( .. . AfejL"' mm VOL. XLIX. NO. 15,180. . . : : i TAFT IS ALIGNED Cummins Wants Gen eral Slash. MANUFACTURES DUTY TOO HIGH Tariff Should Come Down as Well as on Materials. RESULT OF CONFERENCE Leader of Senate Insurgents Pokes Holes) In Steel, Lumber and Other Schedules Good Hope of an Early Agreement on Bill. WASHrN'OTON. July 22. Emphasizing Ithe Importance of Insisting on reduction! n the duties upon manufacturer as well j m on raw material. Senator Cummins of twa late today made public a statement -hlrh Is accepted as representing the .lew of a majority of the progressive Senators. Mr. Cummins had consulted two hours with the President, and an ex change of views had passed between Mr. ' Lummliu and others of the ten who voted aealnst the tariff bill In the Senate. Progressives With Taft. '"I Indorse every word of the statement recently made by the President." said Mr. Cummlr.s While It is of the utmost Im portance that iron ore. oil, hides and coal be dealt with as proposed by the Presi dent. It Is of still greater importance that fie duties on manufactured products shall be brought down somewhere near the pro tective point. "Those who have been contending for lower duties can afford to surrender a , part of their Just demands If they can. , in the main, obtain the reductions that Insure the people against undue prices in the chief commodities of commerce." Dntjr on Structural Steel Raised. Mr. Cummins then outlined his prln ' clpal objections to the blU as It left the Fen ate: "Structural Iron and steel, the use of which is so rapidly increasing." he said, 1a raised from the IHngley rate of $10 per ton and the House rate of J per ton to 46 per cent ad valorem, which at the present price of this commodity means a duty of II per ton. an Increase over the present law of t per ton and over the House provision of $10 per ton. "When It Is considered that the duty on steel rails Is 3.60 per ton and their market price Is $28 per ton. the pro posed duty upon a form of steel which sells for 135 per ton Is wholly Inde fensible. Free Iron ore Is a very de slrable thing, but when the welfare of the consumer is taken Into account. It would be vastly better. If a fair rate can be secured on but one of these Items, to allow the duty on Iron ore to go at 15 cents a ton and cut the duty on structural steel to $5 or $6 per ton. where It would furnish protection for the borne producers. Cut Pressed Lumber Rate. "In the lumber schedule. If both rough and dressed are not free, as they ought to be. the House rate of $1 on rough lum ber should be preserved and the differ ential upon dessed lumber should begin at i5 cents per thousand and not go be yond 0 cents per thousand. 'In the paper schedule the House rate of $3 per ton on print paper, without the possibility of Increasing it by a counter Tailing duty, and free wood pulp, also protecting against a countervailing duty, should be insisted upon. "In the cot tor. schedules, the Senate Increases from beginning to end should be rejected and I believe the people might be willing to stand for the House rates, barring, of course, the hosiery Increase. Woolen Rates All Wrong- The woolen schedule is manifestly wrong: and the artificial and arbitrary ' plan of elfmlnatln the relation between unwashed and unscoured wool is grossly . absurd. The woolgrowers are sacri ficed in order to give undue protection to the worsted wool manufacturer. The whole schedule Is so Indefensible that a readjustment seems Imperative, even though to accomplish It the conference report be voted down and the bill brought before the Senate again for amendment." CONFERENCES OF FACTIONS Talk of Concessions on All Hands Indicates Agreement. WASHINGTON. July Today was one of conferences and concluded with a consultation at the White House tonight, participated in by the President. Senator AWrich and Representative Payne, at which the Chief Executive was sssured that harmonious "setuement of the dif ferences Is likely. The Senators opposed to the free raw material programme were consulted today by Mr. Aldrlch. and a committee repre senting the same position on the House side conferred with Chairman Payne. In addition, the House conferees met to have the experts of the Senate finance committee explain the Senate changes In IfflTH ifJ SUH G ErJTS Vf, the cotton schedule. It Is evident that tr.e iTcsiaem, oy Informing the conferees that the dis- inn-ir'" at: faas U PATTEN REMAINS BULL ON WHEAT BCYS LIBERALLY AND CAUSES RECOVERY IN PRICES. After Encouraging Bears by Sale of 4,000.000 Bushels, He Booms Price Again. CHICAGO. July 22. (Special.) James A. Patten Is still a bull on wheat. He said so today, and gave a demonstra tion of his belief by being the best buyer in the market at the break which was reported on early trades today. It was his position In the market which gave other buyers courage and caused a timely recovery In prices. Just when 90 per cent of the trade expected the market to go to pieces. The occasion for extreme bearlahness on the part of the trade was the fact that the Patten house sold out about 4.000.000 bushels of wheat yesterday for September and December, and this gave rise to belief that the bull leader had decided to retire from active trade for a- time and let the market take care of Itself. There Is a story that Mr. Patten sold out his big lines of wheat yesterday because he found that the Armour peo ple were Inclined to unload a big line of 15.000.000 bushels of September wheat every time a little advance was forced In the market. ITALIANS MADE SLAVES Southern Employers Treatment Raise Storm In Italy. ROME. July 22. (Special.) The Italian press is greatly excited by com munications from the Southern States of America, declaring that the condi tion of Italians there Is alarming. They say that an industrial crisis has been reached and that some of the landown ers treat their employes almost like slaves. The press here strongly dissuades Italian emigration to those states, ad vising people to go to the Northern States or to Canada. The statement is made that hundreds of thousands of Italians are stranded In America or are working for wages lower than those obtainable at home. Newspapers are asking the government to take ener getic steps to secure more efficient pro tection of Italian labor through Ameri can laws and to provide for repatriation of such honest. Ill-treated Italian sub jects aa are willing to work. CHAMPAGNE LEADS TO JAIL Two Men' Who Spend $445 for Wine Held on Larceny Charge. CHETENNE. "Wyo.. July 23. The lavish expenditure of money for cham pagne by William "White and W. R. Stockwell. of Bock Creek, led to the ar rest of the two men at Laramie today and' the recovery of a large sum of money believed by o moors to have been secured by robbers several years ago In a Union Pacific train robbery at Wilcox. The arrests followed a spree during which the two men spent Ho for wine, while later depositing $4020 In a Laramie bank. White said he found the money In a glass Jar burled in the cellar of William Heylors residence. All the money Is gold coin, and bears dates many years back. White will fight the charge of grand larceny, saying that Taylor knew nothing of the money and that It waa a legiti mate find. DOG STOWS AWAY IN CAR r- Load of Potatoes From Stockton Has Strange Passenger. A carload of California potatoes, con signed to R. F. Hosking, a produce broker, was received at the terminal yards yes terday, and when the car was opened, much to the amazement of the yardmen, a handsome Scotch collie dog leaped to the ground. The car came from Stockton, and was seven days on the trip. There was neither food nor water in the car, yet the animal seemed none the worse for Its long im prisonment. Whether the dog strayed into the car Just before It was closed, or was put there by some one who wanted to get rid of it. there was no way of finding out. Mr. Hosking took it to his home and will keep It until he hears from Stockton. HORSE KICK MAY BE FATAL La Grande Woman Suffers From Blow Over Heart. , LA GRANDE. Or.. July 22. (Special. ) While driving an unruly horse yesterday afternoon. Edward Woodell, a well-known young man of this valley, was kicked In the side and his companion. Miss Parks, was kicked in the breast. Woodell will recover, but the condition of Miss Parks, who was struck Just over the heart, is uncertain. The physicians refuse to make a positive assertion for another 24 hours. Woodell retained control of the animal and drove the girl to medical assistance. BOY KILLED FLYING KITE Metal String Comes Into Contact With Electric Power Wire. TACOMA. July 22. Stanley Klovberg, the lfr-year-old eon of Nicholas Klovberg, ex-member of the City Council, was elec trocuted today by a wire attached to a kite he was flying coming in contact with a hlii-tension eleOrlc pawor wice. THE MORNING WHERE DID BULLET STRIKE SUTTON? Witnesses Disagree on Crucial Point DOCTOR SAYS IT WAS FATAL Possible for Sutton to Have Fired Shot Himself. MYSTERY ABOUT PISTOLS None of Officers Want to Admit Having Them Doyen Says Sut ton Was Unpopular Among Other Marine Officers. ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 22. The vari ance In the testimony of some of the marine officers who are witnesses be fore the court of inquiry Investigating the death of Lieutenant James N. Sut ton, was emphasized at today's hearing by contradictory evidence as to the location of the bullet wound which caused the young Oregonlan's death. This question has assumed Importance, as It appears that it would have been much more difficult for Sutton to shoot himself with three men on top of him, if the bullet entered the top of his skull, as Surgeon George Pickerell. who was in charge of the Naval Academy Hospital, testified it did. Colonel Charles A. Doyen, com mandant of marines, testified that he examined Sutton's body immediately after the shooting, felt the wound in his head, and that it was located on the right side, a little behind and on a line with the top of the ear. Dr. Pickerell thought Sutton' might have Inflicted the wound upon himself. What Became of Revolvers? Mr. Davis, counsel for Sutton's mother and sister, finished the cross-examination of Lieutenant Willing, who was on the stand yesterday. Mr. Davis tried to find out from all the witnesses today what became of Sutton's two revolvers after the shoot ing. Colonel Doyen testified that he saw them and ordered Lieutenant Willing to take charge of them, but he did not know what became of the weapons until they finally got Into his hands at the inquest. It was apparent that none of the officers wanted to assume the responsi bility of having the weaponsabout biro Immediately after the shooting. Sergeant James DeHart. of the Ma rine Corps, testified that some officer at the scene of the shooting handed him a revolver with the curt command to "take this." It was dark and he could not see who the officer was. DeHart soon afterward threw the re volver into the bushes on his way to the barracks and. on going out to look for It next morning, could not find it. DeHart created considerable amuse- tConcludtd on Page 8.) FAME. j - . mm Ima Mas-insr rilllllTTI . OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JULY CHINATOWN WILL NOT SHOW VICES SIX COMPANIES FORBID IT, FOR CHINESE "LOSE FACE." White Tourists Not Admitted and Spread Sorrow Among Guides to" Sight. SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. (Special.) The Chinese Six Companies have put an end to exploiting Celestial vice by San Francisco Chinatown guides, and East ern and foreign tourists will no longer be able to see the Mongolian Indulging in the delights of opium dreams or gambling at fantan and other games. Leaders of the Six Companies declare that this vulgar system of putting China town on exhibition for tourists has made Chinese lose reputation, and they propose to stop it. So an edict has gone forth that white tourists will not be admitted to any places, not even to theaters and restaurants. This Is a heavy blow to Chinatown guides, who have waxed fat on the fee of 2 which they have charged. These guides are enterprising fellows, as they organized a regular system of shows by the Chinese. The opium-smokers, gam blers, blind paupers, singing children and other curiosities were all hired at so much per week, and the whole thing was a fake provided for tourist consumption. WAR IN SOUTH NOT LIKELY Bolivia and Peru Reported Ready to Compromise on Boundary. WASHINGTON, July 22 There is a prospeot of an immediate adjustment of the difference between Argentina and Bolivia. The governments of Bolivia and Peru, the latter the beneficiary of the boundary award, have mutually agreed to open negotiations directly with each other and without the intervention of another nation. In the hope of arrang ing a modification of the Argentine territorial award which will be satis factory to all parties concerned. FEAR LOG RAFT IS LOST Tug Sea Rover With 4,000,000 Feet From Astoria Missing. SAN DIBOO, Cal.. July 22. The non arrival of the tug Sea Rover, towing a raft of 4,000,000 feet of lumber, is causing some concern. The Sea Rover with the raft left Astoria July 14, two days ahead of the tug Hercules, which arrived here last Tuesday with the first raft of the season. The Sea Rover has not been sighted since leaving Astoria, and It is thought It haa been carried far out to sea by. a storm. HAD ONLY "BEER INCOME" But "Champagne Appetite" Got Of ficer In Trouble, Says Court. DENVER, July 23. "A champagne ap petite with a beer Income" was attributed to Captain Clarence S. Nettles, retired, by Judge Advocate Johnson today In the closing moments of the Army officer's trial before a court-martial on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer in con tracting excessive debts. The court concluded its deliberations today and reached a verdict, which has been forwarded to Washington. 1909. More Socialist Than Predecessor. CABINET MAY BE SHORT LIVED Opponents Predict Briand Will Be in Minority. ENEMIES ON BOTH SIDES Man Who Divorced Church and State Will Rule France if He Can Get Backing Must Cnite . . Factions to Get Success. PARIS, July 22. Arlstlde Briand, scholar, orator and avowed Socialist, was summoned to the Elysee Palace tonight and asked to reconstruct the Clemenceau cabinet. M." Briand prom ised his answer tomorrow, stating that unless he could unite the Republican groups he would go no further. President Fallieres Intended to make the first offer of - the Premiership to Leon Bourgeois. ex-Mlnlster of For eign Affairs, but the delay In M. Bour geois' arrival in Paris Induced the President to save time by offering the Premiership direct to M. Briand, who already Is consulting with his col leagues regarding the construction of a new cabinet. This, It Is expected, will be effected by the shifting of some of the portfolios and the reten tion of all the ministers except MM. Plcquart, Picard and Mlllies-Lacroix, respectively Ministers of War, Navy and colonies. The programme of the retiring government will be adopted. Opposition From Both Sides. Considerable opposition to M. Briand developed, especially among the more conservative Senators and Radicals, on the ground that the selection of a So cialist at the head of the government would be eaulvalent to proclaiming the bankruptcy of the Radicals. Sixty Radical Socialists, headed by . Deputy Dublef, have voted not to support any but a cabinet headed by a Radical or a Radical-Socialist. Predictions are freely made tonight that M. Briand will fall in his efforts to form a ministry that can command a majority. - More Socialist Than Ever. Should M. Briand succeed in forming a cabinet, as his friends believe he will, the tendencies of the new ministry will be distinctly more Socialistic than those of the outgoing cabinet. M. Briand opposes me dissolution of the revolutionary General Federation of Labor, which M. Clemenceau favored, and M. Barthou, Minister of Public Works, and M. Vivian, Minister of La bor, have championed Socialistic doc trines. A Briand cabinet would be ex ceedingly distasteful to the moneyed classes, who at least knew that Clem- (Concluded en Fage 6.) 23. BRIAND CHOSEN AS FRENCH PREMIER PRIEST WrNS IN RACE WITH DEATH HTRLED FROM HORSE, FATHER SCRAMBLES TO DYIXG MAN. La6t Sacraments Are Administered, Then Doctors iook After Pas tor's Injuries. VICTORIA. B. C. July 22. (Special. ) A thrilling race with death was ridden and won by Father McKinnon, of Nelson Roman Catholic Church, a few days ago, when Almee A mi con, an employe of the Trail smelter fell Into a vat of acid, re ceiving such injuries that immediate death was inevitable. . The doctors said Amloon might live half an hour, and the unfortunate man asked for the priest. Father McKinnon got the message at Nelson and forthwith applied to Hender son Bros.' livery for their fastest mount. He was given the racehorse boarder, Oregon John, with which he started for Trail at a hard gallop, taking a new short cut, reducing the distance to eight miles by going dizzily down the mountain. Here the horse ran away, the priest hanging on until thrown, within a few hundred yards from Trail Hospital. He sustained a broken rib and many bruises, but paid no attention to them until he had comforted the dying man and ad ministered the last sacrament. Amicon died three minutes later. The priest's ride stands as a record, lasting just 19 minutes. DISHRAG IS BRITISH FLAG Wife's Insult Is More Than Loyal Briton Can Stand. SEATTLE, Wash.. July 22. (Spe cial.) "Whatever I may have done be cause of my wife's patriotic feelings was merely in retaliation for her in sults to my King, and country," said John Francis Black, the loyal son of Britannia, whose wife has sued for di vorce because he would not allow her to celebrate the Fourth of July. Mr. Black Is the proprietor of a musty little shop In West Seattle. "But what I did or what my wife did is not the business of the public nor the newspapers," continued the loyal Briton. "I am frank to say I And the American newspaper the most despic able of all American Institutions. Noth ing Is so sacred but what It Is spread before the rabble. N "What If I did prohibit any celebra tion of the Fourth of July In my house? My wife destroyed a picture of the King and tore a British Union Jack into rags, using the remnants for wash ing dishes. She constantly insulted my oountry, ridiculed my King and English institutions, and what I said was mere ly In defense." TRAIN TUMBLES IN CREEK One Man Killed, One Fatally In jured, N. P. Track Blocked. DURANT, Mont., July 22. A big mo gul engine pulling a westbound North ern Pacific freight train left the rails this morning while on the down grade near here, taking 16 cars with it. All landed a mass of wheckage In a creek bed 30 feet below. J. D. Thomas, head brakeman, was killed. His body is still buried beneath the debris. J. L. Roberts, of Butte, sustained fatal injuries. Fireman T. E. Drury and Rear Brakeman S. E. Bur ton both were injured, the latter slight ly. Engineer Sam Hicks escaped with barely a scratch and Immediately res cued his fireman. It will be necessary for the company to construct a temporary track around the wreckage to avoid prolonged In terference with traffic. A dozen tramps In a boxcar had a narrow escape when the train took its plunge. SHEARS ALMOST COST LIFE Victoria Editor Is Stabbed in Wrist and Artery Severed. VICTORIA, B. C, July 22. (Special.) rhnrles L. Armstrong, news editor of the Evening Post, narrowly escaped death this morning at his desk, his hand Being accidentally Impaled at the wrist on the blade of the editorial shears and the ar teries being severed, so that, had not members of the staff immediately impro vised tourniquets, he would have quickly bled to death. One of his co-workers was chatting Ith him at the desk, shears in hand, when Armstrong carelessly threw out his hand, which was transfixed. Dr. I-Tank Hall improved on the first-aid admin istered and had the sufferer on the op erating table at St. Joseph's Hospital to take .up the severed arteries within 20 minutes of the accident's occurrence. Un less the unforeseen intervenes no perma nent disability will result. DRIFT SEAWARD FIGHTING Two Men Last Seen in Furious Com bat in Fishing Boat. ASTORIA, Or., July 22. (Special.) As the Quartermaster's Department launch Antone Springer was en route to Fort Stevens this morning, a fishing boat con taining two men put out from shore near Hammond. Nothing unusual was noticed until the fishing craft reached the mid dle of the river, when the two occupants began to fight, each apparently trying to throw the other overboard. At times the men disappeared in the bottom of the boat and once the larger man was seen striking the other with a fish club. When last seen the boat was drifting out with the tide and the men were standing up la the craft, sUll fighting. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HURRICANE LEAVES DEATH A! MIS Twelve Dead, Four Dy ing Along Gulf. SIXTEEN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED Meager Reports From Devas tated District Coming In. MANY TOWNS SWEPT AWAY Eagle Lake, Elcampo and Bay City Little More Than Mass of Ruins. Damage at Galveston Fortu- ' nately Not Great. HOUSTON, Tex., July 22. The West Indian hurricane that swept from one end of the Texas coast to the other yes terday brought death to 12 outside of Galveston, fatally injured four and seriously wounded 15. Whole towns were devastated and the damage will reach to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Passenger trains, from 12 to 15 hours late, reached Houston today. Freight trains are lost throughout the stricken district. Details are meager, as wires were strlppped from the poles, and rail way communication is impesslble. Parties Reported Safe. The -pteasure yacht Meriam, reported lost in the Houston channel, is safe at Morgan Point. . Bishop D. H. Hayes and Rev. Mr. Sears, of Houston, who were reported last night as lost at Red Fish Reef, in San Jacinto Bay, have arrived at Morgan's Point. At Bay City half the business section was damaged, Including the opera-house, one bank, the courthouse, high school and the city jail. Every building in Velasco was un roofed or partly demolished and that town tonight was under four feet of water. People escaped in boats on the Colorado River, a mile away. Lower Coast Devastated. Reports from the special train on which General Manager W. G. Van Vleck, of the Southern Pacific, left Houston today, indicate that the lower coast country suffered greatly. But few houses at Eagle Lake escaped. (Concluded on Page 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TODAY'S Pair; northwest -winds. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 75. 3 degrees; minimum, 56.3 degrees. Foreign. Spaniards riot again fit sending troops to Melilla. Page 4. Briand chosen new French Premier. Page 1. Bolivia and Peru agree to negotiate instead of fighting. Page 1 National. Conferences of factions cm tariff Indicate Taft will gain many concessions. Page 1. Cummins defines objections of progressives to tariff bill and says they agree with Taft. Page 1. Domestic Immense damage done by cloudbursts n Wisconsin. Page 1. Sir Companies forbid making San Francisco Chinatown show for tourists. Page 1. Patten ag-iin bulls wheat and causes recov ery. Page 1. Miners Federation sustains Moyer against Flynn. Page 3. Contradictory evidence about location ot Sutton's wound.- Page 1. Los Angeles actor accused of many bur glaries. Page 3. Storm on Gulf Coast causes 16 deaths and immense damage. Page 1. Tannery men strike and Hot at Kenosha, Wis., and three men are shot. Page 3. Thaw denies he carried revolver except for protection. Page 5. Chicago woman describes how daughter at tempted to murder her. Page 5. Sports. Coast League scores: Portland 1. Los An geles u ; San Francisco 2, Oakland 1 1 Sacramento 4, Vernon . Page 7. Ad Wolgast seeks fights with McFarland, Welch and Nelson to win championship. Page 7. Berg defeats Yousiff In wrestling; match. Page 7. Northwestern League scores: Spokane 6, Portland 4; Seattle 5, Aberdeen 3; Ta coma 3, Vancouver 2. Page 7. Wilbur loses In tennis tourney at Van couver. Page 5. Pacific Northwest. Man Is killed in sham wild West show In Seattle. Page tf. Priest wins in wild ride with death. Page L Bogus check man bilk nine saloonmen at The Dalles. Page 6. Rumor of Jail delivery startles Clark County Sheriff. Page 3. Commercial and Marine. Hop market now on 18-cent basis. Page 15. Wheat slumps badly at Chicago, page 15. Wall street awaits announcement of Steel dividend, page 15. Steamship Henrik Ibsen enters from Oriental ports with general cargo. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Dog stowaway makes seven-day trip from Stockton. Cal., to Portland in car of potatoes. Page 1. Court holds referendum cannot be invoked on traction company's blanket franchise. Page 10- BalUnger to hear many complaints about Government reclamation methods. Pag 11. Harriman lines announce colonist rates ef fective September 15. Page 18. Mayor Simon orders scows to move from city limits. Page 12. Six Federal appointments will soon be In hands of Oregon delegation. Page l- Grocers' picnic at Camas Is big success. Page 11. State Senator McGowan expects Insurance Commissioner Schively to resign. Page 6. Garry Hermann and other big Elks visit Portland. Page 10. Paving combine officials say they will re duce prices. Page 10. Mayor Simon will reorganize entire street cleaning department. Page 12 Catholic Educational Institute makes stron Appeal lor children, Page, fc