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VOL. V. NO. 100.
OUCE MORE
Investigating Charge
of Fraud Made jn
Connectidn With Rer
count of Ballots
Difference Between Official Re
. : turns of Election Board and
' Returns of Court Recount
Leads to Suspicion That Bal-
lots Were Substituted. " :;
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v Bees us of suspicion that" tnV"bat
lots cast In Bertha precinct had .been
tampered with, tha arand Jury, aaatated
by Assistant District Attorney Haney
and County Clerk Fields, devoted IU
morning aeaaton today to a recount
. : This la precinct IS, tha one In which tt
la charged that aaven votes caat (or
Robert L. Stevena . were credited to
Sheriff Word. "
With thaoflndlng of aucb. a wide vari
" anca between tha ' official . returns and
the totals ss ahowa by a recount In
court, frlenda of Stevena declared that
there had been fraud committed In the
original count. To aettla tha matter
Judge Fraaer called tha grand Jury be
,.; '"Tore him lata yeaterday afternoon and
asked that an Investigation be made
Thla morning It waa hinted around the
- courthouse that -tha fault lay not tn
; the count, but In the aubetitutlon of
- "ballots. ' ' - ... v
-AH of the election officers of Bertha
precinct aaVeuie, J. RSlavIn, a clerk.
were on Jiand when tha Jury oonvened,
ready to glre voluntary testimony, but
none era called--as -wile One vt
; the election officers, who aaked that hla
name be - withheld pending further in
; veetlgatlon, aaid that he could explain.
, the change in the count only on the
theory that tone one gained acoaaa to
the ballots after they had been algned
and aealed in Bertha precinct on the
night of election. ' t " V ' j' W V.
Jury Begins Beooaat. , 'h
The grand Juror decided to recount
the rote of the precinct on all the
offices, hoping tn thla way to determine
. "Ywhether ballots had been substituted.
If tha vote on offlcea other than aherlff
-. did -not tally. with the official retuxs-l
! the nature of the fraud would be-tttaln I
If it. did Ully the investigation could
be continued on other lines. Tha grand
' Jury finished Its recount at noon, but
.'what It found has not yet been die
. cloaed. Tha Investigation waa resumed
- thla afternoon and la still In progresa.
- John Chalmers, one of the Judgea of
'.the Bertha . election board, wrote his
.' name on the backa or all tha ballota.
v ' He waa standing in tha ball outside tha
grand Jury- rooms thla ' morning when
; ' County Clerk Fields came along with
the ballot box, ballota and other ree
, '. orda of election.' Flelda stopped, pointed
at . the Indorsement showing on the top
' .7" of the " package of ballota and asked
Chalmara: - vis that' your slgnaturer
Chalmers looked a momenr" and an
wrd, fNo." Afte- Fields had gone
Into , the Jury-room Chalmara explained
.that ha had dona all hla Indorsing with
aa ' ordinary lead pencil and that the
r signature eh own him appeared to have
- been written with an Indelible pencil.
The writing looked llae his. he aaid, but
he would not be able, to -make a poat-
tive statement until he had made a
closer Inspection,
Oouat Completed, . '
. The count In Bertha precinct ' waa
l completed, at It o'clock on election
night, there being only half ft hundred
(Continued on Page Three.)
Evidence Taken in Case of John jH.Williarns
Shows That -fleamer and Press1 Were '
j Purchased, Sent' to Coon on Ranch
7.
In the hearing t. John M. Wllllama.
arrested for coniiisias 10 a conspiracy
to defraud tne,CoUd States by manu
facturing . counterfeit ; eoina,- -before
United State'a Commissioner Sladen thla
morning, it waa not shown y the evi
dence that counterfeit money had been
made by' the persons named In the in
dictment. Upon the showing made by
Wllllama,. who waa represented by At
torney W. W.- Banka, Commissioner
Sladen found the defendant a part to
the conspiracy upon (he showing made
and bound htm over to tha grand Jury,
fixing hla ball at 110.000.
While the evidence at the - hearing
this morning was not Intended to es
tablish the guilt of 'Williams. It waa
sufficient for Commissioner Sladen to
dfclde that ha waatwarranted In hold
ing tha prisoner for w- hearing before
tha grand Jury.
Bad Bought Beams, ' ,
It was . shown! at the shearing that
Wllllama had - bought a reamer of ex
actly the somr dimensions necessary In
tramlng forma' :for planchets, which
re later stamped with tha Impression
of denomination. 'This reamer was
probabl
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Eight Million Dollars1
Worth of Wheat, Flour
and ' Barley Exprrted
Two Hundred aiidTSro Thoti
sand Barrels of Flour C.ptd
to California Pbrts-Grand To
tal Twice as Big as Last Year
-Japan Heavy Buy er..V
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During the cereal year closing today
Portland exported to foreign porta ap
proximately 11,000,100 worth of wheat,
flour and barley.' Besides thla enormous
quantity of breadetuffa, M00.000 bush
els of wheat and Ml.000 barrala of flour
were ahlpped by water to California
porta, bringing tne value of eareala aeut
from thla port during tha year to fully
lii.ooo.ooo.v ."
Thla grand total ahowa exactly twice
the amount of buatness transacted dur
ing tha .aeason ltat-05, whan the ship
ments by water were small owing to an
unprecedented movement In grains . by
rail for points In tha east. :
-'i- eTapam Xeavy Bayer. ; ' ,
Japan waa a heavy buyer- of wheat
thla eeaaon and drew nearly aa much
as Europe,-while Africa secured only a
small amount. A large xieet or tramp
steamers waa ' dispatched during the
months of -October and. November for
Japanese ports a 1th' holds full to the
hetcfaee with -the product of the vaat
gralnflelda of Oregon. Washington and
Idaho, while at the aame time tha usual
ouajitltie of flour were . exoorted . to
Japan and China on the regular oriental
llaera.. plying-. out oc here. . ,
Tha season s shipments were not the
heaviest In the history of the port but
rank a close fifth since 1SII In' point of
quantity and second In point of value.
During the season of 187-18. Portland
shipped .11,101,141 bushels. of wheat, in
cluding the flour shipments Yeduoed' to
wheat, but . the : total . value of this
onormoua quantity was only 111,101.4(1,
while the 1S.MM1 buahela ' ahtpped
this sexson were valued at 11,68,4J.
- Moat XraMng Ttxw Xalf. : . ; ', j
The greater percentage of the' ahjp-
menta were set afloat during the first I
half of tha season, or last fall, aapecl- j
ally during the months of October and
November when large ocean going craft
crowded at tha docks ' and warehouses
while awaiting dispatch, " Some re
markable records in the handling of car
goes were made and few of the ves
sels were long In the harbor.
"Moat of the veasela that nailed from
here have already reached their desti
nation. It waa a lucky year, for ship
owners and underwriters alike, for of
the whole fleet of more than . half a
hundred veeaela that aet out for for'
elgn .ports not one met with disaster.
All arrived, in good condition and after
comparatively amart voyages. A num
ber of the February fleet have reported
on the other (aide during the paat few
days and there are only about a dosen
vessels yet to be heard from. The last
grain carriers of the season to sail
were the French barks Francois Ambola
ami Oeneral Neumayer, both of which
crossed out ever the bar the last -week
of April, bound' for. the United King
dom. . j .
According to the closest estlmatee
there la very little of the old crop in
warehouses for export, , and H la be
lieved that the shlpa Procyon and Car-
(Continued on Pag Three.)
bonght of Frank Dayton, a member of
the Dayton Hardware company, of this
city, for Elsa R; Coon and waa found tn
Coon'a potieeaslon on the Baatlan. ranch
near Huntington. It waa alao shown
that at the ssme time Wllllama ordered
the - reamer,- he ordered a presa of a
make that could not be purchased. After
sending east for tha press and being
unable to get the kind wanted by Coon,
for. whom Wllllama claimed that he was
acting aa agent. Mr. Dayton refunded
the money paid by Wllllama In advance.
In the form of check, payable to Coon.
The check bore a face valae of III.
. Telegrams and lettera from Williams
to Coon were offered Ip evidence by tha
government to ahow tha Wllllama and
Coon were on terms of Intimacy and
that Williams waa pre parings to go to
Huntington to Join hei;' Counterfeiter.
The telegram, which waa 1 dated June
II, waa received by Coon after i he hsd
been arrested and TanaV TeleSrem re
ceived; start et. S:f S tonight." It was
addresaed to Coon, and, signed fry WI1-.
Hams. ' - . .
Thomas B. Foster was the onjy other
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Gibson's notable sketch of Evelyn Neablt thaw will be reproduced In the magasme section of Tha Sunday ,
Journal tomorrow. This will be but one of a number of features of the beat magazine published on the coast.
A capital story on how "Billy" Muldoon Ja making a new man (physically, of course) of Chauncay Depew la .
told by one who saw lt what happened to Broker Keen, the Philadelphia kidnaper, will lntereat every parent;
an American who has become an English prince telle why he did It; how to be strong on tabloid food is eea-.
sonable. following meat-packing exposures; the women will And much of interest in the fashion and health
and beauty hint pages, and tor men who labor with hand and brain the fine artlclea by "Workera" wUl be of ,
great Interest Tha boys and girls, who are warm frlenda of The Sunday Journal, will . And amusement and . ,
instruction in the "funnies." stories and gamea and puaalea and -everybody will be Interested In the page of
' pretty babies enured In the fontast atarted. by - . .
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WARSHIP NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW TER ROR O F THE SEAS
I S LAU N C H E D AT C A MDEN
Several Workmen Injured During
Launching. WhicK Is Othar
i wise Successful Great '
- Crowd Present. V
. (Joarnsl Sperlal' Service.) '" .
Camden, N. J.. June 10. The new
11,000-ton battleship - New Hampshire,
built for the United States government
by the New York Shipbuilding company,
waa ' rfuccessfulltf "launched - from - the
yarda here today.' Thousands cheered
and waved their- haXsslhe huge hull
plunged into u. the .waters of ' the Dela
ware. Among those who witnessed the
spectacle were many dlatingulshed eltt
sens of New Hampshire,- together with
WELLS-FARGO DIVIDEND IS
' HADE TEH PER CENT P
Increase Does Not Stop right Of
Minority Stockholders Against ;
V ; E. H. Harrlman.
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New Tork. June 10. The directors of
the Wells-Fargo Expres company have
declared a aerai-annual. dividend Of ,1
per cent, placing the Stock on the annual
10 per cent dividend basis.
John F. - Thomas of Walter 8. Stokes
Co.. who haa been acting for .the
minority stockholders who want -the
110.009,000 surplus distributed, aaid to
day: . - ' " ' ''J''
; 'Thla Increase of dividend dcea .not
.alter the situation In any way aa far
aa the movement which we have insti
tuted Is concerned.' Our contention le
that the stockholders should receive' II
per cent, either In -cash or stock. We
know the, directors have an agent ' In
New England soliciting proxies for .the
annual meeting in August: and he has
admitted the company; Is earning 10
per cent on, Ite stock. '. ,'
,rvVe - believe tha earnings are even
higher than this." - '' , r . , 1
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ETERNALtQUESTION
naval' officera and J representatives ot
tha navy - dapartaaaat- at-. Washington.
The guests of honor included Governor
McLeee ef New- Hampahtr and hla
ataff. .W'-.'. j '-- -re "
The vessel was christened by Miss
Hasel McLana, the 11-year-old daughter
of Governor McXana, who broke a
bottle of champagne on tha bow-of the
bow. of tha ship as it started down the
ways. ' Informal speeches followed a
luncheon..- , - , ' . ' '
' A number of working men were. In
jured, during, the launching, which waa
otherwise successful. ' "
, The battleship New Hampshire will
be a powerful addition to Uncle Sam's
navy. She la of 14,000 ' tons burden,
with a length of 460 feet and extreme
breadth of 71 feet 10 lnchea. She will
be required to steam II knots for four
consecutive hours., .
The main battery of the Nee Hamp
shire will consist of Tour 11-lnch breech
loading rifles and " II T-lnch breech
loading rifles. In the secondary bat
tery will be 10 S-lnch rapid-fire guna.
II I-Dounder seml-sutomatlca, four
1 -pounder seml-automatlce. two 1-Inch
field piece, two - 10-callbro automatic
and two 10-callbre machine guns. '
The hull Of tha battleship la of ateal
throughout. It ia protected at tbw.wa
tar line by a complete belt of armor
I feet S Inches wide, having a maximum
thickness of 11 inches for about too
feet amidships. ' Forward and aft of
this the maximum thlckneaa is t Inches
within the.' limit of magaalnea, from
which point the thlckneaa la gradually
decreased to four hiches at the stem
TURKISH TROOPS ARE ' .
FORCED TO BE LOYAL
' Hodetds, June 10. Mutiny among the
Turkish troops .who demanded to be
aent back home ' waa ' followed by 'an
attack, upon the, routineera by the loyal
artillery which atopped the rebellion, the
dlasatlafled men surrendering after ' a
few hundred' of ' their number' were
killed. '...'..'.." i "'' '.J . '
EUGENE BERT TO :
; HIS WIFE'S EXPENSES
' (Journal flpeeUl Swrloe.), .- ' ,
San "" Francisco; ' June ' 10.' Eugene
Bert, president of the Pacific , Coast
Baseball league, today wss ordered, to
pay' hla wife 140- m month allmotryW
New Hampshire Type of Battleship..
30,' 1906. FOURTEEN, PAGES.
PROSECUTOR.
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Gigantic Battleship Christened
V by Miss McLean, : Daughter
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ernor.
and stern.' The 11-Inch barbettes ex
tend from the protected deck to about
four feet above the main deck and con
sist of ' 10 inches of armor In front
and TH inchea In the rear above tho
gun deck. ; ,
-The engines are of- the vertical twtn
acrew, four-cylinder, triple-expansion
type, of a combined horsepower of II.
100. ' There are it boilers, placed in six
watertight compartments. There are
three funnels, each 100 feet high above
the base line. '.
STRAP ;IH AFRICA
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Financial Troubles Due to Un
'. popularity of People From
y 4 the United States. j . y. ;
(Joeraal Ssecial Sei ilee.l
' New Tork, June 0. The news haa
reached ' here that -the ' Jemes Nelson
Opera company., an American organisa
tion, collapsed in Bouth Africa,, leaving
40 1 persons, 14 of them women, desti
tute. , Although stagnation of trade was
the ' principal cauae of the failure, a
strong factor was the popular. prejudice
against Americans. . .... . ,
. The company opened In Johannesburg
and after seven weeks of bad business
went to pieces. The generosity ef the
Johannesburg people : . enabled - the
trended singers to reach Cape Town,
where -they are now, except-10 who have
raised 'enough money to reach Southamp
ton an route to New York. v . -
- Altogether . 140.000 'was . lost ; In the
venture.' " In '-this amount, there were
several sums of some hundred dollars
each which . were subscribed" by- mem
bers of tha. company. Those member
of 4 he company still In Cape Town are
without funda and In a pitiable condi
tion. .-' ' - ;" " ' .. .. '
AMERICAIT OPERA TROUPE S
PRICE TWO
COIISPIRACY
FOR CRILIE
-, saws 1 sis s ssantssss
PfotMEd7- Kill White Is
Rumored!iThawTool
of Others Stronger
Minded Than Himself
Indictments Expected From July
Grand Jury Evelyn Visits
" Husband In Prison Gates Of
fers Millions to Aid in Defense
-Prominent Men to Testify.
(Joorasl Spatial Service.) '
New Tork,. June . While the fltst
ehock of the Thaw-White murder sen
sation baa subsided and tha affair haa
aettled somewhat Into tha rut of legal
proceedings, every day developa further
melodramatic featuree to whet the ap
petite of - the community ('that waa
hardly yet done discussing the unspeak
able Terranova ease. - Aa . repulsive
depths of human' wickedness may be
sounded In the trial ot Thaw aa that
of Joaephine Terranova. Charges ot de
generacy have been made tenderloin
gossip agalnat both Thaw and White,
but auch charges come readily to the
lips of the tenderloin scandal mongers.
- One of the sensations of Thaw's trial
next September will be testimony . for
the defense by 10 persona aa to the go
ings on In which- White le said to have
been the prime mover. These parsons
are all man prominent socially, i ilnan-
f-elally and la artistic circles In New
Tork and tbelr testimony, it la said.
will make even the New Torkers. alt
-UIl a"1 wO imir 7".
It la aaid that one ef these was ac
customed to coolings II and SIS irotd
pieces on tha Ice around champagne and
then putting then down .the girls' neck
to see them "wiggle." . . '
The news cam from Chicago today
that. John W. Oatea had declared that
he' stood reedy to turn over his millions
to aid In Thaw's defense. If money la
needed. Oatea la aaid to believe firmly
that-Thaw, with whom ha waa on close
terms of friendship, was Juattfled In
.his act " t
.. Thaw spent a restless night on ac
count of tha Intense heat . ' He waa
wake early thla morning and was
one of the first prisoners up. - lie read
the morning papers, following his usual
routine. ..' -'-.
.j Urt. Thaw vlaited her husband In
prison today. The . streets were de
serted. Her presence created qp par
ticular lntereat f ; 1 --'.- '
The announcement that the grand
Jury la to consider, the Thaw caae ia
responsible for the rumor that - the
prosecution haa unearthed evidence
likely to lead, to th -Indictment erf at
least One.othei person s accessory be
fore the fact'. It,: la hinted alao that
a criminal conspiracy ..Charge Is likely
to be charged Against a number of per
sons of stronger minds than Thaw poa.
aeaaed. ,
WIFE HIS DEFENSE.
Bvelya Beablt Thaw Tans Xrfkwyevs Bar
"Ufe BUetorr to Save Buabaad.
New Tork, June 10. The - basis .of
Thaw' defense haa been eetabllabed by
the Ufa atory of Evelyn s Nesblt Thaw,
told by tha young wife to Thaw'a law
yers. For three hours tha young woman
talked . to tha .- lawyers, volunteering
statementa and anawarlng queatlona.
Every word aha uttered waa recorded
by three women stenographers. :
... Sh told In-detail Whlts'a alleged per-
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DOVE OF PEACE HOIERIiJG
Row Between Mayor and; Finance Committee
Quiets Down No Requests to forward
,r ' Funds to 'Frisco Have!Beeri Received
Neither, the "prorogued'1! finance oom1
mltte handling the relief fund no BL
C. Qlltner, Its secretary, have reeelVed
any written requests' frem subscribers
to forward money to) Sart Francisco,
"No one haa received a single
quest," said R. R. Hoge, chairman of
the finance committee, today.
"I haven't heard a thing from them,"
said Mayor Lane. "I expected to hear
from them this morning, but -the jr
haven't showed up yet In fact I wss
given to understand that they would
come' to see me before thla time.
Time limit T Oh- I'll give them time
enough to turn over the funda. But If
they don't I'll eail amas meeting of
subecrtbers." ?
LORD BARRINGTOfJ IS :
PERMITTED TO LIVE
, ; (Jnarnal Special Service.) , fir
Jeffereon City, Mo.. June 10. flxM-d
J. Seymour Barrtngton. sentenced to
hang July IS Tor the .murder 0 Jame
P. McCann, .obtained another reprieve
today by order of the aupreme court
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Horseplay Indulged in
DuringClosingHours
Final Adjournment at'
fSix b'Clock Tonight
President Hastens to Sign Pure
Food and Packing-House In
.spection Measures Jrloney
Appropriated for New Build
ings in Three Oregon Cities, r ;
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Washington. Juri JO. Despite tha
ll-Sao-" esslon.-la8t!ng until midnight
tha aenate met thla morning with two '
dosen senators present A resolution
was adopted providing for a naval re
view at Tampa. Florida, the celebra
tion to mark the beginning of work at
the Panama canal. Flint of California
Indorsed It. because hs said that at tba
next aeaaton he would Introduce a reso
lution Inviting the country to Join L,oa
Angeles in lilt in celebration of the
completion of the canal. c. . .
... Aa attempt to paaa a measure author,
ialng a railroad telegraph line la Alaska, ,
failed.'" . ' .' ' ... ;.v-''
- The houaa resumed ltg session at
11:11 p'clock. . ; .
At 11:18 o'clock 'the president went
to tha eapltol to sign billa passed at
the last hour of the session. lis en
tered the president' room tn the rear '
pt the aenato chamber and began- turn '
Ing blUa into Uwa. ; ; - - . ;
The publlo bill aa it wlU become a
law .carries tha following Items, which
have been in dispute, but upon which
an agreement haa been reached 1 Reno.
iNevada. 140,000; OSden. Utah. $110,000;
Spokane, Washington. 1100,000; Tacoma,
Washington. . 110,000; Salem. - Oregon,
$11,000; Butte, Montana, $15,000; Eu
reka, California, $110,000; Great Falls, '
Montana, $200,000; Baker City, Oregon,
$15,000; Eugene, Oregon. $50,000; Provo,
Utah, $10,000; Lewlaton. Idaho, $10,000;
Missoula. Montana, $10,000; Belllngham, '
Washington, $10,000; North Taklma,
Washington, $15,000.
The aenate egret d to the conference ,
report on the publio building bill. With
the president's signature It will become
a law, the houae having agreed to ac
cept the -conference report
The closing scenes of tha houae were
filled with the atnging of "America,"
"tnxle" and "Home, Sweet aiome."1
There waa soma consideration of minor
questions and much "horseplay." among
the members. .
. The final adjournment wni-bepoat
ported until o'clock on account ac
cording to Speaker Cannon, of the In
ability of tha houaa clerka to catch up
with the neceaaary work of engrossing
the bills. The aenate, on thle account
recessed until I o'clock.
A-movement la on-foot to have tha
president pardon Senator Burton, but
It la unlikely to be pressed at tha pres
ent time. - However, tha supreme court
will not aet on Burton'a rehearing nntll
October. -.
The house took a recess until t
o'clock upon Cannon'a announcement
that the engrossing of bills could not
be completed before I o'clock. It Is ex
pected that there will be few members
In their seata at the last aeaalon.
The president elgned the pure food
bill and the agricultural appropriation
bill, the latter containing the meat In
spection amendment -
So that while It la true that th 'nowV
dov of peaqa ia hovering la th air it
IS also apparent that It hasn't found ft
place to light yet
I Th finance committee or rather the
gentlemen who formerly constituted the
ftnance committee have been ordered
by Mayer Lane to turn the fund in
their handa over to I. N. Flelschner. one
of their number wh is th chairman
of the new finance committee appointed
by th mayor. Thla requeet has not
yet been compiled with, but . neither
hav th gentlemen of the "prorogued '
committee signified any Intention to re
fuse to hand Over the $l,(U0 of wh. j
they are the custodians, , .
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