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POKTLAXD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1910. VOL. L. "0. 13,530. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CENSUS REPORTS IN CASE" BRIDE AND MONEY E LOVE LIKENED TO STORM ONPINCHOT BREAKS IN FORCE LB. AGAIN EXPERTED ARE SOON. PARTED APPETITE FOR BEEF WORRY TO WHITE WILL BE REDUCED CONVENTION FLOOR DURAND SENDS MEN TO PACIFIC MEXDELS' AVIFE SAYS HER PROFESSOR WILDE COMMENTS COAST TO SEEK PADDING. RICHES INSPIRED HIS LOVE, OX "BOB" CHAXLER. MARGIN HOUS TRIUMPHS ON WOMAN Ex-President Is Elected TemporaryChairman. OLD GUARD IS PUT TO ROUT ScJonel in His Element, Recalls "Frazzle" Prediction. SRUBER GRILLS ROOSEVELT Aoodruff Make Plea for Selection of Vice-President Sherman. I jitter Smilingly Congratulates Strenuous Victor in Race. ;io i TO ; A V. v Sent. ST. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt rode today on the Ion ware of victory, defratlng Vlce-Pres- ld.-nt Sherman for temporary chairman of the RpDuMlran state convention and - ti.. . ,,. ih mrd In the first naacement of a probable series of con- giCts Colonel Roosevelt was In his element. Aftr he h.rf named the members of the three Important committees and the con vention had adjourned to meet tomorrow. the Colonel turned to the newspapermen and remarked: "I said rfaxxle you may recall. Tou may quote me on that." "Fraxile" Is Recalled. At Troy yesterday, the ex-President aid he would beat his opponents to a t raxxle. There were 1011 votes cast In the con vention, of which Colonel Roosevelt re ceived SS and Vice-President Sherman received 44X giving the leader of the progressives a majority of 123. Colonel Roosevelt did not vote. Mr. Sherman voted for "John Doe." and two of the New York County delegates did cot respond when their namea were railed. The vote as officially announced at the convention gave Roosevelt 667 and Sherman 415. btu an error In the count was discovered tonight. Taft Is Indorsed. In his speech as temporary chairman. Colonel Roosevelt spoke feelingly of what President Taft had accomplished in his Administration. "It represents an earn est of the achievement of what Is yet to come: and the beneflcience and far reaching Importance of this work done for the whole people measure the credit which Is rightly due to the Congresa and to our able, upright and distinguished President. William Howard Taft." he eaid. Colonel Roosevelt bitterly assailed bosses, declaring that the difference be tween a bosa and a leader la that th leader leads and the boss drives. Difference Is Defined. -The difference." he said, "i that the leader hold his place by firing the conscience and appealing to the reason of hla followers, and the boss holds his place by crooked and underhand manip ulation." Thunders of applause greeted the Colonel as he was escorted to the speaker' stand by VU-e-President Slier man and Cornelius V. Collins. It was a day of oratory. It waa a iy of bitter and acrimonious speech. With the opening of the convention State Chairman Woodruff defined the I position or tlie old guard and an nounced that Vice-President Sherman had been selected for temporary chair man by the state committee. And then the real fight waa on. timber Old Guard Talker. Colonel Abraham Gruber. of New York, had been selected to fire the verbal hot shot for the old guard, and hi speech attacking the ex-President i was often broken and drowned by hisses and Jeers. Once the pandemon ium became ao great that Colonel Roosevelt leaped to his feet and asked tor a full hearing for the speaker. . Controller Prendergast. of New York City, waa the champion of the "pro gressives' and made a reply to the old guard onslaught. Talk of Gubernatorial candidates waa submerged during the day by the con test over the temporary chairmanship. but tonirht friend of Representative ! Bennett, of New Tork; Frederick G I Stevens. State Superintendent of Public I Works: Henry L. Stlmson. ex-l'nlted I States District Attorney In New York, were out scouting to secure votes for their candidates. Meeting Called to Order. Chairman Woodruff called the con vention to order at 12:05. and the con vention took up the regular order of business. When the roll call had been com pleted. Chairman Woodruff announced: "The next order of business Is the election of a temporary chairman." There was an Instant hush, then a ripple of uncertain applause, after which Chairman Woodruff addressed the convention. He said: "President Taft deeply desire that his party here In convention assembled, representing the largest and most po tent Republican constituency of the United States, should unequivocally In dorse his administration. This. I know from personal knowledge as the result of a visit made two week before the Publication of F I (turps Delayed in Order to Allow Rechccklng. May Be Withheld Month. WASHINGTON. Sept. 27. (Special.) The probability la that the censu re turn of every city of any consequence on the Pacific Coast will unoergo a. thorough Investigation before the figure are given out. Three expert from the bureau here are on the Coast already and the sending of several more men to assist them la contemplated. Director Durand continued to apply the soft pedal In speaking of the sus picions of padding. It haa been confidently expected that the totals for San Francisco would be given out thl week, but It seems that some suxordlnatea in the bureau had I Ml ml new tiuie ni uniun j remit the report for the city Is again held indefinitely. Mr. Durand declares emphatically that the probability of a sweeping In vestigation dots not mean that all the Pacific Coast" Is under suspicion of pad ding. It would seem that his prlnclpls of operation la that If one city If found to have padded reports then all Coast cities are to be mistrusted. Several months have elapsed since the enumera tion, the work of going over the reports I Is difficult and tedious, and xouay me time within which publlcty of Pucinc I Coast totals might be expected Is n an offhand way extended to "a month or I more. I Hawaii alone la above suspicion. The I count was under the direction of an ex I pert sent directly from Washington. The I totals have been sent to Hawaii s Oov- ernor that he might Incorporate them m his annual report, but are being with held here until a segregation of the races can be made. '57 FOREST FIRE RECALLED Forest Service to Replant Acreage Burned 53 Years Ago. With the coming of the rainy season in Oregon, the Forest Service has planned the seeding of between $000 and C000 acres of burned-over lands at a, cost of approximately $20,000. 700 acres being situated at the Bull Run watershed.-as an auxiliary to the Port land water supply. The largest amount of planting is to be done In the ML Hebo district. south of Tillamook, and adjacent to the dairying district. The district was turned over in 1857 and has never be come reforested. It Is now a mat-of ferns and underbrush. On most of the area Eastern hardwoods will be plant ed, hickory, white oak and chestnut be ing the favorites. Most of these species are now being grown in the front yards of the ranchers in that section, which gives the Federal officers encourage ment in the belief that they will thrive. The ferns and underbrush will be cleared away with mattocks so that seed may be given a chance to grow. FISHERMAN LANDS BIRDS Sellwond Resident, Whipping for Trout, Catches Pheasants. Fishing for trout waa a most usual experience for James Roberta, of Sell- wood, but catching two beautiful pheasants, as he was casting for fish was a new and most novel Incident in the life of this modern Isaac Walton. It all happened at North Beach a few days ago, when Roberta was on hi va- vation. fie was fishing for trout on a small stream, and Just as he was whipping far, his dog, running about the vicinity, scared up the two pheas- ints. which flew in direct line with the fishhooks, only to be pierced by the sharp rrongs In the neck and the ing. as they made their flight to hoped-for freedom. Roberts was a little startled and at first thought the hooks had caught In the brush, but soon realized that he had caught two birds when he pulled the two fluttering pheasant to the ground. GRADING WORK CONTINUES Astoria Road Contract Is Done De spite Quashing Injunction. ASTORIA. Or.. Sept. 27 (Special.) While the temporary injunction In the case of S. A. Cobb against Wilson, Rec tor and Daley waa dissolved by Judge Campbell, of the Circuit Court, a few day ago, no step have been taken by the defendants to take charge of th grading for the Astoria Southern Railway Company new road, other th,n niake a demand on the plaintiff th th" work be turned over to them, a request that was refused. The construction work Is now being carried n by Mr. Cobb, who has a large force of men employed. Should the pleasant weather continue, there is good reason to believe that' the greater portion of th contract will be com pleted this Fall. MAIL RECORD IS BROKEN Correspondence Sent From London to Vancouver in Nine Dajs. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) Mailed on the morning of Sep tember 17. In London. England, a post card waa received here Monday morn ing. September 26. the trip consuming exactly nine days. The card was sent to Mr. J. H. Heasley by Mrs. Martin Rehfuss. who Is traveling In Europe. This is said to be the fastest time ever made between London and Van couver. The recent record of 10 days wa considered remarkable, but this has been reduced by one whole day. I Illinois Bribery Tale Grows Exciting. HEARSAY EVIDENCE BARRED Several " Jesses Expected to Alii 11 . 'jTpsTirrmnv- V ' w -.-..j. LETTERS PLA, "-BIG ROLE In October White Wrote Browne, 'Go-Between." Not to Be Sur prised at Any Action He, White. Might Take in Future. CHICAGO. Sept. 27. With a most emphatic denial made on the stand to day that he had ever told a St. Louis woman he was writing- a hook which would worry the "Lorlmer bunch." di rect and cross-examination of State Representative C. A. White, principal witness In support of charges that the election of Senator William Lorlmer waa nrn,.iitAH Vi - .A.nmt'matliiul, .r.a completed today before the Senatorial invest'gatlng committee. In the session. Mr. Burrows, of Mich., chairman of the committee, barred hearsay evidence from the testimony. It was specifically upon the right of Representative White to relate conver sations which he declared he had with Renrejientaf Ive Jnapnh S rInrlr nf i-.-ii i .kik K-v.it. ...i j i. admitted he. too. was offered a bribe to vote for Lorlmer. Later the same ruling wVs Invoked to bar the manuscript story of White's alleged experiences In the 46th general Assembly, which detailed his . asser tions of the bribery of himself and other Legislators in the Lorlmer elec tlon which was published in the Chi cago Tribune. Many Letters in Evidence. The cross-examination dealt pri marily with letters, messages and con versation of White. A number of let ters to Minority Leader Brown from White and missive of the witness to Lorlmer were read into evidence. The latter part of the cross-examina tion waa devoted to an analysis of tes timony of White In the two trials of Democratic Leader Browne, on the charge of bribery, in an effort to estab lish ground for Impeaching the present testimony of White by witnesses who testified in the other trials. This ex amination was objected to repeatedly by Attorney Austrian. The witness re peatedly declared that he could not re member Just what questions were asked him or what answers he made. It I expected that Representative H. J. C. Beckemeyer, who has also de clared that he was bribed in the Sena torial election, will be the first wit ness tomorrow. Confessed Senator to Talk. Beckemeyer Is to be followed on the witness stand by State Senator Hoist law, of Luka. who is credited with hav- ing confessed to the Sangamon County I grand Jury that he waa paid $2500 for voting for Senator Lorlmer. Representative White admitted on cross-examination that he was now and IQonriudad on Puse 2- A He Took Her Cash, Squandered Her Fortune and Sold Her Pres ents, She Tells Court. RENO, Nev.. Seut. 27. (Special.) To have her father-in-law give her a wed dins' present of two $1000 checks, which her husband tore up as they wer tak ing the carriage a half hour after the ceremony for ther Honeymoon trip, telling her the checks were worthless and only given to make a show, and then to have her husband ask her in the carriage how much money she had and right there take from her $500 to pay the expense of the trip, was the experience of Emma Wright Mendela on her wedlng day, as told by the Detlte. a-lrllsh young woman In the trial of her dlvlrce suit today against James F. Mendels. whose questionable financial transactions In connection with New Yorkers, whose names are conspicuous In police annals. Is prom inent in recent press notices. The husband is a son of E. H. Men- dels, dean of the curb In Wall Street, and he Is a granddaughter of the late Edward Kearney, founder of tRe firm of Vantassell & Kearney, and inherited a fortune. The testimony brought forth a long story of a husband's In trigue to secure money from her. Ac cording to her, this was his ony pur pose in marriage. Within a week he had Induced the Innocent girl-wife to deed away $30, 000 In property at Saratoga Springs, she says. She lost all her wedding pre sents and Jewels, $20,000 worth. through hla borrowing money to squan dcr in his high living, she also con tends. HOLDUP MAN IS IDENTIFIED Dalles Thief Is Captured as He Tries to Escape In Launch. THE DALLES. Or... Sept. 27. (Spe clal.) Two men were arrested here last evening as participants in the holdup at The Dalles laundry Satur- day evening, ana one man. u. a. r leio. nas Deen positively laeumieu uj a- Mac. luster and W. C. Adams as one of the men who relieved them of about $160 In cash and a gold watch belong ing to Adams, in the office of the laundry concern Saturday evening. Yesterday afternoon Field tooic a gasoline launch belonging to Henry Laurentsen. a local man, and attempted to get away with it. He was fol lowed by the owner, who boarded the launch and with the help of a friend held the man until officers arrived. He was taken to the City Jail and, his description tallying with one of the robbers, the laundrym.n were tele phoned tor and were positive in their assertion that he was one or the men. A friend of the suspected man was also arrested on suspicion and the pre liminary hearing of both, was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The trial has been continued until tomorrow at 9:30. The men were both workers about town, but not well known. LOCKOUT STRIKES 10,000 All Bricklaying Stops for Week on New York Construction. NEW YORK, Sept. 27. Not a brick will be laid during the coming week on any of the important building opera tions under way in New York City. A lockout of 10.000 bricklayers for al leged violations of their agreement in ordering strikes against a member of a Builders' Association went into effect at daybreak today. The employers will not try to fill the places of the men for a week, and during that time build ing operations will cease, so far as bricklayers' work is concerned. If. at the end of that period, the situation remains the same bricklay ers will be brought here from all parts of the country. The pay Is an attractive inducement as bricklayers are paid 70 cents an hour by the members of the Builders' Association, for ordinary work with many opportunities for ex. I tra pay. WILLING WORKER AND STRONG. RepublicansAdmitLoss of Membership. DEMOCRATS MAY CONTROL Leaders of Both Parties Claim Sixty-Second Congress. INSURGENCY BIG FACTOR Success of "Progressive" Element Ir West Causes Regulars to Direct Attention to East Change Is Expected in the South. OR EGON IAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. 9ept. 27. Barring a landslide, the nevt House of Representatives will prob ably be controlled, one way or the other, by a small margin. This is the best Judgment of the campaign managers on both sides, each of course claiming that his own party will be victorious in No vember, though at the present moment there Is more optimism in Democratic circles than is found around Republican headquarters. Publicly, the Democratic campaign managers are declaring they will control the next House by from 50 to 100 members. No specific figures are given out at Republican headquarters, where It Is frankly admitted that the party is facing a harder struggle than It has had on Its hands in a congress ional year in a very long time. Never theless, Republican leaders entertain a belief, strongly akin to a hope, that the next House will be Republican. They are willing to concede the majority will be less than in the present House. East Presents Hardest Problem. Strange ao It may seem, the Republi cans are more fearful of losing ground in the big and Important states of the East than they are in the insurgent West. Three months ago, before the primaries and nominating conventions had been held, these same Republican managers feared the West would prove their weakest point. But at that time they expected to renominate many reg ular members of he present House, and nticipatd that these regulars would be nifed at the polls by Insurgents. It as transpired in states where insur gency Is strong that Insurgents have been nominated in place of regulars, and late reports from the West convey the Impression that the Insurgent nominees will be generally supported by both Ings of the party, the voters, as a rule being willing to abide by the result of primaries or conventions. ' In California and J In Washington this is not reported to be particularly true, but the normal Republican majority in those states is so large that the cam paign managers have hopes .that all Re- publican nominees will be elected. It la merely a hope, however. New England Causes Worry. Following the Democratic victory in Maine, the Republican Congressional campaign managers have become very uneasy about New England and New York. Reports from Massachusetts are decidedly alarming, and there appears to be prospects that the Democrats may capture three or four Congressional dis tricts in that state that are now repre sented by Republicans. There may bo (Concluded on Page 6.1 Y, GOV! MOVE THE1' THERE. CfiOPSf. J I Some Men Prefer Delicacies, Ex plains Savant, While Others Quantity Rather Than Quality. ST. PAUL, Minn.. Sept 27. (Special.) Declaring that the extravagant ac tions of "Bob" Chanler, in his efforts to prove his love for Lina Cavalierl to be nothing more than the expression of an animal instinct that cannot be controlled by Chanler's common sense. Professor Norman Wilde, Ph. D., "pro fessor of philosophy and psychology, at tne university oi Minnesota, aeiends the New York ex-Sheriff and says he Is not to be blamed. "Love is instinct Just as appetite for food Is. It has the same range of strength. For Instance, some men will satisfy their hunger by a small well prepared steak, other men with larger appetites will sit down at a table and eat an enormous steak that has been prepared by a careless cook and Is burned In some places, raw In others and covered -with ashes and cinders. His appetite does not fail him, owing to the appearance or preparation of the food. "A strong man is capable of a strong love. A man like Chanler loves with all the force In his body." He was reminded of the many flout- ings given the young New Yorker f.y the singer, including her open prefer ence for a bewhlskered toothless Rus sian Prince. "The 'Bob' Chanler the world knows is partially unbalanced," said the pro fessor. "The real man Is only In the grip of an instinct that is stronger than the hold conventionally has upon him." ROOSEVELT ISSUE DODGED Archbishop Glennon Very Diplomatic When Questioned. ST. LOUIS. Mo., Sept. 27. (Special.) His Grace, Archbishop John J. Glen non, of St. Louis, who "found It Im possible to attend" a banquet given by the Knights of Columbus of Peoria, 111., at which Colonel Theodore Roose velt would be the honored guest, was most diplomatic when interviewed in the Peoria Sun. He was all smiles and made the calm dignity that Is char acteristic of him. When asked if he had refused to at tend the banquet at Peoria, his Grace appeared thoughtful for a moment, and "Why, I believe I did have an invi tation from the Knights at Peoria which I declined." "I also have several invitations from other places to attend similar affairs," continued the Arch bishop. "Would the fact that Colonel Roose velt is to be at the banquet influence your Grace to decline?" the Archbishop was asked. "Now really, I could not say anything about that," smiled the Archbishop. He was then asked If he thought that the threatened refusal of the priests of Pe oria and Rockport dioceses was because Colonel Roosevelt would be at the ban quet. In reply he declared fie knew not what prompted the clergy's action. A similar situation will arise upon the occasion of Colonel Roosevelt's" visit to St. Louis, October 11. The invita tions to the breakfast to be given to Colonel Roosevelt by the Business Mens League on the morning of October 11 are being prepared by Secretary W. F. Saunders, who stated that one would be sent to Archbishop Glennon. BORROWERS TO BE LISTED Credit Bureau Decided On to Stop Over-Zealous Debtors. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. In order to prevent corporations, firms and Indi viduals from borrowing to the extent of their credit in, their own cities, then ne gotiating elsewhere and doing the same. Controller of the Currency Murray has decided upon the establishment of a cen tral credit bureau in Washington, In which will be recorded all such borrow ings from National banks. The credit bureau- will be located in the office of the Controller. The neces sity for its establishment arises from the fact that very often the local bor rowings of institutions are to the extent of their ability to pay, and if obligations of which the National Bank Examiners have no knowledge exist in other dis tricts, the effect is to impair the solvency of the National bajiks, holding the paper. Many examiners already have organ ized Individual bureaus, which show the borrowings of firms or individuals in his own district. They have been very use ful In assisting the examiners to deter mine the value of commercial paper and other1 obligations held by the National banks. Controller Murray Is expanding this system Into a National one, by which private Information of the re Eources and borrowings of every firm, partnership or corporation will be . ord ed in Washington and confidentially ex changed between the examiners. MME. SEMBRICH INJURED Famous Singer Rushes to Aid Friend Attacked by Thief. LAUSANNE. Switzerland, Sept. 27. Madame Marcella Sembrlch narrowly escaped death at her villa here Sunday night, when a mar., who had presum ably entered for the purpose of rob bery, attacked her companion, Frau lein Berta Mielke, known in America as Miss Frieda, In the grounds sur rounding the house. The prima donna rushed to her friend's assistance and was herself injured in driving off her assailant. Vancouver Is Marriage Mart. VANCOUVER. Wash., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) John Edward Lang and Hattie May Plymale were married here today. They live In Portland. S. W. Rose brook, of Portland, and Mae Kennedy, of Seattle, were also married. . ining Congress Calls Ex-Official Socialist. ATTACKS CHEERED TO ECH8 "Dreamer," "Honest but Im practical," Applied to Him. . LONE DEFENDER FAILURE . C. Graham, California Oil Opera tor, Hurries to Pint-hot's Rescue Only to Meet With Silence as He Emits Burst of Oratory. LOS ANGELES. Sept. 27. (Special.) The long expected storm against Pln chot and his policy of conservation broke in full force today at the session of the American Mining Congress. ' "Socialist." "Dreamer," "Honest, but Impractical," were some of the terms hurled at the head of the deposed for ester. The lone defender of Pinchot, S. C. Graham, a local oil operator, delivered his defense in absolute silence and when he finished with a perfervid burst of oratory there was not a sound of applause. Coloradoan Starts Ball Rolling. Ed. F. Browne, of Aspen, Colo., started the expression of disfavor to Pinchot by presenting a resolution, de claring that the withdrawal of all coal lands from entry In the Western states and "an ill-considered law attempting to segregate the coal beneath from the surface rights" would destroy the great mining Interests of the country and the proposition to lease the min eral lands "Is rank socialism adopted from the laws of New Zealand and Australia and this man who advocates the action Is a Socialist." Representative Smith, of Bakersfield, fiercely attacked "Over-lordlsm by the Federal Government as to natural re sources. He was cheered to tne ecno. Ex-Representative C. A. Barlow, of Bakersfield, attacked Pinchot and his policies. "Pinchot is a good man but thorough ly Impractical as to oil," he declared. The delegates shouted applause. Bar low said Pinchot's ideas led to the United States fixing the price of oil and would abrogate the laws of demand and supply and would end our govern ment. Pinchot Is Misgdluctl. T. A. O'Donnell. a Los Angeles oil operator, declared himself anti-Plnchot. "Pinchot Is honest but misguided, he said. "I favor the oil men's associat ing with the Congress and the passing of some resolution of natural resources and conservation as applied to the oil business here. But i am forever against the drifting of the Government toward a bureaucratic supervision of Western mining and forest industries." . That the shouts and cheers which greeted Pinchot's speech last night, were tributes to the man personally rather than to the theories and ideals of conservation which he enunciated, was Indicated today by the introduc tion of resolutions which denounced the land withdrawal plans of the conserva tionists as "mere sham and pretense, ' and condemned proposed conservation legislation, "which tends to make min ing men and other citizens of the United States lesseees of, or tribute payers to. the National Government." Change Sought by Miners. Furthermore, another resolution de mands that the forestry bureau be de barred hereafter from becoming a party to protest against mine claims, and that It no longer proceed on the assumption that a miner who has located a claim in good faith within a forest reserve Is a timber thelf In disguise. And accompanying these, came speecljes from Congressmen S. C. Smith, of California, and Frank E. Short, of Fresno, , in which both denounced the idea of substituting what was termed "a percentage or mere tenancy basis" for absolute ownership of oil and metaliferous lands. Thomas E. Gibbon, defending, said the Government would be faithless to a trust If it did not grant patents to the oil men who had entered upon and are developing lands which since have been withdrawn. ;;ut he declared In favor of the Government stepping in and withholding ai the resources that are left until they are needed, and then to lease them to locators on a nominal basis, simply, he said, to pre vent them falling into monopolistic hands. The real test between the conserva tionists and anti-conservationists, how ever, will come tomorrow or Thursday, when the resolutions denouncing the convention plans and declaring for free right of mineral entry on Government lands, without lease or tax. will come before the convention as a whole. The resolutions comm'ttee is not likely to pass upon them. The probabilities are that it will report the resolutions "without recommendation." and let the members of the Congress fight it out themselves. 'Secretary Ballinger Gives Views. A letter from Secretary Ballinger t the Congress was read, in which, after expressing his regret that official dutlei prevented his presence In Los Angeles he reviews the recommendations made it his annual report of 1909 regarding thf (Concluded on Page 0.)