SOCIALISTS GET MISS ELKIIMS NOW H. 1 "SCOTT DIES ROOT OF NUMBERS IXmGKK ASKS PAKDOJf FOR AIi- LEGED DISCOVERY. IN ROYAL FAVOR HOSTILITY TO MARRIAGE WITH DUKE WITHDRAWS. GRIP ON UNIONS CONVICT FINDS BTsBeslBsMr'SBasiB :WtK3S3? n, M AFTER OPERATION Heart Failure Is Imme diate Cause. END COMES WITHOUT PAIN Result Unexpected by Friends; Not Unforeseen by Patient. WIFE AND SON WITH HIM Sinking Spell Begin In Morning and Powerful Restoratives Fall.. Mr. Scott Conscious Almost rntll Death Comes. BALTIMORE. Auk. 7. (Special. Harvey W. Scott, editor of The Port land Oregonlan. died In Johns Hop kins Hospital today shortly before P. M. of heart failure. 32 hours after a surgical operation for prostatectomy. He went off the operating table Sat urday morning In strong condition. This morning at 7 o"clock he began sinking and In spite of the best stimu lants known to medical science his heart grew steadily weaker until the end. Hs was conscious almost to the lsst and the end was painless. Wife and Son With Him. With him were his wife and one of his sons. Leslie Scott, who bad accom panied him on his trip to this city for surgical relief. In Portland Mr. Boott leaves two sons. John H. and Ambrose B-. and one daughter. Miss Judith. Mr. Scott began falling nearly three months ago from an attack of sciatica. Early in June be went to Hot Lake. Eastern Oregon, but the baths there greatly debilitated him. At last con vinced that only surgery could relieve him. he started for Johns Hopkins Hos pital, from Portland, one week ago tbte Saturday morning. Heart Weakness) Cnexpected. Tha operation was pronounced en tirely successful and the surgeons and physicians were confident of recovery op to this morning.' when an unex pected weakness of the heart ensued which the physicians were powerless to cope with. Mr. Scott was apparently as strong on arriving here last Monday as when leaving Portland four and one-half days before. The doctora here per ceived bis heart weakness, but thought he could go safely through the opera tion and Ita subsequent effects. At Mr. Scott's request the operation was per formed Saturday Instead of Monday. MR. SCOTT ILL yXCE MAY Belief In Recovery Strong Cntll Very Last. The telegram that came from Balti more late yesterday afternoon Is the final word In an Illness suffered by Harvey W. Scott since early in May. To the im mediate members of his family, business associates and Intimate friends It was In a way unexpected, for the most skillful surgeons In the country had given strong hopes that complete recovery would re sult from the operation performed Satur day. Mr. Scott himself went to Baltimore convinced that In the end the operation proposed would be the only means of re storing htm to complete health and. while he expressed no fear of the re sult, he submitted with philosophical acquiescence in the needs of the situa tion, upheld by the expressed thought that If deferred by this heroic means death would find him In the end no bet ter prepared thin bow to meet it. Illness Is Vnnsaal. Until about May 1 of this year Mr. Scott had been afflicted by scarcely a day's illness in his life. In April he went East to attend the annual meeting of the Associated Press. In which he was a director. On the return to Portland ha contracted a cold one night on the train and for several days prior to his arrival home he was annoyed by rheumatic pains. After his return, although not himself physically, he undertook to resume his duties as editor of The Oregon lan and performed more or less occasional active work. At times he could hardly walk, but his determination waa great and his belief so firm that he could wear out the trouble that he was reluctant to give up. Mr. Scott had had a remarkable physi cal ability to rwlfrt disease or the ail ments of approaching age and he had little confidence In the efficacy of drugs. But when will power felled to overcome his difficulties, he finally yielded to the entreaties ef his family and submit ted to medical treatment. Heroic Treatment Taken. Accompanied by Mrs. Scott and his son. Leslie M. ScotC Mr. Scott went To Hot Lake. Or., where he remained one week, submitting to what waa really heroic treatment. Determined that the regime should be of benefit, be at times remained In the bathhouse for hours In the hope of ridding himself of the rheumatic pains. Instead of Improving, however, his condition became more de bilitated and finally compelled him to take to his bed. Then the family for the first time became alarmed. Salls tCoac!u44 ea Pass a.) Encasement of American Heiress tv Dnke of Abruzzl Will Soon Be Announced. PARIS. Aug. 7.: A special from Rome to the Petit Republlque says that the hostility, of the royal family to the marriage of the Duke of the Abruszl and Miss Katherine Elklns has been withdrawn and the official- announce ment of their engagement will be made shortly. Miss Elklns and her mother have been In Europe for several months.' Lately they have been staying at Tob lash, Austria, and recent reports have had it that the Duke of the Abruzzt. who is now director-general of the arsenal' at Venice, (has made motor trips from his headquarters to the Austrian retreat .of Miss Elklns. LIFE GIVEN F0R DAUGHTER Chicago Publisher Holds Child for Rescuers, Then Drowns. DEPOSIT. Jf. Y., Aug. 7. R. TV. MIchaells. publisher of the Chicago Staats Zeltung. was drowned at Ouqua ga Lake, a few miles from here yes terday, and bis body was recovered three hours later. He was out in a boat with his little 8-year-old daugh ter. The child lost her hat and while reaching for It fell overboard. The father jumped out after the child and. catching hold of her. held her above the water until his strength failed. Parties In boats nearby rescued the child, but the father sank and waa drowned. CHICAGO. Aug. . W. R. MIchaells. who waa drowned In Lake Ouquaga. New Tork. was gsneral manager and half owner of the Chicago StaaU Zel tung, and was active politically. Dur ing the six months prior to the last Chicago election Mr. MIchaells spent a large part of his time and energy directing a fight to prevent Chicago being voted "dry." ALL SAVED BY LIFEBOAT Lighthouse Keeper Rescues Excur sionists Wrecked on Rocks. VANCOUVER, B. C. Aug. 7. The steamer Sechelt. a small excursion boat running between Vancouver and points up the Coast, was wrecked at z o'clock this morning In the narrows at the point where the historic steamer Beaver was lost a quarter of a cen tury aao. The Sechelt was passing Prospect Point In a thick fog and swung around In the ride, striking the rocks A dozen sleeping passengers immedi ately began breaking tha windows of the cabin. , trying to climb to safety. The commotion attracted the attention of the lighthouse keeper at the point, only a few yards distant. He launched a lifeboat and made three trips be tween the steamer and the shore, easily rescuing all the passengers. The boat stuck fast and the life of no one waa In danger at any time. The vessel will probably be raised. DEMOCRATS ARE WARNED Folk Points" Out Danger of Lining Vp With Insurgents. KANSAS CITY. Aug. 7. Dojnocrats who are joining hands with Insurgents are endangering their own organiza tion, Joseph W. Folk, ex-Governor of Missouri, told his auditors at a ban quet of the Young Men's Democrstio Club here late tonight. "I have been In most of the Western States In the last few weeks,' said Mr. Folk, "and found everywhere a number of Democrats were joining the Insurgents In the Republican party. Right here Is the danger to the Demo cratic organisation and the sooner this fact la recognized the better. This movement toward the Insurgent, ele ment Is not confined to one state, but In Oregon. California and Washington I heard the same story." - SIDEWALKS OF GOLD LAID Mine "Tailings' In Cement at Jack sonville Runs Dollar to Ton. JACKSONVILLE. Or Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) It Is often said that the ground Jacksonville is built on Is more val uable than the town Itself. To bear out this seeming paradox. Jacksonville Is lsylng golden sidewalks. Not so It can be noticed, of course, but the gold Is there Just the same.' The sand used in mixing the cement Is composed of "tailings" from the Opp mine, and runs about ft a ton lij free gold. These "tailings" were deposited before the erection of the - cyanide plant- which at present extracta this gold from the sand. TWO HURT IN STREET FIGHT Citizens Defend Marshal When Sec tion Hands Attack Him. WESTON STATION. Or, Aug. T.-fipe- clal-) A fierce street fight occurred here I this evening between townspeople and Greek section hands. The Greeks were creating a disturbance and Town Mar shal Frank Snider attempted to arrest Uirm. The men drew knives and at tacked the Marshal, who was in close quarters, when citizens defended hire with rocks. Two of the Greeks were j laid out and the rest fled to their cars.- i f If x I i III : I! I ' : " famw 1 'mmmsMmm. 11' A " 4 2 ' - C - V 'It I ) '' ' 4 : HQMEStIRE BURNED Forest Fires Are Still Raging, Causing Heavy Loss.',. : MAN CREMATED, REPORT Some Encouraging Report Received ; From Coeur d'Alene, and Rain Helps Fighters In Kootenai and Other Idaho Districts. " , SPOKANE. Wash.. Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) According to reports from Bell Grove.' brought here by Ned Calkins, many settlers have been made-homeless by forest Area still raging, .the worst in the history of the country.- Mr. Calkins, who has been there' for a week fighting fire, saw all his choice timber burned. He said: "The flames leaped 300 feet high. They-ran up Into my large yellow pine trees ahd mowed them down, although green, like :a scythe cutting grass. Many of the families lost everything they had. None of the timber Is now available for lumber." Mr. Calkins estimates that each quar ter section burned contained from 2, 000,000 to 4.000,000 of choice Umber. Flames Leap Half Mile. ; At Mica Bay the flames leaped , a half mile, catching brush at Gould's Landing. The settlers extinguished It One rancher, named Dow, Is said -to have been cremated. Among those who have lost every thing are G. A. and Ed Carlson, E. W. Calkins. W. H. Ashmen, Mrs. Jones, Walter Philips." "Martin Valentine. From, reports from Are districts in the Coeur d'Alene forest. In , Idaho, Supervisor Welgle says the situation Is now encouraging. No high winds have blown for two days. : Fighters Do Good Work. For two days every hour's work of the more than COO men employed In the. burning areas has counted to the good. Trenches have been extended and en compass practically all the burning areas. Tha town of Hope, . Idaho, la sur ;: .v..-" A rounded by forest fires. Thick smoke covers the lake. ' Thursday a fire was started on Huckleberry Mountain .about three miles east, by berryplckers. Fire fighters passed here for Cabinet, where a fire Is raging. A heavy rain fell to day. ' " ' ' Rain Helps Foresters. . . A. rain of six hours' .duration last night put the foresters '. again In con; trol of all 'fires in the Kootenai dis trict, according to ' advices from Mo rava, Idaho. V - Fires have broken put on the soajtb. slope of . Mount Hull, near Orovllle,. Wash., and a large amount of timber; and ' bunchgrass has been destroyed. Ranchers believe someone Is malicious ly setting, them. ' INDEX OF- TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. ' TESTER DAY 8 Maximum temperature, - 81 degrees; minimum. 50 desrees. TODAY'S Fair, northwesterly winds. .- Deth.ef Mr. Scot. H. W. Scott dies in Baltimore. Pase 1. ' H 8 ' Lvman reviews life of Mr. Scott. -' Page 8- ' Fifty 'years 'Of The Oregonian history as - told 'by, Mr. Scott. Page 8. Broad views of life and death, held by Mr. . Scott. . Page tt. . . Foreign, Royal family consents to marriage of Kath erine Elklns and Duke of Abrussl. Page 1. Rich and beautiful Tnora Strong Ronalds . sue. 'Reggie " Ronalds, New York club v man. for divorce. Page 2. 1 Kins George may have revolution m India on hand unlei. he make, vl.lt to coun ' try. Page a.v Knights Templars of world gathering ' at Chicago today. Page 2. Dosaestlc Socialists capture meeting of Chicago Fed eration of Labor. Page L Mi.ourl convict aayi he can solve all numer - leal equation, by logarithms. Page 1. , Sports. Pacific Coat League reault.: Portland 2-1. Oakland 4-0; San Franclico 3-J. Sacra ; memo 0-2: Vernon 4-4. Los Angeles 5-1. Page 10. Rupert's ntne takes two games from Penln- ula-Fulton team. Page 10. joe Gam. readv to die. turns over property to wife. Page 10. - Parme Northwest. Fast fruit and produce trans from Van couver, by way of car ferry, electric lines, planned. Page 3. R. L. Sears, of Los Angeles, fatally wounded near Roeburc by brother-in-law with "unloaded" gun. Page 5. Audacious hold-up man terrorises sheep herder.' camps. Page 1. Clark County to have harvest fair at end of -September. Page 5. Volunteers save E.tacada from Are believed work of incendiary. Page 14. Manv . .ettlers -rendered homeless snd one reported killed by forest ores. Psge L Portland and Vicinity. preM Club elects officers. - Page 14. Bartender with revolver balk, hold-up men. Page 7. Portland look, to 8outhwet Washington for trade. Page 11. Nine plcknlckers hurt, two serlou.ly. In runaway. Page 3. Oregon militia leave, today for: American Lake encampment. Page 1L RAIDER ON RAMPAGE Stranger Terrorizes Camps, Robbing Whom" He Pleases. OUTLAW'BOASTS OF DEEDS Audacious Robber Poses as Murder er of Dell McConnell -at Colfax. Settlers Forced to "Obey Or ders at Point of -Gun. COLFAX, Wash,, Aug. 7. (Special.) Boasting of various crimes Ire has com mitted, from, the murder , of -Den Mc Connell at Colfax, July 4,' to robberies and - burglaries, a : strange man who has been terrorizing-homesteaders and sheepherders between Harvard and St Maries, Idaho, today held, up a sheep herders' camp near Emida. His dis play of arms was quite as 'formidable as his language and he got away with out difficulty. '.-' The holdup man is thought to- be tfle same desperado Depu'ty Sheriff Roberts has been trailing for several days. Roberts is now. deep in' the' timber .and has not been heard from for several days. . 1 During the past two weeks, several camps and homesteaders have been held up or. annoyed by an audacious stranger,- thought to be the same who committed the robbery, at Emida today. Those he has not robbed he has ter rorized with his tales of dark deeds and his unllmbered guns.'' He compels those with whom he comes In contact to obey bis orders ..at -the point of a gun. The -menacing, stranger is described as i feet 8 Inches tall, with a freckeled face. When- last seen he wore a blue sack suit. Sheriff Carter and Deputy Cole have left Cplfax in pursuit of the man. A reward, of .$1150. has been offered for McConnell's slayer. Sunday Talks on "Booze." . McMINNVILiiE. Or., Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) Twenty-five hundred people at the auditorium in the city park this afternoon heard W. A. Sunday, the noted evangelist, deliver his lecture on "Booze." Neighboring towns and the surrounding country contributed large ly to the assemblage. LSolntion of All Nnmerical Equations by Logarithms Would, If True, Be Wonderful. KANSAS CITY. . Mo., Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) Asserting to have made mathe matical discoveries which will have a t sweeping influence on that science. Michael Angelo McGinnis, serving a ten year sentence for forgery in the Mis souri Penitentiary, has offered to dem onstrate his discovery to any committee of mathematicians Governor Hadley may designate' if a pardon will be considered his Just reward for success. His communication was , sent to the Governor through' Dr. D. J. Simpson, of Clarksburg. Mo. Dr. Simpson says the discovery made by McGinnis is the re duction of the general equation of the tenth degree to an equation one degree lower. Among the discoveries claimed by Mc Ginnis, are: First, that for the general solution of an equation containing liter al coefficients, there also lies a general logarithmic solution for its correspond ing numerical equation, thua establishing a general method for solving numerical equations by logarithms; second, that he has found the exact ratio of the diame ter of a circle to Us circumference. He says he has discovered the exact root of all numbers and that "imperfect squares" will be no more. MAN STRANGELY MISSING Vancouver Contractor, Carrying Con. slderable Money, Disappears. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Auc. 7. (Spe cial.) Charles Gilchrist, a contracting carpenter, about 40 years old. Is miss ing from Vancouver and haa not been seen by any of his friends, here for more than-10 days. They fear that he met with foul play, as he was known to have carried with him a roll of bills aggregating several hundred dollars. Gilchrist had 'a number cf contracts In this city, and it is understood that he had collected some money on them but he dropped from sight, not com pleting the work he had on hand. The Portland police have been notified, and the Vancouver force has been on his trail, but so far nothing can be learned from him. Of course, it Is possible that be has left of his own accord, but this is not thought likely on account of his large contracts here. . EVANGELIST COMES NORTH George W. Taylor to Hold Meetings ' In Lebanon and Oregon City. k LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7. (Special.) Evangelist George W. Taylor, of this city, left this morning by steamer for Portland, accompanied by Mrs. Taylor, cornet soloist and leader of personal workers; Paul Taylor, boy soloist; Pro fessor L. A. Wegner, soloist and chorus leader; Professor F L. Calhoun, pianist, and Lawrence Taylor, aged 10 years. They will go direct to Lebanon, Or., where a tabernacle has been erected for a series of meetings In September, in which all the' churches of the city Join. They will go In October to Ore gon City, where a tabernacle to seat 2000 has been erected under the aus pices of the churches of all denomina tions. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor and those asso ciated with them have been heartily commended by prominent ministers of this city. . METEOR FALLS; JARS CITY Citizens of Council Bluffs, Feeling Shock, Hunt for Aerolite. COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ia., Aug. 7. (Special.) Accompanied by a noise as loud as thunder, a large meteor fell in the neighborhood of Council Bluffs this afternoon, shaking the city and caus ing intense excitement. . Searching parties have been attempt ing all the afternon to locate the place where the mteor fell, but at a late hour tonight had been unable to do so. It is supposed to have fallen in the hills immediately back of the city. - Hundreds of people heard the explo sion and felt the shock, but. because the sun was shining at the time, very few saw It- The meteor, which is de scribed as very large and traveling from northwest to southeast, passed high In the' air and disappeared behind the bills. Tomorrow another effort will be made to locate it. PORTLAND BANKER BETTER Benjamin I. Cohen Able to Sit TJp; Breathing Improves Sunday. VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 7. (Special.) Benjamin I. Cohen, the Portland banker, passed a good day, his breathing-being much Improved during all of Sunday. For a few moments he waa able to arise from his bed. Tbe doctors, however, are far from being over-sanquine, declaring that the fighting power of the patient has been much impaired. SIX DIE N EXPLOSION Wreckage of Glucose Plant Now Mass of Flames. GRANITE CITY, 111., Aug. 7. Six people are reported killed and eight hurt in an explosion that wrecked and set ' fire to the Granite City Glucose Plant of the Corn Products Refining Company at S o'clock this afternoon. The plant Is still burning. Chicago Federation of Labor Affected. INDORSEMENT OF PARTY ISSUE Plan Is to Accept It or Form New Political Band. TRADE BODIES. TO DECIDE Long Debate Results In Victory tot Followers of Debs, When Com promise Vote Puts Them on Level With Xew Cause. ' : CHICAGO. Aug. 7. (Special.) So cialists captured the meeting of the Chicago Federation of Labor today. At the close of a three-hour debate they had matters their own way and forced through a motion to submit to a ref erendum vote of all the unions of tha city the question of co-operating with tbe Socialistic party or the formation of an independent labor political 'or ganization. The old party politicians were swept If "Jackpot" legislation was said to be the only kind that could be expected from either of the old parties, and tha whole debate centered on the question of forming an independent labor party or taking advantage of the organiza tion of machinery of the Socialists. This Socialists' First Success. Though the central labor body haa seen many debate's between the union ists and Socialists, It is the first time in its history- that the Socialists suc ceeded In having the question of affilia tion submitted to referendum. The vote must be sent in within 60 days and the Socialist, orators are preparing to in vade tbe union meetings and spread their 'propaganda,, confident that they will win the battle. The presence of a large number of Democratic ' politicians . in the hall showed that they were int -.rested in the debate, which was made a special order of business. - - . Special Committee Reports. . A special coirAnittee, of which A. C. Anderson, of the Painters' Union, was chairman, submitted a report favoring Independent political action and the immediate formation of ward and pre cinct organizations. A draft of a plat form for the proposed labor party ac companied the report. The report ap peared ambiguous to many of the dele gates, who held that "independent po litical action" meant supporting friends and trying to defeat enemies in the old party, which is the programme of the American Federation of Labor. ' In contradiction to this programme, the draft of the platform submitted in dicated that the intention was to form a new political party. The committee hardly had a chance to explain when the Socialists' jumped' into the fray with more energy than they ever be fore displayed. Substitute Report Made. A long debate ensued as to what should be submitted for a referendum vote, when C. H. Esddorn, of the Paint ers' Union, Introduced a substitute for the committee report which was clear cut and to the point. The substitute offered by Esddorn was as follows: "Shall organized labor indorse and co-operate with the Socialist party 7 of" "Shall organized labor organize an Independent Labor party? "Will you abide by the majority given on these questions?" A compromise was reached after a long debate in which it was agreed to send out copies of the Socialist plat form along with the other, provided the Socialist party furnishes tbe, copies. Platform Is Outlined. The proposed platform of the Labor party stands for the following: Direct primary nominations. Election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people Election of all judges by direct vots for a term not exceeding six years. Old-age and disability pensions. An adequate employers' liability law and the repeal of the fellow-servant and implied risks acts. To secure sanitary Inspection of mines, factories, dwellings and all con ditions of labor. To abolish child-labor. To secure the election of the Chicago Board of Education by direct vote of the people. To secure public ownership of all public utilities. To secure the prohibition of gambling in stocks and the necessaries of life, w To have all municipal work per formed directly by the municipality without the intervention of contrac tors. To secure the abolition of the fee system in all public offices. To secure the abolition of tenement house and sweatshop system. The initiative, referendum and right of recall. To bring about the correction of the present system of selecting crand Jur ors whereby all classes of citizens' may; be represented thereon. - ' X