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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 14. 1011. PRICE FIVE CENTS. i-rT T T n 1-1. M4. . sL - - S BBBsBaB aSBBBBBSSS RAILROAD. CHIEFS DECRY AGITATION Elliott and Hill Kept East by Rate Case. LEAGUE PROGRAMME LOSES Presidents of Transcontinent al Roads Regret Absence. ASTORIA MEETING TODAY Theodore B. Wllco Will Open Con vrnttnn of Oregon Development Body at -City by the fcea" Thin Morning Programme Out, Areued by agitation agalost the railroads and demand for more and mora regulation, one president of a great transcontinental system, Howard Elliott. heaJ of tha Northern Pacific, ha uttered a cry of protest. I'nabla to stand patiently any longer tha antl-railroad aentlment. ha ex prenaea hlmetf forcibly In a telegram to C C Chapman, publicity manager of tha Portland Commercial Club. In an explanation a to why he cannot at tend the coming convention of tha Ore on Iwvelopment League, which opana at Astoria today. PTel.lent Eiltott declare for a "closed season" In railroad legislation, stating It aa hla belief that tha country wl'.l advance more rapidly If tha In cessant outcry against tha transporta tion companies V stilled. Elliott Planned Trip et. Sir. Eillott had made all plana to at tend the Development Lttfu conven tion, and had been assigned to a place On the programme. He had conaentad to address the convention on the needs of the West, aa they Impressed him. and the Portland headquarters of tha league had advertised hla coming. However, a telegram came to Man ager Chapman yesterday from Mr. Elliott. In which he atated compllca tlona resulting from the Spokane rata rase would keep Mm tied to his of ftcea In St. Paul until the railroads Interested In the problem ha-e decided what attitude they are to take. In thla messaere ha expressed hla re gret that he could not keep hla appoint ment at Astoria, and the long-pent blt terneee burst forth. HI telegram fol lows: Regret la Expressed. -C. C. Chapman. Secretary Oregon Development League. Portland. Or. Referring- to your letter. July IX and my answer. July II. It Is a great per sonal regret to me that complications hare reeultlng from Spokane rate case prevent my going West at the present time. We are In consultation about what to do In regard to thla matter, and I feel that I cannot be absent from headquarters until we come to aorne conclusion. It Is too bad that ao much of the time and attention of aome of us, who are doing our honest best to advance the welfare of the country. Is taken up by Investigations litigation and con siderable wasted energy. It would seem to me that In our country we could ad vance farther and faster If we had a 'dosed seaaon for legislation. If we could have no more new laws for tha next five years. I believe your state would go ahead more rapidly than any of ua Imagine. With renewed wishes for the sucrose of your meeting which celebrates such an Important event In the history of Or.gon. I am yours very truly. HOWARD EIJJOTT." The Development League convention suffered another loaa to ita programme yesterday from the same causa, when Louis W. IU11. president of tha Great Northern Railway, telegraphed Man ager Chapman that tha Spokane rat case discussion would keep him In St. Paul too lata to attend the gathering at Astoria. Hill Had Started West. Pre.ldent Hill had started Weet In hla car and expected to end Ma trip at the league convention, when h M ca'.ied ba. k to St. Paul and had to cut hla trip short. The Spokane rat prob lem I expected to engage the attention of the railroad men for a considerable time before the definite policy of th transcontinental lines la announced In regard to It. Jamea J. Hill also had a place on th programme at the Astoria meeting, but he found It Impossible to come. How ever, he eent an address to be read on Tuesday, and the paper; Is said, by those who have seen It. to be an excellent review of conditions In the state and a forecast of what may be expected In the way of future development. Judge Robert 8. Lovett. president of th Trlarrtman lines, ha delegated J. P. O'Brien, general manager In tha North west, to represent the system, and the latter will make an addreea on Tuesday afternoon. , Wilcox to Open Meeting. General conference of th secretaries nd delegate from th branch organl satlons of the league will be held In Astoria this morning, preparatory to the formal opening of th annual con vention at I JO o'clock this afternoon. Theodore B. Wilcox, president of the league, wtll leave this morning for POSTAL BANK WILL OPEN IN PORTLAND CITY, WITH XTNE OTHER. IjARGK OXES, IS DESIGNATED. Postmaster-General Hitchcock. Iro Preed by TrtaN In w York and Chicago. Extend System. WASHINGTON. Aug. 13- Encouraged by th euecessful trial of two week of th postal savings bank system In th great postofftce of New. T,ork. Chicago. St. Loula and Boston. Tost-master-General Hitchcock ha decided to extend the system rapidly to all th large cltlea and today designated aa postal saving depositaries. Kansas City, rittsburg. Detroit. Buffalo, San Francisco. Cincinnati, Seattle, Wah.; Indianapolis. Denver and Portland. Or. Th depolt In New York. Chicago. St. Loula and Bmton for th flrt five days amounted to $110,000. at which rat th annual deposit for th four cltle would amount to about JT.000. 000. There are 43 large city post office of th first class, and -It la purposed to have them all designated a postal saving depositaries before January 1. With few exceptlona the potofflce of the second class, of which there ar about 100, already hav been desig nated and very shortly the designa tion of third-class office will begin. RANCH OFFERED TO STATE Chicago .Millionaire) Would Give Ore ron 3000 Acres for Game Preserve. MEDFORD. Or. Aug. 13. I Special.) In order that "bob whites" may be raised In Southern Oregon, to kill off any pest that may Invada th Val ley and prevent other. Honore Palmer, th Chicago millionaire, will give nla 1000-acre ranch on Rogue River, near By bee bridge,, to the State of Oregon for a game preserve. When William L. Flnley wa In Med ford last month, one of hi most en thusiastic friend waa Mr. Palmer and he took up Immediately th auggestion of th master gam warden that a gam preserve, be established near here. If the a'tat accept the offer and the ranch la stocked with tha gamey bird, th Rogu River country will become a favorite haunt of hunt era as well a fishermen. BROAD ACREAGE BURNED Palmer Lumber Company I Heave lest Loser Fire- Checked. 9 ELGIN. Or. Aug. 13. (Special.) Nearly 2000 acres of timber, moally be longing to th Palmer Lumber Com pany, ha been burned over by a for est fire that la raging on Cabin Creek, about nine mile north of Elgin. A force of men from the Palmer lumber camp in that vicinity haa been fighting the fire since Thursday and at present the fir la under control. I'nleaa a wind should spring up It I not thought tnat th fire will do any more damage. WOMEN TO CONTROL PARKS Mayor of City of Juarex, Mexico, Take Vnlque Action. JCREZ. Hex- Aug. II. Thl city la believed to be the only one In the world In which the direction and con trol of the city parka have been turned over completely to women. The parka In Juares In the future will be under control of a board of eight women. Th board will be com posed of four "Daman" and four "Sen orltaa." Th plan la th Idea of Mayor Medina. PRESIDENT OF NORTHERN PACIFIC, WHO DECRIES WIDE- j SPREAD AGITATION AGAINST RAILROADS TODAY. s x " I " J HOWARD KNIFE-THROWERS ATTACK OFFICERS Battle Is Waged With Alleged Anarchists. . FIRE STATION USED AS FORT Frenzied Rioter Bites Captor, Who Is Sent to Hospital. LIVES MENACED IN BRAWL Two Detectives Forced to Fire to Truck House With Prisoners, to Await Reinforcements "Red" Hurl Blade Like Ballet. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. Efforts of the police to break up a meeting of alleged anarchists here today ahowed net results of three riot calls, the ar rest of 10 men. the narrow escape of two firemen from a hurled knife, and a detective badly bitten In the hand. For several months the "anarchists" have been holding Sabbath meeting on the sidewalk In the Latin quarter. The Italian Roman Cathollo Church Is not far distant, and this morning a wor shiper on his way to mass heard re marks from on of the speakers that caused him to lodge a protest over the telephone with the police. Detective Hooted At. Two detective were sent to Investi gate, and were hooted at when they interrupted the speaker. Thereupon tha officer placed Michael Cenetrone and Phillip Perone under arrest and start ed to take them to JalL With a yell of rage that brought everybody In the neighborhood on the run. the 300 assembled "anarchists" charged th detectives, who were forced to take refuge in a Broadway fir truck station. A riot call brought a squad of pa trolmen to th scan and seven other tneo tri taken Into custody. They, too, were lodged in tha truckhouse. Strange Dance Tripped. Aa tha big outer door was closing on the retiring police, th alleged leader of the "anarchists" created a sensation In front of the truckhouse. Shouting at the top of his voice, he Jerked off his gaudy straw hat. threw It to th ground and danced madly' on It- Then, whipping out a hug claspknlfe, he prang the blade and hurled th weapon through the closing door. It was a TS-foot throw, but th knlf went true aa a bullet and whistled past th ears of Firemen F. M. Hogan and Jack Edgar, imbedding Itself In a walk Knife-Thrower Escape. Immediately a number of the pa trolmen and tha two firemen sallied forth to catch the knife-thrower, but ha lost himself In the crowd and es caped. Detective William McHugh. who as sited In th general arrest, was se verely bitten In th hand by on of th prisoner and wa rushed to th central emergency hospital to have the wound cauterised. A third riot call wa turned in be fore the crowd surrounding e truck house could he dispersed and the pris oners taken to the lockup. V 1 ! K 1 v -v .' i v 4 A i '1 " v ,'V.v, ' ELLIOTT. FILM SHOW AIDS ZEALOUS PASTOR RECRKAXT CUTRCH.GOERS FILL EDIFICE TO "SEE" SERMOX. Illustrated Bongs Also Feature of Sunday Service In San Jose. Trial Pleases Clergjnian. SAN JOSE. CaJ, Aug. 13. (Special.) Illustrated songs and a sermon made more Interesting by motion pictures, featured the service at the Christian Church here tonight. Pictures have been t'sed in the churches here before to Illustrate lectures and midweek services, but this marks their first appearsnce in the regular Sunday services. Inasmuch as motion pictures havs driven legitimate theatricals out of the city, keen interest marked the appear ance of the pictures at the Sunday service at a church. A large crowd heard th sermon and saw the pictures. Unusual numbers on the evening programme Included an illustrated solo by a well-known San Jose soprano, and an Illustrated reading by a prominent woman. The Innovation proved so suc cessful that It . probably will be con tinued, at least as long as the congre gation keeps Its liking; for Illustrated gospel. The pastor of the church favors modem methoda In gaining the ear of the masses. PRUNE PRICES ARE ON RISE Competition at Dallas Slakes Fine Outlook for Growers. DALLAS, Or- Aug;. IS. (Special.) Competition In bidding for the local prune crop has advanced prices until the latest offer approaches 64 cents for orchard run. Buyers are In the field here for Mason & Erhman Com pany, of Portland. H. S. Gilo and Com pany, Tlllson and Company, of Salem, and the J. K. Armsby Company, of Dallas. W. M. Fayre. at Salem, has entered- the field for green prunes to ship East. He will begin receiving about the first of September. W. J. Bvham. architect and contrac tor, of Vancouver, Wash., airrived in this city today to prepare plans for the prurie-pscklng plant that Is to be es tablished here Immediately by the J. K. Armsby Company. The company is to build a three-story structure on the site given by tha late William Brown. The building Is to be 60 by ISO feet In else and when equipped will coat more than $10,000. Forty carpen ters have been advertised for and it Is the Intention to carry on the work as fast aa possible so as to be ready for the Fall pack. It Is expected that Scott Swetland. manager for the Arms by Company In Oregon and Washing ton, will be here In a short time to take charge. CITY WANTS .PURE WATER Health Officer Find. Bacteria In Gold Hill Supply. GOLD HILL. Or, Aug. 13. (Special.) Plans are afoot for a new municipal water plant for Oold Hill. Dr. Calvin S. White. State Health Officer, was here Friday to inspect the water supply of the city and to advise the Council as to the best means of providing pure wa ter. He Inspected the reservoir and pumping plant of the present city water system In company with Mayor Bee man, Councilman Cardwell and Dr. C. H. Smith. This system Is owned by an Indiana corporation. Samples of water were taken from the reservoir and from the Intake at the pumping plant In Rogue River, which will be analysed, aamplea sent to Dr. White some time ago were found to contain typhoid ba cilli, and It is certain that the samples taken yesterday will show no Improve ment. Gold Hill propose to put in a muni cipal water plant, and Dr. Whlte"s co operation will be given to the end that the supply, which must be taken from Rogue River, shall be pure. MILK CONCEALS SNAKES "ew Jersey Man Finds Family of Copperheads in Morning Bottle. RICHFIELD, N. J.. August IS. Thrusting his hand under' the low porch of his home here, searching for hla baseball glove. Frank Pemberton drew forth, instead, a bottle of milk. He yelled In fright and dropped the bottle. It was not thst the bottle it self was dangerous but a family of little copperhead snakes wriggled forth when he exposed the vessel. Pemberton called to his neighbors for assistance. They preferred to watch from a distance. So Pemberton. mustering up his courage., secured a club and dispatched the Infant reptiles. This Job over, the papa and mamma copperheads wriggled from under the porch. In the face of this new danger, two men jroaded themselves Into as sisting Pemberton. The trio kilefl the parent snakes. HORNETS COW ANIMALS Strange Actions In Zoo Explained When Keeper Gets Stung. NEW YORK, Aug. 13. Queer actions on the part cf the zebras, gnu and an telope in the Bronx xoo had puzzled the keepers for a week. The animals stamped around their quarters as If in pain and once In the open cages the attendants had difficulty in herding them back Into their inside stalls. Keeper John Qulnn solved the mystery yesterday. Taking a broom. Qulnn poked at the corners In tha antlP house. A bull ing resulted and in a aecond Qulnn was prancing as mucji as the animals. Also, he waa yelling In pain. Other keepers went to Qulnn's rescue, but when they saw a swarm of hornets at the keeper's head, they retreated. Qulnn fought valliantly and finally, with assistance, exterminated - the pests. F 10L BILL BUNGLE Insurgents in Control, Tarilf Talk Wanes. HOUSE LEADERS ARE MISLED Strength of Republican Radi cals Turns Tide. SENATE ACTION BLAMED Southern Congressmen Show Anxiety as to Reception Their Constitu ents Will Give Legislation Affecting Cotton and Rice. BT HARRY J. BROWN. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Aug. 13. When the Senate, by combined vote of Democrats and Re publican insurgents, passed the wool bill and free list bill. Democratic en thusiasm over further tariff revision began to wane, and It has been noticed of late that the Democratic leaders In Senate and Hous have become ex ceptionally silent on this embarrassing topic. The reason is apparent. Having voted to reduce the duty on wool, and having passed the free list bill to make amends for alleged In justices done the farmer by the Ca nadian reciprocity bill. Congress. If It would be consistent, must turn to other schedules that vitally affect the South, and the South controls a vast majority of all Democrats in Congress at present. The wool bill affected the North and the West; not the South. Allowed to stand alone. It Is sectional tariff revision, and If anything more is attempted, . it must be on schedules that protect the Industries of the South. Tariff Local Issue. It was clearly established two years ago. and re-established In the present special session, that the tariff 1 a local Issue, and that being true. South ern Senator are as much opposed to reducing the duty on cotton as were Senator from New England and the wool-growing states opposed tw re ducing the duty on wool. It Is true the Democratic House passed a cotton bill, but it did so reluctantly, and not until It was generally believed Con gress was ready 'to adjourn. In fact, when Representative Under wood reported the cotton bill from the ways and means committee, he firmly believed, as did other House leaders, that the bill would never get consid eration in the Senate in" the special session. Underwood had purposely and deliberately delayed his report, with this one thing In view, for It was his belief that the Senate, after passing the wool and free list bills, would re fuse to consider other tariff legisla tion, and would insist on adjournment. Coalition Surprises Leaders. The coalition of Insurgents and Sen ate Democrats, which made possible the passage of the wool bill and free list bill, came as . a surprise to the House leaders; they had expected that both bills would fall In the Senate; they had no expectation that enough Insurgents would join with the Demo crats to make a majority. But their (Concluded on Pg 3.) DEMOCRATIC LEADER WHO, BILL, SCHEMED I e DEMOCRATS E 4 Vj ' - Pho to Copyright by Harris & Ewmg. REPRESEXTATIVE IXDERWOOD, OF ALABAMA. MOUNTAINS YIELD MASTODON SKULL BOXES DUG CP NEAR SAX JOSE FAXTASTICALLY EX GRAVED. Human and Animal Heads Inter wmfn on Surface of Ancient BonesRest of Skeleton Sought. SAN JOSE. Cal- Aug. IX (Special.) One of the .strangest relics the Santa Crus Mountains, with their 5000-year-old trees and other curiosities, have ever given up was found today by R. S. Mc Whorter, of this city, and presented to the Chamber of Commerce. It is the skull of a giant mastodon, engraved cen turies ago with a fantastic design of in terlinked human and animal heads, or else eroded Into these shapes by count less years of wear. Indications that other parts of a great skeleton are buried In the eame spot were found by McWhorter, who will go to the hills again tomorrow In an effort to find the rest of the remains. McWhorter exhibited the skull in the city tonight. It is apparently only tha upper part, the Jaws having been worn away. It is partly petrified and has been lying partially exposed for some time In a wet spot, moss having grown on Its sides. At first It appeared like an old etump, but investigation showed It to be ancient bone. The bone resembles nothing so much as one of the picture puzzles In which the reader is challenged to pick out as many faces as possible on a highly in tricate design In which there are pic tures when the object Is turned In any direction. ' MISS SEARS GOES VISITING Rumor Mrs. Belmont's Guest Is to Marry Harry Vanderbilt Revived. NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 13. (Special.) Miss Eleanor Sears, of Boston, ar rived here today and is the guest of Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont at Marble House. Her arrival has revived reports that she is engaged to Mrs. Belmont's son, Harry S. Vanderbilt. Mr. Vanderbilt was at the train to meet Miss Sears, and drove her to Marble House in his automobile. Miss Sears has received a number of invitations to social affairs, and this afternoon, with Mr. Vander bilt, was guest at a luncheon given by Mrs. Clarence W. Dolan. NEGRO IS KILLED BY MOB 500 Whites Slay Black, AVho At tacked White Woman in Oklahoma. DURANT, Okla., Aug. 13. A mob of 600 whites today captured and shot to death an unidentified negro, who was alleged to have attacked and shot Mrs. Redden Campbell, a white woman, yes terday. Afterward the mob burned the negro's body. The negro was killed after a running fight lasting more than an hour, in which the black exhausted his ammuni tion. When he fell, volley after volley was poured Into his body by the mob. His body was carried to the home of his victim. Nearly dead from her injuries. Mrs. Campbell identified it as that of her assailant. The mob then took the body back to the scene of the shooting. SENATOR TREASURE SHIP Vessel Brings $700,000 In Gold From Xome and Iditarod, Alaska. SEATTLE. Wash- Aug. 13. Seven hun dred thousand dollars" worth of Alaska gold was brought to Seattle by the steamship Senator, which arrived from Nome today. The gold was shipped from the Nome and Iditarod districts. Half of this gold will be sent direct to the smelter in San Francisco and malnder Is consigned to Seattle banks. WHILE EEPOETINO COTTON FOE ITS DEFEAT. TOGO MAKES GIFT Tl Japanese Admiral Pays Visit to Oyster Bay. "DELIGHTED," SAYS COLONEL Count's Present to ex-Presi- dent Is Big Surprise. SPECIAL CARRIES HERO Miniature " Soldier Distinguished Visitor Gives Indicates That Roosevelt, Fighter, Impresses Him More Than Peacemaker. NEW YORK", Aug. 13. Admiral Togo today paid a warrior's tribute to Colo nel Roosevelt, Apparently Roosevelt, the fighter, had appealed to the Jap anese Admiral, rather than Roosevelt, the peacemaker, for when he marched up Sagamore Hill today to meet the ex President, he carried Mr. Roosevelt a two-foot miniature of a soldier's ar mor. This unique souvenir was of glisten ing metal, exquisitely carved, and was encased In a heavy mahogany box, adorned with Japanese colors. Gift Kept Secret. Admiral Togo had kept the prospec tive gift secret, and had apparently carried It on his travels from the time he left Japan. The Japanese Admiral Journeyed ts Oyster Bay on a special train on tha Long Island Railroad, arriving at 1 o'clock. Colonel Roosevelt, In a dark suit and Immaculate white vest, stepped out on the veranda and greeted the Admiral, who wore a white service uniform. "Delighted," Says Colonel. "Delighted to meet you!" exclaimed the Colonel, his face beaming. The party filed Into the broad recep tion room and the Admiral presented his gift.. The Colonel expressed his gratitude In a broadside of superla tives. After luncheon the party gathered on' the wide veranda whence sounds of frequent laughter and the vigorous voice of Mr. Roosevelt often issued. The luncheon was strictly private. Three Japanese photographers mo tored from New York to get a picturo of Colonel Roosevelt and Admiral Togo together, for use in Japanese papers. , Colonel Roosevelt said no, and the three Japanese returned dejectedly to New York. Phonograph Given to Togo. Admiral Togo returned from Oyster Bay on the special train in record time and went to Carnegie Hall, where sev eral hundred Japanese residents were gathered and where he. In turn, re ceived a gift. To the man whose chief characteris tic is silence, they presented a hand some phonograph. The admiral Is fond of music and made a brief speech of acknowledgment in Japanese. Admiral Guest at Banquet. Admiral Togo was the guest of hon or at a banquet tonight given by Chandler Hale, Third Assistant Secre tary of State. Mayor Gaynor sat at Admiral Togo's right hand. In front of a miniature of the Mikasa, the flag ship of Admiral Togo when he van quished the Russian fleet. The miniature battleship waa equipped with a little wireless appar atus which sparkled and flashed throughout the dinner. The service at the banquet was of gold. WISE MAMMA ANCHORS BOY Youngster With Fondness for Water Tethered for Safety. vivmtnriCR. Wash.. Ausr. 13. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Hans Trowbridge, mother of a sturdy youngster of 7 years, will not have her child torn away from her by drowning, neither has she heart to refuse young Allen the pleasure of wading and splashing In shallow water off Hayden Island. Twice a week she now takes the fer ry over to the beach on the Oregon side, and, with a rope securely fas tened about the body of the youngster, permits him to wade in as far as he likes. This life-preserving device works admirably, she says, and she recommends it to all mothers with youngsters w'th a desire to go splash lng and wading. TOLEDO AWAITS RAILWAYS Prospect of O.-W. R. & N. and Mil waukee Coming Discussed. CENTRALIA, Wash., Aug. 13. (Spe cial.) Toledo residents are discussing the possibility that two railroads will pass through the town In the near fu ture. It is rumored that the new line planned by the O.-W. R. & N. and Mil waukee between Tacoma and Portland will pass through Toledo, and the ex tension of the O.-W. R. & N. will run from North Yakima through the Cow litz pass, down the Cowlitz River and into Olequa. which will bring the line very close to Toledo. Toledo has been waiting many years for a railroad to add Impetus to its growth. . MO TO iCoaciyd.d ea rs 1&