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ii ;: daily jour.:; a l 12 SI yi:3Ti:hdav v; a i . - J .:rr 1 5 c:"-; cr 13 r .ts a '.. f:r LL.'7 1. '.1-7 J -r-r !, I'j carrier, dcliverei The weather Fair tonight and Sunday; westerly winds, VOL. IX. NO. 73. FORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1910. TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. SldlFVl V ?! F r Fit L H I - Si I U ' s a a i s a s i i k 1 - -i F VAk ."v 1 a u u .-' v.i V. DECORATIONS IE O'HRSOFIEIB HDf OF W5L . E FIRST PICTURES OF FAMOUS CURTISS FLIGHT ill I P , ' f 1 a 1 1 . 4 r s us 10 0 ! 1 I Li I il 'j I " 1 , . I Lil U.tlL WLLIl II I lluii'ji.. V E R A VERY GORGEOUS IN GENERAL SCIIET.1E Beautiful Effects in Colors Are Being Wrought for Opening ' t of Carnival of Roses Next Monday Noon. GREAT BUILDINGS . ,: , SURE TO SURPRISE Automobile Parade Will Show r One Hundred and Fifty Cars ' - ' From Out of Town, , ., East side and west side and business section are all Joined today in. the work of putting the finishing touches on the preparations for the opening of the car nival Monday noon. ; -, . ; ' Decorators ar hard at work, some out In the open, but more tinder cover, nut ting together the decorative schemes for the Streets and the big buildings. Great secrecy Is being maintained at several of the biggest buildings as to decorative plans.' Thewners of these buildings are willing for the public to see the bunting and the flags with- which they intend to. drape the structures, but do not intend to give out their main, plans, ' preferring to ikeep the schemes secret until the opening of the Festival, when the whole uity will be Illuminated and ' the whole decorative : scheme will " be sprung at once. , ' Monster Flag la lights. - The: Wells-Fargi building has been forced to show a portion of lis prise decorations. - .Already a monster flag. marked out In elm-trlc lights, stretches jtcrofs the tor of the building.' The re jmalniier of t lie decora Hons will be put on at the last minute.' As the building whs one of the most lavishly decorated buildings In the city a year ago, Jt is sRfe-ta say that the effort to be made this year will not be behind hand., . The Portland hotel will be crowned with '.a. monster electric, rose,' so ar. ranged that' the Illumination will com' -mence with & comparatively tiny rose bud, which will spread and grow until It bursts into a full blown 'rose.- The Corbett building, the Lumbermens building, the Swetland . building . and many others in the city are under dec oration, , the S wetland - schema, being practically completed, .y. Court of Honor Blssa.' ; - 'Tonight and tomorrow the work, of preparing the ''court of. honor" along Uixth street will be begun. Great vases, (Continued on PagwTCen.) IIII HELD ts..-..".-.-v---- Nine Trunks and $4000 Worth of Jewelry Seized for Fail "'' ureto Declare : New Tork, ' June 4. Jewelry worth 14000 and nine trunks" are held by the customs Inspectors following an alleged attempt to brinr them Into the country without declaring dutiable goods. -( Four women were detained by the -customs officials and arraigned before Commissioner . Shields on charges of smuggling. ; . " The ' names of the' women detained as they appeared on the passenger list were: Mrs, C.'W. Allen, Miss Gertrude Allen, Mrs. D. Q. Cricger and Miss Eth el Sumner, all of Kenosha, Wis,. : They were paroled In custody of their counsel,' Wlckham Smith,, for a hearing Monday. Every union' machinist working in Portland this morning was notified that he must drop his tools and join those who struck yesterday after having been refused the eight-hour day and a wage schedule of $3.60. The order when obeyed will nearly double the vanks of those who walked out yesterday. Leaders bf the machinists' union as sert that the order will' be obeyed and every machine shop In the city .closed before night- The following were hamed as principals among the machine shops that are now suffering ftom the strike: VtllametteTrnir-fi'-TSteel'Trdrksrinitli.' Watson, Thoenix Iron Works, Mult nomah Iron Works, Heaeock & Law rence,'. Hicks Machine Works, Harrison Ir a jiaohlne shops, : Helser &. Undine, AS SMUGGLERS ALL UH lli ORDERED TO I Jones boatyard, Uardner & Vlsgers '- :K';-,;''!- .-sr.v-.-i.j - - - FAIL IN AnEMPT 0 DREAK STRIKE One-Man Imported From San Francisco to End Fight De serts Draymen When He Ar rives in Portland Today. . KEPT IN IGNORANCE . OF SITUATION HERE Peace Commission Formulates Proposition to Be Submit ted to Both Sides.. Failure attended the first effort of the Praymen's. assoiatlort to Import Strike breakers from San Francisco to end the strike of Portland team' drivers. Henry . Andrews, sole remaining mem ber of a party of 86 men hired In San Francisco . with first class fare paid to Portland, arrived in the city last night, He was taken In charge by the team sters' union.' , V : : . "When. We were hired In Frisco, he fellow didn't tell us , we were ' expected to scab,:' said Andrews this morning "Times are a bit dull in San Francisco and there .waa a bunch of us . standing in front of a transfer barn when this fellow came along. .. - ' " 'Want to go to work'? he asks. We replied that we did. i Then he told us we could get 1.1.60 a day and board In Portland besides our railroad fare. We Jumped at, the chance., f When we got across the Oregon line he told us we were to break the , strika herei The boys began piling .off the train, then. Borne of them left at Msdford, some at Afhlsnd. V rtf'0 la a, closed .ilinn town and they' wouldn't stand for any scab bing, e.i, wouldn't- have- come- through If , I'd been told we were, expected to break strike.'! . , , Employers Dear Eeport. , ,? , . Whether 1 other efforts to Import strike -breakers will be -made, members of the Draymen's association refuse, to state. The report that strike- breakers had been summoned from San- Fran cisoo by telegraph ' was denied by offi cers of the Draymen's association, r 4 ' Union men believed they had found evidence that the Employers' association is - backing the Draymen's association when union men who had been employed by transfer companies, that had signed the union schedule,- reported yesterday that they ' had been locked out; -- Two drivers for . Helser Brothers -. Transfer company - made the : .-complaint. The (Continued on Pe Ten.) Three Straight Bullseyes Out of Four Shots 12 Inch Guns, " at 4500 Yards. - '" I " ftTrited Press teaatd Wlr. San Francisco, June 4. -Officers at the Presidio are pleased, with the re sults of the target practice by the 29 th company, coast artillery, at Fort Baker yesterday atfernoon. Using for the first time the new range-setting device I In vented by Lieutenant,; y, Harry i LA. Schwabe, the, men made three straight bullseyes out of - four shots from the 12-Inch barbette guns at a distance of 4500 yards, - A moving target was used. Good records have been made by . all the companies of the coast artillery this spring.' " . . , , , , , ISTS ARE FJ STRIKE AT STAND 'FN Testerday's strike of machinists was In response to a general strike order Issued in Pacific coast cities. It was reported ; at union, headquarters this morning that -60 per cent of the Ta coma men were already back at work on the new scale; arid that conditions in Seattle and Los Angeles were much better' than had at first beeii thought possible. V '",. '--.- ::..;,.:.:- The employers defy the strikers and declare they will let their plants rust before they will recognise the schedule or submit to a closed shop policy. ( ' Albany Shows Growth., : Albany . Or., June .s-The postoffice receipts In Albany for this May show an Increase of $271.92 over the receipts for May, 1909 : : :i:,ywy , PUT TO ROUT CI A DECISIVE BATTLE General Chavarria and His En- tire ; Staff Captured ' When Administration Troops Are Cleverly Trapped. - DECISIVE ENGAGEMENT .... ' FOUGHT NEAR RAMA Estrada , Supporters Believe Recognition by Uncle Sam Will Follow. ' - , (rmtti Pms Leased Wire.) Bluefields, June 4. The. forces of President Madrli are reported -utterly demoralized and in danger of capture or annihilation. General Chavarria and his entire staff have been captured and are held as prisoners of .war, following a fierce battle today near Rama. General Mena, assisted by General Chamotro's.' army, surrounded the ad ministration troops after having clever ly trapped them. Chavarria was cap tured while attempting'to escape to the Interior. y- -- .:!.- i Fighting lasted three hours and i It Is estimated thai 100 were killed and 400 wounded many of the government dead being left on the field, y , It is believed that the American gov eminent-will now recognize the Estrada administration. On the advice of United States Consul Moffatt vewsfls entering Bluefields "are paying dutlrs at the Estrada custom , houoe, . . T!' Madrla forces have cnpti'red W11 liari f. t'ilham, bit American insurgent ejx;ui"tr. i,i,wllt lift 4.oj: tir. )u4fi. PLACE Oil 1IET Had Issue Been Disposed of at Right Timer December 1, .1 909, City Would Now Have Enough to, Buy Crest. , ' The city now holds ready and author lsed for ' sale $500,000 worth of park bonds. ' Had the bonds been sold at the appointed time, December 1, 1909, 'the city treasury would have contained cash sufficient to buy . Council Crest . and leave probably enough for the improve ment advocated by Mayor Simon for Other park areas. The price offered re cently for $1,000,000 of water bonds was a little better than 91. The water bonds and the park bonds are both, a 4 per cent-: Issue, equally good7 as 'securities. The loss to the city. In addition to the lack of monoy with .which to make In vestment at the present opportune time is consequently In the neighborhood of $60,000, due to the . depreciation ' that followed delay;-'.:'.'---.-' --- : - :;. '-v-i In the beginning the.issuance and sale of $1,000,000 tt bonds was authorised. This was during1 the administration of Mayor Lane. It -Was the ambition of the Lane administration to sell the bonds and invest the proceeds as quickly as possible In order that the city ; might benefit from the phenomenal Increase In land -values by purchasing while prices werer relatively "entail. "The Issue was split Into blocks of $500,000 each. 1 Difference of $50,000. Alt speed was tnaae to dispose' of the first block of bonds December X 1908. (Continued en Page Ten.) Two Persons Killed; Many In juretf Ruins Fill Streets; : ' Exodus of Wealthy. j ' (Ttnltrd Preos Inmd Win.)- Santiago LH Cuba, June 4. Scores Of houses are m ruins and debris fills the streets following an ; earthquake here late last night. ; Two persons were killed and several Injured by falling' masonry. Many of the wealthier families are leav-la-odtty-fffr mranffT b'wtn gflb'"con di tions here. The amounT of damage done by the earthquake cannot be estimated at this time. Many business houses and residences were ' destroyed and other buildings so badly damaged that they must be torn dow . CITYIIASH00O III PAEDOIS TO SATITIAGO DE CUBA SHATTERED; QUAKE , X. V., to Nc York CMly. This was nt lotiK'hkr'slft,.N. Y.. where he , line. low, r. the oU, the avlt"r-is kIiomti with liiiiullcr (icne 11LL FIRES ... -1 . Advises Voters to Be Loyal to Themselves and. Spurn Die S tation of Few Who Advocate Convention System'."-; -V ; Declaring , the v proposed' assembly scheme to be a crime against popular government 'and an .Insult t6 the intelligence- of the voting public, .tJeorge C. Brownell, for sixteen j ars a : member of the J state 'senate , from Clackamas county'and,t one time president of that body, addressed an. enthusiastic, meet ing In . the yMllwaukle , town ; hall last night : . ". y .l:;. ,"-;",:,,-, For years manipulator of the machine methods that dominate:, political con ventions, 'Mr. Brownell has deserted his former faith and Jn:; furthering his as pirations for' another; term In tha state senate, he is exppundlng the, doctrines of popular government, made, possible by the' primary 'plan 'for nominating candidates for public office and the Initiative and . referendum In'! framing legislation. ' , : y, .: Benoanoes Assembly v J f' Denouncing the assembly scheme 'as the ,mm;hl nation of. ' those? .politicians who are ; subservient to. the so-called big Interests and chkrging It with be ing a . bold. attotnpt,to, dictate t the people along political lines under "the flimsy preterise of -advising 'them, the speaker. recited In no" uncertain terms i Contlntfed on Page Five.) STOIliK I 0 HOTIOMPWII OF ASSEHLYITES i, ii ii f jj ' TO WRECK GAZADERff CAR The second attempt to-wreck a Casa dero car at Berkley station twas made shortly before last ; midnight. .Three large stones and a cross tie were placed On tho track near the bridge., Tbe. first attempt was made a few-night ago. About 25 passengers were on tho car last night Motorman A. A: Peck saw the obstructions In time to save the lives of those on board. V A partially de mented man who lives In. the neighbor hood is suspected, r , . , , i .. ' -3h.Sti'i!U.weraof . the-proper-sir to, lit betweenthe. rail and guard rail aear the'.west end, of the bridge, which Is" about 300 -yards, from Berkley t sta tion., '.The stAues.'were, wedged, tightly between thti rails, and projected-a bov them. The cross tie was placed behind tht stones. !,l-y::. .' .-.,', - '-- . I ; , 7 .-. V . : ItJTEilESTS ' (United frxsa taaed Wlra . -i : Detroit; j Mich., June 4. It was re ported here today that President Taft has consented to confer wl(U' the presi dents of several western railroads af fected, by the Injunction recently issued at Hannibal, Mo." preventing , the im mediate effectiveness of freight rate In creases. The railroad men are said to be - desirous ..of discussing .personally with tho president the . government's move against the roads.' ( The -'conference .will-probably be held next Monday upon the president's' return:to .Washing ton. . 1 ' New. York. June 4. The freight, rate IncreaHe -fight t between' the; attorneys for- the government and' those ,of ; the leading railroads, of the, United '-states Is becoming titanic .Great Interests In all -lines 'of -trade ,!and commerce' are lining upon either" side and the effect on the country at large' is problemati cal. : . l ; '.-.: u;,' rt. . :u , '' ;- . i ! The first big meeting -of the railroad .Interests is scheduled to be held at the Iotel Belmont, next .Wednesday',, when the 'Railway Business .association will meet. The .meeting, will represent the deliberations of manufacturers, of rail way equipment In 25 states to ,conslder plan for aiding, the railroads In order to prevent cancellation of orders for 'equipment. '; : - -; : ;':" : -. ' The S railway "officials declare sthat they cannot operate- the roads at profit if the freight -rate are not Increased to ..the point or-meUng -certain" condi tions! They have announced that either the rates must be Increased or their orders for additional . equipment must be canceled and expenses In all depart ments : curtailed,--- thereby causing the nEfJPT The track at this point Is near a cliff of about 50 feet, and had the car been derailed it would have toppled over the emb&iikment , The headlight on the car revealed the danger. D. B. Heath, the conductor, Immediate ly notified the' company and the police station. Patrolman R. C. Nelson was placed on duty In that vicinity the re mainder of the night . , . ' -.The -; first' attempt to cause a' -wreck at-'tWtfetTrt-ir'triadff'TuesdajrTiTR A heavy Stick of timber was' placed bet tween the : rail and guard rail at prac tically the same point. At that time an Inbound'-' car pushe'd . the obstruction aside. The obstruction - was, placed on ino iracK ar snout me same time- as were the obstructions last nlirliL ' HI . SIDE ifflCFBOII . " 1 Befoml.leK.of his (rip. from Albany, landtil for siipnlios of oil and easo.y rnl Howe and other officers after Mr. and Mrs. Curliss, taken In frmt discharge of hundreds of employes In all departments of the service The action of the Railway Business association-is awaited with interest, for it is believed that on its action depends the decisions of a number of organiza tions whose interests are allied with the railway business. - i i . The gathering' of the forces of " the railroads' is believed to foreshadow a concerted movement- to exert pressure tipon President Taft to compel Attorney General Wtckersham to -withdraw the Hannibal, Mo.; suit for injunction, which at present i prevents "25 western rail roads from enforcing an Increased rate. In the meantime, the chambers of cunimerre in tiie cities within a radius Of 75 mtleS Of NW Vnrlr t.ra ,nmt.l-l-- to -f'ght the Increase of transportation " uommuiaiion ticKets. BARN FALLS AND PINS - JV0RKER T0 GROUND . (Special Dlapati-b to The Jourivl) , Myrtle Creek.; Or.. June - 4. Frank Beck,.., who lives, nine : miles north of Myrtle Creek, was probably fa tally in Jured. Friday by the oollapse vof -a log , barn on which he was working. M. P. 'Preston and Beck. were repairing the : barn , when It collapsed,1 catching Beck Under the ' heavy loga. ' Preston went 1 miles to Jackson's sawmill for assistanceWhen, -eirtrtca ted ; from1 the debris Beck was unconscious. Dr. RF, Smick of JMyrtle Creek went in an auto mobile to the scene of the accident. ' 1 ' ' - ' RATE 'Rfli QUESTION ' '.'-." '.m; j- - . ... -- .'''' -' si i' i -'-:-'-( In the. Magazine and Woman's Section we Sunday: joumuu. y THE FACE OF. OUR FIRST PRIVATE CITIZEN , An entire page of pictures of Colonel Roosevelt a remarkable group of photographs ' deplctlny " the- ex-presldant at the varions stages of his strenuous career, ail of wbloh illustrate the facial features of America's busiest man, ' . i , THE COLOSSAL COST OF ARMED PEACK. ' Air the present time the world's leading nations are engaged In a cost ly competition of naval const ruction. la this race .the . United States Is crowding hard upon, the heels of England and Germany. The o.aestlou arises whether or not adequate national defence demands dreadnang hts at $12,000,000 each, is oongress not exoMUng the bounds of reason la alining to gratify aa Insatiable national ambition .' THE CONFESSIONS OF A TRAIN ROBBER Xemarkable story in which a former bandit onoe sentenced to life Imprisonment, makes some frank admissions conctrsiag the eiiiuaa com. .uitted by mmself and Ma associates. - .. . EP.ARATlNa .THE GRAIN FROM "TH8 CHAFF, ,' Xha niaeMng ia-aaBwat-wTsiitl'm at ATbacy tL.'s tt'n vf tt. Cl- ThresHermen's association recall history of threshing In Oregon a4' concerning the evolution of tim f s lag industry in general. f , OF Sro'lM, INTEREST TO WOMEN. , Three page of Illustrated articles concerning nfTi! s 1h ft r ANSWER CHARGE lUSOf! Woman Pleads Not Guilty and Is Bound Over to District Court Without Bail; Charged With First Degree Murder. HUSBAND WAS SHOT. ' WHILE CARESSING WIFE Graphic Story of Events That Led Up to the Strange ' , 5 Tragedy. iColtea Prai leaieVI Wtre.l " , LIbby, Mont, Jun 4. Vera Prosser , Is being held . under close gnard at the Richards hotel here to day charged with; murder In. the first degree, while" the remains of her husband, escorted by George W. Mil ler and A. Q. Schaefer of Seattle are on the, way ; .to Prosser'8 boyhood homo at Lisbon, Ohio. ' There are no women's quarters In the county jail of Lincoln county, so the woman must be kept at the hotel. The inquest came td a close late yesterday afternoon, the Jury find ing that "Prosser met death from a gun8hot wound Inflicted by his di vorced t wife " and ,i recommending that she be held'to; answer for the crime.i ' She was arraigned '.before Justice of the Peace Millpr last n's'T. rContinued on rage Ten.) I11NTQN GUILTY OF MURDER. SECOND DEGREE, VERDICT State5 Proves . He . Planned to " Kill Snyder and Carried Out Plan Defense Makes Little 1 Showing.' ' rv (Swi-lnl niKpatt'h t The JonrtwiH .Canyon City, X)r., June 4. Guilty of murder In the second degree was the verdict In "the 'Hlnton cas. ' The jury was out H hours, returning the verdict at' 9; o'clock this morning. Throughout the trial. Hinton sat ex pressionless and gave no evidence of emotion, whatever on the reading of the verdict. ' The state proved by uncon tradicted testimony that Hinton asked several to help him and hla co-connpir-ators to kill Snyder.. After the killing of Snyder, he related the story of the killing to' eight different' persons. , Tim evidence showed they planned murder, that they laid In,-wait and, that they carried out . their 'plan. The -defense went to show that' the defendant was drunk at the time an 1 was Irresponsible and that he. wai drunk on all of the occasions that ho made . the Incriminating declaration. h The next case that will be tried will be the case of the state vs. Ipntv Sheriff ' Joseph; H,..Caseday which, ha been. set for June 24. There are fmtr cases to follow. There' will 'be a mo. tion for a change of venue argued to. day. , " - 4 .-a 1-1 some interestlna facts coneeruin t KILLING n V 1 .