G' CENING. V . V The Circulation VlVil
7 'VOL. TV? NO. 88. - ::;-r . r PORTLAND,-OREGON. , WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1905 FOURTEEN PAGES. .. j PRICE TWO CENTS. S?a oSt2- y
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FLAG DAY
SHOT TO
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III. IflllL
AT FAIR:
Beautiful Picture by the
School Children Who ;
rrfr Form Banner;-
COLONEL JACKSONAND
; J. M. THURSTON SPEAK
Exercise Are Held in .the Open
- and Attract Thousands Who -
-Heartily Applaud-Many
Interesting Features.
- -- Out at the magio city by the lake
today there was babe of childish
voices, serenade of Isughter; a Juvenile
ehorua of Joy mingling with a prattle
of mirth as 1.000. children took poa-
- session-' of the expoaltlon grounds, -ths
jnagnificent buildings and the Trail And
"cttled-thenTthPlr'own, r ',- '
It was Flag day; at the exposition.
And it was children's day. Jfor svery
1 child' who wore a flag was admitted
'free of charge. An age limitation of IS
; years was fixed by the management, but
It was fixed only In theory. Few were
- asked their age and fewer were, turned
'--way. -v ., -, ? ,' . v.
Two gates were" reserved especially
for the use of children. Adults were
not permitted to .pass and there were
.Hong'; lines of tiny men and women
; stretching far down the streets. At 10
o'clock , . 1.600 children had "bsssed
"""I" . v t
At the exnoainnn amienc rieia at i
- 1:10 o'clock this afternoon there was an
- exhibition of human flag, a gl(tntlc
'.; nation emblem, composed of children
dressed in trl-colored costume and dec
o re ted wlth-the atar"p4;tripf.r.tb
'exhibition was. under thaauapteea of the
-- tttghtera of the Amerlrsn Revolution
.. and under the direction of Robert Krohn,
physical Instructor of the Portland pub.
-tllo.achoolsv i- h t--Z-
The flag wam'brllllantly conceived and
faultleesly executed. Lit tle bands- of
children -formed In. perfect order ' dhi
marching to the atratns of the Adminl
tration band; jiook, tbetraaignedposl-
lions. '
"...X) lasT Termed. ---"-'--
Before forming the national flag they
executed many pretty drills and formed
many figures. . ; ' : "
When ; the flag .was finally formed.
Mrs. Rosemary Gloss Whitney aang the
"Btar-Spangled Banner." Her voice was
strong and clear, and the army of chil
dren Joined In the chorus to the accom-
panlment of the -Administration band.
Then the ceremony for the salute to
. 4he-flag was given. At the conclusion
of 4 be song every one pointed to the
flag and repeated the following:
"I pledge my allegiance to my flag,
whose stars and atrlpes stand for brav
ery, purity, truth and union. I pledge
my life, my heart, and toy sncred honor
'to love, and protect It. I pledge alle
giance to my country one natlonlndl
vlnlble, with liberty and Justice for all."
Then the audience' Sang, two verses
of the .jiatlonsl Jiymn. Mesnwhlle a
myriad t flaps fliittesei In tliu air,
i nrre wm Iliuiinc-r iikkb iiuniinii wrs'd
tha hutMlnKS end rrnunds. and tlny'em-'t
biems pinned to every person In the
audience. ' ' .
- Wtar theexercises on the athlctlo
field were concluded the Daughters of
tha American Revolution entertained a
large crowd with an in terea ting pro
gram in Festival hall. Oeneral Thomas
: M. Anderson presided.' ' The program
-vaa opened by the singing of "America"
'-by f,' Goodrich and a choir of boys.
Colonel Jackson's Tribute to Tif.
Colonel James Jackson, V. 8. A., who
was received with applause, said:
"Daughters of - the Revolution: Tn
your celebration of the natal day of the
1 stars and stripes you have the hearty
commendation and earnest sympathy of
the Bons of the American Resolution.
It is peculiarly appropriate that you
should conduct this celebration, for the
flag came into being through the in-
- genulty and deft Angers of a bright and
beautiful woman. Washington pre-
" scribed its " colorsT.Dut 'Betsy- Ross
molded It Into shape and gave to it
beauty of form and grace of proportion.
On June 14,-1777, congresa adopted thia
flag that Washington and Betsy Ross
had contrived ae the official banner of
the "republic, but for a year previous
msny of these flags-maae bjTBetsy
Koss bad been In use in the Revolu-
tlonarjr armies: ' ' "
' - "Amongst the memorsble days we ob
serve in this country hone should ellolt
more patriotic pride than that which
"""gave us a national flag to- be the em
blem of the birth, growth and achieve
ments of the nation. It Is the concrete
evmbol of all that is best snd noblest in
Amerlrsn cltisenshlp It-waved over
the armies 4hatereated 4&e nstloiu It
: ld the mighty hosts who savea tne na-
... tlnn from destractnm. It streamed from
the mastheads of ships which carried
the name and power of the republlo
over every sea and1 Into every clime.
It Inspired our soldiers and sailors to
-''nlendld heroism and has enwrapped In
burial the forms of thousands of patri
ots who freely-gave their lives In its
defense snd gloried In their shroud.' It
" cheered thebattle-llneo pioneers who
went forth to conquer a new continent
for their homes and It gleamed over the
myriads who followed in their heroic
footsteps to establlah lrt the land they
wqn a people's civlllsstlon. It stands
for liberty, right and Justice, . for the
' only liberty worth having, liberty regu-
la ted by. law. . ... ' I
"Its supremacy means, wrong to no
one, but brlnga to- ell a securer liberty
and a more elevated humanity. The
progress and prosperity that have come
: to this country through the development
Collector Dunne's Son Has
Uesperate Battle With
v-rrTwoHeii;:-
ONE HOLDS WHILE THE "
OTHER FIRES AT HIM
Lee Robbins7 Prominent Young
Clubmah-Tella Story ijLAs
-aultand -Says There-4-
No Woman n -Cater
The peaceful, community of Oakland,
California, known principally for Us
ferry relations with. Ban Francisco, was
moved to hysterics last Saturday night.
when' an, assault -was made on tbe life
of Frank . W. Dunne, son of Colonel
David M. Dunne, collector of internal
revenue here, and one of the best-known
and most popular young clubmen of that
city of -many homes. - -
As the result of the assault Tee Rob
bine, another well-known clubman, and
one of Dunne's ' associates, is ia Jail
awaiting the filing of charges by tbe
prosecuting attorney. .
On Saturday night Dunne was on his
way . to -the Metropole hotel,-where he
lives. , It waa close to midnight, and
few people" were on the- streets: As
Dunne reached. Thirteenth and Washing
ton atreeta he met and passed Robblns
and another man, whose identity is as
mysterious as his absence is regretted.
. Without word of warning Robblns
gippledjwHhXuhneejil a - terrific
struggle- followed.v- Both men went
down, but Dunne, who Is a powerfuHy
bullt. youth, managed" to keep on top.
While in this' position struggling to get
free,,Dunoe heard Bobbins say: "Give It
to-Jilm,'.' and at the same, moment two
pistol shots rang eut, and one of the
bullets grased Dunne's left ctreefc-- " ;
. . Bobbiae Mead rises.
Try prevent -be In g - ti tt -Dd1m-TtaT!e
Robblns between the msa Jwho , was
doing the sbonttng and himself, but,
thinking he bed killed Dunne. Bobbins'
friend had fled..
The police started tn Immediate In
veatlgaMon and soon had Robblns In
J all. He declares there were no shots
fired, but the polloeman on the beat ssys
that he heard two shot;
Dunne-was
bruised In the encounter but wss at
his office on Mondsy morning as usual.
It is quite certain that Robblns will be
prosecuted., "
"t wss wsitlng for a car- at the cor
ner . of Thirteenth and Washington
streets," Robblns said. "Dunne, came
along and brushed -against me. - This
angered me. and, while I did not want
any trouble. I thought it best to tell
him that he must respect my dignity. I
wsJked after him and wanted to tell
him that he must cease his offensive
conduct ta me when we met.. --
Tlghtlng- Tali, .
"le did hot give me time to explain.
hut aald that if I would walk into the
light he would beat 'me into a Jelly I
followed him and. without warning, he
swung and hit me over the temple. I
I II -....n n,t hi, ..
me. When assistance arrived he was on
top of me.- I am sore where some one
used his boots on me while I waa down.
I cannot ..understand how any one
can say that there was a shot-fired. I
wss alone and did not have a revolver.
There had been bad blood between
us for some time. Our first quarrel was
occaaloned by his remarks about a cer
tain young lady.-I -do-not-thlnk T tm
in any way. to blame. If there were
any shots fired I did not hear them.- In
fact, when I was en the ground I was
very much daxed. It has been reported
that this trouble was precipitated ty a
woman,-but this assertion is false, as
we have no common acquaintance among
women." , .., . -
After-the trouble Frank Dunne wired
the facta to his father In this city.
Colonel Dunne telegraphed to an ac
quaintance In Ban Francisco, who in.
veatlgated the matter carefully and. tele
graphed that the police had the right
man and .that they Intended to prosecute
him --4-
. Frank Dunns was, one of he best
known young men In Portland when he
lived here snd was highly esteemed. He
Is, nearly ill feet tall and lawelL buttfcl
At present Jie Is the Oakland manager
for tha Maglna Paint - company, and
has established . a paying business for
his firm. -
SEASIDE MAN" IS LOST -:
IN VIRGIN WILDERNESS
(Special Dispatch to Tbe 'journal.)' '
Seaaide, Or.. June 14. Lort In the
forest-or -accidentally drowned in the
Necanlcum . river, is thought to be the
fate of "J. H." Blatter? Of Seaside, who
has been missing for several days. A
reward of ISO has been offered for In
formation leading to nia wneresDouts
or discovery of his body by friends and
relatives f the missing man.- The lum
ber mills here today closed down at
noon and all hands-Joined in the search.
ROUVIER WILL RETIRE 1
AS FOREIGN MINISTER
(Jonrsil Special Sereics. k
-Paris. June. 14. The German ambas
sador had a Jong conference- with Pre
mier Rouvler this morning- regarding
the Moroccan question. In which Ger
many and France are not In harmony.
It is stated that Rouvler hag decided not
to retain the portfolio of foreign affairs
and will return to the finance depart
ment. Jules Gambon, ambaassdor to
fipaln, is now regsrded as the ' tnost
yy;,y;:
r-1 '':
. as: ".;; -v,:-
NEW STEEL TRUST
Cjgantic Combination of - Iron,
- Coal. and . Railway Com- v
paniet to Be Formed.
BETHLEHEM PLANT IS
NUCLEUS OF COMBINE
Ten Steel Companies and Ex
' tensive Coal Lands Included
- in the Company.
(Journal Special Bevtce.) ,-. '.
Pittsburg. June " J,- Charles M.
Schwab Is to be the -head of a gigantic
new -combination which, will not .only be
a dangerous rival of the ateel trust,
but will -be one of the greatest. Indus
trial combinations In the world. With
the big plant-of the Bethlehem Bteel
company S a, nucleus. It Is the in.ton
of Schwab to gather Tip some JO imaller
steel plants scattered about tfte country.
y The combination-' will- Include exten
sive coal lands, both developed and. un
developed." In Indiana. Csnfbrtsv Fayette,
Westmoreland and'- Sosaerset : counties.
this state, as" well as many miles of
railways which' tap rich 'eoa! fields. The
coat - acreage ' l 100,000" and jtneuteel
pl&nts -number 10. More than 70 miles
of railroad tapping various mines and
coke ovena is Included.
..The combination la to be effected
under - a New-Jerssy charter, but
whether of an existing or a new corpora
tion has not been decided. .Great- fields
of low-grads Pennsylvania lron.ore-se;
included in theoal tracts under leaae.
ana tne control 01 nwvx riaw "v
northwest Is said to have been secured.
, The plan cropped out through the
operations of some of the men who have
been working to secure control of the
holdings of Independent coal companies.
The new'Wabash route to the east Is to
tap thecoal fields of the new venture.
-
SECRETARY CARLISLE
IS OUSTED BY BANKERS
(Jeornal Special Serrtce.)
Kltterv. Me.. June 14. Former-United
'States Secretary of the Treasury John
G. Carlisle has been ousted as president
of the United States bankers' corpora
tion at the annual meeting of the cor
poration, snd former Governor J. Q. A.
urai'itm ui uinasai'iiugmis ana yaiiei
I. Badger, a lawyer of Boston, -bave
been dismissed as directors, and the
stock Issued to Carlisle and others for
services- rendered.-declared illegally is
sued. Tbe directors were, removed be
cause they voted the stock Ho them
selves. MARTIN MURDER CASE -
TRIAL BEGINS MONDAY
(Special Dlatcfe to The Journal.)
Pendleton, Or., June 14. The mur
der case of Grover Martin, indicted for
killing O. M. Preston, hss been set for
trial on June 1. Frank O'Hara was
fined $25' for gambling.- Tex.- Lan giver
and J. E. Russell were fined S0 each
for the same offense.
CHICAGO JOB' printers. . '
ARE HAVING TROUBLE
(Journal Special Service.)
Chicaao. June 14." A strike or lock
out of I. BOO Job printers Is threatened
as a result of the announcement of em
ployers today that they would Insist on
a contract with the men. running ', for
three years jrpvldlng-anlne-hour day.
The unions are determined to secure. an
eighthurf day.-.j ? . -"")
FORTY THOUSAND CATTLE r
DROWNED IN URUGUAY
(Jonraal Special Servfc,)"
--Buenos Ayres, June 14. The ylvers of
Parana, Uruguay and Salado have over
flowed. Inundating an enormous region.
Ssnta Fe, Rossrla and other cities have
suffered heavily. Forty thousand cattle
have been drowned. . " ' - "
LEADER OF MILITARY "
, BAND KILLS HIMSELF
(Journal Special Service.)
Monterey, Cel.. June 14. Drum-Major
George Perry of the Fifteenth United
States Infantry band eoaamltted suicide
at the Presidio yesterday by shooting
himself through the heart. The cause
is unknown. . t '
Brew Train Bseord.
' (Jonrnal Special Service.)
'"Buffalo. June 14. The Iike Shore
made a new record between Buffalo and
Chicago yesterday, covering the distance
:' -:i. .:.: u ti
JThtilvliiiJUg..
Robert Krohn, in Charge of theJFlag
COWBOY THIEVES
rYORSTED BY AUTI
baring Attempt" Made :to Steal
.Forty Thousand Dollars
trr-zz FromiRani
MOTORISTS GIVE BATTLE
TO MOUNTED BANDITS
At'Full Sped Machine Distances
PurtuertNWho Are Shot at
' by Those in the Car.
(Journal Special Service.) .
Bliss, O. T., June 14.AAn attempt wss
made between., midnlghfv and daylight
Monday to n hold up a tfieasure party
carrying $40,000 of recelpuaken in at
the show on the One Hundredsnd One
ranch Sunday, by a party of desperadoes,
who would have succeeded but that an
auto. In which the treasure was carxled
from Miller Bros.' ranch to Ponca t
placed, in a bank, outranhe horses of
ths bandits.
After the show the cashiers counted
r-.hi. .aipt, large throng
watched, the handling of the money.
George Miller, one of the proprietors of
the ranch, noticed several men whom he
knew t be desperate- characters and
later learned that a plan had been laid
to hold -up the train qn which It was
Intended totake-the -money to-Tenia.
Thia changed, the plan and It was de
cided to take the treasure In Dr. Thomas'
automobile. Dr. Thomas..Chauffeur Mae
Gowan, George Miller and WrO. Maurice
went along as guards.'. When, they
reached Cowakln creek, four miles from
here, half a dosen armed men rode from
behind a clump of willows and made for
the auto. - Miller called to MacGowan to
put, on speed and commenced firing In
the direction of the robbers. Thomas
snd Maurice Joined him while MscGowan
crowded the power on the big machine.
The robbers set up a yell, spurred
their horses and began firing. But the
ponies were no - match for the auto,
whieff outran them In less than a minute.
DEATH FOR PURCHASING '
, AMERICAN-MADE GOODS
" - .-Joeraal Special aerrlea.) ''
-Honolulu,: June 14. A poster-, which
appears at Illlos, In the Asiatic quar
ters, says that the Chinese government
has decided to retaliate for the Amer
ican exclusion policy, and that the gov
ernment at Peking will issue an order
against the purchase of American goods,
with the death penalty for violation,
and have Americans who -enter China
fumigated and charged 15 a head...
... if
aftf Suaday Theatres. .
' (Sorclal IHapatch to The Journal.)
r- Eugene, Or.,' June 14. The city coun
cil, laat evening passed an ordinance
supported by the churches of Eugene
compelling the closing of -theatres on
Sunday. Fred T. ' Merrill's vaudeville
house Is affected. "
-'- '-' -Te tfeet'At Sufeae.'
.. ' . . " Uoutnal Special Serrlce.Jt-
Independence, Or., June 14. Th
meeting of the Willamette Talley De-
velopment league adjourned yesterday
after selecting Eugene as the .place of
the next convention, about September 1
rev lining Seals.
' (Jonraal Special Service.) - '
. San Franclaco, June 14.-The federal
grand Jnry- liaw-vnolcted R. J.-Tyson, W.
J.. Woodson, W. J. Wood and 8. E. n,
Desmidt, four merchants, for having fi
nanced a scheme to Kill seals In tha for.
NEW RAILROAD
The Milwaukee Pushing on From
Its Advent May Break Truce
i Hill May Use Terminal of O. W. P. Here.
Thst the Harrlmah system will soon
have two competitors In, the transpor
tation business between Portland and
-the east there -Is. no longer room for
doubt. The Milwaukee road Is headed
for-this city, ajid the extension Is being
pushed from - Chamberlain, Jiouth Da-,
kota, with tremendous energy. A a aoon
as 'this road enters the territory now un
der a flag'Of truce .between the-Bar-riman
and Hill forces, the armistice will
be at an end. The Mill roads will have
(-to fight Independently, for tbe business
or be worsted by the Milwaukee. . . -J.
B. Sudderman. a civil engineer, who
has been for some years-actively in
field - work for the Canadian Paolfto In
transcontinental territory. Is surprised
that The Pacific coast people are not
tolllflcstlnns-nYcrthe advent of
the Milwaukee into transcontinental ter
ritory He regards the -road' as already-
assured, for. Portland, just as mucn as
if It were running trains Into tbe city.
."Not only has the directory voted to
build to Portland, but. the gigantic undertaking-Is
already under, way; and
every modern method and. jnachlne-has
been- brought Into action to rushthe
oonatruotloB work. I ara amaieil that
any one should longer question the Mlli
waukee's Intention, to Invade Pacific
coaat territory:
Work on Black wans Division.
Mr. Sudderman was si Chamberlain
a few weeks ago and witnessed the
great activity of the MUwaukeeJhere..
-In its Inauguration of Construction work
Um the Black Hill division of the new
transcontinental line. Everything was
ready' when the flrat news reached the
public, a"nr within a few hours machin
ery and construction gangs were throw
ing dirt all along the route for too
milea. - Mr. Sudderman says:-------- -
"Official announcement was made re
cently by President Earllng regarding
cbnatructlon of the line from Chambei4
laln to the Hills, but he did not disclose
the colossal plans of the company. But
SWEDEN TO CONFIRM-:
UNION'S DISSOLUTION
Norway Thinkt Oscar Will Con
sent to Separation After
Parliament Meets.
fliwpiiil Snclal R(rvtc.t
I Chrlstlanlay; June 14. King Oscsr's
letter to the president or tne Norwegian
storthing, M. Berner, denning MS posi
tion, waa. read in tha storthing this
morning. ' The document was referred
Unanimously -to a special committee
without comm$n.,,,The storthing ad
i a Tn-iiaif ih committee's re-
JUUI u.u
port. There waa no-demohstratloh.
It Is believed that the King ana me
rlksdsg will, probably confirm the dis
solution of the union, after reaffirming
that It couldn'te dissolved without the
consent Of Sweden. ' ,
The letter declares that the accession
oath of Norway's king makes It the
king's duty not to paaa over tn sllencs
... , NnrvallUI COUnCll Of
state on the occasion of his-majesty's
veto of . the consular, bin. m
maintains thst he did not overstep his
prerogatlvee under the constitution and
says that consideration for the union
i . Iba klna- the duty of exer
cising his constitutional rights.
EQUITABLE DIRECTORS
AWAIT STATE REPORT
Uevxiwt 8pcla! Vrtic.) -
v TArlr Jlltlgsi 1 4. The - executive
committee at "the EaulUble Mfe As
surance society met tooayror tne pur
pose of reorganlxallon. Aaldo" from
adding, .the name of Pulmerton to the
directorate, no further buslneaa was
tr.naantM. Morton said that until Su
perintendent of Inaurance Hendricks
made his report 4t was noi uuuui awi
visable to take further action.
WRECKED LAUNCH IS
LOCATED. BY DIVER
; (Special Dtapatck to Te JoaraaLI
San 'Franclaco, June' 14. A diver this
morning located the wrecked launch
Dewey that waa sent to ths bay's bot
tom two weeks ago as the result of m
collision with ths steam schooner Arctic
off the Presidio. I Pinned In the cabin
against the engine with, his left arm
nearly severed from the shoulder,-the
body of prneet Howell, the unfortunate
f ih l.Wnrh wss discovered
by the diver The launch and body Were
P.ORTLAMD
Ch amber! ain; South Dakota-
Between Harriman and
It Is as certain as anything can be In
this world that the Milwaukee will have
a road completed to the. Pacific "coaat
aa sooh aa rails can be laid Over the
route' that has 'been selected for It.
Several routes were surveyed.- - 1' am
unable to say which will be followed..
But It Is ridiculous to- doUbt the clear
purpose - of the company. In the en
gineering department 'of the road It ta
now common knowledge."
He aays the road will tap tha oil and
coal fields .of Wyoming, although the
main line 1 will . not necessarily .enter
those regions. . h,- .
"V . Proposed Bout.
. The route will, (n aU likelihood; -skirt
the north - boundary- of Yellowstone
Park, pass through southern M6ntana
along a fork of the Wisdom river, enter
o pass in ths
Bitter Root mountains, .coma down- tha J
north bank of the Columbia and cross
the river over its own bridge, and en
ter Portland over the terminals of the
Oregon Water -Po war A Railway com
pany. Mr. Sudderman aays:
tThe company will thread a surpris
ingly rich country, nearly all the way.
fr-wM-develop, the Wyoming , nil and)
coal lands extensively: Wall street fully
onderstsnds that the line Is being built,
but the people of the northwest -are not
alive to It. There Is now ho competi
tion In railroading between the Paclflo
northwest and the. east, The Mllwau
keo Is absolutely forced to build or lose
entire.l ylta.-praat I gs s s -av-western line.
A-preeent this road Is doing a very
heavy business .in exchange with the
existing transcontinental lines at their
eastern terminals., ( i Their business
smounts to several thousand carloads
of freight each way. annually. This
business they ara 'bound to lose to
lines In the middle west that will shift
to control of the tranacontinental roads,
snd ths Milwaukee would be left like a
streetcar line that rune only half of
the way from the bualness center to the
suburbs."
GIRL'SIIFELESS BODY
'IS DRAGGED BY HORSE
',t ' e" "
Feared Eight-Year-Old Girl and
Victims of Assault.
(Joarnal Special Service.)
Jerome. JArli.Juna.H---.wiUi haa-llt-tle
body bruised and torn beyond recog
nition. Pearl Shlbley'a lifeless form was
dragged Into her parents barnyard yes
terday morning at Oak Creek. Around
the child's neck was a hitching rope,
which was fsstened to tbe neck of a
gentle farm horse that had borne her
and her little brother away from home
two hours before.
' George Duncan brought news of the
affair to Jerome last night .When he
left Oak Creek a party was being organ
ised to search for the brother who went
out with Pearl. It is feared that Pearl,
who was year's old, has been the vic
tim of an aaaaultv and then tied to the
horse to be dragged so that evidence
of the crime would be destroyed.
The searching party feara that ths
body of the missing boy will be found
hidden In the brush. - The horse ridden
away by thechlldren bears a mark as
If slsshed with a knife to frighten him.
Oak CreeV. ranchers are greatly excited.
and should It prove a crime has been.
committed, will be satisfied 'with noth
ing short of lynching. - .
RIVAL EUGENE FACTIONS -C
AGREE UPON HOSTESSES
0- (Sparta! Mapatcs te Tbe JoaraaLI
Eugene, Or., June "14. J N. DolpTC
esslstant secretary of the Lewis and
Clark fair, waa In the city yesterday
and eettled the clash between factions
tn regard to hostesses at Portland on
Eugene day. Tha day will be ugne
day and not University dsy, but the
fair officials held that as the university
Is a part of Eugene It has a right to
enter - Into the program. Mrs. - 8. P.
Bladden la leading hostess. -
TEST CONSTITUTIONALITY
: Of TRADING STAMP LAW
(Joarnal Special 1 i lea.)
Olympta, Wash., June -. The Na
tions! Trading Stamp company la bark
Of proceedings brought In the federal
court to test the validity of the trading
stamp law passed by the laat 1ertlature.
A reatratnJag prrler la axkd In the nam
of A. 1a and - fcrnest 1 Hutchinson f
President of Council of
Ministers Refuses t
: Peace Mission. ;
6 YAMA BEGINS GENERAL
-ADVANCOPOIOWSIANS
Cassini Announces Negotiations
ProceedirigyyithoutHitcK
Japan-Rejects Parifjfog-
the Conference
. (Journal Special Serrtc.)
' Washington, June 14. Count Cassini
had a conferenco with tbe president it T
noon. When he left . he . declared there
was no- hitch whatever In - the peace
negotiations and that the question of
a meeting place for the commissioners -is
still under consideration. ,
A Toklo dispatch states that the re
port of Minister Takahlra telling of the
interviews with President Roosevelt and .
giving details of the progress of peace "
negotlatlona wers received today. The
report announced that M. Nelldof f. Rub
atan ambeaeador to France, has been se
lected ss chief plenipotentiary by Rus
sia and- that Parla la named by Russia
as her choice for the place of meeting.
Japan will decline to accept Paris and :.
will probably propose some point nearer -the
scene of war. Japan's plenipoten
tiary has not been selected. .
A St. Petersburg dispatch saya that M.
WlUerpreaIdnt--of -the-couBell of min-
liters, who has "been suggested as one
of - the Russian peace- commissioners,
says that he Is unwilling to accept any
official mission, as tt la impossible for
him to work under prevailing conditions,
and he does not look for a change In
Russian.. policy. WUte expressed the,:
opinion that . Japan will demand .a
guaranty Insuring peace for-f
ne aeciarea mat nussia. couia prolong
tha war -Ave.' years and win untlmately. '
Tbe St, Petersburg Uaxette today pub
lishes a sensational interview with tha '
secretary of the Chinese legation to the
effect that Russia must conclude an Im
mediate peace aa Llnlevltch's army is '
entlrely surrounded. Tho Svlet today
attacks America for the offer of Roose
velt in the Interest of peace and says
that only the boundless vanity of
Roosevelt could Induce the United States
to make an attempt -to deceive Russia,
and the rest of the world.
OYAMA STRIKES BLOW.
Japanese Advanoe Toroes Back Bosalaa
- l.oft Oeusaei Korement Begins.
(Joarnal Special Service.) "
Oun Shu Peas, June 14. The Japanese
have forced -the advance posts of the"
Russian left beyond the Kaoche river
and are occupying the .heights north of
the river. A heavy force seems to be be
hind th movement, which lndlcatee that
Oyama Is resdy for a general offensive
movement. . .
Severe- fighting has forced the Rus
sians to glvei. wayto the Japanese ad
k rr-"' 't
lieved to have been begun.
SHIPS ORDEREDAWAYT
nsslaatrmlsefaad' Collier Toroed to
; Z,aave Trench Water.
(Joamal Special Bun Ice.)
' Saigon. June 14. The Russian aux- .
lliaxy cruiser Kuban was anchored Off
Cape James this morning. The governor
ordered her to depart Immediately. He
dispatched a French warship to see that
hla Instructions were carried out.
Twenty-eight Russian colliers have left
Saigon and. SO more ara preparing to
sail. - The - British .steamer Carlisle,
which was supposed to have a cargo of
war munitions Intended for the Rus
sians, is detained here.
JAPS OPPOSE PEACE.
Paper Claim Oyama Xas Another Bltf
- YtotoiT Within Bia Oraap.
(Jnornal Special Service, "
Toklo, June 14. The Japanese news
papers have nil taken, a -stand against -an
early armistice on the ground that
a suspension of hostilities will deprive
Oysma of the victory - which I now
within his grasp, and that the next of
fensive movement of the Japanese will
carry them well within Russian terri
tory. ' The ( paper -question Russia's
good faith and fear her ultimate lnten
tlons. SUgM.
(Joernal Special aVrete,!
Peking. June 14. In German and etna
circles her tbe pmepects of peace be
tween Japan and Russia are considered
remote. It Is supposed that Japan. In
tend to Inflict a final cruahlng blow '
upon the Ruaslan army before consider
ing tbe proposition of peace. -
' Boss la as Advaaee. . . '
(jeerael Special Sarrlee t
' St. Petersburg:-June 14. Llnlevlte
reports thst h Russlsna after a ftght "
on June It occupied the vlllsges ef
Syfong Toyo.' ChlJIpoo and Cliaadhsl.
On the same dsy another detachment
approached the mlnee near Chaad'hat.
The JapaneM evacuated the mlnee and
retired southwest, where they were r
Inforced by a bsttallon of J- '
with qul-k-flrlng guns. The
detachment on the 1 -"-'
tired south of MlnhUJ
advance on poata v
-ia tie
aVU.V'lul , v
Ridden 3rtera fit Behrlnf gea - .
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