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Newspaper Page TextCENTS 1 TRAINS AND STANDS - 5 CENTS - - SundayJourrial 5c The Weather Fair tonight. . To morrow Increasing cloudiness, cooler ;VOL. VIII.' NO. 120. - PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1909.- SIXTEEN PAGES.' PRICE TWO CENTS. 0 tais a TO irrwj ' ' " ' " " 1 " ' : : , . S.I - - .; - ,. ..... ... - .... ... .- ' SWfff V PILED UP BY FIERCE GALE, GULF WATERS POUR OVER SEA WALL Streets Are Running Six Feet Deep With Salt Water v and All Communication With the City Lost Cyclone from Caribbean Precedes Onrush of Waves. Galveston. July 21. Water u coming over the new sea wall, be fore a 48-mile wind. The barometer is low, and a furious storm is ex pected. Itrs feared the city will once more suffer from a serious flood. v fUnited, Press Leased Wire.) Houston, Texas., July 2L Driven by a 60-mile wind, ,waves moun tain hijrh sweeping" over Galveston s new sea wall have severed the city s communication with the. outside world and a repetition -of the disaster of September 8, 1900, is imminent 1 wo spans ot the railroad bridge con necting the city with the mainland were swept away this morning. Eight feet of water covers the streets, and last reports state that it is rising rapidly." until .-the-storm suosiae u wiu oe tmpossioie to ascertain the extent of the damage. i According to latest reports, a terrific-cyclone,, which was first sighted in the Caribbean sea last night, struck the city at 10:15 this morn ing, carrying with-it a wall of water that swept completely over the sea wall and. almost instantly inundated the city. The tidal wave which ac companied the storm has raised the waters in Galveston bay and the Gulf of Mexico several feet, and the teartui storm which prevails makes it im possible to resort to boats to reach the city. BREAKWATER STANDS UP BEFORE STORMS SAVING THE CITY Houston. Texas. July IX Huge waves driven before a 60 mile gale today swept Over the now sea well - at Galveston. Texas, inundating many streets ana causing immense property damage, but the breakwater withstood the. terrible bounding and probably saved the city f ronra-fate simllar-to -that -whltrtHjefell K flptarabSf8Y"130fr, wlirn U wmr totaHy destroyed t)v a terrible flood which coat tnouaanas or uvea . The only means ' of . communication With Galveston ' this afternoon is one telephone wire, which la working inter mittently, and axact eondttiona ul the flooded tain. city are imDoeslble to ' ascer- No Uvea have been reported loat aa ret, but aa a number of amall craft In the harbor are known to have been wrecked by tha jrale. It is probable that their orewa did not escape. Railroad communication with tha city was cut off early today, when a fishing scnooner anven berore the storm col lided with the bridge which connects the Island upon which Galveston ia situated with the mainland and tore out three section a of It Tha famous bathing pavilions are re ported to nave reen wrecKea, ana it is tttought that considerable waterfront property fell before the fierce poundin, of the heavy aeaa which swept wit terrifio foroe over the aea wall. The main portion of the wall was withstanding the attack: of tha wavea whea late reports were received, al though weak spota had given away and aitowea me water to ruan into tne streets. Throughout the day water poured over the lower portions of tha ea wall in an Immense volume and at times the waves were so huge that they wept over the highest sections,' 17 feet high, a though the breakwater was not anere. Relief train cannot be sent to the city in the event the situation becomes ao serious that assistance la needed, b cause oi tne wrecKing or tne raiiroac bridge. Officials of the railroad com. pany declared today that it would be nearly a weex neior rail communication eouia be restorwa. One message received by the Western union Telegraph company ahortly after Jioon Indicated that the wind waa chang ng and driving; back the waves, but otner reports say the -water la wash. In into the city In immense volumes and that Some of the streets are more man eignt reet under water. The storm which caused tha flooding oi uaiveston waa xu-st eigntea last Sat. urday In the Car rt bean aea. The barom eter was railing- rapidly at Galveston when the latest word was received from mere, and it in reared that the worst or the storm nas not yet struck the city. Galveston is a citv of 40.000 inhabi tants. The sea wall over which the wavea were blowing today , by the furious storm which swept up. the Gulf or Mexico was duiu wnen tne citytwas rehabilitated v after being destroyed by a tidal 'wave in 1900. . The wall is strongly built, and only a terrifio force could tear holes in It, ss the present storm Is reported to have aone. it is i i reet nign in places and at every point is two feet above the highest mark reached by the water lnlne years ago. GALVESTON SWEFT BY TIDAJi WAVE IN' 1900; - ITS HIGH SEA WALL In 1900 Galveston -was swept by a tidal wave which practically, destroyed the city. Thousands of persons were drowned and killed in the storm, the number never having been accurately learned. , r . Soon after - the disaster the city's SPANISH ARMY 10 0B0CG0 fTJiiltsd Ftcm Leased Wlral ' Madrid, Kpain, July SI. The govern ment today ordered that 40.000 troops be prepared at once for service in .Mo rocco, where the Moors are besieging the Mellila garrison. These troops will be ruahed -to Mellila as soon as they ian be equipped for field service. : King Alfonso la greatly perturbed ever . the Morocco situation, ana today cabled that (he would be unable to visit Eng- .. land as-he bad planned. ' population again grew to about 0,000 anl the work of rebuilding waa accom- pnanea in snort time. Tbe famous sea wall of Galveston, designed to pro tect the olty from another tidal wave i rum me mr or Mexico, is a remark acwe piece or engineering. It la two reet nigher than the high water point oi no. ivv nooa ana n reet above sea level. It has been pointed out. however, that a wave of little more than the intensity of the one of 1S01 would again flood the island despite mo pruiocuon oi tne wan, which guards only the seutbern side of the city.' Oarreston la n tela: barely above sea leveU It Is connected wnn tne mamiana ny railroad treaties. eeplng In from the west away the off A. storm sweeping wouia oe name to carry railroad lines and cut Galveston rrom reuer rrom the mainland. WIND BLOWS AT RATE OF 60 MILES AN HOUR OVER CITY rCnlted Prew Leased Wire. ) New Orleans. July 21. Private mes sages received here by brokers say that the streets of Galveston are under eight feet of water. It is stated that a hurri cane Is sweeping the island on which the city is located. - It Is ' feared here that a repetition' of the great storm of 1900 may be in pro gress. Frame houses alone the beah ami many of the piers have been demolished, along with other waterfront structures, according to these private advices. xne wind was blowing at a rate of .(Continued on Page Two.) BEVAH TELLS A CLASHING STORY Sutton Attorney Exposes Glaring Discrepancies Be tween Present and Pre vidus Testimony Bevan Admits Memory Bad. ' (United Rress Leased Wire.) Annapolis, Md., July 21. Keep ing close watcb on every answer made by Lieutenant William F, Bevan, who occupied the witness stand today in the inquiry into tbe death of Lieutenant James N.- But- lon Henry, EL Darisli counsel for Mrs. Sutton, succeeded In tangling the officer in a net carefully woven by a series of carefully selected questions. Davis nolnted out that while Bevan, who was officer of the guard on the nlaht of the traaedv. now admits that he was holding 'Sutton down at the time the shot waa fired, his previous storv was. different. At the first in quirv into the death of Sutton, Davis said. Bevan declared that he ran through a crowd of men to get at Sut ton's body, after the shot was fired. The attorney also pointed out that Bevan had been unable, at that -time, to give the names of any of the men in the crowd. Btortea at Variance. Another Dolnt dwelt upon bit the at torney was tne ract tnat isevan tesu fled todav that Button's arm was out stretched at the time the shot was fired, t sini ha eu tenant a hand was under his body, Rerjlvlnr to Davis' attempt to im peach his testimony, Lieutenant Bevan declared be had a bad memory and that una ract might easily account for dls. crepancles in his testimony. Reiterating his declaration that Lieu tenant James N. Sutton committed sui cide at AnnaDolls on the nicht of Octo ber 12, 1907, after fighting with a num ber of his classmates, Lieutenant Wil liam F. Bevan. a nephew of united States Senator Ravner of Marvland. to. day resumed the witness stand at the inquiry into the snooting. Bevan's first statement was that anv or tne orricers present at tne time But ton was shot might have worn revolvers without his Knowing it. Other witnesses had testified that none of the officers except Sutton was armed. Referring to Bevan's testimony ves- teraay. wnen ne saia ne saw Button pointing a revolver at Lieutenant Roel- ner o leoi wnen ins iwo were standing in rrom oi Button s rent. Attornev Davis, representing Mrs. Sutton, asked about the attitude of Sutton. It was more defensive than aggres Continued on Page Two.) CHICAGO MURDERER WAS DARING PORTLAND THIEF George Bissett, Noted Crook, Robbed Fur Store Here , Five Years Ago. : ; While Investigating tha record ' of George Bissett, murderer of Detective sergeant Kusseu . in - (Jhlcaeo on the night of June 18. Pinkerton detectives have discovered that the supposed labor agitator, la really the, man who, as George Kelly, executed the darinsr rob- Dery oi suveriicia s iur store in fort- land on the early morning of February 14. 1904. and was later released after turning over the loot to the police. Not only is Bissett accused of the Silverfield robberv. which' was tha most daring of its kind in Portland criminal' annals, Dut ne is credited by the Pinker tons with attempted robberies of Ha.. monds from the Jewelry establishments of Feldenhelmer Bros., and Heltkemper, and the robbery of Andrew Kan's Japa nese bazaar and his home. SevorsI small Jewelers are also declared to have been among his viotims.ln Portland. Known as "The Gimlet Man." Born and raised in Chloaro and nrwA. Ited In his youth with several amall robberies and crimes, Bissett, alias George. Murphy, - alias George Kelly, alias George Hayes, alias James Ander- T; : .. , .j . - 1 f tr fvV, H "i 'h ' :.!- i: '. . ( :' - '.Vr : - V 1 i v MT i ' -"ft- - K Xr Portland Day at A.-Y.-P. a Social Triumph Reunion of Old Portlanders Strangers Eager Inquirers Seattle Gracious Hostess sr MM nm aa K . UAY Uh MI-UKY BOLIVIA SHOV FOR THE G1TY TO ARGENTI OF ROSES n TEETH E REPUBLIC Dispute Over Territory of Acre May Bring About War, Involving Brazil With Other East Coast South Americans. By Anne Shannon Monroe. Exposition Grounds, Seattle, July 21. Portland day at the A.-Y.-P. will go down In exposition records as the most unparalleled success achieved by any single city's enmasse visit to a fair. "Surely no one stayed at home." other visitors remarked. Surely every busi ness closed, its doors, every home drew down its blinds and all the Inhabitants boarded the trains and swept soundward carrying with them a holiday spirit that Insured the success of Portland day ere It had scarcely dawned. Tine Most Ansplolona. It was an auspicious time for Portland to have her day: right in the midst of tbe National Editorial, association; while hundreds of editors from every state in the Union were here to be Impressed, while hundreds of tlmbermen were at tending their convention, and- Just afteri-dlsnutes eaiem day, wnicn lert many tjregon ians on the grounds. It would seem that. witn ao -mucn or wiae national interest going on, Portland day might be snowed under, but Portland was onlv the more in evidence by reason of the other vis itors, woo accepted tne invitation to oe This picture is from a photograph of Mrs. Charlog Mngness, daugh ter ot the late Senator Arthur P. Mm Tlcted of being deserter from the United States navy and who has just been released after serv mg rus sentence. Tfte yonng couple are now completing their interrupted honeymoon. resent at the reception In the Oregon ulldlnr. and added tnanv encomiums to the words of praise heard on all sides, meceytloa Was a Triumph. The reception waa another of Oregon's A.-Y.-P. social successes, someone had w,,"T?h7ro'd3 MURDERER O'NEAL CAUGHT IN LAKE Makes Bluff at Drowning Himself Slew Sweet heaft -Jealousy. (Continued on Page Three.) IS mb t If. f;Hv;Xr ff if ir 'i: 1 li I 4 'jva ' 'y7r;-., '"-George Kelly. WRECK ON CATALNA PLACES PROMINENT IN Avalon, Catallna Island. Cal.. Julr 21. Four men and a woman are resting today after a harrowing experience in shipwrecked yawl in which thev faced death for nearly half an hour and were rescued by chance, .. - , Mrs.' H. W. Robinson, H. w. Robin son, a merchant of Los Angeles, C. H. Napp of Sea Breese, Fla., and M. O. Davidson, of Los Angeles, were guests of. Captain Veorge Cornell on a fishing trip in the captain's yawl. The yawl was, driven on the rocks of San Clem ente Island and a rreat hoi waa rlnnr in the bow. Jut lor the" fact that the craft-held to the rocks the party would have been lost almost immediately. Captain Cor nell sounded a whistle when the hold began to fill, but other-fishing parties regarded the signal as indicating a good catch and paid little heed to the endangered party. - . By chance Captain Romans,- in the steam yacht Raniona rounded a -point of the island and came up on the yawl with only Its bow out of water and the victims of the accident clinging to the boat almost exhausted. The Kamona brought the party here. Though they were chilled, no worse con sequeijces of thts adventure are feared, ; T .a a t art v nrt V Vmn Tnlv 11 Charles O'Neal, who killed Minnie Shar beno, with whom he waa in love, near Fort Leavenworth, Is In custody today. He was captured late yesterday in Lake Merritt. where he threatened ta dmwn himself, by Private William Oosterhuy ser of the Fifteenth cavalry. Mins Sharbono was employed as a maid In the home of Captain Charles Murphy. - Jealousy Is said to have been the motive ror u wears crime. After the killing. O'Neal fled from the post, going in the direction of Lake Merrltt When discovered by Ooster huyser he waded to his neck in the wa ter and threatened to drown himself. Oosterhuyser persuaded htm to give himself up and brought him to this city. -For the capture Oosterhuyser was pro moted to the rank of corporal. TORPEDO FLEET TO ALASKAN WATEES La Pas, July 21. War involving the entire coast of South America seems Imminent and it is expected that- the armies of Argentine Republic, Bolivia and Brasil will clash within the next rew days. The trouble grew out of the fact that the president of Argentine rendered a decision giving the rich Acre-territory w t-eru. inoi oniy nas noiivia reruseo. l" accept wis decision, but the Argen tine minister, Senor Fonseca, waa at tacked and the flag Insulted. On the other hand the Argentine government sent the Bolivian minister hla passports "im uraorea mm to leave within 24 hours. -The rupture between these -countries seems to be complete and diplomatic itiaiiuiio imve pcen nroKen rr. Two thousand Bolivians have nett tio-ned the government that they be en- ruuea. in tne army, orrering their un conditional support to the cause " in case of an international conflict Bolivia, which Is making all this trouble, has a population of about 2,- uu,uu, or wnicn about one half la In dian and only about IS per cent white. in past years Bolivia has had boundary OlSnutes with Brazil anrt rhlll Th. army of 'Bolivia consists of only a few , nwn, out tne reserve lorces b called under Its laws is about 220,000. All Bolivians from 20 to 60 years of age, are liable to military ser vice. Dr. (Continued on Page Three.) mm RELIEF Jose Flffuern A1ita niuM..l 2 e, Argentine Republic, has demanded of Bolivia an apology for the treatment or its minister and it is expected that the result of that will be war. The Argentine Republic has a stand l".?,.rmir of 18,000 men, with probably loo ooo more available for the army. In ""u"iu" " '" a. stronger navy than any other; South American countryr "'th-an-aetive standing army of 25,000 and 20,000 reserves gives her a lighting strength of 45,000, but its population exceeds both Argentine and Bolivia by about 10,000,000, so that her army can be strengthened by the addi tion of at least l.OOO.OOfr men.- Brasll's navy ranks next to Argentine's. f rV Dr. Jose P. Alcorta, President of the 7 Argentine Republic." BULL HIPPOPOTAMUS RAMS ROOSEVELT'S FRAIL HUNTING BOAT Washington, July 21. The first and second flotillas of the Pacific torpedo fleet, will leave Puget sound about July to ror a two we"Ks cruise in Alaskan waters, with Sitka as the objective point. They will stop two days at Es quimau, B. C, on the return trip, ar riving at Seattle about August. 13. .Among the vessels of the flotillas are tne wnippie. Hun, Truxton, Paul Jones, Perry and Hopkins. The announcement or the cr uls was made today. in the Want Ad Section of The Journal Today PA Advertise for SVheip Advertise for situations 10 i q Advertise furnished rooms for rent 150 Advertise real estate for sale , - pr Advertise business 3y chances j f Advertise houses for W Advertise flats for rent -r - - j Advertise honsekeeping ."JJrooms for renC; - The Journal "Want Ad" De partment maintains a free bu reau to assist the public In the recovery of lost articles. , (United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, July 21. The interstate commerce commission today handed down a decision In the case filed by Pacific coust furniture merchants fa voring the- merchants in the -shipment or wood mantels and metal beds, but up holding the railroads in the shipment of otner articles enumerated in tne com plaint. The complainant are headed-by W. W. Montague of Ban Francisco. Seventy-two other dealers are associated with htm in the caae. They complained that the minimum weight charged" by the railroads for carload lots of furniture waa too high. Montague contended that the mini mum should be made low enough that the merchant ordinarily could Toad so much Into a car. The roads in some Instances charged for the ful' capacity of the car, ana it was asserted that in many cases it was impossible to load enough furniture in a car to make the capacity welch t. for which the shipper was charged. The contention was that the dealers were forced to pay freight on furniture which was not carried by the road. Tho commission, after hearing the ar gument on both sides, decided to reduce the minimum rate for a carload of wood mantels from 16,000 to 14.000 pounds, and to lower ithe minimum on metal bods from 80,000 to 24.000 pounds. The commission held that the present mini mum was reasonable in the shipment of bathtubs, tables, new furniture, bed room sets, beds, mattresses and bed springa (United Press Lttsed Wire.) ' Nalvasha, B. E. A., July 21. (By messenger from Saigoeoi camp.) Sur rounded by 12 Infuriated hippopotami while In a rowboat on Lake Nalvasha, pursuing a calf hippopotami. Colonel nooseveit naa a tnruung escape rrom aeatn xuesaay. ? Accompanied by ,two native boatmen. the former president followed the calf when it plunged into the lake. When a considerable distance .from the shore several glgantlo hippos appeared at the surface, and surrounded the frail craft ' Terrorised, the boatmen cowered 'In the bottom of tho boat while the great animals savagely rammed it. One great bull persistently dived and came up under the boat, orten raising it almost clear of the water. Roosevelt gave his entire atentlon to this besieger, and dispatched him with his express rifle. The other hippos fled precipitately, but not before a cow also had sunk beneath the surface with an express bullet In her eye. The bull, which was secured by the native attendants and towed to the shore, was the largest yet taken by the ex-tr8ldent s Party.. Roosevelt was absent from bis camp so long that the rest of the party be came alarmed and a launch was sent in search of him. It was S o'clock in the morning be fore tha searchers returned, bringing the colonel and his two worshiping boat men. Tne enormous ouu ana tne cow were towed to the camp, making prog ress necessarily slow. Roosevelt's escape from death when he was attacked bv the angry animals was undoubtedly the narrowest he has experienced since , his arrival at tho hunting fields. The boatmen who were with him have not yet recovered from their fright and attribute the fact that 1 V 1 ' ' , they are alive today to he coolness and unerring aim, of hife hunter statesman. Owing to the time lost, because of -the necessity of sending out a searching party, and the delay in towing the hip pos to the camp, the party , will be delayed in starting to Nairobi. Camp will probably not be broken until tomorrow morning. II IAFT QLl TARIFF SIFTERS t - . J-- V. i ' .7 IIS v-' V, ' t It - ... A French newspaper has Just completed a hat contest which stirred the women of -Paris. The most popular beauties of Paris were selected to wear-the hats,, and tho five prize winners sre' shown in the pic , ture. The large hat with the white feathers 'was worn by Madame "Andree Marley and took the first pride.' The hat worn by Madame Xhesnel. who is shown seated, took, second place.: The others in the illustration re Mmo.. Alice de Tender, ion the left, and Alice Gillet : and Distrelles, on the right. J -.-.-- ''r -' - . . (UnlUd Press Leasee Wtre.t . Washington, July 21. Tariff con ferees of the house and senate will dine with President Taft tonight, when the Chief, executive will attempt to smooth their ruffled feelings and reach a bet ter understanding -.with them. It Is agreed that the president will obtain free -iron ore, the removal of a coun tervailing dutv on, oil. soma mituctlnn on hides and the house rate on lumber but it is predicted that he will fall to get free hides or authority to enter into reciprocal ftrrane-ftmentM ' hMn . United States and Canada. ' At tne dinner toniaht Taft wilt t. port to the conferees what progress he has made in his eff&rt to get votes to carry -his recommendation of -Trio, . raw materials. He will also reciv r. ports from the house and senate on the tiiuKiion in eacn or tne noaies. It is believed that nlans will tut M to bring the work " of the- conference committee to a conclusion at once. All appearance of anger and bitter ness. had disappeared today when the conferees met for further discussion ofvAne, tariff MIL- ; Payne was smiling n his oolleagues wore pleasant ex pressions after learning that Taft had practisally abandoned his attempt ' to place hides on the free list v ' , The president is understood to be de voting hla energies now toward securing a reduction of the rate, on hides from 15 per cent to ?H per cent. He wishes also, to accompany this with a - reduc- tlon of the tariff en leather, boots ami shoes, ' The - republicans sre disposed to meet with the president's views. . The morning session of the conference committee was given . over to the dia. cussion of raw materials. Then con sideration of items not yet passed up on was taken up, A compromise was reached on the- tariff on paints. The rate .will be slightly higher than the house rate, . but lower r t;ian . tbe one named by the senate. : ' f President Taft and the cabinet mem bers today - resumed consideration of government expenditures which wa th subject under dinciinsion at yesterday's semi-weekly session.- HEAD AND GAS JET ' . IN GRIP TOGETHEK ' San rranefsco, July tl, PUofftr head In a small handsa(-lie anu .v t lag it with a Mankvt diartl tn.ui bed.- George Iliirdesty, who ume i'i t- t city from OKdt.-n two weeks a'j, ... a gas tube tliroush a h le tin fm l i, n In the bottom of the grip. t'in.- l tin i t jet. and .awaited latti, - II. !: t , , , found toJay.by the clrk o t,, a .'. i Dale, ' , ,