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TITE 3IORXINO OREGOMAN. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 191g. 1 f I ------ - - - - - - . . - - I I n I C0L01EL HIS OWN ONLY CANDIDATE PROMINENT RESIDENT OF PORTLAND TOR HALr CENTURY, WHOSE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD TOMORROW. jttt Note: A copy of yj t o d a y 's Orego nian Avill be placed in the hermet ically ' sealed copper box that is to be buried in the massive corner stone of Reed College, which will be set todav. e t V. FRIENDS OF THE NEXT CENTURY, GREETING! i ... v "I Propose to Nominate My self Against Bosses." Sup Iporter Is Told. "FIGHT IS NATION-WIDE' I PROMINENT RESIDENT OF PORTLAND TOR HALr CENTURY, t II If t i 11 i In Letter to St. Paul Chairman, T. R. Say He I Convinced That No Othrr ,PmirrrlTe Can Be Nominated. NEW TORK. May 10. Colonel Theo dore Roorevelt has written letter to H. A. Caswell, of St. Taul. chairman of the Roosevelt commltte there. in which he up: "Nine states hate now held Presi dential prlmarlea or their equivalent North Dakota. Wisconsin. Illinois, Pennsylvania. Nebraska. Oregon. New Hampshire. Massachusetts and Mary land. These state, the only ones in whlrh there has been a free chance for the expression of the pooular will, are to be represented by IS delegates In the Chlraxo convention. Forty of these delegates are instructed for I'resldent Taft and Il are against liim. He has carried but two of the nine states New Hampshire and Massachusetts while In Masaachusetta the Kooscvelt delef ates-at-large were elected by over twice the majority which Mr. Taft ob tained on the preferential vote. Rail mt Bihw Callr. "In all the nine states together, about three out of every four Republicans who voted at the primaries were against Mr. Taft If primaries could be held In all the states, there would undoubtedly be no substantial varia tion from these figures, and Mr. Taft could by no possibility have 100 votes in the Chicago convention. "After a prolonged experience of me as President, practically all of the big bosses In the Republican party dislike me so heartily that they opposed Mr. Taft'a nomination because I favored IL They were afraid that Mr. Taft woold give them the same kind of trouble that I had given them. "After three years and a half of ex perience of Mr. Taft since he haa been elected, there same men have turned around and heartily favor his renoml nation. "These men Include, for Instance. Mr Oallinger. In New Hampshire: Mr. Ald rlch. In Khode Island: Mr. Penrose. In Pennsylvania; Mr. Keating. In Indiana; Mr. Lorlmer. In Illinois: Messrs. Gug genheim and Evans, in Colorado; Mr. Calhoun and the Southern Pacific Rail way crowd In California and the Amal gamated Copper Company crowd in Montana, and In your state they In clude Mr. Smith and Mr. Tawney. The fight la a Nation-wide fight of the plain people against the bosses. lead HI Oaly Candidate. "There Is Just one candidate whom I propose to nominate against the Losses, and this !s mvself. Every vote for every other candidate from now on is In reality a vote for Mr. Taft. The fight Is against the bosses In Minne sota, aa It Is everywhere else. A vote for Mr. Taft la a vote for the bosses; It is a vote for Ixrlmer. for Penrose, for Guggenheim, for Galllnger and for all the rest of them: and it Is a vote for these men, whether It Is cast In Minnesota or In Massachusetts or in Ohio or New Jersey or California. "I became a candidate only when I became convinced that no other pro gressive candidate could by any possi bility be nominated against Mr. Taft. The contest has gone so far as to make it now evident that I certainly can be nominated agalnat Mr. Taft, and that either I shall be nominated, or else a reactionary will be nominated." EAST SIDE FAVORS HILL Improvement Association Aska Council to Grant Franchises. A resolution was adopted at the meeting of the North East Side Im provement Association last night, de claring that the rental offer of the ci.-W. R. A N. for the use of the upper deck of the railroad bridge la too high, and the secretary waa Instructed to convey to the County Court the sen timent of the clnb. Also the associa tion unanimously passed a resolution asking the City Council to grant the franchises asked by the Hill and allied lines for entrance to the Eaat Side. It waa set forth that these franchises should contain common-user provisions and the rights of the people should be safeguarded. The association accepted an Invita tion to use the auditorium of the Al Mna Branch Library building, under construction on Knott street, when It Is completed. It was announced that the building will be finished by Sep tember next. J. Wood Smith addressed the meeting. W. C. North announced that the Iron for the Broadway bridge Is on the way to Portland. HAZEL MOORE IS INDICTED Affinity of Ortls Hamilton Held on White Slave Charge. SEATTLE. Wash.. May IB Mra. Florence Hazel Moore, of Oakland. Cal.. whne name waa associated with that of ev-AdJutant-General Hamilton of The Washington National Guard, when he was- tried and convicted three years srn of embezzling from the state mill, tia fund, waa Indicted on six counts by the federal grand Jury today, charged with' violating the antl-whlte slave act. Mr. Moore was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. The ball of Mrs. Moore, who haa bn held In the city Jail for more than a week in default of 15000. has been re luted ;i)0. TRIP ON TITANIC ESCAPED Business Pressor Just Sates Man tn Route to Oregon. RAKER. Or, May 10. (Special.) Missing the Titanic by the sodden pressure of extra business, J. Dale came later on the Arabic and arrived In Baker for a visit with his daughter. Mrs. J. W. Day. of Eleventh street. He made the trip to see his (-months-old grandson and bad said that he would come on the Titanic, so that the reunion today waa a most touching I one. If $ -A.r J y a- -J BKJAMI- G. OF 1850 STRICKEN Benjamin G. Whitehouse, Prominent as Mason, Dies of Heart Disease. ATTACK COMES SUDDENLY Taken III Saturday Night Widely Known Oregonlan. Apparently Is Keoovcrlng t'ntll He Suffers rneipectotl Itclapse. After suffering for six days from heart disease. Benjamin G. Whitehouse. an Oregon pioneer of 159. ex-manager of the Portland Gas A Coke Company and one of the most wldejy-known Ma sons in Oregon, died Thursday night at his home. 3 Kearney street. Death came as a shock to his hundreds of friends, many of whom saw him at his post at the Masonic Temple, where he wns recorder for A I Kador Temple of the Mystic Shrine, as late as last Sat urday. Saturday night he went home seri ously ill and during the night suffered several attacks of heart failure. These passed away Sunday and he began to recover rapidly until Thursday night at 7 o'clock, when lie was selxcd again with a severe sinking spell- "e Had improved up to this time to such an extent tli.it a short time before me spell he was able to eat a moderate supper and to chat with friends and relatives gathered about the bedside. He rallied from the first sinking spell, but a second one brought unconscious ness from which he did not recover. Residence la Portland U. Mr. Whitehouse was born in Boston in 1SS5. He was 77 years old last January. He camo to Portland from Maine shortly after hla marriage there 13 years sg". Ho made his home in Portlsnd. taking up the business of clerk in one of the old-ttme hotels. From this position he m-ent to the I'ort- land office of the Oregon-California Stage Line, where, after a short time. he took charge of the local end or tne business. He remained with this company ror a number of yoars. finally emitting to take a position with the Portland Gas ft Water Company. After many years of rapid advancement and bard work he was made rruinaaer of the company and remained at the head until six months ago. when he was retired on a pension. The name of the company was changed during Mr. Whltehouses administration to the Portland Gas Comrany and later to the Portland Gas Coke Company. Mr. Whitehouse served the company for more than 40 years. Wldew Survive. Mr. Wbltesjeuae. In late years no nam has been more prominent in Masonry than that of Mr. Whitehouse. He was a 33d degree Mason, a Knight Templar and a mem ber of the Shrine. He was a past emi nent commander of the Oregon Com mandery. Knights Templars and a member of Portland Lodge. No. 65. Mr. Whitehouse Is survived by a widow, one son. three daughters snd six grandchildren. The son Is Morris H. Whitehouse. an architect, and the daughters are: Mrs. Edward L Brown and Mrs. Edward Cooktngham. of Tort land, and Mrs. H. S. Hostetter. of Wash ington. I. C Mr. Whitehouse. the son. Is In Good Samaritan Hospital slowly recovering from an operation for acute appendicitis. He waa told of his fath ers death yesterday. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock from the Scot tish Rite Cathedral at Morrison and Lownsdale streets. The services will be under the direction of Portland Ma sonic Lodge. No. 55. and the Scottish lUte. There will be an escort by the grand rommandery Knights Templars of Oregon. Burial will be at Lone Kir Cemetery. ELECTRIC MERGER MADE Enterprise, Loe.tlne and Wallowa Plants Under One Owner. ENTERPRISE. Or.. May 10. (Spe cial.) The financial consolidation of the electric power companies of Enter prise. Lostlne and Wallowa practically t accomplished.. George Jacobs, of Portland, either owns outright or owns s controlling Interest in each of the PORTLAND PIONEER Photo by Aune. MHITCIIOISB. companies. The physical consolidation tbo next logical step, probably will fol low within a year. It will be brought about by the stringing of wires to carry the current between Enterprise and Wallowa, so that current can be sup plied for the entire circuit from the power plants at either of these cities. The Lostlno power plant, a much light. er outfit supplying a limited circuit. probably will be discontinued. At the March term ti me County Court, Mr. Jacobs, through his attc ney, brought up the matter of per mission to strips wires for powerful electric current through the farming district between Wallowa and Enter prise. It Is understood the permit will be granted when asked. When the new circuit is established Wallowa will have a day current as has Enterprise now. The day current for both towns probably will be generated at one plant. Then. If necessary, both plantH will be operated at night. Of course, Lostlne and the farmers along the slope will have the same service the cities at the termini of the circuit enjoy. FISH SEEKS FISH LICENSE He Hits to "Angle Pome" to Mako Woman Deputy Understand. OKKdO.V CITY. May 10. (Special.) It was with much trepidation that Will Elsh, of Scott's Mills, applied for a license to angle today. When he entered the County Clerk's office. Miss Ivy Harrington, one of the accommodating deputies, asked: "What will you have?" "I want a license to fish." "What Is the name?" "Fish." "Yes. I know you want a license to fish, but what is your name?" "Fish Will Fish." "It's good fun," said a bystander, sot to voce. "You must give your name," said the deputy clerk. "It must go on the rec ord." "Will Fish Is my name, and If you will let me have the license I expect to have a lot of fun fishing." The deputy clerk blushed, as she finally understood, and so did the ap plicant. "It takes a lot of angling to get a license in this office." said Mr. Fish with a grin, as he departed. WAGE BILL TO BE STUDIED Labor Federation Committee Will Consider Proposition. At a meeting next Tuesday night, the executive Cmmlttee of the Oregon State Federation of labor will glvo final consideration to the proposed Ini tiative bill providing a minimum wago and maximum hour workday for labor ing men and women In the state. This measure was drafted by a committee representing the State Federation, which will submit It to the voters In the November election for the approval of the people. Among the provisions of this hill Is one fixing a minimum wage schedule of 30 cents an hour for men and 20 cents an hour for women and a maxi mum workday of ten hours. Other features of the measure undertake to govern and regulate conditions under which laborers are employed. Another bill that Is receiving the In dorsement of the labor organizations and which will be offered under the Initiative provides an eight-hour work day for all laborers employed on work of all kinds, for either the city, county or state. EIGHT DIVORCES GRANTED Ties of MUmated Pairs Severed by Judge Kavanaucli. Eight divorce decrees were allowed by Judge Kavanauzh yesterday as fol lows: Ella from Frederick W. La Forgue. drunkenness snd cruelty; A. G. from Dora Wilson. Infidelity; Alma from from Ernest Shephard. Infidelity; Iva from Edward O. Cuddlngton, cruel ty: Gulseppe from Fellclta Bearzattl, Infidelity: Florence M. from John H. Prince. dsertlon; Maud from Sam Og den, cruelty; Forest from Myrtle Wil liamson, desertion. . The marriage of Rllla J. Sterling to James F. Perkins was annulled on the showing that both are under age, the girl being only I(. They eloped In December. The plaintiff's mother. Mrs. Emma Sterling, brought the suit as guardian ad litem of her daughter. barton Resident Is Suicide. TURNER, Or.. May 10 (Special.) Henry Green, of Marlon County, living two miles west of this town, commit ted suicide early this afternoon by drinking carbolic acid. He was found by his daughter, but died before medi cal assistance could reach him. Mr. Green was 55 years old and had lived In this vicinity for 30 years. A widow, five sons and four daughters aurvivs him. Advertisement by THE LEWIS M. HEAD COMPANY CHANNEL ALL RIGHT Vosburg Out of Course, Says Nehalem Correspondent. COLLISION DOES . DAMAGE J. ,T. Walter Defends Xehnlom Bar and Ielares Tujr Ran Aground in Calm Weather With Smooth Sea and High Tide. NKHALFM, Or.. May 5. (To the Editor.) Your special correspondence from Tillamook and Bay City, touch ing- the arroundinBT of the George R. Vosburg. towing; the lumber barKe Ne halem. is so far wide of the facts that T am sending you a report of an eye witness. The steamer and tow came down the roast Inst Friday. reachlng- the mouth of the Nehalem River at high tide, a lttle after II o'clock. There was no fog and the sea waa perfectly calm. A crew on a pile driver near the mouth of the river wre surprised to ace the Voahurg skirting the shore line close to the breakers, and when he reached tha mouth of the river she paid no attention to the buoy marking the hanncl. but turned sharply arouna tne south end of Nehalem Beach and by that move she missed the channel by fnilv a ouarter of a mile, and went aground on the north Instead of the south spit. The mishap waa due solely to the wrong course of the steamer, not because of a rough ca or high wind or any difficulty of negotiating the Nehalem River channel. Your Dresent writer is ralrly laminar with all the bays and Inlets of the Pa cific Ocean between the mouth of the Columbia River and the California line, and there la no bar to any bay or river so easily improved or as eaaily nego- lable as the Nenaiem ruver ana Day. Xehalem has shown a remarkable spirit of enterprise In the improvement of Its bay by building a Jetty over 1803 r.-et long, and Instead of being unable to got tiovernment appropriations for this work. Nehalem has never asked Oovernment aid until the convening of this present Congress, and not until Hhe had shown her willingness to ini tiate the work by an expenditure of about J100.000. She now haa a fair show of securing enough money to complete the well-begun task. From the time the steamer Vosburg struck the sands until now there has been a perfectly calm ocean. Tour present informant was at the scene of the wreck at the time when the life saving boat came. The sea waa so calm that a 70-foot gasoline launch went Wt over the Nehalem bar and gave them a tow to the ship. The life boat had no trouble In rescuing any one because there was no one who needed rescuing. The only serious dam age resulted from the barge and the steamer colliding, by which serious In jury was sustained by the Vosburg. This mishap and this alone has de laved the final saving of the steamer, but each day's effort brings her nearer the point where her final rescue Is as sured unless a stnm snould arise. The barge Nehalem has discharged all her cargo at her dock, among other things a beautiful passenger launch , Would that we of today could but dream of your Portland of tomorrow! CI Would that we could, even faintly, realize what this, our Reed College, means to you! Would that some flash, akin to the lightning, would merely hint to us to day, what Eastmoreland is to you! The descendants of some of our far sighted investors will live among you and likely profit handsomely by an Eastmoreland $1000 homesite pur-' chased in our day. We hope we have built well for you. CJ F. N. CLARK, Selling Agent for Eastmoreland in 1912 818-823 SPALDING BUILDING Located in Our Day at Northwest Corner Third and Washington Streets and pleasure boat of 35-passenger ca pacity. J. T. WALTER. FANCY CATS WILL PARADE Blooded Felines to Ride in Autos During Roe Festival. Heal live cats will take part in the automobile parade during the Rose Festival cats that know how to be have themselves. Not the, sort of cat that raises its melodious strains long after curfew has tolled Its warning knell, but the genuine aristocratic feline that will maintain an attitude of dignity and disdain even amid the roar and rattle of the road. Each par ticipant in the parade may provide one cat. Such was one of the decisions at the last regular meeting of the Oregon Cat Club, held In the office of Dr. P. A. Trulllnger In the Selling building Wed nesday evening. Among other business discussed at the meeting waa the placing of mite boxes In public places to raise funds for carrying on humano work. The committee In charge of the pa rade consists of Mrs. Claud Citron, Mrs. Frank tV. Swanton and John E. Howard, while tbose elected on the en tertainment board to create greater Interest in the club are: Mrs. F. A. Trulllnger. Mrs. Claud Citron and Mrs. John E. Howard. WIFE, 17, GETS DIVORCE Albany Girl Declares Her Husband Treated Her Cruelly. ALBANY, Or., May 10. (Special.) Alice McKanney, a 17-year-old girl, of Albany, secured a divorce yesterday in the State Circuit Court here from W. J. Kanney, now residing at Roseburg. When she was only 16 years old the plaintiff eloped with Kanney and they were married In Portland. January 21, 1811. Mrs. Kanney testified that shortly after their marriage, her husband be gan treating her cruelly, endangering her health and life, and that on Jan uary 19. 1912, she was compelled to leave Kanney at their home In Rose burg and return to the home of her parents in this city. HERMIST0N BERRIES RIPEN First Fruit of Seasou Picked Boxes Heady for Ruvh. H ERMISTON. Or. May 10. (Special.) The first ripe, strawberries of the season here were gathered today, and berries will be on the market here within a few days. A committee from the Commercial Club has been ap pointed to arrange for Strawberry day, an annual event in Hermlston. The Farmers Exchange has already received a carload of strawberry boxea and crates for early potatoes. Many carloads of produce will be shipped from here this year. HALSEY MAN ON TITANIC Ringo Butler's Body Recovered by White Star Company. ALBANY. Or.. May 10. (Special.) It has been discovered that a Linn County man. Ringo Butler, of Halsey. was among tnoso lost in tne wreck or the Titanic, Butler had written from England to friends In Halsey that he expected to return on the Titanic, but through some oversignt nis name aia not aDDear in most of the lists of pas sengers which were published after the disaster. It has been learned now, however, that he went down with the ship and his name now appears in the list of bodies recovered and Identified. Butler came to Halsey about a year a?o. He was a foreman for the Oregon Power Company in the work of build ing the power line from Springfield to Albany and worked for some time in the vicinity of Halsey. He liked that city, and when his work for the power company was completed he stayed there. Butler was 26 years old and unmar ried. He returned to his home in England last Winter, supposedly for the purpose of securing money with which to buy land near Halsey. Butler joined the Oddfellows" Lodge at Halsey last Winter and the lodge is now carrying on correspondence with the steamship company regarding the disposition of his body. Sunday Tide May Aid Vosburg. BAY CITY. Or., May 10. All attempts to save the steamer Vosburg at Neha SUNDAY TRAIN TO P. R. & N. VIA. LEAVES UNION DEFOT 8:45 A. M. VIA 4TH STREET V)l SUNSETa I 0G0ENSHASTA I I I ROUTES 1 I SATURDAY-MONDAY TICKETS Good going Saturday or Sunday and returning Monday. THROUGH TRAIN WITHOUT CHANGE The opening of the P. R. & N. Railway has placed within easy reach a number of splendid beaches where you can spend the Run day enjoying the balmy breezes of the Pacific and rest your tired nerves in bathing, fishing, hunting or boating. Call at our City Ticket Office, Third and Washington streets, or at .Fourth and Yamhill, for further particulars. Get our new book, just off the press. "VACATION DAYS IN OREGON." JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. Is $205 in Cash Prizes for Wage-Earners Full Details in Sunday's Papers lem until next Sunday evening has been abandoned. At 9:10 next Sunday night the highest tide for many weeks will occur at Nehalem an eight-foot rise and at that time an effort will be made to pull the steamer Into the stream. The vessel is being patched up and as she Is now lying In an easy position and fairly well sheltered from any wind that may arise, she Is be lieved to be perfectly safe. She is lying nearer the channel by Si feet than when she - first struck on the spit, and a pull of 25 or 30 feet will put her In deep water. The tide Sun day night will be as high as It was when the. Vosburg went on the spit. Limit on Building Increased. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 10. (Special.) Senator Jones today secured a favorable report on his bill authorizing an increase in the limit of the cost of the public building at Olympla, Wash., from 120.-. ooo to jiro.ooo. THE Beaches THE ARRIVES BEACH POINTS EARLY AFTERNOON. 1 :! ( i