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THE MOltXING OKEUUMAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1W8. E EM WORKS TO KEEP PEACE Has Interview With Francis - Joseph on Harmony Among Nations. GIVE TURKEY FAIR TRIAL Visit to Continent Shows Improved Relations With Teutonic Pow ers Plans Early Visit to Kaiser in Berlin. LONDON". Aug. 12. The visits raid by Kin Edward to EmDeror William at Cronberg and to Qnperor Francis Joseph at Ischl. while not likely to lead to any formal diplomatic transactions, are con sidered hiehlv Important in official clr clea as affecting the relations of Great Britain, Germany and Austria-Hungary. There have been many reports con cernlng the conversations of the mon arch! and the representatives or the lor eipn offices of the three countries, but officials In London today said that most of these statements could be dismissed as without particular value. Relations Much Improved. It is quite enouch for them thai the re lations have so improved of recent months that for the second year m succession Kins; Edward has found it possible to visit the two Emperors and discuss with them whatever In European politics was lnterrstiriK at the moment, discussions which, they believe, must end in still better understandings. "There Is no doubt." said a British of ficial today, "that Turkey has been one of the subjects under discussion. This assuredly would be the fact in a gather Ine of any persons interested in interna tional politics, but there is nothing to settle between the powers on this ques tion, as all are agreed that there is but one thing to do. namely, not to press any reform measures until the new regime has been given a fair trial. It may be that other subjects arose for consider ation, but if so, we have not been in formed." Disarm German Hostility. It is understood that King Edward par ticularly wished to see Emperor William la arrange a visit for himself and Queen Alexandra to Berlin In return of the em poror's visit to London, and the king also wanted to show the Germans, by his re lations with his royal nephew, that the entente which had been brought - about with his influence had not been aimed against Germany. WELCOME!) BY OLD EMPEROR Edward Entertained at Ischl While Ministers Talk Politics. ISCHL, Austria. Aug. 12. King Edward arrived here today from Cronberg on a brief visit to Emperor rancls Josepn. The ruler of the dual monarchy met the King of England at the railway station with full military honors. This Is the first time a sovereign visiting the Emperor here has been greeted in this ceremonious manner. The King and Emperor drove from the railroad station to the Hotel Elizabeth. where 30 rooms had been reserved for the King and his suite. The streets to the hotel were lined with Austrian veterans and liberally decorated with flags. Takes His First Auto Ride. King Edward and the Emperor spent half an hour In conversation jit the hotel The Emperor then withdrew. Later His Majesty drove out from the imperial villa for the purpose of tendering his congratulations on the jubilee of the Austrian Monarch. The King and Era- ' peror then lunched together at the villa. A number of the Austrian Archdukes and Archduchesses, together with several diplomats, were present at the repast. This afternoon the Emperor took his first ride in an automobile. He was ac companied by the King and greatly en Joyed the ride. Help Turkey to Reform. Baron von Aehrenthal, the Austro-Hun-garian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Str Charles Harding, of the British For eign office, had a Ungthy conference to day. Turkey and the Balkans were the main topics of conversation and the two statesmen agreed that the only possible attitude of the powers of Europe was to extend a sympathetic hand and refrain from any action that might prove em barrassing to those trying to establish a more enlightened regime in the Ottoman Empire. E PREACHER PAYS COMPLIMENTS TO COUXCILMAX. Says City Autlmrllics Are Xot From Missouri and Could Find Vice If They Wanted To. For a brief period yesterday Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher, pastor of the White Temple, was in the city but will leave early this morning for Gearhart Park, where he will spend a portion of his va cation. He will leave next week for Yellowstone Park. Dr. Brougher ridiculed Councilman Baker's suggestion that he accompany the members of the City Council on a trip through the city and show them the im moral places, he declared that he is not a detective, and also said that the Coun cil Itself was not an executive branch of tiie city- government. The Mayor, Chief of Police and the police department should be able to hud such places, if they exist, he said. "I think Mr. Baker was joking when he made that suggestion, for any man able to hold two ideas in his mind without straining it would know that such an In vestigation would be absolutely absurd, .It would, be heralded In the newspapers and most of the places where the laws are be ing violated would be on their good be havior. The Councilmen do not need to have me show mem the places of vice. If l am correctly Informed, not many of them are from Missouri. Would See Strange Sights. "The facts which I mentioned in my sermon were published in the Tele gram. If they are really anxious for the Information they might go to the man ager of the Telegram and let him furnish them with some one who can give them the Information they need. If they will take one of the police court reporters and go Individually, unheralded, they will be abie to see what these reporters and sev eral other people have been able to see un- less they are as cross-eyed as the man who had the tears run down his back every time he wept. "There are three or four things that they might investigate. 1rst. the social evil is running in the North End in open defiance of present laws. It is charged on good authority that this vice is largely controlled by a combination of five men. The names of these men can be secured from the Telegram and in the edition of Juae IS will be found an account of how the "Parasites pay for protection." This condition of affairs ought to be Investi gated and the question of the social vice ought to be carefully studied, with a view to its wise solution. Restaurant Boxes. "In the second place, there are prom inent restaurants in the city with box ar rangements, so constructed as to escape the ordinance prohibiting boxes, but fur-n.-iing protection from publicity where liquor is sold to men and women regular ly. At certain' late hours of the night I am creditably informed by those who are willing to give testimony conduct too disgusting for public gaze is frequently indulged In. These places do more to in jure young people than the dives. It might be well for the members of the City Council to talk with Mrs. Iia u. Baldwin, head of the Traveler's Aid So ciety. She might give them some inter esting facts along this line. "I want to say further, however, that I am not a city detective and the City Councilmen have sense enough to adopt a proper method for discovering the moral condition of the city. If they are really anxious to do something they can do it without waiting for me to get back from my vacation, and they can do It without me when I do get back. I believe it would be well for an intelligent committee to be appointed whose permanent duty would be to study the present needs of our city in this direction, and after the largest possible Investigation and consideration, draft such ordinances as would be sup ported by a majority of the people of the city." GALES 'MID WATERSPOUT T HAW LIKELY TO ESCAPE ASYLUM Can Now Compel Hearing as to His Sanity in Courts of Pittsburg. IS ADJUDGED . A BANKRUPT SCHOOXER ALICE COOKE AR RIVES SIL'CH BATTERED. Rudder Carried Away by Storms in Pacific Waterspout Whirls Dangerously Xear. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. (Special.) Battered by gales and having sighted a waterspout 60 feet high the American schooner Alice Cooke, which left Hono lulu 40 days ago bound for Puget Sound, came Into port yesterday morning, her rudder out of commission and the vessel more or less the worse oft from her rough handling. The schooner left Honolulu July 3. The weather was excellent until July 21. when strong southeast gales assailed the schooner and she shipped heavy seas one of which carried away the rudder stock. On July 11 the schooner passed within a quarter of a mile of a waterspout, which Captain Penhallow said was 60 feet hign. The snout was whirling in a- direction away from the schooner and, although it frightened the women passengers some what, it was not near enough to do any damage. Under the jury steering gear the schooner made slow progress. She will remain here until her rudder is repaired and will then continue her journey to the Sound. . Surprisingly Sudden Decision of Referee Places Him in Position to Escape Jurisdiction of Xew York Tribunals. NEW El WORKS WONDERS SEXDS TORPEDO THROUGH SHIP, THEX EXPLODES IT. Tests of Davis Torpedo Gun Prove It Effective in Knocking , Out Targets. BOSTON. Aug. 12. Ordnance experts tit the Army and Navy today expressed great satisfaction at the performance of the new Davis torpedo gun, invented by Commander Cleland Davis, TJ. S. IN. Tests were made at Fort Strong, Boston Harbor, yesterday, three of the projec tiles being fired. In every test the tar get was overturned. Several more testa were made today. One torpedo was fired at a target off Sheep Island and it accomplished "the ob ject of its Inventor, passing through the target without detonating the real charge, the thickness- and resistance of the target representing the outer and Inner bottoms and three bulkheads of a battleship. Officials of both the Army and Navy and others interested in the experiment were witnesses. The Davis torpedo is a combination gun and projectile in itself and is ef fective at least 5000 feet, having Its own motive power similar to that on the ordinary Whitehead torpedo. The projectile is in two parts. It is 45 cen timeters In diameter and Ave meters long. The outer tube Is about two thirds the length of the Inner torpedo and behind the torpedo proper is 40 pounds of high explosive. When the nose of the projectile comes In con tact with any obstacle which stops its progress preferably the enemy's ship the concussion, no matter how slight. sets off the forty pounds of explosive. The explosion drives the projectile through the object struck and at the same time starts, a time fuse, that causes the torpedo proper to explode few seconds later. It is this double action that gives the Davis projectile its great value. PITTSBURG, Aug. 12. Harry K. Thaw was formally adjudged a bankrupt today by Referee in Bankruptcy W. R. Blair. This action was a surprise to those in terested in the case, as United States Commissioner William T. Lilndsey had set August 21 as the date for the adjudi cation. No explanation of the change of plans and today's action was made, but it is believed that Receiver Roger O'Mara's visit to Thaw at Poughkeepsie yesterday may have had something, to do with the mova. No hearing was held previous to the en tering of the formal order of adjudica tion, and Referee Blair has not announced the date of the meeting of Thaw's cred Itors. Under the law it must be held not Fooner than 10 days and not later than 30 days. Referee Blair will probably an nounce the date for the meeting of cred itors tomorrow. An effort will . be made to bring Thaw to Pittsburg for the first meeting of cred itors. and unless District Attorney Je rorac. of New York, Is able to preven his coming, it Is believed Thaw will be in Pittsburg within 30 days. Force Sanity Hearing. Every move in the Thaw proceedings has shown the determination of Th and his counsel to take his case out of the New York courts and force a hear Ing on the question of his mental condition in the courts of Pittsburg. Lrfcai at torneys say that any of Thaw's creditors has a legal right to appeal to the United States court here to have Referee Blair order of adiudlcation set aside on the ground that Thaw Is Insane. This would carry the question of Thaw's sanity be fore the United States District court, which would decide whether Thaw" has right to proceed as a bankrupt. The question of Thaw's sanity als can be raised at the first meeting of the creditors. Any creditor has the right to demand Thaw's appearance at this meeting, and when he is produced the question of his mental condition can be raised by an objection to his being ai lowed to testify on the ground that he is insane and therefore not a competent witness. This also would require a ruling from the United States District Court. Think Thaw Can Win. It Is believed that Thaw will be able, to secure a ruling on the question of his sanity in the Pittsburg courts as soon as he Is brought within the Jurisdiction of the state. Among attorneys there appears to be a quite general belief that those In charge of Thaw's case will not be content to have the sanity question passed upon by the Federal Court only as an incident in the bankruptcy proceedings, because such decision, it is said, would have nothing more than a moral effect upon his case In New York. Those who take this view believe that soon after Thaw is brought here to face his creditors an Inquest in lunacy will be instituted in the local county courts. If the verdict in such inquiry is that Thaw is not insane, the New York authorities probably would be unable to get him back to that state, where-the only, ground for holding him prisoner at present is that he is an insane person Chanler Case Parallel. Thaw's status would then be the same as that of John Armstrong Chan ler, of Rlchmaond, Va., who Is held to be Insane In New York State, but sane in Virginia, his native state, where he has been living since escaping from a New York asylum. It Is not safe however, for him to visit New York, and property he owns there Is con trolled by a guardian. driving a bunch of cattle on Tuesday from the stockyards to the Smith Com pany's killing plant. The horse Foster was riding was a tough little cayouse pony- which had been broke but which had a vicious disposition. The polnf where the accident occurred is about two miles from the city. Foster had alighted and was attempting to re mount when the animal suddenly be gan to buck. Not having fully- re gained his seat Foster, who was an able horseman, was taken at a disad vantage and the fractious animal con tinued bucking until his rider was thrown backward and landed with great violence on his .back, his head striking the road with a thud. A companion of Foster obtained a buggy and drove the injured man rap Idly to the hospital, where Dr. James F. Bell was called in. A fracture was found at the base of the skull. The in jured man remained unconscious until the end. Foster was about 82 years- of age and was as well known as any butcher in this city, having been constantly en gaged in this business since he was a boy ten years of age. He was a mar ried man and had three children but had lately become separated from his wife, who with the children had moved to some small town in Washington. His mother resides in Albina. REFORMERS BADLY BEATEN LATE RETURN'S CONFIRM RE SULT IX CALIFORNIA. Reg. $1.75 Silk Gloves, 16-button Length, All Sizes, 85c 1 apBuaim. wmm Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Prices Are Always the Lowest J Reg. $2.50 Umbrellas $1.49 Our Annual Sale Reg. $2.00 Umbrellas $1.15 Our Annual Sale GIVEN- ABSOLUTE DIVORCE Thaw's Sister Is Freed From Earl of Yarmouth. LONDON. Aug. 12. The decree grant ed February 5. by Sir Birrell Barnes president of the Divorce Court, to the Countess of Yarmouth, who was Miss Alice Thaw, of Pittsburg, nullifying her marriage to the Earl of Yarmouth, has been made an absolute divorce by the court, the necessary six months having elapsed. The case is described in the records as Yarmouth, otherwise Thaw, versus Yarmouth. This leads to the presumption that the countess con t em plates resuming her maiden name. TAFT IS LAYING PLANS (Continued From First Pajie.) to speak In Vermont and Maine; likewise Secretary Straus, of the Department of Commerce- and Labor, and Rev. Dr. John Wesley, pastor of the Metropolitan Tem ple, New York. "I shall take with me to Cincinnati my present office force and Bhall have with me Mr. Vorys and Gus J. Karger, who will have charge of publicity, besides Mr. Carpenter, my secretary, and such ad ditional assistants as may be required." Between the two conferences which were held with ..lr. Taft, Mr. Hitchcock, who arrived here this morning, was closeted with Senators Elklns and Scott and Mr. Swisher, nominee for Governor, all of West Virginia. Mr. Hitchcock lis tened to the situation as presented, but gave no Indication of any action on his part except to promise that,, should the matter of the split ticket in that state be presented In a proper way to the National committee, that body, following long established and broad precedent naturally would be required to determine which 'of the two factions was the regular Republi can ticket and state organization. Mr. Elkins, after the conference, said that a letter 'would be addressed to the National committee. John Hays Hammond reached here to day and will remain several days. During that time he expects to talk over a num ber of things political with Mr. Taft, among them the welfare and plans of the National League of Republican Clubs. MARRIES AT TENDER ACE THIRTEEN YEAR - OLD CHILD BECOMES WIFE. Father Gives Consent and License Is Issued by Seattle Clerk After Legal Advice. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 12. (Special.' Edward Emel. 21 years old, and Rosie Aronson, aged -13, were licensed to wed yesterday. The father of the girl con sented to the daughter-s marriage. The Prosecuting Attorney was consulted by the marriage license clerk as to the le gality of Issuing a marriage license for a child In years, and was Informed that under the law if the parent gave his con sent the license must be issued, no other question being raised.. The parties to the license are residents of Seabeck. The young man is a rancher at that place. FATALLY HURT BY HORSE James Foster, Thrown to Ground. Dies of Fractured Skull. Thrown violently from a bucking horse on the Ltnnton road Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. James Foster, a butcher, who has been well known In Portland business In this city for the past twenty years, suffered a fractured skull. The Injury proved fatal, Foster dying at 7:30 last night at Good Samar itan Hospital. Foster was in the employ of the Frank L, Smith Meat Company and wu Regular Republicans Will Have 400 Out of 620 Delegates in State Convention. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. Reports re ceived at the headquarters of the various organizations today confirm the returns of last night, that the "regular" Republi cans were victorious over the Lincoln Roosevelt League throughout the state in yesterday's primaries and will have about 400 out of the 629 dele-rates to the state convention In uakland on August 27, and that the Gavin-McNab wing or organiza tion has wrested the control of the state Democracy from Theodore Bell, who defeated McNab at the Fresno conven tion in May. McNab stated today that while the returns from many counties were coming in slowly the reports . re ceived left no dbubt that the regular Democrat ticket was successful in most of the counties where primaries were held. The fight In the Republican ranks between the reform element, or Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican League, and the regular organisation was bitterly waged in San Francisco, Alameda and Humboldt, but suffered a reversal in many districts in other counties car ried by it in the May primaries. The League carried but five out of 18 as sembly districts in San Francisco and lost several districts in which, it was successful in May, giving the reform ers but 65 out of 173 delegates in the County Convention. The total Republican vote in the Los Angeles County primaries Is about 27, 000, which is the heaviest ever cast at a primary in that county, and is 25 per cent heavier than that recorded at the primaries in May. The total vote in this city was 33,536. Of this the Republicans oast 22,269, 12,255 for the regulars and 10,014 for the Lincoln-Roosevelt League ticket,. The Democrats polled 8425, the McNab ticket getting 4859 and Bell's support ers 3566. The Independence League re ceived 193 votes. FIGHT OVER SILETZ LANDS (Continued From First Page.) stead law. Contests are pending against the claims of Williams and Priest and, if sustained, the land again will be open to settlement. The homestead law pro vides that when an entry to such land Is cancelled by the Government, the set tler actually residing on the land has a preference right for a period of 90 days to file on the land. It is only to gain this rfeht that these so-called 'land- grabbers' have gone onto the Siletz claims and established a residence. 'Of course. If the Government fails to win its contest, the rights of the original entrymen are In no way denied. Patent will issue to the land in his name and the squatter' will be out his time and trouble." Syrian Editors for Reform. NEW YORK. Aug. 12. As a result of the recent developments in Turkey, a number of prominent Syrians, lnciuaing ttia Ariftnra nf nil the Svrian naoers in New York, met recently In the apartments of .NaKle iuoutran rasna at me naza t r . . 1 an1 a UAiintran PflBha'a fnirltn- IlUlCli 'Lin' aw -uu .... .... . tion, pledged themselves to espouse the cause of reform in the Ottoman empire. The conrerees lornieo tne nucleus oi a society which will Include Arabic-speaking peoples all over the world, known as the Syrian Ottoman Union Society. Its headquarters will be in New York. KTnklA Mnntran Pashn. founder of the new society, is a wealthy man of noble blood, who for 17 years was tne moving spirit among the Young Turks In Paris. First Since Late Trouble. CORUNNA. Spain, Aug. 12. The United States schoolship Itasca arrived here today. This is the first vessel of the American Government to call at Co runna since the Spanish-American war. $2.50 Umbrellas $1.49 Men's and women's black tape edge black union taffeta umbrellas, best frames and rods, cases and tassels. Handles of horn, princess, ebony, cherry, boxwood and congo. Reg ular $2.50 values, special today for $1.49 $2.00 Umbrellas $1.15 Men's and women's fine mercerized gloria Umbrellas, with tape edge, steel rods, paragon frames, with princess, horn, gun-metal, silver trimmed wood handles; cases and tassels. Wonderful special for today, a : $1.15 LONG FOR REVENGE Family of Murdered Boy Wants to Kill Nemmor. ANGRY SYRIANS FILLCOURT Rosenthal's windows are money-savors. Victim's Mother Screams and Swoons and Uncle Strives to Reach Him, While Friends Fill Air With Mutterings. CHICAGO, Aug. 12. Mrs. Selim Shas hem, mother -f Tuff a Shashem, whose mutilated body was found in Mud Lake, swooned today when the inquest was be gun. Previously Airs-. Shashem had mut tered and screamed threats against Has ehn Nemmor, the Turk under arrest. Friends of the Shashem family swarmed from their rookeries in the Ghetto In numbers too great to be accommodated in the small courtroom at the morgue. Nemmor was made nervous by their vin dictive mutterings and, when Lasimir Shashem, an uncle of the murdered boy. who had sworn to kill Nemmor, was de tected cautiously sliding along the bench toward the prisoner, two detectives took seats on either side of him, checking further progress. The murdered boy s father was tne nrst witness. Rage flared in his eyes as he glared from the witness chair at Nem mor, who was put under guard of police men. The witness testified that Nem mor had murdered a man In Turkey and, as a result of a quarrel with the Shastiem family, had threatened to revenge him self. Mrs. Shashem's eyes were red from weeping as she took the stand. She drew her shawl about her face, wept hys terically, then sprang from her seat to ward the suspect. Policemen' forced her back into her chair. She confirmed the story told by her husband. Nemmor was held on a charge of mur der. Witnesses told stories which pointed strongly to the guilt of Nemmor. Ac cording -to the testimony he was a de generate, as he had threatened .to kill the "Shashem family and .drink its blood." Nemmor, who is a Turk, Is a devout mussulman. He Insisted that he was innocent. graph Company, arrived in the city at noon today from San Francisco, bring ing with him the complete plans and specifications for the new building which that company will -erect on the property recently purchased by it. Bids on the construction are to be asked for at once. GOVERNMENT FIGHTS FIRE Forest Service Enlists Men to Sleet Approaching Danger. MORO. Or.. Aug. 12 (Special.) Jiepresentatives of the Government For est Service were in Moro today recruit ing men for fire fighting. They secured the services of 11 men and will be bark after more. Fire Is now 15 miles from Bend. Xew Charter for Forest Grove. FOREST GROVE. Or., Aug. 12. (Special.) Mayor B. H. I.aughlin last night appointed a committee for the purpose of drafting a new charter for the city. The new. commission will set to work at once to prepare the new document and have it ready to submit to a vote at the annual election held the first .Monday in January of 1909. The old charter has beon one of the drawbacks to the growth of Forest Grove as many municipal Improve ments are needed, among the most Im portant Is a new water system. The committee appointed is: H. J. GofT. K. W. Haines. A.G.Hoffman. W. H. Hollls, t'has. O. Roe. John E. Bailey. C. I Hinman, A. J. AVirtz and J. F. Woods. Receivers for Big Elevators. MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 12. On applica tion of receivers for the Plllsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company, limited. Judge Purdy, in the I'nited States Circuit Court, yesterday appointed Charles Amsdcn and Henry F. Douglas receivers for the Min neapolis & Northern Elevator Company, a subsidiary corporation. The Minneapo lis & Northern Elevator Company ope rates the 100 elevators In Minnesota and North Dakota, which supply the Pills-bury-Washburn flour mills with grain. CHICAGO. Aug. 13. (Special.) From Portland Mr. ' and Mrs. L. Gerllrger, Mrs. B. B. Dalton and son. at the Audi torium; M Parole, nt the Great Northern. New Phone Building for Astoria. ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.) N. Glass, constructing engineer for the Pacific States Telephone & Tele- New Telephone Directory The new directory of the Home Telephone Company will be issued the first week in September. Doit wait, but get in your application for an Automatic telephone. Splendid service at ALL TIMES and under ALL CONDITIONS. Ab solutely secret no party lines no trouble no waiting no "wrong number" "line's busy" blunders perfect, prompt and active trans mission patience of a machine the foreigner's friend speaks all lan guages and repeats nothing always in good order and self supervised. Call "A 1315" or "A 4406" for application for telephone and get in the directory. Home Telephone Company COR. PARK AND BURNSIDE STREETS PHONE THE BREWERY And Order a Case of Sparkling, Invigorating GAMBRINUS Our Wagons Are Very Busy Now, and if You Want Your Beer for Sunday, fcy All Means Call Us Up Right Away Physicians recommend the use of MILD, well-aged beer that is thoroughly fermented. Try a case of this best of all brews, and you'll join thousands in declaring it the best ever made. That's why it has been "Portland's Favorite Beer for Over Thirty-one Years" PORTL'AND PHONES: MAIN 4 9, A 1149 OREGON Gambrin us Brewing Company