Jliiriiiiti PRICE FIVE CENTS. PORTLAND, OKKSON. FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1910. VOL. L.-XO. 15,474. YOUTH SEES BRIDE SWEPT TO DEATH INDIANS GO ON WAR PATH AT BRUSSELS 1 2.000,000 ACRES MUST PAY TAXES PRESIDENT TAFT GREETS THEODORE Meeting at Beverly Is Like Old Times. FORCES IN RESERVE TO DECIDE BUTTLE ELEPHANTS CHARGE DOWN CITY STREET GUTGRAINEX-PORT CAXOE CRUSHED BY LOGS.- SKAGIT RIVER. REDJIEX GET EXCITED WHEN' SALARIES NOT PAID. THEY BREAK FROM CIRCUS AND CHASE BAKER'S WAGOX. B1GH0MEDEMANDS Jeff Outwardly Best, Says Rex Beach. YOUTH SEEMINGLY RESTORED Johnson Marvelously Swift, but Has He Heart? Is Question.. EYES OF WORLD ON RENO Same Elemental Love of righting Hero That Hailed Roosevelt Is Behind Interest in Contest, Author Believes. BY KEX BEACH. (Special Service. Copyright. 1010, by George Matthew Adams. Registered in Canada. All rights reserved.) RENO, Nev., June 30.-(Spec!al. ?eary discovered the earth's axis. Tex Rlckard located the center of the uni verse. Roald Amundsen found the spot where the magnetic needle stands on its head and fixed it as somewhere north of Canada, but Tex has proved him in error. It remained for a 33-year-old miner to Semonstrate that Reno, Nev., is not only the exact geographical focusing point of all things terrestrial, but also the precise magnetic center of the civilized world. I say "civilized world" designedly, for whether you approve or disapprove of prizefighting, you cannot remain with in the hospitable gates of this city for an hour before you are brought face to fac with the great overwhelming, ele mental fact that mankind underneath its veneer of civilization is primitive and Jungle-born. Klemental Forces at Work. There is no gainsaying it. Tou may ' lock yourself Into a dark room or a sawdust-padded ice-box, or In some other manner isolate yourself from external in fluences and by dint of calm, dispassion ate reasoning reach the conclusion that prizefighting is unnatural, brutal, coarse. Inane and foolish beyond measure; and so it would be if humanity lived in re frigerators and the blood of polar bears ran through its veins. But man is a warm-blooded animal, reared in the sun light, and he has not only an elemental love of life but a supergrafted love of victory and admiration of excellence. If it were not for traits like these, his great toes would still be thumbs and . he would now be swinging by his tail in the damp glades of fever-ridden tropic swamps. It was this spirit of individuality, this hunger for conquect, this desire for in dividual excellence that raised him to . his stature and subdued the earth to the sound of his voice. We are hero-worshipers, every mother's son of us; per sonal superiority is our fetich. Roosevelt Type of Fighter. Only yesterday we offered such a wel come as the world has never known to a fighter. No Roman Emperor in the great epic days of old ever re'iewed such a pageant of honor as Theodore Roosevelt upon his "return from Elba." An ar mada met him at the threshhold of his land, uncounted thousands lined his route of march and rent the skies with such a crashing uproar that the jealous heavens opened wide and Jet loose their warring elements to drown it. People will say that the Roosevelt demonstration was planned to celebrate his conquests, and this is true, in a meas ure; but for every high-domed, bespec tacled citizen who looked upon the, cen tral figure of that pageant as a President, there were 10 hoarse-voiced, blg-lunged, sore-footed human beings who perched upon curb and window-ledge to welcome Teddy as a man. Suppose William Howard Taft or John D. Rockefeller or, Chief Justice Fuller or Anthony Comstock had led a regiment up San Juan Hill, had lambasted the trusts, tied knots in the railroads, slaughtered African rhinos and electrified Europe, do you think New York City would have gone ghost-dancing like a tribe of Sioux at his return? Do you think that Demo crats and Republicans, insurgents and So cialists would have amalgamated into one great brotherhood of welcome-givers Not so that you could distinguish it. Men of Vitality Admired. There would have been a tugload of isthmatic. high-hatted leading citizens t the harbor mouth and a banquet or two at J10 a plate; the newspapers would have been a front page story to the pood and the autograph hunters would have mailed their respects. No, it was Roosevelt we admired: it was Teddy, the real, vital, red-blooded fighting human being, whom we welcomed. The Anglo Saxon loves a fighter and we knew that our most prominent citizen was one of that sort. He likes a battle and he will give combat at any mark in the road. He will swap wallops In the halls of the Senate or the gloomy depths of an Afri can forest, on the rostrum of England's greatest university, or in the rope squared ring'. He is a regular human man and his country loves him for it. Of all those fellows who slowly baked their soles on Manhattan's blistering- asphalt that day waiting for a sight of Roosevelt, the man, the big voiced, deep-chested, nine-tenths are either on their way to Reno today or -want to come, and the high-domed, be- Visitors to World Fair Hang Fast to Dimes, Wild West Show Can't Make Expenses. BRUSSELS, June 30. (Special.) Half the American attractions at the Brus sels Exposition are not making ex penses, as the Belgians, French and Germans do not easily part with their dimes. The "Wild West" show has been a failure, and the English syndicate re sponsible for it was unable to pay the Indians, who then became greatly ex cited. - Frank C. Oolns. who was in charge of the redmen, appealed to American Consul - General Ethelbert Watts, who by prompt and energetic action restored the confidence of the Indians. Numerous conferences were held at the American Consulate by Consul Watts, Mr. Goings. Red Shirt, Chief White Bear and M. De Laval, legal ad viser of the Consulate. Mr. Watts finally decided to cable to Robert G. Valentine, Commissioner of Indian Af fairs in Washington, to arrange trans portation for the Indians back to their reservation in America. As a result 37 Indians and eight children will be sent home at the expense of the American Government. JAPAN WILL ANNEX COREA Final Step' Soon to Be Taken, Em peror Being Submissive. ' TOKIO. June 30. There is every rea son to believe that announcement of the annexation of Corea by Japan is imminent- In accordance with the convention recently made between Corea and Japan, the Corean Emperor has Issued an edict delegating to the Japanese government the police administration of the country. This is the first step, and the final step will be taken when Corea is practically under guard. The garrisons 'are being steadily strength ened. The mass of Coreans accept the re ports of the approaching annexation with indifference, but a decided spirit of unrest and activity among the anti Japanese element necessitates precau tion prior to the forthcoming announce ment. Lleutenant-General Viscount Terau- chi, the Japanese Resident-General for Corea, will leave for Seoul, the Corean capital, on July 15 to confer with Em peror Yi-Syek, of Corea, who is report ed to be in a complaisant state of mind in view of the ample provision which has been made for him, his immediate family, and other members of the roy alty under the annexation arrange ments. The text of the Russo-Japanese con vention recently made will be pub lished soon in St. Petersburg. STARR WAS MERELY DRUNK Kidnaping Story From Salem Proves to Have Been Vnfounded. " SALEM, Or., June 30. (Special.) That Starr, the farmer, was drunk and fell out of a wagon; that his son, in disgust, drove away and left him, and that Starr then concocted the story of the attack by two escaped convicts and the supposed kidnaping of his son, in order to account for his own bruises and his sn's absence, constituted the explanation of last night's story sent out from here of the alleged incidents mentioned. The only basis for the story is that the two convicts, Harry Brennan and John Wolmsdorff, did escape from the Peni tentiary last Saturday and are still at large. The other features of the story were in general circulation among the farmers of the Buena Vista, neighbor hood last night, Starr's story having been credited generally. SOLDIERS MUTILATE NEGRO Brutal Assault Charged Against Two Men in Maryland. WASHINGTON, June 30. Through information filed with State's Attorney Bowie F. Waters, of Montgomery Coun ty, Maryland, officials of the War De partment learned today of a brutal as sault and mutilation of a negro near Gaithersburg, Md.. by two United States soldiers. Mr. Waters said he will bring the matter officially before the War De partment. According to the information re ceived by Mr. Waters, the negro, Henry Stewart, was walking with two negro girls last Sunday evening when two un iformed men attempted to separate the girls from Stewart. A fight followed, which resulted in the soldiers carrying the negro man to nearby woods, where the further assault is said to have taken place. YOUTH MURDERS FARMER George Smith Shot and Instantly Killed Slayer Escape. OREGON CITY, Or., June 30. (Special.) George Smith, a farmer, of Carus, Clackamas County, was shot and In stantly killed tonight by J. B. Helvey, a vmin!, farmer 19 vears of acre. The youthful murderer had a grudge of several year? stanaing agauin omim and a wordy encounter led to the killing. Carus is six miles east of Oregon City, in a thinlv-fpttlpd farming community. Coroner Holman was notified of the aarAv Hv telenhnnA and went nut in an automobile tonight to conduct an exam ination. The murderer has not been captured. En gene. Real Estate Active. EUGENS. Or., June 30. (Special.) Real estate in Eugene is changing hands at a rapid rate in the past week. The most noteworthy sale yesterday was one lot at Eleventh- and Alder, near the uni versity. by the Gamma Alpha Building Value of Lumber .Ship ments Increases. WHEAT AT TIDEWATER EBBS Portland Still Second in Export Records, However. FARMERS HOLDING STOCKS California Now Taking Cereals For merly Sent to Foreign Ports and Domestic Demand for Lum ber Is Growing, Too. I VALUE OF LDIBEB EXPORTS ! INCREASES; CEREALS FALL OIT. 1 - 190&-10. 1908-9. I Lumber J1.26S.6S2 $1, 043.077 ' Wheat 6,570,396 5,796,334 j i Flour P79.199 2.167,460 " Barley 313.053 549,485 . In a resume of Portland's export trades for the 12 months ended yes terday is found an excellent compara tive illustration of new features in com mercial conditions through which the two principal commodities sent abroad, cereals and lumber, are rapidly chang ing places In importance with regard to the business calculated by the num ber of vessels clearing from the har bor. There w;as 110,853,764 feet of lum ber dispatched, worth $1,268,682; 5,746,- 125 bushels' of wheat, valued at 13,670, 396; 205.680 barrels of flour, appraised at J879.199, and 445.940 bushels of bar ley, at J313.053. In a financial way, lumber is exceed ing all Tecords, while cereals are show ing a reduction in volume and value, but that applies only to exportation and does not indicate in the least that the production is diminishing or the call from abroad lessened, as there is a greater home consumption and an ex cessive call from California for wheat. Wheat Used at Home. As California has retired from the wheat exporting circle, the solicitation for outside help to feed her populace has increased, until this year it has overstepped its former magnitude and as a natural consequence Oregon, as her sister state, was looked to as the principal source of supply. Not only Is that true of grain, but lumber has taken a' leading place in the commerce between the two states, and the latter is a material that has likewise found greater favor and de mand in foreign lands' to an extent that has placed the output floated here at the head of the lumber annals of Portland. For the season of 1909-10 there has been floated for ports outside of the United States a grand total of 110,- 853,764 feet, worth, as shown by at testations on manifests, J 1,268,682.60. In 1908-09 the exportation by measure ment was 82,688,790 feet, which gives the period just closed credit for an in crease of 28,164,974 feet, or in excess of seven cargoes carried by ordinary tramp steamers. .In value, the 1908-09 season's shipments netted $1,043,077, falling short of the later period by $225,605.50. There were 51 vessels to . clear off shore with whole or part cargoes, and (Concluded on Page Two.) ; SSlllH. TrtE A SbEMBLY ) - t j I Angered at Separation From Little Ones, They Tear Through Greeley and Scare Horse to Death. GREELEY; Colo., June 30. Angered at being separated from two small elephants for which they have a great affection, two big elephants .belonging to a circus this morning charged wildly down the main street in pursuit of a baker's wagon. The driver of the wagon, after a mad gallop, which scattered bread end pies for blocks, escaped. The elephants, which were chained to gether, crashed through a fence into the front yard of a residence, tearing up lawn and shrubbery. They were stopped by a. stout maple tree, on the side of which they attempted to pass. During the excitement a horse dropped dead from fright. NEW BUDGET 198,930,000 Lloyd-George Optimistic When He Introduces Bill in Commons. LONDON, June 30. Chancellor David Lloyd-George had no novelties to offer in Introducing the budget of 1910-11 in the House of Commons to day. He took an optimistic view of the future, despite the fact that he had to find revenue to meet an esti mated expenditure of 198,930,000. The Chancellor figured a total rev enue of 199,791,000, leaving a surplus of 861,000. The total expenditure includes the deficit of 26,248,000 uncollected dur ing the last fiscal year, owing to the clash between the two houses, all of which has been collected since the belated budget' was passed. For 1910 11 the Chancellor estimated a revenue from taxation of 142,455,000 and from other sources 27,290,000. Adding to this the arrears due from the fiscal year 1909-10, he figured his total and surplus. The Chancellor said he felt justi fied in estimating the stated revenue on the assumption that the volume of trade this year and next would be greater than the country had ever ex perienced. He proposed to retain the duty on spirits unchanged and while admitting that there had been a loss of $1,400, 000 in these duties, said the consump tion of spirits had been decreased by 10,000,000 gallons from the figures of the preceding year, and that the moral gain to the state far outweighed the loss in revenue. ' BOMBS DROP FROM AIRSHIP Curtiss Begins Test of Utility of Aeroplane in War. HAMMONDSFORT, N. Y., June 30. Glenn H. Curtlss has begun a series of testa over Lake Keuka to determine definitely the value of the aeroplane as a carrier of missiles in war. On the water of the lake a target has been prepared corresponding in outline to the deck of a modern Dreadnought. Fly ing above this at various altitudes and at different speeds, Curtiss will attempt to hit this target by dropping weights corresponding to bombs. The experi ments are under the supervision of Rear-Admiral Kimball, U. S. N., . re tired. In the first test, which was made late yesterday, Curtiss made only one trial, flying at a height of about 150 feet. His missile fell about 10 feet on the starboard side of the target. Further experiments were cut short by the loosening of a propeller blade. The trials will be continued next week. The missiles are eight inches in length, made of lead pipe about an inch and a half in diameter and weighing one pound. Eugene Plans for Fourth. EUGENE, Or., June 30. (Special.) The Fourth of July' programme for Eu gene has been fully decided on. It will open with a grand prize parade of floats, automobiles and other vehicles, and close with a brilliant fireworks dis play, "The Sweep of the Comet's Tail." Speakers -and bands from various parts of Lane County will be in evidence. THE ASSEMBLY DOESN'T "LOOK GOOD" Railroad Grants Will Be Surveyed. AMENDMENT CAUSES DELAY Localities Out Year's Revenue Because of Change. TEN STATES ARE AFFECTED Roads Required to Advance Costs Within 9 0 Days After Demand, and Progress Cannot Be Made in the Wintertime. BY HARRY J. BROWN. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, June 30. More than 12,000,000 acres of land, the unsurveyed and un patented residue of enormous grants made In times past to various railroad companies, will be surveyed under the provisions of a law enacted in the closing days of the late session of Con gress, and as soon as surveyed will become subject to taxation. Just how soon these surveys can be made is problematical, but within a year or 18 months, this great acreage, scattered through ten states and territories, may begin paying taxes. The bill was recommended by Sec retary Ballinger in his report last Fall. It provides that any railroad corpora tion required by law to pay the costs of surveying, selecting or conveying any lands granted it by Congress, shall, within 90 days from demand of the Secretary of the Interior, deposit in a United States depository to the credit of the United States a sum sufficient to pay the cost of surveying and con veying any part of the unsurveyed lands of its grant. Failure Means Forfeit. t Any railroad company which fails to come forward with the money called for by the Secretary of the Interior within the time specified shall forfeit to the United States its unsurveyed and unpatented land, the forfeiture to be brought about through legal proceed ings instituted by the Attorney-General. All granted lands surveyed un der this new law are declared by Con gress to become subject to taxation by the states and municipal authori ties upon the completion of survey. As this- bill passed the Senate, af ter having gone through the House, it carried an appropriation of $500,000, to be available immediately for mak these siirvevs. the cost of surveys to be reimbursed by the railroad com panies. The conference committee of the House, headed by Representative Mondell of Wyoming, refused to agree to this item, on the ground that the surveys- could be made as the money was put up by the railroad companies, or they could be made out of the gen eral surveying fund of the Land Of fice and be reimbursed out of the de posits made by the railroad companies. After some discussion, the Senate com mittee yielded and the bill went through making no appropriation. Action Is Delayed. The result of this change probably will be to delay surveys until next sea son, at least in a majority of cases, for there will be little money available out of the general survey fund to survey railroad land grants, as that fund is to TO SOME. Husband, Altlrough Expert Swim mer, Is Unable to Rescue Wife From Treacherous stream. BELL-INGHAM, Wash., June 30. (Special.) While attempting to cross the Skagit River today Mrs. John Jones, wife of a watchman in the Great Northern terminals at Kockport, was drowned in sight of her husband. They had been married only a few months. The two started to cross the Skagit and were swung against a log boom of the Hawkeye Logging Company. The canoe, an Indian dugout, was broken in two by the impact. Mrs. Jones could not swim. Her husband, while an expert swimmer, could not reach her and she was whirled away by the strong current. The tragedy was one of the most pitiful that has ever occurred at -Rock-port. The young couple were far be yond the hearing of any who might have aided. Mrs. Young, according to her husband, cried out in agonizing tones but it was impossible to aid her. Little is known of Mrs. Jones In Rockport. She was married last Fall and came came from some place In the East. He is so prostrated by grief that he cannot talk tonight. As far as can be learned the pair clung to the broken parts of the canoe, Jones trying to reach his wife, but she was swept away when almost within his grasp. He says she struggled desperately for a time, then threw up her hands and sank. Her body has not been recovered. COMMITTEE HAS NO FUNDS Gore Bribery Inquiry Can't Begin Till December. WASHINGTON, June 30. Members of the Senate committee appointed Satur day to investigate the charges made by Senator Gore relative to Oklahoma Indian land contracts' have discovered that the committee will not be provided with funds to defray the cost of in quiry. When the inquiry resolution was passed. Senators Hale and Hughes stated that no appropriation was de sired. This declaration escaped the at tention of Senator Jones of Washington and other members of the committee, and" it is probable that the committee will not take up the inquiry until Con gress assembles in December. The House committee appointed to inquire into Indian affairs in Oklahoma, however, was given broad powers and funds to cover the cost of investiga tion. The resolution provided that .all expenses of the committee should be provided out of the House contingent fund. HUGHES IS ORATOR OF DAY Phi Beta Kappa Men and Women Hear Governor. ,' CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 30. The first commencement at Harvard Uni versity under the direction of Presi dent A. Lawrence Lowell came to an end today with the annual meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, which had Governor Hughes, of- New York, as its orator at the public exercises. Sanders Theater was crowded when the members of the Harvard Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa marched to their seats. Both President Lowell and Governor 'Hughes were received with loud applause. Henry Van Dyke, of Princeton Uni versity read a poem, concluding the exercises. BRYAN COY ABOUT RUNNING "How Do I Know?" He Says, Asked if Ho Will Try for Presidency. MONTREAL, June 30. William J. Bryan, who arrived in Quebec yester day from Bristol, England, spent to day in Montreal. To the question, "Are you likely again to be a candi date for the Presidency?" Mr. Bryan replied: "How do I know? Much depends I never discuss politics outside of my own country." Mr. Bryan expects to leave for Chi cago tonight. HEART TROUBLES CUMMINS Senator Cancels Chautauqua Dates and Gives Up Golf and Cigars. DES MOINES, June 30. Because of heart, trouble, augmented by the stren uous labors of the recent session of the Senate, Senator A. B. Cummins has cancelled his Chautauqua dates until August 14. Upon advice of physicians the Sena tor has also been ordered to give up golf and cigars temporarily. The Sen ator denies that the trouble is serious. MINERAL SPRING FOUND - New port Workmen, Digging Well, Discover Effervescing Water. NEWPORT. Or., June 30. (Special.) Laborers digging, in a spring to make a reservoir for the new corporation bath house at Newport, have discovered ef fervescing mineral water. The water w'll be analyzed to ascertain its prop erties. After digging in another location, an abundance of good water was found. Four Xegro Murderers to Hang. ATLANTA. Ga., June 30. Judge Roan, today sentenced the four negroes con victed of the murder of Motorman S. T. Brown in the Druid Hills streetcar holdup last April, to be hanged to gerher Jlv 29 in the Dekalb County Jan. CHUMS EXUBERANTLY HAPPY Reports of Coolness Conclu sively Proved False. LONG TALK KEPT SECRET Voices Ring With Laughter Most of Time Colonel's Journey to Sum mer Capital in Auto Is Acclaimed by Crowds. HICHES NOT ADVISED TO RUN AGAIN. BEVERLY, Mass., June 30. Asked about a story In a morning paper to the effect that he had urged Governor Hughes to seek a renomlnation, Colo nel Roosevelt said, upon leaving President Taft's Summer place: "The story Is an unqualified, ab- I solute fake. There Is not m bit of J, truth in it." 4 BEVERLY, Mass., June 30. For a full minute this afternoon President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt stood on the broad veranda of the Evans cottage with hands upon each other's shoulders, while de light shone in every line of their smile enwreathed countenances. "Mr. President" it was Roosevelt who spoke and there was earnest warmth in his salutation. "Theodore!" They patted each other affectionately on the shoulder. They laughed in a way that left not a single lingering doubt as to the exuberance of their feelings. They seemed utterly obvious of the fact that others were pres ent.. "It used to be 'Mr. President" and Will,' didn't it?" the Colonel cried In his old familiar high-pitched voice, "but now its 'Mr. President and 'Theodore'." Old-Time Cordiality Shown. The two friends, meeting after IS months separation with all the warmth that used to characterize their associa tion In Washington, slapped each other again on arms and shoulders. And so it went, throughout the after noon. When Colonel Roosevelt was Presi dent end Mr. Taft was Secretary of War, the meetings of the two men In the Executive offices at Washington were always characterized by the same cor diality as was shown today. White Hou.se attaches who witnessed the greetings this afternoon said it was Just like the old days. There was a rapid fire of con versation. The meeting was Informal and the persistent prophesies that a coolness had developed between the two men proved false. Colonel Revisits Lodge. Colonel Roosevelt still was in the spirit of the' renewed association with the Pres ident when, after two hours and 20 min utes spent with Mr. Tft and members of his family, he started back to Nahant to spend a second night with Senator Lodge. AS he was leaving the shaded grounds of the President's cottage the Colonel stopped to speak with several old news paper friends from Washington. "I had a most pleasant time with the President," he exclaimed. "There Is noth ing particular to say, is there, Cabot?" turning to Senator Lodge. "No, I think not," put in the Senator. Delightful Time Enjoyed. "We had a most delightful time and that is all there is to it," the Colonel added. "By George,, look at those mis creants," he exclaimed, as several pho tographers who had climbed on a stone wall for a vantage point, began to click their cameras in a. perfect fusillade of snapshots. "Does Beverly come up to Oyster Bayr someone asked. "You know I'm fond of Oyster Bay," Mr. Roosevelt replied, "and I don't want to make any comparisons, but, by George. Beverly is beautiful. This whole north shore is perfectly lovely." With a wave of his panama hat and a hearty word of good-bye. he was off. The President and Colonel Roosevelt walked about the verandas of the cottage for some time arm in arm. The afternoon was warm. Their .heads were close to gether and scarcely a minute passed that their voices were not ringing with laughter. Party Always Merry. Tea was served on the veranda. Mrs. Taft, Senator Lodge and Secretary Morton sat about the wicker table and a merrier party would be difficult to imagine. The President was plainly affected; Colonel Roosevelt was un feigned in his delight. Meantime-Senator Lodge, unfailing friend and inti mate adviser of both, looked on with pleasure. The ex-President met old friends at Burgess Point. There was Rudolph. Forster, assistant secretary of the President, who served in similar ca pacity under the Roosevelt Administra tion. "By George, it is good to see you, Rudolph. It is just bully. I must tell (Concluded on rage S. ) Concluded on Fua tt.) Association to W. E. Brown, for 9u00. 1