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SAVIIIG OF LABOR
Electrical Wizard Predicts the
Passing of the Chore Boy
. and Salesgirl and- Banish
ment of the Horse.
In the June number of Popular Elec
tricity Thomas A. Edison, the Inventor,
makes a few predictions- about "The
Tomorrows of Electricity and Inven
tion." ' " s
In the not far distant future. Bays
the wizard of Menlo Park, all the
chores of the household will be done
by electric machines and the armies
f clerks and. sales people In the 'de
partment stores will be replaced by
motors and slot machines. Mr. Edi
son says ha is now at Nort on plans
for such a store- and soon wll, have
them - completed---'. ' '':.' ' '
"Animal labor" that Is, human labor
musti give way, he Insists, .'befprej
the scientific work -of the electric ma
chine. Humane societies, Mr. Edison
prophesies, are doomed to early ex
tinction , with the positively sure dis
appearance of the horse from the1 streets
cf cities. .
Wo Room for. Horses.
, 'Tor years past." he writes, " I have
been trying to perfect a storage battery
and now have rendered U entirely suit
eble to automobile and other work.
There is abHolutely no reason , why
Worses should be allowed within : city
limits, for - between the gasoline a.nd
the electric car no roorA la left for them.
They are not needed. The cow and
the pig; have' gone and" the horse Is
still more undesirable.. , .' ." '',
"A higher public Ideal of health and
cleanliness Is working i toward such
banishment very swiftly, and then we
shall have -decent streets Instead of
stables "made out of strips of cobble
stones bordered by sidewalks, : The
worst use of money is" to make a. fine
thoroughfare and then turn It over to
horses. Besides that the change will
put the humane societies out of. busi
ness. " .-: :. -:
The substitution of electrical for hu
man labor will cut down the cost of
living: to the minimum, Mr. Edison pre
dicts, and be theri proceeds to tell
how, with his rapidly perfecting plans
for "pouring" houses instead of "build
ing" them, the laboring man may have
a fine . home for . a year's wages or
thereabouts. ."
Bolda Jflam simple. ;
"My plans are simple," says the In
ventor. "Nothing that Is fundamental
and successful In dealing with the
wants of humanity In the, mass must
ever be complicated. " I Just mould a
house Instead of, a brick. A complete
pet of my Iron moulds will cost about
$25,000 and the working plant $16,000
more. As a ' unit plant t will' start
six sets of molds to keep the men busy
and the machinery golng. - --
i "At least 144 house can-be built 1n
a year with this equipment - A, single
house can be cast In, six .hours,,, With
interest and depreciation of 10 per- cent
fa-asunijsfiay-JUWuO.tha-pUMit
charge" against each house is less than
$125. I believe the houses V can be
erected complete with plumbing! and
heating apparatus for $1200 each when
erected on land underlaid with sand
and gravel. Each house may be differ
ent in combination of design, color and
other features, and endless variation of
style is possible. , 1 -
"The house I would give the work
in gman has a floor' plan 25 by 30 "feet,
three stories high, ' with Cellar, on a
lot 40 by 60 feet, with six large living
and sleeping rooms, airy halls, bath
and every ,eomfort In cut stone such
a house would cost $30,000. These
houses can be built in -batches of hun
dreds and then the plant can be moved
elsewhere. When; built these communl
, ties of poured houses can become flow
ered towns, with wide lawns and bloom
ing beds, along the roadways. .
. Bait Kat"an4 Bug.
'"Rats and mice and croton bugs will
have as much show In them as In the
steel safe of a tank. Cement neither
breeds vermin nor harbors It -There
Is nothing in all this that is not com
mon sense and easy of practice. With
a fair profit these houses should rent
at $10 to $12 per month, ,v
"Who would not forsake the crowded
apartment or tenement on such terms
for roomy,' substantial houses, fitted
with modern conveniences, beautified
with artistic decorations, with no out
lay for insurance or repairs and with
no dread of fire or fire bugs?!
HASTY WEDDINGS
V - FOLLOW DIVORCE
Married nine days after she was di
vorced. In violation of the Oregon law
providing that divorced persons shall
not remarry for six months, Mrs. Mabel
Beebe has begun suit In the circuit
court to annul her life contract with
George Ouless. She says she was di
vorced from Worth Beebe at Oregon
City September 21, 1909, and married
Ouless nine days later ; Mrs. Beebe
ys she lived with Ouless until March
21. when she learned that remarriage In
euch quick time was illegal ,
Another mix up oyer the six months
. law came yestardayl when J. ;-W,' Long
and Mrs. ' 8. A. Bayley took a license,
after . Mrs. Bayley had been divorced
earlier in the day by Judge Gantenbeln.
The Judge heard of the matter and head
ed tf the marriage while Long was
searching for some one to perform the
ceremony. '
Long was "brought Into the county
court several months ago on complaint
of one of his eons, who alleged he was
Incompetent to look after his property.
The son said Long had Just sold' a farm
for $5000 and was about to marry" Mrs.
Bayley. Long denied this. The court
dolded he was competent to manage
Ms own affairs. : v - . . ..
Boon after this, on 'January ": '21, he
married Mrs. Bayley, Later the bride
was. haled before the Juvenile court be
cause of allegations concerning the care
of her children, and Judge Bronaugh,
investigating, the case found she had
r.nt bw granted a legal divorce from
J'!ayley, though she. had secured ar de
cree at Oregon City. She therefore
trough t a new suit against Bayley, and
flff ennn as the divorce was granted yes
tefdrty thought she could remarry Long.
After Judge flantpnbeln stoppe the
rnarrlnge yesterday the marriage license
whs returned. The nuptials have been
joeipmied for six months. .
diohiilifl to Do Much Paving. ,
Chehalls, Wash., May 28.-When the
Plft Ps.fn end It la -expectad - that
.a ia-tatuUy. 4ii(U0ft.Ji4w41i
!" ne hard surfsic , pavement laid.
F,f solutions providing for tliatj amount
4 j vemrnt, have bten passed by the
-. tl end the matter will be pushed
IIP ill FOES OF
g. o. turn
Insurgent Leader Exhibits Let
ter That Is Short but Signifi
cant Viws Known, and He
Says Unchanged.
(United PrcM Uased 'Wire.)
Washington, May 28. At the Capitol
today a representative , of - the United
Press was shown a letter Just; received
from Roosevelt practically Indorsing the
fight against Speaker Joseph G. Cannon
and the house "organization," and In
viting one of the Influential Insurgents
to meet him'io New York on his arrival
In -America.' -: -: -
, Coupled with this letter comes the an
nouncement on excellent authority that
Roosevelt-has accepted -an Invitation to
bo the guest of honor at a banquet to
be given June 22 by Robert G. Collier,
editor of Collier's Weekly, "and one,of
the strongest supporters of .the Insiff
gent cause. '".' -
The letter shown to the United Press
representative today was an answer to
a, nine page exposlton of th Insurgent
position, covering fully late develop
ments in the lssurgent fight In reply
Roosevelt sent Just five lines. In effect
the letter, says: 1 '-V V:''-'.:''v-' V.:-"
"You know my views on the Insurgent
situation. They remain unchanged since
I last talked with you. I wish to see
you In New York Immediately after my
arrival there." ' ' ... - ' :
"1 know Roosevelt tfioroughly disap
proved of the present leaders of both
house and senate before he left Amer
ica," said the recipient of the letter. "I
had every reason, to know that they
were not only out of sympathy, with the
Roosevelt policies but that they had al
lowed themselves to. get out of touch
with the sentiments of the public In
general. ''iv-'",':-':'";S'-'';t';';''
"I believe hat Roosevelt has no per
sonal objection to Cannon and the oth
er organization leaders, but that he dis
approves their methods, which he con
siders a relic of bosslsm.",
Roosevelt's letftyr was written from
Dorchester House, Ambassador ' Rcld's
home, in London. '",' : ;
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Marco Madugno. '
Marco Madugno, Italian porter, who
more than a year ago was set upon by
an armed-band of horsemen, whom he
bejieved .were members , of the Black
Hand,: after he refused to pay money
demanded in several threatening letters,
reported to Postof flee inspector , E. C
Clement today that he was held Up and
robbed .' Sunday night by "a gang of
masked men. He said he believed they
were the same men -who more than a
year ago shot several times at him, and
one of whom. he thought, he wounded
when he returned their fire.
When, after Madugno received several
Black Hand letters last year, he repott
ed them to 4he poatofflce inspectors, he
was given permission to carry a revol
ver. 8o, according to the story he told
the Inspectors, when six or seven horse
men , rode up to. his dwelling In the
itaaan -coiony, in Bouth Portland arter
midnight1' one " night and demanded
money, ha shot at them. He said they
fired six r . seven shoti at .him, Ht
believes he wounded one of the riders.
Madugno told Postaffica - Inspector
Clement about his experience Sunday
nignt.- He said he waa returning from
cuui'ch. v- H- was- passing -throirgh" a
dark spaca when three or four masked
men, who talked gruffly In Italian,
poked revolvers in his face. He threw
up his hands,, and they went through
his pockets, taking $11 in silver. v
Maaugno aaiahe is positive they are
the same men who wrote him a dozen
or so Black Hand letters, and who made
the midnight call at hla home.
Madugno is employed as porter In
Solly's pool and billiard hall, Sixth
street near Washington street.
SENATOR BARRETT'S , t
' MOTHER SUCCUMBS
' .... SDclaf flDtob to The Jonrm.
Hlllsboro, Or., May 28. Mrs. Ellr.a J.
Barrett. 77 years old, died last night
after an illness of threo weeks, from
general aeontty, ' sn was a native of
Bonneville, Mo and came to Oregon by1
way of Nicaragua In 1864 with her pa
rents, the late Ira Purdin and wife She
married W. R. Barrett in 1865 and lived
north of Forest Grove until a fw vur.
ago. She leaves six children, one being
DVHiw..yir. t. itvrratv wno is now In
the east The funeral will await his
return, - . ..
niR Chfrnlcal riant Burned.
Niagara Falls, N. y.. May 28. The
Hocker Development company's nlant.
ono of the largest rhernlrsl concerns In
.Assorteara'' nmmnprrm lot
day. Firemen are still working about
the ruins to extinguish the last iark of
fire lest an explosion occur in the
chemicals left In the wrecked building.
Tlio los is estlmat-sd ot fiOO.OOa '
110 MEN HOLD UP
All ill. PORTER
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DR. GILTNERTS ESTATE
1 VALUED AT $200,000
Dr. Jacob 8. Glltner left property
worth $200,000. according to in estimate
fIleLln.4hft, county . court in, connection
with the probate of the will.. One-fifth
of the estate Is set aside In trust for
the children of Parts D. Glltner. All
tha rest of the property Is to go to two
sons, Roscoe R. Glltner and Frank. F.
Glltner, who are also named as execu
tors of the will, except the ..coal and
mining rights, which will be . shared
equally by the sons and their two sis
ters, $mma G. White .'and Martha G.
Coolc'-i . .; v'v .:' . v i-
The will provides that any claim pre
sented against the estate by any of
ths children shall be deducted from the
bequest The two sons are to receive
$1000 for their services as executors.
Bequests of $5 each are made to five
great grandchildren and 125 each to
three daughters-in-law. P. L. Willis,
George Schalk and W. H. Goundelof f
have been named to appraise the estate.
NEW COMPANY HAS
$1,750,000 CAPITAL
With a , capital xf $1,750,000, the Bllt.
sen Valley Land company has filed ar
ticles of incorporation with the county
clerk. The Incorporatbrs are S. B. Lin
thlcum, H. H. Parker atid A. E. Geb
hardt. The company Is formed for gen
eral development and real estate work,
;. The Simmons' Spring Axle company
has been incorporated by J." E. Simmons,
P. J. Simmons and H. M. Carlson, with
a capital stock of $5000.
; The Suburban company, incorporated
by C. W. Hodson, Charles D. Shanks and
H. G. Beckwlth, has a capital of $10,
000. " ,
SO. PORTLAND DOES NOT
WANT OLD BUILDINGS
The South Portland Boosters club
at its last meetlng drew up a resolu
tion authorizing the secretary to send
a letter to the mayor and city executive
board, protesting against the removal
of old buildings to South Portland. A
large number of such structures have
been transported across Marquam gulch
on the Front street steel bridge and
ta" residents of the southern end of
the city believe . the vibrations caused
by the heavy loads swaying from side
to aide are injurious to the span.
SUES FOR POSSESSION . .
OF GASOLINE MOTOR
The Pacific Aviation company has
begun suit against the Wells-Fargo Ex
press company for possession of a gaso
una motor and . $500 damages. Tha
motor was shipped from Oakland, CaL,
to me piaintirr. and-it is alleged deliv
ery has been refused after the charges
were tendered. The valu,of the motor
is piaced-at $2500. .
Drunken liORgers Wreck Camp.
Belllngham, Wash.. May 28. Aneered
because they were discharged, follow
ing a difference' of opinion regarding
matters pertaining to their work, a
gang of Tour intoxicated loggers last
night wrecked the James Plnkev camn.
Warrants were sworn out for. the' ar
rest of the men. A denutv shuriff
has been sent from Belllngham to
serve the papers,, and as the men are
a tough gang, more trouble Is feared.
The logging camn. or the remain nt
it, Is located near Demlng, it . miles
norm or(im cuy.
' Memorial Day at Sandy.
Memorial day. will be. observM
1 1 morrow at ,SsnclifbiLlhaXl;nas-fptT
uu niuiinniB exercises. The mem
iBr w uis ooay wiu march ; to the
cera.iery ai . iu a. m., and Gustav
ctennoerr, vice president of the Consoll
umru uoimnn rpeaxwg societies of
Vie"", will Oliver tin
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RAILVAYMAIL CLERK:
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. Bisjiop B. McCarter. ,
Bishop B. McCarter, song writer and
prominent in- musical circles in Port
land, today' confessed to postofflce In
spectors that for more than a year he
haa ben .systematically robbing the
registered : malls. After a preliminary
hearing he was bound over to the United
States grand Jury in $1000 bonds.
When McCarter came to Portland
from- Vollmerr Idaho, where his parents
live, five years ago, he entered the rail
way mall service, ! His thefts began
last July when a" registered package
disappeared from tn"S mails while en
route from "Focatello, Idaho, ; to Port
lahd. Or., McCarter's route, T
.Thereafter, from time to time, other
registered packages disappeared from
McCarters mall. when he was trans
ferred to the Spokane-Portland run,on
the. North Barjk, the thefts "followed"
him, .For weeks he was under suspicion,
Last night Postofflce Inspector CV E.
Clement caught him' trying to. substitute
a package, containing $100 for another,
andhis arrest by Deputy United States
Marshal Tom Hammersly followed. ,
Grilled by 'the Inspectors and deputy
marshals, McCarter finally admitted his
guilt. He has stolen registered pack
ages containing more than $500, accord
ing to the inspectors. McCarter broke
down when accused of toa thefts and
told the officers alt But ho gave no
reason. He has been living1 in the
Calumet hotel. , ; :! ,. ,i
MoCarter is well known in Portland
musical circles. r' He is noted as an ex
ceptionally excellent performer on the
piano an'd has composed a number of
songs, many of which Were published.
He fefused to make a statement for pub
lication. ' Vternns Talk to School. ' -
The dPtstlr of the (i. A. R. rosfs who
tmirst!r-patr1frtram'to Vh& ' 'pupils
of the Highland school yesterday found
an audience of 600. : A special program
was given by the pupils. R. C. Markee,
hearted the detail of speakers and the
vetirnris were t welcomed bv Principal
BianV .
HELD TO GRA!
'i,, 191 0,' The Star Company.)
PACIFIC NORTHWEST Tfl
BOOST FOR PORTLAND
lAll Elks' jodges in the pacific north
west will. Unite 'In the- slogan "Port
land . 3912" when t they meet in annual
convention fat Detroit July, '11. ; This
will mean var strong pull for; the Rose
City, for among' the contingent from
Seattle and Tacoma, Spokane and oth
er cities, are many 1 brilliant ((boosters.
J. w. Casey of Railroad Row, Who
Is also an Elk,- returned this morning
from A tour of the' Spokane and Coeur
d'Alene districts and brings back the
news that everything Is for Portland.
'We have many .friends Up there,"
said Mr. - Casey, "and they will .boost
to beat the band for the Rose City.
And that's no Joke," he added. '
Delegates and brother Elks who are
going to Detroit will assemble here In
time to be -entertained by the locnl
lodge before the departure of the Elk
train from the , Grand Central station
July 4. These- will borne from the
Puget , Sound cities on a ; special . over
the Oregon & Washington division of
the Harrlman System, Going from Port
land over the O. R, & N., the train will
be joined at Pendleton by the Spokane
and Coeur d'Alene contingents and then
the party will : be complete as far a
the Pacific northwest K states are con
cerned.' ! . '...-
The Harrlman - lines are advertising
the Detroit, convention extensively and
the "Portland 1913" slogan, too,: is be
ing spread, From Huntington the Elks
train will go to Green River over the
O. S. L.", thenceto Omaha over the Union
Pacific, thence to Chicago over tho
Chicago,. Milwaukee &, St. Paul, and
finally to Detroit over, the .Wabash.
WRITES THAT OREGON,
ADVERTISED IN EAST
' In a letter to President B. S. Joss'etyn
of the Portland Railway, Light & Pow
er company, mrea Lockioy, manager
of the Pacific Monthly magasine of this
city, writes that he recently had a very
pleasant chat with President Taft and
also spent a couple of evenings with
Senators Chamberlain ana Bourne. Mr,
Lockley loft for the east some time ago
and passed sevrtal days in Washing
ton, D. C. -
' In regard to the Interest thnt Is be
ing . taken ..in. Oregon. In the ast, Mr,
Lockley writes that the name Oregoh
is heard everywhere. "There Is more
Interest displayed in- Oregon at this
time," says the letter,'than was taken
In Montana or any other state when in-
ided and advertised by the Hill sys
tern."
ASK OREGON ELE-CTRIC
FOR SPUR TO'QUARRY
Mayor Bailey, of Hillaboro, County
Judge Goodwin or Washington county,
and E. , W. Haines, of. Forest Grove,
have -applied to John F. Stevens, In
charge ot the Hill lines in Oregon, for
a spur connecting a rock tiuarry in their
district with Jhe line of the Oregon
Electric, so as to enable them to bring
out rock to be used on the roads of
Washington county. Mr, Stevens has
the matter under advisement. "
Washington county is badly in need
of better roads, and the residents are
taking active steps to have them 1m
proved as soon as possible, The pres
ence of a quarry In the district Is con
sldered a very fortunate- thing, as
it
gives a source of supply for the. re
quired material at a minimum expense
Boot Capsizes $ Three Men Prown.
(tintteil Proii Lo4 Wlr.
Philadelphia, May 28. Search Is be
Ihg'made for the hod!?' of throe men
whS T:pf(r'oTowrii;d when . the moto
boat Stuf ..was bverturned. off CokW
Springs Island, near Holly Beach. Those
who 1ot their lives - were William
Hoover, 60, Wallace H. Hoover, ao, hi
eon. and WalterMVclmr, 28. All lived
at Cambridge, N. ' 1J,'
' Circuit Ju.l ro r.ronaiiRh today gave
J'l'H-t-mnt for a C. Ely acatnst Louis
J. Wi; i' f.ir f:'50 commission on the
fjiii vt bomls and stock of the Home
Telf-i'lione company, Kly having been
employed hy.WUUe as an jvgont. Com
mission of M0OO was allowed on tho
Hie of. $-0. 000 worth of bonds to P. L.
Willis, $750 for a sale to Dr. Macken-
ie and jr.00 on a deal with the Scan-
inavian PavitiES bank of Tacoma, Two
other, small claims by Ely were dis
allowed. ''V
Mrs. Teresa Fish won a seven-year-
old caso -over a boundary line against
Mrs.' Lucretia- Nash, also by the de
cision of Judge Bronaugh. . The, caso
was tried by a 'Jury sevenS years ago.
The Jury disagreed, and a new trial
before the court took place a year ago.
Meanwhile the women have .had
troubles over the line that were taken
Into the police -court. , The ' land , In
question is near Caruthers stajtion.
In another boundary line contest C
V,. Gay won judgment against - J. J.
ISutser. v : :
POLICE RECEIVE L0$ '
ANGELES LETTER SENT
BY ERIC E. ERICS0PJ
The famous Krieso,Lehhrick letter
arrived in Portland at 11 o'clock this
morning and now lies securely locked in
the safe of the district .attorney. Cap-
taiaoz .Detectives Moore received the
letter by registered mail from the Los
Angeles chief of police, and immediately
turned it over to District Attorney
Cameron. .. ' ''.'V v .- - . .,
The letter Will b held, with seal un
broken until the meeting of the grand
Jury, when It will be presented to that
body aa a part of the evidence Into the
disappearance of Mrs, Smith. This let
ter. It will be remembered, was sent by
Erlcson to Lehbrlek, who was at Los
Angeles, and in it VLehbrlck was requested-
to send a fake telegram, to rela
tives of Mrs. Smith In Portland, an
nouncing her safe arrival there and re
questing her Household goods be shipped
to Los Angeles. . ;. -uy r.y '. 'u .
DRY FACTION HOLDS
.' INTERSTATE CONTEST
The Intercollegiate Prohibition asso
ciation will -hold its annual Interstate
content Mondays evening at - McMlnn-
vllla. Entered- in the contest will be.
the winners of Oregon, Washington.
California and southern California, v
The representative of the Oregon col
leges win be C. H. Woody of Portland,
a sophomore at McMinnvllle college. Mr.
Woody won first honors iir contest
of five coll'ses at Philomath, Or., April
The winner, of Monday-night's con
test will represent the coast ln tht na
tional contest of the Intercollegiate
Prohibition association at ValparaieOi
Ind., June 17. Thla national affair will
be a grand climax of 45 state, six in
terstate and $70 college contests,' in all
of which 1000 " students have partlcl-
VALUES TWO MIDDLE ; "I
i FINGERS AT $5000
Valuing the two middle fingers of . his
left hand at'- $5000.' Julius .Brown baa
begun suit against ths Carman Manu
facturing c6mpany, for that ,um, Ha
lost the fingers while working;, at a
Joiner in the company's mill jon March
11, . 1909. 1 He says ihe was inexperi
enced and was doing a "hurry-up Job"
under orders from the foreman. v.
Another suit for $5000 damages has
been field by Frank A. Palmer as ad
ministrator of the estate of Kenneth R.
Palmer, against Olds, Wortman & King.
Kenneth Palmer, a 5-year-old boy, was
run over by one of the firm's delivery
wagons at Grand avenue and East Ev
erett street andj killed. The driver Is
alleged to have been reckless. .
HARLOW WOULD SELL
PROPERTY OF FATHER
F. B." Harlow, guardian of his father,
C. C. Harlow, has petitioned the county
court for permission to seli real estate
belonging to his father for $Z2,Z50. The
property Is on.-Madlson street Since
he was appointed guardian he has ra
celved $9562 and expended $10,749. He
says he has advanced $1187 from his
own funds and there Is no other prop
erty .to pay debts without selling the
real estate. The bearing Is set for
Juna.28..
EVIDENCE ALL IN
' 'IN ANDERSON CASE
, , ITJnited PreM Leawd Wire.) ' -
Fort .Casey, Wash.r May .28. The
court martial trying lieutenant An
derson, of the One Hundredth and
Forty-ninth" Coast . Artillery, who was
In charge of the mortar battery , that
fired a wild shot hitting the quarter
master's steamer, Major Evan Thomas,
has completed the hearing and ad
Journed . The verdict is : expected to
night . ;-. "S-",: "'-.,'".-''?'' t.i.'-
STANFORD MAN HOLDS
.POLE VAULT RECORD
; tUnlted Pret iee4 Wire.) "
Bonlder, Colo., May 28.. Lee Scott,
star athlote of Stanford University, to
day holds a new " world's ; pole
vaulting record, having broken the for
mer record held In the dual track meet
with the University of Colorado late
yesterday. Scott cleared . the bar at 12
feet 10 Inches breaking his owrt rec
ord of 13 feet 10 8-1S Inches, made a
few weeks ago In the annual meet with
the University of .California.
Treasure Trove at CIjIco.
Chlco, Cal., May 28, Asrottlng chest
containing hundreds of dollars worth Of
Spanish coins-was found here today by
workmen excavating for a church foun
dation. Treasure hunters flocked to
the lot; when news of the find went
forth.- The first relic found was a sil
ver Inlaid handle , of the chest Then
the diggers came upon some rotting
boards and finally old , Spanish coins.
some dated as early l7Mt were brought
up. . ft is believed that the treasure was
burled 'by Spanish bandits or by Indians
who possibly robbed Spanish travelers
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Curtlss Plight Further postponed
Albany, N. Y... May, 28. Much to1 the
evident disgust, othundredP of specta
tors. Aviator Glenn H.- Curtlss climbed
into his aeroplane today and then
Climbed down again without attempting
a, flight. Curtlss donned his aviation
clothing, but after . leaving the biplane
he. said that the weather was ..still un
favorable . tor. a flleb.tTha..wlnd.Jlaw
steadily from the west all day.;-Cur-tlss
plane to wln'the Now York "World
$10,000 : prje offered for a successful
flight ..from Albany to New.,. York dnr
lng which the contestants are to be
allowed the privilege of making . two
descents.
vashinaton Sccictv Wcmsn
Camo to Regard Committee
Hearings as Entertainment
and Each Had Her Hero.
Washington, May iS. People went
day after day 'to the Ballingtir-Plnchot '
hesirings as to a play. Women have
predominated in the audience iii the -proportion
of eight or ten, to one. A
certain number of them have become
known to 4he members of the commit
tee bb regulars." For the most, part
they have been drawn from that e"trata
of Washington society which the March
Hare designated a1 "the very beat but- '
ter." , 'Thts audience, as the hearings
have progressed, has come to- play .... a
larger and larger part In the dally pro
ceedings. '''....:: " '..';' : a-
From the. beginning lt' has laughed '
politely but derisively or amusedly as
it was tickled by something that -was
said. On two occasions, at least, It bm
hissed or -othcrwlso ' expressed" audibly "
Its disapprobation either of the course -of
the committee or of the attitude of
a v witness. Apparently it now feels
itseir a component part of the proceed
ings. It has strong prejudices and par- '
tisan convictions. The Invariable urea-
ence of the women folk of the men who
have figured as witnesses or as direct
parties In the" controversy which brought
aooui tne mvesu gallons and hearings
has contributed largely to the tensity
of feeling In the committee room.'
Some of the women who have been
regular attendants at the hearlnea have
been attracted to, them by a keen de
elre to follow the affair intelligently
ana aerive tneir source or information
at firsthand. Others, and they prob
ably comprise a majority of those who,
Jiave come day after day, have been
attracted to the rootn In which the hear
ings are held in the senate office build
ing by thev.sharplash of nersonalltles.
The free and. unrestricted way In which
tno investigation has been conducted V
has really given It many of the asoects
of a play,
There has been an unexpected 'revela-
tion of essentially antagonlstio Person-
alltles,and scenes have not been lacking
wnicn ' were thoroughly dramatic and
climacteric in Jhe way In which" they
were ; worKea up," in me earner aays
of the hearings, when Gifford Plnchot -and
hisXjiartisans were having-their
day in court, the sittings of the com
mittee were, more like Pad.erewskl fe
ettals than i quasi-Judicial', proceedings.
mere was the same atmosphere of ado
ration and sort of yearning putreach
toward the chief . figures of those days
that has beea . visible t so, many of
the Polish pianist's rJubllo appearances
when, after he had played his regular
program, .' the - women of his ? audi-
ence massed themselves about the plat
form on which he sat while he played .
Chopin pieces, and threw violets at his
feet ! ...
-Gifford Plnchot. Bachelor. -
At tlmea , when Gifford Plnchot wa
on, the -stand nobody would have, been
greatly astonished had a bunch ofVvlo
lets come hurtling through the air and
landed as. a votive offering beside the -chair
In which Mr. Plnchot sat He
made a strong appeal , to the women.
There is no question about that, He is ,
handsome, a, bachelor, has an "Inter.
estlng" face,' and - has live long ,ln
Washington, where he has a great many
friends. ' The sentiment In the audience
was almost overwhelm lpgly for Plnchot "
tn the beginning of the investigation.
Atj,a later period this sentiment" was
In a state of indecision, and vacillated '
rather almleeslyj then; for a period It
turned toward Mr. Bellinger quite -strongly;
but a fortnight ago the Bal
linger wave - receded perceptibly, since
Mr. Ballinger embarrassed '- President '
Taft by , declining to produce or tell the
full truth about the now notorious Law-
ler memorandum until-the facta" had .
been literally forced out by ths disclos
ures of the stenographer, Kerby.' I s"
Senator Knute. Nelson of Minnesota,
chairman of the Investigating commit-
tee, and Louis D. Brandcls of .Boston,
counsel for-Glavls, have furnished much .
of the Interest of the hearings to the
audience. They have ! clashed almost J.
from the beginning, as. It -was natural
and inevitable that they should. They
have provided the form of contest that'
so greatly appealed to the Romans in ,
the high old days of the imperial clr
cuses. .. Two men more unlike than Mr.'
Ne)s6n and Mr. Brandeis could scarcely -,
be ; thrown together. -The , Minnesota .
senator attacks : his opponents with a
sledge-hammer. He smashes and blud
geons his way through opposition, fight- :
ing like the Vikings from whom hele
descended. "' ' .....:;. . '
Kelson and His Cut Flng.
Brandeis has a mind that Is compar
able to an Italian rapier; a supple, tem
pered piece of steel, of which he is thor
oughly the master. Nelson and Bran
dels have been 'antagonistlcV from the
first. tit was Inevitable that they
should be. They have nothing In' com-
mon. Mr. Brandeis, like Mr. Plnchot
has appealed strongly to the sympathies
of the women In the 'audience. : One of .
them, It, will be recalled, , on , one occ- x
sion Was' so stirred by some interchange '
that the lawyer had with Senator Nel
son that she so far' forgot herself as
to., dry out that the committee should
no insult Mr. Brandeis. Mr, Nelson is
not a favorite of the women who come
daily to the hearings. He solaces' him- '
self through some of the weary houra
of his duties as presiding member of '
the committee with chewing tobacco.- '
The comfort that 'he extracts from thla
employment Is obvious, but It has not
contributed ; to his popularity, with the
feminine group. .
P0ST0FFICE ROBBER
FIGHTS FOR LIBERTY "
-:..! 1,, vTj .iV., -:'v.v,V
Frank Wayne, who more than four
years ago was sent 'from Portland to ,
the federal penitentiary at McNeill is- .
land to serve nine years for robbing the 1
Sellwood postofflce, t.r making strenu
ous efforts to regain his liberty. - ;!
"- T,hrough the influence of his brother,
who Is said' to be wealthy, Wayne has ,
forced his-case again into' the federal
courts, and is endeavoring to obtain his
freedom on a technicality,, alleging that
sentence "Was wrongfully executed.
: Wayne was i a member of the gen
which was accused of robbing a number
of Oregon poatpfficea;, several members
of which were sent to the penitentiary
for robbing the Sellwood postofflce.
v C Cnnby vs. Portland Iilue, ,
v Canhjv Or.,-My S?. Tomorrow th '
1 uUJuf ealedanby-;MnKl -4im vneTfr"
the Portland Blues here at home. , The
Portland team comes well recommend- .
ed and a "good game is looked for. The
grounds have been worked over durlni?
the last week and are in bftter shape
limn ever. A good attendance is ex
pected.- .