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Vladimir, Chief Corruptionist. Said to Have
Made iThirtyrPiye Millions Out of the War,
' Grand Duke Michaelovitch Makes No Re
turn of Vast Sums '
scription to Rebuild
. .rrs ;'..- --cy-i
' - JoaroaI Special ttrrtw.) ,
it Ptrftborf, Julr 10. Th tmI r
on for tbo dlsolutioa of th dotima
k at laat lak4 out. and haa.workad
tha paoela of Ruaaia to a f ransy of rc.
Tba sorafnmant faarad that tha parlia
ment would ordar an lminadlata lnvttl
satloa Into ' tha ' roibarlaa " of ,publlo
fund and prafarrad thraata of a raro-lotlon-'to
criminal chargaa and public
. trial. ,; '"".-'.V' ';
. Tha atorlaa toUTroTtal a aondltloa of
corruption that haa savar baan aqualtd
in tha world. ', v ; l ' "
Bhlpa, arms, ammunition,' atoraa.
wasoa. railroad and uniform fcava alj
gona Into tha pookata of tha cabal which
atandsiaarait th esar-and which ha
plundarad tha paopla aad, tba' nation
with aa Impualty trd of 4ont practice'
: ." "-t: . BgoM voUi Jaoraaa, '
-Tha- tnaa'-wfcft would .'aaTChaaa
aharcad with Tobblnf tha nation, aad
' to whoa erlaataal and traltoVon aUflah-
naaa U dua much of tha mlafortnna that
-aaaaa ta Ruaaia. ,4a bar daaparata war
r with Japan, - ara Grande Euk Alexia.
: naval ommandsr-ln-chlaf ; , Oanaral
' ,: Trepoff i Vladimir, tha esar'a unci, and
Grand Dnka Alexander llcba.aloYltch.
' Of thaaa nobla robbara, Vladimir
' 4' aaama to har baan tha chief corrup
tlonlat It ta said on tha boat authority
" that shortly after tha war with Japan
v f began he transferred arar tIMOO.OOa
. fto bankers In Naw Tork. Parla, Berlin
and ladba..iVl':.-- JU":','
Tha worst part af tha scandal lnTolre
tha . ataallna; of. vast amounta of tha
i national aubaerlptloa to build and aqulp
' ' tha fleet, and It la stated by rapresea-
t - tatlraa of tha doama that thayhad In
' '- ; eontroTertlbl oTldenoa showin that Tl
' partent of tha money giren for tha
, ' rehabtllUtlon of tha nary waa paldTnt
the prlTat office dT Grand Duke Alex -andar
Mlchaalorltch, and from there waa
; transferred to his own bank account.
. Not ona account or Toucher for this
money baa baan forthcoming; nor baa
-V there baan mad any presentation show
lag Jow tha money that was used bad
' f baan azpandad, ' ' " s ;
'' , Vary Department of Tkloraa. , , '
. Tha douma'a first sfforta to f arrot
i out tha scandal would hare baan da
; voted toha navy department,' which la
. 1 aaid to be rotten with official corruption.
KE17 Y03X SLW SET 1
' ARE FOOLISH DUDES ' :
War lllrFittine Clothes and lm-
; agin That Thy Look Uk ;
.' ; ,- Englishmen. v '
- . ' V . Uoaraal Snedal tervka.) Ki '":
'' London, July 10. "Men of tha amart
at In Mew Tork ara tha moat foollah
looking dude I have ever aeen. Tha
.mart youttt wears, aa a rule, a coat
which might belong to a giant Aa tor
tho trousera they only fit where they
touch. They look aa If they had been
made In a -hurry by tha young man's
woman falka. . Tat tha American paya
enormous prices for these awful clothes
DRUG HABIT CLAMS r
EVERY SOCIAL CllASS
IN GREAT METROPOLIS
- (Jeers! ipeoial gw iln.)
- New Tork, July lO.-t Opium, morphine
and oocaine today have nearly 10,000 ab
'Ject alavaa In New Tork 7CHy7Thera
muat bo several times as many mora
' who are yet comparatively1 beginner
thoaa who ara dallying with tbesa drugs,
taking tho first etepa along tha poppy
path that anda In a potter'a field. The
dope habit Itas pevmoated ajrery claaa of
eeotr Sxeept perhaps that which earns
Its bread by manual labor and Is be
ginning to make Inroada on that- Brain
Raised by Public Sub-
FleetK pwS.
from top to bottom Every contractor
who baa had anything- to do with far
Dishing supplies had to pay tha particu
lar purchasing offfcerj tha profit off
tha aale had to be mad out of tba In
feiior ammunition or arma tor, food or
uniform, j It waa common . knewledga
that tha powder used In tha war with
Japan waa of Inferior quality; tha cloth
ing of, the men fell to pieces after a
waak'a wear, and In tha rain thaaa unl
forma shrunk on their bodies, and ham
pared tha movement of tha soldier.
1 The Grand Duke Alexia la said ta have
received huge bribe from foreign ship
builder, who were not required to de
liver war vessels at the time speolfled
In 'thatr-contracta. and war not called
to "account when tha ships' fell 4!ow
apaolflcattona In aaulpment or speed.'
' The members of theHouma, wll' glva
atorjejuot fflr lat corrupt km wide
pnbllelty, anJ if la not vnltkaty-thar t
nobla' rogue who iiara plundered . tha
nation win ba brought to Juatloa. . .
TREPOFF LIVES DESPITE
STORIES OF HIS DEATH
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St Petersburg. July Amons tha
rumors that -gained currency todar waa
one saying mat an anarchist's bomb had
found- Trepoff and hat tha general had
been blown to piece. The people
seised the story with avidltv and nt
It credence becaure it told of something
uwc may nopaa mignt occur, '
After investigation it waa found to
ba untrue, although in aorao of tha con
tinental capital it waa bulletined aa
ract. . .. . .. .. . . ..
Ifinlatar Stolvnln aava ha thlnba .
people will aocept hi plan for agrarian
rarorm, and declare tba apparent quiet
ia not ominous, but rather Indicates
that tha Ruaalana have faith- In tha
government despita tha effort 'of ter
rorists to cause an upheaval. .
TRY TO BLOW UP THE
GRAND DUKE VLADIMIR
- (Jesrael aperial aerviee.)
Parla, July 30. It ia reported hare
that an attempt waa made to kill tha
Grand Duke Vladimir, uncle of tha csar.
by dynamite today, i. . ,
Vladimir, who left Ruaaia some time
ago, waa passing through Belgulm ' in
hla prlvata oar and enough dynamite
waa found on tha track -over which ha
bad to travel to blow tha whola train
up. v.,
and imagines he la' dressed ! Ilka an
Englishman." ..'- ' V', ." '
This statement, was made today by
George B. Winter, the London military
tailor who baa just returned from
America. He continued: .
- Twelve months from now the Amer
ican army, will bo Va finest dressed
body of men in tha world. Tha army
contains tha pick of American manhood.
mr soiaier are a msgniricent lot or
athletes capable of standing any amount
of hardship and It waa a pleasure to
design clothes for them, particularly
aa those they are wearing ara 111 fit
ting, uncomfortable and .without grace
fulness." v
Tho London tailor la aatliical about
American tailor. They" make a lot
of money Inventing fad elotbes, ba aaya.
mmbitloaji naavat."" "' "''' " :
Denver, July SO. Flushed, with suc
cess attending tha great Elka' meeting
here, Denver began today tha campaign
to get tha Democratic national conven
tion In. 1101. . . ;
workers of all aorta, from the petty
clerk In the -office of factory, to
state-men, lawyers and - great medical
Specialist, ara tto victims. Not a busi
ness or profession Is fro from tha taint
which, la mora awful because It can ba
ao long concealed. Tha habit la spread
ing rapidly among physicians. A lare
portion of tha layera of odda and bet
tors of all kinds, bookmakers, profes
sions! gambler and rare track touts ara
its victim.- There Is hardly a fallen
woman In New Tork who does not sniff
eoealna or us opium In some form, ,
miaitaaj aui.A'i . mi .. HI1"1 1-1 7i-yH'r.iria."!.7'-"-r;--'''.u j Ttai
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Grand Xtake .Alexia. ',
Man Who Has Served Thirty-
Four Days in County Jail for
Crime He Did Not Commit Will
Be Given His Freedom 'Within
Short Time W. 5. ".!
After -being Imprisoned for 14 daya
In tha county Jan for a crime of which
ha Waa - absolutely Innocent Axwsll
Stone la to ba released from custody as
quickly aa tha deliberate machinery of
the law, will permit. Hla release will
probably take place within a day or
twav-;?
, Stone's experience ahowa In- a dra
matic sway bow difficult it la for a man,
once guilty of a crime and within tha
clutches of tha law, to lead an honest
and respectable, life. It wis r by the
merest chance that ba escaped a penal
sentence. : .
Stone served two short terms' In tha
Stat penitentiary at Bajem. After hla
release h came to Portland. Hla photo
graph ia in the gallery at police head
quarter and his physiognomy la known
to every sleuth on tha force. Bhortly
after hla return to this city he secured
employment and worked steadily until
taken In custody by a sturdy limb Of tha
law. . i -.. , .
- In tha latter part of 'June a stranger
called at the lodging-house of B. B.
Sandefer, 120 Grand, avenue and asked
for lodgings. -'-It wss lata at night and
the stranger proffered what appeared
to be a 110 bill In payment It waa ac
cepted i by- tha landlord, who returned
$10 In change. . . , , .
Next day it. waa discovered that tha
bill -had been, "raised" from a II bill.
Detectives were at one assigned to tha
case and 'a systematlo- search of the
clty'B harboring placea for erook waa
beguiu- - , : ;
Stoma Arreee for CMsae.
The7 detectlvea knew that Stone was
In tha city. - He had ben seen on the
streets on severs!' ocesslons and though
hla oonduot had been exemplsry,- so far
as they knew, h waa at once suspected.
Failure to discover the .real criminal
convinced them of Stone's guilt He was
sMorrtlngly taken l uWd' by a. police
detective June 10. Three- days later, he
jiConUnued oirag Two.
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Portland Chamber of Commerce
Makes Transportation With
San - Francisco Permanent Is-
sue Other Organizations Are
Willing to Help. 1 : ;
Failure of tha . Rarttman '. people to
operate. more, steamships in. the coast
wise , trade la not dua to a lack of busi
ness. Ships that ara now running be
tween - Portland and San Francisco are
offered mora business than they - can
carry. 'Many tons of freight have been
rerused in the lasc tew oy : ' "
The Portland eV San Francisoo Steam
ahip company, of which ao- much waa
expected by Portland merchant after
General Manager R. P. Schweiin'a fair
promises of a year ago, is doing much
worse Instead of better In -the matter
of service snd accommodations. . In
stead of an ample-number of first claaa
up-to-date steamships for both passen
gers snd freight there are now operated
by this company only two old-fashioned
tubs, the Barraoouta and the Costa Rica.
A third ship, , the Columbia, la shortly
to ba put on. Tha combined ships of
other companies operating on tha asms
route far exceed these in rrequency and
quality of aervlne, : -., (. ,.Tr.;,.;.-, ,y ... ;
Wo linger aVeada,
. No- longer doea tha Portland A- San
Franolsoe -company lead the trade on
thla ooaat for the general. ahlftleesness
of Its policy, It Is said, la rendering Ita
shlpa - easy prey : to live competitors.
Every season more and better ahlps ap
pear on the run, but they ara not oper
ated by the Harrlman oompany. Tha In
dependents are getting a stronger bold.
The situation Is at tba uncomfortable
point where - tha- new. era haa not yet
fully developed, and tha old ara Is bang
ing on like Winter lingering In tho lap
of spring and giving everybody the snuf
fles. While- Portland's. population has
been doubling, her transportation facili
ties have Improved but little. . . ,
The worst feature of It all is the
Irregularity and unsettled oondltion of
the tranaportatton business. For. a few
week at a time th prospect seems
brighter and a strong fleet -of boats
operate, but if on Is auddenty-eeld.and
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' General
Judge Oantenbeln In First Month
on 1 Bench Establishes New
Record In Local Court Two
Couples Adjust Grievances and
Cupid Fails Jurist.
Twenty-two divorcee were beard by
Judge Oantenbeln In the month of 'July.
Thla -is the record for divorce trials for
a summer month, and la remarkable for
having ' been. made during Judge Gan
tanbeln'a -elrft month on tha-. circuit
court bench. It is a larger number of
divorce'- aulta than has aver been heard
In a month In tha local court by "any
one Judge. . . v s- e .
Regardless of all thaee trouble atorlea,
tho-iudgo'a .faith In tha institution of
matrimony remain unshaken. . Decrees
of divorce have been granted In SI of
the II aulta heard Dv Judee Ganten-
beln. one -suit having been dismissed
by htm because the charges made-were
not proved. Cupid baa cheated him of
hearing two aulta, having caused the
reconciliation of two couples who had
commenced divorce proceeding. They
had their attorneys dismiss the aulta.
Two decrees were granted by the Judge
thi. morning. , . -r
Llsxie Slgnett waa divorced from Wil
liam Slgnett on the grounds of cruelty.
Mrs. Slgnett testified that har husband
had repeatedly threatened to kill her
with a revolver, that he became jealous
and beat her and choked her until the
marks of hla fingers remained on her
throat for a week. , She aaid on ona oc
casion ha became so enraged that ha
tore her dress off her. She waa al
lowed- to resume her maiden name? Tur
ner.. Slgnett made no effort to contest
the ' ault They were married la thla
olty In January, 1000. -"
Minnie Rosenau said that John Roa
enau lived with her only two weeks
after their marriage, when he deserted
her. . They were married at Vancouver,
Washington. May It, 1005. and Rosenau
Is aaid to have deserted his wife June
I, 1006. - Mrs. Rosenau waa granted a
divorce and tha custody of har child.
VERY CARELESS IVITH HIS
I'Elt FILLED iyillET
Frank -Card of Denver Leaves
- One Hundred Thousand In ".!
r:' Cash Lying' About.
Springfield, Ohio, July 10. Oeorg J.
Mitchell, a traveling man from Newark.
New Jersey, who stopped at the Gibson
house In Cincinnati last Thursday, found
In a telephone booth a pocketbook con
taining 1 $10,000 Wile, 1100.000 all told,
and valuable papers. This became
known here through local traveling men.
Mitchell placed the money .In th
clerk's hands for. aafe keeping. . Soon
rrens: uara or venver, Colorado, rushed
tnr the booth greatly excited. - He asked
the clerk If ha bad found a pocketbook,
and tha man behind the deak requested
him to describe It . - . . ... ,
On being Informed that Mr.. Mitchell
had found the pocketbook. Me.., Oard
went to Mitchell and offered him one ef
the.llO.O(L.blll.r Mr. Mitchell , would
not accept, the offer, but In lieu accepted
$10,000 .worth of mining atock, . . i . , i
Trepoff. ".
Gives Damaging : Testimony In
Trial of Hendricks, Accused of
Subornation of Perjury De-
fense Is Rapidly Losing Ground
' Brown Also Testifies.
A th government pile up evidence
Ogalnst Hamilton .JC. Bendrlcka, . ae-
oused of subornation of perjury, the, de
fense grows more persistent In ilts ef
forte to shut out daraaxlnc testimony.
The indictment In the case recites that
Hendricks induced George ' W. i Hawk
and Clyde Brown to perjure them
selves before the federal - grand Jury
that- investigated , the. methods of
quiring. land employed . by . tha Butte
creek, land, livestock and lumber com-
pany,- of ' which - corporation - Hendricks
haa long been secretary and general au
pertntendent . - . . i- .
Thla morning tha defense anted that
Brown be .-forbidden 'to testily on- tne
ground that the- lndiotment admitted
ba was - a perjurer. - Judge- Bennett - of
The Dalles argued that .this contention
im a oroner one. but hia' labor was
lost, for District Judge Hunt without
waste of words, ruled that there waa
nothing to tha point -., ; ' ..
Fox on, the taa.
Before Brown went on the atan
Charlea 8.'. Fox finished his testimony:
Fox and Hawk bear a double relation
ship. . Fox married Hawk' sister, and
Hawk married Foci's sinter. When Hawk
proved - up on . the Illegally acquired
homestead claim that he Immediately
transferred to . Hendricks be bad Fox
with blm as one of hla witnesses.
In response to questions - by United
Statea Attorney Bristol the witness said
that ha had been told to go and look at
Hawk's claim by either the foreman or
the bookkeeper of the Butte Creek com
pany's mill. ' Fox understood that Hen
drlcke wanted him to go. , ..
Thla part-of hla testimony brought
objection from' th defense, and. Special
Assistant Attorney-General Heney In re
plying potted out that Judge Bennett In
hla opening statement had admitted that
Hendricks acquired land for bin com
pany. The court ruled that the witness
must ' confine , himself to his remem
brance -of the conversation. - Fox then
repeated that he- had received the notice
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ST. LOUIS THIRSTY
WHILE GOVERNOR IS
SITTING
" (Jearaal gpaelal Harvlee.)
St Louis. July to. With th Sunday
lid on tight In St Louis eounty and the
east aide, thla city yesterday waa the
dryast spot In Christendom. All day
long disconsolate group of men could
ba seen wandering about with delirious
eyes and grlef-awept countenances.
Having Journeyed out to the country to
many former meoeaa of the thirsty to ba
greeted by the startling announcement
that there was nothing doing, they hur
ried back to the city and took care
across-the bridge to -the east side, only
to learn thai Mayor Cook's cloving" order
was being rigidly- enforced.-- - r-
There was no use - In trvlna to aet
anything la St. Leui. -The euU-lld
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Mavnr " Snortrfists I m-
gaily Appointed City
Employes Gontributo
75 Cents Each-
Ivjoney Would Be Used to Carry
Bruin Decision to Higher Court
1 arm nave vivii oervice UUOS
tlon SettfedFlremen Are Dis
couraged, Says Chief. .
That each of tha city employee on tha
list of 111 who, according to Judge
Fraaer'a decision, are holding down their
places illegally, contribute 7 cents to
a fund to make an appeal to the au
prams court Is the suggestion of -Mayor
Lane. .' .
T don't believe any of the boye would
object to paying that much to have the
thing Bottled," says the mayor.
While probably no on on the list
would object to contributing to aucb a
fund it Is possible Xhat some may e
slder they are being aaseesed to help
Patrick Bruin out of the hole in which
he finds himself by the decision of the
circuit Judge. ' ;".-'." . .
The supreme court 'might reverse the
decision of Judge Fraser and than again
It might uphold it While there is no
question about tha requirement of 14
daya notification In advance of tha
examinations, it Is true that Judge
Fraser did not return any opinion on the
quastlona which he waa asked to decide,
via. Bruin's cltlsenship and hla residence-
in Portland. Instead, he decided
against Bruin on a technicality which
affects 170 baatdeal that tittwkntn af rwv
lice.'"-- v - -.- .
It la upon these grounda that aa ap-
mignt oe taken to th suprera
court Such action will cost In th neigh
borhood of . $100, perhaps considerably
more,..' v . . ... . . . ,
.In the meantime, we will make tem
porary appointments, said Mayor Lane
this morning. "Those who have been
auina aooa wont lor vne cut neea-not
fear, that they will be displaced, but
those' who have not been doing ao well
may have to take, examinatlona."
If-this action is taken by the execu
tive board and some employee are forced
to take examination while other are
not there will undoubtedly be a err of
partiality ralaed. - - - .
The executive board meets this week
and the case will probably be threahed
out then.
The decision of tha Judge cute verr
deeply into the fire department
It's hard enough to keep men fn
tha department now with the aalarlee.pald
them," said Chief Campbell today.
"With thla thing making them vneaay
they're all Just about ready to quit aad
leave the engine bona."
When the executive board meets Fri
day it ia probable that temporary ap
pointments of tba men In the various
departments on tha list ef 17T will be
made. Every department la affected.
FRANCE FEELS SORRY
FOR ENGLAND'S DEATH
. f Tsars 1 Special Imto.) .
Parla, July 10. The government haa
insirociea m NDHmaor at weening
ton to express to the American govern-'
mant tha sincere regret the French gov
ernment feels at the killing of Uaaten
ant England of th erulaer Chattanooga
by tha sailors ef the Depettlt off Chee-
tOO. .' - '.
The authoritlea are awaiting fuller re-
to fix the responsibility for' the death '
of tha American, but' are determined to
pureue a disciplinary course toward the
offender. . - t . ., -
Oklm Crete Frosaotloa, -
Tokiov'JuIy 10 Oeneral Oktu Is ap
pointed chief of the general ataff of the
Japanese army to succeed General Kod
ma,, deceaaad. r .. .
ON THE LID
ctube were completely pnt out ef bust
neee. no saloon man had the temerity
to open their doors, even long enou-
to sneak la for a personal drink.
yeeterday, for the first time sines t
Sunday closing order went forth, l , .
Louis waa really and truly terribly t
Senator Algardner, attorney for I
iff Herpal, and general enunsal for t
St Louis County Liquor DeaJere'
elation, did with a stroke of t i
what tha county aad slate o' .. '
failed ta. do. FM t1
lid. ft Is said Oovernov a ..... s .
sue the bondsmen of sll err-"
plsces Where IIiht wss 11
fact of bringing the 6 -e
Uoa that U ru C 1 1 1 '
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