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it VOL. XXXI. XO. 16,143. - - 1 TAFT WOULD OPEN Solution of Canal Sit uation Offered. MESSAGE SENT TO CONGRESS President' Explains He Desires to Sign Bill. GOOD FAITH TO BE SHOWN Congress Receives Assurance That Ksemptlon or Coastwise Vessels Is Regarded as Not Viola tion of Treaty. WASHINGTON. Aug-. 19. President Taft closed a day of conferences on the Panama Canal bill with a special message to Congress suggesting the passage of legislation which would per. mlt American ships to travel the canal toll free, and which would also allow foreign nations to test the legality of this provision by suits In United States Courts. The President discussed the message with Senators and members of the House, and Its wording finally was de cided upon at a Cabinet meeting. The message waa read In Congress soon afterward and will be taken up tomor row by committees of both houses, i Leaders May Meet Wbhes. It was the belief here tonight that an effort would be made to meet the President's wishes, although some lead ers, particularly In the House, were In clined to believe the message meant no further canal action at the present session. Mr. Taft explained he desired to sign the present bill, but wished to assure other governments of the spirit of fair ness on the part of the United State3. The. President was told that an act of Congress would have the effect of COURTS TO ATIHS abrogating any treaty previously agreed to. and the decision of the Su- preme Court In the Chinese exclusion act was given as. authority for the . statement. His suggestion to Congress for additional legislation designed . to prevent any such construction as that jf. the Supreme Cou:t In the Chinese .ase would allow foreigners to try their :ause in the United States Courts. Taft Sua-a-eata Remedy. The President suggested the follow- :ng: "That nothing contained in the act entitled "An act to provide for the opening, maintenance, protection and operation of the Panama Canal and the sanitation and government of the Canal Zone. shall be deemed to repeal any provision of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty or to affect the judicial construction thereof or In any wise to Impair any rights or privileges which have been or may be acquired by any foreign nation under the treaties of the United States relative to tolls or other charges for the passage of vessels through the Pan ama Canal, and that when any alien, whether natural ' person, partnership, company or corporation considers that the charging of tolls or the enforce ment of any other regulation under and pursuant to the provisions of this act violates In any way such treaty rights or privileges, such alien shall have th right to bring an action against the United States for a redress of the Injury which he considers him self to have suffered, and the district courts of the United States are hereby given Jurisdiction to hear and deter mine such cases and to decree the ap propriate relief, and from the decision of such District Courts there shall be an appeal by either party to the action to the Supreme Court of the United States.' War to Coart la Opened. This language." continued the mess age, "negatives absolutely any desire on the part of the Congress to repeal the Hay-Pauncefote treaty or to violate its provisions by this legislation, and leaves open to any person who deems himself aggrieved by the provisions of the act an opportunity to appeal to our courts. "I think the importance of our stand ing before the world as anxious to give .o the world an opportunity to test this question in the courts is an earnest ft our good faltb in attempting to keep within our treaty obligations." The President continued that he was confident the exemption of the coast' wise vessels of the United States from tolls was not a violation of the Hay- Pauncefote treaty. The message, after being read In the House, was referred to the Interstate commerce committee on motion of Democratic Leader Underwood. That committee has adjourned for the ses slon. and Chairman Adamson sought tc hare the bill left on the Speaker's ta ble, but th House voted otherwise. 'It's gone to bed so far as the House is concerned, was Mr. Adamson's re mark. He said he had not been able to command a quorum of his committee for three weeks. r PRESIDENT URGED TO ACT Portland Now Requests Taft to Sign - Canal Bill. In support of the message sent to President Taft, Saturday, by the Port land Chamber of Commerce, urging him to sign the Panama Canal bill in case tConcludcd on Pas 10-) l FEARS FOR SAFETY OF BALLOON FELT VOYAGER LAST SEEN VEERING TOWARD OCEAN". Five Passengers on What Is- Intend ed Cross-Country Trip Not Yet Reportcdf VENICE. Cal.. Aug. 19. Fears for the safety of five men who started on what was Intended to be a cross-country flight in the gas balloon California, which ascended from the end of the Fraxier pier here today, were expressed tonight by their friends. With Edward Unger, the builder, as pilot, Clyde G. Benjamin as passenger and Arthur and Leslie Civin and Ray Kaymer as crew, the balloon's flight was begun at 2:15 o'clock this after noon. To avoid striking a bathhouse several bags of sand were thrown overboard and the balloon apparently shot Into an unexpected air current, as it was whisked away northward In stead of eastward. Its Intended course. As the balloon disappeared over the Malibu Mountains it was seen to veer toward the ocean and It was thought tonight when no word had been re ceived from its occupants that they were In danger, far out at sea. NEW SOLDIERS TO ENCAMP Cmpany at Mcdford Banquets, Then Starts for Fort Stevens. MED FORD, Or.. Aug. 19. (Special.) With the band playing, colors flying, boys kissing their mothers and sweet hearts goodbye, the local company of the Oregon National Guard left for the encampment at Fort Stevens tonight In two special sleepers. Before they left they were given a banquet at the Hotel Medford. where speeches were made by General Sooy Smith, aide of General Grant: Colonel Sargeant. who saw active service In the Philippines, and Mayor Canon. The company left 100 per cent strong. 65 men Including Captain Deane and Lieu, tenant Marion, as officers. Crowds of people thronged the streets and the boys were cheered and applauded as they marched by. The company was formed only a few weeks ago and this was their first appear ance In public. MOTHERS' PENSION URGED Ohio Commission Would Pay Wid ows With Children. COLUMBUS. Ohio, Aug. 19. A spe cial committee appointed by Governor Harmon to investigate and recommend revisions In. the state laws affecting children reported today, recommending the establishment of a pension system for widowed mothers, compulsory med ical Inspection of school children and changes in the laws governing Institu tions for the, care of children. ir.j.. h nttriKion system recom mended, a widowed mother of one child i.. h. ri of 14 would receive 115 Uliuci c - -m the Juvenile Court and au iuuii . -- --- . 17 a month for ach additional cnuo. under the age of 7 years. PLEIADES STUCK FAST Cruiser Tries In Vain to Pull Strand ed Vessel From Rocks. cav FRANCISCO. Aug. 19. The r-if.H states cruiser Denver endeav ored In vain to move the stranaeo. Pleiades from the rocks at -on. sn T.azaro. near Magdalena Bay, today, according to advices receiveu here. Th. ctaamerit Washtenaw and Port land are standing by the wrecked steamer. In addition to the cruiser, ana the owners of the Pleiades sent the wrecking steamer Greenwood to its aid tonight. RABBITS' BLOOD SAVES BOY Infusion Stops Hemorrhage After Other Means Have Failed. tj-.s AXfiELES. Aug. 19. To save the life- of a small son of V. Marr, r tho Monrovia office of the muevi Western Union Telegraph Company. who was slowly bleeding- to aeaia rum his nostrils, surgeons tried today the Infusion of blood from two young rab bits, and the operation was pronounceu successful. -u-ith ten minutes after me op eratlon th boy's nostrils ceased to bleed and he was pronounced on the road to recovery. LEDGE SAVES FALLING MAN Miners Haul Co-Worker Out of Deep Crevasse by Shirt Rope. NELSON. B. C, Aug. 19. B. Galgar- row. a miner employed by tne consol idated Mining & Smelting Company, u-nt for a walk last night on tne gia -I.. .Kn th Mollv Gibson mine. In the twilight he stepped into a crevasse hundreds of feet deep. When his companions reached the spot where he had disappeared they found he had caught on a ledge many .t from th surface. They rescued him with a rope twisted from 'their flannel shirts. FALLING WIRE KILLS TWO Workmen on Belllngham Interurban Electrocuted Instantly. RK1.1.INOHAM. Wash.. Aug. 19. Charles Boyd, of Seattle, and Ray Pease, of Allen, Wash, were electro cuted near Burlington this afternoon as they were stringing a wire on the line of the Bellingham-Skaglt Interur ban. The men were at work on the ground when a heavily charged wire parted and fell on them. Death was instanta neous. PORTLAND. OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1913- NOTED ELEPHANT POACHER IS SLAIN Death of African Out law Is Dramatic. BRITISH LONG IN PURSUIT Chase Through Jungle Leads Across Upper Nile. OFFICIALS DEMAND DEATH Report of Capture Tells How Man Who Defied Authority Had Set Up Government in Midst of Trackless Forest. LONDON. Aug. 19. Hunted down by British soldiers In the depths of the Jungles of Central Africa, where for years, in defiance of all authority, he had pursued the career of elephant poacher and illicit Ivory trader, James Ward Roeers. an American, is dead. He was shot down by a little force of troops wnicn naa Deen &em. miv wilderness in pursuit, with orders noi to return without the outlaw, dead or alive. . . x.wi of Rogers' death came formally todav to the British Colonial Office from Captain C. V. Fox, ispector of Mongalla Province, who commanded the exneditlon. Although told in an ofrininl renort. the story revealed Is one of the most dramatic In colonial annals. Outlaw Rales Natives. For vears Rogers had carried on his lawless trade, which popular opinion credited with netting him a fortune. The remote regions along the Lado and Congo boundaries were the scenes of bis operations. Time after time Britisn officials of the Soudan had tried in vain to trap him. It was this defiance of years whfch determined the govern ment to crush the old man. (-until In Fox' renort shows that In his long operations Rogers had done more than had been dreamed of by the colonial officers. He had established an organised administration over the ti trabiM country and among: the natives was a virtual, if uncrowned king. . : ' ' - " The success of the outlaw in nan- niinir his "subjects" and in the pursuit of his trade drew from Captain Fox in bis renort the tribute that itogers work was worthy of a better-cause. Small Force Takes Trail. Knt ninee the explorer, Henry M. Stanley, pierced the Jungles In 1871 and found Dr. Livingstone ha3 such a tale of hardships, trials ana gangers (Concluded on Page 10.) 1 LO THE POOE INDIAN NEW VERSION. :: Vf ( k l Amovms m mm -x :: ;MtS link p ' ctuwV-1-'--f; '. 1 ' - - ----- SUPPLY BILL TO BE VETOED AGAIN TAFT TO MAKE STAND FOR COMMERCE COURT. Measure Once Disapproved by Presi dent -IS Partly Amended and' Passed Once More. WASHINGTON. Aue. 19. President Taft will register a second veto against the legislative, executive ana juaiciai bill. It Is predicted tonight. The bill was' passed in both houses. Th hill as sent to the White House provides for the abolition of the Com merce Court, but does not contain the provisions which would limit to a seven-year tenure - civil service em- ninvu a nrovlsion to which Mr. lait - tin objected when he vetoed the same bill several days ago. Th, President has exDressed a 'will ingness to stay in Washington all Sum mer If necessary to back up tne com merce Court. When the bill was up in the Senate today Overman offered the provision for ho nholltlnn of the court. The Re publicans who voted with the Demo crats to pass it were: Senators coran. Bourne, Bristow, Clapp, Crawford. Cum mins. Heyburn, La Follette, Nelson, PnlnoTtor jind Works. Senator Thornton, of Louisiana, was the only Democrat who voted against abolishing the court. - ERB GETS NIOFFATT ROAD Xew Interests Will Extend Line to Salt Lake, It Is Said. nEHVER Auer. 19. As the result of conferences held here today between Newman Erb, of New York, and repre sentatives of the stockholders and re ceivers of the Denver, Northwestern & roolfl- Railroad, commonly known as "Mofrat road." an agreement was reached by which Newman Erb and his associates will acquire control of the property. Denver interests will invest between $1,000,000 and 12,000,000 In the enterprise. it in. the ultimate intention of Mr. .... r Avtenri tho road pro anu usauuftico - fb Salt Lake City, It was said after the meeting. The New York note holders will extend the time for the payment of a $3,500,000 loan. BIG LUMBER MILL BURNS Loss at Dallas Is $00,000 With 125 Thrown Out of Work. ". iSat.T-AS. Or.. Auk. ' 19. (Special) Mill No. 1 of the Dallas City Lumber Company, located two miles from Falls City, was destroyed by fire tonight. The loss Is "60,000. With the burning of the mill 125 men hove heen thrown out of employment. The country for a distance of five miles around was lighted up by the, fire. Millionaire Merchant Pies. CHICAGO, Aug. 19. Simon Mandel, president of Mandel Brothers, million aire merchant, died at his residence here today, aged 76. after a long Ill ness. He was born at Kerzenhelm, Germany. He Is survived by four daughters and fW'e sons. REDMOND MARSHAL AND MAYOR OUSTED Council Heeds Demand of Governor. 'RESIGNATIONS' ARE ACCEPTp Attempt to' Parley W West by Telegraph v.s. o MILITIA THREATENED ANEW City Fathers, After Sending Tempor izing Message to Executive Say ing He Was "Misinformed," ' Recede and Act- ' SALEM, Or., Aug. 19. (Special.) Governor West has won In his fight at Redmond. Tonight he was notified that the City Council has accepted tne resig nation not only of Mayor H. F. Jones but of Marshal McClay. This was ver ified in a telegram received tonight as follows: "City Council of Redmond has ac resignation of Mayor Jones and Marshal McClay." (Signed) Hosch, President of Council. Th. n-iii mean that the Governor's prospective raid on Redmond with the militia will be unnecessary, m planned to take a squad of the Na- in.t r-nirJ nersnnallv into Redmond Wednesday if the resignation was not accepted by the Council, It being im possible for him to leave tomorrow . the in 11 1 (la hearing- which will be held here. The City Council will select a successor to Jones Immediately. Governor Wert received word early in the day that Mayor H. F. Jones, of Redmond, had placed his resignation in the hands of the City Council, and pending action the movement of the militia was temporarily held In abey ance. Mayor L. C. Edwards, of Sumpter, sent notification that the saloons of Sump ter were closed all day Sunday. Gov ernor West forwarded a telegram to W. J. Woods, Justice of the Peace at Huntington,, demanding his resignation immediately. Woods promptly resigned. These were the developments In the vice crusade of Governor West as shown in reports at the executive of fices today. Redmond Council Parleys. The .Redmond situation took on a peculiar ' aspect earlier in the day. A temporizing telegram was received from the Redmond City Council, signed .by Councllmen Hosp, Bush, Phoenix, Wells, An derson and Lynch. "Resignation of (Concluded on- PatS1) i DIVORCE COLONY GAY IN WELCOME DANCE GIVEN" TO HONOR XEW-CbMEK- AT HENO. Mrs. Fuller Is Hostess of Mergen thaler President Venus' Rival Is One of Guests. RENO, Nev., Aug. 19. (Special.) Huffaker's schoolhouse, ten miles south of Reno,' is gay tonight with members of the divorce colony. Mrs. Mary Fuller, of Boston, is giv ing a dance In honor of Philip T. Dodge, president of the Mergenthaler Linotype Company, of New York, wro filed a suit for divorce from Elizabeth Dodge two weeks ago. Following a dinner at a Reno restaurant the party motored to the schoolhouse, which had been decorated and waxed for the oc casion. . The only single man In the party was the former warden of the State Penitentiary, Raymond T. Baker. Among the guests were Mrs. Henry Hutt, whose husband once said she was more beautiful than Venus. She has filed suit for divorce. Mrs. Fisher, of Torotito, Is a member of the party, as well as Mrs. Christina Mechllng, of New York; Reginald W. Rives, the eel ebrated horseman and New York club man; Mrs. A. M. Silver, Dr. R. K. Hart- zell, Mrs. Jessica Coffey, of New York, and others to the number of 20. HANDSHAKINGCURES ILLS Washihgton-Oregon Indians Loyal to Xew Scientific Cult. HUSUM, Wash., Aug. 19. (Special.) "Timothy George," an Indian rancher living- near here, is an enthusiastic ex ponent of a religious sect called the "Shakers." The order was founded In Olympia some 17 years ago, and now several Indian tribes throughout the Northwest have become Shakers. One redeeming- feature of the order is that a member does not swear, drink, smoke or use profane language. The Yakima Indians boast of over 500 members be longing to the order, while the Klick itats in this county include 60 mem bers. When asked today what composed the virtues of the Shaker creed, Tim othy George replied with much wav ing of the arms: "We all good Indians. Help one an other. When one sick we all shake his hands. Shake all the time until he gets well. No medicine. We also shake hands with each other when someone sick. That makes tiim well. We take care of family when someone sick. All good Indians." The Klickitat' Shakers meet every Sunday In Hood River, where a num ber of Columbia River Indians live, who are also members "of the order. Peter Copert is their minister in this section, and is said to be an educated Indian of some repute. TRAIN WRECKED AT OLEQUA Axle of Tender Breaks- and Car Is Derailed' No One Hurt. CASTLE ROCK, Wash., Aug. 19. (Special.) Northern Pacific passenger train No. 333, southbound, was wrecked west of Olequa at 4:20 P. M. today. The journal of the tender broke, dropping the tender to the track, and the mail car left the rails. No one was Injured but several other trains are held up here: The Shasta Limited since 5 o'clock, eastbound Northern Pacific No. 334 since 6:45 and eastbound Great Northern 356 since 7:10. A wrecking crew from Vancouver ar rived at 10:30 and those In charge s;yd the track would be clear within two hours. CYCLIST FATALLY INJURED Marshfleld Man Lies on Street Un til Morning Unconscious. MARSHFIELD, Or., Aug. 19. (Spe cial.) George Parker, a machinist em ployed at the C. A. Smith mill, was fatally hurt last night In an accident with.. his motorcycle. He was return ing on Broadway to his home when his machine struck a pile of lumber at one side of the street, which was ob scured by the darkness. Apparently he was riding rapidly, as he was thrown some distance, his skull being crushed. The accident was not discovered un til this morning, when . Parker was found unconscious in the street. He was takon to the hospital, but there is no hope for his recovery. Parker has two brothers here and was a member of the motorcycle club. SURGEONS SAVE TWO LIVES Caesarian Operation Successfully Performed at Klamath Falls. KLAMATH FALLS, . Or., Aug. 19. (Special.) The Caesarian operation was performed at the Blackburn Hos pital on Mrs. J. B. Fuller this week by Drs. Morrow and Chilton. The mother and child both promise to survive, although It is generally con ceded the mother has small chance to survive In such cases. It Is claimed that it is the first oper ation of this kind performed in South ern Oregon. SEATTLE FOUNDER IS DEAD Carson D. Boren Landed at Alkl Point, 1851, via Portland. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 19. Carson D. Boren, 88 years old, the last adult mala member of the Darty of pioneers who landed at Alkl Point, November 13, 1851, and founded the City of Seat tle, died at his home here today after a brief illness. Mr. Boren was born in Illinois, and came west with a party of 24, traveling overland to Portland and from there to Alkl Point in a schooner- PRICE FIVE CENTS. MYERS ELECTED TO LEAD ID M 'Dictatorship' Charges Filed in Meeting. MULTNOMAH WAR IS WARM "Steamrollerism" Scored in Bull Moose Conference. FRANTIC APPEALS MADE Dr. If. W. Coc Receives Brunt of At tack and Resolution Asking Kelialicr to liesign Is "Boisterously Rejected.' .'.1 Amid a chaos of cheers, tilsses and groans, frantic appeals to the chair for recognition, conflicting motions and "points of order," the Multnomah Coun ty Progressives last night nominated Levi W. Myers, distinguished as one of those active In the formation of tho Republican party more than 60 years ago, as Progressive state central com mitteeman from Multnomah County. They also passed a resolution pro viding that 6teps be taken for the for mal organization of a new party under the name "Progressive"; a resolution to ascertain the attitude of the Repub-" lican nominees of tho last primary to ward Roosevelt, before steps for put ting another ticket in the field should be considered, and boisterously reject ed a resolution offered by O. M. Hlckey calling upon Dan Kellaher to reslprn from nomination as elector on the Re publican ticket and to permit his nomi nation on the Progressive ticket to stand. Charges of factionalism and what was declared to be attempts at "dic tatorship" and "steam rollerlsm" were handed back and forth from the mo ment the 500 followers of the Bull Moose gathered at the Washington High School to appoint campaign com mittees and to arrange for the enter tainment of Colonel Roosevelt In Port land on Wednesdaj', September 11. Row Basra tonic. Hardly had the meeting been called to order by Dan Kellaher before a row began which raged for nearly an hour with fiery speeches, denunciations, personalities, pleas for harmony and a general wrangle about what should be done. At times as many as 15 or 20 persons were shouting for recognition from the chair. Speakers were cheered, hooted and hissed. The first clash came when Levi W. Myers Introduced a resolution callinK for the appointment by the meetlng.of a committee of 15 on -programme and entertainment for Colonel Roosevelt. "Resolved, That said committee be empowered to name 500 representative citizens and business men to aid In the reception," read the proposed resolu tion. Cot Slap Is Seen. This was taken to be a direct slap at Dr. H. W. Coe, National Bull Moose committeeman from Oregon, who, on Sunday night, announced the names of a committee of 15 he had appointed to entertain Colonel Roosevelt. Mr. Myers in introducing the resolution de clared that It was Introduced with tho end in view of having the entertain ment committee appointed by tho "common people" and not by any one man who might assume the role of dictator. The resolution was prepared yester day when It became apparent that there was a fight on for leadership between Dan Kellaher. president of the National Progressive Club of Ore gon, and Dr. H. W. Coe, National com mitteeman. Mr. Kellaher announced Sunday night that he had arranged with the progressives of Vancouver to lend Roosevelt to them for an hour or so. Dr. Coe announced a short tlmo later that It was up to him and not to Kellaher to arrange for the lending of the Colonel to Vancouver. As soon as Mr.. Myers had explained his resolution there was a squabble for recognition from the chairman, who at the time was Mr. Kellaher. Stanfield McDonald got the much coveted recog nition. "Dr. Coe is the right man to name, this committee," he shouted. "Let us start this campaign in a spirit of har-. mony. Dr. Coe is the recognized lead er of the Progressive party in this state and we should let him name the com mittee to entertain Colonel Roosevelt." Mr. Myers gained the floor next. "If there is a soul to this party," he said, "it should be based on the prin ciple of the power of the people to govern. That power should not come from the select few. That policy has become too much of a dominating fea ture of the old parties; that is whal the Progressive party Is organized to combat. In the foreign countries the power rests in the throne. In thlj country it rests in the people. This movement was begun by the common people and Is for the common people. We should crush any attempt at dic tatorship. Let the people who are the party name the committee to re ceive that great champion of the causa of the common people. (Great ap plause.) , "This is 'not a case where we can 'let George do it.' The people can do li and they should do It. We are relylns. on the new party to give us the equal ity and justice the old parties have re fused us. "Dr. Coe is here as one of us and no (Oncluded un Page 2.)