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FOES IN
Clark, Underwood and
La Follette Named.
CAMPAIGN OPENS VIGOROUSLY
'Tariff for Politics" Measures
Condemned.
FACTS WHOLLY IGNORED
President Says Bill. Prepared in
Hope of Veto. Would Have Cast
Il-redit on Oongre Ite
ponlble for Tliein.
HAMILTON. Mans.. Auk. 26. Presi
dent Taft bruin the Presidential
campaign of 11 today In a speech
that breathed defiance and condemned
the Insurgent Republicans and Demo
crat who combined to revise several
schedule of the present tariff at the
special session of Congress just cloved.
The President slnKled out Senator La
Follette. of Wisconsin: Speaker Clark
and Chairman t'nderwood. of the House
ways and meana -committee, as lead
ers of the revision and charged them
with "playlns; politics.
Several time he referred by name
to Mr. La Follette but mentioned the
ether insurgent Republican merely a
La Follette -associates."
Business in Danger.
Mr. Taft Indicated that he regarded
the proposed revision a Injurious and
dangerous to business, but made it
plain that If the tariff board in De
cember reported In favor of downmird
revision of the cotton. and wool
schedules, ne wouia recomraena a re
duction. Standing; on the broad terrace of
Representative Gardner's farm, with
Senator Lodge and other Massachusetts
Republican leaders, the President
seemed to scent the smoke of the com
ing battle.
Many of the 500 members of the
Kssex County Republican Club gathered
to listen, thought they heard the "key
note" speech of the coralryr campaign
and their cheers were loud and long.
The President said In part:
-I am here to speak word of en
couragement as to the outlook for Re
publican success. Tou have a state
election Immediately before sou. Into
which It seem to me National issue
ought to enter. We have Just finished
aa extra session of Congress and the
matters considered were of such Im
portance to the commonwealth of Mas
sachusetts that I do not see how the
people of the state can withhold an
expression of opinion upon them.
Combination Not Sincere.
"The extra session of Congress wa
called for the purpose of confirming
the Canadian reciprocity treaty, which
It did by a support made up of vote
from both parties. Our Democratic
friends, however, were not content to
allow the session to pass with the
accomplishment of the purpose for
which It was called. They assisted
most of them In the passage of the
reciprocity bill, because they believed
In Its usefulness and did not play poli
tic In It passage. I am very sorry
to say, however, that having pursued
a purely statesmanlike course with
reference to reciprocity, they did "play
politics of the most irresponsible
character In respect to three tariff
bil'.s, which by uniting with certain
Republican In the Senate they were
able to pass and present to the Ex
ecutive for hi signature.
"Tariff for Politics Only.'
"The bill bear Internal evidence of
the fact that they rested on' a basis
not of 'tariff for revenue only,' but of
'tariff for politic only.' The first
the wool bill wa Introduced In the j
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YOUNG GATES lb
RFDIICFD IN WILL
MIIXIOX IX CASH, TWO IX
TRfST, TOTAL BEQVEST.
Mr. Gates. Will Give Part of Her
Share, However, to Conform With
Husband' Ijln(C Bequest, ;
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XEW YORK, Aug;. 2i. (Special.)
Announcement wa sent to the new-
Dapera today of a will of John w.
Gate. later In date than that of which
orne of the terms were described on
Wednesday last, by ex-Supreme Court
Justice C.Hdersleeve. who drew the will
for Mr. Gate In May. 110.
The moreirecent will was made last
March and Is modified by a codicil
dated two months -later. The will, the
exlatence of which wa announced to
day. differs from Judge Glldersleeve's
recollections of the earlier will In sev
eral particulars. While In the earlier
document the son Charle hared with
hi mother all the estate, with the ex
reptlon of about 81.000.000. the son In
the more recent will receive only
II. SOU. 00 as an outright bequert. In
addition, a trust fund of 12.000.00 I
created for his benefit.
It 1 announced, however, that Mrs.
Gates will conform with the wish, of
her husband, expressed In his last Ill
ness, and will herself give to the ion
enough of her share to make their
share approximately equal.
Further, the statement sent out with
regard to the later will makes n men
tion of a prohibition against the sale
within ten years of the securities left
by. Mr. Gate, which n so conspicu
ous a feature of the earlier wilt. It Is
presumed that this clause dnesiot ap
pear In the latter paper.
GOVERNMENT WANTS CASH
Little I-eulency to Be Shown Settler
on Irrigated Land.
OHEC.ONIAN NEWS Rl"EAU, Wash
ington. Aug. 2.-rSettlers under West
ern reclamation projects may expect
no undue leniency from Director New
ell a to deferred payments. On hi
return from the Northwest, the Direc
tor made this significant statement:
"There 1 nothing paternalistic in the
Government's Irrigation work."
Director Newell nearly always has
argued against the extension of pay
ments when Western members could
present the claims of worthy settlers,
and statement made since his return
indicate no change in hi opinion. It
Is ' believed here that only the most
meritorious case a 111 be approved by
Mr. Newell, and unless action 1 taken
over his head he will Insist on pay
ments being made when due.
MAN IS KICKED OF TRAIN
Negro, Beating His Way, Suffers
Broken Bat-k.
CH EHAI.IS. Wash, Aug. 26. Jerry
King, healing bis way to Portland on
a freight train today, was kicked off
by a brakeman and his back was
broken and this Is expected to cause
his death. King la the negro who cut
a Centralia policeman seriously two
years ago and was sent to Walla Wal
la to serve a two years' sentence.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Bishop
this morning visited the St. Helens
Hospital where King Is lying and se
cured a statement. The ex-convlct said
he was standing on the bumpers be
tween cai when one brakeman told
him to get off. but as the train was
going too fast he told the brakeman
he could not do so without running
risk of severe Injury. According to
King the brakeman shoved him off the
fast-moving train causing him to land
about 40 feet from the track, thereby
breaking his back. lie la paralysed
from the hips down.
HUGE "GUN MAY BE MOVED
It-Inch Cannon Likely to Be Sent to
Panama Canal.
SANDY HOOK. N. J, Aug. 2S.-The
big 16-lnch gun on the coast defenses
here may be taken away by the War
Department to become a part of the
defenses of the Panama Canal accord
ing to advices received by Army offi
cers. The gun has been shown by official
tests to be the most powerful piece of
ordnance In the world. At its ex
treme It will send a 2400-pound pro
jectile through the thickest armor
known to naval construction and then
explode a charge equal to 140 pounds
of the hlrhet exn' lve.
2B KILLED AS FILM
MACHINE EXPLODES
Panic Precipitated "by
Cry of "Fire."
THRONG HEMMED ON STAIRS
Women and Children Forget to
- Use Fire Escape.
LIST OF INJURED IS LARGE
Most of Victims Found Smothered
to Death In Mass of Bodies as
People Battle to Gain
Egress lo Street.
CANNONBL'RG, Pa, Aug. 2. Twenty-six
persons were killed and more
than 60 Injured tonight when a moving-picture
film exploded in the Can
nonburg Opera-House.
Immediately following the flash of the
film some person shouted "fire." There
was a rush for the exit and In a mo
ment there was a writhing, screaming
mass of humanity ten feet high In the
narrow stairway leading to the en
trance of the theater. Most of the
dead were smothered.
A great majority of the spectators
were women and children. In the
fierce rush for the exit they were
trampled on. Others were thown
upon them and those at the bottom of
the human pile were suffocated.
People In Frcnsy.
When two volunteer fire departments
reached the theater those of the spec
tators who hutj escaped from the
buliltn-uiil -otneii-persons drawn to
the scene were running about ineffect
ively in front of the building. No per
son was making any effort to aid the
struggling mass within the theater.
The firemen pushed into the building
and threw many persons Into the
street.
As the ejected ones regained their
feet they ran about, shrieking in ter
ror about the streets. When the fire
men neared the bottom of the pile
they began to bring out the forms of
the irjured and later came the dead.
Women and Children Killed.
The dead were laid In a row on the
sidewalk and relatives fought and
struggled to break past the guards to
reach the victims. The dead are:
Arthur Beak, 22 years old.
Frances Bird. 11 years old (colored).
Mangella Robinson, 17 years old.
Mrs. Frederick Marshall, 40 years
old.
Mrs. Harry Kelly. 39 years old, of
Houston. Pa.
Earl Kelly, 5-year-old son of Mrs.
Kelly.
Adolph Butfesky, 26 years old.
Walter Nlsh, 12 years, old.
.Voleott, 12 years old.
George Kay, 14 years old.
Paul Mastlcx. 12 years old.
Frank Syboroskl. 15 years pi J.
Five-year-old daughter of Tony ale-
dish.
Syidley Rlttlter, 26 years old.
Mrs. Callle" Young. 85 years old.
Klege. years old.
Mary Hill. 16 years old.
Five-year-old daughter of Wilbur
Lane.
Nellie McKettrlck, 25 years old.
Infant daughter of Mrs. Green, Wea-
verton. Pa.
Two unidentified women, about 22
years old. .
Two men, about 25 years old and 30
years old.
A 6-months-old Infant,
Within a few moments after the film
flashed end the panic started the Ore
whistles were blown. The entire pop
ulation responded and packed In nar
row Pike street, into which the fatal
theater opens.
All of them were apparently terror-
stricken and could give little aid
TRADESMEN, HEIRS
TO FORTUNE, WORK
SPOKANE BROTHERS, ONE A
CARPENTER, LEFT $200,000.
Portion of Estate Worth $8,000,000
Left to Alvin and Alonxo Davis
From English Grandfather.
SPOKANE. Wash, Aug. 26. (Spe
cial.) Two Spokane men, Alvin Davis,
of East 1611 Fifth avenue, and his
brother, Alonxo, of East 2023 Second
avenue, have each Inherited in the
neighborhood of $100,000 out of an Eng
lish fortune, estimated at between 16,
000,000 and 7,00.000.
Though they ,have been Informed of
the fact and are dally expecting the
receipt of their funds, Lon Davis went
to work a usual this week at his car
penter's trade and his brother will
again drive a hardware wagon.
The share of each in the vast estate
left by their grandfather Is estimated
by them to be at least $100,000. Thirty
heirs will divide an estate of between
$6,000,000 and $7,000,000.
The money was Inherited by their
grandfather In London from a brother,
whom the Spokane nephews have never
seen.
Lon Davis says the estate Is about
all in negotiable paper and he believes
there will be absolutely no legal im
pediment in the way of an early re
ceipt of their share of the fortune.
Lon Davis Is a carpenter, who has
worked at his trade in Spokane for 13
years, after coming here from Wis
consin. Near his home In East Second avenue,
be Is now remodeling a small dwell
ing house.
WAVE TAKES AND GIVES
Man Washed Overboard Is Then
Washed Buck Again.
NEW YORK, Aug. 26. (Special.)
The following brief entry In the log of
the steamer Indra, which arrived to
day from Far Eastern ports, tells how
Gul Mamud, a Hindu, was saved from
a watery grave:
- "August 12. 8 P. M. Native fireman
washed overboard forward and washed
back aft. rescued by carpenter."
The Indra. which came here via Gib
raltar and Boston, was 130 miles from
the East African coast when she ran
Into a blow that sent the seas crashing
over her deck. Mamud was standing
by the forward rail on the starboard
side; feeling his way to the forecastle.
Water was knee-deep on deck. Sud
denly tha bow dipped deep Into an
enormous wave and Mamud was swept
clear over the rail into the boiling sea.
The next moment the Indra lurched
so far to starboard that her rail dipped
Into the foaming water. Mamud had
come up. He caught the rail as the
Indra righted herself. John Hendrlck
son seized ' Mamud and pulled lilm
aboard.
RAILROAD BIDDERS KEEN
Eugene to Coos Bay Route Scene of
Engineering Activity.
MARSHFIELD, Or, Aug. 26. (Spe
cial.) Arnold & Foss, railroad con
tractors, arrived In the city today to
look over the right of way of the
Southern Pacific with a view of mak
ing bids for sub-contracts when the
railroad lets a general contract for all
of the line from Eugene to Coos Bay.
Engineer Aston, of the Coos Bay &
Eastern Electric Railroad, has started
out .with a crew of surveyors on the
proposed road from Myrtle Point to
Roseburg.
BEE'S STINGJHURTS THREE
Horse, Victim, Runs Away and Oc
cupants of Buggy Are Thrown Out.
CENTRALIA, Wash, Aug. 26. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. J. W. Mut:n and two daugh
ters, of Tenlno, narrowly escaped ser
ious injury as they were driving down
a steep hill between that city and Bu
coda yesterday. A bee stung the horse
that they were driving, causing the
animal to bolt.
The buggy wa overturned, precipi
tating the occupants In the road, but
aside from a few minor cuts and
bruises they were unhurt. The buggy
TREACHERY CHARGE
HANGS OVER EIGHT
Arrests Made Hanni
ford Effigy Case.
PROMINENT MEN CAUGHT
Editor, Publisher, Councilman
and Labor Leader in Net.
BAIL IN CASES PUT HIGH
Indictment on Which Octet Are
Taken t'harges Conspiracy to
Obstruct Justice in Rail
way Action..
SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 26. Charged
with conspiring to obstruct the admin
istration of Justice in a United States
court, Oliver T. Erlckson, member of
the Seattle City Council ; Le Roy Sand
ers, editor of the Seattle Star; B. H.
Canfleld. publisher of the Star and
manager of a string of newspapers on
the Pacific Coast; John H. Perry, attor
ney for Canfleld and Sanders; Sheriff
Hugo Kelly; Paul K. Mohr, a labor
leader; Thomas Homer, an attorney,
and Will Atkinson, a real estate dealer,
were arrested today on warrants sworn
to by United States District Attorney
Elmer E. Todd.
A warrant for the arrest of A. W.
Fawcett, who was ousted from the of
fice of Mayor of Tacoma in a recent
recall eectlon, was Issued and sent to
Tacoma for service.
Erirkson, Mohr and Kelly refused to
give bail and were sent to the county
Jail. Atkinson was released on $1000
bail, and the others on $5000. Prelim
inary hearing was set for next Wednes
day. Effigy Hanging Arrest Cause.
The warrants for the arrest of the
alleged conspirators were Issued as the
result of the hanging in effigy of Uni
ted States District Judge Cornelius H.
Hanford and the utterance at a mass
meeting last night of inflammatory
speeches denouncing the court for is
suing an injunction restraining the
people of Rainier Valley from Ineerfer
ing vlth the Seattle. Renton & South
ern Railway, which Is Involved in a
dispute with Its patrons.
The Indictment charges all the lead
ers of the mass meeting with conspir
acy to obstruct Justice by arousing
people to disobedience of the lnjunc
tion and refers to remarks made at the
mass meeting.
It also charges Canfield. Sanders and
Perxy with responsibility for the hang
ing in effigy of Judge Hanford.
Chicagoan Cause of Petition.
'The Injunction'' that caused the out
burst was granted on the petition of
Augustus Peabody, of Shlcago, trustee
of the bondholders.
At first It enjoined the patrons of
the carllne from refusing to pay Sec
onal fares demanded at Kenyon street
and from asking for transfers. Later
the Injunction was modified so that the
passengers were issued receipts for
their second fares and transfers upon
the payment of 3 cents additional.
Patrons of the line ignored the In
junction. In this they were encouraged
by aCnfleld and Sanders in their paper,
and by the speakers at the meeting
last night. Petitions asking Congress
to investigate Judge Hanford' acta
and for Impeachment have been circu
lated, and a resolution denouncing the
court and demanding Judge Hanford'
removal was adopted last night.
Humphries and Bryan Out,
Two speakers at the meeting. State
Senator J. W. Bryan, of Kitsap Coun
ty, and John E. Humphries, candidate
for the Republican nomination for Uni
ted States Senator last year, did not
make inflammatory addresses and were
I ..J.J L'.c. I
TRUCKS FALL 60
FEET, DRIVERS SAFE
HOT ASPHALT ESCAPED IX
COUNCIL CREST PLUNGE.
Heavy Autos Roll Over Bank, One
Somersaulting to Bottom Both
Used Again in 9 0 Minutes.
Clifford Harrison and W. S. Simp
son, drivers of two five-ton auto trucks
of the Warren Construction Company,
narrowly escaped death or severe burns
when Harrison's truck, loaded w'ith hot
asihalt, and Simpson's empty truck
went over the 60-foot embankment of
the road leading to Council Crest late
yesterday, piling up In a heap at the
bottom. Neither driver was injured
save for a few bruises, although Har
rison went all the way down tne oans.
with his truck, which turned over twice
in the descent, scattering the hot as
phalt. Harrison turned his truck to the
edge of the road to let the other truck
by, and his machine went over the cliff.
While Simpson was looking back
watching Harrison, he lost control of
his car and It also went off the road.
Eoth rolled all the way to the bottom.
Although the cars were battered, the
engines of both trucks were not dam
aged and a repair crew, under the di
rection of Frank C. Rlggs. had the
trucks back on the road In 90 minutes
after the accident. Both cars went un
der their trtvn power to the garage.
MOTHER-LOVE BRAVES FIRE
Mrs. Otto Meingle Dashes Into Her
Burning Home, Saving Babe.
OREGON CITY. Or, Aug. 26. (Spe
cial.) With rare presence of mind,
displayed while her house was in
names. Mrs. Otto Meingle, of Clacka
mas Heights district, near here, today
rushed to the second floor of her
home, braving the shooting flames,
fanned by a strong wind, and snatched
from apparent death her year-old baby,
which was asleep In Jts crib.
It was about 2 o'clock In the after
noon, while Mrs. Meingle was laboring
In her kitchen, that she smelled smoke.
She hurried outside her home to Inves
tigate and saw the flames eating their
way through the roof. Her first
thought was her babe. She rushed up
the stairway and ran a gauntlet of
flame, rescuing the child as the fire
wa spreading to the bed covering in
the crib. The "mother and babe were
burned about the hands and face, but
neither was seriously injured. The
house was totally destroyed, as there
was no fire department in the district.
Mr. Meingle was at work in town
when his home was burning.
FIRE WARNING IS ISSUED
Forester Elliott Says Permit to Burn
Slashings Required. '
SALEM, Or.. Aug. 26. (Special.)
Warning against burning slashings
without a permit was again issued by
State Forester Elliott today, and he
called especial attention to the fact
that just at the preeenf'me is he most
dangerous of the year.
"We recolve repated reports of slash
ings being burned without permits, and
when the attentions of those doing the
burning are called to this violation of
the law, they plead Ignorance of the
provisions of the statute. In every case
where possible we Intend to allow peo
ple to burn slashings, but occasionally
In some cases it is ill-advised just at
this time of the year, as great danger is
caused, and we request that the burn
ing be postponed."
FIVE DAYS' PAY IS DENIED
First District Prosecutor to Get Sal
ary From Filing Time Only.
SALEM, Or, Aug. 26. (Special.)
Assistant Attorney-General Van Win
kle today held that pdward S. Van
Dyke, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for
the First District, whose office was
created by the Las Legislature, is not
entitled to receive) compensation for his
services from May 20, when the law
went Into effect, but from May 25, when
he filed his oath of office.
Van Dyke's office was covered by the
peculiar wording of the statute creat
ing the office. This wording provided
for 180 days In which to file the refer
endum against the bill, or 180 days aft
er the act became operative. This por
tion of the act is considered to be un
constitutional.
2 AUTOISTS DEAD;
GRANDSTAND FALLS
Veteran Driver and
Mechanic Die.
LORIMER'S DAUGHTER HURT
30 Spectators Injured When
Structure Collapses.
TERRIFIC SPEEDS MADE
Wife of Elgin Racer in Throng Thnl
Sees1 Careening Car Kill Men.
National Wins at Average
of 66 Miles an Hour.
ELGIN', III, Aug. 26. The 305-mlI
automobile "road race today, won by
Len Zengel In a National, with Harry
Grant second and Hugh Hughes third,
was not contested without its toll ol
death and Injuries.
David Buck, veteran Chicago auto
mobile racer, was within 11 laps of th
finish, going 63 miles an hour on the
back stretch, when his right forward
wheel threw a tire. The machine
turned a somersault and Sam Jacobs,
mechanician, was killed. Buck's back
was broken and he died tonight.
Following the accident a messengel
was sent to Mrs. Buck.
Wife's Fears Prove True.
"Tell me the truth at once," Jh
driver's wife said. "You wouldn't send
for me if his injuries were slight."
Every spectator In the standi
watched her as, supported by militia
men, she left her chair and went In a
machine to the field hospital, where
her husband had received first aid,, She.
became hysterical when she learned
that her husband Injuries 'were fatal.
Another accident, In which 80 per
sons were injured, most of them
slightly, occurred while the first lap
of .the race was on. Several sections
of the poorly built grandstand gave
way. When the .stringers by which
the seats were supported collapsed the
boards weaved over and spread out
like a pack of cards thrown ona table,
thus saving thousands of spectator!
from a sheer drop to ths ground.
Miss Lorlmer Injured.
Four of the spectators suffered
broken legs, among them being a
daughter of Senator William Lorlmer.
The others escaped with cuts and
bruises.
A number of women and children
left the grounds after the accident.
The 10 cars which were on the course
were stopped as soon as they reached
the repair pit, but a new start was
made 50 minutes later.
Ralph Mulford, whose Lozier wa
the last away and who had won th
race last year, set a terrific pace at
once. For 59 miles he drove at 69
miles an hour, fading the field by a
good six minutes. On the next lap ha
went out of the race with a burned '
nnnnprtinsr rod bearinsrs.
This placed Len Zengel In first po
sition, with Harry Grant two minutes
behind him. It was in this relation
that the- finished, although Grant
lost an additional two minutes when
he stopped to mend tires. Zengel made
two stops, both for gasoline and lubri
cant. Hugh Hughes the Mercer driver
who won the Kane County cup yester
day ran another consistent race, fin
ishing third. He was closely pressing
Grant for second place at the finish.
He lost out by 11 seconds.
' Zengel Passes Mulford Mark.
Zengel's time average for the race
was four miles an hour faster than
that set by, Mulford last year.
Mulford gof the prize for the fastest
lap. covering the eight and. half mile
In seven minutes, 14 seconds.
Ralph De Palma and Spencer Wis
hart. Simplex- drivers, went out of the
(Concluded on Page 2.)