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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1911)
Portland. Oregon; -kiday. august is, ion. - price five cents. 'm T.T O. 1..828. ! " M-M - vm ra-srnaBBBBsasassssssssssspsss--------- a BRYAN STURBS PARTY'S Democrats Split in Ad vance of Campaign. ATTACK ON HOUSE RESENTED OHie James, of Kentucky, Is Out on Warpath, Too. TAFT POSITION STRONGER iirmrinz Popularity of President, Coupled With THMentlnns In Op. poslte Tarty. I Encourag Ing to Republicans. BT HARRT J. BROWN. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Aug. IT- Recent developments la th Democratic party have brought much encouragement to Republican leaders In Coniras. and many who had arlvaa up all hop of carrying th lction next year are beginning to feel tha Republican ticket will hare at least a fighting chance of success. Nor U thla hop due entirely to friction among Democrats, for report that har come to Washington of lata tell of the growing popularity "of President Taft. long looked for, but (low of de velopment. The main Republican hope, however, grow out of dimensions that have re cently aprung up among Democratic leader, and there Is now a fair proa pert that by the time the campaign of Ml! opena the Democratic party may be split as badly aa la the Republican party today. It la a foregone conclu sion that President Taft will be renom inated, and ha will not hare the sup port of many Insurgents, particularly La Follette and his followers. But If the Democratic party drvlde Into fac tions, and those (actions carry their differences Into and through the cam paign next year, the deflection from th Re-publican party will be offset. Bryan Making- Trouble. Aa has been expected. William J. Bryan promises to b the chief dis turber la th democratic party. It la apparent that be himself will not b th Democratic candidal for President, for he la loalng ground every day. At th same time Bryan has a large fol lowing, and If h splits with the rec ognised party leaders, he will cut Into tha Democratlo rot materially In No vember. 1911. That Bryan la disposed to be quarrelsome was evidenced by his attack upon Chairman Underwood, of th ways and means committee of th Hour. Bryan's assault was more than an attack upon the floor leader of th House Democracy; It was an attack. In a measure, upon the entire Democratlo membership of th House. Bryan was "ore" because a majority of the House Democrats, believing la fre wool, had surrendered to Chairman Underwood and other House leaders; he was "sore because the clear majority of the Democratic caucus had yielded on a principle with which he personally was In sympathy, and his criticism of Underwood was la a sens a criticism of the Democratic majority of the House. And being so understood. It was reseated. Gratuitous Adrtlce Resented. Bryan, of count, moat be dictator or he won't play. There Is no reason why th House of Representatives should take orders from him. a mere private cltlsea and a thrice discredited candl dldat. Nevertheless Bryae Is not willing ts keep In th background. HI unsolicited ad rice has not been re ceived wlta good grace by th House. Oa the contrary. Chairman Underwood waa able to swing th Democratic cau cus Into lln for a low tariff revenue wool bill. In the fae of Bryan's fight for fre wool, and at a time when a majority of th Hons caucus believed la fre wool Thar bar been other disturbances la the Democratic party that give hop to th Republicans. Chairman Under wood started something when he charged on th floor that Olll James had played to th gallerlea In the Ken tucky Senatorial fight. That charge did not rest well with James, an avowed Bryanlt. and James has gone on th warpath. James has some fol lowing In th House. He la popular In Kentucky, and If he Joins hands with Bryan to fight th opposing faction In th Democratic party h may help th Republicans to a great degree. Conservation Issue Loet. Another and Interesting angle to th Underwood-James row grew out of a conservation problem, which originated In Underwood's state. - question of water-power was Involved in a dam . bill, and the conservationists. led by James. trtd to fore Into th bill a Plnchot provision, giving the Federal Government control over water-power developed on thla particular stream. Underwood was not a cnervstlonlst of the Plnchot typ and objected to giving th Federal Government au thority to fix th price at which water power should be sold In Alabama. Then cam th clash. Olll James, as a member of the Pln c hrt-BIllnger Investigating commit tee, used vrv opportunity to turn GHANGES SUFFRAGIST WOULD BAFFLE ATTORNEYS 6POKAVK WOMAN CONSIDERS COURTS PRETTY CRUDE. Argument Should Be Suppressed. Say May Arkwriglit Hutton. Alter Sitting: on Jury. SPOKANE, Wash.. Aug. 1L 8p elal.) "If I had th making of the law. I would prohibit counsel from arguing the case to the Jury after the submission of testimony. The Jury Is quite competent to deduce Ifa own conclusions. I believe, without being subjected to cajolery, flattery and abuse." The above Is & part of what Mra. May Arkwright Hutton. one of the first two women Juror to decide a case In a Spokane court, na to say of Jury duty. Continuing, ah said: "la this particular case oa which I served It was an outrage to make th taxpayers stand the expense of a crim inal trial. It waa merely a business dispute and Should hav been settled by a commission or arbitration board. "1 believe women Jurors are a success- Nothing was brought up In the course of the trial that waa beyond the understanding of th averag wo man." Jury feea earned by Mrs. Hutton. amounting to 14. wer collected by her today and will b sent to California to aid th women of the Golden Stat In their campaign for equal suffrage. MANNING WINS PROMOTION Oregon Mill's New ConsuUhlp PJ" $500 a Year More. OREGONIAN NEWS BCRF.AU. -Washington. Aug. 17. Isaac A. Manning, of Oregon, now Consul to La Gualra. Ven esuela, waa nominated today as Consul at Barranqollla. Colombia. Mr. Mannings aalary at La Qualra has been 13000 a year, and at Barran qullla he will receive $3500. The pro motion was mad on merit. SALEM. Or, Au7" 17. Special.) Isaac A. Manning was for years a resi dent of Salem and for some tlm th editor of the Salem Statesman. Ia 1S8 he established the Salem Tribune here, with Graham Glass, now of Port land. The paper waa ahort-Ilved and Manning became jeporter and city ed itor of th Statesman. Later h was In th real estate business her and la Tacoma with R. P. Boise. Jr. Ha then went to Nicaragua and engaged In th coffe trad with his brother for aev eral years, returning and purchasing an Interest In th Statesman, becoming Its editor to succeed ex-Governor Goer. He entered th consular aervlc six years ago. CUPID SPECULATES IN HOPS Governor Promleed to Pay for Trip of Honeymooners If Rise Came. 6ALKM. Or, Aug. 17. (Special.) Hopa going past the 2S-cent mark hav mad at least on prospective bride and bridegroom happy. Some time ago Governor West promised these young people If hops went past the J6-cent mark that he would stand th expenses for a honeymoon trip In California. A telephone message Just received by th Governor called his . attention to th fart that hops ar Juggling around about 20 centa above the IS-cent mark and calling his attention to th prom ise. -No names will b given until I am reasonably assured that th honeymoon trip Is in sight." said the Governor. "If It la they will go at my expense. 1 lose." The Governor owns several acres of hops which he has not aold. WOMAN IS BRIDE 5 TIMES Mrs.. Margaret Huston, of Van couver. Wedded to J. G. Downle. VANCOUVER. Wash, Aug. 17. (Spe cial.) For th fifth tlm la 40 years Mrs. Margaret A. Houston, of Vancou ver, has become a bride. She was mar ried to J. G. Downle by Rev. H. 8. Tem pleton. pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, yesterday. It Is Mr. Downle's second venture. He secured a divorce six months and seven days ago and waa married Just seven days beyond th time prescribed by the laws of the State of Washington. Three of Mrs. Huston's former hus- banda died and she waa separated from on by divorce. 1,000,000 SEALS FOUND Discovery of Fur Bearer on Barren Artie Isle Reported. WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. Dlsoovery of 1.000.000 fur seals on barren Arctic Isles, believed to hav been once a part of the Prlbyloff aeal herd, waa reported today to the House committee which Is Investigating charges of Il legal seal killing. Representative Hammond, of Minne sota submlted the final report to him by Charlea W. HeUleman. of Coeur d'Alene. Idaho, an Arctic explorer and soologlst. WESTERNER BUYS IN ERIN San Francleran Purchases Peer's Klllarney EMalc. WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. W. B. Bourne: of San Francisco, has purchased Lord Ardilauen's fine estate In Klllar ney. Bourne's daughter, Maude, married Arthur R. Vincents, a resident of Coun ty Clare, and the two will take up their residence at Muekrosa. which has been frequently mentioned aa a possi ble royal realdeoc In Ireland. NEW ORDER CULLS OUT 100,000 MEN Britain Faces a Tieup of All Railways. GREAT ARMY IS MOBILIZED Government Strenuously Seek ing to Promote Peace. SOLDIERS LAST RESORT Employes Resent Asquith Position. Wide Cessation of Work, Espe cially Anion; Freight Hand lers Is Reported. LONDON. Aug. 17. The outcdme of the strenuous, almost desperate, efforts th Liberal government has made to prevent th greatest conflict between capital and labor that England haa ever witnessed I In doubt tonight. Representatives of the four organisa tions comprising the Amalgamated So ciety of Railway Servants Issued a strike order tonight calling out the 100.000 mem bers of their allied unions. The men were asked to strike "Immediately." Though the membership of the union Is less than one-sixth of the entire force of railway workmen. It Includes the highest-skilled laborers employed by tha companies, and If they all keep In line they will be able to cripple the traffic of th entire United Kingdom. Trains Still Moving. At midnight neither the Board of Trade, which haa been working, through Ita president. Sydney Buxton, to secure peace, nor the strikers' committee, had any definite Idea as to how far the men were responding to the strike order. So far aa London Is concerned, the strike haa not visibly affected trafflo yet. All trains are moving as uaual. and the only disturbance reported today waa a amall riot at St, Pancras station. The ex ecutive committee of the strikers Issued a statement last night saying: "Results from the provinces point to an early decisive victory." A dramatic feature of the affair Is that Kngland's army Is on the move. Its activities might be described as nearer a mobilisation than at any tlm for aome years. The government Is employing troops to meet the emerg ency all over the country. Troops Camp In Parks. At Aldershot tonight 15.000 soldiers were loaded on 22 trains. The authori ties refused to mske public their desti nations, but a large proportion of them have oome to London and are encamped la the parks and near the railway sta tions. Four thousand Infantry are In Victoria Park. In the East End of Lon don, the center of Its most turbulent population. Three thousand Infantry ar raising tents In Regent Park, an other 1000 In "Hyde Park. 600 are guard ing the general postofTlce and COO are encamped at the tower. The only Lon don railway station where soldiers are In evidence Is Clapham Junction, the center of several suburban lines, which the Scots Guards are picketing. Else where troopa are being moved to atra ( Concluded on Pas 2.1 i BODYGUARD LOSES DETECTIVE BURNS i . "my god, all alone." they exclaim; when- he bathes. Two Sleuths Get Bad Fright When They Learn Investigator Ven ture In Ocean Unattended. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 17. (Special.) William J. Burns, the detective, left for Portland on the boat this after noon. He will stop for a while at San Francisco, and will reach Portland Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, according to his present plans. Detective Sergeants Elddinger and Reed, of Chicago, who have been de tailed as Burns' bodyguard ever since he started on the trail of the Times dynamiters and threats have been made against him. are accompanying him. ' Burns gave them a scare thla morn ing that embarrassed them, beeldes frightening them.. Burns came down to the lobby of the Alexandria Hotel, leaving the detectives to follow In a fow minutes. Burns met a friend, who Invited him on an automobile ride to the beach for a plunge. Burns ac cepted and told Hotel Clerk West where he waa going. The detectives reached the lobby soon afterward and looked for Burns. They could not find him. They asked another clerk, who told them Burns had been there a few minutes before. Tho detectives telephoned Burns' of fice. No word from him there. They rushed to the Merchant and Manu facturers' Association rooms. No trace of Burns there. Then to the City Hall. The Mayor had not seen him. Finally the detectives got back to the hotel, much worried. This time they ran Into Clerk West and asked him where Burns was. "Why, he's gone to the beach for a bath," replied West, "My God. alone," gasped the body guards in unison, ae they sank Into chairs exhausted. Burns found them there when he returned at nooYi. STAGE PLUNGES IN GULCH Passenger Is Critically Injured on Dangerous Tygh Grade. THE DALLES, Or., Aug. 17- (Spe cial.) One horse was killed and the Tygh Valley-Durfur stage was demol ished when the vehicle with Its occu pants went over a 200-foot embank ment on the Tygh grade today. G. N. Holland, a rancher of Waplnltla, Ilea at Dufur In a critical condition as a re sult of the accident. When W. E. Rothery. driver of the stage, attempted to pass a team on the grade hla horses drew out to the edge of the embankment and the stage top pled over the steep incline. Holland sustained several broken ribs and la Internally Injured. Rothery escaped with a few bad bruises. Tha Injured men were brought to Dufur late this afternoon for medical atten tion. . ARIZONA HAS ASPHALTUM OH Prospectors) Find Only Known Deposit in United States. ALBUQUERQUE. N. M., Aug. 17. Prospecting for oil In Valencia and Mc Klnley County, near Seven Lakes country, where oil was recently dis covered, a party found an Immense deposit ef fine grade asphaltum. be lieved to be the only one of Its kind In the United States. The deposit Is said to Involve many acres of land. The asphaltum Is on Government land and it waa Immediate ly filed by residents of this, city and Valencia County. BONE! DEMOCRATS FIGHT TINTS 10L VETO Effort to Pass Bill Be Made Today. to PRESIDENT DEPLORES HASTE Scientific Data to Be Available in Three Months. ABSENTEES ORDERED IN Republican Leaders Confident Ma jority Will Not Be Able to Muster Necessary ' Two - Thirds. Free List Bill Passed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Republican applause which greeted President Taffs veto of the wool tariff bill, as It waa read In the House today, was followed by an outburst of Democratic cheers when Majority Leader Underwod an nounced that he would call up the pM tomorrow and move Its passage over the veto. The President's veto message reached the House while the Hous ewas consid ering a motion to concur In the Senate's amendments to the free list bill. When the reading was concluded Mr. Under wood arose. "Mr. Speaker." he said, "I do not de sire to ask that this message from the President be referred to the committee on ways and means. I ask that It lie on the Speaker's table and give notice that I will call up the bill tomorrow. Immediately after the reading of the journal, and move to pass It over the President's veto." Winona Speech to Be Printed. Cheers and shouts from the Democratic members greeted the announcement. Representative Garrett, of Tennessee, asked unanimous consent to Incorporate In the record a portion of Preeident Taffs sj.eech at Winona. Mich., In the last campaign. In which he described the wool schedule of the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill as "Indefensible." Republican Leader Mann asked unanimous consent to Incorporate the entire Winona speech In the record, and Mr. Mann's motion was carried. The Democratic majority tomorrow will make a determined effort to pass tho bill over tlu? veto. They have hope that they will be able to do this. Repre sentative Mann and other leaders ex pressed confidence tonight that this would be impossible. Republicans Are Confident. Representative Dwight. the Republican whip, has told the President that the majority will not be able to muster enough to carry the bill by a two-thirds vote. On the recent passage of the com promise bill in the House, the vote was 20S to 90. Many members of both parties reached Washington today, and all absentees are ordered to be on hand tomorrow. The Democrats expect, with their full quota of members present, together with 30 Republicans who voted for the bill, that they can develop a two-thirds majority. Republican leaders assert that many of the insurgents who voted for the bill will not do so over the President's head. (Concluded on Faffa 6.) F0RTGUNS"RIDDLE" ATTACKING FLEET SAX FRANCISCO SAVED BY CAP TURE IN' PLAY WAR. Searchlights on Land Quick to Pick Up Tugs Posing as War ships and Battle Is On. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 17. The first spectacular feature of the war maneuvers begun at the Presidio here Monday took place tonight when three Government tugs, simulating the probable movements of a hostile fleet, essayed to run the gauntlet of the forts protecting San Francisco. Attached to the tug Barrett, which brought up the rear of the attacking squadron, was a huge target, and into this the guns of Fort Wlnfleld Scott poured a heavy fire. "The calls to arms," which followed the sighting of the "enemy," sum moned 2000 men stationed at the Presidio and forts about the bay to man the defense guns. Though actual firing of -shells was limited to Fort Winfield Scott at the Presidio. At Forts Barry, Wiley and Baker the de fenders went through "all the motions" attendant upon the attempted repulse of a hostile fleet. Drill was had with guns of all calibers. Including the mortar batteries. The problem to be worked out was the resistance of an enemy's fleet ap proaching from the south and pro tected by the cliffs of Point Lobos. A battery of searchllghte from the vari ous forts picked up the tugs and soon the big guns of Fort Winfield Scott began to rain shells on the trailing target. Two other problems, combin ing sea and land operations, will be worked out next week. TIDELANDS' VALUE DOUBLE Corporation Buys N'ine Acres for $430,000 at Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug- 17. (Spe cial.) rConstltutlng the biggest sale of Seattle tidelands since the' heavy Union Pacific purchases of aix years ago, as well as one of the biggest realty trans fers of the year, James A. Moore to day bought from Joshua Green six tideland lots, comprising all of block 373,. except lot 1. The consideration was $150,000. Mr. Green bought the lota a number of years ago, the prop erty costing him. including the fill, about $300,000. Mr. Moore bought th property for the Western Steel Cor poration, of which he is president, which it Is announced today will es tablish Immense coke ovens there. The lots have a frontage of 400 feet on the East Waterway and a depth of 1060 feet. The property, all filled, Is practically vacant. The area Is a little more than nine acres. Mr. Moore bought it for the double purpose of obtaining storage facilities for the manufactured steel turned out from the company's mills at Irondale and of erecting the by-product cok ovens. HIGHER MEAT RATES WAIT Commission Suspends Southwestern Tariffs Until December. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Freight tariffs filed with the Interstate Com merce Commission by the Southwestern railroad lines, making material ad vances in the transportation charges on fresh meats and packing-house prod- ucts from points in Texas, Oklahoma and other points of origin in the South west to destinations in other states, have been suspended from the effect ive date of the tariffs August 18 un til December 16. The proposed rate constitutes an In crease of approximately 8. per cent over existing rates. Between 500 and 600 railways and steamship companies are affected by the suspension. The entire question of rates on live stock and packing-house products is now under investigation by the Com mission, and it is expected by the close of a year a general readjustment of these rates may be effected. , MAYOR MAY BE ARRESTED Rushlight si One of Alleged Viola tors' of Auto Ordinance. Mayor Rushlight may be arrested and made an example of as a violator of the new ordinance requiring automobile own ers to provide a white light on the rear of their cars so that it will show on the yellow tags, as he is at the head of a long list of law violators checked at Grand avenue and Hawthorne by Patrol man E. Adams. Wednesday evening. In, three hours Adams took 166 num bers of machines that were operated In violation of tho new law. When the numbers were checked for Identifica tion at the police station yesterday, for the ostensible purpose of having war rants issued against the owners of the cars, it was learned that Mayor Rush light headed the list of lawbreakers. STORM" DESTROYS WHEAT 1,000,000 Bushels Ruined by Hail in Alberta, Canada. LETHBRIDGE. Alberta, Aug. 17. A hail storm which traveled through Southern Alberta late yesterday de stroyed probably 1.000.000 bushels of grain. The worst damage was about Wilson and Sterling, southeast of Leth brldge. where several farms were com pletely threshed out. - The storm came from northwest of High River, across Champion, down Black Spring Ridge to Monarch, then to Lethbridge and on southeast, spend ing its energy near Wardner. Robert Carnegie, a young Scotch man In charge of the horses, at the Provincial Jail, died today from In juries received when a four-horse team ran away when frightened by the hail. SEA SETTING FOR ASTOO'S WEDDING Nuptials on Yacht to Be Held Soon. FRIEND OF COLONEL TELLS Unusual Activity Evident at Miss Force's Home. VINCENT'S HOPES DASHED Colonel's Son Has Xo Chance of Winning Hand of Bride-Klect's Sister, Who Is Engaged to Wall-Street Broker. NEW TORK. Aug. 17. (Special.) That Colonel Tohn Jacob Astor and Miss Madeleine Talmadge Force prob ably will be married on the Colonel's yacht. Noma, and that the wedding 1 imminent, was announced today by a friend of both families. Unusual activity in the Force resi dence at 18 East Thirty-seventh street added strength to tho rumor. One feature of this activity was the arrival of a big trunk at the Force home. This trunk was taken to Miss Madeleine's room oh the second floor and evidences of it being hurriedly packed pointed to the early departure of the bride-elect. Vincent's Hopes Dashed. It was also learned that whatever hope young Vincent Astor may have once held In regard to marrying Miss Katherlne Force will not be realized. That young woman is said to be en gaged to a wealthy Wall street broker and the official announcement of that engagement Is expected In a few days. That Colonel Astor lias bestowed upon his bride-elect diamonds to tha value of a quarter of a million dollars was another interesting revelation that the day brought forth. Gifts of Great Value. The first of these gifts was made within a few days after Colonel Astor's introduction to the pretty debutante. The gifts Include antique bracelets set with precious stones, one worn by Em press Marie Antoinette; a diamond necklace, a sapphire ring, pearl cuff buttons, the pearl in each being the size of a large pea, and pin set with diamonds and green enamel watch studded with diamonds. Miss Force's engagement ring alone Is said to be worth $30,000. It has been previously valued at $12,000, but that is now known to be far below its cost. The diamond in this ring is almost square and about three-fourths by; seven-eighths of an inch. INVALIDS IN FIRE PATH Forest Blaze Beaten Back From Call, fornla Resort Danger Not Over. BANNING. Cal., Aug. 17. The com bined efforts of all the rangers and volunteers In the fire-swept region of the Cleveland reserve have forced tha flames back from the Palm Springs Re sort, where the lives of a number of invalids were endangered yesterday. According to statements of the rangers, the fires are under control today and confined to an area two miles wide on the desert side of Mount San Jacinto. But the possibility of another high des ert wind this afternoon, renders the sit uation still grave. All energies are now being centered in an effort to keep the fires from the main forest reserve. The Indians of the Banning reservation are working vigorously to save their homes and farms which will again be in danger if the wind rises. BLOOD REDDER IN HIGH AIR Doctors . Experimenting on Pike Peak Announce Discovery. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 17. Human lungs, at an altitude equal to that of Pike's Peak, are capable o absorbing 40 to 60 per cent more oxy gen than at sea level, and the red corpuscles of the blood are increased from 5.000,000 to 7,500,000 to the cubia millimeter, according to deductions made by Drs. J. S. Haldane, G. Gordon Douglass and Yandell Henderson, o Oxford University, England, and Dr. E. C. Schneider, of Colorado College, They have been makmg experiments at the summit of the peak for the last six weeks in the Interest of the Royal Society of England and Tale and Ox ford Universities. ELKS WOULD PROTECT ELK' Denver Lodge Sends Member to Visit Herd Reported Starving. DENVER. Aug. 17. The Denver lodge of Elks has decided to investi gate the condition of the herd of elk which are said to be starving in the Jackson Hole country in Wyoming. A representative of the lodge will go to Wyoming and then make a report. The proposal to bring a herd of the elk from Wyoming to the projected foothills park in Denver, originating with the Denver lodge, is being re ceived favorably among Elk lodges la other parts of the country. i i