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THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1910.
GOHNERS STUMS
BY TO WAGE 111
New York Democratic Commit
.tee, Chairman Rallies His
Supporters to Keep Seat.
HE REFUSES TO RESIGN
--'Opponents' Strenjrtli Overestimated,
Says Man Bourbons Would. Oust.
Mnrpliy Blamed Due to
nor's Ax Hearst Is It?
NEW YORK, Feb. 31. "I've (rot Just
one thing to say," declared W. J. Conners,
chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittee last night, 'Til not resign and I
hU be a Democrat whatever happens."
Mr. Conners had Junt returned from
Palm Beach and had canvassed the sit
uation -with his supporters. lie had hur
ried north to entrench his position before
the special meeting of the State commit
tee to be held in Albany, Thursday, when
his opponents hope to oust him. He will
remain until Wednesday, when he will
F to Albany. In the Interval he expects
a see everyone of the state committee
man Individually.
"Shell you see Charles F. Murphy?" he
was asked.
"I don't know whether he will call
n mo " answered Mr. Conners.
Strength Overestimated.
"How many votes have you against
rou In the stats committee?"
"They've grot, less than they think they
heve how many will be shown Thurs
day? ,
"We Democrats," be went on, '"always
mix It at the wrong: time. The organiza
tion Is in better chape than I have seen
It In. 20 years, and I claim I am the man
who had some of the honor erf doing It.
I spent my money and my time, and I
never meddled in Brooklyn or New York.
t am in frevor of calling a meeting of the
seate committee at this meeting, but I
pm not in favor of a party row. If they
want to put me out. why didn't they wait
until the- regular meeting of the com-
OmiMTB was asked tf he wnuld retire
if his failure to do so meant the-Jisuup-tion
of the party.
Murphy Is Blamed.
1. am not disrupting' the party ,
he answered. It's Murphy that's doing
that. I've made good all along the
line."
There were two phases of the sit
uation that Mr. Conners wo cad not dis
cuss tonight the reason why his
Fmoldering quarrel with Ctmrles F.
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, has
recently burst into flame, and the atti
tude of W. R. Hearst, whose shadow
also lies across the political map.
One of Conners' advisers said that
Mnrphy moves now because he must
either move or die of Inaction;- noth
ing else is moving in Tammany Hall.
Mayor Gaynor's administration goes
on lopping branches off the plum tree,
and no fruit falls in the Tammany
basket. Murphy hae to be stirring or
lose his leadership -at home. If he
wins against Conners ho may regain
another lease of power to tide him
over the shallow years of the Gaynor
administration. But, if he loses, he
loses not only at Albany, but at home.
Persons close to Mr. Hearst In his
last campaign believe that, although
he has been twice defeated for Mayor
Df New York and once for Governor,
he stands stronger with the people
than ever. These persons point out
that it was through -Mr. Hearst's can
didacy that Tammany was defeated
and a reform ticket elected and that
after the election he received public
praise in quarters where he had rea
son to believe he had heretofore been
held lightly. The greater the disrup
tion in the two established parties,
they say, the stronger will be a third
ticket, should Hearst care to put one
In the field.
by kneeling on a trestle in front of a
swiftly-moving car, was Identified yester
day as Thomas Brooks, a rancher liv
ing south of here. n
He Is believed by the police to have
been the Thomas Brooks wanted in
Neck, Mo., for wife murder and in
Rogers. Claremore County, Oklahoma,
on a charge of assault with Intent to
kill. Brooks' relatives here deny the
allegation made by the police. They
say that the dead man's wife is in Oro
nogo. Mo., and that she will be home in
a few days.
According to the police. Brooks an
swers the description of the man want
ed by the Oklahoma and. Missouri
authorities. Last Fall they received a
letter from the police at Neck asking
that a lookout be kept for Thomas
Brooks, of Seattle, who had killed his
Wife at Neck, October 22, 1909. Later
a letter was received from the Sheriff
of Claremore County, Ok la., asking" for
Brooks' arrest on the assault charge.
The police were unable to locate the
man and it was not until the identi
fication of the suicide today that they
connected the cases.
Brooks' brother says that as far as
he knows the dead man never was in
Neck, Mo.; that his wife is alive and
well in Oronogo, Mo., and that although
he passed through Oklahoma last Fall,
he did not stop at Rogers. The rela
tives also deny that Brooks is a sui
cide. They maintain that the killing
was accidental and are preparing to
sue the street - railway company for
causing his death.
Asquith Sees Government
Passing Through Crisis
Safely Now.
DEPOT CAMPAIGN BEGUN
EAST SIDE TO INSIST "CPON
BriLDISG BY O. It. & N.
WOMEN MARCH ON ALBANY
Legislature's Promise of Hearing
Raises Suffragists' Hopes.
ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 21. Albany for
many years has been the mecca of those
Interested in the cause of woman suff
rage, it never has been the scene of
such persistent actlviiy as in the present
legislative session.
The judiciary committee of the Senate
and Assembly have promised to devote
the afternoon of March 9 to a judicial
hearing on a proposed constitutional
amendment granting women the fran
'chise and every effort is being put forth
to make it the greatest field day the
cause has ever known.
A big yellow banner flaunted in the
window of a State street store almost
under the shadow of the-capltol points
the way to headquarters of the New York
State Woman's Suffrage Association la
which Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont is active
ty interested, and at the Ten Eyck Ho
tel, Mrs. Clarence Mackay has established
a branch of the Equal Franchise Society,
of which she is president.
Suffragists have endeavored to interest
Governor Hughes In their cause, but the
Governor has declined to indicate his
position.
Subject of Vacating Streets and
Amending Fra-nclUse May Go
to People on Referendum.'
The East Side Business Men's Club
will start an active campaign this week
to require the O. R. & N. Company' to
build a freight depot at some convenient
point in the warehouse district. Accord
ing to the- East Second-street franchise,
a freight depot is required at some point
south of Hoyt street, so the officers of
the club assert, and refer to the franchise
in support of this contention. A com
mittee from the club has the subject in
hand, and hae authority to start an
initiative measure, if necessary, to get
the freight depot.
Officials of the railway company set
forth that In order to permit a suitable
depot several streets must be vacated
north from East Oak. The depot pro
posed will be 400 feet long and extend
across two blocks. A committee from
the United East Side Push Clubs Is in
vestigating conditions incident to the va
cation of these streets.
Thomas Hislop, who circulated the pe
titions for the vacation of the streets.
Bays that he did so to build up a commission-house
district and declared that
he did not in any sense represent the
railway company, but did represent tha
owners of . the property, three-fourths of
whom, he says, have signed petitions for
the vacation of the streets. However,
other property owners say that the
streets are public property and that the
whole city is interested in seeing that
the interests of the city are protected
if the streets are vacated.
A majority of the members of the East
Side Business Men's Club seems to favor
the vacation of these streets, provided
the railway company gives concessions
in return and is not permrtted to "bot
tle" up the East Side warehouse district.
(3. T. Atchley, president, Insists that
the railway company should be treated
as a private individual who wants to se
cure valuable property from the city he
should give the city a consideration. The
amendment of the present franchise on
East Third street, so that there will be
a common user provision extending ta
the proposed railroad bridge, will also
be Insisted on. Present indications are
that if the streets are vacated without
these requirements the whole question
will go to the people under a referen
dum. VIRGINIA BEATS RECORD
BATTLESHIP SHOWS BETTER
THAN WHEN LAUNCHED.
King's Speech Will Be Confined to
Finance and. Relations Between.
Houses of Lords and Commons.
Montague Undersecretary.
LONDON, Feb. 21. Premier Asquith
has filled vacancies in the ministry, .
which is an indication that he expects
the government to pass safely through
the crisis.
The new Ministers are: William
Wedgewood. Benn and Ernest Joseph
Bo ares. Junior lords of the treasury;
Edwin Samuel Montague, undersecretary
for India, and Cecil William Norton,
Assistant Postmaster-General. Mr. Nor
ton succeeds Sir Henry Norman, who
failed of election.
Thiji completes the ministry. In the
case of the Junior lords, bye-elections
are necessary, but as both had good ma
jorities last month there Is little danger
of their losing their seats.
The King's speech, it is believed, be
yond the usual reference to foreign af
fairs, will be confined to finance and the
relations between the two houses. The
supremacy of the House of Commons in
financial matters will be asserted firmly
but the government's plan for limiting
the Lords' veto will not be disclosed un
til precedence over all - other business.
Mr. Asquith has remained firm on this
point and the Liberals are convinced that
the Ministers win be able, in the de
bate on the address, to" make out a
case satisfactory to both Labor and to
Irish members.
Parliament will be formally opened at
2 o'clock this afternoon by the King.
The formalities will last an hour and.
as Premier Asquith Is expected to speak
early in the debate on the address
in reply to the speech from the throne,
the members will not. have long to wait
for the government's announcement of Its
Intentions.
TAFT ATTENDS CHURCH
For First Time Since Elected, Ex
ecutive Visits Friends.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. For the first
time since he was elected President
Taft yesterday attended a meeting of
the Friends Church on I street, north
west. Some time ago he promised to Join
members of the Friends Society at
weekly worship in their modest church
end when it was learned that Henry
W. Wilbur, of Swarthmore, Pa., would
speak yesterday, the President waa
urged to attend.
EAST AND WEST TO DEBATE
Cornell Team Leaves to Meet Uni
versity of California. -
ITHACA, N. Y., Feb. 2L The Cor
nell University debating team will
leave for the Pacific coast the latter
part of March to meet the University
of California team April 6-
. This will be the longest trip ever
taken by a similar society of Cornell,
BODY THAT OF SLAYER?
Seattle Police Say Car Suicide Was
Wife Murderer.
SKATTLtiJ, Feb. 21. The man who
committed suicide last Thursday night
Cuba. Scene of 19. 54-Knot Point,
Reached In Trials by Atlantic
Fleet Commander.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. A better
shin than she was in her infant days
the battleship ' Virginia maintained an
average speed of 19.54 knots an hour
in a tour-hour trial that Rear-Admiral
Schroeder, in command of the Atlantic
fleet, put ner through on Guantanamo,
Cuba, according to a caoiegram re
ceived yesterday at the Navy Depart
ment.
This speed is better than that made
in the contractors trials, when the
ship was put into service, and were
conducted with a displacement of 1000
tons more than was the case when
the contractors took the ship out.
Last week Admiral Schroeder report
ed that the fleet had been at sea, part
of the time holding navigation and
battle exercises.
Landing forces from the Minnesota,
the New Hampshire, the Mississippi
and the Idaho camped all week on
Deer Point, holding rifle and pistol tar
get practice and engaging in company,
battalion and regimental drills. In ad
dition boat crews laid mines, teams
scaled walla and 147 men qualified as
swimmers.
PREACHERS "E. Z." MARKS
Man, "Who Joined 2 0 Churches In
Week, Makes Confession.
SAN JOSH,. Cal., Feb. 2L When ar
rested today and accused of having
joined ' 20 churches and borrowing
monev from 20 pastors witnin a week
Albert Nier, . of San Francisco, con
fided to the Chief of Police, that
"preachers are the easiest game in the
world.'
Nier was captured after an investi
gation Instituted by the Pastors' Union
of this county, and held on a charge
of obtaining money under false pre
tenses. When taken, at the German
Lutheran Church, he admitted that he
had been earning a living by joining
churches and borrowing money from
pastors.
The man has become a professional
at) the game and boasts of having
affiliated himself with 20 churches
within the week. On -the plea that he
was a newcomer in town and that his
family was in poor circumstances,
Nier succeeded in obtaining small cash
advances everywhere.
He is said to have been arrested on
a similar charge in San Francisco two
years ago, and it was a local preacher,
who recently came from San Francisco,
who recognized him and exposed his
swindle.
PREMIER NAMES
AIDS If! MINISTRY
PARLIAMENT OPENS TODAY
WOMAN CRIES FOR SILK
HOME-MADE PRODUCT IS IN
GREATER DEMAND TODAY.
American Manufactured Good9 Will
Reach Total of $132,00 0,000;
All Used In United States.
Highness, the American woman, is wear- '
ing more and more silk every year and
more than ever is she wearing American
made silk in preference to manufactures
of foreign lands.
It Is estimated by Government officials
that the value of silk used in this coun
try last year was $165,000,000. . Of this
$132,000,000 represents the value of home
manufactured silk, used. In the United
States, the balance, $33,000,000, being
manufactured silk imports. -
Remarkable has been the growth of
the American silk industry. Raw silk
imported in 1870 amounted to 738,381
pounds. Figures for 1909 were about
25,000,000 pounds. Measured by value.
the growth has been from $4,000,001) in
1870 to $75,000,000 in 1909.
In the same period the average price
per pound of raw silk decreased from
$5.25 to $3.33 or 37 per cent.
The rapid growth of Importations of
raw silk Is in marked contrast with the
almost stationary importations of silk
manufactures. From 1870 to 1909, the
value of raw silk importations increased
$70,000,000 more than 18-fold, while man
ufactured silk Importations Increased only
$5,600,000 or 21 per cent.
PAL0USE MANTLE DEEPEST
More Snow Falls Than In Ten Years
but Wheat Is Safe.
PALOUSE, Waeh., Feb. 21. (Special.)
Never before in 10 years has the fa-
louse country seen so much snow as has
fallen in the last week, the fall tonight
adding enough to make the mantle 18
inches deep. In the mountains In Idaho
near Palouse the fall in the last 10 days
has been 10 feet.
Resultant floods are feared for the
Palouse River rises In these hills and pio
neers pay so much snow has never be
fore fallen at the headwaters. Traffic
on the Washington, Idaho. & Montana
Railway, running to Potlatch, hae been
broken up by snowdrifts. A bitter wind
accompanies the snow tonight.
Winter wheat Is in no danger, as the
blanket of enow protects the plants and
much moisture is being stored.
PTLES CBKEB IX 6 to 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any
caae of Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding
Piles la to-14, days or iaoaey refunded, eoo.
BURGLAR'S LOOT IS HEAVY
Store Robbed of C2 Pairs of Shoes,
All Its Cutlery.
CLIFFS, Wash-, Feb. 2L (Special.)
Burglars entered the store of Milan
Robison at Columbus last night and rob
bed the place of 22 pairs of shoes, all the
razors and pocket cutlery in the store,
men's clothing, and various small arti
cles. The postoffice, in the same build
ing, was not disturbed.
This morning a hobo was seen passing
through Cliffs with a large pack on his
back, coming from Columbus, the sta
tion five miles west of Cliffs. The post
office is called Columbus, but the rail
way station is known as Mary hill.
This is tha second time Roblson's store
has been robbed within two years. The
first burglar was caught and sent to the
penitentiary within a few days after the
robbery.
TEXAS BOY SLAYS FATHER
Youth Defends Sister From Threat
ened Death by Parent.
CHILDRESS, Tex, Feb. 21. Frank L.
Craig was shot and killed here today by
his 15-year-old son, Albert.
The elder Craig, becoming enraged at
his daughter, Mrs. Ruth Hamlin, aged
18. threatened to cut her throat.
Young Craig then shot his father.
Y
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LOST HEIRESS IS FOUND
ROMANCE CULMINATES IN FOR
TUKE TO WOMAN.
Morgan & Robb, 260 Stark St., will in
sure your plate glass for you.
Man Dies Willing $235,000 to Old
Sweetheart, and Search for
Rer Is Just Ended.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Feb. 21. A re
markable romance was unearthed here
yesterday by the location in Nashville,
Tenn, of Mrs. Claudie Vester, heiress
to 1235,000, an estate left by E. D. En
nls, who formerly lived in Birmingham,
and was a suitor of Mrs. Vester, then
Miss Claudie Clark.
Ennis shot a man here in 1892 and fled
from the city. He went t Jamaica,
where he amassed a fortune. Three years
ago he was fatally injured in a fight
with a Spaniard. Before hie death he
willed his entire estate to "Mies Clark"
and the Jamaica authorities since, have
been trying to find her. She married
eight years ago and moved from Birm
ingham to Nashville.
Daniel Jones,' Alcade of the Island ' of
Jamaica, is in Birmingham, and It was
due to his efforts that, she -was- found
yesterday. The Governor of Jamaica had
offered a reward of J1000 to the person
who would give Information as to her
whereabouts, and this money will be
equally divided between Mrs. Mary Lyttle
and J. B. Smiley, a former suitor of
Mrs. Vester. Both live in Birmingham.
"TYPHOID MARY" RELEASED
Womab Who Is Walking Reservoir
of Germs Is Freed.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21. '"Typhoid
Mary," whose real name is withheld at
the request of the New York health
authorities, is a free woman. She was
released yesterday, after having been
confined in city hospitals off and on
for three years, because physicians said
that she was a living receptacle for
typhoid germs and a menace to public
health.
She Is a cook and is considered partic
ularly dangerous In that capacity as like
ly to transmit disease, but with the un
derstanding that she is to cook no more.
Health Commissioner Lederee announced
today that the department had decided to
release her.
The case is unique In medical records.
After cases of typhoid fever were repeat
edly discovered in families for whom the
woman had cooked, the authorities made
an investigation) which resulted in her
detention on the theory that she was a I harmless to herself, but dangerous to oth
walking regervolr for typhoid germs, erg.
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