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4 THE MORNING OREGONIAX. MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1910. U. S. ASKS ABOUT YANKEE GAPTIVE State Department to Scrutin ize Treatment Given and Act Accordingly. INVESTIGATION TO FOLLOW Plttman May Face Fate Like That of Groce and Cannon, and Con suls Are Asked to Make Re ports Immediately. "WASHINGTON, D. C. June 6. The Btate Department has acted promptly In the case of William Plttman, -an American engineer, who Is said to have been captured by the Madriz forces while operating with the Estrada army. The following Is a paraphrase of tele grams sent by the State Department to day to the American consulates at Managua and Bluefields and to Com mander Gilmer of the Paducah: "There Is a newspaper report from San Juan del Sur to the effect that William Plttman, an American citizen, who Is alleged to have laid mines while operating with the Estrada forces, has been made prisoner by the Madriz forces and Is about to be tried by court-martial. It Is unnecessary to point out that this Government will Jealously scrutinize the treatment accorded him, which must be humane and regular. You will immediately make Inquiry and report to the Department." Madriz Like Zclaya. ' If any further evidence were needed to confirm the officials here in their be lief that Madriz is following closely in the footsteps of his predecessor, Zelaya, it is afforded by the case of Pittman. It is said Pittman possibly may suffer a. fate similar to that which 1 Tell Groce and Cannon last November. What action thir Government w; 1 take depends largoly on the reports from the United States Consuls at Ma nagua and Bluefields and from Com mander Gilmer. There has been no intimation from any sources that this Government will take any precipitate action. The complete rout of the Madriz forces is shown by belated telegrams received by the State Department. These telegrams confirm the report of the total defeat of the troops which have been operating in the neighbor n -d of P ma, Mca- -.cua. Madi'iz Armies Destroyed. All dispatches received during, the last several i.ays from the eaU coast of Nicaragua indicate that the Madriz armies at Bluefields and at - "ama prac tically have been destroye and that the end of fighting on the east cor . at least seims to be in sight. CAPTIVE'S MOTHER APPEALS President Taft Asked to Prevent Harming of Pittman. CAMBRIDGE. Mass., June 5. William P. Pittman is the son of Mrs. Rachael Plttman. of 178 Spring street, this city. Tonight, Edwin Pittman,' a brother of William P. Pittman, in behalf of his mged mother, sent this message to President Taft: "As a mother, grief-stricken over the news of the danger of my boy, William P. Pittman, who, the newspapers state, may be shot for his part in the Nic araguan revolution, I seek your Inter ference In his behalf. He has been for four years in the United States Gov ernment service in Panama. I only ask what is my right as a mother, but If there is anything you can do I implore you to do it. "MRS. RACHAEL PITTMAN." 1UMP FROM AUTO INJURES William T. Elwell, of Seattle, Hurt on Sandy Road. William T. Elwell, a real estate op erator, residing at 1525 Second street. West Seattle, was taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital at 10 o'clock last night suffering from a compound frac ture of the left ankle and a number of painful bruises about his head and body, caused by leaping from a speeding automobile into a ditch at a point on the Sandy Road near .Mount Tabor. Elwell was one of a party of local real estate men out for a ride. While returning to the ?lty near the point of the accident, the driver of the automo bile, whose name has not been learned, lost control of the car. It increased In momentum until Elwell. terrified, climbed over the side of the car and Jumped. He was hurled down a 15 foot embankment and was picked up by a passing motor and brought to the city. In the meanwhile the Red Cross ambulance met the auto bearing the Injured man at Grand avenue and East Burnside streets and he was rushed to the hospital. Late last night he was still under an anesthetic. The party which Elwell accompanied had not been located at midnight. M'KIM PROTESTS DIVORCE Denies Wife Is Nevada Resident and Will Fight Bitterly. RENO. New. June 5. (Special.) The latest development in the n w famous McKim divorce suit was manifested Saturday, when, through Judge James Glynn, a local attorney appointed by a New York law firm, the doctor of Baltimore and New York filed an ap plication for leave to file a plea in abatement under special appearance ' take place on June 9, when the hus band will appear to contest the suit filed by his wife on April 30. The contention will be that this court has no Jurisdiction, for the reason that Mrs. McKim has not been a bona fide resident of this state, which Mc Kim declares he is ready to verify. This is the first gun fired in what promises to be a bitterly-fought con test. Dr. McKim is determined to carry the fight. If necessary, to the court of last resort. It Is expected that one of the New York counsel will arrive here Monday. FARMERS GUIDED IN LOVE Kansas Professor Issues Bulletin on Matrimonial Reform. TOPEKA. Kan.. June 5. ( Special.) Farmers know much more of a specific and reliable nature about preparing their hogs for the livestock market than they do about preparing their eons and daughters for the matrimonial market. - All these Important matters are left' to chance and accident because we have been laboring under the fool ish delusion that love Is blind and not to be influenced by instruction or rea son." This Is the text of an official "score card on matrimony," issued by -W. A. McKeever, professor of philosophy at the Kansas State Agricultural College, in a bulletin just Issued to farmers of the state. As a foundation of matrimonial re form Which Professor McKeever will Inaugurate in Kansas, . the qualifica tions of the young man and young woman who apply for marriage licenses should be passed upon by the probate judge of each county, he says. This official, he, contends, should be em powered by state law to hold an ex amination and inquire Into fitness of men and women seeking marriage. EAST SIDE IS OPPOSED PURCHASE OF COUXCIL CREST IS TALKED AGAINST. Inadequate Streetcar Service to Pro posed Park Is Ground of Op position Heard. East Side improvement clubs threaten to invoke the' referendum if necessary in their attempt to defeat the purchase of Council Crest for a city park. The rea son they assign for opposing the purchase is not that it would not make a beauti ful park, but the lack of transportation across the river. It is contended that more nan half the population of Portland lives east of the river and that there are not enough bridges to take care of the traffic should Council Crest be converted Into a publie park. East Side objectors pay that if adequate transportation facilities are provided they will not oppose the purchase of Council Crest for a public park, but under pres ent conditions they propose to fight the purchase. The matter has been dis cussed at meetings of Improvement clubs. No definite policy has been outlined at any of these meetings, but it is said a. tentative agreement has been reached that if negotiations are carried on until they reach a finality, opposition will be expressed and, if necessary, a demand will be made that the purchase be left to a referendum vote. An informal discussion of the proposed purchase of Council Cregt for a park was held in connection with the meeting of the North East Side Improvement Asso ciation Friday night to get the sentiment of the meeting. There wa wide differ ence of opinion. M. G. Munly strongly advocated the purchase of the park and urged that the East Side should favor the purchase on the grounds that the spot ought to be owned by Portland. He point ed out the great beauty of the place and said that it was widely known fox scenic beauty. Visitors coming to Portland, said Mr Munly, asked to be taken to Council Crest. D. L. Povey also declared, that the spot should be secured for Portland at the earliest possible moment, before the price would be boosted still more. Councilman Menefee said that while he was opposed to making the purchase, he would not sot himself up against the wishes of the people. VI have always maintained and still maintain," said Mr. Menefee, "that it is best and the duty of the city to acquire e number of smaller tracts for play grounds in different sections of the city, where they may be used by the people, and am opposed to further purchase of large tracts until these smaller tracts have been secured for playgrounds for the people. Alee - we should improve what we now have." F. S.- Myers opposed the purchase of Council Crest on the ground that Port land already is. heavily bonded and should not at this time assume any more finan cial burden?. No motion was made and the association took no action one way or another on the proposed purchase. MRS. PRDSSER IS SERENE WOMAN WHO SHOT DIVORCED SPOCSE IS CHEERFUL.. Story That Husband Squandered Her Fortune Told, but Talk of Crime Withheld. SPOKANE, Wash., June 5. (Special.) Mrs. Vera Prosser, under arrest at Libbey, Mont., on a charge of slaying her husband. Reese Prosser. a Seattle automobile man, on a Great Northern train near Libby, maintains steadfast silence, acting under instructions from her attorneys. Senator Thomas D. Long and Montgomery G. Trice. Of matters other than the crime Itself, however, tie woman was willing to talk when interviewed. She says she had $15,000 when she was -narried to Prosser but that he had sqquandered the major portion of this in high living and had then divorced her". She was in far better humor today than at any time since being under ar rest and said her future was not worry ing her. 1 She Is confined under . uard at the Sheriff's residence. A revolver, evidently the one with which the shooting was done, was found in the room occupied by the worran. She made strenuous objections'" when the deputy who found It confiscated it. The woman has relatives In Denver and Chicago to whom appeals for as sistance will be made. Long, her leading counsel, is Se: ator from Flathead County, and a prominent member of the bar of Montana, and to day he declared that the full details will be brought out and show an en tirely new aspect. 0. HENRY BELIEVED DYING Physicians Have Little Hope After Operation New York. NEW ' YORK, June 5. (Special.) O. Henry, the famous short story writer, is lying in a critical eondition in Poly clinic Hospital on East Thirty-fourth street. His wife. Mrs. W. S. Porter, for O. Henry is really William Sidney Por ter, has been telegraphed for and has sent word that she left her home at Whitmeyer. S. C, this afternoon to be with her husband. Mr. Porter was operated upon Fri day night by Dr. Charles Russell Han cock, and the surgeon states that he Is most sorry to say that he believes his patient is in a dangerous condition. O. Henry's stories of South American life, more especially his- description of Latin-American temperament and mor als, have never been approached by any other writer. graphite. 34 coal. 20 copper. T silver. 3 inc. 2 mercury and 39 various. In the South there la some talk of putting a heavy tax on da water in order to break even with the teetotalers. A recent teat of wireless telephony was 27, uOOEfiGIUli GET HIGHER WAGES Federal Board of Arbitration Grants 60 Per Cent of Increase Demanded. 49 RAILROADS AFFECTED Scores of Witnesses Testify in Hearing Regarding Higher Cost of living Roads Plead They Cannot Afford It. CHICAGO. June 5. The Federal arbi tration board, which has been taking tes timony in the wage controversy between 27,000 enginemen and 4!J railroads west of Chicago, handed down a decision late Saturday In favor of the enginemen. The arbitration board granted the em ployes 60 per cent of their demand, for per cent Increase. The men Involved are members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen- and Enginemen. Under the ruling of the ar bitration board the wages of the men vary with the different classes of service. Following are the increases announced by the board: Firemen Main line and branch passen ger service, increase 15 cents per 100 miles or less. Coal Burners Get More. Foremen Through and irregular freight, mixed, work, wreck, gravel, helper, pusher, snowplow and branch serv ice (except Mallet type engines). Increase of 15 cents per 100 miles or less, provided that on coal burning engines firemen in this service shall receive additional Increase of 15 cents per 100 miles or less. On simple engines having cylinder 24 inches or over in diameter and on compound engines weighing 215,000 pounds or more on driv ers, firemen shall receive not less than $3.75 per 100 miles or less, provided that where a rate is now paid on engines with cylinders less than 24 inches in diameter or compound engines weighing less than 215.000 pounds on drivers. In ex cess of $3.75 per 100 miles or less, there shall bo no increase. Some Exceptions Made. Firemen Local or freight service, in crease 25 cents per 100 miles or less, ex cept on roads having eight-hour day or 12 miles per hour basis. Firemen On Mallet type engines re ceive $4 per 100 miles or less in all classes of service. Firemen Yard engine increase of 25 cents a day. Switch engineers and engine dispatchers Increase of 25 cents a day. The hearing before the arbitration board has been on for three weeks. Scores of witnesses testified regarding the high cost of living. The railroads opposed the Increased cost on the grounid that they could not afford to meet It. CONGRESSMEN 111 TILT SUGAR FRAUDS CAUSE BITTER WORDS IN HOUSE. Rainey Accuses McKinlay of Father ing Speech Written by Wicker sham in Own Defense. WASHINGTON. June .5. A lively tilt between Rainey of Illinois and McKinlay of California occurred in the House late today over an accusation by the former that the latter had inserted In the Con gressional Record a speech not delivered on the floor and prepared by Attorney General Wickersham. In this speech a defense was made of the Attorney-General and Henry W. Taft, brother of the President, against charges of being attorneys for the sugar trust, as made by Rainey on April 14. The charge that Mr. Wickersham had written his speech was indignantly de nied by McKinlay, who said he had gathered the facts and prepared the document himself. "I charge here,1' said Rainey, "that the Attorney-General has not denied that he received a part of the Immense fee paid the firm of Strong & Cadwallader for services for the sugar trust. That fee, according to this statement in the record, was $25,500 and he states he and six other persons received their propor tionate Interest in it as members of the firm." Further commenting on the course of the Attorney-General, Rainey said he had a letter In his possession written by Mr. Wickersham in which he said Immu niyt could not be granted to witnesses through a Congressional investigation. In reply to Rainey, McKinlay said he had inserted his speech in the record because the Illinois member had at tempted to show that the President wae favoring the sugar trust and was not acting in good faith in the prosecutions of the trust. Parsons interposed to say that his father, John E. Parsons, a sugar trust official, having denied that he had any knowledge of the sugar frauds, would not be indicted. TOTS WILLJ3RIVE PONIES Hunt Club Has Many Entries and Procession Will Extend for Miles. President Cronin, of the Hunt Club, will direct a horse and carriage parade on Thursday afternoon that will extend ten miles. It is said. With the members of the Hunt Club, gaily caparisoned in crimson, the members of the Junior Hunt Club astride their ponies and the 150 en tries of the Portland Driving Club, this parade will prove an interesting feature. Those lovers of the horse who insist that the day. of his usefulness Is not yet passed will have strong support In the hundreds of magnificent animals that will be ridden and driven j?ast the re viewing stand. Floats of Oriental magnificence have been prepared by the Japanese and Chi nese colonies. From these floats will be sent up daylight fireworks and Incense. The suburban districts will be repre sented by floats telling of their own par ticular claims to civic eminence. One dis trict will use the rose to spell Its name, another will use the pale yellow of the Scotch broom to decorate Its entry Private carriages will be seen n scores. From the Portland Driving Club alone there are 150 entries. Every one of these must be handsomely decorated to entitle it to a place and the main theme of the decorations must be flowers. All the bands of the city - will have places. Boys' organizations will vie for the award. Prizes are offered for the finest entries of all kinds. Tally-hos, like the staging coaches of ANOTHER WOMAN CURED By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Black Duck, Minn. "About a year ago I wrote you that I was sick and could not do any of my housework. My sickness was called Retroflexion. "When I would sit down X felt as if I could not fet up. I took ,ydia E. Pinkham's "Vegetable Com pound and did just as you told me and now I am perfectly cured, and have a sBbisr babv bov." Mrs. Anna Andeesos, Box 19, Black Duck, Minn. Consider This Advice. No woman should submit to a surgi cal operation, which may mean death, until she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made exclusive ly from roots and herbs, a fair trial. This famous medicine for women has for thirty years proved to be the most valuable tonic and invigorator of the female organism. Women resid ing in almost' every city and town in the United States bear willing testi mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's "Vegetable Compound. It cures female ills, and creates radi ant, buoyant female health. If you are ill, for your own sake as well as those you love, give it a trial. Mrs. Pinltbam, at Lynn, Mass., invites all sick women to write her for advice. Her advice is f rae, and always helpful. England in the old days, will be driven, loaded to the rails with women. Children will drive tiny carriages, drawn by Shet land ponies. t Saddle horses will.be driven tandem. Special horses will show their paces to an eager crowd. Horses and carts will be there in scores. Clowns will do their capers. Unique de signs of all classes, except that advertis ing is prohibited, will be seen. The horse and carriage parade is the one pageant that will be open to all classes of entries. There will be few distinctions and all will be welcome. Rules Are Announced. . The following are the rules governing entries in the horse and carriage parade: 1. Nothing of an advertising character will be allowed in tha parade unleaa it Is a creation of flower. 2. No contestant can enter the same horse or vehicle or float in qprnpetltton for more than one prize. 3. Each and every contestant for prise honors will be assigned to a position in the parade and must be at the point designated by the parade committee at 1 P. M. sharp. 4. The Judges awarding prizes will review the pageant in its entirety from the review stand and mark points of merit which ara to be compared by the awarding committee. 5. Only entries decorated with natural flow ers will be eligible to compete for prlsesi Ten awards are offered in the horse and carriage parade. They are in the following classes, both first and second prizes being trophies: No. 1 Tally-ho. four or more horses. No. 2. Carriage and team. " No. S Special float. No. 4 Horse and buggy (four wheels). No. 5 Horse and cart (two wheels). No. 6 Pony carriage and pair. No. 7 Pony and cart (four wheels). No. S Pony and cart (two wheela). No. 9 Saddle horses tandem. No. 10 Special feature. SESSION'S JND IN SIGHT Representatives May Insist on In terpolation of a Few Points. WASHINGTON, D. C, June 5. Al though it came as a surprise to many, there were numerous indications Satur day that the Senate and the House might reach a prompt agreement on the railroad bill through practical ac ceptance by the House of the Senate bill. While there was no certainty that such would be the case, there were many straws pointing that way. This would have the effect of hasten ing the adjournment of Congress and members prophesied that with the rail road bill agreed upon, adjournment would come within three weeks. Senators Aldrlch, Crane and Elkins today conferred with Speaker Cannon and Representative Mann, of Illinois, who has charge of the House bill. Mr. Mann said that as far as he was con cerned, personally, he would not agree to the Senate t.111. He said there were many things in the House measure which were not in the one adopted by the-Senate upon which he would Insist. Also there were some things In the Senate bill to which he ob jected. The subject will be called up In the House next Tuesday when Mr. Mann ill move non-concurrence and ap pointment of conferees. The suggestion that the House ac cept the Senate amendments to the railroad bill met with favor at the hands of the Democratic members of the House who had the fight against the measure adopted by the House. They pointed out that the Senate bill was a much better one than that passed by the. House from the1 shippers' stand point, and if Republican leaders sin cerely desired a measure which would benefit the people they could accept that measure. SHIP BRAKE IS REJECTED Attachment Would Retard Vessel Also When Speed Is Sought. WASHINGTON, June 5. Although it was demonstrated by trial on the bat tleship Indiana that what is known as the "ship brake" would undoubtedly stop a vessel in somewhat less time than where it was not employed, the device has been found unsuitable for naval usage. The naval board which conducted the test holds that the brake, which re gencies a barn door on either side of the ship, would soon become clogged with barnacles unless constantly em ployed. It would also increase the danger from torpedo attack, be a grave menace in close evolutions and retard the speed of the ship. RAINIER SPECIAL TRAIN During Rose Carnival. The Astoria & Columbia River Railroad will run a special train to Rainier and all Intermediate points leaving Portland, Grand Central Station, 11:00 P. M., Tues day. Thursday and Saturday of Carnival week. 4s T.r The New Piano Method Proving Very Popular n At the rate members have been joining the Eilers Piano Clubs it will not take long to dispose of the 510 instruments included in this undertaking. Each day scores of careful buyers have been attracted by the tremendous sav ings possible and the heretofore unheard-of low terms of payment. Come in and see to this today. The Eilers Club plan is very simple. It is just as though 510 people joined and then sent to the factories to do the buying one man capable of selecting the best pianos and securing the best prices and knowing how best, to ship them. But there are no tedious meetings to attend. You select your piano; we arrange all other matters. The Club Plan places you in exactly the same position to receive the lowest prices and advantages obtained by the very largest dealers. It is based on community of interest on collective or co-operative buying. In reality it is retailing pianos on a gigantic wholesale basis. All told, there are 510 strictly brand-new, high-grade, warranted instruments set aside for club members. You are not asked to take one style of one particular make on the con trary, you choose between over two dozen of the most desirable and worthiest makes in the very latest of case designs, in fanciest of San Domingo Mahogany, English Burled Walnut and genuine Quartered-Sawed Oak. If you can pay $5 down and $1 weekly, join Club A, select a $350 piano and save $113. But come at once. Club A is rapidly being completed. Club B members secure $450 pianos and save $152.50, on terms of $7.50 down and $1.25 weekly. Club C members secure still greater savings terms, $11 down and $1.50 weekly. In addition, club members secure free music lessons, free tuning, stool to match piano, free delivery and free insurance. The club price includes every thing. A still further reduction is given club members in the form of cash premiums for all installments they may wish to pay in advance at any time in future, and also for securing additional club members. Is it any wonder that Eilers Piand Clubs from the very first day have proven such a tremendous success? We state in all sincerity that such beautiful and desirable pianos as are obtainable now on the Club Plan have never been offered anywhere at such Wholesale Establishment at Fifteenth and fettygrove Streets Copyright by Eilers Music House, VETERAN RUES WEDDING PROPERTY AWARD TO EX-WIEE RtlXOUS, HE SAYS. Match Made by Correspondence Does Not Culminate Favorably to Aged Husband. VANCOUVER. Wash.. June 5. (Spe cial.) When Captain N. F. Bolton. S3 years old, veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars, today was told that Juds-e McMaster had awarded his former wife $1200 in real money, he said: "That adventuress that I married has r-u-t-n-e-d me, has ruined me! .Oh, that I had never met her!" Mrs. Bolton brought suit for divorce against Captain Bolton and in the case It was brought out that he had given her $940.10 as spending money during the ten years of their married life. She testified that her lord and master did not rise to greet the new day until the house was warm, especially during the Winter. She is 20 years his Junior. The couple first became aware of each other's presence on earth through a common friend, and the gallant cap tain, who was looking for a wife, took every home may h&vc&j inenevv pianoJ join CO; . piano or If. a. week operative clubs Scores of your neighbors and friends have al ready joined one of the Eilers Piano Clubs and t are now enjoying their fine new piano in their homes. Ask them about us and these pianos and this plan. ' ' 353 Washington Street, at Park In accordance with V. B. Copyright Act ot the liberty to write to her in Mexico. She answered, as she was looking for- a husband. In a snort time they were married and went out on his lit tle five-acre tract to live, where for some time they were very happy. When he began to accuse her of stealing things from him, she applied for a di vorce, which was granted this week. Today Judge McMaster made a divi sion of the $3600 property, giving the plaintiff one-third, or $1200. Of this amounjt $600 in cash is to be paid at once, and the remainder when certain securities become due. The captain is to pay all costs of the case, except her attorney's fees, which are supposed by the court to be included in the award made. Xurses Get Diplomas. MARSHFIELD. Or., June 5. (Spe cial.) Miss Elizabeth Gamble and Miss Mary J. Wall graduated as nurses after having taken the course of training at Mercy Hospital in Xortlr Bend, Gradii- Piano Club Economies Re duce the Price of 3350 Pianos to Only $237; Beautiful $450 Styles are Securable at a Clean Saving of$152.50, While the $550 Pianos Go for $359.00. ridiculously low prices and unheard of terms of payment. Don't put off investigating this splendid plan, but do it now today. Remember that before night a $5 bill will now put a good piano in your home on the Club Plan. March 4. 1909. All rights reserved. ating exercises, attended by a large number, were held for the two young ladies completing the course. TE GAS CAR "THE QUALITY CAR" Immediate Deliveries of 1911 CARS WHITE MOTOR CAR CO. C. A. Eastman, Gen. Mgr. G. S. Brackett, Secretary. Sixth, and Madison Streets, Portland, Or. WHI