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nr. i vol.. 1.11- o. ig.oco. PORTLAND, OHEGOX, SATURDAY. MAY 25, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WALL STREET ODDS COLONEL OPPOSES WOMAN ATTORNEY J D. GALLED IN STILL IS REVEALED AGAINST LEADERS REMOVES HER HAT BY STREAM'S COLOR; ROOT'S SELECTION LIST OF DISSOLUTION SUIT CIRB BKTTIXG ON CHIKF CAX MILLINER'S CREATION RULED ILLICIT DISTILLERY RAIDED OS 1)1 DATES BEARISH. OCT OF COURTROOM. M'KEXZIE RIVER. METHODISTS FILL FREDERICKS RULES BISHOPS RECORD OF BRIBERY BattleforChairmanMay Force Test. POLITICIANS DOUBT WISDOM New Says Best Roosevelt Fig ures Possible Are 507. FULL MAJORITY LACKING l.a Follelle anil Cummin IJkrljr to Hold Ha lane- of Pow rr. Although VIonnln Man May Not Con trol Forces Absolutely. CHICAGO. May 14. (Special.) Drmsby Mctlarg. who will conduct all jonte.ta on behulf of Colons! Rooxnlt In the Republican National vnnventlon. broucht word today that Colonel Roosevelt would not agree to Elibu Hool an temporary chairman. Root ta a personal friend ol both Taft and rtooaevelt. but la understood to lean strongly to Taft'a riuir. Roosevelt wants Senator Ciapp. of Minnesota; linTfriur Hadley or some other person f h's own selection. Ip to the time this announcement vaa mude. the managers of the conven tion had expected the biggest fight of the convention to come on the majority and minority reports of the committee of credentials. It la thought tonight that the real test of the strength of Taft and Roosevelt villi come In he battle over temporary rhalrman. Fsrrlsa luir Viewed aa Error. In forcing a lest on the selection of Senator Root poltticana declare the Roosevelt men would be throwing party precedent to the winds and thereby weaken their cause, while In holding off for the credentials report Ihev would make a better canse. It Is .fnfended. Colonel Harry 8. New. In gvlng ove 'he table of delegates selected, taklnk hat be termed the best possible llo,evelt table, figured only 607 Roose velt delegates after allowing the former President all of the delegates to be selected yet and the 53 claimed t Roosevelt men but whom they do not contend are Instructed for the ."oloneL TVhat Is considered the best table f delegates t- date from the Roose velt champions gives the Colonel 411 nstrurted delegates. Forty-four more telrgdtes are to be selevled to com plete the representation at the conven tion. New Jersey Is to name -S. South I'akoto. 10. and Arliona. (. These. id led to the 411 delegates claimed as Instructed for Roosevelt, would give nun 4Si. Added to these are 53 Ulmed for the Colonel, giving the '7 to whom Colonel New referred. kirn would be 11 less than the necessary number to control, a ma lo'lty of the convention being H". Mtsrra Klaaspede resisted Oa. The Roosevelt calculators are bank ing on a stampede of the Southern delfgates to put hla forces in the ma jority on the credential committee report test. Senator I -a Vollette with his 34 In structed delegates and Senator Cum mins with his ten Instructed delegates may hold the balance of power and be in a position to tie up the convention. It Is pointed out. Politicians do not be lieve It possible for La Follette to throw all of his It to either Tsft or Kocsevelt. Cnder convention rules eacb state will name a representative on the committee on credentials, who will pass on the temporary roll of the conven tion as certified by the National com mittee. That body will b-gin to alt as a Judicial body in Chicago on June to hear the contests. It will decide Item In making up the temporary roll, and the delegates seated by the Na tional Committee will be the ones who will ote when the test comes upon Ihe majority and minority reports from the committee on credentials, to de termine the permanent rollcall of the convention. roi.n.Mi, ;aixs two ix oiiio Official Con nt FJe-t Kooeelt Men In Thirteenth IHMrlrt. (tiU'MBrS, o.. May St. Colonel Roosevelt gained two more delegates in the Ohio primaries Tuesc'av than asve been credited to Mm. making his Srlecates It to President Tsft s eight. The official count In the Thirteenth '.strict shows that Thomas Dewey and A. J. Enaler. Kocsevelt delegates, were elected by slight majorities. The error which gave Colonel Roose velt both delegates from the Fifteenth s as offset by the loss cf one In the Sixth, E. E. Eulass defeating W. H. tiaura. There has been no change In the t democratic standing. Harmon holding 21 to Wilsons 11. Lindbergh lo It an for Senator. WASHINGTON. Msv : I. F5epreen alive LlndNertfh. of Minnesota, today uinouned bis randitfacy for the I'nltcd -tales Senate to succeed cVnator Nel-oa Grete-t Percentage. Ten to One, 1 Offered That Bryan Will Not He Nominated. NEW YORK. May 14. ( Special.) When the stock market waa Inactive some of the room traders In Wall stree mad a betting pool on the Presiden tial nominations, concensus of th bet tor being aa follows: Two to one that Taft will not ba the next President. Five to four that Roosevelt will not get the nomination. Two to on that Epeaker Clark will not get the Democratic nomination. Four to one that Wood row Wilson will not get the nomination. Ten to one that W. J. Bryan will not be nominated. Some curb brokers said that they had sums from 1100 to J 400 to wager at these odds, but betting was not active. MYRTLE CREEK RAYS HONOR Graduate Hear Stirring Sermon and Address by Governor West. MVRTLK CREKK. Or., May 28. l Special.) All stores and places of business here showed their honor to commencement week when they deco rated In the class colors, maroon and white. The commencement exercises began with the baccalaureate sermon on Sun day. The service was held at the Presbyterian Church, which was appro priately decorated for the occasion. The sermon was preached by Rev. George Ranisey. of Eugene, and aa the clasa waa oumposed of three young men, his text. "Quit y-ou like men," we well taken. On Monday afternoon the young men gave their theses. Carl Starbuck s topic being "The Awakening of China," Ross Buell's "Our National Protection" and Walter Starbucks "Flying Machines." the programme being Interspersed with musical numbers by friends of the young gentlemen. Tuesday evening the class play was given by the grad uates, assisted by young women of the Junior class, the play being a dainty little Japanese piece entitled "The Winning of Fua-I." On Wednesday even ing the commencement exercises proper were held at the opera-house. hcn Governor West addressed the graduates. LOG PRICES TO GO HIGHER Fir and Cedar Will Be) Advanced $1 on June 1 I Asserted. VTTI.R. Wash-. May J4. (Special.) Kxlsttng price of fir and eedar logs will be advanced II on June 1. If pres ent plans of the largest logging con cerns on Puget Sound are carried oat. The rise In price la expected to be an nounced by the Washington Log A Brokerage Company. This company aids In marketing more than S per rent of the entire logging output on Puget Hound. The present schedule of log prices Is as follows: No. 1, 111 per 1000 feet; N.. S. $ per 1000. and No. J. or common, 15 SO per 10"0 feet. , General Improvement In the lumber Industry following advices of a short axe In lumber In Eastern markets has Justified the logging concerns, the log gers ear. In elevating the price of logs to a point approximating the schedule existing three years ago. The present schedule of prices Is the lowest since the panic days of m?3-T. BUG TO INVADE ABERDEEN 300 BooMrr to Be Inoculated With Potlalcli Sernm. A BKRPF. K.V. Wash., May St. (Spe cial. ) 1'otlatch "bug Juice" will Mow freely on the streets of Aberdeen to morrow plant, for today word wsa received from the official guardian of the sacred bug that SOU loyal boosters of Aberdeen would be prepared to un dergo tho painful operation of Inocu lation of the Potlatch bug spirit. Cere monies will be held tomorrow night at the Grand Theater, following which a smoker will be pulled off at the Moose Hull. Virtually every merchant tn the city has consruU'd to mske the day a holi day, stores and hotels throughout Aberdeen have been gaily decorated with pennants and banners. RACE WITH DEATH STARTS John J. Kadilerly Speeds to Bedside of DylnR Fr lend. (Speeding across the continent tn an effort to reach the bedstde of his dying friend. John J. Kadderly. of Tortland. la en route from this city to St. Louis. George Smith Is the St. l.ouls friend who Is said to be near death. Mr. Smith and Mr. Kadderly were schoolmates and have been life-long friends. and when news of the dangerous Illness of the St. louls man waa received here. Mr. Kadderly at ! once started zor Missouri on bis race mlth death. The wife of Mr. Smith died a year ago and since that time his health has rapMly failed. BRUSH FIRE KILLS LAD Six-Year-Old Boy Plays Too Close to Flames: Clothes Catch. ASTORIA. Or, May 24 (Special.) Tauna Tolonen. the (-year-oM son of Mr. and Mrs. Matilla Tolonen. of Smith s Point, was fatally burned w'.iile purine near the family home last night. A brush fire had been started a short distance from the residence and the lad ran too close to the rames. his clothing caught are and he was so ba.lly burned tbat be dieo. during ta night. i False Report Reduces Dr. Young's Vote. USE OF TCBACC3 IS CHARGED Portland Minister Receives Ovation in Defeat. OTHER OFFICES FILLED Bishop Neelr Cliirrge His Retire Secret Had ment Win Considered In Session at Which He No CI i a nee of Defense. t METHODIST GKNKR.U CONFERENCE. Homer C. tttunts. of New York. T. a. Henderson, of Brooklyn. W O. shepard. of Chicago. Naphthall Llecock, of Kansaa City. Francis J. McConnell, Ore sn castle. Ind F. D. Leete. of Detroit. Mich. R- J. Cooke, of New York. W. P. Thlrkleld. Washington, D. C. MINNEAPOLIS, May 14 By s vote f 667, which was 38 more than necee sary, the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church elected to ay W. P. Thlrkleld. president of Howard University, a negro Institu tion at Washington. D. C, the eighth nd last of bishops or general su perintendent.. In addition the conference elected J. W. Robinson, formerly of Harlan. Iowa, but for 20 years a missionary in India, missionary bishop of Southern Asia, and re-elected the four publishing agents of the church. The election of Pr. Thlrkleld came on the :6th ballot, virtually bis only opponent being M. R Hutches, of Pssa dena, CaL. why received 173 votes. On the 13d fud J4th ballots preced ing the election of rr. Thlrkleld. the conference had elected Pr. F. D. I-eete. of Detroit, and Pr. R. J. Cooke, of New York, rs bishops. Mlnaloaary HInbobi rho.es. As soon as the election of Dr. Thlrkleld was announced the confer ence turned to the election of two missionary bishops. Pr. Robinson was elected over Rev. Rockwell Clancy as bishop of Southern Asia. In the vote for bishop for the Southeastern Asia district, no election resulted. Dr. Emll Lenrlng, Frankfort-on-the-Maln. Ger many, being high man with 199 votes; W. p. Cleveland, of Wllllamsport, Pa., Conrtii1 on Pair 2.) Rules Bo SAN FRANCISCO. May -14. (Spe cial.) Chivalry due the modern Portia by fellow-practitioners at the bar had an exemplification before Presiding Judge Graham today after Dorothy E. von Schunck. recently admitted to practice by the Supreme Court, ap peared to battle with Charles F. Han ion over the competency of a woman client. Miss Schunck arose and had proceeded to speak when Judge Gra- ham noticed a wealth of tresses crowned by a splendid specimen of mil liners' art. "It Is a rule of this court that all attorneys remove their hats." said Judge Graham, his countenance blush ing like that of a schoolboy. "With pleasure, your honor," replied Miss Schunck, as she deftly withdrew several long pins and laid her hat on the table. The legal battle then proceeded with out further interruption. BOY SAVES FATHER AT SEA Fishing Boat Capsizes, Knocking Parent Unconscious. ASTORIA, Or.. May 24. (Special.) William A. Bishop and his 14-year-old son, George W. Bishop, who fish for the Warren Packing Company, had a narrow escape from drowning at the mouth of the river yesterday evening, and that the father did not lose his life was due to the efforts of his young son. Mr. Bishop was making a drift in the lower harbor when his boat was caught by the strong tide and carried on to Peacock spit, where It was cap sized. As the boat went over Mr. Bishop was struck by the propeller, a deep gash waa cut In his throat and he was rendered partially unconscious. The lad, although tangled In the net, managed to swim to one of the life preservers that was floating1 a short distance away, and. returning, gave it to tils father and thus kept the In jured man above water until tho Cape Disappointment llfesavlng crew ar rived. The boat and net were rescued by other fishermen, who were In the vicinity at the time. RICHLAND HAS WIRELESS Pine Valley Tow n holies Problem .of Outside Communication. BAKER Or.. May 24. (Special.) Richland has solved the problem of communication with the outside world by Installing a wireless system. The town is In Pine Valley, 60 miles from here, and has been unable to get a company to put polos Into that dis tance and therefore has been unable to keep in touch with the world ex cept by mail which runs every other day from here and takes a day for de livery. Taking the matter in their own hands, the cltlsens organized a com pany and have secured the wireless apparatus which they are now installing. Blunhing Judge Insists Which Govern Lawyers Obeyed by Worn a u. DR. BRYAN I'M THE ONLY MAN WHO CAN FIX 'EM. t Good Faith of Oil Di rectors Denied. UNTERMYER GETS SUBPENAS Continuation of Monopoly Is Renewed Charge. PIERCE STILL FIGHTING Latest Proceeding Is Part of Litiga tion In Which Standard Oil Is Accused of Keeping Con trol of Subsidiaries. NEW YORK, May 24. (Special.) John D. Rockefeller and a score of his associates and former friends In the oil business will be called as witnesses on Monday In an attempt to show that the dissolution of the Standard Oil Company was not carried out In good faith, and that the oil monopoly still continues through a system of inter locking directors. The proceeding is part of the litlga tlon that has been pending between the tandard Oil interests and the Waters- Pierce Oil Company ever since the fac tion headed by H. Clay Pierce refused to recognise the proxies presented at the annual meeting of the Westrn company on February 16 of this year. Subpenas Are Issued. The hearing will be before' A. I Jacobs, who has been named as Com missioner by the St. Louis Court, at 30 Broad street. The subpenas were issued today by Justice Blanchard at the Instance of Samuel Untermeyer, counsel In New Tork for the Pierce Interests. The petition on which the subpenas are based will be filed in the Supreme Court "tomorrow. Besides John D. Rockefeller, those who are to testify are John. D. Arch- bold, James A. Moftett, Charles T. White, Henry M.- Tllford, Charles M. Pratt. H. C. Folger. Jr.. Richard T. Llnsley, George Chesebro, A. C. Bed ford. K. T. Bedford. F. E. Morrell. William M. Hutchinson, Samuel A. Drew, John T. Lee. Albert C Weed. Charles M. Payne. R. C. Vett, W. C. Teagle, M. F. Elliott and Robert W. Stewart. Men High In Councils. Mr. Archbold Js president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Mr. Moffett Is vice-president, A. C. Bed ford Is vice-president and treasurer; W. C. Teagle is vice-president and Charles T. White Is secretary. Teagle, Pratt and A. C. Bedford are directors In the old Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Com meal Fsed In Operation for Years Xear Lcabnrg, Shipped From Portland Operators Flee. EUGENE, Or., May 24. (Special.) Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Shellburg, of Portlnad. and party of deputies, after a 25-mile ride up the McKenzle River in the early morning hours, seized what was left of an illicit atill that bad been operating for a year within threequarters of a mile of Leaburg. The men suspected of operating the still had evidently taken a hint from a previous visit of Collector Shellburg and hid aa much as possible of their paraphernalia and vanished. Included in the party were two Deputy Sheriffs of Lane County. Just at oawn tne oirtcers with drawn re volvers closed In on the suspected cabins, but found only an old man, some women and children. The peculiar color of a little stream every morning led some of the neigh-, bors to Investigate, and they found that the cornmeal was dumped into the creek after the mash had been made. Cornmeal by the ton, it is stated, was shipped from Portland to Springfield and thence hauled to Leaburg by wagon. A quantity of meal, some mash tubs and a quantity of pipe, evidently the worm of the still, were seised by the officers. INDIANS H0LDJ3IG ROUNDUP Spokane Tribe Corral 100 0 Stray Horses in Profitable Sport. SPOKANE, Wash., May 24. (Spe cial.) The roundup, one of the big annual events on the Spokane Indian Reservation, was held Thursday, ac cording to word received by A. L. Bresler, 1504 Falrview avenue, from Obid Williams, the Indian in charge of the roundup. Between 800 and 1000 stray horses, which have roamed at large over the reservation during the last year, were corralled and are now being held awaiting identification by the owners. All animals which are not claimed will be distributed among the Indians or sold and the money given to the tribe. More than 50 Indians participated in the roundup, said Mr. Bresler, who is well versed in the work and language of the Spokane tribe. These Indians are expert horsemen: there are none better. This annual roundup is looked forword to with much interest, as it means not only a day of sport, but adds considerable money to the tribe's wealth. Obid W"illiams, who was in charge of the roundup, is a cousin of Chief An derson. GERMAN OF TITLE JAILED For 63 Days Seattle Will Rnnrrt Baron Von Herbst. SEATTLE, Wash, May 24. (Special.) Seattle"s police stockade today be came the home for a period of 63 days of Baron Rudolf Wilhelm Gerald von Herbst, one time envied member of a great German house and who gained further claim to distinction in another country than his own when, after drifting to the United States, he swore allegiance to the Stars and Stripes and earned a medal for bravery on the bat tlefield in the Spanish-American War. Herbst's degradation had been wrought by slavery to the drug habit. A human wreck, the titled German (Westphalia was the province of his nativity), had been picked up in a raid upon a rendezvous of drug fiends by Patrolman Terry. Herbst had been among the most hopeless of the' piti ful little colony the patrolman had found there. He had not only became enslaved.to morphine; he had developed craving for cocoaine, chloral hydrate and practically all of the other nar cotics. COLUMBIA RISES STEADILY River Reaches l-Foot Mar,k, With Predictions for 4 Feet More. VANCOUVER, Wash., May 24. (Spe cial.) The Columbia River is splash ing around the 18-foot mark and Is rising at the rate of six to eight inches daily. For the past several years it has not gone above 22 feet, so It Is predicted that the high water this year will not be more than four feet above the present mark. The Columbia is about three and a half miles wide at this point. Fishermen have ceased operations and are waiting for the water to fall, when it is expected that exceptionally large catches of Chinook salmon will be made. BOY OF 11 IS SUICIDE Lad Seeks Death Rather Than Tes tify Against Father. MISSOULA, Mont., May 24. Because he did not wish to be a witness against his father, who is under indictment on charge of burglary, Arthur Shell- horn. 11 years old, shot and killed him self today. Just before the arrival of a deputy sheriff with a subpena the boy locked himself in a bedroom with his 5-year- old brother and shot himself through the head with a 22-caliber revolver. The little brother declared that Arthur mapped the revolver twice before the cartridge exploded. Darrow Painted as Ex pert in Corruption. DEFENSE OBJECTS IN VAIN Money Used Lavishly by De fendant Is Declaration. . TRAIL LEADS TO EAST State's Attorney Describes Alleged Deal or Buying Ofr Juror and Witnesses and Promises to Show Full Details. LOS ANGELES. May 24. Accused In the opening statement of the Chief Prosecutor of wholesale corruption of jurors .and witnesses, Clarence S. Dar row, labor lawyer, author and philoso pher, on an fndictment charging at tempted bribery of a juror in the Mc Namara case, faced actual trial this afternoon. It required only a brief time after the beginning of the after noon session to accept A. M. Blakelesley ss the 13th or alternate juror. More than two entire days were consumed in getting the extra juror. Following the opening address to the jury George E. Monroe, clerk In Judge Bordwell's court, where the McNamara brothers pleaded guilty, was called as the first witness for, the prosecution. Monroe still was on the stand when court adjourned until tomorrow morn ins. District Attorney Fredericks men tioned in his opening address other al leged offenses on the part of Darrow, which brought vigorous objections frum the defense. Prosecutor Continues Address. Without ruling on the admissability of evidence purporting to prove allega tions outside of those contained in the indictment. Judge Hutton allowed the District Attorney to continue. The indictment alleges that Darrow bribed George N. Lockwood, who was drawn as a Juror in the trial of J. B. McNamara for murder in connection with the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building. "Two weeks before the date of the indictment." said Mr. Fredericks. "Bert H. Franklin, then employed as a detective by Darrow, went to Lock wood and offered him a certain amount if he would vote not guily, provided he were drawn as a juror. "We will show that Franklin did this at the Instance and request and under the direction of the defendant." Lockwood, according to the prose cutor's statement, then reported the in cident to the District Attorney's oflice, and was told to continue his negotia tions with the agents of the McNamara defense. When Lockwood's name was drawn, he said. Franklin again ap peared at his house and offered to pay him 1500 down and $3500 additional after he had voted "not guilty." Transfer of Money Seen. Another appointment was made for the next night. At the next meeting said Fredericks, Lockwood and B'rank lin were surrounded In the dark by agents of the prosecution who heard the men agree that the initial payment oC the money should be made the next day at the corner of Third and Los Angeles streets, where detectives ob served the transfer of the money and arrested the men. "We will show," continued the prose cutor, "that this was the same money which Clarence- Darrow had given Franklin that morning. It was sent to Darrow by agents In the East and we will trace the money from that East ern source to Darrow's hands." In naming the allegations of corrup tion on a much larger scale, Mr. Frede ricks said: "We will show that the defendant endeavored to obstruct and defeat jus tice by paying money or offering" it to other Jurors; that he paid hundreds of dollars to witnesses for the prosecu tion for the same purpose. He paid money to get them out of the state, so that they would not be here to testify Court Advises Jurors. "For the same purpose he brought witnesses to persuade Ortie McManigal not to testify to the truth and offered them inducements and bribes to work on McManigaL" In compliance with a request by the defense, the court Instructed the jurors that the statements of the District At torney were not to be taken as evi-" dence or considered as statements of fact. Monroe's testimony was accompanied by the introduction Into evidence of the records of Judge Bordwell's courv to show the pendency of the McNamara case and the drawing of Lockwood as a talesman. The indictment of J. B. McNamara was introduced as the peo ple's first exhibit and long excerpts from the minutes of the court were read by the witness, during which were numerous but futile objections arid ex ceptions by the attorneys for the de fense. Monroe will resume the stand tomor row morning and it is expected he 'H ill be succeeded by Lockwood. 1