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VICKERSHAM AND
HENRY TAFT WERE
WT ATTORNEYS
Attorney-General ' Admits He
and the President's Brother
Represented Sugar Trust
for Which He Got $26,000.
After the Oil Trust
LATER HE PERMITTED
SALE OF FRIAR LANDS
Confesses He's Made No Ef
fort to Attack Combination
for Violating the Law.
(TnlUd Pmi Imn4 Wire.)
Washington. May II. Attorney Oan
ral Wtckcraham teatlflrd today befora
tha tiouae committee appointed to In
vestigate the axpendlturea of the de
partment of Juatlce. H aald that
Henry ,Taft. brother of the prealdent,
aa a mrmber of the law firm of Strong
A Cadwallader acted upon ona occ
alon aa counael far tha American Sugar
Refining company (tha trua-t). Hla fea,
aald the attorney general, waa turned
to the flrm'e aerount. of which ha
(Wlrkeraham) waa a allent member.
Hla own ahara of thla fea, Wlckerehara
teatlfted, waa 116.000.
Henry Taft aald tha attorney gen
eral, later waa retained and appeared
aa apeclal attorney for tha government
In the prosecution of the ltcortoe truat
and the affiliated tobacco truat.
Aftr he hlmaelf left the firm. Wick
! ham teatlfled. John Henry Ham
mond became affiliated with It and aub-
aequently repreaented the augar truat
MABEL WARNER IS
LOSER IN H
COURT'S DECISION
(Continued on Page Two.)
LOCKSLEY HALL
. AT SEASIDE BURNS
IV b
Fifty Room Summer Hostelry,
Two Cottages and Turn!
ture Destroyed.
(SpeeUt. DUpatch to The Journal.)
(BoecUl IlUoatck to The JmraaLI
Paaalda. Or., May II. Fire .at 11:10
o'clock thla forenoon totally destroyed
SO room Lockaley hall and half Ita
furniture. Two cottage Just eaat of
tha hotel were alao destroyed. Mrs. I
A. Carllele of Portland la owner of both
Lockaley hall and the cottage and her
loaa la StO.000 partially Insured. Tne
name of the burned cottagea are Bo
llnaa and Mlra Monde.
Tar for the roof waa being boiled in
, the Lockaley hall kitchen and - over-
flowed onto lhe atove. catching fir.
The- place burned too fast for tha fire
department to acoompllab much. There
waa plenty of hose but a water abort?
age, it being poaaible to connect only
two hydranta. Lockaley ball Is being
run by J. W. and D. Carlisle, the former
of whom waa burned trying to put out
the fire.
The cottage of Adrian McCalman on
(Continued on Page Six.) i
Senator A tie Pomerme of Ohio,
who. want the United Btatea era
ate to make an InTeeUgatlon of the
Standard Oil truat on Ha own ac-
count and to direct the depart
ment of Justice to hold John D
Rockefeller and his associate be
fore a court to account for their
actions in regard to the Sherman
anti-trust law.
EXPLOSION HURLS
6: THREE MAY DIE
Missed Shot Fires as Crew
Peers Into. Crevice 4t
Lents; All Are Hurt.
With a roar . that shook the buildings
In the vicinity of .Lenta, breaking win
dowa and shattering dishes in the near
by housea, a blast of powder exploded,
hurling aix men In all directions, and
perhaps -fatally injuiinartbree, , The oth
ers received minor injuries, and were
taken to their homes. The other man
were taken, to a hospital.
Tha tX men were blasting rock for
the rock crusher at the Mount Scott
cemetery. They put In a shot- wblob
failed to respond to the fuse and at
ter waiting fora abort time the entire
crew went to ascertain the cause of the
non-explosion. Just as they stepped for
ward.! peer. Into. the. crevice, the pow
der exploded.
The two men most seriously Injured
are August Dolphin, fractured hip and
leg and Internal Injuries, and C. . M.
Johnson, broken .foot and other injuries.
Another , man . whose name was not
learned suffered Injuries to the back
and perhaps internal lnjuriea. The
name or tne otner men were not
learned. Their Injuries were not severe,
however.
Three Wills of James Young
in Her Favor Considered by
Justice Moore "Bold, Impu
dent Forgeries."
FAMOUS WESTON CASE
IS SETTLED AT LAST
INCORPORATED
ClISITEJflPT
FROM OPTION LAW
Supreme Court Decides Con
1 stitutional Amendment of
November 8, 1910, Does
Not Throw Down Bars.
Old Grey Eagle of Mexico Goes
Into Exile With His Family
Criminal and Civil Actions
Since 1905 Have Marked
Fight for $40,000.
8tlrm Burvta of The Jnurnsl '
Salem, Or., May Jl. The feature of
decisions handed down today by the su
preme court was a ruling by Judge
Moore In the matt-r of the estate of
James W. Young, deceased, a contest of
will. This caae l notorious In eastern
Oregon aa the Mabel Warner will case,
as Mrs. Warner Ir one of tha leading
figures In the long struggle for this
140,000 estate In Umattlla county. In
which three sJlegnd wills have been pro
duced, and both criminal and civil ac
tions fought out. The decree of the
circuit court of Umatilla county la re
versed and the conteatanta of the third
will gat a decree In their favor.
"We ar forced to the conclusion." de
clares Supreme Justice Moore, "that the
alleged will is a forgery. It Is prac
tically conceded that both alleged wills
previously produced, which purported to
convey the bulk of the property to the
proponent were bold, Impudent forger
ies. It Is a fair presumption that they
were made at the Instigation of the
person who was to profit by them. They
wern discovered In possession of the
proponent, and there Is nothing In the
evidence to show she had friends who
would forge wills In her favor."
Judge Moore's decision contains II
typewritten pages.
O rig la of Warner WU1 Case.
Jamea W. Young, a resident of Wee.
ton, died August It, .1905. .leaving" hi
farm willed to his niece, Mrs, . Jior
Waitsbat niakint Wd3si6Ulbn f His
other, property, which constated among
other things of valuable brick buildings
In Weston. The will was admitted to
p rebate in 1005, and B. B. Hall was ap
pointed administrator.
Mabel Waxner, formerly Mabel Young,
(Contlaued on. Page Five.)
AFFIRMS CONVICTION
IN TEST WALLOWA CASE
Makes Same Decision in Case
From Josephine; Other
Opinions Today.
(Ktleni Bure.o of Th- Journal.)
Salem, Or.. May 31. The first ruling
of the supreme court on the question
whether the amendment ratified by the
people In 1910 exempted Incorporated
towns and cities from the local option
law came today. The court decided In
corporated towns and cities were no,
exempt Thus the local option law ia
not Invalidated In these runes.
The decision camn In state, vs.
Schluer, Wallowa county. In which the
defendant was convicted of violating
tne local option law In Joseph. The
judgment of the lower court Is affirmed.
Defendant appealed on the ground that
the amendment to the constitution, ex
empted incorporated towns and cities.
Salem. Or., May II. "The decisions
recognise the validity of the home rule
amendment aa applied to cities and
towns," said Chief Justice Eakln today
In commenting upon the two local op
tlon rullnKs, "but holds that the home
rule amendment .does not annul the or
dera of lower courts made prior to Its
passage. Both Wallowa and Jackson
counties were dry at the time of the
passage of the home rule amendment.
"In Wallowa county, the town of Jo
seph attempted to license snd open
saloons without previous action of the
voter of the municipality. This was
held to be Illegal."
Judge Moore, who wrote the decisions.
said: 'Where the county Is dry a vote
of the people In towns must be taken
befora the order Of thing can be
ehimre.'-'Jt wULm seen that while the
legal voters or every city and town are
authorised to license or prohibit tha sale
of , liquors therein, the clauae making
the municipality aubject to the local
option law "within ita limits.' requires
an election of voters of the munici
pality before the sale of liquors can be
fi'"v- Ml
?U3 f l' win I
PRVCtS LIBERALS
SHOOT CAPTAIN WHO ;
KILLED AMERICAN
Commander Tony Vegas Dies
at Sunrise for the Murder
of a Yankee Soldier in His
Command.
REBELS ARE FIGHTING
AMONG THEMSELVES
Reported That Lower Califor
nia Insurgent Army May
Disband Today.
(United Ptms UuH Wlra.1
Fan Diego. Cal.. May 11. Captain E.
E. Kirk, attorney for Oeneral Pryca.
declared today there waa no special sig
nificance in Pryce's ansence.
He has gone to Los Angele to con
fer with members of the liberal junta,'
said Kirk.
(Continued on Page Six.)
MAY STATISTICS SHOW PORTLAND
TO FRONT IN LINE OF PROSPERITY;
POSTAL RECEIPTS LARGEST SHOWN
JOHN C. CARSON,
SIDEWALK I
WHO BUILT FIRST
After an illness of hut a few days,
John Crosthwalte Carson, former state
senator, educator and ona of Portland's
foremost citlsens of the early days,
who built the first sidewalk In the
city of Portland and who establiahed tha
first planing mill north of San.Francls
oc, died last night aMiie noma In this
city.
Mr. Carson first took 'up his resi
dence in Portland In September, 18(1.
and continued to reside here until hla
death. Me was one of the first school
teachers outside Of Portland, but aban
doned his position to take a job of
carpenter work at Oswego. Later he,
with' his brother D R. Carson, built a
planing and lumber mill, which , was
the nucleus of the pioneer milling In
terests of tha northwest. He waa one
Of .the most prominent lumbermen- of
the early days and waa one of the
. state's most . progressiva citlsens.
. Built rirat tt4ewalk. :: -
About eight years ago Mr. Carson
retired from active, work and had resided
in ease at his beautiful home, built
by- him in 1881, at 661 Johnson street,
Hla death , waa due to old age and a
general; breakdown. He Buffered an
attack of lagrlpp In March and ; April.
which is believed to have hastened tha
end.' '..r;;.' ?v.
Mr. Carson was at all times pro
gressive and was ever Identified with
the upbuilding and growth of th city
He waa tha champion and promoter of
hundreds of "needed' reforms, and in
11(4, he obtained permission from the
council to construct a- sidewalk, the
first to be built In the city. , He had
been a member of .the council .from . his
ward ' many times, - and waa for ona
term president of that body. He was
also .foremost In ; securing, better ed
ucational facIIUlea for the dry. ? : .. ,
In 1870 Mr. Carson was elected to
the state leglalatura, an off lea which' ha
held for six yeara Then he wa ale-
fContinued on Pag Five.)
- ,!) - . . , ,ji A f
Mav statistica 1n bank clearings, poat
al receipts, building permits and realty
transfers are auch as 10 show that Port
land Is still well to the front among
the country's most prosperous cities.
Notable Increases were made In postal
recelpta and bank clearances over the
figures of May, 1110. There is prac
tically no difference In the volume of
building permits issuea ror me monm
In the two years. Realty transfers
show a decline on 10 per cent as com
pared with" a decrease of 44 per cent in
March, ahowlng conclusively that In this
line of activity Portland Is again catch
ing Its stride. When compared with the
May recorde of other coast cities, Port
land's showing sounds a distinct note
of optimism and shows that this city
continues to hold first place In general
proaperlty.
Postal ataealpts Greatest Recorded.
Postal receipts, conceded to be the
most reliable index of a city's prosper-
lts, record the largest gain In the his
tory of the local orrioe. in May. 13 iu,
postal supplies to the value of 168,260
were aold at the Portland office. While
the exact figures for this month could
not be given at noon today by Poat-
? naster Merrick, he estimated that the
otal will slightly exceed 180,000. which
will make th gain fcver last May 18
per cent.
The same evidence of progress is to
be seen in the bank clearings. In May.
1910, the total clearings amounted to
141,386,82. as compared with 144,518,
877 for the month Just ending. The in
crease amounts to 7.5 per cent. Bal
ances for May of last year were 14,-
., ' ' t- f
707,440, as compared with 85,231,482 "for
this month. - -
648 Building Permit.
Building permits, taken out this
month will total close to $1,750,000. At
the close of business Monday night 648
permits had been issued calling for an
expenditure of $1,617,280. Building In
spector H. E. Plummer estimated that
today's permits will run close to $128,
000. During May, 1910, 698 permit
wer issued Involving the investment of
81,803,435 In new construction.
Transfers of realty filed for record
up to Monday night numbered 1688 with
consideration amounting to 12,541,956
compared with 1663 transfers and 32,
804,142 for May one year ago.
Foreign cargo shipment nearly
doubled In value the shipments of tha
same month In 1910, the figure being,
1910. $379,626; 1911. $696,410. Th larg
est gain in exports .was shown in flour
shipments, 116,800 barrels having left
thla port for foreign ports this month
and 11,567 barrels in May of last year.
Table Tells Story.
The following tables compare the
totals In postal receipts, bank ol eatings,
building permits and realty transfers
for the first five months of 1910 and
1911;.
1910. 1811.
Postal receipts ! 345,709 $ 404,488
Manic clearings zo7,nce,ooi 274.205. 098
Hide, permits. t,Kta,oi7 7.SZ4.881
Realty transf's 15,924,183 11.492.256
Foreign lumber shipments and ship
ments coastwise showed but little
change this month from the totals of
one year ago.
Mrs. Porfirlo Diaz, who la said to ham urged her husband to leave Mex
ico after hla resignation aa president.
(United Pre. !.eet Wire.)
Vera Crur, Mexico., May 31. The
steamer Yplranga. with Oeneral Por
firlo Diaz, the "old gray eagle" of Mex
ico, on board, was scheduled to sail this
afternoon for Bpatn via Havana The
former president, surrounded by hla
family and 20 faithful officers, was es
corted to the dock by a picked detach
ment of federal troops. There waa no
( Halted PreH leased Wire.)
San Diego. Cal., May II According
j to a report that reached San Diego from
Tla Juana this morning, Captain Tony
' v " 1 wiiiuiniiurr .11 in. MCIldQ
troops under Oeneral Rtfys Pryce, waa
shot at sunrise this morning for hav
ing shot and killed an American sol
dier In his command. A court martial
found him guilty yesterday.
There Is a report that th men nnder
Pryce are fighting, and that th rebel
band may break up today. This re
port, however, could not be verified.
Pryoe and Aide Gone.
Following th execution of Captain
Francisco Visa or Vegaa, at sunrise. It
was learned that General Pryce and
demonstration. Diaz was calm and I his aide. Captain Mefvln Hopkins, wer
bade hia friends and few raltnrui i missing from th camp.
troops farewell. I Whether Pryce had left tha rebels
The Madero element here expresses I for good, whether he had gone to the
the fear that Diaz and Oeneral Ber-1 Los Angele junta on business or
nardo Reyes may conspire to combine I whether he had met with foul play
with Llmantour to bring about the I questioned by his men. It was genr-
electlon of a Diaz adherent tn the com
ing general election.
(Continued on Page Two.)
RAILROAD BUILDING WAR NOW LOOMS
SEVEN BANDS
BETWEEN HARRlMAN AND HILL LINES
iL
N RICH NORTH CENTRH
WASHINGTON
TO
APPEAR IN ROSE
F
I
ESMPARAD
E
That north central Washington will
be the Been of the next big railroad
building war Between the Harriman and
Hill forces is the report that cornea from
Seattle, the report being based on ac
tivity shown by the Harriman forces up
north under the guidance of R. E. Stra-
horn, general manager of the third dis
trict of the O.-W. R. & N. eompany, with
headauarters In Spokane. Oeneral Man
ager J. P. O'Brien, of the first district,!
with headquartera In thla city, says
that any activity on part of the Harri
man system along the upper Columbia,
above the confluence of the Snoko would
come under Mr. Strahorn's Jurisdiction.
Surveys were made by the Harriman
people along the upper Columbia some
tiro ago into the territory which so far
haa been covered erxcluslveiy ny tne
Great Northern. That these surveys
will be followed up soon by the right
of way men and eventually construction
orewa. Is now the prediction coming
from th Puget Sound city.
Freight Trafflo Heavy.
North central Washington embrace
Grant Douglas, Chelan and Okanogan
counties, containing 11,000 square miles
of which 5,000,000 acres aro said, to be
suited for agricultural purposes. About
one-fifth of this enormous area is now
under cultivation, and producing a ton
nage that is said to be one of the rich
est resources of the Great Northern. It
Is this tonnage and that to be developed
by further railroad building, that the
Harriman people would share.
That the people of that district are
anxious for a competing line was In
dicated at the Transportation congress
an'mStee0 Musicians', Will :furnish '
flo furnished th Great Northern, and
this report was submitted 'to other rail
roads, including the Harriman system,
with the result it Is said that a great
deal of activity has been noticed.
Rivalry la Xaeu.
Since the Transportation congress,
there have been developments which In
dicate -that there is "something, doing,'
says one. report The- commissioners of I
Chelan county have two application on
Stirring Music; 25,000 Peo
ple From Outside ; Already
Come to See Pageant '
i.
SPECIAL OFFICER ATTACKED BY UNION
PICKETS BADLY HURT: CAPTURES ONE
5 The -latoVMm&rCrvoii;?
A battle between Special Officer J. W.
Griffiths, a machinist st the Smith &
Wataon foundry and two union pickets
at o'clock this morning resulted In
th frightful injury of Qrlfflths, who
waa kicked In th face by both pickets,
and frightfully torn by the teeth of
one man and the final arrest of John
8. Sharp,' on of th ploketa. '
Griffith waa on his way to the f oun-
dry when th two roan sprang him
from behind a wan. throwing mm to
the ground. They kicked him several
time, but Griffith waa fighting all the
time, finally 1 throwing Sharp tof thtr)
. . . . - . 1 I .Tl i
grouna wnere ne overpowereu mm. j fiig
companion,' whoso nam Is not known.
finding himself unaoia to aaaisi jsnarp,
mad hi ecp but h will be arrested
ion, a warrant. . v
Grirrrths appeared at police dquar
ter bleeding profusely from t'. wounds
on his hands and face, dmk.ng his
bleeding prisoner. A complaint charg
ing Sharp with assault aad battery was
filed. As soon as th complaint waa
signed against Sharp, Griff Una, 'who
had been supplied with a new set of
clothes to replace th ones torn in the
battle, started out In search of a phy
sician to dress his wounds.
"That; flg;ht this morning is the
result f trouble of mroe than
a year's standing ' between ' the
striking machinists and the men em
ployed at, this foundry. Endless trouble
has been ekparlenced with these picket.
and. Griffith who was but recently ap
pointed a apeclal officer haa been threat
ened aevaral time a , . . '
DRIVER COLLAPSES
WHEN RACE ENDS
11 IUP
r
'1
Knight, Nervous Wreck, Prob
ably Never Can Drive An
other Racing Automobile.
Unrtl Press Leaned Wtra.t
Indianapolis, Ind., May 31. A nerv
ous wreck? after- the terrible strain of
yesterday's 600 mile automobile race,
Harry Kirlght,' who drove the Westcott
car, waaXinder tho influence of opiates
today. Although Knight was uninjured
yesterday, the strain on his nerves was
too severe for him. and after the race
waa ended ha, collapsed. Today It is
predicted' that he will never be able to
drive another racing car. Ills physi
cians fear he may suffer a permanent
nervous breakdown.
Th men Injured In the race yesterday
ar resting easily tbls afternoon. Archie
Grelner, Whose Amclex was" dashed
from the track" following a tire explo
sion; was improved today, and his physi
cians believe he . will surely recover.
The body of his mechanician. & P.
Dickson, killed in the sam accident.
was snipped ta Ctyeago. - -
One hundred and fifty musicians,' con-
file for franchises for permission to con-1 t,tutin"" vn hands, marching tc-
struct and operate electric line up and gether and playing together, will fur
down the Wenatchee and Columbia nlsh music for the Bos Festival pa
rivers, outside of Wenatchee; while the radea of next week. No uch outlay for
city council of Wenatchee has three ap- muslo was ever before attempted by
plications for franchises to construct the Rose Festival management ' The)
and operate electric lines over the I great concourse of muslo makers, George
streets of that municipality. There ia I L. Hutchtn, manager of the festival, an-
a keen rivalry for these privileges and I nounced thla morning, will ba under th
the authorities are proceeding slowly, to I direction of J. R. Tomllnson of. the
make sure that the Interests of th po-1 Musicians' association. Tha muslo is
pie will not fall into the handa of mere I now being rehearsed, each band under
speculators. I its own director. It is of the stirring;
martial kind the happy, thrilling. In
spiring sort that will. It la expected,
waken Into keenest participation of th
festival spirit, even th staldest ... of
Portland. "
Already the city la filling up with
festival visitors. The . hotel report
greatly Increased guest lists. Tha
streets sre crowded Incoming trains
are filled. Many of the peopl of th
city are entertaining guests. . . t ( : .
(United Press Leaned Wire.) 85,000 Peopl Com. , ,
Chicago, May 31. Notices sent out to I The traffic departments of th South'
union men in the building Industry to ern Pacific. O.-W. R. A N Northern,
return to work with the steam fitters on Pacific. Great Northern, Milwaukee
buildings now In course of erection are Une Mtliw,,t T." E?T,W wti,n
expected to bring a crisis, today In n"J W mo'r
Chicago's 140.000.000 building tleup. preparations tor the Horse' and V-
caused by tho Jur sdlctional warfare nlcle p4ra4o ar( attracting wide-spread .
between the tanifUtr and plumbers attention. Indications ar that it win ,
A joint board of arbitration composed K-
of representatives of the unions and FUval weeh The judge wer aa, '
h.nintC.?'mm?i,r,d Th n,Tt. ?,J "rd Uounwd. today a. follows! .W. 8I
by the steamflttera. This puts the con-I iaa rnk h i.
BROUGH
no
tinuance of the tleup squarely up to the
plumbers.
(Continued on Pag Two."
REPUBLICANS TO CLOSE CAMPAIGN :
WITH AN ORATORICAL BATTLE ROYAL
The final days of the city campaign
this week will produce a spurt of ora
tory from all sides. This Is the result
of the announcement of meetings to
be held under the auspices of the Re
publican city central committee. In be
half of A. G. Rushlight for mayor and
other candidates :n the v Republican
ticket '
Speakers for Simon probably, will be
sent out as an offset to the Rushlight
talkers, but no arrangements for meet
ings hav yet keen. made.-' Th Simon
committee has, a number of volunteers
In .reserve, hut " it wa apparently not
Intended to' make us of . them' unless
the Republican committee 'Mnt out
speakers for Rushlight. It haa not been
determined who shall do-the talking
for, Simon, but prominent men will bt
i r-" vs.- " ' s . ' ; :- . '.," '
elected, as th ' ordinary spellbinder
la no longer much of a drawing card
In a city campaign. . , ; .
Two Republican meet lags ' will - be
held Friday night. On In Sellwood.
t Strahlman's hall, wlll be addrsel
by John F. Logan and Waldemar Se
ton. Th other will b n open air
meeting In Sunnyslde, at East Thirty,
fourth and Belmont streets, on of th
speakers ther will be Councilman KubH,
who 1 a candidate in. that ward.
Final meetings will- be. held Saturdny
night In South Portland and. Mort4
villa. The South Portland metin
will: be at Jones'- hatL with John y.
Logan and'Seneca Fouts as th sps. - v.
The Montavlll speakers will be
(Continued en l'r Fivt)
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