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Newspaper Page Textif jpi PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. YOI I.I "0.- 15,797. IWAPPY'S RELATIVE TTO POTATOES TAKE E PORTLAND WINS ELKS EVADES. OFFICIALS aged millionaire father-in-XjAW said to be cruising. SUDDEN TUMBLE WORLD MEETING LEWIS TRIAL DECLARES FAR1A SHOUT WITH JOY IN FOREST FIRES PRICE GOES FROM 2.60 TO CHRISTIAN CITIZEN CONFER $1.30 OVERNIGHT. ENCE COMING. IN 1913. WOMEN WAN DRD RSDiSQBEYED VICTORIOUS PERSONS BURN HEAR Towns in Northern On tario Destroyed. REFUGEES FACE STARVATION Fifteen Men Are Drowned When Driven Into Lake. HUNDREDS STILL MISSING f-jxrlal Train Sent In Relief or 40On Who Fa- Famine- or Death by Fire In Tlsdale Keglon Army HjhM Flame. TORONTO. Ont.. J-ily II. the re- ilt of the forest fires that are ewep Inc unchecked thmuh Northern On trln. at least 50 lives are lost, many jit, been Injured. hundreds are mida irs and U Is feared that scores of these will be Inc luded In the fatalities. Fifteen men were drowned at South rorcunlne when they were driven Into tie lake by the dense clouds of smoke and ware of fl re. Tjto men were burned to death at KMorsdo mine and another met a sim ilar fate at the I'nlted Porcupine mine. Itrfusees Are Starring. Three towns hare been destroyed and hundreds of refugees are farina; star vatl n A train consisting of 00 women and children was rushed out of Cochrane thla rooralns: for the aoufh as the wall of flames advanced toward the vtllaee. The town of 2SO0 Inhabi tants wis soon In flames and la en tirely destroyed South Torcuplne and J'lf.sTlIle are charred ruins. Oolvien City, surrounded by fames for hours, sail la In dancer, although nlv the suburba hare burned. Tart of TlsdaTe baa been wiped out. the Ore being controlled only by dynamltlnc a dosen houses tn the center of the town. Trains Sent to Rescue. Two special trains Lave been seat to fcrlr.g out the persona who axe fac ing star-ration or death by fire In the Tlda district. Communication with Stricken districts la exceedingly difficult. The flames swept down on South Por cupine and Pttjvir.e almost without warning. The alarm came Just In time fur the people to rash for the lake, but t-:y were forced to abandon their be lonclr.gs. tait.Iy Improvised rafts were utilised to (rl the refugees, many of whom were women and children, across the lake to Go'.drn City. There aJU with other lur vlvors of the fires In the north, are ranting back the fire which scorched the outskirts of tliat piece. Provisions Running Ixiw. Only a few days provisions are left In CoUrn City. Laborers employed on the Ontario gov ernment's new railroad line from Golden 11 ty we.t reached the city after a des perate rig-lit with the flames In which nany were tmdiy burned.- They lost iverythlnj but the clothes they wore. The town of Kelso was abandoned to day atfer a flint lastlnr since Sunday. GOITRE OPERATION WINS balein Banker's Wife- l'nd-r Knife of Swlurrland Specialist. SALEM. Or- July 12. (Special.) Word was rcred here by cable today ef a succesful operation for x-oltre that was performed In Pwltierlsnd on Mrs. A. X. Bush. Mtn Psh. wstli her son Asahael. f several weeka ago for that purpose. The operation was In the hands of vr-ne of the greatest specialists In the world and acccrdlr.s to Information re ceived there Is every Indication that tle'operatlon has been eminently suc cessful. Mrs. Hush Is the wife of A. X. llush. of Ladd Bush, one of the wealthiest bankers In Oregon. GRAIN RATE IS SLASHED (real Northern Cuts IT Ice on Ship ment to Paget Sound. SUATTLE. July II. The Great Northern announced today a perma nent reduction In freight tariffs on all grain shipments from points In Cen tral and Eastern Washington to Puget Bound terminals. The reduction la from half cent to t cents a hundred pounds. The new rates become effectlre August 15. when the grain In Central Waahlngton will start moving. Ranks Man May Succeed Sewell. EALEiL Or, Jnly 11. (Special.) So far no appointment has been made by Oovernor West cf the man to succeed County Judge John W. Sewell. of -Washington County, who recently died. There has been only one man recom- mended up to mis nm. --"urnstt. of Banks, a capitalist and a ."urnstt. of Banks, a K-.nfnt cltlsen of t irneraily conceded awarded the appoints the county, and it ceded that he will be tment. Many let ters have been received relatire to the appointment of a County juoge, out none of taese contained recommenda- Proccss-Servcrs Vnable to Find Man Deoribed as Too Inrirm to Trav el to Seattle to Testify. SEATTLE. Wash- July IS. (Special.) Samuel Benn. the aged millionaire father-in-law of ex-Chief of Police Wappensteln. who waa described aa too aged and Infirm to come to Seattle and corroborate the testimony of K. B. Benn. regarding a i000 gift which lie Is alleged to have made Wappensteln In 1909. Is still spry enough to escape the process server of the grand Jury, according to the story told by Deputy Sheriff Scott Malone, who haa spent a week In Aberdeen and surrounding country looking for him. Malone. who returned today, says when he arrived In Aberdeen he wa Informed by K. B. Benn that Samuel Benn. well over i years old. waa out timber cruising. Malone says lia cruised all over Chehalls County but never got any clue to the timber tract being cruised by the elder Benn.. Samuel Benn Is the not the only wit ness wanted by the grand Jury who ha mysteriously disappeared. But in the waiting game the odds around the tourthouse are that the grand Jury will outlast either Samuel Benn or other disappearing witnesses when It comes to a matter of patience. When Wappensteln. convicted of bribery In connection with the opera tion of disreputable houses during the Gill administration, waa brought Into court today to be sentenced, his coun sel asked for a continuance of the pro ceedlngs until next Wednesday. Stat Ing that he expected to obtain an af fldavlt to the effect that one of hi trial Jurors expressed an opinion hos tile to Wappensteln before the trial. This affidavit would be used In an application for a new trial. The court granted the continuance. STATUS IS MADE CLEAR Attorney-General Rnlea What Cor porations Must Pay License. KALKM. Or, July 12. (Special.) In reaponae to a request from Secretary Olcott. Attorney-General Crawford has furnished him with a rule to differen tiate from charitable, religious and ed ucational corpora tloria and those cor porations which are corporations for gain. lie says that the rule as generally found by the courts Is that if corpora tions are formed for gain they are to be regarded as suoh. regardless of the business In which they are engaged. Although such business may be educa tional, the Attorney-General holds, such corporations are not entitled to the ex emption which la accorded to corpora tions formed for religious, charitable and purely educational purposes. Therefore, he holds that the annual license fee ahould be charged, regard less of the fact that the business In which the corporation Intends to en gage may be educational, unless pro visions are placed In the articles which preclude the stockholders from reap ing any pecuniary profit. HOOD RIVER SPENDS MONEY Installation of Sewers Will Cost Close to $ I 8.000. HOOD RIVER. Or.. July 12. (Special.) The members of the City Council now holding office have used every effort toward Improving the streets and sani tary condition of the city. The bids on the excavation of all the streets within the fire limits of the city, the paving and laying of concrete gutters and curbs and the construction of concrete storm sewers were opened at last night's meet ing of the Board of Aldermen. Nine firm contractors aubtnlttcd bids, on which, however, no action waa taken. The bids were referred to tie street committee for tabulating a report at tMe net regular meeting of the body. The estimated cost of the work will be between 110.000 and 145.000. Kids will be received by the Council In the early part of Auaruxt on the con struction of sew or system in different portions of the corporate limits. The estimated cost of the work of Install ing the sewers will be between 11. 000 and $11,000. EDUCATORS TO LECTURE Prominent Teachers Will' Speak at Agricultural College. OP.EOOX AGRICVLTVRAL COL LEGE. Corvallts. Or.. July 11. (Spe cial.) Th Oregon Agricultural Col lege has taken advantage of the con vention of the National Educational Association In San Francisco to secure Kaatrn educators as special lecturers for the Summer School. In the week from July 1? to 11 J. SI Greenwood. School Superintendent of Kansas City, will deliver 10 lectures on the general topic of "School Management and Su pervision. " Mrs. J. M. Greenwood will lecture daily on "Teaching Literature in the Grades. An expert In public school agriculture will conduct a dally class and another expert on rural su pervision will deliver dally lectures. County Superintendents Belt of Yam hill. Bragg of Union. Jackson of Linn, Mack of Benton, Robinson of Multno mah. Seymour of Polk. Smith of Mar lon and Welles of Umatilla will con duct dally sound tables on Oregon problems In rural supervision. BRIGHT COMET IS SEEN Director of Allegheny Observatory Reports Astral Illuminator. ' PITTSBURG, July lZ-Frank Schlesln. ger. director of "the Allegheny Observa tory, today reported that a fairly bright comet was seen Just before dawn tn the eastern sky. Its right ascension is four hours and J minutes and Its declination M degrees y minutes. It Is In the constellation of Auragla. not fsr from the bright- star CapelJa. I Publisher Would Have Clients Know Truth. ADVERTISE CASE HIS PLAN Federal Grand , Jury. Indicts Promoter on Fraud Charge. 1 JUROR SIDES WITH HIM Man Tells Court Prosecutor Is Prej udiced and ex-IIcad of Publi cations for Kair Sex Charges Ho Is Persecuted. ST. LOUIS. July 12. The Indictment today by a special grand Jury In the United States District Court of E. O. Lewis, formerly publisher of magazines and newspapers for women and the promoter of various enterprises at Uni versity City. Mo., on charges of fraudu lent use of the malls, was marked. In cidentally, by a statement In open court by one of the grand Jurors that the District Attorney waa prejudiced against Lewis and had talked with each Individual Juror. Lewis himself. In an Interview, charged that Federal officials here were trying to head off an Investiga tion of the Lewis enterprises by Con gress. Bare Pacts. Is Cry. Declaring It waa his desire that his opponents should be brought to light In his trial and that It was his belief the trial would be a drawing card. Lewis announced he was considering an effort ot get his trial set for the week of October 13, concurrently with the annual convention of the American Women"s Lesgue, of which he was the founder.- Lewis Would Advertlso Trial. "1 want everybody to hear every thing." said Lewis, "and I believe If properly advertised my trial will draw 15.0'jO women." Lewis gave newspaper reporters at the Marshal's of flee a typewritten state ment of his version of what he terms -the unremitting warfare of destruction kept up' Incessantly by certsln postal officials against the so-called Lewis en terprises." He said that 120 different pamphlets and circulars had been printed at public expense and sent broadcast to those In-' tereated in his Institutions, vlllifylng them and characterizing them as frauds. Inspectors Are Accused. Postofflee Inspectors, he said, have "threatened, misled. Intimidated and urged" these persons to make some sort of a complaint against him. The re sult, he said was that his credit had been destroyed and his business ruined, with loss exceeding $3,000,000. He replied to the various charges in tc'onciuded on Page 8.) - I. i Mf ILL UMH 1 LJ1 !'. i, ' illll Lii I WVWWX I I II I till I le JuAftRt Rushing of Early Crop to Market One Cause Shipments Spoil on Way. Eastward. STOCKTON. CaL. July 12. (Spe cial.) Growers of potatoes received a severe shock today when the fancy prices which have been paid the past two weeks for tubers were suddenly reduced from $2.60 to $1.80 a sack. Those fortunate enough to have their crop well advanced and dug In time to get the high price have made unusual profits, as potatoes can be raised at good profit at 85 cents a sack In the rea-ular season, but It usually costs more to produce early potatoes. The dealers and growers who have been studying the biff unexpected slump In price have different versions of the cause of the break. Some say the anxiety of both ' to rush early potatoes on the market cut prices, while others credit the decline to the hot weather through which the tubers would have to pass if shipped East. The unmatured potatoes already shipped are said to have been badly damaged and many sacks were re Jected. Buyers were forced out of this market and few sales were made today, YELLOW ANGERS EAGLES Orangemen's Day Ends Convention, Everett Delegates 3Iake Havoc. ABERDEEN', Wash, July 12. (Spe cial.) While being the last day of the Eagles' state convention In Hoqulam today Is also Orangemen's day. and Eagle delegates from Everett were In structed to see that the orange lily. If such a thing should be In evidence In the day. was exterminated. Distributing the green flag and evi dencing their pride for the Emerald Isle with appropriate songs, the E-erett Eagles discovered a large cloth sign In- front of one of the local soft-drink shops on which was inscribed. "Orange Phosphate." The delegates fell to and In less than three seconds the onoe highly-decorated sign was torn Into a thousand pieces. Even the gold braid on the trousers of the Rainier Lodge degree team caught the eyes of the Everett dele gation and as a consequence several members of the degree team will return to Georgetown minus a complete set of lustrous trappings. MT. HOOD TO BE CLIMBED Physical Director Grllley, of T. M C. ' " A., Will Lead Party. Physical Director Grllley. . leading members of the Y. M. C. A., will leave next Monday morning for the. annual Mount Hood "hike" and climb. Twenty-two members have signed for the trip to date. The party will go to Sandy by special car on the Mount Hood Railway. whence they will "hike" to the mountain. Cooking uten sils, hand baggage, etc., will be taken by freight wagons. Those who will make the trip will meet at 7 o'clock tonight In Mr. Grllley's office. The ascent of Mount Hood will be made on July 20 and the return to Portland made July 17. Those who have signed up for the trip are: A. M. Grllley, E. S. Ennls, G. R. Teed, Gerald Conrad, F. W. Clutterton, Clyde E. Barnes, A. H. Banks, George Schap- pert, S. E. Breghiy. ru at. jjicaensen, T. E. Lewis, M. W. Hemmeter, L. D. Bos lv. Pr. J. W. McMlcnaei. u. tr. Scott. George Babcock, H. W. Newbln, I x. W Dye. P. K. N'ewDtng, -r. Boom K. McKitrick. and D. COMING! . . .. ... ... , . . Santa Rosa's Captain Tells His Story. OWN JUDGMENT RELIED ON Passengers Kept on Ship Be cause He Thought It Best. SKIPPER GIVES REASONS Luckless Mariner Says He Feared Boats Would Capsize If People Were Transferred Dead Officer Holds Secret. I SAN FRANCISCO. July 12. Captain Farla and Third Officer Thomas, of the Santa Rosa, who were on the bridge of the wrecked steamer, told their stories of the disaster when the official Inquiry was resumed here to day by United States Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers Bolles and Bulger. Farla attributed the accident to his subordinate's failure to follow his In structions which ho said would have brought Mm on deck early and re vealed the vessel's true position, allow ing him to change the course. Thomas denied receiving such an order, which Farla said he had given to Second Of ficer Hewson to pass on when relieved at midnight Thursday. As Hewson was drowned while trying to get a life line ashore, this point may remain in doubt. Pasengers Primary Topic. The question of the grounding of the vessel, however, was made seconoary at the Inquiry to that of the care of the passengers. The of-icera sought to learn the effect of the Instructions sent by the main office of the Pacifio Coast Steamship Company, owner ot the Santa Rosa, upon th' effnduct or the master of the vessel. Farla admitted that the message in regard to the price of transiernng passengers to the steam schooners standing by, impressed him, but avoid ed a direct answer by saying he had acted independently and on his best Judgment. He Insisted that he had believed everyone was safest on board and was certain that the ship would be pulled off the spit. Farla First Witness. Faria was the first witness. He told of his orders to Hewson, given at 10 o'clock Thursday night. He said he gave at that time emphatic orders to be called at 1 o clock and also to ne told when the steamer President. southward bound, was sighted, iie wanted to be told also when the log showed they were 100 miles from Point Sur. Hewson was to pass these orders over to Thomas, when relieved at midnight. The Captain then turned In, accord- iCuncluded on Pace 3.) One Feature Is Expected to Be Chll. ' dren's Day Celebration With 25,000 In Line. PITTSBURG, July 12. (Special.) The second World's Christian Citizen conference is to be held In Portland Or., in 1913. At a meeting of the executive committee of the National Reform Association, under whose aus pices the conference will be held, this afternoon, the report of C- H. Congdon of Philadelphia, who was sent to the Pacific Coast to find a suitable place to hold the conference, was read, and his recommendation to select Portland was unanimously adopted. He said . that Portland would give $15,000 in cash and furnish an audi torium, now about to be built and which Is to cost $600,000. free for the entire week of the conference. The executive committee appropriated $5000 to the world's conferences com mittee and a committee on finances was appointed, of which Dr. J. S.. Martin was made chairman. The time set for the conference at Portland is the week beginning June 29, and one feature of the conference is to be a Children's day celebration on the Fourth of July, in which efforts will be made to have 25.000 children participate. SEATTLE BODIES AT OUTS Chamber of Commerce and Commer cial Club at Loggerheads. SEATTLE, Wash., July 12. (Spe cial.) The failure of negotiations to decide the labors of the Seattle Cham ber of Commerce and the Seattle Com mercial Club has resulted In a meeting at the Hotel Washington tomorrow night. A satisfactory solution of the situation will be sought Speculaton is rife as to the outcome of the session. Business men are weary of continued duplication of labors by these two organizations. The first proposition presented by the Commercial Club's committee to the Chamber's conference committee was at once accepted by the latter. Suppos lng that all was agreeable, the Cham ber officials awaited word of the agree ment's ratification by the Commercial Club, but with the passage of a few days, the committee from the club again asked for a conference and presented a. second agreement containing a num ber of concessions not mentioned In the first. - At last, 'when the Commercial Club wished to confer on a fifth proposition. the Chaml r committee suggested that the representatives make an effort to have the club act one way or another on the last previous agreement The meeting tomorrow probably will see a break In the Commercial Club, unless some settlement Is devised. OREGON BOOK'S AGE IS 343 Mrs. A. C. McDonald, of Portland, Has Ancient Historic Volume. An English historical work published 843 years ago is said to be one of the oldest printed books in existence In Oregon. The volume Is In the posses sion of Mrs. A. C. McDonald, living at East Fifty-sixth and East Lincoln streets. Her father, Joseph Sewell, purchased It of a stranded Englishman in New Tork City about 60 years ago. The book-was published In London in 1589 and, notwithstanding its age. Is In a good state of preservation. It Is a. history "beginning with the regime of William the Conqueror and endeth wyth our moste dread and fouraigne Queen Elizabeth." . The volume is printed in Old English and has a thick leather cpver. EXPRESS RATES REDUCED Northern Announces Change In Its Graduated Scale of Charges. SALEM. Or, July 1 2. (Special.) Word has been received by the State Railroad Commission from the North ern Express Company announcing cer tain changes in its rate classification which amounts to a reduction from the present tariffs. The reduction deals with the gradu ated scale of express charges from ex clusive offices when the article ex pressed passes over the lines of two or more express companies. Hereto fore on business destined from an ex clusive office each company assessed its local graduated charge based on merchandise rates to and from the transfer point. Under the new order the rates will be combined and the single graduate will be the charge through. REAL WILD WEST PLANNED Pendleton Will Have Big Roundup and Celebration In September. PENDLETON, Or.. July 12". (Spe cial.) Pendleton Is getting ready for a real wild west . show. While the city is preparing to entertain hundreds of visitors, from September 13 to 16, when the exhibition Is to take place, many cowboys and Indians are practicing up to give the tenderfeet a real toifchli of the atmosphere they seek. Arrange ments have been made for special rates on the railroads from all parts of Ore gon. Washington and Idaho and it is believed there will be an exceptionally large attendance. On the programme of events will be cowboy races, bron cho "busting" contestss, war dances by genuine Indians, parades and shoot ing contests. A convention of the Eastern Ore gon District Medical Society attended bv delegates from various parts of Eastern Oregon, Washington and Idaho, will be held In Pendleton at the same time. Winning of Big Con vention Celebrated. RED FIRE LIGHTS DOWNTOWN Lodgemen Parade Streets and Make Welkin Ring. DELIGHTED THRONGS YELL Impromptu Pageant In Honor ot Portland's Selection as Rendez vous for Checr-GIvlng Or der Makes City Gay. The demonstration by 500 members of the Portalnd Lodge of Elks last night, assisted, by representatives of many neighboring lodges, three brass bands, a blazing trail of red fire and a pro cession or lire and color through the principal business streets was but a sample of the festivities that will pre vail in Portland for a solid week next year when the grand lodge of Elks assembles in this city for its annual convention. - It was In celebration of the action by the grand lodge in voting unani mously to meet here next year that Portland Elks, who remained at home while the delegates and nearly 100 sup porters went to Atlantic City, planned last night's parade and Jollification. Although a purely Impromptu affair it was one bursting with enthuwlasm. good-fellowship and cheerfulness of Klkdoni. Arrangements for the parade were not started until after official advice that Portland had been selected as the next convention city were re ceived here Tuesday morning. All Help Celebrate. The word went out that the celebra tion was not to be participated in by Elks alone, but that. Inasmuch as all Portland Is to share In the fruits of the victory, everyone should Join with the lodge in its demonstration. As a result, all classes of citizens turned out. Because twilight prevented the red fire candles from displaying all their brilliancy the procession did not move from the Elks' temple at Seventh and Stark streets until after S o'clock. Headed by a squad of police under Captain Bailey, the column passed south on Seventh street, past sidewalks and curbs lined with people. Then followed the police band. Mayor Rush light and other city officials In auto mobiles and the main body of Elks. A few of the Elk officers rode in ma chines in advance of the column, but most of the lodgemen walked. They marched four abreast and those in the forward ranks carried torches of sput tering red flames. Convention Song Sung. The Jolly Elks kept up a series of cheers and shouts, interspersing their cries once in a while by singing snatches from "Portland Wants You In 1912," the song that had much to do with capturing the convention. York's military band moved at the head of a long line of automobiles con taining Elks and citizens who are not members of the lodge. The Commer cial Club had a strong delegation in line. The Chamber of Commerce and the Press Club likewise were repre sented. Members of the Rotary Club, the Retail Business Men's Club and the Ad Club rode in carriages. Several of Portland's neighboring lodges, including those at v ancouver, Wasn., Oregon City, The Dalles, Asto ria, Salem and other places were well represented. Entertainment Is Planned. Following the parade the lodgemen went to the clubrooms, where they held informal discussion on the meth ods and means of entertainment to be followed next year. While they were yet engaged In this discussion Ar nold's traveling band traversed the streets in a tally-ho. playing lively airs and' bearing a banner which, read, "Portlans Will Be Prepared to Enter tain the World in 1912." The Joy over the Elk victory is not confined to members of the lodge' alone, but to nearly everyone in Port land. By coming to Portland next year the Elks will pay their first official visit to the Northwest. Until this year no serious efforts were made to win the honor. Three years ago Seattle en tered the race at Dallas, Tex., for the 1909 convention, but withdrew in favor of Los Angeles, . which was chosen. Seattle gave its earnest support to Portland this year. San Francisco wants the convention for 1915. Many Congratulate Elks. The Elk headquarters yesterday was a busy place. Messages of congratu lation poured in from various parts of the country and callers dropped In to add their expressisons of Joy. One of the first to telegraph congratulations to' the victorious delegates at Atlantic City was William McMurray, general passenger agent of the O.-W. R. & N. Company, who prepared the first piece of advertising advancing Portland's claims for the 1912 meeting. It con sisted of an elk bead with the antlers made to represent a railroad with all (Concluded on Page 3.)