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VOL. Li. NO. 15,490. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20,. 1910. PRICE. FIVE CENTS. 1 MANnF7RSIIRnilFS I PRESIDENGf FIGHT ALREADY TO FORE COUPLE HELD FOR SWINDLING BRIDE TIDE TURNS ANEW IN RIGDOfJTRAGLDY HEN BUILDS NEST HIGH UP IN TREE GANNON READS HIS FOES OUT OF PARTY InsurgentsReallyDem ocrats, He Says. PINGHQTPLANNiNG VICIOUS PANTHER TO HAMPER TUFT ANIMAL BELIEVED DEAD SCD DEXLY ATTACKS HUNTER. DENTIST WEDS WIDOW, THEN - TAKES HER SAVINGS. BROODY BROWX LEGHORN FINDS COMFORT IX ISOLATION. IS Hibernian Convention Formally Opens. ORDER'S AUXILIARY BUSY Women Are Guests of Com ' . mercial Club at Lunch. COLLEGE HEAD CANDIDATE trofesor Rohan, of Marquette Tni verslty, Milwaukee, Wis., Would Succeed President Cummings ' as Chieftain of A. O. H. Though the 47th annual conven tion of the Ancient Order of Hi bernians has but opened, the fight on lor president promises one of the most -exciting features of the entire meeting. Already there are four candidates in the .field,, amonjf whom are a college president of Wisconsin, a prominent business man of St. Paul, Minn., the present head of the order, and a Fhila delphrkn. No little gossip was heard yesterday in convention hall at the Masonic Tem ple as to the probability of who might succeed President Mathew Cummings, of Boston, himself a candidate for re election, and owing to a strong follow ing will make a run which may land him again In a coveted position. His second, the present vice-president, James J. Regan, has a large delegation from the Gopher state behind him and promises to make hLmself known when the fight for the presidency shall have come before the convention for dis posal. Irish Folk Aplenty. The convention was called to order In the-morning with an immense throng of Irish folk present, and the thousands of smiling faces gave evidence of the spirit of the occasion. The principal speakers were Mayor Simon and ex Senator John M. Gearin, who gave short addresses of welcome. The convention adjourned at noon and the delegates were given an opportunity to visit about the city and to enjoy them selves in any way they saw fit. At 3 o'clock the visitors left the Imperial tHotel in observation cars for a trip to . Council Crest. The trolley ride was given under the auspices of the Portland Com mercial Oub. At 6 o'clock last night the Hibernians and the Women of the Auxiliary were guests of the Commercial Club at a buffet lunch. The affair was considered one of the most successful ever given in lionor of visitors to Portland. The dec orations were elaborate and were done in the, official colors of the order. Curing the evening a number of addresses were made. The music of the mass, at the opening of the convention, was Kalllwoda in A, splendidly sung by St. Mary's Cathedral choir, augmented by members of the chorus of the Holy Rosary, St. Law rence's, St. Mary's of Alblna and Holy Redeemer churches. The solo parts were well handled by Mrs. Raymond A. Sul livan, Mrs. George Parrish, Miss Eliza beth Klnsella, Mrs. Charles Yielding. Miss Mae Breslin. W. Conley and R A. ("earns. An orchestra, with Waldemar IJnd an principal violin and Carl Denton s organist, furnished accompaniment for the mats. Frederick Goodrich, organist of the Cathedral, was In charge of the music. Talk of Officers Begins. Among the most prominent delegates mentioned yesterday as a candidate for president is Professor M. G. Rohan, presi dent of the Marquette University, of Mil waukee, Wis. Mr. Rohan is held In high esteem In the Middle West and it is understood he has the unanimous Indorse ment of the delegates from many of the states. Joseph McLaughlin, of Philadelphia, Is also understood to be an aspirant for the office of president. His friends say he Is well qualified for the duties of the office. President Cummings will be a candi date to succeed himself and, as he has a large following, he hopes to be retained as head of the order. The election will be held Friday. McGlnnts Has Clear Field. For the office of National secretary there will be no candidate in the field against James A. MoGlnnls, of Scranton, Pa., the present secretary, it was an nounced yesterday. Mr. McGinnis prob ably will receive the unanimous vote of ths.convention for re-election. No candidates for offices in the Wo men's Auxiliary wefe mentioned yester day and it is probable that the names of some of the prominent workers will receive attention today. At the opening of the meetings at 9 o'clock yesterday morning with Pontifical high mass at the Catholic Cathedral the services were attended by a large' num ber, the spacious temple being crowded to the doors. Rev. Alexander Christie. Archbishop of Oregon, officiated and the convention sermon was delivered by Rev. John P. Carroll, of Helena, Mont. Rev. Mr. Carroll spoke on the purposes of the organization of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, tlui work it was doing and what It hopes to accomplish for liis: 'Old Man"' Ramsey Wounded in Battle in Wild and Isolated Perdue District. EOSEBURG, Or., July 19. (Special.) To be attacked by a large and fe rocious panther that he. thought was dead and to have his clothing literally torn to shreds before the animal could be subdued was the experience of "Old Man" Ramsey, who lives in an isolated section of Douglas County, 70 miles north of Roseburg. According to Ramsey's story, he was walking through the dense thicket, a short distance from his home, Thursday afternoon, accompanied by a friend and followed by three dogs, when he suddenly noticed a large female panther, perched in the crotch of a tree, 50 yards to the left of the trail. With a Winchester rifle,tRamsey took aim and fired. The panther fell to the ground, bleeding. Thinking the animal dead, Ramsey approached and as he -was about to lean over to determine where the ball had taken effect, the panther grasped him In its claws. Unable to extricate himself. Ramsey yelled to his com panion, who was then some distance behind. In the meantime, however, the .suffering animal had fought vi ciously, and by the time help came Ramsey was naked and bleeding from scratches and bruises upon his body. Securing Ramsey's' gun, the compan ion was not long In killing the animal. "Old Man" Ramsey is over 75 years old. For many years he has resided in the Purdue district, which is consid ered wild and unsafe, but never did he encounter a panther of such a vicious disposition as the one killed by him Thursday. JAPAN BUYS FOUR AIRSHIPS French Builder to Furnish Military Equipment by August. . VICTORIA, B. C. July 19. News wa brought by the steamship Suveric. which arrived from the Orient today, that the Japanese government has ordered four military airships in Prance. " They are to be built In accordance with Brench design, with certain alterations suggested by the Japanese airship investigation committee. They are expected to be delivered in Japan late in August. ' ZEPPEUIf GASWORKS RUINED Nine Employes Injured When Fire Reaches Inflating Cylinders. PR1EDRICSHAFEN, Germany, July 19. The gas works of the Zeppelin Airship Company were demolished by an explosion today. A roundup of employes showed that nine persons had been injured, several dangerously. It also was discovered that there were two explosions. A boiler burst, causing a fire, which reached the cylinders containing the hydrogen gas' with which the Zeppelin airships were inflated. A second explo sion occurred and the roof of the gas works was torn to bits. WIRELESS MAN RELEASED Indicted Stock Salesman Is Freed From Wasco Jail. THE DALLES, Or., July 19. (Spe cial.) F. E. Mills, formerly representa tive of the United Wireless Telegraph Company, was today released from Wasco County Jail, where he has been held since the May term of court. The indictment for which he was held was for selling stock in the wireless' com pany to a local man who never received the stock. Through bis attorney Mills today set tled the claim In full and was released, departing for Spokane this afternoon. Mills' wife has been here for some time and It is said raised the money to free her husband. LABOR FIGHT ENDS AT LAST Peace Fact Made Between Gonipers and Buck Stove Company. CINCINNATI, July 19. A peace agreement was reached tonight by the Stove Founders' National Defense As-' sociatlon and President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor. This, It is believed, will end the prosecutions by the Buck Stove Com pany against officers of the American Federation of Labor. WOOD NOW CHIEF OF STAFF Doctors Now Hold Two Most .Im portant Army Positions. WASHINGTON. July 19. With the as sumption today by Majpr-General Leon ard Wood of the duties of Chief of Staff of the Army, two doctors now occupy the two most responsible positions in the Army of the United States. The other doctor who has risen to such powers in the Army Is Major-General Fred C. Ainsworth, Adjutant-General, who entered the army as assistant sur geon In 1SS6. NEGRO GETS APPOINTMENT Tart Shows Recognition of Black Race for Federal Office. WASHINGTON. July 19. Whltefleld McKinley. a negro real estate agent, of this city, has been appointed Collector of Customs here, the technical designa tion of the office being the port of Georgetown. D. C. It Is stated that the appointment sig nifies the lecgnltion of negroes In im portant Federal voEUIons.' TARIFF IS REVISED ENOUGH No Room for Adjective Repub licans, Declares Speaker. FOSS HELD UP. AS MODEL La Follette, Bristow, Cummins and Their Followers Seek to Lead Republicans Into Fold of Democratic Party. HERRINGTON, Kan., July 19. Speaker Cannon's second speech today, delivered here this afternoon, was a tariff argu ment and an attack on insurgency. He said: "I am a Republican, just a plain, sim ple Republican. I am not a progressive, not an insurgent Republican. "Whenever it is necessary to use an adjective to describe my Republicanism, then, before God, I will leave the Repub lican party ani climb a tree or join the Democrats." Speaker Cannon then took up the tariff, and said he had enough of revision for a long time. "They call me 'Old Standpatter,' " said Mr. Cannon. "And I think I had as much to do as any other man - in convincing ex-President Roosevelt the time had not come to revise the tariff. Revision in Demand. "But the demand ' for revision grew, and in 190S the Republican platform pledged Itself to revision of the tariff. I did not want that kind of a platform, but there was only one of the two things to do. As a Republican I was . in honor bound to abide by the platform or leave the party. "We carried the' county. We saw the trend of events and we prepared to rer vise the tariff. - For 12 months the com mittee on ways and means studied the schedules. "The greatest economist in the coun try, so far as tariff matters are con cerned, is Sereno Payne, and" he is chair man of that committee. Beveridge Called Democrat. Discujssing the various schedules of the Payne-Aldrich bill. Speaker Cannon referred to the attitude of "Bristow and Beveridge, and all of those Democrats." "The publishers association demanded thet the print paper schedule be low ered, and Herman Ridder, the president of the association, told us that if we did not reduce that schedule right away, on the eve of a presidential election, they would pitch the Republican party, as I phrase It, into hell, and they have been trying to do it ever since. "The Payne bill, as it passed the House, reduced the duty on print paper from six to two dollars a ton. but when the bill got to the Senate the Senators from the paper manufacturing states objected and It was necessary to com promise. La Follette Is Criticised. "Even LaFollette. that flaming light (Concluded on Page 3.) x ' 70-l wis If ;; ::( . -v Tala of Trouble Wi.fci Federal Au thorities Induces Her to Part With $13,500. DETROIT. July 19. Charged with swindling a Brooklyn, N. Y.', woman out of $13, 60s cash and several valuable bonds, after . marrying, her, Dr. Henry Keeler, said once to have been a prom inent New York dentist, was arrested in Detroit today. In company with him, Is held at police headquarters a woman, who, it is alleged, posed as his sister and assisted him in getting the money from Mrs. Wilhelmina Lynch. According to the police, the authori ties of America and Europe have been searching for the pair. Mrs. Lynch charges that during her courtship with Keeler he now and then told of a fortune he possessed In Mexi can lands. On the -day after their marriage Keeler mentioned to his bride that he was in trouble with the Federal au thorities over his Mexican lands. He is alleged to have told her that it would take considerable money to straighten the matter up, and Mrs. Lynch says that she went to a bank with the doctor and his "sister," that he might get $13,500 of her savings. She waited outside, and finally in vestigated, to find that the doctor and "sister" had gone out another door. PULP WOOD IS IMPORTED Big Raft Towed : Acrsos Lake Su perior Into United States. ASHLAND, Wis., July 19. The first raft of pulp wood to be towed from a Canadian port across Lake Superior, comprising about 3000 cords of spruce, reached Ashland today. The pulp wood was cut on Pie Island, 60 miles or more east of Port Arthur. . American capital is behind the move ment There is no duty on pulp wood, and much more probably will come from Canada by lake and rail. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS THE WEATHER. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 91 degrees: minimum. 60 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, not so warm; westerly winds. - Foreign. Expulsion of Jews from : Kiev continues. Page 2. Politic. Advance guard of Republican state assembly reaching Portland. - Page 12. Pinch ois conservation congreea plans .-turn. ble. Page 1. Victor Murdock attacks Cannon in speech. Page 3. Speaker Cannon defends tariff. Page 1. Charles H. Moyer, of "Western Federation. attacks President. Taft. Page .2.. Sports. - Pacific Coast League results San Francisco 3. Portland 2; Los Angeles 4. Oakland 3; Vernon 3, Sacramento J. Page 7. Champion Hazel Hotchklss wins twice J in day at Oregon state tennis play. Page 7. Gamblers -said to - have Induced Oakland pitcher to "throw Sunday games. Page 7. . Pacific Northwest. Forest fires in Northern Washington, Brit ish Columbia and Idaho wipe out towns and make hundreds homeless. Page 1. Concert feature of Gladstone Chautauqua. Page 6. Girl attacked on sleeping car; colored porter is arrested. Page 6. Tax Commissioner Galloway writes letter . about mortgages. Page 5. Commercial and Marine. All gains are - lighter in local market. Page 17. Wheat drops 2 cents at Chicago. Page IT. Better undercurrent In the wool market. Page 17. River channel to be dredged to 27-foot depth by November 18. Portland and "Vicinity. Mayor Simon welcomes Hibernians; ' fight for presidency begins. Page L White River power plant is sold. Page 11. Joseph W. Folk, regards tariff as leading issue. Page' 5. Bar assembly nominates four justices now in office for re-election' to Supreme Bench. Page 11. A. O. U. W. completes session in less than day. Page 8. Fourth Person Enters Shooting Affray. RIGDON FATHER OF CHILD? Dying Woman Mentions Baby, Center of Legal Battle. LETTERS TELL LOVE TALES Mrs. Young, Who Gave Cp All to Be With Rigdon, Writes of Disgust With Self, Declaring: Herself "Rat Among Doves." "-CHICAGO, July 19. (Special.) A mys terious fourth person a man In a strug gle with whom Charles W. Rigdon Is said to have been killed, came Into the Loop office tragedy today. Attorney J. H. Lewis called at St. Luke's Hospital to confer with Mrs. Annie Young about a report that two men and two women were In the office of John C. Keller when the attempted murder of Mrs. Toung and the alleged suicide of Rigdon took place. "Information has come to me that a fourth person, a man, was In that office when the shooting took place," said At torney Lewis. "Who this person was I do not know, but I hope to learn through Mrs. Young." Charges made, to the police are to the effect that there had been a strug gle between Rigdon and the second man. after Mrs. Young had been shot, and the theory of detectives working on the shooting Is that the shot that killed Rigdon was fired during this struggle. Coroner Hoffman made it plain that he was not sure who was responsible for the crime. "I don't know who did the shooting," he said. "The whole thing looks bad to me and I am going te probe to the bot tom of it."- - Mass of Love Letters. With the appearance of the new actor in the drama came the revelation of a mass of love letters written by Mrs.' Corretta, or "Emma" Young, to Charles W. Rigdon, ' which removed the last vestige of mystery from the workings of the affair. Included in these is one long letter evidently , the last written by Mrs. Young before the shooting, that may cost her life, and which did cost Rigdon'B in which she bares her heart, pictures her lire as that of a "sewer rat among doves," tells of a feeling of disgust for Rigdon as a "fiend and taskmaker," and announces her determination to break from him irrevocably. Evidently the pitiless manner in which his irregular habits and his treatment of Mrs. Young had been described had sunk into his innermost sensibilities. She mentions a baby now believed to be in an institution In Washington, D. C. The child, doubtless, will be the center of a legal battle for possession of Rig don's property and the property now in possession of Mrs. Young. Whether Rigdon Is the father of the .child has not been shown conclusively. (Concluded on Para 3.) STATE TAX COMMISSION GETS BUSY - poV; Two Families Survive and Freaky Mother Is Preparing to Bring Forth Another One. ALBANY. Or., July 19. (Special.) A Brown Leghorn hen, which builds her nest In a big maple tree, 30 feet above the ground. Is a curiosity on the farm of E. D. Jones, three-fourths of a mile northwest of the town of Shelburn, Linn County. This hen has hatched ' two broods of young chickens in her aerial nest thus far this season, and is now laying eggs for a third hatching. The tree stands on bottom land ad joining, the North Santiam River. It is close to a bank 20 feet high and from the top of this bank the hen flies only two feet to reach the limbs of the tree. She then walks along the limbs to the center of the tree and reaches her nest, 10 feet above the top of the bank. The nest rests in a natural moss-filled hollow formed by four limbs. She has added more moss and leaves. Though the hen can reach the tree easily from the top of the high bank, the limbs on which she alights are too small to permit egg-searchers to follow her by that route and to disturb her nest a person must climb the big tree, the lowest limb of which Is IS feet above the ground. It would require so much labor to gather the eggs regularly when they are fresh that the old hen is not disturbed and is allowed to hatch out her offspring in peace. When the young chickens became big enough to crowd the nest they fell out and were picked up on the ground below and given to another hen to raise. The height of the nest, as well as the fact that there are rocks beneath the tree, makes It remarkable that the young chicks live after their fall to .the ground. GOLDENDALE HAS BLAZE Early Morning Fire Destroys Busi , ncss Block Loss $10,000. GOLDENDALE, Wash., July 19. (Special.) Fire which started in W. F. McDowell's plumbing shop on East Main street at 2 o'clock this morning, destroyed that structure, the Young block, a- brick structure and Ryan's restaurant, causing $10,000 damage. At 2:30 the Are was still burning, but as no wind was blowing, the fire men expected soon to have it under control and prevent further damage. The Young block was occupied by A. C. Chapman's furniture store. Most of the stock was saved before the flames reached . the building. Mrs. Patrick Ryan's restaurant, next door, is prac tically a total loss.' The firemen are exerting their en ergies to saving East End Livery, and adjoining' buildings. The Are was discovered in the plumb ing shop by a night watchman. The cause is unknown. SANTA HURRIES TO ARCTIC Congress at Last Sends Christmas Chief to Little Folk or North. . SEATTLE. July 19. Santa Claus is reported to make his home in the Arc tic Circle, but the pupils and teachers of the Government schools of Northern Alaska would have fared ill next Christmas if presents, food, clothing and fuel had not been shipped today on the steamer St. Helens, which sailed for Nome and other Arctic portB as , far north as Point Hope. Congress was so late this year that it was Impossible to send the school supplies north' on a sailing vessel and there was danger that some remote schools might get no supplies at all. the season . of open water In the Arctic is brief and there are no over land express lines. TWO GO DOWN WITH BOAT Fisherma n Sees Little Craft , Sink, bnt Cannot Save Occupants. ASTORIA, Or., July 19. (Special.) While making a drift in the lower har bor, a short distance below Sand Island, on last Friday evening. Matt Alskog, a fisherman, saw a motor fish-boat cap sixe and then sink. Two men were struggling in the water a short distance away, but before Alskog could reach them both went down. A few minutes later a credit coupon check book was found floating on the surface. It had been issued by Joseph Girinis to Nick Marich, of Point Elllce. and the latter is supposed to be one of the men who were drowned. JOHNSON ARRESTED AGAIN Champion Says New York Police Are Out to "Get Him." NEW YORK, July 19. Jack Johnson, the heavyweight champion pugilist, was arrested today charged with reck less driving of his automobile. ' Johnson characterized his arrest as an outrage, and said he had been in formed on good authority that bicycle police ail over the city had -made the declaration they were out to "get him." He gave $100 bail for his appearance in court tomorrow. TWO KILLED, ONE WILL DIE Result of Collision. Between Autoino . bile and Train. CHICAGO, July 19. N. J. McEvilly, of Dysart. Ia.. and his 12-year-old daughter were killed, and Mrs. McEvilly was probably fatally injured when their automobile was struck by a Chicago & Northwestern passenger train near Lombart, I1L, today. . St. Paul Conservation Congress Packed. SINGLE IDEA TO DOMINATE Enforced Modification of Pro gramme Will Be Offset. GARFIELD IN CONSPIRACY Rule or Ruin Policy of ex-Forester . Manifest in Selection of Speak ers Democrats Will Be Aided When Possible. . ' y". ORBGOXIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. July 19. It is evidently intended that the conservation congress at St. Paul in September. like that at Spokane last year, shall be a trouble-breeder. That much is guaranteed by the fact that the programme for the congress is being made up by Gifford Pinchot and James R. Garfield. Trouble is what these men are looking for and what they are plan ning to give the Taft Administration-, and this conservation congress affords them a golden opportunity. While it is true that Pinchot has been obliged to modify his original plan and place on the list of speakers the names of some men friendly to the present Administration, and while he has been forced to invite President Taft to ad dress the congress, yet the bulk of the speakers will be men antagonistic to this Administration; men who will advo cate Pinchotism rather than practical conservation. Sew Features Added. The forthcoming congress will be made up of substantially the same men who attended the congress in Spokane. The prime movers,, of course, will be Pinchot and Garfield, but new features like Louis D. Brandeis, Francis J. Heney, Senator Dolliver - and Representative Madison have been added, and of course the old stars who showed their antipathy to Taft and to Secretary Ballinger at the last congress will again be In evidence. Of Pinchot and Garfield, nothing need be said. Perhaps no two men in tho United Slates are as hostile to President Taft as they, and yet they are the head and front of the conservation congress, and it has been shown that they will use any and all means, fair and foul, to in jure the President and his Administra-' tion, because ihe Administration robbed them of the power they once enjoyed. . . Dolliver Invited, Too. Senator Dolliver is the man who was . instrumental in bringing about Pinchot's dismissal, for it was he who asked for and read in the Senate the insubordinate letter' of Pinchot on which his dismissal was founded. All through the special and the last session, Dolliver showed his an tagonism to Taft and lost no opportunity to attack or to embarrass the President and the regular Republican organization. That Is why he is invited to Pinchot's congress. ' As to Representative Madison, he is little known, except as an insurgent. However, he was a member of the Pln-chot-Ballinger committee, and through out ' that long Investigation showed his marked partiality for Pinchot and his equally marked enmity towards Secre tary Ballinger. Therefore he is a qualified speaker at Mr. Pinchot's little gathering. Among the other speakers, when .the full list is made public, will be found the names of other men who are decidedly antagonistic to the Administration, many of them men who addressed the last congress and sought to make trouble for Taft. a Congress Will Be Packed. The rank and file of delegates will be chosen witli great care. ' The Spokane congress 'was packed. , So will be the approaching congress at St. Paul. Mr. Pinchot knows who is coming and he knows how the delegates will stand when they reach St. Paul. They will be men who can be relied upon to furnish the overwhelming applause for the remarks of the enemies of the Administration, and they will be as carefully silent dur ing the addresses of the few friendly speakers who may be invited to address the congress "Just for the looks of ths thing." It is a foregone conclusion that the congress will indorse Pinchotism, and label it "conservation." The fads and . theories of this man will be written Into the resolutions to be presented to the congress for adoption and will be written by or under the direction of Pinchot himself. The deposed Forester will have the congress under complete control and it will do his bidding from . beginning to end. It is his little . party, and It will be used by htm as a means of attack upon the President Roosevelt to Be There. Pinchot was just shrewd enough, when he went abroad last Spring, to exact , a promise from Colonel Roosevelt to ad dress this conservation congress. It was to be expected the invitation would be accepted, for under the Roosevelt Ad ministration Pinchot and his theories had full sway and had the in dorsement of the President. The Colonel will make a speech at 9t. Paul entirely in accord with Pinchot's views, the demonstration that will follow will toncluded on Page 2X JL T: rrjii io3.oi