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
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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. - '
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