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. j c daily jcj..:;..U ic..iLV.:,j, Saturday ::v:::."i:;g, septemez:; t, EGiTTA CLOSE THIS EUEUKIG G0E03 PARDEE EuGLISII fiPPRQI G1ULS WIFE HOTE; TIIED FULLS DEAD LiiijillJij-uliiii: lliuli - 18 UP ill P0HRH00 .Witness in Land Fraud Caso Testifies That j --; Hermann's Resignation Was Requested ; by Secretary Hitchcock -' . On) of Most Successful Events of the Kind Ever Held Arrives on Cpectal With Dele gates to National Irrigation 7 . . Congress at. Boise. With Exception of Publlo Owner ' ship of RaJfroads, British Indorse 8peech. , , Edwin W. Reynolds Tal$ee Prus- slo Acid and Expires Within Short Time. .' ' Systems. Used In Clhtr C! May Be Inspects by Vr.i Board of He'Lh. . on Coast. BRYeAfl PROGRAI Wfren Bfriger Hermann was running nror congress In IM, Tbe Journal eharged that ha bad been forced to re- Urn btr position aa commleeloner of tha general land office. . Tha chars was vigorously denied at that time by the -.Oragonlan and other allies of tha can didate, but now cornea official-' proof that Hermann was practically 'kicked' ' out. . ... i W." Scott' Smith," private aecretary of Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock, want on tha witness stand late yester ' day afternoon In the federal court, hav ing been called to -testify for the b-oy-- ernment In the Blue . mountain ' land fraud caae, and swore 'that' Hermann's - resignation was requested In his prss " wncs by Secretary Hltehcock."wlth the . Approval of President Roosevelt Following this revelation SpecUl As m ... ajlatant Attorney-General Heney asked: ' Ia It not true that Hermann was let Jut because he suppressed a confession by s man named Schneider who came to Oregon and fraudulently acquired lands 4n a proposed preserve. Information re garding which hid bun obtained -by Hyd and Bensoa by bribing a forest Superintendent ?' ' t Defease Objects Strenaeaaly. ' Tha defense objected to the question, and it was withdrawn. Tha story thst was not told was to the effect that J. H. : -Schneider cams from California In the Intereat of Hyde and Benson, and by - fraudulent means obtained - about tot - school und claims In territory that was eurterward Included In the WarLtf Moun ain reserve. When Schneider confessed - tha fraud," tha document containing hts story was -pigeonholed by Commleeloner -Hermann, and the secretary of tha In- tertor did not hear of It nntll Ion after -waro. : Hydeaand Benson are now nnder in. dletment for land frauds perpetrated In California, and are to be triad In Wash- - ingten. D. C In November, franc is J. Qj,,Meney. who has successfully ' defended these Indictments against all attacks. will conduct tha " prosecution. .- It w the Hyde-Bensoa method of obtaining BJehool lands for stripping purpose that waa followed by many Oregon landgrab bers until tha Blu Mountain exposure put a atop to their operations. , . ' Other Tbian aYrrealee. - " ' W. Scott Smlth'a testimony revealed nnotner Thing or lesser Importance that the Oregonlan'a Washington cor- respondent Is prejudiced against tha secretary of tha Interior and has often announced that official through persona) , enmity. As a result of this he stays - awsy from the secretary's office and ' eta no news from that source. This 7 testimony waa made relevant by tha . fact that thla correspondent aent to his paper Hermann's Blue mountain reserve recommendations a day before they . .. !wre .received by Secretary Hitchcock. : Tha contention of tha prosecution la that Hermann himself gave but ; tM information. During thla ' morning's proceeding? - fudge Hunt Informed counsel that each aide would be given eight hours In 'which to argue Ita cause to th Jury. ;Ther .wlltiba .jwr court Monday Tha prosecution expecta to finish Its mala 4asa Tuesday, and It la probable that . argument will begin Best . Thursday or . Friday. .' V Among the exhibits that will eat a - figure In the argument la a, map pat In . .. -sy Attorney W. IX Fsnton, chief eeua sl for Senator Maya... According; to tha prosecution, this map ahowa that eer COUNTY PRISONERS ARE FED , ! r:: FIRST MEAL BY NEW COOK A breakfast that coat tha county 11 k . tents for each roan, was fed the county " gtrisonsrs this morning by Louis Ebellng, tha restaurant man who waa awarded the contract for feeding 'thev prisoners for tha ensuing year. Ebellng encountered no opposition from Sheriff Stevens in serving break faat to the prisoners this morning. Tes te rd ay afternoon Ebellng and tha sheriff held' a conference ... and Stevena told Ebellng that, every facility would be afforded hint In feeding tha prisoners. . Tha meals" are carried across tha street from Ending's restaurant, where they are prepared. It la reported that Sheriff Stevena will continue to una tha kitchen In tha Jail to prepare meals for the Jailer and tha federal prisoners who are In bia custody. Ths cost of feeding tha federal prisoners la paid by tha gov ernment RAILROAD FIGHT IS 4,' Terminal Company , Aske .That ; Restraining Order. Recently ) f i Issued 8e Dissolved, V- ' .1 1 GOHTIIIUED i - '- Tha Northern Pacif la Terminal com pany filed a bill of complaint against r " the Northern Pacific railroad and ths "Portland and Seattle railroad In the ' United Statea circuit court today aaking ' that the temporary restraining order Is sued by ths court several weeka ago pro 1 v : tilbltlng tha terminal company from prosecuting Ita condemnation suits, filed . ' ,Li the state courts, against tha Portland and Seattle road, ba dissolved. . trJ-.Tne principal complaint mads by ths terminal company Is that tha stock of , ths Portland at Seattle road was not - properly subscribed to aa provided by ths laws of tha state of Washington under which the road waa organised. , Ths oomplalnt makss tha Northern Pa . ... cine and tha Portland eV SeatUe roads ' defendants, . wheress ' the- rsatratnlng Alaa eawaaa smaaiiaul at T Pkaa Mi r SI IfcAaa Of ins Northern Pacific This waa dona with out specifically stating that tha stock of the north bank road la owned by tha Northern Pacific people. , . f : . i Tha present proceedings are but a continuation of the trouble which start ed when, the Portland Seattle road j waa proposed. At ths outset the O. IL aV N. company clalmat that tha road was ) not entitled to Its right of wsy. be- lino hsd mads along tha north bank of ; the Columbia river eight yeara ago. 1 ) "-The apeclfle act that brought on ths condemnation suite by tha terminal com ' pany. of which a majority, atock la owned by the Hsrlmnn lines, wss the purchase of terminal' lands In the north tain uncanceled lands atlll held by the defendanta were held In withdrawal by the government after tha limits of the reserve had been decided. Aa tha de fendants hsd permitted lands within the Ormsby - report to be canceled at fast ss the government rejeesed them from withdrawal, the prosecution looks on the retention of landa within the withdrawal but outside the reserve as evidence that tha defendanta wanted tha leiHs solely because of their pros peotlve acrlpplng yalue. , Bobbins oa tha Stead. When court convened J. K. Bobbins, now of Spokane, but formerry of Sump ter, Oregon, where he waa president of tha First National bank and a promi nent promoter of mining Interests, took tha stand. . Hs told of accompanying tha delegation of cltliens who called on Senator John H. Mitchell In- ltol and protested against the Blue Mountain reaerve. . Mitchell'a reply waa that tha proposed reserve waa one of president Roosevelt's pet plans and i' that . he feared nothtna could bo dona. '. . The rest of the morning was taken an with tha testimony of msn who signed a petition for .the creation of the Blue Mountain reserve These wit nessss war J. A. Bartlett. James- A. Weatherly. W. J.. At now and John L. Slta of Drewsey s Henry A. Smith and Bait Cronln of Beulah; S. L. Payne, Flnley McDonald and C. X. Oliver of Weetfalk and John D.-Daly, now of Botes. Idaho, but formerly bf Drewsey, All but McDonald signed their names at the request of O, E. Pollock. Mc Donald didn't have his spectacles with him at tha tlmo and authorisedPollock to sign for blow Tha witnesses testified that they were given to unoeratana that only .timber lend waa to bo In eluded in tha reserve. . According to testimony Introduced early in the case. Pollock waa hired to circulate petitions by County Clerk King oCMaineur county, wno waa acting tha agent of State Senator Mays and tha lata H. a Smith. Several or the wit neases of today' testified that much of tha territory Included In tha Ormsby re port waa bare of timber. From soma plaoea one had to go II miles to find timber. - ' " - Defease Objects Ageia. T -When Prosecutor Heney asked a wit nasa if- ha knew who Pollock waa am' ployed by. the defense objected.' "I'm going straight at this,' replied tha pros ecutor, and then added sarcaaUeaily, I'll give you a good objection, so you can reverse the caae.. . Attorney, Fenton objected to thla re mark aa prejudicial and wanted the jury Instructed that It must not be considered.- .. -''. -, : :-' - - ""Of course It 'waa - Improper," said Judge Hunt - "Whan tha case hi sub mitted I ehall give tha lory a general Instruction that the constant arguments of counsel are not to be considered.' At tha proper time. each aide shall have eight hours for argument.' Until then I hope they will not take mora than) eight mlnutea . . The argument - to tha innr eaa counted on to orowd tha courtroom to overflowing." " United States Attorney William Bristol will pan for tha go ernment and SpecUl Assistant Attorney General Francis J. Heney will close. Tha defense ties six attorneys, W. D. Fenton, W. Lair Hill and Jamas E. Fantoa for Maya; ex-Judge Martin I Pipes and S. Bl Huston for Wlllard N. Jonas, and ex Judge Alexander Sweek for Oeorge So- ranson. How they will divide up their slgbt'hoars argument baa not yet- beea revealed, v- -. -. - It Is thought that tha salary of tha Jailer will be paid by tha county in the future, Tha Jailer's salary baa hereto fore beea charged against tha expense of feeding tha prisoners and has been paid by tha sheriff. Tha county court thinks that the sheriff ought not to have to pay tha Jailer's salary when ths privilege of feeding tha. prisoners has bean taken irom him. -- When tha sub Jail now under 'con structloa at Kelly butta la completed many of tha prisoners will be taken from tha Jail and kept at tha aub Jail to work , In tha quarry there. Aa EbeUng's contract provides only that ba shall feed the prisoners who are In ths Jail In the city, ha will have nothing to do with feeding the prisoners at tha sub Jail. Food for these prisoners will ba supplied by tha county - court. . part of Portland. Ths complaint prays that'tha restraining order Issued against tha terminal company ba dissolved and thst tha company ba allowed t prose cute Us condemnation suits. BANDON CANNERIES i ; PREPARE FOR WORK . ISpeeUI tnepsM to The Joe nut I.) Bandon, Or, Bept.-l The two sal mon canneries on the river ' are over hauling their plants and getting ready for ths fall fishing season Tha can making departrrfenta will ba started up next week and It is. expected that tha run of fish will Justify operating ths plants two or three days In each week after September IS. , - No big run of salmon la expected m tha Coqullle until about October 1. The run of sllverstds salmon kaa bean good here for the pest three seasons and the fiahermen are looking forward) to a good catch this year. - , . . . . , , GANS STILL FAVORITE WTH BETTORS AT RING 1 ' ' (loarssl Special Stvvlre.) ' Ooldfleld, Sept 1 Eddie Oraney, Nolan and Lundy will bo la the ring with Nelson, . Gene" seconds will be Frank McDonald, Kid Sims and Bob Turner Nelson waa examined this morning and found In rsod condition. Cans continued a favorite In the betting, which Is IS to and le to T. MONSTER FOREST FIRE r -A WASHINGTON rWsshlastoa Bereea ef Tae ImmI 1 Seattle, Sept. 1. For three daya a forest fire of monumental proportions has been burning on tha eaat side of Lake Washington destroying, many mil lions of feet of valuable timber. . Thou sands of dollars are being Inat In the conflagration. II la Impossible to. check the blase on account of tha bruah with which the bUlsldes are littered, , j SPENCER DEFEATED IN LOG-ROLLING CONTEST Flagship Heather and Launch Pilot Given First Prixe in Marina Pa- "rade -Reception" Held by Queen .l Esther and Admiral Kuettner. ' AstorlaJ Bureau of The Journal, Sept. 1. Aftr three of the most successful days in trie history of the annual re gattaa held at Astoria, . tha one now In progresa will close this evening. -There have been large crowds in attendance. great enthusiasm evinced tn the raoea and aquatic events of every kind, ths shows wars featurea - of Interest, ths parades tha best and on tha whole the regatta has oeen most sausraeiory irom every standpoint.. It is declared . to have been the most suocessf ul event of the kind over held on the Paolflc coast. - In ths single sull today Oloss beat Patton over a two-mlie course, overcom ing a handicap of 1:10. Oloss left the flagship m minutes later than bis op ponent and crossed the line St seconds In advance. There was a strong tide runnina and s moderate breeae. The time waa 11:10.. . . ; ' Frank Anderson of Carson, Washing ton, turned ths tables en Champion Spencer In the log-rolling contest, and aucoeeded in landing the latter In tha water twice. This svsnt was ons of .the features of the morning events. .... Ths Sand I aland Indiana repeated the Interacting water sports or me tnoe, which were begun yesterday. f Robb of the Oregon Tacht elan. In tha aloop Zephyr, carried off the flrat prise In the - Whitehall sailing event. The course lay over six mllea and 1 trlanarular. - Weather - conditions . were Ideal for tha -smaller boats and much Interest was manifest In thla event. If organ of Astoria came In second tn No Namean4-H.Beanettf- Portland third. - - . - Kartae Farads. - Last evening the marine arade took place. . The flagship Heather lead the procession, followed by all tha boats tn the harbor, gayly decorated with col ored lights and Japaneae lanterns. The parade started at the Union cannery dock and steamed past the grandatand. where Queen, Bather and suits reviewed ths spectacle. For the beat-decorated steamer the- flagship- Heather, Admiral HuimtntrML waa arantad flrat prise. In the launch .class ths Pilot. Caplifrrj Keating', waa awarded the winning pnsa. - At the conclusion of the marina dla- nlsv a reception waa bald at the reel denoe of Admiral Kuettner on Exchange street The-admiral and Queen Esther received. Officers of tha Italian cruiser Doaal! were In "attendance, aa were also the officers of tha regatta ana prominent ettlssns of Astoria. , - Boy Xa Pioaaaa. . 4- William Haggblom. the S-year-old son of John Haggblom, master of the launch BV Schmidt, was drowned shortly after S o'clock last evening -on tne -ooca aa- Joining the grandstand. The boy waa oa bia way to the launch la company with hla rather, i ns latter stopped to converse with a friend and tha child continued toward the slip. On the arrival of the father at the boat the chlld'a hat and ratnere overcoat. which the boy waa carrying, were found. but the boy wae missing. The body waa reoovered, at I o'clock near the plaoe where It went down. - . DETECTIVES GET KO HOPE FROM EXECUTIVE BOARD Report of Police Committee Sus pending Them Is Quickly ' ' Adopted. . 'i Aa soon as the report of the polleo committee approving the aotion-of Mayor Lane and Chief Oritamacbsr la suspending the six detectives wss read before the executive board yesterday afternoon It didn't require the deduction system of a Sherlock Holmes to guess that the eleuths will stay fired so far aa the executive board Is concerned. . Andy Vauahre one of the sextet, waa Drasent and heard the report read and adopted, but ba said nothing, and both- Ing was seta to mm. It appears from the report that the mayor did not order tbe ehlef to sus pend the detectives until he had held several consul tatlona on tha subject with members ef tbe police committee. Mr. Pattullo la ent of the city, hut T. O. Greene and R. L. Sabln signed the re port.' -ri . -t- V . . . ' .... .. " Mr. Cogswell asked if the committee had read a report of Captain Bruin on the subject of the detectives, and Mr. Greene replied wearily: Oh. a dosen of 'em." ,.,, I have nothing further to say," re cited Mr. Cogswell, snd the matter was disposed or rortnwun oy tne adoption of the report..- ' . ' Detective Reslngs name is misspelled all through the report, but It Is doubt ful If "Resting" will try to' taks ad vantage of thla fact. , ,'v , It la understood that Day, Snow, Ras ing. Carftenter and 'Vaughn, the man dis missed, will taks the case Into the courts -and. attempt to show that they were not served with the required no tice of their suspension.. ARMY AND NAVY PAPER ADOPS REFORM SPELLING tJearaal Special Bervl-a.) " - ' i Washington. D. C. Sept. Ths Army and Navy Reglatsr. a semi-official paper, la the first Journal in thla city to adopt the reformed spelling. U says:: , 1 , ;.' -. "It should be aoopteo; throughout the country. even If , the purists havs epaarae. t IS COURTMARTIALED FOR - NOT ANSWERING LETTER Fort Leavenworth, Sept. 1. -The flrat courtmartlal here for dilatory manner In anawerlng official letters began today. Lieutenant Bnookman of tha Seventh In fantry In tha defendant. . ."" lee Treat Kaa Timed. Omaha. Neb., Sept. 1John' A, 'Doe. president of the local Ice trust, waa today fined IIS aa4 coats for selling toe wider elbt ... ... , ,, ; fcl Escorted by an Idaho delegation com posed of W. JBL Borah and Colonel Jud Spotford. Oregon and California delega tions will leave thla evening at. S:1S o'clock over the O. R. dt N. llnee for Boise, to attend the National Irrigation congress. In sesalon Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. A &T;Xt to the regular Southern this 1 morning brought ths California irrlgatloalsts, headed by Governor Par tee. ' : ,-. - Today the valtora were entertained with trolley rldee and an afternoon re ception by the Portland Commercial club. 'The Portland Railway, Light A Power company supplied cars, which ware held at the . Union station to -meet the Callfornlans at 1:19 o'clock thla aft ernoon, when tha five aectlone of the overland train from .the couth began to arrive. Tbe Los Angelee Times oriental excursion party arrived In a special train. - .There wars about 150 tn the party.. The California irrlgatlonlata, headed by Governor Oeorge . Pardee, numbered about SS and came in a apo dal car attached- to one of the regular sections. Ths entire delegation was taken for a trolley ride that Inoluded a visit to the Oaks. At S o'clock they will be given a luncheon at the Commercial club. . . ; w.v. ;, ; -. i - It la said Oregon will be represented by about SOS delegates at tha Boise congress. The olty ; of - Portland will aend upward of IS men and every sec tion of the atata will be well represented by delegations numbering from two to a dosan from various cities and coun tlea. . The Portland party will Include Governor Chamberlain. Senator Fulton, Jefferson Myers, H. M. Cake, ' Tom Richardson, William McMVrray, 1. O. Reed, O. B. Hegardt, A. BL Avarill, Lud wlg Wllhelm. Frank C. Baker, F. B. Manoheater, O. M. McDowell, C. C Hutchinson, Fred 8. Stanley, A. King Wilson and many others. From Cooe Bay will go Pater Loggia and Carl Al breoht. Oeorgo T. Baldwin, Elmer I. Applegate. Frank I Whito aad H. H. Holgata of Klamath Falls; Judge John H. Scott and a party from Salem; F, B. Baker. Astoria; A. H. Boy ton, A. B. Manley. A.- M. Drake. Tha DaUes; Charles H. Dye.. Linn E. Jones, L. L. Porter, John C Bradley, John Adam a, Oregon City; L. A. Wright, W. T. Wright, Union; E. W. Langdon, Albany; C. S. Hamilton, Salem; William Jones, MedfordL ...;''.'.; DAIRYMAN FINED "77" POLICE COURT Henry Wssterman, a dairyman, ' ar rested upon oomplalnt of State Dajry and. Food Commissioner Bailey., on-a charge of adulterating- milk offered for sale, was found guilty In tha municipal court this morning and - fined .$10 by Judge Strode. Westerman waa arrested on a similar charge some time ago aad tried la Jus tice Olson's court. : The fudge decided that be did not believe Westerman bad any guilty intent. : Commissioner Bailey subsequently swore to a somplalat-be fore JSTiga Cameron charging another similar offense. Attorney Petraln. rep resenting the defendant, give notice ef aa appeal to tne circuit court. ' NEW STREET RAILWAY i ;; f .PLANNED AT TACOMA (Sneetal Diseeteh te The? Joormal.) - Taeoma, Sept LrTaooma la to have a rival atreetoar system and the monop oly enjoyed by the T. R. P. Co. Is to be broken up. . Tbo Paelflo Traction company, which for the last six months has been making a blttee fight aaalnat the.T- R. A P. Co., In order to get Into the city with its American lake Una. will be the competing company. At tbe meeting of the city council this company tnrougn its representative, E. J. Felt, petitioned for franchises on three of the principal streets, all of which franchises will parallel Ilnea now operated by the T. B, a r. Cov ' BEARS STAMPEDE THE ' CHICAGO BULL MARKET (Jearaal Special fh Chicago, Sept. 1. One of the great- eat bear movements la the history, of the board of trade culminated today, bringing rumors of financial trouble for numerous firms. More than 1.600.SOS bushels of wheat wore ' delivered and paale oondltlona prevailed, with tbe market still carrying 40.OOS.tOt bushels of short wheat. - The big; brokers show distrust ana a tenaenoy to elose cred Ita. " : ,.' , . BIGGEST BATTLESHIP GOES INTO COMMISSION ' ' Imul Sn.nl.1 a. ...I.. 1 V- Portsmouth, England, Sept.' 1. -The Dreadnaught, the world's largest war ship, waa commissioned today. Experts are howling for more of her kind. They demand that ths government build two for every one that Germany builds. RIOTERS ATTACK TROOPS MANY SLAUGHTERED ' J v. . ' . (Joaraal Special Servlee.) ; i' Llbau, -r Sept. 1. Rioters attacked troops guarding prisoners lsst night Reinforcements arrived and killed eight and wounded SO. Among tha killed Is a mother who held a baby at her breast. t . Arthur Oomearye "Bead, , ' rapeetal Dtspefc te Tae Jearnelt -Eugene. Or.. Sept. 1. -Arthur Come- gys, a well-known young man of this city, died at tha home of hie parents, Mrs." snd Mrs, JPresley Comegya here yesterday afternoon of , coneumptlon. He was aged SI years. '. - matte Takes Beetlea. ' (Bpeelal Dispatch ta The Jeareal.V Eugene. Ori Sept. 1. A. 3. eillette waa yesterday appointed station agent for the Southern Paelflo company in Eugene, succeeding L. O, Adair, re tired. - , :. - ' .. .. . - . Oattlatlsh tfeeraal Qulncy. Maaai. . Sept, I. The eub- marina torpedo boat Cuttlefish launohed at Fox River yard thla morn ing. Commander Cow'a daughter Elisa beth christened the ship. - , ' Imprisoned ta (Jovra.l Bpwial BwvW.) Mayking. Ky.. Spt. 1. Twelve men Are entombed In Mud Lick minee near here and rescuers are Working low to save um, . v . . i . j PREDICT ELECTION OF NEBRASKAN AS PRESIDENT Pemocrstk, ' Campaign. Cpmmlttea C0001 .r 0 Com. moner's Expressions Will Alo or Injur Congressional Elections. , (Jenrasl BpecUl Serrlee.) .'. London, Sept. L English readers are only lust beginning to grasp ths signifi cance of Bryan's program.- -r-Oenorally- speaaing, it is mildly approved aa suit able to America, with ths exception ef government ownership of - railways. This la greeted as an "audacious exper iment In stats socialism"" and finds few supporters sxoept among the most advanced radicals. '. Comparisons of the Individuality of Roosevelt aad Bryan form a fruitful topic, with, .the general verdlot that tin. less Roosevelt .runs Bryan will ba the next president, or perhaps even If be runs. - ... The Star, which la the paper of the radicals, finds much comfort In ths assertion that , "Bryan (a .Inspired by the strong oommpn-aense statesmanship Of CaApball-Bannermaa.' . . .. ' SBBBsaasBaMpaaaaHBsaxajsna - ' ' P EFFECT ON CAMPAIGN Bcenoontto Managers ' Oaaaol TtgW Tt---Oa Bffeet a Bryaa's Speeob- t-:t (peelal Dlepeteh te The JoaraaLt Waahlngton, Sept. L Haa the Demo cratic - eongrasslonal "" campaign been helped or hurt by Bryan's spesbhT Damooratlo campaign managers are ask ing themselves. They are concerned over tbo effect of what Bryan sal on government ' ownership. Tha congres sional committee wanta Bryan In the campaign, but It wants him to devote bia attention to tariff revision, tha tnit Issue and to stir up government ownerJ mp aa utue aa poaaibie Bryan haa been asked by the oommlttee to partici pate In the campaign on such terms. So far aa can be learned here, no reply to the request haa beea received. The committee sent a special envoy to see him after his return from Europe, but the envoy baa not yet returned to Wash lngton. T" :-t . , -- ' - Bryan Cnaaure Flaaa, ' ' - (loamal Special Berries.) ' New Tork, Sept L W. J. Bryaa an nounced a change of hla plana today He said that he -would not go to New Zealand, aa ha bad Intended, after the coming; election."" .T V L, . . GEARHART MEETING - -OF Y. W. C. A. OPENS The Northwest conferenoe ' of the Touna Woman's Christian Association held Its .flrat meeting at-Oaarhart Park yesterday. The local T. W. C A. 1 had a cottage at Gearhart all summer and many of the members were already mere, ua Tnureoay aver, a hundred delegates from Washington. Idaho and Oregon towns passed through Portland on their way to the convention. Miss Helen Barns, secretary of national ex tension work, and Mrs. Alloa Varber. national secretary, arrived at Gearhart this morning. -; . ,. Miss Harriet Taylor, an- Important member of., the national delegation. Is expected la a few daya Miss MacCor- kle, secretary of the Portland T. W. C A., la at Gearhart, .and Miss Stark weather, stats membership secretary, Miss Eleanor Gardner, tha representa tive or Bible class work; Miss Ssrs Case, Miss Minerva XJrkendal and Dr. Mabel Akin . will go down In - a few dsys. .-- . The conference at Gearhart will be tbe most Important meeting of the T. W C. A. ever hsld on ths coast Tbemusle Will be In charge of Mrs. Fletcher Linn ef "Portland and Mrs. Frank Black of Seattle. Members of the local board of th T. W. C A. wbo will go down for the conference are Mrs. Jamas Falling. Mra J. W. Honeyman, Mra F. M. Warren, Mrs. Jamss P. Gray, Mrs. W. 8. Kin ney, Mra H. W. Stone and Mra W. H. Beharrell. . KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS" TO INITIATE TOMORROW A large class ef candidates will be received Into the local sounoll of the Knlghte of Columbus tomorrow. The members and eandidatea wll assist In a body at mass at St Lawrence church. The sermon will be delivered by Rt Rev. John Carroll,' biahop ef Helena, wbo baa been preaching- the retreat this week for the archdlocesaa clergy. A committee In charge baa prepared special pro aram for the Knight for Labor Day. A beat-ride on the steamer Undine haa been ararnged and other featurea have been prepared for . their entertainment. ' ' Degree work with the candidates will begin at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Willamette hall, 170 Second street TACOMA CONSIDERING : ' PHONETIC SPELLING (Special Dwpatch ta The XeeraaLI Taeoma. Sept. 1. At a meeting ef the city board of education "yesterday tba subject of spelling reform cams In for a .large share of discussion. No defi nite action was taken and thsy finally decided to pass the matter up to City Superintendent A. H. Toder, - CARNAHAN SLATED AS. CUSTOMS COLLECTOR Journal's Astoria. Bureau. Sept 1. Clark W. Carnahan took the oath of of fice as collector of customs ef tbe local port today. Thla morning he received a telegram from 3. B. Reynolds, acting secretary, to ths effect . that his bond had reached Wasblngten and been ap proved aad directing him to take Imme diate charge of the office. "' Aa hour later he appeared ' before County Clerk Clinton end took the neces sary oath.. Mr. Carnahan announced to day that there would be no Immediate change of the officers connected with the eervlca. Carnahan suooeedt W. L, Robb. . - - . ' aWrolnttoalswi Deny Crime. Moscow. Sept. 1. Social revolution- late lasued a proclamation today deny ing ' responsibility. . for the . attack en Stolypln. j 1 t i My Dear. Wife Maggie I do this for your . good. Read my book. Remem ber me always, and kiss them all for me. Do not 1st them bury me until I am sure dead. I shall be with yon al ways, ..,aooa-bye. my Iots good-bye. V "EDWIit" ' "Tell them heart disease "killed me." . Handing; hla wife a note containing the above, Edwin W- Reynolds hurried into a bedroom, lay down upon a bed thla morning and expired aa the result of a dose of prussle acid, administered with aulcldal Intent. Reynolda waa SS yeara of age and for many years waa agent for the Wells-Fargo Express com pany at Baiter City. Despondency resulting from in health la supposed to have caused the old man to decide upon self-destruction. ' Hs wsnt to the Scott hotel this morning, where he met his daughter and a num ber of friends, who noticed nothing peculiar about his actions.. It la believed that while down town he secured ks drug with which he ended his life. With bis wife ant family he had lived for tha past two months at tha Iris apartment house. Third and MU1 streets. On returning from " down town he walked Into the pantry, remained a few momenta and hastily emerged. As hs emerged ha handed the note to his wife and went Into another room. He expired almoat Instantly. Dr. HoUlstsr waa summoned, but found the man dead.' Deputy Coroner Arthur L. Flnley oonduoted an examina tion, and- discovered a bottle In which tha old man had prepared the afatal po tion. . Reynold Is survived by a widow and three children. . Ha haa beea In ail ing health for several months. AT THE THEATRES. Baker Opening Tomorrow.. Tomorrow afternoon at the usual time the season of the Baker stock company will open at tha Baker theatre, the Ini tial production of the season being Winston Churchill's groat play. The Crista" - All the old favorltea will be there, and many new people. The scenic artists have' spared no expense to give the production a stage fitting "up to the Baker standard.' Special -matinee Mon day, Labor day.' Rights of Frisco" Tomorrow. $. Reserved seats are now on sale at ths Empire theatre for next week. The openlnattractlonStartras; with . the matinee tomorrow afternoon will ' be "Lights of 'Frisco.'' This play Is full of ' startling -' scenes -" and - situations throughout and should prove a popular attraction with the clientele of tha Em pire, being a reflex ef life In tbe Golden Gate city after nightfall, forming many vivid-- plcturee of Chinatown and the underground world. The play runs all week with special matinees Labor day and Saturday..' :.;; .: . " ' T- VAUDEVILLE AND STOCK. r"' ' ' At tha Lyric. - To bill a production that wOl attract large audiences to the matinees during such warm afternoons aa these. Is cer tainly accomplishing something. Such Is tbe case with the plsy "The Irish Widow." at whloh the matlneea are well attended, while the evening perform ances are given to ths fullest capacity ofathle popular playhouse. - All should see Th Irish Widow,"' she won t be here long. .--" x .- . . : .v,;:it'.'i At the Star.- ' - Today and ' tomorrow ends the e gagement ef "A Great Temptation" at the Star. - . The Allen stock company haa. Inoreased lte popularity with thla melodrama, for the play baa been well etaged and well acted. The bill- for next - week will be The Btowayay, Reservations can be had by-telephoning the box' . office. ' There Is one night performance at the Star and a dally matinee. . ;'" :. '. . . , '( ' . . At the Grand.; - " The present all-etar vaudeville show at the Grand will hold the boards today and tomorrow. . Tbe bill la exceptionally strong in features, there being no less than four big specialties on ths list. The wheel act of Bud Bnyder is wonder ful and the xylophone playlngef Charles P. Lowe la tba beat that haa been heard la Portland at any time. WILCOX ON STAND IN FRAUD CASE 7. D. Wilcox, a real estate broker, was called as a witness this afternoon in the Blue mountain caae. Ha testified to aelllng ths. school lands of ths It A. Smith estate. The matter was first sug gested to him by George Borenson.. but ths arrangements to sell were not made nntll after ha had conferred with Wll lard N. Jones and A, F. Flegel, executors Of ths estate. , . , . Clark Tabor, now of tbls city but formerly superintendent of the Red Boy" mine and a resident of Granite, Baker county, told the oft-repeated story of ths delegation that' called on Senator John H. Mitchell, protested against ths Blue mountain reserve and were In formed that President . Roosevelt ' was behind the project. .....' Alonso Cleaver. formerly of Baker City, testified that In 100 a man named A. J. Johnson, wbo claimed to be a gov ernment forestry expert, told him thst a Blus mountain forest reserve waa con templated. " Thla -testimony waa Intro duced by the government to explain how It was that SenatorJoseph 81mon and senator ueorga w. jtcuride came to protest against ths reserve aa early aa 109. '.' .. M FRIENDS WOULD SAVE GUERON FROM FRENCH l i Jeeraet Bseriat Berries.) ' Chicago, Sept. 1. Frienda of Eddie Oueron, the famous bank thief, are try ing to sava hlra from spending his life on Devil's Island Friends rescued him from the Island S la Monte Crteto In tbe sack of a dead man. They are now trying to prove he la an English cltlaen, so the flag will prevent bta return to the French authorities. Trepeff Poisoned. ; (JonroRl Srv1l srrW.l St. rrs in ir. Fpt. 1. It le rumord that On.-r.ii i i -r.f f le . ti nt his life 1 r 1! tl.i.nrfl t:l he J i ( it I. SITUATION AT PRECINT SUBJECT TO COMPLAINT Petition Prepared Asking City Coun cil for Additional Expenditure Next ' Year Sufficient to Cover Expenss of Constructing Crematory. , Systems of garbage disposal ef other eltlee will be Investigated by the board ef health ae a preliminary to tha con struction of a plant that will' be ade- ouste to-ths nsede of the city. -. One hundred tons of garbage was thrown out on the open dump laat month because, the furnaoea were too small to incinerate It- - - : - - . , -. Complslnts of ths odor of the crema tory on the bank ef Guild's lake have troubled tha officials for years. This morning the health board pre pared a petition to the oounoll for aa additional expenditure for neat year, sufficient to cover the expense of con structing a crematory that will eon sums all the city-a waste. A proposal haa been made by private Individuals that they will burn all the garbage for tbe sake of the heat and consequent power created. The efflolala, however, are opposed to such a contract. The petition briefly sails tha atten tion of the oounollmen to tha miserable condition of .the preeent plant aad ef ita small, capacity. With the money In sight to build a suitable Incinerating plant, the board of health win probably dlapatch some one to ether dries ef the coast and possibly of the east to study the methods of collection aad disposal la force there. . " "Make It Just as strong aa we can." said Mayor Lane aa he seised a pea and did some Interlining oa the document. "I'll explain to the council what we need and tbe condition of things generally.' Health Officer Wheeler reported that he had found no .such condition near the crematory as that made la a oom plalnt by C. J. Schnabel for Frank Belger of 171 Lake street. Superintend ent Daggett declared that Belger, who is a discharged employe of .the crema tory, is persistently trying to make trouble for htm. , FRFIBHTHAf'niFRS TUY P(l w aBsssjwaiejBiB) nnssflaaaT satsai H war sjsss TMev OUT Oil STRIKE : Will Hold Meeting Tomorrow to Decide Whether to&Continue lt: .1 at Work- - - , ' A meeting of members of Ftelghthan dlers anion. No. It, will be held to morrow afternoon for the purpose of de-elding- whether or not a strike will be declared aa the result of the refusal of the a R. N.. the Southern Paelflo and the Northern Pacific Railroad companies to grant but one - of several advances aaked for by tha anion. It Is said that If a strlks la declared other anions with which the frelghtbaadlars are 'affil iated may also go out tn sympathy. Tbe frelghthandlera several weeka aao submitted to the railroad companies a petition asking that the wagea of car men and callers bo advanced from 11. 2D to tt.CS per day, truckers from SS.10 te fill a day, and checker from tt to 7S a month. - Members of the union" who work for the .Northern Paelflo also wanted over time pay at the rate ef SO cents oer hour, aa la paid by the O. R. aV N. and Boutnera racirie. - Tne latter request waa granted, but officials of the three roada denied the e there.. - - i . ! In order to decide what action should be taken by the unloa a special meeting of Its members haa beea called foe to- wwrrww uiCTmnni w u w u un matter win be fully discussed. It Is claimed that the longshoreman and other unions which are affiliated with bo frelghthandlera mar call a strike In sympathy. However, offtclala of that union declare that auch action la highly Improbable and that the griev ances of the frelghthandlera have not been brought to their attention. "Indeed. I have beard of no grievances on the part of the frelghthandlera" eald Secretary Hall of the longshoremen's . union. The matter- has never been brought to our attention In any way. ao It la not likely that a strike of our men la In any way imminent" . . BUILDING PERMIT ; . RECORD IS BROKEfl More building permits were issued last month than during any other month la ths history of Portland. The total cost of the buildings and Improvements represented by these per mits was I71T.S41. To. this sum must ba added tbe cost of several building whose plana have beea approved and for which blank permlta have been left In tbe register. During May of this year ITS permit were Issued. During last 'month thla aumber waa exceeded by on a Tot Aug ust la a dull month for permits, as structures for which permits are now Issued win not In most eases be fin ished before winter. Within a few wceke permits for sev eral large building muat be taken out. The largest of these will be the ten story Corbett building at Fifth snd Morrison . streets, . whose . cost . will be near flOO.OOS. In August of lsst year permits to tbe value of only 11(1,114 were l suscV yet It-waa then considered a good month. Last year 1,1 IS permits were taken out. Already 1,135 permit have bees taaued In 1101 thus far, and tbe total number for HOI will be exceeded in two weeks' more time, with over thre months yet to run. GAME WARDENS WILL NOT ARREST TUUZZ - - rSeeeUI aw T ' I Salem. Hopt. 1 Jrarir t.-e v 1 be no dlfflculir arlsira- fr. -i-i a r game warden hsvln tn a bor boy for s'T"t" t a I I -son. prom ti.. t 1 will 1e t r r t will ! i .' r ' II Of - II I to etrl."