good evening ;B V: ; z,' ' . ' YiVI yj Journal Circu!-l!c Yesterday - ' v ... V . ... ' - ft . . , ' -n k t r ' -- - " . - i - j VOL. IV. 4 ' V ;:V ' i PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY EVENING,---: JULY 2, '1005. SIXTEEN PAGES, ." V ;'.; tjtjt nMxrk rwMTfl " rai axn r - ft ft JjJl-4f . " p42&y , ffi ; , I : Partly cloudy tdnlght and Sunday; V. ; vfv-. -TssiL-J- in- VSS?Tt , c.. ?fV7; ' J I,-'i ;d JlA i :y: cooler; we.t.rlyd,;,. ; ,TTy pifllifllliitlill CROSflilK f . - -I v". I - . . . FiftyFIvf of. Bennington Vlc -timt in -t Hospital ana -Ji.tTwenty-Ona of.Crsw- 1 -J Missing. - " - y,:.. tv,Va;rjv;V -t-yrA 'DISASTER CAUSED BY , WEAKENING OR BOILER Ensign Perry Writes Cheering. Tele- '. gram to Wife, Then Fold Hands and DieFeared That Many Lives Wert Lost in Bay Where Sailors . 'Jumped Aftet E xplosion.,:. . JK.v"r UmtmI Special Berries '-airiJIsry-lJlSlit ofTbi dead -aa the- result of the -Bennington j disaster this moaning bbowb t d4 end - '65 till remainlns in the vtil t)om plUle end at tb prtvt bomea In this ' ctty. i Tha Include levtn dead, whoe nmear unknown. wo r atlll in tho -' tmnstod meshea of tha torn mac&lnery 'In ike.. Bwilnirton tmtlar room, ; tram whloh they mnnot ba recovered until '.tha water la pumped out and. the wreck' ;.ae cleared away.. -J'.-Z - -, At roll call laat night It of tha erew " were reported . aa- alaalnc,. and while Boma of theea may have -gona adhore - wtthrfut leave following the dlaaater. It : la feared that many jumped into the i , bay to eecepe tha exploaion iand -wara . drowned.' Several who jumped .were nicked ui In an esbauitad condition, . . Juet before Enaign N. K. Perjry died be wrote a cheerful - telegram to hie f L wlfa ead-baby. A few minutea later ba . folded hla handa In prayer! and peaoe ' 'fully paaaed away..-, c Tha cauae of. the accident Sa defi nitely aacertalned by-examination thla - mornlna aa the . weakening of tha crown eheer of the port forward boiler, which drove that boiler back, atrlklng 1 1 anotkar , boiler and- JnyealOnf a ateam- "I ttr I. r "i Ht 1th. was broucht to the morgue from . The rortaeoj if or tne aeaus iojh Iowa: -s' v-',-.. -i y .. C. E. Hushing, cou paaeer-'"-,- - M. C. Qulnn, ouar. v. , - E. Brownlaa. seaman,- " . " B. A. Hughes, ordinary seaman. : ' A. jvamerer.. eoat paaeer. . - W. W. Wright, oiler." - " V-' V O. Hoggbloom. coat passer. . , K. Drench, ordinary aeaman. . ",A. B. EnaeL coal passer. , v.' w, crown, maonwiai nrsi ciass ox Peoria. ' .';. Claud Bushing. V ; v v : A. Nelson. ... , . " ' J " ' A. II.- Bchrogge, seaman. New mm, Mtnneaota. .'s A. F. Sanndera, apprentice aeaman. Bprlngfleld,MiaaTjnrt. , C. J. Launta. coal passer. . -' ' Joseph HUlpler, first class 11 reman, Washington, District of Columbia. - F. U. .Branson, Cheney, Nebraeka,' John McKone, aeaman. J.' H. sel1, Wasco, Texas. - ' Rohrouae, apprentice seaman, Denver. Colorada i . W. C. Wilson. Kdward B. Ferguson, chief machinist Edwin B. Robinson, ordlnray seaman. Oakland. ,. ' ,'-. ; U B. Archer, ' ordinary seaman. N. O. Chambers, seaman. - , Charles McKeon. machinist ' Preston Carpenter, ordinary seaman. Arapahoe, Nebraska. . C Brown, i- , W.F.Btaub. Wlrk Comptoii. - n Daw... T It B. Curr.TT' -3 J. Oorka, VrJ. Oauthisr, '. chief boatswain' mate, Pawtucket. Rhode Island,' Harry B. Smith, Harrla effhvUlei Mis- aourl. IX C. Archer. i. The seriously wounded number II, as follows: W. M. Flckweller. . P'--;r ' R. A. House. - H. F. Saunders Ch. A. Toelley. , 1F-W. Browny . j - J. McManney ."- ,- - O.' Bchults. ' ,, P. W. Shscklette. ' O. T. Clerk. .O. H. Hal let t ; C. Weller. D. R, McCllntock. ' . , - B. R. Seevey. . . G. Hoffman. ' ......;-. (Continued oii Pag Two.) PAUL JONES' BODY. NOW IN AMERICAN WATERS " . iJonrsal Speelal Service.) 4 V Norfolk, Va., July II. Admiral - Slgabee'e - fleet, . bearing the body of Paul Jones,- passed the e ' Virginia capes , at T : JO o'clock 4 this morning escorted by the. 4 battleship ouadroii of Rear Ad- e ' mlral Bvsns. : ! . - eV The reception or tne rasxet at ' Washington will be made the oc- ; e e caalon of a great publlo demon- e , atratlon. Later the remains will e 4 be Interred with - the highest e) I . naval honors - In the National e ie cemetery at Arlington ana a a e great monument win be raised to e ie tne neros memory. , . w le " A dispatch from Admiral Evans I by. wireiesa via cape Henry e stsUs that Sigabee's squadron Is e at anchor In the bay today 10 or 4 11 miles below -Annapolis and will, get under, way' Sunday In e . time to anchor orr Annapoue oy v. " - ' V' .: e e e e e ee)r Chairman 1 Morton - Discover - That - Acid -Wat Used " to Altir Equitablo--' ;'Booka. f FIGURES CHANGED IN.' ; . CONTROLLER'S OFFICE ,. !, .- . . . t t . : , ' . . - ; . . . - . . Changes Made in Pursuance of Pef- 'j inate Object, Not to Correct Cler ical Errors Suit to -Be' Brought Against ' Depew and .Other Robbed Society. Z' i ' (Joaraal Special Servtee. esTTorkrjuly U. It developed to day that Chairman Paul 1 Morton in delving ipto tha books of the Equitable Ufa Assurance society discovered that they had : been extensively tampered with, that ctmmlcale had keen employed to make -erasures, and ffgures changed within the. past fortnight. This fact has . been kept secret as much as possible,- r v .. v'-v'V. ', - '' , It is, stated positively that the changes were Made In purauanoe of a definite object and not Jo correct cleri cal errors.. The erasrfres -cover trans- actlona of 'a year ago. '"Alteratlona ware made .in the "book at tha office of Controller Jordan, who waa removed by Morton. The flit,' 000 ' loan which - atooffon tha book of tha . Mercantile Truat company ' In. the namea of J. W. Alexander and . Thomae D." Jordan, then officers of the Equita ble society,- aa truateea waa aeoured by Jamea Haaen Hyde. , H, aa vice -presi dent of tha Eaultabla. lt. la understood. Indorsed a note given by Alexander and Jordan. - , y i ?..., ,s i Attorney-General Mayer t la , about, to briner. auit: In the . name vof the - state agalnat 'Depew, to compel' tha: teatorl tion of sieo.ote.. . wnioh .toe. Kaiutaoia loot J hai-Dapaw Realty company.' Other, auita may be'tnatltutea egslnat I Hyde Alavsndor and other directors who paTtirrtpatea -lii'he syndicate -"profllav; i ' ;( VfLLOV FEVER: BaEAXS OUT 1 ORLEANS Dreaded f Scourge ' Is Reported Raging in the Crescent City , Only Few Cases tfi. Yet. . . 0mrtX- SpeevsV sre.- Montgomery,' Ala.. July .St. State Health Officer W. . H. HenderaoBi this afternoon received a telegram - from Acting Aaalatant United . 8tatea Hur on-General Olennln and - prealdent t of the 'Alabama Medical as sociation stating there waa yellow fever in New- Orleans. Only ' a few , cases within two blocks are reported as posi tive cases. Experts from the department at Washington have been sent there. President Bondurant reejiested the governor to immediately Issue a procla mation quarantining -New Orleans, and the governor la wavering, . putting the matter off until tomorrow, and people here are much wrought up. -Thla city will put' on' quarantine officer imme diately. . . LILLIAN RUSSELL mmm&K BROKEN -RIB . f .u (Joeraal Speelal Service.) . New Tork, July II UUIan Russell sustained fractured rib -while riding horseback about three weeka aro. - sin gularly enough, shs never reallsed"how seriously she wss Injured until, today. Then eh consulted a doctor, who. after examination, advised her to return homo Immediately and remain quiet until the bone knit " " ' : The accident occurred while Mia. Rus sell wss out riding. -near her summer home. Her horse stumbled., throwing her. She was picked up, snd, except for being a trifle dased and bruised, de clared she waa none the-woree for the mishap. Later on, however, pain In her shoulder and side caused her to visit a doctor.. ,' " -1 v v- t : -; AUTOISTS LAUGH ALOUD AT KILLING YOUNG BOY . .. . ' '"".".'.. ' ' 'V ' '. - (Jam-sal Sik.-UI Sorvtoe.) i-' -New Tork, July" It. Hurled 10 feet In the air by a big .touring car speed ing along (he southern, boulevard yes terday afternoon, 11-year-old Fred Bushing was Instantly- killed.- The four occupant ef the machine laughed aloud, the driver put on full power and the car aped away leaving ths boy-mangled on the road. Half a dosen persona wit nessed the - .killing and shouted after the car, in . vain, A big force of de-. tectlve has been detailed o locate the automobile and, arrest the occupante.;; GOVERNMENT IS LOSINfr J ; : .MILLfON DOLLARS A DAY :t.;.;. '-"yj-W "' (Jevraal Special Service.) ' " ; .Washington, July II. Secretary Shaw flnda It ImpOMlbl to make both end meet In the management of the national finance. . Since the beginning -of tha.fl oat year, Jul t, the shortage baa aver aged nearly 11,000,009 a day. -'The den ncVt today 111.000,000 and, I steadily growing, ttie treasuryStatement show Ing ths effect of ths Juggling Indulged In by the fiscal officials Just prior o the ending of the last official year ' ' Splendid ; Outpouring 'mm sa' ' sk - eiV - A .,. c iiation s Uay at , ? cthe Parade to. Wllhelm should have aaen the parade iHoch . der Kaiaerl Blsmarcka shade was in it Hoch der Kaiaerl . . German day It Is Hoch der tag! And through the exposition grounds, beside the foothills, and on the trl-col-ored Illuminated streets of Portland the bands, are playing the songs the Ger mans sing. Hooh der vaterland ! -.It will be. a great many years, the chances are, before Portland seea a cele bration peculiar to any one nationality In which the same enthusiasm will be shown. - There was a parade that liter ally daisied the town, and yet contained no tinsel, .and a program of German American ceremonies - that held 1,000 people spell-bound In a broiling sun for nearly aa hour.- - . Is the Saangerfest a success? Note Paul Wessmgers smile. He is the pres ident Hoch der president I VliT the vicinity of Fpurthjandjaff son streete e-t the noon hcur there waa more activity, than a bugologlst finds In an . ant bill. . The procession -was forming and when, at l:lt o'clock, with bands . playing "The Watch . on . the Rhine," the pageant moved down Fourth street -and swung into Yamhill. " The main thoroughfares of ths city were Jammed with eager spectators. From the uaual platoon of vpolice to the small boya who trudged beside the laat braes band every feature, of the parade waa notable. The Walla Walla band led and was followed by a large float, on which stood figure representing. Generals Washington and - Steuben, - the . German hero, .- .. . . t, Beaattful 1oats Oheeiea. ' : In carriages next In line were the officers of the Baengerbund and the robust singers from Portland, Tacoma. Seattle, Sao, Francisco, Walla Walla and, Belllngham. The line of carriages ex tended more than two blocke. The see? ond float .represented. Ar Ion riding on the 'Dolphin. De Caprlo Administra tion: band waa sandwiched between this PLOT OF mm Sailors Ciardfng Kolpln Work j Plan to Mutiny and Are Re-, V ; placed by Coseacki. " TROUBLE AGAIN.RIFE 7 3 v r IN BLACK SEA FLEET PeAssnts at Quarts Mieheva Complain oflligh Rents Are Attacked by Soldiers, - and Three'- Killed , and tUeven -Wounded. . r;xf:vJ- - (Joeraal Special Serriee.) . . r - St Petersburg, July II. Orders hare been Issued to the ' Coesacka te replace the marines . who hare been guarding J&lpta.VojclUL-Outalda xf St Petersburg. A plot on the part of the marines , te mutiny has been discovered. -V '- Reports from Bebaatopol . state that the" crews -of i the ' Black Sea fleet are again on the point of mutiny. The ma neuvers of the fleet have been canceled In consequence." . - r. ' ' At Quarts Mlsheva the peasants, Who are complaining of exorbitant rents, were attacked by Cossacks and Infantry and three killed,1 IT wounded and, '110 arrested. ', , ,;''. .- '..".".'.:. At Bally stock. Poland, three ' were killed by the explosion of a bomb thrown t Chief of . Police Ptelkln last night Thirteen others. Including ths chief and his son, were , Injured. The bemb wss thrown while the police, official was mingling with, a crowd in the center of, the city. '...'..;','.. J. :.,'" '; v . Rini A5lfFn PflR I AROR i FOR PANAMA CANAL WORK (ieoraal Special Servles.) ' ; ', ' 'Washington. July II. Bids were ssked today by the Panama canal com mission for 1,000 eaoh of Chinese, Jap anese and Italian laborers for -the Isth mian canal. '. Those . who compete In furnishing . the laborer must submit bids first as to the amount per day for whlck the laborers of a certain national ity will work and also bids saying the amounts the government will be required to- pay for transportation. : Bids will be opened August 1. : .-. . FLOOD SWEEPS VALDEZ - ' ; OUT INTO THE OCEAN '. (Jearast Speelal Strrle,) ' Vsldea. Alaaka. July II. A - flood yesterday ewept a portion of thlav town Into the sea. ' Many bualneas and dwell ing houses - were destroped sad the wharves badly damaged. The. water from melting ' anows In the glaciers abeve the elty rushed down through th town, - turning over buildings and , de stroying all property.. In it, path. .No lives were lost. ..V.v ..'. acre, Teel Baglas Aettos, , - )8prlal tHapetek te Tse Joarealt .;' " Pendleton.' Or,, July 11. Rebecca K. Teel. has beguA - action 1 against ' M."A Butler and other - to-rt rain the de fendants, from interfering with or try ing to gain possession of property to which ' she claims a clear title. The land alleged to be solely possessed -by the plaintiff id located In section II, township norla et range ! ' 1 iifv-1rir of German ' Citizens - el ' " V asm aa ... ;'. a 1 T"" ' ' el? - the rair-oaengerDiina a feature , or the Orounds-tnormousarowds. r- m ' ' bovel feature and the women's section of Turn. Verein,, occupying an immense tally ho. The active and paaslva turners rode next, . followed - by . a if lost repre senting. Vater Jahn. - sir of , athletic. Then came Brown'a band and the float, "Herman the Chsrusker." The Schwaben Verein acoompanied a magnificent ScbU ler -float and . the Herman Sons were with still another beautifully decorated, vehicle.,;"'' ; 1 ' HXi.- ,. s -' Other k floats ' In Hne represented 'the founding of, Germantown. . the printing of the y first Bible 1 In -America; "Unity and Harmony,"-Andreae Hofer and the Tyrolean . warblers, a scene In the Alpe. Swiss . home - Industry, -. peasant : at the spinning wheel and finally- Sacajawea, guiding Iewla and ' Clark. .Without x eeptlon ' the floats' were of hlatorloMn tereat ''and -were beautifully designed and well built St Joseph's band was er-JJn lint JfehlnAJBtpaeph'aerelnjrioat More carriages were occupied by rep resentatives of the German Aid eociety and 1 a long Una - of eonveyancee car ried aoorea of ' German-American ' eitt. ens,'. . -. , " - V1-- J ... Baerclsee at 4ke Tate.', :';-. The Una of march was thronged most of the way to the tfalr' ground. Tha parade moved north on Fourth to Tam mlll. weat to 8lxth-iorth toaakeny, countermarched on Sixth back to Stark, weatf to-' Twelfth.-'north to Burnalde, weat to ' Eighteenth, .north to Overton, to Twenty-second,, to Bavier, to Twenty lath and hito the -fair1 grounds." There It w greeted by an enormous-crowd, which cheered lustily. , There' was m big crush, at the gates, for a half hour 'fol lowing the parade. ,--, .'' On disbanding - within ' the main, en trance the participants gathered around tha newly - erected, stand on Lakevlewi terrace for tha oeremonlee. They wre not long, aa the sun- was warm and the crowd tired. After the chorua.- "L1 Heinell Ruhen," President Paul Wessln-i ger Introduced 'Governor Chamberlain, 1 lli 111 yJrr',, , , :i. . 3l ! ' -A ' : - "3 1 ff'-i v. ..'' , : Snapshot, of-Fxederick E. Carlton,' the Brooklyn Bluebeard, and .'His :, Fiance's Eleanor Vandeventer.' Two of Carlton's Wives Have Died of y " Lockjaw, and It Is Hinted That He Had Them" Inoculated With ths . Deadly Tetanus Bacillus. i .j-'-.i P0YC0TT IS PUSHED BY ; -HI(jH CHINESE OFFICIALS i (Joarnel SpeeUI Serriee.) ' V " Shanghai..' July . II The boycott' on American - goods Is ., now , spreading throughout the' southern provinces, The area affected haa a population of 160.- 090,000. The belief Is growing thst the Boycott is managed, try sovenlmeat of- to - Celebrate Their f ', , ' M ff ' "' f '' ' P ! ' who snoke for Dirhans two . mlnntea. The governor, referred eloquently to the loyalty of the. German-American peopi RSd- their-ptrlloeophlcal view of life. . "When you have work . to o. be ex-clalraed.-"you goand. do' It that la characteristic of. you. - And when you go In for- pleasure well.., there isn't e people' on (he .glob that knows better where and how to find It?-, . ' " The governor" was loudly spplauded. He gave way .to the singers and they to 40 Turners, who gave an admirable gym nastlc exhibition. ' " ' . John Rieaacher 1 delivered V a etlrrlng addrea In German on German-American aocletlea, and after 4 further gymnastic show- and - a chorus, -"Die Scbwert aa Melner Llnken." a brief addreaa of web come ' was - given i by i President . Good. He said that on no-occasion, had It given him greater pleasure -to 4 turn over the Keys or the exposition. " sacbranTRheTn'' wae eung with vigor and the crowd dtspersediafter the Administration ' band ' -bad played. "Star Spangled Bannr.""j . ; . At Arien hall. Second and jOak streets, delegates- to the Baengerfest assembled this morning in1 business session,' -The election that was to-have taken -place to day- waa postponed until tomorrow aft ernoon.. ' -The constitution to' be adopted was readto tha delegate. Varlou. auggea tlons 'and -amendment a 'were , made, but no definite actlori will be taken until the meeting lomorfow. - 4 - f . -Toslght the -Germans -will 'b' gueara at a banquet to take place in the Audi torium; ' ' - f-" " v a - Sunday. morning there .will 'be a"re hearaal at 10:80 o'clock for the sacred concert which Is- to be given at o'clock in the- afternoon; "'A' meeting ' will be held In the evening at Arlon hall. Mon day the 1 featlvltlea ' will conolude with a trip f p" the river'on the at earner Pot ter, wraon wm leave us coca at e.-se fa.; mi. sharp,- ;) . - BUT FEW STRIKERS GET ' ) THEIR OLD PLACES BACK . . . ii , y (Jotl Special Serriee.) I Chicago, July 12. Not more than 1, too , of . the - t.OOq strikers wRo quit work will be given their old poelttone by the employers ami reinstated dur ing the next few days. . Both the truck drivers and the coal teamsters refuse '9 epply. fr re-employment, i Stream of People to Portland the Greatest That Has Flowed This Way In' the' His-" tory of the City. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER ... WILL BRING THRONGS From Every- Point ' in the Country r : Trains Come Laden With Travelers ' but Nq Stogie State Has Sent Mors ' People to the Fair-Than Has Cali fornia, :yV'Y '- j A new high, water mark in the atreara of travel to- Portland will be set in August Railroad men say that, all records for travel have been broken In July, but advices reoelved here from all polnte Indicate a' ateady increase up to the middle Of August or even later, and after' that they expect a great-movement of people to the fair from Oregon, Washington and Idaho. '. ' ' ' . "Travel te immense thle month, but ft will be greater In August" said A. D Charlton, assistant general pasaen ger agent-of the Northern Pacific. "The business from -the east will, continue to Increase next month. .The farmers will be- through with then- harvest, and all are coming to the fair.". The - company la preparing . for the greatest travel In its history next f month. ' " It haa boon said that .' ths Northern Pacific la bringing the largest number, of passsngers into , Portland, but baggagemen at the. union station say. they are handling-' more baggage from he trains of the Oregon Railroad de Navigation company. . , , ., - - Bmatmeee Will Orcw Create ' -"We believe that the business wUl Inerease -steadily until the latter part of August,1' said Colonel George Buttle, chief clerk In the office of General Paa' senger Agent-A; -ir-Crajg." onhs'C" it Sc N. ."Next months Increase will be largely. on eastern business.' 'After that there - will be a large movement from local territory to Portland. We expect to do a great coach xcuralon buainess from the latter-part of August to ths first of October. -Thla company tnlsd coach excursions' early In the fair sea son, and - found that tha people were not ready.'- Oregon. Washington and Idaho people are waiting until after the rush and hot season are over. -When they get their harvesting done and the summer s business is disposed of they are coming to the fair."- .. i With ': Portland's downtown ' streets crowded "with strangers it does not re quire figures to tell the people thst the town is full of visitors. . Every trans. continental - railroad entering Portland la. running five and alJT' extra sections to every regular train. The Northern Pacific has. not been able to furniah equipment sufficient : to - handle the traffic offered. It Is said a train leav ing Seattle Wedneaday afternoon left II passengers for Portland ea ths platform, and that people were standing up in the csrs. - : - Aug-. Bettor Than July. The O. R. eV N. haa mustered equip ment sufficient to -accommodate the peo- Jile and' there are many extra coachea n reserve for taking care of tha day light excursion from local territory. Colonel S. K. Hooper, general paa angr agent of the Denver 4c Rio Grande, who la here to see the fair, said: . "August Is always a better month than July In the tourist business for the D. A R. O. This year there Is sn Im mense business, far beyond all expecta tions, for July, but we expect It to be much greater. In August. . There Is no reaaon I can think of why It ahould not be. Portland haa a beautiful fair a great show and the sesson, Is favorable In every way to a greater buslnese In August thsn haa ever been known.". , The Denver A Rio Grande at tha be ginning of the fair expected to handle about S00 through paasengers a month to Portland on that account. ' Instesd of that number monthly lb- has bandied as many aa 600 In one day ell ticketed through for the fair. From' June 1 to July 10 the- records of ths D. A R. O. railroad s(pne show 1,000 passenger passed over Its line to the Lawle and Clark fair, aside from its other through and local business. Many who come by other routes ar returning by that ltne. Every day- the local office" ofthe D A R, O. Is making front IS to 10 aleeplng ear reservations et Ogden for- returning tourists. - ". ; -1 Private Oar Partiee iTamaroae. .'. T There Is no end of private car parties. They are so numerous thst the general agents do not sttempt to enumerate them. On the desk of svery general agent en railroad row is a stack of let ters and itineraries received dally giv ing routes and dates of special car partiee that are coming to. Portland by one road and returning east over an other route, -""'"" There is one Portland general agent who aaye September will be the month of heaviest travel over his road. Frank P. Johnson, general agent . ef the Canadian Paclflc, aatdr -, "Business? It Is a fright- All records are broken on the Canadian Pacific. We thought we handled an Immense busl neae for the world'a fair at St. -lioula. but this Is beating it to death. The business will . Increase with us dear through September. The month of September is always the time of great est tourist tra"vl Aver the Canadian Paclflo. and so It wllk ba for the Lewis nd Clark "fair so far as , our line Is concerned. , ateavy Travel fresa Ca3fsrla On hta desk waa a pile of letters re lating to special car par i, numbering from 10 to.IO pern- ., ire co. i or returning yl t ' n Fat. ICott V Prosecutor Heney Tells Jury H Expects Jo Implicate Wil- '. Jiamson Directly in ' . . Conspiracy.' ' ' 1 . CONGRESSMAN'S STAY IM PRINEVILLE. IMPORTANT Defense Sharply Criticises Methods ; of Prosecution in Land Fraud Case .' . Opening Statements Are. Mads ; in Second Trial of Three Defend yanta.'"''":-'""'.'., v-' . -''-y '(, ' New evidence, regarded, by the proee- ' cutlon as of much importance, wlir' be -adduced in the second trial of Congress- man Williamson, Dr. Van Q saner aad Marlon R. Blgga Jn his opening state-- ment : to Ihs-Jucnbia morning United States District - Attorney Heney out lined this evidence .which, in his opln- ' ion. bears directly on the connection ef . Congressman Williamson with the al-, Ieged conspiracy, v v .. . . . . - Mr. Heney stated clearly and compre hensively what the government expects to prove in the present trial. He was followed by-JudgeBennett -of counsel tor the. defense, who earnestly Insisted . on the Innocence of his clients and sharply crlcitlsed the methods employed . by .the prosecution. It is ths theory or the prosecuting st- torney that the conspiracy charged -against ths three defendants Mras-. ef fected about th middle of June.On the first trial it waa shown that Williamson . .. was in Prlnaville June 15. but there wss no evidence as to the length of his stay. . On th ' present trial ths government promises to show thst he remained lii Prinevllle for 10 days at th very time ' when Gesner, his partner., was consult- -lng with Biggs aa to ths feasibility of securing lands through timber entries, and when tha plana wer bc-l OgCOlSUme-. matedfor1oanlng" money to entrymen. It is Insisted by Mr. Heney thst Wil liamson's presence In Prinevllle at this Hm. amrm n n Mwim Inv HAnht that tiM was fully acquainted with the scheme -on which -his partner had entered . ' " ; : .? Xeney's Statement. '" - With a' thorough grasp of the eas end wltb the knowledge gained from the -former trial of the testimony "to bo ex pected from each witness, Mr. Heney ref lated to the jury what he expects to . prove. He said that tha defendants were charged with having entered into a conspiracy by which they expected to ' indue a number of persona to make filing on timber claims which were to be turned over to Williamson and Ges ner as soon Ss patented, the money to prove up th claima being advanced by ths firm. It waa not necessary to prove that perjury, was committed In these filing, although this would be Shown; It was enough 10 prove tbat the defend' ants and the entryjneo knew that the aiiiaavu wnicn - iney must maae in proving their claims were false. -- - Ths government- would not attempt to prove ths sctual time and place when ths conspiracy wss formed, for that would be Impossible, but it would show ' circumstances establishing beyond a rea-aonabie- donbt that- the conspiracy' exist-" ed. and that each of the defendanta did something to aid in it i- ' . "Tou can't - expect - that- theae men whom the -defendants procured to file ' timber claima will come up here' and flippantly acknowledgo that they per jured themselves," said Heney." No.' men likes to admit that Tou will see that their testimony la given reluctant ly and you will scan Jtcarfully Yet some of them will admit that they com mitted perjury, and that they had posi tive contract with Gesner to aell their ' land to him aa soon aa thw nt Mtot. On of theae Is Ernest Starr, a young' ' man who was then and Is still In their employ, a nephew of the i defendant. ' Williamson. And wo shall show the ' same thing by other witnesses also." Ae to the new evidence against WU . llamaon. the district attorney said:- ' "We expect to prove that On, the first" trial Williamson could not recollect be- ' in in Prinevllle between -April 1901. , ainn Till v st awe.m - w . him the hotel register of June IS withu hie name in It he could not remember, being there at that time. - Ws shall point out to you why hs could not re " member. We shall show by th artmti- ' slons of Biggs that Gesner came; to eon-.- v suit Biggs aWoot this busineas some week before the f Hinge were made. wnu:n wuuiu 09 wlk in, very line wnen Williamson reached Prinevllle. . And t think we shall show that he came to - ' Prinevllle for the very purpose of mak -lng thle arrangement Williamson re. Continued on Page Two.) Have You Noticed That when yon want th "ret, ' most r4lablo most complete ao count oi. anything, you ftnd It In -Th Journal T -L That the first newapeper in Portland 'to print comlfi color supplement 1 the same pprf " That It has ths beat feature : for amusing the children. Th Kataenjammer Klda. Jimmy and all the rat of tb Brat claaa color "fun nls." , That th only special lease -1 wlr In Portland crrle i a -new of th world to th res ' t of Th Sunday Journl That there's J''"t dpi newapaper In I'ortl-'.J know that It's . r- Il