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v - ' ' - i t '. J i Tuii't.nATUri.vj ic'.ili xvic.usira Fair totilght, Th u rscjay prob a h 1 y fair; winds mostly southerly. " i . J 1 f I I I . i Boston, B m.. . M or'nd, 5 a. la. .' Vtvr York " . .ei tmiit " .. Charleston " ..T8Bol ,.44 Chloftg o, 7 S, HI.. .64 fca rmn, " ..41 Kan. City " . .64 Roseourg " ..4) Bt. Irani .apoBBn. ,.41 Wuh'toa " . ,0 alarsblield ..4 1 Portland humidity, a m tsfl 1 i f 1 'V ' is VOL. XII. NO. 63. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 21,- 1913 TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS. ; tm,TcllU E AND SUCH GOOD FISHING THESE DAYS, TOO ! ill m : OF COURT TO T r , II 0IS EXON RATED IMMIGRATION OF CHINESE REACHES HIGH WATER MARK MO DO IK IN SENATE COMMITTEE HOUSE Ml REPOR CHARGES OF DYNAMITE: JDB i; Breen Testifies in 1 Lawrence Conspiracy 'Cases ; Atteaux Paid Him $500 When He -Took Explosive, $200 Later. LEFT EXPLOSIVE WHERE" STRIKERS WERE THICK - "Dynamite" Sticks Produced in Court Frighten Specta tors; Prove Harmless. I?nlled Ptmi leased TTIv Boston, , May 21.r-Expert testimony on . dynamite and its handling was of fered by Walter Whitney at today's session .of the trial of William al Wood.'multl-mllllonalre president of the -' woolen trust; Frederick, Atteaux, a Boa ton manufacturer, and John Colllna of Cambridge, charged wun planting i explosives at Lawrence In 1912 to dla : Snirtit tha textil operatives' strike. Whitney examined the explosives .found in Lawrence, and- pronounced hm 7f! our cent dynamite. He then tlnka reaemblinr dyna mite, and spectators in the courtroom . were frightened. Their fears were dls nMt whn Whitney informed the .-nurt that th exhibit was nothing but want, with dvnamite coverings. The witness then explained the danger In handling dynamite and described laws regulating Its use. Conferred with Atteanz. John Breen.'a Lawrence undertaker, followed Whitney on the stand. He tes tlfted that Atteaux conferred with him prior io January SO regarding the- strike at. Lawrence, pf.tu u o ; things "pretty troublesome" . at aw enc and that rumors of a plot to dyna mite the textile mills were rife. Breen said he suggested that Atteaux use the-i'etrikers' - own methods" and plant dynamite to scare the strikers. Atteaux according to Breen, then tele phoned Ernest Plttman, a wealthy con tractor, and arranged for Breen to meet Plttman later. The testimony offered yesterday by Collins, one of the defendants, was fully corroborated today by Breen. He also told of Atteaux giving htm a package containing 1600. . . - January 20. Breen Bald, Plttman In trodueed Mm to a man-nned Rice, who handtjt him package of frosen dyna mite. Breen said he then gave the package to Collins, who carried It te Lawrence.. ;' . , Breea Contradicts Colllna. Colllna'At&tement, that he did not know of, the existence of the plot was contradiatftd by Breen. The witness nlso .said that in choosing places to plant dynamite he wished to leave the explosive wnere tne sinaers were mien est.. . .V.L' .... Rrn also described telephoning to Tollfce Inspector Rooney snd telling him that he knew where dynamite had h.n Wanted. He told of Rooney find- Ing th dynamite, and Of the arrest of the occupant? of places where It waj found. One or those arrested, ne saiu. was a woman: wltli baby in her arms District Attorney Pellatier questioned Breen closely regarding his alleged meeting with Attaux. Breen stuck to his story, adding that Atteaux after ward sent him liOO by special delivery. ; Breen declared that Atteaux gave him a second sum, $200, after be Had been arrested and had asked Atteaux to help htm ITnder ' cross examination 'Attorney Coakley. : representing Atteaux, got Brpen to admit that no criminal intent prevailed in placing the dynamite. Coak ". ley contended that unless criminal In tent Is shown It . js not a criminal or fense; USE OF "TRUST" IS Attorney. General Says Capital ;)f $100,000 and'Deposit of - $50,000 Applies to All, (Slm Bumu of Ih Journ!.) Salam. Or., ? May 21. In an opinion . rendered to State Bank Commissioner Will Wright, the attorney general today held that no bank can use the "word ."trustf lrf its name unless it complies with the regulations Imposed by a new law passed by the last legislature. This applies to banks now existing aa well .us those to be organized."- . "Among other things the, new law re quires that banks doing a trust com pany business must have not less than f 100,000 capital and must deposit with the state treasurer 250,000 in cash or securities approved by the bank commis sioner, The smaller bank and trust companies will be affected ths most by the new law. ARMY. AND NAVY CLUBS . DISCHARGE JAP WAITERS ' iCnltei Trem Ixied Wln.l New Tork, May ,21.--8usplclon that perhaps the Japanese were too atten tlve listeners to conversations today has r resulted in the dismissal of 10 Japanese waiters, eight from the Army and Navy club and two from the. United Service club, an- organization; of retired army and -navy men. r x . ; , No member of either club could b fo id who would say that the dls '. r:targd Japanese ' were . suspected of te)rrg'1wtIle general gfpianattOTrDe- Ing that their work Was unsatisfactory. It is significant, however, that no other ' Japanese have been hired to take their places. Y -v-'ri " i --!' ' ' NOW SAf GUARDED IN OREGON COMPANIES Illinois" Vicelnvestigator'Held to Have Been Unduly Se vere Upon Witnesses, . , (Colled PrM Leaied WIr. : , Springfield, III.,. May SlA-IJeutenant Governor O'Hara was officially cleared of all suspicion of, immorality laid against him' by at) affidavit or Mrs. Maude, Robinson" by a report today of the state senate committee under Sen ,ator Ettelson, which Investigated the woman a allegations. ; The Ettelson report, also censured the white slavery -and starvation wagea committee of which O'Hara waa chair man, for the methods employed In Its Investigations, here, as a result of which Samuel Davie, who was forced to testi fy, procured Mrs. Robinson's affidavit through revenge. , Davis also waa bit terly censured. The report of tb Ettelson committee recommended that anyone who tries In the future to Interfere with the, work of the O'Hara committee, as Davis did, shall be cited before the senate for con tempt It declared, however, that O'Hara and his vice committee were unduly severe on the Springfield, wit nesses. Senators Ettelson, Dally, O'Con nor and Jones signed the report . OEI E Had T35 Candidates for 6 Of fices Under" Commission Form; May Tunnel Rockies, (United rreni Leaned Wire.) Denver. May 21. With less than. third of the precincts counted, the only thing in Denver's municipal election that seems certain today Is that Mayor Henr- Arnold has been overwhelmingly defeated for commissioner of, finance in the new city government. Returns from 48 of the 180 precincts show Ar nold standing fifth In the race. The same returns Indicate that Otto Thume liaa been elected commissioner of property and James Markey elected auditor. The race for the commission- ershlps of improvements, safety and so; clal welfare are very close.' The propo- sitlon for the city to take preliminary steps to build a tunnel through' the mountains for the Moffat railroad seems to have carried. The returns are very alow, on account of the preferential system . of voting, ahd the fact that there are 135 candl dates fonthe six offices voted on. E MAN SLAYS OTHER PATIENTS IN T. Message of Dreadful Ki Reaches Boise. From South ern Idaho Madhouse, (RnecUl to The Journul ) Boise, Idaho. May 21. A patient in the southern Idaho Insane asylum at Blackfoot ran- amuck and killed five other patients, according to a message from the superintendent of the asylum to Governor Haines today noon. MARRIES JAP TO WHITE L (United .Free LfMed Wlr.) Minneapolis, May 21. "I; have just married a Japanese to ah American, thereby doing more good for Ood and tncle Sam than your alien- land bill will do in ft thousand years." This Is the telegram the Rev, O. h. Morrill sent today to Governor Johnson of California. The minister married Kozo K Malhorl,. a Japanese, to Miss Bertha Royan, a Minneapolis girl. He recently criticised California's alien land law from the pulpit. , IME HE (United Pree Lessed Wife.) Chicago, May 2L It was announced here today that within, a month former Senator William Lorlmer will open Ms campaign for the I'nlted ' States sena torshlp. Lorlmer Will seek selection at the Republican primaries. s -. PEACE DELEGATES HAD . 3 2-3 FEASTS DAILY . Onl(ed Pre. Leened Wire.) ' ' Kew York. May 2t-.The British, Bel gian and Australian' peace delegates sailed today for Europe, with a splendid first hand Idea of ; America's reputed aWtftncsa and dash'.' ' , V ' it aeigcatea ;iraveica uuu nines, or, a daily average of ..261, 3-3. - They were guests at .ti formal breakfasts, luhch- eons -and dinners,' tr 'an,- average ot) a, i- format mtais uauy. 1R HAS HER FIRST EXPERIENC 1 PREFERENTIAL SYSTEM N BLACKFOO mm WIRES JOHNSON LR R ANNOUNCES Nit RUN AGAIN British .Columbia' Had 7378 Enter During Fiscal Year Just Elided, Paying $500 Per Head; $3,689,000 Year PROTESTS OF PREMIER DO NOT STOP INFLUX Total Chinese Population Now 30,000; Japanese Are Limited to 400- Year. . (United' frets Lei.ee wire.) Vancouver, B. C. May" 21. In spite of the repeated protests of Premier Mc Brlde against oriental Immigration and for a "white" British Columbia. Chinese immigration for the flacal year Just ended reached the highest mark In the history of the dominion. The 1600 entrance tax established to act aa a bar on the fush from the orient, failed in its intention, for 7378 Chinese entered, payipg the government a total of 23,689,000 and 867 more were admitted as students. The total Chinese popula tion of Canada Is 30,000, more than two thirds of whom live In British Colum bia. The immigration of Japanese Is limit ed to 400. per annum, on whom no head tax is charged. Webb Defends His Bill. (United Tree lulled Wire.) San Francisco, May 21. Attorney General Webb, framer of the anti-alien bill Just signed by Governor Johnson, pointed out at a clvio center dinner here today that California atands safe In her legislation. Webb said: "We have not violated any treaty. We must keep this in mind. Our framing of the anti-alien bill was not based on a feeling of race superiority, or directed against the Japanese alone. It was predicated on race and desirability. It is one thing to Invite a stranger to your house and another to give him the house." John D. Bennett In speaking against the bill said: "Oriental legislation dates back to 1878. We have limited the oriental in regard to fisheries, land, schoola and taxes. All this has been based on race hatred. Californlans have never eared who cultivated their lands. There is as HttWTneed fotrthts sort of legislation In California as In New Terk, where scores of other .races .have .been pouring In steadily for years." Japanese Are Incensed. .(United Pre. I.efied Wire.) . Ban Francisco, May 21. '.The Japan ese -people are Incensed . against the United States and u will take But aiignt provocation to start them clamoring to take up arms." -. . " This was the declaration of H., T. Tamnren. one of the publishers of the Denver Post, who Is here after a tour of Jaonn. "Foreigners sojourning in Tokio who pretend to a knowledge of - economic conditions say Japan is not financlaly able to carry on a war with the United States. That may account for the ef fort of Japanese statesmen to minimise the effect of anti-alien legislation in California. "War with the United States, how ever,. Is the general subject of conversa tion In Tokio and many Japanese Jour nals are aiding the spirit of enmity and bitterness." OF APPLE IN YAKIMA ORCHARD EXCITES THE FINDERS Brings Highest Prices, Origin Cannot Be Traced, Is One of World's Best" Varieties, - - (ftpeiMHl to Th journal.) North Yakima, Wash., May 21. Duly christened and endorsed by the heeds of the United States department of agri culture in the pomology .section, an apple said to be one of the finest in flavor and keeping qualities yet .pro duced is about to he added to the apple aristocracy from a North Yakima or chard. For the past two years C. JB. Scott of Frultvale, has topped the appl market with fruit which he called an1 sold as Hubbardston Nonesuch. The price last year was $1,70 per box per carload and the year before he received about 11.60. ' But Ar v. Stubenrauch and A, B. Pratfe government pomologists,. came here yesterday to. confer wtn Mr. Scott about the apple, which they say Is not a Hubbardston Nonesuch and bears no Identity" to any of the named varieties which they Know. or iiavor. and Keep ing qualities they say It Is Undoubt edly one of the choice fruits of the world. They discussed with Mr. Hcoit a name ana means or propagating ii. Mr. 8cott has & lB-year-oid trees of th variety, i The man who planted the orchard fa dead and the" origin of the atock Is a mystery. The government pomologists are urg. Ing Yakima growera to senJ an exhibit to the International Congress of Refrig eration Engineers at Chicago this fall. Thar so from-her to Wenatchee, hav Ing been in California and Oregon. . Alaska'- Business Looks Good. (Halted Pre Twites TWre.V Y Seattle. Wash., May !1. With 1000 persona booked for Nome and Stt MM Chael, It is apparent inai every pertn PljjhBteamcxsV'ctlagfld will be -taken, before they atart for Alaska on the first of June. , A blg fleet of frelshters will load for the vBerlng sea trip here and several Will leave from San Francisco,, ;. ' ; NEW KIND RECORDS OF CANDIDATES RELIABLE GAUGE AS TO RESPECTIVE ABILITIES Presentation of Estimates Gleaned From Many Sources Proves in Some Instances Voters Must 6i Cautious - In Casting. Ballot for Commissioners; Impartial and Concise 7 Portrayal Shows Who' Are Really Entitled to Support. Information about several more can didates for commissioner is submitted by The Journal today. - This Information has been ' gathered from inveatlgation of the records of the candidates. Any additional data that may be obtained will be published later. WILLIAM L. BREWSTER Lawyer, 402 Falling building, 47 years old, born in Philadelphia and came to Portland 22 years ago. Haa practiced law contlnuy all since them. Educated in Massa chusetts public schools, Amherst, col lege and Columbia university law sohool. Lives HOF Lovejoy street. Mar. rled" and has family. Democratic nom inee for city attorney In 1900 and later honored with Democratio nomination for state legislature, running BOO. votej ahead of full party strength. Was member Civil Service commission, 1S05. 1811; now memoer of State Text Book commission: director , of Associated Charities and member of Library boar.l. Active in" Oregon Bar association ami now serving third term as secretary Public spirited cttlxen of high character and unquestioned Integrity. it was laraelv throuah his efforts that tne Portland library was made a free 11 brary. Regarded as a strong candidate, well qualified for the ornce or conwj mlssloner. Cr-CrCRA IJlitves at 4S0 East El gh- teenth street North,. Hss. made Port land his home for seven years. Mar ried and has one child. He is 87 years old. Camo to Portland Irom Los An geles, where for seven years he- was as sistant general manager for the Home Telephone company. Prior to that in Ban Diego. Cashier and collector for telephone company there two years. WILL GO TO - SEATTLE, VANCOUVER (United PreM Ied Wire.) Sacramento, May 2fc Seattle or Van couver will get the 1K14 convention of the Pacific Coast Advertising. men, ac cording Jo Indications here today. The election of officers and selection of tho next meeting place will be held late to day. .:-.','".' Los Angeles delegates have made strenuous efforts to capture the jiext convention for Ixjng Beachrbut as San Francisco gets the 115 convention, the majority of the delegates agreed that It would be asking too much to require the northern delegations to come soutn three years In succession. The conven tion will close tonight with a banquet and ball. .' FAVORS GOVERNMENT PLANT TO MAKE PLATE - Wtnlted Preee Leasee WUrf.V, ' '-Washington, May 21.A government factory to" manufacture armor" plate for American warships - la urged lodsy by 0f tha Nsj sorts, that present manufacturers are In i' combination 'to keep up prices, and believes that a government plant Which would Hot compel with private factor ies la the logical solution. ::kl MEN Came to Portland as manager for North western, Long Distance Telephone Co, Built company's plant here, flnallv nut. ting It on paylnar basts. In 190 called to Oakland to reorganise Home Tele- pnone Co. there. Did this' and returned to .Portland. In 1911 became manager or reai estate department for Hartman A Thompson. Except for brief period when he was in Slauson-Cralg Co.. has held that position since. Said to have been very successful. Elected to San Diego etty council when only 21, but (Continued on Page Four) SENATE THREATENING TO CUT TARIFF IF IT E IT Unable. to Prevent Reductions Some Favor Giving Country Its Fill of Tariff Reform, (United Frew Leaned Wire.) Washington, May 21. It Is freely rumored that the senate contemplates lower rates on various manufactured goods, and members of the senate fin ance committee declare that the senate, finding Itself "up against' It," may de cide to give the Democratic administra tion ita fill of low duties by slashing the Payne schedules even more than the house did. A meeting of-the full senate finance committee today entered upon consider ation' of the tariff bill. The discussion was general as to whether Senator La Follette's list or questions to be put to manufacturers, designed to elicit eSsen tlal tariff facts, shoud be sent to all the protected'interesta. , During the discussion Senator Sim mons intimated that he favored the senate passing a tariff bill- with more study and less speechmaklng. - Senator Penrose displayed evidence of-Jiis in tention to impede the passage! of any tariff measure as much as .possible. California ; senators and congressmen fear thafthe house euta In citrus, duties may be exceeded when the senate acts on the Underwood tariff bl. and that the. possibility of lemons being placed on the free list' approaches a probabil ity. TOURIST SUPS INTO FALLS OF Y0SEMITE v ("Called Press Leased Wire.) TosemKe, Cal., May 11. Search ' is Velng made for the-bodr of Austin R. PohH.r -California -unrerslty student who alipped on a spray-drenched, boul der and fell over the 100-foot leap of Snow Creek falls. The youngTraan's body wss taught in : the torrent ami I hurled ItiH htt t"""1" ""i V"vMrrsi . Indian guides wun rop4 and grap pling' hooks are .searching for ths 'body, but it la not believed it will be found until th stfeam dwindles In volume, In the fall. .. , ... I . :- NOT INCREAS HENRY L BOWLBY IS MADE STATE HIGHWAY mm mm Mart Who Is Not an Applicant Is Selected Over 50 Men , .Who Do Apply. - (Salem Burein of the jeorsal.) , Salem, Or., May 21. The state high' way commission, comprised or the mem bers of the state board, today appointed Henry L. Bowlby of Portland as state hlnhway engineer, under the new ntgn wav law passed by the last legislatures Mr. Bowlby's appointment was made largely on the recommendation of Bam uel Hill, the good roads enthusiast, with whom Bowlby has been associated In hiahwav construction for a number of years. Mr, Bowlby is now engineer for the Pacific Highway association, which position paya him the same salary that he will receive from the state, namely $3000 a year. He was formerly a mem ber of ,t'ne" highway commission of Washington. There were about 60 applicants for the position, but Mr. Bowlby was not one of them. He never mane application and his consent to sccept the position was secured by Mr. Hill. PUZZLE TO BE Unidentified Inmate of Roch ester Hospital for Six, Years Recognized by" Woman- t United. Pre Leaied Wire.) " San Dieco, Cal., May 21. "Aye - Hee." the human puzzle, who for six years has been kept under that name, alone at the state hospital, at Rochester, Minn., was virtually Identified here today by Mrs; John Dean, living in a suburb of this city, as J. C. Ramsey, former cash. ler of the State bank of Paul Valley. Okla. She read an article abouv him, Written by W. H. Atburn, in a San Diego paper, and called up-the paper today to say she Was positive she knew the man from the article and his picture.. . "He and his family boarded in the same house '.as I did in Paul valley' said Mrs. Dean. - "He disappeared nine years ago, and so far. aa I know nor trace of him Was ever found. He went to 'Oklahoma City on business and dropped from sight there. "He left a wife, named Margaret, and two children, a boy and girl. People who were con-, nected with him in the bank are still in paul Valley, and can, I am sure, verify my identification." . u: FLIES 13,218 FEET 1 Paris. May 21. Ths world a altitude record for an aviator with a passenger Was broken a,t Buc foday by Aviator Perryon:; ; He was aloft , two hours and 25 minutes, ascending 13,2.71 feet, . ME THE HUMAN Bra MISSING BANKER HIGH IS ALTITUDE RECORD TO THEIR LIBERTY Prisoners in "Tank"' First Tear . Screen From Window and v Crawl Around .Cornice to Another Open Window. THREE OTHERS DO mM ATTEMPT TO LEAVE Officers Have. No Trace o Fugitives, Wilbur Dean ' and Cavoni Helmet : Prying apart ths heavy strands ef a " wire netting covering one of the seventh " uf hiiw cuuni jail night, two prisoners confined In the v "tank" for city and Juvenile prisoners, . crawled through the aperture, down to the outside cornice,, then aroundHt to an open window on the weat side of ths building, thence downward by the way of the stairs to ths street, where they were frea. .. ' Although the room In which they bad been eonflned-contained five other pris oners, no others attempted to escape. tnalnlng ones denied knowing anything about the escape, saying they heard ne unusual noise. Thsy aay that the break was made after they were asleep. . , The two who escaped are Wilbur Dean, recently brought back hers from Spo kane to answer to a charge of passing a forged check and Cavoni Helmer, IS years old, a runaway from Marshfield, ' who waa eaught here a few days ago, wfiTIiTon his way to Seattle, to VlalE ' with a. relative. , Although the men who escaped knew absolutely nothing about ths arrange- -ment of walls and windows on the west wing of the building and ths way. to th. back stairs, they made their way around without being heard by anyone Inside. Cased After Breakfast. The escape, was , not discovered until this mqrnlng after the prisoners In the I UV 111 I)RIJ VCCll ...B.'W. .111 Ul T K n fast and a roll catt of the men started. ' As neither Dean nor Helmer responded ' to the call, a search was immedlatelf started. Then it was noticed that the , strands of the heavy wire netting had been pried i apart and the two young men had crawled out to a cornice a few feet below, : w .-. i. v...S ; .(. - Aa this room Is In the northeast sec tion of the building and no stairs are, accessible to the floors below, it was necessary for the men to walk along this comics.,- They were protected' from the sight of te street by a heavy out side wall which was built, to finish up the -appearance of the building, Fol-. lowing this cornice about SO feet to the corner of the building, the men walked westward and around to the west wing. There, as on the east wing, all of the windows except one are covered with bars. This window had been used by workmen who are working on the new jail and the bars had been removed to allow them to get in and out to the walls.. ..-.'- ,aU-'' ... Tlad Way Baslly. '.It was through this window ttiat the two crawled into the building. As there ' was no one on this floor It was an easy matter for the men to find their way about without being heard. From this floor they made their way downward by the stairs to the half floor between Sixth and Seventh, which la used as a chamber to conceal the steamplpes. From there they found their way to an other flight of stairs to the sixth floor and thence downward to the ground floor. As the doors of the court house can be opened from the Inside, they had t no difficulty in getting to the street and making good their escape. . . Immediately after it waa learned that the men- had gotten away tie police " were Immediately notlf "ed and a search started by both the police and deputy sheriff, but as yet the men have not been apprehended. -'f-A ' . : ,, Sheriff Word's Hxpianatlon. Sheriff Word said thla morning that the f escape would have never occurred Wn llnnriil In nllF th Vhlinv : . men in the regular titeel cells with other prisoners. People With humane Ineti hattons have been'responalbla for keep-, ing the youthful prisoners In the room from which tne escape wa made. - " This room contains no steel bara of any sort and Is entirely separate from the rest of the prison. It Is not a part of the new tool proof steel Jail now un der construction. ., t BOMB EXPLODES IN ; " L (United Pre Teased Wire.) Edinburgh. May 21. -A bomb, believed to have been planted by militant aut f racettes. slightly damaged the Royal observatory, here today. It tore a hole In the second floor, but aside from ruin,, ing several delicate Instruments, did no other damage. . ninxiYirhim THnrland. Mav 21. An other Joke "bomb" filled with sand, was fmitiii Yir today on the doorstep of the National Provincial bank. , TARIFF BILL FAVORABLE ' TO OREGON, SAYS KING (apertal t The Jaurrtl l n.4n tfiib. Mir Jl. Will It Ktni. chief counsel United States reclamation service, atopptng pftJiere . ioaayr-i.-route from Waahlngton,. D, C to Port land, said: . "In; my mind there s no doubt but the tt-j.,wnnavtilli will (sass. It la aenera !v thought in Washington the bill w ill tiiMualiAbaut Juljt J.TUavXiMe'oa "-- ators ejHl rot with the ma)ri(n Thfe no question but that the bin is ravoi'. hl to Oreaon. In aeneral. nrai f oppose Its passage but thsy are aim in their opposition," ROYA OBSERVATORY