THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 5 1809.
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SPRECKELS SAYS
NINETY THOUSAflD
m SECRET
El
LOST TO
BUT IRE
Not Thinking of Marriage
Yet; No Money to Sup
port Wife, He says.
F. C, Barnes Is Temporal''
C. W. Eobnett Arrested at
Lewiston on Charge of
' Embezzlement.
Chairman at the Session
This Morning:.
HERE FOR IDEAS
Oil DECOMFIOIIS
i
Spokane Delegation Prepar
ing for National Irri
gation Congress.
Spokane has come to PocUarjd for
TARIFF FIGHT
AM-
iiicoufloii
NGAGEMENT
BANK
(EPIHG
Willamette River Is Expect
ed tb Eeach Its Maximum
t Height Friday, 21 Feet
Columbia at Vancouver Is
. at 20 Foot Stage.
District Forecaster E. A. Beals said
this morning that as far as ha could see
now, the river will come to a Stand on
' Friday with a stags of 21 feet, unless
something should occur in the mean
time to upset his calculations. The
river rose 1.S feet since yesterday, mak
ins; the stare 19.1 feet this mortllng.
The reDort says that It will Teach s
stags of 10. 1 feet' Tuesday, SO. 6 feet
'Wednesday, and probably ti feet Thurs
day.
Points on the Columbia show .the
: water1 still coming up, but more slowly
than in the past few days, while the
Snake river at uetusion ieu v.s leei,
and at Kiparla O.Z feet in tne last z
: hours.
Mr. Beals said that he did not know
positively, but he thought that the snow
in the drainage area covered by the
Snake and her big tributary, the Sal
mon, had about melted out and that
that was the cause o the fall In the
Snake river, but of course, he said, that
is purely conjecture on his part. That
fall, though.' wiay be overcome In part
by thvnder showers which are predicted
IiKJianigni or Tuesday in luauu.
Snake tivr ubsldes.
Renorts received by the O. R. & N.
today indicate that cooler weather along
the Washington division of their fine
has resulted in a cessation or tna nign
water in the Snake and the Clearwater
' rivers. Telegram today announced
that water In the Snake had fallen six
Inches and in the Clearwater one foot
since yesterday. Water is also going
down in the Coeur d Alene and a drop
in the temperature seems to be general
. ia that section.
Damage Imminent at TsaooWTST.
Vancouver, Wash., June 7. A rise of
two feet elgtit inches since ju a. m. oai
urday has brought the Columbia river at
this city to a stage of JO feet 2 Inches
above low water. Every indication from
the up-river,, according to reports
brought here by river captains, would
irlve a further rise of at least three
feet. . ,
The Northern Pacific steamer dock
and the government dock are now under
water. At the Northern Pacific dock
the upper floor is still used. A five foot
Vise would put the large stock of lumber
of the Plttock & Leadbetter Lumber
company In danger. The water is now
-within two feet of entering Washington
street, the Vancouver ferry landing at
the end of the pavement. As yet no
damage has been done here, but a five
foot rise would cover the lower part of
town and result in mucn damage to mo
railway grade. .-, , ;
anaks River vise A rain.
i,ewlston; Idaho, June 1. Under the
influence of a cold west wind the Snake
and Clearwater, rivers feu steaauy yes
rdav afternoon and last night. Dur
ing Saturday night they reached the
record mark for the year, 19.8, but by
Sunday night they had fallen a foot.
This morning at 6 o'clock, observation
time, thev stooovat 11.7. but began ris
lnr ranldlv and are still com In or up.
The morning was cool and cloudy
and the fact that the" fivers are com
ing up is taken as an Indication that
last night's rains were heavy In the
mountains. It is believed here thst a
few days of extreme hot weather-would
break the season's record and send, the
rivers over the 20 foot mark. It Is
still reported that the deep snows have
not been touched by the breaking up
of the season. f
ill) TUFT VETO
ON TARIFF BILL
(United I'rm Leaaed Win.)
Washington, Jons 7, Persons who
hare been la conference with President
Taft reoently assarted today that there
was no possibility of him placing his
to on the tariff till.
HILL TOKX AWAY
BY GIANT BLAST
(Siwclal Plpatch to The Journal.)
. Moqulam, Wash.. June 1. The Union
Pacific construction crew fired a great
blast on the south side of the Chehalls
river, a mile east of Satsop yesterday,
using 4000 pounds of blasting powder
and 2000 cases of dynamite approxi
mates five tons. The entir hill, about
a mile long, approximately 100,000
yards of earth, was torn awav.
l . -. ' ..
(United Km Leased Wlra.
New York, June 7. Claus Spretkles,
second son of John D. Sprekels. who Is
with his father at the Hotel Waloojt,
today denied that he was engger to
marry Miss Mary Adele Case of Port
land. Or.
"The report that Miss Case and my
self are engaged Is untrue," said young
Spreckels. "1 do not say that she Is
not the kind of a girl that I would
marry If I thought of marrying, but 1
am not thinking of taking suoh a step
yet. "I have no money to Bupport a
wife."
Spreckels met the clrl in a Paris
studio, where they were both studying
music.
Miss Case is at the Knickerbocker
hotel, where she wlh remain untlT she
goes to Portland to visit her mother.
She will probably sing on the Pacific
coast after she leaves New York.
John Sbreckels met Miss Case for the
first time, this afternoon. He declared
he wonld not interfere with his son's
marriage if the vounr man wanted to
wed.
MAN ACCUSED OF
KILLING KILLED
Fred Molirle, at St. Louis,
Victim, It Is Supposed,
of Blood Avenger.
- (Dolled Press Leased WlreA
St. LoUlg. June 7. KV1 Unlrl. .a
Shot and hilled in tha Kimr fnuna
building today while waiting to be tried
on a charge of having killed Constable
Sam Young In a neighborhood feud.
'He was standing I
smoking when he was shot by an un
known man. who made hla ara.ru Th
assassin is supposed to have been a
tnena oi loung. v
i nomas W. Kane, a deputy constable,
was arrested this afternoon ni4
Charged with the shontlnr
jnonrte was under indictment of sec
ond degree murder. His- attorneys
warned him that it was not safe to
leave the courtroom, but he wanted to
smoke and Insisted that he be allowed
to step Into the corridor. He was In
the act of rolling a cigarette when shot.
The wound was fatal and he died on
the way to the hospital.
pointers in the line of civic decoration.
Beginning August 9 and lasting Ave
days the National Irrigation congress
with Its 6000 delegates will invade Spo.
kane for Its annual convention. Spo
kane has raised some 1150,000 for the
entertainment of the convention and lis
visitors and Intends to dress itself in
holiday garb In honor of its guests.
Accordingly r, u. Tun of Spokane, a
member of the tirm of Tull & Uibbs, W.
W. Grove, H. Reber, A. W. Jones, secre
tary of the 150,000 club, and H. Svrn
gaard, all of Spokane, and W. G. St-eley
of Lewiston, and N. Mason of Tyler,
Wash., are now in Portland making a
study of Portland decorations. The
gentlemen represent a committee having
charge of the decorations for the con
vention and in order to carry out their
work to the best advantage they Jour
neyed to Portland by automobile to see
what sort of a holiday dress the city
wears for Its festival.
All of them are pleased with tha
decorations put on most of tha buildings
and will try to- outdo, them when they
return to Spokane.
"Wt are taking the Portland ' decora
tions as a pattern, but we Intend to sur-
Sass them if possible when we start to
ress Up for the convention," said Mr.
Jones. "If we go back and show the
Spokane business men what the Port
land business men did In honor of tho
Festival I believe they will outdo tha
pattern In honor of a national conven
tion such as that of the Irrigation con
gress." CHICAGO DAY
AT THE A.-Y.-P.
0. A. C. Cadets Have Arrived
and Will Remain Un
til Thursday.
La Follette Following in the
Semite Has Started It and
House Insurrectos Seem
Ready to Keep It Going
Northwest's Interest.
BEDS AT WORK
III THE NAVY
Secretary Meyer Startles the
Cabinet With Report on
Anarchist Activity.
(United Press Lessed Wlra.)
Washington. June 7. rwinrimr that
an anarchistic element Is trying to ex
erts prejudice and discontent among the
forces of the haw. Heiretr mv
made a startling report to President
Taft and the members of his cabinet
today.
The secretary also stated that
eret Investigation had revealed the iden
tity oi moo responsiDie Tor the move
ment. Details of the plot and the r-
ults of the investigation are belnar kent
secret.
NOT GUILTY, SAYS
0RTIS HAMILTON
SPECIAL
DESIGNS
YOUNG
Our showing of Summer Cloth
ing embraces distinct designs for
young men who like something
different. TRY OUR 2-PIECE
SUIT AT
5
(Special DHpatch to The Jour ml.)
Olympla. Wash.. Juna 7 nrtl. Ham
ilton, former adjutant rennral mH.r
arrest here for embezzlement of state
military runes, entered a plea of not
guilty in the superior court about 1
clock today. The nlea wu nut en
tered until counsel for the defense.
udge J. w. Robinson, had areuari mo
tions to quash the Indictment and In
support or me aemurrer interposed.
Judge Mitchell overruled the motion
to quash and also the demurrer.
It was left for an aft moon RfHRlnn
of court to set the time of trial. Judge
Kobinnon said In court he would hnv
considerable to say on this point and
It Is believed he will endeavor to have
the case continued over until tha
Jury term, when the new jury law will
be in effect. The Jury for this term
as already been drawn under tha old
law and it is believed the court la tint
disposed to continue the case until next
term egainet the protests of Prosectit
ing Attorney John M. Wilson.
TEACHERS LEAVE
YAKIMA SCHOOLS
(Special JHnpatct) tn Tha Journal.)
rvorui iaKima, wasn., June 7. One
half of the teachers In the public
scnoois oi norm laaima nave resigned
or been dropped from the faculty. The
majority or the teachers who have re
signed say It is due to the fact that
they cannot work In harmony with Su
perintendent D. C Reed, and because
me scnoois are not graded properly and
for lack of system. A majority of the
teachers, from the outside refuse to
toroe baqk. here again and many of the
nume leacners nave given up their positions.
(Doited Press Leased Wire.)
Seattle, Wash., June 7. This la "Chi
cago day" at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition and a large number of Chl
cagoans are celebrating the occasion In
an energetio manner. A delegation of
40 business men from the Windy City,
who have been making, a tour of Pa
cific northwest cities, paraded through
the grounds at 1 o'clock this afternoon
and afterward Joined their brethren
from Chicago in celebrating.
The Oregon Agricultural college
cadets, 450 strong, who arrived at the
exposition yesterday and are camped
on. the grounds of the University of
Washington, are today taking in the
sights of the exposition. Late this
afternoon they will parade through the
5 rounds. The cadets will be here until
une 10.
So that they may tell tips travllng
public the exact truth about the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition, scores of
railroad passenger agents will visit the
fair tomorrow from all parts of tho
country. Western men predominating.
The railroad men began to arrive
yesterday when a party of 22 Cali
fornlans. headed by Charles S. Fee.
passenger traffic manager of the Har- j which they wrought
rlman lines, arrived by special train ' r. J
rrom the south. The canrornia dele
gation was entertained today at the x
position viewing the grounds and at
tending the luncheon given for the
Chicago 'Association of Commerce.
St. Olaf's College band of North-
field,' Minn., an organization that has
toured Europe and played before the
royalties of the Scandinavian countries
will be an attraction at the exposition
late this summer, Degmning August
30. which is Norway day at the fair.
Director Of Special Events liucKley to
day completed arrangements for the
band s ariDparance.
July 27 has been fixed as Brooklyn
day an excursion of 100 citizens of
Rrtmklvn sent out under the auspices
of the Brooklyn Eagle, will reach Seat
tle oh July 26 for a weeks visit.
By John E. Lathrop.
Washington, June 7. Senator Dol
Hver's terrific assault on Aldrlch and
other members of the finance commit
tee and their draft of the Payne tariff
bill has thrown the senate organisation
into utter confusion and has likewise
created a panic among the Cannon lead
ers of the house. Following la Fol
lette's remarkable exposition of' the cot
ton schedule and his proof that the
Aldrlch draft does increase rates, Dol
llver took up the cudgel . in defense of
Ia, Follette's contentions and went far
ther than La Follette In characterising
the Aldrlch maneuvers as lnlquitious,
using such terms as "film flam, "hum
bug," "absurdities,'! and "green goods"
in the most Intense denunciation heard
this session from any senator.
When Aldrlch started to leave the
room as Dolllver began, the latter
shoutad. "I want the senator from
Rhode Island to remain on the floor."
Aldrlch said he had an engagement
In the cloak room, whereat liolliver
fairly commanded: "I want to make an
engagement right now for the senator
lrom Rhode Island to remain here. To
the amazement of all, Aldrlch meekly
sat down. Dolllver proceeded to flay the
finance committee with awful earnest
ness. Week ruled With Excitement
Press dispatches are not convevlns
more than a little of the real truth to
the reading public. Such a week as
last week was Is not recalled by vet
erans of a generation's service In Wash
ington. Republican senators have
fought savagely, Democrats sitting at
times in amused content and at other
times witnessing the lnter-party quar
rel with amazement. The titanic ef
forts of La Follette and Dolllver, It Is
aumutea tnreaten to change the politi
cay map of the entire nation.
Northwest May Get Bhakeup.
This has immediate sianlflcanca to
the Pacific northweht. in that If the
nign tarirr rorces nreaK down at any
point under pressure by rates two
senators and their sympathisers, all
schedules in which .that region is in
terested may undersro another nnlvl
In that case again will be opened the
question as to w nether the duties shall
remain on lumber, wool, coal, lead and
hides.
Pacific coast lumbermen who have
Deen here laboring for retention of the
duty on lumber have Joined the high
tariff forces and have thrown their in
fluence with them in opposing reduc
tions in any Schedules; the wool men
likewise and so with the lead and coal
representatives from the northwest.
If, therefore, the "progressive' succeed
later on, these western lobbyists, main
tained here all winter at great expense.
Will- be face to face with the necessity
of plowing an alrady quite thoroughly
tilled field and resowfng seed which
they have found did not spring up and
bear them the abundant harvest for
County commissioners of Oreron ara
holding their first Joint meetlno- today.
they having met in the Commercial club
this morning to organise a permanent
association for mutual help and to pro-
muio ram oi Deneni . to tna state
anil tne various counties.
Most or the western states bave a
permanent organisation of their county
commissioners. Oregon has such asso
ciations for all countv officers excent.
ing commissioners and largely through
the efforts of Judge J. B. Merrick of
Baker City the meeting today was ar
ranged. F. C. Barnes of Portland was
chosen temporary chairman this morn
ing and J. J). MesslcK temporary aecre
tary. The permanent organization will
De completed this afternoon, the com
missioners will be the-guests of Beall
Ac Co. at a dinner at the Commercial
club tonight and the business of the
convention will be completed tomorrow.
Those in ttendance upon the conven
tion are:
M. J. Devin, commissioner, Malheur;
C. W. Mallett, commissioner, Malheur;
Stephen Jewell, judge, Josephine; J. N.
Stallard, commissioner, Harney; John J.
Henry, Judge, Union; John Trerchard,
Judge, Clatsop; F. H. Moon, commis
sioner. Clatsop; M. R. Ryan, commis
sioner, Douglas; John .Luellen, commis
sioner, Clackamas; M. H. Mattoon, com
missioner, Clackamas; L. Webster,
judge, Multnomah; W. L. Llghtner, com
missioner, Multnomah; F. 0. Barnes,
commissioner, Multnomah; W. Welch,
commissioner. Baker; W. F. Crapp, com
missioner. Baker; O. H. Russell, com
missioner, Linn; J, B. Messlck, judge.
Baker.
THIEVES REAP
SLswlstoa, Idaho, June T. Clarenos
W. Bobnett, lata bookkeeper of th lew-
lstoB Jfational bank, wag arrested her
at 9 o'clock this morulas oa a warrant
swora. oat by Traalc Xsttenbach,
president of the - bank, charging aim
with embezzlement of the funds of tb
bank, aggregating not less than 991.T15.
These subtractions were alleged to
have taken place between December SI,
1904,. and March 18, 109. .There are
three counts ia the complaint on which
the warrant is issued, but none for spe
cific amounts at certain dates.
Robnett is charged, on specific dates,
with havlnar maniuulated tha books to
how falsa balances in the bank. Rob
nett was - arraigned before United
States commissioner O'Neill this morn
ing and put under $5000 bonds. His
sureties 'are Curtis Thatcher and Lee
PennelL . Robnett will not make any
statement and deniea that he has au
thorized any of tha statements arlven
out by other parties to tha press.)-
WHY UMW
ASKS EXEMPTIOII
Track Agreement With Mil
waukee Clears Spokane
Bate Mystery.
Body Found in a Box by
, tlolumbia Biver Ban6her
' Shows Evidence of Brutal
Murder Clues to Perpe
trator Are Lacking.
T
Piekpockets Turn a Clever
Trick in Crowd at the
Postoffice.
PORTO BICAN BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, June 7. After a debate
luKiinK tnree nours, tne house today
passed the Porto Rlcan bill. The bill
provides that whenever the Porto Rican
legislature fails to pass an appropria
tion bill for the support of its gov
ernment the appropriation for the pre
ceeding year shall be renewed automatically.
ie$-170 THIRD ST.
SALABY BAISES
TO PORTLANDEBS
Wi.h!ngtoo Bureau of Toe Journal.)
Washington, June 7. Senator Bourne
has induced the postoffice department
to give the Portland office 16 of the 400
Increases in salaries of 100 each pro
vided for In the last appropriation bill.
Portland's pro rata shara wniiM hit-.
ben but four. . .
Bourne golfed with tha president
gain today.
MTATBIDGE CASE
NOT BEOPEXED
Washington. June 7. The report that
the case of Superintendent McFatrldge,
formerly of the Umatilla reservation,
has been ripened favorably to him, is
declared false bv tha
Interior. . j
CRATER LAKE BOAD
CASE UP WEDNESDAY
i Rr Journal Lfiwl Bnlem Wire.)
Balem, Or., June 7. Demurrer In the
case brought Dy i.. ri. MCManan to re
strain State Treasurer Steel from pay
ing over $100,000 for construction of the
Crater Lake road, will be argued before
Judge William Galloway in circuit court
for Marlon county Wednesday. An
amended complaint was filed by Mc
Mahan Friday and demurrer has, been
prepared by' Attorney General Craw
ford. Messrs. Colvlg and Reames of
Jackson county will assist the attor
ney general.
In his amended complaint McMahan
Includes with the state treasurer as de
fendant Secretary of State Benson and
asks that he be enjoined from issuing
a warrant Tor tne amount as was done
In the Malheur county case, where a
Malheur attorney appeared and obtained
a warrant for $10,000 as appropriated
by the legislature for the erection of a
bridge across Snake rlvor from On
tario, Or., Into the state of Idaho.
SILVERT0N MAX DIES
AFTER HOUSE BURNS
(Special nispatrh to Tha Journal.)
Sllverton, Or., June 7. W. L. Hicks
died suddenly at 12 o'clock last night
of heart failure. His house was con
sumed by fire Friday. At the time of
the fire Hicks was away and en route
home met a man who informed him of
his loss and stated that Mrs. Hlrtts
could not be found. Hicks never re
covered from the shock.
He attended church Sunday evening
but went home before the service was
over, and when his wife returned af
ter church she found him In th tont
which had been erected after the fire.
He died two hours later.
The funeral will be held lit th rhH.
tian church tomorrow. Mr. Hicks had
lived In this vicinity for 25 years and
had heen active in. church work and th
cause or temperance.
House Hen Boar rrom Homo.
If a breakdown comes in the high
tariff program it will ceme in the
house, where. It is known today are a
number of Republican members from
the middle west who hav hjn hnma
lately and have returned here to an
nounce that they will vote against the
bill unless substantial decreases In
rates are written into it.
"The sentiment of the middle west
Is simply well nigh unanimous against
the bill as pow proposed," was the state
ment of Congressman j. R. Davis, Re
publican of Minnesota.
The whole tariff situation la "In the
air." Anything may happen. No one
knows when the session will end. Al
though the best informed up to this'
time nave asserted that Taft will sign
any bill congress may enact, hints are
given that the president may decide he
must veto in response to the tremen
dous opposition throughout the entire
country to the Aldrlch measure. It is
ture, however, that few credit the
rumors of impending veto.
Oregon Senators Paired,
Senator Bourne played glof again
Saturday with the president, the vice
president and General Edwards at the
Chevy Chase Country club, this being
th fourth game within 10 days the
senator has played with the chief ex
ecutive. He was paired with a senator
who would have voted against the cot
ton schedule when the voting was pro
ceeding Saturday aft
Chamberlain's pair with Oliver nf
Pennsylvania held good through this
voting. Oliver beins- for tho ai,i,i,.i.
cotton schedules, so that Chamberlain's
nuseiica was me same as it he had been
here and voted against the rates pro
posed by Aldrlch. v
CANYON ROAD
PREPARED
Portland today Is alive with pick
pockets and sneak thieves of all classes
and degrees of cleverness and shifti
ness. Police reports of yesterday and
today Indicate that all the most able
and astute thugs operating at the Alas-ka-Paclflc-Yukon
exposition have come
to Portland in anticipation of great
crowds during the Rose Festival.
'Notwithstanding the fact that the po
lice are making all efforts to bring
about a general round-up, everyone Is
warned to keep their hands on their
pocketbook. Both on the crowded streets
and in places of amusement the warn
ing holds good.
Pickpockets operating in a gang at
the postoffloe tcday about 10:30 o'clock
slipped a wallet containing $150 In pa
per from' the pocket of J. C. Naylor
of 608 Grant street, an electrician In
the employ of the Portland Railway,
Light & Power company, and made
their escape. Naylor was robbed of all
the savings of himself and his sister,
Addle Naylor, lor months past, except
20 cents.
Naylor had just drawn about $100
from a bank and this with between
$40 and $o0 which he had with him. he
had changed into paper at the postof
fice. His mother, to whom he Intend
ed sending the money, lives In Utah
some distance from a pOHtofflce of any
consequence so he did not care to send
a money order.
Receiving the bills he placed them
In his pocketbook, which in turn he put
in his hip pookel, with the pocket flap
buttoned. Coming from the postoffice
ue lingered for a time on the steps of
the Morrison street entrance, four
men, none of whose appearance he re
members, brushed up behind him and
two crowded around In front. One
stopped directly in front of him and
reaching down began brushing off his
shoes with a newspaper, completely
blocking the doorway. The crowd
bunched bout the electrician and
Jostled him, and the two men behind
crowded and pushed and cursed.
rive minutes later Naylor round his
savings had disappeared. He reported
the theft immediately.
It will rnaKe it hard for mother.
Naylor told the police. "It was all the
money sister and I could scrape to
gether for months. We were to send it
all to mother. She needs it badly."
Detectives believe that the gang
which robbed the elecfrlcian was made
up of members of that which picked the
Sockets of several passengers on the
orthern r'acillc train which arrived In
Portland from Seattle last night.
(Washington Bureau cf Tha Journal.)
Washington, June 7. The explana
tion of why the Harrlroan system asked
exemption from application of the inter
state commerce commission's order In
the Spokane rate case is found In the
statement made to Spokane's represen
tatives in Chicago Tuesday by R. B.
Miller of the O. R. & N. at Portland,
that the Harrlman system had arranged
to take the Milwaukee road into Spo
kane over the O. R. & N. tracks from.
Plummer, Idaho. Plummer is on the
Wallace branch of tha O. R. & N. This
means that Harrlman will haul Chicago
Spokane freight over the Milwaukee line
to Plummer, thence to Spokane over the
O. R. & N. line. This Is regarded by all
Interested In the Spokane case contro
versy as vitally Important, for the Har
rlman system had been granted exemp
tion from the application of the order,
on the ground that the Union Pacific
proper was 400 miles longer than the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
routes.
Harrlman Is a director of the Mil
waukee and when he applied for exemp
tion the commission here was mystified.
as it was regaraea as tantamount to
withdrawing from Spokane business.
J. N. Teal and Arthur H. Devers of
Portland and W. H. Wheeler of San
Francisco, who are here representing the
coast cities,, and H. M. Stephens, B. L.
Gordon. F. S. Hall, O. C. Jensen, J. A.
Schiller, A. W. Doland and R. B. Patter
son, for Spokane, will appear before the
commission Wednesday, when Spokane
will make an effort to procure changes
In rates. It promises to be a very hard
fought contest.
Devers and Wheeler went to Balti
more to speak this afternoon before the
chamber of commetce in an effort to
enlist sympathy In that and other At
lantlc coast cities in the fight against
Spokane and other interior points.
GRAND JURY IS
ONE MAN SHORT
LARGE CLASS AT
JUNCTION CITY
(Special PI'patch to The Journal.)
Junction City. Or.. .Tnno 7 Th.
Junction City public schools closed
Friday the most successful school year
in i ia moiory. ing ffraauaung class
were: Bertlne Orton, Grace Jackson,
Isabella Downs. Marion -5ri,i.-n
Sophie Peterson, Bernlce Tower Inei
Cooley. Maggie Summers, Mary Jen
sen, Ruth Tower. Francis Bushey, Floiv
ence Cooley, Reta Donarau, Hannah
Peterson. Oregonia Farrar, Cecil Dick.
Arlelgh Thorn. Jens Orlbskov Rue
Hentze, Olse Petersen, Augustus Flint
Martel Mickey. Professor w s -..-'
of Eugena made the address to the
class.
Xorth Powder VTreck Cleared.
(Kperfal rHsnatHi to The Journal ) .
North Powder. Or,. June 7. After M
hours work on the wreck of Saturday
the first passenger train No. 11, wes't
boand from Portland. rrn h
VrlrSSSXgitr, rtW-1 tha-w.Il of tb. abdo-
(Waahlngtos Bureau of The Journal )
Washinaton. Jun 7 Tho
of the interior today teleaxaDhed th
land office at The Dalles, Or., to see if
the Oreeon TrotiAn Mmn,,,. i,-
rehearing in the matter of granting
Harrlman permission to build througU
the Deschutes canyon, this being the last
day on which the application could be
filed. The water power company has
already applied.
So far the secretary has received no
reply. If none Is received today he will
issue his decision at once.
l he expectation, based on good au
thority, is that he will decide against,
the application for rehearing, which
means Harrlman will have no excuse
ror not proceeding to build this summer.
LABOR LEADER FALLS
IN PEBSONAL QUARREL
Palo Alto, Cat., June 7. T. R, Rlble,
a carpenter, today shot and probably
fatally wounded Frank McCfeave, a
prominent figure in western labor union
circles. Rlble was arrested but no for
mal charge against him has been filed.
La ft night the men quarreled over a
bill MoCleave was alleged to have owed
Rlble. Today when they were going to
their work thev met and rnw.ri tha
quarrel. Rible drew a revolver and shot
i ev j leave m the right side, the bullet
SHERIFF'S PRISONER
ESCAPES AT NAMPA
(Special Dispatch to Tb Journal.)
Nampa, Idaho, June 7. Clayton
Danks, the desperado captured at Brun
eau, Owyee county, June 3 by Sheriff
M. M. Krleg and a posse, was brought
to Nampa last night by way of Moun
tain Home. He was In charge of
Sheriff Kreig. fin arrival here about
midnight they took quarters at the
Grand hotel. The officers placed the
prisoner in a room by himself.
Danks had been wounded In the gun
fight when he was captured and feigned
great pain. He was not snacKied when
placed In the room No sooner had
the officers retired than he escaped by
tying two sheets together and fasten
ing them to the bedpost, letting him
self out of the window to the ground.
Two women In an adjoining build
ing saw the man escape and one kept
watch while the other notified the
night hotel clerk. It was 30 minutes
before the officers were on the trail.
No trace has yet been secured and a
number deputies are out.
A large reward is offered for
Danks' capture. The officers had a
two weeks' chase to get him. He was
wanted originally for horse stealing.
HAND TITLE BACK
TO THE GOVERNMENT
A verdict pro confesso was ordered
by Judge Bean this afternoon In civil
cases against Horace G. McKinley, Mon
tague and Huff. These cases grew out
of criminal proceedings Instituted
against the defendants who were
charged with fraudulent possession of
government lands. The verdict of this
afternoon places the title of the lands
with the government again.' United
States District Attorney John McCourt
asked for the verdict, as the time- for
pleading on the part of the defendants
had elapsed McKinley Is In the county
jau.
The grand Jury for Multnomah county
for the June term was sworn before
Judge Bronaugh In the circuit court
this morning, but will not take up its
work until Wednesday. Instructions will
be given and the foreman chosen at
that time.
Although seven men were sworn as
arrand iurors. Judge Bronaugh later ex
cused F. O. O'Nell because of the con
dition of his eyesight and another Jur
or will be drawn In his place Wednes
day. The other members of the Jury
are F. M. Varner, . it. Kearney, Ar
thur Schlegel. J. B. O'Shea, E. E. Mc-
Cllntock and S. E. Pierce.
I Out of 120 men called for -Jury serv
ice for June, only 40 were left after
the last excuses had been made. Kven
then Judge Bronaugh was compelled to
be somewhat severe In holding men
whe wanted to be excused, and urged
that their business would suffer, unless
thev were allowed to go.
T. K. McCullom. employed in the
Northern Pacific terminal yards, In
formed the court that lie had been
threatened with dlicfiaf S If he laid off
to serve on the Jury. He said he could
not afford to lose his job. Judge Bro-
nauarh obtained the name of the general
foreman and told .McCullom that the
court desired to have an Interview with
his employer. McCullom was not ex
cused and his foreman is likely to re
vise his views about discharging the
man after a talk with the court.
P. J. Smith Informed the court that
he has six men working for him and
could not leave his work "to serve on a
small Jury." He said his business Is
worth $10 a day to him. and pleaded
so hard that he was finally allowed to
eo.
The Rose Festival week has drawn
heavily on the activities of the busi
ness men of the city, and for this rea
son a number of those drawn for Jury
service were released from the obliga
tion.
(Special DIspteb to The Journal.)
Pendleton. Or.. June 7. The body of
an unknown man was found floating; in
a crude box In the Columbia river last
week near Cold ' Springs landing, by
FVed Barnhart, who lives near that
place, and shows unmistakable signs of
being a brutal murder, according to
tha report of Coroner Folsom. The body
ia that of a man about 40 years of age,
whose skull had been crushed and signs
are numerous of it having been dragged
for some distance by a rope about the
neck, this being taken as Indicating
that but one man is Implicated in the
murder,, for otherwise-it would have
been much easier to have curried the
body to the river. Quicklime had been
poured onto the body with evident in
tention of consuming it, but the at
tempt ' was unsuccessful. . Nothing to
show identification was found on the
body, not a stitch of clothing remaining.
A piece of rope with which the body
had been dragged was In tna crude cof
fin. Identification Impossible.
Decomposition had set in and tho
most conspicuous bit of Identity was a
dark brown mustache. -The conditions
of the hands bore evidence that the
dead man was not a laborer. It la the
theory of Coroner Folsom that the man
had been murdered up the Columbia
river, in Idaho or Washington, and been
burled in the sand, where the box as
washed out and carried down stream by
the high water. It is probable that the
mystery will never be solved. The re
mains were Interred in the cemetery here
upon arrival of Coroner Folsom.
iiegWTdIts
he killed ruhl
Claude Edmonds Will Plead
Guilty to the Charge of
Manslaughter.
Claude Edmonds, the negro brought
from Redding, Cal., to answer to the
charge of murder for killing Ludwlg C.
Ruhl, will plead guilty to the charge of
manslaughter and this plea will be ac
cepted by District Attorney Cameron,
He was arraigned before Presiding
Judge Bronaugh in the circuit court
this morning and next Wednesday at
2 p. m. was named as the time for re
ceiving his plea.
Edmonds has made a written state
ment in which he confesses the killing.
He struck Ruhl with a hammer and
claims that Ruhl attacked him with a
razor after using hard language. Ruhl
was a white man and was proprietor
of several rooming houses occupied
by nogroes. He was found unconscious
on a street in the north end on tha
night of December $0, 1907, and died
seven days later. He and the negro had
had trouble before.
Edmonds this morning asked the
court to appoint an attorney for him
and Henry S. Westbrook was named.
This appointment will have to be
changed, as Westbrook Is absent In the
east.
CHILD COVERED
WITH HIVES
CALIFOBNIANS WILL
TAKE IN FESTIVAL
Word has been sent to President
Ralph W. Hoyt of the Rose Festival
association byaS. B. Hunklns of Santa
Clara Cal., thst a large delegation of
San. Jose and Santa Clara citizens and
business men will visit the Rose Fes
tival during the week. The party Is
cn its way to Seattle to visit the- expo
sition and intends to spend a day or
more during the middle of the week In
Portland.
COLONEL A. K. M'CLUBE
DIES AT AGE OF 81
(United Press Leased? Wire.)
Philadelphls, June 7. Colonel Alexan
der K. McClure, famed as newspaper
man and politician, is dead at Wall in g
ford. Dela.. at the, age of 81 years. H
was a native of Pennsylvania. As chair
man of the Republican state committee,
he succeeded in swinging tha state for
Lincoln in 1860.
Experiments have, shown that Hert
slan waves will pass through stone
walls more than three feet thick, but
will be stopped by tin sheets no thloker
than cigarette piper. . xt
Boy Charged With Murder.
Carl Logsden. an Indian youth from
SUeta reservation was put on trtal In
Cede rait court this afternoon charred
with the murder of Grover White, a
boy about Logsden s age. who, up to
Lilts UIUV VJL inuiuri, llf&u uoril niB Closest
friend. It has been Impossible for the
government to learn why the murder
was committed, as there are understood
to have been no eye witnesses. Uni
ted 'States District Attorneys Wyatt
no UTini represent me government.
Attorneys - Ha Ins and Wade, the de
fense. '
Tormented two Months It Itched
and Irritated and Scratching Made
It Worse Little Sufferer in Ter
rible Plight Several Treatments
of No Avail But at Last the
DREADFUL DISEASE IS
CURED BY CUTICURA
"Mr gix Tear old daughter had tho
dreadful disease called hires for two
months. She became affected by play
ing with children who had it, although
we did not know it. By scratching she
caused large sores which were Irritating.
Uer body was a complete tore but It was
worse on her arms and back. We em-
Eloyed a physician who left medicine
ut it did not help her and I tried sev
eral remedies but without avail. See
ing the Cutioura Remedies advertised,
I thought I would try them. I gave
her a hot bath daily with Cutioura Soap
and anointed her body with Cuticura
Ointment. The first treatment relieved
the itching and in a short time the dis
ease disappeared. I 'recommend the
Cuticura Remedies for all skin diseases
and give them rny greatest praise. Mrs.
Ono. L. Fridholf, B. F. D. 1, Warren,
Mich., June 30 and July 13, 1908."
Caplto) Wiring Contract Let.
' tliy Journal Leaaed Salem Wire.)
Salem, Or.. June 7. A contract for re
wiring the rapitrH ma let this after
noon to the Pacific Electric Engineering
company, being the lowest bid received.
T;he price was $5212. The other com
panies submitting bids were the West
Gokrt Engineering company, $5474, and
the Western Electric Works, 16890. All
are Portland firms. . ,
Boy's Back Raw
From Shoulder to Shoulder.
Scratched till Blood "Ran.
Cured by Cuticura.
"My son's back was raw from shoul
der to shoulder and the width of your
hand. I really did not think he ever
would be cured. He would scratch
until the blood would run and he was
like a raw piece of meat. . I used differ
ent kinds of things but each kind made
it worse until I read of the Cutioura
Remedies, and one cake of Cuticura
Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment
cured him like magi a. .. I would not be
without it in the house and I have recom
mended it to all my- friends. Mrs. J.
D. Maxwell, 6th St., Woodside, Long
Island, N. T May 21, 1908."
Oomplete External sod Internal TTMtmeat tot
Junior of Infanta. Children and Adults, eon-
airra sr cuticura eoip (2oc to cieanaa tna nam.
Heal
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Catlmra Ointment l&de.l to 1
aura Raaolvant (ioc ), (or In tba torn of Chocolate
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fmljrf Pills 4K niftl of SOI to Purtrr th HImmI.
Bold throughout tha world. . Potter Drug A Chess,
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