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'ffsvvA' y la- t-1 '.-at 1 4 1 E 4 a .v A .V .A. A A VOL. 1,1 U. l..i'- - OREGON SYSTEM Hi FIGHT FOR ITS. LIFE Initiative and Refer- endum Attacked. SUPREME -COURT-TO DECIDE Telephone Company Denies Laws' Constitutionality. CORPORATION TAX FOUGHT Big CoMfrt Br1ns Action Before Highest Tribunal la Effort to Prove PopaUr Law Aralnst Spirit of the Constitution. BT HARRT J. BROW ORIOONTAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Sept Jt. The constitutionality if the Initiative and r(rndum. the ftaoii -Oregon system" of popular lOTtrantnt. will be the subject of Jedslon with far-reachlnr eonse auences by the Fuprema Court of the United State- In the approaching term. The question of the constitutionality of these expedients of government forms too basis of a suit between the Btata of Oregon and the Pacific States Telegraph aV Telephone Company. Aa the eaae la near the bead of the docket. It will reached In time to Ineure a decision before the end of the term. The ease originated In the company'! challenge of a law enacted by the Ore gon Legislature under the Initiative plan, by which a tax of I per cent waa placed on the gross earnings of telegraph and telephone companies. Taking the poeltlon that the Initiative and referendum, which are coupled In tho Oregon law. are Inconsistent with the republican form of govern ment guaranteed by the ConetltuUon of the United Statea. the company refused for four years to pay the assessments. Slate Csmrte Deride tat Law. The itate thereupon brought a suit There waa a hard fight In the trial court, but the decision waa faTorable to tba law. A like conclusion waa reached ty the Supreme Court of the state, and the company, still unsatisfied, carried the case to the highest tribunal on a writ of error. Senator Norrls Brown, of Nebraska, a staunch believer In the Initiative and referendum, haa been engaged by the atata of Orea-on to argue thta case be fore the Supreme Court, and supporters of initiative and referendum realise that their causa must atand or fall according; to the decision of the Su preme Court In thla suit. Because of the Importance of this case. It waa Seamed advisable to aecure the services of Senator Brown, who la a lawyer of recognised ability and one familiar with procedure before the Supreme Court. Millie aa at Pesla Affected. The atata cause will also be fought rn. h, Attorner-General Crawford, of Oregon. Jackson H. Ralston, of this dry. and ex-Representative George red Williams, of Massachusetts. For the company. Plllsbury at Sutro. of San Francisco, will appear. Mr. Ralston will are-na especially for tha Stat Grange. Much attention la already given to the case, aa tha constitutionality of tha law la presented squarely. It will he Incumbent on the court to deal pri marily with the fundamental princi ples Involved la a system which la com ing Into vogue In many statea It la estimated that 1. 000.000 or . 000.000 people will ba affected by tha result. In addition to Oregon, tha atatea of Colorado. Montana. South Dakota. Mis court. Oklahoma. Arkansas and Main and the prospective state of Artsona aow have constitutional provisions for tha Initiative and referendum, while California. Washington. Nebraska and Wyoming are preparing to vote on amendments embodying such features. Nevada has the Initiative and la ex pected aooa to add the referendum. Aaeber Iaaswrtant Caee Tp. Another Important constitutional de rision to ba made by tha United States Supreme Court at thla session Involves the queetlon raised at tha recent con ference of Governors aa to tha rights of the statea to regulate ratea on In terstate business passing through their borders. There are a great many railroad rata rases awaiting argument before the Su premo Court, but. foremost prominence haa been given to Minnesota case, be rsjse It was featured by the Governors at their Spring Lake conference. The rate eases arts largely la Missouri. Minnesota. Oklahoma and Kentucky. While the various casea differ somewhat la detail. In the main they all raise the question of ths extent of authority of a state over railroad ratea, and tha opinions of ths Supreme Court In these cases will probably 0.x definitely the constitutional limits of state railroad commissions and circumscribe the powers they may exercise In the way of fixing ratea of common carriers In Intrastate trade. Tha Minnesota rase goes farther, however, and ths decision In this ault will determine how far a state may go In regulating rates In Interstate trade. liar sea Ai-raJaa? Bases. Governor Harmon, of Ohio, haa pre tended to see In this case evidences of an encroachment of the Federal Government on the rights of a atata, tCe eluded, ea Pass U , .-., rnRTLAXD. OREGON. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. T I i ii inn linifPII I I RflDIDL D Mf'ULCN Tnilll nilllllpn FRENCH WARSHIP BLOWS UP; 500 DIE FIKE BREAKS OCT IX MAGAZINE OF LIBERTE. Vessel Rinks 1 Minutes After First Alarm, Taking Most or Her Crew With Her. MARSEILLES. Sept. Si. Fir broke out early this morning in ins ammuni tion hold of the French battleship Liberie and vessel sank 1 minutes later. Nearly J0O of the crew are dead. ti,. k.ttio.hin waa built about fl ve veers aao and was a alster ship of th a w,i.k mt with misfortune at tha maneuvers a few days ago. going on tha rocka and suffering considerable damage before being pulled oft. ft... T I rt of . K.111 1 14.435 t OT1 displacement and carried four 12-inch tx ns and ten S-lnch guns, cm naa horsepower of U.000 and a speed of H w nt w tmw nnmiwraa iwm uiru She was one of the large vessels of the French navy. MAN OF 84 WOULD FIGHT Filled With Liquor, Ho m.etnrba Sunday Quiet In Spokane SPOKANE. Wash, Sept. 24. (Spe cial.) Full of fight and tba spirit of resistance, to aay nothing of alcohollo stimulants. Grandpa 8. W. Hodge. 4 years eld. was hauled to tha police sta tion In the department's automobile this aftsrnoon and had tha dlatlnctlon or being the oldest cltlsen ever to be locked behind tha bar a Ths monotony of a dry Sunday palled upon Grandpa and ha filled up on bottled elixir. Tha brand ha purchased speedily transformed the tottering octogenarian Into- a "white man's hope," and he showed the neighbors who waa the beat man on the block, by flstlo demonstra- tlons In his family. When ha sought the open and began to create a general dlaturbanca la an otherwise peaceful community, there were hurry calls for ths pollcs and tha emergency graybound was dis patched. Grandpa. It la said, offered to fight tha police force, severally and collect ively, and was eager to take on any living thing In hla precinct, color and sex waived, but be waa soon landed In tha city JalL STYLES' TOLL IS GLEANED Railroad Says nigh Heels and Hob ble Sklrta Cause of Accidents. nrrLADELPHlA. Sept 24. (Special.) That high heela and hohbla aklrts .re responsible for a large proportion f Inlurles sustained by women while a-ettina- on and off trains and mount ing and descending stairways In sta tions, is tha conclusion reached by the Pennsylvania Railroad claims depart ment, after an Investigation covering three months. In which 7 such cases were recorded. Injuries ranged from alight contusions to pslnful sprains and uta. ' Trnlral of tha causes set forth are: High heel caught on step of coach and tor. off. Hlah heel caught while aa- csndlnc stairs: wore bobble skirt. It Is pointed out that tha railroad ran do nothing to prevent these cas ualties, becauae "women of all time have followed styles that are danger oua to life and limb." LUNATIC INVADES MASS Dozen Men Tousle With Disturber In Seattle Church. SEATTLE. Wash, Sept. 14. (Spe cial.) Just as solemn high mass waa drawing near the close in St. Jamea' Catholic Cathedral this morning, wor shipers were astounded by th sight of a red-hatred, bewhlakered and poorly clad man standing op on one of tha foremost pews. Ths man. who waa O. W. Kesterson. a rells-lcus fanatic, at once began a tirade against what ha termed the "damnable Roman Catholics, tha hell ish methods of tho Pope." It required a dosea strong msn to handle him. Outside tho church ha continued his tirade until ths arrival of tha police, when he became peace able, saying. "I'm a lamb now. I al ways sm one when with the police. They've arrested me dosena of times." He waa taken to Jail and booked on a charge of disorderly conduct. CHARLES GATES TO WED Son or I.nte Financier Will Take Minneapolis Girl aa Bride. MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 14. Charles Gates, son of John W. Gates, who died recently In Paris, and Miss Florence Hopwood. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Hopwood. of Minneapolis will ba married Wednesday tn Union town. Pa, at the home of Miss Hopwood's uncle. Robert F. Hopwood. Miss Hopwood. her parents and a email party of frlenda tonight are ea route' to Untontown. FRIENDLESS ISLE TAKEN Lighthouse Inspector Takes Po ion In Name of Cnited State. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. . Com mander W. A. Moffett. United States Navy. Inspector of the eighteenth light house district, reported today that he haa taken formal possession of Bishop Rock, an isla-d 110 miles west, half south of Point Loma. TAfifl MANY LEAD ER S FEAR IS AROUSED Blow to Election Law Angers Murphy. "BiG BOSS" PROMISES WAR Danger of Losing County and Board of Aldermen Hurts. NO RECALL SAVES JURISTS "tvw of Jod?c Who Upset Statutes Drafted by "Gracious Command of Boas of Tammany Hall" na Telling Effect, BT LLOTD T. LONERGAN. NEW YORK. Sept 14. 'Special.) The knock-out blow to tha Levy elec tion law, administered by Supreme Court Justice Gavegan. haa aroused Leader 'Charles F. Murphy. There are dally consultations participated In by Tammany lawyera and "Tha Boss." and the case will be bitterly fought In an effort to have tha decision reversed before election. Municipal Interest can best be ex. plained by the fact that the rejection of the Levy law meana that he Drob- ably will lose his county ticket and the control of the Board o Aldermen, also enough Assemblymen to trsnsfer him into a minority In tha Lower Houss at Albany. This last contingency does not worrv him. aa there la not muota left at tha State Capitol except aome furniture. But the local situation worries him ex tremely. Taaeaaaay Sara Winner Ofttlmea. Long experience haa demonstrated that Tammany can never be defeated In a straight party light. The city Is naturally Democratic, and Democrats who dislike the rule of Murphy object to voting the Republican ticket. The only way to corral them la to suger- cost the Republican pill with a non partisan name. Murphy has six Supreme Court Jus- ticca, a Surrogate and Sheriff at stake this Fall. In a straight-out party Oght he would certainly elect all of them. With a few Independent organisations ramping and r-arlng about, and fusion accomplished, which would be very easy, tha road of tha Tammany poli tical auto would be strewn, figuratively, with broken glass and nails. The Levy election - law was designed to make easy riding. It absolutely prevented fusion, although, of course. not In so many words. Any political party or Independent committee waa author ised to name any person It pleased for any old office. But Tha candidate's name could only ap pear onca on tha ballot. For example, John Doe la named for Surrogate on the Republican, Prohibition, and old settlers' tickets. He seleots to run aa a Republican. In tha Prohibition column no name appears for Surrogate. Instead there are the. words, "See last column." There the voter finds the name of his candidate, ' preceded by the emblems of ths various parties that have nominated him, and the Informa tion "See second column" (the Repub lican column), whereupon he Is sup posed to cross over there and make a mark In front of the name of John Doe. Voters Discriminated Against. Tha decision of Justice Gavegan. put briefly, la that the Levy act dlscriml- (Conclnded on Page 8- -A MM ANY LEADER WHO FINDS AMI EL KOEXIG, REPUBLICS LEADER (IPPEB LEFT) WD CHARLES F. SHOT ASD THaOCOH CABTOOS13T-1 ErjP., INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Heather. TESTBRDATS Maximum temperature, S7 decreae; minimum, 43 eesrees lODArs Fair; winds mostly northerly, Ferelca. Fear De la Barra wUl be elected Vice-President worries afsdero. Pase 3 French battleship Llberte blows up; nearly 600 of crew auiea. race i. National. n In IT.niu nnlta tS ShOW. lug friendship for President Taft. Paces. . . .r r-nmminloher of Cor porations on tobacco Induatry tells of truat'a rise, race lMntiftitlnnMtv of Oreaon system to he de cided by United Statea Supreme Court at approaching eeaaion. race a. Peclrlo Northwest. Six laymen were ordained before throng at Methodist coniarenc. Pace & Bolae Mayor denlea petition of voters fo commission election. Fsse a. Clara County prune crop loss by ralna said to be $375,000. Pace a, Industrial. . . v. t, ntm rrmui.Lnthmii farmers till settle In colony near Burns. Pace 10. New flour mill to be built at The oaues. Pui 10. Lakeview wants better market relations with Portland. Pace 10. Domestic Poet Le Galllenne and ex-actress encssed to be married. Pase a. Sen Francisco primary election for Mayor la tomorrow, race Recluse suddenly dies sad barn yields for tune of tzo.ooa. rage a. Initiative and referendum attacked aa un constitutional; United States Supreme Court to decide. 1'sce 1. Blow to Levy election law In New Tork alarms Tammany leader. Pace 1. Richard Le Galllenne to wed Mrs. Irma Hln- ton Parry, ex-actraaa. Pace s. Thirteen merrymakers killed when train hits hayrack. Pace 1. Sports. Results In Pacific Coast Leasue yesterday: Portland 4. Oakland t: Vernon 6-6, Bac ramento S-S: Los Anselas 0-10. San Fran cisco S-S. Pace 8. Results In Northwestern League yesterday: Portland 1S-2. Tacoma B-2: Seattle -2, Vancouver 6-i; Spokane 0-12. Victoria 4-3. Page a. Bearers snd Columbus Club Grays clash to day In benefit game for Buddy Ryan. Pace 8- Beavers have been locky. but "luck" has consisted In good playing. Page . Umpire "Billy" Evans, attacked by Cleve land fans for derision, knocks out two , rowdies with bis fists Page 1. Portias d mna Vicinity. Dr. Otto Koebner, agent of German Govern ment, vlslta Portland on way to China. Page T. Auditorium site may be changed from pres ent contemplated location. Pace la Rev. H. R. Talbott, chairman of Vice Com mission, discusses problems before new civic body.. Page 14. Jodre Harris, of Eugene, candidate to suc ceed Bourne In benate. Page 4. Worn on Broadway bridge progressing fast. Page 1L Rev. Edwin CHsra says attempt to Intro duce social hygiene In schools Is delirium. Page 4 QUAKES SHAKE ECUADOR Shocks Are Heavy, Buildings Col lapse and Panics Reign. GUAYAQUIL. Ecuador, Sept. 24. Four earthquakes did much damage to day at Rlobamba, tha capital of Chlm boraso Province, about SB miles from Guayaquil. The shocks continued throughout the day, but with diminish ing Intensity. At the first ahock a great panto pre- I vailed. Many buildings were shaken badly and several collapsed. Tho oc cupants of most of tba houses fled to the streets, where tbey since have re mained. At Guarands, capital of Bolivar Province, 25 miles from Rlobamba, the shocka were heavy. The walla of a number of residences collapsed. Tha disturbances are attributed to the 'lun guargua volcano in tha southern part of the province of the same name. KANSAS HAS TWO LEPERS Mother and Little Child Found Suf fering From Disease. TOPEKA. Kan., Sept 14. Dr. A. J. Crumbln. secretary of tha 8tato Board of Health, today discovered two casea of leprosy at Hayes, Kan. Mrs. Mike Quint and her young child are afflicted with the disease. The -entire family has been placed under quarantine and the Federal health authorities have been notified. These are the first cases of leprosy found in Kansas. ' HARD FIGHT ON" HIS HANDS, AND . , ""'".ill r 1 ITALY AND TURKEY DN VERGE OF V Turks Capture Ital ian Steamer. LATINS ARE MOBILIZING TROOPS Italian Protectorate Over Trip oli Cause of Rupture. WARSHIPS SENT TO FRONT Soldiers From Italy Said to Have Landed on Tripoli Coast and Seized Turkish Vessel Social ists Threaten to Strike. PORT SAID. Sept. 24. (Special.) News haa arrived here that the Turks have captured the Italian liner Reglna Margherlta at Marslna, which Is on the Mediterranean, near Aden a. Tha Italian liner Bosforo, which is now here, has postponed her departure for Syrian ports because of fear of seizure. parts. Sent. 24. fSDeclal.) It Is renorted that Ita.lv Is mobilizing 112 000 troops and that reserves landed at Tripoli have seized a Turkish ship ana ammunition. ROME. Sept. 24, Tho Italian govern ment lslnovlng rapidly and with deter mination to establish an Italian pro tectorate over Tripoli. Its plans no longer are concealed and its attitude Is favored by all classes except the ad vanced Socialists, who threaten to call a general strike in the event of hos tilities, Although not attaching much import ance to tho strike, the government has decided to call to the colors 112,000 re serves so as to be prepared for all emergencies, both at home and abroad. Battleships Go to Tripoli. -It is reported that an Italian squad ron, consisting of. the battleships Na poll and Roma, tho armored cruisers Pisa, A mala. Giuseppe Garibaldi, Va- resrand Francesco Ferrlucho, and two flotillas of destroyers and torpedo boats, left Syracuse tonight for Tripoli. Tho warships carried no troops and it la understood will confine their ac tion for the present to watching tho coasts. They will Interfere only in the event of an outbreak on the part of Turkey. no official confirmation of this can be obtained. There is the strictest cen sorship of newspapers here, which are threatened with dire psaltles if they publish anything concerning tho naval and military movements. Amicable Settlement Hoped For. It is said the government hopes to arrange an amicable settlement with Turkey whereby Italy will secure a leas of Tripoli under tho sovereignty of Turkey, paying therefor an annual rental. If Turkey definitely refuses to meet this proposal. Italy will proceed with military measures. , The government Is prepared to meet any aggressive measures on the part of Turkey, such as attacks upon the lives and property of Italian subjects In Turkey, in which case. It is under stood, a naval demonstration will be made before Smyrna immediately. The material difficulties of those opera tlona have been given full considera tion. The calamitous Abyssinian campaign haa been recalled by the government. Concluded on Page 4.) REPUBLICAN LEADER WHO IS JdXRPHY IJf PORTRAIT, I5AP- UMPIRE PUNCHES HOODLUM CRITICS GAME AT CLKVELAXD BREAKS CP IX RIOT. 'Billy" Evans Knocks Ont Two With His Fists When Enraged Fans Attack Him for Decision. CLEVELAND, Sept. 4. Umpire "Billy" Evans hit one man, beat up another, and was himself roughly han dled following the Clevland-Philadel-phla baseball game here today. A general fight resulted and a crowd of 2000 spectators swarmed on tho field and around the participants. Spectators objected to Evans calling a foul ball on Second Baseman Ball of the Cleveland team In the eighth inning, and when he put Butcher out of the game In the ninth for protesting after two strikes had been called on him, they became more enraged. After tha game, Evans was cursed by two men, and retaliated by punching and routing both of them. Several women, were In the crowd that swarmed around the official, and one was so badly crushed that two bail players had to rescue her. Evans was not beaten badly. "The first fellow "used some pretty foul language," he said. "His fists were clenched, but I hit him first. I did not hurl him Just knocked off his hat. The other fellow, standing in the entrance to the clubhouse, refused to let me by, and I hit him several times. I am sorry such a thing occurred, but I had to defend myself." Several years ago Evans was nearly killed when hit by a pop bottle In St. Louis. ' i After Evans had been spirited away in an automobile to a railroad station and out of the city, the crowd started to stop streetcars in an effort to find the umpire. Two men who resembled Evans were pulled from cars, but neither was in jured, v . CHEESE POISONS CHILD Death Fought Off After Babe Eats Tiny Slice of Idmburger. One wee slice of cheese nearly caused the death of Florence George, age three, late Saturday night, and a like amount of the same food brought hours of agony to her four brothers, Theo dore, seven; Roy, 10; William, 18; Adam, It.' It waa only by the efforts of Dr. J. C Hayes that Florence's life was saved. The physician was called at 11 o'clock and It was not until daylight that he thought the little one out of danger. The illness, said Dr. Haynes, was, due to llmburger cheese which formed part of a late meal. It resulted In an acute attack of ptomaine poisoning. Tha father, John George, a city employe. also ate some of the cheese, but felt no ill effects. The children were taken with severe pains Immediately follow lng tfe repast. The George family reside at 895 Bast Eighth street North. FIB ANNOYS CONSCIENCE Woman Fays Old Debt to Railroad for Child's Bide. ROSEBURG, Or, Sept. 24. Confess ing that she had told a train ticket agent her child was under flvo yeara of age, when In fact she was over six years old, and under such pretense succeeded In securing free transporta tion for her, a woman appeared at the local Southern Pacific ticket office this morning and tendered the agent $3. She said the incident occurred about three years ago, and that she had since been troubled by her conscience. "I do not think I could right myself with God until I had paid the debt," declared the woman as she hastened from the ticket office. Tho woman refused to give her name. Southern Pacific officials here declare that today's donation is the first "conscience" money ever receives at this office. YALE BEGINS 211TH YEAR Former San Francisco Educator to Head Divinity School. ' NEW HAVEN, Conn- Sept. 14. Tale University. In beginning next Thurs day Its 211th year, will show changes both In the personnel of Its teaching force and .physical equipment. Charles Reynolds Brown, formerly of San Fran cisco, has been placed at the head of the divinity school. Professor Hans Oertel succeeds Dean Andrew W. Phil lips of the graduate school. Several professors Identified with the Uni versity for many years have ceased connections through death, resignation or retirement. Notable among the building opera tions ls the demolishing of Alumni Hall, preparatory .to beginning the erection of tho new Wright memorial dormitory. MINER FALLS FAR; LIVES Af tr Drop of Several Hundred Feet Wolff Has Xo Bones Broken. SPOKANE. Wash.. Sept. 24. (Spe cial.) Adolph Wolff, a miner, fell sev eral hundred feet from the second to the fourteenth floor in the Hunter mine, above Mullan, Idaho, at 2 o'clock this afternoon and sustained no other injuries than a number of deep cuts and severe bruises. He was picked up unconscious but soon recovered and was brought to Wallace Hospital, where it waa learned not a bone was broken. The doctors aay he can return to work in two or three days 13 han mm TO L DEATH Hayrack Ride Fatal to - Merrymakers. VICTIMS PILED ON ENGINE Flying Bodies Knock Over Flagman's Little Shanty. ONE SCALES BIG BARM Infant Found Unhurt in Arms ot Unconscious Woman Far From Dangerous Grade Crossing Where Accident Occurred. NEENAH, Wis., Sept. 25. Twelve persons were Instantly killed, one was so severely Injured that she died later and three were dangerously hurt when a fast Chicago & Northwestern train struck a hay rack on which 30 per sons were riding early today. Five other members of the party were badly hurt The party was returning from a wed ding anniversary at the farm , oi Peter Hansen, near here. Of the vic tims all but two lived In Mennah, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brlzlnskl es caped and a child of two years also escaped. They were sitting In tha front half of the rack, the mother hold ing the child In her lap. Woman Hurled 50 Feet. About half way back in the wagon sat Mary Schwartzbauer. She waa hurled about EO feet and rendered un conscious When found by rescuers, the Brlzlnskl child was In her arms un hurt The parents of the child were slightly hurt. Peter Hanson, driver of the wagon, managed to hang to the reins and was the only person In the party who was not stunned by the collision. A billboard prevented him from hear ing the on-rushing train until his team had reached the track. He whipped up the horses, but the wagon was only half way across when the crash earner Pilot Strewn With Dead. Hanson had taken the merrymakers to his farm In the early evening and had taken them bade within a mile of their homes when the collision oc curred. , Six of the dead were found on ths engine pilot. Two others were hurled through the flagman's shanty with, such force as to overturn the little structure. One of these, a young woman, though hurled through a wall of the house, was alive when found. She died a few hours later. Another victim was thrown over a barn. SO feet from the railway right of way. In the last eight years nearly two dozen persons have lost their lives at the grade crossing where the accident today occurred. PA OF 11 GIRLS SUFFRAGIST Traveling Preacher Will Settle la State of Washington. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept 24. (Spe-! cial.) With 11 daughters and his wife,, William N. Paul, an Itinerant Adventist preacher, has arrived in Vancouver and will settle permanently in this state. While the electoral power of Mr. Paul's family Is not yet at its full strength, for several of his daughters are defli clent in the age requirement, he has expressed a desire. that his family be versed in suffrage when the time to vote arrives. The youngest daughter Is less than a year old and the eldest is a comely miss of 20. The Paul family rode Into Vancouver in a prairie schooner, in which the members have traveled In many parts of the United States. It has been ths preacher's policy to time his arrivals in such a way that he may profit by the particular industry for which the re- gion ho' visits is known. From Ash land, where Mr. Paul has been the past few weeks, the family picked hops, and application has been filed with Lloyd Du Bois, president of the Vancouver Commercial Club, asking that Clark County prunegrowers who are seeking aid In the harvest of their crops com municate with Mr. PauL The latter says he stands ready with several pairs of deft feminine hands to take part in the work. Mr. Paul, while he is not a politician. says he believes in woman's suffrage, and has come to Washington, Where equal suffrage has been granted, for ths benefit of his daughters. He is an admirer of Theodore Roosevelt, he says. BLACK ATTACKS 2 WHITES Negro Resents Crowding on Street car; Victims May Die. CINCINNATI, Sept 24. Because they were crowding Into a seat on a crowded car here late last night, Thomas Tay lor, aged 25, and Floyd Easter, 21. were attacked by an unidentified, negro and sustained knife wounds that will prove fatal. The negro escaped. The two men. both of prominent, families, were huj ried to a hospital. I f