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VOL,. L.-XO. 15,492. PORTLAND, OREGOX, FRIDAF, JULY 22, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BOWERM IS CHDSENTORUN FOR GOVERNOR Assembly Makes Selec tion of Condon Man on First Ballot. ELLIS AND HAWLEY NAMED Harmonious Gathering Marks Reunion of Republicans for New Campaign. MAJORITY RULE IS INVOKED Defeated Candidates Pledge Support to Whole Ticket. ONLY ONE COUNTY ABSENT Sentiment From Every Quarter ol State Is Developed In Voting. Clouds of Party Dissent Are Rolled Away. STATK TICKET INDORSED BY RE- PUBLICAN STATE ASSEMBLY. Representative in Congress. First District W. c. Hawley. of Salem. Representative In Congress. Second District W. Jl. Ellis, of Pendleton. Governor Jay Bowcrman, of Con don. Secretary of State Prank TV. Benpon, of Roseburp;. State Treasurer Ralph W. Hoyt. of Portland. Superintendent of Public Instruc tion I R. Alderman, or Eugene. State Printer William J. Clarke, of Qervals. Attorney-General J. jr. Hart, of Baker City. Officers for which candidates will be recommended today: Four Justices Supreme Gourt. La bor Commissioner, state Engineer, mate iianroaa Commissioner large). at Clouds of dissent that for six years have overhung the Republican party in Oregon broke yesterday under a newly risen aun of enthusiastic harmony when the firm state assembly met. declared its principles and selected its standard bearers for the Impending: campaigns. Twelve hundred and nine delegates from S3 of the 84 counties of Oregon were pres ent In response to the call for a re united party. In the ranks of delega tions were the representative men of the state. They had dropped personal affairs and come at sacrifice of time and money to lend their aid In the advancement of political principles. It cost the 23 dele gates from Coos County $100 each to Journey from that distant section of the state. Bowerninn Named for Governor. Rivalry marked the selection of men for standard-bearers. But rivalry gave way to harmony in every Instance the moment the sentiment of the majority became known. Personal ambitions and feelings were made secondary- Welfare of party alone was uppermost. Acting Governor Jay Bowerman, of Con don, was recommended as the parly's chief of staff for the elections to come. His choice was decided upon only after spirited discussion of the qualifications of four other candidates. One ballot was tnken and this gave Mr. Bowerman a majority of only 31 votes. Yet when the majority sentiment was thus expressed mere was an immediate rallying of all the delegates to his standard. Dr. Andrew C. Smith, of Portland. whose name had been presented before the assembly, together with that of air. Bowerman. was on his feet the in stant the result had been announced. He moved that the selection be made uniuil rnous. J. H. Aokerman. of Portland, also a candidate, seconded the motion, as did friends In behalf of Dr. James Wlthy combe. of Corvallis. who was not present but whose name had been placed before the gathering. The motion was carried with a will, and there were three whole souled cheers for Dr. Smith and three more for Mr. Ackerman. Majority Is Clear. Of the 1200 votes cast, Mr. Bowerman received 645. Mr. Wltherspoon stood sec ond with 210. Dr. Smith received 16t, Mr. Ackerman IOS'4 and the fifth candidate. Oharles B. Moores, of Portland. It bad been ruled previously that a majority be required for selection. It took the assembly two hours to de cide upon its choice for Governor. Every effort was made To bring out the senti ment of every quarter of the state. A ivore of nominating speeches were made nd the supper hour was close at hand IConciuded on Fag U.) CANADA TO WAIVE IMMIGRATION LAW SCARCITY OF RAILWAY LABOR ERS IX WEST CAUSES MOVE. Foreigners Who Are Fit and Have Work in Sight May Enter Free. Those From Asia Excluded. CHICAGO, July 21. Special.) Owing to the great scarcity of railway laborers. the Canadian government has decided to admit from all countries except Asia railway construction laborers who are mentally, morally and physically fit. will ing to work and who are guaranteed work by railway contractors or railway companies. It means that contractors in the Pa cific provinces and on the Pacific Coast will be able to secure large numbers of construction men, who, under a strict in terpretation of immigration regulations. might be disbarred either for lack of the required fJ5 or for not coming from the country of their birth or naturalization. This alteration in the regulations is of special importance to railway contractors in view of the fact that operations have been considerably curtailed across the border and first-class men are therefore easily available. ALASKA EXEMPT FROM LAW Steamship Company Wants to Com pel Commission to Act. WASHINGTON. July 21. A, proceeding was Instituted before the District of Co lumbia Supreme Court to compel the In terstate Commerce Commission to assume Jurisdiction over Alaska railways and transportation companies and to compel the companies to file tariffs with the commission. The suit Was instituted by the Humboldt Steamship Company, of Se-' attle. Wash. Recently the commission decided that it could not assume, under the law. Juris diction of transportation lines in Alaska. The petitioners set forth that the com mission erred, as a matter of law. The petitioners asked that the commission be required to compel certain carriers in Alaska, composing the Alaska-Yukon route, to file their tariffs and also that the Alaska transportation companies form with the Humboldt Steamship Company through routes and Joint rates to and from points in Alaska and the United States. Officials of the Interstate Commerce Commission expressed doubt of the au thority of the District Supreme Court to compel It to take any such action. DEPOT REMOVAL OPPOSED Order Restraining Railroad Com pany Asked in Court. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 21. (Spe cial.) To restrain the Northern Pacific Railroad Company from moving Knapps. station to a point 6930 feet north, Howard Bellinger and J. El Bellinger have brought suit in the Superior Court. They allege that their mother, Mrs. Margery S. Bellinger, had a contract with the railroad company for a right of way across part of her property, provid ing that the station should not be re moved more than 1620 feet from where it now is. They built and assisted to build a county road at this place at a cost of $61$, and allege that this will serve the greatest number of people. W. E. Yates, who is counsel for the plaintiffs, asks Judge McMaster to sign a restraining or der to keep the station where it is now. The case is an interesting one to a large number of people, as the station has been in question for several years and no definite place for its location could be agred' upon by the County Commis sioners and two factions near Knapps until recently. HEARST MAY BE BOYCOTTED Miners' Federation Asked to Pro scribe All His Newspapers. DENVER, July. 21. The sensation of the day at the Western Federation of Miners' convention was the placing on the clerk's desk of a resolution asking the Western Federation of Miners to de clare a boycott against all of 'the papers owned by William R. Hearst. This is a further step in. the antag onism toward Hearst that already has been attempted in California, as the re sult of the lockout at the Homcstake mTne. in South Dakota, owned by Mr. Hearst's mother. The miners assert that Mr. Hearst could influence his mother to have the mines unionized and also they make the assertion that he own9 stock in them. The effect, if the resolution prevails, as it is expected to do. will be interest ing, because in declaring an open boy cott the Federation will be courting a lswsult, boycotts being against the law. This, It is intimated, is their desire as one miner expressed It "to show up Hearst." LAUNCH RAMMED; SINKS Vancouver Boat Goes DoA In Co lumbia River During Niht. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 21. (Sps cial. Sometime last night. a boat rammed the launch Gazelle, owned by Scott brother, of Vancouver, as she lay in the Columbia River below the North ern Pacific docks. The boat sank, leaving the pilot house above the surface. The Gazelle was valued at about $4000. It was 60 feet long. Probably it will be raised. The tug Alarm lies along side tonight. WIFE GETS NO PRESENTS Woman Says Husband Sent Gifts to Others, and Wants Divorce. VANCOUVER. Wash., July 21. (Spe cial.) Because, so she ajjeges, her hus band. J. C. Helsler. sent Christmas pres ents to other women ar.d wrote to them and did not send her any gift at Christ inas, and because he deserted her. Mrs.. Jennie Helsler has brought suit for di vorce. The couple were married July 14. Iit09, at Victoria- B. - C. and in than a month, she alleges, her husband deserted her lid later went to the Philippine Islands where he now is. FIRES If. FORESTS CHECKED BYRUS Relief Comes in Many Burning Districts. OREGON SITUATION BETTER Flames Under . Control After Days of Fighting. TOTAL LOSS WILL BE BIG Green Timber Blazing In Places. Slocan, Kootenay, Coast and Spokane Districts Out of Immediate Danger. Rains throughout the Pacific North west have come at a critical moment to check one of the greatest series of forest fires in the history of the entire section. Numerous great conflagrations are still being fought by the tired forces in the field, and In some places where the rains have not come to afford relief the burning areas are In a worse condition than at any time heretofore. In the Coeur d'Alenes the fires are still raging, fiercely, although west of that section relief has come from a great downpour of rain. Around St. Joe the) fires are reported to be burning badly with a great territory already burned over and the flames spreading. In North eastern Washington and Northwestern Idaho, which have been fire-swept for over a week, the situation has been re lieved by, the rainfall. The great fires which were burning around White Pine, Clearwater and northward toward the Kootenai country have been put out al most entirely by the rainfall. Oregon Situation Better. Throughout Oregon the danger has been materially lessened by rainfall, al though the fires are still raging in many places. Around Hoover, where three men lost their lives on Wednesday, the fire is now In the green timber and is covering three acres, but the fighters have stopped Its advance and have hopes of putting the fire out in a few days should no wind storm arise.' Around Wendling the fires have reached the green timber and are thought to be be yond control until rain brings relief. No great damage has as yet resulted. At Klamath Falls brush fires had started, but these -were checked by a light rainfall before any great damage was done. On the Spragu River In Ore gon the fires had gained considerable headway 'in the timber, but the fighters were aided somewhat by a rainfall and the flames are thought to be now under control. At Hoqutm a rainfall checked the advance of the flames and relieved a serious condition there. The fires are now practically out. There the fires are now practically out. Slocan Losses, $1,500,000. In British' Columbia, where The fires have been practically beyond control for three days, rain has come to the rescue. The town of Sandon, thought to be, doomed, is believed to be saved, although a change of wind may still wips out the town. Fires are burning fiercely around Nelson. New fires have been reported from all over the district, but as a whole the situation is much better and the fires are thought to be now under the control of the great force of fighters. The losses are now estimated at about $1,500,000, these losses being In timber, crops and farm houses. Around the PRESENT REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS WHO WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE REPUBLICAN STATE ASSEMBLY FOR RENOMINATION. Pj ' ' In ' " ' m V. It. ELLIS OF" THE SKCONO DISTRICT. SURGEON'S KNIFE TO BE DISPLACED FRENCH SCIENTIST WOULD OP- . ERATE BY ELECTRICITT. Current Has Caused Limbs o Drop Off Without Feeling, Leaving Wound Perfectly Cicatrized. PARIS, July 21. (Special.) A revo lution In surgery is impending, accord ing to a report made to the Paris Acad emy of Sciences by Professor A. d'Ar- sonval, whose resear-hes are well known throughout the world. . Twenty years hence, it is prophesied, a strong electrical current will have replaced the surgeon's knife and saw, and possibly even the forceps. "With a powerful apparatus." said Dr. d'Arsonval, "we have ben able to pass through certain animals electrical currents which raised their bodies to a high temperature without . affecting either sensitiveness or muscular con traction, the animals not seeming to feel the heat. "The electrical currents, however, literally cooked the the posterior limbs, whither the effect was directed. Still the animal in each case showed no suf fering and some days later the limbs operated on dropped off, leaving a wound perfectly cicatrized." ROCKEFELLER FEUD HEALS John D. and Brother Frank May . Settle Old Differences. CLEVELAND, July 21. (Special.) It is believed that the breach that made John D. Rockefeller and h's brother Frank bltet renemles is about' to be healed. It is said that Frank will have the bodies of his dead children removed and placed In the Rockefeller family lot in Lakeview Cemetery, where John D. Rockefeller erected a shaft 11 years ago. Friends for years have ben try ing to effect a reconciliation between the two men and they now believe the sentiment which prompted Frank to decide upon the removal of his chil dren 8' bodies will accomplish the pur pose. When John T. and his brother be came estranged several years ago, Frank grew very bitter and openly at tacked John D. and his business meth ods. Through all this, John D. re mained silent, never once attempting to reply. MOTORMEN GET WATCHES Successful Ones in Popularity Con test Are Announced. i If four popular streetcar motormen fail to -be on time to the very minute today. the delay cannot be attributed to their timepieces, for they are wearing fine new gold watches with the best move mentsobtainable, donated by B. S. Jos Belyn, general manager of the Partland Railway, Light & Power Company. The four men are: J. N. White, B. N. Hud son, F. C. Fors and Oscar D. Stanley who received the highest number of votes at the carmen's picnic held at the Oaks Wednesday, as the most popular platform men employed by the company. James Morgan, chairman of the com mittee having the contest in charge, offi cially announces the result last evening as follows: East Ankeny division, J. N. White, No. 219, 1575 votes; Savler-street division, E. N. Hudson. No. 452. 132 votes; Peidmount division. F. C. Fors, No. 767, 1207 votes; Oscar D. Stanley, No. 1014. 2110 votes. DR. A. A. LEONARD IS DEAD Noted Douglas County Physician Passes After Long Illness. Dr. A. A. Leonard, a well-known phy siclal of Riddle, Douglas County, Or., died of dropsy last night at the Good Samaritan Hospital, after a prolonged illness. Dr. Leonard had been ill at his home for some time with this malady and was removed to Portland about ten days ago. Dr. Leonard leaves a wife and son, both" of whom were at the bedside when death came. He was 58 years of age and one of Douglas County's most re spected citizens. 9 C RAWNDEADONEVE OF GREAT SCANDAL Part in Repair Frauds Under Probe. MOTIVE FOR SUICIDE SHOWN Hiinois Central Attorneys Say . Magnate Directed Deal. EXPOSE TO COME, ANYHOW Many Officials Beside Late Head of Monon Route Involved in Inves tigation Road May Tie Up Estate, to Recoup Losses. ' CHICAGO, July 21. (Special.) Death came to Ira G. Rawn, president of the Monon Railroad, supposedly from a bullet fired by himself, but certainly on the eve of possible ex posure as a central figure of what is declared may be one of the greatest railway scandals of the country. Counsel for the Illinois Central Rail road, when confronted today with a verbatim copy of questions and an swers at a recent investigation of the company's afTairs. admitted' that the foundation had been carefully laid with intent to show Mr. Rawn as primarily responsible for years of crooked car contracts. His answers, however, had been steadfast denials of the charges. Questions asked Rawn at a hearing July 7 in the Illinois Central car repair case all were planned, it is said, by at torneys, with the intent to incriminate Rawn as responsible for losses to the road. Rawn Knew Purpose. Rawn, it is declared, knew of the purpose of counsel for the road and had sought by every legal means to delay the progress of the examination. Twice, on personal pleas, he had ob tained postponements, but the last ef fort for 'delay had failed, and the ex amination was to have been continued Tuesday. His death will not cause any halt in the Inquiry, said Walter L. Fisher, one of the attorneys in charge of the in quiry. Assistant Chief of Police Scheuttler. whose detectives were repulsed and refused admittance to the Rawn house, announced that the reports of his men convinced him that the president of the Monon had taken his own life. Insurance Men Silent. Insurance officials who are investi gating the case, refused to voice any definite opinion. If their Investigation should disclose that Mr. Rawn was a suicide the accident policies, aggre gating $110,000, would become worth less paper. And what is most important in rail road circles, there appeared to be the growing conviction that Mr. Rawn's last days were one' long nightmare of worry because of the railroad graft investigation In which he was involved. Not one of his former associates in the railroad business would make a decided statement expressing their opinion of the case, but they made re peated assertions that he feared the result of the investigation. Before the developments of the night attorneys connected with the Illinois Central graft investigation painted Rawn as the head, front and brains of. the million and half dollar con spiracy. Some of them even went fur ther and said they had expected hi3 (Concluded on Pase 2Ti W. C. MAWLKY. OK THE FIRST DISTRICT. FORTY MILLIONS OF ASSETS GONE BIG FLOUR -MILL CONCERN IS ACCCSED BY STOCKHOLDER. Pi llsbury-Washburn Funds Are Dis sipated in Gambling and Bad Notes, London Is Told. CHICAGO, July 21. (Special.) Tickers in Lasalle street brokerage offices today carried the following under London date: "Charges that more than $40,000,000 have disappeared from the assets of the Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Com pany, Limited, of Minneapolis, controlled by English capitalists, were made at to day's annual meeting of stockholders by R. H. Glyn, who presided. "Mr. Glyn declared that the $40,000,000 had been lost mostly in gambling and on Improperly issued notes. Another $3,S45.000, he added, was not traceable, and $300,000 had been lost In agents" balances, checks uncollected and bills receivable. He said the creditors had already received 47 per cent of their claims In cash and the re mainder on second mortgage bonds. Afjer the stockholders received 7.5 per cent, he said, the rest of the money available will also be paid to the creditors. "It was too soon, he said, to estimate the "result of the lease of the plants. The present accounts showed that last year's profit amounted to $134,000. The share holders present urged immediate prosecu tion of the persons responsible for the great losses, but the meeting was ad journed without any action looking to court proceedings." SALARIES SHOW INCREASE County Superintendents of Schools Make Their Reports. SALEM. Or., July 21. (Special.) Reports from county superintendents of Curry, Douglas and Washington Counties were received today at th office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. H. Ackerman. In Curry County an increase of 12 is shown in the school census, and an Increase of 36 In the enrollment over last year. Nfne additional teachers were employed and three schools con structed. Average monthly salaries for both male and female teachers were Increased $5. In Douglas County the census shows a decrease of 124, and the enrollment a decrease of 123. In spite of this, 69 additional teachers were employed and three schools were built. The average salary of male, teachers was Increased 2 cents a month and of female teachers $3.13 a month. . . An increase in census of 19S is shown in Washington County. The en rollment advanced 113 and 14 addi tional teachers were employed. Nino schools were constructed and the aver age salary of male teachers Increased $8.58 monthly, while that of female teachers was increased $1.69 monthly. CONTRACTOR IN COURT Walter Pugh Charged With Taking Rock Belonging to City. SALEM, Or., July 21. (Special.) A clash between the Marlon County Court and Walter Pugh, a leading contractor and prominent citizen, caused a special session of the court here today and may result In the arrest of Pugh tomorrow. An attempt was made by the District Attorney's office and the County Court this afternoon to secure a warrant for Pugh, but the absence of Justice D. W. Webster delayed proceedings. It Is alleged that Pugh, who has a contract for paving Winter street, one of the main residence thoroughfares, has been taking hundreds of dollars' worth of rock from the county rock quarry, north of the city, without warrant of author ity. County Judge William Bushey claims that Pugh asked permission of the court to secure the rock and permission was refused. It is also claimed that Pugh had the rock - crusher operated without authority .from the county. ICE CREAM C0NES SEIZED Borax Content to Be Made Basis of Federal Prosecution. WASHINGTON. July 21. Prosecution against manufacturers . of Ice-cream cones containing borax are to be insti tuted by the Government under the pure food law. Large seizures of cones were made recently in different parts of the country by the Department of Agricul ture. Analysis of the cones seized showed them to be deleterious to the human stomach. The cones, by chemical test, were also found to contain saceharine and ben zoate of soda, but it was said at the Department today that proposed prosecu tions would be based solely on the pres ence of borax, inasmuch as saccharine still was under investigation and ben zoate of soda had been held harmless when used in small quantities. Inspectors will continue to make seiz ures where cones are lound containing borax. Manufacturers using borax con tend this ingredient is necessary to make the cones hold their shape. WOMEN NEED NOT APPLY Government Seeks Men Stenogra phers; Demand Exceeds Supply. WASHINGTON. July SI. Women sten ographers apparently no longer are wanted in the Government sen-ice. This announcement was made today at the Civil Service Commission in an effort to put a stop to a steadily increasing flood of letters from women throughout the country who seek information about an examination for stenographers to be held next Tuesday in ail the states and ter ritories. This examination is for the purpose of recruiting omy men stenographers and typists, the demand for whom the Civil Service Commission has been unable to meet. Practically all the various depart ments of the Government are seeking to replace women stenographers with men on the ground that the latter are more amenable to discipline, are more easily transferred to places where their ser vices are needed, and can more readily be drafted into other kinds of work HUNDREDS SUFFER IDITAROD CAMP Fake "Strike" Reports Lure Gold Seekers. GEN. MAUS TELLS CONDITIONS Destitution Is Frightful in Alaskan Gold Diggings. GOVERNMENT MUST HELP Mud Is Up to Knees All Over Town, o Employment Can Be Had, and Meals Cost $1.50 Treasure Taken Out Only $150,000. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash July 21. (Special.) A story of miserable poverty and destitution among hundreds of disappointed gold-seekers who have rushed to the Alaskan mining camp of Iditarod. lured by false and exaggerated reports of a gold strike of fabulous rich ness that never existed, is told by Gen eral Marlon P. Maus. commanding officer of the Department of the Columbia, who returned to Vancouver Barracks late last night after a trip of inspection of Army posts in Alaska. So acute is the distress among the population of the camp that General Maus declares Government aid probably will have to be invoked to bring many of the penniless men out before the Win ter season is over. Iditarod itself, as an Eldorado where treasure awaits only to be picked up, is a mistaken fallacy. Gen eral Maus bursted the bubble of Its re puted richness by saying that he doubts if more than $130,000 will be taken from the whole camp this year. "Strikes" to Be Investigated. So serious does General Maus consider the condition of those in Iditarod, whose destitution, has been caused chiefly by the false reports sent out, that he in tends to have every future report of a gold strike that comes out of Alaska by military telegraph investigated that the true facts may be found and stated. "I examined the Iditarod camp and made a map of it and the innoko River from Tukon to Iditarod City, and to with in eight miles of Otter Creek, where gold was discovered," said General Maus late last night. "In Iditarod and vicinity are between 2000 and 2500 persons. The town is a miserable site. Nearly all over the place there Is mud up to one's knees. . There is nothing there in the way of accommoda tions. False Reports Are Great Wrong. "Poor and scanty meals cost $1.30. Many there are in absolutely destitute condi tion. They cannot secure employment, for there Is none for them. I will bo greatly surprised if a large number are not taken out before the Winter is over by the Government, or other charitable means. 'I consider it a great wrong for erro neous and exaggerated reports of great strikes to be sent out, attracting thou sands of persons, who find, to their sor row, that there is little gold to be had. "On the way to Iditarod I saw hundreds going who had little of anything. When they reached Iditarod they could get no work and practically became public charges. I venture to say there will be no more than $.150,000 taken out of Iditarod this year, and this is an insignificant amount for that number of persons. Alaska has reached that stage where it requires machinery and much capital to wrest the treasures hidden in her hills. Register Should Be Kept. "I intend to have every report that comes out of Alaska by the military tele graph lines investigated In order to have the true facts stated. False reports hurt Alaska and they should not be made. They hurt the people there and cause embarrassment. Many old miners seem to have been bitten by this report of th richness of Iditarod. . "The Government should keep some register and record of all who go Into Alaska. Many go into that' country who never come out. One sad exam ple is that of Admiral Rogers' son, who has been lost. . All who go lu should be required to register. Canada does much better than we do along; this line, ' and we should follow her example. Treadwell Mines Nonunion. "At the Treadwell mines I found con ditions to be in the best possible shape. The men are treated well and are provided with good quarters, anl all are nonunion. Our troops may be compelled to quell riots there soma time, and It was for this reason, partly, that I visited the place. There is per fect order there now, but one cannot tell how long it will remain so. "In fact I visited Alaska, inspected Its telegraph lines, railroads, ques--tloned the mounted police personally, and Informed myself as much as possi ble on everything that concerns tha movement of troops, and the life the people there live. Everything that had a bearing on the.Army I attempted to learn about. "The health of the troops in Alaska Is excellent. People never die la Alaska, it is so healthy there. "The discipline and efficiency of the, troops there, the Tw'en-ty-second Infant-Concluded on F&ca 2.