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THE, OREGON " DAIL JOURNAL, PORTLAND." MONDAY EVENING, - JULY 19, 1909. LIEUTEIIMI mm First . Witness in " Sutton ' Case . Tells of Occurrences oil the Sight of the Trag edy at Annapolis Out After Hours. ' Annapolis, July The t , wit ness In the Sutton case, called this af ternoon, wm Lieutenant Adams, - who , recited the Incidents of the night Lieu tenant Sutton met his death, -He told of being at the Carvel hotel on. the night of October 1 1S0T. with Sutton. Lieutenant Osterman and Lieutenant ' Utley.. Th four returned to the naval academy tn Sutton's automobile.. "All of us were out after hours, and IHley suggested that we get out and walk to avoid detection. I suggested the same thing:, and Button called me a damned coward. He repeated the statement and we all Jumped out of the automobile. I began to remove my . coat. ' ' , ; '. - ' . . - " "What are you ! dolngr asked Sut- . ton.' - - - " Ton are the man that la doing tbe talking,' I replied. ' - "Here Utley interfered, saving. "We II fight this out la the morning before reveille.' . Bangs itiui,, vuHiM. . "Then we started toward camp. The other officers were trying to quiet Sut ton. who cursed "Osterman and struck him. Osterman struck back. Button reeled.- . - - "-" "Sutton had said' before " that . b would kill me. - - "Osterman and- Sutton continued to fight and Osterman Agot ijm down. I puJled him -off. . , . ' I sungeewa ini we get nuw revolvers and aerena ourselves, pui - found they were In camp. Then we started to hunt up "the officer of the day. ' Enroute we were stopped by Ut ley. who said: i ..." 'You c -down where the fight was and see If you can find any clothes.' "I started down that way and saw omething white, which moved, then rose. It was Sutton, who said: . You r that damned Adams.' ; "I told him I was going to get tny clothes and he replied, 'Like bell, you are. I'm going to kill you.' "Then he shot at me three tlmes.r; I grappled with him and as he swung around I saw Roelker. I' threw Button to his face on the grounds - - "Sutton fell with his right arm tinder him and his left arm up. I was trying to prevent him from using a pistol. Someone Jumped - orr his left- arm. -1 don't know who. . . . : ; "The next thing I remember" I " was standing back of htm and then I saw Roelker lying on the ground, apparently dead. c " My God, raald, "he's killed Roelker.' " mm wrkni T.iHti Bom. Then I saw Buttm, stur iymg ria& mine hla arm and turn his head. "There was a flash of a pistol and the flame jumped three or four Inches,' No one was on Button at the time tbe shot was. fired. I became so chised that 1 lisrfllv knn what haDDenei" Adams denied that -he drank more than one Klaus of beer that night He declared that Sutton was "nasty" at all times but that he knew hut little about his disposition when drunk. In the course of his narrative Adams repeated vile oaths he declared were used' by Sutton on the night of his death. Sutton's mother and sister paled whan they heard this language, but gamed steadily at the witness. ; -j, r-v . Pushed Head in Dirt. , , Adams denied that he took a "revolver from Sutton or that he had one that night On cross-examination he admlted that he had pushed Sutton's head Into the dirt. . - v Mayor Harry Leonardjudge advocate general announced at the opening ef the hearing that the war department would permit Mrs. Sutton's attorneys to cross examine witnesses, the same privilege being accorded Lieutenant Adams. v SQUANDERED FATHER'S - CASH ON WOMAN ; Another case where fondness for woman led to man's undoing has been ' revealed by the arrest of B. JT. Harpole, i 80 years old on a charge of highway j : robbery. The mystery surrounding Harpole s supposed disappearance is al ee- explained. It- wilLht. remembered Tiftl inrpoie rauier last wws rcponetj to Thelpoiice tne euaaen disappearance of hisson to whom he had given 1700 to pa J on a lot Foul play was sus- rected and the police were requested by he elder Harpole to exhaust . every ef fort to ilocate the son or his remains. " It now develops that the young man had taken a trip to Seattle With a woman and most of the money was spent with her. Antolne Miller reported to the police that he had been held up yesterday and gave an excellent aescription or the holduj nkit. Withr this description -tectiwts Price, Sloan and Coleman lo cated Harpole and arrested him. When Miller saw Harpole he positively Iden tified him as the man who had robbed him. Harpole was arrested about half a mile east of the Rose City race track. He Is a - racing man and has several horses which have competed on Port land tracks. - irtir.NmTiti rtTwnrt twvrtiw DAYS FOR LARCENY . John Webster secured a light sen tence from Judge Bennett after Celling a hard luck story, -- He was given CO days on the rock pile on a charge of simple larceny; after having the com plaint changed from one of larceny In a house. He admitted having entered he room'4 of Q. Wilson at Fifth and Market and stealing a Jack knife, 80 rents in money and a 129 diamond ring. "His wife Is In a delicate condi tion at present and Judge Bennett af fixed the light sentence so that whsn he geta out he will be able to provide for her. r . . -. .. AGED SAW3IAKER DIES SUDDEXLY John Tenoe, a sawmaker. aged (9 and employed by the Simon Raw company, was found dead In bed in his room af2! Sixth street north this afternoon. - In vestigation by the coroner indicates dwatli of-urrd rem natural causes. Tehoe hd lived fit the lodging house otiiy four days, and little is known of htm except that he ia supposed to have a son. lie retired et i o clock jreeter dar afternoon and did not eompjain of feeling particularly 111, WOULD FORCE ROAD TO SELL LAXD 'Another land grant case was Insti- t'itHl in tin- fed.-ral court M morning hen T. J. Kt!i k brought suit to have ti e iwr A.- tjtlifornia Railroad oom- any trinfer to Ivlm title to 10 acres tin It, lownshln 1J south, tans i tr.f ilUm-tyi meridian. OOSTAIJD RAIL TRAGEDY III Wife of Santa Fe Superin tendent Hibbard Among the Injured. t .. . -. r ' (Cnltes Press Leased Wife.)"- ' C Tlia.n lulu lfl Tha fihlllf feur of a local "sightseeing" automobile and five passengers were Injured short ly after noon today, when the machine was run down and cut in two by a gaso line motor car at Oldtown, near here. The chauffeur was removed from the wreckage In a dying condition and the Other passengers were seriously injured. Mrs. I. L. Hibbard. wife of the gen eral superintendent of coast lines of the Santa Fe system, was among the In jured. The mother of Mrs. Hibbard,- 88 years oia, was aiso njureu ana may u survive. The chauffeur, whose nam war Mo- Cann, was taken rrom- under a portion Of the automobile. . - Tbe motor car which ran them down was m. tnrnedo shaDe and was operated by the Los Angeles ft San Diego Beach railway, known as tne ia joua line. ' Those less seriously Injured, who -will probably recover, are:. . , . H. G. Sohncke, Oakland. , ,, , Mrs. H. G. Sohncke, Oakland. . . Mrs. J. H. Thompson, Oakland. ' ArL -Hi. R Rtwnrt Sa.n DiesO. t 'Mrs. Stewart la th wife of the local gent or the santa e system nere. TAFI TO STOP AT SALEM (Wtthlnttoa Boreas of The JonrnL Washington, July 18. President Taft today assured Representatives Hawley and Ellis of Oregon that. In addition o Portland, he would stop at Salem on his trip from Seattle to San Francisco. He- would not promise to make other stops, as he did not know howmuch time would be at his disposal. If 'the schedule permits he may make other local stops In Oregon. - Washington, July President Taft today promised to rtslt St Louis dur ing the first week; In November. Hs will then go down th" Mississippi to Mew Orleans, where he will attend the convention of the Deep Waterway con gress. ' . FORTUNATE ACCIDENT - IN ELEVATOR SHAFT The first accident on the new Meier ft Frank building,- Sixth and Alder streets, occurred today when an iron eye-beam, being drawn up toward the top of the building on the east side, fell through the unused elevator shaft In -the old building. Injuring slightly three women on the first floor. The Injured ara Mrs. 3. B. Robinson of Oregon City,, wb sustained a scalp wound; Wis L. Cochran of Oregon City, bruised and shaken up, and" Mrs. 8. W. Parker of 2SS Olbbs street, a demonstra tor in the store, whose - shoulder was bruised. Mrs. Robinson and Miss Coch ran were taken to the Good Samaritan hospital where It was found that they wera oniy siignuy. njufea.Q ;rs. rr tr. ar-n t VinniA It is considered miraeulbns lhat ths falling beam - did not kill the women. Suspended over the elevator shaft In the rear of the old building, from which the lifts have been removed, It fell four stories downward until : It struck the temnorarv floor which had been placed over the shaft - Breaking through the floor it fell on a table . covered with goods, ona end swinging about ' and knocking the women down. - . .. DEATH OF BOY MAY NOT BE INVESTIGATED fVironer Worden has not as yet da elded whether there will be an inquest held over the body of Julius Roseen. the 4-year-old boy killed by William Kastman in an automobile accident yes terdav. Eastman has been arrested and la held to answer on a charge of man slaughter. He has bm released on his -own recognisance and the case has been set for hearing for July 22. The boy was a son of Morris Roseen of s Hibbard street and, according to eye witnesses, the boy with a number of other children had been playing in thB-Toadwav at-thS" tlm' f tha acci dent They were running in. front of passing automobiles when the Roseen child tripped and fell tn front of East man's automobile and was struck and killed. The automobile - was going at a fair rats of spead, but was unable to swerve aside after the child trlDDed. Eastman Uvea at 412 Broadway and Owns the heavy machine which crushed out the lad's life. The accident hap pened at the, end of the Montavllla car me- . - .t ... .- . ., i - FELL THREE STORIES;; SLIGHTLY INJURED Desnlte a fall from a third story win dow yesterday morning Louis Lavroy of 60 Harding street, suffered but minor injuries. Tbe man was arunk at the time of the accident which happened at the Terminus hotel. 96 Knott street He leaned too far out - of the window and fell.- He would doubtless have been killed had It not been for the fact that his fall was intercepted by telephone WlreS.' ; i , : , , . As it was the man's chin was badly cut and he was considerably bruised. He was auenaea oy nr. uoicomo wno took several sutcnes in nis cnin ana oraered him removed to his home where he is now getting along; all right. ; WOULD COLLECT . - HILL INSURANCE - Basing Its defense on ' the alleged gruuna ma i tne miu aescroyea by lire Was not the one covered by policies aggregating 110,000, the National Union Assurance company Is today- resisting a claim in the federal court of the Buck Creek Lumber company. The plaintiff alleges having lost Its mill by fire last September and that insurance thereon was carried in, the above named , con cern.. . . . WANTS DAMAGES . ON LAND DEAL ' Adrien M. Vellmer today brought suit In the federal court against Lowell J. Hadley for 83000 damages, alleged to have been sustained by failure of the defendant to carry out an agreement for the purchase of about 20 acres of land In Chelan county, Wash, The com plaint saya the agreement was entered into November 2. 1D08, and that the plaintiff paid down 1150 to bind the bargain. But Subsequently the defend ant sold the land to another party and refused to carry out bis agreement with the plaintiff. . GRAND LARCENY - ; AGAINST GOULD R- R. Gould,' a young man wearing- a Prince Albert coat during .business hours, was arrested, this morning by Detectives Hellyer and Maloney upon request from Heat t la where be is want ed on a charge of grand larceny. Gould was found at the Ruraapo hotel, where he, was known as - Mr.' Craig, the hyp notist, that being his profession, DIEGO MAKE VETERA!) Of I'JM PASSES AWAY -v i:';.;';.v' i; fei fy'-.-'t . James Gibson Dies Follow ing Paralytic Stroke of Two Weeks Ago. ; i e 1 James Gibson. . James Gibson, for tha bast 20 years a resident of Portland and a -veteran of the civil war. passed away at the Good Bamarltan hospital early yesterday morning, jtie was stricken witn paraly sis two weeks ago at Hood River and never raiiiea. ,; - jar. uiDflon was rorn in iercer counir. Pennsylvania, April 26. 1844, and spent the first 40 years of his Ufa In his native state.-- In 1884 - he- removed to Illinois, where he enaaa-ed in tha lum ber manufacturing business, coming to Oregon In 1889. this citv being his home except for a short period at Independ ence. ur ud to tns ,tima or nis aeatn. For the past 18 months he has spent a part of his time in Hood River vallev. on his fruit ranch. In 1868 he married Miss isaney- .- Ferveftc who. - with three cnuaren, survives mm.' The- children are: Mrs. J. K. 'Locke. Mrs. George J. Walker and Cyrus j C Gibson, all of Portland. The funeral will ba held from the deceased's late residence. 880 East Mad ison street at 2 n. m. tomorrow.- In terment in Rlverview cemetery, where mi u. , it. win conduct services.": E OF U DEAD AT VAREZ . ..,:- (United Press Leased Wlre.1 Rome, July 19. Don Carlos, pretender to the Spanish throne, is dead at Vares, n Lombardl. Hs had' been 111 for some time. . -. , . i : The Duke of Madrid was born at Lay bach,,' Austria, March 80, 1848. His lather, Don Juan, was a brother of Don Carlos, Charles VI, known as tha Count as Aioniemoiin. - - As Charles VI died In 1881 without Children, his rights devolved upon his brother, Don Juan, who had married the Archduchess Marie . Teresa of Austria, Their son Don Carlos, married Margaret de Bourbon. Four daughters were bora to them. In October, 1888, Don Juan abdicated in favor of his son whose standard was raised in the north of epam in 1872 by soma of his partisans. Don Carlos then addressed a procla mation to the inhabitants, of Catalonia Aragon and Valencia calling upon them ro uwe u ins in iim c&use, a ucn IOI- lowed the 14 years' war. Within recent years there has been a recurrence of the Carlist agitation-in Catalonia, but these movements wera of lltti importance. , .. Don Jamie, son of the lata cretender. has given out the impression that hs will follow tns policies of his rather. WOULD-BE AVIATOR 7 : SLIGHTLY INJURED - v"-: V'1', Wis..! sin nam . V . ' ; (Catted Press Leased Wire.) , New Tork, July; 19. Alexander Will iams, a would be aviator, was slightly Injured here yesterday while endeavor ing to make a flight " In Glen Curtlsa' aeroplane, the craft In which Mr. Cur tlsa made so successful a flight the day previous. The accident occurred on Hempstead plain where Curtlss has been givinsr exhibitions for the New ork Aeronautical society. Williams, accord ing to witnesses, simply suffered from stage fright and when the aeroplane left the ground, he seemed to lose con trol 'of himself. The craft soared gracefully . upward for a distance of 80 feet, then careened sharply to the right and came to the earth on end. .Williams made no ef fort to right the rudder and when the craft fell he was pinned to his seat. He was lifted out-in a delirious condition from fright. Tha flyer was consider ably demolished, but can be repaired. Several successful flights ware made by other aeronauts later. ,. REGISTRATIONS AT $1? ... ' IISSQULA 11,500 (Oslted Press Useed Wtral '' Missoula, Mont July I. When the registration offices closed at midnight Saturday the total was nearly 10.000. At .noon today it had reached about 11. 600. The preponderance of business Is coming from Spokane and - western states, w asmngton people are numer ous. The east still shows, a good rep resentation, especially eastern. Mon tana. -;.- .-- v .1 ' -Train service on the Milwaukee was opened on this division yesterday. Big crowns came on ins iirst trains. .. - The war among the notaries Is still held in check. An onen letter has been addressed to the recalcitrants. Threat of free registration in case a settle ment is not agreed to immediately are heard. . The trouble will probably be settled on tne signing ox an agreement to observe 12-hour rules. -V ' ; MILK WAGON DRIVER . , ROBBED IN DAYLIGHT John' Voller. a milk wagon driver, re ported to the police that he was held up and relieved of between $5 and (S yesterday morning while: driving near the east end of tha Rose City Park car line. Voller lives on Columbia slough road, and says a lone highwayman pre sented a gun at him and demanded that he eT4 twn from the wagon, and then wtnt 'through his pockets and took his money. After the affair tbe highway man went up the road and dlsapDeared. Voller describes- his aimaJlant K feet 6 Inches talL with a small dark mustache, heavy set, and was wearing a black coat, a Stiff hat and yellowish corduroy trousers. Detectives Tom Coleman and BUI Sloan are at work on the, case. .. - .- - I t. ,1. ,n,t, , ... , l,"!"181" tne men securea notning rrom Tomorrow, tne 20rn. 1 A nnatHvAlv thjklt.lM. . TVk,Al.... ri.ii i . . , Lm-a'f2r d'eC?unt Pn,f8st ,d ijhave been, put on the case, and have a bills. Read gas-tips. 'f ' f; , Igood description of tht two ttien. ' - POOR DEPOSITORS AT Officials, of Union.. State Bank :at San Francisco . Claim Solvency. ' : - - (United PreM Lessed Wlre. "l ' Uan Francisco.- July IS. The minute book of the Union State bank, upon the contents of which denends the determi nation whether the institution will b in a position to meet its obligations, was today produced by Attorney Charles Ad ams for W. C. Hayes, who carried that Important volume awav with him when he was ousted as cashier of the bank. Hank Superintendent Allen ' Anderson sent word to Adams early today that if the book was not produced he wouid send an officer after it. Hla announce ment had the desired effect. Hank Kxaminnr S. P. Young Is at work on the new volume, which Is ex pected to throw light on the method or tne oriiciais or tne bank. Tho shortage of the bank, as ua? earthed so far., amounts to 2LS00. The bank was besieged this morning by an army of small deDOSltora who de manded to know what their chances of getting their money were and when they would get It. To all the officials, of the bank who tended the door announced that the institution was 'perfectly sol Vent and would meet all obligations." Something of . the bank's - - condition should be known tomorrow, when the officials have had time to go through the minute book. .- -.'.', ,- . -- - Superintendent - f- Ranks .'Anderson said this morning that be would. put Publlo Accountant A. Wencelburger tn charge of tha expertlng of the books, as he needed his deputies for other ur gent work. .-- ...-" Baron Von Meyerlnck, the paying tel ler, who committed suicide when his shortage was found, was burled yester day at Larkspur. : , TEACHERS STUDY' AT INSTITUTE The fourth annual Institute held at Christian Brothers' college, under the auspices of the Catholic Educational association - of Oregon opened at o'clock this morning with high mass In Ht. Marys cathedral, wiut Might ttev. James Rauw as oeleosnt The sermon was by Rev. John Ryan. -D, D.. of St. Paul's seninary, St. Paul, who spoke of the dignity ' iof tha vocation of the teacher and the necessity of the teach er preparing herself to meet that -vocation. ,'.-,,.' v.. Ji'i:; ,:-'. . ..,,.,,.' i j The members then gathered .at th assembly halt-in Christian Brothers' col lege and registered - for the lnatltuta The first general session was then called to oroer Dy jKev. winiam a. uaiy, wno will preside until tha return of Rev. Edwin V. O'Hara from, the east on Tuesday. Father Daly introduced the speaker of tbe morning. Dr. John . H. Haaren. associate- suDermtenaent or schools,. .New Tork" City, who he said bad so admirably conducted the insti tute two years ago thathe- had been invited to do so again this year. - Dr. Haaren's address was "The Study of Pedagogy" - and in speaking of . the relation of pedagogy to education i hs said In part;- - - "Pedagogy is to education as part to whole. Education is the broad term, ?edagogy-th limited one. Education Is he product of all experience, affect ing the adnlt as well as yoath and child, very often without apparent plan or purpose, while pedagogy is a pur pose, a systematio and practical process acting "upon the young." . ., Ho said further that "Pedagogy lays claim to consideration both as a science and as an art As a science pedagogy, possesses certain principles formulated as the result of experience or derived rrom other sciences more or less cog nate." - . - In speaking of the purpose of peda- coav he said: . "Pedagogy has an ascertained end or purpose, which is to enable the teacner to guide or train ths ehild In accord ance with the , Ideals of education as proposed either by the existence of civ illsation or the prevailing thought. Ped aarorv is more tnan metnoa. The Institute will be open all week until Saturday and tha general sessions are free to the public, while a fee of tl will enable nonmembers to attend the department work. Miss Armede Kaiser, superintendent of Holy Name's Normal school,, will b present to lead in many- of the discus sions. - Miss Kennedy at nresent noia Insr-a nositloaVn the same school and formerly of the Boston Training school, will nave charge of the geograDhy. and Miss Marcella K. Nachtmann, superin tendent or music in tne city schools. musle studies. Sisterhoods Bapressatad, - The following religious sisterhoods of the stats are in attendance: Benedictine Blstersof Mfc "Angel. - Dominican 6i ten of Portland. Sisters of the Im maculate- Heart-of -Mary-f Portland, Franciscan uisiers or MCMinnvuie, Mis ters of St. Mary of Beaverton. Sisters of Mercy of Portland, Sisters pf the . . , . . , I J - : . . Portland, and representatives from the dirrerent nouses or uregon ana wasn ington. Tuesday's program will be as xoiiows: i , DeDartment work :oo-:4 a.' m Develooment Of the Child's Oeorrarihic Sense," Miss ,' M. , Kennedy (Assembly hall); .music department .-(room C), Tone Keiation,- miss . Marcella Nacht mann: io.-o-io:45, a. m.. .."English Grammar," Dr. J. H. ' Haaren (Assem bly hall); 11:00-11:45 a. m.. "How to Teach Shakespeare," Brother Leo (As sembly hall) ; "Physiology: The Gross Structure of the Central Nervous Sys tem." itev. xeo j. neiser. v. B. i;. (room B): music department (room C), "Ear Training,- Miss Marcella Nachtmann. general session, Assembly- hall 1:30 p. m., address by County Superintend ent R. F. Robinson; 1:15 p. m.. musical numbers; 2:S0 p. m., address, ''Aims of Education. Fallacious. Partial. Comnre. nensive," oy Ar. J. n. Haaren; 1:10 p. m., music aepanmeni -iroom Be ginnlngi of Sight Singing.". . s: - STOCKHOLDERS AND OFFICERS ELECTED '-'..' :".-''. ',',..-. ' ','' mm''!iy -.: . Stockholders Of the ecently''lneorpor ated Oregon Coast Portland Railway company met last Saturday in the Wor cester Duuaing ana elected as officers John Stewart, William Reld, D. W. Hoelbing and E. A. Tyroll. At the di rectors' meeting, which followed, Wil liam Reld was elected president, waiter W. Bretherton, secretary, - and John Stewart, William Reld and D. W. Hoel bing. the executive committee. j BODY OF LUNDFALL J NOT TET FOUND ' '. .. i -The body rf Peter LvndfalL drowned Saturday night in the Willamette river, htt not yet been recovered by Hugh Brady, who 'has been searching In the vicinity of he accident with grappling hooka and diving apparatus, - .LundfaU was drowned after a collision between the - steamer ' Hustler and his light launch. - - IIQLD UP NETS : . .. ROBBERS NOTHING A. J. Rhan. of 9i East1 Sixteenth street, reported to the police that he was held up late pn Saturday night by two men at East Sixteenth and Ankeny CEAJOR 0 DIG MEETING OF. Tl Chicago Mecca of Western Fruitgrowers V From No vember 20 to December f unusual Interest to the northwest is the announcement - of tha United States Land and Irrigation exposition to oe neid in Chicago, November zu to December 4. v.j ? . The land' show will be held In the Coliseum, the last seven days being the same dates as the fat stock show to be held at the stockyards, to which 600,00"! neoDle Come ach vaup. . .:l Every day during the show there will be a special feature directly calling the attention or the public to- tne crops which are grown ' on. tha northwestern, western-and southwestern lands. Ons day will be devoted to oranges, one day to prunes, one day to apples and .other days to other products. : Kfforts will be directed toward making the Chicago publlo consume large quantities of these products n the days that they, Will be specialised at the land show. i..-,:'-r- The department of the interior has agreea to reproauce a large part oi tneir Portland exhibit at this show. Negotia tions are pn between tha land Show and the 'apple growers of the northwest for the Spokane apple exhibit. : ' A land show for Chicago was proposed in. order to familiarise the people of Chicago and the adjoining states with the producing -possibilities in unoccupied lands in tne united Btates, Chicago was selected rather than any Other city because of tha faot that the United -States government receives more inquiries about land from people living In Chicago and the middle Vest. It is estimated 600.000 people In and about Chicago are interested in buying unoccupied lands and win attena mis show, and that the land show will start tha biggest land boom ever seen in the United States."-- . -,: '.-,- Land dealers of the northwest are be ginning to take an active interest al ready In ths Land and Irrigation exposi tion, and It Is thought that many people will be brought by this means into this state.-. : v ,-: - : ;,. THIRTY DAYS FOR ' ; . - . STEALING A WHEEL .f-i ;i 5' Deploring th fact that ha had to send an 18-year-old boy to the rbekpile. Judge Bennett thfs morning gave young Porter Newman the minimum sentence of 80 days on a charge of larceny. The boy was accused of stealing a bicycle from Harry McFarland and selling it to a man named Robertson for 112. He told a wlerd story of having bought ths wheel from a mysterious stranger whom he had not seen since, but it appears he told an entirely different story to Rob ertson when ho sold the wheel. He ad-' mitted that he lied when he had sold the bicycle, but . declared that ha bad made tns purchase. Ha claims to be the son of a traveling salesman for Armour A Co., in St Paut COAST LOGGERS III COIIVEIiTIOII - ItTnlted Press Laased Wb.V : Seattle, July 19. Sessions of the Pa cific Coast Logging congress began to day In the Hoo Ho house on the expo sition grounds with many prominent loggers ana otners laentinea witn tne industry tn attendance from all parts of the Pacific northwest. Th program outlined provides for th organisation of a permanent logging; congress, the election of officers, addresses by noted speakers and an excursion to Muklltea to inspect the mills there. - i . Arter tne address I welcome oy tne president, is. r. uiak or Seattle, a great number of papers wera read, among which were the roliowlng: "Klectrlclty as a Factor in Logging,". George J. Brown, Portland; Cost of Fuel for Don key Engines." C. W. Thompson, Wind River Lumber company. Cascade Locks, Or.; "Camp Sanitation,'' Dr. Belt, Trout- aaie, ur.j .I'imoer -cruising, Tank ki. Conant, Weyerhaeuser. Timber company; Simons Jr., Washington Forest Fire association: address by Professor F. i Miller, University of Washington; Peed, Eureka, CaL; "Sugar Pins Lag- M)t . , t. , U I V, -J . ..(Oil. S , T at iron. Ban irrancisco; "iog fiuming,' J. L Robertson, Stanley Smith Lum ber company. Hood River, Or and A. W. Clark, p. S. Logging; company, Port land, Or. . i. . . . BIG CROWDS ATTEND ' MIDSUMMER FAIR A large and enthusiastic c row'dV gath ered -at-the carnival groundsot the midsummer falrl under the auspices of th Toung Men' Cathpllo club, at Wil liams avenue and Stanton street, Sat urday evening, to' witness the scheduled balloon race. This thrilling event had to be postponed, on account of th un settled conditions of the air current Arrangements, however, have been com pleted to pull this thriller off Wsdnes- day at 1 p. m. The miu way .continues to,bt a money- getter, and many-are th words of praise showered upon the - management for selecting such a clean and moral list of attractions, that amuse and in struct both the young and old. Tomorrow th Catholic Young Men's club will entertain residents and busi ness men of the peninsula and St. Johns district. Ths Ancient Order of Hiber nians will attend tha midsummer fair in numbers Tuesday. ... v Tonight ths Catholic Order of For esters, the east side business men and members or tns - various east sine parishes-will attend in numbers. Prepara tions have been made to handle the overflow of guests. Tha fre acts con tinue to hold their audience spellbound. These open air attractions are of a high class nature, and are seldom witnessed outside of the larger uircus tent a Performances win oe given alternoon and evening for .the balance of this week. - Ask for transfor to "U" car to the grounds. i ., - . MOTOR CYCLE EX .PL0DES; FOUR DEAD . . V ' . - " (United Press Leased Wire. '"'.-;-Berlin. July 19. The explosion of a motorcycle and a . fire which followed killed four persons and injured mors than 10 during a cycle race at the old Bontanio gardens yesterday. Tnousanas 01 spectators war garn ered about the track and the second race was on when the pacemaker's cycle engine burst. - The benzine exnloded in a burst Of flam and the machine leaped Into the air. The rider was thrown off and pitched against other competitors. several oeing severely injurea. 00 ter rific was the speed of the machine tht It continued on its course after the ex plosion, crashing Into the publlo stand and setting one firs several women's dresses. . - RAN AUTOMOBILE ; WITHOUT LIGHT E. J. Struck, arrested last nle-ht hw Officer Blue for running his automo bile without a light, was given a con ed sentence today on his rlea that the -light had Just gone out by being Jarred by ! a rough crossing-. Officer 151116 It appears, was compelled to shoot into tne ground in order to cause the young man) to stop.. . ..; , : , l miGA I0IIIT ROTTEn POLE IS ' CAUSE OF DEMI Charles E. Davis, Lineman, i Instantly Killed at Sell wood Partner Hnrt. t. While changing the high power-wires from the bottom to th top cross-arm of - a pole at' the corner of - Ninth and Multnomah streets, Charles B. Davis was killed and JB.,,0. Hal was fright- fully injured this morning when ths pole. Which had" apparently been held ud onlv bv the Wires for - several months, broke off at - thw bottom and ri-ll across tne street. . uavis aiea on the- way to the hospital while Hale, though. Suffering , greatly, kept his senses all through tne trip to the hos pital. - " - , That Hale. too. did not become a vie tlm to the force of tha falling pole Was due wholly to the fact that he was able to loosen his safety belt, with which he had been held to th pole, and that he fell to one aids and out of the way of tha role. - Davis was -caught squarely by the pole, and so badly Injured that 11 was oniy tne matter 01 mo menta before tha stark of life had gone ou . ' N"wh Bad? mottsd. The pole on which the two men were working was on the northwest corner of Ninth and Multnomah streets in Sell wood. It was . rotten through and through at the bottom, and had appar ently oniy been neia up oy tne strengm of the wires which it was supposed to hold up. A sound core hardly an Inch in thickness ran around the outside, ap parently reserved bv the nalnt out on the poles, while the Insid of the pole was completely rottea out. a noia targe enough to hold a man's head - had formed at tha bottom of the pole and extended three inches down below, the sidewalk.' Above the sidewalk ths hole extend ed fully a foot and two or three lnohes over up into the pole. It was ,114 Inches across. - The pole itself was but 1H Inches, leaving but two inchvs for the cone. This was not even and toward the slda which th pole dropped was but a bar It of an Inch la thick ness, "t . I-;.--.''" i :i V . '' loosened Wires X Vol rlL r ' As soon as the two men had removed the wires from th crossarm, they start ed to remove the arm, preparatory to putting; on a new one. Once tne strength of the wires was removed,, however, it requirea Dut utile movement on tne part-of tha- men working ,.abovs. to break the rotten cor and start the pole to falling. -. ... , ' - . Botn men nai Deen stanainr in tns manner best - suited to the lineman's work,-feet braced against the pole, body out and ths safety belt attached to the pole. Bar presence of mind showed in their every movement, even- when It seemed as If they could be saved only by a miracle, and with lightning speed their hands went to the belts and they were attempting; te free themselves from tne pole, tiaie succeeded and tnrowmg himself to one side, hs fell flat upon his face And his riaht side. Davis, although exercising equal pres ence of mind In getting at his strap, was- unlucky In that he fell under the pole and was unable to loosen the strap. When Hale's weight was removed from the other side it rolled In its flight and Daviswas t h rwn nnde 4fe Ha was crushed between the pole and ' the ground and terribly injured. He-lived ut a bare five minutes and. then never regained consciousness. . -Sal TrightfuUy Injured. Hal was frightfully Injured. ' His nose, right thigh, arm and ankle were broken and he was badly bruised. He was taken to the Sell wood hospital nearby- and a half an hour afterwards was , resting easily,1 never having1 lost consciousness. He was given stimu lants and this afternoon was to have been given an anaesthetic and his broken bones . set It will be a matter of 10 weeks or more before he Is out but un less unloosed for complications arise It Is thought he will get welL- His pulse was good this morning and It is not thought that there wera any internal injuries. He was' suffering Intense pain and was also suffering greatly from the shock of the -accident. Am - Inquest to place th blame for tha death of Davis will be held to morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at Sell wood. .-. Photographs were taken of the rotten butt or me poie oy notn J. ii. Boynton, claim agent for th Portland Railway. Light & Power comnanr. and J, Frank Geary; business, manager of th Electrical Workers' union. The union people Intend trying their best to nave cnargea piacea against tne com pany owing to what they claim waa neg lect In not warning the men of the rotted condition of th pole. -. Hi. Xilnemea Want Inspector. - " At - the last election - w tried - our best to et the people to- vote for a law providing for an electrical Inspector whose business It would have been to Inspect Just such places,' said Frank Geary, "but we were unsuccessful Our death rate Is close to 47- per cent and still we cannot secure help In trying to reduce mis rate. Tne noys receive high salaries for risking themselves the way thy-do but-lt-4-- getting -so- now that It is practically suicide to go to work ror the power companies. An in spector-would have found such a thing and m xact tn company snouia nave found out th . condition of tha pole long ago.' - . ' Both Davis and ' Hale were consld ered to be -tha equal ofany linemen la th ' local union. - Davis ' had been here about a - year, coming from San Francisco where he was a member of local union No. 161. Hal had been here but a few days after returning from Marshfield where he had Just com pleted a job pn which he had been sent by the local union. - Both were single man. Davis lived In a rooming house between ciay ana Columbia streets. , FIVE YOUNG MEN : FINED FOR ROWDYISM Five streetcar hoodlums wers fined bv Judge Bennett In municipal court this morning on a charge of disorderly conduct. These young men were ar rested by Sergeant Kellar and Patrolmen Hepner, Bunn, Burchlll and Taft on the last eaturaar nignt et. jonna cat Clarence Jones, C H. Massey and John Sullivan were each rined 10, C. L. Boyle was fined I IS and Frank King was fined $25. Tha last named of th anlntette is but IS years old. He was arrested a week ago on a similar charge. Saturday night when arrested he assaulted Sergeant Kellar. His father has decided to leave the young man in Jail to serve out his sentence and 'in the meantime will In stitute an investigation to see who has been selling, the'-young man liquor. He states that the boy has fallen into the habit of coming home drunk almost very Saturday night. . . BIG POLICEMAN . -: ' ON NEW BEAT - "- ;- Patrolman Millard Fillmore Sloan has been advanced to the poeitlon of plain clothes man and startf-d upon his new duties on Saturday ninht. bloan - hHi seen 11 years of uninterrupted service on the force and has at all times been an efficient officer. He has covered practically every free t .in the city and for two years handled-tha north end beat. - - r- Sloan has been assigned, to work with Serceant B. F. Smith and the two com pose, the largest team of plain clothes men who have ever been on the Port land Yoree. Their combined weight is 1-0 pounds greater than a quarter of a tn. Sloan weighing 263 and Smith 247. (Moan is the largest man on the force, being both the heavieat and tallest plain clthes man, while Umlta ranks second oe. both measurements. " Tomorrow, the Iftth, is positively the lftxt day for discount on east side gas bills. Read gas tips. i iSSucf Plunder From Many North west Cities May Be Recov ered1 Through Arrest of Leaders of ; JBig Gang, Portland! Woman Named. (United Pr cm Leased Wire.) , Seattle, July !.- City Detective Hud son C. Adams of Seattle and Detectl v Sergeant Thomas Ryan of San Fran- ? clsco, who has been working with th local force, announce today that they have run to earth what is considered the most skillful gang of thieves ever' arrested on th coast- , -t .. H. O. Moore, said to be an ex-convict from San Francisco, Is ths leader of th oana. uiaua Payne, wno told the police that he had acted as Moore's assistant in several Jobs, Is held as an accomplice. Bteve Arana, a former railroad man. was also-arrested. ' ' Mrs. O. M. Slater aalif' tn have da. serted her husband at Portland, Or:, la one of the women in the case. , a great quantity of Jewelry has been recovered, but is as vet unidentified Hundreds "and possibly thousands of dollars' worth of additional plunder 1 scattered about Seattle, Vancouver, B. Cm Portland and Tacoma , Moore and his accomplices arrived here. March 17 and since that, time re ports of burglaries have been made aU most aauy at police headquarters. Moor, who ' has been lavishing hla money and affections upon Mrs, Slater, tired of her society and took up with, another woman. The latest inamorata, hearing about Mrs. slater, became jeat- ous and told the polio about the opera tions of - th - gang. - The - arrests fol lowed. - -' .- . - Otto M. Slater la emnloved as a line man by the Home Telephone company. With Mrs. Slater he formerly resided at -363 Chapman street. They later moved to 132 Seventeenth street, where Mrs, Slater left -him.-- He lived alone some -time, then sold his furniture and left that locality. ' ' - . Mrs. N. 1. Davis, who keeps a store at 134 Seventeenth street, states that tha Slaters left owing her for soda water. candies and other articles. , - She says she also soldL Mrs. Slater some house- -hold goods. 'After Mrs. Slater left net husband, Mrs. Davis says, alio tried to collect the bill, but Slater said he was not paying hi wife's bills. Mrs. Davis says 61a ter sold the furni ture -and other household affects to- a second hand dealer, before sb could ' take legal action. ' . Local, pollcJmow:notWneOThJ. records of the men arrested at Seattle. They are making efforts to obtain In formation that - will connect them with Portland crimes. - . - . i " .- cillily j CLAIMS VICTORY (tTnlttd Press tassd WIra PltUburg. July 19. Officials of th Pressed Steel Car company, against which 3600 steel workers are on strike, stated today that the places of tha men who oult work were rapidly being filled and It was,. expected that tha full quota would be employed by Wed nesday. The situation Is peaceful to day and no further trouble 1 antici pated, .j-. ;.'.. -; HOMEWARD BOUND , V; ; ' ELKS AT FRISCO fCsited Pises Leases Wlre.1 ' 1 Ban Francisco,' July II.- This city 1 overrun today with Elks returning from th great Los Angeles convention. Early today a delegation 'of 160 hailing from Florence, Colo., arrived from the con vention city. It Is estimated that 3000 Elks are in the city today. ' Downtown' streets ' and business houses . are decorated with banners. Points of interest are swarming with visitors. - Golden Gate park, the Cliff House and Chinatown wera objective point for hundreds. - Local Elks have .s- nava-; int.. . mad plans for. their entertainment. . ELLA OINGLES , ' , V CASE TO JURY ",;. '.' ; " - - ' - (Colted Press Le4 Wlrs.l ? Chtrago, July 19. The case Of ETls Olnjles, the lacemaker, charged with stealing lace, whose sensational testimony-shocked the entire country, was given to th Jury this afternoon. The state asked for a conviction on the claim that the story of abuse and inhuman treatment told by th girl was fabrication. : Counsel for the girl contended to the last that her story was true - and- as sort 4 that she was the victim of a white slave plot' and 'was subjected to Indignities seldom. If -ever before, de tailed In a publlo courtroom, v c - CONDEMNATION SUIT - . GOES TO LOWER COURT :- iff, ' ; r.O- George W. McCoy failed to convince a Jury in the federal 'court that he Is a resident of the state of Washington and hence the case against him by the Hood River Irrigation company has been .remanded to the state circuit court of Wasco county. McCoy at tempted to have the case tried in the federal court on the ground that he was a resident in the state of Washington. The -suit was brought to condemn a tract of land owned by McCoy and cov- - ered by the company's irrigation ditch, . McCoy having refused to accept the offers - made , by the irrigation com pany.- - .)' ' . .. .,.,'.-..;.' PICKPOCKETS MARK ESPEE PASSENGERS . . . . , - .- ' " .. .Word waa received at detective head- qtsnrtprs today , that a daring .set of pu k.iot-kcts bad been Working on the . ouuiern .racinc train wnicn came rrom nn Francisco last ' night, arriving at- ..'',). A Salem man was robbed of 1107. and at Oregon City another victim was relieved of a-wallet- containing- 3160. The man who Informed the detective had left tne names at tne station, but said be would get them for the detec tives later. Until further Information is received the officials have little to work upon. T00KLIQU0R . , - TO RED MEN DCE.- Emmit. arrstd on the charra of having taken liquor on the Grand Ronde- Indian reservation, waived amlnntlon before United States Com missioner Connor, this mornlno- to await, the action of the grand Jury. , 1