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Pages 1 to 12 VOL. XXIX. XO. 30 PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ANNOYER SLAIN BY WOMAN'S BULLET 1 rr nririm imm m IS SUICIDE, SAY POLICE HOP SING CHINESE ARE MADE PARIAHS PlfiCHOT'S ALLIES GROW DESPERATE runciian nuui I iv FISH MYSTIFIES BOPKE SHORTAGE OVER A MILLION VIGOROUS PROTEST MATROX KILLS MAN WHO TRIES TO MAKE HER I1UX AWAY. CHINESE TONGS IN SAN FRAN CISCO UNITE AGAINST THEM. SALMON BELIEVED TO WANDER FROM MEXICAN COAST. 68 Pages mt -fi ..a it, 19 i f i iia a it m v i " a i NICARAGUA MAKES RAH NOW Quibbler Undignified, Consul Says. UNFRIENDLY ACTS ARE DENIED Representative of Dr. Madriz Sends Formal Statement. CHINA, TOO, COMPLAINS Murder of Oriental Merchant in Southern Republic Calls for He ply Rebels Losing Ground, Word From Scene of War. WASHINGTON, July 23. rrotest against the action of the State De partment of the United States in re fusing: to recognize as binding; under international law the order of Dr. Ma driz, provisional President of Nicara gua, declaring Bluenelds a closed port, and in refusing further to take serious ly Norway's recognition of this order, was made today by Corry M. Stadden, Counsel here for the titular govern ment in Nicaragua. Report was received by Mr. Stadden from Madriz of the routing at Cotalpa. after nine hours of fighting, of 500 ln fturgents and of the capture of many prisoners. Mr. Stadden's statement con cludes with the observation that "If the State Department will diligently ob serve international obligations due to a friendly state, the Insurrection will noon be suppressed, with due care for the preservation of American lives and property." Unfriendly Acts Denied. The statement in part says: '"King Haakon, having recognized Tresident Madriz as the de jure, as well as de facto government of Nicaragua, as all other powers with the exception of the United States having doplomattc re lations with Nicaragua have done, it was eminently proper for him to recog nize the decree closing the port of Bluenelds. This action was based upon a formal protest that vessels flying the Norwegian flag had committed hos tile acts toward a friendly government, thereby Incurring liability to seizure. "It should be beneath the dignity of the State Department to quibble over the character of the gunboat Venus, which was publicly purchased in the United States for the titular govern- ment of Nicaragua. If she is operating unlawfully, she may be seized as a pirate. It she has not been seized, it must be presumed that she Is operating entirely within the law, and she should not have been driven away from Blue nelds by the American commander. Quibble Undignified, Is Retort. "All of the official acts of President Madriz since he assumed office have stamped the lie upon the evil reports Issuing from insurgent sources that he Is not sympathetic toward the United States and American interests in Nica ragua. "President Madriz has neither sym pathy for, nor affiliation with ex-Tresl-tlent Zelaya." Protest against the murder by the revolutionists of Chlchow, a Chinese merchant at San Pedro Del Norte, has been made by Chinese residents of Nicaragua to the representative here of their government. NORWAY'S ACT IS MISTAKE Information Relied on Transmitted by Legation at Havana. CHRISTIANIA, Norway. July 13. It Vas stated at the Foreign Office today that the action of the Norwegian gov ernment in regard to the right of the (teamers of the Bluenelds Steamship Company and other vessels flying the Norwegian flag, to enter the port of Bluenelds, declared under blockade by President Madriz. of Nicaragua, fol lowed the receipt of a communication (Concluded on rt a.) l ISfcfel iBOViOR THE REPUBLICAN I fel S TmS ML" 1 H ( v frYMAJiZ I TZA PfKR"tfNZ& f" ! i lil 'p g 1 - I HdiyT-" V A rrt,,r"1 Tfcoe. raton. Self -lue4 -W Stl. TW A Kann. Tke Assembly W.ld St.. Xals. 1, the Feel Killer Are-.dt A B.d Aeter. . After Tragedy In Taconia Home Before Three Small Children, Mother Telephones Sheriff. TACOMA, Wash., July 23. (Special.) In front of her three small children, Mrs. Fletcher Johnson today shot and Instantly killed Frank Hall, and then telephoned to the. Sheriffs office that she was waiting for officers to come and arrest her for murder. When Prosecuting Attorney McMur ray and Sheriff. Morris reached her home at Rigney Hill, near South Ta coma, they found Hall lying on the floor where he had fallen, and Mrs. Johnson almost hysterical. The woman told the Sheriff that Hall, who hal been forcing his attentions on her, came to her house today and in sisted that she leave her husband and children to go with him. When she refused to do it, he flew ii to a great rage and finally drew a revolver, threatening to kill her and then him self. Believing in her fright that Hall would fulfill his threat, Mrs. Johnson took a weapon out of a drawer and sud denly turning, shot the man dead. Mrs. Johnson, who is about 40 years of age, is the wife of a clerk in the office of Master Mechanic Crosby, of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Hall was an electrician for the same railroad. GRAIN OUTPUT THE CRUX I'atton, Done With Gambling, Says Good Times Depend on Crops. NEW YORK, July 23. Reiterating his declaration that he never would again re-enter the speculative arena and declaring that in his opinion the crux of the financial situation lay with the grain crops, particularly corn, James A. Patten, the erstwhile "cotton king," sailed today for Europe on the steamer Kroonland. He was accom panied b;- his partner, William H. Bart lett. of '""llcago, and William S. Clough, of Bo tin. "It seems the crux of the financial situation this Fall depends on good crops," said Mr. Patten. "The oat crop Is short, wheat is short and hay is short. Now, if corn fails, the country might have a period of dull times. A great deal depends on the drought. The entire cornbelt has had a serious de ficiency of moisture since March 22. TRAIN ROBBER CONFESSES Inequitable Division of Loot Angers One of Band of Four. IDAHO CITY, Idaho, July 23.J-A sequel to the train robbery near Ogden. Utah, on June 27, when the passengers of an Oregon Short Line train were relieved of their valuables by a gang of masked men, is a confession made yesterday by a man named Budd Rogers to Deputy Sheriff E. B. True. Rogers came to town In company with a Chinese named Jim Amhoy. After he had asked a good many questions about the train robbers, Rogers said that he was one of them. He said that there were four robbers, al though it had been supposed that there were only three. He explained that the division of the swag was not an equitable one, and that he received only $23 and three watches as his share of the loot. The others told him that If he betrayed them they would kill him. Rogers at one time was practically blind and is now hardly able to see his way. He will be taken to Boise by Sheriff II. H. Hamilton tomorrow. BOMB PRECIPITATES PANIC Explosion Tears Big Hole in Side walk in New York. NEW YORK, July 23. A panic unex ampled in the record of somewhat numerous similar occurrences on the East Side followed the explosion of a dynamite bomb thrown on the sidewalk in front of a five-story tenement on Second avenue today. The bomb dug a hole a foot and a half In diameter in the sidewalk, blew out the glass In show windows all around and upset things generally in stores in the neighborhood. Hundreds of tenement dwellers rushed to the streets in terror. The police believe the explosion to have been an attempt to blackmail store pro prietors in the vicinity. HARRY MURPHY MAKES Negro Murder Suspect Is Released. "BLOODSTAINS" ONLY PAINT Detectives, Baffled, Revert to First Theory. MAID HEARD BUT ONE SHOT Relatives or Dead Railroad Presi dent Still Say He Was Slain by Burglar Chief of Police Washes Hands of Case. CHICAGO. July 23. (Special.) With the release this afternoon of Ernest Stevens, negro chauffeur, formerly em ployed by Ira G. Rawn, and held on suspicion of having slain him for re venge, the mystery surrounding the death of the Monon Railway president practically stands where it did when the tragedy was discovered. Stevens was released on orders from Assistant Chief Schuettler. The police have returned to the theory of suicide as the only explanation of the shooting. It was also established today that Mr. Rawn carried no insurance taken out later than several years ago. All his accident insurance, according to the one who handled all these policies for Rawn, had been in force so long that various accumulated dividends will net the estate something more than. $25,000 additional to the face of the policies. If they finally are paid. Other develop ments of the day were: "Bullet"' Is Pewter. "Second "bullet," supposed to have been fired at the intruder by Mr. Rawn, was not a bullet, but a bit of pewter, knocked from a pipe-Joint in the grate. "Blood stains" on the cement walk outside the Rawn residence, indicating that the marauder was wounded, prove to be paint under chemical analysis. ' Members of the Rawn family deny that Ernest Stevens, former chauffeur, was dismissed for joy riding. They give him a clear record. Chief of police announces his depart ment is through with the case, unless asked to make arrests. Servant Hears Only One Shot. Insurance detectives interrogate serv ants of Rawn household. Only one of the four remembers hearing any com motion the night of the tragedy and lie heard but one shot. Illinois Central officials reject offer of million dollars cash to abandon car fraud claims send cease prosecution, on grounds that they would be compound ing a felony. Neighbors who were awake the night of the tragedy say they heard but one shot. Chief interest in the sensational case is now centered in what will be brought to light at the Coroner's inquest next Tuesday. It was said tonight that among the witnesses would be a maid in the Rawn home, and that she will testify she was lying awake shortly after 1 o'clock the morning of the tragedy and heard the sound of the shot which killed Rawn. Maid Heard No Struggle. She will testify, it is declared, that she heard only a single shot and then a noise like a body falling downstairs. She heard nothing more, no second shot and no sound of a struggle before the single shot was fired, or of a person leaving the house or running away, during the deathly stillness that suc ceeded the report of the pistol and the fall of the victim. A man-of-all-work', who sfept that night in a garage only a few feet from the Rawn house; is also expected to testify that he heard the shooting, that only one shot appeared to have been fired and that no noise or confusion or sound of a man running away was Concluded on Pare 2.) SOME PICTORIAL OBSERVATIONS IN POLITICS Strongest of Club Is Ishmaelite Be cause It Did Not Divide Gam bling Profits Fairly. SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. (Special.) The Chinese tong war, which it was predicted would result from efforts of the police to close the gambling houses in the Chinese quarter, broke out early this morning when Jew Sing, a Hop Sing highbinder, was fired upon by some un known Chinese. Jew Sing was not armed when arrested, but he is noted as a highbinder, and his society, which ran the Siberia Club, is greatly wrought up over the closing of this gambling -headquarters and attri butes it to the influence of rival tongs. It seems the Hop Sings . refused to keep to the terms of a contract by which the profits of the various gambling houses were to be evenly divided among various tongs. They retained the lion's share of the profits and It was this perfidy which caused some of the other tongs to be tray the Siberia Club to the police. The Hop Sing, the strongest tong in Chinatown, is now an Ishmaelite, with every other highbinder society against it, and bloodshed is sure to follow. The gunmen of the Hop Sing Tong, em ployed by the On Tick Tong during its recent war with the Yee family, did most of the killing. The news of the shooting traveled like, wildfire through Chinatown and the streets this morning were deserted. JOHN D. KINSHIP COSTLY Tradesman Boycotted Pleads Rela tionship Is Far Removed. NEW YORK, July 23. Charles Miller, a Brooklyn tradesman who keeps a stationery store in the basement of an old brown-stone house. Is much in censed because the newspapers dis covered that his father. William E. Miller, who died of heart disease this week, was related to John D. Rocke feller. "If you must publish that fact," he exclaimed to a reporter, "at least ex plain that It Is but a very distant re lationship. That kinship cost my father thousands of dollars and it will probably cost-me thousands more. "When the newspapers published stories of how Rockefeller made his money, many people in this neighbor hood became very indignant. Some of them learned that my father was dis tantly related to the oil .king and forthwith boycotted us. In vain we in sisted that the kinship was so far re moved that even my father did not know just how it started. People would not. believe us, and whenever they passed our store they pointed to it and said:. There's Rockefeller's cousin.' My father grew so enraged that he for bade us ever to speak of the relation ship." MINER DRINKS; NOW LOST Missing Man Had Mania for Taking Long Cross-Country Walks. ELLENSBURG. Wash.. July 23. (Special.) Robert A. Harrison, a well known miner of Roslyn and well known in lodge circles in the upper end of the county. Is missing. He had been drinking and was arrested at the summit, of Cascades, while endeavoring to make -his way to Coos Bay! Oregon, Wednesday and seemed to have recov ered his senses. Thursday . he was released and was left at the Courthouse while the offi cers went to dinner. He was gone when they returned, and It was be lieved he had set out for Roslyn on foot. Today it was found he had not arrived at his home, and a search will be instituted for him. His wife lives in Marshfield, Or. STATES LOSE , NUMBERS Or 93,000 Arrivals in Canada, 4 6, 500 Are Americans. WINNIPEG, Man., ' July 23. According to figures given out today by the Com missioner of Immigration, the arrival since March 31 this year in Western Can ada were 93,000, of which 46,300 came from the United States. St. J.ouis Prepares for Roosevelt. ST. LOUIS, July 23. Governor Hadley notified St. Louis officials today to rent the Coliseum for October 11 for a reception to Colonel Theodore Roose velt, who has promised to be here that day. - Threats Made to' Get Favorable Verdict. WRITING ON WALL IS SEEN Ex-Forester Fears Even Dem ocrats May Desert Him. PRESS AGENTS TO RESCUE Notice Served on Ballinger Investi gating Committee to Favor Pin chot Crowd or Have Case Revived in Fail Campaign. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. July 23. The Plnchot-Garfield press agents, who are also press agents of the insurgent leaders of the Repub lican party, have served notice on the Pinchot-Ballinger investigating com mittee that they must return a ver dict unfavorable to the Secretary of the Interior, and favorable to Messrs' Plnchot, Garfield, Glavis. Newell, et al., or there will be a renewal of hostilities and a revival of last Sum.mer"e scandal. In other words, nothing short of a vindication of Plnchot and his partisans can prevent the active injection of the Pinchot-Ballinger case inlo the Fall campaign. Ever since the investigation closed, it has been well understood that a ma jority of the investigating committee was convinced no case iiad beer, made out against the Secertary of the In terior, and the general belief has- been that the report of the majority would sustain the Secretary and probably condemn the men who instigated and promoted the attack upoa him. and over his head attacked tin President. Senator Nelson, chairman of the com mittee, has made no concealment of his' disgust with the tactics of th SMn-chot-Glavls crowd, and Senators Root, Flint and Sutherland are as readily counted with the majority, as are Rep resentatives McCall, Denby and Olm tedl Democrats Need Thunder. It has been the general belief, .uore over, that the Democratic members of the committee, as was presupposed when the investigation started, would file a report, more or less critical of the Secretary, and possibly laudatory In some degree of the "patriots" who made the onslaughter upon Mr. Bal linger. The Democrats have a'ways professed to see political capital in this case, and now that they lind the Re publican congress has an exceptional record of achievement on which to rely in the campaign this year, they are more than ever desirous of side Issues which may prove helpful in getting votes. ' , The one remaining member of the committee. Representative Madson of Kansas, a Republican- insurgent, has always been regarded as a doubtful factor. As the investigation progressed he showed hostility to Secretary Bal linger, but on other occasions his at titude . seemed the reverse. Both sides feel that he will be with them when the report is brought up for adoption, and Mr. Madison may join the majority or may join with theDemocrats, or may file an independent report of his own. Of the three, the latter plan seems the more probable. But if the committee is properly sized up, and the seven Senators and Representatives named are convinced there is nothing to the Pinchot-Glavis charges, the vote of Mr. Matftson will not sway the result, no matter how he may stand. Unanimous Report Prophesied. In this connection. Representative James of Kentucky, one of the most active Democrats on the committee, is quoted as saying that the committee will, in his judgment, file a unanimous report. Mr. James has steadfastly re (Concluded on Fage 5.) AND OTHER CURRENT Barb In Cheek, or Peculiar Manufac ture, Gives Evidence of Long Travel in Water. ASTORIA. Or.. July 23. (Special.) A few 'days ago Charles McPherson. who Is buying fish for the Warren Packing Company at its Tongue Point station, re ceived a 23-pound Chinook salmon which had in its mouth a large steel hook, that is not only a curiosity in itself, but indi cates the long distances which the salmon travel during their migrations at sea. The hook was fastened in the cheek of the fish and as the wound around it had entirely healed, it had probably been there for six months or more. - It was very large, of a peculiar pattern and ex ceptionally well made. A. G. Spexarth, who Is considered the best local authority on all Ashing tackle, was shown the hook and says it is not of American make, as none of the manu facturers In this country turn out any thing like it. He believes it is a hand made affair, probably the work of a Mexican or an Indian, although there is an English company which manufacturers a hook similar to it. The line, a small piece of which was attached, is also peculiar in its make. The line itself is of fiber while it is reinforced with twine pleated In a style that clearly indicates, it was Mexican handwork. He believes the salmon got the hook, which was apparently used for trolling, while In the waters off some port along the South Coast .and probably in the vicinity of the Catallna Islands. MINNESOTA SURPLUS BIG With $4,000,000 in Treasury, Citi zens May Escape Taxes. MINNEAPOLIS. July 23. Citizens of Minnesota may not be called upon to pay taxes next year. At present the treasury of the state is groaning under the burden of a surplus which has never been duplicated. On October 1 there will be nearly $4,000,000 in the state treasury. October 1, 1909. there was approximately $2,000,000 in the treasury. The unusual amount of money in the state's .cash box has come 'about through the successful settlement of cases which have netted the common wealth large sums of money. The largest of these items came from the settlement of the lumber cases, the gross earning tax cases, the Kennedy Inheritance tax cases, and others. Not only have large sums- of money come into the treasury, but they will result in constantly augmenting streams of gold in the direction of the state's cof fers, so that Minnesota bids fair to become a state unique in the history of taxation a state that may find it not necessary to tax its people one cent for the general maintenance of state government. SINGING CHARMS RATTLER Women Hypnotize Snake, Then Kill It With Clubs. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal.. July 23. Singing "Nearer, My God. to Thee," three women charmed a rattlesnake which had just crawled from beneath a cush ion upon which one of them was seated out on the Vale ranch. Mrs. F. P. Dun lap. Mrs. Harry Allison and Mrs. W. A. Vale were seated on a lounge under the trees when Mrs. Dunlap perceived the snake. Instantly she thought of music charming reptiles and she whispered, "Let's sing." she commenced to hum the sacred air and the others, not know ing why, took it up. The snake, with head poised, paused, and Mrs. Dunlap slowly arose and beckoned the others to follow, which they quietly did. After having gained a safe distance the others discovered what their danger had been. Armed with clubs the women then killed the snake. MOB STONES 50 WORKMEN Strikers Who Return to Sugar Re finery Attacked on Emerging. NEW YORK, . July 23. There was a riotous demonstration this afternoon at the plant of the New Tork Sugar Refining Company in Long Island City when 50 men, who with about 450 others had gone on strike yesterday but returned to work this morning, came out of the refinery to go to luncheon. When the men appeared outside the plant a volley of stones and bricks was thrown and then a rush was made for them by a mob. The rioters were dis persed by policemen. AFFAIRS OF THE DAY. Fidelity Trust Surplus Is Wiped Out. BANKKEEPER TAKES $1,140,000 Search of Books Shows Stu penduous Peculations. STOCK WILL BE ISSUED Speculations of Employe In Big Trust Company at Louisville Lead to Thefts Which Wipe Out the Entire Surplus. "j LOUISVILLE. K-., July 23 August Ropke, assistant secretary and book keeper' of the Fidelity Trust Company) is believed to have made away witM 31,140.000, the entire surplus of the con cern, according to a statement made lat today by John W. Barr, president of th company. Ropke has been in jail for ten daya unable to furnish bail In the sum oi $25,000. He was a heavy speculator and lost large sums. It Is said. In Wall street and on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mr. Ban's announcement was madt after a special meeting of the stock holders. Mr. Barr said the stockhold ers had been told that the entire capi tal stock of the concern was intact; but that the surplus was gone. Stock Issue to Meet Loss. 1 The loss through this defalcation will be met by an issue of stock, aggregat ing $1,000,000, which will be Issued to stockholders at par. The stockholders have already agreed, it is understood, to subscribe the full amount of the issue. . AugustRopke is a German about 45 years old. He la a man of family and has always enjoyed the unbounded con fidence of his business associates. He lived unostentatiously and indulged in only one luxury, as far as his friends know, and that was an outomoblle. Ropke Was Trusted Employe. The craze for specula'tion reached, htm, however, and he tried to recoup. One year he is reported to have made $200,000, only to have lost It a month or so later. Ropke had been in the employ of the bank for 18 years. One day, about two weeks ago. a shortage of $6000 was accl- . dentally discovered by one of Ropke's assistants and the matter was reported to his superiors. This resulted in Ropke's arrest. He was sent to jail in default of bail, and accountants were put to work on his books. The stortage grew daily until it reached the stupendous amount report ed today at the special meeting of the stockholders. Some of Ropke's property has been recovered , and turnei ovtr to the bank. - ' GIRL SAVES EX-PREMIER Cousin Leaps Upon Wou Id-Be As siissnln. Spoiling Ills Aim. BARCELONA, July 23. Antonio Maura, leader of the Conservative party, who, as Premier, put down the Barcelona riots and brought about the execution of Dr. Francisco Ferrer a. year ago, owes his escape from probable death last night to the courage of his youthful girl cousin, who threw her self upon the assailant. Shortly before midnight the ex Prime Minister stepped from a train at the Francis station, where he ar rived from Madrid en route to Palma. At his side was his cousin. Suddenly from the crowd the man. Mauel Posa, fired three shots. The first bullev pierced Senor Maura's arm and the second found lodgment in his leg. As Posa fired agatn the woman sprang upon him, spoiling his aim, and the bullet went wide. The wounds Inflicted are not re garded as serious. - -