JOU.iii.Al U..U -'. VI-.ST1- !;t Y ' V.W i: i u VOL. IX. NO. GS. TORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY- EVENING,. MAY - 24, i 1910. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ikKa liVS : C... n n ( " A a . i - a " - : 'v' v VV v v V vj V t r r .11 T" r - j J Li ML'fMlGi ! l I '.- v ? I VL I. .iBM L hi L . 1 inn's (em DRYDOCK DEWEY MIMA SIR Water Displacing Valves Left Open in Some .Unknown MannerLarge Enough to Receive Dreadnaughts. , ; INSTALLED AT TOTAL COST 0FV $1,040,000 All Nations Used Dock Towed " to Islands, Via Suez C(anal in 1906. (United Press iMifA WJre.1l Manila, May 24. The drydock Dewey, the largest floating drydock of the American navy, sank in 70 feet of water et Olongapo, Sublg bay, today. In some unknown manner the water dis placing Valves of tne drydocks ' were , left open. . .. ' , ' u., . ' The costly machinery of ..the, Dewey is ruined, according to naval engineers. JnataUod July 10, 1906. " " ;Tlje IJwey was inarailed at Olongapo, Bublg bay. July 10. J06, after having ' bofn towed ' there from Hampton Roads. Tho drydork was used by the ships rf all nations touchlng'Stj Olongapo. It could take veneris of the Dreadnaught clax. , The-drydoi-k cost $1.00,000. v While the 'Dewey is out of commis t.Ipn ar vessels n tn Ortont must use 'the Kowlorf, China, drydock. , ; Vallcio. " Cal.. May I4.r-The drvdoPK Dewey, 'Which is leportei sunkiRWiUr ippine waterl, wan installed at Olon gapo, Subtg hay, Manila, by Naval Con- , structor W. G. Dubose and Chief Car punier V, W. Cowles, wlio are at the JUare Island navy yard here, . . Cowtes said the drydock probably f-nnk In a tornado, as that was moat f pared by naval officers when the huge eteel tank was put In place. He ex pressed tne belief that the Dewey would be, raised. . t , Cost $1,000,000. t The Dewey wae built at 8tarrow TolnW Md.. by tiie Maryland Steel com- fny. at a cost of $1,000,000. The dry dock measured 600 feet In length and 106 feet In width, and would accommo date the largest ship, including even war vessels of the Dreadnaught type. The hoisting machinery could lift 24,000 tons dead weight. The Dewey was towed' to the Philip pines by the . refrigerator shfp Glacier and the supply ships Caesar and Brutds, under command of Captain Hawsley, now dead. Constructor Dubose and t'nlef- Carpenter . Cowles -accompanied the expedition. In passing through the Suet canal the huge' drydock .scraped .the sides of the canal and the United States was compelled to pay $40,000 for repairs to the waterway. 1 ,The Dewey .was Installed at Olongapo .March 10. 1906. DEATH OF SMALL CHILD ATTRIBUTED TO CREED OF HOLY ROLLERS SECT : Another death has been laid to the fanatical creed of the "Holy Rollers" sect The 3 year old daughter of Mrs. EUiatteth C.r Nelson, 31 Grand avenue, 'died of diphtheria.;, Although the baby suffered for several days no physician was called until the little one had ceased '' to breathe. .physician wss then sum " moned. He found that diphtheria had j been the cause of death. A 18 year old i brother Is now lying In bed with the 1 disease. He refuses to take medical t treatment,; his , refusal being approved, by his mother.. The health authorities (are powerless to aid the stricken boy I because of his stubborn religious belief. ' : '((tnecial Dltpateb. to the Journnl.) Chicago, May 24.--Belated efforts to regain Chicago's lake commerce by Har bor improvements, have been aided. by facts concerning Bristol, for centuries one of England's greatest ports, but dur ing the last 60 years tn, decline because private i ownership - of- the docks pre vented harbor. developments. -: 'y''. ' The completion of the Royal Edward -docks 'at Bristol, which the new Royal line of steamships, owned by the Cana dian Northern railway was first to use, have1 provided the harbor depth for big boats, the lack of which caused Trans atlantic steamships to develop Liverpool Jnstsjid, of Bristol as a gtvat jport.-"; Tim 'first sti'ldTlowai'iI Ifio Regaining of her old 'maritime-prestige has been tn ken and the Royal Kilward, breaking all Canadian speed" records across the AtlHntlc. has made her initial, voynne t'i Montreal, where the Canndlnn North crn'jf lake and rail vonnrcllona link Hrl.i tiJt to the western provinces of Camula. ti'e 1 iftir-.-t 'ih'W I'i'i-ii'ii of thu 1'iltUih BEWTPUBUC docks ay 1 1 SftllE PORT OF. CHICAGO J I I i I i i 'I '! , RIM0STOR01I EffiRY DIRECT! III OREGON-HILL Returning " From 1500 - Mile Journey Through State, 'Rail "road President Voices -En- : thusiasm Over Interior. SATISFIED OREGON SOIL , WILL PRODUCE ANYTHING Great Northern to Assist in; Doubling Population, by Advertising Campaign. ; . . - ; ..- "Oregon is a wonderful " state." This is what Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad learned on his 1600 mile tour through f cntral Oregon an the Willamette valley which was completed .last night, when the party drew up at the Hotel Portland. "A wonderful state that will grow anything. I never dreamed that Ore gon would grow palms." - he resumed. "But It will, "I saw them flourishing down the line. It will grow anything from rye and wheat and grasses to figs and tropical fruit. ' "My Impressions of the trip are so many that they would fill a book, but the one thing above all others Is that the Great Northern will assist tn doub ling the state's population: in the ivett two years. And railroads will be built In every direction. 1 am not speaking for an east and west line or any other line, because I am not building rail roads, . but 1 knw they will .be built, and there will he ,more thim one. 1 see room for many roads. . - 6pen Xft Oregon. " "The Grtat Northern is going to open up . Oregon whether the people ; want us to or not, but I feel that the people are with . usi I . never me more en thuslHsm . anywhere than In . Oregon. Everywhere we were received and. wel comed in a way that bespoke genuine sympathy and deep enthusiasm. To say that the trip was a revelation and a great pTeasure.ls putting It mildly. "We will. Immediately begin oun ad vertising campaign in the east and headquarters nave already been estabr lished in Portland to look after matters at this end. Occasional tours'will be made through the Btate to keep us closely In touch with the progress of development." Mr. Hill left for St. Paul this morn ing In his special car after having left matters In charge of H. A. Jackson, as sistant general freight and passenger agent of the Great Northern,' and F, W. Graham, who will be known as western industrial and immigration agent. rind Anything Here. . . ' Headquarters .will be maintained for the time being at' least in the Third street office of - the Great Northern until a permanent exhibit : of state products has been arranged, when larg er, Quarters will be .required." v By that time plans will t also be' perfected to meet and take care of people who come out to settle. It is realized that these people are In need of unprejudiced ad vice, and thts'wlll be furnished. Large collections of photographs Will be secured from all parts of the state to show the topography of the various localities -to pieople before they "begin looking over the country In search of a sultabje location. t, : - "Almost anything a man wants can be found In Oregon," Mr. Hill continued. "I found that the state contains every character of land, and In' large quanti ties. Some of the counties are large enough to house entire states of the east without crowding. :-,, - Much lnd Wittiheld. - - 1 weiuM like to see the man with a fixed Ideal enter Oregon and come out (Continued on Page Two.) empjre. The experience of Bristol In detail Is a parallel to. that of Chicago, also other American cities where harbor .develop ment has been neglected. MaJoTnomas H. Reea, of the United States army en gineering corps, has bluntly pointed out what indifference has cost and will cost Chicago in land and river commerce In a report which, he quoted In a recent speech. Her said: "In 1903 Chicago's lake commerce represented tn receipts and shipments 8,000,000 tons. In, 1908 that bad dwindled to 4,000,000 tons," ? The commissioner of the corporation of Bristol sent to Canada to secure traf flc and trade, has said In an interview that jLhe,aocUrln-i)t luajaoy!. !! w one of the greatest things that had hap pened to iBrtstol in many years. The new 150,000.000 docks she has built have thus Blrendy uliown themselves to be a valuable Investment: the faet that 'the line has chonrn this port being in'evl deneo .that Brlt(il Ib about td vesumo lier ancient heritage i.f. eominereitil mi. i Ki;..i' ai.iuug law poi'U ui Ui wuilU. ' 11 iTiiillj ; " 7 ; . '.S -W4!' Tells Ministers Schools -Should Have Moving Pictures' to . Offset Cheap Shows Advo cates Ball Game. ' - (Colted Pti Leme4 Wlre.l . Milwaukee, TVIs., May 24. Tnat moy Ing pictures Installed , In the public schools will offset the evils of the nickel theatre la one of the suggestions made by Mayor Emtl Side! that .has" given' the ministers of Milwaukee something tqj re flect upon. The Socialist mayor ' at- tended a' meeting, of the ministers yes terday and talked about reform. One minister suggested that It was useless to try. to give good, wholesome amuse ment' to, the boys of Milwaukee,, as Jong as the nickel theatres were allowed to operate. r The picture shows. It was charged, had an evil Influence, '"The thing to do Is to compete with the nickel theatres,'" the mayor re plied. 'Moving pictures having a proper Influence installed In the schools woulj counteract the effect of the cheap the atres." '. . - Atrocates Ball - dune. . Another'" suggestion that .startled the ministers was that baseball la a counter attraction . for the saloon. -"When a boy Is offered a' ticket to a ball game he will sfcun saloons," the mayor declared. " , ' , : ; ' One of the ministers objected, 'say ing liquor was sold at the, ball park. "The boy g" will manage to drink' some how," he said. 1 . "Then It Is up to you to cultivate and devlop a better taste," the mayor re plied. ATLANTIC CITY SHUNS . THOSE GREEK DUNCANS - '-(.nr'nlM Prow tMsea WIpb.) I 7 ' Atlantic City, N. 3.i May 24. Mr.' and Mrs. Raj'mond Duncan, formerly of San Francisco, ?: are dally promenading the board walk attired In ancient Greek cos tume, - The exponents 'of Oreek slm. pllcity arrived at Atlantic City In com pany with' Dr. and Mrs.' S.' L. Krebs of Swarthmore, and went to, a restaurajit. The ; proprleti" refused to serve them unless the Duncans put on mojre cloth ing. When the party -left they wer fotued to iMtsa. tlM-wugb erawU that- had gathered aboiit therestaurant.'.? it'i Kxtehd Car Line. a tSpeelnl l)iwtrh n Hi' Jimmdl.V Albany. Or.. May 24. The Tirst street rarline will he extended this summer from Washington to t'nlH'jxiela Street. A., 1. T.'t terlift' h Is now upon' the ground1 making "preparations tot the extension. 1 ILHKEE'Sllfflr HAW SUGGESTS : IliE.BiS ' J-'y ftul-:- tottA - - - BOMB OUTRAGES IN SPAIN REVIVE V.T Renewal of Anarchistic Activi- ty .' ihjjwn in Simultaneous ; Occurrences at Widely Sep arated Points. " ; . : (Dnlted PreM Lened Wlre.l r Madrid, May 24. Bomb 0utrages7at Barcelona, Seville nd Madrid,. In 'which' the life of King Alfonso was' endangered, caused the police today to- begin a cam paign against' anarchistic " organization.' FEARS FOR KING The Tedgn nofr terrorlBm at i Barcelona and Seville received Impetus here when a man - named Callenmayor, 1 dropped " a bomb, near a: place where the king and queen of Spalh were to ' driver on the king's return from England. - , The. bomb exploded and wounded Cal lenmayor. yhe. police started "lnv pur suit of the man, who, seeing be would be captured, killed himself with a re volver. ' . A report. wa circulated by the author ities that Callenmayor ; had attempted to dynamite a monument erected to the memory of the'victlms of the-bomb ex plosion of 1906 ' but' later It was ad mitted that Callenmayor's ct was not one of vandalism but wis the miscarri age of n anarchistic plot for a con certed uprising. ' , , , Carransa, Spain, May 24. Three per sons were killed and i6 Injured today In a bomb explosion in a church here. The killed and injured were worshipping in the edifice at the time. The authorities' have learned that the bomb was. composed of explosives simi lar to that which injured a man. named Callepmayor' at Madrid, who Is believed to have planned an attack upon the king and queen, The similarity of the bombs leads to the belief that an anarchistic reign of, terror Is' Impending, i . POLICEMEN PAY: ill. :r: ' , . FOR SLEEP AT RATE , - OF $1 PER MINUTE k'7j j '- - '-'v.--; s, . V It cost $1 a minute for Patrolmen R. P. Williams and J.'J. Mackey to sleep on duty, but they have agreed to pay the price. - .- . ,t Both men were found sleeping In a basement last week by Sergeant Harry Parker, v The - patrolmen covered" their heirt-a-t't-o'PlwIrne-onttmj-tovnd repom In tne warm basement' '"jit ter geaot saw them go In the place, and aher waiting , 20 : minutes entered 1 the place. Williams was lying on the floor, while Mackey was asleep In a chair. Both men were suspended until 'the' mat ter eouM be taken up -yesterday by the police' r.inimiKslon. They " were each fined "?:o.""-"-; "' "--""'- - ; ...... y AFTER- 3B HOURS III 4 i Attempt to Cross Small Bay on 1 Improvised Raft Which Goes to Pieces Picked Up By a Fish Schooner.! U ; . , j tBnlted Press tea'ied Wli. 1 .Seattle. .Wash., V.&y, 24: Clinging , to a log raft'for 36 hours In the tnlddle of San Jua,n St rat ts.7 and , half crated : by cold and , hunger, Hana Larsen and Oli ver" Jensen, logger of Richardson, were picked "up : lrt.st.it Wednesday night by the halibut schooner Standard Fish "com-pany-'No,7 J.V-V':'-'V. :r-;,u y.,', .i,.... The schoonert arrived - In port last night and the captain told the story, of the -rescue today. In rescuing the two men, the dory in which the crew was lowered was stove- In by tha great log to which the loggers wera clinging, and only quick work by Captain Nelson with a life line, saved the crew as well aa the castaways. , ,. A stiff gale" whs blowing Wednesday night and the sea was . running , high in the straits. Cai 'ain .Nelson, who was at the wheel, heard a cry and made out a dark object on, the water. The crew was lowered in a dory .and made for the spot.. A great wave hurled the log into the, little boat and the captain heard the crash.. He steered the schooner within a few feet of the sinking dory ant got a line to the men. : The two loggers were taken to Port Angeles the next day, where they were sent, to a hospital, weak from exposure and from th effects of drinking ocean water. ';:'',-''t w''" ';'" .'' '' ' Last Tuesday mprnjng they attempted' to cross a small bay on Lope Island on a carelessly 1 improvised '' raft of logs. The wind which sprang up pulled them out to sea, and as the water rough ened ' the raft began going to pieces until only one log is left. V. Willamette League Dissolves. . Albany, Or.. May 24. The Springfield team of the Willamette Valley Baseball league has withdrawn from thq league on account of an alleged unfair treat ment at Eugene on Sunday. . The Albany team claims that It also received unfair treatment' at Engene on the' previous Sunday. Through the withdrawal of Springfield the league : becomes . dis solved. Albany Will keep an Indepen dent team in the field throughout the summer, as also will Springfield, t- "?;1 ' Kaiser" Leaves' for. Hdtne. i; i! ; London, May S3i Kaiser Wllhelm left London' toda- for Sherne.ss, . where h will boa I'd the royal yacht t Hohenxol lern end sail for .Germany. Thu llo heivzollern" has been lying at Sherness Since May IS. when It brought the kaiser to Knsinnd.' attend. thu, funeral of.itlsj n m inn m nnrun UI1 LUU 111 UULHIl A . i r. ALLEGED LETTER OF rLos Angeles, May 24; The chief of police refuses to admit the alleged EricBon letter or discuss the case. He Is said to have wired full instruction's to Chief of Police Cox;6f Portland last night ' Los Angeles, May, 24. The p&llce later admitted they had secured pos session of a ;letter , signed by Eric son an undertaker of Portland, di recting a certain man here to send a fake message tq Portland, purport ing to be signed -by the missing wo man. 1 ' V : . ,.. . . ; .t . '.;.. :. E. K. Erlcson. undertaker at 409 Alder street, who ' was the , custodian of the funds of Mrs. Hanna Smith,' the aged Swedish woman who so mysteriously dropped out of sight on May 8, was the real author of the telegram signed with her name and sent, here to Mrs.-Anna Harper,, her niece, according to advlcea received from Los Angeles today.' r " .'Ac'coMing'-.td i these, advices Erlcson wrote to a friend In Los Angeles and dl-rw-ted him to Send the telegram to Mrs. Harper iThia man was taken to police headquarters- in Lqs Angeles and gave iha ttfr.Vlttii t..hira liy-JCrlcsoa. to the pollcewho now have It. " ' - ';'.' ' V Makes Kb ' Reply.".-""" "'."" Erlcson was' asked -about the report this morning over the telephone. At the time he was at the Greenwood ' ceme tery and he was called to the telephone rue report -from, iLos Angeles was tpld him and he was asked if he had an statement or explanation, to make. .- No reply was received from him, and It was found that he had left the receiver hanging and had mounted the ..hearse standing outside .the building and driven rapidly) away. It w as saiij by the woman who answered the telephone that he had gone to a funeral south of Greenwood cemetery and would return there about 2 o'clock. . , ' Captain of Detectives , Moore , says that he had no word from Los Angeles (Chief Cox,, however, did) and that h conld make no move without the In structions of the district attorney's of fice. ' ' - - The report 1 from , Los Angeles has It that Erlcson wrote to a friend In Los Angeles, asking that the following tele gram be sent to Mrs. Anna Harper at 229 Main street: "Send all my things C. O. D. to Los Angeles. Cal. by friend freight. - Pay room rent Tell Erlcson I win write later. Am all right. Hanna Smith." ' -' " ' The peculiar thing about It Is that Mrri. Smith did not know the address of her niece, H.Mrs. Harper. ., Erlcson did know the address, having hunted Mrs. Harper up after ; the disappearance of Mrsr SmKhv-May fcMrs. Smith hasno friends In Los Angeles. . . ' ' Danish 'Ministers Resign. ' v" ' I r ' (United PreM Leaned Wire.) Copenhagen, May 24. When King Frederick, returns from London he, will ,flnd the resignations of the- ministers of worship and commerce, who failed of p reelection. The resignations are in the' hands, of .Premier Zahle. CHURCHPEOPLEOF II Denunciatory Resolutions ; to Governor Gillett and San ; Francisco Officials Demand i Enforcement of Law. ' --vt (United Pre Leased Wtre.V v v . Lob Angeles, May 24. Officers of the Church- Federation of Los Angeles are preparing, copies of resolutions de nouncing : the propbsed Jeffries-Johnson fight, to be forwarded to Governor Gillett and to District Attorney Fiekert and Chief of Police Martin of San Fran cisco. ; 1 :The Federation council unanimously passed therastio resolutions last even ing, i It brands the proposed fight as an evidence : of "commercialized brut ality"" and a "desecration of Independ ence, day." -.ba- rawFathof theftfwmwfr-thwt will be forwarded , to Gnvernoi; .Gillett dec-lares, the proposed , fight to be In direct violation of the law. - It Btiiten that If steps- are not' taken to prevent th contest the federation; and other or ganisation will pioaecutu as crtminalH the .principals and .promoters, ami will seek to remove from office the officful respunaiM .-.or- pwuiitUuif U - to -pw-. LOS ANGELES HAS INSURGENTS CLAIM RUMDR OF PLOT ROOSEVELT; PLAU AGAINST WOMAN TO VIH VITH Hlf.l LOS ANGELES ViSIl BIG FIGHT STOPPED FROM Relation of Events in Closing Hours of Administration, When Roosevelt Asked Taf t . to Stand by People. - (Cnlted Pma Leamd Wlra... Washington, May 24. That Theo dore Roosevelt Is with the Insurgents heart and soul Is the gist of a hither to unpublished report made by, a com mittee of Insurgents to a !caucu's of the house progressives In March, 1909. The . Indorsement was given the Insurgents in the strenuous closing days oft Roose velt's 'administration. ' ' ; . With . this- support behind them tlw' house Orosressivea. w(th-,"Rfiosevelt afid Insurgency" as the battle cry. f re pHin ning a terrific campaign next fall that will, sweep- the former president Into ,the whirlpool of politics. . - The Indorsement," which forms fne gro,und work of the campaign planned. ' was given to Representative Nelson of, Wisconsin. Representative Gardner of , Massachusetts .' and Representtrve Madison of Kansas. . The three representatives-were sent as a committee ly tha. insurgents -tos. RoQ6vaft,.iQ.. nbu in his Indorsement of ': the insurgent mil ll.lna Thau A . nAn .....I r. f rw . I ... caucus and made a report of the result of their mission. ,The report is here mace public for the first time. Cannon Greated Obstacle. -- On March 3, 1909, the report dec-lores, Roosevelt, proposed to give Represen tative Nelson, as chairman of the in surgent committee, a-letter indorsing the fight made by the progressives on Speaker . Cannon and the house rules. He expressed thorough sympathy with the progressives and said: "Cannon has been the greatest ob stacle to my efforts to secure good leg islation throughout my administration.'' On . March . after having spent an evening wlta Taf t, Roosevelt asked the Insurgents to excuse htm from writing a formal letter incorporating these views, on the ground that such a letter might embarrass the new administra tion. .. .... ;,. ; ,;. . ,. ' Roosevelt explained ' to Gardner and Nelson that he was still in hearty sym pathy wlth the Insurgent plans- and tho only reason he had decided not to write the letter as he himself had suggested, was that he did not! want to be charged with interference with Taft He said that : he was accustomed to dealing with these matters ., In. his own , way and he believed his. successor desired to do the same. - i. .-r ;,.V Standing in the president's room in the senate wing of the capitol, Roosevelt took Gardner and Nelson by the hahrt and turning to Taft urged him to take up the Insurgent cause. ' That was" one of Roosevelt's last acts during his ad ministration, the report declares. - Story of Last Conference. The insurgent- executive committee gave the following outline of their visit, to the president, bcrore the insurgent caucus: -Nelson, Gardner and Madison endeav- (Continued on Page Eleven.) DURING ECLIPSE Camera .Man at Lick Secures Some Excellent Likenesses of the Wanderer and Also cf Luna in. Obscurity. (United, rrena. Leased Wlr.l LIck Observatory. Cal. May 24. Hal ley's comet was seen bv Director Camp bell of Lick observatory for 45 dmn'i of Its length,, during tiie edlje r t:. moon last night. The .eclipse t"ok 't at the time scheduled. :(! p. m., em.-?-ing 95 minutes later. At 9:09 the tell; -i was total. Heavy fog hung over the feanta Cla- valley below Mount Hsmllton, and t eager watchers-of Shu Jo, t'uto-AU and other vaHe towns- ih'ff coi-.-f --ots'u'KeilT"- .' Professor '"'Campbell 0"!' sverl i-f.o-'tographs of the .comet an. uf . a- i at vnrieus stoaes of ttse er ' , , will be r. i i- .1 fui- . i. niu - i No -vtra.i!'.;nsirv j..-. waim t - Ht;i e.J. 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