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V Pages 1 to 12 VOL. XXVII. NO. 23. . PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 7, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BREWERS TO PLAN WAR OF DEFENSE 7WENTY-0NEDEAD, ALLIES DECLARE NAME HITCHCOCK TO RUN CAMPAIGN KOOSEVEIT, TAFT AND ROOT DECIDE ON CHAIRMAN. GUNNESS WOMAN HEADED BIG GANG OF ROSES E BIG TRACK MEET S TOLL LA PORTE MURDERESS IS NOT DEAD, SAYS LETTER. CONVENTION" WILD DISCUSS WAVE OF PROHIBITION. . GLORIOUS REIGN MULTNOMAH WINS DEG1SI0NSUNFAIR !ED TORNADO Carry Contests to Nat ional Convention. WILL APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC Say Republican States Ignored on Taft's Behalf. ANOTHER PROTEST FAILS Charges of. Falsehood and Forgery Exchanged by Florida Men Two Brothers From Georgia Quarrel. Taft Given More Delegates. CHICAGO, June 8. No more evidence In contest cases will be put before the Re publican National Committee by the al lied candidates, according to a decision reached tonight at a conference among managers representing the Interests of Senator Knox, Vice-President Fairbanks and Governor Hughes. The managers for Speaker Cannon did not participate. There were present at the conference Represent ative James Francis Burke, of Pennsyl vania; Senator Hemenway and Joseph B. Keating,- of Indiana; Senator Crane of Massachusetts; A. B. Humphreys, of New York, and Governor Bradley, of Kentucky. Will Appeal to Public. Convinced that the National committee as at present constituted has prejudged all contests In favor of Secretary Taft, and that all of the delegations Instructed to vote for him will be seated by the com mittee, the managers of the three can didates named decided upon a radical course. They talked the matter over In formally and then called a meeting for a late hour tonight. They expect also to have several sessions tomorrow and may put out a definite programme and, when that has been done, to issue a statement, addressed to the public, sit ting forth their reasons for refusing to continue their cases before the court of first Instance, for such is the National committee. Decision Is Deliberate. In reaching a decision tonight the gentlemen of the conference came to the conclusion that, if they concluded to present their claims to the National committee and received nothing but a succession of defeats on which to ap peal to the credentials committee of the convention, they would receive a "black eye" from that body, afld prob ably from the committee, which Is the court of last resort. Tt-uv admitted also that, if they decline fo present tlirir evidence to the NatlcnM com mittee, they may have a poor rase to present to the superior court. The de termlnavlon to take the steps outlined, therefore, was not a hasty action aurl the conferees stated that they realized full well what the step means. Senator Bradley, of Kentucky, has been selected as the man best fitted to con duct the appeal to the National conven tion, which explains his presence at the conference. He was interested also in the campaign made for Mr. Fairbanks' case before the committee in the four con tested district of Kentucky. Cannon Opposes a Row. The allies concede that they are weak ened by the non-concurrence of the Can non managers. The headquarters of the Speaker are now under the direction of Representative Frank O. Lowden. Mr. Cannon has nothing to gain by the con tests, however, they may be settled, as he would not be the beneficiary in any case. Mr. Lowden is of the opinion that It is not good party politics to precipitate a row in the Republican ranks Just prior to the election, and for that reason is not In sympathy with the movement to bolt the committee. The effect of the non-prosecution of the antl-Taft contests would be to cause the committee to seat the Taft delegates in each instance. These delegations would go on the temporary roll and each Conelnued on Paga 4. After a Whirlwind Week. Platform to Promise Tariff Revision but Contract of Congress Needed to Make Good Pledge. WASHINGTON, June 8. President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft, Secretary 'Root and Senator Burkett, of Nebraska, had a generaf and extended political talk In the President's office this afternoon. Perhaps the most interesting and signifi cant developments of the conference were the serious consideration given to the problem of selecting a chairman of the National committee and the fact that Frank H. Hitchcock's name was left practically at the top of the list of those regarded as available. The action of the National committee at Chicago in confirming the White House prediction that the committee was by a large majority friendly to the Taft candi dacy made it expedient that further steps should be taken In perfecting the details of events which are to follow the decision of the contests. That the work of the committee has given the greatest satis faction to the President and the Taft forces is evident in many Quarters. It was impossible .however, to obtain a statement. Much time was given today to the dis cussion of tha platform. This document will be completed Tuesday, according to prediction, and Its tariff feature is assum ing greater importance than any other. The discussion turned on the importance of making clear to the voter that revis ion is promised by the Republican party at a definite tim immediately, after the Inauguration. To make this promise effective It will be necessary for the dominant party to elect not only the head of the ticket, but a majority of the members of the lower house of Congress. With this machinery, it was stated, revision would be assured, but should the house be allowed to go Democratic, the Senate remaining Re publican, of necessisty cross purposes and no action would result. BREAKS WORLD'S RECORD. Stanley D. Kellogg Sets New Mark for Motor Cycles. BUFFALO, N. T., June 6. Joseph P. Driscoll. of this city, today won the Kenilworth 15-mile road race in 37:35. Stanley D. Keogg, of Springfield, Mass., broke two world's motorcycle records during the day. Riding a two cylinder machine he covered ten miles on the track in 9:40 3-6,. reducing the record 22 seconds. Riding a one-cylinder machine he won the ten mile open race in the record time of 11:06 1-5. . DEATH TOTAL IS NOW SIX. Two More Victims of Tennessee Ex plosion Pass Away. LOS ANGELES, June 6. Six men are dead as a result of the explosion of a boiler tube on board the United States cruiser Tennessee, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sebree, yesterday oft Point Hueneme. E. J. Burns and J. P. Car roll, two of the most seriously Injured, died during the day. x The board of Inquiry convened to in vestigate the accident completed its first session late today without announcing any result. KILLED THREE CHILDREN. Fourteen-Year-Old Boy Confesses Series of Crimes. NORWOOD, Mass., June 6 After start ling the police today by declaring thaC he had killed two boys in Brooklyn last March, Anthony Santo, a 14-year-old boy, later in the day told the police that he was guilty of the killing of 6-year-old Louise Staula at Dedham on May 11. STORM CATCHES YACHTS. Rages Over Bermudas, Whither Racing Boats Are Bound. "HAMILTON," Bermuda, June . An easterly gale with heavy seas is sweep ing over these islands today. If the yachts participating In the long sailing race from Marblehead. Mass., to Ham ilton, are within 200 miles of here, as is probable, they must be getting the full effect of the storm. U Vou Don't See What Ton Want, The Smile That Won't Com Olf. Aak For It, Geor-e Queen of Flowers Lays Down Scepter. ' FIREWORKS BLAZE FAREWELL Carnival Spirit Holds Sway on Last Night. CROWD SEES TRACK MEET Woodmen Parade Also Feature on Last Day of Festival That Drew Nearly 100,000 Visitors to Portland. June's reign of roses is ended. The rose queen has abdicated her throne after a glorious week. Tet in spirit the queen of blooms will hold sway over her loyal sub jects through Summer, Fall and Winter, for the rose blooms even at Christmas In this favored realm. Young and old, thousands in number. Joined in the street festivities which at tended the end of Portland's second an nual Rose Festival, last night. From nightfall until an early hour this morntng the merrymaking continued, everyone en Joying the freedom of the occasion to the utmost. Big Crowd on Streets. Gaiety and public merrymaking without unpleasant or untoward incidents marked the end. Masqueraders and revelers thronged every street. Everyone knew everyone else. The formalities of every day life were thrust aside for the time. The public was solely occupied in whole some enjoyment. More people with more enthusiasm for merrymaking have never before taken part in a Portland street carnival. Fireworks and electric illuminations kept night on the outskirts of the city. Nothing remotely suggestive of darkness was permitted to Invade the business dis tricts until well past midnight. The scene of the masque festival on Morrison street, from Seventh to Tenth streets, was brighter than day Itself. Grotesque masqueraders were seen on every hand. Serpentine and confetti were thrown about in unending abundance. Many were equipped with baskets of roses, showering the flowers on their fellow-merrymakers Instead of serpen tine. To pass up Morrison street last night was to find yourself tangled In a hundred coils of colored streamers. Hideous masks were thrust in your face, horns were blown in your ears. You were showered with confetti. In fact you lost your identity under the avalanche of harmless carnival missies. But no one minded that. It was a part of the merry making. Not once did the thing border on rowdyism, or even what the confirmed dyspeptic or unspeakable prude would term as such. Woodmen In Parade. The day was attended by the same large turnout of loyal Portlanders and their guests which has characterized each day of the week. Crowded streets were the rule all day as well as more than half the night. The Woodmen parade of the afternoon passed along its course through the same dense sea of humanity that has greeted every procession. It was a less elaborate spectacle than the Festival pageants, but there were a number of in teresting features and the hundreds of men In the uniformed ranks made a fine military appearance. After the parade trained drill' teams gave public exhibi tions which were largely witnessed. The regatta on the river In the forenoon and the field meet of the afternoon drew heavily. Weather conditions were Meal for the closing day. A mild sun was In evidence all day warding off a few scattering clouds which futllly tried to monopolize the sky. The weather of the entire Festi val week. In fact, has been favorable, al though mora sunshine would have added to the supply of roses. But Portland established that she is not dependent on Continued on Page 10. HARRY MURPHY FINDS A FEW THINGS Anonymous Writer Gives Police In formation Accomplices Live la Chicago and Milwaukee. LA PORTE, Ind., June . (Special.) Twelve accomplices of Mrs. Gunnesa In her numerous murders here live In Chi cago, and the woman herself is alive, ac cording to information received by Chief of Police Cochrane today. Four other members of the gang, two men and two women, live in Milwaukee. A letter with out signature, bearing a Milwaukee post mark, conveyed the news to the Chief. The addresses of the supposed accom plices are given, and an investigation is being made. The letter says Mrs. Gunness was chief of the cut-throat gang under the aliases of Gibson, Buck and Springer, and that she was connected with a case in which a man was choked to death. PLAN TO MEET AT REVAL King Edward and Czar to Go to Ren dezvous in Yachts. PORT VICTORIA, England, June 8. The' royal yacht Victoria and Albert, with King Edward, Queen Alexandra, Princess Victoria and suite on board, today left for Reval, Russia. The King's yacht, the Alexandra, will Join the party in the Baltic. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, M degrees; minimum, 50. TODAT'S Cloudy, with possibly showers; westerly winds. Domestic. Tornado In Southern Nebraska causes 21 deaths and does great damage. Section 1. page 1. Woman gets damages for sale of her photo graph. Section 1, page 1. Great scarcity of beef In Chicago causes high prices. Section 1. page 4. Walker, leader of great bear campaign In stock market, fails. Section 1, page 3. Flood situation in Montana Improves; dam age immense. Section 1, page 3. Evidence Mrs. Gunness etlll lives xnd had many accomplices: Section 1, pi. 1. Gas in Colorado mine kills 20 rescuers of Imprisoned mlnere. Section 1, page 5. Politics. Fairbanks adopts new scheme to prevent Taft's nomination. Section 1. page 3. Allies will carry contests on Taft delegates to Republican convention and appeal to public. Section 1. page I. Taft forces choose Hitchcock for' chairman; Section 1. page 1. Sport. Gilbert, of Portland, breaks pole-vault rec ord at Olympic tryouts. Section 2, page 3. VThlcago wins Intercollegiate track meet. Stanford and Wisconsin tied for second. Section 2, page 3. Multnomah Club wins big track meet. Portland defeats Los Angeles 4 to 2. Entries listed for harness races at Oregon State Fair. Section 4. page 10. Lessons to be learned from the auto races of last week. Section 4, page 6. Portland team to go South after this week. Section 4, page 6. Ketchell's defeat of Papke marks him a good fighter. Section 4, page 7. rariflo Coast. Howard Lane, bartender, gives evidence In Dan Doherty murder trial. Section 1, page 8. Oregon salmon riven double dose of "pro tection." Section 1, page 9. Oregon Legislature must wrestle with Ques tion of proportional representation. Sec tion 1, page 5. Polk County school children erect monu ment on site of first schoolhouse in Oregon. Section 1, page 9. Because captain Goodall spent his time with other woman when wife was sick In bed, divorce suit follows. Section 1, page 4. Great exodus of San Franciscans to Summer resorts. Section 1, page 2. Conunercial and Marine. Hop shipment from Oregon to date. Sec tion 4, page 11. Ideal growing weather weakens Chicago wheat market. Section 4, page 11. Stocks strong in tone, but trading la light. Section 4. page 11. Surplus reserve of New Tork clearing-house banks decreased. Section 4, page 11. Kerr, Gtfford & Company charter two spot ships for outward loading. Section 4, page lu. Portland and Vicinity. Rose Festival comes to a successful close. Section 1, page 1. Prominent Portlandera have narrow escape In automobile accident. Section 1, page 12. Pioneers will hold annual reunion next Thurs day. Section 2, page 12. President Josaelyn answers Mayor's criticism of street lights. Seotlon 3, page 12. Big crowd sees parade of Woodmen, of the World. Section 8, paga 8. Btate Teachers', Assoclatlon to meet this week at Bugene. Section 3, page 8. Centennial anniversary of First Temperance Society to be observed. Section 4, page" 4. Mayor has fight on hands with street rail way company. Section 3, page 11. Arts and crafts movement doing good for Portland. Section 3, page 12. Public school children drill on Multnomah Field next Tuesday. Section 8. page 3. Rose Festival proves help to Portland real estate dealers. Section 3, page 10. Real estate continues active on East Side. Section 8. page 11. FROM THE WEEK'S EVENTS "Now, I Wonder Where That Came Fnnf Coast Stars Compete in Portland. HUSTON WINS SHORT SPRINT Beats Smithson, Who Runs a Great Race in Hurdles. GEARHARDT TAKES THE 220 No Records Are Lowered, but Good TimeIs Made In All Events. Oregon Second and Olym pic Club Third. POr"TS SCORED BY TEAMS. 4 Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. 53 I University of Oregon 23 I Olympic Club .'...19 Seattle Athletic Club 17 t Vancouver (B. C.) Athletic Club. . 2 J Vancouver Its. c.) x. M. J. A..... l Tacoma High School 8 Lafayette High School 1 Portland Academy 8 Columbia 1 With the assistance of the athletes of the Oregon Agricultural College, who otherwise would not have had an oppor tunity to compete, the Multnomah Ama teur Athletic Club met yesterday afternoon and won the annual championship field and track meet of the Pacific Northwest Amateur Athletic Association. The con tests were held on Multnomah Field and witnessed by nearly 4000 enthusiastic ad mirers of amateur sport. . In the regular rotation of the P. N. A. It was Multnomah's turn to hold the big event In Portland this year, and with this idea In view, the directors of the club set to work some time ago and yesterday's splendid meet was the fruition of their labors. While many of the athletes competing were among the best on the Pacific Coast and several of them slated for the ail American team which is to visit London next Fall, none of the standing records were lowered, although some very good marks were made in a number of the events. Crack Men in Races. Considerable disappointment was mani fested when it was learned that two of the California stars, Munn and Rose, and Edmondson, the Idaho whirlwind, were not present and would, therefore, not compete. This disappointment, however, was easily forgotten when the crack ath letes got into action, for men like Smith sen, Huston, Malcolmson, Gerhardt and Glarner were among those competing. And when Oliver Huston, the clever sprinter of the University of Oregon, came through victorious in the final heat of the 100-yard dash, everyone was elated. The little fellow ran a game race and deserved to win, although Forrest Smith son, who had won the first heat from the Oregon man in 10 seconds flat, secured a bad start in the finals. Pete Gerhardt, the San Francisco vet eran, was on the ground, and made him self evident In both the second heat and the finals. He won his heat In 10 2-5 seconds, and ran third to Huston and Smithson in the finals. Incidentally the Olympic Club man captured the 220-yard run, in 22 2-5 seconds, just as he had said he would, providing the race was not made in better time. Smithson Gets Bad Start. The 100-yard dash, however, was the center of Interest of the big crowd, most of whom were anxious to see the University of Oregon sprinter in com petition with the Multnomah premier. Huston ran like a whirlwind and suc ceeded in beating Smithson out by a close margin. Gerhardt, who was the only other starter In the finals, and took third place, slacked up. Martin, of Whitman College, running under the colors of the local club, was eligible (Concluded on Page 8. Section 2.) THAT ARE WELL WORTH ILLUSTRATING It Hls;ht Help Some it Ho Would Go to Work. Representatives of $1,000,000,000 Worth of Breweries to Decide now to Fight Drys. CHICAGO, June 6. (Special.) A bil lion dollars of beer-brewing capital will be represented at the annual convention of the United States Brewers' Associa tion, which begins in Milwaukee Monday. From every state In the Union influential representatives of the brewing Industry are gathering. The 600 delegates ex pected are accredited from firms or cor porations, so that the convention will have much more than an individual or a locality representation. Prohibition will be the prominent topic of the three-day session. Exactly what the brewers will decide to do Is un known, but that action will be recom mended tending more sharply to define the attitude of the beer men In the "wet" and "dry" dispute Is generaly conceded. It Is likely that a whole day will be given over to a minute discussion of the con ditions confronting the beer men in the fight now being waged so fiercely against them by the prohibition advo cates. There will be political and sumptuary economists and experts with facts and figures In battle array to prove that beer. If not the very nectar of the gods, is at least next door to an absolute necessity. BATTLE WITH ROBBERS Detective Kills One of Desperadoes and Is Wounded. PITTSBURG, June 6. While attempt ing to arrest four men about 1 o'clock this morning near Elizabeth, this county. Detective Englart shot and killed one of the men and was himself wounded twice. The men are alleged to be Implicated In the hold-up and robbery of the Monongahela Consol idation Coal & Coke Company general store last Thursday morning. The other three men are barricaded in a vacant house, holding a posse of citizens in check with rifles and revol vers. An automobile carrying six county detectives left here at 10:30 this morning. A desperate battle Is expected to occur when the detectives reach the scene. PRINCESS IS PRISONER. Burmese Blueblood Accused of .. Blackmailing Mexicans. CITY OF MEXICO, June 6. Princess Mary Chantoon, who claims to be the wife of one of the hereditary princes of a Burmese state, is in Belem prison here, charged with blackmailing. With her is a young Englishman of good appear ance and pleasing address, who gives the name of Arminle Wodehouse Pearce. The woman came here ostensibly to write a book upon Mcxica, but It is charged that she attempted to exact paid write-ups from many prominent foreigners. OWENS SOON ACQUITTED Jury Finds Yhyte Evans' Charge of Extortion, Unfounded. LOS ANGELES, June 6. Dr. J. S. Owens, of Los Angeles, charged by J. Whyte Evans, the Portland, Or., rail way promoter, with extortion, was to day acquitted by a Jury in the Superior Court, after an hour's deliberation. Evans married the former wife of Owens, who was the daughter of a prominent Los Angeles family. The men were former fast friends, but for years have been bitter enemies. WED WITHIN A MONTH Mme. Gould's Paris Lawyers Give Out Official Statement. PARIS, June 6. The attorneys for Mme. Anna Gould stated today that the marriage of their client to Prince Helie de Sagan will be BOlemnized within a month. Accident to "Coaster." SAN FRANCISCO. June 6. The south bound "Coaster," which left San Fran cisco at 8 o'clock this morning, was de railed near Sargent at about 11 o'clock. Two rear coaches left the track, but re mained In an upright position. No one was injured, according to the Southern Pacific headquarters statement given out here. The cause of the derailment has not yet been ascertained. A wrecking outfit has been sent out from San Jose and the track is expected to be. cleared In a few hours. Can ho Get Through the Doort Sweep Is Resistless in Nebraska. SCORES OF OTHERS INJURED Byron and Courtland Cut Off From the World. SIX DEAD NEAR GENEVA Storm Rips Path Along Kansas-Ne braska Border Phillipsburg, Kan., Destroyed Details of Geneva's Visitation by Wind. ; OMAHA, Neb., June . The tornado which passed over Southern Nebraska and portions of Northern Kansas Fri day evening was the moat destructive and covered the most territory of any similar storm which has visited tha state In many years. At least 21 per sons are known to be dead, 5 fatally Injured and a score of others, more or lees, seriously hurt, some of them dan- , gerously. j Additional reports received tonight I state that several persons were killed at the toWns of Byron, Neb., and Court land, Kan., which towns have been cut off from communication with the out side world. Three Churches Gone, At Fairfield more than forty buildings were more or less wrecked and some of them, including three churches, were de molished. The loss there will exceed (100,000. In the vicinity of Hickley farm houses stood the brunt of the storm and one or more fatalities are reported, with a number receiving injuries, some of which, will prove fatal. Serious damage Is reported from Byron, ten miles west of Chester, attended by considerable fatalities, but no details can be learned. All the bridges are out and communication by telegraph and tele phone Is entirely cut oft. A telephone message from Hardy, Neb., says the town of Courtland, Kan., Jus', across the Nebraska line, was struck by the storm and that several casualties occurred, but lack of com munication make confirmation impos sible tonight. Trains in all directions are abandoned because of washouts and destroyed road beds. At Geneva the storm wrought great destruction. Farmers Flee to City. The storm has covered suca a wide area and been so destructive wherever It touched the earth that It has almost caused a panic among the Inhabitants. Hundreds of farmers drove into town last night and today seeking shelter, many of them being homeless. Following the tornado came a heavy rain, which lasted well into the night and soaked the storm-stricken sufferers, making their lot doubly hard. FHIIXIPSBURG IS IN RCINS Byron and Courtland Also Struck by Friday's Storm. SUPERIOR, Neb.. June 6. A telephone message from Byron says that Friday's tornado struck Phillipsburg, Kan., de stroying the greater part of the town and killing several people. The town of Courtland, 15 miles east of Phillipsburg, was struck and several casualties re sulted. It is indefinite whether both towns were sufferers or whether the two reports cover the same -tornado. Details will hardly get through tonight unless by messenger, as all kinds of communication are cut off. FOUR PERSONS FATALLY HURT Tornado Destroys 17 Farmhouses In Kansas. TOPEKA, Kan., June 6. Meager de Contlnued on Page 4. Don't Lav Vn, Charlie.