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VOL.. L. NO. 15,484. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JAPAf AN D RUSSIA MISS ILLINGTON IS HUGHES-T. R. PLAN NORTON TO HAVE CABINET BERTH NO ANTAGONISM CHICAGO TO TEACH CHILDREN TO SWIM AERONAUT DROPS PREPARING TO STAR E COMPACT IS KEPT SECRET WIFE OF TACOJU MAX ADMITS TAFT'S PRIVATE SECRETARY TO SUCCEED MACVEAGH. WOMAX SCPERIXTEXDEXT TO START XEW COURSE SOOX. SHE'LL RETURN TO STAGE. . IN CI OS DECLAREGERMANS BOMBS ON DECKS Knox' Proposal Drives Nations Together. MANCHURIA RIGHTS DEFINED Two Will Co-operate in Prose cuting Railway Plans. OTHER POWERS IGNORED United Action Promised If Status Quo Is Menaced Each Is to 1 terrain From Unfriendly Competi tion in Building. WASHINGTON, July 12. Evidence that the endeavors of Secretary Knox to bring: about a concert of action of thfe powers to obtain the neutralization of the Manchurian Railroad and to further the construction of another railroad In Manchuria and Mongolia had. In reality, the opposite effect of cementing: relations between Russia and Japan, was manifested today when the text of the Manchurian convention between those two nations was re ceived In Washing-ton. The convention is a brief document so short as to be remarkable among the important treaties of modern times but it tells the story of the complete " understanding of two nations only re cently at war. Diplomatically, It is a document with which masters of in ternational law cal find no fault. The treaty will be objected to neither by Great Britain, Germany nor the United States. Other Xations Ignored. Ignoring: other nations in its word ing, the convention in direct terms pledges co-operation in railroad enter prises of mutual interest and promises that each nation shall abstain from un friendly competition. The status quo, it Is pledged, shall be maintained. In terpreters of the treaty read In its third section a warning to other na tions to abstain from interference. The treaty contains only 237 words. It was signed July 4 at St. Petersburg, and is as follows: "The imperial government of Japan and the imperial government of Rus sia, sincerely attached to the princi ples established by the convention concluded between them on the 17th of July, 1907, and desirous to develop the effects of that convention with a view to the consolidation of peace In the - Extreme East, have agreed to com plete the said arrangement by the fol lowing provisions: Co-operation Is Pledged. "Article 1. With the object of facili tating communication and developing the commerce of nations, the two high con tracting parties mutually engage to lend each other their friendly co-operation, with a view to the amelioration of their respective railway lines in Manchuria and the Improvement of the connecting serv ice of the said railway, and to abstain from all competition prejudicial to the realization of this object. "Article 2. Each of the high contract ing parties engages to maintain and re spect the status quo in Manchuria result ing from the treaties, conventions and other arrangements concluded up to this day between Japan and Russia,- or be tween either of these two powers and China. Copies of the aforesaid arrange ments have been exchanged betwen Ja pan and Russia. Status Quo Maintained. "Article 3. In case that any event arises of a nature to menace the status quo above mentioned, the two high con tracting parties snail, in each case, enter Into communication with each other to arrive at an understanding, as to the measures they may judge It necessary to take for the maintenance of said, status quo." The convention had been presented to the State Department by both the Rus sian and Japanese Ambassadors. The notes of transmission were almost as in teresting as the agreement Itself. Baron Rosen, the Russian Ambassador, said in his note that he was instructed in making the communication to express to the Secretary of State the hope that he would find in the convention, which was described as reaffirming Russia's peace ful relation with Japan and as being di rected neither against the interests of China nor of any other power, a new pledge of stability and general peace In the Far East. Ambassador Uchida. of Japan, in his communication to the Secretary of State, said that he was Instructed to make sim ilar representations. Treaty Not Secret. Just berore the State Department closed today a dispatch was received from the American Embassy at Tokio setting forth more fully the attitude of Japan in making the new treaty and seemingly disposing of the rumor that a secret treaty had been signed by the two countries. It was declared that the negotiations that resulted In the sign ing of the St. Petersburg convention began last November. Heralded as a direct and powerful blow at the United States, it Is under stood that officials of this Government regard the convention Itself as little more than a harmless appendage to the convention between Russia and Japan ia1907. That treaty contained an ex f.nnrirtad on Pazj Actress Declares It Is With Consent of Husband, Who Will Be Her Manager. CHICAGO, July 12. (Special.) With the frank admission- that the "call of the stage" had proved a. stronger attraction Aan the desire to continue a life of domesticity, Margaret Illington, heavily veiled and dressd in mourning, left Chi cago today. The former Mrs. Daniel Frohman was accompanied by her hus band, Edward J. Bowes. They are on their way to Mr. Bowes' home town, Tacoma, Wash., where a new play, in which ehe Is to star, will open August 26. The 'death of Miss Illlngton's father, I. H. Light, of Bloomington, 111., explained the mourning. "I am- going back to the stage because It attracts me," said the actress, "and beoause my husband desires me to. "No, I have not altered my domestic ideals1 again to take up my stage career. My hWsband will be with me all the time. Were It otherwise, I would not do it. Tou understand it his play he is the producer." When asked the 'name of the play, Mrs. Bowes shook her head. SAVAGE QUITS SYNDICATE Playwriter Says Klaw & Erlinger Did Not Keep Agreement. NEW YORK. July 12. (Special.) Henry W. Savage, who recently decided to send his attractions to both syndicate and in dependent houses, says: "I have severed all connections' with the syndicate and my attractions will not appear In any house owned or controlled by that organization. My reason for thTa radical step is because I claim the privi lege of offering my goods In the places that seem best suited to my interests and those of the public at large, and because Klaw & Erlanger are unable or unwil ling to fulfill the agreement recently made by them with me, which stipulated that my productions should play In the syn dicate houses wherever they happen to have theaters, and in those controlled by members of the National Theater Owners' Association elsewhere." CHARLTON NEAR FREEDOM Word From State Department Will Result in Release. NEW YORK, July 12. Only a word from the State Department at Washing ton is necessary to Bet Porter Charlton free. This was made apparent today when Prosecutor Pierre P. Garven was told that unofficial advices from Wash ington indicated that the United States Government would not grant the request of the Italian government for extradi tion to Italy of the comessed wife mur derer. "If the United States Government sends word to me that it will not honor the ex tradition papers from the Italian govern ment, I will not hold the prisoner," said Mr. Garven. "An application will be made to the court for Charlton's release as soon as such word, in case it should come, arrives." HENRY . T. BONA IS SAFE . Tacoma n, Recovering From Illness, Finds Himself In San Francisco. TACOMA, Wash., July 12. Henry T. Bona, manager of the Eastern Manufac turing Company, of this city, who mys teriously disappeared five weeks ago, is safe is San Francisco. A letter arrived from him last week saying he had come to himself after an unaccountable illness which affected his mind. A telegram was sent asking him to meet hio wife on the train arriving in San Francisco last Saturday night. A telegram was received yesterday from Mrs. Bona saying that her husband had met her and that they would be home this week. Mr. Bona's affairs were all straight and he had been with the com pany 14 years in the East. GLACIERS MOVE RAPIDLY Twelve Feet a Day Makes Xew Rec ord for Alaska. JUNEAU. Alaska. July 12. The great glacier in Rainy Hollow, near Haines. Alaska, is moving at the prodigious rate of 12 feet a 'day. Huge masses of Ice are falling with a thunderous noise over the precipice at whose brink the glacier dis charges. This is a season of glacial advance all over Alaska. Never has such a rapid extension of the ice rivers been known in the history of the world. The theory is that avalanching caused by earth quakes is "responsible for the Increased flow. The National Geographic Society has an expedition in Alaska studying the phenomena. INDIAN SHOOTS NEGRO Slayer Unknown Cherokee Who Re fuses to Explain Reasons. CINCINNATI. July 12. Except that he Is a Cherokee and that he came to Cincinnati with a "Mexican"- show, which disbanded here, the local police are unable to Identify an Indian who today was held on a charge of murder ing John Donavan, a negro. "I shoot him. Him no good," was the -Indian's explanation of the affair. Questioned as to his Identity and his home, he refused to answer; except to say he was a "Government man." When the case was called in the Po lice Court, the 'Indian was mute. A hearing was scheduled for July 16. Conference Is Held at Oyster Bay. WADSWORTH VISITS COLONEL Nominations Bill Is in Way of Complete Harmony. WOODRUFF'S TURN TODAY Result of Meeting With Governor Not Likely to Be Known Until First Steps Are Taken in Xew York Fight. OYSTER BAY. N. Y., July 12. Theodore Roosevelt and Governor Hughes spent the evening at Sagamore Hill in conference on state politics. They talked in secret and no word of the result " was allowed to become known beyond the fact that the en tire political situation in this state was taken up. Colonel Roosevelt had said previously that the defeat of the direct nomina tions bill by the Republican state or ganization ' would be one of the main topics of discussion.' Whether a Re publican candidate for Governor was considered is not known. Colonel Roosevelt will have more politicians at Sagamore Hill tomorrow. Perhaps the most conspicuous will be Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the Republican state committee. Hughes' Welcome Cordial. Governor Hughes received ' an en thusiastic welcome from Colonel Roose velt. The Governor came down in the car of William R. Wilcox, chairman of the public service commission of the first district. Mr. Wilcox left almost immediately for his Summer home in Glencove, near Oyster Bay. Colonel Roosevelt, after a hard day in New York, motored some, reaching Sagamore Hill only a short time before the Gov ernor:-' After dinner, the Colonel and Gover nor withdrew to the former's library, where they talked far Into the night. The Colonel sent out word that neither he nor the Governor would be inter viewed. Colonel Roosevelt has made it clear that he will fight for the direct nom inations' bill,, and James. Wadsworth, speaker of the State Assembly, said with equal frankness today, when he called on Colonel Roosevelt in New York, that this bill was the one thing that loomed up as. a rock in the smooth seas ahead. TheSpearek's chat with the-Colonel was brief, but apparently must to the point, and gave Colonel Roosevelt, in advance of his talk with the Governor, a clear view of the attitude of the Re publican organization. The . Speaker said, with a broad smile, afterward that his position was unchanged, and that as far as he was concerned there would be no "sacrifice of principles." When Colonel Roosevelt came out of his office a little later he said: 'I talked politics with the Speaker. (Concluded on Page 3.) OPEN THE ASSEMBLY " I i I I A . Nf V I I , Capital Report Is Present Secretary ' of Treasury Will Resign in . Favor of Friend. . WASHINGTON, July 12. (Special.) The statement is made here m unusually well-informed circles that Secretary MacVeagh,-of the Treasury Department, will resign his portfolio in the Fall, and that he will be succeeded as Secretary of the Treasury by Charles D. Norton, private secretary to President Taft. Secretary MacVeagh, it is said, has al ready received all the honor the place can bestow, and desires to retire from active political and business life. When he was appointed Secretary of the Treas ury he brought Mr. Norton here with him from Chicago and practically turned over the routine work of the Treasury to him. He acquitted himself so well as to meet the warm approval of both Mr. Mac Veagh and the President, and when the latter was looMng about for a private secretary to succeed Mr. Carpenter, he selected Mr. Norton. Mr. MacVeagh was loth to part with Mr. Norton, but it was understood then that Mr. Norton had not removed him self from the line of promotion. Mr. Norton since his entrance into pub lic life has attracted the attention of Senator Aldrich, with whom he has been closely identified in the preparation of the tariff bill and in all matters affecting revenues and appropriations in the last Congress. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS .Foreign. Cuban conspiracy planned to break Havana stock market or seek American interven tion. Page 3. Hon. Charles S. Rolls, England's most daring aiiui, njiieu wnen aeroplane tails 100 feet. Page 1. . American republics' Congress opens In Buenos Ayres. Page 2. House of Commons passes Suffrage bill to second reading. Page 3. Japan and Russia make compact over Man churian railways. Page 1. National. ' Germany denies any antagonism to United States, in Nlcaraguan matter. Page 1. President Taft, after important conference, sends two members of Cabinet to probe Alaskan affairs. Page 2. Politics. Douglas County will hold strong assembly. Page 6. Roosevelt presses fight for direct nomina tions bill. Page l. Wisconsin Democrats in Stat Convention. Page 2. .. ' Domestic Portland Invitation to Grand Lodge of Elks for 1912 convention enthusiastically re ceived. Page 3. Margaret- Illlngton-Bowes admits she will return to stage. Page 1, Chicago youtlr ttH-tj taught. how to swim. Page 1. Sport. Pacific Coast League results Oakland 2. Portland 0; Sacramento 8, Kan Francisco S. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Oregon hops must be picked clean to find a marKei. rage 17. Wheat advances at Chicago In spite of rain. Copper stocks follow downward course of metal market. Page 17. Americans resell wool at London. Page 17. Beaver makes 48-hour run from San Fran cisco in heavy gale. Page- 16. Pacific Northwest. Big crowd attends opening day of Chautau qua at uiadstone park. Page tt. Rustlers, who are said to have killed Indian rivals, arouse cattlemen in Southern Idaho. Page 8. Mayor Gill of Seattle, shuts down on gamb ling nouses, rage a. Portland and Vicinity. Portland lawyer falls to pay alimony to wife and goes to court to explain. Page 18. City officials plan to relieve water famine. Page 10. Public reception to warships' officers to be held tonight. Page 18. Canadian Government asks Portland to co operate in opening Columbia to Robson, B. C. Page 10. , Elmer B. tTolwell will be named United States Marshall in Oregon District by President Taft. Page 10. Few property owners complain of increased assessment, page is. ASSEMBLY VS. CLOSED BACKROOM. WA THE ANT IMicaraguan Matter Is Misconstrued. UNFRIENDLINESS RUMOR FAKE American Attitude in Southern Continent Not Opposed. FOREIGN OFFICE EXPLAINS Emperor William's Letter to Madriz Merely Acknowledgment of Lat- ter's Election Kaiser Will Not Intervene in Struggle. BERLIN, July 12. Germany has taken no stand In opposition to the United States in the affairs of Central and South America. Germany has is sued no statement that could be con strued into antagonism of the Ameri can Government in what that Govern ment has done, is doing:, or may do -in Nicaragua. This declaration was made at the German Foreign Office this evening-. Special dispatches received here from "Washington and other American cities reported that the German Foreign Of fice had issued a statement today that "Germany refuses to ireeognize any right on the part of the' United States to supervise her diplomatic relations with other countries. Central arid South American countries in general, and Nic aragua In particular." Denial Is Emphatic. When this report was placed before the Foreign Office it was riven an em phatic denial. No such statement, an official de clared angrily, had been issued by. that department or by any other depart ment of the German government. He affirmed that no declaration of such nature could be made because there was no necessity for it and there fore anything published In such a sense was pure Invention." " "" Officials Wrought Vp. German government officials are greatly wrought up by the attempts made to have this country appear in a role of antagonism to the United States when, on the contrary, it has been the desire of the government to develop both commercial and diplo matic relations with America. The present situation has arisen from the publication of a letter from Emperor William to Dr. Madriz, pres ident de facto of Nicaragua. Significance Is Misjudged. In several quarters, apparently, the significance of this letter has been mis judged, and it became necessary today, in order that no wrong construction might be placed on it, to issue a state ment through the Foreign Office, ex plaining that the letter was merely a formal acknowledgment of a notice re ceived from Madriz of his election to the presidency. This explanation was accompanied by the statement that Germany had no in tention of intervening in any way in (Concluded on Page 2.) AbbEDBLY'WAY Mrs. Ella Flagg Young Says Even Teachers Should Know Water. Practical Training Xecessary. CHICAGO, July 12. (Special.) "Every boy and girl ought to know how to swim," said Mrs. Ella Flagg Toung, Su perintendent of Public Schools, today, and recently elected head of the National Educational Association, "and -every boy and girl attending the public schools will soon be compelled to learn to swim, Just as he or she is taught to read and write in the regular grammar course. "Every teacher ought to know how to swim, and the first step in accomplish ing this fact will be the introduction into our teachers' training course at the nor mal school of a course in swimming. "Eventually we will establish swim ming tanks in each of the high schools throughout the city and children attend ing the various grammer schools can be brought to the high schools to receive their practical training. "Instructions in the proper way to swim can be given in the classroom, but the actual practice will have quicker re sults and will rob the water of whatever terror it has for some of the more timid ones." LEGAL P0INT CROPS UP Commerce Commission May Decide on Commutation Hates. "WASHINGTON, July 12. The consider ation of a question involving the inter- efts of 250,000 people and of practically. all of the railway lines operating out of PJew York City Is to be taken up by the Interstate Commerce Commission. This question is whether the Commission has Jurisdiction ovter commutation passenger rates of the lines, not only in New York City and vicinity, but also throughout the country. It is a question with the Commission whether it has. under the law. any Juris diction over commutation rates, which are considerably less than the recog nized and legal rate one fare. The Commission is urged to suspend the tariffs recently filed by the railroads increasing their commutation rates. Oral arguments are looked for in support of the proposed suspension of the rates, but no testimony is to be taken on the sub ject by the Commission.. The tariffs making the increases have been suspend ed . by the railroads until July 20. and prior to that date the Commission will announce its decision. It will be deter mined by that decision whether the Com mission proposes to assume Jurisdiction over interstate commutation passenger rates under the existing laws. If tftnt jurisdiction is assumed, then it will be incumbent on the. Commission to pass on the reasonableness of the advances In commutation rates recently made by tne railroads. WOMEN INJURED IN WRECK Excessive Speed of Excursion Train Fatal to Two; Xlne Hurt. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. July 12. Leav ing the rails on a sharp curve near Metz station, 30 miles south of Salinas, the special train which left Chicago July 4. carrying over 100 delegates to the Ameri can Chemical Society's convention here, plunged over an embankment today, killing the engineer and fireman and Injuring four women passengers and five trainmen, none fatally. The train, it is said, was making 40 miles an hour. The engine rolled down the bank, crush ing its crew to death, while two cars were upset and splintered. Three sleeping cars were derailed but not damaged and three were left on the rails. The accident occurred shortly after 5 o'clock In the morning and few of the passengers in the sleeping car had left their berths. The four injured women were in a capsized tourist sleeper but none of the passengers In the standard coaches sustained any hurt. All the dele gates, including the injured, were taken to San Francisco on a special train. COTTON EXCHANGE BACK.S Liverpool Body Will Help Members Against Alleged Swindlers. LIVERPOOL. July 12. The directors ol the Cotton Exchange have decided to support financially any legal proceedings taken by members arising from the losses suffered by dealings with the Ala bama firm of Knight, Yancey & Co. A large number of Liverpool cotton firms suffered heavy losses in May through having made payments on alleged false bills of lading received In America. The firm of Knight, Yancey & Co., which went in bankruptcy, was charged with having drawn drafts on Liverpool and other foreign firms to the amount of several hundred thousand dollars against bills of lading representing cotton that had never been shipped. ECONOMY IS WATCHWORD Motorcycle Is Purchased to Save Ex pensive Auto Hire. MONT ES A NO, Wash.. July 12. (Spe cial.) County Commissioners today purchased a ?300 motor-cycle for Sher iff Payett's office. It was delivered this morning. Service fees for witnesses for the grand Jury now in session have cost fo a day during the last week because it was necessary to hire an automobile every day to reach the harbor cities. The Commissioners are desirous of cut ting down expenses. MAN SOUGHT AS FORGER Oficer of Seattle Corporation Said to Be Defaulter. SEATTLE, Wash., July 12. A warrant was issued today for the arrest of G. Albert Pound, secretary and treasurer of a court reporting company, charging him with forgery in connection with alleged defalcations amounting to $872. Pound has disappeared. He cajne to Seattle several months ago from Big Timber, Mont. He was single, and ac cording to his employers, had very expen sive habit Curtiss Bombards Ship With Oranges. AIRSHIP'S WAR VALUE PROVED Aviator, Soaring 300 Feet in Air, Shows Deadly Aim. RONCLAD'S DAY NERS END Etperts Agrjpe ,. Experiments Prove eroplanes :-j4;ith Bombs Could Wreck An Warship Before HA Guns Could Trail- on Tlicra. I? r : VICTIMS OF AVIATION. AS SCI ENCE. M'MBKR TWELVE. Cattaln Rolls Is the 12th victim of the silence of aviation. The others follow : 1008. Septenber 17 Selfridge, Lieutenant Thomas E., u. S. A., killed In fall with OrvJIe Wright near Washington. 1909. September 7 Ena. RoBsia. Italian: killed in Rome in machine of his own Invention. September 7 LeFebre. E. : killed In Wright machine at Jusivl-sur-Orge, France. September Ferber. Captain Louis F.. killed at Boulogne, France. December 8 Antonio Fernandez. Spaniard; killed at Nice, falling- 1000 feet after motor exploded. 1910. January 4 De la Grange, Leon; killed at Bordeaux, France. April 2 Herbert. Leeblon; instant ly killed, falling on rocks at San Se bastian, Spain. May 13 Mlchelln, Chauvette: killed at Lyons.. France. June 17 Speyer. Eugene; killed at San Francisco. June 18 Robert; killed at Stettin, Germany. July Wnchter, Charles: killed at Rhelms In Antoinette monoplane. Baroness de la Roche was almost killed by a fall In her Verssin biplane at the Rhelms meeting on July 8. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. July 12 Gnn H. Curtiss today tossed oranges as mimic bombs within three feet of the decks of the yacht John E. Mehrer II, used In place of a battleship during the sham- battle arranged to demon strate the utility of the aeroplane in coast defense. The mock "bombs" were dropped from a height of about 300 feet and Curtiss purposely failed to strike the deck of the yacht for fear of injur ing the officials and passengers on her decks. Kxperts agreed that the experiments showed that a fleet of aeroplanes armed with bombs could wreck any warship before guns could be trained on them. "Bombs" Drop True. Curtiss was flying about 45 miles an hour when he dropped the "bombs" and officials on the deck of the yacht de clared that he wae within accurate dis tance of rifle fire ltss than half a min ute. Colonel William Allen Jones, re tired, formerly of the United States En gineer Corps, who is an advocate of aero planes for coast defense, stated after the trials his belief that the air machine ha proved its efficacy. "The armored battleship is approach ing Its last, days as an engine of. attack against a city or country guarded by aeroplanes." he said. Fleet Could Be Destroyed. "I believe a fleet of a score of air machines would absolutely protect any coast city. A night flight by such a fleet not only would probably demolish an entire fleet of battleships but would so demoralize the crew of the attacked, vessels as to make them useless." Curtiss also dropped oranges over a fortification marked out on the beach making practically every shot a "hit" although the trajectory was sometimes 30 degrees, because of the wind and hla speed. Walter Brookins" last flight here to day, was sensational, the adept driver gliding his machine toward the ocean until its runners were submerged in a. breaker. He rose safely and glided to the beach. Aviators Given $5000 Prizes. Today's flights ended the meet. Prizes of J5000 each were presented tot Brookins for breaking the altitude record, and to Curtiss for establishing a 50-mile American record over the sea course yesterday. Twenty-two flights) were made in the 10 days' meet. 100-FOOT FALL KILLS AVIATOK Hon. Charles Rolls, Who Flew Across Channel, Drops to Death. BOUREMOUTH, England, July 12. In full view of thousands of persons, Hon, Charles S. Rolls, the daring young avia tor, whose feat of flying across the Eng lish "Channel and back recently thrilkd England, fell 100 feet to his death today when the tailpiece of his Wright blplans suddenly snapped off, causing the ma chine to plunge with terrific speed to the ground. The tragedy could not ha-e been more (Concluded on Page