tTLAXD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 19)9. . PRICE FIVE CENTS. MAUDE FEALY JUS '5 NO GIRL TEACHERS; 'CREDIE -NAMED HARRIMAN ESTATE TUFT AT SEATTLE E . ENDED .ROMANCE ACTRESS SECRETLY DIVORCES NEWSPAPER MAX. CHINESE STAY AWAY CHRISTIANITY LOSES CHARM TO MONGOL COXTERTS. CANNOT ESCAPE TAX RETIRES EARLY OH FIRST BALLOT ATPROUTY'S WORD MUST PAY ABOUT, $200,009 TO STATE OF ILLINOIS. AEROPLANES SPOKAN SHIS BALLOONS TUMBLE Rate Fight Proves to Be Boomerang. JOBBERS FEAR HEAVY LOSS Reductions in Less Than Car Lots May Be Outcome. OLD RATE IS WANTED BACK Expert, Handling Fight for Inland CI tips. Admit His Client Regret Fight Was Ever Begun. Hearing I Now On. FT E. W. WRIGHT. SPOKAra, -Wash.. Sept. . (Staff Cor respondence.) The Fpokane rats c. which cam r for a bp con a hearing be fore the Interstate Commerce Commis sion in this city today, bore but little resemblance to the celebrated case In which testimony was taken In this city nearly three years ago. Spokane certainly started something when she tiled the original complaint In the belief that her already unwarranted Jobbing- sone would be still further - widened. It all seemed so easy at that time, for Spokane reasoned that as the railroad had already given her an In defensible Jobbing rate that 'shut compe tition out of territory where it rightfully belonged, a loud noise and a big bluff would add still more to hesJobblng area. Pronty Sounds Warning. In setting In motion this power that would lead to lower rates into Spokane and protective rates by .which, to dis tribute. Spokane failed to look beyond the Immediate horlson or to take notice of anything more than the local aspects of the case. These details that were ' overlooked at that time are In evidence today, and they were forced home oh Spofcace, In such a manner that they could not well be misunderstood. Commissioner Prouty gave Spokane the first glance of the handwriting on the wall when he announced that while the Commission's order on the original com plaint affected only the 12 commodities mentioned, and those only when shipped in carload lots, it must not be assumed that the final order, which will follow the present hearing, will not go farther. Reductions for Small Shipments. Mr. Prouty stated that his final order will fix rates, not only on carload lots, button less than carload lots, and inti mated that the entire territory Involved east of Chicago and west of Spokane would be included in that order. "What this portends for Spokane can be under stood when It Is noted that no reduc tion In less than carload rates is asked or desired by Spokane. Attorney Barlow, of the Chicago Cham ber of Commerce, increased the shivery feeling for Spokane when he announced that his clients would Insist on a re e ductlon in the less than carload rates in ' keeplDg with the reduction in carload rates granted Spokane In the original order. He went farther and pointed out that even with the reduction granted Spokane on carload rates, the less than carload rates were all out of proportlonj and in the Interests of the consumers must be reduced if the Commission's reasons for reducing the carload rates were sound. Cut Will Hit Spokane Hard. These high, less-than-carload rates have protected Spokane from the Chicago, St. Louis and other Middle "Western Jobbers and mail-order bouses Invading the West ern field The Commission, however, has a' precedent sustained by the court for reducing these rate, the St. Louis decis ion declaring that the less-than-carload rates should not be mors than 150 per cent of the carload rates, with a maximum dif ference of 50 cents per hundred allowed. Conformity with this decision would slash every 'less-than-carload rate In the Pacific Northwest, Spokane, having no direct water competition, would be hit harder Jban any other city. That Spo kane has a pretty good Idea of the seri ous nature of the coming storm, and now realises that she has set in. motion some thing that she Is powerless, to stop, is ap parent in the dejected manner in which those In closest touch with the situation view the matter. Monroe Absents Himself. Secretary Monroe, of the Chamber of Commerce, the leading spirit in stirring up the row three yeans ago, flanked by high-priced lawyers and experts whom he was continually coaching throughout the original bearing, was not in evidence at the hearing today, and when I encoun tred him on the street at noon and asked the reason, be eaid he had more impor tant business, and pointed to a badge of the Mining Rngineers' Institute, who are in convention in this city. And yet the importance of this case is such that it has brought to Spokane more 1 than 60 lawyers and traffic men represent ing nearly all of the largest railroad and the largest Jobbing centers in the United States. New Tork. Philadelphia, Boston, . Chicago, San Francisco, Portland. Seattle, Tacoma and a long list of smaller Job bing cities are represented here by coun sel, and the railroad list includes some of the highest-salaried expert in the united I" - Concluded oa Page t) Swell Pittsburg Church Takes Warn- lug by Sigel Case and Chi nese Are Angered. PITTS BTRG. Pa., Sept. 29. (Special.) Chinamen In Pittsburg are deserting the Christian religion because the Sec ond Presbyterian Church no longer per mits a female instructor for each scholar In the big mission conducted by the church. Since the Elsie Slgel murder, prominent members of the church have been urg ing that the tragedy should serve as a warning and that the school should have one Instructor. The church now has de cided" that this plan shall be enforced and the Chinese, highly indignant, are deserting the mission. It la possible female teachers may again be reinstated, owing to desertions, but only those of mature age will be ap pointed. Immediately after the Slgel tragedy, members of the Seoond Church, which is one of the most prominent in the city, entered Into a hot debate concerning the advisability of continuing the plan of teaching Chinese In the way of Chris tianity. Every scholar in the mission had for his Instructor one of the girls of the congregation. BOY FIREBUG UNDER BONDS Parents Protect Son Is Innocent, De spite His Confession. ' MOSCOW. Idaho, Sept. 29. (Special.) Albert Stoeker, the U-year-old boy who confessedyesterday to ex-Deputy Sheriff Grant Robbins to having burned the two schoolhouses, Macca bees Hall, a barn with three horses and a church at Viola, a village eight miles north of this place, was arraigned today before Probate Judge Morgarldge and held to the District Court under bonds of $1000 furnished by J. B. Stoeker, his father. ' Grover Thomas, another boy whom Arbert Etoeker charged with having assisted him in burning the school houses. Maccabees Hall and Christian Church, and who was arrested at Palouse last evening, was given ex amination tonight by Sheriff Robbins and Prosecuting Attorney Shippage and allowed o go on his own recognis ance for further investigation. Albert Btoeker's father and mother protest that their son is innocent, and Informed the officers that they would not believe hiai guilty even if it should be proved. ABRUZZI'S HOPE DEFERRED Promotion Delayed Lest He Marry Miss Elkins and Resign. i ROME, Italy, Sept. 29. (Special.) Pre vious to his departure on his expedition to the Himalayas,- the Duke of Abruzzl promised to leave in abeyance his projected marriage to Miss Katherine Elkins until he had been promoted to the post of Rear Admiral. This promotion he expected to follow immediately upon his return home. Now, however, it is de- ferred because it is feared that it will revive his matrimonial plans. Efforts are being made to persuade him to abandon the proposed union with Miss Elkins and to exact a promise from htm that he will not resign from the Navy and retire to private life. NEGROES ESCAPE MOB Sheriff Hn sties Prisoners to Penss cola for Safety. . PENSACOLA, Fla.. Sept 29. Three negroes were brought here today for safe keeping after twice having escaped lynching at Marianna, Fla. .Monday night a mob entered the Marl anna Jail, but the negroes had been concealed by the Jailor. Yesterday, learn ing of the ruse, the mob formed again and Sheriff Lewis hurried the blacks out of town. They were charged with the murder of John Dukes, a wealthy planter.. Duke's widow is prostrated for her former hus band, a Mr. King, also was murdered by negroea. NIGHTRIDERS REOPEN WAR Blnegrass Country Again Center- of Bitter Tobacco Fight. PARIS. Ky., Sept. 29. There has been a fresh outbreak of nlghtrlding in the Bluegrass Country, according to state ments made today by Judge J. J. Os borne, of Cynthlana. A tenant on the farm of T. J. Mc Dowell, wjio bad steadfastly refused to enter the pool of tobacco growers, was taken from hi home last night, stripped to the waist and given 30 lashes. Saturday nigiit, last, according to Judge Osborne, a band of about 50 men rode through Mllford. a small town, shooting out lights and' breaking up a political meeting that was In progress. SOUTH WALES INUNDATED River Avon Bursts Banks and Floods Town of Aberavon. LONDON, Sept. 29. An Inundation In South Wales has rendered hundreds of families temporarily homeless. The floods were caused by the river Avon bursting its banks in consequence of un precedented rain storms. Practically the entire town of Abera von. with a population of 8000, is under water from 2 to 6 feet In depth. Bo far as is known only one man was drowned, but the financial losses are very beau- Wild Scenes Enacted in Convention. COINER IGNORES MOTIONS Ashton Forces Seek to Control. Organization. FINCH PLACED IN CHAIR Despite Overtures From Pierce County, McCredie Forces Retain Every Vote Secured In Caucus, and Result Is Decisive. OLTMPIA, Wash.. Sept. 29. (Staff correspondence.) With "play ball" the rallying shout and a regulation baseball bat the chairman's gavel, the partici pants in last night's caucus carried out today in the Congressional convention the programme as outlined and named as the Republican candidate for Congress Judge W. W. McCredie. of the Superior Court of Clark County, and owner of the two Portland baseball clubs. Judge McCredie was nominated on the first ballot by 123 votes, the exact num ber represented In the caucus. James M. Ashton. 'of Tacoma, received 103 votes, getting in addition to the 99 pledged him from Pierce. Thurston, Ma Son and Clallam Counties, the four from Pacific County who refused to abide by the unit rule adopted in that delegation. Ashton Forces Tempt Harmon. The Ashton forces went down fighting to the last, after skirmishing that com menced at an early hour this morning and lasted until the ballot was taken. Then and only then did they accept the Inevitable, and Ashton himself,- in a speech so diplomatic that it brought three cheers from the convention, moved to' make the nomination unanimous. The Ashton people used every power of persuasion they possessed to induce mem bers of other delegations whom they knew to be friendly to abandon the cau cus agreement today and, falling in this, they offered to Lewis County, Just be fore the convention, Ashton's entire sup port In favor of IT. E. Harmon, if the latter would bolt the caucus agreement. The offer was rejected. Riotous Scenes Begin Early. Almost from the instant that B. W. Coiner, the chairman of Congressional district committee, called the convention to order at 11 o'clock this morning in Olympla Theater, the session became riotous. Coiner, who was from Pierce County and an Ashton man, had been primed as to the Ashton programme. This was to prevent Pacific County par ticipating in the choice of the temporary chairman. It was hoped that if thla point was won enough would break away from the caucus agreement to give Ash ton control of the convention, and the (Concluded on Pag 8.) Lincoln Expects No Strenuous Fight. Much Railroad Stock in Others' Names. CHICAGO, Sept. 29. (Special.) Al though the amount of Inheritance tax which Illinois will demand from the estate of Edward H. Harriman may run up to $200,000 or more, Walter K. Lin coln, inheritance tax. attorney, today expressed confidence that the Harriman heirs' will be unable to evade lts pay ment. Mr. Lincoln declared there is no point on which the validity of the new law, which gives the authority to levy the tax, can successfully be attacked. "I anticipate no strenuous opposition to the state's claim for an inheritance tax." said Mr. Lincoln. "I believe we shall be able to get at the exact amount of the Harriman estate in Illinois, and that iwe shall collect the tax without more than the usual amount of litiga tion. "Since the new law went into effect upward of 100 suits for inheritance taxes have been Instituted against non-residents, 'and in not one of them has the validfty of the law been at tacked." It is expected1 that difficulty In esti mating the Harriman estate will arise from the fact that much of the railroad stock really owned by Harriman Is not on the stock books in his name. Muoh of the Harriman stock in the Illinois Central is in the name of the Union Pacific Railroad, while some of the stock is entered in the books in the name of clerks in New York financial houses through whom the purchase of stock was made. OUTSIDE CAPITAL FOR COOS Completion of Railway Survey East ' ward Now Assured. MARSHFIELD, Or., . Sept. 1C9. (Spe cial.) Announcement has been made that Engineer C. A. Haines and Attor ney Francis H. Clarke have secured out side capital to back the completion of the survey for the Coos Bay. Oregon & Idaho Railroad from Marshfleld to Rose burg and beyond. All paid Up subscribers who took stock at first to start the move ment have been issued certificates of stock.. An option on the survey and right of way has been given to L. A. Haines, but if the railroad Is not built, the survey is to revert to the original subscribers to the survey fund. The entire project is to be in the hands of a Coos Bay board of directors until completed, and a committee has been ap pointed to select a new board. It Is declared by those interested that the road is in no way in opposition to the electric line which Haas & Knettner pro pose to build. SUSPECTS ARE BANISHED Barcelona Uses Desperate Methods to Rid City of Rebels. ' PARIS. Sept. 29. The Matin today pub lishes a dispatch from Cerbere on the Spanish frontier, saying the authorities of Barcelona are making use of the most drastic measures to rid the city of sus pected revolutionists. Hundreds of Republican and anarchist suspects are being exiled to the provinces without a hearing and often without be ing given an opportunity to notify their families. FICTION AND FACT. 4bWTAKERj. - " . Hurries From Depot to Rainier Club. MRS. BALLINGER ENTERTAINS Wife of Cabinet Member Re ceives Presidential Party. APPEARS AT YALE DINNER President Greets Club Members at Washington Hofel, but Is Not Kept Up Late Two Weeks - of Long Trip Ended. SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. 29. (Spe cial.) President Taft arrived here to night. Just two weeks after he started from Boston. He spent the entire fore noon at North Yakima and arrived here at 8:15 o'clock. Friday he will go to Tacoma, and earfy Saturday morning will be in Portland, where he will re main until Sunday night. The President and his party were met at the Union Station here by a re ception committee of two dozen mem bers. The space in the station through which the President and his escort passed was roped off and a large body of police kept back the crowd. Mrs. Ballinger Gives Reception. The visitors and the reception com mittee entered automobiles in waiting, and, preceded by a troop of mounted police, proceeded to the Rainier Club, half a mile distant, where a reception in honor of the President was given by Mrs. Richard A.- Ballinger, wife of the Secretary of the Interior. After half an hour at the club, the President and his escort went to the Hotel Wash ington,' which will be the home of the visitors while in the city.- The Presi dent was permitted to retire early, af ter greeting the Yale Club, who were holding a dinner and reception at the hotel. . ' A great throng of people waited for the President at the railroad station and along the brilliantly lighted streets, through which he pafsed, and there was cheering at every step of the way. Will Visit Exposition Today. The showers of the past few days had discouraged attempts at general decoration, except that pictures of the President were displayed everywhere and every flagstaff carried a banner. The visit to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition will begin at 9:30 A. M. tomorrow, and Mr. Taft first will tour the grounds. After a luncheon he will make an address in the amphitheater The President is to speak at a ban quet at the Exposition grounds during the evening, so that his entire day will be devoted to the fair. Yakima Apples Delight Him. The President, on his fay to Seattle today, passed through a- section of (Concluded on Page 6.) DIRECTORS' ASSOCIATION Accuses Sherwln of Desertion and Will Soon Marry Sew York Broker. ' DENVER, Colo., Sept. 29. (Special.) Maud Fealy, Denver's pet actress, premier leading lady for Sir Henry Irving and heroine of a secret wedding which caused a serious rupture in her family, has made another play in. the limelight by obtaining a divorce, as secretly as she ob tained the right to call Lewis Hugo Sher wln her. husband, two years ago. Last Saturday her attorney filed a com plaint, alleging desertion and non-support and asking a decree, and within a few minutes District Judge Allen called the case for trial and the divorce was granted. She is said to be engaged to a New York broker, whom she will soon marry. After the marriage, Maude Fealy continued on her stage career, while Sherwln, to escape the notoriety attendant upon his marriage to the actress, went to New York. Miss Fealy had a five years' contract with John Cort, and under his management ap peared in a number of productions. About a year ago she and her manager separated and the controversy, which re sulted . in the separation, is now in the local courts. FUSION SWAYS NEW YORK Republicans Nominate Candidates Selected by Fuslonists. NEW YORK. Sept. 29. Fusion so far as the New York County ticket for the Fall election is concerned, was effected tonight when the Republican County con vention nominated without contest 'the candidates selected thla afternoon by a conference committee of the fuslonists. For District Attorney, Charles S. Whit man, an ex-Judge of the Court. of Gen eral Sessions and a Republican, was nom inated. The other candidates are: For Sher iff, John S. Shea, Republican leader; for Clerk, William F. Schneider, Cleveland Democrat; for Register, Max S. Grlffha gen. Republican; for Justices of the Su preme Court, Nathan Sijus, . Republican; Edward J. Gavegan, Independent Demo crat, and Alfred R. Page, Republican. Delegates representing nearly 100 inde pendent political and civic organizations at a meeting here tonight indorsed the candidacy of Justice William J. Gaynor for Mayor. HOLD UP BANK IN DAYLIGHT Glen wood Springs Robbers Get $10, -00 0 and Flee to Mountains. GLEN WOOD SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 29. Two men entered the Citizens National Bank in broad daylight here today and after holding up. two clerks robbed the safe and escaped on horseback with 110, 000. i The robbery was planned with great de liberation. Selecting a time when Vice President E, E. Drach and other officials were absent, the -men drove up to the bank, tied their horses and entered as if they were customers. In response to a question, they whipped out revolvers and backed the clerks up against the wall. While one man covered the clerks the other leisurely robbed the safe and cash drawers. i Both men then mounted their horses and escaped to the mountains. They were soon followed by a posse. AtVone point Bbots were exchanged and one of the fugitives' horses was killed. At a lata hour tonight the posse was still in pursuit, but it was thought the men had gone over the mountains. HUNTER MEETS ACCIDENT Mrs. Laybourne Hears of Husband's Misfortune In Oregon. SANTA MONICA, Cal., Sept. 29. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Edith K. Laybourne, of 307 Oregon avenue, received, word tonight by telegraph announcing that her hus band had been accidentally shot while" hunting yesterday. The accident hap pened at or near Klamath Falls, Or. The message came from a son of Mr. and Mrs. Laybourne, who accompanied the father on his trip into the north. The dispatch gave no further particu lars as to the accident or its probable results, beyond indicating that the in juries were serious. HOCKER LEAVES KANSAS Dismissed Cadet Finds University Doors Barred. LAWREN-CE, Kan., Sept. 29. After several unsuccessful efforts to enter the University of Kansas, Richard Hocker. of Kansas City, who was dismissed from West Point for hazing Cadet Sutton, of Portland, Or., has stopped trying. He went to Columbia, Mo., where he will try te enter the University of Mis souri. Chancellor Frank Strong, of Kansas, agreed to admit him If he would obtain a letter of recommendation from West Point. This he failed to do. . s JOHN BULL WANTS POLE British to Raise Fund to Plant Flag at Earth's End. LONDON, Sept. 29. The Lord Mayor of London has announced his intention of opening a Mansion House fund to assist Captain Robert F. Scott to raise money for his expedition to plant the Union Jack at the South Pole. Wright Circles Around Liberty Statue.- SPURS CURTISS TO RIVALRY Baldwin Falls and Is Rescued by Warships' Men. TOMLINSON COMES DOWN Both 'Contestants in Albany Race Come to Grief Wright Excels in Speed, Curtlss In Steady Course Through Air. NEW YORK, Sept. 28. Wilbur Wright circled the statue of Liberty at the en trance of New Yjrk In his aeroplane today, while In vlie upper part of the city two huge dirigible balloons failed In their task. This, the first day of the flight of the Hudson-Fulton celebration, was a victory for the heavier-than-air machine. Both Wright and Glenn H. Curtlss soared successfully from the aerodrome on Governor's Island in their motor-propelled biplanes, while both great dirigi bles, manned respectively toy Captain Thomas Baldwin and George L. Tomlln son and entered in the New YorJr'Worlds J10.000 New York Vo Albany race, were forced to descend because of mechanical difficulties before they were well under way. Long-Distance Flight Falls. Wilbur Wright "rrfade three flights and Curtiss made one brief, though success ful, test spin of SO seconds' duration. Baldwin with his dirigible landed In the Hudson River less than an hour after the-start, while Tomlinson. after remain ing In the air from 11:36 A. M. until 1:80 P. M., came down to earth near White Plains, N. Y., 22 miles from his starting point. Neither of the dirigible pilots was injured,, nor were their craft seriously damaged. Curtiss was the first to leave the earth and at a time when dawn had hardly broken. He passed the night on Gover nor's Island and at 7 o'clock rose, but only for a brief flight. Wright Encircles Statue. Two hours later Wright made his first ascent, encircling Governor's Isl and, and remaining in the air for seven minutes. After an hour's rest. Wright again went aloft, this ttme remaining (Concluded on Pag. 8 ) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YFTER DAY'S Maximum temperature. (TO 1 degrees; minimum. 52.3 degree TODAY'S (Showers: south-westerly winds. , Domestic. General Chaffee advocates compulsory mill-. tarV service and National Guardsmen crltii'lM Massachusetts maneuvers. Page .1 DeDOSitorv of Oklahoma -bank (wraniM fund, falls and other banks have to make good loss. Page 2. ch,:d-T v'r. "!r.fTrLKtar,.w.of Mining Congress visit. Tonapah and hear, argument for taxing claims. Page 3. Wright file, around Liberty Statue, curtiss make. fin. flight. Baldwin and Tomlln won fail in race to Albany. Page 1. Harriman- estate can't escape Illinol. in heritance tax. Page 1. Posse closing In on Plut. murderer and ab ductor. Page 2. Maude Fealy g--t secret 'vorce m wln sr.d will marry New York Droacr. PlBe ' Foreign. Spaniards capture Moorish stronghold and will claim much territory. Page 4. Blerlot gets Into lawsuits over airship flights in Germany. Page 4. Sports. Coast League .cores: Io r 1 1 a n ' ? J1- Angele. 7. Vernon 3; San Francisco ly Sacramento 2. Page 7 One man killed, one Injured, in auto race. at Rlverhead. L. I. Page 7. Jeffries train, near Pari, and I. In good condition. Page 7. Schedule for world', championship baseball games. Page 7. Northwestern League .core.: Spokan. B, Portland B; S.-attie-Tacoma (rain); Vancouver-Aberdeen (rain). Page T. Pacific Northwest. Judge McCredie 1. nominated for Congress on- first ballot: wild scenes at convention. President Taft reaches Seattle and' retires early. Page 1 Old sweetheart of President Taft greets him at yaktma. Page 6. Rate hearing begun at Spokane; Jobbers bui i y mcj D" - - Buyers of United Railway! confirms pur- cnase ot ,ruu. - McCredles townspeople at Vancouver re joice at hi. nomination. Page 6. Pendleton fair draw, crowd despite rain. Page 3. ' Portland and Vicinity. Colonist U-av.l exceeds ftr.t week of last year and promises to break record. Page 16. Quarter block at Fourth and A.der leased for-1500 a month. Page 11. Simplicity will characterise entertainment . of president in Portland. Page 10. National Funeral Directors' Association be gins convention. Page 12. Freshmen of Oregon Medical College get better of sophomore hazers. Page 10. Women's Home Missionary Society conven tion closes. Page 10. Wife denies husband', charge that .he placed pol.on within reach of children, rage 11. Commercial and Marine. Grain standards fixed by Chamber of Com merce committee. Faze l.V Argentine wheat acreage greater than ex pected. Page 15. Stock trading on an enormous scale. Page IS British steamship Quito llfUd on new Ore gon drydock for cleaning and painting,. Fag 14. I