ST PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. XLIX. XO. 1.1,232. ! MAN GRABS PISTOL, DIXIE DEVASTATED DY STONIA'S FURY BLACK ART PALES BEFORE MODISTE PEARY ALL EDWARD A DEAR, SO SAYS MAXINE GOOK. AS HERO. IS WELCOMED HOME THUG AIMS; 3 RUN THIO TKIKS TO HOLU CP J. KO BER IX SALOOX. is CORPORATION TAX SOTHIX6 TO THE SWELL FIGURE IF VOU KNOW-HOW. KING CHARMINGLY DELIGHT FUL TO' MISS ELLIOTT. REFUSING TAFT SPEAKS FOR h mo ) ? ) Defends Compromise on Income Revenue. CONSERVATION IS POSTPONED President Wishes Another Conference, With Ballinger. NGLAND-USED AS OBJECT Bill Parsed by Congress, He Says, Is Best Form of Income Tax That Con Id Be Devised and Shows Faults In Direct Trimary.' DBVVTR, Sept. 21. Making his war etill further to the West. President Taft ar rived In this city this afternoon and to night in the Denver Auditorium, where a rear ago William J. Bryan was nominated as his opponent in the Freeidentlal race, he faced a crowd . of . thousands that in Its noisy welcome and continuous en thusiasm recalled, some of the scenes of convention week. Conservation Speech Postponed. President Taft, switching from his pur pose to discuss the conservation of nat ural resources, tonight took up the cor poration tax and defended It as against the proposition to impose a direct in come tax, which he fcaid seemed likely to pass the Senate when the corporation . tax was devised as a compromise. The President strongly urged, however, that the states ratify the proposed Income tax amendment to the Constitution In order to make such a tax available in time of necessity. Ballinger Comes for Conference. Mr. Taft wae joined here today by Sec retary of the Interior Ballinger, who will accompany him on a part of the trip through the Far Northwest. It is thought the. President desires a further confer ence with Mr. Ballinger. whose conduct of tlx Interior Department he recently upheld in a long letter, before making a final exposition of the policy of the Ad ministration as to the conservation of re sources. Mr. Taft probably will not take up that subject until he reaches Bait Lake City, where he spends Friday and Saturday, or he may wait until he arrives at Spokane, Wash., where at the Irrigation Congress, the. Balilnger-Pinchot controversy had its first public airing. Corporation Tax Upheld. The President tonight declared that the corporation tax was in itself the best form of Income tax that could be levied, and pointed out that it contained many of the best features of the income tax law of England. The President declared It would be possible so to amend the corporation tax as to Include within Its scope every desired feature of an Income tax except the levy upon Incomes derived from actual salary and professional services. The President said he opposed direct Income tax except in cases of emergency and he believed it to be a prime fault In the Federal Constitution that no provision is made for a direct levy to meet wartime or other extraordinary expenses. Bond Tax Unconstitutional. Mr. Taft declared it was the Supreme Court decision declaring unconstitutional the Income tax law passed by a Demo cratic Congress years ago, that prevented the leaders In Congress during the ses sion recently closed from Including In the corporation tax measure a provision for a levy upon bonds and bondholders. To tax bonds would result In the reduction of the rate of -interest and hence would b a direct tax upon the individual hold ers of the bonds. The President based his argument in favor of the corporation tax as compared with the direct Income tax, almost en tirely upon the results of the Income tax in England. He pointed out the tax there Is not a direct levy, such as was recently defeated in the Senate only through a compromise, but that it laid the tax upon the Income before it came into the hands of the individual. Lessons of English Tax. The English tax is levied, first on the declared dividends of corporations; sec ond on rents before leaving the hands of the tenants, and third on the individual directly. It was found in England that a direct Income tax at 10 txr cent did not produce as much revenue as the present method of taxation. This, Mr. Taft de clared, illustrated the premium the di rect tax places upon perjury and con cealment. It Is a question, the President declared, whether incomes earned in sal aries and from professional work should be taxed as heavily as incomes derived from Investments or not taxed at all. The latter, he said, was the effect of the cor poration tax. The President received a most en thusiastic welcome to Denver. Signs were hung all over the city reading "Welcome to Denver, the Summer Capital." Deficit to Be Met. While here the President Is the guest f United States Senator Hughes, a Dem ocrat. He heid a public reception of two lours this afternoon at the State Capitol. At the Auditorium tonight Mr. Tart 'touched briefly on the tarin. saying that while a revision had seemed essential, there was also a deficit In the Treasury to be met. This partly will be met by a cut of 40.i.fi00 to t.0OC,000 In the ap propriations to be made by Congress and partly by the Incomes from the new cor poration tax law. Mr. Taft said he had favored at first (Concluded on Face 3-1 - Resort . Owner, Behind Bar, Seizes Revolver by Barrel and Bad Men Tuke to Heels. Three men attempted to hold up "Jacob Kober. proprietor of the German Beer Hall saloon, at Third and Davis streets last night shortly before 11 o'clock and were scared away when Kober, who was behind .the -bar, took hold of the pistol which one of the highwaymen pointed at his head and tried to 'wrest it from his. hand. The' other two thugs were un armed and all three fled when the strug gle for possession of the revolver was broken into by the arrival of patrons. "I was standing behind the oar when three young fellows came in and called for beer," said Kober. "I started to fill the glasses when one of them poked a pistol In my face. I grabbed hold of the barrel and turned It upward, trying to wring it out of his hand. Another of the trio took hold of my watch, but couldn't get the chain loose. They ran when two men came In." The saloon was practically" deserted when the three thugs entered. Charles Miller, a young German, who came here yesterday from Los Angeles, was the only other person in the place. He was seated at a table in front of the bar and was told by one of the thugs if he made a move he would be shot He remained seated. Detectives say the holdup men .are am ateurs. After leaving the saloon two of, the men ran down Third street and the third fled toward the river on Davis. SHOTS FIRED INTO FORT Bullet Strikes Bathtub Where 1-dttIe Child Is Bathing. FORT STEVENS. Or.. Sept. 21. (Spe cial.) Recent developments indicate an alarming and equally Inexplicable state of affairs at Fort Stevens. During the recent encampment several shots were fired and lodged In the Inhabited portion of the post. Either supreme carelessness or malicious forethought prompted the shooting. One shot tore through the window cas ing and lodged In a bathtub, where the little daughter of Captain Raymond was bathing. One of the boilers used In pre paring meals upon a field range used by the 93d Company was berforated on one side, 'the bullet passing through and impinging upon the opposite side of the boiler. An inspection of the bullet found In Captain Raymond's quarters showed it to be a 45-caIiber. a size not in use among the Army weapons. Prompt measures were taken to prevent a recur rence of this mysterious shooting. A mounted sentinel now patrols the entire Stevens beach. ANDRUS RETURNS TO YALE Survivor of Xizina River Tragedy Tells of Thrilling Experience. CORDOVA. Alaska, Sept. 21. H. K. Andrus, the famous Tale guard, anl son of Congressman John E. Andrus, of Tonkers, N. Y.. who nearly lost his life when a boat in which he and four com panions were coming down from the Esterly mine was capsized In Box Can yon, on the Nlzina River, last week, arrived here today on his way to New Haven, where he will re-enter Tale and join his team. Andrus, who was the only one of the quintet to escape death, says that he had a close call, and, despite the fact that he is a strong swimmer, was car ried 100 yards down the rapids before being able to reach the shore. He says that he is none the worse for his thrill ing experience and Is in-fine shape for the football season. He says the correct names of the lost men are: R. F. Hinton, foreman of the mine: Ben von Mollendorf, Robert Furst and D. S. Piper. All the bodies were recovered excepting that of Von Mol lendorf. Hinton. who had a family, was taking 13000 in gold out with him. This was .lost. VANDERBILTS CANT-AGREE William K. and His Wife (Virginia Fair) Are to Part. NEW YORK, Sept 21. William K. Vanderbilt. Jr.. donor of the Vanderbilt cup for automobile races, and his wife, formerly Miss Virginia Fair of San Francisco, have signed a separation agreement acording to an afternoon newspaper. Mrs. Vanderbilt Is now returning from Europe with her two children, Murl-el and William K. Vanderbilt, III. It is expected the separa tion will be anhounced formally as soon as Mrs. Vanderbilt reaches New York. Efforts by Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, mother of Mr. Vanderbilt, and Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, sister of Mrs. Vander bilt, to avert the separation were without avail. BATTERY MAKES RECORD Sixteenth Infantry. Platoon Goes Through Maneuvers Swiftly. DES MOINES. Ia.i Sept. 21. A new world's record was established at the military tournament at Camp Corse to day, when the machine 'gun platoon of the Sixteenth Infantry defeated the Thirteenth Infantry platoon and clipped four records off the former record for practice with a mule battery. The piece was unlimbered and fired, then loaded on to the back of a mule, la 51 seconds. Hurricane Claims Long List of Dead. LOSS OF PROPERTY HEAVY Fear Felt for Summer Colo nies on Coast. BOATS SINK AND GROUND Blhvcl, Gathering Place of Wealthy, Cut Off From Outside -Fate of Town Unknown Dome of Mis sissippi Capitol Wrecked. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 21. The hurri cane that last night devastated the Gulf Coast and left a trail of wreck and ruin through four ' states continued on its course today. Great ruin has been wrought. In and about New Orleans, 12 persons are known to be dead. From little Summer colonies on the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast come vague tales , of devastation and fears that many lives have been lost. The wealthy Summer tourists who own pleasure craft are wont to spend much time upon them and It Is possible that many have perished. Biloxi, the gathering place of the wealthy, is still isolated and its fate is unknown. The dome of the new capltol at Jackson was wrecked and several sec tions of the old capltol were carried away. At Vicksburg two boats were sunk and a third was driven ashore. The passen gers were rescued. From Mobile It Is reported that the steamer Pleasure Bay Is missing. ' In the harbors of Pascagoule and Bayou St Louis many slips are empty and torn moorings tell of the fury of the wind. TIDAIi WAVE SWEEPS - PARISH i Terre Bonne, on Gulf Coast, Inun dated by Sea. NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 21. A lo cal newspaper representative arrived here last night from the storm-swept section and reported that a portion of the Terre Bonne pariah bordering on the Gulf coast was swept by a tidaf wave Monday night and that a number of persons probably perished. M. J. Smith, . a prominent citizen of New berry, Ala., is known to have been drowned in Terre-Bonne Bay. MAROOXED TOURISTS HUXGRY Damage to Cane Crop Will Reach $1,000,000. NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 21. By wire less via Hattlesburg, Miss.) New Orleans was practically shut out from communi cation with the outside world for 24 hours. Details of the reported inundation of sections of Placquemlne and St. Bernard Parishes are lacking. Fifteen young men who were among the passengers on the L. & N. train that has been tied up at Chef Menteur, La., since yesterday left that place at daybreak (Concluded on Page 4.) 1ITTTTTTTTT U ...... . ................. ....... ......... j ' "FROZE "OUT." ' iff I j . li II Women Made to Order, Without Pad or Discomfort -Marvels Turned ' Out, AH in the Cutting. CHICAGO, Sept. 21. (Special.) The Hindu fakers who could make a boy climb a pole and vanish when he reached the top have nothing -on the modern- dressmaker. This much was made clear today by Madame Ripley, who assured an - amazed male at the dressmakers' convention that a "mo diste" thinks nothing of taking three inches from a tall woman's stature or adding as much i to a short woman. Through the same necromancy the add ing of. 30 needed pounds or elimination of as much superfluous avoirdupois Is a mere detail of the craft. ' "Oh, we really do it." Madame Ripley explained: "it looks just as though we did. anyway. Tou can 'do almost any thing you wish with a woman's figure. Mari'els can be accomplished by the proper use of lines In cutting. . "It is not necessary to make use of pads if you are expert enough in the use of lines," continued Madame Ripley. "It Is the unskilled dressmaker tha has to stuff her gowns' full of waldin,? and pads. Besides, the American woman does not like pads. She Insists on be ing comfortable above everything else, and padding is not comfortable." PRESIDIO MAY. LOSE RANGE Weston Wants Musketry School Transferred. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. In his an nual report, Major-Gen eral Weston, commanding the Department of Cali fornia, renews the recommendation made by Major-General Funston last year, that the school of musketry, now at the Presidio of Monterey, be trans ferred to one of the large posts in the Middle West. The work of the school, he says, has been most satisfactory, but it Is believed that better results would be obtained by placing It at a more cen tral post. . It Is recommended that the small arms firing regulations be modified so far as they require a commissioned competitor to make a score equal to 5 per cent Increase over that of an en listed member of the team in order to win a medal. GLANDERS HITS SEATTLE Animal Disease Closes Fountains to Thirsty Beasts.. SEATTLE, Sept. 21. (Special.) Ow ing to the fact that glanders has spread among horses in the city, Dr. Crichton has ordered that the water be shut off at all public fountains until further no tice. . . Dr. Crichton has also issued orders to all teamsters of this city requesting them not to let their horses drink at any pub lic drinking places. Glanders is a dreaded horse disease' and brings quick death. SPANISH REPULSE MOORS Tribesmen Suffer Heavy Loss and Retreat Before Enemy. MADRID, Sept. 21. Official advices re ceived hero from Melilla, Morocco, where the Spanish forces have been engaged in fighting the Moors, say a column operat ing to the westward has taken posses sion of the Tatch and Tasdirst, the enemy suffering heavy losses. The Spaniards lost ten killed and 70 wounded. Functions Must Await End of Dispute. PROMISES STATEMENT SOON Says Public Will Not Have to Wait Long. FIRST GREETED BY WIFE Commander's Family Goes Down Bay to Meet Explorer All Syd ney Tnrns Out to Greet Pole Hunter Waves Old Glory. SYDNEY, N. S., Sept. 21. Commander Peary will accept no Invitations to re ceptions and public functions until the question of the discovery of the North Pole has been decided by scientific au thority. This decision was made known tonight in the following statement: "Acting on the advce of General Thomas Hubbard and Herbert L. Brld man,' president and secretary, respect ively, of the Peary Arctic Club, I wish to express my thanks to friends for kind offers and invitations and also beg to say that I have decided not to accept any invitations to receptions or any ovations until the present controversy Is settled by competent authority." Peary was asked when the public was likely to get a decision on this subject. He replied: Early Statement Promised. "I do not know. What I have to say will not be long delayed. Whether any statement will be Issued In one week or two weeks depends upon circumstances." The explorer will leave Sydney at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning and will reach his home on Eagle Island Friday. Apparently he has made, up his mind to stay there for some time. The reception to Commander Peary to day began when the Roosevelt edged her way past Low Point. 11 miles down the bay, and continued all the way to the harbor and until the Commander reached the Sydney Hotel. He made a short speech and found himself the center of a great demonstration, in which hundreds of people pressed about him and shook hands. Tells of Victories. ' "Eleven times I have left Sydney for the North," said the Commander. "Once I brought back the largest meteor ever found, the last time I brought back my 'Farthest North' and this time I bring back the North Pple." While the Roosevelt lay at the city wharf tonight, an eager throng of sight seers visited the ship. Data belonging to Professor McMillan were on display. These were records of tides and animal life' north of 82 degrees latitude, the names of all the Eskimos In the Etah region, together with more than 100 books in which many important marginal notes had been made. Some records bearing on the dash to the Pole have, been lost. The missing books are of immense value and cannot be replaced, but the authori ties are issuing a public appeal for their return. Peary passed the evening quietly with his family. All Sydney turned out early, (Concluded on Pa 3.) But American Papers! Awfnl, Dread ful! And" the English There's a Difference, Don't You Know? NEW YORK. Sept. 21. (Special.) "Kins Edward Is really charming and he is so nice to Americans to all Ameri cans, really he Is delightful." This was the tribute paid to King Ed ward by Maxine Elliott, the actress, on her return from Europe today on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. Miss Elliott was enthusiastic about the King. But she was very much annoyed when told that an American newspaper had described her as "King Edward's Summer girl." "How awful." she said. "Really the American papers terrify me. I am afraid to pick one up. It's dreadful," and Miss Elliott shuddered. - "Now. the Er-glish newspapers, they are so nice and so respectful. One is not afraid of them at all. . "Arent they dull?" was asked. 4 "Maybe, but they're safe. But I pre fer dullness to humor and snap, particu larly when the papers of one's own coun try say ssjch mean things about one." Then Miss Elliott looked quite piteous. "Yes. the King honored me with an invitation," she confided,- and then went on to tell her theatrical plans. FARMAN TO FLY AT FAIR Famous Aviator to Show Skill at A.-Y.-P. Exposition. SEATTLE, Sept. 21. (Special.) Se attle, through the medium of Its great show place, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, is to witness the first aero plane flights west of Chicago. A contract was closed today for a number of flights at the Fair during the early part of Oc tober. It is almost certain that the fa mous Henri Farman machine, the aero plane which holds the world's record for sustained flight, will be among those exhibited., Today's contract calls for a series of flights of the Humming Bird II, owned by the American Aeroplane Company of New York. At the same time this con tract was signed, telegraphic communica tion was opened between the Exposition management and J. W. Curzon. of New York, who represents the Henri Farman machine, the Identical aeroplane. In fact, in which Farman made his world's rec ord of more than three hours in the air at the International competition at Rheims, and which won for him the grand prize of $10,000. HOGS GORE MAN TO DEATH Shocking Accident Happens on Highway Near Chilliwack. VANCOUVER, B. C. Sept. 21. An unusual tragedy occurred yesterday in which James R. Hosken, aged 25, lost his life. Hosken, in company with Charles Carter, a well-known farmer, was driving hogs to market along a publio highway, when the animals became un controllable. One of them attacked him and Hosken lost his footing. Other animals Immediately jumped on him and gored him with their tusks. Carter ran for help, and three men armed with clubs finally drove off the bloodthirsty hogs. Hosken died from the shock and loss of blood. He was a son of a Church of England clergy man at Mansfield, England, and had been in this country but a short time. MASSACRE REPORT DENIED Reported Slaughter of Jews at Kiev . Is Not Confirmed. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 21. The re port that anti-Jewish riots have occurred at Kiev Is officially denied at the Chan cellory of Premier Stolypin. The official news agency and newspapers have no word of rioting and it is thought the re port is based on an incident which oc curred at Slobodka, a suburb of Kiev, on September 7. A band of 16 members of the Reaction ary League appeared on the streets on that day and fell upon the promenading Jews with cries of "here is quality for you," and began to beat them. Police quickly appeared and the Reactionaries fled. THOMPSON TAKES RAILROAD Ambassador to Mexico Assumes Charge of Line in South. I.OS ANGELES, Sept. 31. A letter from David E. Thompson, American Ambassador to Mexico, states that Mr. Thompson has practically taken over the Pan-American Railroad on which he has an option for J9. 600,000 and tfiat actual possession will be acquired within a week. Mr. Thompson announces that he will at once rebuild the road. Twenty-five miles of track will be laid to connect with the Guatemala Central, building from the City of Guatemala. . REBELS FIGHT AT PARAGUAY Government Troops Driven Bac by Revolutionists on Frontier. BUENOS AYRES, Sept. 21. The rev olution in Paraguay is progressing f along the frontier. A dispatch from Posadas says the rev olutionists have occupied several town ships, dislodging the government forces. The garrison at Asuncion is kept in the barracks. Triumphal Entry Made Into New York. GREETING OF WIFE AFFECTING Tremendous Crowds Cheer Re turned Explorer. WILLING TO SUBMIT PROOF Brooklyn Man Says So Far as He Is Concerned, Controversy Witli Peary Is ,f)ver Huge Pa- rade Accompanies Him. NEW YORK, Sept. 21. "I have come from the Pole. I have brought my story and my data with me. I have not come home to enter Into arguments with one man or many men. but I am here to pre sent a clear record of a piece of work over which I have a right to display a certain amount of pride. "I am perfectly willing to abide by the final verdict of competent judges on this record. That must be the last word and that alone can satisfy me and the pub-"S- "Furthermore, not only will my report be before you In black and white, but I will also bring to America human wit nesses to prove that I have been to the Pole." Tugboats Wait All Xight. Such Is the substance of the first mes sage Dr. Cook brought home In person today, answering the critics the world over. Throughout an uneasy night, a fleet of tugboats, outposts of a continental curi osity, had tossed In the darkness for a first glimpse of the Oscar II. At 5 o'clock this morning the explorer was on deck. The Oscar II had purposely been held back so as not to disarrange the reception plans of. the Arctic Club of America, but she nosed !.er way Into Quarantine at an . hour too early for everybody but Dr. Cook. Cook Springs to Greet Wife.' There was an anxious wait at Quar antine while the tugs bobbed nervously about, the newspaper men on board them shouting broken queries through mega phones at the black sides of the Oscar II high above. Dr. Cook lowered a signed statement in a paiL to the Asso ciated Press. Soon afterwards came the tug bearing Mrs. Cook and her two daughters. Dr. Cook clambered nimbly down the lad der and made a rush for his wife. For (Concluded on Pm 8.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAI Maximum - temperature, 63.9 degree!; minimum, 60.2. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwesterly winds. Polar Controversy. Dr. Cook reaches New Tork and reeelvej tremendous ovation. Pas 1. Peary warmly greeted on arrival at Sydney Page 1. ' Foreign. Maxlne Elliott likes King Ed-ward. Page 1 Japanese papers comment on Taft's speeto. to commercial party. Page 2. National. President Taft, In Denver speech, defandi corporation tax as against dlreot levy through Income tax. Page 1. Domeetio. Ex-Governor Pardee Issues attack on Secre tary Ballinger. Page 8. Prohibition causes loss in Liquor Dealer Association ranks. Page 2. Twelve deaths now reported la storm sweeping Quit States. Pan 1. Claus Sprecketo' sons In legal war over di vision of estate. Page 4. Sports. Coast League scores: Portland 4, Los An geles 0; Sacramento 4, Vernon 2; Oak land 2, San Francisco 1. Page T. Seals badly crippled, may not win pennant. Page T. Detroit and Washington divide honors la double-header. Pag 7. Zombronut "wins 2:18 trot in races al Stock Show. Page 10. Northwestern League scores: Ticoma L Portland 1; Seattle 0, Aberdeen S; Sp- kane 7, Vancouver 1. . Page 7. Pacific Northwest. Eaton Hall, at Willamette University, li dedicated with Impressive ceremonies. Page 6. Settlement of estate in Lln-n County tin cavers story of romance. Page . 'Construction force reaches Kelso for work on Northern pacific regrade. Page 8. Oddfellows refuse to reduce age limit. Page a. Commercial and Maxine. Potato shipping season about to open. Page 17. Sharp advance in wheat at Chicago, Page. 17. Stock market upset by Reading dividend action. Page 17. MaVlne news. Page 11. Portland and Vicinity. Three thugs flee from saloon when intended victim grabs revolver pointed by one. Pago 1. Dr. Buttrltk Intimates Portland may ob- tain share of Rockefeller's General Foard or Education fund. Page 11. Second dny of Stock Show brings out In creased attendance. Page 10. Grand Jury will today consider Indictment of men on fatal "Joy ride." Page lrt. Harriman trains increase service 150 pel cent here In six months. Page. 38 General Manager O'Brien says freight trains will vacate Fourth-street tracks by first of the year. Page 18. Demonstration train of O. R. X. to tour three counties next month. Page IS. Probe of defunct Oregon Trust & Savings Company is begun by District Attor ney. Page 16. , Dealers boost price o( cordwood to SO. Page j-2. Mrs. J. Ellen1 Foster. Government Inspector of Prisons, praises Co inty Jail manage ment. Page S.