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TEMPERATURES TODAY
Borton, 8 a. m,..7S Pojtlsiid, 8 a. m..y ' '
Washlart'n " . .73 atais-tiUld H ..40)
Ohailtato . - . .74 ssiUs ,.OJ
i New York . .731 .! . 4rf -
Chicago, 7 a. m. . 74 Ban jrran. . .
St. Paul . .TOJKoMbui " ..41
Kan. City " . .78 Spokane " , .44
Portland humidity, 6 . m. . ..3
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VOL. XII. NO. 139.
PORTLAND, ORE60N, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1813 EIGHTEEN PAGES.
iiiv vuii kj. STANDS FIVK CEKT3
Secretary Lane Views Oregon! interior departments hfad hears homesteaders' complaints
GATEKEEPER HELD
t t . k . k n n n
State Is to Have Square Dea
k e . n n n n ..st i ;
Reclamation Will Go Forward
AN
ALASKA STEAMER
SINKS IN GAMBIER
BAY: 20 DROWN
ON BRIBE URGE
Millionaire Slayer of Stanford
White Escapes Asylum and
Is Over State Line in Mas
sachusetts, Is Belief.
DARING DELIVERY PLOT
WORKS WITHOUT HITCH
Lunatic Cannot Be Extradited
Though He's Subject to
Examination.
Oalted Press Lewd Wre. .
New Tork, Aug. 18. Search for Harry
Kendall Thaw, killer of Stanford VMt
husband "of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw and
convicted maniac, whose sensational
utory has held world wide attention
since White fell under hi" bullets at
Madison Square Garden in 1906, Is oa
today throughout the whole of northern
New York. Massachusetts and Connec
ticut. " T
Since he fled through an open gati
of Matteawan asylum yesicrut, ............
.prang Into a waiting high power auto
moblls and escaped In a whirl of dust
toward the Connecticut "
have been a hundred reports from vari
ous quarters that Thaw had P""
Apparently the best founded of thess
reports Is that Thaw and those wno
aided him to flee passed last nlght at
the Lenox hotel at Lenox. Mass near
Plttsfleld. that he left there at day
break this morning and Is supposed to
be speeding through the Berkshire hills
toward Boston.
Mother Beoelves Word.
Thaw's1 mother received today a let
ter from the escaped man which was
postmarked at midnight at a New York
substation, showing that either he or
a representative was In the city, then.
The letter was scrawled In pencil. It
read: .
"All well. 1 shall take a rest before
coming to Elmhurst (the Thaw country
place near Cresson, Pa.), as I might be
asked for Interviews and don t want to
refuse. I don't care to make any state
ment as yet. Hope M. and a (Mrs.
Carnegie, his sister, and George Car
negie his brother-in-law,1 arrived safe,
andthat you will go home together.
H K T '
Mrs. Thaw gave out the letter, say
ing it was In Ser son's handwriting.
8h said she would leavo 'or her Penn
sylvania home fomorroVtoxnin
Do you think yonr son believes he
will be safe In Pennsylvania?" jMrs.
Thaw was asked.
"I am not a mind reader," she
laughed; "but I approve of whatever
he thinks best. I am. of course, de
lighted that he Is free."
Howard, Barnum, gatekeeper at Matte
awan Insane asylum, was arrested this
afternoon and charged with bribery and
negligence In connection with the es
cape of Harry K. Thaw. Warrants also
were Issued for the arrest of Thomas
Flood, Kugene Duffy. Richard O'Keefe,
lloger Thompson and Richard Butler,
who are alleged to have aided Thaw to
escape.
.. Thaw, who was regarded sa a "trusty
In the Matteawan asylum, left his room
(Continued on Page Klve.
THAW SLEPT IN HOTEL
IN LENOX AND HEADED
TOWARD BOSK
He Registered as Chauffeur
and Hurried Away Without
Breakfast This Morning,
(United Treu I.enntd Wirt.)
rittsfleld, Mass.. Aug. 18. Harry K.
Thaw, slayier of Stanford White, wjbo
escaped yesterday from Matteawan
stale hospital for tho criminal Insane
In New York state, e'uded the police
this morning after stayinu all night at
the Lenus. hotel. lie escaped In. an
automobile at daylight, the pollco say,
after he had been positively identified.
The 'police ur in pursuit.
Late yesterday two men arrived at
Lenox In a powerful automobile and
registered s Jr. Uolden, -New York,
and P. 1. Lewis, chauffeur.
H. A. Stanley, proprietor of the hotel,
recognised the i lmufleur as Thaw. Both
men went to fielr room, but Stanley did
not tell the police of the occurrence
until today. Hoth men left early this
morning without breakfast, driving
toward Boston.
PUBLIC KNOW SOON
WHICH CARS ARE TO GO
- OVER BROADWAY SPAN
4 With plans lor the formal
opening f tl10 Broadwuy bridge
to street car traffic September
1, General Manager Francis W.
Hlld'anu other officials of the
Portland Hallway, Light and
Power Company this morning
held the first of a series of con- 4
. ftrenpes in regard to the prop1-
able routings of cars. 4
Ths t tnaKdecisloir as to what
lines :shall be sent over the new 4
bridge) will not be announced '
0 . tot several days, Mr. Hlld ex-
plained, because or the other
problems that must first; be
' looked -into. -
Considering the Interest of the
people of the Peninsula in the
' routing, lit. Mild said the line- ' 4
up would b arranged as soon as , 0
4 poaalbl. '; f .
v - f. C'-'k
N N CAR
-
Assurance Is Given That Organized Cooperation is to Be
Future Policy; State Has Not Been Treated Fairly
but Lack of Railroads Is Partly to Blame.
(Staff Correspondence. 1
Aboard Commercial Club1 Special,
Madras, Or., Aug. 18 A secretary of
the Interior is Seeing the bigness of
Oregon; reclamation opportunity today
with his own eyes.
For the first time a secretary of the
interior has left the beaten paths, and
Is viewing the great stretches of land
that are to be some day the homes of
thousands, if the ideal of state and
government cooperation in turning the
water out of the deep canyons upon the
waiting land Is realised. Here, for In
stance, In the valley of the Deschutes
is a scheme of land reclamation that
challenges imagination to grasp.
A halt million acres without homes
or production is the subject of survey
Jointly financed by state and govern
ment, at a cost of $100,000. Two hun
dred and sixty-thousand . acres, not In'
any reclamation project now planned
by anyone ure included.
Homes for Many.
These, the estimate is, can be irri
gated at a coat of J60 an acre, mostlv
fiom the waters of the Deschutes. The
call for government and state . financ
ing this reclamation means the spend
ing of $13,600,000 upon lands worth
more than $20,000,000 when reclaimed,
worth less than $3,000,000 without
water. . ,
It would mean place for homes of
more than '8000 people.
Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the
Interior, looked upon only this portion
of the great area that lies about Red
mond this morning and marveled. Mean,
while, the people of Redmond for the
first time celebrated the advent of an
active head of the Interior department.
Bedmond Celebrates.
They had a . speakers' stand draped
in flags. They had a band at the depot
and delegations' of .leading citizens from
communities of 60 miles around about.
Automobiles carried the entire party
through the Powell Butte district, view
ing both dry ard Irrigated land farming.
Secretary Lane's visit to Oregon has
aroused all the people who are con
cerned for the reclamation of the arid
lands of the slate.
There are issues vital to land reclama
tion, which only .he can settle. They
want to know-If he meant' That 20,000
SLAYER OF WHITE
Harry K.
iiuiw (on left) lit
... .... -4
I A1 , .. .... . ' S SS tkv. Ki- I
acres of the west Umatilla extension
would bo abandoned when he approved
the lmmediato beginning of work on a
first unit of 10,000 acres. They want
to know Ifthe policy of his office will
be to recognize Oregon's merit in future
reclamation apportionments.
They want the size of his definition
of government, and state cooperation,
the new. reclamation Idea. Consequent
ly It was gratifying to secure from him J
uii ire irajn a clear cut interview dj
rectly touching these points.
Hard to Get Money.
"When I raid first unit, I meant first
unit.1' said he. "I did not mean the
abandonment of the remaining 20,000
acres of the west Umatilla extension.
It wus hara enough to get the money
scraped together for 10.000 acres. The
r?ct of the project will be developed
Just as rapidly as possible. Of certain
ty, ve will bs governed quite consider
ably bv the success of the work on t lie
flrtu 10,000 acrts.
"Now, s to Oregon apportionments.
You say that Oregon has contributed
$10,000,000 to the reclamation from the
sale of public lands, and has received
back for Oregon reclamation projects a
little over $900,000, or about 10 per
cent.
Oregon Should Bare More.
'i do not believe that Oregon has ever
received anywhere' near what is due her
in reclamation apportionments. 1 think
Oregon should have much more. But
man, you haven't had railroad trans
portation In Oregon. As -"Interstate i
commerce commissioner 1 called the at-1
tcntion of the whole country to the fact
that fifty thousand square miles of
territory in Oregon had no railroad, a
bigger area than anywhere else in the
United States in such condition.
"Railroad building must precede rec
lamation. Railroads and reclamation
must go together. It would be criminal
to reclaim-- lands and put people on
them, without transportation so ftiey
can reach the markets with their prod
ucts. Oregon with railroad transporta
tion will get her share of reclamation
funds and. I am not unacquainted with
the fact that great areas In this state
can be reclaimed and produce amaz
ingly. ,
"As to government and state coopera
tion In reclamation. I am mightily
(Continued on Page Three).
ESCAPES FROM MATTEAWAN INSANE ASYLUM
f off V
i it-
eharge of Sheriff baker, from snayehot tnen when Thaw was -on trial
T-,-for his life.
j X.,;
Secretary Franklin K. Lane
THREW WIFE IN OCEAN,
BYSTANDER SAVES HER
San Francisco, Aug. 18. Alleging
that she was hurled Into the Pacific
ocean near the Cliff House at midnight
by her estranged husband, and would
have drowned but for the heroism of
Edward Smith, Mvs. Harry Martin, wet
hysterica, appeared at police head
qifurters early today and demanded the
arrest of Martin. The woman said she
and Martin separated soon after their
marriage in 1911.
. Mrs. Martin declares Jhnt Martin per
suaded her to accompany lilm to the
beach to discuss their marital affairs.
Martin, she declares, became enraged
when she refused to return to him and
hurled her into the surf. Smith re
sponded to her cries, and ..dragged her
from the water. , ''
talking to L. F. Chandler, one of tho
RECLAMATION IN WEST
OF
ALASKA ARE FAVORED
Secretary of Interior Expresses
Keen Interest in These Sub
jects; Big Banquet Tonight,
Interesting to Oferonlaas.
I d like to see $30,000,000 ap
propriated for reclamation in
Western states.
I hav ccn t see for myself
wh are the-proMems-aurt -tire 4
w raeinoas in solving them.
I would like to see the -Alaska
coal fields developed so the peo-
pie could get the benefit of
A cheap coal.
41 I'd like to see the government
build railroads in Alaska.
I am Intensely Interested in
the development of this western
country. By FrankUn K. Lane.
Secretary of Interior.
Borne of the big problems of Oregon
reclamation were brought pertinently to
the attention of Franklin K. Lane, sec
retary of the Interior, during his stay In
Portland, yesterday.
That a most determined effort would
be made to put him in possession of the
facts relative to such projects as the
west Umatilla extension and the De
schutes as evidenced by the telegrams
he recclxed and the delegations ho
listened to.
The secretary arrived in Portland at
7 o'clock yesterday morning. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Lane, Auslstnnt
becretary A. C. Miller Hnd his wife,
and the secretary's st-rretary, Herbert
Myer. At the depot waiting to greet
the cabinet official were Governor West
Joseph N. Teal, C. 8. Jackson, A 1,'
Fis':. Clarence L. Reames, United States
District Attorney, c. c. Chapman de
velopment manager of thn Commercial
club, and other?.. rostmastpp F S.
Myers and E. Vers tee, representing' the
Ja.kson rluh, were also to have been
members of the reception committee
but came early and left the depot be
Tore the eeer. (ary arrived.
Shows Zls Tatlyne.
Though responding hartllv to a cor
dial welcome the secretary showed
marks of fatigue resultant from a
Ktrength straining day on puget sound
yesterday. After breakfast at the Ore
gon hotel he held an Informal recep-
iiuM ... 1 lie loiiD.v, men .Mm. I,iMe took
-Hue took 1
null in iniirRe,
nsistlmr lht hF ..i 1
tt)cw at.rml. .... . . ,,J -i " r ,
... . . -Hfi"w.i,-ni nna go to bed, which
he did. resting until lunch time.
mm. iane. proved. In fni
efficient guardian. Xo onlv'did'sh
answer all telephone and personal calls!
(Continued on 4age Three.)
GIRL OF 18 ON PICNIC
LAMETTE
., . s
liss Laverne Wi let, Yamhill
I 1 mimiiiii i
County, Becomes Cramoed
i ll it n . , u I
vviuie owimmmg.
(Soeclil to Th, Jou.-niL)
McMlnnvllle. or., Aug. IS. Miss
Laverno Wlllet of . near Dayton was
drowned while swimming n the Willamette-
near iheJX- Dr-Wamock- farm;
three miles south of that city. Miss'
Wlllet was a member of a picnic party,
and accompanied by her 12-year-old
brother, went Into the rler after dinner,
was overcome iy cramps, and sank.
In her attempts to get out she almost
drowned her brother. Her body was
recovered after an hour's hunt by S. K.
Edwards and Ueorge Robinson, and
every means possible done to revive
her.
Miss Willet was 18 years old and Is
survived by her parents and two broth
ers. ' . ' , r-- ' ,
AND
DEVELOPMENT
DOWN
SINWIL
' til
delegation of Slletz settlers.
2 MEN ARE CRUSHED
OF
Charles Wakefield, Son
Robert Wakefield, and
E, Mitchell Meet Death.
of
Ed
Charles Wakefield, 37, son of Robert
Wakefield, contractor, 648 Yamhill
street,' and Ed E. Mitchell, 31, Rayburn
avenue, Mount Scott, both employes of
Wakefield, were killed Just before noon
today, when a load of piling fell from a
flatcar and" crushed them" '"' - "
The accident happened at East First
and Stark streets, where the Wakefield
company Is erecting a warehouse. The
men had started to take the heavy foun
dation pilings from the car. One of
them pulled out a supporting stake, and
falling timbers struck them with crush
ing force.
Wakefield was killed Instantly, his
head and chest being crushed. Mitchell
died on the way to St. Vincent's hos
pital In the ambulance service car.
uoin men were unmarried. It was
Wakefield's first day .at work on the
Job. Mitchell, sometimes known also
as Charley Mitchell, has a sister living
at Junction City,- Orv She has teen
notified of the accident.
August Wester, foreman, and his as
sistant. Ray Mose, ran to the aid of the
victims as quickly as possible and ex
trlcated them, but there was no hdpo of
saving their lives.
1 ne. ooaies were taxen to tne Dunning
,t Mcllntee undertaking parlors.
IS
LOOKED FOR TODAY
Lind Submits P.eace Sugges
tions but Approval Not
Expected.
I Culled I'r.'.f tHfud Wire
Washington, Aug. IS. Confirmation
of published reports that the American
embassy at Mexico City had submitted
President Wilson's peace suggestions to
General Huerta wus received here today.
and an answer is nouea for th s afier-
ti... . ...! en v,
liuuil. 1 HO RCtlcini v,(.fl IICI D IB llllll
the suggestions will
Huerta's approval.
not meet with
"If the negotiations fail," said Sen
ator Uacoti after a visit to the White
House today, "the. government at least
will have shown that it tried every
peaceful means to restore order in the
disturbed republic."
jr
llorder Guard Is Increased.
Nogales, Arls.. Aug. 18. Orders have
been Issued today by the state depart
ment at Washington that strict guard
must be maintained along the Mexican
border to prevent further exportation of
arms and ammunition in violation of the
neutrality laws. It Is reported here that
ui oepui iiiieui iff iiiLiiuiieu umi large
Mhlp,n6nu of con.,raand hav
,.,.. ctctI at o r rnitfl tha lino nan V a x
the department is informed that large
c'u,l'- Additional border patrol was
detailed today.
rag Was Offered Job for Testimony.
Washington. Aug. 18. Testifying "be
fore the house lobby committee today,
H. I. McMlchael, former chief page of
the house, declared he had been prom
ised a Job Jo --Washington if heaupport
ed Kepresentatlve McDerraott of Illinois
against evidence adduced by Martin M.
Mulhall of Baltimore, formerly an agent
of the National Association of Manufac
turers. The witness denied he had ever
characterised Mulhall as a "dope fiend."
and a 'diabolical liar."
McMlchael admitted that he never saW
the I7&00,; McOcrmott, told him later
that he got. from pawnbrokers for ser
vices in connection with the loan .shark
bill. ' . '
"But I got 150 of It," 'added McMIch-
WHEN
RELEASING LOAD
PILING
FROM
CAR
MAS
ANSWER
State of California, Fresh on
Southeast Alaska Run, Left
Seattle Aug. 13; Lost on
Frederick-Sound.
CARRIED 54 PASSENGERS,
. TOURISTS, AND CREW
Was Formerly on California
Portland Run, Replacing
Steamer Senator.
( United Frew Led Wire.)
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 18. At the of
fices of the Pacific Coast Steamship
company this afternoon It waa an
nounced 'that at least 20 persons were
lost when the steamer State of Cali
fornia w ent clown Sunday morning, . s
north of Ketchikan, Alaska. y
A cable dispatch had Just brought
the names of passengers said still to .
be missing. A previous dispatch car- '
ried the news that four unidentified
women, thought to be missing, had been
saved. It is possible these may bs in
this list.
It is reported six members of the
crew were also drowned.
Officials of the company are receiving .
fragmentary cable dlsaptches at the of
fice this afternoon. .
The vessel carried a crew of 75.
The State of California, Captain Harry I
Caaa, was one of the largest and most
popular steamers of the Pacific Coast '
Steamship company. She was lost la .
Qambler bay, Frederick sound, on the
southeastern coast of Alaska.
Word of the dlstaster reaohed Beattle
at noon today in a cablegram.
The steamer ran aground while nego
tiating Stevens pass, and sank. It is
reported. In a few minutes.
Besides her crew the vessel carried -54
passengers, mostly tourists mak
ing the round trip.
Among the passengers on the wrecked
vessel were A. N. Floyd end wife" and
Mrs. E. C. Ward and Miss Lilly B, Ward. -Mr.
Floyd is general agent of the Pacific
Coast Steamship company and Mrs. .
Ward and Miss Ward are the wife and
daughter of General Manager' E. C. -Ward
of the same company.
As a packet plying tetween Portland
and San Francisco, the Stat of Call
f6rnia was well known in Portland. Sha.
trrft 'ornHlwlrtttt -or-4h: Ban- Francisco -&
Portland Steamship company oit May
12, lMs, and made 22 voyages In place
Of the steamer Senator, which had been
on the run for about six months. The
State of California was taken off this
run on June 18, 1909, when she was re- '
placed by the steamer Kansas City. The . ,
State of California was built at Phlla-
delphla in 1879 and was a vessel of .
1260 tons net.' She was 300 feet long;
88.6 feet beam and had a depth of hold
of 24.4 feet.
ANOTHER
FIRM
GOES
T STREET
TO EAST SIDE
Pacific Fruit & Produce Com
pany Reported as Having
Leased New Building,
The announcement In yesterday's
Journal that one of the largest Front
street produce firms had perfected ar-.
rangements to transfer its business to
the east side warehouse district has re
vived interest fi the movement among
Front street merchant to remove the
city's produce business to the freight
terminal district on the east side of the
river.
It was currently reported on Frsnt
street today that the PBclfto Fruit A
Produce company has leased one half
of the big building to bs erected by the
ThompBon estate for -toe- Pearson-Pags
company.
Discussing the proposed removal of
his firm to the east side, Timothy Pear
son of f.ie Pearson-Page company said:'
"We now have a warehouse on the
east side of the river and have, been,
trying for some time to move our of
fice and distributing nouse over there.
The produce business of Portland has
assumed Immense proportions and has
long since outgrown the cramped quar
ters on Front street. Once th trans
fer to the cast else Is started it will
not be long before alL'Of the larger
dealers will be compelled to make thT
change. Wltti abundant switching fa
ditties provided by both t:i rellway
systems, close access to ths new east
side freight depots and Within a block
or two of tho Morrison street bridge- :
and between Kast First and East Sec
ond streets. Is an Ideal location for ths
produce business. We expect to bs In
our new location by December 1, and I
feel certain that anether year will see
several of our Front street -neighbors
over there." . . ' ' "
ROBBERS GET $75,000 "
FR0MJEWPPRLSH0P
Newport. R. I., Aug. ls.Robbsrs. h-
j i l.ri-mnn'n lewelrv ,i atore hr
IVIV T ; - -
early today and escaped with gems val
ued at SIS.OOU.., it, is oeiieTou our
. ik. ,am iifkt Si whltih rMlitnlltf
robbed the llarriniun and other fashion-
ablu Homes nsre. .....'.. -..;- ',
., , , j, j i m ' mi -;;.
Has Fourth 8ct of Triplets. - 4
Laona. Wis., Aug. 18.- A- fourth sc
of triplets has been presented to r
husband hers today by Mrs. Jefferson
Latrobe. AH ar Uvlnf Maept oas,
FROM
ON
RIVER
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