I "v. . s EMPLOYER; AND EMPLOYE- ! Cm The' Journal Want i . Column; M ; , ' splendid : advantage. They - are assured , , "quick action'' at a minimum expense. ' ' Th weatherFaJr ;tpdy wlth ' '. northwesterly winds. , ---' J;,.v The Sunday Journal OOIKTBIKBS ' 6 Sections 68 Pages VOL'.VIItr NO. 17. PORTLAND, i OREGON, SUNDAY, MORNING, JULY. 23, -1911 PRICE i FIVE I CENTS i :', SB' TWO TO ONE MAJORITY CARRIES RECIPROCITY;! AMERICA'S PART DONE - Leading Battleship in Naval War Game on Atlantic and Fleet Commander FOR EST MUCH PROSPERITY - .MMSJSSSJSJSJgflSJSJSJSJS NORM Revival of Lumber Industry: Will Follow Harvesting of j Wheat, Belief of Bankers and Lumbermen. v CROPS ARE BIGGEST IN COUNTRY'S HISTORY Every Other Line of Business to Show Improvement . Within Short Time. . Bankers, lumber manufacturers and railroad men of Portland believe that the. next sis months will show marked Improvement In business conditions In the northwest and that the banner wheat I xtop and. the excellent condition of other lrops thj-oughout the country Insure a vi in lumorri inauairy mil means great prosperity for Portland and the northwest generally. Reports from .the wheat crop show that It will be the largest In the history of this part of the country. This means that the railroads will be taxed to their capacity to carry the wheat to tidewater and the flouring mills. The pries of wheat lp now .excellent, with every In dication that It will remain high enough to net the farmers a good profit. This will not only bring money into the banks but will have a marked effect. It is believed. In reviving the lumber la dustry, which has been In an unsatisfac tory condition the first six months of the year. ? Increase la Building. Reports received by lumbermen In Portland Indicate' that the stocks of lumber toerng carried toy retail yards all over th ' country are unusually , low. As soon as the .farmers "reectv their crop money there will be a great in crease in building, according to the, Invariable) rule, which of eourse, will soon have Its good effect on the manu facturing , nd of the lumber business. Portland mills era now -carrying from 20 to 40;per.cent less stock on hand than theyjs'ere the first of the year. : Betterment of conditions in the lum ber market would soon result in very great' improvement in all lines In the northwest. During the first six months s th year the lumber. bustasssMtai ' practically, me oniy one tnst mad an unsatisfactory f showing, according to Dun's reports. A revival of the lumber business, npon which so many phases of Portland's prosperity depend, would be followed Jmmedltaely by even great er Improvements In all other lines, it is believed. Charles A. Coolldge, general manager of the Spokane ft Inland Empire rail- (Continued on Page Ten.) IColted PreM Leimd WtrO New York. July 22. While Sixth ave. nue. Just, ssuth of Fourteenth street, was Jammed with shoppers tonight, robbers drove up ' la a tatlcab, broke open a show window, seized a tray of valuable diamonds and, when an at tempt was made to stop them, shot and instantly killed Otto Stein, aged 40 years, a clerk, In the store they had Just robbed. They escaped. From the confused stories the police were able to gather there were' either two or three men in. the robbery. '4 TAXICAB ROBBERS KU. CLERK WHO INTERFERES Prepares For Final Fight l For Extradition of Wilde District Attorney Comer' on Wires For Oregon Authorities in Case District Attorney Cameron, who has found numerous barricades in his path la trying to secure the extradition from California of Louis J. Wilde on a charge of embecsliog funds of the Oregon Trust A Savings bank.has not given up the fight, but will make an other attempt td hurdle the obstruc tions tomorrow. ' ; i.Thls was- Indicated yesterday afternoon- when a telegram was received by Oeputy District Attorney Page, direct ing the latter . to muster all the an thoritles possible and forward them in . time to reach Cameron at San Fran cisco tomorrow. - Cameron confirmed the news dispatches to the effect .that , Governor Johnson has virtually turned the matter over to the attorney-general of California, giving Cameron the task of convincing Attorney-General Webb that embetxlement is the proper charge to be brought against Wilde. . '. , ; , tare : ef Legal aronnds. (- ' ' VT. Pdvn14 itinnimMil t tliif hft' will jlorego his Sunday rest today to , dig Lout authorities to strengthen the case against Wilde. He hopes to be able to find a case' practically parallel. He asserts there Is no question as to the embezzlement charge being Justified .. by the transaction in. which Wilde is in volved. At the same time. ' he , ex presses no great confidence In the out come, feeling that 'the San Diego bank en is firmly fortified politically and imanciauy in mi new nome. "I consider the law' clear upon , the question of embesslemsnV'-r said r Mr. Page, "The Oregon statute covers the acts committed by Wilder. - j u "The testimony in possession of the state-tends to show that the 190,000 withdrawn from the ban Crgcgh the consent and connivance otWT Cooper I orris was pa)d to Wilde -an4' subse- - iS-iA-r: ;.- Rear Admiral Hugo PER CAPITA COST $1 .62 ANNUALLY Claus A. Spreckels Tells Con gressional Investigators the rif r oh ugar tr Colstly and Unnecessary. (Br tlit Intereatienat Wewe grvlee.t New York, July 22. The' sugar bounty caused the revolution in Ha waii that resulted .In the downfall of the monarchy there. "Wherever there Is sugar there Is trouble." Claus A. Spreckels, head of the Fed eral Refining company of Yonkers, the bi Kites t If hot the finly Yemalnlngicom oetitor of the sugar trust, nowunder Investigation by a special committee of the national house of representatives, told the investigators this today. Mr. Spreckels has fought the giant com bine at every turn since his father, who laid the foundation for the ram ily's great fortune as a sugar refiner on the Pacific .coast, was Induced by Henry O. Havemeyer and John E. Searles . to pool his Interest with the trust's a few years after that or ganisation was launched In 1887. In pursuing ruggedly his own course he even has severed business relations with his brother, John D. Spreckels, now being charged with .being allied With the trust in California. What Surax Tariff Costs. During the course of his examine tlon, which-oonsumed the entire session (Continued on Page Nina) ste neon Louis J,' Wilde. quently divided between Morris ' and Wild. ;; :- . ", : :- '-. Oossplraey Alloyed. -;i v ' . "The testimony will also tend .' to show that the money-was paid over by rea son of a conspiracy between Wilde and Morris for th specific purpose of di viding .the spoils. 1 If : these facts are shown,': the' embesslement wa dona by Morris in' pursuance of ' a ' conspiracy with "Wilde. . :..',"'..'' ,.'v.,vV'':,-'' 1 "8uch a conspiracy being established, the Oregon .statutes make" the acces sory guilty as the" ., principal." -Both must stand An the same ' footing'. The evidence Is such that we believe the a it I f - - kr'1 Ct " ii'i. a Ett Jf 'v - (Continued on page Six.) Ai)ff'fff'.i ' urf"8!! tt-vu . iriTiiirm-mtTTr-rrri--r-r-r,-irr-iTrr nn :j m iirnrnri ti Vt vr ' - 1 1 :5r:.. .r- . rmnir-....&im3 Osterhaus, commanding the naval maneuver fleet In Atlantic waters and the ACCUSEO OF MURDERING HIS WIFE BEATTIE CALMLY STRUMS GUITAR Young Virginia Banker Sits in Prison Cell, Smoking Cigar ettes and Playing Softly to Himself, While Girl who , Won Him Years Ago, and for Whom He Is Charged ' With Committing CtfmkSllsLto Adjoining Ward.-. (United iteu VtutA Wtr. Richmond. ,Va, July 22. Three cells In the Richmond Jail tonight sheltered the three living principals in the state of Virginia against the slayer of Louise Owens Beattle, the belle of Manchester. Henry Clay Beattle, Jr., husband of the murdered girl, tonight thumbed his guitar and smoked his incessant cigar ette. behind a barred door, branded by the coroner's Jury this afternoon as his wire s murderer. ' 1 Cousin Held ' as Witness. A few cells away his cousin. Paul D. Beattle, meditated in a state of nervous collapse on the part he played in the tragedy, following his confession that he bought for the husband of the mur dered woman the shotgun with which Mrs. Beattle was killed on the lonely Midlothian road. Paul was held today In default of SS000 bond, which he could not furnish, as a witness. Across in the corridor In the woman's section of the Jail Beulah Blnford the other woman sobbed herself to sleep, grieving In her love for Henry Clay Beattle. Jr.. who brought both to Jail. The 17-year-old girl-mother of Beat- tie's Illegitimate son Is also held as a witness in 85000 bond. Five miles out in the woods. In s sriuurb of Manchester, Henry Clay J STRUGGLE TO FREE MURDERER SON Hopeful That New Superin tendent of Asylum Will Give Her Custody of Harry, She Strives Anew. x Waited PreM Leatwd WIre. Flshkill Landing, N. Y.. Julv 22. Determined to make another effort to get custody of her son Harry, Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw of Pittsburg, mother Of Stanford White's slayer, resumed her residence here today. Another Suner- Intendent of the Mstteawan asylum for the criminal. Insane to replace Dr. Lamb, resigned, Is to be tamed during the next week. AS soon as he assumes his duties Mrs. Thaw will ask for an other examination of her son, ss she be lieves he Is now sane. She will offer. if be is relessed in her custody, to en gage a guard to accompany him at all times. Mrs. Thaw Insisted this evening that she has given up everything . but her charitable work to make one last des perate fight for Harry's freedom. 'Harry Is patient and is, displaying splendid courage," she said, "and w are both hopeful that the change In the administration of this prison, for prison it is, will work out for his benefit. Our plans are being completed now, ' but premature publicity might defeat us." When she was asked whether Harry and his wife, Evelyn, who skved . him from ith chair by her terrible t -self - condemning story on jthe witness stand, had patched up their differences, Mrs, Thaw saldr "v 'j v '.-.':, ? ;,; "When she testified at White Plains that she feared if Harry secured his freedom tie might kill her, .Harry said she was dead to him.' So she Is dead to the entire family. W hold no com myftlsaUoo wlta hsr,",, , , t , MRS HAW 0 PENS ' (Photographs by International News Service; Seattle, fr., father of the man charged with murdering his wife, bowed his gray head from shame at his son's plight, while . two miles further out on the lonely Midlothian road the 6-week-old child of Henry Clay Beattle, Jr.,. sobbed in vain for the soothing arms of the mother, whose mutilated, blood-soaked body was brought home by her husband Tuesday night. The climax of the crime, which hss stirred the aristocracy of Virginia to its depth, came when the coroner's Jury which for two days has heard testi mony In the case returned late this afternoon a verdict declaring that "Louise Owen Beattle came to her (Continued on Page Nina) Madman Kills Motorman and Two Women Three Wom en Are Hurt by Jumping. Totted Pre wr.t North Adams, Mass.. July 22. Crared by drink, Fablo Talloa ran amuck on a crowded street car tonight, killing G. E. Hoj't, the motorman, Mrs. C .Hall of North Adams and Miss Eta Efler. Three other women were badly injured by Jumping from the car, while a number of others received slight hurts. Talloa beat down two other men with his revolver before being captured and It required the police reserves to keep the crowd rrom lynching him. Hoyt was shot down at his controller and the next two shots killed the two women. Talloa boarded the car at a switch and passed through to the front vesti bule. Hoyt, the motorman, asked him If he wanted to get off the car. With out replying Talloa pulled a pistol from his pocket, pressed It against the stom ach of the motorman and fired. As Talloa turned loose his pistol into the crowded car, Arthur W. Cross, the con ductor, hurried forward and . grappled with him. Talloa felled him and Jumped into the street. Before Cross could ap ply the brakes, the terrified women and children began Jumping. HEAT AND NOISY TRAMS COMBINE ' TO DEPRIVE GATES OF NEEDED REST (tlr tilt' Introtlmal News 8errlr. Paris, July 22. The oppres sive heat of the psst few days together with the rumbling noise Of the underground rail way which runs by the Hotel Maurice, have deprived John W. dates, the American millionaire,, of much needed bleep and have not tended to' the bettering of his general condition. Mr. Gates la at' times much agitated and nervous and his sitting up so frequently is a re sult , of ; this nervousness and ; does . hot' denots , Improvement. While the" Gates family is optlm Istio over the outcome of the case, ; the physicians are not so confident. They ssy tonight that he could not be pronounced out of danger for set eral days. . .,- Hi RUNS AMUCK IN CAR Copyright by Enrique Mueller.) flagship Connecticut. VOTE INDICATES u HAVE TEXAS ELECTION Incomplete Returns Show An :tl; Saloon Forces la Lead by Narrow MarginResult Not Determined. (Culted Preia Leased Wire.) Austin, Texas, July 23 (Sun day) With Incomplete returns tfrom all sections of the state at 2 o'clock this morning, indi cations point to the anti-saloon forces carrying Texas for statewide prohibi tion, by a majority of from 15,000 to 20,000. Late returns materially changed the outlook at midnight, when indications pointed to a "dry" major ity, ranging from 20,000 to 40,000. The pendulum of results, which early in the evening pointed to a "wet" victory, later changing to an ntl-saloon tri umph, sgain swung In the direction of the "wets" early today, but It is not believed the change will be sufficient to sweep the state Into the "wet" col umn. Late reports from southern Texas counties Indicate that th dry lead is now about 6000. It Is estimated that about 480,000 votes were cast at today's election. Early returns from the large cities of the state Indicated that the wets had won. (Continued on Page Nine.) KELLEY, FORGIVEN, RETURNS TO WIFE, PAST FORGOTTEN Leaves Beautiful Wife of Bank Clerk Henry in California But Has Not Reckoned With Henry's $100,000 Suit. (Spei itl to Tbe Journal Seattle Wash.. July 22. Broken In health and .spirits and somewhat re duced in bank accounts, S. Foster Kel ley, formerly a well known Seattle banker, who eloped to Kan Francisco with the beautiful young wife of Al bert J. . Henry, a bank clerk, lias re turned to his home In this city and has , been forgiven by his wife. He came back about a week ago and hid himself from former friends and bus iness associates. He Is now at the Kelley home, 1116 Queen Anne avenue, but Is incommunicado. He absolutely refuses' to see reporters or to answer the telephone, while his wife is equally firm in her refusals to persistent re quests for a statement. . , 9100,000 Bolt, still rending. From friends of the former rich and influential banker, - however, state ments were obtained indicating that, after- considerable correspondence, sn agreement was reached, between Mrs. Kelley and her erring spouse to forget the' past and to, settle their property Interests , on terms satisfactory to the Injured wife.,; A r part of the Kelley fortune,., once- estimated at 8150.000, Is ssld to be - intact, but neither , of tbe Kelleys has informed their friends as to the present financial standing of the ex-banker, or his ability: to resist the suit . for 'J100.QOO. damages , for aliena tion of 'affections brought against him by Albert J. Henry. - l ,' ? - :' .No society scandal ; in : all .Seattle's history excited more ' comment- : than . (.Continued on;- Page Twa . rs WON TREATY MEASURE T A FIGHT Canadian Pact Bill Slides Through Upper Branch With No Hitch in Prearranged PlanAmendments Lost. Chronology of Bsciproelty. January 7, 1811. Canadian re- ciproclty representative arrived. January 8 to -1. Reciprocity negotiated In sessi in. January 20. President Taft sends agreement to senate. January 28. McCall, Repuhll- can. Introduced reciprocity bill. February 14. Passed house, 221 to 93. For Republicans, 78; 4 Democrats, 143. Against Re- publicans, 87; Democrats, 66. March 4. Senate adjourned without action. April 4. Congress convened In extra session to ratify agree- ment April 12. Democratic Leader Underwood introduced bllL April 21. Passed house, 187 to 4 89. For Republicans, (4; Demo- 4 crats, 203. Against Republl- 4 cans, 78; Democrats. It. April 24 Senate finance com- mlttee received house bllL June 18. Finance committee reported without recommenda- tion. June 14. Senate debate began. 4 June 26. Senate defeated Root amendment.to bill. July 12. Passsd senate, 81 to 27. For (Including pairs) Re-. 4 publicans, 20; Insurgent Rspub- 4 llcans, 3; Democrats, ,85. Agatnst Republicans, 16; Jn- surgent Republicans, ioj Demw' crats, 8. By John Temple Graves. (By the International Neve Service.) Washington, July 22. Kvery element of nature and of grace smiled today upon the final passage of reciprocity. After the storms of yesterday, fierce and vivid ss the debates were upon the bill, followed the calm of the tranquil morn of consummation. The breeze came from the north Canadaward. The atmosphere was glowing as with the warmth of international good will and the sky so recently overcast with clouds. was as clear and as tender a blue as ever the sunshine of prosperity came shim mering through. It was 10:58 o'clock by the postofflce clock, 10:69 o'clock by the clock in the press gallery and 11 o'clock sharp by the piece of machinery facing the vice president when James S. Sherman called the senate to order. Senators Are Mastered. At 11:20 a demand for a quorum mus tered 78 lagging senators to their seats. At 11:26 McCumber, the blonde giant of North. Dakota, offered his first a free list amendment And at 11:30 McCumber had been voted down by 64 to 16. At 11:31 Knute Nelson of Minne sota marched Into the open amendment fieiM tor grains and farm products and win Chas. T. Weymann Wins First Flight in Great Aviation Event American Birdmdn Flies 20 Miles in 14 Min utes, 17 Seconds (CotUd Press Tsed Wire. London, July 22.-11 initial stage of what promises to be one of the most interesting aviation events ever held was covered today when 16 aviators, representing half a dosen countries, flow from Brooklands to Hendon. the first leg of the 1010 miles circuit race of England and Scotland for the prize of $5Vf00 offered by the London Dally Mail. The tremendous speed of C. T. Wey mann. the only American entrant and winner of the International cup. who covered the 20 miles in 14 minutes and 17 seconds, was the feature of today's 'flights. Weymann made a particularly quick; ascent, but reached only a short dis tance when he found that he had for gotten his map of the course. He Im mediately got under way again; and his Kteport monoplane shot away like an arrow, maintaining a speed of about 85 miles an hour. , r our Machines Smashed at Start. Fifty thousand people witnessed the. start of the blrdmen at Brooklands, and more than 80.000 gave them. a roar of welcome as they . alighted at Hendon, Andre Beaumont wa the first to start, snd the first to arrive, at Hendon. He ascended at 4 o'clock, the terrific heat and a stiff wind having caused a post ponement of the start for one hour. At Intervals of a. few minutes the, other aviators took wing; and the first stage of the long circuit which will take in the principal cities In England and Scotland was completed s without" any serious mishaps,'; Four machines -were smashed In the starting, two of them falling a distance of 60 feet, but none of the pilots was hurt,;; -v.;-;-m;-.- Jules yedrlnes; pinner of the Paris TAFT AND LAURIER RECIPROCITY By William H. Taft, President of the United States. "The whole country ; farmer, manufacturer, railroad company,. middleman all will be the gainer. . Certainly with respect to corn. . the American farmer is king, and ' will remain so. The advantages we ' give the Canadian farmer will not hurt our farmer; for the price will! remain the same, but by patronis ing our elevators, our flour mills., our rsllroada. he will secure admla-' slon to the world's markets at lees cost to himself, while w will se cure ' the advantages Of increased tr.de for our clavatorai our mills. our railroads and our commission fl 1 HIV". By Sir Wilfred Laurier, Premier of Canada. , "I am more convinced that reci procity will be a good thifcg for this,' country and the united States, and therefore I am prepared to go be fore the country on the sound and reasonable treaty we have made with our neighbors. "My earnest hope Is that the year 1914 will witness, a fitting celebra tion In honor" of 'the 100 years of peace between Great Britain and Canada and the United States and I trust and believe the friendly re lations now existing will never be disturbed. at 11:40 E8 senators had assisted In the obsequies of Senator Nelson. Simmons of North Carolina ' with a ' siae giance at oatiey, sauea in wiis nia plea for fresh meats and flour and cerecJs at 11:28. Little Simmons wss buried softly at' 11:60 by the usual or gan chant of IS to 64. Then Cummins smilingly presented an amendment on Iron and steel and an other on oilcloth and linoleum. Somebody in the senate gars Cum- ' mins an extra vote for ; his winning ' smile, but the usual epitaph of 17 to 64 was written upon? the great insure, gent's smile, . . s;is,..w:i: ';"!) " Toilette " Meet .'' Defeat, " Then La Follett. the ' Leviathan of anti-reciprocity aent forward those far- famed amendments on the wool schedule and cotton schedule for which the sen ate has waited, and the people have -wilted for weeks., And with unruffled serenity the senate sat upon him, 64 to 15 and 63 to 15. V La Follette then ' offered a strange and apparently propitiatory amendment, making wood pulp and print paper free. (Continued on Page Ten.) (United Pre Letted Wtrt.t Washington, July 22.-In high: grood humor and With elation of victory won after a four months' fight for red--proclty. President Taft left Washing ton early this svenlng for a two days' vacation at Beverly. ' Secretary Hlllee and Major Butt, the president's aide, were the only compan ions of the president on the trip. Sec retary HUles left the train at Newark, N. J.. to spend two days with his family. Senator Penrose, ( Rep. r Pa.) rode as as far as Philadelphia and discussed the reciprocity contest.- . ; .N. Mil Charles T. Weymann, aviator. Madrid race, next, t, Weymahri,' male the best time.' Ho revered the 29 mile in 19 minutes and "4$ seconds. This la the second time tit two years that the Dally Mall has of fur ml a prtr.u of 50,00 for the "advancement of tt.e science; of . ay la tion, .,1. . '..s . TAFT, IN HIGH SPIRITS, GOES ON 2-DAY VACATION inX If Vyr ' fCv ' 'V.J'- ' ly'