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TAFT SAYS HE
WAS RIGHT IN
Thing Most Needed by
Territory Is De
velopment. GOOD POLICY IS OBSERVED
tio Privileges Conceded in En
largement of Grant at
Controller Bay.
0!GK TO DICK' NOTE WICKED
Charles P. Taft Never Inter
ested in Subject.
WANTON MALICE IS SCORED
Corrupt Acquisition of Undue Rights
Most Be Prevented, but Pro
gress of Territory I Enti
tled to Retard.
CB.4HAM f-OTDEMEI FOB TAtL-
io to rvmacK roKosn.
ORCGOK1AX NEWS BUREAU.
Wiifiln rtaa. July 2. president
Tsft'e massasw t Cengrs traae
snttr'ng th Comtrott.r Bay ease
e!eera an imr aaeatlal polat In
volved, mt. that It do Bet as
l!ah the IdeaMty ef tL parson b
fcr(t tba TMck-o-Dlrk letter.
The iiiimn nak.a tnrth.r Investi
gation by Oraham's committee fa
til. salens that cemzn Ittee caa be
forred nta purpc tae forger.
Dnrtag geaeral debate ea the eat
tea bi:l la th. IImm several scath
In a ifKhti win ba delivered, la
whkk Ore hem will ba condemned
for sunpreastoa af tba Inquiry tba
wilaote tba bottom began ta fall out
of tba Controller Bar emsa. It la
hiw4 BOW that Oraham srwught
bM tneenlsntloa ta a close aa aaoa aa
ba Bat aa adfaaca cap at tba Pree
deat'e mesaise. early last tat
Strong efforts will ba mada by
Repobtmaa of tha Heose ta ferca
Graham ta rnmi aad eeaclade
wbat ba starts.
WASHINGTON. July 2. President
Taft ant a special nnuti to tha Sen.
ta today. shouldering" full responstbll
It j- for opening for settlement and d
velopmeet lS.Iv acres of tha Chugach
National Foraat Reserve In Alaska aa
Incident which has coma to ba know
as tha "Controller Bay affair."
In concluding. It brands tho now fa'
mfljs "Dtck-to-DIck" postscript as a
-w Irked fabrication." and says that
Charles P. Taft. whose nam appeared
en tha alleged postscript, "has no Inter.
est In Alaska, never had. and knows
nothing of the circumstances connected
with this transaction."
Moreover, the President adds. Ms
brother does not j ran remember thst hs
aver met Richard 8- Ryan, representing
tha Controller Railway A Navigation
Company.
' No Monopoly Is Fonwlble.
As for eliminating th Fand In que
tlon from tho reserve, th President
sajrs that there Is no danger of th
Controller Railway dt Navigation Com
paay or any other Interests monopolts
tng th field, and nothing to show thst
this company la In any way connected
with th Morgan-Guggenheim Interests.
Hence, he believes that in eliminating
the land he has acted for th best Inter
ests of th Nation.
1 wtah to b as specific as poasiV
upon this point." says th President,
"and to say that I slon am responsible
for th enlargement of th proposed
elimination from 1.9 acres to 1I.S0O
acres, and that I proposed the Changs
and stated my reason therefor. Th
thing which th Territory of Alaska
needs Is development: and wher rights
and franchise can he properly granted
to enccurag Investment and construct
a railroad without conferring exclusive
privileges. I believe It to be In accord
ance with good policy to grant them."
Accompanying th President's mes
sage ar documents, reports and maps
bearing on th case, as request! from
Mm by a Senate resolution of June J7
last.
Project Is Indorsed. '
Th President relates how Ryan. rep.
resenting .th Controller Railway aV
Navigation Company, applied In 1J0I
fnr th elimination of a tract ta enable
this company to secure railroad tor
mineral, etc. Th application was re
ferred to th Forestry Bureau, and then
to th Navy Department, with a view
that perhaps the Navy deetred to use
(Coacladed aa face i
ALASKA ORDERS
BUNCO GAME EASY
FORCULDESACMAN
VISITOR FROM IDAHO MAKES
SHARPERS GASP.
Frontiersman Lets San Franciscans
Win Coin. Then Calmly Takes '
It Away From Them.
SA.V FRANCISCO. July 26. (Special.)
T. D. Pentier. a recent arrival from
Culdesac, Idaho, fell Into the hands
of a pair of bunco men this afternoon.
He plsyed their game. lost his money.
and then took tha coin away from
them.
Pentser was standing at the ferry
building when two pleasant-spoken
men approached and asked blm If he
would not Ilk to visit th Oakland
shipyards. Pentser had nothing els
In view, and th trio took th next
boat for th other side of th bsy.
The-e was no talk of the shipyard
after th trio landed. Pentser was
taken at once to an apartment-house,
wher a roulette wheel was brought
into p. ay. Pentser believed that th
wheel was on he had been acquainted
with before In Idaho, and was con
vinced sfter he had given the bunco
men 110 of his good money to se toe
little ball spin. When he thought th
pair had had enough fun with him the
big frontiersman gathered them both
by th scruff of th neck, took th
cash away from them and left them,
humiliated and whipped In th room
with their crooked layout.
Pentser Informed the nolle that he
thought that It might be well that
other persons familiarize themselves
with th Idaho system In the event of
their falling Into th hands of th
bunco men.
DESCHUTES IS NAVIGATED
Bend Men Cover 0 Miles or Great
River In Canoe.
BEND. Or, July 2. (Special.)
Completing th first canoe trip aver
mad over th entire length ot th
Deschutes River, from Its headwaters
to Bend. Morris Lara and O. P. Put
nam, of Bend, arrived her Saturday,
having traversed some (0 miles of
Central Oregon's great river from
Crane Pralri to Robinson's Bridge,
seven miles south of Bend.
While several short trips have been
mad on th upper stretches of th
Deschutes In boats of various kinds.
hitherto no long trip In a canoe has
been attempted. Th advantage of
this character of light craft lies In
tho readiness of Its portability, which
permits carrying about the several
falls and cascades which block tho
river to heavier craft. Th trip-makers
report nearly 20 miles of rapids. In
addition to many miles of quiet water.
Tries rapids, they say. afford fin
sport in the running, as well as being
surrounded by as beautiful scenery as
can ba found on any river In America.
SON BITTER FOE OF FATHER
Ileaverton Man Sues Parent for
Damages, Following Quarrel.
BEAVERTO.V. Or, July 2. ( Spe
cial. Son arrayed against father in
a bitter family quarrel, th younger
man suing his parent for wages, with
damages added, because th money has
not been paid him. Is th unusual case
that will be tried In th Clrclult Court,
before Judge Campbell this month.
Albert Kennlngton Is thesson whose
efforts to obtain money from him John
Kennlngton. th father, a well-known
farmer, is vigorously contesting. Some
time ago Albert went to work for his
father, but after six days th two had
a violent quarrel, and Albert quit.
Now he Is suing for th wages he al
leges are due him, with damages be
sides.
Further adding to th bitterness of
th rase Is th fact that th son is now
occupying a hoot thst his father
owns aad for which he has paid no
rent. Albert has also pastured his
horse In John Kennlngton' land.
$300 STRAWBERRY YIELD
Single) Aero of Plant Only 3 Years
Old, Produce 150 Crates.
RATMOXTt. "Wash.. July T (Spe
cial.) The first report of tho earnings
from a Pacific County strawberry
patch for th year was brought In to
day by J. IL Miller, of Raymond, who
owns a farm adjoining th townstto on
th north. Off something less thsn an
aero on high bench land. Mr. Miller
sold Itt eratea of berries at I- a crato.
This I th first crop harvested from
this acre, th plants being but two
years old.
Thar Is nothing to It but culttva
tlon. Is ths way Mr. Miller puts It
-W kept cultivating In dry weather
when th ground was dry as powder;
It is th same as dry farming."
SNAPSHOT III IS SAFE
Racing rower Boat for Which Fears
Were Felt Crosses Line.
HALIFAX. N. SL. July . On hun.
dred hours out from New Tork. whence
she started Sunday on ths SS3.mil
reciprocity power boat rac to this
port, th little power boat Snapshot
III crossed the finishing line here to
night almost SO hours behind th lead
ers, and with a tale of heavy seas and
cranky engine to account for her de
lay.
Much anxiety had been felt for tha
Snapshot's crew of four snd for Skip
per Llndemann's wife, who accom
panied him. Throughout th cruise
Mrs. Llndemann was the best of sail-
ors. bhe stood her trick at the wheel
and maintained the watch turns with
ta men.
4 STEAMERS HELD
AS CHOLERA SHIPS
Nine Passengers Sus
pected of Disease.
OFFICIALS KEEP UP FIGHT
Bacteriological Examinations
Are Being Made.
SICK ORDERLY IS BETTER
Second Suspect at Bcllerue Hospital
Is Thooght by Doctors to Be
Merely Suffering From
Summer Complaint.
NEW TORK, July 26 Officials at
quarantine station were actively en
gaged today in making bacteriological
testa of cultures taken in the cases of
nine passengers of the steamer Oceania
who wera taken 111 on tha voyage from
Italy. The Oceania, which arrived yes
terday, had on board 639 passengers.
Three of the nine patients are suspect
ed of having cholera.
A member of th crew of the San
Giorgio, which cam In yesterday with
no passengers, but with on stowaway
on board, has developed an Illness re
sembling cholera. Tha New Tork
health department has now two cholera
suspects at Bellevue Hospital, and
complete examinstlons will be made
as soon as possible.
Edgar Hermann, the orderly who at
tended Manuel Bermudes, the Spanish
sailor who Is suffering from cholera at
Swinburne Island. Is somewhat better.
The second suspect at Bellevue Is Louis
Mach, a laborer, who was brought to
th hospital late last night as a cas
of gastro-enterltls.
Quarantine officials ar not Inclined
to believe that th suspicious case of
sickness on board the British steamer
Klrby Bank, which arrived at Perth
Amboy, N. J, yesterday Is that of
cholera.
Ths steamers detained at quarantine
ar the Principe dl Piemonte, San
Olorgio. Cltfa de Meaalna and Oceania.
The paoscngers of the Principe dt
Ptemonta probably wera released today,
while tha remaining steerage passen
gers of th steamer Moltke, who have
been detained at Hoffman Island, were
sent to Ellis Island. .
While th bacteriological examina
tions have not been concluded. Belle
vue Hospital physicians wera certain
this morning that Mach is suffering
from nothing but Summer complaint,
and they are strongly inclined to be
lieve that the final examination will
show that Hegermann Is not suffering
from Asiatic cholera.
Tha steamer Kennebec, of ths Man
hattan line, plying between New Tork
and Albsny. on board of which Manuel
Bermudes was a fireman, received a
clean bill of health today and was al
lowed to go to her dock.
Ths Cunsrd Una steamer Carpathla.
which arrived today from Trieste.
Hume and Naples, was held at quaran
tine for Inspection.
All vers reported well on the steam
er Berlin, which arrived today from
Naples.
VOLCANO CHEATS
COUNTRY OF DUTY
JAPANESE CRATER SO HOT IT
REFUTES SCIPHCR.
Raw Brimstone Being Free of Tax,
Bingo Defrauds Nation by It
Process Flgbt Given fp.
WASHINGTON. July 26- Bongo, a
volcano In Japan, Is defrauding the
United States out of duties on raw
sulphur every day In the year, and
custom officials, after a long wrestle
with ths case, have decided they can
not do anything about It.
Raw sulphur, as most everyone
knows, comes from the crater of , a
volcano. It Is free of duty. Refined
sulphur psys f v a ton.
But Bongo's crater Is so hot that It
refines the sulphur as fast as It
makes It. ,
The shrewd individuals who own
Bongo steadfastly refuse to pay duty
on the sulphur, and the Treasury De
partment knows-of no way to make
them do so.-
SOUTH NOW BUYING FRUIT
California In Position to Profit by
Widespread Market Needs.
SACRAMENTO, CaL, July 26. (Spe
cial.) California Is now supplying ths
Oregon. Washington, Florida and Geor
gia fruit-growing sections of the coun
try with peaches, plums, apples, pears
and grapes. In this respect California
Is unique, as this state does not have
to depend upon any other for its fruit.
Just now the California fruit distribut
ers are receiving many orders dally
from the Florida section, which only
a short time ago began to feel tho
shortage.
Tho widest assortment of fruit pos
sible is now being made by the shippers
from California, all varieties but cherries
and apricots, which have passed, being
available. Assorted cars contain plums,
pears, grapes, apples and peaches. The
fruit shipments from the state yesterday
were a total of 21 cars, against 118 cars
for the same day a year sgo, making
a total of 1S33 cars, against 3S85 cars for
the same time a year ago.
PAMPERED PETL0SES TAIL
Cat Seeking Health Rudely Handled
bj Seaside Mongrel.
LOS ANGELES, July 26. (Special.)
Because sb fancied Southern Cali
fornia air would agree with her pet,
Mrs. Martin Holbrook brought a yellow
tomcat 2000 miles from British Colum
bia only to have its 'all torn out by
the roots today by a mongrel dog at
Long Beach.
With tears of rage, Mrs. Holbrook
chased the dog a quarter of a mile
down tha beach, and then, returning,
tenderly picked up the injured feline
and started on a search for a veterin
ary surgeon.
SPECIAL POLICE PUT OUT
Gaynor Orders Appointments Re
voked When General Complains.
NEW TORK, July 26. On receipt of
a letter from Major-General Grant,
calling to his attention that two pri
vates In the United States Army were
excluded from a Coney Island dancing
pavilion on July 4, Mayor Gaynor to
day told ths Police Commlsloner to re
voke the appointment of all special
policemen hired out to private Individ
uals. The Mayor said:
"It Is contrary to the first principles
of government to put public offloers
In the employ of private Individuals to
be paid by them and directed in the
performance of their duty by them."
THE COLLE0TOE.
MILES OF TIMBER
SWEPT BY FLAME
Portland Concern Is
HeavyXoser.
FIRE IS THREE MILES LONG
Conflagrations in Linn County
Yet Far Beyond Control.
CAMPERS TRAPPED IN TRAIL
Blaze Along Breltenbush River Near
Detroit, Cuts Off Egress of Num
ber of People, Though There's
No Immediate Danger.
FLAMES RAGE THROUGH VALUA
BLE TIMBER LANDS OF
NORTHWEST.
i
Portland Timber Company's hold
ing near Sclo destroyed. Flra three
miles long, mile wide.
Bridges on Nehalem Valley road
burned out.
Campers trapped in Breltenbush
River Are.
Columbia County blase. 11 miles
northwest or St. Helens, covers area
five miles lonx, mile wide.
M11 City conflagration confined
largely to an old burn and logged-off
lands.
Weyerhaeuser interests heavy
losers by bad King County, Wash
ington, blaze, yet beyond control.
ALBANY, Or., July 26. (Special)
Having already swept over an area
three miles long and one mile wide, a
most disastrous fire, which started yes.
terday on the headwaters of Thomas
Creek, about 14 miles east of Sclo, la
reported here to be rapidly getting be
yond control of the men now engaged
in fighting It.
The valuable green timber In which
this particular fire is raging is owned
by the Holland. Brlggs & Avery Timber
Company, of Portland.
A patrolman for this company has a
crew, of 19 men fighting the fire, which
Is In an extensive belt of heavy timber
and Is apt to become a bad fire unless
stopped soon.
Another Fire in Linn County.
. This makes the second forest fire now
burning In Linn County. The other one
has been burning several days south
east of Mill City. A big crew of fire
fighters from the Curtiss Lumber Com
pany's mills, assisted by Government
rangers, has been fighting this Are con
tlnually, but has not yet checked It.
Officials of the Curtiss Company as
sort that this Are, which swept out the
Curtiss Company's logging camp No. 6,
snd greatly damaged its logging rail
road, has damaged but little green tim
ber and has been confined almost en
tlrely to an old burn and logged-off
lands.
N. F. McDuff, forest supervisor of the
Santlam district, with headquarters
hers, will leave In the morning for Mill
City to take charge of the efforts to
prevent a, spread of the fire. He also
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WOODRUFF'S SWAY
OF 14 YEARS ENDS
REPUBLICAN BOSS QUITS TO
AVOID BEING KICKED OUT.
New Tork Politician, Famous for
Vests, Heeds Ultimatum Naval
Officer Succeeds Him.
NEW TORK. July 26. (Special.
Timothy L. Woodruff, who has been
the Republican leader In Kings Coun
ty for 14 years, quit today and handed
over his powers to the executive com
mittee of the county organization
Naval Officer Kracke will be the new
leader.
With Woodruff goes Jacob Brenner,
his chief lieutenant, who was chief of
the executive committee for eight
years. His place Is to be taken by
Representative William M. Calder,
John E. Smith, for 14 years secretary
of the county committee, retires i
favor of Darwin R. James, presiden
of the Young Republican. Club, and an
active opponent of Woodruff.
These changes were announced by
Woodruff and Kracke tonight, after
series of conferences. So far as Wood
ruff and his adherents were concerned,
the discussion had to do merely with
whether Woodruff should get out or
be put out. The ultimatum handed to
him by 14 leaders left no alternative.
Mr. Woodruff is famous not only for
being boss of Brooklyn, but for his
taste In vests of extreme style.
FOREIGN SHIPPING GROWS
Harrison Lino Is Planning to In
crease Sailings From Coast,
LOS ANGELES, July 26. (Special.)
D. M. Thomson, representing Balfour,
Guthrie & Co. and agent for the re
cently Inaugurated Harrison line of
steamers between Antwerp and Pacific
Coast ports including San Pedro, was
here today looking over the facilities
for docking and handling the cargoes
of the bis steamers of his line.
He said the Harrison line Is now op
eratlng on a regular schedule with
sailings every four weeks. The steam
ers Candidate and Centurion, of this
line, have already discharged cargoes
here and another vessel is due about
August 1.
Thomson said the company had de
veloped so much business on the Coast
that the sailing schedule would be
increased to one steamer every three
weeks and would cover all important
ports as far north as Puget Sound.
HOOD RIVER SEEKS FLEET
Torpedo-Boats Invited to Pay Visit
Up Columbia in Near Future.
HOOD RIVER, Or, July 26. (Spe
cial.) The United States Pacific Tor
pedo fleet, which has been at Seattle
for the Golden Potlatch celebration has
been invited by the local Commercial
Club to visit this city when the fleet
Is at Astoria to take part In the naval
demonstrations during the Centennial
celebration.
Dr. W. S. Nlchol, who has Just re
turned from Seattle, where he visited
his cousin. Commodore Mat. Orchard,
commander of-the V. S. Ship West Vir
ginia, states that he spoke with Lieu-
tenant-Commander Lewis Clark Rich
ardson, of the Torpedo Flotilla, con
cernlng the feasibility of bringing a
numbsr of the boats here and that the
officer asserted that he saw no objec
tions to the plan. If the Invitation is
accepted by the Government author
ities the fleet will be met here by a
warm welcome.
2 SHOT IN TEAMSTERS' WAR
Union and Nonunion Drivers Have
Warm Revolver Duel.
OAKLAND, July 26. In a revolver
duel between union and nonunion
teamsters which occurred . at Fifty-
third street and Lawton avenue at 11
o'clock today, L. E. Davison and Ernest
Franklin, both union teamsters, were
wounded, the shots, it is alleged being
fired by Jesse Barnett and Charles
Ray, nonunion drivers for the Sunset
Lumber Company.
Davison and Franklin were doing
picket duty and following a procession
of five Sunset Lumber Company wagons
In a buggy. Barnett and Ray, who
were on the leading lumber wagon.
stopped at the top of the grade and
turned back, passing the buggy. Ac
cording to Franklin, the two nonunion
men drew their revolvers and began
shooting and ordering Davison and
Franklin to hold up their hands.
Barnett says that Franklin was the
sggressor. Franklin was shot through
the neck, a flesh wound being Inflicted
which will not prove serious. Davison
was shot in the leg.
REQUISITION IS HONORED
Governor Johnson Surrenders Ac
cused Embezzler to Oregon.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., July 26. Gov
ernor Johnson honored today the re
quisition papers of the Governor of
Oregon, who asks for the return to
Portland, of W. G. Souther, who is
wanted to answer a charge of embezzle
ment. The request was made last
May but was delayed because Souther
was ill in a hospital In San Francisco.
When a state agent came from Port
land to obtain custody of another
prisoner, he visited Souther at San
Francisco and then made application
to tho Governor for Souther's extradi
tion. While the paper3 have been is
sued It has not been decided whether
Souther will be taken to Portland at
once or not. The final decision will
depend upon the recommendations mads
by. Souther's physicians -
MAN KILLS GIRL;
POSSE SLAYS
MurdererTurns Revol
ver on Crowd.
EXCITING BATTLE FOLLOWS
Woman Had Lived in Fear of
Harm, Says Friend.
PUZZLING FEATURES SEEN
Sacramento Street Scene of Killing.
Patrol Wagon Pursues Fleeing
Assassin and He Pays With
Life for Last Stand.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., July 26. Anna
Dudley, former stenographer to Gov
ernor Gillett and recently in the em
ploy of the State Engineering Depart
ment, was shot and Instantly killed
today by a man believed to be Sidney
E. Cole, of San Francisco. The man
was killed In a battle against the po
lice. Miss Dudley was on her way to the
Capitol, and as she passed an alley
Cola opened fire. Her cries quickly
attracted a crowd, and Cole calmly re
loaded his revolver, and, leveling it at
H. H. Potter, who was the first to
reach the scene, told him to "clear
out." Potter started to run and Cola
shot him in the knee. A negro, Sam
G. Mickey, was shot In the arm.
Crowd Starts in Pursuit.
Cole stood over the body of tha
woman, firing an occasional shot In
the direction of the approaching crowd,
and then turned his revolver on tha
prostrate form, firing-, four shots into
the body. Then he ran down the al
ley with the crowd at his heels. . A
police patrol wagon was sent in pur
suit. Then ensued an exciting revolver
battle. The crowd had chased the man
through the northern section of the
city. He crossed over the north levee
and disappeared in the brush on tha
opposite side, near the American River.
Deputy Sheriffs Thlsby and Moffett
shot at him after he had refused to
surrender. Thlsby was within 150 feet
of the murderer and the two men ex
changed shots.
Buckshot Brings Reply.
While Thisby and Cole were thus en
gaged, the police arrived. Captain Pen-
nlsh, with a short-barreled pump gun
loaded with buckshot, fired Into tha
thickest part of the brush. The shot
brought a reply from Cole. The police
captain ran down into the brush, still
firing. Cole gave a yell and tumbled
over. Deputy Moffett ran to the man
and found him dying, riddled with
buckshot.
The motive for the crime is a mys
tery. The theory is advanced that
Cole was Infatuated with the woman.
Miss Dudley met him In the office of
Dr. Wong Him, at 1268 O'Farrell street,
San Francisco, about a year ago, when
she had gone there for treatment. She
did not mention his name or otherwise
discuss him with her friends, and it
is believed that he was endeavoring to
force his attentions upon her.
Act Is Premeditated.
A note found In the pocket of the
man's coat shows that the act was pre
meditated. The note read:
Criticism July 8, 1911. I should have
shot Dudley last August, and blowed
the den at 1268 O'Farrell street. San
Francisco, up and killed a half dozen
to have gotten all the Chinese doctors."
Miss Dudley was much esteemed In
this city and also in Eureka, where she
formerly resided. She came to this city
with Governor Gillett as his stenog
rapher, and took a similar position with
State Engineer E'lery when Governor
Gillett went out of office. For several
years Miss Dudley has been practically
an Invalid and kept much to her home
at 1214 H street. Sho was reported en
gaged to F. P. Anthes, a musician In
San Francisco, but a quarrel Is said to
have terminated their relations. A'
brother. Lincoln Dudley, of Oakland,
came to Sacramento tonight to take
charge of the body.
Name Found on Clothing.
The name of "S. Colef' was discovered
In a tailor's tag In the pocket of the mur
derer's coat. Initials "S. C." were in the
hat band. A man named Cole Is known
to have met Miss Dudley fiT San Fran
cisco at a Chinese doctor's office last
August, and Miss Dudley was displeased
when the doctor's attendant gave her
address to the man and he' both wrote
to and called on her.
No evidence that Miss Dudley ever
mentioned that she feared any man has
been found. A man named C. H. Emery
has been drawn into the case because
of an address on an envelope found on
the body of the man. It has been dis
covered that the name is that of a busi
ness man in the East.
STRANGE FEATURE DEVELOPS
San Franciscan Says Miss Dudley
Feared Man Named Emery.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 26. At a late
hour tonight the police have been un-
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