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. -V- , ' -' ' . . ... -' --., v.. ' ' .'tl .,lw ' ' ' . - ! I I TEf'PEnATUnLS 1LJAY Teuton. 5 a. Jij. .1 ro'.Hniul, B a. in . f ) CliarUaton " ,,74HnUIe " , t Hvi Xotk " , .6i ",ut9 - , t i Chicago, 7 a, in. ,eu n Tin. " . , t. i Xn. City " . .7 Uuaehnrg " . .i t fat. Paul M . .eikpokaiie M . .M) Waahlngt'n " . .70 t-iiurilJ " , .t i Fortlsnu humidity, . m .ta WEATHER EllOWPM t 0 nlRlit or Thurs day; variable winds. ..-k; i V y i i UL' . -- - VOL. XII. NO. 87. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING,; JUNE 18, 1013 TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. &Sfn?9tlX: .X .. ...I,..LJ......,IJ.. CRACK GOLFERS IF II SUGAR LUIl TBiTAGLES OUT TO NURSERYMEN'S CONVENTION ELECTS OFFICERS FOR ENSUING YEAR SEATTLE PAPERS E PROSPERITY NOW KEYNOTE; ASSERT THE NURSERYMEN REE ARRIVE; COHTEST OPENS TOMORROW D OF L BEL mimw ' Middle Western and ' North .. western Amateur Cham . pions Hqaded by Evans and Kerry, Respectively to Meet. KEEN .INTEREST NOW . ,r , CENTERED IN GAMES . Play; Will Commence at 9:30 Each Forenoon; Some Noted , Players Among Visitors. Portland, becomei the bona fide center of the American golf world today with the arrival of the nnlddlewestern ama teur under the leadership of Charles 'chick" Evans of Chicago and the north western amateurs lead by A. a Kerry of Seattle, for three days of play,? be ginning with the open 38 hole medal Way: at the Waverly Country club links tomorrow morning- and the it hole team fetches' Friday and Saturday mornings. ' Record- breaking galleries followed the flower of the amateurs of the middle west and the pick of the amateurs of the coast over' the links at Victoria. 8aattl and Tacoma and It Is expected that th beautiful Waverly course will be dotted by the largest attendance of devotees of the good old game In Its history.' Since the announcement of the . tour of tl. mlddleweatern golfers and the selection of the Pacific northwest ern, tcant, the match play has been the sole topic of ' conversation around -the northwestern golf links. It Is expected that there will be a revival of Interest In golf all over the Pacific coast with ,the coming of the cracks of the east. Each morning the matches will start at 1:30 o'clock and each afternoon at 1:30. Owing to t.ie fact that there will be about eight couples to tee off the final set will probably be sent away shortly after 10 In the morning and about two-In the afternoon. The pit ting of the Northwestern profession' als against the eastern -contingent at Tacoma was one of the features of the tournament there. r The visiting team' is the elite" of the golfing talent of the middle west Chick Evans as been the western champion for several, years and lost the national . championship In the- last round last summer to. Jerome D. Travers. , He . -, : '-. (Continued on aga Nine.)-. 100 TO I. 504 SECOND. 50--1 THIRD N ROYAL HUN T V ' 0jr ftj'v"it' V' 'f",,," ;"- rs aw . j - mm- , : II'"- ' i ii ifc-rAn - ' " ' t j i - "1 x V IV .11 1 I Br i-r:mJL ' " f.i's; 1 . .lAl I lira 1"-;-4U 1 - I L I I DISAGREEMENT OVER 1 IIJ Meeting of Delegates From North, East, West arid South Reveals Fact' of General . Trade Betterment. VISITORS WELCOMED - TO CltY AND STATE J. fil. Teal Greets Guests i 'Behalf of Governor; 350 in Attendance. in Prosperity and growth for both th American Association of Nurserymen and the Pacific Coast Association of Nurs erymen Jm Indicated In the reports sub- imneo mis morning to'tne joint an nual convention of the organisations in session at the Multnomah' hotel. Much of the time was devoted to exchange oi rencllatlons, and owing to the ijon arrival of some of the program partlci Pants, the reading of (heir papers was postponed until tomorrow. Hearty welcome to the state and to me ity was extended the visitors to the convention by Joseph N. Teal, rep resenting Governor West, and by Tom Kithardson, representing Mayor Rush light. John B. Morey of Danville, N. Y., responded on behalf of the American association and P. A. Dix of Roy. Utah, acknowledges the compliment for the Pacific Coast association. Thomas Meehn of Dresher. Pa., president of the American association, and Albert Brownell of Portland, presi dent of the Coast association, presided, with John Hall, Rochester, N. T.. and C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma. as secretary of the respective organizations.' This Is the first time that the two associations have held a Joint meeting and the first time In Its history of 3S years that the American or national association has met west of the Rocky Criminal Indictments Found Against Alden J. and C. B. Blethen and Head? df the ' Star and a Weekly. . ALLEGED LIBELS CHARGED BY SEPARATE INTERESTS County Officials After Star, a Socialist the Times and a Judge the Weekly; (fnlim PrM I.efd Wire.) Seattle, Wash., June It. Editors al den X Ulethen and C. B. Blethen of the Seattle Times, Editor Leroy Sanders of the Seattle Star, and Edward Clayson, editor of a weekly publication, were In dieted on charges of criminal libel by the grand Jury which was dlschargol yesterday. ' - County officials under fire were een sured by the grand jury for lax methods In handling county funds but no Indlc ments were returned against them.- The Indictment against the editor of the Star was based on an article in which charges made by the Pomona Orange, a farmers organization of King county, were published. The county commissioners were ' accused by the grange of mismanagement of the pub lio affairs and with wasting the pub lic funds in paving and other contracts. The libel charge against ciayson grows out of an alleged attack made against a superior court judge. The editors of the Times were in dicted for publishing a story that Joe Jarvls. a member of the Hulet Wells faction of the Socialist party, was misting ' with $1000 or. "Socialist change." Tho story intimated that he embeszled the money and had gone to England. Jarvla Is now In the city. Feature Event at Ascot Taken ,' by Longset; Waldorf Astor's Horse Wins Derby, CURRENCY PROGRAM (raited iTens Ut Wire.) London, June 18 The Royal Hunt cup, feature race of today's events at! Ascot, was won by S. T. Joel's Longset at oJda of 100 to 7; Sir John Kelk's San- talr, fifty to one.jwas second," and Sir Thomas Uewars Braxted, 60 to 1, third. Twenty-nine horses ran ' in the racs, McAdoo, Senator Owen and Representative, Glass Agree; Message, Bill Due Monday, (United Press Leai Wire.) Washington, June 18. Breaking his which was at seven furlongs., anj 166 aUbllshed custom of ,talking to the yards, and carried a cash value of 10,- newspaper men .only at certain periods. VVV. - I Prl1ent Wllann ratted h rnrmnnnl Tha scot . Derby was wort by Wit- enta to his office today, in order, as he f Kitniiinivi aniu. iu i pi uir i hiiui ia i iiml lhm tfiii- Major Loder's Augar was seconJ, and ocratlc leaders had disagreed in regard Sir J. W'llloughby's Jameaon, third, to the currency reform program. He Among the other starters was King said that Secretary of the Treasury ueorge s Anmer, tne norse at whost I McAdoo, Senator Owen of Oklahoma. bridle Miss Emily Davison threw her- and Representative Gl&ss of Virginia, aeir during tne running of the English who are in charge of the proposed leg aeroy wiren she received Injuries which isiation, are in entire accord. resulted in her death. TJie president said his message to This was tha second Ja of xtni congress and a draft of the currency re week. King George and , Queen , Marv toTm b'H would be presented Monday, did not attend JZbf richest stake of and that cople of . the bill may . be the meet wiu'b run inmnr. tu sent to the banking and currency com- uoia cup, valued at IJ3500 with 117.600 n"vlo,!B "t me kihw sna nouBe iomor- in casn aaaea, distance 2ft njlles. This 'ir umm. u nu uraura upon trophy Is one of the most eagerly sought thl?..cours ln 'f'er'.t0 advlsa tha Re- ior prues or tne English turf. The klnsrlrr " " . , T T,M and aueen wilt lead a roval nrnM.t Democrats In regard to his position. Re- Officer and delegates in attendance at Pacific, Coast Association of Xur serymen. "top row, left to right K. X. Teague of San JDlnias, Cal one of the largest citrus fruit grow era on the Pacific coast; Charles Howard of Hemet, Cai., member of reception committee and whole nale grower of "own root" rose bushes. Bottom row- C. A. Ton. neson, Tacoma, reelected secretary-treasurer; Thomas , Mcehan tof 1, Dresher, Pa., president of, the American " Association of Xurserymen. M'KINLEY PM T HEARD OF SINCE APRILr RELIEF IS SENT Archdeacon Stuck and x ' pjqrers Are Missing; Search ers Go Out From Tanana, s- from Windsor Castle, and ; a run state day. It BOY STARTS ENGINE - publican support Of the bill Is expected 1U Uli,. uatA -nrl Ih.l W .I.Ll - u any charges that he had tried to force the bill through., congress on a partlsan basis. - Members of his cabinet and the leaders In both houses, he insisted, were In entire accord. . i . ASIIIOltEDi it'ntted Prens temed Wlre.l " "w ; Buffalo, N. Y., June 18. Engineer trta L.un.tM ana Fireman Wll lam Froellch are dead here today becauso a small Doy wanted to sea what would happen if he pulled open tne throttle -of an engine. . The lad entered the New York Central round house, climbed Into a cab, Jumped out, and the engine tore iiiruuaa me j eras si mnes an hour, finally crashing into a freight train. Ludcke waa instantly Wiled and froo- non aiea a snort time; later. " ; . JOKE'S ON. JOY, WHO . i BOUGHT FIRE TRUCK i N0W CITY WON'T PAY Officials of the. city fire de- partment are smiling, today at 4 the expense or counellman Allen rdj R. Joy or at least it looks' at a this time as if the .smile Is .on i Joy to the extent of about 1500., u ne cuiiiicimiftn, wmj repre sents the Seventh wa'ra, recfnUy succeeded In having set aside MOUNT PELEE RUMBLES; . lyiARTINIQUE IS SHAKEN . ' (rjoltrd Preu teiurd Wire.) . St. Pierre. Island of Martinique. June 18. A severe earthquake shook this 1s- iann roasyTTjusmg grearierror; It is reporter tnat rumblings have been heard proceeding fwmijount Pelee. which erupted a few years so, resulting in1 great hJs of,, life. No casualties or Oamsg from today's disturbance hve been reported. d i by the council an appropriation 4 of ; 8500 ror; the purchase of a 4 hand-drawn hook and ladder 4 truck for the use of the volun- 4 teer company at ; Tremjvn sta- 4 tion, in the Mount Beott. district. d Overjoyed at his success, the d jubilant, councilman .telephoned 4 to Pete weiser, 'chler of. the Tremont voignteers. to go down d 'and get his truck. 4 ' ' This morning Colonel Afilton 4 R. W'eidler. chief clerk of the fir committee, received , a -bill 4 for the truck from the flrnv of 4 A. O. Long. He told the man 4 ager of the company- that th (Dnlted Trer Lfni.d wire.) Fairbanks, Alaska, June 18. A relief expedition to look for Archdeacon Stuck and his Mt. McKlnley exploration part was sent' out from Tacoma today by or der of Rev. C. E. Betticher, following reports of an Indian left In charge of tha base, camp tha.t he had not heard from the climbers since early in April. ' The expedition left in a motorboat in charge of Sam Setter of Tanana and A. Alexander", a native, both of whom are well acquainted with the Mt. Mcjvlnley district. They will go direct to the base camp and enlist the services of miners in the district to look for the missing party. The purpose of the Stuck expedition was" t- ,explore the remote sections of Mt. Mckinley and if possible to climb the mountain and look for the records alleged to have been left by Dr. Cook of North Pole fame. LA PINE, OR., TEACHER PACIFIC COAST GIRLS FIND GOTHAM 'SLOW IT'S UN, 'SLAVES Phil Bates and His Liberty Bell Girls Don't Think Much of Metropolis, i i niHnir rcnu ri rnar mm. a . . .n - - i piles or equipment costing more than 8250 must be purchased only after bids . thereon have been Invited. Y ' LOSES CERTIFICATE (Slm Burean nf Tl Journal.) ' Salem, Or., June 18. Theatate teach ers'; license held by J. G. RedtnpnJ of La "Pine was revoked 'today by State School Superintendent R- Alderman m . . j i .... . i -..i I . r. j mond, mad by Victor L." Shawl, school supervisor of Crook county, and others Is that He frequently became intox and has other habits unbecoming teacher. Superintendent Alderman sent notice to Redmond. to appear Monday If he wished to. bheardand he did not appear. He held a one year rertLficate. L'ndrr'lhe law ha' Is not eligible to .re celve another certificate for a year. (United Press t.enfd Wire.) New York, June 18. Nine young wo men. from the Pacific, coast ar here to day, in charge of 1'hliip 8. Bates of Portland; en route to Philadelphia to request the loan of the famous Liberty Bell for the 8ari Francisco Exposition'. Returning from an automobile trip about the city, the young women de clared New York is "slow." What they will think of Philadelphia is awaited with interest. Miss , Moseley, of Blckleton, Wash., said the eastern woman is a slave, while the woman of the west is tier husband'b companion. , Mrs. G. L. Barkley, of Kittitas coun ty,. Washington, said their request for the .Liberty Bell Is backed by - 8000 school children besides educational and commercial associations of the Paclfls coast Htates. : . , ALIC E mam GOES it 0 WISCONSIN U wn;;' SHAKEUP AMONG FERRY YOUTH ATTEMPTS TO EMPLOYES IS MADE BY CHLOROFORM WOMAN NFW SUPERINTENDENT -111 RFIFDTPD HIM P M I IV IllWbWIkaV 111 Mrs, W, W. Smith, Attacked at . Night, Beats( Off Desperate Man; Police Capture Him," ' (RperIM to The Journal.) : ' y . , . Madison, Wis.,. July , 18. Tha Uni versity, of. Wisconsin announces that Miss Alice Lindsey Webb, editor of the Press .Bulletin of the Oregon Agricul tural college, formerly assistant editor of the University of Wisconsin press bulletin, has been appointed editor and proof reader In the : University extent, slon division. v : , Mtk . jfnr- the JteetJtiusL - DnlHl I'rr'M I-"1 Wlfi . Meeker, Colo., June. 1. A Durham Hereford row belonglnr-to.E. C. Lloyd. near 1iere, cave birth to calves yesterday. The new arrlralaweighfd on art average 21 potirds each, and all ar alive anj kicking today. Robert M. Hatton, 7711 Sixtieth ave nue, soutneast, zz years old, was cap tured at 7:30 o'clock this morning near Gresham after fleeing from the home of W. W. Smith, 7109 Fifty-ninth avj- nue, southeast, where he attempted to chloroform Mrs. Smith at 2 o'clock -a. m. Police Captain Keller, Sergeant Robson, Patrolman Morelock and Sheriff Tom Word traced Hatton and caught htm un der the residence of S. H. Skeller on he Powell Valley road three miles this side of Gresham. Shortly after 2 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Smith was awakened by Hatton, whom she found sitting on the aide of her bed. Htor husband, who works at night for the Standard Oil company, was absent. Hatton threatened to kill hfif if she made an outcry. Suddenly, he grabbed the frightened woman about the neck and attempted to hold a bottle of chloroform under her nose. She fought him desperately In the struggle she upset the bottle, and Its contents drained out. Hatton then lumped through a window and escaped, From the smitn nouse, nation went to the home of W. R. McWade, 4614 East Sixty-seventh street, and asked McWade t'i drive him to oresham. ne told rjc Wade what he had done and said that th police would soon be after him. Me Wade later told Patrolman Simpson ho relayed the information to Captain Keller. Sheriff Word was then called Into the hunt. Police and sheriff used the police auto in the chase. As the jjosse neared the home of S. H. Skeoler on the Powell Valley road. Hatton was sighted In the road. He ran behind the house, found an opening in tne found tion wall, and crawled underneath. - ,: . When he was forced out and covered by the guns of the posk-e, he admitted the attack on Mrs. Smith. He said that she had Jilted him a few months ago and married Smith. Hatton was recently' In the municipal court on a charge or tnreatening to shoot Smith. Sentence was suspended then during his . good behavior. This morning Mr. and Mrs. Smith signed a complaint before the district attorney of assault' with intent to injure. Hatton Is held at the city Jail, pend ing a preliminary hearing. Since arriv ng at the police station, ne nas refused to talk. He is a launary anver. He is not-helleved to be Jhe same man who cnioroiormea Mrs. u. Boutn well in St. Johns a few nights ago, robbing the house. , Letters introduced at Investi gation Reveal Plans to Buy Up Papers, News Services v and Congressmen; ; r UM. WILtT AnnANIitU IU ; UtLIVtK 0U LtUIUHti) All but Two of Crew on Sell wood Lose Jobs; 5 To, Im prove Service, JAPAN GRANTS LAN RIGHTS T 0 2 NATIONS uptm (Doited Preo tended Wire. Toklo. June .18. Conditional Japanese In Austria and Italy being . , .M1,,M W-t -.., .. H. J . I granitM ..".. wmirivii i (Dnlted l'rw-. utaiea Kuu"j-via.vkiufl4.uui r)t,..MUh.,. June 11 tries the privilege of owning real prop erty In Japan are ratified today. The Diet recently passed a law authorizing foreigners to own real estate In this country. This lsw, however. Is not j-ct In force, so the treaty .clause Is as yet without effect. Practically a clean sweep of the crew of the ferryboat Sellwood was made yes terday by-M-J. Murnane. the newly ap pointed ruperlntendent of ferries and bridges of Multnomah county, wnen an but two members were dismissed and new men appointed to replace them. The new appointees are 'Joseph Wolf, cap tain; Charles. H. Fuller, pilot; Charles M. Purvlne, chief engineer; D. A. Smith, watchman, and W. T. Maxwell, deck hand. Assistant Engineer C. L. Shaffer and Deckhand A. M. Curtiss were re tained. Fuller was at . one time pilot on the 8t. Johns ferry, but was dis charged for Incompetency. The reason given for the changes wag the charge that the boat was not run to accommodate the public, being tied up for an hour at a time on each side of the river. Chairman Holman of the county commissioners said he had had frequent complaints against the methods of operating the boat and. that but a' few days, ago when his sister-in-law. Mrs. William Holman, and Mrs. Frank E. Hart, wife of the superin tendent of the Spalding building, wished to cross to the east side in an automo bile the boat was brought to the land ing in suon a manner that they' were afraid to attempt to drive aboard. When they requested that the boat be landed properly that they might board it they said the. men did not display proper regard and were very gruff. They final ly turned away and drove to the Haw thorna bridge to cross though they were enroute for the Waverly Gblf club arid It was fan out of their way. Commissioner Llghtnor objected" to the "firing" of the entire crew and asked if any of the complaints were in writing. He was tow they were not Commissioner Holman said he did not like to fire men, but that he felt the dis missal of these men was justifiable. Commissioner Hart sided with Mr. Hol man. Mr. Holman satd that he thought all of the county, employes should be placed under civil service as he was tired of having appnactions tor jobs pour in on him. ... The men who dost tneir positions are Captain W. E. Mitchell. Pilot J. P. Whit- comb. Chief Engineer r. F. Gates, Watchman E. J. Rankin, and J. Jack son. J. .1. Wiey ana vwmam need, deckhands. The captain received 8116 a month, the pilot and chief engineer I11S each, the assistant engineer-$100 and the rest $82 60 a month. MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOL BURNS, FIREMAN KILLED fDnlted Pre t.ei4 Wire i Minneapolis. Mlnr. June 18 Frank Klnnsk, a fireman, is dead and seven others are seriously, possibly fatally in jured here today through being caught under a failing wall when the North high school building burned early to day. The losa will reach 4850,000." Judge Lovett Called to Tell of Offers Made to Influence ' . Congress.' (United f'rtu La4 Wlra.) Washington, June 18 Complete ex posure of a gigantic plot! through. uet of certain newspapers and news dis tributing associations, whereby the augar Interests have been, daringly en gaged In manufacturing public senti ment against free sugar is predicteJ today by the sonata subcommittee whlc!i Is Investigating the "insidious lobby" .t.nnunn.l I. , . tA.I 1111 Following the publication of various letters written by C. C. Hamlin, of the Michigan .Beet Sugar company, wnicn. presumed to show that the As sociated Pressr the American Press as sociation,, the American Newspaper Un ion and various nivinimri had frat lent their services to tha sugar lobby, Senator Reed said today: "1 want the country to get the full signuicance or i.iese letter. . I want them to know how the sugar people. using every weapon and backed by lim itless wealth, hav been fighting to Je. reat free sugar. They have; swayed public opinion, using the press In thi most daring manner,, and have conducted a country-wide campaign to Influence senators ahj representatives "and have even enlisted the aid of the railroads to get favorable congressional action against free augar." A stiff fight but fruitless against the reading of further correspondence showing the sugar trust publicity meth ods was put up at the opening of the hearing today.. John Yerkes. counsel for Henry Oxnard, arguing at great length that t- committee was exceeding its rights. , Before Yerkes started his objections, however, two more letters were read. One of .ueae, datd July, 1908, was from Oxnard ,to Truman Palmer, secretary of the sugar lobby, it congratulated Cal mer for having Aaron Gove, toe Great Western Sutar man, "go around trying to educate, congressmen." : , . Another letteV Tead was unsigned. It was", written to Oxnard In 1907, and concerned Govc'e' anxiety to buy an In fluential newspaper. It stated, "Messrs. Corbln and Cutter-have gotten ..the Wy oming and Colorado legislatures to pass strong anti-free sugar memorials. It's moat significant paragraph was: "Mr. (Continued oft Page Seventeen.) BOYS IN RACE ACROSS T RACK UNDER MING CARS; ONE LOSES HEAO George -Carlson, 'Aged .12, Is Victim of Perilous Sport at Aberdeen, 'Wash, J '"(foeclal to The loaratl.k Abelrdeeri, "Wash., " June " 18. While playing on ,.th railroad track lata yes terday, ;eorge carison. aged js, was caught.' underneath a moving freight train and Ma head and shoulders were decapitated,. Carlson and other com panions were .trying to see how qllfkly they could cross the track underneath moving, cars on their hands and knees. , m i . TREE OREGONIANS GRADUATE FROM YAL E OCTOGENARIAN CROSSES SEA TO NURSE HUSBAND (Speetat to T6 iaatm.i i; New Haven. Conn., June 18. The an nualt'commenoement Of Tale university waslield today with three Oregon grad uates:. V' -; , From the law school, with the degree of L. L. B. Oliver B. Huston, Portland, and James W. Crawford, Salem. - , ' From Sheffield scientific school, grad uate student with master of science de gree, Charles J. Robinson, Portland, ' HORSES HANGING FROM BRIDGE ARE CUT LOOSER FALL, DIE; DRIVER DYING . (United Pwwa trni Wire.) . -.', 4 , Seattle, Wash,, June 18. Wlt 4 ilns ," Da,vis;a,fc:;.taamtar. .was 4 throwpjim thevMa4l8on street brjjdge, ;whea.a;,runaway atreet 4 ,-ci''Tbi1n,to-;Jtir-gon this 4 , mprnlng.' and feu so reet to the JSnrtginal Florence Nightingalers, Mrs. 'anny A llde McTCvoy,-la here today from 1 London to attend her husband, I Harry MeEvoy, a landscape artist, who Is 111 of paralysis, ln the Arnold Homo for the Aged. Mrs. McEvSy la 82 .sears old, midair-and ' were fctntnglcrt.. -. that It was nefsfary to cut i , straps' wlid-h" h'1 thrti, 1v f.-l to their .fyth. ''- - . 4 ifcottonv ot, the-gnuy, and was fa,taife' hurt..., Hi.' two boraea -were ,kill. ' : .-"i-v V'. i " : 4"v Tn cat, aIadlson -street out-; t :i)otind, aught up with Davis In ''. th center of the' bridge.- 'Th a'THi't,.f''rakes Jiav)ng failed 'to 4 wprk.'; tHe mojorman was strug gling with tne band praxes. Tn car struck the wagon, and Davis, on the -neat, was pitched Imad long over tha tall of t!i brirtr. jfie horsos were forf1 Ihron th TuY'rifU TJIe"anIiii U 'l-i.-i