PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ASK CONFERENCE
ON HIGHER RATES
SENDS HER SOUL
TO JOIN LOVER'S
GOLD WATER MEN
CHOOSE TICKET
INSURE BUSINESS
AGAINST BRYAN
EDITORS ATTACK
DIRECT PRIMARY
MAKING IT EASY
TO GET DIVORCE
BLOWS
BODIES TO BITS
PRETTY STUDENT OF OCCULT
KILLS HERSELF IN CHICAGO.
FINANCIERS: TAKE POLICIES TO
GUARD FROM LOSS.
LAWYERS FIX TERMS, WTTH
DECREE, AND SELECT JUDGE.
VOL. XL.VIII. SO. 14,862.
POWDER
Shippers Protest at
Road's Policy.
SHOULD RATHER REDUCE WAGES
Demand to Be Consulted Be
fore Advance Made.
SLY ACTION OF RAILROADS
Will Increase Rates Gradually, so
Shippers Will Hardly Notlo It.
Advances Already Made on
Many Commodities.
CHICAGO, July 16. (Special.) The Na
tional committee . which was appointed
through the Instrumentality of the Illi
nois Manufacturers' Association to take
care of the shippers' interests In the
proposed advance In freight rates will ask
the roads for a conference before the
rates are put In. President Fred W.
Upham said today:
"We most emphatically protest against
an advance In freight rates without any
consultation with the shippers."
Replying to the question as to whether
or not the position of the railroads was
well understood, Mr. Upham said that W.
C. Brown, senior vice-president of the
New York Central, has said a good deal
and had much printed to the effect that
rates must go up or wages come down, if
the roads were to survive.
Should Cat Wages Instead.
Mr. Upham wishes the roads to explain
how they are paying big dividends if they
are in such pitiful straits. He agrees with
Mr.i Brown, however, that wages might
better be cut than to put additional taxa
tion in the way of tariffs upon the ship
pers and calls attention to the fact that
all roads are paying top notch prices for
labor. He says that the roads were
forced to Increase their payrolls more
than 1100,000.000 a year ago, when traffic
was at Its Best. Other lines of labor have
accepted the general situation and a de
crease In wages and he holds the rail
road men might do the same.
Advance by Kasy Stages.
There is abundant evidence, the Na
tional Trade League says, that the rail
roads plan to put in Increases In freight
rates ell over the country, but to do it
so gradually and by such easy stages that
the shippers will not realize that Increases
have in reality become effective. Al
though many advances have already been
made and the schedules filed, many ship
pers are scarcely aware that the move
ment toward a general advance In freights
la well advanced.
At the conclusion of today's confer
ence! the following statement was issued
by C C. McCain, commissioner of the
Trunk Line Commission:
"The question of advance of freight
rates was discussed at length and re
ports from the committees having in
charge the detail work of checking rates
were considered. It was found that this
work had not progressed to such a point
as to make definite aotlon practicable at
this time."
RAILROAD PRESIDENTS MEET
Discuss Increase tn Rates or Reduc
tion In Wages.
NEW YORK. July 16. The presidents
of Baetem trunk lines met today to dis
cuss the question whether there shall b
an Increase in freight rates. It is under
stood that the conference discussed rais
ing freight rates 10 per cent or the altex
natlva of reducing wages 10 per cent.
AIjARM CAUSED IX JAPAN
Merchants Fear American Railroads
Will Quit Oriental Trade.
CHICAGO. July 1. (Special.) Business
Interests of Japan are thoroughly alarmed
over the prospects of the western rail
roads being- compelled to go out of the
Asiatic export and Import trade on ac
count of the recent decision of the Inter
state Commerce Commission. K. Matsu
bara, the new Japanese Consul at Chi
cago, received a cablegram from the
Japan Trades Association today, asking
him to see if something couldn't be done
to prevent such a catastrophe.
It appears that the commission, some
time ago. ruled that the western roads
must publish the land or rail portions of
their export trade tariffs. Railroads say
they cannot do this and compete with the
Sues route, where rates can be changed
on an hour's notice. By keeping the land
figures secret, the railroads have been able
to do a fair share of this business. The
revenue it brings them probably aggre
gates U, 000,000 annually.
A large proportion of the exports are
taken from eastern territory, near tide
water, and transported across the conti
nent to ships at a very low rate.
MAKY DECISIONS ON RATES
Commission Holds Servant May
Have Pass Rules About Routing.
WASHINGTON. July ls.That a
household -servant,' when traveling
with a member of a family entitled to
a pass, is lawfully Included within the
(Ovnclua ea Pag !.)
East Indian Girl Stenographer Fol
lows Example of Man
She Loved.
CHICAGO, July (Special.) Miss Lil
lian Beatrix Watkins, a pretty East In
dian stenographer, formerly a co-ed at
the University of Chicago, a world-wide
traveler, a spiritualist and a member of
the Theosophistical Society of Aydar,
Madras, India, shot and killed herself
early today because of love for Thomas
Kennedy. Kennedy committed suicide by
shooting himself a month ago in Jackson
Park after he had been married only
three weeks.
"Why should I linger on earth in the
flesh," Miss Watkins declared a few
hours before she killed herself. "My spirit
cries out to be mated with that of
Thomas."
The young woman had studied at the
University of Chicago, In California and
abroad. She belonged to many societies
In Chicago, where the occult predominates,
and to several European, and Oriental so
cieties for the study of the occult.
SURE, GREEK KNOWS -ALL
Langdon Believes Claudianes Knows
All About Dynamiting.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 16. District
Attorney Langdon late last night made
the following statement regarding the
case of John Claudianes, who is being
held for the 'dynamiting of the home of
former Supervisor James L. Gallagher,
one of the principal witnesses against
Ruef and others in the graft cases:
"Beyond a doubt we have in John
Claudianes the nan who knows all about
the dynamiting of James L. Gallagher's
home in Oakland. I make th3 statement
without reservation, and with an Intimate
knowledge of all the facts. I make it
unequivocally, as the result of my In
vestigation today. What we want to do
now Is to get Peter Claudianes. What
we have learned will be made public later.
I have no hesitancy in announcing now,
though, that in John Claudianes we have
the right, man." . , ,
QUESTION GOMPERS' ACTS
Detroit Labor Federation Objects to
Alliance With Bryan.
DETROIT, Mich.. July 16. (Special.)
Samuel Prince, of Isew York, an or
ganizer for the American Federation of
Labor, stirred up an agitation in the
local body that resulted in an official
protest being sent the National body
against Samuel Gompers' ' proposal to
take the Federation Into' the Demo
cratic camp .this year.
Prince made a speech before the local
organization exhorting the members to
stand by the Gompers" programme. He
created an uproar of objections. The
result of the agitation was the adoption
of a resolution directing an inquiry of
the National officers as to what the
Gompers" programme embraced, and by
what authority it had been entered
upon.
SUDDEN CRAZE FOR BLOOD
Insane Patient Murders Another and
Battles With Guards.
PITTSBURG. July 16 Suddenly
seized witn a mania to kill. George
Tuzel. an Inmate of the Insane depart
ment of the Alleghany City Home, at
Claremont, near here, yesterday mur
dered Harry Speiler, also an inmate, and
injured two guards, who fought a des
perate battle wtth the lunatic before
overpowering him. The affair did not
become public until today.
He was committed to the Insane de
partment eight months ago and was
one of the most peaceful of the charges.
QUAKE IN SOUTH AMERICA
Shakes Chile, Peru and Bolivia.
Causes Much Destruction.
TACNA. Chile. July 1. A terrific
earthquake occurred today in the pro
vinces of Tacna and Arica. in Chile, the
southern part of Peru and Bolivia. Con
siderable destruction of property but no
loss of life Is reported. The cable be
tween Arica and Lima has been broken
and the telegraph linea to Bolivia are
damaged.
ij. B. Bent, of Everett Herald, f
President Washington State t
Press Association. 2
Chafin and Watkins
Will Carry Banner.
THREE BALLOTS ON PRESIDENT
Convention Gets Tangled on
Second Nomination.
PALMORE DECLINES HONOR
Nominated by Acclamation, He Per
sists In Refusal Watkins Chosen
After Much Confusion Plat
form Shortest on Record.
COLUMBUS, O., July 16. For President,
Eugene W. Chafin. of Chicago.' , .
For Vice-President, Aaron S. Watkins,
of Ada, Ohio.
The above ticket was nominated today
by the Prohibitionist National Convention,
both men being chosen unanimously. The
full indorsement of the convention was
not, however, given to Mr. Chafin until
after three ballots had been taken.
On the first two ballots Mr. Chafin did
not show a great deal of strength, re
ceiving but 196 out of 10S3 votes on the
first and 376 out of 1087 on the second
ballot. His nomination was practically
assured, however, when the rollcall began
for the third ballot. His own state, which
had voted largely for Daniel R. Sheen, of
Peoria, 111., and the New York delegation,
followed by those of Indiana and Wiscon
sin, came over to Mr. Chafin and on the
third ballot he received a total of 636
votes.
The strongest competitor of Mr. Chafln
was Rev. William B. Palmore, of St.
Louis, who received 274 votes on the first
ballot and 41S on the second ballot, and
a comparatively small vote after it was
evident that the nomination of Mr. Chafin
could not be prevented.
Tangle Over Vice-Presidency. .
The convention up to this time had run
smoothly and without the slightest fric
tion. It was decided to make Mr. Palmore
the Vice-Presidential nominee and he waa
named by acclamation. He declined to
accept the nomination, however, and
persisted in his attitude despite the strong
urglngs of his friends. .
The convention, finding itself confronted
with the necessity of naming another
Vice-Presidential candidate and many of
the delegates, being anxious to catch the
early night trains for their homes, became
involved in a deep, parliamentary tangle.
The rules were several times suspended
and the suspensions' Immediately revoked.
Finally it waa decided that Professor
Aaron S. Watkins. of Ada, Ohio, should
be named by acclamation.
There was no opposition to him at the
moment, and Chairman Charles Scanlon
was on the verge of declaring Professor
Watkins the nominee when delegates in
various parts, of. the hall brokle. Jo. with
a flood of motions, counter-motions,
amendments and suspensions .of the rules.
(Concluded on Page 13.)
OUR GEORGE "I HOPE
BffllSMBORS
Pay Ten Per Cent to Cover Expected
Smash In Stocks In Case of
His "Election.
NEW YORK. ' July 16. (Special:)
Lloyds the London underwriting firm,
has accepted a number of risks during the
last few days. The firm has been writing
policies on the election of William J.
Bryan. It has placed over $500,000 worth
in Wall street district since Tuesday. The
rate is 10 per cent. - J
The policies have been taken out mainly
by brokers and financiers . who are long
on the market and who were anxious to
hedge against a smash in stocks in the
event of Mr. Bryan's election. In' other
words, at the 10 per cent rate the policy
holder has bet, say, J1O.O0O against $100,000
that Mr. Bryan will be elected. The only
difference Is that, in either event, Lloyds
keep the $10,000, thus making the odds
against Bryan 9 to 1.
Bortschmann & Maloy, Insurance brok
ers, said today they did a business of $445,
000 In one day and have applications for
$1,000,000 more, for which they were await
ing Lloyds' confirmation. .
GUARD BULL RUN RESERVE
Government Appoints Three Rangers
Whom City Will Pay.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, July 16. R. R. Lewis, F. C.
Hacheney and G. B. Teneyck have been
appointed forest guards on the Oregon
National forest. These men , will be
paid by the City of Portland, In accord
ance with a plan for co-operation with
the Forestry Service, by which the ter
ritory which supplies Portland with its
water for municipal purposes Is pro
tected from damage by fire. '
The territory to be protected by
these men was formerly Included In the
Bull Run reserve, but is now a part of
the Oregon National forest.
APPROVES STOCK INCREASE
Interior Department Ratifies Action
' . of Umatilla Water Users.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington," July 1. The Secretary of the
Interior has approved an Increase of
stock in the Umatilla Water-Users' As
sociation from $000 to 22,000 shares.
The association, made up of landowners
under the Umatilla irrigation- project,
was organized with a capital stock of
$640,000, divided Into 000 shares of a
par value of $60 each. The project has
since been extended to include a total
of 22,000 acre's, and In order that there
may be one share of stock for each
acre of land, it has been-necessary to
increase the stock to $1,320,000, divid
ed Into 22,000 shares, of a par value of
$60 each.
STRIKING MINERS BOY GUNS
War Threatened in Alabama -Priest
Strives for Peace. 1
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 16. Father
H. E. O'Grady, a priest of St. Catherine's
Catholic Church, is heading a committee
which will make an effort to bring about
a settlement of the coal mln.-rs' strike.
It Is reported that every hardware store
and gunstore In Birmingham has depleted
its stock of firearms, and that buckshot
shells are being ordered by telegraph.
Last night several strikebreakers were
brought to the district from adjoining
states.
NO ONE THINKS BROTHER KERN ISN'T ONTO HIS JOB
i e y.vs w rrnn hi t
Want Right to Print Po
litical Ads.
CONVENTION IN VANCOUVER
Washington Press Association
in Annual Session.
OFFICE SEEKERS ATTEND
Fraternize With Publishers Who
Declare Some Certain Sections of
Primary Law Insult to the
Honesty of Press.-
VANv-OUVER, Wash.. July 16. (Spe
cial.) Law-making, or rather law-unmaking,
will mingle prominently in the
deliberations of the Washington, State
Press Association, which met in its 22d
annual sesslbn in this city today.
An attack upon certain sections of the
direct primary laws of this state was
made today by the introduction of a reso
lution to change those sections of the
primary laws which prohibit newspaper
publishers from accepting political adver
tising. An interesting row Is expected as
a result "of the introduction of the . reso
lution. "
orfice Seekers Early on Hand.
Politics and the subtle art of glad-handing
were also Injected into the meeting,
for a dofcen or more of Washington's
most prominent office-seekers arrived to
day and are laying siege, as it were, to
the citadel of editorial favor. Candi
dates' for both state and county offices
are included in the list of . visiting pol
iticians. A. A. Smith, publisher of the Port An
geles Tribune-Times, is the author of
the resolution Introduced today, which.
It is said. Is the beginning of a vigorous
attack upon the objectionable features'
of the primary laws. Certain sections of
the law are a reflection upon the intelli
gence of the state, he said.
He further characterizes them as an in
sult to the sense of justice, fairness and
honesty of the press of the state. As
they stand upon the statute books, the
publisher avers, they constitute f'a liter
ary and legal abortion." The resolution,
whioh was introduced during this after
noon session, follows:
By the Washington State Press As
sociation, in annual convention, be It
hereby resolved:
First That as they now stand on
the statute books, the so-called news
paper section of the primary election
law, viz.. portions of section 28 and
all of section 29, constitute a literary
and legal- abortion, being confusing,
conflicting, contradictory, unintelligi
ble and incapable of practical con
struction or enforcement.
Second That they, do no credit to
the law-making ability and intelli
gence of the state.
. Third That they are an Insult to
the sense of justices, fairness and hon
esty of the press of the state.
Fourth That they be repealed and
(Concluded on Page T.)
. . . . . .1
How Two People Correct Cupid's
Blunder Under Laws of State
of Washington.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 16. (Special.)
All the papers in the divorce case of C.
H. Gray against Marlon A. Gray were
filed today and the case is regarded as
an unfavorable commentary on the di
vorce laws of Washington.
The matter had all been settled before
hand. The husband and wife agreed mu
tually that they could not live longer to
gether. William Parmelee, counsel for
Gray, and G. A. C. Rochester, for Mrs.
Gray, agreed on the alimony, and wrote
the terms of the decree and agreed upon
Fred H. Lysons as special trial judge to
try the case.
Lysons was so appointed by Superior
Judge A. E. Griffin. Lysons then took
his oath of office before Parmelee, Gray's
counsel. It was even stipulated that
Mrs. Gray, at her discretion, might re
sume her maiden name.' Incompatibility
was the ground alleged and Special
Judge Lysons said that the loose stat
utes compelled him to grant the decree.
COMPLETES FIRST DRAFT
Ta ft Makes Progress With Speech
and Plays Golf.
HOT SPRINGS. Va July 16.-W11-Ham
H. Taft is feeling very comfort
able tonight over the fact that the
first draft of his speech of accepance
of the nomination for the Presidency
by the Republican party has been fin
ished. But the paper is far from be
ing completed. The dictation yester
aay and today amounted to 10.J00
words. This will De reduced to as
near S500 as possible.
Mr. Taft completed his task this
afternoon and then went out to play
golf with George Ingalls.
Mr. Taft declared that he could not
undertake to give any intimation of
what his " speech in its present form
contained, because great changes may
be made in the paper before it goes to
the printer.
Arthur I. Vorys talked with Mr. Taft
briefly today, but will defer any fur
ther extended conference on the Ohio
situation until the candidate has prac
tically disposed of the work before
him. .
When questioned today as to the
possibility of keeping the Senatorial
and Presidential contests separate In
Ohio, Mr. Vorys merely replied with
another question r "Hasn't it been
done up to this time?"
FENTON WILLJNTER YALE
Portland Football Star Not to' Re
turn to Stanford.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 16. (Special.)
According to Bull Chalmers, who has
Just returned from a visit to Portland,
Kenneth Fenton, for four years a mem
ber of the football team at Stanford,
and twice one of the victorious foot
ball team of the Cardinals, will enter
Yale in September, Instead of returning
to the California institution. . .
Fenton waa involved in the contro
versy with the faculty last Spring, and
was later notified by the college au
thorities that he would not be allowed
to enter any of the classes. For that
reason, his father has agreed to send
him to the Eastern institution.
Relatives of Kenneth Fenton In this
city last night confirmed the report that
he would enter Yale next Fall. Fenton
Is now at the beach with his parents, and
a direct confirmation of the story could
not be secured. His many friends in
Portland will congratulate him on his
plan, and look for him to make as good
a record In athletics there as he did at
Stanford. Fenton will give Yale another
good Oregon athlete. A. C. . Gilbert, of
Yale, the champion pole-vaulter of the
world, is also a Portland boy.
EXPLOSION KILLS THREE
Curiosity Boston Customs Officers
Proves Fatal.
BOSTON, July 16. Two Gbvernment cus
toms inspectors and a wharf watchman
were killed and two longshoremen and
two clerks Injured in the explosion today
of a box containing detonating caps in an
inspection locker in a shed on Pier 47,
Mystic Wharf.
The dead:
Z. H. Nlckerson, Lynn, Mass., assistant
examiner.
Charles F. Atwood, Quincy, Mass., In
spector. Thomas Mason.' East Boston, watchman.
The box containing the caps was landed
this afternoon from the Hamburg-American
line steamship Bethany, and taken
into the compartment or locker of the
pier for inspection. Nlckerson began to
open the box with an ax when there came
a muffled report.
Nlckerson and Mason were ' hurled
against the side of the shed and Instantly
killed. Atwood was picked up uncon
scious. He barely lived to reach a hos
pital. RUNNERS AHEAD OF TIME
Tf. M. C. A. Boy Passes Rome, N. .,
With Hours to Spare.
UTICA, N. Y.. July 16. The relay
message from New York to Chicago ar
rived here at 1:46 this afternoon, two
hours ahead of schedule time, and was
sent westward by the runners -without a
moment's delay. Representative James S.
Sherman, the Vice-Presidential candidate,
passed the message from the runner who
brought it to the one In waiting.
ROME. N. Y.. July IS. In tha New
York-Chicago relay race. Raymond
Bruenoer, the runner from Utlca bear
ing the message, reached here at 3:30
this afternoon, three and one-half hours
ahead of schedule time. ' '
. . Telegrapher Kills Himself.
HOUSTON, Tex., July 1C. John C. Witt,
for more than IB years manager of the
Postal Telegraph Company In this city,
shot himself dead early today. Ha had
been In ill-health for several years.
Magazine Explodes
Near Cle Alum Wash.
NINE DEAD; MORE MAY DIE
Pieces of Human Bodies Found
Half Mile From Scene.
CAUSE REMAINS MYSTERY
Two Carloads of Powder Explode
With Terrific . Force Shaking
Every Building In Town.
" Some Bodies Not Found.
TACOMA, July 16. A special to the
Ledger from Cle Elum, Wash., says: ' '
An explosion in the powder maga
zine of the Northwestern Improvement
Company, near here, at 5 o'clock this
afternoon killed at least nine persons
and seriously injured a number of
others. The killed:
Those Who Met Death. .
George Mead, manager Northwestern
Improvemetn Company store, i '
Gilford McDonald, clerk In store.
Andy Grill, clerk in store.
Mrs. Peter Moffatt, wife of brick
maker.
' Infant child of Moffatt. . . '
Joe Rossi, miner.
Joe Pogrlappl, miner.
Two miners, names unknown.
List of Injured.
The injured:
Michael Evans, electrician, struk on
head, by flying pick, probably will die;
Mike Zuall, laborer, seriously Injured:
Mrs. Robert Simpson, injured in wreck
of home, probably will live; second lit
tle daughter of Mrs. Moffatt, seriously
hurt.
Cause of -Accident-Mystery.
Shortly before 5 o'clock Manager
Mead and the clerks from the store
went to the powder house to assist in
unloading a carload of powder. How
the accident happened Is not known. -
The magazine Is three-quarters of a
mile from the center of the town and
the explosion shook the town like an
earthquake. Windows for a mile
around were shattered and rocks and
brick from the powder house were
thrown hundreds of feet. 0
Mrs. Peter Moffatt, wife of a brick
maker, was living in a tent near the mag
azine with her two children. The tent
(Concluded on Pose 10.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwest to
northeast winds.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
70.4 degrees; minimum temperature, oS
degree.
Foreign
Wholesale exposure of grafting In Portugal.
Page 4.
Count Bonl begins suit for custody of chil
dren. Page 4.
Prince zu Eulenherg testifies In his own
defense. Page 4.
Politics,
Prohibitionists nominate Chafin and Wat-
klne. Page 1.
Financiers take insurance against Bryan's
election. Page 1.
Bryan dodges- Brownsville tseue. Page 7.
Kern will angle for conservative vote.
Page 7.
National. . .
Fleet arrives at Honolulu and Is given en
thuelastlc welcome. Page 13.
Domestic.
Supreme Lodge of Workmen accused of mis
approprlatlns gl.OOO.000 of funds. Page 4.
Shippers protest against advance In freight
rates. Page 1.
Theoeophlst girl commits suicide to follow
suicide lover to eternity. Page 1.
. Sport
Americans win two big events in Olympic
games. Page 13.
Ban Francisco defeats Oakland. ' Page- 10
Portland shuts out Los Angeles, 3 to 0.
Page 10.
Visiting players prove masters of Portland
experts In tennis tournament. Page 10.
W. E. Skinner discusses Oregon's advantage
as livestock state. Page 16.
Pacific Coast. '
Leading Gubernatorial candidates In Wash
ington bring out dummy candidates to
split second choice vote. Page 6.
Washington editors In session at Vancouver
demand amendment to direct primary
law. Page 1.
Powder magazine explodes at Cle Elum,
killing nine and Injuring many more.
Page 1.
Cherry fair opens at Salem with exhibit
that Is world beater. Page .
Commercial and Marine.
Bulk of wools In Western Oregon In dealers
ban da Page 17.
Bulge In Eastern wheat markets. Page IT.
Irregular price movement In stocks. Page IT.
Cop tains Spencer and MeCuIly arrested for
exceeding the speed, limit In the harbor.
Page 1.
Portland and Vtcmlty.
Three Jurors are accepted in Booth con
splracy trial. Page 12.
City Attomer discovers defect In district
car company asks franchise. Page 11.
Steel all In place on Willamette-River
bridge of North-Bank Road. Page 11.
Fred Hamilton will probably escape penalty
for jewelry robberies. Page 12.
City' Attorney discusses defect in district
Improvement amendment Page 0.
Volley of oaths proves costly In PoMca '
Court. Page -Evangelical
denomtnattone wilt held joint
conference. Page 12.
Church of the Brethren open three-day
conference teday. Page 11.