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PliESINI AWAITS
FOR CAPTURE OF
SLAYER $2875
Interest in Search of Murderer
of" William' Hill, Wife and
, Family, Growing as Reports
' Come In.
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Declares He Made No Public
' Announcement as to Atti
tude If Reciprocity Bill Is
Amended.
INDIANAPOLIS SPEECH
MAY SHOW HIS POSITION
Believes Situation in House
Not Sufficiently Cleared to
Make Known His Stand.
fCnlld rru Luc Wlr.
waahlnton, Juno 24. A watting
policy w Mdoptrd by Pretildent Taft
tonlrhl retarding Jila attitude toward
the nituatlon In cong-raaa, where general
tariff revlnlon itrmi to b Impendlnf,
when ha arrived bare from New Knf-
land. .
Tha president authoring the atate-
ment tliat ha had mude no public dof
lnlte declaration a to what he would
do In ca the reciprocity bill IS aant
to him with amendments anft ha was
unwllllnir to . confirm reporta that he
had decided to use hla veto power
against any tariff ravlalon before the
report of the tariff board la submitted.
It was stated, however, that on July
4. when ha speaks at Indianapolis, Pres.
'Ident Taft expect to state fully hla
position on the tariff altuatlon.
The president he0Ves the situation
In the aenate regarding reciprocity, the
wool bill, the frt-e list, and tariff mat
ter In general, has not yet cleared suf
ficiently to make a tatment from him
advisable.
The Root amendment to the recipro
city bill will he disposed of Monday,
and the vole on this proposition Is ex
pected to disclose more clearly than is
newt known the alignment of the con
flicting forces.
DEMOCRATS WOULD PASS,
THE RECIPROCITY BILL
WITHOUT AN AMENDMENT
Hy b I.ittrnatlonal New Serrtce.)
Washington, June 24. A program on
reciprocity legislation Is to be arranged
? by the aenate Democratic leaders In a
few da) a. It It certain thr Democrats
wfll vote to pass the reciprocity agree
ment without change. Informal con
ferences. 4oday developed the fact that
the great majority of them will rlak all
tariff. legislation 'on later actfon In the
senRte.
"I think It la generally understood
now that the reciprocity bill will be
passed wltheut any amendments," said
Senator Gore, who led the fight which
forced the committee to report the wool
and farmers free list bills.
Clark Declares for Kerlslon.
"The tariff ought to be revised from
top to bottom," Speaker Clark declared
emphatically. "The people of tha land
so decided last November. That la their
latest mandate. The house decided that
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Pope Plus X from his latest pn olograph, reports of whose failing health.
create alarm.
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EXPLOSION
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KILLS SIX NEGROES
(Doited freu Lriiml VTfre.t A
Memphis, June 24. Six negroes are
dead and from 60 to 60 roustabouts, pas
sengers and officers of the Mississippi
river packet City of St. Joseph were In
jured by a boiler explosion late today
abreast of President's Island, six miles
down the river.
Five of the negroes were blown Into
the Mississippi river and drowned, and
a sixth was so badly scalded that he
died before reaching the hospital.
Charles E. Organ, captain of the ferry
boat, ran his boat alongside, manned
the pumps and extinguished the flames
which followed the explosion. '
PUTTING 50 LITTLE GIRLS ON STAND
TO TESTIFY TO "TEACHER'S" PURITY
SHERIFF SAYS ARREST
OF FIENO IS NOW NEAR
4 -
Women Terrorized by Strange
Man Who Proves to Be
Tramp; Many Rumors.
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600
100
100
100
100
100
60
60
60
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war a-Growing.
Thomaa F. Cowing. .11000
Portland Oaa Jt Coke com
pany, by H. M. Papal-,-.
The Journal
The Kred Jacobs company
William M. I.add
Kred 8. Morrla
Ben Selling
Theodore B. Wilcox
V. P. Thompson company..
J. P. Flnley A Son
E. Henry Wemme
C. K. Adams
George EL Orkham of Ban
Francisco
J. O. Hoyt
O. F. Johnson
Roderick L. Macleay
Pacific Coast biacult com
pany, by Henry Witten
berg Cash
Cash
Graves Music company. . . .
L. Samuel
Cash
Sol Blumauer'
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Terms f Be ward.
The reward will be paid In the
manner and Aider the conditions
following:
Five hundred dollars ($600)
will be paid fur Information lead
ing ta tha. arrest of the mur
derer. The remalndet of the reward
will be paid to the person or
parsons making the arrest
No portion of the reward shall .
be paid until after trial and con
viction. In, the evtnt of depute be
tween rival claimants, or lnthe
event of uncertainty as to the
rights of any claimant, all ques
tions as to the payment of the
award shall be determined by a
committee of arbitration consist
ing of the governor of Oregon, .
the mayor of Portland and the
editor of The Journal.
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Chicago, June 24. Driven to deapera
tionfby the exposition of hla "free
love' philosophy, as revealed in "Manu
script No. 13" of the "Book of Truth.1
Evelyn Arthur See, revealer of the cult
of the absolute life, resolved tonight
upon a hasardous expediency: Co aave
himself from a felon's cell In the state
penitentiary at Joliet- S ''' .''.
Fifty little girls, clad m wnue, , one
after another, will be called to the wit
ness stand, it is declared,' to testify
that their "teacher" . never " sought to
Inspire them with Impure and immoral
thoughts. f
Af 8aTss T&snf '
If the' court should permit these
children to take the stand. See's wife,
whom he sought to make an 'over-
mother" In his cult, will probably tell
the Jury that these childish neophytes
merely escaped being See's victims by
reason of their ages. i
In an extended ' interview tonight
Mrs. See outlined. the rise of-the-cult
and branded her ' husband lis a "prophet"
hide, his immorality
of religious phlloso-
NEW CARS TO BE BUILT IN PORTLAND;
. P.R..L.& P. CO. PLANS $500:000 SHOP
President B. S. Josselyn Returns, From Conference With the
Head Officers in East, Bringing Nevys That His .Plans
. : for Joining Shops and Extension of Hydro-Electric Work
Are Approved City's Boost Plans Bearing Fruit.
who sought to
under the guise
phy.
. Bee a SensuaUst. '
"Evelyn See," she, said, "Instead of
being a goodly man of spiritual at
tributes, is a sensualist. His teach
ings In the 'Book of Truth.' Instead of
being Inspired, had their origin In his
carnal mind; -They were ; Inspired'
merely by his desire, to .lure young
girls to him by preying upon their
youthful minds. His power over the
girls ' whose .ruin he encompassed was
attained by constantly drumming Into
their cars his claim that he could not
sin that all his relations were splr
ltual. Instead of a humble minded
'"prophet," he Is a great egotist, whose
mind, brooks no opposition. ,
"I warned him six years ago that his
'religious teachings', would lead him to
the penitentiary. I could not move
him.
Xsfnsed to Connive.
"He wanted to make me his shield,
but I balked. He wanted me to con
nive at his misdeeds and I refused."
In addition to' SO little girls. See
lays his greatest hope ' upon ' Morta
Rees, the pretty high priestess who
has taken command of the Junior com
monwealth .since See's arrest. Her
Roosevelt Will Be Asked If, on
Strength of Publisher's In
formation, He Refused to
Dine With "Blonde Boss."
NAMES OF 3 SENATORS
ARE ALSO MENTIONED
Chicagoan Testifies He Com
municated With Solons "
About "Slush Fund."
(Continued-.on.Page. Seven.)
BOOKS OF DEFUNC
T
Two contributions of 25 each were
received by The Journal yesterday to
be added to the reward offered for In
formation leading to and for the cap
ture of the murderer of William Hill,
wife and family near Ardenwald two
weeks ago last Friday morning.
These additions to the reward pre
viously offered, bringing the total up
to $2876, demonstrate that as time goes
on the public demand that the slayer
of the Hills be punished increases, and
If money can bring out the information
needed to discover him It will not .be
lacking.
Arrest May Be ITsar.
Sheriff Stevens, who has been CP-
operating wltti Sheriff Mass of Clack
amas county on the case since the day
of the murders, said last night he be
lieved the murderer would be arrested
soon.
This statement came after the sher
iff had spent the entire day at work
In the vicinity of Ardenwald. None of
Iteiuarkable ' photograph of ' I'nited States Battleship Delaware, taken
from Brooklyn-bridge as the great fighting craft was leaving New
York harbor for English waters.
WEARY OLD LONDON TURNS TO REST
WITH STRANGELY CONFLICTING
WW
SUCCESS D
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GREAT PAGEAN
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DOUBTED
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on Page
Two.)
SENSATIONAL YARNS
CREATE UNDUE ALARM
President B. S. Josselyn of the Port
-land Rattwayr tight A Power Co.' an
r.ounced yesterday, upon his return
'from a six w.eeka' Journey to the east,
that his company .would commence the
construction at once of a. consolidated
Car shop, to cost $500,000, and that the
extension of the work in connection with
the hydro-electric . development above
Cazadero, costing several million dol
lars, would be pushed forward rapidly.
These two propositions were the more
Important ones Included in tha budget
approved by the company upon the rec
ommendations of president Jossalyn.
Both Involve an immediate expenditure
of the money, and are - evidence of the
fact that the company does not Intend
to atop in the development of its prop
erty. .
. . oiad to meturn. rv s-, -: ,,v
Mr Josselyn Jeft Portland, six yreeks
ago, and during .that time visited Denver-
Kansas it5 St Louis. Chicago,
New York. Philadelphia. Baltimore, To
ronto, Winnipeg and - Vancouver, . 'His
trip east waa largely for "a rest. He
was riccompt nled by his daughters, Dor
otay and Mildred, and met hla son, B. i
S.. Jr., at his school. Thev returned
with ' him. "accompanied "by Mfss Elaine
Carroll of Baltimore, who will remain
as a guest of the family for the aum-
rrer. '
T i waa never so giaa to get to a
place on earth;" said Mr. Josselyn, "as
I was to get back to Portland. Not but
that I had a good rest while I was gone,
and. enjoyed, myself, but to me Portland
is the one grand spot on this earth.
Plans Ara Approved.
No one in ' Portland knows its full
beauty, and its comfort until he has been
away from the. place ."for .five or six
weeks,- and': compared its advantages
with that of eastern cities. . The com
pany, I am glad 'to stats, approved my
plans for a consolidated car shop. These
shops will be erected upon the? Home
stead i Riverside Tract. adjoining.- th
Southern.! Pacific car shops In south
east - Portland. They will cost ' about
$560,000. and the work of construction
will be begun tinJmedlatelyT.. Thesa shops
will; properly r maintain, or, continually
lnCree.se -the equipment, such- as over-
(Contlnuad -on Page-Seven;)
BANK UNDER STUDY
Exact Condition of Former
Vancouver Banking Institu
tion '. to - Be Ascertained.
' (Staff . Correspondence.)
. Vancouver.. Wash.,- ,June 24.. Expert
Ing' of the books of .the defunct Com
mercial bank wilt begin tomorrow, and
when . this work is finished it will be
no ' surprise If the Institution is shown
to have been in a shaky condition for
two years prior .to the time when its
doors were closed. - .
Investigation of the acts of officers
of the bank it is predicted, will show
that President Phillips at least. 'and
probably Cashier Gilbert W. Daniels,
must have known of the precarious existence-tt
was leading. Deposits were
falling off, valuable patrons were grad
ually deserting, cash in the vaults -was
falling, overdrafts were increasing, and
unsecured notes In large .amounts to
three or four favored firms were ac
cumulating. V.
One of the straws which shows the
way the; wind was blowing reverts back
to summer "days of 1907, even before
-:- (Continued on Tags Two.)
e Timid people ? about Portland
are being Imposed upon by pub-
4 llcatlon of sensational stories
anent Hill murder suspects. A
Btory yesterday afternoon con-
cernlng suspects at Milwaukle,
was the greatest exaggeration.
Two men seeking . work called
at i house in the outskirts of
Milwaukle and asked for a meal.
The published stories repre-
sented one as carrying-an ax,
but he carried no ax. Mrs. Ray
of the house was frightened, and
phoned the authorities, and so .
were the two jstrangers when
- they learned the results of -their
call. .When the sheriff arrived
and learned the purposes of the
men, he gave them a meal and
sent them on their way.
The Incident made a stir for a
time in Milwaukle, and penerat-
ed to Portland. Here it was lur-
Jldly told in sensational headlines
with embellishments, fancied and
fashioned to suit. The Journal
heard of the story, and at once
sent an automobile and two re-
porters to the scene. .They got
the facts and the' Incident was
told In the paper In a ten line
story. . which was all It waa 1
O X worth. . ,
- In this business, the truth was
painful , enough. The cold facts
have aroused the public mind, to
a state of excitement. It Is
criminally wrong now to' further
excite the timid by publication
,'of sensational stuff that is both
foundatlonlesa and foolish
v
(By Charles P, Stewart, London cor.
respondent of the I'nited Press.)
London. June 24. After three days
of coronation festivities, marked by the
most striking contrasts In England's
political and Boclal history, London to
night turned wearily to rest. -
The king and queen returned this aft
ernoon from Portsmouth where they re
viewed the greatest armada ever gath
ered together. Both showed plainly the
strain of the last few days and they
repaired to Buckingham palace for a
much needed season of quiet. The
queen's condition was such the court
physicians Issued an Imperative order
that she cease temporarily her active
participation in the festivities that will
continue Intermittently, for another
week.
CARL GRAY HEADS
Now that it ix all over, the corona
tion, the "royal progress " and the naval
review, sober minds .are trying to count
the cost. Not merely the cost In money,
for this reaches to such, vast propor
tions that there Is no way of estimating
It. Nor Is this money Cost the puzzling
phase of the situation. W'hat is worry
ing the politicians, the friends of the
government and the mnarehy. Is the
cost In public esteem entailed In the
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, June 24. Three United
States senators, Root, La Follette and
Cullorn. and Colonel Theodora RSosa
velt,wlll have the pleasure next week
of having private letters addressed to .
them and there replies thereto concern
ing the $100,000 Lorlmer "slush fund"
revealed to public gase.
It was all arranged this afternoon at .
the session of the Benator Lorlmer In
vestigating committee. ii JL Xohlsaaf.
publlsher and editor of tha Chicago
Record-Herald, waa on the stand nearly
all day. It waa he who aet afloat the
story of Edward Hlnes' alleged request
to Clarence S. Funk, for a $10,000 do
nation from the Harvester trust, of
Men Funk Is general manager, to re
imburse those whom he said had hur
riedly raised the slush fund.
ant Information to Boot.
"I sent the Information to Senator
Root at, the request of Walter Fisher,
now secretary of the Interior depart
ment, and Alfred Baker," said Kohlsaat,
but I did not give Funk's name.
"Mr. Koot wrote a letter two or three
months after his antl-Lorlmer speech
In the senate last February, asking If
my Informant could not be Induced ta
testify In Washington: I answered thst
It was Impossible. Late in February,
Senator La Follette sent several tele- .
grams, Urging me to give my author- .
lty for the $100,000 'slush fund' story. .
I was obliged to decline."
"Did you write to any other sens
tors?" he was asked.
"Yes, I sent a letter telling the story.
without Mr. Funk's name, to Benator .
Cullorn." ' ' '
Would Tile Conimaaioatlona.
Judg HSnecn Larimer's .counsel. Im
mediate!? asked Kohlaaat to file with .
the committee tha originals or copies of
all letters and telegrams he received.
He agreed to do so.
"Have you had any correspondence -with
Colonel Roosevelt on thia subjectf ;
asked Judge Hanecy.
"I received a letter from tha colonel, s
said Kohlsaat, "In which ha stated that
his refusal to attend tha Hamilton club
dinner, in Chicago. " August 17, lflO,
when he heard that Lorlmer would bej
there, was due largely to tha Informs-
tlon I had given him.' ,
Judge Hanecy demanded that this let
ter be produced.
"If there la no private matter in it.
I will," answered Kohlsaat, Hanecy
threatened to Invoke the power of tha
(Continued on Page Seven.)
(Continued on Page Five.)
TWO GIRLS BURNED TO
DEATH IN BOATHOUSE
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Nantucket, Mass., June 24. A match
carelessly thrown on a recently oiled
floor In a boathouse here tonight caused
the death of Miss Helen Wilson, ot
New York, and Miss Mildred Da Haven,
of ' Brooklyn.
-Tha boat house, owned by William
Barnes, Jr., of Albany, waa destroyed,
the flames spreading so rapidly that ,
the young women had no chance to
escape. , Thomas K.err, or ew xor.
and Manuel Ray, a butler, wera in
jured, probably fatally. Several other
occupants of the building, among them
a Miss Tanner, of Buffalo, escaped by '
Jumping into the water. !( ,.
SPOKANE &NLAND
Electric Line Through Palouse
Now Definitely 'in Hands .
- of Hill Interests.
(Special Dispatch to Tha Journal.! ' -.
Spokane, Wash., June 24. Winding
up a 'deal opened 1$ months ago. the
Hill Interests took complete control of
the Spokane & Inland Empire Electric
Railway system here today, replacing
the Graves family, builders, with prom
inent Hill men. Though Hill was re
puted to have bought the road last year
at close to $16,000,000, the deal has
been guarded with secrecy till now.
. Carl R. Gray, prealdent of the Spo
kane, Portland & Seattle, was elected
president of the Spokane & Inland to
day, replacing Jay P. Graves. C. A.
Coolldge, general manager of the Ore
gon Electric company, was elected first
vice-president, replacing Clyde M.
Graves, thus cutting $30,000 annually
from the cost of operation. Judge F. V.
Brown of Portland, Or.. Great Northern
counsel; Judge George T. Reid, Tacoma,
Wash., Northern Pacific counsel ; C. A.
Coolldge and Carl R. Gray. Portland.
J '.(Continued f on "Page SSven.) i
ALASKAN RESOURCES CONTROLLED
BY POWERFUL SYNDICATE COMBINE
Under Menace of Colossal Holdings of Allied Interests In
"Guggehheimed" Alaska, Delay of Extensive Develop
ment of Rich Northern Territory Preferred by All Real
Alaskans to Further Exploitation. ;
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Written for The Journal by A. R.
1 O'Brien. ; . - ;
Why is it that extraordinary precau
tions to protect, the coal" lands of west-
Xorran-aufgenaeim Holdings is
Alaska..
Northwestern Commercial com
. pany. .
Northern Commercial company.
Northwestern Development com
pany. North Coast Lighterage company.
Katalla company.
Northwestern . Fisheries com
pany. Yukon Gold company.
Kennecott Mines, company.
Yukon 'Coal company.
Alaska Steamship company.
Copper River . Railroad com
pany. Copper River and Northwestern
Railway company.
ward " Alaska have been" urged" Vy gov
ernment agents; that there is not a sin
gle Independent copper mine In the en
tire district; that the house flag of one
giant corporation files over tha great
majority of all passenger and freight
carrying ships plying- tha northern' wat- .
era; that the day of the "poor man's
camp" Is over; that $12,000,000 a year in '
fish Is taken from the waters of tha
country by the packers and ' return
made; that a land which ha produced .
$156,000,000 in leas than 11 years and is -capable,
of putting Into circulation val- '
ues In gold that will multiply those
figures many times ; Is today ; In tha
throes of a stagnation tha like of Which
has been witnessed in the history of
America only in times tt panlcT 4
It is because Alasga Is Ouggenheimad.
hamstrung, and methodically i looted by
a systematically organized comhi.
auon ox powerrui gynaicsies.; . aiask .
'men nl women are not an r better nor -
ara they any worsa than tha average
rua Of human beings In tha etafra.
They know tha difference between rlnht
and Wrong and when thv are btrg
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