AN OREGON FARM
produce sot only a rood, steady tooom
COAST TEMPERATURES
1 ' 5 A.1L Today,','',.-; ; - ,
Boise ;.......-..;.,,......,.,.'..., 0
Seattle ......,.' ;........,,....... 4 "
Spokane ......,......'.......,...., M
Marshfleld .... ...... . . . . . , 89
Baa Traneiace ................ 80
Portland B8
Boseburg 84
" but will produce great prous as- wu. (
Many gilt dge invetmt are offered v
la Th Journal' Aeresge for Sal eoU
t tunas, WAJTT AOS COST TOW TJT,
The "weather -Fair tonight "and
Thursday; not bo warm.' .
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STOP THE WASTE !
BLOOD FLOWS IN
VAPPENSTEIN IS
IN PENITENTIARY
RUSH BIDS FOR THE
Makes Alaska Charges
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmi
BROADWAY SPAN
STEEL SUPPLIES
Bridge Committee of Executive
Board Take Advantage of
11 ATTACKS ON
FEDERAL OFFICERS
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Hard Labor at Walla Walla
Prison Is Destiny of Graft
ing Ex-Police Chief of Se
attle; Appeal Is Taken.
MERCY IS ASKED BECAUSE
WIFE'S FAMILY IS PURE
But "Innocent -Must Suffer
With Guilty," Says Un
bending Judge.
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(TJolted !re Leased Wtre.
Seattle, Wash., July 19 Charles . W.
- Wappenstein, ex-pollce chief, convicted
of accepting a $1000 bribe from Old
Tupper and Clarence Gerald, as protec-
I ytlon for resorts, was sentenced by 8u
fjpprlor Judge Ronald thla morning to not
w less than three nor more than 10 Tears
.at hard labor In the penitentiary.
After Attorney Shipley for Wappen
stein, had made the argument for a new
trial, and followed this with a motion
to, arrest Judgment, both of which mo
tions were denied. Will H. Morris, chief
counsel for Wappenstein, made a pas
sionate plea for "Justice tempered with
mercy." He begged that Wappenstein
be let off with a fine only.
When he referred to Wappenstein's IS
year old daughter, his 16 year old son.
his wife, "against whose family, the
Benns, pioneers In the. state, there has
never been a taint of suspicion," Wap
penstein's face flushed, hla eyes grew
moist, snd there was a suspicion of
a tear. For an hour and a half his at
torney pleaded for him before sentence
was finally r"sfd.
Judge Ronald, after remarking that In
almost every case the Innocent must
suffer by the sentencing of a man, said
that merely to impose a fine In thl
case would make the trial degenerate
Into a farce.
Wappenstein Is out on his present ball
of $87,600, pending appeal. The maxi
mum aentence Is 10 years and a $5000
fine.
E
E
Pays $40,000 Cash for Prop
erty on King Street Near
Park Avenue.
Before leaving for his summer cot
tage at North Beach this morning Theo
dore B. Wilcox closed a deal for the
Van Rensselaer home Bite located on
King street. 100 feet north of Park ave
nue, paying $40,000 cash for the parcel.
The property was purchased from the
heirs of Anna Van Rensselaer, one of
whom Is Mrs. A. A. Kadderly.
The Wilcox residence occupies a 100
by 180 foot site at the. corner of King
street and Park avenue and by acquir
ing the Van Rensselaer property imme
diately to tha north, Mr. Wilcox in
creases the size of his homestead to a
200 foot frontage on King street, hav
ing a depth of 150 feet The Van
Rensselaer Bite is Improved with an
old type two and a half story frame
dwelling. It is probable that this bouse
will be removed and the entire site
added to the grounds of the Wilcox
home.
Possibility of the Dominion and
United States Joining To
gether Is Discussed.
Detroit, Mich., July 19. Discussion of
whether there Is a possibility of union
between Canada and the United States
was the topic today when the National
Editorial association opened the second
session of its convention here.' The
matter came up at the first session of
the editors. Governor Osborn of Mich
igan, started the war of words when in
a speech before the convention he de
clared that soon a single flag would
floet over both Canada and America. -
Judge Sutherland of Tjhtarlo. replied
hotly to Osborn. He declared that Ca
nadians to any considerable number
never considered annexation ' to the
United States, and dismissed the subject
by saying: v -
"Why, .the whole story is a Joke."
MM! SHI
OF VAN R
ENSS
LAER
EDITORS
CONSIDER
UNION WITH CANADA
Hasten Auditorium Building
. Urges Portland Press Club
, .The Portland Press club's board of
managers set a precedent yesterday that
it la expected will be followed by other
organisations in adopting a resolution
urging, greater expedition In providing
Portland with a publlo auditorium. The
resolution recites . that the people . by
large majority approved a bond issue of
$800,000 with which to build the audi
torium, and that responsibility for the'
construction has been placed In ; the
hands of a, commission, to which the
people are now looking ! for the most
rapid possible fulfillment of promise.
Portlands future, al a great, convention
city,; it is said, is largely dependent
WEATHER BROKEN;
CG0LERT0M0RR0W
People Once More Deign to
Greet Weatherman Affably
Hot Spell Just Past Was
Record Breaker.
Probably one of the most Joyous per
sons in Portland today is the usually
hearty weatherman and his Joy comes
from the fact that he Is able to an
nounce that the back of the hot wave
of the past seven days has been broken
and that tomorrow will see cooler
weather.
Even today the change is noticeable
and District Forecaster Beals grinned
for Joy this morning as he remarket
that he would once more '.e returned to
public favor and also be released from
his costless condition which has been
his lot as well as that of other Port
landers for the last few days. .
At b o clock this morning the tem
(Continued on Page .Five.)
Tl
URGE BURIAL OF FLAG
(United Press Leasee' wire.)
New York, July 19. Declaring that,
public burial of the confederate flag
should form the most impressive cere
money at the reunion of the -blue and
gray at Bull Run. and denouncing the
blending of the two battleflags during
the reunion, resolutions were adopted
today by La Fayette Post, a. A. R., at
Brooklyn. The resolutions were as fol
lows: 'Resolved, that the most impressive
ceremony at the blue and gray reunion
at Bull Run would be the digging of
a broad, deep gnave In the soil of the
battlefield, in which the confederate
flag could be publicly burled. At such
a ceremony It would be Just and proper
that President Taft should preside and
that the commanders-in-chief of the
blue and the gray should participate."
' A copy of the resolution was sent to
President Taft"
Denunciation of the blending of the
two battle flags during tha reunion was
embodied In a separate resolution.
upon the speed 'and wisdom employed In
building the auditorium.' Th number
of large gatherings that wait coming
to 'Portland on the auditorium Is given
ssj Justification ' for even the-, employ
lhg of emergency measures.
The "site of the auditorium; and the
area of the block It shall be placed upon
are vexing problem to the auditorium
commission so far.- The marketblock
generally f avoredia counted too small
unless adjoining; area Is obtained, thl
including vacation ' of streets which i
apparently; .forbidden by. !the 'term of
the Zeigler law adopted at the last elec
tion, V;..k'':; ' -f,rV,,yi -v ?':'r,yv' ,:
CIVIL WAR VE
ERANS
OPPOSITION OF
ESONEREASON
FOR REM
Senator Brown of Nebraska
Urges Passage of Treaty
With Canada and Refers to
the Lumber Trust.
(United Press Leased Tire.)
Washington, July 19. Lauding the
Canadian reciprocity agreement as "a
cornerstone for a new tariff system
which will contain honest protective
duties and will end forever unnecessary
(Continued on Page Five.)
DECLARED ILLEGAL
Springfield, 111., July 19. Master In
Chancery Allen today submitted to the
United States district court report
declaring that the Illinois state two-cent
railroad fare law was unconstitutional
and void.
The report applies only to one road,
the Chicago, Peoria & St Louis railroad,
but it may be applied to any road which
Bhows earning of less than 8 per cent
on Its Investment in its passenger department
IN
TWO-CENT
RAILROAD
Secretary Wilson Will Be Satisfied
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lr. Harrey W, Wiley, Chief oi '
Bureau of Chemistry 0
SUHE' PETIlIISOII is
NOfiLsrji;
MASSCOiraOME
Will Resume Search for Ar
denwald Demon Where He
Left It Off Wherv He Went
to Rainier Suspect.
Sheriff Mass of Clackamas county re
turned test night from Olympla and
Rainier, where he went to investigate
the Coble murder case and if possible
to connect that tragedy with the Hill
quadruple murder at Ardenwald, June
8. In company with Sheriff Gaston of
Thurston county. Sheriff Mass went
over the scene of the crime. Interviewed
all the people Who had been early iden
tified with the discovery of the crime
and the first efforts to capture the
criminal, and finally assisted in giving
the third degree to Swan Peterson, the
eged Scandinavian, who had been ar
rested as a suspect. For a time cir
cumstances connected Peterson with the
Coble case in a peculiar manner, and
public sentiment was strong against
blm.
Sheriff Mass is of the opinion that
Peterson had nothing to do with the
Hill crime, but Is not so sure about his
connection with the Coble killing at
Rainier. Peterson is a most eccentric
character, according to Sheriff Mass,
and a man of remarkable memory. The
story he tells of his life and of his
travels in the western part of the
(Continued on Page Five.)
" With Reprimand For Doctor Wiley
Declines to Assume the
Blame for Attempt
to Oust Chemist
(United Pnwa L.m4 Win.
Washington, July 19. Secretary of
Agriculture James Wilson today made
it very plain here that he does . not
proposeto be "the goat" for the prob
ably futile) attempt to obtain the dismis
sal of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of
the bureau . of chemietry in his depart
ment Wilson will submit his report on
the whole Affair to President Taft this
afternoon. The cabinet will consider it
Friday but there will probably be no
final decision snnounced for at least
a week. .
If I understood thar Instead ef con
curring in the suggestion of Attorney
General Wtckersham that Wiley be dismissed.-
Secretary Wilson will suggest
that the chief, chemist be reprimanded.
. Dr, Wiley wa condemned by a com
mittee on personnel of the department
of agriculture with, a recommendation
to the president that "he be permitted
to resign." Attorney General Wlcker
sham, In an opinion on the case, sub
mitted to - the president,, recommended
approval of the committee's action. The
committee's report is based On its find
ing of Dr. Wiley's alleged irregular
action tn causing a larger salary than
(Continued on - Page Four.)
Market Conditions Now Pre
vailing in the East.
OPEN COMPETITION IN
BIDS FOR DRAW URGED
Engineer Modjeski to Submit
Plans for Trunnion
Bascule.
To take advantage of the favorable
conditions brought about by the present
cheap steel market the bridge commit
tee of the city executive board will, at
at a special meeting, next Saturday
morning, on the advice of Consulting
Engineer Ralph Modjeski of Chicago,
recommend the Immediate advertisement
for bids for the furnishing of steel to
be used In. the construction of the super
structure of the Broadway bridge.
By the time the bids are received It
is expected that the recent block of
$600,000 of Broadway bridge bonds for
which the city auditor was directed by
the city council to invite bids will
have been sold and the money be avail
able so that a contract for the struc
tural steel can be awarded.
The committee will also recommend
that Engineer Modjeski immediately
prepare plans for the superstructure
and that the leading hrldge builders of
the country be asked to submit compet
itive designs for the bascule draw,
which will be the feature of the new
span.
Engineer Modjepki had a consulta
tion yesterday with Mayor Rushlight
and in his Interview with the mayor
the noted expert expressed the desire
that as much competition as possible be
obtained by asking for the submission
Of draw plans from a number of the
leading companies. According to the
terms of his contract with the city,
however. Engineer Modjeski must sub
mit a design for a bascule draw with
hi sot of plans for the superstructure.
This he will do, and. it U probable that
the Modjeski plana will include a trun
nion bascule, but this need not deter
makers of other type from bidding, a
every design submitted wll receive
careful consideration and the one that
combines the greatest efficiency wfth
the least cost will, other things being
equal, be adopted.
During Its session Saturday morning
the bridge committee will go oyer the
entire Broadway bridge situation with
Engineer Modjeski and Mayor Rushlight
(Continued on Page Five.)
President of Steel Corporation
Says Large Orders Are Ex
pected From Abroad.
(United Trees Lm4 VTIre.l
New York, July - 19. J. A. Farrell,
president of the United States Steel
corporation, returned today from Brus
sels aboard the Olympic. He said the
outlook for American trade was excel
lent and that large order were ex
pected from abroad.
Farrell declared that at the recent
meeting of steelmen in Brussels a
committee of five men from each
country was appointed to arrange for
the formation of an International iron
and steel institute, and that the com
mittee probably would report on the
plan wjthln six months.
Charles M. Schwab also returned on
the Olympic. He confirmed a report
that he had closed a contract with the
Italian government for large -quantities
of armor plate.
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James Wilson,' United State Seo
tr of Agriculture. ;
AMERICAN TRADE
OUTLOOK BRIGHT
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James Wicket-sham, delegate from
Alaska, who charges Attorney
Gerfrral Wicket-sham with corrup
tion. EVERYTHING; ALL
Controller Bay Railroad Pro
moter Says He Did Not
Write- Famous Letter to
Former Secretary Ballinger.
(United Press teased Wlr.
New York, July 19. Denying that he
ever wrote or even heard of the famed
"Dick to Dick" letter, Richard T3. Ryan,
claimant to land hi Controller bay,
Alaska, started for Washington today to
testify before the committee on expendi
tures In the interior department, which
is Investigating the Alaskan situation.
Ryan declared he did not represent
the Morgan-Ouggenhelm syndicate in
Alaska and that he had never used the
name of Charle P. Taft in writing to
former Secretary Ballinger. "I never
wrote any .'Dick to Dick' letter," said
Ryan. "I never wrote any postscript
or any such address and I do not know
Ballinger well enough to address him
In anything but the most formal man
ner. I do not know President Tat's
brother even by sight and could not
possibly refer to him. The note Miss
Abbott made public seems to me to be
something crazy."
Ryan declared his firm wa the
Probst-Wetiler company .and that so
far as he knew It was not connected
with the Guggenhcims. He said all he
wanted was his land in Alaska.
ALASKA AFFAIRS WILL
BE IMPROVED, SAYS
GUGGEejjEIM' EX-AGENT
(TJnltPd Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, July is. Declaring
that the official, inquiry into the al
leged protection by Attorney .General
Wlokersham of the Morgan-Ouggenhelm
Alaska syndicate, which will be started
soon by the bouse Judiciary committee,
will end in the reorganization and lm-1
provement of Alaskan ariairs, H. j.
Douglas of San Francisco, formerly aud
itor and confidential agent of the Gug
genhelms is preparing today to go to
Washington a one of the leading wit
nesses at the hearing.
Douglas said the probe will Involve
Wall street men and others prominent
in the Taft administration. It was
Douglas who filed the affidavits and
evidence with Attorney General Wlck
ersham a year ago charging the syn
dicate with perjury and fraud.
Deploring the impression spread by
"the interests" that Alaska Is not able
to govern itself. Douglas Bald:
"The people of Alaska are as fit to
govern themselves as the people of any
other state or. territory. I have been
all over Alaska from the Arctio circle
to the Canadian line and I find them
a decent, law abiding set.
'There Is no open, lagallxed gamb
ling in Alaska today and there are no
wild dance halls or shameless districts
such as exist in most cities of the
United States. It Is a strong mAn's
country truly and the survival of the
fittest works out quickly. Men of viril
ity snd vitality and ocurage are there,
for they are the only men who can live
and brave climate. It Is outrageous to
say that the country is peopled with
gnufighters and gamblers."
300 BARONS-TO-BE GIVE
OF
Un)t1 Frew teie wtre.t
London. July 19. It wa unofficially
learned here today that the list of new
peers whose creation 1 Intended t
fore the Aacjuith government's veto
bill through the house of , lords baa
treen completed. 1
Three hundred barons-to-be are on
the list and the way In which each
will vote is said to have, been fully as
certained by the government. " '
1 . Takes Her Place In CelL ;3y
' : ''Unites t-m ta Wire,.. :;''",'
Chicago, July 19."Bhe' too good to
sleep In- Jail," said Salvatore Magliooa,
who whan told that hi wife was a
thief, confessed he was the culprit and
spent the night in' Jail. ; l developed
that neither wa guilty. ., .
DICK VAN
DENIES
WANTED WAS LAND
PROMISES
PP
Special Land Agent Lavin Ag
gressor in Personal En
counter With U. S. Attorney
McCourt and Chief Sharp.
BLOWS ARE RETURNED; :
LAVIN'S EYE INJURED
Agent Had Accused Officials
of Halting His Pro
motion. P
Believing that United States Attor- ...
ney&hn McCourt and Louts X. Sharp,
chiefof the United States land office, ,
were'in a conspiracy to prevent hla pro-
motion, James Patrick Lavin, a spe
cial agent of the land office, engaged
both in physical encounters In their of
flees, attacking Mr. McCourt Monday
afternoon and Sharp yesterday morning.
In both affairs Lavin came out tha '
worse for the wear.
Mr. McCourt was seated at his desk
In the federal building when Lavin at
tacked him, and before he could get up . ..
Lavin knocked off his glasses and cut -his
lip slightly. Mr. McCourt, thought
slight is quirk, and he Jumped over tha
desk and struck Lavin a blow In the -eye
that scattered blood over hi cloth-. .
ing and laid the special agent out on -the
floor.
Ken Are Separated.
Assistant United States Attorney Wal- 1
ter Evans and several others In ad
joining offices rushed Into the room
and separated McCourt and Lavin. Lav
in was taken out to a lavatory and tha ;
blood washed from his face and cloth- i
ing. But the fight- was not all out
of him yet and he attempted to renew 1
hostilities with Evans, kicking him sev- .
eral times, It la said, before he waa '
subdued.
Yesterday morning Lavin visited Mr. '
Sharp's office in the custom house and -renewed
the charge be had made :
against Mr. McCourt Ae Sharp waa ,
rising from his desk Lavin struck him.
Sharp hit Lavin in the eye again, re
opening the cut given him by Mr. -Mo-Court
the (Jay. before. The tight want
carried -spy further there, . howevert
It la said Lavin- Olssatisfeotion arose " 1
out of the belief that he has not been
promoted as rapidly as other, in tha
field service and that Sharp ' and Mc
Court had not paid attention enough
to cases he bad worked upon, in that
way injuring his record. ,
Timber Claim Case. V '
The particular case he wa grieved ,
about Is one Involving timber claim
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
T
Thomas Says Sugar Corpora
tion's Policy Is "Live and
Let Live." Tt
(United Prme Leased Wlre.1
New York, July 19. Resuming his
testimony before the Hard wick com
mittee of the house, which Is probing
the sugar trust. Presfflent Washington
B. Thomas today derrffedfcnat the Amer
ican Sugar ReflnlngCompany is a mo
nopoly and declared that Its policy had
always been "live and let live.",
Thomas vigorously denied the Inti
mation that a fair physical valuation of
the trust's property would not exceed
$40,000,000, although It lm paying divi
dends on 199,000,000.
"Even had the American Sugar Re
fining company Intended stifling com
petition through the formation of the
present trust," said Thomas,1 "it would
not have realized its ambition. In thia
respect the company 1 not a success."
Thomas went on to say that the truat
was formed to fortify the American
Sugar Refining company against com
petition, not to crush competition. He
said he believed congress could ,' pre
vent the building of trust If It for
bade the payment of all bonuses to the
companies which the trust absorb. -
Earlier in hi . examination, ' when
asked what a trust is, Thomas had said
he did not know. o '
4TH JERSEY CITY REJECTS
NEW COMMISSION PLAN
(United Press Leased Wlrat
Jersey City, July 19.Thls city today T
1 the fourth In the state to reject the v
commission form of government Com- . .,
plete returns today fro a yesterday'
election show a vote of 11.I8S for and
IS, 088 against' the plan. -
In The Sunday Journal
or July 23rd
FAIR MAID . OP BATH i 1
MOST PAMOrS SCMMEIVGIKL
" Fascinating story of-
tress . who became Mrs,
Richard Brinsley SherJdsn,
,, and whose - portraits s by
,t '-. v ' Gainsborough now eom
' . ' ..." mand $200,000. , .
ITALY'S wine oi'Trrr i v r
ONE FOURTH OF WORLD'S
, George ,W. Burtoo ".write
f '.lntereEjtlng'f travel'.," storv
';' , comparing vineyard -condt
tlons in Italy with tho 1
i . Taclflo "coafit.:
PRESIDENT
DENIES
RUST IS MONOPOLY