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Arizona arid New Mexico Are States Two Vancouver Bankers Plead.
Methodist Minister Shoots Himself '. Mysterious Death at Rock Pile
PRESIDENT SIGNS
STATEHOOD Bill;
RECALL OMITTED
; Taft Affixes Signature to
i Compromise Measure With
Two Most Important Pro
visions Eliminated.
MATTER OF ENTRANCE -
NOW UP TO TERRITORIES
nly Refusal' of Common
wealths to Accept Changes
Can Stop Admittance.
'United Pro ImwI Wtr.
Washington. Aug-. SI. President Taft
thl afternoon signed the bill admitting
Arizona and New -Mexico to statehood.
Only the refusal of the two territories
to comply with the conditions Imposed
by congress can now operate to prevent
them from enuring the union In about
three months.
Under the provisions of the bill New
Mexico mugt veto the proposal of mak
ing its constitution more susceptible to
amendment Arizona Is required to
eliminate the recall of Judges provision
from Its constitution.
These steps taken, the election of
state officers and congressmen must
then "be held.
TERRITORIES' STRUGGLE
TO BE TAKEN INTO UNION
CONTINUED FOR YEARS
(United Press Leased Wire
Washington, Aug. 21. Following la
the story briefly told of the long strug
gle of New Mexico and Arlsona for ad
mission to the union:
1848 Treaty of cesalon of New Mex
ico, than Including Arlsona, to the Uni
ted etrftes by Mexico was signed with
promises of speedy statehood.
1856 Convention aaaembled In Santa
Fe to formulate a constitution for the
state of New Mexico. It was , later
adopted by the voters, but congress re
fused to pass the necessary statehood
act, owing to the Clay compromise.
1863 Congress passed an act dlvid
Ing New Mexico and making Its western
half the territory of Arizona, until such
time as the people should "apply for
and obtain admission to the union as a
state."
1876 Both houses of congress passed
an enabling act for New Mexico and
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BLACK GHOST OF
T
SEEN FOR 2 WEEKS
Threat of Shooting Believed
to Have Diseouraaed Veiled
Apparition, 7 1-2 Feet Tall
and Dressed in black.
(Special te Til Joarnl.
Grants Paas, Aug.' 21. For over two
weeks now no one has seenthe strange
apparition that has beyi roaming the
streets of Grants Pass at nightly Inter
vals. When' It was permitted quietly
to become known that guns would be
next time ih wraith appeared the
masquerading Individual umjgmbtedly
decided It was time to quit;
But while the "Black ghost" was In. Its
heyday, there was excitement among
Grants -Pass women and among some
men. The apparition would appear gen
erally about midnight. It seemed Im
mensely tall In the warm moonlight
perhaps seven and one half feet. It was
dressed In female clothes, and wore a
neavy black veil. A six foot man wear
ing such a dress, however, and with,
thick soled shoes wquld appear at night
that tall, especially at a little distance.
Th dress was wholly black.
When anyone drew near the "black
ghost" it would flee precipitately. - Sev
eral persons claim to have pursued It to
the river, where they Bay It climbed
the high steel bridge and with a wild
shriek Jumped Into the water, disappear
ing without leaving a ripple on the sur
face. . ,
The first appearance was a month
RANTS M NO
I go, but other individuals say they saw
lythe same spectacle durlngr the next week.
J Others caught sight of the weird "thlnir
on the same nights - in different parts
,,of town., Timid people were greatly ex-,
i Cited. : ' ..,.. -
The favorite stamping ground wss tha
east since near Rogue river, where
the "ghost" had ready , access to .the
bridge , when pursued. Sometimes It
would run on all fours, ever the bridge
before disappearing.:,-',' . "WAt
80 many persons of Veraelty'cialm to
; have seen the "black ghost" that! no one
doubts its existence. . The cleverness
1 with which capture haa . fcein escaped
v has been remarkable. , At first city and
county- off lcera were noncommittal re
garding the phenomenon, but the i eye
witnesses became numerous enough, in
'.: make the situation public property two
A weeks ago, although no hint of it ' was
permitted to get to outslda papers.
"The Other Woman"
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Beautiful youngr Beulah Bfoford,
who will testify at the trial in
Richmond of Henry Clay Beattle,
charged with the murder of his
wife, which begins today.
BEAM. ON TRIAL
Young Virginia Banker, Ac
cused of Murdering Wife,
Pale and Nervous, but
Shows No Other Emotion.
(Halted Press Leased Wlra.)
Chesterfield Courthouse. Vs., Aug. Zi.
Henry Clay Beattle Jr., pale and
nervous, but otherwise showing no sign
of emotion, settled himself stolidly In
his chair beside an array of counsel in
the little courthouse hers today when
the court refused to grant a stay of
trial on the indlotment for the murder
of his wife, Mrs. Louise Wellford Owen
Beattle, on the Midlothian pike near
Richmond, July 18. i
The attorneys for' the defense uraed
a week's delay, but Judge Watson over
ruled tne motion. Beattle was called to
the bar of the court and his lawvera
moved to quash the Indictment. This
also was denied. Beattle then entered
his plea of not guilty.
01rl "s sot rrssent.
Beulah Blnford, the 17-year-old s-irl
who bore Beattle a son and for whose
sake he Is said to have killed his wife.
wag-not present The authorities, deem
ing her presenee unnecessary, left her
in the Henrico county Jal!.-
The crowd inside and out of the tiny
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DELEGATES TO
Y V
SEEMS TO-EHJOY
GRIM SENSATION
jriSfsiAilf siii-' -torn
mf f 'a m m.
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REV. JOHN REEVES
IIDE
Pendleton, Or., Minister Gets
Poorer and Poorer; Finally,
Too Proud to Accept Aid, He
Kills Himself.
TRUEWIFE, ONCE RICH,
STICKS LOYALLY BY HIM
While She Gets Breakfast So
He Can Go to Work Early,
He Gives All Up.
' n . sPc'"l to The Journal.)
Pendleton, Or., Aug. 21 Supposed to
have been despondent over the diffi
culties of providing for-himself and
family. Rev. John Reeves, a well known
Methodist Episcopal South- minister of
this city, this morning about 5:30 O'clock
placed a revolver to his head nnri wuih
himself, death resulting instantaneously.
wm iouna nair an hour later by
his wife in the woodshed, where he had
fallen. He leaves three young children
by his present wife and four grown
sons by a former marriare.
whom, DeGarrls Reeves. Is nrlnclnal
if the Vancouver. Wash., high school,
and two others of whom live In Seattle.
Rev. Mr. Reeves had risen early to
take the train to Weston, his old home,
where he intended to solicit Hf i.
surance. His wife was preparing break
fast at the time of the suicide, but the
report of the revolver was muffled and
she thought nothing of the sound.
neeves recent life had been romantic.
J, tbf pMt 80 yar he has been-
minister. At ona.tlmV he was presiding-elder
of the Kentucky conference.
His f second marriage was with the
daughter of a wealthy family of the
Blue Grass lUttmtvintMi h.
Wlshea of the bride's
after bs came to Oregon and was pastor
two years at Weston and three veara
ago came here. The local M. E. church
south had become extinct and he had
no pastorate, but frequently supplied
In the Methodist and Presbyterian nul-
plts and sold life insurance.
He became poorer and poorer, hut
would not receive "charity from the
Masons, of which he was a member, or
from the church; His wife stood by
him loyally, though her parents had of
fered her a home for herself and family
If she would come back to them.
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BYCOSTO FUHK
BQTTS HIS BRAINS OUT AGAINST WALLS
OF DUNGEON AT UNION ROCKPILE
Perry M. Barker, aged 62 years, son
of a prominent Oregon pioneer, Hiram
Barker, was found dead this morning
in a dungeon at the Llnnton rock pile,
where the man had been thrown last
night after an unsuccessful attempt to
compel htm to keep to his bed. Bar
Iter butted his brains out against the
concrete walls of the cell, it is be
lieved. Barker, who is well to do, but
who haa been dissipating for yar, was
sent to the rock pile on August 18 for
10 days on a drunk and disorderly
charge. Since going there he has suf
fered considerably from delirium tre
mens and last night became violent
Night Watchman Oustsvson put him
In the dungeon witn nothing but his
R0TARIAN CONVENTION
Group of Rotarian visitors and members of reception committee who accorded
R0TAR1S OPEN
MEETING; MERRY
SONGS RING OUT
City's Guests-Made Joyfur by
Matchless Day and Glad
Welcome, Give Vent to Hap
piness Within Them.
SESSION PRESIDED OVER
BY PRESIDENT HARRIS
Waldemar Seton Gives Ad
dress as Representative
of Mayor.
The gates of Portland swung open
their widest this morning, giving en
trance to the winged rotary wheel.
So much did the spirit of exuberant
good fellowship communicate from bril
liant day to enthusiastic people that
when Waldemar Seton, representing
Mayor Rushlight, made the address of
welcome to the National Association of
Rotary Clubs of America, meeting in
the convention hall of the commercial
club, he said ha had no key of the city
to offer the delegates, because for their
coming all doors are opened and the
city Is at their disposal.
C. C. Chapman, speaking for the state
of Oregon, followed, saying that for the
first time in August In five years. 'the
smoke veil that usually hides .the moun
tains from the olty had been lifted, that
rain had fallen especially to clear th
view for Rotarians and that they misht
iook ana see witn crystalline clearness,
silver peaked Mount Rainier, domed St.
Helens and Adams, and Mount Hood.
the mountain of personality, the pride
or Oregon. , -
Delegates Arrive.
President 'Fattl' .'fWarrta. "presiding
over me meeting, saia tnat it was such
prospect of welaoma and enjoyment that
had won ror Portland the big convention
when the other large cities of the United
States were fighting for It.'
several hundred delegates came to
Portland this morning from Seattle and
Tacoma, having come from the cities of
the east and middle west via special
train on the Canadian Pacific. They
were greeted not only by a large re
ception committee from tha strong Port
land Rotary club, but also by the dele-
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undershlrt
tlon.
and a blanket for protec-
At t o'clock this , morning when a
guard called at the cell, Barker's body
was found lying on the floor of the
cement cell, with blood covering his
body and his skull crushed In. His
body was . covered from head to foot
with bruises, and bears evidence of
having been frightfully beaten.
lag,uiry Ordered. '
As the result of bis death, a thor
ough investigation will be conducted
by Deputy Coroner Dunning to determ
ine whether or not the bruises wers
self inflicted, and to place the' blame
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
NEED NO KEYS TO PORTLAND BECAUSE ALL DOORS ARE
Sister of Colonel
st
Wishes She Were
Miss Kathexine Force, who wishes she were "a man" to punish the
critics of the Astor Forcd cnion. Miss Farce, who Is a sister of
Madeline Talmage Force, the fiancee of Colonel John. Jacob Astor,
'declares that tho Rev. Mr. Richmond's calling alone protects him
from "other than legal action."
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(tJaltej rreii tead Wire.)
Falrfield.vConn., Aug. 21. Mrs. Force
and dftugbtec Katherlne, mother and ls -
ler 01 Maaeune r orce, riancee or co;o-
(bnlted Freas Leased
Paris, Aug. 21. That
Wtrat
race suicide
has been of Incalculable value to
France in bringing about both material
and educational prosperity Is the con
tention made by the officials and lead
ers of tho Malthuslan society of France,
which opened its annual convention here
today.
France, with the lowest birth rate of
any civilized nation, Is now, 'and for
cars has been, it la asserted, the rlch-
st country In the world,, proportionate
with its population. According to Ed-
thond Thery, the. noted political econo
mist, the total of the combined pri
vate fortunes of France was $12,800,--000,000
In 1848. At the present time
the total stands at 157.456.400,000. and
the gain in wealth has been far ahead
of the Increase In population.
If the private wealth of the republic
were distributed each of the 39.278,080
Inhabitants, men, women and children,
would bo worth 11.462. Counting
four to a family this would give
each French family a fortune
of 1S.848. No other nation ap
proaches these figures, nor Is there
any other country In which wealth Is
as evenly dlvldoU as In France. Swol
gnests rousing reception.
MUSIS ASSERT RAGE SUICIDE
HAS MADE FRANCE RICHEST COUNTRY
'
J.. J. Astors Fiancee
St .V t st st st
Man to Punish Critics
inel John Jacob Astor, left today for
I Asnury Park. Thev will ioln the eartv
( now cruising off the coast la Astors
I yacht.
len fortunes In the republic are - few
and extreme povertyprevalls to, a much
lesser extent than In any other land.
The disciples of Malthus attribute all
this to the limitation of population
urged by the great English' economist
Within the last decade, worklngmen
as well as the middle class have be
come converted to the doctrine of race
suicide and as a rule have only from
one to three children. With tha popu
latlon remaining almost stationary and
the increased wealth, which amounts
to about 8554.000,000 yearly, being dis
tributed pretty equally, . the . material
advantages of race suicide are appar
ent, its advocates say.
While the birth ratehas decreased,
government statistics show that the
rate of infant , mortality has more than
correspondingly decreased. Illiteracy It
practically non-existent In' France.
With fewer children, better car and
better education result
President Taft Will Lay Cornerstone.
(United Prem Leiied Wire.)
Washington, Aug. 21. President Taft
today accepted an invitation to lay tha
cornerstone of the new Oakland (Cal.)
city hall, thus .clinching his Intention to
go west this fall.
OPEN TO THEM
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PHILLIPS, DANIELS,
ARRAIGN
ED TODAY
T GUILTY
Neither President No7Cashier
of Defunct Commercial
Bank Has an Attorney; Case
Comes in October.
CHARGE IS TAKING MONEY
INTO AN UNSOUND BANK
One Depositor Is Woman Who
Mortgaged Home to Help
Consumptive Son.
(Specisl to Tti Joornal.)
Vancouver, Wash.. Au. Si Presi
dent H. C. PhilllDS and ruhl n txr
Daniels of the defunct Commercial hanfe
of Vancouver, which closed Its doors on
December 19, mo, owing depositors
epproximately 1385,000. were formsllv
arraigned In superior court at 10 o'clock
this morning, and each entered a plea of
noi guuty. neither was represented br
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an attorney. Their cases will be ealled '
at the October term of tL superior
court.
Each was charged with havin re-
celved deposits In an unsound and un
safe banking institution which he knew
or ha.d Mason to believe was unsafe and
unsound. One charge is of . receiving
11581.10 from Mrs. Marv K. Hamilton .
on December 1, 1J10, three days before
me DanK closed.
Mrs. Hamilton's horns Is at aio
Ninth; street In Vancouver. About 10
minutes before closing time on Friday,
December 18 1910, accordlnr to Mrs.
Hamilton, she deposited 81581.10 In the
bank, the money being the proceeds of
anngai,jwhJclV aha MdLjplaced an .
her city , horn at the corner of Ninth
and Park streets, the, money being -
raisea 10 taae car or a son 20 years
old. who was at the time In a hospital In
Albuquerque, N. M., suffering from
tuberculosis.
The other complaint was made by
W. M. Farrell, who deposited $800- in
gold In the Institution on December 16.
1910.
Informations In tha case were filed
in the superior court on July 15, 1911.
and on the same data Phillips and Dan
iels were arrested. Thay were released
on $10,000 bail each, and these bonds
will be allowed to stand till the final
trial in October.
BRITISH UNIONS
THREATEN A NEW
RAILROAD STRIKE
Labor Leaders Charge That
the Railroad Companies Are
Breaking Faith by Discrim
inating Against Some Men.
(United Prim UaM4 Wlr. .
Liverpool, Aug. 21. The lockout of
the dock workers here was settled to
night and the men were ordered to re
turn to work Immediately. With th
difficulties of the railway employes al
reaay adjusted ana the dock men now
resuming work, the general strike Is
believed 10 be at an end In Liverpool.
More than BO vessels have heen in
the harbor for the last 10 days waiting
to be unloaded. Atlantic liners are
continuing to leave port as rapidly as
they are coaled and provisioned. , ,
(United Prene Lim4 Wire.)
London, Aug. 21. Charging that the
railroad companies are breaking faith.
by discriminating against some of the -
sinners, secretary Thomas or the Rail
way Employes' association today threat
ened a renewal of the strike unless the
companies' promises of Impartial rein
statement are fulfilled to the letter.
The government, is expected to force
adherence to the agreement by the com
panies, however, and It is believed there
Is little danger of further hostilities.
Thousands of men returned to work
today. Only employes of , the North
eastern railroad are refusing to resume,
asserting that the agreement does not
cover their union, and demanding a
weekly wage of $5.50 for an eight hour
day. ' - - , . " ,,
TJha victory of the railway workers is
expected to - encourage employes along s
other lines. Street car men already
are reported to bs secretly voting On a
strike proposition -' ' t'AAA':.. ''';
Liverpool, Aug. 21. Railroad em
ployes will return to work, here tomor- ,
row and It is expected that tha dock"
workers' trouble will be settled speedily.'
, Food conditions In the city has 1m-'
proved ' greatly ' and r a general f eeljr.g
of optimism, prevails. & :-, yv.'v
The Atlantic ' liners , Celtic arid Car
onla sailed last night and-vOther ships,
delayed A by A the strika ' difficulties, f
weighed anchor this morning. . - 4
The deckworkera at Hull art reported
as preparing to strike and a cruiser has
keen . dispatched , to guard the hsrrir
there. " Carters aod freight handlers nt
Manchester tortiy had not resumed i,r
and additional troops are on th tr-oi...!
to help prevent further riottng.
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