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is- IF VOU WANT' ; aomethlnf apewlal la ft real ratata war. let It bo known, through,, Tha ; , Journal.'a Classified pages. f COAST TEMPERATURES J A. M. Today. aoise .'.,,....,,...,.. fO eettle ,i .',,., 49 pokaae 68 CarshX laid .,, 43 a vtmaimo so rertlaas. , 46 The weatberFalr tonight ' aindl Sunday; north.weaUrly w .-Jj. - PORTLAND, OREGON; SATURDAY EVENING jifNE';, 17. 191L-TWQ SECTIONS 13 j PAGES X C f t ' PRICE TWO CENTS g&ffM? VOL. X NO. 00. t LA FOLLETTE OUT TO FIGHT TAFT ; - FOR PBESIDEHCY ,..'.,.-,,; , i . . ..;.. Wisconsin Expects ' ta Enter ' . . . ' 'a a a ' the Next National RepuDH ' can1 Convention With, One Third of Delegates PJcdgcd. - - ;u a. FRIENDS LOOKING TO ? ; r, OREGON FOR SUPPORT Slogan", ' "La Toilette " and - a Chance to Win; Taft and Sure Defeat." 1 muted Press Uassd W1r. i Washington. Juna 17"-Robert Marlon La Follett. Wisconsin Insurgent, la a candidate for th Republican nomination for president of the. Untied State. This statement Is made with, his knowledge and consent . "! , , ,. : . La Follette's friends ear that he. Is prepared to battle Taft to the end. Ai re Jr. they say.' the Wisconsin senator la certain of one-third of the delegates at the next national convention. ' They will enter the convention with tha slo gan. "La Follette and a chance to win. or Taft and sure defeat" - La Follette will defer making any for- tnal statement until the campaign de velops and the voters ar giving mora serious attention to candidates. When ha announces that ha has entered the race. It. Is expected that he will outline Ms fight against special privileges In Wisconsin, and its results. In the con vention the progressives plan a demon stratlon which they hop will impress the delegates with the belief thst J aft la not the popular choice. La Follette's ripporters are planning to get" many delegates Instructed against supporting Tail ror toe renoimnation, r f In Oregon, Wisconsin, Nebraska, New Jersey and North Dakota primaries will be held to .Indicate the choice of the people for president and vice president. La Follette's followers expect at least to carry Wisconsin and Oregon la those primaries and they believe that ha will have practically solid 'delegations from California.' Washington and Kansas. 1 i . ' i i ' f Mini I ii in. mi i . BLOODHOUNDS ARE PUT OH TRAIL OF HILLS' MURDERER Senator Robert M. La Follette, who will 6ppoae Taft for President. 7T EDITOR OF TIMES CALLS ROOSEVELT ES VERYHARO NAM Famous Draper Dogs,: With a ; Reputation for Running iDown Many Criminals, Al- i ready at Ardenwald. POSSE OF DETERMINED MEN FOLLOW TRAILERS Janus-Faced, Chameieon-Hued Downright Fabricator ; Who Has Tried Friends' Patience and Invited Foes" Criticism. PHYSICIAN-MAYOR AILED AS LEADER" OF ROBBER BAND '-(United Pntt hmt Wlra. ' Loa Angeles. June It. In a lengthy artiole in the Los Angeles Times today, General 1 Harrison Gray OUa replied to Colonel Roosevelt editorial entitled I 'r. uompers, oenerai otia ana the Dy namite cuiarges," pnbMahed'lir tha cur rent issue of tha Outlook.. ,. I In the TiiBaK which It saya was respon sible for tha "oblique Insinuating dia tribe In the Outlook from the, pen of tha editorial ex-presldent." today's ed- ltortal In the Times eays In partt "If Theodora Roosevelt had been a contemporary, of , Ananias, Baron Mun r,,,- rU:A C .:... oenaes,t-jnio,.inose Uius- UUmaS, Lniei CXeCUtlVe OI. trious romancere would have been, dla- I !! al u j l lancwQ ana ie .wouta nave ion mem ld55 IJcXKV, milllU. Oildl UCU notoriety. The many colored coat of IM;U UAnrliMK ur: d:- Joespluwas uniform and sombre com' 'With Heading Fire Ring pared, with the coloring of the Roose- iveu poiuicai rooe. ur an tne Janus I faced, chamelon-hued, upright and down- right , fabricators that aver tried the patience of friends and Invited tha crit icism of foea, here, certainly, is the limit. The name faee-both-ways' is in- adequate. '., Demands Tair Trial. ? "In splta M - the evidence taken before the grand Jury upon which the McNa- maras were indicted, the Times has nev er made the assertion and doea not now make the assertion in advance that Ahehr guilt le established. It has -demanded, and still demands, that they shall re ceive an impartial trial before an un prejudiced Jury, with every Intendment Owner of Hounds Certain of Success in Capture of the " , Fiend; Dogs' History.; 4fm a . .- a Warning Against raker. a ' Complaint has been made to Tha Journal by people residing a In the vicinity of Fulton that a man representing himself to ha working for The Journal has so- Uclted subscriptions for tha fund to- secure the capture f the Hill murderer. The. man Is an Im post er. and Is not authorised o secure any subscriptions to this fund. - Persons wiahlqg to . subscribe to the fund which now amounts to $2928, are requested to send names and checks to The Jour nal direct and under no circum stances to give money to any one representing himself to be a collector for the fund. The man who canvassed Ful ton homes Is said to have se cured small amounts from aev- ,'eral famillaa who gave him the e , money thinking they wereiadd a Ing to the fund for the capture a of the murderer, . e . latest Pictures of Wrecked Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor e The famous Draper bloodhounds.- that have . been successfully used In hun dreds of man hunts in the northwest In the past eight years, were brought to Portland last night and this after noon have been put on the trail of the Hill muyderer, A posse consisting of ' Sheriff Mass of Clackamas county, Sheriff Stevens, Deputies Leonard and - Fbillips, '8am Bradford pjri)e,r ot-tte..a'gs, ji1 X. It McDermott, their runner, left at 1 o'clock this afternoon for Ardenwald. the" scene of last week's murders and where a nrowler. thought to be the 'lame man, has been seen for several nights by farmers living In the neigh borhood. i . - , McDermott, who trained the dogs, ' ta certain they can do two things first :w r ::. . -;Voii .-?r ; t ; r- : v: ' . -N'.- fSJ 'lVa .-t," . " drJ. 'v - JJ Vv"v' - a , 'f T SHASTA RODDERS. HIDEjH DOUGLAS Mail Clerk S. J. Grimes Says Pair Entered Car as Train Left Drain, Jumping Off . at Yoncalla. EIGHT POUCHES CUT, ALL V WITH REGISTERED MAIL Bloodhounds From Salem Are on Way but Get Late Fore- ' noon Start. andlt Are Busy. . Lawrence, Kaa, June 17. A bandit today robbed the Doug las county treasury of JJ200. H locked Deputy Treasurer Kddy In the vault. During the robbery crowds sat on the court house lawn listening ta a band concert. , Salt Lake City. Utah. Juna 17. Teggmen today entered .the Bennett Paint A Glass company's office, bound . and gagged tha watchman. locked him In the vault, blew the aafe and es caped with 11009 In cash. (Continued on Page Three.) and Safe - Cracking Crew. , (United Press Leased Wire.) Hlbblng, ,Mlnn.. June 17. Charged with arson and being accessory to rob. feetles where safes were blown. Dr.. D. -Fir Dwnaa,. physician and mayor of Cass Lake, Minn., was arrested today. Tne arrest was nfade n warrants worn out by Fire Marshal Fullerton ana .rinKeriqn uetoctive Joseph Field- Wig., " , A.'-. . .,; ; . ' rtre xung Alleged. The state officers are engaged ln roundlnr in others who are' tnhrtA tn be members of a fire ring that has I Of the law In their favor and that they been engaged In wholesale arson and 1 shall ' not be convicted ' unless proven ears blowing in the northwest for the (guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of be Past three -years. The officers i allege f Ing either actual principals, legal -par IB BURNS, JURY CLASSES HIM. WITH M'NAMARAS Detective, Charged With Kid . naping, and Dynamiters " Committed Crimes "Equally Indefensible." (Continued on Page Three.) (Continued on Page . Three.) MEGIE CALLS GATES BROKEN DOWN GAMBLER': GATES REPLIES. OLD MAN (united Press Leased Wire.) London, June 17. "The L'rd of Sklbo Is an old man, and I don't care to be come involved In any controversy with him,"' said John w.. Gates. steel mag nate, in answer to a statement by An drew Carnegie, characterizing Gates as a '"broken down . gambler." ' ' i ' Gates arrived . hero today' and read with interest the statement - given out by Carnegie yesterday at ,! Edinburgh. CarncKle's statement was called forth by assertions made by Gates before the congrresBionnJ committee Investigating the steel trust In "Washington. 1 - "I (don't want to put dirty words In my mouth." Carnegie said. "This man Gates is a broken down gambler; ' . 3 have nothing to do with him. When I return to America I will take the stand. .1 don't know why they want me. Mere ly, ror sensation, J presume;' but wiiea I .have flnUhed the. public may judgo Whether ,1 or this - man Gates has told the truth." " - -. , , .'. Carnegie asserted that he had sold to Morgan merely because ha wanted to get out' of the: business .and Morgan made htm an offer which was satisfac tory." H said he did not own a single share of steel trust stock and had never been ln-the of flee, of the trust ' i' "If Carnegie . were a man , of ' my strength and my age: "I might answer his attack," ' was the further comment Gates made on the statement. . !i The Republlo Steel & Iron "Company la understood to be dominated by- Gates, who was leader 10 years agn inr the war for business that demoralised the eteel: trade," ' - Police. Will lEscort Women, i Chicago. June 17. Chief McWeeiiey cays It is not safe fos women alone on the streets At teht and saya police es corts will be furnished Women who are called out at : night necessarily. Just phone, he says." ) . .J ;' ::v'o..;...i'.- " k f -ii..ia'flS-ij:'' ;.& ft Vi"" I L ' '" .1 .-r' ' f ; . John V. Gates, who recently ap peared Jbeforo the . congressional Investigating cojnmlltee. ; r " (United Press Leased Wire.) Indianapolis, June 17. Detective Wil liam J. Burns was today indicted on j. charge -of kidnaping in connection with the removal of 'John J. MeNamara to Loa Angeles for alleged complicity in the dynamiting of the Ios ' Angeles Times. MeNamara was Indicted in con nectlon with alleged dynamltlngs. In all, the grand Jury returned eight Indictments In connection with the Mo Namara and Burns cases.. The charge against MeNamara, is con spiracy to blow up the Industrial Iron Works at Peoria. I1L and conspiracy In connection with r a dynamiting that occurred In the yards of the Pekin Unttin Railway in Peoria. Six other in dictments were returned In connection with the cases, but the namesyof the persons indicted were kept secret by court order. ' i , i Jj. , , It Is reported that the eight ' indict ments ..returned Include one' against Deputy. Sheriff Hosslck. of Los Angeles. The report of the grand Jury upholds the action of Governor , Marshall In honoring the requisition for MeNamara and also indorses Police Judge James Colllngs of Indianapolis in issuing the warrant for McNamara's arrest. v The report . condemns the methods of Detective Burns in spiriting MeNamara out of the city without an opportunity 10 secure counsel. "Dynamiting is an atrocious crime." the report says, "but kidnaping is equal ly indefensible." The rievra show (he wreck of the battleship enrroanded by a serlea of bago steel cylinders .which are alowly raising the Teasel from the mud and slime in which it haa lain for jeara. Major II. B. Fergnaon, United ' States engineer la charge of the work, Ja also ahowa. ' . ., , ,' (Caltea Preea .Lsasta Wlre.1 T . Havana, June 17. In the . opinion of the engineers attempting to raise the battleship Maine not enough , salvage' will 'he - recovered to pay for 'the ex pense of removal.; The Investigations SO' far possible show that the steel hull Is very rusty, and- It Is - probably that the. guns, and i armament have been ruined.' It. is now doubted whether It will, be possible to float the hull away. The work proceeds slowly. DIRECT SERVICE TO SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS WILL BEGIN New Territory Presents ' Fine Trade Chances for Portland Lumber and Foodstuffs. Says Local Agent Laidlaw. For the first time In her history Port land will have a direct, steamship con nection with South American ports giv ing regular service, according to J. Er nest Laidlaw. local agent of the Cali fornia - Atlantio Steamship company, which has Just completed arrangements for making connections with steamers of the Pacific Steam Navigation . com pany and of the Cla de Americana de Sud de Vapores at Panama, k , Mr. Laidlaw said this morning that the new arrangement is already in ef fect and that, the steamer Navajo, due to arrive with a cargo from Balboa next week, will take out the first South American cargo, consisting of . 106,000 feet of lumber for Tumaco, Columbia. He says, however, that by' the time the steamer is ready to sail he expects that there will be more cargoes for countries of the west coast south of Panama. At Balboa" the cargoes will be lightered to the other steamers Instead of being handled over docks. At some of the South American ports (Continued on Page Five..) Melville, Captured After Es caping Posse of 150 in Memorable Battle on top, Makes Clean Breast. (United Preas Leased Wire.) Vallejo, Cal., June 17. Telling of robberies and attempted robberies,-Fred Melville, the dime novel boy bandit. who for 48 hours fought off three posses trailing him and who waa cap turned yesterday In Ben Ida, made a complete- confession ' to a correspondent of the "United Press and to District At torney Joseph M. Raines of Solano county. , Melville who is held under a charge of assault to commit murder, lost his bravado and after being questioned for hours finally agreed to 'detail his ea- Teer - since his escape from the state reformatory at lone. Tells of Bobberies. . Melville, who Is nearly 21; .but looks 18, told of a startling series of exploits In various California cities and towns. His' statement follows: ; , ' My name is Fred Melville. k I' was sent to the reformatory at lone under the name of Frank Melville. I. was born In Texas and will be 21 on July LARGEST PAVING , -CITY IS AWARDED Loa Gatoa, Cal,. Juna 17. , Three highwaymen entered the Southern. Pacific depot here to day and blew up the safe with' dynamite. , Seventy dollars Was aecured. V-, , ( - " ' : : Salt Lake City, Jane 17. Rob ber arrested en Oregon Short ' Line train, kill conductor, wound deputy sheriff and escape. Posse pursuing. Hlbblng. Minn, ' June - IT. Mayor Dumas of Cass Itk f rested, charged with heading ar son and aafe blowing ring, fol lowing capture one yeggman of two yeggmen who blew Puposky postof flee aafe. Fossa and blood- d . hounds pursuing.. .,.- '--v? - - . : ' ' , - - " (Spertel Dispatch to The JonraaL) : Ashland, Or June 17. 8. J. Grimes, John C. i Meyers and John Lray, mall clerks on the Shasta Limited, the mail car of which was robbed between Drain and Yoncalla by two holdups last night. (Continued on Page Three.) Warren Construction Company to Improve Skidmore Street at Cost of $306,382.63 Work Rushed. (Continued on Page Three.? ROCKEY OPERATED m APPENDlCTIS Dr. A.1 E. Rockey. one of Portland's foremost physicians and surgeons, was operated on for appendicitis by Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie and George .Wilson at the St. Vincent's hospital yesterday ahd Is reported resting easily 'this morning. Dr. Paul Hockey, a son. was with his father during the operation, , ; Dr. Rockey was taken 111 very sud denly and the abscess had broken before the., operation could be. performed, - ne cessitating draining and making - the operation more serious than usual. Dur ing , the. early part of thr night Dr. Rockey was restless, but his conefrtlon is much improved. i . ' , ' ; PRICES OF MEATS LOWER. WHILE HAM AND BACON SHOW A SHARP ADVANCE The cost of living is again soaring In- man r Instances although in some lines price axe lower. Hams will advance He a pound dur ing tha coming, week which will put the price fully 2o a pound above the low level recently, reached. Bacon - prices will he advanced lo a pound next week which means about So advance from .the J low point. On the other hand the price or lara la so low that 'll Is almost being given away. Stocks In the hands, of provision men are the-greatest for many . years despite the fact that during May,-1911, ttya1 sales1 of lard were larger than dur ing the same period year ago. '."'.' - Consumers will, however. , secure dressed moats ' at lower prices. ' The coming of hot weather has curtailed the demand for beef,, mutton and fresh pork and therefore prices : -for these v- ape dropping. ' During the .coming ...week v . - ' there will be a drop of c a pound In both. fresh beef and in fresh pork and for mutton and lambs', there 'will be an advance of Ic a pound. There Is a famine In the potato mar ket apd consumers will pay - the. fiddler for awhile In the shape of higher prices. At wholesale the market for old pota toes haa advanced to 9 cents a pound, the highest' price In' years and dealers are experiencing considerable difficulty in obtaining supplies at the advance. New potatoes are to a pound, whole sale; the advance In this: line being ex tremely heavy... It was an ill hot wind that, created a shortage in the supplies of new potatoes. The weather was so warm. recently In Texas and Oklahoma that a large per . cent of the new crop of potatoes' was ruined. For awhile Texas was shipping ., potatoes to thei Pact fie coast and even competed with I California ; in - her own' markets. The largest single 'contract ever let In the city of Portland for a street pav. Ing improvement was awarded yesterday afternoon by the city executive board to the warren Construction company. the amount of the contract being 30fi, JS2.63. This la the sum that will eventually have to be paid by property owners on Skidmore and other streets in the Alberta district. Warren's water proof bltulithio pavement is the sur face to be laid. i-. Bids are usually opened and then re ferred to the street . committee,' vut so badly is the Skidmore street ; district In need of paving that this formality was waived yesterday on motion of Chairman Piatt of the street commit tee, and the contract let The Warren Construction company will begin the paving of the district at once, and it Is the hope of the com pany officials to complete the big im provement before the end of the present summer. Three plants are now being operated by tha company In Its efforts to finish all contracts now on hand by November -1. . Another street which Interested prop erty owners have clamored for months to have Improved is the Macadam Road from Dakota street to the north line of section 15, township 1, Contract for the improvement of this .with hasaam was awarded to the Consolidated Con tract company for the sum of (84,097.74. . A district : consisting of " Multnomah and other streets is to be paved Imme diately with aspmUt, the board yester day having let the contract to the Bar ber Asphalt company, for $39,239.23. A new record for competition was ac. compllshed. yesterday, when the board opened 185 bids for street Improvements. The aggregate amount of all the bids submitted was approximately tl, 000,000, HOMESTEADER, HIS SKULL SPLIT OPEN, BURNED III CA1 Alec McNabb Is Victim of Un explained Tragedy . Near Brockway, Or.; . Death Due to Fire or Assassin? HUNDREDS JOIN RANKS OF STRIKING SEAMEN London, June 17. The seamen's strike is assuming- more serious proportions today; and - hundreds or recruits - ere Joining the idle men.. Thw summer Mln- neapolia - of the Atlantic Transport NOW I Line "Was 'una Me to sail todojr on ac California is shipping potatoes to Texas. count of the strike, Sperliil Dispatch tn The Jnerast.)' ' P.oseburg, Or., June 17. Aleo Mc Nabb, a young homesteader living near Brockway. about 15 miles southwest of this city, was found burned to death In his cabin last evening. He waa burned beyond recognition. ' , . It Is believed the house burned Tues day night and there are strong Indica tions of murder, as the skull contained1: two large cracks as though struck by . an iron Instrument. v , . , He had no known enemies and It is thought he had no large stun of money In the house, McNabb was about 3S years old and well known in this vicinity. He was son of pioneer-resident. ,A brother, Peter McNabb,' live in Portland. - H was very' deaf and was taking treat ment from doctors here. He was last seen Monday and was to have come in town Wednesday for- treatment, thin leading to the belief that he met death' Tuesday." Dr. Smlck, who examined, tha , wounds on the head, says they may ' have been caused by heat. The arm and legs were burned off to the knees and elbows. .' McNabb was a sober and Industrious man, and had about 170 In the bank. The barrel of an old gun he had in the house Was found lying beside him In the ruins. , 1 CANADIANS PARADE ON BUNKER I L A Boston, June 17.-Today la Bunker , Hill day In Boston, a legal holiday. Hun dreds of thousands of persons wltneH.'d the parades and other peelacular feat, ures In hlstorlu Charleatown, y A fenfiire of the parade was a revival of the "an. . tiques , and ' horribles,' , for - which the Charlestown proot-sslona formerly were famous. , In the military prade, the vanquish-! enemy of Bunker Hill wcra reirf-nt' i by the 62nd reelm"nt from Can.nl , I -t St.. John, N. B.. "fusini-r. who v t , heartily cheered hI1 alonir th lfn I i-;-mission had been arir;ti by tl, M-. chusetts authorltlm for ti ., dlera to bnr arm vlilun c They came to Bonton un i of the Ancient snl 7;- . company.