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VOL,. Li. NO. 15,453. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1910. PRICE FITE CENTS. GAY FESTIVAL OF ROSES IS OPENED SCHOOL BOYS TO LEARN SWIMMING NELSON CENSURES CONSERVATIONISTS PROPER DANCE NO rV LIKE FLIGHT IN AIR ROADS TO SUSPEND RATE INCREASES RAILROAD BILKED; LOSSES $2,000,000 PROBE OF MONTHS REVEALS IN WEALTHY KILLED BY HOPPING AND DIPPING AND CHICAGO WILL . OPEN EIGHT CLASSES OX NORTH SIDE. SKIPPING ARE BARRED, SIDE GRAFT RING." WOMEN MOTOR Joy of Life Everything Is Portland's Now. MERRY REX IS INAUGURATED "'Spirit of West" Pageant Will Delight Crowds Tonight. COUNTLESS VISITORS HERE Rose Show Is to Open Today, While Young Women Will Pelt Pedes trians With Flower That Crowns City's Carnival. TODAY'S PROGRAMME FOB ROSE FESTIV AL IO A. M. Peninsula rosa train of .fx car. reaches down-town streets. One million roses will be scattered broadcast. Peninsula band, Penin sula Rose Queen and. her maids will -all take part. 11:30 A. M. Peninsula women will open rose stand at Union Depot and will present all travelers with but tonhole bouquets of roses. 2 P. M. Annual exhibition of Port land Rose Society opens at the Ar mory, Tenth and Davis streets. -7:30 P. M. Massed union bands will parade Court of Honor, on Sixth street. 8:30 P. M. "Spirit of the Golden West" parade starts from Twelfth and Morr'.son streets. His Majesty, Rex Oregonus, has come into his kingdom and thousands and thousands of his enthusiastic subjects are rejoicing. The carnival spirit Is in the air. Thousands of cheering people yesterday welcomed the merry monarch. Today he is mixing unknown with his subjects. ' endeavoring to. infuse them with ' the same spirit of revelry that animates him self. For he is a jolly old king this Rex Oregonus. He is only happy when oth ers are happy and that Is why yester day he made a special appeal to the weather man to send out sun and bright ness, that there might not be a spot to mar his reign. His reign is only too brief. Five days more will his majesty have at his dis posal and in those few days it behooves everyone to follow his kingly behetsts. They are few. eB Merry, Says King. Be merry and happy, is the first. Wear a. rosebud, is the second. Endeavor to infuse your neighbor with the carnival spirit, is the third. If these instructions are followed. His Most Gracious Majesty guarantees all of his loyal subjects and vassals as kingly a time as the monarch will himself enjoy. Portland rose enthusiasts enthuse their friends and in what way they inoculate the germ of joyousness Into the hun dreds of thousands of visitors. Just how important this is may be leathered from some of the conserva tive estimates. That 75.000 strangers were strolling- about the downtown streets seemed to be generally admitted yesterday, and the rush had not, in reality, begun. Thousands will arrive this- morning and all day. Many thous ands are due from'Puget Sound and, taking into consideration the travelers from the East, who are Just beginning to arrive In Portland, the most mod erate estimate that can be made of the crowds that will watch the "Spirit of the Golden West" pageant tonight Is that 350.000 or 375,000 people will comprise the turnout. Neighbors Vie With Each Other. The Rose Festival has gendered in Portland a spirit of rivalry and a de sire to emulate the achievements of one's neighbors. In the decorations that cover eevry building, this has been publicly manifested. Who saw the brilliant feast of lanters last night, when at one snap of a button there flashed hundreds of thousands of dec oratlve lights placed at street corners. on the tops of buildings, on the walls of houses and almost everywhere, could doubt the whole-hearted nature of the spirit of good-Iellowship that has taken root in the bosom of every Portland resident. The very turning on of the lights seemed as an electric spark in the crowds, as the exclamations of delight and bewilderment fell from the lips of thousands and could be heard clearly above the sounds' of the crowded streets. Here flags fluttered in the breeze a the lights flashed on and off; here a rose. every petal clearly outlined, burned above the throng; there a hand ful of roses Beemed to be tossed up in the air. as the red and white and green lights shaded together. Monster rosebuds of electric light shone at the street Intersections, ap parently suspended Dy ropes of light. Japanese lanterns, brighter than Jap anese lanterns ever were before, glim mered in long lines In a way never equalled in Tokio. It was a feast of light electricity harnessed to the festival spirit. Horns were blown; many people car rled pennants that they lashed about. . ACoacluU.d oa Pag 14. Y. M. C. A. and Public Schools Unite on Plan to Reduce Death Toll by Drowning. CHICAGO. June 6. (Special.) With statistics showing 4000 persons are drowned in the United States every year, authorities of the Chicago T. M. C. A. and Chicago public schools' today united in a movement to teach every school child in Chicago to swim. Work will be begun at the Wilson avenue Y. M. C. A. with classes from eight North Side schools. Mrs Ella Flagg-Toung, Superintendent of Schools, said today she hoped to make this the start of a plan that eventually will make commodious swimming pools part of the equipment of the normal school and every Chicago High school and place instructions in swimming in the regular curriculum of the public schools. Only boys who bring written notes of consent from their parents will be allowed to join the classes, which will be in charge of an expert swimmer. Classes will last all Summer and the privilege is open to nearly 3000 boys. OILY HUSBANDS REBUKED Wives of Army Officers Do Not Like Greased Roads at Vancouver. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., June 6. (Special.) Wives of officers sta tioned here are much disgusted and Ill humored because the roads in and about the post have been given a thick coat ing of oil, to lay the dust and put them in prime condition. The protests of the fair ones com menced when their blue-coated, gold braided better halves began tracking oil over their choice rugs. The oil has not yet soaked well into the ground and forms a sticky, greasy coating on the bot toms of shoes. This coating, transferred to the carpets and rugs In the barracks, practically refuses to be washed out. Not only have the housewives com plained aboot the oiled roads (although everyone appreciates the improvement at heart), but Captain H. E. Knight is after certain officers of the post for a new rug. Some of them spoiled the floor covering In his office with their oily heels. MINER'S LONG WAIT COSTLY Judge Raises Plaintiff's Hopes Only to Dash Them Rudely. SEATTLE, Wash., June 6. (Special.) That John R. Mclntyre was a partner of Captain E. W. Johnston in the ownership of the "pup" boat that was1 traded for claim No. S on Cooper Gulch, Nome mining district, which, since 1906, has yielded f 1.600,000 in gold, was the decision of Judge Pro Tempore R. H. Lindsay today, but he qualified it by adding that Mr. Mclntyre was guilty of negligence in sleeping on his rights in the partnership until the statute of limitations had run against him. The plaintiff listened to the deci sion under the impression that he had won his case, until Judge Lindsay's important closing words, which dis qualified hi mfrora maintaining such a suit. Then he asked his attorneys, Wil- mon Tucker and Jay C. Allen, to take) an appeal from the court's decision to the Supreme Court. DEAF MUTES ARE DIVORCED Testimony in Suit Heard in Indiana Arouses Neighborhood. LAGRANGE, Ind., June 6. (Spceial.) Amanda Lower, aged 2, was today granted divorce from Jacob N. Lower, aged 64, after a large number of wit nesses had been called and the neighbor hood aroused by sensational stories which had been circulated by the husband, as charged by the wife. The principals and witnesses' are all deaf mutes. Lower Is a wealthy farmer, living south of this city. In his cross complaint, he charged his wife with having an irritable temper; that she would get mad and break dishes. The wife charged her husband had been cruel and Inhuman in his treatment of her and that he had charged her with wrongdoing and had circulated stories reflecting on her good name. They were married In 1S30 and have no children. CLIMBERS REACH CHULITNA Oregonian-Hcrald Expedition Near, ing Mount McKinley. SEWARD, Alaska. June 6. Word was received here today that the New Tork Herald-Portland Oregonian Mount McKin ley expedition reached Chulitna May 29 and the Parker-Brpwn expedition May 3a The Chulitna River is a tributary of the Susitna. Both parties are followoing the route Dr. Cook claims to have, taken. The snow in the hills is deep and the ex peditions are being retarded by the late ness of the season. SHEARS PIERCE HEART Montana Boy Falls on Blades and Dies Instantly. DILLON, Mont.. June 6. (Special.) While swinging by his arm from the limb of a tree. Frank Harkness, aged 12. struck the point of a pair of sheep shears, hung on a nail in the tree with the blades outward, the steel piercing the boy's heart and instantly killing him. - Minnesota Senator Wants Alaska Opened. LAYS BLAME ON CONGRESS Solon Doesn't Criticise Taft or Roosevelt's Acts. WEYERHAEUSER IS SCORED Sharp Debate Arises in Senate Over Public Land Entry Measure. Lumber King "Out-Herods Herod," Says Legislator. WASHINGTON. D. C, June 6. De claring that Alaska had been placed in a "strait-Jacket" because of the with drawals of the public lands, Nelson to day sharply criticised the policy of conservation as practiced in that ter ritory. The Minnesota Senator was discuss ing In the Senate the bill authorizing the President to withdraw from entry public lands for public purposes, which he advocated. The measure Is one of a series of Administration conservation bills and was taken up on motion of Senator Smoot. Nelson's declaration attracted special attention because he is chairman of the Balllnger-Ftnchot committee and also of the public lands committee of the Senate. He said it should be under stood that he did not mean to criticise the present Administration or the pre ceding one. He added he thought Con gress was as much to blame as anyone. Wyoming Senator Criticises. Nelson's address followed the speech made by Clark, of Wyoming, sharply criticising the bill. The Wyoming Senator contended that the bill would confer an authority en tirely too wide, as it would supply a legislative interpretation of the words "public purpose" far more comprehen sive than ever had been given them. He presented an amendment restricting the phrase to the ordinary acceptance of its meaning. - Clark contended that the President never had authority for the suspension of the public land laws. He believed there should be some legislation giv ing such authority, but he would have It properly limited. Advocating the passage of the bill as reported. Kelson contended that it im posed a restriction instead of granting new authority. Never had the Presi dent's right to withdraw the public lands been questioned, he said, until exception was taken to the excessive withdrawals made by Secretary Gar field during the last months of Presi dent Roosevelt's administration. Justification Found in Law. Nelson found justification in the ex isting law for the withdrawal of pub lic lands from entry. However, he fa vored conservative action on the part of the Executive In depriving the coun try to avail itseir of its resources. He (Concluded on Page 2. 'MY DEAR SUBJECTS: THE DECORATIONS ARE FINE; AND THANKS FOR TOUR KIND RECEP TION. I NOW COMMAND YOU TO ENJOY YOURSELVES." More Grace and Less Motion Is Teachers' New Notion; Glide, as It Were. CHICAGO, June 6. (Special.) It won't be proper after the United Pro fessional Teachers of " Dancing get through holding their convention at the Great Northern Hotel to speak of "tripping the light fantastic toe." That sort of thing will have gone out of fashion. There won't be anything for the light fantastic toe to trip over. The reason for this lies in the fact that Professor J. C Bush, of Connors vllle, Ind., has invented and intends to popularize through the convention the very latest thing in dances, namely, the "Dans de 1' Aviator." That isn't exactly Indiananese, but it is what the professor calls it. Free translation, he Bays, would - be -"Aviator's Dance," "Airship Glide," or "Balloon Float." - "It's this way," said the professor today, "people hop too much; they ought to glide. They wiggle, too, fre quently; they ought to float. They work themselves into a sweat; they ought to take it coolly and . aviate. "There's to be no skipping in this dance, no hopping,, no galloping," an nounced the professor. PETTY THIEVES ARE ACTIVE Many Small Robberies Committed in Lodging Houses. Much petty thievery is reported, to the police with the opening of the Rose Festival, and It is believed that a large number of thieves and confidence men has been attracted to the city by the big show. Archie Tibbets, of 230 Yamhill street, reports lost or stolen from his room a 3 karat opal valued at $50. John Harmon, of Klamath Falls, noti fied the detective bureau yesterday that he rented a room Sunday night and lost from it during the night the sum of $50. He accuses J. F. Walsh of having taken the money. Charles Farnsworth, of Sheridan, re ports that he lost a watch from his room at First and Oak streets Sunday night. He accuses Tom Schwartz of having taken it. Schwartz was arrested by De tectives Tichenor and Stowell yesterday. Mrs. A. T. Lewis, of 3S5V4 Sixth street, lost a double neck-chain with a heart locket set with chip diamonds and a garnet. She believes that it was stolen. Miss Evelyn LeRoy had stolen from the Glen wood 'Hotel. Second and Salmon streets, a large - number of stiver toilet articles, sliver tableware and clothing. Two stick-pins, one set with 15 small diamonds and the other with rubies, and a necklace were stolen from the rooms of Lee Wolf at 340 Tenth street. BLACK CLAIMS VICTORY i Says Dalzell Men Counted Him Out and Causes Arrest. PITTSBURG. June 6. Dr. R. J. Black, who opposed Congressman John Dalzell in the 13th district at the primary elec tion Saturday and refuses to admiL de feat, brought action today in an Alder man's court against Harry Evans, an elc- tion judge, charging him with having counted the ballots for Dalzell when they were marked for Black. While the vote was being tabulated In the County Commissioners' office today, Dr. Black asserted: "From what I see and hear from pre cincts throughout the district. I think I have been nominated by a majority of 1000. I have been generally cheated throughout the district." The District Attorney's office has Btarted an investigation. Taft Gets Promise From Presidents. CONFERENCE IS SUCCESSFUL Railroads Will Withhold Action Until New Law Is in Force. SQUARE DEAL IS PROMISED Interstate Commerce Commission Will Then Have Chance to Super- vise Rate Increases Purpose of Injunction Suit Gained. WASHINGTON, June . A complete agreement between the Government and the recently-enjoined railroads of the Western Trunk Line Association was reached at the conclusion of a confer ence which lasted more than three hours today. The railroads agreed to withdraw all rate Increases to be effective on and after June 1 and to file no more In creases until the bill in Congress that gives the Interstate Commerce Com mission power to investigate and sus pend increases becomes a law and in operation. President Tafe Wins. President Taft thereupon stated that the Administration's purpose in bring ing the injunction suits had been ac complished, and that the suit would be discontinued. The discontinuance will not be entered, however, until after the new railroad law is signed. The belief was expressed tonight that all the other railroads of the country that have filed increased rates or have such a plan under consideration, will abide by the agreement reached today with the 24 railroads named as de fendants in the Hannibal suit. Further Agreement Predicted. At the conference at the White House tomorrow, in which President Brown, of the New Tork Central, Pres ident McCrea, of the Pennsylvania, and other officials representing roads in the Eastern and Central territory will participate, it is expected that the rail road men will come to hold up the pro posed increases until after the new law becomes effective. Everyone connected with today's con ference seemed gratified with the out come. All that President Taft has de sired Is that the Interstate Commerce Commission have authority to investl gate the interstate rate increases to de termine whether they are justified by conditions and Are Just to the shippers. This power is to be conferred under the new law. Square Deal Assured Roads. The railroads, on the other hand, it is pointed out, are to be relieved of em barrassing litigation, are assured of I "square : deal" when their case is pre sented to the Interstate Commerce Com mission and are free to resume contracts for improvements and extensions which (Concluded on Page 5.) Suits Against Four ex-Officials and Big Manufacturers Filed by Illinois Central. CHICAGO, June 6. Charging that it has been defrauded out of about $2,000, 000 on repair work for four years, the Illinois Central Railroad Company filed suit for an accounting against four of its ex-officials in the Circuit Court here today. , The railroad company's bill, which al leges conspiracy to defraud, names the following members of the "graft ring" for four years: Orland S. Keath, ex-superintendent of transportation; Joseph E. Buker, ex assistant superintendent of the car ma chinery; William Renshaw, ex-superintendent of machinery; John M. Taylor, ex-general storekeeper. In connection with these charges against its ex-officials, the Illinois Cen tral Railroad declares in its bill that six big manufacturing concerns profited In alleged over-charges on car repair work to the approximate amount of 1,550.000. The action follows months of investi gation by the railroad company and nu merous rumors of an alleged "graft" ring in the Illinois Central Railroad. The defendants are alleged to have represented to the corporation that the company's repair work could be done more cheaply by Independent concerns than at the railroad's own shops. In thesult filed against the American Car & Equipment Company, Judge Walker at once Issued an injunction re straining the car concern from bringing any suits to collect from the Illinois Central amounts alleged to be due. ROSE PEAR TREE BLOOMS Unique Production Attracts Thou sands of Portland Guests. When the Rose Festival arrives each year a climbing pear tree In front of Architect Otto Klecman's office, 30 Grand avenue North, blossoms out boldly. Even- year the roses, for the- tree produces as) a result of grafting, are of different color, and yesterday morning the tree appeared witn a variety of colored roses. some being green, palo red and yellow, but on the whole very unique and beau tiful. Mr. Kleemann . attributes the change in color to the peculiar spraying siurr ne uses to get rid of insects. This year the roses are unusually large and healthy, and attract the attention of every, passerby. People in the observa tion .touring oars are struck with this tree in full bloom. People who had seen the tree every day were a little astonished to see it in fullbloom yesterday after a rest of a year. Strangers stopped to admire the tree and discuss the spectacle of a tree bearing roses. It certainly is one or the attractive decorations on Grand avenue and no one who visits Portland should fail to see Mr. Klee mann's pear tree in bloom. TWO SHOPS ACCEPT TERMS Machinists Gain In Numbers and Confident of Winning. Twenty-five men joined the ranks of the striking machinists and two of the smaller shops decided to accept the de mands of the union, and signed up, yes terday. Thus far, no strikebreakers have been imported and it is not thought that a move of this kind will be made by the employers. It is said to be hard for em ployers to get skilled mechanics to re place the strikers and it is thought that the only policy that can be pursued is to close the shops for an indefinite period. The strikers believe the companies will not care to meet the expense of a long tie up, ana tnat tney nave already won. "We have i been misrepresented as favoring a closed shop policy," said Business Agent Carlson yesterday. ' "We are in favor of an open shop and we shall not oppose the importation of non union machinists. hat we do oppose Is the complete abolition of the union which the companies are trying to ac complish." FORTY-SIX WILL MARRY Marriage License Bureau Shares in Rush of Carnival Trade. Cupid Noonan had to call in his as sistant, Wilde, yesterday afternoon, the marriage business at the Courthouse was so heavy. Licenses for 23 couples were obtained on the first day of the Rose Carnival. One after another the prospective bridegrooms, each with a witness to swear that the bride-to-be was of le gal age and that she was not already married, appeared at the license coun ter, and paid the customary fee of J3 for permission from the state to wed. DOCTOR AND WIFE .FREED St. Louis Couple Out- Today Man Won't Be Prosecuted. ' ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 6. Dr. Loren E. Doxey, who, with his wife, Mrs. Dora E. Doxey, was accused of the mur der of William J. Erder, will be set at liberty tomorrow. Circuit Attorney Jones announced to night that he will nolle the case. Since Mrs. Doxey has been acqulted, he said, it Is useless to attempt to convict the doctor. WOMAN SLAIN IN HER BED Unknown Assassin Takes Life as Victim Sleeps. LEXINGTON, Ky, June 6. Mrs. Al fred Mcintosh, of Lee County, was assassinated as she slept last night. Her body, with a bullet through, the head, was fqund, this morning. Miss Sunol anc Lintel Found L CAR PLUNGES INTO ff Thrashing of Wheels in Water Reveals Their Fate. ONE CRUSHED TO DEATH They Attempt Too Late to Ix ., Car Leaves Bridge One Is ii California Pioneer, Other ?". ed Authoress and Llnguh , SAN JOSE. Cal., June 6 (Spt. ; Pinned under an overturned automobile in the Penetentia Creek, in Alum pirv Canyon, the bodies of Miss Doroles Sunol. memoer or a wealthy pioneer family of this city, and her cousin, Mrs. Frances Sunol Lintel, of Eureka, author and lin guist, were discovered shortly before I o'clock this afternoon. The machine had skidded on the edge of a bridge, crashed through a fence, turned over once in the fAr and landed upside down ten feet below in six inches of water, running over Immense boulders. An examination of the bodies tonight seems to indicate that Miss Sunol was drowned and that Mrs. Lintel was crushed to death .There were not witnesses to the: accident. Bodies Found by Chance. The ladies, driving an electric run about, were observed to leave the Pa goda at the park about 4:20 o'clock and probably arrived at the point where the accident occurred five minutes later. Twenty minutes after they left the buildings in the park for their home, rD. Richards, of San Francisco, and his father left the bathhouse, also in an electric, driving over the same road that the ladies had taken. Cross ing the bridge a mile below the bath house, they were attracted by the whirr of automobile wheels thrashing in the water of the creek, and, look ing down, discovered the wreck. Dr. Richards Jumped out of his ma chine and, clambering over the rocks, quickly reached the scene. He soon ascertained that both women were dead and sent his father back to the bathhouse to summon aid. Several men were summoned from the park and several more from the camp, a short distance below the scene of the acci dent. A half hour after the discovery was made the automobile was lifted partially and the bodies released.. Several Theories Advanced. There are several theories for the cause of the accident, the most plaus ible being that the machine was coast ing rapidly when crossing the struc ture, a sharp turn being necessary. The machine started to skid, tearing rough tracks in the roadway. Escaping the inner bank, the machine headed directly for the fence, skidding a half-circle. Judging from the position of the bodies', the two women had aterapted to leap from the car when it struck the railing, but did not have time. SMUGGLING CASE ON TRIAL Unusual Procedure Taken in Chi nesc Action at Astoria. ASTORIA, Or., June 6. An examina tion was held today before Immigra tion Inspector Benham as to the right of Go Nung to be in this country. It is said he was smuggled into Seattle last Summer on the steamer Minnesota. The defense was that the Chinaman is an entirely different one from whom the Government officials believe him to be. The testimony will be submitted di rectly to the department at Washing ton for a final decision. This case is unusual, as it is under the immigration regulations, and has no connection with the Chinese restriction act. The department handles such cases directly, and they do not go through the Federal courts, as would be neces sary under the restriction act. LIGHTNING BURNS NINE Electricity Knocks Down Ball Game Spectators Dog Killed. PONT, Mont.. June 6. (Special.) During a baseball game at Bnnis yester day lightning struck a sunshade in the hand of Mrs. M. F. Buck, wife of Su perintendent Buck of the Madison River Power Company, and running down th handle knocked down and seriously burned five men and four women. Mrs. Buck's corset was torn from her body and ner shoes from her feet but, although seriously injured, it Is thought she will recover. A dog at Mrs. Buck's side was killed. PRINT WORKSSHUT DOWN Big Fall River Plant Awaits De velopments in New York. ' FALL RIVER. Mass., June S. The en tire plant of the American print work was shut down today under orders re ceived from M. - C. D. Borden, of Ken Xork. .. fCTl 1 OR O