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ill salable property readily u4 makes All good property salable, -VTAXV ADS" 0OIT BUT UTT&E. Weather Fair tonight and Bun- ' day; not bo warm; northerly winds. t a: VOL.?C. NO. 148. i PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST; 26, 1911 TWO SECTIONS, 20 PAGES PRICE TWQ CENTS gyjrg Mat Succeed Wilson WASHINGTON VOTE IS SOUGHT BY TAFT; GirdledWorldin40Days Bought Gun for Cousin SEWER DISTRICT IS ENLARGED; PEOPLE Z w - FALLS WITH CROWD; RACERS SPEED ON TO II .xry. ' II Sr::::::::::::::::::::: Si I" ELGIN GRANDSTAND R1V HEADS CIBIETOKH MEN'SFEDERATION HIS CHANCES SLIM AV NO 1 V Stopped for Moment When Section of Seats Collapses, Burying Multitude in Debris, Speed Maniacs Start Anew. 300 CUT AND CRUSHED? FOUR SERIOUSLY HURT Two Women Whose Legs , Were Broken by Fall, May Die. (United Pre. LeaMd Wirt.) Elgin, 111., Aug. 26. As the first car In the National trophy flashed past the Judge's stand on the first lap today a long section of the western end of a temporary grandstand collapsed, bury ing 500 persons in Its debris. Instantly there, was a wild panic and thousands of spectators from other por tions of the stands rushed on the track in the path of tho speeding automo biles. Soldiers with bayonets and deputies with clubs quickly drove the crowd back, though hundreds of them were in danger, as the cars dashed through their ranks until Starter Wagner flagged them rnd called off the race. A few minutes later the race was re sumed while the hospital ambulances were still on the course removing the injured. More than 300 persons were cut, bruised and crushed, and four were seri ously injured when the stand went down. Two women, whose legs were broken may die. The others injured were able to return to their homes soon af ter they had received their first aid. Order Quickly Bsstored. Order was quickly restored, though a great show of violence was made in so doing. Soldiery vith clubbed rifles beat back the crowds. Interfering with the work of rescue. Deputies smashed newspaper, cameras and clubbed report ers. Chief Justice Olsen of the municipal court at Chicago, his wife and child were among those injured in the col lapse. The extent of their injuries was not known. Mrs. Robert Noble of F.lKin was seri ously hurt, and Mrs. Ray Graham, a daughter of United States Senator Wil liam Lorimer, Was injured. It is reported her condition Is criti cal. She was at once placed in a prl- (Continued on Page Three.) Steamer Alice Strikes Reef in Dead of Night; All but One Lifeboat Reaches Shore and Safety. ' (Cnltad Pran Leiwd WIre.t Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 26. Eleven persons perished as a result of the wreck of the steamer Alice, which left here a week ago bound for Bluefields, Nicaragua, according to reports received today. The vessel was wrecked in the middle of the night by striking Viva Neuva reef off Nicaragua. Officials of the Union Fruit com pany are reported to be among the pas sengers who took to open boats. All but one lifeboat reached the shore, and in this one survivors say that 11 lives were lost. Washington, Aug. 26. Senator Bourne yesterday held conference- with the chief o engineers, General Blxby, who approved the Willamette locks project and expects to submit the same to the secretary of war today. Acting Secre tary of War Scofleld also promised Senator Bourn he would give the pro ject immediate attention. MIDNIGHT WRECK OFF NICARAGUA TAKES 11 UVES QUICK ACTION PROMISED W MOT LOCKS i GERM IN SALMON FATAL TO CANINES Y FOUND AND THE REMEDY DISCOVERED Professor Emlle K. Pernot, bacter iologist to the state board of health has discovered the germ that causes dogs to die when they eat salmon. It has . long been believed that the flssh of the salmon was poisonous to dogs. Professor Pernot explodes this Idea. First he discovered that salmon fresh . from the sea, did tiot poison dogs that .ate the flesh. This led, to the further . , discovery that dogs vers poisoned after eating salmon only 'when the salmon had been, in the fresh water of the rlv ' era' for some time. By a close examination oi the blood- Ilk material along the back of the fish ' under a, low power microscope Professor Pernot dlsoovered whit spots which he A -quickly dlsoovered to be amoeba, the 'V. v Dr. Liberty H. Bailey of New York, head of the Country Life commis sion, and one of the most promi nent agriculturists in America, who is mentioned as likely to be the next secretary of agriculture because of the present investiga tion into the department, which has brought into gossip the name of Secretary James Wilson. F T Impossible to Fit Keys; Thou sands of Gallons of Water Said to Have Been" Wrong fully Taken. An astounding condition of the plugs which tap the fire mains over the city hasr been discovered by officials of the fire department. Plugs are so mutilated that it would be almost impossible to fit a key on them 'to turn on the watet in case of a fire. This discovery was made by an investigation Instigated by Mayor Rushlight. Tho investigation Is being conducted by W. J. Phillips, mas. ter mechanic of the fire department. It la believed thai the fire plugs nave een damaged by paving compa nies and other street contractors, who have not only laid the city open to men ace by fire, but have been unlawfully using thousands . of gallons of olty water. Apparently all (torts of wrenches have been used on the plugs to turn on the water for use by the various companies doing street work. Cant Fit Keys. These have mutilated the plugs until it would be impossible to fit a regular key on them. It haR also been discovered that great quantities pf water have been wasted by allowing it to run into tho earth from a valve beneath the fire hydrants. This valve works automatically to drain the hydrant after being used to avoid any possibility of the water freez ing in the hydrant. ; It seems those who used the water unlawfully had dif ficulty preventing too large a flow. It was discovered that the flow could be reduced by turning the plug slightly and' opening the valve 'Below, aa the sur plus water then ran Into the ground. At East Twenty-ninth street an4 Sandy road a. great area of sidewalk has been undermined with water from this cause, it Is stated. It is also said that this Is the condition in many other parts of the city Where property own ers have been having trouble from un derground water which had been per plexing them for some time. One of the mutilated plugs was taken from a Williams avenue 'hydrant to the office of Mayor Rushlight for his personal inspection. Necklace Found In Bird's Nest. ' (Polled Pru LMHd Wire. Chico, Cal.. Aug. 26. Mrs. Ben Janls today possesses her long lost gold neck lace. Her husband found It woven In an old bird's nest while picking peaches. small organisms that become parasitic to the fish but not pathogenic to them. In other words, these are organisms that attach themselves to the .fish but do not poison the fish. ProfessoF Pernot i found that salmon trout poisoned dogs In the same way that salmon from the sea did. , Doses ofl PLUGS llll AUOS USES PAVERS BLAMED calomel In quantities of two grains given early after sickness, it was no ticed, saved the Uvea of all dogs to whom It waa administered by Professor Pernot. i It is believed that, tho dlseovery of the cause and the cure of eaVtnon poisoning will prove of high value o many own ers of dogs, and for thdt reason the last board of health bulletifa contains an extended article on tho. subUecL review ing In detail all experiments made, v I ( 'Si . ' V Men Who Rule in Sister State Not Disposed to Favor the . President Because of Alas ka Attitude. WOOL BILL VETO LOSES EXECUTIVE MANY FRIENDS With Woodrow Wilson-Opposing, Ohioan Would Be De feated, 'Tis Believed. Written for The Journal and the New ark (N. J.) News. Copyright. Seattle, Wash.," Aug. 26. Scott C. Bone, up to six months ago editor and manager of the Washington (D. C.) Herald, has been made editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. This paper has changed its .policy from one of ap proximate hostility to the Taft adminis tration to one of support. It was noted In Seattle that, from the day when Mr. Bone was selected as editor by , John L. Wilson, owner of the paper, the "P. I" as It is known here, began to print editorials much more favorable to the administration than those it had been printing. John L. Wilson formerly was United States senator from Washington, before that was congressman from this state and has always been actively inter ested in national politics. In the cam paign of 1906, when Miles Polndexter of Spokane was promoted from the house to the. United States senate, Wil son was a candidate against him and Judge Thomas Burke of Seattle and others. Why Wilson Withdrew. Wilson withdrew from the race in favor of Burke at the instance of cour iers of the Taft administration who came to Seattle arc Induced Wilson to get ut. The big business centered on Burke the administration politi cians, the railroad Interests, the bank ing concerns mostly and, In general, those Interests which . are commonly known as heavy and wealthy. Polndexter wiped the earth with them. He carried every county In the state. with one possible exception, winning even in King county wherein is Seattle. The voters refused to get in line for Burke. 'Mr. Wilson has asked his supporters to align for Judge Burke," so Polndexter said at a big meeting in Seattle during (Continued on Page Three.) 11 Petition Interior Department to Get New Register at Land Office. (Special to The Journal.) Vancouver, Wash., Aug. 26. Petitions bearing about 200 names and asking that H. C. Phillips be ousted as regis ter of the United States land office at Vancouver, have been sent to the de partment of the interior at Washington. The petitions were signed by about 200 people, mostly depositors in the now de funct Commercial bank of Vancouver, of which Phillips was president. Phillips Is out under $10,000 bonds for his appearance In superior court in October to answer to the charge of re ceiving money In an insolvent bank and until the outcome of the trial Is- known. It is not thought likely any action will be taen by the department. Copies of the petitions were also sent to Senator Miles Polndexter and Sena tor Wesley L. Jones. DEPOSITORS WANT mm FIRED COURT HOUSE NEAR RICHMOND WHERE BEATTIE MURDER TRIAL IS BEING HELD f ; "V' -'SX - . SY -f : - " v, I VJ !P I ' i " "7' Y H I " "Vi lit.', l! Wii ii i d Ut JTWm t i sr if',-1 fi jit .". !i ii ii. riuii tin jy.-i.. w.vi i ' Chesterfield courthouse-Is about 10 miles from tha capital of VlrglJ&a. Hi JUM A f i , Andre 1 JagPr-Schmidt, tho Paris newspaper man, who today fin ished his circuit of the world, ar riving at Paris after 40 days' ab sence on his record-breaking jaunt, traveling by way of Moscow, Vladivostok,' Yokahatna, Vancou ver, R. C,, Montreal, New York and Cherbourg. Paris, Aug. 26. With less than five hours of his scheduled 40 days to spare, Andre Jager Schmidt, a Paris newspaper reporter today arrived here at the fin ish line of his tour of the world. Jager Schmit did the globe circling trip in less than half the time taken by Jules Verne's character. Phlneas Fogg, whose feat a few years ago was deemed impossible of attainment. His exact time was 89 days, 19 hours, 37 4-5 sec onds. The globe trotter landed from the liner Olympic at 11:15 o'clock last night at -Cherbourg, jumped into a 1 00 horse power automobile and motored here. Jager Schmidt started on hts trip from Par July 17, at 1:18 p. m. F Five Thousand Angry Citizens Vote to Ask Congress to Impeach Him; Crowd Drags Dummy Around Streets. (United Press Leased Wire. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 26. Denounced at a masj meeting and later hanged in efftgy as an enemy of the people, Uni ted States Judge C. H. Hanford today Is the center of a civic storm here al most without parallel In the northwest. More than 5000 citizens participated last night In tho great public condem nation of Judge Hanford at a mans meeting that had for a climax the spec tacular hanging In effigy. A dummy was strung uj from a telegraph polo on a down town street corner and later a crowd cut It down and dragged !t around the main streets. 5000 Demand Impeachment. No more emphatic and radical meet ing of citizens has ever been held In Seattle and no federal judge has ever been subjected to a greater measure of censure than was Hanford at tin meeting last night. Hundreds signed a petition demanding that congress im peach him and 5000 voted on resolu tions repeating this demand. These res olutions will he presented to congress (Continued on Page Three.) . C5ef- COMMUTERS HANG JUDGE HAN RON EFF GYATMEET NG Officials of Different Lines Having Headquarters in New York Plan to Down "System" Organizations. EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES GET STRIKE-BREAKERS Harriman Roads Have Rolling Stock in Shape to Run for Months. ( Cnl led Preu tispit Wlra.t New York. Aug. 2fi. Preparing for a general strike of railroad shopmen, In volving not only the Harriman lines, but practically every big system In the west, officials of the roads muintalntng headquarters In New York city are re ported id he formulating plans to abso lutely crush tho "system federation" before It is extended to tho operating forces. Arrangements have been completed with employment agencies to hold them selves In readiness to furnish strike breakers at once on receipt of tele graphic orders. It Is reported that the strike breakers used in breaking the re cent bollermakers' strike on the New York Central have been receiving regu lar pay since the New York Centntl dis missed them and are being held for emergency duty in the west. Financiers in control of the great sys tems are reported to have ordered the leaders of the 'system federation" movement discharged during the gen eral laying off procrss. The Harriman lines are said to have been quietly repairing their rolling stock for months past and now are in a position to operate for three months, if necessary, without being forced to depend on their shops. Chairman Lov ett Is In constant touch with General Manager Kruttschnitt and Is receiving hourly Information regarding the situa tion. That a show down 4rih the unions will be forced Immediately regardless of any conference Is considered In Wall street as a certainty. ' It is believed here that the labor situation and plans for coping with the general strike were presented to J. Plerpont Morgan when he returned from Kurope. and received his sanction. Morgan at thut time said: "The railroads today are not making money enough for the stockholders and (Continued on Page Three.) Program on Squantum Field Contains Events for Seven Days. Boston, Aug. 2fi. Flyers of the two continents are entered In the second an nual Harvard-Bcston aviation meet be ginning today on Atlantic field at Squantum. The contests of the airmen will continue dally until September 4. Between $40,000 and 150,000 in prizes will be awarded. A cross-country flight will be a fwttuio of the-Moet-aeh-dayr Graliame-White ot England and Wey inann and Tabuteau of France will com pete against the leading aviators of America, including Atwbod, Curtis, Ovlngton and several others. Mile. Helene Dutrleux of France and Mrs. "Jimmy" Martin of England are entered In the competitions. Both are accomplished and daring bird-women. The field has bten greatly Improved since Inst year's meet and two large permanent hangqrs have been complet ed. The Harvard University Aero club Is in charge of the meet. '.'1 ' y - ' i.: RISEN 10 N " ' f yri' i k ?'l - """"SaL f fi X mf - j Paul I). Boattie, second cousin of Henry Clay lloattie Jr., who pur cliHscd for the latter the sliot"" with which hp is accused of mur dering his wife on the following day daring an automobile ride In the suburbs of Richmond, Va., his home. WITNESS STAND Attorney for Accused Murderer Insists His Testimony Vital to Case; Young Virginian Declares It Is Not. (t'nlted I'ri'M Lcmd Wire.) , Chesterfield Court House, Va., Aug. 2fi. Whether Henry Clay Beattle. Jr., will take the stand in his own defense on the charge of having murdered his wife is a question which today wus still undecided. Attorney Smith declares his testimony Is needed; Beattle declares it Is not and there the matter stands. Neither appears inclined to yield. When K. R. Mosely the first witness today, was called to the stana me court room was Insufferably warm. Sev eral among those present started to re move their coats but quickly replaced them when the court announced that ladles being present, no gentleman would think of appearing In shirt sleeves. Mosely testified that he had passed an automobile on the Midlothian Pike the night of the murder which ' he be lieved to have been Seattle's. He said the driver apparently was busy fixing up the motor but declined his proffered aid. Saw Woman In rront Seat. W. B. Sydnor corroborated Mosely's testimony; adding that a woman who occupied the front seat of the dis abled machine wore a tan coat. Mrs. Bcattle'a xuaL. waa of that color. ..Syd nor ave the time of passing the car as about 11:45 o'clock, which is within a few minutes of the time Beattle de clares Ms wife was killed. Roland Lassiter's testimony was along similar lines.. Mrs. Binford. Beulah's mother, was then called, but before examining her, Prosecutor Wendenburg asked the Jury to Inspect Seattle's automobile .which had been drawn up on the. lawn out side the courthouse. Examination of Car. The whole court attended the exam ination, Beattle otandlng with one foot on a wheel and the jury surrounding the car. Careful examination of the numerous blood stains was made and four of the Jurors went to the extent of stretching out beneath the car and poking Inquisitive fingers around in tne lower machinery. The exartilnatlon lasted about 20 m!n utois. Nothing was neglected. Beattle meanwhile smilingly commented with the Jurors on the car's condition. Chicken Raising Is Safer. (United Pres Lend Wtre.l San Mateo. Cal., Aug. 26. Clarence H. Walker, son of the late capitalist, David F. Walker, was making good headway mastering a Curtlss biplane, but dropped the birdlike game to be come a chicken raiser. BEATTIE DOES NOT WANT TO GO UPON The Sunday Journal Filled With Intensely Interesting Features THE CURSE OF SMUGGLING is discussed in a new Jight by Crf lector of Customs Loeb, who plans to put the Importlnf business on an honest basis. i (:'',,.. "THE1 DEBAUCHING OF THE ALASKAN INDIAN" Is a story, full of human Interest. The wrecking power of liquor and, selfish men Is startling! shown. . n. -iX-,. x;-rt' THE STORY OF PENDLETON'S ROUXD-JP, with picture of unusual interest, is told in detail. The Round-up is a, unique west em feature, claimed only by the eastern Oregon metropolis. AND THE NEWS I Th very, cream of nationalstate and local news, with the foreign capltols well represented. Features for women and; children and the liveliest of sport pages. ' Read the Sunday New Precedent Set by Coun cil in Two Minute Session; Riverside District Affected by Move. TWENTY DAY NOTICE NO LONGER CUSTW Saving to Taxpayers Owing to Enlargement Will Not Be Very Great, It Is Stated. For two whole minutes the city coun cil was in special session this morn- -Ingv This is the shortest session ever held by the city lawmakers. But in ': this brief time an action waa taken 1 which may be of far-reaching import-' ance, as it sets an entirely new preced ent In regard to sewer districts and throws down the bars of restraint as to what the limits of a sewer district may be. The action was in regard to the River side district sewer. A resolution wus passed providing for enlarging the dis trict and making a new assessment for all the property taetuded. The -eewer In the district as first outlined is com pleted and proceedings were up to the point of Issuing bonds on the district, which comprised 240 acres of territory. By the resolution passed this morn ing an additional 60 or TO acres will be Included in the district. This action. It is stated, definitely decides that the sewer system will be extended to the additional territory regardless of what'i the attitude or wishes of the property owners affected might be. This is the first time such a step has ever been taken by the city and what It may lead to Is said to be uncertain. According to the provisions of the city ordinances, it has been tl custom to give property owners in a propoied district 20 days notice of the city's In tention to build a sewer in the -district and fix a time for hearing re monstrances. This 1 entirely cllmln aled by the action the . council this morning, so far, as the new territory Is concerned. ; For some time property owners in '' the Riverside sewer district have been urging the council to include the terri- . tory now annexed to the district would receive large benefits from the Bewer by drainage. It Is to equalise the cost of providing this benefit that the coun- . cil acted. That there is a misunderstanding on the part of the property owners in re gard to the extent their assessment will be reduced by taking in the new territory, is asserted by the assistant . city engineer who has supervision of sewer construction. "I understand they figure that their assessment will be reduced th the samt proportion that 60 acres is to 240 acres, or about one-fourth. They do not take into consideration that the sewer syr- ' tern itself will have to be extended into this new territory. There will be a saving of $5 or $6 oh each lot." The total cost of the system as now built is 1138,117. Chicago Men Acquire Tract Near Oakland in Umpqua Valley. W. R. McGarry, of this city, closed a deal yesterday whereby C. W. Spald ing and associates of Chicago, pur chased a 1640 acre tract of orchard and 1 farm land located three miles from Oakland In the Umpqua valley. The ac tual consideration involved in the sale was not made public but it is under- ' stood to have been not far from $100, 000. ' , The Bale was made through the ef- 1 fort of O. P. Spaulding. a local broker, who went on to Chicago some weeks agov ' and induced Mr. Spalding to accompany him to Oregon for the purpose of makv ing an examination of the land.' It Is . understood that the entire tract is to be colonized, by a number of well to do-' middle west farmers who havt been at tracted to Oregon by the wonderful' fertility of the soil and the mild in mate. ' j.- V 1 While in Oregon, C. W. Spalding, bs- came Interested in Tamhill county, lands with the result that he closed up for v 1028 acres located near Carlton. This ." sale was also made by O. P. Spaulding,: , the Portland broker.- , r BUY 1640 ACRES OF ORCHARD LAND .:. -A-