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1 4 PORTLAND, OREGOX, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLIX.-XO. 15,193. HARRIMAN PLANS SESSION IS EARLY SCENE OF UPROAR SPITE KICK HURLS MAN OFF LADDER T AT LEAST SIX DIE IN CHICAGO FIRE ANOTHER MERGER io, 0 DECISIONS RECORD CLIMB TO SUMMIT OF BAKER OREGON MAN GETS FIRST LAND PRIZE BOUGHT, IS CHARGE Recital of Alleged Fraud Startles. BLAZE IX TENEMENTS DOES GREAT DAMAGE. CXIOX PACIFIC, XEW YORK CEX TRAL, ILLINOIS CENTRAL. VICTIM OF LIXEMAX'S AXGER IS KNOCKED SENSELESS. Isadore Selig Lucky at Coeur d'Alene. LITTLE GIRLS PICK WINNERS Kept Busy for Hours Beneath Scorching Sun. HIRED CRIER ANNOUNCES Names of Successful Applicants Are Sliouted Aloud as Each Envelope Is Tom Open Scores of Clerks Are Employed. PORTLAND WEXTORS IV COETO iyALKVE LAVD DRAWING. No. Ksoim 1U Bert Bridges. l Columbia strset. 1M Hsrrjr J. Aldrteh. 450 Burnilda street. 311 William E. Ryer. not In direc tory. 344 Robert E. Myers, not In direc tory. 357 Theodore Haninger. not In di rectory. br8 Theodore F. Bearlnffer. 408 Six teenth street. 41$ C. E. Harris;, not In directory. 475-Cyrui G. ParVer. not In direc tory. 47S I'harlei Thornton. T5 North Third. 515 George R. Bulla, not rn direc tory. 523 J. G. Montgomery. Home Tele phone Company. 62 Charles Wanamaker. Arlela. ROO Joseph Sharp. 004 Alblna ave nue. Ol William P. Arthur. 1SP6 Berke ley street. 53 Fred T. Lambert, not In direc tory. T32 H. A. Hlnkle. T0 Weldler. 8SS Grant Walker. University Park. 127 Harry A. Meier. 244 H Russell venu. 1S24 F. W. Funk. Ml Washington street. 13S2 George Peebler. SM Ross street. 141J Arthur West, 11T9 Ellsworth . street. 147 W. J. English. Syracuse street. 14S0 Chester W. Lynda. UO East Twenty-first street. SPOKANE. Aus;. . When little Jrtelen Hamilton, niece of Mayor Boyd, of Coeur d'Alene. walked Into a pile of JO5.0OO yellow enveolpes containing: ap plications for land of the Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation this morning;, short ly after 10 o'clock, the great land draw Ins; on the three tracts of Government land the Flathead, the Coeur d'Alene and the Spokane Indian reservations was on. Several hundred people stood around the platform, on which Judge James W. Witten. of Washing-ton, D. C-. for mally opened the drawing- on one of the last of the big tracts of Uncle Sam's public domain, inllke the rush In "squatter" days, the modern method of distributing' the land moved along with the precision of clockwork. I.uokx "anie Excites Crowd. When Miss Hamilton, daintily dressed In white, had plucked the first lucky envelope from the mass and handed It to Judge Witten and the name of Isa dora Selig. of Myrtle Creek. Or., had been read aloud, the gathering crowd began to evidence Increased Interest and qulvring excitement. A faint cheer arose and followed In rapid order as Miss Hamilton, aided by Miss Christine ronlan and Miss Harriet Poet, plucked the other lucky envelopes from the pile. Men and women, now anxious to hear the verdicts in the first 20 envelopes, crowded up to the plat form where newspaper men and Gov ernment clerks grabbed at the bits of news-bearing names and started them thoughout the land by special wires run to the drawing stand. For two hours in the heat of a midday sun the three little girls pranced over the pile of yellow envelopes, plucking fortunes for some from among the pile of applica t.ons. Girls Pose for Photographs. Ixng before the drawing began Judge Witen and his corps of officers and clerks moved from p'ace to place, put ting everything In readiness for the drawing. National colors, in the center of which floated a huge American flag, gave the platform a martial setting. Twenty cast-iron cans, tightly sealed, were placed on the platform shortly be fore 10 o'clock, and two men started at the task of prying them open. The carriages carrying the sponsors of the drawing. Misses Hamilton. Pi st and Punlan. arrived on the scene a few min utes before 10 o'clock, and were hastily gathered around Judge Witten for pho tographs, for which a dozen or more eager newspaper photographers, were In waiting. This preliminary over, Judge Witten raised his hand and mo tioned for silence. In a few words he outlined th. modern method of drawing for Oovernment lands, and pronounced It emphatically not a land lottery. After giving any one present a cliance to come to the platform and (Concluded on Fac 10 ) j Holding Company to Be Owned by Union Pacific Will Carry Out Immense Deal. NEW YORK. Aug. 9. (Special.) In the very best quarters promises are given that there will be early developments of a remarkable nature in Union Pacific. Just at the moment there la a crystHlliza tion of bullish feeling in this stock. An Important individual of wide range of information said today that the Harri man plan provides, not only for the for mation of the. Union Pacific Securities Company to hold Southern Pacific and other Union Pacific Investments, which win have a capital stock of $285,000,000, but that the Union Pacific would pur chase the capital -stocks of the New York Central and Illinois Central Kail roads, exchanging collateral trust bonds for these stocks. Such a deal would be the greatest ever put through. A securities holding company will be Incorporated under the laws of w York. Stock of the holding company will be given to the Union Pacific stockhold era in the shape of 100 per cent stock dividend. It is said that Mr. Harriman proposes that 6 per cent dividends shall be paid on stock of the securities holding company and that 8 per cent shall be paid on Union Pacific shares. This would mean an increase from 10 to 14 per cent in Union Pacific's return to stockholders. BOSTON FORGER TRAPPED Constable Gets "Drop on Him" as He Draws Revolver. OAKLAND, Aug. . Constable W. C. Allen, of Frultvale, Iaet night captured Charlea W. Dodson, a self-confessed forger and emberxler, over whose head 14 Indictments for forgery ' and embezzle ment are hanging In Boston, Mass. Dod son was locked In the County Jail. A week .ago Allen received Informa tion from Boston that Dodson waa on this coast. He made an appointment with Dodson through a third person and, when Dodson arrived at the appointed place, Allen was there, Dodson made an effort to draw a revolver. Allen, how ever, was too quick for him, covering him with his own gun and putting on the handcuffs. At the Jail Dodson said: "I did not Intend to shoot you, con stable. . I saw you were an officer and only wanted to got my gun out and shoot myself." . STEAMER MAIMED BY ICE Crew of Puritan Has Perilous Task Shipping Sew Propellers. VICTORIA. B. G. Aug. 9. To make ex tensive repairs In consequence of her in jury sustained In the ice near Cape Nome, the steamer Puritan has arrived at Esqulmalt. Captain Gore said the vessel was 11 days in the Ice. and when freeing herself broke all the blades from her propeller. She made from two to three knots an hour by the use of square sails and the stumps of her screw blades, and a new seven-ton propeller was shipped with difficulty by the crew from a scow in the open roadstead at Cape Nome after the stern was tilted up by the un loading of two-thirds of her cargo from the after holds. The men. who worked on staging hung over the stern fastened by life lines, were washed from the staging several times. while engaged in the work, which oc cupied three days. BROKEN NECK NOT FATAL Seattle Lather, However, Has One Chance in 10,000 to Live. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 9. (Special.) Suffering no pain but paralyzed be low .the shoulders, Theodore Olsen, a lather, lies at the City Hospital with his neck broken. He was so Injured last evening when he fell from a bridge at Sixth Avenue South and Connecticut street, striking on his head 25 feet below. The Injured man. according to Dr. I. B. Greene, has probably one chance in 10,000 to live, and should he survive will be obliged to wear what is termed by the medical profession a "Jury mast," an apparatus which supports the head with braces from the shoul ders. SHAME CAUSE OF DEATH Son of Author of "America" Felt Pisprace at Prison Term. DES MOIXES. Ia.. Aug. 9. Grief over his disgrace, although freed from prison, is largely responsible for the death of Samuel Francis nith. ex-Mayor of Dav enport. In Toronto yesterday. Smith, the son of the writer of "Amer ica." was released last Thursday from the state reformatory after serving seven years .of an 11-year sentence. . He had been convicted of embezzling trust funds. EVELYN'S PRICE TOO HIGH Demands $500,000, but Thaw Fam ily Will Xot Pay. NEW YORK. Aug. 9. Statements made at Poughkeepsie tonight by Charles Mor-si-hauser. attorney for Harry K. Thaw, Indicate that the Thaw family will op pose any demand for a settlement made by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. Mr. Morschauser said she was demand ing a very large sum somewhere around 1500.000 Watson's Speech of Fiery Nature. IRRIGATION CONGRESS MEETS Director Newell Defends Gov ernment's Work. HAY WELCOMES DELEGATES San Francisco Leads in Contest for Xext Meeting Place Secretary Ballinger Will Be in At- , tendance Toda. SPOKAKH Aug. . "The Government of the Vnited States is sitting Idly while millions of dollars' worth of natural re sources are going to waste." "American lands are going to waste while last year 65,000 Americans sought homes in Canada." The Appalachian forestry bill which passed the House and Senate twice was killed by 'Uncle Joe'." "Frog malaria Is Just aa evil as sand- fleas." "Notwithstanding the dispensary sys tem In South Carolina there la too much water there." Watson Starts Uproar. B. J. Watson, Commissioner of the South Carolina Department of Agricul ture Commerce and Industry, shied a few castors Into the ring before the Na tional Irrigation Congress this afternoon when he vttered the foregoing with such telling effect that the convention was kept In pretty much of an uproar. Mr. Watson was not entirely of the opinion that the Government should give way to private interests. He thought on the contrary that the Government should lose a few millions in irrigation and drainage projects and to this end he let fly a few oratorical pyrotechnics where they would do the most good. Indeed, the South Carolina speaker became so enthusiastic over his subject that he urged as a final measure that the Gov ernment should take control of such coast rivers (Bast and West) aat might be made navigable for the purpose of making waterways for hat t lee hips In time of need for the National defense. This suggestion brought out a chorus of laudatory yells. The sneaker closed with the suggestion that the German system of conservation should be employed In the United States. Xewell Target for Questions. James J. Hill, chairman of the board of directors of the Great Northern, who was to have spoken in the afternoon was not present. Xor was Senator Borah, of Idaho, and F. H. Newell, director of the United States Reclamation Service, was the first speaker of the afternoon. Mr. Newell read his address and afterward (Concluded on Page .) 4 : Assailant Arrested, Attacks Patrol man Absence of Union Card Causes Novel Assault. To fulfill threats made In a heated argument Fred Payne, a lineman, delib erately kicked a ladder from under Paul Mallott. an electrician engaged In making repairs at the Rutland Hotel, .First and Clay streets, early last evening. As a consequence, Mallott was hurled back wards and fell ten feet to the floor. He struck on his head and remained uncon scious until revived by City Physician Zelgler an hour later. Payne was ar rested and charged with disorderly con duct. Witnesses say Mallott while engaged in his work upon a ladder in one of the hall ways of the hostelry was approached by Payne who demanded that Mallott pro duce his union card. Unable to present the credentials Mallott undertook to ; plain his inability to do so, Payne's k'ck following. On the - way to police headquarters Payne struck Patrolman Flack and a lively tussle ensued. After regaining his senses Mallott, who is a member of the firm of Mallott Sc. Hunt, was removed to his home, 1R4 Sherman street. JOKE TURNS TO TRAGEDY "I'm Going to Hell," Man Says, and He Falls to Death. BELXJNGHAM, Wash., Aug. 9. (Spe cial.) "Good-bye, boys; I'm going to hell," remarked William Bauman with, a cheerful grin as he started for the bot tom of a 150-foot well, dangling on tho end of a cable, this morning. A few moments later he was overcome by gas. lost his grip on the cable and fell 30 feet to the bottom, crushing his skull and dying. The influx of the deadly "black damp" into the well which was being dug at the plant of the Crescent Lumber Company, near this city, was sudden and unex pected, and Bauman, in making his Jocu lar remark was quite unconscious that he was predicting his death. His body was recovered by his fellow-workmen after seve-al hours' fishing with a grap pling iron. James Wallace, who was working the same shift with Bauman, nearly lost his life in trying to rescue, Bauman, but was pulled out before he waa entirely over come by gas. DEWEY'S- FRIEND SUICIDE Falls on Evil Days After Brave Ca reer and Drinks Heavily. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. . (Special.) William Mason, a veteran of the Spanish-American war, gunner's mate on the Olympia, Admiral Dewey's flagship at Manila, was found dead in a lonely spot in Tejunga Canyon yesterday and beside his body lay a bottle labeled "poison." Mason, who was 50 years old, came here from Newport, R. I., a few months ago. He made the acquaintance of R. P. Hos klns, a saloonkeeper, and persuaded Hosklns to send htm to a low-grade gold mining claim In the Little Tejunga. After he got there he began drinking heavily. Hoskins saya Mason had a letter from Admiral Dewey highly commending him for his part in the battle of Manila Bay. EXPRESSION ON FACE OF OREGON FARMER. WITNESS SAW MONEY PAID Friends Close to Judges Used to "Fix" Bench. ROOT'S NAME INVOLVED Legislative Probe Committee at Se attle Hears Testimony Against Supreme Judges, Attorneys and Prominent Business Men. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 9. (Special.) P. F. Morrow appeared as a witness before the legislative investigating com mittee this morning and gave an aston ishing recital of alleged fraud and cor ruption, involving members of the Su preme Court, attorneys In high standing and business men. He testified that he had seen money paid to an emissary who was to "fix" copy of a Supreme Court Judge; saw a typewritten copy of an alleged decision before It had been rendered by the Su preme Court, embodying a precedent by which a later case could be easily "fixed;" produced original copies of papers show ing "agreements" coveriag the division of certain property which was to be won by "fixing" the Supreme Court and gave the names of other witnesses to these transactions, besides making public the Identity of the persons who were the al leged "go-betweens." , Woman Acts as Go-Between. Among these alleged "go-betweens" mentioned was Mrs. Sarah L. Brown, of 260 Florentla street, who was subpenaed this afternoon to appear before the com mittee. Mrs. Brown was said to hav-a been employed to influence E. E. B. Pal mer. who is a member of the legislative investigating committee. Palmer -wayto "see" Judge Root and use his influence with Root to procure a favorable decis ion In the claims of Mollis Wilson for the Ballard property Included in the Sullivan estate holdings. P. F. Morrow had been employed by Dr. J.. Eugene Jordon to procure witnesses in fighting the claims of Mollie Wilson and the Brittaln Interests to that portion of the estate of the late John Sullivan lying In Ballard. While working on this'propositlon. Mor row says he was a witness to many of the meetings in which people were dele gated to "see" members of the Supreme Court or to "see" parties supposedly very friendly with members of tliat court to "frame It up," so that a future decis ion might be rendered giving Jordon and the others In the deal absolute title to the Ballard property. "Mrs. Sarah L. Brown, of 250 Floren- (Concluded on Page 2.)' Frame Buildings Occupied by Poles Furnish Flimsy Fuel for Flames. CHICAGO, Aug. 10. (Special.) Fire which swept away 20 residences in South Chicago this morning burned at least six persons to death. All the occupants were asleep and the fire spread with great rapidity. In the great confusion it. is feared sev eral children were burned to death in their beds. The fire has not been extin guished and there has been no oppor tunity to search the ruins for additional bodies. A majority of the victims are Poles, who lived in small tenements, closely crowded together, with scant chance for escape. The houses were all of wood and burned very rapidly. OSWALD TELLS OF HIDING Lay at Brolher-in-Law's Home While Sleuths Searched for Him. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9. There was a sensation In the trial of ex-Chief of Po lice Broadhead for bribery jtoday when Nick Oswald, who has been the only witness thus. far, repeated the fact that some months ago, while detectives were scouring the country for him and while the grand Jury waited for days to- hear his testimony, he was unostentatiously enjoying himself at the .home of his brother-in-law in this city. Rewards of over 1000 were outstanding for his arrest. On cross-examination, today Oswald made some admissions regarding his previous testimony that may have a tendency to weaken It in the eyes of the Jury. He admitted that he gave false testimony regarding the owner ship of property in the red light district to the grand Jury, and also that he was "nearly broke" at the time that he had previously stated he was paying Broad- head and ex-Police Commissioner Schenck large sums of money monthly for protection. BECKER WILL RAISE SHEEP Ex-"Boy Mayor" of Milwaukee May Make Home In Oregon. Sherburn M. Becker, 'the boy Mayor" of Milwaukee, 1906-05, vho is spending a few days In Portland, yesterday acq uired an Interest In a 180-acre ranch near Dilley. owned by Charles O'Neil, and will engage in raising sheep. Mr. O'Neil and Mr. Becker were schoolmates in Wisconsin, and it was the result of a visit to the O'Neil ranch and an ob servation of the possibilities of Western Oregon In the sheep business which in fluenced Mr. Becker to make the Invest ment. Mr. Becker will not leave his Milwau kee home for the present, although he said last night that It was more than probable that a few years will And him a resident of .nis state. WRIGHTS FULL OF FAITH Orville Intimates He Can Fly 1000 Miles in His Machine. NEW YORK. Aug. 9. Orville Wright, the aviator, submitted to a brief inter view tonight in which he said In effect that either he or his brother Wilbur, barring mishaps, could fly 1000 miles. While he dld not say this directly. he hinted as much by saying their per fected machine could carry fuel enough to last 225 hours, which would enable It to travel 1000 miles if a 40 mile speed were maintained. When asked If he would be willing to challenge the world for speed and en durance in an aeroplane, he replied simply that "We consider we have the best machine in the world." ZEPPELIN REPORTED DEAD Operation for Abscess Causes Rumor by Roundabout Course. s LONDON. Aug. 10. The Dally Tele graph's correspondent at The Hague says that a rumor is In circulation there that Count Zeppelin, the famous German aeronaut and builder of the Zeppelin type of dirigible balloon, is dead. The correspondent adds that he has been unable to confirm the rumor. A dispatch from Stuttgart last Satur day said that Count Zeppelin had been taken to a hospital at Constance to re ceive treatment for an abscess on his neck. DOUBLE TRAGEDY PLANNED I Husband and Wife Lock Up Children and Then Try to Kill Each Other. CHICAGO. Aug. 9. After locking their two children in a bedroom and fastening all the doors of their flat, Antonio Splz zarl and his wife went into the darkened parlor today and tried to kill each other. The woman was shot twice and stabbed twice. She died before the police ar rived. The husband was shot twice also and probably will die. YOUNG TEDDY LIKES AIR Will Apply for Pilot's License to Go Ballooning. N'EW YORK, Aug. 9. Theodore Roose velt. Jr., came to New York tonight to arrange for learning more about aero nautics. Since making two trips in signal corps balloons last year, young Roosevelt has determined to apply- for & pilot s license, j Party of Five- Mazamas Surmount Peak. VOLCANO STJLL SMOLDERING Glaciers and Snow Fields'Far Surpass Alps. SHOLES .BEATS RECORD Portland Man Makes Lone Ascent In Quick Time Magnificent View of Mountains, Sea and Cities Enjoyed From Summit. J PROPOSE NEW NATIONAL PARK. BELLINQHAM, Wash., Aug. 9. (Special. ) Gathered around a biff J campflre Saturday night at Camp k Gorman, the Mazamas adopted a f resolution asking- the National Gov I ernment to set aside Mount Baker, Mount Ehuksan and the headwaters f of the surrounding streams as a 7 National park. The resolution ln a eludes a petition that the park be i improved with good highway, etc. J t Aa soon as it Is filled out with the T I necessary statistical and geographl- 1 I cal data, it will be- forwarded to 4 f Secretary of the Interior Baltinfer. BELLINGHAM, Wash.. Aug. 9. (Spe cial.) Having made a record trip yes terday to the summit of Mount Baker and return to Camp Gorman, of the- Ma zamas, in 5 hours and 47 minutes, C. H. Sholee, of Portland, came to the city to day with the news that five members of the party climbed to the topmost peak of Mount Baker 52 hours after leaving BeHfngtiam last Tuesday. The Ave were C. "W. Whittlesey and Francis Beneflel, of Portland, who left the camp at 6 A. M., Friday, followed at 7 A. M. by E. V. JtsUmaoL -Vancouver, B. C, Walter Armstrong, of Portland, and R. B. Hess, of this city.. Cloud Settles Over Them. The first party led the way to the sum mit until they reached the Saddle, which is so plainly visible from the south, at which point they turned to the left and climbed the steep dome of snow. The second three, however, turned to the right at the Saddle and, crossing between the steaming craters, mounted the dome from that side and reached the very point of the summit in advance of the others. The time required for this last party of three was 6 hours and 3 minutes from Camp Gorman, reaching the summit at 1.03 P. M. After they had stayed there 20 minutes, a cloud settled over them and they hurried back. Wide Sweep of Country Seen. From their vantage point the party waa able to see clear to the Straits of Juan de Fuca and Mount Rainier, Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson and the Olympic range. (Conchjded on pa.pe 5.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 73 degress; minimum, u-k degrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. i reign Greece refuses to renounce claim to Crete and Austria warns Turkey against war. Page 3. China Yields to Japan on Antung-Mukden Railroad. Page 3. First signs of break in Swedish strike. Page 4. Domestic. Mrs. Sutton'B letters accusing marine offi cers of murdering her son read In open " court Page 2. Grand Army encampment opens at Salt Lake. Page 5. Helnze accuses trust company of selling tftock put up as collateral. page . Harriman to merge Illinois Ventral and New York Central with union Facinc. Page 1. Oswald says he never left Los Angeles when police sought him. page 1. California boy lost in mountains, starts for est fire to get reiiei, is rescuea ana men arrested, page 3. Government issues boom crop report. Page 3. Sports. Northwestern League scores: Portland 2, Tacoma 1; Spokane 5, Seattle 3; Aberdeen-Vancouver game postponed. Page 7. Pacific North west. Olympia probe committee hears startling tale of alleged brioery or superior uouri members. Page 1. Oregon man secures first prize in coeur d'Alene land drawing. Page i. Fears expressed in Olympia Schively may upset impeachment, page e. petitions asking recall of union officials charge extravagance. Page b. Irrigation Congress opens at Spokane. Page 1 Five Mazamas successfully reach Mount Baker after perilous cilmb. page l. Commercial and Marine. Shortage in world's supply of hops. Page 17. Wheat prices break two cents at Chicago on crop report, page it. New record price for leading stocks. Page 17. rortJand and Vicinity. Portland Railway, Light & power Company to build new power plant at Oregon City. Page 11. proposed ordinance to extend time for in stallation of underground wire system. Page 12. Washington loses $20,000 by flight of cou ples who evade state's marriage law. Page 12. , provision in charter uuholds Mayor Simon's crusade against billboards, page 11. Harriman camps in Deschutes Canyon en joined by Federal Court from proceding with work. Page 16. Removal of playground will permit location of new city jail at Park and BveratL Page ISf