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THE DAILY JOURNAL! AT 2 GENTS A eOPY?HiKtuc:fe T5: SUMMER BOARDERS WANTED? .REAL ESTATE FOR SALE? . BUSINESS FOR SALE? ADVERTISE IN THE JOURNAL - ! The Weather Tuesday fair and warmer; easterly winds. JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS . 29,470 K PRICE TWO CENTS. ' SfwJhfF SYJ! VOL. VII. NO. 91. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1808 SIXTEEN PAGES. , MEM V7 rx.i a ir) r nil f nil ir n n n nn K WRY ORDERED TO REACH Justice Stafford Declares Case Must Not Go to Trial Again Reports of Vote Vary From 11 to 1 For Guilty to 8 to 4 For Acquittal. : - (United Press Leased Wire.) " Washington, June 22.-Hyde and Schneider found guilty on all counts. Benson and Dimond not guilty. - " - Washington, June 22. Responding to a summons from the court, the jury in the Hyde-Benson land-fraud cases today filed into court and reported .their inability to agree upon a verdict. The jury had been out since Friday afternoon. - - Justice Stafford refused to accept this as final and again re quested the jurymen' to' lay aside all prejudice and opinions formed since they ; were locked tip, and go over the evidence in the case as though no discussion had been held. He asked them to discuss the case dispassionately , and try to arrive afc a verdict. The jury was again locked up. . ' , Several reports as to how the jury stood were circulated," ranging from 11 " to 1 for-guilty to 8 to 4 for acquittal, but it is impossible to learn how the jury stands. '. . - !.? Henryl McGlnh, ' attorney for -J. H. Raley arid H other defendants indicted in connection with ' the Umatilla land fraud cases, ; appeared btfore 'Judge Wolverton In the United BUtee district court this morning and asked that the date of the arraignment be postponed until- August 1. The request was granted. ' . " , Mr. McGinn said that as yet his cli ents had not had time to go over-the Indictments and on this account he desires that the final pleas of the men be continued until a later date. James JLFev of .Pendleton,- alio appeared with McGinn for Kaley and the others. Those who have been Indicted on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the government out of . lands in ' Umatilla county and Who appeared in court . this morning are: J. H. Raley, John Grow( William Blusher.John Vert,, Charles W. Mathews, G. W. Adams. William Rah. J. 11. Parkes, Bailey. Rosa, Sam uel M. Olmstead and O. P. Bowman. Robert Kv Porter, of Benton county. FR0r.1 UC1IVERSITY Czar Issues Sweeping l)rder Which Creates Widespread v v Indignation in Piussia. ; (United Press Leased Wire.) St. Petersburg, June 22. Car Nicho las today promulgated one of the most weeping measures ever Issued in Rus sia,, by which all women students are ordered expelled from . Russian uni versities. The order 1 affects 8,220 women, many of whom are rearing graduation, and the bitterness la wide- spread. :- ' - The csar issued the instructions to Minister Von Kauffman, chief of the ' bureau of public instruction. The edict also sets forth that hereafter no women shall be admitted to any of he uni versities . It is announced that the action Is the result of activity on the part of the women students in revolutionary move ments. The women have been open in their encouragement of the men stu dents in their attack upon the govern- ' mnt ' '"" '"".- .V.:" ' '. " ' :' ' " ' URGES YOKOHAMA ' BECOME FREE PORT " (Unite Press lissWI Wire.) Yokohama, Japan. June 22.-Dr. Ta Jlrl, formerly ' the rice-minister' of fi nance of Japan, In a pubJJo speech to-day urged that Yokohama must .become a free port like Hamburg, so that Japan will receive the benefit of increased commerce By way of the Panama canal. The eugestlon met with much favor and probably will be adopted. 'if complica tions standing, in the way a be over- CD Tajlrt said that Japan should be ready to meet the increase in commerce which will follow the opening- of the canal and should let no barrier stand in the way of the development of mari time trade. k,-- - " ' wot Jl X 0 TWO DEATHS. DOZEN PROSTRATIONS, RESULT : FROM CHICAGO HEAT ' (United Press Leased Wire.) .. J Chicago, June 22.' This city today Is again in the grip or a terrific heat wave and before noon two deaths and a dosen prostrations were reported, .? William Hobson. 65 years ,old, a waiter, dropped dead In a downtown Frank Pass, SS, was overcome by the heat and died In a swoon at La Grange, a suburb. , " - The weather bureau promises no re lief until tonight In the business section' the pave ments and stone walls are- throwing off heat waves and It is so oppressive AGREEMENT '". ? ;.. indicted., on. the same: charge, has also had his time of arraignment postponed. William Caldwell and George . H, 'Mc Donald, both of Umatilla county, have not as. yet been served with notice of tne grand jury indictments These three men, - will probably enter their final pleas ' along with Raley, Crow and the others .August 1. v. 4-..i.. . . The specific charge against the. de fendants is that they solicited and pro cured persons to make false and fraud ulent applications and affidavits' for the purchase of the lands and JVr a consideration Induced the applicants at the time they applied' for the -land, or prior .thereto, to make contract1 where by it- was agreed tmrftmr-lautis so- mir- ehased should Inure to the benefits of the defendants named in the grand jury indictment. - It is claimed bythe government that the ' defendants secured the services of laundry' girls, laborers, stable men, per sons employed - In hotels and restaur ants, ana oinsra in carrying; oui in conspiracy, these neoola being paid all the way from 160 to $150 for their trouble in nuns; on tne land. - - r . NAMED FOR OFFiCE John Callan O'Laughlin Ap pointed Secretary Jo Amer ican Branch Exposition. (United Press Iased 'Wire. ' : ' Oyster Bay, I I., June 22. President Roosevelt today announced the appoint ment , of John Callan O'Laughlln, a prominent Washington correspondent; "as secretary of the American branch of the Japanese exposition. John Callan jD'Laurhlln occupied the unique position In Washington of cor respondent of the Malnlchl Shim bun of Osaka, Japan, one of the greatest news papers of the empire. O'tiaughiin was also a special writer for magazines. He is a newspaper man of exceptional abil ity and much respected by the large corps of Washington correspondents. SHEEPSHEAD BAY CASE POSTPONED (Unites Press Leased Wire.) New York, Jans I JT Justice Blanch ard In the supreme court today post poned until Wednesday the hearing of the temporary Injunction restraining Po lice Commissioner Bingham from inter fering .with - the "orderly collection of crowds' at Sheepshead bay race -course. The postponement was taken tO give the state more time for preparation for the hearing. This leaves the temporary order' in force pending the hearing. ., Killed by Fire Damp. " '(Pnltsd Press Leased Wire.) Paris, June 22. Twelve miners were killed by a fire damp explosion at St. Etienne today and many others were Injured. Details of the catastrophe are lacking so far and It 'is feared that the death list will be Increased. Relief trains with doctors and hospi tal supplies . have been . rushed to the scene. , ' .v ;,.' v-.--.i that it is hardly possible to walk on thev streets.' i In many of the crowded offices and in sweat shops suid similar places where women workers are employed, the suf fering Is intense. Electric fans sem merely to keep the hot air stirring snd give little relief. The hospitals have received orders to prepare to give swift attention to heat victims and ambu lances are kept - In readiness. Reports from thO'Packlng house dis trict say a number of prostrations havo occurred . there among the - . foreign workmen. . The torrlde atmosphere has given the city, famous for its bustling, a tropical langour. ... KEWSPAPER f,ll POODLES 111 FAVOR, HOT I Dogs' Nails : Manicured and , Butterflies at $100,000 a Shower, While Four-a-; Weekers Slave in Sight of the Ball Room. Boston Divine in TJ. of 0. Baccalaureate Sermon Ex coriates, the Idle Rich Wof ul Increase of the Sub merged Tenth. i - (Special Dispatch to The Journal) . University of Oregon, Eugene, June 42. "There are women (n Boston who send poodles to hear Caruso. They get their dogs' nails- manicured. .' Indeed, I have seen doggies taken to ride in coaches for their health. And a maid would go along to hold a parasol over each one." , . With this arraignment of Boston's smart set in his baccalaureate sermon to the graduating clsss of the Univer sity of Oregon, Rev. Herbert 8. Johnson, pastor of the Warren Street , Baptist church of Boston, has Created a stir in local society circles, and those who heard the sermon are today discussing with much Interest the marked dlffer eiices' between social -conditions" in the Hub city and those under which they live. - . ' -v.' .',-- The speaker also recalled the arrange' ments mnde for a recent eastern ball, where $100,000 worth of Imported but terflies' were. turned loose to delight the guests. ii was dealing witn tne social oroblem of Poodle dees and aristocracy in contrast with the working people of tne country. - ' Tb Herding of' Hnmanlty. "I am not a -pessimist, nor a com munist,": he 'Said; "neither am I an anarchist, nor have I the faintest tlngo of socialism. I have voted the ticket of one of the two great parties all my life. . .. .. .4. "Yet there are many evils. Of these I will refer to only one that marks this age that is the growth of in equality between classes, the submerged tenth, which is rapidly becoming more than tenth. " . "Ten years ago some authorities said alt the property of the United States was in the hands of 260.000 persons, and at the same rate of concentration in 10 more years the same property would be In the hands of 60.000. Another man says that our country is now controlled by just 1 per cent of the entire popula tion. '- - Kicked on Heal Milk. '"There was a time when every man owned his farm, but now, because of in ventions our population herds together in unthinking masses In the cities. If the whole world were herded like one block in New York. the people of this earth would be living In a land no big ger than New Jersey. "Why,' do you know," " Mr. Johnson asked, "that I- have a friend back east who takes city children for fresh air, and that some of them struck because the milk was yellow and rich, and not blue and thin, like the kind the rich children had at home T There are chil dren $ years of age In Boston who have never seen a blade of grass. Such as these are mere cogs and pulleys In the world." -"..' The Butterfly Ball. The preacher then referred to Boston society leaders and their poodles. "At a ball in the home of a Mew Jer sey belle, after wine of the costliest kind bad been served." he continued, "and after the hall had been decorated with American Beauty roses bought for 112 per dozen, the father turned loose thousands of yellow, gaudy colored but terflies to flutter about untU they fell from exhaustion under the feet of the dahcers. And . these butterflies. Im ported from South Africa and the South sea islands, cost not less than $100,000, wnne lour oiocks rrom tnat oauroom there were women earning through tho whole week only $4." Dr. Johnson graduated from the Uni versity of Oregon in 1889. His father was its first president. . . , RECORD WEEK FOR NEVADX GOtiD OUTPUT . (United Press Leased Wire.) v-- 1 Reno, Nev.. June 22. According to a smelter report just - made public the Rogers mining syndicate has just com pleted the record week in gold produc tion, having taken out $744 an hour from the mine from June $ to June 10. The settlement of the smelter company for June 9 and 10 shows that $!5,000 was paid for ore taken from the mine on those two days. A treasure sack was discovered at the 600-foot level and in 60. feet enough gold was taken out to pay the operating expenses of the mine for five years. . , , 5 SITUATIONS WANTED MALE A-l BOOKK EI PB W.TTH wwnr.i HOLIJ- sale .house and department store ex perience, wants position. References. waaresa wm, jou rn al. YOUNG, MAN .WISHES POSITION AS clerk In store; is first-class book keeper and ahowcard writer.. T.41S. journal. EXPERT BOOKKEEPER WISHES permanent position: can Turnlsh Best ftf nltir ,.f...n... . A .1 . . Txr m t . 714 Front St.. city, or phone A-4094. i ' Continued on Classified 11E;1ITES 10 HiaiSELF Newspaperman's Memory Is Destroyed by Blow on IIead-Sends Letter to His Home, Wife Recognizes Writing Identifies Him. After Encounter With Thug Victim Assumes New Name and Secures Em ployment on California Ranch. (United Press Leased Wire.) Las Angeles, June . 22. George Blair Harrison, formerly a Kansas newspa per man, whose remarkable lapse of memory and dual personality , form one of the queerest' mental' distortions on record, left on the 8anta Fa overland train for Topeka, , where his . wife and children eagerly await his coming. Har rison spent yesterday and half of last night In conference with his sister-in-law. Mrs, W. B. Swan, who is visiting relatives here, learning of his forgotten life's history, and this morning ha de clared that he was convinced that he is another individuality end not "Oersh- mil, ... .-i Vl''),'. . . n W I 1 vviu following the loss of liis memory of the cast. : - v - - . , ; Harrison, up to a few days ago, had been working on a chicken ranch-near San Diego. His whereabouts was ma known through the remarkable fact of his having written a letter to himself. wnicn ne sent to, nis former nome. He had disappeared from Kansas City on January 4 of this year. The letter was opened by his wife who recognised the handwriting as her husband's.- She wrote to him asking; for a photograph and a description of marks by which he might be identified. In return for this letter he received the following tele gram:' ' ' "You are my husband without a doubt. Every. Identification complete. Am wiring you money for Journey to Topeka." ? A hit on the head by thugs is sup posed to be responsible for Harrison's remarkable lapse of memory, and his subsequent assumption of another per sonality. forged checks, Fiancee sends ' back presents 4 , Edgar Storey, arrested Thurs- 4 day for passing fictitious checks, this morntag received by roes- senger several presents which he 4 had sent his fiancee, the young . 4 woman to whom he was to have ' 4 been married the day following - e his arrest. In the packet were locket and chain and several ex- 4i pensive pieces of Jewelry. ; : " 7 ' " 4 " Captain Baty took charge of 4 the trinkets. He also trans- mitted a message from the mes- 4 senger to the effect that- should 4 Storey ever impose his presence 4 at the home of, his late fiancee 4 4 he would be given a rapid-transit ticket to one of Portland's hos- pitala Storey pleaded guilty to e 4 one charge in Judge Cameron's 4 4 court j this morning. Further 4 4 charges will be filed against him e 4 tomorrow morning. . 4 Robbed Women in Thnrch. trnlted Press Leased Wire.) Ban Francisco, June 22. The police are today looking for a woman whom thev believe - to have - been makins- a practice . of ' robbing . wealthy women while at prayer in St. Mary's, cathedral here, the largest Catholic church In the west The latest victim of the mysterious woman burglar is . Miss . B. Contesaa Beawell of Norfolk, Va, who lost a handbag containing $10S in gold and some valuable stones. She rose from her prayer to find that another bag had been substituted for her own. She suspects a woman . who was praying next to her. v. - .., . -'j Crawford Renominated. . c i$alKt Pr" Leefl wire. Ashevllle, N. Jun22 Tha Demo cratic , congressional convention of the Temn worm tjaroima district was held here today and resulted in the renomlna tlon of Congressman William T, Craw ford without opposition. 3 . LITTLE ADS IN THE JOURNAL BRING RESULTS. SITUATIONS WANTED FEMALE WANTED A -CLERICAL, '- POSITION ltd ail 'round office ex perlence including - bookkeeping, good at flarurea correspondence or filtnar: rapid penman;, $60 to Btart Address, U-soa. journal. WOMAN WISHES WASHING. IRON lng. etc" Will work by the day. Phone Woodlawn 1611. - - WIDOW WITH BOY OF 8 WISHES work In family, widower's home or rooming house. Phone Main S1B7.'- -- Pages 14 and 15Classified . Ad GOMPERS PAUSES WHILE PHOTOGRAPHED FOR JOURNAL . f :: "y. . ' ";- - . . ' " ' j ; ' ' , ; ' ".::.'.' ' 'S ,S.. ' ; .' : .-v.; . C . V . - " L; . 4 ; -'' "ft i I y ''- " 4. M ' f v v . " 1 V -. I v 1 " lM f ! n fciimniii iii 181 inimii , . 1 , 1 ,,. ,,- 1 iiMiniunn , , m ,i, Samuel Gompors Posed for The Journal Staff Photographer at Chicago Mr. Gompers Was Jn 0cago " the Convention. , ' TAFT AT Wl YORK Presidential Nominee 0 i ven Ovation by People of Metropolis. y:K; '.. . ' .',' -V j ,, (Calted Press Lsaaed Wire.) ' New Tork. June 22. William H. Tafi was greeted with loud cheers 'when he arrived at the Pennsylvania station . in Jersey City . today and was given an other ovation when , he landed at the Twenty-third street- ferry station.- It was New York's first glimpse of Taft as the candidate and the reception was up to the expectations i of the party icaoers. With Taft was Frank B. Kellogg, special counsel for' the government in the suits against the Standard Oil com- fany. They . went directly, to the Ho st Manhattan where they held a con ference on trust matbsrs. . - . Mrs. - Taft and his daughter were at the Manhattan to greet the candidate. At noon Taft left for New Haven, onn., to attend tne' yaie commence ment. He will go to New London to witness the Tale-Harvard boat races on Thursday. From New London he will return to New York, where he will meet Luke B. Wright, the' new secretary, of war, here on Friday. Then he and wngnt wm go to oyster Bay to con fer with'Presldent Roosevelt"- - f Taft exoects to return to Vanhlnr. ton Saturday and wind up his business at the war department and .turn over ine oirice to wngnt xne candidate today refused to discuss politics. He spoke in the highest praise of James o. onerman. me vice-prewaentlal can didate, and greeted his Interviewers with vigorous handshakes .and broad smiles. no ssia mai ne expects . to spend Be Tn imnuw ana . uciooer at nis Dome Cincinnati. . .. New' Haven, Conn., June 22.-"Hello Bill!" He Is Bill Taft today, "Big Bill,'1 of the class of '78, to the old "grnda" who gathered at the station this aftar. noon to arreet the Republican nominee ior presiaeni or tne united States. me crowds , assembled here ' to at tend i to annual i commencement exer cises lake the tone that Taft belongs to them and they are so proud of him that they are planning to wake Old Kli up tonighK with a, demonstration that will be a marker in campus history.. The nembera,of the class of '78 are In charge of arrangements and they have served notice that it is going to be a "Blam bang" affair. No set program has been arranged. . . Wsshlngton. - June 22. A pathetic chord was touched today when letters of congratulation on his nomination for the presidency were received for Secre tary Taft from Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Garfield, .widows of the former presi dents of the. United Statea These women, once first ladles of the land, are evidently taking a deep interest still in the head of the white House. .LOST AND POUND FOUNDA PLACK TO HAVE HAIR mattresses renovated and returrl same day. - 221 Front st Main 474. A-1I74. Portland Curled-Ualr Factory. LOST ONE GRAY HORi. V I- IkH T about 900 pounds; brand 22. Ket"rn or notify L C. Myers, Woodtitock. . i.e ward. REWARD FOR YOl'Na SCOTCH COU lle, white front an.l legs, license No. 1874. Phone Main 2pfi. Rates 1 Cent a .Word. ARRIVES JLociklng - AXtec. Labor's Interest JDuriog V . . - . ' , , II a i lARUE MAN "'-: - . , "' " - " Police In vestkatins: Death . of Wife of Leader of Xew " . Cult at Zion'.City. , (United Preae Ltaaad Wire.) Chicago,. June 22. Following the al legation .that she was starved to death by the "devil fasten", the police today are making an Investigation of the clr cumstances surrounding the damlae of Mrs. Louisa Thompson, .wife of . the Rev. 'Adam Thompson, of the new. cult at Zlon City. Sensational exposures are promised. but so far no arrests have been made. The woman was burled last Friday but since then the police have received In- iormanon tnat- lea to vigorous action. It is alleged that the cult-decided Mrs.. Thompson was possessed of the devil and she was submitted to the fast ing treatment by which they hold It Is posstDie to expei aevua. ' The, police have been Informed that the woman went .41 days without food of any.-kind or a drop of water. - Ac cording to the story, when she begged for a morsel of food or a drop of water, crying out that she. was being- gnawed io aeam oy tne pangs or nunger ana burning up with thirst, the watchers tcuirou, paying. . "."Hold out a little longer, dear sis ter, and the evil one will be defeated Those who saw - the woman's body say tnat - it was -emaciated and draws into' horrible lines. Indicating the most excruciating suffering, and they fur ther, allege that it showed signs, of abuse. The "devil fasters" are a cuit of fanatics. . who have thrived recently at Zlon City. One of the Informants or the police says that a complete rev eiation or the pr would . astound ne-: or tne cuit the whole civUlsed world. . CRACKSMEN LOOT TWO LOS ANGELES SAFES : (United Press Leased Wlra.li ; Los Angeles, June 21 The police and detective forces today are endeavoring to secure ' some trace of the cracksmen who during the night rifjed' two safes in the heart of the city and stole money and jewelry to the value of 22,000. 1 Both safes , were opened by punching the combination locka . The Inner drawers were broken open .with heavy chisels, which were found lying on the floor. '.' t DEV FA UNITED STATES AND MEXICO FEAR YAQUS ARE PLANNING MURDER - , (Cn!td rrese Leased Wtr.) City of Mexico, June 22. Fearing a massacre of Americana by TaquI -In diana in' the northern state of llextco United States and Mexican troops today are waging rigorous warfare to crush forever the murderous tribes. In a tat tle at Buena Ytta in the state of CM huahua. the Imtiana resisted, so de;wr- atelv that 10 were kllie.' ami v. p v u-ouned before ttr were put U f. t. The townspeople n$ Jp I the sol V.efi. n u the women t&Kiuit' a fcand ia Lie , OAKS FLIER STRUCK BY DRAWBRIDGE! Lives of Fifty Passengers on Catamaran Imperiled by Attempt of Captain Larson to Operate Craft Without Assistance. " . Persons Aboard Boat Allege! Skipper Tried to Eun En gine, Handle the Steering! "Wheel and Collect Pares at' Same Time. The lives of 60 passengers on the Oaks . Flier were imperiled yesterday afternoon when the boat. In attempting to make - a -landing at the Morrison, street dock just above Morrison bridge, was struck by the opening draw and. a portion of the canopy roof torn of r. . It is alleged by the passengers thit there was but one man to operate tha boat to steer, run the engine and col lect fares. They say it was a mere matter of luck that a much more serious accident was avoided and that th' ac cident was caused by the inability of Captain John Larson to both steer and operate the engine. ." ; ,. It was just B.'4S o'clock I when th accident occurred' and the . Flier wss loaded with a crowd of Sunday excur sionists returning to. the city from the- -Oaks. . As the boat, which Is. a cata maran,' propelled by a gasoline engine and with seats running along the ral around the entire craft, drew near Its landing at Morrison street, the steamer. . Pomona, bound down stream, whistled for the bridge and made for the east side of the draw. : Captain Larson tried to get - down ahead of the Pomona, swing towards the west bank in an arc just above the Morrison bridge and make his landing with' the bow facing upstream. He swung around ln front of the Pomona all right but got too near the bridge so that when the draw opened it Btruck the port side of the canopy over the bow of the boat, tearing away th wooden frame and the canopy for about six feet square and careening the boat until the Dassenxers. fearing that it to leap would be overturned, prepared overboard. - Owing to' the old saw that a body can not be two places at the same time Captain Larson was unable to stick to his wheel and also run back and re verse his engine in time -to avert the collision. He backed out, however, be fore any more damage was done to hie boat, and made a safe landing. There has been considerable criti cism of the Flier along the waterfront because of the fact that one man op erates it. It's a boat 40 feet long and frequently carries from 60 to 75 passen gers. The steering wheel Is in the bo' and the engine is at least 10 feet back from the wheel so that it is necessarr for the operator to run from one plafce to the ' other constantly. At timna there is a ticket taker, but yesterday; afternoon. It is alleged, Larson steered., ran the engine and collected the tickets, BlMlfSiRlliS FOB EXPLOSION Hamburg Workmen Arc Ac cused of Placing Bomb in Hold of Liner Arcadia. (United Press Leased Wire.) Philadelphia, June, 22. The coroner's officers ars today Investigating further the hold of the wrecked Hamburg Ameriean .liner Arcadia, in which nn explosion occurred killing three person Saturday, ana it is aumutea today tout Indications Dolnt to the theory ilmt r bomb had been placed in the cargo of the vessel. The explosion occurred In a compart ment of the ship In which no explo sives had been stored. The sides . of the compartment were filled with snix!l holes as. though they had been hit tiv bunch of rntllets or a lot of m-rtin Iron. - The officers here, believe the strikers In Hamburg placed the bomi in the ship thinking ta destroy her ot sea. .... - The war depa rt men t campaign or this, to be tie putting an nl the unri: i V i-i s-iine invst-!-: ... vfermt 't'lV ft l tl:. a!:l. 1 i.O I V :l f.. i t:, j, .it nu.i I ,m , x - am. t it i- ii t X