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.
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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
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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
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purposes concernlns; It.
Bond issues, escrows and
many other forms of trust
m d m t n 1 st ration carefully
conserved.
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he is a physician and surgeon. Attor
ney Gallagher, for the defendant, main
tained that Goff .never had a license
to practice medicine..
Goff's assertion put the cause out of
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