VOL. L. XO. 15.54G. rOHTLAXD. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FAST OF 22 DAYS NORTHWEST GIVES ROOSEVELT SAYS CAFE SINGER WINS CLEW IS FOUND IN CONCILIATION WILL SUPPLANT STRIKES HELPS SICK WOMAN WIDOW BY VOICE ELECTION IS SURE MURDER MYSTERY IS SUICIDE IN IL HIGHEST PAID BARITONE WEDS EJIPLOYERS AND FNIONS UNITE FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE. ABSTINENCE FROM FOOD IS RICH MRS. CARMODT. STRENGTH-PRODUCER. WOMAN SHOT Mi B L OAD SURPLUS Operation of New Line Helps Milwaukee. UNIT OF COST INCREASING Lane Declares Growing Rates Are Becoming Menace. RAILROADS ARE WARNED Shipper Mast Not Be Callrd I'pon to SoItt All of Companies DIN fleultlesToo Much Busl ne Is Embarrassing. CHICAGO. Sept. 22. Railroads must idjust their economic difficulties by lome other means than by asking ship pers to contribute the funds therefor. In the opinion of Interstate Commerce Commlmlnner Iane. as expressed during the hearing today. Railroad officers and attorneys sought lo learn whether the commissioner Im plied there must be readjustment of the method of financing the big carrier sys tems, but Mr. Lane Ignored their efforts and continued to ask the wltnesa to whom he had directed his startling r marks, pointed questions on the amount and disposition of earnings of the rail road In question the Chicago, Milwau kee ft Paul. Declaration Is Cnexpectrd. The wltnesa waa 'William M. Kills, chief counsel for the Milwaukee. He said that the unit of cot of additional business grew fastrr than the unit of Income. "Do I understand then, that as you are today, you are suffering from too much business?" asked Commissioner Lane. "That la true." "As the country develops there will be more and more freight delivered to you." said Commissioner Lane, "and as con ditions are now. the rates constantly must be Increased, according to officials. I argue that It is a menace to the coun try If the rates constantly are to be Increased. We must work out this problem on lines other than by the pro posed method of raising the traffic If not. there is no time when we can say the maximum haa been reached." . Western Road Is Profitable. This unexpected development came as a result of the Inquiry Into the Milwau kee's profits, particularly from the pub He lands acquired in recent years. Mr. Ellis denied the commissioner's sugges tion that the road's optimism when It built the transcontinental extension had turned to pessimism now. If it had not been for that road." he said, "we would have had nothing from operation to add to our surplus last year. That extension added about C 500. 000 to the surplus. In addition to the t2.JSS.5TJ. from other sources. Our total surplus U about CO.OOr.OCC." He then told the commissioners that expense cost waa overtaking earnings and would continue to do so as long as more traffic was handled. Profit Ratio Decreases. In answer to questions Mr. Ellis said that If the gross Income next year went to rs.OAOX) from this year's figures of SK4.onO.iViX the percentage of profit would be less. "Do you mean to say the cost of doing the additional K&0Q0.0TO in business would be eual to that sum?" he asked. "I mean the percentage of profit would not be so great." said Mr. Ellis. Attorney II. C. Lust, representing the Illinois Manufacturers, said: "Mr. EJIls. you say your gross income last year from other sources was $3,000, ftV. What are those sources?" West Swells Surplus. "Chiefly the Puget Sound division." ha answered. "The St. Paul owns all the stock and In 1910 received ffi.00u.000 on the bonds." Interrupted Commissioner Lane again. "Do you mean to aay the Puget Sound branch paid all its operating expenses for 19 years and In addition ft.0uu,000 in terest on its capitalisation?" "Well, that was Interest for a year and a half. However It also earned a sur plus of nearly $3Ae.rtH." "How was the Puget found division paid for?" asked Mr. Lane. "By a bond Issue of $10.OHlt.OiiO sold to stockholders." "And in addition to the surplus a 7 per cent dividend was paid on that is sue last year?" I "Tes." WAR OPENS ON IREIGIIT RATES "' Nine- State Back More Against Rail, roads of Country TOPE K A. Kan.. Sept. 22. Organized opposition to tne proposed Increase In freight rates by the railroads was be gun here today at the conference of over ISO representatives of commer cial and public organizations of Middle Western States. The fight against the proposed rates Is to be waged principally before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Colorado. Texas. Oklahoma. Kansas. Nebraska. Missouri. Iowa. Minnesota and Illinois were represented at the conference. Resolutions adopted demand a de- Mrs. Freeburg. Who Wu Helpless Before Treatment Began, Now Walks Every Day. With possibly a teaspoonful of broth, Mrs. Mary J. Freeburg. M years old. of East Forty-first and Holgate streets, will break a fast of 22 days tomorrow. About five weeks ago Mrs. Freeburg was taken seriously 111 with a complica tion of stomach, kidney and heart trou b!e- For two weeks the only thing she was able to retain on her stomach was about eight ounces of milk or eggnog, and her suffering was intense. As noth Ing would relieve her. it was decided to put her through a fasting period. When- Mrs. Freeburg began to fast. she was not able to help herself In any way. 9)i e was so weak that she could not talk, and had to be lifted bodily when she was to be moved. Since the fasting began, the sick worn an had steadily gained in strength. She now gets up three, times a day and each time walks Into another room and back. "Before Mrs. Freeburg began fasting. said the nurse who Is In charge, "she could not retain half of a graham cracker on her stomach. She Is better In every way. and la on the road to recovery." 1 "Tes. I am feeling ever so much bet ter." said Mrs. Freeburg yesterday. "Of course I am Just a little weak, and occa sionally I get very hungry. but am afraid It will take some time to teach my stomach to accept any food. They say they are going to serve me a platter of eatablea tomorrow In a teaspoon." The sick woman is cheerful, her eyes are bright and her skin Is clear. Be fore being taken ill she weighed nearly IIS pounds but this has been greatly reduced. CHINESE DEFRAUD CANADA Swarms Evade Poll tax by Imperson atlng Privileged Men. VANCOUVER. B. C. Sept. 22.- (Speclal.) Edward Foster, special of ficer of the Department of Justice at Ottawa, is In Vancouver investigating alleged wholesale violations of the Chinese immigration act. which are said to have defrauded the Dominion and Provincial governments out of hundreds of thousands of dol'ars in revenue annually by evasion of the f S00 poll tax. Thirty Chinese of the last bunch brought here by the Empress of China are now being held In the detention shed awaiting inquiry It Is alleged that many of the Chinese coming here secure free admission to Canada by presenting passports plac ing them In the tax exempted class of students and merchants. The crooked work, it Is believed, is engineered by a Hongkong organisation with rami fications on this coast, the passports being originally secured for reputable Chinese entitled to enter Canada free, who pass over their documents to ooolies. The Immigrant then becomes the bondsman until the stipulated price for the passport Is paid. A report of the present investigation has been for warded to Ottawa. TOBACCO PACKS REDUCED Manufacturers Cut Size to Make Up for Higher Revenue Taxes. WASHINGTON'. Sept. 22. Packages of all American cigarettes and to baccos are being reduced In size by the manufacturers to make up for the In creased revenue taxes Imposed by the tariff. Packages of several well-known brands which formerly contained 20 cig arettes and were sold for 6 cents now contain only IS and sell for the same price. The first of the smaller-sized packages has appeared in Washington. and the Internal revenue bureau haa unofficial information that the so-called tobacco trust Intends cutting the sizes of all Its package goods in every city In the country". Pocket pouches of tobacco which have been made In the size of I 2-S ounoes and sold for E. cents will be re duced to ounces. It Is understood. PORTER PICKS UP $2500 French Bishop Come ''Near Sailing for Monte Penniless. NEW YORK. Sept. 22. The Umely discovery todax by Benjamin Jackson. a negro porter, of a fat wallet on the French Line pier was all Vat prevent ed Monalgnor Fouchet. bishop of Or leans. France, fros ailing for home penniless. The bishop sailed on the liner Loralne after attending the recent Eucharistlc Congress at Montreal. He discovered the loss of his pocketbook containing about liEOO Jut as the ship was casting loose. Jackson was gloat ing over hla find when two detectives discovered him. GIRL, LOST 1 YEAR, FOUND Texas Maiden, Abducted. Located in Hotel, Penniless. CHICAGO. Sept. 22. Dorothy Barrow. 13 years old. missing from her home in Houston. Tex., for over a year, has been found, poorly clothed and penniless. In a hotel In Vlncennes,' lnd., and was re stored today to her mother. Mrs. Elolse Barrow, who declares the girl waa ab ducted. Chicago police to whom she told the story of the child's disappearance and Defeat of 'Old Guard' by 100 Asserted. ROLL CALL TO BE DEMANDED Plan Is toorce Weak-Kneed Delet, s Into Line. PLATFORM IS- '-CUSSED Direct Nominations Wil Be Indorsed, but Details Are Left to Future. Colonel's Friends to Take No Slate to Saratoga. OYSTER BAY. Sept. 22. The utter rout of the "Old Guard" by Theodore Roosevelt at the Republican state con vention in Saratoga was predicted to day by Colonel Roosevelt himself. At the conclusion of a long confer ence with half a dozen of his lleuten- nts. Colonel Roosevelt said: "I think may be reasonabley safe In saying we will have 100 majority." Lieutenants in Conference. Reports from all parts of the state were received at Sagamore Hill today. Otto T. Bannard, of New York, Lloyd C. Grlscom, president of the New York County Republican committee; F. J Kracke. of Brooklyn. Naval officer of the port: Representative William M. Calder. of Brooklyn, Herbert Parsons, Mr. Grlscom's predecessor, motored down from New York late In the after noon for a final survey of the field of battle. AH through the fight which began with the Sherman Incident, the Colonel haa refused to express any opinion as to the outcome and none was expect ed from htm today, but the reports here tonight convinced him that I was all over bu the shouting. Tart to Be Indorsed. Unless some unexpected reversal should be met, he was positive that the Republican organization . would be forced to give arcund before the "pro gressives" when the test came at Sara toga next week. His estimate of 100 majority is concurred in by the others who attended the conference. The atti- ude of the Roosevelt forces toward th Taft Administration was outlined by Mr. Bannard. "In my opinion," said he, "the Sara toga convention will adopt a resolu tion strongly Indorsing the Adminis tration of President Taft. In accord ance with the President's expressed wish, no mention will be made of any renomlnatlon In 1912. No opposition to an indorsement of the Administration will come from delegates friendly to Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Griscom." Programme Is Agreed On. Mr. Bannard's statement, coming direct ly after the conference, was taken as a plain indication that Mr. Roosevelt had agreed with the others on this pro gramme. Mr. Grlscom said that he had brought good news to Sagamore H1U. 'I reported to Mr. Roosevelt, he said. that there had been several accessions to our ranks among the delegates from Dutchess and Montgomery counties. (Concluded on P 5.) IL. . . "a .TTTsTT. x -. -- -'- t ... - . Romance, Closely Watched by Seat tle's Society and Theatrical World, Ripens Rapidly. SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. 22. (Special.) A romance, the progress of which the little theatrical world of Seattle has been watching with deep interest for more than a month, ripened Into a wedding In Everett at 8 o'clock this morning, when Mrs. Daniel Carmody, of this city, wealthy and beautiful widow and daughter of a pioneer family, became the bride of Clinton Montgomery, of San Francisco, a singer popularly known in this city as "the silver-toned baritone. Montgomery came to Seattle from San Francisco last month to fill an engage ment at the Olympus Cafe, where his vlnging was the feature of the nightly musical programme. He Is said to be the highest paid singer of illustrated songs on- the Coast, and. being a fine looking young man, well bred and with an engaging personality, soon became popular with fatrons of the cafe. Soon after coming here Montgomery met Mrs. Cormondy, whose husband. dead now about three years, was heavily Interested In Klondike enterprises and owned a grocery business and consider able valuable real estate in Seattle. Friends Jokingly my that Montgomery's voice won the pretty widow's1 heart. At any rate It was not long before it wan very apparent that Montgomery sang to but one admirer In the crowds that thronged the tables, and a few days ago he Informed the cafe owners that the happy day had been set and that he would hv to cancel his contract to go on his wedding Journey. This morning the young couple and a party of relatives and Intimate friends of the bride' went to Everett, where the ceremony was performed. LOCKOUT SEEMS IMMINENT Berlin Metalnorklne Employers Would Force Strikers Back. BERLIN. Sept. 22. The metal-work ing employers' organization met today and voted to lock out the organized workmen in the trade October 8 unless the striking shipbuilders return to work before that day. The organized metal-workers have been naklng contributions to the sup port of the Idle shtpmen,- and today's action was designated to Influence the latter to return to wrflc or lose one source of ffianclal assistance. The general lockout In the shipbuild ing industry, which followed local strikes, has continued for six weeks. Tonight the employers' association gave out a statement In which it was said that 60 per cent of the working force of the entire metal Industry would he locked out on October 8 and remain locked out until the differences with the shipbuilding yards were ad- Justed. It Is estimated that 300,000 workmen will be affected. MARCELLUS DIES, SLOWLY Collier Snnk Six Weeks Ago Finally Declared Defunct. WASHINGTON. Sept 22. It required ix weeks to wfpe the collier Marcellus off the naval list, although for that time he has been lying on the , bottom of the Atlantic, seventy miles off Cape Hatteras. The ship was rammed and. sunk by an Italian steamer. The official order declaring the Mar cellus defunct was issued by the Navy Department today. Three other vessels also went on the dead list today, the Siren, which was a yacht purchased for use In the Spanish war; the Eagle, a small gunboat, and the ill-fated Bennington. ' The three vessels are to be offered for sale. WHO'S THAT TRYING TO "BUTT IN"? T.R. EllexsonSoughtby Police at Union. SUSPICION BASED ON TRIFLE Hunted Man Near Scene of Tragedy on Sept. 11. LETTER FOLLOWS CRIME Waldo Perry, Found Dead in Home, Not Known to Have Had Eue- mies Theorists Are -at Loss to Account for Crime. LA GRANDE. Or., Sept. 22. (Spe cial.) Search Is being made for T. R. Ellexson. in connection with the mur der of Waldo Perry, Deputy County Assessor, who was shot in his home at Union on September 11. . There is no flawless mesh surrounding: Ellexson, but there are Just enough circum stances to make the police anxious to locate him and to have from him an explanation of his whereabouts on Sep tember 11. Ellexson Is thought to be at Echo. Or., tonight. Ellexson worked for Perry for some time, but recently left Union and went to Baker City, where he secured a posi tion In the employ of George Brown. He worked for Brown only two weeks and then started west, leaving Baker City on Sunday morning, September 11, the day that Perry was murdered. It Is thought possible that he was in Union at the time the grewsome crime was committed. On the Tuesday fol lowing the murder Ellexson wrote a letter to Perry, but it was not opened until this afternoon. The contents of the letter will be made public at the Inquest tomorrow. It is said the letter Is a business epistle. Idea Scouted at Baker City. So far a Is known there Is nothing other than the circumstance of his pos sibly .having been in the neighborhood of the crime and his having been for merly in the employ of Mr. Perry, which leads to the pointing of the fin ger of suspicion at Ellexson. It Is not known that there was ever any trou ble between Ellexson and his employer. and George Brown, Ellexson's Bake City employer, scouts the idea of Ellex eon having been connected with the crime, holding that Ellexson was quiet and well-behaved man. Ellexson will be sought for. however, and asked to explain his whereabouts on September 11. This is in fact the only clew of any kind on which the authorities have to work, and until something more tangible is found it will be followed. Ellexson is described as a man about 40 years of age, five feet eight 'inches tall, and slightly looping In appearance. Automatic Revolver Used. As conditions of the crime are being investigated it develops that Perry died without a struggle; that the weapon was an automatic revolver and was operated by someone standing directly behind him. The stairway to the gar- (Concluded on Pa 2-) Board Elected Jointly by' Two Ele ments Will Hereafter Adjust San Francisco's Disputes. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22. With a complete understanding between em ployers and representatives of the labor onions, differences between employers and employes In thla city will hereafter be submitted to the San Francisco In dustrial Conciliation Board, an organiza tion whtch was formed today and which in" the future will be the tribunal to de cide all labor difficulties. Officers of labor unions and heads of some of the biggest commercial houses have met in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, discussed the final ar rangements for the institution of the new system and then elected officers of the board, which Is to consist of 12 em ployers and 12 delegates from labor bodies. William Matson was chosen president of the board and Mayor P. H. McCarthy, representing the Building Trades Council, was made vice-chairman. C. W. Burke, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, will be secretary and Andrew Gallagher, secretary of the local labor council. Is to be his assistant. BARK AND STEAMER CRASH Olsen and Mahoney, Known In Port land, Strikes Bark McLaurin. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22. In dense fog off the coast, 45 miles north of Point Arena, the bark McLaurin, bound from Bristol Bay for San Fran Cisco, collided with the steamer Olsen and Mahoney at 6 o'clock this morn ing. No one was injured. The steamer pulled clear without any damage, and placing a line aboard the sailing vessel, towed her Into port late today. The McLaurln's main yard was split, and her ' starboard side was wrecked, bulwarks, chain plate and rail, being torn away. The Olsen and Mahoney was inward hound to San Francisco from Puget Sound, with a cargo of lumber and poles.. She is one of a fleet of steam schooners operated in the lumber trade by the Olsen and Mahoney Transpro tation Company. She is well known in Portland shipping circles. A year ago she ran into the Burnslde bridge here doing damage to herself and the bridge. HYENA AIMS AT SUICIDE Wild Brute in Zoo Slowly Killing Self by Chewing Own Flesh. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. Presist- ently gnawing off its left hind leg and drinking its own blood, a spotted hy ena of the brooding, not the laughing variety, is committing progressive sui cide at the National Zoological Garden The animal, a gift to the zoo from Adam Forepaugh in 1895, began the process of self-destruction several days ago and before its keepers could dls cover the cause of the injuries it had chewed the flesh from the paw to the middle joint of the leg. It is now in a state of physical exhaustion and keep ers at the zoo fear that it will be nec essary to kill the animal. Dementia Is believed to have attacked the hyena. CHANLER REVOKES POWER Move Made to Prevent Singer From Obtaining Income, ( NEW YORK, Sept. 22. Robert W. Chanler has revoked the power of at torney he gave Lina Cavalierll to col lect the income from his estate under her famous ante-nuptial agreements. ThiB statement was made today by Sidney Harris, Chanler's attorney. Thla move Is Intended to make it impossible for Cavallerl to obtain the Income from the three trust funds set aside for Chanler. Within two or three days Mr. Harris intends to answer the summons and complaint filed by attorneys for Mrs. Julia Chamberlain Chanler, the artist's first wife, which questions the legality of his agreements with his bride. MAN DIES CRANKING AUTO Machine Jumps Upon Owner and Crushes Out Lire. PROSSER, Wash., Sept. 22. C. Wil der, a photographer, was killed on the street by his own automobile today while he was cranking the machine. The car seems to have jumped upon its victim, entangled him in the machin ery, rolled on him and mangled him. and then stopped. Many people were passing along the street and noticed nothing peculiar. Even those who saw the man's feet protruding from beneath the car thought he was at work making re pairs. Death must have been Jnstan- aneous from a broken neck. WHO'S PRESIDENT WORRIES Answer Brings Verdict of Not Guilty in Washington Court. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 "Who is President of the United States?" asked Judge Mullowney of William Thomas, a Jail prisoner, who was being examined by a lunacy Jury. "Deed. Jedge. ah doan rightly know. They say they'res two of 'em one's -Mr. Taft and the other's Teddy," was the prisoner's reply. MysteryEnvelopsTrag edy in Cleveland. COUPLE AUTO TO ROADHOUSE Shooting Follows Four Hours' Celebration in Wineroom. , SHE IS WOUNDED TWICE He Hangs Himself With Handker. chief AVIien Taken to Prison. Rich Man's Relations With Woman Not Understood. , ; CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 22. As the end of an acquaintanceship of unknown dur ation, B. W. Tates. a wealthy Detroit business man, .today shot and seriously wounded Mrs. Fred Singer in a wine room, and two hours later hanced him self In the County Jail. The woman's attorney, Frank Bill man, was closeted tonight with Yates' two sons for several hours. The result of tho Interview was not given out. The young men. A. W. and H. F. Yates, hur tled here from Detroit as soon as the report of the shooting reached them. Yates was 48 years old and married. Mrs. Singer, formerly a resident of De troit, but lately residing in a Cleveland hotel, Is the wife of a traveling sales man. The couple spent yesterday after noon and evening in an automobile. At midnight they went to a roadhouse at Rocky River, a western suburb of the city. Four hours later the shooting oc curred. Mrs. Singer was shot through the back and through both legs. While the woman was borne to a hos pital. Yates was taken to the Cleveland Jail and there he hanged himself In the washroom, using his hankerchief as a noose. Mystery surrounds the relations of th pair. Mrs. Singer has been estranged from her husband for months. , BLAZE THREATENS BLOCK Newspaper Office Is Torn Down tc Save Opera-House. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Sept. 22. (Special.) One of the'most disastrous fires In many months and one that for a time threatened to burn an entire block between First and Second streets, raged for three hours this morning. The blaze started in the rear of the Bon Ton Grocery, owned by Rousch & John, suposedly from a defective flue. The Brunswick bowling alley and the Capital soft drink establishment and most of their contents were burned. A rooming-house above this burned and several roomers narrowly escaped. A small building occupied by A. Morris as a shoeshop and the business office of the Morning Express were torn down to save the Houston Opera-House ad joining. The total loss to buildings and goods will reach $25,000. The Insurance will not cover more than one-third. NORTHWEST GETS MIDDIES Candidates From This Section Enter Annapolis In October. OREGONIAN NEWS BL'REAU, Wash ngton Sept. 22. Following are tho Northwestern boj's who passed the en trance examination and will enter the Annapolis Naval Academy on October 10: i Edwin T. Short, appointed by Rep resentative Ellis: Clarence James Mc- Readle. appointed by Representative McC'redie; William F. Roell, appointed' by Senator Piles; Albert H. Rooks, ap pointed . by Senator Jones; Augustus willson Walker, Idaho, appointed by Representative Hamer; Chester A. Tol-; man, Alaska, appointed by delegate Wickersham. WIRELESS RECORD BROKEN Steamer Marama Transmits Mes sage Distance of 500 Miles. VANCOUVER, B. C, Sept. 22. (Spe cial.) While en route to Vancouver from Sydney, Australia, It is learned today, the steamer Marama, of the Canadian-Australian line, broke all records for receiving wireless messages at sea, her best distance being 2.i00 miles, when she communicated with an Alaskan station two days out from Suva. The Marama also picked up H. M. S. Powerful, lying In the Sydney Harbor, while 1900 and 2200 miles out at sea. SLAYER STILL AT LARGE Man Who Killed Jesse Smith Is Hid. Ing in Mountains. MEDFORD, Or.. Sept. 22. (Special.! J. A. Mock, the slayer of Jesse C. Smith, Is still at large in the mountains be tween Ashland and Jacksonville. Sheriff Jones and posse surrounded a cabin at the Sterling mine during last night only to find this mornin in S aae AX .recovery, axe lavetiaUn A t r I Not guilty," was the verdict, the cabin was empty.