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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
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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
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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