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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. -PORTLAND. MONDAY, EVENING. JUNE 5.Yl911. -1 BARK BEETLE FOE' i t i Discovery" at , U. of W. Is to ,. Save Douglas Fir Forests . of United States.. '" . : (Special Dtapatca te The JruLI i . Bealtle, ' Wash., June S, The death knell of the bark1 beetle, which annually f destroys Douglas ' fir ' throughout tha f Unlttd State to lha valua ot 1109,000, V tOQ, baa been Bounded at tha Unlversl- My of Washington, when Prof. Trsvor i Kincald. head or tha department of soo- 1 logy, announced tha discovery of tha , flrat paraaita of tha timber peat Tha valua of professor Klnceid'a dis covery, in Addition to ita aelentlfto im portance, a incalculable. Timber own' ere throughout the country have up to tbla time taken aa conclusive tha re port of tha government 'entomologists, who In their reports, aaaert that tha Douglas fir baetlo haa no paraaita. Living healthy tree are attacked by warma of the adult beetles, which en ter tha bark on the main trunk and ex cavate their egg gallerlea for a dlatance of a foot or mora through tha living Dark. . . , Profesaor Kincald . found tha flrat . Ravenna Park. While out with one of , his claaaea ha noted trees which had been attacked by tha beetle, and on mora , iwui invvaugauoa siKovirN mai ' tha pest waa being exterminated by a paraaita. After some thorough expert menU ha managed to obtain soma- of tha Insects and become convinced that he had made a discovery which will pro tact tha Infected areaa throughout the . country. , Professor Klncald's parasite Is small red fly with amoky wings, and a long stlnger-llke organ behind. Tha fly belongs to the family of braconldaa but la of no known species. It Instinctively discovers the colonies of tha beetles and Inserts Its long rear organ down In to tha beetles tunnel and lays Its eggs. These develop Into small maggots. which follow up the larvae of tha bark beetles Into their tunnels, and Attach ing themselves to the embryo beetles, begin sucking their blood. In a short time It entirely devours the pest, and spins a cocoon over tha winter. . In the aprlng It emergea, but sona time later than the beetle, In order to give tha beetle a good atart. Professor Kincald estlmatea that his parasite will In one season destroy 26 to to per cent of a colony of beetles. Professor Kincald Is bast known to the scientific world by his discovery o'f a paraaita on the gypsy moth, which was destroying millions of dollars worth of fruit? trees annually. He was sent to Japan three yeara ago by the govern ment on tha track of this parasite and later to Russia, meeting success In both countries. ' Draft Direct Primary BUI. (Special Dinpsteh to The Journal, i Helena, Mont, June 6. -The legisla tive commission appointed by Governor Norrls to draft a bill providing for di rect primaries for the nomination of candidates for all elective offices. In eluding United States senators, met in Helena today to organize and begin Its labors. If the bill drawn up by the commission meets with the approval of a majority of the members of tha two houses the governor will convene a spe cial session of the legislature to enact tha measure Into law. y Convocation t McGlll. ("peelal DLp.tr a to Th JnarnaLt Montreal, June 6. Today ushered In a red letter week at McOUl university. In addition to the annual convocation In Royal Victoria college this afternoon the notable events are to Include the formal opening of the new medical building by his excellency, Karl Grey. Scores of graduates of the university, among them the officers and many prominent members of the Canadian Medical association, are here to take part in the celebration. HO OVER K M I'll . . w r ... ........ ,, IS FOUND AT LAST OF GREAT CM j' ( . ! y. -. vs : -rjf M . . : 1 ; - V KEN FORMS DISTRIBUTING BODY Bakowski's Fate Figured put by Searchers, Who Fail to .. Find Body. ; fSMelal DlaiMteB to Tie JearaaLt Klamath Falls, Or., June . auperlnt. . - . - M tendent F. W. Arant and ganger ii. b Momyer of Crater Lake national park, hava returned from another search for tha remains of B. R Bakowski. tha daring photographer who lost his Ufa In the park .during ins winter, inw mada a thorouch investigation and are now firmly convinced that the unfor tunate man walked over tha rim of the lake and went down tha steep Incline. In tha basement of the eabln at the. rim of tha lake, they found the photogra pher's coat," In which ha Bad wrappea a number Of little trinkets. In his camn. a short distance from the. rim of the lake, his personal effect were found by a previous searching party. These ware removed to the government headquarters In tha P rk. Amonjr the effects was a diary, showing tne prog ress he had made on his trip from Fort Klamath to the lake. The dlay started with January 11 and ended with tha Slat. This would Indicate that Bakowski met death on February 1. Tha searchers foirad tha snow had drifted against, the flra of the lake, making It appear solid. It Is their onlnlon that Bakowski ventured out too far and loat his footing. ' It 1 hardly probable ha went down to the water's edge.' The eteep Incline la quite rough and likely the body Is wedged in some crevice or caught on some Jagged rock. It will be Impossible te find It until the snow goea off and evea then It may never be found The search will have to be made by letting men down with ropes. It is not known where he went over the rim, which will make It hard to '.ocate the body. The missing man'a camp, his coat In tha basement of the cabin and his camera oases on' the foundation of the new stone hotel all ahow that he left his quarters to be gone but a few min utes. Tha snow Is still about 14 feet deep and It will be several weeks before any further ' search can be made. SEEK GENTLEMAN DICK FOR NEW STYLE SWINDLE (United Press Leased Wlra.) San Francisco, June 6. Detectives are aearchlng for Dick Williams, known In poliee circles as "Gentleman Dick," who la, alleged by Freeman Robins of Indianapolis to have bunkoed him out of 00. Robins told the police that Wil liams engaged him to take charge of a big apartment house in San Diego at salary. In excess of 125,000 a year. Williams told him to no "back to Indian apolis to straighten up his affairs there and to bring with him any "ready money he might have." Robins returned yesterday, bringing $600. Williams ahowed him a roll of $6000 and auggeated that for sale keep ing until today they put It together and place it In the safe of the St. Francis hotel, declaring that he owned a half Interest in the hotel. Robins agreed and waited In .the corridor of the hotel for several hoars for Williams who had gone 'Inside to see Jlmmle Wood, my partner." Robins then reported the matter to the police, declaring that he feared his "friend Williams had met with. foul play." Hopes to Become Trade Cen v ter for Much of Upper fr Columbia Basin. .: " r ' Lk- -v .'y ' (trailed Pres tssead Wlrt Kennewlck, 'Wash June t- At a meeting of prominent cl tisane of this olty( tentative arUtclca ef Incorpo ration were adopted for the Ken newlck Distribution company, which Is being organised for tha purpose or cen tering the Jobbing trade, of the upper Columbia river basin at thla place. The company Is to have a capitalisation of $1M00 divided Into 600 abarea with a par value of $28 each. About one-third of the etock haa already been sub scribed by a few local men and the cir culation of the lists will be started soon to secure smaller stock holders. In case sufficient local capital Is not available to carry out the enterprise, an effort will be made to Interest Port land Jobbers who may desire to establish branches in this city. The first un dertaklng of the company after perma nent organisation has been effected will be to erect a $10,000 concrete warehouse on a trangular plat of ground between tha N. P., the O.-W. R. N. and 8., P. A B.. railroads, an option on this sits having already been secured. Includ ed In the plans, also, Is the building of a subway under the N. F. tracks and the construction of a highway and pos sibly a railroad spur direct to the docks. The organisation of the distributing oorapany la one phase of a movement begun by the local commercial club this eprlng. to make ot Kennewlck a ahip plng center for the rapidly developing Taklma and Columbia valleys. On the whole the movsment Is prospering even beyond the hopes of the promoters, as tha club has received assurances from the state railway commission that Ken. newlck is to be granted a distributive freight rste as low aa that given any other eastern Washington city, and In oreaaed facilities for watsr transporta tion have been made possible by the establishment of tha Inner and outer harbor lines and the platting of the shore lands by the state and the fed eral governmenta The state's survey ing crews will finish the work this week and, aa soon as the harbor plats are available, steps will be taken for the Improvement of the water front. EAGLES' OFFICIAL (Halted Frass Uaaad Wlra. ' New York, June .One of the hard eat blows that America's prldi In bar hustle and bustle haa yet received waa dealt today by Oertrude Atherton, the novelist who declared ' on hap arrtvaJ on the Amerlka that England waa too buav far hr Mrii ,. s. (going te her old home In Baa Fran cisco to nna the peaoa and quiet nec essary for the completion of tha book she Is now writing, Mrs. Atherton Is now chiefly con earned with the thema of women's ao rtal and political uplift She says Jfrs. Pankhurat, the English suffragette leader, la the brainiest person she ever knew. '.."The s vera re woman's brain Is bet ter than a man's, anyway," she says. "Tha average man'a .brain does not amount to much. nHEELER WARNS GONE CHECKS BAD Some Lodge Funds Said to Be Missing; Two Sheriffs Hunt Him. Spanish War Veterans. Lafayette, Ind., June 5. Lafayette Is gay with flags and bunting In honor of the United Spanish War Veterans, whose annual state encampment opened here today for a two days' session. The business sessions of the gathering will be interspersed with visits to the state soldiers' home, Purdue university, . tho Tippecanoe battle field and other points .of Interest in and about Laiayotte. Every Policyholder is an owner and shares in the Prosperity of tSperlal Dlapatek to Tbs Journal.1 Klamath Kails, Or., June 6. Frank Coffee, for the past year In the real estate business In this city, left a short time ago It is said, taking some of the funds belonging to the Eagles' lodge1 of which he was secretary. The last heard of Coffee he wrote a letter to a member of the .order enclosing several checks on a bank at Yreka, Cal., and aak Ing tha recipient to pay a number of bills he owed about the city. The checks were reported not good. Coffee was also administrator of the estate of J. -I. Pine, recently deceased and the money belonging to the eatate Is being checked up. Coffee v-as under ball on a charge of larceny by bailee. Soma months sgo funds were entrusted to him to make payment on a lot purchased through mm. lie railed to make the payment He was arrested and held to await the action of the grand Jury. Coffee came to Klamath a little over e year ago. A warrant has been Issued for his arrest and the officers of Slskl you county, Cel., and also Sheriff Barnes of Klamath county, are making a determined eirort to locate him. E. Allen, a local contractor, secured a few hundred dollars on his personal cnecKS wnen it is said he had no funds in the bank and left for parts unknown, The Only Life Insurance Company "Exclusively Oregon" Upbuilder of a Greater Oregon Msf tor ilr egoiaiis Home Office, CorbettBldg.,Cor. 5th and Morrison Sts.f Portland A ' . swell , aa) aJ .m . 1 - A.L. miiu, L. Samuel, Clarence S. Samuel, 4 :- President General Manager, -1 Assistant Manager. ' . V ; Extra Mall Leaves Klamath. (Special Dispatch to Tha Journal.) Klamath Falls. Or. Jim K Tha ottv now has two outgoing daily mslls. Post master Emmltt has been authorized to Send OUt tWO ancVl nf l0OI mall Ktr express every morning. The regular man now leaves about 5 o clock p. m. Two Sawmills Going Up. (Special Dlapatck to Tha Journal.! Klamath Falls. Or.. Juna fi Two large sawmills are now in course of ninatruo.tlnn nn th imnnv lab-a t i. expected the mills will be completed In uiub i inano a tfooa run ims rail, una of the mills will have a dally capacity Of 150,000 feet and will give employ ment to a largo number of men. Both mills will be at Shippington, the upper lake suburbof this city. JAG0 SEES GROWTH IN CITY SINCE LAST VISIT Frank E. Jago, the new general man ager of the Commercial Club building;, who arrived from Cincinnati, Ohio, a few days ago to succeed the former su perintendent, Eugene May, expressed himself very pleasantly surprised with the growth of Portland when he ar rived. "I have been In Portland before, some years ago, and certainly noted a great change, with fine substantial build ings erected and in source of construc tion on every hand. I have already met a number of acquaintances and many that , I met occasionally When connected with the management of the Hotel Slnton at Cincinnati, Which, by tha way. Is one of the most eooular hotels In the oountry." . Mr. Jago was married last fall to Miss Mays Palmer, favorite niece of tha late Alexander McDonald, vice pres ident of the Standard Oil company, who died In California a short tlma ago. ' Honor Memory of Patriot. (Special Dlapatck to The Journal.) Rome, June 6. -Elaborate prepara tions have, been made for the centenary celebration In honor of the memory of Count Caeur, the Italian patriot and Statesman. The principal celebrations are to be held tomorrow. The data is not the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, which will be August 19, but the fiftieth anniversary of his death. The ceremonies will Center' around Turin, his birthplace and thefclty where he died. A feature of the celebration will be the dedication of a monument atantena, where Cavour la burled, Journal Want Ads bring results. YALE, HMD Habit of Drawing Students From The Richi Damages' Them, He Says. Tacoma, Wash., Jana I. -The habit of Tale and Harvard In drawing their students from the fsshlonabls and se lect private schools, fed by tha rich, Is what Is damaging them," said Xr. Ben jamin Ids .Wheeler, president of the University ef California, last night In a spirited speech at a dinner given In his honor by the University club ef Tacoma. "I am In favor of industrial educa tion In our schools, but I would be aus picious'1' of it Indeed If the treat and wealthy ofiesadvocats It only for tho sons of people working for them," said Dr. Wheeler. ,"K that ! the way In dustrial schools are to be prepared, Ood kelp ' vJ , i .. " ' ,'If ' I were a laboring man I would be suspicious of the aristocrats , who favor It X do not like people to sua geot special schools for the sons of the working man.' The' public schools are better than tha private, schools. The habit of Tela and . Harvard drawing their students from where tha men'have no chance to meet others la what Is In juring, them. . I would rather have my boy grow up In the publlo schools and meet others and not be made a member of a class for large and fortutlous pos session of goods." Dr. Wheeler Is on his way east to attend tha commencements of several collages. Battleships to Visit. Psnsacola, Fla., June 8. The battle ships Vermont, Minnesota and Missis sippi, comprising the third division of the Atlantlo fleet, departed today for Galveston. The ships will return to Pen aa cola next week and will remain hers until June 21, when they will leave for New England watere. . "MARRYING SQUIRE'S" LAST- DAY "A HUfuMR tOsltad Press Ma4 Wlra.) Chicago, June .William Rtacay, the "marrying squire," who haa been ordered to give up his "Cupid parlor" In the new county building, did the biggest business of his "marrlage-by runner" career Saturday, 71 oouplas be tng Joined la the band of, matrimony before noon. - 8o powerful has been Staceya ' In fluence In certain quarters thst the report was given wide credenoa In the foreign quarter that no legal marriages could occur after Stacsy waa forced to leave the county clerk's office, se curing lloenses, and 8taoey'a "runners" herded them into "Cupid's parlor" for a "hurry-up; here's your husband" kind of ceremony. .', Staoey Is said to be possessed of a 112,000 Income from marrying couples In "Cupid's parlor," but haa been or dered to go becauas he performed the ceremony, whereby two ls-year-old girls became wives. What You Can Buy . With It depend on WHERE you buy. at Moyer'i , yon can buy a Man's Suit a suit superior to any other in Portland offered at that price $15. If iCTf A stylish suit a' suit hiaile of Vi the newest' and best-selected ma terials, splendidly tailored and reliable in every particular. jrrt A suit that would cost you from U. $20 Jo $25 same quality and make and fashion in any other clothing store in the city. A suit that is fitted for your wear, no matter what your businet may be. A suit that is as High in Quality as it is Low in Price. When You See It in Our Ad It's So YE First and Morrison First and Yamhill Second and Morrison Third and Oak 89 Third FURS FOR LESS Our entire stock of manufactured Furs and Fur Garments. ALL FURS PURCHASED OR ORDERS PLACED FOR REMODELING DURING ROSE CARNIVAL WEEK, STORED FREE OF CHARGE. We are making this exceptional offer and cut in prices to enable our out-of-town patrons to make their selections and have their work done before the rush season. Buy From the Manufacturer Direct Our Furs are made under our own supervision, carefully selected and matched by expert workmen. 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