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Newspaper Page TextPORTLAND. OREGOy. SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1011. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. 1.1 NO. 15,781. - ' T BASIS OF GTMENTS Retail Lumber Dealers Are Accused. - "TRUST OF POWER" ALLEGED No Compact to Prevent Com- petition Found. WIDE TERRITORY. COVERED Offense Charged Consists of With drawing Patronage Trom Whole saler Who Sold' Good to Consumers Direct. CHICAGO. June IX. In 14 esse In which retail lumber dealer at charged with maintaining a "trust of power." secretaries of lumbermen's associations were dndlcted br the United States grand Jury here today. No conspiracy to maintain prices or to restrict com petition Is alleged. Instead, according to the Government, was a so-called trust of "power." alleged to hare been manifested in the secretaries of the re tailers organizations. This power. It la charged, waa exercised by means of an alleged blacklist, the GoTern ment charges, which contained the names of such wholesalers and manu facturers as Ttolated the retailers rule forbidding the direct sale to the con sumer. Violation of the Sherm:n act waa found not In any trust or capital, nor anything approaching a trust, as the term has been applied in recent litigation. . Tower Wielded by Bureau. Tha power of the retailers organiza tion was wielded through "the bureau of Information, according to the Indict ments, and by a scheme resembling an alleged blacklist published In the Scout, a trade paper, published by Ar thur L- Holmes. The Scout waa named In the last of overt acta as the means by which the secretaries published to the trade the names of manufacturer and wholesaler who sold to consumers. The names of more than 100 con cerns. Including big mall order houses and wholesale dealers from Pennsyl vania to the Pacific Coast, were shown by documentary evidence given the grand Jury to have appeared in the publication as having violated the pre scription! of the retailer who. It la said, retaliated by refusing to acoept goods from those who had sold to con sumers. Spy System Alleged. The member of (he bureau of in formation also charged with having maintained a system of espionage over the business affairs of wholesalers and manufacturers and with having pub lished letters and bulletins showing "unethical conduct on the part of the wholesalers and manufacturers In sell ing goods direct to consumers. Scores of letters written by the In dividual associations to the editor of the Scout and calling; attention to the alleged unethical actions of wholesal ers, were read by the irrand Jury and were contained In the Indictments. The Indictments were returned after sis weeks of Investigation by a spe cial grand Jury Impanelled by United States District Judge Landls. The In quiry waa conducted by Assistant Attorney-General Clark McKercher. aidrd by United States District Attorney Ed BLACKLIS win M- Sims. The Investigation waa also under the personal direction of the Attorney-General and former Assistant Attorney Kenyon. The indictments were prepared by O. B. Tagin. Government indictment expert. . Further Inquiry Indicated. Virtually the same point wss In volved In the Eastern suit filed In New York a month ago against the Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers Associa tion. . Government attorneys declare, however, that the Western Aasocla v tions represent greater power and greater territory. The Indictments contained no refer ence to repeated charges of combina tions among the manufacturers, but It was declared today that a further In vestigation might Include that part f the trade. Joseph E. Rhodes, said to be the official spokesman for the Fred erick Weyerhaeuser Interests, was one of the chief witnesses before the grand Jury and Is believed to hare given im portant information. The Government also Is paying marked attention to the state ouster proceedings now being conducted by the Attorney-General of Missouri and has had a representative present at all its hearings. Spokane Stan Among Number. The men Indicted today are: A. t Porter, of Spokane. Wash, sec retary of the Western Retail Lumber men's Association. Arthur 1 Holmes. Detroit, secretary of Michigan Lumber Dealers Associa tion, and editor of a trad paper, Tha Scout. Gaortre F. 8weet. secretary of the Michigan Association. Wtllard O- Hollls. Minneapolis, secre tary of the Northwestern Lumbermen's Association. Harry A. Oorsueh. Kansas City. iCeacluded en Tt X) CYCLONE SINKS 100 CRAFT AT IQUIQUE CHILEAN' CITY SUFFERS LOSS OF $10,000,000. Property In TalparalfM) Also Greatly -Damaged and Inhabitant Are Thrown Into Panic. IQUIQUE. June S3. A cyclone, ac companied by rain and a high tempera ture, struck this place today. A hun dred loaded lighter were unk In tha harbor and ships were stripped of their masts. The losa ao far as It 1 known. Is estimated at $10,000,000. In the city roofa were blown from some buildings. A panic was caused and many persona were Injured. Rain rarely falls here. The Italian ship Cavalier Clampha was sunk. Telegraph polee were torn down. It la feared that conalderabl damage has been done at th nKrat fields la th interior. The last cyclone preceding this wa experienced here in 1891. It appear that the tornado also wept Hlsagua, Caiets, Tuena and other towns. It direction was north and south. The telegraph lines are down and fuU details of the havoc have not been received. Forty launches wer blown ashore In Lake Junln. which 1 at an eleva tion of 11.000 feet In th Andes. VALPARAISO. Chile. June Z3. A hurricane, which lasted three hours and did enormoua daroaae In the city and on th harbor, broke over Valparaiso today. Th town tonight 1 In total darkness and th streets ar strewn with debris. Numerous ship collided In th storm. Th four-masted ship Union ran ashor and numerous small craft are on the rocks. Several persons were drowned. The bark Madelene la In sinking con dition on th roadstead. The crow of th armored cruiser Esmeralda per formed herolo feata In saving Uvea and property. ' CRITIC'S DEATH MYSTERY jfew York Coroner to Investigate Benjamin Lee 'Wilson Case. NEW YORK. June 2S. (Special.) A man who waa found unconscloua yesterday in a room at the Hotel Al bany and taken to th New Tork Hos pital died there thla morning. He waa identified later as Benjamin X Wil on, of Cornwall. N. T. Th superln tendent of th New Tork Hospltsjesald tha cas was a mysteriou on and that an autopsy would be made by th Cor oner. Benjamin Lee Wilson, known aa a Shakespearian crlUc and writer, waa born In Newark. O, 43 years ago. Through hi mother ha waa related to a prominent family of West Virginia Lees. He waa graduated at Cornell In 18SJ. He went to Augustin Daly and worked under him for several years, combining acting with the study of Shakespeare. From 189J to 1800, he filled the place of head maater at the js-ew York Military Academy at Corn wall. N. Y. On leaving thl position h founded the Wilson School for Boy. His best-known work Is The Evolu tion of English Drama." TAFT CLASSMATE IN JAIL Invitation to Silver Weddlnff Deliv ered In Cell. OAKLAND. June" 23. Thomas P. Wlckea, serving a six months sentence In the County Jail here for passing a fraudulent check, was playing cards thla afternoon, when the Jailer handed him a large envelope, dated. "Washing ton. D. 0." Opened. It proved to be an Invitation from President and Mrs. Tsft. Inviting Wlckea to be present at the Taft silver wedding. I guess I'll not play any more. said Wlckes after a moment of contempla tion and then he went to his cell. That is all the comment he made. wirkee was frradualed from Yale In 18TS. a member of the clas with Presi dent Taft. A few years ago he waa a prosperous lawyer In San Francisco, but for a year has been earning a pre carious livelihood in this city. He was found guilty last month of obtaining $11 on a worthless check. rtENTRALIA BARS ASIATICS Mill Refuse Work, stents Made Pro hibitive to Jap Applicants. CEN'TRALIA. Wash.. June 23. (Spe cial.) Another determined,. but Ineffec tual effort has Just been made by Asi atics to settle In Centralla. Several Japanese arrived from Puget Sound cities within the past few days, snd tried to ge work in the various mills and factories, but In vain. Four of the number also tried hard to acquire busi ness sites, but In two placos the rent were raised several hundred? per cent when It waa found that the applicant wer Japanese. About one hundred of tho Japanese came from Seattle and Taroma. but dis couraged at their reception.- havo left for Portland'and San Francisco. TEMBLOR ROCKS SEATTLE Movables In Home Shivered by Earth Disturbance. SEATTLE. June 1J- A shock re sembling a slight earthquake was felt In West Seattle at :4S tonight- Lamps, windows and small' pieces of furniture In office and homes were rattled vig orously for a few second In the manner of a seismic ahock' or explosion. There was no report of an explosion and until the observatory at the Uni versity of Washington Is opened tomor row It will cot be known whether a seismic disturbance was recorded on th Instrument there. ; " i : STRAGEY GLAIMS IfJ ALASKA MAY GO Lands Near Cunning ham Group Affected. VALUE NEAR $200,000,000 Claimants Must. Show Cause . in Cancellation Action. BAD FAITH IS CHARGE MADE In Each Location and Filing on Coal Lands by Straccy Unlawful Agreement Alleged--Those Af fected Are Seattle Men. SEATTLE. Wash- June 23. The 40 clalmanta of th Stracey coal land group In Alaska have been notified by the Juneau Land Office to show cause within 30 days why the claim should not b recommended to the Commission er of the General Land Office for can cellation. A special agent of the Gen eral Land Office ha filed chargea against th validity of the claim, the agent' principal allegation -being: That the claimant did not locate and Ale on the lands in rood faith, but each loca tion and nlln waa made pursuant to an unlawful agreement and understanding- en tered Into with the Alaska Development Company and Paclno Coal Oil Company. Nearly all the claimants are Seattle men. Claims Near Cunninghams. The Stracey claims are situated near th Cunningham lands and are even more valuable, estimates of their worth ranging from 1100.000.000 to $200,000,000. The claim were located by Alger non H. Stracey. of Vancouver, B. C brother of Edward Stracey, a million aire Baronet and Liberal member of th British parliament. All the claim ar now held by Charles F. Munday, a Seattle lawyer, under an irrevocable power of attorney. According to Land Office records. Munday organized the Alaska Devel opment Company In 1S97 and later went to England, where he Interested British capitalists. Including Sir Ed ward Stracey, In a scheme of obtaining ownership of Alaska coal lands. At that time there were no coal land lawa covering Alaska. i In 1804 Congress passed an act ex tending th land law of 18TS to Alaska, With this law behind him. Land Of fice officials say. Algernon H. Stracey sent 43 employes of the Pacific. Coal ft OH Company, some unable to speak English, to Alaska and paid them f 100 each for filing on coal claims. Filing Xot Presscd- On second thought, however, the company did not press these filings, but interested stockholder of the Alaska Development Company and their friends In the scheme and pro cured them to make locations In their own names. Algernon H. Stracey, Charles F. Munday. Andrew Spiels and Earl Sleg ley wer Indicted by a Federal grand Jury October 14. H1.0. on a charge of conspiring to defraud the United States (Concluded on Pas 2- DR. TATT SAYS ' K INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS Ths Weather. TJESTERDATS Maximum temperature, S3 degrees: minimum. 61 decreea, TODAY'S Showers followed by clearing weather In the afternoon; southwesterly wind. Forrlsn. Cyclone sweeps Chilean coast, inflicting J10.0OO.00O dmr at laulque; Valparai so suffers. Pase 1. London coronation crowds sea royal parade In rain. page 8. French Cabinet resigns after failure to ob tain vote of confidence. Psge 12. National. Man whom Lo rimer defeated Iscks specific information how It wss done. Psge 2. Dosea Democratic Senators sgree to resist amendment or reciprocity bill. Page 1. Mormon Church welcomed Havemeyer aid as boon to people. Pegs 2. Domestic. Lumber dealers Indicted on charges of blacklisting wholesalers who sold to con sumers. Pago 1. Mrs. Henry scores point in fight to retain children. Page a. Alton B. Parser appears as attorney ta Mellon divorce case. Page 5. Oreen ' vegetables sttaln record prioe mark throughout country. Page 1. Tenets ot "Absolute Life" faith read to jurors In Bee trial. Page 3. Sports. Paelflo Coast League renults yesterday: Oak iand 4 Portland 1; 8sn Francisco 8. Ver non 4; Sacramento 4, Los Angeles 2. Page T. Northwestern League results yesterday: Portland S. Taooma 4: Seattle 8, Bpokane 2: Vancouver , Victoria 4. Page T. Freddie Welsh gets decision over Matty Baldwin in 20-round battle. Fags 4. Faclflo Northwest. Governor West puts price on head of trusty" who breaks confidence in future. Page ft. Stracey ooal land claims valued at 1200.- 000.000 may be canceled. Page 1. Portland auto party visit Lebanon's straw berry festival on opening day. Page 6. Captsln David H. Jarvls. Arotlo hero, many times a llfesaver. commits suicide in Seattle. Page 2. ' Harrlman lines cut lumber rates from Wash ington points south and east. Page 4. Faculty for Monmouth Normal School named. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Wider markets for Oregon fsrm producta Pase 17. Free offerings of new wheat break prices at Chicago. Page 17. Losses In New Tork stock market are made up. Page 17. Business Improves with brighter crop out look. Psge 17. Wool buying In West checked by Senates action. Page 17. Sinking of Broadway bridge tremely slow, due to freshet snd rocky substance "encountered. Page 1. Nehalem River Jetty, extended 2000 feet, gives ample channel flepth. Page in. Portland and Vicinity. Marriage annualled, bride testifying that ceremony was performed after she was drugged. Psge 10. Street committee favors loop system planned by Portland Railway. Light A Power Company. Page 10. Secretary of Treasury decides to buy block S for $340,000 as postofflce site. Page lo. Dr. Francis 8. Hoyt. first president of Wil lamette University, la greoted by old time, atudents at the home of his daugh ter. Mrs. J. K. OiU- Pas Product of 12J garden grown by boys are exhibited at T. M- C. A. Page 10. Wife waiting for husbsnd at depot tele phones to hoipltal. learns that he died hour before. Page 1. " Thorns Langtree. Hill murder suspect, is released, victim of smother's ax. Page 0. Banks may pay interest on school fund. Page 12. f COLT ATTACKS OLD WOMAN Centralla Resident Seriously Injured When Horse Bites Her. CENTRAL! A, Wash, June 2J. (Spe cial) Mrs. Mary Wake, an aged and ailing . woman of this place, was at tacked and bitten by a vicious yearling colt yesterday afternoon whll feeding the anlmaL Her arms and one shoul der were badly lacerated and she was thrown to the ground, where she was rescued by her grandson, Sam Irwin. The horse wa a great pet with the family and was considered exception ally docile. Long after the women folk of the home had dared to feed the colt from their hands the old woman felt secure In the afTectlon she believed still existed between herslf and the animal. Mrs. Wake, who Is a sufferer from rheumatism, is badly Injured. THIS ISN'T ONE OF THOSE QUACK DEMOCRATS -HELP RECIPROCITY BILL Conference Agrees to Oppose Amendments. "SURE THING" IS 'PREFERRED Vote to Be Taker, on Root Pro vision Monday. BAILEY CONTINUES FIGH' Addition or Free-List B1U as Rider Is Propose by Texan, and. Stone Would Leave Insur- gents to Themselves. WASHINGTON, June 23. A declara tion for straight reciprocity at an In formal conference of 1,2 Democratic Senator willing to vote down all amendment to the bill, an amendment by Senator Bailey adding to the reci procity measure all the Houfe free list provisions except meats and grain prod ucts, an unanimous consent of the Sen ate to vote Monday on the Boot amend ment to tho wood pulp and paper sched ule these were features in the reci procity fight today. But there were no speeches In the Senate-and the activity was confined to the officers' rooms and cloak rooms, where reciprocity was the chief topic Senator Bailey announced his Intention to press his amendment vigorously. While looking for the addition of some of the tariff provisions to the Canadian bill, he admitted that such action prob ably would come only as the result of a prolonged struggle. Free List Further Amended. Another tariff amendment this one to the free list bill was presented by Senator Clapp, to add to the free list alum, chloride of lime, anallne products, ultra-marine, vermilllon reds, soda ash, sulphur, china clay or kaolin, woolen felts' or jackets and brass or copper wire cloth. The informal conference was held In the office of Senator Smith, of South Carolina. Mr. Smith was outspoken In opposition to amendments, he and John Sharp Williams united with Senator Stone In declaring It unwise to risk reciprocity for something more uncer tain. In the Capitol corridors there were discussion of recess of Congress until next Fall, and at one time there was a well-defined report that an agreement bad been reached. Senators scoffed at It- They would be glad to get away, but this would be impossible with reci procity pending. Hoot Amendment Tp Monday. There was no difficulty, however. In getting general consent to vote on the Root provision before adjournment Monday. The request for the agree ment was made by Senator Penrose at a time -when few Senators were In the chamber. He based it on the desire of Senator Root to be absent from tho city for a few days. If Senator La Follette had been pres ent he probably would have been slow to assent to a vote at so early a date, for it is understood he desires to ad dress the Senate regarding the amend- tConcluded on Pase 6.) NOSTRUMS. DEATH ENDS TRYST OF WIFE AT DEPOT HUSBAND DEAD AT HOSPITAL AS SPOUSE WAITS. Spokane Woman Comes to Make Portland Her Home, Telephones, Finds . Mate Lifeless. . While Mrs. John Klinkredt, of Spo kane, was anxiously waiting for her husband at the depot, where she ex pected him to meet her at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, Klinkredt was bat tling for his life in St, Vincent's Hos pital. Becoming alarmed, she tele phoned to the hospitals in the effort to locate him and learned that he had been dead for more than an hour. Mr. Klinkredt had arranged to have her husband meet her at the train, both being strangers here. When he did not meet the train on which she came, she thought he might have mis taken the hour, but when the morning and afternoon passed without word from him, she became- alarmed, en listed the services of the matron at the Union Depot and. on her sugges tion, telephoned to the hospitals, find ing that her husband waa dead at St, Vincent's. Mrs, Klinkredt. 45 years old, had come to live in Portland, her husband preceding her a few days to eelect a home. Klinkredt was found Wednes day night on the porch of a house at 664 Belmont street in a semi-dazed condition.. The residents of te house telephoned the police station and Pa trolman Bewley brought Klinkredt to the station. He became worse rap idly through the day until early yes terday morning, when he was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. His recovery was not expected and he expired of alcoholism at 3:15 yesterday afternoon. Shortly after his death the tele phone message came from his wife and the hOBpltai authorities informed her of his death. The shock prostrated Mrs. Klinkredt and she is under care of physicians. Klinkredt was 35 years old. "JAGS" ON TRAINS TABOO New . Illinois Law Permits Only First-Class Passengers to Drink. CHICAGO, June 23. (Special.) What is termed "the poor man's anti Jag law" will go into effect in Illinois a week from tomorrow, and on and after that date all persons who drink intoxicating liquors on any railroad train, except in the dining, buffet or sleeping car, will be subject to both fine aDd imprisonment. Railroad officials point out that the framers of the measure exhibited a full measure of regard for those who have the wherewithal to secure accom modations in either the dining! buffet or sleeping coach, and landed heavily on the "poor devil" whose purse is not long enough to provide entry to any but ordinary passenger cars. All of the latter class of patrons who irrigate their throats with any kind of Intoxicating beverage will be placed under arrest by the conductor and turned over to the' first policeman. Sheriff, Constable, Judge or Justice of the Peace. ' This same class of per sons must be careful not to be drunk before boarding a train, as they will be subject to the same treatment. HETTY GREEN WILL SELL She Will Dispose of $5,000,000 Chicago Property, Report. CHICAGO, June 23. (Special.) Re ports are current that Mrs. .Hetty Green, who owns between $4,000,000 and 15.000,000 worth of Chicago real estate, has placed all under option for sale. The reportswere started by the recent acquisition by Cobe & McKin non of the Gage Park tract, bought by them for $750,000, which will be subdivided and placed on the market. It has been known for some time that Mrs. Green has been on the point of relinquishing her Chicago holdings, but has not done. so because she con sidered herself unjustly treated years ago In the sale of a tract in Cicero, which she repudiated, but which she was compelled to stand by on account of a Supreme Court decision. Since that time she has sold only one piece of property, that on Wabash avenue, which is now part of the site of the Marshall Field store. It was because of a personal interview which she had with Marshall Field that she was induced to sell this. POTATO GROWERS PROSPER Californlans Receive Best Prices Ever Paid for Early Tubers. STOCKTON, Cal., June 23. (Special.) Growers of potatoes who were for tunate enough to . escape the early heavy frosts and secure good crops are reaping big profits these days. They are receiving the best prices ever paid for early potatoes and the buyers are accepting all of the tubers offered. One sale of ten cars of new potatoes waa made today fdr $7000 on the track be fore an engine hooked onto the cars. The growers have been securing $200 an acre to date, but there probably will be a decline in the next few days, as the shipments will increase and buyers will cut the market. Just at present there Is a large demand throughout the Middle States at, good prices. Even with a decline in prices the growers will receive fancy figures, as the re port has been received here that the Kastern market is in very bad condi tion. There is great demand for onions and tha growers are receiving better prices than la years. DOLLAR SHRINKS IN FOOD MARKET Green GroceriesTouch Record Notches. POTATOES AND ONIONS SOAR Lack of Transportation Is : Added to Crop Failures. DRIED FRUITS FOLLOWING Prices Attain Altitudes Heretofore Unknown and There Is Little Promise of Relier for ..i Another Twelvemonth. . ' CHICAGO, June 23. (Special.) Heat is not tho only thing of which pa tient housewives and their more pa tient providers are complaining these days. And these complaints are grow ing more vigorous as the days go by. Nor is there much promise that the cause of the complaints will be oblit erated within the next year at least. The most distressing Just, now is the niggardly purchasing power of a dollar in the vegetable and fruit stores of the city and the entire country as well. Prices of potatoes have reached the highest point in Chicago ever known. Virginia new potatoes sold on South Water street today for $6.40 a barrel. That means that the grocer, the vege table store man and the peddler paid $2.56 a bushel for them. The house wives paid 75 cents a peck. All Vegetables Higher. Last year and even then consumers thought they were paying rather high prices potatoes sold for an average of $2.60 a barrel on South Water street. Tljese retailed for 90 cents a bushel. This condition of affairs Is due, say the wholesale dealers, to the fact that the Texas and Missouri potato crops this season are practically failures. Forty cars of potatoes are required dally to supply the normal demand of the city. Only three cars arrived yes terday. The average daily receipts during the past several weeks have been about 27 cars. Taking example from the tubers, all manner of vegetables are aviating. Onions at 3 M cents a pound for Egyp tian grown varieties and 4 cents for Texas onions are 100 per cent higher than a year ago. Cabbages at $2.75 a crate, weighing on an average of 90 pounds, are 60 per cent higher than they were in June 12 months ago. String Beans Make Record. String beans have reached a mark of 18 cents a quart at retail, the high est price in seven years. Green pep pers are selling at retail for 10 cents each. Ten days ago they sold for less than 5 cents. Green peas, guaranteed by the seed men to endure almost any kind of weather for a fortnight, are sold at wholesale for 9 cents a quart in crate lots. This is a rise of 3 cents over former years. There remains as consolation, how ever, the fact that luscious red cherries can be bought for $1 a crate. The price last year was $2. Asked if there were other reasons other than the shortage of crops for the prevailing high prices, several grocers said today that lack of transportation facilities has caused farmers in many sections to quit raising potatoes except for their own consumption. Following the lead taken by potatoes, dried fruits are coming along in the wake of the high prices. Prices for these are quoted by wholesale grocers at nearly double what they were a year ago. In different sections of the country in which the drought is said to be most serious prayers are being offered by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church for rain. BOY'S DREAM REALIZED Hoquiam Touth Receives Coin to Buy Sonth American Ranch. HOQUIAM. Wash.. Juno 23. (Spe cial.) Beneficiary of a gift amounting to a fortune, Rollo Beach will leave Grays Harbor July 1 for Argentine Re public where he expects to buy a ranch and become a cattle raiser, a dream he has long enjoyed. Beach Is barely of age, but has Just received a check for $20,000 from an aunt in the East, the gift being the fulfillment of a promise made nearly 20 years ago. One day. when Rollo was a small child, his mother and her sister, ac companied by the child, were out walk. Ing. They passed a piece of property Rollo's aunt had Just purchased and "she remarked that when she sold It the profits should go to the boy. In the meantime young Beach's par ents came West, settling at Roy, Wash. His father has since died. A few months ago Rollo came to Grays Har bbr and secured employment with the Pacific Lumber Agency. About two weeks ago he received a letter from his aunt In the East con taining a check for $20,000 and stating that it was sent in fulfillment of the promise of long ago. Beach immediate ly resigned and prepared to leave for South America.