us I - PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XL VIII XO. 14,897. STEWART' GREETS 'C CDCrPU RICHARD CARLE IN KEEPS HANDS OFF JAPANESE FIND NEW ROUTE OPEN ORDER WITH JOY U dl LLUII DIVORCE SCANDAL NEW YORK TANGLE FIRES BREAK OUT SPELLS: DEFEAT FOR HUGE ESTATE MILLIONAIRE CLUBMAN MAKES LABORERS ENTERING UNITED ARMY EXILE REGARDS TEST ACTOR CO-RESPONDENT. STATES AS STUDENTS. RIDE AS FINE DIVERSION. 1 COMB NETOF GMT AUGUSTA FLOODED Hitchcock Declines to Talk on Subject. HUGHES MUST WIN OWN FIGHT Will Be Asked to Help National Ticket if Nominated. TAFT TALKS ON BANKING Declares Vital Defect of Guaranty Scheme Would Be Tendency to Invite Reckless Speculation by Wildcat Banks. NEW TORK. Aug. 26. Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock, of the National Republican Committee, today declined to disciss the New York State primaries with respect to any possible effect they might have on the Governorship nomination, and later upon the National ticket In New York State. He Insisted that he had not committed himself In any manner on the Governor ship, and said that he did not think that he was called upon to do so. In regard to the recent conference at Oyster Bay, wnlch gathering was followed by a state ment from James 8. Sherman, the Re publican candidate for Vice-President, that the preponderanace of opinion there was favorable to Mr. Hughes, Mr. Hitch cock said: Keeping Clear of State Tangle. "Mr. Sherman stated explicitly that no determination of the Governorship matter was effected." It Is not expected that the views of any of the Republican leaders who partici- pated In the discussion at the President's Summer home were altered by the fact I that a number of counties In the pri maries expressed themselves In opposi tion to the Governor. Thus far the Republican National Com- mlttee has taken no stand in the Hughes I matter. The Governor has not been in vited to speak in the National campaign, and it is said that no invitation will be extended to him until after the New York State convention. Plenty of Work If Nominated. The engagement which Governor Hughes baa to speak at Youngstown, O., Septem ber S. was not made under the auspices of the National organisation. - If Mr. Hughes is renominated, the directors of the speakers' bureau of the National Committee will begin Immediately booking the Governor for as many speeches as he will consent to make. Mr. Hitchcock arrived in New York from his New England trip today. He said he will spend the remainder of the week here in conference with political leaders, going thn to Chicago for about I week. The western speakers' bureau iias not been organized yet and some one must be found to take this work off the sands of Senator Borah, of Idaho, who is due in Vermont to make a number of speeches. BIG JOB IN WEST VIRGINIA Hitchcock LeaTes Subcommittee to Untangle Snarls. NEW YORK, Aug. 26. The West Virginia political situation, which has proved so ' perplexing to Frank . H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National committee, and was submitted also to Mr. Taft at a conference at Hot Springs. Va, was today referred to a sub-committee of the National com mittee for Investigation. A formal request was made by ths West Virginia executive lhat Chair man Hitchcock decide as to the rela tive merits of the supporters of Scherr and Swlssher, both of whom were nom inated by Republican factions for the governorship. Chairman Ward, of the investigating committee, hopes to In due one gubernatorial candidate to withdraw after the merits of the case , have been disclosed .by Inquiry. TAFT RAPS GUARANTx PLAN Would Put Premium on Reckless Banking Is Vital Objection. HOT SPRINGS. Vs., Aug. 26. "It puts a premium on reckless oanKtng and is an inducement to reckless banking." Thus did Mr. Taft this afternoon, in resoonse to a direct Question, state what Is in his opinion the vital objection to the proposed plan to guarantee deposits In national a epos it Danxs. "That is the fundamental objection.' fv he said. "Relieved of the responsibility I to and tne tear or nis aepositors tne ten 1 denov would be to Induce exploitation. manipulation ana in use ui L?ei! in banks in a speculative way. It would p- promote speculation at the expense of his lellow-oanKers ana mm ultimately means II tn- eiixiuc oi uie urpuBiLyre. miy that should be assessed as based on the present rate of loss. Is on an erroneous 1 basis, as the danger nf loss of deposits Is Increased vastly Dy tne proposed system. I so that the percentage of the tax would k, have to be vastly Increased. "Mr. Bryan did favor a guaranty, the Government to raise the fund by taxing the banks, but the Democratic platform provides for an enforced Insurance which compels all national banks to contribute to the Insurance funds to meet the de 4 faults of the speculators. I am told that 1 such a law was In force In New York I and that the result was that when a panie ensued, the tax having been Im--sproperly calculated, there was not suffl yclent funds to pay the losses, but this I : (Concluded on Fas . Immigration Officers Find No Law Ordering Deportation After Ori entals Go to Work. WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. (Special.)- The Department of Commerce and Labor has referred to the State Department a I new question which has arisen under the administration of regulations excluding ! Japanese of the laboring classes. The incident reveals a method not httherto considered, whereby thousands or Jap anese laborers could gain access to this I country without recourse by the United ' States. Miyukl Komura was recently admitted through Seattle on a passport showing him to be a student. He had about s0 in M. nnunlnn at the time. Instead of .0001 immediately, he went H work. Next ne crossea into tamun a.uu found employment. He decided to re-enter the United States, "which he did near Port Hill. Idaho, and was taken Into custody. Canada refused to allow him to be sent back to the Dominion. This brought the matter before the head of the department of Commerce and Labor, and It being de cided that the law gave no authority for his deportation to Japan, he was dis charged. Authorities here consider the case of rnmrfderable importance. If there Is no : provision for deportation In such cases. there will be nothing to prevent other Japanese from making use of the same expedient to get Into this country and to j remain here. build Into big bend. SU Paul Road to Run Brancb North From Beverly. CHICAGO, Aug. 26. Special,) The Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company will soon file at Olympla. Wash., plans for a branch line to serve the great wheat sections of Waterville and Buckingham. The Intention of the St. Paul to Invade the Big Bend country Is said to account for the sudden activity the H'U interests in pushing the Wash- Ington tL Great Northern into the same territory. Surveyors have been in the field for some time and the route is prac- tlcally decided upon. . It is expected to build from the Pacific extension of the St. Paul at the Dew town of Beverly and run north on the east side of the Colum bia River. This proposed branch line Is likely to" prove one of the most important on the St. Paul line. It will form an outlet for the business of a plateau that is about 50 miles wide - and SO miles - long. - The district Is remarkably fertile and has never been given railroad transportation. Toe branch- will be about 120 .miles in length. MUCH LAND NOT TAKEN Uncle Sam Has Nearly SO, 000, 000 Acres In Northwest. WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. The General Land Office has complied its annual state ment showing the area of the public do main remaining undisposed of July 1. 1908. From this statement - It appears that the Government still has an area of o4.889.296 acres of surveyed and unsur- veyed land. Including the following: Alaska, 386,021.509 acres; Arizona, 42,- 769.202: California 29.872.493: Colorado, 23.696.697; Idaho, 26,785.002; Montana. 46, 592.440; Nevada, 61.177,050; New Mexico, 44.777.905: Oregon. 16.857.913; Utah. 36,- 578.998; Washington, 4.360,001; Wyoming, 17,146.302. In Oregon there are 4,769,456 acres of unsurveyed land, Washington, 2.287,176 acres and Idaho 19,476.044 acres. In Alaska all the land is unsurveyed. ALLEGED THIEF HAS PAST Tells Reno Court Idaho Jurist Was Her Husband. RENO, Nev.. Aug. . (Special.) Taken Into court today on the charge of being a notorious pickpocket, Mrs. Irene Hawley Duff stated that she was the divorced wife of Judge Hawley, of Boise, Idaho, who assisted in the prosecution of Moyer. Haywood and Pettibone. The woman's story was listened to with wonder. She pleaded not guilty to the charge against her. That she combines generosity with other traits was shown recently when Mrs. Duff contributed $50 to the family of Po liceman Brown, who was killed in a street battle with bunko men. Mrs. Hawley did not allow her gift to become known to I the general public. RUEF TRIAL BEGINS TODAY Judge Lawlor Sweeps Aside Last Remaining Technicalities. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 26 Superior Judge Lawlor today swept away the last remaining technicalities delaying the hearing of evidence in the case of Abraham Ruef, charged with the brib ery of Ex-Supervisor Furey to vote for a trolley franchise for the United Railroads, and the actual trial will be gin tomorrow. Receivership Is Extended. CHICAGO. Aug. 26. The receivership of the Southern Indiana Railway Com pany was this afternoon extended to the Chicago Southern Railway Company by Judge Kohlsaat In the United States Cir cuit Court. The receivership Is In ac cordance with the petition flled by that road last week. M. J. Carpenter, re ceiver for the Southern Indiana, was also named as receiver for the Chicago South ern. Both roads were among the assets of John R. Walsh at the, time of the failure of ths Walsh bank.' the Chicago Whole City Completely Under Water. THREE DEATHS ARE REPORTED Flames Devouring Big Cotton Warehouses. LOSS OVER HALF-MILLION One Lame Telegraph Wire Brings Out Report of Disaster Union Depot Inundated to Depth of Ten Feet. ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 26. A long-dls tance telephone message from the Asso ciated Press correspondent from Augusta says that the city is completely under water. In the down-town portion busi ness houses, telegraph offices and news paper offices are completely demoralised. There were three deaths In Augusta today, two white people and one negro. No names could be secured. The damage, it is estimated, will reach half a million dollars. Cotton Warehouses on Fire. At 8:30 tonight it was learned through the single wire of the Georgia Railroad Company, working partly Into Augusta, that the large cotton warehouse and the wholesale grocery warehouses of the Nixon Company were burning. The Union Depot is under ten feet of water, and In the best residence district the water stands six feet deep and Is slowly rising. Six Feet of Water in Church. The Sacred Heart Church is in six feet of water. i The report of the fires in. ths Nixon warehouses cannot be confirmed. A tele graph operator said he could not get near enough n account of the water, but that the fires were burning in the vicinity of the big warehouses. POLICE "MOB PRISONER Brntally Beat. Cowboy Arrested for Killing Denver Officer. DENVER. Aug. 26. John Bradley, alias John Brennan, a cowboy, who was arrested late today on suspicion of hav ing murdered Patrolman William P. Stevens last night, was. set upon by a number of police officers at headquar ters tonight and narrowly escaped be ing beaten to death at their hands. Detectives, who had the prisoner In charge, fought off the Infuriated patrol men and draggged their . charge to a place of safety. ' Count Komura Reaches Toklo. TOKIO. Aug. 26. Count Jutaro Ko mura, formerly . Japanese ambassador at London, who has been selected as minister of foreign affairs In the newly appointed Cabinet headed by Marquis Katsura. arrived here at 9 o'clock to night. He was met by the entire Cabi net and many - other government of ficials. UNDOUBTEDLY, y-J Can Sit Saddle Easier Than Some of His Enemies Occupy Easy Chairs. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26. A special from Willcox. Ariz., says: Colonel William F. Stewart, the artil lery officer who is exiled at abandoned Fort Grant, Is greatly pleased over the order from the War Department for him to take the horsemanship test of a 90 mile ride. "I want to take the test," said Colonel Stewart. "I can ride 90 miles In 21 hours. i ........ . .... t ' ",v': f Colonel W. F. Stewart, Army's gieapefcoat, Who Regards 90 Mlle Ride as Pleasant Diver sion. or any other distance that horses can carry me. Colonel Stewart says the fact that he Is not given a saddle horse at Fort Grant has been one of his hardships, and Inti mates that he can ride a horse easien then some officers he knows can hold down their upholstered chairs- in Wash ington. . Colonel Stewart denies that he has any intention of surrendering and permitting himself to be forced out of the Army. He still has over two years to serve at deso late Fort Grant. ' Fort Grant is In ruins and alive with rattlesnakes. The - Colonel's only com panions are William F. Nail, who Is caretaker of the- post, and William B. Martin,- ths ' colored , cook' and man of all work. FORGER OF NOBLE BLOOD Fugitive Hungarian, AVanted for Swindle, Caught in Indiana. CHICAGO, Aug. 26. (Special.) Bela Walder, a Hungarian of noble birth, 35 years of age, was practically kidnapped from a hotel In Warsaw, Ind., where he had taken refuge, and brought to this city where he will be held for extradition on a charge of having forged notes for 310,000. The alleged crime was committed at Scekscard, Austria-Hungary- Walder had been sought for three years and was finally located in Indiana through adver tisements In which he offered real estate for sale. He is held pending the arrival of extradition papers. Walder, it is said, was stripped of his title when, three years ago, 'he fled from Austria-Hungary, after committing for geries amounting 'to $10,000. Welder's uncle, who was responsible for his cap ture, Is A. N. Walder, a banker and real estate dealer. His home Is In Scekscard. The fugitive Walder Invested the money he stole In Gary, Ind., real estate. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE Trust Talk Will Cost . Him New York. COMMENT FROM JUDGE NAGLE Democratic Leaders Just as Confident of Success. JOHNSON IS IN DEMAND Minnesota's Governor Wanted to Make Speeches in -Eastern States. Prohibition Candidate De - fines Partisan. CHICAGO, Aug. 26. (Special.) Judge C. N. Nagel. Repjublican National Com mitteeman from Missouri, reached the Republican camp in the Harvester build ing today apparently happy over the ideas expressed by Mr. Bryan In his speech on trusts at Indianapolis. I am very well satisfied with the ad- dress made by Mr. Bryan." said Judge Nagel. ."His general treatment of the trust issue struck me forcibly. If there wo nl rinnht ahnut Mow York to- ' " J ing Republican before that speech was made there is no doubt about It now. Mr. Bryan seems unable to get away from arbitrary figures. In 1896 It was 16 to 1; In 1908 It is 25 per cent. Hitchcock Back to Desk Saturday. Frank H. Hitchcock, National Chair man, will reach Chicago aSturday, endr Ing a careful survey of the Eastern terri tory. With him will come a corps of as sistants. The machinery of the Republi can camp then will be set In motion and the national campaign really begun. Re publican orators are now nocking to "Ver mont and Maine, where the state elec tions are to be held next month. Senators J. C. Burrows, of Michigan, ni W. K. Borah, of Idaho, ex,-Seoretary of thi Treasury L. M Shaw and- Repre sentatives D. E. McKinlay, of California, and H. S. Boutell, of Illinois, are already on the ground. Senator Albert J. Bever- Irge, of Indiana, Is expected to sound the keynote of the Republican stumping cam paign in the West at Youngstown, Ohio, on September 6. Governors Charles E. Hughes, of New York, and A. L. Harris, of Ohio, will also speak on that occaslono. Democrats Are Enthusiastic. Enthusiasm as a result of the Demo cratic demonstration at Indianapolis yes terday was rampant In Democratic Na tional, headquarters in Chicago today. 'We will carry Indiana this Fall," said National Committeeeman Roger C. Sulli van, of .Illinois.' who attended the notifi cation. - The sentiment was echoed by Dr. Hall, who will be in charge of the Chicago headquarters until the return of Chairman Mack next Monday, Mr. Mack having gone -to New York to open head quarters there. "Furthermore, we will ctery Nebraska this year." said the vice- chairman, who never forgets where he halls from. . Governor Johnson in Demand. An almost uncontrollable demands that Governor John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, be sent to New York and Indiana to make (Concluded on Page 6.) BY SOMEBODY Atlanta Belle, Who Married A. W. Godfrey, Accused of Undue Fondness for Comedian. CHICAGO. Aug. 26. (Special.) Di vorce pr.pers were filed today In Boston, according to dispatches received from that city, by Arthur W. Godfrey, a mill ionaire clubman, in a suit asking a sepa ration from Beatrice Brunner Godfrey, an Atlanta, Ga., girl of great beauty, whom two years aB0. no less a person than Richard Carle, the musical comedy star. Is named In the divorce papers as a co respondent, though no dates and places are specified. Godfrey also names in his petition John H. McCarthy. A trip to Europe on Doara tne liner TV.ntKehln.nd flirures in the papers as hav- ing been taken by Mrs. Godfrey, N sailing from New York June 25. McCarthy, the petition alleges, vas aboard the same ship and the two. Godfrey says, met 1n xxmaon. , Mrs. Godfrey has until the first Mon day In October to answer the charges. when the case will be placed upon trial. OLD SCOUTS ON TRAIL Follow Park Robber Into Jackson I Hole Country. BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 26. A special from Livingston to the Miner says: A number of old Bcouts formerly in the employ of the Government and residing in tne vicinity or uaraner, nave jumou in the pursuit of the Yellowstone Park bandit. Tney are going into tne .i season I Hole country, to which point it is 1 - I thought the robber has headed. The country through wnicn tne man hunt Is being made is of the roughest character and much of it is almost inac cessible. WILL EXPEL UNDESIRABLES Vlgilance Committee Organized by . Citizens in Qulncy, Cal. MARTSVILLB, Cal., Aug. 26. A num ber of business men of Qulncy, Plumas County, have recently received letters threatening the burning of all the busi ness houses In the place. It has now been discovered that the apparatus of the fire department has been tampered with, to the extent of rendering It prac tically useless. The residents are aroused and at a mass meeting last night appointed a vigilance committee empowered to rid the town of all unde sirable characters. It is feared that serious trouble may occur when the committee begins its work. SETTLE CANADIAN STRIKE Railroad Officials Said to Plan Peace Negotiations. WINNIPEG, Aug. 26. A rumor coming from an authoritative source says the Canadian Pacific Railway officials are getting tired of the strike and negotia tions will be begun tomorrow with a view tn onrfiTiir It CI. J. Burv. sucierintendent of the road, went to FortTVilllam today. and It Is said Important developments will be announced from that place. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS! Foreign. People of Sydney make merry holiday In bidding farewell IO Amtnc.n lieei. rasa 2. . Political. Hitchcock keeps hand, clear of New York tangle; Hughes must win own oattie. Page 1. Tirvan Elves ovation in native city of Salem; makes Did lor nepuoucau vwwa. raa 2. Chairman Mack and Gompers In conference. Page 2. Rival political leaders revUw National situ ation, page l. Domestic. Twenty-five bodies recovered from Halley- Ola mine In Oklanoma. rage t. Augusta under water; fires break out in wholesale districts, rage i. Horsemen insult Governor Hughes at Sar atoga County Fair, rage o. Opening of Rosebud Indian reservation an nounces- rage Pacific Coast. Yerba Buena naval apprentice bazed; res cued from end of rope more dead man alive. Page 4. Springer heirs organize to fight for $120.- O0O.000 estate in jjeiawa-re ana owcueu. Page 1. Lawyers In American Bar Ae.aclatlon meet ing, at Seattle, dlscuM reasons tor in crease of crime. Page 6. Electric railway extension from Albany Dlanned. Page 8 New telephone seivlce for Oregon City. Page 6. Marshfield fair opens. Page 6. Oreffon City man accuses wife of trlgamy and causes her arrest. Page T. Regular infantry team wins National Rifle trophy; citizen spiaiers lone an uis iiiumcj. Page T. , Sports. Oakland wins from Portland. 6 to 3. Page I 7. Portland and Vicinity. Mayor and Council defer North End cru sade, page iu. Personalities enter into debate between Councilmen Wilis ana ji.ciin.iier. cum" Will of Philip Selling admitted to probate. Page 14. Liquor license of Club Cafe revoked by Council, page iu. Freight rates oii apple shipments East are advanced. Page 14. Property-owners to appear before Board of Education in Iignt ag&insi proposal xo build new high school. Page 10. Final accounting filed In Louis Flelschman estate. Page It. August Miller drinks three bottles of car bolic acid ana aies. rage Commercial and Marine. - Official figures on output of lumber, shingles and lath. Page lo. Export buying strengthens Chicago wheat market, page to. Stock market closes strong, but dull. Page 15. Slow deliveries of grain cause slow cliarters- Springer Heirs Form Association FOR OREGON AND WASHINGTON Property m Delaware and Sweden Worth Millions. i uilMnDtmO HAVE CLAIMS I nUllUntUO Descendants of Colonial Day Pluto. crat in All Parts of United States Plan Joint Fight for Great Fortune, BROWNSVILLE, Or., Aug. 29. (Spe cial.) Alleged heirs residing In Ore gon and Washington and asserting claim to the estate of Carl Christopher Springer, located In Delaware and Sweden, and estimated to be worth $120,000,000, met here today and or- ganized the Springer Heirs' Assocla- tion, for the purpose of devising some I plan whereby to share In the dlstrlbu i tIon of th9 enormous estate. Similar organizations have been formed by al leged heirs In various other states; The officers of the Oregon and Washington association 'are: Presi dent, J. G. Springer, of Philomath; vice-president, H. B. Davidson, of Eugene; secretary and treasurer, J. R. STJ Mn who were made officers of the associa- tIon threo otherB attended the meet ing, as follows: Carl Springer, of Crawfordsvllle, and Mrs. Nancy Stroupe and Mrs. Robert C. Martin, of this city. - Numerous other alleged heirs residing In the two states will become members of the association. History of Estate. The ancestor to whom ths heirs are feeling grateful was Christopher Springer, whose son, Carl Christopher Springer, born In 1658, came to this country and settled, acquiring vast tracts of land. Ths entire business section of Wilmington, Del., was among his possessions, and was leased by his heirs in 1808 on a 90-year lease., The other estate la In Sweden, and In- , eludes not onlv the s-reater nart of a Swedish town, but also six large farms . and an Immense Interest In a big banking business, the entire value of which is said to be $40,00,000, while the Wilmington property Is valued at $80,000,000. In the year 1880, Edward Springer, one of the heirs, spent nearly a year In Sweden securing the originals or copies of the deeds and wills that had been made In connection with the es tate. After getting them all safely over to America, he died, and they were handed down to his young son, Walter, in whose possession they now are. Objects of Association. The object of the association that has been formed by the Oregon and Wash ington heirs is to furnish united as sistance in pushing the claims of the. hundreds of heirs scattered throughout the United States. The local association was formed on the advice of the Ohio association, which appears to be leading In the effort to gain possession of the Springer millions. Similar associations have been formed in California and other states whee known heirs are known to reside. The headquarters of the Oregon and Washington association will be in Brownsville, from which point the of ficers will co-operate with the parent association of Ohio, Each to Have Lawyer. Each local association will employ un attorney to represent Its Interests in a mass meeting of the representatives of the heirs to be held at Wilmington, Del., the first week In September, when some plan will be devised for clearing up the title to the estate and bringing about a division of the property among the heirs. For years the state authorities of Delaware have resisted the claims of the contesting heirs unsuccessfully and recently offered to pay $11,000,000 If the heirs would relinquish all claim to that part of the estate locatsd In Wilmington and vicinity.' CARRIES RING IN THROAT when, After Years, She Coughs It Up, Girl Is Relieved. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 26. (Special.) After years of discomfort. caused by a species of throat trouble that baffled many physicians, Miss Jen nie Glassford, niece of exCouncllman William Glassford. of this city. In a coughing epell expelled today a small gold band ring which is believed to "have been the cause of her suffering these many years. Just how the ring became lodged in the young woman's throat cannot be ac counted for. It Is believed, however, that she swallowed the ring when a child and that its location was such as to prevent extraction through medical as sistance. At times the pain would be come severe, while at others it was less bothersome. Many physicians were con suited but none could do anything t Have the patient. National.