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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, -TTTTV . mm " I - TEXAS BESIEGED LIBERALS WOULD RELATIVES OF SLAIN MBS. CRIPPEN. WHO URGE PROSECTJ TION OF HER SLAYER. WITH RAGE RIOTS f ,. Quality and Style Are Here During the Month of August Price Inducements for You to Buy Prevail ABANDON IRISH Eighteen Negroes Reported as, Budget and Veto as Shuffling Pawns in Coming Polit ical Contest. Killed in Clash With Angry Whites. I - . . . 1 i ; TROOPS RUSH TO RESCUE Refusal of White Man to Work In der Black Starts Trouble En mity Has Been Brewing for Weeks No Whites ' Dead. PALESTINE. Tex., July 30. At least IS nejyroeB were "killed In a racial clash In the extreme eastern section of An derson County it st night and today, ti.fi culmination of an enmity bev.ccm the races brvtvlnur fcr, several weeHs. Less conservA?rve reports placo the total fatalities at between 30 and 40. Jt was also reporien that several wnite men were either killed or wounde 1. but all rumors as to casualties amonjc tl,e whlt have mot an authoritative de nial. Troops Disperse Rioters. Tonight troops reached Palestine and Immediately bppan an overland march of about 25 miles to the scene of the rioting. The arrival of the soldiers had a wholesome effect and tonipht the belligerents are reported to be dispers ing. "Further bloodshed will In all probability b averted. Troops reached Palestine early to night and established quarters at the county prison where it Is planned they will remain until tomorrow unless fur ther rioting necessitates a night march to the scene of the disturbance, about 25 miles distant. The first advices of the disturbances reached Palestine this morning. Offi cers were sent to the scene, local am munition Ptores ordered to suspend sales fcnd tho -saloons to close. It was quick ly "apparent, however, that the situa tion was beyond the control of the local officers, and. troops, were asked for. A company of militia under command of Captain Godfrey Fowler, former Uni ted States Army officer and more re cently engaged In Nicaragua in the cause of the insurgents, dispatched fro mMamhall, Tex., a rived tonight. Th rioting began late yesterday, near the village of Slocum. Several reasons are assigned as the cause of the racial feeling, first, the refusal of a negro to pay an obligation for which a white farmer stood sponsor. This was some days ago. Order to oWrk Under Negro Cause. Later, a white man received notice that he should perform road work un der the supervision of a negro. The white man refused. Later came reports of secret meetings among the negroes and an alleged confession of a negro that the murder of the man in ques tion, James Spurger, and his family, was planned. The situation reached a climax, bow ever, yesterday, when a negro was dis covered advancing on Spurger from the i i , milieu wun a. snoigun. x-ie was trailed for some distance, and shot by a posse when he refused to surrender. Wit hthe shooting of the negro those tf both races armed themselves and rioting began. National (iuard Sent Out. DALLAS, Tex.. July 30. The Mars-hall company of State National Guard arrived at Palestine at o'clock tonight and im mediately proceeded to the scene of the disorder in Anderson County. VATICAN TAKES UP DEFI (Continued From FMrst firm halt of the last century, and au thor of the anti-clerical laws of 1835. On the other hand a committee of Roman Catholics from the Biscayan Provinces telegraphed to Cardinal Merry del Val, papal secretary of utate, that they were prepared to sac rifice their property and their lives for their religion. Premier Canalejas, in a statement, said that diplomatic relations had npt yet been severed, though the Marquis de OJeda had been recalled from Rome. The Ambassador had been recalled, he said, simply because the government could not accept dictation from the Vatican. Church Organs Joyful. The organ of the church. Manana, declares that the Vatican will be de ceived If It counts on a Catholic upris ing In the Liberal press In favor of the Vatican. It believes, on the con trary, that the hostilities will fally public opinion on the side of the gov ernment. The Roman Catholic press of Spain makes no effort to conceal its joy over the decision of Premier Canalejas to recall Marquis de OJeda, the Spanish Ambassador, to the Vatican. The rup ture with the Vatican and the pros pective fight with clericalism will, they predict, result In the downfall of the Premier. The chartering of spe cial trains and steamers to carry the crowds of manifestanta to San Sebas tian, the Summer capital, to make dem onstrations before King Alfonso, is ad vocated. Premier Canalejas telegraphed the following statement to the press to day, boldly taking up the challenge of Don Jaime, the Carlist rretender, of a revolution: "We do not fear the threat of civil war. The King and the Spanish Dem ocracy support us."" The clerical element seems to have set its aim, not upon minor concessions and a compromise . acceptable to the Holy See, but upon the downfall of Canalejas and his Cabinetj and the cancellation of the entire programme of reform. The withdrawal of the im perial decree permitting non-Catholic organizations to display the insignia of house worship, which furnishes the ostensible cause for the conflict, and for the severance of diplomatic relations, assumes secondary import ance. Premier Canalejas has fixed his eves ipon a modernization of Spain and the complete elimination of the clerical ele ment as a factor of the Cortes, which was elected in May on this issue anl is determined to carry through his' bat tle for the revision of the concordat of 1851. the registration and regulation of religious orders, governmental con trol of public education and the rec ognition of absolute freedom of con science. Iel Val Ofers to Resign. Cardinal Merry del Val. the papal sec retary of state, has been evpecialy af fected by the rupture with Spain. It is reported that the went to the Pope and offered him resignation, -which the pontiff 4 E t , .ifcWMiiwiiiiii ' - j- l - v ' n- ! , HF.M1V MEIISINOEII, FATHER OK MRS. CRIPPK!, AT HIS TRADE of Wagon making. yir, Jif - -S. " v t ' J RF.UNICE MEHSISGER, SHIP COMES TODAY All Ready for Arrest of Crippen and Stenographer. SUICIDE RUMOR .ALARMS Detectives Prepared to Pounce on Suspects AVhen Montrose Takes on Pilot at Father Point. Man and AVoman Nervous. (Continued From First Page.) though it came absolutely without foun dation. Procedure Is Outlined. When the Montrose heaves to off here. Drew, the Canadian officers, the pilot and the newspaper men will go out to meet her. It 13 believed that if Crippen is at ll suspicious he will know that but one man, and that the pilot, should board the Montrose. Accordingly the steamer officers have been instructed to watch the suspect's every mcvement and avoid the possibility of an attempt at suicide when he realizes his position. Dew" probably will be the first to go aboard the Montrose, followed by Chief McCarthy and Detectives Denis and Gauvrean . One of the three latter will rrwike- the arrest when Dew points out his man. Suspects Appear Haggard. Todaj's Montreal Star prints another wireless dispatch from Capto.ii Kendall. of the Montrose, reading as follows: Steamship Montrose, July 30. via Father Point. The supposed Crippen was on deck early, looking at Belle Isle. He had a worried look and pased the deck like one in thought. The supposed Miss Leneve was in her room all day. She wears a gloomy expression. We stopped in the fog last night. The ssupeets said tney did not sleep. Both appeared hag gard. I will send another wireless mes sage tomorrow. "KENDALL, Commander." To one of the press representatives. who had been of personal service to him. Dew said: "I am absolutely certain that the persons on board the Montrose are Dr. Crippen and the Leneve woman. The Laurentic was in touch with the Mont rose on the way over and I received messages from Captain Kendall which leave no room for doubt about the identity of the suspects. Crippen W1H Be Surrpised.. Crippen and the woman will be greatly surprised when I step on board the Montrose and confront them, but my surprise will be Just as great If the suspects turn out not to be the persons I expect. My trip across the Atlantic wa without incident. Nobodv on board ex cept the captain and the wireless on- erator knew of my identity. The pas sengers tnougnt me merely a London business man coming to Canada on a visit. The first intimation ' they had of my real mission was shortly after we passed Belle Isle and messages be gan to come from the land wireless stations. Since then I 'have been be sieged by newspaper men and by oth ers acting ror tnem. " Questioned as to 'whether he had re s i SISTER OP MRS. CRIPPEN. ceived any word from Scotland Yard since he left, the inspector replied that he had received several messages, all of which tended to confirm his belief that the persons on the Montrose were the much-sought Crippen and his typ ist. Dew Appears Xervous. The man from Scotland Tard ap peared very nervous today. There is no doubt that he takes his mission most seriously. Every movement sug gests, caution on his part against a possible failure of his programme. An illustration of this was furnished when he telegraphed to Quebec to have a special pair of London handcuffs, a de scription of which he gave, purchased and held for him. "They are," said the inspector, "the only kind in which I would be willing to hold a prisoner for a long time." WIDER TASTES 110 FOOD CASHIER ON VERGE OF COL LAPSE, SAY JAILERS. Threat to Kill Wife and Baby and to Commit Suicide Follows Writing of Confession. NEW YORK, July 30. Erwin Wider, the cashier of the Russo-Chinese Bank agency, .who was arrested yesterday and held in $25,000 bail, after confessing to defalcations aggregating more than $500,000, has not tasted food since he was locked up in the Tombs Prison. According to the keepers, he appears to be on the verge of a physical col lapse. After writing out his confession of the theft of nearly. $600,000 worth of securities, it was learned today. Wider brandished a revolver around his head, threatening to kill both his wife and baby, as well as himself. "From July 18, when he knew that has defalcation could no longer be con cealed, until July 21. three days later, when he faced the officials of the bank. T had charge of the young man," said Dr. K. B. Page. "He talked strangely about his stealing, but I did not be lieve him at that time. I was of the opinion that Wider had gone tempo rarily insane from the heat." 2 MEN STABBED IN HOTEL T nknown Slashes Travelers at Salem and Escapes. 6ALEM, Or., July 30. f Special.) M. A. Tucker and George Bunn, transients stopping at the Wilson House, were as sailed while in their rooms tonight by a third person whose name Is not known. Each received serious injuries. Tucker was stabbed six times about the chest and left shoulder and one cut In his left arm gouged out nearly half a pound of flesh. - Burn was stabbed several times about the face. Both men will recover. The police believe they know the as sailant and are scouring the town for him. Asbury Park Has Costly Fire. ASBURT PARK. N. J.. July 30. Fire which started last night in the dynamo room of a lumber company burned out the $100,000 plant and consumed sev eral hundred feet of the big grand stand in course of construction for the aviation meet to begin here August 10. The total loss is estimated at $125,000. Before the fire was out the manage ment of the meet had signed a con tract for. rebuilding, tile grandstand at once TROUBLE IS THREATENED British Cabinet Accused by Lynch of Trickery Liberals Too Bonnd Cp With Peers to Be Sin cere In Their Attack. ARTHUR LYNCH, M. P. LONDON, July 30. (Special.) The Royal Declaration bill came very near being postponed to a Winter session. That fact in itself does not seem very important, but the interpretation throws a luminous beam on parliament ary tactics and on the psychology of statesmen. It Is from this point of view that I will consider it. Politics are always so disappointing to one who desires reform, that for compensation the mind flies to the idea of consider ing parliament as a game, and mark ing the points irrespective of principle. The Royal Declaration bill, the ob ject of which is simply to avoid putting Into the sovereign's mouth words which are Insulting to Catholics, has behind it a great majority in the House and the force of public opinion. But relig ion Is always one of those questions on which it Is not difficult to excite ani mosities in this country and several organizations under various names ex ist virtually for that purpose. Natur ally, therefore, the government . would desire to get this thorny question out of the way as quickly as possible. But they were for holding it over for some months as a political weapon, till they were forced to placate the Irish and appease their own supporters by dis posing of the declaration this session. Trouble Coming in Fall. But the fact remains the government does not know itself whether it intends to play the straight game, and if it should decide to throw overboard the programme of reform on which it was elected there will still be trouble in the coming Fall. In spite of a grant of $5,000.000. to improve Irish cottages, an attack by the Irish party is not at all Improbable, and perhaps the balance of power may be used to throw this gov ernment out of office in November and to precipitate a general .election in which the chances of tHe Liberals would be very considerably diminished. Their downfall would not be regret ted by friends of progress, for we have never seen any party shape so meanly at their task as this government, borne to power on a wave of popular en thusiasm. I happened to be speaking to one of the members of the Labor Party this week who discussed this as pect of affairs with me.. He said the only straight ' course for the Liberals lay in the annihilation of the Lords. "But that." he added, "Is the last thing they want to do. They are bound up with the Lords in too many ways. There is hardly a prominent Liberal leader that does not hope to end his days in the House of Lords. Many of them are related to members of the House of Lords. They are even chosen for office on account of their family influence. Others are chosen on ac count of their wealth, and their big subscriptions to party funds; and wealth and aristocracy are in this coun try always associated. Then a power ful means of gaining funds consists in the honors lists. Prominent Liberals are given knighthoods or raised to the peerage. All the influence of their families and of their wealth Is there fore devoted to keeping up the sys tem." ' Liberals Need Lords. 1 How, then, can the Liberals be really In earnest in destroying the power of the Lords when, with the Ideas that prevail amongst them, the Lords are necessary for their own existence? "The Labor party," he continued, "which ought to be quite Independent and which ought to be a continual goad to the Liberals to keep them up to the mark, is' really 'to some extent affected by similar Ideas. There was a time, for instance, when 'Jack' Burns, .the Right Hon. John Burns now), had the greatest chance of any man in Eng land. The working men believed in him and he had the full force of the people's' movement behind him. He was a red hot Republican In those days, and he used to talk very violently of what he would do If he got the chance. Now, he Is one of the weakest members of the cabinet, and he hangs round royalty so much at public functions that you would think he was always cheek by Jowl with them. "There was a time when Keir Hardie was almost the only representative of labor In the House, and then he used to make more stir than the total party does now. Some of us thought that when we got some fifty representatives of labor in the house we would be able to do something, and that the move ment would go on more and more. But most of our men are as weak as water. They are afraid of offending the Lib erals and they are afraid of losing their seats so they have no pluck to take an Independent stand." Party Engaged In Intrigue. . I give my friend s ideas as he ex pressed them and. although the tone is Tather pessimistic, his words help us to understand the way things hang to gether in English politics and the dif ficulty of making progress. The gov ernment is, in fact, at the present mo ment engaged in a little intrigue, of which the only valid object can be to join with its avowed opponents in or der to "dish" its own more radical sup porters, the Irish and the Labor party. That is what will happen if the -veto conference comes to a' working agree ment. Any compromise with the Lords, even such a so-called reform as to have half the members elective, would be really to strengthen the actual power of the Second Chamber. In such a case the Irish would be in full hostility against the government. They would, moreover, have a chance of showing their power in November, for the second reading of the budget is postponed to that session. And that is why the government thought of keeping in reserve till that period its royal declaration bill. If the Tories voted against the budget and the Irish wished to throw in their weight with them, the government would be de feated and the royal declaration bill would go by the board. In that case it would be possible in some quarters to make a great outcry against the Irish party for having sacrificed this meas ure of religious liberty. That was the neat plan now abandoned for other tactics, including the grant to Irish cottage Improvement. Government Lacks Nerve. The strange thing in all this Is that If the gdvemment had set boldly to work, from the beginning to carry out SHIRTS $1.50 now $1.15 $2.00 now $1.35 HOSIERY 50c now 35 75c now .45 ENTIRE ONE BUSINESS SUITS lh OFF $25.C0 Suits now $18.75 $30.00 Suits now $22.50 $35.00 Suits now.... $26.25 their own programme, they would have had a majority of the English people at their backs, enthusiastically cheer ing them on to victory. They have chosen the cowardly part and have landed themselves into endless trouble. And It is a curious comment on the whole system that what broke the back of the Liberal party and took all the steam out of their movement, was the simple accident of the death of the King. The power of royalty must be great when even the tlemise of a member of It can alter the direction of our civilization. The budget itself sounded tamely this year, although it was the same budget which had convulsed all Eng land last year. It is remarkable that measures which are scouted as revolu tionary and the beginning of the end of all things seem, once they have passed into law, to be quite in the normal way- of business This fact en abled Lloyd George to fire oft an epi gram which had a great success and which will probably become famous. In Expounding his budget he showed that the prosperity of this country, and its power of paying its debts, compared favorably with that of any other great power. Then the Chancellor, who is a dapper little man, with a fluent but mild utterance, paused and by a gest ure drew attention to himself and to the statement he was about to let falL "And so," he continued, pointing to the Tories, "there has been no oc casion for your well-organized de spondency." The house roared with laughter. A great deal will be heard of this phrase; for it exactly hits off the campaign of those who wished to dis credit the Liberals on the ground that the country was going to the dogs. CHARLTON WILL GO FREE ITALY NOT EXPECTED TO ASK MURDERER'S EXTRADITION. Forty Days Allowed by Treaty Will Expire Tuesday, When Govern ment Will Order Release. "WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 30. (Spe cial.) Porter Charlton, who Is under arrest at Hoboken pending extradition proceedings for the murder of his wife, will proDabiy be released within the next week or ten days in the event that the Italian government fails to make a formal demand for his extradition. So far the Italian government has made no formal demand for his ex tradition. The 40 days' period dur ing which he can be held unaer the extradition convention between the United States and Italy will expire on Tuesday, August 2.. If the Italian gov ernment does not' demand his extra dition through its diplomatic represen tative in this country, the State De partment will inform the New Jersey courts there is no authority for de taining Charlton further and he will probably be set free. Officers of the State Department take Terrible Suffering Ennna All Over Baby's Body. "When my baby was four months old his face broke out with eczema, and at sixteen months of age, his face, hands and arms were in a dreadful state. The eczema spread all over hia body. We had to put a mask or cloth over hia face and tie up his hands. Finally we gave him Hood's Sarsapa rllla and in a few months he was en tirely cured. Today he is a healthy boy." Mrs. Inez Lewis, Baring, Maine. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures blood dis eases and builds up the system Get It today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. A Affair Toothache Gum ! Stops any toothsehe. Prevents fur I ther decay. Does not melt in the noatD. mwaoicnrensLiiunuiBcu and goes right to the spot. At all drocgiaa.U eeau, at by nan. BuiMX, IU. 0. S. DENT A CO.. Detrslt. Mich. 1 NECKWEAR 50c now. .. 35 $1.00 now .65 STRAW and Panama Hats HALF PRICE WHERE TO GET THE Washington Street near Fifth Street the attitude that Italy will not comply with that provision of the convention requiring formal demand for extradl tlon within 40 days from date of his COM! Shrewd Realty Purchasers and Specu lators Wishing to Work the Market on a Margin Will Take Oppor tunity Offered by Summer Inactivity for Close Buying. MURRAYMEAD ADDITION, calls to you today. The stock market axiom of "buy when others are selling, and sell when others are buying" finds a parallel in the real estate market in the principle recognized by all successful operators, namely: That the biggest and surest profits are taken by the man who buys during a dull or depressed season. The Summer months are the dull months the time when the man who Is "on the job" can get the cream while the other fellow is playing. And if ever in Oregon there was a time to buy "dirt," now Is that time. With the WONDERFUL railway and other development now on the tapis for this state, that "boom" which old-timers say Oregon and Portland has never had, is as Inevitable as that day will succeed night. Come today and look MURRAYMEAD over. All last week I have been giving you reasons why MURRAYMEAD Is a good buy all next week, and until every lot is sold, I will do the same. But do not expect the prices to remain stationary. Soon they will be materially advanced. For the present Inside lots at $1700 to $2000 and corners $2250 to $2500. Easiest of terms. Improvements Cement walks, paved streets, sewer, water, etc. Building restrictions $2500 to $3500. Take Hawthorne Avenue or Mount Scott car to East Twenty-fifth street and walk four blocks south to my tract office, where my agent will be from 10 A. M. to I F. M. today. A. B. WIDNEY Tract Office, Corner K. 24th and Harrison St. OPENING Wednesday, Aug. 3 Building formerly occupied by Arlington Club, Alder and W. Park. 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