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VOL. XLIX.-XO. 15,217. , .. . PORTLAND, OREG OX. SATURDAY, , SEPTEMBER 4, 1909. , PRICE FIVE CEXTS . " i ' - - I I 1 1 i -ri in i i nniPvAT f n mi r I If I" rt NATURAL BRIDGE FLYER WRECKED; COOK, EXULTANT, JULIAETTA HIT BY 7-F00TWATERWALL CLOUDBURST DAMAGES TOWS OF NORTHERS IDAHO. EXPERTS TO FOUND IN UTAH FIVE ARE DEAD TRAIXWRECKERS DITCH ROYAL BLUE LIMITED. ROCK SPAN IS LARGEST IS THE WORLD. SAVANTS THROWN W LL R LL bHARU UK s BALLIiMGER DANISH WATERS Tells of Boyish Delight on Reaching Pole. PLANTED STARS AND STRIPES Smiled at Thought He Would Be Called Humbug. ' LET DOUBTERS GO TO POLE Picture of Health, Explorer Has Appetite for Good Dinner Drift of Ice Carries Returning Party Off Course. LONDON. Sept. 3 A special dispatch from Ekagen say: ' "As the steamer Hans Egede steamed - by I caught through my glasses a vision of a small man in a dark suit and peaked cap. shading his eyes with his hands ss If straining to see the welcome civilisation after years in icy exile. It was Dr. Cook, the explorer, whose name is on every tongue. He was chatting with the captain on the bridge, now smiling. 'now waving his hands. I was allowed to board the Hans Egede. "Somebody gave Dr. Cook a bouquet. Tears dimmed his eyes as he buried his Tace in their fragrance. 'It's years since I have seen flowers," said the ex plorer, with a quiver of emotion in his voice. Fight With Polar-Bear. "I followed him to the cabin. His face was tanned from exposure. He looked the picture of splendid health. Only when he smiled one noticed the loss of two teeth. ' "A fight with a' polar bear did that,' he said. Tou can tell the world,' the explorer continued, 'that I am in better condition than at any time, and look forward with pleasure to the festivities that are prom ised me. My dinner has been poor these past few years, and I shall have to make up for It.' "Dr. Cook then briefly described his Journey. Regarding his discovery. Dr. Cook said: Shouts With Joy at Success. " Then came April 3L That was the great day. We looked for the sun. As soon as we got it. I made several ob servations. Great joy came over us. We were only sixteen miles frflm the desired spot. I said to myself: " Holly for Frederick.' then we went on. " The last stretch was the easiest I ever made In my life, although I had still to make two observations, and the Ice was very broken here. But my spirits were high and I shouted like a boy. The Eskimos looked at one an other, surprised at my gaiety. They did not share my Joy. "1 fell that I ought to be there. I made my last observation and found that Z " s standing on the pole. Stars and Stripes Wave. There. " "My feelings well, I was too tired really to feel any sensation. I plant ed the Stars and Stripes in the ice field and my heart grew warm, when I saw It wave In the wind.' ""How does the North Pole look?" he was asked. "" "Well," said Dr. Cook, smiling. It amounts to the size of a 25-cent piece. There is nothing.to see bur-ice. Ice; no water, only ice. There were more holes here than at the 87th degree, which shows there is a movement and drift here; but this and other observations I made af- terwarde when I got more settled. I stopped two days at the pole and I as sure you It was not easy to say good-bye to the srpot. Expected to Be Called Humbug. 'As I was sitting at the pole I could not help smiling at the people who on my return would call the, whole expedi tion a humbug. I was sure the people would say that I had bought my two witnesses and that my. notebook with my dally observations had been manu factured on board the ship. '" The only thing I can put up against this Is what the Tork Eskimos have told Knud Basmussen. Let those who dis believe my story go to the North Pole. There they will find 4 small brass tube . which I burled under the flag. That tube contains a short statement about my trip. I couldn't leave my visiting card because I did not happen to have one with me. " 'Perhaps.' the explorer added dryly. 'I should have stayed there longer, had it not begun to freeze us In our Idleness. The Eskimos were uneasy and the dogs howled fearfully. " 'On April 23. therefore. I again turned my nose southward, which was much easier, as you cannot turn your nose in any other direction when you stand at the pole." Fofrs and Ice-Drift Delay. "Describing the return Journey, Dr. vCook said: "Fortune now smiled on us. and we did 20 miles a day until we reached the ominous 87th degree. Then I felt the Ice moving eastward, carrying us with It. A terrible fog swept around us and kept us for three weeks. We got no further than the 84th degree. " Then began a heavy walk toward (Concluded on Pas 3-) Three Hundred Feet of Railroad Washed Away and Houses Inundated. JULIA ETTA, Idaho. Sept. 3. (Spe cial.) Jullaetta was threatened with de struction this afternoon when a seven foot wall of water dashed down the can yoV from American Ridge, tore up trees by the roots and washed out 300 feet of the Northern Pacific track before it filled Potlatch Creek and was lost in the broad canyon. Heavy rains were reported early this afternoon frou American Ridge, a fer tile rolling prairie at the top of the hill, but no warning was given of the cloud burst which covered a considerable area at the head of the" canyon which drops sharply Into Potlatch Creek. No one was injured, so far as can be ascertained, but the family of William Cox had a narrow escape when the flood rushed into the house, covering floors to the depth of three feet. The water was stopped by the railroad embankment at Potlatch Creek for a short time, but soon forced through and damaged more than 100 yards of track. Part of it is washed out while drift covers a portion. The afternoon Spokane-bound passen gers were forced to turn back to Lewis ton. Extra gangs and steam-shovels were rushed to the scene, but it is prob able that the track cannot be rebuilt for two days. SCHIVELY CANNOT ESCAPE Spokane .Prosecutor Insists State Official Shall Face Trial. SPOKANE. Wash.. Sept. 3. (Special.) Prosecuting Attorney Pugh said to night, commenting on the prediction of Israel, at Tacoma, thct Schively and Gordon would never be tried: "I do not as yet know whether the perjury charge against Schively was materially injured by reason of its hav ing been presented to the Senate, be cause I have not seen the record. The mere fact of his acquittal by the Sen ate will not, however. In any manner affect the criminal charge. I am will ing to say, with reference to Mr. Is rael's prediction, that I confidently ex pect to try Schively and convict him of perjury committed before the grand Jury." Mr. Pugh declined to discuss the Gor don case, as Israel is not Gordon s atr torney. - CHOLERA LOSES TERRORS . European Scientists Discover Suc cessful Vaccine. PARIS. Sept. 3. Serum and vaccine for treatment of cholera has been dis covered by Dr. Salamblni, working under the direction of Professor Metchnlkoff and Dr. Pierre Roux, of the Pasteur In stitute. Their serum has been tried in Russia in desperate cases and reduced the death rate, which was 50 per cent, to below 23 per cent The vaccine is prepared by taking baccllll from the body of a cholera patient and making a culture thereof, which is injected subcutaneously into healthy pessons. Local infection follows and the person Is afterwards Immune from cholera. CHILD PLAYS WITH DEATH Given Pistol by Father, Boy Shoots His Little Sister. INDEPENDENCE, Or., Sept. 8. (Spe cial.) To keep hie 6-year-old son amused whil the father picked hops in the C. A. McLoughlin yards near here thia morning. Frank Mulkey gave nis ooy a pistol and a box of cartridges. In a few minutes the boy had the gun loaded, and the parents were star tled by a shot. 'A bullet from the re volver hit the chin of the boy's 2-year- old sister, entering her neck and coming out through the chest. Dr. Butler was called and found the child very weak, but it Is thought that-un less complications set in the little one will live. HAMILTON SEEN ON STREET State Prisoner Is Given Many Llb . ertles at Olympia, OLTMPIA, Wash Sept. 3. (Special.) Former Adjutant-General Ortls Ham ilton is dally seen on Olympia streets, alone or in company of his attorneys, and is given many other courtesies un usual to a person under arrest who has failed to give bonds. Assistant Attorney-General W. F. McGIH has been assigned to assist the local County Attorney in the prosecu tion of the case when the trial comes up this month. SEVEN BUILDINGS BURN Fire Starting i In Millinery Store Does Damage at Woodburn. WOODBCRN, Or., Sept. . (Special.) Fire which started in the. .Morrow milli nery store, on North Front street,-at 11:30 o'clock tonight, consumed that building. the. Portland Hotel, laundry, poolroom Sterling Opera-House and the Bourbon nals and Bradley dwellings. The loss, is' se-eral :housand dollars. All of the buildings were frame) 'struc tures. - " f Origin of the fire lau unknown. J GATHER EVIDENCE ' . Oregon Trust Suits De pend on Probe. CRIMINAL ACTION MAY FOLLOW Ten Days Will Bring Report on Suspicious Deals. LYTLE TO ASSIST INQUIRY Director Contends He Acted in Good Faith and Says He Is Ready to Spend $2 5,000 to Aid Investigation. Evidence upon which to base civil and possibly criminal suits against , former officers of the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank is expected to be supplied In the report of Lester. Heriick Herrick, ex pert accountants, who yesterday began an examination of the books and records of the defunct" Institution. Neither Receiver Devlin nor S. G. Reed, president of the German-American Bank, would discuss the probable result of the pending Investigation. It is known, how ever, that a preliminary examination of the bank's -affairs disclosed almost un exampled evidence of financing of an ex ceedingly "frenzied" character. It will take the experts about ten days to com plete their task. Devlin Ready to Testify. "It Is not my purpose to prosecute any body," said Receiver Devlin yesterday, "but It Is jny intention to protect the In terests of the depositors In the suspended bank and to effect a liquidation of the bank's obligations as soon as It pos sibly can be done.' . To that end I am giving President Reed, of the German American Bank, every assistance that I can in the Investigation which 'he has ordered. If the matter is taken before, a grand Jury I shall give to the Jury all of the Information In my possession and assist to fix. criminally, the responsibility for wrecking the institution." ' The investigation of the bank's af fairs by the experts will be confined for the present ton inquiry into some of the larger and more suspicious ac counts, including those with the Gold en Eagle Drygoods Company, of which Gus Lowlt was the successful, financial manipulator, and the Pullman Auto Company. The investigators will care fully check over the items of loans and discounts with the daily cash receipts for the purpose of determining if the subscriptions to the capital stock were ever actually paid Into the bank. 1 Stock May Be Sued For. It is contended by those who have examined the records of the defunct bank that while every dollar of the 3100,000 of capital stock was issued, less than 310,000 was really paid into the bank. If this fact is established from the examination by the experts, the foundation will be furnished for (Concluded on Pare 8 ) ' - L IF COOS SAW IT FIRST. l . Injured Number. 35 In Disaster on Baltimore & Ohio In Fenn- , sylvania. . , PITTSBURG, Sept. 8. Five persons were killed -and 35 injured, several per haps fatally, at midnight when train No. 6 on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, known as the Royal Blue Limited, was wrecked at Chewton, Pa. The traln'ran into a- broken rail, supposed to have been displaced by train-wreckers. . The engineer and fireman of the train were killed and two passengers died on the way to the hospital. Among the dead are Engineer John Dill and Baggageman John Wheatcroft. both of Chicago Junc tion! NAME OF BRIDE FORGOTTEN Bashful Groom of 61 Years Is Stalled at License Counter. ALBANY, Or., Sept. 3. (Special.) Though he Is 61 years old and had' been married before, C. R. Wheeler, a local carpenter, was so flustered when he ap peared at the County ?lerk's office this afternoon for a marriage license that he could not think of the name of his pros pective wife. When County Clerk Miller asked the name of the brideAo-be, It had escaped his memory entirely. E. A. Johnson, who' accompanied him to make the nec essary affidavit for the procurement of the license, knew her surname, and gave it, but had never heard her given name. Wheeler pondered in vain and finally gave it up. He returned to the woman's home, in the eastern part of the city, and later returned with the informa tion that the name of the woman soon to be Mrs. Wheeler was Vloletta Davi son and that she was 46 years old. The license was then issued. PACIFIC TO BE HIS TOMB "Strube, the Unfortunate," Will Be Consigned to Sea Off San Diego. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Sept. 3. A funeral at sea will take place off the harbor here tomorrow afternoon when the body of John "F. X. Strube will be con signed to the ocean in keeping with his frequently expressed wish. Strube died this afternoon, aged about 90 years. He was a native of Alsace and was educated for the priesthood in France. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War and had lived here for many years, a man of mys tery, inasmuch as he would impart but little about a life that had been an ad venturous one. It was current report that he was of royal birth. He usually signed his letters "Strube, the Unfor tunate," but his reasons, he never gave. Th'e.old man was master of six or seven languages. RECORD SWORDFISH TAKEN Boat Threatened Twice by Monster In Catalina Waters. AVALON, Catalina Island. Cal., Sept 3. A record sword-fish was caught off Seal Rocks today by L G. Murphy, of Con verse, Indiana. The fish weighed 141 pounds and was eight feet In length. Twice in Its mad rushes the fish headed for the boat, but by successful manipula tion the angler checked the rushes. OUT OF COLLEGE Moscow Professors . Bodily Ejected THREATENED WITH ARREST Discharged Men Accused of Keeping College Money. ' DEAN ELLIOTT IS WRATHY Insists Professors Shlnn and Hyslop Shall , Quit t University . of Idaho by Order of PresidentLewls of . Board ' of Regents. MOSCOW, . Idaho, Sept. 3. (Special.) J. R. Shlnn, of the Horticultural Depart ment, and R. E. Hyslop, of the depart ment of agronomy of the University of Idaho, who were summarily dismissed by President (LewIs, of-the board of regents, last Friday evening have refused to be discharged in .this manner. Monday morning they started to perform their duties as If nothing .had happened which led to a clash between these professors and Acting Director Elliott, dean of the Agricultural College. -Jurt what " did happen may never be given the public, but an open demon stration was made ajid will probably result in warrants being .Issued for Pro fessors Shlnn and Hyslop unless they surrender their keys, correspondence be longing to their departments, papers and certain valuable experimental work, to gether with a considerable sum of money which they i are charged with un lawfully holding. Reason for Action Secret. Today, both discharged professors weri forcibly prevented - from entering their offices. Professors Shlnn and .HyBlop say that they have not and cannot be legally removed In the manner Indicated, on notice of President Lewis, of the re gents. A feature of the controversy is that while each side defines its position on the matter of dismissal of the two professors, neither side has offered any explanation of why they were dismissed. It is generally believed that it was be cause these two professors have been persistently keeping up the fight inau gurated by Professor Hiram T. French last Spring, when he was removed as di rector of) the Idaho experimental station. President James A. MacLean, of the university, is attending a teachers' meet Ing at Pocatello and could not be seen but Dean and Acting Director Elliott, of the agricultural department of the university, has Issued the following state' ment: Dean Elliott Accuses. . "Desiring to give ample opportunity tor Professor Shlnn to adjust his affairs, I did not Immediately demand possession. although I requested him to set a date for surrendering his office without se curing any satisfactory reply. Professor (Concluded on Page 6.) Members of Archaeological Society (Make Important Discovery on Colorado River. SALT LAKE. Utah, Sept. 3. With a span of 274 feet and more than 300 feet high, a natural bridge, said to be the largest known, has vbeen discovered by members of the Utah Archaeological So ciety who have returned from an expedi tion along the Colorado River in North ern Arizona and Southern Uah. The bridge is located four miles north of the Arizona line in the state of Utah, six miles east of the Colorado River. On its top were found Imbedded several fos sils of remarkable size, Indicating the presence in earlier times of giant animal life. - The party brought back photographs as well as a collection of rare pottery and baskets used by the cliff dwellers cen turies ago. SANTA FE STIRS UP RIVALS Officials Call Hasty Confe'rences on Schedules. CHICAGO, Sept. 3. The manager of the Santa Fe road has made a definite proposition to the Postofflce Department to put on a new mall and express train between Kansas City and Los Angeles that will reduce the present running time by ten hours. This will require a trio of over 1800 miles to be mada 1 50 hours, or at the rate of over 37 miles an hour. Including stops. When It became definitely known to day that the Santa Fe had agreed to take ten hours off the fastest schedule between Kansas City and Los Angeles, consternation reigned in the official ranks of the Western roads. Conferences were held on all sides, agents of competing lines were dispatched to Washington with instructions to learn at all cost the posi tion the Government is. likely to take in the matter, and orders were hastily Is sued by the Rock Island and Southern Pacific for tlmecard meetings. DIRECTORS MUST REFUND Thirteen Magnates Responsible for Loans to "Busted" Trust. . SARATOGA. N. T., Sept. 3. Thirteen ex-directors of the Trust Company of the Republic are held responsible, in a decision made public today by Justice Vanklrk, for losses sustained by the trust company through loans made In 1902 by its president, Daniel Leroy Dresser, from the (company's funds on securities of the United States Ship building Company and for which resti tution to the trust company was asked in a suit brought by Charles II. Kava naugh, a stockholder, against the di rectors. The defendant directors are Perry Belmont, Charles D. Marvin, Thomas Crlmmins, James McMahon, Charles W. Wetmore, William D. Baldwin, Ballard McCall, Charles F. Crocker, George Gould, Elbridge S. Snow. Herbert L. Satterlee, George C. Boldt and Stuy vesant Fish. WEN ENTER, THUGS FLEE Saloon Man With Hands Up Saved When Two Patrons Appear. Scared away by two customers en tering the place, two holdup men were foiled in an attempt to rob Albert Nel son, pprietor of a saloon at 1094 Cor bett street, Thursday night. Nelson, in complaining to the police yesterday, said one of the men entered the saloon by the front door and the other from the rear. The man at. the rear pointed a re volver at the saloonman, commanding him to hold up his hands. Just as Nel son complied, two. customers entered the saloon and the would-be robbers fled. Sergeant Riley has been detailed to the case, but no clews to the thugs have been obtained. HAND CAUGHT, MAN FAINTS Victim's Cries Unheard Machinery Stopped to Free Him. Suffering exoruclating pain and un able to get a response to his cries for help, E. C. Neilson, of North Fifth street and , Willamette boulevard, fainted yesterday afternoon wfien his thumb caught in the machinery of the University Lumber and Shingle Com pany's mill in Alblna. When found by fellow employes Nellson's hand was still crushed in the wheels and it was necessary to stop the machinery to extricate it. The in jured man was removed to St. Vin cent's Hospital, where his thumb. which was almost torn off, was ampu tated. ' TORNADO WIPES OUT TOWN Sicilian Village Swept Away and Five Are Killed. t CATANIA. Sicily, S?pt. 8. The village of Scordoa was almost wiped out, today by a tornado. Five ' persons were killed and 50 Injured. One hundred houses were completely demolished and many others unroofed. The tornado was accompanied by a torrential rain. The population took refuge in houses on the Quarter 6anta Maria, where the statue of Santa Maria "Magglore fell, adding terror to the super stitious element.- Refers to Controversy With Pinchot. WILL WELCOME CLOSE INQUIRY Says Reports on Alaska Coal Land Justify Him. HAS NOTHING TO FEAR Secretary Will Give President Proof Attacks Without Cause Will Return West With Taft and Aid Conservation. .WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. "Incidentally," said Secretary Ballinger, at the close of the first day after his hurried trip from the Pacific Coast, "I intend to kill some snakes." The remark was made in response to questions relative to the Ballinger-Pln-chot controversy regarding water-power plants, Alaskan coal entries and other conservation matters. The illustration was drawn from an incident In his own life, when, as a cowboy at Medicine Lodge, he found the night camp Infested with rattlers and killed 12 of them. Mr. Ballinger refused to explain his re mark, and declined to discuss matters In controversy between his department and the Forestry Bureau. Nothing to Fear From Scrutiny. "Manifestly." he said, "It would be Im proper for me to talk on this subject. The heads of the various divisions In volved have all prepared their reports, and I expect to submit the whole ques tion to the President at an early date. I could not, therefore, go Into the subject at this time further than to say my pre vious knowledge of the situation1, with the Information I have received today from the perusal of the reports of Messrs. Pierce, Dennett and Schwartz, Justifies the statement that this department has nothing to fear from the closest scrutiny of the conduct of its officials." Mr. Ballinger said he had no doubt that a full statement of the matter would be given to the public at an early day. Return West With Taft. After seeing the President Mr. Ballin ger will return to the West to continue his tour of .inspection He probably will Join the President at Beverly on the lat ter's Western tour and proceed with him to Seattle. Regarding his tour he said: "With the consent of the President. I left Washington the latter part of June. During my absence I have been almost - (Concluded on Tagc 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, it degrees; minimum, 68 deKrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. Discovery of North Pole. Dr. Cook arrives off Danish coast and de scribes scenes at earth's apex and home ward trip. Pago 1. Cook says he has data to provs discovery beyond cavil. Page 1. Foreign. Russia demands share In Chinese railroad loan, f'age 2. Further devastation by Mexican floods. Pago 6. Explorers to give Cook dinner at New York on return. Paeo 3 Cook's only white companion says he will prove finding of Pole. Page tf. National. Small tempest caused by Italian warship slopping while fleet at practice. Page 4. Ballinger says he will kill snakes when asked about row with Plnchou page 1. Domestic. Wife of ex-barber of Seattle writes to Cor oner she has taken poison at Loa An geles. Page 5. Leroy X. McQueston. Alaska pioneer, dead. Page 4. Railroads stirred up about Santa Fe fait trains. Page 1. Man and woman who head gang of mail thieves captured. Paeo 4. Train maliciously wrecked near Pittsburg and four men killed Page 1. Wonderful natural bridge fuund In Utah. Page 1. Sport. Paclflo Coast League scores: Vernon 6. Port land 3; San Francisco 1, Sacramento 0; Oakland 5, Los Angeles 4. Page 7. Uhlan beats Hamburg Belle In second raoe for trotting ciiaSrplonsiilp. Page 5. Joyette wins fourth Bonder yacht race. Page 5. Northwestern League scores: Portland 3. Spokane 2: Seattle 4. Aberdeen 0; Van couver 6. Tacoma 2. Page 7. Irvlngton tennis tourney will begin today wjth many entries. Pag-a 7. Pafltic Northwest. Two discharged Moscow professors refusa to go and are kicked out bodily. Page 1. Threatened strike by Grays Harbor 'shingle weavers promises to tie up all Coast mills. Page 6. Visiting Japanese are dined In Sctattle; trads reciprocity promised. Pag3 6. Injunction asked against change of name of White Salmon station to Bingen. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Oregon hop crop w-lll be of fine quality. Page 15. Narrow range of prices In Chicago wheat mark-it. Page 15. Steel the feature of stock market trading. Page 16. Expansion reported in all lines of business. Page 15. British ship Polta!loch sails from San Fran cisco tor Portland. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Criminal suits may tollow experting of Ore gon Trust & Savings -Bank books. Page 1. Chamber of Commerce delegation urges Mayor to cause issue of public dock bonds. Pago 9. Itinerary of Japanese merchants shows ttKy will travel more than 10,000 miles. Page 14. Five unhappy wives granted divorces by Judge Gatens. Page 10. Park Board declOs to go ahead with Ter- wlliiger boulevard. Page 10. gchasers of Poorfarm tell detslla o deal ia circuit Court. Page 14.