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-1 TTTE MORNING OREGOXIAX, WEPXESDAT, OCTOBER 5, 1910. K V OLD GUARD GOES mm m ncrcRT IU ULI Lfll nni UUIUil Ezra P. Prentice Named Suc cessor to Timothy L. Wood ruff, Regular. ROOSEVELT NOW CONTROLS ikw Chmlrman GItps Tp OypoMtlon to Direct I Primary Plank and Plrricr Support to Entire Progressive Platform. NEW YORK. Ort. 4. Fledging him '.f If elected to a vigorous continu ance and development of the progres sive policies of Govfpor Huahea. Jlenry IA Ftlmson. Republican nominee for Oovemor. formally accepted the nomination today. l:arltr In the liny the near Rrabli- rsn state committee elected h.xra t. t-r.nt(,- of vr Turk, as Its chairman to tier Timothy L Woodruff, of Klna-s. an event which marked tno fnV of control from the old guard to the progressive under t-e leadership of Roosevelt. Stlnwm Stand fn Kwnrrl. Fattier than engage In a multitude of specific pledges. Mr. Minwon fc nreferr'd that t'.l people should Judge of his conduct In tha future by his conduct In the past. i, , nrnii rteouhllcan state con vention at Saratoga. Mr. Prentice spoke In opposition to the direct nominations plank In the platform adopted by the progressives under the leadership of Colonel Kooeevelt and In favor of the substitute plank proposed Dy tne oiu guard. In a brief speech accepting the chair manship Mr. Prentice, however, de clared his determination to uphold and support every plank In the piatiorm. Barnr Seconds Name. In seconding Mr. Prentice's nomlna tlon. William Barnes. Jr.. snld It save him especial pleasure to do this be cause of the nominee's well-known op- of?ion to direct nominations. Mr. Prentice has been a leader In Re publican politics. He Is a lawyer, a graduate of Princeton University and cf a New York I -aw School, has served several terms In the state assembly and was a member of the Armstrong Insurance Investigating committee. He has been a member of the Republican stale committee from the thirteenth congressional committee. The committee representing the Judi cial districts of the state, appointed by Chairman Root ;.t the Republican state convention, met afrer the adjournment of the state committee and Indorsed the nominee of the Democratic state convention. F"re-rlck Collins of El mlra. for associate .ustiee of the Court of Appeals. Sllmsnn Talks of Campaign. In accepting the Republican nomina tion for Oovernor of this state, Mr. Stlmson said today: "I am deeply Impressed with the Im portance of the mission of the Re publican party as a leader In progress. As our Government, state and zsauon. confront the auccesslve problems raised bv the arrest Industrial and social chanees of the country, the welfare of the people and the security of their ma terial Interests will be found to depend In a very large measure upon whether the leadership In such conditions caa be taken by the Republican parky. "If the Intelligent and prosperous busi ness man of the country continues to participate In this movement, the neces sary chanires will be wise, conservative and permanent. Should they, on the con trary, go Into opposition, the necessary reforms would come, but they would come less wisely and with a more likeli hood of disturbance to business and to the public." After reviewing recent Federal legisla tion. Mr. Stlmson said: Slate I--mic Foremost. The coming campaign Is a stale cam palsrn to he decided upon state issues In the case of our state government. suartn against progress is not only ground less, but Inconsistent. For a progressive and efficient state government Is the surest safeguard against undue exten sion of Federal power. "Those who profess fear of undue activity of our National Government should be the first to insist upon vig orous and forward policy In the state. State's rights will be best conserved bv a vigorous fulfillment of state's duties." . Mr. Stlmson pledged himself. If elected, to the principles of constitu tional progress, and also to use the constitutional powers of the Governor ship to further the principles of direct nomination. ROBBER ROUTS COSSACKS Zcllm Kham, In Arabucatl Arrnpr 111 Captive Kamllj. VLADIKAVKAZ, Clrcafa. Oct. 4. Troop em W. pursuit of the notorious brla?c J ZM.m Khan, were ambushed by hts band- A rural Captain, three minor officer anI 12 voUliers were kiile.l ant! rrany ocr.era Injured. Itein forefments have been sent against the outlaws, but the ab?enc of roaJn ham per operations. The ilcpredatlon of y.eltm have been on ro extended a scale that the authorities detailed three com panies of Infantry and a company of Cossacks to run down the marauders. The expedition tracked the bandits to the borier of Tiflis Frovlnce and sur rounded Its camp, pitched in an almost Jnaccesetble tcftrfre. The soldiers suc ceeded in capturlr.a: Zeiim's family, hts can e and much booty. RUM FOR TRAIN IS FATAL llarrrst Laborer Dips of Heart IMs-eai-c Through Haste. GOLPKNnALE. Wash., Oct- 4. fSpeclal.) While running- to catch bla train this morning. Clarence Murray, a laborer. 33 years old. dropped dead from heart failure. Mr. Murray had Just returned from the harvest fields of the Palouse coun try, intending to talce the morning train for his homestead near V right, a small station near this city. ELLEXSON IS INDICTED Man Held on Charge of Atrocious Murder Must Stand Trial. LA. GRANDE, Or. Oct. . (Special.) m Anm-T fhajUe su wtiusa in, series cf Incidents pertaining to the atrocious murder of Waldo Perry In hla own home at Union about three weeks ago. T. R. Ellexson. the man arrested at Echo, waa the only and most logical suspect at hand. He waa held In the County Jail here to avoid lynching at the hands of the Infuriated mob at Union the night he was broua-ht over the mountains and was indicted by tha grand Jury thte evening for murder In the first degree. Ellezson is In Jail and will be given trial thia week sometime. Evidence waa Introduced to the grand Jury. It Is said, which mskes the case aaalnst Ellezson particularly strong. He la accused of having shot Perry, hli former employer, and It la believed the e-!dence will show hia aim waa to later marry Mrs. Perry and gain control and ownership of the Perry farm at Union. SENATOR FEELS BULLY LA FOLI-ETTE QUICKLY RALLIES FROM OPERATION". Klght Gallstone Are Removed and Physicians. Say Recovery Will Be Rapid. ROCHESTER. Minn.. Oct. 4. Senator La Follette waa operated upon for gall stones at 8:20 today and the operation waa completed at 8:10 A. M. Eight stones were removed. His prospects for recovery are reported good. Senator La Follette began to rally from the ether while being removed to his room. Dr. Fox asked: "How are you feeling. Bob?" "Sore, but -bully." replied the Senator. Thia waa but a few minutes after tha operation. When he arrived at his room he asked for Mrs. La Follette. and she went to him at once. She remained but a few minutes. At 11:45. when Dr. Fox left the liopsltal. the Senator waa awake and resting easy. The usual symptoms of nausea were not present. Ills physicians stated that the opera tion was a complete success and they looked for the Senator's speedy re covery. A bulletin at 8:20 P. M. says: "Twolve hours after the operation. Senator La Follette la In good condi tion. He Is comfortable, aside from the ordinary aorenesa due to the operation. The temperature and respiration re main normal. There are no unfavorable symptoms." NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL SHOT Hand-and-a-Half Kelley Dying In Hospital in Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 4. Tommy Lee, alius Tom Kelley. alias Hand-and-a-Half Kelley. who the police aay la a notorl- oua safeblower and thief, stumbled Into a Japanese lodging-house early today. bleeding from two bullet wounds. He was taken to tne City Hospital, where an operation waa performed to close holes In the stomach. One bullet went tnrougn the abdomen, another shattered his left arm. When told that he would probably die. Lee said his name waa Lavern Nichols; that he was 30 years old and that his mother's address waa Mrs. J. H. Nichols. R. F. D. No. 30. Lock Haven. Pa. He refused to sav who shot him. The po lice think the wounds were Inflicted by another criminal or a woman. WIDOW FIGHTS MAN SLAYER Mrs, Helene Annls Opposes Hains' Application for Pardon, vrtc vnnir rw- 4 Mrs Helens An nts. widow of Henry L. Annls, who waa killed by Captain . Peter J. Hales, now serving a sentence In Sing Stng. will go m iihn to onnoae- an application for a rardon recently made to Governor u..w in Mains behalf bv his father. General Peter C. Hains. Mrs. Annls called at the.' office of District Attorney DeWItt In Long Island City yesterday to protest against the application and to take what steps sne couia to oeieai ine move. She was told that Governor Hughes had called for the records In the ease and that the District Attorney office would take no action beyond fur nishing the data.' It was suggested that she a-'k the Governor for a hearing bar fore he reached a aecision. MONTGOMERY CASE WEDS Prominent Engineer Wins Kansas Girl as Wife, VANCOUVER, Wash-. Oct. 4. (Spe cial.) Montgomery B. Case, asslatant engineer In charge of building tha bridge over the Columbia River at Ce ltlo. or., and Miss Mnybell G. McConnell, of Sallna. Kan., were married at 7:S0 o'clock tonight by Rev. H. S. Temple ton. of the preshyterlan Church, at the home of R. H. Rack. When Miss McConnell waa visiting here three years ago. Mr. Case, at that time an engineer In the construction of the big steel bridge over the Columbia River, met her. and the romance start ed. Mr. Case la employed by Ralph Modjeska. the famous-bridge builder of Chicago, The couple win live at Clark, Wash. Mr. Case Is a graduate of North western University. I1L SUICIDE USES DYNAMITE Miner Lies on 100 Pounds of Ex plosive and Touches Off Fuse. CASPER. Wyo.. Oct. 4. Daniel Mc Millan, an expert In the use of powder and dynamite, employed at the North west Asbestos Mines, yesterday com muted suicide by exploding 100 pounds of dynamite under his body. His body was blown to atoms and the 400-foot level of the mine, where he ended hla life, was bdly wrecked. The dynamite was taken from the blacksmith shop in the absence of the blacksmith yesterday and McMillan also helped himself to caps and fuse. Several days ago McMillan told a friend that he was tired of life and that i-Hhtn a week "something would blow up.- ALBION GOES TO PIECES Tag on Kockjs at Black Point Is Total' Loss Value Is $18,000. VANCOUVER. B. a. Oct. 4 The Van couver tug Albion, which went ashore at Black Point, Scow Bay. last Friday. Is a total Ion. She struck the rocks at night and the heavy eea soon damaged her so seriously that tne crew were com pelled to abandon the tug. A wrecking barge sent to save the Al bion found her breaking to pieces. The Albion waa 11 years old and valued at JlaV . STORM IS 1 1 FELT NEAR COAST Falling Glass, Rising Winds and Heavy Rains Indicate More trouble. COLD WEATHER NOTICED Bar Is Rough at Astoria Whore Elec trical Display Is Had Ships Have Mishaps at Marshfleld. Wallace Has Downpour. Rains have continued falling over Oregon. Washington and Idaho and In some places along the Coast high winds are again In evidence and a fall ing barometer Indicates that the atorm. which had apparently about spent It self, is coming again. The winds have changed so that now they are souther ly and what may be blown up Is a prob lem. The Weather Burean does not fore cast storm but predicts continued rains In Oregon and Washington with fair and warmer weather in Idaho. One of the remarkable featurea of the present weather disturbances has been the un seasonable low temperature In many localities, but this condition will, ac cording to the Weather Bureau, now be relieved. At Astoria the storm signals again went out. The Columbia bar has been very rough and little Improvement has been noted, yesterday morning there was a severe electrical storm, heavy rain storm and considerable wind. At one time the wind outside reached a velocity of 50 miles. The bar was so rough that no vessels were able to cross out. although some came In. At Marsh field there were several mishaps to boats occasioned by the heavy weather. A heavy rain, with 1.85 Inches downpour In '24 hours, accom panied by wind, blew down the wires and cot off communication with Coos Bay. The barkentlne Echo, loading, waa blown ontr a sand flat and the tug Columbia broke a propellor In pulling her off. The ateamer M. F. Plant was damaged coming In and shipped a heavy sea which smashed the after house. At Wallace, Idaho, a rainfall of 4.1 Inchea Is reported since October 1. Thi was accompanied with cold weather. It Is still raining there. In Portland the rains have continued so that there is now an excess for the season of 1.23 Inch. The winds have died away here, although In sev eral localities along the Coast the wind has again attained a high veloci ty. In some Instances as much as 52 miles an hour being attained. At North Head the wind reached a velocity of 48 miles and a very heavy sea Is reported In that vicinity. The pres sure is high over the greater part of thia territory, although a falling barometer in the Puget Sound country gives Indication of further bad weather. Tne Willamette River Is continuing to rise and the effect of the recent rains Is now becoming noticeable In the Columbia, which has risen 14 Inches at Vancouver In the last 13 hours. STORM RAGES AT MARSH FIELD Three Boats Damaged by Gale and Heavy Seas tn Bay. MARSH FIELD. Or., Oct 4. Special.) Telegraph communication with Coos Bay has been cut off oh account of the storm. Wires were blown down over the mountains, falling trees also made trouble for the electric light plant. In 24 hours rain to the amount of 1.65 Inches fell and it is raining again this evening. The rain, however, was badly needed in the farming district of the county, as it was the first heavy rain of the season. There was a high wind Sunday. The barkentlne Echo, of the Simpson Lumber Company fleet, which was In the lower bay loading with lumber for South America, dragged her anchors In the wind Sunday and was driven upon the sand flats. She tipped over on one side, hut will not be damaged. The tug Colum bia pulled her off and then the tug and vessel both got on the flats on the oppo site side of the bay. The tug broke her propeller, but otherwise no damage was done. The Echo will leave as soon as the bar la smooth enough to cross out. On ac count of the roughness of the bar and outside none of the smaller boats are going out. After waiting outside Coos Bay since yesterday for a chance to get In. the steamer M. F. Plant, from San Fran cisco with passengers and freight, crossed In today and was somewhat dam aged. When Captain Burtls started in the bar appeared to have smoothed down for a time, but before she got across the vessel shipped a heavy sea and the after house was smashed In. No one was In jured and the. damage Is not extensive. RAIX AT WALL-ACE IS RECORD Storm Since October 1 Results in 4.61 Inches Precipitation. SPOKANE. Wiish.. Oct 4. (Special.) The record rainfall for years for any one storm, has been made at Wallace, Idaho, since October 1. From S o'clock Saturday morning until 6 o'clock thia morning 4.61 Inches of rain fell, accord ing to Leroy Hooper, local Government weather observer. In 12 hours, between S o'clock yester day morning until 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon the rainfall was 1.S5 inches. These figures break the record made last November when the heaviest fall of rain In 12 hours was 1.37 Inches. The show ers have been broken today, with Indi cation that the end of the storm la near. GALE AGAIN STRIKES ASTORIA High Wind Accompanied by Electric al Display and Heavy Rain. ASTORIA, Or.'. Oct. 4. (Special.) The weather conditions at the mouth of the Columbia Ktver snow very iiuii imnrovement. This morning there was quite an electrical storm with several vivid flashes of lightning accompanied by a heavy downpour of rain. During tooay ma ihiivuicic avso mi 30, but la now tailing again. me wind has shifted to the southeast and hiowlnjr outside at a 60-mlle rate. The bar la very rough and no vessels wers able to cross out toaay, aituougu several came in. Northwestern People In New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 4. (Special.) Northwestern people registered at rsew York hotels today are: From Tacoma At tne rr Avenue, . M. Dongan, Mrs. J. M. Dongan. ' c.wn At t h a Brealln. Wt and Vra- & X- ft'lflwin aX Uut Hotel as- IHVESTHEHTS Have you consid ered the many and important advan tages the properly managed Trust Com p a n y possesses in safely and profitably investing for estates and individuals funds requiring such dispo sition? Such investments by our Company 'are made in the same manner and with the same care as are those made for its own holding. Our officers will gladly confer with you respecting any phase of our service. MERCHANTS SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY tor. H. Rosenkamp, Mrs. H. Rosen kamp. From Portland At the Flanders. L. J. Hessler: at the Hoffman. S. B. Crane; at the Continental. Miss B. Fowles. From Seattle At the Bristol. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Brintual; at the Seville, Mra. J. Colslns. PLUCKY WOMEN HELPED HOUSE RAISED BY NEIGHBORS IN ROGCE RIVER VALLEY. Widow and Daughters, Working as Men on Homestead, Find Many Hands Willing to Aid. GRANTS PA8S. Or.. Oct 4. Special.) An interesting event took place in the Applegate district Immediately tributary to Grants Pass last Saturday in an oia fashioned logrolling and houseralslng oarti". Mrs. Emma Heyers, a widow, and her two young daughters, tiring of the rig ors of North Dakota Winters, had been looking forward for a number of years to- .a home in Rogue Klver valley, ana wun that end In view, the young ladles hav ing finlsned their education, mother and daughters came to Grants Pass last July and after carefully looking over the sit uation, each made application for a homestead of 80 acres In the Applegate Valley. Although the mother had been a sten ographer all her life and the daughters mere school girls, they went to work vigorously with ax and saw and in thia way have, with their own delicate hands, cleared nearly an acre of ground, which thev will Dlant this Fall to diversified fruita. The neighbors and the fruit grange, appreciating the pluck and cour age of this little woman and her two daughters, decided to build a log cabin for them, and the houseralslng was the result. The neighbors from far and near as sembled at the Heyers homestead early In the morning and the chiming of axes and buzzing of crosscut saws soon made the neighboring woods eloquent with In dustry. At noon a bountiful dinner was served under a big grove of laurels and oak and when the sun had told the tale of the day, the foundation and floor of a neat and trim log cabin witnessed the esteem In which the Heyers family are held by their kind-hearted and gener ous neighbors. BELMONT MEET ATTRACTS Purse Aggregating $64,000, Offered to Aviators. NEW YORK. Oct 4. Cash prizes ag gregating J64.000 are announced in the forthcoming official programme for the International Aviation meet to be held at Belmont Park, October 20-30. This Is the largest prize list ever presented at any aviation meet. The amount will be largely augmented by the aviators' share in the gate receipts. ' Announcement is also made of a spec ial prize of l-'.GOO which Is to be divided among American aviators who take part In the elimination contest for the selec tion of the trophy team to represent this country. From Paris comes the news that Ar thur Stone, an amateur aviator of Brooklyn, who holds a license from the French Aero Club, will enter the con tests as an American. He has recently done some sensational work in Paris. GOTHAM GREETS CARDINAL Papal Legate Welcomed by Thou sands of Children In Parade. NEW YORK. Oct. 4. New York to day welcomed Cardinal Vannutelll, the papal legate who is to officiate at the coming dedication of St. Patrick's Ca thedral. The city's greeting to the Cardinal started on the New Jersey side of the river, with the welcome extend ed to him by Archbishop Farley and a delegation of priests of the diocese at Hoboken. following a brief stop of the Cardinal's party at Newark as the guests of Bishop O'Connor, on their way here from Cresson, Pa. A trip up the Hudson River as far as Grant's tomb, with a landing at Eighty-sixth street for a reception by several thou sand parochial school children, was the main event of the day'a programme for the entertainment. He will be the guest of Archbishop Farley at the archleplscopal residence during his stay here. BOLT KILLS AT CARD GAME Louisiana Youth Refuses to Play and Dies Instantly. NAPOLEONVTLLE, La, Oct. 4. Just after Pierre Gros. 18 years old, had declined an Invitation to enter a card game at a dance hall three miles from here Sunday night, he was struck and Instantly killed by lightning. The card players reoelved si Is -TfTJ war uninjured i -r:ixs; a. 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Cbinnock, secretary of the Board of Control, today forwarded to the Circuit Court of Union County the order of findings and order of deter initiation In the matter of adjudicating the water rights on Mill Creek. This is a tributary of the Grand Ronde River and there are 126 claimants. Cates Placed Under Arrest. v ATurTki ivk'll w iVi nct 4. f Sdb .tal nnrtr TP C.39 tS. who Shot and was . shot by Michael Staub, on the night or septemoer i, wnen me , - MAnnnan loft i1 car &nd 11 TV mi, r. ui . ..... ... . - .. expectedly appeared at his home, sur prising uates mere, wm.h Bnnaiau nv chnrc-Ad with a statutory offense. He pleaded not guuty. Fermenter Trial Jnry Chosen. LOUISVILLE, Miss., Oct. 4. The Jury In the case of Swlnton Fermenter, charged with the murder of Miss Janle Sham, was completed here at noon to day and the taking of evidence began at 1 o'clock. Union Fair Opens Today. t.a fiRiwni". Ot- Oct. 4. fSDecial.) 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