SUNNYS1DE IN ATTLmrTS
TO SLAY HE AND SUICIDES
USES HATCHET
!
Woman SavesLife by Wrench
ing Weapon From Hand of
Assailant.
n.D been married
OXIA ONE MONT1I I
I
Fellow Was Religious Fanatic and j
Believed to Have Lost Reason Pol- j
lowing IllnessCoroner Folsom
Takes Charge of Hcinalns.
After falling In an attempt to mur
der his wife and kill himself with a
hatchet, Fred Geisler, a re.-lent of
Sunnysldo near Milton, last night dove
head first down' a thirty foot well.
breaking his neck In the plunge. This !
ib me uupuimu ui n ciiiiiiiiuiiicuiiim
received last night by Coroner Ralph
Folsom, who left for the scene of the
tragedy on the early train this morn
ing. , , i
advices I
According to telephonic
from Milton, GelsfTT. who is about
sixty years old and an .old resident
of that section of the county, has re
cently become a religious fanatic and
It is believed by many that ill health
of body had affected his mind.
He has been married to his wife
barely over a month. Last night
about 9 o'clock, without any warning,
he seized a hatchet and attempted to
strike her, but his purpose was
thwarted by his Intended victim, who
grappled with her husband and
whenched the weapon from his hands.
When thus deprived of his Instru
ment of destruction, he ducked his
head between his hands and ran for
the well, diving head foremost lnt
Its opening. His head struck against
the solid side and his neck was broken
before he fell into the ten feet of wa
ter His body was recovered and the cor
oner notified but upon his arrival at
the scene decided that an Inquest was
unnecessary.
1 I
Geisler was well Known in tne east i ny the special commission appointed,
end of the county where she has t to investigate and report on the mer-j i-iw Kill iioi it IP
made his home for a good many years. ils of the magazine postage contro- j lml 'AK.'.. ''.',S, , ,v ,,,".i,.,Vj.v
nreenilv he had become morose and iversv. ! PREM.N1S 1IUIN lloitllM.Y
Recently he had become morose andiversy.
discontented, but, So far as known,
had had no trouble with his wife f
rh a short period. The only ex-1
uiatlon of his attempted homicide !
., v.,.. .,..:.., ti, thev were, the '
sue
plana! Ion
and hfs suicide Is that they were the
results of a temporary derangement. ,
YANKEE SCRIBES IN
Detroit. Mich.. July lS.-"'We,come ;
to our fair city," was the slogan
sounded today by representatives of :
the municipal anil state governments, j
the Board of Commerce and the
newspapers ,of Detroit at the opening (
session of the twenty-sixth annunl 1
convention of tho National Editorial
Bssorlatlon. The welcome mat was i
displayed at the door of the Hotel j
rontchnrtraln. the official head- i
nunrters of the gathering of the na- J
tlon's scribes, and Edgar A. Guest,
poet laureate ot Detroit, sung his
sweetest in honor of the visiting edi
tors. The National Editorial Association
was founded in 1885 by Col. B. B.
Herbert, editor of the National Printer-Journalist
of Chicago. It has met
only once before In Detroit and that
was twenty-two years ago. Sixty-four
ntnte and sectional editorial associa
tions are affiliated wltlt the national
body and all have sent delegates to
the meeting convened today. The
membership Includes editors of met
m rflllo an .onntrv weeklies I
Iru in ,.n Tn i. nn I
xnW nv,.-. - t
Thursdny and afterward many of the
flelegates will go on an excursion to
Quebec and Intermediate, points In
Canada. The trip will afford an op
portunity lo Invesligate the recipro
city question from the Canadian view
point. Bet.veen . sessions in Detroit
there will be motor rides about De
troit, visits to the great automobile
faclorles, and a steamer trip.
Strikers Return to Work.
Vancouver, B. C. July 18. The
stfine cuttersi structural Iron workers
and sheet metal workers who have
been on strike since June 6, have
agreed to return to work. Other
xinjons are negotiating for terms with
their former employers.
It CLOUD THICKER
ENGLAND AX1 FRANCE VS.
GKIUMN'Y AND SPAIN
Arwvt of French Consul by Spanish
Troops n Morocco Follows Secret
.Mot-ting Rcliveon Spanish King mid
German Diplomat.
London, July IS. That th Fran-so-Spanish
difficulties In Morrocco.
may yet Involve Great Britain und
Germany In a four cornered dispute,
which may result In war, is feared in
diplomatic circles here today.
Tension, already strained dangor-
i ously near to the point of breaking,
through Germany's landing of troop
at Agadir, is intensified today by the
arrest of the French consul at Alca-
zar Dv me Pan'sn troops
I It Is not believed in official cir
cles, .hut France will swallow the
I deliberate affront and England, It
is e:;j.n:jd, will line up with France
in case of hostilities.
Tlie fact that the arrest of the
French consul followed a secret con-
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sador, indicates that Germany has
given every assurance that she stands
back of Spain in a struggle that might
, start between the two southern Euro-
pean nations,
Population Center Moves.
Washington. Julv 18. The center
of population of the U. S. Is four and
a half miles south of L'nlonville, Moil-!
roe county, Ind., according to a cen
sus announcement. Since 1900 when
It was six miles southwest of Colum
bus, lnd., it has moved thirty one
miles westward and seven tenths of
a mile northward.
MAGAZINE POSTAL
RATE PROBE BEGINS
Xew York, Jaly 18. Leading pub
Ushers of periodicals, prominent rail
road officials and other interested I
: parties win ne caneu upon 10 testily
; during the hearing commenced today 1
The recommendation of the Post
master General that the postage rate
on advertising pages of magazines be
Increased to four cents a pound
,,.,. ,.r,,t .n,nBn,.ilnn .h ,.rt
oused great Indignation upon the part
perlodhial Pushers, who raJned j
It was alleged that the proposed in- 1
crea.se was due to the machinations (
of the vested interests that had been j
I persistently attacked by many maga-1
,zines, and was merely a measure to!
:get even with the so-called "muck-
rakers." j
Many publishers have repeatedly
declared that a raise in postage would.
. tUo.ii in oitcn.,.! .,.KIi.,r.tl,.n '
nmMoA ty the ,nt.rlUona, Typo- '
ht . T-nIrin ,,,, ,i...r int..ria 1
ulf,.cte, it,,i t the authorization f .
rnmn,i,sn tnt.i tho n. niter !
Supreme Court Justice Hughes Is
the chninr.an of the commission. The '
npnrln ,)e cxtenslve and will '
roV(ir cv,,rv phase of tho controversy.
Arrangements have been made by the '
nost orfice ,lopartment to carry flc-i
tion nnJ othpr rumications without
current news interest by fast freight,!
and this la expected to result In a con-.
slderable decrease in the cost of ser-1
v,ee- !
OREGON OFFICIALS ARGl'E
IV WIIDK ETlt I1ITin i
- . - . .
!
San Francisco. Calif., July 18. Ar-!
Kuments over the attempt of Port-!
land auhorlties, interested In the
wrecked Oregon Trust and Savings !
bnnk, to extradict Louis J. Wilde, be-1
gan today before Governor Johnson.!
.L " " " "i " '
Il nst nf tho mnmlnir wnu mvnn hv
f . as lujof prominent Ohloans who were as-
iiviner me govei ument is
go(
ered
to question the good
persons requesting extradition.
!
Two Miners Killed.
Butte, Mont. Two miners met
nentn in tne mines or this city. Mich-1
ael Joyce was killed in the Speculator j
mlno of the North Butte company and I
neiitiei ouinvuu iiicl ni ueatn in
the Never Sweat mine of tho Ana
conda company. Both men fell
through manways.
Killed by Batted Ball,
Chicago, July 18r While watching
a baseball game between two amateur
teams, toward uaDrysek was struck
In the stomach by a batted ball and
kilW
wii.ey reprimanded:
secy, wn.sox to quit.
Washington, July IS. Tlmt
President Taft will publicly
reprimand Doctor Wiley, chief
chemist' of the department of
agriculture, for Irregularities he
Is a id to have condoned, but !
that Doctor Wiley's Job Is safe,
Is reported here today as the
way the chief executive will t;i k-
to get out of the dilema. Sew-
retary of Agriculture James Vil-
son will be left bear the
brunt of public protests and it
1h believed by his friends that
ho will resign over the affair. S
STANDARD OIL CO.
WAR NECESSARY TO
BUSINESS OF TRUST
Din. Had Granted Concessions That
Enabled Oilier Company to Coni
H"te With Anieriran Octopus Is (lie
Cluirgc of Wall, Street.
New York, X. Y., July IS. Proof
that the Standard Oil company back
ed the Madero uprising in Mexico is
seen," It is claimed, by Wall street
politicians today, in the visit of Lord
Cowdray. the British financier whose
syndicate hold? immense oil deposits
in Mexico, " which were obtained
through concessions from President
Diaz.
Cowdray's syndicate was in a posi
tion to force the Standard Oil com
pany to reduce its prices or suffer
disastrous eomiief itinn
The charge is made that the Stand-I
ard company financed M.vlero's rev-
Lolution in return fi
'or a promise to
cancel Cowdray's concessions.
It Is now reported that Cowdray.
with Madero looming up as the prob
able next president of Mexico, is try
ing to sell his concessions to the
Standard Oil company.
j CANADIAN PARLIAMENT
I AGAIX IX SESSION
Ottawa,
Jii'v ii. Parliament re-1
i sumed its session today, after a re
cess since May 20. During this time
the liberals and conservatives have
been busy .with their constituencies,
campaigning for and against the reci
procity bill. It is understood the
liberal element, backed by a major
ity of fortv in the house of commons,
will make a final effort during the
rc,m!imuer cf the session to put the j
r.,rinroctv measure through
tne j
i,nl,
Bcllaplain". Iowa, July IS. A dar
; 'u"1,t " h"w 1
ar-,,nu Northwestern passings r train
8, westbound, was made early to-
Vone bandit cntcml the
.1... ... T...n n rwl lln II.
a...,
",an hoU1 P h' ,,and- lc,f
" "'"B the trainman shot the
who fell mortally wounded.
. .
STOKES" ASSAILANTS AK1-.
VNDER INDICTMENTS
New lork, July
New York, July IS. indictments,
rll H Tel II tT nlllmntlll llllirdpr Of Mil-
loreE. B. Stokes. werV returned
by the grand jury today against
linn Graham and Ethel Conrad, who;'
shot the elderly man in their apart- j
merits here. Stokes alleged they at-
tempted blackmail. The girls, who j
are out on bonds and appearing in j
vaudeville, have been cited to ap-
pear in court tomorrow and enter
their pleas to the charge,
ALICE THAW'S DIVORCED
Hl'SBAND A BANKRVPT
Lonu,m, juy n. The Earl of
Yarmouth, divorced husband of Alice
Thaw has been declared u bankrupt
'and a receiver Is expected today to
.ho T.r (,.v 1
Lt&IVC JVf?t- I V ' 14 V. llll. vmi v " ii 1 1 i
sent, Abbevmede. Earl Yarmouth
received l.'t)00,000 at the time of his
mnrrInKe to Alice Thaw, who is a
Klst,,r to 1Iilv,.v Thaw, the slaver of
sanford White, in New York City.
.
Honor Tom Johnson.
, . j . m . . i
.eveianu, v.-.. uuiy ........... ,
empow-1 sociated with the late Tom Johnson, :
faith Of.mlvor 0 Cleveland, have Cone on a
pilgrimage today !o the grave of Mr.
Johnson in Brooklyn. Today is the
anniversary of the birth of the man
wno during his four terms as chief,
executive of Cleveland, perhaps the
most famous mayor in the United
states,
BRIBE TAKER'S SENTENCE
IIEI.D-V1 I NTIL MONDAY
Oakland, Calif., July 18. Counsel
for Henry Dalton, who was to have
Veen sentenced today, for accenting
! a $5,000 bribe from the Spring Val-
jew water company, secured a stay
0f execution unU Monday, when a
plea for a new trial will be made.
I piiii nor?,! uct n
ii ill ir iu in i ii
UIIILU1ILIS IILLU
Four Girls and Boys Arrested
o,j Suspicion of Having
Committed Murder.
OLDEST' OF SUSPECTS
IS SEVKXTKKX YEARS
C-!;riiiJ Town Scene of Crime That
1 Reveal Repulsive Practices of
Wealthy Stockniiin, Wlio Chose
Young Girls for His Associates.
Grand Junction, Colo., July 18
The little city of Clifton, located a few
miles from this place, has been
thrown into the meshes of sensation
al excitement, by the arrest of two
young girl.s and -two boys, who are
charged with having murdered Clark
A. Wolfskill, a prominent and wealthy
ranchman, whose dead body was
found in a small river the latter part
ot last week.
a he youthful prisoners are: Gladys
Thompson, age 17; Lillian Osborne,
age 14; Lee Baker, age 15 and Virgil
Watson, age 17. They are members
of prominent families of this part of
the state.
Drowning First Thought,
On Hmling tne remains of the
rancntr it was first thought that he
had been drowned. An examination
reeaied the fact that his lungs had
not been liiled with water.
Jiis shots wire jatvr found, filled
with t;uid and in the water. At the
autopsy it was discovered his body
was covered with bruises and cuts.
The officers set to work and on
learning that the ranchman had been
wont to spend much of his time in
company with the giris, unknown to
their parents, they were tiu-.-.-tioned.
They each told different stories and
mentioned certain things that led to
the arrest of the two boys. The lat-t'.-r
als ) tolj conflicting stories, They
were a.i, however, agreed upon the
fact th', they had discovered his body
in the water and searched his cloth
ing but found no money. One of the
boys admitted throwing tli victim's
shoes into the water.
Parties liathed Together.
One of the boys stated that the
party had frequently been in swim
ming together. The girls denied this.
One of the girls intimated, uncon-
sciously, that they' had had improper
relations with the ranchman. The
other girl stoutly denied this.
They both admitted the ranchman
had paid a large bill for them at a
restaurant, the day of his disappear
ance, and further inquiries revealed
the fact that Wolfskill had for sev
eral months been paying all bilks in
curred by the girls unknown to their
parents.
The authorities are at a loss for
a motive of the killing, ror they are
positive that the four youthful pris
oners or at least some member of the
party, committed the deed.
Robbery, they claim, wins unneces
sary, as Wolfskill gave the girls mon
ey freely. The assistance of physi
cians will he relied on to decide oth
er possible motives which the girls
I declare was not responsible for the
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WEATHER MAN
REVIEWS MONTH
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis, Ore. The only frost ever re
corded for June at the Oregon Agri
cultural College was in June 24 this
year, says W. L Powers, the college
weather observer, in his review of
the post month. Though it was not
heavy, it injured corn, beans, pota
toes, squashes, and other truck crops
in some districts.
Thus far this year there has been
a deficiency in rainfall of 2.26 Inches,
the precipitation for Juno being 1.03
inches a departure of .IS of nn inch
from normal. The greatest, amount
for any one period of 24 hours was
,4S of nn inch. The evaporation dur-
j Ipe: thle month was 4.!5 inches.
I There were 15 clear days. 8 partly
cloudy, and 7 cloudy ones. The mean
. .
temperature for June was 5ti degrees,
departure from normal of 3.S de-
grees. The highest point was on
.Tiinn 10. when it wim deirroe nnd
the lowest June 4. 22 degrees. The
K,-entest rsnge in unv one day was 41
(iegrees."
WIFE
MFRDKRER CHEATS
fJAI.EOWS BY SVICIDE
Beaver, Ta.. July IS. Charles
Hickman, the wife murderer, who was
to have .been hanged In the county
jail here this morning, was found
dead In his cell at daybreak, having
swa'lowed poison. Hickman pre
viously had made two sensational es
capes from jail and also had attempt
ed to commit suicide. He continually
declared that he would not die on the
gallows.
X I CA K At; I A X t.'AI'l T A L
IX STATIC OF SI ege.
Panama, July IS. That Ma
nagua, the capital of Nicaragua,
Is in a state of siege, the pris
ons are full of political unfor
tunates who are loaded with
chains, and that all means of
communication are rigidly cen
sured, became known here to
day when letters bearing the
date of July 10th, were re
ceived from Ki:;;.s. Nicaragua.
Many prisoners are not charged
with specific oh'en.ses, but are
suspected of disloyalty to the
government.
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if a i at
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i,
VEROE OF COLLAPSE
MAY BREAK DOWN BEFORE
Ml'RDER TRIAL BEGINS
Injury to Young Daughter and the
Hounding f Footsteps by Detectives
Proves Too .Much for Wife of Al
leged Dynamiter.
Los Angeles, Cal., July 18. Unless
the condition of Mrs. Ortie McMani
gal improves, neither the defense nor
the prosecution is likely to have the
benefit of her tesiimonc in tho o,
of John J. and James B. McNamara,
no are cnargea with murder in con
nection with the destruction of the
Times building.
An affection of the heart, aggra
vated by an accident Xai imb,. t,. v,
daughter Eveljn, coupled with ex
treme nervousne.-s, has undermined
her health to such an extent thnt it-
was announced today that she may be
'-vij; 10 a hospital. . . - .
. lthoUiih Mrs. MeManiir;i1 was
scheduled to appear in court this af
ternoon before Judge Bordwell, to
answer to charges of contempt of
court for refusing to testify before
the grand Jury, it is probable that the
case will again be postponed.
Attorneys for the defense claim
that constant shadowing of Mrs. Mc
Manigal by Burns' detectives, has
completely unnerved her.
LOCAL RIFLE TEAM
HUME FROM SHOOT
After participating In a week's rifle
shoot at Clackamas, the militia team
of company L returned last evening.
Although as a team, the members
'"id not carry off any honors, as In
dividual marskmen they performed
very creditably. As usual. E. Blan
chett made the best showing of any
from the local camp, being chosen
on the regimental team and qualify
ing for the state team to go to Perry.
Ohio, besides winning the title of ex
pert marksman .for the third succes
sive year. He made an average of
42 out of a possible 50 on all ranges,
which is considered an excellent one
Owing to business duties he will be
unable to go to the national shoot.
Harold Blakeslee furnished the
surprise of the contest to his team
mates when he won a 90 per cent
me(:al by scoring 4 5 out of a possible
50 at 600 yards Roy Reeves and
Fred Weber, other members of the
team, both succeeded in qualifying as
export marksmen.
The team was handicapped in the
shoot for the team trophy by the ill
ness of John W. Noble, which pre
vented him from entering.
Mr. Blanchett stated this morning
that the quality of marksmanship is
Improving greatly each year. Two
years ago he made a score of 122 in
tho contest for the governor's cup
when 123 won it. This year he scor
ed 12fl when it was won by A. N.
Pickard. Co. H. Portland, with a
score of 139.
The team was accompanied home by
Sergeant Herbert McGinn, who had
been attending the non-commissioned
officers' school at Clackamas.
Troops Aro Moving.
San Antonio. Texas .Tnlv IS. The
final movement of troops, under the
recent order of the war department
to dissolve the maneuvers division be
gan today. Field hospital and am
bulance cmpanv No. 3 left this af
ternoon for Tacoma Park, Wash.
Donkcv Flliriiin IvyIiw1i
Tacoma, July 17. With a 'report
heard all .vtr the bay. the donkev
engine on the French bark Max. ex
ploded, killing Louis Victor Duquen
cy, the engine man and badly scald
ing two sailors. The bark was lying
at a mill dock at the time of the ex
plosion. Blanco Resigns.
Juarez. Mex., July IS. Brigadier
General Jose De La Luz Blanco ten
dered his resignation as mayor of
Juarez in order to give his attention
to military and police matters. He
will remain military director of the
rural police forces in northern Chihuahua.
entire woold
is ii danger
British Experts Declare Cholera
is Now a Menace to Every
. Port and Aci Accordingly
SITUATION ENCOI RAGING
in xew York crrr
No Xew Cases Discovered, uut
Ihoiitics are Using Radical jietfa.
otls ro offset Possible Danger of
tlie Disease,
London, July 18. British authori
ties are greatly alarmed over the re-
ot lne appearance of cholera In
New York City, and arc today tak
ing the most stringent precaution
against the disease beii. brought in
to England.
The authorities declare that th
entire world is face to face with
danger of 6courge and every avail
able expert has been summoned to
British ports, to aid In preventing th
disease from appearing here.
No Xew Cases in X. Y.
New York, July IS. No new cases
of Cholera were today reported by
the authorities and the situation
claim. Is much more encouraging.
nrauiing tne seriousness of a
plague menace, the officials nf tK-
city health department, assisted by
an army of experts from the public
board of health and marine hnsnHoi
corps, at Washington, are today put
ting into enect, the most stringent
quarantine regulations ever attempt
ed in this city.
Fcxxl Destroyed.
The ocean liner. Perucla which ham
Just arrived from Italy, has been
thoroughly gone over and Its 261 pas
sengers rubjected to rigid examina
tions. The authorities declare that
all the passengers are healthy.
All food stuff, shipped in from
Italy is being disinfected and that
brought over bv the nnssens-opa hu
been confiscated and destroyed. Th
authorities are preparing to take even
more radical precautions against th
further spread of the dread diseaM .
and the ieast doubt as to the condi
tion of a person, be he rich or poor,
native or foreigner, will mean that
that person will be isolated until all
possible chances will have disap.
peured.
Fillip Skeleton Xear Conrad.
Conrad, Mont. While at work Ik
his field. F. L. Buzzell unearthed a
numan skeleton, supposed to be thnt
of an Indian burled many years ago.
Blue Mountain Sawmill Resumes.
Milton, Ore. Tho Bluo mountain
sawmill, which has been closed since
l.-st autumn, started work again thU
week under the management of C
v. Avery.
BLOCK PAVING WORK
If rumors in circulation tadsiv an
trustworthy, there is prospect that
the paving of West Court street from
-tiuiii street oown to the Round-Up
grounds and tho Davine nf K:st iiin
from Main to the intersection with
court may be held up.
It is reported thnt John v.rt ta
dilating a remonstrante among those
wno win oe in the East Alta stre
district and that Henry Craig is doinf
"Imllnr work on West Court. How
freely the remonstrances are "being
signed is not known bu among the
friends of paving there is fear that a
sufficient number will be secured to
block the improvement of both
streets.
The danger from the monstrance
seems to be not from residents on
the streets to be improved, but froir.
those living off those streets yet
within the paving district. Accord
ing to T. J. Tweedy, if the paving of
East Alta is blocked it will not be
through action ofiproperty owners on
that street but tlir.'u?h the remon
strance of people living 011 the cross
streets, who will be assessed to soma
extent for the East Alta street pav
ing. At the time the paving district
was created, Mr. Tweedy and others
on .lta street protested against tak
ing in the outside property for thui
very reas n. They n w point to the
remonstrance as a justification of their
protest.
To Entertain Royadty.
London. July 19. Mrs. David Real
ty, who was Mrs. Marshall Field of
Chicago, will give the lsrgest privat
ball of coronation year ut her home
in Regent Park tonight. Several
members of the royal' family hav
accepted Invitations and this fact, to
gether with the sumptuousness of tlw
decorations and other preparations,
has turned all London Green with envy.
REnlONSTRATGRS MAY