THE MORNING ORE GO XI AN, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1910. TARIFF EXPERTTG CONFER WITH TAFT Meeting at Bar Harbor Fore; . runner of Full Discussion at Beverly, Later. LETTER MYSTERY SOLVED Supposed Indorsement of Judge Kin kaide In. Ohio Proves to Have ,Becn Only Introduction, to Colonel Roosevelt. BAR HARBOR, Me.. July 20. Sailing from Kastport at 8 o'clock today. Presi dent Taft and his party, on the yacht Mayflower, arrived at Bar Harbor at 3 o'clock to remain until Saturday. Mr Taft will devote his mornings to grolf and he and Mrs. Taft and the other members of the cruising party will be entertained by old frlepds here at luncheons, receptions and dinners. . The President will have an important conference tomorrow with II. C. Emery, chairman of the new tariff commission, on Mr. Emery's tariff inquiries abroad. Mr. Taft hopes to have the entire com mission meet at Beverly later, and to morrow's conference will be a prelim inary to that gathering. Reports have reached the President of the mystery surrounding a letter he was said to have given to Judge Rey nolds Kin It aide, of Toledo, at Beverly last Sunday. According to reports, the letter was an indorsement of Judge Klnkalde as the Republican candidate for Governor. Mr. Taft made the question clear thla afternoon. When Judge Kinkaide called at Beverly Sunday, he told the President he was going to Oyster Bay and asked for a letter of introduction to Colonel Roosevelt, which was given gladly. Mr. Taft is still "keeping hands oft" in Ohio and there is no Indication of a change in his attitude prior to the se lection of candidates. Senator Hale arrived in Bar Harbor shortly after the Mayflower was sight ed, and had a long talk with the Presi dent. Senator Hale is assisting in the arrangements for the President's trip to Bangor on Saturday. Mrs. Taft and her friends on the May flower followed the President ashore later in the afternoon for a coaching trip along the shore drive. BIRTOX XOT 1'OR GARFIELD. Senator Ignores Kinkaide in Men tion of Leading Candidates. CLEVELAND, July 20. Senator Theodore Burton issued a statement late today on the gubernatorial situa tion in Ohio. Although refusing to commit himself, he indicated that James R. Garfield will not be his choice for the nomination. Mr. Garfield is being boomed for Governor by the "progressive" Republicans of Nortnern Ohio. Ignoring altogether the candidacy of Judge Reynold Kinkaide. of Toledo, Senator Burton mentions three men who. he says, are the most prominent . candidates for the Republican nomina tion. Ttey are Judge Oren Britt Brown, of Payton; ex-Lieutenant-Governor War rent C Harding, of Marion, and Secre tary of State t'armi A. Thompson. In respect to Mr. Garfield, Senatdr Burton save. "I have not given more than cursory attention to his recent remarks, but I am quite pleased with some of them. Many of his contentions already have been adopted, at least in principle, and no doubt further progress will be made by the Republican party along the same lines." HONOR OFFERED TO TAFT President .May Open Conservation Congress Ahead of Roosevelt. CHICAGO. July 20 President Taft will he Invited to open the National Conservation Congress at St. Paul on September 5, according to a decision reached today at the conference be tween the executive committee of Con gress and representatives of the Twin Cities board of manager'. It was also dclded to open the con gress on September 5 instead of Sep tember 6, the original date. The extra day will be known as "Governors' day," and all governors in the country will be invited. Colonel Roosevelt will make his ad dress on' September 6. but the honor of opening the meeting will be tend ered to President Taft. ENGLISH STRIKE SERIOUS Ten Thousand Men on Northeastern Railroad Quit Work. XEWCASTLH England. July 20. The strike movement against the Northeast ern Railroad s strengthened today. Ten thousand men had quit work last night mid every hour since has brought re ports of further desertions. The regular passenger trains were still being operated this afternoon with. fair regularity, but the company was obliged to command the service of station mas ters and clerks in order to man the few local trains it was able to move. The situation along the River Tyne grows increasingly serious. RAWN MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT (rontlnuM From First Page Mr. Rawn was shot while standing on the stairs. The bullet which-ntered his body came in a straight line and not from & lower angle, as must have been the case had he been shot by a man standing In the doorway. Coroner Peter Hoffman took personal charge of the investigation Into the death. He said powder marks had been found on Sir. Rain's nightgown, indi cating that revolver was discharged at close range. Private Detectives Fight. Mr. Rawn's son-in-law. R. G- Coburn. and R. C. Brlnkley assumed command of the Investigation of his death from the start. A number of detectives from a private agency were summoned hurriedly to Winnetka. A number Mt these were stationed at various points in the house and grounds. They were ordered to give no information to any person mnklng inquiries. This system was further complicated when a squad of employes of a second private detective agency arrived at Winnetka. These men .stated they had been ordered to make- a full Inquiry. into the cause of death. They visited the village police head quarters, and for a- time it was be lieved they also were in the employ of members of the Rawn family. But when they went to the Rawn' residence they were repulsed by detectives from the first agency and were ordered off the grounds. A brief altercation ensued and mem bers of the Rawn family were called to settle the dispute. Mr. Coburn and Mr. Brinkley told the second squad they were not wanted at the residencs and had not been ordered. Heavy Insurance Carried. It is'not known who' is responsible for engaging the second detective agency. - For a time, it was rumored that in surance companies carrying risks on Mr. Rawn's life for $100,000 were the employers. This report, however, -was denied. It was then stated that the de tectives had been, employed by rail road interests. Several neighbors in the vicinitv of the Rawn. residence .stated they heard a ' single shot close to 10 o'clock on Tuesday night- None has been found who heard a shot Wednesday morning. Rawn Worried About Graft Case. Friends and business associates of Mr. Raw.n say he had been looking bad ly for several weeks. Some thought he was worrying over the investigation of the conspiracy by which the Illinois Central Railroad alleges it was mulcted out of thousands of dollars. On two successive days last week Mr. Rawn begged for and secured a post ponement of his examination as a wit ness on a plaa that his wife was ill. His examination was scheduled to be taken up again on next Tuesday. Rawn left the Illinois Central Rail road in November, 1909, and became president of the Monon. Early this Spring the Illinois Central fraud came to light. At the first hear ing before Master in Chancery Thomas Taylor, Jr.. Mr. Rawn testified that the car repair contracts all came under his supervision. He admitted he was responsible for farming out the cars to the various repair companies. Mrs. Rawn has three daughters, all married. They are Mrs. Robert C. Brlnkley. Mrs. Ralph G. Coburn and Mrs. D. N. Bigelow. Rawn Rose From Ranks. Mr. Rawn was 55 years old, having been born August 20, 1855, at Dela ware, O. He-entered the railway serv ice in 1870, beginning as telegraph operator for the Big Four. After ris ing to be trainmaster with that road he went to the Kentucky Central Rail way in 1887 as master of transporta tion. Two years later he became division superintendent and superintendent of transportation of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. In 1890 he was made general superintendent of the Balti more & Ohio Southwestern. He be came general manager of that system In 1904 and In 1907 was made vice president in charge of operations of the Illinois Central lines. About a year ago he was elected president of the Monon. BOOSTERS 111 READINESS PERMANENT CONVENTION BU REAU APPOINTED BY CLUB. Auxiliary Commercial Organization Will Angle for Big Gatherings ' for Portland. - A permanent convention bureau com mittee was appointed by the Commer cial Club, subject to the acceptance and the willingness to act of each member appointed. It is the intention of the committee to get right down to work and to secure for Portland a large numoer of conventions for 1911, a greater number for 1912, and still more for the year following. The' committee will subdivide into an executive and finance groups. The commit?e will do organization work among convention delegations. It wi'.l supply every convention delegation with a large supply of buttons, point ing out the advantages of Portland as a meeting place. Delegations will be supplied with literature telling the same story. The committee will have its head quarters in the publicity offices of C. C. Chapman, publicity manager of the Portland Commercial Club. Here will be maintained a depository of expe rience. From time to time, old-fashioned "experience meetings" will be held and those who have swung con ventions will be asked to tell how it is done. . Delegations will be taught campaign yells and songs. They will be given pennants and generally instructed how to boom a city for a convention center. Following are . the members' of the committee: Dr. J. R. Wetherbee. . John S. Beall, M. C. Dickinson, Phil Met schan, Jr., O. W. Taylor, William Mc Murray. A. D. Charlton, W. E. Coman, Theodore Kruse, George W. Dixon, Julius L, Meier. W. J. Van Schuyver, Jr.. C. A. Whltemore, B. S. Josselyn, Henry Ladd Corbett. J. C. Ainsworth, F. H. Ransom, G. F. Johnson, C. C Chapman. CAMBRIDGE GRAD SUICIDE English Clubman and Minister Takes Life In New York. NEW YORK, July 20. Rev. Athelstane Cornfroth, of London, a Cambridge graduate and member of the Eccentric Club, of London, was found in a lonely part of Colonial Park today with a bul let wound in his mouth. He died before the hospttal was reached. A revolver lay near where the body was found. A photograph of Cornfroth was found in his pocket, on the back of which was written: "See photograph on other side. Com municate with my solicitor, N. H. Aaron, 64 Moorgate street. London, England, and my friend, A. B. Mendelsohn, In care of N. H. Aaron, Moorgate street, London, England." A letter was also found, evidently from his brother, David Cornfroth. dated San Francisco, and giving the address of 1413 Hyde street in that city. The suicide was positively Identified by his wife, who said her husband came to this country from England eight months ago with the view of entering a pastorate. Mrs1. Cornfroth said her hus band was a man of means and of good standing. She was unable to account for his act. He left their city home on Irving Place yesterday afternoon, she said. Although the body was identified at the morgue under the name of Hall, the widow, in an affidavit made tonight to obtain a burial permit, said her husband was the Rev. Athelstane Corn froth. She signed her name as Edith Hall Corn froth. Portland Couple Wed In Vancouver. VANCOUVER. Wash., July 20. CSpe-clal-1 Fred G. Fully. 23 years old, and Miss Veta Olivia Bacon, 19 years old, both residents of Portlamd. were mar ried tonight In the christian Church by Rev. t. C. Kellems. pastor. The bride has many relat'ves In Vancouver. The newly-married couple will make their home In Portland. POINDEXTEB'S ACT S PROVING COSTLY Recent Oyster Bay Sensation Is Spoiled by Hot Shot Hurled by Roosevelt. SPOKANE MAN NEEDED AID Knowing That Indorsement by ex President Might Help Him to Senate, Representative Tries Gamo Which Does Not Work. BY- HARRY J. BROWN. ORHGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 20. Miles Poindexter, in surgent, has, followed In the footsteps of other zealous politicians who, in times past, have sought to make political cap ital for themselves out of the unauth orized and unwarranted use of the name of Theodore Roosevelt. Like other political soldiers of for tune who preceded -him, PointLexter has discovered to his sorrow that when T. Roosevelt wishes and intends to lend poli tical support to any man he makes his own announcement and declares his own purpose. There is no denying that the Poindexter incident created a sensation in Republi can circles, both regular and insurgent. The regulars, friends of the present Ad ministration, were dumbfounded at the seemingly authentic press dispatches from Oyster Bay, for they realized at once that if the first reports were true, Roosevelt was on the verge of an open break with Taft. No Other Result Possible. No other result could follow, and yet by no process of reasoning could they figure out how and why the ex-Presl-dent could give such unrestrained In dorsement to the worst enemy of the Taft Administration In the entire Con gress. As the regulars were depressed and annoyed, so the Insurgents were de lighted, for In their camp It was recog nized that if Theodore Roosevelt could see his way clear to champion the cause of Miles Poindexter, the most radical of all lnsft-?ents, he might, with thorough consistency, indorse the less radical among 'there, and aid in their return to Congress. They feel sorely in need of just suci. aid, tnd were encouraged by .Polndexter's announcement to believe that they might receive it for the asking. But the sensation, like the insurgent elation, was short-lived, and the plain, direct statement dictated by Theodore Roosevelt after he had read the press accounts of Polndexter's visit, left no doubt in the public mind) that the Poin dexter incident was either the creature of wild imagination on the part of re porters, or was the deliberate work of a political brigand. The latter assumption would seem to be borne out by the fact that .a dozen different papers, represented by a dozen different men at Oyster- Bay, all con veyed In their dispatches the unmistak able idea that the ex-President intended to aid materially in the elevation of the Washington Insurgent Congressman to the United States Senate. Hot-Shot Explodes Balloon. However, the highly-inflated Poin dexter balloon which ascended from Saga more Hill was exploded by a single hot shot from the hunter recently returned from the African jungles. It must be remembered that Miles Poin dexter. when he went to Oyster Bay, was a stranger to Theodore Roosevelt. It must also be remembered that Poin dexter sought the interview with Roose velt, and waited in Washington ten days after the adjournment of Congress, in order to get the much-desired audience. It must also be recalled that Poindexter, before leaving Washington, declared he was going to Oyster Bay In the hope of securing Roosevelt's support in his Senatorial fight. And it must be re membered that with Poindexter went one of the leading muck-rakers, a writer who has long been a friend of the ex-Presl-dent, and who returned with him from Africa not many weeks ago. The situation before Poindexter went to Oyster Bay was briefly this: He found himself entering the cam paign opposed by every other member of the Washington delegation: he had incurred the open hostility of Presi dent Taft and the entire Administra tion, as well as of all the recognized party leaders In Congress; he was op posed at home by the men who have built up the Republican party until it now has an unquestioned hold on the state: he was going Into the fight un der the Republican banner, yet with a record for Democracy in Congress that Is not excelled by the record of Champ Clark, the Democratic leader of the House, and with It all, his own record for Congressional accomplishment was absolutely a blank. He sorely needed help, and he figured that .nothing would do him so much good as the T. R. brand of approval. Conference Proves Boomerang. . The day after the Oyster Bay con ference Poindexter found himself just where he was when he left Washing ton, with the additional handicap placed upon him by the dictated state ment from Roosevelt. And this lat est handicap, if not more serious, is equally as serious as the open opposi tion of President Taft. For the brief moment, -Poidexter stock took an un precedented boom, but when the boom burst, the slump was terrific. Many peculiar stories emanate from Oyster Bay when T. R. is on the Job, and many times the political waters are muddled by authentic or apparently autnentic reports irom sagamore Hill. But none was more perplexing than the original Poindexter sensation. Here was a stranger to Roosevelt seeking and apparently receiving his indorsement at a conference sought by the stranger. Here, apparently, was the most astute politician in America taking the word of a perfect stranger as to the political situation In an Im portant state, withowt looking on the other side, or consulting well-known and tried friends who had much at stake in the present Senatorial cam paign. Here was Colonel Roosevelt, accord ing to report, lndortii.g the most rabid of insurgents after he'' had indorsed the antithesis of Poindexter in indors ing his own life-long friend, Senator Lodge. And the public was asked to believe that the Colonel, after a most friendly conference with President Taft, was preparing to throw him over, lambast his Secretary of the Interior and adjudge him guilty of charges that have been clearly and thoroughly dis proved!; and all on the word of and to help & perfect stranger. No greater strain was ever placed upon the cre dulity of the American people. Matter Works Out Perfectly. However. It worked out all right In til end, It appeardec in the last analysis. 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It was a very little thing on which to hinge such a hair-raising story, and the fact that an attempt was made to place Roosevelt on record as indorsing tne foiaexter senatorial campaign on any such slight provocation as this soon brought the sweeping declaration from the one man who, of all others, might make Polndexter's nomination sure. It would seem that Poindexter risked all on this chance, and the mere fact that he did so is evidence enough that he was a stranger not only to Roose velt, but to Roosevelt's methods. What, for a single day, promised to be Polndexter's strongest card in the political play, became his heaviest handicap. Poindexter was better off before he made the pilgrimage. POSTOFFICE CJjERKS ADVANCED Increased Salaries in Oregon and Washington Ordered. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 20. Three clerks in the- Salem, Or., Postoffice will be promoted under the authority granted today, one from ?800 to J900; one from $900 to $1000, and one from $1100 to $1200. Promotions In the State of Washing ton were ordered as follows: Tacoma, two from $1100 to $1200 Walla Walla, one $600 to $800. one $800 to $900, one $1000 to $1100, one $1100 to $1200; Vancouver, one $1000 to $1100 Wenatchee. one $600 to $800, one $800 to $900; Bremerton, two $600 to $800; Centralia. one $800 to $900; Everett, one $800 to $900, one $900 to $1000 five $1000 to $110Q, one $1100 to $1200; Hoquiam, one $600 to $800; Mount Ver non, one $800 to $900. MINISTER TRUE FARMER ALTERXATIOX OF - " CROPS PROVED PRACTICAL. Rev. J. M. Cornelison, Presbyterian Missionary' to Iniatilla Indians, Says Diversified Plan Best. PENDLETON, Or., July 20. (Spe eial.) That diversified farming is prac tical In Umatilla County Is being dem onstrated by Rev. J. M. Cornelison, the missionary from . the Presbyterian church to. the Indians upon the Uxna tiila reservation, and who maintains his home at the Tutullla mission, just east of Pendleton. While editors and agricultural ' college professors have been pleading with the wheat barons to alternate their crops, have a hacvest each year from all their land Instead of half of it, thereby enriching them selves and the community, the mission ary farmer-preacher has undertaken to demonstrate by actual examples the preaching of the editor and the pro fessor. On ordinary wheat land, exactly the same as is being used exclusively by his neighbors for the growing of the world's greatest cereal, Cornelison is growing corn, potatoes, squashes, pumpkins, cantaloupes, watermelons and several other of the common veg etables. He does not irrigate, but he loes bring into use the different meth ods Of soil tillage taught by the "dry farming" experts and in this manner he has grown successful gardens for two successive years. Both seasons are proving signal triumphs for him, for they have been dry and exceedingly poor garden years. Unlike wheat, the gardens had to be planted in the Spring after danger of frost was past, and for that reason they did not profit by the excetisive Winter moisture which gave the Fall sown wheat such a good start md brought It through to maturity despite the dry spring and Summer. Th'ough Cornelison thinks he has al ready demonstred the fallacy of the or.fe-crop theorlrts he will continue to do what he can in the good work, through the n urn her of acres he has is very limited. He says there can be no doubt tuat the tar tile fields of Uma tilla County tre good for something more than the growing of a single crop of wheat every other year. With proper tillage he declares that the land can be made to produce diversified crops every year, Jhat the producing capacity of the county can be doubled, the number of inhabitants increased Instead of decreased and everyone. Including the land barons. Arm Chesterfield Suits $20.00 Values at $15.00 $22.50 Values at $16.50 $25.00 Values at $19.00 $30.00 Values at $23.50 $35.00 Values at $26.50 $40.00 Values at $29.50 $45.00 Values at $34.50 R made more prosperous. He expects to live to see the era of abandoned school houses give way to one characterized by the creation of new school districts and the upbuilding of the cities and towns. MARINES FIGHT GASOLINE Schooner's Cargo Explodes, Salved Portion Again on Fire. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, July 20. The American marines at the naval station here had a lively time today with a cargo of gasoline that. In turn, blew up a coastwise schooner and all but burned up the naval station. The vessel, bound for Ponce with 1000 five-gallon cans of oil, was mov ing out of the harbor when an explo sion in the hold blew most of her load into the water and, setting the craft afire, forced the crew to Jump over board. The first explo.sion over, the marines attempted to salve the gasoline and by hard work recovered many cans. These were placed upon a naval sta tion wharf, where presently a second explosion occurred and the quarters of the marines was wrapped In flames. The marines manned the pumps and saved the buildings from destruction. English Suffragist Coming West. NEW YORK, July 20. Mrs. Ethel Snowden, the well-known English suf fragist, who has come to stimulate the interest of the women of the Middle West in the suffragist movement, will go West in a few days to talk on British politics and the right of wo men to vote. Rockefeller Assesssment Quadrupled CLEVELAND, July 20. East .Cleve land appraisers have placed a valua tion of $1,060,000 on John D. Rocke feller's Forest Hill estate. This is an Increase of 400 per cent over the last Years of Suffering Catarrh and Blood DlMmas Doctor, failed to Can, Miss Mabel F..Eawklns. 121 Lafay ette St.. 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Between Fifth and Sixth Quick To raise an umbrella -when it rains that the hat (which may be replaced) shall not be spoiled, many are slow to pro vide the eyes (that can never be re placed) with glasses to help the eyes that add so much to life's joys and pleasures. Thinly it over. Columbian Optical Co. 1 33 Sixth Street ALE1 Blue Suits Gash fireman" chased him away from a fire engine-house. Leroy Holsener, 12 years old, today admitted he set lire to seven buildings. The fires caused several thousand dollars' damage. The boy said he set lire to the buildings In or der to "get even" with the fireman who chased him. PANO 1