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KEY 1ST JUL IS
JUDGE-ADVOCATE
PEARY OPENS HIS
MINES SEND WATER
WILL BE REMOVED
100 FEET INTO AIR
FULL OF LOOTERS
ATTACK ON COOK
HITS KNOX BLOW
AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER AXD COW
BOY ARTIST WED.
SIGHT IS SPECTACULAR WHEN
SUBMARINES EXPLODE.
MEYER TO DEPOSE OFFICIAL
OF NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Quotes Eskimo Against
Rival Explorer.
SAYGQOKDIO NOT LEAVE LAND
Only Went One Day's March
Northward on Ice.
THEN TURNED SOUTHWARD
Peary and Companions Give Testi
mony of Eskimos and Route They
Show on Map to Prove Cook
Did Xot Reach Pole.
NEW TORK, Oct. 12. The following
statement of Commander Robert E.
Peary, which he submitted, together
with the accompanying map to the
Peary ""Arctic Club, In support of its
contention that Dr. Frederick Cook did
not reach the North Pole, Is now made
public for the first time. The state
ment and map have been copyrighted
by the Peary Arctic Club:
Introduction by Peary.
5( '"Some of my reasors for saying that
Dr. Cook did not go to the North Pole
will be understood by those who read
the following statements of the two
Eskimo boys who went with him and
who told me and others of my party
where he did go. Several Eskimos who
started with Dr. Cook' from Annotook in
February, 1908, were at Etah when I
arrived there In August. 1908.
"They told me that Dr. Cook had
with him. after they left, two Eskimo
boys or young men, two sledges and
. two dogs- The boys were I-Took-A-Shoo
and Ah-Pe-Lah. I had known
them from their childhood. One was
about 18 and the other about 19 years
of age. " .
"On my return from Cape Sheridan
and at the very Jfti-settlement I
touched (Nerke) near Cape Chalon, in
Aigust, 1909. and nine days before
reaching Etah, the Eskimos told me In
a general way where Dr. Cook had
been. That he had wintered in Jones
Sound and that he had told the white
men at Etah that he had been a long
way North, but that the boys who we're
with him, I-Took-A-Shoo and Ah-Pe-Lah,
said that this was not so. The
Eskimos laughed at Dr. Cook's story.
' On reaching Etah I talked with' the
Eskimos there and with the two boys
and asked them to describe Dr. Cook's
Journey to' members of my party and
myself. This they did in the manner
stated below.
(Signed) "ROBERT E. PEART."
Statement of Cook's Eskimo. v
Signed statement of Peary. Bart
lett, McMann, Borup and Henson in re
gard to testimony of Cook's two Es
kimo boys:
"The two EssWio boys. I-Took-A-Shoo
and Ah-Pe-Lah, who accompanied Dr.
Cook while he was away from Annotook
in 1908 and 1909. were questioned sepa
rately and Independently and were cor
roborated by Panikpah. the father of one
of them, I-Took-A-Shoo, who was per
sonally familiar with the first third and
the last third of their Journey,
Show Route on Chart.
"To go more Into details, one of the
boys was called In and, with a chart on
the table before him, was asked to show
where he had gone with Dr. Cook. This
he did. pointing out with his finger on
the map, but not making any marks on
It-
"As he went out, the other boy came
In and was asked to show where he had
t gone with Dr. Cook This he did. also
without making any marks, and indicated
the same route and the same details as
did the first boy. When he was through,
Panikpah, the father of 1-Took-Ah-Shoo.
a very intelligent man, who was in the
party of Eskimos that came back with
Dr. Cook from the southern end of Nan
sen Strait, who is familiar as a hunter
with the Jones Sound region and who
has been In command in Peary's various
expediitions for 15 years, came In and
Indicated the same locations asd details
as the two boys.
"The first boy was brought In again and
then with a pencil he traced on the map
their route, members of our party-writing
upon the chart where, according to the
boy's statement, they had killed deer,
bear, some of their dogs, seal, walrus and
.muskoxen. The second boy was then
called In and the two went over the
chart together, the second boy suggest
ing some changes as noted hereafter.
" Finally Panikpah. the father, was again
called in to verify detaalls of the po
sitions of the .route with which he was
personally familiar.
"The bulk of the boys' testimony was
not taken by Commander Peary nor In
his presence, a fact that obviates any
possible claim that they were awed by
him. Certain questions on independent
lines from the direct naarative of the
Eskimo boys were suggested by Com
mander Peary to some of us, and were
put by us to the Eskimo boys. Still
laur Commander Peary asked the Es
klmo boys two or three casual ques
tions on minor points that had occurred
to him.
"During the taking of this testimony
it developed that Dr. Cook had told
these boys, as he told Mr. Whitney and
CConcluded oa Page .)
Guncotton Is Touched Off in Target
Practice by Means' of Cable Con
nection Witli Fort' Stevens.
FORT STEVENS, Or., Oct. 12. (Special.)
irTnininn nf submarine mines in the
Columbia River off Fort Stevens this aft
ernoon sent columns of water, do leet
thick, an hundred fe?t into the air. The
sight was spectacular.
The tremendous effect was attained by
oneratlnff an electric cable connection
from the fort, by means of which there
was set off 123 pounds of dampened gun
onttnn inclosed in an airtight steel casing
anchored at a depth of 12- feet below the
water surface.
At the Instant the pyramid target towed
by the steamer Captain Fornance passed
over the submarine mine, the electric cur
rent was closed and the splinters of a
completely demolished target rose on top
of a column of water nearly l'JU reel in
height and with a diameter exceeding 50
feet. There was not enough left of the
target to construct a flagpole for a
country schoolhouse.
Three mines in all were exploded. The
second explosion was a failure, missing
the. target by over 60 yards.- However,
the third explosion took place in ouch
close proximity to the target that had it
been a war vessel its complete destruc
tion would have been inevitable. .
General Ma us, commander of the De
partment of the Columbia, his aide-do-camp,
and many other officers were
present at this interesting spectacle. The
utmost precautions were taken to Insure
the safety of the boat and crew engaged
in towing the target, the possibility of a
premature explosion meaning Instantan
eous death to all concerned in the opera
tion. FRENCH GETS NORTH BANK
Spokane Man Named President of
New Hill Railroad.
CHICAGO, Oct. 12. (Special.) The
announcement was made today of the
annolntment of George B. -French to be
president of the Spokane. Portland &
Seattle Railroad which James j. tim n
built from Snokane " to Portland and
which is commonly known as the North
Bank road.
It Is understood Mr. French will take
nn hln new duties December 1. His
hendnuarters- will be in Portland, and
from there it is understood, he will pur
sue a vIkotous and aggressive policy .n
extending the mileage and influence, of
his road..
George B. French for the past sev
eral years has been connected with
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway ap general freight agent, with
her.dquarters at Chicago.
To the several prominent railroad
fficlals from the East who are in at
tendance at the hearings of the rate
case In this city and the local officials
of the Spokane-Portland & Seattle
Railroad the appointment of Mr. French
came as a genuine surprise.
AUT0ISTS TOUR IN PEACE
Nine Countries Recognize Passports
of Traveling Motorists.
parts Oct. 12. (Special.) Before the
final session of the automobile conference,
-VT vniarnnH Minister of Public Works.
declared that the organization had carried
the vexed international question regarding
lunurii a Inn iT wav toward settlement.
Tourists of every nationality would be
glad to hear, he said, that not fewer than
nine countries had entered an Agreement
according to which they would recognize
one another's cards after certain formal
i.u. inr-lurilrv the examination of
chauffeurs. These cards should be avail-
M, not nnlv for tile current year of is-
ue, but for 12 months from the date of
Individual Issue. .
It was to be regretted, said the Minister,
that the United States and Switzerland
were not yet able to Join the union be
cause the automobile questions in those
countries are under state rather than
Federal control. There were signs, how
ever, he added, that they, too, would be.
In line before the expiration of another
year. '. '
END CHINESE AUTOCRACY
Provincial Assemblies Meet Today tp
Prepare for Constitution.
MUKDEN. Oct. 12. The despotic gov
ernment of China will terminate tomor
row. All the legislatures of the self
governing provinces throughout the Em
pire will hold their first, meetings pre
paratory to the drafting of a constitution
for the Empire.
Each province will be represented In
the Imperial Constitution Assembly by
60 members, publicly elected.
The Assembly will be held In a pala
tial auditorium, erected in Pekin on the
site of the ancient Hall of Examinations.
Numerous rooms have been built an
annex to the auditorium for the purpose
of lodging the members during tha ses
sions. .
SHOOTING AFFRAY FATAL
Joel Bond Reported to Have Been
Killed, in Quarrel by Jim Curry.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Oct. 12. (Special.)
Word comes here of the killing of Joel
Bond, in Curry County. Report has it
that he was shot and killed by Jim
Curry, a son of the man for whom Curry
County was namad, and it is said that
the killing was the result of a dispute
over a boundary line.
No particulars of the affair have
reached here. Bond was a rancher, and
one of the oldest settlers of Curry
County.
Indiscreet in Telling
State Secrets.
DENIES CHARGE, STRIKES BACK
Says He Only Told What Was
. ' Known to Everybody.
APPEALS DIRECT TO TAFT
Rebuked by Knox for Newspaper In
terview, Minister Makes Hot Re
tort and Says Officials Kept
. Him in tbe Dark.
WASHINGTON, Oct. lZ-i-Charles R.
Crane, of Chicago, Minister to China,
today was practically ' deposed by a de
mand from Secretary Knox for his resig
nation. - f j
Thus a new chapter in American di
plomacy was written. A citisen chosen
with special regard for his qualifications
for the post was recalled before he had
embarked from San Francisco, and was
discharged from his high office because
of alleged indiscreet disclosures through
the press.
Moreover. this Minister, breaking
through all the old traditions, insisted
on defending himself from tha aspersions
rast upon him by the Secretary of State
by the Issuance of a statement comment
ed upon here as certain to be embarrass
ing to the Administration
Removed, Crane Says It's Unjust.
The history of this extraordinary affair,
which began about a week ago with the
announcement that Mr. Crane had been
stopped at San Francisco on the eve of
embarkation by a demand from Secretary
Knox for his return to Washington,
reached its first crisis today, when the
Secretary In a formal statement an
nounced that Mr. Crane's resignation had
been invited, and the Minister-designate
replied in an equally formal statement
that, while his resignation already had
been tendered to the President, he felt
himself unjustly treated.
- Moreover, Mr. Crane In his statement
reflected severely upon the State Depart
ment officials, charging that not only
had they refrained from giving him the
Instructions usually Issued to a Minister
or Ambassador about to leave for his
post, but that he had not had access to
them, even after he made repeated ap
pointments with them.
Puts It Up to Taft.
He enters a sweeping denial of the
charge that he "gave out" a newspaper
story which is said to be the cause of
his deposition, and placed squarely upon
the shoulders of President Taft the re
sponsibility for the various utterances
he had, made regarding conditions in the
Far East, Which have aroused the ire of
Mr. Knox, and for final action upon his
resignation. '
Mr. Knox absolutely declined to discuss
the statement of Mr. Crane, regarding
the incident as closed. Assistant Secre
tary Huntington Wilson, who Is recover
ing from a severe surgical operation, was,
of course, wholly unacquainted with the
latest developments In the case, Includ-
(Concluded on Page 6.) '
Captain Campbell, Mctcalfs Pet,
Will Give Place to Russell.
' Secret Is Guarded. .
WASHINGTON. Oct. 12. (Special.)
Captain Edward H. Campbell, Judge
Advocate-General of the Navy, is to be
relieved of his' duties by George Von I.
Meyer,' Secretary of the Navy, who will
assign Commander Robert L- Russell, in
spector of the Fifth Lighthouse district
In Baltimore, to his place.
No announcement of the change has
been made at the Navy Department and
the reasons for it are carefully guarded
by officials, who say that Mr. Meyer
alone Is to make the news public, or that
it Is understood Captain Campbell wishes
to go to sea.
As Captain Campbell recently recom
mended that there be a permanent corps
of judge advocates for the Navy In a
report to the Secretary, naval officers
believe that Captain Campbell will reluc
tantly relinquish his duties and that this
fact may explain why Mr. Meyer is de
laying the announcement.
The appointment of Captain Campbell
was what the service regards as a strict
ly "Metcalf appointment," made by Mr.
Metcalf. ex-Secretary of the Navy, who
was -an Intimate friend of Captain Camp
bell's father-in-law living in Oakland.
Although a young man, Captain Camp
bell has rendered what is generally con
sidered efficient service.
BALLOON SAILS FOR CUP
Forbes and Flelshmann Start to
' Break 'Distance Record.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Oct. I2.r-In an effort
to - exceed all American balloon records
for distance and win the Lahm cup, A.
Holland Forbes, of New York, and Max
Flelshmann, of Cincinnati, sailed away
from St. Louis in the balloon New York
at E:45 o'clock this evening. They went
directly west.
Five sacks of sand were lost In the
ascent when the basket hit the room of
the gashouse and tore, away part Of the
roof. The aeronauts for a minute .were
"In great danger.
Mr., Forbes, the pilot, who is acting
president of the Aero Club of America,
expects to land in Canada in the vicinity
of the St. Lawrence Valley. I'
WOMAN'S OIL FIRM FAILS
Creditors Ask for Receiver for Sun
flower Refining Company. i .
LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. Oct.' 12. A re
ceiver for the Sunflower Oil Refining
Company which has a plant at Niotaze,
Kan., will be named by the United States
District Judge on petition of creditors, it
was announced today.
Miss Hermana Kaessman, formerly of
Rochester, N. Y., Is president of the
company.
The, concern, which Is known among the
oil men as the "woman's company," has
assets of $560,000 and liabilities estimated
at $200,000.
Creditors recently threw It into in
voluntary bankruptcy.
CLEAVES "FATHER'S SKULL
Yonth of 20' Becomes Parricide and
Flees to Hills.
SANTA FE, N. M Oct. 12. A special
from Espinola. 30 miles south of Santa
Fe. tonight, say's that Judge Francisco
Serna was killed by his son, a youth of
20, who struck him down with an axe,
cleaving his skull.
Judge Serna was one of the best-known
men in the .territory. ' The murder was
the result of a quarrel. The slayer has
escaped into the hills.
PLUGGED
Nationals Go Down for
r
First Shutout.
PLAY IN FREEZING BLASTS
Mercury Hovers at 34 Above
Zero in Detroit.
BIG CROWD BRAVES COLD
Wintry Winds Fail to Keep Throng
Out of Bleachers Invincible
Hans Wagner Falls Before
.. Americans' Slabman. .
DETROIT. Oct 12. Detroit defeated
Pittsburg 5 to 0 today and evened up the
count In the world's championship series,
each now having two victories to ifs
credit. The game was played with the
mercury at 34 degrees above zero, but
17,036 braved the chilling temperature and
the great majority felt well repaid be
cause they were with Detroit.
It is hard to conceive of any pitcher
having his opponents more at his mescy
than Mulliri had Pittsburg today. There
never was a moment when he was not
the absolute master of the situation and
he was at his best with men on bases.
Four hits represented the ability of the
visitors, and no two of these were made
in the same inning. Mullin performed a
feat in the third Inning that will live
long in the annals of baseball. He struck
out Wagner with two out and men on
second and third.
- Sure Batters Fall.
That was counted a great feat, but Just
previously he had struck out Manager
Clarke, a hard hitter, with men on first
and second. . A double steal on Clarke s
third strike moved the men to , second
and third, where they were when Wag
ner came to bat. Lelfield was also a
victim of" strikes in . this same Inning,
giving Mullin three strikeouts in one ses
sion. AH told, he struck out the visitors
10 times.
Detroit scored because it was able to
hit when hits meant runs. Stanage dis
tinguished himself in the second by send
ing Detroit's first two runs across the
plate with a drive just out of Miller's
reach. In the fourth inning Bush's ring
ing double into the overflow crowd in
the left field scored another run and It
was immediately followed . by another
two-sacker Into the same spot by Cobb.
Liefield Driven Out.
The onslaught by Detroit in the second
and fourth drove Llefleld, Pittsburg's -tar
left-hander, from the slab and he was
succeeded, by Phllllppe. who was able
to stem the Detroit tide, although they
pressed him hard in the eighth Inning.
Eight hits were made by Detroit and
six of these came in the two Innings when
the scores were made, only two being
wasted.
Outside of Mullin there were no stars on
the Detroit team, but the ensemble work
was brilliant. Every man did the right
thing at the right time.
The cold apparently affected Pittsburg's
fielding, for they put up. a miserable
exhibition in the field. Six errors were
(Concluded on Paga 7.)
Miss Helen Muir Becomes Bride of
. Buel A. Funk, After Courtship
Begun on Arizona Plains.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Oct. 13. (Special.)
After a courtship of two years, begun
on the desert. Buel A'. Funk, cowboy and
artist, and Mi?s Helen Muir, daughter of
John Muir, the noted naturalist, author
and geologist, were married in Los An
geles today by Rev. J. Q. A. Henry, in
the presence of only the married sister
of the bride. The wedding plans had
been kept secret from even the most Inti
mate friends.'
Two. years agot'.ss Mulr's health com
pelled her to leave school. She went
home to her father's ranch at Martinez,
but the damp air did not agree with her.
After a violent attack of pneumonia,
from which she slowly recuperated, the
attending physicians advised her father
to send her to Arizona, which he did.
Later she left Arizona and went to Dag
gett. .
There she met her future husband. As
Miss Muir gained in strength she took to
horseback rising and in this way came
much in contact with Mr. Funk whose
work on his father's ranch carried him
constantly In the saddle.
SIMPSON STILL 0WNS JVIILL
Lumberman Puts Denial to Story He
Had Lost Property.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12. (Special.)
Captain Simpson, president of the Simpson
Lumber Company, owner of the Columbia
Mills, at Knappton, Or., says that a story
sent out from Astoria to the effect that
ha has lost control of the property Is in
correct. Captain Simpson- says that Columbia
Mill was closed down some two months
ago because of Inability to secure for
eign contracts that would allow the
company to break even. The mills,' how
ever, were reopened several days ago. He
admits that negotiations are under way
to dispose of the Knappton property to
the Brix Brothers, of Portland, but that
the directors of the Simpson Company
have not taken action.
He denies that he deeded his property
to a family corporation or to Mrs. Simp
son, and says when she died she left
to the children property that was her
own. He says the Simpson Lumber Com
pany has been organized for some time,
but that he has his own Interests outside
of that organization and controls his own
stock in the company.'
"There is absolutely nothing In the
story," he said, "and I can't Imagine
where it got started. We had to close
the Knappton mills because we could not
get business, but they have been re
opened. Our affairs are in good shape
and the company is running along as
it has for a couple of years without
changes."
The Simpson Lumber Company also
controls two mills on Coos Bay.
FORGERIES WRECK BANK
Arrests Probable for Crimes in Min
eral Point Failure..
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. The Con
troller, of the Currency today announced
that the First National Bank of Mineral
Point, Wis., had closed Its doors and
that a receiver had been appointed. The
bank has a capital of 100,000 and de
posits of $505,979.
The discovery of alleged forgeries and
defalcations aggregating, according to
unofficial advices, approximately $210,000,
resulted In closing the doors of the bank.
Arrests are expected to follow.
S. Calvert Spensley, president of the
Institution, expressed confidence in his
ability to carry the bank through its
troubles. He declared he could raise
$100,000 within six days, but he was evi
dently unabre to negotiate that amount
on the bank's credit, and this morning
Examiner Goodhart reported by telegraph
that the bank had been closed.
PENNILESS FINN STABS
Not Given Money When He Asks It,
He Cuts Countryman With Knife.
Goaded to desperation through his in
ability to beg money with which to pur
chase food, Albert Hill, a young Finnish
laborer,' who came here two days ago
from Seattle, stabbed John Bride, a coun
tryman, in the left shoulder with a knife
when Bride refused to give him money.
The cutting took place in the John the
Mug saloon, 63 North Third street, at S
o'clock last night. Thrusting people
nearby aside Hill rushed out the front
door, still holding the knife In his hand
and disappeared down Davis street in
the direction of the river. The police were
called and a search made for the assail
ant, but without success.
Bride was taken to police headquarters,
where has wound was dressed by Dr.
Fred J. Zlegler. The physician pro
nounced the cut painful, but not dan
gerous. .
SCUFFLE FATAL TO TWO
Brakemen In Friendly Tussle Fall
Under Wheels of Train.
While H. C. Coleman ancj. G. Cobb,
brakemen, were scuffling on .top - of a
North Bank freight train last night, they
fell off and both were cut In two by the
wheels of the train. The accident oc
curred between Beatty and Vancouver
Junction .about 10:30.
The men were engaged In a friendly
tussle on the moving train and lost their
balance. The remains were brought to
the city on the regular Astoria, train ar
riving about 10:30. 1
I
Thieves BeginGhoulish
Work in Debris.
WRECKAGE STREWS BEACH
Number of Small Craft Drift
to Shore in Storm.
LOSS OF LIFE IS UNKNOWN
Big Cigar Warehouses, Factories,
Residences and Churches Topple
Before Gale Half of City in
Ruins Hungry Are Fed.
KEY WEST. Fln. Oct. 12. Chaos
reigns in Key West today.
Homeless hundreds wander through de
bris on the outskirts 'of the city and
tearfully gaze upon the scattered rem
nants of their wrecked homes. Martial
law prevails, and the. state militia is
guarding as much of the town as pos
sible. Fortunes are buried under the de
bris of fallen factories and stores.
Before the first peep of day looters
had begun their work of pillage. To
night the Jail Is filled to overflowing with
negroes and Cubans caught In the act of
looting the ruins.
Loss of Life Small.
The loss of life was small, but the dam
age to property is estimated at $2,000,
000. Half of the city Is In ruins; 500 homes
were destroyed; 100 ships wero washed
upon the beach and wrecked; seven
churches fell before the fury of the gale,
and nine of the largest cigar factories
in the South are In ruins.
The waterfront is strewn with the
wreckage of ships. It is not known
whether there was any loss of life in
this section. No bodies have been found
on the beach, but not more than half
the sailors are accounted for. Many of
the vessels swept from their moorings
put to sea during the night. These
weathered the hurricane and returned to
port this morning.
In the city, whole blocks of wooden
structures were razed. The great tobac
co warehouses were twisted before the
gale like 'paper playhouses. Thousands
of dollars worth. of finest Cuban tobacco
was soaked and ruined by the torrents
which fell after the hurricane had passed.
Thieves Begin Looting.
During the early part of the storm the,
electric light plant was wrecked and tha
(Concluded on Page 5.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
62.8 degrees; minimum, 48 8 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably fair; south to weft
winds.
- Foreign.
Pardon Is refused Ferrer by Spain; riots fol
low in Rome. Page 8.
Politics.
Bannard opens campaign In New York; Gay
nor and . Bingham pour out epithets.
Page 5.
North Pole Discovery.
Peary publishes statements of Cook's Eskl-.
mo companions to prove he did not reach
Pole. .Page 1.
Cook says Eskimo only deceived Peary at
Cook's request and told Whitney and Ras-
mussen he did reach Pole. Page 4.
National.
Judge Anderson refuses to order removal
of Smith and Williams to Washington for
trial on Panama libel charge. Page 8.
Taft travels In dusty roads of California in
automobile ajid starts for El Paso.
I'age 0.
Meyer will remove Captain Campbell as
Judge Advocate of Navy. Page 1.
Knox removes Crane for Indiscretion; Crana
makes angry retort and appeals to Taft.
Page 1.
Domestic.
Snowstorms and intense cold In Middle West,
Page 3
One of Burney sisters, of Portland, marries
secretly, other elopes but repents befora
marriage. Page 3.
Daughter of John Muir marries cowboy ar
tist. Page 1.
Devastation by hurricane In Florida and
Cuba. Page 1.
Indians secretly help Willie Boy to hold out.
Page 5.
Gompers defies court to punish him for con
tempt. Page 5. ,
Sport.
r"oast League scores: Portland, 2; Vernon,
0. Oakland, li-0; Sacramento, 2-4. Los
Angeles, 5-0; San Francisco, 4-3. Page 7.
Detroit wins fourth game for world's cham
pionship, shutting out Pittsburg. Page 1.
Odds on Johnson for fight with KetcheU
but Papka bets on Ketchel. Page 7.
Webster defeats Monte Attell In 10-round
fight. Page 7.
pacific Northwest.
Crowds so big at Seattle Bryan can't see
fair; answers Taft s speech. Page S.
State's receipts increase at rapid pace.
Page 8.
Supreme Court decides St. John charter
makes town exempt from local option,
law. Pag U.
Three million dollar cement plant to be es
tablished at Oroflno, Idaho. Page 8.
Assessments In Harney County are made oa
rasn value basis. Page 9.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland merchants testify as to need of re
duction of rates to interior. Page 12.
Witnesses In Collins trial tell of mental
' peculiarities of woman. Page IS.
Excise petition case will go to Jury today.
Page 13.
Oregon dry farmers to compete for prizes
at Billings congress. Page 18.
Dr. William Parsons accepts call to Third
Presbyterian Church. I'age 14.
Night school to open Monday. Page 20.
First Assistant Postmaster-Genei al Grand
Held visits Portland. Page 12.
Water Board sets, asldj property for chll
dren's playground. Page 20.
Mayor would have hard-suface pavement
used In all Improvements. Page 30.
Starved girl taken to hospital may recovar.
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