DETECTIVE TELLS OF E Police Examination De clared Irregular. CRADDOCK TALKS TO JURY Officer Says He Delivered $20 to A. P." Armstrong. BATY IMPLICATES SLOVER Patrolmen Rush to Office of District Attorney With Offers of Evi dence Denial Is Made by School Superintendent. YESTERDAY'S TEVEIXP STENTS IN MUNICIPAL, SCANDAU ' Detective Craddock tells of carry ing a. bribe of $20 from police ap plicant to A. P. Armstrong. 'Sarafl witness says lie and Captain Joe Keller had advance copies of questions In captaincy examinations. Captain Baty tells how Acting; Chief Slover proposed to "do politics for Rushlight" by boosting an ob scure newspaper. Patrolman Vroman confirms other officers who were summoped before Armstrong. Policemen rushing to District At torney with 'offers of evidence. County Superintendent Armstrong enters total denial of whole trans action. With Defective Robert Craddock talking freely before the grand Jury nearly all day, with police officers voluntarily rushing to the office of the District Attorney offering to tell what they know, and with a big batch of subpenas out for further Investiga tion today, the municipal scandal cen tering at present around County School Superintendent Armstrong, as sumed greater proportions yesterday and began to preach. Into unexpected channels.'- Witnesses before the jury Included Captain Baty, . C. M. Senofsky, Patrol man C. E. Klingensmith, Detective Craddock and Patrolman Vroman. Others who are to appear today are Captains Slover and Keller, of the police department. W. A., Tupper. sec retary of the Civil Service Commis sion; Robert Armstrong, a brother of the county superintendent, and a man named Markham. "whom the police of ficers supposed to be the campaign manager for Mr. Armstrong. Craddock Talks Freely. The star witness was Detective Crad dock, who passed several hours In the grand jury room and is said to have talked freely. Discussing . the charge that he - was the .go-between for Mr. Armstrong, member of the Civil Service Commis sion, and tha men who had taken the examination for appointment to the police force, the detective is alleged to have confirmed in detail the previous statements of Patrolmen Johnson, Thomson. Vroman, Teeters and Schiller. The patrolmen said they, were escort ed by Craddock to the office of County Superintendent Armstrong, where the question of their giving money for high ratings is alleged to have been discussed. First evidence that money actually had passed was reached with the name of Patrolman C. E. Klingensmith, who, Craddock says, gave him $20. Craddock says he carried the money to Mr. Armstrong and delivered It per sonally. Examination Declared Irregular. With only a hint of solicitation, .the witness digressed into a discussion of the alleged irregularity in the exami nations for captain of police, in .which he and Keller were the ones who stood highest and from which Keller ob tained his appointment to the berth he now fills. Craddock says that a copy of the questions was delivered to him and Keller by Robert Armstrong, brother of the commissioner, the night before the examination and that Crad dock and Keller met at Kellers house and went over the questions together, so that they were almost letter-perfect the following day. From this the detective passed to one matter after another, talking freely of many little occurrences which have mystified observers of police af fairs during the past two years. Much of this digression was immaterial, but the jurors listened with avidity to everything, and may make a part of the information the basis of criticism in its report, in affairs where Indict ments are not practicable. Klluiiensratth Con arms Craddock. Patrolman Klingensmith, when called as. a witness, is said to have con firmed Craddock unhesitatingly re garding the J20 which Craddock as serts he delivered to Armstrong. Patrolman Vroman, after a two-day search by Special Agent Beatty, was found yesterday and taken before the Jury. He confirmed In detail the story told by Officers Schiller. Thomson and Johnson about their being taken to Armstrong's office to discuss the payment of money. Another . witness who opened the eyes of the Jurors was C. E. Baty. cap tain of detectives, who was called to tell what he knew about the attempt (Concluded on Page 10.) GARRY NG BRIG LORDS MAY BLOCK IRISH HOME RULE UNIONISTS PLAN TO DEFEAT ACTION BY ADJOURNMENT. Parliament Act Has Overlooked Pos sibility cr Virtual Strike Against Legislation. LONDON, July 9. A new Unionist attempt to obstruct the home rule bill for Ireland was announced in the House of Lords this afternoon by the Marquis of Lansdownc, Unionist leader. When the bill Is submitted to the Lords for second reading Monday Lord Lansdowne will move that the House decline ,tOi proceed with consideration of it until it Is submitted to the Judg ment of the country. If the House of Lords postpones dealing with the Irish home rule bill by an adjournment to a date beyond the life of the present Parliafnent, the Liberal government will be powerless to force through its legislation . because the Parliament act overlooks the possibil ity of the upper house's giving Itself a prolonged vacation and going on a virtual strike against legislation. PEANUT WAGONS AN ISSUE Fruit Peddlers Demand Same Priv ileges Under Same Ordinance. War is on between fruit peddlers and peanut venders of the city because the peanut people are permitted to stand on the streets In the business district, while' the fruit peddlers are forced to keep moving, despite the fact that both classes of peddlers pay the same amount of license and have the same privileges under the law. The trouble, which has been brew for some time, came to a head .yes terday, when the fruit peddlers - ap peared before City Commissioner Daly and demanded recognition of their right to stand on the street corners. Commissioner Daly Investigated and found that both the fruit peddlers anil the peanut vendors have exactly the same license. Commissioner Daly announced that the only solution of the problem he can see Is to drive them all out of the business district or change the prdvi sions of the licenses. The question will be taken before the Commission at Us next meeting. POLAR EXPLORERS IN NOME Stefansson and Party Will Resume Journey July CO. NOME, Alaska,- July 9. The Cana dian polar exploration ship Karluk arrived from "Victoria. B. C, today with 12 of the scientists who will go with Valjamur Stefansson into the Arctic. A few hours later the steam ship Victoria arrived from Seattle with Stefansson, Dr. R. M. Anderson, his lieutenant, and James' Murray, oceanographer. The expedition will remain here un til July 20, when the way will be open to Point Barrow, the Northern most point of Alaska. While here supplies will be trans ferred to the auxiliary boat Alaskan, which will taka the Southern party, under Dr. Anderson, from Nome to Victorialand for scientific research work? WEEDS TO BE ORDERED CUT City Commissioner to Xotify Vacant Ixt Owners Today. . With the receipt' yesterday by City Commissioner. Dieck of a supply of le gal weed-cleaning notices, to conform with the new weed ordinance, arrange, ments -were made for an immediate campaign to force the cutting of weeds on all vacant property within the city. The new law provides that the City Engineer shall post on vacant property where weeds are growing a siwrn read ing "Notice to cut weeks." It the weeds are not cut within live days the City Engineer is required to engage men to do the work and the cost will be as sessed against the property. Commissioner Dieck gave notice to all of the street inspectors and district engineers yesterday to spot out prop erty covered with weeds. The notices will be posted today. ELKS NARROWLY ESCAPE Sightseeing Party of 30 Comes Xear to Drop of 175 Feet. ROCHESTER. N. Y., July 9. Thirty Elks attending the grand lodge re union here narrowly escaped a drop of 175 feet into the Genesee River to night when a. sightseeing car in which they sat crashed through a bridge rail ing. At the highest point the bridge is 212 feet above the river. The accident was due to the attempt of the chauffeur to avert a collision with a runabout driven by a woman. When the big machine hit the bridge railing ten feet of the guard crashed Into the river. The right front wheel of the big sightseeing car hung over the bridge and the car had to be jacked up before the party could go on. HAIL IS AS BIG AS WALNUTS Fruit Trees Stripped and Truck Gardens Devastated in Ohio. COLUMBUS. O., July 9. A terriffic rain and hall storm swept parts of Columbus and vicinity this afternoon, doing great damage in the city and country. Hailstones as large as wal' nuts were shoveled up after the storm, which lasted less tnan 10 minutes. Fruit trees were stripped bare and truck farms were shorn of the grow ing crops. . LOBBY TO UNDERGO ANOTHER INQUIRY House Decides on Its Own Investigation. MULHALL IS STARTING POINT Wide Authority,1 However, Is Given to Committee. SENATORS HEAR W00LMEN Manufacturer Says He Knows of To Expenditures for Political Pur I poses, Except Fund Raised for Special Exigency. WASHINGTON, July 9. A lobby In vestigation of .extraordinary scope was authorized by the House today to sup plement the Senate inquiry already un. der way. ; With the passage "of the Henry' investigation resolution a spe cial committee , of seven members was Immediately appointed by Speaker Clarke with Representative Garrett, of Tennessee, as chairman. The committee will meet tomorrow to make plans for tpe institution of the probe at once. ' yhile the House investigation was prompted largely by the allegation of Colonel M. M. Mulhall regarding the legislative activities of the National Association of Manufacturers, the reso lution as Anally adopted' enlarged the scope of the inquiry so that all efforts to control members of the House or to Influence legislation by any person or organization will be subject to the in quisitorial power of the committee. , House Committee Appointed. The Speaker appointed with Chair man Garrett, of Tennessee, Representa tives Kline of Indiana, Russell of Mis souri, Roddenbery of Georgia, Demoy crats; Willis, of Ohio ana Stafford, of Wisconsin, Republicans, and Represent ative Nolan of California, Progressive. Representatives Kline, Willis and Staf ford are out rff town and the chairman telegraphed them tonight asking them to return at once. Chairman Garrett expects to begin hearings on Monday. ' The special Senate committee con tinued today its Inquiry into the activi ties of lobbyists concerned with the wool schedules of the tariff bill. ; The, committee-has not yet begun its probe' of the Mulhall charges, although all of i the correspondence . ani documentary proof has been classified and arranged for use as soon as the -witnesses are ready for examination. : Hearings to Be Open. Many involved in the Mulhall charges are in AVashington, summoned to take the stand before the Senate committee. (Concluded on Pane 2.) -............ - - '. a, 1 1 .... . .... ...v. . r ; t - - - ............ ... 4 INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS -Tli Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 70 degrees ; minimum, do degrees. TODAY'S Kair and warmer; south to west winds. Foreign. Bulgarians reported ready to seek Page 1. House of Lords has plan to block ruin. Page 1. peace. home Havana deeply stirred by death of . police cniet. i'age . National. House decides on separate lobby Inquiry. Page 1. Domestic. , Mount Tamalpais fire increasingly menac ing, page 1. Opera producing rivals seek to enjoin Oscar Wammerateln. Page 2. Dr. Clark re-electd president of Christian Endeavorers. Page 3. Interstate Commerce Commission criticises Mellen a management of New Haven. Page 2. Dr. Swain now slated for president of Na tional Education Association. Page 2. Sex hygiene to be taught In Chicago public scnoois. iJage x- Pavific Northwest. Judge Gatens opens war on psychologist at Seattle Charities Conference. Page 5. Warfare of modern day healthy, says Lieu tenant Colonel Morrison In Oregon-camp. Page 4." "Catch-My-Pal" move sweeps Gladstone Park Chautauqua audience. The Dalles City Treasurer may be made de fendant by refusal to cash city war rants. Page 3. ' - ' Sport. Coast League ' results:. Portland-Venice game postponed on account of rain; Sac ramento -1, tian Francisco 3; Los An geles 9, Oakland 6. . Page 7;- North west League results: Portland 11. Tacoma 5; Seattle 6, Victoria 1; Vancouver-Spokane game postponed, rain. Page 6. - - . - Americans In condition to meet Germans at Tennis today. Page 6. Holla-day team of two win grammar school field meet. Page 6. Beavers lead Const League In fielding aver ages, page 7. . Playgrounds baseball ' league' teami soon to play. . Page o. Commercial and Marine. Wool season In Oregon tearly ended. Page 17. July crop report Issued by Government la bullish. Page 16. Chic&so grain Trade drags, but undertone Is . firm.' Page 17. . Stocks close with small net losses after early weakness. Page 17. -Public dock deal meets with long debate. Page 16. . ' Portland and Vicinity. J ullan M. Browr.eU, assistant manasfer Ore gon Hotel, dies suddenly. . Page U. O.-WV R & N.-North Bank bridge rate ad justed. Page 16. Admen wheel Berg's new baby buggy. Page 10. - . . . Weather report, data and forecast, page 13. Arrests and rain fail to stop pickets. -Page Last Side croas-clti- car franchise sought. Pase 16. Detective Craddock tell of ' carrying bribe to Armstrong. Pase 1. Mears' dancing party at Waverly Golf Club big social event. Page 10. City Commission works with great, speed at first- regular ' session. ' ' Page 11. . Railroad officials' are on trail of Congdon. Page 12. - '. , Lodges and clubs may pay more taxes. Page '12. Non-Partlsan Advisory League organizes. Page 12. STR IKERS ASK PROTECTION St. Louis AVaiters, Cooks and Bar tenders Appeal for .. Militia. ST. LOUIS. July 9 The striklrie waiters, cooks and bartenders tonight sent a telegram to Governor Major besting him to ' send a company of militia hero immediately - to protect them from assaults by the police. The square surrounding- the Mary land Hotel is filled with a. hnwllnr mob, and clashes between the "police and strikers are hourly occurrences. BULGARS REPORTED ANXIOUS FOR PEACE Ivanoff s Army Retiring Before Greeks. CHOLERA ADDS TO HORRORS Disposal of Dead and Wounded Now Grave Problem. NURSES MUCH OVERTAXED Koumanla Ready to Attack Either Bulgaria or Servla, as May Bes? Serve to 1 reserve Equilib rium In Balkans. LONDON', July 9. Reports from the scenes of war in the Balkans continue to be conflicting. This was markedly emphasized tonight. . a dispatch from the Dally Telegraph's correspondent at Uskup, dated Tuesday night, reporting that there hardly had been any fighting In the last few days, while Belgrade dispatches reported further Servian vic tories and the latest advices from the Servian capital , asserted that all the Bulgarians who had invaded Servla had been driven back across the frontier. There seems to be little doubt that General Ivanoff's army Is steadily re tiring before the victorious Greeks, and It is reported the Bulgarians have evacuated both Kavala, where the Greek fleet is operating, and Dedea gatch. ' Plea for Peace Thought Probable. Whether . there is any truth in Vi enna reports that Bulgaria has applied to the powers to arrange peaco is not known but It would appear not unlike ly, since clearly things are not going well with the Bulgarians arid the out break of cholera at many points in the field of operations', .combined with the exhaustion of the armies by the fierce ness of the struggle, is calculated to make some such solution welcome to the combatants. ... , This is especially so because of the unciertantly of the policy of Roumania, which is now reported to be ready to attack either Servla or Bulgaria, as oc caslon may demand, in. order-to prevent a disturbance of the Balkan equi librium. Dead and Wounded Arc Problem. The problem of dealing with the dead and wounded is proving serious. The nursing resources In Belgrade are woe fully insufficient and all accommoda Hons there are distressingly overtaxed. It is said that the Servians have per mitted a pause in the operations to al low the removal of the wounded and interment of the dead, as well as the ( Concluded on Pae 2.) SEXHYGIENE IS ADDED TO STUDIES CHICAGO INTRODUCES SUBJECT IX HIGH SCHOOLS. Course to Be Called "Personal Purity" One Woman Member of Board Opposes. CHICAGO. July 9. (Special) Sex hygiene will be taught in the high schools of this city, beginning with September. The Board of Education today adopted a recommendation to make teaching of sex hygiene part of the curriculum, making Chicago the first city In the United States to teach It. It will be called a course In "personal purity." It was not without a fight that the board acted. On motion made by Trustee Loeb at the school manage ment committee meeting three welks ago, Ella Flagg Young, superintend ent of schools, recommended that sex hygiene be taught in the high schools and that lectures be given in the elementary schools. Opposition developed and when the recommendation came before the board two' weeks ago. It was deferred for further consideration. An amended recommendation was . submitted and adopted today. Before the resolution was read Mr. Loeb said he had re ceived commendatory letters from prominent citizens of the community who had made a study of the subject. Among those from whom he received encouragement were Jane Addams, A. W. Harris, president of Northwestern University; Charles R. Henderson, pro fessor of sociology at the University of Chicago, and Mrs. M. L. Purvin, of the Chicago Woman's Aid. The only members of the board to vote against the teaching of personal purity to children of Chicago were Mrs. John McMahon and Thomas Kelly. BORAH BILL IS REPORTED Modification of Homestead Act Fa vored by Senate Committee. OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash, lngton, July 9. Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the public lands commit tee, -today laid before his committee Senator Borah's bill amending the three-year homestead law, and after a brief discussion the bill was unani mously favorably reported. This bill seeks to make the three year law a real benefit to homesteaders by providing that in lieu of cultivat ing 20 -acres of land during the third year of, .residence, homestead ej-s', may show good faith and satisfy th law by making improvements oil tfielr land amounting to for eacfi' acre en tered. ' . The merit of the bill was quickly recognized by members of the commit tee and no opposition was made to it. Senator Borah Is gratified at the ac tion taken today, and " elieves the bill can be passed through the Senate this session, though it may not be consid ered by the House until nVxt session. With this change. he believes the three-year homestead law will afford great relief to all homesteaders. DOLLAR COLORS TO CHANGE Big Steamship Line Arranges to Ply Under Chinese l-'lag. SAN FRANCISCO, July 9. The Chi nese flag will replace" the Stars and Stripes over the ships of one of th largest freight-carrying steamship lines in the Pacific the Robert Dollar Com pany in the event that negotiations under way are consummated. Under the arrangements' now pending it will receive a subsidy from the Chinese gov ernment. Stanley Dollar, a vice-president of the company, said toflay: "At the time of the Chinese revolu tion we were closing arrangements with the Chinese government to put our line under the Chinese flag. The Investigation interrupted negotiations but they are about to be concluded." It is said the line will form the nu cleus of a Chinese merchant marine and be available to that nation in case of war. FREEDOM MAKES TOILET Workmen Scrub Statuesque "Lady" on Capitol's Dome. WASHINGTON, July 9. Freedom. whose form" surmounts the dome of the Capitol, made her biennial toilet today. A score of husky workmen clambered to the top of the dome and gave Free dom a bath, using a heavy lather or castile soap and scrubbing brushes to remove the dust and grime that had accumulated on the face and figure of the lady of the Capitol since her last ablutions were performed, in the Sum mer of 1910. Freedom's jewelry will be replaced. as the seven platinum tips which aur-' mount her headdress have been badly damaged by lightning bolts. . Several hundred dollars' worth of precions "metal will adorn her brow and protect her from the elements.1 TABLET HONORS BRADD0CK Spot Where General Camped In Colonial Was formally Marked. . WASHINGTON. July 9. A bronze tablet marking the spot where General Braddock camped with his army en route to Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian war was unveiled here today by a committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Today was the 150th anniversary of Braddock's death. The speakers were Representatives Borland, of Missouri, and Lewis, of Maryland. Colonel M. F. Gage, mili tary attache of the British Embassy, was present as the representative of the British. Ambassador. 2800 MEN FIGHT IfJG FIRE ON Canyon Dwellers Or dered From Homes. PEOPLE OF TOWN IN TERROR Tamalpais Blaze, Whipped by Sea Breeze, Dangerous. RICH ESTATE IS MENACED Men From Army and Navy Assisting Civilians in Unequal Combat. Cottages In . Muir Woods Are Now Burning. SAX FRANCISCO. July 10. (Tours day.) -Five men are reported to have been burned to death today on the Larkspur side of Mount Tamalpais. correspondent of the Amoclstnt rrna talked Tilth men who said they saw the five carried array on stretchers toward Mill Valley. They bad not arrived there at 1 A. M. SAN FRAXCISCO, July 0. The report that the Mount Tamalpais tire had vrept Into the big redwood grove, Muir Wood, was confirmed here at mldnlsbt. Immediately a train was assembled and hundreds of fire flfebters were dis patched to Join those now striving to save the big: trees. The ereat arrove Is . one of the noted show places of the state. SAN FRANCISCO, July 9. The women and children of Mill Valley are standing in terrorized groups in the street tonight, clutching a few of their most precious belongings, and watch ing the approach down Blythedale Can yon of the- Mount Tamalpais fire. The husbands and . fathers, aided by- 2Q0O men from the Army and Navy, are bat tling bravely t0 check the flames. At another point 800 civilians are right ing flames. The fire, which had been considered no longer dangerous early in the day. was whipped to action by the afternoon breezes from the sea, and it raged down the canyon, leaping the burned out path of the backfire, until at 9 o'clock it was reported a mile and three-quarters of a mile from the town. The wind slackened tonight, which gave some hope, but dwellers in the canyon were ordered to abandon their homes. Day of Anxiety Spent. Residents of the whole district spent a long day of extreme anxiety. Anions itie noteworthy properties threatened was the contry estate of Ralston Lovell White, known as the "Garden of A1-" lah," which is valued at $1, 000, 000. .The estate today is in charge of Mrs. Wil liam TIerney, a young woman whoso husband is with the firefighters. She refused to leave her duties as care taker. Three automobiles in the garage were left to their fate for lack of anyone to drive them to safety. The valuable paintings, tapestry and some of the furniture were removed. Much of the prize poultry had to be abandoned. Fire Leaps Over Trench. The fire in Baltimore Canyon also is reported to have leaped a trench dug to halt it. It is said that about 800 civilians are making a desperate stand against this fire, which threats the towns of Corle Madera and larkspur. An entirely distinct fire has started down Redwood Canyon and is cnarg Ing on the Muir forest of Sequoias. Cottages near Muir woods are burning. PRICE OF COFEEE DROPS Cost Declines 5 Cents a Pound Since Last October. NEW YORK, July 9. There was a break of fully a half cent in coffee to day, the culmination of heavy selling which has been in progress for several months, and which has caused a decline of S cents a pound in coffee since last October. The break was followed by a sharp rally, but closing prices showed a loss of 11 to 21 points compared with yesterday's quotations. Pronounced weakness in the Euro pean market, lower quotations from Brazil and reports of a continued flat trade demand contributed to the break, which was supposed to effect the liqui dation of old loans in advance of com petition and new crop coffee, which is now beginning to move in some vol ume. DANIELS TO VISIT PORTLAND Secretary of Xavy to Be In City July SO and Again July 2 8.. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash, ington, July 9. Secretary of the Navy Daniels will visit Portland July 20, on his way from tne Puget Sound JJavy ard to San Francisco, and will return to Portland July 28 on his way to Spo kane. The Secretary will be at Seattle July 16 to 18 and will inspect the Bremerton Navy-Yard. He will spend July 13 in Tacoma; and July 29 in Spokane. . mountaii