tamhill County, and he met Rev. Mr. Jones, who was a widower with three young children. Dr. Ferris played the part of match maker, and was so sure Miss Davis and Mr. Jones would suit each other and that she would be of great assistance to the minister In his life work, that he ar ranged a correspondence between them. Letters followed thick and fast and then came a proposal of marriage, which was accepted. Miss Davis left her old home for Oregon and was met at the depot In Portland by Dr. Ferris, who took her to Sheridan and there she first met her hus band. They were married a few days later by Dr. Ferris, and are now living happily at Clackamas, where they arrived July 22. The Ladies' Aid Society of Rev. Mr. Jones church tendered them a large reception and the bride has already become a prime favorite in her husband's congregation. GREAT LOS ANGELES NEAR Suburban Towns Vote for Consolida tion as Part of Scheme. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4. The first step In the movement for a Greater Los Angeles through the acquisition of the two small municipalities adjacent to the harbor of San Pedro was successfully ac complished today when the electors of Wilmington and Los Angeles' voted to consolidate the two cities. The result of today's election is to give the City of Los Angeles control of that portion of the inner harbor of San Pedro covered by the tldelands, the shores of which are to be reached by various chan nels now being dredged under the direc tion of the Government. On August 14 the City of San Pedro will vote on a consolidation proposition and, should It carry, Los Angeles will be in full control of the entire harbor. RANGE TRAGEDY REVEALED Lone Prospector Thought to Have Been Killed by Wild Horse. SANTA ANA, Cal., Aug. 4. Sup posedly thrown and killed by a wild horse, which he had roped on the range after his own mount had taken fright at his shooting a deer, and run away, the body of Nick Olivares, 28 years of age, was found last night in the mountains 15 miles from Caplstrano. The man's hip and back were bruised, and a hand kerchief was tied around his head, though there were no marks of injury on the head. The body had evidently lain two or three days where It was found. It was brought 10 miles on a litter over a rough mountain trail by two men. Olivares had a mining claim in the region where he was killed. AMERICAN VESSEL SEIZED Accused of Robbery in German Af ' rica, Captured by Portugal. WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. In a cable gram dated August 4, Charles Page Bryan, American Minister to Portugal, informs the State Department of the seizure at Quissanga, Angola, Portu guese West Africa, of a small cutter fly ing the American flag. The Minister says that the master of the vessel is charged with robbery in the neighboring German colony. CZAR LANDS IN ENGLAND Ventures Ashore to Visit Edward's Xaval Station. COWES, Aug. 4. Emperor Nicholas came ashore from the imperial yacht Standart this afternoon for the first time since his arrival last Monday, and in company with King Edward visited the naval station at Osborne. AGED SALEM MAN STRUCK William Bnck, Sr., Hit by Streetcar and Badly Injured. SALEM. Or, Aug. 4. (Special.) William Buck, Sr., a well-known resi dent of Salem, was struck by a street car today and seriously hurt. His shoulder was broken and other injuries sustained. CRUSHED UNDER HIS AUTO Banker's Car Goes Over Bank and Falls on Him. SAN LUIS OBISPO. Cal.. Aug. 4. A. W. Sudden, a banker of Santa Barbara County, was killed near Santa Margarita this evening when his automobile went over a steep embankment, crushing him to death. WHITE LIVED i EE LIFE Thaw's LawyertoShow "Delusions" Real. PLOT AGAINST THAW'S LIFE Detective's Report Shows It Was Not Imaginary. WHY HE CHANGED LAWYERS Firm First Engaged Was Dropped by Glcason's Orders Seeming Va garies Swept Away When Lawyer Explains. WHITE PLAINS. N. T., Aug. 4. Harry K. Thaw's attorney will undertake to prove that the orgies in which. Thaw ac cused Stanford White of engaging were not delusions, but were actual events, of which Thaw had proof. This was brought out today in the cross-examination of wit nesses for the state at the insanity trial, which closed the state's case. It now devolves upon Thaw to offset the testimony of the state's alienists, who have sworn, without exception, that Thaw " is still insane and would be a menace to the community if released from the asy lum at Matteawan. Gleason Sweeps Away Theories. Dr. Carlos F. MacDonald was the last alienist called by the state. He waa fol lowed by John B. Gleason, ThaWs orig inal legal adviser after the shooting of Stanford White. Mr. Gleason came to Thaw's aid this afternoon and cleared up a few old mysteries, sweeping away some of Thaw's apparent vagaries, upon which Mr. Jerome has dwelt so persistently. Mr. Gleason's most advantageous state ment, from tho prisoner's standpoint, concerned the dropping of the law firm of Black, Gruber, Olcott & Bonynge and of I L. Delafleld, and the engagement of Delphln M. Delmas as chief counsel for Thaw. This had beeu done at his (Gleason's) orders, he said, and was not due to a whim of Thaw's. 3fo Delusions About White. Throuh Mr. Gleason Thaw's lawyer hopes to show that Thaw's attitude to ward Stanford White was not due to delusions, as the state contends, but was prompted by what Thaw knew of White's practices. Mr. Gleason has about 60 let ters received from Thaw which may prove one of the sensations of the hear ing tomorrow if read. Trying to clear Thaw of another "de lusion," Mr. Gleason presented a report of detectives regarding an alleged at tempt on Thaw's life December 24, 1903, The wording of this document was not made public, but it was introduced to counteract the state's contentions that Thaw had delusions concerning the "Monk" Eastman gang, which he "be- (Concluded on Page S ) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 06 degrees; minimum, 58 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwest winds. Spartan methods of training Japanese sol diers denounced by newspapers. Page 5. Harriman railroad builders driven from Mazatlan, Mexico, by mosquitoes. Page 1. Strike in Stockholm extends and causes suf fering, but no disorder Pare Z. First public guillotining in 15 year in Paris. Page 8. National. . Cannon avenges himself on insurgents and show's hostility lo nostal banks in com mittee appointments. Page 5. Tariff bill debated in Senate and attacked by insurgents Page 2. Politics. Direct primary at Indianapolis disgraced by bribery charges. Page 1. Domestic. May Sutton, champion tennis-player, aa'ysj engagement waa joke. Page 1- Thaw's lawyers will try to prove charge against White were true. Page 1. Sutton inquiry to be resumed todny. Page X Mrs. Castle tells new story of why she shot Craig. Page 1. Chicago carmen will vote on strike, but con flict may be averted. Page 1. Sports. Coast League scores: Portland 4, San Fran cisco 1; Vernon 7, Oakland 4; Sacramento 13. Los Angeles 8. Page 10. Pacific Coast tennis chamoions defeat South erners and will play for National chara , plonship. Page 10. Northwestern League scores: Seattle 0, Portland 5, ( 12 innings ; Aberdeen 7, Tacoma 3; Spokane lo, Vancouver ft. Page 10. Jeffries wants formal notice from Johnson challenge la accepted. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. Sheridan preacher plays matchmaker, Clackamas parson wins bride through mails. Page 1. Porter Brothers reported to be ready t build Oregon Trunk Into Portland. Page 1. Secretary Ballinger says he is true to Roose velt policies. Page 6. Mrs. Woodcock has no graft at Seattle and town is puzzled. Page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Master Fish Warden McAllister must mov office to Salem. Page 16. Mutual Insurance companies to hold Na tional convention in Portland August 17 '20. Page VI. District Attorney's Office believed to be after control of North End. Page 12. Contract let by County Court for steel skeleton of east wing of new Courthouse. Page 11. Lunacy Commission to investigate Mrs. Kate Van Winkle Collins' mentai condition to day. Page 9. Port of Portland will pass on plans for railroad bridge today. Page 16. Official Inspection fails to reveal defects In Brooklyn sewer. Page 11. Six injured in automobile collision on Base Line road. Page 4. WILL PROVE