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VOt. IX. NO. 111.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1910. EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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WHEN DIRIGIBLE
BALLODrJ BURSTS
-Aluminum Car and Passengers
Drop Like Plummet From
Mile High Position in the
Clouds. "
WRECKAGE SINKS IN :
. ! EARTH LIKE BULLET
Mangled Victims Buried With
." . Debris of. Torn Air. Liner . '
and Earth.
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Cologne, July 12. Carrying five
-men to death, the dirigible balloon
Erbsloeh - fell 5000 feet near Pa-
Bcheld. In western Germany,, today.
iHerr Oscar . Erbsloeh, constructor of
the dirigible and an Inventor ef re
nown, Is among the dead.. '
' " ' The Erbsloeh, although ".only a
sixth as large as the Zeppelin craft,
had made several successful flights
with passengers. It ascended from
Dusseldorf shortly after sunrise, car
rying besides the Inventor, two com
panions and two professional chauf-
' feurs; who were acting as mechanl'
Near Paschled one" of the balloon
'nets, of which there were 12, set
-In a rigid frame like watertight com.
"partments of a t ship, burst and the
gaa bag It enclosed exploded The
other bags' were ripped to pieces and
the aluminum car, with ,ltfl passe
gers and heavy engines, dropped like
a plummet. -
''The far turned over befort tho ln
.' Id could leap from It,- ..' '?, . if
Tlia engines, which were attached to
(Continued on Page Two.)
(TTnlted Frew teaaed Wlie. '
Berlin, July '13.The. foreign office
this. afternoon authorlied the United
Press representative here to say that tt
had not authorized any dental of the
contents of a cablegram sent yesterday
by the United Press regarding Ameri
can aupervlslon over German diplomacy
In v Central and South America. ' The
cause of the conflicting sUtements of
yesterday was the ' Absence of Privy
Councillor Hamann, chief of the foreign
office press department, and the action
of a subordinate, it was explained, , ,'
- - The United Press adds: '
"Associated Press dispatches t thjs
morning declared that the foreign office
had Issued a denial of this statement"
.'Berlin,' July' 13. A case of badly
f.mnnnA wirea In the foreign office
seems today to be ths explanation, of
yesteraay s aispatcnea resulting hum
Sellwood will get gas. There Is no
. question about It now, despite the row
kicked up by . the Sellwood Townelte
company, which flopped over In , Its
i grave and asked for a neat sum for a
' franchise In the streets of the suburb,
. for the Portland Gas A .Coke company
ha." begun In real- earnest to lay Us
. mains. .
For the people of Sellwood there is
' fun in prospect, for IL L. Plttock, pres
ident of the resurrected townsite com
pany,, served notice some time ago, on
officials of the gas company that there
would be trouble if they tried to invade
the suburb. But the gas company, af
ter a careful survey of the legal phase
ft the case, has tJeeldftd to go ahead and
-rtVfVx storm"" of ThecapKallst's
wrath Without doubt, there will be a
merry -legal war. , :-.. :', ..!',"'-,.:;,,-:.-'History
of the battle for illuminating
and heating gas by the people of Sell
wood dates back to- about three years
ego,' when they petitioned the Tortland
. Gas company, as It was called then, for
iST HOT BE FORGOTTEN
MM PEOPLE If L GET
RliS 111 SP1TF OF PBOTFST
W I W ' I I , W I J I fef W B I . . . W BMW S '
OF RESURRECTED H)
OUIPWERIY
IN ELMORE ESTATE
WORTH $393,695
Deceased Canneryman's Will
Is Admitted to Probate in
Clatsop County Court Before
Judge Trenchard.
FIVE COUNTIES NAMED -
IN THE APPRAISEMENT
Entire Estate Is Bequeathed to
Mrs. Mary Hurd.timore,
Who Is Executrix. '
rSDecUl CliDtteh te The Journal.)
Astoria, Or, July 13.--The will of the
late Samuel Elmore was this morning
admitted to probate before Judge Tren
chard and 8. S. Gordon, George II.
George and B. S. Stone have been ap
pointed appralaere of that portion-of the
estate 'located In Clatsop county. The
petition filed with the will estimates
the value of the property owned by the
estate and located in Oregon at 1393,696,
segregated ampng the several counties
as follows: - : ' J ' '
Clateop $370,170
Tlllfltnook , 10,870
Lincoln f... 21,105
Harney v 800
Crook ............ ..s.-..-.-...'-':"' 760
Of the holdings In Clatsop county,
126,170 t listed - aa - real - estate and
1335,000 as personal property. It la
expected, however; .that the Inventory,
when filed, ; will show the estate to be
considerably In excess of . th figures
given above. ' ' . -a j..
VThe will, which was executed In April,
101, and witnessed - by ' George H.
George and C R. Thorn-peon, after pro
viding "for the payment rot whatever
debts may exist, bequeaths the entire
estate to the widow, Mrs. Mary . Hurd
Elmore, who Is named ,as executrix to
The document . further provide that
In case the legatee should marry, one-
rourto of the estate shau. be hers and
(Continued on Page Two.)
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Germany's attitude' toward the United
States in the Madris letter Incident
'The exciting situation which developed
seems to have hinged on a mistake of
the German foreign office in Jumping to
the conclusion that . the state depart
ment at Washington had gtven to the
newspapers the letter of fhe kaiser In
dorsing the. election Of President Jose
Madris of : Nicaragua. ,4 When the Ger
man officials, after going : off prema
turely with their statements to the
press, found that Washington had -not
published the .letter, but . that - It had
been given out by friends of Madris,
they about faced with more haste titan
dignity, and the- reult was a violent
conflict of Statements not Only between
the afternoon and morning papers of
foreign countries, but between the state
ments appearing in th morning and aft-
(Continued on Page Two.)
connections. But there were a lot of
obstacles In -the way and It wasn't un
til the American Bond & Share com
pany got hold of the gas corporation
that the pleas of Sellwood people were
seriously considered.
' Company Serves srotloe,
'Three Or four months ago 'the Port
land Gas & Coke company served notice
on residents of Sellwood that it was
ready , to supply them with gas and sub
sequently after it had been offered prop
er inducements In the way of patronage,
it ordered several carloads of v iron
mains, which It was ready to distribute
along the . line of work when a ' new
factor - entered.
Thw-8eliwota Townstterwmpanywas
the: new factor. Mors than a decade
before if had purchased the Sellwood
townsite from private individuals, had
put it on the market and Sold It out.
But In selling property In the .town
site the .company retained all franchise
(Continued on Page' Nine.)
In Command
of Marblehead
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Captain George W. Bauer.
CAPT. G. V. BAUER
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Commander of U. S. S. Mar
blehead oh Cruise With Cal-
ifornia Naval Reserves Ad
' . vocates Such " Organization
Two meetings.' were. held, yesterday
afternoon between Captain - George W.
Bauer, commander of the United States
ship Marblehead," on a cruise with the
naval, militia, state of California, and
a number of those who are pushing for
such an organisation here. The first
meeting was held aboard the cruiser and;
then was adjourned to the Portland ho
tel. The purpose of the meeting was to
have Captain Bauer explain to the mil
itary board What the naval 'militia is
and its organization and purpose.
Those present besides Captain Bauer
were Adjutant General Finter, O. N. G.;
John McNulty, nautical r expert of the
local s hydrographio ' office; . Captain J.
Spelef, harbormaster; Colonel David
Dunne, Internal revenue collector; Al
bert -Capron and George S. Shepard.
As special legislation, is necessary la
order to obtain an appropriation for
such! an - organization. It was thought
best to Interest the military board of
the state,' which would carry much
weight in getting , the necessary bill
through;. ..," -; ;- t ,"!!. -'v
Af ter the - meeting at T the: Portland
hotel the party was taken to the Arling
ton club where its members were enter
tained by members of the club. ,
Officers of the U. S. S. Torktown and
Marblehead will be entertained tonight
at the Commercial, olub with ah Infor
mal reception and buffet luncheon. All
members of the-Commercial club have
been Invited , and the general public has
been asked to attend. - Members of the
board of governors of the Commercial
dub, who will have charge of the re
ception,' will act as hosts. The Marble
head will leave the Port of Portland to
morrow for the south, but the Torktown
will remain. . , ',
War.. Cry : is "China for Chi?
, nese and Empire Is Full of
Peril for ForeignersSays
; Education Sole Hope
Pasadena, Cal., July 13.- China for
the Chinese and death to further for.
elgn territorial . and industrial aggres
sion," is tne slogan or the "new China."
according to the. Rev. lUihert J- Bur-
drtte. writer nnd loturer, who Is at
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BURDETTE CANNOT
CHIIIESESITUAIII
42,000,000 BU. IS
ESTIMATED YIELD
' Si '
Oregon Leads'Jn Production,
Showing Increase of 2,000,
000 Bushels; While Neigh
bor State Shows Decrease.
WEATHER CONDITIONS . ;
MAY CHANGE FIGURES
Unusual Rainfall Assures Rec
ord Crops in Light Land
" Sections.
VorthwMt Wheat Torecast.
. - Bushels
1910.'
Oregon ....15,000,000
Wash- .....18,000,000
Idaho , 9,000,000
1909.:
13.S77.000
80,780,000
8,33,000
62,600,000
Total
.42,000,000
. By Ilyman H. Cohen.
The Paclfio northwest stands to har
vest a wheat erop.of 41,000,000 bushels
compared with 62,600,000 bushels a year
ago. Ttiis.is a decrease of 10,600,000
bushels from the output last year. This
is the present Indication and will roost
likely be the report at the end of the
harvest unless weather conditions here
after Interfere rreatly with the erons.
Considering ' conditions, the showing
thta . year. Is , enormous. - The orops have
had much to contend with. Today som
fields that range as high as IS bushels
an acre, would not have yielded . suf
ficlent grain to pay harvest expense on
tne basis of the crop two weeks ago.
, Big mcreaie la Oregon. ' ,-
The best showing is made by Oregon.
In this state the output of wheat will
be practically 2,000.000 bushels more
than that of 1909. This Is due entirely
to the coming back of the light land
Sections. ?;- :.?;-!'.:'. -.?
Idaho makes much tne ssme showing
With an estimated crop : of -' 9,000,000
bushels for 1910 compared with 8,343,
000 bushels last year. .
Had the elements been kind to Wash
ington growers the report would be
materially changed. As matters stand
Washington growers 'are harvesting a
wheat crop of about 18,000,000 bushels
compared with better than 80,000,000
bushels a year sx.. -.vx
That the Washington crop was not
(Continued en Page Nine.)
F
T
Charley Adams Goes to Grave
Rejoicing Was a High Fi
nancier in His Time.
(United PrM teased Wire.V
West Swansey, N. H., July 13.-Hap-
py that he had abandoned bis "profes
sion" many years ago and , had since
lived an upright life, Charley Adams,
known' as the king of burglars, but
whose real name was T Langdon W.
Moore,died'! here. -today.-""'""'-"''T"':''"
. Though at one time Adams was the
most notorious crook In the country,
for 14 years he lived honestly. With
his last breath be referred to this fact
almost Joyously. .
"I made the right kind of finish," he
said. "I was able to die among my
friends.". , ;
Adams' biggest haul was made In con
nection with the robbery of the Con
cord National bank In 1865, when he
made away with 1306,000. In 1S70 be
robbed a bank in Rockland,' Maine, of
$200,000; but was captured. In 1880 he
was convicted and sentenced to 15 yeas
In prison.' Adams estimated that he
paid out fully $1,000,000 during his ca
reer for police protection.
rMUiiw.iCUSTER,SiWIFE
SUES FOR DIVORCE ON ;
GROUNDS OF DESERTION
s " Oregon City, July 13. Mrs. . 4
Annabel Lee Custer filed a dl- 4
4 vorce complaint In the Clacka- ' 4
mas county circuit court yester- 4
. day , against .her husband, Paul -
e W. Custer, Portland real estate 4
4 agent and former advertising : 4
4 solicitor. .The plaintiff alleges 4
4 desertion. ' 4
4 , They were married at Chicago, 4
4 Janiuu-y.JU.1900i.Aad -CuaUr)ft 4
4 his wife, aa slra avers, in Beptem- . 4
4 per, i07. Airs, cusier asxs ror
4 3100 a month alimony. Sweek A
4 f' Fouts are ' the plaintiffs attor
4 neys. F. E. McOlnnls filed a de
4 murrer for the defendant "v "
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BURGLARS
DIES
HONES
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Symbolic Badge
of Hibernians
ij NATIONAL
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VKSX3KXSSGSS.
Facsimile' of badge , to': be Worn , by
. HibPrnlans, , . ,., ,. -
TO
'I' , .It'
In Honor of Hundreds of Dele
gates and Friends to Con
vention Streets Take on Hoi
iday Appearance.
"Erin . Go Bragh," meaning t 'Ireland
Forever," "Ireland a Nation," bloomed In
shamrock green on Washington and
Morrison streets this morning and, min
gling with banners and pennants of. red,
white and blue,, gave body to the fes
tive spirit with which the National Hi
bernians will .be welcomed when they ar
rive in Portland next week. ? ',
In the Hibernian headquarters E. H.
Deery exhibited today a badge where
again the shamrock green Intermingle
with the red, white and blue. It Is a
ribbon of green overhung , with a rib
bon bearing the national colors, iavlng,
too, the words, "Erin Go Bragh," and
figured. with the uncompleted monument
of Emmet, over whloh Is written, "Unity
Will Complete This." ? ; f . ;
Unity the get-together spirit, is
this, year the big thought of the nation
al convention of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians,? said Mr. etry..fti,.ri.'v
There are several organisations which
have for a purpose, the ultimate Inde
pendence of Ireland. , We will seek such
an affiliation among each other as will
contribute the strength of united forces
and prohibit work at cross . purposes,
thus brlnglng nearer the Ideal ,of home
rule In Ireland." . ,
- Unity of Irish organisations is, how
ever, only one of the questions to be
brought before the national convention
(Continued on Paw Tour.)
AT
SAYS F. HITCHCOCK
Postmaster , Merrick Explains
' Alleged Tardiness in Calling
..for Establishing Postal Sav
ings Banks. ': ? r
Washington, July 13. Because posti-
masters are slow about asking for the
establishment of postal banks, the bank
advisory board wil decide which cities
shall have; these banks, without waiting
for requests. -i
Postmester General Hitchcock stated
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PORTLAND PUTTING
POSTMASTERS SHY
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POSTAL BANKS
OREGON HAD
COMMISSION CUTS
EXPRESS CHARGES
Wells Fargo Company's Rates
J in State Are Reduced 20 Per
Cent and More by Order
Issued This Morning.,
ALL POINTS ON ESPEE
RAILROAD WILL PROFIT
Unless Enjoined New Tariffs
Will Go Into Effect on Aug
ust 3 of This Year.
(Salem Burr.n of The Jnarml.) ,
Salem, Or., July 13. A sweeping re
duction of all Wells Fargo Express
rates now In force in this state was
ordered by the railroad commission to
day which will take effect 30 days after
the order is served on the express com
pany. The order reduces about 80,000
rates in the state. The average reduc
tion made Is about 20 per cent. . S.
The rate per hundred pounds from
Albany to , Portland , has been reduced
from 60 to 60 cents; from Woodburn
and Salem to Portland from .60 to 1 40
cents; from Eugene to Portland from
81.00 to 80 : cents: ; from Koseburr to
Portland from $1.60 to 3120; from Med-
(Contlnued on Page Four.)
OAlillERIIOTIIl
HE SAYS. F
Arrives at Seattle to Spend, the
.'SummerWili Please! All
f : but Fanatics, for Whom He
, Doesn't Care a Blank. , .
(United Pri UtA Wire.) .
Seattle. July 13.-8ecretary Ballinger
of the interior' department came home
to Seattle last night from Washington
and 1 will spend. the summer on the
coast, He was met at the staUon by
his family. 'k:rf:
Mr. .Ballinger did not care to ; talk
politics today. He did say, however,
that he would "take no active part In
the Washington state campaign.
iHe reiterated the statement that he
. . .S ...jirnlnff
naa no .jnionviun v iwp.,..!... ,
"I am not made of resigning mater
ial." he declared,, "and do not care to
gratify those persons who would like
to see me quit. That Is not my object
in being in office., ' : . '
i'Xexpeot to -adminlster-the-Interlor
department In a legal manner and In a
way which I believe will ultimately re
ceive the approbation of every one ex
cept the fanatics, whose opinions I do
not ' give a continental ivr." . .
Mr. Ballinger mada It stronger than
this,, however.'-" i.-.Hrji-M";'-;
.Referring to Congressman Poindexter.
the secretary said he had nothing to
add to the statement ,he made recently
In Washington,, that .Poindexter was
neither a Democrat nor a Republican,
and that If he kept on he would soon
be a Socialist
III FACE OF
:.:K-;'.-tTiiited Press bessed Wire.)
"London, July 13. That; Japsn "and
Russia, through their new treaty, en
tered into at St Petersburg July i,
and made public, have slammed shut
the' "open door" In Manchuria Is the
tacit admission 1 of diplomats here. 1
f ' Although "none5 will openly state "his
opinion, it is the 'general belief that
England and the TJnlted States in par
ticular, and , other world . powers t will
oppose the new agreement. -r ;-'?.
- (The third clause of the treaty, whldh
is the shortest ono on record covering
so important a question, is expected to
prove the trouble maker. ' It' reads:
to menace the status quo, above men
tioned, the two hlsh contracting parties
shall, in each case, enter Into commun
ication with each other in order to ar
rtve at an understanding as to fhe
measures that may.be Judged necessary
to ' take for the .maintenance Of said
status1 euo." ,
The ..second . clause .Is. a. propilsa to
OFFICE TO
RESIGN
IRMLY
RUSSIA AND Ml
TREATY THftT SLAMS
REP: 7: R. ELLIS
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OF
Responsible for Repeal of Sec
. tion 9, Providing Proportion
of Money From Sale of Land
Should Go to Each State.
ACTION MEANS LOSS n r v;
, TO RECLAMATION WORK
Oregon Would Have Shared in
$30,000,000 if Ellis Had
' ; . Not Objected. -
."W..R. Ellis, congressman from the
Second district ot Oregon, Is direct
ly responslbla for the repeal' of-section
9 of the reclamation act, which
cut Cfregon out of the' use of large
sumg of OregbnV moneyl secured to
the reclamation fund', through the
sale of Oregon. lands. .This fact was -r
made apparent by the statement teler .
graphed by Senator Chamberlain and '
printed In The Journal en Sunday
last! It la corroborated by a letter
(Continued on Pace Two.) ;
1 iiesiieiits ot
Authorities Claim to Have the
Names of Leaders of Ether
Hngton Mob Mayor's Office
May Be Made Vacant. . '
, (TTnItpfl Prww T,mpJ W1m. I
- Newer ki Ohio, July IS. Ten' citizens
charged with participating In the lynch
ing of Petectlve Carl Etherlngton are
In Jail today-and hav been refused ball.
They will face a grand jury Monday.
This grand Jury will investigate the
lynching of Etherlngton and It Is ex
pected that indictments for first degree,
murder will be demanded by Attarnpy
General Penman, - who will have per
sonal charge of the Investigation.
The situation has caused anxiety here
and Newark realises that the state au
thorities are in earnest In their efforts
to bring to justice those guilty of last
week's rioting. 'Vi--..-r'';.'"
More arrests "are expected today. - The
state-authOTltes"lave investigated the
affair, It Is declared, and have the names
of the leaders of the mob.
Affidavits charging Mayor Atherton
With neglect Of duty and official mis
conduct. are1 tay. Athertdrt' friends
have urged -him to resign, but he has
so far refused to follow this advice and
a move on the part of the state authori
ties to declare his office vacant is ex
pected. 'VT u:-.-- -),4 --.---:.; ';-;?- T-":
Den man says he Intends to carry out
the instructions of GovernorHarmon tn
see that every member of the mob goes
to the penitentiary or is-electrocuted,
ENTER INTO
maintain the situation as it now Is.
That meansr the present open door policy.-
. . - -
The third clause Is regarded as can
celling the second. Should England or
America or any other power become
formidable In Maneburlan 1 trade. Hujt
sia or Japan could deem U" a "mewne
to" the status. quo": and could Uk
tlOtt. ;';;- .'-,--' k
4: That action would be a ralne In r.ti
On their railway lines In Manchuria.
This raise would exclude all mtryhant
except those of the -cr.ar and the nuksd.i.
If the. rates were raised U i W.-M-vi-t
here that England, the' t'n!td r-'t.-it
and Germany would rnaki r '' j r
testir : -
The posUion In which the trrniv
places China Is also a dangeron f.n-tor,
China regards boih' Hti!a nn ! .fiJt 'ui ,ik
intruders. in'Mancburi.-it At tim 1, , ,-.-c
time .China' is overawe! by tt t...
later" she Imay resist -ny . ft'-.-- ':.
t'ie 'treaty j.dw.'i i.. , ., .
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