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rn, IT1NQ. IC.OOO. PORTLAND, OREGO.X, WEDNESDAY, MARCH C, 1912. 1'KICE FIVE CEXTS. ' " " " " " " """ t " T3iTTiT!T . . "MISS INNOCENCE" LEAPYEAR "POPS" SC1ITZ IS FREED OREGON "IT GIRLS SEATTLE ELECTION T IS RIFE SHOCKS SEATTLE TO BRING RESULTS SIDESTEP ATTACK IN BRIBERY CASE REBEL GAMPS 1 UEATKIl CENSOIiS TtT BAX OX MAStTNIC BODY STAKTS COX TEST iv spiniT op m. SUFFRAGE BELIEVERS WOX'I ItJETREXCII 3EVEX I DEBATE. AS.V JIIO-D'S l'LAY. STIMSON WARM IN SUPPORT OF TAFT s RESULT Defeat Counted Blow to True Progress. CRITICISM HAS BEEN UNFAIR Former Roosevelt Supporter Pleads for Square Deal. ACHIEVEMENTS ARE NOTED AdminiMration .Not I.e.-.-. Fffix-tlvc Dxraiw Vndranuttiv and Not Pfrvou-d to Tliousht fif Irronnl AVclfart?. CHICAGO. March i Henry U btlra ann. of New York, Secretary ot War arvl the Kooaevrll candidate for Gov ernor of Sew Tork In 110. tonight declared hlmarlf for President Taft, and said that while he remained the sincere friend of Mr. Koosevelt. he uM not support htm fir the Prcsl drntlal nomination. Mr. Sttmson entered President Taft a i ''. i ia.n )ir. after consultation with Mr. Kooaevelt. and with the dis tinct understanding with the President .! he would be bound In no may to lake p.irt in the political activities of the AOminiM ration. In a speech be fore tie Taft fluh of Illinois tonight he J -dared his belief that President Taft Administration representee! the i.lifne.-t expression of progressive Ite- puMI-an policy. Tafl Real I'rearemalTe. am here ttnis:ht to s(eak for the. renomlnatlon of Prosklrnt Taft. aasrl .Mr. Mlmson. "I am now and atwaya have been a progressive. I am for Mr T.ift because I believe he h.is faith fully carried out the progressive faith of the Republican party; that his A1 mtnlatratlon stands for orderly, per manent proKresa In our National Gov ernment; and that to refute him the nomination on the assertions that have been made at-alnst Mm would be a blow to that procresa and would put a premium upon hasty and unfounded criticism. "I entered Into public I'fe under the Inspiration of Theodore Uoosevelt. I am a linn believer In the great Na tional politic for which be has fought; and I now r main hla sincere friend. etaael'a r'rieaaa IMu Haras. "Rut I believe that those who are forrlna- him. contrary to his nrta-ina Intention. Into the ntfht against Mr. Taft are Jeopardising Instead of help ing; the res.1 cause of proarcsa In the Nation. "The Introduction of such a contest at this time. draKKlntc In. a It neces sarily will, new and personal Is sues whlrh are uuite foreign t. the a-re.kt progressive policies for which the Krpubllcan party stands, cannot fall to weaken whichever can didate la eventually nominated lu June, rf. as a result, that candidate la de feated in November, the Government may he thrown Into the hands of a truly reauon ry party for yeara to come. Mr. Mimirn aalfl that President Taft bad devoird himself unceasingly to the carrying out of ronstrnctlve work alone progressive lines. The Administration vaas begun, ha said. Upon a plan that h-tri "the thorough approval and de llpeeste Indorsement cf Mr. Roosevelt." and to that r'-n President Taft had .lhered r'gldlv. Marti rtewe nilvnl ItU.la;. "Is It fair now t- criticise him"" asked Mr. stlmson, "because In faith fully carrying out this pltdce of four year a.. In perform i g this vitally useful though Inconspicuous work, he hsa cot dominated the public attention with dramatic display" President Taft pledged him. If. said Mr. rttlroson, to a "protfresslv e develop ment" of the work that President Kooeevelt had Inaugurate.!, and the "completion and perfection of the ma -i hinery by which the moral standards set by ITesldent Roosevelt may be maintained.' "To this work Me. Taft haa devoted h mseif." said Mr. Ftimson. "He tt. u deliberately renounced more striking methods of rvform and set himself to the undramsttc and Inconspicuous pub lic service which leaves out all thought of a man's own aggrandisement, l-elltteel Pew er Speraed. "Me haa repeatedly, for example, urged upon c'orgresa to place tupon the la-stned civil service virtually all of Hie rn l.lenttal offices, a measure which mould at one blow strike out raoet of the erormous political power of the ITesldert. "The reeulte of ttile del. berate self sbnegtitlon are shown In the great leg islative and coral ructtve accomplish ments of h( term. Mr. Taf. a standarls of admtn'.strs. tiv.n. lke tho.e of Mr. K3eevelt. have been constantly toward purity and elevation In our public service and our publlo life." Certain reform methods of ttovern ment advocated bj man of the "pro- re selves- and tn part by Mr. Roose velt, were severely criticised by Mr. Minsoti He denouneed the recall ef J-idgee aa deetlned to bring tra court down Into the welter of polities," ft l mora narrowness and Intolet an-e to Insist upon a ratnedv whlrh -oeciuded ea Taae T-a Tommy" Iam-o Not Objec tionable to Board "Huuny Hag' to i'e investigated. SKATTL1", v'ash II arc h E. Se clal.) "Miss Innocence will-not be presented In Seattle again unlosa a vigorous protest from the Poara ot theater censors Is disregarded by the Mayor who may be In power at the time Anna JleWl decides to Teturn to this city. This is Indicated in a report from the censorship commission, sub mittal to Mayor Pllllnp. in which It Is held by the commission that the "Texas Tommy- dunce is not objuctionable. "Miss Innoncence- should bo con- sored, the reports says, as It la ila. t.islcful to the commission and not cal ciilutivd for any public good. The com in Isel. n explains that It had no grounds tipon which to base legal action at the time the attraction appeared nere. vnh.ir i: vricst has tendered his resignation as a niemlwr of the board to Mayor Pilling and Frank Moran. a v -Nf i. A. worker, has been ap pointed to succeed him. Tne commission has not Investigated the moral standing of the "Bunny Hug dance, but expects to do so, according to advices to the Mayor. ONE CENT DAMAGES GIVEN l'nn-ual Verdict t.ranlotl In .suit Agaln-t Clothe Cleaner. VANOL"VKrt. W ash.. March 5. (Spe cial.! One cent and costs, amounting to tn. Is the verdict given to Kdward Kraft, a clothes cleaner, by a Jury of five business men In tho court oi ... Uoyd I'avls. Justice of the peace, today. In a suit In which Mrs. Agnes Thlbo-d.-au was plaintiff. The Jury deliber ated Si minutes before arriving at this utiusuul decision. Mrs. Thlbodcau sued fi r and costs. From evidence given It appears that Mrs. Thlbodeau, who haa had six hus bands, sent a light gray coat, which had been considerably worn, to Kdward Kraft's shop to have it dry cleaned. He cleaned the coat by the dry process two times and as this was not satisfactory to Mrs. Thlbodeau. steam cleaned It and when he was about to press It she called lilm by telephone and demanded that tho coat be sent to her at once and that she would clean It herself. If be could not. Kraft said he would send the coat to hrr and did so. but that ho could clean It. and would. If she would give him time. The coat was returned and Kraft charged 1.:'-. which Mrs. Thlbo deau refused to pay. Instead, she in sisted thut h pay her for the full value of the coat. When he refused to pav, she brought suit for $20. costs and attorneys fees. Kraft filed counter suit for 1 1. IS. $20,000 ON TAFT OFFERED San franol-eo Men Willing to Bet He'll Carry I'rlmary. SAX Kit A.N I S."". March J. tSpc- rtal Twenty thousand dollars that William Howard Taft will carry the Kcpubltran Presidential preference pri mary In California on May 14. Almost simultaneously with the Ppenirg of the campaign In this state. tMe money was offered as a wager on the rtsuU of primary which will .1.. tare the choice of the Republicans of i'allfornla for President and ete t delegatea to the National convention in r-hlcage in June. Prank naroux re iterated today his statement of last night that he will bet lio.ooo. or any rvart of It. that Tafl will be the pref erence of his rrty In California. at noon today Tom Corbeit an- nrtimi-H he hi, been commissioned to bet $1 . on the same proposition. They announced l ie money is to he bet on evens and thai there Is plenty more where that Ijo.ooo came from. GOODY-GOODY BOY SCORED PreasrlH-r llpe ISeerults for .Minis try Aren't Drawn lYoni Type. MIXNKAPOLIS. March f. That the "goody-goody boy." who doesn't play "hookey" from school, "swipe" water melons and go swimming In the creek In the face of parental objection. Isn't worth mm h even as a minister when he grows up. is the belief of P.ev. K. A. Cone, pastor of the Jt. Anthony Park M.Thodlst Church. "If preachers are taken from this 'goody-goody' type of boys, so much the worse fur the profeslon." said Mr. Croc tn an address here yesterday at the Minneapolis Ministerial Association. "I do not believe that the adolescent period of a boy's life, when he would rather follo-v in the footsteps of Buffa lo 111!! than any of the saints, should he avoided." "SLAVE" LAW IS UPHELD lnUTMiiiir tYnn merer Art (vovfrni II it nut n Traffic. Court Kale. CINCINNATI. Matrrh Th traffic tn humu being ran be rirulated by tho lnt-mta.te coinmerre art. as well aa traffic In ehattrta, -was held by ttm United Statf-n ilrcuit Court of Apr11 hrr toiir In an opinion dMWerd tT Th convirt lm of thrm womrn on rhare of vlolattnr th "whit k1m la ' a urhiM and th wom-nri crdrre-i t trrv thnr mtnc. Tho attomoy for tilt o;uD tar notka that h wonM tarry th -a to th Supreme Court ol the L'n'tfd -tata. Orozco and Salozer Vie for Leadership. TWO FORCES HOLD ALOOF Juarez Man Wary of Entering City of Chihuahua. a lani-riAiiA at .CRfAPC 4ciirrtf Jh Craving for Supreme Coin niiiiirt of Ilevolutlouit, Iuy Urrck Plans for Vniled Move on Madcro'n Capital. CAMI' OK IXSCRRKCTOS, Stiua. Chi huahuu. Mex.. Miirch 6. 5:10 A. M. Th rebel Goneruls, Haleixar, who urrlvod thin morning, and Cam pa, huve not rommlttod themselves fully to rttaeual Orozco. the Invurrecto commandant In Chihuahua. 12 miles south of here The reason for their dlntruHt is not fully apparent, but on the surface It ape purs that they are not convinced that Orozco'a announced desertion to the rebels Is not merely the mask of a leader still devoted to President Mudtro. lavltatlua la Ktrttenfed. Orozco sent un Invitation this morn- Ins; to General Saluzar and his troops o enter Chihuahua tu take the oath of fealty to the rebellion. Salazar coun tered with a proposition that Orozca visit 8.1 us and himself take the oath. To this Orozco replied that he dare not leave Chihuahua, and repeated his orig inal Invitation. A council of war was held at whlrh It was decided to approach later In the day to the outskirts of Chihuahua and o halt there until the exact status of Orozco and his men could be deter mined definitely. Asabltloaa Cat Fljcare. IVtacbmi'iit of the tialazar contin gent have been close to th city, but have not remained, leading to a pre mature announcement thut the van tcuard of the Juarez column had en tered the city. Aa a matter of Tact, it was merely recoil nalt-i.a nee In force. It in re ported in camp, but cannot be con firmed, that the difference between Orozco and Sulazar Is over the matter of supreme command of the northern forces. Itotii leaders are said to crave the distinction, and It is asserted that it is Orozco'a ambition, rather than his loyalty to tho rebel cause, which Is dis t rusted. CUirk l-'urmerft to Have I-i;lit. VAN'COt'VKK. Wash.. March 5. (Spe- eiaL Farmers living in the country Kern rralrfe anil other comni uni- lien near WaKhoupal. will soon have electric hiclUrt In their hornet as well it,, telephones. The Western 1-llit & Power Company, which lias a power plant at annougai. nas pei.iionea me inunty Commlsslonera for right to place poles along the county roads to then, piaces. so as to supply electricity to It prospective patrons. SENATOR BOURNE YOU NOMINATE ME, AND I DON'T THINK "T7 " IF. HOWEVER. If - V'l ( SOME OTHER f ' VX CANDIDATE RE- L C w i waiyN L popular iN- C x -SJ. A tf tGSrJrtW DOR SEMEN-TIN WVXa ,11 ) .fSW OREGON, AND V-rCa A-'i ii''k BE NOMINATED lr' You ii f- Women and Widows Serious About It. and So Are Mcu Xovf, for That Matter. I,OS ANGELES, March 5. (Special.) Scorea of marriages are likely to re sult from a unique leapyear proposal contest recently started for amuse ment by the Qlendule Lodsre of Masons. The lodfre. in a spirit of fun, offered a prize for tiie best proposal written by a miss or a widow and more than 100 competitors were quickly heard from. They wrote in such a convincing vein that It was decided to turn their proposals over without the names to an equal number of eligible young men in tho lodge and let them trace them if posidble. It develops that a good many have uucccoiicd and thut a majority .of the women were very much in eurnest, which accounts for tho tine quality of their efforts. Many wrote Jn rhyme and some showed remarkable talent at popping the question to an unknown. None expected to win a man for a prize, but aasuranco is given that many will. The prize offured not a man was taken by Miss Helen Ins-raham. POTATO SUPPLY IS SHORT California 3 00,000 Sacks Behind acquirements for Consumption. STOCKTON, CaJ., March 5. (Special.) An inventory just taken of the po tatoes In Stockton warehouses shows that there are 1 1.600 sacks on hand In Stockton. It Is also said that George Shi ma has 90,000 sacks on the river bank. It Is reported that the total sup ply In the state Is 300,000 sacks short of the supply needed to meet the de mands until the harvest opens. The average daily consumptiufi -of potatoes In California is estimated at i000 sacks. Tubers sold yesterday for $2.60 a bag- on the river bank, and higher prices are predicted in the near future. The Eastern cold spell has proved a source of gain here, and it Is said that, had It not been for the tteup'of the railroads and the damage done to the potato crop, the local prod, uct would have been selling' perhaps at low as GO cents a sack. H. l SWIFT'S WIDOW DIES Deuth of Hii-Iamh Son of Chicuso Packer, Not Ion; Survived. ' CHICAGO. March .1. Tho widow of Herbert I. Swllt died of pleurisy today at a hotel here. Her husband was a son of Guftavus 1. Swift Chicago packer. A post-mortem exahtuation of hla hory was made a few days ago to dis cover whether cause other than heart disease resulted in his death on a train near Milwaukee last October. SHIPS FAST IN LAKE ICE No Kcliof l'iillc, l nle Change of Wind Conira Soon. KAt'IN'E, Wis.. March 3. Five ships are lodged in the Ice in Lake Michigan, near Kacine. Some are said to carry passensrers. It Is believed the lake is covered with heavy Ice from shore to shore. I'nlesa the wind changes to the north or south, relief cannot be hoped for. Court Orders Verdict of Not Guilty. EX-MAYOR SOON RELEASED Abe Ruef Is Ordered Back to . San Quentin Penitentiary. FELON'S LAWYER PROTESTS Attorney for cx-Boss .of San Fran cisco A.-ks Why lie Should Go to Prison. When Co-Defendants All Are Discharged. SAN FRANCISCO, March S. Eugens E. Schmttz. ex-Mayor of San Francisco, and the most recent of the persona im plicated in the famous graft expose of 10S to face a Jury, was freed today of the charge of having- bribed Super visor Wilson in the so-called gas cases, for which he was indicted by the grand Jury In May, 1907. Actlnsr upon the request of District Attorney Fickert. Judge Lawler In structed the Jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty, which was done as soon as the verdict could be written out by the foreman. Srhmlts and Ruef la Court. Both Schmitz ad Abraham Ruef, po litical boss of San Francisco at the time Schmit2 was Mayor, and now serving a sentence of 14 years In San Quentin after conviction on charges similar to those confronting Bchmitz, were in court when the case was called. Ruef was brought from the peniten tiary to testify against Schmits. but had refused to do so, as a number of indictments were still pending against him. Judge Lawler said that he would consider within two weeks motions for the dismissal of the remaining indict ments against Schmltx and, after the Jury had filed out, entered an order for Rucfs return to San Quentin to morrow. Hurt's Lawyer lnterrapta. Uucf's attorney interrupted pro ceedings at this point. "I submit, your honor, that there must be some legal way whereby Abra ham Ruef should not l)e sent back to Han Quentin when his co-defendants, all of them, have been discharged from custody. It Is not Just. Surely this court must realize the injustice of this.- Judge Laslrr declined to discuss the plea and Ruef was taken to the Coun ty Jail. Vancouver Man Ciets I'lace. VANCOrVKK. Wash.. March 5. (Spe cial.) The Clark County Fair Associa tion has secured the services of Gordon Stuart, a Vancouver newspaper man, to handle all publicity of the Third Annual Harvest Show, to be held In this city September 9 to IS. Inclusive. I'LL STICK THAT INTO HIM. Co-Eds. Who Will Coated Willi Washington "C" Surfragials, to Propose Favorable Question. UNIVERSITr OP OREGON. Eugene, March 5. (Special.) That the advo cates of equal suffrage among the young women of the University of Oregon are unwilling to recede from their views, even in an Intercollegiate debate, has been demonstrated by their clever sidestepping of a possible obli gation to attack the suffragist side in the poming debate with the co-eds of the University of Washington. Oregon haa the privilege of sub mitting the question and Washington the option of sides. It was at first proposed by Miss Birdie Wise, of As toria, and Miss Carin Degermark, of Portland, who compose the Oregon team, to submit the question of equal suffrage, pure and simple. However, the possible situation arose that, should the Washington debaters elect to de fend suffrage, which -would be highly probable, the Oregon women would bo forced to attack their own heretofore stoutly-maintained position on the question Both young women are ardent suffra gists. Miss Wise being president of the newly-formed chapter of the National Equal Suffrage League in this college, and Miss Degermark an active worker under the same banner. Rather than desert, even under the flag of truce of a sham argument, they substituted the following question: "Resolved, That the loth amendment should not be changed so as to read, The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not he denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of race, color, sex or previous condition of servitude. " The word "Bex," in the above para graph, will resolve the debate into a discussion of equal suffrage, but both teams will nave an opportunity to champion the cause, and the contro versy will hinge on whether suffrage should be granted to women by the National Government or by the states. Thus, whichever side 1 the Washington team selects, the Oregon co-eds will be at liberty to talk in favor of their hobby. The debate will be held in Seattle in April. FINLEY NOW OFF FOR ELK Oregon to Get 15 Head to Bo Placed In AVaMowa Forest Reserve. State Game "Warden FInley leaves this morning for St Anthony, Idaho, where he will take charge of the shipment of 15 oik recently presented to the State of Oregon by the National Gov ernment. .The elk are to be liberated in the Wallowa Forest Reserve in a pas ture of 2500 acres that has been pre pared for them. The cost of shipping the animals is to be borne by subscriptions from lodges of elks in various parts of Ore gon and from individuals. This fund now approximates ?li50. The Portland Lodge of Elks has subscribed 1100 of this sum. A fund of $1000 will be necessary, according to Warden Finley, to provide feed for the animals until there is grass on the range in the tract set apart for them. LAFFERTY BILL CURIOUS Exchange of forest Reserve for Des ert Tract Is Advocated. OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, March 5. Represen tative Lafferty today introduced a curious bill, which provides that set tlers on lands within forest reserves may .relinquish them to the Govern ment and take in exchange "desert lands not suitable for homestead en try of approximately like value and acreage." Just what the settler would' want with desert lands not suitable for homestead purposes is not made clear. Lafferty also Introduced a bill di recting that in the future the Presi dent, when alloting money frour the reclamation fund, shall give preference to states that have heretofore contrib uted more than they have received from this fund. GRAIN RULING SUSPENDED Pure Food Law May "Not Apply to Cereal in Natural State. WASHINGTON, March 5. Grain deal ers and producers here to protest against the application of the pure food and drugs' act to shipments of grain, received virtual assurance today by Secretaries Wilson and Nagel that the act would be suspended as regards all grains, to relieve the present situa tion. Secretary Nagel expressed doubt whether the act was intended to apply to grain in its natural state. CHICAGO. March 5. All activities of the Government relative to the enforce ment of the recent rule of the Agricul tural Department against the sale of sulphurized oats will be suspended until July 1, pending further investigation, it was announced today by President Bunch, of the Chicago Board of Trade. Three Cities Name School Directors. CENTRAL! A, Wash.. March 5. (Spe cial.) School directors were elected in Central la, Chehalis and Winlock yes terday. Tn this city Ir. Rush Banks was the successful candidate; in Che halia, Miss Maud Newland: and in Win lock. G. M. Hall ami O. L. Isboll. A total of 4Z9 votes were cast in Che halLH, 162 in Winlock. and only 29 In Out rali Cotterill Leads but Margin Is Slight. GILL HOLDS PRIMARY VOTE Lead Only 229 With One-Third of Ballots Counted. CHURCH FORCES CONFIDENT Reform Candidate's Miior(cr Say Victory Theirs by C00 0 Great Gains Are Made in Strong holds of, Open-Town Man. SEATTLE, Wash.. March 5. With returns in hand from one-third of the city George F. Cotterill, municipal ownership and single tax candidate for Mayor, has a lea-d of 229 votes over Hiram C. GUI, open-town candidate, who was recalled, a year ago and who sought vindication in the present cam paign. In the precincts that have reported are many of the Gill strongholds. Gill held the vote wh.ch he obtained in the primary of February 20, and added something to it, whereas Cotterill frequently doubled and trebled his vote. Cotterill supporters claim a majority of more thar 2000 for their candidate. During the last few da rs the cam paign took on the aspect of the battle for the recall of Gill and the church people and the women were called on to vote for the suppression of vice. No returns have been received on the single-tax amendment to the charter, or on any of the other propositions sub mitted to referendum vote. Complete returns from 95 out of 2Sl precincts give Cotterill, 10,596; Gill, 10,367. RATE INQUIRY IS RENEWED i'urtlier Arguments Advanced by Willamette Valley Interests. ORKGONIAX N K tV S BUREAU, Washington, March 5. The In terstate Commerce Commission today began further inquiry into the South ern Pacific freight rates between Cali fornia and Oregon points. At a pre vious hearing the carriers sought to de fend the present adjustment of rates, '"but the Commission was not satisfied with the showing made and ordered the production of additional testimony. The commercial interests, represented by William It. Wheeler, of San Fran cisco, and Kdward M. Cousins, of Port land, endeavored to demonstrate to the Commission that the rates are based on an entirely illogical and unreason able theory, in that as similar zone of terminal rates, which applies to Cali fornia points, is not accorded to Ore gon cities In the Willamette Valley and Southern Oregon. PACKERS' DEFENSE NEAR Prosecution Kxpects to Conclude lis Case Within Two Days. CHICAGO, March 5. The Govern ment expects to rest Its case in the) trial of the ten meat packers charged with criminal violation of the Sher man law tomorrow or Thursday. The trial, which began December 6, was shortened materially today when both sides agreed to have read to the jury stipulated corporate statements, describing the organization and finan cial condition of the four companies controlled by the defendants, instead of calling a score of witnesses to prove the facts. The first of these statements was that of Armour & Co. It showed that the company was incorporated in 1900 with a capital stock of $20,000,000 and. has a surplus of $70,000,000. HAWLEY CHAMPIONS ITEM Investigation of Cut-Over Tlmbes Lands Would Aid West, He Says. WASHINGTON, March 5. Charging that -weaJthy lumber companies were seeking to Mve the Government clear their cut-over timber lands. Represen tative Fitzgerald, of New Tork, suc ceeded in eliminating from the agricul tural bill in the House today an item of $5000 for the investigation of such lands, with special reference to making them available for agricultural put poses. The item was championed by Repre sentative Hawley, of Oregon, who acknowledged that much of the land was owned by lumber corporations, but declared that such an investigation would add to tillable lands of the West many thousands of acres now vlrtually worthless. . DEATH SEQUEL TO FIGHT Mereliant Drops Dead From Henri Failure After Scrap AVI tit Kival. SAN FRANCISCO. March 5. After a fist fight over money matters, Achille Block, a wealthy merchant of this city. droppvi lrad in his place of business today, presumably from heart failure brouKht on by the excitement of the encounler. James Wolf, Block's antagonist, wa; arrested and charged with manslaugh ter. Wolf also is a merchant.