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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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