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v ; ., ;. , i l v j o u -a l i , .4 ' - - ' "-! : " y f C- : r J: .1 5 c- '..-; ct 15 rents a v..L, fcr L'J'r -i J"-.:--:- jour- w " . ' . ' . i . -. ' f 1 i ' lit;;; - ' s I VU Y JXnN. r : ? 7 cut; r, c. The weather Probably fair to night and Saturday. VOL, IX. NO. 71. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1910. TWENTY-TWO' PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. Clf AIM d vj) V" i 'A .3 n r r i p A P nr ! f 1 i! i ;rA!i I 1 1. ? f I II I 7! - i! I! 1 i Li ill. Li u.L-a Li Jo tit V o l I 1 I. - u ' V YD FOURIiiDUEIilS mmmt:i (Vfirdict Reached on First Ba! - lot La Grande Banker Dis : played No Emotion When His Fate Was Announced.' PENALTY FROM FIVE TO FIFTEEN YEARS Attorney Takes Order for Stay - of Judgment for 10 Days to Consider Appeal. J. W, Borlber, defaulting cashier of the Farmers' A Trader' National bank Kef La Grande, Or., ' which closed its doors October 10, J9QS. was found guilty today on four Indictments charg ing him with embezzlement,, abstraction , and misapplication of funds and with ' tn&klhtf1 false entries. -t-i-w. . When th Jury, which for thrt-f, weeks listened to evidence for nnd against the former oanK ornciat wno pieaaea in sanity, "returned to the "courtroom at 11:80 o'clock this morning, it had been out about a half hour: ' One' f the Jurors said the verdict was reached on ' the first ballot, Immediately after the, ; jurors elected a foreman. - Scriber, - Who was In eourt, . received the verdict calmly. 'He did not display emotion and stayed - long enough after ' the Jury reported to receive expressions of sympathy from friends. His counsel took an order for a-stay of Judgment for 10 days to consider taking an ap ; peat. - i ' snortafs or fi3,ooa. , . s - Rcrlber, under the law, may be lm ' prisoned from five to 15 years on each v f tho four indictments on which he was convicted. -' - ' United States against 'J. W. Scriber, as the title of the case read, - was one of the most seneatlonal trials in the ..- history of the federal courts of the State. Bcrlber was Indicted on five counts by the .United States grand Jury In May, 1909, after the startling col ' lapse of the La Grande bank. His ac- counts showed a shortage of about $1(4,000 and forged seourtties for 90,- '000 were found In the vaults of the de funct institution, ' Several weeks before obargns against him came up for trial, Sorlber made (Continued on Page Eighteen.) iOfficial Report Indicates Inte . ' rior Inundated pivers Re port Tapping. Within Hull No Facilities for Raising. i HOPE BIS 1 H AMD ; llil PLUVIOSE fajnlted Prew Lftaed Wlr.) Calais, May 27.-Hope of rescuing the Imprisoned officers ajid men of the submarine Pluviose was abandoned to day when Minister La Payrere tele graphed. Premier Briand that a consid erable quantity of water had entered the sunken -submarine end that ; the , crew had undoubtedly perished. " - i The Pluviose, sunk yesterday In rnt llsion with the packet Vllle de Calais, lies In 30 fathoms of water. , Experts ' r.eport' that the -Pluviose , cannot . be . . rulsed before tomorrow. This means that none of the officers or crew of 27 ' men In the submerged craft will be found alive. ;( ---i.- The submarine 'is of the heaviest type In the French navy and although chains have been placed around the boat, tho apparatus for raising it is at present Insufficient. Suitable apparatus is ex pected tonight. Divers who fastened the chains about the vessel insist that they could hear tappings on the steel sides. The souds apparently were slg- . rials and It was dioped that some of the men might have succeeded in reaching Rn airtight compartment. Naval engineers hold out no hope that any of the imprisoned men will be found ullve. They "declare" that ttjo sinking must have been caused either by the destruction of the naphtha reservoirs or by an inrush of water after the sub- - marine .was struck. In either event, they say, the men would have been suf- - focated or drowned within a short time. , An official report of the number of men aboard the sunken boat names . Commander Callot, a subllentenant, and a crew of 25 men. ' ' 1 v ' ' Captain Flournler's opinion . tht the " collision was the result cf an attempt ff't?i",pa'tTn)f"TTie--fiavlK;iCnis'"cr.t(r of the submarine to dive under he -packet Is nenerally ayeccpted here. The ' superintendent of the salvage corps ex pressed the belief that nn undercuirrent Uuw the I'luvlosa from her courso, .i . , . . ... . .. ) , . t:,:.. .' ..y';- - Vr 3 SUGAR CHECKERS . CHANGE PLEAS AND . , ASKCOURT'S MERCY ' (UnitPd Pfm loused Wird. . . New York, May 27.--Withdraw- 4 ing pleas of not guilty to charges of fraud, three 'farmer sugar checkers of the American Sugar . "'Refining: company, co-defendants with Charles K. Heike, secretary of the company, pleaded guilty today, and asked the mercy of the court. . ; The men are Harry Walker, i. formerly Olrver-Spitzer's awlst- ant; Jean Halllgan and James HaHigan Jr., all of whom are ' 4 now on trial- with Koike. - 1 O ROSECHYTIIEATRE Representatives, of So Called Theatrical Trust Arrive : in V City to Negotiate for Con struction of Playhouse. ' ASSERT COMPROMISE vV TO BE IMPOSSIBLE LFive Cities of Northwest Are In volved in Syndicate's Plans V. for Operation. ;;, .m That a new theatre will be construct ed tn 'Portland Within' the near future for the production-of thft.Klav.A JIrr langer attractions is the positive state ment made by Edward G. Cooke of New York, a member of the business staff of the Klaw & Erlanjrer enterprises, who arrived In the city this .morning with Melville Marx of the firm of Oott lob.Marx A Co. of San Francisco. 'And it Is further stated that if local capital Is not Interested In the construc tion of a first class playhouse, the same to be leased, to the Klaw & Erlanger syndicate for a term of years, the syn dicate itself will erect the theatre for the presentation of its own plays. Oth erwise the attractions booked by the Klaw & Krlanger exchange will not appear her..., . ... , .... .... It Is evident that the next battle in the theatrical war that has been waged so . bitterly of late in the east will occur In the northwest and the arrival of these representatives of the so-called "theatrical triiM" indicates a few pre liminary skirmishes in the local field. Heffotlatlons In Seattle. i Messrs. ,Cooka and Marx ha ve - just come from Seattle,- where negi(lattons were closed for the' construction of a playhouse to cost within the neighbor, hood of $250,000, the exact site for (Continued on Page Three.-) Sah ; Pedro Buys 25,000,000 Feet 'Worth $400,000 Market Stiffened. . ' IFnlted Pwti trefl Wlr. " . Hoqulam. Wash.. May 27. The Grays harbori lumber mills have. four, months' Steady work n.fienri nf thorn tnrtnw nn a single order received from San Pedro- ai. ine oraer is ror 25,000.000 feet of lumber, v and Is worth approximately $400,000. 'A.' It. Payne and R. F. Lytle have just returned from the south, where they closed the' deal The order comes as a result of cut ting In prices made by Puget sound and Columbia river mills. The local men convinced the San Pedro buyers that any break in the market would be detrimental to all parties-and promised the Grays harbor manufacturers would nold prices, If protected by a big order.- KAISER'S RIGHT HAND ' . MAY REQUIRE OPERATION - iDnlted Vtvot Lfel Wtrv.t i Berlin, May . 87 Kaiser WUftelm - Is suffering from a malignant abscess on his right hand. , It it declared that an operation may b necessary. The court physicians bars been In consultation, but have not yet determined whether th operation will be performed,. f PRESIDENT'S SECRETARY : . MINISTER TO MOROCCO , (CnltinJ Vrn Lmiet) Wlm.l . " Washington, -May 87.- Trederick W. Carpeatw, - s taryte- FrsMeitt-Taft, resigned his position, today, and was nominated minister to Morocco. It was annonnoed Wt Carpenter's health was in danger of breaklnj down from ovor- , work. WOULD GUILD NEW BIG ORDERIANDED , BY HARBOR MILLS nun his 1 UPPER HMD lil VARVITII PA11I Bull Leader's Tactics Toward Close Not Entirely Clear, and He May Have Something Up His 'Ample Sleeve. . ' WHEAT MARKET OPENS IN SIMILITUDE OF PANIC Patten - Gains Upon Armour, Relatively Speaking, but - Net Result Is Defeat. ' ' (United Premi Leaned WIre.l ' Chicago, May 27. The smashing of prices, the driving of smaller brokSra to make sacrifice sales and the defeat of JJm Patten by his Inveterate trade enemy, J. Ogden Armour, caused the wheat market to open today In ,a condition- bordering on panic. . Floor selling orders tumbling in from all quarters nf ,thcountry forced the options down , to 2 cents under yesterday's close. r . . . - Lower ' foreign cables, good wheat weather and heavy stocks In transit added to the contusion of the already demoralized market. ' f Brokers were on tiptoe during' the morning . session, fearing that the operations :of the big- men of the mar ket would force smaller operators to the wall, rip open the wheat "reserve" and dump it on- the . market at lower than purchaae . prices. The operations of - the Armour agents were' watched closely and their trading largely deter mined the fluctuut.lons of the market. It became evident that the bears had possession of' the markuL The bear leadors predicted a droi of 10 cents a bushel before a halt would cbme in the ouying. ratten ana. me ieaaing nuw operators were credited with doing the bulk of the selling.' . The bulls, to minimize their losses, were believes to be selling largely, al though Interposing small - orders to bolster up the market when it . showed signs of too great weakness. When the market opened Patten was credited, with still holding In line Sep tember wheat estimated from S, 000,000 to 84))PO,000 bushels, which cost him on an average $1.04. 1 ' The market quieted 'before noon and wjieat prices showed more resistance. Toward the closing the Patten forces 'quit dumping wheat and were said to be heavy buyers. This resulted in the 'market's recovering half -of its early loss In the September and July options. May closed weaker and lower than the opening. t . ,, ' INDIANS BOMBARD : TRAINS WITH ROCKS Yuma. Aria., May 87. Federal offl. cers today are trying to round up the bad Indians who have been ambushing Southern Pacific- trains and hurling rocks through Pullman car windows. . . The officials believe the redskins are attempting tot retaliate for the refusal of the government to permit them to continue the funeral orgies that usually included the burning: of the dead In dian's possessions and frequently fields of grain and buildings-that belonged to white settlers near the reservation. ' A heavy guard has been placed along the railroad's right o( way through the reservation. , " i Tri rnnnninaiipmi iLLtunMrn o on OHGRT.NORTHERN Within Week 2200 Miles Will ; Be So Equipped for , De spatching Purposes--Sys-. tern Fills All Requirements. Wen'atchee,; Wash.,- May . 37. The Great Northern railway ; this morn ing ' began the' use - of telephone for train dispatching between ; the sound and. Spokane, marking the beginning of tne. end of the" telegrapher, on the Hill roads. ' - - .. ' - . The phones cut In this morning are those between Spokane , and Leaven worth, The phone system between Spo kane and Troy, Mont., - will ' be ready within a week. Wfji these are In use. the Great Northerfr .. will have about 2200 miles of track over which the tele phone has replaced Jtb.e telegraph. Ev ery station, and sfdlng wlli'be equipped with a phone and there -Is a selector set by which the dispatcher can call anv station h wants. Every train, etth ts WW gerW- fret gTltr thalTt-av es Spokane, going either, way, . will , be equipped with a portable telephone set, which can ' be cut r in on the line at any point. ; The; , advantage over, the telegraph.- in case of wrenka or utoer emergency,, csn be readily seen, f mat ROOSEVELT IN ! ' I -i ... U . '.. :-.;.v.' lS-'l '. 'U: Mm rO'-r !?- " ' '" VI ' --...' i . .. ,'M ;: r- . I I , II" I -" , .,)'. Colonel Ilooseyrit, as he appeared as ttpecial representative of. the United States of the funeral of King Edward. Colonel Roosevelt showed - . : sonv? "hesitation at donning evening dress at 7 o'clock In the morn ing to attend ;the funeral ceremonies, but .finally did so when told " that it, was jnade Imperative hy' those -who', were in charge of the v details of the funeral. . , ', POLITICAL Ml RESULTS IN FATAL IT III IRELAND One Man Killed and. Many In jured During Clash Between followers of. ; O'Brien and Redmond at Newmarket. ; , (United Press Leased Wire.) 1 Newmarket, Ireland, May-. 27.-fme man was killed, a dozen wounded and several hundred were., slightly Injured last night during a clash between the followers of William O'Brien, 'leader of the United Irish league, and John Red mond, head of the Nationalist faction. The fight began when a Nationalist attempted to speak here. ; Newmarket Is one of O'Brien's strongholds and a mob of Irish leaguers gathered tov break 'up the meeting. . The attempt by speakers to address a meeting led to a battle of fists, which soon became a riot. The affray was the most violent Of. the present campaign. Several houses were wrecked jby the in furiated combatants and finally the po lice were called. :.. ... ') ' After several vain ' attempts -with clubs to dlsjerse the rioters.- the. police opened fire. One man was killed 'and many were wounded. T ' Redmond is blamed for planning speaking tour among O'Brien's constitu ents. It Is believed that if he does not recall ' his speakers there will be repetitions of last night's j encourjtcrs. Further trouble Is- expected and the au thorities are taking precautions to pre vent another clash. , v . , : Liquor Dealers Elect President. . (flitted Prm t.cn5ir1 tV'Ir. t I """ClrifThnatl, "STay 2i. Morris F. W'est- helmer of Cincinnati , was reelected president of the National Liquor Deal ers' association at Its convention which ended tndayl Atlantic City-was "li,t d for the next meeting, the date to be decided " later. . EVENING DRESS PACIFIC COAST'S SALMON TRUST IS AT F Samuel Elmore of Astoria Ne gotiates With J. K. Armsby Company for Sale of .His Vast Interests. . ....,T - "f -e - - i - Spednl Dliptteh ts The Journal.) -. San Francisco, May 27,-Negotiatlons now pending here may result In a trans fer, of ownership of all the big Elmore salmon canneries along the northern coast ..to ' the.' J. . K..; Armsby company, which will give to the latter practically a monopoly In handling the product, of the entire coast with the exception of Alaska, ' - " Mtlllonnire Samuel Elmore of Astoria, acknowledged,, to, be' the largest Individ ual salmon packer In the?world, who has been identified with the business on this coast for 30 years,' is conferlng with representatives 'of the - J. K. Armsby company, among thCni w. E. Loucks. Details Are Kept Secret. -.It Js admitted by both Elmore and Loucks that a deal Is on, but-neither will discuss the details -of. the transaction. It is explained that Millionaire Elmore la preparing to. retire from active busi ness .life and is quietly getting rid of some of his numerous enterprises. Elmore operates eight big salmon canneries, the fall ' output of which Is 160,000 cases, -Thoy .are located OR Grays harbor, Nehaloin river, Tillamook rovor, Ncstucca river, 811ets bay, Alsea river,. .Utnpqua1 river, and Slualaw river, practically controlling the salmon pack ing situation outside of the' Columbia river. The J. lwAmisby company has a firm footing in the Pacific coast fish packing business in that it handles the entire output of .the Alaska Packers' associa tion and other. smaller concerns, ship ping snnuully between 1,500.000 and 2, 000,000 caacs of salmou to the cast. BORN FAMOUS BARK IS WRECKED All 15 OFCREWDROVNEO The Swanhilda That Brought Murderer Butler to the Pa cific Coast, Goes Down and Carries Part of Her Crew. CAPTAIN AND -WIFE ..AM0NGJHE-VICTIMS Disaster Recalls One of World's Greatest Murder Trials in Australia. (United Preis Wiro.4 Punta Arenas, May 27. The British bark Swanhilda was wrecked, and Cap tain Payne and his wife and 13 members of the trew drow'ned, according to re ports that reached here today. The ac cident occurred on Staten Island yester day. The messages contained . no, de tails. " Men who o down to the sea in ships have more-than passing recollection of the British, hark Swanhilda, which is reported f wrecked off ; Staten Island, entrance to the Straits of Magellan and 15 of . her crew drowned. The Swanhilda during her care.er rs a four mrfsted bark has'-been , identified- with many stirring tales of the sea and in marine lore her stories have more' than once, been read to interested listeners .' The most recent of the Swanhilda'-s adventures was her famous "cargo of monkeys," which furnished material for- the Imaginations of many marine writers, but the big event that brought the bark Into.-promfriencft' was the part Rl played In -the sequel to the "Blue Mountain Murders" case In Australia In tne "80s, for It was James Butler, A. B.. one"'0f 'her crew, who turned out to be the "Blue Mountain'- murderer. . ;.)'.''..'.'.,'""; Butler's Career.'--".''.'..... - . James Butler was one of the world's strangest criminal characters. "-His was a nature like that of "Long John" Sllva in "Treasure Island"; a man of suavity ( and cruelty, an accomplished mineralogist and a far more accom plished liar and thief. He had followed the sea, dividing his time between the gold fields in the Blue mountains, Aus tralia, and old ocean. r. In '94 Butler came into Newcastle (Continued on Page Eighteen.) Captain Timmis Sailed With Russian Fleet, Carrying Am ' munition for Japs tCnlted Pre.sLfl Wire "Seattle, May 27- Captain H. G. A. Timmis. R. D., of , 'the British steamer Janeta, known the world over for the "man who fooled Rojestvensky," and the lr.st- man; to receive a decoration from the-late King Edward, will steam out of Puget sound today on his return to Great Britain. ? The Janeta shifted to Tacoma early this. morning. She will leave Tacoma this afternoon for Liverpool. . , . .Captain Timmis fcerved 18 years In the royal naval reserves and in rec ognition of his splendid ixwrri' the lata king decided - to honor him with the royal decoration. The date was set for January 20 last. On top of this the owners of the Janeta ordered the cap tain to sail for Seattle via the orient on January 10, Explanations were made to the king, which resulted in his ma jesty breaking all - precedent. He sent the ' decoration to Admiral Lyons- of the- China fleet, with a commission to act as proxy for the king and create Captain. Timmis a member of the order. On Marish IB, on H.-M. S. Tamar, In the'preselnce of 2000 sailors of the fleet, the embiem was pinned on the breast of the (aptain. Timmis, as captain of the Planet Ve nus of the Leland line, carrying a load of ammunition for the Japanese in the recent war with Russia, sailed two days with the Russian fleet and succeeded in getting away from .them. He -was dodging Rojostvensky's fleet 'all the way from Mlddlesborongh. One morn ing he found, himself,, in the center of the fleet. He hastily ran up aj Russian flag and steamed bodly with the enemy for two days. . Bojestvensky evidently mistook the Planet Venus for one of his transports. It was a, fatal mistake, for the cargo of-the mistaken transport later helped to blow Ills fleet to piece. Lineman Killed by Fall. (Special nii,aten' to The Jourunl.) - Colfax, Wash., Mav 1 27. Coroner wis nurmmirTrnTTtnTrTnnn'iiu;'st id 7:30 This evening over the body of Phillip Mahon, a lineman who died, at the hospital today as the result "ot a fall from a repair car-while Working on the Spokane Inland Eleotric railroad. The Jury will visit the scene of U,a cciiU'iiu THIS WIAH ONCE FOOLED OLD ROJY HEAREDIGB INTOPASTHiSTORY . OF ERIC E. ERiCSOI Undertaker, Who Has' Gained Unpleasant1 Notoriety Be- - cause of Disappearance of Mrs. Smith, Deserted Wife. GRAVEDIGGER ACCUSES HIM OF UNFAIR DEAL Put Fortune into Undertaker's Business, Losing Nearly Ail on Misrepresentation. Dead or alive, the discovery of Mrs. Hanna Smith will clear away the' mystery that shadows her dis appearance on th night-of May 8. Hoping to find the old woman or her body, . detectives are searcring the cemeteries near;; Portland and are quizjing transportation agencies who would know if she suddenly decided to leave the cbuntry. ' No case has ever presented mora puzzling features to the authorities than the disappearance of the widow. Erie E. Erloson, the Alder street un dertaker who last saw Mrs. Smith, and toward whom the, finger of sus picion has pointed, refuses to admit that he knows more of the old wo man's whereabouts and present con dition than he has already told. Erlcson caused his .'attorney; Charles J. Schnabel,: to announce today that ho win Conduct an investigation which will tend to clear his -name ' of the shadow that hatigs over it.' Schnabel said,, too, that he ' 'had furnished information - (Continued on Page Eighteen.) Not the Attorney General, of Course, but the Delegate , Charges Cinch Game. ' (United Prei Leased Wlr.l Washington, - May . 27.The direct charges of Delegate Wickersham of Alaska before a sub-committee of the senate judlcary committee, - that the Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate caused the appointment of T. R. -Lyons as fed eral district'-Judge, the nomination of John Rustgard as United States district ? attorney and' of Herbert Faulkner as United States marshal In Alaska. lf sus tained, promise ; to start . a- movement in congress -for an open, Investigation of Alackan affairs. ''-:-- "::' The investigation which. Is foreshad owed by previous developments would not be confined to any special phase of the land, situation. Every political act in which It is charged the syndicate participated would be Investigated ami the investigation -would be open to the public:.',.- ... ','. ...'. ' . ' The offlcals,1 alleged by- Wickersham to be syndicate appointees,, will act in the Cunningham cases, which 'are pend ing in the territory, unless the govern ment interferes, They, alscj ; would ..act in an cases in wmcn ina Bynuicate is Interested. ' ' ' , ' ' . Judge Lyons was one of the attorneys who defended Edward Husey when llp.Jiey was on, tula? for .''niurder..''. Hasey was a deputy federal marshul. Vlae' 'a. attorneys, according to charges before the committee, wrote a letter. to a Gug genheim agent at V.Seattle containing ltemzed bills covering entertainment ot witnesses at the Hauey trial. Xetter by a Guggenheim Man. i Delegat Wickersham presented tlie subcommittee with a . photograph of a letter signed by John A. Carsun, attor ney for ;the Guggenhetms, ; wtm octed with Lyon In the defense of Hasey, who after acquittal of a murder ehnrs in Alaska, was on trial for assault in Washington. 5 - .. .:'. The tetter was addressed to Captain IX H. Jarvls, treasurer of the aiiggvn heim company at Seattle., .It puipoil' d to contend an exwnne account of M, H. Morrlssey, an alleged employe of i: Guggenht'ims, - who "iSok caie'i of wit nesses for the defence in the IlnsV-y va in "Alaska,,- and who entertain;! jjicy mcn. The letter ssldi ,"' - 1 Quergenhelms red State Witnesses. "The enclosed- account v submit f.-i to me by him. I' do not !itim t,i i.H-.r, lersonaI -knowledge, of H the Uwtv. ;' 1 know that' Jlorrlssey w 't ilin( of - severs I tif . the' . fiovermii.'itt's vi'-. nesses. I saw lilm ,tak tl-.nn l .i ii-u,, - . morcd aroimil ,run!M tltst a mni-trtt v " th governmctit's witrti''- '' 'r-- hr-'u and-Have net the -M. l'.-l I ' , 'M'rH.is"y riiv1 f'tr t1,"-)'! in if-e t!:. "In suiii i Hi, I v, t i ,,:r--. i . ERSIIAiFOE OF GUGGEIIIKS J-