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C - ': : : 1 ? CENTS JOURNAL CIRCULATION TRAINS AND STANDS a . 5 CENTS TCSTKRDAT WAS Sunday Journal 5c Tha ; weather Fair tonight and Tuesday; northwesterly winds. VOL. VIIIriNO. 69. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1909. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. grj-nSrSa CASE AGAINST STRANGE SUIT ' .to PRoscajTE binger fflwm OREGON MM UP IN FALL Land Fraud Froseeutor lias Not Yet Signified His In tentionUnited Kailroads Demand His Withdrawal From Calhoun Case. United States Attorney General Wickersham Is after ex-Congressman Blnger Hermann and wants Francis J. Heney to come to Portland and take charge of the trial of the case pending against him. It has become known that some time ago, by di . rection of the attorney general, Mr. Heney was asked, formally, to come to Portland to try the Hermann case, and at the same time Mr. Heney was asked to state. In event he would come, when It would be convenient for him to try the case. Binder Hermann Is under indictment of long standing for having entered Into a conspiracy to defraud the govern ment out of a portion of its public do main. Ha was commisslonur of the general land office at the time the conspiracy was alleged to have been hatched. At that time, so the theory of the ensw goes, Hermann, acting in conjunction with his alleged co-ion-eplrators, so arranged the opening of forest reserve land an to give a favored few large opportunity to get in on the f round floor in securing choice timber and. He was indicted together with a number of other prominent men and the Indictment la still pending In the United Slates court Williamson Case Also. The Hermann case has been set ten (aiwoiv for tha fall, probably tn No vember, but the definite date Of trial lias rot boen determined upon. It la known that the attorney general Is anxious to have Heney take charge not only of the Hermann case, but of the new trial of the Williamson case, which has been sent back for a fourth trial. Heney la said to have expressed a desire to try the Williamson and the Hermann case's both, and It Is believed that he will return to Portland to as sume charge If it Is possible for him to do so. ... So far as Is known, no reply has been received to the letters sent by the di rection of the attorney general to Mr. Heney and It is therefore unknown fContlnued on Page Wvs.)- SHORT SELLERS GIVEN BIG SCARE 31ay Wheat Advances to $1.3114 Bushel; Closes Near That Point. Chicago. May 24. Short sellers In all wheat options were given a scare today that reminded them very much of the lelter "corner" In wheat, when May ad anced to $1.34 4 a buahel and closed within a fraction of that sum. The ad vance for over Saturday at the high point was 2H cents a bushel, while tha closing today was 2 cents above the closing of Saturday's market for that option. Kx tensive buying of the next year's crop options brought about a sharp up ward HWing in thu May delivery. Crop reports from various American and l3u lopean centers were not encouraging, and for tlint renaon the greatest ad vances in the wheat market were made today by the next crop deliveries. Sep tember option closed at $1.11 bid or J'i, rent.s a bushe.1 over Saturday, and the same advance was made by the De cember at J1.094. A Weather of Bast Few Days Will Bring Out a Wealth of Flowers the Like of Which Perhaps Has Never Been Seen Here Before. Everything depends on the weather conditions for the next two weeks In regard to the quantity and quality of the roses for Rose Festival week, now distant only a fortnight, say rose grow ers who understand local conditions. "The past three days have materially improved the prospect for the exhibition roses," said F. V. Holman this morning, "if we can have similar weaher for the next two weeks we shall have such roses for exhlbitiaa 'purposes as we iave not had for several years. All the pros- , pects are for an abundance of common roses for decorative purposes unless we ' should have continued cold rains or suii detv very hot weather to blight the buds and cook the foliage. The continued coqI weather of this spring has given the bushes splendid opportunity to develop and to build up strength, and the flower ing In such cool weather produces un usually perfect and brilliant roses, I have not seen better, prospects f qr roses for aeyeral years." Other rosarlans speak In similar vein of tha fine prospects for an abundance ')--- - - ' TO BREAK HAIL That of Hetty Green to Be Contested in Her Lifetime Kinsmen Allege She Se cured Wrongfully an In heritance. (i'nlted I'reaa leased Wire.) .Napa, Cal., May 24. The will dispos ing of the $100,000,000 of Hetty Green, the wealthiest woman In the world, is to be contested by the descendants of the "Howlands of Round Hill," New Bedford. Mass., living In this city and In Oakland, according to an announce ment made today. The contesUnts will base their claims upon the original will of Sylvia Ann Howland, whose trust beauest to Hetty Green Is alleged to have been the foundation of her immense fortune. Among those who it Is announced will Institute litigation to. secure a slice of the (iieou millions are Mrs. William son Kl.nr.ell. Mrs. William I,eacock. of thi city, and Mrs. Fred C. Button. Oakland society leader, all lineal do scendants of Gideon Howland. grand father of Sylvia Ann Howland. Wil liamson Finnell. husband of one of the probable litigants, will finance the oourt campaign. Finnell Is one of the wealth iest land owners of northern California Finnell predicted the coming contest would overshadow all other famous will contests In the history of American courts. Sylvia Ann Howland died in Now Bed ford In 1865. The contestants claim that her will left half of an estate of $2,600,000 to eharlty. The income from tha remaining half was to belong to Hetty Green, with the provision th.it the property should go to the heirs of her grandfather, Gideon Howland, upon her death. AftAP ttlA H fn f b n f CI win inn 1 Tniw . land, however, Hetty Green produced another will, declared by the con-, testants to be worthless, which uncon ditionally bequeathed to her the-whol estate. The suit will be based on the validity of this will. If the suit is successful, the court will be compelled to determine what part of the .enor mous Green fortune has grown out of the Howland fortune. Finnell stated that a claim would be entered for every cent accruing from the principal the contestants believe Is rightly theirs. If the proposed suit Is brought Kd ward Howland Robinson Green, known as "Ned" will probably be the chief defendant. Sylvia Green, his sister sup posed to have been named after Slyvia Ann Howland. may also be named. In so far as the suit Is threatened before the death of Mrs. Green. It Is thought to be unique In the h. story of contested wills. Attorney V). 8. Bell, legal advisor of Williamson Finnell, stated today that no nlans had been made to contest Mrs. Green's will after her death. Accord In to Bell's statement. Mrs. Finnell and Mrs. leacock are direct lineal de scendants of Gideon Howland and are Interested In a residuary fund that will tormlnnte nnon Mrs. Green's death. At that time, he stated, they will receive their shares of the Mowiana estate, as will the other benericlaries. TILLAMOOK DEDICATES NEW FISH HATCHERY (Special Plapntch to The Journal.) Tlllmook, Or.. May 24 The new .Trnsk fish hatchery was formally dedi cated yesterday In the presence of a large crowd. Speaehes were made by a number of prominent Tillamookers and the 1'nlted States flag wan raised for the first time over the hatchery building bv Miss Mattoe Himes the 12-vear-old daughter of Foreman W. J. Himes. the oldest employee of the hatchery and a pioneer of Tillamook county. A letter from Master Fish Warden McAllister, regarding his inability lo attend was read. Superintendent A. Chester Keel conducted the cermonlea. The new location and building are a great improvement over the old hat chery. The hatchery will be able to ship eggs to the central hatcheries. About 6.000.000 eggs have been saved so far. GE OF R of roses when the great civic celebration opens. "Yesterday," said TV. A. Storey, '1 picked the first bunch of rosea of any considerable size from my bushes, about two dozen roses in all. The bushes are fairly alive with buds and if we can only have continued pleasant weather, days as warm as yesterday for Instance, and also a few warm nights, ws shall have more roses than we can take care of when June t arrives. The supply may.be a little short for Memorial day but the prospects for Rose Festival week are fine. "And for another thing, the foliage is simply grand this year. There is a vigor, size and sturdlness about it that Is magnificent -A number of visitors, some from eastern cities, were looking at my roses yesterday and they all ex fressed their wonder and admiration at he perfection 6f foliage that the bushes show. Nothing can spoil the chances for fine roses and lots of them except too hot weather, to blight and scorch the buds, or continued cold rains, to retard them. I think every prospect is for magnificent roses."' RESIDENCE WRECKED BY EXPLOSION OF GAS jjfff jj JflR Fl SOME NEW K ' ... kJ; t::&f UlUllIU, I I f e'. 1 $5l iy'-y- f V I .'.! IW-r- tv I white FimiEii DRAW RACE LISE Strikers on Georgia Central Also Demand Becogni tion of Union. (United Prem Leased Wirt.) Atlanta, Ga., May 24. Governor Smith today summoned representatives of the Georgia Central railway and of the striking white firemen of the line. asking each delegation to name three members of an arbitration committee. The proposition was accepted and th strike will probably be amicably settled. There were no disorders today, but every train on the road Is tied up. The white firemen demand the discharge of the negro employes and recognition of the union. "vTashington, May 24. Federal Inter ference In the Georgia railroad strike will probably result unless servico is resumed at once. The Interference would be bnsed upon the fact that government mails are being delayed. iflDTMS DOWN CHINA JOB (United Preca LeaMd Wire.) Washington, May 24. John Hays Hammond today declined the post of 1'nlted States minister to China. Ham mond visited President Taft at the White House early today to give his de cision. In refusing- the proferred ap pointment, he said he fully appreciated the high honor that had been oonferred upon him and that In his opinion China offered a future field of unlimited pos sibilities. "But I have roughed It about enough for awhile," he said, "and I Intend to spend the next few years In quiet at my home." Hammond has long enjoyed the dis tinction of being the highest salaried mining engineer In the world. His long connection with th Guggenheim Inter ests have been marked with unusual success. His annual salary is reported to be 500.000. EAKIfl OF ASTORIA IMP AS JUDGE Governor Benson Selects Re publican for Fifth Ju dicial District. (By Journal Leased Sam Wlra.) Salem, Or.. May 24. J. A. Eakln. a practicing attorney of Astoria and HA brother to Justice Robert Eakln of the Oregon supreme bench, was appointed to the new Judgeship in the Fifth Judi cial district by Governor Benson this morning. The new judgeship waa cre ated by the legislature on account of the congestion of court worlc in the dis trict, which Includs Washington, Clack amas, Clatsop and Columbia counties. It was a provision ' of the act that the Judge should come from either Clatsop or Columbia counties. Judge Eakln has. practiced at Astoria for .the past 15 years, is a graduate of the Uni verslty of Oregon and a Republican in politics, : ' - ltulldin wit cked by Exploding Gas at 763 Marshall Street. LEAK, "Oh, gee, I won't get to go to the circus today I" The tears that Bldrldge Stockder shed when he made this dls- appointlng discovery still, furrowed his cheeks when with happy face he trans formed nimselr into an extempore show man and disclaimed to all who would listen how "Me and ma and pa was lu the big explosion." "I can't talk to you out here on the porch." declared the little fellow to a Journal man. "I will talk to you while I finish my breakfast" Then he took his seat at the breakfast table of Dr. O. S. Blnswanger's family, neighbors who had given him shelter, and gave lordly orders to the waitress while he told how he was, in the center of the explosion that wrecked his home at tho coiner of Marshall and Twenty-third streets early this morning, doing dam age to the amount of J8000. "All night I was feeling funny." said the 9 -year-old boy. "I dreamed funny dreams when I went to sleep: then I woke up afraid something was going to happen because my head felt so strange. I crept Into bed and pulled the covers up over my head. Then the next thing I knew we were standing out In the yard and I was holding to mamma's skirt 'frald to look at papa because lie was all' bloody. He's gone to the hos pital and so's mamma. But they couldn't hurt me." finished the boy boastftrily, then running out of the house to tell some curious people all over again how it happened. But the escape of Mrs. W. B. Scott's rl months-old baby girl rivals the re markable tales of Kansas cyclones. Mr. and Mrs. Scott live on the second floor of the two story apartment house where the explosion of gas occurred. Mr. Scott waa away from home Inst night and Mrs. Scott was sleeping In a side HaveYou Read the Want fid Section of Today's Journal CA dTtl for help OA Advertise for W situations CC Advertise furnished 00 rooms for reat 1 7 Advertise real estate for sale 49 Advertise business chances Advertise he uses for rent Advertise fists for rent Advertise housekeeping 18 wl rooms for rent More Want Ada in The Journal than any other Portland paper There Is a Reason THINK IT OVER MATCHTO FIND ENCOUNTERS GAS room, the baby in a crib at the side of the bed. The force of the explosion broke the crib into splinters, wrenched the bottom out of It and hurled the in fant several feet. When the horrified mother, not stopping to learn If sh herself was Injured, leaped out of bed I tn . (1 t 1 1 ,,n ,,-V.Ot C Vi A II T 1 I US.'I IX' f, Si t , u I dead body of her baby. It loked up Into her face and smiled. , It had not suf fered a single scratch. Mr. Stockder Struck Match. Mr. and Mrs. Stockder entertained Mr. Beck a traveling man at dinner last night. He spent the evening with them, leaving about half past 12. All had re tired and the house was quiet h?n Stockder rose and went to the bath room. He stnmk a match and the ex- Floslon follow!. He was 'thrust bodily lirough the side of the hoime dropping bruised apd bloody to the grass outsbb. Mrs. Stockder and Hldrldge were hurled out of the bed In which they were lying, then they made their way terrified to the lawn back of the honse. Stockder has been living In the house about two months, hla brother-in-law, C. J. Lowe, said this morning. Escaping gas has been noticeable for some time, but It had been impossible to locate the leak. Electricity was uaed for lighting purposes. But it seems that last night when Stockder turned off the light he enlarged the leak In the gas connection Just over the bed occupied by himself and wife. I,ater in the night when he smelled gas he went Into the bathroom searching for the leak with a lighted? match. The gas meanwhile had accu mulated overhead. Kaar of House In Splinter. The force of the explosion broke bed steads and furniture Into btts. The rear of the house was completely blown out. Every window was broken. The other walls were set out several feet from the foundation. Great damage was done to the house and furniture of M. W, Hunt, whose place fronts on Twenty third street. Mr. and Mrs. Stockder were removed to the Good Samaritan hospital. His In juries were serious. Hers were slight. Neighbors say that Mr. and MTs. Stockder remained awake last night quarreling. Pearl, the nursemaid em ployed by Mrs. Scott, says that the sounds of quarreling and the smell of escaping gas kept her from sleeping. relHseTSi MEXICAN PRISOli Two Americans, Sentenced to Long Terms for Mur- . der, Win on Appeal. Mexico City. May 1. After two years In the Chihuahua penitentiary. v;io cj. rinsiaa, a rormer weailny resi dent of Loss Angeles, CaL, and Shorty Coughener. an American, were released today on an order of the supreme court. The men were Imprisoned on charges of having murdered Charles McMurray. a brother-in-law of Flnstad. and Robert Rutherford, a wealthy young man of Philadelphia. At the time the men were killed, Coughener was wounded, Fln stad and Coughener declared the shoot ing was done by bandits, but the Mexi can authorities held otherwise and they were convicted and sentenced to 11 years each in the penitentiary. On appeal the supreme court' dis missed the charges and ordered their liberation. Flnstad Is said to own con siderable property in Los Angeles, hav ing" made a fortune in the Klondike, LUMBER IIP TO SENATE, DIRECT Committee Lets Payne Rate BestGore Says Tots Taxed by Trust. (Dni ted Prsaa Leased WlrO Washington. May 24 Declaring that the sugar trust Is receiving from $50. OOu.Otin tn ikii iinn nfin .i,,,,,..,!!,- nn. of which is contributed by eWy child who eats a piece of candy. Senator Owen of Oklahoma In the senate today at tacked the protective tariff, on the ground that it fostered gigantic com binations. Owen caused a newspaper story re viewing the customs sugar frauds to be read to the senate and charged that this alleged theft was one of the con sequences of the protective tariff. The senate committee decided today not to change the rates on lumber aa passed by the house, leaving it to the senate to decide whether It should be free, or taxed fl, $1.50 or f2 per 1000 feet. Indications favor a rate of $1.50 per 1000 on rough lumber. The committee Is disposed to make concessions with regard to finished lumberl When McCumber's amendment pro viding free lumber was considered to day. Senator lioot spnke in favor of the retention of the Plngley tariff rate. He Insisted that the existing rates were not higher than necessary to enable American mills to make a fair profit. PHILIPPINES TARIFF PASSED BY HOUSE U nited Prew Leaaed Wire.) Washington. May 24. The Philip pines tariff bill passed the house today, 121 to fiS. I'nderwnod of Alabama voted with the Republicans for the bill and Wagner of Pennsylvania voted with the Democrats against it. Iorane Land Changes Hands. (Special Dlapatcb to The Journal. Eugene. Or.. May 24. A large tract of farming land near Ixrane, ln this county, has just passed Into the hands of the t'hurchlll-Malhews company, of Portland. It will be planted to fruit and walnuts. The tract Includes the farms of P. F. Davis. Roger Mahoney. Margaret Moon. Roy Foster, Phoebe Bloomfield. George Sanderman and W C. BUllngs. WHERE TO FIND Will pitch in front of The Journal office Today between 12 and 12:30 o'clock, where, if captured, the reward will be paid at once. At the Grand theatre tonight between 8 and 10 o'clock. He will look over the display windows this afternoon and will arrange to "purchase a suit of clothes. Where to Find Raffles Tuesday Between 3 and 5 o'clock Tuesday he will visit the Salem Woolen Mills Clothing Co.'s store, corner Seventh and -Stark streets. , If identified at this place a $25 suit of clothes will be given to (he captor in addition to the reward in gold. ; . , ; Mr. Raffles must have some dental work .done, so be .wilMry and visit the Harvard Dentists, corner Park and Washington streets some time Tuesday, but he will be exempt from capture by the Harvard dentists or in their offices. At the Grand theatre between 8 and 10 Tuesday night. Between 10 and 12 he will visit at the Maple Dancing Pavilion, Sixteenth and Washington sts. " ; Watch 'the Studebakrer, Raffles' spcci'a auto. ; Ti 1 New pictures of Raffles in Dufresne showcase,' Merchants desiring Mr. Raffles to visit their place of husinena may arrange to do q by telephone. Main 7 73. Raffle' advey tising manager..-., : ' '-!,' , 3Iysterious One Fills En gagements at St. Johnsj and Attempts to Use His Big Bed Auto to Escape but 3Iisses It. By Edward fV Girard. the Mysteri ous Mr. Raffles. My. but I had a dandy good time yesterday during my visit to the Spanton company's East St. Johns addition. In fact I took in scope of country In the vicinity of St. Johns, walking through the" wooded section, kicking up the grasses and listening to the "dog woods bark," and, I would say watching the butterflies making but ter, but I didn't see a eingle butter fly. Early in the afternoon I boarded a St. Johns car, getting off in the heart of St. Johns. Then I walked, around to see If my old friend James McClellan was still alive. I found that he was still the proprietor of the O. K. Fellow restaurant. I then got the necessary Informa tion regarding the big doings and proceeded to get there on "shank's mare." The sight of the crowd assembled told me that I was nearlng the scene of battle. .Sleuth on the Job. The smallest figure I could see was that of "Fatty" Lere, the noted sleuth bound, and I could tell by his I'm-going-to-get-hlm look 'he was there to hand me a real hot bunch of magic words. So I quickly changed my course and took a trip through the wooded section toward .the rail road. I soon came upon two young women, both dressed in blue, wslk- ! ,nR up toV!arA the office and chatting and laughing. At a safe distance 1 watched the proceedings. I soon saw my big red Studebaker drive up (Continued on Page Flve.)t BOUNDARY CASE IS FOR STATES Supreme Court Denies Re hearing; Recommends In terstate Commission. (United Preat Leased Wire.) Washington, May 24. A petition for a rehearing of the Coluntbla river boundary controversy between Oregon and Washington waa denied today by the supreme court of the Vnlted States. The court recommended that congress appoint a commission of residents of both states to pass upon the case and settle definitely the controversy. The boundary suit was an amicable action brought several years ago after a conference at Salem, Or., between At torney General Crawford of Oregon and the assistant attorney general t( Washington. The officials decided- that only through a decision of the courts could they definitely determine their authority ' for enforcing certain fishing laws pertaining to the Columbia river. Under conditions at the time the suit was brought it was possible for a fish erman to violate the lawa on the Ore- ?on side of the river and by moving to he other side be Immune from prosecu tion. RAFFLES TODAY V I