mytvtvtj our.nvTiV. SATURPAT, JTTLT 18, 1914.
MMEDIATE PEACE
PLAN OF DIPLOMATS
United States Advises With
Rebel Leaders, Urging Mod
eration in Victory.
REVENGE IS DEPRECATED
General Obregon Informs Washing
ton Americana and Other For
eigners Can Ketnrn to Guad
lahara In Perfect Security.
WASHINGTON, July 17. Kvery in
fluence and diplomatic agency at the
disposal of the United States Govern
ment was working today for Immediate
peace in Mexico.
Not only la the American Govern
ment at this moment counselling Gen
eral Carranza, the constitutionalist
chief, to arrange with Francisco Car
bajal, Huerta'a successor, for the peace
ful transfer of the government at
Mexico City to the constitutionalists
without further fighting, but It became
known today that the Administration
Is Indirectly in communication with
Emlllano Zapata, leader of the revolu
tion In Southern Mexico.
Zapata Bu 24,000 Mea.
Zapata, according to reliable reports,
to the State Department, has 24.000
men. and though most of them are
poorly equipped they would constitute
a serious menace to a new government
at Mexico City if they remained in
revolution. Zapata. who demands
agrarian reforms Immediately, made
common cause with the constitution
alists and obtained supplies from them
with which to fight the Huerta govern
ment. It is not known, however,
whether he will lay down his arms
In favor of Carranza.
Carranza has been Informed that he
must conduct his triumph temperately;
that there ought to be no excesses
when the army takes control of Mex
ico City and other Important centers:
that there should be no revenges, but
that an amnesty for political offenders
should be declared, and the rights of
the clergy and other foreigners who
have suffered, especially the Spaniards,
be duly respected.
Carranza Shows Friendltnraa.
General Carranza, according to John
K. Sllliman's reports, reveals a spirit
of friendliness to the American Gov
ernment and a readiness to discuss
peace with Carbajal and prevent fur
ther fighting.
The United States has pointed out to
General Carranza through Mr. Silllman
that the United States stands ready to
recognize Carranza if his forces enter
Mexico City peacefully, after giving
guarantees to the Carbajal government,
as well as pledges for the holding of an
election and the carrying out of inter
nal reforms.
Washington officials . were encour
aged by a telegram from General Ob
regon. commander of one of the three
big divisions of the constitutionalist
army, saying Americans and other for
eigners now could return to Guadala
jara and the state of Jalisco with as
surances of safety if they wished. Gen
eral Obregon gave these assurances to
American Consul Hostetter.
FEDERALS LEAVE GCATMAS
Town Formally Occupied by Rebels
and Order Prevails.
ON BOARD U. S. S. CALIFORNIA.
La Paz. Mexico, July 16. (Via Wireless
to San Diego. July 17.) The federal
evacuation of Guaymas Is complete.
The last of the garrison, long hemmed
In by the constitutionalist forces of
Ueneral Obregon, embarked southward
tonight with their horses and accoutre
ments in six steamers and four towing
schooners. A provisional government
has been established and order prevails
throughout the city.
In accordance with the armistice ar
ranged several days ago. the citizens
of Guaymas were disarmed today. The
federal mines planted at strategic
Points on the outskirts of the city were
exploded, with constitutionalist officers
as witnesses.
The first act of the new administra
tion was to relieve the starving popu
lation by the distribution and sale of
foodstuffs.
The peaceful exchange of govern
mental authority was facilitated by
Captain Magruder. if the cruiser Ra
leigh. Arrangements also were com
pleted today for the formal occupa
tion of Guaymas by constitutionalists
on July 18.
The federal steamers will stop at
Mazatlan, Manzanillo and Salina Cruz.
SUICIDE RECORD IS BROKEX
Unprecedented X umber Follow Fall
of Huerta Government.
MEXICO CITT, July 17. An unprece
dented number of suicides and attempt
ed suicides have taken place since the
fall of the Huerta government. In the
last two days four suicides and three
attempts have been reported. Such at
tempts are usually rare here. -
Every representative of a foreign
power received today two telegrams
from general Huerta. One of these was
for the diplomat personally, bidding
him farewell and asking that he re
pose confidence in President Carbajal;
the other was for the government rep
resented, requesting support for the
new Mexican government. The excep
tion was In the case of the United
States, for which the Brazilian Minis
ter received no message.
The members of the diplomatic corpB
greeted Francisco Carbajal. the new
President of Mexico, in the national
palace today. Benardo De Cologan y
Cologan, Spanish Minister, acting as
dean of the corps, read an address ex
pressing strong hope for peace. Presi
dent Carbajal replied, saying his per
sonality would "in no case be an ob
stacle to the task of concord-' to which
he addressed himself.
FORGOTTEN GOVERNOR FREED
Carbajal Releases San Lais Potosi
Official Who Rejected Huerta.
MEXICO CITY. July 17. Rafael Ce
pada. ex-Governor of San Luis Potosi,
who has been confined in Santiago mili
tary prison for more than a year for
refusing to recognize the Huerta gov
ernment, was today released by order
of President Carbajal at the personal
request of the Brazilian Minister, who
acted at the solicitation of the ex-Gov.
ernor's friends. The existence of Ce
pada had almost been forgotten.
Mexico City Is threatened with an
avalanche of daily papers. Several new
political Journals appeared today and
others which had been suspended early
in the Huerta administration came to
life again.
Jackson Club Awards Cop.
At a meeting of the Jackson Club
last night a silver loving cup waa pre
sented to Mrs. B. F. Mackey for her
work in selling tickets to the annual
Jackson Club banquet last June. Mrs.
Mackey and A. H. Harms sold the same
number of tickets. They were to have
flipped coins for the loving cup. but
Mr. Harms withdrew In favor of Mrs.
Mackey last night. Milton A. Miller
presided and made the cup presentation.
Four-FIusher Is Called by
Judge and Assessed $10.
"Slamming Man Wno Filled
Straight, Court Holds Cause for
Fine, Despite Suspicion Cards
Were Dealt From Bottom.
N Interesting lesson In draw poker
f was given in Municipal Court yes
terday, and Judge Stevenson displayed
knowledge of the game.
Emil Starr waa charged with hitting
J. H. Johnson on the nose.
"He stood pat on a four flush." ex
plained Johnson. "I discarded one of
my pair of queens to draw to a straight,
and I caught. When I raised him he
got mad and hit me."
"How about it, Starr?" inquired the
judge.
"He dealt from the bottom. He can t
pull that stuff in my game. I slammed
him."
"And did you try to bluff on a four
flush" asked the court.
"Yes." admitted Starr.
"Serves you right. . Tou can lay down
your hand again. Ten dollars," declared
the court.
CYCLElillCK HIT
HKXRY WAJTK, STENOGRAPHER,
MAY DIE FROM INJURIES.
Skull Almost Crushed, Leg Is Broken
and Back Gashed, but Rider
Rallies After Operation.
inthi oxrlHent was added to the
long list of recent automobile and mo
torcycle casualties last mgni. v.
Henry Wank, a stenographer at the
Portland Commercial Club, waa per
t nhnllt 7 O'clock
by the collision of his motorcycle with
an auto truck enven oy wim-m
Heinioh, of the Portland Baggage &
Omnibus Transfer Company, at Front
and Harrison streets.
He was taken to the St. Vincents
Hospital by the Ambulance Service
Company.
Wank's Injuries consist of a com-
i f.a.tnrA n f thn skull, a com
pound fracture of the right leg below
the knee, and a sllgnt cui on me u
of his head. Hospital authorities say
that his skull practically was crushed.
Wank and William T. McDonald, a
chauffeur who lives at 694 Hood
. trovpUn c nlnncr Hood
street' at the time of the accident.
Patrolman McMichael estimated tneir
speed at from 25 to 35 miles an hour.
Heinlch was driving his machine down
the hill towards Hood street. At the
Intersection of the streets, according
to Patrolman McMichaels report,
u.intnti tiimwl n t h ft rieht ud Hood
street McMichael says that the truck
swerved nearly to the lert side oi uooo.
street at the turn, and that Heinlch
i i .!, , th. rl?ht side
was uwiiibi"6 -
when Wank struck him. McMichael
says that Wank evidently tried to pass
the truck on me leii, ana wo.o uui
to turn when he saw It crossing the
street.
When Wank arrived at the hospital
he was believed to be dying, but he
rallied after an operation on his skull.
Dr. Zlegler said he had some chance
to recover.
Wank lives with his. parents at 55
Front street. His mother arrived at
the hospital shortly after the accident.
SQUAD
MEN SAID TO HAVE SHOT RES
CUERS IX PANIC
Chicago Levee District, Once Colony
of Immoral Women, Overrun With
Criminals of Both Sexes.
CHICAGO. July 17. The Coroner's
Jury which today began its investiga
tion into last night's shooting, in the
vice district, in which one policeman
was killed and three wounded, ad
journed tonight without having deter
mined on the facts which led up to
the revolver battle. It adjourned to
await the results of the wounds of the
three detectives now in hospitals.
The Jury, comprised of six public
school principals, recommended that
Fred Amort, morals detective, arrested
on suspicion of the shooting, be re
leased on his own recognizance pend
ing the result of the inquest.
Officials of the Police Department
- 1n tnoir Ktat,menta that the
shooting was not the result of conflict
In the different Drancnes oi me uepan
ment They seemed agreed that the
men from the morals department lost
their heads when threatened by a
crowd of levee hangers-on and began
shooting when they saw revolvers in
the hands of the plainclothes men
coming to their assistance.
The Old South Side levee district has
been transformed from a colony of im
moral women to a colony of criminals,
according to MacLay Hoyne, State's
Attorney. He has announced he will
begin a crusade against all criminals
of both sexes found in the district and
that he will demand the revocation of
most of the saloon licenses there.
FAIR ENLARGES ITS SCOPE
Secretary Says Exhibit at ITorth
Yakima Will Bo Record.
J. E. Shannon, secretary and man
ager of the Washington State Fair, is
at the Hotel Portland this week from
North Yakima conferring with Frank
Meredith, manager of the Oregon State
Fair; George P. Larson, secretary and
manager of the Columbia River Inter
state Fair, and others.
Mr. Shannon said last night that the
1914 Washington state fair, which will
be held at North Yakima September
21 to 26, will be the largest in the as
sociation's history. The exhibit which
Washington will send to the Panama
Pacific International Exposition will
be displayed at that time and educa
tional topics will be more prominent
this year, he says.
JONES URGED TO REPLY
Senate Democrats Suggest Explana
tion of Harvester Connections.
WASHINGTON, July 17. Democrats
of the Senate banking and currency
committee who favor confirmation of
Thomas D. Jones, of Chicago, as a mem
ber of the Federal Reserve Board, have
Mr. Jones urging htm to
answer the report of the majority of
the committee wnicn opposed nis con
firmation on the ground that he is a
director of the International Harvester
Company, which is under indictment for
violation of the Sherman act.
Mr. Jones' reply is expected early
next week, -..
FOURTH
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OGATOR
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MEETS GQNVlCTfON
H. G. Kemp Said to Be One of
Alleged Gang Operating
Through Wide Field.
FARMS HELD WORTHLESS
Linn County Tracts Considered bnt
Desert AVaste and "Victims" Re
veal Plight by Recourse to
Civil Suit In Court.
With the conviction of H. G. Kemp
yesterday before Judge Morrow In the
Circuit Court four of an alleged gang
of land swindlers have been started for
the penitentiary and three others are
on trial, while other cases are under
Investigation and further indictments
may follow.
All of the alleged frauds so far un
covered are alike. They Involve the
trading of what are said to be worth
less lands in Linn County for property
in and about Portland. Titles to the
lands traded are said to be fraudulent
and the District Attorney's office has
found that, in many cases, the tracts
supposedly traded are owned by others.
Other tracts of supposedly worthless
lands are said to have been traded over
and over again. Linn County farmers
are said to have had many a hearty
laugh over the arrival and departure
of purchasers of the various tracts who
came to look over their holdings.
"Orchards" But Desert Waste.
The technical charge against the men
convicted and those now standing trial
Is that of obtaining signatures by false
pretenses and the penally upon convic
tion Is from one to five years' impris
onment. The cases are being pressed
by Deputy District Attorney MeGuire
and his assistant, Walter Geren. The
latter visited the Linn County lands
and found them in nearly all cases to
be rocky wastes, some of them burned
over timber tracts and nearly all have
been sold long ago for delinquent taxes.
The trials of the men convicted have
developed the fact that they were rep
resented by the traders as orcnara
lands.
R. M. Black, Guy D. Bell and R. L
Gibson have already been convicted and
Ed DeYoung. Ted Edwards and H. u.
Kemp, the latter on a joint Indictment
with DeYoung, are yet to be tried. The
Kemp-DeYpung case is now being
heard before Judgo Morrow.
The cases were first brought to light
by a civil suit begun before Judge Mc
Ginn. They were referred to District
Attorney Evans and criminal indict
ments followed. The cases nave Deen
pushed with vigor ever since. The
first indictment was based on the trade
of O. L. Henderson of his drug store in
the Mount Tabor district, valued at
$1500, for 20 acres in Linn County, rep
resented to be orchard land, but which
was found to be worthless.
The second Indictment, involving H.
G. Kemp and B. Kivich, alias Kaufman,
charged that they had traded 20 acres
in Linn County, near the foot or Mount
Jefferson, to Ernest Vauclaire for his
equity in an East Side nome, me value
of which was $1000. The trials have
developed the fact that the traders ac
tually gave warrantee deeds to the
properties, backed up by abstracts,
equally worthless. Some of the lands
traded are owned by the Hammond
Lumber Company and the men now un
der Indictment are said never to have
had any title to them.
Apartments Are Traded.
It Is also charged against R. M. Black
and J L Mearow that they traded J.
Munroe Davis and wife 80 acres of
Linn County land for the Peninsula
Apartments, of which the latter were
owners. This land was represented as
fine farming land, but investigation de
veloped that it is 13 miles from a rail
road, although it has some possibilities
and may some day become of use for
farming. Black has been already con
victed and Mearow will be tried later.
At least two of the traders main
tained offices in the city and these
places were known as the Mearow In
vestment Company and the H. G. Kemp
Company. Most of the alleged fraudu
lent transactions took place last year.
The extent of the operations of the
men now being tried is thought to have
been large and the number of alleged
victims is not known.
Judge Commends Prosecutor.
" Judge McGinn took occasion yester
day to congratulate District Attorney
Evans upon the good worn Deing oone
in this series of cases. The Judge has
kept in touch with the facts brought
out at the trials and was brought into
Judge Morrow's court recently to re
ceive a verdict of the Jury convicting
some of the defendants, Judge Morrow
being away from the Courthouse at the
time.
PARTY CONVENTION ON
WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS GATH
ERING AT SEATTLE.
Four Candidates for Senate Nomination
Present at Session Where Liquor
Fight Is Expected.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 17. Many
delegates to tomorrow's Democratic
state convention arrived tonight. The
convention will adopt a platform, but
the candidates for United States Sen
ate and Congress will be chosen by pri
maries on September 8.
Three of the four candidates for the
nomination for Senator are here ex
Senator George Turner, ex-Judge Will
iam Black and Hugh C. Todd. The
fourth, ex-Mayor George F. Cotterill, of
Seattle, is on his way to the world
convention of Good Templars at Chris
tlania, Norway.
Arthur E. Nafe, of Seattle, will prob
ably be designated as temporary chair
man of the convention by the state
central committee. He Is a. supporter
of President Wilson. The Washington
delegates to the Baltimore convention
stood out against Wilson to the last
and It is alleged by their opponents
that they are hostile to the President
still.
Governor Ernest Lister will address
the convention and may be offered the
permanent chairmanship: It is ex
pected there will he a hot fight over the
adoption of a prohibition plank in the
platform. Mr. Cotterill, the only
avowed Prohibitionist candidate for
Senator among the Democrats, takes
the position that it is not wise to make
the liquor question a party issue.
The convention will meet in the State
Armory before noon. It will contain
numerous women delegates.
PERS0NAL MENTION.
M. B. Hainer, of lone, is at the Sew
ard. L. D, Keelhaber, a ranchman of
White Salmon, Wash., is a guest ot the
Perkins.
George W. Healy, of Milton, is at the
Seward.
O. B. Aagaard, of Buxton, is at the
Multnomah.
Robert Brown, Bend merchant. Is at
the Perkins.
J. H. Blackaby, a banker of Ontario,
Or., is at the Imperial.
H. D. Miller, a merchant of Grants
Pass, Is at the Benson.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Adams, of Ash
land, are at the Seward.
S. N. Kllgore, a Sprlngwater mer
chant, is at the Perkins.
Dr. Lewis Dechnell, of Lake Crescent,
Wash., Is at the Imperial.
A. B. Sprague, a Centralla, Wash.,
hotelman, Is at the Benson.
D. J. McKenzie, a merchant of Salem,
Is registered at the Oregon.
I. van Graven, a stockman of Boise,
Is registered at the Cornelius.
Ex-Senator F. L. Stewart, banker of
Kelso, Wash., Is at the Oregon.
W. C. Yeomann, of Pe Ell, Wash., a
lumberman. Is at the Multnomah.
W. J. Eliot, a Hoqulam, Wash., tim
berman, is registered at the Seward.
L. C. Hammond, a San Francisco
lumberman, is a guest of the Benson.
R. C. Hammond, a cigar manufac
turer of Los Angeles, is at the Oregon.
E. W. Moreland, of the State Engi
neer's office, Is at the Cornelius, from
Salem.
A. H. Willoughby and Bruce Powell,
of Eugene, are registered at the Mult
nomah. J. C. Gay, a Seattle business man,
and Mrs. Gay are registered at the
Oregon.
T. R. Sloan, an official of the North
ern Pacific at Fargo, N. D., is at the
Cornelius.
A. F. Choynsky, attorney of San
Francisco, and Mrs. Choynsky, are at
the Benson.
C. H. Hanson, a merchant of Grange
vllle, Idaho, and Mrs. Hanson are at
the Imperial.
Ray W. Turnbull, electrical contract
or of San Francisco, Is registered at
the Cornelius.
Thomas M. McMillan and family, of
Boise, IdaHo, are at the Imperial on
their way to the beaches.
L Bateman, local right-of-way and
lease agent of the Canadian Pacific at
Vancouver, B. C, is registered at the
Multnomah.
'I Have Paid," Says Huerta in
Reviewing Past
I Am Going to Europe to Stay
Until My Country Needs My
Sword," Declares Deposed Dictator.
PUERTO MEXICO, July 17. In an
interview after his arrival here
General Huerta tonight said:
"When I assumed the presidency, I
said publicly that I would restore
peace, cost . what It might. I have
paid; it has cost me the presidency.
To restore peace has been- my sole
ambition. I hope it is oomlng.
"I am going to Europe and there I
will stay until my country needs my
sword ' sufficiently to call upon me.
Should that time come, I will gladly
return."
With General Huerta will go some 20
officers, and whether they will return
depends upon the attitude adopted to
ward them by the new government.
During the day General Huerta
spent some time at Orizaba, receiving
and sending messages. To President
Carbajal he telegraphed:
"I desire that your government shall
continue. If you should require my
small services I assure you they are
at your disposal."
He also sent messages to the gov
ernors of several states, notifying them
of his resignation and requesting that
they all support the new government.
Messages urging the same support or
recognition for the new government
were also forwarded to the diplomatic
representatives in Mexlbo City.
General Huerta hopes to be able to
leave here before Saturday night
SEATTLE BECOMES MECCA
Scores of Portland People Leave to
Attend Potlatch Festivities.
Seattle will be swarming with uni
formed Portland men today, for scores
of them went up from this city at
midnight last night on the Potlatch
excursion, under the Joint auspices of
the Royal Rosarians, the Ad Club and
the Transportation Club.
Each club has a uniform distinctive
to itself, and. all three are going up
with a set of stunts that are calculated
to keep the Tillikums, their hosts,
"guessing" all day long.
They are taking with them the Ro
sarlan band to furnish all the music
necessary for their purposes in pulling
off their stunts.
All day long the party will be In
Seattle, and many of them will remain
over and not return to Portland until
Monday, since the excursion tickets
grant stopover until that time.
The excursionists will be guests of
the Tillikums at breakfast and will
witness the Dad's day parade and par
ticipate In the evening parade, which
closes the Potlatch celebration.
CALL PRICEAGAINST LAW
Court Upholds Government Conten
tion Against Board of Trade.
CHICAGO. July 17. A decision fa
vorable to the Government's suit
against the Chicago Board of Trade to
abolish what is known as the public
"call" was made today by Federal
Judge Landls.
The Board of Trade is open from
9:30 A. M. to 1:15 P. M. The Govern
ment's petition charged that a commit
tee of five of the Board met after 1:15
P. M. and fixed prices on grain which
were' to remain In effect until the
Board opened the following morning.
The establishment of these prices by
the "call" committee was a conspiracy
In restraint of trade, it was alleged.
UNION TO FIGHT I. W. W.
Pumpers and Engineers Ordered to
Work, Notwithstanding Strike.
WHEELING. W. Va., July 17.
Pumpers and engineers In 20 mines In
this section returned to work today,
on the advice of union miners, to off
set the Industrial Workers of the
World, who are active throughout the
district. Union miners believe a set
tlement of the strike Is near and much
time would be lost In preparing the
mines for workmen unless engineers
and pumpers were allowed to start
now.
Fear of the Industrial Workers Is so
pronounced that the men are guarded
going to and from work and mines
where they are employed are closely
watched.
Everett Man Out for Congress.
OLYMPIA. Wash., July 17. George
W. Adamson, of Everett. Republican,
has filed declarations of his candidacy
for Congress in the second district.
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RADIO TESTS MADE
Wireless Stations on Pacific
Part of World's Chain.
"SUNSPOTS" ARE INCLUDED
Experiment Will Continue Nightly
for Perhaps On Year and Will
Settle Many Radio Problems
That Now Baffle.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 17. United
States Government wireless stations
along the Pacific Coast began tonight
experimental work which It is be ieved
will contribute greatly to a revolution
In radio-telegraphic communication.
From this work, undertaken in collabo
ration with radio stations in all parts
of the world, it Is hoped to obtain a
basis for Improvements that will bring
about a vast Increase In wireless range
and solve a baffling scientific problem.
Beginning at 10 o'clock tonight and
continuing ten minutes records were
kept at all stations along the Coast as
to Interference with waves sent trom
the station at Mare Island Navy-Yard.
In other parts of the world the same
programme was followed. At the end
of the experimental period, which will
continue nightly and possibly extend
over a year, scientists promoting the
tests will collate all the records and
draw conclusions.
R. B. Woolverton. United States
radio Inspector, is in charge of the
work en the Pacific Coast. He was In
terested in the idea by William Henry
Eccles an International authority on
wireless, who; passed through San
Francisco recently on a globe-circling
tour of arrangements, with Australia
his present objective point. Eccles 1b
honorary secretary of the British As
sociation for the Advancement of Sci
ence, by which the scientific task has
been undertaken. Sir Oliver Lodge,
physicist and scientific writer, Is chair
man of the British association.
One of the vital questions frequently
under debate by scientists that may be
settled once and for all by the world
wide investigation Is that of the rela
tion of sunspots to radio communica
tion. For some time the conviction has
been growing that the sun is the
source of the electro-magnetto waves
that prevent the highest efficiency In
aerial telegraphy.
Sparks from electro-magnetio waves,
other than from the oscillations from
the sender, are known to wireless op
erators as "static discharges," and in
England as "strays," and these are the
Interferences, to obviate the presence
of which the experiment under way
has been projected.
LORENZO JURY DISAGREES
judge Campbell Dismisses Jurors
After 10 Hours' Deliberation.
OREGON CITT, Or., July 17. (Spe
cial ) After over ten hours of deliber
ation, a Jury in the Circuit Court was
unable to agree on a verdict In the
case of SIri Lorenzo, who is charged
with assault with Intent to kill, on the
person of Deputy Game Warden Frank
Ervln, of Mllwaukie. Judge J. U. Camp
bell dismissed the Jury at 8:35 o'clock
tonight.
Warden Ervln and Lorenzo were the
principal witnesses In the case.
MOTORCYCLE HITS GIRL 8
Margaret Drain Runs in Front of
JIachine as It Leaves Yard.
Margaret Drain, 8, sustained a broken
leg last night, when she was run down
by a motorcycle in front of her home
at 166 Boundary avenue. The machine
was ridden by a friend who had been
visiting her parents. As he left the
yard the child ran In front of the
motorcycle and was knocked to the
rIhedwas taken to the Good Samari
tan Hospital by the Ambulance Service
Company. '
Barney Boyle Stabbed.
Barney Boyle, a sailor 42 years old,
was stabbed by an unidentified man
last night at 11 o'clock at Third and
Burnside streets. Boyle was in a criti
cal condition at Good Samaritan Hos
pital early: tni morning. He .was
-.v.v.-. i h Tt Is believed by
the police that Boyle and his assailant
had previously had a controversy.
Indian I Killed by Train.
HILLSBORO, Or., July 17. (Spe
cial.) George Cunningham, an Indian,
50, was killed by a Portland-bound
train, coming from Tilamook. last
night. Cunningham lived on the Ne
halem, ana had been down in the
Tualatin Valley on a crawfishing ex
pedition. He had been to Portland yes
terday, had returned here and started
to walk back to the Nohalem.
Former Ilesident of Ashland Burled.
ASHLAND, Or., July 17. (Special.)
The funeral of Charles P. Jones, who
died in San Diego recently, was held
here yesterday. He was formerly Chief
of Police of this city. He was a Grand
Army veteran and affiliated with va
rious fraternal bodies. The funeral
services were conducted by the Masonic
order. He leaves two daughters, both
residents of California.
White Cedar Demand Sudden.
MARSHFIELD, Or., July 17. (Spe
cial ) There Is a sudden demand In
Coos and Curry Counties for Port Or
ford standing white cedar and the
field is well covered with cruisers and
buyers. None give any explanation of
the extraordinary action In this timber.
Slayer of Sculptress Convicted.
CHTCACSO. July 17. Isaac Bond, a
negro, was found guilty today of the
murder or Miss laa u. ieeKson. n
student and sculptress, who was found
slain and robbed last October on a
lonely field near Argo, 111., where she
had been lured tnrougn an aavertisr
ment for a nurse.
Man Killed N'ear HilNboro.
HILLSBORO. Or., July 17. (Spe. lsl
The I'ortland-boupd pasKensnr trlu
from Tillamook late last evening
struck and Instantly killed a forelirnrr
at bridge No. 2, a mile north of Hillf
boro. The dead man was a wood cut
ter and was returning home from Hi'
verton. From all Indications the man
had been Intoxicated and had ei I
himself on the track.
Verdict for Woman Set Aside.
CHICAGO. July 17. Jtidse L"'k
wood Honors today set aside the 2i.
000 verdict given to Miss Georgia Jy
by a Jury which heard her bre h -f
promise suit aialnst Homer ItuJi -haver,
chlormaster for 'Billy" flunrtay.
In his decision the Judge said Hint
the verdict was out of all proportion
to the financial situation of the pm
tic. Collcee Catalogue PrinU-d.
SALEM, Or.. July 1 7. (Spec lal.
State Printer Harris announced today
that the catalogue of the Ore on Agri
cultural College had been printed en.!
was ready for the bindery. The hnik
han 400 panes and about 10.IWO cnplr
will be delivered to the colleR.
Magnetic Needle Given Si IhhiI.
CHEUAL1S, Wash., July 17. (Spr.
clal.) An officer of the United Ftl'
Geological Survey has Just Installed a
magnetic neeedle at the Ktate Tralnlnir
.school here. The only other mi"a
netie needle near Is at the State Uni
versity at Seattle.
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