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VOL. LI NO. 15.804. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HANDS AND TEAMS ISSUE FORGED BY POOR EYES MAY BE JOHNSON DELAYS LETTER NEVER IN SEAL OF CULTURE TIS FOR HARVEST FEW PLEADS FOR KIND SECRET OF WRECK WILDE DECISION DEPARTMENT FILE E OF LORDS TO RISE AT (ME T1CRESIIKRS rtiEXTY BCT ORDI XART WORKMEN SCARCE. GEORGE" APPEARS BEFORE OFFICER OF SANTA ROSA IS EX IXYESTTGATIXG COMMITTEE. AMINED BY O Griil ST. 600 0 PUN HOUS Governor Acting as Judicial Tribunal. EXCUSE SEEMS TO BE SOUGHT Position as Appointee Helps Banker's Chances. COURSE CAUSES COMMENT rjrrs Owvcetlrd to Tlr In Proper I'orm. and Oregon Ironvutor Conu-nllon Is That Trial Is Matter for Co art. SAX FRANCISCO, July 20. Governor Johnson said today that he would give hl decision on Saturday morning In the extradition of Louis J. Wilde, the Sail Diego banker, to Portland. Or- to answer a chance of having embezzled $.000 from the Oregon Truet A Savings Bank. The reason for postponement, the Governor said. lay In the novel ques tions presented, which require further (tudy. The unusual spectacle of the Got imor of a state sitting as a court to pass not only upon the form of an ex tradition demand, but upon the sub- tance of the Judicial findings upon which the extradition Is based, has caused general comment, not only la legal circles, but throughout Fan Fran rlsro generally. Ills; QurMlon ArlM-. Whethe Governor Johnson, who has eeen conducting such a hearing, would have given several days of his time to the extradition papers bad Wilde not been a Johnson appointee, none pre sumes to sy. WUde Is a member of the State Commission appointed by governor Johnson to supervise the ex poBllture of the 1:50.609 appropriation made by the slate fur the benefit of the I'anama Canal Exposition at &aa I'lrgo. District Attorney Cameron, of Port land, has argued before Governor Johnson that the Indictments of an other state should be respected and that the extradition should be honored, the papers being In regular form. Ac- ; companylng Cameron Is TVputy heri3 Leonard, one of Portland's experienced thief-takers, ready and willing to escort Wilde back to Portland to atand trial. Assisting Cameron In the argument be fore the Governor has been Charles Jones. Assistant Attorney-Oeneral of California. But In spite of the uniform custom of Governors to honor requlsl tlon demands of other states, there Is muoh hope In the Wilde camp that Johnson will send Leonard Back empty handed and retain Wilde upon the State Commission. While no Indication has been given by Johnson how he will decide the Is sue, his demeanor and expressions at the hearing today seemed to denote a groping for an avenue by which he might Justify himself In refusing to lonor the requisition. The Governor said several tl.nes during today's hear ing that he wanted to assure himself that an crabexxiement had been com muted. lKTcrnor ALs Qnolions. As all the attorneys were In the room the Governor said he would first like to clear op a few points. He then asked District Attorney Cameron, of Portland, why so long a time had tlapsed before finding an indictment tgainst Wilde, and whether there would lave been a prosecution If WUde had lettled with Stow, the principal witness Tor the state. Cameron answered that he knew nothing about the financial .roubles between WUde and Stow, but ould say that the state did not obtain the evidence needed to Indict until lately. Ia response to the Governor's ques tion whether WUde could not obtain a .'air trial In Portland. Attorney Wilson jf that city said he thought not. De positors still blame Wilde for the bank's troubles, he found, and besides this, he feared the recall would In fluence the courts against the alleged smbexsler. I "arts -V ff Courts. It Is the contention of attorneys that the Governor his no business inquiring Into the facts of the Indict ment and that It Is for the courts of foa to say whether or not an em texsiement has been committed. Ia discussing the case District At torney Cameron said: "In the case of owttt. indicted In connection with the recking of the same bank. Governor 3hffrota.of Colorado, honored requisi tion papers In precisely a similar situa tion. Governor tha(roth said that If the form of the extradition papers was t.l risht and the Indictment regular, ae could not go behind the Indictment to Inquire Into the facts. The Governor of California has ad mitted that the papers are la proper form and that we are not here to try the case. I cannot understand, then, why we do not have our papers honored, so that we can return to Portland with Wllde." Drfendant Not Present. WUde Is not la attendance at the Critic liulsd ea fus -i Field Waco Scale tower Than Lart Season 78 Outfit Needing ? Men at Palou.x City. SPOKANE. Wash, July 20. (Spe ctaL While there are plenty of men waiting around the towns for thresh ing fob which Dr from S3.S0 to l a day. men to do shocking: and other ordinary work are scarce. Teams for harvest work, now about to begin, are also scarce. The wage scale In the harvest field paid the threshing crews Is a trifle lower than last season. In the hayf leld laborers have been paid 12 a day, while 1th the beginning of the threshing. bundle pitchers and shockers will re ceive IMS. The schedule for threshing- crews as nearly as can be estimated now will be as follow: Engineers, 15 and $1 a day: firemen, ft; sacksewers. t and i; bundle cutters. IJ; cooks. 13; buck- era. 13.60. There will be 21 threshing outfits In the country tributary to Palouse City, outfitting from this point, the largest number of machines ever brought Into the district. To man these will require more than 700 men as each outfit needs about IS hands. GOLDFISH SNUB SALMON Newly Hatched Steclheads Cause Big Stir In Aqnatlc Circles. OLYMPIA. Wash, July 20. Spe cial.) After thousands of fish had been planted In various livers ani lakes if Thurston County, the s'ate fish department had 2000 steelhead fry cn liana and these have been turrel loose In the little lagoon In Capitol Park, directly In front of the state hOJFC The addition of the young salmrn has caused much commotion In goldfish circles, as the f.t. lays Inhab itants rf the miniature lake have had thins their own way fcr years. The newscomers are too tiny to cause any trouble, being Just out of the epics, but they are a lively lot. Those that live will be fed and later moved out of the park, as the pond is a small affair and the salmon will grow to be good-slxed fish. They do not bother the goldfish and the goldfllsa let them severely alone. LOVE'S DREAM VANISHES Portland Conplo Abaudon Plan to Wed After Getting License. VANCOUVER. Wash- July 20. (Spe cial.) After having come from Portland bent on getting married, and having se cured the license from William Marshall. County Auditor. L M. Levy, 23 years old. and Miss Edna Martin. 20 years old. went out by themselves last night, and after a conference decided that they really should not be married, or that they did not have the necersary fee to pay the minister. The would-be bride groom returned to the home of Mr. Marshall and asked to have the license destroyed and his U returned. After reflecting a moment, and decid ing that the lad needed the money, the Auditor complied with his request. The couple returned to Portland. SKY-MATERS TO WIN HOME Equipment Offered to Pair Who WIU Marry In Balloon. VANCOUVER. Wash-. July 20.-(3pe- claL) To the couple who will consent to be married In a balloon 1"X feet above tne Clark County Harvest Show grounds. on the trolley line to eirton. r.u In real estate, household goods, clothes. baby buggy, cradle and the license fee and the services of a minister will be given. This offer Is made by the Clark County Fair Association as an attraction to the three days' harvest show, October i. t and C It Is likely that the only restric tion put on the offer Is that the couple must be bona fide residents of Clark County. I HONEY FAMINE THREATENS Withering of Flowers by Heat De prives Bees of Materials. TORONTO. ObU July 20. Healers In honey declare that the drought In June and early July has caused a shortage of over 1.000.000 pounds In Ontario's harvest from the hives. The practical failure of small flowering field crops Is given as the cause. The honey yield In some counties Is valueless. The average yield a year ago, accord ing to the records of the Beekeepers Association, was pounds per colony, while this year's yield will be below E0. or a total shortage of more than 1.000.000 pounds. The association has directed a sharp advance In prices. JOHN D. PIQUED BY TAXES Equalisation Board Scrutinizes Cleveland Estate on Complaint. CLEVELAND. July 10, Forest Hill. John D. Rockefeller's Cleveland estate. was subjected to the scrutinising eye of the County Board of Equalization to day. The board went out to investigate Mr. Rockefeller's contention that the tax valuation of tl.2s0.000 by this year's appraisers Is too high- Mr. Rockefeller's attorneys told the board that the valuation Is 400 per cent above th estate's taxable value. Dick-to-Dick Missive Non-Existent. MAGAZINE REJECTS STORY Revised Version Then Sold to La FoIIette Papers. ANTI-TAFT PLOT APPEARS Private Secretary of Ballinger and Fisher Tells How Woman Writer Made Only Casual Exami nation Into Facts. OLYMPIA. Wash.. July 20. The State Capital Record of this city will print the following dispatch from Ashmun N. Brown. Its Washington cor respondent, who was private secretary to Secretary Bollinger up to the time of bis resignation, and who remained n that capacity under Secretary Fisher more than six weeks. As private sec retary Mr. Brown became thoroughly conversant with the facts In the Con troller Bay affair, and therefore Is In a' position to discuss the subject au thorltatlvely. Mr. Brown says: Did Miss M. F. Abbott, of Collier's Weekly, discover among the files of the Interior Department on my desk a let- J ter implicating Charles P. Taft In the matter of opening to settlement an area on the north shore of Controller Bay, Alaska? "Did she show it to me and discuss it with me? "Did I betray great chagrin that she had found the missive? "Or did I write the letter myself, slip It Into the liles, and thereby deceive the lady? "There is Just one answer to all these questions: 'No. Extraordinary Charges Made. "After I -had written an article for the Record of last week on the Con troller Bay case, and while I was get ting some breaths of cool air at Ashe villo, N. C. I suddenly learned of the extraordinary charges that Miss Abbott had made Involving me. Then her story was three days old. I learned from various New York newspapers that the Congressional committee which Is investigating the matter was looking for me. I also learned from the same sources that I was in Seattle, and also that I was In Florida. Accord ingly I returned to Washington at once. I bad to remain about here three days before I could get the committee even to subpena me, and then it deferred my even appearing to testify for a week. Miss Abbott In her statement. printed in the Philadelphia North American, asserts that last May, while I was serving as private secretary to Secretary Fisher, of the Interior De-VI partmcnt, I showed her, by the secre tary's direction, the files and records In the Controller Bay case. , She asserts. that In going through the papers I at tempted to hold from her view a cer tain letter written by Richard 3- Ryan on July 11, 110. to Secretary Balllnger, regarding Ryan's desire to secure land on Controller Bay: that later she got ( Concludd on Pane 7.) Fur-Bearer Makes Demonstration for It Friend, Elliott, and Shrinks at Mention of Xagel. WASHINGTON, July 20. (SpecIaL) A highly educated seal. George by name, was on exhibition today before the House committee investigating the extermination of the seal herds, to raise his bark in protest, George was brought before the committee by Rep resentative Edward W. Townsend, of New Jersey, author of "Chlromie Fad den. who obtained him from a friend on St. George Island, Prlbyloff group It Is estimated that George's skin would weigh about five pounds If sep arated from him, but there Is no in tention of depriving him of the lux ury of a sealskin coat during these hot days. lie is on exhibition as a type of the extra-small seals which are being slaughtered. Not only does ha balance artistically upon his nose a ball or cornucopia, but has been taught to bark loudly and enthusiastically and flap his floppers when the name of Professor Elliott is spoken sharply and distinctly. Professor Elliott, it may be explained for the benefit of the uninitiated, is the Cleveland, O., expert on fur seal life, who has managed to secure the In vestigation which Is being conducted. When the name of Commissioner of Fisheries Bowers Is spoken In the presence of George Commissioner Bowers not sharing the views of Pro fessor Elliott the seal seeks retreat under the nearest chair and when the name of Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel Is spoken, he beats a hasty retreat to the nearest desk. When George's usefulness as a liv ing exhibit Is over he will be presented to the Zoological Park here, where two other fur seals now have their home. GOVERNOR'S S0N TOILS Edward Hay, 18, Works In Fields at $2 a Day for Summer. SPOKANE, Wash., July 20. (pe clal.) Work In the harvest field at $2 a day was started this morning by Ed ward Hay, son of Governor Hay, who. aside from his official position. .Is re puted to be in the millionaire claes. It was the intention of the Governor to keep his son. who Is 18 years old, at Olympia this Summer, but young Hay found it "too slow" at the State Capital, he says, and left for the East Side. After spending Wednesday with his uncle, E. T. Hay. in Spokane, he left at night for the Big Bend, with the an nounced Intention of hiring out as a harvest hand for the Summer. Edward Hay graduated from Shat- tuck Military Academy at Faribault. Minn, last month, at the head of his clase. MAN LIVES THROUGH BLAST Springfield Mechanic Unhurt When Locomotive Explodes. SPRINGFIELD. Or, July 20. (Spe cial.) Switch engine 2196, stationed at Springfield, was wrecked at 7:15 this morning- by an explosion In the boiler when the water supply was allowed to run too low. Mechanic L. R. Johnson, who was In the act of leaving the en gine, was bdown out of the cab door, uninjured, and four other men had left the engine Just before the explosion. Pieces of boiler plate were hurled for yards. One piece weighing four or five pounds was Imbedded four Inches In a tree 75 yards distant. HATCHING. ' ' . Veto Bill Passed, But With Amendments. INSURGENT PEERS INSISTENT . . f ,,i caucus f-avors ngnting Bauie Out With Commons. MORLEY HINTS AT ACTION Exnres?lon of Hope That Social Shock May Bo Avoided Only Reference, However, to Cre ation of Xew Barons. LONDON, July 20. Amended In par ticulars so vital that a crisis with the Commons is sure to be forced, the veto bill u passed today without division by the House of Lords. The changes made by the unjer body will be sub mitted to the lower house, and. It is thought, will be sent back next week with a demand for recession from the amendment. It is this contingency that may impel Premier Asqulth to ask the King to create enough new Barons to insure the success of the government. The situation has been foreseen ever since the Issue first arose, The "Insurgent" peers held a caucus today under the leadership of the Earl of Halsbury, and a strong feeling was expressed that If the Houee of Com mons struck otu the Lords' amend ments the Upper Chamber should insist on them, even to the extent of forcing the creation of a host of new barons. The last ditchers," therefore, have not been squared yet. so the real crisis may still artee on July 25, when the bill is returned to the House or Loraa lor final acceptance or rejection. Lord Morley In moving the adoption of the measure this afternoon disasso ciated the government from the amend ments introduced in the upper chamber. Despite all the transformation which the bill had undergone. Lord Morley naiil he hoDed and believed it would receive a third reading. He concluded "I would like to have this inevitable through without anything like a social shock. I do not mean a superficial shock, but a real wide reaching social shock." Thl was the only passage in Mr. Morley's speech which could be con strued Into a reference to the possible creation of Peers. Lord Lansdowne declared that some amendments to the bill were so senti mental, in the view of the opposition, ,! .how rtalnlv would not be Dre - pared to recede therefrom in substance so long as they remained free agents, Price of Grain Bags Soars. mi.nrvniT.T! wh .Tiilv 20. (Special.) The price of grain bags In the Klickitat Valley has been soaring for the last week. Bags are now quot ed at 9 cents, with prospects that the price will be still higher. The Farmers' Union is selling sacks to members or the organization for 7 cents, having purchased 150,000 bags In May, before the Jump In price. The. secretary of the union said today that if the union has more sacks than the members need they will be sold to farmers who are not members at the same figure. Report of Doctor on Xew Tack Taken in Investigation of Dis aster Xot Yet Known. SAN FRANCISCO, July 20. United ! States officials investigating the recent wreck of the steamer Santa Rosa on Point Arguello, Cal., struck a new scent today and started to And whether the wreck was caused by defective eyesight. To this end. Inspector Bulger or- i uereu inira uuicer i nomas, or ine Santa Rosa, who was on the bridge when the boat struck, to report at the Marine Hospital here and have his eyes examined. Thomas complied, and a sealed report from hospital authorities j was submitted to the Inspectors. ml . .i i . he saw the Point Argueiio lights only when three miles away and then mistook them for ship lights. Other mariners testified that the lights were visible for six miles the night the Santa Rosa struck. RAPIDS SHOT ON PLANK Heckless Los Driver Makes Perilous Descent on Dare. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., July 20. (Special.) The first man ever to shoot the rapids of Klamath River was Jack Lilly, a river log driver, who made the perilous trip down a gorge that falls nearly 100 feet In less than a half mile, last Monday, with nothing under him but a plank. Drivers employed to shoot logs down from the Upper Klamath Lake to Lake Ewauna for a lumber company had de clared that no man could go down the rapids and live. When Illy asserted that he could shoot the cascades on a board, his mates laughed at him. This nettled the log man and securing 12-inch bridge plank, he launched it at the head of the river and floated out into the stream. His companions tried to stop him after they saw he was determined to ntrpmnt the darlnir feat, but he would no(. deslst and for hai a mlIe he was I htlMl own stream over boulders and thrnh thB roamine- water at break- neck spee(L He flnaiiy landed below the worst of tne rapids none the worse fop nig experience. his feet still firmly planted on the board. MERRY DOZEN ARE FINED Medford Police Kaid Fun Makers at Gambling Game. MEDFORD, Or., July 20. (Special.) In a raid by Medford police 12 negroes were arrested last night charged with dis turbing the peace. Ten of them were fined J10 by Municipal Judge Canon. The other two are serving sentences. For several weeks there has been con slderable disturbance in the neignoor- hood of the dwelling of Will Vauhn, ni,irl and nelehbors finally com plained. Last night the police waited until the fun was at us inuco. I then raided the place, capturing the 12 and a gamDiing uumi vl and poker chip,. G. Bills. J. Jones, a. uyer, r. jonn son. Will Vaughan, Bert Jones, A. S. I M acker. J. w . itoss, w. v imams, H. A. Roes and William Jones, FLAG HONORS DEAD INDIAN Governor west inaoie to eay Whether Law Is Violated. SALEM. Or.. July 20. (Special.) Be- rjjnsa f Peterson, owner of a hotel at Grand Ronde, is alleged to have placed the American flag at hair mast to oo- serve the death of a "common Indian, E. L. Bolsee, of Grand Konae, nas wni ten to Governor West asking the ex ecutive If there is not some law which will extend to Peterson. Bolsee said that Peterson lowered tne flag when an ordinary Indian became ... j V- . t ..... .. .!,(. a good inaiim, ana ts ucuc.ca . to be almost on the verge of sacrilege. Th. Governor has responded that the question is altogether too weighty a nnt in a lecal way for him to decide, and has turned the entire question over to the Attorney-General lor mat oni cial to pass an opinion on it. VALDEZ IN FLOOD PERIL Hot Weather Melting Glaciers Turns Alaska Streams Into Torrents. VALDEZ, Alaska. July 20. The hot weather continues and the glaciers are melting at a phenomenal rate, con verting the glacial streams into tor rents. A creek that flows through Valdez last night tore out 40 feet of dyke. Inundating four blocks in the south end of to-n. Women in the houses were carried out on the backs of men and taken to hotels. The damage thus far has been chiefly to streets, sidewalks and small frame buildings. If normal weather returns the flood will be checked at once. MISS CLIMBS 20,000 FEET Annie Peck Ascends Two Peaks of Giant Peruvian Volcano. LIMA. Peru, July 20. Miss Annie S. Peck, the American mountain climber, accompanied by Carl Volkmar and five Peruvians, ascended two peaks of the volcano Coropuna on July 16. The Coropuna is one of several giant volcanoes in Southern Peru, the eleva tions of which are variously given at from 18,000 to 20,000 feet. Chicago Packers Take Peninsula Site. BUILDING PLANS UNDER WAY Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Announce Big Plans. i STOCKYARD SHARES TAKEN Lehman Levy, Construction Enci ncer of Important Firm, Approves Place Chosen Xear Swift Prop- j erty City to Be Center. ! Official announcement of the imme. diate construction of a packing plant on the Peninsula to cost $600,000 was made yesterday by Lehman Levy, gen eral construction engineer for Schwarz child & Sulzberger. Mr. Levy spent the day in inspect ing the situation relative to shipping facilities and stockyard accommoda tions. Selection of the ten-acre tract, just south of Swift & Company's plant, aa the sits for the proposed Schwarzchild t& fcuizDerger plant met with Mr. Levy a approval as being adequate for the op. eratlons of the Chicago packers. Tentative plans for the various buildings have been drawn by one ol the company's packing-house archi tects in Chicago. According to Mr. Levy, It will be necessary to make only minor changes in the plans. As soon as the new plans are approved the company will proceed with the con struction of the plant with all rea sonable speed. City's Position Wins Plant. It Is the purpose of the company to install a plant that is modern in all details. While the plant will not be as large as some of the company's Eastern establishments, it will be the largest and best equipped of any on the Pacific Coast. One of the important features of the enterprise will be the preparation of products for transporta tion to foreign markets. The strategic location of Portland aa a shipping center and as a common point for the assembling of stock from the Northwestern States was the chief. factor which won the plant for this city. It Is expected that a part of the plant will be ready for use by the first of next year. Until the buildings are ready, the company will continue to operate at Its temporary location at the Zimmerman plant in South. Port, land. Stockyard Shares Obtained. By an arrangement made between Frank Sulzberger and Louis Swift, the company has obtained ownership of 25 per cent of the stock In the Union Stockyards Company and title to about ten acres of land. This plan places Schwarzchild & Sulzberger on an equal basis with Swift & Company in the operation of their business here. The entrance of Schwarzschlld & Sulz berger into the Northwest territory is considered not only of great Importance to Portland's Industrial situation, but also to the fact that it will stimulate the stock-raising Industry In Oregon ts considerable extent. Since the Union Stock Tarda was established in Portland, one of the notable effects has been in creating an open market for livestock. With Schwarzschlld & Sulzberger operat ing In Portland, It is believed that th competitive market will be made much stronger, with the result that the Puget Sound buyers will be eliminated from the Oregon field altogether. Representatives Long Here. The company has had representative! in Oregon for more than two years. On the showing made by them the Chi cago packers became Interested in th situation here. Mr. Levy said yesterday that the possibilities for a great live stock center in Portland were enormous. He believes that eventually Portland will become the base for the livestock trade with all of the Important Paclfio markets on both hemispheres. "I have found the situation here ex tremely favorable for our plant," said Mr. Levy. "We feel that we are wanted by your people, but we are even more anxious than are the citizens of Port land to get established in this city. For that reason we will proceed with the construction of the plant with all reason able speed. In fact, the work on tha foundations for the buildings will be started before the present plans are revised. Plant to Be Complete. "We will build a complete packing plant with all the necessary buildings and equipment. The plant will be fully as big as the Swift property, and will represent an Investment of between $500,000 and $600,000. We have 10 acres on which to construct the buildings. "Our company has for some time re garded Portland as a most desirable and logical field for a plant of the pro portions we shall build. There is no question but that Portland has wonder ful commercial possibilities. We are coming to your city amply prepared and equipped to participate in your business activities and to share with you the prosperous conditions prevailing in your oitiV"