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ill 11 VOL. L,. XO. 15,547. PORTLAND. OREGON. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER , 24, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. STATE CONVENTION JURIST CALLED TO CCATTI T 0111 INT YATES WAS VICTIM BODY OF MISSING WEEK IN BANKING ENDS; IINITFrnMFniANS ULHIILL IULIUL OF VAMPIRE WOMAN SHOWS PROSPERITY w1Bata wvr!ia-iiiiwi mm m m mm m mm rLfllLl .AbbOiiLU VOTERS TO DECIDE KOLB AND DILL IX LITIGATION IVA SINGER TRUE TO TYPE OF PORTLAND CLEARING S REVEAL CIRCE AND DELILAH. 30 PER CENT GAIN. APPEAL TO COURT. CAMPAIGN CN0RESL0R1ER GIRLFDUND BURIED But Blow Is Softened by Other Omissions CANNON LION AT SPRINGFIELD Judge Graham Besought "In Inter est of Lovers of Laughter" to Reconcile Pair. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 23. (Spe cial.) Rapping for order In the court room of Judge Thomas F. Graham thla morning- was labor lost for several moment, after a suggestion solemnly made by Attorney John J. OToole In regard to William Kolb and Max . S. Acting Mayor vdall Charges Gra. X GILL RECALL PETITIONS Ol: Speaker Not Mentioned- but Pm-once thoug:ht to be the ,naeparabU I premiers of musical farce and now at Sees His Views Prevail. daggers drawn, plunged deep into liti gation over the scattered property of this world-famous partnership, which has been rent asunder by dissension Reform Councilman at Head of City Stirs Hornets' Nest. Speech is full of fight BBbI;;rB11 Benator Cullom Personally Recalls Plank In Platform Lauding Him. Deneen Cheered for Address Defending: Tariff Bill. SPRINGFIELD. III.. Sept. 23. Tnrle Joe- Cannon which Is the proper ap pellation down here where many years ago the young lawyer. Joe Cannon, rode the circuit with three law books and the high hope of youth attended the Repub lican state convention today and enjoyed tilmself. , He saw a platform adopted meeting his tariff Ideas, heard addresses approving the work of Corigress and President Taft. nut his arms around many old friends, smoked cigars and delivered speech himself amid vociferous applause. Iorlmer's Name Omitted. He swung his arms, stamped his fret and shouted as he talked, and occasion- ally he smiled. True. the platform adopted did not mention him by name. but the reason did not He In himself. Senator Lorlmer's"name was omitted as a starter and after some deliberation. but In order that Its absence might not be too glaring. It was agreed to omit the names of Senator Cullom and the rest of all the lovers of mimic and laughter," began O'Toole. 'I appeal to your honor to use In this case those powers of reconciliation for which you are well known. I am sure that the heartfelt gratitude of multl. tudpti will bi yours If you can but bring this pair together In harmony once when they appear before your honor. I beseech you to try and reconcile them." When Bailiff McUenty at last suc ceeded In restoring order. Judge Gra ham replied from the bench: Ever since I learned of the sever ing of relations between Kolb and Dill It has. been my Intention to reconcile them to each other If I can. I have had come success in Dringmg aDnui me reconciliation of married couples who have become estranged, but never be fore have I felt myself called upon to try and reconcile warring partners. I don't know what success I may hope for. but you may depend upon It that I shall try my best." Action on the demurrer was de ferred. GREAT CLEANUP PROMISED Latest Plans Are Startling Police Department Declared Permeated With Corruption Restricted District Deplorable. SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. :3. (Spe cial.) Max Wardall. Acting Mayor of the City of Seattle, who wants to be Mayor In name as well as in fact, today flat ly charged graft In the police depart ment. Rumors current today are to the effect that Wardall's friends are circu lating petitions for Mayor Gill's recall. Should the recall be obtained, Wardall would at once become "reform" candi date for Mayor and the same wave that rould remove Gill from office would drop the young Councilman safely In the vacant position. i nardall has turned the town wrong side out since the departure of Mayor Gill and Chief Wappensteln. His gam- UflMAM flRIVFR VANISHES bIln "W". dsncehall pronunclamentos ii wiiinn land 'Send Bill to Bob Johnson Tells Boy. (she I WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Sept. 33. (Special.) The Identity of a woman who ran over a messenger ooy near na desires as to the limitations of a restricted district are recent but very vivid history. His latest plans are start ling. The graft that exists In the city gov ernment of Seattle is located chiefly In the police department, almost every part of which Is permeated with corruption,' Speaker. Senator Cullom personally I tn gtta of the county Fair last night I 8a,d Acting Mayor Max Wardall caused the withdrawal of the plank com plimentary to himself. Mr. Cannon declared that the insur gents were trying to put a halo on their heads at his expense. Ha continued "This is not a time of war. Thank God. It Is an era of peace In this coun try. I recite this Incident not to stir up anlmoalty. but in the contest touch Ing economic policies. In the presence of misrepresentation. In the presence of falsehood. In the presence of denuncia tion, abounding everywhere: but most In the uplift magasines and a large portion of the metropolitan press. It Is the time for the Republican party In Illinois and all over the country to stand up and be ' counted. and who, after seeing that the boy was not badly hurt, but that his bicycle was demolished, calmly ordered hta to 'send the bill to Bob Johnson, secre tary of the Fair Association," is bothering not only the boy who has lost a bicycle, but Mr. Johnson. well. Mr. Johnson says he knows no woman of her description. The lad was riding down the street that leads to the Fair Grounds and was forced to the left side by passing automobiles, when suddenly a big blua machines -driven by a woman darted out from behind a wagon and ran him down. The woman stopped and found the boy unhurt. After ordering him to send the bill to Mr. Johnson. she drove away, the boy thinking her Mr. Johnson's wife. However, Mrs. Johnson has never yet been persuaded to put her foot Intp the auto, though Mr. Johnson has owned It three years. The machine bore no number Faith Worth Fighting For. "T pray God to help the great party keep the Republican faith, whether we , succeed or fall. It Is better to light . and fall, standing true to correct prln clples and policies of government which underlie the prosperity of 40. . OOfl OOo imodIa. than eowardlv to turn . your back to the contest, flee from the RAINS PREPARE GROUND enemy, apologise and excuse. "We made a platform In Chicago In 130$. We nominated and subsequently elected Taft.' We elected a Republican ' House with a nominal majority of more than 40. and almost two-thirds major ity In the Senate. Taft Is a great man. "He has the Judicial temperament. He would preserve the co-ordinate branches of the Government as the fathers made them for the protection of the rich and poor, weak and strong. 'Taft has performed the duty of his great office and he has left it to Con gress to legislate and to the courts to Interpret the law. He could not go differently If he were to try, because God gave him that kind of a manhood. The Judicial temperament Is not spec tacular: It does not play the role of an evangel. I want the President of the ITnlted States your President and mine to stand by his duties as de fined In the Constitution and co-operate with bis party In writing upon the statute-books new legislation, keeping his oath of office to see that the la are obeyed. Taft has done all these things. Speaker Proud of Congress. I am prond or the reputation, I am proud of the achievement of every mrmmt Tl.nnhlfrEn wh.th.r Hji tm In or out of public life, and I am proud of MISHAPS COME IN STRING the record made by the (1st Congress. Walla Walla Wheat Lands Now Ready for Fall Seeding. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Sept. 23. (Special.) Farmers are preparing for Fall seeding operations, the rains of last week putting the ground In excel lent shape for this work. Nothing will be done until the weed seed sprouted by these rains has come up so that It may be disced up and killed. Form erly It was the practice to seed as soon as harvest was over, but the weeds got too good a start and now there Is no grain put In the ground until the weeds are killed. Wheat sown on the Jreshly cultivated soil Is sprouted and gets far ahead of the weeds, and thus chokes them down. There Is more land to seed this Fall than last Spring, owing to the tact that there was a larger acreage In Summer fallow. This, with the Fall plowing for Spring seeding that will be done, will bring the area to be seeded much above last year's. Farmers will rush the seeding this Fall so as not to be caught short with their Fall-sown grain, as they were last year. This grafting cannot be stopped un less there Is at the head of the depart ment an honest official and a man of Iron principle not malleable Iron, but tempered steel. That does not happen to be the case In the present Instance T Instructed Captain Claude"" Bsnnistf to take charge of the restricted district at 2 o'clock this afternoon. He will hold the owner of every Immoral house re sponsible for the proper conduct of his place, insofar as that Is possible. I am oposed utterly to the sale of liquor In such houses and to the habit and practice of the women there of soliciting men to buy liquor. I spent the night until : o'clock this morning In the restricted district and In the Pike-street district and found things deplorable In both places. There Is a law on the statute books which makes it a misdemeanor for women to drink In public places where liquor. Is old. "I shall try to stop the sale of liquor flZ-..4Ux.f c.?--u. o cb s MM to women In the Pike-street restau rants as well as In all other cafes, In cluding the most fashionable ones In the city, no matter what the distinc tion of the clientele may be. In other words I believe the spec. (Concluded on Psss 2.) Beautiful . Creature Who Brought Rich Lumberman to Disgrace Bad From Girlhood. t i DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 23. (Special.) When Bertram W. Yates, a wealthy 'umberman and publisher, of this city, nged himself In 'the County Jail at 'eland night before last, he logical ncluded a drama as old as any h. .nan annals. Iva Singer, the young woman he shot before he killed himself, was true to the type of Circe, Deliah and the lady painted by Burne-Jones and sung by Kipling. When the girl was 14, according to her own story, she went across the border line society maintains between the women It calls good and those brands- as bad. Five years ago she was secretly married to Fred Singer, whose family in Cleveland never over looked this disgrace. Almost Immedi ately after her marriage, she came to Detroit and entered the under-world. The detectives remember her as Junlta Dice, one of the most beautiful women of her class. Ten months ago she emerged from the under-world and became Mrs. Fred Singer again. With her husband she lived in a respectable apartment, had fine gowns and money, a continuous shower of flowers. Jewels, expensive bric-a-brac and the hundred little lux urles which charm women. Her hus band, who had Infinite leisure, dressed with scrupulous attention to style and wore diamonds. She had met B. W. Yates, a man of wealth and famfly. Those who knew Iva best say her characteristics were fervid devotion to her husband, which was only equalled by Yates' Infatuation for her. For her husband's sake she played "vampire" to Yates. When her husband filed a bill for divorce, she determined to get rid of Yates and this led to the tragedy. MAN CHOKED AFTER FIGHT Companion of Engineer, Found Dead In Woods, Sought as Slayer. TOLEDO, Or., Sept. 23. Christ Mon- son. engineer at the sawmill at Slletz, was found lying dead In a canyon near his cabin early this morning, and from all appearances 1 ad been choked to death. The authorities at Toledo were notified. Later -., note was found, pre sumed to have been left by Monson, that he was si k and lo 'ie tome and was going' to end his life .by taking carbolic acid. He and another man had been in the valley and had Just returned. The night before they ,lef t they were heard quarreling. When found, Monson was In underclothes only, and his throat was black. Everything In the house was thrown about, showing that Mon son must have had a hard fight. The other man has disappeared. QUAKE FELT IN ARIZONA Severe Shocks Aro Reported From Town of Wlnslow. PHOENIX. Arizona.. Sept. 23. Pri vate dispatches from Wlnslow. Arizona, report a severe earthquake tonight in that section of Arizona. No details were given. Messages from Williams say the I shock was relt there, out no one was 1 hurt, nor was there any damage. San Francisco Doctor Is Under Arrest. WOMAN ASSISTANT ALSO HELD Corpse Is Wrapped in Sheet Soaked With Acid. ' PRISONERS ARE SILENT Physician's New Helper Informs Police Body Is Under Ground Be hind Vacant House Dead Woman's Friend Sent For. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23.-The body cf Miss Eva Swan, a young stenographer and formerly a school teacher of Paso Robles, Cal., was found tonight buried la a lot In the rear of a vacant house at 327 Eureka street. The girl had been missing since April 20. From Information which came to the police today, it Is thought that she met death shortly after that time in the office of Dr. James Grant, 1293 Golden Gate avenue. Dr. Grant Is In the city prison tonight. and the police are looking for William Sachs, his assistant. Mlsg Mary Messer smlth, a nurse employed by Dr. Grant, also is held in Jail. Neither will make a statement. Man Leaves Letter. Several attempts have been made to find the missing' girl. The day she left her boarding-house for the last time a young man called several times to see her and finally left a letter for her. The girl had dropped out of sight completely, leaving all her belongings In her room. Two months ago a family named Craughton moved Into the Eureka-street ouse. They found an old trunk there with red stains on It. The trunk smelled bad and the health department was noti fied. The city chemist examined the trunk and reported that the stains were made by paint. Shortly after the family ; moved away and nothing more was thought of this matter. - Police Are Notified. Two days ago Frank Gordon. Dr. Grant's new assistant, informed the po lice that a body was buried In the yard of the Eureka-street house. Detec tl-es went there, and after working ntil tonight, discovered the remains Miss Swan, wrapped In a sheet prlnkled with acid, burled under a ce ment flooring near a sewer. Dr. Grant and Miss Messersmlth, who had been under surveillance since Gordon noted his story to the police, were at once taken Into custody. Ranchman Sent For. Oregon, California and East All Have Increase Washington Cities Show Decline. Portland continues to make a most satisfactory showing with its weekly bank clearings. For the week ending Thursday, the total clearings were 111, 147,000, an increase of 30.1 per cent over the total , for the corresponding week last year. Seattle's total for the past week was $68,000 less than Portland's, and In the comparison made by Bradstreet, tne aouna city s clearings' were 19 per cent Ieaa than they were a year ago. Ta- coma did not fare so badly as Seattle, showing a decrease of only 6.S per cent. Not only does Portland's bank record rival prosperity, but the cities of Cali fornia also show the full tide of Fall business Is on. San Francisco's clearings In the past week were 2S.1 per cent greater than a year ago and those of Los Angeles showed a gain of 35.8 per cent. Oakland and Sacramento, with their small totals also showed large in creases. The returns of most of the Eastern cities indicate good conditions In spite of the political excitement, but in New York the bank clearings .have fallen sharply because of the lull in Wall-street specula tion. It is the Pacific Coast, however, that te Oregon and California, that stand out prominently In their evidences of growth of business. It was evident that the body had been burled for several months and that It had been transported In the trunk. The police have sent for a Paso Robles ranchman who Is supposed to have been friendly with Miss Swan, (Concluded on Page SMA SH! "When It came to tne crucial mo ment we had a bare majority of only five In the House something which . perhaps the country does not under ' stand but we keep the pledges that were made In the Chicago platform. We enacted the Payne tariff law. which has been abused and misrepresented from every standpoint. It has been so much abused that some of the chil dren In the country cry, aloud, when they waked up In the night, and say 1)h. mother, mother, the Payne tariff law la about to catch ur "When we entered upon the revision of the Dlngley law then were some Re publicans who said we could not make a scientific division: we did not know enough; we did not have sufficient infor mation, and they would get up and pick out one schedule or one Item In a greet measure that Included 530 and denounce : It. and pound It and stamp It together: If they had had their way about It. w would not have kept the Republican plat form pledge because of the lack of In formation: and yet we received our In structions from ths National convention to enact a new .tariff law. "While It may be wrong In an Item fcCoaduded ea Pace 2A Strange Chain of Accidents at Carl ton Fatal to Two. CARLTON. Or.. Sept 23. (Special.) Disaster followed disaster here to day, the series of accidents, all closely associated, resulting In probable fa tal Injuries to two and more or less serious Injury to two others. First William Stuart. 0 years old. employed as a night watchman for the Carleton Consolidated Lumber Company, slipped and fell from the docks to the railroad tracks. He sustained a fracture of the skull, collarbone and kneecap. Stuart's scream of pain caused a workman on a plledrlver. In the em ploy of the same company, to drop a heavy timber he was carrying as he rushed to the aid of the injured man. The timber fell on the thumb of a fellow-workman and mashed it. A pair of colts, being broken In by John Semler, became frightened at the noise and ran away. In the tnlxup a child, two years old. was kicked on the head and Is not expected to live, while another child, three and a half years old. sustained a broken arm and leg as the runaway team dashed down the atrarl ' CITY HALL MATTER IN AIR Temporary Structure Will Probably Be Erected in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 23. (Spe cial.) The whole City Hall matter is till up In the air. The proposition which seems most likely to beadopted is to build a temporary structure on vacant city property adjoining the pub lic library and across Larkln street from the old City Hall site. Nothing in the way of final action has been taken. It Is one of the Jokes of the McCar thy administration in view of the cam paign speeches of the McCarthyites that they would rush the City Hall and the salt water fire protection system and afford everybody a good job. am ity nail sites are bare and tin pipes for the high-pressure system lie rusting in the corporation yards where they were delivered over a year ago, in spite of the fact that mnnev fnr th. latter Is available on bonds approved by the people at an. election long be fore McCarthy was put in office. Interest Is Centered in Multnomah. ASSEMBLY OPPONENTS SPLIT Republican State Ticket Is Safe Is Prediction. LIGHT VOTE IS EXPECTED AUTO KILLS YOUNG CLFRK isiature 1 ii H l ine Democrats Divided In Race for Gov ernor Botrerman. Named by Assembly, Looks to Be Easily Winner of Nomination. Candidates who are seeking nomina tions for county, state and district of fices had their final word with the voters yesterday. Many candidates put In the closing hours of the cam paign in arduous work. Others rested on their oars, feeling that the outcome was already moulded within the pub lic mind. The people will give their answer today. It Is in the Republican primaries, of course, that the greatest interest cen ters, and it is in Multnomah County that the fight is thickest. The feel ing Is widespread that the state ticket as recommended by Republicans in as sembly will be largely victorious. But as to the outcome in Multnomah County a forecast is difficult in the face of the involved political situation that prevails. Three different elements In the party were claiming to have a half-Nelson on popular favor yesterday. Anti-Assembly Faction Split. Over the Multnomah County leg islative nominations there are two distinct anti-assembly slates pitted against each other as well as the as sembly aspirants. From this basis, the assembly leg islative candidates are predicting vic tory for the most of their number. The anti-assembly candidates, on the other hand, contend that insurgency prevails among the Republican voters this year and that the political infec tion is sufficiently well defined to over whelm all or a majority of those recommended in assembly for the Leg- Roy Ehrman Runs Down Hallinan as He Steps Into Street. i-i . . ... . i iiuiuaa r . nauinan. aged 30 years, thought to be a clerk In the Civil Serv Ice, was struck and killed last night by an automobile driven by Roy Ehrman. professional chauffeur. The accident oc curred about 9 o'clock at Fourteenth and Davis streets. Hallinan was Identified by papers found In his possession which showed that he had been living at 548 Flanders street. Hallinan, who had been drinking, stepped from behind a telegraph pole Just as Ehrman drove along in a machine in which were his mo the and two sisters Hallinan was knocked to the pavement and his skull fractured. An ambulance took him to the Good Samaritan Hos pital, but he died before being moved to the operating room. Ehrman Is said to have been driving at not more than six miles an hour. The automobile was used for hire and owned by Miss Therma Maxwell. FERNHILL WAR STILL ON Municipal Commission Rejects Over tures for Compromise. TACOMA. Wash.. Sept. 23. (Special.) The Municipal Commission, at its ses sion today, turned down the overtures of the street railway company for a settlement of all difference with . the city, which have existed since the Fern hill blockade of nearly a year ago. The vote was unanimous to file the com munication of General Manager Bean, offering terms of settlement. About 75 citizens, representing large ly suburbs not yet In the city limits, even as far away as Puyallup, were among the orators who protested against accepting the offer of the com. pany. After the session Manager Bean said the company would now allow the courts to pass on the various questions at issue, and would make no further overtures. APRON INFURIATES COW Angered by GUnnse of Red, Animal Puts Ironers to Rout. DAYTON. Wash.. Sept. 23. (Special.) Terror reigned in the Ironing department of a laundry here today when a cow being driven to slaughter by Basil broth ers became iniuriatea ana, dashing through an open door Into the washing plant, sent frightened women pell mell through all the available exits. It is thought the cow was infuriated by a red apron worn by one of the ironers. At work In another department of the laundr, R. B. Cady heard the feminine screams for help and caught the beast. After the red apron had vanished the animal became quieted and was driven from the building. Then the dozen iron ers went timidly back to work insurgent element has a strong following localls Is generally accepted as a fact. That the infection is not so well defined in the state at large Is likewise generally believed. Light Vote Is Predicted. That the vote will be light is a cur rent prediction, based largely on pre cedent. In the state 74.037 Republicans have registered. Of this number 2S, 397 are in Multnomah County. It Is believed the total vote will aggregate somewhere between 23,000 and SU.000. There are 23,148 Democrats registered In the state at large, of which 3201 are In Multnomah County. It is doubted If the Democratic vote win sum up much more than from 10,000 to 12,000 in the state, owing to the fact that there la not a full Democratic ticket on the ballot. In point of intensity, the fight over the Multnomah County legislative ticket looks up first. Then comes the brisk skirmish In the Second Congres sional District. There are four men engaged, W. R. Ellis, incumbent; A. W. Lafferty, insurgent; George Shep herd and C. J. Reed, free lances. jui the fight Is currently supposed to lie between Judge Ellis and Mr. Lafferty, and while the last named has made an admirable fight, first place is being forecasted for Judge Ellis. Democrats Out for Governor. The next most heated contest is in the Democratic partj and centers about the nomination for Governor. Jeffer son Myers, or Muunoman iuuniy, mm Oswald West, of Clatsop, are the can didates, and both have conducted an earnest campaign. Until lately Mr. West was regarded as having a lead, but Mr. Myers is said by his supporters to have fully turned tne uae djt a, thorough catnpalgn of the state. Then, too. the Democrats are earnest In their I hope of electing their nominee in the general election this year, and It hav ing become generally known that Mr. West Is a Canadian who was not natur alized as an American until ten years ago, the fear Is expressed, based on past political history, that the fact would work against him seriously in the real campaign to follow: Jav Bowerman. assembly candidate for the Republican nomination for Gov ernor is being forecasted as a certain winner today. The claim Is made ty his suporters that he will gain more votes than any two of his opponents. Judge Grant B. Dlmlck. anti-assembly candidate, is regarded as Mr. bower man's closest competitor. Albert Abra ham and Colonel E. Hofer have made earnest campaigns, but it Is held that they have merely strengthened the as sembly nominee by splitting the anti assembly vote. In the First' Congressional District the contestants are W. C. Hawley. in cumebnt. nad B. F. Mulkey. Reports from that district are favorable to Mr. Hawley, and it is said that the insur gency has not gained a wide following there. Crawford and Hart In Contest. On the assembly's state ticket the two men believed to have the hardest sledding are J. N. Hart, who Is op posed 'by A. M. Crawford for Attorney General, and W. J. Clarke, who Is op posed by Willis S. Duniway for State Printer. Duniway sentiment is well defined In Multnomah County, and re ports rfom other parts of the state make It appear that he has an advan tage. The contest promises to be closer between Messrs. Hart and Craw. (Concluded on Page -'