PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 21,
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LI I- NO. IG,OU..
PORTLAND'S WHEAT
SHIPMENTS FIRST
NEW" VOItK. HOWEVER, IS CLOSE
SECOND IX ItACE.
RESCUE SHIP IS
DASHED TO PIECES
BEES SENT IN MAIL
SHOCK FAIR CLERKS
BABY, SACRIFICE ON
ALTAR PYRE, SAVED
STAKVIXG WOMAN' GIVES LAST
PESOS FOR CHILD.
GRAY FAREWELL IS
INTERSTATE EVENT
ANIMATED PACKAGES SHATTER
NERVES OF GIRLS. '
PASTOR EXECUTED
FOR GIRL'S MURDER
OUTCOME
10
15 ALL GUESSWORK
Belief Is Delegation
Will Be Divided.
NCNE CLAIM CLEAN SWEEP
Harmon Appears Strongest of
Democratic Candidates.
T. R. IS CHEERED LOUDEST
Indication Art Colonel Ha
Slrenelh With Farmer but That
Taft W ill Get Greater Tart of
De lea tea t-La r gc.
roL.L"MBt"!. O.. May J". tSpeelal.)
In a climax of bltternei the per
nnl campaign of President Taft and
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt came to an
end tonight and left the shrewdest po
litical oberver iruelns; the outcome
of the atate preference primary elec
tion tomorrow.
The moat definite forecast any on-r-reludlced
prophet would make Is that
the delegation of J will te divided
pretty evenly. t the same time they
uv they will not be surprised at any
tiilnr that may happen.
Ilarwtn eeaae te Be Karrlte.
On the democratic side the appear
ance are Governor Harmon, "favorite
on." will art the bulk of the delega
tion, with posiilhir 10 or a dozen goln;
to Governor Wilson. Governor Ilar
mnn'a friends probably will win con
trol of the atate convention and set
the home state Indorsement for their
candidate.
In tlie general alignment of state
sentiment In Ohio, the farmers, on ac
count of President Tsft's activity In
behalf of the Canadian reciprocity
trtemfnl. and wage-earner, for rea
u of their own. seem to be strongly
f.-r Roosevelt, while the big- and little
ttiine.a men and the higher claaa of
salaried men are counted quite as
nronily for President Tft.
ate Deleacatesi Likely Taft "a.
or the slate delegation It Is reason
ably sure, on account of strons; organl
satlon. t!it Taft will have the "Bis;
Four' but the general belief here Is
that Roosevelt will receive half If not
more of the district delegates.
Neither side Is claiming a clean
sweep. although more enthusiastic
Konseveit supporters boldly say the
President wilt lose every district dele
ft except four from Hamilton County.
Taft leaders scon! at this boast but
all of them admit the primary light will
be a close, hard contest. They say
they have advlcea from all over the
state which warrant them In making
the prediction that Mr. Taft will win
a decisive victory In hla home state
Aadleaeea fcrer reload.
Audiencea tonight and for the week
were more demonstrative for Roose
velt than for Taft. but this fact la not
pointed to as really Indicative of the
state sentiment. General gossip among
f-trmcra and laboring classes, however,
gives a clew to a strong Roosevelt fol
lowing among the rank and file of the
party.
In Springfield, the Seicnth District,
the chances seem to favor Taft. al
though Roosevelt has been' gaining
cround there steadily. Youngstown
dlatrlrt. where the laboring vote Is
large. 1 believed to be for Roosevelt.
The old John Sherman district, of which
.Mansfield Is the center. Is In doubt be
iMUje of local political Issues. It looks
Ilk a close fltht there.
In Cleveland. Roosevelt supporters
make a forecast of 14 district delegates
nd six delegates at large, leaving
tb President only eight In the entire
stale.
The jcifreenth. or 7anevllle district,
is given to Roosevelt by lo-a! observers
Mt Zaneevtlle. who say the only thing
that can win for Taft Is home prlria.
Tkree l'ss4MiM May la t'lakt.
Three of the Republican nayiclldat
carried their fight almost up t the
hour of balloting, and tonight Presi
dent Taft. Colonel Roosevelt and Sena
tor 1-a KoIltt made addresses, offer
ing their final pleas for support to
morrow. Governor Harmon refused
several Invitations to speak, and ended
his fight for the state Saturday night.
The Presidential preference primaries
In Ohio, the home of two of the candi
date, are considered the crux of an
unusual political situation.
Activity In the OM campaign Is said
, be without precedent. It waa In
thia atate tHat Colonel Roosevelt rtrst
presented the platform upon which he
f basing hla f.ght. PreVdent Taft
and his former friend, the ex-Presl-dent.
have crossed and re-crossed each
other' trails. Wood row Wilson. Gov
ernor Harmon s ot-Iy opponent, did not
enter tb state. Harmon's real antag
onist her has been William J. Bryan.
who. teakm for th Ohio Progres- j
slve tmocrtlc League, has attacked
the Governor and urged Wilson nom
ination. Maiasel .tasstrs Hryaa.
Senator la Follrtte. after opnin
Hi flgbt In the state, returned last
Friday night and made t ire speeches
In support ' M cause. Governor ll.tr
,, ;.-n,f-d tn canipe.cnlng to msht
e:u4e ea ft'a a
p,1rt sound Port Now In Fourth
Place Portland's Flour Ex
port I'apldly Gain.
ORKGON'IA.VNKWS BIT-KAU. Wash
ington. May 20. Portland continues to
lead all other American ports In ex
portation of wheat, as shown by the
monthly statistics of the Department
of Commerce and Labor. but New
York- shipments in April were com
paratively high and that city Is now
so close behind Portland that there Is
doubt whether Portland or New' York
will round out the fiscal year In first
place.
In the ten months ending with April
Portland exported 6,410.173 bushels of
wheat, valued at I5.74.02I. This is
613.000 bushels less than was1 exported
from Portland in corresponding months
of last year. New York in the past
ten month exported .S98.292 bushel
of wheat, only 11.000 bushel lea than
Portland. In April Portland' wheat
export was 282.638 bushels, as against
55.746 bushels exported from New
York.
Puget Sound la now fourth among
the wheat exportera. having shipped
3.082.444 bushel In the past ten
months and 212.601 bushels In April.
Portland' exportation of flour con
tinues steadily to Increase, the total
hlpment for th past ten month be
ing 532.32 barrels, valued at 83.359.
46 1. aa against 439.970 barrels In the
corresponding months last year.
Puget Sound's flour export for the
past ten month was 2.377,082 barrels,
valued at 83.213.772. aa agalnat 1.519.
747 barrels In the same ten month
last year. Thia la the largest per
centage of gain of any customs dis
trict In the country.
AUTHOR WEDS MILLIONAIRE
Mr. Lottie Blalr Parker, Writer of
"Way Down Eaat." I Bride.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 20. ISpe
clal.) Mrs. Lottie Blalr Parker, author
of "Way Down Kat." one of the moat
successful play ever staged In the
United States, and Joseph Burkhaxd. a
millionaire realty broker of Los Ange
les, were married In thia city thl af
ternoon by Justice of tbe Peace Flood.
The ceremony wa performed In the
Justice chamber Ave minute after
the license waa granted.
The oouple went on a wedding trip
after rfutn to ay where they would
pes the honeymoon. Mrs. Parker r
her age aa 41 and Burkhard as 44. Mrs.
Parker is a slater of Alonso D. Hitch
cock. BRIDE PURSUES WANDERER
Wealthy Klamath Fall Man Disap
pears Seen by Farmer.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. May 20.
(Special.)- News of the whereabouts
of Anthony Castel. retired business
man. who disappeared Sunday after
noon, -was received tonight, when a
farmer arrived In the city and reported
s'etng Castel walking along th Spring
Creek road, 20 mile from here. The
farmer did not question Castel. think,
lng l.e wa a member of a fishing
party. -
Castel Is wealthy. His bride of two
months hurried In an automobile to
Spring Crek to overtake her husband.
She believe Caatel I temporarily de
ranged. T. R. FICKLE, SAYS FAIRFAX
Amerlean-Horn British Lord Thinks
Election Would Be Calamity.
PLYMOUTH. May 20. (Special. )
Lord Fairfax, the only British peer of
American birth, landed here today from
the steamship Kronprlnxsen Cecelia.
When seen by a correspondent he said
the election of Colonel Roosevelt to
the Presidency would be a National ca
Imnlty. aa he was supported hy big
financial corporations. I'e said: ,
Ills uncertainty and fickleness
would be a curse to the country. 1 have
always been a Democrat, but I think
Mr. Taft has been a good President."
GIRL OF 15 TO BE WIFE
Flle Rrrra-nlnjr and Jesoe Radford
Secure l.lcene at Vancouver.
VtNrorVKR. Wash, May 20. .Spe
cial. M.ss Klsie Browoln. 18 years
old. of Borlng.Or.. secured a license to
day to be married to Jess liadfnrd.
The girl was accompanied by her
mother. Mrs. Delia Browning.
Three couple from Portland also se
cured marnare licenses: J. J. Keiiners
and Grace Wlllard. accompanied by
Anna Fellner: Karl Wood and Mrs
Mary Calllcote, with A. K. T. Newman
aa witness, and Thomas A. Richards, of
Portland, and Mtsa Catherine M. South,
of Tacoma.
Klmer Brown, of SanJera, Idaho, and
Mary A. Weist. of Luttrien, N. L, wer
accompanied by Edward H. Kansas
when they secured a marriage license.
BLOOD MEDICINE COSTLY
Vancouver Man Sleep on Sidewalk,
lxx- 913 flievk and I lined.
VANCOrVF.lt. Was.. May 20 Spe
cial i Taking a patent blood purirter
In liberal quantities. WUIiam Belisles
waa cvereotie by the alcohol the liquid
contained and he dropped to sleep on
the pavement In front of a local hotel,
where he wa arrested.
In Police Court todsy Rellsles wss
fined 83 and It wa then h found tat
he tad loM h-s rav the-k for 81-.
Ju lie William J. K'uw. of t'le Police
Court, offered lgl advice to stop pay- j
meet ca th check. '
Storm Off Alaskan Cape
Tolls Second Wreck.
TENDER ARWERIA IS VICTIM
Largest Ship in Service Goes
on Rocks at Hinchinbrook.
WIRELESS, JUST IN TIME
Crew of 31 and Lone Survivor of
Fatal Barge Haydn Brown Saved
by Admiral Sampson After
Frarfol Battle.
CORDOVA. Alaska. May 20. After
rescuing the lone survivor. August Pal
mer, of the lost barge Haydn Brown,
the United States lighthouse tender
Armerla. the largest In the service, has
been wrecked off the shore of Cape
Hinchinbrook and Is being pounded to
pieces by a tempestuous sea.
The Admiral Sampson has answered
the distress call of tbe Government
vessel and after battling; for aeveral
hours with one of the wildest seas
thl season ha succeeded In rescuing
the 32 persons on board. They Include
seven officers and 24 men, besides the
Haydn Brown survivor.
The Armerla had been tossed about
for hour before the distress call was
caught hy the wireless operator on
the Admiral Sampson. It was only
with dlfliculty thst the wrecked ves
sel waa located and the rescue was
made In the face of" a treacherous
storm and rocks which made the use
of lifeboats and rafts almost fatal, and
made close proximity to the wreckod
tender almost Impossible.
Crew Matters Free Exposures
Meager Information from the Ad
miral Sampson gives the facts that
half of the member of the rescued
crew are aeml-paralyzed from exposure
after making desperate efforts to save
themselves when the Government ves
sel wa cast on the rocks. Waves
rolled over the vessel from all sides
and flooded engtnerooms and deck
hours before a rescue was even hoped
for. The wirelesa operator sent out
distress signal for several hours be
for t'e wireless apparatus wa ren
dered useless. It was Just before the
wireless was put out of commission
that the Admiral Sampson caught the
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OFF TO THAT WONDERFUL LAND OF SEA BREEZES, MILKMAIDS AND CHEESE.
lA.i:Jl!i A Id I W I
i a i :vi ill 1 1 I ' WM i Ptnar '
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Queens Mut Hare Health Certifi
cates Before Traveling as
PoMal Matter.
VAXCOL'VKH, Wash., May 20.-(Spe-cial.)
Animated mall in candy cages
received at the Vancouver postofflce
recently so frightened young women
clerks that the girls fled to the farther
most corner of the building.
The animated mail consists of queen
bees, whichhum and bus in their cages
until the ,1WA" "'"'"If'l t5fts are
"all shot to pieces." .
Queen bees must be officially re
ported in good health before thoy are
received for transportation, according1
to an order of the Postal Department.
These royal Insects and their attendant
bees must be accompanied by a copy
of a certificate from a state or Govern
ment apiary Inspector, stating that the
apiary from which- the queen bee halls
Is free from dlsea.se, or they will not be
accepted for transportation by mail.
Health certificate for the queen may
be obtained from a notary public The
person who mails a queen must take
oath that the honey used In making
the mailing; cage for the royal bee has
been diluted and boiled in a closed
vessel.
Dried Insects and reptiles also may
be sent through the mall if they are
packed so that the package is safe from
breakage.
CUBAN NEGROES THREATEN
Rumor Says Blacks Plan Uprising
Against Government.
HAVANA, May 20. Alarming rumors
are In circulation regarding the inten
tion of the negroes to rise In arms
against the government.
Arrests have been made at Sagua la
Grando, Santiago and In the vicinity
of Marlel. At the latter place the rural
guards found on the person of one of
the prisoners documents said to Impli
cate In the conspiracy General Ivenet
and other leaders of the independent
party of Colon.
LEPER NURSE WANTS JOB
George Green Would Accept Work
on Island of Molokal.
George Green, one time nurse In the
Capo Colony I.eper Hospital and a hos
pital attendant In the Buer "War. is
anxiona to nu one or tne vacancies that
have occurred among the leper nurses
at the Island of Molokal.
Mr. Green, who lives at 309 Couch
street, read recently of Ira Dutton, the
last of the pioneer leper tenders on the
Island, facing death from the dreaded
disease. Green declares that he Is Im
mune from the disease and is anxious
to go to the Island.
RichesonAppearsCalm
in Death Chamber.
END COMES AT 12:17 A. M.
Confessed Poisoner of Former
Sweetheart Electrocuted.
CURRENT ON 7 MINUTES
Crime for Which Penalty Is Paid Is
Deliberate Clergyman as He
Goes to Electric Chair
Retains Composure.
B06TON, May 21. Clarence V. T.
Rlcheson was electrocuted at li':17
(Eastern time) this morning.
The current was turned on at 12:10:0
and the prisoner was declared dead
at 12:17.
The former Baptist clergyman, con
fessed poisoner of Avis Llnnell, of
Hyannls, his one-time sweetheart, was
outwardly calm when he entered the
death chamber and he retained his
composure while the straps and elec
trodes were being adjusted as he sat
In the electric chair.
fclyes Are Kept Closed.
Rlcheson walked to the electric
chair erect, eyes straight ahead until
he sat down. Then he closed his eyes
and kept them shut until the end.
Seated In the chstlr. he was asked
questions by the Rev. Herbert S. John
son, hl spiritual adviser.
In his answers he said:
"God will take care of my soul and
I pray for all. I forgive everybody."
The last of the questions was:
"Are you willing to die for Jesus'
sake?"
The reply In an even, well modulated
tone wa simply, "I am willing to die."
The current applied was 1000 volts
eight ampres. One application was suf
ficient. Hymn Heard.
AVhen the officials and witneses of
the execution entered the death cham
ber after walking through the prison
yard In a pelterlng rain, they heard the
strains of song. It was Rlcheson and
his spiritual advisers, Mr. Johnson and
Chaplain Stebbins. Distinctly audible
as they closed were the words:
"For I know what'er befall me, Jesus
doeth all, things well."
Rlcheson. smiling, left his cell at
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Little Kelleidnd Arrives in United
States From P-liilippiiics Vudcr
Care of .Manila Teacher.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. (Special.)
Saved from sacrifice on an altar of
fire during a famine in the northern
part of the Island of Luzon, in the
Philippines, little Fellcldad, a child of
a member of one of the almost extinct
aboriginal tribes, who was bouRht for
30 pesos by Mrs. Abreu, a Filipino
woman, just as the fire was crackling
under the pyre upon which the then
2-year-old little girl had been placed,
was the most popular passenger on the
Pacific Mail liner China, which arrived
from the Orient today.
Little Fellcldad, which In Spanish
means "happiness," is now In the care
of Mrs. J. L. Dunham, a supervising:
teacher In the public schools of 21a
nila, who has come to San Francisco
after an absence of 11 years in the
Philippines, to visit her sister, Mrs.
Lloyd Osbourne, a San Francisco so
ciety woman.
Mrs. Abreu gave her earthly belong
ings, 30 pesos, to save the child from
fire and cannibalism. It was at this
juncture that Mrs. Dunham entered the
life of the Filipino woman, whose
parents had died of starvation. The
story of Fellcldad was told and retold
on the steamer and as the passengers
left the vessel at the wharf at noon
today the child was the center of an
Impressive reception.
HAWAII STRONG FOR TAFT
Governor Frear, Ielegate. Says Isl
ands for President. 2 to 1.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 20. (Spe
cial.) Governor Frear, of Hawaii,
native of California, was among the
passengers on the Pacific Mail liner
China which arrived in port at noon
today from the Orient, via Honolulu.
Governor Frear, whose recent contro
versy ' with Congressional Delegate
Jvaxiananoie, otherwise Known as
"Prince Cupid," concerning alleged fa
voritlsm to tne wealthy class as
against the so-called common people of
the Islands, is still unsettled, asserted
today that he had no fear of the out
come, i
Governor Frear Is one of the six
instructed delegates for President Taft
at the Chicago convention, .
"The Hawaiian Islands are strong
for the President," said the Governor.
"A preferential vote in one precinct,
the only one taken in the islands, gave
President Taft 2 to 1 over Colonel
Roosevelt."
$7000 ARMY CASH STOLEN
Money Is Taken From Safe Guarded
by Soldiers in Montana.
HELENA, Mont, May 20. The pay
roll for the second battalion. Four
teenth Infantry, stationed at Fort Wll
liam Henry Harrison, amounting to
$7000, was stolen from a safe in the
Quartermaster's department at the post
some time between Wednesday, when
the money waa placed there, and this
morning.
Colonel R. H. Wilson declined to
discuss the theft further'than -to say
an Investigation has started. It is
understood the safe was gruarded by a
squad of soldiers from the time the
money was placed In It until It was
opened this morning.
SMALL WARSHIPS 'COLLIDE
V
Gun fxiat Annapolis Strikes Torpedo-
Boa t Davis Damage Slight.
VALLEJO. Cal.i May 20. The tor
pedo-boat Davis collided with the gun
boat Annapolis here late today, tear
ing away part of the gunboat's guards
and riggincr and springing her own
ma?ts. The damage was not serious
to either vessel and the Davis pro
ceeded on her way with the torpedo
boat Fox for Puget Sound. It was just
after the Davis left the Mare Island
Navy-Yard that she was caught In a
strong current and swung against the
Annapolis, which was moored in mid
stream. The little boats are being convoyed
north by the collier Nero.
CLAIM AGENTS IN MEETING
Railway Association Members Gath
er at Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, May 20. The Associ
ation of Railway Claim Agents of the
United States and Canada will meet In
annual convention tomorrow for a four
days' session. The association has
been in existence for 23 years and com
prises 95 per cent of the steam roads
in the United States and Canada. N. S.
Dunlop, head of the claim department
of the Canadian Pacific, is president.
The membership of the association
is about 1000. this being the first meet
ing the members ever held west of the
Rockies.
RED JOINS RANKS OF T. R.
Shookum AVallikee Out for Colonel
After Visiting Taft.
LYLE. Wash.. May 20. (Special.)
Skookum Wallikee, Jhe Klickitat In
dian chief, who recenTly went to Wash
ington to Interview President Taft rela
tive to Mount Adams huckleberry fieldB,
says he hopes Roosevelt, will be elect
ed and if he is he will make another
trip Enst to see the Colonel.
Skookum says: "He heap big man.
all same chief."
Northwest Pays Honor
to Departing Genius.
YOUNG IS WARMLY RECEIVED
Banquet at Commercial Club
Is Remarkable Affair.
DECORATIONS ARE FITTING
350 IVom Oregon and Washington
Gather at Festive Board to Say
Au ltevoir to Sew President of
Great Northern Railroad. ,
A remarkable demonstration waa
given at the Commercial Club last
night by the business, social, educa
tional and religious interests of the
state to Carl R. Gray, who has just
relinquished the presidency of the
North Bank road and affiliated Hill
lines In Oregon, to become president
of the Great Northern Railway.
It was a demonstration remarkable
particularly because the man whom it
served to honor has been a resident of
Oregon but a year, yet who. In that
brief period, as Dr. W. B. Hlnson, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church, which
Mr. Gray attended, expressed It, has
won the love of all of us, so that when
ever he returns we will be glad to take
him by the hand and look into his
eye and call him our friend."
350 Citizen Attend.
It was a demonstration In which 3.10
of the leading citizens of Portland, of
Oregon and Washington joined with
whole hearts, with genuine expressions
of regret because of Mr. Gray's en
forced departure, yet with sincere ex
pressions of gratification over his de
serving promotion broader and high
er fields of endeavor.
The gathering was an informal func
tion in which the farewell to Mr. Gray
was coupled with a cordial welcome and
promise of encouragement to Joseph
H. Young, his successor. This preva
lent feeling of good will to the In
coming official found outward mani
festation in the action of F. C. Knapp,
president of the Chamber of Commerce,
who, after he had stepped to Mr. Gray's
place at the table and shaken him by
the hand with words of appreciation
and praise for his work in behalf of the
city and state, walked to where sat Mr,
Young, whom he took by the. hand, say
ing: "To you, Mr. Young. I want to say
that the Chamber of Commerce stands
behind you and will stand behind you
in all things you do and wish to do
in upbuilding Portland, Oregon and the
entire Northwest."
That his tribute to Mr. Gray and his
encouragement to Mr. Young reflected
the sentiment of the assembled resi
dents of the Northwest was evidenced
by the spontaneous and continued out
burst of applause that he brought
forth.
Less Serlou Side Remembered.
In arranging the dinner the com
mittee in charge did not neglect the
less serious side of the occasion and
introduced many novel and pleasing de
partures from the set programme to
cause fun and merriment among the
honored guests as well as those who
had assembled to do them honor.
On the west side of the great ban
quet hall was a miniature railway op
erating from a magnificent miniature
railway station, designated "North
Bank Depot," and surrounded by great
skyscrapers, through busy cities, past
verdant hills and valleys and through
wonderful scenic places to a less pre
tentious appearing building behind
which were clustered very commonplace
buildings and which collectively
formed Mr. Gray's new abode, St. Paul.
The Idea was not so much to bring
St. Paul Into unfovaroble comparison
with Portland as It was to show that
the wonderful development work in
which Mr. Gray has taken such an ac
tive part Is certain eventually to place
Portland in a position where its com
mercial status will demand terminal
facilities of equal proportions.
While the function was tendered un
der the auspices of the executive com
mittee of the Commercial Club, the
chairman of the club. Edgar B. Piper.
presiding. It was heartily participated
by representatives of every com
mercial organization In the city and by
citizens from nearly every community
served by the lines over which Mr.
Gray has jurisdiction. From Bend and
other Central Oregon towns came a
large delegation, "while Albany, which,
through Mr. Gray' efforts, soon is to
be connected with Portland by an elec
tric line, sent half a dozen of its lead
ing citizens.
Xortkncut Well Represented.
"Lyle, the Power City." was the card
that appeared conspicuously on a table
well filled with members of the Lyle
Commercial Club. "Stevenson Needs
No Irrigation" was another caption
that announced the presence of a large
number from that enterprising Wash
ington town. Eugene. Astoria, Salem
and other Oregon towns were repre
sented, while Spokane. Tacoma and
Seattle, as well as some of the smaller
communities in Washington, sent their
full quota.
Mr. Gray's high regard among his
rivals was demonstrated by the pres
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t