THE MORNING OREGOMAN. MONDAY, MAY 18, 1908.
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CO. May 17. The At-
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i val pageantry and merry
In Ban Francisco, will sail to-
morning at 10 o'clock for
"get Sound, arriving off Seattle on
May 21. One-half of trie ships will
dock at Bremerton Navy-yard while at
the North, and the other will return
here for repairs and painting beneath
the water-iine.
Play-days In JPuget Sound will be
over half the month and then the offi
cers and men will resume the usual
routine of man-o'-war life. Orders call
for the reassembling of the fleet in
San Francisco harbor not later than
July 3.
On July 7 the fleet will sail for
Honolulu and after a week's stay there
will go direct to Auckland.
Sperry Raises His Flag of Blue.
The Pacific fleet of armored cruisers,
under command of Rear-Admiral Day
ton, sailed south this morning at 8
o'clock, and Rear-Admiral Sperry, In
command of the Atlantic fleet, hoisted
for the first time his commanding flag
of blue. Being junior in lineal rank
to Admiral Dayton, Admiral Sperry
was compelled by naval regulations to
fly a subordinate flag of rr so long
as the Pacific fleet remained at this
station.
The long line of armored cruisers,
Which sailed for Santa Barbara, was
headed by the flagship West Virginia,
and included the Colorado, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington
end California. The protected cruiser
Charleston, flagship of Rear-Admiral
Swinburne, also sailed with the fleet,
but her destination is Monterey.
The gunboat Yorktown accompanied
the cruisers to Santa Barbara. The
South Dakota, one of the eight armored
cruisers composing the second squadron
of the Pacific fleet, which returned late
yesterday afternoon from her official
trial trip, did not sail with the others.
Dined at the Fairmount.
The last of the official entertainments
provided here for the Atlantic and Pa
cific fleets was the banquet tendered last
' night at the Fairmount Hotel by San
Francisco Council, Knights of Colum
bus, to the petty officers of the fleets.
The original arrangements were car
ried out by the Rev. Father Gleason,
chaplain of the flagship Connecticut.
Rear-Admirals Sperry and Thomas both
spoke and there were In attendance Cap
tains Sutherland, of the New Jersey;
Nicholson, of the Nebraska, and a num
ber of other commanding and commis
sioned officers.
Many wives of commanding and petty
officers were also among the diners.
Enlisted Men Navy's Bulwark.
Admiral Sperry made his first speech
since assuming command of the At
lantic fleet. He spoke directly and
pointedly. He declared that the en
listed men of the Navy were the bul
wark and defense of the Navy.
"Their training. he continued, "Is
entirely In the hands of the petty offi
cers, who stand between the men and
the commanding officers. We have now
in the Navy the most splendid body
of young men that could be selected
In all the world. Above everything
else, they are American gentlemen and
their training should always be along
that line. And when they salute a su
perior officer, they should remember it
Is no hard line of caste that is drawn,
but that it is merely the courtesy, due,
and the salutation of one gentleman to
another. They are brave men and true,,
all of them, and I am proud to com
mand such a force."
far and must make con
It wants to go to smash.
on get his fellows in line.
hing was worked right, you
e many unions to repudiate
rt it? And all this fellow
$100 a week salary and the
of picking out the men in the
nions.
r man proposes that, a great
"antl-Gompers union men" be
He wants to hold mass meet-
the factory of every member of
itional Association of Manufac-
Id supply the eloquence," he ex
"Then. when I had the men
?rly worked up, I would call
a few words from their
l oyer. All he would need to do
Id be to say that he heartily in-
lorsed my project, and any man who
did not care to join the new organiza
tion, could take his time on the spot.
Then I'd make another short speech,
and I think we would land every man."
Politicians Appeal for Help.
Both of these men. it is perhaps
needless to say, were quietly but
firmly turned down.
Many efforts have been made to in
duce Mr. Van Cleave to outline the
plan of the Association's work, but up
to date they have not succeeded.
One of the members, however, says
that steps will be taken to help out
Congressmen in every district where
they are opposed by Gompers and his
crowd, and that a large fund will be
raised for that purpose.
This theory has naturally interested
a large number of would-be politicians
who know "they. couid land the nom
Intion In their respective districts, if
they only had the funds to make a
proper preliminary campaign. And
they are not one bit backward In ap
plying to Mr. Van Cleave for the funds,
either.
The labor men of New York are display
ing great interest In the political activity
of the National Association of Manufac
turers, and have arranged to secure as
much inside information on the subject as
is possible. Most of the leaders publicly
declare that the new movement is princi
pally talk, but they are not going to drop
the matter there without investigation.
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LABOR MEN ENTER POIITICS
Chicago Federation Determines to
Take Advantage Direct Primary-
CHICAGO. May 17. (Special.) Follow
ing the advice of President Gompers, or
ganized labor represented in ,the Chicago
Federation of Labor officially launched
it's political campaign today. .Political
action, long a forbidden subject in the
central labor body, was hailed as the
only remedy for court decisions and in
junctions, which were declared inlmicai
to the Interests of the workers.
By a unanimous vote of the delegates.
President Fitzpatrick was instructed t?
appoint a committee of 60 to proceed at
once to form an organization in every
precintet in the city for the purpose of se
curing the nomination of candidates for
public office who are friendly to organized
labor. Recommendations were adopted
calling on the officers of the Illinois
State Federation of Labor to call a con
ference of delegates from every labor
council throughout the state to take simi
lar action in their respective districts.
Many of the speakers declared that
the time had come for united political
action and that the direct primary law
offered the way for the organized
workers to make' effective their voting
power. The Socialist delegates in the
Federation were taken by surprise
when the political programme was
announced, but they made little op
position to the plans, as some of them
said that any kind of political action
was better than none.
The only opposition to the movement
came from Delegate Siskind, a Social
ist, who said it should be submitted to
a referendum vote of all the unions
in the city.
"If the delegates here decide to go
into politics," said Siskind, "it may re
sult in the formation of a party of a
few political labor skates instead of
a workingmen's movement."
"This is the first chance that the work
ers have had in the history of Illinois,"
declared Delegate Russell. "If you don't
take advantage of the direct primary law,
the next Legislature will repeal it on
the ground that the people do not want
it. Let ua go into tin i;iimaries and
nominate our own candidates, irrespec
tive of party, and we will have men in
the next Congress and in the State Leg
islature that will be ready to listen to
our requests for progressive legislation.'.'
Printed copies of the primary law and
suggestions as to its practical operation
were distributed to each delegate to in
form himself on the subject and be pre
pared for the fight on August 8.
ONLY FEAV DESERT FLEET
Battleships Will Leave San Krancls
co With Nearly Full Quota.
SAX FRANCISCO. May 17. It was re
ported from the battleships today that
there had been very few desertions wh'.le
the fleet has been in this port, and the
officers expressed the belief that the war
ships would get away with nearly tneir
full complement of men. Some have
overstayed their leave, but have managed
to get back within the time limit and
avoided being classed as deserters.
AX AID TO RAPID FIRING
Two-Stage Ammunition Hoists for
the Battleships.
WASHINGTON'. May 17. The ttvo
Ftage ammunition hoists are to be in
stalled on the battleships. Carolina,
Michigan. Delaware and South Dakota.
This is the general type of hoist used
on board warships and has been re
commended for the American vessels
as the type likely to contribute to
rapid fire.
EMPLOYERS AFTER HIM
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far as possible, that the ones now in
office are defeated."
Since he made this statement the life
of Van Cleave has been made a burden.
He has been bombarded with letters,
orr.e full of praise, others flowing over
with blame. Many men call upon him
at the Waldorf, all primed with schemes
to "put the 1-abor Trust out of busi
ness." And every one is anxious for
money, the amounts ranging from a five
dollar bill up to 50.000, the proposition of
one grafter with a remarkably involved
scheme which "would win Gompers
over."
Go up to the Waldorf any night and
sou will see half a dozen men at least
"waiting for Van Cleave." it reminds
politicians of the early Hearst cam
paigns, when the gratters had the time
of their lives.
Some of the men are probably honest,
but the propositions they are loaded with
are bizarre, with the accent on the biz.
Schemes to Beat Ont Gompers.
One man suggests this: "Fight them
from the inside. Get one good strong
labor man in every union in the United
Htatrs. Pay him well, say $75 a week
and $50 for expenses. Let him impress
upon his fellows the facts that labor
TACKLE CURRENCY BILL
SENATE AND HOUSE MEMBERS
IN CONFERENCE.
Meetings Expected to Last All 'Week.
Many Differences to Be Settled
Before Final Decision.
-WASHINGTON. May 17. Conferees
on the currency bill will meet tomor
row and the probability is that dally
sessions will be held for the next sev
eral days. In fact, it is not thought
the question of- financial legislation
will be settled until a few hours be
fore final adjournment.
The differences between 'the Senate
and the House are many. The Senate
regards the provision of the House for
the formation of clearing-house dis
tricts and the issuance of National
bank notes on commercial paper guar
anteed by the clearing-house associa
tions to be a species of asset currency.
It is said that Senator Aldrich and his
fellow managers of the conference on
the part of the Senate are not unalter
ably opposed to the plan of the House
bill if it can be safeguarded so as to re
move the asset currency feature. There
fore it is possible that the conferences
will work out something that may be
acceptable to both branches of Congress.
The conferees on the part of the Senate
are Messrs Aldrich, Allison, Hale. Dan
iel and Teller. On the part of the House
Messrs. Vreeland. New York: Burton,
Ohio; Weeks, Massachusetts; Pujo, Lou
isiana, and Glass, Virginia. All of these
legislators, including the four Democrats,
are in favor of the passage of some sort
of emergency currency legislation at the
present session. .
KILLS HIS OLD COMRADE
Murder Follows Quarrel Between In
mates of Soldiers Home.
DATTOX, O.. May 1". The bitter en
mity that two old- soldiers entertained
for each other culminated In a murder at
the Soldiers Home tonight, following a
quarrel, when John Samuel, aged 56,
threw from a second-story window of the
barracks James Bowlin, aged 73. Bowlin
fell head foremost on the cement pave
ment below. His skull was fractured and
death ensued. Samuel was arrested.
Forty Factions Fight to Con
trol State Convention
at Spokane. -
CAUCUS ALL NIGHT LONG
Contest Promises Spectacular Scenes
Today Mad Scramble for Na
tional Committeeship Up
set by Liquor Issue.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 18. With
every prospect of a fight on the floor
between W. H. Dumphy. of Walla Walla
County, and Charles G. Heifner, of King
County, for the indorsement for Demo
cratic National committeeman, with the
distribution of places on the National
delegation in the First and Second dis
tricts still in the air and with the dele
gates rent into 40 different factions on
the disposition to be made with the sub
ject of "curbing the liquor traffic, the
Democratic state convention, which con
venes at the Armory at 10 o'clock this
morning, promises to be one of the most
spectacular political gatherings assem
bled in Spokane in a decade.
At midnight last night the leaders in
the National committeemenship contest
were still engaged in the effort to mar
shal their respective forces, the steering
committees of the Second district dele
gations were in caucus trying to agree
upon a slate of delegates and alternates
to the National convention and the King
County steering committee., headed by J.
T. Ronald, was holding off the steering
committees of the First district delega
tions, while it marshaled the Heifner
forces In the delegate fight.
Attendance Will Not Exceed 550.
An hour earlier, the third district steer
ing committee, organized by Jack O'Brien,
of bpokane County, had perfected an or
ganization of 238 votes- to stand for Bald
win, of Spokane, and Christensen, of
Ritzville, for delegates at large, a com
plete slate of district delegates and presi
dential electors and W. H. Dumphy for
National committeeman.
By midnight there were some 30 or 400
of the i08 delegates appointed to the con
vention actually on the ground. Many of
tnese carried proxies rrom absent dele
gates, and there is a prospect that the
actual attendance will not exceed 550.
The slate proposed by the steering com
mittee as it stood at midnight was as fol
lows:
. The Slate at Midnight.
For temporary chairman Ex-United
Estates benator George Turner. -
For delegates-at-large to the Nation
al Convention Fred Baldwin, Spokane
cnaries G. Heifner, Seattle: A. R.
Titlow, Tacoma, and George F. Chris
tensen, Kitzvllle.
.Delegates from the Third District-
Jerome Druuiheller, Spokane, and T. A.
vvnite, st. jonn. Whitman County.
Alternates, Third District Dan Paul,
Douglas; J. H. Mitchem, Lincoln, and
M. A. Smalley,. Okonagan.
For Presidential. Electors W. A.
Hamilton, Benton, and J. M. McKernan
Garfield.
Candidates for delegates in Second
District Frank Spinning, Pierce; L. M.
Hidden. Clark; W. W. Cannon, Lewis,
and J. Conine. Thurston, and L. B.
Bignoid, Chehalis.
Candidates in the First District F.
A. McDonald, King; I. Calhoun, King,
and w. W. Black, of Snohomish, and
several others.
Archbishop Peter Bourgade.
CHICAGO. May IT. Most Rev. Peter
Bourgade. Archbishop of Santa Fe, died
at a hospital here today of heart failure,
aged 3 years.
FREE BOOZE TO DELEGATES
Liquor-Dealers Dispense Refresh
ments in Abundance at Spokane.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 17. (Special.)
Determined not to be caught napping
in the Democratic state convention here
tomorrow as they were in the Republi
can state convention last Thursday
champions of the liquor interests of the
state today opened a "tea room" in room
102 of the Spokane Hotel, headquarters
oi the arriving Democratic delegates
where liquors, hard and soft, ranging
irom gin to ginger ale, and from Ken
tucky bourbon to grape Juice, were
served gratis and without stint to all
comers.
Ostensibly the service is being ten
dered by the reception committee, con
sisting of local Democratic leaders, but
only yesterday the finance committee of
the reception committee was- combing the
town with a subscription paper, making
a desperate and uphill effort to raise
enough money to defray the routine ex
penses of the convention. Since then
fully $500 has been turned loose in the
purchase of liquid refreshments and
cigars, which are being distributed at
the "tea-room" with a lavish hand to
all comers.
This being Sunday and Spokane being
a closed town, there is no place in the
city where liquor can be publicly pur
chased. 'But in 102, at the Spokane Ho
tel, "booze" of all kinds is being given
away with a lavishness which bespeaks
an inexhaustible supply still on hand.
Judge Turner said tonight:
"I believe that this convention
should adopt a declaration expressing
itself as opposed to all sumptuary law
or laws restricting the personal lib
erty of the individual, and take issue
squarely with the Republican party
on this question. Eight of the coun
ties of Eastern Washington represent
ed in the convention adopted in their
county platform planks declaring for
local option or constitutional prohibi
tion and the delegates from some or
all of these counties are bitterly op
posed to any 'personal liberty' plank
or any kind of a straddle. Whitman
County was one of those declaring for
constitutional prohibition. and the
members from that county on the plat
form committee will probably offer a
similar resolution to the, platform
committee tomorrow."
A JEW UliPAhTlRE.
The cost of Interments has been greatly
reduced by the Holman Undertaking
Company.
Heretofore it has been the custom of
funeral directors to make charges for all
Incidentals connected with a funeral. The
Edward Holman Undertaking Company
the leading funeral directors of Portland
have departed from that custom. Wheri
casket is furnished by us. we make no
extra charges for embalming, hearse to
cemetery, outside box or any services that
may be required of us, except clothing
cemetery and carriages, thus effecting a
saving of $25 to $75 on each funeral
THE EDWARD HOLMAN UNDERTAK
ING CO.. 220 Third L. cor. Salmon.
Tomorrow and Wednesday will posi
tively be the last days for discount on
East Side gas bills.
PORTLAND GAS CO-
58th- Anniversary M
a Mightiest M AH Sales ff
(J The occasion to which this notice refers is ad
vertised in the Sunday papers with the largest
advertisement ever printed in America devoted to
bargains. This 58th Anniversary Sale is the big
gest event ever attempted by this or any other
Portland store. It will last several days,
but hundreds of extraordinary bargains
are on sale today which .will be sold
out before the day is over.
The bargains given are worthy of an event of such
great significance. The prices have not been given
a fond grandma smack, but treated to the energetic
whack usually handed out by a strenuous father. It is
the especial purpose of this sale to give a dollar's worth
and more for 58 cents. It's . the great money-saving
occasion of the year.
Get a Shopping Guide at the Door
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Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Oar Pricei Are Always the Lowsst
WOMAN IN WILL CONTEST
MRS. BOOTH, OF PORTLAND, IS
AFTER ESTATE. '
Seeks to , Secure Property Left by
Widow of Springfield Manufac
turer, Who Left Fortune.
BOSTON. Mass., May 17. (Special.)
An interesting will case in which a Port
land woman, Mrs. Mary E. Booth, with
five other relatives, 6eeks to break the
will of Mrs. Emma Vinton, comes up for
trial at Springfield on May 25.
All of the cousins have engaged counsel
and will fight the case to the finish.
George M. Nelson, to whom the enltre
estate was willed, came to Massachusetts
about 20 years ago with some horses,
and the cousins say, Mrs. Vinton, who
was the widow of a prominent manufac
turer, became attached to him at once.
She would have nothing to do with her
cousins.
The will was drawn in 1886 and makes
Nelson executor and sole legatee without
bonds. When Nelson came from the
West and settled in Springfield, he was
penniless. Mrs. Vinfon was the widow
of Edward Bliss Vinton, who was left a
big fortune by his father. Vinton made
his fortune in manufacturing collars and
cuffs in Springfield. Mrs. Vinton was a
cripple, all the fingers of both hands hav
ing been amputated many years ago, as
the result of injuries received in a fire.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Booth is the
widow of Dr. William E. Booth, who
died in this city five years ago. Mrs.
Booth and four other cousins are con
testing the will of Mrs. Emma Goodrich
Vinton, their cousin, who died at Spring
field. Mass.. January 24 last, leaving her
entire estate to a former hostler. George
D. Nelson. The estate originally wag re
puted to be worth about $77,000,000. which
encouraged Mrs. Booth, through her at
torney. H. C. King, of this city, to send
Monroe Goldstein, a Portland newspaper
man. to Massachusetts to ascertain the
true value of the estate and to arrange
for contest proceedings against the will.
Mr. Goldstein returned about two weeks
ago and reported that the estate was not
as valuable as had been represented.
consisting of real estate, located princi
pally in Hampden County. Massachu
setts, and not exceeding $750,000 in value.
Shortly after the death of Mrs. Vinton,
Nelson presented what purported to be
the will of the deceased, in which he
was made the sole beneficiary of the en
tire estate. Mrs. Booth subsequently
learned that the will was executed in
1SS6. or a year before Vinton died. That
being true, the document would be in
valid, since the wife would not have the
right "to dispose by will of more than her
dow,er interest prior to the death of her
husband. Because of this irregularity,
the probate judge to. whom Nelson suo-
mltted the will, refused to admit it to
probate. .The alleged will and the dispo
sition of the estate to Nelson is being con
tested by the surviving heirs on the
ground of fraud.
Insane Man Becomes Rational.
ABERDEEN, Wash., May 17. (Spe
cial. ) Ernest Fisher, who was picked
up insane, was much more rational to
day and able to converse. He says
he is a carpenter and, having trouble
with his head, started from Berkeley,
Cal., for a Hot Springs resort. He got
H far as Chico, Cal... and remembers
nothing more until he partially came
to his senses here. Stories that he
may have been drugged and robbed in
Tacoma or Seattle are not believed by
the police here. Fisher undoubtedly
became Insane on a train, was put off
at Olympia and walked to this city.
Xorthwestern People In Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 17. (Special.)-J. W.
Morrow and Mrs. Hazel Morrow, of
Portland, registered at the Palmer
Honsp today.
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