The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, August 16, 1905, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text4 GOOD E VCII III G ,.TH3 weather.; ; V; ; , ' Showers. Thursday fair and warm er; aouth to west winds. - " V j. -.r. v Vol. iv Noriio. ' ' ' ' " 1 .I i i " ' " Procession of Members of Popu. f lar OrderHandsomest and Most -'Attractive Ever Seen in Portland. COOL WEATHER MADE. : WALKING PLEASANT March ThrottglT Prlncipat Streeta to .-'the Fair, Where ElkaAra Received by Officials, and .Where Exercises of an Interesting Character Will Hold Them Until Lata Tonight"; ' : Lilies at. the field, nor avan the lmpe ' rlar ' aeon: In : the gorgeous dragon march, nor turbaned gueata -at stately -,' durbar, nor laureled heroes., atithe Otyraptan fames wara arrayed life tha 1.000 Elks who paraded tha streeta of Portland today. They Made a aplendld apcetacla of glittering finery, a dassllng . ' display af curious costumes. , i '-. At tha head of tha parade s waa a large sprinkling cart, secured from tha ; pity. - U (represented a "water- wagon." janQTL iinr.pTOiH.i." wore tha Insignia of the hard. Tha two bald at tha diiay height Aintll tha road bacania rough. . -- ' In fantestlo magnificence- th parade wom -unlaua In tha history of Portland. I .. Bin"1!! artistic cqstumes Japanese Ki monos, rana anq uhdiiiim. 5" ' novel features, formed an-' Interesting; part of tha pageant. . "' t .Jha procession covered 10 blocks., or ! about one and three- fourth miles. It ' occupied 10 minutes In passing a given V points but several .hours were spent In traversing tha principal etreete of tha .''.-city.'., - ' ' .-,( ... . , Kaxahal aad tla Alda. .' Oanaral O. Bummers was grand mar Jshol and J.vH. t'pton -as chief of auff. TBe'alds wera Sanford Whiting, .E. W; ' Moore, U H. Knapp, 8. C. Spencer, & . Hart and William Reld. i Shortly after 11:10 o'clock tha parade started from tha armory. There were, carriages, automobiles, floats, Jlnrlki--' ahas In which pretty girts wera seated, Jiuge tally-hos In which wera smiling : women, and every" other aort of vehicle and conveyance. : ' Immediately In the rear of tha grand - ' marshal and his ataff waa the "wata wagon' with two Elks aboard, then tha . first division, preceded by pe Caprio'a v band. Following the band ware 600 v members of the local lodge, attired la , gorgeous apparel, t Each wore a kimono, 'carried a Japanese umbrella and a fan. The aecond division waa preceded by ' "The Dalles band, which waa followed by "100 membera of . The Dalles lodge In ' striking costumes.- Three hundred mem. bars of Salem lodge were, next In line ' and formed one of the moat coniplc- -,uoua featurea of tha parade. A group . of tha Salem contingent, - attired as ' farmers, waa seated In a wagon amok ' Ing pi pea The othera from tha Capital ' jblty wore giant atraw hats and atrange ,.' uniforms aa they marched behind ;the wagon. Tha remainder of the division "'was composed of visiting membera from outside tha city and state. v Bvery City Sep resented. The Third regiment band waa at the ' bead of the third division. Then1 came . contlngenta from the lodgea at Eugene, ' Albany, Roseburg. Aahland, Pandletof ' and pracMlly every city In the.atata : all arrayed TSorlglnal and striking unr ' forma , Following tha band at tha head of tha fourth division were, J00roembra. of -r- (Continued on Paga Twelve.) WOI Barrett, B. P. p.'E." Photograph br Moor.' hvip I ri fv, ... j 1 . .11 I I ' I - 111! I I II III I !mr'Vy RAILROAD IS BONE OF COriTEIITIOIl Peace Conference Spends Entire Morning Debating Cession of Manchurian Line. . ; SAKHALIN BUGBEAR IS i CAPABLE OF SETTLEMENT Japanese Envoy State That If Rus sia Desires to End War, Agreement Can B Reached Cold Weather Brings Out Winter Clothing. " ! Ooersal BpMlal Servies. Portsmouth, N. H-, Aug. 16. "Sakha lin has been made the' bugbear of peace negotiations," , remarked ' a . member of the Japanese suite this morning, ."but the question la 'capable of settlement satisfactorily to .both governments If the Russians sincerely desire peace," The report thla morning that Wltte la alck la unfounded. The weather la very, cold, and the commissioners, wrapped In winter clothing,-went to tha conference at tha usual time. Thera la no ateam in the conference-room aa yet and tha anvoya are uncomfortable, The following official' announcement waa made at 1:1 o'clock: "In the morning session tha . peace conference took up the. discussion of article - seven. . The conference took a recess and will resume sessiona at I 'clock." . ; ' " v ,: -.. Article seven ' provides for tha ces sion ' to China, of -the Chinese Eastern railway" from Harbin southward . The cession of the railroad la the cause of prolonged argument. The road i waa built' by Russia-at a cost of between 1100.000.000 and .100.600,000 and is os tensibly tha property of tha Ruaao Chlnese bank, although built by govern ment money advanced to the bank, and on Ita completion operated, . managed and protected by the Ruaalan govern ment. ' 'i ', ; ' Ruaala'a contention today waa that the railroad la private property and not government' property;, Japan holding that the Russian government waa the real owner and that the road waa built for purely strategic purposes. "Points Agreed Upon So Tac, One other point waa agreed upon yes terdaythat regarding the Integrity of China and the .policy of the open, door for the commerce -or all nations. . : k Tha questions so far Settled comprise all thoea relating- to -Korea and- Mart- cDurta-sKtspt- the cession- ot the Chiwaa Eaatern rallroid running through Man churia from Harbin to Vladivostok. The following resume gives the artlclea In their enumeration upon which action has been taken: - - - ' - f 1. Recognition of Japan's breoonder- atlng Influence and suseralnty In Korea. 1. Mutual obligation to evacuate Manchuria and Russia to relinquish te China, all concesalons and special prlvj legea. . . .1.. Japanese obligation to restore the sovereignty and administration of China In Manchuria. '' 4. Mutual obligations to respect tha territorial and administrative Integrity of China and the principle of tna ooea door. " s - ' - ".. t. ' The aurrender of . tha Ruastaa leasee to the Lis o Tung peninsula, In cluding Port Arthur,. Dalny and Blond and Elliot Islands. . v, , ' i Qneetlons Te.o Bettle, S Article I, the ' cession of .the Island of Sakhalin to Japan la deferred for later consideration. : r - Tha following other artlclea remain t be acted upon by the conference; Relmbureemaat for the eost of the war; tha article relating to that; portion of tha main Una of the Siberian rail road through northern Manchuria, which Includes provision for policing of tha road by China and not by Russls; fishing rights on the Siberian coast north of Vlsdlvestok to Bering aea; the article affectlne Russla'a naval, power In tha far eaat, and. that providing for the surrender of .the Ruaalan warahloe in terned In far eastern waters, 'L'W ... ,.'r":V-:, v. 'teAX Til; 7 MX PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY ; EVENING, AUGUST I; . 190-SIXTEEN PAGES. LEADIN G FIGURES IN THE! TltANSMISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE '-4 TvTG. ZARIMORB EXECUTIVE ,. QOmilTTEB WALTZES NAN Former Florodora Girl Wins Un enviable NotorityHy Affair ' With Duluth Man. . ' (Jearaal Speetel Servles.) ' v ' ' New Tork, Aug. 16. Nan Patterson, the chorua girl whoae trial here for the murder of Caesar Young la ' a recent' memory, has again oorae Into unenviable notoriety because of her alleged entan glement with C. Ralph Ash. a lumber broker and, married man - of , Duluth. Mlnnrfiota, jwho is guest at the Hotel Aator. . : f ; .' ! - , Miss .Pattersonhas . been. sUylngal Cambridge Court hotel, where she regis tered a Helen Need ham. ' She packed her trunk and left foa Washington yea terday simultaneously with her bitter denunciation by Mrs. V. D. Handy, sister-in-law of Ash. - Mrs. Handy spoke freely aa to Ash's friendship with Miss Patterson and declared that he had spent a small fortune on her. . -. . "Ash first met Nan Patterson while bathing at Brighton Beach four week ago, said Mrs, Handy. "Introduction came through Abe Attel.-. the prise fighter, who la frlondly to Nan.' The actrea and her brother-in-law, J. Mor gan Smith, and Julia Smtthv- Iwe; s4n became very much attracted to. m brother-in-law. ; 1 - Mrs. Handy- declared aha -upbraided Aah for his conduct, to which tha Du luth " man replied he would have given 1 1.000 If he could have avoided the In. traduction. Mrs. Handy continued: . "Ralph visited Conaldlna Brothera1' aa loon in the company of Nan and mat a lot of her aportlng acquaintance a. In cluding horaemen, prlsef Ightera and ae treaaeaTha pair, also dined at Bpahl-dlng-a and vlalted the rfotel Astor." TeUow revs ta. ' (Jooraal Spedal term.) La Porte. Ind.. Aug. II Mrs. Fred Shreve of Waterford, who recently re turned from the south, where her two sister died of what waa called swamp fever, was today reported fatally 111 of what ahyalclaa diagnose as ' yellow fever. . : ,: :K4 ..--nrx vt ...... H "-Af '. V::- " ' I I ; , -, j ' Sdi , , 'I i ' y'y I. v I ., A i vy. "-4 '"' y X -Jij I I J I TlT II II I I' I IIIIIHI llhM Tm, i II Oil PRIMROSE PAlli i . j . . . , - ., i. ii n j . -eLl- aaJ". ' : . af akw , g-r tv L AUDITOR IGNORES Devlin Says Weidlet Has Been Regularly Appointed Re fuses to Withhold Salary. . City Auditor Devlin has refuaed to withhold the salary of Colonel Milton A. Weldler, clerk of the fire department, aa directed by the municipal civil service commission last week on . the ground that the clerk had been 'employed la violation of section lit of the- charter which went Into -effect In February, 103: He haa atatad hla reasons for not doing the bidding of the commission in a communication directed to - th4 -mayor. whtch"tto-tho effect -that-Coto nel .WeMler haa -been regularly ap pointed and that ha cannot legally with hold ihe salary. , Thla places the city auditor In an attitude of defiance to the order of the commiaaon and may result In aerloua trouble between tha two departmenta. However, the auditor's signature to the warrant la not sufficient to give the city treasurer the authority to caah It. Mayor Lane's algnatura la ' also neces sary, and If tha commission, of which he Is chairman, Instructs him not to 'sign the wararnt Colonel Weldler wilt not re ceive hla salary without a contest i Mayor La ne'e refusal to sign the war rant will probably send the matter to the courta, where it will be decided. (Continued on .Page Two.) THIFUTMEN BURIED IN CAVE-IN AT -LEHIGH UosraaL. Specie! Servles.) A Allentown. Pa., Aug. If. Thlrtr e men were burled under tons of e) e earth In a cave-In at the Lehigh e d Portland cement worka at West d C7play shortly after noon today. e Fifteen of the dead had been ' e A. t.L.. Km fv AnlfW.k . T ta not thought that, many escaped e e .alive. ' . . e '-', - . . V COMMISSION BATTLE RAGING IN Tx POLISH CITY Forty Killed and Two Hundred Fighting In Streets' of Bialstock. : : (Joareal Special Servlea.) ' ' St Petersburg, Aug 1. Disorders continue throughout the Caucasus, cen tral and southern Russia, Poland and Finland. ' It la estimated that aa a re sult of the recent-dtnturbawoee. il the Caucasus 1 vlllagea have been totally destroyed and. fully 1,000 bulMlnga burned, while 21 persons have been reported , killed. 61 Injured and are mlaalng.J-.Property.losseajiggrefate more than $6,000,000. Troops sre in adequate to cbpe VTTh the situation and the spirit of revolt haa spread through out the region, where a universal atrike haa been declared. More than 2.000 mllea of railroad la Idle, while the porta of Tlflls and other Black aea cltlel are closed. ,- ,.,.- , - -I Rioting Is In progress at Bialstock, Poland. ' Thla morning a bomb waa thrown at a detachment of aoldlerc, two were killed and -three wounded. Troops wele called and fired at from different parte of the city and In the resulting battle at least 40 were killed and more than" 'ZOO wounded. Tha peaaanta of tha province of Court land are In open rebellion, having sacked II municipal buildings, aelsed atate money and destroyed all official docu ments. Including the conscription lists.' Rioting bands have Invaded many of the estates In Livonia, where three land owners1 have been killed. Rioting continues at Vlborg. Finland, on account of tha ' court-martial of Prokopo, the assassin who killed Colo nel Kremanko. chief of police, whe haa boea sentenced ta hsngr -MoP patrol the streets' and clashes are feared. A eongreae of the Union of Peaaanta, representing 21 government-tr irr Ion In Moscow and haa paased resolu tions demanding universal auffraga In the projected popular assembly and a ayatera of peasant proprietorship by which the people can aoqutre the atate domains and land belonging to religious Inatitutlosa . i . nttrnrr two r.uvu. LIKELY TO LAND IN POORIIOUSE In Last Three- Months John: D. 1' Rockefeller Has Given Away More Than He Received.' , GIFTS OF. YEAR EXCEED TANDARDHDItHNCOME Plenty of People Found to Accept tht - Tainted Money Yale University Gci . Lion's. Share of Gratuity, Which Touls Ovef Eleven Millions. . (Jearaal Special Barries.) , New Tork, Aug. la. In the laat three months John X. Rockefeller i haa been giving away money faster than Standard Oil haa brought It in. The Standard OA company yesterday declared a quarterly dividend of $ a share, amounting to M.O0O.O0O. .Of thla Rockefeller will get 11.400.000 aa hla share next month. Rockefeller's disbursements for- tha quarter that haa brought him 11.400,004 are about 111.(00,000, or $,000,000 mo than hla. Income. t. On ' June IS ' last Rockefeller' ' gave 11,000.000 to Tale university as a per manent endowment fund. On June 10. the next day, he gave 110,000,000 to the general , education board. , He haa alao made a number of smaller gifts In suma ranging, from $1.000 -to $100,000 since last May, which-aggregate., more than $600,000. , Tbla In aplte of the difficulty of getting rid of "tainted money." In all Rockefeler will probably receive $14,000,000 this year as hla share of the Standard- OH proflta. If other lnveat ments yield him 110,000.000 hla total In come will be tK.000,000. Within three months he 1 haa given away 111.600,000. . In the preceding Ave months he gave away 1 1,600,000. or a I total of 1 14.000.000 so far In 106. If he makes a $60,000,000 gift to the Chi cago university tna total win oa ,- 000.000 at leaat for the year) or about two and a half ttmaa hla Income. t . SAVINGS BANK CONDUCTED UPDM MUTUAl PLAN Depositors -and- Stockholders -to . . Each Draw Three Per Cent and Divide Balance. , , ' ' (Journal Speebil Berries.) " '" . Chicago, Aug. It The Mutual Trtfet "Savinse bank la being organised in Chicago to begin operatlona September 1. The capital of tJ00j000. la all aub acrlbad, and thelead'lng membera of the board of directors decided on. The new bank proposes to follow a . radical de parture from existing methods of Oper ating savings nanus. - It Is proposed to pay depoeltora t per cent Interest on deposits, and then pay the stockholders ' t per . cent dlvl-T denda on their shares. All proflta over thla are to be divided between deposl tore and atockholdera. ' It ta argued that the stockholders aa. aume Uabtlttlea double the amount of their Inveatmenta while depoaltora are liable only to ' a' poealble loaa of . de posits and that tha atockholdera are entitled to a larger return than tha de positors-." ; , .traalrwaa Skonsa xu. , ', (Jeersal Special Servlco.) nnuiiiiiun, aui. i. vnsirman IkAkta m Wa 1 . 1 . , v mw i.iiimiiii canaj comniie alonlaalok with dysentery contracted un uip wn ruuif nomt irom rininii. 1 WIm . . . . . . n . wlch. Connecticut, and will not be In tha Jk1W M - ..... 1 J , f L rrJT ??. JfVnri'jra ri II as 4. . JIT 4 Commonwealth Builders Gather to Devise Means of Develop- , 7 Ing Territory This Side ; Father of Waters. ;. TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS IN SESSION Welcome On Behalf of Portland and ' Oregon ' Extended to Commercial 4 Leaders From Beyond the Rockies, t and Government Asked for More ; Money for Rivers and Harbors '.' In the first eeaalon of the ' sixteenth annual - Trana-Mlaalaelppt" Commercial congress thla morning at the exigeaition unanlmoaa damanda . ware . made for -larger government approprlatlona for the Improvement of rivers and harbors and for lower rail rates In the country weat of the Mississippi. .. . v . . i- There waa alao a demand for reten tion of tha present law restricting Chi nese Immigration, although there waa not perfect agreement on this. Gov ernors Chamberlain of Oregon and Mead of Washington and -President Uii.- Cake of the Portland Commercial olub spoke of the aecesklty of standing firmly agalnat lowering the gates and admlt tlngvprlsntal coolie laborers. . When Ooverndr Pardee of California referred to the aubjeot ba said there waa danger nut ' only In the mining ef tea asansi Chinese, but alao from the too tree ad- mission of laborers from Europe and Africa.' Although It waa presumed to- be only a aeaalon for the Interchange of cour- . tealea between hoata and guests, tha welcoming nddreeees and responses struck lira several times, and presaged the earnest discussions that are tq mark ' the aSssion of the eongreae , " .-' Taiipiove tba Oolanibla. ; - President T. B. Wilcox voiced the ' views of the Pacific northwest when ha served notloe on the world that the Co lumbta river was to be Improved ao as to permit the oonveylng to market of the laat ton bi freights on wnica the pre-. ducer la paying two prices for transpor tation, and hla remarks wera greeted with prolonged applause. ' Notwithstanding 11 apeakera were heard, the audience waa not weary when the forenoon aeaalon ended. Tha hospi tality of the city, the state and the Pa cino northwest was extended with grace ful expressions, of pleasure at the pres enoe of the guests, and they In turn ac- . t knowledged their satisfaction at having come here to meet In the Rose City. About 600 persons were In the Audi torium when Rufua P. Jennings called , the delegates to order. It waa a dis tinguished aasembly;, men eminent In tha political and elvip actlvltlea of the- na tion,, mostly from the great region that lies west from the Mississippi river, aat ' beneath the bannera of Oregon, Wash ington. - California. Montana. Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Alaaka. Colorado. Oklahoma, ' Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa. Louisiana, North Dakota.- South Dakota. Missouri, Indian Territory and far-off Philippines, with, . representatives of the Travelers' Pro tective association and the United Com mercial Travelers. '- Frosalaeat Kern Freeest -' Former cabinet offlcera governora, united States aenatora and congressmen were In the audience and there, too, were captains of industry, masters of com merce and merchant princes. Hanging from tba walla of the Audi, torlum -were these banners:.-.. (Continued on Page Two.) FOR GOOD Of THE WEST 1 . .. . .. . - -. ..! ' - '11 t Ir. Hsrry P. UtZz?, I , Jhotc. -.- ..