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TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1WJ. TRY Gil FREE HIDES MEAN' -CHEAPER SHOES SNAPSHOTS OF PROMINENT FIGURES IN SUTTON INQUIRY. zxmi VERSION OF FIGHT 4 GAM .1 s "-"asa V Tariff Conferees Find Way to Harmony Is Lower Lea ' ther Goods Duty. Says Sutton Was Not at All Aggressive in Row That Led to His Death. 4 'i- ' .'. .' ' i' f .. 1 f SURGEON GIVES EVIDENCE ASK HOUSE TO CONSENT A SEN ES NEW ERINUS - U I! Mr. Sutton E.pe-ted to Testify and Tell of Challenge Sent Her Son and So Bring Another Man Into Case. A XX A POT JS. M l., July 2. Today s session of the board of inquiry investigat ing the death of Lieutenant James X. Hilton of the marine corps afforded some surprise In the testimony given by harles W. Kennedy, now a private In th marine corps at Xorfolk. Va.. and by Surpeon A. D. MrCurmick, V. S. X Kennedy told a siraightforward story of some i'Ai irient.s leading up to the death of Ueutennt Sut;on. His testimony sup ported the contention of Sutton's mother and sister, that Simon did not seek the fights with Adams and the other officers. In attacking his credibility. Major Leonard, judge advocate. Ehowed that Kennedy had been disciplined on several occasions. Kennedy said he had been reluctant to mention his part In the affair, because Lieutenants L'tlev and Adams had ad monlslied him to "kiep quiet." On his way to relieve a sentry at 1 o'clock on the morning of the shooting he had come upon Sutton. Adams. Osterman and Vtley in an angry argument, the witness aid. Adams was in his shirt sleeves, ready for a fight. All right. Adams, If you want to tight, 1 11 light you." the witness testified he hear Sutton say. Th- y fought hard for a few minutes and Sutton's face was bloody, when i'tley stopped the fight." He said he saw the two fight again as l.e was going to l is post. Half an hour later Kennedy heard the shots, and soon afw Adams appeared and volunteered the information to Kennedy that Sutton had shot himself, and that Adams had had his finger shot off. Vtley Told of Suicide. I'tley also told him Sutton had killed himself, the witness said. Next morning they both cautioned him to say nothing about the affair. While at early drill next day, the witness said, he saw Lieu tenant Utley go to the edge of the parade grounds and pick up a service revolver which I'tley carried into the barracks with him. Kennedy's testimony was not shaken on cross-examination. Dr. McCormlck was present at the autopsy held on Sutton's body and ex amln-:xi the bullet wound, he testified. He located the wound back of and slightly above the right ear. Dr. Pickell lesriried it was near the top of the head. At the opening of .the Inquiry, Mr. Iavls, Mrs. Sutton's counsel, suggested to Commander Hood, presiding member of the board, that as the witnesses on hand would not carry the proceedings be yond the week, an adjournment might be taken at the close of today's session until next week, on Monday, when Sur peon K. C. Cook and Lieutenant Harold H. I'tley. of the. Marine Corns, the two witnesses now abroad, are expected to arrive here. The court, however, decided to continue the sessions from day to flay. Lieutenant Edward A. Osterman. U. S. M. C, was recalled and questioned by , Mr. Davis in regard to the revolver wh.ch was passed to Sergeant DeHart on the night of the fight when Sutton was killed, according to DeHart, who swore, however, that he did not know who gave htm the weapon. Osterman said he did not see a re volver given to DeHart and did not know who gave 1t to the Sergeant. "But I have a recollection that some one did hand him one of the revolvers," ad led the witness. Lieutenant liiward a Willing, of the marines, was also recalled and questioned respecting the revolver incident. He. like Osterman. denied having handed the weapon to DeHart. He said he heard afterward that somebody had given De Hart a revolver, but that he never heard who the officer was who did so. Chauffeurs Are Recalled. William I. Owens, the chauffeur who drove the officers to camp on the night of the tragedy, was recalled and corrected his testimony. He desired to say he had never heard one of th officers call for the "sentry" instead of "orderly." after Sutton and his companions got out of his car on "The Dump." otmg Owens said he thought "orderly" and "sentry" meant the same thing when he previously testified. Owens said he knew Sutton and "liked him 'ery well because he always gave i good tip." while the other men gave noth ing Kdward Griffith, the other chauffeur, was recalled and testified he heard the cry of "sentry." Owens' and Griffith's testimony did not agree as to the relative locations of their cars on the night In question. Mrs. Sutton, the mother of the dead of ficer, probably will be called as a witne. It is understood she will be able to iden tity a written challenge and a subsequent apology from one of Sutton's brother of ficers in the marine corps, written but a short time before Sutton's death. The young officer who challenged Sut ton to a duel has not yet been subpenaed as a witness, but it is expected he will be fummoned as a result of Mrs. Sutton's testimony. This, it is claimed, would tend to show that young Sutton was not of a quarrelsome mind and after receiving a challenge he persuaded the sender to ex change mutual apologies instead of hav ing open trouble. CAN'T ENTER WITHOUT $25 w Ruling About Admission of For eign Immigrants. NBW YORK. July 26. Secretary Naxel today uplield the ruling of Commissioner of Immigration Williams that an alien must have at least 5 in his possession or be refused admission to the country. The rultnc. it waa explained, is not formal, hut cautionary, and already is having good effect on steamship compa nies. Fewer immigrants are being rejected here, because greater care is beirur taken on the other side to see that undesirables Ilahit to deportation at the company's cost are not embarked Shipping at San Pedro. SAN PEPRO. Oal.. July 2S. Steamer Coronado arrived today from Grays Jfarbor. with passengers and lumber. Steamer Geo. V. Klder arrived from Portland with (teneral cargo and pas sengers. Schooner Advent sailed today in ballast for Coos Bay. The steamer Fair Oaks cleared today for Grays Har bor, taking: frieght and passenger, for Can Francisco. 1 iff I .'.l- ft 4' 5 V CLERK FLEES Takes All Cash Institution Has in Its Vaults. LEAVES NOTE FOR BROTHER Tipton, Ind., Bank Forced to Close Doors Following Disappear ance of $50,000 and As sistant Cashier. TIPTOX. Ind., July 26. The First Na tional Bank of this city Is closed and its assistant cashier, Noah R. Marker, has disappeared, taking with him between 50,000 and 160,000, which was all the cash in the bank's vaults Saturday after noon. Marker, after taking the money, set the time lock on the safe so that it could not be opened until 9 o'clock this morning. and left the city. He left a note on the desk of his brother, William Marker, cashier of the bank, saying he had gone forever and that he had taken "enough money to pay his expenses." Whether Marker had previously taken money from the bank's funds and cov ered up the defalcations by making false entries In the books cannot be known until the arrival of a National Bank Ex aminer. The directors decided to suspend opera tions until the examiner takes charge. They posted this notice: 'X. R. Marker, assistant cashier of this bank, has absconded with all its cash. The Treasury Department at ashing ton has been notified and the bank will remain closed awaiting the department's instructions. ARMENIANS RESENT CHARGE Patriarch Threatens to Resign Un less Turks Deny 3Iassacre Stories. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 26. The Ar menian Patriarch has threatened to re sign unless the government publishes a contradiction of passages in the court martial report accusing the Armenians of having provoked the Adana massacres. The matter is now the subject of nego tiations between the Patriarch and the Grand Visier. RUSH FOR LAND KEEPS UP Registration Figures Heavier Than Last Week. SPOKAXB. Wash.. July 26. Land reg istration was resumed with a rush to day, the figures exceeding those of any day since the first two. In Spokane there were over 7000 and at Coeur d'Alene nearly 9000. Bozeman. Mont., reports over 'i00. and Kalispell 1S00. Reports of railroads indicate the rush will be heavy all week. BAD SPUDS CAUSE TYPHOID Potatoes Furnished Battleship Fleet Are Condemned. PROVIXCETOWN'. Mass.. July 26. That the recent cases of typhoid fever amor: the men of the battleship fleet were due to bad potatoes was the official verdict of a naval physician on the supply ship Celtic today after a thorough investiga tion. Out of hundreds of barrels of potatoes In the Celtic's storeroom, about 60 per cent were condemned. MISSIONARIES FLEE WAR Outbreak in Chang Poo District Sends Them in Haste to Arrroy. AMOY. July 26 Missionaries from the Chang Poo district have come to Amoy on account of the rising of anti-dynastic revolutionists. The revolutionists are trying to enlist a foreign-trained hospital corps, and it is reported that numerous native Christians are taking part in the movement. N. P. TRACK IS WASHED OUT Cloudburst in Montana Will Delay Trains Several Days. WINSTON. Mont., July 25. A cloud burst six miles east of here thle after noon resulted in a washout of between 3no and 300 feet of the Northern Pacific main line. Traffic will ba delayed eight or ten days,. BANK VA m EARLY PICTURES FOUND PEKHAPS FIRST DRAWINGS OF . JIAX FOUND IX CAVE. Interesting Details Brought to Light by Expedition Into Old Pal estine Regions. LONDON. July 24. (Special.) What are probably the earliest attempts of men at drawing were described and Illus trated by R. A. Stewart Macalister, at the annual meeting of the Palestine Ex ploration Fund, at the Royal Institution. He has recently returned from Palestine, where he has been carrying on the ex cavation of the site of the ancient city of Gezer during the last five years. The movable objects found and the structural works laid bare illustrated. In a comprehensive way, the history of this Levltical city from a period long before an exodus and down to the Roman oc cupation. The removal of many feet of debris revealed the row of standing stones of the high place of pagan wor ship with the socket of Its Masherah, and with the bodies of Infant victims buried in Jars below its pavement. The entrance to a great tunnel de scending through solid rock to a water supply, and excavation by flint Imple ments, was found at a depth which showed that its existence must have been unknown In Greek and Roman times, al though Its worn steps indicated use dur ing many centuries. But oldest of all was a cave containing rude drawings scratched on the rock. This carries us back, Mr. Macalister remarked, to neolithic man. The walls of the cave were cut to a height of four feet, and then on a kind of smooth frieze were scratched curious drawings. They resemble exactly the crude attempts made by a child to depict things. There is, for instance, a cow fulfilling perfectly the description of "an animal with four legs, one at each corner," and there is a man who has two straight lines for his legs. Photographs have been made of these discoveries of the dawn of drawing, and will apear in Mr. Macalister's full ac count of the exploration of Gezer. Molkte's Bell Made Out of Gun. London Chronicle. "God grant that the guns of battle may be melted into bells of worship!" That was what was said the other day Sy Dr. Alexander, primate of all-Ire-J land, and that was also what was done years ago by the man of whom, per haps, it was least to have been ex pected, to wit. Field Marshal Von Moltke. After the war of 1S70 the old Kaiser presented Moltke with several guns that had been captured from the French, and one of these the marshal had melted down and converted into a new bell for the village church of Kreisau, near his Sileslan seat. The Sabbath sound of this converted bell, Dealing across the peaceful Summer meadows, said Moltke once to a violin ist friend on a visit to him, was the sweetest music he had ever heard. Presence of Mind. Puck. Mr. Phan (roaring from the top of the stairs). Mildred! What Is that young man doing down there so late? Mildren (sweetly). He's just doping out how the teams will tjnish for the pen nant. Mr. Pha;i (mollified). All right. Tell him to take his time, not overlooking past p?rformances and the possibility of a slump, and when he gets done he can compare with my list behind the clock on the book-case. Aviators Like Young Birds. ' Brooklyn Eagle. So many people are flying these days that if they could all be collected In one place the air would resemble a country orchard, where mother catbirds, robins, yellowblrds, bluebirds and wax wings are eagerly pushing and coaxing their young from their nests and forcing them to use their untried wings. 4 If Plan Is Rejected, Conferees Will Ask Taft to Secure the Needed Votes Proposed Schedule of Leather Rates. (Continued from Page 1.) to President Taft with the statement that the conferees had not been able to muster sufficient votes to assure Its adoption and that it devolves on the President' to procure the necessary support for the programme. In the event of failure, the conferees would submit a report placing a small duty on hides and. the House rates oft leather. Demands of Protected Hide Men. Senator Warren said trrfe Western Senators would not be representing their states should they consent to the abolition of the duty on hides in the interest of the manufacturers of shoes and other leather goods, unless manu facturers are compelled to concede lower rates on leather products. While the Western Senators take the position that the removal of the duty on hides would injure the cattle business, some of them say that, because of the in sistence of President Taft, they will withdraw their protests if reductions are made all along the line in the leath er schedule. Programme on Hides and leather. The programme on which the con ferees is working is as follows: ies, free, as provided by the House, against the Senate rate of 15 per cent ad valorem. Sole leather, 5 per cent, the same as in the House bill, against the Senate rate of 15 per cent. Dressed upper leather, 7ii per ceni. as against 15 per cent in both the House and Senate bills. Boots and shoes, 10 per cent, as against 15 per cent in the House bill and 20 per cent in the Senate "ill. Saddlery and harness, 20 per cent, as against 35 per cent in the House bill and 40 per cent In the Senate bill. According to Mr. Warren, .tne story that beefnackers are engaged exten sively Jn the tanning business and will be the principal beneficiaries of a duty on hides has been used by the free hide lobby In manufacturing sentiment against the protection asked by the cattle industry. He submitted figures to Mr. Aldrlch to be used i- refuting this argument. Conflict Seems Irreconcilable. Senators intrusted with the task of canvassing the Senate reported today that it would be impossible to adopt a report providing free hides. The Sen ators conferred with some of the House leaders and were informed that it is Just as impossible to pass a report through the House without free hides. This information was communicated to the conferees and convinced them that it would be futile to pass any more time trying to agree unless conces sions were made to cattle interests. Change In Philippine Rates. The Philippine tariff section was re opened by the conferees at the request of the President. An amendment was adopted yesterday providing that goods manufactured in the Philippine Islands must be only of ingredients grown or produced in the islands in order to be admitted free to the United States. The President took the position that this amendment would stifle manufacture in the islands. General Clarence Edwards, chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, called on several of the conferees and urged that an amendment be adopted providing for the free admission of Phil ippine manufactures when not more than 20 per cent of such goods are composed of foreign material. The suggestion was adopted. Vote on Duties Today. The conferees took steps toward the final disposition of the wood pulp and print paper schedule, although it is under stood no rates were definitely fixed. It is reported that a duty of S3. 76 a ton w:il be levied on print paper. It Is expected that a vote on coal, oil. lumber, hosiery, gloves and print paper and iron ore will be taken tomorrow. If action is taken, all the conferees will be sworn not to divulge the conference rate In advance of the presentation of a re port to the House. "Insurrectos" Count Noses. Aroused by Mr. Payne's Insistence on free hidesv the "insurrection" element In the House held a meeting which brought out more radical speeches than have former meetings of the tariff Insurgents. committee consisting of Representa tives Gaines, Mondell and Kennedy called upon Mr. Taft and argued against the free raw material programme. Most active among the workers on their side were Senators Clark and Warren, of Wyoming; Carter, of Mon tana; Borah, of Idaho, and Smoot, of tah. The action of the conferees in agree ing on free hides may cause the oppo- ition to adopt a resolution authorizing the conference committee to place all kinds of leather and all leather goods the free list. By this course they count on obtaining all but one of the Democratic votes in the Senate and all ut four of the Democratic votes in the House. The hide men think that rather than accept free leather and free shoes, the manufacturers and conferees who rep resent their views would be willing to concede a duty on hides. Vote Will Be Close In Senate. The fighting will be close In both houses. In the Senate there are 61 Re publicans and 31 Democrats. Senator McEnery, of the Democratic column, will vote with the Republicans for pro tection. The other 30 Democrats are counted ou as favorable to free leather. With these SO votes as a starter, It would be necessary to get 17 Repub lican votes. There are about ten Senators who will go to any necessary extent to pre vent the taking of duty off hides. They hope to pick up six or seven votes from among the progressive benators who voted against the bill as it passed the Senate. The free raw material men say that success must come, and they tell the "insurrectos" that they must either take free hides now or soon be asked to take free wool In addition. At an informal meeting of the pro gressive Senators today, Senator Bris tow made a report of a visit he made to the White House today. His visit was made In view of a statement at- SriniiiM GAMBRINUS BREWING PHONES A 1149 trlbuted to the President criticizing the position of the progressive Senator. Mr. Bristow stated that he had found the President insistent upon a down ward revision as outlined by him in his campaign speeches, and, so far as he went in that direction, the progressives were with him. He also told his asso ciates the President was not especially pleased with the bill as it had been formed in conference. Taft Dines "Insurrectos." President Taft had as guests at dinner at the White House tonight Senators Borah and Warren and Representative Fordney. of Michigan. They discussed the tariff situation. KISSES HER DRESSMAKER Then Mrs. Law Disputes Bill, but Court Decides Against Her. t nvnnv TnW ? A S5000 dress bill was the subject of a controversy in the Chancery Court here today between a Paris costumer and Mrs. George Law, a Amorinnn who divides her time between New York, Paris and London. Mrs. Law declined to pay the bill on the ground that the costume did not fit and because the charges were extortionate. The verdict was in lavor 01 me yiam- . t- - arnnO tha ftftUft With IHI, WI1U f. 1 11 " 1 J " o a recital of how Mrs. Law took her to the theater and to the Louvre, bade her copy the dresses of actresses and famous women of the Louis XV period pictured in the Louvre, and kissed and compli mented her on the admirable reproduc tions she supplied. CINCINNATI'S MAYOR DYING But Slight Hope Held Out for Re covery of Colonel Slarkbrelt. .ivwiTt tulw 2fi. Colonel Leo pold Maricbreit,' Mayor of this city, sol ji -tnut-n.iict and diolomat. is near death tonight and slight hope Is held out l Va nrill Innr SlirVlVfl. ti- k oHftnr nf the Cincinnati Volksblatt, and was United States Min ister to Bolivia from 1S69 to 1873. ITALIANS PUNISH NATIVES Tribesmen Seeking Revenge Suffer Defeat in Somali laud. ROME. July 26. Advices received from the Governor of Benadir, Somali land, state that the Mohallin tribe, seeking vengeance for the capture of their chief on July 17, attacked an Ital ian detachment of native Ascaris. The enemy was repulsed. 45 being killed and 20 wounded. The Italian loss was five killed. ANOTHER HENEY IN FIELD Prosecutor's Brother, Mayor of Tuc son, Leads Raid on Chinese. TUCSON, Ariz., July 26. Mayor Ben Heney, a brother of Francis J. Heney, the San Francisco graft prosecutor, last night headed a spectacular raid on Chinatown, arresting 26 Chinese for gam bling. Wasp Fleet Goes North. SEATTLE, Wash.. July 26. The tor pedoboat destroyers Hull, Truxton, Whip ple, Paul Jones. Perry and Hopkins sailed on a three weeks' cruise in Alaskan waters today to familiarize the officers and men with the channels. The gunboat Yorktown, the mother ship of the de For thirty-five years the leading family beer of Portland, the uniform purity and excellence of which is never questioned. 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