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VOL. NO. 15,421. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL, 30, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOLUNTEER COUNT TO BE IDE TODAY Captains Are Assigned to Every Ward. STILL MORE HELP REQUIRED Business Houses Spare Em ployes to Aid in Census. Y. M. C. A. IS ORGANIZED Citizens Traveling on Streetcars Are Requested to Help Count Strag glersGovernment Neglects to Furnish Supplies. VOLUNTEERS WITH AUTOMO BILES ARE IV IJK.MANIl TODAY. Prenldent Beckwlth requests the merater of the Realty Board and all other volunteers to communicate with Mr. Coddington at the Commercial Club this morning;. Those applying; in person, -with automobiles, will be especially -welcomed. Many volunteers are still required In the con Rested districts, and Presi dent Beckwlth suggests that those traveling on streetcars see that all travelers ane enumerated before night. The street booths will count strag glers. All captains of wards ere requested to call up the Commercial Club this forenoon. All volunteer census takers are askod to mark the number of their district in the upper left-hand corner of the census slip. All census slips must be turned in at the Commercial Club before IX o'clock tonight. In one final rally that began yesterday and will continue until midnight tonight, the citizens of Portland Intend to enu merate every man, woman and child in. the limits of the city .who is a, resident of Portland, if possible. Spurred by the enthusiasm of the lead ing business men in the city and encour aged by their personal presence on the work, 600 volunteer census enumerators will go forth this morning. Hundreds of census takers are still required and any volunteering should apply to 1. A. Cod dington at the Commercial Club this nornlng. Mr. Coddlngton intends to keep tn touch with ,Jhe captains of the wards nd will forward men where they ere most required. Secretaries of the T. M. C. A., who are handling two wards one of them the Burnslde-slreet district, accounted the most difficult In the city can use almost any number of men. All desiring to en list for the work should apply to Secre taries Stones or Rhodes at the associa tion building today. Ward Captains Instructed. Captains of the wards met with Presi dent Beckwlth at the Commercial Club yesterday afternoon, when, the last in structions and advice were given. In dif ferent parts of the city the captains held meetings last night and instructed their aids, numbering from 30 to 70 for each ward. Thirty are considered too few and 70 are not one too many for the largest ward, therefore there is Instant and im mediate employment for volunteers today. At the Commercial Club they will be pro vided with the yellow census ribbon. A meeting of the realty men is called for 9 o'clock this morning at the Commer cial Club. As a result of the meeting, it is expected mostot the realty men will close up shop and turn all their staffs to the work of assisting the Commercial Club census. This census is intended to assist Super visor Beach in checking up every name that has been omitted by the official enu merators, either by carelessness or through inability to do the work. That there must be no criticism but only praise for the supervisor was the declaration made yesterday by President Beckwlth. Government Is to Blame. "This city has been neglected by the Government." said President Beckwlth. "Why, Beach has even had to order and pay for supplies out of his own pocket He Is not provided with sufficient men, nor has he had men of the right quality. In the main. He is not to blame for that. He is helping us all he can and we in tend to help him in every way we can. If Mr. Beach wants our help he has only to ask for it now." Supervisor Beach was supplied with 6000 individual enumeration slips. These were insufficient, so the supervisor had printed 60,000 to supplement them. Even now the supplies of the Commer cial Club are being used by the Census (Bureau because Washington neglected the supervisor's urgent calls for assistance. Never in the history of Portland has there been such a thorough and warm hearted answer to the call of the city for help. The citizens of Portland have real. Jzed that the stigma of having an incom plete count will be attached to it unless all get out and work today. Thorough as the reply has been from the individual and the corporation, there are yet many firms who can offer assistance. Their employes would be glad to volun teer, but have not been able to do so be cause of their work. The children In five schools yesterday begged for an oppor tunity to assist the census and one 6-year-tConcluded on Pag 14o. ELOPER KIDNAPS BRIDE'S FATHER i WHEV OLD MAN INTERFERES, IS THROWN INTC( CAB. Young Omaha. Clubman Uses Forci ble Persuasion When Rich. Roger Feury Appears. CHICAGO, April 29. (Special.) A new and Irate father-in-law, bent on breaking up the plans of his eloping daughter after be had raced against time to Chicago to catch the happy pair, was kidnaped by his new and ath letic son-in-law in the heart of the city today, thrown Into a cab and mysteri ously spirited away. This new and thrilling chapter in the latest of elopements happened at the entrance of the Northwestern, depot in the sight of hundreds of startled pedestrians and while three minions of the law, unmoved by the entreaties of the father for aid, looked on unper turbed. The dramatis personae in the "elop ers' drama" were Roger Feury, wealthy business man of Omaha, Neb.: his pretty daughter, Isabelle, and Chester J. Nolan, college athlete and club man of the same city. The marriage took place in Omaha. After the father-In law bad strug gled to capture his daughter from the young "kidnaper," lost the battle and found himself a captive, the victorious bridegroom sent the following signifi cant dispatch to Omaha: "Thomas E. Nolan. Eleventh and Har vey streets. Landed "-OK; old man on job, bloodshot. We win. Hooray. I (Signed) "CHESTER." Ir. Feury was in Peoria, 111., when he received the news.. He took the first train to Qhicagofand arrived Just In time to see his daughter and her husband making their way out of the station. "Hold on there, young man!" shouted the incensed father. "Where are you going with my daughter?" The young couple smiled in unison. "Why, we are on our honeymoon, father," responded the daughter, with a winning smile. The smile didn't take effect As the young couple attempted to get Into a cab Mr. Feury blocked the passage. The bridegroom, undaunted, despit the protests of his new rela tive, picked him up, placed him in the cab and closed the door. ' The abduction was made despite the outcries of the fair bride. HERMANN'S WIFE IS SICK Woman Ruptures Blood Vessel and Condition Is Serious. ROSEBURG, Or., April 2D. (Special.) According to a bulletin issued by Dr. K. L. Miller late this afternoon, Binger Hermann's condition is considered prac tically the same as yesterday, with the exception that he appears a trifle weaker. The physicians now contend that the patient is not suffering from a chronic disease, as first reported, but that his present condition is the result of con tinual worry and nervous strain. To make the situaUon more serious Mrs. Binger Hermann suffered a broken blood vessel late yesterday, and Is now confined to her home in a serious con dition. Refusing to remain apart. Mr. and Mrs. Hermann occupy the same room and are being treated by the same physicians. DOCTOR SUED BY HEALER Defendant Doesn't Know He Is Be ing Treated Until Suit Is Begun. SEATTLE. April 29. Stella Ross Cameron, a faith healer, sued Dr. A. K. Loder. a regular physician, in a Jus tice Court today for absent treatment which she had given to cure the doctor of rheumatism, her bill being $72. Dr. Loder protested that his rheu matism had increased in severity, that he had never seen Miss Cameron until today, and that he had not ordered the aDsent treatment, though some of hii irienas might have done so. The court did not rule on the effi cacy of absent treatment, but non suited the healer because she was not licensedjto practice medicine. CONVICT LAWYER WINNER Disbarred Attorney Also Successful Before Supremo Court. OLVMPIA. Wash., April 29. (Special.) A convict lawyer from Spokane and a disbarred member of that profession of the same city won petitions before the State Supreme Court today. The court granted the plea of A. H. Gregg, ex-legislator, recently sent to prison, that his name be stricken from the rolls of attorneys admitted to prac tice. James Hopkins, disbarred some time ago, sought just contrary relief, and the Supreme Court ruled that he may present a petition to the Spokane Superior Court to set aside the disbarment order In his case. TAFT, JR., HAZED, SMILES President's Son Good-Natured Over Ducking by Fellow Students. WATERTOWN, Conn., April 29. It became known today that Charley Taft, the President's son, who attends his uncle's school here, received a duck ing yesterday at the hands of some of his fellow students. Young Taft took his immersion good naturedly, and emerged bedraggled but smiling. Other students who shared In the experience with the President's son Included Harry J. Crocker, of San Francisco, brUNGER TURNS 0N5 ACCUSERS Glavis Wilful in Lying, Says Secretary. INDICTMENTS ARE ANSWERED Would Repeat Alaska Action on Same Record, He Says. OFFICIAL CONDUCT CLEAR Indorsement of Ex-President Roose velt Referred to "With Pride. Power Site Questions Will Be Inquired Into Today. . WASHINGTON. April 29. Indignantly denying that he had been rullt- nt .rv- wrong-doing, Richard A. Ballinger, Sec retary or tne interior, made a bitter at tack upon his critics when e. witness be fore the Balllnger-Pinchot investigating committee today, and characterize mnv of the statements of his principal accuser, L. R. Glavis, as "willful and deliberate lies." Led on by his attorney. Mr. Vertrees, the Cabinet officer answered one tiv n the indictments of those who would de stroy him. He referred with apparent pride to Theodore Roosevelt's oft-ex-' pressed hlch estimate of him nrtiiiiariir the ex-President's statement when he was commissioner of the land office, that he had "secured a $25,000 man for $0000." Coal Land Action Defended. He defended his conduct In mnnitinn with the Cunningham coal cases and said emphatically that he would take the same acuon too ay as ne ma wnen at the head of the land office, if he had the same record before him. After leaving the land office. Mr. Bal linger declared, his only connection with the Cunningham claims was in bringing East from Seattle an affidavit Cutmingb'nfi and presenting it to Secre tary tiarneld. For this service, he said, he had received J200 or J260, which he re garded as traveling expenses. He said that when he became Secretary of thA Interior he refused to pass upon the claims in any way. Power Sites to Come Up Next. Attorney Vertrees still has to examine Mr. Ballinger on the subject of water Dower sites before ATr. sel for Mr. Glavis, and Mr. Pepper, at torney for Pinchot, begin the cross-exami nation. The Secretary's testimony todav dealt almost ' exclusively with the Glavis charges. Tomorrow it will embrace his attitude toward conservation and the be ginning of his controversy with M.Pnr. ester Pinchot. The "defense" hoDes to conclude by roon tomorrows If this hortA is realized Mr. Brandeis will have Mr Ballinger in hand all afternoon. Plea From Roosevelt Read. Mr. Ballinger-besran his testimonv recounting his early history. He men tioned the anti-vice crusade that was waged when he was Mayor of Seattle. xney Knew I would enforce the law, and I did," he stated emDhatieallv. Ma read telegrams he had received from (Concluded on Page S. . , i,,. . , i . . r - . . ' THE VOL UNTEER. J THE LAST DAY. Instructions to the public, census takers and captains of "wards: ' ' "We positively do not . want any one to be counted today who has been enumerated by the Census Bureau. For the count to be of value, we must have at least the name and address in each instance. The address must be a Port land one. Districts must be covered sys tematically and thoroughly. . If every one in j'our residence or lodging-house has been count ed, put a slip on the door or gate saying, "We have been counted." If every one in your house has NOT been counted, put a slip on your gate saving, "Come in; count us." ' We still want volunteers, and we want every man who can spare the time to do the work. Apply in person at the sixth floor of the Commercial Club as early as possible. . Mr. Codding ton will instruct you where to go. ' Captains, keep in touch with Mr. Coddington at the Commer cial Club and let him know where he can send men to you. Any captain short of men may obtain them by calling him up. "Volunteers with autos can be used by Mr. Coddington' to send out blanks and men. Apply early. The census will not .be used to tax or assess you; so be po lite to the census-takers. Today is our last chance. The count is for Portland and Ore gon. II. BECKWITH, President Commercial Club. PUBLICITY IS PROFITABLE Grants Pass Business Men Subscribe Liberally to Campaign. GRANTS PASS.Or.. April 29. (Soe- cial.) The Commercial Club at a meet ing last night unanimously decided to raise $2500 to add to the publicity cam paign that is to be osntinued through out the year. Twenty thousand books filled with literature and photos were ordered to be ready for immediate dis tribution. Booklets will be issued each month to show the community's prog ress each calendar month. All the business houses, professional men and real estate dealers have sub scribed liberally to the fund. Good results were reaped from last year's publicity campaign. BOY CONFESSES TO CRIME Los Angeles Lad Admits Murderous . Assault on Girl. LOS ANGELES, April 29. Frank Allen. 15 years old, is said by the police to have confessed today the murderous attack last night upon Etta Lumsden. a 14-year-old girl, who was struck down and beaten with an ax in the yard at her home. Al len's parents live in the house adjoining the Lumsden home. The boy is a paroled juvenile offender, hp.ring been convicted of a burglary a year ago. Etta Lumsden was still unconscious to day and hospital surgeons held out little hope for her recovery. BOXER AT DEATH'S DOOR FROM BLOW Doctors Cannot Revive Tommy McCarthy. OPPONENT IS UNDER ARREST Fighter Drops Like Dead Man in San Francisco Ring. RECOVERY VERY DOUBTFUL Owen Moran's Swing to Jaw Result ed in Fractured Skull and In ternal Heniorrhage--Vic-tim Is Unconscious. SAN FRANCISCO, April 29. The box ing bout between Owen Moran, of Eng land and Tommy McCarthy, of San Francisco, at Dreamland Rink, may re sult In a ring fatality. After 16 rounds of clever and hard fighting, with, lotlte to chose between the men, the Britisher swung a right with tremendous force that landed squarely on the local fighter's Jaw. Mc Carthy dropped to the canvas as if hit with a hammer, tys head striking with an Impact that was heard all over the auditorium. He was Quickly carried to his corner, where he lay. rigid. Finally "Spider" Kelly, the chief second, becoming: alarmed, hastily summoned two doc tors who were In attendance at the ringside. Piwerful stimulants were adminis tered to the unconscious boxer, but there were no symptoms of returning consciousness. After 20 minutes had passed and McCarthy showed no sign of life, a hasty examination was made. Dr. J. Meyers' then announced that Mc Carthy was suffering from a fractured skull and possibly from an Internal hemorrhage. At 11 P. M., 25 minutes" after the knockout, the injured fighter was hur ried into a waiting automobile and whisked post-hase to Stl Mary's Hos pital. Moran and his seconds were then taken to the Central Police Station. STRIKE MAY HIT SEATTLE Carpenters Want $4. SO Bay Instead of $4, as Now. SEATTLE. "Wash., April 29. The union carpenters of Seattle, of whom there are 2300, - at a meeting tonight adopted a resolution demanding a wage scale of $4.50 a day Instead of $4 now paid, and voted to go on strike next Monday morning if their demands are not granted. Eight hundred men were present at the meeting and the vote was unani mous. The Carpenters Union of Seattle is rated the wealthiest local labor body in the world. It owns a seven-story hotel building and other valuable .prop erty worth $300,000. It is believed that the Masters Builders' Association will accede to the carpenters' demands. WOMAN CURES ILLS BY 1 1 DAYS' FAST XO-FOOD CURE RECOMMENDED FOR NERVOUS TROUBLE. Friends Are Now Abstaining From Meals In Hope of Relieving Systems of Disorders. BOISE, Idaho. April 29. (Special.) Going without nourishment for 11 days and as many nights, and adopting the Upton Sinclair "no food" cure, which she never heard of, Mrs. E. "W. Roberts, of this city, has established a successful fasting record which has probably never been equaled in the Northwest. By so doing, she cured her self of nervous prostration and in somnia. Eleven days of fasting is the extreme limit gone by Mrs. Roberts, but she declares she has often fasted from three to eight days without the slightest Inconvenience. This wonderful woman admits that she feels ravenously hungry during the first and second days of the fast, but after that all is plain sailing, and so thoroughly imbued is she with the benefits to be derived that she has In fluenced her friends to make short tests of the fast cure to secure relief from their ills. Mrs. Roberts says that there is no better meaicine or tonic for the human system than to go without food for a long period, for the body becomes thoroughly rested and the digestive organs regain their lost strength." During her fast, Mrs. Rob erts drank much water. ALIENS' RIGHTS UPHELD Taft Believes President Should Set tle Disputes Direct. WASHINGTON", April 29. President Taft, addressing the members of the American Society of International Law, who had called upon him today to pay their respects, said the vindication of the rights of foreigners which have been violated on American soil should be adjusted directly by the Chief Ex ecutive instead of the President being obliged to refer those who complain of such breaches of American National ob ligations to Governors of states and county prosecutors. "I do not think that anyone I will not say extreme but however strong his view of the necessity of the pre servation of state rights under the Federal Constitution will deny the power of the Government to defend and protect and provide procedure for enforcing the rights that are given to aliens under treaties made by the Gov ernment of the United States," the President said. 10 DEAD IN HOTEL FIRE Proprietor Loses Life at Cornwall, Ont., Trying to Save Family. CORNWALL, Ont.. April 29. Ten persons were burned to death, several are reported missing and several were injured in a fire which destroyed the Rossmore Hotel and other buildings here early today. The property loss is $250,000. The dead: Charles S. Gray, proprietor of the Rossmore Hotel, his wife and two chil dren. Gray perished in an attempt to rescue his family. J. Fielding, accountant of the Ster ling Bank. Charles Gange, teller of the Bank of Montreal. Levis, Que. Mrs. W. Taylor Archibald and Miss White, of Cornwall, who were Etavinir at the hotel. William tHuIme, a porter. Ernest Bullen, bellboy. LIEUTENANT ADMITS PLOT Austrian, Officers Poisoned After Promotion to General Staff. . VIENNA. April 29. The mystery of the origin of the wholesale poisoning plot directed against recently-promoted officers of the Austrian Army has been cleared by the confession of Lieutenant Adorf Hofrichster. The Lieutenant today admitted that he had sent capsules containing pruBsIo acid to 10 members of the general staff, with the object of poisoning them The capsules were accompanied by a circular recommending their use for ill-health. Captain Mader. one of the officers, took the poison and died al most instantly. Hot rlchster's wife Is suspected of complicity la the con spiracy. SAILORS LURED FROM SHIP Tales of Wealth to Be Got In Bay City Cause 15 Desertions. SAN FRANCISCO, April 29. Making their way quietly over the ship's side, three seamen of the Portuguese cruiser Sao Gabriel, now lying tn the harbor, stole away from the war vessel in one of the gigs today and are now being hunted as deserters. Search of the waterfront was made by officers, but no trace of the men could be found. Fifteen sailors already have deserted the foreign vessel, and the commander of the craft has said he believes they were influenced by the alluring tales told by their countrymen in this city about the advantages for the easy accumulation of wealth. 40,000 SETTLE QUARREL Coal Mines or ( Pittsburg District Agree With Operators. PITTSBURG, April 29. The controversy between the 40.000 union miners and oper ators of the Pittsburg soft coal district was settled late tonight. The miners will return to work 3onday. 30 TOWNS VISITED IW 1050-MILE TRIP Excursion Party Home After Five Days. HOSPITALITY IS UNBOUNDED Interest Aroused by Visit to Agricultural College.- YAMHILL GIVES WALNUTS First Rain Is Encountered In Wash ington County, but Ardor Does Xot Slacken Railroad Company Thanked. HT. R. O. aiLVERT. Completing a Journey of 1050 ml!s over the Southern Pacific lines in Ore gon, in which SO cities and towns were visited, the Portland business men s' excursion, given under the auspices of the Commercial Club, returned to the city in Its special train last night. The incidents of the last day in cluded not only a repetition of the boundless hospitality that was accorded the visitors throughout the journey, but also new and impressive features for the entertainment and instruction of the travelers. Last Day Brings Rain. In only a slight measure was there any deviation from the programme out lined, and this was caused by a light rain that fell on the excursionists late in the afternoon after four days of perfect weather. This rain Interferred slightly with the programmes at Forest Grove and at Hillsboro. but did not detract ma terially from the pleasure of the clos ing hours of the journey. Yesterday the party was- out of the land of early roses, but the floral re sources of the communities visited were equal to the lecasion and pro duced lilacs, carnations and other blos soms without limit. State College Is Inspected. The visit to Corvallls. which included an inspection of the work the Oregon Krjcunurai college is doing, was a revelation to those of the Portland business men who had never before had the opportunity if visiting the in- iituuon. Automobiles were awaitlnir the party at the station when the train arrived in the morning, and the visi tors were driven to the Corvallls Com mercial Club rooms. Vice-president Moore of the club welcomed them and presented a great gilt key to the city, the second souve nir of the kind that was presented on the trip. Ralph W. Hoyt, who was chairman during the early part of the day, and J. F. Carroll, W. H. Hollls and D. O. Lively responded for the excur sion party. Tour of Campus Is Made. Following the reception the visitors were placed under the guidance of Dr. James Wlthycombe, the automobiles were again entered and a tour of the grounds was made preliminary to en tering the building. The mechanical department, agronomy building and do mestic science work was Inspected and again the automobiles were resorted to. It required 24 automobiles to carry the party, and the cars were driven into the new armory where it was found possible for all 24 to circle the Interior of the great structure in line. When the campus was again reached, the three battalions of cadets were drawn up in line. Headed by the cadet band, the students executed military drills and maneuvers for the entertainment, of the guests. Walnuts Served at McMinnville. At Independence the excursionists walked to the business section of the town and visited the merchants inform ally. ' At McMinnville automobiles wera again In waiting to carry the excur sionists to the rooms of the Commer cial Club. There the Portlanders found a committee of McMinnville women waiting to receive them and the rooms gorgeously decorated with carnations. There was a boutennler for each visi tor and also a cornucopia of walnuts, grape Juice was served. Portland speakers were Willis Dunniway, W. A. Williams and F. E. Beach. Rain Docs Not Dampen Ardor. At Dundee, Thomas Prince, who owm what is reputed to be the largest bearing walnut prchard in Oregon, sent a great sack of nuts to the train for distribution. Newberg produced a band and a large committee to welcome the train and listened to addresses by Samuel Connell and R. M. Irvine. The first rain fell on the party at Carlton, b.ut it did net disperse the people waiting to receive the excursion. Talks were made at Carlton by Felix Frledmann and Tom Richardson. Automobiles and carriages carried the visitors from the station at Forest Grove to the Commercial Club rooms, and a committee tied on each visitor a tag bearing the Inscription: "Portland business men should live in Forest Grove." On the reverse side was printed: "Not to be detached before reaching your home; So fine, by erder .(Concluded oa Pago 2.1.