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... ' Pni?TT An nBPnnv PBinAT. AUGUST 12. 1910. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS. UL.. jj. U. io,oiw. . ; HINDU FLOOD HERE iCH DEFENDS LONG FIERY ILL ACCUSED BIGAMIST DESCHUTES HQAD RESTITUTION OF PENSION FOR DOGS WILL BE HALTED FACES TWO WIVES IN ALASKA URGED RUBBER SCHEDULE SWEEPS COLVILLE WILL BE EXTENDED GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES POL NOVEL DEFENSE MADE BY ED GENERAL MACS WOULD CARE ICY OF RESTRICTION. WARD J. BACGH'S ATTORNEY. FOR THEM IX OLD AGE. ' ' ft I - ' , , . , - I ALDR THOUSANDS MADE Line to Join Klamath- Natron Cutoff. JUDGE LOVETT IN PORTLAND Warning Given Against Exces sive Land Prices. -SETTLEMENT IS RETARDED Railroads Loth to Invest Millions l'nJes Assurance It Felt That Every Available Acre Will Be Made Productive. Rxtensinn of the Deschutes) Railroad from Redmond, to which point It Is now under construction, to a connection with the Klamath-Natron cut-off Is the Inten tion of the Harrtman lines, according to Judge Robert 8. Lovett. who reached Portland yesterday at 1:45 o'clock, browned by the sun and wind and tired by a six-day Journey. In which 750 miles were covered by automobile. Judge l-ovett was otherwise, non-com mittal as to the building Intentions of the Harrtman lines In Interior Oregon. Neither was he prepared to outline the route or Indicate what points would be touched. Prcttou llellof Confirmed. The statement concerning the esten- .Ion from Redmond gives confirmation to a general belief that has existed that the Deschutes road would not stop a Redmond, but would be continued south' ward to a Junction with the line building northward from Klamath Falls. The former la now under construction from a Junction with the main line of the O. R. & N. near the mouth of the Dea- chutes River, up the Deschutes River to ' Madras and thence to Redmond, a dls- tsnce of about 125 miles. The extension southward would be approximately SO miles In length and form a Junction with the Southern Pacific probably at or near Well, er Crescent, aa tba postoffloe Is now known. The Southern Pacific has construction forces at both the Klamath and Natron ends of the cutoff, but the middle section la not yet covered. I am not prepared to make any iefintte statement concerning railroad construction, waa Judge Lovett's reply to a request yesterday afternoon for a statement aa to plana for railroad de velopment of the large Isolated portion of Interior Oregon. Reporta Have Varied. "We have bad under consideration for several years the matter of building Into that portion of Oregon and have had numerous reports on the country. he continued. These reports have been varied and so evenly has the opinion been divided aa to the Justification for rail road construction that I decided that the best way to solve the question was to come out and see for myself. That was the object of my trip. 'There Is a great deal of undeveloped country m Central Oregon. Some of It la surprisingly good snd some of it sur prisingly bad. It Is such a country that. In order that a railroad Into It may pay. every tillable acre must be under culti vation. "Oie drawback to railroad develop ment that I noticed waa the price which some of the large land owners In that territory hava placed on their holdings. My information on this point was gained from Inquiries aa to prices at which cer tain lands were held, and I may have been misinformed. But I was told that In the high, dry-farming country east of the Deschutes one company having large holdings has placed a price of 1100 and upwards on every acre that can be plowed. In the Palouse country and In Idaho lands, concerning the productive quality of which there Is no uncertainty, may be purchased for 170 and upward. Land Prices High. "In the Irrigated districts of Idaho land and water light may be purchased In some localities for $J aa acre, and I know of no project in the Northwest where the price la more than 15 an . acre. It seems to me that In a country that is untried, where the purchaser must elear off the sage brush, and where there is no Irrigation, the prices I mentioned are not such as will induce settlement or encourage railroad build ing. "In the Harney Valley we covered about i miles in a Journey out of Burns and back. Land there la held somewhat lower. Hon of It, I was told, may be purchased for lid an acre. But the putting of the land Into the best condition for cultivation la difficult and expensive. Reclamation works must be constructed that wltl provide both drainage canals and stor age reservoirs. "I am not suggesting any solution for these problems, but merely re ferring to them as conditions that must be considered before we decide to build railroads Into that country. "Another matter that must be con sidered Is the fact that In the valleys most of the land has been taken up. and la some Instances part of the water ap t proprtated. This will prevent the establishment of Carey act projects. "Railroad building In Central Oregon would be very expensive. It la a rough tCOBciuUea a Faa - Portland Woman Is Accused of Ille gally Marrying Defendant, but She Denies It. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Aug. 11. (Spe cial.) Edward J. Baugh Introduced novel defense at his preliminary ex amination today on a charge of bigamy, before Justice Baird. His attorney sought to draw from wife No. 1 the admission that she was a bigamist and that her marriage to the defendant was not lawful. His only reward was statement that- she had told untrue stories regarding her past life to her husband. Wife No. 2, a good-looking girl of 1 years, who awore to the complaint, was apparently half way sorry for having proceeded against the defendant when she heard the magistrate give the order holding him for trial In the Su perior Court. , It was not so with the first wife. Her smile denoted pleasure over his misfortune. The two women entered the court room together. There was a sharp contrast. Wife No. 1. 36 years old. has apparently seen something, of the world, while the other gives the Im pression of childish simplicity. They appeared to be most friendly. The court proceeding was formal and occupied only a few minutes. Mrs. Georgle Baugh. who waa Miss Clark and who came here from her home In Portland to help prosecute her husband, presented a certificate showing her marriage to the defendant In Amsrlllo, Texas. Wife No. S. who was Katie L. Carter, of Riverside, presented a sim ilar document showing that she was Joined In wedlock to the same man on May 14 last. The first wife declared she knew she wss married to the man in the dock but she apparently did not remember she could not tell the name of the Jus tice who performed the ceremony. FARMERS FLOOD MARKET Fear of Probable Slnmp In Wheat Prices Causes Selling. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Aug. 11. (Special.) Half a million bushels of grain have been sold in this city so far thla season, and the farmers seem anxious to get rid of their wheat. Buying for export began today, and prices ranged about T cent lower than have been prevailing, bluestem going at n and club at iS to 80 cents. In dications point, the farmers think, to continued good prices, but they are not willing to risk It. and are selling aa fast as they can. A sale of 10.000 bushels of club waa made late this afternoon at 79 cents and SOTO more went at 7H cents. Sat urday It Is thought will be the big wheat day of the season, and buyers and holders alike are preparing for salea during the day. ORCHARD CULTURE TOPIC Experts Address American Growers Convention at St- Louis. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 11. The second and last day's session of the American Applegrowers Convention here waa de voted to a technical discussion of the culture of orchards. The speakera were Professor W. U. Scott, expert nomologist of the United States Department of Agriculture; Pro fessor W. O. Oreen. of the Horticultural Experiment Station of Ohio; Dr. J. C Blair, of the University of Illinois. Governor Herbert S. Hadley spoke on "Applcgrowlng In the Mississippi Val-ley.- Dele gates to the convention were entertained at luncheon by the trustees of the Missouri Botanical Gardens. ' BARKENTINE IS ASHORE Helga 'a Captain Mistakes New Light house for Harbor Entrance. HONOLULU. Aug. 11. The British barkentlne Helga. bound from New castle to San Francisco, went ashore today on Diamond Head at the entrance to this harbor. Captain Wall, of the Helga, mistook the new lightship at Makapu for the point. The Helga, which left Newcas tle IIS days ago with a cargo of coal. leaked almost continuously during the voyage. The vessel has been aban doned by the crew and Is breaking up. CANADA FAVORS PROJECT Portland and Spokane Men to Be Met at Deep-Columbia Meeting. WINNIPEG. Man, Aug. 11. Canada will meet deputations from the Portland and Spokane Chambers of Commerce, August 19, to discuss an International project for deepening the Columbia River, making It navigable to West Robeon. B. C from the ocean. TROOPS APPROACH CUBA Bonllla Forces fnder General Christinas Are on Move. NEW ORLEANS. Ang. 1L Informa tion brought here by the Grib, arriving at New Orleans tonight, waa to the ef fect that the forces of General Lee Christmas, supporting the Bonllla movement in Honduras, were approach ing the city of Cellba Monday night Illinois Central Recov ers Losses. GREAT PLANT DEEDED - OVER Sensational Disclosures Made in Railroad Conspiracy. "HIGHER UPS" " INVOLVED Former Heads of Mulcted Company Part With Holdings to Gain Im munitr--Memphl Plant Worth $300,000 Is Transferred. MEMPHIS, Aug. -11. Disclosures of most sensational nature, involving uibu former officials of the Illinois Central Railroad In the conspiracy by which the Memphis Car Company defrauded tne railroad of hundreds of thousands of dollsrs, were made here today when decree was Issued In the Chancery Court. H. McCourt, general superintendent of the Southern lines of the Illinois Cen tml. and W. S. King, general superin tendent of the Taaoo Mississippi Val ley Railroad, hava made voluntary resti- tutlona of 113.000 in cash. It is said. Mentioned In the decree aa stockhold ers also were the names of Frank E. Harrtman. general manager of the III1 nois Central: William Renshaw, until May, 1906. superintendent of machinery and John M. Taylor, general superin tendent of the Burnslde shops, Chicago. A deed was recorded in the Register's office here today by which the Memphis Car Company transfers to the railroad II Its property in this city. This transfer, it Is understood, amounts to about $300,000. The railroad sued for 1300,000, alleging large frauds In charges made against it for the repairs of cars and alleging that men. In the road's em: ploy men t had been in collusion with the Memphis company. It la understood that criminal prose cutions will follow. PENNSYLVANIA IS WORST Organized Labor Given Credit for Middle West Miners' Prosperity. WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. Bituminous coal miners of the Middle West slice under better conditions than do the men engaged In the same industry In Pennsyl vania and the Improvement Is attributed to the Influence of organised labor, ac cording to the Nstionnl Immigration Commission, In a report made public to day. The conclusions of the commis sioners are based upon 19.000 specific cases in Ohio and Indiana and Illinois. The observations of the agent of the commission lead to the conclusion that about half of the miners own their own homes. The eight-hour system prevails. The average wage-earning capacity is $2.49 per day, which is 42 cents more than is paid m Pennsylvania. " eeessssssss l 'REC0 TIME SOMETHING- WAS DONE.' , , ' ' ' ' .... .1 After Noting Great Work Performed ' by Animals in Far North, He ' Advocates . Fund. COSGROVE, Wash., Aug." 11. (Staff Correspondence.) Pensions for the Alaskan dogs are to be recommended to the War Department by Brigadier General Marion P. Maus, commanding the Department of the Columbia. Gen eral Maus, who Is directing the Ameri can Lake field maneuvers here, said to day that during his inspection tour of Alaska, from which place he. came di rect to Cosgrove, he was distressed by the present practice of turning old and disabled dogs adrift. "These dogs have done worthy serv ice on the various trails for years, said the General. 'They afford the only lines of communication between many of the Arfhy posts and are used for taking through supplies. There are 300 of the dogs constantly In the service. "As soon as a dog Is disabled or superannuated. It Is turned adrift. There should be some provision for the dogs and I shall earnestly recommend the creation of a fund for properly caring for them when their service fs ended." Hood River Carrier Gets More. OREGQNIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash inston. Aug. 11. The - lettercarrler at Hood Rlvur was promoted today from J600 to JS00 a year salary. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TE8TCRDAT8 Maximum temjerature. 78 degrees; minimum. 52 decrees. TODAY'S Fair and cooler; northwest winds. National. Senator Aldrlch replies to Bristol's charges concerning lariri on ruoow. rno Domestic Grafting railroad officials make voluntary lcstltutlon. car company gives up piaui to make sood loss, rase 1. Armour department manager indicted on perjury charge. I'&ge z. Man sccused of bigamy makes counter charge against first wile, t-ortiana wo man. Page 1. Richard Crokei-s - aon-ln-law declares ne will fight any suit or separation Drougni for beautiful Ethel Croker. Page 2. . f port. Pacific roast League results: Portland S. Hacramento o; I .on Angeles a. can rr.n clsco : Oak laud 2. Vernon I. Page li- Langford-Kaufman fight declared off tmougn negro s act. rage n. . Pacific Northwest-' - ' Big Idaho Irrigation dam declared menace to life. Page 7. Prune croo may approximate 75" per cent this season. . page s. General Maus advocates pensions for ra llied dogs In Alaska, fage l. Representative Hawley will make long tour of state, rage i. Portland aviator remembers nothing of night causing injury. rage s. Commercial and Marine. Port of Portland finds new towing vessel w III be costly, rage is. Local market for canned salmon very firm. Page 17. Six cars of Nebraska bogs received at Port land yards, page i. Wheat In Chicago aella at almost the best price or the season, one lo crop losses In Europe. Page 17.. Portland and Vicinity. More than usual number of pastoral changes expected by Memoaisis. rage in. Commercial club names committees to en tertain Rational wooigrowers nere. Page 10. Few contracts for water mains are let. Page 11. Secretary of Interior. Balllnger pars visit to portiana. rage J v. Harrlman and Canadian Pacific roads agree to co-operate in exploiting racnic coasi attractions to tourists. rage II. Maximilian Foster here seeking local color for new stories, page io. Athletic club hoys in Woodstock before court lor cnicKen-sieanng. rage ji. Local forestry office beseiged with calls for aid In flre-ngnting. rage i. Judge Iovett says Deschutes Railroad will , join lyiarnmm-.'mi un lui-uh. ragp j. Change Is Technical, Senator Declares. PRICE IN NO WAY AFFECTED His Company Has Small Part in World's Production. BETTER METHODS SOUGHT Guaynle Shrub, Formerly Waste, Is Made to Yield Crude' Product. 'Bristow Accused of Inaccu racy in Charges, t WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. In a letter made public tonight Senator Nelson W. Aldrich. of Rhode Island, replies to state ments, involving- the rubber schedules In the tariff, made by Senator Joseph L. Bristow, of Kansas. The statement Is a denial that he has profited by the tariff on . rubber through his investments In concerns engaged in the development of the rubber industry. He declares that he never has had any pecuniary Interest whether tariff rates on manufactures of rubber were high or low. Writer Assails "Progressives." Without raising any issue concerning the progressives" campaign generally. Mr. Aldrlch refers to Mr. Bristow and bis Immediate associates, as follows: In the tariff discussions of other days, the advocates of the progressive policy usually have been called to meet In de bate men with convictions on the subject Democrats of character, whose theories or government differed, completely from those held by Republican protectionists men who had some regard for the ac curacy of their statements ana some knowledge of the subject, they discussed. Now attacks upon Republican meas ures are led by men whose political exist' ence depends upon their capacity and to this there seems to be no limit for mis representation, and the ignorance of their adherents. Strangely enough this little group of men very small In number has arrogated to Itself the leadership of the progressives' and Its members prate hont the treatment of the tariff as a moral uestion." Increase Is Technical. The Senator declares that the increase from 30 to 35 per cent on a small num ber of articles of manufactured rubber was for the purpose of making the tariff uniform on kindred articles and facili tating the labors of the customs officials. In that connection he makes public letter to him from General mad a Sharretts, a member of the New York Board of General Appraisers, asserting that the change was advisable and had been agreed to unanimously by the Sen ate and House and by the conferees on the tariff bill at the earnest solicitation of the tariff experts of the Treasury De partment. Senator Aldrich says that the Inter- (Concluded on Page 5.) Onlv Reeret of Official Is That ' Power Is Lacking to Enact Ab solute Exclusion law. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. (Special.) Assistant Secretary Benjamin S. Ca ble, speaking for the Department of Commerce and Labor today, announced nnllrv of increased restrictions as regards the immigration of Hindus and so emphatic was his attitude that he seemed to regret that he had not the power to enact an absolute exclusion law forthwith. The report from Calcutta of an in flux to the Pacific Coast, occasioi ' by widespread reports that America was the "good land" and that there every husky hand had a chance to get on the police force, prompted the as sistant Secretary to declare that It was about time the country awakened to the import of such a threatened in vasion. Cable feels himself on safe ground so far as International relations are concerned, for he needs but point to the attitude of the Canadian Govern ment toward the fellow subjects of the British Empire. He expresses concern about the requirements of migratory labor for the various harvests in the West, but the problem of the farmers and the railroads as well he declares. must be solved by other means than i resort to Immigration of the very un desirable East Indians. The department can but enforce laws on the statute books and cannot stop Immigration. It can, however, apply measures of restriction with a broader construction of the law "han generally obtains and If a Hindu flood comes It will, in a large part, be halted. BOLT BREAKS; EYE GONE Flying Emery Wheel Cause of In jury, Which May Prove Fatal. . VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. 11. (Special.) When Bird Hammond, mill wright for Ryan Allen, was grinding a bolt today,' the head of the . bolt slipped between the swiftly revolv ing emery wheel and the iron guard on the side, "breaking the every wheel. One . of the flying pieces struck HammorrH Over the left eye, cutting a big hole In the skull and knocking out the- eye. Hammond was knocked unconscious and later was taken to a hospital In Tacolt, where he Is be ing: attended. It Is thought Hammond will die. He is 30 years old, and his parents live at Hopewell, Wash. RATE INCREASE WANTED Railway Employes Start Petition for Higher Freight Tariffs. TOPEKA, Kan., Aug.' 1L A movement was started here today by railway em ployes to secure an increase In the freight rates. Petitions are being drawn up,. and these will be sent out over all the rail way lines in the United States for the" signatures of employes. These are directed not only to the State Legislatures, but to the Interstate Com merce Commission. The plan Is to get thousands of signatures in every state. The American Railway Employes' Asso ciation is behind the movement, and secret meeting Is being held here today. There are delegates from every section of the country. SEAL FARM T0J3E STARTED Government Plans to Bring 20 Cub ' Fur Animals ,From Far North. WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. (Special.) If everything goes right 20 cub fur seals will be brought down from the Pribyloff Islands and a seal farm estab lished on the Pacific Coast by the Bu reau of Fisheries. Hopes are enter tained that the fur seal will adapt it self to the temperate zone, and that Important aid can be given in main taining: the species. The Government agents at the islands have by this time finished the killing of the several' thousand surplus bull seals that take no part in propagation, but not a word has yet been received here of how many were slain.- DEATH FRUSTRATES LAW Miss Virginia Wardlaw, Indicted for Murder, Dies Before Trial. NEWARK, N. J., Aug. 11. Miss Vir ginia Wardlaw who, with her two sis ters, was under indictment for the murder of Mrs. Ocey- Wardlaw Martin Snead. died this afternoon in the House of Detention here. Her death, it Is said, wi.ll materially affect the prosecution of her two sis ters. General decline is given as the cause of death. EXPLOSION PROVES FATAL Score Injured by Dynamite Blast. Throws Neighborhood in Panic. NEW YORK, Aug. 11. Twenty persons were injured, nine fatally, this afternoon by the explosion of a charge of dynamite In an excavation on East Thirty-second street, which threw the entire neighbor hood Into a panic and did heavy damage to property In the vicinity. Hundreds of windows were broken and roofs of houses nearby were crushed under the weight of rock and sand which were hurled high by the blast. Local Foresters Have Calls for Aid. TROOPS TO BE SENT AT ONCE Wallowa Forest Fires Fanned by Strong Wind. SETTLERS. ARE SUFFERING Soldiers to Rush to Scene to Beat;. Back Rapidly Advancing Flames. North Central Oregon Ranch- I ers Lose Feed for Stock. United States troops have been asked! for to combat forest tires now raging in Northeastern Washington and Eastern Oregon. Assistant District Forester George H. Cecil, in chaige of the Portland head quarters, yesterday telegraphed the War Departmnt a request that 100 men be sent Immediately to the Colviile National forest in Washington, where the fire line has driven back the forest rangers and Is sweeping over the mountains in a furious wall more than six miles in length. Assistant Forester McKenzie is at Republic, Waeh., where the troops will disembark as the point nearest to the burning timber. The request was based on Information rurnisnea oy mt. s- Kenzie. He advised the local headuartera that the fire had 6wept over the Colviile Indian reservation and. was beyond the control of the small number of men available for the conflict. The troops will probably be secured from among thosa now at American Lake participating la the Army maneuvers. " Transportation Is Awaited. Under orders sent out by the War De partment soldiers .cannot be moved until transportatldn is received from the Na tional Capital. It is expected by wlra today. Troops will also be ordered to Wallowa County, Oregon, some time today. As sistant Forester Cecil received the request last night, but was not advised of the number "of men""needed. Reports from the Wallowa- National forest yesterday informed the local office that eeven fires were started in that dis trict by lightning during a- severe elec trical storm which prevailed Wednesday night. Five of them were suppressed by resident rangers, but two are said to have become beyond control. They ara near Medical Springs and, because of the continued drought, the country is In a highly inflammable condition. The fires are running with a strong wind to fan them. Many Families In Fire Belt. Up to last night there had been no lorn of life reported from either of the Na tional forests which are being consumed. There are many families residing in the burning districts and until an enumera tion can be had, it will not be known whether any have perished. District Forester C. S. Chapman la on the Whitman National forest In North Central Oregon, where a number of smaller conflagrations have been receiv ing hia personal attention. He reported by telegraph yesterday that the greatest danger at this time was to be found 1n the fact that the stock owners are suf fering for feed to carry bands of sheep through the season. Mr. Chapman oald that the country has been without mois ture for such a length of time that the browse upon which the sheep thrive ia dying rapidly. OREGON TROOPS FIGHT FIRE Farmhouses Saved Through Efforts of Local Militia. COSGROVE, Wash., Aug. ' 11. (Staff Correspondence.) But for the prompt and effective work of two battalions of Oregon infantry in fighting forest and grass fires four miles southwest of Cos- grove this afternoon, the big residence and other buildings at the White farm would haye been destroyed and smaller houses at several adjoining farms would have gone. The fires began raging in the morning and the settlers fought hard to keep the flames away from their homes. Early in the afternoon the fire got beyond their control. Luckily the two battalions were passing within half a mile at the time. They were called on for help and prompt ly dropped a problem in reconnalsance upon which they were engaged. Companies C, of Ashland; F, of Mc- Mlnnvlllc; A. of Eugene, and G, of Al bany, In command of Major C. C. Ham mond, attacked half the line of flames, while Companies E, K, C and F, of Port land, under Captain C. T. Smith, moved on the other half. The men used en trenching tools and green boughs. The fire continued to advance toward the farrh bouses, fanned by a mild" breeze. It was not until the flames had advanced to within a few yards of the house that it was got under control. In three hours the fire had been put out. There was a dearth of eyebrows and lashes In the two battalions after this exploit. Several of the enlisted men had their hands burned slightly. The bat talions proceeded with their military problem when the Are was out and re turned to camp at the end of the move- (Concluded on Page 2.)