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1 VOL. XL VI. NO. 14,247. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. AUGUST . 7, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. OF LOST BY BANKERS Million Dollars Stolen in Chicago. CASHIER HAS DISAPPEARED Shock of Failure Causes the Death of Two Men. RIOTOUS CROWD GATHERS Milwaukee-Avenue Bank Closed by Stat Officials, Who Find.Flctl- ' tlous Entries Higher Officer Is Suspected. CHICAGO. Aug. 6. (Special.) The Mil waukee Avenue State Bank, a concern with more than 14,000,000 In deposits, was closed today by the State Bank Examiner. Out of the tremendous excitement which followed there are grave charges that the Institution has been systematically looted elnce 1901 and there are hints that some of tiie state officers knew of the shaky condition of the Institution two months ago, but permitted it to continue, pre sumably in the hope that It would straighten out Us difficulties and avoid a crash. The bank, which was largely patronized lay foreigners of moderate means and working people, had 22,000 depositors, mainly with small accounts representing the savings of years of toll, and the ex citement among them is Intense. All of the day and tonight they have besieged the closed bank, hoping for a word of cheer. One man, who was the treasurer of a society and had deposited the funds cf the society In the bank, dropped dead when he heard of the failure. Another depositor, believing that his savings of years had been swallowed up, committed suicide. Two Officers Suspected. It le said the bank was closed because of the discovery of gross malfeasance on the part of at least two of its officers. , President Paul O. Stensland and Cashier "W. H. Herring are being sought to ex plain their share In the affairs. ' It is said the bank had been looted of $700,000 to Jl.000,000. Fictitious notes to this amount have been found. Numerous notes listed as assets. It Is asserted, have been found to have been takn up, but not can celed by their makers. Therare rumors that Herring is short $130,000, and that J1000. disappeared as late as Saturday night. A member of the Clearlne-House com mittee said this afternoon that the trouble In the bank was first revealed by Presi dent Stensland in a letter written from St. Paul to his son. It Is not yet known whether the money was lost In wildcat real estate speculation or in the security market. Two Deaths Caused by Failure. In the excitement following the an nouncement of the failure, J. G. Visser, an official of the Royal League .who had on deposit In the bank funds of that or ganisation, fell dead of heart failure. Henry Koepke, a small grocer, on hear ing that the bank had suspended pay ment, went to the rear of bis store arid shot himself. He died a few minutes later, while being taken to a hospital. Riotous scenes followed the announce ment of the failure, and a large force of police struggled all day to keep an ex cited crowd of depositors, nearly all of them foreigners and many of them wom en, from bursting in the doors of the In stitution. Warrant Out for Cashier. The fact that the bank was on the verge of failure was first revealed by President Paul O. Stensland, one of the absent officials. A letter to his son, The odore, who is vice-president, written from St. Paul, and received last Saturday, started the Investigation which brought about the suspension. Another sensation al feature of the affair was the disap pearance of the cashier, Henry W. Her ring, and the issuing of a warrant for his arrest on a charge of embezzlement. A message ordering his apprehension was sent to every police station In this city. Clamorous Crowd at Bank. The first public announcement that the bank was In trouble was the posting of a notice at the beginning of banking hours by the Bank Examiner, that busi ness had been suspended for the purpose of making an examination of the bank's affairs, and that the Institution was In the hands of the State Auditor. The news spread rapidly throughout the en tire Northwest side of the city, where the bank has been for years a popular depository for funds saved by working people. Soon a clamorous crowd gathered before the doors and demanded admis sion. Anticipating trouble, a score of po licemen were hurried to the scene. The people were permitted to file past the doors bearing the posted notice, and were compelled to keep moving. Only those having keys to safe-deposit vaults were allowed to enter. Many burst into tears when they found that their savings were endangered or lost. Visser, to whom the shock proved fatal, was Beveral blocks from the bank. Hearing of the rumor, he stepped into a drugstore seeking par ticulars. He fell dead when assured that the bank had failed. An examination of the bank's affairs was begun quietly last Saturday, after receipt of the letter from President Stens iknd. Acting upon Instructions contained s POO therein, Vice-President Theodore Stens land opened a deposit box and discovered proofs that the bank's funds were in bad shape. President Potter, of the American Trust & Savings Bank, which acted as clearing agent for the defunct institution, was called into consultation. The State Auditor was notified and Immediately sent the Bank Examiner to make a full inves tigation. The shortage is estimated to be between J750.000 ana $1,000,000. Disastrous specula tion in real estate and In the security market is said to be responsible. Mem bers of the clearing-house committee were told that most of this amount was wholly unprotected by adequate collateral. All Kept in the Family. The institution was known as a "fam ily bank." The Stensland family, for years well-known residents of the North west Side, held much of the stock and members of the family operated the bank. It was organized in 1891 with a paid-up capital of $250,000, and succeeded the banking firm of Paul O. Stensland & Co. A statement made by Vice-President Stensland today showed $1,051,000 In cash on hand. He said that the bank carried deposits of $4,200,000 and had 20,000 depos itors! The bank was not a member of the clearing house,-but cleared through the American Trust & Savings Bank. The concern's New York's correspondents are the Mercantile and the Chase Na tional Banks. The last report of the bank was made on June 19, and Is as follows: Statement of Bank's Condition. Resource: Loans and discounts, $3,223, 172.72; overdrafts, $1323.72; stocks and bonds, $350,638.33; real estate and safe de posit vaults, $75,863.83; current expenses, $11,477.34; exchanges for clearing-houses, $71,202.85; checks and other cash items, $3815.50; cash on hand. $285,162.16; due from banks. 1669,424.22; collections In tran sit, $25,312.23; total, $4,697,474.80. Liabilities: Capital stock paid in, $250,000; surplus fund, $250,000; undivided profits, $61,866.85; dividends unpaid, $150; savings deposits subject to notice, $3,175,195.21; In dividual ' deposits subject to check, $869, 091.83; demand certificates of deposit, $7200; time certificates of deposit, $30,822; certified checks, $8651.75: cashier's checks outstanding. S43.997.14; total. I4.69T.4T4.80. Mr. Jones, who is investigating the at fairs of the institution, said tonight: It will take at least a week before I will be in a position to make a reliable state ment of the affairs of the bank. From what 1 have discovered, however, since I started the investigation, I am of the opinion that some of the officials of the institution are responsible for the necessity of suspending business. When the examination of the books is completed. I think It will be found that Cashier Herring 1 not entirely to blame for the closing of the bank. While there have been reports that Herring has been using the funds of the bank for his own personal benefit, I am not prepared at the present time to state that such is the fact. On the other hand, however, I be lieve I have found enough to Justify me in making the statement that there has been some Juggling- of the bank's funds and that Cashier Herring is not the only one that Is involved. As to the bank's opening for business again, I can only say that, when a Chicago bank falls and the doors axe closed, they generally stay, closed, and I don't believe the Milwaukee-Avenue EanK"wlll be any exception to the rule. Soma of the securities held by the bank will hardly be as valuable as the bank's statement would Indicate and If It is neces sary to dispose of them to meet the pay ment of the depositors. It will be impossible to dispose of them at the price they are credited at on the bank's books. Up to a late hour tonight the where abouts of Herring were, unknown. He was last seen at the bank last Saturday afternoon. His home Is being closely guarded by detectives. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 8T deff. ; minimum, 68. TODAY'S Fair and cooler. Northwest winds. Raesia- General strike will be fiasco unless railroad men Join it. Page 4. Threats of mutiny in Odessa and Sevastopol. Page 4. Radicals issue new strike manifesto. Page 4. Stolypln explains why cabinet was not changed. Page 8. Foreign. Shanghai officials tear down Jail built by Chinese. Page 3. Many victims of Slrlo disaster washed ashore. Page 8. Pan-American Congress votes for arbitra tion. Page 4. Polities. Iowa Democratic convention will declare for Bryan. Page 2 Cannon's reply to Gomper's attack. Page 1. Shaw's boom killed by Cummins' victory in Iowa. Page 1. Domestic. Three negroes lynched by North Carolina mob. Page 1. Successful balloon voyage In East. Page 4. Lawyers argue Hartje case. Page 6. Many deaths, from heat on Atlantic Coast. Page 2. Teati.ters' convention opens with fist fights. itrge 4. Chicago bank falls, "having been robbed of $1,000,000 by its officers. Page 1. Two grand Juries to investigate Standard Oil Company. Page 6. Hport. Mischief II wins first race for L-lpton cup. Page 9. Kaiser's yacht loses race at Cowes. Page 9. Pacific Coast. Unalloted lands on Yakima Indian Reserva tion to be sold. Page 5. Chinese gold miner killed in battle with robbers at Martini, Mont. Page 5. Servant-girl question raises tempest in tea pot at Fort Walla Walla. Page 5. Lawler gold mines in Quart zvl lie district, Oregon, sold for $200,000. Page 5. Old man murdered by boy tramps in Lane County; murderers are caught. Page fl. Idaho Democratic state convention unseats two Mormon delegations. Page 1. Major W. H. Scofield kills himself in San Francisco. Page 2. Commercial and Marine. Demand for hops exceedingly strong. Page 13. Chicago wheat market turns firm. Page 13 Stocks advance on small sales. Page 13. Grain crop of Upper Columbia will come here by water route. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Trial of Charles A. Watson for perjury is be gun in Federal Court. Page 8. Dr. Knopf, tuberculosis specialist, declares disease can be checked if common sense methods are employed. Page 9. Attorney Rlddell argues that W. M. Ladd should be removed as administrator of Johnson estate. Page 9. Motor car No. 4, of Harriman system, proves unsuited to local conditions and is sent back to Omaha. Page 12. Caltfornlan recognises candy store girl as long-lost daughter, but, despite startling resemblance, case proves one of mistaken identity. Page 7. State troops are preparing for Journey to American Lake. Page 8. Programme for convention of Fire Chiefs at Calgary. JB. C. Page 14. W. J. Clemens, Insurance agent, accuses Chief Campbell of Incompetency, and cnarges will be brought before Commis sion. Page 3. Chsrles. Nickell pentencefl to 13 months' im prisonment. Page S. LYNCHING STOPS TRIAL OF NEGROES Mob Hangs Three in North Carolina. PLEAS OF JUDGE FRUITLESS Militia Called Out, .but Has Blank Cartridges. ' ACCUSED OF HIDEOUS CRIME Speechless With Terror, the Victims Neither Deny Nor Confess Mas sacre of Iiyerly Family. Will Punish Guilty. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Aug-. 6. A mob of 3000 men shortly before 11 o'clock tonight forcibly entered the Rowan County Jail at Salisbury, removed therefrom three of the Ave negroes charged with the murder of the Lyerly family at Barber 'Junction. July 13, and lynched them. Mease and John Gil lespie and Jack Dillingham, supposed to be the principals In that crime, were the victims of mob vengeance. The re maining two negroes were not molested and later tonight were taken to Greens, boro. Vatn Appeal to Reason. The mob began gathering at sun down. Mayor Boyden promptly ordered the saloons closed and with other prom inent citizens. United States Senator Overman, Judge Long-, who was to try the negroes, . .and . Solicitor Hammer, gathered on . the jail steps and ad dressed the crowd, which at that time numbered 2D00. There were howls and catcalls from the mob, but for a time there was no move, the mob lacking a leader. While citizens were appealing to the . mob, . two- men slipped . through the crowd and attempted to break In the Jail doors with hammers. They were discovered and arrested. Militia Not Allowed to Shoot. About 9 o'elelt-ftTJr -Boyden called upon, the local military company for aid. It assembled Quickly, but was supplied only ' with blank cartridges, having no orders to shoot to kill. Fire man McLendon, of Charlotte, a South ern Railway employe, was shot and fatally wounded by a member of the mob. Will Troutman, a negro delivery man, was also shot and seriously wounded. Both of the shootings are said to have been accidental. At 10 o'clock the mob was augmented by fully 600 men. It was but a few minutes after their arrival when a crowd of 50 men made a rush for the jail doors, overpowered the officers and effected an entrance. The great crowd surged in behind the leaders and in a few minutes more emerged from the door with its victims and marched northward. Hanged and Riddled With Lead. A halt was made at Henderson's ball grounds on the edge of the tdwn. There the negroes were given time to confess the crime. They refused either to deny or confess and were so thoroughly frightened as almost to have lost the power of speech. John Gillespie wept piteously and begged for his life. Finally at midnight the three were strung up to the limbs of one tree, and with howls and curses the crowd rid dled the dangling bodies with bullets. The mob then dispersed. George Ervln was taken from the jail with his associates and closely questioned. Then the mob led him back to his cell. Ed Barber, a relative of the mur BEFORE 'V jjp dered man, followed the mob with the prisoners to the scene of the lynching and pleaded with them to return the negroes to the jail and let the law take its course, but the mob paid no attention to him. Massacre of the Lyerlys. The crime for which the three men were lynched was committed on. the night of July 13 near Barber's Junc tion, about 40 miles from Greensboro, A. C. Lyerly, a well-known farmer, his wife and two children were killed, while asleep, a third child was fatally wounded and the house set on fire. Sheriff Julian arrested and brought to Charlotte for safe keeping- the two Gillesfles, Dillignham and wife, George Ervin and Henry Lee. The trial began today at a special term of court at Sal BLOT ON GOOD NAME OF STATE Governor Says He Will Bring .the Lynchers to Justice. RALEIGH, N. C, Aug. 6. Governor Glenn was at 11:10 o'clock last night told by Judge Long over the telephone of the work of the mob at Salisbury. He at once wired orders to the military companies at Charlotte, Greensboro and Statesvllle to hurry by special trains to Salisbury. Finding these were too late, he countermanded the order. He stated that some time ago he of fered the Sheriff the service of the mi litia, but that the offer was declined as unnecessary. He characterized ' the lynching as a blot on the state and said he will at once take steps to discover and bring to Justice the guilty parties. PENSION GRAFTER CAUGHT Howard M. Stearns Pretends Injury to Spine and Fools Examiners. . SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 6. Howard M. Stearns. 29 years old. was arrested yes terday by United States Special Examiner O. L. Sues and Deputy United States Marshal DeLancie. on a charge of pre senting a false pension claim. Stearns served in the Spanish War, and on Feb ruary 4 applied for a pension on the ground that he had received a permanent injury to his spine while playing ball at the Presidio. It was learned that the in Jury to his spine had been permanently cured before he enlisted and that he had not been injured at all as stated by him. Stearns, it is alleged, simulated curva ture of the spine so well that he made the Board of Pension Examiners believe last July that one of his legs was sev eral Inches shorter than the other. United States Commissioner Heacock set bail at $2500, and ordered him to ap pear for hearing next Saturday morning. NEW METHOD OF REBATING Stickney Says Railroads Manipulate Tariff Schedules. ST. PAUL, Aug. 6. "Instead of giving rebates, the railroads now manipulate their tariff schedules," declared A. B. Sticney, president of the Chicago Great Western at the hearing today before the State Railroad and Warehouse Commis sion. "I have called the attention of the In terstate Commerce Commissioners to the fact that the constant filing of new tariff schedules by the companies ought not to be allowed. The manipulation of these tariff schedules by the railroads has taken the place of rebates." GOES TO JAIL FOR HIS DOG Doctor Hides Animal Sentenced to Death for Biting Girl. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 6. (Special.) Dr. K. A, Hoorigan, a prominent physi cian, member of the Democratic County Committee and candidate for Congress, was sent to jail today because he refused to disclose the whereabouts of his dog that officers desired to kill for biting a lit tle girl. The doctor was later released af ter having agreed not to Interfere with the police In their search for the animal. STORM SCARES WILD WEST Kills Two Men, Injures Several .and Stampedes Spectators. HARRI9BURG, Pa., Aug! 6. A terrific rain and wind storm struck Harrisburg today. Lightning killed Charles M. Rich wine and Chic Befrandi, and injured sev eral employes of Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show. Befrandi was a Japanese acrobat. Several women in the main tent fainted from fright. THE DIRECT PRIMARY AND DENY MORMONS 'SENS Bitter .Fight in Idaho Convention. ALMOST COME TO BLOWS Credentials Committee Holds a Strenuous Session. MEETS ON LAKE STEAMER Democrats Settle Factional Fight During Excursion Around Lake Coeur d'Alene Fremont and Bear Lake Unseated. COEUR D'ALENE CITY, Idaho. Aug. . The unseating of two Mormon delega tions, one- from Fremont and- the other from Bear Lake County, was a sensa tional feature of the Idaho State Conven tion, which met in this city this morning. This action of the credentials committee, which was ratified on the floor of the con vention this evening, was taken this aft ernoon on board the steamer Idaho dur ing an excursion around Coeur d'Alene Lake, given in honor of the delegates. The committee's session was lengthy and marked by extreme bitterness. . At this hour, nearly midnight, the convention is still in session, but has made little progress toward permanent organization. The anti-Mormon fight is on with a ven geance, and the outlook is favorable to the defeat of the Mormon forces, though oil may yet be poured on the troubled waters. Opening of the Session. The convention began its session at noon in the Coeur d'Alene Auditorium. C. H. Jackson, of Boise, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, called the convention to order. Ex-Sena tor Henry Heltfeld. of Lewiston, was elected temporary chairman, and J. W. Avery, of Boise, temporary secretary. Mary E. Lynch, of Ada County, was elect ed assistant secretary. The convention then adjourned till g p. M. ; At 2 P. M. the delegates were taken on their pleasure trip on Coeur d'Alene Lake, on the steamer Idaho. The Du bois, men are believed to be in com plete control of the convention, and today's boat ride Is claimed to have been arranged by them to head off danger of outside interference while the platform was being shaped. Fight Taken Up Again. When the convention reassembled tonight after the return of the dele gates from their trip up Lake Coeur d'Alene and the St. Joe River, the fight over the question of seating the Mor mon delegations from Southern Idaho was transferred from the committee on credentials to the floor of the conven tion. On the steamer Idaho in midlake the issue between Gentile and Mormon was fought out during the afternoon, with, a vigor that at times threatened per sonal violence. After a debate of two hours, In which the lie direct came near being given, the credentials com mittee decided to throw out the Mor mon delegations from Fremont and Bear Lake Counties. Fremont's 11 dele gates were excluded by a viva voce vote of about 3 to 1. The Oentile con testing delegation was seated. In the case of Bear Lake County, there was no- contesting delegation to be seated, but the Mormon delegation was thrown out on the ground that they had repudiated the Democratic) party at the last election. On this AFTER DE MOCRATS issue the committee stood 10 to 8. The committeemen from Ada, Boise, Cassia, Custer, Nez Perces, Oneida, Owyhee and Shoshone voted to seat the Mor mon delegates. - Fist Fight Is Threatened. ' . That a physical encounter was averted' at the committee meeting on the steamer was due only to the fact that a wide table separated State Chairman C. H. Jackson and Delegae Dalrymple, of Bear Lake, and that the audience was packed so closely about them that they could not get at each other by going around the table. Mr. Jackson had charged that Delegate Puggemeyer, of Bear Lake, was a late polygamist. The contest tonight on the floor of the convention was- spirited and sensational. On a test vote the convention by a large majority sustained the action of the committee on credentials. The plank of the Democratic state platform which will provide for the re enactment of the famous "Test oath," disfranchising the Mormons of Idaho, was prepared In rough form by the resolutions committee tonight and with slight modi fication win be adopted tomorrow In sub stance it follows: ""We demand the extirpation of ' po lygamy and unlawful cohabitation In the State of Idaho and the complete separa tion of church and state in political af fairs; and we pledge ourselves to enact legislation that will render effective that wise and patriotic clause of the consti tution of the 8tate of Idaho which reads as follows: The Test Oath Clause. No person Is permitted to vote, serve aa a Juror or hold any civil office who is a biga mist or polygamist or is living- in what 1 known as a patrlarchlal, plural or celestial marriage, or in violation of any law of this state or of the United States forbidding such crimes, or who In any manner teaches, ad vises, counsels, aids or encourage any person to enter into bigamy, polygamy or such patri archal, plural or celestial marriage, or to live In violation of any such law, or to commit any such crimes, or who is a member of or contributes to the support, aid or encourage ment of any order, organization, associated corporation or society which teaches, advises, encourages or aids any person to enter into bigamy, polygamy or such patriarchal or plural marriage, or which teaches or advues that the laws of this state prescribing rules of civil conduct are not the supreme law of the state. WILL REPLY TO GOMPERS CAXXOX WILD. DISCUSS LABOR WHKN HE IS NOMIXATED. Blame Labor Leaders for Failure to Get the Desired Legislation Through Congress. DANVILLE, 111., Aug. 6. (Speclal.V When Speaker Cannon Is renominated for Congress, on August 16, he will deliver a speech of acceptance in which he will plunge Into the. labor question. He will accept the gage of battle hurled by Pres ldent Gompers of the American Federa tion of Labor, and defend Congress and the Republican party against the charge that labor's demands did not receive their proper recognition. He will . take up three questions, the eight-hour bill, the an tl-inj unction bill and the educational provision of the Immigration and natural ization bills. He will contend that the eight-hour law now on statutes Is as effective as it could be and that the bill printed by labor Is absurd In its provi sion penalizing a worklngman for putting in more than eight hours a day on any work that may be performed In an estab lishment having any sort of contract with the Government. It would require the employes to convince themselves that their employers did business with the Government, for, if ignorant of that fact, they would have to pay S3 every time they worked a few minutes longer than the prescribed eight hours. He will hold Gompers and the legisla tive committee of the American Federa tion of Labor responsible for the defeat of the antl-injunctlon bill. The House committee on judiciary was ready to re port the antl-injunctlon bill which was prepared by R. W, Fuller, agent of the different railroad brotherhoods, and which was approved by President Roose velt, Attorney-General Moody and Com missioner of Corporations Garfield. It provides that no Injunction shall be is sued in labor disputes unless notice of hearing has been served on both aides. Gompers antagonized this measure and the President warned him that his an tagonism would probably defeat the bill. Gompers insisted on a more radical measure and Speaker Cannon will charge that, but for his attitude, a solution of the problem, acceptable to the railroad men of the country, would have been reached. He will charge also that Gompers at first insisted on the educational test of the immigration and naturalization bills. Differences of opinion arose among the ranks of organized labor' and Gompers subsequently withdrew his opposition, sending word to the Speaker that the edu cational test would not be made an Issue in the coming campaign. Other parts of the Speaker's speech of acceptance will be devoted to a discussion of trusts, prosperity, wages and current political topics. It is authoritatively asserted that the convention will not be made an occasion of a Cannon boom for the Presidency. The Speaker is of opinion that to have such a boom originate with a gathering that may be presumed to speak his wishes would not show becoming modesty nor be coming political astuteness. GREAT STORM IN TEXAS Deluge of Bain Swamps Kail road and AVaslies Out Bridges. HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. S. Reports from Ballonger, 400 miles west of here, today are to the effect that nine inches of rain fell during the past 24 hours over an area including several hun dred square miles. The Colorado River and Elm Creek are higher than ever before. Santa Fe Railroad bridges are being swept away and in places the track is under 20 feet of water. Today wires are down and the devastated sec tions cannot be heard from. Relief trains are being sent out from Temple. Untermyer Declines to Run, NEW YORK. Aug. 6. Samuel Unter meyer, counsel for the International Pol icyholders' Committee, today gave out a statement declining to be a candidate for trustee of the Mutual Life Company and the New York Life Insurance Company. SHI BOOM BEYOND REVIVAL Defeat in Iowa Deals Fatal Blow. CUMMINS IS CHOICE OF STATE May Lead Revision Forces in National Convention, ROOSEVELT'S LAST MOVE By Hi Dollar Subscription to Be publican Campaign Fund, He Sets Example, and Dollars Eoll Into Treasury. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington, Aug. 6. The Iowa Republican State Convention, Interesting as it was on account of the much-discussed tariff fight, was especially important in that it unquestionably sealed the fate of the Shaw Presidential boom. It has been known for a year or more that Secretary Shaw was trimming for the Presidential race: he has long had his eyes on the Presidency, but he does not appear to be Iowa's favorite son. He may have been. In times past,, but he has been forced to make way for Governor Cummins, the late victor, and, unless there should be tt change in the trend of sentiment, Iowa will go to the next Republican convention backing Cummins and not Shaw for the nomination. Shaw led the fight against Cummins In the recent convention, and, had he won, would have been a step nearer the Presi dential nomination than he has ever been before. He would have been the acknowl dged party leader in Iowa, and woulcf have been in a position to ask for the in dorsement of his state In 1908. Cummins Is Favorite Son. Immediately after the convention there was talk of Cummins as a Presidential possibility in 1908, and there is every in dication that the Oovcrnor of Iowa will have a little boom of his own long before then, especially If it appears that Roose velt is not likely to be forced to accept a renomlnation. Iowa, notwithstanding the attitude of most of the members of Its Congressional delegation Is in favor of tariff revision, and, if the state de cides to present a "favorite son" to the next Republican National convention. It will be most likely to choose a man who favors revision rather than an absoluta stand-patter like Shaw. If Shaw cannot have the indorse ment of his own state, he can hope for little support in the National conven tion. All candidates look primarily to the support of their own states, and a convention naturally has little confi dence In a candidate who cannot get the Indorsement of his own delegation. Therefore Shaw, robbed of the indorse ment of Iowa, has little to look for ward to In 1908. The only thing that will save him will be an announce ment from Cummins that he will not let his name be presented, and such, an announcement is Improbable, par ticularly when the Governor sees his own strength Increasing as the de mand for tariff revision spreads lit Iowa. Starts Dollars Rolling In. Roosevelt Is repeatedly giving evi dence of the fact that ho is an ex tremely shrewd politician. He went Into the White House with the repu tation of being a poor manipulator, but It was not long before he made a few moves that caused the old leaders to rub their eyes and wonder. Lately the. old warhorses have come to acknowl edge that there Is no more adroit pol itician In the country than Roosevelt and none, more successful. His meth ods are unique but effective. The lat est move of the President that at tracted attention was his contribution to the Republican Congressional cam paign fund. Chairman Sherman had announced his intention of appealing to Republican voters for money with which to defray the legitimate ex penses of the campaign, and it had been decided that Jl was all that was to be expected of any man. The Pres ident promptly wrote a note to Sher man, inclosing his fl contribution. It was the first money received. Sher man, with his usual foresight, gave out the President's letter for publication, and it was sent broadcast through the land. That letter will do more to call attention to the II contribution scheme) than anything else that could have) been written or printed. Now that the President has set the example, oth er dollars will pour into the Republi can party coffers, thousands of them from men who would not have known of the dollar contribution scheme had the President not led off in his char acteristic manner. Just Escape Going Over Falls. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Aug. 6. Charles Walsh and his wife with sev eral women were rescued from a dis abled launch in the Niagara River yesterday, Just as the craft was start ing over the falls. The launch lost its propeller. Walsh tried to drop anchor, but it did not hold. They then shipped the oars and they snapped like pipe- stems In the attempt to drive the heavy launch against the rapid current. One of the women tied a skirt to a broken. oar and the attention of people on tha shore was attracted. The party waa rescued at the danger line..