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BRYAN DEPOSED AS MONTANA RANGE BIG FIGHT AMONG PEARY QUITS TALK. FIREBUG SUSPECT BOAST OF LOVES ACTRESS' BENEFIT WAR OUT AFRESH BUSINESS IS POOR BRINGS ON ARREST NEBRASKA LEADER WOODMEN -TODAY IS BELIEVED DEAD IS RARE SUCCESS CATTLE AND SHEEPMEX MAT CLASH FOR BLOOD. LECTURE . PLATFORM PROVES OTHER THAV BIG STJOCESS. E. J. BAUGH, OF LOS ANGELES, HAS WIFE IX' PORTLAND. Vote Rejecting Counsel Wildly Cheered. OPTION LAW HIS WATERLOO Contending Factions Unite to Accomplish Embarrassment. 20 YEARS' RULE IS ENDED Democratic State Platform Indorses Daylight Closing Law Bryan , Supporter Predicts Party Defeat at the Polls. GRAND ISTANTX Neb.. July 28. Amia a tumult of cheerings. Permanent Chair man Smyth, of the Democratic ate con vention, today read the result of a test vote which practically took from W. J. Bryan the Democratic leadership of Nebraska, which he has maintained for 20 years. The vote came on a motion made by Representative Hitchcock, a candidate for the Senatorial nomination, and in effect wag to eliminate the introduction of platform planks, with accompanying speeches, unless submitted as a section of the majority or minority reports of the committee on resolutions. "Gagr Rule" Charged. Mr. Bryan, seated as a member" of the Lancaster County delegation. wa upon hie feet at once with a protest and prof fered an amendment that would, modify the intent of the original motion. A dozen delegates made as many motions and heated speeches on the subject, the (Bryan adherents denouncing the Hitch cock motion as gag rule and their op ponents declaring that "Individual rule" must not prevail in the convention. Chairman Smyth ordered a rollcall on the amendment and the gathering was silent as the vote of thai counties was called that would determine the Bryan strength. When two-thirds had been called. Mr. Bryan realised he was de feated and a wave of cheers that drowned the rollcall began. Defeat Is Cheered. , As Chairman Smyth read the result, 465 against the amendment to 3S in favor of it. the 'delegates sounded a' fresh volume of cheers that seemed to indicate their relief from the uncertainty that had existed an to the strength which Mr. Bryan would develop in the convention. The original motion of Mr. Hitchcock was then adopted. The convention came to order in a tent packed with perspiring delegates and surrounded by throngs "of spectators eager to hear the oratorical battle that had been predicted. Instead of calling for the oratory, the delegates tygan to speed up the action of the convention to a gait that promised to transfer the expected long-drawn-out contest to two brief and busy sessions. The temporary organization waa made permanent and Chairman Smyth, after making a brief speech, selected a com mittee on resolutions. Victory Cut Short. Mr. Bryan was among the first two of the committee of seven named. Repre sentative Hitchcock made his motion to restrict dlsriisolon. The opponents of Mr. Bryan asserted that if individual in troduction of platform planks had been permitted, with a speech or speeches on each one, it would have materially de layed the progress of the body. While they asserted thoir willingness that lie should speak on the minority report that he waa expected to introduce. ' they prac tically prohibited any other speech from him In the convention. While the committee on resolutions was drafting Its report. Governor Shallen berger and Mayor Dahlman. of Omaha, rivals for nomination for Governor, ad dressed the convention and hurled verbal shafts at each other. The Omaha Mayor said that he welcomed a fight In the convention, as a trip of several hundred miles to a harmonious gathering was not worth the expense of car fare. Liquor Issue Kntors. Governor Shallenberger also as serted his eagerness for a lively battle and announced his willingness to stand for selection on the indorsement of the daylight-closing law, the operation of which had been attacked by Mayor Dahlman and his followers. The Gov ernor also promised the delegates that If re-elected, together with a Demo cratic Legislature, he would give them opportunity, through legislative action, to settle the saloon question definitely. The convention took a recess until 8 o'clock to wait the report of the com mittee on resolutions. Discussion among the members of the resolutions' committee delayed the presentation of the different reports until long after the hour set for them at the night session. A disorderly crowd that packed the tent prevented many of the delegates from obtaining their seats and also delayed the pro ceedings. Opponents Unite Against Bryan. The differences of the Shallenberger and Dahlman factions on minor points of the platform did not prevent a solid front by them against the county option issue of which Mr. Bryan was the only sponsor. At the opening of the night ses- f 4 Conclude! on Fa 3.) Pitched Battle Expected ' at Any Time, as Final Warning Has Been Issued. HELENA, Mont.. July 26. (Speclal. The range war between the cattle and sheepmen In the northern part of this country has ' broken out afresh. Last week the cattlemen, asserting that the sheepmen had taken their flocks over an Imaginary dividing line said to have been agreed upon, chased the latter . out. Yesterday four sheep herders, having in charge the Stowe herds, crossed onto the so-called cattle range. The herders we're set upon by te cattlemen and disarmed. They were chased out of the district with revolvers. About 25 sheep were slain and the rest of the band scattered In all directions. The last warning has been given, it Is understood, and the next offense will mean a pitched battle between the cow punchers and sheepherders. STRONG BOX IS ATTACKED Tacoma. Strikes at Treasury of Re calcitrant Car Company. TACOMA, Wash.. July 26. (Special.) In the fight with the street railway com pany another attachment has been di rected against the strong box of the cor poration. Resolutions so aimed will be introduced at the legislative session of the City Council tomorrow morning by Mayor Fawcett and will instruct the City Attorney to begin a number of mandamus suits against the' Tacoma Railway & Power Company. One of the contemplated proceedings will be for the removal of tracks of the Pacific Traction Company, an al lied company of the Tacoma Railway & Power -Company; another will be to prevent the Seattle-Tacoma interurban from using the tracks of the Tacoma Railway & Power Company without, the consent of the commissioners, and another will be to fix up the tracks. To do these things will cost a large sum of money. PRISON RESTORES REASON Railroad Culvert Makes Demented Woman Captive for Week. : DENVER, July 26. Imprisonment In a railroad culvert for a week without food or water appears to have restored the reason of Mrs. Catherine Krouse, aged 60 years, of this city, who wan dered from the home of her daughter a week ago and was found by a train crew today. The woman was found tightly wedged between two planks in the cul vert. Her body waa covered with bruises, but as she was carried Into the home of her daughter she talked coherently for the first time In months. She could not tell how she got Into the culvert. RAID ON BANKS PLANNED Wallace, Idaho, Plot Revealed' by Robber's Confession. WALLACE. Idaho. July 26. A well laid plot to rob the Wallace banks of $2,000,000 deposits' has been perfected. Is the report following the capture of Bud Rogers, self-confessed train rob ber, at Boise. According to a confession said to have been made by Rogers, his three pals, still at large, have perfected a plan to loot the banks at Wallace at an early date and are now on their way to the 'mining camp. Officials of the bank are keeping loaded guns in easy reach. INJURED MAN SHOWS GRIT Conductor With Lefts Cut Off Chats AVith His Rescuers. i TACOMA, July 26. Conductor Ed White, of a Northern Pacific switch ing crew, was run over by cars today and had both legs severed below the knee. As he lay on the ground waiting for an ambulance he coolly gave orders for the work of the crew for the rest of the day and chatted with the men In a way that surprised them. He was re moved to the Northern Pacific Hos pital. CASHIER'S HAUL -$600,000 Russo-Chinese Bank Official Had Accomplices Inspector Thinks. NEW YORK, July 26. The list of se curities stolen from the Russo-Chlnese bank made public today shows that the much-searched for cashier, Edwin Wider, helped himself to 6520 shares "of stock, most of it gilt-edge, which are worth about JXMX. Inspector De Markowski, of the Russo Chlnese bank, thinks others conspired with the cashier to rob the bank. MAYOR'S PARTY ARRESTED Toledo Official In Auto Released on Revealing Identity. TOLEDO, O., July 26. Mayor Brand Whitlock and members of his party were arrested in Sandusky last night, charged with violation of the automobile speeding ordinance. All were discharged after the Toledo executive had disclosed his identity. Oregon Holds Balance of Power. HAWLEY OBJECT OF ATTACK Opposition Directed Against Head Consul Boak. CALIFORNIA PLANS COUP Southerners Said to Be Ready to Tn . dertake Assault on Board, Charging Mismanagement. Contest Bitter. The big fight of the tenth annual session of the Woodmen of the World, now meeting here, may materialize this morning with the election of officers. According to information gleaned from delegates last night. Representa tive Hawley will have to stand the brunt of the attempt being made to discredit the officers of. the order by certain section of the Woodmen.. While, on the exterior, two Portland men have been put up for candidacy in the board of managers of the order, it Is planed, say those on the inside, to center the opposition on Mr. Hawley. There are five members of the board. All are candidates for re-election. Head Consul Center of Attack. In reality, the opposition centered on the board is directed against Head Consul Boak and other officers. The attempt to down Hawley is th thin end of the wedge and, If successful, will be the forerunner of many similar attempts next year. The trouble goes back to the recent attacks hurled at the .board.. by the Southern California lodges. At that time the unseating of Head Consul Boak was planned., but the general popu larity of the latter with the members of the order made the prospective at tempt abortive. . Desiring to "make good" on the charges of mismanagement they had hurled against the board of managers, which consists of Representative Haw ley, of Salem; Thomas MT Robinson, of Oakland; John Pattison, , of Spokane; Dr. James Stenhoiise. of Denver, and Frank P. Hawk, of Pueblo, the South ern Californiarts have planned an assault on the board. Oregon Support Xeeded. To obtain further support, they Bought to obtain an Oregon following. Hawley was chosen as- the man upon whom opposition was to be centered. Members ofthe Oregon delegation put up W. C. North and Herman Schade, of Portland, but it Is understood In a secret caucus last night North was dropped and Schade made the fighting candidate. At that caucus 13 of 16 of the Oregon delegation promised their support to Schade. Mr. Hawley was not a party to the caucus. At the same time it was , (Concluded on page 3.) VfrlE INTEREST SWi fV I PORTLAND BE JW- I BL.OWED! I A.NT fffimidtvf . 1 Xorth Pole Trip Disastrous Both Fi nancially and in Amount of Enthusiasm Awakened. NE WYORK, July 26. (Special.) Commander Robert E. Peary is done with the lecture platform, at least as far as America is concerned," and he probably will never deliver another ad dress on a box-office-receipt basis in any country In the world. His tour in the United States, follow ing his return from the North Pole, proved disastrous both financially and in amount of enthusiasm he awakened. It cost the Civic Forum thousands of dollars, and the explorer- didn't get anywhere near the amount of money he expected. - When he left for England a few months ago he said he would never lec ture here again. "Peary has the right to be sore at American people." his friends say. "They paid their money for a gold brick, but wouldn't subscribe to the genuine article." . Cook made a clean-up, some say as much as $75,000, in his few ' lectures here before his story -was attacked. It was in the South where Peary, re ceived the worst frost. He was booked for six cities, but two of these were cancelled because of poor business, while the other engagements showed a deficit. , Utah Socialists Nominate. SALT LAKE CITY, ' July 26. The first state convention of the year In Utah was held on Sunday when the Socialists nominated James A. Smith for Congress and E. S. Lund -for Jus tice of the Supreme Court. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. . YESTERDAY'S Maximum, 71 degrees ;'min- Imum, 52 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; oorthWMt winds. Politics. Bryan overwhelmingly defeated in Demo cratic convention in Nebraska. Page 1 Nebraska. Republicans adopt "insurgent platform; favor county option. Page 2- fienator Cummins attacks steel corporation. Page 2. Anti-asHmbly folk in dllemlna over who will oppose Bowerman. Page 13. National. Smithsonian . Institution publishes . new es timate of earth's age. Page 3. Iomeettc. Fteel business growing- enormously. Pag 3. Montana range war breaks out afresh. Page 1. Detectives have new clew indicating murder in ftavn case- Page 3. Los Angeles man with wife in Portland is held' for bigamy. Page 1. Dr. Vanliew testifies in his own defense at Chlco. Page 5. fc porta. Pacific Coast League results San Francisco 8. Portland O; Vernon 2. Oakland 1; Sac ramento. 4. Los Angeles 2. Page 7. Interest on Multnomah Club, bonda in creased to 6 per cent. Page 7. Pacifio Northwest. Bones of woman found in old sack on Newport beach. Page 6. Fourteen-year-old girl testifies against col ored Pullman porter. Page 7. Five Insane convicts escape; three are cap ture. Page 6. Hoquiam police believe firebug suspect has ended life. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. First sale of new crop wheat at Walla Walla. Page 17. Coastwise grain cargoes unusually large for July. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Benefit performance for-plucky Mtis Mar- Jorle Mahr is rare success. Page 1. Coin shower for Miss- Mahr during auto parade nets $210 55. Page 10. Woodmen may see big fight of convention today. Page 1. . . Second and Central Baptist churches re unite. Page 12. Work prom-esses fast on new Harriman bridge. Page 12. ( Dr. Rosenberg released; investigation of Hall case will continue. Page 11. Admissions made defense at opening of C. A. Smith tlmbercase. Page 9. THE OBSTRUCTIONIST. Suicide Theory Held at Hoquiam. SICK WIFE READY TO AID Despite Divorce Begun for Cruelty She Sends Word. SCHWABE MAY BE IN CITY Authorities Seek Professor Who Was Arrested After Destruction ot Hotel in Which Two Lives Were Ixist Friday Last. irOQUIAM. TVash.. July 28. (Special.) That Professor F. A. Sclvwabe. who was suspected of having set fire to the Hotel Hoquiam last Friday morning, when two persons lost their lives, has committed suicide. Is feared by Chief of Police Wyrlck, who has been handling the case. Schwabe has not been seen or heard from since he was released Mon day by the police, who failed to establish a case against him. On top of Schwabes disappearance is a letter received from - Mrs. Minnie Brown, a sister of Mrs. Schwabe. who flays the man's wife believes him inno cent of the charges, despite his previous threats to kill her and himself, and de spite the fact that she instituted divorce proceedings the day before the fire. Wife Will Aid Husband. Mrs. Brown adds that Mrs. Schwabe is. ill and that her health has been ruined, and while she will never live with Schwabe again, she will come to Hoquiam as soon as her health permits and aid him In disproving the reflections that have been brought against him. In the meantime the police are hunt ing for Schwabe and unless he is heard from within a day, or two, efforts will be made to locate his body in the river or bay. The police believe that If he has not committed suicide he has gone to Portland and an effort will be made to locate him in that city. Threats 'of Suicide Made. Mrs. Brown's letter, in part, follows: "The terrible charges brought against Mr. Schwabe after she left there have completely prostrated her. and she wishes it understood that, knowing him better than anyone else possibly could, no matter what the evidence, nothing but a confession from him could make her believe the suspicions against him. She was led to believe when she left 1 there that he was in the hands of friends, simply for the. protection of both him and herself, as 6he was afraid of him, and he had made threats against himself. "The many statements in the papers have been far from truthful, and sick as she is she will return to Hoquiam and help to clear him of the charge. While it is now and always will be impossible for them to live as man and wife, she will do all in her power to help clear him, and declares that he is innocent. "Mrs. Schwabe is very sick, and we now realize that she will never be the (Concluded on Page a.) n FEDERAL" REGULATION OF DRAW -BRIDGES) Spouse Xo. 2 Files Charge of Bigamy and Husband Xow Languishes fin Jail Cell. LOS ANGELES, July 26. (Special.) Edward J. Baugh, a miner, lies a prisoner in the County Jail, technically on a charge of bigamy, but really as a result of not having been able to refrain from boasting of his former amours. -He was held today in default of bail for trial August 26. If he only had not told wife No. 2 of the charms of a former inamorata of his in Portland. Or., there would have been no trouble in the family. Hia account of the lady, with appro priate descriptions - thereto attached, aroused not only jealousy but suspicion in the heart of Mrs. Katie BaugU, his 18-year-bld bride of a year, and she proceeded to make an investigation. She discovered that her supposed hus band was already provided with at least one wife, Mrs. Georgia Baugh, whom he married in Portland five years ago. Filled with a just wrath, Mrs. Baugh appeared before Justice Baird late yes terday afternoon and swore out a war rant for the arrest of the gay Lothario on a bigamy charge. Learning that Baugh was at work near Wellington, officers jumped into an automobile and started for him. He even admitted to his captors that he guessed "he was in for it," and ad mitted existence of the Portland spouse. The authorities suspect him of having other wives in different places through the. country. ECCENTRIC'S WILL FUTILE Son Will Receive Little for Comply .' ing With Conditions. WASHINGTON. July 26. After having decreed in his will that his adopted son. Robert p. St. George Dyrennforth. should receive the bulk of his estate, providing the boy finished Harvard at 18. avoided women, remained non-Catholic and ful filled several other cumbersome condi tions, it now appears that Colonel Robert G. Dyrennforth left little property. Furthermore. ts widow has filed suit to compel the re-conveyance to her of a tract of land here, which appears to have been about the extent of Dyrenn forth's possessions. The land, which she says Is hers by right, and which was conveyed for fam ily reasons to a brother-in-law, is val ued by her attorneys at between S30.000 and $35,000, but is . encumbered to the extent of $22,000. She knows of no other assets. 3-DAY COURTSHIP RECORD Roseburg Couple Wed in Hurry After Chance Meeting. ROSEBURG. Or., July 26. fSoeciaH After a courtship of less than three days, George Skiff, a drygoods clerk, and Miss Ada Collier, formerly a sales woman, were quietly married at the home of the latter's brother-in-law, L. a. Wallace, Sunday evening. The cere mouy was performed by Rev. Charles Wilson Baker, of the Episcopal Church. The principals in Sunday night's ro mance are both recent arrivals In Rose burg, the former coming here from Sa lem, Or., and the latter from Colorado. Three days prior to the wedding they chanced to make an acquaintance, and on Saturday evening completed all ar rangements for the event. The couple expect to maite JKoseourg their home. STOCK MARKET IS PURGED Financial Leaders Offer Xo Aid as Prices Fall Sensationally. . NEW YORK, July 26. While powerful banking end financial interests stood by and offered no support, stocks tumbled sensationally on the New York Stock Exchange today. Although there was a rally in the final hour, the close was weak and unsettled. Sales totalled 1,279,339 shares and onlv 36 isssues of the 146 in which trades were recorded failed to break to their lowest record of the . year. In the absence of any specific cause for the slump, the only explanation lies- in the belief that directors of opinion in the financial world agreed that the situation required a drastic purging process. GUNNERS SET NEW RECORD Eleven Hits in 11 Seconds Made by Men With 3-Inch Gun. NEW YORK. July 26. All records for service practice with three-Inch guns were broken today at Sandy Hook by the gunners of the 135th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, commanded by Captain Carroll Power, stationed at Fort Totten. This company held the record for last year's practice and hettered It to day, making 11 hits in 11 seconds, at taining a figure of merit' of 150. This was nearly twice that of last year.- The size of the moving target is 10 feet by 2 4 feet and the range was 2150 yards. WHEAT DEARER IN FRANCE Short Crop Leads to Agitation for Suspension of Duty. PARIS. July 26. The damage to the French wheat crop and the rise In the price of wheat in America have sent the price here up three francs a hundred kilograms in the last 30 days. Wheat is now selling at 28.50 francs a hundred kilograms. Flour has made a corresponding advance, the present price being 61 francs a hundred kilograms, against 51 francs, the figure of last. Oc tober. Many bakers announce an" In crease of 5 centimes a kilogram in bread on August 1. An agitation In favor of the suspension of the import duty of 7 francs on foreign wheat has begun. Hundreds Go to Help Plucky MissMahr. FUND LIKELY TO PASS $5000 Every Seat in Theater Taken at Two Performances. GIRL THANKS JHER FRIENDS Although She Could Not Be There In Person, Miss Mahr Sends Her Picture and Pens Apprccia tion Actor Folk Do Best. The large attnedance at the benefit . -performance, additional sale of tickets and contributions, and the "silver shower" during the parade yesterday afternoon, in all probability will bring ,. the total amount of the benefit fund for Miss Marjorie Mahr up to the $5000 mark. The benefit performance at the Lyric Theater last night for the plucky chorus girl of the Armstrong Musical Company whose legs were cut off In a railway acident two weeks ago, was a rare success. The theater was crowd ed beyond its seating capacity at each performance. A crowd of beaming faces was on hand long before the doors opened and the audience was one hugely appreciative of the good acts that were furnished by the managers of the various theaters in Portland. Applause Greets Girl's Smile. ' Before each performance a large pic ture of Miss Mahr. reclining in a wheel chair In the garden at the Good Samari tan Hospital, was flashed on the screen. The tremendous applause for. the tweet smile of the pretty little actress, looking out over the audience, had not died away when a facsimile of her letter of thanks to the public was shown. As the letter was read the applause burst out anew. The letter said: "To my dear friends: I regret that I cannot be present to thank you for your generosity and kindness, and personally express the gratitude I feel if words were adequate. I hope to meet you all some day and shake each of you by the hand. "Please accept my best wishes that you may all prosper and that I may be able, to help others through your kind assist ance. Sincerely yours, MAJOR1E MAHR. Miss Mahr Thanks Friends. A personal letter to Mr. and Mrs. Arm strong, written by Miss Mahr last night, was read to the audience. It follows: "My dear Bertha and Ed: Of course it is not possible for me to be with you on this grand occasion, and in my ab sence I wa'nt to send you the best I have a heart that Is overflowing with love, and graltude for you and Ed. who have shown what the term of friendshrip-r true friendship really is in the time of need. In thanking you I wish also to thank Mr. Keating and Mr. Flood for all they have done for me. Please say to the entire company, my close associates for so many months, all of whom are so dear to me, that while I have by God s wjll been so disabled that I can neevr again Join In their ranks to make the public laugh, and enjoy the songs and dances with the girls in the chorus, I shall ever and always hold you close to my heart, no matter where you may be, you have always been so good and kind to me in my suffering and have shown me that you love me. This is such e. balm to me, and shall always be asso ciated with my tender thoughts. Heart Is Full. . "And to tpe press, editors, managers and their associates I pour out my heart to them for the way in which they have reached the sympathy of the public and the grand and lovely people of Portland. Your hearts in sympathy for me have shown to be magnified as large as this hospital where I am now resting, and I never thought there were any people half so good and tender in their love as you and Portland are. "I shall love always and forever the Portland people, the kindest and sweet, est people on earth. I am a little tired now and must say good-bye, not, how ever, before thanking each performer for his or her appearance for me to night, and my hearty thanks to the audience, all of whom I love for their sympathy. Sincerely, "MARJORIE MAHR." - ' Actor Folk Give Best.. Here Is the programme given: Overture by Musicians' Mutual Asso ciation. Opening melody, Armstrong's Beauty Chorus. Frank Hennessy, popu lar songs. George B. Alexander, a high toned hobo, courtesy of Grand theater. Wilson, Confer and Bower, Portland favorites, courtesy of Star theater. Clara Howard and Armstrong's baby dolls. The Great Alblnl. king of world's illusionists, courtesy of Grand theater. Will Armstrong and Ethel Davis, pre senting the comedy sketch, "The Ex pressman." Stepp, Mehlinger and King, in an. original idea, presenting songs, music and comedy, courtesy of Orpheum theater. Marius Bohemian Quintet, in a condensed version of the famous opera. "The Bohemian Girl," courtesy of Pant acres theater. Interpolations, Concluded on Page 10.).