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PORTLAND. OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LI XO. 15,831. K v JEW ENGLANDB1D5 GOOD-BYE TDTAFT Business Men Promise Loyal Support. TARIFF COURSE APPROVED Spokesman for 2,000,000 Is Head of Delegation. FAITH' IS UNWAVERING President Says He Will Talk With People on Many Issues That Do Not Attract Attention of Politicians. BEVERLY. Mass.. Sept. 13. "God speed. " and the assurance of the sup port of New England business interests were the messages of cheer carried to President Taft today by R. M. Davidson, of Worcester. Mass., president of the New England Association of Com mercial executives, and 80 members' of that association, who motored to Para matta to say good-bye to the Executive before he starts West. "As yon go out from among; us on your long and arduous tour," said Mr. Davidson, "we' want you to go with the Godspeed of New England ringing' In your ears. Other sections may waver, but we will not. Tou are President and as such are entitled to our sym pathy, our loyalty and our unfaltering trust. And you have this in abundant measure." Pollrfea Are Approved. Mr. Davidson approved the Presi dent's course on reciprocity, his policy of conservation and his determination that the tariff should be revised only when a nonpartisan body should have reported that reductions were war ranted. Even if the passion of the hour pre cluded possible action at this time. Mr. Davidson declared, history would justi fy him. "The great masses of the people, all of whom would be vitally affected by iny radical change for the worse in their riving conditions." said he. "are singularly dependent on you and, al though they may be temporarily mis led. In the end they will realize that yon are what we all linow yoo to be, their true and lasting friend." Issues Hot AU Political. After Mr. Davidson concluded the President shook hands with the dele rates, and made a short speech, say ing: "I am very much touched by your coming here to bid me Godspeed on this trip, which I am going to take I am going to do the best I can on this trip to talk to the people on the Issues that it is well for the people to con eider that do not attract politicians at alL They are the issues that do not figure In the headlines, and yet con tribute much to the welfare of the peo ple and It la well for the people , to understand them. "I have not referred to the issues which your chairman and spokesman touched on with so much eloquence, be rause I do not think It necessary. Re garding reciprocity and the tariff board, you know where I stand and It is not necessary for me to convince those who are of the same opinion that I am." Guest Received on Lawn. The President reoelved his guests on the front lawn and Mr. Davidson spoke from a little hillock. In. beginning his address, he said that the delegates pres ent represented 28 commercial organi zations In six states, and that he was acting as "business spokesman for more than two million people." He said in part: "We have watched your course in the White House, and before the people are satisfied that if you have made mistakes they are the mistakes of an honest man who had rather do some thing and be wrong than do nothing and be right. "We want, at this time, when per haps you need more than ever before the moral support of every sincere lover of his country, to express to you s citizens of New England, our confi dence In your Judgment and our faith In your plans in the three great un dertakings that have so far character ized your administration reciprocity with Canada, the conservation of our resources, and the wisdom of a thor ough Investigation by 'a competent, non-partisan tariff board of the im portant schedules of the tariff in or der that we may. If possible, once for all settle this vexed question in our economic life. Conservatism la Xeeeaury. "The welfare of our great working class, as well as of capital. Is so es sential to our development as a people that we desire as business men con servative action In all matters tending materially to alter the basis upon which our prosperity rests. "We believe that the American peo ple were never better housed, better fed, better clothed and as a rule better paid than today, and we are anxious that if any changes are contemplated in our industrial condition they shall be made after a thorough Investigation by a 'strictly non-partisan body of men whose findings shall not be colored by the desire for political success, but rather by a sincere desire to improve upon the splendid civilization we al ready boast." $80,000 COST OF ROOSEVELT HUNT THREE-FIFTH S IS DEFRAYED BY SMITHSOXTAX. Colonel's Friends Contributed Cash and Tfot Penny of Government , . Fnnd Is I'sed. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13-(Special.) In round numbers the cost oi w Roosevelt expedition into Africa, under the auspices of the Smithsonian Insti tution, was $80,000. The expenses of the actual hunting were divided, the Smithsonian paying about tnree-mui! nrl (-nlnnAl Roosevelt about two-fifths The division of expenses ceased, it wa sald at the institution today, when Colonel Roosevelt started on -his tour of p-o-vnt unA EuroDe. homeward bound. Su-nturT Waleott is the only person who knows who were the contributors to the 57.000 spent by the Institution in dufravin? its three-fifths of the ex penses of the hunt. He has assured the board of regents that not one penny oi money appropriated by the Federal Government was used, and that the money was all collected by him per sonally from friends of the Colonel. Ha will not make public the list of contributors, it was said today, until the National museum is ready to open tn the nublin the Roosevelt exhibit of African wild animal and bird life. This collection will not be ready for at least a year. $70,000 DIVORCE REWARD Chanler Said to Be Willing to Pay Snm to Bo Rid of Lina CavaUerl. NEW YORK. Sept. IS. (Special) An offer of 170.000 for a divorce is to be made by Rotfert Winthrop Chanler to his wife, Una Cavalieri, the opera singer, it was reported today. Sidney Harris, counsel for "Sheriff Bob" Chan ler, is on his way to Paris, his friends say. carrying a check that it is be lieved will cause the diva to waive all claims on the Chanler Income. Cavalieri and her husband, who have been separated since the end of a honeymoon lasting only two weeks, want to settle their troubles, but each side distrusts the other. Cavalieri demands real money for her signature on the paper that will free her artist husband from a distaste ful alliance no checks will do. On the other hand, Chanter's lawyers, know ing how angry the diva Is that she has not been able to get her hands on a marriage ' settlement, fear a trick in any promise she may make. SEPTEMBER RAINIEST YET Month's Record 4.44 Inches, by Far Greatest In .40 Years. -All previous records for rainfall In September are-exceeded by the precipi tation since the first of this month, which has now reached a total of 4.i-i inches. Rain has fallen every day this month, excepting the first, seventh and thirteenth, making a total of ten Sep tember rainy days, which Is also un usual for Portland and vicinity. The record that stood for the whole month of September up to this time was 4.25 Inches. That record was made In September, 1884. The nearest ap proach to this figure heretofore, was in 1901, when 3.37 Inches of rain fell. The normal fall, shown by the records of 40 years is only 1.48 inches, which was exceeded by midnight ' September 4, when the precipitation reached 2.19 inches. At the same time the record was broken for the heaviest rainfall In 24 consecutive hours. $10,000 IS TURNED DOWN Shabbily Dressed Woman Disap pointed by Postal Bank; Clerk. Among the three score persons who appeared yesterday at the Postal Bank to make money deposits was a shabbily dressed woman who asked to open an account. When the clerk asked how much she wished to deposit, she said. "Ten thousand dollars," and began dumping piles of gold and currency on the counter. She learned, much to her dissatisfaction, that she may deposit only 1100 of this sum. Another depositor brought his hoard of $100 in .nickels and dimes. The total deposits yesterday were $4075, and savings cards and stamps sold amounted to $1.80. There were 63 new depositors, and three added to the deposits they had previously made. Two withdrew their entire deposits. The maximum of deposits allowed for one permon for one month is $100, and not more than $500 may- be in the bank to the credit of one person at one time. PRINCE TO MARRY, REPORT Duke of Connanght'9 Son Engaged to Russian Princess Is Rumor. LONDON, Sept. 13. A report is cur rent that Prince Arthur of Connaught son of the Duke of Connaught. ths newly commissioned Governor-General of Canada, is engaged to marry Princess Irene, daughter of the Grand Duchess Xenla Alexandrova. who Is a sister of Emperor Nicholas of Russia. MADERISTAS FIRED UPON Eight Killed, J Injured, on Train by Yucatan State Guards. MERIDA, Tucatan, Sept 13. Eight men were - killed and IS injured last night when state guards fired into a special train of excursionists coming to Join in the manifestation to F. X. Madoro Mission BELEAGUERED CITY No Effort Made to Re lieve Cheng-Tu. TROOPS RESISTING STRONGLY Foreigners Take Refuge in Methodist Compound. ARMS BELIEVED WANTING Pekin Residents Think Viceroy Can Cope With, Situation Foreign. Gunboats Unable to Pro ceed Above Sui-Fu. PEKIN. Sept. 13. Latest advices re ceived by the Chinese foreign board and the foreign legations Indicate that Cheng-tu, capital of Sze-chuen provlnoe. is under siege, that most, if not all. the missionaries are Inside the walls and that the city Is garrisoned by 1800 troops, which have had several engage ments with the besieging forces. A dispatch from . the prefect ' of Tsu-chau, dated September 12, says that the troops were firing upon the rebels from the Cheng-tu walls and the be siegers had lost many men. The belief is held that the garrison is capable of resisting the attacks of any number of organized rebels from the outside. Tsuchau is 75 miles from Cheng-tu. Methodists Have Refuge. The Canadian Methodist compound within the city has open spaces around its own walls. It is believed that the foreigners have taken refuge within this compound, which is considered the strongest and the most easily defended. Pekin missionaries who have been in former riots In Cheng-tu. say that whatever Chinese troops were dis patched to guard the mission would be stationed outside the compound and would not be permitted to get within the gates. Whether the, foreigners and the na tives inside the walla are prepared to endure a siege is not known. Tho Ques tion of supplies Is all Important, and it is probable from past experiences that the missionaries have taken pre cautions against such a contingency. No Relief Dispatched. The missionaries, however, hae no weapons, unless they have been sup plied by the viceroy. " Every effort is being made to communicate with Cheng-tu, but so far there has been no movement to relieve the city. Foreigners have been confident of the ability of the viceroy to suppress the uprising. The situation south of Sze chuen continues tranquil. All gather ings in Pekln in sympathy with the revolutionary movement in Sze-chuen have been dispersed by the police. The foreign gunboats have been un able to proceed above Sul-fu. HANKOW, Sept. 13. The native I press publishes a report that the Vice roy's Tamen at Cheng Tu has been de stroyed and many rioters have been killed. It Is reported also that the (Concluded on Page 2.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. . vTocnn a if.Tiniiini tem naratur e. 69 IliOlIinuJii " ' ' degrees; minimum, 54 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. Foreign- Missionaries beleaguered m Chinese city- of Cheng To. Page 1. German aviators will aid war game. Page 4. National. Local governments must co-operate in water way improvements. Page 2. Uomrotlc. Son of Senator Lodge denies he Joined church to win bride. Page 3. ixr- ,,- west in biplane. Page 5. Superintendent kissed by pretty teacher held blameless because helpless to prevent it. Portland boy confesses long series of bur glaries in cauiornia. rno x New York couple wedded by act of signing names to agreement. . Page 8. Cost of Roosevelt trip to Africa $80,000; Smithsonian pays three-fifths, page 1. Governors are guests of ' Nation at Sandy Prisoner's confession clears mystery of mur der' of little girl in WIBCUUnm. rBO New England business men hid Taft god speed on Western Journey. Page 1. ' Sports. Pacific Coast. League results: Portland 4. Vernon 1; San Francisco 2, Oakland l: Los Angeles 4. Sacramento 8 (11 In nings). Page 8. Northwestern League results yesterday: Seattle 6, Portland 0; Victoria 4-4. Spo kane 3-2; Tacoma-Vancouver game post poned, rain. Page 8. Vital statistics show Vernon club U better than Portland. Page 8. Seven thousand persons go wild when Cali fornia gelding springs surprise in Salem races. . Page 9. Pacific Northwest. Seven-year-old Hood River girl in fatal auto accident. Page 1. Washlngtaon politicians already hard at work preparing for primaries one year away; issues muddled. Page 7. Senator Borah, of Idaho, working on bill to shut "lame ducks" out of fat political Jobs. Page 7. Southwest Washington Pair attracts crowds. Page 6. Harrlman lines plan, big Oregon exhibit in East. Page 0. Damage to crops from Monday night's storm in Willamette Valley much greater than at first supposed. Page 7. Pendleton Round-up opens today: 18 special trains carrying visitors to big frontier show. Page 16. Portland day at State Fair promises big time for visitors. Page 6. Plan laid to get Pacific highway route changed to east side of river. Page 4. Seattle stenograpser said to have failed to make out case in ngnt lur .jw.wv Page 3. Commercial and Marine. Northwestern wheat farmers holding back. Page 21. Large flour sales strengthen Eastern wheat market. Page 21. Stock prices decline to lowest point of year. Vac- 91 e - Canal proposal at Oregon City is put up to Portland and Vicinity, Mount Hood Railway Is -pranTed- permit to nncrat nn "Villa ftVAnUA PaM FL Mar than 80 per cent of Columbia River sawmill owners sign secret ngreemcufc w An-ianlinsra Pne-A 1 Council refuses to commend Cast Side char ter com mien ion, &j san.ca u uuuuuuiuau Tinlv 13 a era 1 Jt Experiment proves roilo maize may be grown 13 a wra. 1 A . October 1 Is date set for. opening Tillamook Elks convention commission of ten to handle convention Dusiness irora apecii ouice ia TTllrsi TAtrinU Pn vf 1 A. Good Roads Commission decides to ask Gov ernor lO can special icMivii or, xjcgisjO'iu.EV 4n1 ant rtr fnnr hflfhvav MllR. PftCA 1- Dl strict Attorney after eloper Judga Tarwell I recti t'J uavo uc w uiai iu Miviucr i;ui PnvA in T. M. C A. to conduct three months' com- EPIDEMIC HORRORS GROW Soldiers With Cholera locked in Without Food or Medicine. EST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 13. A dis patch to the Novoe Vremya from Con stantinople, describing the horrors of the cholera epidemic in Macedonia. Bays the soldiers are crowded, in locked cars when ill and left without water or medical aid. On the Mitrovitzauskup Railroad, liv ing and dead victims of the cholera have been thrown from car windows by their comrades. READY PICT SURE More Than Half of Tide water Plants Sign. RESULT OF SECRET MEET OUT Timber Control Needed to . Form Combine Obtained. MARCH 1 IS MERGER DATE Lumbermen of Oregon, and Wash ington Owning Over 50 Per Cent of Columbia River Cut to Con solidate Trust Denied. Merger of tidewater- sawmills, rep resenting 65 per cent of the lumber out put, of Western Oregon and Western Washington, promoted by Henry J. Pierce, of Spokane, for Eastern capital ists. Is virtually assured. It was learned yesterday that mlllowners, represent ing more than 50 per cent of the Co Iumbia River cut. had signed the con solidation agreement. Millmen repre senting over 85 per cent of the output of the Grays Harbor (Washington) district had already Joined the pro posed merger. The agreement to which the millmen have subscribed stipulates that its con ditlons are to be binding only In event manufacturers .representing 65 per cent of the output of the -tidewater sawmills of the two states become parties to the contract prior to Jan uary 1, 1912. It Is further stipulated in the agreement that Mr. Pierce, who has not disclosed his principals, shall have until March 1, 1912, to organize the proposed company and take over the mill properties and timber hold ings of the contracting lumbermen. Fifteen-Year Supply Assured. It is also incumbent on Mr. Pierce and his associates satisfactorily to show to the millmen adequate capital for acquiring sufficient additional tim ber to insure the continuous operation of all the mills embraced in the merger at full capacity for a period of 15 years. It is estimated that the mills that will be included in the consoli datlon, if it is finally consummated. and it probably will be, now own only enough timber to supply their mills for five years. Acquisition of the mills to be in eluded in the consolidation will Involve an expenditure of approximately $50,- 000,000. Purchase of the necessary timber aoreage for insuring the oper ation of the mills for 15 years is even a more gigantic undertaking, repre senting a greater Investment than tak ing over the mill properties. Purchase of the mills and additional timberlands called for in the agreement will prob ably call for a capitalization of nearly t00,000,000. Many Millmen Sign Pact. Millmen operating on the Columbia River and its tributaries signed the agreement late Tuesday night fol- (Concluded on Page 3.) S1J111 OF- SAWMILLS MAID OF 7 KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT HOOD RIVER DOCTOR'S DAUGH TER RTTN DOWN" BT BIG CAR. Fractured Skull Sustained and Death Follows in 15 Minutes When J. A. Epping's Machine Hits Girl. HOOD RIVER, Or., Sept. 13. (Spe cial.) Hood River Valley had Its first automobile fatal accident yesterday, when little Dorothy Collie, the 7-year-old daughter of Dr. W. R. Collie, was run down by a car driven by Miss Dorothy Epplng, daughter of J. Adrian Epplng, a prominent orchardist of the valley. 'The little girl was on her way home in a buggy. The vehicle had stopped in front of the Collie home. Unfor tunately the vehicle was standing in the middle of the highway. The child had alighted Just as the car appeared from the rear. Miss Ep plng blew the horn and the little girl attempted to reach the sidewalk but was struck by the machine and hurled to the road. She sustained a fractured skull and life was extinct within 15 minutes. From the statement of bystanders, the accident was unavoidable. The car was moving at a slow rate of speed. Mr. Epplng says: "We were driving at a moderate speed along the east side road, when we saw a team stop in front of us in the middle of the road. The children in the vehicle alighted and were stand ing beside the rig. My daughter warned them that we were going to pass and they seemed to be expecting It. We were right on them when the boy ran in front of us. We barely missed him and the little girl was caught as she followed." The parents of the child were away from home and did not arrive until the little girl had expired. Miss Epplng Is prostrated by the accident. KRUSE TRACED TO QUEBEC Relatives Hear He Was There Sep tember 3 Europe May Be GoaL Information has been received that Theodore Kruse, the missing hotel man. was seen September 3 in Quebec, Canada, and it Is believed that he Is en route to his old home in Germany where his father is reported to be seriously ill. Mrs. Kruse confirms the report that her- husband had been traced to Quebec Friends and others who have been keeping tab on the case say there is no foundation to the report, that Kruse Is hiding Tn or near Portland. The rumor circulated that Kruse has been seen In Portland this week Is attributed to the presence at the Belvedere Hotel of Walter Hall, who has been employed there for several years and who is often mistaken by many for Kruse. It was learned by relatives of Kruse several days ago that he was in Quebeo September 3. They Informed the de tective bureau at Seattle that further search for him In Seattle would be vain. It is believed Kruse boarded a steamer at Quebec and bade the United States and his Portland troubles fare well. STORK IS ACTIVE IN LINN 40 New Babies Arrive In County In August; Deaths but Eight. ALBANY, Or., Sept. IS. (Special.) By the remarkable ratio of o to l births outnumbered deaths in Linn County last August. The report of Dr. W. H. Davis, County Health Off! cer, filed today, shows 40 births and only eight deaths in Linn County for the month. Of the 40 new natives zi were girls and 19 were boys. The annual death rate of Linn Coun ty, as shown by the health records here, is only about 4 in 1000, which is one of the lowest in the country. .And most of the deaths here, the statistics reveal, are those of very old people or very young children. Only three of the eight who died in August were in middle life. Two were children under 2 years of age and the other three had lived to old age. one being 91, one 81 and the other 67. FARMER OUTWITS TRUST 40 Tobacco Plants tn Rogue River Man's Garden Grow Lustily. GOLD HILL, Or., Sept. 13. (Special.) I. N. Fountain, of Gold Hill, win be independent of the tobacco trust this Winter as a result of an experimental patch of the nicotine weed which he has growing lj his garden. Forty thrifty plants bear witness that tobacco is one of the crops of high commercial value that may be grown in the Rogue River Valley. The leaves are more than three feet long. The patch has been Irrigated, but the Boll had no special fertilization. MILLERS PROTEST RATES Western Roads Accused by League In Four Southwest States. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. Unjust and discriminatory rules and practices re specting the trans-shipment of grain and grain products by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and other West ern roads were alleged in a complaint filed today with the Interstate Com merce Commission. The complaint was made by the Southwestern Millers' League, an or ganization of grain millers of Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma. PORTLAND YOUTH ADM TS BURGLARY Young Reynolds Free With Stolen Coin. MANY ROBBERIES CONFESSED "My Fault I Was Nabbed," 14-Year-OId Declares. - WORK DONE IN DAYTIME Big Mansions Prove Disappointing, and Little Houses Set Better Returns Liberality Is Road to Downfall. LOS ANGELES, Sept 13. (Special.) Through the arrest by Redlands offi cers today of Elmer Reynolds, aged 14. son of a business man of Portland, the mystery surrounding the boy, who lived at the best hotels of Los Angeles for two weeks, baffling the efforts of the hotel detectives to learn his Iden tity, and finally disappearing, has been solved. A remarkable story of Juvenile ad venture in Southern California was un folded when young Reynolds was taken into custody. The boy disappeared from his home in Portland two months ago. Accord ing to his story he was not inactive a moment after he turned his back upon home. Fifteen Cltlea Visited. The boy i jsed as a wealthy young ster seeing the country and traveling across the continent to Join his peo ple. He lived at the best hotels, ate of the best -food and spent money lav ishly, tipping bell boys liberally. Since he left home he has visited 15 cities along the Pacific Coast, Including San Frc.ncisco, Lob Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego and Santa Barbara. His detention at Redlands was the result of an Investigation into the manner in which he secured the money upon which he lived no- well. Reynolds was taken to Redlands and accused of many recent burglaries. In a short time he confessed and agreed to take the officer to all of the houses he had entered. He went without difficulty to 11 houses that had been reported en tered and told how he broke Into them. Small Houses Best to Rob. "Your big mansions are a fake. I didn't get a thing In any of them," he said. "But I made good hauls in the little houaeJ on Orange street. I was disgusted with your old town and was going to get out for good when I got nabbed at Colton. That was my fault. At San Bernardino I tried to get a train to Los Angeles, but had to wait . an hour; they told me to go to Colton and I could get a fast train. I went there and got caught "The only other time I came near getting caught was at the big Thorn qulst house on San Mateo street Sure, I always remember names of streets. While I was hunting for money I heard some one go in the rear door and I ran through the front door. I lost my notebook and cut my hand twice in es caping. "I knew Lauterbon had gone fishing, and so took my time at his house, find ing $14.50 In an apron pocket I took a bath while there. I did all my work in the daytime, and only at houses where I knew the people were not at home. "I ran away from home two months ago. I had $50, but soon spent It and had to get money, so I began robbing houses, taking only money and Jewelry. I don't know how many houses I have entered In towns on the Coast I ar rived In Los Angeles three weeks ago and went to the VanNuys. To get the money to stay there I had to rob. Reporter Close on Trail. "While I was there a reporter stopped me one day and asked if a picture he had was of me. I would not He to him, but bluffed him out I said, "Does It look like me?' and he admitted that it didn't ' It was a picture taken two years ago. I had to leave Los Angeles when I learned my father was coming there to get me. I went to San Diego and made sev eral good hauls, and then to Long Beach, and made two good hauls there. Then I spent a day In Los Angeles and came to Redlands Friday. After Sat urday's hauls I went to San Bernar dino, but returned Sunday and entered six houses, then went to Los Angeles. I returned to San Bernardino Monday night but decided to go back to Los Angeles when I heard the officers weraj looking for ma." "DRYS" TRIUMPH IN MAINE Careful Count Shows Prohibition Is Retained by S65 Votes. PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 13. On the face of the returns from Monday's special election on the question of re peal of constitutional prohibition, col lected and compiled by the Associated Press, Maine remains prohibition by 365 votes. The first returns received have been verified and revised in all but seven instances. 1