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VOL. XIX.
DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, oaLEM, OIU2GON, Tl KSDAY, Jl'NK 8, 1000.
No. 110.
AUTO BACKS INTO RIVER
. AT KNIGHTS LANDING
DROWNING FOUR WOMEN
ACCIDENT WITNESSED BY SCORES OF PEO
PLE, WHO SAW THE CAR PLUNGE OVER
THE HIGH EMBANKMENT INTO THE
DEEP WATERS OF THE SACRAMENTO
United Yttt Lcutd Win.
Sncramonto, Juno 8. That pretty
Alias Julia Dungan, ono of tho four
victims of tho automobile dlsnstor
at Knights Landing, a town about
35 miles north of this city, died of
shock In that ono awful moment tho
falling auto was poised over tho rush
ing river last night, was tho provn
lont opinion today among thpso who
helped recover tho body.
Sho was found seated upright In
tho car, her features distorted by an
awful fear. A physician startod tho
story that tho girl died of fright.
This morning at 0 o'clock although
nion had boon working dcsporatoly nil
night, no other body had been ro
covorod. Tho wholo town was do
prcs8tHl by tho tragedy as tho parties
to It woro all promlnont.
Editor Mlxon of tho Woodland
Mnll, whoso wlfo and thrco rolatlvcs
Miss Merle Dungan, Miss Julia Dun
gan nnd Mrs. J. it. Dungan woro tho
victims, labored frantically all night
long with tho dlvors and thoso who
woro dragging tno rlvor in tho futllo
seurch. This morning ho was forcod
to return homo utterly pjostnted.
Ho Is undor tho caro of a doctor.
No blamo nt all Is placed on JoBoph
Armstrong, tho mall carrlor who act
ed as chauffour for tho Ill-fated par
ty. Tho blamo fulls upon tho auto
mobile Tho brakes woro found Jam
mod nnd tho rovorso 6n, but tho ma
chlno had fallod to respond.
Armstrong twfco during tho night
tried to commit sulcldo by jumping
Into tho rlvor. Ho was bcsldo him
solf with grief nnd rears for his rea
son, temporarily, wero ontortuincd.
An oxport dlvor in regulation suit
TROUBLE AT McCLOUD
IS ALL SETTLED
(By Oarrott J. Lloyd. Staff Corro
spondout United Press.)
McCloud, Cnl., Juno 8. Adjutant
Gonoral Lauc. nns not given up his
quarters in tho homo of Prosldent
Quoal. in splto of tho robuko ho re
ceived yestorday from Governor Gil
lott. Tho difficulties botweon tho
' lumber company nnd tho Btrlkors
hnvo boon ndjusted. Tho mon will
loavo tho enmp as soon as an ap
praisement can bo mndo of tholr
cabins. Tho work is moroly clorlcal.
Moro than a hundred families havo
already loft. Sovoral who wished to
remain hero wero advised to loavo
Tiy Consul Gonoral Itocco.'
When they nppealed to him for ad
vlco ho suggested this action should
bo takon to show their Independence.
Tho militia will break camp to
morrow nnd roturn to Sacraraonto
Thursday. Shorlff Howard said to
day ho would notify tho adjutant gon
oral" that tho troops would bo no
longer neoded.
Hut two cases of illness havo been
reported among tho guardsmen,
neither of them sorlous. Ono man
was stricken while working in a
ditch.
Consul Itocco Is at Shasta Springs,
whore ho will remain until all strlko
matters aro adjusted.
RAISES A ROW ABOUT
HER BULL PUPS
United Tress Jafl Wire.
Durllngamo, Cnl., Juno 8. Miss
Jennie Crocker, ownor of the $50,000
poarl necklace that disappeared mys
teriously a year ago at Mrs. Alexan
der's famous colonial ball at tho Ho
tel St. Francis. Is the reputed leader
or a party of insurrectionists that
has rebelled against tho odlct Issued
by the board of directors of tho Dur
llngamo Country club prohibiting so
ciety canines from crossing the sacred
club portals.
"No dogs allowed on the porches
or In tho club house." Is tho dictum
that haB been posted at the rendez
vous of San Francisco's millionaire
colony at beautiful Burllngamo.
Miss Crocker owns severnl hand
Bomo Doston torrlers nnd she Is de
termined that her pots shall not be
excluded from tho club property. Her
stand is backed by other members
of tho Durllngamo set, chief among
whom Is Daniel T. Murphy of San
Francisco. Tho members of the club
have taken sides in the controversy,
Is aiding In tho hunt for tho remain
ing bodies.
The party had drlvon from Wood
land, nnd about 9:30 o'clock woro
ready for tho roturn trip. Armstrong
attomp'tcd to" Turn tho machlno In
tho narrow streot. In somo unac-
countablo way ho lost control of It
and tho big car backed rapidly to
ward Iho stoop ombankmont over
hanging tho Sacramonto rlvor.
Half a hundred horror-strlckon
witnossoj rushod tqward tho mach
lno, but wero poworloss to stop tho
catastrophy. Armstrong stayed man
fully at his post, tugging at tho lov
ors. Dosplto his frantlo offorts tho
car slid ovor tho brink of tho om
bankmont, and amid tho torrlflod
screams of tho four women plungod
Into tlfcr doop water bolow.
It is thought that tho bodies of
th'roo of tho womon woro plnnod bo
nonth tho heavy car. Armstrong wns
thrown by tho current agalnBt n
moored boat, to which ho clung un
til rescued.
Tho body of llttlo Moryl Drungan,
ono of tho four drowned In tho
nutomobtlo accident nt Knights
Landing laBt night, was found at
10:30 this morning, according- 10
word recolvod horo.
Tho romains woro dragged out
from under tuo brldgo ncross tno
rlvor 'About 300 yards bolow tho
scono of tho catastrophe Thoro was
no outward Injury on tho llttlo
girl's body nnd death was duo to
drowning nnd not from being
crushed undor tho automobile At
noon tho bodies of tho two womon
had not boon brought to shoro, al
though tho horculcan offorts of tho
searchers woro still going on.
nnd a warm contest probably will bo
tho rosult of tho dlroctors' ruling.
EIGHT-YEAR-0LD GIRL
IS SENT BY MAIL
Grnnao City, III., Juno 8. Tho
liveliest -postngo propnld" packngo
that tho local postmaster has had to
handle In nil Its enroor was dollvorod
today when Llzzlo Klku, nn olght-ycnr-old
Hungarian tot was dollvored
to hor pnronta last night. Tho girl
horo a card tied to hor wnlst on which
worn nnntmnrkfl of Towescelany..Hun-
Jgnry, and other Importnnt stations
on rouio.
When tho Dig tour mail train
enmo In last night quite a crowd of
Hungarians woro on hnnd to nwalt
dollvory of tho mall. Word spread
of tho arrival of tho child and soon
tho llttlo ono was surroundod by a
domonstratlvo group from whom, do
splto tholr mongor income, tho child
rocelved n purso of $12.
Hor parents havo not seen hor
slnco thoy loft Hungary when sho
wns a year old.
JOE SIMON ELECTED
MAYOR OF PORTLAND
Portland, Juno . Joscpr Simon,
Republican and formor United States
sonntor from Oregon, is mayor-elect
of Portland. Ho was electod yestor
day by a big plurality and n comfort
able majority. Tho ontlro Ropubll
can tlckot was successful. Tho Re
publican victory is attributed by tho
Democrats to lack of Interest on the
part of tho voters and tho fact that
tho olectton and tno opening of tho
roso carnival fell on tho same day.
Less than 60 pet cent of the register
ed vote was cast.
HIRED A FLAT TO
COMMIT SUICIDE IN
San Francisco, June 8. Receipts
from tho focal gas company led to
the discovery "of the suicide of E.
Lindenberg, a retired wool mer
chant who committed sulcldo in tho
flat occupied by Horrls Haas at tho
time ho shot Francis J. Honey.
Llndenborg disappeared from his
boadrnlg house last Saturday night.
No trace of him was found until late
yesterday when gas reco'pts made
out for a flat at 1846 MDcAlllster
street were discovered among his
effects. Inxestlgatlon showed that
he had rented the flat for the sole
purpose of ending hla llfo, He as
phyxiated himself with gas.
He was despondent over illness.
SEATTLE SMART
PULLS
v-
United l'rcss Leased Wire.)
Seattle, Juno 8. International
complications, Involving tho Japnncso
fleet now In tho hnrbor, wore narrow
ly averted at tho exposition last even
ing when an of floor of tho floot,
whoso nnmu as ho pronounced it Is
much harder to spoil than Admlrtif
IJtchl's, domnndod thnt Mnnagor'
Rlnohnrt of tho Jinricksha concession
haul down tho Japanese flag which
floated ovor tho oooth whoro tho
rlckshns aro rentod. Tho otflcor pro
tested becnuso tho Japancso flag was
flying bononth tho American flag.
Rlnchart took no chnncos with Inter
GRACIE MADE IT TOO
WARM FOR BURGLAR
Son Francisco, Juno 8. Awak
ened last night by a mldhlght prowl
er In hor flat, Mrs. Grnco McCarthy,
an nttracttvo young matron, attackod
tho follow so detormlnodly that ho
beat n torror-strlckon rotroat down
SUPREME COURT HANDS
DOWN TEN OPINIONS
Ton decisions woro handled down
by" tho supromo court today.
A motion to dismiss nn appeal in
the ca8o of W. II. Flanagan, respon
dent, vs. EM Jones, nppollnnt, was
allowed In an opinion written by
Ghlot Justtco Mooro today on tho
grounds thnt defendant's - counsel
failed to comply with tho rules of
tho court by neglecting to sorvo his
briof In timo. This suit was tried
In the circuit court of Josophlno
county, II. K. Hnnna, judge
Jamos Ferrari, a minor, by Roso
Ferrari, guardian of person and es
tate, respondent, vs. tho Deavor Hill
Coal company and Daniel Mnhor, ap
pellants aud dofondauts, appealed
from tho circuit court of Coos coun
ty, J. W. Ilnmllton, Judgo, motion
to ntrlko out ninomjcd bill of excep
tions donled per curiam.
C. T. Ollvor and Mitchell, Lewis
& Stavor company, appollants, vs.
tho Klamath Lake Navigation com
pany and O. II. Woodbury, rospond
ontB, nppcalod from tho circuit court
of Klamath county, Houry L. Iionson
judgo,' rovorscd by JubHco King. This
Is a suit to enjoin tho construction
of a wharf botwoon tho plalntttt'ii
proporty nnd Link rlvor on tho
grounds that tho construction will
lntorforo with" access to plaintiff's
proporty. Tho Mltcholl, Lewis &
Stavor company's lntorost in tho
proporty in of mortgago only. In tho
trial court a docroo was rondorod
dismissing tho suit on tho grounds
thnt plaintiff was not Injuicd by tho
construction of tho wharf, Tho su
promo court holds, howovor, that tho
construction of tho wharf will
causa tho water to flow away from
plaintiff's land as arguod by the
plaintiff's counsol and bo tho moans
of Injuring tho proporty, nnd thoro
for directs tho removal of any part
thoroof now standing on tho prop
orty, within 90 days. Justlcb Mc
Drlde did not tnk'o part in this case-
F. L, Luthorland, rospondont, vs.
S. Morton Colin Real Estato and In
vestment company, appollants, ap
pealed from tho circuit court of
Multnomah county, A. L. Frazor,
Judgo, motion to rotax costs allow
ed, opinion by Justtco Eakln.
J, T. McGco, appellant, vs. J. W.
Portland Rose festival Rates
And Special Train Service Via
Oregon Electric Railway
June 7, 9 and 11
$2 -ROUND TRIP- $2
Limited to return June 1 4.
A special return train wHI leave Portland every nigiit at
11 p. m. during Rose festival Week
ALECK
DOWN JAP FLAG
national law and hauled down tho
flag.
It dovolopod that the Japancso of
ficer was acting on his own Initiative,
claiming thnt his ting was Insulted
nnd that ho did It only to avoid trou
blo from tho Japancso steamers who
wero visiting iho fair.
Ilinohnrt went to work to read in
ternational law and dlscovored that
when ships of a foreign nation vis
ited any port tholr flag is flown bo
nonth that of tho homo country.
Hcnco, Kinehnrt has been advised to
roplnco tho Japancso omblom it ho
no doslrcs. Ho has not dono so to
day, howovor.
it long hnll and dived through a
closed window.
Tho thief carried with his, In ad
dition to a gold watch and a small
amount of cash ho found In tho
flat, tho window sash and a laco
curtain with which it was drapod.
Tho sash, spotted with blood, was
found half a block from tho house
Dockloy, respondent, appealed from
tho circuit court of Douglass coun
ty, J. W. Hamilton, Judgo, rovorsod,
opinion by Chief Justtco Mooro.
M. Dardo, J. W. Dardo and L. D.
nardo, appollants, vs. J. T. Wilson,
rospondont, appealed from tho cir
cuit court of Multnomah county, E.
C. Dronaugh, judgo, motion to dis
miss appeal alfowod, por curiam.
Stato of Oregon, rospondont, vs.
O. D, Whitney, appollant, appoalod
from tho circuit court of Multnomah
county, John D. Cloland, Judgo, de
cision of tho lower court rovorsod,
opinion by Justico Eakln. Tho do
fondnnt In this case was indlctod by
a grand Jury in Multnomah county
for manslaughter In killing Mabel
Wlrtz. In tho rc-orslng opinion tho
supromo court holds that tho in-
dlctmont was Insufficient to charge
a crlmo and that tho domurror
brought forth should havo boon sus
tained. Stato of Oregon, rospondont, vs.
John Minneck, appollant, appoalod
from tho clrcu. court of Union coun
ty, J. W. Knowols, Judgo, rovorsod
and romandod, opinion by McDrldo.
Tho nppollnnt was Indicted and con
victed In tho circuit court of Union
county of tho larcony of two holfors,
nnd sontoncod to ono year in tho pont
(entlary. Tho supromo court holds
that tho indlctmont Is not consist
ent with tho allogod crlmo commit
ted, and that tho court inado an er
ror in classifying tho allogod stolon
proporty as being cows or holfors.
Sovoral other errors woro cltod In
tho opinion whorcby tho caso was
rovorsod.
II. C. Mohan, respondent, vs. M.
H. Rankin, appollant, appoalod from
tlfo circuit court of Linn county, L.
T, Harris, Judgo, alarmed, opinion
by Justico Slator. This Is an action
to rocovor 139,092.15 and lntorost
claimed to bo warned as a commis
sion for tho purchase of timber land
In Lane, Denton and Douglas coun
ties. Rachol J. Rafforty, an Insano por
son, by A. T). Jluzzard, guardian, re
spondent, vs. A. D. Davis, appellant,
appoalod from tjo circuit court of
Union county, J. W. Knowols, Judge,
decision of tho Idwer court afhrmod,
opinion by Justico McDride.
AMMONIA FUMES
ENDANGER MANY LIVES
ON PACIFIC LINER
PIPES IN ICEPLANT BURST AND STATE
ROOMS ARE FILLED WITH DEADLY
CAS- WOMEN AND CHILDREN -UNCONSCIOUS
WHEN RES
CUED BY HEROIC WORK
Snn Francisco, Juno 8 Pnason
gors aboard tho Pacific Mall steam
shin China thnt arrived in port to
day narrowly escaped a horrlblo death
In mldoconn yostorday when a valvo
In tho vessel's ico plant burst, flood
ing tho first-class cabins with suf
focating ammonia fumes.
A dozon womon nnd children pas
songorB woro ovmcomo by tho gas,
and woro rescued with groat diffi
culty by follow passengers and mom
bors of tho crow. Sovoral pnssongors
wore confined to tholr staterooms as
a result of tho nccldont, until tho
stoamcr reached port today.
Mrs. 0. R. Rosonstock, wlfo of a
formor editor of tho Manila Dullotln,
and hor four children woro among
tho victims. Ono of tho children wns
ovorcoino by tho fumes, as was Mrs.
Rosonstock whon sho returned to tho
PAT CROWE TO MANAGE
A DOPE SANITARIUM
(United Press Leased Wlro.1
Chicago, June 8. Aftor taking in
charge a sanitarium whoro drug nnd
drink victims will bo brought into
normal shnpo aftor sproos, Pat Crowo
'tho notorious kiunapor or tho Ciidnuy
boy, today is supoi vising a romodol
ing of tho Institution wfth money fur
nlshod, It Is said ,by Jnmes A. Patten
and othor wealthy Chicago mon.
Tho tmnltnrlum Is located on tho
North Shoro. It Is n 20-room struc
ture which wuh orlglunlly n hotel.
Twenty acres surround tho resort
nnd pntionts will bo oxpoctod to do
work to iiiuko tho placo solf-support-Ing.
'Iho nov. II, M. Drown, pastor of
Onward Presbytorlan church, Is asso
ciated with Crowo In tho sanitarium.
Among tho others In tho undertak
ing are Ralph Olmsted, prlvnto sue
rotary to Mr. Patten; tho Rov. J. II.
W, Doyle, pastor of tho Lake Forost
Presbyterian church; Dr. E. L, Eaton
pastor ot Emmanuel Mothodlst
church, Evnuston, and tho Rov. J. C.
Walker, pastor of tho Hlghwood
Mothodlst church.
SAYS SHE WILL NOT
MARRY SPRECKELS
(Untied I'ress Tesel Wl.1
Now York, Juno 8. Doclarlng
that hor ongagomont to Claus
Sprcckloa had boon broken and thon
requesting hor Interviewers not to
think hor a prevaricator If sho and
tho millionaire's son woro married
soon, Miss Mary Adole Caso today
departed for Portland, Ore, whero
sho will visit hor jnothor and slug
In concorts.
Sho declared that sho broke hor
engagement to young Sprockets bo
causo his father, John D. Spreckols,
told hor that no son of his could
bo on tho stage Sho said also that
tho elder Spreckols accused her ot
putting oporatlc notions In his son's
head.
Young Spreckols will remain here
with his fathor until Friday,
o
STARTED IN HONG KONG
ENDS IN SAN FRANCISCO
M'nlted I'rru Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Juno 8 Fiendish
tarturo as tho rosult ot a long stand
ing fued, involving Hindus through
out tho Pacific coast, was chargod
against three mon brought boforo
tho local courts today nccusod ot
robbing Mohammed" Kaba, a tamalo
doaler.
All Mobarlk, Dagga Kahn and
Jamell Kahn aro accused ot having
robbed and beaten Kaba, then bind
ing his hands and feot together and
having thrown him into a vacant
lot to dlo of exposure. Kaba was
found In tho lot and whon released
had tho three accused mon arrested
on charges ot burglary.
ToHt'mony In tho case Indicates
that tho fued startod in Hong Kong
sovoral years ago when Kaba lived
thoro, and was revived on this
foast last year.
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A lot ot railroad men are visiting
tho A -Y -P. so that, tho dispatch
says, "they can toll the truth about
tho exposition." which implies tint
they couldn't do so by ropoatlng tho
slush sent out by the management.
cabin to roscuo hor two children.
Doth woro carried to safoty by offi
cers of tho Bhlp. In hor nttompts to
enrry hor child from tho statoroom
Mrs. RoBonstock sustnluort a sovcro
sprain of hor right nnklo.
J, R, Squires, sonlor mombor ot
tho Manila firm of Squires & Ding
hum, who was accompanied by his
family, displayed great prcsonco of
mind during tho roscuo work. Rush
ing to tho cabins occupied by womon
nnd children, Squires mndo frautlo
offorts to opon tho port holes, Ho
wnB ovorcoino by tho fumes nnd car
ried unconscious to tho uppor dock
According to tho stntomonts of tho
pnsaongors, Captain Dan Frlolo and
tho other officers ot tho ship mot tho
torrlblo situation with courago nnd
lod tho work ot rescuing thoso who
woro unnblo to loavo their staterooms.
UNITED HATTERS
WIN THEIR STRIKE
mm
Danbury, Conn., Juno 8. The
strlko ot tho tynltod Hatters camo to
an ond today in Connecticut, Man
achunotts and Now Jorsoy, the strik
ers wlnulng a comploto victory.
Tho strlko was called off whoa 17
of tho 22 factorlos, against which the
striko was doclarcd llvo months ago,
Blgncd an ugroomont with tho oxocu
tlvo board of tho union.
Work will bo rosumod Thursday
morning, Twonty-flvo thousand mon
and womon aro affoctod horo,
GROCERS TO RUN THE
BIG FAIR TOMORROW
Soattlo, Wash., Juno 8. .Today's
qulot nt tho exposition will give placo
to bustlo nnd oxcltomont tomorrow,
whon tho grocers will havo tholr day
at tho fair. Evory grocory storo In
tho city will bo closed for tho day
and tho provldors of oatablos will
thomselvos bo eating land making
morry nt tho exposition. Follow
ing tho luncheon nt noon to tho Na
tional dologates of tho Grocora' As
sociation thoro will I)o addresses and
sports in tho stadium all tho after
noon. Tho Catholic ordor ot Forostors
will do their sharo toward making
tho day n busy ono.
In the morning tho Soattlo col
logo and tho Knight of Columbus
will pluy bnsobnll In tho stadium.
At 2 o'clock tho exposition officials
will glvo a recoptlon In (ho Now
York Stato building to Dlshop Car
roll of Holoua, Mont., and Dlshop
O'Doa and other prominent Catho
lics. coff"roth tomanage
state league team
San Francisco, June 8. Cy More
Ing, tho manager ot tho Oakland
outlaws, Is authority tor tho state
ment that Jamos Cofforth. Duclllstlo
Imprcasarlo, will bo the man at the
head ot tho San Francisco stato lea
guo team noxt season. Morolng also
stated today that tho toam would
represent this city In 'tho outlaw
ranks during tho sonson of 1910 will
be tho strongest aggregation of dia
mond stars ever on the Pacific coast.
"You know that whon Cofforth
goos after, thing ho always gets
tho best thoro Is," said Morolng,
"and you can depend on it that thore
Is not a player in olther major loaguo
who holds his services at too high a
flguro for Cofforth to conaldor. You
watch tho outlaws next season."
Mording 1 euthuslaUlo ovor the
prospects for h's leaguo and claims
thnt another year will see the tri
umph of the coast of tho Indepen
dent players.
GUGGENHEIMrBUY
PLATINUM MINES
I I'nlted Prix I.cuimI Wlre.l
Marysvillo. Cal. Juno 8. Tho
Guggenhelms today completed nego
tiations to purchase tho IGO-acro
ranch ot Henry King ut Iiungor. tho
lund having boon found rich In gold
and platinum
It Is reported ihut the ranch is tho
richest platinum field on tho Pacific
coast.