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Portland, Oregon; Tuesday evening, august so' 1910. eighteen pages.
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VISITS PUEBLO
Officiates at Laying of Y. M. C.
A. Cornerstone . and Later
' . Talks ' of Statehood Consti
tutions.
EXPRESSES DESIRE-TOz
VISIT NEW . STATES
Praises Work of Forest Service
During Recent Trying Fire
" Ordeals.
.. 'United FT LMted Wlre.1
Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 30. Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt pid a flying visit to
Pueblo today, laid the cornerstone of
i. the new T. M. C. A. building, went back
to his train and departed for Osawata
mle... Kan., where he will arrive at 9
o'clock tomorrow morning. He was ac
companied from Denver oy a commit
tee of Pueblo citizens who Went to Den
ver to nieet him. The train left Den
ver a little after 8 o'clock nad arrived
In Pueblo shortly before noon. The
.Itraln was stopped at Mineral Place park,
' and the Roosevelt party descended-nd
went to the new building. .Roosevelt's
remarks at the cornerstone laying were
very brief. After the ceremony he was
conducted about the city In an automo.
bile. ; : - -
Jolts Hitohcook.
. Roosevelt Jolted the constitution mak
ers of New Mexico and Arizona, who
incidentally paid his respects' to Post-
, master General Hitchcock. "
He declared against what has become
known as the Hitchcock way of making
virtually unamendable constitutions.
"I wish I could go to New Mexico
and Arizona," said the colonel,-"but this
Is the nearest point I, will reach on my
trip Many friends have asked my ad
vice regarding their constitutions. There
la one point I would like to advise
them on, and that Is that they leave
Vielr constitutions easy of amendment,
so that at any time the people feel that
they ought to be, they may be amended.
Experience shows not only that doc
trinaires, but designing corporation at
torneys, often put into constitutions
matters which are not thoroughly un
derstood by the people at the time.
Flea for People.
"My plea Is that the people of new
states be left with their hands free, so
that If they ftnd something working
badly, they shall have the opportunity
of making any necessary changes.
"I want to call your attention to the
admirable work of the forest servioe In
,u conjunction with the great forest fires.
Not only has the forestry hureau done
everything humanly possible, but In
fighting fires the men of the. forest
service have shown just the same abil
ity, endurance, courage and lndlfferencw
to their own lives as Is shown by the'
best fire departments of the large cities.
There Is no body of- public servants of
i which the public has a right to feel
more proud than the men of the forest
-'; service." . . ' ' '.' ..
Local Bow Kages Around Him.
Roosevelt also found himself vaster
- day In a storm center of factional local
politics at the Auditorium at Denvef,
where he delivered his conservation
speech.
Gov. Bhafroth, Mayor Speer, Glfford
Pinchot, former Secretary Garfield and
scores of minor lights were crowded on
the platform. As Roosevelt started to
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
ST. JOHNS
REGISTER: ONLY
HE
Only 13 names of qualified voters are
on the petition filed by the St Johns
people, in which they ask that the Port
land city cgunrtl' authorize the annexa
tion question to be placed on the No
vember ballot. ' Tho list , was checked
over thli vHiorning by Co'nncllmah Ellis
and" N...M. Moody, of the auditor's office.
The :haj-teE:ectuiresthat 103 voters,
no less than' iS per cent of the qualified
voters 'at the last, general election, In
this case 'shairslsn the petition. This
. shows that a large part of St Johns
has not registered on the county books.
On the petition from Lents, it was
found that only S3 qualified voters had
'Signed, while it must be signed by no
less than 45. The Sylvan vetitlon had
the required number,, and Is 'the only
contiguous territory that ,1s- now sure
of going bn the ballot There Is ttl
time for St.-Johnsand tents to. file an
other petition with the required number,
and people back of the annexation were
immediately notified and will start an-
. otneTTetltmn 1 liiii8ciiumy?v!"' ' '
. The annexation of St. Johns is con
sidered of greater importance',, and the
committee in that suburb pushing the
matter la- composed of A- T. Bojdon,
P. T. Hanson, , and Charles Anderson,
There will be a hard fight. down there
IAIN
WITH BONDS SOLD
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huim un uiuuul
TO START AT ONCE
Sale of First $250,000 Issue to
Local Bank at 93.08 Means
Long Fight for Broadway
Span Is Successful. ;
BIDS BY LOCAL PEOPLE
REACH TOTAL $179,000
Old, Wortman & King Highest
Bidder; Little Attention to
Obstructionists' Threat,
Work ton the Broadway bridge Is to
proceed at once. The great (1,600,000
span" which Is to solve the problem of
peninsula development and by facilitated
transportation bring St Johns closer to
the city. Is at last to become a reality.
The city council " will award the first
$250,000 Issue to ladd Tllton tomor
row at 93.08 Cents on the dollar, ttjls
being the highest bid1 for ' th bloc
opened yesterday by CitjAuditor Bar
bur.. ' ,.;.
. The Kernah-Dunlway obstructionist
forces that have succeeded thus far in
delaying the bonds' sale by litigation,
have threatened to enjoin the city from
sale of the securities, but so great Is
fthe local sentiment against them, and
so complete has been the denial of their
rights in the courts, that It is not be
lleved they will be given " a hearing.
The bids submitted yesterday are re
tarded as avlndlcatlonof the securities
and a down-throw of the obstructionists,
for they are at the top of the present
market. Ralph R. Duniway, attorney
for Frank Klernan, representing the
obstructionists, said yesterday he
would .obtain an Injunction, but no an
nouncement of. his ' success has been
made. ' ' .
Bids Cause Surprise.
Both Duniway and Klernan . were
present yesterday when the bids were
opened. They shared the surprise of
the bridge's advocates at the great
number of proposals that had been sub
mitted as evidence of the popular belief
In the goodness and legality of the se
curities. There were three bids for the
entire block, , which had no reference
whatever to the KIernan-Dunlwa.y liti
gation. The highest of these was from
Ladd & Tllton at 93.08. The second
highest waa from the Merchants Loan
& Trust Co. of Chicago at 93.06, or Just
35A lower than the Ladd & Tllton bid.
The third was from O'Connor & Kamer
of New Tork at 92.31.
A total of 3179,000 was bid for the
bonds by local people. Of these, $47,000
at 93 was bid in 82 lots ranging from
1500 to $5009 by the Hlbernla Savings
bank for clients secured by the com
mittee of Seventh street business men.
There were in addition the following
bids, making the total amount offered
for the Issue at an average of 93 nearly
$1,000,000:
Rate;
Woodard, Clarke ft Co. . . 93
Amount
$ 1,000
16,000
5.000
80,000
7,500
6,500
2,000
10.000
10.000
6.000
10.000
2,600
Meier & Frank Co. . , i . , , 93
irvtngton Inv. Co..
. . 92
Woodmen of the World.. 91.88
Joseph Simon 93
U. 8. Nat'l Bank........ 93
Merchants' Nat'l Bank. . . 93
Ukase Investment Com
pany (W. K. Smith)... 93
Ukase Investment Com
pany tW. K. Smith)... (4
Ukase Investment Com
pany (W. K. Smith)... 95
Women of Woodcraft... 91.81
Olds, Wortman & King.. .100
(Continued on Page Four.)
on the question, as the opposition Is
developing strength each day.' Edward
Stockton and A. W. Markle are heading
this opposition. The latter Is manager
of the St Johns weekly .newspaper, and
It means the loss-of all city advertis
ing should the place be annexed to
Portland. r Other publlo spirited citizens
of that suburb declare : they, 'twill lose
their individuality if the annexation
question carries. : v r , -, , . .
Advantages Cited, 'i
Those working for annexation-declare
that they will gain all the advantages
of metropolitan municipal life. ., and
want to toe governed under the Port
land charter. It is also pointed out
that free mail delivery, better water,
and stree.t Improvements would be ob
tained. . '
The petition filed last week by the
annexation element had the signatures
of 309 voters, but only 18 of these were
found On the registry books today when
iua-turrnrra wrih evg. mi nee
A counter Detitlon will h taA Hik
the city auditor within a few days, In
Which a long list Of men will oppose the
annexation. - This petition was started
yesterday, and already has the names
of many prominent , business men' and
taxpayer ..i -.. I
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PETITION VALID
GIRL IN DESPAIR
SEEKS REST IN
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World Too Complex to Underr
stand, Too Big to Conquer-
In Hotel Parlor in New York
.She Fires'Fatal Shot.
REMOVES ALL CLUES
AND REFUSES NAME
In Letters Left She Raves of
Her Woes; Is Glad When
Told She Must Die.
(t'nited Presi Letned Wlre.l
New Tork, Aug. SO. An unlndentlfled
young woman, whose bearing denoted
good breeding . and refinement and
whose clothing was of the finest ma
terial, entered a ladies' parlor at the
Hotel Astor and in the presence of a
maid shot herself.
The bullet struck one of her ribs, and
was deflected, missing the heart. At
the Flower hospital today it was, an
nounced that the young woman could
not recover.
'.Three notes, one addressed "To
Mother," another "To Sister"' and the
third "To Blanche," give slight Inkling
as, to any specific cause of the girl's
attempt to end her life.
Complains ef Man's Inhumanity.
The note to her mother read:
"Do not reproach yourself for what
I am about to do. You have been an
angel to love me and I regret to cause
you , this trouble, p The force of fata
has eji "Joo .Jitronjr for W to . cope
with and, being defenseless,' has driven
me against the wall and forced me to
this cowardly act
"Then, too, I hate the Insincerity, the
sordidness and the disillusionment of
life. This s all I met with for the, past
two years, and now I seek an unknown
grave.
"I can hear you say, 'Dear Heart you
are very wrong to take your own life,
whatever the motive.' Yet It Is reallv
deplorable that a girl cannot get' along
honorably. In New York.
"In some things I might have suc
ceeded had I acceded to the wishes of
men. They were cultured, yes, usually;
with moneiy yes, but never. moral. I
couldn't submit to such things. Death
is preferable to the ill fortune that has
pursued me through this 'brief span
of life.' To advance Is better' than to
stand still. To go forward, better than
to retreat"
Unhappy Since Father Died.
- The letter addressed "To Blanche"
reads as follows:
"You may think Wie foolish but I had
made up my mind to do it at the time
dear Daddy died. I have not had many
happy moments, but I am accountable
for what I Intend to do and am willing
to take the chances.
"Women writers in the newspapers
print foolish nonsense about these
things. Generally they are far from
the real truth. They seldom give the
real reason for acts such as I am about
to commit Usually they say It was the
result of a love affair. In this instance
you know love had nothing to do with
It As with King Midas, where every
thing was turned to gold, so in my case
everything turns to failure.
"Think kindly of me. I feel, like Sid
ney Carton, that It's a far better thing
that I do than I have ever done; It's a
far, far better rest that I go to than I
have ever known.' I might have been
happy but for mine unhappy life.'
Disagreed With Sister.
The letter addressed "To Sister" fol
lows: -
"Of course, you will disagree with me
on this, as you do on every other topic.
We both have been at fault. and un
fortunately my disposition has - been
such that I could not always sea things
as my friends have. You never under
stood me and my only way of doing
things.
"Now that our wills are about to
clash for the last time, you may think
kindly of me,
Within the last two year I have
been, tempted several times as 'I have
been tempted now to do this. I will be
successful for the first time In my
life It Is hard to do this and I sup
pose It will be still harder to undo it
Do not grieve for me, for I never hava
intentionally" said or done unkind things
in my life.
"I realize that my life has been a
(Continued on Page Four.)
VOTERS STILL LAX C
ABOUT REGISTRATION,
434 NAMES MONDAY
Only 484 voters appeared , at
the courthouse to- register yes
ter, and last evening, although
the books were open until 9 p. m.
Fourteen days are left and over
1000 must register each day if
the final figures surpass the reg
istration of two years ago. Every
day increases the likelihood that
there will be a rush of the tardy
ones next week, The doors will
be open until 9 o'clock every
night this week. "'
a ' total registration , now
stands at 27,320. The Republi
cans number 20,950, the Demo
crats 4045, and there are 2325'ln
dependents or members .of other
parties. V
, FIRST SNAPSHOTS OF ROOSEVELT ON HIS WESTWARD JOURNEY
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Colonel Roosevelt on his western trip. These photos were .taken ior The Journal at Boone, Iowa.
shows Senator Cummins 'of Iowa on car with the Colonel), and at Ogden, Iowa. -
PEOPLE TO VOTE
Council Authorizes" Special
Election to Vote on Proposi
tion to Sell $2,500,000
Bonds.
Advocates of publlo docks are elated.
The city council gave , unanimous con
sent yesterday for a special election to
submit the question of a $2,600,000 Is
sue of public docks building bonds, to
the voters. The council at the same
time approved the taking of a popular
vote upon the appointment of a com
mission to take charge of the docks
when built Mayor Simon's promise
that he would appoint men on this com
mission who are favorable to public
docks had been secured but a little while
before the council meeting.
Councilman Cellars was the only coun
cilman who thought It wise yesterday
to lift up his voice in opposition to pub
llo docks. He began a debate which
had been heard many times before to
the effeot that publlo docks 1n Port
land would not be self sustaining. ' But
his debate waa ended by It W. Mon
tague, attorney .for ' the public docks
committee of the Chamber of Commerce
and the Taxpayers' league, who suggest
ed 'that, council at this time was not
with the maintenance of municipally
owned Wharves, but had been asked to
do the courtesy of approving the popu
lar petition for a special eleotlon with
which the names of 8760 prominent vo
ters attached had already been filed
with the city auditor. Councilman Cel
lars, then proceeded to vote 'aye on the
measure with the remainder of the coun
cilman present ' "1 C
"We think there . U no possible doubt
of success for the plan to build publlo
docks," .; said Mr, Montague. "Mayor
Simon's; promise that he will "appoint
men on the commission who are favor
able to public : docks, In the event that
the election carries, waa exceedingly
gratifying. We believe the people will
vote 'even more decisively In 1910 for
ON QUESTION OF
BUILDING DOCKS
Ithe spprnnrlatlnn of H,6nO,PQ.fl for VITZ .rT F
tor the expending of $500,000 for a sim
ilar purpose. K
"The need : of publlo docks ! now
much more apparent Our waterfront
l.i Iphs attractive than It wa wherujJie
first vote was1 taken. The. control by
(Continued on lgeFour.
FATHER AND SON
EN 0 D D ACCIDENTS
AT SAME PLACE
John Johnson Internally Injured
in 8 Foot Fall, While Young
Mart Unhurt in 70 Foot
-Plunge.
In a fall of about eight feet at a
church at Fourth and Mill streets yes
terday morning John Johnson, aged 60,
was seriously bruised and perhaps in
ternally Injured In a fall of 70 feet at
the same place yesterday afternoon
Harry Johnson, aged 17, his son, was
practically unlnjjired.
Johnson, senior, is employed as time
keeper on the . contract of remodeling
the church and was walking down the
steps leading from the auditorium to
the sidewalk yesterday when he slipped
and fell Into the basement Several
of his ribs were badly bruised and
when taken to his home at 707 Front
street the physician expressed fears of
internal injuries.
Young Johnson, who is employed as
a carpenter's apprentice, believing , his
father was not badly hurt returned to
work on the lofty tower of the edifice.
Yesterday afternoon, the scaffold on
which he was, working broke, precipi
tating him" and John Summer, a tinner
employed by . Jacob Losll, downward.
Summer fell about six feet and then
grasped a timber which protruded from
the tower, saving himself, from the
drop to the ground.
Johnson grasped wildly for a hold on
the plank as he fell, but . missed and
went hurtling- toward the sidewalk.
Between the walk and the curb there is
a pile of loosely laid timbers and he
fell on his" back on one of these and
then rolled to the sidewalk. The timber
on which he struck acted in the nature
of a springboard and broke the force of
the fall, although a : hammer which
Johnson had in uls pocket made an inch
Indent into the wood.
Johnson was stunned when fellow
workman nlckod him up, , frut rreeoverad
a amuuiance arrived and
refused to go to a hospital, lie was
moved to his home, where a, physician
found that he had sustained only a. few
comparatively slight bruises. When the
foreman of the work visited him, last
night he laughted heartily over the fall,
declaring , It. was a fine experience to
dfopjo J?X fii4,llYe...totclL,about it.--
(Lower
FIREFIGHTERS
SURROUNDED FOR
2WEEKS.RESCUE0
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Third Party in Clearwater, Re
serve Expected to Be Res
cued Today; Fire Conditions
Greatly Improved.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.!
Lewlston, Idaho, Aug. 30. Two of the
three parties of forest fire fighters sur
rounded "for the last two weeks in the
Belway district In the Clearwater forest
reserve were rescued yesterday and It Is
believed the others, who are at camp 62,
will be gotten out today, as the "rescue
party reported to Major Fenn over the
telephone at midnight that they were
within three miles of the place whero
the men had been left by Ranger WatBon
When he made his heroic ride to Kooskln
through the burning forests last , week
to rerort their condition and lead a
party to the rescue. All of the men re
leased from fire bondage yesterday
were safe and sound and several are now
engaged with the relief party under
Watson, endeavoring tp break through
to th'elr beleaguered companions at 62.
The general, conditions In .the fire
district are most encouraging. Rain
fell at Kooskla last night while in the
mountain country snow' fell to, a depth
of four Inches. The rain on the lower
levels and the snow in the mountains
have materially checked the fires and
with effective work of the fire fighters.
It Is believed the fires are practically
under control. A continuation of pres
ent weather1 conditions for the next few
days will allow the fighters to gain
complete mastery of the situation..
Ducks Plentiful at Hermiston.
(Speelitl niMMtclt to The Joorntl.v
Hermiston.. Or., Aug. 30. The Herm
iston Gun.club la building fences around
Its reserve and has Just finished build
ing a large boat to be used this fall, The
club Is composed of about 25 members.
Ducks are very plentiful on the river
Vmnqua Flouring Mills Sold. ,; ,
Oakland, Or , Aug. SO.-The Umpqua
Flouring mills have been sold by W. O.
Bridges to Louis Kruse of this place.
Mr. Kruse Is laying In large quantities
pf grain and will run the mills to their
full capacity during the balance ofthe
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FIRESUFFERERS
NOW II) NEED OF
I
Emergency Relief for Unfortu
' nate Persons Who Lost Their
All in Fprest Fires Is
Sought. - ( 1
DISTRICT FORESTER
DELIVERS WARNING!
Although Fires Are Under Con
trol, Watchfulness Is Coun- '
selledfo Safety.'
The forest, fires of Oregon and Wash-
ington smoulder among the fallen treeSi
From Crater National park in southern
Oregon to Rainier National : forest in
Washington the blazes are under con
trol. There Is left but one element of
danger demanding constant vigilance on
the part of fire fighters, .'namely, that
if the winds again rise the flames will
rage, as uncontrolledly 4 as they have
during the past three weeks.
Emergency relief for, destitute fire
sufferers is now the order of -the day.
Miss Pritchard, representing the People's
institute, has taken charge of the -situation.
Two hundred lamiiles in Oregon
WJTVasfiTngton are-wlthout food, cloth
ing, bedding, household utensils, f uml- '
ture or shelter. Their condition is con
sequently pitiable. Boxes containing
everything but new homes for the fire
sufferers were sent , to nine families 14
miles from Vancouver this morning. 'In
the .nine?-families "are , 36 children, a"
number of them .babies, who have not
had so much as the shelter of a tent or
the , comfort of a , blanket , Blnce "the
flames raged destroying all but their
lives. Thejr extremity was reported by
Professor Dudley, formerly a Portland
teacher." . .
..The- forestry department submitted
this morning a list of the destitute that
have been reported from various local
ities In Oregon and Washington, Cap
tain . Scott, ;,. of the: Oregon National
Guard, also submitted a long list today -for
the fire sufferers in the Gresham
and Sandy districts. t . f
All the railroads ' and other trans
portation agencies have volunteered - to
carry supplies to the fire sufferers free
of charge. In the ; localities : where
there are no means of transportation
men will , carry supplies of food and
bedding on their backs, over the moun
tains. - " " ' . , ". '
Help Is Weeded. 3:. " r:"T"
"We " cannot'- handle ' the situation
alone," - said" Miss Pritchard, of the
People's Institute,' tilts' morning. "Let
the generous people of Portland and
Seattle assist, us. The Chamber- of
Commerce has promised to supply funds
for : help if necessary, '. But we ' need
more than this. We need food, clothtng,
bedding, furniture, for the destitute .who
are cold and hungry and without shel
ter anions the blackened remnants xt
their homes, We will accept anything
and everything that Is sent us, and do
It " gratefully. There are many more
fire sufferers than we at first thought
possible. We must get aid to them
at once or the babies and the feebls
ones will die." :
Warning Is Issued. ,
District Forester Chapman added to
day a word of warping concerning the
general fire situation.
"There, is need - for great care arid
watchfulness," he said, "else , the tin
(Continued on Page Four.)
CANDIDATES ARE
All but County Candidates Must
.File Petitions by Saturday,
September 3.
(Salem Bureau of The Jrfnrwd.l
Salem, Or., Aug. 80. Candidates for
the primaries must have their petition
in the hands of the secretary of state
before 6 o'clock next Saturday, Soptem.
ber 3.: That Is the last day on wUlclt
petitions ror nomination can b re
celved by the secretary of Ute undr
the direct primary law. As the law
also provide that andldate mum flu
a, declaration of intention to -become a
candidate before they'' can-circulate tnv
petitions, candidates who are Junt f'Uri '
their declarations for state offlies i;t
find it a difficult matter at this Mi
day to: qualify for the nominating elec
tion to.be held September 24,
Some candidates who hava tril'jr.1r
stood ., the law, hays? attempted u file
their petitions an -declarations at th-
Corey has sent the matter ..bark to th
candidates With the admonition that tii
law should be "rend carefully arid ifu pro
visions strictly adhered to by all r"'
pecOve -candidates..-' Mr. 'Cute n f , . :
all the assistance b ii l -i '.utm t
cftno)ti;itfa, but many -will Hit grt i
the ImHut tinli'dn the lnw 1 ir , '
mors tJulli.Uu.ie. juid uui.-4h.. t tkn
to comply wita li. j'rovljil'jfi