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On Complaint Filed With U S. En
gineer Has Charged the Dalles City,
Loaded With Passengers and Perish-
able Freight Delayed 24-Minutes
. Proposed prosecution of county offl
elals for obatmetinjr navigation ( fea
tured today's development! of the draw
bridge war.
Chars'es against the county were filed
with Major James Mclndoe by the
owners of the Dalles City. This packet.
' heavily loaded with passengers, from
The Dalles, was delayed at the Burn
Bide bridge 24 minutes, beginning at
5:2l p, m.. yesterday. Similar charges
were filed yesterday by the owners of
the Shaver, Paloma and .Vulcan. No
charges were filed by the owner of the
Hustler, the fourth of yesterday morn
ing's delayed towboats. ;; J...5 . i i
But, one towboat, the Paloma wltlwa
v scow, whistled to pass the "draws during
. either ,o the closed periods.1 The Palo
" ma was also the only boat to attempt
; f assage at the Morrison bridge during
the closed period yesterday afternoon.
, She was also the first to whistle yester
day morning, making the first test of
the draw, closing regulations, and J.
Harry Richmond, foreman of the Mor
, rlson .,' street , bridge, ' has nicknamed
her "Our Constant V8itor.,,
, Boats Est Wo Trouble,
foreman Richmond of the Morrison
street , bridge and Foreman H. Stutsman
of the, Bumslde bridge expressed vigor-
ouslyt this morning their opinion that
the draw closing regulations work no
hardship on .navigation interests which
is not offset 100 to 1 by the benefit ac
t Cl-ulng to facilitated transriver traffic
- During the second closed period this
morning, 7:30 to t p, m., over the Mor
. rleort bridge 'crossed , 81 footmen, (r 69
if-nrS Snd -180' vehicles." The cars were
; each heavily loaded., v The Paloma and
, empty scow already referred te were de
layed 17 minutes.' The Morrison bridge
. : count from 6:15 to 45 p. m., -yesterday
, waa 95' heavily loaded. cars, 704 footmen
.,-and Sli vehicles. From 6:65 until, tf:30
. p. 'm., there were. 14 5 cars, 172 vehicles
and 761 foot passengers.
Traffic conditions on , the Burnslde
bridge were almost identical., ., Each
bridge waa.Joaded to its capacity with
CONVICT SERVING LIFE
SENTENCE SENDS BEAUTIFUL
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That sympathy can 1 penetrate the
walls and bars of a penitentiary was
demonstrated today by an odd present
. received by Marjorje Mahr, orphan cho
rus girl whose legs were cut off more
. than a month ago. The present repre
sents thtf-labor of days on the part of
. George L. Blodgctt, who must serve,
according to the sentenCe, all the days
of his life in prison. It is a shawl made
'by his -own hands. . -r-':.
, 1 Written on tho note paper, of the Ore
gon state penitentiary, and accompanied
by a large shoe box neatly wrapped, the
following letter was received by the edi
tor of The Oregon Dally Journal todays
' "I am sending to you today by mail
one of my shawls. Will you kindly have
- It delivered to little Marjorle Mahr, with
1. my best 1 wishes, as a present from me7
' God bless the little girl ismy wish.
' "GEORGE L. BLODGETT." -
WIRELESS" STOCK NOW
UNDER FIRE OF II. S.
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v (BperlHl Dispatch to Tb Jonr.nL '
New;York. Aug. 4.-Seven officers of
the United Wireless Telegraph company,
which has "planted" stock in nearly
every gullible community in Jthe United
States,, were indicted yesterday on , two
ccAint8by the federal grand. Jury. Se
cret1 service men charge that the wire
less ' grafters used ' the United States
mails , to sell worthless stock - and to
induce' Investors 1 to buy 1aper atVa
price many hundreds of per cent higher
than the value as an ordinary com-
, , On t of the i indicted men bears the
euphonious and historically suggestive
name of "Christopher Columbus" Wll
, son, the othecs are Samuel Bogar, W,
' W. Tompkins, George H. Parker, C. C
. Gallbralth, W. A. Blbolt and Francis
, Butler. ' ; ... v. ., .
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a constantly moving: traffio stream that
threatened, serious congestion even with
the draws closed. , '
t At the Burnslde draw yesterday even
ing the Ocklahama, the Port of Port
land's towboat, was delayed 10 minutes.
The Hasslo from Astoria arrived Just
as the draw was .opening. , ,
Crowds "Josh" passengers. .
The passengers on the waiting Dalles
City were Subjected to much ridicule
from the pedestrians and street car
passengers on the Morrison bridge. It
was the first tme in the history of
Portland navigation that any bridge had
ever barred the progress of the stately
packet or the lordly sand scow and the
erstwhile lotg-suffering eas. sidera en
Joyed the sensation keenly, t c 7 r :
County- Commissioner Goddard said
today that .the regulations will continue
In force as they are.- He does not an
ticipate any. serious trouble. The evi
dence of the bridge tenders is that with
the , exception of : the sand scows and
the lumber rafts navigation will scarce
ly ever be hindered by the closing of
the draws.; . " : :..
The regulation , on the other hand is
cause, of gratification and business
convenience to nearly the population of
the entire east side.., It seems certain
that any systematic eff ert to change
the existing schedule, would be violently
opposed by tne people whom It benefits.
' Major James F. Mclndoe said this
morning . that he would endeavor to
prosecute vigorously In each case where
obstructed navigation has ? been ; com
plained of. The boat owners have filed
affidavits which--will be submitted" to
the United Stat district attorney.
. f Aboard the - steamer; - Dalles y'jaty,
which wasJ held ' by the , closed draws
yesterday afternoon from 5:20 to 6:45
O'clock, were 90 passengers and a large
amount .of perishable freight consist
ing principally of fruit There wasvalso
some livestock , aboard, according to
Joseph B. Gross, agent of the Dalles.
Portland A Astoria Navigation Co. It
was asserted that a number of these
passengers aboard the steamer were in
tending to catch a $ o'clock train out
of Portland, t
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-While serving In the Multnomah coun
ty jail in' the summer of 1905 Blodgett
learned to. make shawls. ' From the
guards in the penitentiary he learned of
the plight of Marjorle Mahr, and of the
splendid response made by people of
Portland to an appeal for help. He im
mediately set to work making a. spe
cially beautiful shawl for the girl. He
spent days on IV - V
The Marjorle JUahr fund . reached
16889.69 today, swelled by donations of
streetcar men, an amount collected from
the employes of the Deschutes railroad
and malted to the treasurer of the fund
by the assistant chief engineer of the
work, and a number of subscriptions re
ceived ! from private individuals and
firms of Portland.; - With enly a little
mbre than $100 lacking to bring the
fund up to $7000, patronesses' believe
that figure will be reached before night
1
' All except Baker were arraigned be
fore Judge Hough' in the United States
district; court and pleaded not guilty.
The company has outstanding $20
000,000 in preferred and common Stock,
much' of which has been sold in western
ities, Including Portland, Or, ' San
Francisco, Cal., - Los Angeles, . CaL, and
Seattle, Wash. " ' ' : ;. :
For i several years these men have
been selling "wireless? stock and hav
maintained stations In cities, and these
1AUD
IMIIII
stationseldonWreTeTgotnynfcwthear
matlon and , have not made enough
money other than by stock, selling, to
purchase first class . telegraph sound
era. - The graft has been so pronounced
and so far-reaching that the govern
ment has taken a hand in its suppres
sion. - ,
ALLEGED TO HE
. WED IN FRAUD
Senator Gore ' testifies at In
vestigation of Alleged Offers
of Bribes Affecting Indian
Land Contracts.'
SHERMAN .INTERESTED . .
IN CONTRACTS, HE SAYS
Jacob Hamon, Oklahoma Na-
tional Committeeman Also
One of Participants.
(United Prm tetird Wire.)
Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 4. The name
of Vice President James S. Sherman was
dragged into the house committee In
vestig'atlon" of alleged" offers "of bribes
In connection with legislation affecting
Indian land contracts by Senator Gore
this afternoon. . .
; Gore also named Jacob Hsmon, Okla.
noma- national committeeman, , as one
man who called upon him in connection
with the matter. ' 1 n
Senator Gore testified v before ? the
committee in ; support of his charges
that- attempts had been made to bribe
him to" Influence his vote in regard to
killing certain legislation irt the senate.
Hamon declared, according to Gore,
that besides Congressman McQuIre of
Oklahoma and former Senator Curtis
of Kansas, an official "higher up" was
interested :: In the contracts.' When
pressed to name the official, 'Hamon
saiu it was Vice President Sherman, ac
cording to Gore's feetlmony. ; , i .
- i Show ITewspaper Clippings.
Senator Gore then produced newspaper
clippings purporting to stiowmat Vice-
President Sherman and exrSenator Cur
tie had visited President Taft and rec;
ommended that , the . president should
approve the contracts. .';,., f ':., V
n Gore : testified that McMprray came
to him in his office at Washington last
winter and asked for his assistance in
promoting legislation that ' would pro
vide for the payment of attorneys' fees
of 6 per cent on the Freedman land con
tracts with the Chickasaw and Choctaw
Indians. - .This .-. increase ' would have
amounted to $27,000. Gore testified that
he answered McMurray'S f request by
telling him that be was opposed to; pay
ing attorneys' fees out of the Indian
fund except where services ' actually
were required and had actually; .been
rendered..: He- also told McMurray of
his hostility. to individual contracts with
the Indians calling for the payment of
10 per . cent of the proceeds of the sales
of . the segregated coal lands to the
attorneys as fees.. W"'
It was because, of his opposition ta
these schemes, Gor testified, that he
was offered a bribe of $50,000,'
Gore said Sherman was named In the
so called McMurray Indian contracts,
through which it was intended to ne
gotiate a $3,000,000 .deal.- - . '
He said that Hamon offered him a
$25,000 bribe in Washington, May 6,
and When he refused to accept it Hamon
offered him .$50,000.
Patrolman Sees Two Men at
Work on Streetcar, Captures
One After Shooting Him
Other Escapes.
' -(TJnlttrt tra lAttrl Wlre.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 4. Charles Rev
nolds, a notorious pickpocket, wanted in
a dozen Cities, is chained to his bed in
the city hospital today, with a bullet
wound in his right knee. Charles Aub-
ney, his pal. made his escape. - .
Patrolman Robert Hagen was riding
into police headquarters on a Renton
car last night to begin work, when the
conductor remarked that pickpockets
had been working ' the cars. ' all day.
"There are the men now,", said the cqn-
aucior, ana nagen saw oneor tnem
taking his hand from, a passenger's
pocKet. v.. ::
The officer made his way towards the
rear of the car and the pickpockets
jumped. Hagen tallowed and captured
Reynolds after a seven blocks' chase.
As he was leading him bck, -Reynolds
broke wayi and taught an lnterurban
car. Hagen gave chae again, firing in
train. As Hagen tioarded the rear end
Reynolds Jumped from the forward vea
tlbule and the chase was on again. 1 Af
ter another hot pursuit Of, five blocks
tne piCKpocKet turnea and .nrea point
blank at the patrolman. Hagen returned
the fire and dropped his mas,
PICKPOCKET TAKEN
AFTER EXCITING
: CHASE AT SEATTLE
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Nance Gwyft, the Australian dancer (Mr Fabia Caffrey), divorcee , , and
heiress, menti6ned byWJ Charles '0lp4lI'-(,!.I.hiUdelpIil In her
suit for divorce. It ..was only- recently learned thattthe Mrs.; Caffrey
-and Nance Gwyn' were the same person."' The "disclosure 'was' made
through the supreme court proceedings which Mrs. Gilpin has brought
in New York to have the witnesses vho testified in behalf of Thomas
McD. Caffrey in his divorce proceedings testify either in Philadelphia
or New York for her. ' - ' . . i. . . :
FOREIGNERS 111
, (United. Press Leased Win.) ,,
Puerto Cortes, JSpanlsh, Honduras,
Aug. 4 Revolutionary rioting which
has culminated in the killing of an
Italian and the tearing down I of the
Italian, flag by maddened soldiers may
end In the appearance? of Italian, war
ships here. The country today is alive
with revolutionary, spirit, following the
attempts of former President .Bonlua
to start a reactionary movement against
President Davllla, and mob violence is
reporte ,in all parts of 'the little re
public. .A.' score of soldiers who have
thrown In their lot with the revolu
tionists, enraged at the sight of the
Italian flag, rtore it from Its staff and
then pursued, andkllled ; an Italian at
Tegucigalpa. ? The Duke of Scylla, the
Italian representative, mcensed at this,
has cabled his government for protec
tion and has asked that warships be
sent with all possible haste to protect
Italian Interest. :. -
Other foreigners, terrort stricken by
tho outbreak of the civil war spirit, are
fleeing to the consulates,' Many. Amer
icans have, taken refuge in the United
States ' consulate at Tegucigalpa.
The uprisings followed the news that
Bonllla had (Succeeded in getting arms
and ammunition for. an army 'which he
intends to send against the government
forces. Exile Hondurans are on their
way to their own country to Join Jn
the uprising. It 1 is declared, , and the
situation is considered grave, v " '
MILPITAS, VILLAGE OF
THE PLAINS ' WILL NOT .
' EMULATE SWEET AUBURrV
-v (United Press Lea Wire.) ' ' 4
Mllpltas, Cal., Aug. . Nothing 4
4 ' but a few scattered dwellings to-;
4 day mark the site of the town of I
4 Mllpltas, long the butt , of mln-' 4
. strel Jokes, and for a' that a fair 4
V ' looking - little -town, "The ' Mllpi- 4
tas hotel, livery stable and scores 4
of business houses were burned,
Uhourh-aldws-snl-rm-8an
Jose and other nearby towns.
i ; Mllpltas Is in the heart of a
fruit district, ?and many of t)he
residents are ure that the little
village 'will be rebuilt, v , ; ' i
IN HONDURAS;
SHIPS
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GRAVE DANGER
ITALY INSULTED;
if TAKE ACTION
'Although the uprisings have been
without . organization, theyx have , 00
curred In many cities and considerable
damage has - been done,- Scores, of ar
rests have been made by the authorities
and Jails are already crowded with the
leaders of the revolutlpnary movement
With the head of the revolution outside
the republic, .; however, the repressive
measures of the government have little
effect and the disorder has continued un
abated. The anger of the mobs has been
turned largely .against the , foreigners
here: and It is reported that plantations
owned by foreigners have been -devastated
and other property, some of which,
it is said, belongs to Americans, has
been destroyed. ?";;.'-.; -
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Inspector Dew Says Crippen
Has Made Statement; Can't
, Publish Confession.
' (United Pratt tsatsd WIii.
Quebec, Aug. 4. Inspector , Xew, of
Scotland' Yard today admitted that Dr.
H. Ii Crippen .had made a definite state
ment to him regarding the disappear
ance and death of Mb wife, Belle El
mors Crippen; .-fJ c -v.;'",? '.- a.-;:
Dew, who is awaiting ;the arrival of
police officers "and matrons to ' assist
him In safely? conducting Crippen and
Miss Ethel Clare' Leneve back to Eng
land, is on his way to Niagara Falls to
day. Before leaving he
pen to confess.- We are not anxious to
secure a confession, because he has said
that' he is not guilty of murder , We
believe, however, that We can Secure a
satisfactory1 Statement from Crippen.
The English law forbids our publishing
a prisoner s confession.
CONFESSION NO
FULFILt PROMISES SHOW PLURALITIES
ONLY INDORSED - MUCH INCREASED
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owa Republicans Praise Dolli
yer, Cummins and Governor
. Carroll; ; Insurgents. . Win
.Throughout.
' (Hnlttd rren UtMd Wlre. . v
Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 4. The
Iowa Republican platform as submitted
by the committee ' on resolutions yes
terday Indorses the tariff plank of the
Republican national platform adopted at
Chicago; it does not recognize the
Payne-Aldrlch tariff law as a revision
In accordance with the pledge made at
Chicago. ; i -
The platform does not approve of
another revision at once, but indorses
the revision of the tariff on separate
articles from time to time.. The plat
form Indorses "such efforts as Presl.
dent Taft and his advisers have made
toward fulfilling the promisee of the
national platform which Have been tn
harmony with the declarations of this
convention." ' '"'' . . '
Commends Dolllver and Cummins.
The platform also commends Senators
Dolllver and Cummins "for their atti
tude on the tariff, railroad and postal
savings bank bills 'and their patriotic
efforts to protect the public rights from
the greed of special interests in the in
terest of national legislation."
The platform also calls the attempts
of Dolllver and Cummins to secure "the
largest measure of equitable revlson" of
tho tariff a "Republican defense of the
people's welfare." It declares "their
Insistence largely determined the bene
f trial features of the railroad bin." The
platform commends the house for revls
lng the rules and says "Republicans in
Iowa are the best Judges of what con
stltutes Republicanism in her 'chosen
representatives."
Governor Carroll was Indorsed as an
able Republican. ; ' , v
i The first test of strength of the pro
gressives came yesterday when Senator
Dolllver was elected permanent chair
man xf the convention by a vote of
834 to 649.
CINCINNATTCENSUS : '
" REPORT SHOWS CITY
HAS GROWN SLOWLY
(United PrM Tailed Wire.)
Washington, Aug. 4.-The population
of Cincinnati Ohio, is 364,463, accprd
lng to the census bureau today.' The
census of . 1900 showed the city had
326,903 Inhabitants.
NORMAN MACK PREDICTS
DOWNFALL OF CANNON
(United Prett Letted Wire.)
Calumet, Mich... Aug. 4. Norman E.
Mack, chairman of the Democratic na
tional campaign committee and recently
mentioned as a Democratic guberna
torial possibility In New York, pre
dicted today that a Democratic speaker
would be chosen to succeed Joseph G.
Cannon at the next session of congress.
and that a Democratio governor of New
York would be elected in November-
THE REAL ISSUE
"The issue of the forthcoming Republican primary campaign is
not to be the 'assembly.' It. is going to-be Bourne and Boumeism."
Oregonian. - t 1
The Oregonian is wrong. If it wants to beat Bourne hereafter,
it cannot: afford , to make htm a champion of the anti-assembly
movement.. That is playing directly in to, his hands. It is giving
hira a strength far greater than he possesses. It was his opponents
that elected him four years ago, and they did it by exactly such a
course as the Oregonian proposes now. . . v
''"The issue "now is not" men," but ' measures;"'! It is ' a bigger; issue'
than any rrian or any thousand men. The "claim is set up that the
people are too weak minded to select candidates, and too uneducat
ed to. choose. a senator,.That contention strikes at the very root of
free government. It i$ not only so contended, but attempt has actu
ally been made to put it into practice. . An assembly God save the
mark--to, select candidates 'for the weak-minded people; so-called,
has actually been held. :" That makes a principle. That principle
is an issue and a burning issue. What is Bourne beside, such an
issue? What are the political fortunes of a thousand men beside
such an issue? They are the' chaff in the wind. -They are the mole
squeak in the thunders of the ocean surf. ' What care the people
of this state about one man or a .hundred men when the stakes
played for are the qiiestion of whether they shall rule orlwhether
one man from Gilliam county and a' bunch of politicians and cor
porationists in Portland shall rule? ' '
There is a record in Oregon -that can be. studied with profit.
Bourne bVcame; a senator in 1907. ; ..Eighteen, months later, or in
June,' 1908, Oregon voters overwhelmingly indorsed the system by
which he .was, elected. They .cast. 69,668 votes for a. law instruct
ing all members of the legislature to vote for and elect the candidate
for senator receiving ' the highest number j of ; the " peoples' -rotes.
Only 21,162 votes were cast against it. At the same election the
Republican' vote for congressman ; was 67,468. That is. to say, if
every vote cast against the law was a Republican it is still a fact
that seven tenths of the Republicans of the state voted for it. Every
'erjtmtyTntrrem ".
then been senator for 18 months,
Such is history. .Such is the record.' 'Such is public sn'lir i!.
Men count for nothing." If is the measure that is deep r- i
eradicable and indestructible. The way to,bAt Bourne i t. -I ' ,
trying to. kill the direct primary and direct election.
Insurgents'- Victory in Kansas
Greater Than Expected
Stubbs Plurality Will Reach
30,000. ;
STAND PAT OPPONENT:
. CARRIED FOUR COUNTIES
Reports-From Every District
Gratifying to Candidates
for Congress.
(United Treti Letted Wlr.) -Topeka,
Kan., Aug. 4.-r-Returns today
practically complete from all sections
of the state increase , the pluralities by
which the insurgents won in-Tuesday's
primaries. - According' to the latest fig- ,
ores. Governor Stubba' plurality will
reach 30.000. Tom R. Wagstaff, stand
patter, who opposed him, carried only
four counties; ,
The results In the congressional dis
tricts follow: " ,v
First D. R. Anthony, standpat re
nominated by 600. , . .
, Second--Alexander Mitchell, insurg
ent, nominated by 1200.
Third P.i P; Campbell standpat, re
nominated by 2000.
Fourth Fred Jackson, ' Insurgent,
nominated by 6000, i.
" Fifth R. R. Reese,' insurgent, nom
inated by 2000.
. Sixth t. X. Toun, insurgent, nomi
nated by 1000. ,
Seventh E. H. Madison, Insurgent
renominated, unopposed. ' .
Eighth. -Victor Murdowk, Insurgent :
renominated, unopposed. 1 1 ... .
JOSEPH CANNON SAYS
. THERE WERE PRIMARIES
" IN TWO OTHER STATES
Mackinao Island, 4 Xllch., Aug. , 4.
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon refused today
to discuss the "resuits. of 'the Kansas
primary or the Iowa Republican "con
vention, but casually pointed out that
there were primaries' also in Oklahoma
and Missouri.
"I have nothing to say -during my va
cation concerning the Kansas primaries
or the Iowa convention," , said . Cannon.
"Perhaps when all the returns are In,
I -wilt make a statement. There is one
thing you might remember. -Primaries
were held also in Mlssoorl and Okla
homa.' - ..,-,,.... . 1
Broughton to Preach In London.
New , York, 7; Aug. " 4. Dr.' " Xen O.
Broughton, the' eminent preacher of "At
lanta, Ga., ' sailed today -, for-. London,
where he Is to fill the pulpit of Dr. G.
Campbell Morgan during-the next two
months. He expects-to return from
England about , the first of November.
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