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Jfl Jtttll JJWtW PORTLAND. PRECOX, SATURDAY, , JULY 15, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LI NO. 1,P3- ; . " i . . . i . .nil I n a M IO rr ADrnnw Innrr nrrin nnrnn BLOOD SPOTS MAY PORTLAND SHRINER FRAUD ATTACKED BY MOB CROWD MAKES MISTAKE AND DR. NEWCASTLE SUFFERS. RHURCFn S. H SHU H MAT c'S 't" tup Wirt NtM VIM WAR CLAUSE IIIIIIIIIILU - I I U I I t- lJ I I niUN - ------ I U Ul 1 I W I I I I 1 I L w. ...... lUUiilTLn i Lnnu SOLVE MURDERES Clews Lead to Arrest of Portland Man. lOUHflY TO REPORT OF FEDERAL CONTROL LER IS OPTIMISTIC. FORBIDDEX TO SPEAK, WOMEX SET TALKS TO MUSIC. WIGKERSHAM IS NOT IN TREATY Anglo-Japanese Pact - Favors Peace. UNITED STATES IS GAINER Britain Free to Arbitrate Without Restraint. SIGNATURES ARE AFFIXED Clause Tmlrr Which Cousins Across Atlantic Would Hare Taken Vp Arm Against American Is Omlttrd. LONDON. July 14- A revised Angio Japanes treaty vii signed In London yesterday. The fourth clause corro borates tho Associated Press corecast from Tcklo. July 11. In which It was (aid tht Great Britain proposed to modify the clause rrovldlnir mutual as sistant In the event of war. making the provision Inapplicable In the event that either party to the agreement was fta-htlng a nation with whom the other had con.-Iuded a general arbitration treaty. The treaty Is to run for 10 years from date. The treaty replaces the treaty of al liance, and the preamble says the step Is taken because of changes In the sit uation since the agreement of alliance was sinned. The .only other change from the wording of the original treaty Is the amission of article S. regarding Japan's paramountry In Cores. By an exchange of notes England and Tapan have prolonged for two years trticle 5. of the Anglo-Japanese com mercial treaty, so far as concerns Can ada. Objectionable) Clause Revoked. The Anglo-Japanese treaty, which rives way to the revised treaty en :ered Into Thursday, was signed at London on August 1 5. 105. It pro vided for the maintenance of the ter ritorial rights of the high contracting parties In the regions of Eastern Asia and of India and the defense of their peclal Interests in those regions. Article two. of special Interest to the United Slates, reads: "If by reason of unprovoked at tack or aggressive action whenever arising on the part of any other power or powers, either contracting party should be Involved In war In defense of Its territorial rights or special In terests mentioned In the preamble of this agreement, the other contracting" party will at once come to he assist ance of Its ally, and will conduct the war In common and make peace In mutual agreement with It." Arbitration Made Pot.lbIe. This clause made it possible that In :he event of war between the United States and Japan the arms of Great Britain wonld be turned against Its cousins on this side of the Atlantic To make Impossible such a contin gency a revision of the treaty has been urged In high places and an Associated ress dispatch from Toklo on July 11 set forth that Japan, being convinced that a war with the United States was beyond belief, readily agreed to such a nullification of the treaty as would make possible a permanent arbitration treaty between England and America. CAR-NKG1K Fl FINDS FSE Teac With Japan to Be Encouraged by Education. NEW TOP.K. July It. The custo dians of the $10,000,000 Carnegie Peace Foundation announced today a cam paign of popular education to establish friendlier relations between the United States and Japan. The division of in tercourse and education has arranged an exchange "to give to each people better knowledge of the other and to help build up a public opinion In both countries that will resist all attempts to arouse antagonism." Under this plan. Dr. Inaso NltobL. president of the first high college of Toklo. and one of Japan's foremost educators, will be brought here early In October, to spend about six weeks each at Brown University. Columbia. Johns Hopkins and the Universities of Virginia. Illinois and Minnesota, lec turing on Japanese nistory ana cur rent problems. The following year "a distinguished American." will be sent to Japan on a similar errand. FRANCE IS IV TREATY MOOD Agreement Similar to One With Great Britain Early Feasibility. WASHINGTON. July It-France, It a-as announced. ! virtually ready to ilgn a genersl arbitration treaty with the United States, similar to the one srith Great Britain. As the conventions must be signed In Washlngten. where they originate, such a programme would necessitate a slight d.-ay in order to await the return to til eaoltai of Ambassador Juesaraad. Dentist Wearing Lodge Garb Taken for Chauffeur of Auto That Fa tally Hurt Xew York Child. Mistaken for a chauffeur because of his Shrlners garb. Dr. C. C Newcastle, a pioneer dentist, who lives at 600 Wetdler street, waa seised by an angry crowd of Italians when hie automobile ran down an Italian child In New York. Thursday, and was roughly handled. The police arrived barely In time to save him from worse treatment, accord ing to a telegram from Dr. Newcastle received here. The child waa so se verely Injured that It died shortly after being struck- Following the close of the ffhrlners convention at Rochester, which Dr. Newcastle attended, he want to New Tork. accompanied by Mrs. Newcastle and a party of friends. In a tour of the city the automobile In which they were riding ran Into a crowd of Italian children who were playing In the street and knocked down one. The baggage of the party hui been delayed, ana ur. Newcastle was UU wearing the Shrln ers" uniform In which he had attended the convention. nniv the oulck arrival of the police saved him from serious Injury. He Is being held In New York as a witness In the case, according to the telegram. FRIENDLY JOURNEY FAR Tuttle Going 10,000 Miles to Spend Few Daja Above Arctic Circle. SEATTLE, Wash, July 14. (Spe cial.) "To visit an old friend for a day or two and see a little of the old conn try up North," aa lie expresses It. Cap f.m s-rancla Tuttle. for many years commander of the revenue cutter Bear, In Bering Sea waters, will sail for tne North on the steamship Senator July 20. to continue his voyage from Nome by whaler to the far northwest coast of Alaska, where the Ice breaks up In August and freexes In September. Dr. G. B. Griggs. Princeton graduate, physician, ex-mlsalonary and now an Arctic trader. Is the friend whom Cap tain TutUe goes to visit. In years gone by. when the Bear waa In service of protecting seals In Bering Sea and en forcing the law of Uncle Sam beyond the Arctic Circle. Captain Tuttle made yearly visits to the etatlons at" Cape LIsburne and Point Hope, where Dr. nutu hts home. During these annual visits the Captain and trader be came fast friends Captain Tuttle will be able to spend only a week or 10 days at the home of his friend, for the open season Is so short that whalers and revenue cutters only reach there for a short time dur ing August. If no ship touches at the points to bring him back to Nome. Cap tain Tuttle knows that the natives will carrr him down In their boats. His trip will cover more than 10.000 miles. 80-BUSHEL WHEAT FOUND Government Completes Threshing 4 00 Varieties of Grain. CHICO. Cal, July 14 (Special.) The threshing of 400 varieties of grain . ..... v Amntefed at the Gov- nas ju.fc wren - " ernments big plant introduction gar dens at this place, says Beagles. Some varieties of wheat yleld . -. ... . r en kushels to the acre. This Is about twice the average yield of common wheat throughout Califor nia's gralngrowlng district. The vari eties producing especially heavily are Frletes and Chul wheats. H- F. Blanch xd Is the expert In charge of experi ments In this department. The propagation arfd budding of de ciduous fruits are now being followed. Corn breeding Is also under way. The distribution of plants Is on. The pis tachio nut. which Is largely used by f.tlnnora. Is being shipped to New man. Fresno and other plants. . - . - 1 I . . . T t water system was micij iui"i on the grounds and electric power and lights are in do m...-..". tional facilities for propagating a greater variety of plants, including many varieties of cactus, are being pro vided. BANK CLEARINGS GAIN Record of Week Shows Increase of S.2 Per Cent Over Last Year. Bank clearings for the week ending yesterday showed slight gains over the volume of business fc the correspond ing week of last year In PortUnJ. Se attle and San Francisco. Los Angeles headed the list ot Pacific Coast cities with a ga'n of J4.6 per cent. Portland's clearings were $11.05T,000. with a gsln of 1.1 per cent, and Seat tle's were $13,179,000, with gain of 3.7 per cent. This Is the first tlmo that Seattle has made as good a gain as Portland within the psst year. BAILEY MAY ASK RELIEF Texas) Senator at Out With Col leagues on Committee. WASHINGTON. July 14. Because of variance between his views and the views of Democratic colleagues on the tariff. Senator Bailer, of Texas. Is said to be thinking of asking to be re lieved from duty on the finance com mittee, for a time at least. He de clined today to say' whether he would resign from the committee. He has been suffering from an In flamed eye which he fears might pre vent Ms being able to give sufficient attention to tariff matters. House Committe Will Favor Inquiry. ALASKAN DELEGATE ACCUSES Attorney-General Said to Have Aided Offenders. PROSECUTION IS DELAYED Evidence, of Crime by Agents of Syndicate Said to Have Been Suppressed Until Too Late for Prosecution. WASHINGTON. July 14. After secret consideration of charges made by Dele gate Wlckersham. of Alaska, that Attorney-General Wlckersham deliberately permitted the statute of limitations to run against agents of the Alaska syndi cate who defrauded the Government, through perjury, to the extent of $50,000. the House committee on Judiciary has determined to report favorably a reso lution of Inquiry offered by Delegate Wlckersham. The resolution would call upon the Attorney-General to furnish the House with all documents, affidavits and testi mony in his possession relating to an affidavit submitted to him more than a year ago and sworn to by H. J. Douglas, ex-audltor of the Alaska syndicate. Affidavit Startles' Committee. Delegate Wlckersham startled the committee when. In executive session, he produced a copy of an affidavit relat ing to an alleged criminal act. com mitted by Captain D. H. Jarvla. of the Alaskan syndicate, and formerly promi nent in the Government revenue cutter service, who committed suicide in Seat tle on June t. the day following the In troduction of the Wlckersham resolution calling for production of the papers in the case, and by John H. Bullock, of the John J. Sesnon Coal Company, of Nome, Through connivance of these men. It was charged, the Government was de frauded on coal contracts, and evidence to that effect was permitted to remain unacted upon by the Attorney-General's office for more than a year until the statute of limitations expired last May. Photographic Copies Shown. Delegate Wlckersham furnished the committee with photographic copies of a letter from the attorney for the Alaska syndicate to D. H. Jarvls, ad mitting the expenditure of money to control Government witnesses In the Hasey murder trial in 1908, wherein an agent of the Alaska syndicate was ac cused of murdering laborers employed by rival Interests during the construc tion of a railroad In Alaska. A photograph of an expense account for 11133.40 of M. B. Morrlsey, em ployed by the syndicate. It Is asserted, to entertain Government witnesses ana Jurymen In that connection, also was submitted to the committee. This evi dence. Delegate Wlckersham declared. Is In the possession of the Attorney General. Delegate Wlckersham urged on the Judiciary committee the Douglas affidavit Involving the representatives (Concluded on Pag 2.) HOW IT "Doughnut Campaign" In Los Ari geles Parks Opened In Defiance of City Authorities. LOS ANGELES. July 14. Women suf fragists. Informed a day or two ago that they could not conduct their "doughnut campaign" In city parks If they delivered votes for women speeches, got around the prohibitive ordinance last night by setting their speeches to music and sing ing them. The opening of the "doughnut cam paign." as their picnic meetings are called, occurred in Hollenbeck Park un der the auspices of the Wage-Earning Women's Suffrage League. It was. In effect, a defiance of the police and Park Board. The women served doughnuts and tea under the leadership of Sirs. Frances Noel and sang their pleas for enfran chisement to the men guests. Every minute, the leaders said, they expected the police to appear, but no khaki-clad officer put In appearance. The women today expressed their be lief that while speeches may be for bidden, musical pleas for votes In the city parks are not to be considered cause for arrest TWAIN ESTATE $471,136 Trunkfnl of Manuscript Not In cluded In Appraisals. NEW TORK, July 14. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) left actual property worth $471.1315. An appraisal of his estate today places this value on se curities and real estate bequeathed to his only surviving child, Mrs. Gabrllo wltch. when he died, on April 21, 1910. Clemens left no real estate In New Tork. The value of his personal es tate here was $29.746. This does not Include a trunkful of manuscripts, the value of which is not specified in the appraisal. The largest item In the schedule Is CO shares of the Mark Twain Company, valued at 1200.000. The author's prop erty In Connecticut, where he owned an estate at Redding, the place of his death. Is valued at 1174.390. Outside of the real estate. It consists of mining. Industrial and railroad stocks. The books In his house at Redding are valued at 12000. FIVE-CENT FARE UPHELD Washington 6npreiue Court Decides In Favor of Seattle Folk. OLTMPTA. Wash.. July 14. (Special.) In a decision handed down today the Supremo Court affirms the King County Superior Court In the case of the State ex reL J. A. Dennlson, against the Se attle. Itenton & Southern Railway, in which the lower court Issued a writ of mandate directing the streetcar com pany to haul passengers Inside the city limits of Seattle for B-cent fares. The court -says the company operates over the streets of Seattle under a fran chise granted by the city and therefore the B-cent fare is valid, even if the city limits have been extended since the franchise was granted. The same ruling was made In the Fernhlll case from Tacoma. Suicide Preferred to Starvation. SEATTLE, July 14. The body of G. A. Koske. aged 40. a mechanic of this city, was found yesterday on a sandbar of the Skykomish River. He had been working at Scenic and left that place on March 31 to hunt in the dense woods of the mountains. It is supposed that he became lost and. threatened with death by starvation, committed suicide by drowning. His clothes were found 30 feet from the river bank. FEELS BEING ON THE JOB JUST OL eT e7UI I. 1 I I I I 1 1 i M ' mit In" rr-je. n 1 I . TWO TRAGEDIES ARE LINKED Coble and Hill Outrages Are Held Work of Same Man. FINGER PRINTS ARE FOUND Marks of Murderer's Hands and Patch on Sole of Shoe May Bring Slayer to Justice Cathey Brothers Trace Evidence. I Slaying of the Hill family here June 8, and tne assassination of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Coble, In Rainier, Wash., last Monday, are connected by Dr. G. A. Cathey and his Drotner, C. C, Cathey, who Investigated both cases.- Footprints of the murderer are Iden tical, the width of his hand aa shown In bloodstains is the same and both crimes were committed with striking similarity. Tracing of bloodstains by the Cathey brothers at Rainier yesterday led the investigators to the room of Swan Pe terson, a section hand, where other bloodmarks were found. Peterson waa arrested at Mocker Junction yesterday, and is held at Tacoma for the murder of Coble and his bride of a year. Evidence Awaits Call. Cathey brothers are awaiting call to submit their evidence, which they say Is conclusive. At tho Coble homo, footprints left by a man walking on tiptoe were found, and comparison with footmarks found at the scene of tho Hill murder indi cate that thoy are the imprints of the same man. The man's stride in each caso Is 11 inches, and the width of the shoe in bota cases is 34 inches. " Bolstering the" evidence supplied by the footprints, the width of the hand of the murderer aa traced at the scenes of both murders is identical. Added to this, Cathey brothers declare they have sufficient finger marks to make a mi croscopical examination of the lines to compare them with the digit marks of the prisoner held in Tacoma as the murder suspect. Slayer's Imprints Found. Soon after the Hill murder, Dr. Cathey and his brother removed the window sills and dpor casings from the scene of the quadruple crime and from them obtained blood imprints by th amplication of a liquid which has the peculiar virtue of bringing out a bluish-green tint wherever a blood stain has been left. On the sills and casings were found several imprints of the murderer's hand. These are said to be Identical with the hand Imprints said to have been left by Peterson In several places about the hotel at Rainier where he roomed. The murderer at both places walked tiptoed and In the Coble case a patch on the sole of one shoe Is shown. Peter son, the man held for the crime, had (Concluded on Pasa 2.) NOW. 1 mm mi nil in Both National and Other Institutions Gain' in Chief Items of Assets and Liabilities. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 14. In contrast to the banks of most other Western states. Oregon's 77 National and 168 other banks show aggregate and material gains during the past year, accord ing to the statement Issued by the Controller of the Currency today. This statement gives the principal of assets and liabilities of 246 Na tional and other banks In Oregon on June 7, 1911, as compared with the figures for June 30, 1910. In all but one Instance Oregon reports a gain. The table showing the increases separately for the National and for the other banks in Oregon is: 77 16S Nat. bks. other bks. Aggregate asmets $75,059,270 $67,941,703 Loans and discounts. 37.20rt.02-4 35.508. Bonds, etc 12.6fl9.9S9 B.B1I2.U92 Cash in bank H. 199.928 6.171.022 Capital 7.731.000 7.S12.707 Surplus and profits.. 4.808.947 3,19.1.072 Individual deposits . . 47.3a9.S:;3 S3.2S2.1S5 In his recapitulation, the Controller shows the total for all banks and the Increase over 1910 as follows: Total. IncreaFe. Aggregate assets . . .$143,000,1175 S4.748.S03 Loans and discounts. 72.715.0B0 8.430.130 Bonds, etc 22.392.0Kl .!34.B.j6 Cash In bank 15,673.950 2.267.S.-.5 Capital 15.1S3.707 582.613 Surplus and profits.. 8,004.019 1.113.931 Individual deposits .. 100,672,023 2,547,613 FIRST QUERY: 'WHO WINS?' Fans In Far-Ofr Prlhyloff Islands Get Wireless Luxury. SAN FRANCISCO, July 14. (Spe cial.) The United States Government employes on the Pribyloff Islands are rejoicing today because they have been connected with the outside world by means of the wireless telegraph. And the first news that they asked to be flashed over the waves was: "Get us the standing of the clubs In the big leagues."- This request was quickly followed by another one of the same kind, as they had been without baseball gossip so long they could not get enough of the fodder on which so many thousands of fans feast every day. Not until the operator at Honolulu had exhausted his supply of baseball knowledge did the men on the Island of St. Paul permit him to Inform them of the important ftappenings in the political and com mercial worlds. Navy electricians and , wireless ex perts had been sent north by the Gov ernment on board the United States ship Buffalo to install a wireless sta tion on the Island of St. Paul. With tho aid of tho wireless station tho fans on these lonely islands will now be able to keep tab on their favorite club m the race for the pennant. GRAIN BAGS RUN' SHORT Price of Few on Iland Soars, and Farmers Are Worried. T-ATT.A WAT.T.A. Wash.. JulV 14. (Special.) With grain bags at 8 cents and hard to get at that price, farmers fear they will have a shortage here this year that may cause damage be fore it ends. There are few sacks now in the city and the penitentiary output is contracted for a month in advance. Hope of relief from Portland has vanished with reports from there that the amount held is small. It Is be lieved there will be no relief until importations can be made. Local dealers yesterday shoved the price to 8 cents and the State Board of Control notified the penitentiary officials soon afterwards that the price at that place should be raised. This makes the fourth raise in price this year and It is expected that others will follow. RAILROAD BRIDGE UNSAFE Heavy Trains Barred on Spokane Structure Pending Repairs. OLYMPIA. Wash., July 14. (Spe cial.) Finding that the bridge of the Spokane & International Railroad over the Spokane River in Spokane Is un safe, the Public Service Commission sent a telegraph order to the superin tendent of the road today condemning the structure and directing that no trains be allowed to cross it faster than 10 miles an hour: that all engines of more than 145 tons and cars with a tonnage in excess of 120,000 pounds be kept off. , Notice of the repairs needed to make the structure safe will be sent later. This is the first telegraph order ever entered by the Commission. CANADA REPRIEVES WOMAN Mrs. Xapolitano Xot to Be Hanged, but Imprisoned for Life. OTTAWA. Ont., July 14. The Cabinet commuted to life imprisonment today the sentence of death passed upon the Italian, woman. Angelina Napolitano, for the murder of her husband at Sault Ste. Marie. Mrs. Napolitano, who killed her hus band April 8, alleged at her trial that she killed him because he tried to force her into an immoral life for his finan cial benefit. She was convicted, despite her plea of Justification, and was sentenced, to be hanged August 9 next, about 12 days after she expects to become a mother for the fifth time. Wealthy Nevada Man Defeedant. WEDDINGTRAP.AVERSHUSBAND Mrs. Minnie Taylor Desires Annulment Set Aside. TRIAL IS AT OREGON CITY Gold field Man Who Sold Mine for $(2,500,000 Left Her in Europe With 40 Cents, Says Woman. Ho Says She Was Fraud. OREGON CITY, July 14. (Special.) Wearing a lace dress, for which she is said to have paid $1200, Mrs. Minnie Taylor sat today in the County Court room and listened while attorneys ar gued her motion before Circuit Judge Eakin to have set aside the annulment of her marriage obtained here by her husband, Charles Davenport Taylor, a wealthy Goldfleld mining man. Husband and wife came together face to face today In the courtroom for the first time since they parted In Europe soon after their marriage. At that time, Mrs. Taylor declares, he deserted her, leaving her with only 40 cents. Woman Criticised by Lawyer. Mrs. Taylor seemed deeply interested In the proceedings and frequently con ferred with her attorneys,. Flegel & Reynolds, concerning details of the trial. George C. Brownell, who appeared for Mr. Taylor, declared that the mar riage was the result of misrepresenta tion and fraud. Mr. Brownell spoke for more than two hours and criticised Mrs. Taylor severely. Mr. Taylor, before the discovery of the Goldfleld mines, had little money. He had passed much of his life in Alaska and Labrador, and for years did not see a white person. He was the discoverer ot the famous Red Top Mine at Goldfleld, his interest in which he' sold for $2,500,000. He . appeared in court today with his attorney. Wife Seeks $2500 Monthly. Mrs. Taylor maintains that she did not learn that her husband had ob tained an annulment of their marriage here on the ground of fraud last Sep tember until after she had sued him at Santa Ana, CaL, for $2500 a month main tenance. She received the news of the annulment, she says, when a petition was filed at Santa Ana asking that the maintenance suit be transferred from the Superior Court to the United States District Court in Los Angeles. Attor neys called attention to the fact that the defendant lived outside the state and the case was removed to the Federal Court. That he was an alien, a subject of the King of Dngland and a resident of British Columbia, was alleged by Taylor in his petition, which was sworn to by him In San Francisco on March 10. It was in the petition of T. Russel Joy, who bad been sued by Mrs. Taylor for the annulment of deeds given him by Taylor to Santa Ana property valued it $25,000, that Mrs. Taylor declares she learned that her husband had obtained the annulment. Husband's Gifts Costly. Mrs. Taylor alleged that the deeds were transferred to defeat any move ment she might make -to compel her millionaire husband to support her. Joy in an affidavit declared that Mrs. Tay lor's marriage was annulled before she brought suit, and she could not, as a wife, tie up Joy's property in a main tenance suit against lior husband, no matter how the deed was made from Taylor to Joy. In praying that the annulment be set aside and the case reopened, Mrs. Taylor avers she was not served with summonses when the suit was filed. She is asking now for the abrogation of the annulment that she may again file suit for mainten ance of $2500 monthly. Taylor Is said to have spent almost $500,000 on his wife, one of his gifts being a mansion. Judge Eakin; who care here from Astoria especially to try the Taylor case, reserved his decision. Mr. Taylor is said to have met the woman who later became his wife shortly after the sale of his fnine. Her maiden name was Minnie Terwllliger and she had been living in San Fran cisco. LIVESTOCK TRADERS HIT Court Orders Exchange to Stop Boy cott of Independent Operators. KANSAS CITY, July 14. An order restraining the members of the Trad ers' Livestock Exchange at the Kansas City Stockyards from boycotting in dependent operators or doing anything that would be in restraint of trade was made by Judge Thomas in the Circuit Court here today. The members of the exchange are by the order given until September 9 to abrogate Rule 10, which provides that any member of the exchange who sells or buys cattle from an Independent op erator shall be subject to expulsion. 1