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10 AlUL I
LAFID GRANT
Special Attorney for the I)e
. partment of Justice B. D.
Townseiid Coming Here to
'Bring Suit Against S. P.
Company.
-'..,,' (Unite Tr tessed Wfrs.J
? Washington May. 26,-tB. D. Tewa
send. special attorney In the depart
ment of Justice started today for Port
land. Oregon, -to "tart legal proceed
ings on behalf of the government to
take from the Southern Pacific railroad
about 1,000.000 acres of land In western
Oregon, eald to be worth between $30,
000,000 and $50,000,000.
. Townaend will try to secure a de
cree which will annul the grand and
restore the landa to the public domain.
The Southern Pacific railroad got pos
session of the property many years
go from the Oregon & California rail
road on the promise that it would In
duce the construction of railroad lines.
Although roads were built, the govern
ment attorney will charge -that the
holders of the land grant failed to carry
cut other parts of their obligation.
; The news of Townsend's ' coming to
Portland is of great Interest to thous
ands of Oregon settlers who have fried
In the past to secure part of the great
public domain controlled by the South
ern Pacific company. Townsend" was in
Portland last year and laid the basis
for the suit which Will be started upon
his arrival in the Rose City. As a re
sult of the Investigation last year in
which Townsend obtained data-regarding
the transfers of land made
by the company as well as other In
formation relative to the facts and law
Involved In tha case, Townsend be
came convinced ' that the only course
for the government to pursue was to
secure an act of congress granting per
mission to the attorney-general to sue
the company. . ' . . .
Traev C. Becker, who la associated
with Townsend, has already arrived in
Portland from Los Angeles where he
appeared for the government In the re
moval cases against several wealthy
Calif ornlans charged with complicity
In the . Oregon land frauds. Becker
Stated today that the bill of complaint
In the suit against, the Southern. Pa
cific would be filed In a. few days. .
Claims Trip Is Partly for
7 Pleasure-Friend Says ,
Not for Divorce, ,
l , (rotted ftress Ussed Wire.)
-. ' Boise. Idaho. May II After three
Cays' myfterioiis visit la Boise, during
wbich ime shs Wa registered at a ho
tel undei the name; t "Mrs, Norton of
w Tork." Madame Nordica, the great
Lakea. declaring she would return in
lert noise xoaay ror
a few oays. jnaaame noruica. mou
Saturday, but her Identity was not dis
covered . vntil yesterday., . Sunday she
visited the penitentiary, where. Harry
Orchard Is confined, and yesterday at
tended a circus. Slie oeciares ner west
ern trip is purely for pleasure and that
she will visit Bait Lake, Los Angeles.
Portland , and Seattle before returning
' She Is accompanied -by Colonel Ma
ghee, a friend of her family, who de
nies the report that the noted singer is
in Idaho -for the purpose of procuring
a divorce. Her husband lives In this
state.
APPLY FOR WORK
- ' (tlalted Press Leased VTlre.)
? aeveland; Ohlo May 16. While their
brothers on strike were voting today to
remain out. $00 striking carmen applied
or their old positions and were reln
etated. -,:- -
The traffic Is now rapidly approach
ing a normal state, and officials of the
municipal traction company say the
usual number of cars will be In opera
tion shortly. 'f The strikers, however,
ay the company is badly crippled and
that, they are confident of winning.
yner have. further plans for the cam
paign. . V.
CITY AMBULANCE -'
BID REC03IHKXDED
At a meeting of the city health board
this . morning the members voted to
recommend to the city council that the
bid of the Red Cross Ambulance' com
pany for municipal ambulance service
le accepted. The company through Its
owners. Hoffman and Shepard, offers
to perform the work for $174 a month,
-which the members consider very rea
sonable. - .--.. - j
t Two other bids ?were received by the
board, but were not considered because'
the .bidders refused to handle con
tagious disease cases. . .
CALIFORNIA "DRYS",
SOLID FOR WHEELER
MHftesto, Ca7.",-TWy S6.-SentlnTenr"1h
r-alifomia favorable to tha nnmlnaiinn
r f Fred Wheeler of Los Angeles, as
ibe presiaemuu cunnioti or tne
htbltlon party continued to grow today
delegates pourea - into Modesto to
. itpnd the state convention to elec
.i, let-Htee to the national convention o
)' held in Columbus, Ohio.. Indications
liit before the convention opened this
.ftfrnoon pointed to a strong probabll--:v
that the delegates will be instructed
t vote for Wheeler in the national con-
entlon until all hope of nominating htm
i.ua vanished. .. - .- .y
LA ROSE ABRAIONED :
- IX NEU3IEX CASE
Jack La Rose was arraigned la
the circuit court this afternoon,':
charged with- the murder of H.
Neurnen. May II" He was given
until Friday to plead. Jay II.
I'pton and L W. Humphreys
were arinilnted his attorneys by '
is ttturt
L11AI IIDRDICA
III IDAHO f COG
SIRIKIIieCARrill
LITTLE FELIS CONCOLOR
: MAKES A LOVELY PET
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Young Panther at Grant's Pasa 'That
(SpecUl Dlipttch to Tt Journal.)
Grants Pass, Or., May 26. Old hunt
ers declare that panthers, also, known
as pumas, : cougars or mountain lions,
are more plentiful In the southern Ore
gon mountains than, they have been for
many years., A number of full-grown
pattthera have been slain in-the Joae.
KPhlne county forests- lately. Several
ft'ubs have also been captured and do
REAL BIG BOOST FOR PORTLAND
COMES FROM. THE PENINSULA
Those who, have read the advertising
literature -put out by the Rose Carnival
committee , of : the Peninsula, , say ths
story surpasses the famous f 1,000 prise
story written by Dr. Straton of Balti
more. Beoreury Nolta says ! Portland
Is boosted In the Peninsula folders
never before and that If visitors pay
the t proper attention the whole city
will benefit thereby.
Mass meetings at Which SDeakers ao-
pointed by the Peninsula Rose Carnival
committee ' will read - this story . have
been called for tomorrow nleht. The
places for these meetings are: Multno-
mah hall,' North Alblna fire hall,. Wll-
ELECTRIC COMPANY WILL CUT
, HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAIN SUMMIT
- (Special Dlspetch to Tlie JoorasLt '
Baker City, Or., Mar I8.The Sump
ter Valley Railway company has com
menced one of the . most " Important
pieces of work yet contemplated by that
corporation in the way of public Im
provements. In the cutting down of the
summit of Huckleberry mountain. The
cut is being made at a point where the
road crosses the divide separating Pow
der and Burnt: rivers, Some six miles
trom Humpter.
It is the intention to reduce this ele
vation several : hundred feet. Steam
girl "parhamite"
jumps in
' (Cnlted Press Leased Wire.)
Chicago. May ' 16. Miss Florence A
! Perrlan, SO years old, pretty and fol
lower of a fanatical religion known as
"Parhamltes,". after seeing visions of
her father writhing in a sea of brlm-
LEAD THE KHJGHTS
Foresters in Turn Will Try
to Forge Ahead in Pop
ularity Contest.
Jtt-.nite ,ot-.the cold weather-last
evenlngr the crowd at the- TounrMem
Lclub- carl vV ' ta Uor ris-s treet-- wa s Jin
diminished, and the breesy; "Stroll" was
as ousy as ir the thermometer : were try
ing to break out at the 110 mark on a
July day. - The men and 'women of
Hibernla were out to eclipse the record
made by Knights of Columbus and other
societies on their special days, and tne
Ancient Order of Hibernians certainly
made good. In the DODularltv votlna
eontest they secured a lead of more
man z.ouu votes over tne tuiignta
The rjemoeratle rail v waa tha leadlna
feature of the evening. Several candi
dates were given an opportunity tor
Bring effective campaign shots. To
morrow, evening the Republican par?y
will have Its innings. Those who will
speak ' are C. M. I diem an, Oeorge A.
Carney; Lan 3. Malarkey, 3, p. Kava
naugh and Waldemar Seton. This will
be Catholic Foresters' night and this so
ciety will try to offset the large vote
gained by the Hibernians last ntglit.
Ths band of 36 minstrels of the T. M.
C. A. will furnish musio for the crowds
at the auditorium. The best wrestlers
ana Doxers or the Multnomah club will
five an exhibition which la said to be
be cleverest the club has ever put on.
The carnival -will close Saturday night
and before that- time the receipts since
opening day will, it Is expected, leave a
comfortable 'balance in the treasury.
So well was the broucho-bunUug show
HIBERfflAflS HOW
TJIE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND; TUESDAY EVENING. MAY 25. 1S03.
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Takes Kindly 'to Domesticated Life.
meat tea ted. Though very large when
full grown, a pet panther is as docile
as a kitten and will romp and play with
no thought of doing Injury to any one.
The cub panthers are fed on milk from
a bottle when young-, and later are given
roast beef with an occasional feed of
raw. meat This past year several full
grown panthers, raised from cubs In
this city.- were shipped tft eastern,mu?
seutnS and parks and several mora will
ba raised this seaaon. -
lamette hall, Arbor Lodge station,
Peninsular station, University Park,
Maealv Junction anrl HL Johns. Every
body Is cordially Invited to be oresent
at . these meetings and an -especial in-
viiauun is extenaea to ine jaaies. i en
women will be SDDOlnted . as a speolal
committee from each place,' the object
of this being kept a secret by the
Peninsula Carnival committee.
The business, men and residents of
the Peninsula are giving their most en
thuslastlo siiDbort to the Carnival com-
mittee. North Alblna alone has raised
$100 to defray the sinenses of buildinsr
oooens at me union depot and me or
estry buildlnar. other districts are
sending in proportionate contrlbutiona
shovels are at work and the undertak
ing 1 new in full blast. Iiv-order to
reach this point trains have to pull " to
a heighth Of ovar six hundred feet In
the, six miles, nklnsr the grade one of
ihe steepest In the history of railroad
ing. The company will, after the excavating-
has been completed, lay a series
of tracks over the ground that has been
leveled for the purpose of yards where
the empties and logging trains will be
stored when not in service.
This will avert any disaster, now
liable, from stray-" cars . running wild
down the grades.-; -A large crew Is em
ployed and the-work will last most of
the summer. : , .
follower
lake Michigan
fitone and falling in an effort to per
suade hltn to abandon the strange cult,
killed herself by drinking wood 1 alco
hol and then Jumping, in lake Michigan.
Miss Ferrlan was an acquaintance of
Chester Gillette, who was recently elec
trocuted for the murder of "Billy"
Brown, his sweetheart. -
received by the spectators at tha ath
letic grounds of. tha ' club last evening
that the management has secured TWlld
Birt" West to perform again this even
ing. : The rlderwbo Is an eastern Ore
gon cowboy, says he will ride-anything
with hair on its back, Including ele
phants. Anyone who - has a vicious
horse to break Would do well to bring
the animal up to the carnival grounds
tonight. - 'j--- ?c -;v '- J. ; -- ; - -.
Following Is the result of the voting
contest up to date: Bryan, 205; Taft,
1S9; Chamberlain, it; Cake, II ; Man
ning, 1,303: Cameron, til; Stevens. 957;
Word, 1,089, The contest among the so
cieties stood as follows; Aneient Order
of Hibernians. 3,694; Knights of Colum
bus, 1,482; Catholic Order of Foresters,
J41, and $t. Joseph, society, 111
ASKED FOB DIVORCE
3. Edward Blum, . who' ktlled Mrs.
Daisy Hlckey .and himself, at the. La
Porte Ipdglng-house. last Sunday morn
ing, began suit In tha circuit court only
mv x riaay ror aivorce. s;vioently ne
was not at that time contemplating a
deed of violence, but expected to get
uiwii - mai wouia permit nim io
marrv Mrs. Hlrkv
- Blum named desertion ss the ground
for divorce. He snd Clementine Blum
were married at Newberg in 1888 nnd
have two children, who are with their
mother in eastern Oregon. Lynn Blum,
a son. Is 18 years of age, and their
daughter, Buela. is i. Blum aUeged
that his wife deserted hint August 20.
1896. He did not ask for custody -of
the children. . . I - - ,
Hearst Wins Ills Fight -:
- (rntte prna L.Pd Wire.) - "
New Vork, , May . William -R.
Hearst won an Important victory today
In his' long fight for a recount of the
ballots cast In the msyoraltv election
In 1905 -when Georce B. McCltllan wg
deciawed eliwted. and at lust Uie boaea
are to be oycutd. . . . .
HAY
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Fernando Nelson Left Val-
lejo, -California, Early This
Morning in an -Automo
bile
RECORD
- TT t, j', ? Ty I mam apart, inougn.wiia a sugni pros
I0r lOmana IlClpect of an agreement, on the Vreeland
Hopes to Lower Time.
(Doited Press titled Wire.)
r- San FranielseOi - May t- !Te estab
lish a low automobile 'Record between
Ban - Francisco and .Portland. - Fernando
Nelson started from Vallejo, California
at S o'clock this morning, and is now
well on , hla way to the Oregon met
ropolis. -, .: j j. :' . t -
lr he meets with no. mishaps, ana ths
St-hour schedule Is maintained, the ma
chine should reach its destination at
$ o'clock tomorrow afternoon:
Tht distance to be covered ta 780
miles. The roada to be traversed are
In many stretches very bad. especially
where the recent rains were heavy,
and besides there are difficult moun
tain passes.
i ne time lateen ty me jraiiroad lor
the trip Is S7 hours, which is one hour
more than the Nelson schedule..
In the first stretch of approximate
ly 200 miles to Reddlnr. the car will
be handled by At "Plepenburg, and from
inai poini vuiiam wagner win rlve
to Med ford, Oregon. Then "Bill" sum
mon will be in charge as far as Eu
gene, Oregon, and the final stretch will
be in the hands of Harry Johansn.
(Uslted Press Leased Wire.)
Dallas, Tex., May 26. As tha hours
pass the horrors of the Apod In this sec
tion Increase. It Is believed tha com
plete list of dead, when compiled," will
show at least 100 lives! have been lost.
It Is estimated that 10,000 people .are
homeless, having been driven from their
houses by the raging waters.
The property loss Is estimated to be
at least $26,000,000 over the entire
stricken district. .
The Trinity river has surpassed all
records. Last night It was believed
the creat of the flood had been reached
here, but more rains In the north have
sent- the waters down with Increased
fury and today the floods .were greater
than yesterday and continually increas
ing. - : : v .
Business Is suspended and Mayor Hay
has oraanised a relief and rescue corns.
the members of which have been doing
most neroio worx.
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EXTOL VIRTUES OF
,s ....
IGLnfiDSDEADOUEEfj
British Subjects Hear Ap
propriate Addresses
- and Music.
By far the , largest and "most en
thusiastic crowd of Britishers that ever
came together in Portland assembled
la. the Armory last night to do honor
to ine memory or victoria, queen or.
England and empress of India, the oc
casion being the celebration ef the 88tt
birthday of the good queen. - The big
room was elaborately - decorated with
the stars and strlDes and the red flax
of the British empire. Befreshments
were served from booths representing
England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Can
ada and New Zealand. .
Addresses were made by James Lald-
law, British consul at Portland and K.
M, Brerton, president of the British
Benevolent society. ' Both speakers
dwelt on the significance of 'Empire
Day," snd related many Of the virtues
Of the late queen. '
A fine - musical, program . had been
arranged by Carl ; Denton, which included-
selections' by Mrs. Walter
Reed. Miss Kate ' Lawler. Miss
Sarah Olance, T. T, Crowther and Frank
t. - Hennessy. The Welsh Glee club
sang a number of Welsh songs and
Piper James McKinley was there with
his bagpipe to the delight of the sev
eral hundred Scots - in the audience.
Every number on tha musical program
waa generously encored and all the
musicians were compelled to respond.
Dances In costume were given by
Misses i Jennie Best,- Jessie and Agns
Pottage and- Masters Frank Darcey and
James King. . ;.
- The celebration waa brought to " a
close with the -singing of the national
anthem, "God Save
tne King;
by the
entire audleno. -
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BLUEJACKETS' PARADE
GALA SEATTLE EVENT
' (United Press Leases Wire.)
Seattle, May XtV'-BrueJackets and ma
rines from the Atlantic fleet now lying
In the harbor joined with a large force
of soldiers repfjhsenting x the military
Sosts in this vicinity and a great nym
er of fraternal organisations In the
most notable parade this city has ever
known. The event took place this morn
ing and was witnessed by immense
crowds that lined the streets and occu
pied doors, windows and housetops.
After - the parade disbanded sailors
and officers were again taken (n charge
by tfteentertainmerrt - committees,:, ahdJ
unmaons. noes, ainieuc sports ana re-
Leeptions -.wore jprpmj sedl afeundaaoe.
IOr me nmitliuor ui uic unv. , -iT - '
The bodies of, Fred Lullnskl and J. J.
Staub, marines . on the battleship New
Jersey, who were killed last Friday
night at Belllngham by being run over
by a trolley car. will be shipped to their
homes for final burial Lullnskl's body
goes to South Chicago and Staub's to
uetroii.
Seise
; masic mi uiv itnu;, ; ,
' Members of the Brooklyn Republican
club have planned a rally at their club
quarters. 577 H Milwaukle, Thursday
night. Oeorge A. Carney and George A.
Brown will be the principal speakers.
A musical program has been arranged
with Frank J. Hennessy as one of the
solotsta .-. -- -'- r'-f - -
Umit to Banquet Seats. : '
The number of applicants for seats
at the big banquet of the Cnlted Kant
Side clubs this evening at the Sargent
hotel exceeded all expectations of the
banquet committee and a limit of ISO
bad to be placed on the number of
seats to be provided. Each of the push
cluha on the fuist side will be repre
sented, the largest delegation going
from Montarilla which will have 20
del-ifate. No club will b a ve-less than
Uiree representatives.
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SOME HOPE FOR
IfBEElAIIO BILL
Remains in. Conference With
Proviso Under Con- ,
J ' 'sideration. -
fWblDgtos Bumia ef Ths JoamaLt -
'Washington, May 1 8. The senate and
house conferees on the currency bill re-
credit currency bill, with the additional
firovlso that banks may, if they desire,
sjue on a gold basis. A feature that
will probably be agreed on is the re
tirement .of currency in unlimited quan
tities. '. -i: -''ij'i'.i,;V'.V
The senate 'Republican leaders con
tinue to filibuster .against Beverldge'a
national child labor .ML and bis j J?tU
making the government liable' for, in
juries to government employes, v r
' Fulton at tha close of . the morning
business arose and said hft-had been
designated to make - a . speech, so he
might as well speak to the omnibus ter
ritory- bill. He spoke at length, pre
venting action on me isevenage men
IURII LIGHT Oil
COLOTIEL RALEV
Investigation xf the Umatilla land
frauds la now under full awing before
the. federal grand Jury, One hundred
and fifty witnesses have 'been subpoe
naed by United States . Attorney Mo-
Court, and are now in town waiting
meir turn to go oerore ine grana jury
and ' tell what they know Of the well
known case, supposed to involve Colonel
James H. Raley and perhaps a score
of other, prominent residents of Pendle
ton and Umatilla county. -
The grand - Jury, waa selected yester
day afternoon by District Attorney Mo
Court, and was .at .once sworn In. It
Degan its investigations this morning.
The personnel of the Jury Is as follows:
. J. W. -Pugh - (foremanr-Shedd,- Linn
county; C. Hu. Southern, Bend, Wasco
county: John J. Rowley. Dayton. Tarn
hill county; Ira B. Sturgiss, Baker City,
Baker county; Jesse -Severn, Junction
City, Lane county: ' H. U Nicholson:
Medford. Jackson county; Ous- P. Kel-
Ierfi, Portland; J. ,W. Lytle. island City;
Union county; 8. M. Kelly. Roseburg,
Douglaa -county. .W. O. Zelgler, Kugene,
Lane county; w. H. Qrabenhorst, Sa
lem, Marlon county; H.- S. Furman, Eu
gene. Lane county; N. East er brook,
Portland: - William M. Daniels, Portland;
W, A. Alcorn, Linnton, Multnomah ooun-ty-j
Frank Campo, Barlow, Clackamas
county; O. W. Oage, DUlard, Douglas
county; (wiuiara ir. uuxey, uayton,
Yamhill ' county: William , Cornelius.
Walton, Lane county; B. C Holt, Har-
risDurg, Linn county; John M. Bristol,
Portland; L. Q. Bower, Sllverton. Ma
rlon county; Nathan Harwood, Eugene,
Dane cuuniy.. ,
Bill RECOMMEriDED
Brewers Measure for East
Side Will Come Before'
Council Tomorrow.
Members of the liquor license. com
mittee of the city council .yesterday
recommended for passage the ordinance
llmltmg the districts In which saloons
can be located in the city, and the
measure will come us before the roun.
cu tomorrow ror nnai action. There
were no chansres made in the ordinance.
which was drafted by .the Oregon
State Brewers' association, gave of
minor consideration. --j
'. Accordlna to the nronosed law na
saloons will be allowed in the residence
districts, aava those now located there.
These are comparatively few. and art
so situated aa to rive little cause for
objection. - according 'to ' the contention
or tne Drewers. it is oeiievea that the
measure will be passed by the council
tomorrow althouch a livelv rfnhaf In
expected on the ordinance when) it
comes , up for consideration. '
SEEPAGE WASHOUT
OX UMATILLArDITCH
(Special Dispatch' ;to . The Joarsil.) . '!,
Pendleton, , OC, - May , S.--A section
of the main feed canal of the Umatilla
Irrigation project about, 40 feet In length
was washed ' out ' between Foster - - and
Echo laat evening., the; cause of . the
washout being seepage water which has
constantly drained through the porous
soil at that point. The O. ft. & N.
track is within a few feet of the canal
at that point and the grade has-been
softened, for about half a mile by . the
seepage. Tha government -engineers
have decided tocement a section of the
canal there. It Is estimated It will cost
121,100 to complete the cement work
necessary, owing to the strong flow
under the tracks tha company has kept
track walkers constantly there for sev
eral months. - All trains have run slow
ly over tne piocw ur oroa time, uostiy
repairs will be made on tha O. R, A N.
track. Water will ba turned off the
feed canal while the -repairs are in
progress. ..- .. - .
LABGEST CLOCK SET :
" IN NATION IN EAST
s (United Press Lessed Wirt.) ' .
New York. May .- When Mayor
Wlttoen of Jersey City--pressed a tiny
button he set in motion the mechanism
of the largest clock Ufc the world, lo
cated on too of Col rate A Co.'s factory
On the river front of the latter city.
as tne giant , minute" oand oegan to
move- the boats on the' river? and the
factories on land Joined in a chorus of
WhiIles, The dial Of tbe clocK is -vlsl-ble
for miles along the Hudson 'river.
IXie38 feet in, dianjeter with an area
of 1,124 square feet, . The minute-hand
is zo I ret long and weighs a third of a
ton knd ths weight of the entire clock
Is close to six tons. .Red electrlo bulbs
mark the hours at night, and white
lnalcate tne minute spaces. ,
DEFENSE CONTINUES -.
IN LAND FRAUD CASES
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A (United Press tessed vfir.) '" -J
Washington. Y May 26. Arguments
supporting the motion of the defense In
the Hyde-Benson land, fraud case - to
?uash ths indictments against the de
endanta were resumed today.
- Assistant Attorney-General Pugh, op
posing the motion, charged that the op
erations of Hyde and Benson - were
fraudulent, .and that Joost Schneider,
one of the defendants, knew they were
illegal. . ; ...
Missing Girl Foand In Aato.
.Joy Pournall. the young woman who
disappeared from her home at St. Johns
about four weeks ago, was Iticated last
ulaht at the corner of Sixth andVAldor
stmets In an automobile. She will bo
sent to her home In St. Johns. ;
SALOON
DISTRICT
PtEADS GUILTY
TO LOVE OF BALL
ilelfrieh Declares, However
That Wife -Was the De-.
serter IVd Gaspipe.
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' AH through the, morning hours , In
Judge O'Poy's department of the cir
cuit court John Gt; Helfrich sat In the
witness chair and answered questions
that were' fired la rapid succession by
the attorney for Mrs. Beada L. Hel
f rich, who - is suing him for divorce.
He denied that - he deserted his wife
on the chicken ranch near Spokane, as
she had testified : yesterday, and also
denied many other things his wife, his
motner-in-law ana ,, ms sisier-iiwaw
bad told -" ".'
Helfrich- said that . one day as - he
was reclining on the" couch his wife,
without a word of warning, , threv a
heavy tankard at him. She followed
anV'heapnVW
volumes of learning. He - tol(l o( . ' election to the United States sen
time when ha and his wife engaged In ate. His address was received with the
a struggle over putting the cows in the 1 greatest possible enthusiasm and bis
barn, she us ng a gas , pip as a weapon. tarm -. w "tm JJ"!
. Mrs. Muster, motner or xars. xei -
jricn, testiiiea mac tne oniy iim
ever spoke an unicina wora to ner son
in-law waa once when she said. "Jack,
all you lack is the ears." 8 he sstd
that when h objected to her' presence
In the house and threw her out he was
wearing a ahlrt she had given im.
j- Mrs.llilster confirmed her daughter's
atAtnmmt n m tn Hnlfrloh'a devotion to
the baseball games. She said that he
would neglect the work and "run off
like a little boy going fishing"- when
a baseball game was; in sight. Hel
frich on the stand this morning pleaded
guilty of being an admirer of the great
American game, but said' he always
looked after the work 'before lie started
for the- diamond.
' Helfrich asserted that his Wife Was
the deserter, and letters he had written
to her since they separated, telling of
ms iove ana expressing soucituae ror
her,-were read. Mrs. Helfrich admits
that these letters never were answered,
but they keot comlna. The case prom
ises to consume the remainder of the
day. t f .r- " ... 1
III LEWIS RIVER
--; seBssssisssMBBssass '
Water Engulfs an Aerial
- TranwMan Clings to Ca
ble 20 Minutes. '
(Special l Dispatch to The Joonitl.)
Cougar, .Wash., May 28--Charles Ball
and Orville Hanna, employed by ' ths
Crogister Logging company at. this
place, .were drowned while trying to
cross .the . La wis river in' a box , run
on a cable wire. Neither could swim
and they were drowned before the eyes
of men who were doing all In their
power to save them. When the box
touched the water the wire on the south
side slipped off the box and let it Into
the water, where It upset. Hanna went
under with the box but was carried
out into tne current and on down the
river. Ball caught the wire cable and
held on for about 20 minutes, although
at times tha . water . was over his head,
while efforts ware being made for his
rescue, but, before anything could be
done he 4et loose and went down. The
water Is very deep, swift and cold,- and
no one could live lona in it. Kelthar
body has been , recovered.
Hanna lived near Ariel, If miles be
low hare. ' Ball owned a ranch In
southern Oregon. Ha was to have been
married In Michigan .next fall.' .
EVELYH WITHDRAWS
HER DIVORCE SUIT
No Keason Given but Report
Is Woman Is After Thaw's
Pittsburg Estate.
(Cnlted Press Leased Wire.) '
New York, May 16. Counsel for Mrs.
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw appeared before
Referee Deyo today and applied for a
withdrawal of her suit to annul bar
marriage to' Harry :IC, Thaw, who yes
terday was adjudged Insane by Justice
Morschauser -. at Pdughkeepsle. - The
counsel gave no reason for their sud
den attitude, but it is reported here
that tt is a. step toward an effort on
the part of Evelyn to gain control ot
Thaw's estate. -- -. -.
With the withdrawal ! her Suit she
remains the wife of an insane man,
snd It Is reported that her counsel are
preparing to bring an action In an at
tempt to have her appointed a commit
tee to take charge of hlsersonal prop
erty. In this way, It Is said, her coun
sel hope to gain control for her of all
of Harry's estate at Pittsburg.
It is understood that Harry's" mother
Is hurrying to New York to confer with
her counsel here and try to prevent the
success of suoh a step by her daughter-in-law.
One of the attorneys of the
Thaw estate said today that It is so
closely; held under tha will of Thaw
by the trustees that it would be Im
possible for Evelyn to get any large
amount - ... -' v -,
The Thaw counsel 'already are 'pre
paring to oppose a motion to have Eve
lvn appointed aa a committee on the
ground that she is not a suitable person
for such a serious duty. ;'
MURDEROUS PRISON
BREAKER SENTENCED
,-" (United Press Lrssed Wire.) ;
i Deer .Lodge, Mont May '2. William
Hays, convict, was today sentenced to
hang July "8," for the murder of Prison
Guard John' A. Robinson. In an attemnt
to escape laRt March. Oeorge Rock, al-
ready convicted will hang June 16.. C.
B. Young, who was given his life for
fileadlng guilty,, turned state's evidence
n case of the last of the four men
charged with tha murder. Of am Stevens,
who Is now on trial. Young in his testi
mony said the four men took the press In
prison to pieces and of the bolts4- made
weapons for the attack on the guards.
Stevens' trial .will be concluded tomorrow.-
.. .,- i
- Hays on betnar sentenced said he knew
no reason why the court should not pass
ths death sentence on him. - j,
PROMINENT-MILLER
r ." OF OREGON' DEAD
- (Special Dispatch ta The 1 Jonnisl.) '
Ashland. Or., May 26. W. J. Virgin,
the well-known southern' Oregon flour
ing mill proprietor, died at the Southern
Oregon hospital iri this city yesterday.
For ' several years he -has owned and
operated the Ashland flouring mills and
he was also the) proprietor of, the Can.
tral Point flouring mill. He had been
in poor heullh for the rast 10 montha,
suffering from heart trouble. ;
1 0 DROWNED
GOVEHiR
AT ALBANY
Devoted . Supporters Give
4 Ilini an Inspiring Recep
. tion Quotes Fulton -on
Democrats in enate--As-
J
sailants Answered.
'BpWlsl Dlnpatcb to ths Journal.) '
Albany, ' Or., May J. Governor
Oeorge. E. Chamberlain last evening ad-
dressed the' largest crowd . that ever -
, ; .. ... v. . -
'h t.iaftA.- amw I ,
received from them. The reception was
an ovation, rThe crowd had been drawn
from the remotest sections of the coun
ty. The Albany band early in the even
ing appeared -on the streets and enter
tained the crowds. - --' y'-
w. R. Bilyeu of this city Introduced
the speaker.-- Hist speech-was a tribute
to the candidate and was received with '
an- outburst of ' enthusiasm' seldom
equaled in political meetings. j x i
:-::;U;?.h.Apostu of ieot knia.-
, The -' govertior ' immediately ' entered, "
Into a jTlsoufision of tha Issues of the
campaign and a presentation of reasons '
why he .should be elected senator from
Oregon.' ; His speech was an aggressive,,
one. At no time did be take position on
the defensive. - . . s
-The -principal points of -his . speech -related-to
the people's right to have a
voice In the selection of the men who
represent them In the senate. He ap
pealed to them to uas the great power
now vested in them by the direct pri
mary law. He reviewed conditions tliat
have existed In the state, legislators
chosen to represent tha interests of the
common- people having sold themselves
to the corporate Interests. f ) ' . ;
. Oake'a Bldestep, t ": ' -
The governor-clearly showed the po
sition of Cake before and ! since the
priraanies, and conclusively 'proved to
his auditors that his opponent had side
stepped his former - position and now
clearly occupies the position that Fulton
occupied before the primaries and dur
ing; the time that he, and 'Cake were
contending for the Indorsement of tha
people in the primaries, i He said that
no one could positively know the exact
stand Of his opponent In roerd to the ...
principle; of Statement JJo.:!,? ' .. ,.
- Open Blver; Tt locks.
In discussing the needs Of th stats
at large he toolc advanced ground In ad
vocating laws that would oe of benefit
to the people of the state and the' na
tion. He showed that Oregon's water
ways demand more consideration at the
hands of congress than they have here
tofore received, being the natursl high
ways of the people, enabling them to
regulate rates.- The locks at Oregon
City should be owned and operated by
the government and! thus make it pos
sible for the embargo to be removed
that hangs ever every ton Of freight
transported to 4 Portland, . whether by
rail or-watefe) -:! ..... ,-.v--
The needs - of the Columbia were
emphasised and the governor pledged
himself to work for, Oregon,: through tha
open river. sv( -,.:H ,;.-Vi
Other Btatea leek Kodsl Xaw. .
Answering the statement that It
would be a calamity to the state to .
elect a Democrat to the United-States
senate and that, the eyes of the entire
nation -were centered on -Oregon to see
the result of the June contest, he said
this was true In this regard, that the
Seopia or the united states naa grown
issatlsfled with present conditions and
were watching Oregon to see If through
the means of the direct primary - law
thev might formulate like laws and
make it possible to have a voice In tha
selection of the men to represent them -In
the senate and thus eliminate the
corruption and bartering that has
existed in practically every state of the
union in elections 01 senators, xie
the neonle of the nation are Interested
in the principles of Statement No. 1 and .
are anxious to avail themselves of Its
benefits if it Droves a success here.
Amidst the greatest applause he re
viewed hla official career and answered
briefly the charges made against him
by one of the Portland papers in regard
to the -state school lands. : He said he
felt he bad been fully Justified and up
held Jjy the defense made in his behalf
without solicitation on r his part by
leading . men of ' tha opposition In Port
land. '
Team Work la tn Senate.
Reviewing the , good that had been
accomplished . by Democrats in the .
United States senate, ' he shewed that
during the term of Senator John M.
Oearin ' the ,' state ha.d received larger
appropriations and more -consideration
at the hands of cot) gross than in any
similar, period before or. since, for the
Improvement of - her waterways and
harbors. - This was mad possible by
the combined efforts of Senators' Ful- -ton
and Gear In, and he quoted Senator
Fulton wherein he said -that much of
the credit was due to . Senator Gearin
snd that together they oould Influence
both '' the Democrats and Republicans
to consider the needs of j the state.
.Governor Chamberlain sa(d the Democratic-
senators, from Texas - had se
cured sufficient appropriations to In
crease the depth of the; harbor from 10
feet to admit vessels drawing 61 feet
of water. Montana had received more
for public buildings .in Butte and Hel
ena than the whole state of Oregon had
been able to gain for like purposes, and
this tn the face of the fact that Mon
tana had a Republican and a Dernoc ratio
senator. . .
Xls ardoBS a Philanthropy.
60' far a from abusing 1 ithe pardoning
power, he said it had been his ambition
to make of the Oregon, penitentiary one
of the most humane and advanced of
the penal institutions 'In. ths land. He
was actuated by purely humanitarian
motives. In the work of reform that
had been' carried on he had abolished
the whiDDinar- nost. f tha' - wearlna of
futrlped suits by -the oonvlots and' the
lormer policy or senamg- pictures-or an
convicts who: have served out their
time ,to 1 the rogues' - galleries . of thi .
state. In addition, after the ends of
justice have been met.; he believed it . .
the duty of the state to assist in mak
ing useful and creditable citlsens out of
these unfortunates. The credit system -had
been adopted at - his suggestion,
whereby a prisoner 'through exemplary
conduct may servo Out his -time In 'less -time
than was formerly - possible.
These and "other reforms Were men
tloned and in conclusion he stated that : -he
would rather be the means of sav-
ng the souls of 26- of these men than 1 :
to be elected president of the. Unitsd
States. -" . . l- .v.,.,-- -'
v , Confident of KlsSlsotlon. :
The action of a Portland paper In
publishing the. names of the men psrp '
doned and out on parole was denounced.
Governor Chamberlain said It would
result In 96 per cent of these men los
ing the positions thev now occupied.
The explanstion . of -his- use of the :
pardoning power was received with the
Vreatest applause and conclusively ..,
showed that the people of Albany and
Linn county had confidence In the in- -,
tegrlty of the governor. The speech
clinched conviction that the speaker un-. .
derstood ths needs of the state and that
through his long public career he had
fa In d experience tbt would place him -n
a- position to render, conspicuous
service as a United States senator from -
Oregon. . ,
; In closing the governor reviewed his
earnpais-n i of the state and said thst
everywhere he had. been received with, .
the greatest honors and that the Teo- .
pie-were alive to the needs of the state :
and would Indorse . his claim to ths
scnatorshlp. ..."