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Jin tmng grfpttkm , yT,v,n .,, PORTLAND. PRECOX.' SATURDAY, OCTOBER . 1909. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS. GITY OF Taft's Special Due at 7 This Morning. PLANS FOR WELCOME PERFECT Portland Will Outdo Itself to Make Guest at Home. FIX PUBLIC APPEARANCES President to Ride in Morning Pa rode, Review School Children on Multnomah Field, Speak at the Armory at Night. HOW PRESIDENT TAFT WTIX SPEND TODAY IX PORTLAND. 7 A. M. Arrive! at tTnlon Depot on special train from Tacoma. 8:10 A. M Breakfasts with Mayor Simon, membera of local committee., and Presidential party at Hotel Port land. 10:J0 A. M. Jolna parade for march to Multnomah Field. II A. M. Review achool children t Multnomah Field, afterwards be- Ins drlven over the city on sight seeing trip. 12:30 P. M. Arrives at Portland f Howl with party. j p. M. Take luncheon at Hotel Portland with 15 distinguished guest. 2;S0 to 7:ao Suit his own pleasure: probably will play golf or rest at hotel; may receive a fear per sonal friends. 7:0 P. M. Escorted to Armory by militia and local committee for ad dress to tl public. t P. M. Addresses public at Armory. 10 P. M. Returns to suite at hotel. President Taft becomes the guest of Portland this morning upon his arrival by special train from - Tacoma: - The train, bearing- tne president and his party. Is due at 7 o'clock, and doubtless will arrive on time, having the right of way. It Is an early hour, but the Na tion Chief Executive will find the city astir and awaiting his arrival. Portland Is quite in readiness for the momentous event, the smallest detail of the Preslc-enfs leceptlon and enter tainment having been wrought out with Infinite care. The city's hospitality will be easy and Informal. There will be no long speeches of welcome, no long after-dinner talks, no Mresome features of any sort. It Is a most wholesome plan of entertainment and the President is bound to leave Port land fresh and fit and with happy memories of two days ell lived Business to Be Suspended. The public Is prepared to pay homage to the President en masse. Business will be suspended so far as practicable during the time of his public appear ance on the streets. Indications are that one of the greatest throngs In the city's history be on the streets another throng such as marked the opening of the Lewis and Clark j.ipo altlon and the big days of the Rose Festival. It will be about such a "crowd, multiplied by two, as saw Pres ident Roosevelt on May 21, 1903, for while everybody was out to see Roose velt, the city has been growing apace since then. Time for rest and recreation have been liberally provided for the Presi dent, and while today will be marked by considerable activity on his part, yet he will have nearly all afternoon to himself. In this Interval he is to do exactly as he pleases, and without sug gestions being made. If he desires to indulge his passion for golf he will be whisked away Immediately to the ex cellent links south of the city. If he wishes to remain in his suite. It will be seen to that he is undisturbed. At the Union Depot the President will be met by the reception committee, which will escort him at once to an automobile. Here he will be met by an honorary es cort of troops and police, which will conduct him to the Portland Hotel. Upon arrival at the hotel he will be es corted to his elegantly appointed suite where he will be at leisure until 8:30 o'clock, when breakfast will be served In the west grill, which has been elab orately decorated in Oregon flowers, ferns and foliage. Covers will be laid for 45. Drive Through Streets at 10:30. HAILS CHIEF NATION TODAY Until 10:30 o'clock he will remain at the hotel, and then will pay his respects to the public at large and receive their hom age in a drive through the principal streets of the city, attended by a splen did procession of automobiles bearing prominent citizens and members of his party, and by troops and police. This procession will terminate at Mult nomah Field, where the President will meet with the new generation, 20.OM) strong. There will be a stirring expres sion of patriotism there when 3S40 school children form a gigantic American flag and go through the evolutions of the Stars and Stripes flaunted te the breeze. Twenty minutes Is the time apportioned for his meeting with the children. After that he will be sped away on an auto mobile tour of the city's points of Inter est and principal streets, arriving at his apartments at 12:30 o'clock. At 1 P. M. luncheon will be served In the west grill and the President will be (Concluded on Page 11.) SULTAN CRUELLY KILLS PRETENDER MIXAI HA FID SHOVES RIVAL INTO DES OF ANGRY LIOXS. Beasts Sulk When Victim Falls and Ruler Prags Man Out, Finishing His Torture With Fire. rATt3 rw 1.A disDatch to the Matin from Fez says Inquiries show that El nhi ti nretender to the tnrone oi Morocco, who was executed at Fez in the mMHu f Spntember. was put to death by Sultan Mulal Hand himself under cir cumstances of revolting cruelty. oAttT in the correspondent, tne monarch, assisted by his chamberlain, dragged the pretender into a cage of unr,. anA then nrovoked the animals. which leaped upon the manacled captive, inflicting horrible wounds.- Thn o. f.l Roerhi fell to tne grouna motionless, the lions left him alone, de spite the goadings of the Sultan, wno. thereupon, pulled his still living victim n.n.iHA the cage with hooks, emptied a can of lamp oil over him and set It afire, -iinr the flumps with oil-soaked rags until nothing but the. charred bones of the pretender remained. FLOAT IRRIGATION BONDS Xo Difficulty, Says Xewell, and Issue Very Essential. i nnmnXUN NEWS BUREAU, Wash- ir. nrt 1 In the opinion of Director Newell', of the Reclamation Service, there ni h no difficulty in floating Jio.uro.uuu -.v, nr Irrigation bonds, if Congress carries out President Taft's recommenda tion and authorizes the issue, western bankers assured Mr. Newell that sucn bonds at a low rate of Interest could readily be floated at par, for they would be secured by the reclamation fund. Thi. nnl Issue. Mr. Newell sajs, is very essential, for it will enable his bu reau in one year to complete works which otherwise would not be completed inside of two years or perhaps three. He be lieves the President's indorsement prac tically assures the passage of the neces sary legislation. EXHAUSTED SOLDIERS OUT Tired Regulars Fall During Forced March of 43 Miles. fivnwATT. o7 Oct. 1. While 600 men of the Second Infantry, U. S. A., i-otiirnlns: to Fort Thomas, Ky., to day on a forced march of 43 miles from Fort Perry, O., many dropped in tne ranks from exhaustion. t i..itnt f. W. Dawes, surgeon of The regiment, fainted and fell from his horse. He Is said to be suffering from appendi citis. rm rmv ambulance! overcrowded .with disabled men, broke down in the city limits. The reilmetit. under command of Colonel Mansfield, made the forced march under orders from the War Department. TROPICAL SNAKE WANDERS Big Reptile Escapes From Show and Domiciles In Warehouse. JACKSON, Cal., Oct. 1. (Special.) A i.r jtnuke of the boaconstrlctor or the python species was discovered this after noon colled between the celling and roor of a warehouse on Water street. The reptile was in a torpid condition when found. A bystander seized the ser pent by the "tail and pulled it from Its place. The reptile measured over 12 feet In length and over five inches through at the thickest part, It is supposed to have escaped from a shake show which exhibited in a vacant lot adjoining the warehouse, more than a month ago. FISHING SCHOONER SEIZED American Ship Captured by Mexi can Gunboat Crew Imprisoned. PENSACOLA. Fla.. Oct. 1. The fish ing schooner Caldwell H. Colt of this port, has been seized by a Mexican gun boat off Progresso and her crew of elirht men thrown into prison. The schooner left here 15 days ago supposedly for the Campecho " fishing hanks and today came the nrst news known of her seizure, evidently upon the charge of poaching on Mexican fishing preserves. STOESSEL'S KIN IN CELL Alleged Relative of Famous Russian General Arrested as Drunk. Peter Stoessel, who says) he Is related to the famous Russian, General Stoessel, who surrendered Port Arthur to the Jap anese during the late Russo-Japanese war. was arrested last night for drunk enness. Stoessel asserts he comes from a titled family In Russia. It is thought ha fled from his native country to escape court martial proceedings against his relative. General Stoessel, which might have in volved, himself. $2250 FOR 46-100 ACRE Railroad Pays Big Price to Settle Case Out of Court. ; OREGON CITT, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) The condemnation suit of the Beaver ton Willsburg Railroad Company against Mrs. Bonnett and children, of Milwaukie, was settled out of court this morning and dismissed. The property involved was 48 hun dredths of an acre In the rear of the Bonnett residence at Milwaukie and 92250 was paid by the. railroad company to satisfy the owners. TAFT' ON YACHT, REACHES TACOMA Great Throng Greets Him at Armory. HE DINES WITH UNION CLU3 Promises to Attend Panama Fair at San Diego, in 1915. WANTS TO SEE ALASKA, TOO President Has Completed, Eight Set Speeches Since Starting for West, and Addresses Will Here after Be Extempore. TACOMA. Wash., Oct. 1. President Taft, on his arrival at Tacoma tonight, received from an audience that thronged the big armory one of the most cordial greetings of his trip. The President was entertained at dinner at the Union Club, after making the trip from Seattle on board the yacht El Primero, owned by Chester. Thome. The torpedoboatde stroyer Perry escorted the yacht Before leaving Seattle, the President paid a last visit to the exposition there to view the big livestock exhibit. All of the prize cattle, horses, pigs and sheep were on view, their heads and horns dec orated with blue ribbons. Mr. Taft ap parently found great interest in tne ex hibit, and spent more than 'twice the length of time originally allotted to the exhibit. Taft Fondles Horses. He patted some of the big, calmest horses, and asked many questions or tne TTinallv. from the Judges' stand. he made a brief speech, amid a chorus of bleats and grunts and the lowing or Ktne, mmnllmentlne the exhibitors on their fine showing and the progress that has been made In this country in tne past 10 years in the way of scientific farming and breeding. ' From the exposition grounds the Presi dent motored to the Seattle Country Club, where he lunched and spent the early afternoon on the golf links. The sail on the sound from Seattle to Tacoma occu pied two hours. Coming West in 1 9 1 5 Trelflent Taft today promised to attend another exposition to be held on the Pa cific Coast in 1915, In celebration of the completion of the Panama Canal. Mr. Taft said the date was beyond his terra of office, but that his interest In the Panama and the extension of trade on the Pacific had been so great for so many years that he readily gave his promise to attend. The Invitation was extended by Colonel D. C. Collier, director-general of the Panama-California Exposition, which is to be held in San Diego, Cal., the nearest Western Coast city to the Pacific entrance of the canal, and George Burnham, a director of the Exposition Company. These gentlemen assured Mr. Taft that he would find a most cordial welcome at San Diego, and expressed, on behalf of the people of San Diego, their regret that Mr. Taft had found it Impos- (Concluded on Page 10.) j . . ' i llinilAMW I TAlrC MAnlVIUlNT LLrtVLO SUFFRAGE RANKS PROGRESSIVES IS SPOKANE QCIT CONVENTION. Will Not Send Delegates .to State Convention, Let Conserva tives Rule. cDfiL-jvi! Wash.. Oct. 1. (Special.) Harmony has deserted equal suffrage workers in Spokane and tne "progress ives," under the leadership of Mrs. La Reine Helen Baker, Mrs. Z. W. comer--.i .n nther. In the College Suffrage Club, have picked up their belongings and silently withdrawn from the conserva tive camp," which is under the leadership of Mrs. May Arkwrlght Hutton. The College Suffrage Club will not eend delegates to the state convention at Ma sonic Temple, in .Spokane, October ana e xTornhom nf th College Suffrage Club who hold positions on convention commit tees have withdrawn, leaving tne conven tion entirely in the haniis of friends of Mrs. Hutton. , A meeting of suffragists "was held in the Hutton building to elect delegates to the coming convention. Twenty of the club attended. A majority are friends of. Mrs. Hutton. As the club enjoys a mem bership of 409, and es every ten is entitled to a delegate, the club can name 41 dele gates. These were not all elected. Mrs. Leone Brown, an attorney of Seat, tie, and Mrs. Anderson, of Seattle, are in Spokane to assist Mrs. Hutton. While Mrs. Baker was last evening elected a delegate, she will not serve. Mrs. A. P. Fassett, one of the delegates-elect, will represent ten members of the Spokane Suffrage Club. SLEEPING BABES CREMATED Three Children Burn to Death When Mother Goes for Food. BAKER CITY, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) Leaving her three babies and her hus band soundly sleeping in their home nru. ihe went to secure food for break fast, Mrs. Olla Rude returned to find the house in ashes and the little ones ere-, . The himhnnd escaDed. The Rudes live near the Union-Companion mine, in the Cornucopia Mountains, ine oiaest child was 6, and the youngest a little over a year old. The origin of the fire is unknown. ,The husband awakened to find his room full of xmnke and the flames bursting through the walls and celling. He groped his way in the. window and escaped, ine cnnaren were sleeping In another room, and that part of the house wag a mass or names Horn the father awakened. The home of Robert Glenn caught fire frnm Knarks from the Rude house, and also burned to the ground. Nothing was saved from either home. The triple funeral of the Rude children was held today at Halfway. s i WINCH' TO "MANAGE PAPER Portland Student Gains Honors as Princeton Publisher. PRINCETON". N.- J., Oct. 1. (Special.) Simeon Reed Winch (1911), of Portland was ' today elected to be business man ager of the Dally Prlncetonian, the offi cial dally of the college, to succeed Hugh Grant Straus (1910), a son of Nathan Straus, of New York City, who resigned- Winch was first in a competition for as sistant manager of the paper last year. He is also business manager of the Nassau Literary Magazine, the oldest publication of its kind among Eastern colleges. Winch "has also won several prizes in debate competitions and was recently elected a member of the Princeton Ter race Club. GREETINGS TO THE PRESIDENT, O.R.&N.MUSTCUT RATES DNE-EIGHTH Railroad Commission Makes Order. ROAD TO L0SES75.000 A YEAR Decision Follows Washington Northern Pacific Ruling. WILL LIKELY BE OBEYED Hill Road Has Made No Attempt to Fight Regulation and Oregon Line Is Expected to Submit Mate rial Reductions In Tariffs. The State Railroad Commission of Oregon yesterday handed down Its findings in the matter of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company and its various branches in Oregon, known as the grain-rate case, which has been before the Commission for several months. The Commission declares the rates now in force to be unjust and unreasonable and orders a reduction equivalent to a cut of about one-eighth in the present rates, which will make a difference in the revenue of the rail roads of approximately J75.000 per year on the volume of business being rTt at Mils time. The grain-rate order was issued by the Commission from its office in a im. nnrt while the general freight de partment of the Oregon Railroad & Nav igation Company yesterday was aware that such an order had been issued, only its general terms were known. W. E. Coman, assistant general freight agent, declined to express any opinion as to whether the railroad company would abide by the order or appeal to the courts to prevent its enforcement. Like Washington Order The order, in effect, is practically the same as that made by the Washington Railway Commission, commanding - flat reduction of 12 per cent on grain rates from points on the Northern Pa clfico Puget Sound. Recent action by the Northern Pa cific has given the Washington Com mission the understanding that the railroad will obey the order without recourse to the courts. The Wash ington Commission has made such an anouncement, but in the offices of the North Bank Railroad, which of neces sity in the preservation of its business will be compelled to meet the cut, noth ing definite is known as to the pur pose of the Northern Pacific. H. M. Adams, general manager of the North Bank, which, as is well known, is owned in. part by the Northern Pacific, said yesterday he had asked the North ern Pacific officials to notify him as soon as they reached a decision as to their course of action. Yesterday he had not received any word and said the North Bank was not engaged In revising" its freight schedules. Mr. Adams is inclined to believe the Northern Pacific at torneys were unable to Interpret the order of the Washington Com mission and asked for a ' suppte- ( Concluded on Page 8.) t GRANT WOULD QUIT ARMY IF. NEED BE GENERAL WILLING TO GIVE ALL FOR TEMPERANCE. Says Chicago Parade Represented What Army Stands For Law and Order. CHICAGO. Oct. 1. (Special.) "I am willing to get out of the Army or make . 1, nAcnnal Bjriflj.l If t hPTeb V iZle to advance the cause " General Frederick D. Grant voiced this sentiment today when interviewed upon his return from the Hudson-Fulton cele bration in New York. - He was in a good natured mood when he spoke of the controversy raised by W. R. Michaells. an official of the United Societies, who questioned the propriety of General Grant's leading the temperance parade in Chicago last Saturday, in a letter writ ten to the War Department. "Personally, I am a teetotaller," con tinued General Grant, "and If I could reduce drunkenness by one-half I should feel I had done my share of good In the world. No one need have any doubts as to my personal feelings upon this subject. The controversy ap pears to have been over the use of my uniform. Why. my dear sir, that parade represented things the Army . stands for. It was a law and order demonstration." TRAINS CRASH IN TUNNEL One Killed, Eight Injured by Col lision in Montana. MISSOULA, Mont., Oct. 1. (Special.) At about 5 o'clock this evening train No. 63 and a work train on the Puget Sound Railroad, crashed together In the Gar rison tunnel, killing one man instantly and injuring eight others seriously. Three of these will probably die. No details of the cause of the wreck are obtainable here. The man killed is William Burns, en gineer on No. S3. Frank Smith, a laborer, was fatally in jured; Ike McCarthy, suffered two broken legs; Frank Bishop's neck 19 dislocated; Sam Christlanson, seriously Injured; Gus Johnson, back sprained; S. G. Doton, fire man, collar bone broken; Joe Coy, con ductor of the work train, arm broken and seriously Injured about the body. The trains came together in the middle of the tunnel and wrecked cars com pletely fill the structure so that rescue work is most difficult. GIRL FIGHTS DEVILFISH Rescued by Fisherman After Desper ate Struggle She Faints. LONG BEACH. -Cal., Oct. 1. (Special.) With the tentacles of a six-foot octopus encircling her ankle and gradually drag ging her to the bottom of the sea. Miss Mary Seymour, a pretty Los Angeles girl, had a thrilling time and a narrow escape whHe bathing in deep water to day. She had been pulled beneath the surface twice and was well-nigh exhaust ed by her struggles with the monster when three ' fishermen were lowered over the end of the pier with ropes and res cued her. One of the fishermen had a gaff and by diving he managed to plunge it into the devilfish several times before the water became ink black and it released its grip. The girl 'was fainting when drawn upon the pier. SUSPECTED OF PIRACY Colt Carries Rapid-Fire Guns May Be Declared Forfeited. MEXICO CITY, Oct. 1. A special dis patch from Merida says: The pilot boat Colt, suspected of being engaged in actual piracy, is equipped with several rapid fire guns. The suspi cious conduct of the vessel caused the gunboat Bravo to run her down. A corps of customs officers has been sent aboard for the purpose "of making an inventory of her cargo and both cargo and vessel will be declared forfeited to the Government. The capture has cre ated a great sensation. For some time the Mexican gunboats have been convinced that piracy was practiced on a small scale In the Gulf, but they had heretofore been unable to capture any of the supposed pirate ships. WOMEN OUTLINE CAMPAIGN California Suffragists to Organize to Force Recognition. STOCKTON. Cal.. Oct. . 1. An educa tional campaign in the interest of the fight for the right to vote has been de cided on. according to Mrs. Helen Moore, who made the opening address before the suffrage convention here to day. Political clubs will be formed throughout the state to work along lines of city and county politics with the object of compelling recognition. A stronger effort is to be made to in fluence the legislators to recognize the rights of women. The election of a president tomorrow promises to be an absorbing feature of .the session. There are two contestants, Mrs. Mary McHenry Keith, of Berkeley, and Mrs. J. N. Chapman, of Alameda. MRS. YERKES TO GET THIRD Estate of Millionaire Settled to Ad vantage of Widow. NEW TORKl, Oct. 2. Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes has finally arranged for a settle ment of the fight over her husband's estate according to the World today. It is said Mrs. Yerkes will get virtually a third interest In the value of the estates PIUTE LOCHI 11 KILLS GIRL, FLEES Body Found, Torn, Cut, Bullet in Heart. WILLIE BOY STILL IN DESERT When Sweetheart Exhausted, He Murders Her, TRAILERS ARE IN PURSUIT Desperado Heads for Colorado River and Then for Peath Valley. Well Armed and Has Ample Ammunition. SAN BERNARDTS'O. Cal . Oct. 1. Developments today in trie chase across the desert wastes of San Bernardino County after "Willie Boy." a "bad" Piute Indian, form a most thrilling chapter in this story of real life Willie Rnv murdered his 14-year-old sweet heart, whom he carried away from the home of her father at Banning four days ago after he had killed her father, Old Boniface, a reservation Indian, whn the latter refused to let ins daughter go away with the young Piute buck. A posse of deputies, led by Sheriff Wilson, with trailers to guiiie them across the wide stretch of desert and mountain passes, came at dawn today upon the body of the girl at The Pipes, a waterhole 55 miles from Banning. There was a huge hole through the girl's heart and the body was cruelly tqrn by thorns and jagged rocks and the feet blistered and cut and bruised from the long and hurried flight over mountains and desert. Footprints around where the body lay told something of the desert tragedy. Indian trailers were able to tell that "Willie Boy" had partly carried and partly dragged"tHe girl there after she was no longer able to walk by his side. He had gone on for a little way with out her and then had come back and shot her. "Willie Boy" Is believed now to have made his escape to the Arizona border. He is armed with a rifle and has plenty of ammunition. Three officers and two Indian trailers left today from Daggett, hoping to head off the outlaw or pick up his trail. The belief of Sheriff Wilson Is that the fugitive is making for the Chemehuvla reserva tion on the Colorado River and that lie will secure provisions there and then strike for Death Valley. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 67. 0 decrees; minimum. 61.0 demeea. TODAY'S Cloudy and threatening, with oc casional light rain: variable winds, be coming southerly. president Taft's Visit. President Taft will arrive In Portland at 7 o'clock this morning. Page 1. Details or programme for entertainment of President today. Page 12. School children rehearse f,or drill befora President. Page 1(1. Police to face crowd Instead of Taft in parades as precaution. Page 11. Taft goes to Tacoma. dines at Vnion Club and makes address at Armory. Page 1. Foreign. Severe fighting between Spaniards and Moors at Melilla. Pare 4. Horrible cruelty exhibited by Sultan of Morocco in putting El Roghl to death. Page 1. Domestic. Southern Pacific pays 10V fine for re bating. Page 2. Plnchot fears trusts are after water-power sites In West. Page 3. Mining Congress smothers report against forestry policy. Page 3. Pearv given ovation when his steamer joins parade on Hudson River. Page 4. Survey begun on last link of California railroad Into Klamath. Page 2. W A Clark. Jr.. discovers process of smelting zinc ore and will b. Zinc King. Page 4. Wind again prevents flights In New York. Page 5. Tlute murderer kills girl and flees to Death Valley. Page 1. Cook refuse, to submit evidence of Polar dis covery to Americans till Danes have seen it. Page 4. Sports. Coast League scores: Portland 4 Oakland 0; Los Angeles 4, Vernon 1: San Fran cisco rain. Page 7. Northwestern League scores: Spokane 3. Portland 4; Seattle O. Tacoma 1; Van couver 4. Aberdeen 2. Page 7. Llpton will again challenge for America's i cup. Page 2. Pacific Northwest. Defense scores heavily In Spokane rate hearing. Page 8. Salem policeman dies; Meyers, his assassin. is fugitive. Page 6. Sophomores go before faculty and say thev are sorry they annoyed freshmen. Page 8. ' ' Progressive suffragists withdrawn from , convention at Spokane. Page 1. Democrats not strong enough to defeat McCredie. Page 6. Former sweetheart of president Taft tells story of early romance. Page 3. Portland and Vicinity. Oregon Railroad Commission orders O. K. & N. to reduce rates aoout one-eighth. Trouts between rivnl roads I" P1"1" seem to adjust themselves. Page 10. Consul-CJeneral summons talks glowingly of country's trade with Corea. Page 13. Attorney E. E. Heckbcrt ordeied to show cause whv lie withheld fee from sum awarded Miss Speckart. Page Five wives and two husbands obtain di vorce decrees. Page S. Municipal Judge Interprets law on assault and battery. Page 10. Nstional Funeral Directors' Association closes convention. Page 18. three grain cargoes clear for United King dom. Page 18. Oregon hops advance to 25 cents. Page IT- G2 106.2