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I , . 4 . To Find o Tenant Via one of the thlnjr e want ad. does -. surelyand 'usually quickly, Try " 1 one la The Journal.; ' (' ' THEY COST YOU .. BUT UTTLB : COAST TEMPERATURES "',':.:;:,,:5'A. M. Today. .- ' 'Sou i.. , v..'.v.;i.r.;. Seattle .............. ss. Spokane .,.4. ................... 1. ea MarsafUU .... ....r. ......... sa muMiMo ,. a ' wUM .. The " weather Salr tonight and r. Wednesday; northwesterly winds. : ; .: :; PORTLAND, ' OREGON, TUESDAY', EVENING, , JUNE 45, 1811 TWENTY PAGES. PRICE ,TWO CENTS SAltArET ELEI COVE'S DELIGHTJS FAIR OFFERS RESOLUTION WINS, 1 1 S II WITH Ml SLAIN VOMAN'S . C I BILL BYRD, SPOKANE TRIPLE MURDERER. DIRECT : COMES TO BAKER, OR., TO FIGHT TOR CHILD U In' mjnii or $1000 REWARD !E JUUi till Breakfast Luncheon, Many Cigarettes h Bed Is ?. Her Habit, Loe Tells Referee in Divorce Case at : Baker, Or. SLEEPING POWDERS HELP . WHILE AWAY HER .TIME Struggle for k3-Year-0ld Mu ff riel Gets Touches of VV; v ; Bitterness, T - - (Social Wipe tea 'to TonMj. : Baker, Or, June II. With perfect self-poesessloa end calmly answering the - questions of his owe and " Mrs, Love'e attorneys, except when the mat ter .of the caring for his little child wea brought up, when he had a hard time keeping back the tears for a few moments, ; Sidney C. Lore ' waa on the stand ell the morning, in the hearing of his suit for divorce against Marjorte Burnes-Love, which began today before Referee Charles P. Murphy. a .-v v : , Mrs. Love's attorneys announced that a supplement to her original answer to his complaint had been filed. Some ad- dltlonal allegations are contained.. ' The questioning of. the witness wss along the lines of his business affairs prior to and after his marriage to. the defendant, especially his . financial af fairs -when they , were 1 domiciled at Bofant, England, - when the ; quarrel wutch resulted In their separation took plaoe. -1 ,;. ....... v ... . v- '. -' When the matter of his wife's Usees to care for the child during their -residence In' England end hes habits during that time came : ur. Love said: "She gave the child no care at all." ,-' , - Mrs. Xore Vet Energetic : "Hue. never got up xor breaarast ana seldom for luncheon end lay in bed un til .1 or S o'clock every- day smoking etgarettee. She smoked IS or 40 a day. Ehe waa addicted to the, use of sleeping powders . continuously, '.. Wbatr.. they rere composed ;of 1 donot knowV i Concerning a letter alleged, by the plaintiff, to have .been written to his mother by the defendant during her ill ness after they were married. Love tes tified: ' ' .- '"Am far as I know the letter has been destroyed, but ehe wrote my mother, telling her about our married life and among other things she said concerning her 'own useleseness, , 1 don't see why (Continued on Page Two.) I Portland faces . ( the greatest j water ahortage it has ever known. The f lrt ally hot day of the year felt Saturday and since then the reservoirs that, ordi narily held 68.000,000 gallons have been steadily falling' every day. Off Iclala of both the -water and health ; department have been buried ; under a oontinuou etream of ' complaints by letter, tele phone and ' In person. The clamor of the people from a' I quarters of the city has become incessant, and the thermom eter 'has not gone anywhere near: the summer limit '' 1 ? " . ;,:Tha water board, will meet this after noon and consider .ways and, means of relieving the situation. It' may be found necessary to discontinue the sprinkling of streets, and lawns until the new pipe line from Bull Run is completed. , : ltaation to Grow Worse. : , A "There i is . a shortage of water 'now .at all . th high points in the city and there will be an unusual shortage be fore the middle of summer," declared Superintendent' Dodge of the water de partment today. , "The cause of .lt is, as tisnal, the approach of hot weather ana tne , almost . mvariaoie -accompani' V . v ? ' if t ( . i- .4;r'v f;; J1L. - J ms' a in i i-J -i I . " 1 ' . I. f c '.'I I . -I.. - Tr;; ' eJ -e.T' V . I i'.'-aa.-k-.-.-.-,--i-:-.i..i'..;'.- :' ' XNl BE OISMIED m S'if I fesiisr'' FN RTH N wFFK -,.,. .v t.a ,.. '' sa m m m m i s wwsesss in nuMii, , ; T. F.'; Cowing Aids the Cause " Started by Journal, ; Bring ing Fund Raised In This City Up to $2820. , , NO TANGIBLE CLUE TO MURDERER YET FOUND Sheriff Maas Thinks Butcher- er of Hill. Family May Be l.- in Portland. atewara PBtl Thomas r. Cowing $1000 Portland Oaa aV Coke Co., by H. M. Pauat.... 100 The Journal 100 The Fred Jacobs Co....... 100 William MMadd...'. 100 rred 8. Morris 100 Ben Selling ....100 Theodore B. Wilcox.... ... 100 D. P. Thompson company... SO J. P. rinley A Son SO E. Henry Wemme 60 C. r. Adams , SI George K. Graham of . San Francisco ', tl J. O. Hoyt II O. P. Johnson SI Roderick L Macleay 21 Paclflo Coast Biscuit Co., by Henry Wittenberg ... 21 Graves Muslo Co 10 L. Samuel I Cash I Total .13120 Hi ii , - ? X- I- e , V ' e , . . , ; v e " I " i eS Although Repugnant, Bnstovv Measure Giving Supervision to Federal Government Will Be Accepted by Democrats. . v'. THEIR HOPE LIES WITH SOUTHERN LEGISLATURES Solid South Expected . to Re pudiate Giving of Control to Government X; :V Mrs. Marjorte C. Lore, chracterlsed Pt Bir rblUp Bnrne-Joncs as the ,: most beantlfnl woman liAmericev ; sow t Bakersto contest her has band divorce suit, which rails also, for custody of, Marlel Lore, aged .. ; EATEST WATER Thomas F. Cowing, father of Ruth Cowing HilL who with her two children and her husband was murdered laat Friday, morning while asleep in their home at Ardenwald, has added 11000 to the fund being collected by The Journal for .Information leading to . the arrest and for the capture or the murderer. Mr. Cowing,- in' adding his contribu tion to The Journal's fund, said that he neiievea tne amount or the - reward might . Induce some 6ne to give the Information which would lead to the arrest of the murderer of his daughter and his grandchildren. ' The D. ' P. Thompson comoanr also added 110 to the fund today. Thla.. with contributions previously , announced. makes a total of I2S20. .received un to thla afternoon. "( Others wishing to subscribe to the fund for the arrest of the murderer of Mr. Hill, his wife snd her two little children are requested to send the amount of their donations to The Jonr- (Continued on Page Five) SCATTERS DEATH 2 VOLCANOES POUR it. LAVA INTO VALLEY Another . Severe I ? Earthquake M Ooens Un New Crater. if: i:kX '.(Onltl,.Pre. teaied. Wire. I Mexico City, June 1. Another severe earthquake, shock today opened a new crater In the west side of Mount CoIIraa Volcano, and . both ( craters - today are pouring forth fire and lave, s . ; Lava and atones are rolling down the mountain, into the valley, where Cludad Gusqian is situated. More than a thous and persons were killed, there In the great earthquake , or i.ios. '. r The quake today damaged the railway Station at Collroa City, rfo more deaths were reported. , - ' - - y j.r.'j i i ii ii i iii i t Folletto Boom Started Tonight f Madison. WJs.,1 June " ll.-That r tho La ; Follette presidential boom would be launched at a banquet here tonight at which 100 progressives, will estab lish the Wisconsin branch of the Na tional Progressiva, league waa the pre diction, made. In , political, clroles . to- iy. ' ' ment of that season with tha waste at miUlonav.,frcailonMTiy.';.-':.V',--,', '-ine omy present. relief in sight for water consumers is, to stop this waste. Let everybody be as conservative aa possible, and' wo will get along." Per manent w.llp fm nnn, nhui.l m . 1 1 after-th. completion of the new pip. ijj ' SWfint hV Tk. i.l. I '..' " ' vim .iint ii now uoni n I i;n- cent completed, ami should be finished . OYC OilB I lldl . MIIS ' ManV k T..i . - w. ... .... . . I . . . i ev T however, before water can be turned .. and Does Great Damage to ..uuuu rti carrier irom inei o .11., source of supply, under Mount Hood, j ITOpenY. m nvr. penally ior aeiay m the con tract, , hut the contractor is en. nwoa ro some extension or time on ac- l iium t tm ww l .J , -J.,AC.:Q:tmm P"n ;Wainr. New York, June II The Atlantlo has been pushed Wlth eleetrlcel rapid- P" from Norfolk to New England ity durlna-the naat few weka or anad I was visited by a terriflo electric storm . auiq v. ui, vvii-iii.i mjai hq variy toaay, mo ionna tractor to turn the pipe line over to the exD-ri-Bca in 'iiw" rir t.at cit hv tha MiMrii. a -.rh.:en. Pnced -in; New ,Tork since last clals of the water danartmani an not an Saturday? nightl Wires are down in optimistic. . They, however, believe the many places, and several days must new line wju t, available by August 1. elapse before, the Jtotal destruction of -f!!?!!!f,r","!p- "' ' and property will be known. The a vv , i vBtri vuiri - vn juiv.-- j. aovr navi I ..a . . .. hot yet been turned, over to the city by ammn aa oaay latis ana the contractors, . although , Manager property ' damage ; jn Delaware, Mary Bimons or the Pacific -Bridge Co. said land nd the Virginia' peninsula alone muw itmv mj . upper reservoir f wa t ja v. -hh.- an.".a completed two months nao and la readvl' mot tnaa haJf mUJlon Jra for the acceptance" Of the oltv. . At Highstown, ' N. J while feom Even if both the new- reservoirs were I mencement exercises ware In crorraaa IZfi1?.'"??' wejuM fprob- lightning atruck the building and set ably not affect the present situation, as . .T ' A.. . . the city Is now using ererVdrop efJthe to the steeple. ,1 Hundreds Of per- xs.sdo.ooo gallons - poured ' Into, the old 1 "w"" ' w"r kkito ana women reservoirs by the old, pipe, line snd the and children", were trampled upon ' ' la reservoirs continue te fall, day by day. I the rush to leave . the building, -. .Three persons were killed at " Allen- town.' Pa and three, are dead in Phil adelphia. As a result of the swamping i of minor craft, near Norfolk. Virginia, is persons are missing ana believed to hive been drowned.' Washington r and ' Baltimore are ' eU t I off i from , direct- wire communication . with the toutslde world. ": Messages re- cetvea - over a cireuitoue route from Baltimore ' show that enormous hall' atones fell there, breaking many win- WOMAN EMEND OF IN PARALLEL CASE Byrd killed G. W. Whipple, with whose wife he waa In lovej John Man- aker. m former employer, and J astir of the Peace C. W. Meianer of Dcahman, Wash member of a punning posse. This photograph was" taken especially for The Jonrnal by a Spokane photographer who went oat to meet Byrd and his captors on the road to the Bpokane JaJl. . ; . : 'X:- -'' -" ', REVOLVER DUEL FOUGHT BY BURGLAR liiirTiMlili a rw m M.fHnndrede' of per- Z: "Pff.tnj the :negro -.ill artr Aloni the James' riVer near Nownort . v . www mmmw . .1 . , Chicago,: une sons ? were thrown today by.two dynamite eiploelona. oe- Newmany smaU crafl.wanei currtng -.almoeft ; v simultaneously, and I No bodies have yet been recovered- and caused, U' is , alleged, pjr members of I it la uncertain now 'many, lives were the blackhandiaoeltty.;.;-'v..i-;'-- Moat. Irnosta LOttlsaato. a waalthv keeper, recently received a demand that I - - Capital Bard Hit.' ne pay icuo. anoer threat that hia eron-l . -Washhirton. June It 3na man waa erty .would - bo destroyed. Lottisanto electrocuted, others : were fnturd: and showed the letter to. Bam Remilla, an-heavy -damage iWas done Tiers by' the winer aaionnaaeper,. wno . aaia ne Had l storm .that, swept : over the city, last received similar demands. li Neither paidfnleht. ' Todar Washlncton la , almost any auenuon 10 we tnreatening-letters, isoUted, No direct , New Tork wires a tnis morning Lottisanto's sa- are working and afsw shaky telearaoh loon; was wrecked by a terrlflo- explo-j lines routed In round 'about ways aro aion uynumna, -wniie an immn un operation. - r- . -crowd gathered. Bemilla's place, nearby,! The damage-in' the parks was. par- mam fvu ui ojr similar eapioaion. ucuiariy neavy. ' ' ' 7 ??--;. j Delaware, Ohio, Woman Is Charged With Attempting tq Poison Her tep-Daugh ter Because of Jealousy. United Press Leased Wlre.i Delaware, Ohla, June 11 Mra. Jesse R. way-Henkle, arrested for the al leged poisoning of her stepdaughter. Merle Hankie, 21, Is out tinder bond to day and protests ' her Innocence of charge which, In many ways; parallels the Schenk caae lrt Wheeling. W. Va. : Mrs.. Hankie is a friend of Mrs. Laura Farnsworth - Schena, recently tried for the alleged poisoning of her million aire, husbands :ss-.-ft'' Was University . Iwrortt. Merle Henkle, the pretty victim of the alleged polepnlng. was a favorite with Ohio - Wealeyan university ; students here, i A month ago she returned from a 'visit to 'Athens, Ohio, suffering from a nervous breakdown. Her stepmother attended , her. Recently she was taken to the Jane Case hospital and an hour later physicians, pumped two drachms of arsenic from her stomas n. Only the fact that such a large Quan tlty of the poison had been given her saved her life, physicians say. Ie tec Uvea who lnvesUgated assert that the poison was administered in a glass of grape Jules r which her step mother gave her the day before she was, taken to the hospital. - Olrt Was Afraid. From the moment I was taken ill I was afraid,"; said Miss Henkle. "Mrs. Henkle seemed Jealous of my father's attention to ma After I had been alek a few days I noticed that things tasted peculiarly.) lit the middle of the night I frequently woke up with a start to see Mrs.. Henkle clad in her nightgown. standing above mat Then name an aw ful day, when I thought Z was going to ale. Papa s wire entered the room and. related an awful dream ehe had had during the night : She Mid she how she had seen - a white hearse stop in front of the house, six men walk np the staira aaeV carry me out., 'I waa too weak to protest and was forced to en dure it ' t . - ' , B.' F. Atkinson, a Wealthy merchant of Coldwell, Ohio, Mrs. Hankie's father. furnishea rooe bonds for Jier: release. -Arrestea-for Arsoa:fr-, Mrs.' Henkle waa the proprietor of a , . . (Continued on Page Fiva ; , Three burglars Invaded a portion of the city's most exclusive residence dis trict on Portland Heights early thte morning, robbed the homes of Judge M. C .George, 111 Market street drive; William Parson Lewis, 721 Prospect drive; H. C Campbell, On Twentieth street, in the same vicinity; fought a revolver duel with Patrolman Miller on the Ford street bridge, and icn es caped in the woods through the Can yon road. Of the three residences that were en tered, Mrs. W. C Hare and Mrs. S. T. Hood, both staying at the Lewis resi dence, fared worst. Mrs Hare lost her diamond engagement ring valued at 1300.' 120 In cash, and Mr. Hare loat a valuable erold watch that bad been the property of his grandfather. Mre. 8. T. Hooa xosi a goia cnain ana several very old fashioned and valuable pins. . . . . . Ian Shots xxoaangea. George E. Llewellyn of Seattle, who is vlsltlpg at . the home of Judge George, lost a diamond ring, valuable cuff links and all his. clothing, which were packed In a suit case, but with the exception of one suit and -his Jewelry, this was re covered later, after the revolver duel. The first repoit-of a burglary .was made to police headquarters shortly be fore o'clock -this morning when Camp bell, who had been advised by a neigh bor ever the telephone that, hla house was being entered, called the police sta tion and asked for a patrolman. Patrolman Miller was Informed and waa starting toward the Campbell home when , he met a man on the Ford street bridge carrying a suit case When the man saw the uniformed officer coming toward him he turned and fled." Miller drew hi revolver and fired, and ' the robber started to fire at the patrolman. At least 10 shots were discharged, but nons.took effect Although Miller was near the burglar, be wis unable to over take htm. Woman Discovers Burglar. Between the time that the Campbell report waa made and the officer arrived at the scene, the burglar had entered Judge George's homs, .going into Llewelyn's room, where he took all the man's clothing and escaped. j- At the Lewis home, one man entered the room of Mrs. Hare, and while ran sacking the dresser was seen by Mrs. Hare. - .,,..' "Man in tha room!" shouted Mrs. Hare. ,. Mr. Hare Jumped out' of bed .and started after the man, but caught hia feet In the bed clothing and fell to the floor. , - i ' . Previous to ransacking . the Hare room,. -tha man or perhaps another of the same gang, reached through the window and took the jewelry from the areaser. .. . . , ,. .. The shouts of Mrs. Hare attracted the attention of men in the houe and for iuo next nan nour, rsniua i exclusive residence district was entertained by. a "bath robe parade" as the participants cnooso to can. it. .,;,;.: ....w ,..;;; Officers Bosh to Scene. . Following the shooting, a report was made to police headquarters and Cap tain siover, Sergeant Keller and several patrolmen were- rushedv to the- scene. The woods were searched on all sides or the homes that were . robbed but long . start had : been secured by the burglars and the chance they had made uiey usedtto the best advantage. Mr. Harris who lives near the Ford street bridge, aroused by the first shot awoke in time to see the balance of "(Continued on Page Five.) JACK JOHNSON CORONATION FEATURE; V (United Press teased Wire., t London, June 1 J. -Jack Johnson con tinues to be the coronation attraction. Following the unusual demonstration yesterday when the husky champion ar rived to attend the. big show, London today is still showering honors on the negro. NO visiting potentate ever, at tracted half the attention that Johnson has received. - At every appearance to day enormous crowds have followed him. about, and even the well trained Lon don police have round a traffic prob lem that has kept them guessing. At noon In Leicester squaro the crowd was so dense that constables were sum moned to force a way . through for Jack's - automobile.- -t v ; v- The pugilist, silk hatted and wrapped in an automobile duster, drove the car himself,; constantly displaying the gold en smile as the crowds cheered hlAAt Piccadilly a 1 group of " girls stopped Jack's car, snd presented, him with a bouquet. The champion removed his mie." atood on the aeat of hla car and made a brief address of thanks. ' A stream of - British sports ' mads their way to Jack's apartments tonight rne champion had ordered ''open house' and guests were received amidst the popping Of champagne, corks. n v Manager Jenkins, , who will have charge of Jack's tour of; tha ; English music halls, had a smile that would rival the champion's famous golden one when he noted the. negro's popularity. After watching the cheering crowds and spending part. of . the evening, at Jack's nat jenuna predicted, that the cham pion's theatrical .earnings 1 here, will break all records. Jenkins brought two tickets to jonnson which .will, enable htm to see .the .coronation. - They were presented by Lord Lonsdale, patron cf English boxing. ,v-yj.-::. .. Johnson's ' wife, according to other passengers on the Kronprlns WUhelm, was as popular as thechamplon him self, v Not only was there no color line drawn,- but on t several occasions Mrs. Johnson entertained whit women in her cabin.' "': ' Johnson has been matched to fight a Canadian ' named Day in DuMin next month. - This was the most i:rrortaat announcement made tofliy. ( (Wsihlnfton gareta ef The Joe real.) V Washington. June . It. The house Democrats will accept the popular elec tion of aerators resolution aa It was paased through the ( senate with tb Brlstow amendment; They will do this notwithstanding the fact that the Brls tow amendment is repugnant to them.1 giving as It does control of senatorial elections to the federal government but they fear to repudiate It because the popular election of senators Is so insistently demanded by the country. Some of them, however, expect ' the southern states' legislatures te repudi ate it en account ef the Brlstow amend ment and in this they are Joined by most of the prophets here who believe that enough states, will repudiate it to prevent ite getting into , the constitu tion. ". " ' ; v1' (Special Dispatch s The taml) Wash In a ton. June It. By a vote - of 14 to 24 the eenate last night passed the Borah resolution emending the con stitution to provide for the direct elec tion of United States senators. The Brlstow resolution was adopted by a vote of 41 to 44, The vice-president east the deciding vote. The . Briatow resolution, gives the federal government supervision of senatorial . elections. Sklrmtok Xs XUkely. : That a ebaro sklrmUh Is likely when the amended resolution for the direct election of . .United ttee aenatoro, as adopted, goes to conference. Is the gen eral prediction here today. Party poll tics, it is asserted, will take a prom inent part In the proceedings, but most politicians here believe that the result ef the conference will be that the sen- ' at amendment will be tacked to the . resolution finally sent to the state leg islatures for ratification. ' . The final attempt te inject party poli tics Into the BrODOsItion will come. It la believed, when legislatures of the south ern states voice Democratic objection te ; x (Continued on Page Two.) - - BILL BYRD GETS IN JAIL HIS BEST SLEEP IN MS Triple Murderer Saysj. He Is . Willing to Take - Whatever Comes; Old Mother Does Not Know: Story Yet.' ; ; (Spedtl Mspitek to The Joennl.) ' ' ; , Spokane, Waeb., June 13. Lying en a cot at the county Jail today, Bill Byrd. triple murderer captured yesterday af-. ter leading hounds and sheriffs! posses a hard chase over the hllla since Thurs day, is taking his first good sleep In weeks.' jWhen captured he was suffer ing from the reaction from a protracted spree that preceded hie crimes, t. He had eaten little and slept less through it all.. In his flight he carried a quart of whisky and when this was gone became sick and weak. He admitted he couldn't have held, out .much .longer. ' Byrd's aged :.' mother, . at i Heardan, Wash,," is still Ignorant of her son's sit uation. John Byrd, the desperado's only brother, is doing his utmost to keep the news from her, fearing the shock might, kill 'her..0sU:v.-,V.":4 ( Bvrd seema resigned to hia fate. whatever it may be, stating after being , landed In Jail, .TWell, I'm willing to take whatever is.;cotmngto .me,"f 'tlfmXfm' 'mi faasel 'Wire.1! h:P' ? Washington. June 13. A , large, num ber of Democratio congreeemen are be lleved to :favor the proposal to make th Panama canal ; rree or an ton charge to coasting vessel 1 The Demo cratio caucus. It Is today said, will soon take action on, the matter.,; If favorable consideration is given the matter br the senate. It ts aald, the . United States Steel corporation will build a big fleet of new vessels. -. ENGINEER THROWN 50 FEET IN TRAIN WHECK jOnltert Vrr ltuir4 Wlr ' ' Winnipeg. Man.. June 13. The C - dian Northern Tuluth-Flyer, -ward bound, went Into a ti-h n ' uie, Ontario. to.:.ij, ri.inif i: eer, W. 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