THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY JULY 27, 1910. NEW TURN -MEN IN RAWN MYSTERY THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS OF IRA G. RAWN, MYSTERIOUSLY DEAD, WHOSE FORTUNE STEEL BUSINESS IS MERCHANDISE OF MERIT ONLY APPEARS TO DWINDLE. ' . - VASTLY INCREASED Detectives Now Seeking Men Heard Disputing in the President's Yard. ESTATE SHRINKS QUEERLY Interest Now Centers in Inquest, Which Is Kxpected to Reveal Important Facts Policies Likely to Be Protested. CHICAGO. July 26. (Special.) Au thorities of Winnetka. who yesterday took possession of the Summer residence of the late Ira G. Rawn. president of the Monon Railway, were expected .tonight to issue a statement that would have an Important bearing on the inquest tomor row evening, but at a late hour it was announced that no statement would be made. The residence was seized by the pres ident of the Winnetka Council, who inti mated that 'vital information was being withheld. He placed Chief of Police Coutry in charge, together with enough policemen to patrol the grounds. Mem bens of the Rawn family are permitted to go and come freely, but they are not per mitted to carry away any article and every visitor is subjected to constant es pionage. Chief interest now centers in the in quest tomorrow evening. It had been expected that President Lflvett, of the Illinois Central, would arrive today, pre sumably to attend the Inquest, but if he Is in the city, no trace can be found of him. Estate Dwindles to $130,000. Considerable surprise wae caused to day when it became known that the es tate of ira. Rawn, Instead of amounting to a million dollars or more, will not ex ceed $120,000 and pehraps not more than $100,000. This estimate does not Include the life insurance or casualty insurance of $135,000, payment of which may be contested unless the companies are con vinced Mr. Rawn did not die by his own band. Attorneys for the Illinois Central still insist that Mr. Rawn must have had an estate of nearly $2,000,000 and will want to know what has become of it. The Plnkertons announce they are working on a new clew which they assert may lead to the slayer of Rawn. Two mysterious men arrived in Winnetka at 12::10 o'clock on the night of the tragedy and inquired the way to the Rawn home. Neighbors have been found who heard two men arguing in the shrubbery at the Rawn home. One was protesting against : some act the other proposed. Mysterious Strangers Sought. These men had been seen in Winnetka a few days before the shooting and at that time they obtained general direc tions as to the locality of the home from a chauffeur who has given the detectives a fairly good description of them. Superintendent Schumacher, of the Plnkerton Agency, says there never has been any ground for the th of sul cide. "I have been wrongly quoted in saying I could prove this was a case of murder, but I believe this evidence will be in my hands inside of two days," he said. "The talk of suicide is preposterous." The hearing of the Illinois Central graft case, set for. today, was postponed for one week by Master In Chancery .Tay lor. GRANGE PLANS BIG MARKET Washington Farmers Hope to Elimi nate Middle Men. SEATTLE, Wash., July 26. Delegates to the State Grange representing 22 counties, at a meeting here yesterday, decided to form an organization for the purpose of marketing- the products of the farm direct to the consumer, elim inating the middle man entirely. To organize such an association a commit tee of three managers was appointed. The committee will consider a plan to unite all the co-operative stores In the state, now numbering over 150 with a market to be established in Se attle, forming one vast organization that will buy the entire output of man ufacturers and establish a distributing point in Seattle. The board of managers elected by the delegates given full power to act by the Washington State Grange, con sists of C. B. Kegley, of Palouse;'for a term of three years: Chris McDonnell, of Colvllle. for two years, and S. Ikl! McKee. of Xorth Yakima, one year. In addition a committee consisting of U. V. Williams, of O'Brien; E. Haz leton, of Monroe, and L. L. Snow of Olympia. was elected, to ,.ave cnarg'e the establishment of the market for the farmers' products In Seattle. MOSHBERGER IS ELECTED Woodbum National Guard Fills Va cant Captaincy. WOODBURX. Or.. July 16. (Spe cial.) At an election held bv Company K. Third Infantry. O. N. u.. tonight First Lieutenant Eugene Moshberger was elected captain to fill the place made vacant by the appointment of Captain f W. Settlemter as major. Second Lieutenant Grover Tood vai appointed first lieutenant, and First Sergeant P. - A. Livesey second lieu tenant. Captain Moshberger is a Spanish American War veteran, having served with Company M, Second Oregon, in the Philippines. Lumbermen to Meet in Tacoina. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 2. Promi nent lumbermen from all parts of the Pacific Coast. Northwest and British Columbia will be in attendance at the semiannual meeting of the Pacific Coa Lumber Manufacturers' Association in Tacoma next Saturday. Lumbermen and others indirectly identified with that (important industry will speak. Re ports of many descriptions will be sub mitted and discussed. The lumbermen's organizations of Tacoma and the com mercial associations are arranging for the entertainment of the visiting dele Rates. Including an afternoon automo bile ride for the ladies ana a banquet for all visitors in the Tacoma Hotel in the evening. Barcelona Is Quiet. MADRID. July 26. This is the anni versary of the general strike at Barce lona, but the threatened walkout did not materialize today. Official dispatches state that tranquillity reigns in Barce lona. Ten thousand troops occupv strat erio Dolnts in the 'Catalonia capital. ' -L :t ..,,,-1 - , 'II ' i ? - t' I ' TTi - ,,: f. : y 4 : VAN HEW ADVISER TO GIRLS. HE SAYS Accused President of Chico Normal School Makes Dramatic Witness. APPLAUSE FOLLOWS WORDS Students, Graduates and Their Mothers Volunteer Testimony as to Good Character of Profes sor Verdict Likely Today. CHTCO. Cal., July 26. (Special.) Bring ing his story to a dramatic climax this afternoon while he testified as the closing witness in the. inquiry into the charges against him, Dr. C. C. Van Liew. his voice breaking, his lips quivering, pro claimed himself the guardian of the young women in his school, set-himself up as the protector of their morals, not their traducer. and won wild applause from his friends and supporters, who crowded the office of the normal school president, where the hearing is being conducted. Overcome with emotion, the accused head of the state co-educational institu tion declared the charges against him unfair and unjust. "I have had many cases in which I have played the part of the minister In conduct of this school," said Van Liew, "if you want to put it- that way, in which I have endeavored to save girl?, and sometimes I have saved them, I have been their spiritual adviser, sometimes in a way. And the girls know I have been their spiritual adviser in a way that the girls' mothers should have been their advisers before their having been sent to this school." Applause Greets Professor. The applause following the speech of Dr. Van Liew did not subside until Chair man Clifford Coggins had rapped Tepeated ly for order. Immediately a recess was taken. Trustee E. A. Warren slapped Dr. Van Uew on the back. "You did fine, doctor, you did fine," he said. The testimony for and against Dr. Van Liew has been submitted. Now remains only the summing up arguments of Attorney-General U. S. 'Webb, the state rep resentative in the hearing, and those of A. Yell and A. M. Seymour, the at torneys for Dr. Van Liew. .There was a plan to attempt to com plete the case tonight, but hot weather worked a fcig argument against 6uch action. In the morning it Is expected that the case will go to the jury of trustees and the decision Is expected before night. Women Volunteer Testimony.- Public sentiment in favor or Dr. Van Liew showed Itself at the hearing today. Notnly the personal friends of the ac cused head of the school, but mothers whos? daughters had graduated from the school, fathers whose sons had been educated there and women who had lived their lives within the shadows of the school came forward to tell of their regard for the accused man. It was a demonstration in which all classed took a part, and was one that has made a re markable impression upon the trustees of the school who are sitting as the judges of the President. As Dr. Van Liew denied bit by bit the story of Ada Clark, his chief ac cuser. The young woman sat within a few feet of him, watching his face as he uttered every word, oblivious to all around her. At her left sat her friend and confidant. Nona Lindley, the young woman who furnished the only bit of corroborative testimony to her storv. Her patriarchlai father. Intent upo'ii what was being said, sat on her right. Rev. Clark' Listens Closely. His eyes fixed upon the face of the man his sister accuser. Rev. C. Todd Clark, drank in every word of testi mony given by the school president. It 'is a question of veracity between Ada Clark, the pretty youngr woman, when, as a student at the school, went Into the office of the president , upon school business, and there says Dr. Van Liew hugged her, and the word of Dr. Van Liew, who denies the story of the girl in full. There was no third party present. It remains a- question - of veracity for the trustees to decide be tween the young woman, who has stuck to her story, and that of a man who during 11 years of work as head of the Normal School has not had a charge involving his morality or good charac ter brought against him. CHINA IS AFRAID OF LOANS People'Fear Foreign Financiers May Get Control of Kingdom. WASHINGTON. July 26. Some light on the nature of the opposition in China to the $40,000,000 foreign loan for the construction of the Sze Chuan and Canton-Hankow railways has reached the State Department through articles in the Chinese papers of the d ' AW....,V...J Hankow Hupeh province. These ar ticles were printed, it is understood with official consent. "The merchants of Hupeh urge the people to take shares in the Sze Chuan .and the Canton-Hankow rail ways. We (the people) are in a sad plight. "You (China) are so poor that every one wishes to come to your aid. You say you have plenty of money, but you are unwilling to part with it. You Also say you have money to loan, then why don't you use your own money to construct these lines. If you do not the foreigners will come under false pretenses and destroy your nationality and cut off your supplies. England has used this diabolical system to obliter ate Egypt, otherwise how could she have got it?" Just about the time China was to close the negotiations with England, France, Germany and America for the loan of money to build the roads, pro tests from the provinces caused a de lay in the completion of the loan. Re cently the foreign governments joined In a note asking for early action by China. ENGINEERS PLAN TRIP ALL RECli.IATIOX PROJECTS ARE TO BE INSPECTED. Army Board to See Vmatilla and Klamath' Enterprises and Wil Travel as Vnit. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash? ington, July 26. The board of Army engineer officers appointed to ex amine all Government reclamation projects will leave Washington on Thursday and travel westward to the State of Washington, inspecting proj ects en route. The board's itinerary Is not definitely fixed, as the members are not able to anticipate the amount of time required on various projects, but their first in spection will be of the North Platte project, Nebraska, next Monday. They then go to Goshen Hole, Wyo.. which is the proposed extension of the North Platte project; thence to Bellefouche. Huntley. Shoshone Dam, Wyoming; Lower Yellowstone and Willlston, X. D.; Milk .River, Sun River and St. Mary's, Montana: thence to the'Yaklma Valley, where all the subsidiary proj ects will be gone over. The board then goes south to ex amine the Umatilla project and par ticularly the proposed west side exten sion. Turning east, they will inspect the Boise-Payette and -Minidoka projects, in Idaho, and stop next at Strawberry Valley. Utah. Beyond that point their route has not been mapped. They may turn back to California or decide to go on to Colorado and then south and west, but before return ing to Washington will visit all proj ests. Including the Klamath. It is the present intention of the board to make only one report, covering all the proj ects. The board will travel as a, unit and not divided into two parties, - as first proposed. Eugene Invites Roosevelt. EUGENE. Or.. July 26. (Special.) At a meeting of the Commercial Club last night an invitation was extended to Colonel Roosevelt to visit Eugene and the Willamette Valley, just before or after his visit to Los Angeles. Com mittees were appointed to attend to the comforts . of the Mazamas, who will visit here soon, and the State Dairy Association, which will meet here in December. EARTH TRULY OLD Not Less Than 55,000,000 Years, Is New Estimate. CHEMISTRY AIDS GUESS Smithsonian Institution Gives Sanc tion to Figures of Members of Geological Survey Subject Open for Discussion. WASHINGTON. July 26. (Special.) Old Mother .Earth, like femininity through all time, but with far greater success than most of her sex. has de fied man to learn her age. Scientists still admit their defeat. Their latest estimate credits " her with "not above 70,000.000 years or below 55,000,000 years." This estimate, to .which official sanc tion is given through- publication .by the Smithsonian Institution, is the re sult of studies by Frank Wigglesworth Clark and George V. Becker, of the United States Geological Survey. Professor Clark in a paper entitled "A Preliminary Study of - Chemical Denudation" presents a review of avail able data from a chemical point of view. Mr. Becker discussed the ques tion in a paper on "The Age of the Earth" from a more philosophical point of view. The age of the earth has always been a subject for discussion among men of science and largely -without any defin ite agreement among the representa tives of the different branches of studies on account of the different points of attack. Briefly, the more recent discussion as to the earth's age has placed time as follows: Lord Kelvin, in 1862. 20.000.000 to 400.000.000 years, with a probable 98.000,000 years. ' Clarence King and Carl Barus, in 1S93, 24.000.000 years. Lord Kelvin, in 1897. revised his fig ures to 20.000.000 to 40,000.000 years. De Lapparent, in 1890, 67,000,000 to 90,000,000 years. Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in 1893, max imum age 70,000.000 years. J. J. Jolly, in 1899. age of the ocean S0.000.000 to 90.000.000 years. W. J. Solla's, in 1909. age of the ocean, 80,000,000 to 150.000.000 years. Anti-Weed Crusade Aided.. WASHINGTON, July 26. Stimulating the Government's country-wide anti weed crusade. Acting Secretary of the Treasury Andrew has ordered all cus toms officers to take two-ounce sam ples of all importations of grass, .clo ver and forage plants and forward to the seed laboratory of the Department of Agriculture here. Chinese Statesman Resigns." PEKIN. July 26 An Imperial edict was issued today accepting tha resigna tion of Liang Tung Yen from the presi dency of the Board of Foreign Affairs and appointing as. his successor Tsong Tchia Lao, formerly vice-president of the board. Quarter's Returns Many Mil lions Greater Than Those of Year Ago. FUTURE EVEN BRIGHTER Only Non-Cancellable Business Is Intended in Corporations' Esti mate ! of Orders on Hand. : Xcw Plants Planned. NEW YORK, July 26. The quarterly statement of the United States Steel Corporation for the three months ended June 30 last. Issued today, shows total earnings of $40,170,960. an amount faiy In excess of unofficial es timates and greater than earnings of the first quarter by $3,554,084. Net earnings for the quarter ;were $33. 880,755. .or ?2, 377. 561 greater than the first quarter's returns. Both gross and net earnings are vastly larger than those of the corre sponding quarter last year, which were $29,340,491. and $23,323,395 respectively. At this period last year the corpora tion was at war with many Indepen dent concerns and all products were being cut drastically. In contrast to the earnings. Wall street, expressed disappointment at the exhibit of un filled orders as set forth in today's report. They are only 4,257,754 tons, a falllpg off of 1,344,575 tons in com parison with the previous quarter. Only jeal Business Shown. In this connection it was said un officially that the report shows only the actual, or noncancellable, business. Pursuant to the corporation's policy of publicity, the directors today or dered that the officers hereafter make public on the 10th of each month the aggregate tonnage of unfilled orders on hand at the close of the previous month". . The charge off for depreciation and extraordinary expenses for the last quarter was. $5,569,949. as, against; $5,829,232 in the .previous quarter, and $5,511,000 in the same quarter of 1909. The surplus for the quarter is $6,410, 093, against $6,532,531 for the first quarter of the year, and $5,894,244 In the corresponding quarter last year. The sum of $7,500,000 was set aside for account of expenditures made ani to be made for additional property, new plants and construction. The regular quarterly dividends of 1 per cent on the preferred and Hi per cent on the common shares were declared. No statement dealing with the trade outlook was issued, but sev eral of the directors expressed them-, selves as convinced that the present quarter's returns will be even more satisfactory than those Just published. W. E. Corey, president of the corpor ation, presided at today's meeting In the absence of Chairman Gary, who is abroad. The attendance of directors, which Included J. P. Morgan, was un usually large for a midsummer meet ing. FIRE FOUGHT ALL NIGHT F.CRXIXG FORESTS GET BEYOND CONTROL IN" MONTANA. Militia May Be Called Out to Aid in Struggle With Elames Life and Property In Grave Peril. MISSOULA, Mont., July 26. The all- nghit struggle against the rush of the flames" into the more valuable timber on Iron Mountain has been unavailing and today the fire, entirely beyond control, threatens to become the most destructive of the season in this part of Montana. The situation at Libby is still report ed as critical and the Forestry officials have advices that both life and pilp erty there are endangered. It has been suggested that the Governor be an pealed to detain the state militia, now at Libby on its way to Tacoma, to help with the flre-flghting. The third serious fire now in this district is that on the slopes of the Bitter Root Mountains. Already large area has been devastated. Every available man has been enlisted in the fight against the fire. OSTEOPATH CAN'T COLLECT Tacoma Justice Says Patient Does Not Have' to Pay. TACOMA. Wash.. July 26. (Special By holding that A. L. Goff, an osteo path, could not collect from Louis Ol son for services rendered as a physi cian and surgeon and giving the de fendant judgment for costs. Justice Card set a precedent for Pierce County that otters peculiar possibilities. The fact that Goff as a professional prac titioner could not force his patients to settle is an interesting phase of the law's workings. Goff swore on the witness stand that $4,000,000 and more In t runts evidence the appreciation of our trout service. Ko lejcitlmaie form of p r o p e rty negrotlatlon but what can be eared for more afely, more economically, and more beneficially IbreuKta our Tnmt Depart ment than In any other Ad vine with as respect ing; your estate and your purposes concernlns; It. Bond issues, escrows and many other forms of trust m d m t n 1 st ration carefully conserved. MERCHANTS SAVINCS & TRUST COMPANY J. Frank Wntnon. . . . Pret. R. Iv DnrksaL..Vlcc-Prut. W. H. Fear ...... Secretary. 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