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The Journal ilss a Larger Proved, Swora-to, Paiflor Circehiioi the of Orcnoit Than Any Other Daily Paper No Exceptions. VG Adv - Thousands of Bargains ; Jfdoertltad by Portland Mor " chant t in thm Sunday Journal Tomorrow. Road Thom. . The ' Weather Cloudy with . , pos sible showers tonight and Sunday. Am IT a t OH 0 HMHD bd ci i rati k JOURNAL CIRCIMTION YESTERDAY WAS 29,825 VOL. VII. NO. 78. PORTLAND, , OREGON, SATURDAY- EVENING, JUNE 6, 1908. TWO ' SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS.. bxami,. rivg cutis i-r t;-,:?-' : r ''-;. l" : : ' 1 ; : i : r 1 i r-rr : - : : TARCHA8 DECISION AFFECTSf R OfrlGcEfS Resinfe Snow, Day and Carpenter Dis- ! charged By Mayor, Should Get Jobs Back, Say Civil Service Commissioners . ' Detectives Snow, 'Day, Reslng and Carpenter have 'once more won In their fight with the police committee of the city executive board because Vf the de claion of the city civil service commla ion which la that the charge were not ' auatalned. This amounts practically to a reinstatement of the deposed detec tives and opens up the case again. While the decision . has not been triads Public It is sajd that the mem bers of the civil service commission arrived at this, conclusion Wednesday. Although Wednesday was a . ' regular meeting day of the commission no ses- sioawarield aad it labeHeved that the commission held a meeting In pri vate to discuss the arguments advanced at tha last hearing of the case. , ' " , i Back ay Makes Jomble.. . In addition to the reinstatement, the city - finds Itself In a bad position In reference to pay for the) deposed of ficers. Tey rued a claim with tne city for salaries amounting to $3,627, which was not allowed on the ground that the detectives had performed no work for me niy sna mereiore were noi enn- their attorney, Ralph1 Moody, brought Suit In the. state circuit court: a few Snow, Resin. Pay; ' and Carpenter Were discharged in -August, 1909. They Sntiealed their- case hrourh the courts and won Out. Fresh charges were pre ferred against them in July,. 1907. and after a long trial covering many weeks the police committee, consisting of Thomas O. ' Greene ana it. u. eamn found them guilty and they-wera again discharged. They appealed to the civil service commission and the- -matter has been 'under advisement until the decis ion was reached this week. ,t , Znoompetenoy Charged. A Tbe charges against the detectives were Incompetency and insubordina tion. It is claimed by tha police com mittee that the detectives refused to obey orders and make reports on cases to which - they were assigned. The charges were brought by Mayor Lane and the. case .was threshed out before tha police committee' of the executive board. , Sacramento Party Welcomed,, i ' tnlted Pre. teeaWlM.J . ( Tacoma Wash. June , 6. A party beaded by0.',H. Millar secretary of tha Sacramento Valley Development as sociation, arrtvtd In Tacema Friday. To many of the delegation It waa their ftrst visit to Puget -sound, and they were shown over the city, taken to all points of . Interest ah-i country sub urbs. " Comprising the Party are- capi talists., business men.' . ranchers ' and fruit raisers - of. 11. counties tributary to Sacramento . river. Tney are on a tour, of . the.-Pacific northwest.. ? ? King Alptioiiso and Little Son 1 4 LAVA AGAIN IN PIT OF KILAOEA (Unttd Press Leased 'Wire.) ' Honolulu. Juno . -Lorrln A.. Thurs ton, who , has Just returned from the volcano at Kllauea, says that tha dis turbance there la by far the greatest since 1894, when the bottom . dropped out of tha lake, forming the present pit. Tha pit of lava 1a boiling ana bubbling at a terrific rate and there are con tinual explosions at Intervals of about a minute. ; The light from the boiling pit can be aeen EftmUes away. He says the lava lake is in the shape of a figure eight, about 800 feet long and averaging about. 400 feet wide. , - . "Immediately after 'each : explosion," said Thurston, "a tremendous auction draws the lava from a radius of 100 feet Into a vortex like that of a mael strom, great cakes of lava, 15 and 2ft feet in diameter, being hurled Into the air. ' Then they - are-sucked down Into the vortex ana disappear.. ,. "This action hss been going on now for several weeks, the lake constantly enlarging and tha floor of the pit being raised by the overflows of lava. - . "If the. present rate of filling goes on, it should be running over by the end of the vear. But it is Impossible to tell whether It will continue at the present ! rate, Increase In violence or subside. It Is the grandest natural Shenomena now visible - on tha - face of le earth." - . King edward will BE, WELL U WHILE CZAR'S GUEST Snapshot ' Showing ' King Alphoaso Carrying - on- Ilia Arm His Utile Son, Prince of the Asturias,' past a File of Boldiers for the Unique . remorijp of .Having', the Juture ' King Klsr the JNatlonal Colors, EIIUSIEO III ; : CAN'T BUY OUT ; w'Unlt Press Leased Wire.) f : St Petersburg, -June 8.-(-The ciar has taken every, precaution , to provide pro tection for King- Edward . during his visit to Beval next Tuesday. More than 100 detectives have been employed specially for the occasion and' a flo . tllla of torpedo boats - has been sent to meet the English king's yacht. . . .While . thev are anchored- at Keval. no .vessel will be allowed , within ; 1,(00 feet - of the royal yachts. , Vessels which wish to send , small boats ashore In doing which -they would have , to pass within ,the lines, . musi flratvsimal. to a torpedo r boat. Then the- torpedo boat will escort the small boat to the cruiser Asia, where all of the occupants will be carefully searched nezere . Deing. permitted 10 lana. BLOWN TO ATOMS IN AUSTRIAN , FACTORY EXPLOSION UPDlteA Pres Leed Wire.) Vienna June . Fifteen men were killed and many badly hurt in an ex plosion, in a celluloid factory here to day. The suffering was terrific. -. Fire destroyed the plant immediately fol. lowing the explosion and some of the ooaies were ournea. . i . .. .. 1 4)44 GET THE HABIT OF READING :THE:j SunJay Morning N Journal TOMORROW IT WILL CONTAIN : "A Treeless Land in Twenty Years." -Uncle Sam may be bald as his eagle when the country is two decades older.- :v ' . "At Home," a short story by M. Bower.j , t ' "John Gilchrest's Madonna," short story by Kathrine White. : "Royal Horse Trainer Is Now a Sailor." An interesting narra tive of ajar who, is now. in port. - , , . v Boys' and girls' page, two women's pages, full Set of .comics. e tinnier than ever, and lull press report by-two leased wires: . . . i ' Best fashion -pages in the northwest, containing the very latest taris creations and text by leading.writers on fashion subjects. , , .' Ask for the Sunday Morning Journal I Xo More Discharges hf Pur chase Until Atlantic -licet . - - Makes World Trip.' ! i -ft - (Cnited Prase Leued Wire.) - v Seattle, 'June 6. An order from the navy--department has been received ' by officers of 4he ' marine t corps- of the Atlantic ' fleet to notify all enlisted men applying for discharge by purchase that no more men -will , be -allowed to buy their; way out of -the - servlce until after the .present cruise of - the battle ship, fleet . . f a Under navy regulations enlisted' men on showing , good cause why -they should be 4 discharged axe allowed T after one year's service to purchase their dis charge through refunding a certain sum to" the. government. The abrogation" of this regulation -is taken as evidence that the 'government purposes holding every experienced man in. the service until, after the mobilization of . the fleet at Manilla-this fall..--The order -is accepted as another evidence that the fleet which Is to be assembled In Asiatic waters is being thoroughly prepared to. meet any possible, eventuality . which, may arise. WILL TEST ACTION OF 01 Legality of Republican Con - vention Sedt Contest Will Probably Be Tried Out in ; Court as Eesult of Tabling . Resolutions. . Frank II. Hitchcock's Status in Doubt Work Being Eushed That Session May Be Held Tomorrow Taft on First Ballot. ' vr WILL REPLY TO RUSSIAII MM Czar's Marine Minister to Answer Scathing Attack I l .' ' Made; on . -Navy. . . . (fnlted Pros IiMMd Wire.) St. Petersburg,' June 6. The ministry of . the marina Is 1 today considering an answer: to .a scathing attack made In the douma Friday night on the Russian navy in which it was charged that tha terrible lessons taught by the war with Japan had not been heeded by the gov ernment. - .. .. ...... .. - ..;.... : M. 1 Kolubiakln. constitutional Demo crat,-led -the-attack on the government, and declared that tha personnel of tha navy was shiftless. 1 He declared that navy officers shirked sea . duty. for pleasure - on - shore.. - Admiral - Bostrom attempted to reply to the attack, but was hissed from the floor; - A resolu tion was passed expressing dissatisfac tion - with ths administration of the navy and demanding that those who had communicated the secrets - of Russian Em, shell and armor construction to ngland, be severely punished, . - RENO NEWSPAPERMAN- . - ASSAULTS 'AN. EDITOR ' ' - " (rmted Press' Usscd-'WIra.V' 7 i-i. Reno. Nev. - Jim Alfred - T.1ndsi- ley Bmlth, a - newspaper man now on the Reno Oatette is under arrest e to day for an nssault made lsst night n Msnsglng Editor Mel A. Bley of the Reno Daily American. - . . - Smith was ; infu-iated ' by an' RttsPk made on him in the columns of The Journal snd' took Pley unawares, beat ing him terribly before he was. rescue! by the police . ' i,.. . I Chicago, Jtme . . The national oom mlttee this aftsrnooa ssatsd the Taft delegate a largs; from. . riorlda and also tbe raft aslegates f rent tbe Sec ond eongresslonal district of that state. This adds six to Taft'e total. Hs wa S3 from alaba.ma and two from Arkan sas rrldsy, making a gala of 30 siaos the committea bags hearing tbe con tests. ' fi. -;-,' . ... - 'V"-.;' ronr Taft delegates, . from Georgia also wars seated tala afternoon, the rep resentatives of the allies, falling to ap pear to make any opposltoa. This aakea Taft'a total gala 34. (United Pre) tesnd Wire.) Chicago, III.. June . It was reported this ; afternoon that preparations are being made which may possibly re sult-in an action In court attacking the legality' of the whole action of the Republican national committee In connection -with - convention- seat con tests as the result of tabling the reso lution protesting against the seating of Frank H. Hitchcock, Taft'a cam paign manager In the committee. Hitch cock . held a proxy and - Is now sitting In the committee hearing the contests. None of the men directly Interested In the proposed action. would dlscu their plans, but it is generally feared that some step will be taken at least that will cause great delay. ' -The committee is rushing the work a rapidly as possible and will hold a session Sunday as usual. A mem ber of the committee said this after noon: - , , . Court uuntfs. "The courts have ruled ' time ' and again that a - political committee ; la the only Judfte.of its own action and they cannot be' reviewed. The charge that Hitchcock held a proxy from - a state in which he did not -live 4 is un important . The question of a man's residence doea not enter the proposi tion.- - ,j - ,- - -"The allies, as they call themselves. mlht a, waII rive It- un an thar . ! no way of getting behind the action of the party committee In seating Hitch cock and the other two Taft proxy hold-era"- . : Former Governor Franklin ,' Murphy or , rsew jersey visitea tne nauonai headquarters this afternoon and pre dicted - tbat Taft will be nominated on the first ballot. The allies have not' yet surrendered. In spite of the victory won by Taft yesterday in seating his delegates from Alabama and - Arkansas before - the na tional committee .and Congressman J. Francis Burke, of Pennsylvania, the leader of the Knox boom, today-said: :. T have good reason- to believe that It will be impossible for the Taft men to pack' the v credentials committee, which will make up the permanent rolC Contest the JTamss. - It may i be seen that some , of the names which have been r placed on the temporary roll of the convention by the national committee will not be on the ' permanent roll when it Is ' made up Dy tne creaenuais committee. We will carry this fight Into the conven tion and,. after all the seating of the ueiegiwa-muBi OS, none oy ma ttals committee. This - fight been given up by a great deal None of the Taft leaders today would discuss the threats of - the allies to carry tne rignt into the convention and they seemed.-satisfied from the events or yesterday tnat tney .will - be able to beat the -allies wherever they en- uuunwr uhir. - The contests from Florida were taken up . by the national committee this morning. The first sneaker was . J Bryan Buttons V Now in Denver - V. L 1 -I xtm. - 1. WJlliam Jennings "Bryan. (Special Diipatcb' ts The JoorniL) Denver, June t. Bryan, buttons have already begun to appear here. Although the conventionrttonerTHonthr-off ' the Bryan boomers are getting busy. A con signment of Brysn buttons was re ceived yesterday and are being dlstrlb uted. i- . ;- V,.. . ... i .-; .: . N. Stripling, .who-made a bitter at tack on the so-callal "reefcilaxa"- in Florida. He said they "were a close corporation formed chiefly for the pur pose pt controlling, federal patronage n the state. - . He alleged that only 16 persons were present at the state convention held y the "regulars." J.' N. Coombs de lied the charges. - V v f v -, - : .'." Boise Has park to Open. - : Speclal Dlspateh te The' Journal.) Boise. Iila June The . beautiful Pierce nark. - treated by the' Boise A Interurban Railway company near this city, said to be one of the finest' be tween Portland ant Bait Lake, will be formally opened this evening. . Pretty little Lake Elmore, recently finished at the park, has already been enjoyed by a large number of people in boating and otherwise. The park Is lighted by electricity and Is reached by the. Boise & Interurban railway. 6,000 WOODIilEII r,liCII III LINE Lodges Erorn Many Towns r of State Represented in . Big Parade. '.'.. At I o'clock this afternoon the parade of the .Woodmen of the World, with 6,000 , members of the 'order in line and drills by. uniform ranks from some, of the' best-drilled camps In the country, took place. . Both "Multnomah, No. 107, and Multnomah, No, 77, camps had drill teams' in ; the rVade competing for prises' off ered-bythe ' order.", k 1 - In . charge of the - parade : was Grand Marshal - A. v L. Barbur and the , line . of march -was confined to the . downtown streets, because, of - the fact that, most of the Tiarada .was composed-of march ers. 'There . were several floats from the- out-of-town lodges and from 'cities in Oregon and Washington. Including McMinnville. Medford. St. Johns. Klam ath Falls and Hood River. The five divisions - of the parade were as 'follows: ;. .-... Division 1 A.- It. Barbur. command- ing;,aldes.C.-C.' Bradley, Frank Cald well.' James Wagoner and H. U. Day. It nsisiea or , ut , visiting camps - ana ats. and -.formed : on . Twelfth - street. south of Morrison. - t -. Division Z Frank ; Motter, ' command rng; aides. Dr. H. J. Harris. Herman Schade. . Consisting of the uniform rank. Woodmen of the World, and formed on Twelfth street, north -of Morrison. .Division. 3 Ben F.- Green, command Ing;. aides, : H. A. Frederics.- George w. Tabler and E. H. Boflnger. It consisted or all west side camps, and formed on Eleventh street, north and south of Mor rison, i - ,. . , - , - . ' , , Division 4 tk B. Dowta, . command ing; aides, M. A. McEachern and M. T. Maeey. It , consisted : of all east side PlIflF TORNADOS Several Sections of Country Devastated Kansas Town Deluged With Water and Sand Sucked Prom Bed of Stream. Scores Injured in Oklahoma WTiere City of Enid is 20 Feet Under Water All Communication Cut Off WTith Section. (United Presi Leased Wire.) t Chester, xaa., Jane a-Two deaths are reported today and ala people were seriously aart la a tornado which swept southern Kansas last night. The wind attained a terrlflo velocity and the prop- rty loss Is heavy. Wires are down everywhere and reports are auager Seandla is deluged with water" and sand today. The tornado formed south of the city and sucked up the-water and sand from the ' bed of the river and scattered it over the surrounding; coun try. -.. -t . Another tornado formed 'east' of ths city and tne two met east of the city snd headed for Republic City. -.. The whole country about Seandla is covered with water and sand which ' rained down ' from the - tornado In a torrent. Houses and - business blocks were cov ered and thousands of dollars' worth of damage was done. . Reports from Re public City afe scarce, as all communi cation has been shut off, but the dam age there will be great. Enid.' Okie.. June t. Twenty houses have been washed away and scores in jured as the result of a flood following tne most severe storm in tne ntstory or the state today. Men are at work In the wreckage searching for bodies, but so far no dead have been reported. - The water stands 11 feet deep in the main street of the town and is sweep ing like a raging river through the streets and in the stores and business section. Business is suspended. iiSo ..... ,1-. ., i. ..i ..j, .., if..-.. ... X.' ' " Gas Pumping Station Blows In Side of? Infirmary all Indianapolis i and Creates Panic Among Inmates Shock May !KU1 Many. v Tanks Thrown Three Blocks . by Force of Explosion Firemen by Heroic Effort Save Lives of Many of the, -Sicfc Geneva. Neb.. June 6. Six were killed today in a tornado people that (Continued on Page Two.) (t'olted Press Leasee Wire.) , ' Indianopolle, Ind, June I. Ten per. sons are known to have been aerloeely-. injured and deaths may result from tha explo8los.'ear!yj;todayof the Preatollte gas pumping station, which blew out one side of the, St. Vincent Infirmary adjacent to the gasworks. .The wreck age la burning, and searchers for bodies In the ruins are having a difficult time. .The explosion - occurred at an, esrly hour.'- The "Immense tanks of the gas company were thrown three blocks by the terrific force of the explosion and the , entire?; aide of the hospital next to the gasworks was blown out. , ' . r ' k Nearly every window. In the hospital was broken and acenea of wild confusion ensued, almost resulting ' in a panlo among those . who escaped: from the wrecked infirmary.' There v were ;ovor 100 patients In the hospital at the time, and It Is thought that the shock of ths accident . will- .result ' In the - death of many - who " were - critically ' 111. The1: buildings of the gasworks caught fire immediately f after . the explosion and rendered tne work of rescue extremely dangerous. . ' ' : .-. -. . -i -; . v . - The lrjured were saved from a horrl ble death In the fire by the heroic ef forts of the - firemen. The search for bodies Is continuing. .: The fire engine-house adjacent to the Prestollte nlant was demolished bv thn explosion, l Several firemen were caught in tne aeons ana seriously injured. They were rescued bi firemen frnm other stations.'- . , - v .. .... camps and formed on Tenth, north and south of : morrison street. Division 5 William Reidt, command ing. Decorated automobiles. Forming ouin on ' i. en in street. EVAT1S LOSES A6MIST0K Los Angeles Physician Guilt less of Blackmail Says Jury Hearing Case. , " (United Presj Leased Wire.) . '; Los Angeles, June . Dr. J. 8. Owens. accused of having attempted to black ball J. Whyte Evans, capitalist of Port land, Oregon.'; was acquitted by a Jury in the -superior court today after hav ing deliberated on the case for one hour. The-trial had been in progress since Monday- of. this week and has been re plete with sensations, both defendant and ' plaintiff having been . . fearfully grilled by. opposing counsel and their family skeletons held up to public gaxe. Dr. -Owens was indicted on complaint of - Evan B,--who charged him ' wit h ha v lng .written,,. In February, and October, 10.. letters designed-to., extort money. The present Mrs. Evans was .once, the wife of .. Dr. Owena .,- - , ., .. i Deadly Waahtab Claims Another. - , (8pe!al Diiptch to The 7oartML) - -Spokane. June- -The 5-year-old son of J. T. Dondurent of Albion, Washing ton, fell into a tub of boiling water and ill die from the errecta The hired man had carried the water out of doors snd set the tub by the door. The child lost his balance and fell backward out of the door into the tub. It was scalded over its entire body. . , Admiral Bunvell of Sound Navy Yard First to Show Dis crimination Against Uniform of Xavy Siiice'Atlan - ; :tic Fleet Beached Pacific : Waters.- - - (United Press Uhaed Wirt.) ' ''-. Seattle. June . The first discrimina tion against the uniform of thefnavy since the arrival Of the battleship fleet on the. Pacific. eoast has come from a high officer of 1 the service. Admiral W. T. Burwell, commandant of the Puget sound naw vard. who :as issued an or der prohibiting- enlisted men from entering- the navy yard,,. -though civilians are aran ted access at all 'times. . As a consequence the relations existing- be tween Admiral Burwell and the officers of the battleships at present at Bremer ton, who resent the affront to their man. are more, than strained. Only those nerfunctorv courtesies, de manded by the naval regulations have been exchanged between the fleet offi cers and the yard commandant, and these were hurried through with chilly celerity...-. The reasons given for the Issuance of tbe obnoxious order were that the ad miral commandant feared that the bro gans of. the enlisted men would dese crate the sacred precincts of the golf links be hss had laid out on tha gov ernment reservation and that the noise made by returning liberty parties would disturb the quiet game of "bridge," he Is accustomed to enjoy during the even, ing -hours when. his day's achievemeuts on -the links are ovsr. ' . ! "Tbs fleet officers concede that a gal lery of bluejackets would, probably ln terfere' with the admiral commandant doing- his best stunts on the links, but they further point out the fact that the links are on. government -property, and that -no - bluejacket -haa evidenced " en v desire to see the admiral comrnnnrtxnt at play In the Scotch kilts he is reported to wear. , .,..,. s .. Snobbishness, Say Officers. The sweeping nature of the 'order which prohibits the presence of the en listed men on the reservation Is what has aroused the Ire of the officers, who declare - the order is a reflection of snobbishness without place in the Amer ican navy. . - . . ., . - But for the fact that Admiral Bur weU.lst0 oe retired at once, the matter would be referred to the navy depart-menL'-, As a protest sgainat the com mandants attitude toward their mmi. the officers have let it be known that no invitations to shore function weis ' desired during the stay of the ships at Bremerton. JOHN HAYS HAMMOND WESTERN CANDIDATE FOR VlGEPRESIDErJC :;ttWi Press Letted Wire.) ' Boston. June . rJohn - Hays " Ham mond today Issued the following state ment regarding his- vice-presidential candidacy: . "T.entered, the viee-prestdentla race as a western man. Although my '.sum mer home la In Massachusetts, I Ism a native of California, ami my activities have all been in the west. - 'The whole Pacific coast la back of; me, as well as Montana. Vta'i, and Colorado. Mr pimm n Ii j s If the pnrtv leadr (- th.it England, man Is n-ed...i. i; Ouiid of Hmmi '.'I--.-HK U t . i the place and 1 ; ' ty u, get the nomifni C -r I tut. "When I . I my ' ' undorut.n.,1 t;, .if i. l III! !'-,: '(-..1 Jh-if