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VOL. L. XO. 15,541. . PORTLAND. OKKGOX. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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HASTY WEDDINGS
MAY BE DIFFICULT
SEAWALL FALLS;
HOMES IN DANGER
CABINET TO DECIDE
ROOSEVELT FISND
FLEE
TOP- PLACE STILL
KEPT BY PORTLAND
BALLIN9ER ISSUE
TO ESCAPE DEATH
CALIFORNIA MARRIAGE RE
FORMERS PLAN OBSTACLES.
SCORES OF MEN WORK TO SAVE
LONG BEACH HOUSES.
RANK CLEARIXGS STATEMENT
SHOWS VS CP WELL.
AMERICANS
KfGH IVOMAN DUPE
OF CULT, SAYS SOU
FRIENDS
DIVIDED
Secretary Leaves Re
suit to Colleagues.
DEFINITE ACTION DEMANDED
Committee's Failure at Min
neapolis Is Embarrassing.
TAFT MUST APPROVE, TOO
Abence or Dickinson Will Prevent
Drawing of Parly Lines De
partment Suffers From I-ong-Drawn
Uncertainty.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. Whether R.
A. Balllnger's resignation as Secretary
ef the Interior will follow Immediately
the Cabinet meeting September JS. to
attend which he. Is now en route from
Feat tie; or whether he will retain his
position Indefinitely at least until
after the delivery to Congress of the
rerorts of the committee that Investi
gated his stewardship of the public do
main, depends now upon the attitude of
his Cabinet associates.
Mr. Balllnger Is coming to Washing
Ion. his friends say. wholly unconsci
ous of any art on his part for which he
thould be condemned and has deter
mined to force his chief and his of
ficial colleagues to be In effect hli
Judges.
Colleagues to Judge.
If they concur In the view at present
attributed to Mr. Taft that the accused
Secretary shall be sustained as an In
nocent and persecuted man. he will re
tain his position; If they fall to back
Jura up. he will resign. That this Is
- Mr. Balllnger' position, was learned
iiere today upon authority hardly to be
questioned.
At the first meeting of the Cabinet
after the Summer recess. Secretary
Xicklnaon. the Democratic member,
will not bare returned from the Phil
ippine and will therefore be saved the
embarrassment of participation In what
Is regarded as largely a problem of
itepublican policy. The meeting Is ex
pected to last three days. It will sur
prise nobody here If the Balllnger case
occupies a large part of the time.
Rumors have been constant and de
cidedly derinlte here during the last
few days that Mr. Balllnger' resigna
tion would be one of the first devel
opments of the Cabinet meeting; but
Ills friends. Including his associates In
the Interior Department have refused
to believe that he would retire, "under
fire." and have pointed to his oft-repeated
declaration to the contrary and
to the recent statement attributed to
Mm that he wou d sign only at the
peclfled request of tSe president.
Some of these, however, today ad
mitted that they themselves and the
Secretary are alive to the fact that the
turmoil and uncertainty Into which the
protracted controversy has plunged the
Iepartment must be abated soon un
less this Important branch of the pub
lic service Is to become hopelessly de
moralised. Delay Disappointing.
Nobody here doubts that a majority
-all but one of the Republican mem
bers of the Investigating commit: -e
will sustain Secretary Balllnger. But
Secretary Balllnger and his partisans
here were greatly disappointed that the
absence of Senators Root and Flint
from the Minneapolis meeting left the
pro-Balllnger portion of the committee
In the minority and permitted the Dem
ocrats and the Insurgent Republican
member to put forth reports condemn
ing him. These reports for many weeks
will stand before the country as the
only findings of the committee; where
as he had relied on the majority for
a vindication.
It la thla failure of the committee
to take final action which. It Is. said,
has determined Secretary Balllnger'a
course. It was said here today by a
close friend of the Secretary that had
the majority or the committee been
ready to report at the Minneapolis
meeting, he would then have tendered
his resignation to the President and
urged Its acceptance on the ground
that the dissensions to which he has
been a party were detrimental to the
public Interest.
Action to Be Demanded.
When the committee railed at Minne
apolis to take action as a whole, and
when there was no quorum at the sub
sequent meeting In Chicago It became
apparent that no decision could be ex
pected for several months.
This situation la said to have con
vinced Mr. Balllnger that his position.
In spite of the President, has become
untenable. Unable, aa he sees It. te
resign as either vindicated or con
demned by the committee, he has de
cided. It Is said, to demand of his su
perior and his Cabinet associates either
vindication or condemnation.
Secretary Balllnger left his home In
Seattle yesterday and will react! Wash
ington several days In advance of the
Cabinet session. Ills purpose in thus
expediting his return la believed to be
to counsel with his Immediate subordi
nate and to gain their assistance In
preparing for his demand upon the
-'- Xur a "show down." I
Ten Days Notice) Before) License !
sues Is One Divorce to Be
Opposed by Courts.
SACRAMENTO. CaL. Sept 18. (Spe
cial.) Proposed measures, aimed at
marriage and divorce reform, were
given discussion and promised support
today at the meeting of the inter
Denominational Commission on mar
riage and divorce for Northern Cali
fornia, where it was decided that the
next Lerlslature should be asked to
enact several new laws.
First on the list of bills comes The
marriage license measure, which pro
vldos 10 days' notice from parties In
tending to get married ' before the
license will be Issued by the County
Clerk.
A divorce examiner, whose duty It
would be to appear at every divorce
trial and contest the action on behalf
of the state, would be created. Another
would require every defendant to be
present at the trial, either in person or
substantial affidavit, and that stren
uous efforts be made by judges to
effect a reconciliation where possible.
Francis M. Moody, of Pasadena, field
secretary of the commission, explained
the bills. The second Sunday In No
vember was selected by ministers pres
ent as the time for opening a campaign
against the divorce evlL
DR. BROUGHER BUYS HOME
I.o Angeles Property Worth $10,-
000 Is Deeded to Family.
LOS ANGELES. CaL. Sept. 16. (Spe
cial.) Dr. J. Whltcomb Brougher, pas
tor of Temple Baptist Church, who
came here a little more tnan a year
co from Portland, today set at rest re
ports that he was not going to stay In
Los Angeles long, by purchasing a
beautiful residence on Crown Hill, on
Fourth street, near Lucas. Immediate
ly after the purchase he made over
the deed to the house and the lot to
Mrs. Brougher. as a gift to his wife
and his children, who returned recently
from Oregon, where the family spent
the Summer. Speaking of the house.
Dr. Brougher said:
Mrs. Brougher has wanted a home
of her own here for some time, so I
hought she might as well have It. She
has been especially eager to have a
home since ber return from Oregon.
whore we lived for some years." .
with certain alterations ana im
provements Dr. Brougher Is having
made, the property will be worth $10.
000. lie expects to move into the
house about October 1
CHINAMEN BUY REVOLVERS
Mongolians In fctorkton Arm Them
selves for Tong War.
STOCKTON. CaL. Sept. 1. (Special.)
The mniden run on the gun stores of
tills city by Chinamen, who are arming
themselves In the belief that a tong
war Is certain, today resulted In al
most every high-priced revolver being
sold.
The owners were surprised this
morning to have Chinamen call In twos
nd threes and purchase the best
makes of pistols, paying from $10 to
20 each for what they believed to be
reliable weapons. , The swarm In the
stores Increased and long before the
ay waa over, most of the high-class
pistols were sold.
When questioned this evening, sev
eral of the old-time Chinese declared
that they would not be aurprlsed at an
outbreak at mos. any time, though
hey are making every effort to keep
the trouble from extending to Stock
ton. They have special watchmen at
the trains and will not allow strange
Mongolians to stop here.
PEARS BRING
TOP PRICE
Rogue River
rartletts Sold for
93.00, Buerrc d'AnJous at $5.90.
MEDFORD. Or.. Sept. 16. (Special.)
Banner prices are being realised by
Rogue River Valley pear growers In
Kastern markets.
Dillon Hill, who received an average
price of 13.33 a box for three carloads
Bartletts. received as high aa 13.90
box for some of them. George E.
Marshall received J5.80 a box for his
shipment f Buerre d'AnJous.
The prices reported from the East for
the late shipments of pears are higher
than those of earlier shipments. The
reason given is that the California
pears are now out or the markets.
NELSON IN AU.TO WRECK
Rattling- One Thrown 20 Feet Into
Field When Speeding.
TOPEKA. Kan.. Sept. 16. When en
deavoring to make a record run from
here to Kansas City today In an automo
mile. Oscar ("Battling") Nelson and
Fred Lang-ley, who was driving the ear,
were thrown 30 feet Into a field this
morning when the touring car struck a
farmer's wagon and turned turtle.
The steering gear broke. ' Neither man
was hurt. , '
BOMB IN EMPEROR'S PATH
Explosive Found on Railroad Track;
Leading to Hunting Lodge.
BERLIN". Sept. 1 A special dispatch
to ithe Morgcn Post, from Funfklrchen.
Hungary, says that a formidable bomb
was discovered yesterday lying on the
railroad track In front or Emperor Wil
liam's train. In which he was going to
the hunting lodge. Mohacs. 2Z jnilea aouth-
i sl uf Fur.fklrcLt
Lionel Meets Leaders
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Von Both Sides.
CROMVf.'l 'QUITS STANDARD
Staten Island Condemns Sup
port, Says Committeeman.
REPLY MADE TO BARNES
'Old Guard" Leader Condemns "Ap
peal to Mob" Indeed Blessed
in His Enemies, Is Coolncl's "
Prompt Retort.
NEW TORK, Sept. 16. County politi
cians from all parts of New York gath
ered today at Theodore Roosevelt's edi
torial offices to tell him where they
stand In the fight now on within the
Republican party. The Colonel talked
from morning till night with leaders on
both sides, but as he was leaving at the
end of the day the only statement he
would make was that he had not a word
to say.
Some brought back word that the
Colonel had been informed of dissatisfac
tion within his own ranks, but none of
them was willing to go on record by
name. George Cromwell, president of the
borough of Richmond and member of the
Republican state committee, was the only
one who did not hesitate to say where
he stood.
Staten Island Anti-Roosevelt.
Tm going to vote against Roosevelt."
he said- "I have taken that resolution
after thinking It over carefully, and I
hear nothing but condemnation from my
people In Staten Island."
Mr. Cromwell's stand provoked com
ment. In that he has often spoken of his
friendship for Colonel Roosevelt, dating
back to their boyhood days, and that his
statement was made today directly aftr
a long conference with him.
Colonel Roosevelt Is to leave at 7:45
o'clock tomorrow morning for Syracuse.
where he will speak at the state fair
tomorrow afternoon.
Unfriendly Resolution Tabled.
After the New York County Republi
can Committee had unanimously re
elected Lloyd C Griscom as Its presi
dent tonight. Adam Gruber, an assem
bly district leader, who has finally gone
on record against Colonel Roosevelt,
offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the New York Coun-
y Committee of New York disapprove
unjust and dangerous to the liberties
of the people the utterance of ex-Prea-ldent
Roosevelt In respect to the Judges
of the United States Supreme Court and
the Court or Appeals."
With a shout or disapproval the res
olution was tabled and the meeting ad
journed. Taft Is Cheered.
The committeemen cheered Mr. Grls-
Concluded on Pajr 2.1
- "GOSH! HOPE WE KEEP OUR JOBS."
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Mile of Concrete Walk Goes Out With
Tide, and Light Poles Fall
Like Nine) Pins.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Sept l.-Spe-clal.)
Scores of men are working un
ceasingly to fortify residences along the
ocean front at Long Beach against the
waters which broke through a protecting
cement wall last night and left the houses
expored to the fury of the breakers.
Many beach houses were left under
mined by the washing of the waves, and
unless the foundations are reinforced
within the next few hours they will fall
Into the sea. A half-mile of the break
water, as much of the seawall and nearly
ka mile of concrete sidewalk were washed
out. -
One building collapsed from theTorce
of the waves. An apartment-house of
40 rooms Is In a most perilous position
and there Is every probability that the
building will fall. The house is now
standing on the sheerest ledge. The dan
ger had been threatened for three days
and residents were apprehensive of their
momentary peril.
Electric light poles fell during the night
like ninepins. The trouble Is due to the
unusually high tides. The waters will
continue to increase until Sunday.
FLEET PRACTICE DELAYED
Atlantic Weather Too Stormy for
Prescribed Work With Guns.
V. S. S. KANSAS, at Sea on Southern
Drill Grounds (By Wireless Via Ports
mouth, Va ), Sept. 16. Father Neptune
and the weather have been playing
their parts In annual Fall battle prac
tice of the Atlantic fleet with too much
vim. and as a consequence have some
what disrupted the plans of Rear Ad
miral Seatou Schroeder, commander-in-chief
of the fleet. The greatest diffi
culty is being experienced by the 15
battleships In securing satisfactory
weather for their allotted time at night
target practice. Only five of the bat
tleships have completed thetr work In
that direction since they arrived on
the southern drill grounds, 30 miles
south of the Virginia Capes, on Tues
day. Battle practice, which had been
planned for last night, was again pre
vented, as on Wednesday night, by
the heavy weather. An attempt was
made at towing the target rafts in
order that the big guns of the battle
ships might shoot at the moving ob
jects, but It was abandoned, owing1 to
the rafts breaking adrift. In securing
the drifting flouts, two ren were
wnshed overboard and were rescueti
with difficulty.
Admiral Schroeders plans call for at
least four more days of practice, and
this can be had only after the weather
moderates. No day practice has yet
been held. Continuation of heavy
weather may. In that case, delay the
fleet's visit to New York, where the
men and orflcers anxiously are .looking
forward to shore liberty.
"DRYS" WANT NO ELECTION
Attempt to Prevent Vole on Liquor
Question In PuyaHup.
TACOMA. Wash.. Sept. 16. (Special.)
Knit waa filed In the Superior Court
today by X. D. Jameisnn. on behalf of
"drys" of Puyallup, asking an Injunc
tion to prevent City Clerk Laplante
calling a special local option election.
A "wet" petition with 283 names was
recently filed asking- for' the election,
which was to have been held with the
genera! election in November. The
"drys" allege the petition contains
many fraudulent names and ask the
court to prevent the election. Puyallup
Is now dry.
Experience in Hon
duras Is Exciting.
OREGON MAN'S LIFE SOUGH
H. C Downing, of Salem, Kep
Prisoner for 16 Days.
AMERICAN FLAG INSULTED
Men Accused of Being Rebel Sym
pathizers Take Refuge in Home
of Fellow-American, but Place
Is Sacked Engine Stolen.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 16. (Spe
cial.) H. C. Downing, railroad engineer
from Salem, Or., has reached here after
a thrilling experience In Honduras
where his life was threatened because
he was suspected of being In sympathy
with the revolution of Marshal Bonilla.
Downing and another American, F. B,
Miller, were living together at La Guna.
near the Government barracks. The
-night that General Marin's division was
repulsed Downing and Miller started for
the marine headquarters to Investigate
the situation. Government troops pur
sued them and a Honduran officer cried,
"Kill the Americans."
Reaching Miller's house the American
Tag was raised. The flag was torn
down by the Honduran soldiers and the
two men were forced to flee to the home
of Mr. Van Blarcum.
Men Prisoners for 16 Pays.
There a sentry was found on the
front steps. Miller and Downing
entered through a rear passage and
for 16 days were kept prisoners in
the place, surrounded by troops, de
manding their surrender before the
American Vice-Consul at Puerto Cortez
could act and procurte bond for the
men. " "
Later, in their absence, the two men
were tried by court-martial and con
verted of being revolutionists. But for
the firmness of Mr. Van Blarcum In
refusing to give them up the Ameri
cans would no doubt have been mur
dered. Downing and Miller stole
locomotive at night and jra.n down to
the port at the other end of the ciy,
where they boarded the steamship
Hiram.
Authorities AH Antl-Amerlcan.
Mr. Miller went to Bellas, British Hon
duras, while Mr. Downing came here.
Mr. Downing says that he does not be
lieve the revolution of Manuel Bonilla
has really started yet. He says the
crowd In authority at Puerto Cortcz
Is all anti-American and made up prin
cipally of friends who were put In
office by the eZlaya revolution that
elevated Davilla to the Presidency.
As showing the absolute contempt
for the American Government felt by
that gang of natives. Mr. Downing
says that Mr. Miller's house, on which
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Gain or 29. S Per Cent Over Corre
sponding Week of Last Year
Leads All Competitors.
Portland keeps its first place among
the leading cities of the country in the
bank clearings column.
In the statement of comparisons fur
nished by Bradstreet's for1 the week
ending last Thursday, Portland makes
the best showing of any large city,
with a gain of 29.3 per cent over the
clearings of the corresponding week of
last year. When It Is considered that
the Fall grain movement has as yet
hardly started, this showing Is the
more remarkable.
Conditions on Puget Sound are still
about the same as they have been.
Seattle's total Is 14.8 per cent less than
It was last year, but Tacoma shows a
gain of 6.6 per cent. Spokane reports
an Increase of 11.2 per cent. San Fran
cisco's weekly clearings are 5.2 per
cent less than last year's and those of
Los Angeles show a gain of about the
same percentage.
For the country as a whole there is a
decided shrinkage, as compared with a
year ago, but this is largely due to Che
falling off in speculative activity at
New York, where the weekly clearings
decreased 38.8 per cent.
BOYS' ESCAPE IS FOILED
Young Desperadoes Nearly Kill Re
form School Superintendent.
ALBUQUERQUE. X. M., Sept. 16. In
a desperate attempt to escape from the
New Mexico Reform School at Springer
today three youthful desperadoes nearly
killed the assistant superintendent. Ba
ron Dekalb Samiell.
Sampsell was cut and slashed with
butcher knives and beaten with a poker,
but it is believed that he will recover.
The attack was made in a recreation
room, where 23 boys were assembled
Without warning the three plotters
threw themselves on Sampsell. who was
unarmed. He struggled until weakened
by loss of blood, when the boys wrested
from him the key to the vault where
arms are stored.
Then the three, followed by several
other boys, dashed toward the vault, only
to be met by three guards armed with
rifles. Seeing their only avenue of es
cape cut off, the boys surrendered. They
are now closely confined.
ARMY PARADES IN MEXICO
Dedication of Liberty Shaft Closes
Centennial Celebration.
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 16. Mexico
crowned the celebration of her centennial
today with the dedication of a monument
to the Independence of the Republic.
There was a grand parade from the Na-
ional Palace to the site of the monu
ment in the beautiful Paseo de la Re
forma, between this city and Chapul-
tepec, where the ceremonies were held.
Ten thousand soldiers, marines, rurales
and representatives of other powers were
line. The feature of the programme
was an address by President Diaz. The
monument Is an imposing granite shaft
rising to a height of 110 feet. It is topped
with a figure symbolic of liberty, and
the base is surrounded by bronze figures
representing the various phases of the
national life.
DOG IS WON BY $5 FINE
Laura Mitchell Secures Canine De
nied in Divorce Plea.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Sept. 16. (Spe
cial. ) ---Laura Mitchell, divorced wife of
Albert Mitchell, of Portland, was fined
$6 in police court today for trespassing
on the premises of her father-in-law at
Tumwater in an effort to get posses
ion of a dog. The divorce was granted
n Snohomish County last week and the
decree denied her plea for possession
of the dog.
Last niht she came here, secured
the animal and left in an auto for
Lacey, where she was arrested as she
was about to board a train. Following
the trial the father-in-law decided to
permit her to keep the dog, and she
left the courtroom smi.ing.
tIAN MAY BE BANKROBBER
Denver Police Say They Have Jesse
Dare, Wanted in Kansas.
DENVER, Sept. 16. Jesse Dare, who
rled to hold up a country bank 20
miles from Clay Center, Kan., December
and was put to flight by the paying
eller and a woman employe, was ar
rested today -at a grading camp in the
uhurbs of this city.
The police say he admitted the at
tempted robbery and that he has a
rlminal record in Montana and Wyom-
ng.
OSTOFFICES ADVANCED
rass Valley Is to Go Into Presiden
tial Class, October 1.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Sept. 16. Because of increased
receipts, the following fourth-class post
offices will be advanced to the Presiden
tial grade on October 1:
Oregon Grass Valley, postmaster's sal
ary $KXj0.
Washington Washougal and Black
Diamond, $1100; Conconuily, $1300; Maiden,
$120..
Idaho Post Falls and Bovill, $1100.
HINDS' ELECTION CONCEDED
Famous Parliamentarian Is Sure of
4 Seat in House.
PORTLAND. Me., Sept. 16. William
H. Pennell, the Democratic Congres
sional candidate In the First District,
today conceded the election of Asher
C. Hinds, the parliamentarian of the
National House of Representatives.
The First and Fourth districts will
be represented by Republicans and the
Second and Third by Democrats.
Man Wants Fortune
Given Theosophist.
FIGHT BREAK WILL BEGINS
$150,000 Legacy Bequeathed
by Woman, Charged.
TWO INFIRM PERSONS WED
George L. Patterson, Son of Mrs,
Harriet P. Thurston, Declares
Mrs. Kathrrine Tingley Is
Not Entitled to Money.
SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Sept. 16. Suit was
filed in the Superior Court today to con
test the will of Mrs. Harriet P. Thurs
ton, who died at Newburyport. Mass
recently. In her will there is a legacy
of $150,000 to Mrs. Katherlne Tingley,
head of the theosophlcal organization
at the Point Loma homestead. The
contestant is George L. Patterson, a son
of Mrs. Thurston. The complaint al
leges conspiracy and undue influence.
Mrs. Thurston was 74 years old. Her
estate is estimated, according to the
contestant, to be worth from $400,000 to
00,000.
Infirm Conple Married.
The complaint alleges that in 1907
Mrs. Harriet P. Thurston, then Mrs.
Harriet P. Patterson, went to the home
stead; that two years later she was
married to Clark Thurston, an official
of Mrs. Tingiey's organization, and that
Mrs. Tingley induced them to marry,
both being then Infirm.
It is assertd that the will was not
signed In the presence of George Butler
and Mabel Reutsch, whose names ap
pear as witnesses.
Mind and Body Affected.
" It alleges that for more than five years
prior to the time of her death Mrs.
Thurston was afflicted with disease oi
both' mind and body and was so feeble
as not to be competent to transact busi
ness or attend to the ordinary affairs of
life and that Mrs. Tingley, with the aid
of several of her associates, took ad
vantage of Mrs. Thurston's condition to
induce her to make the legacy to the
head of the Universal Brotherhood, ai
Mrs. Tingley is styled.
Associates Held in Plot.
It Is charged that In furtherance of s
conspiracy Mrs. Tingley placed thoes
associates In constant contact with Mrs
Thurston and that they urged her to dis
pose of e. large part of her fortune bj
leaving it to Mrs. Tlnprley or persons un.
dcr her control, and that they Impressed
upon the old woman the doctrine that the
people of the world should constitute on
universal brotherhood; that family tiei
were to be regarded as of minor Impor
tance; that her three children were nof
entitled to the greater part of her for
tune and that her son, who is now contest
ing the will, was not a fit person to re
ceive any part of the estate.
Petition Is Presented.
The petition was presented in couW
this afternoon In the presence of Mrs
Tingley and several of her advisers.
Her attorney. Senator Wright, said:
"There Is not much to say now. The
facts will all come out when the case ir
tried."
COUPLE MARRIED AT FAIR
Klickitat County Thousands Witness
Ceremony Big Apples Admired.
GOLDENDALE, Wash.. Sept. 16. (Spe-
-inl.l TThlman J. Sanders and Mary L.
Wade were united in marriage yesterday
In the presence of several thousand peo
ple, they having captured the prize of
fered for the ones having a public wed
ding at the county fair grounds. Rev.
W. H. Jones, of the Presbyterian Church,
performed the ceremony.
The fair opened yesterday with the
largest display of Klickitat County prod
ucts ever gathered. The apples have
taken the greatest Interest, as people
here have just awakened to the fact that
Klickitat County can raise"-the finest of
non-irrigated apples.
Prizes will be awarded Saturday, which
Is the closing day.
GLASS LENS FIRES FOREST
Ranchman Accused of Starting Blaaa
Would Prove Alibi.
I-OS ANGELES. Cal., Sept. 16. (Spe
cial.) A glass lens arranged in a frame
so that inflammable material underneath
It would be ignited when exposed to the
rays of the sun, was exhibited today in
the United States District Court, where
Henry Clay, a rancher, was placed on
trial before a jury on a charge of start
ing a fire in the San Diego forest re
serve. Harold Marshall, superintendent of the
reserve, told on the witness stand of
finding the device, which is alleged to
have been placed in position by the de
fendant with the deliberate Intention of
setting a fire and being able to prove
alibi If arrested.
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