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VOL. VIII. NO. 139.
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to Hand Out $7000 Flee
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' Bant Clara. CM., Aug. 13. Th two
young Jnm who robbed tlx Bant Clax
bank thla morning ul their chauffeur,
war captured About noon today, about
thr auarter of ft mil f rom tti plao
tm ' their t utomoWl f -brok down.
Th 97000 la gold iu recovered by th
' poas, widen was led by Shriff aag
ford of Bant Clara connty.
Th iv wha cvrUkajwr .flaw
ing toward Baa rrancinto- on foot, hav
leg" divided th trearur amvnf 't&Mi
- lva. t ' ,..!.'.
Th fficrs, 'who bad, punroatj tie
robbers Jn automobile,. ,gTtly. .out.
ututbaradN th robber and aa .th pur. ,
nara war armed with rlflss th cptar
W easily affactad.
Tha robber wara taksn immediately
" to JSaa-Jfwxv.vB.er: -ai. .rfi--lv. being
mad to identify tbetu. Vaabiaa r. A.
: Birg-a and 'Vookkaapar Charlaa fobnaon
lart basa ImmadlaUly tor fjaa Joa to
Idantify, tb mm tuidar imrt aa tba
robbara, ,
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1 POWER SITES GRAB J
I - (Wublnrtop Bureau of Tba Joornal.) , J
Washinirton. Aujr. 13. Light, is thrown: upon the power trust's 4
efforts to control waterpower sites by the revelation that John Hays T
Hammond, president of the National League of Republican" Clubs,-, a
is one of the leaders in the trust's movement .
i Hammond daily golfs with Taft at Beverly.- He is potent in the 4
national Republican organization and . was. a candidate for vice- 2
presiaeni Deiorc ine v-nicago .voiiTcnuuiiij.s. j, r, ,
When he was talked of for a cabinet position under Taft, he said:
, , '"I cannot accept, because -my business projects would conflict
with the duties pf the office."
He was for years chief engineer.of. the, Guggenheim smelter, trust, .
which is interested in grabbing power; sites. '.'-'
.There is a well known attorney here who has abandoned ordinary ' J
oractice" to .devote himself to serving-the, power .trust,' which for,T
year has maintained an expensive .lobby at Washington to prevent '
- legislation desired by Roosevelt and to facilitate the acquisition of ,
power, sites. This . attorney is at the "land office every day and1
nothing escapes his alertness; His'intcrests'are identical with "those
of, Hammond.-- Pinchot is known to be the oncchief obstacle to these
- power trust operators in me aepanments ana-in. congress. " a
Taft, of . course, , does not realize. the significance of Hammond's
A I' atVlVlUva, UUl 19 jiiu kUiupaiuvif wyvainiy vi may vnai litany yi wnaillj ,
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LAND PRIZE
First 150 Names at Today's
,; Flathead Indian Eeserva
1 tion Drawing Are Large
. ly Montanans' and Middle
Westers.
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EantA Clara, Cal., Aug. 13. Two
young men,1 about 20 yeara old, walked
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SETTLERS LOSE
THE HEATH CASE
lind 1000 Homeseekers Are
Out Decision by In "
, , terior Department. ,
(Special Dispatch la The lanratLl J'
Vancouver, Wash., Auk. IS. By a de
cision of the secretary of the Interior,
; received by the local -' land offtae, the
mucn disputed Northern Pacltio lands
re held to ba not. open to eettlement.
. Thla ia a hard blow to tha 1000 or more
Jiomeatead aeekers who have made their
nilng-a and. in soma caaea have gone so
far aa to prova up. " , ;
Thla declalon rltrinaliy grew out of
what la known aa the Heath cae.M The
applicant was turned down by tha land
office her. He appealed to the conn
mlaaioner of the general land office. The
commissioner sustained the stand taken
by the Vancouver office and the cabe
went to" the secretary of the interior,
who on July 17 sustained the commis
sioner. -' . . , . ,
On of the chief points Riven by the
fecretary for his decision In favor of
the railway company is that In accord
ance with a resofctUon of : congress in
1879 the cojnpany was given permission
to mortgage the land In question. This
was done, and when the old Northern
'Pacific Railroad company went to - the
wall In 1693, the new Northern Pacific
Railway company bid in th lands at
foreclosure sal. i
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SORRY
TAHGLE
,-Bjr John E. Iatthrop. " "
' Washington. Aug. , IS. The na
tional - capital has , been filled witb
rumors, ot a contemplated laying of
charges against Secretary Balllnger
of the interior department alleging
he had permitted by negligence or
had. consented outright to an at
tempt to hurry to patent coal land
claims In Alaska that were contrary
to law. These rumors, have as
sumed tangible forms as follows:
That two years or more ago one Cun
ningham of Seattle located a number of
coal claims In Alaska, later, causing
many mora 'to be located, all being a
contiguous aggregate and carrying at
leant 60,000,000 tons of fine steaming
coal. , ' . .
' Balling r Alleged Connection.
That Cunningham caused these claims
to be located with the definite Intent
of consolidating them after they were
tatentea, such comoination oeing con
rary to the mineral laws of Alaska. --That
Cunningham persistently Bought
to set the claim patented. and was a
client of Bellinger, who, on resigning as
general land commissioner, returning to
iivate practice at Heattie, k wrote a
rief to Garfield, then secretary of the
interior, urging that the claims d
hastened to patent. '
'. Garfield Was CanoelUng.
That Oarfleld.' Investigating . through
his subordinates, believed the claims
unlawful, and was gradually causing
their .cancellation, it is alleged tnat
FLIES AS IF HE
G F, "Wjllard In Bi-Flane Directs - Flight' as Accurately.
as a Bird MighV Miles in 191-2 Minutes,; ,.
, Alighting on Spot He Started From.' - '
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Secret Service Agent L. R. Glavls.
when Balllnger became secretary his
subordinates took -up a lln of policy
differing from Garfield's and -that
Ola vis.- chief of the field division of
special agents, resisted all demands on
him to hasten the claims to tmtnt al
leging that he had discovered strong
evidence of their alleged Illegal char
acter and of the Intention of Cunning
ham to consolidate them after patents
had been Issued.
That his , sunerlor reneateil It Mm.
manded him to prepare the cases for
special hearing before th commissioner
here, In spit of Glavls' persistence In
alleging that the evidence showed ' the
law had been violated r .
Finally, so these allegations go, Ola
vis annealed to Law Officer . Shaw of
the' forestry bureau, here, th lands. In i
(Continued on Page, Thirteen.)
(Special Dltpttcb to Th Journal.)
Coeur d'Alene. Idaho. Auar. IS. Not
one uregonlan'a name was drawn In the
first ISO names at the Flathead Indian
reservation land lottery this morning,
wasiungton, Montana and Idaho were
fairly well represented, but th middle
west, states made the best showing. It
Is not thought that th three little girls
who are picking the envelopes will be
able to carry out Judge Wit ten's plan-of
drawing- - 4.000 names today, and com'
plettng the Flathead lottery. , ,
(By H. -C.i Shaver, Journal 8taff Cor
' respondent.) .
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Aug. 13. Draw
ing for the Flathead Indian reservation
lands was recommenced at it -o'clock this
morning, the name of Fred Schneder, of
Philadelphia, Pa.- being the first drawn,
(Continued on, Pag .Fourteen.)
BURDETTE RESTS
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EASIER TODAY
., 1 1,, '': ; .r ,) i ;
Intense -Suffering Has De-
; creased v and -Humorist
fc Has Eestfiil: Night. 4
" (Qntted Prees Leased Win.) "
Minealo. L. J., Aug. H. C. F. WiUard,
In th Curtias bl-plan "Bed Bug' to
day sailed 12 miles In ltH minutes,
over thre towns and rough country
. where descent would have been prac
tically Impossible, making a flight in
. certain.- respects the, most wonderful
ever accomplished in a machine heavier
hHa brought th machin down, under
perfect control,' within It feet of th
Jmot .where he started. It ' is said . ha
exceeded the best cross country record
of th. Wright brother. The French
record 1 better but it was mad over
A smooth plain. - .
Willard started from Mlneola at 6:30
o'clock this morning, th bi-plane rising
beautifully Hke a bird and sailing away,
moving at tne will of the aviator. r
He made two turn around Hempstead
Plains and then started toward Garden
City. He was not familiar with th
country over which he flew, not having
examined It or mad any Investigation
befor tb flight, . . , ,
When -Willard reached Garden City
he was about 160 feet high. He passed
over that town with the machine work
ing beautifully.- Then he crossed over
West burg and Hicksvill.
During nearly, th entire flight ' he
was over 'woods, houses or other ob
structions that would have worked dis
aster if he had attempted to descend.
At five different points h passed over
telegraph wires and crossed eight pub
lic roads. - When he reached th -Motor
Parkway he mad thre circuits of th
course. .; ,.;-. - v - . ,.
Willard Intended to trv' to break' th
world's record for endurance and cross
country flying but he found hie magnet
was wonting oaaiy ana aeoided to
turn.
presen
;When he brought th -bi-plane to th
earth he appeared to. have it : under as
good control as when he started. He
evidently enjoyed the flight v greatly.
The sight of th machine caused great
excitement among th. villagers'- and
farmers over whom It sailed,
r ....in u . j , , . , , u LVJ I V
abandoning tha attempt .for tba
. (United Press. Leased Wire.)' r
Hedondo, Cal.; Aug. It. Reports from
the bedside of Rev. "Bob'r Burdette
indicate that the great humorist rested
more - comfortably last night than h
has for many days. The Intense suf
fering 'that haa accompanied his ill
ness decreased., and permitted him to
get several hours sleep. '
Lata vestcrdav the plaster cast In
which he haa lain was removed and
replaced with another. ' : - - - . j
Burdetta Is suffering from acuta
sciatic rheumatism, .. the result of, an
injury. His physicians stated that his
complete recovery "cannot b : expectea
for many months. - - , -
TAFT WILL MEET
; DIAZ ANYWHERE
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. (United Freas Leased Wlr. .
Bverly, Mass., Aug.' 1. President
Taft says, h will met President Piaa
of Mexico anywher Diss desire him
to do aa In reply to a question he
said: :,;
"I would go outside ' the United
States In a -minute If necessary. . There
Is no law against my: leaving the
country," '. ? ' .
, When asked If the next ttessag to
congress .would -demand an appropria
tion for aerial navigation. Taft re
plied: -- - - '
"Ko, that la th signal corps' lookout ,
official list, of
" first 2000 names
; ' IN THE FLATHEAD
, Th Journal this1' morning re- 4
ceived the complete official list '
as compiled by Judge WJtten'S 4
; corps of the first 1000 names 4
4- , drawn at Coeur d'Alene.- Thurs- )
. day . for ' the . Flathead Indian
reservation lands. The list Is '
open for Inspection at tha news 4
; room of The Journal, 219 Good-
nough building- The complet 4i
official list of today's drawing, ' 4
V which is expected to contain 1000
" names, will probably b received 4
4 ' Saturday morning, and will ba
open for Inspection , Saturday 4
4 afternoon. Aa stated in Thurs- 4
4 day'a Journal, Ui official list of 4
4 S000 names drawn for th Coeur 4
4 d'Alene Indian reservation lands 4
4 la open for inspection. 4
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DELAWARE TOWN,
' WIPED OFF MAP
..." fTTnttod Pnmrn Ieaied Win.)
' Dovr. Del.. Aug. IS. -A companr of
militia, with tents, .blankets and provis
ions, started today for Milton, 40 mills
south of here, 'which was practically
destroyed . by fir . early this morning.
when auo Duuamgs wer ournea. -in
town had a population of about 1000
and most of th people are homeless a
the result of th fir. No on was
killed and none ao far is reported miss
ing. . .- '
When th fir was first discovered a
high wind was blowing and In suit of
th desperate efforts of , th volunteer
fir department, tha flames gained head
way until tney naa taid a wide area in
ashes. No estimate of the damag can
be mad yet, but th loss Is heavy. '
Reports received tier say Hundreds of
women and children, went without break
fast this morning. Many persons have
lost everything they owned and are
without even sufficient clothes. ,
With th exception of few stores
most of the structures wer uninsured
or at most carried but Ugh t Insurance.
LA FOLLETTE PAYS HIS " ) .
RESPECTS TO CANNON
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' Kobert Ia FolMtrA-.YI'ha Vigorous! j Replied to Speaker Cannon -
Madison, Wla. Aug.'-., '.13. Th,": new
tariff and Speaker' Cannon - are attacked
today1 by Senator I.a ' Follctte "In1 his
'weeklv.'' " The leading edlrorlal bears
th caption. "The New-Tariff Law and
th President's Statement.": It declares
tha tithe president In the' campaign last
fall promised a downward revision,' say
lng In part: ' ' ". . . , v
"Th kind 'of revision' demanded,
promised and decreed at the polls was
not even 'partally compiled with. In
so far as the .price--of .any article In
common . use Is affected by the , rates
under the Payne-Aldrlch , law, the coat
will be Increased to" th consunier. ...
' 'The editorial says that although 'many
are disappointed mtJ the ' president's
statement, because it Is not a vigorous
stand, there Is hopeful, significance in
the Intimation that -thetarlff is- not a
closed book. - v -si ;. .. - '
Another editorial, under ; the caption
"Cannon's Revenge," says: t
"By relegating .the Republican con
gressmem who had the . temerity;, -t
question his llvlna right ; to rule., to un
important committees,- Cannon may., ba
laboring under the delusion that he can
awe into submission their constituent.
"H took revenge, but went a long
ways .toward his downfall, demonstrat
ing how little representation the citizen
Is permitted to have In congress." -
mi RUSH DESCHUTES LI
Oregon Trunk Line to Put Army of Men Along Entire
Right of Way at OncePortland Becomes Scene .
! of Legal Battle Porter Is Happy. - ' :
FUTURE OF
ISLAiS i
Editor of, American News
paper : in , Manila Visits
Portland and Talks Interl
estingly on' Opportunities
to Be Found There.
"There Is no reason why Portland
should not share In the prosperity
which la to bo the Philippines' un
der the new era of free trade be
tween' America and. the Islands,"
said - Frederick. O'Brien, editor and
general 1 manager of the Manila
Cablenews-Amerlcan, the , leading
daily ' of the Philippines, while at
the Hotel Portland yesterday.. Ac
companied, by Judge Richard Camp
bell of the. court of first Instance In
the first Judicial district of the
Philippines, Mr., O'Brien Is. on his
way, to" Washington where It ia ru
mored' President, Taft haa a federal
appointment awaiting him.
' Mr. O'Brien' 1as gret faith in th
futur of th island possessions. He
declares that the passajte of th free
trade bill by congress and Its signing
by President Taft means that tremen
dous impetus will be given to commerce
between, tha- Pacific coast and tha Phil
ippines, .
"Th islands." he said, "have waltd
for free trade many years and many
times It has seemed that the American
people by their congress were unwill
ing to grant It, It has only been .hr
th constant work of Mr. Taft, Brlga-
(Continued on Page Three.)
worn lost on
BUmilllG DESERT
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Attempts to Walk Six Miles
and Fails to Reach Desti
nation Heat Intense.
"Thirty-' flv: hundred men are to b I structlon Into central Oresron removed
rushed Into Deschutes canyon to carry! 'rom Deschutea to th federal court, the
lk. - .v I leaders of th fight hav accordingly
on th construction work of th Oregon 0han location and r nn. .u nih.
ered in Portland. Mr. Williamson, when
seen this morning,- was at, the Hotel
Portland, having Just arrived from. Des
chutes. A ew minutes earlier, John
D. Porter and a number of associates
walked into th Hotel Oregon. He was
by all odds the happiest looking man
Trunk railroad," . ald Volney , D. . Wll
Uatnaon, one of th owners, this morn.
Ing. , "W have, eaxrled our operation
beyond th possibility of a bluff" he
added. '
W plan now to occupy tha entire
right of way with construction gangs,
so that there will b no posslbl reason
for delay. . We hav th money. We are
getting the men; our equipment la ale
ready stationed for use. We mean bus
iness.- - , ,. .
With the battle for right in the
Harrtman and Porter Bros, railroad con-
SPAHISH FORCE ISlEtlED
Moors, Impelled by. Religious Frenzy, Taking Desperate
."' Chances to Annihilate Spanish Troops Who Are ' ;
" " Seeking Refuge' Within lInner Fortifications.
' (United re LeaMd Wlra.)
. Lisbon, Aug. 13 The Spanish troops
at Melllla hav. been driven from all
advanced positions by the Moor, who
are , bombarding the fortresses of th
city . with ; cannon which they captured
from the Spaniards, , according to .'dis
patches from Melilla.-
Th fighting has been going on for a
week, and both sides hav lost heavily
during the conflicts. The Spanish troops
are taking refug within- th Inner for
tifications, -. . .-,.
Th Moors hav gained-a big advan
tage over th Spaniards, and. reinforced
by Riff soldiers and sympathisers from
the Interior, they hav the largest
force that has yet attacked the city.
The cannon have been .hauled, up the
stees slopes of Mount Juarura, which
overlook Melilla. . From - there the
Moors are directing a heavy fir down
ward Into th fortifications. '-
General Marina., who is in command
of the Spaniards, led a sortie against
the tribesmen In a vain effort to drive
them from the outside entrenchments
that they have captured. Th Spanish,
fought bravely. Facing withering
fir directed at them by th Moors,
they were gaining ground when a fore
of Moorish troop charged their flank
and drove Marina back into tha fortifi
cations.: He was nearly captured.
Th position t of the defender "la
growing mora nearly untenable. The
Moors, elated by their advantage, are
pressing forward eagerly, and, impelled
bv religious frensy, r taking desperate
chance to capture the town and annl
hllat the depleted Spanish garrison..
Xorth Bank Road to Grays Harbor.
a (Special .Dispatch: to Ob-Joorsal.) . ' :
- South ' Bend, - Wash, Aug. - lS.-Th
Grays Harbor & Columbia River Ball
way company has Just, filed for record
a deed covering-1117 acres, comprising
over 1100 lots and tide. land frontage of
2U chains, all lying at and near Frank
fort. This road 1 buying right of way
from the Columbia river through this
city to Grays harbor. It will be a oon-
tinuation ot the Korth. Bank road.. .
(Continued on Page Two.)
(United Press Leased Wirt.)
San Bernardino. Cal.. Aug. 13. -Mrs,
Harriet McCormlck, 75 years of age, Is
suDoosed to have lost her Ufa in the
desert near Victorvllle.: . : .
Dispatches received her today stated
that ah left Victorvllle late Sunday
to walk to the home of her daughter,
which is six miles from the Mojave
river. ' the nearest water. When she
failed to reach her destination by night
fall the daughter became alarmed and
searching parties - wer eent to the
desert. - - ;
The searchers returned , last evening
without finding a trace -of the missing,
woman. It is thought that night- fell
before Mrs.. McCormiek reached her
daughter's home, and shs became lost.
The heat in this, section for the last
week has been intense, and it Is be
lieved she died of . th.irst under the
burning sun. Another party left to
day to search for her body. .
OPEN FIELD IN PHILIPPINE TRADE
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Frederic O'Brien,-; editor- of'thr'- Cablenews-American, published 4
4 - in Manila,, bellove that the commercial relations between Portland, as a ; 4
4 Pacific "coast port of entry and th Philippine Islands are to be Ira- 4
4 mensely - Important and that local business Interests should improve th
4. opportunity offered by free' trade. He says: ". 4
4 ' ' : ""America la to be always In the Philippines, There Is no way out. 4
4 ' It will be perhaps an ethical sacrifice to stay, but to'leav would bo. 4
4"- to glv. th Islands and their simple people over to the wolves of na- 4
4 tions, who contend today for domlnancy In the orient. The Filipino 4
4 have not the strength of population; education nor wealth to withstand
4 - the, pressure of Europe, Japan and China In th. fight , for trade and . 4
4 - room for population. ,- China, though, weak today,. Is growing.-' Her peo- 4
4 pi are excluded from the Philippines by America, but with the strong 4
4" arm of Uncle Sam withdrawn the hordes of Cathay would swamp the 4
4 Islands and drive tba' Indolent Filipino from every avenue of work. ' 4
4 -"Therefore, much aa we may regret the policy, which caused us, a 4
4 western nation untrained In colonisation, and ' whoa . very essence, . 4
4 democraqy, la equal right for all, to tak up the burden of th Philip- 4
4 ' pines; fat means us to stay. ' 4
4 "And . In -staying. we must develop. The' Islands are to be th . 4
4 , entrepot of American trad in the orient.- With . fre trad we will .
4 : gradually make, them the depot of American manufactures In the far
4 'east Where England for SO years has ruled the business world of
4; Asia' from Its'holdlng In Hongkong, the time of th United States has
4 come,, and th stands are to be th seat 'of commerce, the headquarter
4 "rlof theAmerican "dollar: In th rlnt "' - :v -
4 .T V - 4"Port,land should have Its- share In this. - With, its magnificent
4 'natural advantages. Its growing population and Its energc'lc merchant,
4 It should get into the, game speedily. Th trade with China l.i to l
4 the bone of international contention for the next rentury -and theve 1
4" opportunity for all the harbor of the Parliic roast . to .send, mrh, I
4 freightage out and to capture each Its share of tli traue."
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