I 'A Better , Positio tT I " Y'J V-'? 'ipA V a ,1 1 IV? act TFMPAnrc - H i -taMMHMctt.Muta. . 'Jri rf) iW. -f. V&K QXs COAST TEMPERATURES his or her ability be known throng a , , II 7 Hr I I I Ti 1 I W Y SS PAILV. CSS K k Ik' 1 1 ' I l'l I I ri I 1 1 C 1 1 ' B A. M.. Voday, , MSISiT" Xjiilw : : : : : r r ! f :': -: r1: 1 1: rf;H ThV wekther-Falr tonight and, v, ' vfefV f ) y'''''''''''-''. VOL. X. NO. 115. Portland, Oregon, tuesdax evening, july is, isil eighteen pages. WILEY'S I0B SAFE; TAFT TO GIVE HIM PUBLIC SCOLDING II REALLY MED; Prostrated By Heat MILLS OF VALLEY HAS PRACTICALLY CLEARED HIMSELF II AT 5:30 T WILDE IS WILLING ' BiiBS WAN PETERSON She Changed Her Mind HEME MAN aw ufiu nin iimnnu Hiii diu viuiuni mm m a. & mm DOAY Heated Air Caused It to Evap orate Before It Reached the . Earth, However Some what Cooler Today. , COOLER TOMORROW, TOO; AND MAYBE NEXT DAY Weatherman Thinks It May Be Pleasanter for Several , Days, in Fact. 4 Hourly TamperaturM. 4 S 62 I 1ft 77 A BA LI 7 ...5 I 1 82 8 BS -1 88 .........73 I 2 93 Showers predicted yesterday really materialised after a fashion, according to the genial weatherman, who sayi that light flecy clouds thla morning precipitated rain, but woeful fact, the hot atmosphere between them and the earth evaporated the welcome raindropa before they reached the ground. How ever, the weather was cooler this morn ing, than at any time during the past week. District Forecaster E. A. Beals sol emnly avers that at 5:80 o'clock thla morning ha saw with his own eyes light fleecy clouds from which rain was falling tn what looked like ban ners. After falling about SOO feet, however, and while still some 2000 feet from the ground, according to the near en calculations that could be made by (Continued on Page Fourteen.) Independent Steamship Line ! Fels the Pressure of . the Trust. (Cslttd Preae Lued Wire.) Washington, July 18. It was report ed here this afternoon that the ser- geant-at-arms of the house has located Richard S. 'Ryan, alleged author of the famous "Dick to Dick" letter, In New York, and has summoned him to appear before the committee on expenditures In the Interior department, which Is Investigating the alleged Guggenheim grab of Controller bay, Alaska. It alao develoneit tortv that TtaMi Carr, assistant to the secretary of the Interior, and who was a figure in the Plnchot-Balllnger controversy, has re signed. Washington, July 18. Charges that the Guggenhelms are endeavoring not only to capture all the railroads of Alaska, but that they are also trying to "hog" all the steamship communi cations between the mainland and Alas ka, were made today before the house committee on expendlturea tn the de partment of the Interior, by Charles Drayton of Seattle, attorney for the Humboldt Steamship company. Drayton's company is the only in do. pendent one running north from Se attle. He declared that the Guggen helms were trying to ruin his clients through their Alaska Steamship com- GUGGENHEIM GRIP FIRM Oil ALASKA M pany. I "When the Pacific and Alaska con I .Tarns discovered they could handle the I business alone," Drayton said,'' "they Immediately shut down on the inde pendent line and froze It out." Chicago, July 18. Reports that the latest turn In the Controller Bay situa tion Is causing the administration con siderable worry have been given addi tional color by a seoret conference wbloh took plao here today between Attorney General Wlckersham and former Vbe President Charles W. Fairbanks, who.re cently visited Alaska. . Wood Blocks Are Ideal for Paving, Says "1 am of the opinlqn that wood blocks when properly treated make an idea' pavement," declared City Engineer T. M. Hurlburt yesterday, "and it Is my belief that there will be a number of ' these pavements laid in Portland be fore long. "East Morrison street from East Wat . er street to Union avenue is already ': under contract for wood blocks. Work as begun on the Installation of a ater main on this street today, by the Water department. Aa anon a. th watar VANCOUVER JUDGE ARRESTED FOR VIOLA TING A UTO SPEED LIMIT c Judge Donald McMasters. superior " court Judge of Vancouver, Wash., was : arrested . this morning by Motorcycle Patrolman Larry Evans at Grand avenue , and 'East Salmon street for speeding In an automobile and for having no number jp "I sure caught a big ons this morn - )ng," said Eyans at police, headquarters this morning. "H was aroint: SB miles an, hour, Said he was In a hurry, but cams along fine when I pinched him." Lady Constance Foljambe, half sis ter of Lord Rlverport, gave Lop don society a shock recently by staying away from her own ,wed ding. Bridegroom, bridesmaids and guests waited impatiently for more than an hour at St. Peter's church,. Eaton Square, before they despaired of the bride-to-be ap pearing. - Later in the day her relatives beard from her she had changed her mind. Lady Poljam ' be la 27 years old. and had been engaged 'to the man she disap pointed. Rev. A. H.K Hawkins, vicar oi a Yorkshire hamlet, , foe trior. than year, ..iiu.iiij IN LIFT SPAN FOR E FAVORED Engineer Modjeski Declares ,vThat Bidding Must Be Free; Work on Steel Upper Part to Begin by January 1 . Ralph Modjeski, engineer of the Broadway bridge, will ask the bridge committee of the executive board, at a special meeting Saturday morning, for authority to proceed immediately with plans for the steel superstructure of the Broadway span, which Is to cost ap proximately $800,000. Mr. Modjeski has been Inspecting the work on the substructure, which Is be ing done by the Union Bridge A Con- (Contlnued on Page Two. CENTER OF POPULATION SHIFTED TO INDIANA BY THE LAST U. S. CENSUS (United Prn Leased Wtre.t 4 Washington, July 18. Census bureau announcements today fix the center of population of the United States four and a half 4 miles south of Unionvllle, Mon- roe county. Indiana, 81 miles west and seven tenths of a mile north of where it was In 1900. 4 Growth of the Pacific states Is - given as the principal reason for the shift. 4 City Engineer main is laid the gas company will get busy and the paving will follow. "I am surprised that advocates of wood blocks have not caused more of these to be laid in Portland. The blocks when given a soaking- of creosote are Impermeable by water and will not de cay. Sixteen pounds of creosote to the cubic foot Is the proportion1 of the liquid that should be Injected Into the blocks. "Blocks treated in this way are nearly gas durable as stone and, far cheaper." Professional courtesy i was evidently extended to hl honor by Judge Tat well this morning, who suspended sen tence, although the' Judge from Van couver admitted going too fast ' ;' S i , . MMyor Klgglns of Vancouver was In another automobile near Judge McMas tars when the arrest was made, i and Larry Evans,, when he realised that he had gotten Into attest of city and) coun. ty ' officials from another state, began to wonder where he would get off. I OPEN COMPETITION BRIDE His Counsel Announces That Client Will Not Further Con test Extradition If Execu tive Rules Against Him. "GOOD FAITH," SUBJECT OF MORNING ARGUMENTS Attorneys Wrangle Over Ques tion of Whether Motives Can Be Questioned. United Pre teawd Wife.) Ean Francisco, July 18. Argument over the attempt of the authorities of Portland. Or.. Interested In the wrecked Oregon Trust Savings Bank, to ex tradite Louis J. Wilde began today be fore Governor Johnaon. Most of the morning session was occupied by the arguments of attorneys as to whether Governor Johnson Is empowered to ques tion the good faith of the persons se curing the extradition request. Attorney Kdward A. Luce of San Diego, representing Wllde, presented reasons why his client should not be given Into the custody of the northern officials. He declared, however, that Wllde Is now In San Diego and will not further contest extradition in case Gov ernor Johnson decides against him. Opposed on Two Grounds. Luce opposed the extradition of his client on two grounds. He declared first that the return of Wilde to Oregon would subject him to trial for possible (Continued on Page Flve. BODY. F E dered Night of July l p; - Horses, Outfit Gorie. (Special to The Journal.) Grants Pass, Or., July 18. Halley Wilkes was arrested this afternoon at 1 o'clock at Glendale, 20 miles north of Grants Pass. It Is alleged that when Wilkes was arrested he had in his pos session several of the horses, having sold the remainder. Grants Pass, Or.. July 18. Discovery of an unusually atrocious murder was made last evening about 6 o clock when the body of a man was found In Rogue river about 100 yards above the city park on the south side of the river. The body was found by Geybert Harvey and other boys while bathing In the river and later was brought ashore and iden tified as that of John T. York. A three quarter Inch rope about eight feet long was around the body. A heavy logging chain 16 feet long was around the neck. The boys were attracted by the sight of a foot sticking out of the water. York' probably was murdered last Thursday night, July 16. He came here July 8 from Sbaniko, Or., where he had been hauling freight. After coming here he was employed by Schell & Schell for the Warren Construction com pany, hauling rock on the street. Suspicion centers on a man picked up by York near Medford named Halley Wilkes, 28 years old, an ex-soldler. Wilkes weighs ISO pounds and is S feet 8 or 9 Inches tall. Wilkes has not been seen here since the murder except Friday last at 4 p. m. four miles north of Grants Pass on tne Koseourg roaa. men he was traveling alons with two wagons and six horses, all said to be the property of York. The head wagon had a ZM inch tire, blue running gear and a new Shuttler wagon box on. The name "Shanlko, Oregon," was on the side box. The, trailer is a Stu- (Continued on Page Five.) JOHN W. GATES, THE CHAN-TIED Oil IN OGU 1b--:!? ai?ii Ssnl A i V-V CT, lis vr -v? I Jh; VimH r fa I v .l. vtu lit ;?h , H fit f. lA'fjr . I j,it ti , - - e7r 13 ProBi'left to right John "W. C'ates, Mrs. Charles G. dates, da-'ghter-lnJaw,; o( Mr, Gatea; Mrs. John , MGates, and Charles O. OatJfa, son of the picturesque capitalist, Charles. Gates in now in Paris at if bedside of hia father, who is Tery i' . , , y ,i Bloodstains Thought to Con nect Him With Coble Mur der Are by Remarkable Co incidence Explained. ALIBI IS ESTABLISHED ON DAY OF HILL MURDER Betchard Family at Roy Says He Is Not Man Who Ap peared There. By A. H. Harris. Olympla. Wash., July 18. That Swan Peterson, held In connection with the Coble murder at Rainier is not the man who annihilated the Hill family at Ardennald of killed the Cobles at Rain ier Is practically proved. Peterson went through the third degree last night and he gives clear accounts of his actions since Christmas. Although he was at Portland and at Boring and Estacada he accounted for every day after leaving Canby en route to Portland. At Can by he says he chopped wood at a bak ery for a meal and for six loaves of bread, on which he made the trip to Estacada. Peterson Is still held for the Coble crime, however, and today he wss taken to Roy, 28 miles, in an automobile for identification as the man who on Wed nesday told them of the Coble murder before it was possible for the news to have reached the woman except by some one close to the facts. Peterson cleared up the mystery of the bloody shirt last night by showing clearly that he found It near Sacra mento, Cal., while at Portland he had washed It twice. The shirt Is of blue linen and shows hard service. The other blood stains were reasonably well explained. Sheriff Mass and C. C. Cathey yes terday afternoon cleared up the mys tery of the blood prints on the stairway leading to room 10, at the Waddell (Continued on Page Six.) Railroad Company Holds Rail road Commission's Orders Interfere With Interstate Commerce. Appealing direct to the TJnlted States supreme court from the decisions' of Judges Wolverton and Bean in the federal circuit court, the Southern Pac ific wih challenge the rlsht of the Oregon state railway commission to make orders allegedly In interference with interstate commerce. W. D. Fen ton, attorney for the Southern Pacific, gave notice of his intention to appeal the case tomorrow in the United States court this morning. The United States supreme court will be asked, practically, to define inter state commerce. The state commission and the Judges of the United States cir cuit court have held that the state com missions have the right to Issue orders affecting rates between points within a state. The railroad claims that the commission, in changing such .rates real ly changes the through rate from points outside the state to points within the state, which they claim is an Inter ference with interstate commerce and thus beyond the Jurisdiction of the state commission. The crux of the situation Is that If (Continued on Page Fourteen.) ESPEE TO APPEAL " FROM DECISIONS OF TWO JUDGES NOTED MILLIONAIRE PLUNGER, AND HIS FAMILY President to Slip Out of Di lemma by Giving Chief Chemist Severe Reprimand That's All. EXECUTIVE CONDONES IRREGULAR METHODS Secretary Wilson, "the Goat," May Resign to Escape Censure of People. (United Prr.i Leaned Wlr-.l Washington. Jtjly 18. That Presi dent Taft will publicly reprimand Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief chemist of the department of agriculture, for Irregu larities he 1st said to have condoned, but that Dr. Wiley's Job Is safe. Is reported on reliable authority here today as the way; the chief executive will take out of the dilemma which threatens to dis rupt his cabinet. Wiley Is expected to receive the rep rimand gracefully. Attorney General Wlckershara's de cision against the pure food man being thus approved, only Secretary of Agri culture James Wilson will be left to bear the brunt of public protests. In view of his thus being made "the goat" of the affair, it Is believed that Wilson probably will resign. Wiley today finished his reply to the charges that he had overpaid Dr. H. H. Rusby, a New York specialist, and Sec retary Wilson took the document to a cabinet meeting, which Is considering the affair. Wall Street Believes Standard Got Behind Irisurrectd to v Drive Out English. (United Ptmm Leased Wire.) New York, July 18. Proof that Stand ard Oil backed the Madero uprising In Mexico is seen by Wall street politi cians here today in the visit of Lord Cowdray, the British financier, whose syndicate holds immense oil deposits In Mexico, . cbtalned through concessions from President Diss, despite the fact that the Standard OH company was a bidder for the same properties. with these concessions, Cowdray's syndicate was in position to force the Standard Oil to reduce prices or suffer disastrous competition. The charge was openly made and strenuously denied that the Standard financed Madero's revolution. In return for a promise he made to cancel the Cowdray concessions. It is now reported that Cowdray, with Madero looming up as the probable next president of Mexico, is trying to sell his concessions to the Standard, after hav ing vainly tried to dispose of them to John W. Gates. MILLIONAIRE GATES HAS CHANCE FOR LIFE (United Pras Leased Wlrt.t Paris, July 18. The condition of John W. Gates, the American million aire, who is ill here at the Hotel Mor- lce, was unchanged today. Gates' phy slclans now' believe he has a narrow chance for recovery. Lightning Strikes While Mowing. (United P'n Leaed Wlra. Dillon, Mont, July 18. John E. Dun ham is dead here today because he re fused to seek shelter In a haystack dur ing a severe electrical storm. Despite pleadings of friends, Dunham persisted In driving a mower. He was struck by lightning. w., the OIL TRUST BACKED MADERO UPRISING? e .S3. - "'Hiai I Miss Eva Booth, Salvation Army leader, who Is ill. Despite the intense heat, Miss Booth conduct ed vigorous evangelistic cam palgns, both in New York and Boston, with the result that she was prostrated bj the heat. 4 CHILDREN FACE Two Girls and Two Boys Ac cused of Killing Colorado Rancher Admit Searching Pockets of Dead Man. (United Press Leaaed Wire.) Grand Junction, Colo., July 18. Charged with responsibility for the death of Clark A. Wolfklll, a rancher. who was supposedly drowned in the Grand river near Clifton, Colo., Wednes day, four children who on Saturday were arrested as witnesses today were accused on 'coroner's warrants with mur der. The four arrested are: Gladys Thomp son, 17; Lillian Osborne, 14; Lee Baker, 15, and Virgil Watson, 17. They will be given a hearing tomorrow. Arrest Follows Autopsy. The arrest of the children followed an autopsy which showed great bruises on Wolfkill's body, and developed the fact that there was no watir in his lungs. All the children arrested today are kept in separate cells, and all tell wide- by different stories. All declare they took no money from Wolfklll, though they admitted they searched his body after they found him drowned. They claimed they found only feme cartridges and a pair of shears. Admits Throwing Shoes. WolfklU'B shoes, filled with sand, were found near the body, and one of the boys has admitted throwing them there. Both girls deny having been In swimming with Wolfklll ' or the boys. They declare their relations with the ranchman were proper, although admit ting that on the day of the tragedy he paid a large bill they owed at a local restaurant, and that he had frequently paid other bills they had Incurred. Gladys Thompson, one of the girls under arrest, was married when IS years old. Her husband deserted her a few days after the wwddlng. Franco - Spanish Difficulties May Embroil Great Britain and Germany in Dispute. (United Frees Leaned Wire.) London, July 18. That the Franco Spanish difficulties In Morocco, may yet Involve Great Britain and Germany In a four-coronered dispute which may re sult In war Is feared In diplomatic cir cles here .today. The tension between the four powers, already grave through Germany's land ing of troops at Agadir, is Intensified today by the arrest of the Franch con sul at Alcasar by i Spanish troopa It is not believed that France will swallow the affront, and Great Britain, by com munity of Interest, is expected to Una up with the -French". republic; if matters come to a crisis. : " , '.'"'.,.?.. In view of the fact, that the arrest of the French -consul followed a conference at Ban Sebastian between King Alfonso and Prince RMlber,' the German ambas sador, It Is bells ved Germany has given assurances that she will back Spain and that ' Alfonso took : the extreme step. of arresting the French consul, confident that the kaiser's " legions would stand .J i MURDER CHARGE: PATRON f SLAIN D MATS EAR WAR OVER MOROCCO t bis back in ease of trouble. t . , . 1 IN LOWER RATES Southern Pacific Tariff Cut by Order of the Interstate Commerce Commission to Nearly the Old Rate. paqc: uaq i nwrc RPPM wnwa. unw a.wnM wbi.il s PENDING IN COURTS Forecast Given in Recent De cision Affecting South Portland Mills. (Wanhinrtnn Bnrean of -The Journal.) -Washington, July 18. Oregon and Washington lumber manufacturers who have been fighting high Southern Pa ciflc rates won a big victory here to day when the Interstate commerce com mission ordered that road to cut Its rates $1.50 per ton on rough green fir lumber and lath from Willamette valley points to San Francisco. The $50 a ton rate, as applied to the Wendling branch of the Southern Pa cific, was declared unreasonable and a reduction to 3.75 was suggested as reasonable on shipments from stations on the west bank of the Willamette river. From all other points f 8.60 was specified. In writing his opinion Commissioner Prouty decided that this "rate of $5 per ton on rough green lumber and lath from points in Willamette valley ex cepting on Wendling nrancb to San Francltco bay points, are unreasonable, and he prescribed a rate of 83.S0 per ton for the future. The rate from mills on the Wendling branch and stations on the west bank of the Willamette river, the opinion states, shall not ex ceed 13.75 per ton. The foregoing rates are not applicable to mills within the city of Portland, which take a uniform rate of 85 a ton on all klnda of lum ber. Close to the Old Kate. This Is a restoration to within 19 cents a ton of the rate originally effec tive which waa raised to 86. and over, which lawyers have fought for years. It has been one-of the , most famous cases before the commission, with Teal, Minor de Wtnlfree, and Borders A Walt ters as counsel for the millmen, and W. W. Cotton. W. T. Dillard. W. F, Herrln, H. A. Scandrett for , the South ern Pacific Edward Ost render, secretary of the Oregon tc Washington Lumber Manu facturers' association In commenting on the decision and the effect it would have upon lumber ahlpments from this city and the Willamette valley, said; "This Is the case that was heard before Commissioner Prouty In Feb ruary of this year at the time that the case of the. southern Portland mills was heard and which was also decided favorably to the mills a few days ago, "The effect of the Willamette valley decision will be very beneficial to the mills in the southern part of the state where they are not so situated . that (Continued on Page Five.) ARRESTED; LIBEL in .i, in. Bitterness of McClallen Case Takes Hamilton of Doug las Bench to Court. (Special te The Journal.) Roseburg, Or, July 18. Alleging that , J. O. Drake intended to bring the ad ministration of Justice in Douglaa coun ty and in the state into contempt and to scandalize and vllllfy ' Judge John 3. ' Coke and Judge J. W. Hamilton, Judgea of the Second Judicial district of the state of Oregon, and to cause It to be believed that Judge J. W. Hamilton was i aiding and assisting in the defense tf J Roy McClallen, who was recently tried " for murder in this county. Judge J. W. Hamilton yesterday swore to a eom-' plaint charging Drake with libel. Drake was arrested and the case wilt be heard Friday morning. He was released a ) $260 bonds. Drake's arrest followed the appear ance of a letter in the Oregonian on Monday In which he criticised .the Judges, some of the officers of Doug- -las county and the coroner's Jurv: ' "I can prove every allegation I madel in the article responsible "for my ,ar- ;,,; rest," Drake Is alleged to . have Stated. Recall proceedings were ' Invoked,; against Judge Coke Immediately . after ;. ' the acquittal of McClallen. ' VmV hllext Sunday's Journal, Special Magazine INDIAN LEGENDS ! OF THE COLUMBIA ; Delightful artirle of th ' , fanciful tales that explain the natural phenomena of . the, great river, WHEN THE COREYS DINED ROYALTY"; Amafstng story of the hilar ity attending entartalrr - . of Imperial sepegra " v i American dolisrs.. K HAS DRAKE IS V