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SCHIVELY CAN SAY WHAT HE GOT Money He Collected Is All Spent. TESTIMONY IS DAMAGING Defendant Admits He Took Coin for Work Not Done. HIS SHARE IN THOUSANDS Insurance Companies Paid $2 00 In Advance for Examinations, Which In Many Instances Were Never Performed, Schlvely Admits. OLTMPTA, TVaah., Aug. 23. (Staff Cor reepondence.) Although practically un shaken In his testimony on the perjury charge against htm. J. H. Sschively was forced Into making- damaging admtosions in the Impeachment trial today on the other counts. Asserting that he vae absolutely un able to give any estimate of the eums he had collected as advance examination fees on Insurance companies that were never examined. Schively admitted on the stand that these sums were divided equal ly between Secretary of State Nlchola and himself and that every dollar of bis share had been expended. No Record of Sloney Collected. He Insisted vehemently, however, that It had been his Intention and is now. If permitted to do o, to make the exam inations, pay his own expense and. If he loses by the work, to look to Mr. Nichols to reimburse him. The Insurance Commissioner declared that no record had been kept of the money so collected, either officially or personal, and that It had not been placed In a trust fund to be used in making the examinations. Scblvely's Share Is Thousands. The practice of collecting examination fees In advance in this way. he said, be gain In 1906. Assistant Attorney-General Lee. cross examining, referred to Bchlve ly's direct testimony, showing that 182 companies had been admitted In that period. Asked If at the rate of tXO per company the total fees collected had not aggregated J36.400 and his share tlS.200. Schively replied in the negative, assert ing that some Eastern companies with Coast general agencies had been admit ted, after a conference with the Insur ance board In San Francisco, for 100 each. Asked if hie share had been J10, 000. Schlvely testified that he could not say whether the amount was In excess or lesa than that figure. Admits He TTsed Money. Referring to the articles of impeach ment. Mr. Lee called attention to the fact that it was charged therein that J30OO had been collected In fee's for ex aminations not yet made. "What did you do with your half?" he aaked. "It has largely been expended In these, proceedings." "Then. In other words. It was not ex pended In the interests of the Insurance department, but for personal expenses?" "That la so." was the reply. "If you kept no record of fees paid In advance, how do you know what com panies to examiner asked Lee. Ready With New Excuse. "If I should go to examine the Boston Insurance Company, for Instance, or should send an examiner there, and a statement of expenses were submitted to the company and the Boston Insurance Company should produce vouchers show ing that the fees had already been paid. It would not be asked to pay for the examination." Schlvely'a excuse for not making the examinations was that the volume of work In the office, and lack of assistance, prevented him getting away. When asked how It happened that he could get away to take a position with the Paciflo Livestock Insurance Company In Spo kane, go to Portland and Walla Walla to act aa an Insurance expert on his own account, as he has testified he did, and go to the Elks' convention In Denver, Schlvely replied that as an employe he was under the orders of his employer, and that he had frequently told Nichols that the examinations should be made. Got Money for No Work. Schively was also shown from his own report that the Capital Life Insurance Company, of Denver, and the Illinois Na tional Fire Insurance Company, of Springfield, had withdrawn from this state. He admitted that $200 each had been extracted from these companies for examinations never made, but that the sums had never been refunded, although an examination is not now required. Schlvely testified today that the $200 he received from the Union Guaranty Company, of Portland, was personal fees for expert services in assisting H. D. Wagnon to merge the company, then a fraternal organization. Into a stock com pany. Donovan Ousted From Room. An Incident of the day was the exclu sion from the floor of the Senate of W. C. Donovan, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Spokane County, who has been an tConcluded on Fa J RELICS OF ANCIENT ALASKAF0LKF0UND FAR NORTH WAS POPULATED IN PREHISTORIC ' DAYS. Russian Explorer Believes Higher Type of Humanity In New . World Existed in ,Xorth. PORT TOWNSEND, Aug. 23. News is brought by the United States revenue cutter Tahoma, which reached Puget Sound today after steaming around the world frpm Baltimore, that a party of ethnogollsts. headed by Dr. Waldemar Tochelson, a noted Russsian explorer, and encountered at the Island of Attu. In the Aleutian archipelago, has discovered rel ics and skeletons that would establish the record ef population of Northwestern North America during prehistoric ages. In a statement to Captain Qulnan, of the Tahoma, Dr. Tochelson said that the relics uncovered would establish com pletely a belief that thousands of years ago the highest type of humanity existing in the new world existed in the North. The search of the Yochelson party Is directed by the Royal Russian Geo graphical Society and will be continued several years before a formal report Is made in St. Petersubrg. A report Is also brought that the Bo goslov Islands, In Bering Sea. the field of numerous changes through volcanic eruptions, Is now undergoing further marked configurations. INFANT FOUND ON PORCH Awakened by Babe's Cries, J. H. Mo Mann Finds Foundling at Door. "Take good care of baby. Be was born August 17." This terse note pinned to the swaddling clothes of an infant Is the only clew to the identity of a two-weeks-old baby found on the veranda of the residence of J. H. McMann. at 1236 Division street, shortly after 10:30 o'clock last night. The first intimation of the babe's presence on the porch was given when' the members of the family, who had retired, heard the child crying. Investigation revealed the Infant wrapped In a baby quilt, directly before the front door. The babe was, carried Indoors and Mr. McMann notified the police. At the suggestion of the fam ily the child was kept by them for the remainder of the night. Provision will be made for Its care today. The child shows every indication of health and good care, being neatly dressed and comfortably wrapped in dainty garments to protect it from the chilly atmosphere. The note pinned to the babe's clothes is written in a femi nine hand. RUNAWAYS MAY BE DEAD No Trace of Boys, or Launch Missing From Whtttler School. AVALON, Catalina Island, Cal Aug;. 23. -Two weeks have passed since the disappearance .from a camp on this is land of three Whlttier State School cadets, and notwithstanding' a- most careful search has been made, both on land and sea. no tract of tnem has been found. When the boys disappeared a launch and a quantity of gasoline and gro ceries also disappeared, and it is be lieved that the boys took the launch and the supplies, intending to make their escape to the mainland. It is feared that the launch sank and the boya were drowned. BODY HELD FROM GRAVE Undertaker at Cemetery Alleges Con tract for Cremation. GOSHEN. Ind.. Aug. 23. When the funeral cortege of Charles Crary reached the cemetery today. It was met by C B. Stiver, an undertaker, and his attorney and several policmen, who prevented the coffin being lowered Into the grave, on the ground that Crary. six years ago, entered into a contract with Stiver to have his body cremated in Chicago. The body will be held in a vault until the court decides the controversy. Crary's uncle alleges he was not men tally responsible when the contract with Stiver was made. KELSO YOUTH IS DROWNED Gurney Fidler Loses Life in Swift Current at Kalama. KALAMA. Wash., Aug. 23. (Special.) Gurney Fidler, first mate of the steamer Henderson, was drowned off Blbliea Light last night. The steamer Beaver was trying to make a landing to the steamer Hender son. Fidler was putting out the fender, and fell overboard. Fidler was a good swimmer, but the current between the two boats sucked him under. He worked for the. steamer Henderson for three years and was well known on the Co lumbia River. He was the eldest son of J. M. Fidler, of West Kelso. GRASSHOPPERS ARE PLAGUE Farmers Have to Cut Alfalfa Green to Save Crop. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 23. A plague of grasshoppers has caused thousands of dollars' damage In the neighborhood of Cowley. Farmers have been compelled to cut their alfalfa before It matured In order to save It from destruction. AH green stuff has been eaten. Around Cheyenne practically all vegetation has been destroyed AT SCENE OF BUTTLE Rioters Cowed by Show of Great Force. DEATHS INCREASE TO SEVEN McKees Rocks Strikers Calm Down After Storm. PUSH CHARGE OF PEONAGE Government Will Probe Deeply Into Methods of Car Company In Hir ing Men Story of Attack of Mob on Cars. PITTSBURF, Aug. 23. Three columns of smoke came from the chimneys of the plant of the Pressed Steel Car Com pany in Schoenvllle tonight, the plant being In operation despite the efforts of mobs to scare off the Imported working men. The strikers seemed to realize for the first time that the company could do without them. More state police have been ordered here to augment the company of mounted constabulary on duty at the car plant. The strikers realize that the mounted troops are too much for them. Yet all day the troopers were subjected to abuse from windows and doors whenever they chanced to pass the home of a strike sympathizer. Inquire Into Peonage Charge. It was announced that, the Government will heed the peonage charge against President F. N. Hoffstot and Foreman Samuel Cohen, of the Pressed Steel Car Company, to the extent of making thorough Investigations of the allegations made by Albert Vamos, who swore to the charges before United States Com missioner Lindsay on Saturday. The death list resulting from last night's rioting was swelled tonight when Mike Desoski, one of the Btrikers living in McKees Rocks, died at Mercy Hospital from gunshot wounds. This brings the death list up to seven. Total List of Dead. ' The dead include one Deputy . Sheriff, two troopers and four strikers. The fa tally wounded are three troopers, two strikers, a strike sympathizer, an un known woman and an unknown boy.' Six men are less seriously wounded. According to reports, Troop B, of the State Constabulary, under command of Captain Robinson, has been ' ordered to McKees Rocks, and, it is said, has al ready started for that place. How Rioting Began. Last night's rioting came suddenly. About 9 o'clock strikers were seen to gather at Schoenvllle and at O'Donovan's bridge, a viaduct spanning the- Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad tracks. Suddenly It was rumored a number of strikebreakers were being brought from the city into the plant. Pickets were immediately doubled. Every car that came from the city was held up. This procedure had been going on for some time when a car carrying Dep uty Sheriff Harry ' Hxler came along. He was returning from - Pittsburg to (Concluded on Page 5.) ' RESUMED TAFT TO STAND PAT ON TARIFF ISSUE WILL DEFEND ADMINISTRA TION'S RECORD TO LAST. Announced President Is Perfectly Willing to Discuss All Phases of Measures Openly. BEVERLY. Mass.. Aug. 23. It was in timated at President Taft's ' cottage to day that-the Administration was pre pared to defend to the last ditch its record on the recent tariff legislation. This was unofficially stated in connec tion with an announcement that Sena tor Aldrich would be here Thursday to discuss with the President the report of the Monetary Commission and other matters. These "other matters" are sup posed to- include a talk on the tariff. If the Western opponents of the new tariff law expect silence from the Presi dent, or a reluctance on his part to dis cuss its different provisions, they will be disappointed. The Administration has burned Its bridges and is ready to de bate any and all schedules. The President has selected 250 census supervisors and has 134 more to dis cover. He hopes to find most of them before he leaves for the West, as well as members of the so-called Foreign Tariff Commission. The President defeated Editor Ogden, of the New .York Evening Post, at golf, two up and one to play, on the Myopia course. SHOW MAKES YOUNG THIEF Boy Sees Moving Pictures, Then Turns Burglar. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 23. (Special.) Allen Olson, 9 years old, confessed to day to burglary, and blames a moving picture show for his downfall. Allen, In telling the story to the po lice, said he saw in a moving picture show how easy it was to commit a robbery, and he carried out all the de tails, even to tying sheets together and sliding from a second-story .win dow when he could have made his exit through the door. Because of his age." Allen has been placed in the care of relatives. He had stolen goods from a second-hand dealer. SUDDEN FALL' IN WHEAT Heavy Receipts Cause Break of 15 Cents n Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 23. No. 1 North ern wheat today broke 15 cents from the opening price, dropping from J1.25 to $1.10. Opening figures today were 15 cents under Saturday's quotations" of $1.35," maklng"a total decline of 25 cents since Saturday. New No. 1 Northern sold a week ago at J1.45. Saturday's price was J1.35. Today it sold early at J1.25, .but when it was found that there were 445 cars of wheat received, of which 105 contained old wheat, 160 new-crop Winter and ISO new-crop Spring wheat, the mar ket broke wide open. Old crop No. 1 Northern went down 15 cents, selling at J1.10, compared with $1.25 Saturday. MOTHER RESCUES HER SON Sirs. Mclndoe Dives Into Deep Water and Recovers Boy. MARSHFIELD, Or., Aug. 23. (Spe cial.) Mrs. J. F. Mclndoe, wife of Major Mclndoe, Government engineer, ' rescued her youngest son, James, aged 7, from drowning in Coos River today. The boy, while playing in the river, got into deep water, and would have lost his life had not the mother dived for him and brought him ashore. WHEN TAFT VISITS THE WEST AMERICAN MAKES THRILLING FLIGHT Curtiss Lowers flecord at Rheims. WILL TRY FOR BENNETT CUP Is Favorite in International Event on Saturday. PAULHAM SETS NEW MARK Wins In Endurance Contest, but Is Far Outspeeded by Bleriot and LeFevre In Chance Races. Wright Suit Is Censured. RHEIMS, Aug. 23. Glenn H. Curtiss, the American aviator, and M. Paulbam, representing France, divided honors of the second day of aviation week, the former In a thrilling flight Just before dusk, - In which he lowered the speed record for the course, which measures 61-5 miles, to 5 minutes 35 2-5 seconds; the latter making two impressive high altitude flights of 49 V4 and 56 kilometers, respectively, in the endurance test for the prlx de la Champagne. Curtiss' performance began Just as the time limit for the start of the prix de la Champagne was expiring, when the American enthusiasts had abandoned hope of seeing their representative take the field. Bleriot only a few minutes be fore had clipped 16 seconds off Le Fevre's record. Curtiss Starts Dramatically. Suddenly, at the end of the field a cry went up: "The Amerjcan is starting!" Air eyes were strained to that particular point, where Courtlandt Field Bishop, president of the Aero Club of. America, and a crowd of other admirers surround ed Curtiss. With a preliminary run along the ground of 100 yards, the machine rose lightly and shot by the tribunes at a height of 60 feet. It was going a terrific pace, with the wing level as a plane. Curtiss made the last turn under the mis taken Impression that the finish line was closer. He descended so close to earth that many thought he touched, but per ceiving his error, he mounted quickly, crossing the line majestically. An In stant later the signal waa hoisted that he had made a record. Will Try for Bennett Cup. Curtis said he had not pushed his ma chine to its limit, adding that the most interesting Incident of his flight was the view he got of his fallen rivals, strewn around the course. The American aviator intends now to await patiently the international event for the Gordon Bennett cup, Saturday, for which he is again the favorite, after which he will try for the Prix de la Vitesse, the final, of which will be con tested on Saturday. Paulham also made a record in the en durance test today, but Le Fevre, Som mer, Sanchis-Pesa, Bleriot, De la Grange, Lambert, Cockburn, Bunau-Varilla, Go bren, Latham, Tissandler and Farnam qualified with flights Varying from 200 (Concluded on Page 4.) i-r-r nrnnrn i mil nLU TLrrLn AHIVIO FUGITIVE CONVICT ESCAPED PRISONER READY TO BLIND BLOODHOUNDS. Deputy Sheriff Beatty Captures H. E. Roberts, Who Bolted Last June Tries to Regain Gun. Captured last night by Deputy Sheriff Beatty, Henry E. Roberts, who escaped from the State Penitentiary at Salem last June,' was found to possess a box of cayenne pepper, carried, he said, to blind bloodhounds If they were placed on his trail. He also bore a 38-calIber revolver which he, despite his manacles, attempted to seize from his captor's grasp. ( The fugitive convict was recaptured by Deputy Sheriff Beatty last night at the bridge camp of the Southern Pacific -Company near Oswego. Beatty trailed him from Metzgr Station to Durham and Tualatin, thence over the same road to Durham and from there to Oswego, where the convict obtained employment with the railroad company. , v At the County Jail Sheriff Stevens asked Roberts why he stayed in Oregon after making his escape, where he was likely to be captured. The convict replied he had a long list of people he wanted "to get." Roberts Is believed to have burned the barn of Oren Hathaway below Vancouver a few weeks ago. At Metzger Station he tried to Induce men employed there by G. H. McEJroy In clearing land to leave, telling them McElroy would not pay them. He has maintained that McElroy was one of the rrjen who secured his con viction on a burglary charge a year ago last March. Roberts Is also known as Jack Baker and was serving a three year sentence for burglary at the time of his escape. PROSPERITY HURTS ARMY Men Will Not Enlist and Standard Is Hard to Keep Vp. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Returning prosperity is having Its effect' on recruit ing men for the United States Army, mak ing it more difficult to keep up the stand ard established during the time following the panic of 1"7, when splendid material was available from the ranks of the un employed. The authorized strength of the Army is 84,500 men, exclusive of the ship corps, which numbers 3500 men. It will not be a hard matter, therefore, to reduce the size' of the standing army, in accordance with President Taft's wishes. Possibly the cause for this reduction is the difficulty of obtaining men, but the real reason is one of economy. Every man reduced means a saving of $1000, and by July 1 next the total annual saving will amount to $8,000,000 a year. HILL TO MEET STRATHC0NA Pioneer Railroaders of Winnipeg Will Foregather. WINNIPEG, Man.. Aug. 23. James J. Hill will come here to meet Lord Strathcona Wednesday. Both were pioneers in the development of this coun try. 35 years ago. The conference will have an important bearing on the relations between the Canadian Pacific and the Great Northern in Western Canada. SUFFRAGE HITS NEWPORT Dr. 'Anna Shaw Will Lecture Under Auspices of Society. NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 23. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the Woman's Suffrage Association, arrived today at Marble House, the home of Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont. Tomorrow a large open air meeting In the interest of woman suffrage will be held here. FEUD IS FATAL TO FIVE Laborers Get Into Quarrel in Mex ican Town. EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 23. In a feud Sunday between the laborers employed on the farms at Jurlquilla, near Quere la ro, and those at Santa Rosa,' a nearby village, five men were killed, one fatally and ten seriously wounded. PLAGUE FOUND IN HAWAII Three Cases Reported, but Honolulu Said Not to Be in Danger. HONOLULU. Aug. 23. Three cases of bubonic plague and one death from the disease were reported today from the Island of Hawaii. So far no cases of plague have been discovered on this island. SPAIN CLOSES UP SCHOOLS Tries Hard to Stamp Out Sedition In Barcelona. BARCELONA, Aug. 23. In connection with the movement to stamp out revolu tionary tendencies, the government has closed 94 day schools and centers of teaching on the ground that they are se ditlonsly Inclined. JEROME TO RUN ALONE Will Be Independent Candidate for Re-election. NEW YORK. Aug. '3. District Attorney Jerome announced tonight he would be a candidate for re-election this Fall, run ning independently. ENTIRE COUNTRY AWAITS HARRIMAN His Health Matter of Utmost Concern. WALL STREET DISAPPOINTED Financiers Want Him to Jump Into Work at Once. HIGH PRAISE IS GIVEN HIM Alexander Millar, Trusted Lieuten ant, Says Chief Is Brainiest, Most Patriotic Citizen in America. Wizard Due Today. ARRIVAL MAY BE I)KLAVEI. ON BOARD S. S. KAISER WIL HEL.M II. Aug. 23 The condition of F.. II. Harrlman has undeigone no notable change. He atilt remains moat of the time In hia private cabin owing to the heavy fog which has prevailed throughout the entire trip. The present lndlcatlona are the steamer will bo late In arriving Tues day because o the delay occasioned by the fog. NEW YORK, Aug. 23. As the Kaiser Wllhelm 11 hourly draws nearer to her pier In New York, public interest In H. Harriman's return grows acute. The ves sel Is expected to arrive tomorrow. Gen eral anxiety as to his health has found expression in a series of published appre ciations of- his personality and achieve ments such as probably never before has been accorded a private citizen. Wall Street Disappointed. There is manifest disappointment in Wall street that Mr. Harriman's sojourn abroad has not set him up sufficiently that he may resume at once active charge of the great interests with which his name Is aKSociated. Tomorrow both the South ern Pacific and the Union Pacific direc tors will meet, but it has not even been suggested that Mr. Harrlman will try to attend these meetings. Alexander Millar, secretary of the Har rlman lines, one of Mr. Harriman's most trusted lieutenunts, apoke of his chief to day with seriousness and warmth. High Praise Given Chief. "Mr. Harriman," said lie, "has been pictured as an ogre, a huge spider, an octopus. You don't know what a big hearted, blg-souled man he really is. I call him today the biggest, the brainiest, the most patriotic American citizen wa have. "If I should be asked to name the chief characteristics that have contributed to (Concluded on Page 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. Y ESTBRDA Y'S Maximum temperature, 75.1 cleg iv eft; minimum. 57.7 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and probably warmer; west erly winds. Foreign. General Reyes so popular Mexican Govern ment fears to arrest him. Page 5. Glenn H. Curtiss, American aviator, clips aueed record at Khelins contest. Page 1. Cllpperton Island. In dHpute by Mexico and France, believed to have sunk. Page i. t National. Fears entertained Japanese sealers may have made way with Government agenu Page 4. Harriman attorney alleges fraud by Oregon, Trunk before Interior Department. Pa ge II. Preslaent Taft willing to discuss freely recent tariff measure. Page 1. Seizures of bleached flour to . continue. Page 4. i Iometttle. ' Food experts in convention at Denver, wanft same laws In all states. I age 3. Oregon guardsmen In front rank of shoot ers at Camp Perry. Page A. James B. Hammond, expecting to die, gave stock to employes; now wants It back. Page 'J.. Whole country anxiously eager for return of E. H. Harriman today. Page 1. Work resumed at Pressed Steel Carworka and rioting ceases. Page 1. Mississippi troops sent to Meadville, expect ing tiouble from feud. Page 4. Incubator baby at Kansas city cries for its mother, Mrs. Bieakley. Page 4. Insanity plea Is defense of Corporal Crab tree, on trial for murder at Jjes Moines. Page 5. Politic. "Committee of purify New Page 3. One Hundred" started to "i ork. has hard sledding. Hports. Northwestern League scores: Portland 6. Tacoma 13; Vancouver 1, Seattle 4; Aberdeen 1. Spokane 0. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. Schlvely admits he mulcted Insurance com panies but can't say for how much. Page 1. Farmer scientists visit Polk County hop 'fields and go on to corvallls. Page 6. Big jewelry robbery mystifies Victoria police. Page -. . " Indians find compensation for jail sentence in 30-mile auto ride. Page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Fugitive convict, recaptured, la armed with, red pepper to blind bloodhounds. Page 1. Fifteen-year-old Marie Cooper, of Fulton, U mining. Page 5. Agreement for Joint use of tracks between Portland and Sound to be completed this week. Page 14. Criminal cases and civil suits eet for trial In . State Court. Fage 10. New hitch develops in sale of county poor farm. Pager 16. Secretary of I'nlted States Land and Irriga tion Exposition here to have state enter exhibit. Page 10. Brooklvn sewer, fatisfactory to Mayor, will be accepted next Friday. Page 16. president Taft decline to address the public in Armory on hi visit here in October. Page 16. Chamber of Commerce plan lavMi entertain ment of Japane Commercial Commisio 1 on way here. I'age 9,