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VOL. 3lLiVIII. NO. 14,815. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. MAY 23, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. E REJECTS WOMEN ENGAGE IN -THRILLING CHASE OFFICERS OF W. C. T. V. PUR SUE JAP OVER ROOFS. CALLS GQLORED BROTHER II LIAR GOVERNOR SPAflKS OF NEVADA DEAD WARNS HIS PARTY DRAMATIC SCENE IN CONVENTION TO KILLED BY OVERWORK AT EXTRA SESSIOX. IXDIAX CHIEF AXD AXCIEXT EX EMI MEET AS BROTHERS. OS CUT DOWN VOTE OF SUNNY SOUTH MAIL SUBSIDIES 5 Majority of 1 1 Against Provision. SENATE STANDS BY MEASURE Opposition by Democrats and Some Republicans. HOBSON SUPPORTS SUBSIDY Conference Report on Postoffice BUI Rejected and Overstreet la Called On to Fight Against His Own Opinions. WASHINGTON, May 22. The Senate amendment to the postlfflce appropriation bill extending the ocean mail subsidies to steamers plying on the Pacific Ocean to the Orient and Australia and on the Pacific and Atlantic to South American ports was the subject of warm debate in the House and finally caused the re jection of the conference report by a vote of 145 to 15. There is little prospect that the House .conferees will yield to the Senate. Overstreet made a strong plea for the mall subsidy provision, while Moon of Tennessee, the ranking minority member of the postofflco committee, bitterly op posed it. The subsidy feature was op posed by Stanford, Wisconsin; Small, North Carolina, and Flnley, South Caro lina, and the system of weighing the malls provided for in the bill was con demned by Murdock of Kansas. Jlobson Supports Subsidy. Expressing regret that he was com pelled to "break" with his Democratic colleagues on the subsidy proposition. Hobson of Alabama vigorously supported it, saying it was a matter of National Importance as distinguished from gratu ity to private Interests. When the time came for a vote, Wil liams insisted upon a roll call, and the yes and noea were ordered. The an nouncement of the result ot the ballot was greeted with vociferous applause by he opponents of the report. So close was the result that on request a recapitula tion waa ordered. This disclosed the vote os follows: Ayes, 145; noes, 166. Thereupon Overstreet moved to dis agree to the Senate amendments and ask a further conference, which motion brought to his feet Moon, who Insisted that, having been defeated, Overstreet could not ,under the rule be recognized to make a motion in connection with the bill. Speaker Cannon, however, over- ruled the point Senate V1H Insist. The amendments then were disagreed to and a further conference with the Sen ate was asked. The disagreement was laid before the Senate and a further conference was or dered, the Senate conferees being In structed to Insist upon the disputed amendments. House Cleans Vp Business. WASHINGTON, May 22. By . way of cleaning lip pending business, the omni bus building bill report was re ceived by the House today; the conference report upon the Dis trict of Columbia appropriation bill was agreed to and the Senate amend ments to the general deficiency and mili tary appropriation and omnibus Indian , land bills were all disagreed to and the bills sent to conference. The Democrats exercised their constitu tional prerogative and In all cases forced rollcalls In the disposition of business In hand. TIME TO STOP WAR CLAIMS Fulton Admits Two-Thirds of Ap propriation Is for Them. WASHINGTON, May 21. The omnibus claims bill -was considered by the Senate today until displaced by the resolution to extend the period during which no penalty will be enforced for violation of the commodities clause of the Hepburn bill. Aldrich inquired of Futton of Ore gon how much of the total appropria tion carried by the claims bill was for Southern war claims, and was told that two-thirds were of that character and one-half of those for damages to choice property. Aldrli-h siiKgested that the time ought soon to come to stop allowance ot this kind of claims arising 42 years after the war, when the Government could not se cure witnesses who knew anything about them, except those who are relied upon by the claimants to prove their losses. Fulton said he would offer an amend ment that would do just what was desired. NO CONCESSION TO RAILROADS Senate Votes Down Foraker's Amendment to Commodity Claused WASHINGTON, May 22. The open cession of the Senate was concluded to day with an extended debate on the power of Congress to regulate inter state and foreign commerce and a negative poll, 23 to 82, waa taken on a motion to adopt the Foraker substi tute for the interstate commerce com mittee's resolution, under which the penalty provision of the commodity clause of the Hepburn law is to take s effect. The Foraker substitute provides that Goa tinned an Pas 4, Crusaders Capture Foreigner and Other Captors of Stray Maidens in Pittsburg Offices. FITTSBURG, May 22. Women cru saders of the W. C. T. IT., under the pro tection of special police officers, who have 'caused considerable,- excitement in prominent down-town cafes In the quest of stray girls, had a thrilling expeence last night. - The women followed a young girl and a Japamse escort from a cafe to a Fifth-avenue office building, gaining access to the offices by the fire escape. The girl was arrested, but the Japanese escaped to the roof. Running In the darkness, leaping from building to building over several feet of space, one false step meaning death on the stones below, the officer finally cap tured the foreigner. In the meantime theater crowds in Fifth avenue witnessed the sensational chase and almost tied up traffic. A short time later the women entered another Fifth-avenue building and, using the fire escapes again, caused the arrest ot two couples In a third-floor office. Sev eral other young girls were taken from the cafes earner in the evening and locked up in a central station. SHUNS DIFFICULT TASK Shutliffe , Declines to Serve and Cleveland Strike Continues. CLEVELAND, O., May 22. After laboring all day and agreeing upon the one important obstacle which stood between peace and war in the street railway strike situation, the board of arbitration found its work all undone late tonight, when Glen K. Shutliffe declined to act as a third arbitrator. One arbitrator to represent the strik ers and another to represent the Mu nicipal Traction Company had been easily selected last Wednesday. Then came the task of deciding upon the third man. Today noon Mr. Shutliffe was selected, and tonigh he declined. The task will be resumed tomorrow morning and In the meantime the strike goes on, at least until tomorrow morning. AGED SETTLER MURDERED Body of Fred Hunter Found on Lake Coeur d'Alene. SPOKANE, May 22r The body of' a man with the skull crushed in, be lieved to be that of Fred Hunter, an aged homesteader, was found today on the shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene, every Indication pointing to a murder. The Coroner gave this as the cause of death. Hunter had a cabin, where he lived alone, and had frequently told of being hounded by men who sought his ' death. His cabin was recently burned while he was absent. There are no clews to the murderers. EVANS MEETS PRESIDENT Told of Congress Refusal' to Make Him Vice-Admlral. . . WASHINGTON, May 22. Rear-Admiral Evans, looking none too well, but says he felt "as fit as a fiddle," called on the President today. The President congratulated the Admiral on his suc cessful trip with the battleship fleet to the Pacific Ocean, and told him that he had attempted to secure for him the grade of Vice-Admiral, but had been unable to get Congress to take the same view as he did. STATESMEN IN FIST FIGHT Leaders in, Portuguese Chamber Pummel One Another. LISBON, May" 22. Ex-Minister of Finance Martinex Carvalho. who on Wed nesday last challenged Alfonso Costa, one of the Republican leaders in the Chamber of Deputies, to a duel, today met Costa in the lobby of the Chamber and the two men pummelled each other vigorously for several minutes and the spectacle was only ended by the Intervention of other Deputies. EIGHT PERISHED IN FIRE Only Two Bodies Recovered From Burned Box Factory. CHICAGO. May 22. Although eight men are believed to have perished in the fire that destroyed the" Wintermeyer box factory yesterday, only two bodies had been recovered .at midnight, when the search was abandoned until tomorrow. SHOT TO DEATH BY POSSE Negro Murderer of Policeman Meets .Swift Vengeance. COLUMBUS, Miss., May 22. Ike Wat son, a negro, who killed Policeman White at Merlden yesterday, was shot to death by a Sheriff's posse eight miles west of Columbus tonight. Ann Arbor's Secretary Is Out. ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 22. James H. Wade, for 25 years secretary of the University of Michigan, submitted his resignation today to the board of regents and it was unanimously accepted. The resignation followed an investigation of the university finances which Attorney General Bird has been pushing for several weeks. General Conference Is Given a Shock. BISHOP BURT USES EPITHET Accuses Bishop I. B. Scott of Liberia of Slander; BISHOP NEELY ON CARPET Leader of Methodist Church in South America Accused of Wink ing at Drink Evil and of Maladministration. BT REV. IX L.. EADEH, Editor Pacific Christian Advocate. ' BALTIMORE, - May 22. (Special.) Things are becoming exceedinly live ly around Lyric Hall, where the General Conference Is being held. In a heated argument one Bishop called another a liar; another Bishop is on trial for maladministra tion and overriding the wishes ot his brethren and a bitter controversy Is raging In the committee on the atti tude of the church over the amusement question. These disagreeable features, however, are being greatly mollified by the fraternal greetings and propo sitions for union, which are being sent to the Protestant Methodist church. It has -been the custom of the Meth odist Episcopal church to send a full fledged Bishop, by which is meant a general superintendent, to fields pre sided over by Missionary Bishops once in four years. Bishop William Burt, whose residence is in Zurich, Switzer land, made this trip of supervision into Africa a year ago. He gave con slderableattention to the work in Li beria, over which Bishop L B. Scott, the colored Missionary Bishop has su pervision. While there. Bishop Scott declares. Bishop Burt told hiinthat he should be subject to the orders of Bishop Har troll, wh Is also a Mis sionary -Bishop of Africa, and who' has general charge of the southern part ff the continent. , Suspected Color Line. The idea of- subserviency, to the mind ot Bishop Scott, suggested that it was because of his color that the advice was given. Hence, when he returned to America, he did not hesitate to quietly Impart this Information to his colored brethren. This went on, and created such dissatisfaction that news of it reached the ears of Bishop Burt. At the close of the session yesterday morning, Bishop Burt met Bishop Scott and charged him with having made the statement, which statement was not denied by Scott. Suddenly those In the crowd on the stage who happened to be in the im mediate vicinity of the two Bishops heard Bishop' Burt raise his voice slightly and ask Bishop Scott about some matter connected with s their work. Bishop Scott's reply could not (Concluded on Page 5.)' BUT "Tired and Ready to Go" He Says. Will Be Succeeded by Dickerson. '. RENO, Nev., May 22. "I don't fear death. I have done my best. I am tired and am ready to go. Good-bye." Surrounded by his wife, three sons and a daughter. Governor John Sparks, conscious to the last, sank to death at 8:31 this morning, after uttering; the above words. The illness which culminated in the Governor's death was directly due to overwork and nervous strain attend ant upon the extra session of Nevada's Legislature late last Fall. Mr. Sparks was born In. Mississippi, August 30. 1843, and came to this state in 18G8, engaging in stock-raising. He owned darge cattle ranches In Nevada and Texas, as well as a large cotton plantation in Texas. He was elected Chief Executive in 1902 'and again in 19C6 by large majorities. Lieutenant-Governor D. S. Dicker son Is now, Governor of Nevada, He came to Nevada eight years ago and went to work In a mine at Cherry Tree. GREAT BREEDER OP CATTLE Sparks Made Fortune as Stockman and Was State-Builder. SAN FRANCISCO, May 22. (Special.) Governor Sparks served for two terms as chief magistrate for 'the State of Ne vada earning for himself the name "Honest John Sparks." . In politics he was a Democrat, but primarily his pol icy was the upbuilding of the state. He was born in Mississippi in 1843 and moved with his family in 1857 to Texas. There Sparks -senior embarked in the cattle business and made a comfortable fortune. Governor Sparks first went to Nevada In 1868. He at once engaged in the cattle business. He took up the in dustry in a scientific manner and .was not only successful in a business way, but succeeded In Improving the stock on the ranges of Nevada. Beside, he had a herd of elk and buffalo and his ranch, "the Alamo'," became one of the show places of the West. - He became active in politics and waa elected Governor In 1902 by a large ma jority. He was again chosen at the fol lowing election. The recent episode in volving the calling of Federal troops to Goldfield, which, resulted In a clash be tween nh . And PreftideK', ;oveit, Is fresh in the pub-lift. mind. MUST SECURE DEPOSITS Or Government "Will Have to Start Banks, Says Bryan to Bankers. CHICAGO," May 22. William J. Bryan made a plea before the Bankers' Club of Chicago tonight for an emer gency currency that would enable state as well as National banks to re lieve money stringency and injected a warning that the people would demand Government banks unless absolute se curity for bank deposits can be as sured them. He believed that this cur rency should be issued by the Federal Government and loaned to the banks. On the question ot affording security to the depositors, Mr. Bryan declared that the temptation to gamble was the source of most of the great bank fail ures and suggested the recessity for a law that would remove this tempta tion from persons who handle other people's money. IT HAPPENED IN SAN FRANCISCO Leading Democrat in Nebraska Speaks. CAN'T CARRY HIS OWN STATE Dr. G. L. Miller Flays Peerless One in Open Letter. HE WILL VOTE FOR TAFT Brilliant rolitlcal Writer and Speaker Declares AVar Calls Bryan Menace to Stability or Republican Government. ' OMAHA, May 23. (Special.) There will be plenty of opposition for William J. Bryan within his own state, not alone from the Republicans, but from members of his own party as well. The note of warning has been sounded by Dr. George L. Miller, a lifelong Democrat, formerly editor of the Omaha Herald and an ac cepted Democratic leader for 30 years. Dr. Miller, who was a close, personal friend of Grover Cleveland, has taken but little part In politics during the last two campaigns, but admits that he will join heartily in opposing the election of Mr. Bryan in event of his nomination at Denver. He Is a brilliant political writer and Bpeaker and will take an active part in the coming campaign both with the pen and on the stump. Of these facts Dr. Miller gives notice in a letter to the Omaha Bee, in which he declares' his intention to vote for Taft. The letter Is as x follows: Predicts Bryan's Defeat. "That Mr. Bryan will be nominated a third time for the Presidency at Den ver in July may be accepted as Inevitable. That he will lose his own state and suf fer defeat in November Is equally cer tain. Professional orators are not states men. Knowledge of men, honesty of character, fU'ranesa of cojovlctlon,. steadi oeis ol icrcse, lion-hearted adThefcion to principle ami sound judgment are the raw material of statesmen. Mere orators sel dom possess it. Lord Chatham certainly, and Daniel Webster probably, may be classed among a very few men In mod ern times who unite oratory and states manship in powerful combination. But what are such men as Mr. Bryan, of whom Goldwin Smith said, 'He is a pretty good lecturer.' "What has Mr. Bryan . ever done In speech or thought in constructive or con servative statesmanship, or what has he ever said that will, outlive' any one of his four years of campaigning as a can didate for the Presidency? Wbat Has He Not Done' "The primary question is. What has he not done to sow the seeds of disaster to a great National party and of immediate danger to the social order and stability of Republican government Itself? "Neither Benjamin Franklin, " John Adams nor George Washington was an orator. They rarely attempted public Continued on Page 4. Both Delegates to Baptist Assembly. Met Last in Battle In Year oT 1864. OKLAHOMA. CITY, Okla.. May 2i On the platform before the Northern Baptist Convention today. Chief Left Hand, of the Arapahoe tribe, and T. K. Tyson, a delegate from Michigan, who 44 years ago led a party of soldiers in a pitched battle against the allied Indian tribeB of this section of the Southwest, met for the first -time since that bloody conflict. In .which Left Hand commanded the dusky warriors. The meeting was dra matic In the extreme and when the griz zled veterans embraced each other like long-separated brothers the big audience fairly raised the roof with applause. An interesting feature of the day's work was the presentation of several full blood Indians, including Left Hand and two other chiefs who once were on the warpath against the whites, but who have, in their declining years, become converted to the Christian faith. They addressed the convention through an in terpreter. All the tribes in this region are represented In the convention and are participating in the proceedings. OKLAHOMA CITT, Okla., May 22. It was conceded today that Portland, Or., would, without doubt, secure the next year'e convention of the Northern Baptists, now meeting here. The sessions of the convention this afternoon were devoted to the discus sion of home missions. FLEET TO BE REORGANIZED Changes Due Before Departure for the Orient. WASHINGTON, May 22. Before sail ing for San Francisco on June 7, on its trip around the world, the Atlantic bat tleship fleet will be reorganized so that the ships will be in the various divisions, as follows; i First division Connecticut, flagship; Kansas, Minnesota and Vermont. Second f division Georgia. Nebraska, New Jersey and Rhode Island. Third division Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio and Missouri. - Fourth division Wisconsin, Illinois, Kearsarge and Kentucky. The auxiliaries accompanying the fleet will be Panther. Glacier, Culgoa and AJax, the tender Yankton and the hos pital ship "Relief. . CHARGES COLOSSAL THEFT Mexican Government Accuses Mil lionaire of Embezzlement. MEXICO CITY, May 22. Financial and business circles of Mexico City have been shaken by the greatest sensation in years through the order of the Judge of the Second Instruction today to bring Mar tin Jacoby, a millionaire and head of the mercantile house of Jacoby, into court on the charge of misappropriation of funds, which it is claimed will total be tween J3.000.000 and $5,000,000. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TESTER DAY'S MkXlmum temperature' 64 TODAY'S Pair and warmer; northerly winds. Foreign. France may have to recognize Mulal Rafid as Sultan. Pace 2. ... National. House passes bill reducing Southern repre sentation, after angry speeches from '- Southerners. Page 1. Government sues for dissolution of New Haven roads mercer with Boston and Maine and New . England trolley roads. Page 4. House rejects Increase of mall aubeldy. Page 1. Conferees allow $650,000 to Seattle Fair. Page 5. Politics. Nebraska Democrat predicts defeat of Bryan. ' Page 1. Domestic. - Lie is passed by bfehopa in Methodist Con ference. Page 1. . Two more ballots for Methodist bisbop have no result and cause 111 feeling. Page 1. Pittsburg W. C. T. women smrsue en- slavers of girls over housetops. Page 1. Steamer Lusitanla breaks ocean record. Page 1. Mies Wood remains in jail, but is still de fiant. Page 2. Murderer of six persons captured at Dow agiac, Mich. Page -4. Another skull found on Gunness farm; Lam phere indicted. Page 4. Indian chief and ancient enemy meet as brothers in Baptist convention. Page 1. Death ot Governor Sparks, of Nevada. Page 1. Hports. Pacific Coaat League scoree: Portland 9. Oakland 1; San Francisco IS Los An geles 14. Page T. Oregon defeats O. A. C. on track, by score of 67 to 53. Page 7. Pacific Coaat. , Two seamen from Atlantic fleet killed in streetcar accident at Bremerton. Page t- Washington will raise taxable value of Northern Pacific land holdings. Page 6. Alaska Indians reported to be dying of tuberculosis. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Large shipments of eai ly California fruit promised. Page 17. Reaction sets in in stock market. Page 17. Wheat weak and lower at Chicago. Page 17. French bark Rochambeau Is fixed for gen eral cargo, from Lelth to Portland. Page 17. Portland and Vicinity. Case of Patrolman Suitter, charged with murder, will go to jury today. Page 10. District Ep worth League Convention in ses sion, page 12. Many divorces granted in Circuit - Court. Page 10l S. A. D. Puter'a book Is printed. P&ge IL Fishermen in factional war on lower river. Page 4. North Bank Railroad will build large grain warehouse, in Portland. Page 16. "Dr." Belknap leaves city suddenly to avoid rockpile Page 12. Pastor Barrett changes mind about antl- . - medium ordinance. Page 12. Elaborate plans for water pageant during Bosa Festival, page 16. House Decision Dis pleases South. . WILLIAMS HAS BRAIN STORM Other Southern Members Say Deceit Is Practiced. WHITES WILL BE SUPREME Campaign Publicity Bill Amended to Reduce Southern Representation After Outburst of Rage Sen ate Will Kill the Bill. WASHINGTON. May 22. A campaign contribution publicity bill embodying an amendment by Crumpacker of Indiana, providing for a reduction in the represen tation in the House of Representatives of those states having disfranchisement laws, -was passed by the House today by a vote of 160 to 125 after a lively debate. The measure was brought up under suspension of the rules and 40 minutes were allowed in which to discuss it. The Southern members, in particular, were bitter in their denunciation of the ap portionment provision of the bill. 'Wil liams, the minority leader, was especial ly vigorous m his attack, characterizing the bill as an attempt to revive the con ditions on reconstruction days. After Crumpacker's amendment to the bill, the Democrats voted against the bill in Its entirety. Publicity Clause Provision. . In brief, the provision regarding pub licity of campaign contributions is made applicable to the National committees and the National Congressional cam paign committees, of all political parties, and all committees, associations or or ganizations which shall, in two or more states, influence the result, or attempt to influence the result, of an election at which Representatives in Congress are to be elected. Although the Crumpacker amendment does hot in express terms say that it is applicable to the Southern states, such nevertheless is accepted as the fact' Crumpacker Explains Bill. "They Burround the ballot in tlie se lection of members of the House." he safld, "with sufficient safeguards to warrant their purity." In the opinion of Rucker, of Mis souri, if anything were lacking to dem onstrate to every man In the United States that the leaders and managers of the Republican party In the House were guilty of deceit and false pre tense, the bill under discussion sup plied that want. "It Is horseplay," remarked Hard wick, of Georgia. Reduction in repre sentation, he said, had no terrors for the South. The Republicans, he as serted, need not deceive themselves on that point. Ready to Pay the Price. "Heavy as is the price," he exclaimed, "unfair and unjust as we believe It would be to exact this pound of flesh, yet If the people of America ever do require it, they yrlfl find that the South will pay it for protection of its homes and for the preservation of its white civilization." Lasslter, of Virginia. protested against the measureand Gillespie, of Texas, warned the House that by pass ing the bill the condition of the negro WnillH ka mn,?A mnvoA U .- j. . . u utuui. u")U tucill Hi 11 tSSCSUU Following brief remarks by Ben nett, or new York, and Bonynge, of Colorado, in support of the bill, Will iams of Mississippi, made a vigorous speech against it Williams Storms Along. "The great old party." he said, "has resolved Itself into a vaudeville stock company." He charged the Repub licans with not daring to face any public question in a fair and straight forward way by combining several propositions in one bill. "What are you trying to do?" he In quired. "Does the gentleman from In diana think he can turn the hands of the clock of time back half a century? Poes he think he can produce the days of the carpet-bagger and reconstruc tion In the South once more? Does he think the business interests of the North will stand for a recurrence of the saturnalia?" The reduction, in representation amendment, he declared, had been addd to defeat the publicity bill. "You have no idea of reducing the representation of California, Massa chusetts or Connecticut because they disfranchise illiterates," he said. "The people of the South are willing to take ihe issue." If, he said, it was desired to Ignore the Fifteenth Amendment and the Republicans were willing to restore to Mississippi the power to fix her suffrage along racial lines, the peo ple of that state were ready for.tho gauntlet. "Throw It down whenever you please," he exclaimed. "As to the re duction of our representation in Con gress, in God's name take it, and wel come to it; but be honest when you do it" Predicts Opponents' Defeat. "It will damn your Republican party and be worse for you than the force bill Continued on Pace 4. A.