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PORTLAND, OREGOX, 3IOXDAY, AUGUST 21, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. POSTCARD NEARLY SEEKER OF DEATH SECRETARY'S - JOB SAENGERBUNDS TO ,152 FEET UP, TWO YEARS ON WAY FINDS BALM IN LIFE FORM BIG COMBINE TRIP OF PRESIDENT TOO BIG FOR HIM BEACHEY'S FEAT INCLE SAM HELIVERS MISSIVE COD DIRECTED BULLET, SAYS WOCLD-BE SUICIDE. GERMAN' SOCIETY AT SEATTLE FAVORS CONSOLIDATION". AFTER 63 2 PAYS. COAST INCLUDED IN DUBLIN ONLY SCENE OF LABOR RIOTING British. Railway Work ers Resume Tasks. LINES ARE BEING CLEARED Dockmen Expect Settlement of Differences Soon. LINERS TAKE PASSENGERS Men Regard Proml of Companies lo Treat With Them Collectively a Complete Victory Houghs Are to Blame lo Wale. IJ1VTVIV Anr Railway TT.ta throughout the kingdom are returning to work and It 1 hoped within a few Hay to have the transl; system under normal condition Following the announcement Satur day that the railway mne'" ar.d their employes had agreed to permit a .omml.slon settle their difficulties cama the nes tonight that there wa hope nf ending the docker' atrtka at Liver pool. v rlotinr a result of labor trouble reported todny except at Dublin, where the police and eonatablei rame In:o collision with a mob Tn sympathy with the strikinsr newsboy who were endeavoring to prevent tha il-tributlon ef newspaper. Several shop were Iootel. Worker Celebrate Vktor. The railway worker held meeting throughout the country today to cele- l-raic what tiiey consider a victory over tl:e railway companies. With the ex rption of 4000 men of the Northeast rn Railway Company, which was not a Tarty to fie settlement agreement, r.d 1000 Manchester men. all the union ir.n adopted resolutlona tn favor of a resumption of work. The Northeaatenu-. 4ur.iaAya era-i ptoje demand an eight-hour day and a two hilling weekly advance In wages, with a. minimum weekly wajj of 22 hilling, about 15.50. Although service on the other line has not been completely restored, the men in most cases presented them selves for duty today and toma pro gress waa made in clearing the lines of freight trains. It mill be several day before conditions are normal. Manifesto Is Delayed. Because of the telegraph blockade, the manifesto of the strike leaders, railing on the men to return to work, did not reach soma point until thl morning and last night there were dis turbances at several places. With the exception of Llanelly. Wales, how ever, there were no serious riots. At I.lanelly three were ahot by the troop yesterday morning. The police be lieve that the explosion In a boxcar was caused by a box of cartridge looted from tha troop train and thrown into the nre. Many persons were seriously injured by the explosion. Eight thousand troops are quartered at Llanelly and the town was quiet. The officer In command aalJ that rougha and not strikers were responsi ble for the rioting. The prospects for a aettlement of the Liverpool dock strike are brighter tonight, aa the shipowners have agreed to meet the representatives of the men when they all return to work. While tha strike committee ha ordered the men not toi return to work, pending; the result of the negotiation. Tom Mann, leader of the strikers, said ha had reason to believe he would Be Me to arrange a meeting of the ship owners and men tomorrow. Dorkere Expect Settlement. Hi waa hopeful there would be a settlement and declared It probable tha dockers would be at work Wednesday. T.e steamer Celtic and Caronla bath st'.erf from TJverpool this- afternoon ! with full passenger llsta. The Phila delphia ca'.Ied at vjueenstown today And took tha mall and many passengers. The Carma.-.la landed her passenger and mall at Plymouth. A meeting of 40.000 trades unionists of London was held at Hyde Park this afternoon. I-abor leaders congratu lated the railway man on their victory and a resolution, which waa read from numerous platform, pointed out that for tha first time In history the com panies had recognized the principle of collective bargaining. While not accepting the terma of tha agreement aa final, the resolution con cluded that thei.ien hal decided to return to work and trust to the com paslea to give effect to tha spirit and letter of the agreement. Tha atrtka leaders tn a manifesto asking the men to accept taa agree ment loyally, pointed out that tha com. paclea have agreed to abide by the finding of tha commission, even if It recommend recognition of tha union, "Wa have no hesitation in saying," tha faanlfsU declares, "that In addi tion to havliMt won official raoognlttosj tn negotlatlriK the present dispute, our diieiK before. the commlselon will a that It Justifies ua In saying that ' before niany weeka the railway wor- era will harve won the charter long ecVvy4 by every ether ciaea In the Laauni t jr. Portland Man Goe Twice to F.urope and I Now In Germany, While Card Cornea IVoin San Plrgo. The Government mule may be alow but the Government mall la occasion- it, slower. Also. It la aure. like the mule. . Traveling at the rate of 'approxl mutely two mile a day since It left It destination. November 23. 109. post card addressed to Max Kaufman, who conducts a millinery panor in me nekum hulldlng' arrived In Portland from Pan Diego Thureday. While the mlsalva ha been Iowly making It way from the Southern California town. Mr. Kaufman haa made two trips to Europe, and Is at present In th Fatherland. When the card waa mailed. Mr. Kaufman was rooming at the resi dence, of Mrs. T. Quald. 115 Twelfth street, and the card waa finally deliv ered at that place. It la aa clean aa though mailed the day of poating and bears the San Diego mark in -clear-cut characters. Just what the postcard has been do ing In the tSJ daya since It was mailed whether it got shunted off on a trip around the world, or haa reposed In some hidden nook In the Fan Diego Postoffl-e, or what is puxzllng Mra. Quatd. who haa the card. There are no postmarks on It except the ban Diego mark, but thla would not Indicate that It lias been at Fan Diego all the time, for postcards ara not marked when passing through va rious orflcea on the way to their des tination. Assistant Postmaster Williamson can't account for the mysterious dairy, but tells an Incident of his own expe rience to Illustrate how such things may happen. It was while he was a railway mall clerk. He waa working on one of the old-fashioned mall car and one day a board In the floor be came loose. In stooping to replace it he discovered an old letter which had been mailed five years before, and which had evidently fallen through crack unnoticed. Perhaps that wa the fate of Mr. Kaufman's card. FLOGGED BOY FOUND DEAD Klamath Kalis Lad Leaves PatheUc Letter' Rlautinar Father.- KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Aug. 20. With a letter placed In his hat saying he left, home because his father beat him while he was sick and starving. Ira Ingruham, aged 15, a found dead within a few rods of the frequently traveled county road this morning. He wae the son of James Ingraham, a restaurant-keeper of this city. The boy left home ten days ago, after he ts said to have been beaten by hla father because the lad threat ened to shoot him It he did not atop flogging his younger sister and him. He started to walk to Fort Klamath, but became tired and 111 and lay down by the roadside and wrote the letter ex plaining he was starving and would rather die than appeal for aid. RAT PRECAUTIONS TAKEN JIarlHir Patrol Orders Japanese strainer Fumigated. The harbor patrol yesterday visited the Japanese steamer Koan Maru, lying off F-anfleld dock, where she Is dis charging a cargo of oak logs, and or dered her to be cleared six feet from the dock until the fumigation to be giv en her today to exterminate the rats aboard tan be completed. The vessel was lying close in against the dock, so that. In spite of the guards on a'.I the cables, rats would have had no difficulty In getting ashore. The fumigation was ordered under a har bor regulation making it compulsory for all Oriental vessels to be fumigated at Intervals to destroy rats, supposed to be dangeroua agents In spreading the germs of bubonic plague. !SXW PHOTOGRAPHS Or ' ""' 5V.s- .-. - AM) i..iut: BKI.OW, Ri Portland to Be Visited in October. JOURNEY TO LAST SIX WEEKS Strongholds of "Progressives" Will Be Invaded. MOUNTAIN MAY BE SCALED Early Adjournment of Congress En ables President to Spend Six Weeks Traveling Instead of Half That Time. WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. Plans for President Taffa trip through the West nd tha Pacific Coast were virtually completed today. The Journey will be lmost as extensive as that taken by the President on his famous "swing around the circle," in 1909. when he traveled more than 13,000 miles and visited SS states. He will break ground for the Pan ama Canal Exposition, at San Fran cisco, make scorns of addresses and at tempt to scale Mount Raider's slope. According to the present arrange ment, the President will be gone six weeks. In that time It is expected he will make nearly 200 speeches from the rear ilatform of his private car and at places not on the regular schedule. Insurgent Territory Invaded. Republican leaders look upon the trip as the most important, politically, that the President has mapped out since he entered the White House. He will go through all the states In the West In which the dominance of the progressive" Republicans is recog nized and which are counted on as op posed to his renomlnatlon next year. Until the question of the adjourn ment of Congresa was out of the way, the . President waa undecided .whether he should be gone three weeks or nix. With adjournment virtually assured for this week, the President feels that he can get three weeks' rest at Beverly and be in trim to stand the grind of 40 daya In a private car. Western Trip Outlined. Tha President probably will leave Beverly September 17, returning East bout November 1. He will go West through Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Colo rado, Utah and Nevada to the Coast. Most of the Dig cities In these states. Including Des Moines. Kansas City, Omaha. Denver and Salt Lake City, ill be visited, but the plans for the trip contemplate stops at scores of smaller placas aa well. From California the President will go north to Portland and Seattle. Three days are to be spent in Washington State, and the route eastward will al low nlm to stop in Idaho. Montana, the Dakotas and Minnesota. While no "spellbinders" are to be taken along. It is probable that members of the Cabinet and of Congress will become traveling companiona of the President at various polnta en routs. Topics for the President's -addresses will not be hard to find, the party lead ers say. Antt-Plnchot Men Named. OLTMPIA. Wash, Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) When the Public Lands Conven tion is opened at Denver. September 28. to close September SO, Washington will be represented by a delegation which will not Indorse the Plnchot idea of conservation. The list named by Gov ernor Hay follows: R. A. Ballinger, Seattle: John L. Wilson. Seattle; Miles C. Moore. Walla Walla; Henry McBride, Seattle: E. W. Ross. Olympia; T. J. Bell. TacomaBerlah Brown, Seattle; J. J. Browne. Spokane; N. B. Coffman. Chehall. and N. W. Durham. Fpokane. TOGO SEEING AMERICA. J Photos Copyrighted by Bain News Service, 4IIMIR4I, AT KT rolT, WITH OFFICERS IfeW IMO I'ADKTs, Convinced That There Is Purpose In His Living. He Will Go Home and Try to Get Well. - Declaring that the hand of God has detained him from death and that he will give up his plans of suicide, Charles Rogers will be discharged Tuesday from St. Vincent's Hospital after making a fight of six weeka against the effects of a bullet which he fired into his head in an attempt to kill himself July 4. When he is released he says he will try to gt well. Most of the cause of his long Illness has been due to the fact that he took no Interest in his cvn recov ery and did nothing to aid the doc tors attending him, saying he would try to take his life again and this time would succeed. "If I am anywlrere near in the same state of health that I was when I tried to kill myself, when I get out I will try to make the best of It and live. For a long time after I shot myself I was dazed, and thought that I would try it again, but I have decided now that I will not. "It must be that I am destined to live and that God held my hand and would not let me shoot myself fatally. That Is the only way that I can figure it out. and I have thought a lot about it. lying here in the hospital. It must be that I was intended to learn some thing from the experience. Things '. was sure of before I doubt now." WEEK TO BE MOSTLY FAIR Showers Monday and Tuesday Pre dicted From Washington. WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. A weather disturbance over tho Northwest will move eastward, preceded and attended by showers and rising temperature that will cover the Northwest and the Central Plains States Monday and Tues day, reach'ng the Atlantic Coast Wednesday nnd Thursday. The disturbance will be followed by a high area now on the North Pacific Coast, bringing with it falling tem peratures that will reach the North western States Monday and Monday night. Generally fair weather will prevail after Tuesday in the extreme West, ex cept in the central and southern Rocky Mountain region, where local showers are probable. Another low area probably wilT "ap pear in tile "British' Northwest toward the end of the week, attended by ris ing temperatures' in the Northwestern States. HAY ANNOUNCES ITINERARY Governor Plans to Be at AMoria on Washington Hay, OLYMPIA. Wash, Aug. 20. (Special.V Governor Hay announces that he will make his trip through the southwest fol lowing hit) visit to Astoria on Washing ton day, August 23. He proposed to make the trip earlier, but had to postpone it on account of the visit of Architect Wilder, who will be here Monday. Wilder ts of the firm of Wilder & White, who will design the plans and supervise the construction of the new J.VXHO0O Capitol. Mr. Hay announces that his dates for along the Columbia Rlvr and for the South Bend district will be the same as given out before. The new dates are as follows: August 2S, Lyle, evening White Salmon; August 29, Stevenson; August 30, Vancouver: August 31. Clark County, evening Woodland; September f, Ka lama; with State Senator Stewart he will visit the road work at Carroll's Point being done by convict labor. That evening he will go to Kelso and probably will then return to Olympia. PR0FESS0RSARE IN PERIL Washington 'U" Asks Students to Write Opinions of Courses. TACO.MA. Wash.. Aug. 20. (Special.) Tacoma students at the University of Washlpgton have received letters from the registrar asking them to fill out an inclosed report card showing their esti mate of each of the Instructors they took work under last year. Information as to the time passed In listening to lectures, in laboratory work, collateral reading and study on each subject is requested. If desired, these blanks need not be signed. By thl novel means the college authorities hope to determine the rela tive value of the professors, whether they fall in the undergraduate clasKifl- i cation of "snap" or "stiff," and what course are of the genu "cinch." COURT UPHOLDS RAILROAD Kennewlck C'ltlzcus Resent Crossing of Land by Line. OLYMPIA. Wash., Aug. 20. Sp eiaJ.) Jn deciding that the O.-W. R. & N. Railroad, successor to the North Co&st. haa a tight to change its main line right of way through the City of Kennewlck. upholding the Benton County Superior Court, in ruling sgalnst Norbeit R. Sylvester and Mar garet N. Rankans. the Supreme Court haa ended a long fight, which at times threatened to be serious. The proteatants are property hold era along Front street In that city and they contended that the city had no right to grant a franchise, that the company waa barred from passing over the streets and that the railroad had a right of way through the city. They lost so every point and the Supreme Court saya the lower court is. to deter mine the amount of damages sustained by the various property holder. DepartmentDissension Due to Wilson. BICKERING GOES UNCHECKED .Plot Against Wiley Fails Be cause of Publicity. SUBORDINATE IS JEALOUS Dunlap Wants Place at Head of Bu reau of Chemistry Solicitor McCabe Would Appropriate Power to Himself. BY HARRY J. BROWN. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Aug. 20. The Wiley investiga tlon that has been in progress for some time has disclosed a situation in the Department of Agriculture that oc casioned little surprise In Washington, for it Is a condition which exists in many of the Government departments, and Is made possible whenever the head of a department Is not big enough to administer the affairs entrusted to him. While bad conditions have been shown to exist In the Department of Agriculture, It has been made equally plain that the fault primarily rests with Secretary Wilson, who, while cognizant of what was going on among his subordinates, was not able to keep each man in his place, and put an end to strife and bickerings. Moreover, it has been fairly well established that Secretary Wilson had his favorites in the Department of Agriculture, and Dr. Wiley was not one of them. Solicitor McCabe, on the other hand, while holding a comparatively unimportant position, was permitted to usurp authority that did not belong to bis office. Wiley's Ability Conceded. Measured by outright ability. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley Is probably the big gest man in the Department of Agri culture. He does not know as much as the Secretary about agricultural problems generally, but he Is a broad gauge man of wide learning, specializ ing In his one line, chemistry. Dr. Wiley Is really bigger than his Job; he Is a man who, outside the Government service, could command a much larger salary than he now receives from the Department of Agriculture. In sci entific circles he is a recognized leader, and his fam.e far exceeds that of any other man in the department. Jealousy Is at the bottom of much of the trouble that was stirred up for Dr. Wiley; Jealousy on the part of his subordinates. Solicitor McCabe, for Instance, was Jealous of Wiley's power In the enforcement of the pure food law, and deliberately set about appro priating that power to himself. As- I soclato Chemist Dunlap, who Joined with McCabe to bring about Wiley's severance from the service, was Jealous of Wiley and sought to oust Wiley In the hope that he might succeed him as head of the Bureau of Chemistry. Others who figured In the discreditable affair were partisans of McCabe and Dunlap, hoping to curry favor with the men they expected would soon be all-powerful In the department- Publicity Spoils Plans. Secretary Wilson was not big enough to suppress this conspiracy; he was not big enough to hold McCabe in his place; not nervy enough to Insist that Dr. Dunlap give loyal support to his chief. Dr. Wiley, and so the conspiracy grew, and might have worked out as the perpetrators planned had not the (Concluded on Page 2.) FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS OP I r ABOVE. AVIATOR AS HE APPEARED BF:l.OW, CHICAGO KXTHL'SIASTS SHOILDERS. Walla Walla Chosen by Singers for Next Assembly City of North Pacific Organization. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 20. The pre liminary step was taken toward con solidation of three great Saengerbunds at a meeting of the North Pacific Saengerbund here this morning the North Pacific, with headquarters at Seattle; the South Pacific, with head quarters at Los Angeles, and the Pa cific, with headquarters at San Fran cisco. Dr. Max Magnus, well known In Saengerbund circles, and Robert Lorentz, president of the Pacific Saen gerbund, and Joseph Blust, president of the South Pacific Saengerbund, backed by strong delegations, came for the express purpose of urging this step, Walla Walla was awarded the 1913 Saengerfest. Los Angeles bad come with a strong representation and made strong efforts to obtain it for their city, but after considerable debate they decided to withdraw and have their Saengerfest In 1914. Thirty delegates were present, the only societies unrepresented being the Tacoma Edeilweiss and the Salem, Ore gon, German-Speaking Society. A. M. Birkel, president of the Bund, presided and all the officers were present with the exception of the second vice-presi dent. When It was decided to consolidate, the following committee was appointed to confer with the other bodies: C. W. Fromhold, Tacoma; A. M. Birkel, Seattle; Alfred Bachtold, Walla Walla; Herman Bringman, Portland, and J. H. Benkendorf, Kalispell. The following officers were elected today: President of the Saengerbund, A. Bachthold. Walla Walla; first vice president, Christ Best, Kalispell; sec ond vice-president, O. JSVelgel, Van couver, Wash.; secretary, J. Hauser, Walla Walla; treasurer, David Zim merle, Seattle; standard-bearer, Carl Arnold, Tacoma. ARMY MAY TRY NEW PLAN Larger Posts, With Officers' Homes In Town, Urged by Department. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Concentra tion of the Army at large stations, strategically situated for military pur poses, and abandonment 'of the small posts. Is under consideration by the War Department. The idea, which re quires the sanction" of Congress, is to construct compact barracks, each to hold an entire regiment, near cities or large towns. Most of the officers are to find ac commodations within the city, obviat ing the necessity of building extensive officers quarters. It is proposed to place the greater part of the infantry in the northern states and the cavalry and field artil lery In the south, where forage is cheap and where horses may be kept out near ly the entire year. TAXES PAID IN DUPLICATE San Francisco Assessor AsksN Emi nent Ones to Take Money Buck. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20. While many cities of the country are worry lng over the problem of tax collection. San Franolsco is confronted with scores of duplicate payments from banks, large corporations and eminent citizens. Tax Collector David Bush, In a state ment made public today, urged those who have overpaid to come and get their money, and offers a list headed by the Hibernia' Savings & Loan Soci ety, credited with 28 duplicate pay ments, and followed by nine other banks. J. C. Nalon, ex-assessor, and presumably informed on tax laws, Is in the list of citizens, as is J. D. Spreck- els, Jr. A long list of mercantile firm3 also appears. Judge Olson Clears Tract. Hl'SUM. Wash., Aug. 20. (Special.) Judge Olson, of Portland, is clearing 40 acres of his tract, one mile east of here.. He will plant the leading va rieties of apple trees and raise straw berries between the rows. ATWOOD AT CHICAGO. t v 4 f tS. ...... - 9 IN HIS BIPLANE OVER. WINDY (1TY. CARRIUiQ AVIATOR ON THEIR. World's Record Still in Doubt, Though. BAROGRAPH IS HELD CORRECT If So, American Is Interna tional Champion. PROMOTER FLIES AROUND At Close of Aviation .Meet in Chi cago Harold F. Mc-Corinick Cir cles Field as a Passenger. Benefit Is Planned. LONGEST FLIGHTS SINCE CCR TISS WON WORLD'S I0,000. Glen H. Curtiss, Albany-New Tork. May 2'J. 1009. Won the New York World's $10,000 prize. 142 miles. C. K. Hamilton. New York-Fhila-delphla, June 13. 149 miles. Alfred Leblanc, Parli-Amlens-Parls. August 7-17. 4S5 miles. Walter Brooklns. Chicago-Springfield. September 20. ' 102 miles. Arch H ox ley, Sprlnsf leld-St. Louis, October 8. 109 miles. Tom Sopwlth. Dover, England Beaumont, Belgium, December 18. 174 miles. J. A. D. McCurdy. Key West Havana (over water), January 30, 1911. 90 mites. Lieutenant Begue, Nice-Corsica (over water), March 5. . 138 miles. Pierce Prler, I.ondon-Parls (no stop). April 12. 223 miles. Jules Vedrlnes, Paris-Madrid (four stops). May 21-26. 842 miles. Andre Beaumont, Paris-Rome. May 28-3t. to miles. Herr Konig, German circuit, June 11-July 9. 1096 miles. Andre Beaumont, European circuit, June IS-July 7. 1073 miles. Harry N. Atwood, Boston-Wash-ington, June 30-July 13. 461 miles. Andre Beaumont, circuit of Eng land, July 22-28. 1010 miles. LYONS, N. Y., Aug. 20. Nine hun dred and thiry miles from St. Louis, his starting point, Harry N. Atwood, the Boston aviator, who Is fast ap proaching the world's long-distance record in his flight to New York, landed in a field at Lyons this after noon, after flying 104 miles Irom iiut falo withouta stop. He alighted in Lyons at 6:31 o'clock, having covered the distance from Buf falo In two hours 11 minutes. At wood has 335 miles to go. He started last Monday from St. Louis. CHICAGO, Aug. 20. The world's of ficial record for altitude for aeroplanes again was hanging in the balance to day when the nine-day meet of the In ternational Aviation Association closed. Lincoln Beachey, In a Curtiss machine, after an hour aloft, out of sight of the " spectators, volplaned to earth and an unofficial reading of the barograph in dicated that the machine had reached a height of 11,152 f t. Officials of the International Avia tion Meet Association today issued the following statement: "Lincoln Beachy, in a Curtiss biplane, rose to an altitude of 11,578 feet, .or 3529 meters, today. This figure will be subject to a slight addition as a result of the vapor pressure, which will be ascertained by the weather bureau tomorrow. It is positively a world's record. Reading Pronounced Correct. "Major Samuel W. Raeber, a Govern ment expert, made careful measure ments of Bleachey's barograph and pronounced it correct." The meet came to an official close at dusk, when Harold F. McCormick, of Chicago, son-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, the chief promoter of the meet, circled the field several times in a monoplane driven by Thomas Sop wlth. Exhibition flights will be given tomorrow by all the aviators as a benefit performance for the widow of St. Croix Johnstone, who fell to his death in Lake Michigan, shortly after William Badger, of Pittsburg, fell and was killed near the grandstand last Tuesday. Duration Prize Goes to Rogers. The grand duration prize, the chief financial plum of the meet, was won by C. P. Rogers, of the Wright team, who was in the air more than 25 of the 31 possible flying hours. The total prize was about J13.000. Rogers will receive half, of this sum, and the resi due will be divided among the next highest duration flyers. Thomas Sop-ith was the chief prize winner, taking a total of nearly $14. 000. Today's 12-mile speed event for bi planes was won by Eugene Ely, in 13 minutes 17.2 seconds; Lincoln Bleachy second, 13 minutes 35.6 seconds. The fastest mile-and-a-third lap for the week was made' by Earle Oiington, In one minute 22 seconds. . The 12-mile open event today was won by Ovington In 12 minutes 2S.2 seconds; Rene Simon second in 12 min ute 56.4 seconds.