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- Jllriiiti Jj: VOL. L. NO. 15,380. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RODSEVELTTOSSED BY GALES ON! NILE Arrival at Khartoum May Be Delayed. CROWDS GATHER FOR WELCOME Wife and Daughter Now on Way From Alexandria. HEALTH IS REMARKABLE Xoteworthy Scries of Receptions Ar ranged People Hail Visitor as Man Who Has Accomplished Wonders In Africa. KHARTOUM, March 13. Khartoum is now in gala attire, awaiting- the coming' of Theodore Roosevelt, . who, with the other members of the Amerl- can hunting and scientific expedition, is aboard the steamer Dal and on the last leg -of the Journey to .this city. The steamer is expected to reach here tomorrow afternoon, but an un usually strong northern gale is kick ing up heavy waves in the river, and "ft Is possible that the arrival of the dis gulshed American will be delayed. Colonel Roosevelt's success in shoot ing in the Soudan a dozen antelopes, including one known as Mrs. Gray's white-eared antelope, and other rare specimens, makes a fitting end to his 'hunt, which has been successful be yond all expectations. Round of Gayety Planned. Henceforth the ex-President will be the guest of honor at a series of brill iant receptions. . The first of the re ceptions was held at the Jungle sta tion of the American mission at So bat, where Colonel Roosevelt dined on his way here. Before his departure from --"Sobaf he spoke of the manner in which the medical missionary work at the Various stations had impressed him. t If Colon-el Roosevelt arrives at the ' 1 ' scheduled hour, '4 o'clock in the after noon, he will go first to the Slrdar.'s palace and then to the railway sta tion to meet Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel, who are now on their way from Alexandria, and who are due here at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Khartoum so ciety and great crowds of visitors, who have taken apartments at the hotels, are anxiously awaiting to accord the ex-President of the United States a fitting welcome. Palace Is Ready. The official arrangements for Colo- nel Roosevelt's reception have been announced. Captain Clayton, of the staff of the Sirdar, and Major-General Sir Francis Wlngate will go down the harbor in a launch to meet the steamer. They will, conduct the party to the palace, where tea will be served. They' will go from there to the station to meet Airs. Roosevelt and Miss Roose velt. Apartments are in readiness for Colonel Roosevelt and his family at the Palace and they will dine there alone in the evening. Tuesday will be devoted to sightseeing around Khartoum and visits will be paid to the Gordon Memorial College and other noted institutions. In the evening the heads of the governmental departments and their wives will meet the Americans at a dinner at the Palace. The guests will include Statin Pasha, the writer, who has so vividly described the massacres in the Soudan. Historic Scene to Be Visited. Wednesday morning. Colonel Roosevelt will visit Omdurman. The hills of Ker reri, seven miles from Omdurman. mark the site of the great battle of Omdur man on September 2, 1896. when' the Khalifa's army was annihilated, and the rule of the Khalifa was brought to an end. He will inspect the Khalifa's house and meet the local celebrities. In the afternoon, a polo game has been arranged for his benefit at the Gymkana grounds and after that he will visit the American mission. In the evening he will be the guest of the Khartoum Club at a dinner, at which covers will be laid for 60. Thursday is a free day, but it is prob able that the ex-President will attend the Masonic lodge before his departure and witness the Soudanese drill. Colonel Roosevelt and his family will leave here by special train on Thursday night to visit Assouan, Luxor and Edfa, on the way to Caire. Visit Is Unofficial. His visit here will be of an entirely unofficial character. He will enter Eu rope either by way of Naples or Brindlsl. Many of the streets of Khartoum have been decorated in honor of Amer leans and the American flag is to be seen on various buildings. Full ac counts of the prowess displayed by the ex-President in his hunting expe ditions have preceded him and quite apart from the distinguished office which he has held, the people here are anxious to honor htm for what he has passed through and what he has ac complished during the last 12 months. No other hunter of big game has passed through so many hardships in ao short a time and been quite so suc cessful. Health Is Excellent. Truly remarkable has been the health enjoyed by Colonel Roosevelt (Concluded on Page 2.) $2,000,000, VALUE ON CHILD'S TEETH RICH BOSTOXIAX WIL.Ii AID SCHOOL CHILDREN. Expert Dental Services to Be Ren dered to Every Boston Babe From Birth to 16 Years Old. BOSTON, Mass., .March 13. (Special.) Thomas A. Forsyth, a wealthy resident of this city, plans to give $2,000,000 for the care of teeth of Boston school chil dren. As a perpetual foundation by which every child from birth to the age of 16 years may receive the most expert dental services free, this donation will prove a boon to thousands of school, children. Land has . been purchased and the money, with which will be erected a building equipped with every modern den tal apparatus and manned by a corps of the best dentists in the state, has been set aside by Forsyth. The passage of a bill for incorporation by the Legislature is all that remains to be done before the work of building is started. This Forsyth . Dental Infirmary, as. the institution will be called, was conceived by the millionaire founder on .reading of the lamentable neglect of children's teeth and the lifelong evil consequences of this neglect. 130 JOIN IDAHO GRANGE Biggest Class Initiated After " Long Campaign Auxiliary Is Formed. SPOKANE. Wash.. March 13.-fKn. cial.) The Grangeville, Idaho, local of the Farmers' Union yesterday initiated 130 members, the largest class ever taken into any local in the Northwest at one time. The initiation was the culmination of several weeks' campaign for members. in wnicn tne local was divided into two sections, one under the leariernhfn nf R. W Overman, who originated the idea, and the other T. W. Wisdom. The losers were compelled to banauet the winners and the new members. A woman s auxiliary to the local. on of six in the West, was organized. Mr. C. O. Vincent was chosen . president. mrs. v. w. overman vice-president. Mrs. G. vv. Marshall secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. John Coram, Mrs. Arthur Overman, Mrs. II. Kunz. Mrs. A. C. Morris, Mrs. Lone Gay and Mrs. Ed Chase executive committee. COUNTY SEAT FIGHT IS ON Wilson Creek Would Be Grant Capi tal Instead of Ephrata. SPOKANE, Wash., March 13. (Special.) Following a personal canvass of that portion of Grant County a meeting of tne Vi nson creek Commercial Club was held Friday evening, when plans were laid for a campaign for the Grant County seat, now at Ephrata. A membership committee was appointed and a motion to hold an open meeting of the club once a month, the business men of the city to furnish an entertain ment prevailed. The committee ap pointed to circulate a petition asking that the county seat be removed from Ephrata to Wilson Creek, secured nearly 550 signatures in a few hours. Ranchers and business men in adjoining cities and towns say Wilson Creek is the logical point for the county seat. Adrian also has entered the contest for the seaf of records. ALLEGED OUTLAWS HELD Four Are Accused of Robbing Two B. C. Clerks of $1800. SPOKANE, Wash., March 13. (Spe cial.) Four men blamed for holding up and robbing two clerks of the Trites Wood Company of $1800 in cash and checks in the shadow of the little town Jail at Coal Creek. B. G, were arraigned yesterday, before Magistrate Alexander, of Fernie, B. C, on the charge of robbery, their hearing being continued until Mon day. They are Fred Berlanger, John, alias James Berlanger. Nat Babcock and F. Varlow. Application for ball was refused. Evidence secured from one of the al leged robbers, it Is said, implicates a provincial Constable. Chief of Police Henry Dow, of Cranbrook. told on the stand of the arrest of John Berlanger at that place and the finding of two $50 biUs. 1400-ACRE RANCH SOLD Eastern Men Make $100,00 0 Pur chase In Rogue River Valley. GRANTS PASS. Or.. March 13.-KSpe-cial.) The sale of 1400 acres just east of this city, of which 650 acres are In cultivation and under irrigation, to East ern Investors, has just been recorded. Most of the soil Is red land especially adapted to fruit raising. The price was $100,000. Among the city sales was one to Dr. W. H. Flanagan, who acquires a business block for $24,000. Real' estate men declare that more property in the Rogue River valley Will change hands this year than ever before. Many good orchards- Just coming into bearing . command excellent prices. GRIP LOST, MAN MAY DIE Farmer Thrown Over Log by Team aid Seriously Injured. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 13. (Spe cial.) Because he could not release his hold on a peavy when it was given a jerk. Edward Kirchen. of Brush Prairie, was thrown over the log. yesterday and received injuries from which he may not recover. Kirchen was clearing land on his farm, and was holding a log with a peavy. The horses were urged to start, and to do so they Jumped over a log Immediately in front of them. The motion was so quick that Kirchen was thrown over the log before he could let go of the peavy. Hip sister at the farmhouse, watching her brother, saw the accident, and sum moned aid. at once. It was found Kirchen suffered concutkn of the brain. Kirchen is 35 years of age, married and has two children. TAFT MOURNS FOR SUICIDE RELATIVE Sad TripTaken to Pitts burg Funeral. TRAGIC DEATH GRIEF CAUSE Mrs. Taft Unable to See Dead Brother-in-Law. PRESIDENT BACK TO DUTY Following Attendance as .1 Chief Mourner at Langblln Burial, Ex- ecutive Harries to Washington to . Resume ' Work. PITTSBURG. Pa.. March 13. (Special.) Bowed In grief. President Taft was to day . the , chief mourner, at the . bier of Thomas McKinnon Laughlin, brother-in-law of Mrs. Taft, who ended his life last Friday by sending bullet through his brain.. Mrs. Taft was unable to attend the funeral. ' ' ; . The circumstances surrounding" the President's visit to this city were perhaps the. saddest that ever confronted a Chief Executive of the Nation. The tragic ending : of Mr. Laughlin's life, the gloomy Sunday with fitful falls of rain, the silent home on Woodlawn road, the .quiet ceremonies and the- little procession of carriages' to the Allegheny Cemetery r where - burial was made, all combined to form a picture of mourning deeply impressive. Automobile Escort With Taft. When- the 'President and his " party Blighted, an escort of policemen, detec tives and secret : service men met them and accompanied 'them, in an automobile in which they were conveyed rto Wood lawn road.- -The President,' -almost- head' and shcfulders above trios about him.4' was1. NEW AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPH OF - . WILL - Roosevelt at Catholic Mission In Uganda, British East Africa. clearly visible to the crowd and his countenance vividly portrayed "the grief under which he was laboring The solem nity of the occasion was fully realized by those only who chanced to view the dis tressed countenance and careworn fea tures of the President. Although idle curiosity inspired many of the crowd to assemble, merely for . a gltmpea of he Nation's head, this spirit sought s3cluslon and in its etad, came overwhelming sympathy at the sight of Mr. Taft walking practically unattended along the station platform and apparent ly cognizant of nothing save his inward grief. Many, with hats raised and heads bowed, wept openly. Awaiting the President at the Wood lawn road.- home were the- members of his wife's family. The sobs and tears of ' these supplanted expression of con dolence as they, together, gazed on the body of the suicide. President Back to Duty. The President left on an early train to night for Washington, where he is due at 8:25 o'clock tomorrow morning. The funeral services were held at the residence at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Only the family and close friends of the Laughlins were present. Judge John W. (Concluded on Page 2.) 111 ! Jpf' I I M 4? l 1 ! : I n'f : ' ' " ' INDEX OF TODAYS NEWS The Weatfeer. TESTER DAY'S Maximum temperature, 74 deftreftfc; minimum. 4o degrees. TODAY'S Showers, possibly attended by .' thunder; cooler; winds shlftlngto south- - erlj. . ? Foreign. Storm on Whits Nile may delay arrival of Colonel Roosevelt at Khartoum. Paso National. ' ConKress" lagfclnK with result that Presi dent may be called upon, to set d special ' message to instill lite. Page" 2." . ' Icfcattc. Only arbitration can prevent strike of 25.- . 000 Bremen, is ultimatum. Page 2. President Taft chief mourner at funeral of : Mrs. Taft's brother-in-law at Pittsburg Page 1. , . $10,000 Millet painting stolen In broad-daylight from San Francisco art museum. Page 1. Rich Bostonlan' gives 2. 000.000 to aid cause of better teeth for school chil dren. Page 3. Philadelphia, car strike breaking, with only one outbreak on Sunday. Page 3. Irrigation issues . weir received In Eastern market, though other financial Issues move slowly.- Page -2. Sports.' ' Portlar.ders administer drubbing to Santa Maria team, score 12 to u. Page 15. Pacific Northwest. Snowsllde near Wellington. Wash., carries away rotary plow, and demolishes snow shed and bridge. Page S. Chinese trouble at Boise threatens to spread to Coast cities. Page 9. Town of Euphrata, Wash., destroyed by flames, damage totaling $120,000. Paget). Aviator Hamilton fails to fly at Seattle, dis appointing 10,000. people. Page 1. Representatives t two colleges protest against decisions- In- intercollegiate . de bating contest at Salem. Page . ' Portland and Vicinity. " - - -Uenev confers' with -Attorney-General Wick ersham this week on land-fraud retrials Page. 9. . . - Opposition to proposed " liability law, pro posed by labor federation and grange,, de velops among employers. , rage 7. W. H. Moore, first of Oregon Trust defend ants to be 'tried, "will face Jury tomor row. Page 14. Subscription- of 38.000 at single service in sures projected addition to First- Presby-' terlan Church. ' Page 10. . Brotherhood of St. Andrew to conduct -Lenten-services at noon daily in Baker Thea ter. Page 14. Woman advocate of sex equality urges teaching nature truths to young children. Page. 7. Rev. W. G. Eliot, Jr., preaches on Eugene controversies brought about by- discourse of Professor Howe, and. sermons by Evan gelist Oliver. - Page 10. Clouds hide Halley's comet to Portland's Interested astronomers . Page 16. Multnomah - County granges elect delegates to state convention to be held at Oregon City May 10. Page. 16. - Montesano Planing Mill Sold. MONTESANO, Wash., March 13. (Special.) The plant of the Monte sano Planing Mill Company Was sold yesterday at receiver's sale for $11,000 to John Est, of this city. The plant was valued at $45,000. At the same sale lumber of the company appraised at- $15,000 was sold to Alfred - Bealieu.. '6f ,Oc6sta, for '$2676. The, sale-grew out' of -a suit against the -"mill-company by the O. K. Logglhg Cbnipaivr " for debt oWltogs furnished. . ' ROOSEVELT AND SNAPSHOT OF WIFE AND - DAUGHTER, WHO MEET HIM AT KHARTOUM TODAY. . 4t s -X ' r J MRS. ROOSEVELT A ;. If. - . : . l '' ' ' ' -JP vi WOODRUFF DEFIES NATIONAL LEADERS Root's Advice to Quit Is Scorned. PARTY IN NEW YORK IS SPLIT Anti-Hughes Men Rally to Wa vering Chairman. LONG CONFERENCE IS HELD Abdication Now Would Be Confes sion of . Responsibility for Sad Condition and End In Polit ical Annihilation. . NEW TORK, March 13. (Special.) There isTopen warfare in the Republlcau state organization. : Accepting the challenge made by Sena tor Root on behalf of the Federal Ad ministration, . Timothy L. Woodruff this evening refused to. resign as chairman of the state committee and served notice that he and his backers were ready to resist any . attempt made by the Na tional leaders.' in Washington to compel his removal. Senator Root told the state chairman that things had come to such a pass in New York state that strong, positive ac tion must be taken without further de lay to save the situation. He told Mr. Woodruff that the best thing to do was to organize the state party along new lines and in substantial support of Gov ernor Hughes. Fight Is Begun. With the refusal of the state chairman to ' quit, the only other course open is to fight. It was...understOQd this even ing that steps had been taken already (Concluded on Page 5.) ' ' x-Si-i - fT Z I L MISS KOOSEVKLT. FREAK IN PART IS HORSE, COW, DEER ottawa suburb puzzled by most odd Animal. Its Spine Is on the Side, Twin Horn on Front Legis One Hoof Points Backwards. OTTAWA, Ont., March 13. (Special.) At the village of Buckingham on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River, a few miles from this city, is a horse, if such it can be called, that is only a third part horse, the other two parts being divided equally between a cow and a, deer. ' As a freak the animal probably has no equal. The normal' parts are its head, eyes, teeth and one hind leg. Its back bone is not in the center, but runs along the side or Its back. One side of the stomach is that of a deer, perfectly formed, with the fine close set-In ribs, and the delicately-curved body. The other side resembles that of a cow, very full, with big, rough ribs and the hide much rougher than on the other side. On one of its front legs there protrudes a' twin horn which measures 'four feet and 11 inches from the tip to the base, turning up at the point and weighing about 25 pounds. The hind leg on the left side is put on backwards, so to speak, all the muscles of the leg are on the in side and the hoof points baskwards. OREGONIAN BUYS ORANGES V. T. Margin, of Union, Invests In California Orange Grove. HIGHLAND, Cal., March 13. (Special.) Another' fine orange property changed ownership yesterday when Alexis E. Frye transferred to W. T. Martin, of Union, Or., the 10-acre navel orange grove at the corner of Palm and Atlantic Avenues, locally known as the Winslow Place, for a. consideration of $23,000. Twenty shares of the stock of the North Fork Water Company and Ave shares of the stock of the Highland Well Company were included in the purchase price. The grove is located in the center of the Highland district. Mr. Martin expects to become a resi dent here, and with his family will oc cupy the property about September 1. "SPIRITS" AID SETTLER Aged Spiritualist Goes Into Trance Before Filing on Land. LOS ANGELES, Ca.1., March 13. (Spe cial.) Yesterday one of the applicants at the local land office went into com munion -with the spirits of the Vast Be yond to find out which farm he should ftle on of those to be opened for settle ment at Xuma. ) It was an old man .who applied. They showed him the map and asked him which farm he would like to file on. He looked them over several times, a help less look in his face all the time. Final ly he said, apologetically, that he would like to be excused for a little while as he was a spiritualist and would like to get a little advice from "the other side." The clerk politely gave assent and the old man went to a corner where he went into a trance and got a line from "little Mabel." He came back, all smiles, and filed on one ' of th farms. He had got a through message. HALLEY'S COMET LOCATED President Ferrln Places It 14 De grees From Sun in West. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, . Forest Grove, Or., March 13. (Special.) W. N. Ferrin, president of Pacific Univer sity, thinks the report from Silverton that Halley's comet has been seen for the past three evenings is a mistake. President Ferrln says the comet is now in the constellation Pisces, many degrees from where the Silverton ob server reports he saw it. He gives its position as 14 degrees from the sun and almost directly in the west at sun set. LIFE SAVED BY ALCOHOL Carbolic Acid Fails to Kill Man Who Had Been Drinking. - Shortly before 9 o'clock last night Rob ert Lefford, a teamster living at 414 Hawthorne avenue, attempted sulcldo by drinking a smeJl quantity' of carbolic acid. He was hurried to the Good Sa maritan hospltal, where Dr. E. R. John son applied a. stomaoh pump. . The man was soon out of danger, although he was suffering violent convulsions "when first taken to the hospital. Lefford bed been drinking heavily The presence of the alcohol In the stomach nullified partly the effect of the acid. He. has a wife and child. FATHER AND TWO SONS DIE . Double Murder and Suicide Takes Place In Sew York. NEW YORK. March 13. Herman Mor itz, 45 years old, and two sons, George: and Walter, were shot to death tonight in- thalr home in the Bronx. It appears to be a double murder and suicide. Big Ranch to Be Subdivided. GRANTS PASS. Or., March IS. (Spe cial.) The breaking up of a large area of farming land was begun this week up on the arrival from the East of W. F. Hill, who brought with him 11 others who are to take charge of the S. H. Riggs ranch of 1200 acres southwest of this city, where the Applegate river flows into Rogue. The farm formerly belonged to Consul H. B. Miller. The new owners will sub-divide the ranch and set it out to commercial fruit. 510,000 PAINTING IS DAYLIGHT THEFT Famous Millet CutFrom Small Frame. SAN FRANCISCO ALL AGOG No One Sees Daring Thief Re move Renowned Canvas. WORK LOANED TO MUSEUM Owner of Remarkable Art Master piece, "The Shepherd and Flock," Miss Sarah M. Spooner, Pur chased Same in Paris. SAN FRANCISCO, March 13. Care fully cut from its place in the great frame that held it, while a score of persons wandered about admiring thfl other works of art. Jean Francois Mil let's famous painting, "The Shepherd and Flock," valued at J10.000, was stolen from the art museum in Golden Gate Park this morning about 10:15 o'clock. No one saw the daring thief remove, the world-renowned canvas. The po lice 'are without the slightest clew la the case. Great Excitement Prevail. Great excitement prevailed when it became known that the masterpiece had been carried away. The news was telephoned to all the local clubs and the theft was the topic of conversation in cafes and the places of amusement during the day. The painting is the property of Miss Sarah M. Spooner, of this city, who is now traveling in Europe. It was pur chased by her from T. D. Trimon, of, the Rue La Fayette, Paris. The can vas is a inches by 17 inches. Police Are Puzzled. Two other paintings of equal value were loaned to the art museum by Miss Spooner when "The Shepherd and Flock" was hung. They are Dupre's "Twilight," and a landscape by Charles Francis Daubigny. The police are undecided as to whether the theft of the painting Is an act of vandalism or the result of a well-laid plan to steal the remarkable Millet work and place it upon the mar ket again at some future time through the medium of a European "fence." Detectives have been detailed on the case. Thief Passes Unmolested. Alexander Lawson, the curator of the museum, states that shortly before the theft was discovered, he saw a rather shabbily-dressed man about 5 feet 10 Inches in height carrying a bundle from the institution, but in the crowd that was visiting the hall at the time he attached no importance to the de parture of the man. The painting was insured against fire for (10,000. but there was no In surance against theft. It is inconceivable how the thief managed to accomplish the deed. The picture hung with others in a large room and there were people constantly passing along the corridor. NOTED WOMAN HIS THEME Dr. D. Buchanan Tells of Sacrifices of Florence Nightingale. Dr. Davidson Buchanan delivered an ad dress last night at the Selllng-Hirsch hall, on the "Altruism of Woman," as represented in the life of Florence Night ingale. "Florence Nightingale," he said, "was bom in Italy, near Florence, in 1820. With her parents she moved back and forth, between Italy and England for several years and lived in the greatest luxury. One characteristic during all this period of her life was her kindness to animals and particularly to her shepherd dog. "During the Crimean War and the awful siege of Sebastapol, Sidney Herbert, who had heard of Florence Nightingale wrote to her asking for her assistance in relieving the sufferings of the soldiers and at the same time she wrote offering her help. The two letters crossed. "A woman used to refinement 'any! luxury, -she took 37 nurses and went to work among the wounded and suffering soldiers and administered to their wants as no one nad ever done. "England voted her pay for her valuable k services but she used the sum in estab lishing hospitals. Since then thousands of hospitals all over the world have been founded on account of the' influence of -Florence Nightingale. "If Florence Nightingale should ride through the streets of London today she would be paid more attention than the King, and she would- get a marvelous re ception should she corns to this country, even though she is 90 years of age." NEW STATION UNDER WAY Contractors Set Pegs for $35,000 Structure at Grants Pass. GRANTS PASS. Or., March 13. (Spe cial.) This city will soon have a J35.000 new passenger station to be built near Eighth street. The site has been located by the South ern Pacific surveyors, who have set the pegs. The contract has been let.