clhT lfjfj" 11 l3lSSS!l C ? lV WEBU
VOL, XIII NO. 115.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 21. w 1914 SIXTEEN PAGES.
President
' - K
Deposition
' ! i m
Ex-Premier
PRESIDENT OF
Tells of Interview With Min
ister "of Finance Caillaux
on Day of Shooting in Dep
osition Read at Trial.
(United Fmi Leased1 Wlra,
Paris, July 21. Joseph Caillaux, a
former premier, more recently minis
ter of finance and generally considered
one of the most brilliant men of his
generation In France, was the star
witness at today's session of the trial
of his wife, Mme. Henrietta Caillaux,
for the killing of Editor Gaston Cal
mette of Le Figaro.
Next in importance to the testi
mony of Caillaux was the reading of a
deposition from President Poincare
himself, dealing with Incidents which
led up to the shooting and ending
dramatically, with a description of the
president's efforts to prevent a trag
edy at the Identical time that "Mme.
Caillaux was entering the reception
room at Ie Figaro.',' t
Caillaux was first married, he told
the court, in 1806 to Mme. Oueydan, di
vorced wife of a Paris tax collector. He
said the marriage was not happy but
would not tell why, on the ground that
his past troubles had no bearing on
the present' case.
Package of letters stolen. s
Tn any event, matters reached a
crisis In 1J09. Caillaux and his then
wife were at Mamers at the time. A
package of letters had been purloined
from the husband's desk during the
nltht. They were from Caillaux to his
present wife, now on trial TTjrths kill
ing of Calmette. Caillaux offered his
first wife thai choice of a divorce or a
reconciliation.! but Insisted on the re
turn of the letters in either case.
The wife chose the reconciliation.
Accordingly, November 6, 1909, In the
Caillaux home in Paris," in the presence
of Privat Deschanel, general secretary
to the mlnlstpr of finance, tha letters
were burned, as were a list of the hus
band's grievances against Mme. Cail
laux. Before thlsl. however, Caillaux had
asked, in Deschanel's presence. If bis
wtfs has made either pnotograpb. or
copy of the! purloined lettera. She
swore she had not.
KeoonclUatlon Was Uacsra,
"DeschaneV , said Caillaux on the
witness stand, "was my confidents dur
ing this entire period of my life and he
will tell you! nat 1 never was more
sincere than! when 1 brought about
that reconciliation. At that moment I
put out of my life all thoughts but
those of my Iwlfe and my resolutions
remained unaltered until some tlma
later, when Xj realized that It was im
nonsible for its to remain together."
The couplm were divorced in March,
1911.
Hears of letters.
In October) of the same year, when
Callllaux was premier, his chief of
cabinet. France Desclaux, Informed
him that his divorced wife had of
f ered to a newspaper man named Ver
voort certain letters for publication,
that Vervobrjt in turn had discussed
the matter with Desclaux and that he
had given detail concerning the mis
slves from which Caillaux was able
tn recognise them.
One was the "Ton Jo" communica
tion, published later In L.e Figaro.
"Those arei the letters which were
stolen from my desk," declared Call
laux to Desclaux, "and publication of
them would hurt me a great deal, but
solely on Account of their personal
character. ' Ilcan't believe there would
be a newspaper man capable of such a
thing."
Desclaux rjeplied that neither Ver-
voort. who represented tne fans jour
nal, nor Pierre Mortler of "Gil Bias"
would permit anyone sven to suggest
that they publish such matter.
"A few weeks after- this Incident,"
continued Caillaux speaking from the
witness stand, I married my present
wife. W wera completely happy. My
wife was th most tender, the most
thoughtful and the most attentive
companion possible, being at the same
time a perfect associate, wide awake
and well Informed.
"We lived ion terms of the utmost
Intimacy, both of the heart and mind,
notwithstanding rumors to the con
trary, which of course we heard.
. t'choes of thse tales reached us but
we understood perfectly that the
stories were part of the campaign
which La Figaro was leading against
me. We attached no importance to
them. 1
"l m tri era TOfm rnmnfl sm wa . mrHmi,
larly grave, sine Editor Calmette
signed his articles. He tried to pur
chase witnesses .against me. I. too.
might have indulged in such politics,
since I was Offered documents against
Calmette, but I refused them, for I
would not stoop to take up such arms
. against my opponent."
letters Very Personal.
The two letters the publication of
which his wife so feared, the wit
ness explained, were written to her
oy Himself i before their, marriaige.
They were very personal. One was
written on TGenerai Council of Sar
, the letterheads and was short . The
second was on "Chamber of Deputies"
'- letterheads' and. covered le nuir
"This letter bared his soul, the wit
ness said, revealing his " innermost
thoughts fot Tears back. In it ha ex-
FRANCE GIVES
HISTEST10NY
Poincare a Witness
. t t at at H t at
Read at Paris Trial
m m m m m , - M M
Champions His Wife
President Poincare, head of the French republic, who in Paris today
for the first time in the history of French rulers, appeared, by
deposition, as a witness in a criminal trial. -His evidence was
given in behalf of Mme. Henrietta Caillaux, wife of Poincare'a
former minister of finance and and ex-premier of France.
AMERICAN DIPLOMAT
CAP OFF OF
OFFICIAL
Disagreement Over Placing of
! -l.i l a
rxaisei 5 lacru ana Ameri
can In Fjord,
(United Pres Leased Win.)
Christiana, Norway. July 21. Offi
cial cissies here were much wrought
up today over Monday's dlsDute
American steam yacht Pauline between
Secretary of the United States Lega
tion Franklin Mott Guntheir and tho
tiarDor master, who had given offense
by asking that the vacht
anchorage in Christiana fjord to make
room zor tne Kaiser's yatch Meteor.
According to the harbor master's ac
count, Gunther finally knocked the
former's uniform cap off.
plained the reason nHnnlnaiiw .
litlcal, which kept him from divorcing
wis nrsi wire at tne time the letter
was written.
His warning that these lettAm war.
to be published, Caillaux testified,
came from ex-Premier Louis Barthou,
wno lOIrt Mme. Cftlllanr that ha.V.a
seen and talked with her husband's
iirst wire under a street lamp and that
she had read to him certain' "private
ana intimate communications."
Publication Enrages
In spite of numerous wuninm hm
ever, the witness said he was aston
iBiieu wnen inn -Ton Jn" intt.r
peared. His astonishment turned to
violent rage when he was informed by
one whose word he couM nnf nt.t ,
tne otner two letters were also to be
puDusnea.
The Princess D ATphsi im..'Potro.n
he related, tnld Mma ooIh.mJ
V.. .CMUfUJI. ilUII
Calmette had made an offer of 30,000
i runes to one or her friends to arrange
a meeting between himself and Cail
laux' first Wife. The tiring, ool.l
she received an offer of an even larger
sum, out rerused the commission.
"Why did they wish to print those
letters.'- exciaimeri th vi. t..
sionately. "To humUiata me. If Dos-
Biuio, ay araggibg my most private
.(LI. , ' "
senument Derore the mibUr-!
"I might have borne it, hut the very
luea BirucK TO thn nntolr mv
most sacred feelings and wounded her
pnae as a wire and mother.
Wife Highly Karroos.
sunering, harassed, her nerves
shattered, my wire came to the day of
the shooting. Each Tv hurt k.i
more and more highly strung, the
mguuui state or ner nerves impairing
mm zunner ner general health, which
ta not of the best.
. "About 9 o'clock one morning she
uiiu my room wnne I was fin
lshlng dresslne. Kh Vii tho a
copy of Le Figaro.' On the front page
was an article neaaeo:
""Comic interlude Tnn Tt
" The next thing you will see.' she
cnea. -win oe my own pet name pa:
raded In the fam nlaiui
"She threw the naner vlnl nntw 4r.tr.
a chair. "Can't you do something to
stop mur sne asxea.
. Wife Saw JbIm uoiiin. '
"We decided totonsult Jiirio Mnfii
ltr Bronosal was to h hm ohnnt i .n
that afternoon, forgetUng that the
Judge is detained at the palace of jus
tice at that hour. So I left for the
cabinet meetlntr. Tn thl -mrmtr
my wife who finally talked with the
4.--S) r : -
Monler having given it a his opinion
that nothinsr was to be a-ained an that
something might be lost by legal pro-
cnumga, o.m, v&iu&ux . reported , to
her husband, asking him: ,"What do
, you propose dolngT : ; ' - -.
" It that's' the way things stand,
KNOCKS
OFFENDING
H. H. EMMONS BADLY
HURT IN AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT AT GOBLE
ar in Which Attorney Was
Riding Runs Off Embank
ment; Little Hope Held,
H. M. Emmons, a well known Port
land attorney, was serlouslv If not fa
tally injured last night when the large
touring car in which he was riding
from Goble to Portland toppled over
iiu root embankment when th ster.
ing gear of the machine brnk
With Emmons at the time were his
wife. Miss Sarah J. irgninv ..
wniiam Gregan and the chauffeur.
iimmona Was ninnpfl nnH tv.
wrecked machine the
. CO Ll lift UII
his chest He suffered a fracture of
.wo noa, one or which is believed to
have punctured a lune Th. mi,...
In the car miraculously escaped.
The accident occurred shortly after
the party had left Goble on the return
trip to Portland, the car coming to a
portion of the road deep In sand. Un
able to stand the . strain
6'"s. steering- gear snapped like
a reed and tne car, and its passengers
uver' tne emDanicment.
The car turned turtle ,mni.t.i.
landing on its side at the bottom of
the embankment. Mlsa Kanincktr
the first to recover from the shock
.ene released the chauffeur and the
other two women passengers, sending
the driver for helr. naaiwin. ,..
dangerous position in which Emmons
was piacea tney began the work of- ex
tricating him from beneath tho
With his chest and throat pressed
against a rotten log by the weight of
tne macmne ne was in imminent dan
ger from strana-Tins-.
woriung frantically, they dug the
pmp ci tne log away with their fin
gers, succeeding after 15 minutes of
effort in relieving tne nresmir Am
nions' face had turned purple when he
waa released.
A rescue Dartv headed hv RhuHtt
Lake of St. Helens took th
man to St. Vincent's hospital early
mis morning, where he U now under
tne care or tJT. a. w. Moore.
replied," testified the witness, 'TH
smasn nts race." "
Translation Is Difficult.
The expression, as was brought out
ny uaitre Labori, Mme. Caillaux' law
yer, "casser la geueul" might have
been taken to be literal or to be a
threat to kill. It does not translate
quite accurately into English. In which
its Dest equivalent would be: "If that's
the way things stand. I'll just hand
him something myself."
"My wife had called on me at the
ministry," went on Caillaux. "On our
way home In our automobile my wife
evidently was pondering my threat.
""When do you think of doing what
you saiar sne asiced. "Todayr
"'No,' said I, 'not today. I shall do
It at my own day and hour, but soon.'
"As I left the nouse after lunch my
wife told me she had decided not to
dine, as we had intended, at the Italian
emDassy . iiim oigni isne seemed so
overwrought, so distracted, so like
as Delboa said a hunted beast, that X
did not insist.' , V"
She Sotixied Embassy.
"She told me that I mast go and
that . she . would send my evening
clothes by my valet to the ) ministry.
She had the embassy rung up and told
that I would come alone. -
"This proves that: she did not pre
meditate killing or even shooting Cal
mette. Had she anticipated any such
thing she would have said nothing at
-(Concluded oa Pass Eicht. Column OmI
oSlIeoto
be big fraud
Noted Guide Says Joseph
Knowles Lived Comfort
ably in Cabin While "Bat
tling" for Existence.
SUN BATHS GAVE COAT
OF TAN, IS ASSERTION
Trapper Avers Nature-Man
Had Three "Squares" a
Day, Fully Armed.
Declaring that Joseph Knowles. who
Is about to begin his second "primitive
man exploit In the Sisklyous of south
ern Oregon is a veritable Dr. Cook, a
noax and a fraud, that he lived com
fortably In a log cabin when he started
forth to battle against the wilderness
in the Maine woods last year, and that
though he started from civilization
naked, he had a comfortable, pleasant
outing, Allie Demlng, a noted guide
and trapper of Flagstaff, Maine, has
exposed tne Adam-man in an article in
tne .Boston American.
Knowles Is all ready to start into
the woods from Grants Pass. That
is one reason why Demlng decided to
maxe the expose. Though he had kept
the secret nine months, he said he fig.
ured one hoax of the kind was enough
to impose upon the public.
Demlng tells how he stumbled uron
Knowles tn a snug cabin In the woods,
fully clad and smoking a cigarette.
When Knowles saw he was discovered,
Demlng says he besought him not to
give away the secret, and even hired
him as guide.
Kan Declared Fully Armed.
Together the nature man and the
trapper lived in the cabin, Demlng help.
ing him acquire the coat or tan that
was to deceive civilization into think
ing he had spent most of his time in
that simple garb. Demlng says also
that he helped dig the bear pit, in
which Knowles was supposed to have
trapped the bear that furnished him
the costume in which he returned to
humanity. As a matter of fact, Dem
lng says, the bearskin was purchased.
One of the astonishing charges made
by Demlng. Is , that- Knowlea actually
did not sleep a single night in the open
during the eight weeks of his Maine
experiment, and that he was clothed
at all times except when he exposed
his body to the sun for the acquisition
of his tan.
Instead of depending on his fingers
to wrest a living from nature, Demlng
declares Knowles had a revolver and
two rifles besides cups and saucers.
knives and forks and even a tooth
brush.
"The comedy Knowles pulled over
was all a fake from start to finish,"
Demlng declares. "I became interested
in the case in a peculiar way. it was
an accident, either lucky or unlucky.
The deal gave us all kinds of publicity
and lots of fun."
Demlng Challenges Knowles.
Mr. Demlng challenges Knowles and
his backers to disprove the story he
tells. He declares they, dare not, be
cause he has the proofs which he can
show In court If it becomes necessary.
He declares he knows because he stage
managed most of the experiment and
kept away from any investigators who
might be lurking around.
"Knowles didn't sleep in the open
a single night. He didn't miss a meal.
He had three 'squares' a day and more
if he wanted them; He smoked to his
heart's content and was fully dressed,
except when I directed him to taka
the course of sun baths for the sake
of the tan.
'My meeting with the twentieth
century cave man was a surprise to
both of us. I had heard a lot about
his adventure and, being a woodsman,
became curious how he was going to
do it.
Knowles and Manager Suspicious.
"I made an offhand visit to the
Knowles camp which was to be the
last stand before he plunged Into the
woods. I got suspicious because
Knowles and his manager seemed un
easy. So I wnt on to another camp
where I had been guiding and found
the lumber Jacks and woodsmen just
as Incredulous as I was.- Then we got
(Concluded on Ppga Seren, Column Three)
FATHER SAVES LIVES
OF TWO CHILDREN BY
George F. Vahl Makes Heroic
Rescue When. Residence Is
-Attacked by Fire.
Fire at 1:15 o'clock this morning in
the home of George F. Vahl. 1237 Cast
Seventeenth . street, noth, forced him
to Jump out the window with his two
children in his arms to save the lives
of the trio. Mrs. Vahl is spending the
summer in the country for her health
and was not at home. A
Vahl ww over town last evenlnar.
returning shortly before midnight. He
was awakened by smoke in his sleep
ing room. The man's first impulse
was to protect the two small children,
who were sleeping In an adiolntnr
room. Vahl seized them around the
waist, carried Dotn to the window and
was outsxie Derore tbey were awak
ened. The blase started in the tMr
of the one-story home, apparently from
cross eieetncai wiring, -j- . ;
Damage la estimated at $S0.'? -
LEAPING OUT WINDOW
THREE DEFENDANTS
Sketches made by The Journal Artist Slaymaker as they listened to arguments of their attorneys, asking
dismissal. From left to right W. P. Mlnard, Portland; J. W. Logan and E. J. Sellers, Taconuu
GRAD
ING CONT
IS
; COAT IS
Bert James, of 1622 East
Seventeenth Street, Left
Home to Pay Employes.
Bert James.
The coat of Bert James, a grading
contractor of 1622 East Seventeenth
street, found on the Ainswofth dock
early this morning by W. Carre-l, cou
pled with the fact that James has been
missing from his home since noon yes
terday, gives the Portland police a dis
appearance mystery to solve which up
to noon had offered no tangible clues.
James is said to have gone out yes
terday noon with $600 In his posses
sion with which to pay off his team
sters. He failed to return last night,
and his coat containing a letter writ
ten to a daughter in Idaho last Friday
and check book was turned over to the
police this morning. It was found on
the Alnsworth dock.
Whether James 'was the -victim of
foul play, committed suicide, or left
his coat by accident or Intentionally
on the dock, is not known.
The letter mentions family trouble
and this Is regarded as a possible rea
son for suicide if James did take his.
own life. His wife is said to be su
ing him for. divorce in Spokane, and
the youngest of three sons incurred
the f atner s displeasure recently by
marrying, causing James considerable
worry.
James left home yesterday morning
In 'company with a man named Du
gan. They had two drinks and a ci
gar together, but according to Dugan
there waa nothing in James" manner
to indicate that he was despondent.
James returned .home and left the
hcuse again at noon, telling his house.
keeper that he had 00 with which
to pay off his men. He is also un
derstood to have planned -to -do some
collecting.
James was formerly In the transfer
business at 1266 East Nineteenth
street, but sold his business six weeks
ago to F. W. Fruiht.
in missing man had employed a
housekeeper since his separation from
his wife. He is about 45 years old
and a man of powerful physique.
City Detective John Golts has been
assigned to the case.
Customs Men Watch
For Chinese Launch
San Francisco. July 21. From Mon
terey to Eureka, th customs, lraml
gration and lighthouse services were
on the alert today to prevent an ex
pected attempt to land a launch full of
contraband Chinese,
The launch was said to have left
Ensenada.-Mexico, -with 40 of the ori
entals on board and to have been sight
ea near Aionterey. ,
The patrol of the coast was so thor
ough that federal officials thought a
landing wouia te impossible. - ' -.
RACTOR
MISSING
FOUND ON RIVER DOCK
hi A:A I
iff t"!
L12
IN THE MAIL FRAUD CASE NOW ON TRIAL
ATTEMPT TO IMPEACH
DEFENSES FIRST ACT
Counsel In Locators Case
Puts Witness on Stand to
Show Sellers Innocent.
Efforts to impeach the testimony
of Henry J. Harper, who was Indicted
with four others on the charge of
making fraudulent use of the malls In
connection with locating applicants on
lands tn the Oregon & California rail
road grant, was the first move of the
defense this morning in the trial of H.
J. Sellers and . J. W. Logan of Tacoma
and W. F. Mlnard of Portland.
This move waa taken In connection
with: the defense of Sellers, who short'
ly before the noon recess was put on
the witness stand in his own defense.
E. O. McLane, a Tacoma lawyer, was
the chief witness. His testimony was
Intended to show that while Sellers
nnd Harper offlced together. Sellers
had no part In the land locating opera
tions of Harper. McLane's knowledge
of the affairs of the two men, he said,
came through his serving Harper in
the capacity of notary public.
But before united States . District
Attorney C. L. Reames got through
with the witness on cross-examination
the evidence indicated that McLane
was closely allied with the operations
of the two men as the author of a let
ter addressed "to Messrs. Harper &
Sellers, instructing them to raise the
price of locations, and as a party to an
agreement whereby McLane waa to ac
cept power of attorney for applicants.
Much of the testimony of the morning
i evolved around this letter, which de
scribed the desirability of the claims
upon which locations could be made in
the vicinity of the Coqullle river. Mc
Lane said he wrote the letter at the
request of Harper, who was contem
plating a trip east. McLane denied
that he was a "booster' for the lo
cators. The letter was introduced as
evidence by Reames to Impeach the
credibility of McLane as a witness.
"That letter was written as a boost
for their game and you got 15 for
writing it. didn't you?" demanded Dis
trict Attorney Reames.
"No, sir, replied the witness.
"What did you write a 'boost' letter
for, then?"
McLane said that Harper had come
to him and asked to use his name as
power, of attorney in connection with
the locations, and that after stipulating
the kind of a receipt to be given to ap
plicants and other forms, he consented
and wrote the letter for Harper to take
east.
"Why did you address the letter to
Sellers?" asked Reames.
"At Harper's request-"
"Would you have addressed it to E.
H. Harriman if Harper had requested?
"No, sir."
"You addressed the letter to Harper
& Sellers because you . knew they were
(Concluded oa Pace Two. Colasio One.)
Inquest Into Death
Of Dawson Begins
Wife Who Zs Held as Material Witness
Appear . Cheerful; Chemist's Anal
ysis Bald to Be Hate rrldenoe.
The inquest over the body of Georre
Dawson, laborer, who died apparently
from strychnine poisoning at his home
in Lents last Wednesday, began at 1
o'clock this afternoon at the coroner's
office. "
The coroner's Jury consists of F. J.
Tannke, of Thirteenth and Taylor
streets, B. F. Daly of 225 Eleventh
street, R. W. Chapman of S25 Broad
way, J, P. Mart of 564 Todd avenue, W.
B. Manley of 14 Jackson and R. A.
Calkins of 3 North Broadway.
The first witness of the afternoon
was Ruth Dawson, the 17-year-old
daughter of George Dawson. whose
sudden death Is the subject of the In
quiry. She said that her father and
step-mother had many quarrels, some
times one giving in and sometimes the
other. h said the last quarrel was
Tuesday morning, the day before her
father's death. ' Then she decided she
couldn't stand it a, home any longer.
so left and went to a neighbor's. She
said the next she heard of her folks
waa . that her - father was dead, and
when she met her step-mother again
i ana exciaimea. -ion poor gin. -,
HARPER'S
TESTIMONY
HIS SEAT INITIAL
CONGRESS
RESIGNED
E
T
Wi: Return to Chicago Stock
yards, Says Representative
McDermott.
Representative James T. McDermott
United Ptms Leased Wire.)
Washington, July II. Representa
tive James McDermott of Illinois,
under charges of lobbying, sent
message to Governor Dunne to.
day resigning his seat in congress.
In a statement from the floor of the
house, McDermott denied all charges
of misconduct lh connection with the
lobby investigation.
The Floyd committee, which investi
gated the lobby charges against Mc
Dermott, declared the Illinois con
gressman was guilty of gross Im
propriety.
McDermott also tendered his resig
nation to Speaker Clark. He said he
would return to Chicago to seek re
election from his district in the stock
yards section.
In his statement in the house. Mc
Dermott said he came to congress a
poor man, and that he leaves Wash
ington still poor.
"I have been Invited to many places
in Chicago and 'elsewhere that some
members of this - house may , think
were above my station." McDermott
continued, "but I preferred to associ
ate with the people who sent me to
congress. When 1 am at home I can
be found at my accustomed haunts
among my old companions, associating
with the men and boys of the great
Union stockyards the people I love
and want to associate with. Tbey are
ODen and abov boa tA it th.n -
against you, they come and say so to
your face. They don't use the brigand
metnoa ox snooting you from ambush."
Body of Woman Is
Found upon Beach
he Was Dressed la White and TTn-
aarwear Was of Maast; Half Burled
by Sand Vear Galveston, Texas. '
- uiiimwu, a cim, rfusy witn a
bullet - wound in - the head and half
burled in the sand, the. body of a hand'
some woman was found on the beach
near here today. The police believed
the woman .was murdered, robbed and
that . her assassin then dragged hr
body to the beach, hoplag It would be
carried away by the tide.-. ; There waa
no ciue to ner laenuty.- ;
ine victim loosed to be about
years old. The body was clad in white
ana tne unaereiotning was of the fin
est. - The bullet had gone through a
Panama hat the' girl wore and com
pletely penetrated' the brain. There
were no powder marks. - .
y An - excited, unidentified man ' was
seen .last ' night near the, spot where
the eorpae waa found, and the police
wera looking tor him today. . . ,: ,
BY ACCUS
D LOBBYIS
';.r k
oi 5
TO VIEW FIGHT
British Cruiser Rainbow Ar
rives in Harbor From Es
quitnalt and Trains -12
Inch Guns on Hindus.
LATTER ARE BUILDING
BARRICADES ON VESSEL
Have Secured Swords and
Weapons to Beat Off a
Boarding Party.
(Cnlted rrew Xjtuf. Wire.)
Vancouver, B, C. July 21.The
cruiser Rainbow dropped her anchor
in harbor at 8:30 o'clock this morning
after encircling, the Komagata Maru.
me mnau prison ship, in a spectacular
manner. Cries from the Komagata
smote the air. Terrified, the Hindus
expected nothing less than quick an
nihilation at the hands of the crew of
the gunboat, after their assault upon
the police of Vancouver last Sunday
morning.
The passengers aboard the Hindu
ship were terror-stricken. t
Two 12-inch guns are now trained
upon the Komagata Maru. In addition
to the regular crew of the cruiser,
nearly 1000 men are now being taken .
from shore to the Rainbow.
From every vantage point, from'
roofs of buildings and from small
boats and launches, all Vancouver this
morning la watching proceedings and
waiting for a battle.
All night long crowds gathered along
the waterfront and awaited develop
ments. The Hindus during the night were no
less busy snd builded barricades along
the ship's rail of heavy lumber. Their "
blacksmiths, for two days; have been
fashioning weapons. They . will be
given the alternative of leaving peace
fully. Whether tbey accept this re
mains to be aeen.
Ball cartridges were issued to the
Soldiers at the pier this morning, r
At 10:30 o'clock this morning after
a forenoon of event's which would be
hard to surpass tn ludicrousness. Im
migration . Officer Malcolm J. Raid,
aboard the "lug tfea Lion, approached
the Hindu ship and demanded that the
slkhs surrender and get up steam. An
ultimatlum was delivered that the
Hindu ship be prepared either to move
at noon or fight. No steam had been
up in any but the auxiliary boiler for
two months. The order was imoosslble
to fulfill.
The Canadian cruiser Rainbow la an
chored alongside the Komagata. Craft
of every description are' cruising around
tne vessel, but keeping a safe dis
tance.
Through glasses from the shbr I tin.
dus can be seen with weapons at hand
and a plentiful supply of coal to heave
at anyone attempting to board her. It
Is understood from semaphore slrns
.received from ship to shore that the
Japanese crew is bound with ropes.
Calcutta Fears Outbreak.
Calcutta. July 21. The authorities
here and elsewhere- throughout India
were exercising especial vigilance to
day on account of fears of violence de
veloping from the Canadian Immigra
tion department's attitude toward the
shipload of Hindus detained at Van
couver. Anti-English agitators in India have
kept the people well Informed concern
ing the Vancouver situation, embellish
ing It with hair raising stories con
cerning the cruelties they declare have
been practiced on the immigrants and
unquestionably have stirred up Intense
reeling in connection with the case. .
If there should be any really serious
fighting and especially if any of the
Hindus should be killed, Veil informed
officials here said they thought ser
ious outbreaks were quite within the
bounds of possibility.
Boy Shah Crowned;
Rides m Glass Coach
Teberan, July 21. Ahmed Mlrza,
aged 16, was crowned Shah of Persia
today, formally succeeding to the
throne abdicated several years ago by
his father, .now an exile In Russia. The
boy was driven to - the parliament
house In a glass coaclw
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