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.,. ,, vn rw PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 7. 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. .U. i CANADIANS OPPOSE ARCHERS' INVASION ROYALTY WOMAN, 101 .TAKES STOKES 500 BREAD LOAVES AUTO ONE UP;. TRIP TO PORTLAND RUINED FOR RING IN SALEM GIRL, IfJ LETTERS 12,000 ON RAGS ,4 HURT SORTHERX SPORTSMEX FEAR DEER MAY BE 6UIX. "GRANDMA" TODD TO ATTEND OHXRCH CONVENTION. BROWS FOOD CRUMBLED IX SEARCH FOR GEM. CUT ADVISES ID MILLINER HAS IS REIGNS DEAD J. B.Kelly's Daughter Dies of Burns. TWO SONS MAY NOT RECOVER Another Daughter, Fleeing Aw ful Flame, Falls Under Car. PORTLAND FORMER HOME Arrident Happen Near Crescent City When Kock In Rough Road Pgnrtim Tank of Gasoline) and Explosion Follows. GRANTS PASS. Or, July. (Spe ciL When the gttollne tank on the rear end of their automobile bumped loose on a projecting rock In the mid dle of the Crescent City stage road late last night, the resulting explosion burned 14-year-old Myrna Kelly, daughter of John B. Kelly, of 245 Halght atreet. San Francisco, ao tar rtbly that ahe died at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon; scorched another daughter Angela, a student at the University of California, until In her agony she leaped from her aeat and was crashed under the car. which had got beyond control, and seared and blistered the faces and bodies of Kelly and bis little sons. Hobart and Homer, t and C years old. Members of the stricken family were brought to the Grants Pass Hospital this afternoon. From the first there was no hope for the life of little Myrna. whose clothes had been burned almost entirely off her body. Endur lng frightful suffering, ahe had passed nearly the whole night with only the rude attentions that occupants of farmhouses near the see art of the ac cident could glTe her. Angela, the other daughter. Is In jured Internally and has several ribs broken. In addition to severe bums. If she recovers, which la doubtful, she will be scarred and perhaps crippled fur life. Strange Fatality Pursue. The other three. Kelly and his two sons, whose faces swollen beyond recog cltlon, and blistered hands, give mute evidence of the appalling suddenness of the accident and the manner In which the occupants of the car were trapped In their seats, with not s chance to escape, will probably get well, though they will always bear the scars. The condition of the little boys Js the most serious. The accident, which Is one of a series of automobile tragedies that has pursued the Kelly family like a strange fatality for five years, oc curred about six miles from the little town of Kerby. Kelly, who was at the wheel of his ear. was driving slowly on account of the roughness of the road. On cither side the road was cut with deep ruts, made by the wheels of heavy vehicles, and In the center stood np a rocky ridge. A projection from this ridge struck the bottom of the car. ungeared the machine, leaving the driver powerless to control It. punc tured and knocked loose the gasoline tank until It swung down from the rear axle. Daughter Rolls Under Auto. The wind, caused by the automobile's passage, drove fire back from the burners and almost Instantly there was an explosion. Flames enveloped the whole back part of the automobile. Little Myrna Kelly, sitting In the back seat with her brothers, had not a chance for life. She was burned as she sat The boys, on account of their shorter stature, were more protected by the sides of the car and escaped the full force of the blast of fire. Angela was kitting In front with ber ' father. She tried to Jump, but her foot caught and she fell In the road, rolling under the car. One back wheel passed over her body. Kefir, who runs a garage at Van Ness avenue and Market street, was returning to San Francisco from Port land. He hsd made the trip up from Kan Francisco by automobile without accident, but on his return decided to go by way of Crescent City. Kelly Formerly of Portland. Kelly was formerly manager for the White Automobile Company In Port land, with a garage at Second and Salmon streets. Mrs. Kelly and her Infant daughter Lniiabeth remained In San Francisco, being unable to make the trip. They are the only members of the Kelly family who have not been Injured In an automobile accident within five years. In 1304. Mr. Kelly was Injured and bis brother Ben was killed In an ex plosion of gasoline In the garage In Portland, which they owned jointly. KFXIA 15 "WELL KNOWN HERE Paughter Killed la Auto Accident Win B BurlM In "Portland, j B. Kelly, whose auto blew up near crescent city last night, killing one and Jnjurlng four members of Ms family. Is (Ooaaluded est Pass - American Bow- nil-Arrow Experts Say They Will Shoot Nothing bat Lawful Frey. SEATTLE. Wash.. July i Special.) Sportmsan of Vsncouver. B.G. are up In arms flgurat'vely. to resist the pro posed invasion of their territory and the promiscuous slaughter of deer by American archers, who have announced their Intention of hunting in the North ern wilds with no other armament than bows and arrows. Misled by false reports Into the belief that Will IL Thompson and party will shoot deer In the closed season the British Columbia sportsmen have sent vigorous protests to Mr. Thompson. To these, the local attorney has replied that he and the three Eastern archers, who start tomorrow, would not violate a game law under any provocation. Harry B. Richardson, champion arch er of the world, arrived In Seattle from Boston yesterday. J. M. Challis. at torney of Kansas City, an Z. E. Jack son, another lawyer, from Atchison, are also her. Mr. Cliallls and Mr. Jackson have hunted Jack rabbits to gether and Jackson Is probably the best live game shot with a bow and arrow In the country. Will 11 Thompson, of Seattle, is one of the few living men who over shot a bear with bow and arrom-, accomplish ing that feat In company with his brother, the late Maurice Thompson, the poet. In Florida, many years ago. Cougars. wildcats. porcupines or other lawful prey will be sought out The party will sail from Vancouver In a i 0- foot power boat. EARNINGS NOT AFFECTED Standard Oil to Bo Split Into 15 or 30 Part. NEW YORK. July . It Is reported here this afternoon that within a short time plans for reorganizing the Standard OH Company of New Jersey will be announced. The company. It Is said, will undergo complete disintegration and all sub sldlaiies that are charged with having combined and conspired to monopolise the oil trade will operate separately. The company may be split Into IS or 20 parts, and each will operste la Its own territory Independent of other companies. . The control will continue to be the same and It Is reported that under the reorganisation the earnings of the Standard OH Company will not be af fected. TAFT WILL QUIT CAPITAL President Going- Aboard Yacht May. flower to Talk Politics. WASHINGTON. July C To get awsy from the hest of Washington and to have opportunity to talk politics. President Taft has planned a two days' yachting party on his flagship, the Mayflower, with several Senators as his guests. The President will board the Mayflower at Philadelphia tomor row night after speaking to the Chris tian Endeavor convention at Atlantic City. on "International Peace and Arbi tration." The Mayflower will go to sea and will reach Hampton Roads probably Sunday night and Washington early Monday. If the date is agreeable to Governor Wlllson. of Kentucky. Presi dent Taft will go to Ilodgensvtlle K-.. October 2S to dedicate the Lincoln Me morial building there. PORTLAND GIRL IS WON Miss Helen Barber to Be Washington State Secretary's Bride. TACOMA. Wash, July 6. (Special.) Ithamar Martlndale Howell. Secretary of State, and Miss Helen Barber, daugh ter of Mrs. Helen McGregor Barber, of Portland, will be married In Portland July 19. The Invitations for the wedding were received In Tacoma today and a number of dose friends and relatives of the bridegroom will go to Portlsnd for the nuptials. The ceremony will take plsce at the home of the bride's mother at 445 Twenty-fifth street at 8:30 o'clock. The bride will be attended by Miss Lytle. of Portland, formerly of Tacoma. and H. G. Bundren, of Spokane, will be best man. Following the wedding Captain How ell will take his bride on a honeymoon cruise of the Sound, after which they will make Olympla their home. - JOHN W. SEWELL IS DEAD Washington County Judge Stricken After Day's Illness. HILLSBORO. Or, July , (Special.) John W. Jewell. County Judge, who served here as Sheriff for two years, died hare tonight after an Illness of one day. Acute Indigestion la given as the canoe of his death. Judge Sewell Is survived by his wife and two children. Fred Sewell. as sistant cashier of the Hlllsboro Com mercial Bank, and Miss Mary Sewell. He was a member of the uniform rank of the Knights of Pythias, and was tt years old. Tents May Be Lent to Aflorta. WASHINGTON. July . The Senate military committee has favorably re ported the bill to lend 200 tents to As toria for use during the Centennial celebration. Sixth Annual Fair Opens With Eclat. PARADE'S SPLENDOR GREAT State Capital Bows to King and Queen In Pageant. MILITIA HEADS MARCH Many Prizes Are Awarded for Note worthy JFYult Display Pro gramme Today In Set Aside for Portland. SALEM. Or.. July . (Special.) In regal splendor jolly King Bins and beautiful Queen Anne started the first day of their reign over the sixth an nual cherry fair today, and the open ing was so auspicious that the fair this year promises to eclipse anything seen In the past here. While not as extensive as some of the parades In the past year, the civic and Industrial pageant this morning, which marked the opening of the fair, more than made up in the beauty and the Ingenuity of the floats what It might have lacked In length. Hesdlng the procession were the members of Company M. Oregon Na tional Guard, followed by the heralds of their royal majesties. On a sumptu ous float surmounted by a brilliantly decorated throne. Queen Anne, Miss Elizabeth McLaughlin, looked gracious ly upon her subjects and a truly regal queen she was. Kins; Blng Incognito. Her maids of honor were the Misses Stella Walllt.g. Laura Gregory. Blanche Wilson and Anna Rlnehart. Immedi ately following was the float carrying King Bng. His Identity is being guard ed Jealously by the Cherry Fair com mittee and It will not beoome known to the general public until Saturday night, when he will appear before the people in his true guise. One of the most Interesting portions of the parade was furnished by the residents of Chinatown, dressed in their native garments and following many of them on foot, beating and' playing Chinese Instruments, came several floats filled with Chinese mu sicians. One of the floats carried about 20 little Mongolian misses. They were greeted with loud applause ail along the line of march. Firemen In Parade. The Are companies also received con siderable approbation from the crowds, both No. 1 company and the East Salem company having their wagons and en gines beautifully decorated. The Salem Humane Society won much applause, one of the features of Its part of the parade being Dolly, a handsome white horse which has been serving the city (Concluded on Pajre 6. Centenarian Resident' of Spring field, on First Journey Since Coming From Missouri. SPRINGFIELD. Or, Jnly (Spe cial.) "Grandma" Todd, aged ' 101 years, left today. for Portland to at tend the National convention of the Christian Church. This la her first trip since she came to this county 20 years ago from Missouri, and will be the first time that she haa ever been in Portland. She .boarded the train almost unas sisted and Is as hearty as many a wo man of half her age. She walks alone and, although she carries a cane, does not depend upon It for support. She can hear without difficulty and read Ity converses with people whom she meets. She remembers her parents speaking of the War of 1812 and re calls developments of the Civil and Mexican wars. Grandma Todd is very proud of her activity, and was anxious to say: "I'm Just as well as any of you. I may not be able to remember everything that I might, but when you are as old as I am maybe you'll forget, too." She was accompanied to Portland by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Mulkey. farmers, living near this city, with whom she stays. She came to Springfield to celebrate July 4. ALASKA FRONTIERSMEN DIE Mike Duval and "French Pete" Em afard Pass Away at Katalla. SEATTLE, Wash, July 6. (Special.) Two of the most spectacular figures In Western borderland history crossed the great divide at Katalla Tuesday when Mike Duval, "the father of Ka talla." who at one time was one of the moat highly valued members of General Nelson A. Miles scouting forces, was drowned, and "French Pete" Emafard, a pioneer of Alaska since five years after Seward's purchase, and discoverer of the famous Treadwell mines, died from heart trouble. News of the two deaths came to friends here In cable messages received from the neighboring town of Cordova yesterday. Everyone who has visited Southwest ern and Western Alaska has either met or heard of the two striking old char acters, for, despite their advanced age, each possessed a reserve vitality suf ficient to Inspire deeds that kept him In the limelight of sub-Arctic activities. PAIR WED AFTER 23 YEARS Tmatilla Man Marries Sweetheart of 3Iore Youthful Days. Meeting at the Imperial Hotel the first of the week after not having seen each other for 23 years. B. R. BrownelL of Umatilla, and Mrs. E. SI. Shlnkle, of Southern California, re newed a courtship of more than a score of years ago and were married Wednesday afternoon. The bridegroom is 61 years of age, while the bride will next year cele brate her 64th birthday anniversary. Mr. Brownell Is a prominent resident of Eastern Oregon. Accompanied by his bride, he left yesterday for Uma tilla, where they will reside. WARM WEATHER. Millionaire Urges Act ress to Quit Stage. "GET MARRIED" HE WRITES Hotel Man Says He Is Too Old for Her, However. TWO WOMEN ARE ON TRIAL Xew Yorker Relates Story of Attack Upon Him in Apartments of Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, Where He Fell. NEW YORK, July 6. A package of 18 letters written In bygone years to Miss Lillian' Graham, the actress, was handed up to the Judge's bench this af ternoon In the trial of Miss Graham and her chum, Ethel Conrad, on a charge of attempting to murder W. E. D. Stokes, the millionaire hotel proprietor. The letters had been found, a detec tive said, in the young woman's rooms, and constituted the prize to recover which Stokes said he had risked his life, Stokes, pale and worn, told his own story of the shooting. He had been summoned to the apartments, he said, by Miss Conrad, who told him that Miss Graham had left for Europe. He was angry, he said, when he saw he had been deceived, and declined to sign a statement setting forth that he had de famed Miss Graham and her relatives. He had also declined to pay $25,000 un der threat of death, he added, and there upon Miss Graham began to shoot. Girls Warned, Says Stokes. Stokes said he told the girls that blackmail was a prison offense, and that Miss Graham said. "I'll say I'm crazy while Miss Conrad asserted, according to Stokes, "We'll say he came to our apartments and attacked us and we killed him In self-defense. We have three witnesses listening to all this who would never let him out alive." When Stokes disarmed Miss Graham. after sustaining the wounds. Miss Con rad was in the parlor, and as some one began firing then, he assumed it was she. He was hit again in the calf of the leg. There were four mote shots, but they all went wild. Stokes Starts for Hall. Stokes started for the ball then. There, he said, first the two girls and later three Japanese seized him and throttled him, while a short, stout man aided them. The police finally rescued him and. he said, he handed a patrol man the revolver he had taken from Miss Graham. On cross-examination, opposing coun sel attempted to have Stokes tell of his attentions to Miss Graham during the four years he had known her, but he proved an unwilling witness and the (Concluded on Page 2.) Soil wood Moving-Picture Show Sing' er Accused by Baker's Wife Cites Hunt In Defense. Five hundred loaves of Boston brown bread were reduced to crumbs In the searoh for a diamond ring lost by Mrs. Letltla ' J. Llvermore, says Charles Pavey, a theatrical singer, defending himself in the Municipal Court yester day of a charge of stealing the gem. While Mrs. Llvermore did not In words deny the assertion, she indicated to the court by her gestures that Pavey was drawing on his imagination. Pavey sings In a Sellwood movlng plcture show. He is a former associate of the Llvermores, who run a bakery for the manufacture of the baked bean's Inseparable concomitant. . Recently a ring valued at $75 dlsap peared in the course of the preparation of a batch of bread and Pavey was ac cused of the theft. He asserts that the charge was an afterthought after the Llvermores had crumbled up all of the baking in the belief that the ring had dropped into the dough. Complicated with the larceny charge is an accusation that Pavey used abu slve and threatening language toward the Llvermores. The accused acted as his own lawyer. MAN WEDS TO ECONOMIZE Wife Thought Cheaper Than House keeper; She Gets Divorce. WALLA, Wash. July 6. (Special.) Archibald Tlderlngton, who last Sum mer paid $500 for two kisses he stole from Mrs. Enisle Van Zante, of Spo kane, and then devised a cheaper meth od of securing them by marrying Etta McMannls, was yesterday divorced by order of the Superior Court, on com plaint of his wife. , The findings of the court are to the effect that Tlderlngton married the woman simply to save the cost of a housekeeper and that he had abused and humiliated her in every way. She secured a divorce and about $600. Tlderlngton has two children by a former wife and a year ago advertised for a governess. Mrs. Van Zante an swered, and when she called on Tlder lngton, he kissed her. She brought suit for $5000 and got $500. Shortly after the verdict he married the woman from whom he has now been divorced, and who was forced to leave him, she says, after about three months of mar ried life. . WOMEN VOTE IN STOR'l Pasco AVill Remain "Wet"; "Dries" Poll Only 154. PASCO, Wash., July 6. (Special.) In spite of sand storm men and wo men faced the gale to vote in the local option election. As predicted the wets won. The wets cast 518 ballots while those opposed to saloons could only muster 154 votes. Nearly every business man In the city was opposed to the movement. With paving, grading, sidewalks and sewers being constructed here It was argued that the city could not do away with the saloon at this time. One feature was the way the women turned out to vote in spite of the. gale blow ing. Pasco has 14 saloons. The outcome of the election today was a surprise to the most conserva tive of the drys who expected that they would poll a much larger vote. It was the first local option election ever held in Franklin County. PHI GAMMA DELTA ENTERS National Fraternity Gives Chapter to Beaver Club at Oregon "U." UNIVERSITT OF OREGON, Eugene, Or., July 6. (Special.) Notification came tonight from the Phi Gamma Del ta conclave headquarters at Pittsburg, Pa, that a charter has been granted to the Beaver Club at the University of Oregon. This makes the seventh National men's fraternity to enter this university. Phi Gamma Delta was founded at Washington and Jefferson College, Can onsburg. Pa., in May 1848. It has 57 active chapters and a membership of 11,508. The only chapters on the Pa cific Coast are at Stanford, Cal., and Washington. The Beaver Club was organized at the university December 23, 1907. Promi nent among Its IT active members Is Ferdinand Henkle, now pitching for the Portland Coast League team. BEER . BILL INCREASING Brewers Say Country Is Prosperous, but Prohibition Has Effect. NEW YORK. July 6. No less than 63.000.0il0 barrels of beer were sold in the United States during the 12 months ending June 30 last, or an increase over the previous 12 months of 8.21 per cent, according to the annual re port of the beer and whisky sales made public today by the United States Brewers' Association. Notwithstanding the Increase, which the report contends indicates that the country is prosperous, the spread of prohibition has affected the trade con siderably, it is declared. The whisky bill of the United States for the year, according to the report is $146,973,000, an increase of nearly $8. 000,000, or 8.6 per cent, over the pre ceding 12 months. Woman Thinks Everett Relatives Seek Coin. SKIRTS LADEN WITH GOLD Lunatic Detained in Minneap olis on Way From West. SHE TEARS UP CURRENCY Shabby Aged Spinster Declares She Is Going to Chicago to Escape Kin in Washington Town Who Want Her Money. FERGUS FALLS, Minn.. July 6. (Spe cial.) An Insane woman, dressed almost in rags, with $12,000 sewed up in hs skirts, was taken in charge by Sheriff Billings of this county today. Miss Lois Warwick, 75 years old, created a disturbance on th Great Northern eastbound and Oriental Lim ited train from the Pacific Coast today, and as it was believed that she was mentally unbalanced, the conductor put her off here and turned her over to the Fergus Falls authorities. She was taken to the detention ward at the County Jail and a casual exam ination of her clothing resulted in the finding of $380 in gold securely sewed up in a piece of cloth. Diamonds Are Found. A diamond ring, two loose diamonds and another precious stone were found sewed up In another pocket, and besides this, she had a certificate for $2000 of stock in the Rex Crude OH Company, and about $225 in paper money. She had torn up the paper money and stock certificate. When questioned, she at first returned sarcastic, answers, but finally told an interesting story. She said that she was for years engaged in millinery and dressmaking in San Francisco, and had saved a large amount of money but was burned out In the fire at the time of the earthquake. Relatives Got Money, She Says. She then went to Everett, Wash., where she had relatives. These rela tives, she said, were determined to get her money, and did get some of it. She said that she turned over $2000 to them. They were constantly demanding more. according to her story, and she finally left them and started for Chicago. Why she was going to Chicago, she would not say. She says that her relatives are still after her, and she thinks she hears them from time to time in jail. In order to prevent them from securing the currency referred to she tore it up. Skirt Gold-Laden. The matron of the jail finally per suaded her to change her clothing and go to bed. As the matron lifted the woman's skirts, she was astonished at the weight of them. The clothing was miserably poor, but a brief examination showed . that it was a veritable gold mine. . Tier after tier of twenty-dollar gold pieces were sewed up In the skirts and in a sort of sack made for the purpose. Each twenty-dol'ar gold piece was sewed in separately, and in most in stances was covered with two or three thicknesses of cloth. The county attor ney was called in, and It was decided that it was best to deposit the money in a local bank for safe-keeping. The money was counted, and it was found that it amounted to $7,820.75, of which all except $225.76 was in gold and all ex cept $45 of this was In twenty-dollar gold pieces. Besides this, a note was found which read as follows: "Received from Lois A. Warwick $6002. and she can have home, room and board for life. (Signed) Mrs. Nancy E. M. Appleton, C. Marschall, James Apple ton." "Everett, Wash.. June 29. 1911." OFFICERS SHUN ALL BLAME Equipment of Spokane Alleged to Have Been Sound. - SEATTLE, Wash., July 6. Several officers of the wrecked tourist steamer Spokane testified today before the United States Steamboat Inspectors that the equipment of the steamship was sound, that the men were at their posts when the steamer was beached and that the boats were lowered promptly. The officers testified that they had personally assisted passengers Into the lifeboats and that when they reached shore they made all possible provisions for the comfort of the passengers who, they said made no complaint at that time. St. Johns Opposes Sewers. ST. JOHNS. Or.. July 6. (Special.) Taxpayers of sewer district No. 2 of St. Johns served notice through their attorney, Charles W. Fulton at a meeting of the City Council tonight that they would fight payment of the assessment unless the sewers were made right. The sewers have been laid and the bond issue to cover their cost has been sold. Contracts for the Im provement of Philadelphia and Edison streets were let, the Philadelphia street contract to Jacob Horn and the Edison-street contract to Charles E. Wheelock.