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t ii r a i l v jour. i: a l i z Sun-Jay Journal 5 cents; or 15 cents a week, for Daily and Sunday Jour nal, by carrier, delivered. The Weather Fair tonight; Fri day, , fair and warmer. , jou:;::i c; - V 4 v. ..ITSXIXDAY V.W VOL. IX. NO. 88. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY.' EVENING, JUNE 18, 1910. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS - 0N "An and ktws mm UU KILL I rnnn I, a 1 ' ) It 11 IU II we: BE Should This Week's Battle Be Stopped, Small Chance !. ; for Big 'Mill: (United rrens Leased Wlrs.1 ' , s ' ; San Francisco, June 16.That the legal hattle which both sldea expect will determine the fate of the, Jeffries-Johnson fight may be made un necessary by the outcome of a small er legal battle over the Langford Kaufman contest Is a possibility that confronts the sporting world .today. - - -.- - - - - - i ney general to apply hla Instructions regarding the greater to the smaller battle, evidently .added by the gov ernor as an afterthought, may bring fight affairs In San Francisco to a -Xlltnai more qiitcldy-thanromoters and officials had expected. . , : ..V Indicate Action. ';-.-y-!';' iln declaring that he.wpuld Mtlow the governor's Instructions Attorney General Webb Indicated that steps 'would . be taken at' once to stop the Langford K&ufman' go', scheduled for Saturday. Since this battle Is only two days away, whatever action la taken must-be taken with all possible haste, and at a decis ion In the matter will cover exactly the ama points as will .. be. covered in the proceedings against the Fourth of July oraiBiiJii. TROUBLE IS EIIDED n AAIsJa 4a LAM. 4?MMaSAMM I A ; Shippers by Withdrawing 15 : Wagons From Streets; Protect Strikebreakers. , The-: waymen s association went on atrike this morning. ' All transfer service will be denied shippers until the teamsters' strike Is ended. There were about 15 wagons to b taken off the street Others have not been moving since the beginning of the strike two weeks ago. " . Word' was received, at union head quarters this morning that 100 strike breakers ' were on their way to Port land from Spokane; , Fifty were said to be coming by way' of 9the North Bank road and 50 by the O.-R. & N. In an ticipation ' of their coming all depots were heavily picketed. ' ' "No matter how much it costs or how many officers It takes every man who wants to work shall have protection," aid Mayor Simon this morning. "I have given Chief Cox and Captain Baty carte blanche ,ln the matter of additional appointments or Incurring ad ditional expense. Their orders are to see that the men are allowed to woTk. I wish to be very emphatic in saying (Continued on Page Two.) passenger Rates to Points This . Side of Grcsham to Bo : Increased.. For the purpose of equalizing the rates Charges for transportation of passengers on its suburban system, the Portland, Railway, Light & Power company has decided to advance its established farjes to a few points this elde of Qrea'mni on the Cazadcro line. The advance will be come effective as soon as the new tariff can be published.' 1 "It becomes necessary for us to make a few advances in fares charged on the Casadero line," said Prcrldent B. S. Jos sclyn this morning, "because complaint has been filed with the state railroad commission . charging discrimination against the patrons of the Oregon City line. . " ' - "The fares charged between Portland and Oregon City and on the Cozadero line were, established by the O. W. P. company and haveHjeen permitted to re main, but "In view of the complaint against our charges .between Portland .and ilr agooXUx.be log iUgheiiliaA,iiMa, charged on the Cazadero line, we have decided to equalize them by making the slight advance on the Casadero line. The advance will affect very few passengers since our passenger traffic between Tortland and points this side of Greeh am Is very llif ht. The fare to Gresham will remain. 25 cents as at preient" DRAYMEN SUSPEND VbniciMnrjhr Mffi MOGEEDMGMNST SMALLER . CONTEST: BEFORE RUUNG:0N:BEF3ACK contest, the decision regarding1 the Lang ford fight will probably settle the Jeffries-Johnson case. If the fight Is stopped attorneys here today declare,, there is hardly a possi bility that the big battle can be pulled off in California, Should the fight be stopped and an appeal taken, attorneys declare It Is extremely unlikely that any effort to stage the big battle would be made, since, there would be an added ele ment of uncertainty that would make the risk "ot financial loss so great that promoters and principals would not care to faco It . ' Since affairs have taken this turn the- eyes of the sporting world today are turned on the- Langf ord-Kaufman battle, and It Is for the time betng. overshadowing- tn-4mpertanee-thebig-f ight If the fourts refuse to grant an In junction against the Langford fight and the attorney general carries out instruc tions to-1 -bring criminal proceedings against' the fighters and promoters, it is expected this also will influenoe the final decision regarding ' the Jeffries show, according to attorneys. The un certainty that would follow woujd have a paralysing effect upon "the promoters of.the big fight and it is believed it might hurt "gate receipts." Therefore (Continued1 on Page Five.) S1IIGE DISEASE, II1VEH ! - Mrs. E. F. Hardin,' Recently Brought, to Portland; Victim; First Symptom Eruption on - Fingers." j Pellagra, the strange disease which the United States government regardi so menacing that it has created a spe cial commlBslon to, study the malady, has made its first appearance In, Port land and on the Pacific coast Mrs. E. T: Hardin, who was brought to Portland May 20, Is now lylrtg in a critical condition, at the Portland sanitarium. Dr. R. E. Dunlap, the at tending " physician, has diagnosed the case" as being pellagra, a diagnosis in which he is supported by leading phy sicians of the city. Mrs, Hardin was seized with the first attack of the esoteric Infection five years ago, but she had apparently re covered after ' an . ' illness of two months. Last December, however, the disease again made an inroad and the sufferer was obliged to take to lier bed, Her condition has been steadily growing worse.- Disease Baffles Doctor. For .weeks Dr Dunlap studied the symptoms of tne .disease, but the mora he studied It the more completely was he baffled by It "As the malady ex hibited none fit the symptoms of ; the well known diseases, Dr., Dunlap be gan, to .at udy up. the, more. obscure dis eases snd he at length found, that his observations , were similar in many re spects; to those :of physicians who had attended pellagra cases In the sooth. where It is now prevalent to a great ; On Inquiry,' he found that Mrs." Har din has always been very fond of corn. (Continued, on f age Two.) MAYOR M'CARTHY- DECLARES CHICAGO . INTERVIEW A FAKE (United Prees Leaned Wire.) " Omaha, Neb., June 16. Mayor P. H. McCarthy of San Francisco today de nied an Interview purporting to have been given out at Chicago declaring he was "running"' San Francisco, and not taking orders from the governor. ; ' "The interview was untrue," he said. "I did not Isay the California courts would not sustain a petition for an in junction Buch as TJlIlett asks. The ar ticle published as coming, from me was a fake from start to finish." Mayor McCarthy seemed to be exceed ingly annoyed at the story that had been circulated. He emphatically denied it, but refused to make any comment on the fight situation. He declared he was too far away to be able to grasp all the de tails of the matter, and he did not want to talk about it. ' , McCarthy was extremely angry re garding the interview, which ha branded as a fake. The interview seemed to cause him more concern than the action lb- (4rw-id-4akerH-wTHrr ttcu'ariy uisiuroea nt tnat part of the alKged interview which said: "We know what ;e want and we are going to have It. k We want the fight, and, take it from me, we are going to have it in aplte of the gov ernor, the attorney general and the rest of tliaj brand." 7 Jack Gleason on Right and 'Tex" Iticltard on Left, Promoterti of Jeffries. Johnson Fight. , , . . EWE 1LP TO COURT 10 San Francisco; ;- June 1 6. -Attorney .General U.' S. Webb and his staff spent the grealer. part of the, day, In preparing legal papers for the purpose of . -preventing the- Jeffries-Johnson fight" on - July ,. 4, "and the Kaufman-Langf ord fight Saturday. 1 1 ; ':::: 'v -'" :- y V :: ! ' In an Interview granted the United Press Attorney General , Webb "The papers require considerable preparation and care, and will not be presented incourt before tomorrow. - That will be in plenty of time" to prevent the f ights. 1 think' the "court's grant the desired" restrain ing orders. " "Although I do not apprehend a re-' fusal by the "couft;" a refusal "would' result In the following procedure:; rThe fight probably would be held. 'Just as soon as I became convinced that It was a prize fight and ,nor a. sparring exhi bition, I .would " lodge an .information with the court tc that effect and secure warrants for the -arrest of the princi pals and promoters. The flgHt would be stopped within , kt, few rounds - after I had come to : that decision ' and 'the arrested men - would be prosecuted promptly." y '.f 6?" Ti Attorneys here . when questioned -regarding the .attorney general's statement said there-would-be -nothing,, to prevent! Webb from reaching his conclusion re-1 gardlng the status of the fight almost at the first blow, and that should he interfere irf the second or third' round the fight -undoubtedly would prove a fiasco. ( -. - r ! . i - ."' Attorney' J. E. White of the Church Federation today revealed-the plans of the federation regarding the Langford Kaufman fight- These plana, however, have been superseded by the governors action. ' - , .. ..-.- v. - According to White,' the Church Fed-, eratlon -planned to; send a- band' of de-, tectlves to Blot's arena' to gather evi dence that the contest was a brutal priae fight- With this evidence White planned to call upon District Atterney Flckert to proceed against the fighters,! FICKERT SHIFTS CASE : TO SHOULDERS OF THE STATE'S OFFICIALS (United Press Lstsed .Vlra.l San Francisco, June 16. District At torney Flckert announced today through the United Press that he would not at tend the Kaufman-Langford fight to de termine whether or not it. would be a violation of the law, Flckert said: "There is only one way of determin ing the legality or Illegality of a boxing contest, and that is to witness one. That would be my procedure in the Jeffries- Johnson fight and I cannot see how- the status- of -t he- f I R -eouk - be- determ fned otherwise. After admitting the similarity of the fight to be held Saturday and the big fight scheduled for the Fourth, of July, Flckert said: . 1 , . "I shall probably 'attend the Jeffries Johnson fight to see that the law la ob--erved. I shall not attend the Lang- J 1ESE1II 1EIS mm and If the district attorney refused, to demand warrants 'for 'the arrest of the fighters and promoters from a. police Judge.'-!, -If this was refused he planned to go before a superior court Judge and prosecute the principals, ; ' Attorney White also added ttyat Gov ernor Glllett's action - had .resulted In the: federation's' receiving scores of con gratulatory telegrams, from all parts of the country. He -said the- governor had saved, himself .considerable trouble, be cause the sentiment of - the people throughout' the state was crystallising against the fight - tr "Following a recent plan, SO minis ters fend 60 laymen were to leave today for Sacramento to wait upon the gov ernor and ask him to stop the fight" said White. "The governdr's 'action, however, precludes this' necessity." 1 , Oklahoma Republicans Meet. .' Guthrie, Okla.i June 18. In response to the call ; of State Chairman James Harris, the" Republicans of Oklahoma assembled in state convention here to day, The chief work of the convention is to be confined to the organization of the state committee to conduct the ap proaching - campaign; The - organization of the new committee Is awaited with much interest as It is expected to show whether, the insurgents or the stand patters are to control , the Republican party in Oklahoma., - --, ford-Kaufman fight, because the mat ter Is now in the handa of the attorney general. "I feel that I have no right to take a hand in this matter. I know that no one can enjoin a felony previous to the com mission of the felonious act. it does not appear to me that any one can pos sibly stop the fight as a felony before the commission of the act : ' - "I have stated that I will take; no of- iiciai ac i ion lenuing towara a prohlbl i t lrnf f Hrhtw-etteh--ee--the Jeffries-Jolin- son affair, ; for s the , very reason that many 'similar contests nave been held in this city In the past without' opposi tion. ' .; i i - .' '.-''. - "My ' decision was made in written form several weeks ago, end I intend to hold by it. no matter what Governor Gillett may decide to do." BUSINESS LIEU TO : E ARREST OF This Course Decided Upon by East Siders as Surest Way to Prevent Road From Ob structing Streets. WILL URGE THE CITY - ATTORNEY TO ACT Harriman Line Building Bridge Abutment, Ignoring Refer ' endum Petition. . The city attorney will be asked this afternoon by a committee from the East Side .Business Men's club, to cause the arrest of officials of the Oregon .Rail way &. Navigation company on a charge of obstructing the public highways, , This was the unexpected announce ment made by State Senator Dan Kella her and George 1. Black, representing the East Side Business Men's club, this morning. . On first thought the commit tee i had almost decided to, seek an. in junction preventing , the- further , con struction of the railway bridge 'abut ment on portions of Oregon and Adams streets, the -transfer bf these ' streets to, the company by the city, council hav ing been estopped' tty the referendum which the railway has completely Ig nored. - ' .' " The business , men 'of the" east side, however, held a meeting last night and the committee, on advice of special counsel, determined to surprise the rail way forces by proceeding against them In ah unlooked for direction. It-was discovered that the corporation could be attacked with' more hope of excess by resorting to an old city ordi nance which forbids the obstruction of streets or highways. That will be the charge pressed against the O. R. tt N. if" the ' city , attorney responds to the request of the committee. This, method of procedure - possesses the additional advantage that it brings the authority and prestige of the municipality Into the battle of the people against the rail way company. . ... , - If the injunction plan Had been fol lowed the fight would have had to be directed by eitlsens without the aid of the city, as Mayor Simon has stated that rt was not his duty to seek an in junction to prevent the railway., from constructing the abutment for Its new bridge. '.' ,.',."..,' ." .'.: -y. ' : v. Shippers en the . east side sent a communication to the Oregon state rail way commission this afternoon,, calling upon the commission to enforce com pliance on the part of the O. R. & N. and Southern Paclf lo . Railway compa nies with "fflB terms of , the franchise granted to them, which Included among other provisions, one for the construc tion of a freight depot-on the east side, SPOKANE MERCHANT WINS CLEVER ACTRESS (United Press Letted Wire.) Spokane, Wash., June 1.-Misa Tearl Hunt f Brooklyn, N, Y., one of the youngest stars in vaudeville, and W. W, Dreyfus, a prominent merchant of this city, will be married in September,! fol lowing a very, pretty little 'romance. Last July Miss Hunt played in Spokane at the Orpheum theatre., Dreyfus at tended and fell In love at first Sight with the star, who is only 20. ' They became acquainted and -during the past month Dreyfus has been al most as regularly on the Orpheum, cir cuit as though he were a vaudeville "star himself. Such was , his perseverance that he was able to announce the en gagement today. - Laden With Gold Seekers, Ma chinery and JM, Sinks, in j Thirty-Mile River. ,.h.:;-; (United Press Leased Wtre.l . Dawson, Y. T., June 1.---The White Pass eteamer Cases, Captain Williams, lies at the bottom of .the Thtrty-MUe river, twelve mllea south of the Uocta Unqua. Carrying sixty-five "first-class passengers, 60 second-class, J6Q sacks of mall and 15 tons of mail, the Ca sea struck a .rock and sank almost immedi- -Thean'Tind-'paCTenirprs'i'rr'nibved saefly, but the merchandise is ruined. The engine toorn Is under 9 feet of wa ter. - A barge being pushed ahead by the Casca, carrying 130 tons of dredge ma terial ,for the Yukon Gold cynpany, was not damaged. ' Many of 'the Una- ca's passengers were boytid for the Id- ltarod A STEAMER CASCA GOES TO BOTTOM T. Roosevelt, Jr. f 1 ' . I t .' ,M Snapshot of Theodore Roo.scvclt, Jr., taken as he tvaa cari)ing a bou , quet to his, fiancee, Miss Eleanor B. Alexander of ew York. Young ' Roosevelt is ' devoting almost bis entire time to preparations for his coming wedding, and has already attended to such, details as order ing the wedding, ring, making cer tain that no nUaor . matters will cause a hitch in the ceremonies. The wedding is set for Jane 20. Procession to Be Elaborate 25,000 Adherents to . Cheer Colonel Rough Riders Will Act as Escorts; (United Press Leseed Wire.) ' New York. , June 16. Details of the reception : to . ; be . accorded Theodore Roosevelt Upon his arrival In New York Saturday were completed today and the committee In charge feels certain there will be no hitch in carrying out the program," , The parade and, reception ceremonies will , be concluded at 1:30 p, 'm. . -. ' : , - Mayor Gaynor will - deliver a brief speech of welcome, to Roosevelt who is expected to reply briefly.- ' r , Roosevelt ; will " have an escort of Rough Riders and Spanish war vet erans in the march up Fifth avenue from Eighth to . Thirty-sixth , street Twenty-five thousand' members of po litical organizations will line the ave nub and cheer' the distinguished leader as he passes. Societies to March. . There will also be members of many social and fraternal societies along the line of march, including Italian, Hun garian and , Scandinavian- organizations. Roosevelt and his - family will dine at the home of Douglass Robinson at Sagamore Hill and wlU leave Long Is land City at t o'clock in the afternoon. The Nassau county reception commit tee has made arrangements for Roose velt to travel in a private car on a special chartered train. Bough Ridars as Escort. V' A detnehment'of 144 Rough Riders under Colonel Alexander will march ahead of the carriage In which Roosa-r velt and Mayor Gaynor wilt ride. A detachment of , mounted police ' and : a band will lead the procession. Following the Roosevelt carriage and surrounding it Will be mounted Rough Riders. Carriages bearing other, not ables and representatives from other states will be next in line. ' Two thousand United Spanish ' war veterans will await the arrival of the parade .ftUhOyh,,ns"t-n ,rch. awlwiii probably present RooHevell with resolu tions, of welcome. , The veterans' will thcn'fail in at the rear of the proces sion. ; ' ' ' ' " , '.4. , lends Wlrelesj I'ettKg. . A wireless message revolved here, to day from Roosevelt eiM all wre well. '.Continued on Tuz3 Two.) RECEPTION PLANS FOR EX-PRESIDEIIT NOW COMPLETED J 111 HEAPS II I i WORDS UPON TilEtl , : lOCiCISEIi Mayor - Faces Employers at Mass Meeting Speaks His Mind Freely They Have No Right to Insult Him, He Says INTIMATES BANFIELD - HAS SCANT JUDGMENT Defends Police Department and Says Employers Responsi ; ble for Strike Disorders. Declaring he had been Insulted and the police department vilified. Mayor Simon' angrily faced a crowd of BOO Jeering, ridiculing business men at the Commercial club this afternoon. It was a mass meeting called by the Draymen's association. An . opening statement read by C. F. Swlgert de clared that strikebreaking team driv ers had been searched by the police and then turned over to mobs of strikers. Cummlngs of the Northwest Transfer company declared tht he and his men had been- mobbed and had to escape un- iwr m siiimer oi iocub irora une sinners when they attempted to doitheirtwork. '' 'The statement concluded by saying that'while these conditions had obtained Mayor Simon and Chief, Cox, though promising to help, had given no protec tion. Allen Lewis of . Allen & Lewis re peated a conversation with a police of ficer in which the policeman had saiil (Continued on Page Twelve.) James Stricklen of Maryland Says Taft Has Been Adver ;tising for Him and So He ' Came Right in. v (United Press LeMed Wirs.) Washington,, June 16.Armod with a .38 caliber revolver, James Strloklen. miner, of Cumberland, Md., attempted to reach President Taft today. He almost succeeded in passing the guards at the president's private office before he was stopped. Stricklen, who is of prepossessing ap pearance, entered the building without causing suspicion. He-said he had an appointment with the president. Th doorkeeper noticed the man's excitement as he was turning the knob on the door of - the president's private office and stopped him. . 1 " ' 1 Detective Sergeant Dalrymple placed Stricklen under arrest and he was taken to the police station, where he was held pending an examination ; as to his san ity. He gave his age as 44. He sail M mtuillt -V A l. l. liu V4 cava - iiaiu V l him in . West Virginia newspapers and that he went to the White House in re sponse to the advertisement. It Is reported here that he attempted to reach President Roosevolt in. the same way two years ago. " It has developed that Stricklen was at one time an Inmate of an asylum. l5SoFF!CER Mrs. Hannah Welch, 0, at San . Francisco Wounds Deputy John Barr, Who May Die. San Francisco. Juno IB. Mr. Hanrh Welch, -60 years old, shot and pr.iiMl fatally wounded Deputv . Mierlif Jui.n Harr today when the officer tii.l-vrir 1 to eject the woman and her hus band,'' John -Welch, from tii hot) hi which they were livlns". Thu house a i sold at sheriffs enl a ycur "i .-,- with a force or mi n, w ,.; : i-t :. . posaess the Welched. Mrs. Y a revolver ami I?arr In thn t , l.ntei-, nt I paid the liuH, muscleH ar( 1' gr of de.it h ' la. ..-j 'P't. Ttie I'" i'H (n- A REVOLVER MAN ATTEM PTS TO REACH PRESIDENT