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12 - THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1912. OREGON IS CLAIMED tomatic phones. The idea arose from the fact that several of the leading ho tels of the city have announced that they Intend to pursue such a course. onoruy afterwards Lionel R. Web ster, who had been employed by. the county to treat with the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph Company, reported that tne company b&s made a proposi tion offering to reduce the rental of Bell telephones in use by the county. The county now pays $107 a month Each Rival State Chairman tensions and eight main-line phones and the company is wllllntr to rinr this to 76 and make a rate of ti each for additional trunks, f 1 each for ad- I ditlonal station phones, 50 cents each ior extensions and $3 each for addi tional individual lines. A few months ago the County Court was In need of additional telephones in the Courthouse and the company pro- I posed to charge the usual commercial rate or 18 a month for each of them. I The County Court retaliated by assert ing1 that the company has erected pole lines on manv eountv roads without Republicans and Democrats Alike) franchises. The position of the court is that the county should, like the BY THREE PARTIES : Says "Sentiment" Favors His Candidate. BALLOT FOUR WEEKS AWAY Think Support Not Only In West bnt Everywhere FaUs Away From Roosevelt. - city, be given free telephones in ex change for privileges. Judge Webster was employed to look into the legal phases of the situation and advise the court. The company finally offered Ithe compromise which he reported yesterday. The eountv hnjt been navine for elec- With election day four weeks hence, trlcity at the usual commercial rates. there already Is enough "sentiment" and. in view of the fact that the Port- in Oregon to carry the states for half land Railway, Light Power Company ft dozen Presidential candidates. If one I has also strung Its poles along some CONFESSIONS SHOW BLACKMAIL PLOT Kisbey and Rase Tell Scheme to Extort 'Sum From Karl V. Lively. N LEADER WILL LEAVE CITY would Judge from the statements of I the rival state chairmen. Each finds in the reports that reach : headquarters sufficient encouragement of conditions as they are represented to exist in the various counties to war rant him in annexing the state to the group of states claimed by the Na 41onc! committee for his particular ranaioate. The supporters of President Taft af firm that he has increased in strength materially in the state In the last two weeks. They assert that this changed sentiment for the Republican nominee Is attested by the increased number of Taft campaign buttons that are be ing worn and the further fact that the talk among Republicans of voting for ; vt uson in order to defeat Roosevelt, which was quite general for a time, has practically disappeared. Bull Mooae Saaanlne. At Bull Moose headquarters, where a score ot stenographers and clerks engaged, only sanguine predictions are made. Here the claim is ventured that Roosevelt sentiment is growing daily, with State Chairman Brown making the forecast of a landslide for Roose velt. With the exception of Polk and Yamhill counties, in which he admits Taft is strongly intrenched, Mr. Brown declares the committee is in receipt of most flattering pro-Roosevelt re ports from every county. State Chairman Haney and his lieu tenants at Democratic headquarters. complacently review the pending con ' test. They confidently declare that. "unless we are being badly fooled, Wilson will carry the state without any trouble. The Democratic leaders figure that victory for them is as sured by a divided opposition and the accession to their ranks of straggling Republicans. This feeling has been further promoted by the result of number of straw votes received at the headquarters, in each of which Wil son had a substantial lead over Roose velt. "Every report we are receiving at headquarters," said State Chairman Moored, of the Republican committee, yesterday, "furnishes unmistakable proof that Roosevelt's following In this state and throughout the country is undergoing a decisive slump. This was the report brought to Oregon by Senator Chamberlain on his return from Washington. It finds further corroboration in the recent primary elections in Colorado, Michigan, Kan sas, Washington and California. Drift to Taft la Felt. "In Oregon, our reports uniformly show a drift towards Taft. The worst counties so far as the President Is Concerned are Jackson and Josephine counties, where there is a pretty strong Bull Moose sentiment. "There are alBO a good many Roose velt supporters in Union County, with evidences of third party following in Wallowa County. The Taft feeling is especially strong, however. In Harney, Malheur, Crook and other Eastern Ore gon wool-DroducIng sections. . "These reports have had "the effect of stimulating the Taft supporters to increased activity in every county of h state. Another result has been noticeable decrease in Attorneys for Prisoners Advise to Repeal Flan In All SI 30 It Re ceived From Portjand Man In Tolved In Girl's Death. Pull confessions of a plot to levy blackmail on Karl V. Lively, on account of the death ot Miss Grace Dow while riding In his automobile laBt July.j SON OF FAMOUS ACTOR, WITH WIFE, GUEST OF PORTLAND FAMILY.' , -yTl- i ; ' J3.Jk... K ' Joseph Jeffersoa, Mrs. Joseph Jef'ernon (Blanche Bender), Joseph Jeffeson. son of the Illustrious actor of the same name, and Mrs. Jefferson (Blanche Bender), who are at the Orpheum this week, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wells Gilbert at their home at 738 Glisan street throughout their vaudeville engagement here. Mr. Jefferson is an old friend of Mrs. Gilbert's father. Page Morris, a member of the Supreme Bench ot Minnesota, who was in the House of Representatives at the National Capital when the scion of the distinguished actor was starring them Joseph Jefferson appeared In Portland for the first time in 1891 in the Marquam Theater with his father in "The Rivals" and in "The Heir at Law," as a member of a company led by the elder Jefferson. Others in the company were Louis James, Mrs. John Drew. Viola Allen, George Denham, Jack Barnes, Billy Owen, Fanny Denham Rouse and Blanche Bender. Fong. because, though insane, none of his relatives could be found .to commit him to the Asylum. He was admitted some time ago, suffering from heart and kidney trouble. This bad affected his mind, and in spite of being care fully watched, he managed to slip out of his room on Monday evening and jumped from the second-story porch of the hospital, sustaining a sprained foot Fong had improved daily at the hos pital, his delirious ideas having left him gradually, with the result that he was allowed out at times. His im provement continued until one day he became demented again, had to be closely guarded, and finally put in the guarded room. - v Efforts were then made by the hos pital authorities to have the man com mitted to the Asylum as insane. Here the difficulty arose that not a single Chinaman, even among his friends, could be found to testify that the man was demented. This is due to the Chi nese idea that madness has a. sane titv of its own. Finally his committal was secured and the authorities from Salem were to fetch him on Sunday. Being the Sabbath, however, they did not do so and accordingly his departure was de layed until .Monday. On that evening, prior to tneir ar rival, he had been sleeping and when the relief was changed for the even ing he was to have been put into a straight-Jacket, when, like a flash, he slipped out of the door and away onto the porch. Thence he Jumped to the ground and was able to move around the building until captured. He was then given into charge of the Salem authorities, who conveyed him to, Sa lem. STRIKEBREAKERS IXSIST OX POLICE PROTECTIOX. county roads both Inside and outside the city, the County Co.urt felt that something was due in return and Judge Webster's employment was to ascer tain definitely Just what club the county may hold over the "company to secure lower rates and Just how it may.be used. He has made no report on this subject so far. MANY TO GO TO EUGENE PORTLAND BrSLYESS 3CEX TO HELP CELEBRATE. Special Train of Commercial Club Members Will Leave to Join in Festivities. Members of the Portland Commercial Club have been Invited to attend the nAlahoa tin. Inli4nt tIA OjU-CHf nf the number I v.uttrin Tfniiwnv into Eu- of Republicans who had indicated their K6n0 next Tuesday and it is probable Intention or voting tor me that a great many of them will ac nominee. The friends ot tne presi hnvm itverv reason to feel en- pnnrs red with the situation as It is developing in this state." KXOX PLANS .NOT DEFINITE Secretary May Be Guest of Rotary Club If He Comes Monday. Final arrangements for the Republi can rally to be addressed in this city hv Philander C. Knox, Secretary of State, early next week will not be made many OI yoa as possible wlil find it con untll the day of his arrival here Is venient to 'come to Eugene on that Important cept and Join in the special train party leaving here at 7:45 on the morning of the day set for tne ceremonies. M. J Duryea, secretary or tne n.u- gene Commercial Club, yesterday sent the following letter to Hi. a. i-iper, president of the Portland Commercial Club: The citizens of Eugene extend to you and th members of the Commercial Club a hearty and cordial invitation to Join with them In calebrattng tne advent or tne urts-g-on Electric Railway into their city on October 15. It will give us great pleasure to have you with us, and we trust that as known. If Secretary Knox arrives in Seattle Saturday, as expected, and de livers an addresss in that city the same night, he will speak In Portland the following Monday night. Otherwise the date for his Portland meeting will necessarily have to be "postponed. If Secretary Knox comes to Portland Monday, he will be the honor guest of day. The business interests ot Portland have a svs shown a friendly and kindly Interest in Eugene's welfare and prosperity and have always stood by us and our institutions when we needed their support. This new electric line will be another physical bond between you and us and will bring us closer to each other. We trust and hope, as the I years so on and other ties are added I ! . . J h will he the Rotary Club at P. M., when this added also, greater and firmer bonds of .give a banquet at tne friendship and good will be organization wllL Commercial Club in honor of Ng Poon Chew, editor and publisher of a Chinese dally newspaper in San Francisco, who is to make an address on "New China and the Pacific Coast." From the ban quet. Secretary Knox will proceed to ihtp and good will between you and Vou are Interested, and have shown your Interest in many practical ways. In the growth and prosperity ot all sections or Oregon. The completion of this eloctrip line means a great growth and remarkable "prog ress for the Upper Willamette Valley, and, therefore. It means much to the business ,h nnlltiral gathering he will address. Interests of Portland. It would seem fit- Fulton to Address Selling Club. nava a representation of your body with us 1 tn heln us make this occasion a success and C. W Fulton. ex-United States Sen- -- th na In the nrosnerltv that Is ator. will be. the principal speaker at going to come to you and to us as a result the Initial public meeting OI tne Den ox tne extension or tnis electric line ma ils Selling Club, which will be held on the feeders into our part .or the state, .i.i.j 5. At .k. s.lllno-.HIr-ch build- We beg you to believe that It will add to . . . . it- J al.-. . - ,l. our pleasure 10 nave you wua u ana iuai Since the purpose of the our newer to make vour third floor of the Selllng-Hirsch build ins toniirht. organization, under whose auspices air. lllt pjeasmnt and memorable one. Fulton will speak, Is to promote the we will deem It a favor if you will notify candidacy of Ben Selling for United ua at your earliest convenience whom we States Senator. It Is understood he will may expect on that day. in order that we refer in his rero-'-- to Senator Bourne. "" who has become an -mt f"' '"w.Tomln. general freight and date for re-election. The .committee on tne 0re Bn Elec. arrangements has provided a number nrK.rml th- fniiowin s-.hed- of entertaining features for tne even lng. These will be lntoduced at the close of the speech-making. The pub lic is invited to attend. Bourne Headquarters Opened. The headquarters of the Popular Gov- ment Club, the organization that Is b?" 1':45wPvM' trie, has prepared the following sched ule for the special train that will handle the crowd between Portland and Eugene: Leave Jefferson-street. Port land, at 7:45 A. M-. leave Salem 9 A. leave Albany 10:30 A. M., arrive Eugene 12 o'clock noon; returning, leave Eu gene 6:30 P. M., arriving in Portland ern directing the campaign of Senator Bourne for re-election, will be moved from the Lewis building and estab lished jointly at the Imperial Hotel and the Journal building, rooms has been engaged these buildings for the accommodation of the large force of stenographers and assistants that has been employed. A. A. Muck, chairman of the "advisory Amml.tAA that " ( 1 1 t a H tha TRmira petitions, will be in charge of the head- day. October 1. one train running each quarters. He said yesterday that the way every night- Regular freight and organization was "getting up steam." passenger service will be inaugurated and expected in a few days to inaug urate its campaign in earnest. One of the Oregon Electric's modern electric trains will be exhibited be tween Fourth and Fifth streets on Stark street Thursday afternoon. The A suite of general pumic win De invitea to ln- in each of pect it and pass tnrougn tne cars, rne train win consist ox a ayuamo ana Das gage car, a coach, a sleeping car and observation car. These trains will begin operating be tween Portland and Eugene Wednes one week from today. Free Telephones Wanted. County Judge Cleeton and Commis sioners Lightner and Hart yesterday discussed in all seriousness a sugges tion that Bell telephones be eradicated from the Courthouse, leaving only au- Coqnille Editor Weds at Bandon. BANDON, Or.. Oct, 8. (Special.) William C. Squier and Ida H. Eisner were married here this week. Mr. Squier is city editor of tne Coqullle Sentinel and Miss Eisner's home was in Portland, but she had been visiting for some time tn Coqullle were made yesterday by Jack Kisbey and Wiliam Rase, who for several days had been .under arrest on constructive charges of working the plot. In consideration of their confession and of the willingness of Kisbey, the leader, , to leave the city, the young men. after pleading guilty and being' sentenced to 90 days' imprisonment and a fine of 8100, In Municipal Court yes terday, were given suspended sen tences and released. In sworn statements, made by advice of their attorneys, the two culprits set at rest reports that there was a mys terious second woman in Mr. Lively s car when a collision occured and Miss Dow was thrown out and killed. Extortion Visible Object. These reports had been made the basis of scandal and' the club by which Mr. Lively was to have been forced to submit to extortion, and he was keenly anxious to set them at rest. Rase, who at the time of his arrest said that he had seen a woman lurking in the brush and that Kisbey had mentioned seeing her too, repudiated in his affi davit all such statements, and even denied that he had made them. This Is the only ground covered by the affidavits, but in admissions made to his attorney Kisbey showed plainly that the charge against htm that , he Intended to extort $7000 from his vic tim were well-founded. Rase had knowledge of the plans, but at all times was an acquiescent partner in the scheme. Only one feature of the case held against them was denied by the youths; that they were the writers of anony mous letters to Governor West, seeking to stir him up to an Investigation of Miss Dow's death. Their attorneys believe that they had nothing to do with the writing of the letters. Murder Clew Exposes Scheme. Exposure of the blackmail plot came last week as the result of a supposed clew to the murder of Harry G. Barr. Running this down. Detectives Mo loney, Swennes, Vaughn and . Lither land found that Kisbey had approached two newspaper men with a proposal regarding a wealthy citizen in whose automobile a young woman had died. To one of them he had opened .the whole scheme, which was that Mr. Lively was to be made to pay $7000 on threat of exposure in the newspapers. when questioned by the officers, the young man admitted that he had ob tained 8160 from Mr. Lively In small sums, and It was found that his last demand, for $160, had been couched in menacing tone. He obtained half of this sum on the day of his arrest. Ad missions as to the scheme to extort the larger sum were made only by impll cation, Kisbey evading every direct iuqsiiuu vu iuib fjiiastj ui uia vase. Harriman Men Say They Will Han die Situation Themselves if No Action Is Taken. As a result of assaults and taunts on strikebreakers in the Harriman rahops in Brooklyn and Albina late Monday afternoon, a dozen men con cerned called upon Mayor Rushlight yesterday, and, exhibiting bruises on their persons, demanded adequate po lice protection or the absolute with' drawal of the police from the vicinity of the trouble zone. Mayor Rushlight, after listening to the statements of the strikebreakers. decided to strengthen the police cor dons about the car shops, and to this end instructed Chief Slover to increase the number of policemen about the two establishments. The men bad one special request to make, namely, that Patrolman Crox ford be sent to the Brooklyn shops, for the reason that he had been able to handle the situation when there before, they said. The Mayor ordered that Croxford be reinstated there. Frank Roeher, who works in the Brooklyn shops, told the Mayor that he and the 450 other men there- have been treated with contempt and de rision for a year by the strike pickets stationed in the vicinity, and that they had stood it as long as they could. "We demand adequate police protec tion or else we demand that the police be withdrawn altogether ana we will protect ourselves," said Mr. Roeher. We will handle the situation ourselves, If necessary, but we demand that some thing definite be done." In the Albina yards, at noon Mon day, a mlxup followed the meeting of strikebreakers and pickets, and Beveral blows were struck. John Robb, who was identified as the assailant of a man named Rachett, was arrested on a warrant by Patrolman Goltz. EXPRESS BUSINESS GROWS Great Xorthern Head Reports Con sistent Increase In Portland. I. Waring, assistant superintendent of the Great Northern Express Com pany, with headquarters at Seattle, was in Portland yesterday to confer with local officials of the same con cern. Mr. Waring reports that the busi ness at the Portland office shows better record than that In any other city In which the company is estab lished. Since the office was established here 37 months ago the- receipts of each succeeding month has shown an Increase over its predecessor. On August 1. 1913, the Great North ern will succeed Wells Fargo & Com pany in handling the business on the Oregon Electric, which will further In crease the receipts of the local of fice. A corresponding increase in the number of employes will be necessary. CHINAMAN IS DILEMMA Demented Oriental Makes Trouble for Hospital Authorities. For some time past the authorities at the Good Samaritan Hospital have been at a loss to know what to do with a Chinaman by the nam of Louts MICHIGAN" PEOPLE COMING William Blonder, Employed "by Great Xorthern, Sending Settlers. William Blonder, who was connected with the Mount Hood Railway before it was absorbed by the Portland Rail way, Light & Power Company, now is actively engaged in the Eastern and Middle Western states in the task of attracting settlers to Oregon crver the Great Northern Railway, by whom he is employed. As Eastern immigration agent Mr. Blonder has covered much territory since leaving Portland six months ago and at each stopping place has re' cruited strength for the army of set tiers that constantly is moving toward Oregon. Last week he was in attend ance at the Michigan State Fair at Grand Rapids. The Great Northern had an elaborate display of Northwest ern products which aroused much in terest In a report on that event, Mr. Blonder says that a whole car of Western Michigan people will come to the Coast this Winter in quest of land. This week he is attending the Okla homa State Fair at Oklahoma City. Until a few weeks ago he was sta tioned at Ellfs Island, N". Y., and guided many Immigrants in this direction. He speaks seven languages and works to particular advantage among aliens. . ., ' ' - V - M$i;tk X1 K FROM THE RT. HON. JAMES BRYCE, O. M., BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES AND AUTHOR v j OF "THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH" S. ' Britisfi Embassy, ' I Washington, 1 March 6, 1912. British Embassy, ' Washington, March 6, 1912. Dear Mr. Haskin: Thank you very much for your interesting and valuable book upon the departments of the Federal Government and their working. It is' full of useful and practical knowledge and I wish very much that I had had it or something like it, both when I was writing "The American Common wealth" and when I first came here as ambassador. I am sure we have no book over in England which gives a similar account of the actual details of the working of the various Departments in our elaborate and complicated system, though of course we have plenty of books upon the organizations of our Government as a whole and its Constitutional working. I hope you will find means of keeping .the book up-to-date from time to time in new editions as frequent changes happen in acountry growing so rapidly as yours. . I am, Very truly yours, Frederic J. Haskin, Esq. JAMES BRYCE. SEE COUPON ELSEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE i'.K!-V'"11 uliu tiiiTfTisi Y SIGHT YJ.C1 RELIGIOtJS CLASSES TO BEGIN WITH BIG ENROLLMENT. JUVENILE COURT STEPS IN All Delinquencies of Minors Will Go to Proper Tribunal Direct. Assertion by the Juvenile Court of its full rights under the law reached Chief of Police Slover yesterday in the form of a demand that all cases of minors coming into the hands of the police shall be turned over directly to the proper tribunal, and the request has taken the form of an order issued by the Chief. Deputy Juvenile Otlicer Mc intosh has been assigned to the police station to take immediate action in all cases of the kind. While arrests of male Juveniles have taken the proper course heretofore, the basis of complaint lies in the cases of young girls, which have not been turned over in all instances. Many of them have been sent to Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin Instead and have reached the Juvenile Court tardily or not at all. More Than 100 Men Register for Five Courses List Will Be Much Longer by Tonight. More than 100 men have registered for five courses of religious education for which the Portland Young Men's Christian Association is just now mak ing a special campaign. Three of these courses will be taken up tonight and tne classes will meet regularly on Wednesday evenings. Already the reg istration is in excess of 106. the total enrollment for similar classes last year. A huge drawing of a thermometer has been placed in the lobby of the Y. M. C. A and each day the mercury Is shown higher up the tube, correspond ing to the jgaln in enrollment. Sunday the total was 45 and on Monday it was increased to 92, while yesterday it went well above the 100 mark. Today is the last day of the special campaign and another large Increase Is expected. The courses that will start tonight are based on constructive studies in the life of Christf men of the Old Vesta ment, and the early prophets. The classes in the life of Christ will be conducted by W. W. Dillon, W. J. Clark, C. N. Wonacott, W. B. Pratt. Lawrence Todnem and J. B. Jones. The Old Testament class will be led by M. E. Snedecor, and the early prophets class by T. H. Beverley. The two other classes for which reg istrations are being sought and which will begin their sessions later this month will be conducted as extension courses of Reed College. Both of these are proving popular. One will be based on "Education and Morals in Religion," and will be taught by Professor 3. O. Sisson. The other, on the subject of "Social Ethics," will be under the di rection of Professor A. E. Wood. All of the classes are' open to all men inter ested. POWER OF CONGRESS TOLD Every Effort of President May Be Checkmated by Lack of Funds, The struggle which has begun be tween the two parties in Congress Is one in which the President will hold a strong hand. There are many ways in which he can exert in Congress a per suasive power in favor of the things he advocates. It Is only when either branch of Congress and the President becomes so extremely strenuous in their opposition to one another that ordi nary methods fail. The House has it in its power to checkmate Mr. Taft, even in the exercise of his legitimate duties, by refusing to supply the neces sary appropriations for the conduct of the various activities which the Presi dent desires to carry on. No matter how strongly Mr. Taft's heart may be set upon the perpetuation of his tariff board,, if the House of Representa tives refuses to vote for an appropria tion for its continuance, it will die a uatural death. The story of the rela tions and the possible situations which may exist between the President and Congress Is one of the most Interesting In the entire Government service. This story has been told well and accurately In the new book, "The American Government," by Frederlo J. Haskin, as is revealed by the fact that It has been Indorsed by the three principal parties it interests the Presi dent, the Vice-President and the Speaker of the House. You owe It to yourself to get a copy of this book, and after reading it to tell your friends about it. See the coupon In this Issue of The Oregonian. , FINE CORN GROWN HERE John 'zoller Exhibits Product of Farm Near Columbia Slough. John Zoller, retired, who owns a farm on the Columbia Slough Road a few miles east of the city, brought into town yesterday a stalk of corn 14 feet long, which he declared was grown by John Aeby, tenant on Mr. Zoller's ranch. Planting took place July 15, after the harvesting of a fod der crop of wheat and vetch from the same land. Mr. Zoller also had a ripe ear of corn as refutation of the oft repeated assertion that corn will not ripen in this section of Oregon because of damp weather. This stalk I picked out of a field of more than 10 acres," said Mr. Zoller. 'The height throughout is from 11 to 14 feet.' Last week I saw an item in The Oregonian about corn 10 or 11 feet high in some portion of Western Wash ington and I wanted to show that it is possible to beat that In Multnomah County. I shall take this stalk to the ' Chamber of Commerce secretary and give it to him to place on exhibition for the benefit of strangers." m "Hiawatha?" Best Utah coal. E. 303. n earline Cleans Everything Manufactured only by JAMES PYLF & SONS, New York V II HC-iHk ft J O. I -JB r tor Digestible Muffixis Muffins can never be their best if made from lard and soaked with grease. Cottolene muffins are light, dry and crisp, because Cottolene heats to a higher temperature than butter or lard, without burning, and in cooking forms a crust TRY THIS RECIPE FOR MUFFINS 1V& tablespoons melted Cottolene cups milk 1 tablespoon sugar 3 cups lifted flour 1 scant teaspoon salt 1 egg 3 teaspoons baking powder Sift baking powder and flour together; add the Cottolene, sugar, egg and milk (use more or less milk according to flour). Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY is r VVJ uejir M" which shuts out the fat Cottolene cooked food always digestible. Cottolene is much more eco nomical than butter or lard. a v B V